The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-22 00:00:00

E VENI NG EDITION. SUDBURY ELECTION COM- MITTEF,. (Continued from l'Ae San of Saturday.) Colonel F. ADDISON, a 3lal,istrate of Suffolk, was present he election for Sudbury. 1L went to the Hall before any i.co .eedings had taken place. After the usual preliminaries. l'omline was proposed and seconded. There was then a I•;*.tse of about a quarter of a minute. The Mayor asked if ti , ,v ono had any candidate to propose. There was another slight pause, when tine Mayor said he would give a minute, and then declare Mr. Tomline duly elected, if no .ne ease was nominated. Mr. Tomline immediately took out his watch. There was instantly a cry thro:'ghout the hall of .• Bagshrr.r, we will have him." Mr. Alderman Parr then got up and said, " Seeing the feeling that exists, I propose John Bagshaw, Esq., as a fit and proper person to re p: esent the borough." Mr. Saxby seconded the nomination. AP.er much hesitation on the part of the Mayor, he said he wJakl act impartially, - and as the minute had expired, he de clared Mr. Tomline duly elected. Cross-examined—He was a voter of the borough, and had proposed the Wig candidate on several occasions. lie had pro . iesed M r . Bagshaw before, but did not. go to the Hall to do to then. He had not, issued any ad'tress to the electors. He hal told Mr. Pagbhaw's friends that he was not coming down, tu.;, he would be very glad to see him elected. He expected th,it 11r. Arland would be the candidate. The leaders of the party had determined not to offer any opposition to Mr. r .loarline's election. They left it to the lower orders to make a demonstration if they pleased. He meant the freemen ie:in were very fond of a contest. They were very an ious for a contest in order to put money in their pockets. 71-2 Mayor's name was Mr. Spooner. He was a large linen , and was a leading man on the Libe ra l s ide, a nd had i for Mr. Bagshaw. He was a staunch Liberal, and there no reason to suppo,e that he was any fiend of Mr. Tom. There were many of the freemen in the ball when the .pal r demonstration was made in favour of IlTr. 13i , gshaw. lle-examined.—He was certain that had Mr. Ilagshaw been e?fic:tetl, he would have served. By the COMMITTEE—There was no show of hands taken. - Arland was protesting' against the :declaration, but wa3 :yeti. He wa not aware that any elector of Sudbury en .( cl a protest. There was certainly ample time to propose ;Ind second any candidate in the panic's spoken of after Mr. .mline was proposed. Mr. W. Warner, an auditur of the borough of Sudbury, had , _1 in the Hall on the sth of June, and he gave the same ac ''it of the proceedings as the last witness. He attended s•o as the Chief Constablo, and the proceedings altogether o:•t;ttpied ha'f an hour. Cross-examined.—He was a retired tradesman, and of libe- sal polities. He know of no consultation respecting candidates .11 the occasion of the late vacancy. The freemen were very tend of a contested election. The last contest was cer tainly a very dry affair. Mr. Acland was a candidate. Mr. Bagshaw was not a candidate. Witness did not know th..t he was to be proposed. There was a pause after Mr. Tomline's nomination, in which there was plenty of time for _Alderman Parr to have nominated Mr. Bagshaw. There another pousc after the Mayor had asked whether any 1.. :ler candi'late was to be proposed ; in that pause there was fo.• any one to have been proposed. By the COMMITTEE—He fully expected that after the first pause, the Mayor was about to declare Mr. Tomline duly elected. He left the Hall under the impression that Mr. Tom iine was duly elected. air. Joseph Barker was in the Hall-yard looking through the window. The witness spoke generally to the proceedings in the same mariner as the other witnesses ; only he said the rilayor declined to take a show of hands, on the ground that had not had a proper nomination cf Mr. Bagshaw. Cross-examined by 11I r. - - 11.INGIIAM.—Does the consti ttioncy of Sudbury consist of a number of free burgesses? ---Yes. That costs them something?—l raid 351. 16s. for mine. Now, do not many of them expect to be remunerated for that nutlar at elections ?—Why, Mr. Wrangham, you have there—(he was a eandidate)—and know more of these things than I do.—(Laughter.) Tne question was repeated, but being objected to, was not pressed. Mr. Join Wodderspoan, a shorthand-writer, who was pro, , cnt at the election, produced and read the notes taken by hiin upon the occasion, which showed the former witnesses to have been generally correct. It being now past four o'clock, the proceedings wers adjourned till Monday. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OP SATURDAY. (From the Globe.) In the House of Commons the order of the day to the further consideration of the Poor-law Amend ment Act gave occasion for the delivery of speeches of a complexion and character so various, that it is sahject of surprise how some of those who delivered th sal could contrive to dovetail the observations in i.ich they indulpd into the motions before the thase. Of these v ardcring stars Mr. Wakley was ths; most eccentric in his movements. The speech with which he introduced a motion, " that the Bill be d:i:ded into two Bills," relating to anything but the suLject-matter of his motion. The House of Commons, a'though " reformed" was not benefited by the change— li:s own regret for having aided in pas s ing the R e f orm 13 11—his own s a yin gs a n d doings, as one of the Middle. szx Coroners, in " his own Court"—a collection of all t: - !Ac , extreme and in most cases grossly exaggerated in st,inces of oppression and cruelty gathered from the fines (which, if attributable to the law rather than to occasional mal-administration, would prove that it ought to be wholly abrogated, rather than continued by two separate Acts)—these irrelevant and inflammatory to lies, the emanation► of egotism and absurdity, sea soned with a spice of Spenecism and stirred up with a significant allusion to physical force, to please Chartist pliates—went to make up one of the most extraordi nary speeches ever delivered in the House of Commons. Whether the Hon, Member for Finsbury felt the sting of Lord John Russell's sarcasm, which would have entered the hide of a rhinoceros, driven home as it was by she cheers of both sides of the House, or whether the clVect of the motion had been answered by the occa don it afforded for the delivery of the speech, we will not undertake to pronounce. The motion was with ; and Mr. Wakley also withdrew, with caustic words tinging in his ears, if not rankling in his memory. shall be glad to discover that the castigation, so ri , Thly deserved, has been productive of reformation, by 3 - ,..:dericg the Hon. Member for Finsbury more discreet Li his " own Court," and in the Commons' House. (From the Courier.) We confess ourselves to be grestly grat:fied by the tone, if not by the results of th e di scuss i ons o n the new • Poor-law Continuance Bill last evening. And. yet with one result progressively working its way we have cause to be satisfied also, for the line of demarcation begins to be strongly drawn, and will, we trust, become more b!Tally defined still with each succeeding discussion, on each of the innumerable occasions hereafter of bf:nging, before the House the never-failing cases of r,roeious New Poor-law practice, between the true frir•nds of the poor and their foes and abettors of the profligate New Poor-law system. We would specially refer and commend our-readers to the manly, eloquent, and intrepid speeches of Mr. Wakley, Mr. Townley Pa:ker, Mr. Grimsditch, Gen. Johnson, Mr. H. Fitzroy, and, let us add, in strict justice, of Sir Robert Peel also, N=.llo 3e Speech, though y'elding a modified support to tl liii, was full of excellent old English feeling. It :Ipossible to ris e f rom the perusal of those portionso-, Cie debate without convictions strengthened of the IL:constitutional, merciless, and unchristian character of the abominable measure in almost all its parts. Mr. Wakley put the argumentum ad hominenz with great flrce :—" He could not understand how the great landed I T ri aprieters in the House, with whom it was of course ~ ,n_ object to I:ve well with their neighbours, came to 1, . t tberw.elves—he had almost said meanly lead them `EN-:.7x:ct this course. Ho told those gentlemen that 1 - 3:. 1 wits subverting the feelings of human nature in , ,Il country. Ho could not conceive how those gentle r,:,,n came to support this law, and yet promoted the t.juzation at the people. v ,t 3 impossible thpaecotplbesslww Ho told the House that it and education could go on t::_;ether. The g saw, or he ought to sly , ',c people were heginnin were a t . he real nature of this 0 :ious enactment ; they wealth to see that it l E h ng o i f is thi s country at v 3 an attempt to pr f o e t e e l e in t g tb vv e mal t' • expense of every , supported ae the' ; ::.,:ustomed to revere ; they Were beennibiaTeton had been t!:,e aristocracy, for their own advantage ! at the expense of hum an feelin g and human haptlapi•ls 11,:5F. But be could tell the aristocrac y , that there -via; r,ot a man of them who was not placing his property, en d Perhaps his life, in jeopardy by adhering to this li.w.” ne people, ignorant as they a re bel , eved, and base ccd brutal as they aro made in the reports of new Poor-law Commissioners from first to last, a-e rarely deceived in the long run in ther conclusion, however, under the influence of temporary excitement, their. better judgment may be occasionally warped. S.x y ears ceel acquaintance with New Poor-law blessings serve oily to confirm the truth of their early impressions, that • : law in spirit as in expression is neither more nor less ti . so a sordid conspiracy of wealth against proverty, of ta•rich against the rights of the poor and destitute. (From the Standard.) - , The Earl of Aberdeen, as will have been observed, aught the present wretched condition of New fl:undland under the notice of the House of Lords -• night. Lord Normanby craved a respite for Idinisters upon the pretext that they are preparing F-ome remedy for the frightful evils they have (raven upon what was, until they took it into tho:r hands, one of the most happy and thriving, and for its size, one of the most important colonies of the British rnpire. It is to be regretted that the Earl of Aberdeen Idol to Lord Normanby's representation. There was no just reason for the concession, for the distractions and miseries of Newfoundland have been accumulat ing for years, indeed, from the first day thvt the wlony was cursed with a " Reform" Constitution, .aid yet Ministers have done nothing to stay the pl.:gue ; on the contrary, they have encouraged and promoted it by the countenance which they Lave given to its author& The readers of the Standard know how long the state of society now /Omitted to b e intolerable has afflicted the colony. L ird Aberdeen's concession is, however, chiefly to be regretted because it deprives the country of the lesson which it must read in the history of New foundland for the last eight or nine years—that les son presents necessary in a compact and clear diagram the operatio n of conjoined democracy and Po . si ery. The franchise qualification in Newfoundland is precisely that which her Majesty ' s Ministers would - Ova to Ireland—% fi vb . o on — rind it is free to work I *flea t'on— P wit u h eu u occupaany (la t any pretence ni . " sewn cent uri es of oppression" t o ; aanovr " tithes" to irritate, or • Orangemen" to alarm wha t result ? Why, c•Jmost to the letter what Mr. iad€ed that cow toys arc sent to ParliParrenitsegb.e c Not piewfoundland is not a pasto ra l country, but t'hat Ls: hired at less than half the wages of most British abourers are nominated by the priests to legislate fer the colony, to dispose of the revenues, and to beard the Government ; in short, that the Constitution is so preg nant with folly and danger, that it must be broken up. Now, we cannot help thinking that a review of this pol:tical diagram would be a useful preparation !, r the duly estimating of Lord Morpeth's and Lord Stanley's Bills. MAGNIFICENT PUBLIC WORK IN THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA. [TLe following irreresting paper ha 3 been communi cated to the Atheneum by Dr. James Macaulay, Foreign Secret iry of the Botanical Society, Edinburgh.] In the Island of Madeira the Portuguese Govern ment is at present carrying on a great work, such as would do honour to any age and to any nation. During great part of the year that island is entirety fre3 from rain. Ea co then, however, among the mountains, the clouds and mists furnish a pepetual supply of moisture, so that the river-courses are never wholly dry. This water, as it descends from the mountains, is collected and conveyed by means of Levadas, or artificial chan nels, through the cultivated grounds. The country is everywhere intersected by these rivulets, and the most perfect system of irrigation is thereby ma;ntained. Same of these Lcvadas were formed by the first sett lers in the island, in the beginning of the fifteenth century. The sl tvos of the early colonists were Moors and E .stern captives, and it may be that from them was derived a greater attention t 3 irrigation, and a greater skill in its application than is generally observed in European agriculture. Many of the works con nected with the irrigation of the island display remark abla enterprise and skill on the part of the natives, and of these the most conspicuous is that of the Rock of Rabs.g.l. At the Leld of a deep and narrow ravine which forms the commencement of the valley of the Ribeiro (river) de Jalell3, there rises a perpendicular rock not less than 1,000 feet in height. An abundant supply of water flows from this cliff ; partly in one large ca3cade sweeping over from the summit, and pa 6y in the form of innumerable streams issuing from fissures in the face of the rock, and dripping down through the mountain shrubs by which the cliff is clothed. This water used to fall into an abyss at the bottom, whence it flowed along unemployed and useless through the ravine and valley of the Janella to the Atlantic. It was obserteJ, that if the water could be intercepted in its descent, and conducted by art from the course in which nature directed it, it might be I :urned to infinite utility for the purposes of irrigation. Who had the boldness first to conceive the actual exe cution of the project is not recorded. It appears to have been attempted at an early period of the history of the island, as there are at one place remains of some work of which no tradition has come down to us. In 1823, the Governor brought under consideration the importance of making use of these waters ; but it was only in 1836 that the work was commenced. Of the extraordinary ability of the engineer under whose direc fon the work was planned, Captain Vicente de Paula Texcira, a native of the island, even those who have not seen the place must form the highest opinion from a sim ple description of the work. The height of the cliff I have stated is 1,000 feet.* About 300 feet from the base, a horizontal channel has be-n cut in the face of the rock, sloping downwards and inwards, so that part of the water from above is intercepted in its descent, and falls into this hollow. The excavation extends round the face of the cliff for about 600 feet, presenting the appearance of a vaulted gallery, the roof of which is sup ported at intervals by pillars of the rock. The water flows along this channel, and is then to be conducted by an open aqueduct or Levada for the distance of six miles. Here another great part of the undertaking is in progress. A tunnel, which will be 150 fathoms long, is to be cut through the crest of a mountain ridge, by which means the waters of the rock of Rahapil will be conveyed from the north to the south side of the island, and will spread cultivation and fertility over extensive districts hitherto either entirely waste, or yielding a poor and precarious produce from the absence of irrigation. The channel on the face of the rock is now nearly corn pl3ted, and the tunnel has been commenced at both ex tremities. In commencing the work, the operations were of an extremely difficult and dangerous character. It was impossible to reach the part of the cliff where the channel was projected by any means except by ropes suspended from above. Down this dreadful depth, with 300 feet of the Precipice below them, the workmen were lowered ; fastened to a little frame of wood at the end of the rope, and bearing instruments for boring and blasting the rock. When a mass of rock had been loosened by the handspike, or a train had been laid for blasting, it was necessary for the operator to get out of the reach of danger by pushing himself off from the cliff with his feet, and making for some tree or projecting point, where he secured himself till the explosion was over, and then returned to his labour. The workmen were moreover continually drenched by the streams of icy cold water falling upon them, so that they had to be frequently relieved, on account of their becoming benumbed with cold. It is gratifying to add, that notwithstanding the ex treme danger of these operations (compared with the samphire-gathering of Shakspea-e's Cliff, or the bird hunting of St. Kilda, might be described as occupations of little danger), only one fatal accident has occurred in the whole undertaking. And when wo consider the extraordinary boldness of conception displayed in the design, the genius and ability with which it has been hitherto carried into execution, the difficulties and perils that have attended the operations, and the noble pur pose of the undertaking, being not for mere ornament or fame, but for the permanent well-being and improve- ment of the country, we cannot but regard it as one of the grandest efforts of modern art. " An excellent representation of the place will be found in a work preparing for publication by Mr. Picken, an artis! - , who visited the island. THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. (From the Morning Herald.) A great moral lesson was on Tuesday last taught by the hangman of Salisbury. We yesterday gave the revolting particulars of the execution—of the awful example—as the advocates for killing by the law denominate a violent death upon the public scaffold. No one, it is our belief, can peruse the horrible details of the tragedy—without a deep conviction of the insanity of the sufferer. The wretched creature came showing and dancing upon the drop, and with the very cap over his e)es, essayed miserable jests, laughing and hallooing in the face of the hang man. His last advice to his auditors ran thus :—" If ever any cf you go a-robbing, be sure and teke a double-barrelled gun with you, to murder a'l you can !" This from a fellow-creature, with the rope about his neck—with the hand of ee.th outstretched to grasp him 1 Oee minute Taylor was acting the ghastly mountebank, and the next ho was a corpse I " I likes this sort of fun !" exclaims the wretch ; and the re porter adds, "at this moment the bait was drawn, and he ras launched into eternity." Can guilt so harden the human heart ? Is it possibly that such fiend-like recklessness can possess the soul of man ' within an instant to pass into the realms of dead)? Is it inhuman nature to play such hor:id aetics on the very verge of the grave, unless stricken madness? We think not. In charity, we hope in its iiiipossihi ity. A t such a tim3 hypocrisy foreakes the subtlest villain, the most hardened rutE an. Guilt, how ever dissimulating, cannot at such a time mask its hag gardness with such hideous merrimeat. In our epi..ion James Taylor was a fitter subject for Bedlam than the sc We wilt, however, grant that Taylor was vane ; that he uttei ei the blasphemies—tor allowing his sanity, they were no les3—as an accountable being, What then be comes of the argument in favour of capital punishment? What the terrifying influence of the hangman, when the felon jests with him whilst under his very hands? What remedy is made to society by strangling the wretch— by abridging his life, when its remaining portion might have been employed in use f u l s l av e r y? If Taylor were really in h' s senses—if he were not perfirming an awful mum ma er7—tleath could be no punishment to him ; no, it was as :z a c e o — ns a cl r c e u l t e i a o s u e si wel h c e or ie e ve l , wi t t t h ie rib fe a l l n d n me w rr e i r m e en m t. a IF, d— should justice Stain herself with the blood of a maniac selves altogether sa'i . th "The populace,' be thought that they Says the report, "conducted them ample ? Those endoweed were propriety." Can is, however, wwairtihiedriveinlisetrrucsyteml7a.b,hyietBl:eweixth mure reflecting Powers, whose have f e lt a sense of resent mentewdeictum the man was flange against the law b y yi?iewavretch, but f ee l th a t h o as They could not, whilst th ey shock e d an d s i c k ene d by the horrid mirth of the d w as unjustly dealt with —that forgot . the murde7er. What h-rl and not merely gu il t. pun's. madness about to be They only saw the madmen —they m—what moral it strengthen—what • then, was his violent death to t h e example, obligation did social principle wiser and returning to timer homes eV sadder men ?" and, . id th ey fortify ? Did they quit the scaffold's . foot .• ponder on the punishment of the blood-spiller, feeling that his image would, at intervals throughout their life, rise to their memory, an awful monitor against the crime of Cain ) h vain was the law that . the work of the that such If such were not their tho n g h employeda hangman.—vein, an— him.v n , and And i most s i t possible, wickedl yviv ien , ask, s moral influence could be effected by the s p ect tele on Se_ lishury scaffold ? No : Taylor may he remembered as a hors ible vision—a ghastly day-dream--a" retch, blas- pheming, in his madness, with his dying breath i ; but, for a moral influence, we might as well hope it from the visita tion of the nightmare. There was, however, another cla's of fig seer;, epr gregeted to witness the exit of the acsassin. There were those, with less acute perceptions, who mistook tl e raving bravado of the murderer for courage, —far spirit ; for the triumphant proof of his " dying like a man," What a solemn example di I the exhibition present to such be holders ! How deeply must they have bcou impressed with the awful majesty of the law—hors profitably sad dened, how efficaciously instructed ! What views of re• form, what self-promises of repentance, were shortly after breath e d i n the tep-room and the beer-shop! The advice of the d y i ng man to " be sure and take a double-barrelled gun" in adventures of rolkery, was doubtless commented u p r p e o s n , b iiynsmoafnyo penitencehis auditors w n i r t s h e the omostw many, affe c ting journey ing the road of vice, were a turne— i nto the path of virtue by the dying exhortation o f a James Taylor ! STEEL ORE. —_A NEW DISCOVERY.—The .Na 3 1 that, i n t h e town of Due, in Franklintional I nteil county, ig nacevrs in n of magnetic oxide, has been dis covered, which, on smelting yields a substance possessing all the chemical properties of manufactured steel. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1841 were present. In one instance, a tradesman was ar raigned like a felon before the Beach, because he resisted any violation of the sanctity of his dwe:ling by officious and tyrannizing policemen. In another instance, the mere circumstance of a drunken man reeling out of a public-house, without any information of where he obtained his liquor, and so on, were deemed sufficient grounds for accusing landlords of respectable house., and subjecting them to the degradation and annoyance stated ; while, if any unfortunate publican attempted to raise his voice against the ill-usage and overhearing conduct of the police, he was instantly told that he could do no good by denying the state ments that were made against him. In one case Mr. ate, went so far as to express ' l, l h a e gis p t o r lice bad not laid informations h C ia irp regret enter, thatthe against a licensed victualler because he permitted sing ing in his house, which he declared he was ignorant was contrary to law ; and to such an extent did the ap proving remarks of the Magist rac y encourage an d pro mote the insolence of his poli ce , th at even t h e b arr i sters and professional men in attendance did not escape, when they were continually trotted out of the Court, there to kick their heels in the hall, w hil e t h e sage Magis trates deliberated on each individual case. This un heard-of impudence drew forth an application on the part of Mr. Bodkin, which ended in the Chairman giving orders that a space should be cleared around the door, in which the counsel and others were "accom modated" with standing room I There were in aa twenty-seven new applications for licenses, but the two most important ones, were that of Mr. Charles George Tinney, the high constable of this division, and Mr. Henry White Vousley, late chairman of the Governors of the Licensed Victuallers' Charity. Mr. Tinney's case was taken with two other similar ap plications in the neighbourhood, and it was opposed by Mr. Bodkin, on behalf of the licensed victuallers in the vicinity.--Mr. Bodkin, raised an objection under the 16th section of the licensing act, which provided that nn sheriff's officer, bailiff, &c., should be allowed a license, who was called upon to execute the legal process of any Court of Justice, &c. The high constable he (Mr. Bodkin) affirmed came within the operation of this clause, inasmuch as ho was required to execute out lawries and enforce the county rates, and therefore if the Court granted him a license it would be nua and void. Another objection, and which applied to the other two applicants, was, that there were already three licensed house' in the immediate neighbourhood, and the wants of the inhabitants were fully supplied.—Mr. Wire, for Mr. Tinney, said that he held the applicant's resignation in his hand, which he would hand in if the Bench granted the license, and that the extra accommo dation of this house, which was No. 20, King-street, New North-road, being required by the inhabitants, was fu!ly demonstrated by the petitions before them, which bore nearly 400 signatures.—Mr. Clarkson addressed the Court for the other applicants, and the Bench re fused to grant a license in either of the three cases.— Mr. Bodkin then said he had to apply for a license for Mr. Henry White Vouslcy, for the house N 0.9, Duke terrace, Islington.—lt appeared that Mr. Vousley had purchased the premises of the builders, and had stipu lated for the closing of two beer-shops in the neigh bourhood, in the event of his license being obtained. His petition was signed by 222 inhabitants of the immediate neighbourhood, and he had a written representation highly flattering to him from the overseers of St. Mary, Islington. Mr. Vousley likewise produced a testimonial from Mr. Hawes, M.P., setting forth that the former had been chiefly instrumental in obtaining the introduc tion of the clause in the New Police Act for shutting public-houses on Sunday mornings, and in addition he handed up to the Bench a petition, in favour of his ap plication, signed by the rector and lecturer of Ber mondsey, in which parish he held a public-house for nearly nine years, the Churchwardens and Overseers, the Chairman of the Board of Guardians, and Mr. Cur ling, a Magistrate for Surrey. The Learned Counsel remarked, that if he was not successful in this applica tion, he should despair in being so in any one he might have the honour to make. A petition got up by some of the licensed victuallers of Llington, and signed by 120 inhabitants, was read in opposition to the application, but no professional gentlemen attended to support it.—The room was cleared, and upon the re-admission of strangers, the Chairman announced that the license was granted.— Mr. Vousley briefly thanked the Magistrates.—The sitting, which continued up to a late hour of the evening, did not possess any other point of public interest.— Sunday Times. Indians, who, to the number of 800, had come down from the North, and had proceeded to Cartoze, murder ing every one they met, with the exception of the young women, who were carried off. The horrid mode they gene rally adopted was to force wooden skewers though the flashy part of the arms into the side, extending those limbs horizontally and also others through the legs ; the wretched victim was then stuck upright by the road side to perish, without a possiblty of rendering each other any assistance. A French gentleman, M. Besant, had ventured, in company with some MexicanF, to their camp, to remonstrate with them, or to bribe their re turning, but the party never returned to their homes ; it was believed they had perished. The town of Ha. cienda del Salvado they had burnt to ashes. Another section of the tribe was in the rear. The gentleman who lately proposed in a pamphlet to the Mexicans a monarchical form of Government, Don Jose M. G. Es trada, took refuge on board the Vidor at Vera Cruz, under the feigned name of Senhor Gomez, and subse• quently went on board the Sheldrake, in which he took passage for Havannah. The Sapphire, troop-ship, and Abercrombie Robin son, transport, left Gibraltar for Barbadoes on the 29th ult., with the 47th and 59th Regiments on board, from Malta. The Espoir brig, Lieut. J. Paliser, arrived at G,b raltar, on the 3d of March, from Lisbon. The Waterwitch, 10, Lieut. Matson, left St. Helena, for the Cape of Good Hope, on the 26th January. On the Bth of that month, she, with tne Fantome and Brisk, chived a slaver, but, beating them both in sailing, she first came up with the chase, which proved to he the Brazilian vessel Orasimbo, of 192 tons. Captain Butterfield, as senior officer, sent her for condemnation to Sierra Leone. The Great Lverpool steamer was put out of quaran tine yesterday, and proceeded to Southampton Water, to fit for her next trip to Alexandria, on the Ist April. The Torquoise and Merlin yachts have this week returned from the Mediterranean ; and the Mischief yacht has sailed for that quarter. W e recently noticed that our African Squadron bad destroyed a Slave Depot on the Coast, and had libe rated 1,500 slaves. The following is the American ver. sion of the affair :—Accounts received from New Or leans, state, that a brig had arrived there from Gallinas, coast of Africa, with intelligence that an outrage had been committed by a British man-of-war, upon the fac tories of Don Pedro Blaney and Dan Pedro Martinez, at that place. The crew of the man-of-war, landed and destroyed goods to the amount of 500,0005, and 1,500 negrces employed by them, had made their escape. Tne Chief Justice of Jamaica, Sir Joshua Rowe and Lady, are waiting, at the Pier Hotel, Kyle, for a fair wind to proceed, in the Tulloch Castle, to his resi donee. Commander Washington, late Secretary of the Royal Gelgraphical Society of London, commissioned H. M. steamer, Shearwater, on Thursday, at Woolwich, for the purpose of carrying on the survey of the North Sea. IMPORTANT TO . MATES OF THE ROYAL NAVY.— The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to direct that no mate shall be allowed half-pay without having Jaren previously surveyed and reported unfit by the Inspector-General or the officers of one of the naval hospital: at home. The medical officers are therefore to report particularly in each case the probable period at which the invalid may be again fit for em ployment ; and at the expiration of such period the mate is to repart himself to their Lordships, in order, that, if be should state himself to be still unable to serve, proper measures may be taken to ascertain his continued unfitness, after which, and should he be de clared fit for employment and still withhold his services, his half-pay is to be respited. Mates who may apply for the retiring pension of 2s. 6d. a day, after twenty years' service, will not be re-admitted after having ac cepted such pension. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. On Saturday evening the Annual General Meeting of the Borough of Marylebono Reform and Registration Association took place at the spacious rooms of the As sociation, Warren-street, Fitzroy -square, for the pur pose of receiving the Report of the Managing Com mittee on the political state of the borough and the pro eedings of the Society durint , the past year. JOHN BAGSHAW, Eq. (late 11I.P. for Sudbury), occupied the Chair, and amongst those present were, Henry Waymouth, Esq. ; Major Revell ; Alfred D aniell, Esq. ; J. B. Bacon, Esq. ; Joseph Duke, Esq., &c. &c. The CHAIRMAN on taking his seat said that he was exceedingly gratified to meet so numerous and respect able a body of the Reform electors on the present im portant occasion. A number of things had occur-ed during the past year in reference to the borough, which was to that Association particularly gratifying. The most important point was that through the great acti vity of the Staff, coupled with the materiel of the As sociation, they were ready, at one hour's notice, with all the necessaries to contest an election, let it come when it might.—( Hear.) On all former occasions the borough had been taken by surprise, but the Tories would find that the machinery of that Association was in such a condi tion, that they were prepared to grapple with them at a moment's notice. The only other important point to which he wished to direct the attention of the meeting, was a let:er which had been addressed to the Managing Committee by a Mr. Wall, calling upon them to sup port a gentleman who had several times been unsuccess ful as a candidate for that borough. He meant Mr. Young.—(ll-ar, hear.) He hoped that Hon. and Learned Gentleman would show his sincerity as a Re former by abstaining from putting himself forward, and thus endanger the elect;on of two good Reformers for t,le borough. Wit'A regard to the letter, it would be unnecessary for him to read it, as ho had not the least doubt that every person then present had read it, as it had been printed and circulated throughout the bo rough before the manuscript was received by the Corn mittee.---(Shame.) He (the Chairman) would read the answer which was returned to the Hon. Gentleman, but which he had not thought proper to publish. It was as follows :—" The Managing Committee of the borough of Marylebono and Registration As- sociation beg to refer you to the resolution already passed by this Association on the 6th of June, 1839, a copy of which was transmitted to you. In the spirit of those resolutions they again repeat they are unwilling to dictate to the borough any particular candirlate of their own, but they feal satisfied that for the fourth time to put before the constituency Mr. Young, who has been already so repeatedly rejected, is again to endanger the retarn of two Liberals to Parlia ment, which otherwise may be most certainly secured." The Chairman alter referring to the difficulties in which the Tories were placed, and the recent declaration of Lord Teignmouth of his intention to retire from the representation of the borough, concluded by assuring the meeting that come an election when it might they vrouli be able to return Sir B. Hall and another good Liberal to Parliament. Mr. ALLEN, the Secretary, then road the Report of the Managing Committee for the past year. They ten dere] their sincere gratitude to those friends who had supported the Association in time of need, and enabled them to accomplish the great objects for which it had been established. In proof of this they begged to refer to the elaborate reports laid before the Association through the medium of the public press. The report of the late revision, which proved in so distinct a manner the active and successful exertions of the Association had already appeared in the newspapers ; and the Com mittee now begged to lay before the electors a most gra tifying report of the general condition of the borough. The existing constituency might be divided into two parts ; those who by their previous votes in 1837 and 1838, had given public evidence of their political principles, and those who appeared on the register without having recorded their votes at either of those elections. Of 11,559 voters on the present register, 6,225 re corded their votes in the elections of the years 1837 and 1838 ; of these there voted for Reformers 3,442, for Tories 2,783, leaving a majority of known blank votes 659. With regard to the remaining 5,334 persons on the register, who had not hitherto signified their opinions by their vote?, it was satisfactory to re mark that in every district but one, where Teignmouth had obtained a majority, the number of votes bad de creased, and on the contrary in every district save one, were Ewart obtained a majority, the number of voters had increased. In the former districts, viz., Padding ton, All Souls, and Trinity, Rectory and East Pancras, the decrease had been 402, and in the latter, viz., Christ Church, West Pancras, South Pancras, and North Pancras, the increase bad been 174. The Re formers of the borough had cause to be proud of the exertions of the Association, and they might confidently assure the public, that at the next election, the borough would be relieved from the stigma of being the only metropolitan borough which returned a Tory. That such boast was not an idle one, is proved by the fact, that Lord Teignmouth, already anticipating his defeat, had prudently announced his intention to retire from the borough. The Report concluded, by observing that the books of the Association were in such efficient and perfect order, that they are ready at a moment's notice to give the most efficient assistance to the two Reform candidates, whom it might be the plea sure of the borough to support. The receipts for the past year were 301/. 86. 3d.. and the expenditure 310/. I9s. leaving a deficit of 9/. I Is. 7d. Mr. WA MOUTH moved the adoption of the report, and observed, that it was most gratifying for Reformers to find the register in so satisfactory a state, and he sincerely congratulated them upon it. It was evident that there was great schism in the Tory camp by the recent declaration of Lord Teignmouth, of his intention not to contest the borough again. This looked well for the Liberal cause, and only let them get another and as good a man as their present representative Sir B. Hall, and the return of two honest Liberals to Parliament was certain.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. A. DANIELL seconded the motion, and congra tulated the meeting on the excellent prospect the bo rough had 'of redeeming its character. He believed that at the next election, spite of all attempts to dis unite Reformers, that they would triumphantly return two Liberal Members. Mr. SMART observed, that the borough was in debted for its present position to the executive of that excellent Society in so faithfully fighting the Liberal cause in the Revising Barrister's Court.—( Hear, hear.) As far as Lord Teignmouth was concerned, it was his (Mr. Smart's) belief that the Tories themselves were ashamed of him.—(Laughter.) He was never to be found—(Hear)—but that was not the case with their other excellent representative, Sir B. Hall—(Hear) — who was always ready and willing to serve his consti tuents at any time.—(Ci.cers.) He hoped if Mr. Young was really the man he professed to be, he would not for the fifth time endeavour to force himself down the throats of the electors.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) lie was a dose they did not like.—(Liughter.) He believed he would nor, but if he did he (Mr. Smart.) felt assured that the register was in such a satisfactory state that they could afford to give him the few hundred votes he would poll, and still obtain a triumph over the Tories, and any little clique who wished to dictate to to the borough.—(Cheers.) Professor Key, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Stockton, Mr. Stock, and several other gentlemen addressed the meet ing. Mr. liagshaw was unanimously re-elected Presi dent of the Association for the ensuing year, and Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., Treasurer, and the Trustees, Committee, and Auditors, and other officers, having also been appointed, thanks were given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. LICENSING DAY. On Saturday the Middlesex Magistrates met, pur suant to adjournment, for the purpose of granting li censes l h e a r i k r z a w n e ; 11 green.. ir. 11.1 r. Wilson,Cliap. for the district of Finsbury, at th e C our t-h ouse Carpenter, l'he 'There were V. Knight, M man, Mr. Whiskin, and Mr. Wilks. The first business that was transacted was •the con sideration of renewing the licenses which had been sus pende.l in consequence of complaints on the part of Su perintendent Macey and other police officers. The number of licenses that had been suspended were as follows :—ln St. James's, Clerkenwell, 10 ; in the parish of St. Luke, 16 ; in Glasshouse-yard, 5 ; St. Sepulchre, 6 : S'. Maly, Islington, 5 ; Friers Barnet, 1 ; Hornscy. 3 i and Stoke Newington, 2 ; making a total of 57. The result of the re-hearing on Siturday was the_ re f usa l o f f i ve l i censes, name l y , Charles Joel Kent, White ; -. Swan, St. J o h n 's-lanelsaac M• Donald, onald, Crispin, Grubb-st, eet a. • John D , 7 C R,,b . ;s, Castle, ovvcross street ; William e , ts, Cooper's Arms, Cowcross !erect ; and l Chor es Saffrev, of the well-known Sluice House, near Hornse y Wood. The first principle of the English l aw, th for th e same offence, a man shall n o t b e twi c e punished the Licensing -..inecr,.°•' appears t o b e d e p ar t e d from by e; :trat for up on ever y a pplicant's name bein g ca ll e d pended, the police br'ecr l whos e li cense h a d b een sus arifea during th e past ug t it for war d comp l a i nts t h a t h a d t wc:lve m on th s , notw i t h stan di ng many of them wer e di si by the Police Magistrates ofe d wh en th ey were h ear d coinbe, the solicitor, of Gray's the district. Mr. Dun this point, when defending the e n, observed truly upon Leywood, of the NVhite Boar, Old-street, of Mrs. Elizabeth that if she had done wrong she usatreet, St. Luke's, war amenable to th, law which imposed heavy penalti,,, her ; but that the Court sh.)uld pause before tlr Y acted upon ' h che had had no allegations which .. opportunity of • meeting, or upon complaints which had bc proved, to the sat isfaction of the Sti pendiary Ma gistrates, to be utte rl y g roundlass.—Mrs. Leywoo ultimately succeeded in getting her license renewed. The who!e of the morning was consumed in the re cital of the memorandums of the black list of the po lice, and the Dogbcrry c onduct of the Superintendent towards the respectable body of Licenied Victualler s who were comprlled to dance attendance at the Ses sions House upon (in many instances) frivolous and vexatious charges, seemed to excite the indignation of all those who boasted of any independent spirit that NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.8., Commander-in-chief, mustered the crew of the Tweed on Tuesday last, preparatory to her sailing for the North American and West India station!. The Cornwall and Somersetshire troop ships, with the 92d Highlanders, and the Abercrombie, Robinson, transport, with the 4th Regiment on board for Bar badoes, arrived at Gibraltar, from Malta, on the 28th of, February. Tne Prince Regent, 120, has been taken into dock, and on account of her upper works being much decayed, it is expected that she will be cut down to a two decker. It is also reported that the Imaum will be razeed to a frigate. The Impregnable, 104, Capt. Forrest, Belleisle, 74, Captain Nicholas, Camperdown, 104 Capt. -, Monarch, 84, Capt. Chambers, are ordered to Spit head, to form part of a Channel Squadron, to be ready for immediate service, should they be required upon an emergency. A thousand good seamen however will be required for these and other ships, before they will be able to put to sea. The Alban steamer, Mr. King, master, sailed on Thursday, with cooper bolts, blocks, and other stores, for Chatham and Sheerness yards, and will afterwards be employed in removing the depots between this port, Hull, Dover, Channel Islands, and Ireland. The Lizard steamer, Lieut. Estcourt, arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th of February, in nine days, from Plymouth. The Bolina freight ship having deposited the stores, &c., of the Buffalo in the Dock-yard, has been dis charged from the service : The America frigate is ordered to be brought for ward at Plymouth for immediate commissioning. The Meteor steamer, Lieutenant Pritchard, arrived on Wednesday lest from Liverpo o l, w i t h new ly ra i se d seamen for the naval service. The Vernon, 50, Capt. William Walpole, arrive let Spithca , l on Tuesday last, from Sheerness, in tow of her Majesty's steamer Salamander, Captain Henry, to comrlcte her stores, &c., for foreign service. Having e st i eet entdestinationered now oawbo onlyu t t i ley eighty tk y yn n om ; em n o, during uottfihl heroe u r l a s s e t e f d e s w complement. he d r a y t s o , the Mediterranean, to relieve her Majesty's ship Castor. The Tweed, was paid advance on the 17th, and she will proceed to the West Indies. The Asia, 84, Capt. P. Fisher, and Pique, 36, Cap tain Boxer, arrived on in l as t from Malta—the A hin t t h h at as if b been the e former ship has been 113 commission u p war d s o f five years, and has been actual) , employed the whole of gthivaeto to time thein Mediterranean.tAhedmitaltyhythe telegraph, pursued Cornwallis is wanted for immediate service in China, to thin the crew of the Asia over to he r after a few towardsmore and faithfully men, cruel v, h o or havings tr e n r j s u . e s gd t course v w o k n st'acould leave entered nooft be forabsence.A ship, their country, so long as that ship is employed, are then compelled to enter another, and sent to a distant station or forfeit part of their bard earning=, and perhaps a dozen years' servitude. This system is a short-sighted and dangerous one, and will render the service, unpopulir as it now i , , doubly so, and in the end increase the difficulty it is intended to remove. Hundreds of prime seamen have already been lost to the country by it, who, rather than be pressed on hoard a particular ship at a given time, have thrown up their servitude and the pay due to them, and entered the navy of a captious and ambitious rival. With respect to the crew, however, of the Asia, the Admiralty have no power over them, as by Sir James Graham's Act they are entitled to their discha-ge after five years' servitude or double pay. The Pique, Capt. Boxer, sailed yesterday for Chatham, to be docked and refitted. This unfortunate frigate during the last six years has cost more for repairs than any other three frigatos in the service. The Asia is to be paid off. The fol'owing• passengers came home in the Asia :—Lieut. E. N. Troubridgc, to join the Southampton, W. L. Herbert, tc join the Excellent, Charles Nowell, boat swain, to join the Victory, A. Berry, gunner, 39 seamen and 21 royal marines, invalids from the squadron. Notwithstanding th e Vi n dictive frigate has been ducked, and reported ready for commissioning, and is the only vessel constructed with the new bow upon the plan of Mr. Blake, which has never been tried, the Admiralty have ordered her again to be sent up the harbour, and placed in ordinary. Had the Vinnictive been altered in any respect at the sugges tion of the Surveyor of the Navy, there cannot be a doubt but that the Admiralty would have seat her to sea upon trial years ago, and a dozen vessels have been altere I before the experiment had been fairly tested, in proof of which we need only mention the fact that before a frigate or line-of-battle -ship, built upon the principles of Captain Symonds, was even reported upon at least a dozen more were ordered to be put on th stocks for building. At Spitheal—lndus, fwecd, Pelican, Nautilus, Asia, and Vernon. In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Sylvia, Echo, and Fanny. (From the Hampshire Telegrap h. ) PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20. The Sheldrake packet, Lieut. Passingharn, arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday from Mexico. She left Vera Cruz on Jan. 27, Tam pico, Feb. 7, and Havannah, on the 21st. She brought on frei g h t 20 t ons , or 900,000 dollars, principally ship ped at Tampico, where likewise was embarked for Jamaica a freight of 700,000 dollars on board:ithe Vic tor on account o f t h e C omm i ssar y-General. rho jour nals received by the Slieldrake bring accounts of a ter rific character relative to the migration of the Liparies PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—To be Commander—Lieutenant Ar. thur Jerni ngham, First of the Wellesley, and Lieut Henry Wortley Hill, of the Saracen, to the rank o Commander. To be Lieutenants—Mr. G. L. Norcock (1836), of the Wolverine, appointed to command the Forester ; Mr. J. P. Thurburn (1837), to be Lieutenant of the Persian ; Thomas E. Symonds, Philip Somerville, Robert Ellis, Robert James Rouse, Charles Moore, Henry Probyn,James Dirom, and Edward M.Matthews, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOlNTMENTS.—Captains—Henry J. Codrington, to the Queen ; Robert F. Stopford, to the Talbot. Commanders—Keele, to the Rover ; Washington, to the Shearwater surveying steamer ; J. C. Fitzgerald, to Racehorse, vice Hon. E. A. I. Harris, invalided. Mates—W. A. R. Lee, to the Tweed ; Nicholas Vansittart, from Queen to Tweed ; J. P. Thompson, to the Excellent ; Henry Wall, to the Vernon. Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. A. Elliott, to the Queen ; J. P. Burke and Phillip Porter, to the Winchester. Carpenter—Henry Visick, to the Royal Oak. A List of Officers returned in the Asia and Pique, as I passengers from the Mediterranean :—T. S. Brown, Commander, promoted ; Lieutenant C. P. Postle, in valided ; Lieut. Edward N. Troubridge, to join South ampton ; Mr. Wm. G. Herbert, Mute ; Mr. James Dordge, Master, promoted ; Rev. J. Marshall, Chap lain, to join Victory ; Francis Edington, Second Mas ter ; Joseph Whiting, Acting Second Master, to join Sim Josef ; W'm. Bateman, Assistant-Surgeon, inva lided ; Mr. Chas. Hoblyn, Mate ; R. B. Easto, Mate ; Thos. D. Penrose, additional Clerk, invalided ; Fred. Des Voeux, Midshipman, to join Endymion ; Fred. Spry, Captain R.M., invalided. The following young gentlemm have this week been appointed Second Lieutenants of the Royal Marines : —Messrs. George Augustus Schoenberg and George Drury, to the Portsmouth Division ; Messrs. John Ri chards and Arthur Butcher, to the Plymouth Division ; Messrs. Hugh Hamilton Goold and William Hutchin son, to the Woolwich Division ; and Julian Roberts to the Chatham Division.—Commissions dated March 16. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S MONUMENT.—The Bill just brought into the House of Commons by SirW., Rae and Mr. Fox Manic, for the erection of a monument to the late Sir Walter Scott at Edinburgh, propose': to enact as follows :-1. That so much of the Acts of 3d Geo. IV. c. 91 ; the Ist and 2d Vic., c. 55; the 7th and Bth Geo. IV. c. 76 ; and the Ist an 4 2d William IV., c, 45, as enacts that it should not be lawfui to erect buildings of any kind upon the area opposite Prince's-stre,lt, eastward of the mound in Edinburgh, and that the whale of tl e said area should be used for ornamental purposes, &c., shall be repealed, and that it shall be lawful to erect the:con a monument to Sir W. Scott, &c.,which the persons subscribing to the xpenses thereof are by tbis Act authorized to d 3. 2. That so much of the tNo last recited Acts as exempts a theatre, &c., from the prohibition against erectinc , buildings on the s.-id area shall be repealed. 3. That the Migistrates of Edinburgh be authorized to grant the grou'nd required for the erection of said monument gratui tously, provided that the space so to be granted for the site thereof shall not exceed 120 feet square, and 50 feet by 30 for the keeper's bons:, &e. 4. That the mc nuruent, &c. when declared by the subscribers to be c im pleted, shall be vested in trustees, consisting, amongst ot . :ers of the Lord Provost and Treasurer of Edinburgh, the. Dean of Guild, and the nearest surviving male relation of the late Sir W. Scott. This Biil will, of course, receive the almost unanimous approval of both Houses of Parlia ment, and the erection of a monument in Edinburgh to the memory of the great Scotch author will, we doubt not, prove highly satisfactory to the public generally, in Erg. land as well as in Scotland. IMPROVEMENT IN LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT- aNc.—The Bavarian Government has just granted a pa tent fJr a new lithographic process, to which its ventor has given the name of Lithosterotypie. The process consists in tracing the subject on tt'e stone, with a new black or coloured ink, and then pouring on the spaces a combination of acids, which cats away the stone, so es to leave the lines of the ink tracing in relief, greater than that of printing types. From the stone thus prepared any number of im pressions, it is said, may he taken by the common press, much clearer than those which arc obtained by the ordinary lithographic process; a result arising not only from the higher relief of th•t lines or characters, but likewise from the fact that the acti ma of the printing-press causes less friction that that of the lithographic.---inven tor's Advocate. THE MEETING ON THE CORN-LAWS.—We have not much time or space to devote to the proceedings of the meeting hell yesterday at the Town Hall, to con sider the propriety of petitioning alainst the Corn laws. It will bo seen, that, although the Chartists could not prevent the carrying of the resolutions pre pare] by the promoters of the meeting, they were sufficiently numerous, and sufficiently noisy, to dis turb the whole proceedings, and to render the meeting a perfect bear-garden ; and, at the same time, sufficiently impudent to claim a victory, in defi• mice, of the clearest evidence to the contrary. We hope the occurrences of the meeting will show tho par ties who convened it, that, under existing circumstan ces at all events, the holding of large public meetings in this town is by no means expedient. Respectable and decent people will not wl'ingly waste their time in lis tening to braalirg and blackguardism, such as disgraced the meeting of yesterday ; an d no goo d purpose can possibly result from such assemblages.—lllanchcatcr Guardian. THE WILL OF THE LATE SIR ASTLEY COOPER, BART.TiIe will of the late Sir Astley Poston Cooper, Bart., la'e of Conduit-street, in the Parish of St. George, flariovcr-square, is the County of Middle sex, has just hen proved in Doctors' Commons, by Ws nephew, Sir Astley Coop! r, Part. Charles Aston Ko and Frederick Tyrrell, Esqi the executors—the per sonal property of the deceased has bean sworn unc'er the value of 80,000/. Amongst the many bequests men tioned in the will appear the follossi3g:—To his nephew Sir Ast'ey Paton Cooper, he bequea-lis the silver-git epergne presented to Sir Astley by his Majesty King George the Fourth, and the silver bread-basket, also presented to him by his late Majesty William the Fourth, also his picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence, together wick his su'gical and anatomical preparations, which ho values. Sit 5 0001. Ho requests that his picture may, on the death of his nephew, be bequeathed either to the anatomical museum of Gus'. Hospital, er to the Roysl College o' Surge)ns. He hal left six prizes to be competed for nearly by medical men, on different subjccls. The bulk of his property is principally bequeathed to his Lephew. i The will is dated in 183. c. POLICE INTELLIGENCIE. BOW.S - TREET. Rickard Sandell, a shoemaker, and who was in his working dress, was placed at the bar, charged with having assaulted ono of the:gatekeepers of St. Jame.'s ps.rk in the execution of his duty. The office was crowdei with working men, who had followed the de fendant and the police to the above Court, anxious to hear the decision of the Magistrate on a case which is one of great importance to them. The complainant stated that he was a gatekeeper appointed by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and also a special constable. Yesterday afternoon he was on duty at the gate opposite to Queen-square, when the defendant walked into the enclosure, accom panied by two other men. He desired them to come back. The two did so, but the defendant refused, upon which witness called for the police and gave him into custody. Mr. TWYFORD—Pray what right bad you to prevent 11:m from entering the enclosure ? Witness—My instructions are not to allow any per sons to enter the enclosure who arc not respectably dressed. Mr. TwYFoan—Well, admitting that to be the case, what fault do you find with the dress worn by the de fendant ? Witness—Why, your Worship, there are two or three buttons torn off his coat, and there is a bole in it besides. He is not what I call respectably dressed. Mr. TWYFORD—Who gave you your orders ? Wit• nest—l have my orders from my Inspector, and he re• ccives his instructions from the Commissioners o Woods and Forests. Mr. TWYFORD—ReaIIy those instructions are very awkward for a Magistrate to be called upon to enforce. I can very well understand why servants in livery should not be allowed to enter the enclosure, and I should have no difficulty in enforcing such a regulation ; because there the order is specific and eartily to be understood, but when you tell me of instructions not to admit any persons who are not respectably dressed, I must confess that I feel considerable difficulty in enforcing an order of that kind—for instance, the defendant says that be is a shoemaker, and, in my opinion, the dress he has now on is respectable for a man of his station. What is a respectable dress for him, would not be for me ; but how is respectability in dress to be defined? The Defendant—l can assure your Worship that I have passed through the enclosure repeatedly in my present dress without being interrupted. I had been to George street, to take home a pair of boots to a customer, and my nearest way back was across the enclosure, when the moment I entered the complainant called after me to come back, and on refusing he collared me, and I, conceiving I had a right to go there, resisted, upon which I was given into custody. Mr. TWYFORD—I redly think it a very difficult question to decide upon a man's dress. Witness— But, your Worship, the defendant said be was deter mined to cross the enclosure, and to try his right to do so. Mr. TWYFORD—WeII, if he did, I don't see any harm in that. The question, after all, resolves itself into this, whether you had any right to prevent him from entering the enclosure. I must confess that I don't understand the regulations you speak of ; are they in writing ? 'Witness—No ; I receive verbal orders from my Inspector. Mr. TWYFORD—I really cannot act upon orders that are not reduced to writing ; and as to not admit ting persons who are not respectably dressed, it is far too vague for any Magistrate to act upon. In my opinion the defendant is respectably dressed for a me chanic. I cannot say that a labouring, man, in his work ing clothes, is not as much respectably dressed as a gentleman dressed in the first style of fashion, consider ing their relative stations in life. The worthy Magis trate then addressed the defendant, and said, it would certainly have been better, when the complainant desired you to leave the enclosure, and laid his hands on you to compel you to do so, if you had done so at once, and afterwards applied here for a warrant against him for an assault. But I can make every allowance for your excitement on the occasion, and I believe that you acted as you did on the assertion of a supposed right, upon which I will not take upon myself to decide. I shall therefore discharge you ; at the same time, I must state that I don't think the complainant a proper person to decide a question as to the respectability of a man's dress. If yoit had at tempted to pass into the enclosure half naked, or there had been anything glaringly improper in your dress or appearance, he would have been justified in refusing you admission ; but nothing of that kind has been alleged against you. I shall not give any further opinion on the merits of the present case. You are discharged. The defendant then left the dock. After which, Mr. TWYIORD, addressing the com plainant, said, I desire you will report the proceedings that have taken place to-day to your superiors. If they should be of opinion that my decision is erroneous, I shall be happy to be enlightened on the subject. The above decision of the worthy Magistrate gave evident satisfaction to a crowd of mechanics, who were present when it was delivered. MARYLEBONE. Mr. Reynolds, clerk to Mr. Harris, a brewer in the Hampstead-road, was brought up by Hooker on a war rant, charged by Robert Hutchinson, a beer-shop keeper, of 19, Spring-street, Montagu -square, with assaulting him. It appeared that on the previous night, about half-past eleven, the defendant had called on the prosecutor to make inquiries as to money owing by Hutchinson to Mr. Harris. An execution bad been put in the house for rent. According to Hutchinson, Mr. Reynolds had entered his shop, and uttered a vol ley of abuse, calling him a drunken blackguard, and asserting that his mother had said that he was not one day in the week sober, but came home continually in a state of intoxication. Hutchinson then stated that he called defendant a liar (whick he afterwards denied, changing it to " be quiet telling his lice') ; Reynolds then struck him a violent blow on his neck, the effects of which he still felt. Mrs. Hutchinson, mother of Hutchinson, said that the gentleman had come to the house, and called her son a drunken blackguard, adding that he should like to knock his teeth out of his head. Upon her son re monstrating with him, he struck him across the neck and breast. Mr. Reynolds denied having acted as above de scribed. lie had received information that Hutchin son, who owed about 951. for beer, had disposed of all his furniture to a third person. In order to obtain the requisite information, and to discover what security there was for the payment of the money, he had called on prosecutor. He knew that it was useless to go there at any other time than late at night ; he went at half-past eleven, and fiuding him at home, questioned him, and spoke, perhaps, a little warmly ; under the circumstances, however, the Magistrate would excuse his so doing. He expected to lose his employer's mo ney, and it was natural he should be excited. Prose cutor then called him a liar, and he struck him gently w:th the back of his hand. Prosecutor—l expect, when I leave here, to be ar rested, and taken to'Wbitecross-street prison. Reynolds—C:rtainly ; 1 gave you sufficient warning. Prosecutor—Not content with depriving me of my worldly goods, he wishes to take away my body. Fined Ss. and costs. .TIATTON-GARDEN. Harriet Langley, a fine-featured young woman, 21 years of age, was charged with the wilful murder of her infant, under circumstances of a most heartrending nature. Sergeant King, of the N division of pace, stated . . that on Friday evening, about the hour of eight, the prisoner called at the station-house, and delivered her self into his custody, on the charge of having murdered her offspring ; at the same time expressing a desire for witness to walk with her a short distance, and she would point out the spot where the body would be found. She appeared so distressed in mind that wit ness had not the slightest doubt of the correctness of her awful admission, and he accompanied her to the New River, in front of Owen's-row, Clerkenwoll ; she then said, if search were made there, the lifeless re mains of her babe would be discovered. Witnesit caused the water to be d egged, and in the course of two hours the body was taken out. The unfortunate prisoner afterwa - ds informed witness that the child was born three weeks ago in Maid• stone gaol, where she (tile mother) was im prisoned for vagrancy ; and that when it was a fortnight old she was liberated, but had no home to go to. On the day she committed the act for which her life, she said, might ray the forfeiture, she went to the overseers of St. Marylebone. and was tell that nothing could be done for her, as she did not belong to them. She wandered about, scarcely knowing whithor she was going, her sole attention being turned to the poor babe, whose cries for food were working her up to a pitch of madness, her breast having ceased to afford the 1 unfortunate little creature its wonted nourishment. She at length found herself in Owen's-row, and, setting her self on the step of a door, she put her infant to her bo som. It sucked in vain, and in despair she flung it it into the stream, and saw no more of it - until it was brought out by witness. In answer to the Magistrate, Serjeant King said that the usual means were used by Mr. Edmondson, sur geon, of Clerkenwell, to restore animation of the body, but all was of no avail. Mr. COMBE told the prisoner that he should remand her until that day week, when it would be his painful duty to commit her to Newgate. Janus Johnson alias Jones, who, in ans wer to Mr. Combe, said he lived at " No. 2, over the water," but in what street he could not tell, was charged with stealing two sovereigns, the money of Mr. J ames Watts, the proprietor of the White Horse, N o , 10 0, Holborn. The case excited an extraordinary decree of interest, the description of depredation being of a novel character. It has, however, been attended with very extraordinary success. The prosecutor's son stated that on Friday the prisoner and anot.her man entered his father's house aid called for some refreshrreat at the bar. They spoke to him about the spirit taps leaking, and wanted to examiue them, the prisoner contending that it was at tno part EVENING EDI'IIIOS where the liquor escaped, and his companion 0b52117,, that it was at another spot. Haring got to high w°r they left the house separately, but presertlY rctu,r;rens together, the accused remarking as he came in, • were never so tvrongin your lila ; the gentlem an (V % ing to witness) will satisfy you that they d o not (Peak where you suppose." The prisoner's compani° n • th a leant over the bar ; at which instant Johnson PI% behind witness's back, and put over the counter a l °11 ; stick with a case like a shovel at the end, and drew fr o o a shelf the sum of two sovereigns. Witness hearing . `° chink" of the money, turned round, and the teams, seeing they were detected, ran off. He pursued tbeT and never lost sight of them till the prisoner was secu re On Mrs person one rg was found. . COMBE (to the sove pri ei so n ner)—W at is your nam e? Prisoner—James Johnson, Sir. Mr. COMBE—How came you to state at the stslie,...' a house that your name was William Jones? -Pris°°er I didn't say so. I said I hod an uncle named lA, Mr. COMBE—You have boen carrying on Jag Icrto game at this work. Many publicans will beg No• meet you here. Over which bridge do you g o to v_r 2, over the water? Prisoner—lt's somewhere o'.:g London-bridge.—(Laughter.) I don't think Im ba l justice done to me here, and I've got 00 Melds me righted. soot Mr. Mould, the clerk—Oh yes ; you have gii" uncle.—(A laugh, in which the prisoner joined.) h • t h COMBE (examining the implements with kE , -I .e; the robbery was committed) —Very handy things t '" - the shovel is lined to prevent gold or silver ratt)o; against it. Prisoner--N one could pick any ti lifig with that. It's all a mistake. Mr. COMBE—See here (stretching out his arm , j s o f shovelling up his spectacles, which were at the to re ? the table )—there's no mistake about that, is Prisoner—lngenious persons can do almost ipg See how readily you can put that to a bad ptur s t 'vm Mr. COMBE—Perhaps you will tell me wb s 'A're really do use them for. Prisoner—Just O. Ito stick is an umbrella stick, and the shovel is to "1°1,01! ivory which is used in the manufacture of the etag las. We line the tin to save the ivory from „ d f bruised. You must know, your Worship , thattbelliTh benches are very dirty, and the tin also keeps clean.—( A. laugh.) Mr. COMBE —Do you wish to ask the witness ) questions? Prisoner—Oh, yes. (To gr. "0 1 ; Will you swear that the taken 111° stolen from your house `;'. s llL e . r N e V ig a n tts—lb 4r v ; /10 cl°4. of it.s f . Prisoner—Doubt !—doubt won't do in au courtr,) Justice, Sir. Proof positive is requisite —(b. a t h e bs Mr. COMBE—Before we part there Wm, - •i, for plenty of proof against you. I shall remand 10, l further examination on Saturday next. ni That's very unfair. 'Why not convict me at 005 don't want to come here again. You Mr. COMBE (laughin g )—l know that very we' too will see too many faces that you do not wish to M ee f r the next hearing. Prisoner—But you ought not mand me for so long a time. m ob° Mr. COMBE—WeII, I'll accommodate yoti, s- ad or other. You shall be brought up again on 1 14 ° ° 0 4 i 1 The prisoner is about thirty years of age , dressed in fustian. food The constable said that on his person ll e , tit several implements, w hi c h were ma d e to screw ' l3- f teg " umbrella stick." S ome o f t h em h a d adhes ive - sticking to them. G LAST 11°% THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LA51.2%; Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. to l• 46 e• Carlisle llcxham Fs 32 36 21 23 -- f 4 0 Morpeth 5O 62 24 i. - 13 21 k 4 . 0 41 Bcnrith 6l a 21 -- en. A L Sheffield — 6 6 32 25 3 0 , 1,1 Winchestcr 13 64 29 31 20 2; 40 " A ' Lc% I: Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s . d. to. d. s. d. s. d. s. S A - 0 0 • Uv i Carmarthen 74 00 38 00 21 5 ", 0 4 ', e • Cowbridge lO 0 —0 50 56 36 Ott 50 ; U a Swansea 76 8 2 3 8 4 2 2 6 30 50 u Per 81. Barnardc ol astll6 0 18 9 80 93 74 8611 0 Li n 1 80 .° Cpl Durham 'l3 6166 80 90 59 69 80 r, 11„ 11 0. Richmond 'l% 0 1S 0 7 0 9to 5 6 8 0 9 0 11 - u Stockton :15 6 1: 01 9 0 90 7 0 5630 10 0 II I 160 189 80 931 7 4 8 6111 0 Li n lO 8„° 10 136 166 80 00 59 6 9 8 0 .", . 9 JO' 1%0 ISO 70 9 56 80 90 I. - 0 156 170 1 90 90 70 86 SO 100 WAKEFIELD CORN 114ARIa.r. 011 -- Lin. and Cam 1, Norfolk and Suflblk ...... (IN. to f: ,• ,s • 616, to u. S • opt Yorkshire to 5 05 ' ap ed .Wheat, R, White Foreign, fted ,_„.. __ s „ to „,,,, n ot White — 8• rai ,' to e.". ifes. , --- Ns. 9 ,. . Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk „.... to „, • 0016,,,, Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wold 265. 10 ,„:.--.,!. 00:i. ~ -- Foreign B 3ins, New ...1 : t t 0 ° 42 „„ 6 ‘ .65. 11 011 01 . M.7 ' . -- Old Oats, Potato --- Poland _,. —O , to ..".. Op e l, ....I• to WO s Vriezland and Small —s. • .3d.P 6 11..." -- ls.aaling Sholling D r " -•s. 40s. fine 4 0 ' r.:De Dr" Rapeseed I.os, 321. Os. NI. Of' r- NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. wbft!., Red.. • Wheat, Northumberland Norfolk and Suffolk --- Berwick and Scotch - Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 2 3- 66346621 8. 9 t 21 1 . 1 1 30 7 —5 336865-11 : :: : :.: F . .. :: . ..1 Grinding and Feeding . Malt, Norfolk and Suflblk s4s 605..... •• Beans, Small 4os. 465....... Tick Pease, White ---- Gray Oats, Northumberland, l'otatoe .. —4 2 :2 2-44881 ''''''''''''''''' ''' Feed ...... 475. 50s. ...... ••• Foreign Flour (per sack) SCOTCH MARKETS. h/ ___---- - 1 0 " Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans* ... 0 0 -- -- " ----...' . n g . ~ Aberdeen 50 to 60 25 to 26 13 to 2 0 --- al •- - a- ..... ~. Berwick 33 45 19 21 17 23 25 84) -,, Coldstream - ~, •-_, Cupar (Fife) 43 65 26 31 18 22 2,, "" 41 Dunbar 4B 118 26 49 23 27 40 g .•••• /- ..... '' - Elgin Inverness Kelso ......- 36 48 18 0 2 15 22 31 'P' 0 ' Kirkaldy - /* Perth CO '4 30 40 25 35 41 44 0140 tri. 11, - ; -, Thu size of the measure varies throughout the 0411. HADDING.CON CORN 51ARKET* 0 pd am .a Wheat. Barley. Oats. ~Pri: ,0 ri First ...... Second 6ls Cd 31s Od 27s 6d 4 ',,' od ..- Third Ms Od 324 Od 24s 01 :31 ,;.,, L . Average...." ............ ... 31. 30.1k1 3 - 1 ' I " -- xo'' DALKLITH CORN MARKET. 13f.fil pole. 4 4• rd Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. :-,. oj A n First 69s Ca 35s Od 306 eld ".',;: od oh,d a Second 656 Od 33s Od ...6s Od 4 "' al • Third s2s 01 27s 01 JBl 8d 35 ‘, S• cl. j. a no GLASGOW CORN Mt lIKET• • i I. to.'n 32 6 to 3.5 6 I I Wheat, per 24011). s. d. s. d. per' 641 u 1 90 n il' tlritish, old ...-..... new _,„ fq, rkb .............. . ........ j 1 new ' 2; 0)) —. 6 . 06 0 B ri Englisht Britis h . ..... . 1t1e ; 2" I I s : :: : 1 ''' ''' "'" "'" " "'" '' "' 2 ' '' o. ' ' .-5 61 : Cgnada, free Irish Barley, pit' 3201 b English Scottish ........•• . ''''' % 0 goo :27 0 29 6 Pease, Scottish ..•••• i i b b O,l Scottish 'l° 6 15 ii Oatmeal, per 140Ib•••• 44, 0 Irish ......... 21 0 23 6 Flour, per 2800)•-••". OAPPI.O, GOLD WATCHES, LONDON- IT:, Gov.' it A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, Na• o pect icfr of London, opposite the Bank of England, submit for in w hole o f very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, tbenetiou which are made and finished under the carol d in ea s e l i experienced workmen on their own premises, A ranted for correct performance. oldt e SIZE h easi%e o 7 l al t rl er da t e LD d ... .. ... Fine 0 Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turnelpo J" g Verticallgold case cases and backed engine -turned gold cases and ;old doubl e'goldi dials, 1211 0 warranted ... .................... ............. Patent detached Lev er W atc h es ......... i n four hole.!, with double-backed . old jewelled and 0 1 14 14 dials, warranted gold ........ SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, j e welled in f our 9 holes, seconds, and double-backed gold ca ses, 14 I 4 warranted ............................ .......welled ..... ••• Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, je in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 17 17 and enamel dials, warranted ............. . ........... Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, je welled 0 g in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 21 111 and gold dials, warranted en ........................... had Either of the Gem's Watches rna:r so end hunting cases for 3/. 3s. each extra. N•P' Watches purchased in exchange. Di ° old r;01" FLAT GOLD WATCHES, AL — Ten Guineas each. Highly -finished HORIZ°NTGeId 61 e ar: WATCHES, with engraved or engine - t g e. r t n u e r d eei l 4a jewelled in four holes, ard either engirt graved cases are offered, price Ten Guineas each' r eur rec t bef rant little Watches will be found to perform /e.ifibieb and a printed warranty is given with fixed terms , e' will always receive any attention required. from T. COX SAVORY , S eve n Doors Watchmaker, Jeweller, &c., 47, Cornhill ( TRAYS. OS. b JO Gracechurch -street ), London. 0 1 . PAPIER MACHE TEA er 'A u r as , Of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. r re . ► Table Knives, with ivory handles, 1 4 s. l' :°Per Sd .V er :s.'" t Poles for Window Curtains, inch diameter , I,' " st Are. 2 inches, Is. dd. per foot; bronzed fenders, 4ire fender Ir on' Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of stoves,l3l.hiag irons, kitchen utensils, and every article in fur monger y. RlPPON and BURETstOabNli,sllleirdelilse-;,2stor.ect, street, 1 %, who survived but feiNnv BIRTHS. On the 10th ult.,J . he f le ' f. Scotland, Mrs. . On the 17th lost ,at Stamford-hill, the of Williamg, of a son. Last week, at the paris 2l lf .4 clf l u ß rcl i t S tf lifurkingi florod°°- rthe-Ilill, f -'-sbex, Hamilton Gordon, Esq., eldest b .51j0 lii," (;orlon, E N ., of Tollington Park, Midlesex4.,oop, E l le n Witikul', second daughter of the lite Mr. J. C;„1,01011{, many years a Common Councilman of the Borough 01 A Norfolk. Le , ten hato , near 0 _ .i , r . _ On the 18th ult., at the Catholic Chapel , C D 'c o rk, 1° J bo o l l: r n n iN e l r t r w a r r o r g a l n l t ß , enranna,ri.)ls,h7eq.., of Glenmire House, guy Frances Mary, only child of Joseph Blount, Esq ., 0f i tin- Argirew" v. On the 11th iest., at the parish church of St. f St. *cif dershaft, Mr. Charles GeJrge Kirkman Biggs , ^ Dir. J. ' axe, to Esther Amelia, the youngest daughter of " Cow St Gorg Cowers, of Bedford - str eet, Bedford -row. 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