The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-14 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION HORTICULTURAL SO WET Y. The second of the three fetes give:i during the fa ghionahle season by this S Jciety took place on Satur day afternoon tit their grounds at Chiswick. The corn pziy amonnted, it was said, to between 9,00A0 and 10,000. The Marquis of Normanby and many individual members of the beau monde were present, but the general cvla latne assemblv was not quite so fashionable as usual. • collecztc.T. 7f roses sal pelargoniums was very beau • The band of the Life Guards and Blues played during the course of the afternoon several overtures and airs, and marched the company out with " God save the Queen." We sub'oin a list of the successful competitors " for the Society's prizes . AWARD OF THE JUDGES, No._ 1. _ _ Pints.—Silver Knightian, Mr. C. Knight; Silver Bankzian, Mr. bridge'; N. Silver Knightian, Mr. Forman; Silver Banksian, Mr. Wilmer. Pelargoniums—Large Collection.—Gold Banksian, Mr. Cock ; Silver. .Knightian, Mr. Butelie:, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence ; N. G _ old Banksian, Mr. Catleugh ; Large Silver, Mr. Gaines. Pelargoniums—Small Collection.—Large Silver, Mr. Cock ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Hunt, gardenerto Miss Train; N. Large Silver, Mr. Uaticugh ; Silver Knightisn, Mr. Gaine4. Roses in Coltections.—Gold Bank4an, Mr. Milne ; Large Silver, .Mr. Fleming; Silver Knightiaa, A Howland, Esq. ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Weir, gardener to Coulthurst, ; N. Gold Banksian, Mr Wood and Son, and Mr. Rivers ; S. Large Silver, Mr. Paul and Son, and Mr. Cobbett ; N. Silver Knightian, Mr. Lane and Son; N. Silver Banksian, Mr. Hooker and Mr. Wilmer. Herbaceous Caleeolarias.—Large Silver, Mr. Green, gar dener to Sir E. Antrobus; Silver Knightiau, Mr. Watson, gardener to J. Wells, Esq. ; N. Large Silver, Mr. Catleugh ; N. Silver Knightian, Mr. Gaines. Shrubby Calceolatias.—Large Silver, Mr. Green ; Slyer Kni;htian, Mr. Watson, gardener to J. Was, Esq. ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Barnes;N. Large Silver, Mr. Gaines ; N. Silver Knightian,Mr. eatleugh. Miscellaneous Florist Flowers.—Large Silver, Mr. Green; Silver Knightlan, Mr. Porter ; Silver Banksian, Messrs. Mit chell, Watson, jun., Bridges, Norman, and Catleugh. AWARD OF THE JUDGES, No. Stove and Greenhouse Plants, in Collections of from Fifty to Sixty Plaats.—Gold Knightians, Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Autrubus, and Mr. Butcher, gardener to Mrs. Law rence ; Goi l Banksian, Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Trail'. Stove and Greenhouse Plants, in Collections of from Fif -16.1.10 Twenty Plants.—Gold Banksian, Mr. karnes, gardener Its Norman, Esq. ; New Large Silver, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Young. Stove and Greenhouse Plants, in Collections of Sii Plants. ..-Large Silver, Mr. Feconer ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Bruce ; Banksian, Mr. Barnes. Mlicellaneous, net Florist, Flowers.— Silver Knightian, Mr. Yllam ; Silver Panksians, Mr. Green and Mr. Rivers. AWARD OF THE JUDGES, No. Fruit, Miacellaneous Collections of—Gold JBanksian, Mr. Davts, gardaner to Sir S. Clarke ; Large S.lver, Mr. Bruin, Bardener to Mr. Gunter, and Mr. Davis, gardener to Lord oston. Grapes—Large Silver, Mr. J. Wilmot ; Silver Knightians, Mr. Chapman, and Mr. Dowson, gardener to W. Leaf, Esq. Pine Apples—Large Silver, Mr. Judd, gardener to G. Knott, Esq. ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Floud, gardener to Sir J. J. Guest, Bart. ; Silver Dowson. Y/aches or Nectarinc, , , in Dishes of Six Specimens—Silver KnAhtian, Mr. Foggo, gardener to the Marqu:s of Abercorn ; Silver Barksian, Mr. Tilley, gardener to the Duke of Portland. Miocellancaus Articles—Silver Knightians, Mr. Chapman and Mr. Lister ; Silver Banksians, Messrs. Foggo, Myatt, Sno*, Richard Brook, Esq., and Bruce. AWARD OF THE JUDGES, No. IV. Cape Heaths, Twenty Species.—Gold Krightian, Mr. Barnes ; Large Silver, Mr. Butcher ; N. Silver Knigitian, Mr. Jackson. Cape Heaths' Six Species.—Gold Banksian, Mr. May, garner to E. Gdodhart, Eaq. ; Large Silver, Mr. Bruce ; Sliver Knightian, Mr. Barnes. Tall Cacti, in Flower.—Silver Knightian, Mr. Upright ; Silver Ban.!-.:4:tn, Mr. Falconer. AWARD OF THE JUDGES, No. V. Collectin; of Six Species of Exotic orchidaeew.—Gold Knightian, Mr. Mylam ; Large Silver, Mr. Insleay, gardener to G. Ba7ker, F. 41,; Silver Knightian, Mr. Barnes, ardener to G. Tiorrnan, ;N. Gold Knightian, Mews: Itollisson. Exotic OrchiJaeeas of Three Species.—Gold Banksian, Mr. Mylam ; Large Silver, Mr. Butcher ; N. Silver Knightian, Mr. W. Masters: . . Exotic Orchidaceaa.—Single Specimens of New and Hand some Species.—Large Silver, Mr. Insieay. Exotic OrchidacKe, Single Specimens.—Large Silver, Mr. Craggs and Mr. Mylam ; Silver Knightian, J. Jarratt, Esq. ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Bruce, gardener to B. Miller, Esq. Ornamental Plants, whether Old or New, in Fiower.—Large Silver, Mr. Falconer; Silver Knightian, Mr. Dickson; Silver Banksiaris, Mr. Bruce and Mr. Mountjoy. New Ornamental Plants, Single Specimens.—Large Silver, ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Yeiteh ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Youn&. 151.11CIDZ BY A OF FOR. TUNE. On Friday evening,. a Jury composed of the principal inhabitants of the towa , was impannelled before Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner f or th s ? eastern division of Surrey, at the Greyhound Inn, Croy don, for the purpose of in quiring into the circumstances .lonnected with the death of Mrs. Mary Russell, residing z - ,.t Croydon, who de stroyed herself by taking a quantty of arsenic and laudanum. The Jury, having been sworn, p roceect icd to the man sion of the decagett,_ to view her remain The de ceased lady appeared to have been a fine haL•dsome wo man, apparently about fifty years of age. This part of their duty having been performed, they returnee! to the inn, where the following evidence was 'adduced, Me` 4s rs• J. and W. Drummoad, the Solicitors, being present (:`. O watcl, the proceedings on the part of the family of the deceased lady:— Harriet Giles, the ladies' maid to the family, deposed that she had been in the service of the deceased for some time. On Monday merlin.. last the deceased lady w e nt out, about eleven o'clock in the morning, which was rather an unusual occurance, and returned in about half an hour. On the Tuesday morning witness took up some water to her mistress's bed-room, and she told her that she felt unwell, and that she should not get up,. but wished to have her breakfast sent up to her. Witness, accordingly, shortly afterwards, took the deceased some chocolate, and she observed that she drank it rather hastily, and in a short time after witness had left the room the bell was rung, and she went up stairs to her mistress, and she or dered her to send her daughter upstairs immediately, and witness then observed that her mistress had been vomiting in a basin that was by the bed-side. Miss - nussell went up to her mother's bed-room ind im mediately afterwards the bell was rung violently, and a footman was ordered to be despatched for a surgeon, and Mr. Neville, of Croydon, arrived soon afterwards. The witness then proceeded to detail va rious incoherent acts committed by the deceased fer some time prior to the melancholy occurrence, and her evidence left very little doubt as to the state of mind of the un happy lady. Mr. Neville, surgeon, of Croydon, deposed, that on Tuesday morning, in consequence of information he re eeived he went to the house of the deceased and found her in bed, and apparently in an almost exhausted condi tion. Miss Russell, the deceased's daughter, then in fornrid him that her mother had taken poison. He then 4ldressefl the deceaged r and said he hoped that what her daughter had said was not true ; and she replied " Yes, it is true," Witness asked herwhat she had taken, and she "arsenic." The deceased at this time did not ap pear to be in any pain, and witness knowing that the character of arsenic was oto occasion excruciating pain, doalited, at first, whether she had really taken poison of t3,iat description. He administered some stimulants to the deceased, and did all that he could for her, but she gradually sank, and died on the following morning. A paper with the word "poison" on it was afterwards shown to him. Witness, assisted by another medical gentleman, made a post-mortem examination of the body, and then discovered traces of both arsenic and laudanum, and the death of the deceased was no doubt occasioned by those poisons. The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased de stroyed herself by taking poison while in a state of tem porary derangement. AN INFERNAL MACHINE. (Feolil the Gazette des Tribunaux.) BOUL.:)CNE, JtiNE . 4.—A discovery which is still en. velopA in mystery has seriously disturbed o ur c i ty t h ese two (lays. The day before yesterday, June 2, the - racket from London came into port about nine o'clock atnight, having on board eighty passengers , who successively - were searched, as customary, at the Custom-house. The last carried a kind of straw hand-basket, the inside of which, having 1 , -ea cautiously examined , was found to contain: • enveloped with much care, a sort of infernal machine, a six-barrelled pistol, the model of a fort, some powder, some halls, and a few detonating caps adapted to the use of these fire-arms. In consequence of this discovery, the Rwenamed articles were seized and forwarded to the Procurear da Roi, and the individual in whose possession they were found was apprehended and incarcerated. The Procureur du Roi and his deputy immediately com menced an investigation of the affair, and the passenger was subjected to a long and minute examination, in the coarse of which only this transpired :—The prisoner says his name is Israel Levy Lilly crass, armourer, at Bridgwater. He invented the machine and the pistol, and completed them last February • was now on his road to Pari s , w i t h t h e i n t en ti on of Offering the deadly weapons for sale to the French Government. He appears aged about twentv-five or twenty-six, and is dressed like, and has the gait Of, a working man. Only two shillings were found upon his person. This a description of the machine and the pistol. The former is composed. of an iron plate, from eight to nine centimetres lon.. by wide. One side is bound with wood, and up on the- other, opp os it e , are fixed fifteen bar rels, live in a TOW hammers are discharged by means of - three detonating oun' ammers, the trigger of which is wri nice. The plate which supports the barrels is a little hollowed, and, to fie o. lt . „ it must be placed againA the breast, after suspendiu, a i n T ou t the neon by a brace. The barrels are very shoe under a loose dress. The'y ar ,in s o o a i y . p4 b 3 e in e tn il a Y s c to on fi c 3 e r a m led a circ!e of lire. The six barrels the f pistol are placed one above the other, in pai rs , and are fired by means of two hammers, being placed so that. the fire may cross. On Saturday, at the Kensington Police -court, Inf•li. - inaster, a noy twelve years of age, was ye exiimiiled on a charge of having stolen 621. from his master, Mr. Todd, a cheesemonger, in the High -street. 3,4:r. Todd : , 11.41 , ti from his cash-box a bank-note end twelve sovereigns. He suspected the prisoner at the time of being the guilty party, and on afterwards ascer taining that he had been treating other boys and been drunk hifuself, he informed the police, who took him into clo.ody.ll e said he had picked up a purse in Portobello- Notting-hill, containing a 50/. note and twelve sore -reigns, which he had given to his father, but when locked u t p at th e station-house. he acknowledged he had stolen he money from Mr Tool l's cash-box.. father's hou.;e th h b - ox. . On going to the • anti eleven sovereigns were found lockal up in a the n u had told him he had fo His father declared the prisoner up expecting it Wood aid the Toney, and he locked it rttaed. Mr. Todd expressed great reluctance to.prosecute man led till .Monday ., . 11 0 prisoner, who was re- SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. CO considerable fuss is made by the Mi nisterial Press about certain more strong than wise animadversions of two of our esteemed Conservative Contemporaries upon the manufacturing interests ; animadversions in which we are not prepared to con cur, excepting so far as they relate to that agitating portion of the manufacturing community which has rendered itself odiously conspicuous for its reckless onslaught and coarse vituperation of the agri cultural classes. We have a right to assume, in deed, that to such only it was the meaning of our Con temporaries to limit their attacks. But in any case, with what show of reason and justice can they complain who first lighted the fires of discord, and day by day have been heaping fuel upon flame in their fiery and death-consuming assaults upon all the interests con nected with land, which, at length, outraging all patience, led to the natural reprisals about which these snivelling sentimental snarlers now affect to raise an outcry ? Were not the Ministry warned in season against the peril of provoking a war of class interests ; and did not Lord Melbourne himself, twelve months since only, energetically protest, as became one who 'should be the first executive conservator of the public peace, against the " madness" of casting the firebrand of confusion, in the shape of interference with the Corn-laws, into the midst of a nation, then but in the first stages of incipient reco very from the anarchical consequences of that reform of ancient institutions characterised by the Ministers them selves as a real revolution, and from the tumultuous and sanguinary outbreaks of Chartism which were its latest fruits? And, notwithstanding, was it not the same Go vernment, and the same Minister, as represented by Lord J. Russell, which deliberately as wantonly, for the base purposes of party and place, when at the latest moment that Government was pronounced to be no longer entitled to the confidence of Parliament, raised the war-cry of " class interests" and commenced that accursed crusade of furious agitation, the avowed and admitted object of which was, and is, to arm every man against his neigh bour; so that in the melee of strife the mercenary crav ings of a sordid ambition might be gratified and office secured ? GLOBE.—The " recreant Whig" of Netherby, who, rejected by the honest grey-coats of his own county, ' sought and found a refuge in the little snug borough of Pembroke, " for a consideration," has announced his intention to retire from the seat which Sir John Owen so conveniently conferred. We have before us a copy of the farewell address of Sir James Graham to his constituents of the borough of Pembroke, Tenby, Mil ford, and Weston, in which he says :—" Conscious that I have redeemed every pledge which I gave to you when you elected me, and having sincerely endeavoured to serve you with fidelity, Ishould not have hesitated to ask for a re newal of your . confidence, if circumstances had not oc curred which compel me to renounce this high honour." This announcement has excited no small stir in the borough thus suddenly deprived of the high honour of having so distinguished a statesman for its Member. The surprise was heightened by the perfect security in which the electors were wrapped by the positive con tradiction which was given to a report, that the ca meleon Baronet intended to leave Pembroke for another region. On the 3d instant bills were posted and dis tributed through the borough, assuring the elec tors that no intention was entertained on the part of Sir James Graham to retire • but that he would again offer himself as the candidate for the borough. The truth, however, is now disclosed. The objects for which cajolery and deception were employed, can no longer be promoted by their use. Sir James Graham's farewell address is a characteristic comment on the public contradiction to the report that he intended to retire from Pembroke; and is a new illustration of the sincerity and uprightness by which his public career has been distin guished. The cause for the secrecy and deception prac tised upon the electors of Pembroke is now ascertained: —" the circumstances which compel " Sir James Graham " to retire from the high honour," are now developed— ' Risum teneatis, amid ? The Right Honourable Baronet aspires to represent the City of Westminster ! ! His ad dress to the worthy Electors of Westminster will be is sued in the course of to-day ; and will be received with the indignant scorn with which such• a constitu ency cannot fail to regard an address on such a subject, from such a candidate. STANDARD.—The House of Lords has established another title to the gratitude of the country, by last night rejecting the Jew Bill ; the Bill was thrown out on the third reading by a majority of 98 to 64—a majority of 34. If this measure had been one calculated to benefit, in the slightest degree, any number of our conscientious fellow subjects of the family of Israel, to relieve them from any stigma, or to remove any bar to their temporal prosperity, we should regret the necessity of preserving the character of a Christian eomo onity to the British nation, by refusing the re lief to a I.'''°l3le generally so amiable and so venerable, f rom t h„?ost sacred associations, as the Jewish people ; but tre." measure is really one of which no conscientious Jew take advantage—it is a mea sure simply insulting k Christianity, and affecting Jews only m so far as it wou;',4 go to condemn the civil and religious policy set forth n. the Scriptures which they revere, and as it wou ld place , ' . hem on the same 'The Jews footing', with Mahomm e d ans an d id o l a t ors : are a distinct nation, and it is their characte7 istie and their pride that they are so . Whil e t h ey adhere .4`) the doctrines and preserve the feelings of their natioi... they never can in cor p ora t e themselves with any other people ; and, accordingly, we never find any co ,2nientious Jew looking for office or athority in , any country, Christian or Mussulman, a lthou g h J ews a llost universally respect the first social obligation common to mankind —by conducting. ' the mse l ves as good citizens. As respects con scientious Hebrews, therefore, they would receive the Bill rejected last night as a dead letter in whatever directly concerns themeelves. But this is i;et all ; the Bill would let in all Infidels, and all even undisguisr?! idolators, to administer the government over Jews as well as Chris tians. This is what no conscientious Jew can desire; for w are happy in the assurance that the distance between Jews ' and Christians has greatly diminished, and is rapidly dimi nishing. The religious Jews of this country are already almost Christians as is manifest from their m or e re cently compiled Liturgies, and they do not disguise their conviction, that, next to their own, the Christian dispen- ' sation, as received by Protestants, is the best form of re ligion, and a Christian Government the best under which, as Jews, they can live. We but repeat the declaration of more than one religious Jew, when we say that a Bill of pretended relief, associating Jews with all who are not Christians, is a more grievous affront to Jews than to Christians. The public satisfaction at the rejection of the infidel Bill needs therefore to be alloyed by no re wet on account of the Jews. THE SCOTCH BANKS. The Deputation of Scotch bankers, who were lately in Lon don, hale published a Report of their proceedings. From this Report we learn that— Immediately on their arrival the Deputation had an inter view with the Chairman of the Committee, and, notwithstand ing that the Committee had resolved to examine only two wit nesses on the Scottish banking system, 11r. Blair, of the Bank of Scotland, having been previously examined, the Deputation prevailed on them to extend the number to three. Mr. An derson, of the Glasgow Union Bank, and Mr. Kennedy, of the Ayrshire Bank, were appointed by the Deputation to give their testimony. Our space enables us to give only a short extract from the Report : " • The Deputation found that very dangerous and errone ous opinions as to the nature and practice of banking in Scot land prevailed in the metropolis, which they are anxious to believe arise from ignorance of the working of the system, rather than from prejudice or hostility. The paper currency of Scotland is stigmatised as being irregular in its action and redundant in its quantity, but the published returns prove that it is regular, invariable and limited to the daily wants of the community. It is also charged with pressing upon the eircula tiol of London, though it is unquestionable that it cannot reach London or travel out of Scotland, being payable only in the latter country. The ordinary demands of the- Scottish banks upon their supplies in London are excepted to as acting unfa vourably on the foreign exchanges, when itis quite clear that these demands are the natural calls which every bank makes on its own stores of capital kept in London for the express purpose of being ready for contingent demands, and which would bo so kept even were tho currency purely metallic. It is also equally clear that in times of pressure there is a ten dency of capital to flow from Scotland to London, rather than the reverse, such capital being attracted by the higher rate of interest which in such tim es i nvar i a bl y prevails in the London market. " The establishment of one bank of issue, to supply cur • rensy for the United Kingdom, is at present a favourite project. This is the grand remedy for the imaginary evils . alleged t o b e attendant on the Scottish system of bank mg, a remedy whi c h would sweep away the whole pre sent paper currency of Scotland, and entail upon that country an expen di ture of about ' six or seven mil sn purchasing k adequate supply o f currenc y from i ine this i the means of the Scottish countrhylacill- would to that extent cripple which e i b n e g x i % p i e n r g i e e ll t expansionbas proved b t h e e e industrysuchf the e importance to its - prosperity. Knowing vital o f t it,heeeieaxilyistetnbcee ti.sofeszehritioepmine opinions, the were to be examined, e deputation, and more es pecially theo recommendation great ne n d lb t re solved that, in giving their combat dnd refute errors and fallacies of rous. The Report concludes Nvi t t b h e a object w to as th t e o a nature so dange bankers of Scotland t• keep up connection they have at this time farmed for their mutual interest and protection in ffuture.The deputation flatter themselves that the bank ing system of Scotland, combining with the utmost f degree o f safety and economy to the p u bl ic, a ganised control against excessive issue s , throughpetrbectly or e free col lisions of individual interest, has been proved to the Com mittee, and to the empire at large, to possess within itself more intrinsic value than any oth er which is at present known or proposed to be substituted in its pace. In proportion to its excellence is the duty, and ought to laa the anxiety of those entrusted with its administration, to preserve those characteristics which so honourably distinguish it, unim paired by any im;Tudence through which there could be just cause of reproach incurred, reflecting indirectly on the system itself." The complaint in London is, not that the paper currency of Scotland, strictl.t and abstractedly so to speak, presses upon the circulation of London, but that, by reason of the ex emp . lion of the Scotch banks to retain gold in their coffers against their issues, and from the circulation of one-pound notes in that part of the kingdom, the Scotch banks are enabled to maintain an influence on the London Market beyond the legi timate extent of their actual means and capital. It is a mere quibble to say that the paper currency of Scotland cannot affect the London Market, because it is only payable in Scot land. The report sap, to be sure, that the' Scotch hanks would exercise the same control on the London Market, if the "currency were purely metallic." This is a bold assertion, and, in our estimation, a very false one; and, to give it the outward show of truth, the report erroneously represents the operations of the Scotch banks on the Scotch Exchange as re. suiting from their ordinary demands upon their supplies in London, as the "natural calls which every bank makes on its own stores of capital kept in London for the express purpose of being ready for contingent demands." The authors of the re port forget that every bank in England must keep on hand a considerable amount of gold to rceet the ordinary purposes of trade, and to supply the buying and selling :or sums under five pounds ; whereas the Scotch banks have no such burden on their shoulders, but enjoy the most profitable part of their business by being exempt from it. The Scotch banks have neither to keep Bank of England paper or sovereigns in their strong boxes, which "every bank" in Eriglend must do, against their ismes ; and thus the Secteh banks are enabled to carry en extensive operations is the public funds, whereby the London market is subjectd to improper influences, and raised or depressed to suit the views of these parties. We are no ad vocates for a perely metallic curitticy, because it is incom patible with the highly civilised state of the country and its multifarious and gigantic commercial transactions; but we are advocates for a purely convertible and an uniform currency. The system of banking in Scot land has worked well and prosperously in that part of the coun try, and, with some exceptions, has been introduced beneficially into England. But we always look upon the system of bank ing and the system of private issues as two distinct and sepa rate things. The banking interests throughout the provinces seek to merge the difference, and to maintain the two as one and indissoluble. They maintain that as Scotland has pros pered uneer its present system of banking, any attempt to in terfere with the system of paper issues there would he ruinous to the comforts and interests of the people. Our opinion is very different from this, and we believe that although the profits of the banks would be less if the sys tem of private issues were reformed, yet the interests and pro perty of the people would be placed upon a far more solid basis, and they would then enjoy the real advantages of the Scotch system of banking, without the danger attending its abuse. We have frequently shown that the weekly exchanges are no sufficient check against over-issues, and that the comparative amount of notes in circulation by the banks in Scotland at dif ferent periods is accounted for by the contraction ox the genoral currency of the kingdom. TER SUN, LONDON, MONT)A Y. JILTN'E fqCt. THE CORN.LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—As you have ever been a steady advocate for the repeal bf the COrn-laws, I hope you will favour with insertion a reason for repeal which is not usually brought for Ward—and that is, the advantage of this repeal to landed proprietors themselves, I own laud in thirteen parishes in the South, and I occupy a considerable farm myself, which leads me to believe the doing away of the Corn-laws would raise my rents, by stimulating our tenants to raise, in 1842, as much grain as in 1836,. when wheat averaged 395. sd. a quarter, at which price the Scotch farmers, examined befbre the House of Com mons, stated they were making handsome profits ; and Earl Radnor's argument for repeal was a strong one, when he said the Corn-laws are proved not to have answered, because more grain has been imported in the eleven years • 'previous- to • 1839, than dur ing any former eleven years ; and the great crops obtained by my little allotment tenants, have shown me how much my great tenants might produce by equal capital and skill. Your readers will say, where do your little allotment tenants obtain their capital ? It is a patrimony which has descended to them from a long line of ancestors, and without which the largest estate would be useless to its possessor, till man can live on the briars and - thorng which spring of themselves. The capital I allude to consists of limbs inured to the toil requisite for producing such food as man can digest ; and what is capital generally but. accu mulated labour, represented by gold, which may glitter bat can neither feed, clothe, or lodge us, till again ex changed for labour ? Capital for farming well is all relative to the extent of acres occupied ; and the man who has not more land than his own hands can cultivate, really has a larger capital than he who has thousands of pounds sterling, if he cannot purchase with those thou sands as much labour on the land lie uses as the man be stows who has only the labour of himself and his wife and children ; nor will he be deficient in manure if as careful of that which is usually thrown away, as the Chinese are, whose dense population has hitherto resisted all foreign encroachments. Landlords whose rents have risen with the rise of the price of bread have substantial reasons for supporting the Corn-laws, but I know none whose rents have risen, and I have found my own rents fall as prices rose. I there fore wish the Corn-laws repealed, which I have no doubt would occasion such increased diligence as would occasion my rents to rise in proportion as the price of corn falls. Tenants who are indolent wish the Corn-laws to continue because fewer loads of wheat paid their rents at 695. per quarter in 1839 than at 395. per quarter in 1836 ; but Sir Robert Peel would not have enjoyed his present fortune if cotton goods had remained at the prices of fifty years since, and I doubt not his income from land will equally rise as the price of the produce declines. I consider that the tenantry have been lured to that ruin by what was called the legislative protection of agriculture ; for abundant produce and high prices are incompatible, and whilst abundant produce gives certain grain, high prices do not benefit those who have little or nothing to sell ; but no outlay of capital or trouble is re quired for growing of weeds, and whilst landlords were willing to lower their rents as weeds increased, their tenants would not take the trouble of removing them, but if left fairly to compete with foreigners, they will soon show that England is capable of supporting double its present population, and cheap bread would increase the demand for it by inviting home absentees to spend their incomes on their native soil, to the great gain of all trades and professions. June 3, 1841. Yours, M. G. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. B.A. EXAMINATION, 1841. EXAMINERS. Classics, and Intellectual and Moral Philosophy—Rev. Dr. Jerrard ; T. B. Burcham, Esq., M.A. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy—George B. Jer rard, Esq., B.A. ; Rev. Robert Murphy, M.A. Chemistry—Professor Daniell, F.U.S. Animal Physiology—Francis Kiernan, Esq., F.R.S. ; Professor Sharpey, M.D., F.R.S. Vegetable Physiology and Structural Botany—Rev. Professor Henslow, M.A. The French Language—C. J. Delille, Esq. The German Language—Rev Dr. Bialloblotzky. The number of Candidates who presented themselves at this Examination was forty ; and of these the follow ing have passed, and are alphabetically arranged in two divisions : FIRST DIVISION. William Allen, St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw ; Philip Pearsall Carpenter, Bristol and Manchester (York) ; Thomas Charlton, St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw ; Thomas Clark, Highbury ; John Coupe, St. Mary's, Oscott ; Samuel Coulter Davison, University ; Christopher New man Hall, Highbury ; William Henry Herford, Man chester (York) ; Thomas Hunton, University ; John Kendall, Manchester (York) ; Thomas Tucker Longman, St. Mary's, Oscott ; Arthur Lupton, Manchester (York) ; Samuel Newth, University ; George Vance Smith, Man chester (York) ; Henry Watts, University; Bernard Bo lingbroke Woodward, Highbury ; Hale Wortham, King's ; Wm. Wrennall, St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw ; Thos. Wright, St. Cuthbeit's, Ushaw. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. (From the Edinburgh Courant.) We had much pleasure in visiting, a short time ago, some of the principal works in the line of the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway, and particularly to observe the rapid progress which was then snaking in every part towards the completion of this great undertaking. Our visit going eastward commenced with the great bridge near Falkirk fetr the purpose of carry ing the railway across the Union Canal at the Locks near No. 16. Owinv, to the line of railway crossing the Canal at an oblique ani:e, and to the necessity imposed upon the Company of crossing both the Locks and the carriage -way with a single arch, the span has been extended to no less than 130 feet, which is equal ,to that of the celebrated bridge over the Denburn, at Aberdeen. Not being, however, qui'e so elevated above the springing, the strain on the abutments is greater, and the material also, though of excellent qua lity, being brought from the well-known quarry of Milifield, or Kingoodie, near Dundee, is still softer than the gra nite, so that the work is altogether one of greater difficulty, and requiring much caution and skill, both in the design and exe cution. This grsat arch, when we saw it, was just completed, and the workmen were engaged si tcking the centre, which has been since taken out, and everything presents the appearance of strength and stability. Ihe arch stones are five feet deep at the abutments, and three feet at the crown; and there are in the arch alone about 20,000 cubic feet of stone, or upwards of 1,500 tons, the whole of which was laid in about ten days. To all appearance, the works here will very soon be completed, and ready for the laying of the rails. The next work of im portance is the Callender Tunnel, 830 yards in length, and passing under Callender Wood, at the depth of 130 feet. the whole of this was nearly completed; about 80 yards only in the length of the tunnel remaining to be executed, and upwards of 20 yards have beset since finished. At the east end, the tunnel opens into a vast excavation 75 feet in depth,—and when the slopes are completed round and round, it will have the appearance from the east of a great am phitheatre. To. the east of the tunnel, and between it and Linlithgow, a considerable part of the permanent rails are laid down, and this all important part of the undertaking appears to be executed with every regard to strength, solidity, and accu racy. The strength of the rails is 751bs weight to each yard, and they are supported at every four feet mostly by substantial whin-stone blocks, two feet square, weighing five or six cwt. On the embankments the rails are supported by strong larch sleepers. Between the tunnel and Linlithgow a considera ble portion of cutting and embankment still remains to be executed ; but, to facilitate this, we observed a beautiful loco motive engine, made by Eddington of Glasgow, on its way to the rails, for conveying the stuff from the cutting forward to the embankments, and this engine is now actively employed in its work. Wherever the permanent rails are laid down, and the stuff requires to be conveyid a great distance, as in the present instance, the saving of expense, aad, still more, of time in executing the work, is very material. as the engine is always capable of conveying the stuff for miles in distance as fast or faster than human laour is able to fill and empty the waggons, and it was calculated that with activity and long hours work, the contractors, with this engine, would be enabled to heap up upon the embankments nearly 1,500 tons of stuff daily. The next work of importance upon the line is the great viaduct over the valley of the Almond, which, from the number and regulaeity of the arches, and their beauty and lofty appearance amid the fine scenery around, will, indeed, be a magnificent structure. It consists of 20 arches each, 50 feet span, and the central ones rising nearly 100 feet above the valley below, with three small arches besides at the eastern extremity. The work, which was executing by Mr. Lorimer, was proceeding with great activity, much fa cilitated by the ingenious use of machinery of which he has availed himself, and the regular and perfect system by w hich the stones are brought successfully forward, and laid in their places on the arches. The whole of the piers were built, and twelve of the large arches on the west side thrown, besides the three smaller arches in the eastern abutment; and as they have been recently finishing at the rate of four arches per month, there is no doubt that a very short time will bring the whole to completion ; and we understand that since our visit six arches more have been thrown. The great difficulty has been to procure materials for such vast masses of masonry, which require contributions from various different quarries and every available source. To the eastward of the via duct the permanent railway' is nearly all laid to Linlith gow, where some cutting is still going on. - The views and scenery on this part of the line are extremely interest ing, including the ancient Palace and the lake, which comes slightly into view on the east of the town. The next works of importance are the vast clay and rocky excavations in the neighbourhood of Winchburgh, extending in one continued of four miles in length ; in some parts fifty feet deep, and sachet. the tunnel under W. inehburgh ridge itself, 360 yards The tunnel has been for some time completed, and in length. -e far advanced ; but there still remaias much to the cuttings -+ of the line, for which, however, the finest be done in this pat owopened up. To facilitate the re part of the season has i the filling up of the embankments moval of the cuttings. ant. . in the valley of Almond, on tn, east side as well as on the west of the great viaduct, two loc.7"L've engines have been employed-by the eminent and spiriteu contractors, Messrs. Gibb and Sun, with the aid of which the ~.'ut!ings on each side, with the filling up of the valley of the A:.'n°ll4l, were proceeding with extraordinary rapidity. By these s!'egines we were informed there are conveyed upwards of a irijlet i.•_nddeposited on the embankments, at least 2,500 tons of ear t : , and rock every twenty-four hours--the work pro ceeding, as it has always done, night and day. To give some idea, how:qer• of the extent of the embankments, .we may mention that !ile,one at the west end of the viaduct requires about 1,300 tons Of it".`aterial to advance it forward one yard. On one of. the locomove engines . proceeding forward with its eyed eastwards from the tunnel, train of waggons, we were eThs:' and had the pleasure of witness 4 what will be the effect of the trains here coming from the west, the whole of the beau tiful valley of the Almond, with the Petit...7nd Hills in front, opening suddenly to view; and. then, as we ts,'yance, the low country eastwards, eastwards, as far as the City, the well•ktiths.7 and pr minent objects of which, Arthur's Seat, the cp,,le, and others, becoming immediately visible, the effect, :11 the whole, is remarkably striking. We here also obtained tue first view of tke great viaduct over the Almond, the most remarkable work in the whole line, and which being seen here in a very* oblique angle, with its numerous arches greatly fore-shortened, presents a singular, but not less strik ing and pleasing, appearance. This work, which forms such a striking object, as seen from the Glasgow road, about eight Miles from Edinburgh, forms in itself a vast undertaking, con sisting of no fewer than thirty-six continuous arches, each fifty feet span, and rising from sixty to eighty-five feet above the surface of the valley, besides seven arches itrore at the turn pike road, separated from the others by a ridge of higher ground, and an embankment. The great magnitude of this work, second almost to none, even in England ; the extraor dinary number of the arches, and theirlightand lofty appearance and symmetry, all combine to render this a very magnificent and impo.ing structure, and quite an ornament to the district and scenery around it. The work under Messrs. Gibb and Son is proceeding with great rapidity, and with all the advantages from the improved machinery which they have contrived for bringing forward the materials, and laying the stones of the different arches in their places. The piers have been all long since carried up, as well as all the arches of the smaller via duct, and of the great viaduct twenty-seven arches were thrown, and they were going on at the rate of four arches per month, so that a very short period will be required to bring the work to a termination. We have just vi-iled this viaduct again, and everything confirms the above anticipation, thirty three out of the thirty-six arches are now thrown, and by the middle of this month the whole of the remaining arches will be finished, the key-stone of the last arch being proposed to be laid on the 18th, and nothing will then remain but to brin e forward the superstructure of walls and parapets, already ad vanced to the 28th arch, and the work will be ready for the laying down of the permanent rails. Between the valley of the Almond and the city, the country being pretty level, there are no works of any particular magni tude to retard the completion of the railway. The contt a ts for the line here have been taken by 11r. Evans, a highly respectable contractor from England, and who has executed with success extensive contracts on some of the great English railways. He is now pushing on the different works with great activity. The bridges across the different highways are many of them in a very forward state. The bridge over the Water of Leith, tha principal work of masonry, is all but corn • pleted. The long embankment through the valley of the Water of Leith has now assumed, as seen from the road, quite a finished appearance, and the rest of the embankments anti excavations are rapidly advancing, relays of men being occu pied day and night, aided by a locomotive engine, which may now be seen near Corstorphine, constantly plying along the line with its load of earth waggons. Suah is the forward state of the works on the eastern division of this railway, and we understand that on the west they are advancing with equal energy, and there are only one or two points where any particular . difficulty or delay is likely to occur, particularly the Croy rook coating, where a mass of hard whin stone, fifiy or sixty feet deep, still remains to lie excavated for a very short distance. On the whole, however, when we consider the vast extent and magnitude of the works which have been executed from end to end of this line, anti the short period which has elapsed since the cons. mencement, the progress which has been made is truly remarkable, and there can now be very little reason to doubt that, in the course of three months, the whole line will be opened to the public. An hour and a half anti two hours with then be the regular times of travelling between Edin burgh and Glasgow, and the expense, we believe, will not ex ceed from 4s. to Bs. by the different classes of carriages. These are the results to which all the operations and works above described are hastening ; and when we consider the advantages which must arise to both cities, and to Scotland generally, from such new and extraordinary facilities of inter course, arid all the effects which usually follow in the train of such improvements, the opening of this railway cannot but be viewed as an event of no ordinary interest and importance. HAILSTORM.—The Canton of Pouliguen, in the Loire Inferieure, was on the 31st ult. visited by a tre mendous storm, which covered the lands with hailstones, some of which are said to have been as large as pullets' eggs. The college at Guerands had 403 panes of glass broken, and the total number destroyed in the town is estimated at 4,000. One of the painted windows of the church, representing the different scenes of the Pa , sion, and which was one of the finest specimens of the middle age, was entirely destroyed. All the country round was severely damaged. At St. Brieuc the lightning was terrific. At Dinan the electric fluid struck some poplars, dispersing the branches in all directions, some to the distance of more than thirty yards. The ground at the foot of one of the trees was trenched as if the plough had been used, and vet a man w h o h a d ta k en s h e l ter un der the trees with some hoses escaped without injury, though dreadfully alarmed. Themtiquechurch tower of Biamontin, In the Meurthe, which resisted all the attacks of the Swedes in the wars of the seventh century, has alsl heat very much shattered. The iron work, immense beams of oak, and even some of the massive blocks of stone, were split and displaced, the roof was entirely broken down, and other violent dantage was done to this ancient structure. SECOND DIVISION. David Davis, Manchester College (New) ; Thomas Donohoe, University ; Thomas Foster, Bristol ; Wm. Grant, St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw; John Kennedy, St. Mary's, Oscott ; Frederick Kingston, King's ; Adolphus Levy, University ; Edward Mulhallen Marum, Carlow ; Joseph Mullens, University ; James W. O'Beirne, Carlow ; Thomas Durant Philip, University ; Francis llarrison Rankin, Manchester (York) ; James Ignatius Taylor, Carlow ; Samuel John Wilde, King's ; James Wilding, St. Cuthbert's, Ushaw ; Charles Wills, Homerton. At a meeting of the Senate, on the 26th ult., the De gree of M.A. in Logic, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of the Mind, Political - Philosophy ,and Political Economy was conferred on Charles ames Foster, 8.A., University College, who had passed a distinguished examination in Political Economy. LIST OF NEW PATENTS, MAY 1841. • To Christopher Dumont, of Mark-lane, London, for iMprovements in the manufacture of metallic letters, fi gures, and other devices (being a communication). Sealed 22d May-6 months for inrolment. John Winterborn, of Clarence-place, Hackney-road, surgeon, for improvements in machinery to facilitate the removal of persons and property from premises in case of fire ; which improvements are applicable to raising and lowering weights generally, to assist servants clean ing windows, and as a substitute for scaffolding. Sealed 22d May-6 months for inrolment. William Lewis Rhatn, of Winkfield, Berks, clerk, for -Prtain improvements in machinery or apparatus for pre ' n land, and sowing or depositing grain, seeds, and parin, Sealed 25th May-6 months for inrolment. manure. . qhouse, o f D eptford, engineer, for an im- John Whit,.° making boilers, t o b e use d i n mar i ne proved method or _ . 9 .301 May-6 months f o r inrol steam-engines. Sealea _ ment. • m _erchant, for iniprove- William Joest, of Ludgate-hill, ments in propelling vessels (being C: communication). Sealed 26th. May-6 months for inrolment. George Hulme, of St. Joha-street, West ~:n 1 cock-founder, for improVements in water-closets. ._sealed 26th May-6 months for inrohnent. Joseph Bettridge, of Birmingham, wood-turner, for an improved method of manufacturing papier mach6, pearl, china, ivory, horn, wood, and composition, into pillars and stands for table and other lamps, and other articles of domestic furniture. Sealed 27th May-6 months f( .r inrolment. James Shanks, of St. Helen's, Lancashire, chemist, fur improvements in the manufacture of carbonate of soda. Sealed 27th May-6 months for inrolment. GLENGARRY.--A respected correspondent writes us—" Although this chief is 'far, far away ' from his own people, yet still there exists an attachment and regard for himself and family, among his clansmen, which, in this age, it is pleasing to contemplate. On hearing of Glengarry's safe arrival in Australia. A. Bonar, Esq., of London, communi cated that happy intelligence to the clan, inviting them to assemble at Invergarry, in °flirr to drink their absent chief's health, at the same time making liberal provision for that purpose. Early on the morning of the 3d of June, Mr. Mackay of Tellysoo displayed his flag at the inn, and about eleven o'clock, groups of the ceatharnachs were seen advancing from deep glen and from mountain so rocky,' to the place of rendezvous. Meanwhile, the pipes swelled forth the Macdonell's gathering, while Mr: Mackay was busily jarring the blood of John Barleycorn, for the libertines at Creagan-an-Fhithich. ti t twelve o'clock, about 100 men arranged in order before the inn, a-41 drank a bumper to her Majesty.' 'I pipers then struck up gillean an fheilidh,' and the procession marched with flying colours round by the romantic bridge of Garry, and the green shades of Tom-lain-'id-Dhugliaill, till they ar rived at Glengarry Castle and Creagan-an-Fhithich, still retained as part of the family property. The flag was soon planted on the highest toner, and the gatherin7,' which, by this time, swelled to a formidable band, drank, Health and prosperity to Mac-Mhic- Master, in the land of his sojourn, and may ke soon return to ti e and of his fathers.' fhree thrilling cheers followed, which made the woods and hills resound. The sun shone forth in the midst of a summer shower, and the green leaves shed hearty tears of syMpathy. The heal:hs of Mr. and Mrs. Bonar were then quaffed, and the rest of the Glengarry family. On this the clansmen, two abreast, marched through the park, till they came to Invergarry House ; then they halted, and drank the health of Lord Ward. From Invergarry House they marched back, with pipes and banner, as before, till they came to the inn. A table was here liberally provided, with appropriate edibles and mountain-dew, and several other healthy were drank. The dance W 23 set up to the inspiring music of the pipes, and the remainder of the evening was spent in that joy ous manner which it is so delightful to see the poor man oc casionally enjoy, and which it is equally delightful to see the rich man occasionally indulge."--Inverness Courier. The following is an extract of a letter from a British officer of rank, dated Beyrout, April 17, 1841 : " There is no story you cannot make a Syrian believe. They have a firm belief in the existence of giants. I amuse myself by g o i ng i nto t h e i r cottages a t n ight, and sitting down on the fl oor , i n t h e f am i ly c i rc l e; I t e ll them long stories about the Spa n i s h giants, (translated by my dragoman), which they li s t en to w i th open mou th s . I told them the other night, that once iu Spain I was on the eve of being made prisoner, when a giant, a great friend of mine, came to the rescue, and killed 700 men with two blows of a stick, and carried me away to a high mountain, where he fed me for two months on young eagles ; all which they quite believe. I said again that St. George (who is buried near ])jouni) appeared to Commodore Napier, the evening before lie landed, and assured him of the conquest of Syria ; and a priest who was present said it was most probable, and they all believe it"— Brighton Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE TN STEAM BOAT TR A V ELLING. —.The Ruby, which has always been a great favourite on the Gravesend staion, made the passage from London bri.lige wharf to the Town Pier, Gravesend, on Monday last, the 7th instant, in the shortest tine that has ever teen known, having. done the whole distance in an hour and thirty-five minutes, although she stopped seven times on her passage to take in passengers. TO YOUR TENTS, 0 ISRAEL ! The day of repose and inactivity has passed ! Ever) man gifted with the franchise has now to exert himself for the well-being of his country, tin- the preservation of its trade, and the employment of its millions. Parlia ment will be prorogued on Thursday, and dissolved on Friday. The election writs are now actively preparing, and in a fortnight hence the country will be shaken with the most fierce election contest that has ever taken place. The 'whole ramifications of monopoly will be set in motion ; every principle of selfish ness will be excited, every subterfuge attempted. every deceit resorted to ; yet the good cause must and will prevail ! All the benign influences of truth, mercy, and justice, are ranged under the banner of the people, and success awaits their exertions. Our most gracious Queen remains firm in her resolve to abide by the prin ciples of liberality and freedom, which have been incul cated on her mind since childhood. Ministers go, to the country with clean hands : although they have been de prived, by Tory jesuitry and malignity, from explaining within the walls of Parliament the full extent of their liberal propositions, enough . has been enunciated to arose the public mind into determined action, by which the sophistries of the monopolists will be indignantly flung aside, and the exploded principles of exclusiveness and class-preference scattered to the four winds of heaven. Notwitfistanding, however, that the Queen and the Ministry extend their aid to the important struggle, the people themselves, as the parties more immediately inte rested, are especially called into exertien. By their efforts shall the extent of their power be made known, and by the changes which they make in the representa tion will the prospect of success be secured. The Tories and Monopolists have given ample evidence of their de termination to withhold every possible advantage from the people ' • and it only remains for the electors to dis charge the functions with which they are entrusted for the national benefit in a proper manner to prostrate the faction once and for ever. Let every man consider it a particular duty to exert himself for the public weal—let every elector consider his vote of importance to the commonwealth, and a barrier will be raised up against oppression and misrule which neither Tory fraud, inti midation, nor deceit shall be able to surmount, to under mine, or to overturn.—British Queen. IiAYTI. PORT-AU-PRINCE, APRIL 20, 1841.—We have been in no little state of excitement here on account of the arri val of a man of a war (French) bringing on board a visi tor'to this town in the person of M. le Marquis de Cas sagnac. It appears this man some time ago took upon himself to write a work against all negroes and coloured people, expressing himself in the most outrageous terms, which the following extract from his writings, put into the newspapers, will give a sample of Que tes negres n'etaient point de nature humaine, qu'ils etaient dans la cathegorie de la race brute et fe roce, qu'ils etaient des valets moins que des valets ; des esclaves, moins que des. esclaves ; et que la Republique d'Haiti etaient le repaire des miring outang." I think this is sufficient to offend any people's dignity, and I am surprised that, after having expressed and pub lished such sentiments, he has had the temerity to put foot on the land he has marked out. Immediately the young men heard of his arrival in Port-au-Prince, they determined on retaliating, by giving him a concert of " marrow-bones and cleavers,' which the mob joining in, turned it into a regular siege of the house he was lodging in—stones flew—the guard was called up to protect him —and, of course, a regular fight ensued, but no damage was done. They got him back on board in safety, and the next morning the French Consul went up to the Pre sident to demand punishment of all those engaged in the uproar. This led to the immediate imprisonment of about forty of the young men belonging to the first families here, who, however, have all been set free again, and I believe the French Consul considers his official dignity insulted, which may, in the present humour of the French nation, lead to more serious results. Mr. Nathan, one of the first pleaders here, has sent a challenge to the Mar quis on board the vessel, saying he would fight him on the deck even, so as not to leave any excuse, if the cap tain would give his word of honour to enforce fair play. M. de Cassagnac refused, stating that he had changed his opinions entirely, and most humbly begged pvrdon. Many here imagine that this affair has been got up by the French Government to enable them to pick a quarrel with the Haytians, and enable them to employ some of their troops and ships. It is now nothing here but " Vive les Anglais !" LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUE'EN'S BENCH, June 12. ALEXANDER V. DUNN. Mr. BAYLEY said that Mr. Dunn had given notice of his intention to be brought up to-day by habeas corpus, in order to apply to be discharged out of custody. He was instructed to oppose the application. Mr. Dunn said he was detained on two writs, one is suing out of this Court, and the other out of the Court of Exchequer ; and he was desirous, if possible, to have their Lordships' opinion upon points in the two cases. Lord DENMAN said, that with regard to the case in the Court of Exchequer, this Court could not interfere. • Mr. Dunn said he would then address their Lordships in the case of Trevor v. Dunn, which was in this Court. The writ was not endorsed in the manner prescribed by the Act of Parliament, and he therefore moved that he should be discharged out of custody. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—When were you arrested ? Mr. Dunn—On the 10th of March, my Lord. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—You are very late in your application. Mr. Dunn—My Lords, I swear that I have only re cently obtained a knowledge of the fact. Lord DENMAN—You are too late, and the Court can not therefore entertain your application. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 12. HART V. LEE MORETON, SUED AS BOURISCALI.T. Mr. TnomAs showed cause in this case, which was a rule to• set aside a judgment on the ground that the de fendant was an infant. From the affidavits which had been made by the defendant, however, it appeared, as well as upon those of the defendant's mother and bro ther, that the said defendant was born in Dublin in the month of December, 1820, and that he was privately baptized. In answer to this, the affidavits on the other side stated that the defendant bore the personal appearance of a young man of about the .age of 2J or 23, or even up wards, and that he himself had, upon a particular occa sion, declared that he was 22 years old, and further, that he should come into the possession of 50,000/. in the month of December, 1341, when he should be 23 years of al.e, but that in consequence of his guardian, Dr. Lardrer, being absent in America, he could not get the money. It also appeared that the defendant had per formed at the Brighton Theatre, and was the author of a successful comedy at Covent-Garden Theatre, entitled London Assurance. Mr. THOMAS was proceeding to comment on thes2 affi davits, when he Nras interrupted by Mr. Baron PARKE, who asked Mr. Bayley (the coun sel on the other side) what he had to say to this ? Mr. IikYLEY replied, that the only question was as to whether the defendaat was or was not of age. Mr. Baron PARKE—The defendant stated that he was not. The rule must therefore be discharged with costs. TAXATION OF COSTS. Lord ABINGER in the course of the day said he would take that opportunity of stating that the Court had un cle their consideration the expediency or necessity of a( lonting a new mode in the taxation of costs in that Court, in consequence of having ascertained that the plan in the Court of Exchequer was different to that used in the other Courte. That circumstance was, it appeared, at tended with considerable inconvenience, and in some in stances with much injustice to the suitors. This was a great abuse, and one which their Lordships felt ought to be corrected and remedied. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. In for ma..`_on IVas received at the office of an extensive robbery at the '."use of ! Tames Williams, Esq. About a a most ficihion s house in a able exterior, about week back a female ‘, 4 ' 45 years of age, drove up .1; 0 Mr. Williams cabriolet, and stated she was in Zffalv h of apartments in town, iu some respectable family, having just ir.FIY d where she was a total stranger, on urgent busi2ftss from Colchester. Mrs. Williams, with a feeling highly com mendable, immediately received her into tfie hoo t ?, Qn the day afterwards the lady feigned illness, and continued in her bed-room till Saturday morning, when she re quested Mrs. Williams to take coach to John Lock, Esq., East India House, who would deliver into her care some valuable M property belonging to her. After rs. Wil liams was gone the housemaid was induced to go on an errand by the pretended invalid, who, when left alone, broke open Mrs. William's jewel-case and stole a gold watch and many other valuable articles, and also a quan tity of plate and some cash, with which she escaped from the house. The note to Mr. Lock (who of course knew nothing of the writer) ran thus :—" Dear Sir,--Please to send by the bearer what you wished me to send for. —Sarah Latten." The Magistrate slid that every publicity ought to be given to such a matter, to preveut, if possible, further edation. THAMES-OFFICE. George Fowke, a policeman of the IC division, No. 281, was charged by Mr. John Humble, an elderly gentleman, under the following circumstances. Mr. Humble was proceeding to the Blackwall Pier with his wife to meet a steamer, and upon going down ono of the inclined gangways at the wharf, on which there was no other person at the time, he was rudely seized by the policeman and forced back. It was some time before Mr. Humble could escape from his grasp. The policeman then made use of insulting expressions towards him. The policeman, in defence, alleged that his orders were to prevent people going upon the gangway before the passengers had disembarked, and that he did not use snore force than was necessary. Mr. BALLAgTINE considered that the assault had been proved. It was the duty of policemen to execute their orders with mildness and civility, to do their duty firmly, but not to line their temper. The defendant ought to have informed Mr. Humble that he could not pass before he seized him, but he allowed him to pass half-way down the board, had seized him by the arm, put him in great pain, and used insulting language towards him. Taking into consid era ti on the previous good character of the defendant, he should sentence him to pay a fine of 20s. only. The fine was paid. W. JANrEs, ESQ.—The Tories have been busy circulating a report that Mr. James will not again offer himself as a candidate for East Cuosberland ; and that he is about to reside upon the Continent. Of course there is no truth in either statement. Mr. Jaws will again present himself to the electors at the proper time ; and he has no intention of making the Contine n t the place of hi; aboie. We hear he is shortly expected to take up his residence again at Barrock Lodge. _. Carlisle Journal. We regret to state that the Crown Prince of Hanover (Prince George of Cumberland) has irrecol-er ably lost the sight of both eyes. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR. ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c, &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 11. Number pi , r7d , l" d Price af pet CANALS. Der Shales. Annum. Paid. Shire. 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldhana...Avcrage97l.lBi.sh. 110 1,481 41. As h by-de-le-Zouch Average 1151. eh. 12 1, 60 ,., Ba.ingstoke.... lool.sh. 5 jAS 5i% Brecknock and Abergavenny l5O/.sh. 92 PM 1 I-10th. 101. Birmingham, 1-16th share ....811. & 711. 200 I,coo .....« .. Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l9ll. sh. 100 pi 95 600 2/ Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all pi -- 400 51, Cheimer aud Blackwater ..... lool.sh . 101 SOO 321. Coventry' 1001. sh, 600 Croydon. Average3ll.2B.lod. sh. 2,1110 51. Os Dudley 1001.8 h. 94 610 13,. Derby . lool.sh . 120 20,0 , 0 1 per ecnt. lianlibe and Mayne 411. I3s. 4d .pd vtl% 3,575 i 4 , Elleirrwre and Chester Avenge 1331.5 h. 81 231 62/ Erewasn .. . . ........... ........ .....1001.sn. 750 1,297 301. Forth and Clyde...M .. aw 4 1 .i0/. 16s. h. 6tO 11,060 71. Grand Junction - ......1001. s n 12: 2,6491 258. Grand union looLsh . 26 1,500 Grand Surrey lool.sh. 15 1,000/ 4/ percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. ¶196 Grand Western SOO 131.12 a. 9d. Glanywgansbirc, Avcr. cost 172/.95.44. 220 - .- .. 749 11.1. lir an Oa ini 1501.8 h. gift 6,238 21. Os. Hudecrsti ild Average ion. 6s. 6d. oh. 28 100 1'..`128 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/. las. 10d. sh 24t4 11,6994 1/. 7s. Lancaster Average 47/. Gs. 8d 274 2,8')73 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl. eh 750 545; I 11. Leicester 140/.11. 154 1,897 5/.95, Leicester & Norraarripton Aver (.31. ifir 73 7,409 10/. Monmouthshire .......... lOOl.Bl 200 950 101. Melton Mowbray 1(01.. h. 2t::, 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh . 555 3,000 2/. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd. 34X 247 171. Neath lOOl.Bl, 325 2,400 51. Peak F0re5t......... A vqr..ge about 781. sh. 734 2.1,418 SI. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165.8d. sh. 9)4• 5,669 61. Rochdale Average 851. ah. 8.5 500 8/. Shropshire 1251. sh. 137 SOO 101. Os. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 180 3,600/. 4a pei•cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 11% 700 361. Stafford and Worcester. 140/.sh. 600 500 151, Shrewsbury 125/ sh. 260 3:10 VI. 3taurbridie ...., ..... . 1451.5 h. 396 3,647 27.0.. Stratford-on-Avon Aver... 791. 9s. tsd, sh. 35 533 ins Swansea lOO/.s h. 265 3,702 21. 10e. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45 ,„600ish. 221. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share lOO/. eh. 550 8.149 I OflOsh '- -'1 161. Warwick and B l rmingham tool.sh• 240 1,00032 h. 9,10 134 Warwick and Napst/n' 1001. oh. 160 7,000 41. W.ircestta & Birmingham Av.7Sl.Bs. sh. 55 5,000 32e. lAllts and Berks Average 671. 10s Stl. sh. 29 800 6., Wyrlev and ts.ingcon 1251. sh 74 .26 905 Ii Wey and Arun llot..n. 2234 DOGES. 2.0 k 0 0 6510. 1 3p. c. Commerc al l6Ol. sh. M g 5 per cent. East and West India ,..........„5tack 101 - :33,310;c. 31, p.c t. London Stock 10 Ditto iionda ,209 5/. 6s. sd, Bristol Average 14'1.95. sh. 75 4324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lO6 1,152,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 1634 500,051044 per cent. Ditto Bonds .., lOO,, 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years Deptford Pier "31. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES, 1,600 1/. Hammersmitl 5O/. ih. 21 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. r 3/. 25. Bil. sh. 3 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7, 1 , per cent. 50/. :h. 16 ;4000 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities or 8/ '507.101 '2l 5,000 19s. 3d, Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 18 1 4 50,000/, 51. per cent, Ditto Bonds 5,818 26s Vauxhall ......„.Average 70/. 10s. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion ' 5001. eh. 501. pd 72 51,000 6 ln el d . MA Alliance British & Foreign lOW. sh. 111. pd 13% `;0,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Ift:Jilie lOOl. eh. Si. pd 5 21,000 IL per sh. Atlas NI/. sh. N. pd 14% I,2ooish. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire ' , 501.5h.551. pd 10751 20,000 4/. percent. British Fire •>5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial . .... 5O/. s 3. Si, pd 5 1 4 5,000 V. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, ICU sh. 2110 s pd s I.j 4,000 2/ Os County lOOl. sh. 104 pd If 3,000 Is. Eagle 501. sh. 5/. pd 5 0„„ and 301 Lis. per cent.l Economic Lite 16001. all. 2501. pd 406 `;`'' 2,271 228. percent. European Lii: 20/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 21. Ditto, New 211 sh. 2/. pd i% 000,000/. 6/.per et Globe Stock 116 'IOW 31. Gu-.r/lian 30,000 4d. 03. Hope 2,100 5/. 123. 6 d. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 30/. pd 131 7,500 Us. ' Imperial Lite lOO/. sh. lot pd 10 13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine Of!. sh. 81. pd 2ii 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 540. sh. all pd 02 81. Ditto Life ' 50/. pd on 10,000 lOs. Law Life - IOW. :h. 101. pd 80% 5,00 U les. London, Fir:. 25/. sh. 12/. Ins. pd 18% 3,900 10s, London, Ship 0 54 sh. 121. 103. pd 1834 3,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva rite IOU!. sh. 590,000/. 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Litz: 50/. sh. '2l. pd ‘2t fis 50,000 5/. per cent. Protector LI .t • 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 10s 0d 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant liissento , s ....1),0/. sh. 51. pd 534 2.500 It. Provident Luc 100/. sh. 10/. pd 20 1,1(4 3s. fd. Rock Life 5 l. pd 2% 89,220/ 5/. per cost. Royal Exchange Stock 18:14 6,000 5 per cent, University Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 5t 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 734 JOINT STUCK BANKS. 25,000 • 10,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 50 10,00 d 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 10/. pd 13% :0,000 IQ per cent. Birmingham Bank . 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 10% 31,000 6 percent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 20/. pd 22 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 12% 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster IOU!. sh. 801.6 d :10 25,1K/0 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 12i/. pd 1"34 50,000 7* per cent. Manchester and Liver i 50/.sh. 15/ pd 103 i pool Diztri^t 20,000 7 per ce.t. Manchester 1(4)1. eh. 10/. pd 20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool. sh. 251. pit 42% 13,+00 0 i.er cent National Bank of Ireland 501. sh. VV. pd 10 10,000 6 per cent National Proviiacial Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. pd 3534 10,000 Ditto New... ..... lOl. sh. 10/ pd 10% /0,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPA NIES. 2,500 16s ki Bath ` , oish.l6l. pd 22 5,000 British 401. sh. 161. pd 184 ,""" , nnn f5/.percent.l Ditto Provincial Land Bs. 6s. 201. sh. 19?. pd 25 928 51 10s Birmingham 50/. all. 26 1,250 2! Os Bristol 2O/. sh. :36 2,250 3/ 101 Brighton "0/. sh. 13i, 750 3! IN Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 16!. pd 9 2,471 4 . 1 per cent, Brighton General , 'O/. sh. all pd 9 1,000 71. 10s. Continental Consolidated ....75?. P2l/. pd 102% 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... 100!. sh. all pd 195 1,000 01. Ditto Now IOW. oh. 75/. pd 150 1,000 31.05. Equitable 5O/. nd 20 10,060 31. per cent. Imperial 5O?. sh. 61 800 5/. per cent. Isle nt Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 1 , 14 2,350 21. per cant. I ndependent 10/. 311. all N 49 9,000 41. per cant. Plicenia 5O!. au. 391. pa 34'.4 1,000 al. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 10% ,000 9,000 5/. per cent. United General 501. sh. 47/. pd 31 '2lO 51. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 4no 5/. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 22 9,060 31. Westminster Chartered .... 5Ol. sh. 59% 6,000 12.5. Ditto New 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 181. pd WATEIt 1,800 345. Birmingham 25/. sh. 251.1x1 21 1,413 71 . East London 100/. sh. 164 5,500 2/ 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 48. ch. 61 2,000 2/. Kent 1001. sh. 47 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle g''ol. i.h. 326 1,500 2 1101 Plow River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 21 103 Manchester and Salford 100/. sh. 55% 1,000 5 per cent. South London , 100/. sh. 10454 8,291 414 Wee! Middlesex Average 631:125. 9d. sh. 92 1.360 11 141 York Branding 1,0. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 _. IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 ...... ... Birmingham and Derby ...... lOO/ pd :60 9,580 ......... Birmingham and Gloucester It 0/. pd 65% 15,000 .... ..... Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 60 pd 35 7,500 ......... Cheltenham& G. Western 100/.s h. 62xl 26% 3,000 ......... Clarence 1001. oh. 100/ pd 3., 8,000 59,006 ..... .... Eastern Counties 251. sh. '231. pd S 10,000 Great North of England 1001. sh. ;W. pd 7:i 10,918 14 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd tOl 25,000 .... ..... Great Western 1601. sh. 051. pd 91% 25,000 .... ..... Ditto New 50!. sh. Mi. pd ON 3,000 per cant Gosport Junction.. 'o/. sh. 40!. pd 47 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 1604 ob. 1001. pd 145% 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 50/, pd 4..') 2,100 4/. per cent. Leeds and Selby MO sh. 05% 5,100 19 percent. Liverpool& Manchester 101.1.5 h. 1110/. p.l 185 7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares N./. pd 90 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45 3 6,0 00 ..... .... London and Brighton 50/. sh. 301. pd 43X 94,000 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -20/. s!.. 201. pd 8 25,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/. oh. 901. pd 158 05,000 Ditto Quarter Shares -.05/. oh. 5/. pd 21 1 4 31,250 30A° 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381,175. lid. t 5 33,000 .... ..... London and Croydon] Av. 13% { , 134 15s. !td. Ditto New 5crip....15% 13,000 3 per cent. 111anchesUr and Leeds-1001. sh. 70/. pd 5t ii 13,000 Ditto Half Shares 504 254 pd 21 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/. sh. 40/. 23 Ditto Extension 7l. pd 9.3 i 10,000 Midland Counties '00!. sh. 100/. pd 89 15,000 North Midland ...... ... 1.0/. sh. 11.10/ pd 6sy, Ditto New 4O/. rd 34 5 , 10 g ...... ... Northern and Eastern-Mot. sh 601. pd :38 • ;.,669 Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 30/. pd 36 '28,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lllO/.sh. 255 9,000 Tha , res Haven 5O!. eh 5/. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 71 MINES. S,(100 Albion Copper 4,000 11. ss. Alien l5/. sh 12!. It t pd 10 10,000 .«. Anjou Mcxican,iss. 5/. pm. 109/. sh. al yd 1% Ditto Subscription 251. pu 1% 2,000 pit, Polanos ISO!. sh all pd 35 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51, pm 351.8 h. 201. pd 5 6.000 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Roy ...294 sh. 141. pd 2k IC ,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 201. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip lOl. sh. 10!. pd 2 20,000 British Irot. lOO/. sh. 601. pd t ow ••• British Copper 51. sh. 41Z. pd 1% C 1 ,4 Br tnea T. pd 6 9•111•••• ranfilMS•••••'•”•••W•tf•••••1•1,,, 71. pd 4 10,000 11 coviapo •....- 8,400 ... Columbian, iss. SE. prp....451. sh. 55/. pd ON 2,850 31. English , ,,,,,, ,e },141. La. pd 2 n 1 000 Geii4'ral Mining A csocifitiADVl. $ 11 44 p(I d 11i V 'o i . Mexican Company lOOl. sh. a4{l. pd Polberou Consols .. lOl. sh. 81. pd 4 3,lltiti ,t ..... SI 110 0 • Ft.€, ll del Monte, Unrogistercd 2% it. 414411 Ngtr..., 1501. pd 160 30,000 ... um . Unl ti idwpfgh 00! 4111*. ilq: §P! 4pi pi Diiio,y ff Ditio ge §flip 'Z: - 'Sr did 4 Wyst Cork ...... ...tittrt.t . ptt . t44 . llll 501, psi 38 . I.ITER A 11.? 1 NSTITUTION6. 1,000 ... Loo4pi; with Bronze Ticket ...75 gs . sh. 16 1,500 700 I tine k-;l9iii4g I 99. PI, tPIMIO O 4 IP% - .... . -- Al ISCELLA 1417,0 1 / 2 . !VIA Iss. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 224 pd FA 6,)CC 1. per cent. British American Land Company 3 it. pd 10,000 SL per cent. Canada Company 1004 sh. 321/. pd 31 Canada2o,o@o,ooos/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan .. ,..,,,,. titig City !Sonde, 41,4 r eqnt.,,,,,,,.,.., ;,., ~, 100 2%000 I/. Os. GeneralSteana Narigatren M. ' S h7 . 14/, ' pd 24 10/.percent. Hudson's Bay Stock. ~ ....... ..,. ........ ~.... 254 ,008 11. London Corn. Sale 1t0pm5.,,./kv, 7.54 gli. 19 ,000 CaoLtchou c Company lag pd 12 New Brunswick Land Company...Nl/ pd 12 ;,154 SI. per emit. Iltrersienary Int. 50c...1001. sh. 1001. pd 104 2,633 Si. per cent. illst.o New lOO/ sh. 100 . '. pd 107 4,000 - 411. fp P 4 10 10,000 6 s. Vail Die-044'S Land.„,lool. O. 17$ .Pd EN LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES JUNE 2, 1841. BAN KS. _ _ 1.000,00 e,, p. ct. rank of „.S3/. ss. Bd. ih , all pd 159 2, 000,0 ; xv, p. ct. Rcy,4l or PtAao l. rn . r r n r r rlllol . 4h. all pd 154 500.000:, p. ct. British Limen Cionpany,,,llX)b§ii ? till J 2,23 500,000/. 61. p. ct. Commerci 2 I 5001.5h.1001. d 169 500,000/. 6n. et. National lO6/.Bh. 10!. pd 144 5011.0001. 71. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 8,1% 1,000,0f,t0/. Gp, Cl. Western of Scotland 2OOl. ah 401. pd 72% Iliiilll4lloE COMPANIES. :5( , ,0005h 61p. ct. Scottish Unirm ~,,,,,, „,„„20/. yh. 11. pa 24.3.00. 7,500 7p. ct. Hercules ICIOI, 10/. pd 14% 10C,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotlaad.lo/.sh. all pd li; 50,000 Bp. ct. North British 290/. sh. 10/. pd 17N 1,u&I Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 20 5,000 fi p, ct. Edinburgh .i.de 1001. sh. 101. pd 11; 100,000 31 p. ct. W eit 101, pd • Iatr.CELLANEO 4,818 ........ Edin. 2nd Was. Un. Catialsll/.sh. all pd 14% Ditto Allocated cllll, sh. all pd 56 5,4( 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.2sl. sh. all pd 35 I,ooosh :5 per cent. Shotts Iron F0underv......501 sh 98/. 42 0.000 3 per teat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. 16!. pd 33 4,5110 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas. ........j5l. sh. all pd 4j 4,91a0 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas ...........251. sh. all pd N 752 7a per ‘eat, Coal Gas . 1,154 ......... Edi MAIN ti 4nd Daf/igitll ttailWay 501. sh 30 CHANCERY CourtTs.—;Saturday being the last day of term the three Courts of Chancery were occupied in hearing motions, none of which contained any matter of public interest. The i,ord Chancellor will continue to s it three days in the week at Lincoln's Inn, 111 P Vice.chancelior will sit for the purpose of hearing m otions and the ordi nary business of the Court up to the first seal, which is appointed for the 23d inst. The Master of the Rolls will not sit after the remaining petitions are disposed of until the 21st inst.; viikh. is the first day appointed by his Lordship for hearing causes. F, YE V' NG ED 1T1.ON• FREIXII COD FISHERY. f The following statistical account of the cod fiery France, is g i ven i n th e C'onstituionnel :—" Th" et) , 0 , fishery employs agnuolly 400 French ships, in-' ,1 ', 11-11 , 1 .'. together' 50,000 t ons , an d ma n n ed by 11,000 sto'"l,s. also 200 transports or coas ti ng v essels, with 2,00.) sailo _ so that it maintains 600 ships, and 13,000 men. lirantoef possesses 305 myriametres, or about 450 leagues , coast; and there was a time when the French fi s hery . o °_ the banks of Newfoundland was sufficiently i extensl" to supply nearly the wants of a ll E u rope, and for i nannn , S the whole of the French navy. But in cons,..quee the treaty of Utrecht in 1713, that of Vervins i 1783, he and the cession of Canada, France was reduced to 1 confined right of fishing on the eastern and western _ coasts of the island of Nwfoundland, without the pow!! of establishing; any dwelling-place or building upon except such huts and scaffolding as are absolutely noce 2, sary for drying and curing th e fish. Under such cirtli'h stances, it is evident that France can never compete " the English fishermen, who have fixed residences on to island, or with those of America, who have the adv*; tae of being d103:5 to their own shores. AS s beite st, for her ships, she pos sesses only- the small islands of. ,c Pierre and Miquel o n, p resent i ng b u t bare rock;;, w must be constantly s uppli e d. f rom w ithout Willi every " ,h e necessary, even fire-wood. Th e m a intenance o,e n French fishery, therefore, depends upon the encoursg;, ment it receives from th e G ov2rnment , ot h e rwise it w on, : almost cease t o ex i s t, and a nursery for 13,0 00 sailors would be obliterated. I n 1793 th e French lists of able sea men contained 100,000 men. In 1815 the numbc wzlsrcr: duced to 83,000. In 1836 it increased to 90, 511, 1840 to 98,706. This augmentation has been derived chiefly from the expansion of the cod-fishery, rth e i ll consequence of the encouragement it has receiven, creased from 30,584 tons and 8,108 men, in 016, 6 54,995 tons and 11,499 men in 1839. Besides the shill expressly fitted out for the fishery, there are between and 80 other vessels employed in conveying cargoes 3 ' cod from the banks to the colonies. There is likew,s6 a number of transports engaged in carrying be Lwee co ll 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 kilogrammes (50,000,0 and 60,000,000 lb.) of salt, and also pitch, flour, an: all the other necessary provisions for 13,000 t e n and during eight months of the year.. This keep s - 1 - t nually employed about 50,000 tons of shipping' the may be said, therefore, without exaggeration, that cod fisheries fur n i s h F rance with 1 9 ,000 able scar°,,el being nearly o ne -f ourt h o f t h e whole- number r_eqnlie-i, for her navy, b u t a t t h e same time insufficient to vi . fleets in time of war. No other part of her sea-going trade could produc e a similar result, as it would 170,000 tons of colonial merchantmen to supply t 12,000 sailors furnished by the cod fishery. The 1 „ ° : s St. Domingo depri ve d F rance o f t h e emploYine""ths°l 167,665 tons of shippin g , an d s till h er trade wil , `" "- island engaged no more than 9,855 men." THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. --,-- -- ev ,se• • Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. ' ...... ...........---. Per Quarter, a. to a. a. to s. s. to I. a. to s. 1 ,,, ... Cirlisle 6B 30 24 46 4 ' ••••• tinhorn 52 66 28 3?, SI 24 -- 41 Morpcth 53 64 25 32 23 1.4 34 36 ''' Penrith 6B 32 —2; C':l -- 4 4 Sheffield — 61 31 24 47 33, WinchestLr 57 62 26 t. 9 EO 211 40 42 , 4 s. P a Per Bushel. s. d. 5. d. s.d. ad. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d 5 ‘ ,'",, ii: Carmarthen is ii 72 00 30 00 23 56 00 " ' V. Cowbridgo 79 80 00 41 00 96 5U 53 0 " a 00 iwansea BO 8 8 3 6 44, 28 3 0 5 6 6 0 1 w Per 8011. 1 4 1 10 Barnardcastl l 15 0 18 0 8 0 9 3 6 4 7 6 i i 0 10 61 7,6 1 1. 2 Durham 136 IS 680 90 56 73 00 li) Cvl- P. 0 Richmond IN 0 180 70 86 1 56 R 0 90 120 o ,-1 Ow a Stockton 15 0166 9 0 901 5 0 66 8 0 10 0 8 '' WAKEFIELD CORN AIARKEr . t o& Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffblk ..... .... —s. 545„ to 614. i''' . Lin. and Cam. —s. 5:35. to ctn. 6 0 ; I 5„ Yorkshire —a. —a. to ,(':i.. 6 " 7 / 1 , ---- 'White " , e 67i. ------ Foreign, Iced s. —s. to 5 9 % un : (p, Whitt —s. —a. to 645. 1 ! 1 ' 3 i , Per 8011. I Barnardcastl 15 0 18 0 8 0 9 3 ii 0 10 6 Durham 13 6 166 80 90 00 l) t _ Richmond I', 0 18 0 70 861 9 a 120 Stockton 15 0166 9 0 901 8010 0 WAKEFIELD C. RhEr Wisest, Red, Norfolk and Sullblk, 538. to 61/ Lin. and Cam. ----- Yorkshire —s. tft P,il , . ----. 'White " 62, to 641. .------ Foreign, iced —s. to 5 9 % Whitt. . —s. to 6t's. Barley, Norfolk and Sufnlk --, Lincolnshire ---- Yorkshire 'Wiild -- Foreign Beans, New — .... 375, to 395. -- Old • s. to 445. Oats, Potato --, Poland ,i. .. —s. --s. to "11- --- vriezlar fine.- nt and Small —s. —s. to 20s. . oc. lesling ......... 12. to V:.101. Pe 1 04 Slm'ling 2B, to 293. id. pe r „ s o Malt —.l . : 3 1 , . fine 425. per c o Rapeseed ..... - NEWCASTLE CORN EXCH A NUE. white. Red. Os. 62 , .1 Wheat, Northumberland s4s. s , Norfolk and Suffolk...." ....... .. 6 8 2 i s c o fts 6 ,,..... .: i6378z --- Bong/irk and Scotch Foreign 62s. 67a. ..,... ~,,, • Ryo, Norfolk and Suffolk 38s 40, --' ~' Foreign 295.:3:1:. --- ''''. . r 6,. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 3ss. —5....... --'' ' l Grinding and Feeding 2Bi. 30. — l'• '' f . . I :Ilialt,• Norfolk and Sutf o lk SQ, 58s -- 7 . „ ' . Beaus, Small 35... 40s --e .' -- T i c k .......- 41'5.4'25. --4. .....6- ', Pease, White {Os 425. . ... --s. ... Gray . . 422 44s -s• -- ' .. Oats, Northumberland, Pritatoe ..... .... iss. 263 — 4 ' ..... Feed .., 1 ... S. —9 ''''''. ' _....; 445.47, —L Foreign 000000000 MM.* 111 Flour (por sack) SCOTCH MARKETS. __---'' ;w lv ,`," ... 21h ... e ... tt : Barley. Oats. Beans. ........., 0 ." kberdeen 50 to 60 24 to 26 19 t o 22 —to , ~1 1' r. 17 ~, Berwick 3B 44 17 22 17 '2 'a2 24 E 6 • .. 3, ,i ,, Ooldstream Cupar (Fife) 48 65 26 31 18 22 2J 2" ;;;', 7, • • Dunbar lO 65 25 28 21 24 37 33 '''' ...' Elgin 55 50 26 17 20 21 iia hq 1 ••••• .., Invernesa .:B CO 23 23 21 '24 12 33 1 -"" .4 Kelso .. 40 50 IS 2 . 2 15 18 29 ..... 1 ~.; ,' Kirkaldy Werth g,,, - ;, TlO. size of the measure vari es thr oug h ou t th e eouot" . • HADDINGFON CORN MARKET. p`e' Wheat. Marley. Oafs. Vie ns Ra in First 7l, Od 37., ( 3 d PO, 02 42, Od I `',,' oil Second r.s. Od 33 , Od 26s fid 41. Od i '' s Oa Third tOs Od 32. 04 24, 04 I :114 od ' "". ' Average 3l. ss. Id 4.l2ths. DALKLITH CORN MARKET. A.-..1'1 0:, will"' ' ' Wheat. 13ariey. 1 Oats. r I eaie. jj,l7. First 7is ..i : 3 3s 61 'Vs 4d 41, Od .) Second 66s Od 324 iCS (Id 42 7 011 1 6cl 1 i. Third. Ole 0,1 28 ; ed 221 Od 4Q al 1 ".. GLASCIOW CORN Mt RKET , s. c - , Wheat, per 24011% a. ''. S. 41. I Oat it, tlii.llh. 4:,.....197.. r, RKETS DALKEITH CORN MARKET- 131 - Wheat. 'R i ariey. - I Oats. rea,e. i 4 4. %IN 'ti :'ss 4 , 1 j 2% 4d 41._ 08 1 , Oft Oils Oil 32s 68 I (')s ed 42 , (Id 1 1", Od 315 0,1 28 s ed 221 08 4io 0.;. I'' .. GLASGOW CORN Mt RKET s.c •'' 0 6 Wheat, per 2401 b. b. d. S. 41. I Oat 7, ii,:r •.:641b. " 1 , to ) 0 rtritish, old 220 tt , 34 ti 1.03 • ..... 410 1 i 0 9 0 ----- new rsnada, free 0 0 0001 n. ,es Beans, peX .- 2 1 6 11.2 0 Irish 2.2 .su English V 0 2l 0 Pease, Scottish .. ••• 7 0 " 0 Scottish Irish n Oa o t t i t ri r e , a p i t. , r pe 2,c r , l 4 i i ! , ll . l) .. . ::: 4 1 4 ~ 5'. , . We are glad to learn, upon the authoritYtro, private letters received in town on Saturday, t hat the Countess of Coventry is rapidly recovering froa, serious effects of the coup de soleil, by which we 11 , 1 ,ia tioned her Ladyship had been attacked, whilst n o t ,{; an airing in th e v i c i n i ty o f R ome. Lor d H o lland to f left for Florence, in consequence of the improve-001,in Lady Covent r y' s health. Lady Holland continued attendance on her mother at Re.ae - G LD ,O, WATCHES, LONDON- I%lAvi l ill , A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers,N 9 COD - • it. , London, opposite the Bank of England, sumit for sele,_ c l ,„ of very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, the wo?; of which are made and finished under the careful insPec," experienced wor k men on t h e i r awn premises, an d each'. W ranted for correct performance. 'SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical 'Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned, 8 It' 6 gold ca s e s an d go ld di a l s , warranted ......... Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double backed engine -turned gold cases and gold dials, 10 warranted• Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, with double-backed gold cases and geld 14 14 dials, warranted SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases,- ri 13 0 warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled 0 in six hol es , secon d s , d ou bl e- b acked gold cases 1711 and enam e l di a l s , warrante d Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, secon d s , d ou b le-backed gold casco 1 0 0 1, o ld and gold dials, warrante d ........ io a . Either of the G en tl emen ' s Watches may be had dAsad hunting cases for 31. 3s. each extra. N.H. Se e " Watches purchased in exchange. th PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAVi, 60 s. - 100d °- of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAM Superior orso Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. pee d " efi ; t °°t: Poles for Window Curtains, loch diameter Is. 3'f' per 05/. 2 inches, Is. Idd. per foot ; b ronze d fenders, '4 feet Catalogues gratis, containiN/ the prices of stoves, few''' . i r oo• iron!, kitclien utent.ls,and every art i c l e i n furn i s hing tn-mgot y. t ' RIPPON and BURTON, W e ll s - s t ree t, O x ford"' ve Established 1820. BIRTHS. At Whiteh 31, the Lady Cart ington, of a daugh ter. oilloe4 On the 9th inst., th e l a d y o f Charles Os,a in, Esq'' - r street, of a daughter. artis ' • . fl On the 9th inst., at Tynemouth, the lady of CoPt aill , Royal Irish Fusileers, of a son. , o n tie 9th inst , the wife of J. H. Florence, of '' lllar i k a l d i : Pw o of a son, - On the 10th inst., at Theobald's-park, IlertE, th e , i ,obti Richard Arabin, Esq., of I3eech-hill-park, Essex, of a d i . - :,11 0. On the I Ith inst.,' at Burton -crescent, the 10 ° Totolkios, jun., Esti., of a son. --'' MARRIED. • Te lBl ' I, On the 6th of March, at Si erra L eone , C a pla'n ...• port% - the 3d West India Regiment, to Catherine I'e' o4 '"c c rool . - only surviving daughter of Sir John Jeremie, uu- fir Chief of W es t ern Af r i ca . 5 So l On the 4th of April, at St. Pete r ' s , C o l o mbo, Ja01,,5,i.( Ist( Each., to E'eartor, daughte r o f Th omas G ree ntree• r' ' , - 13 go' Member of Council at St. elena. , 110 . . On the 31st of May, at H the Briti s h Ambassador, ' p osu , nick, Frederiek S, Warren, Esq., son of the late Re v ' 00 0 Warren, to Georgina Eli za b e th, d aug h ter o f the We of Simpson, Esq., of Richmond. .., 0. 1) :' to On the filth inst., Jam es Ri a d on Bennett, Ds c lil egi n,r l _, o . Fiusburpplace north, eldest son o f t h e Rev. D''' o f l'' . Ellen Selfe P age , y oungest d aughter of Mrs. Pagel' bridge, Wilts. 10th C. On J. inst.,_at . St. _ll .. .lary Abbots, K en r si :ii C c . et , ' 6 . 11 . of Cooke, • e 5i .. F.,se glq., of the madras Hors w e Artillery, to Fro-, , hethi youngest d aug h ter of Richard Herve Giro" Kensington. On the 12th inst., at hi s Jo e. o f a porleV o los id after a very short illness from Jonathan Wboley, of the firmo; S a e n e; :ti e d N\ h o ley. a vi ' grocers, King Wiliam -street, London 'w Bridge age d b e: I 3105. p ho l ti E se n in . Lattwreknce Potto tne.s . 10r* On the 13th instat s, , a, Vea!e, aged 30. ' , e il (11 2',.. hO On the • , elwood.terrace g , 3dinst., at Margate, Miss Elizabeth l'ayn i e , r pf t" l On the 4th inst., at Southampton, Eveline. ilaug,'„ e d 16. ate Philip Lynch A h E • l I 'land , ' 4, Colt' t y, s., of Renvil,e, rt . ~,, On the 6th inst., Mr Thom as Chin g, of Launeet-u well, aged 66, On the 6th inst., C I I Edinburgh , ( ..‘ e°l at Carlton-place, ton-p ace, Mell son Taylsr, Es. aged 71. On the 7th inst., ' in the Y k d L beth, Itoro t. or -ma , am Cooke, mother of T. P. Cooke, of Drury-lane an 7 2 ' garden Theatrer, aged 84. n ag e `i of 'l3 , oin p , - , On the I Ith inst., at Camberwell, John Pond, —q,...' see' „ Ott the 11th inst., at Kentisl-town, Mr. Tto ln " - klianc..ry-lane, aged 72. 3 0 1 London: Printed and Published by AITJRDO stria& No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. Ii L' j. the county of Middlesex.wMontlay, Jima 14 : "". •. 1 1 Pe it, .~