The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-10 00:00:00

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BAYS. —At 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 3%, and 5. ,„..b418.--At 9%, 11, 1 anti 5. aids starting Ono Qua ' rter of an Hoar before each of PRO these times. T HE ROYAL TERI:ACE PIER, GRATRSEND. 0A DA YS. —At 8%, 9% , 11% 1,3, and 4. YS. —At 8 1 ,4 11%, 3, and 5. tnk Monday Mornings an extra Packet at half. ast 7. BtilFere Fare, td.; Chief Fare, 9d. to 1 4 , 6 pf the Li mey for boats calli ng a t th e iatennediate Fiera, stZrnmed at th e Star Office, Islackwall Railway. Gravesend, Feb. 27. RESSED AIR ENGINE COMPANY No. 5, Pall-mall, East. The (Parsev Patentee), • tic le lhabition of the working 'm ' odel at No. 5, Pall4nall, East, wgi ' * atious f,, 4tu ,rdaY, the 21st March instant, before which day aPPli )h,_ tqlares should be made. c7rous l i:quirks having been made by applicants for shares in 'hat ePanY rs to the extent of their liability, the birectors feel b: s . n4 nlber of shares already taken kstilies them in stating m e •urther call beyond the deposit of 011 C guinea per share will 7•••••._ By order, _ D. E. AUSTIN, Sc.,cretary, I} Nwv , RSA', GAS-LIGHT COMPANY -u -4.,Pital, 160,0:;0/., in 5,000 Sh ares o f 201 . per Sh are. e llusit, 2s. per Share. in accordwiace with the Act. • kg . m e al ( Provisionally Registered.) 'k i allot of Shans Is ill take plaae on the 16th of March . Ca is." 4l Stile. .t. next ensuing. u , 3 / 4 ei n „ ir -, ....q. Professor Ryan, M.D., LL.D. t•ii "erlYon 42 .7 Pranm. „ Robert Nicholson, Esq. -.vol t 1 , ---, Esq., Patentee Dominique Causse, Esq. elteri el Plove, E st . Brooke, E -.• Henry Ault, Esq. ' ,, sq. John Kissick, Esq. S onictroa—J. F. W. Fesenmeysr, Esq. • Olds coClaude Scott, Bart., and Co. L't late ~,,"'PailY is termed for the purpose of carrying out, and bring ' s lytinfet._"ral use, tin invention (secured by letters pateut) for an , Velu ie ,:'attufacture of gas of a superior quality, and at much less Z u ti. 11 44 . 14 4 the usual cost, by au apparatus so simple in construe , '',Ottea tio 7 e enmenillaus itt form, as to be available in any building N I A where the supplies of gas are not accessible. meta 6 , ordi n ary . 1 .1110 )y ~„ in Prospectus, which may be had at the offices of the '"ere I , 'I, Drury-lane, With farms of application for shares, and ggam, ar be 8 , , 4 ......... tupp n the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy of the , utade . 3lr. William Nicholson, Secretary, to whom must ."-- r .._ "}j __nanications, post free. tV . ..._ XI- • ERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.— 7 Itt CONTRACTS TAKEN for lighti lig up with a superior GAS, h t 4 l, 4e t i lj ec iaced rate, towns, villages, lighthouses, dockyards, hos t._ ks, eatre s. ~ ~ public offices, manufactories, printing-offices, prisons, 44:14; 44W aY-stations asylums, schools, and other large build ._ e the ordinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be ad . kr. William Nicholson, Secretary, 159, Drury-lane. 14 ARMY OF THE SUTLEJ,. and the 4s3 tbi ticT lc IPATED CAMPAIGN in the PUNTAUB, OP . YIpe .,, ALLED to JOIN THEIR REGIMENTS, BRITISH or Zia, ie re respectfully informed that they can, at the subjoined gaff e pla ce advantage ous ly an d p rom ptly a ll d e fi c i enc i es in flllll4 „:ot, and accoutrements, or those newly in the " G aze tt e " t "h the whole necessary equipment complete, and accord- WAi W ets _ slied regulation. By paying cash on the satisfactory Zfre tt ; W. the order, a saving of not less than 35 per cent, can Cie ham. Materials of the best description, for which th is heath pad a lon g - es t a bli s h e d name. Th e sav i ng comprised in _ra ls orYruent, this advertisement equally applies to the • tri m e !erY branch of either service, together with the several %Zed estimate of uniform (only Necessaries therein stated), 4 141 ,ces, will be forwarded oti application to • aad ICOLL, 114, Regent-street, London. kw I t otr SITANT to a DECREE of the HIGH tu ..1' of CHANCERY, made in a Cause ALDItED against 10„edtb7Creditors of JOHN ALDRED, Esq., formerly of Great 40:4coirtybei;the county of Norfolk, afterwards of Hatten-garden, 41,eaein wolf:London, and subsequently of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the ance, where he died, in the month of February, 183 , 9 , , i lia d ebt, be,ortt e he_ I r 4th , day of Aprd . ne on xt e , t o o t. ctohnetestienstsernsd of f ro the e ' lik e, to rt . at L is 6 b b i a. (.. b i z i ln wit.., Southampton-buildings, Chancery tl44 tl i : d " in default ;hereof, they will be peremptorily sa lt, b enefit of the said Decree. El/IS LET, SCOTT, and HERTSLET, Plaintiff's Solicitors, .443:ta,DIelldia 4 143, 1' ATIONT of beautiful ITALIAN SCULPTURE, embracing Art,exquisitely Sculptured Figures, It . \',<-., ,in Alab v s ast o e f r, and the Marbles of luscany. ,k i „ . 0 -12 -h+l UN D ROBINS is directed by the ,neti,j u il l , , , gnee to SUBMIT to unreserved PUBLIC SALE, at : 041 ip. o ert,:i v :ra i s m , in Covent-garden, on THUIIsDAY next, at Twelve, klek'. fitly varied collection of beautiful IT %LI IN - SCULP ported, embracing numberless - clilr ' n ' tin , s eel horittlle renownr art, many of them original, andother ' s e - o p piod oases,red models in the Florentine, Roman, Pompeii and - qt 44execu ' t s , comprising beautiful alabaster groups, figures, ed in Florence he most talened modern artists, tili e , asse t - tibia ql th_. tt r „._ ge of noble vases, tazzas, and L ornaments of the il , t h r : ea, di an, Adrian, Roman, and Warwick forms, sculptured ' O i tor Z4Z a gt n, allo,aga . te, and other rare and recently discovered ~... n io .. , and Elba, calculated for halls and vestibules; —te martle tables, and numberless pleasing objects of .„,....soti for k ,l B eop,._,.otnite cirawing-roont. t„'.,' o , v , will be on view two days prior, at the Auction - , ent-garden. 31. Norfolk-street, Strand, 4'1, --- --.., v,r, 4 abi -- , --- -"•- - ----_________._________ . tor , fi 4, 4r i , in 'loge of SILVER, of the most elegant description, 14, 7 , , i c i tY of splendid ELECTRO-PLATED APPENDAGES Li ''' LE and SIDE-BOARD, of Elkington's manufacture. p.. '' EDMUND ROBINS is instructed to "sEL ®rte o ._ by AUCTION, at his Rooms, in Covent-garden on A ) :rti a ...Y, March 18, at Twelve, under a positive order for sale, Olit '`'lleent display of PLATE, of the most fashionable hind. 00(11 4 t THREE THOUSAND OUNCES of SILVER, . Ceral ea _wo chased soup-tureens and covers, two venison dishes, 7 , ets, o:_ e _l l 3hes, a 22-inch salver, chased vine border; bread i:"equi,, 4 :_ , \ ases and covers, claret ewers, tea urns, and tea and I•;CTitcre: Also a great variety of t4 l l4ltb . oft•lt 'rEl) 1..„ APPENDAGES for the TABLE and SlDE ro_eArrlsing haws-0--:t MANUFACTURE of . Messrs. ELKINGTON, ),., v . ; sid e on , e_ste dishes and covers, insets ; venison dish and c,;;; .s, noble e r . crule di s h es, i ce pa il s, wa t er ewers , sa l vers and ' a r•rl, in nJ elabra, candlesticks and branches, spoons aasi t . li th lsOn dishes SUP ERIOR SHEFFIELD PLATE, • tiik:l, epergn: id covers, soup and sauce tureens, . a li, 8 B) . W ine-coolers, liquor and cruet frames, bread and side and rng,ont city to ;.," . !11% era and waiters, &c., presenting a tempting OPPor laire4cataledi!ies, and hotel and tavern-keepers, a peremptory Salo 401/7, " i,,e k: _Viewed two days prior, with catalogues, at the Auct i on - Ovent-garden. , T ., THE STAR HOTEL, SOUTHAMPTON ,:, t• GAIIDINER is instructed, - by - ihe Execu- At hi% to rs and I ktk n ' 41 %t Assignees, to LET or SELL, wills immediate pos s, ht tli ~.,apital first-rate HOTEL, known as the STAR, si bqt of:. u_l,ll-street, Southampton, a house universally known s, okr,73e4Dirst establishments of its kind in the king Com. It has ItZ . , t o r_ t. fur many years by persons and families of the first . I,4Zir o , . s c 'o.a ains accotn.nodations of the most superior order, a 'yogi tiu`,ral. money having been expended within a few years, in east had meats and additions to the premises, which include ills ~,kkell , ii " and sitting rooms, coffee-room, capital stabling hog7Derh,... -g es, a good tap, and every other requisite. Under ,sr,, , sbi, •tndence of an active principal, a most extensive and the 14„lunilnercial trade may be added to the established business trZlior t Z 5, as from the rapidly increasing importance of the town Ott, orlgaUthampton in a commercial point of view, a great in , i , o r ti ljade is inevitable. A lease will be granted at a moderate It4l44sPrenaises will be sold, • ,A.,..z ........._ ; ' may be obtained of Mr. Gardiner, auctioneer, 17, Hat isN,St LOtatt X . cell ent FAMILY HOTEL, INN, and COMMERCIAL t 'rktLio'n w ns in the Me Ewdandat commandl 00 ing situa miles tion of London. in one of the best • 0 In N. (10 46 , E LEI, uP withinon moderate terms, by Mr. 1 %1444 --- ,,E g Elt.—The premises are spacious, and in excellent l't Or) ki r r,'llde about 30 bed-rooms, good sitting-rooms, capital it othe. ,e ading-rooms good tap, stabling, coach-houses, and Zitsleq_uisite for the business, ' which averages about 6,0001. 4, 4 „',nd ls increasing. The town and neighbourhood are NNs%, 41 ( 47 the local advantages such as will insure a continuarrze .:, 1 , ,,_ It is quite free from brewer, distiller, and wine mer tieetb.,`T,Potlrciamo-money for the lease, goodwill, stock and effects, 'qloof41.1", about 4,0001. N • , ...jy, / / t iny be obtained by Principals, of Mr. Gardiner, anc fi-------tton Garden. t,.. k . 0141 IV -n ott,,_ .s t i se S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH, ;44 44 4 I , r o r ed. 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 63. ""atronlsed by the Prince cv t .„, ec George of Cambridge, &e. AI N t el,„i,e:t recommends itself to the Public generally by its tTs It a li i 4 0 tY st Caonndstlaignitahnnenssiidzrdoefrtahtee climateric aonfdGraebalst Britain.defence i i t _ Li la Lond on on l y of the P atentees, 1 1 4 , Regent-street. Itt kl i thL ) ti T'S TOOT H-BRUS HE S. cilm--- cel ebrated Brushes are well known in most parts of the t44l l. etstr i es leerned for their durability and beauty of workmanshl. k id . air till quite worn out, are ofd/mae of every degree . of 1 1 / 41 ,,11i0, 11 riety of shape, to the extent eatly 100 sorts, in- Op p : ar thl e eommended by the principal dentists of our day, and 4 1 1 1 4 111 4%,,.7. 11 5r1al price of is. each, or by post for thirteen stumps. u. ,hte'rth-pointed TORTOISHELL COMBS, the workman eitile_ilead,,,ls rarely equalled. The new and fashionable Comb for A; 11,,,,` Wi th `,,',ress in great abundance. Tail and Dressing Combs, 'N . litty.. Irout Combs, carved, turned, and plain. The stock, %,,, o 7o ili tiP th: °l -is, or extent, is presumed to be the most complete ,* tr,.,rgest in London. '44 ~,'. and Comb Manufactory, 229, Strand, London, seven "' T emple -bar. Established for Forty years, "U.k. r. -., k.slll'.l°l'; S 14 v., b, BEST SPERM OIL, 7s per Gal -11,,, olar, 3s 3d ; Pale Seal 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, oo t ,' , 4„..nanic w • ' ' Is 2d ; fine Wax, Is. Id. ; 7Q pair 8 ax, Is. ; Gerinat i t, StrtrP d• ; Transparent, s. 8 . d * .• * Best Wax, Si. Id.; it, , 4 ,2 Is „8 , 4 1,4d. and led.; Hale's best, bald.; Belmont Wax, 1 k tte., ii Candles ; Extra Wax-wix Molds, 6 1, d. ; Yellow I' lo , 8 , and 58s. pc] 1 121b5.; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; IN Ind it b , ti,'" a i, Is, 4 ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; R05e,28.; Almond, 4, 1 , 11,?g Wax, 4s. 6d. per b, 4 al i z. sOld Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, OvMar's Coffee-house. .......„...,...._ m tS'Q sk ,:t4k, DEMULCENT COLTGII LO -46h, 'B, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted / 011.4 or t asthma, difficulty of breathing', consumption, or other re,tll er angoinent of the respiratory organs, will experience o t ItNellef, and derive permanent benefit, ' by the use of IZ ha at th 4 JILCENT COUGH LOZENGES, which arc so eflica • K t a rs : c 3: . a NiLI will able shorti o th el p mostviolent alatsth at I paroxysm,ey may of be co e u a f e h n - C 4 by TOrt. 4-1- i t 134jroprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton o.,..ottehltsate-strect, London, in boxes ls. 1%c1., and in tins at w ho'gori' m utY included ; and by most chemists and patent meli- N l4 . M t lu . town and country. \N„. I ci t e uts—Barclay and Son, Farriugdon-street ; Edwards, 0 ttr ellYard. "4.............. 1 a 11t4 5 44, 1 4 . `",.,ND COMFORT IN SHAVING.—B. Ist t i t Pati e :, - WVAN'S invaluable CANTON STROP, or Quad kk_ ielier t " e Razor-Sharpener, patronised by his Royal Highness ylly` t ili. ' i f enders the operation of shaving pleasant to the most :1,,Yi,„"0 Ri v , 3 : a very simple process, the keenest edge may very $ int;ohzerlitLootrsheabnldunTtoeostthrazanodr.shaßv.inagn-dpoSw.aCeorwvipne'scipme,,cnu; *. t r A t4 ,11,4" exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. 4,:ilici tor ilatterin. testkinonials received, the following, from ‘;` '" / I:ent surge ' on, Mr. C. Aston Key, is selected : tr th 4 ,, ' Made trial of your razor-strop, find find it to an ,l I. 'ice tto e , „ 4 , 11 , any strop that I have hitherto used for giving a IA -lila' Instruments for anatomical and surgical pur r r till " C. ASTON KEY." , 11 her s .04 q 11 4ii 'll 'irci. 41 a3' be seen at le inventors', B. and S. Cowvan, tOo,,titrOter4Viireet, where the strops, &c., may be obtained, and 4 . Rlt 1 el:4d r ! perfumers, &c., price 5s 6d., 7s. 6d., and 9s. 6d. 0:4..N; t e•••.,: . ". a . i1az0r-stz'op Ps te at Is. .a packet. The Shaving 'yeti ' ' la d Prussian Court Toothpowder at Is. 6d. and 4 4,.'`Nie at are genuine except marked and spelt .. B. and S. # il s tic addresed to MR. GRIMSTONE qtrl 3-N lin4 ) t ea ~,, - INCOMPARABLE EYE SNUFF. 1 rtow oo da t en, who by thy wondrous art, Ill s i i :llro n every clime, through every part, g, east 4c - .. !_lvide and civilised domain ; 't eteLi o ,, 4 !_contleso millions, and again,. 0 ° !"14,.: t i four Afric's bread and scorching shores 4 he x ., wi flighty Niagara roars: or a,_-_ accept this tributary lay, Z2 ti ce m ,` . l _ l that I can ever well repay, .:, eh ,v'ou_!,:ratitude sincere, profound, i• e t , t.o2orons benefits I so long have found. tar tom the moment I was led to try 4 ge h arv uous S• Ig ) ~,,,.,, -MIFF, the SAVIOUR 01` d ay. YE i N a ri._;,;.... and comfort, now attend my i l i or 4 : . _ the lamp's bewild'ring - dazzling blaze, li , l e llit, - 1. - n i ,IDS e'en the Sun's TOO burning rays. ortn_ , reitoz:nrorrner days, for much employ, ~ i , , , , , ,, k t a .?t, seeing : now, indeed, my joy, li t t t lsZt.„,i, utib olladed, thrives without alloy I V ll 4 -4 tai " oz. ~ J. M. S. 1 1,14 thi s eonip6„ --n . , c balance of all, the Public Press ! eulogise IN ti t j a tliweeleb r V 4 of British Herbs. The reader will semen'- 44 4. icisds.... of thee . 4 44 0u_oile - 4 - thr e ,'_ e d Eye Snuff has been before the Public up t , i,; 1 14 - : ‘ , lro tti , ~,-, ears, advancing in the favour of all who use 44,41, 4 1 tt the a b o 'iltr is sold loose at 6d. per ounce, or in can's -11,03 -al Authority, and the sanction of her O lit *s. t, p i 151:-.e6a,slueraychonbyeaaclhl Tobacconists,caniste at B M d erc l h s. an 3d ts " , h i4 l, , s k Otili t , ll tatt sn tiff Is exported in white stone canisters to etk,,,eil to '' , and L A liberal discount allowed to Merchants, e 0„ , 414,t ) the st ,on taking large quantities. Ite•t- , . liqulf,r.l.Ature of the Invontor, W. GRIMSTONE, N ti t4 it t he e„ ', •144 24, LING STREET, LONG ACRE Nu4ittia'renion ce , zi, Nq 5. ta„, , .. 1 ,3 tv , 5 . _ _9T Tobacconists, Grocers, and others who 44 , , k4. 4 t4441,,,,r6 t h e ' ia " 0 . 12 „, Wsui)lpoOsde, withan wish to canisters h c a w ve ita it h i ti n ug a t% *t tloZt4 f s ,,Nt 074 /411 ' 34 „, ~ • ".. pant,— order for 3s , a 2e. 48. canister will be 1 - " 440 1 Postage included, and se on 111 iiiie tqe; e ' I°titiOrt, iroo 0, 0 1# jo i ye4c , Id wit) ell , of , ets° l3 ' 1 ,4 1 ,1 4 1 2 rterV/ iA te 41)' t°9 .I Ce 0 030 tn . Pie ela tr 9 24 0 1. IF 0 1, 0 Ch °rl s C 1 ( 00 00, tA ,• 51°I. *ljj C.Pt „ f ie f;' °6 j o e f f' o Is-' t rif o° i s P ad' , -N. o. 16 683. LONDON, TUESDAY • . , G N _ HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON. A GENERAL couirr of this CORPORATION, to celebrate the Annivezw.ry of the Battle of Alexandria, will be held at the Freentwon's Tavern, on Sarettne.v, the 21st inst.. Dimier at a quarter before Seven precisely. Ills Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G., President, in the Chair. The survivors of the Officers of the army and navy, who served whl; the expedition to Egypt, under the late Sir Ralph Abercrombie, are invited to attend this commemoration, as the guests of the 6,oct(-ty. Members of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and of tte, ►;ranch Societies of Aberdeen, Madras, Bombay, &c , are ad rni,able at all the General Courts of the Society without introduction. Memter.3 who Intend to be present are requested to give an early Intimation to the Honorary Secretary, in order that suitable arrange ments mac be made for the dinner. 18, Parliament-street. GEORGE B NIS, Hon. sec. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, coENarr,L, LONDON. C spited L'500,000. Ezl:owered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both t. Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, en all occasions, the power to burr AT, without ex pense or ferfelture of the folicy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi, Interd,ts to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are exanted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. The saccess and increasing 7.resperity of the Society has enabloe. the Dlrectori, at the last annual invectigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 3t, to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 1 ! 1 R. Premium. G I Bona Bcnas in g g a E,, added. Cast'. . 2 V i 0 ' A 1 1 Cn N R :. 0 - 1537 .£l9l 13 51.£87 13 5 1 .£13 17 1 1000 , 7 ; 2 1838 168 13 Ot 74 13 10 11 8 6 - 183`d 133 13 6 61 14 3; 9 210 ;1840 89 0 0 41 13 4J 6 0 0 oss # i ; *.71c:2E., £395 II 1 346 2 3 2?6 18 4 247 4 d*lslon cf prollts Is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the prevent your. _ . F. FERGUSON C.4.IIfROUX. See. THE CAMPAIGN on the SUTLEJ creating immense interest at the present moment, there is exhibiting at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Portraits of the most Distinguished Men both in the SIKH ARMY and GOVERN MENT of LAHORE, taken by a lady of rank, distinguished in the Fine Arts, during her residence in India. By means of the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE these interesting Portraits are on a magnificent scale. Mornings, at Half-past Four o'clock ; Evestingo at a Quarter to Ten. The LECTURES include these on ASTRONOMY, during Legit on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, COLEMAN'S WORK ING MODEL ascending , and descending Inclined Planes, &c. &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price, Elegant Poelet Edition, price Is., by post Is. Cd. ts I) R. I CU H LVERIVELI d 4 01 0 I N ATIONS. MARRIAGE, To bo or not to he, that is the quqttion."—Sh.tkspeare. 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Sir,—l regret that I have been prevented till to-day from acknowledging the receipt of your letter of last week, which contained a copy of the resolutions agreed to by the Committee of the County of Durham Agricul tural Protection Society, together with a request that I would express my opinions upon them. Those opinions I have now the honour of transmitting to you. I have only to add, that I trust the committee will not consider as discourteous the frankness with which I have expressed myself on the somewhat stout resolutions to which they have called my attention. I have the honour to be, Your very obedient Servant, • WILLIAM HUTT. J. H. Forster, Esq., Honorary Secretary, &c. FIRST RESOLUTION.—" That this Committee views with inexpressible surprise and alarm the Commercial Policy of her Majesty's Government, as explained by Sir Robert Peel, believing it to be pregnant either with the destruction of British Agriculture, or with the reduction of the wages of all the labouring classes in this country to the level of those paid in Continental Europe, and in either case likely to produce an incalculable amount of individual misery and national degradation." The opinion expressed in this resolution, that the Commercial Measures of Sir Robert Peel will reduce the wages of labour in this country to the Continental level, is quite at variance with general experience. The laws which determine the wages of labourers appear, judging from what has recently passed in Parliament and ema nated from the Protectionist press, to he very little understood. I can scarcely recal any subject of equal importance. on which greater errors have so extensively prevailed. At such a political juncture as the present, this ignorance is the more to be lamented, because it affords to factious and prejudiced persons unusuel oppor tunities of exciting and spreading very mischievous delu sions; and I am sure that no parties will view this I:i -lia:Ty circumstance with greater regret than the Com mittee of the County of Durham Agricultural Protec tion Society. As the subject of wages is really one of science, though too frequently dealt with in the loose language of vulgar declamation, I will state what, in the opinion of all scientific writers and other high authorities, are the circumstances which regulate the rate of wages. It is found that the difference which exists in the rewards of labour in different countries is caused by the different degrees of skill and efficacy with which labour is there applied. In countries where a labourer performs a large quantity of work in a day, his daily wages are high ; and in countries where, on the con trary, he executes only a small quantity of work in the same time, his wages are low. This may be made fully apparent to practical men, by contrasting the earnings of agricultural labourers in the North of England with the earnings of the same class of labourers in Ireland. In Ireland, twenty labourers are frequently occupied in,cultivating 100 acres of land. In the county of Dur ham three labourers will raise from 100 acres a larger produce than twenty Irish labourers can derive from the same extent of land of equal or superior fertility. The consequence is, that the real wages of our agricultural labourers—(l mean by real wages the comforts and ne cessaries of life which their earnings will purchase)— exceed by three or four times the real wages of the Irish labourers. The rate of the wages of the labouring classes is therefore entirely a question of their power of production ; or, to repeat the terms I have before used, the real wages of labour, in every country, must depend on the efficacy with which that labour is applied. I think I could make this plain to any intelligent farmer who would favour me with his attention. I will state a practical ease; and, to render the subject as clear and distinct as possible, I will not speak of the farmer's outgoings and returns in money (which often leads to confusion in arguments of this nature), but, as it is often taken in Scotland, in a simpler form—in kind. We will suppose that the rate of farmering profit is 10 per cent. ; that the cultivator obtains from his farm an annual produce equal to 110 quarters of wheat ; and that his expenses, exclusive of wages, are equal to 60 quarters. It is evident that, under these circumstances, the real corn-wages of the labourers who raise the 110 quarters of wheat cannot exceed 50 quarters without a positive loss to the farmer —or, in more exact language, without diminishing his profit below the rate for which be will continue to farm. It is equally plain, that if, through increased skill and energy, the same number of labourers could raise 120 quarters instead of 110, their aggregate wages might rise to 60 quarters and that, should they raise less than 110 quarters, their wages must fall below 50 quarters. It is a principle or law, established by the experience of mankind in all countries, that the point to which real wages rise is regulated by the quantity of work which the same number of hands can perform in the same space of time. Unless, then, the Commercial Measure of Sir Robert Peel shall have the power of diminishing the strength, the skill, the spirit, the perseverance, of the labouring classes of England, it is manifestly impossible that these measures should reduce the wages of the English la bourers to the Continental level. Poland, where the pea santry subsist on black bread, is, I think, the country commonly selected as an example to excite the fears of ignorant men on this subject. I believe that Sir Robert Peel's commercial policy has no more tendency to re duce English labourers to the Polish diet than it has to make them speak the Polish language. Equally impossible is it that these measures should be destructive to British agriculture. Granting, for the sake of argument, thatthe repeal of the corn-laws will lower the relative value of corn. it must at the same time raise the relative value of other products of agriculture. It is an important principle, and one established by careful ob servation and general experience, that a rise in the re lative value of corn (for the sake of clearness, I put aside the terms money and money value), is less beneficial to the farmer than a rise in the value of those products of his farm which aro not, strictly speaking, necessaries of life. When corn is dear, a rise in the value of corn does not give the farmer any increase of profit upon that portion of his corn which he must give to maintain his labourers in health and strength ; while a rise in the value of those other products of the soil, which do not form the main subsistence of the labourers, yields upon all such productions increased profit to the farmer. This important law may be otherwise and more simply stated and developed. A rise in the value of corn increases the cost of producing corn, and therefore cannot give to the farmer an increase of profit propor tionate to the rise of value; while a rise in the value of those other commodities which do not constitute subsis tence, does not increase the cost of growing them, and therefore yields to the grower an increase of profit in full proportion to its rise. To explain my meaning with correctness, I have been compelled to use exact languag e; b u t thi s i s not t h eory, it is experience—not inference, but fact. In the im mediate neighbourhood of all large towns, we observe that the cultivation of corn has diminished, and that the cultivation of other articles, not strictly necessaries of life, has increased. Why ? Because the latter cultiva• tion has been found to yield a higher profit than the former. It admits of practical demonstration, that after that destructive panic which the prot ec ti on i sts are labouring, in a spirit of infatuation, to create, and which I greatly fear cannot now be averted, shall have done its work, and subsided, the effect of Sir R o b ert P eel ' s commer! cid measures will be to increase, by various means, and especially by those which I have pointed out, the value of land and of its produce throughout Great Britain. In noticing this resolution, I have confined my observations to the effects of Sir Robert Peel's Com mercial policy on the agricultural population of Great Britain ; but so far from coinciding with the County of Durham Agricultural Protection Society, and think ing that this policy is likely in any way to pro duce " an incalculable amount of individual misery and national degradation," I am convinced that a greater benefit to all classes of cur industrious people- : - a greater security to our best institutions—and, if it really conduce to our country's glory to lead the march of nations in all that regards the highest interests of mankind—a greater glory to the name of England than this policy will achieve, it will not be in the power of any future Government to devise. I shall always con sider it a most fortunate circumstance in my life that I have in any degree contributed to promote it. SECOND REsoLUTIo;C— " That it is unjust and inequitable to maintain, as a general rule, a pro tecting duty of ten per cent., ad valorem, in favour of manufactures, whilst corn, an article upon which a very large amount of manual labour has been ex pended, is to be entirely deprived of protection against foreign competition." The answer which I have just given to the first reso lution is in a great measure applicable to this. Those manufactured articles which come under the description of necessaries, are cheaper in England than in other countries; and therefore, as far as they are concerned, the protective duty of 10 per cent., if there be such duty applied to any of them, will be wholly inoperative. The protection afforded to other manufactured articles may no doubt increase their value to the consumer, and in crease the profit of their producers; but it is otherwise with protection to corn; because every increase in the value of corn increases the cost of producing corn, and of everything else which is brought to market by la bourers subsisting upon corn, and must therefore, in its ultimate effects, reduce wages or profits, or both. I will explain this by recurring to my former example. I assume that, in the first instance, there is a free trade in corn, and that under this state of freedom a farmer obtains a return of 110 quarters, for an outlay of 50 quarters as wages, and 50 quarters for other expenses. His profits are now 10 per cent., and the aggregate wages of the labourers employed 50 quarters. Now let foreign corn be excluded by a pro tective duty, and let the consequent rise in the value of corn lead the farmer to grow it upon a soil yielding a re turn of only 100 quarters, to an outlay, exclusive of wages, of 50 quarters—it i s evident that t h e e ff ect o f the protecting duty, in driving the growth of corn to this inferior soil, must cause a serious reduction in the real wages of the labourer ; because, were the farmers to continue to advance as before. 50 quarters to the la bourers lie employed, he would obtain no profit at all. Thus a reduction of the real wages of labour, or an abandonment of profit, must always result frrm pro tective duties upon those things which form a part of the labourers' subsistence, and the increased value of which increases the cost of production, or, in other words, diminishes the efficacy of industry. It is contrary to all science—contrary to all the ex perience on which alone true science is based—to say that Sir It)bert Peel's measures for retaining duties upon luxuries, and abandoning them upon the necessa ries of life, are, in the language of the resolution, " unjust and inequitable." They are, as regards the whole of the produeiu clauses, just and equitable in the highe t degree. •;, - THIRD RESOLUTI " That it is unjust and in / equitable, with a free trade in all the products of our soil, that the maintenance of the clergy of the Established Church, according to the principles of the Tithe Commutation Act, should fall entirely upon the land, and that merchants, manufacturers, commercial and monied classes of every descrip tion, whilst enjoying equally with the agricultural classes the ben e fit of religious instruction and con solation, should b e ent i rely exempte d f rom contri buting to its cost." The resolution betrays, permit me to say so, an utter ignorance both of the history of tithes and of the opera tion of the Tithe Commutation Act. The title of the tithe owner is anterior to that of the landowner. A tenth 'of the produce of the soil was appropriated to the Church before the period to which any existing title to landed property can be traced in England. The owner of land has no better title to the tithe than the owner of tithe has .to the land. The two properties are totally distinct and dissevered from each other. I assure you that it is a pure absuraity to call either a charge upon the other. It is true that when tithes were paid in kind they , operated as a tax upodlicricultural improvement, inns midi as a farmer_ iced n additional produce by incurring an additional outlay had to make an additional payment out of the fruits of industry. But, under the . Tithe Commutation Act, no injury is inflicted. The farmer may new increase his capital to any amount he pleases or can command, and may double or treble his produce, without being called upon to pay an additional shillinc , on account of his tithe-rent charge. Under the old law, every acre of land (the tithe-free I land of course excepted), and every pound sterling ex pended upon its cultivation, was subject to pay a tenth of the produce, either to the Church or to the lay-im propriator ; but every acre of land, and every portion of capital applied to it, was not subject to rent ; and for the plain reason, that the last quality of land resorted to, and the last portion of capital applied, yield nothing be yond the ordinary rate of profit upon the farmer's outlay, and afford nothing towards the rent of the farm. On the same principle, a fall in the value of produce might, under the old law, have extinguished rent without extin guishing tithe. But in this case the landlord could never have had any reasonable cause of complaint, because the title to a tenth of the produce of land is prior to the title to the land itself. In like manner, under the new law, the tithe rent charge will be paid for qualities of land which, correctly speaking, pay no rent ; and a fall in the value of pro duce may extinguish rent, without diminishing the tithe rent charge to a greater extent than that in which the value of produce may have fallen. But the landlord cannot in this, any more than in the former case, justly complain of his property being unequally burdened. Tithe never formed any portion of his property. He inherited or he purchased his estate subject to a mort gage equivalent to a tenth of its produce. Unless the estate should ha eapable of yielding something more than the amount of the tithe -mortgage, he can have no property in the soil. • n Under the new law, an extreme case may arise, which deserves consideration. Land thrown out of cultivation by a fall of prices, and yielding no produce, might still be subject to the tithe-rent charge. In this extreme case, however, the landlord is prot ecte d. H e i s not per sonally responible fur the tithe -rent charge. The tithe owner may take possession of the land, but if it yield nothing he can get nothing. FOURTH RESOLUTION.-" That it is for the honour and common good of the nation at large, that the help less poor should be supported and protected from want; that the township roads and county bridges, and other county buildings, should be repaired and maintained; and that it is unjust and inequitable that the rich com mercial and monied classes, equally interested in these matters with the agricultural classes, should throw almost the entire weight of these burdens on the re venues of the land; that a merchant or manufacturer, possessing carriages for his pleasure and numerous waggons and teams of horses for his commerce, should only contribute a rate in proportion to the runt of the buildings he may happen to occupy, bearing scarcely any assignable proportion to his capital and profits, whilst a farmer is rated upon every acre he occupies, and thus iu practice pays a rate baring a large pro portion to the whole capital employed in his business." If taxation, local or general, press more heavily upon the owners and occupiers of land than upon other pro prietors or other producers, then the owners and occu piers of land are fully entitled to be relieved from their disproportionate hardens. There is no doubt of it. But the relief to which they are entitled is not the mainte nance of a law injurious to all other classes of the com munity : it is an eqaalisation of taxation. FIFTH RESOLUTION.—" That this Committee re gards any step to be taken by the present Govern ment, and its usual supporters, in the House of Commons, towards giving this scheme the force of law, without an appeal to the sense of the people by a general election, to be an act of individual dis honour and treachery on their parts ; and that those gentlemen having been elected Members of Parlia ment under pledges to their supporters, expressed or implied, to maintain the principle of Protection to Native Industry against foreign competition, cannot, without shameless dishonesty and a gross breach of trust, make use of the power so given to them in support of public measures in direct opposition to those in favour of which they so pledged them selves." The question involved in this resolution is one with which I am surprised that the County of Durham Agri cultural Protection Society should concern itself. It is a moral and politi ca l, not an i ndustrial and commerc i al question. Instead of discussing it, I will, with your leave relate, an anecdote. Fifty substantial farmers of the county of Durham, panic -struck by the r e p resentat i ons o f t h e i r fr i ends the protectionists, and believing that the repeal of the corn laws would be destructive to British agriculture, deter mined to try their fortunes in Australia. They engaged a first-class ship, paid down their passage;money, and sailed from the port of N ewcas tl e un d er t h e gu i dance of a captain of high character, whom the owners had per mitted them to select, and who, with the concur rence of the owners, had entered into an engage ment not to put into any intermediate ports, but to sail direct to Sydney. For many weeks they scudded pleasantly before prosperous gales; but after they had performed about halt' the passage, their progress was re tarded by adverse winds and a heavy sea. The farmers became a little impati en t at t h e d e l ay , an d i nqu i re d of the captain if he thought their voyage likely to be a long one. " Not very much longer," was his reply, " but I have a little altered our course, and have veered the ves sel round to run for the Cape of Good Hope." " The Cape of Good Hope!" exclaimed the farmers: "your en gagement is to take us direct to New South Wales, and you shall not break your engagement by_ touching at South Africa." "It is very t ru e, gentlemen farmers," replied the captain, " that I engaged to convey you direct to Sydney; and 1 freely admit that, had the circum stances under which I made that engagement remained the same, I should have been found to fulfil it. But new and unforeseen circumstances have arisen ; and I am compelled, under a far higher obligation than that which I owe to you, to alter the vessel's course." The indig nant farmers demanded an explanation, and were in formed that, during the heavy rolling of the ship, the water-casks had been stove in, and that not more than a few days' supply for the crew and p assengers h a d b een saved. "But," exclaimed an influential farmer, "the cabin passengers have beer enough on board to last throughout the whole voyage ;—salt water and Cayenne pepper w ill do for the steerage passeng ers an d crew ; indeed, it is a very wholesome beverage." "If the cabin passengers will drink the,,salt water and Cayenne pepper, and give the beer to y the rest of th e s hi p ' s com pany, I will steer direct , I , or Sidney," sa id the captain. "Preposterous proposal ! shouted a leading protec tionist passenger : "I can plough the land as well as any farmer in England, and therefore I can plo ug h th e commandte weather t o deep as well as any se aman. You must either s h a p e your course direct for Sy dne y , as you are pledged to demurred or is " u n T s o e t y t ed o u " there are heavy gales and dangerous currents in these seas sunken rocks are under our lee. Destroy yourself, if you please ; but before you shall endanger el s the resign skipper the : the general safety, I'll see you in Davy's locker. I have a serious duty to perform to the crew and passengers committed to my care, and to the owners of this noble bark ; I will not desert my post at this hour of peril ; you shall not, Farmer Gammon, while I live, take my shi p to brave the stor m y sp i r i t of the Cape.' " When the crew and people in the " steerage heard the captain talk in this fashion, they cheered him loudly. They all sung out, Bravo, cap tain !" Then the cabin passengers began to reflect that, during that protracted voyage, the seamen and steerage passengers, if pressed by thirst, might possibly invade the beer-barrels, and leave the salt water and Cayenne pepper for their betters. They grumbled audibly, but they inwardly approved. Even Farmer Gammon began to suspect that he was I , not , trusted, B y an d b ye, t h e ship anchored safely in able Bay ; and all parties, when they found themselves with repl en i s h e d wa t er casks and with beer-barrels undisturbed, acknowledged that the captain had taken a right view of the matter, and had done his duty like a British seaman. A NEW LIGHT IN AN OLD PHRASE,—In the recent naval combats between the Watermen steam-boat people a p t e u r t m i e n n democratisingin the bellige r e n t na ture of her occupation, it is supposed that this tu g i s no ; re th qt- t • and city authorities, a certain steam -tug i s s i t t i oons say, lugging l t u h g e g n u g rp o o ff s et their r piers. o other than the oft-quoted " tug-of-war."—.3lephystophiles. Go IT FELIX !—A letter from Washington states that General Felix Grundy 11,1‘Conneil, the renowned repre sentative in Congress from the seventh district of Alabama, has given it out as his serious intention, to move a series of joint resolutions for the immediate "re-annexation" of in land to the United States! Grovd.--American Paper. IVIARCH 10, 1846. ROYAL INSTITUTION• The announcement of a lecture by Professor Faraday, " On the Magnetic Condition of Matter," drew a raost crowded and fashionable audience to this Institution last evening. Amongst the company present we observed the Marquis of Douro, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir James South, Professors Brande, Grove, Ansted, Dr. Mantell, Messrs. Pepys, Hunt, &c. We have on a former occasion, taken occasion to enunciate the general facts of this most recent and most important discovery of Dr. Faraciay ; and in the present report we shall therefore confine ourselves to a brief outline of the beauti'tilly conceived and brilliantly performed experi ments by which the Professor illustrated and exhibited the discovery. The instrument used was a very large hOrse-shoe eleciro-magnet—the power derived from the beautiful battery of Mr. Grove. The two poles were moreover fitted with two short bars of soft iron, termi nating at one end in cones, by which means the poles could be separated or made to approach, at the plea sure of the operator. The Professor first proved, that bodies termed magnetic, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, such as iron, mickel, cobalt, will, if freely suspended over the poles of the magnet, arrange themselves in en axpial position, or in the lines of magnetic force, and that moreover, if brought within the sphere of action of either pole, they will be attracted. Many other bodies, which hitherto have not been regarded as magnetic, and which, when subjected to the influence of ordinary static magnets appear to be unaffected, when brought into the sphere of action of this powerful magnet will imme diately take up this axial position. This fact was proved by a small bar of peroxide of iron, and a little roll of paper. Now, another great class of bodies which have hitherto been deemed to be unaffected by the magnetic force, are found, in direct opposition to the former, to arrange thermAlves iaspa equitorial direction to the poles, or at right angles to the magnetic force, and are also repelled by either pole of the magnet. These Dr. Faraday has called di amagne ti cs ; an d here he took occasion to explain that the term diamagnetic was first given to glass and other bodies, because they ap peared to allow the magnetic force to traverse or pass through them, and that the term had still been retained in connexion with their property of being repelled from either pole, and of arranging themselves at Tight angles to the lines of magnetic force. To illustrate this dia magnetic property, the professor first suspended a piece of heavy glass between the poles of the magnet, so as to swing freely. The instant that contact with the battery was made, the glass was repelled from the pole to which it was nearest, and arranged itself in an equitorial direction. A bar of bismuth, a small stick of phosphorus, and water, were also used as ex• periments, and all under similar circumstances arranged themselves in an equatorial direction. To exhibit more clearly the repulsion from either pole of such bodies, a very beautiful and delicate experiment was had recourse to. To the end of a small rod, delicately balanced upon a steel point, a small bar of bismuth was attached, brought between the poles of the magnet and repulsed from either pole, as soon as the contact with the battery was made. The law in this respect is that all such bo dies are repelled from the stronger to the weaker places of action. This diamagnetic property is possessed by an immense variety of bodies, amongst which Dr. Faraday named such things as an apple, a bird, wood, leaves, frogs, biscuits, and even the human subject, were it possible to suspend him. A piece of wood and a slice ' of apple were experimented on, and in both cases the 1 attempt was perfectly successful. Another curious ex periment was exhibited. If to the end of a piece of thread a small cube of copper, a diamagnetic, be at tached, it will, by the torsion of the string, spin round rapidly. But if it be placed between the poles of the magnet, it will, immediately upon con nexion being made with the battery, stop. To whatever class, whether to the magnetic or diamagnetic, a body belongs, its compounds also belong, and still further, even its salts belong. Thus, iron is magnetic; a solu tion of sulphate of iron is also magnetic. And here an other curious fact is elicited, namely, that by the action of magnetism upon solutions of the rarer metals, such as cerium, magnesium, &c., we can ascertain what is their magnetic condition. And further, by thus mag netising solutions, such for example as sulphate of iron, we get a liquid, transparent magnet, into which we can look. The last question to which the Professor adverted was, as to the effect of magnetism upon the air ; examined and tried in every way, rarified, condensed, or in its natural state, air appears to be utterly unaffected. The same law holds good with all vapours, but the moment they are reduced to a liquid or solid form they become either magnetic or diamagnetic. From this it would appear that air possessed neither property; but even this assertion cannot be confidently made; for, ac cording to the medium in which it is suspended, air be comes magnetif, or diamagnetic. To illustrate this, the following curious exp er i men t was s h own ; a tube of air was first suspended in water between the poles of the battery. Although the water is dia magnetic, the air became magnetic ; but when suspended in a solution of sulphate of iron, of itself magnetic, it became unmagnetic. From all these experiments, Professor Faraday concluded that air held a sort of zero point, from which on the one side branched the magnetics, on the other the diamagnetics, and that magnetism influenced, in one or other of these ways, all bodies. He con cluded believed d b y in n nhwas observing yet t tent be this i s w done, as a field and th that t n which this pro perty of diamagnetism, inherent in so many bodies— the sea, lakes, rivers, rocks, &c.—was not without its importance in the regulation of the system of the uni verse, although as yet we are ignorant of the part it plays. PRICE SD. BREDPORT ELECTION. This election has terminated in the return of Mr. Cochrane by a majority of one, the numbers being for— Cochrane Romilly We are informed that Mr. Cochrane's majority would have amounted to two, but that tho last " independent elector," whose vote was tendered on his behalf, refused to take the bribery oath. Perjury is a thing not to be wasted. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 9. The House sat to-day to hear writs of error. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and the Bishop of Oxford. BRANDAO V. BARNETT. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the further arguments in this part-heard case. VICE- CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Mardi 9. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) SMITH V. SHERWOOD. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, and occupied his Honour the Vice- Chancellor of England the whole day. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) WADDING the construction of a will, the parties being the heirs at law against the legal trustees. His Hosoun decided against the heir-at-law, and that the estate be vested in the legal trustees. Mr. Smith was heard for the heir -at-law, and Mr. Holt for the trustees. COURT OF REVIE W, March 9. Sir J. L. Knight Bruce sat this morning in Bankruptcy, but there was nothing of interest before the Court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 9. (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD,) IN RE :row=END. This insolvent, who carried 'on btisinesi in Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, as a jeweller, came up fur his final order. He was opposed on the ground that he had been appointed by the Court of Chancery as guardian to his children, and that he had applied the amount rece i ve d by him ferVeir benefit to his own use, and also had not rendered any account in his schedule. The insolvent said he was prepared to swear that all the moneys he had received under the order of the Court had been faithfully applied. The fact was, his wife had been living apart with her children in different parts of the country, the property being hers. On her death an order of Court was made, constituting him guardian, and he had to expend nearly all the money he first received in clothing them, for some one in the country had taken away their clothes, even to the hats and shoes. It cost 171. 10s. for carriage, and 41. 10s. for clothes. The Solicitor for the opposing creditor insisted that under the 24th section 7 and 8 Vict., an insolvent was bound to render an account/of all trust moneys, and that he was bound to pay all debts due before the time he took the trust. The Learned COAEHLSSIONER considered that in the absence of a positive order to pay the back debts, a guardian was not bound to do so out of trust moneys like the present, and as the insolvent had distinctly sworn he had fairly disbursed the money which had come to his hands, he was entitled to his final order. It appeared that those debts were contracted before the insolvent had any power over his children or the property. He considered it was net necessary to give au ac count in insolvency. The final order was granted. NOVEL APPLICATION. --,IN RE WOLFE. This insolvent, who was a clothes dealer, had been re manded sine die, in consequence of his very unsatisfactory explanation of the loss of a large sum of money out of his pocket. Mr. T. B. HUGHES now applied to the Learned Commis sioner to e a day for the insolvent to come up again. The inso s in a very infirm state, and seventy-four years of A medical gentleman was present to prove that imprisonment was dangerous. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he did not see hew he could name a day after the exhibition on the last examina tion. If me up, lie (the Learned Commissioner) could not m al order on such statements. Mr. s said Mr. Buchanan, on behalf of the cre ditors, was willing to withdraw opposition ; and be hoped his Honour would name a day to ease the mind of the in solvent. The Learned COMMISSIONER at first named three months, but at the urgent request of counsel, at length reduced the time to one month, frcm this date. The insolvent had been two months in prison. CLEANSING THE STREETS. We have been favoured with a copy of the following interesting testimonial to the Philanthropic Association, which has for the last three months been giving employ ment, chiefly at th e i r own expense , t o ninety distressed but deserving poor persons, in the better cleansing of the streets of London ; and we have much pleasure in giving it insertion in our columns. There can be little doubt in the minds of persons who have had opportunities of judging of the character of the poorer classes, that they are deeply impressed with feelings of gratitude towards those who sympathise with their wants and treat them with kindness, and we think the pre sent testimonial is a strong proof in support of this opi nion. IVe had the satisfaction of inserting, in extenso, the valuable report of the association to the Commis sioners of Sewers in our paper of the 2d of Februaiy last, in which was most satisfactorily proved that it would be to the interest of the community at large that the system of improved street cleansing recommended should be uni versally adopted throughout the country. A good ex ample set in the city of London would be the surest means of leading to this result • and we trust that, taking into consideration the thousands of poor who would in consequence be furnished with profitable employment, the Commissioners will not long delay in giving the ex ample required : " To Charles Cochrane, Esq., President, and the Noble men and Gentlemen composing the Association for the promotion of improved Street Cleansing, &c. " The humble memorial of the superintendents, fore men, and men employed under the Association in the city of London. That your servants on the termination of their la bours, fully sensible of.your philantropic and highly be nevolent endeavours to establish a great public benefit, and a means of affording support to so many thousands of suffering poor, beg leave most respectfully to express the deep sense of gratitude we and our families owe for what we have received at your hands ; and but for which we would, in all probability, from the absence of independendent labour, have been compelled to .I!eek parochial relief. " Permit us to express our regret that your efforts have not at once received universal support ; but we are con vinced that in a very few days the changed appearance of the leading thoroughfares of this great city, from the absence of your operations, will, more than our labours have done, demonstrate the excellence of your system, and call for its general adoption. " In conclusion, we retire from our labours, testifying our heartfelt and grateful thanks for all your goodness, by subscribing our respective signatures and marks hereto. " J. ETTERSIIANK, Chief Superintendent, " And ninety five other persons employed." EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The officers employed on the Rastern Counties Railway, assisted by an active member of the metropolitan detective force, have been engaged for some days in en deavouring to trace out a robbery committed on that line. In the course of last week a case containing watches, amount ing in value to more than 2001., was received from a whole sale watch manufacturer in Hatton-garden, to be forwarded to a watchmaker at Yarmouth. The box in its transit dis appeared in a very mysterious manner, and of course did not reach the party to whom it had been directed. Much mys tery seems to be attached to the case, and up to the present time no clue had been discovered to the guilty patties. There is very little doubt, however, from the tact and intelligence of the officer engaged, that the thief will ere long be in the bands of justice. ELECTRIC TELECRAPH.—The arrival of the Teviot steamer at Southampton, from the West Indies, and of the Pacha steamer, with the Peninsular mail, was announced at Lloyd's on Saturday afternoon, at about one o'clock ; and the loss of the Great Liverpool, from Alexandria, at about two o'clock, by means of the electric telegraph. THE SECRET OF WARN FEET.—Many of the colds w hich people are said to catch commence at the feet. To keep those extremities constantly warm, therefore, is to effect an assurance aglinst the almost interminable list of disorders which spring out of a "slight cold ;" and at the risk of being thought trifling, and of telling people what they know already, we beg to remind them of the following simple rules :—First, never be tightly shod. Boots or shoes, when they fit closely, press against the veins of the foot, and prevent the free circulation of the blood. When, on the contrary, they do not embrace the feet too tightly, the blood gets fair play, and the spaces left between the leather and the stocking are filled with a comfortable supply of warm air. Those who have handsome feet will perhaps be slow to adopt this dictum ; but they are urgently recommended to sacrifice a little neatness to a great deal of comfort and safety, by wearing what the makers call easy shoes. The second rule is— Never sit in damp shoes. It is often imagined that, unless they be positively wet, it is not necessary to change them when the feet are at rest. This is a fallacy ; for when the least dampness is absorbed into the sole, it is attracted further to the foot itself by its own heat, and thus perspiration is dangerously checked, Any person may prove this by trying the experiment of neglecting the rule : and his feet will feel cold and damp after a few minutes ; although, on taking off the shoo and examining it, it will appear to be perfectly dry. Did every one follow these rides, there would be no more cold feet. ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Aylesbury, March 6. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARRS.) MURDER...-.Franeis Fleet was charged with the wilful murder of Ann Ray, at Dunton,:in this county, by adminis tering to her two drachms of corrosive sublimate on the 26th of June last. Mr. Sanders was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Power defended the prisoner. From the testimony of the various witnesses examined in support of this most serious charge, it appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were fellow-servants at Denton, the former being the shepherd and the latter the only female attendant of a Mr. Duncombe, a farmer in that village. For some time before the date of this transaction it had become known to their fellow-servants that an illicit connexion had sprung up between these parties, and it was suspected that the deceased was in the family-way by him. On fhe 26th of June the prisoner was work ing with some other men in the rickyard till one o'clock, when he went into the house, as he said, to get some bread and cheese from "the gal." In a few minutes, however, he returned, and calling one of the labourers to him told him that " the gal" was taken ill, and asked him to go in while he went for assistance. On going into the kitchen, the poor creature was discovered in .great agony, vomiting dreadfully, and complaining of a burning sensa tien in her throat and stomach. For some days she con tinued to suffer much, ulcers having appeared in her mouth and on her tongue,—and during all that time the prisoner evinced great anxiety on her account, making frequent in quiries after her condition. On one of these occasions, he was taxed with having given her " some stuff," when he replied that "he had not compelled her to take it." On the 9th of July the deceased was removed to the Winslow Union in a gig, and soon after that exertion she grew rapidly worse, till one of the ulcers broke, and she died of exhaustion. During her illness the prisoner was taken into custody, and she made a deposition before a magistrate in his presence, from which it appeared that on his coming into the kitchen on the 26th of June, he had put some white powder into a glass of water and told her to drink it off, declaring that he would not leave the house till she did so. This she declined to do at first, but being at last persuaded by him she swallowed it, an 6 on the instant was attacked with the sickness and pains which had been deposed to by the other witnesses, and were attributed by medical testimony to her having taken a quantity of white mercury, or corrosive sublimate. The de ceased also swore that she was then two months advanced in the family-way by the prisoner, who knew that fact, and had on a previous occasion caused herb take something to do away with the child, but without effect. In addition to this, she stated that the prisoner had some more of the same stuff by him, and on being searched, a rag was found in his pocket, containing a small quantity of corrosive sublimate, an article which appeared to have been kept on the farm for the purpose of application to the sheep under prisoner's care. Mr. PowErt having addressed the jury, His LORDSHIP summed up the case to them with great care and perspicuity, telling them that if they should be of opinion that the prisoner had administered this noxious sub stance to the deceased with the wicked design of procuring abortion, he was, in the eye of the law, guilty of murder, even though there was, in fact, an absence et any malice towards the unfortunate object of his practices. lf, there fore, they thought that he had administered this poison with that design, and that her death ensued from her having so taken it, it was their duty, however painful it might be, to return a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner as the bar. I that she had died to the deceased to procure abortion, am • in consequence thereof ; o n which a verdict of Guilty was o ma T t h el e y j f u o rY und th t e h n at recorded. r t e h ti e re p d ris t o o n c e o r n l'Auxic then put on the black cap, and hsiadderadthmeinir-isyteerrdedict ih a e n p d o n is l o ti n - Mr. Baron pro ceeded to pass the awful sentence of the law upon the pri er; after which the jury begged to recommend him to their opinion he had not contempl a t e d an y in jurydeceased. His Lordship then intim a t e d t o hi m tmhertcyth4 t in he should take care that the recommendation of the jury should be conveyed to the proper quarter, though he could not take upon himself to hold out any prospect of mercy in this world. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, March 6. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice PArrEsoN.) CHARGE or MURDER.—Margaret Stoker, a girl 23 years of age, was indicted for having on the 24th day of Novem ber last, at Pattington Hallgarth, wilfully killed and mur dered Hannah Stoker, her child, aged 13 months. Mr. Monteath and Mr. A. D. Johnstone appeared to con dact the prosecution; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins defended the prisoner. Isabella Davison—On Sunday, the 23d of November last, Margaret Stoker came to our house, between six and seven (o'clock at night. The prisoner had not a child with her then. I heard one of the people in the house ask hew she had wet her gown, and she said she had fallen down. Her face was dirty. I saw her again between eight and nine next morning. She said a woman had put her child into the beck. She appeared distressed, and cried much. I went to the burn side with her, and lifted the child out. It was quite dead. It appeared to have been so for some time. When I took the child out of the beck I placed it on the grass. I then saw that one of the hands was eaten off. I thought it might have been eaten off by the water-rats. The flesh was all jagged and torn. Prisoner said she was bet with the child; it was too much for her. The same after noon she told me she had tossed it into the beck herself. Other witnesses were examined; after which The jury retired for about ten minutes, and then pro nounced the following verdict—Guilt•, but with the strongest and most earnest recommendation to your Lord ship's mercy. The Learned JUDUF then passed sentence of death upon the prisoner. The prisoner was mach affected, and shrieked as she was removed from the dock. DETERMINED SUICIDE AT ISLINGTON.—On Satur day a most determined case of self-destruction took place at the house of Mr. James, 20, Alfred-street, River-terrace, Islington. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. James had, for some time past, lived un happily together, in consequence of the intemperate habits of the latter. Mr.Jamea went into the Prince Albert, in the same street, and there found a heavy bill due for liquors supplied to his wife ; he then forbade the supply of any more on credit; and on his return home a quarrel ensiled, and Mrs. James threatened to leave him On the morrow. Similar threats having before been held out, no atten tion was paid to the present. At two o'clock Mrs. James was seen by an opposite neighbour engaged in writing, and soon after three o'clock her servant girl ran into the Prince Albert, exclaiming that her mistress was destroying herself. Mr. Thorpe, the la n dlord, im mediately went into the house, where he found Mrs. James suspended to the bed-rail. It appeared that she had oh ad f flrs n t d o s p i e m ne e d .h a h v t vein ihtit thisher arm, but net hitting on the artery, slip way effect her purpose. She then attempted to strangle herself with one of her garters: this also failing, she nest tried a piece of tape; and at last resorted to a silk handkerchief, with whiclx she accost pushed tier cifeadinl purpOse.. 'On Mr. Thorpe cutting her down, life was quite extinct. The note she was seen writing was to her hus band, and to the ef f ect that she could bear it no longer, an 4 request mg her data haiglit be siren to her Men , ;, - t.w THE BASILIAN - NUNS OR, ----- , 'NSI ..--c( ' _..: ---i fereefoltralffg - rmee has been presented to til. Jkbyibl. \- de l3outenieff, Envoy E x t raor di nary an d Mi n i ster Plentieole % ia t y . tentiary of Russia at the Cciurt of Rome : ‘‘ A polish journal published at Paris, under the title of The Third of May, has disseminated the strangest narratives relative to certain persecutions which the Archbishop: of Lithuania, Joseph Siemaszko, designated as having formerly filled the office of confessor in the convent of the Basilian Nuns at Kowno, is alleged to have instituted against 'the women, in order to force them to embrace the Greek reli gion. According to this journal, the nuns in question, to the number of forty-seven were seized in the night time by Cossacks; forced to walk to Witepsk (a town which, it is protended is twenty miles from Kowno) ; shut up in an or thodox convent, and reduced to act as servants to the Rus sian nuns, who every Friday administered to each fifty blows of a cane. It is next declared that the Archbishop threw them into irons, condemning them to such hard labour as is as signed to felons ; that they were made to suffer hunger and thirst, and, to render the privation of drink more severe, they were fed on salt herrings. It is added that some were obliged to take part in the construction of the episcopal palace, often remaining in the water up to their necks; that others were employed in the mines; that eight had their eyes forced out ; that thirty fell victims to this odious persecution, and that only three had succeeded in Effecting their escape into Austria; as to the superior, she had arrived in Paris. These calumnies were eagerly reproduced in the Univers, and in most of the French journals, they are represented as based on the depositions of the superior, who figures in the matter under the name of Mieczyslawska. In the recitals of this woman, the number of nuns is no longer confined to 47, they are at once quintupled, reaching the number of 240, of whom 120 are stated to have been exiled to Siberia: out of that number upwards of one-half are alleged to have miserably perished on the road, and the rest are represented as about in all probability to speedily share the same fate. The names of Wawrzecha, Konarska, and Pomawnocka, are those by which the three nuns who took refuge in Austria are designated. It is also stated, that 346 monks of the order of St. Basil were likewise exiled to Siberia; that three of their heads, named Berin3ki, Zilinski, and Yeleniez, expired at Polotzk under the torture that they were forced . to endure, from iced water being poured on their bodies, and that the fourth, named Zaniecki, was killed with a blow of a hatchet. Finally, it is pretended, that all the populations of these countries are, without ceasing, cruelly beaten and exposed to all kinds of atrocities; that even chil dren are not spared, and that 17 of these latter were whipped to death in the town of Minsk. In dilating on this theme, the periodical prints have been careful to add other dia , tribes, and, as a wind-up, state that the soi-disant Mieczys lawska, to whom all these recitals are attributed, has pro *ceeded to Marseilles and thence to Rome, receiving on her passage the livliest marks of sympathy, and a large amount of money in alms. Without entering into any discussion on the subject of these assertions, which are as absurd as they are malevolent, it is intended in the present note.to point out what, from the nature of things, is necessarily false in the alleged facts. First of all, in order that a persecution could be instituted against the convent of Basilian nuns at Kowno, it would be requisite :that such a convent should exist; and in this respect, the authors of the imposture ought to have taken the pains of obtaining some information. But it is certain that no convent of Basilian nuns ever did exist in the town of Kowno, nor in the whole extent of the province of that name. The present Bishop of Lithuania, Joseph Siemaszko, has never bees confessor of any con vent of Basilian nuns. No prelate in Russia, whatever may be his grade in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, has Cos sacks at his order or dispocal. Kowno happens not to be twenty miles from Witepsk, but doable that distance, about 300 verstes. No Brazilian nun has been transferred to a Rassian monastery ; they have all remained in their own convents, except such as, having a desire to go and live with their relations of the Roman Catholic religion, obtained per mission from the Archbishop alluded to above. Undoubtedly if this prelate had to upbraid himself with such revolting conduct as that imputed to him, he would not now have con sented to this last-named arrangement, which offered his victims so much facility for spreading through the country their accusations and their complaints. The means of exist ence of the Basilian nuns have not been reduced, but, on the contrary. have been augmented by new grants which con vents of this order have of late years been accorded is Rus sia. The Archbishop of Lithuania, Joseph Siemaszko, has never exercised any authority over the convents in Witepsk and Polotzk, inasmuch as they belong to another diocese. Throughout the whole extent of the empire of Russia the criminal jurisdiction and the infliction of corporal punish ment fell to the lot, not of the ecclesiastical authorities, but exclusively of the secular power. Never are women em ployed in Russia in works relating to building, and never has the Archbishop, Joseph Siemaszko, c.ected a palace. lie, for the most part, lives at St. Petereburgh, and pos sesses no house of his own. The archiepiscopal palace at Wilna, destined to his use, was purchased by the Crown in 1843 from Count Mostowski, marshal of the nobility of that Government. No person in modern times has ever heard of any criminal whatever, and still less of any poor women, being forced to undergo the to r t ure o f h unger and thirst ; of thir being wetted with iced water, or pl unge d i nto i t ; • .of having thir eyes put out. There are no mines in Russia, except in Siberia and in the Government of Olodetz. No Basilian could have been employed in the mines, inasmuch as none were transported from the western provinces of the empire, where there are no mines. Previously to 1839 there were in Russia nine convents of Basilian nuns, inhabited not by 240 women, but by only 55, of whom 35 belonged to the diocese of Lithuania. No one of these ever fled from the cloister, and no mention has been as yet made in any report of any one of those who went to live with their relations having fled to a foreign country. It is an indisputable fact that in Russia there have never been Basilian nuns known. by the names of Miecyzslawska, Wawrzecha, Konarska, and Pomawnocka, attributed by the periodical' press to these pretended martyrs. It is also a fact, that no monk has been transported to Siberia from the number of the Basilians. It is certain, that in the Basilian monasteries of the empire there never have been either superiors or simple monks of the names of Brinski, Zilinski, Zeleniez, or Zaneicki, who are alleged to have ex ed in horrible to r t ures . B e f ore 1839 there were in R ' ourteen Bazilian monasteries, con taining 267 monks, an not 347, as th e j ourna l s allege, and mai , in the diocese of Lithuania there were on l y 165 monks of this order. It would be superfluous to carry further the examination of the other erroneous assertions propagated ore this occasion by the periodical press. The facts which have been just cited are sufficient to assign to them their real value, and to show what credit ought to be attached to the existence of the 47 martyrs, who obtained in the church of St. Roch the honour of funeral service, celebrated with so• much solemnity. As to the pretended Abbess Mieczyslaw ska, the Russian Government is completely ignorant of who she is. It belongs to the authorities of the country where she happens to be to discover who and what she is, in order to unmask those odious manoeuvres conceived inhatred or Russia, as well as to lay bare an imposture, carried on with a view to excite the sympathy of the compassionate, and to draw *ore them important sums of money as alms. The Impe rial Government, notwithstanding the censorship to which it subjects foreign journals, has authorised the free circula tion of the articles in question throughout the whole extent of Russia, without excepting the provinces that are said to. have served as the theatre of the persecutions in question.. The inhabitants of these countries, ocular witnesses of what has passed there, will thus be able to appreciate at their just value the errors, at the same time clumsy and calumnious, which are published in other kingdoms on the internal state of their country." WILFUL MURDER AT NEWARK. _ - - ------- On the morning of the 4th inst. the body of a young girt was found iu the canal adjoining the river Trent, close to the lock-gates in this towr, and owing to the manner in which. the head was found, enveloped in a shawl, suspicion was raised that the deceased had fallen the victim of violence. The same evening an inquest was held before T. F. A. Bur. naby, Esq., which continued by adjournment till Friday afternoon, at a quarter before four o'clock, when a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against two individuals, who had been arrested on suspicion. The following evidence wart produced before the jury.— Samuel Hibbert, who resides at the lock-house, near the lock, in the Newark branch of the river Trent navigation, at half•past six o'clock on th e morn i ng i n question discovered and dragged out of the water the body of a young girl, having a bonnet and shawl upon her head ; the shawl appeared wrapped very tight round her neck; he believed three or running over the lock-gates, and he was confident he hear d a woman's voice. He looked out of his window, bu t not se e• f af ou te r r t e li l n ev es e . i n h e b bed heardon the a n eiee, previous apparently person n he distinctly• opening the window saw a mart again, and on William Horner run across the lock gates and up 4 p nani a e ge d vhich leads into the town streets. He appeared h ass ied'and confused, and shouted, -- it, look sharp.' l , All was then quiet. ing any one he returned to ba d. In five minutes he got up The Coroner having caused Horner, a young man of very' irregular habits, to be apprehended, he was brought before the jury, and having been properly apprised as to the charge likely to be made against him, and cautioned, he denied all. knowledge of the deceased, and said he was not near the lock gates, but was in bed at a quarter before eleven o'clock * and had witnesses to prove the truth of this assertion. He did not know that he had ever seen the deceased in his life. Charles Percy Croft, surgeon, stated that he had ass i s t e d in a post mortem examinati on o f ! the body, and he was quite convinced that the deceased had died from drowning, and she had struggled after being in the water. He did not observe any recent marks of violence. Ann Clarke said that Horner had lodged at her house nearly a fortnight. She went to bed about eleven o'clock on the night in question, and Horns had not then come home. Jane Greaves said she had lived in the same house with the deceased, and on Tuesday evening they went out to.. gether. Deceased was in excellent spirits. They met 4 man in Stodman-street, about half-past ten o'clock, who stopped and spoke to them. He was a short man, dressed in dark trousers, and a short coat. Deceased went with him * and witness never saw her again. The prisoner Horner here read a statement, materially varying from his former assertion. He acknowledged hay. ing known the deceased, and that he met her on the night of her death, but accused a companion, a young man of the name of Heselby, of having pushed the deceased into the canal. In consequence of this statement a warrant was issued for the apprehension of Heselby, who is about seventeen years of age, and had lived as boots at the Swan and Salmon in Newark about six months, but had been discharged on Mg day previous. The youth was apprehended, and the investigation wall proceeded with in the presence of the two prisoners. Robert Dale, policeman, of Newark, who apprehended Heselby, said that he slept in the same room with bi , 3 (Heselby) on Thursday night, when the prisoner appear if, othervery restless, and e an sa d id f , requ . y e o n u tl k y n t o a w lk ; ed ßin, in yo h u is water." Witness called to him, and told him he was ta lkin g Newark, saw the body takes him. William sleep. Spoke to him more than once before ha awoke William Pegmore, labourer, of thsrleewp.herAinntnite being twisted ni o o r ut th o r f e t e h t e i m w e a s te r r o , un a d nd th s e p The prisoner Heselby, after being cautioned i n the usual uesda 7 Coach and ether at the Horses public-house on T ohkeeadt.satihd.ensechakwi left there about a quarter past ten o'clock. way, said he was innocent , but that he and Horner were to. night, and they They met a girl whom he did not know, in Stodman-street. h a a g d ain p s u t sh h e i ( l d f ec ell e o a w se iris in al th et wllhoirlerhaecnceo‘s,eterdsahwerhaenrdagliceinl.eft him . with . the woman ; after it•elliwraaattje,l a f te r a n his d H e selbytelhiaatrgh c h arge against (Horner) called after him SO her out, but he never turned back. assistwaal A hdtie n odr n mei -agre he rre o aret n endt i i a n n g s ,of Leicester, said—The name of the de• st c h e h e a e se witness was wa s 1 by A aly yearsfonrmn former rf e a r gk hu s ban d, e in , s a , n and h a left afstm he r ee a w was Matthewmtheeitina Julyugp h er t k i e l daught e r i l s Witness had never seen or heard of her since. She had born a good character in Leicester, and witness could not imagite the cause of her leaving home. She went away in company with two girls. The jury returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder against both the prisoners, Wm. Homer and Wm.ileselby." The remains of the unfortunate girl were interred in the church-yard at Newark on Friday evening, in the presence o many hundreds of spectators. The whole town WAS in ast at of commotion during the course of the inquiry. DRESSING CASES. FISHER, 158, Rtrand. A large STOCK of CASES, with new and improved morticed par titions, which cannot possibly break loose ; warranted to stand the tropical climate. A good dressing-case, either lady's or gentleman's, may ne purchased from 31. to 501. Also writing-desks, work-boxes, leather travelling desks, and dispatch boxes. S. F. has tho best selection of the above in the trade; also an assort ment of fancy articles too numerous to mention.