The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-15 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION S PI RIT • of the PUBLIC JO URNALS FROM THE DAILY FADERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Earl of Cardigan cannot allow the public to forget him for an instant. Ile is one of those unfortunate in, dividuals who are unable to take . ts single step nti , hotit coming in collision with others ; who cannot . act Without violating some feeling, or running counter to some observ ance held in regard by the country. In another column will be found a letter from a correspondent, which may be implicitly relied on, giving an account of an occurrence at Hounslow barracks, in which Lord Cardigan seems to have outdone himself. The Sabbath in this country is held to be so far sanctified, that. works of necessity and mercy, are alone allowable,on that day. On Sunday last the 11th Hussars were marched into the Riding School for divine. service. Prayers tura r,lad and a sermon was preached. Oa the conclusion o f diVine service the trumpet-major vi :is or dered to make things ready for corporal punishtitent ; and in this Riding School, and on a Sunday, where not an honr•lefore the whole regiment were engaged in prayer, Priv.ite Rogers, of the 11 th Hussars, was tied up nod receivirg one hundred lashes. His Lordship had not the decency to d:smiss.the nrn to their quarters and to reutscrahle the.:l Vi witness the punishment; but, la if V!e fliggi:g was a continuation of the divine be - vice, kept tuem in the place till it had takea place. What would be said if 'the. Sabbath were to be de- Eeersted by' en execution on that day ? There may be ce•Cat,lops oo Ai:111,1 SCO ice when to delay for a day ntiVit injuri.)us; but the punishm,mt on Sunday lea lied no jastificaton—it was a rio!ent outrage offered t..) the reli gion of the cou:try. To add to the indecency, there were 140 men of the I4th Regiment present in the barracks with the I it) when the flogging took place.. Sir Berry flardi: ge ioade it a matter of complaint against G:nieral Evan, that he fs)c.ght a battle in Spain on a Sun_ day. It may happen tht,t t.le reason for fighting on a S.l , :day is thit tie ~:.v anti(iaied may be lost. by a clay's delay. Bur. 11.,;g,irg en a S.viday was a gratnito.ii act of incie- cen,:y— a desecr4tJn Gf a day r, , 7t apart for relizioa, oh s twine, and f_e'i-g; in ec:orda!:c,, with religion. Wilat ale t , ) ;It p•ayTri uluFt uit the gr6a of tl.e p ;or bea I Lord sh3uld hove been a d rot a Clr . leim3. lie would have been the i,tu'.',ebe,ide the attar. C. eb j, i :tly t y t • s%:ck Vie,e r,ot be sufbred, tyke 9 . in many Th.: man nhe- could perret.rate ,e;:eez!neyi, utte,lv ir,fit t( b, entiuited ttatt, the co.nmand of arr trOut. of ter Al .)j -:t , 's army. (FriMa the 7 irises. ) CV : l a a a Never vino Vace ixopehi'ion laid upin 2.13 e ta!)1,1 rm - r ele,rly expres;ve of thc toeanelt orty ;;-:e " of Voti;,,t; Bill," no-v i'ene ffinni,ils. Let us bri...'fly re:i2W ;t; ev•rat first cLic:;e prof Ides that joint-;e How c prey:, Qi or or occupy for II Dwrs share the ,Otl4t tt!ct icquircd for siTi,zle I 'Li ILO: bulkingaocru:.iP , l (:11:- yearly valti , of 5/ :ler to confer a vote f ,, r a AC% ill !..Cp4T. fr,io t ::,)ro s the limit of s:ven des .11 computed by the new es esk. , three clauses we rind feels hre. , of the smaller points en ta still exist. They settle each, it is tree, to tl.c alivsnta27e of " the Whig jute: ca:," and, if .'e ore to judge from the rest of the 13;11, we Nhcuid feel entitled to say that this is the ob. f:r their constrmtion. Still, however. if this tree pa; ty Liss %Teri, all, n'e would offer no c,:in laie• The rem..indcr c.f the Bill, however, is of a tot.llly eiffeer.t c',rar...ie - . It is wholly an infringement of the 'SPtdellent of 1832. it in, like Lind Morpeth's Irish Bid, not 1 4:6 excl.,nation of the existing .‘ right of vntinft," hut the cre:-li.ion of ai entir:ly new right. If such nib- Ll:reg atterilits ore tilerated, there is no security that the uh,le R4o!in 13:11 may not be f:ittercd away in less thou an: t ter year?. The second clause repeals :he toot distin,it. and therefore the most valuable proviso in the 1 , 1,1.,rrn 8.11-0 - st which enacts that a borough v,ter shall Sit)'. he regi.tyrerl except he shall have paid on the 20th of 1.13 all Poor-rates and Assessed Taxes which b.tiail hare been due from him on the 6th of A';iril treceding. This enactment had the excellence of being and i ; and no part of the Reform Bill has given rise to less litigation. But let our re sdlis observe the Jeleetable piece of equivocal jargon which it is pre pof,e.l to s.o..)s'inte in its room. The second clause having renle 1 t' - e rate-pnyi:.g proviso of the Reform Bill, the third ohs e runs Otis :--" That in lieu th , reof, the pro. viso be, that no person shall be registered as a borough elector unless he shall have paid within the proper and leya! period all the poor-rates which shall have become payable from hire, in respect of the premise; for which he is registered, during the year ending six calendar months before the last day allowed by law for paying arrears of Tires." ! ! And this mass of unintelligible vagueness is offered to us as an improvement on the Reform Bill (From the Morning Post.) 1 They t;:(1 set d with t N WUS In the Unitcd Kingdom and tn - o British islands there are seventy- seven millions and neatly a half of another million of acres of land. Of these, forty.six millions and a half are not only cultivable, but under cultivation, so that we bava about two acre> capable of growing food for cv:ry inhabitant who is to be fed. If this be not enou,gh (under proper management), our people must have more enormous appetites than even those who most satirize John Bull's eating propksities have yet given us credit for- Besides the forty.six millions and a half of acres under cultivation, there are fifteen millions more which are supposed to be capable of cultivation, and nearly sixteen millions which in the present state of agii , zultural know ledge and experience are held to be inevitably barren, so far as the production of food for msn is concerned. But surely the fifteen millions which may be cultiva'ed form a tolerably good reserve in case of nett& and there is still a greater resource in the improved cultivation which might, under new arrangements, be resorted to. So long as we measure labour by the value for which its produce can be exchanged, it will not be considered profitable to obtain the highest amount of produce from the land which the land is capable of yielding; but if we consider land R 3 the source of fond for the people, and regard the quantity of food which the people might raise out of it were it parcelled out among them as gardens for each family's support, it is not going beyond what experience will confirm, to say that five times the present produce might be raised from the cultivable portion of our soil. ( From the Morning Herald.) _ Ever y thing was looked for, by the friends of Greece, et nthe 1ia.13 of King Otho, which could reflect honour on himself, and confer the blessings of limited monarchy, faith fully rid:nii,i3terecl, on a grateful people. Even the youth of King Otho—though it made many doubtful of the wis dom with which the mighty duti:s of his responsible s:a tbn would be discharged seemed to offer some security for the faiilnfulhess Ind ardour ix ih which his efforts would be eirected to the fulfil ment of Hs august functions. In a Court from wIliA it wa s aesumed, as matter of course, that the jealous End vindictive policy and secret crimes of the thto rnan Emperors weal be for ever baniAel, security of live and limb, as well as of property, - wis looked for werd to as a right for which it was scarcely requisite that the Stato of Greece shduld specifically stipulate. In a regenerate land still echoing through all its classic valleys, and from the summits of its glorious mountains, with the antique hymns of lib'erty—it was never im?gined but that slavery was thenceforward an extinct chimera ; that it would be remembered by the children of young Greece only at a stor:ed phar,t3srn—an impimible horror—a. bnr harotis tradition of shame and Moor), such as ace tae It g,.0...13 C.Elt Etlil prevail among the neighbouring aud.otlier, 4efi4 , ees of the f1.1c..,t regions of D-1- matia. Theio hopes li,v3 long be.: - blii , ,rhted. By the aommunieilion we publish this day frjm our correspou deut Athba7, it should EC 2111 they are now irmtliav ably blasted ! We bavo, from time to tie,. performed the pa'!6fal task of proclaiming many acts ;:f culpable 'folly, and. of, unconstitutionsl violence, on the tart of Kick Othu. But we confess that we were not pre pared for the charge of such extreme moral &Li,- quency as must be considered to attach even to the Save s‘lin but passei ov'ff, in his own creatures, unpu nished, the atrocious pract!e,!s of torture, poisoning and slave-tradirvi. Bat if these be carried on, with the pri_ vity and permission of Otho and his Carntrilla cabal, in the way described by our Athens correspondent, we have no be-itztion in saying that the dignity, the power, the cha , racter of Great Britain are concerned in demanding in stant explanations of th;s Prince—proofs of a vigorous effort on his part to detect and bring to justice the indi viduals concerned in such transactions —a n d exculpation, if he can make out such a cause, from the charge of a broach of the faith oc treaties for the abolition of slave_ trading, to nbich we ourseltes have been such earnest and prominent partio. (From the Globe.) The Hertforilsh[re Tories in ainel a severe d efe a t on Monday last, by the decision, nan unprocede nte dl y numerous meeting of county Magistrates, which g oj s to substitute a County Police for the proverbially in epcient parochial constables. It is true that the ques tion was not strictly a- party question, and ought not to have been so regarded by either the supporters or opponents of the proposition. It was, however, trade to assume that character by those who resisted the introduction of the New Police system. The Mar quis of Salisbury being the leader of the Opposition, the great bulk of the Tory Magistrates, including clearly all the . Parson-jastices (of which there are a large pro portion in the Commission), were, ol h c e ourse, of ' ' opinion, with the Noble Lord, to whom ' owe so much, that the old system is preferable to the 3 : l new one, bo,h for its efficiency and chea ness ; am . that both i. the property and persons of the P people . in rural districts would be fa, more secure under th eir protection than by the presence of a employe.d, day regularlydisciplined . and con stantlye night police, duly inspect ed, and responsible to superiorand also for their per sonal conduct and activity, for the state of the respective districts committed unit to their charge. Hap pd!, , although but by an prevailed in the Court over the attempt' t I-I. c: er perpetuate Hertford—to ° n s Q the parish constables in the county o f to the great satisfaction of the bulk of its inhabitants,"d— that the Tories, as a body—there are w o h p o ti o se Z, , P .‘ l ,l l ;' c l .l 2l l because of their become more honourably conspicu a o n u d s e b x i rarity—oppose the most obvious ypcea.atihvely-de manded improvements, if by so doing they h ut gain a paltry temporary a dvantage, which they may n e able to exhibit as a proof of superior numerical strength. (From the Standard.) . The real business of the Session may be expected to commence at the re-assembling of Parliament next week. The rival bills of Lords Stanley and Morpeth— ..- the bill of Mr. Colquhcun for the " Emancipation " of the Romanists clergy from the mock control of the Government—the motion of Sir Robert Inglis for ex tending the means of religious worship in some approxi mation to the wants of the country—will all soon force themselves upon public attention—ind, that most lastly, peremptory of all days, the day of reckoning, the day of "the budget," is promised to ar rive before the end of the month. Of the two Irish i i I registration bills it is not necessarY'to say much. The public of all parties concur in the acknowledgment that the present vile and abominable system of the Irish elections cannot be longer endured ; and the Chartists and Radicals must, by this time, have learned from Mr. Lyon M'Kenzie, if they did Hot know it before, that universal suffrage, such as Lord Morpeth's Bill would establish, whether es tablished -with or without " the ballot," is not only ,no remedy for fraud, perjury, and corrup tion;but the most effectual means for rendering all three .:of easy practice, and therefore all but universal. Lord Stanley's Bill may be rejected, but. it is impossible that :Lord: Morpeth's Bill can ever pass ; and the rejection of Lord Stanley's Bill will be no more than a simple de claration, on the part of the majority, that they have an interest in the villainies of the Irish elec tions, which villainies they confess to the full extent of their atrocities, but which, nevertheless, they vote to perpetuate. The principles at issue in the rival bills is now perfectly clear to every one. Let gentle men take their side in the dispute according to their notions of profound honesty and political morality, and let the public judge of their conduct when next they shal present themselves at the hu.slinge. Equally clear are the merits of Mr. Colquhoun's 13:11. It is plain that under the existing law the College of Maynooth fulfils none of the conditions upon which it was first e stablished anti has since been supported. However proper it may be to inves tigate the causes of the failure, by a minute inquiry into the discipline and course of study in the college (and such an investigation were highly proper), at present it is eunuch far us to know that :he institution has not pro mo! ef:l the loyalty of the Roman Catholic clergy (its ostensible purpose), or even recommended itself to the care and affection of the Roman Catholic population. . (From the Courier.) Nobody has doubt_ ti for one moment since the esta blishment of the new Poor-law, that is nobody out of the sphere of a foolish fox-hunting squirearchy, that coequally and contemporaneously with it Corn-laws could not long be tolerated, and to speak truth, ought not to hr. It is impossible in a free country like this that one law for the rich, but another anti a totally dif ferent law for the poor, should long exist together. Now, fere and water would almost blend es harmo niously together physically, as Corn-laws and new Poor-haws morally. The principle of each in many respects is esFeitially and vitally hostile die oee to the other. The Corn-1 trvs arc protective of the interests of one part of the community, that is, of the egricultural classes in especial ; the new Poor-laws are destructive of the interests and hap piness of every class of the community, save the proud and pursy landlords of the soil and the millionaire tra ders of the city. The question which must come to he solved therefore sooner or later is, how long will the masses he disposed to submit to the one-sided legislation, by which their old Poor-law protective rights have been swept away, and replaced with the decimating despotism of new Poor-law gardery and starvation, whilst they see the upper classes revelling in all the exclusive wealth and enjoyments springing out of property rights well and rigorously prctected. It is not difficult to foresee the result to which this " experimentalising" new Poor law legislation will lead eventually ; for an " experi ment," although a long one, the new Poor-law ac cording to Sir Robert Peel himself. noNEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.' CHRONICLE.---The failure of another official assig nee of the Court of Bankruptcy was made known in the course ( f the day. These breaches of trust on the part of publio men, and others equally bound to a strict ful filment of the r duties, continue to be commented upon by the mercantile classes with much severity. In the present instancy the deficiency on public account is said to be from s:.arn to ten thousand pounds. Large contracts for wheat and flour for shipment frore Canada to London and Liverpool have been lately con cluded. Upper Canada wheat is to be put on board of the several vessels chartered for the purpose at 6'. 3d. the 'Nibs. ; and Upper Canada flour at 30s. to 31s. sterling. TIMES —The feeling in the City on the subject of the non-arrival of the President has been stronger to-day than on any former occasion since the first doubt of her safety arose, as it appears that the hope raised by the ac count circulated last night of her having reached Madeira is altogether without foundation. Indeed, this account seems, never to have obtained the least credit at Lloyd's, where the event would necessarily be first known, if at all. In the course of the day another rumour sprung up of her having at last reached Liverpool, but this also, upon inquiry, turned out not to be true, though it was affirmed that a special train had been despatched to Lon don with the news. On the whole, in the practical busi ne,s of Lloyd's, the notion of risk has undergone some slight diminution, as the premium, which was yesterday 40 guineas per cent., sunk this afternoon to 35 guineal. The subject occupied general attention in the City, up to the hour when business closes, in a very remarkable degree. Tho last business done at Lloyd's was at 40 guineas. The premium on gold at Paris is 7f per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 33, and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25. 45, it follows that gold is 0.48 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 428 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10.3 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 13. 6t, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short beinc , 13. 7i, it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent, dearer in Lon d on than in Hamburgh. _ _ _ An official ordinance of the Governor-General of the Portuguese Possessions in India, relating to the ports of Goa, Din, and Damao, is published in the papers received by the overland mail. The preamble sets forth the ex pediency of protecting the commerce of the thres ports by diminishing their charges and granting them the greatest possible liberty, to attract to tlim the goods and merchan dise of all nations, and the Governor then proceeds to order, that from the Ist of February, 1841, all goods and merchandise, of whatever description (opium included), and under whatever banner imported, shall be imported into Goa, Diu, and Damao, on the sole payment of 1 per cent. duty, and the expenses of carriage and watching till their removal from the ports ; the arrangements to be observed being those of a decree of the 22d of March, 1834, relative to the free ports of Lisbon and Oporto. The pub lication of this order is regarded with some anxiety in British India, as it is feared this lowering of duty and granting of such extensive liberties to the ports of Por tuguese India will be a mean's of diverting the trade from the western aide of the British possessions. HE IZ M.D. —The attention of those interested in Ame rican securities has latterly been anxiously directed to the approaching instalment of the United States Bank for 400,000/ , which falls due on Thursday, on account of moneys borrowed from various banking firms and capi talists on the deposit of State stocks and Bank shares, the repayments of which were to be effected at stated periods. The recent failure of the Bank itself to resume specie pay ments in Philadelphia; and to redeem its current paper eirculetion and post notes, with the deplorable exhibit of its general affairs, which upon the face of its own balance sheet was equal to a declaration of complete insolvenc - i , were quite enough, it might be thought, to satie:', 3 , o wn of business that, so far as the payment of the instalment depended on facilities for riising more money either here or in the United States, there could not be the slightest hope. And so the result has proved. It is understood now that the post notes for the 400,0001. cannot be taken up, but that interest upon the amount at the rate of 6 per cent, will be paid or proffered, and an additional deposit of 250,0001. nominal value in Pennsylvania State Stocks, placed in the hands of Messrs. Denison and Co., by way of better security for the ultin.ate satisfaction of the principal. It will be remembered that Messrs. Denison and Co. were constituted trustees of the large ataaunts of State stocks originally deposited in guze. rantee of the loan or advances on post notes originally. The London holders on these notes arc understood to have acceded to The terms for holding eft their but it is believed that the greater proportion of the notes ropresenting the moneys really advanced are in the holding of *bankers and other capitalists in the eow, try, upon whom they were artfully foisted at the time through the instrumentality and strong writing up of the nanker's Circular, which is generally known to be the cat's-pawbearing g of a certain clique of London banker:, who had more St h a i t g e h st i o n eks and post notes than,. god ' things and ‘ ton • e o r m ee o i n v e e y d i convenient to bold. However curious the fact may be, it is not the less t certain, that country bankers arc generally tahablethecrei.styt as they were, it was found sate or disposed to act upon the be more gifted with pockets full ll ee o e f a, w ie is e do e m f this o n w o non-payment m w e ill t b o ' f post-notes and advances appears t to ve b r e w a h b a solutely ascer tained, although it is not elay'ta rot e t a o h ther course they can pursue than to follow their I.),•11w cunningly , betrayed of London tribe, by whom the h into e , ti scrape. An evening paper, in alluding to of the United States Bank instalment in its t 411'1 ; article " takes occasion to insinuate that Mr. Jaudon, the res pected agent of the Bank, had escaped all personal respone,ilility by taking his departure for the United States in the Great Weetern, which has just taken her de parture. First of all it may be observed. on the authority of Mr. Jaudoe's fdends, that he has not left the country-, but remains still a resident here. And secondly, whatever the condition of the United States Bank, Mr. Jaudon has never shown himself the man to shrink from the peforrn ance of duties which mu,t long, have been excessively one rous and greatly disagreeable, or from any responsibility which may personally attach to I,im. If personal respec tability of character, and personal esteem resulting, could have saved the credit of a prine.pal, the United States Bank, under the agency of Mr. Jaudon, would have escaped its present state of degradation. DOVER, APRIL 13.—FETE AT ST. OMER.— This f . .te, which the Duke of Orkang gives at St. Omer if we may jutic from the magnit:tde of the de parture: for it that have taken place from Dover a:one thii day, wtli b. pretty well attenc'e I. A number of indivi . duals started via Boulogne by the morning packet, At half-past one o',lack p.m., about 20 of the officers cf the garrison sailed for the same place; and the French Post office packet, which reached here at four o'clock, imme diately returned with the residua of the guests, including the cive authorities of Dever, in al amounting to up wards of 50 persons. in the morning there is to be a grand review of the troops, amounting, we understand, to 50,000 in number, encamped at SF. Omer, and the even ing is t o conclude with a grand fete and ball. The French Governm.:!nt packets transported cur eitiTsat across the channel gratis on the occasion. The Lords of the Treasury have declared Ches ter a free bonding port for teas, coffees, sugars, and all o ther goods that can be legally imported. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PRIVY COUNCIL, APRIL 14. WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOOELAKE AND OTHER?. The arguments in this important case were resumed Yes terday. Upon their Lordships taking their seats, Lord Lyndhurst intimated to the gentlemen of the Bar, that it was the intention of their Lordships, after to-day, to pro ceed with the further heating of the case on the first five days preceding Tririty Term. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having intimated that such an arrangement would be most satisfactory to the Bar, Sir W. FOLLETT resumed his arguments on behalf of those parties who claimed under the codicil. Supposing their Lordships were satisfied upon the evidence that had been adduced that the codicil was in the handwriting of the deceased, there was no ether circumstance is the case that would prevent them from giving probate. There was' no fact in the case to create suspicion with respect to the handwriting. Nay, he would go further, and assert that there was no fact to show that the codicil was not the act of the testeter. The tact of some of the testamentary papers being burned, and some of them torn, proved, in his (Sir W. Folletna) opinion, the genuineness of the c - one I. But thsti it was said that the letter that had been written by the testator was direct evidence to prove that the c•enneil wis not genuine. He submitted that it was the strongest eviderce in its favour. There certliely was no direct recognition of the cod oil of the testator, but there was enoug h to show that tee tes tator had left a bequest to the Corporation of Gloucester, and that he had made those inquiries which would natur ally lead him to mate the gifts he had done to the children of Mr. Wood, of Chelsea. He submitted that it was clear that the papers A and B were n t the act of the testator, that the real truments he had execteel were destroyed, and that there had been foul play somewhere. But then it was sail that tire instruments which were dis cover° to be tarn and burned had been done en by the tea a.or, he submitted that such a supposition mass against all the probibil ics of the case ; His Learned Friend Mr. Pemberton bad argued that t! e two papers A and B formed a substantive will for the eispo sition of both real and personal estate. Ha srrbmittel that there was nothing in those papers which amounted to a disposition; all that they did was to give instructions for his will, and it was clear from them teat some further document was intended. The paper A had been consi dered throughout as instructions only for a will, and it was clear from the evidence of Mr. Chadborn himself that such was the case. That being the fset, the question then was, whether paper B was iticorpora! ed with A. He thought it was clear that such was not the case, inasmuch is piper B made no reference to any other paper at Ell. In c in clusion, the Learned Counsel submitted that nothing had been adduced to invalidate the codicil, and he trusted, therefore, that their Lordships woull contiler it a valid document, and entitled to probate. Sir F. Poteoex had the honour to address their Lordahips on behalf of one of the next of kin (Ed a-d of the testator, and who might probably turn out to be the next of kin. He could not, hawever, before proceeding with the case, aVai adverting with deep regret to what had fallen from his Learned Friend with reference to what had taken place the first time the Court assembled to hear this case. No, person could entertain a higher opinion than he did of the anility and character of the Learned Judge, to whom, on that occasion, he ( Sir F. Pollock) felt it his duty to object to as a judge on this appeal. That objection was his own. He • had no instructions on the subject from his clients. It was his own objection, not as far es his own personal feelings were concerned, but in consequence of what he con ceived to be his duty to his client. His Learned Friend had stated that it was not to be considered as a legal objection to a Judge that he had been counsel in the case. That was an unnecessary observation to make. There could be no doubt, for instance, that ,if the plague or some other calamity had diSpersed the Judges at Monmouth, and be (Sir F. Pollock) had had the honour to have been made one of the Judges of the land there, there would have been no legal objec tion to his going down on the Commission. There was no legal objection to the most intimtve friend of a party sitting in judgment on the case of his friend, nay, a Judge might sit on the cause of his own father, and as Lis eldest son adjudicate to him an immense estate; but he (Sir F. Pollock), simply considering whet course he ought to take as a member of the bar, with the con currence of his Learned Friend (the Solicitor-General), and other learned gentlemen—with the profoundest Te;p-et for the institutions of the country, and without claiming a right to lay down arule as to who should or s'eould not sit upon the bench ofjustice,did on behalf of his profession claim, whenever a member of the bar felt that he could not with consistency and propriety and efficiency do justice' to the cause of his client, he should have the privilege of retie ing from a tribunal so constituted as to present obstacles to what he considered to be the efficient discharge of his duty. Dismissing this subject, as lla hoped for ever, it was desirable their Lordships should know who his ( Sir F. Pollock's) client was. If the executors succeeded in establishing their case, they would share the whole of this immense property between them, but his client came forward to establish his fair claim to one half of it. Repreeentieg, therefore, an individual who had so large a stake in this decision, he felt himself almost bound, with the assistance of his Learned Friend, to . state hie awn case. He would state to their Lord ships the course he was about to pursue. Here was a will propounded by the executors, and herb were two persons clsinang as next of kin. There were also persons propounding a codicil. These latter persons had apparently an interest in the will. On this point of the case, therefore, be might be considered as a by. stander, but he soon found the executors opposed the codicil, not on account of the large sums bequeathed by it, but because they felt assured if the codicil was natah lished the will must fall. That was the real secret of the extraordinary contest that was going on in that Court. He had observed that his Learned Friend Mr. Pember ton had, with great discretion, shrunk from argument against the codicil, because he very judiciously reflected that such an argument might weigh against the validity of paper A. Now he (Sir F. Pollock) should contend, that this codicil, whether entitled to probate or n , ,t, was to be considered, as it was considered by his client, to be the handwriting of the testator. His client protested against being bound by any act of Mrs. Goodlake. He (Sir Frederick Pollock) was sorry to say that he believed paper A to be a forgery altogether. His Learned Friend, Mr. Pemberton, had argued that, although the executors had done wrong, they had been sufficiently punished for it; and that their Lordships should not suffer indignation at their crimes to prevent the course of justice. Against this argument he (Sir F. Pollock) protested, and, with the greatest respect to his Learned Friends, the Solicitor-General and Sir William Follett, be regretted that they had thought it necessary to advert to the violent death of Mr. Chadborn, of which their Lordships could have no judicial knowledge. It had struck him that before he was instructed in this case, it the Prerogative Court had one greater petulisrity than another, it was an apathy almost amounting to an insensie bility to proceedings, which, if proved in a Court of Come mon Law, would have set the whole Oath in ti flame. The rule of the Prerogative Court *at emnia rites pros sumuntur, but he was sure thzto of their Lordships who were acquainted with the Courts of Common Law would agree with him that under the circume stances of this cnne a Jury would find any thing rather than a verdict which would give the o:sedate:its a Particle 'ar tt farthing of the real oil personal property. Tte Learned Gentleman then proceeded to argue against the validity of tl* papers A and B, either together or sepa rately, ttnd cited several cases. But notwithstanding these taws the question was what was the rule and what wesate application. Did B refer to A? The referend,mtasl; be td something which, without the petssiiiiiiin of mistake, was the document produced: 13 ditetttea the disposal. of the estates "as dirtutnd by my instruction," but the instruc tions contained no directions with respect to a part of the estates, and din not, therefore, cottrespdnd; Their Lordships would observe that in paplr A, V. e werata " Instructions for the will of Mel tauten Wtiod, gin, of Gloucester," were not ersenented with the rest ; th ere was a considerable spate between them, and these words might have luta sapplied afterwards. He threw out this suggestion as man atiaone others for their Lore/ships' considenetioni thn reference should he so clear and strinneet that a bine position to the cont rar y cou ld not be admitted. Was the reference here of thin nature ? In no re spect did paper A tOrrespond with the instructions re ferred to in paper B. The only point of corretpont deuce was the solitary word " Insteeetintiss" lot if they were referred to, there might have bd.n other instructions rather written, or arolO s which *di not forthcoming. Then co u ld A stand by Itself? It was altogether in the handwriting .of Mr. Chadborn. Mr. Chadborn ought to have instructed .Mr. Wood that such instructions should have been in Lis own handwriting, or be should have called in another attorney, and if, as his Learned Friend had suggested, Mr Wood had objected to the expense, he might, in such a ets , n, have paid the fee himself. The papet• hied beta in Mr. Cbadborn's possession no 10 the time of its annexation, and under them eiteumstances it ought not to be admitted to prebatt without a great deal more of proof than that of handwriting. He contended that if the document had been attested by three wenes t ne, yet, being i n Mr. Ch a db orn ' s handwritinne otber evitt ee ee would be necessary to establish Its Y4lldity% If it were entirely in the handwriting of the testator; he still. hon. tended other evidence was neteesany. He thought there was the strongest reason to believe this paper bad no t xistftee before paper B was executed. If it bad been it was impossible but it must have been then produced. If onducei would it trot bane been mantled or at least ostentatiously exhibited P There LordL a y tt e c o me was not the slightest eni!ence that Mr. Chadboth had d v a e t r e y " clumsy itisis.utrilesmTenetl"teol\lheav been at the testator's on the 2d of DeceneLtr, when it bore thatbe beers fabricated thought by y t awas in telligenta es As the a Learned Gentleman appeared Their Lordships the ease, he thought to be proceedi ng to n they bed better adjourn adjourned to the 17th Ma- Ps ai.ea.e:vd.Part f COURT OP 1-1----"AIVICRUTCY, Arlin, l 3 . RESIGNATION or ANuOT,IIER OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE . y . I: transpired in the c o o ffic B i e a r the day, that Mr. J.:1105 has withdrawn he has sustained li C cl is l ms a e r s ,iiil.3y a n t a , r t s h i:i c oi r t rio o ni f sto; t , l hl i ta agn3c, jegrl3l.,e a w itaisis,cs: gt hnaete ~ rzsigned his ap_ ;ier 200 or 300 to an attachment. Il has conserp, e , l l 7; ° "biee ed him pointrnent. As far as at present Can b defalcation is only about 7,600/. s p read : t "certßined, hi s estateq. Yesterday one of the estates before bi g the Court, surprise was occasioned by official assgace briug however at last clewed up by the receiptof , which was a letter, ' dressed by him to Sir C. F. Witharr.s, tendering b a " signation. It is turtle: . stared th , :t Mr. Clark hag his re. popuerat,Tannaewgehoiol d.lerealsvoksf the last two or three weeks paid moneys Whi c h L wit hin received in his official capacity into tho Bank of En u ;i ft h a a r d to the extent of 8,000/,, and there remains a balanc e . I' f 9991 IS. 4d. in his private banker's bands. In the 46 ° ' c.enies here stated a corresponding, allowance dust be made for the commission he is entitled to receive fur the many estates he has bad under management; and which have not yet been brought to an audit so that the whole affair seems to be of no general importance. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 14. (Before Mr. Commissioner BowEN.) IN RE CHARLES HENRY &SHAUGHNESSY. The insolvent was partner in an extensive boot and shoemaking establishment at Nn. 8, Old Bond street, and afterwards carried on business on his own account in No. 10, Rue d'Alger, Paris. The aggregate amount of debts in his private balance sheet was 2,8001., in that of the partnership account. 159/. ; a further sum of 500/. appeared, for which there was no considera tion. He had no property of any account now ta give up for the benefit of his creditors. The insolvent and a cousin of his named Edward Crean were, on attain ing the age of 25 years, to receive the sum of 1,7001. share and share alike, under a will made in their fa sour by a relative called Captain Edward O'Shaugh nessy, to which will the insolvent's and Crean's mother administered. In case of the death of either party before the age of 25 the survivor was to inherit the whol', which stood in the Three-and-a-Half pet' Cent. stocks. Crean was allowed to draw his mnney before he was of age, and having mixed much in society dissipated it away previous to his death in August last. ,In April 1839 the insolvent was allowed by his mother and the other administratrix to draw his portion of the legacy, previous also to his being of ace, to commence busi ness with. He had bt en concerned with a person named Deacon, a carpenter and builder at. the Marsh-gate, in bill transactions for the latter's accommodation, and likewise to carry on a building speculation, and had taken a house in Bolton .row, which he fitted up at much expense as a board and lodging-house. Some of the furniture was sold, and the rest pawned. The insolvent having been subjected to a very lengthened examination by Messrs. Cooke and Nicholls, The Learned COMMISSIONER said he should adjourn the case, in order to procure the attendance of Mrs. Crean, as ho wished to have further information touch ing the payment of the legacies under Captain O'Shaughnessy's will. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 15. 1841 IN RE JAMES ALEXANDER. The insolvent in this case was a baker in Walwortb, and was indebted to several millers, none of whom ap peared save the detaining creditor by his attorney. He was opposed by Mr. Manning, a solicitor, who contended that the insolvent had been taken under a friendly arrest. Mr. Young, of the firm of Young and Son, so!ici tors, Mark-lane, stated to the Court that he was en gaged to recover a s um o f mone y d ue by th e i nso l vent to Mr. Ward, a {bur factor in Malden, and caused an execution to issue against his effects ; but they were already taken possession of by the landlord. He would acknowledge that the insolvent was taken in capias as a matter of compassion, and at his (the insolvent's) own request, that he might pass through the Court, and hove whatever effects he might be possessed of adminis tered by it. At the time the execution was put in, one of the insolvent's chdiren was lying dead, and another died since. • Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said that he could not consider the presvnt case came under the classification of " friendly arrests" in the usual acceptation of that term. A parallel case had occurred some time since, vrhere the detaining creditor acknowledged that he was actuated by a kindly feeling in arresting the insolvent, yet it was the only way in which he could be serve;], or his ascots made profitably available to his creditors. He should therefore order that the insolvent be dis charged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION ROUSE. Win. Lloyd, Secretary to the North StaffordAire Colliery Company, was summoned before Sir PETER LAURIE under the following circumstances : Mr. Henry Brown, engrave: and printer, of No. 14, Nichol-square, Cripplegate, stated that in the month of September, 1839, he was applied to by Messrs. Lloyd and Robinson, Secretaries to the North Staffordshire Colliery Company, to print prospectuses and to make account books for the Company. The term of credit was said to be about two months, and all orders were signed by Messrs. Lloyd and Robinson, servants of the Company, a course which prevented them from being amenable for the amount of the debt incurred. They lived in New Basinghall•:treet, and described them selves as Secretaries to the Company, when he (com plainant) had his dealing with the concern. The time arrived for settling the account, which amounted to 451.115., but as no attention was paid to his applithition, he placed the business in the hinds of his solicitot, who wrote to those of the parties whose names appeared in the prospectuses as Directors ; Mr. Woollett, of Hol born-hill ; Mr. Maclean, of Basinghall-street ; and Mr. Luntley. The two first gentlemen returned the follow ing answer : " 92, Holborn, Dec. 10, 1839. " Sir—l disclaim any connexion with the Company you wrote to me concerning. My name, it is true, was published, but without my consent. I have had nothing whatever to do with the Company, neither intend to haves You must look to those who contracted the debt. Ido not even know the party for whom yoti am, Sir, your's, obediently. GEO. WOOLLETT." " 7, Basinghall-street, Dec. 10, 1839. " Sir,—l am neither a Director nor Shareholder in the North Stafforshire Colliery Company, and never was, and I know nothing at all about the concern. " My solicitors are Messrs. Sweet, Sutler, and Co. of this street. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " D. MACLEAN." The third party did not think proper to make any reply. Thus the account remained unsettled, and he (complainant) thought that, under those circumstances, the most proper course ho could pursue, was to sum mon Mr. Lloyd before Sir Peter Laurie to explain the conduct of the Company. Sir P. LAURIE--Do you mean to say that in conse quence of the issue of the names of these parties as Directors you gave credit ? Mr. Brown--Yes, in consequence of that and having known Mr. Lloyd before. Sir P. LAURIE—If any Company put forth the names' of parties without their sanction, there can be no second opittioe as to the character of that Company. Lord Denman has done great g ood in expressing himself recently on that point, in the case of the Independent and West Middlesex Life and Fire Assurance rob. berg ; and Mr. Thesiger, the counsel, has done him self credit in throwing up the brief of one of the persons concerned. Now, Mr. Lloyd, it remains for you to defend yourself. You have come here at once to meet this complaint in the most prompt and candid manner, and I give you every credit for" such conduct. Mr. Lloyd-1 should with to be informed first whether Mr. Brown attended a Board of Directors of the Company in Basinghall-street—whether he saw any of the Directors there, and whether he received any directions from them ? Mr, Drown said that at one time he did attend at Basingball-street about some alterations in thu printing, and he saw, he thought, Me., Luntley there. He was told that was the Director's name. Sir 1 21 : LAt/Itit —Pray, is the Company prosperous? Mr:,ployd--It is now in abeyance. flit. PEtkit LAtiltit—What amount was subscribed? Mr. Lloyd—About 2001. altogether. Sir PETER LAURIE—By the public? Mr. Lloyd—By the public and the friends of the Diretidrss Sir i#a2 ER LAURIE--the th -ospeaus says the caPhal is to be 100,0001., with power to ettend it to 150,0001. It contains a long lift of Directors; and twel Out of three of those t ) *lloiii the complainants solicitor wrote occlaretl that they knew nothing at all about it, and dis- Clair» it altogether. What soft Of a f3oropany is this? Mr. tilokd said that Mr. .. 1 1rOli;ii atififidt..ll btners, to solicit the printing from the Directors whose names were appended to the prospectus; bet . * he (Mr. Lloyd) and his partner hetiiiie:"kietarleil PreOlotisly CartAiti secretary to the Company, which WAS by no theans what was termed a bubble, but was certittenCed With the tttost l pure intentionsi to the best of hi's belief. Sitic4uentty to the appoinirnefit NUteessor to Captain Hooker; a qucs!ien of tome leg d importance, as regarded. the Oorripany; arose; and Messrs. Hardwielt and Davit Were the Solicitors con sultedt *he stated that the Company was not so legally V - Mtied at to justify them in signing their names ; and that; if certain legal stil3i soete not takitil;,iliek , wtitild resign: As the steps sugg e sted verc not adepte.l, they t,,,t resi g n, an d h e (M r . Lloyd) finding that the Drec tors were itnpracti ca bh., upon the subject; aid t , ndered his resignation, The bookii Wero than removed to the office of a highly r es pectable solicitor , and the Com pany *tit in his (Mr. Lloycrs) debt 150/.4 tO recover which he *ottld Feet greatly obliged to Mr, Brown to tehtlek• pith assistance. Sir P. LAURIE--Who concocted the Company? Mr. Lloyd— I do not know. It was formed beloro I had anything to do with it, Sir R LAUII./E-=l4o:# Was the 00E. spent ? Mr. Lloyd—ln bringing samples of the coals to London. The samples of the North Staffordshire collieries were displa3ed in this very house ; and if the plan had been carried out, th e same sor t o f coals which are now upo n sale in Lo n d on , wou ld b e now selling at a considerably ever price. It was an unfortunate connection for me, and I quitt e d it. I can state this positively, that every Director, whose name was stated in the prospectus, g a v e his name. Sir PETER LAURIE—What, was Mr. Maclean, who has so distinctly denied it, a Director? Mr. Lloyd said that he feared he was making himself a witness against the Directors, but he was desirous of rendering Mr. Brown all the assistance he could, and he felt that he was in a position to prove against all the Directors. Mr. Brown might surely have brought actions against the Directors, and against him too, and he was disposed to affard every facility. It was, there fore, not very courte ous i n Mr. Brown to bring the mat ter before a Magistrate. Sir PETER LAURIE said that in cases relating to bubble companies it was, he was lure, much more wise to complain at the Mansion-House than to appeal to a Court of Law. He had, he was convinced, done some good in the exposures he-had made, •:1 - 1a had obtained a Committee of the House of Commons to (vire into Joint-stock Companies by calling the attend :n Of the Government to the atrocious West Middlesex Assur ance Company. In the Times of that day he observed that Ady was recommended to go to America, to which place he (Sir Peter Laurie) had recently banished the tooth-manuf teturer, and where he believed some of the Directors of the Assurance Company alluded to were located. He trusted that he should succeed in expatri ating many more of the class ; but it was quite impos sible that he could answer the many letters he received requesting him to state what Companies were good and what bad. Mr. Lloyd—l submit that this is dog eating dog. I am a greater loser than Mr. Brown, and I am tc; give evidence for him. if Mr. Woellett thinks proper to deny that he knows anything at all of the Company, I am ready to state upon oath that he at tended a Beard of Directors as a Director. His ab solute repudiation of the Company frees me from all obligation as between secretary and director. Sir PETER LAURIE—I believe that Mr. Lbyd is a more severe sufferer than Mr. Brown by this Company ; and I eertlinly advise an action to be brought against some of the Directors for the amount of Mr. Brown's account. Sir Peter then read over the list of names in the prospectus as Directors, and Mr. Broxn declared that they were, most of them, to his knowledge, Directors. He also particul Orly assert:id that it had no bubble in tentions, and that when difficulties presented tLea-t -selves it was stopped at tl•p earliest time possible. Mr. Maclean, who had been mentioned as a Dirce tar, and had been sent for by Sir Peter Lauri•, having entered the Justice-room, and utterly denied any con nection of any kind with the Company, who had, he declared, used his name without permission or an thority, _ _ Lloyd stated that he had called, together nith a person of the name of Houseman, upon Mr. Mac km, at Mr. Maclean's office, and left some prospec tuses of the Company there. He at the same time admitted that he had never seen Mr. Maclean at the Board or any where else before the present moment. Mr. Maclean—l refused to have anything to do with it, and "wrote a letter denying that I was either Di rector or shareholder. Mr. Lloyd—Did you, ever, Mr. Maclean, writa to the Company disclaiming any connection with it ? Mr. hfac;ean—Why I should I write disclaiming any connection with such a Company ? Mr. Lloyd—Your name was attached to it as a Director before I had anything to do with it, aid your name constantly appeared in the advertisements on this subject. _ Mr. Maclean—l repeat that I had nothing whatever to do with it, and I am molt thankful to Sir Peter Laurie for giving me the opportunity of most distinctly disavowing all connexion with it, and I am sure the public are deeply indebted to him. Sir PETER LAURIE said he thought it was very im probable that Mr. Maele.m would have anything to do with such a concern, and strongly advised Mr. Brawn to bring an action against the Directors, and subpoena Mr. Lloyd as a witness. Mr. Brown returned thanks, and said that he should follow the advice of the Alderman to the letter. BOIV-STREET. James Cawley was brought up, charged with attempting to hang himself in Whitehall Gardenf. It appeared that as a gentleman was passing through Whitehall last night, he perceived a man suspended from a tree, and at once proceeded to the spot, and suc— ceeded in extricating Lim from his perilous situation. He gave information to a police constable, and had the man, who was in , ensible, conveyed to the station-house. On being asked what he wished the ,Magistrate to do aitb him, the prisoner did not seem to comprehend the question, and the officer was directed to convey him to the parish workhouse, there to be taken care of. RAT7'ON-GARDEN. Hodgson, the driver of one of Wilson's emni• busses to the Bank, No. 3,931, appeared to a sum mons, to answer the complaint of Inspector Miller, of N division, for furious driving. It appeared that on Friday morning last at twenty minutes before nine o'clock, the defendant was observed by Sergeant Wild, and 212, N division, galloping his horses at the rat e of twelve miles an hour, towards the City, to the danger of passengers, in opposition to another omnibus which was driven with equal velocity. Mr. Humphries attended for the defendant, and re marked upon a few discrepancies in the evidence of the witnesses. He could not deny that the defendant had driven a little fast on the occas:on referred to, but net to the extent described. The omnibus had been delayed, and gentlemen engaged at the Bark, who were required to Le there by nine o'clock, was the cause of the driving faster than usual, and he left the case for the lenient consideration of the Bench. Mr. COMBE said that persons anxious to arrive at their destination at a certain time was no justification for furious driving, to the danger of the public. The case was not so bad as some that bad been adjudicated by him ; it was, however, proved, and he would convict the defendant in the penalty of 20s. and costs, which was paid, and the defendant was dismissed. Another driver of one of Ball's Islington omnibuses was complained of under similar circumstances, and he pieaded Gui Ly. Convicted in 20e. and costs, which was also paid. W ORSHIP-STREET. MYSTERIOU3 CASE.—A tall athletic man, about 30 years of age, who gave the name of George Smith and who had the appearance of an excavator, was brought before Mr. Broughton, under the following circum stances : Police constable Stennard, G 229, stated that shortly before six o'clock on that morning he was on duty in King's-square, Goswell-street, in company with Sergeant Finlay, when ha saw the prisoner, who was hurrying along with his eyes fixed on the ground, and apparently in a state of great mental excitement. He was without shoes, stockings, or shirt, and his deplorable appearance, coupled with his distracted air, induced witness to put some questions to him ; but although he repeated them several times, the prisoner walked on without turning his heed, or taking the slightest notice of him. Witness then seized him by the arm, and told him he must proceed to the station-house, upon which the prisoner began trem bling violently all over, and begged to be left alone, as his mind was ill at case, and he would not trouble any one much longer. Upon being asked if he was in want of food be pulled out a morsel of dry bread and observed that it was much as be would ever require, for the sooner he was out of the world the better it would be. He was then conveyed to the station-house, and whilst the charge was being taken down it was noticed by Inspector Shekel! that his appearance exactly tallied with the description of a man who had absconded with three others under suspicion of having been guilty of the murder of Robert Hannah, of the borough of 111or petit. The crime was committed on the 20th of Dec. las', and a reward of 1001. had been offered on the 3P prehension of the culprits. The Police Gazette of January 11, containing an account of the murder and a description of the persons supposed to have committed it, was handed to the Ma gistrete. After perusng it Mr. Broughton put several ques tions to the prisoner, but his answers were ve-y vague and ddnifaditiorry. He first stated that he had come up direct from the north, where he had worked on dif ferent railways, and that he reached London oily the day before; but he afterwards said that he was at work at Welterhampton a fortnight ago, and that his friends residesi in Shropshire. Mrs gtiouatirtaN observed that the age, height, and caress of tire ilriJohc!t exactly corresponded with the first of the men adrettiscd, but be could not detect any Irish accent in his delivery, which was the only circum• stalk'd tit forienee with the description given. His con duct and detneanotir, however, placed it almost beyond doubt thdt he had committed some serious offence, and he thought the ptibiinAtion of the proceedings might have the effect of 11'0101311r forwarding the ends of justice. He felt it his duty in the meantime to detain the,,nrieoper in custody. Upon PhilbVeti from the bar, the prisoner ear nestly besought Grove, the gaoler, to confine him in is separate eel/ buit as it, tag supposed that he contem plated suicide, Ili!' s+ieli SiNg not co:opted with. SAno time after the eiel'Y ieferpeed the Magistrate chat the prisoner, s:ece ha haci Detti 'puked up, had statech hie ifettle to he William Leke, from Moseley, in Staffoldshire, end that hie brother was b: surveyor in BirminghtitO; rind his 'Atilt a repeetable widow re;_ ; ding in Windmill , streeti Latribeth: He expressed himsolt extremely anxious to make a ferthet communication to the Magistrate is private. The prisoner was accordingly ushered into a private root:!, Obi:their MrJ :Broughton proceeded, and upon re turning into Court, the I,lAglstrate gave some directions to Hanley, the chief usher, relative to the ease, the par ticulars tit tthicli; or the nature of the presumed dis closure, did not trdnspife, Tile prisoner was rc , manded until Monday next. SECRET LETTER WRITING.--For several weeks past lelters have been rtecived through the Ro chester and Chatham post-offices by several respectable bindle , . These letters are mitten by some who states that the son of the parties, who is sta. tinned out at such a place (naming it) is either killed, drowned, or has died of some dis?ase; thereby throwing families into the utmost distress. It appeart the wretch finds out respectable families who have a son abroad, and then immediately writes to them a most distressing letter, detail ing their deaths. The family of Mr. Hillier hays had three or four of these letters; also a widow lady lidos in Rochester, having an only son. Tile writer assured Ler that her son was drowned at the place he was stati.med abroad. It however happened that her son was in tl is country on leave of absence, and was visiting at Stafford. Some clue, has been obtained to the villain, and we hope soon to hear of his bring placed before the tribunal of justice.—Maidstone Gazette. An extent ive failure of a firm in the corn, hey, seeds, and malting trade, having occurred at Colchester during the past week, it had an evident Effect upon tl e Cora-market on Saturday last. Repot; says that tl.o liabilities exceed 20,0004 EILEAN AIGAS, BY KILMORACK. to the river Glass, near Kilmorack, is a small picturesque island, on which Lord Lovat has erected a handsome house, the residence of two gentlemen, descendants of Prince Charles E.l•• ward Stuart, who wear the Highland costtErw, and are animated with true Celtic enthusiasm. Their collection of Highland antiquities rivals that of Captain Grose, so humorously described by Burns, and adds not a little to the interest with which their solitary mansion, with its rustic bridge and foaming waterfall, is viewed in the midst of scenery the most -splendid for variety, richness, and magnificence. The island contains about fifty acres—rock, wood, and field—and is composed, like the whole of the rocks of this river, of a mass of conglomerate. It is bounded on the north by lofty crags which overhang one branch of the river, which flows thro►►gh the deep gorge on that side, and on the east by similar eminences, but of less height, where the bridge, which communicates with the main land, is placed. On the south and west the sides slope to the river, which, from a rock above the bridge called Craig Dhonnaich (Duncan Crag), forms a deep still sheet of water, with scarcely any current, as far as Erchless Castle, the seat of the Chisholm, about five miles distant. This calm flow of the stream forins a fine contrast with the succession of broken falls and rapids which continue, without intermission, from the island to Kilmorack. The island is generally wooded with birch and oak, and at one period it was covered with very fine oaks, some of which were of large girth, mea suring about twenty feet in circumference. These were all exchanged with the Laird of Struy for some houses in Inverness, and cut down about forty years since. Several of the third-rate class of their progeny still, however, exist. The soil is so favour able to the growth of the oak (which is indigenous. to - the glen), that some of the young trees, after being thinned, were found in 1838 and 1839 (as we are informed by Mr. Stewart, from specimens cut by himself), to have grown in one season about five feet. On a small point of land at the western extremity of the island is a green knoll, surrounded by the ruins of a wall, which marks the spot where the Lords of Lovat had a sheiling . from a very early period ; and there Alexander, the sixth Lord (who was of a retired and studious character, and infirm constitution), spent his last days, and died in 1557. Hi:, house was called Tigh Eilean Aigas, the house of the island Aigas. When the well-known Simon, Lord Fraser, after marrying the Dowager Lady Lovat, was apprehensive of an attack from her brother, the Earl of Tullibardine, he retired with the lady into this retreat, which was only accessible by boat. In tire pursuit which was raised at the instance of the Athol family, a herald was sent north from Edinburgh to summon Lord Simon to appear in Court; but such was the dread of the officer for the still remaining feudal power of a Highland Chief, that he dared not enter the island to deliver the charge, but left it exposed in a cleft stick on the north bank of the ricer, in sight of the house. At the disarming, after the battle of Cul loden, several of the arms of the clan Fraser were buried at the foot of the rock homing the house of Mr. Fraser of Eskadale, which is still called " Craig nan Arm," or the Craig of the Arms. The island is much frequented by roes, anti oc casionally by red deer ; of the former as many as eight or ten may sometimes be seen together from the walks, and even from the drawing-room win dows of the present house. Partridges, pheasants, and a few woodcocks breed in it. There was for merly a rabbit warren in the low parts of the island, but the rabbits were all destroyed by a flood about 40 years ago. During the late frost, however, they made an entrance over the ice, and several hares avail themselves of the same crystal bridge to gain access to the island. Some fine walks have been cut by the side of the young oak and ash trees, and the beautiful birches, which form the finest and most beautiful accompaniment 'to our Highland scenery and these winding pathways, conduct the visitor to the most picturesque points, where the river is seen dashing away between piles of gray rock and masses of foliage, which in sum mer present every combination of form and colour. The spot is altogether a fairy's land—a nest of romance ; and its present inhabitants, with their flowing Highland costume, may not unaptly be de nominated island kings; for their are, in some de gree, " monarchs of all they survey," and trace their descent from a long line of prince s.—lnver ness Courier. - - - THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR. (From Tait's Magazine.) " Children were the first charge committed to the charge cf Adam, after his fall, to enable him to work back his way to the favour of the Maker he had offended. Children are the holiest trust dele gated to our mortal hands ; —children are the ob jects whereupon we are permitted to exercise an authority approaching nearest to the power of the Creator over the created. Our responsibility is nowhere greater than in our entreatment of these hostages of God. " Yet how audaciously do we abuse our powers ! —not as regards the children of our loins ; for if they are flogged too hard, their roaring disturbs us ; if they are starved, there is the undertaker's bill. Seriously speaking, our personal comfort is too closely embarked in their well-doing to admit of closing our hearts against their claims. But, for at least one half of the human race, these helpless beings—these chartered victims of selfishness, care lessness, and cruelty—the children of the poor, are of no more account than if they were so many earthworms crawling forth to be trod on. The children of pride contemplate the children of the poor as Pharaoh regarded the plague of flies and other abominations infesting his kingly chamber. " We confess there are more of them in -the world than the world, as at present:apportioned, Can well provide for. The anti-population question we leave. lo the abler hands of Malthus and Miss Martineau. But from the moment the children encumber the earth, we hold them to be entitled to our good offices. The children—the children— we lift up our hands and voices in intercession for the children ! The penal legislation of this moral realm is duly severe upon mothers found guilty of assisting out of the world of woe the infants they assisted into it ; and even to conceal the birth of a child of shame passes. for an act of criminality - still more shameful. When are we to direct o:Ir retribution against the authors of the death that dies daily ?'—against the concealers of the suf ferings of the still unmurdered child? When shall we have to punish the parents who suffer their children's features to sharpen with want, while they infest the gin-shop—their children's frames sicken in filth and squalor, while they pur sue the easy vocation of the street-beggar ?" " EVER SINCE HE WAS A Puppy."—There was a coffee-room at the principal inn where Sterne re sided, about the time he wrote "'Tristram Shandy," where gentlemen who frequented the house might read the newspapers. One of the greatest enjoyments of Sterna's life was spending an inoffensive hour in a snug corner of this room. There was a troop of horse at that time quar tered in the town ; one of the officers was a gay young man, spoiled by the free intercourse of the world, but not destitute of good qualities. This young gentleman was fblig s c h d oc t k o in hear gto t e remarkable for his freedom of speech, and p o inted r e flec tions on couldtli the clergy. app approve, Yorick dconversations w as oten o tosses _ sliesey, and w the ear of , as frequently under Vie neces sity of retrieving his seat or pretending deafness. The Catitains resolving this conduct should no longer avail him, s'etted himself b; Yorick, so as to pre vent his retreat, and immediately ,i , egan a profane, in decent tale, at the expense crthe clericalr fession with his eyes steadfastly fixed on Yorick, who pretes,ed not to notice his ill manners; when that :became impOSs.e lie turned to the military intruder and gravely said, 6, tell you my story . Aly father is an officer, and brave himself, that he is fond of everything el,c the t is brave, even his dog. You must know we have at this time one of the finest creatures of his, kid in the world, the most spirited, and the best natured that can he hos gined ; so lively that he charms everybody ; but he has a cursed trick that throws a shade ove r all his good quali ties." " Pray, what may that be?" interrogated the officer. "He never sees a clergyman, but he instantly flies at him," answered Yorick. " How long has he had that trick?" Why, Sir," replied the divine, " tver since he was puppy !" The man of war for once blushed, and, afer a pause, said, " Doctor, I thank y ou far your hint give me :your hand, I will never rail at a parson agai n ." THE VOLUNTARY P R INCIPLE.-011 Friday last the anniversary of the Sabbath Schools connected with the congregational denomination of Dissenters in this toan was held, when an interesting address was delivered to them by their beloved pastor, tie Rev. W. H. Griffith,. B A. ; after which they were plentifully supplied svTa plum-cake and tea. Th e da y was s pe n t in the most inte resting and delightful manner. Considering the smallness of the town, and the tyrannizing, persecut i ng spirit of the State Church, the number of children is truly astonishing, there being 580 scholars and 70 voluntary teachers I !! Chard, April 1. MORNING EDITION, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE % 7 (LLOYD'S.) • LoNnorr, APRIL 14.—Winnd. this day at notn, lli Westerly breeze, and -Arrived 14 1? DEAL, APRIL 13. from the river and sane-, riet, Donkin, Montreal. 'I cl•-••E l et)' PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 13.—Wind Nice•-•-aLe Reid, for Dublin SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 13.—Arrived—Heu' l !' 411 ' Flcusburg; Phcenix, Christiana; Hebe. Ellis, Cori' jilt PLYMOUTH, APRIL 13.—Wind variable.—Arvii•r"cnsid Majesty's ship Acorn, from Mozambique, sailed from; 10c-9 28th Feb. ; Belle Alliance packet, London for Chins.; 411 1 Mary Anti, of Weymouth, was fdlen in with, abandorivir inst., lon. 18, and brought in here by H.M.S. Acorn. ./ FALMOUTH, APRIL 12 —Wind N. W. to E. fr esh beeeseb'ec:, Arrived the Elizabeth, Odnett, late Whitfield, for Wfd, Sailed the Royal 'far, for Vigo; Oriental, (steamer') "' pool. Arrived off, the Hazard, Churchward , from HO for Newfoundland. d LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13.—Wind variable.—Arrive 00, Bloringe, Banks, fi ern Calcutta; Salacia, Mauritius • Cl' au .e. Lima; Sarah Mibs, Buenos Ayres; ' dria ; Higeinson, Hogg, Barbadoes, sailed the 13,11 ultimo Sailed the Kestrel. Farren, for Magellan, Boeclh fry Howard, Mills, Savannah ; Westchester, New York ; roo , Sophia Payne. ifoo . porter, Miramichi ; William Hinch, Pictou ; Tay'. Restigouche . Hope, Sheridan, Newfoundland. r. (11 1 ° BRISTOL, APRIL 13.—The Sarah, Mills, from Viana, has put back to King-road,. leaky. 010' DUBLIN, APRIL 11.—Sailed Creole, for Gibraltar for Quebec. St CORK, APRIL 11.—Sailed Try Again, Heacoe,k Vest. Patrick ; GratitUde, St. John's New Brunswick' moreland, do. fro° OFF DUNGENESS, APRIL 12.—Formosa, Rem elts* flatavia, for Rotterdam. f r SHIELDS, APRIL 10.—Sailed Chanticleer, Wils on ' ritiuT; Herbert, Herbert, Oporto „ fr o YARMOUTH ROADS. —Arived the Alexandria I.o— for St. Petersburgh. DOVER—Arrived off, Confident, St. Thomas, for I,- 0 13° VESSELS SPOKEN WITEL—The Jane. of London' .r.plo verpool, and Calla, Bovey, Cardiff to Constan""oib. off Sardinia, by the Mary Ann, Purday, arrived :1, of raker. Dorcas, from Cardiff to same port , Bth tl Tor M3jorca, by the Calla, Bovey. A.urora, Lisbonnoll don,' 2d inst., off Cape Finisterre,, bv; thej Bea ll arrived off Salcorube. • A I t THE MARKETS.-YESTERM" CORN EXCHANGE. EXCHANGE. • ..t;sii, ( 6° ' The supplies were moderate of all grain. 11-Bes at Monday's price., with little doing. Barley a" ' dull in sale. Oats met very few buyers, but pr'""" . altered. Flour slow of sale. • (I NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL,,„IIO, fi t We had a small supply of Game and Poultry. small, and prices about the same as last q uoted. to ' Chickens 30. 6d. to .ss. ; barndoor ditto 2s• O f ' 0 r1 5 4 ,1 , ; Turkeys, cocks, ss. to Bs. ; Hens ditto' 4s. to 6 s . ; t o • 1 4, to 4s. ; Hares 2s. ; Rabbits 6d. to Is. 9d. ; Acd l3 l 6 ; I vss Woodeocks 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Plovers 3d. to 5 .' 131.:ftks 6d. to Is. 6d. ; Wdgeons 4d. to 11)tet1041. Fowl 7e. to 10s. ; Goslings 7s. to 10 s . ; I°eV; 6s. to 95. ; Large Surrey Fowls 4s• 0 06 Pigeons 6d. to Is. ; Snipes 6d. to 11,)0. a nd Larks, ls. per dozen ; Eggs, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. per supply of meat was limited, the demand for Beef was,: . ) 1 ;, ; prices rather lower. Lamb sold well, and rather 13' , „ 3 ,.; r ati0 ) , ton, Veal, and Pork, dull of sale, but in prices no al`. yot% Bc l . ' Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s- 4d. ; Lamb, ss. 4d. to " s ' 3S: 9s. 4d to ss, ; Veal, 4s. to ss. Bd. ; Muttony 4s. Bd. per stone of 8113. COLONIAL MARKET. t , Prices were sustained, but the market was qu i !. pv amount of business done v•Os limited. There 11417 sale, but several were announces. !TEA MARZET. ln;0 1, The demand for Free Trade was extretne, for Company's Congou sold to a fair extent at ls• Sevei al ships with Tea are near at hand. • TALLOW MARKET. but e e l; The demand for Russian was limited to-dalfothe were sustained. 475. 6d. was the value of P. Y. c for delivery in last three months 48s. 3d. was INDIGO MARKET. QI P • The demand at the quarterly sale was good, an d thP paid rather above those of January. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 21. s., d. Dean's Primrose l6 0 Derwent Main 1 6 n l7 n asked. , . 20 Idolyweil Marley Hill .. New '1 anfield Moor . 1 6 0 Pontop Windsor Smith's Pontop l5 6 youth Hartley l5 0 Wyla ii Walls End Bell and Brown 19 3 W4llB End Clennell Walls End Hilda l3 0 Walls End Killingwortii 18 a Eden Main lB 6 Braddyll'sHetto.i 21 1 , Walls End Hetton 22 Walls End Hamel . 22 0 Walls End Lanabton W. E. North Hetton Lyons 19 01 • Walls End l'emberton_l7o"; .11 Walls End Russell's Ili` gi 6 Walls End Stewart 'S •••••"' 9 Walls End Carat:loc ........ .7" 6 Walls End Cassop .......... , t 5 9 Walls Et,d Hartlepool ..... 6l 0 Walls End Kelloe ....... .1)s 6 W. E. Say. our Hardee' 5 6 Walls End Adel:ale. ........ • . 6 1 6 Wads End Barrett. .. Ws% End Evenwood . .... ; Wills End Gordon • 0 6 1 6 . %,\ ailL End Seym our W a lls End Tees He ttoil •••• In 6 Cowpen .... .......... 111 6 Fordel int... ...... 7 Hartley ........... I 6 Stanley Main ..........•«• IVictoria Mani ••••••••••••00.. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. HULL HULL CORN tt eols o Wheat, Whit( (per Quarter) ................ .. •5 65 . s " Bed s 58;• ' Foreign Barley, Malting Grinding Oats, British Foreign (in bond) .. : ............................... Beans sc.. Pease, Grey • , 31 s• 3". 40~ Blue and *hitt. Linseed Flour (per sack) ......... Rapeseed per 10 quarto's) .................... A KETs• CHELTENHAIII - --t per lb. d. t` Per Bushel, s. to s. d. Wheat ° 9 n ... on .... 9 ttarley Oats Beans .. 11•11 rease ,heat, • " Malting •—••• 395. to 31s. 6i -riding** to Barley, s's. to 6 • • — s• Oats 2-Is. to 275, ic!) ...., 313 to 373...,.... 01d.......«,* --- to row. 425. to —3..«. Grel •••••+.O. :OS ." 0 CHELMSFORD M...RKET. fs l° 4! Wheat, White 67 to 75 Oats ... " .............. ..."••• 59 p Red Barley f 1 GS Tease, Gray ................ ,„ A 33 :16 White ............. :.7 5 Chevalier "6 37,0 Beans, Tick ............ ....i, ' Osinding 28 -- Mazagan .......... ' flyans "'case [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PIL —S* PI -14 traordinary Cure of a Bad Leg and P00t..--Gcorg°,4o a cooper by trade, residing in Long.lane, Be `f was, for nineteenth months an in-door patient ° ditt y ; Hospital. All the toes of his rig ht foot were at (lelrobb) His leg wa/ dreadfully swollen, and in a hard: 11 ' old ° state, and from which no discharge sP or u uratioe 6513ftliej obtained. He could not move withoutePrutches. be c os o use alone of the Ointment and Pills in four der, stand on his foot, and in three weeks his foot all ',7 3 P i c ; perfectly cured. Sold at the establishment ni ''' s oP t y prietor, 244, Strand, !even doorsfrom 'Temple -bsr ' jelfr every dg respectable chemist throughout the kingdote, and boxes at ls. 2 s . d 22 , 4 5u 9., 47. 6d., I Is, - D p each. S NEW SOUTH WALES. The follOvvinrAly (Pr, extract from a letter which we received on , u t :' Sydney, dated 4th November, 1840 ;--" Alcreae!."potbit; There 5 , 1 0 are in a most deplorable state just now. but failures and rumours of failures. I 115/° e - t i oc ° ;ti, slightest doubt but nearly all the merchants will b s , s : co tto y prom se, for the banks for some time past l's s s c ho u r . ill p t? , very sparingly, and, I dare say, will nO!,, count at all ;so that I fear there! ' b qeMPIeLe itb v?] 've 01 , This would'be a grand time for'a'person to. sr" ne t. 0,, lot of speei-. He might easily get 30 or ° r e : c l i v io i for it, and that secured on land, &c. G'''' )(l /. 9 ik sr .o ll plete drug, the market is so glutted."--D au " - Post. ...ie quality, the. CO 0;00 MUSICAL BOXES of high - nism beautifully finished, conveying the idea of the lo t with surprising perfection and accuracy. 10 4 pi A Catalogue of the various Airs, Overtures, ftic•Tn' A by the. prices of the Boxes is now published, anaiiest gratis, or will be forwarded, post free, in aosvier to application. rs 1 ' T. COX SAVORY Goldsmith and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill a°9 (Seven Graceclirch-street), London. ilr Or • lot p 9 SPOONS, FORKS, Sze , superior to SI, rk , I .4si rabilit.y, equal in appearance. Table Spoons er %0 9 1eit h ifb Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons, :is. per dozen; Table C . !, 0 1 e t ol 8 inches high, 7s. per pair; the particular roet'dibed, these articles are made is so like silver, that it n 3 ° ° pie from it by the stamp ; every article made in silver i , A ,et, Lured in this material by Oxfordsn I, liIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, 0 ,se Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of it to _,..:, Catalogues of prices gratis. Iser BIRTHS. ark, lbe On the 2d inst., in Albany-street, Regent's-li, :,,,,blsi' of W. Geddes, Esq., surgeon, R.N., of a daUgb;:l6 1 On the sth inst., at Genoa, the Right Hon.' La" - 0 0 0 ' of a daughter. 44 ° 0 , : tont .i On the 9th inst., Mrs. D. Haywood, North 1 3 r; It i fie" i On the 10th inst., at Liverpool, the lady of ". it ''' ~-;., of a son cud heir. l'ilf°' ' On the 11th inst. , at th e Grove, Camberwell, 05 Miller, of a daughter. erob ire • On the 11 ; e p h inst., at Adleslrop House, Glouce st i ' Lady Eleanor Cat hcart, of a son. g of On the 12th inst. , in Devonshire- p lace, the wife low t. Yard, of Red-hill, Hants, of a daughter. tk e `On the 12th inst., at Alfred-place, Bedford-Ware' doll, 61 T. Vage, Esq., of a son And heir. , rr, 0 1 On the 12th inst., at Lec, Kent, the lady o' J. l id Es q , of a daughter. We l 'FA. 1 0, On the 13th inst., the lady of T, CallavreY , - , i if. t on -street, London-bridge, of a son. fa° 0 On the 13th hut., at Fishmongers' Hall, the w p' Tow•se, t'''so, Esq., of a daughter. the 101 Y On the 13th inst., in Upper Wimpole-street, J. Salomons, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d of Februar M y il la i sf, B at lE P Ckt p isa% Th°lnas d jeritlilli:: Esq., to Celia, youn g est daughter of Sir Ric hard t „ A I ro? ' Chief Justice of the Island of Ceylon. n M.. ttY On the 13th inst., Mr. Joseph Stansbury', t. gt green, to Miss Catherine Sophia Taylor, of place, Hackney-road. c s 5 te ° ,' DIED• h, Lie u illsCr On the 12th inst ,at Invert eith-row, Edinbull iA rt „it Colo:icl John Sutherland Sinclair, late of the.lii‘°:,:f ye" ~,, On the 9th inst., at flastings, Airs- Sw it 4 04 grange, tVarwickshire• ers, t ic l . ' te ° ' On the 11th inst., at Hampstead, G. Spcol ~,achha iv On the 12th inst., at Old Church street , . Ist e Vincent, Esq., aged 86. nof t he 4' On the 12th inst., James, youngest so 'et, Hardy, of St. Paul's Churchyard. ,-,. FourP l ( .0 On the 13th inst., in Tartstock-square, ,-* o le o , formerly of Staines, aged 84. d r Nichols') 10 On the 13th inst., in Wimpole-street, . ~J.1".1 01 Esq., of Hunsdon House Ilerts, formerly , hoc eiunty of Hertford. the A l t at N :, N orth-crescent, Rector Caroline. fivlutlatha:o4, /efir .~-- RDO 1 London: Printed and Published by 111111 :40 No. 112, Strand , at The Sun Officte, No:, 1 , 1 , 2 '00 • the county of Middlesex,—Tpursday, Al" 0" El the GREA at the Ge o Monday, ti of conside r ! ) Y the Col( !lig the futi t he rneasur and thereb' t 3 cluee as . Wales, CRAII.LE t W a 3 111101 '4* 6 aggroga Ditto 14 Ditto 14, 1 the Repo rlt ed t o t h ► ,lt e , : to. was 41: 11 oiz, 4' dale ani v t i e has not 14 11 ". As, h • N a ntlne d ig L 's ludo° 1 4 1'4' 1 :4 Bout, ' 't tl 'Alld that moved .‘ 44. -ui ve d u thqt % ,t } lll3 pr( (":‘YarstE li ' 7t tof - ' loll y k °4 t he Clt 1 - • 4 r4 ulat "` I ft cyser N I . • ° 4l all t un V'',`; it kcf the IIILI' South h under tb 'Nits move;