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D;.'et tri Mon god prili thP•ju b i : ip only ed ; 3isty-fou of :ala i° t yid a b°° lifOg'crir arc ', oi er rp e f k. fin e; , e j e ti_ rover!: esulted ived `` ith nd" n Le be °Luc. by the iiiD that ots, o . a f r ith " .ore r to g ditl i the tics- r it,t c'w gr l eft ) ev (Jll ? s e . t in tf; hie ti l 0 . t bet dei rs Cec' ti. ; 4 „s piv 04 4 8 111 16 1 15 4g, / s b B r e l asters 3:114 oter° EVEN IN U EDITION AMERICAN NEWS, EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. By the arrival of the Tarolima, a fine American ship, off the port last night, We have received papers to the 26th ult., the Tarolinta having made the voyage in nineteen days. She brings no tidings of the President. That unfortunate vessel had not returned to New York on the 2Gth, when the Tarolinta sailed, nor had any thing been heard of her there after she sailed on the 11th. The trial of M'LEOD, it is said, had been post poned to the first Monday in October, owing to a mistake made by the clerk of the Court in the necessary legal forms. The President's new appointments were giving great diSsatisfaction to the place-hunters, most of whom were disap pointed. (Prom the New York Papers to the 25th of March, re- ceivecrlast night.) OFFICIAL. APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, Robert C. Cornell, of New Yurk, to be Receiver Ge rieral of Public Money at New York, in the place of Ste phen Allen, removed. Samuel Frothingham, of Boston, to be Receiver-Gene. hl of Public Money at Boston, io the place of Isaac Hill, r emoved. Richard K. Call, of Florida, to be Governor in and for the Territory of Florida, in the place of Robert R. R, id, removed. Charles B. Penrose, of Pennsylvania, to be Solicitor of the Treasury, in the place of Matthew Burchard, removed. Elisha Whittlesey, of Ohio, to be Auditor of the Treasury Or the Post-office Department, in the place of Charles K. Gardner, removed. Paul Rossignol, to be Superintendent of the Branch Mint at Dablonega, in the State of Georgia, i% the place of J. J. S ngleton. „John Wil l i amson o f P enns ylvania, t o b e R ece i ver o f th e ‘ i eneral Land Office, in the pace of Hudson M. Garland, It toved, liolornon Van Rensselaer, to be Deputy Postmaster at t• AN ny OFPICERS OF THE CUSTOMS. 4, 4 „ COLLECTC RS. George Allen, at Waidoborough, Maine, vice Denny er'Cobb, removed, ',Jeremiah Brooks, at York, Maine, vice Joseph P. Jun. 'us, removed. Parker Sheldon, at Bath, Maine, vice Joseph Sewall, ,Moved, NAVAL OFFICER. Isaac P. Davis, at Boston, Massachusetts, vice Isaac 0. 15 arnes, removed. THE EXTRA Sasstou.—The National Intelligencer, `• *tick), being the " government paper," may be supposed ha know something of the views of the new Administration, Rates the following is among the reasons which render b eeessary a special ses-ion of Congress. In the very outset, it has become quite apparent that i cie Sub-Treasury system is not merely a useless protu berance on the Treasury, but a posit ve impediment to its Proper action. Without entering to-day into particulars lo regard to that system, it is sufficient to stave that, under the restrictions of the law requiring all public money to be Placed in the vaults of the Receivers-Glendon the Tree spry Department is deprived of the facility of converting into specie funds the Treasury Notes which it is author toed to issue, (a miserable expedient, but without alterna tive in the present state of the Treasury), because it can eat stipulate to draw for proceeds of the sale of them as they may be wanted for use, &e. In a word, apart from 4 11 other objections to the Sub-Treasury scheme, the ope rations of the Treasury are so fettered by it that it is oot possible to conduct the fiscal affairs of the Govern talent conveniently (and hardly reputably) whilst it re- Mains in force. MR, VAN BUREN.—The ex-President arrived yesterday in Jersey City by the railroad cars, and crossed over to New York in a steamboat which his friends sent over for the pur pose. About half-past three o'clock he landed at the bat tery, and was received by an immense crowd of his per s!itial and political friends, who gave him a most enthu siastic reception. He then proceeded up Broadway in an ° Pen carriage, attended by a procession of several public s ocieties, bands of music, military companies, and a large !lumber of private citizens. The day was extremely wet, esd it rained violently during the entire time that the pro cession was passing through the streets. That under eueh circumstances so large a number of persons should t urn out to compliment a man who had no longer any f avours to confer, or offices to bestow, must have been not II little gratifying to the ex-President. ANECDOTE.—In taking the census of an adjoining county, the Marshal called at the house of an old lady, and among e ther questions asked her if she had on the plantation any % Mite males, between the age of 15 and 20. After pon lering awhile, she replied, that she " had only one, and Me was a black woman, between 25 and 30."—Lynchburgh F irginian. THE MAlLS.—There is a grand stoppage of the mails " o th ways at Augusta, Geo., where the railroad has been e erried away by a flood, and the country so extensively et t i merged that a passage over is extremely difficult. The a h e r outbern rivers, or creeks, as they call them, are very in "en swollen. Four mails, going south, were lost in Crossing the pcmulgee on the 10th of March. One cf these mails is said to have contained the European letters by the steamer President, which arrived here on the 3d of March. These mails were for New Orleans, Mobile, Columbus, &e. When the news by the Caledonia arrived here, it was of the same date as the last news from New Orleans. FATAL ACCIDENT..--We learn that James Fitchpatrick, foreman on the work of Messrs. M'Mahan, Sterling, and Gamble, contractors on the North Branch Canal, in Ilraintrim, Luzerne co., was instantly killed by the falling °f a stone from the mountain above on Thursday afterno on ;att. Mr. F. was a very respectable man and has left a 'liege family. ANOTHER FIRE IN NEW HARTFORD. —About one o'clock last Saturday morning, amid the raging storm, the saw t4ill and carding-machine of Mr. Joseph Gillett, in the s outh-west part of New Hartford were burnt down. The %whole loss, including turning works, tools, grind -stones, 4 te., is estimated at more than two thousand dollars. There was no insurance. THE FRESHET AT THE SOUTH. Advices from Charleston to the evening of the 19th ; 411 5 t.• announce the abatement of the walers, though stiil raw;try high. Much damage has been done. We subjoin a particulars : SAVANNAH, MARCH 16.—Beach island was entirely co vered. Several corn-houses destroyed. At Savor Bluff ! I corn-house was carried away, and one also at Millei's ' 4l :Wing: The wood landings, from Silver Bluff to Para thackla, were all under water, and the wood swept off. In Augusta, we are happy to learn, the damage was not 14 terial. The water was not so high by four or five fe..l 4t- at the freshet in May last. It however reached Broad street and filled several of the cellars. At Hamburg the whole town was inundated—the water %vering the first floors of the houses and store - :. Comi. durable damage was done to the town, but to what extent Ns pot known. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.—THE STATE FINANCES.— the defeat of the Bill for the construction, by the State, 1 : 1 The Northern Railroad, from Ogdensburgh to Lake hamplain, may be taken, we presume as an earnest of the fate of other appropriations which have been or may be 111 ,Me for similar works. The vote was d ec i s i ve — on l y 39 414 embers being in favour of the Bill, out of a total of 128. We commend the wisdom of this course, an d earnest l y hope e ,, that not a doll a r w ill b e a pp ro p r i ate d at t h e present Session for any new work of internal improvement, nor for 4 1 1 7 old work, unless the State is already pledged to make lue appropriation. There was expended during the last fiscal yea r , un d er the direction of the Canal Commissioners, the enormous !URt of $5,011,623 ; of which $3,232,371 vi as for the tie Canal Enlargement. The State debt is already 1 51 5,000,000, and unless the profuse expenditures which G ave been projected for future years are promptly arrested, ~I t e shall s oon fi n d that our debt is tw en ty m illi ons , th en (I senty-five millions, then thirty miliiorei i and so on to the „,, en d of the chapter. We call upon all the friends of State edit and State prosperity to lend a hand for the preserva 'H.P, of both. .; ESCAPE.—On Saturday the prisoners in the 4 0, " Bedford jail had a vary narrow esc a pe f ro m suffoca ..:."‘"2. The pipe of one of the stoves having separated, the ilks produced by the coal fire escaped into the apartments 14 such quantities that, when the circumstance was dig ' ; tVered, twenty-five or thirty of th e pri soners h a d b ecome Ilse nsible. Medical aid was immediately called, and, after k good deal of difficulty, they were all resuscitated. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. (Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.) A PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 23, 18 4 1.—1 wa s inform e d to. ' " 0 4 7 that the arrangeme n t soug h t to b e ma d e b y t h e U n i ted 8 t tea Bank with our city banks, relative to taking its 6 ha tes at par, is all off agai n , i n consequence o f t h e disposi -11 manifested by the Legislature not to do any thing in e way o f " Relief." Every movement and every day's 11Perience goes to confirm the opinion which I have fre t:, W e ndy expressed to you, that no thi ng w ill b e d one at Cil,arriaburg. Under these manif estations the b anks are w q k .1 1 t little inclined to increase their respwsibilities. They husbanding their resources and ma k ing every prepare op in their power to save themselves, and each for itself. g e bills o f t h e B an k are a t a d eprec i ation of 15 to 16 1,7 r e r coat. to-day for paper and for specie. At the Stock Board but a limited amount of business , Z t i l k i s t been done. United States Bank rose 5-8, but of gt h , rise 3.8 of it were sunk at the close of the tand and the fa-- , e1 ; t 1 1 was not experled last night. The new of the :t gable of the 'cilia of the Bank in r. Er tot pl e S tand of the Court of ~ommon Pleas it (vas qi ze o ?tly believed would pu the stock up too. nolders d• ntly perplexed. I t hi n k i t lik e l y t h e two facts ,24e'ned h ave h a d an influence in bringing d own the e * "..7Ut on bank bills. Specie is worth 3to 3 1-2 per 3,..rnore than paper. Exchange on New York :3 7.8. ‘eti,4:34 MARKET, TUESDAY, MARCH 23.--Cotton is less t9- day. The sales so far arc quite moderate in ex abtoa- J . bough w i thout any ndterse chang e i n t h e feeling 1 47 y _ \Vestern flour is better. There are buyers at for exportation, but holders ask more, generally 8 4 r, though one salo of $5OO bbls. has been made at mare Aland probably others at the same price. Corn is N ot teatiful, and can be bad at 50c. per 561bs. Farther Rya at s3c, deliverable. 4 1? THE w STATES BANK.—+ThO COM. o lual , Ppotated by the st oc kh o ld ers of the United States get jan4lll7, to investigate its affairs, have been • diligently occupied daily for some weeks, in prosecuting their inquiries. Ample and satisfactory facilities have been rendered them by the officers of the institution, and the report, which they officially announce they will mnke on the sth of April, will be entitled to implicit confidence The thoroughness of the investigation is such, that nothir.g undisclosed or covered up will be left to cause subsequent cavil.—Philadelphia IVorth American. The bad debts due to the Bank of the State of Alabama and its branches, are officially reported by a comm'ttee of the Legislature to amount to the very enormous su.n of $5,640,761 591 This Bank belongs to the State, and has been governed by officers elected by the Legislature because of their devotion to that party. The loss will, of course, be suffered by the State. STEAMER CHESTER LOST. —WC learn by the Lehigh arrived here yesterday morning, that the Chester was snagged on the Mississippi, about 18 miles above the mouth of the Ohio, and, it is feared, will prove a total loss of boat and cargo; as part of her hurricane deck under water. She had a valuable cargo of priduce,. and was bound to New Orleans. The accident occurred the morning of the 7th inst. in rounding to at a wood yard, and she filled so quick that the passengers were not at.lc to secure the whole of their biggage.—Cincinnati lb:pub lican. CANADIAN NEWS. CANADIAN ELECTIONS.—Sir Allan M`Nab bas been elected from the borough of Hamilton by 63 majority. A serious riot occurred at Milburn's Tavern, a few miles from Toronto, where, according to the Toronto Pa triot, a M'KeLzie flag was heisted by the Liberals. A violent contest ensued, which ended in the complete and total destruction of the house and furniture. Several per sons were dangerously wounded. The annexed paragraph; relate to some other district FIRST RIDING.—Mr. Prico at the head of the poll, 109 over Mr. Gamble. Much dreadful fighting and bones break ing by the Gowanitcs. A company of the 34th has been sent there this morning. Price will be returned. SECOND RlDlNG.—Duggan was elected pro tern. Col. Baldwin's voters were not atlowed to come up by the blud geon men ; many were dangerously beatez, among them we hear Col. Adamson and M. Higgins, Esq., nephew to Col. Baldwin. A protest, it is said, has been entered against Duggan's return. The trial of Robinson, for the murder of Mr. Suydam, is still going on at New Brunswick, and is likely to con tinue some days longer. We have not thought it worth white to occupy our columns, from day to day, with a re port of the case. Of course, when it is finished, we shall publish the result. The circumstances of the mur der were minutely detailed in our columns soon after it was committed. The Newark Eagle relates the follow ing incident:—When one of the witnesses, in relating a conversation he had had with Robinson, remarked, " I then stepped up to him, and looked him right in the eye," Robinson exclaimed out loud—" I wish you would look me in my eye now." This singular interruption [induced a solemn pause in the proceedings, and, for a short time, the most profound stillness prevailed throughout the crowded court-room. His counsel subsequently told him that he had done his cause more injury by those few words, than lie (his counsel) could do him good by an hour's talk. (From the Savannah Republican, March 17.) GOOD NEWS FROM FLORIDA. PILATIA, MARCH 14.—Capt. Ker, 2d Dragoons, a day or two since took 21 Indians with their chief, Koxa Tustc nuggee. Twenty old Indians came in a few days ago at Fort Fan ning-, and gave themselves up. Wild Cat has been in at Tampa and gone out to bring in bis people, and letters to-night say that 90 men were sent out on the 11th, to escort 90 odd warriors on their way in. About 400 Indians are already at Tampa waiting to be shipped—in fact every one writes that the war is over. STILL LATER FROM FLORIDA.—By the steamer Gen. Taylor, Capt. Peck, the above intelligence is confirmed. THE STEAM-SHIP BRITISH QUEEN. The steam-ship British Queea, which sailed from Portsmouth for New York on the 10th of March, encoun tered very stormy weather during her voyage, and was obliged to put into Halifax for coals and to repair her paddles. She reached that port on the 30th, and sailed again for New York on Wednesday evening. The fol lowing is from the Haiifax papers of the Ist inst.:— THE BRITISH QUEEN AT HALIFAX! SIX DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND. We were startled from our propriety on Tuesday by the pnnouncemeat of " a steamer east," and at once concluded that it was our own " Acadia," bcoming along and making an incomparably short passage across the Atlantic in the most boisterous season of the year. As soon as she turred the beach, however, and by the aid of a glass, we could survey her plainly—the painted port holes, in man-of-war style, so different from the black sides of the Cunard line—a figure head of the British Queen in flowing robes, instead of the fierce Indian, tomahawk in band, on the bows of the Acadia— proved at once that we were receiving a visit from some strange bird of the ocean, and for an hour every body gave himself up to conjecture. • On the steamer came, but slowly—was cheered as she passed close to the wharves, — when the " British Queen" was descried on her stern ; every body knew that she was twenty days out from Er g land, and every body began to whisper " 0. K., Out of Ko al." The Queen dropped in et the end cf Cunard's wharf, when it was discovered that her paddles were broken, (a fact which accounted for her slow pace up the harbnur), and that it was for the purpose of getting these repaired and a supply of coal, that she had put in to Haillax. On inquiring on board, we found that she had sailed from London on the Bth, and Portsmouth on the 10th of March—that she had encountered such severe gales from the Westward, during the passage, that her paddles were shattered, and one of them rendered completely useless, until the weather abated, and temporary floats were rigged on the paddle wheels, and enabled her to make this pert. LETTER TO CAPT. FRANKLIN. Steam Ship, British Queen, Halifax, March 31, 1 Dear Sir—ln addressing you on the subject of our late passage towards New Ycrk, we feel we have a difficult, though at the same time a pleasing duty to perform— difficult from the circumstance of our being unable to congratulate you on the shortness of our passage, which, from its prosperous commencement, ap. peared so promising and pleasing, from our being able to express to you our entire confidence in your skill, and in that of your Officers and Engineers—as also our sincere acknowledgements of your unremitting attention to our safety and comfort. It was at one time deemed by many of us desirable to run for Fayal, in con sequence of the loss of every float from our larboard or lee paddle wheel as well as sails, during the %iolent storm which lasted for ten successive days—not that we enter tained, for a moment, the idea of placing our judgment in opposition to yours—and we therefore felt perfectly satis fied when you announced to us your intention of steering for Halifax ; our unanimous opinions of the soundness of which decision we hereby beg to record. And now, dear Sir, that we have, under the protection of Divine Providence, got safely into harbour, we can not separate without expressing, from our hearts, the sin cere wi.h that you may never again be so severely tried, but that your future voyages across the Atlantic, as well as the remainder cf your journey through life, may be naa,ked by sunshine and prosperity. (Signed by the Passengers.) The British Queen encountered a severe gale of wind, which continued for ten successive days, during vvhich she lost every float from her larboard paddle, and many from her starboard one, every sail was split or torn out of the bolt-ropes as soon as set ; Captain Franklin, consequently, had no alternative left to him bat to make the nearest port. During a lull of six hours a few floats were replaced, but the number was not sufficient to justify an attempt to con tinue the voyage to New York, without previously putting into this port.— Gazette. THE PRESIDENT. TO THE EDTTOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l have taken some pains to examine the American pavers in order to find what the probable course of the Pre sident would be, should no material accident have happened to her during the storms which we know she must have encountered. I send you the notices of the first gale, cut from the New Fork Express, and which agree with other accounts. By these it is certain that the first storm commenced on Friday night, March 12th, and probably the President's speed had previously been much impeded by the heavy sea from the eastward, which usually precedes a gale from that quarter, "so that she was not eastward o f th e m er idi an o f New Bedford when she met the gale. The wind was from the N.E., and continued with violence all of Saturday, the 13th. As the next gale commenced on the 16th, and is reported to have lasted three days, probably the head sea con tinued ; so that, when she encountered the second gale on Wednesday, the 16th, in all probability she was not eastward of where, with usual moderate weather, or a fair wind, she would have been in three days of a common passage. Find ing the gale continuing on the 17th, with every probability of its lasting some days longer ; having then expended at least one-third of his coals, and seeing that at the close of the gale, even should it cease the next day, he would at the end of eight days be only two, or, at most, three days' sail east of New York, it appears to me, as a prudent man, the captain would at once determine, if safe on the 17th, to use the remainder of the N.E. gale to reach a port where he could be sure of re plenishing his coal, and also of repairing any damage he might have sustained • and, as he then was probably S. E. from New York, h e wou ld with a heavy N.E. gale rim for Bermuda, if he could not aim for the Chesaitake. 1 have been fully of opinion that something like the above would prove to he the ease, and, since seeing the high cha racter Captain Fayrer gives of the qualities of the President, and that jus opinion agrees with my own, I venture to ex press it, as I should certainly entertain it had I friends on board. The danger mentioned of her having "broached to" in the first gale—of her having struck on the eastern coast, or encountered the ice. are all idle, as she must have been hundreds of mile!, g. W. of all such dangers up to the 18th ult. I 'fibula be unwilling to encourage unwarranted hopes, but It ars t ; l iears to me there is nothing to fear above the °r "..mary danger to, ti good strong ship lying to ina l heavy gale, he t• far as her machinery, or • Wing telproperly loaded, might have increased mad' asedth st a a that, start w g ,o e o r a . Ail 'unlucky sea in a hes.l feipett, it is t 'clad, and 'send a shqi to ine uottom ; tut seamen agree that &re rig position of less danger during such a gale than lying to, and it is very seldom that any heavy accident happens in such a position. If the steam could be used it would enable her to keep the sea more steadily, and thus be more safe than a sailing ship. The great length of time that has elapsed since the President sailed is certainly rather discouraging ; but I should by no means despair until after receivin g dates to the 28th from Bermuda and the West India islands. Wednesday, April 14. OBSERVER. P. R/V.ATE BILLS, &c.—A list of the petitions for private bills and the progress therein in the present se.sian is now before us, frcm which it appears that the number of private bills on which petitions have been pre sented, amounts to 233 or thereabouts. Out of there bills, 13 have already received the Royal assent, and several of the othe rs are i n an advanced state of progress. These bills embracebrace enterprise. most every description of private ...,,,, 5 ,,,7 .,, E,''-' ,.7 ''' : ' t TEI H E sUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1841. STEAM-S HIPS-F GOAT-AN C HORS. TO THE EDl7'uti OF THE SUN. Sin—The result of an experiment lately tried, of discon necting the paddles of a steam-vessel, appears to establish the practicability of overcoming no irreonsiderable obstacle to the perfection of steam-navigation. Paddles fitted upon a prin ciple to permit their disconnection from the engine, will con veniently admit, under certain conditions, an applicatii , n of a simple contrivance, which may prevent much stress to the ves sel, and possibly the fate of foundering. The contrivance alluded to is a float-anchor. Dr. Franklin, many years since, suggested its utility, which was tested and proved by Captain Gower, of the East India Company's service, and by others since his time. Float-anchors of convenient form can be easill handled, and when judiciously managed enable a vessel to bow the sea with litle chance of injury. If a steam-vessel leave port with favourable weather, and after gaining an offing should encounter an adverse gale, against which it is not in the power of her engine to urge her, or if she be forced a-head, not without considerable risk of say both to herself, her engine, and paddles, it would be better to extinguish the fires, cisconnect the paddles (lessen ing, by so dn;:ig, of heavy seas b}' the mischievous effect of violent co ncussion Ifielding to their force) , and bring h e r to b y her float-anchors, saving' thereby her fuel till it can be advan tageously applied. The vessel's drift will not be considerable, and should she drive too near latr: l . , she will in all probability be in a perfect state to free herself from difficulty or danger , and with respect to gaining her port of destination she will have a better chance of accomplishing that than by attempting to ad vance, which must necessarily be attended with great expendi ture of fuel, compelling her to return to port for the purpose of replenishing it, possibly the reason of delay in the arrival of the anxiously looked-for President. J. H., Commander, R.N. CHURCH-RATES. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) WEYMOUTH, APRIL 13.—This town has been kept in a considerable state of excitement for these last twelve months, in consequence of the all prevailing subject of Church-rates. The parish church, comparatively speaking a new church, was built under an Act of Parliament about twenty-four years ago, and upon which 2,000/. was borrowed by the authority of this Act, and which said sum of 2,0001. is not yet paid off, though what are called Trustee Church-rates have been continually made and paid for that purpose during this period, and it somewhat astonishes plain-dealing folks that a Trustee-rate amounting to upwards of 4001., should be so often called for, and that still this church is in debt 1,0001., the trustees paying interest of 5 per cent. upon that amount, and keep ing a clerk to attend to the business. In addition to this, the churchwardens likewise call for a rate of fourpence in the pound, making also upwards of 4001. per year, to keep a new church in repair. To the Dissenters of the town this is doubly grievous, inasmuch as they feel that not only are they called upon to pay to the support of an edifice in which a creed, and form, and ceremonies are used and taught contrary to what they consider conscientiously to be the truth, but also that they have to pay towards the extravagances of that church. Be lieving this rate to be illegal, several of the inhabitants refused ts pay it, whereupon they were some some months back summoned before the magistrates ; they pleaded the illegality of the rate, and entered into the required engagements to defend themselves in the Ecclesiastical Court against any suit that might be entered by the churchwardens. This, of course, closed the jurisdiction of the magistrates. After waiting till March the Churchwardens selected seven individuals as fit and proper persons to be per secuted by citation to the Ecclesiastical Court, namely, Sir. Charles Pope, Mr. Thomas Dodson, Mr. Stephen Farwell, Mr. George Groves, Mr. Joseph Farwell, Mr. James Clare, Mr. Alfred Galpin. The parties appeared to the citation at Blandford, 24 miles from Weymouth, when they were admo nished to appear again in a fortnight, to receive the libel that would be then exhibited by the Churchwardens. At the ap pointed time they made their second appearance, when the Churchwardens' proctor prayed the Court for further time, as, he said, they were not prepared with their case, they had no papers ready, and, as they would have to be presented to Dr. Addams before they could exhibit their libels, he should ask four four weeks more, at which time the parties cited should again appear. Mr. Pope complained of this annoyance to the parties, in addition to the expense of coming twenty-four miles to nn purpose, and asked, as a reasonable thing, that the e ssurt should order the expenses sof the day; but the answer was, fi‘ This court never allows expenses." Application was then made ti; name any other day than Saturday, as it was a most inconvenient day for the parties to leave their homes, they being all tradesmen. This was also refused, and the whole of the parties ordered to .? ttend that day four weeks, Satur day, 24th April. At the first . appearance of the parties to the citation, it was proposed by them, that as they wished to try the validity of the rate, and all had c same objection, the churchwardens should take one case, Mr. r °Pe's, and all the others would enter into an engagement to pa;' if the church- I war dens succeeded in their suit against him. I, l seir proctor said he would make the communication to them, any let Mr. Pope know the result. He did make that communicatioo , and the result was the positive refusal of the churchwardens to ac cede to this most reasonable proposition, and their determina tion to proceed with the whole of the cases. And thus the mat ter stands with respect to the seven inhabitants cited for re fusing to pay what they conceive to be an illegal rate, all hav ing the same objection to it. The churchwardens, however, have not yet done. To-day they have summoned twenty-two inhabitants, two of whom, frightened at the expense and annoyance, paid the rate and costs, but the others nave declined to pay till the suits now pending in the Ecclesiastical Court be decided, pledging them selves to pay if the churchwardens succeed. The Magistrates, however, have issued orders for the payment of the rate and costs, and say they shall issue distress warrants on their goods if it is not paid, one of them observing that it might be four or five years before the suits now pending would be settled. On Tues day next an immense number more arc to be summoned, and if the Magistrates should be so insane a 4 to grant distress war rants against all who have and will refuse this rate, Wey mouth will be turned into an entire Auction Mart, to suit the tender mercies of the Church of England as by law esta blished. How much longer are the Dissenters of this country to be taxed against their consciences—be taxed to support a system that the freedom of conscience God has given revolts from ? To the Dissenters is owing the liberation of this country from bigotry and oppression. To the Dissenters does our beloved Queen owe the crown she now wears; and long may she live to wear it ; but as they have once overthrown oppression, it will be no hard task to do it again, when once they are united, as they are fast becorrisng on • this all-absorbing question. It has been truly said there. are but three ways to obtain redress of grievances ; tiiP first by petition, the second by remonstrance, and the third by—but God forbid they should ever be driven to do as the Covenanters of Scotland did, gird on the broad sword of freedom to their thighs, and in return to a citation present its sharpened point; yet who does not apirove of their glorious struggle for the freedom of that conscience which God has given, free and unshackled to all men ; and will those who approve of this conduct, carried to extremes as it certainly was, condemn the Dissenters of their own day, who tread in their footsteps? No, and the surprise will be, next, they had not done so before. Cases like the one before vs are enough to drive men to the utmost extremity. Would not one case have been sufficient to decide the question of the lega.jty of this grievous, burdensome, iniquitous rate ? But no, they ill have " justice, and their bond ;" they wll have their " poutd l of flesh ;", but a day of reckoning is coming—we " bide the time." BIBLE CHARTISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sni.,—Your known liberality has induced me to re quest the insertion of the following few remarks in The Sun. Though we may differ in our political creeds, I think you will agree with me as to the expediency of the course I wish to see generally followed. Being an ardent advocate of Chartism, from the belief that it embraces the only means of securing good Go vernment, I connot but wish for its speedy enactment. But if, Sir, this great question is to bo maid up with matter either of a factious or sectarian tendency, the realisation of that wish will be deferred 'for an almost indefinite i:eriod. I regret that any editor of a leading Chartist Journal should so coramit himself as to con found a purely political question with matters purely speculative. I know of but one specks of Chartism, calculated to benefit mankind by making the Common wealth subserve the interests of all ; and I cannot con ceive what connexion it has with, or what support it can gain, from the Scriptures. To talk of Bibla Char tism is as absurd as to talk of Chartist religion. It is a confounding of terms, which are as distinct as fire and water. Chartism consists of five points ; one a natur.:l right inherent in man, and the others are matters of expe diency. Now what have these things to do with re vealed religion ? We need not a revelation to teach them to ue, nor to confirm our title to them. If belief in the divinity of the Bible was necessary to qualify any person for the suffrage, there would be some plausibility ie talking of Bible Chartism ; but as Chartism is but a means of securing good government, by each and for rill, it should not be confounded with the rights of con science, as by so confounding it we render its establish ment more difficult, and at the same time we create doubts as to what are our ulterior objects. We are not aiming, surely, to establish religious creeds ! Nor are we going, in my opinion, to make Chartism subservilsit to Protestantism or Catholicism. In the equality of the suffrage, under the Charter representation, alhects would have ample protection afforded them. No sect, in that case, would gain support in the violation of the rights of conscience. ligion is a thing which no Go vernment has a right to interfere or meddle with. And, therefore, I solemnly protest against connecting it with Chartism, Bible Chartism! How absurd! I shall expect to hear next of Quaker Chartism, Unitarian Chartism, and other nondescript kind of Chartism. I wish people would let the Charter rest upon its own intrinsic merits, and would not mix it up with such foreign matter. 'De pend upon it they only injure the cause by so doing. Trusting that you will perceive the importance of these brief remarks, and will not misconceive my object in requesting you to give them insertion in The Sun, I remain, yours truly, Bath, April 13. G. M. B. THE PRESIDENT STEAM 81111'.—Her jesty, upon leaiing Buckingham Palace fo Windsor Castle, left strict commands that immediately upon the news of the safety of the President resching London a speciAl messenger should be despatched to 1 I:1door with the intelligence, and it having been (alas ! too confidently) stated in London, on `Tuesday evening; that some infJrma bOcn received tesPecting this 'vessel, whii'ih left , heard was in sa fety , DO ( R 3 Qu( en's messenvr, arrived express at Windsor ti" to b u a b d t that it hart been ot, and ln Jgor • "'" o'clock that evening, and from town, shortly alter - her Majesty, immediately after his arrival, Lad the encc communicated to her, through the Lord Chamber lain, when the Queen and Prince Albert expressed the highest satisfaction at the gratifying communication. All'.l - "ORSYT H.—The ex• Secretary of State, Mr. Forsyth, has been sued in a ward court for the sum of ' eighteen dollars ! The suer must be a Locofoco, for Mr. Forsyth would have no dealing with a rascally Whig. But what presumption for a plain min to coerce Mr. Forsyth to pay a debt. A man of his diainciion has no business with dollars and cents. It is honour enough for a trades man to furnish his goods without looking for pay. If the ex-Secretary has any more sm:2ll debts about town, his creditors may send their bills, properly authenticated, to t hi s office ; w e will settle all such matters for him, on 2C ccunt of the love we bear the late ii,clministra6on.- 4merican Paper. Ma- COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Timis")Av.—The Queen and Prince Albtrt took t::eir usual walking exercise this morning in the Slopes and Home Park for nea-ly two hours. The Princess It was taken fur a carriage drive, in the forenoon, into the Great Park. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouveric. Colonel Wemyss, and Mr. George Edward Anson, rode out on orseback in the Forest drives and Great Park. Her Majesty, attended by the Duchess of Bedford, in a puny phaeton, left the Castle for a drive in the afternoon. A second phaeton followed, with the Lady Isakella Wemyss and the Hon. Miss Devereux. At the same time Princo Albert, attended by Colonel Bouveri:, Co lonel Wemyss, Mr. G. E. Ansor, and Mr. Rich, left on horseback. The Royal Party returned to the Castle soon after five o'clock. The Earl and Countess of Uxbriege, and the Ladies Eleancra and Constance Paget will have the honour of dining with her Majesty at the Castle this evening. This afternoon Mr. Ross, ten., had the honour of sub mitting to her Majesty's inspection two engravings from miniatures of their Serene Highnesses Adela and Emilie of Hohenlohe, forming part of a series entitled " Children of Ro)el, Noble, and Distinguished Families," of which her Majesty was pleased to express her approva:. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridgo honoured Covent-Garden Theatre with his presence on Wednes day evening. The Duke of Cambridge yiiited the Duchess of Glou cester yesterday at Gloucester House. _ Despatches for Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South \Vales, ?Vera sent off last evening from the Colonial Office. Despatches for the Governor of Barhadces, and for the Governor of the other West India Colonies, were also sent off last evening from the Colonial Office. The marriage of Edwin Pearson with the Honour able Alicia Anne Hewitt, eldest daughter of Viscount Lifford, was solemnised yesterday at St. Mary's Church. The ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Very Rev. Robert Maude, Dean of Cloghcr. The marriage was quite private, and only a very few of the nearest rela. tives of the two families attended. Among those present were Viscount and Viscountess Lifford, Viscount Hawar den, Hon. Sir Ashley Maude, Hon. Captain Francis Maude, Hon. John Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Babington, Mr. and Lady A. Pearson, &c. Viscount Lifford gave a dejeuner after the ceremony, at his residence in Montague-square. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF WEDNESDAY'S RACES. PLATE.—Sequidilla cut out all the work to the cords, where Epirus went up and defeated her very easily by a length. Scroggins was beaten early: COLUMN STAKES.—Abydos made play, followed by Po tentia and Oakley to the cords, where Abydos died away, and Potentia went on with the running. Oakley waited until within thirty yards of the chair, when he went to the mare and beat her cleverly by a length. Abydos was beaten two or three lengths from the mare. SWEEPSTAKES. (D.M, )—Mosque made all the running, was never caught, and won easy by a length. SWEEPSTAKE, for Fillies. ( D.M. ) —Minx went off at score and had all the best of it for half a mile ; she was then passed by Jonjou, and beaten in a canter by two lengths. SWEEPSTAKES ON THIMSDAY.-6 to 4 agst Metternich— taken freely, and even between him and Wahab. Eringo not expected to run. DERBY, 2000 to 10 agst Escort—taken 500 even between Cameleon and Wahab 1000 even between Paul Potter and Arundel 1200 to 1000 on Rosalie c agst Eringo 2000 even between Ralph and Eringo 1500 to 1000 on Palwmon agst Metternich. The following odds were laid in the morning against each of the following in one bet to 1001. each :-8 to 1 agst Corona tion ; 12 to 1 agst Van Amburgh ; 15 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle ; 15 to 1 agst Rosalie c ; 22 to 1 agst Palmmon ; 22 to 1 apt Mr. Ford's two ' • 23 to 1 agst Ralph ; 25 to 1 agst Galaor ; and 35 to 1 agst Belgrade. The Heath was attended by a large and fashionable company, and the racing went off with much spirit. THURSDAY. Mr. Goodman's Remnant, 7st 91b (Nat), beat Mr. Os baldeston's Mountain Sylph, Bst 71b. T. Y. C. 501. Betting-2 to lon Mountain Sylph. Won by a length easy. Subscription Plate of 50 sovs., for thrre yrs old, 6st 121 b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b. D. M. Mr. Batson's b f Barbara, 3 yrs ... . ......... ...(Bell) 1 Mr. Goodman's Remnant, 4 yrs Lord Exeter's Rodosto, 4 yrs The following were not placed :—Duke of Portland's Rama dan, 4 yrs ; Mr. Crockford's b c by Buzzard, out of Bamboo's dam, 4 yrs; Lord Albemarle's c by Taurus, out of Perfume, 3 yrs Mr. Rogers's bf by Paul, out of Charlatan's dam, 3 yrs ; ar'l Lord Lichfield's f by Sir Hercules—Ulrica. Betting. —2 to 1 agst Rodosto, and 3 to 1 agst Remnant— won by a heacl; Duke of Bedford's King of the Peak Bst. received forfeit from Lord Lichfield's The Corsair Bst. 71b. T. Y. C. '2OO h' ft. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. Byng s Garry Owen, 4 yrs, Bst 6lbs (Chapple) 1 Duke of Portland's Ruthless, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Duke of Bedford's Perdita, 4 yrs, Est 71b Duke of Portland's c, by Glencoe out of Tragedy, 4 yrs, A 6st 101 b Betting-5 to 4 agst Tragedy c; sto 2 agst Perdita ; and sto 2 agst Garry Owen. Won by a head. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, is. ft. for foals of 1838. D. M. (16 subs.) Mr. Ford's Metternich, Bst. 4Ib. Lord Orford's Arundel, brother to Ascot, Bst. 71b. ...... 2 Mr. Wreford's Wahab, Bst. 71b. Betting-5 to 4on the winner, 7to 4 against Wahab, and 10 to 1 against Arundel. Won by half a length. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. The following matches for Tuesday were made on Wedes day night : Kin. of the Peak, Bst 71b, agst Scutari, Bst 21b. T.Y. C. 100, h`ft. Assassin, Bst 71b. agst Garry Owen, Bst 41b. T. Y. C. 100, h ft. Assassin, Bst 71b, agst Capote, 7Et 131 b. T. Y.C. 200,h ft. Fitzroy, Est 71b, agst Amurath, Est 21b. A.F. 100, h ft. NEWMARKET—THURSDAY NIGHT. BETTING IN THE EVENING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 27agst Metternich—taken 9 to 2 agst Eringo—taken 9 to 2 agst Ralph—taken 8 to 1 agst Joachim THE DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's lot 15 to 2 agst Coronation 12 to 1 agst Van Amburgh—taken 14 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle 18 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc—taken 20 to 1 agst Metternich—taken 22 ,stiErin g o—t a k e n 0 2 to 1 agst Ralph o. Arundel 50 to 1 agst puke of Wellington—taken 50 to I agst Phospt.iorus —taken 1000 to 15 agst Y. Q +o uo linus. -morrow (Friday), viz.:— There are only two races for . 2 2 4 3 2 0 I t t t o o 2 1 agst Palmmon I a g p match between aid, exceptßey Assassin, the Port Stakes, for which aff ha s, : e 4 Scutari, Amurath, and Gibraltar; walks over for the rout Albemarleand Viola, iola, Stakes, B and Oakleyti:lb each, A. F. . Stakes. the • ALCESTER STEEPLE CHASE.—WEDNESDA. Y. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; four yrs, li, ' five yrs, I Ist 71b ; six yrs and aged, 12st ; winners 71b extra; second horse saves his stake; winner to be sold for 3001. Four miles. (7 Subs.) Mr. Kellett's Mischief, aged. ,, Mr. Lamplugh 1 Mr. Stevenson's True Blue, aged Mr. Owsley's Protestant, aged Four others started. A remarkably fine race between the two. The second race of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, two miles, was won in two heats by Mr. Williams's Miss Foote (Powell), beating four others. SOUTHAM STEEPLE CHASE.—TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 40 added. Five miles. Mr. Brown's Challenger, 12st 71b ..... Mr. Goddard 1 Mr. Akerman's 131azeaway, 12st Captain Price's Selim, 12st Derrynane, Magic, and Mazeppa also started. Won by two lengths, after a fine race. The second race was won by Mr. Griffins Topthorner. KENILWORTH STEEPLE CHASE, &c.—MONDAY. The Steeple Chase was won by Mr. Lee's Brown Stout ; the Handicap by Mr. Slater's Spt ing ; and the Hurdle Race by Mr. Birsell's Matilda. ABERGAVENNY RACES—WEDNESDAY• The Monmouthshire Stakes of 5 sous. each, Kith 40 added. Heats, two miles. Mr. Bennett's Woodbine, 6 yrs, 9st 91b ...(Davies) 1 0 1 Mr. Key's Mortmain, 3 yrs, 7st 71b Mr. Jones's Maid of Ghwent, 5 yrs, 9st llb 2 3 dr Mr. Winn's Milo, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b Three or four others started. A fine race ; won cleverly. The Monmouthshire Hunt Hurdle Cup, with 201. added by Captain M'Quarie to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, h ft. Mile-and-half heats over four hurdles in each. (8 subs.) Mr. Williams nd Brunette, aged, 1 lst...(Williams) 0 1 1 Mr. Stretton nd Lottery, 6 yrs, 12st Mr. Batt nd Volunteer, aged, 12st 71b Three beautifully-contested heats. The Llandilo Hurdle was won in two heats by Mr. Rey nard's Tipthorp (owner) beating three others, and the Town Stakes by Mr. Trotter's Nell. CATTERICK BRIDGE RA CES.—WEorrEsna.X. The Claret Stakes of 20 SOV3. each, for three yrs old. 1 7 1.5' miles. Duke of Cleveland's ch c Oxton, Bst 31b (T. Lye) I Lord Kelburnc's b c by Muley Moloch, Bst 31b Won easy. The Two yrs old Stakes of 20 sous. each, hft. One mile. Duke of Cleveland's b c Foxberry, Bst 31b (Lye) 1 Mr. Jaques's Playfellow, Bst 31b Mr Metcalfe's Fremlington, Bst 31b Won by a length. CANTERBURY SPRING RACES.—TUESDAY. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Horsby's Whalebone (Mr Sim monds), beating Mr. Hobbs's eh. m. Victress, by half a neck. A Sweepstakes of 5 says. each, for horses belonging to Officers of the 13th Light Dragoons, was won by Mr. Allgood's The Doctor, beating two others, after a good race. The Hurdle-race Stakes of 2 soy. each, and 25 added, were won, in two heats, ,by Mr. Simmcnds's Trim, beating Mr. Marsh's Dick; and the E aster Plate was walked over for by Mr, Hornsby's Whalebone. INGENiott MK. Information has been 0 7 1 . 1 1 given to the police of nu7"ctis depredations under the meat having been following cire tt no s tanees. On joints u: purcu.;;': d, and ordered to be " sent home , " the L!ltchcr'a boy has been followed to the residence of the customer where he has left the joint. A fAlew, attircd as a butcher, after watching the boy, and seeing the meat delivered, in a short lapse of time calls at the house, affecting haste, and informs the servant, or other party, that the lad by mis take has delivered the joint at the wrong house, when it is usually given to him and be maims his escape with the pro perty. A description of the thief h given, and the police are on the alert to capture him, HAvAE, APRIL 12.—The City of London derry on approaching the Hobe this porning made signal of distress, and another steam•boat was sent to her as sistance. She has brought her into harbour. The main beam of the engine is broken, and it is feared abe must return to London to be righted. IRISH GRIEVANCES. The substance of the following Letter has *ap peared lately in some of the Irish papers : TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIIN REGISTER. Sir,—lt wants but a few mouths of ten years since you first allowed or rather encouraged me to lay before your readers some impressions, formed during a previous residence in Ireland, which no time can change. Since that period we have lived to see an increase of hope, a bril liant harvest of promises, and a great plenty of advice, but withal a great scarcity of advan tages. We have lived to see O'Connell at the head of a strong party in England, to see the principle of Repeal cleared from the artful me tonym of" separation," and acknowledged where such a condescension was least expected, tobear its reasonableness and loyalty most feebly d'enied. Yet this is a moment chosen by some to dispa rage the restoration of a native Parliament as a maggot of O'Connell's to neutralise the effect of all the " hereditary-bondsmen-letters" that ever were written, by giving out that Ireland must do nothing for herself, - but merely attend the good pleasure of the Chartists, or perhaps wait till Mr. Frost returns from abroad. I have lived among the Irish, have lifted the chains they wore and found them heqvy, have tasted the bitter dose set before them. I have heard the less educated though not 'less intelli gent among them speak of the time when they should have the Union back again, when they should have parishes—as if they had not parihes enough—as if the Union were some great bird of hope, whose flagging wings had left their shores, and whose return they had been vainly expecting ever since. The man who killed the albatross was held up by the poet as a warning to any one who would cut off the hopes of suffer ing humanity; the bird had hovered round a ship during many days of storm and sunshine, and the sanguine mariners had iidentified it with their safety. How strange that Englishmen should pass a length of time in Ireland, and yet fail to see that the means of pacification will never be discovered by an English Parliament, which on the contrary will assuredly adopt mea sures for making the separation final, or the chain purely military, and the Anglo-orange in terest a mere army of occupation. How strange they should fail to see that almost any form of native legislation would be as dignified for the Sovereign as it would be unquestionably honour able to the Irish. Their sturdy arms would raise this pure, this gentle Pharamond on the shield, and all past miseries be forgotten in an ecstacy of Royalism. The virtues of the Irish are of great antiquity and almost heroic origin. The Council of Con stance in 1414, recognised three empires, the Ro man, the Greek, and the Irish ; the latter so called because the orbis Britannicus drew its science and letters from them. This inherent excellence, fostered by two peculiar advantages —the same which aggrandized the Greek and Italian republics, namely, the habit of popular eloquence and the continual presetace of armed foes—have also generated a degree of pride, increased by ill-usage and confirmed by the associations of an insular as well as moun tainous territory : the result is a supreme contempt of " England and the English." Not long ago a Roman Catholic clergyman in a public letter professed to know nothing of the law of England and very little of the language. The tenure of land, on which everything else depends, is totally opposed to English law ; and by the way, this cannot be too soon forced on the atten tion of the Government, and a compromise rati fied about the tenant-right which, however de nounced as fictitious by the law of the rich, is still the law of the land, confirmed by a Com mittee of Lords recommending that compensa tion should be made to persons racked above a rack-rent, arid yet ejected after long possession. In consequence of such misunderstandings-, Irishmen know or care so little about the state of opinion here that they have a poor chance of ob taining justice for themselves, and the most bril liant among them cannot take their proper sta tion without first renouncing their own country, as Castlereagh ' Lyndhurst, and Wellington, each more or less haVe done. On every ac count this indifference is to be regretted, and so far Mr. Hunie was evidently right ! Your readers might even require some apology for mentioning a British worthy as an authority on any point whatever. The name of Chatham stands next to Alfred in national esteem —his motto was unanimity. His contempo raries, disgusted at the effect of their own absur dity, yielded to a dangerous flush of resentment against America, similar to what is now felt against Ireland. No doubt if he had been con sulted he would have prevented the " separation" of the colonies; but did he, like Lord Cloncurry, pretend to say that " peace was all America wanted ;" did he advise Washington and Frank lin to abjure their provincial grievances, come over to England and agitate reform of the Com mons' House ? Nothing like it. He exclaimed with a monarch's voice—l rejoice that America has resisted—let Discord reign for ever! Littora littoribus contraria, fluctibus undas. It is desirable that the Irish should sympathise a vast deal more with our injuries, but if we de spise their own view of their own case, the consequence will be, not sympathy, but separa tion " for ever." The accession of Chatham to a Ministry of that day had converted a series of defeats into some of the most splendid conquests in our his tory—all this he ascribed to unanimity. When a people is at one with its Government, the good will of reasonable men all over the world is se cured ; and to the policy of the Queen, so far as it is liberal to Ireland, may be attributed the vic tories of Acre, Ghizm, and China, as well as the friendship of Soult and Guizot. The Quarterly Review of last June contained an article on the life of Lord Chatham, which shows so many coincidences in the hostility expressed by " clever men" to the leading spirit of the time, that I venture to carry on the parallel and tran scribe a few particulars. Chatham's Parliamentary opposition is called by the reviewer, " an absolute despotism over king and kingdom, which from his first appear ance no Minister has been able to withstand,"— '-e very words so often applied to O'Connell. ti- .11 this influence did not prevent the former Yet b- :no. the best abused man then in the from be, e 'l , old confidence was most unceremo world • his L. •.` prose and verse, described as niously' , both 1-., and "very great impudence :" "very hard words, .is by many considered a like O'Connell, lie v, , ... " theatrical personage" ah:l. " a great actor." Hi s long refusal of office was a then eof ridicule among f ' officials. Even Burke declared, , he has now in c his power to come into the service f his coun try : will he do so, or will he continue talkin justice at"—Darrynane ? H. Walpole said " He has now carte blanche, blanchissime." T h e cosmetic Chesterfield " thought him mad," on which the reviewer observes with great naiveté, "So unaccountable was his conduct." Yet from these very refusals, as also in the parallel case, it was inferred that he was insatiable, simply be cause unpurchasable : " He was ravenous for the place of Secretary at War;" and again, " He had set his heart on various places which—could never be found !" That there was a resemblance in Chatham's mental constitution to that of O'Connell, may be inferred from circumstances: " The gracious demeanour of the young King affected him to tears." Also, " his marriage was now less conducive to his public importance than to his domestic happiness." Both had an instinctive dread of Hanover, both are reproached. for changes of purpose and of allies. Thus we are'told that Chatham "preserved his popularity amidst vicissitudes under which any other poli .tician of the day would have sunk. Again, "The versatility with which Chatham could vary his associates.... When we recollect his zeal as a cornet of horse against Sir R. Walpole, we can not wonder at his ill-treatment of his old confe dera:e Glover." And again, "At one time.... at anotbe he v oted for the subsidies, Hano verian and ai l Y One who would fain extract In fact, like evC r Y etorts and crucibles of some gold from the r public life, he was alternt:tely suspected and be trayed. Even so with O'Connell. In vain does he remonstrate with the individuals who from his confiding generosity have been at par ticular moments his unconscious . instruments i n d o i n g good, without any fitness for that high duty except derivatively from him. In vain he asks, with all his broad resplendence of good nature, Why will they smash them selves avainst me? In mentioning a few se ceders, Messrs. O'Gorman Mahon, Sharman Crawford, Lambert, Macdonnell, Colonel But ler, and so down through almost every letter of the alphabet to the original Raphael, Purcell, Potter—then up again to Moore—Anglesea— , Burdett—Grey—in just enumerating these and 1 omitting others no charge is made but that of not i;„.'ing perfectly wise l To elbow O'Connell from the lieLP. IT," his inte g rit y absolute and experience of thirty years . trial, could be justified by nothing less than wisdom. Rashness drives them on, needs must, knowing neither_ sea-marks nor soundings; the heaving of the lead is never un derstood, the sullen roar of-breakers, the wailing screams of sea-fowl unileard., unheeded, and the Ship with all its freighting sfmls is again and again—not sunk—but strandea on an iron bound oast amidst the huees and. thees of the more barbarous sort of inhabitants. Surely, on a future occ asion of this Wad, the National Association might do somethirig t:or- _. ~.~ mal, and characterise such useless opposition as deserving but ill of Ireland. O'Connell should be upheld as the grand pensionary, the first gentleman of Europe,—in lapidary style thus : Ob Canadas servatas, ob Hibernian amicissimam, ob Chartistas et Combinatores in melius versos, Legislator, Liberator, Sospitatur urbium, Pater patrim. I have the honour, Scc., April 10, 1841. ARGENT. STOPPAGE OF THE MAILS ON SUNDAY. (From the Scotsman.) At a time when so much is said by many weak but well-meaning persons in favour of stopping the mails on Sundays, we arc happy to be enabled to lay before our readers a document of great value on the opposite side of the question. In l 8 9 a system of petitioning similar to that which now exists in this country was got up in the United States of America, praying that the running of Sunday mails might be stopped by Legislative interference. The petitioners were so numerous and influential that the Senate of the United States appointed a Committee to report on the subject. This report we now reprint entire. We understand it produced so great an im pression in America that the mouths of the agitators were completely stopped, and the public feeling turned in the opposite direction. The reamion has been so strong and effective, that any person now advocating the stoppage of Sunday mails in America would be considered unfit to be reasoned with. The disciples of Sir Andrew Agnew would do well to consider this able and candid report with that care and at tention which a subject of so much importance demands. It appears to us to exhaust the question, and to prove in the most conclu.ivc manner the irnpolicy and injustice of civil rulers interfeing with matters of religion, except to protect the rights of conscience. Much of the report, although written with reference to this particular question only, applies with equal force and truth to the attempts now making by the Scotch clergy to resist the law, and establish an ecclesiastical despotism, by exalting themselves above the civil power, or, as they are pleased to express it, "by establishing the independence of the Church." The American se nators inculcate views bearing on this question which such of our senators as have any pretensions to be' con sidered friends of civil and religious liberty, wouli do well to digest and apply. They observe—" Extensive religious combinations to effect a political object, are, in the opinion of the Committee, always dangerous." `• AH religious despotism commences by combinations and influence, and when that influence begins to operate upon ti:e political institutions of a country, the civil power soon bends under it, and the catas trophe of other nations furnishes an awful warning of the consequences." These sentiments, and the report generally, will, we have no doubt, produce a powerful impression in this country, as it did in America when first published. The members of Government should watch with great jealousy the Judaizing, intolerant spi rit, which would force on a reluctant community the stoppage of the mails on Sunday, in order to minivtor to the Pharisaical spirit manifested by a comparatively small portion of the Scotch clergy and their creatures:. If the mails be stopped or in any way impeded in Scot land, on the ground contended for—that it is a viola tion of the law of God—surely the same rule should be applied to other parts of the empire ; for what is sinful in Scotland cannot be sinless in England. We suspect the Government have already yielded too much to the demands of these zealots. They would do well to re consider the question in all its magnitude, before taking any other steps on the subject. In the Senate of the United States, January 19, 1829, Mr. Johnson. of Kentucky (Chairman of the Corn. mittee), made the following Report : The Committee to whom was rererred the several peti tions on the hubject of mails on the Sabbath, or the first day of the week, REPORT. That some respite is required from the ordinary vo cations of life is an established principle sanctioned by the usages of all nations, whether Christian or Pagan. One day in seven has always been determined upon as the proportion of time ; and in conformity with the wishes of tha great major:ty of citizens in this country, the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, has been set apart to that object. The principle has received the sanction of the national Legislature so far as to admit a suspension of all public business on that day, except in cases of absolute necessity, or of great public utility. This principle the Committee would not wish to disturb. If kept within its legitimate sphere of action, no injury can result from its observance. It should, however, be kept in mind, that the proper object is to protect all persons in the enjoyment of their reli gious as well as civil rights, and not to determine for any, whether they shall establish one day above another or esteem all days alike holy. We are aware that a variety of sentiment exists among the good citizens of this nation on the subject of the Sabbath-day, and our Government is designed for the protection of one as well as another. The Jews, who in this country are as free as Christians, and entitled to the same protection from the laws, derive their obliga tion to keep the Sabbath-day from the Fourth Command ment of their decalogue, and, in conformity with that in junction, pay religious homage to the seventh day of the week, which we call Saturday. One denomination of Christians among us, justly celebrated for their piety, and certainly as good citizens as any other class, agree with the Jews in the moral obligation of the Sabbath, and observe the same day. There are also many Christians among us who derive not their obligation to observe the Sabbath from the decalogue but regard the Jewish Sabbath as abro gated. From the examples of the Apostles of Christ, they have chosen the first day of the week, instead of that day set apart in the dccalogue, for their religious devotions. These have generally regarded the obser vance of the day as a devotional exercise, and would not more readily enforce it upon others than they would en force secret prayer or devout meditations : urging the fact that neither the Lord nor his disciples, though often cen sured by his accusers for a violation of the Sabbath, ever enjoined its observance. They regard it as a subject on which every person should be fully . 'persuaded in his own mind, and not coerce others to act upon his persuasion. Many Christians, again, differ from those professing to de rive their obligation to observe the Sabbath from the fourth commandment of the Jewish decalogue, and bring the examples of the Apostles, who appear to have held their public meetings for worship on the first day of the week, as authority for so changing the dccalogue as to substi tute that day for the seventh. The Jewish Government was a theocracy, which enforced religious observances and though the Committee would hope that no portion of the citizens of our country could willingly introduce a sys tem of coercion in our civil institutions, the example of other nations should admonish us to watch carefully against its earliest indiesCon. With these different religious views, the Committee are of ',opinion that Congress cannot interfere. It is not the legitimate province of the Legislature to deter mine what religion is true or what is false. Our Go vernment is a civil and not a religious institution. Our Constitution recognizes in every person the right to choose his own religion, and to enjoy it freely, without molestation. Whatever may be the religious sentiments of citizens, and however variant, they ate alike entitled to protection from the Government, so long as they do not invade the right of others. The transportation of the mail on the first day of the week, it is believed, does not interfere with the rights of conscience. The petitioners for its discontinuance appeal to be actuated from a religious zeal, which may be com mendable, if confined to its proper sphere, but they assume a position better suited to an ecelesiatitical than to a civil. Th t i , v appear, in many instances, to lay it down as an axiom , that tbs; practice is a violation of the law of God. Should Congress, ;.ii their legislative capacity, adopt the sentiment, it would estab:ish the principle that the Legislature is a proper tribunal to determine wbat are the laws of God. It would involve a legislative decision in a religious con troversy, and on a point on which good citizens Pay honestly differ in opinion without disturbing the peacs Pf society or endangering its 'liberties. If this principle is once antroduced,it will be impossible to define its bounds. Among all the religious persecutions eith which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for the violation of what Government denomi nated the law of God. To prevent a similar train of evi!e in this country, the Constitution has wisely withheld from our Government the power of defining the Divine law. It is a right reserved to each citizen, and widle he respects the equal rights of others, be cannot be held amenable to any human tribunal for his conclusions. Extensive religious combinations to effect a political object, are, in the opinion of the Committee, always dan gerous. The first effort of the kind calls for the estab lishment of a principle which, in the opinion of the Com mittee, would lay the foundation for dangerous innovations upon the spirit of the Constitution, and upon the religious rghts of the citizens. If admitted, it may be justly ap prehended that the future measures of Government will be strongly marked, if not eventually controlled by the same influence. All religious despotism commences by combi nation and influence, and when that influence begins to operate upon the political institutions of a country, the civil power soon bends under it, and the catastrophe of other nations furnishes an awful warning of the conse quence. Under the present regulations of the Post-office de partment, the . rights of • conscience are not invaded ; every agent enters voluntarily, and it is presumed con scientiously, into the discharge of his duties, without intermeddling with the conscience of another. Po" - offices are so regulated as that but a small proportion of tae first day of the week is required to be occupied iu official business. In the transportation of th e o n that day, no one agent is employed many ho ml ur,. Religious persons enter into the business witho ut vio lating their own conscien c e s or i m posing soy rest r a in ts ai upon others, Passengers in the mail-stages are fie(' to rest during the first day of the vreek, or pureue their journeys et their osvn pleasure. While the mail is transported on Sa turday, the Jew and the Sabbatariau may abstain from any agency in carrying it from conicientieus scruples. While i it is transported on the first - day of the week, another class may abstain, from the same religious scruples. The obliga tion of Government is the same to both of these classes; and the Committee can discover no principle on which the claims of one should be more respected than those of the other, unless it should be admitted that the consciences of the minority are less sacred than those of the majority. It ii the opinion of the Committee that the subject should be regarded simply as a question of expediency, ir respective of its religious bearing ; in this light it has hi therto been considered. Congress have never legislated upon the subject. It rests, as it has ever done, in the legal discretion of the Postmaster-General, under the repeated refusals of Congress to discontinue the gibbet]] mails, His knowledge and judgment in all the concerns of that depart ment will not be questioned. His intense labours and ASS duity have resulted in the highest improvement of every branch of his department. It is practised only on the pea leading mail routes, and such others as are necessary to maiutain their connexions. To prevent this would, in the opinion of the Committee, be productive of immense injury both in its commercial, political, and in its moral bearings. The various d e p ar t men t s of Government require, fre quently in peace, always in war,'the speediest intercourse with the remotest parts of the country ; and one impor tant object of the mail establishment is to furnish the greatest and most economical facilities for such intercourse. The delay of the mails one whole day in seven would re quire the employment of special expresses at great ex pense, and sometimes with great uncertainty. The commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural in terests of our country are so intimately connected, as to requite a constant and the most expeditious correspond ence betwixt our seaport:, and betwixt them and the most interior settlements. The delay of the mails during the Sunday would give occasim to the employment of private expresses to such an amount, that probably ten riders would be employed where one mail stage is now running on that day, taus directing the revenue of that department into another channel, and sinking the establishment into a state of pusillanimity incompatible with the dignity of the Government of which it is a department. Paisengces in the mail-stage:, if the mails are not per mitted to proceed on Sunday, will be expected to spend that day at a tavern upon the road, generally under circum stances not friendly to devotion, and at an expense which many are but poe-ly able to encounter. To obviate these difEcultiet, many will employ extra carriages for their con veyance. and become the bearers of correspondence, as more expeditious than the mail. The stage proprietors will themselves often furnish the travellers with those means of conveyance, so that the effect will ultimately only stop the mail, while the vehicle which conveys it will continue, and its passengers become the special messengers for con veying a considerable proportion of what would otherwise constitute the contents of the mail. Nor can the Committee discWer where the system could consistently end. If the observance of a holiday becomes incorporated in our institutions, shall we not forbid the movement of an army, prohibit an assault in time of war, and lay an injunction upon our naval officers to lie in the wind while upon the ocean upon that day ? Consistency would seem to require it. Nor is it certain that we should stop here, if the principle is once established, that re.i gion cr religious observances shall be interwoven with our Legislative Acts, we must pursue it to its ultimatum. We shall, if consistent, provide for the erection of edifices for the worship of the Creator, and for the support of Chris ean Ministers, if we believe such measures will promote tF e interests of Christianity. It is the settled conviction of the Committee, that the only method of avoiding these consequences, with their attendant train of evils, is to ad here strictly to the spirit of the Constitution, which regards the general government in no other light than that of a civil institution, wholly destitute of religious authority. What other nations call religious toleration we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of Government indulgence, but as rights which G ,vern ment cannot deprive any portion of ci.izens, however small. Despotic power may invade those rights, but justice still confirms them. Let the national Legisla ture once perform an act which involves the decision of a religious controversy, and it will have passed its legi timate bounds. The precedent will then be established and the foundation laid for that usurpation of the Divine prero gative in this country, which has been the desolating scourge to the fairest portions of the old world. Our Constitution re.. cogaises no other power than that of persuasion for enforc ing religious observances. Let the- professors of Chris tianity recommend their reltgion by deeds of benevolence —by Chti,tian meekness—by lives of temperance and holiness. La them combine their efforts to instruct the ignorant—to relieve the widow and the orphan—to pro mulgate to the world the Gospel of their Saviour, re commending its precepts by their habitual example ; Go vernment will find its legitimate object in protecting them. It cannot oppose them. and they will not need its aid.. Their moral influence will then do infinitely more to advance the true interests Of religion than any measures which they call on Congress to eaact. The petitioners do not complain of any infringement upon their own rights. They enjoy all that Christians ought to ask at the hand of any Government—protection from all molestation is the exercise of their religious sen timents. f Resolved—That the Committee be diScharged rein the f further consideration of the subject." EVENING EDITION. WINDSOR. THURSDAY EVENING.—The Royal movements during t o day have been diversified in the usual manner, by prom.nading in the grounds attached to the Castle, and a carriage airing in the Great Park. The Shetland ponies have not yet arrived, in consequence of the Lilliputian carriage, which is now fling for the use of the Princess Royal, not being finished. A paragraph; under the head of " Royal Progresses," lately appeared in the Salisbury Herald, and was copied into the metropolitan journals, which stated that her Majesty and Prince Albert would honour the neighbourhood of Lyndhurst with their presence, upon the arrival of the Queen's stag-hounds in that locality next week, when they will hunt in the New Forest. It is not the intention of either her Majesty or Prince Albert to be present. Since the arrival of the Court at Windsor, in order to se cure the greater privacy to her Majesty and Prince Albert during their walks about the grounds in the immediate vicinity of the castle, additional keepers have been stationed in the Home Park to compel the public, who proceed through the park either to Datchet or along the avenue of trees-to'Frocr more, to keep on the path, and not to proceed in any other direction than that which is thus pointed out. Her Majesty and the Prince have been frequently sll walking in the park and grounds unaccompanied by a sin gl e member of the Royal household.--Correspondent of the Herald. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Last night an untoward incident occurred at this theatre, by which the feelings of the audience there assembled were subjected to an excitement with which our readers will pro bably fully sympathise. Mr. H. Phillip was to have ap reared in his part of the Egyptian demon, in Keolanthe. It would seem, however, that he played the d— by staying away. Mr. Balfe had, consequently, to again undertake, as occurred at the beginning of the week, to be his locum tenens, in order that the opera might proceed. He felt, however, that an explanation on the point was due both to himself and the house, and he, consequently, eame forward at his entrance on the stage, and addressed his audience pretty nearly to the fol lowing effect : " Ladies and Gentlemen,—Doubtless my appearing before you in this character must excite your astonishment, but Mr. Henry Phillips has thought proper to absent himself from the theatre without assigning any reason, and I oan assure you on my honour he has no cause for so doing. You are aware that this is riot the first time he has been guilty of such conduct, and I shall endeavour to find out, by means of a court 'of justice, whether he can act thus with impunity." A burst of unanimous and most warm applause followed the delivery of this statement, and the era was performed with out any seeming depreciation in its att ig) ractions. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY:s) CORN EXCHANGE. There have been moderate supplies of English grain this week, but a good quantity of Oats from Ireland. The Wheat trade unvaried from Monday's terms. Barley and Beans very dull in sale. Oats met very few buyers, and last quotations could not be obtained. SPILTHF l ur as last reported. The supply of Cattle, Sheep, and Lambs was moderate, the demand dull, but no alteration in prices took place. AA Calves and Pigs a good supply, the demand brisk, and our last quotations were well supported. Beasts, 569; She e p an d Lambs, 4,230; Figs, 516 ; Calves, 135. Beef, 3s. 4,1. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. to Sc. 4d. ; Veal, ss. to 6s. ; 'P or k, s a l t little tl t e r eta.atyri,ataioniidtoothke 4s. 4d. to wasss s w . le 4 tit cl llt . e ; obff L uh a s m eina b ev. ,ils6ysd;botAßKET. nu o et 6 ibi s ty . p l rp O ire d iev . COLONIAL M e arrivals were small from mo s t p ar t s . submit il)ilua T bTele h hi demand .c e erse t al o an for y fu Free r therTEA reduction. Trade MARKET. The dull, Ri( c E o T m but.p Company's holders y,scotig r o eu u f s sd t e ead t y o at Is. sid. cash. _ _ _ TALLOW. AI A RKET. There was a fair business done in Russian. Prices were firm at 475. 6d. on the spot, and 48s. 3d. for arrival in the last three months. LLOYD'S SHIPPING,(THISDAY.) I.oNDON, Arum 16.—Wind this day at noon, light breeze from the southward, fine clear weather. DEAL, APRIL 13.—Wind N.W. and variable.—Arrived the Louisa, Pallat, from Batavia ; Sisters, Ramsay, Demerara. Arrived from the River and sailed the Ellen, for Barbadqes ; Abel, Gower, Jamaica ; Cyrus, Quebec • Resolution, ditto; Princess Mary, ditto • Edward and Mar} Wright, Miramichi; Malcolm, Brown, Wells ; Commis., Allison, Dalhousie ; bion, Quebec. Liivitrocm, APRIL 15. Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Ca.. ledonia (steamer), from Halifax, sailed from Boston April Ist, Halifax, 4th., brings no news of the President. The British Queen (steamer), put into Halifax w ith loss of pad dle floats, having encountered verkboisterous weather, proceeded on the 3d for New York ;. d Seaton, N ew Or leans; Nonpareil, St. Michael's. Sat the Jos. P. Dobree, Hayes, for Jamaica ; Onynaio, New Orleans ; i N —ancY, Wilson, Quebec ; Leander, ditt o ; Covenanter, ditto ; Thomas, ditto ; the se fi l 0 0 , with the appearance of ur, Jessie Miller, Dalhousie . A ship apparentl y British, la den with flour and cotton, wa s fallen in with on the southe rn e d ge edge, by of Clyde, fire, an w d er a e 1 t of Nv Ali , m e i G n g u t l o f n , bounrntht, t2o2n thde March. waters Barrels v s having been burntn some e passed in lat. 37, ori. 7.3._ ' FAmitouri t, Arai" 14 —Wind S.W. to N.N. the Numa, T u llocks, for London. Poarsmourtr, APRIL lb.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived, the Victoria, from 3latanzas. SOOTHAM PTON. —Arrived the Au usth, Warner, from Christiana. Sailed the Lord Althorp, Arack, for Restigouche. Po- mourn, APRILthe Regina, B ouze r , for New Zealand. WHITKHAVEN, APRIL 13.—Arrived, the Eliza: Ann, from Sierra Leone. CORK, Aran. 13.—Arrived, the Eleanor, London for Syd ney, New South Wales; British Queen, Taylor, for North America. Sailed, the Rowena, Williams, St. John's, New Brunswick. LowEsTor FE, APRIL 15.—The Perseverance, Saunders, ran on the Newcombe Sand yesterday ; but, was assisted off after throwing part of her cargo overboard, and will proceed. ARRIVED ors BRIGHTON. APRIL. 13.—`'let OP, Decker, from Ri o Janeiro ' Cl a rissa, Adrina, Surinam ; Fraucisea , St. Übe's ; Helena, do. CA N TABS AND OXONS.—A very correct ao count of the Oxford and Cambridge match - mill appear in Bell's Life in London of Sunday, April I ; also Royal Yacht Squadron intelligence, with list of yachts; Royal Thames acht Club and list of yachts; Royal Western Yacht Club and lists of 3 achts, &c. The price of Bell's Life in London is Fivepence, published in time to be sent by the Saturday afternoon railways. P, HURR A 1—" Hip, hi 4 p, hurra!" originated in the crusades, it being a corruption of H. E. P. the in. itials of " llierosolpma est perdita" (Jerusalem is lost), the motto on the banner of Peter the Hermit, whose fol. lowers hunted the Jews down with the cry of " Hip, hip, hum 1" g .11b. , ;~ I )Sg. to to "- to to to to "- to to,; . ,b.~Y