The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-20 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Times has long ceased to bo the organ Of any fixed opinion upon any matter whatsoever; but upon the affairs of Turkey and Egypt it has been more than usually in contradiction to itself. One day it has been kr the Sultan, another day for Mehemet Alt ; and so by turns it has varied its language and opinions according to the shifting influences by which it has been guided. Saturday last was Mehemet Ali's day, and baffled in trigue, thwarted cabal, and defeated plotting, lode in the ascendant. Lord Palmerston and Lord Ponsonby vet e the natural objects of attack, because they have been mainly instrumental in marring such plots, foreign and domestic. But spite is sometimes blind, and so it i has happened in this insta n ce. Lord Pal merston s attacked because he would not or could not, on a certain day in March, tell the House of Com mons what the Conference thought of the hatti-scheriff of the lath of February; and the writer in the Times thinks he has proved his charge against the Foreign Se cretary by pointing out that the very day alter he had de clined es enter into such an explanation, tee Conference signed a noto in which they recorded their opinion of that hatti-scheriff. Why, what a dolt this Mehemet Ali man must be I This very fact is the justification of the reserve of Lord Palmerston ; for how could he tell what the Conference would decide on the following day ? There might, indeed, have been considerations connected with a due respect to the other Powers, which might have rendered it unfitting for him to have stated what the Conference of the Four Powers had written the day before, if that which they wrote had been written the day before ; but to blame him for not saying what they would write the day after, is really too stupid to require a serious answer. Then, again, Lord Ponsonby is repre sented as the author of all evil in this Turco- Egyptian affair, and simply, forsooth, because it is well known that his energy and activity have contributed greatly to the success of the Allies. But what would the writer in the Times say if it should tura out that Lord Ponsonby was not consulted as to the drawing up and wording of those hatti-scheriffs ? —that they were prepared chiefly by the Aus trian Minister at C mstantinople and by the Turkish Ca binut ; but that the principle on which the article in the hatri-schcriff about the mode of succlssion for Mehemet Ali's descendants was framed, had been unanimously agreed to a fortnigl It before by the representatives of all the Four Powers at Constantinople, when proposed to them by the Porte, and that Lord Yonsonby is not more re sponsible for that pi inciple than are the representatives of Austria, of Russia, and of Prunia. We have heard that this is so, and we hel sieve it. STANDARD.— -Of all classes who felt aggrieved by the old adrninistrati , in of the Poor-laws, the landholders bad the most just r Dawn to complain. The whole bur then of the main.tenanea of the poor fell upon them, wide the martufac'urer3 had all the benefit of the prevision. They, the manufacturers, re tieived the labourers without the expense of rearing them, and then threw them bac k when "used up" (to borrow the hu m::ne phrase of the ir to he supported bye class who had never derived a shin op; profit from their labour. This had a doubly incurious ell bet upon the landlords, who saw their ebtates drained df a outhful and vigorous population, leav ing only a cap:a mor tuzun of old men end females, the un prefitable stock cot stantly augmenting by the returned ri ruse of the manufactures when worn cut; add to this, the e.':ormous expense of litigation arising out of the uncertain tiles to settlement of a circulating population. Had the de m :nd for labour in :agriculture kept pace with the demand fL;:. labour in manurac:otiei, the evil of th;s system might hove been less seven( dy felt; hut the revere was the case. The rapid accumuliation of capital introduced a mode o: farming in which 'money was, to a great extent, the sub at itute for labour, and the landowners found their own unem ployed population isle ceasing, at the same time that the r inufactures were pi ,uring back upon therm a flood of p ,upers. Hence "tt c allowance system" and all the other cntrivances by veb ich it was sought to make , the t.trthen of supporting: the worn-out labourers to come ntel • re proportioned to eke profit previously derivt:dtrom their lebtiur. These c.snstiderations are, etc think, sufficient to rtplain why a we-at number of landholders should a. xiously lock for some modification of the ell law. A medißclition was off:red, bet it was b Ned upon a false principlP. laste.l of attacking the r , al cause of the cvii of I..a.uperism—the undue profits ob t:. ineei by capitalists and manufacturers at the expense of t'he laboarerF, first, and afterwards of the landholders_ v c Poor-law reformers directed all their jtaloetiy aggiwt tbx. labouring class ; and as these were the immediste ectsions of loss to the landholders, the la't:r in many i..stances looked no furthe-, end joined in the cry against 11 THE PRESIDENT STEA.ZI-SIHP. (Eam the Liverpocl AEion of yesterday.) We lament to bay that no inteltigence has yet ben rteiyed of this unfortunate vessil. Tae .arrival of the JLoyal :nail steamer Caledonia, on Tnursday morning, f, 3m Boston and Haiifax, dissil.atA the hopes which l ad bean previously entertained, that she would bring n::ws of the rnissinz shin baying, put in to som , .; Nova li,!otian or United States port. Neither at Halifax on tt'ic 4th instant nor at New York on the slat ult. had tidings been heard cf her; nod the friends of thg prosongers on board were in happy i;zncrance that 8„y ;misfortune had befallen her. From the in t-rval ohieh had elapsed between her sailing from New York and the date of the advices from that. vlrt by the Caledonia, twanty days, it is evident, Ciat, if she survived the effects of the storm on the 12th and the; 13th ult., she must haze made r some southern port. At first, be opinion was, that s'le would make for the Western Isles ; but, if she had, Acient time has, it is supposed, slipsad for news of her arrival at Faye; reaching England. The first opinion Ens, therefore, been abandoned for a second, which is, teat she would, after repairing the damage she might I ave sustained in the gale (and damage of some kind os other, it i 3 quite clear she mutt have sustained), make far Bermuda. Now, the latest advices received, in the United States, from that island were of the 20th ult. ; ) that a sufficient time had not elapsed then for her rrrival at Bermuda, even should the conjecture turn cat correct, that she made for that port after t!-,e storm. Captain Fayrcr, who commanded the President on 1 A. first voyage, hazards in a letter to a friend in Li v , rpool, dated on the 17th inst., the following conjec teres respecting the probable course Captain Rolierts ould follow wader the circumstances supposed in tha 1. tter. The gallant Captain takes, it will be seer, a consolatory view of a very distressing occurrence : "No President yet ! Rather awkward ! If oho lost r rudder, which I think most probable, on the Bank of Newfoundland, in lat. 45 N., and long. 50 W., she t-ould be distant from Bermuda about 1,000 miles. rile gale at N.W. or W. would prevent the possibility of Ating either to New York or Halifax. Bermuda would Le the place ; if so, I would give her three days after the gale to fit a temporary rudder. Having sailed el the 1 1 th, she would be in the position above in tee or six days ; so that, with the three days fitting a rudder, &c., she would be on the Bank rtiil on the eighth day, or the 19th of March. Then Captain Roberts would run down to the latitude and the longitude below 50 and 53 W., till in tie parallel of Bermuda, so as to be in the eddy, east of the Gulf Stream, then hard up west for Bermuda. Now ae a cripp:ed ship, and, in those latitudes, particularly sete . r a ga'e, calm s are common , s o g i ve him, from the lath, fourteen days to get to Bermuda. This would L a the 2d or 3d of April. Say they get in on the 3 d, I give Lord Lennox and Power two days to get ready a schooner, five days to Philadelphia, taree days to Halifax ;days would make it t!.e 13th or 14 t h of April before they could be beard of from Bermudta, according t o m y n o tion a even if she could be Bermuda fr om th e B an k in the time I allow. They waey vessels, but I haveliatcrtaoyothhmavuechbeen seen by experience in the inattention of small craft on e c s oast of America ; I give till the t! ey care for nothing but themselves. 25th of this month to hear from B ermuda,;unless some tassel is dispatched by the Government of that island, as the mail packet calling is very uncertain. " I lost my rudder off' the Cape of Good Hope, in t"o Lady Flora, drawing 21 feet water, in a severe I: de, and fitted one after my own plan, and made an ex c _lent passage to St. Helena. Captain Roberts b a sharp fellow, and will do much under any difficulties he may be placed in. He has his own engineer and officers—everything to pave confidence. It is my opinion, strongly so, that the Presideut will turn up at Bermuda." FLEET OF STEAMERS.—The General Steam navigation Company intend increasing their numerous and p :werful fleet of steamers by the addition of several first s to ships, the keels of which are about to be laid down. 't he Trident, of 1,000 tons burden, building for the Com p rsy, will be launched from Wigram and Green's yard, text month. The Princess Royal, of 800 tons, launched A week, and now fitting at the General Stearn Novi- Estion Company's factory at Deptford is, we under- F and, ictended for the Rotterdam trade. The Wilber f rco steam-ship, formerly trading between London and I ull, which has been purchased by the Company, is now gyring with new engines at the same place, and will run tween Hamburgh and London. This fine ship was a reat favourite on the Hull station, and has made two voy ages to Lisbon, during which her sea-going qualities were severely tested. She will be an important addition to the toot of her new owners. The consumption of coals by the erseral Steam Navigation Company is enormous, and 1 st year the expense for fuel al one exceeded 45,000/. I';urieg the same time the vessels of the Company carried u s wards cf a million of passengers, without the loss of a t ,- gle individual, or any one receiving the slightest injury, Inch speaks yolzunes in favour of English steam-vessels, and affords a refreshing contrast to the nurnSrous acci tS.nts, explosions, and loss of life, so frequently occurring the United States. The fleet of the General Steam Navigation Company will soon number fifty large vessels, acceding in tonnage and power the steam fleet of Fran ce , Ls any other natio n i n t h e wor ld, an d e xhibiting in a strik ing lig:.t the amazing effects cif British skill and ot.terprise. ARREST OF ALDERMAN PERRIN.-A letter iseeived by the Caledonia steamer states that Aldesreau Perrin, or, the very day of his landing in New York, ad I can arrested in a coffee-house upon a civil hill process, at the suit of Mr. Hunt, merchant, of this city. Hay i g given bail, however, he was at once set at liberty. sublin Mercantile Advertiser.--[This is the Orange Alderman Who fled trom D uL li n two months ago, alter raising about 20,0001. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 16.- ' give Way i n price seriously an - I rapidly. Sugars continue to The business transacted under such circumstances is nceessas I ilv but trifling. .—Bristol Mercury. THE ELEVENTH HUSSARS. (From the Naval and Military Gazette of Saturday. ) The Morning Chronicle has this week, with its usual good taste, renewed its virulent attacks on the Earl of Cardigan, in consequence of a corporal punishment having been inflicted on a soldier last Sunday. We shall briefly state the facts of the case. A soldier bad been tried by District Court-martial and by order of the General Commanding-in-Chief. Lord Cardigan had nothing whatsoever to do with the trial. The man had been in prison eleven days, and had been marched a prisoner from Brighton. The sentence of the Court-martial, approved by the Horse-Guards, arrived at the head-quarters of the regiment by Sunday morning's post ; and Lord Cardigan, who was present, conceiving that it was his duty not to allow a parade to pass, without it being carried into execution, ordered the man to receive his punishment in the course of that morning, and then to be released from confinement. After Divine Service had been performed in the Riding School,* the troops were marched out, and the detach ment of the 14th Light Dragoons dismissed. Within the following half hour the 11th Hussars were remarched into the Riding School, and the corporal punishment took place. j- It should here be noticed that, so far from Lord Car digan being an advocate for corporal punishment, no case has before occurred in his regiment since the end of 1839 ; and which punishment, we believe, was inflicted during Lord Cardigan's absence from the corps. The present punishment, it is also to be recollected, was ordered by the General Commanding-in-Chief. We think it is to be regretted that the punishment took place on a Sunday. Lord Cardigan may or may not have been in error as to the necessity of not allowing a parade to pass without carrying the orders from the Horse Guards into effect, or as to the necessity and propriety of taking the earliest opportunity of releasing a prisoner from con finement, even under the circumstances, as in this case, of an extended confinemenr. There are, however, abundant precedents both in the army and navy of corporal punish. ment having been inflicted on Sundays. On board one of her Majesty's ships lying in port a case occurred within a few weeks. We know that punishments on Sundays are by no means uncommon in our British colonies ; and it is the custom in a great number of regiments to have the pro ceeding of Courts-martial read on Sunday parades, either previous to or immediately after divine service. With reg ard to what has been said to the punEahment having taken place in the riding-school, where divine worship had been previously performed, we may observe 1 that various duties are performed in the riding-school on a Sunday ; for instance, had it been the last day of the month and unfavourable weather, it would have been the commanding cflicer's duty, according to the custom of the service, to have must red the regiment in the riding-school. A circumstance has come to our knowledge which should also be mentioned. On the line of march of the 11th Hussars last neck from Brighton to Hounslow a man was tried for drunkenness, and sentenced by a regimental Court-martial to rece,ve 100 lashes, but Lord Cardigan, in consequence of the previous good conduct of the uul ciLr, remitted the whole of the sentence. The Radical press will not allow the opportunity to pass for further endeavours to excite the public mind against Lord Cardigan, although it is well known that his Lordship is considered by the soldiers of the 11th Hussars as a most kind and indulgent commanding officer. Individually we wish the punishment had been post• poned, notwithstanding there are many precedents for the cour:e that was adopted. However, whether right or wrong, no man who knows anything of Lord Cardigan will attribute this act to an unkind feeling towards the priva'e soldier. And as to the present state of the 11th Hussars, c e can report most satisfactorily :—there are not half a ti,:zen iron cm the defaulter's list. The prop il,ty or impropriety cf his Lordship's conduct in this matter we must leave to the judgment of military mea. The Morniag Chronicle says :—" To add to the in decency, there were 140 men of the 14th Regiment present in the 1;:n racks along with the 11th when the flogging took place." The indecency consists in the exaggeration of our worthy Con temporary, the detachment of the 14th having been dis missed. —En. t The Morning Chronicle says :—° His Lordship had not the decency to dismiss the men to their quarters and to re asernble !hem to witness the punishment, but, as if the flogging was a continuation of the Divine Service, kept them in the place till it had taken place." We challenge our Contemperary to substantiate this statement, which we pronounce to be un till?. from beginning to end.—En. COMMODORE NAPIER. (From the Liverpool .Albion of yesterday.) Coinino:lore Sir Charles Napier, whose exploits on Lod anti field linv-3 filled the werLl with his fame, will be e nto:.tained this evening by the inhabitants of Liverpool, of ill shades of politics, at a public dinner in the Amphi theatre. Au account will be found, in another column, of the spnatanccus spirit in which the invitation to the galiaht officer originated, as we:l as of the preliminary prepari;tions for the festival in honour of the presence in " the good old loyal town" of one of England's bravest sons. The Banquet wil;, we have no doubt, be a most splendid affair, creditable alike to the second seaport in the world and to the hero whom its mer chants delight to honour. Party feuds and political differences will, for this evening at least, be forgotten, and Tory, end Whig, and Radical join, heartily and cordially, in striving who shall do most honour to the hero who favours them with his company. The .following is a list of the principal parties who have come forward to do honour to the distinguished hero :-- STEWARDS. Sir John Tobin Sir Gc,rge Drinkwater Sir Thomas BraLcker Sir Joshua Wdinsley T. Booth, Esq. T. Case, E•q. D. Neilson, Esq. Wm. Rathbonc, Esq. John GarneU, Esq. John Taylor, Eql. Nicholas Roskell, Esq. Wm. Brown, Esq. Wm. Earle, Esq. Richard Dawson, Esq. Hugh Horuby, Esq. Thomas Todd, Esq. Thomas Tinicy, Esq. Will;arn Potter, Esq. T. B. Barclay, Esq. R. H. Jones, Esq. Elias Arnaud, Esq. W. H. Dobie, Esq. Duncan SLcwart, Esq. James Aiken,. Esq. C. Tay lcur, Esq. J. S. Leigh, Esq. Chas. Rawdon. Esq. J. C. Evart, Esq. IG. H. Lawrence, Esq. J. N. Walker, Esq. I,:obertson Gladstone, EEq. F. Hay wood, Esq. Samuel Turner, Esq. Thomas Ripley, Esq. Joseph Largton, Esq. William Dixon, Esq. Hardman EArl , , Esq. John Marriatt, Esq. I Jostph Iloruby, Esq. A. Smith, Esq. Eyre Evans, Esq. Rich-ad Leyland, Esq. Geo. Armstrong, Esq. A. itielley. Esq. R. B. B. H. Blundell, Esq. R. E. Harvey, Esq. James Aspinall, Esq. W. Rotherham, Esq. Samuel Sandbach, Esq. Charles Horsfall, Esq. Edward Rushton, Esq. George Holt, Esq., John Jerdain, Esq. Robert Dudgeon, Esq. T. S. Gladstone, Esq. Wm. Stuart, Esq. C. T. Dontoile, Esq. Geo. R. Woodward, Esq. W. P. Bushby, Esq. Jaques Myers, Esq. Th:)mas Sands, Esq. Charles Turner, Esq. Harrold Littledale, Esq. John :dyers, Esq. Cotting'uam Moss, Esq. Tnomas Moss, Esq. Thos. B. Molyneux, Esq. James Tyrcr, Esq. John B. Neilson, Esq. IL Harrison, Esq. Elias Mocatta, Esq. John Greenshields, Esq. Edward Parry, Esq. Captain Bevis Ellis Yates, Esq. William Wood, Esq. Ambrose Lace, Esq. C. M. M‘Murdo, Esq. W. Tayleur, Esq. R. Edwards, Esq. G. Malcolme, Esq. W. Fosberry, Esq. F. Maxwell, Esq. J. B. Yates, Esq. 1. 0. Bold, Esq. Jas. Rawdon, Esq. Nicholas Robinson, Esq. :TTEV. COMMI IChaz. hr. es, Esq. Edwd. Littletiale, Esq. Richard Withers, Esq. G. H. Thompson, Esq. Duncan Gibb, Esq. Charles Lawrence, Esq. George Maxwell, Esq. D. Nl' Viccar, Esq. R. F. Alston, Esq. B. H. Jones, Esq. James Gilfillan, Esq. !.1. H. Turner, Esq. W. Maury, Esq. G. W. Shand, Esq. Richard Houghton, Esq. James Bourne, Esq. Ar. Thompson, Esq. Daniel Esq. N. D. Bold, Esq. M. Hyslop, Esq. H. C. Chapman, Esq. H. Sandbach, Esq. J. Thine, Esq. W. Nicol, Esq. R. E. Hyde, Esq. George Green, Esq. Edward Molyneux, Esq. D. Buchanan, Esq. Dr. Brandreth George Loch, Esq. W. Oxley, Esq. A. F. Fowles, Esq. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, APRIL 19. OTTEY V. PENSAIH. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said the motion appeared to him to be altogether an afterthought, and therefore he should dismiEs it with coats. ASTON V . was a motion to GL • a t e l t i % o h E e institution of proceed ings of law against the estate of borough by one of the creditors. The late Duke of Ma r l. present suit had been instituted to ad min ister the estate, and it app eare d that the whole of t h e amount wbleb had come, waabout to the ha n d s of the executrix, Miss Matilda Glover, l 1,100/. i From this fund, she st ated, certain law char ges adbeen 4:cured, which she claimed to have deducted, ]caving balance of only 29/. that bad been paid into Court. a The VICE-CHANCELLOR made the order. • SIR C. MORGAN V. P OWELL. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, ArniL 19. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved in this case for a rule to show cause why the damages found for the p laintiff should not be reduced. It was an action o f tres p ass, tried before Mr. Justice. Coleridge, at the last Monmouth As sizes, for breaking and entering the plaintiff's coal-mine, dig , ing coals, ar:d carrying them away. The defen dant pleaded several pleas of justificatior, which were after wards wi:hdrawr, and a verdict was' found for the plaintiff, with 1,420/. damages. The defendant was the lessee of an adjoining mine, and had, without bring aware of it, trespassed• upon the plaintiff's mine. The quantity of coals taken away by the defendant was entimated, and the whole question 'a as whether they should be paid for at the rate of ss. 83. per ton, which was their value at the pit's mouth, or at the rate of Is. 103., which was their value Mu: e they were so raised. The Learned Counsel proceeded to contend that the latter was the sum at which they should be estimated, and that the defendant should be allowed to deduct the value of the labour he had expended upon them. The Court took time to consider its decision. DRAPER V. HERMAR AND OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS moved is this case for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiff; should not be set aside, and a new trial had. Is was an action brought by Messrs. ` raper and Co , lace manufacturers, against the value of quantity of goods sent by them the defendants, wo were carriers, to recover a sum of f 4 r 2 o ( l ) ll l, B b r e is in 4 to Nottingham, which had teen confided to the defendants with the words "per waggo n" on the outside, The goods were conveyed by the de. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1841. DUNN V. ALEXANDER. Mr. Dunn (of Burdett Coutts not.)riety), was in dance all day, in order to move for n new Uhl in the above a,sault case, but when the bar had been gone through, Lord ABINGER said as it was f:en half-past five o'clock —too late—the appi..;,ition Mtlit ea :id over. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, APRIL 19. N PETE% HARRIS ABBOTT, LATE AN OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE, Proceedings under the fiat sent down from the Lord Chancellor, directed a! , ' diast the party described as a mer chant, were clmmenced this morLiog, but in the absence cf counsel to support it, Mr. Anderdon attending on the part of Mr. Abbott to oppose iti opeoing, the matter stands adjourned to Wednesday next. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-Arlui 19, IN RE JOSEPII AGUILAR. Tl;i3 insolvent, who had been clerk to the Blackwall Railway Company, and a jobber ii railway shares, ap p&d to bn di charged on sur,:ti , s until his Fearing. It appeared that the insolvent had been twice discharged under the Act, the last time in 18.'39, and there was now a mass of rccomrnodation bills in his schedule. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said it was a shame a man who was discharged about two years ago should come up with a schedule of excommodatim bills. Accommodation bills 7.ere the means of cheating bona fide holders. The insolvent remarked that one was paid. He ex pected the others would have been settled. - Mr. Commissioner BOWEN declared that it was a very groat pity that the clause in the last Act was omitted in the present. He alluded to the provision under which an insolvent v. ho applied twice within five years was bound to show that all hi; debt; were necessarily contracted. That clause was out of the present Act, and it was a very great pity. This insolvent owed about 5001., contracted in a short period, without, as it appeared, one shilling to pay them, and it was a very great shame. The COURT accepted the bail. John Attride was opposed by Mr. Woodroffe for a Mr. Gloucester. It appeared that some time back the insolvent had made an affidavit in this Court as surety to bail a person named William Milton, and therein had sworn himself worth up wards of 1,3001. ; he had described himself as a licensed victualler and livery stable-keeper, and set' forth that he had property in Addle-hill, Doctors'-commons: The Learned Counsel now asked him whether the contents of that affidavit were true ? The insolvent admitted that th 2 statements in the Effida. vit were not the truth. He had been told that the affida vit was a mere form, and he made it to oblige Mr. Milton. He bad no property, and he now owed 31 The Learned Commissioner BOWEN, after some severe animadversions on the conduct of the insolvent, adjourned the hearing► of the case for the attendance of the detaining creditor. He should take the opinion of the other Learned Commissioners, whether such a person as the insolvent could be believed on his oath, and whether his petition should not be dismissed. Robert Wood Ashdown, proprietor of the Leicester Saloon, was opposed by Mr. Woodroffo for Mr. Jessop. He was supported by Mr. Cooke. The insolvent had been three times discharged under the Act. He did not remember any dividend having been paid to his creditors under former insolvencies. There was nothing for them now. The COL .- 711T, after some discussion about the premises called the Leicester Saloon, adjourned the case for the Saloon to be given up to the creditors. DUBLIN POLICE. COLLEGE-STREET OFFICE. SOCIALISM IN IRELAND-EXTRAORDINARY CASE —Mr. M'Donogh appeared as counsel, and Mr. Cantwell as attorney, for the Society called the " Liberal Friendly Brothers," to answer the complaint of John Elliott, a lithographic printer in Cbarlotte•street, and who bad been one of the members of the Society, for refusing.to receive his weekly subscription. This case excited great interest amongst all classes, it being understood that the refusal was founded on the fact that the complainant had latterly been in the habit of promulgating " Socialist principles." 'I he President (Mr. Barrett, of Bridge-street) and a great number of the members of the Society were in attendance. Upon the case being called, at half-past twelve o'clock, The complainant applied for a postponement, in order that he might procure the attendance of Mr. Fullam. Mr. Cantwell objected to any postponement. Upon the complainant being about to be sworn, Mr. M'llono:h said he would ask him a few questions. Mr. M`Donegh —Do you believe in Jesus Christ ? Yes, I do. Do you believe in the divinity of the Saviour ? No, Ido not, but I believe there was such a man. lam a Socinian Protestant, and so is Mr. Hutton, the member for Dublin, and so were Locke, Newton, aad others of the greatest men in the world. Do you believe in a future state of rewards and punishments ? Yes, I do. Mr. Hitchcock—Having professed his belief in a future state of rewards and punishments, he can be sworn. Mr. M‘Donogh—But the question is, by what form bieelicese•oeuinghsiotme should he be sworn. Do ? you believe the Scriptures to e be of them—not in the be divine and authentic m o i t ) . la t i l n ie a ni nt , — bu l t sworn by. The complainant was then sworn and stated that he had been expelled from the socit' ent e i; -° e in ae question merely and solely because he was a SocinianY ~according to the tenets of that sect, did not bell, • believe in tae divinity of Janus Christ. Mr. Hitchcock—Your summons is not for having been expelled, but ti.at y our weekl y subscription w il not be received. Where i 3 th e r u le under which "' ' call upon us to interfere. y ou Elliott--•• There is no difference between 11. ex p, 4 tog me and refusing my subscription. Mr. M'llonogh—What has occurrei to y our w3r _ ship s mind is quite right, and in that point of view it would he competent for me to call on you to dismiss ' the case. But that is not what is sought for by the members of the respectable society for whom I ap. I .ear. 'filey desire that the grounds upon which they ' rest their refusal to any manger associate with this man shall do before the pub!ic ; and I tLink, before I shall ' fendants in their waggon to Birmingham, and were thence transferred to the railway, to be forwarded to Nottingham. In consequence of an accident to the train, the goods caught fire and were destroyed. The Learned Counsel contended that there was no proof given of a. contract, which would bar the defendants from sending the goods by any ether mode of conveyance than their own; and the railway being the ordinary means of conveyance between Birmingham and Nottingham, the defendants were justi fied in transferring them in the way they had done. After citing some authorities, the COURT took time to consider the question. ROBINSON V. TURNER. Sir F. POLLOCK moved in this case for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the defendant should not be set aside, and a ♦erdict entered for the plaintiff by leave of the Learned Judge. It was an action upon an agreement tried before Lord Denman at the last Kingston Assizes; and the terms of the agreement were, that if the plaintiff did not permit any one during the term of fourteen years to keep any post•horses or chaises for the purpose of letting for hire on the promises, then the defendant would pay the plaintiff a sum of 25/. per annum during that period. The action was brought for the payment of three years before the commencement of the action. At the trial it was proved that saddlo horses had been kept upon the premises and the question was whether they came within the definition of "post-horses kept for hire." Lord DENMAN thought the case required further consi deration.—Judgmeat deferred. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 19. WALMSLEY V. MATTHEWS. This was an action brought by the owner of the alleged win ning horse at a race which came off last year on the new race comae at Market Drayton, Shropshire, against the stake holder, for the amount of the stakes, 281. The defence was that the plaintiff's jockey, contrary to the articles, and the established rules of races, unfairly distanced his opponents by crossing; and, further, that the jockey was disqualified by the articles from riding on that occasion. The case was tried at Shrewsbury en the last assizes, before Mr. Justice Coleridge, and the Jury found for the plaintiff in the full amount. Mr. Serjeant LUDLOW now moved for a rule for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. Three horses started in the race in question. One was Deception, the property of the plaintiff, ridden by a professional jockey, named Booth; the others, Master Harry, ridden by a gentleman named Byrne ; and Springflower, ridden by a farmer of the neigh bourhood. It was proved, at the trial, that Booth, being be hind, and his competitors in advance, and close abreast, he rode Deception between them, so as to press upon both, and nearly to overthrow Springflower, who was the inside horse. He consequently came in first, and claimed the race. But the matter was referred to the Committee, according to the arti cles, and the decision was against Deception, on the ground that the unfair cross was proved, and the crossing horse thereby to be considered as distanced. The articles of the course also provided that each of the contending horses should be ridden by " a gentleman, farmer, or tradesman, and not by a jockey or paid rider." But it was proved that Booth was a jockey, in the habit of riding horses at races for hire. Notwithstand ing such evidence, the Jury found for the plaintiff. The Court, without hesitating, granted the rule. COURT OP EXCHEQUER, APRIL 19. PARKER AND ANOTHER V. PARKER. WHITEHVRST moved to reduce the verdict in this case from 143/. 15 , . to 98/. The trial was had at Derby before Lord Abinger ; it was upon a guarantee. The de fendant had become security to the plainfffs for ale sup plied to a third party, who bad become a defaulter. The amount of the ale charged was 981., the remaining 351 15s. being the value of the casks which had not been returned. He corneaded that, under the guarantee given by the de fendant, he was not liable for anything but the ale supplied, and not for the easks.—Rule granted. BISHOP v. FRY AND OTHERS. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment, which was tried bctore Mr. Justice Wightman, at the late S3merset Assizes, when a verdict was found for the defendants. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS moved to set aside that verdict and for a new trial. The niaintiff was a poor man, who consieered that he was entitled to sorre property in Chip_ stable ; he went there to deliver letters from his at torney to the tenants of the property—he remained outside while a female delivered tire letter to Fry, who was an innkeeper. As soon as he received the letter be came out, and seeing the const,ble, he gave both plaintiff and the female int) custody on a charge of vagrancy. They were dragged into the inn, detained there the whole day, and taken before a Magistrate next day, and, of course, were diieharged. To recover compensation for that injury he appealed to a Jury, but although all these facts were very clearly prove], and no evi dence was produced on the part of the defendants, still they obtained a verdict which he could not help say. ing was a very absurd one. - Lord AniNonn—lt appears to be sr", but it is usual to consult the Judge in such case; ; we %%id do so in this. have asked many questions, the strict and laudable propriety of the conduct which they have pursued in this instance will be generally acknowledged in the coun try. The " Liberal Friendly Brothers" is a Society composed exclusively of Protestants, and latterly this Mr. Elliott has, on all occasions and in all places, announced himself a Socialist—mnploying whatever arguments he could command in circulating the perni cious principles which he had adopted. Even if the consideration were to be confined to a view of the rule requiring the members to be Protestants, no doubt could exist as to the right of expulsion when any mem ber ceased to entertain Protestant doctrines. But, un fortunately, the consideration was of a much more en larged character—for the principles which be had pro mulgated were adhorrent to the feelings of every Christian, as they were subversive of all moral and social obligations. _ _ Mr. M'Donogh (to the complainant)—How long have you been a member of the society ? About 12 years. Were you a Protestant when you joined it ? Yes I was. Are you not now what is called a Socialist ?—Not altogether. I have read a great number of their tracts, and approve of some of them. By virtue of the oath you have taken (if you place any value upon it), are you not a Socialist in principle, and have you not been endeavouring to spread the opinions of that wretched sect partly believe in Socialism. Pray, favour us with those parts in which you con cur ?—lt is my opinion that every one should assist in the amelioration of the condition of mankind, and that for that purpose there should be self-supporting institutions, which would abolish poverty, vice, and lawyers.—(A laugh.) Then, I suppose, you would have a community of in terest and property ?—Yes, certainly. Then your view is that the entire property of the country should form a common stock, to which all the members should have an equal right ?—Yes ; each per son to labour and work for the community, so that there would be no poverty. I think you said you would not have any lawyers ? No more I would not. Well, now, perhaps your objection would extend to kings and queens. \Vould there be any occasion for such characters ?—I don't think there would be any use for them. Nor for Lords either, I suppose ?—Certainly not. You would abolish them ?—No, I would not ; I would bring the peasant up to the Peer, and not the Peer down to the peasant. Why, do you mean that you would have us all Lords ?—No, I do not ; but merely that all should la bour and contribute to the common support. Would you have Magistrates, Judges, or laws ?—No ; there would be no occasion for them. Thea if a felon committed a murder, how would you deal with him P—l would confine him. Why, surely, you could not do that, as there would not be either laws or judges ? The millennium would commence, and mankind would be under the govern ment of their understAnding and" intilligence." His" in tilligince" would be the regulating principle of his mind and actions. Alderman TrismAL—This is really a disgraceful and horrifying exhibition. Enough has transpired to war rant - the Magistrates in refusing to interfere. Ediott—You may call it disgraceful, but I glory in the principles. All I want is the law to be adminis tered. Mr. HITCHCOCK concurred with his brother Magis trate in saying the exhibition was most disgusting and disgraceful. The conduct and opinions of the com plainant rendered it imperative in the Magistrates to dis miss the case. lie hoped the press would give every publicity to the prtceedings. Mr. M‘Donogh—Publicity will effect much good, and exhibit in their proper point of view the doctrines which the unfortunate man had g:ven expression to. It was °Wow: persecution never had any influence i❑ checking opinions, no matter how bad or monwrous they might be, but quite the reverse. It often secured sympathy where disgust and contempt would other wise have been created. The followers of such miser able opinions frequently courted persecution as the means of gaining an infamous notoriety. Mr. Barrett (the President of the Society) said that Elliott had declared before the society that if he had the riches of Rothschild, or the eloquence of Pitt, he exert both to their utmost extent in circulating his opinicns. The complaint was then dismissed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-The Barque, John, on the 2th, lat. 49, lon. 14: Barque Hibernia, 13th, lat. .50, on. 11., by the Golden Fleece, arrived at Liverpool. ER% Rolla, 15th Feb., off Princes; Tuscan, Bordeaux, o Bahia, 15'h ult., lat 7 N., lon. 25 W.; Manley, 4th oat., lat. 40, lon. 29 ; Chalks Carroll, Havre to New York, 10th, lat. 47, lon. 19; Hibernia, bound to Mirami chi, 13th, let. 49, lon. 13, by the Heywood, arrived at Liverpool. Cambysea, from Calcutta, 7th inst., off the Western talands, by the William li sell, arrived at Liverpool. Flowers of Ligie, bound to Calcutta, 6th inst., !at 44, lon. 12; Carib, bound to Demerara, 31st ult., Lit. 38, lon. 15, by the Hinda, arrived at Liberpool. Speedy packet, Jersey to the Canaries, lat. 43, lon. 10, by the Union, arrived off Berry Head. Parga, Smyrna to Lon don, 7th ult., off Girgenti ; Breeze, Venice to London, 2d, off Cape Espiehd : Herald, Clyde to Sydney, New South Wales,llh, 1at.47, lon. 12, by the hit, arrived at Liverpool. Pacific (whaler), 14th inst., lat. 48, lon. 9; Mermaid, Liverpool, to Constantinople, 14th inst. ; Garland, Lon don to Newfoundland, 15th inst., lat. 50, lon. 7., by the Racer, arrived in the Downs. Rainbow, Portsmouth, to Quebec, 13th inst., lat. 47, long. Is, by the Sphemitl, arrived at Portsmouth. Great Britain, of GI eenoek, 13th inst., let. 47, lon. 12, by the Competitor, arrived at Fat_ mouth. George, London to Quebec, 12th inst., lat. 41, lon. 6, by the Caroline, arrived at Falmouth. Schooner Salamanca, 9th inst., off Cape Santa Maria; barque Vic toria, of Hull, 17th inst., 60 miles south of the Lizard, by the Braganza, arrived at Southampton. Neva, Liverpool to New York, 12th inst., lat. 51, lon. 12, by the Henry Bell, arrived at Cork. Eleanor, Dublin, to Quebec, 13th inst,, It.' 50, lon. 13, by the Caroline, a-rived at Cork. A brig from Sierra Leone, Bth inst., by the Row land Hill, arrived at Cork. Thomas Galston, bound to London, 15th February, lat. 35, lon. 23 ; Oriental Dixon, of Liverpool, for the river Plata, 17th ult., lat. 3, lon. 20; Breadalbane, bound to Mauritius 19th, lat. 6, lon. 21 ; Dutch ship Lucie, 12th inst., lat. 48, Mauritius, 8, by the Bueepha las, arrived in the River. James, Liverpool to Sydney, Ist Feb., lat. 19,10 n. 29 ; H.M.S. Pearl, 9th, lat. 8, lon. 34; Lord of the Isles, of St. Andrew's, 2d ult., lat. 22, lon. 55, by the Benjamin, Rush, arrived at Rhode bland. Chieftain, Lewis, 16th Dec., in Timor Straits, with SOO barrels ; Pallas and Eliza Ann, both from Cork to North America, 12th, lat. 47, lon. 17, by the Millman, arrived at Cork. Canton, Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, with cargo shifted, 29th ult., lat. 51, lon. 17, by the Coronation, arrived at Hull. Hindoo, from London, running up Storm Bay, 9th Dec. ; Coeur de Lion, bound to China, 9th Feb., off Rio Janeiro ; Jamaica, from Liverpool, lat. 49, lon. 14, by the Emu, arrived off Ply mouth. Nailer, Newcastle to Malta, Ist inst., off Gibraltar, by the Hamilla Mitchell, Gemmell, arrived at Gibraltar. Cla rissa Andrews, Hull to New Orleans, 12th ult,, lat. 24, Ion: 82, by the Mary Ann, arrived at Boston. EDITORIAL TROUBLES.—The editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser makes the following apolcgy for the non-appearance of its usual commercial remarks and market iatelligence During the week many of us were detained from duty by severe indisposi tion. One who attended t 3 the advertising department was detained at home by this cause; the person who at tends to the marine department was kept away by having three of his family down with the scarlet fever, one of whom died. On Saturday morning, one of us who attends to tLe stocks and money matters was confined to his bed during the day. The one who takes care of the office as usual, at nine o'clock, was called away to take leave of his father, who was supposed to be dying. Another, who left his family, as he supposed, well, early in the morning, was notified at nine o'clock that since he had left home his infant child had died. In addition to this four com positors were absent on account of illness." - A course of conduct has been adopted by the Spanish Government towards the British sailors employed during the late war which would appear very singular, were not the disposition of the Spaniards to avoid paying claims of any kind, when they can avoid it, too notorious to excite wonder. A short time ago, it will be remembered, a difficulty was thrown in the way of the holders of " ti tulos" granted to the military claims, and an evasive pre text was adopted by the Spanish Government, according to which it was held to be a mere encouragement of usury and oppression to pay those who had purchased " titulos'," although they had the sanction of the Government for making their purchase, and the payment of original holders alone was considered to be just. This strange doctrine, al though it found its admirers even in this country, was, how ever, found too untenable to be persisted in, and as it was soon clearly seen that the real end of this pretended justice was to diminish the number of claims, it was very properly given up. The military " titules" are there fore regularly paid, whether presented by the original holders or the transferees, .provided the litter have the vathority of an endorsement. With respect, however, to the seamen who were concerned in the same war, and whose services in conveying troops in . _ the steam-vessels and in embarrassing the enemy, were most important, the case is widely different, and their claims aro altogether unheeded. Here the distinction is not between original holder and transferee, but all fare alike; and when tho instrument entitling the holder to receive the value of his cleim, viz., a bill drawn by the former Spanish Ambassador upon end accepted by the Treasury, is presented for payment, it is dishonoured, without any pretext whatever, and the consequence is that while the military " titulos" are sold at 70 per cent., these bills only obtain 30. The principle is precisely the sam e in both cases, and it is said that on the a pplicction of onco the holders, General Alava fully admitted the justice of the claim and referred it to hi; Gavernment. Nothing, however, has been done, nor has any ohjcc:ion been offerrd. Indeed, it appears that in the case of claims on the Pe. ninsular Governments the admission cf a principle by a debtor i s little or no progress towards the satisfaction c,f the claims ; but that to admit, and not to act, is a constant practice,— Times. DEATH FROM I 1 NOR AND SPELL.---011 Wednesday last an inquest w:s held at the house of Mr, Joshu a Rhodes, White Swan Inn, Birmingham, before Mr, Jewition, Corcncr, on vice of the body of Martha Lister, a -` - ) 7e-I fi , e years. The decealed was on Monday last watch her sk u p, In g h er b rother p l ay i ng at knor and spe ll, w hen ho acci deutly struck h er on t h e h ee d w i t h ; h e sfek, and fractur e d She died almost instantly. Verdict—Acciden. dal death. --Leeds Times.; THE FIRST VISIT OF ROBERT BURNS TO EDINBURGH. TO JOHN WILSON, ESQ., PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. Sir—l presume upon a casual meeting with you many years ago, which you may have forgotten, but of which I have very pleasurable recollections, to express ' to you my thanks for your admirable vindication of the ' character of Burns, which, had it possessed less vitality, would have been smothered beneath the rubbish of pro ' fessedly friendly apologies. A kindred spirit has now done justice to his memory. You are mistaken in supposing that Burns performed ' his first journey to Edinburgh on foot. You have read his epistle to Tennant of Glenconner, and the lines " And next my auld acquaintance Nancy, Since she is fitted to her fancy, And her kind stars hag airted till her A quid chield wi' a pickle siller." • This " guid chield" was George Reid, of Barquharry, then an extensive farmer, and afterwards factor to the Earl of Eglinton. My father visited Mr. Reid annu ally, and by him was introduced to Burns. You will find in the list of subscribers to the Kilmarnock edition of the poet's works, the name of " Archibald Prentice, farmer in Covington Mains," down for twenty copies, a fact the " apologists" have omitted to state, although they have carefully recorded the names of Earls and Countesses, Lords and Ladies, who patronised him when his fame was throughout the land. It was ar ranged by Mr. Reid that Burns should, on his journey to Edinburgh, make the farm-house at Covington Mains his resting-place for the first night. All the farmers in the parish had read with delight the poet's then published works, and were anxious to see him. They were all asked to meet him at a late dinner, and the signal of his arrival was to be a white sheet attached to a pitch-fork, and put on the top of a corn-stack in the barn-yard. The parish is a beautiful amphitheatre, with the Clyde winding through it, with Wellbrae hill to the west, Tinto and the Cutter Fells to the south, and the pretty, green, conical hill, Quothquan Law, to the east. My father's stack-yard, lying in the centre, was seen from every farm-house in the parish. At length, Burns arrived, mounted on a " pownie," borrowed of Mr. Dalrymple, near Ayr. Instantly the white flag was hoisted, and as instantly were seen the farmers issuing from their houses and converging to the point of meetin g . A glorious evening, or rather night, whi c h borrowed something from the morning, followed, and the conversation of the poet confirmed and inci eased the admiration created by his writings. On the foilow ing morning he breakfasted with a large party at the next farm-house, tenanted by James Stodart, brother to the Stodarts the piano-forte makers of London ; took lunch, also with a large party, at the Bank, in the parish of Carnwath, with John Stodart, my mother's father, brother to the late Robert Stodart, of Queen street, in your ancient and magnificent town ; and rode into Edinburgh that evening on the " pownie," which he returned to the owner in a few days afterwards by John Sampson, the brother of the immortalized " Tam." Mr. Sampson took with him a letter to Mr. Reid, in which the poet expressed the great pleasure he had experienced in meeting his friends at Covington. My father was exactly the sort of man to draw forth all the higher powers of Burns' mind. He combined physical with mental strength in an extraordinary de gree ; had a great deal of practical knowledge ; had read and thought much ; had a high relish for manly poetry ; much benevolence; much indignation at op pression, which nobody dared to exercise within his reach ; and no mean conversational powers. Such was the person to appreciate Burns, aye, and to reverence the man who penned " The Cotter's Saturday Night ;" and, accordingly, though a strictly religious and moral man himself, he always maintained that the virtues of the poet greatly predominated over his fault 3. I once heard him exclaim, with hot wrath, when somebody was quoting from an Apologist : " What, do they apolo gise for him 1 One half of his good, and all his bad, divided among a score o' them, would make them a' better men." ' When a lad of seventeen, in the year 1809, I re sided for a short time in Ayrshire, in the hospitable house of my father's friend, Reid, and surveyed, with a strange interest, such visitors as had known Burns. I soon learned how to anticipate their representations of his character. The men of strong minds and trong feelings were invariable in their expressions of admiration ; but the prnsy, consequential bodies all dis likei him as exceedingly dictatorial. The men whose religion was based on intellect and high moral sentiment all thought well of bins ; but the mere professors, with their " twa mile prayers and half mile graces," de nounced him as " worse than an infidel." Again, allow me . to express my gratification that jus tice Lai been done to the memory of Burns by a kin dred spirit. lam yours, very truly, ARCHIBALD PRENTICE. Manchesler Times Office, March 8,1341. COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES. The receipts of cotton at the ports of the United States, to the latest dates, begin to show a consider able falliag off, as compared with those at the same period of last year ; the qu:lntity in each being as follows : 1840 1841 880,043 Decrease So far, however, the failing off in the present year does not appear to countenance the very lore esti mates of the crop that have recently caused so much speculative buying at Liverpool. The quantity received to the corresponding dates in 1840, was pretty exactly half the entire supply of the year. If we assume that to be also the case in 1841, the crop will amount to 1,760,000 bales, which, with the stock on hand at the commencement of the year, will be quite adequate to the consumption. It seems probable, however, that the receipts would diminish considerably from the date of the last a,z counts. Owing to the great falling-off in the export (being only 359,669 bags this year, against 629,376 at the corresponding period of last year), the stock in the ports was accumulating fast ; and the planters, finding that their cotton did not meet a ready market, would be inclined to keep it at home in preference. to letting it lie under heavy charges at the ports. The stock in the ports, at the latest dates, was 408,562 bales, against 367,873 at the corresponding period of last year.— n chester Guardian. EXPENDITURE OF FRANCE. Without reverting to the details of the extraor nary expenditure of France in the years 1840, 841, and 1842, which we laid before our readers on a recent occasion, we may remind them that it appears from the official reports on the supplemen tary creditsohat the grand total of extraordinary expenditure for the military and naval establish. ments, for the fortifications of Paris and other fouttesses, for the increase of expenses in Algiers, for the inundations, and for some other minor items, amounts for the last year, the present year, and the next year, to about 58,000,0001. of our money. Of this sum about 18,000,0001. sterling will be de frayed by extraordinary financial resources of past and present years, leaving about a milliard of francs to be provided for out of the future resources of the country. There seems to be no important differ ence of opinion as to these facts. They are as serted by the Finance Committee in the Chamber of Deputies, and by the Marquis d'Audiffret in the Chamber of Peers ; they are admitted by the Minis ter of Finance, M. Humana, and by the Governor of the Bank, Count d'Argout : but the concord of these authorities, which is complete as to the actual diffi culties of the country, ceases to exist with regard to its future resources. Finance Ministers invariably look with sanguine expectations to future 'budgets, growing larger as they are more remote ; and, al. though it is incontrovertible that the financial dif ficulties of France have - gone on increasing in a fearful ratio from 1830 to the present hour, during a period of unbroken peace and prosperity, and even with an increasing revenue, yet it is clear to M. Humann's discernment that the next seven years are to be the years of plenty, and on the Ist of January, 1848, the finances of France are to ar rive at a state little short of perfection. Unfortu nately in all this we can only see the figures before us, and the uncertainty beyond. Assuming, then, that in round numbers the ex traordinary credits as yet unprovided for require an extraordinary milliard of francs, tvo means are sug gested for stopping the gap ; the annual appropria tion of the sinking fund will give from 65,000,000 f. to 7 2,000,000 f. per annum, and a loan of twenty five million pounds sterling will cover the remainder. It is needless in this country to enter into a dis cussion on sinking funds, which have played so conspicuous and so false a part in the history of our finances. But it is curious to remark that trance, at exactly one century's distance in point of time, is following the identical course which it took us a century of experiments to abandon. The very words of the Act of the 3d of George I. (1716) by which a sinking fund was created in England, were echoed in the French law of 1816, on the dotation of the Caisse d'Amortissement. The moneys set apart by those laws for the dis charge cf the public debts were to be applied " to no other use or intent whatever," and in France a penal sanction was added to the enactment. We speak not now of the error of the principle, but we ask what has been the result of this absurd attempt to put a sealed purse into the hands of a needy Minister ? _ _ In 1733, in orris: to keep the land-tax at ls. in the pound, Sir Robert Walpole broke the ice, and succeeded in alienating half a million from the sa cred treasure for the current service. in 4/64 he took 1,200,000/. ; in 1735 and 1736 the produce of the taxes devoted to that fund was anticipated and mortgaged. In 1739, and the eleven following years, it was wholly applied to the current ex penses of every year ; and it was made to contri bute to everything except the reduction of the debts of the nation, which went on to increase. This precedent is no less striking in illustration of the main principle than in the minor points of chronological detail ; and that principle is, that funds accumulated, upon whatever system, for the professed purpose of reducing the public burdens, have usually served as an encouragement to the extravagance of Governments, and as a pretext to veil from the nation the real consequences of its policy—in a word, to provide resources for the cor ruption of a Walpole, or the prodigality of a Thiers. In England, at least, voices were raised against that alienation of the sinking fund ; but in France the institution has survived the principle in which it originated, and it seems to be regarded on all hands as the natural resource of a Government in distress. Indeed, of late years, large sums have been voted from it for public works of various kinds; and, as these works will now be suspended for seven years by the appropriation of the fund to military purposes, the real effect of th a t appropria tion will be to paralyze an important branch of the current service, which had been defrayed from that source ; whilst the Administration will find itself condemned by the engagements of this year to forego all assistance from a fund on which the con tingencies of the State have naturally been thrown. We now come to the loan of from 20,000,0001. to 25,000,0001. sterling, which is to cover the re mainder of the deficit. M. Humann claims great credit for having gained time for his inevitable ope ration, and he boasts that he has succeeded in placing Treasury bills to a large amount, which will facilitate the ultimate consolidation of the loan. With the mode of operation we have nothing to do ; but the substantial nature of the loan itself is, of course, a matter of considerable interest to the European public. 'The first question to be asked is, of course, what are the ordinary resources of the revenue ? What probability is there that the future expen diture of France will be so diminished, or her in come so increased, that the finances of the country will have time to recover their equilibrium, and an annual surplus enable her to efface from the public accounts the additional burdens of the present time ? The budget of France, as calculated for the year 1842,is taken at its maximum at 1,162,000,0001. or about 46,000,0001. sterling. More then half of this revenue is raised by direct taxes on land and on persons, to the amount of 606,000,000 f. per annum, of which 450,000,0001. are levied upon landed property alone, including the stamp duties upon the transfer and hypothecation.of that species of property, being about one-third of the total landed income of France ; another third of that income is tied up upon private mortgages, which are known to represent a capital of more than eleven milliards of francs, or 440,000,0001. sterling. From this source no further revenue can be drawn. The revenue arising from the taxes on consumable commodities is only 341,000,000 f., including customs duties to an amount of little more than 100,000,000 f., or about one-fifth of what the revenue of Great 'Britain derives from the same source. Here, without doubt, a large in crease might be effected, but it. can only be the re sult of a gradual and extensive development of the commerce of France, under the influence of fair and unrestricted intercourse with the rest of the world. The various Government monopolies produce 153,000,0001., and the domains of the state 62,000,0001. more. But of the total revenue of 1,162,000,0001. arising from these sources, 562,000,000 f. are required to defray the interest of the existing debt and the expenses of collection, &c. The revenue available for the current service of the year is therefore reduced to about 600,000,0001., of which nearly 5,000,000 f. are swallowed up by the army and navy on the estab lishment of armed peace. We borrow these facts from the speech of the Marquis d'Audiffret, and from his recent publications on the subject ; but although they were not contradicted in the Cham ber of Peers, there is, perhaps, some exaggeration in reckoning the extraordinary military and naval expenses, for which the/loan is proposed, as charges upon the current year. On the other hand, it ap pears from another and unquestionable source that the expenditure of 1842 must be increased to the amount of 86,000,000 f. by the new financial ope rations and by the extraordinary army and navy estimates : 24,000,000 f. of this increase, being the interest of the new loan, will constitute a permanent burden on the country. The only reply to these startling statements which was made by M. Humann and Count d'Argout, who, be it observed, have the strongest interest in preparing the way for their plan, by giving a more cheering aspect to affairs, consisted in assurances that Algiers would not always cost France 63,000,0001. per annum : that the re-im position of the duty on retailing wine, which was taken off after the revolution of 1839, would give 30,000,000 f. or 40,000,0001. more, if required ; and that the general prosperity of the country would continue to swell the ordinary revenue, espe cially if it be more rigidly collected in the country and on the frontiers. To these prospective assur ances, though they be not devoid of foundation, we cannot attach much weight. They rest on the as sumption that for the next seven years no new crisis in the commercial or political world will arise to fling the country into fresh embarrassments ; and that during the whole of that period all the Ministe rs who may chance to succeed one another in the exercise of ephemeral power will be content to suspend the works of public improvement, to stop that impulse from the coffers of the state which is indispensable to speculative enterprise in France, and to appropriate all the resources of the country to repair the faults and follies of their rredecessors. These suppositions are inadmissible, and a scheme of finance which is founded upon them must prove delusive to the nation and to the public creditor. Considered in itself, this state of things is bad - enough ; but considered as a precedent, it is even worse. Is it to be received as a constitutional doc trine in France that a Government may add, in one way or another, one-fifth to the capital of the na tional debt* by engagements which the Chambers are called upon to sanction 'after they have been contracted ? Or is it supposed that posterity, bur dened by these perpetual charges, will be as indul gent to the authors of such measures as ti:leir con temporaries appear to be ? It is of vital import ance to the character and welfare of a country that the fatal facilities of credit should not be abused —nay, that they should trot he used, except they be justified by necessities which no sagacity could have avoided, or by duties too great to be left unperformed. Will the events of 1840 and the policy of the late French Cabinet iustify to future g enera ti ons t h e b ur d ens they will have to bear ? Will the Legislature of France and the capitalists of Europe countenance a precedent so contrary to pruden ce , so menac i ng to peace, so prejudicial to the great interests the country ? The discussions which will s i aorti.,y take place on the supplementary credits, rind the terms on which the loan wilt be taken utp, may furnish answers to these questions.—Tzinvs. The rational debt, of France on•the Ist of January, 1840, amounted to 4 milliards and 303 millions of francs (172 millions steling) in capital, or 192,740,000 f. in annual interest. THE TABARD INN (TALROT,) IN THE Bonounii.—The exterior of the inn is simply a narrow, square, dilapidated looking gateway ; its posts strapped with rusty iron bands—its ga',es half covered with sheets of the same metal. " The Talbot Inn" is painted above, and till within the last 6v e or six years there was also the following inse;iptior. --" This is the Inno where Sir Jeffry Chaucer ear' the nine-and-twenty Pilgrims lay in their journr,v to Canterbury, anno 1383." This inscription was fr,rm - erly on the frieze of a beam laid cross-wi;e upoo two uprights, whi c h stood in the road in the fr on t of the Tabard„ nod from which h ung t h e sign, creakiire- as it swung ',;v3 aid fro ing gust. 'R w ith every pas,r- Ahe sign and its su pports were removed in 1763, wiren all such char acteristic features of the streets of London in the oldeta time dhappcared, in obr die-ce to a Parliamentary edit .t f, , r their destruction. The writing of t hi s inscription was evidently not very ancient; but had, not improbably, b 3 cn renewed from time to time from a very remote period- Tyrwhitt, however, thinks it is not o ld er than the seveasteenth century, front tl:e fa ct that Speght, w h o nr,tice j t h e Tabard in his e di t i on of Chaucer (1602), (I , ,es not mention it; be therefore sup poses it to have bo en p u t up after the great fire of South w ark in 1676, Nr. hen some portion of the inn was burnt, and in ccnsequer .ee of the change of name which then took place. Aubrey , writing a little after the period of the fire, says, " c ignorant landlord, or tenant, instead of the ancient sign , of the Tabard, put up the Talbot, or dog." "London," Part I. EVENING EDITION WARNING TO THE VE4TOIS' A VOICE FROM ST. neet. Churchmen of Scotland, beware! You are capers on gossamer, over a yawning abyss b, What ! do you deem that the people of Scotian made no progress since the days of Beaton and Will they now, at the bidding of Churchmen, doun" cathedrals and upset governments ? Your contended under and against civil as well as ecclesi oppression —the Council and the Star Chamber—a Clavers and a beastly Lauderdale. They had al stake at issue—au enormous prize to gain—and a people's heart and hand to back them. But you! 01 ° 1 r contend ye for ? Arc the laws o pp ress i ve i n Church 6 f State ? There are legal and const i tut i ona l WaYs; amending them. Is p a tron a ge a b ur d en ? H a ve tm a burden removed, as was the late method of Parliamen tary election. Petiti o n, pl ea !, pl an , pl o t—d o a ll t hings t RESIST—not the Government, but the laws—not, t ' t patrons only, but th e B r i t i s h P ar li ament , and the higueeed court of legal app ea l. Y ou are runn i ng blindfold against a wail of a d aman t, f rom w hi c h you mus t ree° in shivered fra g m en t s . Thank God, the law is ~ „0 70. many for all the w rong h ea d s ( an d t h e i r name i s Per. ° l l l which the Ch urc h conta i ns . Y our V eto l aw (whic'' had it been l ega l, m i g h t h ave wroug h t to lersbit well) has been declared by competent auther. it i illegal. Your s us p ens i ons and censures have le e° : set at. naught and lau g hed t o scorn . You hal" , ' shown.excellent teeth, but have not been able to brit them into pl a y. Th ere h as b een muc h cry, 130°11 wool—much v a p ocr i ng an d fli ng i ng, b ut no ncelf. plishment. Lik e t h e Hi g hl an d ers i n the b a ttle Colloden, you have torn with your teeth at the can non's mouth, whil s t th e s h o t was l o d ge d w hi c h wa e• o i to blow you to atoms. In the name of common O l t and sound reli g i on , a b o li s h patronage root and bra oc i ; but give u s some thi ng t ang ibl e in its stead. ta matter to be left wholly to the " varium et muta" il ii. vulgus?" Oh, th a t some " courteous l a i rd wou ld blab out," and then we should know whether or not it worer il ; dent to fly from known and acknowledged evi l d, others that we k now no t o f ; f or i n t h at vast, u ntne , unfathomed, what evils may arise" must give us pau s „ t ; Back! back ! back ! not by inches, but by feet- - t e by fact, but by furlongs. Recall your anathemas---si,, lea 4 your " brutum fulmen"—spike your ecclesiastical artillery —resume the attitude of submissive a nd (w e , eat citizens—and whatever you can agree upon as a; pedient for the welfare of your Zion will be pese c c - ; and legally assured to you. 1 have seen many nh a o n ' er e since first I patronized the toes of a Saint—the v . `" - then, the Cottle°, the Papist, the Protestant, the byterian. In all these changes there was an e ‘ r- o, quake, and blood, an d v i o l ence ; b ut, i n the mess MAN was advancing a s a thinking being —hg t he making another and another successful move o? ass chessboard of imp rovemen t. Th e P ap i st now Owtbs when misrule has kept him in ignorance) is 001 4. Papist of ancient ti mes . The Prelate n ow i s 0°„" . a a Prelate of " the twenty-eight years' persecution; the Presbyterian now is not the narrow and c ontrsc ie ti though honest, zealot of the League and Covert, It is even admitted now that heaven may b e : „ — s proach e d i n a cassoc k an d surp li ce as well s o Geneva coat an d k nee -b uc kl es . N o won d er , tu n ' os .' that our Kn oxes an d our Shi e ld s an d our COerclicit cannot arouse the great mass of the people as theY go , of yo:e. There is no want of apostles—zealous, i, a d . and del:pent ; but ther e i s a want o f converts nod ,:ke eirlos. The to rc h i s li g h te d, b ut tl:e heath w ill not ;ig, fire. The fo xes are d r i ven f ort h w i th their i gn it e d t t a .l A but the flame does not sp rea d, th e fi e ld t h rou gh I" i b ' s they pass is wet and incombustible. Be taught—" obey the laws "in the first place ; and tbeo you can with a better grace plead for a change, as Y op have already given pledge of obedience. Given from our hi g h t ower thi s 29 t h d ay o f M arc h • l- S4l. GOD SAVE TIIE QUEEN. t THE PERS ON A L HISTORY OF G EOR GE Ti ls , the 1 FOURTH. By DR. CaoLv. —We at first co nceive(' . the great talents of Dr. Croly must to a certain extent misemployel in th e c om p os i t i on o f a work on suc h a s ub ' rs ject as the pres en t, b u t a p erusa l o f the first few ehaPtc, • convinced us of our curt-. The design of the autbn b c p : 1 in his own words, t o g i ve " t h e hi story of part y, with e, prejudice, and of tl.e monarch with out p ar ti a lity," a° 7..,0 traces the faults of the Ki ng ' s c h aracter to their f u ir, source. But these v o l umes h are a hi g h er d e gree ° t he tercst than could possibly arise from merely traei n g h ij. personal career of Geor ge th e F ourt h . Th e y ere a tory of his age, int ro d uc i ng us to a ll t h e grea t atate s " ,ea - il and wits of that p er i o d ; a b oun di ng i n rapid and ma st ! i o t sketches of characte r , i n iili ant reflections, and plea?% e episodes ; and embodyin g a ll t h at i n f ormat i on c urrent in t bo best informed ci rc l es o f t h e d ay , w hi c h i s necessaryt° known, if we w o uld th oroug hl y un d erstan d the transact tions of the periol—Bri'annia. i - MADEMOISELLE MARS.—Tate fina l ret i r e m ent ,_,, of Mademoiselle Mars took place at the Francais on Thursday night, on which interesting rrecasion their Majesties am Prince; Rol al Ilighrn•sses the Duch€.ss of Nemours and the .. jColiezinn7itnintehheopnaorutirnedg homagei lt e theatre r aid ornament of the French stage. The performances ChiL ,us ~ the night for her benefit were Le Misanthrope awl Les . I , i. ,',.. Confidences, in both of which 11 dere. oiselle Mars,notwithstan.a. audience for the retiring quarter of nearly as much taste and' animation as she displayed a ing the emotion natui ally 1 • g a from her situation, played witn, a a u e d entury ago in the sam e characters. The enthusiasm of th' `bvyiththethpenirbliPcretseo this ornament most vehement, and the bouquets, garlands, and crowns, shower down upon her were beyond example nurne-oug. We mu . ,,, r strf favourite was, add, that several copies of verses were an-ong the valeoToi tributes, one of which was read from the stage. The effuol l ! as might be expecte d ' highly complimentary, which is all we can say of it, f' all' i rl poetry is unfortunately rare, even when inspired by 3 , 60. The plaudits, when the great actress appeared for the 1a 5 ,_ 0 6 0 at the call of the audience, accompanied by some a t a `p r iar,' distinguished of her comr^des, were absolutely overPt e op' and by their warmth evidently affected the feelings of _„,'" ou t ject of them even to hei- " heart of hearts." The "„ ° tll 6 received, we lea.,n, was 2 , 1,0001. We are told that, e:, the last time bra one of 1 1 / a lemoiselle Mars' appearing Zoo stage, she w as re ti r i ng i t h a bouquet which had been throw stage, to her, when s h e met Madame Thenard, the "as t ° ter of the oldest livi ng ac t ress , and, presenting the fle w " Sll her, said, " Off er th ese , i n my name, to your mother' t hat' encouraged my first su ccess , an d I w i sh she should knew,,* s tl did not forget her a t th e c l ose of my career !"—Gal i g — Messenger. fO O6 COAL MONO POLY .—A pro j ect i s 0n n tirewhich appears th e most lik e l y o f any yet present ed t " 010 0 public, to get rid of the coal monopoly, and, at the S iga , time, to remove th e ex i st i ng i mpediments to therl,of tion of the Pool--we allude to the p ro p o sed 1 : " b 3 pot Coal and Steam Dock and Railway Company, w hi A c re' only seems to b e most use f ul, but also a practical all'il)avo fitable undertaking, avoiding the errors of those w i l l dig' projected simil ar sc h emes at too great and toe small the tenses from London. Up to 'Woolwich, from the S ea ,', if Thames is wid e , an d t h e navi,,ation unimpeded; hen T,e ' ! 9 a Dock and Harbour be made oppositeWoolwich, y e— i or may enter and discharge immediately ; and then, a s s ou , l ; cheap railway may be built from the Docks to ba a n tion of vast .sling of time, diminution of labour, preserv tulk, and economy of expense will be ensured. I5P.'" PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY, Silversmi th ; do. 47, Cornhill (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street)j i ll „ at The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons anti 1 . r ' e - ,,' T 0... 7s, 2d. per ounce. The following are the weights r e t t ho mended, but the articles may be hart lighter or heavie r a : , same price per ounce :- 12 Table Spoons 3O at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 ..• j 5 12 Dessert ditto 12 Table Forks ll 4 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 ... ~ / 5 12 l)essert ditto , i 4 3t/ oz. s. d. Fiddle l Pattern. . Crelais, iceli 2 Gravy Spoons ... 10 at 7 2 ... 3 11 8 ..• , 1 2 8 1 Soup Ladle lO at 7 2 ... 3 11 8... u 4 0 # 4 Sauce ditto 4 Salt Spoons (gil t strong) 1 0 0 ... • 1 S 1 Fish Slice 1 Pair Sugar Tongs (str 12 Tea Spoons ong 1 ) 0 at 015 0 ••• ..pie its Ow f The Classic is a new pattern, ?nuch admired for o elegance.. The Fiddle Pattern is v:ith the handle the sl - for 7 8 ... 3 2 10 6 8 0 ::: 4 1 1 7.9 g a fiddle, quite plain ; it has been approved, and in reque more than thirty years. Pattern Spoons can he sent into the country STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with Bronzed i', a t.• 15s. per Set, Bro nze d F en d ers , , s . A variety ° l , i t ' ild terns and prices, from the above t 0.305. at which Vri c tr es, O m fenders are particula r ly h an d some , with splendid scroll ar richly intermixed w ith s t ee l, th e en d s ar e steel, and the,rooo, porters for the fire-irons bronzed. Polished steel fire" fromat alog 4s. per set. iel e ° Cues gratis, containing the prices of every a rt Furnishing Ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street' Established WO. —see B IR TH S. - W C ' On the 17th inst., at St. John's Wood, the lady of the W. 11. Landon, of a daughter. 1 10" On the 18th inst., in Great James-street, Bedf o rd-reW , William Treadway Clarke, of a dghter d the On the 16th inst., at Shortflat T au ower,. Northumberlan , lady o Esq., R.N., of a son. „ n ' s Lc inst.,Dent Dent, Esq., the lady of me-1 lllarehant, Esq., of a daughter. n of th \ e Vi l ll S ia th m o e, On the lith inst., at Bentinek-street, Manchester -59 the wife of Captain Edward Heatheote Smith, of a son. t he On the 18 th ins t . , in Hyde Pa r k • gar d ens , the lady °I , Rev. Edmund Holland, of a son. of On the 19th inst., in Great C um b er l an d- p l a ce, the la dy George Robert Smith, Esq., M.P.of a son. - r Lietit e ' On the 13th inst., at Storehouse, Devon, Devon, the lady 0' nant Burgmann, R.E., of a daughter. ____--------' MARRIED. 4f ilier, On the 14th in s t., at Crudwell, Wiltshire, Thomas „t-tEe;(lo.f.' t E e; (1 o . f .' otfhePrleastteonof Rendecu Rev.Lanc c a o sl i i .i cr e e llu t s o Henrietta Sarah, o nly tia - 5, Gloucestershire. Sir 11 % On the 17th i nst., at St. Margaret's. NVestinin'• f e',-, tit hber- James, Bart., to Sarah Caroline, fifth daughter 9 '' Ellison, Esq., cf flehburn Hall, Durham . trend On the 15 t h inst., at Trinity Church, Sloane-street' Ater Russell, E sq., of the city of York, to Mary, young est dali of William Jacob, Esq., of Cadogan-place ------- noro ill , wishi 7,7aent for N I 4 4 2 0 ,gues an EXCISE i t hy R s l ) comm 1 1F.VEN ,i':road-stree ch it One n'i in Lots F 0.7 1 4 n Brand 01, Clarified ;70 and Sega i,44s Utensil S at , T„ *s of the 4 Warehow ~WIT that wo ° Day's rogues may 41tAVE 11: it t h e s e e o w o N , F : o l s i , Y, at Half -414 o'clock : ,CKWALi . 14 -past S e sZe b in, ELM * N„l,alf-past ito additioi glts static)! betvreei • ovr a3 -,, , to AktiiijAßlES 4 ‘ ,..RENO w ATLID biI WILK C of Ito, t k w to dam ti V i er or peel ir0 , .1 hi ‘4,i i , Or any 0 Qpl lll °4 paint 1. 4 1 Y it on. Nt' t 7 o c ., it auy pail orders ft 4,7; colour n PitAN::*ll:lrscolicel4wi bridge). t * ) u l td fi . h r E 0 e 1 t 47 oltter. inyaluat of SII ItZithin 01.AIR1 ',Pre try 11 4. oph i. Re . 'et "110 1 c O uT R T N 31's. SALE 01 cUtt l , )ene B "7. ad ba l l gI RAL of Knoot' :PTA IN aL d did lll44l t the 71 fathol lia l l a i PLain Su s ' o o l , !I 9estfil biOodl tOtai st i n . might attin g ? 1 9. 4 : ; 0 001 6 , 7 is the sai4 I all is r ,i ( mo wishi DIED. relic Ont o t i h t°lllesltit'ei 1 1 1 s, t ~m a a t s I I ) C - a cra(f ou sle , - ii i2a ci :e, On the IStl a i ins h t. ~ at West Lodge, s Clapham-common, Joll" Nixon, Esq., aged 83. a , On the 18th inst., at Cambridge-street , Col . 3 naught-sclicoee-r, Ann, relict of the late Major Alexander Watki as, °f the gal Artillery, agcd 54. ss 0,1 On the 17th inst., in Clement's-lane, Ann Caroltne, of the late Mr. Jacob Brat, of lierners-street. u tW' On the 16th inst., at Kensington, Mrs. ,lath arine 1 3 . o f widow of J. Buttar, Esq., and time last surviving; daugh ' te e l the late Rev. P. Ma., son, of Frome-Selwood, tiotler.tetslitt w, On the 15th inst.; at Ested lecture. Suss ex, the Rev. ~ —e. IL C. Chester, iZe;;ior of Elsted, a•-ed . 3l. of London Printed and Published by ;\11.71 WO I 4, ' INi°. 112, Strand, at The Sun Wire , .o. 112 1 , Stran the county of ,i‘ii,Allcsox.--Tuc6dav, A, ril 20, 18.11•