The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-09 00:00:00

ordered to charge. They did so, and at the same time f POured a volley into the mob. Three men end a boy fell, one of them killed on the spot. The latter was shot through the brain. I have seen his body, and he appears man about 40 years of age, in the garb of a labourer or coal porter. Another of the seen shot is a respect able person, who, the same morning, had called at the police -office in Calton to suggest the propriety of enrol lying all th e s h o pk ee p ers i n C a lton as s p a cial constables. 4 , 1 0 was w oun d e d i n th e b r east very severely, but not by accident. it is hoped. He was atnong , t the crowd °Y , This painful occurrence took place in Main - str eet, •ridgeton, and the discharge was the means of making the mob fly in every direction. No disposition to riot has been exhibited since. The city is patrolled in every direction by cavalry, the Ist leis, the armed pensioners, police, and by special con stables. Of the latter there are 6,000 or 7,000. Last I ,tght th e l a b ourers emp l o y e d by th e Gorbals Gravitation ter Company, forty-two in number, came forward, needed by their two foremen, and offered their services TMr. St er li ng , th e conve ner of the Police Committee. "he were sworn in by Bailie Brown and embodied. mention this as showing the spirit of respectable operati ves w h o h ave e ith er louses or wages to protect. The police-offices are filled with plunder, which has b een recovered from the thieves and robbers, including eery description of articles and eatables—hardware, g o ld and silver watches, silver plate, tea, butter, scores of Cheese s , &c. These are the plunder of the shops. In the Gentral District Police-office there are sixty sla stand of arms, which have been recovered from the rioters. Many of these were picked off the street as they were thrown down by the rioters when they were V, ll trged by the military, and others we recovered in ,w houses and lanes. En this office there re are upwards °' sixty prisoners, many of whom wore captured with guns and pikes in their hands. In the Gorbals-office there is also a room filled with teeovered plunder, including more than a score of gun', cutlasses &c. Here there are between twenty and thirty prisoners. in the Canton and Anderston police-offices there is also much recovered plunder, and many prisoners. • The Sheriff-Substitute (Sicene) has been sitting dur ing the whole day, taking a precognition of the cases of the prisoners. Sheriff Alison is sitting with the magistrates in the Police-b u ildi ngs , and every precaution is being taken to Put down this infamous rising of thieves.' Th e Sheriff was absent last night during the dis turbances, but his place was ably filled by Sheriff-Sub stitute Bell, who headed the cavalry when they dispersed the rioters, Bailie Stewart has just ridden out to the Calton dis trict at the head of a troop of Dragoons, but we under stand it is more as a measure of precaution than any thing else. There has been no more rioting. The banks are guarded, but are doing their usual business. The lower orders hare no doubt been inflamed by the aPreches of a parcel of low demagogues; but it is evident that plunder, not politics, has been the moving spring In this disgraceful rising. , The f o ll ow i ng p roc l am ation was issued this morning:— ' PROCLAMATION BY TILE MAGISTRATES OP GLASGOW AND SHERIFF OF LANARKSHIRE, " The Magistrates and Sheriff deeply regret that, not 'Withstanding the arrangements which the magistrates had made, with the assistance of the Relief Commit tee,' to provide work and food for the really necessitous of the labouring classes, large numbers of lawless per sons who have mingled with the unemployed have this afternoon paraded the principal thoroughfares of the city of Glasgow in a tumultuous manner, and committed serious acts of riot and plunder. " The Riot Act has been read ; many of the inhabi tants have come forward and enrolled themselves as special constables ; and the military, in this and other districts, have been called to the aid of the civil autho riiY• Every necessary measure will be taken to repress outrage ; and the Magistrates and Sheriff, while they caution the inhabitants in general against assembling in the streets, or other public places, call upon the well disposed of all classes to be aiding to protect property and maintain the public peace.' " The Magistrates and Sheriff also appeal to the good ssnso of the labouring population, to repudiate the advice and discountenance the proceedings of the evil disposed, whose conduct, while it is discreditable to the city, is calculated to prejudice the interests of the well deserving. "City Chamber., Glasgow, March 6." We have received a reinforcement of dragoons from Xdinbargh. Accounts from Glasgow, as late as five o'clock P.H. yesterday, announce that the town was then perfectly tranquil. GLASGOW, HALL-PAST SIX O'CLOCK P.M.—The autho !hies are actively and energetically engaged in prevent ing a repetition of last night's disturbance, to which end o proclamation has been issued this afternoon. All is quiet at this hour. GLASGOW, MARCH 8, HALL-PAST SEVEN P.M.—The rioters seem to be subdued. We have had no additional disturbance. The special constables are nevertheless constantly in motion to prevent the gathering of crowds, or to disperse the knots of disaffected people. The Military continue at their posts in various parts of the e itY• It has been reported during the day, and it is belie►ed, that the miners of Airdrie and the workmen of the Calder ironworks there intend coming to the city evening, for the purpose of creating a serious dis turbance at the Bridgetown mills, at the eastern extre mity of Glasgow. A considerable military force is stationed within the mills so threatened. The banks have been closed since one, P.m. All business is sus. Pended. The London mail has not arrived. EDINBURGH, MARCH 8, NINE P.M.—Large crowds of people have assembled in High-street and its neigh bourhood without any avowed object or manifest pur pose ; but we are strong in police and specials. They are now out in all directions to disperse the people. EDINBURGH, MARCH 8, ELEVEN P.H.—The crowd has been dispersed, and the valiant rioters have disac- Peared, thanks to a few soaking showers, which have cleared the streets. MURDER OF A WIFE. GLOUCESTER, Mince B.—The village of Twigworth, near this city, was thrown into a state of no ordinary excitement on Friday last, by a report which spread abroad that a milkman residing there, named William 1141, had, in a fit of fury, murdered his wife. A crowd of persons soon hastened to the spot, when the report was found to bo too true. Those who first arrived found the wretched man himself in a state of stupified horror, gazing at the body of his murdered wife, which lay on the floor of the cottage. His'four children were screaming at a spectacle of brutal violence, the conse quences of which they scarcely understood. From inquiries then and since made, it appears that Hall had left home early that morning, as was usual, to sell his milk in Gloucester, and that after he did so, he spent the whole of the day in dissipation, returning to his home late in the afternoon in a furious state. His un fortunate wife began to upbraid him, when he entered the house, for his unfeeling conduct, in wasting the money required for the support of his family. High Words ensued, and then blows, screams were heard by the neighbours, and hence the alarm which brought so Many to the spot. The children stated that their father kicked their mother in the stomach while she was on the ground, and that she made no noise afterwards. An inquest was held on the body yesterday, by the district coroner, when the above facts appeared in evidence, and e. verdict of " Wilful murder" against William Hall was returned by the jury, and the wretched man was fully committed for trial at the ensuing assizes. An unfor tunate accident, which may have a fatal termination, resulted from this deplorable affair. A young man, named Hobbs, who rode into Gloucester for a medical man, was thrown from the horse he rode, and fractured his skull in the fall. He is now lying dangerously ill. THE AZT OP RECEITING A DEPUTATION.—RISC is it enters. Beg of it to be seated. Throw yourself into your aria-chair, cross your arms and legs, and listen most attentively. Take especial care that no expression escapes your countenance. Admit nothing; but justnod Occasionally. Beware of a direct answer. The less you know of a subject the better ; if you are wise you are lost. Let every one talk as much as he pleases; let the whole deputation talk together if it likes; it flatters them and protects you from accidents; in fact, say as little as you csn. Show all your zeal in listening and taking notes. Dispute nothing. If facts are rather too strong for you, only express your surprise. A well timed " Indeed !" is frequently the saving of an hour, All arguments are dangerous ; they only waste time ; you do not want to be convinced, and as for convincing the deputation it is hopeless—it comes already convinced. If pressed for an opinion, express your sympathy with the important cause, and make a note in your memo randum book to give it your earliest consideration. If the deputation does not retire, call in the revenue to tour aid, enlarge on its deficiency, run largely into imports and exports, and wind up with a sharp flourish about the British constitution and the interests of the community. At this point yopr servant should announce some important visitor. Rise, and bow your deputation to the door, after thanking it profusely for its trouble and intelligent advice. Shake one or two gentlemen by the hand, and the next morning's account of the deputa tion will inform you that "every one was highly delighted with the extreme courtesy and affability of the noble lord." Don't look in the glass, however, for fear of laughing.—Punch. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, SEEGIANTS' --Yesterday, Mr. Baron Parke, who sits daily at the Exchequer Chambers, Sergeants' Inn, as the Vacation Judge, issued an order that for the future, during the period of his sitting as Vacation Judge, no summonses would be heard before him after two o'clock in the day, except those that were attended by counsel. The reason assigned for issuing the above order is, that the attorneys having summonses standing for hearing before two o'clock, the hour expressly appointed for the hearing of , counsel, on their summonses being called, were fre quently absent, and the Learned Judge was left for a long period in the early part of the day without any ap plication before him, and, after the cases by counsel were disposed of the parties appeared, and the Learned Judge was unnecessarily detained until a late hour. To put an end to the evil, the Learned Baron issued the above order, and directed publioity being given to it by posting 1 as a notice to the attorneys and suitors. The Prefse gives the following as an extract from a Havre letter:—" Mr. R---, one of my friends, was present at the embarkation of the ex-King in a fishing boat, on Thursday last. When on the point of quitting the French soil, Louis Philippe turned towards and said, ' Join the Republic frankly and sincerely, for I carry with me the French monarchy, and I shall descend with it to the tomb. I have been the last Ling of France. Adieu.' " ROMANCE or HISTORY.—Who would have thought that the " Coming man " would have been Louis 11 4 1 /Pe ?--Putsch. ._,,,, THE SUN LONiON, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Advices from the Cape to the 13th of January in- elusive have been received. The Zuid Afrikaan, of the above date, says The post of Wednesday night last brings informa tion from King William's Town to the 29th ult., repre senting affairs in Katirland itself as in a favourable stf.tte for the pacification of that country. All was tranquil. The 7th of January was the day fixed for the meeting of all the chiefs of British Kaffraria, when their future position, their prospects in case of good behaviour, and the course that wilt be pursued if the reverse, would be announced to them by her Majesty's High Commis- stoner. This meeting will, if post - Able, be of greater import ance than the previous one, destined, as no doubt it is, to declare to that restless people, hitherto accustomed to nothing but licentiousness, in plain terms, that the term 'British subject,' is not a mere empty sound. That their former habits must be laid aside, and a strict obedience shown to the laws and regulations enacted for their enlightenment and civilization ; and above all that their aggressions upon their white neighbours cannot be prosecuted at a less price than their total destruction. " This, we presume, will form the principal part of the deliberations of a meeting, the result of which is anxiously anticipated by the colony at large, as the ratification or the rejection of the terms upon which the peace agreed to can only be confirmed. The task still to be performed by Sir Harry Smith—making all allow ante for his eminent qualifications—is difficult in the extreme. The conviction, however, that he is no stranger to such matters, and the recollection of his ad mirable government of the British Kafir Province in 1835-6, again fills us with the brightest expectations. A determined rigidness but justness, tempered by mercy where circumstances allowed of its exercise, was then the rule which elearly regulated all his actions, and by which, within so short a period, he made such astonish- ing progress. •• It is indeed with heartfelt satisfaction that we bring to mind his proceedings of that time, and the paternal car• with which, sometimes by force of argument, some times by well merited punishment, he endeavoured to convince both chief and subject, that a new, a better state of things had been brought about, and that a lock had been forged for the security of the colony which they would not be able to pick.'" The news from the frontier is not so satisfactory as might have been expected, as will be seen from the following extracts from the Zuid ilfrikaan of the 13th January : "Fort Beaufort, Dec. 19. "This day about eleven o'clock the Kafirs succeeded tri driving off twenty head of the contractor's cattle. Four Kafirs only were seen by the Fiegoe herds who had charge of them at the time, and who came into Beaufort as quick as possible to give information. Eight soldiers were sent out with them as a cattle guard, but who had left them and gone down to the river, when the Kafirs, watching the opportunity, succeeded in getting off with the cattle in safety. Mr. McKenzie and two or three more, with six of the Dragoons, went off in pursuit, and have just returned (five o'clock), horses knocked up, and, as usual, unsuccessful, the ground being so hard they found it impossible to trace the spoor. How the cattle guard will come off I don't know.' " Belevue, 22d December, 1847. " The Kafirs entered our kraal last night, and cut loose eight horses. The number of marauders was sup posed to be from eight to ten, but being alarmed by the dog we immediately fired on them, and succeeded iu killing one of them, but still they got off with one horse. "GEORGE CLAYTON, "JOHN CLAYTON." " Scott's Farm, Dec. 25, 1V47. "I had occasion to write to you last week concerning my loss of cattle, stolen out of my kraal on the 16th instant by Kafirs, but no notice was taken of it. I am again compelled to write, as the Kafirs paid me anothir, visit last night, the 24th, and took out of the kraal four: oxen and the only cow I had, and I am sorry to say got 7 clear off with them, although I found out that they were' gone as early as half-past twelve o'clock. "JOHN PANKHURST, " Waterloo Camp. Dec. 20,1847. "Yesterday morning myself and family were walking a short distance from this camp, scarcely half a mile, when we were suddenly surrounded by five armed Kafirs, four with assegais and one with a gun ; they instantly demanded tobacco, and knives. I told them I had none, when one of them drew an assegai from his bundle and presented to my breast, which he did several times. I desired him to take it away, but he still threatened to throw it; at length he seized my hat, with which he ran off saying something in Kafir to his companions. The man with the gun presented it to my breast. I told him to take it away and go and fetch my hat, which he did not seem disposed to do. As soon as he lowered his gun I turned towards home, took my only child from my wife, and ran as quickly as possible towards the camp. We had not proceeded many paces before the man fired ; the ball passed over our heads; fear gave wings to our fliglic and in a few minutes we were at home. I went immediately and reported what had transpired to Captain Christy, who promptly sent out a party of Cape Mounted Riflemen, and twelve of the 91st Regiment. I went with them to the spot, showed them the spoor of the Kafirs, and returned to the camp. I am sorry to say the patrol returned in a few hours without falling in with the enem E y. "JOHN DKINS." FRlDlY.—lnformation has reached town of the murder last night, by the hands of Kafirs, of John Stanley, at his farm in Groblers Kloof, about ten miles S.E. of Graham's Town. From a deposition made before the magistrate it appears that the unfortunate deceased went out yesterday morning with his waggon for the purpose of cutting and bringing into town a load of fire-wood. On reaching the bush, on his own farm, a Hottentot, who accompa ni,d him, observed that there were several spoors or footmarks of Kafirs about the spot, and lie remarked to his master that he thought the Kafirs themselves must be in the immediate vicinity. Stanley treated this with indifference—said be had no fear, and proceeded as usual to collect the fuel, as originally intended. They had retired to repose after the close of the day, the oxen being tied to the waggon, when the man was aroused by the discharge of fire-arms and the noise of Kafirs. Springing upon his feet and calling to his master, he fled, and when a short way off heard the cries of his un fortunate master, and who must then have been in the hands of his savage murderers. On receiving this report a patrole of the Cape Mounted Rifles was immediately sent to the spot, accompanied by the Hottentot who escaped, and by whom the remains of the unfortunate man were soon discovered. FRIDAY AFTERNOON...---Tho body of the murdered man has just been brought into town and delivered over to his now desolate and distracted widow. It was found lying on the ground at the back of his waggon, from which there is reason to believe the unfortunate man must have been dragged by the merciless savages. The two principal wounds were a gun-shot wound through the right breast, and a shucking gash at the back of the head. The back was black from contusion, and the muscles of the thighs and ribs were pierced by assegais, as though to gratify the insatiate appetite of the savages for blood. There were several wounds in the ablomen, from which the intestines were pro truding, and the grass—which had been trodden down, as though the murderers had danced round their victim—was saturated with blood. The oxen of the waggon, a gun, cooking utensils, and every por table article had been carried off. The case of this unfortunate man is one well calculated to excite public commiseration. Ho was sixty-seven years of age, twenty-eight years of which had been spent on this frontier, having come hither with the British emigrants of 1820 He was a native of Lichfield in England, was respectably educated, possessed considerable intelligence, and had ever evinced great industry and perseverance in the cultivation of his farm. By the Kafir invasion of 1834-5, and also the present war, ho was a severe sufferer, his premises being tired, his fields laid waste, and his cattle carried off. From comfort he has latterly been reduced to poverty; his only means of subsistence being that of cutting fuel on his farm, and selling it in Graham's Town. While thus unoffensively and usefully employed, he fell, as above detailed, by the hand of the savage natives. The Graham's Town Journal contains a full report of the great meeting held by Sir Harry Smith at King William's Town on the 7th inst. The follow ing is the oath taken by the chiefs. An address from Sir Harry closed the proceedings of the day. Sir Harry was about to start for Natal, aid Shiloh and Colesberg : EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday a special general meeting of the proprietors of stock in this corporation was held at the compitny's house, for the purpose of re•considering the case of the lute ex-ilaja of Sattara. The chair was taken by I,rr. Ilertry St. George Tucker. The Court was bat thinly" attended. The CHAIRMAN stated that since the last Court certain ' papers had been presented to Parliament, the titles of %%hich would be read. The CLERK read the titles of the papers. THE EX-RAJA OF SATTARA. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Court was mode special for the reconsideration of the case of the late Raja of Sattara. The CLERK read the following requisition:— " London, 16th Feb., 1845. '.To the Chairman and Directors of the East fmlia Company. :Honourable Sirs,—We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly qualified by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court of Proprietors, for the purples of taking into consideration the aecomptmying resolution, and that you hlll be pleased to publish the same with this our requisition.—Wo have the honour to be, Honourable Sirs, your obedient servants, (Signed) "JOSEPH HUME. " ALEX. RAPHAEL. " ARTHUR J. LEWIS. "J. SULLIVAN. " 1101;ERT J. BACISILLW. " CHARLES FORBES. " J. W. GRAHAM. " J. WILLIAMS:. '• GllO. TIIOMI'SON." " Resolved — "That it appears by the official documents laid before tide Court that, in the year 1836, a secret inquiry was instituted, by order of the Government of Bombay, into all alleged breach of the treaty of the Vali September, 1819, subsisting between the East India Com peny and his Iliglinees I'ertaub Sheen, the Raja of Sattara. " That on the 26th of October, 1836, the Raja appeared before the Secret CommiSe ion, consisting of Colonel Lodwick, Mr. Willoughby, Reid Colonel Ovens, and requested a Mahratta copy of so ranch of the ' depositions of the two Soobandars and the Brahmin as affected hhn self, which was not at the time objected to.' That on the '37th October the Commission were occupied the greater part of this day in preparing Mahratta translations of the evidence regarding the interview at the Palace, for the ultimate use of his Highness the Baja of Sattara.' (Par. Pa. No. 569 of 1843, p. 348.) " That Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay, recorded in a Minute of Council, on the 15th of August, 1837, (Par. Pa. p. 86, para. 12) I hat lie was strongly of opinion that, before the case is conclusively disposed of, the Raja should be made acquainted with the fresh evidence that has been elicited against him, and should be allowed the opportunity of offering defence or explanation.' And again, in his Minute of Council of the 20th of September, 1837, (I'ar. Pa. p. Ina, para. 13,) suggests, That Colonel Ovens should be instructed to prepare a complete statement of the case which has been established against the Raja, in order that when his inquiries are concluded, it may be furnished to his Highness for any such explanation, or answer, as he may choose to offer.' "'that Mr. Wathen, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, in his letter to Colonel Ovens, dated the 27th of September, 1837, ' directed Colonel Ovens to prepare a complete statement of the case established against the Raja, that it may be furnished to the Raja, and that if this statement be denied, his Highness should be con fronted with the witnesses, the most effective measures being adopted for their protection.' (Par. Pa., p. 422, para. 48.) " That Sir Robert Grant, again, in a Minute of Council, dated the 31st of May, 1838, says, 'The Raja has not been told of the evidence taken by Colonel Ovens, and undoubtedly has a right to be heard it, his vindication." I repeat this opinion (which he) expressed in a Minute of Council, in August, 1837, not meaning that there should be merely the form or farce of a trial, to be closed by a ready-made judgment, but that the defence should be fairly heard and impar tially weighed.' (l'ar. Pa., p. 20.5, para. 53.) " That Lord Auckland, the Goveraer-General of India, in a Minute, dated 23d et September, 1838, ordered in the following words • I would, as suggested by Sir ilopert Grant, request that the Raja should be furnishcel with a written statement, embodying a full and clear detail of the facts connected with the several charges, and of the nausea (with any reservations which may be absolutely required for the safety of the party) of the witnesses by whom they are proved, with a notice of the circumstances tinder which the evi dence was obtained, and call for front hint, within a certain reason able time to be fixed, a similar written statement of whatever he may desire to urge in his owe behalf.' (Par. les., p. 229, para. 12.) " That notvrithstandiag the preparations of the evidence promised by the Commission (which closed its proceedings on the 4th November, 1e36), and the repeated desire expressed by the Governor of Bombay, and the Governor-General of India, that t statement of the whole of the evidence taken against the Raja should be placed in his Highness's hand, such statement was withheld, for reasons secretly stated by Colonel Ovens, Colonel Ovens personally informing his Highness, 'that the proceedings of the Commission being strictly secret, it did not consider itself authorised to grant a co ar. py or any part of those proceedings to any person whatsoever.' (P Pa., P. 367.) " That thedethronement of the late Raja of Sattara, when no Bud -Alen emergency, nor imminent danger, nor any preparations made by .14na for: commencing: hostilities,' threatened, without obtaining previous and express sanctions of the Home authorities for the act, was a violation of the 33d George Third, cap. 52, sec. 42 and 43, made and provided to guard against and prohibit the exercise of such dangerous and despotic power by any subordinate authority in viz.:— "India, Section 43—' It shall not be lawful for the Governor-General in Council, without the express command or authority of the Court of Directors, or of the Secret Committee, by the authority of . the Board of Control, in any ease (except where hostilities have actually been commenced, or preparations actually made for the commencement of hostilities against the British nation in India), either to declare war,:or commeuce hostilities, er enter into any treaty for making war, &c.' " Resolved,—That this Court, taking all these circumstances into consideration, is of opinion that the dethronement of the Raja of tiattara, by Sir James Carnac, without furnishing him with a copy of the evidence taken in secret against him, Ind thereby withholding from him the means of making a defence, and without the previous Consent and authority of the Court of Directors, or the Secret Cove - mittee of that Court, and of the Board of Control, was unjust, pre mature, mud contrary to law ; and, therefore, the guilt or innocence of the lisle Raja of Sattors, and the conduct of the Bombay Govern ment, in these transactions, ought to he made the subject of a public and impartial inquiry, alike for the protection of the Princes of India in alliance with the East India Company, from the perpetrations of similar wrongs, for the satisfaction of the ends of justice, and for the vindication of the honour of the British nation, and the security of the British Empire in the East." Mr. Josiret liuME, M.P., complained that the ballot had not been taken on the last meeting. The Court was asked only to retrace its steps, and re-open the inquiry as to the innocence of the ex-Raja of Setters. The Hon. Proprietor then reviewed the proceedings of the Court of Directors, which have already been fully re ported. From first to last the ex-Raja had not had a fair trial. The Raja did not even know the charges brought against him—a privilege allowed to the lowest mechanic in this maim/. lie was never allowed to pro tect himself from the charges. The conduct of the Government of India had been most heinous, and the time would come when the people of India would rise against such injustice being continued. The character of England was as much jeopardised as the Government of India in refusing a fair trial. Lord Auckland, while Governor-General of India, wished the ex-Raja to be furnished with full statements of the charges brought against him. There was a secret motive in the conduct of the Bombay Government, which he (Mr. Hume) was anxious to fathom. But still this most reasonable request was never complied with. Let the Court of Proprietors do justice to the ex-Raja's memory. His (Mr. Flume's) object was to obtain a ballot. Such a tissue of injustice could not much longer last. He would persevere until justice was done to the late ex-Raja. The Court of Directors had not sustained the dignity of the Govern ment of India. So confident was the ex •Raj a, that he declared he would retire from his post while the inquiry went on. He (Mr. Hume) wanted to • know the secret of this most abominable proceeding against the late ex- Raja. Under all these circumstances, he should move the resolution. The stability of the Government of India depended upon justice being done to the late ex- Raja. It was no time to trifle with the people of India. Mr. flume tendered an addition to the resolution, which was as follows: " We, the undersigned proprietors of East India stock, duly qualified by law, and present in Court, s do request a that the Court of Directors will appoint ballot, accord ing to chap. 8, sec. 1, of the By Laws, to determine the question this day brought before the General Court, relative to the late Raja of Sattara.—Signed, Joseph Hume, J. Sullivan, John Briggs, S. Gaselee, Mulkey, Johnston, H. Stephen, Arthur J. Lewis, Thomas Newham.—March 8, 1848." The CHAIRMAN would not receive any addition at the present moment. He intended to move an amendment, that of adjournment. Mr. Serjeant GAZELEE protested against this course. If these questiohs of adjournments are to be moved, the fate of the Court of Directors was sealed. He had the utmost respect for the directors, but they had got into bad company.—(Laughter.) The bylaw upon the question of adjournment was illegal, and the proprietors would subscribe their money, and fight the directors upon the point. Mr. SULLIVAN said the ex-Rajah had been dethroned and deprived upon ex.parte evidence. Had the directors or the Government of India the power to set up or pull down native Princes at their pleasure, contrary to solemn treaties, as in the case of the ex-Raja of Setters ? Did the Court of Proprietors do wrong in their course of proceeding, in not seeing if the Raja was innocent or guilty ? If the directors had done wrong, let them retrace their steps. Was not the Raja's throne in per petuity granted to himself, or his heirs, or by adoption. There was not a native Prince of India whose fate might not be that of the late Raja of Setters. There was a public opinion in India that could not be sup pressed. The native army of India might become affected by a continuance of the injustice to the ex-Raja of Sattara. Mr. LEWIS contended that the by-law, by which the Court was attempted to be coerced, was illegal. It was as follows: " By-law, chapter 8, sec. I,—Then it is ordained, that if, at any general Court, nine of the members present duly qualified to vote. shall demand a ballot for deter mining any question, except for adjournment, or the previous question, or an amendment, such question shall be put by the ballot, and not otherwise." After some discussion upon the subject, Mr. WIGRAM held that there were no difficulties in the case ; unless these laws were under appeal, the Court of Directors were bound to abide by them. The privilege of the pro pi ietor was to move an amendment or an adjournment. Mr. THOMPSoN, M.P., held, if such be the law, it nullified the Charter of the Corporation. The ballot was given to the proprietors for their protection, and not to overpower those who were the friends of justice and truth. The most eminent men in the country were is favour of the cause of the late Raja, including that high and honourable man, Mountstuart Elphinstone. The Court of Directors were not asked to revise their opinion ; they were only asked fur a full inquiry. The Hon. Proprietor condemned the conduct of Sir Robert Grant, in keeping back papers connected with the charges against the late Raja. Was not this a subject for full inquiry ? Had the Court of Directors no sympathy for the character of the late Sir Robert Grant ? Why, then, refuse an inquiry ? He wanted to have an inquiry into the conduct of Sir James Carnao. He went out a friend of the late Raja, and be came his enemy. The Court of Proprietors only wanted a full inquiry into the course pursued by the Government in India, and in the policy of the course adopted by the Court of Directors. They wanted to know the legality of the dethronement of the Raja. Would the legal ad viser of the court say that the dethronement was legal. Why was not he (Mr. Thompson) prosecuted for the charges he had openly brought against Colonel Ovens ? lie repeated those charges. The character of the com pany was bound up in this question—tile fate of Princes and of treaties in India, as well as that of the lowest of the people, was concerned in this base transaction connected with the ex-Raja. lie would say—perish the East India Company, its patronage, its pelf, its cor ruption, rather than injustice to any one of the people of India. Would not the Court of Directors heed the signs of the times? This one act of injustice, if fully understood, would consign the company to infamy. The people of India were oppressed to a degree almost past bearing. Sir J. W. HOGG defended the legality of the by-law, and said that the right to ballot was not given by common low, or any statute, but only by the by-law of th© COM* THE OATH. Know you this, "Inkosi Inkulu," our own " Inkosi Inkulu," representative of our great Queen of England, that I (hear the chief repeats his name) will be faithful and true unto you, or to whomsoever her Majesty places over us, and faith to you bear for the lan ds which 1 hope to hold of you, and that I will lawfully do to you the customs and services which I ought to do in the terms assigned, viz.:- 1. To obey the laws and commands of the " Inkosi Inkulu," the representative of our great Queen, and the commissioners given to protect us. 2. To compel my people to do he same. 3. To disbelieve in, and cease to tolerate or practise, witchcraft in any shape. 4. To prevent all violations of our women. (I will not allow the women to be violated.) s. To abhor murder, and to put to death every mur derer. 6. To make my people honest and peaceable, never to rob from the colony, and never from one another. 7. To acknowledge to hold my lands, not as a matter of right, which is forfeited by my own trangressions, murders, and spoliations, on the peaceable inhabitants of the colony, but from her Majesty. 8 To acknowledge no chief but her Majesty the Queen of England, and her "Inkosi Inkulu," or whom soever he leaves in his name, aided by the Commis sioners Mackinnon, Maclean, Brownlee, and Fynn. 9. To abolish the sin of buying wives. (You shall not buy wives, it is the base of all robbery.) 10. To listen to the missionaries, and make my people do so, and to be glad to send our children to school, to learn those habits of industry and knowledge which make Englishmen rich, good, happy, and clothed. (Ask Sandilli where the pouch is I gave him long ago. Look at him now! Next year I hope to see him rich and clothed, Almighty God looking down upon him and enriching him.) 11. On the anniversary of this day to bring here to King William's Town one fat ox, in testimony and ac knowledgment of the land I hold from her Majesty. REQUISITION TO MR. CARDWELL TO RESIGN.— At a meeting of the National Confederation, Liverpool, held yesterday, a requisition to Mr. Cardwell, calling upon him to resign his seat as one of the representatives of that town, in consequence of big vote against Mr. Horsman'a motion for a more equitable adjustment of the bacon-tax, was unanimously adopted. THURSDAY 141 T EN ENG, MARCH 9, 1848. piny. The ballot could not he demanded until after it was known what awendinent would be proposed to the original motion, which ceased to be the question before the Court the moment that a motion for an adjournment was made, and which took precedence of every other question. It was the duty of the Court to uphold the by-laws which had been framed by theruselves.—(No, no.) He approved of the course pursued by the chair. ,nan in stating at once his intention to move an adjourn ment, instead of delaying making such intention known until a late period of the debate. The who:e question of the case of the Itaji, had been discussed over and over again in that court, and a dozen times at least decided on its merits.—(No, no.) Why was not a ballot demanded on any one of those occasions? Why was that course now adopted a 3 a last resource? He next alluied to the proceedings at the last Court, and to the few votes given on that occasion, notwithstanding the efforts made by Mr. Ilume, by sending n circular letter to every indivi dual proprietor, imploring his personal attendance— ' (Ilear)—but yet, out of 2,000 proprietors, he obtained the rotes of twenty-two only.—(Hear, hear.) The ad journment was moved out of respect to the proprietors who had declined to interfere in the case of the Heja. They had decided on the case twenty or thirty times at least, and it had also been decided in the House of Com mons. Were the directors to treat all those decisions as nothing—(Hear) — and treat with contempt the deci sions repeatedly given by vast majorities of the Court ? It was for the benefit of India that the further agitation of this question should be put down.--(Hear.) Mr. HustE proposed that the original motion should now be put. The CHAIRMAN desired the clerk to read the motion, but previous to that being done, said he considered the question was long ago finally disposed of by that Court. No practical good could result from leaving it to be de cided by ballot by two thousand proprietors, very few of whom took any interest in it, or knew anything at all about the question,'which was too complicated for the majority of them to understand. He had no wish to resort to any trickery—those who had watched his public conduct for the last fifty years knew that ho was above anything of the kind. The course he proposed was the result of his honest conviction.—(llear.) Mr. Ilu3re said the proprietors generally took more interest in this question than the Hon. Chairman sup posed, and he wished them to have an opportunity of expressing their opinion. He should place his protest before the chairman, and then leave the Court. The Hon. Proprietor then withdrew. Mr. CLARKE disapproved of any further discussion of the question, now that the Raja was dead, and had not left a successor to the throne, and, consequently, all his political rights had died with him. He should like to know who was to benefit by any further investigation of the matter P No case had ever undergone greater discussion. The conduct of the Government of Bombay had been fully discussed. He thought that the property taken from the Raja should be given to his surviving relatives, and that course, he hoped, would put an end to all further agitation of the matter.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WEEDING defended the course pursued by the Government of India with reference to the case of the Raja. lieneral BRIGGS said the late Raja had a right to adopt a son, who, at his death, was entitled to succeed not only to his property, bat to his political rights and privileges. Sergeant GASELEE remarked that when the Chairman wanted votes he did not object to receive those even of the old ladies. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from Mr. Sullivan, said that no doubt the Standing Council of the East India Company would furnish a written opinion relative to the by-law. The Court then on the question adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MARCH 7. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolution was reported from the above Committee:— That in the case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway mad Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway Amalgamation petition, to suspend standing order, No. 127, the standing order ought not to be dis pensed with.----Report to lie on the tablo. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Common& WEDNESDAY, siAncit 8. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) First Clause (That from and after the passing of this Act, the several Acts hereinafter mentioned. or so much and such parts of any of them as are hereinafter specified, shall be re pealed):—Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " shall be repealed :"—Question put, " That the words pro posed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Com mittee divided:— M AJ 0 R I T Y: Robert ara l t: ' , E aers S 4 , 94 . Adair, It. Shafto Henry. Alexander Scully, Francis Baines, M. T. Harvey, Lord A. Mooly, Charles Barrington, Viscsnut Ileywood, James Seyraour, Lord Bellow, R. M. Hodges, T. L. Shell, X. L. Berkeley, Grantley Jervis, Si r Jo hn Walley, Robert A. Brockman, L. 1.). Johnstone, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W. ltrotherton,:J. Keating, Robert Stanfield, W. It. C. Carter, John It. Kershaw, James Strickland;pir G. Clements, Charles King, Peter John Strutt, Edward Cobden, It. Macnamara, Major Sullivan, liickSea Craig, W. G. Meagher, Thomas Sutton, H. M. Cubittt, William Maitland, T., Talbot, J. H. I)ivett, E. Tenison , E. K. Drundanrig, Via. Martin, Martin, C. W. Thompson, Colona Drummond, 11. liaises, It. M. Thornoly, T. Duncan, Viscount Monscll, %William Townshend. Jake Dtunie, Francis P. Morison, General Trelawny, J. S. East, Sir J. B. Mowatt, Francis Tufnell. H. Ebrington, Lord Nugent, sir Percy Urquhart, David Evans, William O'Brien. J. Vane, Lard H. Ewart, William O'Brien, Sir Luoin2 Villiers, Charles Fagan, William O'Brien, W. S. wakley, Thomas Fitzpatrick, J W. 1 0 :.: i i F itrkif l di a ,:: 11 :t e ,: r essi t i y t:i , A ntkony Walmsley. Mr J. Fordyce, A. D. Fox, Richard M. Fcx, W. J. tigott, Francis Gardner, J. D. I :N V N Y v ' s o i l l iw c s i , j o d al s: m' , S ji l l r ; l nT c a . t h . t 6l : r he l w a ll. Gibson, T. M. Power, Nicholas Torke, it. It. Glyn, George Carr PuseY,Thilip Graham. Sir James Raphael, Alexander Greene, Jolla Reynolds, John Greene Thomas Russell, F. C. H . Grey, Sir G. Sadleir, John TELLICO. Austey, Thomas C. Arundel, Eurl of MINORITY-NOES, sv. Adderley, C. B. Dodd, G. W. S . o Sandars, George , oulburn, henry Long, Walter Alexander, m Alexander, N. Duncobe, 0. Lygun, Gen. Arbutlisiott, Hugh k:fullistt, J. 31al t en, \riscowit Arehdall, C.iptaist } rowen, C. 11. MAtincra, Lord C. Arkwright, G. Fuller , ..A E. Miles, P. W. S. Baldock, E. IL Gore, W. p. .Mundy, E. Miller lienhow, John Gorin g. Charles I'lmaptre, J. Y. Blaekotone, Brackiey, Visc,sunt Greenall, Gilbert Sibthorp, Colonel Brentridge,lltichard Gwyn. llowel Smollett, A. Brooke, Sir Arthur Haltord, Sir Henry Sotheron, T. 11. S. Bruce, C. L. C. Mama, Hon. Capt. Spooner, It. Buck, L. W. Heald, Jatnes Stafford, Augustus Carew, W. E. Henley, J. w. Tollemache, John Chaplin, W. J. Mildyard, It. C. Pyle, It. it. X. 11. Christy, Samuel Hood, Sir Alexander Waddington. 11. ti. Clive, H. B. Hope, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C. 1 Codrington, Sir W. Jones, Sir W. Compton, H. C. Knox, Colonel TELLxas. Conolly, Col. Law, C• E . Inglis, Sir , It. Deering, John Lindsay, Colonel Newdegate, C. N. Same Clause (Repeal of Acts affecting Roman Catholic Subjects, all the cI words:"--Anienlnm the ent proposed, page 2, line 17, words '• shall be re pealed," the words words " also th e w h o l e ," page a, li ne s: Question put,e E That the word s propose d to b e l e f t ou t s t an d part of the Claus e." The Committee divided : MAJORITY —AYES, 111. u bj t e o e i t e s, a to y 1 to h l u Eli z. Adair, R. Shaft o Gladstone, W, B. P ower , KWh°las Adare, Viscou nt Glyn, O. C . P usey, I' . lcock, Thoma s Goulburn, H enry R ap h ae l , Al exan d er A Anson, Viscount Sir Graham, Sir J am es R aw d on , C o l one l Armstrong, . ... Greene, Joh n Reynolds, J o h n Greene, 'rh eum Russell, F. C. Baines, M. T. Grey, Sir U. Sadleir, John Baring, W. D. Grosvenor, Lord It. Setiolefleid, William Bell, John Buell, r. a. Scully, Francis Bellew, K. M. Henry S s ean , or t r . , L Lo rd Shelburne, Earl or Simeon, John Stanley, E. J. Somerville. Sir W. Berkeley.zl ß ß Brockman.l r kre e i na l i e l y l , , ~ Sun G j.rE. r . R. a " n . D t I e . 3 r nu a l jj iih,Yrdp:: Jerrie, i e se . 93' t , A 1. 1 0 : s, id:liLeer, W. I : , J e ja r l i s It o d , „li m a . Likra l l: ( 1: J. 1 Stunstield, W. It. Strickland, Sir G. Keating, J o h n Strutt, Edward Keogh, William Stuart, Lard I). Burke, 1 r ut i o i t tbe l ui Banbury, o i v vr n E . T.d . J .w o j s .. e r P E h KePPel, G. T. Stuart, Lord J. Campbell, w. F. Kershaw, James Sullivan, Mich Carter, J. B. ael , O. King, 1., J . Batton, Henry Cayley, Edward Eawiess,Neat Talbot, J. H. Clay, James Cl emen t s , Charles Lemon, Sir Charles Venison, E. K. Cobden, Richard Lewis, Sir T. T ennant, .J. Lewis, George C. Thick nesse. Ralph Cochrane, A. Lushington. Charles Thompson, Colonel Maenamara, Major Thornely, Thomas M`Gregor, Jelin Towneley, John *S r:l r.'''. Meagher, Thomas Townsliend, Captain Mahon, O'Gorman Trtlawny, J. 3. Mahon, Viscount Tuttle, Henry Maitland, Thomas Turner, Edmund Marshall, J. G. Tynte, Colonel Martin, J. Urquhart, David Martin, C. W. Vane, Lord H. m e w i d, Tim:4KM Watley, Thomas Mitchell, T. A. Wall, C. B. Mensal', William Walmsley, Sir J. CAlrCCCCl)lDll:all:llwebwurlimbAaitt:fr: Duncan, Duncan,tlnro'l:l''a:',Crawford, Edward :la L ' u rdTM:e . *: illw e l:gl e l oi r - o :aVai . d . r irnaVeS g . :il l . itsa: Moore, George ,_ ll . Watkins, Colonel East, Slr J. B. .t_ franc. , Walvis, J T. Ebrington, Viscount Mows , . l Mulgrave. Lar Westhead, J. P. Ewart, William E vans, William Nugen t, hir Percy Willi amson , Si r 11. Fagan, William O'Brien, Jo lts Wilson, Matthew 0 0:nr a i h en er , t Yr y : An _g. theny, I wir, Y ,7 4:o ov d diii el iwm ir .al C r... har ad leis ike Patten, J. W. Fitzpatrick,F k i ,: : o rrr Fordyce , Former, Mathew e e A :, j .j . l): W .IV . Chichester . Perfect,l i e n i g i t ' o ' C I t:oI bent tl n ao . TILLTIII. Fox, Itichful M. Fox, W. J. Pinney, W. A Gardner, J. D. Power , Dr. xAmiult11:121:11:st 7S ) 119. Mackenzie, W. F. ru m h• T i. i 11'Naghton, Sir E. IIIN ID) 0 0 d i t in, l j n . 0 ;: d. . Duckworth, Str..T. Manners, Lord C. buncombe, 0. March, Earl of Du Pre, C G. Maxwell, Hon. J. I'. Ferrer, .111111eS Dieux, Sir Henry Yfolliott, J. Miles, Philip W. S. Filmer, sir,:r- Moody, C. A. Forbes, Willlain Mundy, E.M.. Fox, S. L. li eeld, John Frewen, C. 11. If ewdegitte, Y. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Hobert Gocch, E. S. Pigott, Francis Gordon, Admiral Plumptre,:J. P. Gore, W. 11. 0. Plowden, W. 11. Goring, Charles Prime, Richard Greenall, Gilbert Repton, U. W. J. Gwyn, 'Jewel Rushout, Captala Halo, R. B. Sanders, George Belford, iiir H. Seymer, Henry Key Marti% CaPtAl" Shirley, E. J. Heald, James Sibthorp, Colonel Heathcote, Sir IT• Sinollett, A. Ileneage, Edward Spooner, Richard Herries, Johu C. Stafford, Aitgustus Ilildyard, R. C. Stanley, Edward R ~.i idyt r d, T. B. T. Stuart, Henry Hood, Sir A. Stuart, J. Hope, Sir J. Taylor, T. E. Hotham, Lad Thetnhill, G. Hudson, George Trollops, Sir J. Inglis, Sir It. n• Yyse, R.*H. Ireland, Thomas J. Waddington, David Jaffe, Sir 'V G. H. Waddington, H. S. Jones, Sir W. Willoughby. Sir H. Jones, Captain Yorke, E. T. Knox, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel TILLERS. Long, W. Henley, J. W. Lowther, Henry Law, C. E. Lygo, General Adderley, C. Z. Alexander, N. A.rtaitlinott, Arkwright, George Bane, W. Bailey, Joseph Italdeck, E. y. Barrington, Lord Bein)ow, Jolua Bennet, P. Beresford, William Blackstone, W. Bolder°, Henry Belling, Willlan Bowles, Admiral Brackloy, Viscount Breuarldife, Richard Brooke, Lerd Brooke, Sir A. B. Bruce. Lord IC. Bruce, C. L. Buck, L. W. Bullet, °lir J. T. 'Sunbury, W. Burghley, Lord Carew„W. I'. Chaplin, W. J. Chichester, Lord J. Chohneley, Sir M. Christopher, It. Christy, Samuel Cobbold, John C. Cocks, lhomas S. Codrington, Sir W. Cole, 11. A. Colyile, C. B. Compton, H. C. Conolly, Colonel Cotton, W. li. Deedes, W. , Docrin, Jolla P. MAGAZINES, Sce (CONTINUED). DOUGLAS JERROLD'S MAGAZINE. " Twiddlethumb Town " is capital. The editor has manifestly been inspiring of late the atmosphere breathed by the giant Gargantua and the eccentric :,nd inimitable Pantagruel. There is only one thing ~ vitinn our recollection at all comparable to Twiddle thumb Town, and that is Clovernook. Douglas Jerrold could alone have imagined to himself the unctions visage and jovial paunch of his Reverence the Hermit of Bellyful, and no one but Douglas Jerrold could by any possibility have conceived his Highness the Duke de Bobs. Then his commentary on the Posset March, that wonderful piece of instrumentation which was de scriptive "in sound" of every incident of man's life, from the cradle to the bier, from the midwife to the undertaker—" the flute cooing in long clothes ; the fife screeching at the nurse ; the fiddle running alone ; the drum tumbling down ; the clarionet squalling ; the bassoon grumbling over sugar to make all well again !" Well may he exclaim at last, "It is a wonderful composition, sir, the Posset March !" Add to this the history of " Melon-and-Pepper," the Duke's own newspaper, and that incidental sentence addressed to the reader sotte voce—" You, sir, are scholar enough to know that the first newspaper published was the Sybil's leaves, rery irregularly dt li vered by the winds atthe Guthman beershops." Pignutz, the editor of the Melon and-Pepper, is an outline so exquisitely caustic that we suspect it to be a por traiture—the writer speaks of him in a tone that is throughout a snarl. Speaking of the ridiculous cus tom of firing guns in commemoration of the birth of the babes of great personages, Douglas Jerrold starts a merry notion, which we transcribe. Why should not man, says he, announce his more important doings with the blast of gunpowder ? " He ought, on all occasions, to season his triumphs with the relish of saltpetre. Philosophers and sages are thought so little of because of their silence. To be taciturn is, we take it, to be contemptible. Astronomy herself has suffered much from the neglectful quietude of those Rho minister to her. " A new star is discovered. Another diamond known upon the frontlet of Eternity. Unborn millions are inheritors of the glory of its knowledge. And no guns are tired ; there is no noise, no heart delighting rever beration. None. Wisdom is brought a bed, and there is no salvo to proclaim the little stranger. " We think this very wrong of the world at large ; and very foolish of wisdom herself. We are convinced of it : she loses more than she can count by such sim plicity. Hence, contemplating anew the use and beauty of noise, we would have all colleges mounted with a cer tain number of brass ordnance : to the end, that all proctors, and fellows, and students, might make known in the most glorious—that is in the most thundering— manner the triumphs of their solitary hours. " Imagine, all the sons of Alma Mater roused up in their shirts, at dead night—bounced out of their beds— by the first gun, the first of a round dozen, that should announce to all the foundation that the true reading of a long fought-for Greek text was at length discovered! " And Metaphysics should have the use of the battery, and with ready lighted fusee be prepared, at least every other night, to wake the college. " Indeed, every science should hare free access to the brass battery, with unlimited supply of powder, to make known every birth of every truth, though the smallest seven month babyling. To bo sure, now and then, there might arise a difference—a quarrel ;so many dis coverers requiring to blaze away at the same t►me. This dilemma, however, might be prevented by some iron rules to be, after the manner of an ostrich, well digested. " And batteries once mounted upon the colleges, pri vate students might, in due course, be allowed the use of rejoicing, glorifying gunpowder. As thus, sir. You are a sculptor. Why, for these two years your heart has been pulsating in that bit of marble ; whence, by degrees, the vans of cupid have unfolded themselves — that chrystal lump of stone warmed with your daily doings into winged life. The arms and legs break from the block—the body throbs from it—the clustering ringlets are shaken out—and the soul dawns upon the Cupid's face, as light steals upon the lily. " And now, sir, wherefore should you not be permit ted to firs a wily° in honour of your marble child ? Your immortal bit of Parian, laughing at death I' Still, your laughing baby, when unborn great-great-grand fathers are crumbling into dust ? And yet, sir, you are not to he permitted to have a few pounds of powder for your infant's glorification. Happily, it is otherwise with with thelßabies of Dukes." Among the miscellaneous contributions to Douglas Jerrold's Magazine, one of the most excellent is the disquisition on the " Gods of Greece," that fertile field of antique poetry. " how Soldiers are made in Prussia" should be read with particular curiosity now that the militia movement has set the minds of all Englishmen a-soldiering. Several other papers are in the number quite werthy of the periodical. DOMBEY AND SON. No. XVIII. By Charles Dickens. In the fifty-fifth chapter " Rob the Grinder" loses his place in this wise :—Mr. Carker flies in a panic from Dijon, hurries through Paris, through Boulogne to England ; after stopping at a little secluded station on one of the railways, he walks out in the grey of the morning—suddenly beholds to his horror the face of Mr. Dombey—recoils—and then— " He heard a shout—another—saw the face change from its vindictive passion to a faint sickness and terror —felt the earth tremble—knew in a moment that the rush was come—uttered a shriek—looked round—saw the red eyes, bleared and dim, in the daylight, close upon him—was beaten down, caught up, and whirled away upon a jagged mill, that spun him round and round, and struck him limb from limb, and licked his stream of life up with its fiery heat, and cast his mutilated fragments in the air." lie is thus destroyed by a railway engine ; and we hear no more of the horrified merchant in the present number. Before we proceed to the other revelations of the story, we must transcribe one passage—a pas sage admirably truthful of a hurried journey in a phaeton-and-four through a continental country:— ",The monotonous ringing of the bells and tramping of the horses; the monotony of his anxiety and useless rage; the monotonous wheel of fear, regret, and passion, he kept turning round and round; made the journey like a vision, in which nothing was quite real but his own torment. " It was a vision of long roads, that stretched away to an horiz.m, always receding and never gained; of ill paved towns, up hill and down, where faces came to dark doors and ill-glazed windows, and where rows of mud bespattered cows and oxen were tied up for sale in the long narrow streets, butting and lowing, and receiving blows on their blunt heads from bludgeons that might have beaten them in; of bridges, crosses, churches,post yards, new horses being put in against their wills, and the horses of the last stage reeking, panting, and laying their drooping heads together dolefully at stable doors; of little cemeteries with black crosses settled sideways in the graves, and withered wreaths upon them dropping away; again of long, long roads, dragging themselves out, up hill and down, to the treacherous horizon. Of morning, noon, and sunset; nig ht, and the rising of an early moon. Of long roads temporarily le ft behind, and a rough pavement reached; of battering and clattering over it, and looking up, among house-roofs, at a great church tower; o f getting out and eating hastily, and drinking draughts of wine that had no cheering influence; of coming forth afoot, among a host of beggars—blind men with quivering eyelids, led by old women holding candles to their faces; idiot girls ; the lame, the epileptic, and the palsied—of passing through the clamour, and looking from his seat at the upturned countenances and outstretched hands, with a hurried dread of recognising some pursuer pressing forward—of galloping away again, upon the long, long road, gathered up, dull and stunned in his corner, or rising to see where the moon shone faintly on a patch of the same endless road miles away, or looking back to see who followed. " Of never sleeping, but sometimes dozing with un closed eyes, and springing up with a start, and a reply aloud to an imaginary voice. Of cursing himself for being there, for having fled, for having lot her go, for not having confronted and defied him. Of having a deadly quarrel with the whole world, but chiefly with himself. Of blighting everything with his black mood as he was carried on and away. " It was a fevered vision of things past and present all confounded together; of his life and journey blended into one. Of being madly hurried somewhere, whither he must go. Of old scenes starting up among the novel ties through which he travelled. Of musing and brooding over what was past and distant, and seeming to take no notice of the actual objects he encountered, but with a wearisome e xhaustingeonciousnesa of being bewildered by them, a nd having their images all crowded in his hot brain after they were gone. " A vision of change upon change, and still the same monotony of bells and wheels, and horses' feet, and no rest. Of town and country, post-yards, horses, drivers, hill and valley, light and darkness, road and pavement, height and hollow, wet weather and dry, and still the same monotony of bells and wheels, and horses' feet, and no rest. A vision of tending on, at last, towards the distant capital, by busier roads, and sweeping round, by old cathedrals, and dashing through small towns and villages, less thinly scattered on the road than formerly, and sitting shrouded in his corner, with his cloak up to his face, as people passing by looked at him. " Of rolling on and on, always postponing thought, and always racked with thinking; of being unable to reckon up the hours he had been upon the road, or to ' comprehend the points of time and Of being parched and giddy , and half mad. Of pressing on, in spite of all, as if ho could n ot sto p , an d coining into Paris, where the turbid rive r held its swift course undisturbed, between two brawling streams of life and motion. place in his journy . " A troubled vision, then , of bridges, qu!tys, inter. minable streets; of wino shops, water-carriers, great crowds of people, soldiers , coaches, military drums, arcades. Of the monotony of bells and wheels and horses' feet being at length lost in the universal din and uproar. Of the gradual subsidence of that noise as he passed out in another carriage, by a different barrier from that by which he bad entered. Of the restoration, as he travelled on towards the sea-coast, of the mo notony of bells, and wheels, and horses' feet, and no rest. "Of sunset once again, and nightfall. Of long roads again, and dead of night, and feeble lights in windows by the road-side; and still the old monotony of bells, and wheels, and horses feet, and no rest. Of dawn, and 'daybreak, and the rising of the sun. Of toiling slowly up a hill, and feeling on its top the fresh sea-breeze; and seing the morning light upon the edges of the distant waves. Of coming down into a harbour wht,:, e tide , was at its full, and seeing fishing-boats float in, and wad women and children waiting for them. (if nets and seamen's clothes spread out to dry upon the shore; of busy sailors, and their voices high among ships' masts and rigging; of the buoyancy and brightness of the water, and the universal sparkling. Of receding from the coast, and looking back upon it from the d. ek when it was a haze upon the wattr, with here and there a little opening of bright land where the sun struck. Of the swell, and flash, and murmur of the calm rea. Of another grey line on the oceav, on the vessel's track, fast growing clearer and higher. Ot cliffs, and buildings, and a windmill, and a church, becoming more and more visible upon it. Of steaming on at last into smooth water, and mooring to a pier whence groups of people looked down, greeting friends on board. Of disembarking, passing among them quickly, shunning every one; and of being at last again in England." The cows splashed with mud, and " receiving blows on their blunt heads from bludgeons that might have beaten them in," is eminently Boz-like : also the " bellowing and clattering" over the city pavement. In the succeeding chapters Florence and Walter get married to the delight of Captain Cuttle, of Miss sipper (who has come up from the country to attend her old mistress for a time), of Mrs. Richards, other wise Polly Toodles (who is engaged as a temporary assistant), of old Soll Gills (who returns suddenly one evening from his travels in search of his " nevy "), even of good Mr. Toots (who magnanimously swal• lows his jealousy, declaring it to be " not of the slightest consequence"), but to the inextinguishable disgust of the Game Chicken who had expected to be called upon to " double somebody up," and, regard ing Mr. Toots's conduct as mean, leaves him and sets up in the public line. All these things are told in capital style as only Dickens can tell th€m, and the number closes with the departure of the young mar ried couple aboard a vessel on a voyage to China. HOOD. One of the ablest numbers of Hood that has ap- peared for a considerable time—several of the con tributions being of superior excellence. As yet we cannot exactly perceive how " The Times ; or, Mo dern Philosophy," can be called by the editor a novel. A curiosity it unquestionably is, but beyond that we are unable to speak until the narrative is more developed. " The Treasure Seeker of Herculaneum," by Horace St. John, is a graceful imagination; and the " Noetes Dramaticm," is a pleasant contribution though one headed by rather a dangerous title, as one instituting a formidable comparison with the ever famous and delectable " Noctes Ambrosiante." Among the other papers for March we must particu larise the continuation of the " Reminiscenses of a Retired Surgeon," although that again is a theme which in its name excites a perillous comparison ith the memorable" Diary of a Late Physician." In the general arrangement of the magazine there is, altogether, a decided improvement. THE METROPOLITAN. An extremely sententious but sound and clever essay on " The Fictitious and Popular Literature of the Day," is contained in the number of the Metropolitan for March, penned by a contributor who modestly con ceals his name under his initials." A Few Thoughts on Wine" are decidedly thoughts of flavour—they might impart a relish to a dish of walnuts, and a jug of claret. " Clarendon" is the serial tale of the Metro • politan, and is continued with spirit, though the writer is occasionally given to a rather undue amount of prolixity. " Marmaduke Hutton," in like manner, affords an agreeable half-hour's reading, though we are more than doubtful that the mind of the reader during that half-hour would be rather entertained than ripened. THE MAN IN THE MOON. Under the facetious editorship of Angus B. Reach (Albert Smith having withdrawn from his literary partnership in the undertaking) :The Man in the Mon progresses ridiculously well. The adven tures of, Mr. Touchango Jones are pursued with a grotesque pencil, by fline—so, at least, we imagine, from the very laughable sketch of Bones, and the exquisite fdenouement in which the hero becomes the King of Quashybungo. As a Fancy Portrait, the woddcut,of a red Indian, tatooed frightfully, with an inkstand as a top-knot, two quill pens decorating his ears, a tomahawk in his girdle, and a scho lastic bludgeon in his hand, Mr. Walter Savage Landor is correct. One capital definition we must give—it is the word "muff" "A muff is a thing which holds a young lady's hand without squeezing it." That is a Letter definition, we take it, than could have been given by Johnson or Boyer. " Mr. Chisholm Anstey's Dream" is the best thing in the number. The third black sketch in it, is inimi table—a very calotype of the Foreign Secretary. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW. A spirited defence of the Dissenters from the charge of ignorance commences the March number of the Eclectic, though the defence is tempered with recom mendations as to the improvement of the literature sup ported by that portion of the Christian world in Eng land. A review of " Richardson's Travels in the Sahara" is followed by an indifferent criticism on the splendid work of the Republican statesman Lamartine —" The History of the Girondists." In a foot-note we observe that the eloquent and noble Christian, the Count de Montalembert—Le jeune homine—is spoken of as a bigetted Legitimist,,when only a few days back that young orator gave in his adhesion to the Provi sional Government. These blunders, however, arising from virulence of religious opinion, are amply com pensated by the generous and enlightened commen tary upon the Jewish Disabilities Bill, with which the Eclectic concludes. LE FOLLET. Another number (the eighteenth) of Le Follet t only confirms us in the opinion we have already frequently expressed, that it is wholly without a competitor. The plates are beautifully engraved, sketched, coloured, and printed, and are worthy of preservation as delicate illustrations of the female costumes of civilized life. DAVIDSON'S CLASSICAL ATLAS. So many maps have already appeared illustrative of modern and antique geography, that we cannot but look with considerable incredulity upon a prospectus or a title-page which arrogates to any new publica tion of the like kind a decided superiority over its predecessors. Here, however, is an atlas upon " an entirely new plan," and such a plan as must secure to it the approbation of even the most fastidious. We do not recollect ever to have seen a volume of maps so remarkable for neatness, compactness, and accu racy. The whole is comprised in eighteen plates, in which plates the ancient and modern names of places are given together. This is accomplished, moreover, without the slightest confusion, the difference being rendered perceptible by a brilliant dissimilarity of colour—the ancient names being printed in red ink, and the modern names in black. At one glance, therefore, the student may obtain from " Davidson's Classical Atlas" a knowledge of the relative position of the spots mentioned in the Greek and Latin autho rities and those which are now-a-days recognizable in the eastern hemisphere. THE OLD PALACE. (FOR music.) Oh, the Palace looked so great and grand, When its walls stood up in giant pride ; When it held the highest in the land, And its triumph gates were flinging wide ; When its turrets bore the bannered stair, And the court-yard rung with the prancing hoof; When the dancing strain and the revel laugh Went merrily up to the spanning roof. Oh, the Palace was a noble place, In its palmy days of strength and grace. Tower and terrace have fallen low, And the banquet hall is dimly seen Through ivy and bine-weed that twine as they go, In shadowy folds of grey and green. Ages have blotted the sculptured crest, The wind sings through the portal of stone ; It stands like an eagle's forsaken nest, Dreary and desolate, mournful and lone. The sun of its brightness for ever has set, But the brave old Palace is beautiful yet. We may see a heart as grand and rare, stand like the Palace in its prime ; Rich in all that is noble and fair, Till stricken by Grief, as the Palace by Time. We may see the moss of a blighted trust Creeping aruund its pillars of joy ; But amid the ruin, the gloom, and the dust, There's a glory abiding that nought can destroy— For the true Heart is great in its lonely decay/ As the Palace is grand in its passing away. —Weekly Dispatch. ELIZA COOK. THE LOST GAME. At cards a sly and an old man played With a nation across the sea, And oaths were taken, and bets were made As to whose the game should be. They played solong, and they played so well, It was difficult to scan If the sly old man should the people " sell," Or the people the sly old man. The people were " flush" of " clubs" and "spades" And play ed as if in despair ; And " diamonds" he had, in all their grades, But never a " heart" was there. The last " heat" came of the game I sing, And the people played pele•m6lo ; But the old man lost, tho' be played the " king, For he played the " knave" as welL_Pu'ch• ROBBERY AT MONK FRYSTONE HALL.—On Mon day night, or early on Tuesday morning, Monk Fry stone Hall, Yorkshire, the residence of Manes, Esq., father of Mr. Mines, M.P., was broken into by thieves, who succeeded in carrying away nearly the whole of the silver plate belonging to the family. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—The new packet- ship Richard Allsop arrived to-day from New York, with 14,0004 iu specie on freight. tr 4 2-4 , itei _ , COURT (.IRCU /it. 7- 7 1 t.' , ?>, ~,N --., \-1 The Queen and Prince Albert t rl, : airing in an • l' - ‘ , open carriage and four yesterday. 2i4\E t cjiierries in •-',..' '.41 W:.iting, C9lonel the lion. C. B. !iipasin , l C , J;441:1 :-7... 1y 1 I.;ouverie, were in attendance on lioAeb4 3:j -. , , Hii Ro3al Highness Prince Albtir j rßem.: .1 .: _ ,. horseback 3 esterday, and v isit e d his . RTai-IlistruAltriihr the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. Her Royal Highness the Duches% of Glow, r t ~k an airn.g► yesterday. in a carriage. Sir Edmund Head hid an interview w;th Grey yesterday. Mr. Hume, M.P., had also an in terview with the Noble Earl, at the Colonial-office. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home. office. A deputation from Liverpool, on the Health of Towns Bill, accompanied by Mr. Cardwell, and con sist the following gentlemen, viz.:—Mr. Lane, Mr. 'l'inne, Mr. Shuttleworth, aLd Newlands, had an interview with Viscount Moi peth yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioner of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall place. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MAncu S.—At a corigre! , ation holden this day, Inc following; degrees were conFerred:— Hon: rary Master of Arts—Lord Alwyne 'Compton, Trinity College. Bachelors of Arts— Julius Ark wright, Thomas Davies, F. J. B. Prile, and S. T. Pettigrew, Trinity College; F. J. Freemai:, Ambrose Jones, John Lloyd, and C. J. W. Ord. St John's College; D. W. Cameron, and S. F. Rippeng.all, Peterhouse College; S. G. Wood, Clare Hall; C. S. Johnson, Cahis College; E. Hawkins, and F. G. Wilson, Corpus College; (7. B. Kerr, Queen's College; Edmund Pain, Emanuel College. Richard Jones Hobson, M. 8., of Trinity College, Dublin, was admitted ad eundem gradurn. Craven Scholars—Out of about sixty candidates, the fo _ owing ge riflemen have been elected to fill the two vacancies for which the examination has lately con cluded:—Russell Day, King's College; Richard Elwyn. Trinity College. University Funds—The following notice has been just issued:—The Syndicate appointed to consider whether any satisfactory plan can be devised for increasing the pecuniary resources of the University, so as to produce an annual surplus income sufficient to admit of the exe cution, from time to time, of works of general improve• merit connected with the usefulness and splendour of the University, having made a report to the Senate on December 10, 1847, the Vice-Chancellor gives notice that on Wednesday, the 23d instant, a Grace will be offered to the Senate to confirm the said report. FALL OF RAILWAY ARCHES AT MANCHESTER.— Yesterday morning seven out of thirteen brick arches, forming part of a viaduct erecting on the north-eastern side of Manchester, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, to connect the linos of that company with the London and North-Western line at Ardwick, gave way and fell about ten o'clock. Eight of the thir teen arches had been erected before the commencement of the winter, and had stood till now, with the centres in them; the centres, however, being required for a conti nuous portion of the viaduct, of which the abutments had been run up, a number of men had been set to work during the last few weeks to build in the spandrills at the top, between the arches, and to throw on the ballast for the purpose of consolidating the work. They had pro ceeded with the work to yesterday morning, and had taken out the centres from six arches, commencing at a heavy stone abutment (intended for a bridge over Ashton old road) and running eastwards towards Ardwick, without any reason to doubt the solidity and firmness of the work. They then, about ten o'clock, removed the centres from the seveati or central arch, and had not completed doing so mere than a few moments before the arch sprung upwards from the centre and fell. The whole of the six arches northward, from which the centres had been taken, also fell immediately afterwards, leaving only the stone abutment of the intended bridge over the road standing, and the six arches at the other end, from under which the centres had not been taken. The contractors are Messrs. Noell, Hemingway, and Co., and the loss to them, supposing they are respon sible for the whole, will be about 1,000/. It was a fortunate circumstance that the whole of the workmen at the time were standing on the other arches, from which the centerings had not been removed. They all escaped. The strength of the masonry was within half a brick of that usually adopted for arches of the same kind, and it is tho'tgbt was quite equal to the purposes for which the line was constructing, and the accident is attributed to want of scientific knowledge or judgment in the ballasting at the top of the masonry. The New League, announced by Mr. Cobden in the House of Commons, is the subject of very general conversation in Lancashire. It is to secure " Liberty, Peace, and Freedom of Trade." The committee is to be the executive council of the late Anti-Corn-law League, and its objects are defined:to be :—" To aid in carrying out, to the fullest extent, the principles of free trade ; to relieve industry, by procuring the removal of all indirect taxes, and substituting others more rational and just ; to procure the abolition of the laws of entail and primogeniture ; to procure a more fair and equi table representation of the people in the House of Cox mens ; to obtain justice for the people of Ireland ; to improve the character of our army and navy, by securieg to merit and long service a fair and legitimate re ard or promotion ; to guard against our ever again being plunged into a bloody and expensive war, through the dangerous and unconstitutional tendency of our aristocrats to interfere in the affairs of other nations." UNPOPULARITY OF THE INCOME-TAX.--The late proposition of the Ministry to increase the income-tax has not subsided with the abandonment of the measure so far as Manchester is concerned, and the course taken by Mr. Milner Gibson in supporting Government by his votes on various questions (that of the income-tax being the principal one) has given such offence to many of the electors that serious thoughts are entertained of asking him to resign. The following is the copy of a placard which appeared on the walls of Manchester yesterday :ea.' Electors of Manchester ! at the last elec tion Mr. Milner Gibson pledged himself to resign his seat whenever his votes should be deemed adverse to the interests of his constituents, if' called upon to do so by a majority of those who returned him. During the present session of Parliament he has voted against the repeal of the window-tax, against Mr. Hurne's motion that a re duction of taxation is required for the trading ar.d indus trious classes of the community ; against Mr. Horsman's motion to reduce the odious income-tax ; he voted in favour of the grant of 1,100,0001. for the Kafir war. Men of Manchester ! this is the first time since you pos sessed the power of sending representatives that on the vital question of taxation you have been misre presented in the House of Commons. Electors ! if you wish to see the taxes reduced, sign a requisition to Mr. Milner Gibson, calling upon him to resign the trust he has betrayed. Daisnrur, ExrLosroN. -- FOUR LIVES LOST.— We regret that an accident, attended with loss of life, took place yesterday morning, at the Malleable Iron Works of Messrs. Murrays and Buttery, the Monkland Iron Company, near Holytown. The river Calder passes there through the deep ravine ; on the right bank a rolling-mill was erected about five years ago, and to meet the increased demands in railways, another was erected and put in operation during last summer. It is understood to be the strongest in Scotland, and of a very powerful description. Both mills were in full operation, and all hands were at work in both mills at seven o'clock yesterday morning, when suddenly a fearful explosion was heard. It proved to be the great boiler of one of the steam engines, about 80 horse power, of the new rolling mill. The boiler was blown into the air; and, flying across the river, it descended through the roof of the older mill, spreading devastation all around. Mr. Buttery was instantly at the spot, and sent for medical aid, and gave prompt directions for everything useful for the relief of the surviving sufferers. The Sheriff and Procurator Fiscal of the Airdrie district were also sent for to investigate the causes of the accident. Four dead bo lies were found much mangled, and several other men received severe injuries. The man in charge of the boiler is unhurt.---Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY IN 1 CHURCHYARD. —Yesterday, Mr. Bedford held an adjourned inquest, in the Board-room of St. James's workhouse, Poland street, Oxford-street, on the body of a new-born female child, which was discovered in the churchyard of St. James's, Piccadilly, under the following extraordinary circumstances: —Margaret Wyatt, vestry-keeper of St. James's Church, stated that about a quarter-past six o'clock on the morning of the 21st ult., she was going to her daily duties, when, in passing through the church yard she observed a brown paper parcel carefully tied up, lying beneath one of the vestry windows. She went and picked it up, but finding that it was unusually heavy she replaced it, until the arrival of Holland, the gravedigger, when it was opened, and found to contain the body of a full grown child; the body was carefully wrapped in a piece of new white calico, and a sheet of wadding, and to the former was pinned a note, evidently written by a female, bearing the following address:—" To the finder, and pray do as directed in this paper." On opening it a half-sovereign fell out; its contents were as follows: " Dear Christian, whosoever you are, that may find this dear little innocent, will also find ten shillings with it; please to get a box and bury it. It had no fault, and knew no sin." Mr. French, surgeon, said that the child had breathed, but it was possible it may have died in the birth from protracted labour. The inquiry was ad journed iu order to trace the guilty parties. - Yesterday, on the re• assembling of the jury, Inspector Squires, who had bad the case in hand, informed the Coroner that he had been unable to procure any further information in the case; and, at the surgestion of the Coroner the jury returned a verdict of " Found dead. CLOSING OF THE MENDICITY SOCIETY FROM THII FATAL EFFECTS OP Tvriturs FEVER.—Yesterday the managers of the Mendicity Society in Red Lion-square were obliged to close their offices in Red Lion-square, together with their corn-mills and stone -breaking yards for the employment of the destitute poor, which are situate in New Ormond -street, Queen -square, in con sequence of the prevalence o f typhus fever, which had been caught from some of the wretched and numerous applicants who have lately besieged the office for relief. All the numerous officers connected with the establish ment have been More or less severely attacked, and Mr. W. Knyvett, who for many years has been the indefati gable manager of the institution, has fallen a victim, having died from the fever on Tuesday afternoon. To prevent further loss of life and the spread of infection, by the advice of the medical attendants, the establishment has been closed until it can, consistently with public safety, be re-opened. This temporary closing will in itself be deeply felt by the destitute poor, as between 500 and 600, men, women, and children, have been daily fed, and work found for many more at the mills and storm. yards. i