The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-25 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. ...... ..... „„ ...... „, 'lndia 5t0ek............„ ............. a per Cent. Red. — !Ditto Bonds ........ .......... 29 26 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons ilsN South Sea Stock ......... ........ 34 per Cent............... Ditto Red... . .... New 314 per Cent..........:. ..... 98% 4! 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1 7 51. --- New sper Cent.... ....—......... Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 27 30 '2B pm. Bsnk LongAnnuitiesto expire IDitto ..... —.......500. 27 30 28 pm. Jan '5, 1.00 — Ditto Small 27 30 28 pm. Oct 10, 1859 - Ditto Commercial — p m. Jan 5, IE-60 — , Ditto Advertised —— pm Jan. 5. -no. ....... ...........„ Rank Stock for Account... ..... --- April 5, 1880 .... ..... .„„,. -- India Stock for Account...—. Jan. 5, 1870..............., ..... Consols for Account Omnium me ..... pm. PRICES OF }ORETON FUNDS Austrian Bonds Be!gian 80nd5............ ... Ditto Account — Biaziiisn Bonds ...... 86% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Porturrueseßonds.......... Ditto Account Buenos Arrest Bonds Ditto Account ..... .... Ditto New Bonds 471 i; ; Ditto Account .... 47% Ditto, 3 per Cent. 3 og Prussian Bonds.— .......... Russian Bonds, RAN Ditto Account Ditto Metallic .........».».» — Spanish Bonds o;ttn Account Chiilian Bonds Dttto Account ....---- .- Columbian Bonds ....«.«.«•«•• Ditto Account Columbian Rondo, :824 Ditto Account ll.nish Bonds ... 1 'Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1R14...21% - %%% Ti Ditto Account 21 %%% French, 5 per cent —t. —C. 4 per cent —C. —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —f. —r. Dutch, 256 percent. 5 .23q 3! Ditto Account 523;, Ditto, 5 per cant. 102M4 Ditto Account ()MI Account ..... ........-- Greek 80nd5.......... ....,•,......."•• 1 vitt() Bonds, 1825 .•,.........• Ditto Account Ikexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto. (S per cent. Ditto Account ...... Neap01itan........... ........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share Great Western Railway Company... ............ 4O 46 lirtatiton Railway Company London and Birmingham Railway Company 75 1 5 25( I, , ntion and Greenwich Railway Companr 2.) 21% Manchester South Union Railway Company-- 5 3% Colonial Bank 11.pridon and Westminster Ralik 2O MAILS. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America.......... 1 I France ..... ...„.. 0 I Lisbon 1 0 ttrazil ..... ....... 0 0 Gur.,../taersay 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico 1 0 t'arthagena..... 0 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 1 Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden . 0 0 Fenders ...... ... 0 0 Leeward Islands U I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONI)ON BRIDGE JO-MORROW. Morning...m..3o minutes after 4. I Evening...... 49 minutes after 4 MR. PALMER'S REPLY TO MR. LOYD. Just published, price One Shilling, REPLY TO THE REFLECTIONS, &c., of Mr. SAMUEL JONES LOYD, on the Pamphlet, entitled " Causes and Consequences of the Pressure upon the Money Matket," &c. &c. By J. HORSLEY PALMER. London : Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. 4.• t. ? ,Lot.f.fr::.: . ' 4 1 , 4 , *O r ''" • .fi•PA . ?4.... Ita., -:,:.,( 4 1- 4ta , 4,- .r.g t 47. , *,_. j ,, ..:... x ., 1 ,..,_ ~ .... ~,,. - -,-,, 4 . -,....,...- ..,...,..-- , ":"•••°`f Qi i l) yy LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1837. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, as we see by a paragraph in the Coventry Observer, has announced his intention of starting as a candidate for Warwick, the representa tion of which borough happens to be just now vacant, by the call of its late Member (Lord CANNING) to the House of Pars. The Learned Sergeant states, that he " is for Church and King ; for the maintenance of our glorious Constitution ; that he is not for pulling do,vn Churches and erecting Union workhouses ; that he is not for pulling down castles, or poor men's cottages, but that he would have the Church as it is, the work house as it is, the castle as it is, and the poor man's cot tag,t, as it is." This is all very specious small-talk, but rightly interpreted, means just this, that Mr. Sergeant ADAMS is a red-hot Tory, of the SIBTIIORP stamp, and will oppose the present Government at every opportunity. and by every mean.; in his power. As for Reform, he will have nothing to do with such an absurd, innovating principle ; not he : he is for the good old times of Tory absolutism and High-Church bigotry ; or, as he more plausibly and vaguely phrases it, " for the maintenance of our glorious Constitution, and for the Church as it is." Now these principles, though they may be admirably suited to the meridian of the House of Lords, and more especially, the Bench of Bishops, will not, we are sure, take with the Warwick electors. They have far too much good sense to be duped by the specious sophistry of the Learned Candidate, and will treat him ac cording to his political deserts—that is to say, send him unceremoniously to the right about. Warwck has had quite enough of Toryism already, and has become wise by experience. Accord ingly, we find that the Reformers of that borough, who comprise almost all the intelligence of the neigh bourheod, have come forward to a man in support of Mr. COLLINS, who is well known as a consistent and staunch Liberal, of considerable political experience, and who has the strongest claims on the support of every Reformer throughout the country, by the fearlessness, sagacity, and promptitude, with which he has on all occasions exposed and denounced the insidious machinations of the Tories. We trust—indeed we are convinced—that the Warwick Liberals will make every effort to ensure the return of this gentleman. But they must not only be resolute ; they must be prompt also, for the opposite party are already in the field, mustering all their forces, and manoeuvring with their usual tact and subtlety. The electors may rely on it that they cannot possibly get a more efficient re presentative than Mr. COLLINS. Let them, then, put their shoulder to the wheel, and his success is wertain. Our readers will perhaps recollect, that the Bishop, of BATH and WELLS lately attempted to throw dis credit upon the petition from Bath, in favour of the abolition of Church -rates, by claiming all the respect ability extant in that city, for those who had signed a counter-petition. On that occasion, when the Right Rev. Father in God was rather hard pressed by Lord HOLLAND, Lord \VYNFORD, with that chivalrous spirit by which he is distinguished, came to the rescue; but, instead of serving his friend, merely got himself into a similar scrape with respect to Chelmsford and - Farnborough. What the people of Farnborough hare done to cor roborate or disavow Lord WYNFORD'S statement, we know not ; but the inhabitants of Chelmsford have a petition in course of signature, which will wipe )ff the stain attempted to be thrown upon them by the _Learned Lord. The people of Bath will I - . obably adopt a similar measure—indeed they are called upon to do so. Their first petition, at which their Right Reverend Diocesan turned up his nose with such in effable contempt, was signed by about 7,000 persons ; let their next be signed by twice that number, and let it speak boldly their sentiments respecting the conduct of the Bishops in their late unchristian outbreak against a great measure of peace and justice, not omitting a calm rebuke of that particular hierarch who offered them so gratuitous an insult. Here it may not be out of place to note the direful gh ifts to which these throned, mitred, and palaced su c,,2essors of the fishermen of Galilee are driven, for arguwents against the abolition of as iniquitous an im post as _ever existed. A little while ago, one of those holy fathe:s argued against the value of petitions 'signed by the payers of L ites, on the ground that, as they would be Telieved from Z tax wty.:e the prayer of their petition grant;.?d, they in us.' be supposed to be influenced more by interested considerat:ons, than by the justice of the case. Hardly are these w xds uttered, when up starts his brother of BATH and WEL.I.I, and declares that the greater number of signatures in favour of, than against, the abolition of Church-rates, is a matter of no consequence—not worth a moment's con sideration, because many of those who signed for abo lition never paid any rates at all Thus, according Cc , lawn-sleeve logic, the petitions are eqUally desti tt, to of value, whether they are signed by payers or not t.-payers. By whom, may we ask, would our spi rittn 1.1 masters have them signed ? p, trhaps there cannot be a better proof of the pro- gress of civilization, and the humanizing effects of good government, than the state of crime and pu nishments in this country at the present time com pared with what it was even ten years ago ; and proud as the country has reason to be of the vast im provements produced in our civil institutions within that time, she may boast still more of the changes in the Criminal Law, and the effects of these changes, than of any of the great Reforms which the energies of the people and a Reforming Government have car ried into effect. The contrast between the severity of the law twenty years ago and its comparative mildness now must fill every feeling mind with gratitude, and embalm in the hearts of every true Christian the names of RONIILLY, MACKINTOSH, and other great men, who laboured, and laboured so long in vain, to render our Criminal Code fit for a civilized community. These two men led the way, arid pointed out its bar barity and absurdity. Sir ROBERT PEEL carried ' some of their plans partially into effect, but no material alteration took place till a Government was established, who judged it more easy, as well as more humane, and more consistent with Christianity, to make men moral and peaceable citizens by treating them like rational beings, than by treating them worse even than the brute creation. Though the law was not changed till 1832, the principles on which the Government acted, and which led to the change, had begun to operate for some years previous to that period ; and on looking at the return, it will be found that since 1819 there has been a rapid decrease in the number of capital punish ments throughout England and Wales. It is frightful to contemplate the useless sacrifice of human life about that period. From 1812 to 1818, the average num ber executed each year was 90, and some years it con siderably exceeded 100 ; for the next seven years it fell to 82, and from 1825 to 1832 it had decreased to 59 ; for the three following years it was 46 ; in 1832 and 1833 the number executed each year was 34 ; and in 1834 the whole number of capital punishments in England and Wales, exclusive of the metropolis, did not exceed 17—or two less than the average number executed in London and Middlesex from 1820 to 1827—namely, 19. But not the least gratifying re sult is that the number of crimes on which the capital punishment has been remitted, so far from increasing, must have greatly decreased. These crimes were horse-stealing, sheep-stealing, larceny, forgery, coining, and house-breaking, and if we exclude house-breaking —the commitments for which offence has greatly de creased, owing, we believe, to the adoption of a dif ferent definition of the crime--the total commitments for three years previous to the abolition of the capital punishment, was 1,904, and for the three following years, 2,009, making an increase of only 105. This may be considered a positive proof that the number of these crimes has greatly decreased ; for it is admitted on all hands that many prosecute now for such offences, who would have declined to prosecute while the „punishment was capital. In no part of the country, however, has there been such a marked change as in the metropolis. From 1820 to 1830, the average number of executions was about sixteen ; and since that period it has scarcely exceeded one a year, for a population of a million and a half. Such a change, we believe, is unexampled in the history of any country ; and whether we attribute it to the spread of education—to the humanity of the law —to good police—or to good government, it cannot b 2 denied that it is the brightest ornament of the age, and that the Administration under which it has happened have more reason to be proud of it than of the greatest victories. Letters from Bayonne of the 19th inst. announce the gratifying intelligence that Brigadier-General IRI BARREN has succeeded General SAARSFIELD in the command of the latter officer's division. This ap pointment took place on the 17th, after which SAARS FIELD retired to Pampeluna on the old plea of ill - health. It is reported that IRI BARREN, who is a Navarrese by birth, and holds the rank of a Marshal in the Spanish army, is an officer of great courage, prompt in action, and greatly respected and confided in by his troops. We trust such may be the case ; but it is but just to inform our readers, that we have not been inattentive observers of his military career for the last three years, and that during that time we could discover no proofs of extraordinary capacity. It will be remembered that when GOMEZ first crossed the Ebro, Brigadier General IRIBARREN was sta tioned on the banks of that river to prevent the passage of the rebels—a service of which we need not specify the performance. When the rebel Chief returned, after traversing the country to within range of the British gulls at Gibraltar, IRIBARREN was ordered to intercept him, which he entirely failed in doing. The only service he performed on that oc casion was to disperse some four hundred of the mounted bands belonging to CABRERA'S division. We willingly allow that we never heard any one whisper a suspicion either of his loyalty or his per sonal courage, and it is possible that he was prevented from doing more than he has done, in consequence of the jealousy of the various Commanders-in-Chief. His first act on accepting his new command augurs favourably for his future progress. His appointment took place on the 17th, when he instantly gave orders for the advance of the troops on Tolosa on the follow ing morning, in order to co-operate with General EVANS. If ESPARTERO follow the example of SAARSFIELD, and retire on the sick list, all may yet be well. We copy from a Morning Contemporary the follow ing Return of the Casualties of the British Auxiliary Legion in the affair of Hernani. We cannot vouch for its fidelity : Ist Lancers-4 sergeants and 1 rank and file wounded. Ist Infantry-6 officers wounded, 9 men killed, 116 wound ed, and 12 missing. 4th Ditto-13 officers wounded; 22 men killed, 169 wound ed, and 41 missing. 6th Ditto-1 officer wounded ; 2 men killed, 34 wounded. 7th Ditto—s officers wounded ; 6 men killed, 49 wounded, and 13 missing. Bth Ditto-1 officer killed and 8 wounded; 4 men killed, 55 wounded, and 4 missing. 9th Ditto-1 officer killed and 1 wounded ;11 men killed, 38 wounded, and 2 missing. 10th Ditto-5 officers wounded ; 5 men killed, 76 wounded, and 5 missing. Rifles—l officer killed and 6 wounded ; I man killed and 39 wounded. Officers killed. 3 ; wounded, 50.—Men killed, 56 ; wound ed, 566 ; missing, 65. Total-740. The French Papers of Thursday dwell at consi derable length on the report of the Finance Com mittee, read in the Chamber of Deputies on the pre ceding day, and on Marshal CLAusEL's pamphlet, which, as we observed yesterday, has disappointed every body. The Marshal's defence of himself would be, indeed, excellent, if it were delivered viva voce from a public rostrum in the hearing of the whole French nation. The Marshal employs rhetoric where he should have had recourse to arithmetic. His defence is too general, while his charges against the Govern tnent are too vague to be of much use even to himself. Why not publish the dispatches upon which he founds his charges ? Why not pounce upon the very authors of his disgrace, and personally hold them up to the scorn of his countrymen ? There is no vagueness in !he charges preferred against him by the Finance Committee. He is accused of exacting from the inha bitants of Tlemecen enormous contributions—with threatening them, in case of non-payment, with the bastinado—with employing natives to collect the revenues, contrary to the express orders of the Government—with encouraging insubordination in the army, more especially among the officers—with first attacking Bona without obtaining the consent of upon the expedi- Ministers thereunto—with reselvir. tion against Constantine, which he pledged himself to take, together with Belida and all the adjacent coun try, in a month—with deceiving General DAMRE.• MONT, who had been sent to succeed him in the event of his voluntary resignation, as to his ulterior de signs and the strength of his army—and, finally, with having brought disgrace on the French arms in Africa, by marching against Constantine with a deficient force, in a bad season, and without sufficient trans ports and military stores. These charges are all suffi ciently tangible, and of too grave a nature to be an swered with a tirade of eloquent declamation. How ever, it is certain that CLAUSEL, by the publication of his pamphlet, will receive no quarter from Ministers. The KING, too, is greatly incensed that a Marshal of France, by " taking up the pen to defend his sword," should set so fatal an example to the army. The days of portrait presentations are over with the old Marshal, unless France in his day is destined to expe rience the regal sway of a new dynasty. The fears entertained by the Cabinet for the per sonal safety of Louis PHILIPPE are not in the least abated. The Royal Ordinance against pocket-pistols is strictly enforced, and every care is taken to prevent such weapons from being brought into France. As for the KING himself, he may be said to be a prisoner in his palace. No stranger is allowed to approach him ; nor can he take an airing without being sur rounded by almost as many guards, as if he were set ting out in person against the Bey of Constantine. How much more miserable must such a man be than the poorest wretch, whose conscience is not burdened with guilty remorse, in the capital of France. (Extracts from the French Papers.) We have not received the Bayonne journals to-day. The Indicateur of Bayonne, publishing the supplements to the Phare, says, the number of 1,500 wounded, stated to have ar rived at St. Sebastian, was es idently exaggerated. The same journal says, that, aceording to the latest accounts, General Saarsfield was again preparing to advance, which will enable General Evans to do the same. The last letters from Ofan announce that the existence of a treaty of peace with Abd-el-Kader, begins to be doubted of in that town. The following is the explanation given of the negociations opened with the town by the medium of the Jew Durant. Abd-el-Kader had succeeded in getting bis plans executed by the Arabs, and a cordon placed ten leagues from the beach from Charchel to La Tafna, hindered the introduction of any cattle. But on the other hand the Ernie, thanks to the vigi lance of our ships and of the troops that occupy the several parts of the province, could not procure iron, steel, cloth, &e. Ills coffers were empty. In this state of things, Durand pro mised to him to send oxen to our garrison, provided certain articles that Abd-el-Kader wanted were given to him. Thus there was a truce, and exchange of articles necessary to the one party for the subsistence of the troops—to the other for making arms and paying the soldiers. This is all ; hostilities will commence as soon as General Bugeaud arrives, and every thing is again left to be decided by arms ; that is to say, matters will remain in the same state, for in Africa arms de cide nothing. The Moniteur of this morning contains no news.--Journal du Commerce, March 23. FRENCH FUNDS —Faun.. Maucti Five per Cents., 106 f 50c. 25c. 3 c. 41c. Four per Cent., 9Jf. 98f. 75c. Three per Cents.. 78f 50c. 60c. 40c. Bank Actions. ,410 f. 2,405 f Itente de Naples, 9Sf. 25c. :We. 20c. Roman Five per Cents., IG2. Spanish Actives, 24 23%. Spanish Differes, 9. Spanish Passives, 6%1,444 Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 103%. Brussels Society, 1,‘ , 60f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 30N. hay ban Loan, 355 f. BZCnA NW, ON LONDON. Ooe month, paper, 25c. 45c ; money, 25'. 42 4c Three mouths, paper, 251.25 c. ; money, 25.. 22%c —Cours Authentique. LAsr PRICES. Five per Cents., 106 f. 40c. Three per Cents. 78f 45c. Bank Actions, 2,40. W. Rento de Naples, 9.3 f. Roman Five per Cents., 102. Belgian Loan, 163%. Brussels Bank, 1,3:4.f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 30%. Haytian Loan, :355f. Spanish Actives, '23%. Spanish Passives. 6%. New Differes, 9. Miguelites, Belgian Society, 1,56 Cf. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Mancy Five per Cents. Ale4alliques Four per Cents. „.. Thre4 par Cents. Bank Shares 1365 —Allgetneine Zeitung, Msrch W. Advices from Lisbon to the 17th inst. have just been received. They are, however, of no political importance. The Cortes were engaged in settling the Constitution ; and the Ministers in providing for the heavy deficits that appear in the Returns of the Re ' ceipis of the Public Revenue. Plans for the volun tary consolidation of the floating debt, and for im posing an additional tax on Tobacco, were about to be submitted to the Cortes by the Finance Minister. The QUEEN and the Prince Royal were in ex cellent health—both not a little overjoyed with the prospect of her MAJESTY'S speedily giving birth to an heir to the Portuguese Crown. In the Algarves disturbances still prevail, but they are no longer of a nature to alarm the Government. The Cabinet is losing popularity, and a strong party is at work to effect a counter-revolution by restoring DoN PEDRO'S Charter. The Pembroke, a British 74 line-of-battle ship, was driven on shore near Gibraltar by the violence of the gales. She was seen by the Iberia steamer, but such was the tempestuous state of the weather, that no re lief could be afforded her, without periling the lives of all on board the steamer. When on the point of being left by the tide, the French steamer Minos hove in sight, and took her in tow. Fortunately she has sus tained but little damage, and no lives have been lost. The Countess of Tankerville will have a soiree this evening, in Grosvenor-square. It is expected that Prince Esterhazy will proceed to Vienna, in the course of the ensuing month, on leave of ab sence, but his Highness will not remain long absent from his diplomatic duties here. Mr. Ella, well known in the musical world as a dilettante, has issued cards for a soiree musicale for this even ing, at his residence in Norton-street. - We regret to learn that one of the minor theatres, which has hitherto been considered " a sure card," has ceased to be a source of profit to the lessee. Mr. Vandenhoff and his daughter are starring it at Salisbury, his native place, with uncommon success ; the pro vincial critics speak of the young lady's performances in terms of the highest encomium. ___ Wednesday Randal Jackson, Esq., well known in public life, died at his residence in the Brixton-road. During the eventful period of the last thirty years Mr. Jackson dis tinguished himself in all the prominent debates in the Court of Directors of the East India Company. He was educated at Carlisle School, Lambeth, and, having studied the law, be came a powerful advocate. As a great proprietor of East India Stock he acquired extensive knowledge of the affairs of India, and in most of the questions discussed at the India House was generally the leading orator. He died at an ad vanced age, leaving property, according to report, amounting to half a million. Mr. Boileau, of Mortlake, who died on Friday, the 10th inst. at the advanced age of ninety, was deseenped from the ancient family of Boileau, Barons de Castelnau, still existing in the province of Languedoc, in Franc e . His g'rand father, chief of that family, and a distinguished P rotestant Noble, fled to this country on account of his religion in 1,700, and fixed himself at Southampton. In 1704 h e served at the head of a corps of French refugee gentlemen at the battle of Blenheim, but losing the considerable fortune he brought to England in the South Sea bubble , his son became a merchant in Dublin, and there rose to great eminence. O n General Caillaud, Mr. Boileau's near relative, being app o i nted Com _ mander-in-chief at Madras in 1762, Mr. Boileau went to In dia, where he filled high and important stations. Returning to England in 1787 with an ample fortune, and having visited most of the Courts of Europe, . Mr. Boileau married in 1792 the eldst daughter and co-heiress of the Rev. George Polle n , of Little Bookham, in the county of Surrey. Declining th e offer of a seat in Parliament made to him by the Ministers of the day, Mr. Boileau retired to his property at Mortl a k e , where" he resided more than thirty years , and judgment here th e same ' benevolence of disposition and soundness of which had endeared him through life to every relation and friend, had gained him such universal respect that on his death beco ming known almost every shop was closed,. and all the princi pal tradespeople volunteered escorting his remains to the fa. roily vault at Little Bookham—a distance of seventeen mil es. He is succeeded in his property and estates by his eldest son married to the youngest daughter of the Earl of Tinto. Bath will, during the recess, receive a great accession to its visitors. A grand vocal and instrumental concert At th e great Pump Room, on Monday next, under the auspices of the Mayor and several ofour resident nobility and gentry. Th e theatre continues to attract brilliant audiences from the united talents of Mr. Templeton and Miss Shirreff, who are per forming in La Sonnanthat the well-known parts of Elvin() and Amine. The subscription ball on Monday was numerously and fashionably attended by upwards of :300 of the elite here. The card soirees are much frequented by the fashionables at present sojourning in this gay city. ITY OF LONDON (SOUTHWARK AND HAMMERSMITH) RAILWAY. The City of London Railway Offices, 9, Mansion House-street, March 25, 1837. TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CITY OF LONDON RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN,—So long as we were attacked by indivi viduals, we intruded not upon your patience, calmly await ing the hour when the honesty of our intentions and the integrity of our actions would be admitted and approved of by you ; it has been our fate to com bat with foes, who preferred stealing upon us in the dark ; and we have hitherto foiled them ; fraudu lent petitions have been presented against us, and if we err not, the instigators of them will have reason to regret having had recourse to such unjustifiable proceed ings ; but it is no longer possible for us to overlook the peti tion from the inhabitants of Christchurch, accusing us of altering the name of this Railway for the purpose of deception ; the debate that ensued renders it impe rative upon us to free your minds from all doubt. We indignantly deny this allegation of the petition. We have invariably retained our original name—we appeared before the Standing Orders Committee under that name—and after we had been read a second time, we advertised in the Times under the title of the " City of London Railway," that such was the case. How, then, is the change of title to be explained ? Simply thus :—The preamble of the Bill, as settled by Counsel states, that it is a Railway from the Southern side of Southwark Bridge to a certain point at Hammersmith, and in the votes and pro ceedings it was immediately designated " the South wark and Hammersmith Railway ;" but we have never adopted this title and never intend, and in no way are we, or can we, be accountable for the acts of the House. In conclusion, Gentlemen, so long as we have your support and countenance, however arduous our la bours may be, however illiberal and unjust may be the attacks upon our characters, and unprincipled may be the means resorted to by some of the opponents to this enterprize, insidiously to destroy your property, we shall undauntedly pursue our course, relying on the justice of the Honourable House, and holding in bitter contempt the injustice of those of our opponents, whose hostility proceeds from our too rigid guardianship of your property. . . (On behalf of the Board) I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient, H. C. DAKEYNE, Chairman. Mr. Campbell, M.P. (of Shawfield), nephew of the Duke of Argyll, who was united to a niece of the Earl of Derby, last week, is the widower of Lady Eleanor Campbell, daughter of the Earl of Wemyss and March. In compliance with the singular perversion of taste which has influenced the musical world lately, there are new sets of quadrilles at Almack's, composed for these elegant as semblies, founded on the airs of " Jim Crow," " Coal Black Rose," and the other successful negro songs of the day. The Dowager Countess of Guildford has purchased the spaciOus mansion of the late Earl Bathurst, in Arlington street. Her Ladyship's only surviving daughter, Lady Susan Doyle, is a claimant for the Barony of North, now in abeyance. Lord Charles Fitzroy, the new Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward's Island, vice Majoo t General Sir John Harvey, is a son of the late General Lord Charles Fitzroy, and nephew to the Duke of Grafton. The salary of the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward's Island, according to the return, is 1,0001. per annum, paid by Great Britain, and 4901., paid by the colony. Prince Wittgenstein, the son of the eminent Rus sian Marshal Wittgenstein, and who left Mivart's Hotel a few weeks since, for his magnificent palace at St. Petersburg, gave an extensive order to Mr. Edwin Landseer, for cattle pieces, &c., for the gallery of his palace. This wealthy Russian nobleman when in London, made several large pur chases of the chefs d muvres of the old masters of the Flemish and Italian schools. A wag suggests that the inhabitants of New York should lose no time in organising an anti-leaving-little-father less-responsibilities- at-other-people's-doors- society.--Ameri can Paper. According to the official returns, the weekly imports of Irish corn, flour, malt, bacon, butter, and live stock, into the ports of London, Liverpool, and Bristol, continua undi minished. " The passion of fear," says Shaftesbury, " deter mines the spirits of the muscles of the knees, which are in stantly ready to perform their motion, by taking up the legs with incomparable celerity, in order to remove the body out cf harm's way." WARWICK ELECTION.—In consequence of the death of Lady Canning, and the elevation of her son to the Peerage, the representation of Warwick is again in the hands of the constituency. The parties between whom they will have to choose, are William Collins, Esq., their much re spected fellow townsman, and Sergeant Adams. The nomi nation will take place on Monday, and the polling will com mence on Tuesday, when we trust the electors of Warwick will do their duty.—Northampton Chronicle. REPRESENTATION OF WEST NORFOLK.—WC understand, that a meeting of Conservatives was held at Mr. Samuel Bignold's, on Saturday, and adjourned to Sunday, at which it was announced that Lord Walpole did not intend to offer himself at the next election ; and that Mr. Henry Negus Burroughes would come forward with Mr. Edward Wode house.—Norwich Mercury. There are at present a smaller number of English families of rank and distinction residing in and near Calais and Boulogne than has been the case since the peace. In the former town Sir G--- L--, and in the latter Sir Barts., being incarcerated for debts incurred there, greatly diminishes the respect and confidence with which the French formerly regarded their British visitants. The vernal equinox has been ushered in with heavy falls of snow, and the frost is intense, with keen north-easterly winds. We have frequently more hail and sleet during the month of March than at any other period, and, at times, very cold east and north-east winds, particularly about Easter, which is said to be a Saxon word, derived from the prevalence of the east wind. Much snow fell at Howden on the 20th and 21st. Dr. Kirman remarks, if a storm arise from the north or north-east near the vernal equinox the summer is generally dry five times in six ; but if a storm arise from the south or south-west near that period a wet summer generally follows four times in five. The equinoctial tide rises to a considerable height at this:seamon of the year.—Hull Advertiser. About 1 o'clock on Monday mornin g M. Brigant, the proprietor of the w as hi ng -b arges placed near the Pont Neuf, heard a noise as of some one drowning. He jumped out of bed, and, with only his shirt on, got into a small boat, and rowed with all his strength towards the spot whence the noise proceeded. For the 23d time he saved the life of a man, who proved to be a compositor, who, from domestic troubles, had thrown himself into the Seine from the bridge of Notre Dame. He was conducted to the post of the Chatelet. His brave preserver has already recaived a medal from the Societe de Sauvetage, and is decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honour.— Ga/ignsni's Meseenger. It is our painful duty this week to record the death of the Rev. Benjamin Agar, M. A., of Broekfield, under the most distressing circumstances. The Rev. Gentleman resided with his father, Benjamin Agar, Esq., at Brockfield-hall, near this city; and on Saturday last, being desirous to try if his young horse would go in harness, he proceeded, with the aid of two servants, to put it into a cart, he holding the near side of the head, while the gamekeeper was at the other. The animal immediately became unmanageable, and after galloping about 100 yards, swerved into a hedge on the side which Mr. Agar held, and dashed the Rev. Gentleman against a tree, where he was so severely crushed by the wheel of the cart as to survive the accident only ten minutes. On Monday an in quest was held upon the body by John Wood, Esq., Coroner, when the jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally Killed," with a deodand of Is. on the horse, and Is. on the cart. The Rev. Gentleman, who was 33 years of age, bad lately been presented to the living of Ellerburn, near Pickering, and was on the point of going to reside there.— York Chronicle. REPRESENTATION OF EAST CORNWALL.-The arrival of Sir Hussey Vivian in this county is matter of great congratulation to the Liberal party, as it has served to prove the correctness of the estimate they had formed of their strength. His reception at the several places he has hitherto been enabled to visit, has fully proved that in East Cornwall there is not the slightest symptom of re-action ; that the yeo manry are now, as they have always shown themselves, the staunch and firm friends of the cause of Reform, and quite prepared to fight the good tight in its support.— west Briton. FAILURES.—There has been great excitement in the town, in consequence of Mr. James Cropper, one of tho Town-council, having stopped payment, and being arrested for a debt of 6,00 0 / . I n add i t i on thereto, and sent to prison, Mr. Cropper has been examined before the" Magistrates, on a charge of forging the name of Mr. James lryan, of Carring ton, as the acceptor of a bill, at three months, for 1401. 125., dated October 30, 1130, and drawn by Mr. James Cropper. On this charge he is remanded for further examination. We shall be enabled to state further particulars next week. We are grieved to bear that there have been several other serious failures, and the state of trade in the town is most deplorable. —Nottingham Review. After the tedious winter, it is melancholy, at this advanced period of the season, to see country work so far be hind. The hills are still covered with snow, though in the low grounds ploughing has recommenced. In the upper dis tricts of the country, the snow which fell in the beginning of last week was deeper than in ordinary winters.—Glasgow Chronicle. The long-expected election of a Vicar of Leeds took place on Wednesday ; 23 electors out of 25 attended and voted. The number of candidates was about 30. The voting was as dellows :—The Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook (of Coventry), 16; all the other candidates, 7. Mr. Hook has been presented accordingly. Besides his present pre ferment at Coventry, he is a Prebend of Lincoln, and Chap lain in Ordinary to his Majesty. He is a son of the late Dean of Worcester, and a nephew of Mr. Theodore Hook, and has not the slightest local connection with the vicarage of Leeds. The temperature, which had been decreasing during ev , .2ral days, descended on Tuesday night, in Paris, to five degrees of Reaumur below zero (or to 21 degrees of Fahren heit). The weather was, with this drawback, Fuverb. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MARCH 24.—Wind N., light breezes.—Arrived the Arcturus, —, from Ceylon ; Elphinstone, —, from Hobart Town; Ann, White, from Belfast; Commodore, Digby, from Belfast. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 24.--Wind S. S. E., fine.—Arrived the Stakesley (transport), Goble, from Cork ; John, —, from Dublin ; Enterprise, —, from Waterford. Fat.mouTn, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Camden Packet, from Lisbon ; sailed sth inst. CORK, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Elbe (packet), Crofts, from London. MILFORD, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Concord, Jones, from Chepstow, with damage, and leaky, bound to the Clyde. This vessel, in coming down the Bristol Channel, on the 12th inst., struck something about 5 feet below water-mark on star board bow and started a piece of plank clean out, and off broke one treenail, and instantly made 16 inches water per hour. With great perseverance Captain Jones and his crew, with both pumps at work, got her safe to Milford. The Concord has been partially grounded only, the leak found and repaired, and she is now tight and ready to proceed with the least wind. Great praise is due to Captain Jones for his exertions on this occasion, thereby saving both ship and cargo. It is a remark able fact that at this moment there are here two vessels under repair, both injured, one severely--one the Hamilton, in St. George's Channel, and the Concord, in the Bristol. The master and crew of both vessels are not aware how it happened. DUBLIN, MARCH 19.—The Rover of Wexford which was stranded on the 24th, has been got off, and brought here to-day. HA XIBURGIT, MARCH 21.—Much uneasiness prevailed re garding the Eliza Ann, Walker, from London, which is still missing. _ _ STORXAWAY, MARCH 6.—The Caroline, from Christiana, bound to Bilboa, has put into this port after throwing a con. siderable part of her cargo overboard, and with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. REDCAR, MARCH 23. —The Minerva, from Seaham to Lynn, got on the Redcar Rocks in the afternoon, but was off, and put into Hartlepool. The Maria, Smith, has put back to Shields, leaky, having been on the Herd. The Margaret, Smith, from Newcastle to Quebec, was on shore on the Island of Mola 16th inst. The Arcade; Wilson, from Sunderland to Memel, was stranded on Bornholm 10th inst. The Bellerophon, from Amsterdam to Pillau, sunk near Marsland—crew saved. 'The Pascoe, of Bombay, from Singapore to Canton, has been wrecked in the. Straits. The Enchantress, from Liverpool to New York, struck on some rocks near Bermuda sth ult., bilged, and sunk—crew and passengers saved. _ A mast, - keel up, appears on the west of Stornaway, and from some articles washed on shore, is supposed to belong to a Norwegian schooner. The Watt, bound to Africa, was on shore in the New Chan nel, Liverpool, on Thursday. The Anna, Williams, bound to London, put back to Cadiz on the 24th ult., leaky. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOLK. Our arrivals this morning are the French and Lisbon mails —the latter by the Camden, of the sth inst. ; but by the steamer we have accounts from Lisbon to the 10th instant. Gibraltar Chronicles to the sth inst. have also arrived. They state that a band had penetrated into the province of Cordova. Palillos entered Los Pedroches with 300 horse ; but has since been driven out. It is further stated he surprised a detach meet of 25 foot and 15 horse, and put the former to death. In Estremadura it was understood that Palillos, Perro, Jara, and Tercero had united their followers to make a fresh attack upon Almaden ; but from the description of the men no great apprehensions were entertained that they would attempt it— the place being garrisoned by 500 regulars. The New York Packet ship of the 24th ult. has arrived off Liverpool, being two days later than the last arrival. The letters have been received, but the papers have not as yet ar rived. The Exchange comes from New York by the private letters. 91 to THE FUNDS. As yet there is very little doing either in the British or Fo reign Markets, owing to the scarcity of information received since the defeat of General Evans. The speculators in the Foreign Market are waiting for another telegraphic dispatch before they commence operations of consequence. Consols opened this morning at Hi for the Account; Exchequer Bills, 26 28 ; India Bonds, 26 27. _ _ In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 2l} i; Passive, tip ; Deferred, 94; Portuguese, 47i 48; Three per Cents., 304 311; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 324 53. The Calpe steamer is arrived from Gibraltar, Cadiz, and Lisbon. HALF-PAST ONE. The Calpe steamer, which had sailed from Lisbon, was obliged to return again, after using all her coals, owing to the North winds, but sailed on the 16th inst. She brings ac counts that, in the National Congress, two proposals were made by Ministers—the one for the voluntary consolidation of the floating debt of the country—the other that the Minister of Fi nance waited upon her Majesty, in company with her lady in waiting, and begged that she would sign a docu ment in contradiction to the statement of the violent article in the Correio, which declared that her Majesty was coerced by her Ministers. Her Majesty replied she was sur prised be could ask such a thing. Every paper had a right to advocate freely its own principles, which she would never at tempt to question. It is said that Viscount Sada Bandeira will be accused in the Cortes for the nomination of General Palmcrium as Civil Governor of the disturbed provinces. There is a rumour that plans are being concerted for public disturbances on the 4th of next month—it being the birth-day of the Queen, when a review of the National Guards will take place. By the New York Papers of the 24th ult., it appears that a considerable decline has taken place in Foreign Exchanges. Negociations on London were generally made for the Packet at 9to 91, and closed at 9f, with many sellers. On France, 5 francs, 22i cents. There was a larg e amount o f bill s re maining unsold - and even at the reduced rat e s th ere were b ut few buyers. Discounts have varied from Ito 11 per cent. per month, and Money in urgent request at these rates. There has been much conversation in Wall-street for some days past on the'subject of calls for Specie, made by the Philadelphia Banks on those of New York. Consols have been during the morning at 901 s for the Account, and 90k for Money, with little doing ; Exchequer Bills, 27 30, 28 prem. ; India Bonds, 28, 26 prem. In the Foreign Market little doing. They are occupied in the Stock Exchange in electing a new annual Committee ; Spanish Active, 21 I T , improved since the morning ; Passive, 6f i; Deferred 84 4 ; Portuguese, 47+ 3 per Cents., 30k; Dutch 2 } per Cents., 524 Consols for the Account, 934 S. THREE O'CLOCK. The French plays commence on Monday evening, at tile Theatre Royal, the Lyceum, under the spirited direc. tion of the lessee of Old Drury, with several popular valade vines, in which M. Lafont, of the Theatre du Vaudeville at Paris, and Mons. and Madame Allan, of the Theatre du Gymnase, will make their first appearance before a London audience. Sheridan Knowles and his pupil, Miss Elphinstone, have been performing during the past week at Glasgow, in his last play of the Wrecker's Daughter. Their return to the Scottish city was cordially greeted, and their performance most enthusiastically received. Mr. Knowles was called for at the conclusion of the play, and briefly returned thanks for the honour conferred upon them. Unusually large flights of wild fowl have passed over the eastern coast, which is attributed to the prevalence of severe north easterly winds during the past fortnight. In several parts of the country the ponds have been frozen over, and the thermometer has suffered a greater depression than at any time during the snow storm prevalent in this strange winter. Accident has furnished an excellent recipe for de stroying amts. A merchant, whose warehouses were infested by those destructive insects, remarked on a sudden that they bad deserted one particular room ; and observation having:con vinced him that the circumstance was caused by a barrel of fish oil, which had been placed there, he tried the, experiment of placing some of the oil round the plants in his garden, when he found it produce the effect of driving the ants from the place in a few hours.—French Paper. " Our General says that Don Carlos is a Pretender," exclaimed an Irishman in the retreat at St. Sebastian, " but, by the piper that played before Moses, if he be only a Preten der now, what will he be when he is in earnest!" --• SIR HARRY VERNEY.—It is conjectured that in the event of a dissolution, an attack on the independence of Buckingham will be attempted, and an effort will be made by the high Tory party, to eject Sir Harry Verney from its re presentation.—Bucks Gazette. " Going the whole hog" is an expression of recent origin. It has come into use from the " barbecue" of the West, which is a hog, or ox, or bear, roasted whole, for large dinner parties consisting of men only—as in England in cele brating the coming of age of young men of rank and fortune. " Do you give joints or barbecue ?" " Oh, we go the whole hog." That is the manner in which the phrase came into use. On Saturday last considerable excitement prevailed in Dundee, in consequence of a report having been circulated that on the day previous a respectable farmer had been mur dered in the neighbourhood of that town. The names of the parties have not yet been publicly disclosed ; but, in reference to the murder, the Dundee Courier of Tuesday last observes : It is with feelings of the most painful description that we give publicity to the fact of a murder having been perpetrated a few miles to the eastward of this town, which will plunge two respectable families, in a rank of life seldom the scene of such occurrences, into the deepest and most poignant misery. We refrain from giving utterance to what we have heard, notwith standing its being fully supported by authentic information, because we fondly hope that when the judicial inquiries in progress shall have been completed, some extenuating circum stances will interpose to rescue an unhappy young man from the consequences of the horrific crime of which it is but too much to be dreaded he has been guilty. Without mentioning names, the following is a brief statement of the facts :—On Friday last, a young man, residing at a farm near Muirdrum, stabbed a neighbouring farmer in his mother's house. The person wounded died on Sunday morning, and the culprit has fled. lie is a young m an o f considerable property. In our next we shall be able to sift the matter to the bottom. The officers of justice are in hot pursuit, and it is scarcely possible that the fugitive can escape. NEWSPAPERS. Returns of the Number of English Newspapers sent to, and of Foreign Newspapers received from, the Continent of Europe, Week by Week, from the time of giving effect to the last Post-office Treaty with France, made up to the 31st January last ; and a similar Return, for a similar Period, previous to that Treaty From the th Treaty, to the 3251 time of giving effect to the For a similar period previou s to the viz. the 20th July, 1831, Ist January, .1337. Treaty. English i Foreign English Foreign Newspapers Newspapers Newspapers Newspapers snt received sent received to the from the to the from the Continent. Continent. Continent. Continent. Al.' Week s end- _--- I Number. Number. ing I Number. Number. 136 j 3,41 2,505 Jan. 12,1836 3,021 1,082 1,734 19 .. D 3,43 3,573 : 2,165 26 3,?85 9,440 Feb. 2 : ... 1 3,863 2,719 9 :... 4,143 3 , 112 16 ~. 4,244 2,931 23 4,125 2,453 Mar. 1 4,648 3,695 8 4,461 2,8413 15 4,664 2,941 22 .... 4,768 3,473 29 .... 5,344. 4,0 , 42 April 5 .... 5,133 3,3:35 12 .... 4,919 3,480 19 .... 5,221 3,6,9 26 ....I 5,399 3,519 May 17 . ...' 5,611 4,329 10 :••• i ,I 5,719 3,6,7 17 6, 1 121 4,821 24 ....1 5,860 3,591 31 ~ 1 6,024 4,879 J une 7 :: 1 5,635 2,204 11 . 1137 ( 1 ,274 4,406 21 .... 1 6,316 3,473 28 .... 6,029 4,359 July 5 6,413 4,747 12 :t 6,793 4,1319 19 Post Office, March 13, 1837. C D. WAGS FAFF, Superintending President. Post Office, March 12, 1837. W. L MABERLY, Sec. Weeks end.! lug I Ju1y20,18361 Aug. '2 9 16 23 ' 3u Sept. 6 13 27 Oct. 4 11 IS 25 Nov. 1 8 15 22 Dec. 6 13 . C, • 6,0 7 4 2'7 Jan. 3,1937 6,t%74 10 17 24 31 Foreign Post Office, Mal General Post Office, Ma) :intending President. . L. MAEERLY, Sec. lie gad in Caistor The ancient custom of cracking t, Church was performed as usual to a numerous company, chiefly strangers, who came to the fair, and remained in the town all Sunday to see it. The gad is cracked in the church north porch three times during the reading of the first lesson, and held over the Parson's head the whole of the time he is reading the second lesson.-Hull Advertiser. The meeting of the East and West Kent troops of yeomanry cavalry, at Maidstone, is fixed for the 20th of May. The review is to take place in the following week, at the Mote Park, the seat of the Earl of Romney ; and it is the Noble Lord's intention to regale the whole body of men with a dinner on that day. Either the Duke of Wellington or Lord Hill will review the troops. Should the weather prove fine the spectacle will recall the recollection of the " Royal review," which took place in the same park in 1799, when the King and Queen and all the Royal Family, Ministers of State, &e., reviewed there the Volunteer Associations of Kent. A ball will be given by the officer% at Maidstone, during the week.—Kentish Observer. WRIT OF RIGHT.—At the Devon Assizes, on Friday se'hnight, four Knights—Sir John Duntze, Baronet, Sir John Duckworth, Baronet, Sir Robert Newman, Baronet, and Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin, Knight—being summoned by virtue of a warrant from the Sheriff of the county, appeared in Court, each girt with a sword, to be sworn, in accordance with the ancient ceremony. It is more than half a century since this curious law procedure, which is the last recourse for the recovery of real estate, has taken place in the county of Devon ; and it may never occur again in England, as the original statute is repealed, excepting in cases where suits have been previously pending. The names of the parties in the present cause are Henry Richards, demandant, and Lewis Gidley, tenant ; the property in dispute being situated in Clysthydon. The form of proceeding was as follows :—The Counsel moved that the four Knights be sworn, after which they retired to s e le c t 20 gent l emen from the Special Jury lists, who are te rme d R ecogn i tors ; t h e K n i g h ts then returned into Court, and presented 12 out of that 20, who had been elected by them at the present Assize to constitute a Jury for the next Summer Assize ; which Jury will include the four Knights, and will be denominated " The Grand Assize." The attendance of the whole of the Knights (milites gla ;it) cincti) is indispensably necessary at the approaching trial, as the absence of one would render all the trouble and expense incurred useless. The following of the 13th, from Berlin, is front the Augsburg Gazette :—" Recent accounts from St. Peters burgh state that the life of Prince Charles was lately in dan ger at a bear-hunt, but was saved by the intrepidity and judg ment of some other hunters. We learn also that the Empress will immediately come into Germany, for the re-establishment of her health by her native air, and the care and attentions of her family. The Emperor, it is said, will join her in the course of the spring. Before the departure of their Imperial Majesties some grand reviews will take place in the environs of the capital, in which 6,000 Russians and 4,000 Prussians will take part. Preparations are being made for maintaining a considerable army in the environs of Berlin during the ensu ing autumn." The same journal also has the following, dated Lubec, 10th instant ?—" It is announced that a great change is about to be made in the positions of the Russian troops. A considerable army is to be moved towards the shores of the Baltic and the Black Sea; thus indicating, on the part of the Government, a resolution to be prepared for every event." This county may be Conservative in a certain de gree, but the votes polled by Mr. Dashwood on a recent occa sion form the best proof that it is not so from " end to end." —Bucks Gazette. The Poor-law Guardians of the Wigan Union are said to have established close Courts, excluding even the Overseers of the Poor from their meetings. This appears quite contrary to the present rule laid down by the Committee of the House of Commons. Extract of a letter, of the 12th instant, from Nice :—The Grand Duke Michael has just quitted this city on his way to Genoa, Florence, and Rome. This Prince who travels under the title of Count de Romanow, refuses to receive the honours due to his exalted station. He has appeared as a private individual at several soirees, to which he was invited by the Governor, the chief of the magistracy, and some foreigners of distinction. He is universally noticed for his amiability and interesting conversation. He is a very fine man, with a war like countenance, and unites with the form and manners of an old French chevalier the decided tone of a soldier. He is par tial to speaking French, in which language he is a proficient; and he constantly maintains that dignified deportment so be coming in a Prince. The city of Nice will long remember his generosity, as during his stay he contributed a large suns towards a ball for the benefit of the poor.—Galignani. A short time since, a gentleman of " eminence" wishing to ride a short distance, stopped a coach that was passing, " Where to, Sir ?" asked the driver. " Oh, I ara not going far." "We don't take'short 'uns," said the coach man. " Why," replied the gentleman, " I'm six foot two, and if that a'nt long'enough, I don't know what is." The following is an amusing and singular instance of the prevalence of the influenza in Paris :—At the Duke do Mortemart's the whole of the inmates of his extensive mansion were confined to their beds. So incapable were they of moving on one particular day, that the Duchesse, being the only per son preserving the use of her limbs, was obliged to take upon herself the office of portiere, and open the door. The old. Duke de —, who had called in vain several days, when he recognised Madame de Mortemart, exclaimed, " At least to day the-portiere will not say that the Duchesse is not at home." " I am not sure of that," answered the belle portiere, " for I scarce know where I am."—" Nor I," rejoined the witty Duke, " unless it be at the gate of Paradise, for there is an angel at the door." AUSTRIA AND TIIE AUSTRIANS.---A work of considerable interest and importance is about to appear, we un— derstand, under the above title, written with the especial view of removing from public opinion the fallacies which prejudice or injustice has long led western Europe to entertain with respect to the people, manners, and government of this em pire. The author, it seems, for various reasons, declines giving his name. The first saurian remains were discovered in 1811 at Lyme Regis, and they continue peculiarly British, no ekele: ton of the like kind hav►ng been found on the continent to this day. Mr. Hawkins, born in the same year, seems to have been fated expressly for these extinct reptiles of the old earth. His collections are said to weigh 20 tons, and to occupy a tiu perficies of more than 1,000 feet. • The following is from the Edaireur of Namur :-- " It appears that the custom of selling wives has reached the continent from England. On Saturday a proprietor bought the wife of a farmer at Natoye for the sum of 4,000 francs, and 1,100 francs annual allowance for the children. The contract was signed in a %vine-shop in that town. The woman appeared very well satisfied with the bargain." On Wednesday afternoon, a young sailor, doubtless in his own opinion, a competent rider, having mounted a horse, was galloping it through Whitefriangate, when he rode over a boy who was in the act of stooping to pick something up. The seaman, it is stated, had been exercising his riding propensities with more zeal than discretion for several days.--- Hull Advertiser. On Wednesday afternoon, about five o'eloelc, the family of Mr. William West, a carrier, residing in Queen-street , Hammersmith, were thrown into a state of the roo s t painful excitement by the discovery that the unfortunate man had mado a desperate attempt at self-destruction, by hanging himself to a beam in the stable. Police constable Low, T 60, who was on duty close by, instantly hastened to the spot and cut hint down, when he was removed to his residence, and a surgeon sent for, who, on his arrival, immediately opened a vein, and adopted the usual means for restoring suspended animation , which were attended with success, as he revived after about two hours' exertions; but on inquiring at his residence yester day forenoon, it was stated that no hope of his surviving was entertained. Mr. West, who is under 40 years of age, has for a length of time s u ff ere d f rom the gout, which, added to pecu niary embarrass men t s, h ave, it is supposed, operated on the' mind of the unf or t unate man, and induced him to ma k e ti n e rash attempt. A FACT FOR THE NATCRALISTS.—A cortn 'pendent informs us that he witnessed on Monday nigh'., 00 one of the docks a little above Fulton Market, a regto. - ar W . '?" cession of the wharf breed of rats, which was spin:, five mi nutes in passing. The creatures passed, Qtlo by one, towards a parti cu l ar po i nt; and, after a ll h ad passed! bur h A S -correspondent. . had th e Cur i os i ty to exam i ne w 4peculatiou such a multitu,dc4 of th e fraternity werc, k:Fott. Up on a c l oser exam i na tion 'tom ascertained that tlley had obtained at entrance into a barrel of HftiMi.ll aud soon after every Okle of the animals returned. Vt(il Carrying a sea biseuit,„..-No, Po=i sun. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1837.