The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-18 00:00:00

RvENINTo EnrrioN Th e co„. 0 0,/, s is }loth eloquent and pathetic about Lord Normanby's Drainage Bill, which, according to that profound lawgiver, and some of his fellow la- Ionisers in the Lords, is not only to cure all the physical coils that flesh is heir to, but morally and religiously to promote the social improvement of the people. It is insisted that, if cellar lodgings be done away with, loti!ders as a necessary comequence will construct a tter class of small houses for the poor and la ' using classes, and, what is better, charge for them 'e same amount of rent only. The loaic cf this .Deduction from the premises is much on a par with the arithmetical skill displayed in the same ars t:cic of our Contemporary, according to which Is. Gd. per week is worked out at the rate of 101. sot. per on:um. The Times objected with great reason to the dense for condemning at once and by wholesale all pro :•erty now existing and long created in the shape of cellar tenements. " To apply," says the writer, " the orrahibition of cellar-lodgings to the case of cellars al ready constructed, and their present inmates would be l:oth oppressive and impracticable." " It is impos e !fie. to pass a law for turning 50,000 persons, at a moment's notice, into the street s." In answer to this protest on behalf of the owners of property so summarily proposed to be dealt with, the Ministerial Paper denies that the Drainage Bill is intended for " turning any body into the streets." From the for mality and positivencsss of such an assertion people would ho led to infer that some- stringent clause was to be found in the Bill for the safeguard of existing interests ; but no such thing. Here we have the very loose and consoling construction of the real intent of the measure. " His Bill does not provide for turning anybody into the stfeets. It simply enacts that a time (yet unfixed) shall come, after which unwholesome cellars shall not be, what they never ought to have been, human habitations. This is the extent of the prohibition against which the Times protests as oppressive.' If even the cellar will admit a window and a fire place, and have a back and front outlet, it may continue to be inhabited, for the owner's profit, and the accommodation of those who wild not or cannot locate themselves better. Where, then, and what is the oppression ? Is nuisance a civil right ? Is there a vested interest in filth and pesti lential miasma ? The Times must be hard driven for a grievance, and be most morbidly alive to the sense of oppression, when it adopts the incorrigible owners of these loathsome stink-holes as its sordid clients." The rights of property are to be reserved, it seems, for a definite period, yet to be fixed, and this is what is called preserving vested interests we suppose. The owners of this sort of property will have a year's notice to prepare for being ruined, and the cellarage tenants must be ready to quit, whether small and more decent houses or lodgings have been in the meanwhile run up far them by benevolent builders or not. (From the Globe.) The public has been mulcted in a sum of 3,000/. or 000/. for its apathy, in having tolerated the restora nn the Earl of Cardigan to a position where to in .olt, and be insulted, has bean his vocation. We think sae penalty lenient, rather than otherwise for the otrence. Of course no one was wild enough to suppose '.'.tat the nominal culprit would be punished. There would have been no poetical, still less aristocratical, jus tice in that. Duelling is a nobiliary privilege, and a mili tary duty. ‘Vhen the Duke of Wellington gave the sanc tion of his great name and illustrious character to the practice, in his meeting with Lord Winchilsea in 1829 —when a High Church Lord, more lately, bearded a Bishop in its apology—it must have been tolerably evident that the nuisance would not be abated from above. It was not to be expected it should. It is much when a privileged class permits traditions, which have become irrational, to be slowly corrected from below. The successive infusions of common sense always spring from the middling ranks upwards. The reason is obvious. The latter have no exclusive dis tinctions to vindicate. They have not the notions of Norman conquerors to deliver down unimpaired. They have not the high preservation of professional courage to prove in time of peace. The public, however, will be too much at last for noble and military views on this subject. That which linen diapers are laughed at for, Lords will not long practise without ridicule. In France and America, the tradition of barbarism has descended amongst plebeians. In England, its abandonment must be followed amongst aristocrats. Gentlemen only tight, after all, pour avoir nfe la consideration. When public opinion has once set against it, the thing must drop, like pig-tails and hair powder. The popular voice controls all fashions at las' to its own convenience. (From the Standard.) We were able to give a report of the whole of the trial of the Earl of Cardigan in our later edition of last night ; but such of our readers as had not an opportunity of perusing that edition, have now beforo them the con clusion of the proceedings. They will zee that the Noble Ear! has been acquitted by the unanimous vote of the as sembled Peers, but acquitted solely pn the ground of a failure of proof as to the identity of gentleman fired at and wounded at Wimbledon boin n, with the per son named in the indictment. 'Fiji --- tal defect was promptly seized upon by Sir William Fo tt and the de .j fendant's other counsel, and pressed by S r William with his characteristic acuteness, and with irresistible force. The trial, therefore, terminated somewhat abruptly in the verdict of acquittal, which we have stated. This result, though unexpected perhaps as to its cir cumstances, cannot in our opinion be thought unsatis factory. It reflects no discredit upon the high tribunal concerned, that sufficient evidence was not brought be fore it. Granting that such evidence might have been procured by the use of due diligence on the part of the prosecution, or that the indictment might have been so framed • (as easily it might have been) to render any additional evidence unnecessary, it is plain that the lat:ii omission did not rest with the House of Lords, inasmuch as their Lordships had no thing to do with cumin ingand mar3hallin 4 the evidence, or with preparing the indictment. Their Lordships' sole duty was to decide whether the body of evidence adduced, supported the indictment before them, and though the one presented too little for full proof, and the other ex cted proof than it ought to have done, they were not blame. The fault rests with the prosecution, who, by production of a clerk from the War Oleo could e shown that there was but one Captlin Harvey Tuchett in the Eleventh Hussars—and thus settled the question of identity (1:; to namc, or, 1)y addin g another count or two to the indictment (sty shootin-.7 at "a person unknown"), could have dispensed with any other proof of identiry than proof of the identity of person. Whether the blunder wa3, or was not, inten• tianal on the part of the Attorney-General, we, of course, cannot say ; though seeing to whom Sir John Campbell knew himself to be oppose3, we can hardly imagine that he fall into his error from defect of Bate—few would place a hasty. ill-considered piece nf work at the mercy of Sir NV. Follett. B u t w h e th er the bl un d er was, or .was not, intentional, we think tha it ought not to be regretted. ing were omitted yesterday for want of room (From the Times.) One of the most remarkable features of the present age ie Lite utter want of consistency displayed in the financial ;egulations of this country. It would appear little short of inadness to us, had we not been so long accustomed to t:railar exhibitions of folly, that the same hands which had so unscrupulously expended 20,000,004. sterling on a scheme where success was at best uncertai n , and where the stilt has been an increase of misery and barbarity, that these very hands, like those of a cruel stepmother, should begrudge to their own ofLpring and citizens what they h levished away upon strangers and alicria. So perverse, in deed, has been the policy cf Government in all matters re !vine- to works of charity and henevolenee, and so insult'_ cent the means it has hitherto employed for these objects, taat by far the greater part of the charitable Institutions of ti e present day have been establi7hed by individuals or so c'eties. The establishment of " sailors'hornes" at our sea ports must bo reckoned among the most praiseworthy of these efforts. But, while we admit this, we cannot help expressing our conviction that the evil endeavoured to be counteracted by them is too extensive and deep-seated to he overcome by individual or voluntary efforts. These only point at a duty which the Government ought to re cognize, and indicate a mischief which only a Government • can effectually remove. And if it be the duty of a Go vernment to provide effectually for the reward of past ser vices, it is surely not less 30 to secure an ample provision foe the present. Two cr three letters which have lately appeared in our columns, from the pen of one of the most experienced officers in the service, Admiral Carden, have brought before the public so fearful a view of the existing evils of our navy, as, in fact, almost to depress the mind, from a sense of the amount of reform required —an amount so great as to appear almost hopeless of realization. Still, it must be remembered that the present moment is all ; it is, perhaps, the last that may remain to us, ()Jere the hurry of mortal strife comes on ; and the issue of that eon tl4iet may mainly depend upon the nature of the prepara tion now made, and the amount of justice now done. :For Admiral Carden unhesitatingly contends —and he is not the first competent judge by hundreds, who has so argue.d— that justice is not now done to the British seaman. In deed. the notorious fact, that in the last American war the United States' navy was chiefly manned by British scenic!' seems of itself to establish a certainty that some unwholesome system must exist among us, thus to drive the chief elements of our maritime strength and safety into a strange and unnatural alliance with their country's enemies. One leading feature of the injustice thus corn plaircd of is described by Admiral Carden, and by others who have written on the same subject, to con. gist in this—that we persist in paying► able seamen in the British navy lower wages, considerably lower wages, than they could obtain in the merchant service, or in the American navy. And, to make the wrong inflicted still heavier, we compel our seamen, in time of war, to man our navy, and put in jeopardy their lives, while we refuse them the wages which they can elsewhere obtain. No wrong sa palpable, so naked, so utterly tyrannical, is inflicted by tee Government of England on any other class. 'rhe in- dignitf, the insult, and the downright robbery, is reserved to the exclusive use of British seama,n—to be first under valued, trod offered far le €s for their labour than the cur. rent market price; aad then, if hands are not obtained --is how should they be obtained in time of war on such terms ?—to seize upon them by force ; to mars cu ships, arid shed their blood, in defence of our enacts. Admiral Carden does not ask Uo to run the risk at once, which would be involved in resigning the right of pres s in g seamen , w i t h ou t w hi c h it might happen that the very existence s.f the nation might be hazarded by the non-equipment of a fleet in time of peril ; but he does ask us to do what is far wiser and bet :er—to render the ri,.;.ht of press unnecessary by rendering 'he service popular with seamen. This requires various amendments of the present system ; but three of these evi dently take the lead. These are-1. The raising the pay of " able seamen" to a level with the wages given by our merchants, and in the American service. Consider , ing the number of " able seamen" employed (and it is of these only that we speak), the total addition to our annual expenditure would be unworthy the consideration c f a na tion like Great Britain ; especially when it is remembered, that the thing at stake is our naval a7- . .cendaney, and that the loss of this involves nothing less than the dissolution of the British empire. 2. The addition of premiums or rewards for good behaviour, to be provided by arrangements made in our dockyards. ports, and coast service, by which a certain class of offices should be reserved for meritorious seamen, having completed a certain lengih of service. 3. The establishment of naval barracks at all our parts, wherein sailors whose ships were refitting., &c., might find a home, at a low rate of expense ; instead of being handed over, as at present to the crimps and land-sharks, who not only rob ti.ern of their hard-earned savings, but ruin alike both their health and their morals. These three instalments of " justice to our seamen" are fully due. flow much longer the payment may be postponed without ruinous conse quences, we cannot pretend to say; but sure we are, that there is fearful hazard in the delay, and that the moment may come when we may wildly rush to repair the injury, and may fled that repentance comes too late. (From the Morning Chronicle.) It is with great pleasure that we recognise, on the part of the intelligent men of all parties, a growing disposition to approach the great questions of commercial and financial reform, which are forcing themselves every day more and more imperatively upon the consideration of the country,. in a fair and candid spirit, undisturbed by the heat of party conflict, and bent only upon a determined effort to do the greatest amount of practical good to the greatest number of the community. If the article which appeared in the Times of yesterday may be taken as a fair indication of the sentiments of the leading men of the Conservative party, we may congratulate the country upon the prospect which is now opening up, of seeing the great principles which have so long been established to the satisfaction of all thinking men, reduced into practice, and made the basis of the financial and commercial system of the country. The Times urges Mr. Baring, as the addition to the assessed taxes last Session has been but indiffer ently successful, to try the effect of lowering duties on those great articles of general consumption, which will generally improve the condition of the working classes, improve trade, improve manufactures, and improve the re venue, The excessive timber duties, it observes, force us to take an inferior article at a high rate, are a loss to the revenue, and a burden to the country ; and their reduction would at once furnish us with additional facilities for im- proving our relations with the north of Germany. Our Contemporary very justly observes that every imme diate duty on the grand necessaries of life is a griev ance, inasmuch as it limits the consumption at home, checks foreign trade, and impairs the revenue of the State ; and, by way of making a beginning, calls for the reduction of the duties on colonial produce, in. eluding sugar, coffee, and tobacco, from the East as well as the West Indies, and a reduction of the; high du ties now levied on some of the chief articles of food, as butter, butchers' meat, and bacon, which would be a cons siderable boon to the working classes. It gives us un feigned pleasure to have the co-operation of our Con temporary in the great battle against monopoly, especially the monopoly of food. We agree with the writer in the Times, " that the political influence and the social condi tion of the nation depend upon the care and wisdom with which the general prosperity of the community shall be provided for, the multiplied and injudicious restrictions of our commercial tariff gradually removed, and the basis upon which the charges of the State must rest, enlarged by a prudent Extension of the capital and commercial:wealth of the country ;" and that " these arc the chief end and aim of good legislation, to which Rsform Bills and Regis tration Bills are at beat but means." We will even go further, and say that we consider it the bounden duty of every Government to consider everything subservient to the one great object of promoting the general prosperity, protecting the ,,rcat mass of consumers, and more especially the labouring classes, who are unable to protect themselves, against the exactions of powerful mo nopolies, and the encroachments of class interests; favour. ing by every means the free development of capital and industry, and, in a word, applying, with vigorous and con scientious impartiality, the rules of right and reason to every tax, every item of the tariff, and every provision in the statute book, which affect the great practical every day interests of the mass of the community. Such aro the views of which we have been for years the con scientious advocates. flow near we may be to their realisation we do not pretend to say. What measures the Government may intend to bring forward we are un able to tell. This only we know, that if there is faith in past conduct and professions, the present Ministry must be anxious to embrace the first opportunity of carrying into practical effect the liberal and enlightened princi ples which they have repeatedly declared to be essential for the welfare of the country. It is mainly because they have espoused these principles, and acted upon them, al though to a very limited extent, yet still, perhaps, as far as circumstances would admit, and certainly further than their political opponents were prepared to go, that we and the liberal public generally have supported the Whig party for the last ten years. Their reduction of the coal, I candle, soap, wind ow , and other taxes pres s i ng w i t h a grievous and unequal burden upon the humbler classes of the community—their attempt, abortive though it proved, to modify the enormous and unjust protecting duty upon timber—the advocacy, by the majority of the Cabinet, of the leading principles of free trade, and of a moderate fixed duty instead of ;.he present absurd and oppressive taxes upon food an d, finally, th e symptoms shown of a wish to adopt fair and reason. able principles of colonial policy by the equalization of the duties on East and West India sugar, and, more recently, on rum —these, we repeat, are the mea sures which have secured for the Whigs such a large share of the support of the manufacturing and commercial inte rests, and of the intelligent middle classes—a support which is still continued, mainly upon the expectation that these measures may be looked upon as earnests of the far greater, and more important practical reforms which the Whig Government is prepared to effect if it can find an opportunity. The reception given the other evening by the II )use of Commons to the last measure of this nature introduced by the Government, viz. the equalization of the duties on East India and West India rum in duces us to hope that this opportunity may not be far distant. Although the tone of Sir Robert Peel's re marks, and the somewhat ill-timed hesitation which led him to propose delay in a case of obvious justice and int parlance, do not look as if he was prepared to take the lead in introducing any measures of commercial reform, yet his uequalified adherence to the great principle urged by Mr. Labouehcre, of " Justice to the colonies and consumer in place of protection to class interests," induces us to hope that if further and more important applications of this principle are brought forward, he will be prepared to sink tile party leader in the patriot, and give the measures which in his conscience he believes to be right and necessary the benefit of his powerful advo cacy. This much we feel assured of, that whatever Go vernment may be in power, an extens:ve reform of our tariff and system of taxation, based upon the principle of fairness to the consumer and productiveness to the revenue, cannot long be delayed, if England is to re tain her place in the scale of cations. Our relations with foreign countries—the enormous development of our ma nufactures and export trade, combined with the rapidly increasing competition of foreign manufactures—th e pri vations and discontent of a large portion of our labouring population—the political necessity for increased expendi ture, at a time when the country will not tolerate taxation imposed for the purpose of protecting particular interests —arc all circumstances which concur to press upon the men at the head of affairs the imperative necessity of doing something speedily and effectually to riscuc the country from the embarrassments in which a too-long a..t. herence to erroneous principles of commercial and finan. cial policy has involved it. TILE CURN-EAWs AND THI: CLERGY. ---,,---_____ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Committee of the Anti-Corn-law Asioeia tion desire to express their apprcbation of your unre mitting labours in the great and good work of exposing the injustice and cruelty of the monopoly of bread. That a law so monstrous should ever have been sanc tioned by our lawgivers can only be accounted for by the junction in conspiracy of those who, both in tempo !rd and spiritual matters, lord it over all in their power. The former have defied the rule of right," 1)0 as you would be done unto." The latter have chosen another another guide than Him, who put it to his hearers, If any of you fathers he asked by your child for bread, w ill ye give him a stone ; if for a fish, will ye give him a serpent ?” _ . Even in cur less corrupt establishment in the north we have a standing committee, ready at a moment's no tice to sound the alarm when a hungry nation would at tack that systcn: which fills their (the CICrgy's) larders out of the poor man's scanty pittance, while the coffers of the rich mu s 4t net be so much as looked at. Wit ness the motion for inquiry ! Their conduct is second only to the wickedness of Him who spared to take of h's flock, and sen . , for the solitary lamb of his neigh bour. The kingdoms of the world and the glory of them have proved the Statc.paid clergy unworthy of that Ma,ter who would make no sacrifice to obtain them. The allotments of the starving poor have blen brought as low as will Lep in life by the same grinding company. An inquiry is about to be instituted into the provision for the poor of Scotland. W e trust you will give the sul,j:..ct timely notice. We would not allow this opportunity to pass without expressing our satisfaction in your views of civil and re ligious liberty. Go on, Sir ; promote the happiness of the greatest number, and it will promote your own the rnore.—Your's respectfully, Peterhead, Feb. 10. STAFF° WM. SOUTTAIt. R1) AND RUGBY RAILWAY.--WC are informed that a petition for leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose of constructing a line of railway from StIlford to Rugby, with a branch to Alrewas, was pre sented to the House of Commons on the evening of Friday last ; and that the 10 per cent, deposit on the estimated cast o f the line was paid oil Thursday, and now awa its the Speak r Guardian. REFORIL-ADULTERA- TION OF DRUGS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sta,—A few 'necks ago there appeared in the columns of The Sun, taken from a pamphlet, addressed to Mr. Warburton, some notices of the mal-practices of drug gists in the adulteration of drugs, (rem which it would appear that the well-directed efforts of the medical prac tioncr are often rcnrli•red unavailing, and the public art, both directly and indirectly robbed of their money aid their lives. I have read that pamphlet, and from fact, which have come within my own knowledge, as well as respectable testimony, am convinced that its statements are founded in truth ; the chief defect being that it has not stated all the adulterations practised in the more efficient remedied that are employed. A few days ago, Mr. Hawes introduced into his Bill for Medical Reform, which is to be read a second time on Friday next, certain clauses in this Bill, providing for the better education of chemists and druggists, and for their registration ; the Bill also makes it compul sory on them to undergo an examination on certain sub jects of study, in which they are now (with some few exceptions) notoriously ignorant ; and it indirectly pro • vides a remedy for the extinction of quackery ; but its introduction has preceded inquiry ; it is therefore looked upon with suspicion by some, and with aversion by others of the druggists, and hence, doubtless, has arisen the de termination in a portion of that class—it remains to be seen how large a portion —to organise an opposition to it, in which neither exertions ncr expense will be spared, to render the Bill, with regard to themselves and their practices, perfectly nugatory. Mr. Hawes's Bill, certain chemists and druggists de clare, is calculated materially to affect their interests, and they are determined to oppose it. It unfortunately happens that the 'Members of the Legislature arc not well versed in the subjects of trade, still less in the de tails of one that differs so much from all others. The medical professio❑ labours under the same disadvantages, and hence it isnot unusual to find the whole burden of inquiry and of legislation in such eases, to rest on two or three individuals, whose particular attention has been de voted to such subjects, or who themselves have been, or are practically acquainted with them. The Bill is in good hands now, and if Mr. Hawes is firm in maintain ing his position, without being diverted from it by the clamours with which he will be assailed, he will deserve, and receive, not only the thanks of the medical profes sion, but of every respectable chemist and druggist, and be hailed as a public benefactor. There seem to be two things imperatively necessary to qualify the chemist and druggist for his office, as the coadjutor of the medical practitioner ; the first is an education suitable to his station and office, and the next to provide some check upon the facilities which he has to be dishonest. For the first, Mr. Hawes's Bill in some measure provides, the rest must be left to time ; for the second, in his 13111 there is no provision, and I therefore offer a few remarks on its utility and necessity. The druggists originally belonged to, and formed, with the apothecaries, a part of the Grocer's Company, the Wardens of which Company visited, at certain pe riods, the shops of its members, to inspect their weights and measures, and the articles which they sold, and were empowered to fine and imprison all offenders. Not content with this, an officer, called a garbler, was ap pointed by the Company, whose duty it was to inspect, and if necessary, to garble all drugs and spices which were imported, before they could be offered for sale ; the penalty for selling ungarbled goods being, on conviction, attended by forfeiture of the whole, and not unfre quently the offence was punished by a fine in addition. The garbling consisted in cleansing the different sub stances from extraneous matter, such as dust, stones, fo reign substances, and of any portion, which, in the trans mission, had become damaged, or by fraud had been intermixed. The origin of the custom appears to be coeval with the origin of the trade itself. Previous to the nip of James the First, garbling existed, and was practised as one of the customs of the City of London, but in 1604 it passed into a law, and for many years was found to be of great advantage in protecting the public from imposition and fraud. Another effect resulted from the existence of the law, which was, that drugs and spices were imported in a much purer state, the de mand for articles of inferior qualities being thus kept down. Unfortunately the garbler's fees remained the same, and thus an office calculated to prove a protec tion to the honest trader, became, in time, a source of oppression ; for although the labour of garbling had almost become nominal, the simple act of inspection in most cases being sufficient, there was no reduction in the fees, and therefore persons of every description en gaged in trade affected by its provisions, united in en deavouring to obtain its repeal. The great defect in this law consisted in the method of payment, making it to depend on self•imposed fees instead of on a regular stated salary. The pecuniary value of the office may be estimated, when it is stated that, in 1686, the right of admission to, and lease of, the office for sixty-nine years was purchased for about a thousand pounds, subject, in addition, to the annual payment of 1.300/. Attempts were made as early as 1693 by the several Companies of merchants and traders affected by it, to be relieved from a part of the heavy fees to which they were liable, but without success. Another attempt was made in 1707, when, after a protracted inquiry, the office W1.13 found to be a grievance that could no longer be borne, and the Act of ;fames 1. was repealed. Since that period no check has existed to the im portation of drugs in any state, and as great competition exists in the wholesale trade, it is met, as such compe titions are usually met, by a depreciation in quality. Those who have had the opportunity of examining the state in which drugs are now imported, and whose judgment is not biassed by interest, must be convinced that the re-enactment of some law of this kind is ne cessary ; that a system of rigid inspection of every drug is necessary, and that the analysis or testing of the various chemicals used in medicine is imperatively called for. But as the facts connected with the use of damaged drugs in an impure state, of foreign and home-manufactured chemicals in the like state, and the various ways and means of wholesale and petty corruption cannot be known without evidence or testimony, a Par liamentary inquiry into the present state and practices of the drug trade is necessary previous to any legisla tion. There is, however, a strong feeling of dislike to this inquiry on the part of many, which it is not diffi cult to understand ; but as the " greatest happiness principle" is unquestionably concerned in the matter, I trust, Mr. Editor, your exertions will be used in the advocacy of this righteous cause. There is another thing too, which appears essential to a thorough reformation, that is the extinction, the total and absolute extinction, of quackery. To this sub ject I regret to find that Mr. Warburton has de clared his determined opposition. It is, perhaps, ell this very point that the corruptionists amongst the druggists will rally around him ; for many of them have their little venture in this unhallowed traffic, in the shape of some dinner, stomachic, or antibilious pill, or favourite cough drop, or essence, for which they will clamour and fight as though it were the sheet anchor of their existence. The no-legislation would in this case shield them, and the opposition to Mr. flawes's " calculated so materially to injure their intet ests," will, it is to be hoped, be estimated at its just value. I have proceeded on the supposition that no man's icterest can consist in doing wrong. There may be, and doubtless are, various motives which influence men in their opinions and in their actions ; but when, in the latter case, they interfere with the well-being of society, the limit of non-interference is passed, and tiny should be called in to put down what nothing else can put Le Nil. Should some few additional facts to those which you before gave on the adulteration of drugs be of sufficient interest to your readers, •I may be induced to address you again on this subject, and in the hope that the cause will receive your hearty support and advocacy, I remain, Mr. Editor, your humble sorvant, London, February 13, 1841. A DRUGGIST. THE POPE ON NATIONAL ECU CATION IN IRELAND. The follow in;; is an authorised translation of - a letter from his Holiness the Pope to each of the four Roman Catholic Archbishops of Ireland :— " My Lord—Your Grace is sa fully aware of the grave importance of the questions involved in th e con troversy which has been raised in Ireland on the sub ject of the new system of national education, as it i3 called, that you should not be surprised that the- answer of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda thereon has been so long delayed. " For your Grace is fully in possession of Vac whole matter, and intimately acquainted with all the: weighty t u he ri s s u e b j tc , ) et th e a h t ou c i o d nt b r e ov ‘zr x s a y r , ni z t • i r e i c d i t i :1 3 1 i s cl s d e t h m a a t n e have that with the utmost deliberation. " Because the protection of the Catholic: 'religion— the facility afforded for the instruction of yr mth—the gratitude due to the British Parliament !l.or having granted a large sum of money for the support. of schools for the people of Ireland—the necessity of preserving concord among Catholic bishops—the duty o.f fostering the public tranquillity, the apprehension, in fine, lest the entire funds, together with the autho - rity, should be transferred to masters, not being Catholicsr could net but have filled the Sacred Congre ga ti on with the great est solicitude, during the long and earnest col tuideration which, in accordance with the duties of its oil cc, it gave to the question submitted to it. H av ing therefore accurately weighed all. the dan gers and all the advantages of the syster 3—having heard the reasoning of the contending parties , and hav ing, above all, received the gratifying intellig epee th at for ten years since tho introduction of this ;system of education, the Catholic religion does not appeal . to have sustained any injury, the Sacred Congr ega t ion has, with the approbation of our Most Holy Path. er Pope Gregory G • XVI resolved that' no judgment s l it mid be definitely pronounced in this matter; and that th is kind of education should be left to the prudent disizetion IMPERIAL PARLI viNIEN T. ROUSE OF COMMONS, FEN: 17, There ikin::; only '23 Members present at Four C Clock, the House was adjourned till to-morrow. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TIIE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. om the Courier.) TIT E SUN, LONT1'ov, TOTTPSinA rFP A ri la, 1 C 1 41 AL.A. ard religious conscience of each individual bishop, whereas its success must depend cr. th., vig;lant c:Irc of the pastors, en the various cautions to be adopted, and on the future experience, which time will Fuppv• That, however, so momentous a question should not, he dismbrsed without suitable counsel and precaution, , , the Sacred Congregation has decided ou giving the.follow ing admonitions:— " 1st. That all hooks which contain any noxious mat ter, either against the canon or the purity of the sacred scripture, or against the doctrines of ;be Catholic Church, or morality, ought to be removed Irons the schools ; and this can be the more easily effected, be cause there is no law of the said system opposed to it. " That every effort is to be made that none but a Catholic preceptor shall give religious, moral, or his torical lectures to the Catholic schoolmasters in the model school ; for it is not fitting that a Catholic should be taught the method of giving instructiva in religion or religious history by one who is not a Catholic. ;1d. That it is much safer that literary instruction only should be given in mixed schools, than that the fundamental articles, as they are called, :.nd the articles in which all Christians agree, should alone be taught there in common, reserving for separate instruction the tenets peculiar to each sect ; for this manner of acting, in regard to children, appears very dangerous. "-Ith. That generally the bishops and parish priests should carefully watch that no taint be contracted by the Catholic children from this system of national in struction, through any cause whatever ; and that it is also their duty strenuously to endeavour to obtain from the Government by degrees a better order of things and more equitable conditions, The Sacred Congre gation is also of opinion that it would b e very useful that the school-houses should be vested exclu sively in the Bishops or the parish priests. It is fur ther of opinion that it would be of very great advantage that the Bishops should frequently confer together on this very important subject in their provincial synods ; but that should anything unfavourable occur, the Apos, tolic See should be carefully made acquainted with it, that it may at once provide for the exigency. " In fine, the Sacred Congregation desires that, henceforward, the Bishops and other Ecclesiastics should refrain from contending on this controversy in the newspapers or other such publications, lest the honour of religion, their own characters, or Christian charity, should be injured, to the disedification of the people. " These are what I had to make known to your Grace, in the name of the Sacred Congregation, that they way be communicated by you to the Right Reve rend theSuffragan Bishops:of your metropolitan province. " Now, the matters which I have above communi cated to you, your Gram will easily understand to be of such a nature that, if they are carefully attended to, it is to be concluded that, in this most important affair, the interests of religion, of peace, and of youth, are for the present sufficiently provided for. " In the meantime, 1 pray God to give your Grace a long and happy life. " Given at Rome, At the Propaganda, the 16th of January, 1841. (Signed) " J. PH. Pi?.ANSONI, Przereet. " J., ARCHBISHOPOPEDESSA, See At the meeting of: the Irish Catholic Prelates, on the reading of his H.eiliness's letter, the following reso lution was moved ►,y his Grace the Archbishop of Tuum, and seconded by his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, and unaainiously adopted :— " That the assero bled Prelates do, before they sepa rate, transmit to hiss Holiness a most dutiful and re spectful address, •tendering to him the expression of their most profound gratitude for this fresh proof of the Holy Father's paternal solicitude for the spiritual interests of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, and pledg ing themselves to, the most sincere, strenuous, and per severing exertion s in carrying into effect all his Holi ness's wishes and; instructions. "t J. M'LAUG II LAN, Derry." LOVE AaND MURDER IN THE )joined. account is given by the Oriental 01- No individual was better known in Pera than Louis Soulier, the dirlotor of the Circus. When he passed on his beautifill horse ' Superbe,' people pointed at him, and whispered c'est lui meme.' Franconi was not more renowned in Paris, nor could the fame of Du crow in Londoa exceed that of Soulier here. He was a handsome and ',remarkably powerful man, though rather too material fot great agility. Finding that people here got tired of looking at horses run round a ring, with men, women, trzad children standing on their backs, and that his circus: was consequently but a beggarly ac count of empty boxes,' he some two or three months ago, sent off 'his family, horses, black slaves, and splendid dresses to Bucharest, where they were to await his arrival, and in due time he intended to make a triumphal (nary into Vienna, in the character of a conqueror ret zrning from the East. But alas! l'homme propose, etc. His wife's eldest daughter, Madelena de Bach, haxl just bloomed into womanhood, and, being a good looking girl of sixteen, it was very natural that some yo.ath or other should fall desperately in love with her, ani that she should return his passion. One of the horse! nen, and the best looking of the troop, young Tardini, was the favoured swain, but he and Soulier not rt:greeing, he left the company some time back, and turned horsedealer here. When Madelena went off for BuchatTest, however, he sold his nags, shut up his stables, and galloped off himself in the same direc tion. He n sooner arrived at Bucharest than she sloped with Han, and, not to be suffering for want of ways and means, it is said she took with her jewels be longing to h tr mothr to the extent of about 40,000 piastres. To lose daughter and diamonds was rather too bad ; still there was no remedy till Soulier himself arrived, so s1c remained quiet in the meanwhile. A month afte rwards he reached Bucharest, and lost no time in seekin g and finding Tardini, who, aware of his approach, ha , 1 armed himself with a brace of pistols. Soulier held has his hand a whip, with which he cont menced belal»urin,g Tardini after having discharged at bins a volley tvf abuse. Tardini lost no time, produced his pistols, and warned the enraged father-in-law to keep his , distance. The latter was a man of im petuous cour tge. Instead of withdrawing, therefore, as a more prudetit aatagonist would have done, he sprang forward to seize and disarm Tardini, but, before he could reach him, fell dead on the spot. Tardini had fired, and his ball had passed through Soulier's head ! We have not seen an authentic account of the affair, and have heaA many versions of it, but the above is the one most gee eraliy credited. The deceased was exceed ingly violen..t and quarrelsome ; and had, it is reported, severril persons in duels, so that he was a very likely man t o end in this way." This is the longest winter that has been felt in the southern 'parts of England for many yeara,past, and it has been, only partially broken since the lath of 1.):- "cember,. *by westerly winds and rain for eleve R or twelve trays in. January. The: whole of the present month (February) to the 10th bras been frosty, with light falls of rain, Lail, sleet, and s c ow, nearly all of which have been converted into solid . sheets of ice, and covered the trees, the tops and wea Cher sides of the houses, and the ground nearly to the depth of an inch, by which means we now perceive see r es of novelty that scarcely ever happen in this part of England, that is to say., men and boys skating and sl : K'dng on the pavements, in the open squares, in the spa Bets, and even in the carriage roads for many miles All the ponds, pumps, moats round the fortifications, , ,narshes, and salt water lakes are firmly ice -bound, very similar to a winter in Holland. The coldest days and nights here in December were on the 15th and t2.5th (Christmas Day), when the ex ternal thermometer receded to 18 degrees, and to 16 degrees on the leads of the Observatory ; on the former day there was a conjunction of Saturn and the sun, which induces a great degree of cold in the winter season ; and Fahrenheit's thermometer at St. Peters burgh at the same time was 49:} degrees below freezing point. _ On January 7th the thermometer here indicated 20 degrees, and on the 2d and 3d of the present month it went one degree lower. The 3d was the coldest day this winter, when the mean temperature lor the 24 hours was only 221 degrees. It snowed more or less in December on seven days, in January nine days, and in the present month to the 10th six days, the whole depth on a plain surface with out drift amounting to nine inches. Since the 12th of December, the beginningof winter here, there have been 41 frosty nights ; ice - has ap peared in the bed -rooms 11 nights ; and on several oc casions, from sunset to sunrise, ice has accumulated in the external air on the ground to the depth of one inch and a half. These arc only a few particulars of the 801 erity of the winter. The brightest side of the picture of the weather, is the beneficial effect the snow, which lay 10,1g, en the ground, will unquestionably have on the arab he which fortunately were sown with wheat last Autumn more extensively than for many years past. Be asiurcd that the winter is not yet over, for the planetary aspects with the sun o❑ the 19th of Fe truary, the I I th and 231 of March, indicate a remit e':ort of temperature, frost, and probably snow. [We arc indebted for the above article to Dr. RueneY, of the Royal Academy, Gosport.]—Brighton lb rt INFLUENCE OP CHEAP POSTAGE OK EDU CATION.—The evening school is attended by apprwitiei 's and . young . per sons o f b oth sexes—amongst them is a moth or of four childr en , some of whom are grown up, and reside at a cmisiderable distance from her. Allured by the cheap poi tage, and the laudable desire of b2inr , able to reply to the let,ts, rs of her children, she resolved, at the age of forty-five to 1‘ . t ar, '1 to Write. She h as a tt en d ed most r eglarly, along with a. daa 1 11 - ter, since the school opened in September, and very fe w of the scholar s h ave made greater progress than has this energe tie v!ornari.—Annual Report of the Edinburgh Educati DO S oc i, t ler 1840, was summoned before Sir Peter Laurlo, on Friday last, for having sold eoals deficient its weight, to poor peo ple, during the intensely cold weather. The decision of the Magistrate was not given until yesterday, on which account we did not publish - the evidence. The case excited a good deal of interest. It was as fol lows :— Mr. Murray, the Ward Clerk of Billinsgate, said he intended to bring a complaint, upon the part of the Inquest of the Ward. In consequence of the severity of the weather, the gentlemen of the ward inquest had determined to make the poor inhabitants as comfortable as they could, and distributed a great quantity of coals amongst them at a very low price. For those coals they had paid Mr. Magarey the best price, so that the poor had a right to expect not only the proper quantity, but an excellent quality, and unfortunately there was a deficiency in both respects. The quan tity, however, was the only thing complained of in the present instance, and it would be proved by creditable witnesses, that in the sacks which were weighed there wa: want of weight from five to twelve pounds—a very serious defect to those who had no other way of put ting fire on their hearths; than was thus afforded by the bounty of the more opulent inhabitants. William Sabine, of No. 21, Cambridge-road, stated that he was in the service of Mr. Piper, one of the ward inquest of the ward of Billingsgate. He received an order upon Mr. Magarey for 112 lbs. of coal, and he gave it to a lad in that gentleman's warehouse in Love-lane. The coals were put in the sack and the sack was put in the weight scale, and witness took it at once to Mr. Piper's, where it was sealed up ; witness then weighed the sack in Mr. Piper's scale, and it was deficient 1(21! pounds. Mr. Henry Hunt Piper, one of the gentlemen of the inquest, stated that he weighed the sack of coals named by the last witness, and found that it was dufi cleat to the amount stated. The clerk of Mr. Newbone, the solicitor to the de fendant, said that his client had actually paid a sub scription out of his own pocket for the poor, to whom he was much more disposed to give heavy than light weights. I The witness Sabine stated ths.t next day he went for another sack of coals, and conveyed it immediately to Mr. Piper's warehouse. Mr. Piper stated that the second sack was deficient 3i lbs. The witness Sabine had been with him a con siderable time, and was trustworthy. Mr. Magarey here observed, that the inquest ought to have gone to the warehouse and seen the coals weighed themselves, and he complained of want of courtesy and fair play towards him. Mr. Potter, the Common Councilman, who is fore man of the inquest, declared most solemnly that there was not the least, personality intended, and that the case was brought forward on public grounds alone. Sir P. LAURIE-If the gentlemen had not done as they have done, they would not have done their duty. The Ward Clerk assured Sir Peter Laurie, that Mr. ltodbee, the excellent Rector of the parish, had given the information as to the short weight dealt out to the poor. Charles Garton, a person in the serv'ee of Mr. Claridge, another of the Jury, stated that he received a ticket for 112 lbs. of coals, and received the coals in a sack, and took them to Mr. Piper's warehouse, where they were weighed, and proved to be deficient 9 lbs. Witness did not see them weighed at Mr. Magarey's warehouse. The Solicitor for the defendant objected that the witnesses hitherto examined resided out of the ward, and did not conic within the cognizance of the ward. .Tane Stevenson was then called. She stated that she lived in the ward. She received a ticket for coals, which were brought to her room in the evening, and shot down in a corner of the room. When her husband came home in the evening they agreed that the coals ought to be weighed, and they took them in a sack to Mr. Wright's oil shop, at St. Mary-at-Hill. Jeremiah Stevenson, the husband of the last witness, stated that they scraped up every bit of coal in the room, and even every bit of dirt into the sack. He had reason to suspect a deficiency, for ho had had it before, and he mentioned the circumstance to another poor person who received coals, and they determined to mention the matter to the inquest. Mr. Thomas Wright stated that he weighed the sack of coals brought to him by the last witness, and found it deficient 14ilbs. Martha Moret, of No. 13, St. Mary-at-hill, stated that she received a ticket for coals, and they were brought to her house. Mr. Wright stated that he weighed the last-men tioned sack, and it proved deficient 1 l ilbs. with the sack. They were bad coals. She also received coals from the City Kitchen, but the latter were excellent. John Runekar, a person in the employment of Mr. Underwood, one of the inquest, stated that he received a ticket for a sack of coals, arid he took the coals to Mr. Wright, and he weighed them, and found them de ficient ..5.1-lbs. without the sack. The Solicitor for the defendant submitted that the witnesses who received the coals, being interested per sons, their evidence was completely invalidated, and that the high character of the defendant ought to secure him from any imputation, however negligent his servants might be. Besides, the evidence was extremely vague. Sir P. LAURIE observed that the servants never happened to make a mistake on the wrong side. There were 53,200 weight of coals distributed by the kindness of the opulent inhabitants of the ward, and a deficiency of six or seven pounds was certainly an object to every person. Upon the part of the defendant, James Smith, also in the service of Mr. Magaxey six or seven years, was called. He, however, stated nothing calculated to throw the least imputation upon the credit of the wit nesses for the prosecution. The inquest had, he said, sent for Mr. NIagarey to call upon them. Mr. Magarey—I deny it. I never heard they wished to see me. I deny, too, that the coals were of inferior quality ; and I most solemnly declare that my scales arc always correct. Sir P. LAURIE stated Chat he should adjourn the case, and consult the City Solicitor ; but he was perfectly satisfied that there was a. very considerable &ficicucy. Yesterday the City Soilicitor attended. Mr. Newbone (the defendant's solicitor) hoped that whatever might be the decision of the Magistrate, no imputation would he personally cast upon Mr. Ma guey. It appeared dal Mr. Magarey's servants were in the habit of keeping sacks filled for the customers ; and, although certainly he was responsible for the acts of his servants, he kr.ew nothing whatever of any defi ciency of weight. 11;i3 trusted that the gentlemen of the inquest would Oct. impute any knowledge of the de ficiency to Mr. Magn. - rey, who would much rather act for the benefit than to the prejudice of the poor, and who waived all forms to tweet the cases against him, conscious of having done nothing himself that would subject him to censure. Sir PETER LAUR:IE said that all the nicks that were weighed were found. deficient. That was very bad, and the poor felt the loss at such a period intensely, for every potawd of coal, was an object to them. The mat ter was satisfactorily represented to common sense, but the question was, in what manner it was to be dealt with according to Ita w, and as an example to the public. The City Solicitor said that he had consulted Mr. Laurie, the barrkler, on the subject, who said that there was a difficulty as to the administration of the law in the case, in consequence of the incompleteness of the evidence. He (Mr. Pearson) agreed with the Learned Counsel, and he thought it would be advisable to leave the question to be settled between the In quest and Mr. Magarey, who could be held to bail to answer any charge which might be brought against him if the interests of the poor should require that pro ceedimgs be instituted. It had bee❑ stated that Mr. Macarey was a highly respectable man, but a good re putation sometimes supplied opportunities of doing evil by means of the confidence reposed in it. Ile thought that Mr. Magarey and the inquest might come. to an understanding on the point. If the Ma gistrate entertained the opidon that a prosecution should take place, the City Solicitor would proceed at once at the expense of the City, whose poor were so much interested. SiT P. LAURIE wholly approved of the excellen acivi , ce of the City Solicitor, and Mr. Newbonc said he had not the least (bilk of a decision in favour of his client in a court of law, but he recommended Mr. Ma grey to adopt the suggestion of the City Solicitor. Mr. Magarey evidently felt extremely sore upon the point, but intimated that he should be directed by his solicitor. Mr. Murray said that the gentlemen of the inquest would be satisfied without proceeding further if islr. Magarry would consent to present twenty guineas to the poor of 13illingsgpate. Mr. Ncwbone at once accepted the proposal, and handed over a donation of twenty guineas f.,r the 'use of the distressed inhabitants of Billingsgate Ward, Sir PETER. LAURIE having again assured the inquest that the public were greatly indebted to them, the af fair then terminated. TIII: Loss or THE DRYAD. —Mr. Farquhar, one of the solicitors engaged in prosecuting Michael and Pa trick Wallace, informed Sir Peter Laurie that the sai lor who had been sent for to the Rodney, in the Me diterranean, to give evidence of the loss of the Dryad, had arrived in England. The trial of the two brothers will take place next Session, and report says that the evidence of the sailor, who has not yet reached town, will be conclusive against the prisoners. Sir P. LAURIE stated that another case of a much more extensi ve na t ure, an d i n w hich other parties arc involved, had occurre d , an d th a t it was likely aninves tigation would be soon undertaken. flEtt MAJEsT Y.—It is stated in circles likely to be acquainted with the fact, that her Majesty is again in an " interesting situation," at once exciting the hopes and sympathies of her loyal subjects, DROMORE PETTY SESSIONS (Magistrates presiding—Rev. ELGIE BOYD, D. LIND SAY, and — DOWLING, Esqrs.) INTENDED ASSASSINATION OF MIt. O'CONNELL. —James Mcrrc,n, an inhabi•ant of I)romore, charged 1 assault, persons, ‘v on he h committed a on theadul 8 t y h ' ofsummoned,January. ith riot and The circumstances of the case, as they came out in evidence, were as follow :—A lar g e body of between 400 and .500 p ersons h a d collected the town of Duo more, early on the 18th of January (the day on which Mr. O'Connell was expected to pass through, on his way to Belfast), many of them armed with fire-arms. There were also posted on the walls placards of an in sulting and inflammatory lied. On finding that Mr. O'Connell had passed through on the previous Saturday, the crowd got an effigy made, which they carried on a pole to a place called " The Round Hill," close to the road on the Nowry side of the town ; and hung up the effigy there. They then discharged their fire-arms at that, having been disap pointed of the man himself. While the Orange mob were so employed, the com plainant, a Catholic, who was out in that direction, ad vanced to the crowd, when he was instantly assailed with shouts of " To hell with the Pope!" and other such language, which was followed up by some of the mob striking him. He then left the field, and went into town, followed all the way by the mob, who con tinued pelting him with stones and sods, until he got into a house in the town. One man, named Reynolds, was taken by the police in the course of the day, with a pistol concealed in his pocket. Several other assaults were proved to have been committed upon such Catholics as were foolish enough to leave their houses on that day. After an investigation of more than three hours' du ration, the complainant's informations were taken against five of the persons charged, who were accord ingly held to bail, to take their trial at the ensuing Quarter Sessions. Their names are John Gowdy, Jere miah Meany, Samuel Meany, John Meany, and James Dobbin. About six of the others were bound over to keep the peace for two years.—Neibu E.raminer•. THE PICKWICK CLUB OF NEW (Report of the Committee for the first quarter, endin August 4, 1840.) In pursuance of the pleasing, yet arduous task which has been imposed upon us, we would beg, before entering into details, to take a brief retrospect of the circum stances under which the '• Pickwick Club of Now Zea land" was formed, and despite which it now bids fair to rival, if not in originality and power, at least in useful ness and benevolence, its great prototype. Cast we our eyes backward, then, to the very recent period, when, bidding adieu to the land of our birth, and all its hallowed associations, and stimulated by the proud spirit of enterprise which has ever been the character istic of the `• island born, the free," we gave to the breeze the swelling sail which was to waft us to the land of our adoption. High as were then our aspira tions, and sanguine as were our hopes, the boldest of the adventurous band could not but feel that he was casting all upon the hazard of the die, and that landing upon a savage and perhaps hostile shore (rich and beautiful as it might be) it was only by dint of cease less toil and unflagging perseverance that he could hope to strike out for himself a path to the comfort and in dependence which the crowded cities of his fatherland denied. Undaunted by danger, by toil, and by difficulty, and undismayed by the fierce and jealous savage, we held our way through the trackless waste of waters, till the magnificent hills of New Zealand burst upon our gaze ; then, indeed, we found that our energies would be put to a severe and trying test. Not a house, not a hut. was to be seen, and, far as the eye could reach, the boundless forest spread in all the wild luxuriance of na ture ; but unchcering as was the prospect, the same noble impulse which had carried us through so many dangers, sustained us in this trying hour, and ere a little month had elapsed, the rude inhospitable desert was transformed into the peaceful abodes of happy and contented in dustry—while at intervals might be seen the neat but unpretending cottages in which some of the noblest of our land, despising the enervating luxuries of a false and conventional society, were content to seek health and happiness " under the green-wood tree." Justly proud, as we had reason to be, of the suc cess we had achieved, and of the comforts which were daily growing up around us, there was yet one great desideratum —" a various band from kindred realms we came ;" and though united in the grand purpose of extending the blessings of civilization to the noble but untaught children of the desert, we could not but perceive the necessity there existed for forming some bond of union which might still more closely unite the scattered elements of our society. This want has been supplied by the " Pickwick Club ;" and we rejoice to say, that in the face of difficulties almost insurmountable, it has succeeded in establishing for itself a character for unanimity and respectability second to no institution of its kind, and which, based as it is on the principles of mutual benefit and in formation, cannot fail to raise it to a still loftier station with the growing prosperity of the Colony. We have alluded to the difficulties the Club, on its origination, had to contend with ; the most obvious of these were the scattered and unsettled state of the community, and the difference of feeling and opinion which must necessarily exist between indi viduals of different countries. These obstacles, which it was the primary object of the originators of the Club to obviate, were speedily overcome, and deeply im pressed with the eventual importance of such an insti tution, the gay and thoughtless son of Erin, the calm re flecting Scotchman, and the blunt and manly English man, alike lent their energies to the task. One for midable obstacle still remained ; an opinion had gone abroad that the society was merely a convivial one, and contemplated no nobler end than the mere passing of an idle hour. This opinion, which at first obtained considerable credence. tended in some degree to curtail the sphere of our exertions ; but we are happy to state that the true character of the Club is now so well understood, that we rank amongst our number the greater portion of the talent and respecta bility of the settlement, and that we are daily receiving such accessions as no longer leaves it a matter of doubt that the '' Pickwick Club" of New Zealand is des tined to exert a great and salutary influence on the welfare of the land of our adoption. Already, though but a few weeks have elapsed since the arratig-etnents for the reception of books have been completed, we number upwards of 100 volumes of the most valuable works of the day, and it is due to the Club to state that these arc all contributions of members ; thus leaving the funds of the Club almost intact for the purchase of such periodical and other publications as may be thought fit. The Committee have much pleasure in stating that the funds of the Club are in a most flourishing condi tion, and that a considerable balance remains in the hands of the treasurer, after paying the incidental ex penses ; these, s:3 need scarcely observe, are in the first much more heavy than they can be in any succeeding quarter.—New Zealand Gazelle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN SION-IIOUSE. Mr. 2 1 bn111a3 Magaie,y, 1 resp7etable coal-rnr!rchn MANCHE STE R--TUESDAY EVENING. Previous to the usual hour of meeting this forenoon, several gentlemen had left, to attend the meeting of the South Lancashire Coursing Club, at Sout!:port, to-mor row : others have since followed. It promises to be very numerously attended, the weather being inviting. Several greyhounds for the crack prize (the Fleetwood Cup) have been backed with much spirit ; and, yesterday, the sum of 2001. was laid, in one engagement, on seven versus the re maining seventeen. 7 to 1 would have been laid on the field this afternoon. THE CHESTER CuP.—Bloomsbury remains at 6 to I, offered at the close in fifties: 1,000 to 100 would have been laid against any other. Calypso was offered, in a g..00d quarter, to be backed against anything, bar three. A Liverpool gentleman seemed desirous to inrcsi on The Yuung-'un : he got a few hundreds on at 20 to I. The following are the offers, &c., of the horses in any demand; the others, quoted by us last week, must be set down as nominally the same, as we are not aware of their having been backed :— 6 to 1 against Mr. Ridsdale's .Bloomsbury 11 to 1 against (201. Cradock's Gallipot 15 to 1 against Major Hay's RctricvLr 100 to 0 against Mr. Orde's Queen Bee—taken 200 to 12 against Col. Peel's Gibraltar—taken 200 to 12 against Mr. Price's Tuley—ea. 200 to 12 against Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—taken 500 to 25 against Lord Eglinton'sTheYoung-un—taked 100 to 4 against .Sri T. Stanley's Cowboy—taken 300 to 10 against Lord Eglinton's Byllona—ofT. 300 to 10 aininst Lord Eglinton's The Potentate—off. 200 to 6 against Mr. Collett's Tubalcain—off. Offers to lay 7 to 2 against any two, or back Cowboy v. any ten, for 10/. each. THE DERBY. —The Rattle party are in good humour at his rapid move; 100 to 6 was the top offer at noon; 15 to 1 in hundreds, oticred against Rosalie, a point more would have gladly been pencilled down ; 1,000 to 100, in a leading quartcr, or any part, was asked for on Palremon and Eringn, 17 to 1 and 20 to 1 were offered; 25 to 1 was asked for on Marshal Soult ; 7 ti I n ould have been taken about two, throning in an outsider ; 200 to 2, just as the room broke up, was laid against Maelieath. Advertisement. ... The climate of Britain, so remarkable for fickleness of temperature, has given rise to an infinitude of ingenious inventions for the protection of thoie who are constitutionally predisposed to suffer in health from such causes; but, while every other part of the human frame is, by some laudable application of the arts to manufacture, rendered impervious to weather, the face must still remain exposed ; and the peculiar delicacy of the Female Com plexion undoubtedly undergoes great, though gradual, change from the action of excess, either of heat or cold, upon its surface ; in this instance, Rowland's Kalydor affords the so much desired and valuable protection ; main taining, unimpaired, that peculiar brilliancy of tint—ad mired beyond all other possessions; and, as a preservative, is equally efficacious, whether against the injurious degree of heat felt in crowded assemblies, or exposure to harsh winds, and the low temperature of the winter season. 1,4*1 7 F . ; NINO 1'4 1 D () • a a v T i i l :g c had Ljz a '1,ce''r steam-vessel, il . ) . G m o . u B t h . . E s a s t i cl elr:1; eTazn,iir-srecsosmoi,)leLteiedut. N at nf i an ce ) SliaW.,y for the M e dit, rra nean, to relieve the Co steam-vessel. Lieut. Edward to forte ordered ho me. Lieut. John Werre, of the Prin cess Charlotte , has ori ginated a novel plan to raise :,ubscriptions fo r the iridcic coastat; d 0 f childrensyri Syria. f the l,he men gallant killed duringLieut Lieutenant i late s a e a t r i l sonxscocan e t e n e t draughtsman, i.nd has made three drawings, twoof MP exhibiting the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre from tn . west and south, dedicated to Admiral the lion. 5 _ ir Iv ‘ 1 10 Z ri o adi b wioi e s,i4 r :: t sgi am S s n t pi d a l ca p ry .t i . s o a rl children d bhe , ie a i ono, gn n h d fonofer swtsilatrid t lm l ee i e edAn attackArchduke ihldl:iudek o se n sdrous S i i i Andcgouonsti,thiridejaaeg,ldialic,eaji:a. Fli „,,,! Puckle, Cockspur-street, London, under whose i , - - ,,,.. tcndence they will be engraved, and they are to be d-! l _ vered gratuitously to the subscribers, for the benefit of to t : er:" tacks on the coast of Syria in the following mann l'rints to subscribers o f 5o. each plate ; proofs to ub scribers of' 10s. 6d. each plate ; and coloured pro° I° subscribers of 1/. Is. each plate. Lieut. Warre has not been content with orig,inatiag tbi ! idea, but with the characteristic specimen of t he feeling' of a British sailor, has set about obtaining subscriptior; and the following returns by the stewards of th e resffet.% vessels will show that the men belonging to the Isritli, navy will ever be, as they have hitherto been, an honour L i their ti:riettiias sj c l : i o dgi st ser n lane t ie r : y :e00 ; uar s a mi n nba d uhgr w esnrti e fio; t fi r e ls et t essl a tuiynb grateful ninei nation , andatl rotn0 obtainwill ou t rin e Pa ce vials which ought to adorn the walls of' every home in t world. Ship. Secretary. dominions thron g the P B rin t cess LLALIL4ii.iioeceeruutuditttTt...14.ifsc.Warre... West South S''‘Joeu1'13?. Sion, Revenge..(cVai u e r a t i ' r z i d g Rodney g . 2 eG' Gorgon .1ee ywi A G d e Ti c l ) lo r . ge Day...... 273 273 190 wBnwaiscarneeooiciritilze itd-ittetr Crozier Clinton )456 2 :. ,s0 558 2 611 2 6635ii 3 t, „ 9"1:1,1 .... 1 G. Briggs, Es 20 20 t 29 Bellerophon Edinburgh Lieut. Aletieron... 41 46 -; Foot, E s q ....... 33 33 3 ', Hydra ieut, ... 20 20 ` ,2 1 Wan - ) AUSTRIAN, Gummy Medea 29 Ditto......... 57 64 Ditto 11 11 10 little l a y , p ya re r e n e ; din a g nd Ti a lur b s e d t a t y e . r b , u r s h in is , (From the Manel , ct • • C arditut.) f The brisk demand for cotton u'ti atrilLiverpool on M s ' u sed„ ! amnodretliinequciorynsieigerueen;esatdervdaany7 both h p f r o ie r e , g0 c 5r il it , ete Pa l yarn ;and, in many cases, rather higher rates w 1 , 0 than could be obtained last week, though s carce i high as were current a few weeks ago. ., F 0 15 ' ROC II D A ' F LEFLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY' - ' g ,..t 00 - We have had rather a flat market to-4:10,1'4mill! change in prices. During 00 5- • the last week, ano mar k e t, manufacturer, who makes for the Black -water I s 0555f has suspended n will be . • ayment. The woolstaplers, a to the principal creditors. There is no ab Lia° report in the wool market. swsaswpaasrtdicounlearltyhtalnie ;el since r row .... I/ Middle's WestS i llLp r s tl a e r:ived last market day, 21. O . e• . ‘it - . d. . , J ._ .... Walls End 'vs Derwent Main. r •• a ) ,..' a 17 0 Walls End H01. 4 0 ° .. ... .3 - Llolywell Mani 22 Ii Walls End Kent* ..... : ....... .:;. 6 New lanlield Moor 19 (1 Walls End Adebide .., ,,,,o...% Pontop Windsor Taniield Moor.. 22 0 NVal s End Tees .......... ..., ! 6 nulled Moor Butes ...... ; 1 :22 0 Walls End Wear .......... Wylam ... 23 0 Hartley .................... 18 9 Walls End 110131,1011s ..... •,;'5- COUNTRY CORN MARKE I !'-- -----; yese Bemi . ....--- b Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I ....... te 44 l ----- , 0 0 Per Quarter. 5. to s. ". S. - to s. to r. s. to 40 i 0 Boston • '15 58 63 33 38 19 VI* t„,' 40 , i ,,,,; 0 Brandi ee 4`,4 63 27 35 93 2E :,'-'‘,.., 44 --, 41 13 , ighton 58 69 '27 34 23 2 7 " 36 ... 40 Cambridge — 62 — 31 ...... 2'2 "''' 42 ' ' Chichester tli 60 — 82 — 23 ,„--- 40 Dunmow 60 62 28 57 24 30 ''''' 44 5 ,1 Grantham Si, CO 28 35 00 30 „--; Si ,-" Grimsby 51 64 27 30 18 20 " 46 ...,- * - 4 .: Ilailsh•nn 52 62 26 32 29. '29 „ Q - "" 3! , 3 4 :6 0 ilitehill :PS 60 30 38 22 30 r i g 4 0 .. 1 50 Ipswich 56 60 36 34 24 28 •-',. 30 :./ - Lewes 58 65 43•.4 38 92 23 , 3 , 3 ', 50 ..., 4 4 Lynn 58 66 28 34 20 24 '4; 49 . 4 ,0 0 Maidstone 59 66 36 39 28 32 ,.,•" a 40 -44 so Norwich Petworth 5(3 63 28 34 28 32 1,7 AS ,0 ' 4 ,1 53 61 33 36 98 33 ,,'"; 44 0 3zi Romford 53 CO 28 34 20 30 4r , 4 0 i'3 Sandwich 56 67 34 43 '27 34 -' 30 . 1 .3 ..... 4• Thetford 59 60 31 32 24 30 , Q .,. 7 419 3 0 pi Wisliech .....„ 59 64 28 34 24 30 o ",. 43 i 3 0 Witham 56 66_ 21 34 25 23 "„ 41 ! 4.1' Yarmouth 160 65 27 31 24 30 4 " 4 ,. pi 101 a LIVERPOOL CORN M ARKET.- -1 ' j 0 ,. al, 0 g i ', WHEAT, English, White, per 7010... ................• ; 5 0 -- Red 1 6 10 9 0 — Scotch, Welch, and Manx . .................... 8 2 0 ( Irish, White .7 0 j0 i j i Rod •... 7 si 51 4 10 I -- Foreign ...... , .......................... ... ......... 9 , :1 0 OATH, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 4511.......••' 3 I 0 i — Irish , ••• 0 0 2° 3 — Foreign ...• 30 r ,° 4 ,, 0 ZIA HLEY, English, Maltin g , per l inp.qbarte r •••• 3 l' .' 0 — Scotch and Irish, per (1011,3. ... ............... 3 0 VS 0 F'eeding 44 ° 45 0 116Ars, English, per 1 nperial quarter 40 9 44 0 — Irish, &c 40 ° 1 : 3 0 ---- lortagn 41 0 42 a Pi,,ASE, English, per Imperial quarter 0 0 yi a -- Foreign . i g e 4 1 ' 0 FLOIlit, English, per 28011,.. 40 0 ,, , 0 • ----- Irkli ........................... . 0 0 :3 • OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 21 . 0lbs .......... t• 3 3 0 0 INDIAN CORN, per 48011,. -,. ................ ....• 33 0 ',I live., per Imperial quarter .................................. 43'5 MALT, per Imperial quarter ............................... Wheat, White (I . . 1 ( . i i . i (I e .. (per (Quar t er) i . 1 ...................................................................... 6.4058:,', fig:. . ,..,, i. 4 ,!" 13 J Foreign ...................................... f,.., , 0.4.. ,";,, Barley, Malting ....................................... .-,::, 0, ie,, i , Grinding ..................................... :7,1' 4. 0:) . .,,, Oats, British ......................................... I II ,. 10 , 4 . '.74 Foreign (in bond) FLI B .eli e i a ittss n ieer s ,:i . iiiii:j. . ri . f., . ,..;a.:. . ,,. . , ....... ....... . ‘... . \.. .. ,. .. 1. . ,.. . i. ...i i. 3 ,..... 543 :3 14 ! 1:5 ;.. : .5 k: ' Rapeseed per ;0 quarters) • d• 1 ° 1 CHELTENHAM ItIARKETS. 0 1 ... • Per Bushel. a. d. to s. d. per lb. ..... it 0 Wheat 7 3 9 0 Beef.... ............. 1 ...... . , iitrley 6 3 :1 0 8 : 4 1 0'2 Veal Mutton......................, ....... ....: 7,, 0 Oats. . ... .. " 5 6 6 U I Pork ........................ exi 6 r. 0 1:3;01:. 8 : (0) 0 6: L .ss.. amb ..... ................................. LI ,........4 Beans . j'ea6 k e Vheat .. ,_I l vili y t 41 , las. to 51. Os. .... I wr CANTERBURY 31:11ME'f. .....s., -- re,1-.......—.- 51s. to tills. Old......*"''' ,..s. lo w :. Barley, Malt ing — '29s. to 34s. tit-lting- .... s , to ,, Oats .........--.......— `245. to • , 8s. 01.1....-,' ......1. t o i. Beans -.............,..---. 42s. to -.s. «« GreY.e"'"" .. . fig Pease i*: , t ‘ ) 4 1 CIIELAISFORI) MARKUP . ...... 1311 4i Wheat, White 1 . 4.1 to 71 Oats ..................... ,,,, . 0 ..... lied '.8 63 Pease, Or•lY ......... ••••' 40 41 Barley 13 36 White ........... Chevalier .........30 37 Beans, Tick ............ - Corioding '28 3'2 iNfazagall .. . yism not a c ommon-place straining of clerical fondness of an tiquity, crying-up o f tradi tien, it ti'er t , , 3 i : a ----- . Puse • ' is t h i ng. o , ot „A r. deep and powerrul scheme of thought . I t '' 11 1ll t' 0 th e , s ttet Duke of Leeds, the late Duke of Buc variation from the articles and usages y r t Church, it is an adoption of an opposite ereed"itic, of t " i n ., engraft upon Christianity the great princ - . 3 , f A 1 , I l f t gan priesthoods.—Evening Paper. c i JC' . i i 36 OLD n 1 —OND-STREET, AND 1, °`'• 1 7 ,0iciti , , CII 1. 'oPsIDE.—Patronised b tl MilY her ' 1.10 0°-1‘ 1 ‘ Queen of Hanover, the Due y ht le I" a 3 n u ke of ' f NV' . pretensions. Far from beiltigliellit , s, of Richmond,to, o ,. I s e i s r 7, &c.; Sir J. K Anderson, M.D., kinfi: sew purlity..r ;vol. Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., F.11.S Saville-row i:D I ,, f' it ,,,,t, Carlisle, er'i arn F J. 1.', Conque st .% , .trotlestr,.0 _.,.,...,. F. LS, Longhorn -place ; , : j : i ' ai l c. l he h e i r - square ; Jos. Copland,tS., Pt"' surg00:01, Guy's st :square; Bransby B. Cooper, Iss,1•, F• 11 ' 5 4 ' 1,1 1417 1,,te place; Hospital ; E. W. Duain, 5.1.1)., F.It.C.S., I ' to t he ie. King;It James K Johnson, M.D., Physician ExtroordinurY 0 ,00 , .', , ca te, Sergeant Surgeon to the •Quecti, 1 u 5 , ',, i losV 0 .0 ,: street C. Aston Key, Esq., Senior Surgeon r ° Senior ° Slcal Martin Ware , New Bridge-street ; J. (I Andrews, I et . plc' 4 , to the London Dospital. The and . numerous °t,' pos t ll ' I o itt- i Practitioners of pre.eminent A.1.11414 all IIUI0 tile J'ractitisneo of Ire.emsnent stausdiiig have give" tile :°„" 'l i . , ° „ f iiii; e l "! log certificates to the superior value import:nice ,,,„te and Co.'s P. Patent Spectacles, testifying to their 1 14 "" i ; n ine"' c o. soften' ing the light to weak and irritable eyes, a" t e, li 9 " ..tb oor ho g f. and continueli relief that its chastened transmission ,, 1 , l y freedom Iron the pernicious attributes of ortlinarfelasse 'erlatil'e ' rn sul ) e%' to a combination of properties which render tlic . re d to ., pre-emi tent in preserving the power f n tininil'alt effecln treme old age. Their Voice C s o , nil thee'' •, i ler i ,, onductors ex (- 9:, ,,,., 1 ne': relief in cases of Deafness, and additional i's in con''' il f$L 4 front the fact that the • y are worn entirly . r a nd I ' of the mistakes • • arising from a s' A 't f n'one s . -1" imi ari y o • ild.st ree address should be partic ularly noted, 36, Old 15° OM Jewry, City. ham, the •lor`l 0 „tree , imposition, per dozen; 'r abic 1 10 f ' 14113 • yer ON and revent rability, in appearance. Table Spoons er r:ji f e nr ti cd ": Dessert, SPOONS, FORKS, &c., su enor to Sif,1 Lilo► these articles are made is sei like silver, that it ca o l ia utlf a from it by the stamp ; every article made itt silver is. per l p ' ait s ..; te particular ai g et a , l y ye t'J c. . Catalogues of prices gratis. tontinelV e] I s t - h s e t ree salet ,o0f i x t f t o o rt i oi s e t r r s e s e e t l ' v Illi,u,rii,enr:sticillIst; high, :L ri : Ge':l a t°3111'f ) :° 1 * . ftiti4'4:(1'1: N. BIRTHS. th t ( _( ) ) ;)' ; 1 1 : e t t ' i t ;i i h e ' e ‘e) I f i t, 6 1a t 3 t 1 (laugh t .. t a: , .t i : f at as C oa r ni : a e rn i Leamington,_ O c il o a l n k ri. i C :. in n e of f at C1' I 4. f 1 M rs 1(IV ° wi .la On the 16th instant, at South Lodge, Illiddlese%, the ,, .1v: MARRIED. ' r rii..pson, 81 s t Regiment, second son of LicuteriaitrA)00, . Perronet Thompson, to Sarah, eldest daughter of J . I ; E• Esq., o f K nells. •v ." c Salishwit.'0,,,hie w On the 10th inst., at Nunton Church, nea r On the 10th inst., at Stanwix,Carlisle, Lieutenatuy-00,,, hitaker, Esq., solicitor, Mar), 'a# of the late P. Attw•ater, Esq., Of Nunton. . e wer - , On the 10th inst., at Ces', near Oxford, Marg.? . ,,,,glit , ' of hark N o bl e , Esq., of Punt:tin, to Elizabeth, fourtn"' of James Lockhart, Esq., of Cowley, , of Caine, to eldest Li. , lai O ns i t i e t r h , e w 13 . /. ... i jjer• ,, for John Legge"' Ott the 14th nist., at Banstead, the Bev. Ila W merly Rector of Etu.t ted, Mon aged 4. bury, , ter -$ (hi the 14th inst., in Southam-street, Blooms • . 1 ' ba rt ' s son Parke, Esq.. f formerly of the ItEitlolle Tonal t, tilloilt:4,tii.),,I:tti7,11,q15.,r1)casgliclel:cc—:n1)8c7o.ti,. Blakebrook, nor law, and late of Crowle , Worcester, aged 85. ,-„Lubritiri- On the 13th inst., T. Nash, Esq. , o f Foulutere, ,--• Ya nk, shire, al 64. On the 16th inst., Sophia , th e wife of Mr. CatoPi°14 " terrace, Islington. On the Ilth inst. , _ J , Gill, Esq., of Tavistock,!•r:_ ea Si. of oNndoo.n1:12P:sintrtaeitild,atatl 1; 1 7 11 , b t: li , s s, ted u Lire 21:s7,511: '- the county of INIntille$ex.—Thur,iilay, February le,