The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-30 00:00:00

WINDSOR.-TUESDAY. Yesterday the King drove out in the park in a close carriage, accompanied by Mademoiselle D'Lste. This afternoon his Majesty took his accustomed airing, ace° in pa nied by Lady Jersey. The Queen has not, left the Castle for several days past, in consequence of the severity of the weather and a slight cold, from which we are happy to say her Majesty is now quite recovered. Most of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court rode to Ascot yesterday, to witness the turning out of the Royal stag. Lord and Lady Jersey arrived at the Castle on Monday last, Sir Harry Neale took hii departure on Sunday last. The Bishop of 'Worcester left the Castle yesterday. Lord and Lady Erroll left this morning. Sir Herbert Taylor accompanied Sir Bro.)k Taylor to t". " t his morning. Sir Herbert will return to the Castle to. n i ght .. p ol Ln dr, Gore, Lori Wharnel'ff:!, and Prince and Princess "P",tac ca ll e d a t th e C ast l e thi s morning, to pay their le4r,ects. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will elmmence her dinner parties for the season on Monday next, at Kensington Palace. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday in a carriage and four. His Grace the Duke of Richmond has, we are in formed, given orders for a new and splendid equipage ; report "ates, consisting of three carriages. The Marquis of Westmeath has been seeing a great deal of company at Cloyne Castle, his splendid seat in Ireland. The Earl of Sandwich has arrived at the residence of his mother, on Carlton House-terrace, from Windsor. Belton House, in Lincolnshire, the seat of the Earl ' 11 1(1 Countess 13rownlow, continued full of visitors until the close of the preceding week. On Wednesday next the family Will return to town for the season. His Excellency the Swedish Minister, Count Hjornstjerna, is about to leave Belgrave-square for Richmond. His Excellency's first secretary, the Baron Wesel Jarlsberg, also removes to No. 11, Ryder-street, St. James's. The Dowager Lady Cooper entertained a party at dinner yesterday in Portland-place. The Speaker of the House of Commons and his lady have arrived at the Marine Hotel, Hastings, from Carlton House -terrace, to pass the Easter recess, and for the benefit of the sea air. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was expected in tow n l ast evening from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. . Hammond gave an elegant dinner yesterday at his M :. in Portland-place. Mrs. Herbert entertained a fashionable circle last evenin g in Gloucester-place. The Hon. T. Greville entertained a party at dinner yesterday in Cleveland-square. Mr. Compton, M.P., entertained a distinguished Party at dinner yesterday in Portman-square. The Earl of Orkney, the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, Colonel Greenwood, and the other Officers of the 2d Life and „ . ° o t Guards, stationed at Windsor, will give a grand ball at '" r4 Town Hall on Tuesday next. Lord Leveson and Viscount Morpeth have been on short visit to Lord Rivers, at his Lordship's seat, Mistley 1141 1, Essex. Viscount and Viscountess Howick have left White hall -gardens for Worthing, to pass the Parliamentary recess. Lord Francis Egerton, we are happy to state, has quite recovered from his late attack of the gout. Lord Duncannon is recovering from his late indis- Position. Lord Saye and Sele has left town for Brighton, to Pass the recess. Viscount Palmerston is staying at his seat Broad lands, Hants. The Earl of Clare was to have given a grand dinner Ile- Tuesday, in Belgrave-square, to the Duchess- Countess of Sutherland. and a distinguished party, but it was postponed ° wing to the death of Mrs. Fitzherbert. Lord Stanley arrived in Carlton-gardens on Mon thy, from Lancaster. M. de Bourqueney, the French Charge d'Affaires, !ind Mr. Walley, the Belgian Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. M. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, transacted business at the Foreign Office, on Tuesday. Messrs. Crane and 'Wilmot, from New Brunswick, had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial ( Mice- Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, Governor of Ceylon, had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. The grand dinner at Buccleuch House announced did not take place, owing to the untimely demise of the Mar quis of Bath, the father of the Duchess. In consequence of this melancholy event all the contemplated gay doings during the approaching season will be abandoned. REPRESENTATION OF KENT.—It is confidently anticipated that the Eastern Division of this county will, at the next election, send Saint Plumptre to the right about. As suredly the Dissenters will not again support a man whose every vote has been against them, and in hostlity to civil and religious freedom. We trust, too, that Mr. Rider, an old and tried fr iend of popular rights, will sit beside his brother Reformer, 15 . Hodg es , i n t h e next P ar li ament, an d t h us rescue f rom th e , 1 Isgra ce of having two Representatives, one pulling one way and one the other, the Western Division of the county. Sir Edward Knatchbull, and the boy-legislator, Sir Wm. Geary, who abandoned his father's principles, are stains upon the re. Presentation that cannot be too soon obliterated. Prince Polignac, on the termination of his mission to the British Court, received a diplomatic present of a costly gold snuff box, furnished by Rundell and Bridge, of the value of 1 ,0001., presented by the Earl of Aberdeen, at that time Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Diplomatic presents have been since abolished. In a notice of the late Mrs. Fitzherbert, by the lirighton Gazette, the following passage occurs :—" Having avoided, by every means in her power, the position that after- Wards became her lot ; united by the forms of her Church to "e who for many years had sought her; placed on an emi ence whence sh e cou ld d o more injury, public and private, than any one ever before her since the commencement of the !.§t century ;—by the effect of her personal charms, and the rt i plicity and integrity of her character, finding herself at the ad of society, she thus, through a long life, succeeded in "Pliiing the respect of all those who were, by the circumstances of her situation, brought into contact with her; and when we la y this, we mean t h a t we h ave reason to b e li eve t h at , f rom ne arly the first moment her name became conspicuous in the Illinois of this country, she enjoyed the esteem and expressed re gard of the very highest personages in it." A correspondent informs us, that, in a parish not pO O miles from Gosforth, there is a charge in the overseer's uv ' e ks of half_a-guinea for hawking about a petition against the Poor Law Amendment Act, and another charge of half-a-so l'ereign for t h e ass i stant - overseer ' s journey to Workington, to attend the meeting lately held there.— TVhitehaven Herald.THE TRENCH.--A Frenchman (says Scythrop, i n th e b. " Nightmare Abbey") is born in harness, ready saddled , , red, an d b r i dled, for any tyrant to ride. He will fawn under s rider one moment, and kick him to death the next; but a nother a d venturer spr i ngs on h i s b ac k , an d by dint of whip a nd spur on he goes as before." On Saturday last the wife of a chemist at Cog - F, e4 alt was suddenly taken ill, while proceeding to town in i n e Star coac h, and soon after alighting at the Duke's Head 1:" °, Springfield, w as sa f e l y d e li vere d o f th r ee children, who, " e ver, survived only a short time. A considerable number of the pitmen, we regret to ir lt.e, still cont i nue unemp l oye d , t h e coalowncrs being either o s ls ,,P,sed or unable to accede to thei demands. This state et t n ,gs is much to be deplored, but the other men who are ~_Sa n o rte are sufficient to prevent any material inconvenience "IA sustained by the public.— Tyne Mercury. Crouwin' Friday afternoon an inquest was held at the Mr. p and Thistle, Great Peter street, Westminster, before F s 11 li ggs and a respectable Jury, on view of the bod of a -c " King, aged 18, who poisoned herself with laudanum_ . seder circumstances of a very afflicting nature. Teresa King, NY:linger sister of the deceased, residing with her mother at l at h 91 , Great Peter-street, Westminster, deposed that her e ai d l 'rerfor nearly two years before her death resided in the 1 0 'Y nf. Mrs. Banks, sister of the late Lady Banks, of No. dl l3la ndford-street, Portman-square. Three weeks back eceased received warning from her mistress to quit her place ( : I , t t month : the circumstance preyed greatly upon the mind wh ° Poor girl ; she came home on Thursday afternoon last, coien she appeared very unhappy, and wept bitterly. Af ter surg eon, to bed _d ecease d b ecame very ill , an d M r. Atkins, a was sent for. On his arrival it was discovered that f r had taken a quantity of laudanum ; a phial containing a 1;:vr, drops of which was found in the room labelled " lauda and ju Pnison." In answer to questions from the Coroner geedkindly the witness said, that her sister had always been , kindly by her mistress and the family; that she sup e*rebelei. Mrs. Banks gave deceased warning to quit owing to raw? being subject to fits. Verdict —" Temporary mental de -I,Fment." ll'or the last three months a little girl, about six e i o t t r ',°! age, fourth daughter of Mr. Green, of this town, has th ' i pi.amed of occasional violent pains in her side. It appears or Ls_he must have accidentally swallowed a needle : but when where is perfectly unknown; it had, however, worked itself w `°_ ll l 3 the st omach into the side, just below the bottom rite and faint perceived on T ues d ay l ast. Mr. Bryan, surgeon , was Inv, who very skilfully extracted it, and the child is in a way ofrecov er y.—Northampton Herald.' gran ?:a John Barry left Dundee on Friday with emi young and old, to the amount of 32e. Thie includes a ver earries"ung five one, a boy, who was born on board. The vessel • nve months' provisions and water for 350 individuals. 4, it;'4RitseTEßs.—Sir Wm. Dugd a l e te ll s us that in hi:664ottr the King, Charles 11., went t o t h e I nner T emp l e were ge, from Whitehall, and dined there. The revels b e gun by the whole house, Judges, Sergeants -at-law, l and the of the t. re_ r v a ; s; utter utter and inner Bar were led by the master after this ceremony one of the gentlemen of the geati,l:arr was chosen to sing a song to the Judges and Ser s,e`ve° in default of it was an amercement." of re i ndisposition was the cause of the Duchess E I ,:'t• Alban'_--righton, t omitting to gi ve h er cus t omar y en tertain ments Easter. BURGHS OF BARON Y-SCOTLAND The following is a summary of the leading provisions of a Bill introduced by Sir Andrew Leith Hay " to provide for the appointment and election of Magistrates and Coun cillors in certain Burghs of Regality and Barony and unin corporated towns of Scotland :" Boundaries to be fixed so as to comprehend all buildings which can be held to form part of each town, with addi tional space for future probable extension. Policies and pleasure-grounds exempted frcm the opera tion of the Act. The qualification for electors to be residence or carrying on business within the Burgh, and property or occupancy of the value of 51. yearly and upwards. Optional to adopt provisions of the Act, and the option to be declared by a majority of the electors after a Roll is made up—Sheriff is to judge whether a majority concurs. If Act not adopted first year, it may be adopted at cer tain periods thereafter, if majority of electors concur. Town• Clerk to be paid sixpence for furnishing claim, and the some sum only for receiving it back. Where Burgh has no sufficient common good, Town- Council may levy an assessment not exceeding one shilling per pound in Burghs haying no Local Act for police pur poses, and not exceeding threepence per pound in Burghs which have such Local Act. No assessment to be imposed without concurrence of two-thirds of Council. Tenant to pay assessment, but to retain one-half from rent payable to landlord. _ _ Feu duties, agricultural subjects, nurseries and market gardens, and places occupied for the purpose of public wor ship, or of charity, science, or education exempted from assessment. _ _ _ No additional assessment to be levied if a majority of the rate-payers dissent ; and when agreed to, not to exceed sixpence per pound. Council may remit assessments on ground of poverty. New Council to supersede any present Council, and any trustees or managers administering rates or duties for public purposes. Council may purchase or abolish petty customs and im pose an assessment to pay the price, but this only with con currence of a n.ajority of rate-payers. Magistrates to have a summary jurisdiction in petty offences, and to transmit to the other authorities persons accused of higher crimes. Forms of summary procedure exhibited in schedules. Detailed provisions for paving, lighting, watching, cleans ing, and supplying Burghs with water, and for enforcing regulations for police purposes. Money may be borrowed for special purposes on security of assessment, but sinking fund to be provided, and assess ment not to be raised in consequence of such borrow ing. Regulations as to keeping the books of the Burgh and of Trusts or Charities—and affording inspection of them annually. No alienation, or feuing, or borrowing, without previous public notice, specifying all necessary particulars. No grassums to be received. Three electors may apply for in terdict if proposed measure be deemed objectionable. GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. We learn that an individual was arrested yesterday in the Petit Carmen, on suspicion of his being the author of the report that was circulated, of an attempt to assassinate Louis Phillipe and his sons. The Dutch journals dated yesterday, contain no political news of any importance. The cold is so severe at Amster dam, that on the 24th the young people were skating in the neighbourhood of the city. The snow fell in such quantities, that it was expected that parties of traineaux would take place. BRUSSELS, Matto{ 28.—The bulletin of yesterday morning gives a favourable account of the health of the Queen and the young Prince. M. Debie, Burgomaster, went yesterday with his secre tary to the palace of Laeken, to enter on the registers the birth of the young Prince. The declaration of the birth was made by the King in the presence of M. Ernst, Minister of Justice ; Count Felix de Merode, Count d'Arschot, and Generals d'Dane and De Stenhugse, witnesses chosen by the King. The Prince has received the names of Philip Eugene Ferdinand Marie Clement Baudoin Leopold George. Her Majesty the Queen of the French, accompanied by Princesses Mary and Clementine, arrived at Brassels yes terday at three o'clock, and immediately proceeded to the palace at Lacken. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 28.—We have at last received the English and French journals, in which the seizure of the Vixen is spoken of with great acrimony. Here the affair does not excite the slightest interest, and it is a matter of surprise not only in the diplomatic but in other circles, with the exception of the ship owners, that so much noise should be made of it. It is for the interest of the ship owners to be able to take freight for all coun tries without any restriction ; they therefore wish that the prohibition to communicate with the Circassian coasts should be revoked, and spare no pains to encourage the house of Bell, which in fact served as a trial balloon to make loud complaints. Messrs. Bell are of the number of persons to whom nothing teems impossible. They know very well what they had to expect in case the Vixen should fall in with a Russian cruizer ; and yet they allowed her to be put to sea ; now they will not rest till they obtain indemnity from some quarter or another, and exert all their efforts that their complaints may be heard far and wide. When we speak of the Company of Shipowners, we of course mean the London Society, of which the one here is a kind of branch, which is mechanically directed in London, and receives its orders from that place. From all we hear of Sir C. Vaughan, Lord Ponsonby's successor, he appears to be dispassionate and considerate, and to have always been on good terms with his colleagues. Of Lord Ponsonby the direct contrary may be said ; and if Sir C. Vaughan is such as he is represented, a hope mrw be entertained that many differences, which have hi therto arisen between the British Legation and the other embassies and the Ottoman authorities, will cease ; and that the disputed points which have been pur posely or untruly raised, will be easily settled. It is affirmed that if Lord Ponsonby had but half participated in the opinions which Lord Durham expresses, if he had in some degree known how to imitate his conduct and act in concert with him, the question about the Vixen could never have been brought forward, or at least, that it could have been placed on such a footing, that it would have been de cided to the reciprocal satisfaction of the parties interested. TRIESTE, MARCH 16.—Letters from Athens, by way of Patras, which were dated as late as the beginning of March, says,—" The persons in the immediate service of their Majesties are much pleased with their situations in Greece. They find their residences, society, and mode of life far above their expectation, and little in ferior to the comforts of Europe. No change in the Administration has yet taken place. Count Armensperg and family arrived here in Feb ruary. General Schmalez, hitherto Minister of War, is recalled. The country enjoyed tranquillity. The Klepts, fa voured by the Turks, still remained on the Nortk frontier. They are said to have Captain Stralas for their Chief, and to amount t 0.500 men ; but no hostilities had taken place, nor can be apprehended, till the Spring is further ad vanced. Marshal Scuffa, Editor of the Solir, who was sent to Syra for trial, was received with great respect by the people, and acquitted by the Court. He has returned to Athens. This journal appears again, but he is at present tricking, and waiting to see which way the wind blows.— Allgenzeinc Zeitunq, March 25. BELGIANFUNDS—BausseLs, Matto' 28 Actual Debt, 2;4 per Cent. ... RothschiliPs Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO% Loan of Thirty Millions Loan of city, 1332, 4 per Cent RI Society of Commerce, 4ssiper Cent 132 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 135 Brussels Papers, March 29. Yesterday morning the inhabitants of Cow-cross, Smithfield, were thrown into considerable excitement in con sequence of a report that a female had been murdered by her husband, residing in the neighbourhood. Serjeant Davies, No. 8, G, and Hodger, another constable, proceeded to the spot, and discovered the injured woman lying in her apartment weltering in blood, and insensible, when they procured the assistance of Dr. Fortescue, who discovered that she had re ceived a dreadful injury in the abdomen, and that a blood vessel bad been broken. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that the husband had retured home in a state of intoxica ion, when he commenced a brutal attack upon the unfortunate woman, whose cries of " Murder !" alarmed the whole of the neighbourhood, and eventually he gave her a most tre mendous kick upon the abdomen, which rendered her insen sible and unable to move, and she was carried to the hospital in a dangerous state. The ruffihn of a husband escaped, but the officers, who know him, are in pursuit of him, and will, no doubt, bring him speedily to justice. The take of salmon in the Nith has as yet this sea son been very limited, and prices keep pretty high, 2s. per pound being the general rate. The take of salmon trout has also been very limited, Is. 6d. per pound being demanded.— Glasgow Cunrier. _ _ Mr. Muspratt, manufacturer of vitriol in Vauxhall road, near Liverpool, recently commenced building a chimney near Newton, which was to surpass all other chimneys in height. We have heard it was to be 130 yards high. It had been built, we believe, to the height of 90 yards, and was apparently in the best and safest condition. On Wednesday, at half-past twelve, the erection suddenly fell to the ground. Instead of toppling over, it came down by the bulging out of the lower part, from the immense weight on it. Mr. Johnson, bf Liverpool, the builder of the chimney, who had gone to visit the work by the 12 o'clock train, arrived about ten mi nutes after the ruin had taken place. No lives were lost, as the workmen were at dinner at the time.—Liverpool Standard. A man , with the singular name of Gqffer Ghost, charged with concealing himself und er d b e d f or t h e pur pose of robbing a house at Wokingham, last week, was com mitted to Reading gaol; but on the road, the Ghost con trived to slip his manacles, and vanish from the constable. PUBLIC ENTRY OF THE LIBERAL CANDIDATES for the REPRESENTATION of LEEDS. The public entry of Edward Baineg, Fsq., M.P., an Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., into L^.eds, tool place on Monday morning last amidst much splendour an' enthusiasm. According to previous arrangement, the Can didates were met at Pontefract by several influential ren• tlemen in private carriages. They arrived at the White Horse, Hunslet, soon after eleven o'clock, where they were met by an immense concourse of spectators, who had as sembled to receive them, with the most hearty cheering. After stopping at Hunslet far about ten minutes, the pro cession moved off towards Leeds. _ _ The streets through which they passed were dense] ) thronged with spectators ; and the windows of the houses, and every eminence which commanded a view of the pro ceedings, were covered with ladies and others. The Candidates arrived at the Cloth Hall-yard a few minutes after twelve o'clock, and took their stations on the steps, which serve for a hustings. On presenting them selves they were received with enthusiastic cheering by an immense assemblage, amounting to nearly 15,000 persons. After &lowing a few minutes for the attainment of order, GEORGE GOODMAN, Esq., came forwar.l and said—Gen tlemen, as the weather is at present very inclement, I will proceed, without further detaining you, to present the two requisitions to Mr. Baines and Sir William Molesworth, which are signed by 1,705 electors.—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Such a manifestation of public favour has never before been exhibited in this town, and that fact induces me, without any further ceremony, to tender to those two gentlemen the requisitions in their behalf.—(Cheers.) Mr. Baines and Sir William then received the requisi tions amidst great cheering. After which they proceeded to address the meeting in short speeches, in which they ex pressed their high gratification for the flattering reception they had received. The meeting was then addressed by Joshua Bowen, Esq., and Edward Baines, jun., Esq., after which the meeting adjourned ; and Sir William Molesworth, accompanied by Mr. Baines and the procession, retired to the Royal Hotel, where the Hon. Baronet had engaged apartments. THE DINNER. The public dinner to the two intended candidates was given in the large room of the Commercial-buildings, at five o'clock in the evening of Monday. About 250 persons sat down, being as the room (which is the largest that could be obtained) would accommodate. George Goodman, Esq.; late mayor of this borough, presided, su f :- ported on his right by Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., Arthur Marshall, Esq., Molesworth, Esq., brother to Sir Wil liam, H. H. Stansfield, Esq. James Holdforth, Esq., John Clapham, Esq. ; and on his left by Sir William Moleswortb, Bert., M.P., Hutchinson, Esq., the new Liberal candi date for Knaresborough, Sir W. Molesworth's legal adviser, T. B. Pease, Esq., and Henry Bentley, Esq., of Oulton. Stewards for the guest table—George Wailes and John Wilkinson, Esqs. The ice-presidents were—Henry Cowper Marshall, Esq., Hamer Stansfield, Esq., William Cadman, Esq., and Darnton Lupton, Esq. After the cloth had been withdrawn, the usual toasts were given; after which The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening— " The Liberal candidates for the representation of the borough of Leeds, and as they are united in the requisi tion, may they not be separated in the declaration of the returning officer at the next election."—( Here all the com pany rose and expressed their approbation of the toast by wavieg of handkerchiefs, the clapping of hands, and un bounded cheering, which continued for some time.) Mr. BAINES rose to acknowledge the honour done to him, and was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering, frequently repeated. When this had subsided, he said, Mr. Chairman and Gentl emen , th e coun t ry i s a t present placed in a peculiar situation. It is almost impossible to say whether we are to have a dissolution of Parliament, and that you are to have an opp or t nn it y o f exerc i s i ng y ou r elective franchise within the present session, or whether it may be removed for some time to come ; but, Gentlemen, whichever of these alternatives may occur, I must say you you have chosen a most judicious course. You know that while Parliament stands in its present situation, everything is precarious.—( Hear.) You have wisely taken time by the forelock.—(Hear.) You have made a selection of the men of your choice, and you are prepared. I hope, let the time come when it may, to return to Parliament such men as have been fixed upon us the objects of your attach ment.—(Cheers.) Amongst the Reformers hitherto there have been two classes—the Whigs, as they are popularly called, and the Radicals. There are also two classes among the anti-Reformers—Sir Robert Peel and Sir Robert Inglis, who are as widely opposed to each other as any portion of the Whigs and Radicals possibly can be, as to the extent in Parliament of the measures they wish to be carried.— (Hear, hear.) They stick closely together, and they show that whatever may be the difference of opinion in their ranks, they can keep strictly and closely united.—( Hear, hear.) It is your duty to do the same. It is, Gentlemen, in order to give efficacy to the representation—to give effi cacy to your voice—that I beg, nay intreat, that at the next election you will return two Members, both of them disposed to give their support to what I consider the best Administration that ever governed this country. I do not pretend to say, Gentlemen, that the present Ministry have not about them what no human institution or human ingenuity is free from. I do not mean to say they are perfect ; but I do say that you shall search through the history of this country from the earliest time to the present day, and you will not find an Administration (always considering Earl Grey's Administration as a part of the present) which has done so much to increase the happiness and augment the prosperity of the people as the Administration which at present exists.—(Loud cheers.) It'was, indeed, before they came into power that the Protestant Dissenters were re lieved from those disabilities under which they had for ages laboured. It was before they came into. power that the Ca tholics were freed from those disabilitiesby which they had been long oppressed. But although it was before iny Lord Grey came into power, it was not before that time that, as States men, they effected this object ; because, although the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel may be said to have car ried those measures, yet in reality they were carried by dint of that liberality and of that political integrity which distinguish the men who are at present at the helm of political affairs. —(Cheers.) They gave us, during the last session of Par liament, measures which I may, perhaps, appreciate more highly than some other gentlemen in this company, although I believe that those who have viewed them as to their in fluence on the general liberties of the country highly ap preciate also—l mean the Registration of Births and the Marriages Bill.—( Hear.) They gave us also another Bill of great importance, and one which at once went to de stroy all those feuds that have so long existed between the clergy and their parishioners—l allude to the measure for a commutation of tithes.—(Hear.) Labouring in that course of conduct, they have endeavoured to give us other Bills of equal importance, and amongst the most prominent of which is one for the abolition of Church-rates.—(Cheers.) It depends upon you whether or not that measure is car ried, for I know that the feeling of the present Adminis tration is this. They say, " We are ready to fight the battles of liberty, and if the people are ready to accom pany us, we will go with them and conquer for them."— (Cheers.) If, on the contrary, I say, the people are not so disposed—if they choose to be bearded by the Bishops— if they choose to be outwitted by those least trust-worthy of all public trustees—( Hear and laughter)—if they choose to submit to the domination of men who, impatient of their own power and of their own aggrandisement, are disposed to disturb the peace of the Church at an opportunity when they might restore to it all the blessings of peace and tran quillity—(Hear, hear.) I say, if the people of England choose to submit to such domination, let them submit to it, and let them pay the penalty of their want of spirit and their want of energy. — (Loud and co ntinued cheering.) Gentlemen, there is another measure yet to be named. The present administration are anxious to do justice to Ireland —(Hear and cheers) —they are anxious to govern Ireland by the affections of the people, and not by the point of the bayonet.—(Hear, hear.) I saw—and I witnessed with an admiration which I can scarcely describe—that when the Hon. Baronet (Sir William Molesworth) had prepared — and I believe no man could have more ably disc har g ed himself in the situation in which he was placed — to draw the key-stone of the Orange arch in Ireland—( Hear , hear and cheers) —the manager of the House of Comm ons, as he is called, (Lord J. Russell), took out the key-stone as neatly as possible, and let the whole edifice fall to the ground. It. was a beautiful piece of generalship. How are the Ministry proposing to do justice to Ireland ? They are proposing to give them those Municipal institutions. which England and Scotland at present enjoy ; and if any man can assign to me a reason why Ireland should not have those privileges , I will give pl a c e t o hi m , aid submit that she has no right to demand them.—(H e ar.) There is also a disposition in Ministers to reform the Irish Church; and certainly, gentlemen, there never was a Church which stood more in need of Reform.—(Hear, hear.) In the world there is not such an anomaly.--(Hear, hear.) There is an Established Church, with six-sevenths of the people opposed to it.—(Hear, hear.) I have heard of an . esta blished Church being consistent with the requirements ot a nation because the majority of the people were of that community. I do not think that religion requires any Es tablished Church at all.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) But if we are to have one, most undoubtedly it ought to be an establishment in accordance with the opinions of the m jority. I was a good deal amused by a late debate in the House of Commons, in which Members oa both sides of the House seemed to entertain a kind of alarm, ap proaching to a panic, at the prospect of the establishment of the voluntary principle.—(Hear, hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Why, gentlemen, look at the volume that we profess to be saved by ? Do you find a single passagein what we may call the Chriip.an statutes at large which in c Acates any other than the voluntary principle ?—( Hear.) take the Founder of our religion. Did he propose any other system of Church government but the voluntary drinciple ?—( Hear, hear.) Did the college of fishermen aver hold any other doctrine ?—(No, no.) No, gentlemen, hut the bench of Bishops hold a different doctrine— ( Laughter)—and you may rely upon it that the college of fishermen and the bench of Bishops are widely different.— (Great laughter.) Then there is another measure that Ministers are labouring to accomplish in order to do jus tice to Ireland, and that is by the establishment of a sys tem of Poor-laws for a body of people who are more de preesed in circumstances—noble and high spirited as they me—than any other peasantry of any other nation in the world.—(Hear, hear.) Is it not worthy of a reforming Ministry that they should adopt such a course towards a country which stands so much in need of their support ? Hear.) This is not a question to which there need to be imparted any political feeling ; and I hope men of all parties will feel it to be their duty to aid the Ministry in :.heir attempt to effoct so great an amelioration in the con dition of that brave but long misgoverned people.—(Hear.) There is one topic to which I wish shortly to ad vert. You have interested yourselves wisely I think, in endeavouring to remove imposts that exist upon the raw materials used in your manufactures, and I hope the Mi nistry will exhibit every disposition to effect the object you have in view. —(Hear, hear.) I hope also that all possible facilities will be given to your commerce by im proved modes of communication.—( Hear, hear.) I am happy to say that measures are now in rapid progress for the accomplishment of that end, and I hope, at no distant period, you may be able to breakfast in Leeds and dine in London.—(Hear, and laughter.) I hope to see the eastern and western seas united, and progress is also making to effect that very desirable end.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, like the lady in the postscript of her letter, I will sum up all by declaring to you that I am, as I believe you pretty well know, a supporter of the vote by ballot—(Cheers) ----a sup porter of free trade, and, above all, of free trade in corn —(Cheers)—an anxious friend of education, in order that every man may be able to exercise a political franchise, and that no man may withhold it from him—a friend, gen tlemen, to peace abroad and economy at home.—(The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud and prolonged cheering.) Sir WILLIAM MoeessvoaTH next rose, and was re ceived with the most. unbounded applause, the company si multaneously rising and waving their handkerchiefs. The cheering was prolonged for some time, and as soon as the Hon. Baronet could obtain a hearing be spoke as follows.:— '° Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen—First of all allow me to express my admiration of the truly excellent and admi rable speech we have had the pleasure of hearing from my Hon. Friend and your worthy representative.—( Cheers.) Seldom have I listened to a speech in all the sentiments of which I so perfectly and so fully concur ; seldom have I listened to a speech, yea, in every sentiment of which I so cordially agree—(Cheers)—and though my Hon. Friend looked at me when he mentioned the present Ministry, let me say, that in the sentiments by him expressed in reference to them I likewise cordially concur.—(Cheers.) I must say, Gentlemen, that I agree with him that of the many ad ministrations which have ruled over this country for many a long series of years, not one has been animated by such popular principles—not one has had so earnest and sincere a regard for the people as the administration of Lord Melbourne.—( Loud cheers.) I don't mean to say, Gentle men, that I agree with that administration in every act which they have performed, or in every act which they are about to perform ; but, taking them upon the whole, I say they have acted up to their professions ; therefore, I agree with my Hon. Friend in the sentiments he has expressed in reference to their past conduct.—(Hear.) I sincerely trust von do not think that I have been discourteous in my con duct towards you in not waiting upon you at an earlier period, but I assure you that for the last five weeks I have suffered from the prevailing epidemic so severely, that I have been unable to leave my house, except to go a few times to the House of Commons on urgent business.— ( Hear.) And, moreover, tlrere has been business of great importance to be discussed ; and never, in so short a pe riod of time, have so many important questions been brought under the consideration of the Legislature as during the last six weeks.—(Hear.) For •instance, we have discussed the vote by Ballot ; we have considered the repeal of the Corn-laws—(Hear)—we have discussed the repealing of the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Act—(Hear) —we have voted for the removal of the Bishops from the House of Lords—(Laughter and loud cheers) —whom my Hon. Friend who has just sat dowo most properly denominated the most faithless of all public trustees—( Loud cheers) — we have voted for the abolition of the property qualifica tion required for Members of Parliament ; we have dis cussed the Irish Municipal Bill ; and we have also discussed the Irish Poor-law Bill, and the abolition of Church-rates. —(Cheers.) Now, though it is true that only in some of these measures have the Liberal party as yet found itself in a majority, and though it has been found in a minority sometimes, it was nevertheless not a very small ur insigni ficant one ; and it is gradudly and daily increasing, and contains the greatest portion of the Liberal Members of the HouSe of Commons.—(Cheers.) I say, Gentlemen, this circumstance proves the rapid,progress which liberal prin ciples are making ; it proves with what amazing and gigan tic steps democratic principles are advancing.—(ltnmense cheering.) This, Gentlemen, is the inevitable consequence of the progress of knowledge and civilization—this is the inevitable consequence of the diffusion of knowledge— (Hear, and cheers) —it is the inevitable consequence, too, of the increased facilities of intercourse—it is the inevi table consequence of the increased attention which the people are paying to their national concerns—(Hear) — and of the increased and growing habit of thinking amongst the pepple, and the attention they pay to their own concerns ; and it proves to the people that by at tention to the business of the nation only can they be wisely and well governed.—(Loud cheering.) All this, I say, tends to produce equality amongst men ; and what ever may be the importance of individuals, they are every day, as individuals, sinking into greater and greater in significance as compared with the mass, and each day power is passing out of the hands of the few into the hands of the many.—(Loud cheers.) Then, in order that the people should exercise that power peacefully and tran quilly—in order that they should exercise it not merely by firs and starts, in periods of great and dangerous excite ment—in order that they may not exercise it as tools in the, hands of others, but as reasoning and thinking beings ac customed to the use of power, and exercise that power with a prUdence and forethought, it is of importance that some changes should be made in the institutions of this country.-a-(Loud cheering.) The Liberal Members of the House of Commons have therefore thought it their duty to bringbefore the consideration of that House vote by Ballot, triennial Parliaments, and the extension of the suffrage.—(Great cheering.) My Hon. Friend Mr. Baines justly observed, that we ought not to talk about the non-represented, because we represent both the electors and the non-electors ; because the electors have no in terests distinguished from those of the rest of the com munity, and consequently that, theoretically spealaing, we represent the people. But this is only theo retical, and I could wish that the people had a greater share in electing their representatives, and for this rea son, I, for one, am in favour of household suffrage.—(Loud cheers.) No one well acquainted with the state of pub lic affairs can doubt that the period is not very far disuses when most of these measures must be carried. For in stance, with regard to the ballot, the arguments adduced by Hon. Gentlemen in the House against that measure were so strangely ludicrous, so palpably absurd, that I Could hardly believe that the Hon. Gentlemen who opposed it were in earnest.—(Hear, hear.) I was glad to find that a considerable portion of his Majesty's Ministers did not vote against the measure ; and I hope they will follow the example of an Hon. Gentleman and a friend of mine, one of their colleagues, the Master of Ordnance, Sir Hussey Vivian.—(Hear, hear.) That Right lion. Baronet is ex ceedingly desirous to represent the county for which I have now the honour to be Member, and to do this, be has pro nounced that he will vote for the ballot in accordance with the wishes of a majority of the electors, if they re quire hi m t o d o so. —(Ch eers .) N o w if the electors of Manchest er , o f D un d ee, an d o th er pl a ces would call upon their r e p resentat i ves to d o t h e same , the period could not be far di s t ant w h en we must o b ta i n the ballot.—(Cheers.) I say I cannot b ut re j o i ce a t t h e pro gress which the ballot is maki ng , an d t h e period is not far distan t when the electo r s w ill b e a bl e to vote accor di n g to their consciences , and a ccor di ng to pr i nc i p l es t h ey a pp r ove.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I have referred to other important topics, but at present I cannot enter into minute detail ; but their progress pros-es how rapid is the growth and advance of democratic principles—how certain the victory of Liberal over Conservative principles—(Loud c heers) —and how powerful soever the Tories may be—however powerful tile influe nce o f t h e l an d e d pro p r i e tors —they must ultimately succumb to the people ; and the people, eith the assistance of the united Liberal electors, must be determined to assist each other in opposing their deadly foes.—( Hear, hear.) There is one me sure indicative of this triumph to whieb 1 must beg to say a few words, because the majority on that measure contradicts an assertion that the people of thi country are indifferent to the well-being and good govern ment of the Sister c ountry.—(Cheers.) I say the large majority on th a t m easure proves how false the position is, that w e d o not care w hether justice is done or not.—(Loul cries of " H ear ," and cheers.) The question is the Irish Municip a l Bill. O ne objection of the Tories is, that the carrying of this measure would endanger the stability of the . Irish Church.—(Laughter.) Thus, Gentlemen, they constantly strive to render this most monstrous of Irish establishments still more monstrous by making it a plea for refusing to Ireland the same rights and the same pfivileges which have been granted to you in England, and to the people of Scotland.—(Loud cheers.) But, Gentlemen, the question with the Tories was not whether municipal institutions are good or whether they are bad, but it was with them a desperate struggle for the regaining of place and power. Hence the mad fury and the wild. fanaticism with which an arrogant faction attacked the present Government—hence the fury, the in solence, and the foul filth which they threw at the present Ministry—hence the despicable conduct which turotal into an unmeaning growl the clamour of a contending faction, instead of its being the calm and quiet discussion of a great and important measure.—(Loud cheering.) No wonder, Gentlemen, that the Tories hate the Government of Lord Mulgrave—no wonder that the people of Ireland love that Government with such vehement affection, for before the Government of Lord Mulgrave, Ireland was ruled over by an intolerant, by an insolent, by a domineering, and a secret faction.—(Hear, hear.) The misrule of that faction, I mean the Orattge faction, produced the very worst state of society.; their principles contaminated the very source of justice, they were promulgated even from the pulpit.— (Hear, hear.) The members of this accursed Association were to be found amongst the magistrates, in the army, in the navy, and -even in the police.—(Laughter and cheers.) Their foul acts were countenanced, were connived at, aye, even approved of by those whose duty it was to have punished them. Now the Government of Lord Mul grave has changed this state of things, and he has pro scribed, he has put down that faction, and the people of Ireland now feel that the sympathies of his Majesty's Mi nisters are with them, and that even-handed justice can now be obtained by all. Now, I ask, do the Tories think that the people of Ireland, after centuries of misrule, and having once experienced kindness and good treatment from its rurers—that after ages of oppression, having tasted the fruits of good Government—do they think that the people will ever again consent to be ill-treated by a Tory domina tion ?—(No, no.) Why, d) the Tories think that such a people will ever consent to become again the slaves of a foul and accursed faction ? It is now seen, Gentlemen, that all popular measures, all liberal ,enactments, are to be re jacted by a majority in the House of Lords, and then, by means of that majority, the Tories are going to seize the reins of office, and again attempt to rule over this coun try. Then, it is said, that the great military chief, the Duke of Wellington, is to be sent as Viceroy to Ire land, to treat that country as an insurgent province, and rule over it according to his well-known maxim, that that which is gained by the sword must be kept by the sword.— ( Hear, hear.) 1 ask, will the people of England permit this ?—(Loud cries of " No, no.") I ask, will the people of Ireland tamely submit themselves to be oppressed in this .way, and to be put down by a few Members of the Aris tocracy ?—(No, no.) I tell the Tories, if they make the attempt they must fail—and they must fail in blood, for there is a people in that country who, at all hazards, will abide the consequences of a struggle against the Lords and the Tories combined ; and liere are thousands and tens of thousands of intelligent men in England who will back them in their noble attempts to obtain justice for Ireland.—(Great cheering, which lasted for some time.) Gentlemen, ,you sympathise, I see, with the people of Ireland in their wron g s, and you demand justice for Ireland ; but I say , not only unto Ireland let - justice be done, but in every part of this great empire—in every one of our colonies and depen cies ; wherever our sway or sceptre extends, there let even-handed justice be meted out to all, and let the exer cise of our power be that of a mild and merciful benefac tor, and not of the cruel and merciless tyrant. It is, there fore, Gentlemen, with feelings of deep pain and intense sor row that I now refer to a measure about to be introduced into Parliament With regard to the colony of Lower Canada. A few simple facts will prove to your minds , how - deep an injury, how gross a wrong, is proposed to be done to that important colony. You know, perhaps, that we some time ago granted a constitution to that colony,•similar, in many respects, to what.. we have in England. We gave them a House of Commons, with powers and with privileges like those of our House of Commons. They have long complained of certain grievances, and the representatiVes of the people, having in vain attempted to gain a redress. of these griev ances, have adopted the perfectly constitutional means of stopping the supplies. And now a measure is proposed, to get an Act passed for empowering the Governor to take the moneys of the people out of their pockets without the consent of their representatives, thus violating the constitution we gave them—that constitution which expressly says no money shall be paid but by the sanction of . the people.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, this evil thing is not yet done, and no vote has yet been given upon the measure ; his Majesty's Mini sters may therefore retrace their steps with perfect honour to theritselves, if they will do so.—( Cheers.) May they be induced to abstain from so gross an evil—may they be induced to listen to the solemn and earnest entreaties of their best and their truest friends—may they be induced to abstain from so gross an act of oppression, from so foul a blot upon their fair fame, and not disgrace their liberal and generous conduct by such -a proceeding !—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Baronet sat down amidst the most enthusiastic cheering, all the company again rising to . signify their ap probation of the sentiments he had expressed. Henry Marshall, Esq., one of the vice-chairmen, gave " The town of Leeds." George Wailei, Esq., barrister-at law, gave : " Justice to Ireland." H. H. Stansfield, Esq., gave - •" :-"file Members fur the West Riding of Yorkshire." Joshua Bower, Esq., gave °` The Ballot." Mr. Flint gave " Lord. Brougham, and an efficient system of general edu catkin."' Mia Cummings gave °° The Liberal Candidates for Bradford, Halifax, Knaresborough, Pontefract, and Leeds," which was responded to by Mr. Robinson, the new Liberal candidate for Knaresborough, who concluded by giving " The Liberal Press." Several other toasts were given, and between eleven end twelve o'clock these. most interesting festivities were brought to a close. THE EDGWARE-itOAD TRAGEDY.—The Observer, Of Sunday Next, which was the first paper to announce the dis covery of a clue to the perpetrator of the atrocious murder of the poor woman whose mutilated remains were discovered in the Edgware-road, will contain full particulars of the arrest of the murderer, w ith the confession, and a variety of other interesting circumstances connected with this monstrous tragedy, with a full report of the examination on Saturday.— Price of the Observer Five-pence. Office, 170, Strand. _ . GIBRALTAR, MARCH have just witnesse the performance of the Minos, French steamer, in rescuing the Pembroke, 74 guns, from a very dangerous position. We have had a violent levanter for the list two days, and the Pembroke had taken up her anchorage in the usual place for men-of-war. There came on a violent swell from the south-west, to which the bay is exposed, and before the Pembroke could get a.vay the wind changed and became more violent, but still from the eastward, with heavy squalls and eddies, caused by the rock of Gibraltar. She drifted and actually touched the ground, although with three anchors out. This morning one of her larger -anchors, gave way, and she came chase to a dangerous reef of rocks opposite the town ; but Le Minos set her steam going and dragged her . off, right against the wind, in floe style, until she was safely . placed beyond the dangerous influence of the rock of Gibraltar. The isthmus that connects this rock with the main land is long and low, and the town and bay are on the west side of the rock, so that when the wind is easterly it comes round at both extremities and forms a westerly wind opposite the town. Altogether the rock is nearly three miles in length, and quite steep on its eastern side ; there are not 150 acres of land capable of cultivation on it, and these arc laid out for garden or pleasure-ground, full of cactus, aloes, and other southern plants, which in. England grow only in hot-houses—cactuses eight feet high ! GOOD FRIDAY.—Good Friday (says a corres pondent of the Hell Observer) is kept as a fast in commemo ration of the sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ for the sins of the world, and is generally accounted a day of extraordinary devotion. Our Lord was crucified 'on the day before the Jewish Sabbath, which, being kept on our Saturday, the cru cifixion consequently happened on the preceding Friday, and must have taken place on Friday, the 3d of April, in the thirty-third year of his age, for that was the only Friday on which a passover full moon fell,• from the twentieth to the fortieth year of our Saviour, reckoned 'from the vulgar sera of his birth. Hence it is evident that the darkness which fell on the world at our Saviour's crucifixion could not be occasioned by a natural or regular eclipse of the sun ; for he was put to death at the than of the passover, and that festival was always kept at the time of the full moon. Another reason, which of itself were sufficient to prove the darkness in question to be supernatural. is, that in a regular, or natural eclipse of the sun, the moon's shadow, by which it is occasioned, ean never cover more of the earth's surface than a space of abcut 180 miles in diameter at any time, and the shadow or darkness she occasions moves or passes over that space in about four minutes of our time ; con sequently, a total darkness, caused by a natural eclipse of the sun, can never List longer than that time ; but the darkness at our Saviour's crucifixion was not only the greatest ever known, but it was total for the space of three hours, and overspread, at least, the entire kingdom of Judea. An intelligent philospher will find nanny opportunities of observing that nature, and phi losophy which explains the phenomena of nature, do. always agree with divine revelation. The following was the supper which Bishop Ridley had the night before be suffered. It will show the manner of living and the price of 'provisions at the time:—" Bread and ale, 3d., shoulder of mutton, 9d., a pig, lid., a plover, 4d., wine, lid., and cheese and pears, 2d., in all 23. 60." At this supper lie behaved with as much case and cheerfulness as ever ; in the former part of the evening he washed his beard and his legs, and at supper invited the company to his mar " riage next morning. ‘! Quiet } ourselves, aid he, " ray breakfast will be suffice hat sharp and painful, yet I am sure my supper will be more pleasant and easy." A commission of lunacy having been issued by the Lord Chancellor to inquire as to the lunacy of Mr. John Barham, M. P. for Kendal; the inquisition was taken on Theirs day last, at the Eyre Arms, St. John's Wood, before the Commissioners, Messrs. Phillimore, Blount, and Murray, and a highly respectable Jury, who, after hearing the .evidence of Drs. Sutherland, Monro, and Southey, and a personal examination of Mr. Barham, returned a verdict that he was then, and had been since the tlst of April last, of unsound mind. DEPTFORD DOCK-YARD. (From the Morning Advertiser.) In our last communication, we endeavoured to stow the importance of this establishment, by the best possib'e crite rion—viz., what had been actually done there. We will now inquire what possible motive can be assigned for this extraordinary step. Many intelligent and scientific perscns who have had the experience of a Jong life in the Ro-al dock-yards, after expressing their surprise and astonish ment, invariably make the same inquiry. We, ourselves, should like to put a question to certain individuals who,. when in power, were principally instrumental in effecting. this measure. We would ask them what landed property they possess in the vicinity of Milford Haven and Sheer ness ? But as we anticipate this qustion will long re _ main unanswered from that quarter, we do most fe:aa.ntly hope that some intelligent and p,atriotic individual who re sides in the locality of above-na,ried places, will, th:ough the medium of the public press, fun - ii , ll us with an answer, which we doubt not will throw a lditional light ca the subject. If it is alleged that being in a time of peaaa this Yard was , not wanted for the use of the Royal Navy, why, w e ask, was the country saddled with the enormous ex pense of constructing docks, buildings, slips, basins, store houses, and every convenient necessary for extend ng tl:e capabilities of other yards, in proportie .n to those aban doned at Deptford? Why were all tl se artificers (save a few who were superannuated) remove d, at the expense of Government, to Milford, - Sheerness', Chatham, and Woolwich ? Do they not receive the E wile wages they did at Deptford ? If we are told they are saving the expense •of an establishment, we tell the. al it is an empty fallacy, of which they are perfectly elm scions ; the offi cers, whose salaries are of airy consideza ble amount, arc either removed to other situ.ttions whet - e their ealaries :Iry increased, or they are su perannuatea at from one half to two-thirds of their sala.ries. It is only - with the junior clerks who perform the -work and U'o not receive the remuneration of a mechanic, that any redqction is effected ; such has ever been a e miserable cNeesaparing system of economy invariably p u rsued by those in office. We have stated, and we again rtq wat it, that evidence to a most fearful and appalling amount of sums exile:1(100 would appear, should a Parliamentary itaiquiry demand the returns to be laid before the House ; but as that evidence is Ly us unattainable, except in the event a bove-named, and as our readers may justly observe that z a sertions arc not proofs, We will now refer to another instrt ace of the mischievous effects of the system we deprecate— -.first premising, that in investigating public abuses, where the evidence is in the hands of the accused, it is only by ,;,i, imparativc statements we can elicit the truth. . On the 12th day of January last, due following ve.rscls of the Royal Navy were sold for the purp Ise of breaking up : Guns. l't ms. . - t: Narcissus Surly (lighter) 0 Prince Venerable Salisbury Immortalit6 Tamar Arachne Ferret Onyx Procris £22,450 These vessels were lying at different anti distant outports, and were sold by the Commissioners at Somerset House. One condition of the sale was, that the pmrchaser should de liver into the nearest Government store il; 1 1 the copper con tained in such vessel, for which he should. receive 11d. per pound, or 1021. 13s. 4d. per ton. We now propose toshow the immense advantage the revenue svouGl have derived if these vessels had been towed up to Deptford and. broke up there, the stores taken in, and the timber 'sold in this yard, it being unoccupied, and has wet and dry covered docks; powerful engines and tackle • for raising heavy weights, tools and implements of all kinds for the purpose, seated in the very heart and centre of the ship timber trade, invariably . will bring from 20 to 30 per cent. more than when sold at other places. It has store-houses for the reception of the stores, and a naval and military guard to protect them in security. Its extensive space for the puroose of stacking and exposing the different lots for sale, arid its immediate vicinity to an immense population, which always produce com petition with purchasers, all mark its eligibility for the pur pose. For the following statements we have I:ad recourse to the talents and long experience of persons in thd trade, and their estimates have been revised and corrected by others with such care, that we feet the greatest confi dence in laying them before the public. They are made upon a ship of seventy-four guns , and the prices at tached to the materials arc on an average of what they have generally produced at the public sales in this yard. The old copper from a 74 is estimated at 30 tons, some will run considerably more. There is one ship now break ing up on the river from which 30 tons of copper have been delivered, and there•is more remaining for deposit in the Government stores. We will, for the purpule of making the statement distinct, take one single -ship from the list, sold on the 12th Janu try at Somerset House, the Vencrabk, of 74 guns, which fetched at auction 4,7001. Estimate of the Value of _ Materials in a Seventy-`four-gun —.,......_ __ Ship, when broken up. - 45,000 feet of timber, at 23 . per foot .£4,500 42,857 feet of Bin., 71n., Gin., and 4in. plank, en an - __ 2,150 Lve,rage of is. per foo' 25,567 feat of 3in., 24in., 21a., and I.;;in plank, on an average of 6d. per foot Deck deals, 3in. and 2 1 -in. ditto, at 4d. per foot 500 fathoms of loose wood, oak and fir, on en average at 30s. per fathom Fittings of cabin, joiner's work, bulk-heads, glass, &c l5O 31 tons of copper, at 1021. I3s. 4d. per ton 3,080 60 tons of iron knees, pillars, bolts, &c., at 101. per ton 600 6 tons of scuppers and sheet lead, at 151. per ton 9O 637 200 Deduct fur tile expense of breaking up at the Govern ment contrast price for a seventy-four-gun ship 12,157 360 Net produce of the vessel £11,797 By the above statements it will be seen that in one ship alone a clear sacrifice of 7,0971. is made to the preposterous and absurd plan of keeping this yard closed. We Lave no hesitation in saying that, if the whole of the eleven vessels had been broken up and sold in the Tway described, instead of 22.,4501. they would hav,_ realised more than 50,0001. We beg most earnestly to call the attention of Members of Parliament to the subject ; they perhaps may have access to docuMents which we have not ; but we are so conscious of our conclusions being substantially correct, that we are con vinced the more they are inquired into the stronger will be the conviction of the necessity of investigation. There is one class of persons to whom our exposure will be mcst un palatable, and from them it is probable some attempts at a reply may be made. We mean those who have profited by this shameful dereliction of public duty, and into whose pock-ts the surplus above stated found its way. But we happen to possess some information upon this subject also ; and we can a: sure the -public that it is a well known fact, that in a sale of ships similar to the above, in a certain circle the purchaser of each vessel is as well known the day before the sale as the clay after. We purpose at a future day, if circumstances permit, to point the attention of the public to a certain snug job—and we repeat the term job—at Woolwich yard, ism which the sum of 150,030/. has, we will not say been cast into the Thames, but buried in a useless excavation, the particulars of which we shall endeavour to develope. EXTRAORDINARY .FACT.—It was Dr. Currie, the accomplished biographer of Burns, who first recommended cold immersion in cases of fever, more particularly where ti e type takes the name of scarlet. The suggestion, we beliea e, proved not a little startling, and the public naturally enough revolted at the idea of tearing a patient from his warm bed, and. plungiug, him suddenly into a cold bath, whether under cover or in the open air. But the pract;ce gained ground notwith standing, and many striking recoveries were accomplished by a remedy, which to many seemed worse than the disease, or, at all events, more likely to kill than cure. Still so peculiar a mode of treatment required the greatest delicacy on the part of the practitioner, and, though not of the Faculty, we have always understood that it was only in a certain critical stage of the disease that Dr. Currie himself considered it safe or advisable to hazard the experiment. Accordingly, the practice Las been discontinued, from the aversion which patients and relatives so generally cherish to so rough a trial, and far ther, from the opinion that , copious spongieg serves all the purposes of the cold bath. In this opinion, we confess we do not entirely agree ; but, be that as it . may, we proceed to re cord the following very curious fact :—A young man, residing in Castle:Douglas (whose name will be given privately if required), had, while labouring under influenza, accompanied, or followed by typhus fever, became so delirious that his friends found it necessary to watch him closely. Fiom some accident, however, his attendants, for a brief space, were cut of the way on Tuesdy week, the 221 curt., arid on that day the patie n t rose from bed, and with no other clothing save his night cap and shirt, actu.illy walked to the Carlinwark loch, bathed, and returned home in the same state he went. Going and returning, the distance is, at near as may be, hall a mile, and it will be recollected that Tuesday was a bitter day, with severe frost in the'valleys and snow upon the hill'. On reach ing his father's house he was immediately put to bed, and, strange as it may appear, soon after became perfectly calm and collected. The fever too, abated, and on Saturday last, when a friend wrote to us, he was still improving to such a degree as to induce the hoPe of speedy convalescence. —Dumfries courier. An unfortunate case of collision took place on Sa turday evening, off Piedda Island. between the steamer Mar . cur.'', of Dublin, and this brig James, of. Irvine, in conse quence of which the latter vessel was so injured, that sho iut mediately went down, and, melancholy to, relate, two boys be lunging to the James were drowned-the .remainder of the crew, five in number, were taken on board the Merearg, where ; they experienced from the Captain of that, vessel every eaten ' tion which, their situation-reetuired. The Mercury has suffered I very trilling injury. —Thibiin Mail. • THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1837.