The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-06 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION IRELAND. DUBLIN, 'MAT 3 _ _ REPEALASSOCIATION. A letter from 3lr. O'Connell wa= real at the weekly meet ing of the Repeal Association, held at the Corn Exchange this day. We subjoin some extracts from it : " TO THE LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIA- TION OF IRELAND. " London, Ist May, 1841. " Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not, Who would be free th e m se l v es must strike the blow ? _ " Is there no balrninaii;.,Fi; there no hope ft , r Ire land? Out of her own limits, none. Beyond her own people, none. None, I say, save from the intellect, energy, and pa triotism of Ireland herself. Thee are the facts. _ First, Ireland has nothing of good to expect from the To ries—she has everything of evil to expect from them. The in flaming of party zeal, and the excitement of religious rancour —the swelling the magistracy with every interested or vio lent oppressor—the filling the Bench in the Superior COurts with dexterous but malignant, plausible hut persever ing partisans, who will mingle political preferences with all the infatuated zeal of religious animosity. The nomination of party Sheriffs—the packing of party Juries—the selecting jury-men merely because they are sure to convict, whether the innocent or the guilty—the insecurity of life and property, the destruction of the ft anehise. Put why should I dwell on what is known to everybody ? The entire may be in cluded in one sentence. If the Tories corns into power, there is not one single oppression that can gratify the avarice or ma lignity of a relentless party, or that can grind the faces of the people to the earth, that will not be the familiar practice of every-day life in Ireland. " Secondly. The elements of Toryism in England are to be found in the aristocratic contempt of popular rights, and the eeltish desire of the peculation that attends misgovernment. " Thirdly. To these elements are to be adde7l, in the case of Ireland, the vicious but active stimulants of anti-Irish prejti judiee, and violent religious bigotry. Fourthly. The great majority of the English people be long to the Tory party, and where they are not sufficiently strong for purposes of mischief, their deficiency of force is made up by the accession of the torch and dagger Chartists. " Fifthly. There is in England no party favourable to Ireland. Even among those who call themselves Liberals and Radicals there are to be found many and many who prefer their own wretched conceits and crotchets to the interests of Ireland. "Sixthly. The Queen—God bless her—is anxious to have equal justice done to Ireland. She has not power enough to be able to obtain it. Seventhly. The Queen's 'Ministers are anxious to obtain some justice to Ireland, but they have not power to obtain it. " Eighthly. There is no fact more certain and undisguised than that the majority of the House of Lords will not suffer any measure useful to Ireland to be carried into operation. " What, then are the people of Inland waiting for? A man would be wiser who should seat himself near the rapids of Killaloe, waiting until the entire waters of the Shannon had passed by. " What, then, arc the people of Ireland waiting for ? Is it to see whether Stanley's Bill will pass? He is a very unwise man in his rancorous hostility to Ireland, else he would cease to press that Bill for this simple reason—that it is totally un-• necessary. The franchises in our counties are expiring of themselves ; they are going out with a rapidity almost incalcu lable. They do not require Stanley's ext:nguisher. I have "examined the . Parliamentary papers carefully, and I am tho roughly convinced that, in all the counties in Ireland taken together, there could not be brought to the poll so many as 25,000 voters Not 25,000 voters for a population of 8,500,000. " Alas ! alas ! if the repeal agitation had been hitherto as extensive and as energetic as it ought to have been, Ireland would not be in the prostrate oondition in which she is at pre sent placed. Those who have hitherto di-countenanced the only available agitation, may be (and many of them are), ex ceedingly well-intended persons, but hell itself is paved with good intentions, and Ireland is writhing under the Tory lash by reason of the misconduct of persons of good intentions. " There are some in England, 's well a; in Ireland, who as sert that there is another remedy beirlos the repeal, and that it is to ha found in a combination of the Reformers of the three countries. This opnion is maintsineri by Mr. Sharman Craw ford end Mr. Ross, of Rosstrevor, amongst others in Ireland and by Mr. Reebuek and Mr. Marshall, amongst others in Englanri. Rut unfortunately the " others" in Ireland are not very numerous, and in England are very few indeed. „ The plan proposed by the gentlemen whom I have re spectfully nsmed. is a eombination' of the reformers of Eng land, Ireland, anti Seotlansl, and the plan is saitl to be plausible and practical. I admit that it is plausible, but unhappily I am compelled to deny that it is practical. " It is with unfesened anguish I say that the number of real Reformers in England aid Scotland is too small to render any such combination practically useful, even if it could be (which I believe it could rot be) actually formed. The Tories, of course, are not Reformers. The Chartists are not real Re formers : some of the most actise and influential among them have joined the Tories. The Whigs are scarcely Reformers : and the Radicals—Heaven help them !—are too busy, abusing all but themselves, and are too full of cro' chets and fantasies, to be practical reformers. " There . is not the last hope in any effort for reform in Eng land, or for redress in Ireland, but in the Repeal agitaron— HURRAH, THEN, FOR THE REPEAL ! " I have the honour to be your faithful servant. " DANIEL O'CONNELL." FETE DAY OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH, AND CHRISTENING OF THE COMTE DE PA RIS. (From Galignani's Messenger.) On Saturday, on oceasion of his Majesty's fete clay, the King received the officers of his household and of those of the ether members of the Royal Family, the Ministers a n d M ars h a l s o f France; the grand deputation of the Peers and Deputies; the =embers of the courts of law, the Institute, and various other 'public bodies and functionaries. At four o'clock his Majesty .received the• corps diplomatique. Congratulatory addresses 'were as usual delivered to his Majesty on this occasion, and the King made to each suitable replies. CHRISTENING OF THE COMTE DE PARIS. By eight o'clock on Sunday morning many persons who had received tickets for the interior of Notre Dame had taken their places within the cathedral, and by half-past nine all the galle ries were fully occupied. By ten the members of the Chambers And public bodies had taken their seats. In the centre, in front esf the choir, was placed a Roman altar, arranged for the core colony. On the right, a little in front, was fixed a dais of crim son velvet and gold, in the form of a dome, and surmounted by a Royal crown. The aspect of the interior was on the whole ' very striking. Each pillar was covered with a velvet drapery, ! b ear i ng heraldic emblazonments, on one side a gilt shield, marked with the initial of the Comte de Paris, and on the other another shield; 'ayith two angels sustaining a coronet. The great Gobelins' carpet was used on this occasion, and had a magnificent effect. Detachments of troops and national guards, with a strong force of sergens de ville, kept the place, in front of the cathedral, and at various points along the quays of the Ile de la Cite. At 11 o'clock discharges of artillery announced the * departure of the Royal cortege from the Tuileries, which took the line of the quays and the Pont Neuf to the cathedral. In sebe first carriage were their Majesties, the Duke and Duchess of °A nn e, and the Comte de Paris ; the other members of the Royal fatee;ly and the Court followed in 13 carriages ; and the whole was escorteaeljer detachments of mounted nee ional and municipal .Marls, cuirieeeers, and chasseurs. Their Majesties were greeted with loyal Acclamations a'l along their passage. Soon after elesen the Ro - yli carriage reached the entrance of Notre :lanse, and the Archbishop at the head of his clergy. with all the rectors of Paris, received their M jesties as they alighted. eLeieety declined using the canopy which had been prepared for him; a id the clergy advanced in procession to the altar, followed by :he Royal cortege to the sound of the drums, and a brilliant mare.` executed by the crean. The King and the Royal Family advaa74,,ee, saluting the, different bodies of the place fronting the altar, which State, towards the re: " . "' d had been prepared for the' Cere mony near the railing of the choir. On the right of his elajesry were the King of the 33elgians, the Duke of Orleans. the Prince de Joinville, Thke de Monpensier, and the Duke A lexander of Wurtem- ImprA • and on his left were tee Queen, the Queen of the - :Belgians, the Duchess of Orleans, Duchess o f le e _ 11101115, • Princess Clementine. Madame Ade laide, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg. The King wore the unifor of the national guard. The King of the Bel gians and t, i ."e Royal Dukes were in full military costume. The Queen ari,4 the Princesses, as well as all the Ladies of the Court, were in dress, with feathers and diamonds. On either side of the Ro'at party were placed the Ministers, the Peers, the Council of .state, the members of the corps diplo matique, the marshals and .'dmiral'r members of the Chamber of Deputies, the Prefect of ther Seine at the head of the mu• nicipal body, and the prefect of p clice. Round the altar stood the three Cardinals, the archbishops o! Rouen and Lyons, and the bishop of Arras, with all the seffragens of the See of Paris and the bishop elect of Evreux. The Patrial eh of Antioch was also among the crowd of dignitaries , clad in a purple Le vantine costume of great splendour. Their Majesties the King and Queen stood as sponsors for the Count de Paris, who, when asked his name by the archbishop, replied distinctly to the question. His Royal Highness was bserved frequently to kiss his governante. The act of christening was then signed the King and other members of the Royal family, after which the archbishop, cardinals, the suffragan bishops, and all the clergy in procession, conducted their Majesties to the grand entrance. PRESENTATION OF THE SWORD- At half-past one o'clock the Municipal Council of Paris, with .the Mayors of the twelve arrondissements, and their Deputies, Needed by the Prefect of the Seine, entered the Throne-room ef the Tuileries, where they were received by the le'e'Elgs Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, with the Comte de ' Far i s , the King and Queen cf the Belgians, and the rest of the Royal Family, Marshal &suit, and the other Ministers. •Mitt Comte tie Hambuteau, the Prefect, demanded permission of hi s Majesty to present to the Comte de Paris the sword hteee had been voted to the Prince by the city. wl His _Majesty then took the Comte de Paris by the hand, senting lum to the Municipality, said—" Give your and, pre. . f • w e Pre ect, in token of your giving it to the whole handto , p ee ' s ." This was done and greeted by aeclarna ,teiiontYsooffVice le Rni. !" from the whole of the members of the Municipese." Council. The Queen. the Duke and the Duchess of Orleans having thanked the Municipal Coun cil, the Royal party retired. The persons who remained • Pressed round the rich and splendid present, every one admiring ,the taste and beauty of its ornamente, and ' theskill with which tkey wer e wrought. The hilt is surmonnted by a royal crown, "Inlorted by four ; the base rests on two small figures seated in a shell, and between them is a lion couchant. On seach side of the hilt are two upright figures, one representing Force, and the other, Wisdom. Around the guard is entwined a serpent . In the middle, the three national colours are re presented by a diamond, a ruby, and a sapphire ; above these as prow perched the Gallic cock on a tricoloured ring. The rest of the guard is form ed by the figure of a Chimera uniting with the crown at she pommel. On the shell, between the lilt and the blade i n his cradles which isthe s theCountde Paris is represented reposing ar morial bearing of the city, made in the form of the galley, the city, the inscription, theotiprrotect protected by two figures, one repre sentingDieu le conduira.";pn th e Fortune, with es , Au Comte de Paris sa villee right side of „ e. THE ROYA L tae, 24 Aout, INe7 BANQUET. the blade is written, .This took place at five o'clock. An immense table ran the w h e w length of the Generic Louis Philie His Majesty h ad the Q e een of the Belgians on his right hand,. and the Duchess m o f ° t i es on his lett. The Queen was seated between the King of th e Belgians on her right, and the Cardinal Bishop of Arras on bee left. Another tabl e , in the horse-shoe form, ; was laid in the Salle des Marechau x , at which 'Orleans presided, having the Minister of Foreig t n he A l ff lak rs on e Vile right, and the Pr efect of the Seine on his l e f t. The. Affairs Ate .Montpensier Ind Duke Alexander of Wurtemberg had s . its at this tabltable *. The Prince de Joinvill e pres i ded over a ehi e ,3 table in the S'elon de la Paix, supported by Ad m i ral Du e end Marshal Vallee . The total number of guests at the I ee eee to tiles was 350, cirmyesed of the Presidents, Vice-Presi dents, am,' Seeretaries of tire two Chambers, the Ministers and Marshals, the Staffs of the Na tional Guard and. the ga rr i son, Ilayore, 'Deouties; and Municipal Councillors of Pens, the Prefect of the Seine, A wl the Police, the Staff of the Munici pal Guard, and other official and distinguished personages. Th e banquet lasted till seven W 4,40. FRONTIEasS OF ITALY, APRIL 20. We aceo mpanie4 by the Duke of earn from Turin t` the King, Saxony, lefkAshat eit r on the 13th to go to Genoa, and thence t o the Mad of Sarctinia, to see with his own eyes situ may don& to promote the prosperity of that island. The man be • of soldiers sent to their homes has been much increased of late ; en the whole the reductions amount to 18,000 men THE LIVERPOOL CLERGY AND THE TRAC t'S FOR THE TIMES." TO THE HON. AND RIGHT RF.V. RICHARD, LO:,D BI lIOP OF OXFORD. May it rl ace your Lordship, We, the undersigned Clergymen of the Church of Eng land, ,eaidcnt in Liverpool and viciuity, venture m os , respectfully to address your Lordship on a subject which we humbly conceive to affect most materially the interests of that Church, to the doctrines and discipline of which we are sincerely and conscientiously attached. We have now, for a considerable period, regarded with the most lively and anxious reeling; of alarm the continued publication of certain tracts. entitled, " Trails for the tne Times," written by " Member: of the University of Oxford," in your Lordship's diocese. Whilst we are willing to allow that, in consequence of the imperfection of the human understanding, a certain degree of diversity of opinion must ever be expected to exist among so large a body of men as the clergy of the Church of England, not only re specting questions of doctrine generally, but also respect ing the meaning of some particular expressions in the for mularies of our Church, which, not being inconsistent with ecclesiastical unity, may not be thought justly deserv ing of censure, we are at the same time of oninion that many of the statements contained in these " Tracts " do not fall within the limits of any reasonable latitude of in terpretation. We, therefore, cordially rejoice to see, from the charge delivered by your Lordship three years ago, tbat those statements had attracted your special attention ; at the same time we have regretted to observe that the charact-ristic mildness of your Lordshi?'s language, instead of producing the effect which might have beer, at, justly anticipated from it, appears to have emboldened the authors of them to assume that they were not, in your Lordship's judg ment, held guilty of any departure from the doctrine; of the Church. Publications have therefore been continued, the general spirit and tendency of which have been so op posed, in our judgment, to the received faith of the Church, as seriously to perplex the minds of many of its lay members, and not only so, but also to turn aside several of our younger brethren in the Ministry from the " old path" of that Scriptural course which, by their ordination vow they solemnly engaged to pursue. We learn, however, with unfeigned satisfaction, that No. 90 in the said series of Tracts, lately published, and entitled " Remarks on certain Pas;ages in the Thirty nine Articles," has been deemed by your Lordship so calculated to disturb the peace of the Church, that your episcopal influence has been exerted for the sun pression of the evil. And :it is not in any offi cious spirit that we take the liberty of presenting our respectful thanks to your Lordship, but because, being alive to the deep concern which it must have occasioned to your Lordship's paternal feelings to be obliged to issue such an admonition to any of your clergy, we desire to assure your Lordship, that in the discharge of this painful but necessary duty you have the sincere sympathy and fervent prayers of many attached clergy men wh. are personally unknown to your Lord ship ; and because we are penetrated with a lime of the duty which we ourselves owe to the Church, thus pub licly to avow our conviction of the unscriptural and schis matical character of the publications in question, and the c , nsequent necessity for authoritative interference if any thing deserving the name of ecclesiastical uniformity is to be maintained in the realm. We have the honour to be, my Lord, With unfeigned respect, Your Lordship's most obedient and faithful servantv; (Signed by 39 cb-rgyn - en.) UGH') NING CONDUCTORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—As your columns seem ever open to communica tions which relate to the public well-being, or are con nected with the question of individual benefit, I venture to trespass on your time, and to solicit a niche in your ca. lumns. Favouritism, I f ar, mingles often in Parliamen tary Committees and Governmenc. Commissions of Inqui ries, and hence a one-sided and partial view of the question terminates the case. I had no reason to be disappointed in the very imperfect and useless investigation on the subject of shipwreck, consigned to a Committee appointed by Parliament, when Mr. Dennett was not examined, and his rackets, Every way superior to the invention of Manby, formed no item in the recommendations of the Commi!tee ; but I think I have a right to complain i t the case of tht favouritism shown to Harris, of Plymouth, in the recom mendation for adopting his conductors in the British Navy. The opinions of Faraday, Daniell, and Wheatstone, the personal friends of Mr. Harris, seem to have been ane plus ultra, and were made to bear entirely and exclusively on his lightning rod, as if no other bad been in existence, or even propmei. My lightning conductors have been long before the pub lic and their efficiency fully proved in many a thunder storm during the last twelve years, so that there is nothing hypothctical or problematical in reference to my inven tion. More than thily of these conductors have Leen erected in Yorkshire alone. It has been described in my work on the subject, as well as in the " Annals cf Elec tricity." lam not aware that Harris's conductor has ever been erectet and Mr. Roberts and Mr. Sturgeon bay controverted its efficacy. My lightning conductor comes before the public recom mended for its economy and simplicity, while it stipulates all the conditions which should enter into the composition of a complete storm conductor, calculated on the sound principles of induction. Its perfect security has nev been questioned, nor bas any one ventured to doubt the absence of any of the elements of a goud lightning rod It may certainly be received as an axiom, that a bad or im- Ferfect conductor is inli, itely worse than no conduc7or at all. The elements of a good conducting medium for light ning in the storm are these :—A provi,ion fur its prompt and safe receipt—a continuous c inducting medium for its subsequent transit, that being a mat .rial fraught with Ito best conducting cha aster—aud tur her, a safe escape to the subsoil or to water. As lightning penetrates to a depth scarcely appreciable the substance of good conduc tors, a considerable superficial extent is requisite. I employ copper gas piping, screwed together in defi nite lengths, and terminating above in an elongated solid copper pyramid. Immediately beneath this terminus the hollow stem is perforated, so that the lightning may also peoetrate the interior. This i%terior surface may be pre rved for ever fr ee from oxidation. The continuous rod enters the earth, and terminates in a well, or the subsoil. In order to protect the external surface from oxidatior., I apply the galvanic principle of strips of zinc, insulate f b 3 bands of leather, aid connect the zinc with the coppe• stem by copper wire. It is easy to tee the application of this conductor ti• ships. The higher parts of the conductor may be mark to slide into each other like the tubes of a telescope, te meet the coniinuenc'es lof the topmast and topgallant mast being struck (lowir,d) in a storm. The lower end of the conductor passes through the keelaton. Yours, &c., May I, 1841. J. MURRAY. P. S. Apart from the question of "the lateral explo sion," I consii'er a smooth rounded surface essential Li the character of a good conducting medium. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I beg to apologise fur intruding myself again upon your kindness, but being accused of misrepresenta tion by Mr. B ily, I should wish to explain myself. He, Mr. Bally, says " that the assertion is a mixture of trutli and error. At the commencement of the discussion majority were greatly averse to Socialism, but, notuith standiog the misrepreentatiuns and calumnies cf Mr. Brindley, the explanation of Mr. Lloyd Jone, had the effect of ra ! iidly decreasing Mr. Brindley's majority every night." And, further, the place o , meting was too remote fir many of the members of th?. Metropolitan Social Branches to attend, those o the nearest numbering only about 730, alone being present in any considerable force." This insinuation on the per of Mr. Baily clearly shows th 3 necessity that existed fo my fam-r letter. Now, if this was really the fact of the case, a 3 Mr. Baily would make it appear to be, I would candidly acknowledge it, but I can only imagine that Mr. B. was not preseat or he would not hay.? come to such a con cluiion. At the outstt of the second night's discussion, Mr Brindley proposed a gentleman as modi which wa out to the meeting, but not carried. Mr. Lloyd J•me, then proposed a gentleman for the same office on his side, which was carried by an overwhelming majority, this clekrly showing that at so early a period the greater part of those present weiie in favour of Mr. Jones, or, in othe , word?, Socialists. Mr. Baily goes on to state "that the assembly of onl% a few thousands of individuals, See., is a very fair criterion of the truth or error of the new system of soci.Ay." 00 ihe same principle, if a meeting, nine-ten'.hs of which consi,ted of soldiers, was to take place to hear two par its in discussion upon war—whether beneficial or not t , mankind, and at the conclusion of such debate to put it t o th e meeting for their opini in, would not the soldierot cause the majority? And that a resolution go the round of the leading Journal, to the effeet "that the destroying of a portion of the human race would be very beneficial to all mankind." I should think would be consilered even by the Socialists themselves to be the very heig:tt of full, Witi reference to the obligation that would be confer red upon Mr. Baily by Mr. Brindley accepting the challenge of Mrs. Martin, I beg to say that in thi s matter I cannot assist him, not being in any way personally known to Mr. Brindley. The insertion of this letter in you invaluable paper greatly oblige. Sir, Your very obedinnt and obliged servant, BENJAMIN SWALLOW. London, May 4, 1841. COMMODORE NAPIER.—The festival of the Caledonian Asylum, to be held at the Freemasons' Tavern on the llth instant, is expected to be more than usually attractive, from the number of True Highlanders who have pledged them selves to support The Chisholm, by appearing in the Highland garb. Among other distinguished individuals, the Gallant Commodore Sir Charles Napier, K. C. 8., has promised to support with his presence on the occasion this excAlent insti tution, which provides for the children of Scotch soldiers and sailors who have died or been disabled in the service of their coup try. EXTRAORDINARY MONUMENT, In the khurch of St. Florentin there is a sepulchral monument, repre senting a sarcophagus with the figure of a dead Christ in it, and seven other figures standing around it. These represent St. John the Bapt;st, Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, the Alary Magblen, and two others of the women the g spel. fzure of Christ represents de la Bourhaisere, to canoe memory the mono mv,V4eiri I g bet i i n ornte l ßd la a i b l o ' , mono ment wi ts erected. The St. John and Nicodemus ir,ehis sons, Jacques and )hilbert. One of the holy women represents h,is wife, dame Madame Ga udin ; and the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalen,' and the other female figure, are the likenesses of her three daisghters. Thus is all vastly well 1 but who is the eighth statue ? Who is the tall. handsome fieure which per sonities the just man, who wait ed for the kingdom of God?" Joseph of Arimathea, reader, is no other than the gallant Francis 1., who thus takes his place among this " united" fa, milt', so highly honoured by this permanent association with their sovereign, no less naturally than condescendingly, seeing that the exemplary mother, as well as a.l three of the young ladies, who hav e so appropr i a t e ly cho s en their characters in the 11 ' 4 4 group, were all of them. one after the other, his mis. tresses.—Trollops's Summer in Western Francs. TtiP, SUN, LONDON. - THETRDA V. MAY 6. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.' FROM TIE: DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONL'LE.—Litre Melbourne, es we yesterday ob s -reed, h is Assays carefully avoided committing himself to an opposition to a repeal of the Corn monepoly on grin iple. He unifermly told the House, when opposing any motion for in quiry, that a time might corn?, and circumstance's might ari e, which might render it absolutely necessary that the question, with all its difficulties and inconveniences, should be consi dered and discussed. Like a clear-headed, practical States man, too, he declared that it would be inexpedient for the Government to enter on the consideration of the question, un less " a decided opinion was expressed onthe subject by a large majority of the people." Thatthis view of the import of his Lord ship's speeches, on the question of the Corn-laws, is not new, or taken up by us for the occasion, we could easily show by a re ference to our file. On the 3d July, 18-38, for instance, in re viewing the discussion to which a petition gave rise which was presented by Earl Fitzwilliam from the city of Glasgow, pray ing for the total repeal of the Corn-laws, we remarked, " How ever indefensible the Corn-laws may be on every sound prin ciple, they can only be altered by the determination of the people not to submit to them. There was, therefore, sound practical sense in what fell from Viscount Melbourne, when he declared that he ought not to introduce a new system, unless he was satisfied that lie was. acting with a great majority of the people, and that he was decidedly and 'cer tainly acting right, arid for the benefit and advantage of the country.' It may be true, as has been stated, that the land owners have a preponderance in the Legislature, and that it would be useless for the commercial and manufacturing part of the community to agitate questions to which the former are decidedly opposed. Be this as it may, the opponents of the Corn-laws know the terms en which alone they can be altered. Nlinisters can only be reached through the Legislature ; 'and if the people cannot move the House of Commons, they cannot move the Government Fairly interpreted, Lord Melbourne's observations mean, we think, merely this, that a Ministry can only hope to be able to effect great changes in matters of commercial policy and finance, when the opinion of the the country has been decidedly expressed in their favour When the people are de termined on any change, the Ministry must, of course, give effect to the popular will." It remains with the people them selves to determine whether the Melbourne Cabinet have.cor rectly read the :signs of the times. Powerful interests ate arrayed against the Ministry, and if the people themselves do not make the question their own, the Corn-law monopoly must continue to press them to the earth. We will not, how ever, believe that the people, who ten years ago had the sense and the spirit to unite as one man, whereby they were enabled to extort the Reform Bill, without the effusion of a drop or blood, from the most powerful oligarchy in the world, are now so stored as not to perceive the importance of making a great effort, at this time, to extort from the same oligarchy a Com mercial Reform Bill, or so spiritless as to shrink from the ex ertions which may be necessary to ensure so great a blessing. If the people are now wanting to themselves, when the oppor tunity which they so long desired has at length arrived, they may have to expiate their folly by long years of political de basement. For we are now arrived at a crisis when to persist in our present commercial policy is certain de struction to the best interests of the nation. " The cir cumstances," said Lord Melbourne, " had, in his opinion, now arisen—the time, in his mind, had now come when, in order to meet the exigencies of the country, it was necessary to take wide, large, and extensive financial measures, affect ing almost all our other interests of a commercial nature at home and abroad ; and under such circumstances it was n.anifestly impossible to leave this great, this main, this mas ter interest unaffected and unapproaehrsd." What are these circumstances? exclaim the Tories. Need we refer to the ex piration of our treaty with Brazil, a country which has hitherto been an extenslve market for our manufactures? The people of Brazil say, we have nothing to give you in exchange but our cotton and our sugars, ant you refuse to take them. We at present send them to Germany, and with the proceeds buy bills, which we remit to you. But this is an inconvenient way of doing business. When our treaty with you is at an end, we shall buy from the Germans as well as sell to them. In like manner the United States of North America are about to en ter on the revision of their tariff. The United States are the chief purchasers of our manufactures; and they, too, are indig nant that we exclude theie wheat and other agricultual produce from our markets, and will certainly impose a con siderable additional duty on our manufactures. With Germany we still carry on an extensive commerce, and the Germans are a people differing little from ourselves in the capability of la bour, and in the perseverance which forms so essential a cha racteristic in all the Teutonic races. The Germans are making rapid advances in every branch of industry. By re fusing to admit Lair productions, except by fits and starts, and under a system of duties which defies all the calculations of prudence we not only diminish our commercial transactions with them (for all commerce iesolvea itself ultimately into barter), but we give a bounty to their manufacturers, and raise up rivals, who will meet us in every foreign market. Other countries protest against our exclusive commercial system, and the Government is pressed on all hands for such a revision of our code as shall put it on a more liberal footing. Now, a foreign market is essentially nsees sary to tee We export manufactures to an amount exceeding fifty millions a year. To a large manufacturing population the markets of the world are indispensable. To narrow these markets by a refusal to take the commodities produced by the nations with which we deal, is to condemn our great manufacturing towns to ruin. Year after year our population is increasing at a rapid rate, our towns becoming cities, and our villages becoming large towns. What is to become of this enormous population of manufactures if we persist in an exclu sive system, by which we clase the markets of the world against us? Our merchants and manufacturers com plain bitterly that their investments are becoming less and less profitable—that their returns are not what they used to be, arid that if the present Corn-law be maintained the most melancholy results must soon await them. We put out of con sideretion for the present the fact that our agricultural pros perity is dependent on our manufacturing prosperity, and we ask the advocates of Corn monopoly how they mean to dispose of the millions whom they are about to deprive of employment? These millions will cling to life as long as they can, and will not suffer themselves to perish without a fearful struggle. From foreign trade they at present derive the means of supplying! their wants by purchase from the landowners ; b it their wares must, in seme way or other, be supplied, should the means of purshase he denied them. On the land they must come, as paupers or purchasers, and it is for the landowners to choose in which capacity. Rents will soon be swallowed up by poor-rates, and the landowners will be compelled to partition out the soil to an excessive population, from inability otherwise to dispose of it. We are r.ot afraid of the people of England if justice be done to than. All that they want is to have elbow room. We have coals, and iron, and strong arms, and if the corn monopolist will only let them alone, if the land owner wll only content himself with the immense advantages which landowners necessarily possess in a country which exports manufactures, and whence food must always be dearer than in a country which exports food, we can see no limits to the development of our industry, and to our com mercial prosperity. But if the monopolists should now sue• seed, through the supineness of the people, we see nothing hut calamity in store for us. We have no faith in the moderation of the monopolists. but we place much reliance on their appre hensions. We know that, if the people exert themselves as they ought, the monopolists trust give way. But again and again we repeat, the people must do their own business. TI 'A ES. —We never recollect a more profligate aban donment of principle itra the part of a public man than that of which Lord Melbourne was guilty in the House cf Lords on Monday night. If anything were wanting to stamp with in famy the course which the present Ministers have resolved upon pursuing, it was this extraordinary exhibition of the roue Premier. The declarations which this careless and very off hand person formerly made the sit ject of the Corn laws are sell known to our readers. And yet in May, 1.441, Lord ;Mel bourne is not ashamed to come forward and assert, that " with respect to the measure itself, he always carefully reserved his opinion," because " he saw the time must come when it would he necessary fir their Lord-hips to take this question into their serious consideration, for the purpose of placing the law upon another basis." He reminds the House of Lords, that his former arguments against change were " based upon particular and temporary grounds," and reasons of " expediency ; " and that on the occasion re ferred to by the Duke of Buckingham he expressly said, " This is a question of circumstances ; because circumstances connected with the state of the- country, considerations of various kinds, of economy or policy, may arise, which would not only justify, but would render it necessary to pursue, a different course." And now, though " to the arguments which he on those former occasions introduced," he still, even " at the present moment," attributes " a great portion of force and strength," yet he affirms that " those circumstances have arisen. and that time, in his opinion, has come," when it is in fact necessary to take into consideration this question, " with all its difficulties, inconveniences, and disadvantages." Whence, my Lord Melbourne, is this new necessity, this cri tical emergency in the present state of affairs ? What is that weighty and uncontrollable pressure of circumstances in 1841, which has reconciled you to the "great evil" of change ; which has convinced you that a change in the Corn laws " will be not only for the better, but so much for he better as to make it worth while 7 " worth While to involve this country in " a most violent struggle, stirring society to its foundations, and leaving behind every sort of bitterness and animosity ?" What is the irresistible force which has compelled you, in spite of your reluctance, to add to the bitterness of " the deepest feelings of discord and eemity, by rashly adventuring to stir and agitate them?" Is it that the evil effects of the present Corn-law have become so gigantie, so intolerable, as to make any sacrifice worth while tor the sake of getting rid of this "master grievance?" Is it !hat the people are perishing with famine, and that they dis turb your noon-day slumbers by clamouring for bread ? Not so. By the blessing of Providence, the abundant harvest of last summer has removed for the present all fear of distress from a deficiency or an exorbitant price of corn. There would have been infinitely greater reason to make the change upon this account in either of the two former years than in 1841. Yet even in 1840 Lord Jchn Rus sell declared that " the extent of the evil c :used by the Corn-laws had been greatly exaggerated," and that, such as it was, "it would continue to exist after an alteration of those laws." But, perhaps, the time has arrived which was eoutemplated by Lord John Russell when he addiessed the House of Commons (on the 26th of May, 1840) in the follow ing manner :—" I think that if, in a question of this there should be a general wish for an alteration—if there were a settled opinion that some new measure of legislation should be adopte d, but, at the same time, there was a diffe rence of opinion as to the precise measure which should be adopted—the Government might safely step in, and propose such a measure as they should deem most con- Aueive to the national interests. But when the majority of the House, composed of Members of both sides, are of opinion Mat at present there sh ould not be an y a,teration to the Corn-laws—if in that case, the Government should introduce any measure, they would only enhance the arguments, the in terests, and the prejudices of [lon. Members onboth sides ,the itensity of party feelings, and the animos t'scs of party dis cussions, and thus they would not promote but rather retard, the settl emen t o f th e qu estion. A few weeks , perhaps a few " nights, will show whether there exists in the Howe of Commons such a " general wish," such a "settled opi nion," or even such a bare majority in favour of any al teration in the C orn -l aw s, as, upon this view (in which we entirely concur), would justify a Ministry in bring ing the questio n forward.r If not, We must conclude that Lord John Russell, by throwing down ham the Treasury benches the apple of Corn-law diseo-d. intends, with 4.5. 11 jlbi tual insincerity, "not to promote, but rasher to retard, the settlement of this question ;" and we shall stili have, to search for the natere of e exigency which has forced Lord Melbourne matter er which ' .Melb.Melbourneb upon his present twine. And, in truth, we sha ll not have the pfarrofteossesesarch himself for to o it give of it. lli nuerile and profligate; being, in substance, that because the has, under the misgovernment of himself and his colleagues, become inyplved in financial difficulties, which require a revision of the financial eystem, it is inipossibte to leave the Corn-laws untouch ed, while other eommee . eiel enestions are readjusted. This is pituweraisled, desirable e e t i o t i l s o m av i e rti t f b es e ny ccr eea i, absurdly while -the timber duties and sugar duties . are . a ltered,' diltetetiduel tion ; most indisputably it was pos s ible. And to' allege (as w „, fal se. cite, Whether Loin M.elhonyee in substance cites) that financial embarrass ments, arisog from 14s Q-. 7 ruinous mismanagem ent o f the public resources, have imide 4 it rieeepary bring on "a most violent struggle, stirring society to i . tsfoun'clalitings i,"(11 leaving behind every sort of bitteimess and animosify,'! is progig.4o be; yond expression; it is equivalent to a denunciation of himself and his colleagues as worthy of impeachment. When then, after all, is the peculiar a at pressing emergency of the present moment? Plainly, that ford Melbourne and h's cuilcagues have just now lost the confidence of Parliament andthe country, and must resign, unless, by stirring society toils foundations, arraying the commercial and agricultural interests its dewily bitterness and animosity ayaitot each other, and taking intir side with the forager, they can contrive, upon a dissoluton, to gain such a majority as may enable them to fester on a few years longer in the infamy of salaried contempt. HERALD.—Our readers saw, in our Parliamentary report of Monday, that Lord Stanley, in answer to a question put to him by 31r. Smith O'Brien, said it was not his intention to proceed with his Irish Registration Bill on Wednesday next (this day)—he int , nded to postpone it for a fortnight. We know not for what reason the Noble Lord has interposed a fortnight's delay to the prosecution of so important and salutary a measure—a measure intended to purify from one of the foulest systems of fraud and perjury that ever existed the Par liamentai y registration of Ireland. We cannot believe, with the Globe, that this is only a step to the abandonment of the Bill altogether; we do not think that Lord Stanley is the man to labour in the vain toil of a Silphus, by rolling the stone up the hill only that it may roll down again. The Globe, indeed, boldly as-erts that we shall hear no more of Lord Stanley's Bill during the present Session; - nor in the next, except sortie new source of dissatisfaction arise between Sir Robert Peel and his party, and Lord Stanley be again prompted to try his " 'prentiee hand" on Irish legislation, in order to gratify his own restless ambition, and to show that he is pre pared to step into Peel's place so soon as an opportune occasion presents itself. It is quite new- to us, as we believe it is to moat people, that Lord Stanley's Bill was originally introduced because of differences existing between that Noble Lord and the acknowledged leader of the Conservative opposition. Our friend of the Globe is not unaccustomed to exercise a poetic faculty on historical subjects, and to draw from his imagination the evidence of his facts; in the present instance lie has car ried that propensity to an inordinate length, as we believe that it is perfectly well known that Lord Stanley originally intro duced his Irish Registration Bill with the perfect and cordial concurrence of Sir Robert Peel. On the whole, we have no doubt if Lord Stanley presses on his Bill with his usual energy and determination, Ministers will meet the alarming exigency of the case by, pressing on a dissolution ; but not until they have got hold of the sinews of war by carrying, if they can, their financial measures. POST.—Very justly has it been stated by a Morning Con temporary. posses , ing great influence in the mercantile world, that the advocates of Corn-law repeal practise a gross delu sion upon the working man, when they tell him that the pro posed benefit to be derived from the repeal of the Coro-law would find its way into his pocket. if, continues our Con temporary, " if this were so, we should hear very little of the Corn-law grievance from its most active opponents, the hitro phants of the political economy school and the overgrown cot ton Lords." Most just, we say, are thesestatements, and they are of the very highest importance to the great mass of the peo ple of this country. If they will consider the subject of Corn kis, repeal calmly and dispassionately, and as practical men ought to do, whose daily comfort is concerned in the mat ter, they cannot, we think, come to any other conclusion than that which has been pointed out. They cannot fail to perceive that the clamour for Corn-law repeal is nothing but the outcry of the grossest selfishness--the most heartless, grasping cupidity, the object being to take a greater advar.- tags of the poor and helpless than s.an be taken at present, and to grind down the labourer to a more dependent conditio,-j than he is in at present. Let it not be supposed that there is any heat or exaggeration in this view of the case. We believe it to be as capable of demonstration as any point can be which is inferred from probabilities and general experience. The ca pitalists of the political economy school are jealous of the Bri tish labourers. They think these labourers take too large a toll out of the capitaiist's profits. They believe they could have the labour they require performed by foreigue.s at a cheaper rate, or that by all swing foreign labour to come into competition, the * British labourers would be forced by hard necessity to accept a worse remuneration than they now receive. Harshness, excessive harshness, to all who have no capital is the rule of the political economy dis ciples. To make the utmost profit on capital is the so!e ob ject, and to do that labour must be ground down to the lowest scale of remuneration. Those who are able to work must be afforded but the lowest wages, and those who are not able, or who cannot find work to do, must be allowed only the barest possible amotint of subsistence by the public, and must he !tightened from the acknowledgment of destitution by the grinding severity of au ungenerous and inhuman poorhouse discipline. This, we say, is an exaggerated, unimpassioned statement of the philosophy ; / of those who are most clamorous for Corn-law repeal. Such "philosophers" deserve the abhorrence of the labouring multitude, and not their sup port. These cruel, heartless clamourers for repeal of the Corn-laws, talk of the " monopoly which the land owners insist upon maintaining—the monopoly of sup plying this country with corn. But surely the labourers must see that if there be any monopoly, the landowners have but a small share of it. We grant they have a share, but by far the largest share is that of the labourers. Who is there so egregiously ignorant as to suppose that the rent which a farmer pays his landlord is anything like the amount of the wages he pays his labourers ? Every body knows that the farmers sell the produce of their tillage lands for six times the amount of the rent. What becomes of the rest? Why, it goes to pay various expenses, of which labour is the chief. The effect, then, of the Corn-laws is to give to British labourers the mo nopoly of supplying Great Britain with food, and this is rea sonable, because, if they had not this monopoly, the foreign landowners and labourers would undersell them, and their em ployment would cease; and there is no ether existing means of suppling them with remunerative employment. ADVERTISER.—Of all the considerations which weigh with us in favour of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's bedget, there is none more cogent. an the debt of justice which it dis charges to the poor. The Poor-law Amendment Act was a severe but a necessary measure, intended alike for the protec thin of the capital and property of the country, and to throw the people upon their own resources—their own steady industry and prudence —as the best safeguard against destitution. But it implied that the ct.annele of inilusiry should be free ; that every shackle and impediment to the exertion of enterprise should he removed; and that, if the people were riot to count upon subsisting upon the resources of others, they should be enabled, so far as righteous legislation could effect it, to übsist upon their own. Owing to the predominance or class interests in this country, the friends of free trade in the Government were unable to carry into effect what ought to have been the wings or riders of the Poor-law Amendment Act ; they were compelled to await the time when the ne:fessi ties of the country should teach the les.on of honesty and jus tice. They saw the country gentlemen relieved to the extent of mil ions, by the economy eniorced by the Poor-law ; the oppressions of the tithe-system removed, and other measures of relief afforded, and vet were doomed to behold the just rice and compensation of these benefits withheld. More than that, the very interests so largely benefited were found to fraternise with Chartism ; to foster discontent with the Go vernment on account of the Poor-law, by which those bene fits had been secures', reckless of the consequence which might follow to the peace and good order of the State. Mr. Walter, and his late proceedings at Notting ham, typify this class of Toryism. So that the people be excited, it matters not what may be the cause ; indeed, it would seem to be better if, Machiavel-like, they could hatch the mischief out of their own malignity, and then attribute it to the enemy. During the period which has eloped since the passing of the Poor-law Amendmeut Act, the Government have been engaged in a continual effort to secure and enlarge the political rights by which all other things can be secured ; and a survey of the results of their untiring exertions will ' show that, in spite of their failures and disgraces, they have realised to the nation immense benefits. That their work has been arduous, and their success less than they might have honed, are not causes of lotime to them, but to their oppo nents, who planted the obstacles, and made success impracti cable. At last, having conquered many political positions, they have, with judicious skill, applied themselves to secure the practical advantages and to make up lost ground, which ,they could not contend for earlier with any chance of success. In the release of the three great articles of corn, sugar, and timber, in which the poor are so largely interested as consumers. and net less as labourers, the Government will provide some degree of compensation for the severities of the Poor-law. It as tll no longer be a ha r sh i n junction to go elsewhere, and find relief by your own right hand," the means being all the while denied ; but there will be opened to him a field of exertion, es hich will, to a great extent, enable him to protect himself from the necessity of hiving recourse to the poor rates. he demand which will grow up for English manufactures to be exchanged for foreign corn, must give not an occasional im petus to trade, but. one constant and un ailing; and a result not less favourable must flow from the relaxation of the duties on the other articles of sugar and timber. Thus in both ways, by an ad itional demand for the labour of the poor, and by a di minution in the price of the principle articles of their consump tion. the resources of the poor will be increased—events, doubtless. to be deplored by the Tory and the Chartists, inas much as by producing contentment and prosperity they are calculated to lessen the ranks of the friends to disorder and faction ; but events which will bring joy and gladness to every honest patriot, as realising the objects of his efforts to improve the political condition of his c runtrymen. It pleased the Tories, when political organization was the main object of contention, to hold the doctrine that there were other things to be contended for of far more value ; but now they repudiate the e, and seem to think that political contention is the end and aim of enlightened politicians. For political or ganization the Whigs fought as the means to attain ameliora tion of the condition of the people, because the latter was hope- , less without it, Having attained the former as far as possible, they now aim at the latter. Whip high, and whip low, how ever, the Whigs, like Sheridan's Drummer-boy, are incapaltle of girl , tg satisfaction: to the Toms under the lash of defeat, fir such it is in point of principle, notwithstanding majorities gained by an appeal to every factious interest, or mortified , ally or renegade. We have addressed these remarks to the , poor, to the labouring clipses, as the parties most immediately concerned in the measures propounded by the Chancellor itf the Exchequer. It is emphatically a poor man's budg t ; not, indeed, confined to the relief of !he poor—for as they are relieved so must the rich be in like proportion—but making the improvement of the condition of the poor--of the largest number of con sumers—the main object. of his care. This is enlightened policy in all senses ; the best statesmanship both as a financier and as is politician ; and albeit some classes may clamour, the people at. large will have the wit to see their interest in it, and will lend a less noisy, but more certain support. There sh mid, however, be no d e l ay i n the expres-ion of popular sen timent. f t. should be i mme di a t e , clear, and unequivocal. Nor is itmere party matter. U n less the people are disposed to a quarrel with their own b rea d a nd butter they should make the advantage which the Ch ance ll or o f the Exchequer offers a i the contrary, tel l him a "bi r d in common concern, and postpone party talk till they have ena bled him to carry hi s measures . If a Tory should counsel t h e hind is better than two in the bush;" and that what the Tories will give will be taken when the Whigs will g i ve no mo re. GLOBE.—Th e T ory orgies ask, with an innocent simplicity, t " What is the n a ture of the exigency which has forced Mi• asters on their r . s eat course ?" And they reply to their own q uest i on w ith a virtuous indignation__ that the nature of th e ex i gen cy is nothing but a party neacgiiity imposed upon the Ministry by one or two ad vcrie votes, Mioi t t ers , we are told, mean to array the commercial and agritatur ai clusges in deadly enmity nvainst each other, merely in order to keep their places. In what way this internecine war between national intsresto, rgtl.slle essential to the pros; e.-ity of the country, should help Minister; to keep their places, we are slot informed. N ut , we are told by the same eon iirgi'A ' the IJO)l.l:27!"4,t:b:asin its o nc e honest °Pini" sisteit journal whieh s4ch (- ky this same journal that public men like piAt pockets for riarilg propose any change)—wee Are. trial fixer upOn a 'tittle who cue 7.iolant Anti-Corn-law agi tators had sunk so tow, of soentireig destitute of pc, " it would be impossible to have poularity, influence,. or power." If this be so, it cannot be unknown to Ministers. It cannot then be for the purpose of pleasing the violent Anti-Corn-law agitators that Ministers bring forward their project of Fiscal Reform. It clunrt be for tlirieptaipeF.P c: s f pinAting by " the current ofpopulir w ilt not 1)6 picite g wept it,y, large avid int. ; mediate Concesih i h s , , i' . -Nd -4 1 0.1.1 . 04 4 ? g, lice°!o'a Times, !'s at prv, , ,e tv. !! 1 1Y tug "f Prov;deuee, t h e a b un d ant h ar vest of 1 .4 sll'Prner removed for the es tit all fear 11 1. giOrmiton q. tha t flOency or an exowbitant pried ot eons, There would have been infinitely greater reason to make tie chani:e upon this account in citlier of the two formers years than in 1841. It would appear, then, that it carrot be aacr,bed to Ministers, with any plausibility, that they merely mean to seize ti e occasion of a moinentary " pressuie from with , ut." What they mean to appeal to must be the rational and deliberate public opinion on this subject. And it is the Times that charges them with this as a crime ! The Times, which professes to adhere to that same opinion I It is very characteristic of an organ of Toryism to create a crime out of not waiting for renewed famine agitati.m of this question. That is the sort of inspira tion its party arc in the habit of waiting for. A Waterford or Clare election—or the actual beginnir g of a bread war—thee are i's indispensable excuses for Liberal measures—these are the topics it must plead in mi igation of the crime of proposing them. Sir R. Peel is the reverse of Sir John Falstaff' ; he will do nothing without compulsion ; at ha t he finds it necessary to plead compulsion to the class interests whose support of him i; conditional on his res'Aanee to measures of change. Th•.! present Administration i 3 under no such necessity. Its f. iends, in or out of .Parliament, are its friends on no sue') condition. COURIER.—The zealous Ministerial print, with not unaccountable anxiety, proceeds, but progresses nor, this morning, in the hopeless task of vindicating the truth and consistency of its patron the Premier, as thus :—" Lord Melbourne, as we yesterday observed, has always carefully avoided committing himself to an opposition to a repeal of the corn monopoly on principle. He uni formly told the House, when opposing any motion for inquiry, that a time might come, and circumstances might arise, which might render it absolutely necessary that the question, with all its difficulties and inconve niences, should be considered and discussed. Like a ciear-headed, practical statesman, too, he declared that it would be inexpedient for the Government to enter on the consideration of the question, unless " a decided opinion was expressed on the subject by a large majority of the people." The care with which Lord Melbourne " al ways avoided committing himself to an opposition" to Corn-law sera', and the " uniformity" with whicn his pre- eat practice squares with past opinions, will be best evi denced by leaving his Fght-minded Lordship to speak for himself. Thus, on the 4‘h of March, 1839, when opposing the Corn-law abolition crotchets of his noble ally, Lord Fitzwilliam, the Premier took occasion energetically to declare that, even if no great existing interests stood in the way, " he should much doubt the wisdom of esta blishing laws which must make a large manufacturing population dependent upon foreign countries for a supply of corn. But in the actual position of the question," he said, " when I consider the ruinous and complicated interests which we have to protect, and find my Noble Friend proposing to leave the whole agricultural interest without protection, 'I declare before God that 1 think it the wildest and maddest scheme that ever entered into the imagi nation of min to conceive." Again, he proceeded : "In my opinion, it is not wise to depend upon foreign countries for a supply of food ; and I think that, even at the sacrifice of some portion of our manufactur ing prosperity, we ought first to provide for the na tional safety and the national independence. am not, in any respect, bigoted to the existing Corn laws ; but it must be felt and admitted on all hands, that change is in itself a great evil. Therefore, I for one am not ready to make any change, unless it can be plainly shown me that the change would be for the better ; and so much the better as to make it worth while. - So much for the truth of the latest statements recklessly asseverated by his Lordship in Parliament, and impudently re-asserted by his prcfligate apologists out of doors, to the effect that he had never compromised himself to any opinion upon the Core-law question, or in his own words, on Monday, as follows: " But at the same time, I beg to call to the recollection of your Lordships that on every occasion it, which I addressed the House on the subject, and whenever I opposed its discussion and con sideration, it has always been on particular and tempo rary grounds. And on the measure itself, I have always reserved my opinion. I have always stated that I would never pledgo myself to the law as it at present stands, seeing that the time might come when it would be ne cessary to take the question into consideration, an d to settle it on another basis from that on which it at pre sent rests." By the foregoing extracts from his own firmer speeches, as well as those cited yesterday from the same authority, it may be readily deduced with what tegard to decercy it is now pretended that " opinion" wa " reserved," or subject to be qualified by " particu lar circumstances," &c. STANDARD.—The permanent interest to English men of the Corn-laws has caused us to nrgl , ct the attack of the Budget upon our commercial and colonial interests and we arc ashamed to say upon the interests of humanity. A petition in course of signature at Bath, which we have received this morning, reminds us of this last neglect. The petition in question reclaims against the encouragement of slavery is its most savage form, by the introduction of sl ae-made sugar. Let men read Sir Thomas Fowell Bux - ton's account of the atroci.ms system of Spanish and Brazilian slavery, with its pi eparatory and accompanying murders of nearly half a million of our fellow-creatures an nually. Let any man, we say, read that frightful history of soft!: ing and crime, and then, if he can, withhold his vcice from the protest of the B :th petitioners. Out upon the hypocrites who clamoured for the abolition of the mild system of slavery in our own colonies, but would now remain silent when Ministers call upon the country to give its aid to a system of slavery the must cruel that ever the infernal spirit suggested to depraved man. We respct those who hate all slavery, and we have ever sympa Isi , cd, and, to the extent of our small power, co-operate] with them ; but words cannot express the loathing and contempt wilt which all honest men must regard the hypocrites who raised their voices so high against the !lavety in our oLt n colonies, and are now silent whe i we are to be male the auxilia.ies of an infini ely wore slavery.. Where is Sir Thomas Fowt.:ll Buxton ? Where are they all who took the lead in the Abolition law of 1832? FOREIGN SLAVE SUGAR DU CY. COPY OF A PETITION IN THE COURSE OF SIGNATURE AT BATH. That, after a long struggle in consonance with the generally expressed feelings of the nation, the British Legislature pass rd an Act abolishing colonial slavery, as entirely inconsistent with Christiatiity. That, in furtherance of this enactment, it wa; made felony for a British subject to assi-t in any way in carrying slaves to the Brazils, Cuba, or elsewhere. That, in addition to the 20 millions for compensation, up wards of 10.000,0001. sterling has been expended since 1807 in endeavouring to put down the Alrican slave trade, and that a large sum is still annually devoted to the same object. That it appears from official documents that upwards of 50,00.1 slaves are annually imported into the Brazils and the H :vannah. That your petitioners have learnt with s rprise and alarm, the intention of her Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer to submit to Parliament a bill or proposition to reduce the duties on the Brazil and other slave-made sugar about 45 per cent. That your petitioners submit that such a reduction of duty is an anomaly in legislation —as, on the one hand, discouraging slavery by penal enactments ; asid, on the o•her, offering a premium to those foreign nations which uphold it; conse quently, is not only inconskent, but certain to aid in perpe tuating the very evil which the British nation has made so great a sacrifice to remove. That your petitioners further submit that, independent of the pr'nciple which the question involves, it will be impossible for free labour in the West and East Indies to compete with foreign slave-lab.,ur at the rate of duty proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly implore your Honour able House not to deal with the present subject as one merely of Commerce or Finance, but as a national question con nected with the great experiment, now in progress, of the practicability of abolishing slavery in every quarter of the globe —an experiment which (Aber nations are anxiously watch ing, and the success of which mainly depends on the consist ing and moral firmness of your boom' - able House. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 71 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 1 ,4 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 33, and the ex change at Paris on Loudon at short being 25. 371, it follows that gold is 0 18 per cent. dearer in Londln than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 7, and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 7,4, it fol lows that gold is 0.28 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. _ . The c'urse of exchange at New York on London is 107 1 / 2 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex ch , nge is 2.03 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New Y.rk being fur bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. The English Stocks continue heavy, and money was through out the day in considerable demand at 5 per cent., and even 6 per cent., for short perio is, which will account for the action upon the Market generally, but more particularly upon Ex chequer Bills. The holder s in this country of Mississippi State Stock have been greatly surpri-ed at I, arning in the course of the day that the payment of the dividends due is suspended at present, no remittances having come to hand. l'OSl'.—A great scarcity of cash has prevailed again both at the Stock Exchange and in the discount market. As much as six per cent. per annum was given on the deposit of Eng lish stock, day by day, for short periods, and it is understood that the leading money houses have called in their funds to a considerable amount in anticipation of a still greater pressure for accommodation. This is, however, an anticipate n in which the mercantile interest do not appear to take any share, It was the monthly pay days for bills, and with it would, of course, mature a number of heavy engagements. The pro vision that had to be made in advance may account, to a cer tain extent, for the increased demand fur capital which has been felt since the middle of last week, but the best-informed commercial men with whom we have communicated on the sub j •et are ignorant of any especial cause that can exist for the change. The English securities have not fluctuated at all materially. They opened with some indication of heaviness, but, as -the dealings progressed, they improved a fraction. There. VP, nevertheless, no gaeat amount of actual b,usineas doing, nor Ips the advance realised in the early part of the day maintained the close. The entries which had just commenced of foreign grain, for consumption, at the high rate of duty now levied, and which were of so much importance to our distressed Exchequer, have been entirely suspended in consequence of the late anitounce ment of her Majes•y's Government on the subject of the (Aim -IPVs: Of 1 0 1 , 0 ?Art , wc.re c.leiced on the 22d ult., 200 (Fierier , ; or; . the 23rd, 780 iiturters ; on the 25th, 50 quarters; on the 26th, 125 quarters; oil the 27th, 7:50 quarter,; an i on the 28th 2,200 quarters, the latter quantitie- being at the rate of 235. Bd. per quarter. On the 291 h inst., upon reference to the Custom House returns, we find that there y- 1 5, 4 s cwt a Ott ° 1' e - try A nuilief3us meeting of influential gentlemen connected with the shipping and North American interests was held to-day, at which it was unanimously resolved to make the most stre nuous opposition to the measures proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his colleagues for breaking down 00, system of protection afforded to ilriti 2 h pp . voical of shii.cwilei; fesi6 - iit in the , e scale ; is' In terrcled•,' we . uinteita??a,'' WY* F.+ l tq .L4ll,l9a fiai,4t. " Vic Duke of Wellington has a grand dinner party this evening at Apsley House. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Mer 5 WALKER V. TILE EARL OF ABINGDON. The Lord CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, which was an appeal to renew proceedings which had commenced by a decree of 1830, under the following circumstances. The tenant for life of certain leasehold premises granted the same to a person named Mackness by virtue of a surrender on these terms that the lord of the manor should regrant the same to the said Jobn Meek ness, or such person or persons and for such life or lives as should be agreed upon between the lord and the said John Meekness, according to the custom of the manor. It appeared that the surrenderor died in 1809, but that the lord did not know of his death before 1824, and that no agreement took place between the lord and Mr. Meek ness. A bill was filed to compel the defendant, the lord of the manor, to re.grant the same premises according to the termsofthesurrender. The defendant alleged that he did not know of any such custom as that alleged, or any custom by which a tenant for life was entitled to surrender to any other person for any such intetest. The case carve before Sir John Leach, the Mast- r of the Rolls, in 1830, and 't was ordered to be referred to the Master to ascer tain if there was any such custom. In 1831 the Master reported there was no such cult to which report an exec)) . ion was taken, that the Master ought to have stated that according to the custom of the manor Mr. Meekness was entitled to such estate on the same premises as should Le agreed upon between himself and the lord, or for his own life. And by a decree of the Court in 1832, Mr. Meek ness was put in possession of the premises.. Then came the vital question for what time? respecting which the Master reported there was no custom. His Lordship had looked at the pleadings to see if the lord was bound to grant any estate to Mr. Mackness, by accepting the surrender, but he did not find that the lord had done any thing upon that surrender. He thought the reference in 1830 was unnecessary, and could lead to no good 'result, nevertheless both patties had acquiesced in it. Under these circumstances the bill must be dismiss, d, but without costs. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Mar 5. His Honour was engaged throughout the entire morning in hearing motions by order, and cause petitions, none of which possessed any general interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 5. WERNER V. HUMPHREYS. . . This was an acti , in brought by the executrix of a tailor, her late husband, for 4/. 165., being the price of a coat which was made to order, but which being finished after the husband's death, defendant refused to take. The defence was that the coat was unfinished (the collar not having been put on) when the testator died, and Mrs. Werner having married a person named Trickett before the completion of the garment, the property paced to him ; so that if there were any ground of action it should be laid in his name. The verdict was for the defendant. &Ir. Sergeant CHANNEL", last term, obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS this day showed cause against tile rule, and Mr. Sergeant CIIANNELL replied. The COURT was of opinion that there had not been suffi cient proof of the property passing over to Trickett before the delivery of the coat to the defendant, and a new trial was granted. ADMIRALTY COURT-MAr 4. THE WESTMORELAND-JUDGMENT. The COURT—The question which 1 have to decide in this case is, whether the mariners who have commenced this suit are entitled to their wages. A summary petition and an alle gation have been given in, and witnesses have been examined. Both parties agree as to the principal facts of the case, though the inference they draw from them are very different. The vessel left England in 1839, and the articles described the voy age as" a voyage from the port of departure to the Swan River, thence to any part in the Indian or China Sea, and back to a port of discharge in Great Britain, or at any rate on the Conti nent of Europe, and the voyage under any circumstances was not to exceed three years." She proceeded to Swan River, and dis charged the cargo. The mariners were hired in 1840, the vessel then went to an island in the China Seas, and, having sailed in June on her homeward voyage, reached Cowes on the 28th of August. The master then hired a pilot to take the ship to Holland, where her cargo was to be discharged. The sailors, who now claim their wages, thought that under the articles they were not bound to go to Holland, and they accordingly wrote to Mr. Day for his advice, to whom they went on the following morning. While in, or near his office, they were arrested and taken before the Magistrates, and on their refusal to return to the ship they were sent to prison for thirty days, with hard labour. This is a bare outline of the facts, but it will be sufficient to enable me to state the questions at issue. The fi st is, whether the mariners were bound by the articles to proceed from Cowes to Holland? If they were not bound to do so, there can be, of course, no forfeiture of wages ; but assuming the owners to be right, and that the mariners were bound to proceed to the Continent, the Gourt will then have to consider and decide whether these facts amount to a desertion. After commenting on the case at considerable length, the Learned Judge concluded by observing, " On both points, I pronounce in favour of the mariners—an of course with costs, and I eannot but express my regret that, after these persons had been innocently—nn the part of the Magistrates and of the owners—but still had actually been imprisoned for thirty days, it should have been deemed necesary to carry the controversy into this Court, and to have endeavoured to prevent them from receiving their wages." COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, MAY 4. IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF WRIGHT AND CO., BANKERS, HENRIETrA-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. This being the day appointed for an audit and dividend on thejoint estates of the different partners in this concern the Court was c►owded. Mr. France appeared to Claim for . a sum of 3,6001., which remained over after an improper. sale of stork by Mr. John Wright to the amount of 64,0001., and alto prayed that the dividend upon that amount might be reserved. All and every stock standing in the name of the bankrupts must be taken to be in their " order and disposition," and all the entries in the bankrupts' books would be found to be, "Messrs. Wright and Co., in trust," for, (Sze. Mr. Commissioner HoutoYn—The parties making claims should not be prejudiced, but the disposition in this case is not right, for it says, " by one or all," without absolutely fixing the debt upon any body. Mr. France said that his clent could not have made a safe affidavit in any other terms, for it could not be said that John Wright made all these sales of stock with the knowledge of the other partners. Mr. llamilton would not object to the claim being entered, but the great object of the assignees was to make a good and immediate dividend. The present claim, however, would be liable to a very considerable reduction. The assignees were satisfied that the stocks sold out were the property of the dif ferent parties in whose names they wet e entered in the bankers' books, and it was not at present the intention to carry the question into any other Court. Mr. Bagshawe, barrister, appeared upon the part of Mr. Thomas Wright, to claim a right to prove for the value of annuities of 14001. a-year agreed to nave been given to him by Messrs. Wright and Co., in consideration of his relinqu sh ing all right and title to certain shares in the bank, which were settled upon him by his father. Mr. Hamilton objecte I to the admission of the proofs, as Mr. Thomas Wright had released the bank from every claim, and the 4001. a year which was allowed him by Mr. John ight was vatuttously allowed. Atter some eon versation, The claims were then ordered to be entered on the proceed ings, but without any reservation of the dividend for this day. Air. J. Ball, the Accountant, then handed in the balance sheet, to the truth of which the bankrupt was swum, and was then declared to have pa,sed his final examination. The debts proved in the course of the day amounted to a cm siderable sum, and the " claims " were very large, particularly those upon the stock account presented by Mr. Withiam, of Gray's Inn-square, for upwards of 23,000/. The assets already collected are about 170,0001., and the dividend to be now declared is stated at five shillings in the pound. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILD HALL. Win. Strong was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman JOHNSON, charged with breaking into the house of Mr. John Bateman, of 10, Fish-street Hill, and stealing a valuable mi croscope, and various other artieles. Mr. Bateman said he was a working optician, and the pri soner had served his time to him as an apprentice. The pro perty stolen had been entrusted to witness by Mr. Dolland, the celebrated optician and mathematical -instrument maker, to execute some repairs. On la,t Friday morning he found his workshop broken open, and the articles named taken, which were subsequently found pa ,tined by Strong. The prisoner some tune since had likewise stolen a smaller microscope, in an unfinished state, which he sold to a person named Allan Ser geant, in Leicester-square, who by a singular coincidence brought it to him (Bateman) to finish. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. BO W-STREET. Emily St. Ave, a Frenchwoman, but who had not the s 4 west aprearance of a foreigner, was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a silver snuffo-ox, the property of Mr. Robert Herbert, the Editor of the Far mer's Journal. Mr. Herbert stated that the prisoner took apartments in the h ,use of Mr. Crisp, the proprietor of the Farmer's Journal, about a fortnight ago. She had been into his room several times, and, on one vcca-ion, she took the snuff box in question away, saying she wished to prevent him taking snuff, but she returned it the next morning. On Saturday last he missed his box again, and asked the prisoner if she had taken it ? and she said 'he had, but would return it again in the morning. He their went away; and, not returning it as she had stated, the witness gave information to the police, and she was taken into custody. The box had never been found, the prisoner stating that a friend of her's had possession of it, but sho did not know her address. Mr. Crisp stepped forward, and said he wished to state to the Magistrate a few circumstances connected with the prisoner. A few necks ago she called on him, stating she was just come from France, and wished same apartments near to the English Opera House, as a French company had been engaged there, and she was then over in England respecting it. She stated that she was then lodging at the Phatnix Hotol, near the Bank cf England, and from her respectable appearance he made no further en. dairies, hut let her the apartments, since which she had been to several tradespeople, representing herself as a lady of title, and had ordered goods of the most costly det. eription, inclating a carriage and horses, Sh e h a d the drawing-room hunt with a rich satin paper, bordered with gilt mouldinv P. He had since ascertained that she had taken lodgirgi kit nu less than seven or eight different plaqs, and had pursued the same sort of conduct, H e had let fie Hp irt meats to the prisoner, unigArniihed., H had since ascertained that no such hotol existed as t h e nt ar the Beak ec Ragland. Sew , al tradesmenuc.io m attendance w h o h a d suppli-d tho pri.em , .; with artfelcs of furnittne, &c., to all of w h om she 'represented herself at a lady of title. The prisoner being asked what she had to say in her de fence, said she never intended to steal the box, and turning to the complainant ‘k you know very well why I took it." She deq;l4ke4 sa}ipgauything about the goods she bad ordered. • Mr, HALL said that the only charge against the pri sorctr was that of stewing the box, but he thought Mr. Ceiv liv!, not touch cause of compifint, inasmuch as he g t hid rn.ms el• gmaly papered free of •charge.— ( Laughter.) He should, however, remand the prisoner till Saturday, in order to give the officers an opportunity of making search after the box. MIRNING 11411)11TION. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY CORN EXCHANGE. Thefresh supplies of Grain since Monday have been snai l ' but a disinclination to purchase was manift st. d by the buyers. and all sorts of Grain was a 5 last quoted, with :carcely ant' thing doing. The Flour trade al,o very heavy. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. , There was a good sho w o f M ea t, b u t t ra d e was rat h er etlic!". , and prices much about the same as last quoted. Beef, 3c,r to 45. 2d. ; Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 2d. ; Lamb, ss. to o'• . Pork, 3s. 4d. t o s s . ; an d V ea l 3 s. 4 d . to ss. Ter stone of Slbe• Poultry in good request. Prices as follows :-Rabbits, time' Is. 3d. to ls. 9d. ; Leverets, 3s. to ss. ; Fowls, 4s. to 65. ' Large Surrey Fowls, 6s. to 10s. ; Pea Fowls, 7s. to 10s.; Guinea Fowl, 3s. to 4s. ; Smsex Chickens, 4s. 6d. to 616' Barn-door ditto, 25..9d. to 3s. 6d. ; Goslings, es. to ge.i Ducklings, 4s. to 6s. ; Pigeons, 6d. to 10d. ; Cock Turkel' ss. to Bs. ; Turkey Poults, 4s. to ss. Live stock for ,hippy' -Live Turkeys, 455. to 545. ; Ducks, 275. ; Geese, 455: to 545. ; Hens, 245. ; Old Pigeons for shooting, 10s. to 141.. Pe r , dozen. Eggs in large supply ; trade d u ll, an d prices unaiteet" COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business done privately, and the public:o l ,d were extremely smal. Nothing definitive being known pith respect to the Customs Duties Bill, cau se d th e transactions to be extremely limited, and prices had still a downward tendency The arrivals keep small. TEA MARKET. .• There was a fair demand for Free Trade, and the last t'Ste l wets fully supported. For several parcels of Company's Corigme• Is. sd. paid. The stock in the kingdom is 37,000,000 lbs. _ TALLOW MAR—KET. Prices of Russian were sustained, and a fair demand existed for parcels on the spot at 48s. per cwt. The accounts from St. Petersburgh state that prices were on the advance. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 59. s. d.' Chester • Derwent Slain 1 6 ew Tanfield Moor lti 0 Old '1 anfield Moor ln 0 Pontop Windsor Smith's Pontop l4 6 Tanfied Moor West Hartley .......... West Wylain .............• Wyla.li Walls End Brown's l7 NI Walls End Heaton l3 31 Eden Main lB 6i Walls End Haswell. ...... ," I • 0. 0 ii Walls End Hetton • : ‘ ,2 Walls End Lambton 41 Walls End Russell's Hetton - s Walls End Stewart's 21 2 Walls End Caractoc Walls End Cassop 2l 20 ° Tennant's Hartlepool ..... - s Walls End Clarence detton lu p Walla End Evenwood Walls End South Durham ;' 5 Walls End West detton Cowpt n Walls End Elgin lB 2 Li V ERPOOL CORN M ARKET.-May 4. WHEAT, English, White, per 7011 L •••• te --. Red 9 . 9 0 6 -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx ......... Irish, White 7 2 S. - -- Red 7 0 g . 4 Foreign 7 9 9- 9 OATS, English, Welsh, anti Scotch, per 451 b..... - $ - Irish •• ••• 3 1 ? I - Foreign 0 0 , 0 OARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter .. 34 0 2 ' g - Scotch and Irish, pet 601bs. - Feeding ' • 3 6 3 ! BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 43 0 45 , - Irish, &c. - Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per Imperial quarter 4O 0 41 ' -- Foreign FLouS, English, per 280%. 46 0 4. ----- Irish O. English P - - 10 6 , _ JATMEAL, English and Irish, per ..... .. 26 6 • INDIAN CORN, per 4801 b. RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter E.4I. 0 a IRISH MARKETS. ..4.113L1N MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ending APRIL 30. From T o Av rlfrs e' 383 Wheat i perbarrel2l same.... 28 0 34 43 Sti 1 0 Bere ~ l6 5t01e.... 8 0 0 0 0 at -513 Barley 618 Oats l4 steno l2 6 14 6 13 ' 0 k 0 Flour, per cwt. 4112 Oatmeal— 8 stone, l2 0 14 6 13 I Sold to Batters only. 9,124 Cwt. Fi0ur............ . ........ . 10 0 24 0 21 g Average price .rf Wh ' eat and ;lour 5h Btl per sack Od Finis from 2's Od to i4' ~,v" Receipts 01 Flour, 6A•68 1 sec ., . i l 0 17s . IA to .1s .ur, s o lo, of DO. 10,155 Trortts - ........:. f i r . Z Ifs. Od. to 12s 0" PMCR 011 , BRIAN Quartcrr. Loa - ...... t (salt cluattern .....434d. KILKENNY 1 4 4 ARKEIS. Wheat s per barrel)2B.. tal.to 3as.ltd. beet A( It• ,0, Pd , bar l ey 12 0 b 0 5 0 'vats 11 0 15 I Pork es 4 0 Flour (I.er bag).„ 20 0 1,8 0 0 6 0 , Butter(perewt.) $0 0 IIN. 0 iron', BMW 0 0 1 Bacon Pigs ...... 0 42 6 Malt Ditto . 0 a B 0 ' Clals 1 0 1 2 Potatoesautra. " ) 0 9 CORK MARKETS—May 1 Whext (per `,..'03:.)20s OA. tt,334 0 I.luats iper Ist... 11. Od. to 139. 61 . 1 Harley (per Irst. ) 11 0 13 9 (Ho" (per cwt )., II n :24 4 ' Oatmeal (per Od. to Ira Od Beet; 4d. to 7d.—llluttnii, sd. to 6d.—Veal, 4d to td Pork, 41d. to 5d.--Fresh Butte:, 10d. to lld per lb. PRICE. OF BUTTE R. To the Merchants. To the Conrail Fast Quality.... ••••••••••• Second lOB • •••••••• ••••••••• Third ......... Fourth Filth ............... 72 e 2 sixth CLON MELL MARKETS....3Iay 1 Pe , 4 wt. 4 s. d. 8. d. sd. L 0 ew Butter t.. 100 0 Hidet. . 0 0atmea1...... 12 0 11 3 liacbta 1 1 4 gs ...... 42 0' 43 Renderect Lard 0 52 Per Bab, -0 ?lour, Second .... 0 S I k hirtie.......— 0 • —Household tti 36 0 1-- Foutuas. 2i) 0 Per Bane. 0 'Rapeseed...." ....... 0 Barley 'i4 " Bete IIO 0 Cols DIFFICULT OPERATION. —On Wedursd i r last a very difficult operation for the cure of the deforivig Capui Obstipum, or Wry-neck, was performed by Mr• J. Lear. surgeon, of Plymouth, on a female 21 l eers ° of named Haniblyn, livng at Nlorice-town. The deforfr e 4 had existed at birth, which makes the ease more Pleo and the head was nearly level with the shoulder. ' t o rendering her appearance most frightful. The oge rs t i o n was complete: ) , successful, the head On its terfoi", taking an upright and natural position, we need s c ar ce ly add, much is the comfort and delight of the Pa t " - i;, The deformity is caused by the contraction of the rnos c- i which when perfert dr. sws the head t, ) one side an4bet, it forward ; and the oper a ti on cons i sts in iiividiag is, muscle ; but great discrimination is requir e d to 2s6l,t'ave, whe. her the bones of the neck ( cerv i ca l vertebra) "I!„. become implicated in th e d e f orm i ty. Thi s i s t h e dtbt stance of this trying and difficult operation being formed in this neighbourhood ; and we have heard ;V, high opinions expressed of the skill displayed 14 Le sr. —Devonport Independent. BODY OF A GENTLEMAN FOUN D IN ,rgl THAMES. —Ott Tuesday an inquest was held by Mr. 1 34 :„. at the George, High-street, Shadwell, on a mal e adult, os" - , unknown, and whose dreet showed that he must have bee p person of respectability. A Wa t erman, named Ileddingt:, of Shadwell, proved finding the body on Friday forenoon 125 0 in the river, off New Crane-stairs, Shadwell. The body much decomposed, an d the bridge of the nose broken. tubule ceased in height w as a b out five feet seven inches, of r7h - ie make, age about f or t y -fi ve; and, from the appearance o' hair, must have worn a w i g. The left-hand little fine! ; ‘,. contracted. He was d resse d i n a new black Brighton ri d/n e t:4 coat, green pl a id wa i stcoat, with silver buttons, dark I°o4 trow , ers, and Wellington boots. He wore a black fig il e o scarf, fastened b y a go l d pin, around the neck. His I„Viot was not mail e d, nor i n hi s poc k ets was found anyth i ng. could determi ne hi s identity. Mr. D. Ross, s urgeon , a „ ;14 well, said the deceased came to his death by drowning.;ct that the i n j ury to t h e nose was done after death. Verul " Found drowned." I . CI I The nu m b er o f d ea th s b y d rown i ng, "' Id, occur in the river Thames between Richmond and Graves, are calculated t o amoun t t o t h e l arge number of 50C ann u i 4 of which about one-third occur in the pool, principally an seafaring persons. - - SECOND HAND SILVER WATCHP • A variety of some d ozens , may b e se l ecte d from, pr i c e ti ll duineas each ; so m e ra th er mor e mo d ern, T wo and 11:40 Guineas each ; an d an assor t me nt qu i te equa l to new, Guineas each. The whole have been carefully examino' b i e ls A printed warranty will be given, with fixed terms, on W the Watches will always receive any attention required. T. COX SAN t)11Y, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Graeechn rc • street), London. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Silver for do' rability, equal in appearance. Table Spoons or Forks, s iL Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Sp oons , s s . per d ozen; T a bl e C an dles 8 inches high, i s . p er p a i r; t h e part i cu l ar meta l o f vo k i tei j; these articles are ma d e i s so lik e s il ver, t h at i t can only b s fe y from it by the sta m p ; every art i c l e made i s s i lver s mitnu turgid in this material by RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street , Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of it to theinsel l Catalogues of prices gratis. BIRTHS. On the Bth ult., in South-place, Finsbury-square, MO. R. Ewen, of a son. On the 25th u lt., i n W e lb ec k- street, the lady of CO t s Groves, of a son. On the 29th ult., Mrs. E. D. Wells, Somerset, of a daug On the 30th ult., at the Clergy Orphan School, St. J° ll wood, the lady of the Rev. Daniel Butler, of a son. p ei On the Ist inst., M rs . R. B rowne, of iiroadgreen, 001, of a s, n. o f* On the 25th ult., at Bayswater, Mrs. Henry Vallane" daughter. On the 28th ult., at Wellington, Somerset, the lady of Maclean, Esq., of a son. i sc litt On the 28th ult., at Finsbury- square, M rs. G. A. " 1 of a daughter. On the 2gsth of ult., t a Sandgate, K en t , t h e lady o f Willis Pe O ar r e , t t h he E 2 s tith ' ult., the lady of, John Carter, Esq., s ur g e° DorseOnt-street, Portman.square, of a daughter. the 28th ult., in Harley-street, Mrs. John : of a son. rl• t On the 28th ult., a t C amberwell, Mrs. W. B. Minet, of a g° J, On the 28th ult., at Leyton, Essex, the lady of the Re v ' Pardoe, of a son. On the 28th ult., at Hillingdon, the lady of John GO' jun., Esq., of a son, still born. MARRIED. 4 14 On the 2tith ult., at Walcot Church, Bath, the R ef , Ge• Carew, M. A, youngest son of George Henry Carew, Esq.' h , Crowcombe Court, Somerset, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest deaf ter of th e R ev. Wi ll i am Black, Rector of Blaysdon, Giouees"'„ and Lingington, Dorset. alb On the 29th ult., at Mamhead, Devon, Captain Parker , Regiment, to the Lady Catherine C. Leslie. 14' On the I s t i ns t., at H ungerton, Leicestershire,' ' lit Pachin, E sq ., o f B ar kb y Hal l , to Agnes Eliza, only dallF of W. A. shby, Esq., of Q uca by H a ll , b oth in that cow:s . j - - DIED. deric l ‘ On the 19th of D - eeember, 1840, a t H o b art-town , Fre- , t be Hayman, only sniviving son of Captain John Hayman , Trinity House, London, aged 24. fvart h On th 3 28th ult., at K ingston-upon-Thames, Alfred, son of the late Air. T. Liberty, of Weybridge, aged 31. of pn the 29th ult., at Twyford, fleas, W. H. Jacks on, Smith's-squ a re, W es t m i nster, aged 58. oistf On the 29th ult., at S outh-place, Finsbury-square, 'l' the wife of Mr. S. R. Ewen. id° l( On the Ist inst., at hill-hill, West Cowes, Elizabeth, ...,‘' t e, of the late E. 0. Osborne, Esq., Vice-Admiaal of the w c f: 0 11 On the 27th u l t., in Union.place, Greenwich, Mrs. °" Ann Vaughan, reli ct o f the late T. Vaughan, Esq. On the 2 7th ult., J ames L ane, E sq. , o f C anori bury•sc llll! Islington, aged 33. , On the 28th u l t., at Stockwell, Elizabeth, the widow late Daniel Chinn Bullock, Esq., aged 80. IV * On the 28th u l t., at Agar d s l ey P ar k , Staffor d s hi r e, Littlewood, aged 86. On the 28th ult., in Gower-street, Thomas Crosby love, one of her Majesty's Counsel, and a Bencher of the Society of Lincoln's-Inn, aged 66. , ro s• 000. 0 1; idiasramliaa.M....r, London: Printed and Published by • 111URDO YOUP:r No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Ofhee, No. 112, Stra gh the county of Middlesex.— Thunday. Mar 6. 1841.