The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-30 00:00:00

MEMORANDA OF A MUSICIAN. b431)1•13y GEORGE J. 0. ALLMANN. 7 4•J;.'17 " Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting !" SIIAKSPERE. No. XIII. GIACOMO B.A.TTISTA. LULLI. When lying on the bed of death, his confessor would not grant him absolution in extremis unless he consented to commit to the flames his last opera, Achille et Polizene, as the only method of rescuing him from eternal per dition. With many heart-drawn sighs—for the soul of the expiring musician clung furcibly to a work from which he had expected to derive both fame and emolu ment, and which not without severe struggles it could be induced to immolate—Lulli at last gave the required acquiescence, at the same time pointing with his finger to an escrutoire in which his cherished manuscript was deposited. The confessor with eager hands cast it into the jaws of the devouring element, and with a satisfac tion he took no care to conceal, watched its destruction till the whole mass was reduced to cinders. He then performed his promise, and after shriving the composer, left him. But strange to relate, Lullt grew better, and was soon thought to be out of danger. One day he was honoured by a visit from one of the royal children of Louis the Fourteenth. "Is it really true," he inquired of Lulii, " that you have thrown your opera into the fire?" The composer replied affirmatively. " How foolish of you," rejoined the Prince, "to believe so blindly the protestations of a false-hearted Jesuit, and at the same time to destroy such music!" "Hush, hush!" added Lulli in a solemn whisper, looking round the apartment anxiously, as if he expected to meet the con demning glance of his father confessor, and yet with a kind of cunning chuckle at having overreached him— " Hush, hush! I knew what I was about, I have another copy of it beneath my pillow !" Unfortunately Lulls suffered a relapse, and with the prospect of immediate . dissolution before his eyes he beca me trul y penitent for the duplicity of which he had been guilty, and into such an extremity of alarm and remo rse did its remembrance lead him, that he submitted to be laid on a bed of ashes, with a cord round his nec k, and in this penitent situation openly acknowledged a deep sense 9f his recent trans gression. After this the perturbation of his soul de creased, and he became resigned to his approaching end. When he felt his last moment was near he began sing ing in a weak voice a hymn, and expired as his lips uttered the solemn and emphatic words, "Il faut mourir, pecheur, ii faut mourir!" The cause of his death was mortification, the result of an accident by which he injured his foot severely while beating time to aTe Deum (1687). Madame de Sevigr e, in a letter of the 6th May, 1672, in which she gives an account of the funeral ceremony of Chancellor Sequier, thus writes concerning Lulli: —" As for his genius it is a thing which cannot be expressed. In the music we had yes terday at the Royal Chapel Baptiste outdid himself. His beautiful miserere was added on this occasion. We had also a libera, at hearing which all eyes were in tears." Sauteuil composed the epitaph on his magnifi cent monument in the Church of Petits Peres, where Lulli expressed a desire to be interred. This epitaph consisted of six Latin verses, the substance of which, when translated, expressed— " 0 Death, know we that thou west blind! but in striking Lulli hest thou convinced us that thou art deaf also." CORELLI Was performint , some of his compositions before a select party, who had been invited by his patroa•Cardinal for the express purpose of hearing the renowned musician. This party consisted of some of the most distinguished patricians of Rome, and Corelli observing, while playing the most beautiful movement of one of his sonatas, that the Cardinal was engaged in earnest conversation with them, suddenly ceased and quietly laid down his instru ment. This unexpected cessation surprising his patron, the latter inquired if a string were broken, to which Corelli, with an honest opinion of the respect due to his music, replied firmly yet respectfully, " No, your Eminence, I was only fearful I interrupted matters of importance!" With a consciousness that genius could never display itself advantageously unless properly esti mated, the Cardinal bore this gentle rebuke in a manner worthy of admiration, and immediately broke off the conversation to listen attentively while Corelli performed the whole sonata over again. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH. Frederick the Great was an ardent admirer of music, and a profound worshipper of the genius of the Great Fuguist, whom he had invited to visit him at Potsdam. Of this invitation Bach did not immediately avail him self, but one evening, just when the King had taken his flute In hand for the purpose, as was his custom, of join ing in the practice of orchestral music, he received the agreeable news that the learned musician had arrived. He rose immediately. " Gentlemen," said he, " old Bich is come, I will see him at once, even in his travel ling dress." Bach was at this time sixty-two years of age (1747). He died three years afterwards, leaving a name behind him that the World—forgetful, selfish as it is—will not willingly let die. SOUNDS IMITATED BY LANGUAGE. The cry of the cuckoo has been peculiarly and feli citously imitated in the language of different nations by the witnes with which they distinguish that bird. For instance, the Greeks call it Ko - ,txu; in the Latin it is denominated cuculus, which in the Italian is modified into cucolo. In the German it is called kukuk, which, as well as the French coucoa, the English cuckoo, and the Greek which I have before given, is singularly illustra tive of the bird's notes. In the Selavonic, however, it is called /./Actliza, in the Polish kukulka, and in the Russian kukutka. But these latter languages possess several canes for the bird, the former fukoviza, the latter kukuvlsca. The Danes and Swedes call it goeck, which is ill-expressive aryl very unielicitons. WEBS[ Was one day invited to a dinner party by a well-known London music publisher, who had reaped a little profit by the publication of his Oberon, and whose residence and establishment were on the most splendid scale. On entering the gorgeously furnished drawing room our modest German opened his eyes to their fullest extent, and looking round, sighed softly, at the same time saying to himself, .‘ Ali! I perceive it is better to sell than to write music NATIONAL AIRS. Dihdin (the Bibliographer) when cn a visit to M. Brce (printer to the Ki n g of France), at Valaise, was struck by the inscription o f " G od save the King" upon the walls of the workshop, and commended it heartily with all the loyal enthusiasm of a John Bull. " Vrai mcnt, Monsieur," exclaimed an intelligent looking com positor, " if you would only honour us by singing the air to which these words are set, we should all be infinitely obliged to you." Mr. Dibdin amused at the request, re plied, " With all my heart, but I must frankly inform you, that as I am neither a vecal nor instrumental per former I shall sing it more with heart and intention than with voice or skill." "No matter! let us hear only a portion of it." " They all gathered round in a circle," writes Mr. Dibdin, " while I got through two stanzas as hastily and as efficiently as I was able. The usual Charmant !—tres jolie,' rewarded my exertions, while I could scarcely retrain from laughter even in the midst of the impressively laboured cadenzas of the tune. It was now my turn to require a favour—' Sing me your favourite air of Robert et Arlette.' Most willingly, Monsieur !' replied the afore mentioned intelligent-look ing compositor, Tenez un petit moment, je vous chercher mon violon, ca va inieux! On his return the ballad was chauntcd in full chorus. The tune was both agreeable and lively, and upon the whole it was difficult to say which seemed to be the better pleased with the respec tive national airs." ROUSSEAU Was at one time, as is well known, private secretary to the famous Montaigne, After a long absence from Paris, the latter, one evening, went to the opera, where he was enthusiastically delighted by the performance of Le Kevin du Village. " Who is the author of this charming opera?" he inquired, his countenance visibly expressing unwonted excitement. "You should know perfectly well," was the reply. "It is Rousseau, your old secretary. He has both written the words and com posed the music !" " What he ?" rejoined Montaigne, lost in astonishment, "that idiot I has he done that?" When the Genevese Poet-Philosopher and Musician heard of this he smiled, inwardly gratified by this un mistakeable proof of his former employer's appreciation of his work. " Music," said ho to himself in his usually abstracted, pre-occupied manner, " is immortal, so at least the Ancients tell us-but will mine be?" and he sighed to himself—Gentle-hearted Philosopher! perhaps, thine heart echoed back the reply that, even should thy music perish and be forgotten atter the lapse of years, yet would it be perpetuated in the works of those who succeed thee—by pupils—friends—admirers, perhaps— and the thoughts over which thou hadst deemed Oblivion by a mind affinitive to what had cast her pall —would, thine was, be procreated substantially once more, even though a thousand years or more may have changed the surface of the earth and the habits, instincts, and intellects of man. So true is it that, like Beauty, Music has essentially and spiritually, an Immortality, which she shares with her sister Poesy and with her alone ! Would that from thee and thy myriad strings I could awake a chOrd that should like " a thing of beauty" be " 3 joy for ever," when I sing this truth— . FloweretS, wheh their bloom is fled, Yet have lingering fragrance left: , Music—when the Loved One's dead Is not of all charm bereft: So, whig.e_ hearts lie cold and chill, And'Msa passing breath doth flee The Spirit's Essence liveth still In the faithful Memory! For ,to Beauty do pertain Gifts of Immortality: Puitigh ye seek its form in vain; , Though the germ awhile may die! From the cerement it springs Bright, regenerate, and free; And in a thousand lovely things . Still lives in the Memory! G. J. 0. A. A HINT. The following epigrammatic qualrain is charmingly apropos of the miserable discords which occur so often' iu sure of our inAittitions whose professed object is harmony. was written anonymcusly some years ago at Paris by a wag, who succeeded in throwing ridicule and contempt on certain professors of the Conservatoire de Musique, whose violent quarrels and petty dissensions rendered it, at one time, more than probable that the institution could not be carried on. Thus ran the "Tad:nice - rears talens, et m'eme leur genie, Ntia, au fait, ils ont un grand toit ; C'eatde s'intituler professeurs d'harmonie; Et eta ifetre jamais d'accord." Loudon Prefessors—English, Irish, Scotch, aye! Welsh fessorsorho eat each other up, or knock each other down--what think ye of that? True, think ye? LONDON IN AINCIENT AND MODERN TIMES. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. San,—As London during the present month is full of country visitors, the following sketch of Loudon, ancient and modern, may not be altogether unacceptable. There are many histories and descriptions of London published, but I do not remember any that have appeared in the small space of the columns of a newspaper. To some of your constant readers it may also convey information. LONDON IN ANCIENT TIMES. Where London now stands, some sixteen or eighteen centuries back stood an immense forest, extending from the Thames on the one side, to Epping and Hainault on the other. As far back as one thousand years—at which period the several Saxon kingdoms became amalgamated under Egbert, the first king of all England—London rose into importance as its capital. It was enclosed by walls, defended by strong bastions, and prepared for defence against Northern and other marauders. About this period the Thames extended over the low lands as far as Battle-bridge, passing between Hol born-hill and Snow-hill. Another part of it ran between and through, where now stands Bishopsgate, Moorgate, Walbrook, and Dowgate, over which were many wooden bridges. The gates of London, were ten in number, and were called Aldersgate, Aldgate, Bridge-gate, Bishopsgate, Cripplegate, Dowgate, Ludgate, Moorgate, Newgate, and the Postern-gate (Tower-hill). There were also five watch-towers, serving as gates. From the earliest times London has suffered greatly both by fire and pestilence. In 760, 765, and 793, it was nearly destroyed by fire. In 1563 twenty thousand persons were carried off by the plague ; in 1610 forty thousand persons ; and in 1665 no less than eighty thou sand persons fell victims to this visitation. Immediately atter occurred (in 1666) the Great Fire of London, de stroying nearly threefourths of the city, and property to the amount of ten millions sterling. London has also at times suffered from insurrections and commotions within its walls; in the reign of Richard 11. by Wat Tyler; in the reign of Henry VI. by Jack Cade, and in Charles the First's time between him and his Parliament, &c. &c. It also, in 1703, was visited by a storm, which blew down two thousand chimneys, stripped the lead off several churches, killed thirty or forty persons, sank four hundred vessels in the Thames, and caused a loss of 2,000,0004 Three hundred years ago, London was neither paved nor: lighted, excepting a few lanterns suspended, as tin some parts of Paris, across the road. " East Smithfield was open to Tower-hill, Moorfields was open to the small village of Hoxton, and Finsbury-fields were covered with windmills. St. Giles's was in the fields, and the Strand had gardens on each side. Covent garden was really a garden of a convent. Westminster was a very small town; Southwark only a; few streets, (dull, dirty, and cheerless), and Lambeth a little village near the Thames." Still in those days London could muster a large army, and had afforded considerable assistance to the different Sovereigns of England. And this was London in the Olden Time. LONDON IN, MODERN TIMES. The improvements of London began in the reign of George IL Squares were made, streets formed, churches erected, Westminster-bridge built, the houses on London bridge pulled down, and most of the City gates removed. And now, in 1849, London is the richest and most famed capital in Europe—the seat of the most powerful empire in the world. Within this capital, covering a space of comparatively small dimensions, stand the city of Londoa, possessing a revenue that would purchase not a few of the continental kingdoms, whose population is less in the present day by many thousands than it was one hundred years ago. The City of London contains the Bank of England, the Mansion House, the Royal Exchange, the Guildhall, where the Common Council meet; the Post Office, 390 feet in length; St. Paul's Cathedral (whose history were worthy of a space here, were room 'Wowed. It has been three times destroyed by fire, the last time in 1666. It took 40 years building; it is 514 feet in length, 286 in breadth, and 370 in hight. It cost a million and a halt of money— an immense sum in those days); St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, and many beautiful churches and halls of the Livery. On the banks of the Thames, in the eastern part of London, may be seen a mass of buildings called the Docks, containing the goods of all nations, and food from all parts. A few particulars will show the immensity of England's commerce: — The St. Katherine's Docks cover a space of 24 acres, of which 12 acres form the wet docks ; cost building, &c., 1,700,000/.; accommodate annually 1,300 merchant vessels. The London Docks can accommodate at one time 200 merchant vessels; it is 29 feet deep; its wine cellars ex tend in one direction 1,700 yards; and its diverging lines, called trains, would reach in one direction about 29 miles. There is generally in bond about six millions of gallons of wine, ten millions of pounds of pepper, &c.; of to bacco twenty-four millions of pounds, the duty on which alone would be something near 2,000,000 sterling. The East India Dock (import and export) covers 31 acres of land. The docks are the warehouses of the East India Company. There is seldom less than 24,000,0001b5. of tea in bond here, the value of which is about live millions sterling. London contains a population of 2,000,000 souls, whose habitations extend over a apace of thirty-five square miles, which pays a rental of 8,000,0001. annu ally. There are 279,000 houses, and 14,000 streets, lanes, &c. London pays about one-third of the wineow tax of all England. Tne buildings of London are ra pidly increasing. There are 5,000 vessels, and 4,000 boats on the Thames, employing 8,000 watermen and 4,000 labourers; 20,000 vessels arrive and depart from the port of London in the year. The Thames runs through London, which connects itself by the following bridges: — New London Bridge, opened 1831. Length 950 feet. Southwark Bridge, opened in 1819. Length of span of centre arch 240 feet, contains 5,308 tons of iron. Cest 800,0001. Blackfriars Bridge, opened in 1769. Length 940 feet. Cost 260,0001. Waterloo Bridge, opened in 1817. Length, from the first arch in the Strand to the last on the Surrey side, 2,456 feet. Charing Cross (Suspension) Bridge cost 106,0001. Westminster Bridge. Length 1,223 feet. Costs con tinuous from its opening to the present day, always being repaired. Vauxhall Bridge, opened in 1816. Cost 50,0001. There is also a passage under the Thames, called The Thames Tunnel, opened in 1843. London, which has almost, with its 14,000 streets, be come as it were one vast brick-field, has still left to it 1. St. James's Park, possessing fine " promenades, serpentine walks, parterres, and . shrubberies. wi:h a large, and beautiful piece of water in the centre." 2. The Green Park, connecting St. James's Park with Hyde Park Corner. 3. Hyde Park, presenting " beautiful and diversified prospects; has a road through it to Kensington, called Rotten-row; much visited on a fine Sunday afternoon. The Serpentine enriches the scenery of this park." 4. Kensington Gardens are about three miles in cir cumference, and are beautifully laid out. The late Duke of Sussex had a palace here. 5. Regent's Park lies between the New-road and Hampstead. Oa one side is the Zoological garden. The park has 460 acres laid out in the most beautiful and romantic scenery. 6. Victoria Park, situate near the eastern end of Hackney and Bow. It is larger than St. James's-park. A. grant of 100,0001. was made for that purpose a few years back. Interspersed among its buildings are 400 churches, 380 dissenting chapels, 23 foreign chapels, 250 public schools, 1,500 private schools, 12 prisons, 8 police-offices, 18 theatres, 300 hotels, 4,900 public-houses, 1,000 beer shops, 2,800 coffee. shops, &c. &c. London consumes annually -200,000 bullocks 12,000,000 quarters of wheat 770,000 sheep 3,000,000 bushels of flour 260,060 lambs 11,000,000 gallons of milk 255,000 calves 2,000,000 gallons of spirits 274,000 pigs 2,000,000 barrels of ale and 200,000 tons of fish porter 12,000 tons of butter 70,000 pipes of wines. 13,000 tons of cheese The quantity of tea, sugar, cocoa, and coffee not known. And these are only a part of the food, &c., consumed in London annually, as may be imagined from the fact that in food alone upwards of seventy millions sterling is expended—the article of sugar causing an outlay of nearly one million sterling; while tea, tobacco, rum, brandy, &c., are also in great request. The merchandise of London is annually valued at 200,000,0004 railway T T h h e t e s r a s t t f fi mo c as t eo ob mated ge perao p o i d t w s a e a eo n kf d passengers, on one London * another London railway is 13,000,000/. Facts which no other spot on the earth could boast of, or even imagine. Some idea may be formed of London by a glance at the following list of the numbers of workmen in some of the London trades. The number of policemen, postmen, &c., need not be alluded to, as they do not come under the head of The Producers of Wealth. 16,000 shoemakers 14,000 tailors 13,000 carpenters 6,800 bricklayers 4,300 butchers s,4oocabinetmakers 5,000 painters 3,000 hatters 3,000 whitesmiths 3,700 compositors 1,200 tinmen 1,400 milkmen 2,100 coopers 6,000 bakers 3,000 brushmakers 2,600 watchmakers 6,000 engineers 1,000 tobacconists 1,40 k) dyers 1,000 fishmongers 2,000 cabmen, &c. coachmakers 2 , 000 groc ers 800 pressmen, &c. It is calculated that on any fast-day or other cessation from work, for one day only, the capitalists of London lose twenty thousand pounds. As it would occupy many weeks to visit all that is in teresting, instructive, amusing, or astonishing in Lan don, a selection here may be found useful. The follow ing are generally resorted to by strangers from the country, as well as by thousands of inhabitants of the metropolis:- 1. The British Museum, Great Russell-street, Blooms bury, open Mon , Wed., Fri.—Free wimission. 2. East India Company's Museum. Saturday-10 to 3—Free. 3. The National Gallery. DL, T., W., and Th.—lo to 4—Free. 4. Pantheon, Oxford-street. Every day-10 to 5 Free. 5. School of Design, Somerset House. M.-1 to 3 Free. 6. Society of Arts, Adeiphi. M., T., Th., F., Sa.-10 to 4—Free. _ _ _ The following require tickets to:gain admission:- 1. Buckingham Palace, Collection of Paintings. By order from the Lord Chamberlain. 2. College of Surgeons. M., T., W., Th.-11 to 4. 3 . House of Lords. W. and Sa , during U 331.92-10 tO4. 4. Soane's Museum; Lincoln's Inn-fields (during April, the occasi. and performed his duties May, and June)-10 to 5. satisfactory manner. 5. Vernon Collection, National Gallery. M., T., W., and Th.-10 to 4. 6. The Mint, Tower-hill. Daily-10 to 4. The undernamed require payment for admission.- 1. British Institution, Pall-mall. Open from February to Easter, and three weeks in July. 2. Greenwich Hospital. M. and F. 3. Royal Academy, Trafalgar-square. May, June, and July. 4. Society of British Artists, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall.. 5. Zoological Gardens, Surrey-10 till dusk. 6. Cosmorama, Regent-street--10 to 4 daily. 7. Colosseum, Regent's Park-10 to 5, and 7 to 10, daily. 8. Diorama, Regent's-park-10 to 5, daily. 9. Madame Tussaud's Wax Works, Baker-street-11 in the morning till 10 at night. 10. Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street-11 to 5, and 7 to 101- at night. 11. St. Paul's Cathedral-2 till dusk. 12. Westminster Abbey-9 till dusk. 13. The Tower-10 till 4. 14. The Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park-10 till dusk. OF TUESDAY: 'WHITEHALL, MAY 26, 1849. Besides which there are the Lowther Arcade, Strand; the Burlington Arcade, Picadilly; King-street Bazaar, Portman-square; Baker-street Baz tar; Low ther Bazaar, Strand; and the Pantechnicon, Pimlico, always open to the public, free. London, abounding in everything, is not deficient in its places of amusement (which, while gratifying its tbou,ands, is the means of employment to thousands more), among which are the theatres, consisting 01-1. 1. Her _Majesty's Theatre (the Italian Opera) Hay market. 2. Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden. 3. Theatre Royal,.Drury -lane, Brydges• street, Drury lane. 4. Theatre Royal Haymarket. Lessee Mr. Webster. 5. Astley's Amphitheatre—for horsemanship, &c. Lessee Mr. Batty. 6. St. James's Theatre, King's•street, St. James's. 7. Lyceum Theatre, Strand. Madame Vestris and Charles Mathews. 8. Adelphi Theatre, Strand. Webster or Madame 1 Celeste. 9. Princess's Theatre, Oxford street. 10. Strand Theatre, near Somerset-house. 11. Victoria Theatre, Waterloo-road. 12. Sadler's Wells Theatre, St. John's-street-road. 13. Surrey Theatre, Blackfriars-road. Besides the Islarylebone Theatre, Queen's Theatre, City Theatre, Standard Theatre, &e., &c.; Eagle and Albert Saloons, endless musical halls, assembly-rooms, concert-rooms, Vauxhall-gardens, Surrey Zoological gardens, and Cremorne-gardens, come in for a share of public pationage. And amidst this vast busy hive of human beings, so well stored with all that makes England a great nation, the Press—that has given " light and life to charity " that has " taught the senator wisdom," and the monarch on the throne to wield the sceptre in mercy, truth, and justice—that has conveyed the tale of woe from the poor's man's cot to the abodes of royalty and the mansions of the great—the Press of London stands proudly pre eminent. THE ORIGIN 01' THE EXISTING LONDON PRESS. Established. DAILY PAPERS. 1770. The Morning Chronicle. 1772. The Morning Post. 1781. Ihe Morning Herald. 1788. The Times. 1792. The Sun. 1793. The Morning Advertiser. 1811. The Globe. and Mercantile Gazette. T T h h e e S S i t i a i n p p d i a t r i g cl. 18 8 3 22 6 : 1846. The Daily News. WEEKLY PAPERS. 1792. The Observer. 1796. Bell's Messenger. 1808. The Examiner. 1818. The Dispatch. 1820. John Bull. 1820. Life in London. 1822. Sunday Times. 1826. The Atlas. 1828. The Spectator. 1830. The Britannia. 1836. Weekly Chronicle. 1838. The Era. 1842. Illustrated London News. 1842. Church and State Gazette. 1849. Historic Times. The rest too numerous to mention. In concluding this description, which is much longer than originally intended, allow me to subscribe myself a well•wisher. W. A. J. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FO REIGNERS IN DISTRESS. The anniversary of this society was celebrated on Monday by a public dinner, given at the London Ta vern, the proprietors of which, Messrs. Bathe and Breach, fully preserved their usual character in providing a ban quet remarkable for elegance and profusion. There was on the present occasion, not only a very large atten dance, but one exceedingly select. Amongst the two hundred present we observed the following:—/iis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the chairman ; his Excellency the Count Kielmansegge, the most Hon. the Marquis of Westminster, the Baron Rehausen, the Count Hardenberg, the Chevalier Tottie, the Consul-General May, the Consul-General Zehrab, and the Reverend Dr. Kup(r. [We are requested to state that the Chevalier Bunsen and his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, who had signified their intention of being present, were unavoid ably absent.] On the cloth being removed, His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN gave—" The health of her Majesty and Prince Albert, and mentioned that her Majesty had given in a donation of 1001. to the institution. The toast having been enthusiastically received, His Royal Highness the CHAIRMAN proposed the toast, " The Q'letil Dowager." This sentiment having been duly acknowledged, His ROYAL HIGHNESS proposed "his Majesty the King of Hanover, the Prince of Wales, and the other members of the RoyaleFamily." The toast was drunk with all the honours. The next toasts which the Royal Chairman gave were " The Foreign Sovereigns who are Patrons of the So ciety" and " the Army and Navy." The Marquis of WESTMINSTER rose to propose a toast which he was sure would meet with universal accepta tion—namely the health of their illustrious chairman.— (Loud applause.) He knew that the toast would be well received, but before he proposed it he would beg leave to trespass on the attention of the meeting for a few mo ment; because he was unwilling to let pass the present occasion without offering a few words as to the objects of the society—the cause of which they had met to advocate and to forward.—(Hear, hear.) Englishmen were justly proud of their charities, extending as they did to provide for distress in all its shapes—they were proud, and justly, of those great charitable institutions with which this country abounded. But of the many societies to which the country afforded its fostering care, the society the cause of which they were met to ad vocate presented paramount claims.—(hear, hear.) It was a society which embraced the inhabitants of every nation, totally irrespective of creed or sects.— (llear, hear.) He would ask those who had travelled abroad, and had experienced the warm reception of the south, or the open hospitality of the north, whether their hearts did not expand with delight at the idea of being able to afford a something more than hospitality to those who came as strangers to this country?—(Loud ap plause.) Looking to the occurrent s which had taken place in the states and the principalities of Europe — looking at the convulsions which had shaken other na tions, from which not only the highest but the lowest suffered, when individuals were cast from their homes and thrown in a state of destitution on the world, it would be seen what the society was able to accomplish. It gave assistance to those who were in need, but, by a wise regulation, it afforded none to those who were not twelve months resident in the country.--(Hear, hear.) He would now turn to the more 'grateful part of his duty, in offering his deep and sincere feeling of respect, not only to the family from which his Royal Highness sprung—(Cheers)—but to his Royal Highness perso nally.—(Applause.) He would ask what part of England —what part of the empire could not bear testimony to his Royal Highness's unbounded liberality, and to his unbounded personal exertions in the cause of charity? He begged in conclusion to give " His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge." The toast having been most enthusiastically received, His Royal Highness the Csentsitast briefly returned thanks, mentioning that he had taken the chair eleven times on the occasion of the festivals, and would have done so twelve times, only that he was prevented from doing so by indisposition. He hoped that ho would fill the post as long as Providence permitted him to do so, and that in his retirement it would be occupied by his son, Prince George of Cambridge.—(Loud applause.) His Royal Highness the Chairman then proposed His Grace the Duke of Wellington, president of the s wa c'e sh T T i i e c h h t h e y' Count next aro toast n Ric Rehausen aL a 3u s a, "Thes wasG tKo Foreign Ambassadors who excused had w eell a honoured shitmhes the esiuf c company ocenedtihneg with their presence." ground toast,r ou a t Tvt u he r ha n eat e c d vhk thanks eni codewi.drenot oeg f ste o i dd r s,pe t neb h atas i k s i En l g h l i i s th liOYAL HIGHNESS then proposed " Success to the Institution." which, having been drunk, his g al , Hi g hness vacated the chair, which was fill e d d ur i ng the remainder of the evening by E. H. Sie v e Royal Esq. Tho healths of " The Treasurer," " The Foreign s C t l e e w rg a y rd m s e , a a n n d d , o , t T h h e r e H D o i r n e o c r t a o r r y s o s f e o t r h e o S t aryoc,,i,ewty," were then The given and duly responded to. The contributions ia aid of this charitable society were acknowledged as being upwards of 2,000 i Amongst the contributors were the following:—Her 1001.; his Royal Highness the Duke the Chevalier Bunsen, 30/.; the Westminster, 25/ • F. Huth, Turkish Am ' ha ' s:l:dor, 201.; oxiMfoaCjsetasmitylbutrnhi.derghee,tle2P Marquis; 10: Mdlle.Jenny Lind, 30/ ; Messrs. Rothschild, Admiral Cecille, 151.; the Esq., 251.; 30/ his Excellency t h e Turkish JohnC u . n t Walter,Col loredo,lol.; his Excel lencyalb Very Rev. Archdeacon Van der Weyer, 10/ ; Lord Blomfield, 5/ 55.; Dale, 10/ ; the Right, Hon. Signor Tamburini, 21.; Signor Gardom, 11!.; Signor h b Salvi, 1/.• Signor Lablache, 11.; M. T aerg, le ; Es(ll.o' 10Ps".;54S;ir R. Glyn, Signor Coletti, 11. Mr. he h A e i a m e h u i si al nas s a i r s r t s e n d g arrangements e nt swe the Missesre un d p e y r n t h e , e i( d f i r r . e c y ti o o u n n g o , f and Mr. Land. The band of the Coldstream Guards was also in attendance, and added much to the Convivi ality of the meeting by the performance of some judi e,ciously selected sire. ISA kliggs was the tcasteauter on i❑ a most FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the office and p t iace of Advocate-General, or Judge-Martial of her Ma jesty's Forces, to Sir David Dundas, Knt. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 29. Ist Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Kemp (Riding Master) to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vic•, Morgan, who retires ; Thomas Nisbet, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Kemp. May 29. 31st Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant James Campbell, from half-pay 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pilking. ton, appointed Paymaster 66th Foot; Ensign Henry. Brenchley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Camp bell, who retires; Robert Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brenchley, May 29. 43d Foot—Ensign Charles Carew de Morel to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Denniss, who retires ; Henry Wilmot, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice de Morel, May 29. 46th Foot'—Ensign Edward Wemyss to be Lieute• nant, by purchase, vice Fredricks, who retires ; Thomas Fergus Greer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wemyss, May 29. 57th Foot—Ensign William Fowler Jones to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Hunton, who retires ; Joh❑ Henry Vicq, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jones, May 29. 69th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Barnard Hankey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walker, who retires; Ensign Alexander Edgar McGregor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hankey; Arthur Vincent Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice McGregor, May 29. 72d Foot—Lieutenant Rowland Webster, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Smith, whose appointment has been cancelled, May 29. 77th Foot—Captain Philip Bolton, from Half-pay Unattached, to be Captain vice Bradshawe, promoted, May 29. 83d Foot—Ensign John Sprot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Downnaan, who retires; William Fitz- Roy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sprot, May 29. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1849. GUILDHALL. Mr. Stock, a butcher, residing at Rochford, in Essex, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Carden, for having sent up the carcase of a sheep for sale, the same being unfit for human food. Mr. Fisher, inspector of markets for the city of Lon don, said that on Tuesday, the 22d of May, he was passing the shop of Mr. Hammond, a meat-salesman, in Warwick•lano, Newgate-street, when he observed the carcase of a sheep hanging up, which he examined, and found to be unfit for human food. He called the atten tion of Mr. Hammond to the subject, and seized it, when, on being brought to this court, the Alderman sitting condemned it, and directed a summons to be taken out against the party who sent it up to London for sale. Mr. Hammond at once gave the name of the party, and he was summoned accordingly. Alderman CARDEN said he remembered the case, as he was sitting at the time, and he directed the summons to be granted. He should like to know what Mr. Stock had to say. _ Mr. Stock said that he certainly sent the sheep up to Mr. Hammond for sale, but it was not unfit for human food. It was what was called a "cast sheep." I should have no objection to eat it myself. Alderman CARDEN—You look as if you lived on bet ter food yourself than "cast sheep." Mr. Stock—lt was not my property. Mr. Fisher remarked that with respect to its not be• ing Mr. Stock's carcase, it was the custom of the bailiffs or shepherds, when they found a sheep which was dead, to send it to a butcher, for the purpose of having it dressed, and that individual forwarded it to London, to take whatever could be got, running the chance of its bein g discovered to be bad, and so condemned. Mr. Hammond was sworn, and said he did not see the sheep until hia attention was cane,. to it by Mr. Fisher. It would not have been considered bad meat by those who were not judges. Alderman CARDEN—I thought as much, and I want to protect the public who may not be good judges. Mr. Hammond—The fact is, the sheep, as I am in formed, felt in a rut, and, being fat, turned on its back and could not get up again. It was discovered by the shepherd before it was deed, who had its throat cut, after which it was dressed and sent to me for sale. There was no doubt that the animal scarified his back during his struggles to get up, but beyond that the car case was good. Alderman CARDEN asked Mr. Fisher if he thought the sheep had been killed or died?—Mr. Fisher replied, that it had died, and not been killed. In all cases where although he was liable for their acts. Mr. Stock then entered into the required recogni zances, and all parties left the court. (Hitherto the fines upon conviction have been between 301. or 401., independent of law costs, &c.) L.4IIIBETH. After the night charges, which were rather numerous, bad been disposed of, two men, named Somerton and Knightley, labourers, were placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of having caused the death of William Nutt, also a labouring man, aged 32 years. Police-constable Ratcliff, 65 P, deposed that, having been informed on the preceding evening that William Nutt had died in Guy's Hospital, in consequence of al injury he received on Sunday evening, ho went in search of and ultimately apprehended the prisoner Somerton. It was his (witness's) intention also to have taken the prisoner Knightley, but that person came to the station house and delivered himself up, saying he was s willing to abide any charge that might be preferred against him. From information which he (Ratcliff) had since gleaned, it appeared that on Sunday evening last the prisoners, the deceased, and others had assembled in Edward-street, Camberwell, and neither having any money to spend in a public-house or beer-shop, they, in order to beguile the time, commenced the game of "leap-frog," and a good deal of what was called " larking" took place. In the course of the game Knightley pushed the deceased, and the latter fell over Somerton, who was in a stooping position at the time. The deceased fell upon his head with some force, and, raising himself slightly from the ground, he exclaimed, " For God's sake go and fetch me a doctor; I'm dying." Those around him thought he was merely seized with fits, which he had been subject to; but observing that he was not able to move, they carried him to Guy's Hospital, when, upon examination, it was found that he had re ceived a severe iniury of the spine. Everything that medical skill could - suggest was done to relieve him, but all without effect, and he sank under the injury, and died about noon on Monday. Ratcliff added, that from all he could learn, there did not appear to have been any animosity or bad feeling existing between the parties, and the unfortunate affitir, from all he could learn, had occurred without any intention to injure. The prisoners said the statement of the officer was per fectly correct. They had not the least intention to in jure the deceased, and they were truly sorry for what had happened. • They were remanded till the following (this) day, to know the result of the coroner's inquiry. WORSIIIP-STREET. Eliza Schulenberger, a neatly-attired and rather good looking young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. liammill, charged with having administered repeated doses of poison to her husband, Philip S.;hulenberger, a master cabinet• maker in Austin-street, Bethnal-green, with intent to murder him. The prosecutor, a middle-aged German, whose face and person presented a very emaciated appearance, stated that he had been married about four years to the pri soner, by whom he had had one child, and with whom he had lived upon most affectionate terms until about two years since, when a marked alteration took place in her habits and demeanour, and she commenced absenting herself from home at repeated intervals, and entirely , neglected her domestic duties. In spite of his remon strances she persisted in the same course of conduct until about six months ago, when his health, which had been previously good, became suddenly and seriously im paired, and he experienced the most excruciating internal pains, accompanied by frequent sickness and a scorching sensation in his throat and chest. These symptoms became gradually more aggravated, par ticularly after having partaken of meals pre pared by the prisoner, until at length the whole of his hair fell off his head, and he was affected with con stant nausea, which was followed by a repeated discharge of blood from the stomach. Ile had for a long time sus pected that his illness had been occasioned by some thing of a deleterious character being administered to him by his wife, who was in the habit of constantly pouring out his tea before he sat down to table; but about three weeks since, in order to satisfy his suspi cions, he entered the room unexpectedly while she was preparing the meal, when she hastily removed the cup intended for his use to that part of the table where she was seated. Witness immediately examined the cup, and finding that it contained some white powder, par tially dissolved in a small quantity of tea, he applied part of the contents with the tip of his finger to his tongue, on which it left a strong acid flavour, and produced the same sickening sensation that he had so often before experienced after his meals. On communicating this discovery to the prisoner, and intimating his suspicions of her conduct, she carelessly replied, that if he had found anything in the cup, it must have been placed there by the child ; but he told her that that was impossible, as he had seen her take the cup from a shelf which the child could not reach, as it was only two years old. On the following morning, during the absence of the prisoner, he made a minute search in the bedroom, and at length discovered, concealed between two boxes, a packet containing some white powder of the same appearance and taste as that he had found in the teacup. The prisoner short!) , after returned, and upon showing her the powder, and in quiring what it was, she said that it was only salts of prunella, and urged him to throw it in the fire. He re tained possession of it, however, until the following day, when be proceeded with it, accompanied by his brother, to the residence of Dr. Ryan, a physician and operative chemist, who pronounced, upon examination, that it was almost entirely composed of arsenic. Upon re turning home with his brother the latter upbraided the prisoner with her flagrant conduct in attempting to poison her husband, to which she made no reply at the time ; but as soon as his brother had left she became greatly agitated, and said, " You aro not dead yet, although it is true I have given you poison, and God forgive me for it." Oa the same evening her fatl-er called to visit them, and the moment he en tered the room the prisoner hastened towards him, and exclaimed, " They've found me out, and got it all clear against me; for God's sake take me under your protection." Witness then apprised her father of her conduct towards him, intimating the dis covery he had made, that she had been a long time poisoning him by inches, and that he was at that mo ment in such a state of torture that he was scarcely able either to speak or stand; but the father expressed his incredulity, and conveyed her away to his own residence. Witness and his brother then proceeded to make a general search, and, at the back of a drawer used by the prisoner, in the bedroom, they found a quantity of loose powder of the same description—a further portion of which had apparently been mixed with some oatmeal, with which his gruel was generally made, and which was kept in a crockery image upon the mantelpiece. These, together with a packet of dark-coloured powder, discovered upon a shelf in the kitchen, had also been submitted to Dr. Ryan for analyzation. The prosecutor added, that at the commencement of his illness, when he complained to her of the dreadful pain he was suffering, the prisoner, without expressing the slightest sympathy, told him that all the hair would fall off his head, and that he would be sure to die. Wilhelm Sohulenberger, brother to the prosecutor, stated that at repeated intervals during the last six months the latter had called upon him in a state of acute internal suffering, which he expressed his apprehension bad been caused by something of a deleterious nature administered to him by his wife, as he kept no servant, and had no other inmate. Upon the discovery of the first packet of poison, witness remarked to the prisoner " What a wretch you must be to give my brother poison;" to which she replied, "It is no such thing—do you think I would poison the father of my child ? " The prisoner had previously stated that the packet merely contained salts of prunella, which she had received from the wife of the witness, and the latter, who was present at the time, having positively denied that she had given her anything of the kind, the prisoner then said that there was nothing in the paper but some common salts. The witness then proceeded to describe the search in which ho and his brother were subsequently engaged, and which resulted in the discovery of the other packages, and portions of the powder before referred to. Sergeant Kelly, of the H division, deposed to the ap prehension of the prisoner at her fathers house on . the preceding evening, and that upon explaining the na . ure of the charge, her only remark was, " H h e is a wicked man." The sergeant then handed to t e magistrate two certificates from Dr. Ryan, professor of chemistry at the German Hospital, Ralston, to the following effect:—" I hereby certify that I have h e a x n am i, in f e o d r the th c3ntents of a small packe t p laced in my d purpose by Philip S c hulenherger, and find that the whole semi crysalline matter within it consists of com mon salt and arsenious acid, or the white arsenic of commerce. May 14."—" Philip Sohulenberger applied to me a week ago for medical advice, and from the nature of his symptoms I believe that he has been la bouring under the poisonous effects of arsenic.—JouN RYAN, M.D., and Professor of Chemistry, German Hos pital. May 18. Mr. Vann, who attended on behalf of the accused, said, that as the case was one which must necessarily undergo a further investigation, he should reserve the defence for a future occasion ; and the prisoner, who had her child in her arms, and exhibited an entire ab sence of emotion throughout the examination, was ordered to be remanded for the completion of the evidence, sheep died the fat round the kidneys turned green, and THE COUNTRY MARKETS. the carcases were sent up w.ithout, that fat, which was HULL, 11.1Ay 99. the cnsn in the present instance. He considered the Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :-- whole of it unfit for human food. The imports of the week have been on a very limited scale, and Mr. Hammond said that if the bruised parts of the the same may be said with respect to its business. Transactions back had been removed, and the rest cut up in joints, it are quite of a retail character, and speculation entirely wanting. would have been good. We had a moderate supply of home-grown wheat at to-day's Alderman GARDEN — lndeed ! then why was that not market, which met a fair demand from the millers at fully done at Rochford? Mr. Hammond—Because he would last week's prices. Foreign in limited request, without being not find a customer for damaged meat. able to make any alt era ti on i n our quo t at i ons ; very li tt l e n osy on shipboard, and landed par ce l s are no t o ff ere d. Th e d ema nd Alderman GARDEN—Then you have customers here for malting barley almost over, and grinding quite of retail sale. for such descriptions of food? Mr. Fisher—Yes, there Beans and peas fully maintain their value. Oats quite as are plenty of persons who come to purchase damaged dear. The transactions in both linseed and cake are more meat. numerous than of late, both for present and forward delivery ; Alderman CARDEN—Mr. Hammond, what did you a very superior parcel of American, quite equal to English expect to get for the sheep? Mr. Hammond—lt would make, is now on the market. Nothin; done in rapeseed, but only fetch about Bs. or 9s. rape cakes fully support our quotations. Bones 5s to 7s 6d per Alderman CARDEN—And what would it have brought ton dearer. if good, Mr. Fisher? Mr. Fisher--Had it been sound The following are the present prices of grain : it would have sold for about 11. 10s. No respectable l s ' s ' 1 butcher would have such meat hangin g i n hi s s h o p. Wheat Do. w , Engish, red 42 to 44 1 white Alderman CARDEN said that the quantity of bad meat Dant zic and Ko sent up to London for consumption was enormous. It nigsberg .. 48 50 1 was sold to the poor, and thus, to a certain extent, en- Pomeranian and gendered disease amongst them. He was determined to Hamburgh protect them, as far as lay in his power, and thinking Danish, Holstein, & the present - case an aggravated one, he should hold the Friesland 3B —42 defendant to bail to appear at the sessions, and should Russian and Odessa 36 —4O likewise instruct the City Solicitor to prosecute, for it Oats, English was necessary that, to put a stop to such a system, a few Do. Danish l4 16 Do.Friesland l6 18 examples should be made. With respect to Mr. Ham- Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 —l6 mond, he had rendered himself liable to a fine not ex- Barley,malting 9-1 —96 ceeding 201., for the exposure to sale; but he should look Do. grinding.. over it this time, as it was the act of one of his servants, Beans 2B —3 ? s. s' Peas, white and yel. 25 3` „ ,' Do. grey Linseed, Black Sea. 39 -- 41 Do. Petersburgh ... 34 -- 39 Do. Riga& A rc h ng l . 3 5 31, Do. Konigsberg .... 32 3 ' Por ton. Linseed cakes, Hull 71 5s Od Do. fine foreign Do. inferior foreign 5l 53 Rapeseed Rape cakes B7s 6 t l Tares, English oo s 005 Do. foreign 20s 26 5 Guano 6/ to 01 105 Bones, d0...102s 6d to 105 s Od Do. foreign IPSWICH, MAY Our millers were disposed to purchase wheat to-day, at an advance of Is per quarter. Barley and oats no variation• Beans are dull. Peas declined Is. Malt slow sale. Flour steady. PER QUARTER. 1 PER Quenon. Wheat 39s to sls Beans Barley ... ..... . 2ls to 31s Peas 2ss to 32 0 Oats l6s to 21s Malt ...... ......... 47$ to 5 31 Rye 22s to 21siF1our, per sack ... 38s to 41s AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 26,.1849. Wheat Barley Oats ....... Beans .. . 4 „ 245. ad. Peas LIVERPOOL, MAY 29.—The arrivals into this port from Ire land coastwise have been exceedingly light, and from abroad they comprise only moderate quantities of wheat, barrel lour , beans, and Indian corn. Our experts in the same time hav e been considerable, particularly of Indian corn and barrel flour. The demand for wheat during the week has only been to a limited extent, at prices slightly in favour of buyers. Flow' with a fair sale, declared 3d to tid per barrel. Indian corn continued in active request, and, being in small supply, an, advance of Is per quarter was readily o bt a i ne d . O ats an d oatmeal sold slowly, without change in value. Beans must be quoted 6d per quarter lower. Barley and peas were in fait demand for feeding purposes, and fully supported our previous quotations. The weather continues in all respects most favour' able for the growing crops. At this day's market, with limited attendance of town and country buyers, a moderate business was done in wheat, at about the prices of this.dal week. Oats and oatmeal were quite neglected. Barley, EMI" lish beans, and peas met with a fair inquiry, at late rata; Egyptian beans, however, must be noted 6d to Is per quarter lower. Barrel flour sold slowly at a decline of 3d to 6d Pl c barrel. Indian corn was in good request, and realised an ad vance of fully Is 6d per quarter in the sales made, 37s 6d being now the current price of prime yellow. Indian meal brought l6s 6tl per barrel. LEEDS, MAY 29.—Our market was liberally supplied Wil l wheat to-day, which sold at last week's rates, but without am' oration in the trade. In spring corn no alteration in value. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 28.—At this dal 1 ! market there were 134 bags oat mea l, 6 o f b ar l eymea l, a nd : 6 of pot barley ; sales ready ; oatmeal down 3d per bag 011 the top ; barleymeal same as last week. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial .. 26s 9d 26s 3d 25s 6d Barley meal, per ditto ... 20s Od 198 91 Peasemeal —s Od —s Od ad, Flour ... —s Od Od Od Pot barley ... —s Od —8 Od CoRK, MAY 28. Flour—Firsts 14s to 14s 6d ; extra 1530 d ; seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households 103 to 12s ; thirds 8s to 1 01 per cwt. Oatmeal 13s Od to 60s; Indian meal 8s 9d to 9s ; whea t meal, lOsOdto 11 e per cwt. Indian corn 8/ 2s 6d to 8/10s per ton' Bran 415 s to 4/10s per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 40s; averagd 00s; dealers 45s to 48s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Farmer s 20s Od to 40s Od ; average 28s ; dealers 40s Od to 00s 6 .!; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to bid; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9d per lb. Eggs —3s7dto 3s 9d per hundred. Coals- - Newport 15s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 15s; Best Nest ! Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 435 6d to 44s per n" Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Mea t —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to 60 ; veal bid to 7d ; pork 4d to bid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages ou p er lb. Hops 6t 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 31 55 per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to Si 10s ; Valonia 141 to 01; French 71105; English 0/ per ton. Fl eece W oo l lOs to 125 per stone; Hemp 31/ to 36/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 181; re ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; N ew f oun dl and 10/ 10: to 12 1 pet ton. Timber—New Memel 41 10 s ; o ld scarce ; re d pine ud 15s ; yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; secon quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market 103 to 14s; salted 115 to 14s per cwt • calf skins PA to 2,-id ; market lldto 2d per lb Potatoes, white 14d to 15d; Minions 19d to 20d; Guano"' Peruvian, 11l to 11/10s ; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archange l s 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, MAT 29. STOCK ExcnexcE —The mark e t Is still tame, and almost iPi escent. The only transactions to-day were in Great weSterlit Quarters, at GIA dis., and Midland Stock, at 65. LIVERPOOL, MAY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share market was very dull to-dali transactions limited,7at low prices. The sales are—Lancashire 5 0d Yorkshire (B. and B.), Fifths, 98s. 93.—Ditto Halves (W. P. and G.) , 36—London and North-Western, 124—Ditto, New Quarters, 2% P' —Ditto, Fifths, 4F , G p.—Midland, G6Y 2 —Ditto, Halves, 3s. 9d. North rnion (A), 218—Shrewsbury and Chester (N. W. M.), Clswe' try and Chester, 6% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6%:" . , Ditto (Registered), 6%—York, Ne wcas tl e an d B erw i c k (Origin'. Newcastle and Berwick), G. N. E , Preference till 1850, 81s. 3d. MANCHESTER, MAT 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were as follovra ‘s i t , —. North Staffordshire, 5 c. dis.—Dover (No. 4), 6%—01d Dover, 2v2.!.. —Grimsby Docks, 9% c.—Shcflield and Lincolnshire. 1434 die. Manchester and Birmingham, (C), Q ua rt ers , 2% p.—West Ridi n g ,. 5 13-16 p. YORK, DIAr 28. fol' STocx EXCUANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as lows :—Oreat Northern, 10 IA —North British, Thirds, 3% — lf, otic, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 12y.—Ditto ("r• li. E. Purchase), 4. GLASGOW, MAY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are to-day's transaction' Glasgow General Terminus, I2—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and ir - - Halves (No. I), Gl. 6s. —Glasgow and Gr eenoc k , P reference , 771 Scottish Central, 233 A. n d THE LOTT ERY OF M ARRIAGE - Th is clever a t entertaining novel certainly ranks amongst the hapPieli efforts of Mrs. Trollop e ' s gen i us . M rs . T ro ll ope is °I., herself, as full as ever of broad sati re , an d o f amu singly faithful delineation of that particular description ~° 0 character in which she excel s . A s i s h er won t, sR„ enliqs the reader's admiration on b e half o f t wo leadi? heroines of the most opposite description—Ethel C°`` t i rington, who emerges s u dd en ly out o f t h e awkisa fi. short•frocked girl into th e hi g h es t st yl e o f graeel l o ; deep toned womanhood, and Cassandra de Laurie, t . accomplished iemale sharper, wo r thy t o b e t h e daught. e . of such a mother as th e a d venturess L a d y d e La e & Among the other female charac ers that of Mrs. q rington, with her ine x h aus tibl e f un d o f goo d natur e, °" .r ignorance of th e great wor ld, an d h er am bi tion to P lay ~ , t part in it, is the m os t p ungent an d natural; w hile O le of Margaret Stockton command s th e sinc eres t resP, e , c g and goodwill. Altogether the "Lottery of Marriage fit ; one of the best productions of Mrs. Trollope's ll- 0 1 cannot fail to become one of the most popular novel s the day.—John Bull. ireg o EADVERTISEMENT.]—Legs that for Ele v en were Swollen to nearly the Size of the Person's Body, Cured b t Holloway's Ointment and Pills. Mrs. Higgins, o f Hi g h_stree t, Wellington, Salop, caught a severe cold after her confinern e° , n when her legs commenced swelling, and so weak un til ih e ' d became nearly as large as her body, br ea ki ng out into sore s, „ discharging a thin watery h umour, which continued e leve n years. The pain was generally most excruciating l treatment was tried in vain, until at last she used Hollows); Pills and Ointment, which effected a perfect cure. Her ge ne ; ral health is lik ew i se wonderfully improved. This extraordi par ,' case was commu n i ca t e d b y Mr. R. Sharp, of 29, Park-s.,„tr e io r: Wellingto n .—S o ld b y a l l Druggists, and at Professor 11°."- way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. SMUGGLING FROM THE CONTINENT. On the esly mication, a day or two since, by the officers of the C, 1 , 1 : 1 ;1 toms, of a portmanteau belonging to a person who arrived passenger by a steamer from France, it was ' t - - covered that it contained a false bottom, and bad et ) ch cealed underneath a considerabl e q uan tity o f Fre° t , manufactures liable to duty. The whole of the conteno of the package, includi ng th e p erson ' s wear ing aPri f ., ; became li a bl e t o se i zure i n consequence o f this atterox, to defraud th e revenue and it was therefore de t ained , the officers for th e cons id erat i on an d directions of the 0 thorities in the matter. BIRTHS. me Hon.on vir jur h s i . t j s a uv es ay s , t a u t a ar L tt or Gd Wortley,i 1 r e N n e ri n d d o o c i nf k g .'as: son.B th e e rke l l a e d y y -sq o U f a n re . , or • -- . R ev . W'. R. Colbeck, of a daughter. the As O ke n w t , h h E e wifeon t es2cl26.ts'thohifniasnts.:C.J'a.t Fressingfield Vicarage, Suff.lk, - of the f On the 26th inst., Mrs. H. B. Walmsley, of New4 o44 Mile-end, and Bromley, Middlesex, of a son. 0. On the 26 th inst. , at the Bank, High ga t e , M r s. A 4.-• Wilkinson, jun., of a daughter. ' On the 26th inst., at Ilatherley-lawn, Ch e lt en h am , the iii fo of the Rev. Harry Wright, of a daughter. On the 27th inst., at G eorge-strt et, Hanover-square, AffB. Fergusson, of a son. On the 24th ult , at Chebsey MARRIED. Church, Staffordohires_ t r, Rev.'A. M'Conkey, M . A ., i ncumbent of St. James's Cling. West Derby, Liverp oo l, to Alargaret, eldest daughter of S. Dixon, Esq., of Hillcot-hall, Chebsey. fl outill On the 26th i ns t. , at St. Andrew's Church, P ,„ Y -- s o Holland Bunce , Esq., Cimmander of H. M. S. Caitor2,eo, eldest son of th late Colonel Bunce , R.M., to Susan 0 ,.f , BP . rietta, only daughter of the late J. Somerville, Esq., K.T.S. _...- DIED. are, On the 27th i ns t ., i n G loucester-place, Portman - s 4 Lieutenant -C o l one l J osep h R . W oodhouse, of the HO. "Y 9 -, India Company's Service, Bombay Establishment, age d ,; r l3 O On the 27th i ns t., a t S trat f or d , E ssex, M rs. Cat' -1 Dacre, aged 92. /a pe, On the 27th i ns t., at W an d swort h , age d 2 1 , Mary "" eldest daughter or. James Cmbers. On the 24th in t. M , J. W. Wa u lton, Theobald's-park, Chem hunt, Hefts, aged 67. r elict On the 24th inst., at Lewisham, aged 85, Mary Ant ], r of N. Hadley, Esq., of the above place. A cbv On the 2ith inst., at B eaumon t- sq uare, Mile-end, laus, eldeA son of the late Mr. J. Cruse, aged .`4 . 9. g e nt, On the 18th inst., at Anglesey-house, Shooters'-bui ,, f Mr. George C. Ibbs. aed 73. of At Sussex-place, Ke g nsington, Mrs. Morehead, forraery Gerrard -street, Soho, aged 81. mint On the 26th inst., at Brompton-crescent, Harnel' irre pt. eldest daughter of 'l'. Hillman, Esq., late of Penshurst, , x - a of London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOteii9f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 4. " 4 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the couluv Middlesex, Wedneaday,May, 30,_1849. DOCK-YARD VOLUNTEERS. Royal Clarence Battalion—William Henry Churcher, Gent., to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, vice J. G. Churcher, deceased, May 29. MEMORANDUM—Th e names of the Senior-Lieutenant of the 48th Foot are " William Fetherstonhaugh," not " Fetherston,” as previously stated. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex. Thomas Henry Bluck, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Henry Tufnell, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Alexander Riphael, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, May 24. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Charles Fox Webster, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Giels, promoted, May 8. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 28. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Charles Stuart Henry to b e S econ d Captain, vice Pollock, re tired on half-pay; Second Lieutenant Paget Walter L'Estrange to be First Lieutenant, vice Henry , May 19. ADMIRALTY, MAY 25. Corps of Royal Marines. Lieutenant-Colonel David Anderson Gibsone to be Colonel Second Commandant (en second, to continue attached to the Artillery companies of the corps). Lieutenant-Colonel David James Ballingall to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Stevens, retired on full pay. Lieutenant-Colonel John Rawlings Coryton to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Edwards, retired on full pay. Captain and Brevet-Major Henry Ivatt Dalacombe to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Baßingen, promoted. Captai❑ and Brevet-Major George Hunt Coryton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. R. Coryton, promoted. First Lieutenant HenryTimpson to be Captain, vice Delacombe, promoted. First Lieutenant Nicholas Moore to be Captain, vice G. H. Coryton, promoted. Second Lieutenant Archibald Alexander Douglas to be First Lieutenant, vice Timpson, promoted. Second Lieutenant Charles Loftus Tottenham Usher to be First Lieutenant, vice Moore, promoted. BANKRUPTS. William Line, brickmaker, Pavilion-place, Turnham green, to surrender June 5, at half-past two, and July 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, offi cial assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Goren, South Molton-street. John Phillipps, banker, Upper Bullinghatn, Hereford shire, June 6 and July 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham ; Bodenham, Hereford ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. John Burnard, painter, Bideford, Devonshire, June 7, at one, and July 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Pattison and White, Launceston; Clowes, Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench-walk, Temple; Stogdun, Exeter. Edward Raisbeck, ironmaster, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, June 19 and July 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Bulmer, Leeds. John Eastwood, manufacturer, Fernley Tyas, York shire, June 14 and July 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Pringle and Co. King,e road, Bedford-row ; Sykes, Milnsbridge; Bond and esrwick, Leeds. William Robinson Allanson, corn factor, New Malton, June 14 and July 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Lever, Fre deriek's•piace, Old Jewry; Scholefield, York; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. Martin Luther Pritchard and Robert Norris Dale, stock and sharebrokers, Liverpool, June 21 and July 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Vineent, Temple; Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool. Gardner Boggs, merchant, Liverpool, June 18 and July 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple; Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool. William Labrey, grocer, Manchester, June 13 and July 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester •, Sharpe, Field, Jackson, and Newbold, Bedford-row; Benson and Blain, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basingball-street. J. Reid, Edgeware-road, and Bexley. heath, Wool wich, Rochester, Chatham, and Maidstone, draper, June 19, at eleven—G. Black, Aldermanbury, straw hat ma nufacturer and furrier, June 21, at one—J. Richards, jun., Reading, banker and money scrivener, June 21, at twelve—E. S. Meyer and T. G. Brownsmith, Bedford street, Covent-garden, fringe manufacturers, June 21, at eleven—W. A. Warwick, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, and Cambridge, printer and publisher, June 21, at half past twelve—G. M. Hutton, Ringwood, Hampshire, coach proprietor, June 21, at eleven. In the Country. W. L. Adams, Selby, Yorkshire, clock and watch maker, June 19, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. Gros venor, Wolverhampton, beer-seller, June 21, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham —J. Gilmore, Hawthorn grove, Durham, whiting manufacturer, June 21, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Morg in sea., and J. Morgan, jun., Hereford, and Glasbury, Radnorshire, woolstaplers, 7d., on Thursday, May 24, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. M. Merenti, King William street, City, merchant, ls. 11d., on Thursday, May 31, and the three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansteld, Basinghall-street. T. Megarey, Love-lane, Billingsgate, coal merchant, Bd., ou Thursday , Ma y 31, and the three following Thursdays,tansi.el a be si t n w g e b er a i i t t m . and two, at the office of Mr. s M. S. Schlesinger, Strand, and Friday-street, City, Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. merchant, stanifeid 81., on Thursday, May 31, and three following l3in a g n h d al m i-street. A. Duffield, Duffield, Slough, Buckingham shire,as ironmongers, and zinc workers, 10J., on Thursday, May 31, and the three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall street. G. Wagner, Bloomsbury-square, draper, 6s. Bd., on Thursday, May 31, and three tollowiug Thursdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. J. De on Thursday, M ay between ele ven an d 1 : 11 e, Wood-street, City, shirt maker , 25 ., 2 t l w , or a d t t t h h reeeoffifoelleoowfinmgrT. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. B. Pa-lister, Gravesend, innkeeper, 2s. 20., on Thurs day, M ay 3 1, and three following T hursda y s, between eleven and t wo at the office of Air. Stansfeld, Basinghall street. _ _ J. W. Fielder, Thavies' Inn, Holborn-hill, lace Stansfeld, mer chant, 3jd., on Th urs d ay , May 31, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two , at the office of Mr. J. Hilt o n, C reston, L ancas hire, surgeon, 3 s. 3 d , on any any Thursd a y Thursday, b e t ween e l even a nd two, at the office of Mr. basinghall- street. Cazenove, Liv erpoo l . C. H. Pu rne ll , L i verpoo l, coal merchant, 35 . 6d., 011 Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Thomas, L ower T ran mere, Lancashire , provision dealer, 6d., , between eleven an d two, at the o ffi ce of on any Thursday, betwee n eleven and t wo , at the o ffi ce of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. W. Brooke and J. Wilson, Liverpool, merchants, Is. 6d. , on any Thur s day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Green, Liverpool, w ine and spirit merchant, Is. 61, on any Thu rs d ay, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Waddell, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant, I lid., and first dividend of ls. 6d. on new proofs, on any Thurs day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Caze nove, Liverpool. J. Hindmarsh, Liverpool, woolleudraper, third divi- G d i i b vi s d o e n n a d n o d f dend of Is., and fi rst an d second dividends 0.93. on new proofs, any Thur s d ay , b e tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Caze nove , Liverpool. J. ~.9 1 1. 1 6 . Gr d.1 , a a s sn o d n ,f ilL s ti va e n r d p os o e el ,o ns d i lkd r ni ve i ddr ee e o r s; third of 9s. 7d. on new p roo fs, on any Thursday, between eleven and t wo , at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court, Basinghall - street. J. Hughe s d on, C hun d ernag ore, East Indies, merchant, June 19, a t e l even—A. M ac k a y, Chundernagore, E as t Indies, merchant, June 19, at eleven—J. 'Williams, St. George's place, Back road, St. George's , East , tailor, June 21, at h a lf- pas t e leven—R. Higgins, Watling street, City, and W. Higgins, Ludgersball, Wiltshire, drapers, June 20, at half-past eleven. In the Country. G. Rippon, West Cornforth, and Thrislington, Dur ham, ant Regent's-canal-basin, St. Mary, RaLcliff, coal merchant, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 19, at half-past ten—J. Wood, Leeds, joiner, at the Court, Leeds, June 19, at one—W. Newby, Manchester, joiner, at the Court, Manchester, June 21, at twelve—W. Tom• linson, Salford, victualler, at the Court, Manchester, June 21, at twelve—J. Winder and R. Fisher, Liver pool, merchants, at the Court, Liverpool, June 21, at eleven—W. Llird, Birkenhead, Cheshire, merchant, at the C !tut, Liverpool, June 20, at eleven—P. Woolley, Ross, Herefordshire, woollendraper, at the Court, Birm ingham, June 19, at ten. At the Court of Review, June 19. E. Allvop and D. Allsop, Arlington-place, Back•road, St. George's, East, builders—A. Haig, Jubilee-place, Stspney, and Essex-street, Cambridge-road, engineer J. D. Jeffery, Sidmouth, Devonshire, apothecary—J. Ellison, Cricklade, Wiltshire, grocer—W. Miles, Wor cester, stockbroker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Duplan and A. Dup lan, Regent-place, Westminster, grocers and tea dealers—E. Way and J. Bennett, Tun bridge Wells, Kent, confectioners—C. White and J. S:nith, Liverpool, boat and shoe manufacturers—E. Warren and C. Warren, Strand, butchers—T. Hanson and G. Thompson, Sunderland, ship brokers—C. L. Kennett and W. Kerrison, South Sea Chambers, Thread n edle-street, wine merchants—J. Vigrass and P. Vi grass, Walsall, Staffordshire, timbal. merchants—W. Turner, R. Turner, and J. Turner, Helmshore- within. liaslingden and Manchester, cotton manufacturers (so far as regards R. Turner(—J. Simmons and D. Phillips, Tooley-street and Freeschool•street, surgeons—W. Muir and I. Tyson, Liverpool, joiners and builders—H. Bird and J. S. Collins, Newnham, Gloucestershire, surgeons— W. Milford and J. Johnson, Old Ford, Middlesex, cotton manufacturers—P. Anstie, E. B. Anstie, and P. Anstie, jun., Devizes, Wiltshire, tobacco and snuff manufac turers—J. Wilkinson and J. Stirk, Wolverhampton, stampers and piercers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Henry Lister, jun., Littlehampton, Sussex. Thonias Franlaand, Reading, - Berkshire, farming bailiff. George Sampson, Wokingham, Berkshire, blacksmith. Thomas Pritchard, Liverpool. .. . James Evans, Hereford, coal merchant. William Streater, Handcross Slangham, Sussex, miller. James Orpin, Gloucester, coal dealer. David Williams, Salford, Lancashire, town traveller. Nathan Nathan, Birmingham, fancy paper boxmaker. James Parkes, Ashton, Warwickshire, journeyman planemaker. Thomas Wright, Harborne bill, Warwickshire, butcher. Samuel Wright Richards, Birmingham, butcher. Thomas Cox, Birmingham, gla3scutter. Samuel Shilton, Birmingham. Thomas Knight, Chittlehampton, Devonshire, machine maker. Henry Skinner Templer, Bampton, Oxfordshire, clerk. Richard Pawlyn, Devonport, coach b u ild er . ._... John Shepherd, Guisborough, Yorkshire, joiner. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ _ _ _ J. Lyle, Ruchlaw Mains, and Ruchlaw Muir, New. barns and Meiklerig, Haddington, grazier, to meet June 4, - and June 25, at one, within the George Inn, Had dington. IV. Hunter, Major 28th Regiment, to meet June 5, and June 26, at two, within the British Hotel, Dundee. R. Shanks, Stand, Lanarkshire, grocer, to meet, June 5, and June 26, at eleven, within the house of J. Hendrie, Airdrie. J. Napier, Huntly, vintner, to meet June 2, and June 23, at twelve, within the Lemon tree Tavern, Aberdeen. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two seamen applied to Mr. Alderman Salomons for advice as t) the course it would be most advisable that theyishould pursue, in consequence of the refusal of their captain to supply them with the means of supporting their wives and families out of the wages due to them. The applicants stated that they had entered into an engagement with the captain of a collier, now lying below Blackwell, at 31. ss. a man, to work the vessel by the run, and that they had been a l rea dy a mont h i n t h at spot, and were still without the chance of advancing into the Pool, so as to be under obligation to sell and dis charge the cargo according to the regulations of the Court of Aldermen. Under these circumstances they and two other men, who constituted the whole of the crew, had applied to the captain for their wages, in order to keep their wives and children from the union, to which they did not desire to be under any kind of obli gation, but that no attention was paid to their request. Alderman SALOMONS expressed the greatest willing• ness to render service to the seamen by his interposition, but the juritcliction of the City magistrates did not ex• tend to the place in which the vessel lay. Ho wished to know why the captain remained so long a time in the river? The man said he was waiting for a higher price for coals than could at the present moment be got for them, and he therefore lingered in his present station, know ing that if once within the port the cargo must of neces• sity be discharged. When they expostulated with him upon the condition to which their families were reduced, he gave them the uncomfortable assurance that he might not be able to return for a month or two to the place in which they had entered into the contract to work the vessel, so that starvatidn would probably stare those who were dear to them in the face before they should have it in their power, without the aid of the City authorities, to supply them with the necessa• ries of life. Alderman SALOMONB —Your case is indeed a very hard one, but it is not without a remedy, although it is not in my power to administer it. I have no doubt the Thames police magistrates will interfere upon your ap plication to them fur a summons to the captain for having refused to pay you your wages, end I hope that, for the sake of Poor seamen who may be subjected to such treatment, public notice may be taken of your reasonable complaint. William Prior was brought up, charged with having in Lis posscs%ion five papers of foreign tobacco, upon which duty had not been paid. The inspector of the Thames police saw the defendant in a skiff leaving a steamer, and suspecting that a little contraband practice was going on, he boarded him, and asked him whether he had not something in his posses sion which ho ought not to have. He denied that he had; but the calves of his legs, which turned out to be made of tobacco, betrayed him, and def, cts in other parts of his person were found to be filled up with the same sort of stuffing. Alderman SALOMONS—What defence have you to make, prisoner? Prisoner—The want of bread made me do it. Alderman SALOMONS (to the inspector)—Was the steam vessel from which you saw the defendant come searched when you took him into custody?—The in spector replied in the negative. It was not the practice to search the steam-vessels from which contraband goods were carried until a report was made at the Cus tom- house. Alderman SALOMONS—The search may then be too late. You ought to seek out the more criminal parties who employ poor fellows in this injurious traffic. In my opinion such employers stand in the situation in which receivers stand with regard to thieves, and deserve to be much more severely punished. The inspector said there were great difficulties in the way of detecting those who employed men like the de fendant. It was a principle with the smuggler who was detected in the act not to say a word calculated to in volve those who employed him in the penalties. Alderman SALOMONS—I am satisfied that a more strict and vigilant course would prove fatal to the inte rests of the more culpable parties concerned in tran%ae lions of this kind. To wait until the steamer is reported at the Custom-house is to give those on board who may have a plentiful supply of smuggled goods an opportunity of getting rid of them. Why not proceed to search the steamer at once? _ . The inspector repeated that the orders under which he acted did not contain any regulation of the kind. He was sure, however, that as soon as he should make the report of what had taken place, an order would be issued for the search. Alderman SALOMONS—If we, as magistrates, did not use greater promptitude as to the receiving of stolen goods than the Custom-house authorities in the detection of smuggling, there would be very little chance of resti tution. I fiue the defendant 40s. for this offence, or fourteen days' imprisonment; but I should much rather punish those who pay him for the hazard he runs in their service.