The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

IN. , • •• 00000 ...„ 29 to-day from S.W. to S.S.W. and W., during which several vessels lost anchors and chains, and proceeded to Ramsgate. The shipping rode very heavily with both anchors ahead, and several of them drove. The vessel with which the Marshal Bennett, for Constantinople, was in collision was the Christiania, for New York; the latter vessel is reported to have sustained but trifling damage. Hum, DEc. 4.—lt blew a heavy gale at S.W. to W.S.W. last night, but moderated at ten this morning. The Glen Alvyn steamer, for Leith, got in contact yes terday off Flamborough Head with the Fate, from Hartlepool to Lynn, and received considerable damage, and has put back and is discharging; the latter sank; crew saved. YARMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Tbe Zion's Hope, of Liverpool, Stettin to London, has been brought in here leaky, &c., having been on St. Nichols Bank. The schooner Wil liam and Helen, of Newcastle, has been assisted in leaky, &c., having been on the Lowestoft shoal. The brig Thetis, of South Shields, h as come i n t o th e R oa d s very leaky, having been run foul of whilst at anchor. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—The Corsica, Hill, from New Orleans to this port, which put into Portsmouth new harbour in distress, cleared out llth ult. Arrd. Alyth, Cotton, Buenos Ayres; Commerce, Curtis, Montreal; Durham, Fairbairn, ditto; Creamore, Kemp, Paraiba; Constantine, New Orleans; E. Z., Hartshorn, New York; John R. Skiddy, Luce, ditto; Belleisle, Fraser, Bosion; Keepsake, Gray, Montreal; Constance, ditto. Sld. Emily, Cape of Good Hope. Off port, Sarah Saads steamer, New Yolk; Paragon, Montreal; David Cannon, Devonshire. LowEsTorr, DEc. 4.—Wind, S.S.W.—It blew a heavy gale all last night at S.S.W.—The May, of and from Sunderland to Dunkirk, struck hard upon the Bar of Yarmouth Roads and became a total wreck ; master, mate, and a boy drowned.—The Osprey, Kirkaldy to London, has been assisted in leaky. Several vessels passing through the roads, struck on the Newcome sand. —The William and Helen, of Newcastle; and the Nissal, of South Shields, received considerable damage, and pro ceeded for Yarmouth. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 4.—lt blew a heavy gale here last night, but there has been no damage whatever. BIDEFORD, DEC. 3.—The Brothers, schooner, which got on shore on the northside, 28th ult.; has been got off, and in hero with damage. BRISTOL, DEc. s.—The Queen Victoria, of and for Plymouth, was spoken yesterday in lat. 59, N. long. 8 W. with loss of rudder by the Tally Ho, arrived here. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 4.—lt blew a hard gale last night from the S.W. attended with heavy rain, and now blow ing fresh from W.S.W., but cloudy. BERIFICIE, Dgc. 3.—The Roseau, Myles, of and from Dundee to Hartl e p oo l, s t ruc k on the oswick Sand Ridge last night, but is expected off with the tide. INYERHErTHING, Dgc. 2.—The Agnes, London to Alloa, got on th e B emar R oc k l ast night, and this morning filled; cargo is discharging. DUNDEE, DEC. 2.—The Medus, or Midas, of Belfast, apparently timber-laden, was passed 11th ult., in lat. 51 N., long. 38 W., completely dismasted and waterlogged, and with bowsprit and jtbboom only standing, by the East Powis, arrived here. FRAZERBURGH, DEC. 2—lt blew a hurricane here last night from E.S.E. DIINGARVON, DEC. 1.-It blew a complete gale here to-day from S.W. LIMERICK, DEC. 2.—lt has blown a complete hurri cane here for the last 36 hours, but all the vessels rode it out well. The Cornwallis, Newman, from Richibucto, struck on Baal Bar, in entering the river. FALMOUTH, DEC. 4.—lt blew a violent gale of wind from the south-west all last night, and veered at day light to the westward, when it moderated; the shipping all rode well. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 4.—lt blew a hurricane last night from south-west. All the vessels rode it out in safety. BONCHURCH, ISLE or WIGHT, DEC 4.—lt blew a heavy gale all last night, from W.N.W. to S.W. in squalls, in creasing in violence till noon this day, when it moderated. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 4.—lt blew a hard gale all last night and this day at noon from S.W., with heavy rain, when it moderated, at six P.M., fresh breezes from W. S.W. IrtvEns.Errantc, DEC. 2.—The Janet and Ann, from Zoness to Hull, grounded on an anchor at the Ness, and must discharge. MARGATE, DEC. 4.—This afternoon it bas been blow ing a heavy gale of wind from the south at seven P.M., more moderate. The Traffler, Brundessen, of Bremen, corn laden, was lost on the Dogger Bank, 30th ult.; crew saved. The Williams, Cooper, from Blytb, arrived in the river, was in contact with a light brig running down with painted light sides; the former sustained consider able damage. MARKET NEWS.-( THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation continues steady, 360 hhds having been sold at previous rates. The public sales have comprised 1,000 bags Mauritius and 1,500 bags Bengal, the former were only partially realised, at prices barely maintaining the previous value, low brown and grey being disposed of at 28s to 33s 6d, but the latter sold readily at 37s to 38s 6d for low white Benares, at 32s to 33s 6d for low yellow, and 33s to 39s 6d for grainy brown and yellow, being steady prices. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 986 hhds 87 tierces 157 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 1,363 hhds 140 tierces 355 barrels. The stock in the same places is 21,395 hhds 3,134 tierces, 4,936 barrels. Rum—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 61 puns. There were taken for home consumption 387 puns 33 hhds, and exported 66 puns 116 hhds. The stock in the same places is 21,303 puns 2,145 hhds. TaLLow.—P.Y.C. is 44s 9d to 45s per cwt on the spot, and Town 478 6d. TEL—The market is quiet. The deliveries are good. TOBACCO.—We had an improved demand for most descriptions last month, and sales were nearly 1,500 hhds. The market presented no particular change in character, and we have renewed our previous month's quotations. The apparently unanimous opinion enter tained by holders in favour of prospective prices, has not induced buyers to purchase beyond their usual supplies at this season, and hitherto there has been an absence of speculative transactions. Sampling of the new import lath made some progress. Kentucky strips have not the substance of last year's importation, but are mostly superior in colour; Missouri is superior to the previous year in colour, substance, and condition. Some parcels of Virginia contain a large portion of good and fine qualities, and as far as sampling has progressed, has turned out much better, in every re spect, than was represented. For exportation, busi ness has been very limited; with the exception of two or three small purchases, taken for immediate ship ment, and 150 hogsheads taken for re-sale, the market has been quite neglected. Imports, 1,417 hhds. Deliveries, 1,372 hhds, against 1,367 hhds in the cor responding month of 1847. Stock, 28,950 hhds, against 27,804 hhds in 1847. In Virginia, sales have been 200 hhds, consisting of nearly equal quantities of leaf and strips. Leaf at 3id to 51d, and strips at aid to 6d ; good and fine descriptions, for spinning purposes, may be deemed firm at previous quota- Lions, and selections of new, to a limited extent, have taken at a fractional advance on prices at the cor responding period of last year. Mid and ord descrip tions, for cutting purposes, have been offered at lower rates. In Kentucky Leaf and Strips sales were 1,300 hhds-1,000 hhds of Strips and 300 hhds Leaf. The previous prices have been well sup ported, but there has been no disinclination on the part of holders to effect sales at current rates, nevertheless some parcels are held firmly for an advance, which the owners speak confidently of obtaining. Havannah leaf has been much neglected in consequence of the market being almost bare of good and fine sorts; and for ordinary descriptions, of which the stock chiefly consists, there has been no demand for exportation. In Havannah Cigars sales have been confined to favourite brands, at steady prices, and ordinary at low rates for exportation. Middling and heavy sorts have been neglected. Manilla Cheroots were more in request, and a trifling advance in some instances was obtained. Manila Leaf has been in less demand, and sales confined to selections by the trade for immediate use. Cuba, the trade has purchased spar ingly, and as in need; stock is comparatively small, of good and fine sorts, and held firmly at full rates. Yara has commanded a slight advance for selections. Columbian sales have been chiefly confined to best descriptions at steady prices; in mid and mixed parcels there has been scarcely anything done. Shipments for a Foreign market have been made to a considerable extent. In Havanna seed leaf, St. Domingo, and Porto Rico, sales were very limited. Brasil has been in good demand at a trifling ad.. 'ranee. In German, parcels of fine have met a ready sale at f ull rates. Sales of mid and ord have been effected to a c onsiderable extent, at very low rates. In Amersfoort very lttle done. In Neg ro Head and Cavendish, of good and fine description s , thre has been a steady and regular demand, at previous prices. - RAY la iIItETS . 'SMITHFIELD. —Meadow Hay H , 2/ 103 to 3/ 14s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 144 ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9s per I ° 2l d. A moderato supply, and a sluggish demand. CustREBLAND.--Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 4/ 13s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. WEI ITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 83 to 51; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CHANCERY. --(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day. LORD V. THE COPPER-MINERS COMPANY.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this ease, which came before him upon appeal from the judg ment of the Visw-glmacellor Knight Bruce, who over ruled a demurretput lit by the defendants to the bill filed by the plaintiff. The case was only argued a short time inflect, and we then gave a detailed statement of the facts. The bill was filed by the plaintiff, for the purpose of iu Preventing the defendants from vesting their property trustees, with the view to the payment of the incum brances upon it, The Lord Chancellor, after going at Seine length into the case, stated his opinion to be, that the judgment of the Court below in overruling the do- Inurrer was wrong, and ordered it to be reversed. Demurrer allowed. ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. MIINRO.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this C ase, which was also an appeal from the decision ef the Vi ce -Ch ancellor Knight Bruce, removing the defendant, the Rev. Mr. Munro, from being minister of a Scotch church at Manchester. Our readers will re collect we gave a lengthened statement of the facts of the case when the appeal was argued in July last. The reverend defendant had, during the unfortunate differ !flees that had taken place in the Scotch Church, seceded I . Fem it an d j oined the Free Church, and on that ground the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce had decided that, under the deed constituting the church, he was not a fit or c ostetent person to preside over the 00DgrePtiQA assembling in it. The Lord Chancellor, after going shortly through the facts, stated his opinion to be that the Vice-Chancellor bad come to a right conclusion, and affirmed his judgment. Appeal dismissed with costs. THE SUN, LONDON, LITERATURE. THREE MONTHS IN POWER. Translated from the French of Alphonse de Lamartine. By H. J. .Ryde, Our readers will find in, the present translation, the celebrated work of M. de Lamartine—the Troia Alois Aux Pouvoir, in which the statesman of the re volution vindicated his conduct and his policy as a member of the Provisional Government and of the Executive Commission. It presents, in 226 pages, an English version of the historical chapters, n which Lamartine refuted the calumnies promulgated against him by the reactionaires or counter-revolutionists. Mr. Ryde, already known by his admirable transla-, tion of the " History of the Girondists," has here re produced the "Three Months in Power" in his own language. In his own language, we repeat, rathe r than in that of the illustrious original. Predisposed as we were to be gratified on opening the volume, we are nevertheless compelled, in justice to M. de Lamar tine, to say that the eloquence of his noble writings and orations has in this volume been sometimes di luted by negligence, and sometimes distorted by the most perverse misapprehension of his mean ing. We will show the correctness of our assertion by a few examples ; and we will select those examples by turning over the leaves at random. On reading the original "Letter to the Ten Departments," we well remember the emotion with which we heard from the lips of the orator how the heavenly inspira tion of abolishing the punishment of death first des cended into the bosoms of himself and his colleagues. Now let us see how M. r. Ryde g i ves th e c l os i ng sen tence in the description of that incident. "Never shall I forget the moment when this proposal, ema nating from our hearts, was carried unanimously, and throwing ourselves :into each other's arms, we ex changed a long embrace." "Je n'eublierai jamais le moment ou, cette proposition sortie du cceur de tons et votee par tons, nous tombaines dans les bras les uns des autres en Woosdonnant le baiser de vie r The kiss of life ! an expressio n so exqu i s i te l y f e li c i tous at t h at moment is thus tortured into the inanity of "a long em i brace." One o f th e most i mpass i one d sen tences n the whole brochure is the one beginning— " Pendant que je le pleurais, pendant que l'archeveque, &c.," which is here dwindled into," Whilst I mourned his loss,whilst the Archbishop of Paris, &c."—pendant que je le pl eura i s I O ccas i ona ll y, i t i s true, the diction of Lamartine is too daintily idiomatic to admit of a literal version, as where be concludes his re buttal of the charges of peculation with the trium phant--"M. Buloz est la!" And which the trans lator expresses in the paraphrase—" M. Buloz is still in Paris." But at other times Mr. Ryde renders the original in words of unnecessary feebleness. He terminates the " Reply to M. Edouard Dupont" thus,, for example—" What are we doing now, gentlemen," &c., the fervid:exclamation of the statesman being— "Eh ! que faisons-nous done, messieurs, que fait aujourd'hui notre pays, si ce n'est la plus sublime de toutes les poesies !" The most monstrous perver sion, however, that has arrested our observation in the whole book occurs in the sublime speech in which M. de Lamartine on the 24th of February asked how a firm and popular Government could be drawn from the chaos and floating elements of the Revolution— replying "En descendant dans le fond meme du pays, en allant extraire, pour ainsi dire, ce grand mystere du droit national." En descendant daps le fond meme du pays Mr. Ryde explains by " descend ing into the very bowels of the earth ! !!" A school boy could scarcely have made a more melancholy blunder. He might as well have said that Govern. meats can be excavated from the pit of a salt mine " By descending into the very bowels of the earth !' The book is unworthy of the translator of the " His tory of the Girondists." LONDON UNIVERSITY. LL.D. EXAMINATION, 1848. Carr, John Rodham, Manchester (New); Wood, Frederick John (gold medal) University. LL.B. EXAMINATION, 1848. FIRST DIVISION. — Garvey, Michael Angelo, High bury; Osler, Timothy Smith, University; Steere, Ed ward, University. SECOND DIVISION.—Smith Edward, Queen's (Bir mingham). EXAMINATION IN THE HEBREW TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE GREEK TEXT OF THE NEW TESTA MENT, AND SCRIPTURE HISTORY, 1848. CLASS I.—Halley, Robert, University; Lee, James, Western; *Stephenson, William Rawson, University. CLASS 11.--Bagshawe, Edward Gilpin, St. Mary's, Oscott; Fowler, Robert Nicholas, University; Sher ring, Matthew Atmore, University; Williams, Robert Griffith, University. M.B. SECOND EXAMINATION, 1848 -EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. PHYSIOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANAToJsY.—Savory, William Scovell (gold medal), St. Bartholomew's Hos pital, and Habershon, Samuel Osborne (gold medal), Guy's Hospital (equal, the award of . the gold medal is not yet decided); Shelley, Hubert, Guy's Hospital, and Wilks, Samuel, Guy's Hospital (equal); Hooper, Daniel, Guy's Hospital. SURGERY.—SheIIey, Hubert (scholarship and gold medal), Guy's Hospital; Savory, William, Scovell (gold medal), St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Hooper, Daniel, Guy's Hospital; Wilks, Samuel, Guy's Hospital; Wood forde, William Thomas Garrett, University College; Habershon, Samuel Osborne, Guy's Hospital; Gill, Wal ter Battershell, King's College; Evans, John Owen, University College; Palmer, Edward, University Col lege; Copeman, Arthur Charles, King's College. MEDlClNE.—Habershon, S.O. (scholarship and gold medal), Guy's Hospital; Hooper, Daniel (gold medal), Guy's Hospital; Gill, Walter Battershell, King's , Col lege; Wilks, Samuel, Guy's Hospital; Sibson, Francis, University of Edinburgh; Savory, William Scovell, St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Palmer, Edward, University College; Shelley, Hubert, Guy's Hospital. MIDWIFERY.—Savory, W. S. (gold medal), St. 'Bar tholomew's Hospital. Copeman, A. C., King's College. M.D. EXAMINATION, 1848. • FIRST DIVISION.—Barnes, Robert, Medical School adjoining St. George's Hospital ; Brinton, William, King's College; Browne, Henry, King's College; Parsey William Henry, King's College; Payne. Arthur James, King's College; Russell, J ames , Ki ng ' s C ollege; Sibson, Francis (gold medal for his Commentary), u n i vers i ty of (Edinburgh; Smith, William Tyler, Bristol Medical School; Whittle, Ewing, Royal C o ll ege o f S urgeons in Ireland. SECOND DIVISION.—Pyper, Robert Deverill, Mid dlesex Hospital; Randall, John, St. Bartholomew's Hospital • Mr. Stephenson was reported by the examiners to have passed an excellent examination in all the subjects. AWFUL APPARITION. —On Tuesday, as a matron, in Huxter-row, was stirring up a goodly potful of kale, she was surprised to find her chimney take to'smoking in an unusual manner, to the great detriment of the flavour of her soup. The nuisance continued to become worse and worse, till she began to conjecture that the wind had surely taken to blowing perpendicularly. While she stood on the middle of her floor, gazing at the fireplace, amazed and anxious, down , came a mass of soot, and another, and another—some sweep had evidently mis taken the chimney which he bad been employed to clean. She screeched out at the top of her lungs, but the soot continued to pour down continuously, and she was about to run from the house, when down came something she instantly recognised to be a living creature. Oh, hor rorl it was hairy, had sharp eyes which winked inces santly, and was black all over, except where it showed a set of teeth, which grinnedsavagely at the terror-stricken lady. It sat on the lid of the kale-pot, amidst a mound of soot, in a posture which resembled that which a hu man being might be supposed likely to adopt in similar circumstances. The old lady bolted, leaving the appa rition to preside over her dinner, and when she disap peared the visitor jumped from his resting place and sprung among the shelves, where, in graceful order, the old dame's crockery had been arranged, and which he knocked down and smashed in a manner which it would have done Hugh Fraser's heart good to behold. The dame soon returned with assistance, when it was disco vered that the intruder was a monkey, kept by Mr. Smith, of the Crown Tavern, which had escaped from an attic window of his house, clambered along the roof, and slipped down - the chimney.—Aberdeen Herald. RAGGED AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.—OR Friday evening a very large meeting of the inhabitants of the city of London was held at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, for the purpose of assisting and pro moting the formation of ragged and industrial schools in and around the metropolis, and thus checking the great and lamentable increase of juvenile depravity. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the chair. His Lord ship briefly expressed the gratification be felt at seeing the large hall so densely crowded, as it was a strong evidence of the interest the subject excited; and he sincerely trusted that the efforts they were about to make would be crowned with success. The Reverend Mr. Champneys proceeded to read the report of the committee, which, in strongly urging the necessity of some steps to promote the formation of ragged schools, mentioned the following instance :—" At Mile-end New Town 'a ragged school was formed in 1846, under the auspices of Lord Ashley. It was formed of a stable, cow-house, and a piggery, altered into one room at an expense of 150 L, and capable of receiving 300 children. About 250 children go there, the greater number of whom have been imprisoned or are utterly destitute. There are in the vicinity 1,327 children, only 145 of whom can read, and only 166 attend any school. " The report then proceeded to detail a variety of cases of privation and destitution; and urged, as a strong argu ment in favour of liberally supporting these schools, the enormous cost entailed upon the country by the prose cution of crime. In one case of a robbery and murder the cost of the prosecution was 1,3091.75. 6d., and during the period of the late Chartist disturbances, the cost of special constables' staves for 16 metropolitan parishes was 1,4341. 15s. 10d.; these united sums being sufficient to maintain seven large industrial schools for one year. Several clergymen and gentlemen then addressed the meeting, and resolutions in support of the appeal made to the public were unanimously agreed to, and the meet ing, which was both numerous and respectable, sepa rated. A very fair list of subscriptions, given since the publication of the , appeal, was announced in the course of the evening. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.--A service of plate has been purchased by subscription in the town of Great Yarmouth,. for presentation to the Rev. Henry Mackenzie, M.A., for some time vicar of that parish, but who has recently been presented by the Bishop of Lon don to the viarage of St. Alerthes-in-the-Fields, TUESDAY' EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1848, THE RAJA OF SATTARA. A Letter to the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart., President of the Board of Commis sioners for the Affairs of India. By Rungo Ba pojee, raked of his Highness Shreemun Shahoo Makaraj Chuttraputtee, Raja of Sattara. Honourable Sir, 1. Considering the emphatic manner in which the Times very lately deprecated the further discussion of the Sattara question, the appearance at this moment in the columns of that paper of an elaborate article upon the subject, awakens a suspicion that it is made use of as an official organ, and that the article alluded to is put forward to prepare the public mind for the subversion of the Sattara dynasty, and the seizure of the principality by the British Government. It becomes my duty, therefore, to lose no time in point ing out to you—and through you to the British public—the gross misrepresentation of facts, and the unwarrantable inferences with which that statement abounds. 2. The author studiously conceals the motives which induced the British Government to espouse the cause of the Raja of Sattara. It is necessary, there fore, in order to a right understanding of this case, to show, upon the authority of official documents, that instead of being influenced, as Lord Wellesley was, by motives of" pure benevolence," when he restored the * Raja of Mysore, the British Government was actuated by motives purely political, when they re ' solved upon restoring Pertaub Singh, the Baja of Sattara, to his rights es a sovereign Prince; that his authority was sot up in opposition, and as an effectual counterpoise, to that of the then inveterate enemy of the British Government, the Peshwa. 3. It was after the capture of Seringapatam—after the death of Tippoo, when his power and that of his dynasty had been completely prostrated—when the war had ceased—that Lord Wellesley, from motives of " pure benevolence," restored the Raja of Mysore to the territory of his ancestors. It was when the Peshwa was still in the field with a formidable army —when the war was in full activity—when his fol lowers were still staunchly attached to him, that the restoration of Pertaub Shean, the Raja of Sattara, was considered by the British authorities as the surest means of putting a stop to hostilities, and of conciliating the Mahratta people to the new order of ,things which was about to be established. 4. "Next," said Mr. Elphintstone [Vide Par. Pa. pp. 497, 83 (when addressing the Governor-General, Lord Hastings, upon the policy which it would be prudent to pursue upon the subversion of the Peshwa's power), " Next to maintaining such a force as shall prevent all thoughts of rebellion, the best measure of securing the tranquillity of the conquered country, is to conciliate the people—the Alahrattas—by setting up the Raja of Sattara.' . . . " Your Excellency's instructions left me the choice of giving him a jageer or a small sovereignty; and I was induced to adopt the latter plan for various reasons. At the time when I had to decide, the tliahrattas showed no disposition to quit the Peshwa's standard; and it appeared not improbable th6t the dread of the complete extinction of their national in dependence, and still more that of the entire loss of their means of subsistence, from the want of a govern ment likely to employ them, would induce them to adhere to Bajee Row with an obstinacy that could never have been produced by affection for his person or interes, in his cause." 5. In accordance with these opinions were those of Sir Thomas Munro, who, when writing to Mr. El phinstone on the 19th March, 1818, [Vide Life of Sir Thos. Munro, vol. 3, p. 237] dwelt upon the importance of setting up the Raja of Sattara against the Peshwa. "I am anxious," he says, "to hear that the ceremony of placing the Raja of Sattara on the Musnud has been performed, because it would pro bably hasten the termination of hostilities, and the settlement of the country." "He should be required to summon Bajee Row (the Peshwa) and his princi pal chiefs to his presence, and in case of their not obeying, to proclaim Bajee Row and all who adhered to him rebels." . . . "The orders of the Raja of Sattara will, I have no doubt, be received both by the chiefs who have already deserted, and by those who wished to leave him, as a full justification of their conduct; and those orders will, I think, have a considerable effect in intimidat ing even those few chiefs who are really attached to Bajee Row, and in inducing them to forsake his standard ; and it might likewise be advisable to send them to the kelladars of all forts, commanding them to surrender." 6. This opinion of Sir Thomas Munro is of parti cular importance, as marking the difference between the cases of the Rajas of Mysore and Sattara; for that distinguished statesman had warmly remon strated with Lord Wellesley against the restoration of the former Raja [Life, vol. 2, Appendix I]. "No political advantage can be gained," he said, "by dragging the Raja of Mysore from obscurity, and placing him on the Musnud, un less we suppose it to be one, to divide only a part of the country, in order that we may, by excluding the Nizam, extend our own influence over the rest." "The military power of Mysore is broken, and the remnant of it, together with the inhabitants of the country, have neither the means, nor in general the wish, to see the family of the late Sultan established in the government of any part of his dominions." 7. A proclamation was, [Par. Pa. p. 905] in conformity with Sir Thomas Munro's sugges tion issued by the Raja of Sattara, calling upon " all jageedars, and others, t o w ithd raw them selves from Bajee Row" (the Peshwa), and not to hold any correspond ence w ith hi m, and warning such as should disobey the injunction that they would be punished by the confiscation of their lands. 8. It is past doubt, then, that it was in furtherance of their own political interests that the British Go vernment espoused the cause of my late Sovereign, Pertaub Singh, that it considered him at the time as a most important political card, upon the skilful play ing of which depended the successful issue of the enterprise in which it was then engaged. But fer the agency of the Raja hostilities would have been protracted, the settlement of the country rendered difficult, and the affections of the Mahratta people alienated. In no sense of the word, therefore, is it true, as stated by the Correspondent of the Ttmes that the Sattara territory " was conferred gratuitously upon the family by the British Government." 9. The Correspondent of the Times labours to prove that my late Sovereign, the Raja of Sattara, Pertaub Singh, had no pretensions to the character of a Sove reign Prince, restored to the dominions of his ances tors, and treating on an equality with the British Government. "Sattara," he says, "was no longer an independent sovereignty, but a subordinate part of the British dominions—a fief, as it were, of the British Empire in India." Now, Sir, in a proclamation [Par. Pa. p. 1153] which Mr. Elphinstone issued on the 11th February, 1818, when the war was still raging, are these words :—" The Raja of Sattara, who is now a prisoner in Bajee Row's hands, will be released, and placed at the head of an INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGNTY of such an extent as may maintain the Raja and his family in comfort and dignity." In the very first letter by Mr. Elphinstone to the Raja, under date the 13th September, 1818, [Vide Official Papers, p. 16] were these words : " The Governor-General in Council will settle the affairs of your HIGHNESS'S TERRITORIES to your satisfaction ;" and only a few days afterwards, viz., on the 26th September, 1818, [Par. Pa. p. 556] the Governor-General signifies to Mr. Elphinstone " his entire assent to the force of those considerations which induced you to extend the original objects of the estabishment of the Raja of Sattara in an INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGNTY, and the consequent enlargement of the territory to be con ferred on that Prince." 10. Here, then, is the distinct recognition of the Governor-General of the act of his Agent in establish ing the late Raja of Sattara as an an INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN. 11. " We should be accused [Par. Pa. p. 272-4] (says Sir James Carnac, when speaking of the pro posal to subject the Raja to a trial by a Commission formed of Company's servants), of degrading a Sove reign from his acknowledged rank, and offering vio lence to his feelings and dignity, and of assuming a right of superiority to which we have no claim. In fact, I know of no mode by which one State can ar raign for trial the Sovereign of another State l" Over and over again, and by all parties and authorities, is the Raja acknowledged as a Sovereign Prince. It is in vain, therefore, now, to serv e y our own p u rposes, in the face of solemn treaties and solemn acknowledg ments, an attempt is made to strip him of his sove reign rights, and to deal with him as a dependent. 12. In accordance with this general recognition, is the preamble to the treaty concluded just one year afterwards, viz., on the 25th September, 1819, which runs thus "Treaty of perpetual friendship and alliance be tween the Hon. East India Company and his High ness Adaharaj Pertaub Singh (Chuttraputtee), his heirs and successors, concluded at Sattara, the 25th September, 1819, by Capt. James Grant, Political Agent, on the part of the Hon. East India Company, and Wittul Punt Furnawesse, on the part of the Raja, by virtue of full powers from their respective Governments," by which 'it is proved, that in respect of character, my late Sovereign, the Raja Pertaub Singh, did treat with the British Government upon a footing of perfect equality. His consenting, as other Native Princes have done, that certain restrictions should be placed upon the exercise of his rights as an independent Prince, did not deprive him of his cha racter as a Sovereign Prince, and degrade him into a feudatory of the British Government. 13. By this treaty the character of the Sattara State was changed, just as the treaties with Oude, Hydrabad, and the Nizam, changed the characters of those States. All those States consented to a curtail ment of their rights as independent Princes, but none of them lost the character of Sovereigns; and so far from the British Government having, when this treaty way formed, received the late Itaja rertaub Singh as their feudatory, it actually replaced several of the large feudatories of the Mahratta Empire under him, as their legitimate and ancient Sovereign. 14. The Correspondent of the Times labours to prove that the treaty with the Raja was made in a hurry, and that the British Government did not ex actly know what they w ere doing. "Indian treaties, ' he says, " are seldom framed with clearness tad pre" cision, as documents of the like kind in Europe . they are frequently drawn up in the times of war and quest, when there is little leisure for the calculation .0 future contingencies, and combinations not imme= diately to be foreseen ;" and in order to prove hit point, he does not scruple to antedate the treaty by more than a year. The standard of Seevajee, be says, was hoisted on the walls of Sattara on the 10th of February, and in September, the Sovereignty was established by a formal' treaty. Uninformed readers would naturally conclude that there was only an interval of eight months between the two events, and as there were eight months of war, that the treaty had been got up in haste. 15. Unfortunately for the Correspondent of the Times, the proof is transparent that this treaty was; made with particular deliberation and care. "The Raja," said Mr. Elphinstone, on the 18th June,. 1818, [Par. Pa. p. 498] " is desirous to have a treaty con cluded with him, but there is no urgency in the case, and I shall therefore await your Excellency's instruc tions regarding it ;" and the treaty was not in fact concluded until full 15 months after this date, viz., on the 25th September, 1819, and that all its provisions might be clearly understood by both the contracting patties, Captain Grant Duff, the Resident, informs Mr. Elphinstone on the 30th of September, of that year, [Par. Pa. p. 502] " that previous to its ratifica tion, he had delivered to the Raja the Mahratta translation of the draft of the proposed treaty, and requested that his Highness would deliberate fOr a day or two upon the several articles. I saw the Raja daily on the 23d, 24th, and 25th, and was seve ral hours with him at each interview. I explained and' talked over every part of the treaty, and listened attentively to every thing that was mentioned during the conversation." It was not, then, in the hurry of war and conquest, but after mature deliberation, and after every effort had been made to prevent any mis understanding as to the real nature of the engage ment, that the treaty was ratified by the contracting parties. 16. The Correspondent says, that the meaning and intent of the treaty is, " to create a Sovereignty for the head of the ancient family of Sattara, which shall be held during the lifetime of the reigning Raja, and pass by inheritance to the lineal descendants in perpetuity, unless forfeited by misconduct, or lapsed from the failure of issue to inherit. In the event of there being no heir to become a successor, then the treaty comes to a natural termination, and the state lapses to the general empire ; and if the obligations attached to the Sovereignty are not fulfilled, or are broken, then the treaty becomes annulled, and the state is forfeited." 17. Before I examine the validity of the interpreta tion which the Correspondent puts upon the treaty, - you must allow me to submit to you a rule for inter pretation of treaties with the native powers of India, which was laid down by a statesman (Sir John Mal colm) who was more engaged in framing such treaties than any other diplomatist in India. "It belongs," says Sir John Malcolm, "to good faith to interpret our treaties with consideration to the sense in which they are understood by those with whom they are contracted. . . . " We can, I think, have no right, except under the most positive and clear breach of treaty, on their part, to go in any shape beyond the spirit of engagements, except on occasions when the public peace of the country under our general protection is threatened in a degree that calls for a change of rule, as a matter of positive necessity, in order to preserve tranquillity in our territories, and those of others." " I mean, however, to exclude from this omission that right which has been often assumed, with respect to our own views of the comparative benefit which the inhabitants would enjoy under our rule from that which they enjoy under that of their native Princes. I am not, from my experience, prepared to admit this result, as a general position to be founded in truth." 18. The first article of the treaty cedes the terri tory of Sattara to the Raja, his heirs and successors in perpetual Soverei gn ty. When this covenant was made the British Government was perfectly aware that, as a Hindoo Sovereign, the Raja had not only a right, but that it was a positive duty for him to adopt a son, in failure of heirs of his own body. Nothing, therefore, short of a positive stipulation in the treaty, making the adoption of a successor contingent upon the consent of the British Government, could have barred his right of adoption. The treaty contains no such stipulation ; the right was therefore inherent in him, and he exercised it. 19. But the Correspondent of the Times asserts, that, "it is the invariable practice of Western India, and; indeed, so far as it can be traced and defined, of all India, that an adoption, involving succession 'to a principality, or any territorial estate, shall be invalid, if made without the previous consent, or subsequent recognition of the Sovereign, or Lord Paramount." And he says, " that precedents may ba quoted under the Governments of Gwalior, Indore, Baroda, and Sattara itself." There can be no question that this is the established law, as between Sovereign and Feu datory, and acting upon it, my late Sovereign, the Raja of Sattara, Pertaub Singh, invariably dictated the terms upon which he would consent to sanction the succession of adopted sons to the fiefs which were under his sovereignty ;* but to make these precedents applicable to the Sattara territory, it must first be proved that the Raja stood in the same relation to the British Government that the feudatories of Gwalior, stood in towards their respective Governments ; and unless the Correspondent of the Times is prepared to prove (which he does not attempt to do), that all the Princes in India, who have engaged by treaty to bold their territories in subordinate co-operation with (not Supplemental Treaty, are hereby confirmed.":7-[Vide Par. Pa. p. 1154.] The first article of that treaty of the 25th Septem ber, 1819, which cedes the territory of Sattara to the Raja of Sattara, his heirs End successors in perpetual sovereignty, not haviv_been abrogated er modified by the Supplemental Treaty, that article stands in full ' force, a n d cannot- be - evaded, or sk aside, without a shameless breach of faith. 24. If the British Government should -pronounce.ex cathedra that the adoptions made by both the late Rajas of Sattara were. invalid, such a decision would only STRENGTHEN the Claim of the next heir by b lood. - Should they pfonounce ex cathedra, that the uf „cd of the late Raja Pertaub Singh was tainted by his ali eged treason, the sentence cannot affect the blood he..r of the late Raja App a S a hib, with whom you made the last treaty. 25. it James Carn ac hi mself cons i dered the treaty , pledging, the .British Government to continue the g tie ,:Tion to the h e i rs genera l o f t h e Raja Pertaub Singit That 19 proved by hi s l anguage, w h en deliberating upon the nzi % wires which were t o b e ta l een. upon the deposition of that .e.ince. "Deposing the Raja, but niainiZining the integrity of the Sattara state, according to the treaty of" 1819, in the person of some other member of ibe family," [Par. Pa. pp. 274, 5] was the course that he resolved to pursue. " Having therefore determined to adopt the last of the three courses, it became necessary to determine in whose favour, and under what conditions. the lapsed sovereignty over the Setters, state shoed be confirmed : with regard to the person as I have before incidentally remarked, there was no choice; for in fact there was only one person on whom the in vestiture could be conferred, namely, the Raja's brother." Why so, if, as the Correspondent of the' Times asserts, the meaning and intent of the treaty " was to create a Sovereignty for the head of the an cient fac wily , whiCh shall be held during the lifetime of the reigning Raja, and pass by inheritance to his lined descendants in perpetuity, unless forfeited by' misconduct ?" 26. If the territory had been forfeited to the pai tish Government by misconduct, you had a rigfft give it to whom you pleased; but Sir James Cameo admitted that he " had no choice," that you were bound to give it to the brother. Why so ? One brother was not a lineal descendant of the other. to) the British Government, are merely its feudatories, his reasoning is beside the question. _ 20. I have shown that my late Sovereign the Raja of Sattara, Pertaub Singh, was distinctly recognised as an independent Sovereign, and that he was treated with in that character. That it was the intention of the British Government to put him precisely on the footing with the Princes above alluded to, is placed, beyond doubt by Mr. Elphinstone, wbo, when dwel ling upon the youth and inexperience of the Raja as reasons for placing his territory under the control of a British Agent, observes : "The Government ought, however, to be emancipated as soon as circumstances will admit of it, and to be placed on the same footing Of independence as our other allies."t The reasoning, or rather the assumption, therefore, of the Correspon dent of the Times, goes to strike a deadly blow at the rights and independence of every Sovereign Prince of India. If, as the Correspondent asserts, "it is open to the British Government to acknowledge or reject the adopted son of my late Sovereign, the Raja Per taub Shean, as the heir to the throne, according to the dictates of expediency and of sound policy," then it has the same right to bar the adoption of the Nizam, of the King of Oude, or any of its allies. I need not, Hon. Sir, remind you, that there is no right which both 'Endo° and Mussulman are so jealous of, or hold so sacred, as the right of adoption. 21. The Correspondent of the Times says, that a " remarkable case occurred at Baroda, where the adopted son of a deceased Guikwar inherited all the private property, but the succession to the throne passed to the brother, because the adoption . was not recognised by the British Government." This would indeed be a case in point—as the Guikwar stands precisely in the same relation to the British Govern ment as the Raja of Sattara—but as the Correspondent is silent as to names and dates, it is impossible to cope with him on it; Colaba, Nepanee, and Mandavee, which he quotes, were not Sovereign States ; what was done with them has therefore no bearing upon the question. 22. The Correspondent of the Times then boldly asserts, that if the adopted son be passed over, there is no party who stands in the relation of heir to the Raja lately deceased; what then means the treaty which cedes the territory in PERPETUAL SOVEREIGNTY to the Raja Pertaub Singh, his REIRS AND SUCCESSORS? If the Baja had died the day after the treaty w as ratified, his brother, his nearest blood relation, would have been heir under the treaty ; or if the br o th er had died first, his cousin-german would have become the heir; and by what law can the son of t h at cousin, who is now living, be set aside ? If he is passed over as the adopted son of Pertaub Singh, and if th e adopted son of Alva Sahib be set aside , he, the n earest blood relation of th e l a t e Pertaub Singh, being first cousin once removed, i s th e undoubted heir in blood. 23. The treaty does not confine the succession to lineal heirs, the heirs are general in the English treaty, but in the Mahratta treaty, which was alone communicated to the Raja, the terms are most com prehensive. But the words of the English treaty are comprehensive enough. If it had been intended to confine the succession to lineal heirs, tkat limita tion would have been expressed in a treaty, which was made, as I have shown, with particular delibera tion, and with a full knowledge of " future contingen cies and combinations." There is no such limitation expressed under the treaty, and " there being an heir" that solemn engagement does not " come to a natural termination," and even though it should have been proved that " the obligation attached to the So vereignty had not been fulfilled, or had been broken," the treaty does not, as the Correspondent asserts, " become annulled, or the state forfeited." For the first article of the treaty concluded with the Raja's brother, Appa Sahib, on the 4th September, 1839, runs thus : " All articles of the Treaty of :Sp.ttara, dated 25th September, 1819, which are not abrogated by this * Vide>, Par. Pa. pp. 540, 1,2, and 3, Correspondence regarding Punt Suchen. f Letter 'to Lord Hastings, 18th June, 1818. Par. .Pa p. Your treaty did not bind you to give the territlbry to the lineal descendants of the house of Seevajee,•or to the lineal descendants of Pertaub Singh, but tg, the Raja Pertaub Singh, his heirs and successors : there. was no choice, therefore, because the brother was the next heir ; and according to Sir James Carnae's own admission, there would still have been no choice, if (the Raja's brother having previously died) the Raja's first cousin had stood in that position. Turn which way you will, the treaty grasps you - either you must openly break it, or fulfil it. Shuhle out of it you cannot. 27. The Correspondent of the Times also ss,serts that " after a long and patient investigation it way finally resolved in the Councils of the British Go vernment, that the Raja should be deposed." That Sir James Carnac deposed my_ late Soveriegn, *the Raja, is a melancholy fact; and if the Correspondent means to assert that the ex-parte evidence by which it was attempted to establish the alleged charges against my late Sovereign, the Raja, was ptoeured by long and protracted inquiries, and that Sir James Carnac at length resolved upon deposing the Raja after such an investigation, I do not question the truth of the Correspondent's assertion ; but if by the ex pression, " a long and patient investigation, the ides is intended to be conveyed, that the accused Raja was allowed to be heard in his defence against those charges, or permitted to adduce evidence to disprove them, and that the resolution of Sir James Carnac Le depose him was founded on a long and patient inves tigation of his defence, I utterly deny the correctness of the Correspondent's assertions ' • indeed, this single sentence from Colonel Ovans's dispatches will dis prove the bold and unfounded statement :--- " It is to be recollected, also, that up to this time the Raja has no clear idea of the evidence which has trans pired against him."—[Par. Pa. p. 444.] 28. This sentence was penned by Colonel Ovans on the 15th of November, 1838, just one year and nine days after the close of the pretended investigation. into the Raja's conduct. He bad no idea of the evi dence which had transpired against him, because when he applied to Colonel Ovens to redeem the solemn promise which he had made, to furnish him with that evidence, he was informed, that the evidence was "strictly secret, and could not be communicated to any person whatsoever." [Par. Pa. p. 367.] I venture to commend this fact to the particular notice of the British Government. 29. I have shewn, in opposition to the assertion of the Correspondent of the Times, that as the treaty does not limit the succession to heirs by direct de scent, his next heir in blood, Shahoo Raja, the son of his first cousin, is the real heir to the vacant throne, heir by blood to the late Raja, Pertaub Singh, heir by blood to his successor, Appa Sahib. The infer ence is otsvious, that the British Government cannot, without a shameless breach of treaty, seize upon the territory of Sattara, which they ceded in perpetual Sovereignty to the heirs and success o rs of the Raja of Sattara, an heir to that house being now alive. I have the honour to be, Hon. Sir, Your obedient humble servant, (Signed) RUNGO BAPOJEE, Vakeel of his Highness Shahoo Maharaj Chnttra puttee, Raja of Sattara, now at Benares. 9, Blandford-place, Regent's Park, October 31, 1848. REPRESENTATION OF LEOMINSTER.—LEONTISTER, FIEREFORDSIFIIRE, DEC. 3.—The announcement in the Londcm papers of the appointment of Mr. Barkly, one of the members fur this ancient borough, to succeed Sir J. Light, as Governor of British Guiana, haz taken the electors of this retired spot quite by surprise. Mr. Barkly has been for some time absent in tho West Indies, where it is understood that he has some ra.tber extensive possessions, and his personal acquaintam'e with the constituency of Leominster has been exceed ingly limited. The electors are very reluctant to believe in the fact of the appointment, looking to the circum stance that Mr. Barkly has not been a supporter of the present Government; so that up to this time no steps have been taken to provide a successor in the represen tation of the town.--LEOMINSTER, MONDAY NIGHT. —The announcement of Mr. Barkly's appointment to a Colonial Government has brought two candidates into the field—Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, and Mr. Peel, the second son of Sir Robert Peel. An active canvass wilt be immediately commenced by the friends of these gen tlemen respectively. SAINT MARYLEBONII PARLIAMENT..—WOOISII 3 Lord Dudley Stuart.—The proce e din gs i n ves t r y of ( tt young House of Lords continue to be faithfully reported iu the Observer. The Observer also regularly reports the vestry proceedings in the Saint Pancras young House of Commons—Rev. Dr. Dale, Speaker. The Observer of Sunday, 3d Dec., gave upwards of five of their columns of particulars of the atrocious murders at Stansfield Hall, and, in a Second Edition, the Committal of the Murderer. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at six on Sunday mornings; Monday Edition, best for the country and abroad, is published Monday afternoon, at four o'clock. The establishment of the Observer is equal to that of all the other Sunday papers put together. So far as regards editors and reporters the Observer is on an equality with that of nearly all the daily newspapers. There is scarcely a club-house, institution, library, or news-room in all England, Sc otland, Ireland, the Continent, East and W est Indies , &c., in which the Observer is not taken in, and frequently duplicate copies. Tax ROYAL LOCHNAGAR WHISKEY.—Poets, from Anacreon of old, down to his modern namesake, Toni Moore, have sung the praises of " R u by Wine," but had Anacreon known the taste of the Mountain Derv, or sat himself down with a steaming glass of whiskey toddy as his companion, we question if he would not have felt inclined to substitute the juice of the ;nab for the juice of the grape, in his glorious odes; but the praises of whiskey have been sung too, and foremost, by one of the cleverest men of modern times—the late Dr. Maginn. Well do we recollect his clever ode to whiskey, and right worthy was the theme for the employment of his inimitable talent. Excellent as was the ode to which we allude, we think the Doctor would have surpassed hpol, self had he been fortunate enough to have tasted " The Royal Lochnagar Whiskey," which is beyond a doubt the choicest specimen of that glorious spirit we ever put to our lips—and we consider ourselves no mean judges of the article. Whiskey is universally admitted to be the purest and most wholesome spirit that a man can drink. Compare the sickly gin-bibbing Londoner, with the ro bust whiskey-quaffing Highlander, and the effects of the two spirits are self-evident; the one is the liquor " which cheers but not inebriates," the other is " slow poison," as it is but too frequently retailed. Not but what it is a difficult matter to obtain good whiskey, hence, having tasted the genuine article, we can strongly recommend it; for delicacy of flavour, softness, exquisite bouquet, and purity, it cannot be surpassed; and those who would enjoy the cosy hours, and sips royal liqueur, will do well to try the " Royal Lochnagar Whiskey," which derives its title from the following incident e During her Majesty's recent excursion to Aberdeen, she visited the celebrated Lochnagar Whiskey Distillery, of Messrs. 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Motions of no general interest occupied the Court the whole day. VICE CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY). (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE EARL OP STAMFORD. The further argument in this part-heard cause occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole morning. (Before the Vice. Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) COWARD V. COWARD. His HoNoult, after disposing of the several cases that stood on the paper to be spoken to, proceeded to hear the further arguments in this part-heard case. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY V. LITTLEDALE. In this case, which stood on the paper for judgment to day, his HONOUR ordered the motion to stand over till the Parsee merchants had put in their answer, or until further order. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(TIIIS DAY.) • (Before Mr. Justice Wicwr3rArr.) DAUDENY V. PHIPPS. IMs was an action to recover the amount of an at torney's bill for 4381., for services rendered to the Northampton, Lincoln, and allull Direct Railway, in filling up notices and serving them on the occupiers of land. The defendant was one of the managing directors. The plaintiff, it appeared, had brought four actions against other directors for the amount. The defence was that the bill was overcharged. The jury gave a verdict for 3001. COMMON PLEAS.-(TIIIS DAY. LEADER V. PUBDAY. The COURT gave judgment in this case, which has reference to the amount of the copyright of the music of Pestal.—The Court discharged the rule for anew trial. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) The December General Sessions were opened this morning at the Court House on Clerkenwell-green. The number of prisoners, exclusive of those on bail, is about 110, being somewhat about the average. henry Barton, aged fourteen, was . convicted of stealing three pairs of gloves and two printed books, value threepence, the property of John Ditcham, from the person of Sarah Ditcham. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in passing sentence ob served to the jury, that he could only say this unfor tunate boy, who had been repeatedly convicted and im prisoned to obtain a refuge, and a chance of reformation in the asylum at Parkhurst, because he had lived from a tender age to that of fourteen in vice. He assured them that he was not joking. No child would be admitted into Parkhurst unless he was above fourteen years of age, of stout build, a good constitution, and a confirmed rogue. With a view to the prisoner's removal to Park hurst, the Learned Judge sentenced him to transporta tion for ten years. The other.cases tried this morning were of a trivial oh aracter. SURREY SESSIONS—(THIS DAY.) (Before THOMAS PIICKLE, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistrates.) William Faulkner, 19, John Bullen, 24, and John Juratt, 25, were indicted for breaking into the dwelling house of James Brogdin, a grocer, at Cobham, and stealing therefrom a quantity of hams and pigs' cheeks. The prosecutor is in the habit of curing and drying hams in a room adjoining his shop, and on the night of the 2d ult. be locked up the place safe, leaving nine hams and eight pigs' cheeks hanging up. On the following morning he discovered that his place had been broken into, and all the property stolen. Ho called in a con stable, who found that the thieves had gained an en trance by trespassing through Rose Farm, the property of Harvey Coombe, Esq„ and that they then climbed on to the top of the house and removed the tiles. Foot marks were discovered, and impressions taken therefrom, and the prisoners having been seen about the premises on the night of the robbery; suspicion attached to them, and on the night of the 3d they were taken into custody at the Three Pigeons, King's Ditton. Their boots were taken off and compared with the footmarks, and they were found to correspond exactly. A lad who had been in their com pany also stated that he saw Faulkner a few days prior to the robbery in Mrs. Cooper's meadow, when he pointed to an old tree and exclaimed, "I have plenty of property inside that, and I intend to have more there before long." The witness informed the constable after the robbery, and the tree was searched, when the whole of Mr. Brogdin's property was discovered. On Bullen was found a new handkerchief, which had evidently been used in conveying hams. The whole of the property was produced and identified. Mr. CHARNOCH addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners, and the jury found them Guilty. The CHAIRMAN said that it vi as a most daring rob bery, and as they appeared such desperate characters, the law would not be doing its duty.unless they sent them out of the country. The sentence of the Court was, that they be each of them transported for seven years. A NEW PACKET SHIP. The William H. Harbeck, a new ship of 1,500 tons, arrived from New York during the past week, and, in point of excellence of material, symmetry of mould, or general equipment for the trade for which she is intended, we may with safety place her on a par with any vessel extant. She was built for the owners, after one of whom she is named, by Messrs. Perine, Patterson, and Stack, of New York,whosc names will.be familiar to the public as the constructors of the Jamestown, the Enterprise, the De Witt Clinton, &c., &c., in fact of a fleet of ships that cannot have failed to have established their names as first class naval architects. The American measurement of the William H. Harbeck is 872 tons. Her length over all is 175 feet; length of keel, 160 feet; her beam, 36 feet; and the depth of her hold, 23 feet. Her exterior appearance presents all that nobility observable in vessels class.o e f l ohwerthewater-line She has she a is fine sharp as arp clear a as uan wedge;, whi l e butforward, aloft b she has a full overhanging bulwark, which gives her great capacity on deck, and tends to keep her dry. Her car rying properties are fully proved by her having brought to this port a dead weight of 1,460 tons. Her speed in sailing must cause her to rank as " a clipper." Owing to the great increase of emigration to the- United States, vessels latterly constructed have been provided more amply for the accommodation of passengers; and the William H. Harbeck has certainly been made in every way subservient to their comfort. The upper deck is well sheltered by a lofty bulwark. and forms a splendid promenade. The 'tween decks are 7 It. 10 inches in height, are well lighted and ventilated, forward, by a batch running down to the keelson, which, when occasion re quires, will carry the whole down-draught from the fore sail completely throfigh the ship—aft, by numerous apertures running to the main deck. In connexion with this passenger apartment there are four hatches, with houses to protect them from the weather. The second cabin is built on deck ; adjoining is the galley and the passengers' cooking ranges, but protected from any accident from fire by iron bulk-heads. The main cabin, though not particularly large, i s h an d some l y fitted with pilasters of satinwood, inlaid and relieved with rosewood and zebrawood, the plinths of black marble, and the caps dead white and gold, and inter spersed with panels of the same material. The ceiling, or quarter-deck flooring, is white and gold; but throughout the vessel the general aim seems to have been more at substantial and comfortable excellence than gingerbread decorations. The strength of this ship is, for a merchant vessel, somewhat uncommon. Her guard-board streak is six inches thick, and is bolted horizontally into the keel. The outside planking is wholly of white oak and yellow pine. The main and lower deck knees are of great strength (ave raging 22 inches at the throte), and well fastened. The deck staunchions are below kneed to the keel, and are bolted through large iron roove plates to the decks, which give her an extraordinary strength. The water ways axe 16 inches square, and immedietely above them the thickness of her timbers and planking of her sides exceeds two feet; in fine, nothing that material could contribute has been neglected. The William 11. Har beck is built expressly for one of Mr. John Taylor Crook's line of packets from this port. She is com manded by Captriin Robert Shinn, who, we hope, will long enjoy the handling of so noble a craft.—Liverpool Mercury. LONDON BAILEES' ASSIZE ASSOCIATION.—Last night, at seven o'clock, a meeting of master-bvkers, re presenting 'rations districts of the metropolis, was held at the Londen•Coffee-house, Snow-hill, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed to draw up a circular for distribution among the members of the trade, in order to adopt measures for obtainirg uniformity in the price of bread throughout the metro polis. Mr. Edwards, of Shadwell, was in the chair, and briefly addressed the meeting, stating the course which had been adopted by the committee since the pre vious meeting of the association. Mr. William Brookes, the secretary, read the circular. It was finally resolved that the circular should be distributed. Gentlemen who represented St. Pancras, Kingsland, the Eastern Union, &c., made their report, and it was stated that some emi nent millers had promised their co-operation and contri butions. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. _ . THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.--The arrangements for the annual exhibition of cattle, agri cultural implements, and produce, brought forward to compete for the prizes awarded by the Smithfield Cattle Club, was yesterday finally completed. Yesterday, at noon, was appointed by the stewards of the club, as the latest hour at which any specimens for competition could be received, and both in point of number and general appearance (symmetry, and not outr ageous f atness, b eing now accepted by the judges as the criterion of excel lence), they far exceed the exhibitions of former years. Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert has`contributed some fine specimens of the Scotch breed in the cattle classes, and is also a competitor in the sheep and pig classes. Daring the day his Grace the Duke of Richmond (the President of the Club) inspected the specimens, and ex pressed himself much gratified with the superiority of the collection. With regard to the show of implements, the entries considerably exceed those of former years, and it is stated that many new and valuable improve ments, iu aid of agriculture, will be submitted. THE RECLAMATION OF WASTE LAND IN IRELAND. LETTER I. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. My Lord,—ln again proposing to address your Lordship upon the reclamation of waste lands as one of the best means of alleviating the social condition of Ireland, I think it would be more becoming if in this first letter I were to refer to the observations which fell from your Lordship in the House of Commons on this important subject. Your Lordship laid down the formidable objection to the proposal That Government should employ the People with your usual clearness; that proposition which Sir Robert Peel would have taken a mortal hour to announce your Lordship disposed of in a sentence ; "It was unwise for the State to afford employment to the people, because such conduct interfered with the private employment of labour." But I venture to submit to your Lordship and to the country, that the enunciation of that principle had nothing to do with the subject before the House, ex cept indeed it had been the herald of an argument showing that it was essentially necessary for a wise statesman to adopt this pernicious principle in the present condition of Ireland. Had such been your Lordship's intention, then indeed the assertion of the correct principle, and an exposure of the evils attendant upon its violation, would have been a most graceful exordium to a proposal for the adoption of so dangerous a remedy. Your Lordship is well aware that the adoption of a dangerous remedy is by no means an unusual prac tice with master minds. The physician often restores the patient to health by the application of the most subtle poison. A Lawrence or a Brodie never want the moral courage to say to the friends of a suffering patient, we recommend such a remedy although it is of a most dangerous character, and is contrary to the usual practice of the profession ; we cannot be certain of a successful result. You see the deplorable condition of your friend—say, shall we proceed ? And this is just the difference between a statesman and a red tapist—the latter contents himself with quoting some wise saws, and leaves circumstances to work out a cure, or a death, as the event may prove, perfectly careless of the misery which is experienced in either case—provided, forsooth, he has not violated the rules of political economy; while the sagacious statesman knows no other rule than to apply the best remedy to the existing circumstances of every case. Passing over Napoleon's opinion of the ruin which would inevitably attend a country governed by poli tical economists, every day's experience proves the correct estimate the late Dr. Arnold formed of their character—he termed them " One-eyed men," and " One-eyed men" they have undoubtedly proved them selves to be upon this, and every important, question. The difference between the statesman and the political economist is this—the former lays down rules of action for each particular case, not consi dered in relation to that case alone, but on a wise view of its extended ramification ; the latter lays down general principles, the adoption of which he forces into each case, totally regardless of their effects upon most important objects. Hence the truthful ness of the appellation, " One-eyed men." A more apposite example of the gaucherie of these " One-eyed men" could not possibly be given than the very case under consideration. They say it is ad mitted to be unwise for the State to afford employ ment to the people ; and, therefore, the State must not afford employment to the people in Ireland. The statesman admits in its fullest extent the truth and the justice of the proposition—that it is unwise for the State to afford employment to the People— but he points to other elements which lead him to the inevitable conclusion that it may be most wise for the State to afford employment to the people in Ireland ; or, more correctly speaking, to the people in certain parts of Ireland. Those elements arise out of the Poor-law—for the people of this empire have determined that the firs charge upon all property shall be a provision for the poor, right or wrong, and in defiance of all come . quences, this is the determination of an immense ma jority of the people in Great Britain. But this principle applied for the first time to a country situated as some parts of Ireland are, neces sarily involved the interference of the State; and, at this moment, the State is in some unions distributing the property of individuals towards the relief of the glaring a violation of the abstract principle of the duty of a State as it is possible to contemplate, and yet one essentially necessary. This duty having been forced upon the State, the question surely is, what are the best means of perform ing it, with reference to the present emergency and to future consequences ? _ The political economist says, feed the people in idleness, because one of our rules will be violated if you employ them; but the reply of the statesman carries conviction to every mind—we are sorry to be obliged to employ the people ; but we have been forced to give them bread, and if bread is given with out work, the people will be so demoralized, that when a better condition of things shall arise, and work can be had, they will refuse it. Who but " One• eyed men" would prefer feeding people in idleness, to giving them work in exchange for food ? But, independent of the fact that Government have been compelled to become the distributors of food, there are other important considerations which would render it most wise for the Government to disregard the saws of the " One-eyed men," and these shall be the subject of another letter. I have the honour to remain, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MONDAY. tier Majesty and the Prince Albert have taken their usual walks this morning in the grounds. The younger branches of the Royal Family have taken their accustomed exercise. Lord and Lady John Russell left Osborne this forenoon for Southampton, in her Majesty's yacht, the Fairy._ Lord George Lennox is expected to arrive this afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary arrived at their residence at Kew yesterday,. from Brighton. The state apartments in Windsor Castle are open gratuitously to the public on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Frid a y s . The Lord Chamberlain's tickets may be obtained in London, grati s , o f M essrs . P au l an d D om i n i c Colnaghi, printsellers, 14, Pall-mall East ; Mr. Moon, printseller, 20, Threadneedle -street; Mr. Mitchell, bookseller, 33, Old Bond-street ; Messrs. Ackermann and Co., print,ellers, g 6, Strand; Mr. Wright, book seller, 60, Pall - m:11. Of whom also Guide Books may be obtained, for one penny each. The tickets are available for one week from the day they are issued. They are not transferable, and it is contrary to her Majesty's command that payment for, or in reference to them, be made, to any per son whatever. The hours of admission to the State Apartments are, from the Ist of April to the 31st October, be tween eleven and four, and from Ist November to 31st March, between eleven and three. Mr. Bernal, Mr. Tiodges, with some gentlemen, forming a deputation from Rochester, had an inter v i ew with Sir George Grey yest er d a y a t the Home-office. Mr. IL A. llerbert, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Pressly, Secretary to the Board of Stamp s an d Taxes, had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord and Lady John Russell returned yesterday afternoon to Pembroke Lodge , Richmond Park, from her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wigh t. The Right Hon. Fox Maule, Secretary at War, and the H Hon. Mrs. Fox Maule, have arrived in town from Scotland. INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FOR THE INSURANCE OF IRON SHIPS AND STEAM-BOATS.—We understand that in consequence of the refusal of underwriters to insure iron ships on equitable terms, the iron ship proprietors and others interested in the manufacture of iron vessels, have determined to institute a mutual insurance com pany, to be called the London Liberal Insurance Asso ciation, for the Insurance of Iron ships and Steam-boats, for the purpose of effecting mutual insurances on iron ships, vessels, and steamers, on such a basis as must be satisfactory to all owners of iron vessels. Mr. Thomas C. Gibson, of Gracechurch - street, has prepared a set of tables for this purpose, and in a short time we hope to see the " London Liberal Asi o ciation" in full operatio n . DREADFUL FlRE.—Last night at a late hour a conflagration took place in the llackney-road, Cam bridge-heath, by which one house with its contents were destroyed, and another nearly so. It originated in the shop of a linen draper, and although only a few minutes elapsed before several engines had arrived, the flames had spread with such rapidity, that in two hours the de struction was complete. Both parties are fully insured in the Royal Exchange and Guardian offices. The loss sustained is about 500/. WEST RIDING ELECTION.—Mr. Denison was to have addressed the section of electors of the Sheffield polling district last evening, but was prevented from carrying out his intention by an attack of the gout. PoST-OFFICE NOTlCE.—Yesterday notice was issued at the General Post Office, St. Martin's-le -Grand, that mails would be made up this morning, the sth inst., for Minorca, Palermo, and Naples, t o b e conveye d b y her Majesty's sloop Rosamond. Letters ls. 6d. the half-ounce, and so on. Newspapers to Minorca free ;to Naples and Sicily 2d. each. All correspondence, &c., to go by this vessel must be specially addressed "By her Majesty's steamer, Rosamond." Robert Houdin, we understand, resumes his enter tainments at the St. James's Theatre early in the en suing week. During a stay of sumo weeks in Paris he composed and perfected a variety of new an d mos t ex tro9rdilaory experimout3 ... elm ...... 4:4 4% J. 41 r~ .8% 716 104 ss4 ..... 974 - 914 I i