The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-05 00:00:00

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''' b p 00 P lop . of e o t• ..so, ;b i rec', we r 1 e" or f " ul fr a° lci %co A stf . secr. ril o °I. • 15 A . l? ri .1 1 ,j 541 ; fcrog t li o 1 1 11 d • ati? s Un ited / 1,0101 Sr Aar ,71 S 6. 1 ° 0 pr. lo C di; ehiCD 00" I Ole pitiit erf Lil; JO "' , c;rod d e r, Lir d ev the :„ 0 1'3 Jg e 1- 00 Du' or , s Tai f al Pc' THE SUN LON DON, TLITIRSDA Y MORNING% FEBRUARY 5, 1816. EXETER, DORCHESTER, and WEY- MR. WILSON PATTEN AND HIS MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY. CONSTITUENTS. 41 special general meeting of the sohscribers to this TO THE ELECTORS OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF Company was held yesterday, at their offices, 62, Moor- L. 'glte-Street, for the p ur p ose o f rece i v i ng a report from G ent lemen—The important ANCASHIRE measures recently pro ithe c omm i ttee, and determining on the most advisable pisad in Parliament by her Majesty's Government, in vourse to be pursued; R. Riddel, Esq., in the chair. volVing the repeal or material diminution of all protec- The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the tive duties on th e i mportat i on o f the productions of meeting, countries, render it incumbent upon me to ad- The CHAIRMAN said he thought the best course to be dress you publicly , at the present time. Pursued was for the Secretary to read the report in the Under ordinary circumstances, or even under eiremn - first instance, stances of more than ord:nsry importance, I should hesi- The SECRETARY then read the report, from which it tate to take this step, but should act under the convie hppeared that the committee wished to ascertain if the tion that, in electing me as one of your representatives, shareholders desired to submit the undcrtuking at once you had entrueted me with full powers to exercise my to Parliament, or to postpone it to a future period. The own jndgnient, according to the emergency of each ease object of the line was to fill up the gap on the line of which might cline under consideration, and that you coast railway between Dover and the Land's End, pro- considered me responsible to you for the exercise of that id for by the other companies. From the traffic judgment only on that occasion when you might be con tables it appeared that the undertaking would yield a stitutionally called upon to select your representatives. remunerative return, eseeciallv between Exeter and If I depart, then, from my usual practice upon the pre the hetouth. The line wag read- increased in value by sent occasion, I need scarcely assure you, that Ido so intentien of Government to construct a harbour be- under an overpowering conviction that the peculiar eir ip;o:eettilklertrsortlaed and Weymouth. A no th er sc h eme , s i m il ar cumstances of the present time absolutely require it —the B r idp ort an d E xeter Ra i lway—shares of me. ha Company were not allotted. Your committee The change which it is proposed to affect is of such I'made application to th e S ou th W estern an d Great , magnitude, it involves such grave and weighty conside yestern Heil w a y s for union with them, but had failed rations, it is moreover so great an alteratien of the la effecting that object. The shares allotted were 42,076, system which existed at the period when you last did me on 15,582 only of which deposit had been paid, and in eon. the honour to elect me as one of your representatives, that se 5,582 of the sufficient number of shares not being I consider it a duty which I owe to you, as well as to . t,;ehal::eiernllithnpeon the whole line, they determined to limit myself, to make to you an open and explicit avowal of to the gap already mentioned, but from the my views-and opinions, in order that if you disapprove of s • at Yestern they would receive opposition. It there them, I may enable you, in a constitutional manner, to booreremained for them to decide on what course was to exercise your own judgment iu the matter. his with this object, and under these impressions, that e adopted.Cowner said, that before that report was adopted after waiting a few days, in order to afford time to you Li"? wished to ask a few questions. The first was, whether and to myself to give that atte n ti on an d cons id eration to the gentlemen composing the provisional committee the matter which it n qeires, I now lay before you th e "'bre for shares, and had th e y p a id th e i r d epos i ts ? re su lt o f th a t cons id erat i on on my part. Vred, Ihe CHAIRMAN said he had directed a paper to be pre- The present position in this country of the great ques containing the names of the whole of the provi- tion of protective duties, renders it, in my opinion, pecu liarly incumbent on a representative, that, in considering f. )44 committee, the number of shares they had applied Zilietiliedenpuona sit b s er allotted to them, and the number On its intrisic merits a ith a view to an adjustment, he should had been paid. A great number had not et the same time weigh well the general bearing and men up their shar es . The number of those who had future effect which his vote may have upon all the great I ort their shares was 16 out of about 60 or 70. interests committed to his charge. o e SECRETARY then read the names of the parties in It would be dishonourable in me to state (because such haesti en a „ i , 9 and said that several of the directors had is not my opinion), that I believe that that adjustment rhthtt for 100 shares, but had taken up none. Others of this question is practicable which, abstractedly con -444° h s ad rot app li e d for shares had been allotted some, sidered, would be most satisfactory. I do, however, con- Th:rne had paid 301. ccientiously believe, that an adjustment of it is so essen ergi_ C nalnelAN said he had sent circ u la rs t o th e ma - t i a l to all the best interests of the community, that, as committee to take up their 25 shares, or pay your representative, I enter upon the consideration of The SECRETARY the government measure with a determination, if possi theke _ continued with the list, and among ble (even at the sacrifice of former opinion, and in the t u f t. :coo had taken no shares where the names of Mr. spirit of that measure), to attain this, in my opinion, It ar'setY Hughes, M. P., and Sir J. Key.—(A laugh.) desirable object. and t ZaPpeared that the chairman bad taken 25 shares, I ii•...to z r .--ry. that - the reasoe Which niiiin - TY induces 1,00 0 " 1 " his brother Mr. R. Riddell, had written for me to take this course is tha prospect which I think I oftenbut taken none. see before me, if an adjustment should not now be made neetteteN said, as the latter gentleman was out —a prospect which, contemplated in the most favourable pe, d ,he thought he ought to state that he had ap - light, exhibitsyearsof contest and uncertainty, ofjarring ha t ' 4 133° e1Y as a shareholder, and he (the Chairman) interests, of continued apprehension of evil on all sides, pani c doubt that he would take up his shares as other and the consequence of this, a continued want of confi -3,13`c! had done• dente, which must be equally prejudicial to all interests ProeietCRETARY then read a list of the names of the --rendering, on the part of the agriculturist, all bene *2oo anal committee, several of whom had applied for ficial arrangements between landlord and tenant most not pa 'Ns each, and the greater number of whom did difficult, if not impossible. kij7.h9o their shares. Among the remainder was a It also appears to me, looking to the great political alloe te Pthgerald, who had applied for one share, was movements of the last few months, connected with the Tic-Ilene share, and had paid on one share. formation of a Government, that there is no reason that o'uhthinoraer, in reply to some questions, said whatever to expect, at any future ime, a more satisfac tleetc,? thirteen of the managing committee had been tory settlement than can now be effected ; indeed, I Pr ehd ;,, vvhich took place at a meeting where he had must own, that the consideration which I have given to corr ect ', He was sorry that he could not give them a these movements, has led me to a directly contrary con- NNha hatioalance-sheet at present, but Mr. Morrison, elusion. e ctap an ta ken a great interest in the concerns of the I also consider that, as regards agriculture, the pre 'iffalr,Apt would give them a rough statement of the sent state of the corn market is more than usually ,k r Ai " lue Co m pany , favourable to an adjustment. it • -och e ;itappeared N then read a statement, from which These Tieing my opinions, I hasten to lay them before s. ile t " ..11.505 r ed , , a th t at the total number of shares paid on you, and I beg at the same time to assure those of my 2,9ei sh are s' B2 2,610 had been re-purchased, leaving friends who have hitherto, in a more especial manner, present:in possession of the shareholders, given me their kind and active support, that I shall Itee es P 4 ~cheeas were 27,290/. The cash paid to engi- give a wide interpretation to any intimation which I O ffi sa nd '' 7 . ;to solicitors, 1,922/. ls. Bd., which with may receive, that it is their wish, under these circum teaieed other charges, and with the balances that re- stances, to confide the trust now reposed in me to other 11 8 retie, Would , 004 „,, make a total in the expenditure of hands. Iv otile ne , itle amount in hand was 15,000/. which Allow me, in conclusion, to submit to you (the only go to /7ceabout 245. a share. The amount necessary to claim which I have to make upon you), that you will A strhainent was about 75,000/. place the same fair construction on my motives which Why hidAtareno.LDEß said as there was only 27,0001. paid, you have hitherto done, during the now long period in : 8 . Th e , leY incur the expenses they had done ? which I have had the honour of being one of your re -3°,4'41 ‘'oitrah_the!ax said that if the managing and provi• presentahves.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your Pee t ., c aress had taken up their shares as it was obedient servant, Oah e . they would have done, they would . have had 4 s z%cio ut funds t o proceed with. lad UnoLDEzt said he considered that if- they h a d lea; 4 "annittee before they proceeded in their reek theee"Pcaditure it would have been better. If the atiap e L i helon ged ' . . do , to the committee ; instead of to the wed cura.s;at,tievould have been very different. we hiti ni , tet . lAN said, in reply to a question, that he b our, thre served h, ,, lo Someh of the committee that shares kr 4 t a.t a ,_7. them._ Upwards of 2,000 shares were T theueium, the rest at a discount. tte • eit eeis i s o ° Ne e l , awl Proposed that the report then read be ti lit 'if the ' that a committee of four shareholders and g'At e th Managing Committee be appointed to inves- A s _ e affeirs of the Company. A su'Autheoenen seconded the resolution. e haie m : tE ttomeha said, he wished to know how the ir 4 f th e e _ could reconcile the proceedings at a meeting t oan, eah r i Pany at Weymouth? Mr. Crew, the chair tettienskhairtewhtolctit this line was most favourable. He did x4.,,,e„1e._ u(ech,rvi3osut,iitdghe Chairman's duty, to have called e t t h t ef b o e r f e o pa re o t v h e ey an p a r m oc e e n e d de m d en in t. their ~,g:T he, CIIAIRMAN said that they had reserved the nt to themselves to go on with th t'''LL,3 for w v h ar ichh th...y ox p „ eteri to i _____ e twenty miles nu ate un dertaking,. tent, on with the oLD Ea-I , t v. ing T . he y goni " v e sufficient capital Y wanted 7,000/. to go .lot?t.(l)'reSlithAayEßcorn Plied ,:tr,eotuhired great consideration I tQ c lo n l eat, it appeared t a hat e t ha n . by the conductresolution. From the ze lt re t _tore, propose that of teethe sh areholders. He would, thgey had lost about to i 4ecs'attili . +' he sharholders aneittee of th should a n d e j o s u p r p n o , i o a t n e d d %jell ote in vtiet;umrteedanttottntehothsehsstraotheooldfotrhsesatctchosunatds., Mourned should be ineeti r esult °r o,r'y conversation ensued. of was Proposed 4 re s and seconded , that a, sum `1 2 13 she share shouldbeinemediately returned to the noidt,..oders, that a committees of nine of the share- Port '' be appointed to investigate the accounts, and ro ll en , , ,a. meeting of the shareholders ; that fiT ft of ih ui e san e: to lamed constitute a quorum. kittee-4;00/iunttitodri. was carried unanimously, and th e com - MI . lots of thanks e i i h the was was then passed to the Chairman, 0 the Meetine, separated. J. WILSON PATTEN. London, Jan. 31, 1846. MR. TOWNSHEND MAINWARING. The Member for the Denbighshire boroughs has ad dressed the following letter to his constituents:— " Gentlemen,— The great importance of the Bill which her Majesty's Ministers intend to bring into Parliament respecting the relaxation of duties upon articles of food and clothing, induces ma to address you, in order that I may ascertain your Fentiments upon this great sub• lea. I feel myself bound to adopt this course, as I - distinctly sought your support upon the principle of protecting native industry. I cannot, however, with honour, withhold the avowal that Sir Robert Peel's an nouncement of the Government measure has had the effect Iron my mind of changing the. opinion I have hitherto held. Under these circumstances, I respectfully ask you to allow me to approach the consideration of the vast subject unfettered by the restraint which my own address to you at the last general election imposes on me, otherwise I must take immediate steps to vacate my seat in Parliament. I can most honestly assure you that no party feelings have influenced me in forming the views I now entertain. Few, perhaps, have more re proached the Government than I have, for, as I con ceived, unnessarily stirring up this question at a moment when their own previous measures were working so well; few either have more deprecated their conduct in giving way, as it appeared, to agitation. Better motives lam now inclined to believe have actuated them. With them, I believe the measure they have proposed may diffuse comfort and morality amongst the labouring classes, may invigorate trade, may permanently extend commerce, and that agriculture itself may derive a healthy stimulus from the encouragement which their measure proposes to give. " Relying upon the kindness I have ever received from all political parties since my connexion with the Denbighshire boroughs, I cannot doubt that you will put the best construction upon the course which I feel it my duty to adopt—assuring you, that as I have much valued that connexion, I shall much regret whatever occasion may sever it. " I remain your obedient servant, " TOWNSEIEND MIINWARING. "London, January 28, 1846." or ll°llos or LArtonn. —We understand r thatti paumrpeeesetinegf ~,e/nraster threespinrs was held yesterday, '),letfi,ning feeling private one, we can-- of thetr?d w i th ° respect to Lord ai vooPro.position for the reduction . e of the hours of labour 4 t , 5 7. 11 Mills. pretendating being it s ,` course, to give any detailed the feeling of itthe earriee(l,ng the villroecet!din,gs; but we understand t thateafiscal measure, dtailed account of vlrreausiti thiatatveSir theßob P effect of t hem onditiort of the working Ithe thatbtain a more plentiful and cheap f e a u r cturers, in many Nett:,i it would also place th position,e classes, üb(p ameliorating y enabling f fo e tlelraii3,:liBno 311AUceh degreebetter a „differYrifilas brought before the Legislature, objectsto e andbwl which, enable c h i trade l _ e ornd to meet n t thee ns has al;;,tovei. The e„,-"' occasions the House of Commons .tst,.. talten-et, ting resolved tc)tt,,,, ‘o ascertain the 0?"7 °.„ as t o the pro should be a tot reducing the Ipurs wooers l'rit 'v -,3 and inthaantufaina-:la :he Aole body of et 4 heirpromoting Thl7 ) ,.o rt f o f Sir would ) not ' cNri3" labour from tw a eli t i e tthsonertelevenhours. f eel •3 ieatc's„be c'n it i o n ift eli w t h ( i ) ch the passing mill?wn i e a rs thehours of n l - 4 4t r ti •etl acceding to such an alteration in is te be held ‘ - 31 Sat‘rp! that anothters ex L.,_tite t.,,,aY next, by which day, I I, ''' C 'cle Renerally will haN bten ascertained-- pected, MunchOirleos -I.ll`ctrc/iaa. 1 4 115 1 ott 2 -- -ANOTHER DISPUTE.— 0 n Tuesday Broome the 1114,,44ctItative of thel LondonL fancy-, t r:11-.Pe11441:°tPugirst' issue between And Ben oa-side. s'44 -'44ghato, h I 1i eve tliAlched for 10 /. s of :etti d ;,_ _ sc oo , w o w Ilfirr t y 1,,.Fe to fight toed into between them Terry, of )t„__ rtie4.1"..!1 very., unsatisfattory manner. The terms of I between them stipulated that the . t 'Rlit '.u. gal(' uya home and Ar "as trot to ybetween homer oert theirmet firezotor fourit:/rttnt eatllle Birrnin ban't tail Way. t and evidently displayed a. ti lt , tt,t thvi3afe or 11; At th g e . fourth round Broome hail a ge. l''itlrery BfT%'`,l,l(islen Te74 lll c s on' tended with 1 le r r t pe e r 9 iod Tt°r,(Lttle wa, he-co-tt,, 'lard for one hou t r, es a_t w l'otit-Y tin he rehte'ter Nen, but the c a ll ketNek itilies men eioseciattto to submit, a.n .i . to g out, when Broome tolonged, contest t w h as e ftty-ninth INt'iris'itillitt4PPtit,:4lent ll'bltitNV N ) vh e ic n h Terry's party called a foul, p 4°44141A) tt l a WM On his knees at the tike,e. A P ' l cke.,,_ 4ll d e ll t efeee, wli would net decide, and n a e l e n . o v st ne to 13 . 1 , Aid the n ' :At fight occupied one hour rninll-"test;:tbc94i4ettssion took ° pleas between theanrdesapixttelene bett.„,,"o leas theea Ift the without any decision ..e I,~''K me as 11° -•fte c t 1,. " At - -or, much to the - /'4,,,-_'l3 deei,;_4 loate hour last eve e o h l m fight again. teteaort'6:stte., tzi'ullut x b l ‘ , To t it h T at ,. t o lle p • A g F ENGLAND.— In Horner a „gustthz, reNree an no4describea.tid before Parliament), Dlr. Leonard_etriet (the I babef togia ilt, r attllt of his inquiries in his d k 1,4,4 naeettaiT:l), giving the following curio 41 liq,,,ltllpy 2 Z l ' by inquiry, that the 1,519 fi gine,, with %f ~I .t . of 4 , ~, 8 factories, hare 1,552 steam- en _ h ower u_s ru d ts eta e i ta l .s t : n; ,Qtzhie:%l.":tich i s s'ir)3B horses, and 515 water-wheels, t r e ,11,9,751 p0,,,i L ptfA4 at 5,413 horses ; being toegeaT ages, of z . Crithlbt 11;7 SrrIPIOy 2.21,437 iaersoas f i 5,16 ~1,141 are children between 8 and 13 years filb‘ a Ts of theuetween 13 and 18, and 141,4t d O re o n f 18 and 38,172 IT alil3.2(piveett ilb:re i are 5,424 fem _, B alenhl 18 ;, making iiillier ,'B,,°4piee'llales n: or 18 a o`': 574 2 pe r abovecent. of the whole th tb1.44. b ( ._ f r y, .? B T . • t hBe'irneceh a th e i,e last thy istrict ;77as e,44„ti'ri,cs, of 10,041 horses power, and of 50,52' is,t„_ sekber T,' ,3,,d• This incroaet has all taken place since hk\,7-o th: i '4,2, c rease ttlt revival of trade began ; and t 111 been cielert o ,f, Persons employed since that time mtp th_iseea a__ n4itieraoly greater than the above amount; for 11:,,rettirue, 1838, when the collection of particulars . for br.i,Qe" totirei,,°` 1839, began, and November 1842, many mills 4 4 th e ' te4 sed to work, and others had considerably re ,,,,,trinsllnber of their hands. The total number of tl'11)' retell:loT district, ascertained by inquiry, is 14 9 4 1 ,14 -1 1 4; i 4 e pa / fino praolnei;:oxx made to etosaine Parliamentp is that ePtiltie wZ l t i oi! . e ?Institute my district —viz. Lancashi art 14 P.ilitit cou nty 'oil , and the the of the North Riding . 1'1t4,31. ther e wo ; e oll ii c, and the four northern. cou.ntTesasoef ter.17,1T3 the 10 ' -tlphe ,-, ,e nat.work in yezus;onalyd6346rle; asrheonwenwtg _a 6 n , in 2 237emore my and alone than there were 4i loyZe°ll', united kingdom 10 years ago. As regards the til4 late 1 ' (24' w.ooen, Air. Ilorner says that the clause in f or nl2 holies! Which prevents women from working more thoertNl. a `,. B , Which prevents and secures to them regular intervals li , e ,,e Of 'lBvP lesto 85,515 randy district, that is, to all 414, 'email tYr4.. Of age upwards ;. and I have kb.r__cta...4l7 eneve that the interfereace in their behalf i1%114,-.4 aPProYecl of? and especially by the Women RESULTS OF A DISSOLUTION. (Prom the Liverpool 7 imes.) If it was not for the interruption to business pro duced by a general election, the free traders Would be quite as willing to have an appeal made to the people as the Duke of Richmond or Mr. George Banks can pos sibly be. So far-from fearing the result, they feel loon • fident that it would end in the utter rent *1 Int mono polists. At the last election the latter put forth their strength in the counties, and: won so many of them that they have nothi ng " - ..; - w to gain in that quarter. whilst in the and boroughs they would I . i,avo no chances even of holding their regem pdsltioli. Suppos ing the free ottalers or the Liberal and Conservative party to net together, there' are several large and popu lous districts, such, for instance, as Lancashire, the ts N oc V a e pr s ca t erl ß lyi a i d ma i nesngi single ,g o of e Y m o o r n k o s p h t a m n e d m lld b e i d r d vr l eosue ld lie or e t w it r h n i whilst ft is' imposeibte t 6 point out a single diatrilt ih villieh that party could gain any con siderable accession of strength. 'With regard to.Laneashire, we feel pretty confident that the result of an appeal to the people would be a declaration in favour of free trade !n orely constituency in the . ootint.?, At 1.11'6 present time, professed free traders itite returned by Manchester (2), Oldham (2), Stockport (2), Proton (2), Milton (2), Ashton (1), Rochiale (1), and Wigan (1). Of tl4Laneashirt! servative members, J.,ord. EiT;erton, and Mr. Cardwell. Men'.liti for Clithcroe, are known to be favthitable to free trade, and Lord Sandon and Mr. Greene, of Lancaster (the Chairman of Committees), are understood to be so. Amongst thofe il wto,ar%s i t r i e ll doubtful are one county men%bet for z 4 ut— sancai wo for North Itanddillito, one for Liverpool, one for Warrington, one for Lancaster, one for Wigan, and two for Blackburn. Several of these gentlemen will most probably, vote with Sir Robert Yee!, an 4 of those who do ne s t it is tel'y thitatful whether a single one of thtdi twill be reelected. South Lancashire is well known to be sure for two free traders; North Lan cashire is less so, but the probability is that Mr.. Wilson Patten will vote with Si r Roberkyeel 4Mb itie the free traders aecl Olt tildritteConservatives will easily secure hia iteletettion. Cow his juvenile colleague, Mr. Olifton, will act, no one pretends to know, hut his wisest course will be to go with the Goveatnent ; For his hold on the division is Very slight ; and Would nbt outlive a eerintts contest-. We COnSi ter the return 'o two free trader; deraln itt tiverp. - 4 At *erring ton; the old eonsavd.titte party, once so strong, is much divided, a large section being furio us Against Mr. Ireland Blaekburne, for his Maynooth vote. From this cause ho will be beaten, if he siruld stand on the monopolist interest s thssugh lid Wobld hate fair chance as a free trader, ithl be sure of his election; if no one else was brought out on that interest. Mr. Matton'i position at Lancaster is imich thg Sanie Mn Jfeland Blackburn° at Warrinitoii. Ile has very little chance of being eentee. '6n file interest which last returned him, but might came in handsomAy as a convert. Both the t_3om - ervative members at Blackburn are connected with trade, and will most likely vote with Sir 11,'Obekl #06); IA which case their etattS afe secure. S a o that there only remains tint strange, incomprehensible place, Wigan, of which we feel any doubt. At present the free traders return one member, and the Earl of Balcarres the other. It is barely possible that the monopolists may continue to return one member, if the Lindsays, who, however, have a great respect for the powers that he should think it prudent to go into dead opposition to what their countryman, S.r Per.inax, would have called " the great mon.", The above resume does not hold out a very brilliant prospect to the monopolists. Still it is qaite true, and and if they are wise they will take stock iu other counties besides Lancashire before they go into a fight with Ministers and the free traders. B 3LTON. —COLLIERS' TURN- 0 UT. —The dispute be twe.2 n the colliers and their employers, in this district, still continues without any appearance of an arrangement, and the supply of engine coal in particular has become so scarce that some mills have been obliged to run short time for want of fuel. • We hear, ho - .vever, that the Darcy Lever Coal Company have agreed to give the advance asked for, viz., Is. 2d. per pit loud of 20 tubs, and that the colliers IT 91441 F e3lll ne Vr9r l 4 044 moruinge.r Atanchester Guardian, MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.) TBE NEW MONTHLY. The present number of the New Ilionedv is graced by a paper from the pen of Mr. H a rrison 'Ainsworth, intitied, " Lainan Blanchard and his Writings," which does equal credit to the head and the heart of the writer. The character of poor Blanchard, one of the most gifted, and at the same time one of the must kind hearted of created being.:, is admirably drawn. The man as he was is the re d e pi c ted, and depicted too after his own kind heart. It is such a sketch as Blanchard himself would have written of his friend, had he chanct d to be the survivor. Mr. Butler contributes some verses, intiticd the " Berkzhire (American) Jubilee," and Charles Houten gives us one of his new world, spirit• s'irrino- nautical ballads, entitled, "Pierre Picard, or the Sea Famine." This number is rich in American sketches, for Captain Lev7nge continues his " Echoes from the Back Woods," and furnishes us with informa tion regarding men and things in America, which is not only interesting, but worthy of serious attention. We extract the following description of tho garrison of Eastport, the first United States town beyond the Nova Scotian frontier, as an example " This fort was garrisoned by a company of horse artil lery. It was composed entirely of deserters from our regi ments.cp!artered from time t o ti me i n N ew B runsw i c k . Th ese al being : . entry regiments, the men had of course never learned to ride, and rarely to exercise great guns. Nevertheless, they did their duty as flying artillery in the United States. They wore fancy-coloured waistcoats under sky-bluejackets, trousers of the same colour, with broad yellow stripes down them; their boots turned up at the toes, like skate. 4, the trousers only reaching half way down their legs. The wliole . was crowned by a f r i g htf u l l eat h er cap, w i t h a h uge b rass letter to denote their company : but it is but fair to remark that their bar. acks were as clean as an unlimited allowance of whitewash could make them. We reco:tnised a rascal who had deserted from St. John's not long before. He was walking about, dragging a nine-pound shot fastened to his leg (by which we concluded that he had already gin into a scrape), smoking a cigar, and looking as if he did not care a d—n for General Jackson or any one else. We heard, soon after we left Eastport, that this company having been or dered to Florida, to_ quell an insurrection of the Seminole Indians, the most of them duerted on their march to Bos ton. They were, however, retaken, and sent out. On my return to New Brunswick, I saw a letter from the last of the survivors to his brother, recommending him arid his com rades on no account to desert their colours for the American service, he being the only one who had escaped the toma hawk of the Indians, or the d ea dl y pest il ence of the swamps. The difficulty, however, of preventing desertions was, in spit of all warnings,great in New Brunswick. Yankey agents followed the men, enticed them into cri m pi ng -h ouses, an d plied them with drink, and when sufficiently intoxicated. they were put on board fast sailing schooners, which got un der weigh whilst they lay in a state of unconsciousness. On coming to themselves, many might have returned, had they not been given more rum, and been afraid of the conse quences of their first transgression. There was but one inn stance of a man's returning in the two years we remained in New Brunswick. The remaining articles of this number are for the greater part continuous. AINS WORTH. Only yesterday we stigmatised the revival of materials already familiar to magazine readers as the most incor rigible fault in that order of periodicals ; to a certain extent the monthly press is ephemeral in its very na ture : it lives only upon the appetite for present novelty and present amusements ; and hence any repetitions, or so to speak, any olclnetses, are both presumptuous and ietolerabls. Ainsworth, this month, actually comes out with a reprint of its eJiti,r's romance, " Old St. Paul's," a work not very long since published in a weekly news paper of extensive circulation, and subsequently in an ordinary three volume edition for circulating libraries. What interest can, therefore, be expected from its pre sent re-appearance we are at a loss to conjecture, es pecially as it is the most mediocre production of its author. We are particularly anxious to avoid anything that may be, construed as in yiduous, but we tsitist decidedly protest against an instance of such palpable disregard to the interests and entertainment of the subscribers to this hitherto (and deservedly) popular magazine. Mr. Ainsworth has already shown by his many admirable fictions that his imagination needs no stimulus, that it is naturally gifted with extraordinary fecundity and vigour. His novels have followed each other with rapidity and merit; and if any one quality of his intellect was more conspi cuous than another, it was that of being prolific in in vention, plot, character, and incident. Recently how ever, he appears to have been encompassed with Indeci sions, and trepidations, and misarrangements of a very unliterary class. In his "Revelations of London"— again discontiuned—he was evidently plunged into such a cobweb of dilemmas that he found it difficult to extri cate himself with adroitness. But in republishing his present story of the plague and fire of- London, he has, in our Conception, acted more mistakenly than ever. Enough, however, upon this point : we earnestly recommend him to withdraw his unfortunate revival from his magazine, and no longer arouse a recollection of " Old St. Paul's;" but this, of course, in every sense, ex cathedra! Here, as a recom pense for our moroseness, we will extract from the pages of Ainsworth a delicate little fantasiet it is daintily headed ' occasional few, indeed, who are more intimate with him as a playright, the majority again are merely acquainted with him in " Every Man in his Humour," a coated ) which, notwithstanding its superiority for represeuta. tion, and notwithstanding the illustrious Captain Boba himself, that beau ideal of a braggart—with his " twenty more kill 'em, twenty more kill 'era, twenty more kill 'em "—is, in our estimation, not to be com pared with his immortal "Alchemist." This latter satirical comedy stands indeed alone fur its shrewd cut tings and slashings with a two-edged wit at all the weaknesses and rogueries discoverable in human nature. Its variety of character, to: , , is amazing ; "Face," that arrant varlet of a charlatan ; "Abel Drugger," with scarcely a syllable to utter, and yet about the principal personage in the drama;" " Sir Epicure Mammon,', wonderful Sir Epicure, with an ithagination like an in tellectual El Dorado, and a voluptuousness of heart beyond that of Medici; and the "Angry Bay," that right inimitable specimen of irritability ; with these creations, and the strange elaboration, yet strange sim plicity of its plot, we know no production of professedly the same aim which can be for a single moment men tioned with the " Alchemist." And Ben Jonson's rivaly with Shttkspere having been gainsaid and pil loried as a fallacy by Barry Cornwall, we can discover nothing, excepting possibl y- his mannerisms, to debar the public from c h er i sh i ng tho° old bluff poet as one of their favourite household spirits, and as about the truest and most English of their stage-bards. Having been se duced into this protracted plea for our " rare Ben," we can but obser ve t h at Cham b ers for February equals) if it does not surpa ss , all its former Prbruary offerings. PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Mr. Knight here brings the first volume of this spi rited series to a conclusilni and, considering its exceed ing cheapness, it may tiumberamting the many marvels oc type.graphical and illustrative art that have issued from the press of late years. it is an undertaking deserving of all praise and all encouragement, as one like:y to foster a love for the higher descriptions of art among tbe mul titude : it forms in itself a kind of moveably " Nation& Gall , ry." The frontispiece is a curiosity it is a cop) from a piece of tapestry in the possesion of Lord Brougham, taken from the renowned " Virgin in the Chair," of Raph ae l. T he colouring of this plate ik brilliant; it is a good example of chromatic effect, al once dazzling and subdued. OLD ENGLAND'S WORTHIES. James I. (that choice bard-prisoner, in the dungeon at Windsor Castle), Henry VII. (that weak and feeble monarch, familiar more with rosaries than sceptres), Wolsey (that problem of party-feeling, by one regarded as the Cardinal-virtue l by another as the Cardi na l- v i ce of his age)—Chem sad other°, airwd ex - celient materials for the Second Part of Old England's Worthies. The biographical condensations are judiciously managed, and the tune of narration is admirably impartial. When completed, the volume will be an invaluable companion to our native history. CfIURTONS LITERARY REGISTER' A fantastic assortment Of queer things is the opening article of this number, not inaptly styled " The New Curiosities of Literature." It groups together nearly every superstition and "legends hoary" in connexion with the month of February : it offers us some bits of antiquarian and scholarly information of the " blood baths" used by the ancient Romans fir p ur ifyi ng th t victims of Elephantiasis, or, as it IS commonly called, the white leprosy. It submits to our notice some fragments from Dekker, descriptive of "moon-men," or half witted persons, with sundry other eccentric gleaning from old folios, breathing of dust and cobwebs—smelling anciently and wortueatena resuscitation of Sir Cor nelius Agrippa. In the after portion of the miscellany there is scarcely a single publication that has appeared within the past four weeks but what is mentioned in some sort critically. The literature altogether is su perior, and the Register deserves patronage. DO YOU REMEMBER THE TALE? Ohl do you remember how bright was the day, When far in the wild woods wejvander'd away; The sweet birds were singing on every tall tree And thro' the d ar k olives fair glitter'd the sea? Al], do you remember, as on fled the hours, You cull'd me a garland of freshest wild flow'rs; And as 'neath th e so ft s h a d e we sat down td rest, Each dreaming of what each *as leVing the best, Each gazing on that each loved most to behold Ah I ttd you remember the tale that you told? Altogether indeed, for February, there is a rich assort of poetical fragments; no unwelcome recommendation for the lovers of day-dreaming in this &jelling and uncon scionable season. Edward Kenealy proves still further his accomplishments as a lingual student, by treating us with a basket of unknown but beautiful flowers, in a paper entitled "Swedish Anthology:" the strains of music which he echoes in translation have a character about them that clings with tenacity to one's memory, haunting and re-haunting the inner ear. They are tinctured too with the gleanings of the far north ; they breath ,like the sound of madrigals among the ice -mountains: in them Frederika Bremer seems to speak to us in rhlOm: they glow, bat their glow is f ros t, Andre* Winter ad monishes us that we " Be Trustful' —and his admonition is couched in such pensive metre that—we listen and obey. Nor is the finest Scholar of German lyrics in England silent—he unhusks from the original of Friedeich Rilckert five charming miniature jewels, in very fantastic rhymes. Are they not jewels ? Here is one I I sat upon the shore; and every The green that ell the lieldei,Wdothe mountains shone, The l'afitcl thus that theaVes, fruits, blossoms threw, Hed disappeard before me, one by one. Merg / d in the billow's green, and heaven's deep blue, Each separate colour from my sight had gone; Thus ,ontv fold i r til es o For thesti we thank dbh e hll tt Sdifie i i assages in the 1 3 riiate nisttify of my Poodle," by Dudley Cos tello, would, if divested of its plentiful larding of phrases that are somewhat ever-ididdiatie; shiach much of 1 4 4 a. We hit,v); r %Int suspicion that the subject (4 , Ole WaY, a very facetious one) has been previously touched upon : however, it will gain its end, by tickling the mouth-corners of its readers, besides *ell sprin kled with sareo.tiik ficott's Demonology and Witch craft" lifts etidently Stigge r sted to Thomas Wright his 1 ‘ Uhapter& fedui the gi,stor* of Sotcers7 and Magic." The introduction displ a y s some kfiowiedge of that abstruse and enticing lore ; we shall anticipate several striking disclosures in its continuation. There is an agreeable bonhommie, though rather an over-plenty of minuteness; in the " Lifo and Writings of Nimrod," and .at Mr. Apperler •With all his ,elevli,rnetd. s merely tile favciirite or a class, *e eonside; such profuse corn mentaries as misjudged. "Female Delinquency," in reference to its alleviation by the late excellent Mrs. Fry—that soul-sister of Howard—affords material for a sensible and benevolent es„say.; which is wordy a second perusal ; aliu, what with the foregoing con eiothions and a laughable, chatty, little episode of every-day life, by Shirley Brooks, telling us "H ow M rs. M almsey Ma naholeged; her Uncle," Ainsworth:B 412atirie Forms; on the w THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Though but the preliminary jump of a new ad venturer among our monthly publications, the People's Journal bears about it an impress of health and stability, which at first is somewhat enigmatical, until we re member that its literary and artistic contributors art equally experienced ill the requisites for similar pub lication. What appears to be the most decided charac teristics about this serial is its fervid, and earnest, and paramount advocacy of the populace. ' Nor is this tone of earnestness, an affectation ; it bursts forth in bosom gushes, it beats with the beating of an unseen but eloquent hearts it utters its bold ban upon Oppression, it breaths a soul sigh for the vines of poyerty, it points to the on comings of better and brighter thi ngs ; i ts genera l spirit is not th a t o f morbid grumbling, but rather of a heaven-born hopefulness. These qualities, however, from their very sacredness, ttte festricted o f course , to the serious portion of each number; the lighter litera tare abstains from the profanation of such themes—the anomalous mingling together of grand truths and flip pant jokes. William Howitt gives two rather milk-and watery estimates of Charles Dickens and William Wordsworth—men whose eulogy should not be sounded forth in staid and formal period; but in warm, and ire petuotim, and unstudied tones of love. We say advisedly of love—for is that not a recompense well merited ? Have they not severally attempted to excite within our hearts affection for the Unseen and fur the Seen ? And have they titit succeeded teiumphaiitly in that beautiful endeavour?—have not their simple utterances stirred up the waters of our inner-spirit ?—and aro they not each absolutely in some measure, what Shelley calls " The silver key of the fountain of tears!" by moving our dearest sympathies " up from our heart unto our eyes,"—and after this shall we not speak of them boldly, plainly, lovingly, and cordially ? For this quietude of style, William llowitt is the very anti thesis of George Gilfillan, who estimates passionately, and yet discriminatingly. Some metrical morceau of Ebenezer Elliott ; two smart sketches from London So ciety, by Angus a Reach, with capital illustratidns, by Kenny Meadoits, (the couple of waiters in the tavern scene being the very extravagance of drollery) ; with a plentiful supply of other very en'ertaing matter, form altogether a valuable and amusing magazine of more than ordinary merit, for the surprising small sum of eightpence halfpenny. So much enterprise, so much ability, so much benevolence of purpose will not surely go unrewarded or unnoticed. SPUR TING RE VIEW. A numerous collection of brief but capital contribu tions ; they ate chiefly capital, but not all, one or two sinking down below even mediocrity, particularly a very (fortunately) short chapter, headed " A Safe Shot." It is an attempt at the graphic and conVersational, which sinks to the common- place, while it taggs on to a clever engraving from a . painting by A rn fi e ld upon t h e same subject, like a bttaf td a lady J s pettieoati Sweetmeat, the property of Mr. A. W. Dill , is here presented to us by the engraver of Hacker, and a worthy descendant of Lollipop he a,pßears to be, from that limning. Scribble gives a rollocking " Day With the Pytehley i 7 and, with some similar sprightly an d roystering tfritsiotis, The Sporting Review passes muster this month with no little credit. A better selectionTioliEartPirs c li o G ul l4 t d he scarcely have been ma ; sagneedsassrttal .r t o s n r c i l a n it n s m o b i e ti r i , r,l emi nentlybl FO r r es th en e t clis s erim nation 'Cf itS 'editor. Profeski• pewit:lsoH gives us a sketch remarkable for its perspicacity on—that marvel of nature, that consequence of cultivation—" Rotaria Cynaa ; or the Rotation of Crops." The disquisition ",On the Philosophy:of Agricultiire," ,is ,evidpntly the eLsion of a thoughtful intellect ; it is. ci&ested of all prejudices in favour of the old-established systems, and is very learned upon all the latest expositions of the re nowned Baron , Liebig. Ataiott the mesf imciedititely Iniefehing and toe papeis, however, is a synopsis of Dr. Lyon Play fair's Lecturts upon the Po tato Disease, the importance and veracity of which may be almostsaii to t have the, Nbctidt) lolf Goternttient. Peinbii Albeit:a Ox flgitri in all the pain ftil glory of obesity open the fronti.Tiece, though he lodlcs as gentlernaitly, 4 " blade" as you would well find uficA the turfs" ,thilpumber Nte, feel like " One who has Whistled at the Plough," and that with considerable satisfaction to ourselves. Trig. 4AT REP§ TV As a quaiterly of didroreign jurispiud,nbe, thiS periodical already fills a preeminent poSition itl.bonOlApbtaties: ettrii6a, bttt dis pAsSionat6 iribwi; its ehliOteheci and 6fildite clidracter, its perfect freedom from bigotry or intolerance of tone, tog-ther with its many evidences of experience and re search, render it a worthy exponent of the profession. " Lord Eldon comp red with he ju,clges of his Time" is, tti't e 4 TeR OA the ti+itiii• hidiSelf laidtinci,e; d toah breaking nut for Horace Twiss ; and " The Opening of Lincoln's Inn Hall" gives an opportunity for a spirited survey of the present state of the legal profession, which, apart from the importance of the subject itself, should be read by etc* , ohe who admires candour and boldness. As a n hole the present number Is sterling. CH ' .111AMBERS'S EDIAI3URGEI JOURNAL. This really admirabl e pe r i o di c al sus t a i ns i ts reputat i on without any appearance of effOrt ; its pleasantry is un forced, and its philanthropy unaffected. In the former particular, we have "The Innocent Railway," and the "Freaks of Fortune ;" in the latter, a very fine-toned exposition of "Savings' Banks," and their beneficial consequences. A pleasant morsel of book-gossip, too, is that about "Ben Jonson," that horn-handed singer of sweet masques and dainty ballads. Our glorious old dramatist is not appreciated as much as one buckle of his doublet deserves ; we would indeed wager that the majority arc acquainted with his name rather through that quaint inscription on his tombstone, in the Abbey, " 0 rare Ben Jonson I" than through the medium of his Christmas moralities or cloying love-ditties, spiced and comfitted with imageries of heaiity more than almost any 0124 Similar efißione iu our Ono. With the COLONIAL MONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia—On behalf of the agriculturists and of those numerous parties who are to lose the advantages they have derived from protective duties, a measure Sir Robert Peel will endeavour shortly to carry into effect, it is important to inquire of what crime or fault these parties have been guilty—what offence they have com mitted that they are to be so much punished, as Sir Robert Peel's project would inflict on them? He or pro poses that th e y s h ou ld sell the produce of their labour ant i i ndustry, at whatever price it may command, in mar k ets open to competition with the country,ssd, and This h especially ast is the in compelled to purchas e some of their necessary supplies at the mo nopoly o rlin dee s cl am ha e rd t u im po e n them ; it be favourin g the colo n i a l i nterests to continue their monopoly, but it is a c t ua l cruelty to the consumers of this those who will be obliged to sell at an unprotected price, to oblige them to buy their sugar, coffee, and a long et cetera of articles, at a price vamped up by monopoly,—that is, rained fictitiously beyond their actual value. This would be a queer kind of justice, and would Mao* that Sir Robert Peel's conversion to free trade principles must have been of a peculiar character. Certainly he has taken a one-sided view of the great question. If he should be induced, to expose the many branches connected with the landed interest, to the abominable hardships of selling the results of their labour at an unprotected price, and at the same moment decree them to buy all the colonial produce they may need at a monopoly price, of what earthly utility will taking :3s, 6d. per cwt., little more than a farthing per pound, , ff the duty now imposed on certificated free labour foreign sugar be to the farmer? He will never enjoy the edvueteges of the reductieli; the benefit will never reach hire ; the three shillings and sixpence will be swallowed up by the importers and the wholesale dealers long be .ore the suer reaches the small shop at which the farmer deals. No man ever addressed stranger arguments to con firm this view of the question than Sir R. Peel himself did when last year he reduced the duty on British sugars from 245. per cwt. and 5 ler con% to 14s. per cwt., and 5 per cent. lie then clearly showed that unless the reduction of duty was equivaleni. to a penny per pound, the consumers of sugar would d, sire no benefit whatever from the diminution. No remarks could be more to the purpose than those he theta used. Why should he be oblivious of them just new ? H. !mows full well the re duction of the said 3s. 6d. per cwt. can never be of use to the farmer ; is fact, on the announcement of his scheme the sugar market improved nearly a shilling par cwt. Will it be commonly honest and fair to the landed interest, and to all others who have had the shield of protection removed from their labours, to compel them to enter the t 1,1,1 ‘ , 1% competition, to commence a struggle with the world as it were, under the crippling facts that have been described? As well might it be expected that a man with his hands tied behind him is in a proper state to fight another who has his hands entirely free. It is a lamentable circumstance, and very unfortunate for the multitude of straitforward and well-thinking men amongst the agriculturists, that their leaders should not be more conversant with the ordinary rules of life, the business of the day ; and instead of uniting their abili ties to stem the tide of public opinion flowing surely and steadily in on them, they do not at once give up the futile attempt, and change their position; and declare, as protection is to be cas to the winds, let all classes stand on the same ground, as protection is to be removed from us, let it be also removed from all others. We are to ha , e no favour, give us a clear sta g e Con com it an t, h owever , with such an arrangement, it would be equitable only to the colonists to sweep away the absurd regulations imposed upon them by the mother country. The colo nists undoubtedly should be free to sell in the dearest markets, and buy in the cheapest. Let them obtain food, lumber, and freight where they like—also labour, pro vided they do not, in the last particular, infringe the laws of humanity—then might all differential duties on colonial produce be cleared away, with out injustice. A revision of the sugar dirties ought likewise to be made, and a more equitable mode be adopted; for it is evident, from the. letter of your correspondent B. S. R, who appears to be intimate with the regulations of the sugar market, that some of our sugar-producing clothes possess consider able advantages over others, through the laws governing the duties on sugars imported into this country. His plan for obviating these difficulties is undeniably good, and merits the attention of the Legislature. To place a like duty on an article worth 20s. per cwt. and on one worth 40s. per cwt., because the two happen to be Muscovado sugar, an undefinable term, is clearly unjust—and reminds one of the hodge-podge patchwork measure Sir Robert Peel is abou io introduce—a measure clearing away all duty here, by halves there, and by thirds elsewhere. Why, in the name of common sense, instead of this confused, does he not produce a conaprehensiv - 3 and comprehensible plan? If protection is to be thrown to the winds, as he says, why not act on his opinion at once? It would appear by Sir Robert Peel's proposition, that the colonists are to experience a different kind of treat ment to - that meted out to us. If he and they think protection will serve their turn, let them enjoy it amongst themselves; but, in the name of fair play, let us, who are to be deprived of all protection, have the colonial monopoly utterly removed. They may take our produce or leave it; confer the same privilege, as regards theirs, on us.—Your obedient humble servant, THE MALAY SLAVE-TRADE. (From the Singapore Free Press). In addition to the forty-two slaves lately brought from Pahang by the gun boat, the steamer Diana (on her re turn from Pahang on the 10th instant), brought eight more, consisting of six Bugis women and one child, and a Javanese man, thus making fifty in all rescued from slavery by the authorities here within the last month. The accounts given by some of these persons show the manner in which the trade is carried on ; and it may not be altogether uninteresting to our readers to mention a few of the particulars given by the captives. One women, a native of Tabunnan, in the island of Bally, a widow, had a daughter who was one of the concubines of the Rajah of Tabunnan, and against whom the Rajah conceived sus picion of infidelity, on which both the mother and daughter were sold as slaves to a woman about five months ago. They were then taken to Baddong, where they were put on board the vessel of a Bugis Nakhoda, named Wah Cassia), by whom they were conveyed, to gether with a number of others, to Pahang. The mother was brought away by the steamer, but the daughter stil remains at Pahang. This woman states that a great number of persons are annually sold as slaves by the Rajahs in Bally and their nobles, the prin cipal purchasers being Bugis traders. Another widow stated that she lived in the district of Crambetan in Bally, but her husband dying about a year ago, and being necessitated to borrow about tan dollars to defray the expenses of his burial and conse quent religions ceremonies, she and her child, of about itwo years o f age, b ecame b ond servants to the lender, from whore they were, after some time, redeemed by the Rajah, an d were subsequently sold by his highness to a Chinaman. The Chinaman disposed of them_to a Bugis, by whom th y were conveyed to Pahang in Wah caasim's boat. A native of Yanyeh, in Bally, and his wife, having gone a few mont h s ago to Baslclo'ng to trade, they were seized bt on e o f the principal men there, and put on board Well Cassim's boat, being sold for thirteen dollars, and were conveyed to Pahang. An inhabitant of M eng° , i n Bally, and his wife, havin g accompanied their chief to Liberman, were both kid napped by a gang of persons, who sold them to the Banda of Sarrangan for eleven dollars. They were by the latter sent in Wah Cassim's boat to Pahang for sale. The man states that this boat conveyed forty-eight men and nineteen women to Pahang on this occasion. Similar stories are told by others, from which it ap pears that a most active system of kidnapping and slave dealing prevails in the island of Bally. Indeed, so firm appears the conviction of these unfortunate people that if they returned to Bally they world again fall into a ate,4_e of zlairtry, that they are aaigadit unnziiinoue—ia, expressing their disinclination to return to Bally, pre ferring to remain in Singapore, where they find many of their c )untrymen s-ttled. The Rajahs in Belly have a very great number of slaves. The sources from which they are derived are various. The most usual appear to be these :—lst, Women who have been divorced by their husbands be come the property of the Rajah. 2nd, Widows and daughters of men dying without male issue go, with all the property of the des, ased, to the Rajah. 3rd, All culprits and malefactors became slaves to the Rajah ; and convictions, therefore, often proceed on the most unsatisfactory evidence. 4th, Prisoners taken in war, and poor unprotected persons, who are seized and treated as slaves. , The ways in which these slaves, so obtained, are em ployed, are various: some are engaged in working for the Rajah, and some he sends out to trade on condition of their bringing him a certain share of their profits; others are let out to hire, and of these persons many of the crews of the vessels which trade from Bally to Singapore and others places consist. The women, if young and handsome, become ti .e concubines of the Rajah; if they do not take the royal fancy, he sends them. to trade in the bazaar, receiving a portion of their gains; or he sends them out as dancing-girls and prostitutes, participating in their earnings. The largest source of gain must, however, arise fr om th e sale of slaves. They are bought from the rajahs by the Chinese and Bugis, the latter, as far as can be learnt, being now the principal dealers, and conveyed to the Malay states, where they are sold, the Arabs re siding in these places being the largest owners of slaves. Formerly Europeans did not scruple to derive large sup plies of slaves from Bally, though this is now happily at an end. We find from a paper published in 1830, that the Netherlands Government formerly had an agent esta blished at Boddong to buy up slaves, who were sent up to Java to be employed as soldiers. It is therein stated that about 100 men had been obtained for that purpose during the two preceding years, who had cost the Government, for price, agency, and transport, about 20,000 dollars. French vessels are also stated to have resorted to Bally for the purpose of buying slaves. Women were preferred by them ; 150 rupees were given for a young and handsome women ; 80 for the middle aged i • the old being rejected altogether. Boys were also bought, but grown up men were not in general taken being considered too intractable. Slavery is, as far as we have the means of knowing, le gal in all Malayan states, which derive their supply of slaves from Bally; and being also legal according to the laws of Bally, there seems to exist considerable diffi culty in the way of effecting its total suppression in the Archipelago. The recent efforts of the Singapore authorities, whiete must meet with the approbation of every one desirous of seeing the traffic in human beings blotted from the face of the globe, were only so far suc cessful through the co-operation of the Rajah of Pahang, moved thereto by the intervention of his royal relative the Tommungong. But even while delivering up these captives to us, th Rajah was undoubtedly committing a wrong upon those of his own subjects whom he dispos sessed of their slaws, and accordingly we have heard rumours of very great excitement having prevailed in Pahang on the subject, especially on the part of the Arabs, who, as we have before remarked, are very ex tensive slave-holders. AN AGRICULTURIST. AUSTRALIAN EXPLORING EX- PEDITION. To those of our readers who are not already aware of the safety of Captain Sturt it will afford much gratification to learn that the gallant leader (in the ex ploratory expedition to the northward, which left Ade laide more than a year ago) was, at the date of his dispatches (18th of July), at a temporary depot, formed at the distance of about 500 miles from Adelaide, in longitude 141 deg. 30 min. east, and 29 deg. 40 min. 12 sec., being about 90 miles east by south from "Mount Hopeless," and near the turning point of Mr. Eyre's expedition in 1640. With the exception of the late much lamented Mr. Poole, second in command, whose sudden decease is officially announced in the Government Gazette notices, the gallant party has suffered no fatal enmity during the long and arduous journey into the mysterious interior from which " the veil" is yet to be lifted. Mr. Piesse, the store keeper cf the party, accompanied by four men and a single bullock team, has been the bearer, as far as Moorunde, of the captain's dispatches, which are so voluminous as to have determined the Government to defer the publication of their intended digest until the next issue of the Governntert Gazette; we can, there fore, only lay before our readers such particulars as we have been able to glean from sources which, though unofficial, may, we believe, be relied on. Mr. Piesse, who was commissioned to procure for the party fresh supplies of provisions, with the view of further explora tions in another direction, is said to have left the depot with his small escort on the 18th of July last, three days previous to which date the remains of Mr. Poole had been interred. When within four days' journey of the Government station (Moorunde) on the' Murray, Mr. Piesse found means to anticipate his necessarily slow progress through somo friendly , natives, by whom his brief note, stating the general safety of the party, found its way to the station, and thence into Adelaide, many days earlier than the news could otherwise have reached us. The extreme northern point to which the party had attained was about 28 de grees of latitude (only one degree further than Captain Frome reached), and to reach this they had to en counter a country of such extreme desolation, aridity, and high temperature that the thermometer frequently stood for. hours at 140 in the sun, 130 in the shade, and 90 underground. In short, during nearly four months of the period of their absence the party were . compelled to remain in the vicinity of " a water hole," from which it would have been perilous in the extreme to have made either a forward or a retrograde movement. They had all suffered from scurvy, but were recovered, and in excellent health and spirits. When the party arrived in the surmised vicinity of Lake Torrens, they found little to represent the large body of water heretofore so circumstantially described. With an expedition which could not subsist with less than one thousand gallons of water per diem, it is easy to imagine the difficulties of a progress through such a country as we have endeavoured to described ; but it is not so easy to appreciate the courage, conduct, and enthusiasm which have not only been equal to the task of extrica tion, but are even now protracting Captain Stuart's re turn, in the hope of reaping for his adopted country some valuable fruits from his self-imposed, but hitherto unsuccessful, tails. It may be some months before we witness the return of the hardy expeditionists ; in the meantime we hope that enterprise so daring, and explo ratoratory ardour so enthusiastic, will not be without their reward. It is most satisfactory to know that the natives met with have in every instance been inoffensive and friendly.—Adelaide Observer. MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF TAR.—At a recent meeting of the Westminster Medical Society, Mr. Weatherfield read a paper en the external and internal use of tar in senile and other chronic eruptive diseases, and from the success which has attended Mr. Weatherfield's practice it would appear that in many obstinate chronic cutaneous diseases, tar may be considered as a speci fi c. He administers it externally in the form of tar ointment, and internally in the form of capsules. Asirrox. COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. —On Monday, report was very prevalent in this town, that a most serious accident bad taken place at the Broad Oak colliery, attended with the loss of many lives. We are happy, however, to say, that the accident, though serious, was much exaggerated. It appears that, for some days past, the coal behind the boiler and engine-house wall, at the bottom of one of the pits belonging to Lees, Jones, Booth, and Co. has been on fire ; the miners have been engiged, ever since this was known to be the case, in eudeavouring to put it out, but the task has been found extremely difficult, in consequence of the great heat arising from the burning mass, which is about 50 yards in extent. The men have for some days been unable to get near, so as to throw water upon it, and a driftway has had to be cut in order that they might continue to direct the water by means of a fire-engine which has been taken down the pit for the purpose. The steam having got into the roof, on Monday morning, just as the men were changing " shifts," nearly one hundred tons of the rock and dirt above fell with a tremendous crash; fortunately the men bad not com menced work, otherwise there would have been no less than twenty - pourfellows,literally crushed to death. The persons -seriously injured we John Fletcher, the engineer, who was examining the joint' a a pipe, near the boilers, when a por tion of the roof struck him, and broke his collar-bone, put out his right shoulder, nearly cut off his left thumb, and injured him on the head and other parts of his body. A miner, named John Garside, was buried in the mass, near the boilers; a piece of rock struck him on the head, making a most dreadful gash. This poor fellow was forced against the nearly red-hot bricks in the fire-hole, and when extri cated his back was found to be almost burned to a cinder. A boy, named Henry Marland, received a slight injury on the leg. No others were hurt. The men give great praise to a miner named Marland, father of the boy who was hurt, for the exeraons he used in extricating those who were partially buried in the ruins. The sufferers are doing as well as can be expected. The fire is not out.—Nandiester Guardian. It seems, therefore, very desirable that the Rajah of Pahang, and other native princes on the Peninsula and elsewhere, should be induced to abolish slavery in their dominions, and then a convention being made between them and the British, a speedy stop would be put to all slave importation into their territories. The places where a large demand at present exists for slaves being shut against them, the Bugis traders and other slave dealers would find the trade no longer profitable, and it would gradually dwindle away. The Dutch Govern ment could, no doubt, effect much for the amelioration of the slaves in Bally, were it willing to exert its in fluence, and from the character of the new Governor- General of Netherlands India, we should suppose he would be prompt to aid in the promotion of such a humane object. __ _ The Nockodah Wah Cassim, by whom most of the recently rescued saves were conveyed from Bally to Pa hang, was sent to Singapore by the Raja of Pahang, but he has been set at liberty by the authorities here. The only Act which is applicable to his case is the sth Geo. IV. cap. 113, sec. 9 ; but to bring him within its reach, he would have required to have resided in some of her Majesty's dominions under the territory of the East India Government. He, moreover, produced a document, by which it appeared that he was in the em ployment of the Rajah of Bally; so that, altogether, it would be difficult to bring him within the reach of the law. One of the persons brought from Pahang a Javanese from the neighbourhood of Semarang, states that as he and nine companions were out fishing at a considerable distance from the harbour about nine years ago, they were seized by Gallang pi!ates, by whom they were taken to Gallang, where the individual in question re sided for three years. Ile was then taken to Endow, and sold to a person named Tuanko Moods, with whom he lived for about three yes•r3 at Endow, and then accompa nied him to Pahang. He further states, that after being captured he remained in the piratical boat for nearly a month, and that about ten days after that event, and while hovering off Samarang, a European child was brought on board, with four Javanese who had been taken by the pirates. This boy he asserts to be Joseph Pahang, the European boy who was some time ago brought from Pahang, and is at present in the Institution school. Ile says that the boy, whom the Javanese accompanying him called John, was taken to Gallang, but afterwards removed from thence, and that on his going to Pahang, he found the boy with Tuanko Syed. Joseph, on being shown this man, said he did not believe a word of his story, that he never heard anything of it at Pahang, and that he was very slightly acquainted with him ; on the contrary, he has always understood that ho was brought by a Bugis of Punnen Rattle to Pahang, of whom he has a faint recollection, and who, ho has been informed, sometimes comes to Singapore, so that he entertains hopes of mectiLg with him and learning something of his early hist - ory before he fell into this man's hands. This boy, We beDve, since he has been here, has im proved mni.h. Ile l - ,as gained good health, and intellee ttvlly disrl 7 great acuteness and intelligence. He is ay versed in the Malay, Arabic, and Cochin Chico. Inn gung(2,3. THE LAST OF THE BUCHANITES. (From the Dumfries Courier.) In our lae>t we recorded the death of Mr. Andrew lanes, at the advanced age of 82, a proprietor, on a small scale, of houses and land at Crocketford, and the last of a sect of religionists, never, wo believe, very numerous, but who, from their singular doctrines and pri mitive mode of life (sharing, as they did, most things in common), excited at once wonderment, and attracted very considerable notice over Galloway and elsewhere, during their day and generation. The founder of this sect, a native of Banffshire, previous to her marriage, bore the name of Elspeth Simpson, but afterwards be came much better known as Mrs. Buchan. About the year 1784 she commenced her public career, first et Glasgow, and shortly after at Irvine, where, among others, he converted aR• lief clergyman of the name of Whyte. From Ayrshire the party emigrated to Dumfries-shire, and settled for some time at Closeburn, where many strange stories are still told of the pseudo-prophetess and her followers. Auchengibbert, in the parish of Urr and stewartry of Kirkcudbright, formed the next rendezvous, until, for some cause or other, they made another move ment, and became the first feuars in the village of Crocket ford. A prominent article in the creed of Mrs. B„ which she carefully inculcated, turned on a pivot not a little flattering—namely, that all true believers, when ripe enough in faith, in common with herself, would be translated without experiencing the pangs of dissolution. Accordingly, it is stated on no slight authority, that o t t: one occasion scaff o lding was erected at Auchengibbert , roomy enough to hold the whole family at that peri od, who on a signal assembled with the greatest promptitud e, deliverance pro mptatude, in the expectation of participating in n the evil world. from the snares and temptations of But the experiment, as may be t hat the ranks of occasioned so much d;sappointm enst.upposed, failed, and the deluded were sadly thinned. Still afewf°l.o7 An drew ot h e rs the indomitable Innes. remained, and am o ng 17 9 6 Dirs. Buchan became seriou s l y unwell, and findin g , 4her end approaching, she admonished 14tt4't PittA.cHEßsi The following clergymen have been appointed by the bishop of London to preach the usual sermons on the Wednesdays and ,Fridays Ilneit?q, the ensuing Lent:- AT ST. Mkty•Lt,"-Yci*; CuogArslnic,-Ash-Wednesday, Feb. 25, the Venerable ArchdeaconArthdeacon of London ; Friday, Feb. 27, the Rev. Mr. Murray ; Wednes day, March 4, the Rev. Mr. Wix ; Friday, March 6, Dr. Birch ; March 11, the Rev. Mr. Hall ; March 13, the Rev. -Mr. Abbitat . 111ftra 18, Dr : Croly ; M arc h 20, t h e R ev. J . V . Poiih I‘l4 2,;tlteite.v: Mr. Goode; Mar c h 27, D r . Vi vian; April 1, the Bev: Mr CrOsthWttitd; April 9, the Rev. Mr. Gibson; April 8, the Rev. dif4 ot Good Friday, April 10, the Venerable Archdeacon Hamilton. - AT ST. OLAVE'S, HART-STREET.-Ash-Wednosday, Dr. Russell ; Feb. 27, the Rev. Mr. Pratt ; March 4, the Rev. Mr. Gilfing ; Mttch A Dr. ,13urnett t • March 11, the Rev, Mr. Sharpe; March 13, the Itei;. M. Pfeciftnaie • March 18, the Rev. Mr. Roberts ; March 20, the Rev. lai r . I March 25, the Rey: M f r. Stbne ; March 27. Dr. M'Caul ; April 1, the Itev. HutChini ; Aprfl 8, the Rev. Mr. Bckwith; and on Good Friday, the Rev. Mr. Lefts. A T ST, MARTIN- IN-THE •FIELDS.-Ash-Wednesclay, the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, Archdeacon of Middlesex; Feb. 27, the Rev. Mr. Nepean ; March 4, the Rev. Mr. Fuller; March 6, the Rev. Mr. Howarth ; March 11, the Rev-Mr, Andrews; March 13, the Rev. Mr. Cooper ; March 18, the Rev. M. Brookflekl March 20, the Rev. W. J. C. Bennett; March 25, the Rev. liTr. P amsa t t parch 27, the Rev. W. W. Ellis ; April 1, the Rev. Mr. Gittord j April 3, the Rev. T.. Dal e .; April 8, the Rev. Mr. Bowers; and on Good Friday, the Rev. Sir H. R. Dukenfield. AT Sir. ANDREW'S, HOLBORN ,-- Ash-Wednesday, the Rev. J. Ttidr rg4thery 27. the Rev. Ur. H ar di ng; M arc h 4, the ili f v; Mr. Lupton ; MEtrdi 6, the Ron. and Rev. Mr. Villiers; March 11; the Rev. M. Gibbs; March 18, the Rev. ThbniaS Hsttii , ell Herne ; March 18, the Rev. Mr. Gibson ; March 2d, the Venerable Afchdeacoti Hoilingworth ; March 25, the Rev. Mr. Rodwell ; Marc h 27, the key. Mr.huriol ; April 1, the Rev. Mr. Short ; April 3, the Rev. Mr. Wood April4B, the Rev. Mr. Denham ; and on Good Friday, th e Bev. April the Divine service at each church will commence at eleven o'clock, and on every Wednesday and Friday d ur i ng Lent a sermon will be preached in the cathedral church of St. Paul. ENGLAND AND is Confidently stated that negotiations have been opened between the Spanish and the English Governments, with a view of establishing the commercial relations between the two countries on a b etter {doting thftn at present. The proposed basis of ag reement is ti ndefstood to be that the sugars of Spain's finest colony, Cilbai end the wines of Spain are to be received into Eng land On nide flifddrable terms than at present; and that, in return, the canes tthtl other manufactured goods of England are to be admitted into Spain at moderate duties. Whatever may be thought of the Government of General Narvaez in other respects it is certain that it pos te ed' strength and courage tograpple with the turbulent mob of BarcelOna, ithieli hitherto has always risen in rebellion whenever it has been proposed to admit British goods into Spain; and it is equally certain that it Is most anxious to increase the revenue of Spa in to such a point as will enable it to meet its current expenses, and to re store Spanish credit in the money market. With this view it has already greatly increased the direct taxes, at the risk of popular odium, and it is not, likely that it will shrink from reforming the tariff of import du ties, with a view of turning into the coffers of the State the profits which now go into the pockets of the smugglers. At the present time 19 out of every 2 0 Spaniards use English goods, notwithstanding they are strictly prohibited, and the Government knowing this, and being greatly in im pudently cheated of money, will not allow itse lf to be thus cheated much longer. Free trade alone can restore Spanish credit, and "enable the Government to preserve internal order; and therefore, though one of the objects for which Narvaez was brought into power was to defeat the fry trade p-ojects of Espartero, yet Narvaez, lik e S i r Robert Peel, having had three years' experience, must have seen quite enough to convince him that the Spanish manufactur ing system is a monstrous nuisance, and one which no Go vernment ought to tolerate . for another year. All that he wants is an excuse for putting it down, and the admission of Cuba sugar into England isinst the excuse that he wa n t s . —Liverpool Times. 1 all listeners to bs of good cheer ; that she was about to visit Paradise for ohjects essential to their spiritual interest, but would return, if permitted, in nine days, if not in the same number of years; or, at all events, at the • end of half a cen t ury , to per f orm the miracles previously marred by want of faith on the part of her people. All these dreams sank deep into the mind of the confiding Lines, who, after the spirit had fled, preserved the body until it became offensive, and was complained of as a nuisance by his nearest neigh bours. To soothe, therefore, the public mind, he gave out the corpse had been privately interred in the garden behind the house: and as time rolled on, and decomposi tion so far ran its course, nothing more was said on the subject .until Innrs himself had been numbered with the dead. This event occurred the week before last; and, strange as it may appear, it is not the less true, that on the trus tees entering the house to take an inventory of effects, they discovered in an upper chamber th e id ent i ca l remains of Elspeth Simpson alias Mrs. Buchan. This apartment he had converted into a sort of shrine, which he was in ae habit of visiting, as long as able, twice or oftener evey week, and covering the skeleton with warm blan kets, in the belief that -re animation would assuredly return as the end of the half century drew nigh —con duct that would have been scouted as utterly incredible, bad not the fact become a matter of local history, amply demonstrating the verity of the saying, that " truth is sometimes stranger than fiction." The remains, thus treasured with a miser's care, bore a strong resemblance to an unrolled mummy ; and a medical gentleman, who examined them carefully, describes the skin es clinging to the bones, and the whole quondam tabernacle of clay exhibiting little more consistency than a skeleton, with the exception of hair of a sandy colour, luxuriant, fresh, and even elastic. In his will or testament the recently deceased left strict injunctions that his own and the remains just described should be interred in the same grave—the female coffin to be undermost, and the male uppermost, in the full belief, as the neighbours say, thar, if Mrs. Buchan rose at the time appointed, his own emsncipation from the silence of the tomb would not only be centemporaneous, but unavoidable ! And on Friday, the 2 . 3 d ult., his wishes were complied with in this respect, both corpses having been consigned in the pcsi lion enjoined toa resting place in the garden, where nine more of the sect were long since buried. Mr. Nicholson, bookseller, Kirkcudbright, publisher of the " history of Galloway," has in his possession a charecteristic letter from old Innes, dated 1842, in which he says, in reference to the priestess he to the last fol lowed, " She was rather below the middle size of wonan than otherwFse. Although always clean and neat in her dress, she was no way gaudy. Her countenance was commonly sad, rather of the melancholy cast, and a little piitoll .40. th, 0.1“3t1y,..:, The. -- sound of her voice - bore testimony of her being truth, and revealed, with out the help of, words, the very sentiments of her own mind and heart." Mr. Evans, in his " History of S ec t s ," g i ves some ac• count of the Buchanites ; but it is rather meagre, and upon the whole incorrect. In these circumstances, we are glad that Mr. Joseph Train is about to favour the public with an authentic history of the Buchanites—a work for which he has been collecting materials for several years. No man can do the subject more justice; for, as Sir Walter Scott often said, he was of all his correspondents the best in ferreting out the forgotten lore of Scottish antiquities, and the most devoted in looking through what Young calls " the dark postern of things long elapsed." From an American gentleman we learn that of the remnant of Buchanites who emigrated to North America —Mrs. B.'s spinning maidens pioneered by Mr. Whyte —one and all have disappeared from the stage of time. Their doctrines, it appears, found no favour in the new world; and, as they were averse to intermarrying with other sects, not a trace of their existence remains behind. In a letter received this morning from a respected correspondent, it is said—" Innes was a wheelwright by trade, and has left considerable property in money and houses. Ills principal heir, I hear, is a daughter of Elstpth Simpson (Mrs. Buchan), at the present time residing in Dumfries." THE 40Tu REGIMENT.—On Monday evening, the 2d inst., the head-quarters, the 7th company, and Grenadiers of the 40th Regiment. attended by their band of drums and fifes, marched into Chatham barracks from Gravesend, where they had disembarked from the ship Seringapatam, of 1,000 tons burden, Captain Goding, after a passage of 123 days. The ship put in at St. Helena on the 13th of November, and during last month they encountered a very heavy gale that last eight days. The head-quarters embarked on the 8d of October. Their strength consisted of 6 staff sergeants, 4 sergeant, and 113 men, with 9 women .and 16 children, under the command cf Major Fitz H. Coddington, with Lieutenant and Adjutant T. L. K. Nelson, Lieutenant W. H. Queade, Lieutenant John Cormick, and Quarter master Thomas Walter Hives. During the voyage they lost only one man, named Robert Taylor, a private of the 7th company. The whole of the troops are very healthy; they brought home with them two Mahratta colours, which they captured on the 29th of December, 1843, at a place called Gowan, during their attack on the Mahratta army. This regiment have had granted them a bronzed star, with the inscription " Maharajpore," they also wear a second medal in honour of their services at Caudahar, Ghuznee, and Caubul. This regiment has been from England upwards of twenty years. The head-quarters are to remain at Chatham until the arrival of the second and third division. when they will join their depot at Canterbury. THE ENSUING SPRING ASSIZES.—The following are the last days for full notice of trial for the several places specified:—Lancaster, Friday, Feb. 6; Appleby, Monday, 9 ; Carlisle, Wednesday, 11; Newcastle, Saturday, Swansea, Monday, 16 ; Hertford, Tuesday, 17 ; Reading and Winchester, Wednesday, 18; Northampton and. Dur ham, Friday, 20; Chelimford and Aylesbury, Saturday, 21 • Oxford and Ilaverfordwest and town, Monday, 23; Oak ham, Tuesday, 24; Lincoln and city, Bedford, York and city, Welchpool and Salisbury, Wednesday, 25; Maidstone, Friday, 27; Worcester and city, Huntingdon and Cardigan, Saturday, 28; Nottingham and town and Bala, Monday; March 2; Cambridge and Dorchester, Tuesday, 3; Carnar von, Wednesday, 4; Lewes, Derby, and Carmarthen, Friday, 6; Stafford, Saturday, 7; Bury St. Edmund's, Beaumaris, and Exeter and city, Saturday, 7; Leicester and borough, Tuesday, 10; Liverpool, Ruthlin, and Brecon, Wednesday, 11; Kingston, Friday, 13; Coventry, and Norwich and city, Saturday, 14; Warwick, Shrewsbury, Mold, Presteign, and Bodmin, Saturdi', 14 ; Chester, Wednesday, 18 ; Hereford, Friday, 20 ; 'Nunton and Monmouth, Saturday, 21; Gloucester and city, Wednesday, 25. REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER.—Notwithstand- :ng the declaration, made by Mr. Mark Philips some time ago, of his determination to retire from the representation of this borough at the next general election, it has been recently supposed by many parties that Mr. Philips had been, or might be, induced to reconsider the subject, and permit himself to be again put in nomination as a candidate. We are sorry to be compelled to state, how ever, that this opinion Is altogether erroneous; and that we are directly authorised t'y Mr. Philips to state, in the most explicit terms, and with the view of enabling the electors of the borough to make their arrangements in the. selection of his successor, that it is his intention to retire whenever a dissolution of Parliament shall occur. We are quite sure that this announcement will be received with re gret by a great majority of Mr. Philips's constituents; includ ing a large number of those whose political opinions are at variance with his own.-2Ltanehester Guardian. SCOTCH FREE-TRADE FARBIERS.—Front AL we CAR learn a great number of the more intelligent farnim of this district are not only reconciled t o f ree t rade, b ut wou ld p:efer the immediate abolition of the corn-laws to any temp.: - rising measure. In some parts of Buchan, the usual toast We " Sir Robert Peel and free trade ;" and amongst the agri culturists generally the feeling is, the sooner this much vexed question is settled, and settled finally, the better for all classes. Several farmers who were in town yesterday, and heard of Sir Robert Peel's proposal, objected to it, mainly on the ground that the repeal i 3 not to be immediate. They argue, and not unjustly, that the three years' del ay —while irlB49,and. it is sure to produce a large influx of grain nota -serious consequently create an injurious panic, the meantime to de rangementpre- vent of used cases where it may not be necessary; an d they would n much e an adjustment prices—bVwl prices—will inn rd t a e i ra ther have free trade at once. Th eir own e xp eri ence t eac hes them that, from the impossibility of putting more than a certain quantity of soil into cultivation in one year, the importation from abroad must be almost too gradual to enable them to know what their future position is to be. If it is to be bad (they argue), they want to know the worst and be done with it; or, as the yeoman at h an E nglish "drowned ngli sh meet ing eat i n g wittily remarked, they , would he on T ce n t E ha G n Ad,utcriceLdAstlvo d eath.". — Oß A T te p rde u er v r Herald. BLOODHOUNDS.-- The barbarous sy s t em of employing bloodhounds to hunt down and worry human beings found offending against the game laws, has recently met with a check in the neighbour hood of Stamf or d . The Marquis of Exeter, some months ago, obtained p ossess i on of three ferocious animals of this species, which, for the safety of the persons having the ca r e of them, it was found necessary to keep constantly muz zled, though even in that state they proved to be most formidable antagonists, it being asserted that each of them possessed the strength of three or four men. To try their powers and instinct, one of them (a bitch) was put on the track sf a strong man employed at Burghley : her scent was found to be sure, and before the other men could come up with the animal she had severely injured the person she was net upon, although at the time she was closely muzzled. It seems that about a fortnight ago two watchers were out in Collyweston Spinney at night, accompanied by the bitch, when two trespassers were discovered ; the brute was forthwith set at them, and she was about to worry one of the strangers when the other levelled his gun and shot her dead. The two men, who were believed to be poachers, then made off, and the keepers ran in another direction for assistance. Even among those who severely reprobate the crime of poaching, satisfaction is expressed that so cruel and un- English a mode of attacking trespassers has met with a Proper check. On the night of the occurrence, a man named Joyce of Collyweston, was taken from his bed by Pocock the constable, charged by the watchers with being one of the men who were in the Spinney when the dog was shot • and on the following d a y M r . Th om p son , sen ., appeare d against him, before Dr. Hopkinson and the Rev. C. Atlay. Joyce was defended by Mr. Atter, and, afte r c on s iderable argument between the attorneys, was discharged, on account of a defect in the inforniation.—Stamford Mercury. 2 _ . , BONDED Go c mDs.—ln consequence of a recominenua the depart meat, tion to that effect from the principal officers of rehousing the revenue authorities have directed that, issued by the clerks or officers of the warehousing the Long ments, on the receipt cf the warrant doe upon the ar room showing the payment of the duties tides required to be delivered, to goods are deposited, and thedeoprdaretrf t same from the bonding officer at the warehouse authorising the delivery t ef e h book kept by them oft e tho locker or customs'- officer e the instant the same are re verreadi,, e to d before they have been acted upon ; deliveries premises, w be hie r h ec t. c%r k d e ed p ceived by them, a nd ry this r o e f gu th i e a ci t r u i i s a v n y e s i of wines and spirits at the seve ral l and wet goods at the legal 3 on lockers fo r wharfs the banks wood d o dd t o l k e o i o ,s, e a k u n. observerretsoponsible for seeing that tit' tl ter oabffina (ice officers that been,a,st th e he n ee j yn o w n f e ui (enjoined be st r h i c e t l l d intimated to the superintending order be fully carrid out from the present time. It is pre l ! sumed that this regulation has been adopted in consequence of time back of some irregularities having • occurred with respect to the delivery of some of the discovery bonding premises to a larger amount than w g -a o s o jts f rifi m ed t b il y e the official document showing the payment of the duty due on importation, and previously to the delivery taking place, with a view to the prevention of similar attempts at fraud, and, if attempted, furnishing a ready mode of detection ; and also for the better security of the revenue and the property of merchants housed under bond. te e'. U