The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-29 00:00:00

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LATEST RETURNS OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC This table contains returns of the gross re ceipts of the principal railways of the United Kingdom for pass engers, ca ttl e, an d g oods, from . 1 oIY 1 to December 31, 1840, as made to the Co mmittee of Privy Council under the provision of the Act 3 and 4 Vic., c. 97, also the length of each line the rate of travelling per hour, in - V ud ing stoppages, and the highest and lowest 4ares, as far as they can be ascertained. EXPLANATION. 1.• signifies total length of the line. Passengers, with the gross receipts for the last half year. 111ixed train, conveying cattle, goods, &c., with gross receipts. Pares (highest and lowest). R•Rate of speed per chile. 1. ARBROATH AND FORFAR-L. P. 2 ,118/. ;M. 2,774/. • 4,892/. P. 1•7008 d. and 0.8749'd. (about IM. and id.) p er R. 13 and 12 miles per hour. 2. BRANDLING JUNCTION-L. 171 miles. P. 1 2,95 N '. • M. 1,422/. ; 13,374/. r. I.ld. R. 16 miles. DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN-L. 6 miles. F• 20,933/. ; M. 233/. ; 21,2081. • 2d. and Id. R. 18 miles. EASTERN COUNTIES-L. 126 miles (partially opened). P. 12,856/. ; M. 327/. ; 13,183/. 3• 20 d. and 1•66 d. (3 1-3 d. and 1 2-3 d.) ; " 21 1 miles. 5. GLASGOW AND AYR-L. P. 1 8,892/ ; F. 2d. and Id. per mile. R. 20 miles. 6. GRAND JUNCTION-L. 97l miles. • I-. 1 38,1711.; M. 3 .) ,1821.; 210,7331. i stance . d r* -----; R. 4111. and oh. 22in. allowed for the 7. GREAT WESTERN-L. 118 miles. 1 1 ,.. 1 26,3031. ; M. 15,100/. • 141,4031. , 2. 843 d. and 1•139 d. (less than 3d. and 11- ' 2 and 15 miles (open 8 ). LANCASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION- L. 20 miles. 10 ,716/.; M. 900/. ; 11,616/. th. " ,. 55 . and ls. 6d. • 7 R. 45 in., and 1 h. 5 m. for 9. Ittistance. IVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER-L. 311 miles. 70 ,4321.; M. 52,0641.; 122,4961. •Os. 6d. and 4s. 6d • R. 1 h. 20 m., and 111. 50m . • for the whole distance. • LOND ON AND BIRMINGHAM-L. 1141 miles. ' 28 9,195/.; M. 79,027/. ; 368,2221. 3• 482 d. and 1•25 d. (about 31d. and lid.) 221 and 1; - .3 F . LO NDON AND C ROYDON -L. 101 miles. r • • • 1 6,741/ M. 1 / • / 4011 • 18.142/. 12 T R. 21 miles. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN-L. 77 miles. F. 11 3,0161.; M. 21,123/. H . 136,139/. 13 -`' .; 3 1-3 d. and 1 1-9 d.; R. 231, and 13 miles. 'IANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM-L. 40miles partially open. P. 8,506/. ; M. 5,4371.; 13,963/. I'. 3d. and 2 1-5 d.; R. 22 miles. 1 1 ; 1 ' MANCHESTER AND BOLTON-L. 10 miles. • 9 ,910/. ; M. 3,4591.; 13,363/. -1 :• 3d. and 11d . ; R . 131 miles. - Ebb i."3. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS-L. 50 miles. F• 24 ,891/. ; M. 6,5361.; 31,427/. 3(1. and Id.; R. 15 miles. P ' 16. M IDLAND C OUNTIES -L. 57 m il e s . 33 ,2141.; M. 6401.; 33,214/. •r• 2d. • H. 01 I - miles. 17 • NEWCASTLE 2 • • I ; ii ,• 17,5531.; M. 27 , 4091 .; 44,963/ . ,„ • 2 1-3 d. and 11d. per mile ; R. 20 and 17 F, 18. NORTIT UNION—L. 22, miles. -1.-• 2 6,247/. • M. 33(3/.•• '26,603/. p . 7 7 R. 1 h. and 11 11. for the distance. 19. ULSTER RAILWAY—L. P . 4 ,0721. • 7 M. 122/. • 1 5,0941. R. 23 miles per hour. ST 3-A 4 FFORD and RUGBY RAILWAY. (From the Railway illagazinc.) our readers will have perceived that, f or some h?aths past, we have nct taken any part in support of C • s l ine, heyond a simple statement of facts as they ~s 4 v e arisen. We have fancied, whether right or not ss e - cannot tell, that ell the efforts which might have e°, and which the character and power of the op pesin to g parties required should be, made, have . not been 1 3e ca tty the measure out to a successful issu it e ; , an ri se th e cause of our saying so little about but I Crt t h °Pinion of the merits of the project remains un -auged. . . tle itl r egard to the conduct of the House in rejecting ti 's Measure, a few observations may not be out of eee• It will be remembered that this is the third Dur ing this line has hcen brought before Parliament. rt ur ing the last Session but one 212 sitting days were t: 4llst inled before the standing orders, and 459 objec e°li3, raised by the interested London and Birmingham °- Pony, reduced to nil. Sixty-one days of business , e ii„atso afterwards spent in the " Committee on the L i t , which d rew up a Report recommending—because was obvious the time had been eked out beyond that f,, eiut sary f or gett i ng t h roug h t h e H ouse —th a t "every Y should be afforded to the promoters ofte ill in a future Session, which the rules of the House /li lt admit of." 4 ,: r he Bill, therefore, as far as it was possible, was tli ll ,., a dy promised by the Committee which represented si, e tines; anii, consequently by the House. What, the ii must be the surprise of every considerate 0 , 4 - t ° ' to see the Bill, upon its second reading, thrown t o and n o t perm i tte d t o go even t o a Committee, or Su at irl the stage it did at the last Session! Lord li might glorify himself that he has succeeded , h}. a lie not at the same time rendered this august 10-tealhly perfectly ridiculous in the eyes of all er and thinking individuals? In the year 1839, the t ,' Ll se, after the most searching and lengthened inquiry ,ier bestowed on any measure ever brought before it, ti r u t „ Nti llY passes a Bill, and in the year 1841, the same ft - ri ,," s e , without any additional reason assigned, and ie (3-4 „,, th e flippant observations of an individual evidently s te. 4 ;naut of the subject, and, what is worseedealing out a tit ' e alents, if he is rightly reported, which are ipse facto te e : B 4 e, rejected the self-same measure—that is, the te l o ttr e it had previously approved, and, as far as it 14, 1 4 ' Promised to pass. If the country is to witness o tlt , Puerility and fickleness as this in the assembly of is ' i s re Presentatie e s what possible confidence can it have le g ': wisdo m or, what respect for its decisions ? The s srt a wanderings of a weathercock company e just as ' lll . and the babble of a gossiping of old f o rm at tea as respectable. In the House we look eonsstency at least, if we do not expect much •1811 0 the l° °' but it would appear, by the late conduct on is S tafford and Rugby Riilway, that even this element i,stsenger at St. Stephen's. e re °td St inley has accused Sir Robert Peel of misre- V/ 4 ,, sen ,ting' the case of the Stafford and Rugby Rail tee't; but the fact is, it is Lord Stai 1..) himself who has i sa i. guilty of misrepresentation. He says the House to sat, to sanction the spending one :million and a half N o -y e ten minutes between Liverpool and London. tv se w ' the House was asked no such thing. The House tre e "ked t o save nine mile • and a half, or about twenty fo sd ut es every journey for all the country north of Stal she:4and south - of Ru 1) • 'A •t i- for Liverpool, Man g ) ia , Abe:lsar, North Wales, Scotland, and London, &c., and *tele, e a 4,000/. a-year money to the tratline and tra iiao'n Popul a ti on . Th e re al object, therefore, of the ho f I t.l 6 to save one - t hi r d of en hour, and about t e e t • expense, in the distance between Rugby u tli t 4 w o rd, obje c t s w hi c h we s h o uld think well deservin g elention of th e H ouse . W e are aware the Lon foli-tZud Birmingham say it will be only ten minutes, at R tY assert that ten or fifteen minutes will be lost 'to o l gbY in the change of lines. No doubt they loss ; r educe it to ten or five minutes, or ma ike t a lee l,V ;;° that amoun t if they could ; but we imagine e tir oas obst ruct i ons , if attempted, would soon be 44 11 the House, in the prolongation of the Stafford ttosi's`i,,agby line t o London. So much alive are these Pas s - d l this, e s t 0 that they promised , if the Bill had 4 ° th - e 4 !• l ley would afford every facility in their power t ut eevs offset. the ,to return to Lord Stanley. Upon reading i sh f ' I ° l °l2 Lord' s s p ee ch one is so struck with its child tia4lY and absurdity, as to wonder wh it, in the all that is good, could have induced it e * -00, e to pay any, t h e l eas t a tt en ti on to it ; fact ith is er B4 ' supremely silly that we cannot help thinking tate t ~N oble Lord is grossly misrepresented or he t ties, u t o , s spoken after a more than usually good din he n de says Sr Robert Peel hail represented that fun t'"Pesed reileay " was for the benefit of the import lauchuw" of Liverpool and London, and would be of 11 4,1 i Pliee tr; se e people of North Wales, Scotland, enithi rel and," and then areoes, " it. might be so if there t 'trei,e ue a terminus beyond' a terminus. The real l Kt a'a st :' and th e on l y p l aces that would benefit by the ra . e -4, were the important towns of Rocky and Staf art What the Hun. r Member means by "it might tore there could be a terminus beyond a terminus," e oea . ses cur comprehension altogether, but the arrant itiduerir of ft, as p applied te the subject in debate, thle 3e e " us to ima , ine that his mind " 2 en' the -4 upon his recent t 6 dinner wh;le his lips were upon be e ay, and that he meant. to say "it might hove betterha for us if each had had a bottle beyond the t i(i : f ile took." However this may be, the obsess's 'Hon. M em b er, t h at " t h e only pl ices that ti etit by the me as u r e were the important towns 1„ e hush}, arid Stafford," th a t i s , the points where the 11140 eta the tw o railways it joias, characterised by so titn:4nce or misrepresent ition, that we are asto the ouse i not seen :in a moment. Were •Ste n i e ' tiw a ti Y to t erm i nate at each of these tow ns, Lord Y might hove been partially right, but the merest :,~ "' ~~ tyro must see that, joining at those places, as it does, other lines cstend;ne- far into the country• any h'n• fits which accrue from its economy and abbreviation of time are enjoyed by all the places which use the rail way, however far beyond the point of junction north wards or southwards. By the decision of this question, the Parliament sanctions the high charges of the London and Birming ham on the public, and has recorded its opinion, that improt ei - nents shall not be made if they affect the inte rests of existing lines. We do not quarrel with this decision if it be openly avowed, but wherefore should the hypocritical cant of a regard for the public be so sedulously spread about ? Tell the public, openly and honestly, that the House does not care a fig for it, and that Parliament will listen to nothing for its advantage, and we shall be quite satisfied. Another argument, used by the London and Bir mingham, if argument it can be called, is, that, because 1 millions more will be required, the public must pay higher fares to support it. To attempt to reason with such men would be labour lost. It is true they them selves have charged pretty well upon the public, but we should like to ask them if, when they went to Parlia ment to lay out their ‘24 millions to make their railway, they admitted that, because of this extra capital, to be hid out in the carrying business, it was intended to tax the public higher. 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 ❑ow 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 i 4 fitted to her fancy, And her kind stars hae airtcd till her A guid chield wi' a pickle sitter." 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 I 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. 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 tile 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 cast. 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 meeting. A glorious evening, or rather night, which borrowed something from the morning, followed, and the conversation of the poet confirmed and inci cased the admiration created by his writings. On the follow 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 n 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 ho 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 faults. I once heard him exclaim, with hot wrath, when somebody was quoting from an Apologist : " What, do they apolo gise for him ! One half of his good, and all his bad, divided anaang a score o' them, would make them a' betf.er men." When a lad of seveatcen, in the year 1809, I re sided for a short time in Ayrshire, in the hospitable housa of my father's friend, Reid, and surveyed, with a strange interest, such visitors as had known Burns. I soon learned how to auticipati their representations of his character. The msn of strong minds and strong feelings were invariable in their expressions of admiration ; but the prosy, consequential bodies all dis liked him as exceedingly dictatorial. The men whose religion was based on intellect and high moral sentiment all thought well of him ; 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 has be,n done to the memory of Burns by a kin dred spirit. lam yours, very truly, ARCHIBALD PRENTICE. Manchester 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 falling off, as compared with those at the same period of last year ; the quantity in each being as follows :- 1840 1841 850,043 Decrease So far, however, the fading off in the present year does not appear to countenance the very low esti mates of the crop that have recently caused so much speculative buying at Liverpool. The quantity received to the corresponding dates in 18.40, 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 ac 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 stick 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 lat , !st dates, was 408,562 bales, against 367,873 at the corresponding period of last year.— Manchester Guardian. THE KENDAL RAILWAY.—The Railway Commissioners, appointed by Government to inquire into the hest line of communication from London to Edinburgh and Glasgow, have now presented their final Report on this question, and have decided in favour of the Kendal line to Carlisle, and in continuation from Carlisle to Scot land in favour of the Hoe by Briatock Bridge. This sets at rest, for ever, the question as between the east coal: and the west, and the Newcastle " bodies" will now sea how much better it is quietly to work out the intrinsic merits of a project (as we have done on this side the country) than to feed vain hopes by extravagant assertions. The favour able decision of this question is of the greatest importance to Westmorland, and especially to the town of Kendal. The manufacturing interests of this town require some act ve stimulus. We plainly perceive that the town, if not retrograding, is, at least, stationary, and nothing can save h from decline but the realization of those improa:- mono which other towns are fast seizing. The elements of our produce must be cheapened, and the means of com munication with the markets facilitated to the utmost de gree, or else our trade will leave us.—Kendal Illerettry. DEATH OF EARL O'NalLL.—This Noble Lord, who has been for some time suffering under serious illness, died this morning (Thursday) at the Bilton Ho tel. His Lordship had been one of the Postmasters-Ge neral in Ireland, and was in receipt of a pension for that office. His death causes a vacancy in the Irish Repre seltativa Po,taige, in the Lieutenancy of Antrim, and the Coliinelslim of the Aiitiion militia. General o'Nei 1, Member for Antrim, is now E;rl O'Neill. Of course there will be a new election for that county. The late Earl O'Neill had been Grand Master of the Orangemen of Ireland until the Orangemen of both countries had been formed into an liripelial Confederation under the Grand Mastership of the King of Hanover.—Dublin. Evening Post. REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER.-- About a rnoLth ago, we seated that the Manchester To ries had it in contemplation to propose Mr. Entwisle, the sou-in-law of Mr. Edward Loyd, as a second candidate for the representation of the borough. This statement the Manchester Chronicle affected to deny at the time, and characterized it as " nonsensical and impertinent." The fact, however, is, that a requisition has this week been hawl:el about in various parts of the town, requerirg Mr. Entwisle to offer himself as a candidate; so that our information as to the intentions of the Con-ervatives turns out to have been a little more accurate than the Chronicle. —Manchester Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1841 BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT IN- STITUTION. A Rrport of the present state of this valuable insti. tution was lately read to the members at their annual meeting, held at the Albion Tavern, Cosmo Orme, Esq., presiding. We learn by it that upwards of ten thousand pounds, raised by subscriptions, gifts, and interest accumulations, are already deposited in a public security, and that this sum is now available for the working purposes of the institution. The ad• vantagAs that associations of this kind foreshadow for the hard-working assistant of mercantile houses cannot be too highly prized, and if the class of individuals whom they best concern were sufficiently thoughtful of the future, few belonging to it would suffer themselves to be without the comfortable prospect that participa tion in such eleemosynary funds afford, should mis fortune and its train of distress overtake them. It v.ill be seen by the Report that the principal booksellers have subscribed handsomely to the Society ; we should have been glad could we say that the names of some of our leading litterateurs—who have achieved wealth by the enterprise of the publisher and the labour of his clerk—also appeared as contributors. Such liberality on their part would have been no less becoming than graceful. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1840.41. The duty of the Directors of this institution of an nually presenting to its members and friends a Report of their proceedings is one which must be attended with considerable benefit to all who arc connected therewith, in making them more fully acquainted with those transactions in which they are individually concerned, and as a means of exciting a more lively interest in its welfare and prosperity. In fulfilling for the fourth time the pleasing task which devolves upon them, the Di rectors would briefly refer to the various important sub jects which have engaged their atteotion during the past year. . At the commencement of the year which has just terminated, by the rules of the institution, a portion of its income became available for the temporary assist ance of its members. The great attention which must be paid to any claims of this nature, and the addition which would thereby be made to their precious labours, necessarily urged upon the Directors the propriety of devising some more efficient methods of fulfilling their various duties. To accomplish this, they availed them se.lves of the power given to them by the 28th tule, and framed a series of standing orders, or bye-laws, which will be read by the Secretary. The Directors have endeavoured by these bye-laws to make provision for the more regular conducting of business at their va rious meetings, for additional circumspection in the ad mission of new members, and for other purposes. That no delay may be experienced by any Member applying for assistance from the funds, the Directors have appointed a Committee, to whom every applica tion made to the Secretary for relief, is to be immedi ately referred. It is the duty of this Committee to proceed at once to the investigation of every ease thus brought before them ; and if, in their opinion, it be one demanding immediate attention, they are empowered to give such assistance as in their judgmetit the case may require, until the next meeting of the Board of Direc tors. I;y personal investigation of every case, and by adminis!, , ring with their own hands, the furOs entrusted to their care, it will be the endeavour of this Commit tee to cii•ry out with a kind and liberal spirit one of the noblest :eatures of the Institution. Two applications for assistance have already been made, which have afforded opportunities for carrying their determinations into cff et. One of these cases was of a very tempo rary nature ; the other may probably be of a much longer continuance. To the seasonable relief which in these instances has been given, they would also refer as illustrating more effectually the advantages and utility of an inst . tution like the present. It is also a source of peculiar gratification to the Directors to be enabled to state that they have suc ceeded in their applications to several medical gentle men, eminent in their profession, whose names have already appeared, to become the medical officers of the institution, and who will readily give their best advi ce in every case whi c h m a y b e se n t by the Board of Direc tors for their consideration. Allusion was made in the last Report to an Ad dress which had been prepared and sent to all those in dividuals in the trade who had nc.t joined the institu tion. Upon many of them the Directors have person ally waited, and more fully explained its nature and advatanges. From these and similar efforts they have the pleasure of stating that during the past year thirty four names have been added to the list of its Members. Seven Members have been removed by death, and eleven have been excluded for non-payment of their subscriptions. The following, therefore, will be a correct state ment of the number of Members at prese:it belonging to the institution : Excluded for New Members Now cn the ceased, Non-payment. Admitted. Books. Life Members ... 4 9 14' 235 Ann. Subscribers 3 9 13 131 Hon. Members ... 0 0 7 .27 Total ...... 7 The Directors have again taken into their most anxious consideration such of the proposed new rules which did not receive the general approval of the members at the last annual meeting. Several alterations and additions have been made, and in their present form it is hoped that they will meet with the unanimous approbation of the meeting. The Report of the auditors shows a considerable in crease in the state of the funds, and it is with much pleasure that the Directors refer to the list of donations which have been mach during the past year. The Directors most unfeignedly congratulate the members upon the still improving position and prospects of the institution, which they are justified in believing will amply carry out the views of the projectors, and uitimat , ly stand as a splendid and honourable testimony of the liberality and benevolence of the trade. In concluding their Report, the Directors would urge upon the members and friends of the institution, the propriety of using their utmost endeavours to increase the number of its members. They are aware that there are some in the trade so inattentive to their own interest, or so indifferent to that of others, as to refuse to belong to it. With men who are resolved to shut their eyes upon consequences, or are unwilling to sacri fice the smallest immedit.te to the greatest future advan tage, it is in vain to reason ; but there are still many who hesitate, waiting to ascertain more correctly the spirit and manner in which the institution will be con ducted. To them every explanation should be afforded, every inducement held out, and every assurance given, that by becoming members, they will secure to them selves its friendly assistance in the time of need, or have the happiness of contributing to the necessities of their brethren. COSMO ORME, President. LIST OF OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1841-2. PRESIDENT. COSMO ORME, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENTS. John Miles, Esq. Anthony K. Newman, Esq, Robert Saunders, Esq. 'Thomas Tpgg, Esq. Henry Colburn, Esq. James Duncan, Esq. Thomas N. Longman, Esq. John Murray, Esq. lIONORARY vD Joseph Bonsor, Esq. William Clowes, Esq. William Clement, Esq. John Dickinson, Esq. It PRESIDENTS. Thomas Gardiner, Esq. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. John Walter, Esq. TRUSTEES. Thos. Kelly,Esq., Alderman. Edmund Hodgson, Esq. James Nisbet, Esq. !James M. Richardson, Esq. TREASURER.—Thomas Brown, Esq. AUDITORS.—Mr. R. Burnside; Mr. J. Eden; Mr. I. Parson. HONORARY SECRETARY.-Mr. W. Meyrick, Furnival's Inn. HONORARY MEDICAL OFFICERS.-Dr. Dar;ing, Rus sell-square ; Dr. James Johnson, Suffolk-place ; J. F. South, E,q., 2, Adelaide-place, London-bridge; Dr. A. T. Thompson, Welbeck-street. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS' PACKET STATION. —lt is difficult to conceive upon what principle it is de cided to continue the pert of Weymouth as the packet station of the islands of Guernsey and Jersey. The prin ciple which must be the primary consideration in say arian,g-ernent for transmitting the mails is a quick delivery, to produce which shortening the distance would be the first consideration; and how stands the fact, when looking at the facilities afforded by Weymouth for this purpose as compared with those of Southampton? The distance from London to Weymouth is fifty miles more than to Southampton. P ac k e t s l eav e the port of W e ymo u th o n ly twice a week, while they leave Southampton six times. A letter posted in London would take by the route of Weymouth at least three days to reach Guernscy, unless posted at the particular time which will enable it to be transmitted immediately on its arrival at Weymouth by the packet ; while if sent via from South ampton, it could be forwa-ded on any day, immediately on its delivery at the past-office, and would be delivered at the place of Its destination twenty-four hours after it was posted in London. In addition to this there is a day mail from London to Southampton, and thus letters could be forwarded to the . islands th e same d ay t h ey were poste d i n t ow n, and delivered the next morning to those to whom they were addressed. It is impos s ibl e t o con j ecture w h at motives could have induced the bungling arrangements come to by the Government, no doubt on the recom mendation of the Pcrt Commissioners, which are certainly entirely opposed to every principle of convenience, and most injurious to the public interests, since the commercial intercourse between London and Guernsey and Jersey is of sufficient importance to render such a delay in the tratis miffing the mails a most serious matter.—Hampshire In dependent. CARDINAL YorsK.—Cardinal York was offi ciating in the church when we went in, and immediately sent to tell the ladies they must Full off their hats, or else go out. This peremptory order of the ex-prince co u ld not very easily be complied with, according to the present T al Hhiegyh thereforeness had r p e r f e o s v provided e t d o a obey,pe r mode of ladies' hats bung fastened on the cushion by l ong r ei s t S t h . s e ent omission l him mass, ed . and M l ru pins,q ue B' r e t . o u e a x l t e r s i g c a h t i e s them. Ro w M o a r n d y that m ess s a h g e es had i'as n s o e t d h a e n a d r d r e Aas on his connielee. He is an ugly , foolish - loo k ing , long. visaged fellow, very like his grandfather , f ull of rride, and ju - st such anothcr obstivato bigot.—Swirthurize's Courts of Europe, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Mr. Fortique. the Venezuelan Alinister, had an audience of the Queen to deliver a letter. Mr. Gonzalez, Envoy - Extraordinary an 1 Minister Plenipotentiary, upon a special mission from the Queen of Spain, had an audience of her Majesty to take leave. Their Excellencies were introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G. C. 8., her Majesty's principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Mustt2r of the Ceremonies. Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Torrington, Lord in Waiting, and Major the Hon. George Keppel, Grimm in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended Divine Service yesterday morning i❑ the Chapel Royal, St, James's. The Bishop of Rochester preached the ser mon, taking his text from St. John, chap. 8, verse 51. The Prayers were read by the Rev. W. Povah ; the Lessons and Litany were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the A!tar service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Rev. W. Povab. The musical service was Nares in C. The Commandments, Sanctus, and Chant, were Sale's. The Anthem was " Give the King thy Judgment" (Boyce). Mr. J. B. Sale pre sided at the organ. The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in 'Waiting. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Devereux, Viscount Torrington, Earl of Morley, Hon. Major Keppel, Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir E. Bowater. Th Queen and Prince Albert visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday afternoon, at Marl borough House. Her Majesty came attended by the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, in an open barouche and four. His Royal Highness arrived on horeeback, attended by Sir E. Bowater and Lord Alfred Paget. Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited the British Museum on Saturday afternoon, and were received on their arrival by Sir Hcnry Eilis, and other officers of the institution. Her Majesty. and his Royal Highness were attended by the Countess of Mount Elgcumbe, Hon. Miss De vereux, Viscount Torrington, Hon. Major Koppel, Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir Edward Bo.vatcr. The Royal party remained two hours at the Museum. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Sa turd Viscount Melbourne had an aud:ence of the Queen on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Devereux, Viscount Tor rington, Earl of Morley, Hon. Major Keppel, Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Her Royal Higiiness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, also honoured the Opera with her presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Trinity Chapel, S!oane•strcet. Lady Anne Maria Dawson and Colonel Cooper were in waiting on her Royal Highness. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Kecte, took a drive on Saturday to Richmond and Kew. The Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to his Royal Highness on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Royal Duke yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Mi nisters. The Council sat two hours. A Deput ition respecting coffee, headed by Mr. Patti son, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Labouchere, on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Desp itches from Sir J. Franklin, Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and also from the Governor of Gibral tar, were raccived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir George Young and Mr. Lister had interviews with tilt Marquis of Normanby, on Saturday, at the Home-office. Mr. Hare?, M.P., and a Deputation, had an inter %iew with Mr. Labouchere, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Captain Francis Seymcur left Buckingham Palace on Saturday, for the country. Viscount Melbourne had a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in South-street. The Earl of Minto had a party on Saturday, at his residence in the Admiralty. EXTRAORDINARY RECOG- NITION. A most singular and extraordinay incident took place in this city (New Orleans, America) !sat week. Two brothers have been living for twenty years within a hundred yards of each other in neighbouring streets, and the consanguinity was never known until a most trivial accident a few days ago developed the story. Tae particul irs are of too remarkable 14 nature to escape publicity, although the names we must withhold. The brothers were born in Paris, and were orphans at so early an age as to have no recollection of their parents. While et children, an accidental explosion of gun powder with which they were playing, marked an in delible scar upon the cheek of one, aid rendered use less for life the finger of the other. They were sepa rated while still intants and taken care of They strangers —one afterwards went to sea as a cabin-boy for many years, the other remained an kprentice in Paris. Tee cabin-boy, when 15 years old, found - himself in this city, and obtaining employment more to his fancy than roving the waves, he abandoned salt water and applied himself to another pursuit. Even at this time his brother was residing in the neighbourhood, and they became acquainted and conversed with each other daily from then till now. Both were industrious, and have gra dually improved their condition in life, until now they are surrounded by the comfortable rewards of thrift. Each remembered the accident which occurred during childhood, and knew that he had a brother, but this was all. The other evening one of the brothers col lected a circle of friends to witness the christening of his first grandchild, and his old familiar neighbour round the corner was among the guests. Accident mutilated fi nger i n t o no ti ce , an d th e hi story course told, wh en the delight and su r p r i se obfroiutg was brought the l 4 of the whole party may be imagined at the old neigh hour abruptly giving the history o the scar on his cheek en.i his long-lont brother. Each had retained the ori ginal family name, but it had been so altered in spelling that neither evtr detected the similarity. There was quite a dramatic denouement, when the old friends mutually explained, became convinced of the relation ship, and rushed into each other's arms as brothers.— Amitet kart Paper. EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS.-There is, perhaps, no town in the kingdom where trai e has suffered to so great an extent as that of Egharn, through which, before the Great WeAern and Southampton Railroads were o f enc.!, besween seventy and eighty long stages passed during the day. For some time past only one coach, the North Devon, has proceeded through the town, a, - ,d that, it is stated, will b e " off the road,' and finally cease run ning, on Monday next. Several of the inns are entirely closed, and the proprietors ,of many of those which still continue oFea are scarcely getting " salt for their per fidy." Inns which formerly let for from 1001. to 1501. and more per annum, may now be had for less than 301. and 401. for the same term. TIIE DISHONEST CHURCHMEN AND THE IioNEST PUSEYITEs,--We rejoice to hear that there is esery probil ty of " The Tract" nuisance being put down, and thst in the simplest, shortest, and most effectual way. Lis currently reported that the highest authority in the Church of England has felt i: to be his duty to interfere, aad has laid an injunction, or some order equally binding, on the editors of the " Tracts for the Times," to cease from troubling the Church. It is expected, therefore, that the " poisonons" stream (the word is Mr. Froude's Own, and used with reference to these publications) will tease to flow. At least, if such obedience is not yielded, and that promptly and implicitly, the authors and editors will stand convicted of having inculcated on others a rule to which they are not willing to submit in their own per sons. Supposing the report to be true, as we believe it to be, it is cocain that his Grace will have laid the Church (ldeepest obligation ; and, remem beringtual caution a nd tenderness, we ean hardlyE nglandiiis Gua c' n o 'r nZ e e d i 's v r e thh a aeb i deeper re b u k e, or a stronger con - dor:nation, than vie fact of his havin g f e lt it a d uty th us t o exe i rt il h L is n a , u A til it u y ritycßlCKET GROUND AT WIND ._Tory Paper. soa.—ln consequence cf the general order just issued by the Master-General of the Board of Ordnance, by com mand of Lord Hill, the General Commanding in Chief, for the formation of cricket grouuds for the use of the troops at the several barrack stations throughout the king appropriated to that purpose ; king dom, a field, comprising upwards of three acres, most con veniently situated close to the cavalry barracks, formerly used as an exercising ground for the horses, has been or dered, by the Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, g o a f m t e he to H b o e n a . p nd l c ay b : p ed t t a , h i i n e t eisvneenlbyrought into excellent order. The ground r'ack.master for that district. It is under stood that the bats, balls, and wickets will, in the first in stance, be purchased by the officers, and presented to the men in their respective troops. It is already known that a treaty respecting the Levant has been agr eed to b y the representatives of' the great European Powers, among whom w e are h appy t , find the French Minister. The Paris Correspondent of g the Times of Friday la st would p erh aps lead tot he beli e f that this treaty embrace s the followi ng four points, viz.— The Integrity of the Ot toman em p ir e under the present dynasty—Questions relat in g t o the clos ing of the Bospho rus—Syria: questions relatin g to tlia prot ect i on to be ;ranted to the Christianl) opu the passage of travellers a l i n—Re ulat i ons respect ingnitdi ot the transit o f goo d s across the Isthmus of Suez an d the navi g atio n of the Red Sea. NOW, without troubling our readers wi th conjectures as to what may or may not be the subject s o f f uture delibera tior, we can state, on the hi g hest au thority, and derived also from Paris, that the treaty just agreed upon has one provision only. It engages all the great Powers (France included) to respect the ancient custom and rule of the Ottoman empire, not to allow the passage through the Dardanelles or Bosphorus of any foreign aim e d vessels, ui,Uss the Sublime Porte itself should be at war. _Observer. Mr. George Palmer, whose name appear s in our Bow-strew; police report, was held to bail on Friday by Mr. Twyford to keep the Fe2ce toward Colonel Torrens and all her Majesty's subjects, THE POOR-LAW. There is a reaction of clamour against which we should be carefully guarded. Unjust and violent at tacks tend to indiscriminate defence ; and the prejudice which finds every fault in a system is followed by the partiality which finds all faultless. The averments and counter-averments are thus enormity on the one hand, and perfection on the other. A clamour despicable and powerless in its direct effect does a serious mischief, if it make the friehds of the thing assailed the champions of its defects as well as its merits. We think, we see a tendency to this error on the part of some of our public men with whom we most ge nerally agree. If there had been no clamour against the New Poor-law, and if Mr. \Vakley had not attacked it with every extravagance of misrepresentation, we cannot but think that the rule under whicli medical men are not authorized to order any change in the diet of sick pau pers, would have been differently considered by the House of Commons. The Commissioners say— " Such a powFr would be equivalent to the power of giving relief, which the law has vested generally in the guardians, and which it i s no t competent to a med i cal officer to exercise. A medical officer can only recom mend or advise the guardians (or relieving officer) to give certain articles of diet to a pauper patient, and the guardians (or their relieving officer) will exercise their discretion upon their own responsibility, whether they will or not adopt such recommendation or advice." But is it always certain that the state of the patient will allow of waiting for the board day, or the board hour ? In one case it appears that a pauper with a sinking pulse had not the necessary stimulants, because the board had forbidden the use of them without a special order. Other boards have prohibited any in crease of the allowance of meat and beer. Now, every one knows that the diet of a patient is perhaps the most important part of his treatment, and the board of guardians is no more competent to decide on the fit ness of it, against the opinion of the surgeon, than it is to cancel or alter the prescriptions. But the Commissioners say, and Mr. Grote repeats the argument, that to give the medical men the power of directing the diet would be to give them the power of relief. Well, and when the rick pauper is under the hands of the surgeon the business of medical re lief includes the management of the relief of the ordi nary wants. It is preposterous to call in a medical man to prescribe for a pauper, and to tell him, " Un derstand that you have nothing to do with this sick man's stomach, except to put physic in it. His sto mach, with regard to nutriment, is under the exc!usive authority and management of the board, which Laves you free to throw in jalap, calomel, rhubarb, castor oil, &c., at discretion, but reserves to itself a judgment on the expediency of supplying it with beef or mutton, wine or beer, and any advice you may have to offer as to these perilous things must wait their judgment on board day." It is said that the board of guardians are not likely to Illy what is humane and proper, and in this wo agrce ; but can the patient always wait for their deci sion, or for application to a Magistrate, without suffer ing, and is it not as unlikely that medical officers will order what is unnecessary as that boards will refuse what is necessary. The medical man who directs a more stimulating diet than the case requires mistreats his patient, and hazards his character for skill. Tao patients whom he would favour would become the evi dence against him, their state betraying his fault, and his dismissal and discredit would be the consequence. Lord Howick remarks, truly no doubt, that it is incredible " That bodies of gentlemen, acting as boards of guar dians would come to a vote to reuse to pauper patients that medical relief which was ordered by a medical man in whom they confided.—( Hear.) But if the medical man can be confided in he may be trusted with the direction of the diet of sick paupers, or if lie cannot be confided in he ought not to have been appointed, and he ought to be dismissed. We will not argue that there might not possibly be some use of beef and mutton, wine, and beer, on the side of indulgence, but would there be so much harm done by the waste of a few pounds at the year's end as by exciting Vie public feeling against the administration of the law ? The saving of the credit of the Poor-law system is deserving of care, and we see it sometimes sacrificed to the pedantry of rules with what we deem the worst sort of extravagance. In such an administration as that of the Poor-laws, errors, faults, must occur, and it is wiser frankly to ac knowledge and correct them than to pretend to an im possible perfection. We believe that the New Poor-law is a change greatly for the better ; we believe that it has already effected much good ; and that it will effect much more if fair play be given to it. Let its champions stand between it and prejudiced assailants, but not between it and im provement, and from whatever quarter a grounded com plaint proceeds, !et it have a searching examination and impartial judgment. We believe that the faults and miscarriages in the existing system are incomparably less than in the old, but that is no reason that they should not be still more reduced in amount, and the friends of the new law should rejoice in the opportunity of weeding it of de fects, and showing that they are not inherent in its con stitution. Errors are more conspicuous in the new system than they were in the al, but because they are more con spieudus we are not to shut our eyes to them, or to re fuse to correct them. Mr. Hawes, in a most manly and sensible speech, truly remarked— " A degree of intense interest attached to the ad ministration of the Poor-lew, compared to the interest that it excited when its administration was scattered among many thousands of irresponsible persons. The ground on which he defended the Poor-law Commission was this, that for the first time the administration of an enormous fund, amounting to between five and six millions, was placed in the hands of responsible officers ; and from the moment it was placed under the control of persons responsible to Parliament, it had been cleared of the abuses of the large number of persons who had an interest in the old system, and lived upon it. Under the old system there were 14,000 or 15,000 indepen dendent bodies with whom the House had no means of dealing, and what was the result ? The Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, had read a most striking statement to show that increase of relief caused increase of distress ; and i❑ one particular parish, such bad been the effect of an increase of Peor-rate, that they had s xallowed up the whole rent of the parish, causing, of course, general destitution. The Hon. Member for Finsbury had stated that no practical benefit had been derived from the new Poor-law. Was there no improvement in the condition of the people ? Was there nothing in the attention now given to education of the people ? Was there nothing in the attention now given to the dwellings and the sanatory stale ef the poor; matters that had never been meddled with until the administra tion of relief was entrusted to responsible officers. — (Hear.) He believed, for his own part, that under the new New Poor-law wages bad risen, and that more at tention was given to the moral and physical condition of the poor, than at any former period of history.— (Hear, hear.)" Gross is the injustice of the enemies of the New Poor-law in representing it as productive of a worse state of things than before existed ; but, on the other hand, because it is an improvement on the former system, it will not do to neglect improve ment on the improvement, or to argue that we should be content with what is faulty, because, under the old law there was something far more faulty. The best friends of the new system will be most eager and anxious to correct all defects and remove all causes of reasonable complaint that can be found in it. Acting in this wise spirit, ac rejoice to sce that Lord John Russell has declared his intention to consent to some changes in the law, one of which is to entitle paupers in urgent distress, brought by constables to the work house, to instant relief ; another is to extend out-door relief to the aged and infirm, and widows with families. The Chronicle justly observes on the latter alteration— " It is a cruel mockery of the labouring poor of this country to assume that they can save wherewithal to support them in their old age. It is as much as they can do to maintain themselves, and bring up families without relief ; and at a certain time of life they should be considered as emeriti, and entitled to aid from the property of the country, which they have contributed to augment. An old agricultural labourer loves to be doing something to the last. To immure such . a person in a workhouse is the height of cruelty. After sixty he cannot wholly support himself, and the aid ought to be increased as he becomes more infirm. These are not the parties for whom the workhouse is designed as a test." Amongst the proposed changes are also authority to the guardians to establish local committees in unions of a certain size ; the transference of the emigration fund from the rate-payers to the guardians ; and freedom to the inmates of workhouses to attend the places of wor ship of their particular persuasions. We feel that we cannot be accused of partisanship on the behalf' of the Poor-law Board ; though approv ing of the new system, and the general principles of its alministration, we have objected to the harshness of some regulation?, the objects of which do not appear to us to be worth the irritation they produce. The ma chinery has, we think, been worked without due allow ance for friction, and it has chafed against the feelings of the people in unaccustomed places. So great a change bearing on the poor required more tenderness, aye, and more temporizing in the management' than this measure has been in all cases gu ided with. A ver y stringent system was t oo abruptly su b st it u ted for a very relaxed one. Tois is an opinion we have repeatedly expressed, and which we continue to hold ; but though we do not pre tend that the Centr a l Board. has exercised a faultless discretion, experience has only strengthened our convic , tion that the central control is essential to the Poor aw administration, and that without it there would he a relapse to a chaos of abuse. Indeed it is significant enough that almost all the cases adduced to support charges against the Board have only served to prove the necessity of a controlling authority. The indictment has been laid against the Central Commission, and the evidence has been against the boards of guardians. Mr. \Vakley has produced examples and imagined cases to show that the guar dians are not to be trusted, and he has concluded with invectives against the superintending power instituted to control the very errors he has instanced. We sincerely believe th a t th e grea t nu j or ity of the guardians throughout the country do their duty intelli gently and . conscientiously ; but, whether they so do their duty or not, the control of the Board is requisite —on the one hand to correct error, or, on the other, to remove the personal responsibility of a duty necessarily often of an ungracious or an unpopular character, in which cases the Central Board is the shield of the lo cal administration. To abolish the Central Board would be to pluck out the heart of the Poor law system, and we therefore look upon the ap pointed term of the Commission not as implying any question of its permanence, but as an expedient . for keeping it responsible and mindful of its responsibility, the periods for the renewal of the Commission serving as periods for the review of its administration.—Era miner THE POOR OF SCOTLAND. If the opponents of the New Poor-law are charged with a certain quantity of indignation and sympathy which they must disburse, we earnestly beg of them to let Scotland have a share of it before it is all gone. Let them look to that end of the island, and they will behold a legitimate subject for their compassionate elo quence. They will find that the provision for the poor of Scotland isiees than a fifth part of what would be dis tributed among the same population under the new Eng lish Poor-law. They will find that, where the out-door system prevals, the highest allowance given to indivi duals is a shilling a-week, while the lowest is a half penny. The letter statement will carry an air of vi sionary absurdity about it to English cars, but we have before us a " %Tort by a Committee of the General Assembly on the Management of the Poor of Scotland," in which the maximum and minimum allowance of each parish irgravely set forth in knowing looking statistical tables ; and among these we find that in the parish of Criech, in the pfesbytery of Democh, the highest rate of relief is as. a-year, and the lowest is Is. a-year And though this be the lowest allowance which has caught our eyc on hastily glancing over the table, it is not in the least uncharacteristic : few of the northern allowances reach a pound a-year, and the average of them appears to be about 3e, Yet there is no part of the country where rents have increased to so great a proportion as i❑ the Highlands, and there is none where, perhaps, since the late improvement in Ireland, so much human misery can be found concentrated—misery not created by excess or depravity, but occasioned by a state of society which makes the distribution of the in dustrial and natural produce of the district peculiarly disproportionate. We want no further words to de scribe the extent of this misery whe❑ we aro told, in the report quoted above, that allowances such as we have stated can only in many cases bo given to a select few, and that there arc many competitors for such a benefit ! The primary evil of the system is in the law, which declares, no doubt, that the poor shall be provided for, but gives no machinery for enforcing the rule. A dis abled widow is entitled to be supported ; but to make good her right she must prosecute in the Supreme Court. The parochial authorities are virtually the im posers and appropriators of the tax, and in remote dis tricts there is one simple ruling principle on which they act, as easily comprehended as it is efficacious in opera tion. It is that of .' keeping down the assessment." In the town parishes, where the poor infest the streets, this desirable object cannot be so well accomplished, and public opinion there produces the shilling a-week (in cases where there is a family of paupers there is sometialos as much as 3s. a-week given) already men tioned. So munificent an allowance acts as a general magnet through the country, and the wretched of the rural parishes congregate in the towns, where, by a three years' residence, a settlement is obtained. The paupers bast provided for aro those in the workhouses, which have only been established in Edinburgh, Glas gow, and Paisley. Of these the Edinburgh St. Cuth bert's workhouse gets the character of best performing the functions for which it was established. We have before us the rules of that institution, includ ing the dietary, which is as follows :—Break fast, 4 oz. oatmeal porridge and 2 gills butter milk ; dinner, broth made of 2 oz. ox head and hough and 1 oz. barley, and 63- oz. bread ; sup per, the same as breakfast. There is no solid animal food. This gives a weekly allowance of 5G oz. oatmeal, 14 oz. ox head and hough for broth, 45 : 1 -, oz. bread, loi oz. barley, and 28 gills of butter milk. The lowest of the scales issued by the Commissioners for England shows a weekly allowance of bread, 84 oz. ; meat, 15 oz. ; cheese, S oz. ; potatoes, 24 oz. ; suet pudding 14 oz.; broth 9 pints ; gruel, 10i pints. The amount of solid food in the former case is 101 i oz.—in the letter, 145 oz. Yet to nine-tenths of the poor of Scotland the provision of the St. Cuthbert's workhouse would be a blessed change. The most harrowing details of the sufferings of the poor of Scotland under this system have been broug t forward in the various pamphlets of Dr. Alison, in the late discussion before the British Association, in two elaborate articles in '!'nit's Magazine, in Chanzbers's Journal, and otherwise ; but with the means of infor mation thus in their hands, the great champions of the paupers in Parliament are dumb ; and why ?—because the poor of Scotland are the really destitute, oppressed, and needy, whose cause offers no better inducement for its support than the great claims of humanity and so cial order. It affords no means of wielding a great en gine of political faction, and has therefore no charms for the Wakleys and the Sibthorps. It is not asso• ciated with physical force—it has not been the war-cry of armed and torch-lit mobs; it would have in view the feeding of the hungry and the clothing of the naked— not the restoration of the sturdy labourer to his idle ease. It will be when the hounding on of fierce pas sions, not the relief of destitution, is the object to be ob tained, that the poor of Scotland will receive cham pionship from such a quarter.— Examiner. THE GALLANT CAPT. DOUGLAS. At the Levee, on Wednesday last, Captain Douglas, late Commander of the Cambridge, merchant ship, was presented to the Queen by Viscount Palmerston, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer on him ti,e honour of knighthood. The case of Captain Douglas is one of which this great maritime nation may well be proud. He arrived at Singapore the peaceful master of a merchant ship, but hearing there the condition in which Captain Elliot and other British subjects in China were then placed by the oppressive conduct of the Chinese authorities at Canton, he at once got rid of his cargo, purchased some 82-pounders, doubled his crew, laid in a good store of ammunition, and gallantly set sail for the Canton River ; and all this he did en tirely on his own personal responsibility. In his short passage from Singapore not a moment was lost in work ing his willing crew at the guns. He entered the tar, fon River, cleared for action, and gallantly took his station inside the valuable fleet of British merchant ships there lying at anchor. There happened to be no vessel of war in the Canton River at that moment, but Captain Douglas was alone sufficient to afford protec tion. He repelled all assaults, but he was unfortu tunately severely wounded in the attack upon the Chinese junks at Kow Lune, on the sth of September, 1839. Well, when British vessels of war did arrive, it necessarily followed that the gallant mission of Captain Douglas was at an end ; but we have not yet done with this Captain Douglas. Oa the arrival of the British vessels of war he fell back into the merchant seaman, and proposals were actually made to him by some American captains for the purchase of his 32-peunders. " No " (said Captain Douglas) ; " you want these guns to sell them again to the Chinese, but I'd rather chuck them overboard than sell you one of them." We need scarcely add that Captain Douglas has already been reimbursed for the expenses he incurred in the public service, and we sincerely trust that there is truth in the report that both he and his gallant crow hare, moreover, received a handsome gratuity from her Majesty's Go vernment.—Observer. TIIE MARY STUART.—From accounts re • ceived yesterday it appears that this unfottunate vessel, which, it will be recollee,ed, was nearly lost during the gale on Monday last, off Portleaven, n ear Penzance, in Cornwall, was got off on Thursday lest, through assistance rendered by her Majesty's cutter Sylvia, under the command of Lieutenant Brev, er, and the fishing-smack belonging to Dartmouth, and was towed alongside off Penzance pier. She, however, appears a perfect wreck. In the course of Wednesday tic bodies of three of the men who perished with Lieutenant Smith, in an attempt to reach the wreck, were washed ashore. Seven were drowned, and not five, as was stated in this journal on Thursday last. Their names are Lieutenant Smith ; Henry Wilspring, aged 42, chief' widow and nine children; John Farrans, aged 27, second boatman, who has left a boatman, left a wife and five children Matthew a Cant an on, left a wife and four children ; John Mac Mahon, wife d six children; William Simpson, aged 18; and John Val thauteau, aged 14 . An inquest ha; been held on th e bodies of those found, and the Jury have returned a ver dict of " Accidental cleat)." The Mary Stuart is insured to the e xtant of 1,7601. Charles Gough, a solicitor's clerk, arrested Friday in Fetter - lane , for assaultin g a policemanon w h o went to the assistance of the prisoner's wife, c o urse of the day, taken before Mr. Alderm an i N n vo t o h d e , at Guildhall. The prisoner in his defence said, he desi re d the policeman to leave his room, and cautioned him that whatever happened he would be to blame ; that the police man rushed upon him and struck him with his truncheon before lie used the poker ; that it was untrue that his wife came out of the room, or that he had dote more to her i s; r e g h e e o r n one t slap St. on Batrlatie:o,ohrn,eeelkv.,s, t h h o a u n se g s i bone. The Mr. Ormerod, the were two incised wounds stated that there en head, and one on the face. p O e n n e et o r f at t e h d e t w o ou th nd e s the head extended two inches, and but from such policeman was not in dan ger,custted, Th e • wounds a state of danger sometimes prisoner was • eel N comma to ewgate. MORNIN G EDITION NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Extract of a Letter from Rio Janeiro, da.ed Jan. 14,:1841 :—" On the 31st December last, her Majesty's brigantine Fawn, Lieutenant Foote, and Partridge, Lieutenant Wee. Morris, being 25 miles to the eastward of the Island of St. Sebastian, on this cost, cruising for the suppression of the slave trade, descried a brig in the E.N.E., standing in for the land. The wind being very light, both vessels sent their boats to board the stranger, which at 6 p.m. took possession of her. She proved to be the Portuguese brig Acceicera, having on board 332 slaves, 24 having died on their passage from Quill:mane, on the coast of Africa, bound to Ilha Grande. The misery and wretchedness endured by these hapless creature!, from betig short of water, when the brig was captured, was most extreme. Slavery is still carried on to a very great extent on this coast. The A , i;!, 84, Capt. W. Fisher, sailed on Monday last, for Chatham, to be paid off. The Iris, 26, Captain Nurse, sailed en Wednesday from Plymouth, for the coast of Africa. The Bellerophon, 80, Captain C. J. Austen, C. 8., is ordered from the Mediterranean to be paid off at Portsmouth ; and the Implacable, 74, Captain E. Har vey, is also returning home, to be paid off at Plymouth. The Tweed, '2O, Commander Douglas, sailed yester day morning for the North American and West India Station ; she Brill proceed, in the first instance, to Ber muda. Tne Pique, 36, reached Chatham on Wednesday, the Salamander 'aving left her at the Nore to go back and assist the Asia, 84 ; the Pique was to be docked to-day, and on the Dockyard report the Admiralty will determine on paying her off or continuing her in com mission ; her masts cannot be made in the Chatham yard in less than six weeks. • The Glaucester and Eagle, both 50 gun razees, are 0,6(1 ready for commis , ion at Chatham, and the Warspit", Vindictive, and Dablin, all of 50 guns, at this port. The Unicorr, 46, is getting ready for commission at Chatham. The Siren, 16 guns, will be launched in the end of April. The keel of the Albert, 90 gun ship, has been this week laid down on a new slip in this dockyard. The General K 3 d, from Madras for London, passed the Wii2ht ye terday. The Vulcan, for Bordeaux and Mauritius, is at Spit he-id. NEW YORK LINERS.—The Philadelptia, from New York, dropped her mails here do Wednesday ; she left on tl:e Lt instant ; the Mediator, for New York, sailed on Toursday ; and the Gladiator, for New York, sailed yesterday. We momentarily look for the Samson, which should have left New York on the 10th instant. Sixteen war steamers are ordered to be built, six of the first cities, and ten of the second ; all to be armed with guns of ten-inch calibre. Several of these will be laid down immediately, and the frames of the whole converted, without delay, so as to be ready by the time the engines are prepared. The officers of the Excellent have subscribed 8/. 3s. to the fund for the widows and orphans of the crew of the late Fairy. The total sum subscribed exceeds 2,000!., and will, we believe, .be divided upon the prin ciple of shares, similar to prize money. Ten young gentlemen, from 15 to 19 years, are forth with to be entered on board the Excellent, and thence to the Naval College, to study mathematics ; they are to be permittel to remain two years, at which period it is expected they will be competent to pass an examina tion ; and if successFul, they will immediately obtain a commission es marine officers. Jr any gentleman qua lifies himself at the expiration cf cne year he will attain the same reward. They aro t, be paid as mates, viz. 65/. a year. We were delighted at the excellence of the gunnery practice of the Nautilus brig, of 10 guns, a few days since at Spithead ; we bad heard the firing, and could plainly see that the shots were well directed, but at a moment wo were looking with a telescope at the target flag, a shot struck the staff and carried it away, and in the next instant, another shot knocked the cask, in which the flog had been inserted, to atoms ; tthe dis tance was point blank range, and wo presume the guns were carronades. The Victoria revenue cutter picked up on Tuesday last, off the Nab Light Vessel, 53 tubs and one flagon of spirits of brandy and gin. In liarbou-.—Queeen, Victory, Excellent, Royal Georg.,, and Echo steam tug. At. Spithead.—lndus, Vernon, Pelican, and Nau tilus. On Weene , sday Sir James and Lady Stirling gave a sumptuous and elegant entertainment on board the In dus, at Spithead, to a large and brilliant party of these towns and neighbourhood. The Lieutenant-Governor and the Hon. Lady Pakenham were present, as were the Port Ai.rniral and daughters, the Admiral Superin t•l,Jlent, the Hon. Mrs. Bouverie and the Misses B tie, CWriel and Mrs. Arbuthnot, Hon. Mrs. Grreville, Captain and Mrs. Ellice, Sir R. Grant, Captain i‘hetague, Dr. Quarrier, and a number of officers of the garrison and of the magines and the squadron The visitors were hig'uly gratified by the scene, and remained on board till 16te in the c\ ening. PLOMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenants--T. R. Sullivan, of the Melville, and Hcury Wors:ey Hill, to the rank of Commander. Mates—Philip Somerville (1830), of the Wellesley; Robert Els (1830), of the Thunder ; Robert James Rouse (1832), of the Stag ; Charles Moore (1823), of the Andromache ; Henry Probyu (1834), of the Seringapatam ; James Dirom (16:35), of the Impreg nable ; and Thomas E. Symords (1837), of tl_e Wan derc,r (the la` ter on a death vacancy on the coast of Africa), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Captains Frederick Bullock (1838), to the Fearless, steam-vessel, for Surveying Service. _ --- Commanders—John Land Wynn (1825), to the Royal Sovereign, for the packet service at Port Patrick. Lieutenants—W. C. Chamberlain, from Stromboli to the Excellent ; E. N. Troubridge, to the South.. amp ton. Assistant-Surgeon—Wm. Cass, to the Queen, to eo duty at Haslar. Acting Additional Assistaut-Surgeon—Dr. A. Sib bald and J. Simpson, to the Queen ; Dr. T. E. Mo!es. worth, from the Dee steamer, to the Crocodile. Mates—W. D. Carroll and G. Hancock, from Queen to the Vernon ; N. Vansittart, from Tweed to the Queen ; J. R. Thompson, to the Excellent ; HeLry Well, to the Vernon. Mr. Francis Clifton is appointed Na; al Storekeeper of Melte Dockyard, and his situation at the Admi ralty is to be fil;ed by the eldest son of T. T. Grant, Esq., of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard. Royal M ar ines,—Lieut.-Colonel Marley having taken the retirement, Captain Biker has been promoted to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Corps ; Lieut. and Adjutant Dw)er becomes a Captain, and the Senior Second Lieutenant a lint Lieutenant. (From the Ilampshire Independent.) The Aindos'an, line-of-battle sh,p, of 80 guns, will be launched from the dock-yard, at Plymouth, in August next ; immediately atter which, a ship of 90 guns will be laid d, wn on the same slip. The President frigate, Captain W. Broughton, with the flag of Adiu ral Ross, is hourly expected from the South Ameri can s t a ti on, h av i ng l e f t Ri o J ane iro !h e 15th of 3 anuary last. Sh e b r i ngs home about a million and a half of dollars on merchants' account. A grand dejeune was given to Pakenbam, and a board the Indus, by Captain Sir H. Stirling, Admiral Sir E. Codriogton, Soi on Tuesday unt lasf, o . n ww n iti a , n o d e n a e rl i y gh s b o ou o rh c o o o se d s . hollow shot, arrived to of powder, and 600 eight-inchl3 lat Woolrich. day from the Royal large i'li The party J o a f m . the es leei elite p o t f , t l i a l d e e t n at the Cape of Good Hope tain G. Adams, arrived the je brile z, u , r n i b c ioof ALiesuci:nant Ross, and Acorn, Cap. the former on the Bth, and tho January. The brig Wanderer fro ' i l l ' i h in the river Gambil, on the 31st sailed_athurb, again on the 7th February, all well. January, 1 anc e h as been founded A Sailors' Horn at Capa Tov;n, sailor, and is er ; Watts, late a ,„o.ng on pros by Jaines latter arrive do atn the B kith t porously. ..:...--.______ . WOOLWICH, MARCH 26. itinhaEviiiigLglanadrrativiedd SfrcoomtlaAndbeirsdaetena. Upwards of 30 recruits have Joined from Ireland during the present .week. LI ia o , ug B h 4 t to be done . soon to remedy this evil, which is . if not entnyly, attributed to the pension warrant re ducingassltorrialin,oidi.s..t,shtAiinllsg, only one ru r k eCi n ru b the reward for 21 years' active service to 6d a day. The Pique, 36 guns, Captain E. Boxer was towed from Sheerness to Chatham, by the Salamander steam •frigate, to be paid off. g u ns , Captain W. Fisher, recently returned from the Mediterranean, was towed into Sheerness, on ll:ed neAlay, by th e S alamander steam-frigate, for ti ; r e h r A r r a -t i ) s or ra splendid s hi p, built of African teak, being paid off, inspect e d, an d recomm i ss i on ed. of Navarino. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington at the battle I make very little The timber of this is so hard that cannon impression upon it. t r S. B. Cook, left Wool- The -Firebrand, steam-vessel, and isastlhe flag-ship of rail, and Mr. Charles Wood, and of inspecting the Asia, board, for Sheerness, theFiYebrand this morning. Their and they returned in i the e rwards returned to town.. wick, on Wednesday, w fo i r th Sir C:lifaafel,:ser.Vamot„he3rlgr.enAtll.emOe'Fneorn-. Lordships immediately afterwards on Thursday morning. 1 The Drake sailed for ____ At n agh special a ia n l d me eting of the Propr ie t ors o f t h e wmi Gloucester Railway, h e ld at Birming ham , Tuesday, a proposition " Thst one morni ng an d " ~. passenger train (in addition t o t h e ma i l tra i n oneo evt'n;'•„ running)' be despatched from Bi rm i ng h am to Gl3u a ra c ester every Sunday," was met by an amendment, " Ttat no (A ber twins arc required on the Sabbath than those nos , r unning for the conveyance of the mails." Upon a divi.ion the amendment was carricd by 41 to 30. 41 COVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND...-- Bartley, ore of the treasurers of this excellent institution, has intimated to the Committee -- that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has appointed Thursday, the 29th of April, for the celebration of its annual festival. ,/;j ~