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Off t ) e , from St. c , (rake, from led on the after yesterday, an Iles, and soilc, _Majesty's 51 'corn Liv e . r r P t °ti of ;charge P-- h an open orb 7:g. 30 V e ,; Praf s J slnd ° eaer now a for the G° le- ed , , _ rite hew" The ll t,g this o°l r); ur go (g as° e s kFoster, .I°B k, has P ut bleic LiverPooll ), during is of sug ar and ck to Jam ° aged. ENE' a on s receive a of ,en, . sto ed. st )then (1.30Y1A, tution, k, tba Birkb e ? , chani cs jai ll6( Of s this state d e' 1 1, the - ; ,o ev Lennon, 10 11 of t ile s f Parke the one r ° 1111 s ° I 15, tbef r which'w theft' hie- ,ils• it on jot ir% o , b e a 0 _ f ti", r tioi. , lat e ,ntein i y„,dero Lon " f the re , g ult c c' 1 , 8 9 rening 'if 11°1 )resent' vit 3/ °f a ca fvos° of u' he P t ou rier' ell.' , :ry wa • t i o ning , or P c" kr': „ w e:, Fei eti ti°l3 of a P•defi t l „. r eo „no no se , 1-I°tl cbt lo.. f th e bi g car rica cive d ' t he r es to the L ords' the 1 fig ar° a nd t be r °°ol. j a Y ea • di g ' AP lall bei" to th bo e lt l ioe i a te 8 1 5 .." ,be of lehe 1. t.„ To o l a e dy's CO n" . e turn , r os o Lsll; eio. 4. the 1 fi rres. with 1 ine Ilic wag ebs ci." THE SUN EXPRESS. THE MALT TAX. 'Po . 2 s THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,... —I am h appy to inform you that your very spirited efforts to serve the public inte res t s are highly appreciated In this t own ; and as a proof that these are not merely complimentary professions, a few of the gentlemen Nyho 01 The SU7I, 11 '34 had the gratification of reading your Express Editions i beg vov.r acceptance of eight pounds towards Your, heavy expends. v our paper is rapidly rising in the public esteem, and is very extensively read. I am, d e a r Si r , your ' s t ru l y , er bY, March 13, 1835. WALTER PIKE, (From the Liverpool ercury, March 13.) StIN NEwspAPTh M e proprie tors cf this spirited, 6nuc!.paerriederneat,pina;d well-conducted paper, we are pleased to the fruits of their zeal and industry in the froal)iidly-rising circulation of their journal, as appears from the oijwing announcement in that publication, dated on the 25th i n As the demand for the latest edition of The Sun has il e , :_ea s sed so rapidly, we beg to request those news-agents who a e late covers to send, to take care that they be delivered vor e tr office by half -past six o'clock in the evening, at the ro ac c, a teat, in order to ensure regularity. Though The Sun s ib i ;lne prints of 100 papers per minute, it is utterly impos n•t? fold up and supply the news agents with the number Z_ unte to save post by half -past seven. 'We trust the news rutalleareuds ents will take this notice in good part, and lend us a help tttliee e,xtraordinary j a n nc o l u d r ai b ly e . s .i t n e ef n e d a rJ s a i s n -o g u rs to meet the wishes of our subscribers." Independent of qu".intitv of Parliamentary news contained in solid Editicnis of The Sun, that journal has many other corn of recommndations t o pu bli c patronage. Its political 44 3' ents re writt en i n a bold and independent spirit, without sott that swagger, egotism, and slang which characterize Aatriof the journals which make loud pretensions to superior tlai n °tia lli• The editor, to his honour be it spoken, has dis briee to lend his columns to the scurrilous and malignant fa the I tt tioa and exaggerations which have disgraced some of th i ci e ,lo'nals to which we allude ; nor should we omit to state (0,1.t0e selections given in The Sun from the commentaries ite • lea articles, as they are called) of his contemporaries )adicious, impartial, and well-selected. g (Prom the Cheltenham Free Press of March 14.) 1)p,. 3' the Express Edition of our able and indefatigable cotem- Sun, which we have just received, (9 A. m.) we fo,anabled to give our readers an abstract (which we are dshedtgileatly to condense) of . the Parliamentary proceedings a very late hour last night. T HE (P rom the D er b ys hi re Courier of March 14.) t hank Bl3 „. ll NtwspapEß.—We have again to express our + Pli e d air. Wil e y , news agent, of Sheffield, for having sup hich wi th an express edition of The Sun Newspap er , by des' s m — ,!na the whole of the debate on the Marquis ofChan divisio ' for the repeal of the Malt-tax, together with the "a made known at Chesterfield early on Thursday t e the We have a l so great p l easure i n bearing testimony 4 seri e Piri ted ex ert i ons o f the proprietor of The Sun, who, by it iagti o s ° f the most ar d uous e ff orts has diffused throughout the Rhiof important narliamentary intelligence, with a rapidity posChas .anticipated, by ma n y h ours , th e regu l ar course Yearg oand Which wo u ld h ave b een scarce l y cred i ted a few ag. T HE Prom the Monmouth Merlin of March 14. ) ode b " NE IV SPAPER.—The great and successful exertions t 44, i 3 :., the spirited proprietor of this Establishment to . diffuse cloth', ill'ormation of important events over the United King hare ,Well merit the thanks of the provincial press, and we bati o 47 4 Bure in joining our's, to the general meed of appro- to he 3 (Pr om the N orw i c h M ercury of March 14.) Tt;i Pro prietor o f Th e S un has this week again transmitted tying3lexPress, on W e d nesday, a copy of his Journal, con a2, It the deb ate and the division on the repeal of the Malt tte rti 18 alik e b oth our pleasure and o ur d u ty t o notice such t aatl e ° : B ,; and we hope the public in whose behalf the y arc """ a ppreciat e their value. le 'l Prom the Hereford Time s o f M arc h 14.) have frequently had occasion to acknow p,elieihi)ur o bligations to the spirited proprietors of The Sun ti3 hillp -g ft N ewspaper, whose extraordinary despatch pub } Pty th e latest news has formed an era in the history . o t)." 2 , 1 1 g. On Wednesday last we received an express edition '4Oll k B un, containing a copious report of the debate . on 4 0t on i" anclo s' motion on the preceding night. Such exertions ef e raerit public support, but they show the magnitude z.the S u n e ncY of the machinery which must be in operation in Office. kijksit Y.) in TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL go -4 been determined by the Reform Members of the the Fee Commons to give a dinner to Lord John Russell, at the :rlasons' Tavern, on the 28th inst., on which occasion adopt will be taken by Lord iliorpeth. This resolution . At t ,, tod at a meeting held on Wednesday last, and which ,tlsitivebed by the following circular letter : ellie n r ,.." - cit having been proposed by a large number of . gelid 'at tt "'ao voted in the two majorities on the Speakership an t "f, t iss 1 -e i , lk irbent, that a Dinner should be given to Lord J. ,1 3 ,: i 0t "„7 as many of those who joined in either or both of i ; t a i olse - t ;; I as may be so disposed, we, the movers and seconders avers tais t i- blotions, are requested to invite you, if y ou concur on tet, to attend a meeting at the Thatch e d H ouse gragern4t2 for e,rednesday next, .at two o'clock, to conside r o f th e carrying it into effect. l, . 4. 4q ateh n 1,,.. I 'l 1835.#. " WM. DENISON, " W. ORD, " MORPETH, " M. BANNERMAN. --- Ali 4 - r ", RN CAMPBELL'S BILL FOR SHIN G IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. t Alth o f4lshis-a4terfil______,E,„____ 1-3 41 ' VI we üblished a full abstract from this Bill, upo b r e i enessotOPPeararipee two ears ago, we are now induced, by t Portanco' of the measure, and the time which has un til, L Y elapsed in attempting to obtain for it the sanction tfth egisla r lay before our readers a short summary e eh, ure, to ~ Plaintiff clauses of the Bill. :'qe, "illriff on a bond, or bill of exchantre, or promissory „ 11 ,.the s i„7it'g that such is due, and that 'demand was made got] -•eoat before the commencement of the suit, to b . e he pled to a .. , For si gned rule of Court, giving . 404 unless ~ defendant give, within ten days, security 'the s i n , ar k( costs or shew cause why judgment should "etl, liezied against' him. If not, judgment, shall b . eso 111 t, debt be paid within ten days after judg toil tilt defendant not summoned before the Com p .0 shall be his 10 ,""4 , r4i, sio _' er be examined . touching a property. The ittr aufa ci _n will then assign to Trustee, appointed by him tile Sh ori e cr nt of defendant's property to discharge the debt. to plaintiff of be Proper 11 or other officer to deliver executiono_ t a t 'lti 7atY (whether freehold, copybold), or other tenure, t . to - °e s efe a - , all t. All stock, funds, or annuities of the defendant kba - oe.atr—sferred toplaintiff, and all obligations and securities C Navin a ssigned to the latter. Any debtor owing 2 . 0 . 0/ the Coa,:"g assets to the amount of 501., may petition "'e t ts, ' 4l by furnishing a true account of his debts and . ail d giving notice of such intention to each ob oe s eredito ll'oh'il by creditorsAn official e , 41. 14 and securities shall ointed by Court, and all Is idle, f ore ~be transferred e to him. Petitioner to ap ned • and if he do not, h e ref Commissioner when summoned , ; Ile , ; kayb e ,ise to answer on oath the Commissioner's enquiries, 0 over—,e,°romitted to prison until he does. The same power to -- 'e titio in fo ,. . ieof a petitioner, f. , 4,,, lation upon, or connected with, the affairs of a pe mit 1••• Pers ons -, of a petitioner to for b Ow concealing property Assig 'el'ho '' or double the value of property concealed. . . _ lel ac , h, ks eri Wits to be audited within six be released from 1 3 d e b t 'bin t welvemonths. Petitioner to to, ;„ his crech " 012 his certificate be signed by four-fifths .. of . t , r 0/, 141) q or six months after filing his petition, if signed 14: 4111 er e %,. fif t, 11 8 in number and value, or by nine-tenths in s„, %if - ' 4l also if Commissioner certifies that hafts eiione h vlia r uled to the Act, and if petitioner swear uc 4 1 ekt ~,, t ,,, e , 1,,'" obtained without fraud. If estate pays lOs. i'n 1- ° l3° '''', petitionerto be allowed five per cent. on Nit skotnt exceeding 4001. ; if 12s. in the lii (1, 71 ' if not . • 5001. ; and if 15s. i t th, Per cent., if not exceeding 111 / 1 111 d t/ • but not exceeding GOO . , to "Rat e d_ what, en per cent., o if in the pound, petitioner only to rotate oatssi-irodeusceanld s c . ommissioners think fit, and not f : ' 11 111 bs " ,, (1 3 Per cent., or 3001. Petitioners convicted . 11l 1- or fraudulent ' practices not to receive the foregoing kg_ sites, Persons .. 1 , 1 „ , oR fr„., obtaining goods under false pretences, or fraudulent transfers of their p,'Pesty lualdently , or making N.'" uc 141 '' -1 f or two years. A petitioner t h •io. prisone. one or for t 5 enye"irc'e concealing his property may be transported.his ac_ 1148• A petitioner making a false statement in . q nor h.hriiis,absconding or concealing himself, to be deemed guilty' o,l`elheanor. N o person to be arrested unless on oath that ek ee "'Jut to ab ot „ , or in scond .; and all persons in custody on mesne fo,.`:l4's Act, to elLecildt.lonh t on the commencement of Ju d d . gm p e e n rs , ens may be imprisoned 4 kk ktitsl a etion of tort o ls r e tr a e r s g p e ass to person or property. Upon ce04, 1 : 4 a creditor for 20/., that he believes debtor is about to It , th e Y8 an that an action will be commenced within . four 4 C°M • • Justice of the Peace may issue a p tr , kit fo tnissioner or a t t ilert y r aPPrehension of such debtor. No arrest to exempt t:rtgm to of debtor from liability to his debts. Debtor so ar y, and renlain in custody until examined respecting his pro 1, dek he shall haveconformed to this Act.—No attorney hi e , am mo . a t° he h ung up in re than the fees fixed by tho Court, a copy of ue the Court. oi q 11 ,, ,,..p °ll NI 4aLAcLet any body enter one of these e lo l l; retajimememiums, and survey the countenances of _ t A otee, ion.s there assembled. The inebriated . eye and sal of e of t t i t_ w.ill meet his view on all sides, proving the inag I,,? l itit .ne. evil. At night, more especially, intoxication,_ }',ette„rat.l,fied its thirsty ropensity , stalks forth primed for ' t hin th: n u ready for crimep - Vice and folly hold their court h;tilf , ,P o ll3l: - , 41, and are rendered trebly vicious and foolish by the th 'nations furnished from the vile tubs which, as it were, ( 4) 4 lth : „battery of these villainous holds. How much the otNtirli.rl,li Morals of the lower classes are deteriorated by the . litiljuipdtz,n of the stuff vended in these wholesale laboratories liv lll a trp re ' the medical practitioner knows full well. De- I tIZ 411d-rnotehns, i.r-digestiori, and an endless train of diseased Veas er , viscera, claim this as their cause, while the itt,ilts,,,ercitement induced by throwing large quantities of JPii,% % e t' s ' It (or some compound which sets analysis at defiance), % tt'inach, leads to results mischievous in the highest 4riica.° Morality and decency. —London Med. and Slay. LITERATURE. HISTORY OF ENGLAND. VoL. XIV. Valpy, London, 1835. The volume before us is the first of the Rev. Mr. Hughes's continuation of Hume's and Smollett's His tory of England. It is introduced by a preliminary essay, something after the manner of " Robertson's Summary of the Leading Events of Modern Europe,", from an early period down to the birth of Charles the Fifth, and displays much and patient research. Mr. Hughes is a temperate, and, so far as we have been enabled to judge, an accurate historian, though he occasionally betrays a defect of judgment in giving undue importance to trifles. Thus he dilates on the coronation of George the Third, giving all the gossip, and anecdote, and tittle-tattle that occurred during the • ceremony, rather as if he were a newspaper recorder, than a historian, of the event. What do readers of the present day care to know that Earl Talbot, the High Steward, " contrived to offend as many persons as possible during the ceremony ; and took away the table of the Knights of the Bath, and that of the Barons of the Cinque Ports." Gossip like this is be neath the dignity of the historic character. If we ex cept these occasional blemishes, Mr. Hughes's history is just what such a history should be—clear, nervous, and singularly faithful in its details. His portrait of the Earl of Chatham exhibits a union of all those qua lifications ; though, after Macauley's late splendid sketch of that consummate statesman, in the Edin burgh Review, all other sketches 'appear common place. DEATH ; WITH OTHER POEMS. EY ROBERT MO:VTGOMERY, B.J. Ffllll Edition. _London : Simkin and Marshall, 1835. This little volume, which we have no doubt will become an especial favourite with the, public, contains a very pleasing poem called the " Stage Coach" which is now published for the first time. It is more chaste in style, simple in detail, and natural in scenery and developement, than most of the author's highly prized productions. It recalled to our memory some of the sweetest and most graphic lines of Goldsmith's " Deserted Village." We have always thought that the first poem ill this volume, " Death," contained the germ of more poetic feeling than any of Mr. Montgomery's other pieces ; and it is with pleasure we observe that in this edition, he has spared no pains to perfect it by a most careful revision. several lines of great beauty have been introduced, and the frequent exuberances of diction have been pruned, with every regard to critical taste, and sound judgment. There are few poems of the same length, in any language, in which such a variety of striking passages are to be met with as in Mr. :Montgomery's " Death," although in most instances too laboured. The follow ing are fine conceptions, breathing throughout a spirit of imaginative poetry : Alone upon the leaping billows, lo ! What fearful Image works its way ? A ship ! Shapeless and wild, as by the Storm begot ; Her sails dishevell'd, and her massy form Disfigur'd, yet tremendously sublime : Prowless and hclmless through the waves she rocks, And writhes, as if in drowning agony ! Like valour when amid o'erwhelming foes, The vessel combats with the battling waves,— Then, fiercely dives below !—the Thunders roll A requiem ; and the Whirlwinds howl for joy ! The scene bath chang'd into a curtain'd room, Where a wan semblance of the mourful sun Lies dreaming on the walls ! Dim-eyed and sad, And dumb with agony, two parents bend O'er a pale image, in a coffin laid, More exquisite than death in marble looks,— Their infant once, the laughing. leaping boy, The bud of life, the nursliag of their souls ! Pain touch'd him, and the life-glow fled away, Swift as a gay hour's fancy: fresh andcold As winter's shadow, with his eyelids seal'd Like violet lips at eve, he lies enrobed An offering to the grave ; but, bright and pure The infant martyr h a th t o hea v en return d, To lisp its hallelujahs with their choirs Of sinless babes, imparadised above. The grand arena, where insatiate Death Drags every day his hundreds to the tomb, — London the huge, earth's capital and queen, In dim array magnificently spread, Towers into vision now ! not sending forth The hum and clamour of her myriad streets, Made awful by the roar of life ; but stretch'd In mute immensity, beneath a sky Of midnight, breathless with the summer glow. And now, within their eurtain'd chambers lie What hosts of beings, of all age and clime ! Some laugh in dreams ; and some with laden hearts Mutter strange secrets ; others quake and groan, And kindle darkness with a torch of hell ! Now steals the murd'rer from his den ; now hies The robber to his haunt ; and from their lanes And unfrequented walks, the haggard shapes Of poverty and crime come creeping forth, Like spectres crawling out of dusky tombs ! The heavens are visor'd ! hark ! the dreary howl Of Thunder challenging the night ; or, like An unseen monster, moaning as he prowls Awhile 'tis hush'd ; then flash the riven clouds Asunder, and a lake of lightning gleams, Like shining water, through the cloven dark, While rain-drops hiss along the sultry air. Woe to the houseless wand'rer, doom'd to walk Through the drench'd streets barefooted, or bereft Of life's sweet charities, at such an hour : Glance down yon lane of gloom !--upon the cold And dripping steps,—with garments moistly clung Round her shrunk form,— lifeless woman lies, With face upturn'd unto the flooding shower. Despair bath just unlink'd the chain of life ; And on her cheek an agoning trace Of parting spirit, as it work'd and writhed, And with the body wrestled,—still remains. Approach ! and with the. lamp-beam learn her fate. In mournful lines upon her visage mapp'd,— A chronicle of sorrow, and of sin, And shame, whose fountain is a brain of fire : A heart for ever on the rack of care ; Oppression from without, and pangs within ; Despair,—then death, the master-cure of woe, — Survey her features, and you read it all ! . The Morn beheld A beauteous city, with the floods of life Billowing loudly through her million paths ! Her temples bathed their heads in azure sheen; Her rivers spread themselves along in joy; The spirit of the world, within her walls, Inspiring walk'd ; by noon the sun grew red, And glared his fierceness through the sky, till forth From out the swarthy womb of heaven, the Plague Exhaled her breath, that with a viewless flow ITnroll'd itself through all the living town, Which, sudden as an ocean chain'd—grew dumb ! The old man faded like a blasted tree, Then dropp'd into the dust ; and he whose cheeks Were round and fair, with eyes of lustrous youth, From beauty wither'd to a yellow wreck, Distorted and decay'd, till Madness came, And shrieking, shuddering, writhed herself to death ! Along each river crept the Plague : then hush'd, The grinding cables ! and the barges lay Like dead sea-monsters on the ocean stretch'd ! • E'en on the mead with grassy fleece bedeck'd, Where the gay urchin drove the whirling ball Fleet as a bird along the sunny air,— The Pestilence her burning vapour breathed ; Each limb relax'd, upturn'd his darken'd lids, And from his ghastly eyeballs glared the pest ! From house to house the hot infection stole ; All gladness changed to gloom, and not a smile In the whole city lived ! Within the fane, Amid the pillar'd aisle, while lowly knelt In all the holiness of virgin love The fair-zoned bride of beauty,—;•arne the Pest ! She coil'd, and shiver'd like a wounded dove ; Her form grew wild, and as the bridegroom watch'd The heaven reflected from her face depart, Contagion clasp'd him in her fiery arms, His spirit whirl'd within him, and he fell, And o'er his lov'd one yell'd his life away ! But in the tomb-fill'd churchyard, what a howl From the parch'd throats of mourners came ! for there, The graves were brimm'd with corses, and around Unburied dead lay blackening in the air, While shades of being stagger'd by the heaps Of friends, and relatives together piled:— Such was the revelry of horrid Death, And when at last by God himself recall'd, The Sun of health arose, his eye beheld A city hush'd as one enormous tomb! More than 3000 persons paid a penny each, on Sunday last, to walk on the footpath of the London and Greenwich railway. HALIFAX ELEcTioN.---Thc petition against the return of the Honourable J. S. Wortley for the borough of Halifax, has been forwarded to London. We understand the petitioners to be Messrs. Rawdon Briggs, George B. Browne, and Joseph Nicholson. On behalf of Mr. Wortley, Lord Wharncliffe has sent his solicitor from London to prepare what is necessary for defending the petition ; and report says that his Lordship is prepared to expend 10,0001., if it be required, for the protection of his son's seat in Parliament. In the event of another election Christopher Rawson, Esq., has intimated that he shall offer himself as a candidate along with Mr. Wort ley. —Hull Observer. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1835. T. AN ACCOUNT of the NET Pt IRELAND,—In the Year ending 51 several Revenue Departments, and o; plied to the Redemption of unded, &c. P.A.RLIA.MENTARY PAPERS. IBLIC INCOME of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN AND th January, 1835, after abating the EXPENDITURE thereout defraded by the f the Actual Issues or Payments within the same Period ; exclusive of the Sums ap or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Repayments of Local Works, Applicable to the Applicable to EXPENDITURE. Income or Revenue. Consolidated the Public Total.l Fund. - Service. Funded Debt. ----- -- Interest and Management of the • Ordinary Revenues and Re- Pennanent Debt 24,15%879 3 Ilf ceipts. Terminable Annuities 3,653,922 12 5.1. Customs £ 15,393,128 118 7 3,009,400 0 0 18,40 ) ,!128 IS Excise • Stamps 7,016,726 :13 3 —7,016,72 f: 13 3 Debt,exclusive of 6,2764(6.6(1. Taxes Post-Office and Four Shillings on Pen. Unfunded Del.d. sions and Salaries Small Branches of the King's ---.. 28,504,0,15 19 1 f Hereditary Revenues Surplus Fees of Regulate, Annuities and Pensions for Civil, Public Offices 20,080 2 4 £O,OBl 2 4 Naval, Military, and Judicial Poundage Fees, l'ells Fees, Services, &c., charged by va. &c. in Ireland 3,9A 1 Ilk 3,993 1 11f rious Acts of Parliament on the - ---------..- Consolidated Fund 507-?,509 17 5 £ 43,115,163 10 fli 3,009,400 0 0 46,4_5,263 10 9i Salaries and Allowances Other Receipts. Diplomatic Salaries and Pensions 181,448 (1 10,1 Courts of Justice Imprest and other monies ... 1',531 810 338 3 1 18,912 11 11 Miscellaneous Charges on the Money received from the East Consolidated Fnnd India Company 2,270,152 16 8 Money received from the Bank of England on account 30,774,248 13 9 of Uneldimed Dividends ... 5,680 7 6 5,688 7 6 Army 6,491 , 025 43j ......._...,„. _....._. .--........_*_. N avy Miscellaneous; chargeable upon the Annual Grants of Pariia inert 11,127,452 2 I • 144,14 . 11,700 17 10; Surplus of Income over Expenditure £; 1,003,15 i 12 -It I.—AN ACCOUNT of the BALANCES of PUBLIC M( 1834; the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to the January 1835 ; the Money applied towards the Redemption oi of Advances and Repayments on Account of Local Works, in the Exchequer on the sth January 1844 Balances in the Exchequer on the sth Janu ary, 1934 Money raised in the Year ended sth Jan, la'Z, by the creation of Unfunded Debt. Exchequer Bills per Act 4 Win. IV. e. 3 14,0(0,001) 4 and 5 W. IV. c. 53 13,825,200 Publ:c Works, I and '2 W. IV. c. 44 Ireland c.:13 166,600 73,950 For Relief to Sufferers in the West India Islands, per 2 and 3 W. IV. c. 125 454,900 For the Relief of owners of Tithes in Ireland, per 3 and 4 W. IV. c. IOU . -- T .- i .. i7 4,943,399 1 2 21),:320,630 0 0 Surplus of Income over Expenditure £35,872.‘:04 13 W 4 146; a Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Feb. '29, 1335.0 .T 1 10 21- NE Y Remaining in the EXCHEQUER on the sth January 'UNDED or UNFUNDED DEBT, in the Year ended sth the Funded, or paying off Unfunded Debt ; the Total Amount kc., with the Difference accruing thereon; and the Balances X 1 X s. cf. Issued to the Commi ss i oners f or th e Reduction of the National Deb', to be applied to the Redemption of Funded debt. By Issues per Act 10 Geo. IV. c. 27 1,770,102 2 6% By Interest on Donations and Be quests 1, - 76,378 9 W 4 Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, for the Payment of Unfunded Debt 27,832 , 1'50 0 0 The total Amount of Advances for Local Works, and other purposes under the authority of various Acts ofParliament withinthe Year 2,014,513 0 9% Ditto, Repayments for ditto 618,731 9 10% Excess ofAdvances over Repayments Balances in the Exchequer on sth January 183:i 1,395,781 10 11 4,8;7,994 13 7 £35,872,201 •13 6 THOS. F. FREMANILE. lchich the integrity of the empire consists, and that we shall ever be ready with our properties and lives to rally round the Throne in support of your Majesty's just prerogative. [ Here follow the signatures.] ANSWER to the foregoing ADDRESS of the Members of the ROYAL LI: EIIER LODGE, NO. 1,483. Whitehall, December, 18, 1834. S►R,--I have bad the honour to lay before the King the loyal and dutiful address from the individuals whose names are attached thereto, which accompanied your letter of the 13th instant. And I have the satisfaction to inform you, that his Majesty was pleased to receive the same in the most gracious manner. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Sig►ned) WELLINGTON. G. M. Forster, Esq., 7, Gardiner's-place, Dublin. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY Sire—We, the undersigned, being masters, deputy-masters and officers of the several. Orange lodges of the city of Dublin, forming the Grand Lodge thereof, beg leave to approach your Majesty with all that warm attachment to your royal person for which, as Orangemen, we have been ever characterized. We hereby reiterate our attachment to those Protestant principles which, under God, placed your Majesty's illustrious family on the throne of these realms. _ We humbly offer our most sincere thanks to your Majesty for your gracious and Christian declaration in favour of the Church, which we, as loyal subjects, are determined to main tain through evil and good report. We further beg leave to express our deep-felt gratitude for the exercise of the royal prerogative, which, as the father of your people, you have acted on in the dismissal of your late re volutionary Ministers. In humble confidence that the Almighty will vouchsafe to your Majesty a long and happy reign for the maintenance of those institutions established by your predecessor of glorious memory, and that your Majesty will follow in the footsteps of your late most illustrious father in the footsteps of your late most illustrious Father in the support of the remnant of our once incomparable (and we had hoped immortal) Constitution in Church and State And we are Sire, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects. [Here follow the signatures.] ANSWER to the foregoing Address of the Members of the several Orange Lodges of the City of Dublin. Whitehall, Jan. 21, 1835. Sir—l have had the honour to lay before the King the loyal and dutiful address signed by you and others on the late change of administration, which address accompanied your letter of the 23d instant. And I have the satisfaction to inform you, that his Majesty was pleased the same in the most gracious manner. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, ( Signed) H. GOULBURN. J. J. Butler, Esq., Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin. No address from any Orange Lodge in the County of Down has been received or laid before the King by the Secre tary of State, or answered by the Secretary of State. DEATH OF THE EARL OF CHARLEMONT.— We regret to state the demise of this nobleman, which we understand took place yesterday from apoplexy. His Lord ship had, we have heard, been at the Bank of Ireland in the morning, apparently in the enjoyment of excellent health.— Stewart's Despatch. ELECTION EXPENSES OF THE WAKEFIELD REFORMERS.—Mr. Gaskell's Committee, after paying the whole of the innkeepers' and tradesmen's bills, had a surplus of one hundred pounds, which sum has been deposited at the bank as a " nest-egg" for future occasions. The bills, we understand, underwent the strictest scrutiny, and in most of the cases a voluntary discount of five per cent. was allowed. Hull Obvnier. TETBURY. — Considerable excitement prevailed in this town last week, in consequence of R. Butler having taken a considerable quantity of laudanum. Every effort was made to counteract its effect, but without success. Ho died that night. An inquest was hold before Mr. G. H. Ball, the Co roner. Verdict—" Febo de se." The unfortunate man was buried between nine and twelve o'clock in the night of Friday, pursuant to the directions of the recent Act. He has left a wife and four infant children. The Commission will be opened at ,Stafford on Monday. The Calendar, we r egre t t o sa y, presents a dreadful catalogue of crime. Among the prisoners awaiting trial six are charged with murder.— Worcester Herald. In one department of the United States habitual drunkenness has been medically treated as a species of mad ness, and that with the most successful result to the individual. This description of maniac, having been taken in a paroxysm, has been caught, conveyed to an hospital, blistered, his head shaved, and the whole artillery of medicine let loose upon him, so as to require no repetition. ROAD IMPROVEMENT BETWEEN LAUNCESTON AND FAimouTu.—We noticed a short time since the com pletion of a new line of road for avoiding the long steep and dangerous hill at Lanivet, two miles west of Bodmin, we are now enabled to state that Castle- street Hill, the eastern en trance into Bodmin, another most serious obstacle in this li ne of communication, has been overcome by a new approach into the town. This new road, commencing at the left near Cally with Turnpike Gate, one mile east of Bodmin, crossing Cooksland Common, and enclosures into Prior's Barn Lane, entering the town by Vicarage, Priory House, Wright's Brewery, and the Church-yard into Hone-street, was on Monday last completed and thrown open.— Cornwall Gazette. A shoemaker of Brussels has just been married to a fifth wife. although only about forty years of age. He mar ried successively, and a few months after the death of each, three sisters. He took his fourth wife very soon after the death of the third sister, and it is not long since he followed his fourth wife to the grave.—Brussels Paper. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEA TII.--Mr. Thomas Watkins, of Chepstow, went into the Lord Nelson Inn, in that town, between the hours of five and six in the afternoon of Saturday last, and after being seated about five minutes, fell in a fit of apoplexy, and almost instantly expired. Medical assistance was immediately procured, but it was of no avail. The deceased had for many years been in the Excise, held the office of supervisor, and was superannuated with a pension about two years_ ago. H e was 51 years o ld, an d h a d b een i n b a d health for some time. On the following Monday, an inquest eras held on the body, before Benjamin Meredith Bradford, Esq. the Coroner, and a respectable jury. Verdict—Died by the visitation of God.—Monmouth Mercury. ROYAL INGENUITY—RICHARD THE FIRST.-- Richard himself, during his captivity, stultified, if such an ex pression can be used, his ow 9 letters patent in general. In a writ or letter addressed to the then Justiciar, he directs that no faith be given to any instrument used in his name, though pro duced by a messenger coming directly from him, unless the same be to his honour and profit. Richard was beset with ap plicants and suitors ; and in order to rid himself of their im portunities, he appears to h ave a d o pt e d t hi s i ngen i ous p l an o f granting hat was asked, with a secret defeazance, annulling whatever grant or promise it might not be convenient for him to observe. This conduct, subversive of all good faith, utterly prevents us from ascertaining whether any particular instrument was or was not issued by Richard, with the intent that it should be observed. Our uncertainty was increased by the knowledge that letters were repeatedly counterfeited in his name by his brothers.—Palgrave. MALT DUTY. A RETURN of the NUMBER of PROSECUTIONS under the MALT LAWS in each of the Three Kingdoms, in each of the last Four Years. Number of Prosecutions under the Malt Laws in ENGLAND. SCOTLAND. IRELAND. Years ended Total number of sth January "lota]. Total. T ota l . Pro,ectitions, United Kingdom. 1832 2:0 141 r fl niii 18 13 r'49 403 36 688 1834 807 423 : 8 F1:0 1835 0 38 185 6l 684 G. A. COTTRELL, First Assistant General Accountant. Excise Office, London, March 7,1835. A RETURN of the TOTAL NUMBER of MALTSTERS in England, Scotland, and Ireland, reapectmely. England .,,, 12,503 Scotland Ireland 383 The United Kingdom 14,J :15 G. A. C9TTRELL, First General Acountant. Excite (Ace, London, March 7,18:35. A RETURN of the TOTAL NUMBER of and EXPENSES of the OFFICERS employed in the Collection of the MALT DUTY, and of the'ToTAL AmouNr of SAYING which could be ef fected in the event of the Repeal of that Duty. No separate Return of the Number and Expenses of the of ficers employed in the collection of the Malt Duty can be given, as the Surveys are so arranged as to comprehend the charging of Duty under several heads ; and w ith regar d to the possible saving to be effected in the vent of the repeal of the Malt Duty, no Estimate on this subject can be relied on as altogether correct. In order, however, to comply with the terms of the Order as closely as possible, as Estimate has been attempted; and supposing that the Survey on Brewers (which is continued as a protection to the Malt Duty,) were at the same time wholly abandoned, the repeal of the Malt Duty might possibly admit of the discontinuance of 107 Supervisors at £2OO £ 21,400 1,250 Officers at £IOO £146,400 by enlarging the remaining Districts and Rides, making a saving in Salaries of £146,000 per annum ; but as this in creased size of the remaining Districts, &c. would neces sarily very largely increase the Expenses of the Supervisors, some corresponding extra allowance would be called for, which would go to diminish the amount of saving obtained from the discontinuance of Salaries. It is to be observed, that the immediate saving would not amount to the above sum, as an allowance of Half-pay to the Officers dropped must be granted to them until they could be absorbed into the other Branches of the Service as vacancies occur. The Half-pay would amount to £73,2.00. G. A. COTTRELL, First Gen. Acct. Excise Office, March 7, 1835. RATHCORiIiAC. COPY of a LETTER from Major-General Lord Fitz-Roy Somerset to Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir R. H. Vivian, Bart. (Prepared, pursuant to an Order of the House of Commons, dated 6th March, 1835.) Horse Guards, Jan. 8, 1835. SIR—In reference to your several letters, and the papers which they contained, relative to the late melancholy collision at Gurtroe and Rathcormac, I have received the General Commanding-in-Chief's directions to request that you will convoy to the officers and men employed on the occasions re ferred to, the satisfaction with which he has learnt that their conduct, under circumstanoes the most trying, was such as to call forth the most unqualified approbation on the part of the Magistrates.—l have, &c. (Signed) FITZROY SOMERSET. Lieut.-Gen. the Right Hon. Sir R. H. Vivian, Bart., K. C. 8., &c., Dublin. ORANGE L OD GES. RETURN to an Address of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 6th March, 1835 ;—for, COPIES of the Addresses to his Majesty of the Members of TRINITY COLLEGE ORANGE LODGE, and of the ROYAL LU THER LODGE, No. 1483, and of the Address of the ORANGE MEN of the County of the City of Dublin, passed at a Meeting held at Merchants' Hall, on the sth December last, and of any ANSWER or ANSWERS to said ADDRESSES ; and also, COPIES of any ANSWER or ANSWERS to the AD DRESSES to His MAJESTY from ORANGE LODGES of the County of Down. Whitehall, 10 March, 1835. S. M. PHILLIPS. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. SiaE,--.We, the undersigned Members of Trinity College Grand District Orange Lodge, beg leave most humbly to ap proach your Majesty's Throne, and to offer our sincere and heartfelt thanks for the sentiments expressed in your Majesty's late most gracious declaration, of remaining firm to those Pro testant principles which plaCed the illustrious House of Bruns wick on the Throne of these realms. Our confidence, as well as that of every well-wisher to our glorious Constitution and British connexion, has been re-as sured by the prompt confirmation of these sentiments, given by your Majesty's dismissal of a Ministry, from whose line of policy we had every reason to be in the highest state of alarm for the existence of those Protestant institutions and privileges which form the basis of this free and enlightened empire. Connected as we are with an University, founded by one of' your Majesty's most illustrious predecessors, Queen Elizabeth, for the furtherance of the religion of the Bible and the prin ciples of the British Constitution, we cannot but repudiate, in the strongest manner possible, the doctrine attempted to be promulgated, that the Sovereign should be subservient to the dictation of the people in the choice of his Ministers. We cannot conclude without expressing, that although the fundamental laws of our society, enjoining loyalty to the King and Constitution, would have impelled us to the course we are now pursuing ; yet the debt of gratitude which your Majesty's late acts in favour of the Protestants of this country have laid us under, adds to our readiness in coming forward to support your Majesty to the utmost of our power, with our lives and properties in the constitutional exercise of your Majesty's just prerogative. [Here follow the signatures.] ANSWER to the foregoing ADDRESS to the Members of the TRINITY COLLEGE GRAND DISTRICT ORANGE LODGE. Whitehall, January 16, 1835. have had the honour to lay before the King the loyal and dutiful address signed by you, and several other gen tlemen, " expressive of their thanks for his Majesty's late most salutary exercise of his Royal prerogative," which ad dress accompanied your letter of the 10th instant. And I have the satisfaction to inform you, that his Majesty was pleased to receive the same in the most gracious manner. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) H. GOULI3URN. William Swan, Esq., 31, Dorset -street, Dublin. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. Siaa,—We, the undersigned, being Members of the Royal Luther Lodge, No. 1,483, county of Dublin ; attached to the Orange Institution of Ireland, beg leave most humbly to lay at the foot of the Throne our sincere kind heartfelt acknow ledgments for the gracious declaration of your Majesty's fixed determination to uphold the Protestant Institutions of this country, and of acting strictly up to those principles which placed these realms beneath the benignant sway of the illus trious House of Brunswick. We beg also to express the renewed confidence which we as well as every well-wisher of our glorious Constitution and British connexion, have received by your Majesty's late prompt and decided confirmation of those sentiments, in dismissing from your Majesty's Council Ministers, from whose line of policy we had every reason to be in the highest state of alarm for the permanence of those privileges and institutions in TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The gauntlet that was so inconsiderately thrown down, has been boldly taken up. The prophecies of the Liberal party are fulfilled, and Ministers, doubly defeated and crest-fallen, may begin to count the hours of their existence. The people have spoken out through their Commons' House, and their sentence has been—" WE WILL NOT HAVE YOU." In vain have been employed the weapons of sophistry and the arts of rhetoric ; the common-sense view of the question has prevailed, and the fiat has gone forth—WE WILL NOT HAVE YOU. Clothing their " naked villainy With old odd ends stolen of Holy Writ," these modern Pharisees marched into the field, but the scar of apostacy was too deeply branded on their brows, and the uplifted banner of Reform availed them not. The whining cry of " Givens a fair trial," was silenced by the shout—You DAVE BEEN TRIED The blow, however, which has stunned our enemies, and made "the natural ruby of their cheeks, blanched with fear," cannot have come upon us with any such intense feelings of wonder. The attentive and intelligent observer of the times must have long ago foretold the triumph of liberal principles,-- the return, in fact, to the spirit of our old Constitution. In what ever soil the seeds of liberty have been cast, history assures us of their growth and ultimate vigour. Man is the same now as he was in the semi-barbarous days of the last Tarquin, and although, from the calmer and more improved tone of the mind, in consequence of a higher degree of civilization, such violent gusts of popular feeling are not again to be expected, still the pedestal of democratic sentiment remains unshaken. We arc, indeed, reminded how slow have been their progress by the painful spectacle of the numerous nations to whom they are unknown, but, also, how sure is their advance may be learnt from the fruitless attempts that have been so often made to annihilate them. The rash enthusiasm of some, and the de- termined hostility of others, have alike combined for their destruction ; and, although they may have been buried for a time, they have invariably come forth, like metals from the furnace, purer and more precious. He must be a very short-sighted person who views the events of last week simply as a trial of strength between two parties. It is undoubtedly true that the people, jealous of their national honour, are most unwilling to rest any political confidence in men who have shown so little political wisdom— that, believing the days of miracles over, they suspect sudden conversions, and are not inclined to credit that Sir Robert Peel, placing a head full of some fifty and odd years of prejudices on his pillow to-night, should rise the next .night, should morning a nrw man. - Further than this, their interest in the individual scarcely extends, but they consider the victory as one of principles, and principles alone. This is the real phi losophical way of viewing the question. We have not for gotten that most of those who compose the present Govern ment, and almost all who act in concert with it, treated, as it were but yesterday, the question of Reform as an idle and wicked chimera—an ignis firtuas held out by knaves to catch fools. Now, not one of them dare present himself to any body of his countrymen without having that hateful word on his lips—though it be far as ever from his heart. This is the vic tory to which I allude—this is the revolution of opinion, ten thousand times more alarming and fatal to kings than all the anarchies which ever had a Robespierre for chief. The cry that to Reform was to plunder and to innovate has failed ; the " pressure from without" (how galling is this expression to the Tories !) will not allow the reign of humbug to return, and when once the vast machine of state has been well oiled, the people will not again suffer it to rust through neglect. Elated as we may justly be at the prospect that discloses itself to our view, we must not suppose all to be over, and slumber at our posts. A good General displays his superior tact by preserving even a stricter discipline after q battle won. r Reformers must be on the alert and watchful. Let their motto be Carpe Diem, and their emblem the fable of the old man and the bundle of sticks. If they do not act to gether and at once, they will encounter a defeat, for they cope with a dying, and therefore a desperate enemy. Let them fol low the good example of the Metropolis, and establish clubs throughout the country ; this will look as if they really were in earnest, and intended to follow up a systematic warfare : above all, let them not be betrayed by the insolence of the foe, into extravagant expressions, for surely as these injure every good cause, so, unquestionably, will moderation and manly firmness ensure a speedy and a quiet victory. MILD. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals of most kinds of Grain were mode rate, and of Flour also middling. There was no change in the trade during the week. This morning the fresh supplies of most articles are tolerably good, particularly Oats. The Wheat trade, from the tenderness of the samples, has been very dull, and no alteration from last week's prices can be noted. The maltsters being in want of Barley have been obliged to give an advance of Is. per quar ter, and nearly every sample is sold ; but for grinding quali ties no better prices have been obtained. Beans are plentiful and dull in sale, but not cheaper. Pease, of both kinds meet very little demand. For Oats there has been a fair demand at the terms of this day se'nnight. In the Flour trade, dul ness prevails, with no alteration in prices. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small (new) --. White (01d).............g. —a. ---. (old) —r..—s. --Red ',1534) .ss. 38s. Tick (new) 33s 3.4. •••••••••....-••• Fine Super 6 ,, e ...... ...423. 445. Harrow (new) ......... 355.385. --... NV h; te (1834) 40s. 445. --.. (01d)... ; -'I3.4CS. Fine 46s 50s Brank . _ . -- Superfine 50s. 525. —Foreign free Rye '36s. 40s. Barley 22s 245. Grinding .....265. als. Malting 338. :375. ' 445. 50s. Fine New 'So& 64.5. Pease, Grey, New 'kis. 405. Maple New 40s. 435. Wli.te 335. 38s. —.. Boilers 40s. 4.2,5. . Cats, Feed —5....9. .........-.•-•••••• New 9.os. 23a. Poland —s. — a New 22s. 255, Pot atoe New 2 , is. '27s. Scotch :2tis.2Ss. Irish 18s 195.248. Flour Town (per sack) 38s. 40s. Seconds als 365. North Country 30s 325. Bran 9B 10e. Malt D MARKET. ply good, and tho trade was some. SMITHFIEL This day's supply was rnoderatei what brisk, at ilie'following PRICES PER STONE OT 8L I. TO SINK TILE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. s d to s. d. Interior Beasts 2 0 2 2 Inferior Sheep 2 2 2 4 Second quality ditto 2 4 2 8 Second quality ditto Prime large Oxen 3'..4 3 6 Coarse.weolled ditto .... 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. 1 8 4 0 Southdown Wetters ... 310 4 0 Large coarse Calves 3 0 4 4 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves each'...l2 t, 3) t J Quarter old Pigs ,eacb)llo V 14 0 Lamb ss. 4d to 6s. Od. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pigs. . 2,734 I '2:2,100 00 541 About 250 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban's road; about VA) ap the other northern roads; about 200 (including lash) frmn the western and midland districts ; about 2000 from Norfolk, Sufolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire ; about 50 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c.iu the neighbourhood of London. DENHALL MARKETS. oy the Carcass. NENVGATE AND LEA At per stone, I . s (I. tos d. s d tos d Beef, inferior ........ ....... 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior - middling 2 4 '2 6 middling.. 2 6 3 0 - prime large 2lO 3 0 prime 3 4 3 2 -- prime 5ma11......... 3 4 3 IS . Pork, large Veal 3 0 4 4 1 -small 'I 4 4 0 Lamb 's. 2.1. to ss. 6d. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET.—March We had a full supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day, for which there was a ready sale at a trifling improvement on the best samples. The Oat Market was not so brisk as of late, though we note no change in the value of that i Grain. The Barley trade has been very languid lately, but as the Malt question is now settled, hope for a better demand. Malt steady. Rye, Beans, and Pease as our last. Flour still slow sale, with no improvement in value. New. Old. Whelt, Northumberland 12s. 404 —a. —s.' Norfolk and Suffolk Aic. 4ls . 39s Berwick and Scotch 34g. a. —a. 37a. Foreign --s. -s —s. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk Foreign 3.35. 32: —s. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and hudblk... 32, 405 —s. —B. Grinding Feeding and Fdi ....44& Malt, Nbrfolk and SuWolk Beans, Small Tick 3.2 i 33i --s. -a Pease, White Tis. 38;......-3. —g. ---- Gray 32; :m _ __ Oats, Northumberland, Yotatoe 223 24 Feed Foreign Flour, Fine (per sack) —s BURGLARY AT EVERTON.—The house of Mr. Thomas Tattershall, on the east side of the Terrace, was en tered last week, by some burglars, who succeeded in carrying off plate of the value of 601. The noise made by the wind, which blew a gale, rendered it impossible for the inmates to hear what was passing in the house, and enabled the burglars to effect their object without any interruption. CHURCH REFORM.—On Saturday, a very full meeting of the Marylebone vestry was held at the Court house, Oxford -street, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for a Reform in the Church. Mr. Wardle in the chair. After some discussion, the vestry agreed to a petition, nailing the attention of Parliament to various points of Church Re form, and praying their immediate attention to this important measure. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—On Monday last there were more goods in the market than have been seen for some months past. The finest qualities were quickly bought up ; the middles sold more readily than last week, but at former prices. Low flannels, however, were scarcely in.. quired after. The wool market was rather slack, and very little business was done.—Manchester Guardian. ECCENTRICITIES OF THE LATE EARL OF SCAR zottorGii.—A fruitless search of some days was made for the will ; at length an old servant disclosed the secret place whore it was deposited, and stated, that some time before he had re ceived his Lordship's commands, when informing him where it was to be found, "if he should be the survivor, not to re veal where it was until he had been dead three days, but to let them have a good hunt for it." These instructions were fulfilled to the letter. One thousand pounds, it is said, were found enclosed in the Will—An old portmanteau was thrown aside as worthless, by the persons in charge of papers and valu ables ; a servant, however, suggested that it had better be opened, when it was found to contain securities to the value of eighteen thousand pounds--Nottingham Review. On Thursday afternoon, about four, as Mr. Gis borne, the eloquent and patriotic member for North Derby shire, vas going to the house of Commons, accompanied by his gr( mm, on horseback, when in the Birdcage-walk, the horse of the latter suddenly started off at a furious rate, and came in conta et with the iron railings, which cut the animal's eye out, and otherwise hurt it. The groom escaped unhurt. OLYMPIC THi;IATRE. *le act, written, we On Saturday e ven i ng a new p i ece i n 6. understand, by Mr. Pl anc h e , was played re: r the first tim e . It is called The C our t B eaut i es , an d if i t d oes not illustrate an anecdote in the life of Charles the Second, it *Picts with tolerable accuracy some of the manners and habits 01" the pc - nod at which he reigned. Mr. Planche has eccasionalii played considerable smartness and tact in his dialogue, al though he seems apt to for ge t th a t some o f t h e b est po i nts have appeared in other shapes. He has acted the part of plagiarist to himself; and, whilst allowing that a jest when it first appears may be very good and worthy of repetition, still it may be as well to confine it to' where it first gained the light of day. This piece, however, has the d e f ec t o f b e i ng t o os long for the quantity of incident, and th ere i n a genera l want of interest from the introduction of a vast number of charac ters, whose presence might easily be dispensed with. It is not much more than a vehicle for the exhibition of some hand some costume, got up with care and an attention to minutiae, which shows that the dress-maker and the property-man are persons of no mean importance, and that the author must de.. pend as much upon them, as upon his own efforts, to secure the success of his labours. The last scene, however, had a novel and pleasing effect. It introduced eight tableaux vi vans, exact copies of the celebrated pictures of the beauties of the Court of Charles the Second, as they were painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller. " The Beauties" were personated by the pretty young actresses of the theatre, and the representa tions of the back grounds were precisely as the art ist had painted them. The pannels occupied the whole extent of the stage. At the conciusk.n the lessee herself came forward, and, in an epilogue of redeetn;,ng pleasantry, besought the fa vour of the audience in behalf of The Court Beauties-. PROGRESS OF IMPROVEMENTS AT WEYMOUTH AND THE ISLE OP PORTLAND. It is with great pleasure we are enabled to lay before cur readers the following particulars of and relative to the various improvements made and about to be made at the well-known sea-port town of Woymouth, and the Isle of Portland. Weymouth, as most persons are aware, was formerly the occasional residence of Royalty, and is resorted to by vast numbers of the fashionables for the purpose of sea-bathing. The spirit of improvement which has become so general has for some time past developed itself here, and as a necessary consequence, various improvements have been and are about to be made. Several of the old streets have been widened, and new ones erected ; a gas station is now being built, to light the town; a chapel of ease is being erected; large in closures of ground from the sea have been effected; and a bridge from Weymouth to the Isle of Portland is now in cos. templation. But to these we will refer separately. The town of Weymouth is at present lit with oil lamps,. but the vast superiority of gas-light to these being so well known, - Burdon, Esq., one of the Members of Parliament for the town, has at his own expense commenced the erection of gas-works. In order that they might not' be offensive to the inhabitants, they are erected at Littlefield, a spot divided from the town by the river.. The gas will be conveyed to the town by means of a tunnel, now making under this river. The tunnel; when completed, will be 900 feet in length ; the depth from high water is fifty feet ; it is four feet wide, and six feet six inches high. The whole works will cost about 8,000/. They are expected to be so far completed by the ensuing winter; as to admit of the town being then lit with gas. In consequence of the inconvenience experienced by the inhabitants, residents in the parish of Wyke (the parish on the west side of Weymouth), and the increase of the number of the inhabitants, the present Rector, the Rev. George Cham berlain, has at his own expense commenced the building of a commodious Chapel of ease. It is being erected in the tho roughfare leading from the bridge which unites the two parishes, and it is expected to be completed in the course of this year. We should be glad to see the example thus nobly set by the Rev. Gentleman followed by the rectors of parishes similarly circumstanced. About forty acres of ground has just been inclosed from the back sea-water by the Corporation of Weymouth, who intend converting it- into a park, to bo open for the resort of the inhabitants and visitors. This will be a great acquisition to the town. For some years past it has been in contemplation to erect a bridge from Weymouth to the Isle of Portland. At present, during stormy weather, the inhabitants of the respective places are unable to communicate with each other, and at any time they can only do so by means of a dangerous ferry. The great inconvenience resulting from this state of things has at length caused the subject of a bridge to be again mooted, and we understand the bridge is now almost certain of being speedily erected. Eminent engineers have been employed, who have made plans for a bridge, and reported the practi cability of its erection. The necessary steps are now being taken to obtain an Act of Parliament for its erection, which, in the course of this year, it is expected, will be commenced. When this bridge is erected, the inhabitants of Weymouth and Portland will be able at all times to commuicate with each other, the advantage of which will be necessarily great. This will doubtless also prove a great inducement to persons to visit Weymouth. New roads in connection with the intended bridge arc also in contemplation. The making of the bridge and the roads will necessarily enhance the value of property both in Weymouth and Portland—in the latter place more especially. We should not be surprised to see the erection of the bridge followed by the construction of the long-talked-of Breakwater at Portland. This was first projected by the late Mr. John Harvey of Weymouth, Civil Engineer, who during his lifetime brought the subject frequently before the public through the medium of the press. Since his decease it has been taken up by Mr. John Harvey, his son, a resident at Weymouth, who has ciorly pointed out the great national benefits which would accrue froZi the construction of this Breakwater. We have n t ; time at present to enlarge on this subject, but on some future occasion we may again revert to it NVRITECROSS-STREET PRISON. (From Vol. 3 of Scenes and Stories by a Clergyman in Debt, just published.) Whitecross-street Prison is by far the largest and most ex tensive of the gaols in which men in this country are confined for debt. Its prisoners are more numerous, its enactments and regulations more severe, its accommodations more re stricted, and its society more mixed, than those of either the King's Bench, the Fleet, the Marshalsea—and we had nearly said Horsemonger-lane ; but we recollect that the latter is a gaol simply fit for felons, and into which it is an inhuman out rage on the first principles of justice to confine a person who has not been guilty of some marked and heinous crime. The Whitecross-street Prison, which has not been erected more than a quarter of a century—if so long—was built for the pur pose of consolidating in one temple of sorrow, poverty, and guilt, the debtors' side of Newgate, the Poultry and Giltspur street Compters, and the Ludgate prison, the three last of which were originally separate buildings in different parts of the City. The new prison was divided into wards, or com partments, named after the old gaols, and so called the Lud gate ward, the Giltspur ward, the Poultry ward, &c. Besides these there is the Middlesex side of the prison, intended for prisoners arrested within the county, and the forty-shilling ward, for the debtors sent in by the orders of the Court of Requests, and whose embarrassments do not overtop the sum of forty shillings, until indeed they become doubled by the costs of law. We must also mention a receiving ward—the room into which deb Ors are ushered the first day and night of their imprisonment—a chapel, a sick ward, a strong room, a kitchen, and a sort of tap, to which the inmates have given the nomenclature of " the Scratch"—and I believe we have told of all the departments and divisions of one of the most mon strous Leviathans of tyranny and iniquity ever raised by human injustice upon the curse-cemented superstructure of poverty, misfortune, persecution, dishonesty, and guilt. Within no walls, not excepting even those of the Bastille and the prisons of the Spanish Inquisition, has there ever existed so deep and heavy a load of positive unhappiness—of actual heart-breaking and acute misery. Greater torture of the limb, mightier exer cise of terror, more severe personal suffering, and darker dun geon-like confinement, have, we know, often hurried men to confession or to death—have broken a coward, sometimes even a brave spirit ; have crushed a weak constitution, and shattered the energies of youth and hope. Rai; these effects have in all lands taken their rise in state tyranny have been visited in the fear or the suspicion of governments, or by the mad su perstition of priests ; or they have been the punishments of desperate treachery, or atrocious penal crimes. Never have they been the result of a widely practised and openly avowed system, founded upon laws framed by a legislature in ssupport of a free constitution. Neither, are we prepared to prove, has the worst State or Criminal Prison in any other land,—and are willing to retread the path of civilization as far as one hun dred years will take us back into times and practices of cruelty —disseminated so much real sorrow and real ruin too—as the English Debtors' Prison of Whitecross-street, in an equal pe riod of one, two, four, eight, or even ten years. For two in stances in which they have guillotined a man's head in France, or crushed his body upon the wheel in Spain for state treason, religious heresy, or civil murder, you will find ten where they have broken his heart in England—for debt 1 and for one in stance where the Inquisition or the Bastille, having impri soned a father in those lands, have also driven the family into exile, you may get fifty where an Englishman's confinement in Whitecross-street has plunged his wife and children into whist are worse than a thousand exiles, starvation and despair. In dividual suffering is undoubtedly greater in the state dungeon, but spreading, gathering, goading privation and misfortune, — emigrating as it were from the actual prison into the great heart of society, and poisoning the social springs of life,— take their rise and go abroad from the debtors' gaol. Effects more desperate, but never so dangerously distributed and so widely spread, may come from a Newgate or a Bastille. There is also this reflection ;—that one punishment is the mighty hatred of a government crushing an individual, or Justice fall ing in retribution upon crime—while the other is but the petty tyranny of one man over another, not a jot or tittle better than the system of West India slavery, which has been all over the country so vigorously decried. Indeed it is a strange but most probable inconsistency, that many a hardworking Eng lishman may yet be deprived of his liberty for want of power to pay those taxes which will immediately arise out of a grant of twenty millions to pay for the emancipation of the blacks— the negro refusing to go to his work on his estate in, the West Indies, the white taken from his work into the Gilt spur or Middlesex wards—a most equal application of the principles of freedom ! Twelve working glass•manufacturers and two women arrived at Calais, from Paris, on the 25th February, and em barked on board the Belfast steamer. It appears that they havo been engaged by Mr. Boyce, of Birmingham, to work in glass and crystal.