The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-18 00:00:00

MORNING _EDITION. operations rather than recommence.—(Hear.) _ These Were appalling facts, and ought to be token up by the pub lic at large ; for every individual in the realm was deeply interested.—(Applause.) In conclusion he moved the resolution. Mr. T. BAZLICT. a past Boroug'nreeve of Salford, said, dispassionate observations, he dc. with a very few calm, sired to second the motion. In the Parliamentary Report upon Import Duties it was very pithily stated, that the tariff of the United Kingdom presented neither unity nor cengruity of purpose—a declaration which, in his opieiee, ought to be inscribed and worn as a phylactery upon every man's front, till these discriminating inconsistencies were entirely removed from our commercial statutes.—(Hear.) While in arms, in science, and in the arts of peaceful in dustry, we had earned numerous splendid trophies and c ir rind out great improvements, if we looked at our civil po?i tion, at cur commercial legislation, there reproach awaited us; there self-interest and ignorance had prevailed, and thence had sprung those wrongs that we now sought to have redressed. Our colonies baa very greatly ember rassed the course of commercial legislation. The protec tions, restrictions, and prohibitions with which they had surraunded us, had led, he feared, to a rivalry of which we should long feel the effects. By protecting our colonise, we had done injustice to ethers, and driven them to be come our manufacturing rivals. But how far were our colonies customers for our manufactures ? Tbey had pro tections on their produce from 50 to sao per cent. The West Indians were a body of individuals about a million in number; and, during the last year, we had paid them an exce s t f price, beyond what we could have purchaeed the same arti des for elsewhere, of not less than four mil lions sterling—( Hear, bear)—twenty-four millions of people had paid to one millon four millions ate ling more than they need have paid, if our ports were free for ariiclei to come in Elam other parts of :he world.— (Hear, Ina-.) Y.et our col mists only took fom us one-fourth of our wie.l.l experts. If eve 1;ol!ed at the produce of taxation arising out of the foreign trade of the country, we should ece that nearly half the revenue procee is freen the customs duties, and that our manufacturing industry alone supplies the whole amount of exports by wai..:h this very sum of half the re.- veette was brought into the coutary. The e itton manu factures formed one-half of all our exports; and hence it was clear, teat our cotton manufactures CO2- trihuted one-fourth to ell the exigencies of the State.— (Hear.) These were employed in the cotton manufac tures about two minims of the pe , ple, who were, therel,re directly bringing into the customs revenue something Eke ten millions sterling, yet they were subject to the bread t ix, and every other home tax, end be would say, that, if the r-at of the people of the Unitel Kingdom at large cora' ibuted to the revenue in the same ratio, our re venue would not be less than 100 millions sterling per an num.—( Hear.) Let the industry of the country, then, fie. ly bring here whaterer they can get in exchange for their labour, and let fiscal regulations only, not protection and Lvour;tiim, determine the amount of duty to be ex acted.—(Hear.) As to the operation of these restrictive dut!.es upon the colonies themselvee he might mention that foreign rice was subject to a duty of about lad. per lb, or 15 e per cat., while colonial rice paid only Ir. per cwt. ; and iu a period of scarc'ty, the colonists, whose chief cur ia et was rig e, had actually to be brought Moe stars ing con diiiere before it became the interest of our merchants to take rice there from other markets. As to the oaeratien of our duties upon raw rr.terials, mahogany was t.:zed 200 to 300 per cent., while manefactured artielei of inahoginy might be imported from the Continent of F :rope at this time, at a duty of 20 per cent. There ere ware% uses at Hull filled with continental furniture of luperb make, which could be bought at a cheaper rale than in Manchester.—( Hear.) Was not this absurd taut our artisans here could not produce articles as cheap as those b ought from the Continent of Europe ? He bad shown that we pay the West Indies an excess of four n il lions sterlin , a year; yet our exports of manufactures to the West Inc'ies were only four millions sterling annu ally ; so that v'rtually we make them a present of all the goo's we send them.—( Hear, hoar.) Yet we saw the de reand for cur manufacturing industry diminishing day by day. We came here to ask for the reward of our indus try ; he trusted the demand for it would rererberate throughout the land; and that we should never crave calmly, deliberately, and peacefully, but strenuously, to de mend justice tid we obtain it._-( Applause.) Connec.ed vri it humanity, he believed the commercial policy of the country had had a right-handed tendeacy to increase sl very, while the law was intended in a left-handed mar ter to suppress it He trusted that, in embracing the principles of free trade, we e ere promoting the general principles of freedom to mankind, and unshackling the, slave in evety part of the world. He would say— .' Free as the waters of the ocean, He man is every clime and nation : Free as the light and winds of heaven, To man be all ei.rth's bounties given."—(Applause.) M-. ROBERT GARDNER, in supporting the resolution, said it was most outrageous and inconsistent that, while we levied only 245, duty upon colonial suga-, should levy 665. upon foreign sug4r, which amounted to a prohibi.ion. Ile (Mr. Gardner) was a manufac turer and shipper; he manufactured cloth, and shipped it to Brazil, getting sugar in return. Suppose he called to him the man who had woven the cloth, showed him the sugar, and said, Here is what I have g in return fer your labour (by which you don't live. but just contrive to keep alive); this eugrr has cost lad. a lb." Perhaps he would say. " Ob, rentaer, t two basic come of th..t." He ( Mr. Gardner) might reply, " No, this is not for you, ths is for the blacks in the West In dies. This must he refined in bond, n l then Le shipped for the West Indies; and the blacks there are absolutely usii g alteg tber the *lave-grown sugar of Brazil and other countii s, abler ii supplied to them at 4id. to 54. per 11.."—e FlLar.) Iry consequence of our restrictive sys tem, the West Indian Ll eats can get our double-refined white sugar at lees per lb. than ti ey can tell us their commonest t brows sugar—so coarse !hat you could hardly say whether it was molasses or sugar.—( Hear, hear.) In his opinion we rev e. could entirsly suppress sLvery so long as we grant any protection to a ur West Indian cole nivta— (Hear, hear.) Referring to Gurrey's " Winter in Jamaica," Mr. Gardner quoted a statement of Mr. Na thaniel Gilbert, to the effect that, since emancipation, the molasses on his estate alone bad paid the whole of his wages and expenses; and his estate was now worth more money without the negroes than before it was with thorn. He showed that land in that island had increased in value seine double, some two-thirds, and some two-thirds and three-quarters ; so that by and bye the very high prices of land would be quoted aga'nst us, as a reason or excuse for protection...—(Hear.) It appeared to him, that our Go vernment would rather levy 6d. a lb. cut of one pound of sugar than let the poor man have 31b. where he now got oi,e, and still rec , ive the same amount of revenue. He Hus no: for an unconditional repeal of the Corr-laws, be cause certain interests bad arisen; but, if a modified scale could be agreed to ' it w laid tend greedy tar increase our consumption of food, would benefit the condition of the working cl taws, and tvotill be bentfichl also to the landed irte est.—( Hear, from Mr. Garnett.) Mr. Gardner con cluded by reading an extract from the Report of the Man chests r Chamber of Commerce on imeort duties, to the ci'Lct. that we were paying :even millions per annum to Vie West InAesfor tie privilege of soling tnc►n I•roducts to tle value of three milliona. Tnc CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which passed u: a• ixousl . l.. JaMES HALL, jonicr (a past Boroughreeve of Salford ), moved the, Lext resaution, end exp:eised gr t iicaticn .t havkg witnessed two meetings within a v.';.e.!; : gentiemea of widrl,- , '•itfering polities, prind } .lQi, and in . 'ereies, corotined I.lr f)e cainmon, g.- ngral, and benvficial intirest. of rll.—(App'atig,-.) He regretted very much the operation of the Co.:- &WS on the working classes, whose condition he should lil.e to tee much in re alleviatei ; and be did hope, ere long, to 2€12 some hind dosie, to this em./.—( Applause.) Mr. R P. Liviscisros said thl subject of the Corn -14,,s (in the resolution) was one cf so much importance, ail :he cruelty and oppression reldultin7 from them had teen sn gnat, that he dared net trust himself to dvae I on the subject, leA Ifs feelings should overcome his judg ment ; and he Wool 1, ti:erefrro, merely second the ra.so lud It la,sed um.n , au..tr' Mr. y NtiNi. AR VEY, in movkng e adoption of ale !- laces of 1315ti,ngel into a levilw tic Ili,toty of the Cum and 182`,3. In 1815, vin,!n the average of wheet per quarter, on the Con inent, did nut exca cd 28e. or 29. i., the a istoc,acy, in order to get their high rents front the fanner?, made U 3 pay 7 03• per quArter. (H,ar. hear.) He rernembele a meming b e a ns a 1 , , about 014 . 1 time in the Manor Court room, where a ptti•icn was a j o i y . '"ng that the Bid might n.,t p Is. At 11 141 t i me t h great apathy on the subject i n t hi l ere w classes; and the mass (I the labouring clay,es were al- , y west the only movers; but no w . the . case tlit %INT. very da,. t the middle classes, perceiving forward, property tee orward, but the was going out of their bands, had come labouring classes were holding back (though admitting that it was right to get the Corn-laws repealed), because ea for all the evils they wanted Annual Parliaments, Uciserl Suffrage, because Vote by Ballot, as the grand panae Ir . they wood that baiet this. eountry.—(Heix, hear. only put their sheulders to the w . heel) nths. lie ithin twelve m should get rid of the Corn-laws w be o lieved, we was aware that the condition of the labouring daises bad been sinking lower and lower, a strong reason why thi'y should seek for a repeal of the Corn-laws, and a_m9ie . equitable adjustment of our import duties. lie concitn -i o by moving the adoption of the pe:itiun, which he read, an d which was received with great a,plause. -Mr. SAMUEL EVELEIGH seconded the motion, expressing kis opinion that the commerce of this and every other country should be as free as the air we hie 'the. Mr. R. J. RICHARDSON said, Mr. Harvey had asked why the working classes the middle classes. It was becAusenif. Greg had injudiciously let slip, and it had flown slide will-fire throughout the coun try, that the object of getting the repeal of the Corn-laws was to reduce wages that ne migacompete with foreign manufacturers. Th a t was the idFi - prevalent: be was not • going to justify the idea in any wp.y ; but it was the gene ral idea, that it was intended t ) get c )rn cheep, in order this wages might be reduced, so as to enabla our manu fattarers to compete with these ib:otd, Mr. lialiVAY wished t di,huse the mind of Mr, Ti ehardson, who, with the Charti sts gencr..lle, was mud, mistaken, if bethought the repeal cf the Cort:-laws weulti have the affect of reducing the prises of labour . He woulJ refer Mr. RicharOson to 1822. when provisions were per taps at their lowest price during the last for ty years, and there was a period of great commercial prosperity ; our rnanuractures were extending; the people general l y throughout this country were in full employment, and rc ceiving wages far higher than what they new get. His fi.-r o conviction was, that, it the Corn-laws were repealed to morrow, instead of wages being dinsinishe3, we should halm increased orders ani increased demand for labour, and conseql,ntly wanes would rise as t' : at demand increa sed.--(Applaus?.) Whoev.r had said that wages would be dirninilbel by the repeal cf the Ccrn-laws, said what was not true. The effect cf their repeal would he, that we should get corn fru:A the Continent, and cause it 14 rise in price there, so as to bring it to something like an equality with the pries he , e. The same -price almost would be paid far food i n German and Poland as in this y corn w • country, it we had a f r , e import ofilhout dot'.Tbo f arm e r would h ave protectioa enoght by the differ. ence in price caused by the cost of transit, dock dues, I commission, and other charges-of importing, which would enhance the price of continental corn here 10s. a qr. at least. That would he sufficient protection; and why should be seek a protecting duty of 725. a quarter ? The Five rage price of smin on the Contit;ent, for the last few years, was about 31a. 10d. a quarter ; but in 1815 it was as low at 287. a quarter, and by the Corn-laws passed in that year and 1828, the labourer hete was now made to cat bead at twice the price be would pay if corn were admitted free. He therefore entreated Mr. Richardson, and all who had influence with the working classes, to join in getting these accarsed laws rept aled ; and many things would fol low for which Mr. Richardson was an advocate. Unless the people could have intelligence given them, and could he taught the best mode of obtaining the end they sought, he was sure they would not get what they so earnestly de sired. Mr. LIVINGSTON would put it to Mr. Richardson and Mr Campbell how it could be, when labour was much wanted, that it should fall in price ? Everybody knew when a master bad to look far hands was not the fine to reduce wages. [Mr. Richardson—" But machinery supplies the place of manual labour."] Then if all the machinery in the country were to be stopped, would that advance the wages of the labourer ? He was quite sure that there was no advantage ether to masters or the community from reducing wages. —( Applause.) The petition was adopted unanimously, and it was re solve.: that it should be presented by Joseph Brotherton, Esq., the Member for tha borough. Mr. C. Tysoe, the Senior Constable, was called to the Chair;. and Mr. CHARLTON moved a vote of thanks to tie autho rities for convening the meeting, and especially to the Boroughrezve, for his impartial conduct in the chair. Mr. J. DRACUP seconded the motion, which passed una nimously ; and the proceedings then terminated, at two o'cl.ck. THE - 0 - XTORD TRACTS ,• At a meeting of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, and Proctors, in the Delegates'-reom, March 15, 1841. Considering that it is enjoined in the statutes of this Uni versity (tit. 111., sec. 2; tit. IX., see. IL, § 3, sec. v., § 3) that every student shall be instructed and examined in the 39 articles, and shall subscribe to them ; comidering al.o that a tract has recently appeared, dated from Oxford, and entitled " Remarks on certain Passages in the 39 Articles," being No. 90 of the " Tracts for the Times," a series of anonymous pub lications purporting to be written by members of the Uni versity, but which are in no way sanctioned by the University itself. Resolved, that modes of interpretation such as are suggested in the said tract, evading rather than explaining the sense of the 39 Articles, and reconciling subscription to them with the adoption of errors, which they were designed to counteract, de feat the object, and are inconsistent with the due observance of the aboyementioned statutes. P. WYNTER, Vice-Chancellor. LETTER FROM THE REV. MR. NEWMAN. Mr. Vice-Chancellor,-1 write this respectfully to inform you that I am the author, and have the sole responsibility, of the tract on which the hebdomadal board •has just now ex pressed an opinion, and that I have not given my name hitherto, under the belief that it was desired that I should not. I hope it will not surprise you if I say that my opinion remains unchanged of the truth and honesty of the principle maintained in the tract, and of the ne cessity of putting it forth. At the same time, lam prompted by my feelings to add my deep consciousness that everything I attempt might be done in a better spirit, and in a better way ; and, while I am sincerely sorry for the trouble and anxiety I have given to the Members of the Board, I beg to return my thanks to them for an act which, even though founded on mis apprehension, may be made as profitable to myself as it is reli giou,ly and charitably intended.—l say all this with great sin cerity, and am, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, your obedient servant, JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. Oriel College, March 16. The University is in a great state of agitation. The printers are engaged on both sides, hard at work. A HIGHLAND OUTLA IV -DEFI ANCE TO THE CIVIL POWERS. (Abridged from the Inverness Courier.) About the centre of Loch Quoich, under the shadow of two high mountain terraces, streaked with snow, is a small island, scarcely more that' half an acre in extent, on which are seen a few birch trees. It is about a quarter of a mil,/ from the nearest mountain, and is as solitary as the heart of hermit or recluse could desire. On this spot resides a Highlander, now old and stern, who bids defiance to all the civil powers, and laves a free denizen of nature. Some forty years ago, Ewan M'Phee, a fine spri g htly, athle tic Highland lad, enlisted in a regiment of which his proprietor was an officer. He was promised, or was led to believe, that he would soon be preferred in tLe army. He went through his exercises with correct ness and regularity, but preferment came not, and Ewan deliberately one day m ached out of the ranks, and betook himself to the hits. His retreat was discovered, and two files of soldiers were sent to apprehend him. With the concurrence of the late Glengarry, Ewan was seized, handcuffed, and carried off a prisoner. As the party proceeded through Stretherick, the dauntless Highlander watched a favourable opportunity, made a tremendous leap over a precipice, and bounded off from his mart. The party discharged their muskets after him, but without effect, and, breaking off his handcuffs, • by dashing them against a rock, Ewa n was aga i n a free man among th wilds. He e.,tablished himself on Lochiel's property in Corrybuic, an out-otthe-world retre. t. where he Eved unmolested for many years, hunt ing, fishing, and rearing goats, without any man daring to make him afraid or presuming to speak of rent. As a companion was wanting to soften or enliven his sollude, Ewan wooed, won, and ran off with a damsel of fourteen, now his wife, and the mother of five children. At length, however, the law prevailed for a time, and the a;:v nturer was ejected from Corry Buie. He sub mitted vietly, and toik refuge in this little island in Loch Quoich, where he deems him. self safe and impregnable. With turf and birch trees he raised a hut, and found or made a boat to enable him to communicate with the mainland. He has about fifty goats, which he quarters on the neigh bouring hills, and his gun and rod, we suppose, supply him with fish and game. In winter the situation of this lonely family must be awful. Ewan's strung, mus cular, and handsome frame is still clad in the Highland costume, and he never ventures abroad without his dirk by his side. Some of the tenants fear him froth his daring character, and others reverence him for his supposed witchcraft or supernatural power, which is firmly believed in the glen. In this way, a boll of meal now and then, and perhaps a sum of money, finds its way to the trimly island, and the home of the outcast is made glad in winter. He bil:eves himself that he is_ possessed of a charmed IVe, but a loaded gun is constantly at his bed-side during the night, and his dirk is ever ready by day, to supply mortal means of defence. When Mr. Edward Ellice visited Glen Qu o i c h, aft er pur c h as i ng the property. E van called upon him, like a dutiful vassal in the old feudal tiaie, doing homage to his liege lord, and preserted some gnet,' milk as a relce-offerincr. His terms were simple but decisiv e . H e told Mr.e Ellice, not that he would f ay rent for his island, but :hat I e would not molest the new laird, if the new laird did "not disturb him in his possession ! The grizzled Agra, intrepid bearing, and free speech of the bold outlaw struck the Englishman with sur prise, ite. It is probah:c he will not again be disturbed ; for the island is not worth a shilling to any person but Ewan M'Phee, and it would be cruel to dispos sess even. this durieg and desperate man, now upwards of sixty years of age. The situation of his family, growing up in wild nee'ect and barb a ri sm , i s tie most painful circumstance in ' Ewan's singe lar story. His wife is sti . l comp- at . vely a young and agreeable-looking person, and as she bad some ed ,cation, it is probable she may t-ach her chillreo a kneel d,eaf their 1, tters, and some outline of Christian duty and bylief. Of this, however, he peal 1! of the o.n rye v hotly ignorant. The law who hate had intercourse w.th Evan represented him as strongly attached to his family, and of this, we had indirectly a sort of proof on the eay we were 'n tare g'en. Oaue of E tai's children bad died died in 44'. • maws, which was desti,tve of neigh bourly aid •or nsolation. Overwhdrned with grief the old man too k hi s b oat and crossed to a shepherd's hat, begging the .shepherd to assist him in making a coffin for the dead child, as he could not steady his ack i l % a pnd of raf r underenature u t , e Theie makesi assistance blow t h e e f wwahs thisofl whole e calamity. ewl y 0 givenk n O sseai t yn . e se birch st aves were formed into a coffin, and the childwill, in a Edwaayn's tas ort t w e s and charactero,be interred n ; for a spot the exactly ancient suited to church -yard people of Glen Quoich is also an island, small in extent, which rises out of the waters of the Quoich, near its junction with the lake. This incident is in keepin g with the whole hiStory of this w ild, unconquered. Highlander —o ne of the last types fierce and hardy race, in wh ose nature strong of a erce . pass i on s were mingled, bo . t 2 b , for good and for EVII. ADVANTAGE OF HAVING AN INTELLIGENT POLICE.—Tbc following singular detection of an utte:er blue bottles," Intel_ab n ottl e '' shows the advantage nlingderetopinoelricoefobveasrethineodneo-ynothing fourteen shillings 5 , 0::k " raw lobsters„"gneni o ll n Y A y A At the Borough Cour t, the int , od uc t ion of which wtieleo'oiniiineaitno: denominated a n ß t e i- s c w o .ii r e p k or s a t t a o t r e s that d ggir. go down w S it a Saturday stye. t,t I w i eh when nnd they inspoebesteorrve observed o theti y weremale prisoner, Cornelius Teurney, coming out of rublic-bouse, kept .hr Mr. Dormer, .and th , e s P us in 7er t A in ic ; the prisoner to be an' utterer of .4 -• , in to rule what he had bean theret b f . o e r. c 'Tube; sfeiru.tindßilbhhayt h.: had been attempting to Ltter a base shilling. Tory followed the prisoner further, and he went into the Bowl ing-green public-house, kept by Mr. Htl, and there they afterwards found that he had offered anctber base shilling. They followed him to a third house, where he offered a base -shilling again. They there appreLeaded hi n. He said he did not live in the town, basing but just ar,ived froni Sheffield. They bad reason to disbelieve his story, and took him to a number of grocers' shops in Salford, until at longth they found ono at which he had been in the habit of buying grocery, and thus succeeded in finding evidence. In the house they found the female I Prisoner, who at first said she was his wife, but, on a hint from Te , reey, afterwards said that her name was Mary Richardson,` and she hal never seen him before. On searching the ho use th e? re - ec i ve d a piece cf Lreken wood in the wall, and , on looking behind it, a mould for coining shillings was touncl there, and five base shillings, evidently from the same mould, were found there also. The prise ners were committed for trial at the .issizes,Manchester Times, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1841 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Morning Chronicle contains a leading article 'on the subject of the Bishop of Exeter's motion in the House of Lords on Monday night, in the course of which our Contemporary oVserves—" The Bishop of Exeter overreached himself by presuming too much on the ignorance and gullibility of the House he was addressing. The Marquis of Normanby pur sued him unrelentingly through all his doublings, and con victed the Right Reverend Prelate of repeated misrepresenta tions, and even of something worse. The scene is described to us by those who were present as rich in effect beyond ex ample. The writhings of the Bishop under the castigation he received, and the effect of each successive blow on his counte nance, but above all, his demeanour when he found himself left absolutely ' alone in his glory,' not a single Peer utter ing one word in his defence—even Lord Lyndhurst, to whom he vainly appealed in heart-rending accents, walk ing out of the House with a shake of the head, would have afforded an admiable study for an actor." The Morning Post, alluding to Mr. O'Connell's recent address to the Irish people, says :—"Notwithstanding all the political power that Mr. O'Connell has wielded, the circumstances of the great bulk of his countrymen are much worse than when his career began. They are more ignorant, more ferocious, more destitute of the ordinary comforts of life, than when he first visited them with the heavy curse of his advocacy and leadership." The Morn ing Advertiser thus comments on the attack made on the Duke of Wellin,gton yesterday by the Times : —" Hi s Grace may have grown old in years ; his memory may be less quick and accu rate than in former days; but opposed as we are to his politics, no mistake that lie may commit shall induce us to join in the flail) , ribaldry which it has pleased the Times to pour upon him, In all matters with which his Grace is acquainted, he inva riably exhibits a manly, straightforward, and clear-seeing judgment—in others, of which his pursuits In life have afforded him no opportunity of knowledge, he may expose himself to the ridicule of the scoffer and the malignant observation of the bigoted and narrow-minded; but in the language of the great bard of Scotland, as immortal as the Duke himself, .‘ 11-.: is a man for a' that," and base is the tongue, and uncharitable the spirit, that will utter anything to his dispraise, or in deprecia tion of his merits." The Morning Herald, speculating on the chances of a war with America, remarks as follows : " Detesting war in the abstract, b u t esp ec ially d e p r eciating it when the belligerents arc two great ni.tions connected by the tics df blo&l and all the arts of civilisation—we shall rejoice at any event which may yet allay, in time, the fierce heart-buro in,,,,s of national jealousy, or repress the reckless excesses of political partisAnship." FROSI THE EVENING CAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Standard.) Ought we to regret or to rejoice at the impending dissolution of the American Commonweath—tor im pending it is? To rejoice at it, beyond all question. To rejoice at it, not merely as Eql.shmen, but as friends of the human race. The experiment of a great democratical government has been tried upon the largest_,Acalo —end with such advantages as the visions of Plato or More, or arty other constructor of a perfectly happy State, never even surmised. A people descended from the most intelligent and thought ful of the races of human kind—the arts of civ 1 nation already worked out—the treasures of literature opened in full abundance—a fertile and an inexhati,tible country and a complete seclusion from ambitious neighbours—these were the advantages with which the American- Commonwealth commenced its great experiment sixty years ago ; and the result of the ex periment is a debasement 'and depravation of the na tional cbaracter, and a retrogradation of the national mind, rapid beyond any similar decline of which the history of the world affords an instance. When we speak of the debasement and depravation of the national character, need we go beyond this very case of Mr. M‘Leod ; or if we seed, must it not be enough to point to the universal smugg:ing of slaves, and the Lynchings of the abolitionists, and the invasion of Texas ? Would, or did, any of Vie fathers of the present race of American citizens practise such atroci ties, while, with the British connection, they were proud to participate in the generous virtues of Britons ? As to the retrogradation of the national mind, we shell but name Washington, Franklin, Adams, Patrick Henry— nay, Jefferson. The United States, while connected with England, produced men Lite those we have named. What men do the same soil and the same race afford now under dernocratical institutions, to fill the places of the heroes of the revolution ? We cannot find them ; perhaps they are to be discovered amongst the admired of Miss Martineau. It is no less for the interest and honour of the Americans themselves than it is for the interest and honour of mankind generally, that the Union be broken up ; and broken up it will be. (From the Globe.) In the present state of excitement into which the commercial world ha; been thrown by the appre hensions of a rupture with the United States, every arrival from America is looked for with solici tude, and letters and papers from that country ac quire an interest beyond those from every other. The expected arrival of the Womble horn Halifax occasioned considerable speculations as to the intelli gence she would bring ; and correspondent disappoint ment was 3 esterday tilt in the City, when, on the arrival of the train which felt Liverpool, early in the morning, it was found that the anxiously looked-for vesstl had not arrived. This anxiety was, however, relieved by the intelligence brought by „a later train. The Colombia `1 arrived ; and, though , the ktedi genee she brings is not of a decided character, nor are any new facts connected with the cause of the rup ture, or of the angry feelings which have grown out of it, developed, we think we can discover in the tone and character - of the scanty information thus supplies!, sufficient to justify the firm hope and expectation that nothing will arise to render an appeal to arms necessary. The whole of the contents of the letters and papers brought by the Colombia, so far as they relate to the main question of war or peace, will be found in an other part of our journal—papers from New York to the Ist inst., and h tters and papers from Boston to the 3d, and from Philadelphia to the 28th ult. General Harrison, the new President, was to bo sworn into office on the 4th, and'would immediately enter on his functions as Chief Magistrate of the Republic. With a change of Government there exist good reasons for anticip sting a change of tone and procedure. Trio Van Burenites had taken in dudgeon their defeat and expul sion from office, and were evidently desirous of embarrassing their successors by embroiling them in a dispute with England. To effect this they had pandered to the lowest prejudices and passions of the lowest class of the American citizens. The Pre sident, which sailed from Liverpool on the 10th d'A., and was the bearer of Lord Palmerston's instructions to Mr. Fox respecting the case of Mr. M'Leod, had been spoken at see ; and as she had encountered very hal weather, it lam calculated she would not reach New York before the 3d inst. Tnis detention may have a favourable influence on the negotiation. --- MONEY MARKET and CITY NE WS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris iss - 1A per which, at the Engl sh Mint price of 3/. 17s. IN -d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 28, and the ex chang,e at Paris t.n London at short lacing 25..37a, it follows that gold is 0.38 per cent. dearer in London than in Pari4. By v advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 42a per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. Ntd. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 476, and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 51, it follows that gold is 0.29 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 108 per cent., and the par of exchange between En g l an d an d Ame rica being 109 23-40 per cent., it falows that the exchange is 1.58 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. The English funds have, throughout the day been subjected to fluctuation, but finally closed a shade better than yeAerday. At one period the market was buoyant through purchases by speculators for the rise, but tha Bank broker appearing as a seller of two parcels of stock, to the amount. of 30,0001., rather reduced values, inamuch as these continued operations on ac count of the Government tend to create a scarcity of money, the rate of which is now about 4 per cent. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, 111AR,w 17. JEW V. WOOD. . This case came on upon a motion to di:,sclve an injunction which had been obtained in an interpleading suit to reitrain proceedings by the defendant, Sir Matthew Wood, against the plaintiff, who was the tenant of a house, the right to which is in litigation under the will of the late James Wood, of Gloucester. The case was similar to that of Wilkins v. Wood, the cir cumstances of which were reported in The Sun on the'9th inst. Mr. Pemberton, Mr. G. Turner, and Mr. Walker appeared for the defendants, Sir Matthew Wood and Javob Osborne; Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr. Sutton Sharpe, for the heirs at-law ; and Mr. Kindersley and Mr. Gordon, for the plaint,ff. At the conclusion of the arguments, his Lend-hip said he would give his judgment, in all probability, on Friday. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Moult 17. (Before Mr. Comm;ssiont r EVANS. ) THE WHITECHAPEL DISTILLE RY .—Thi s w as the d a y fi xe d flr the adjourned examination of the bankrupt, and a few ad ditional debts were proved; but the bankrupt not being pre pared with his voluminous accounts, the hearing was further adjourned. (Before Mr. Commissioner FoNBLANQUE IN THE MATTES:. OF KEASLE Y AND KEASLEY.—ID this ease, a solicitor who attended upon the behalf of Mr. ltobert Warren, blacking-manufacturer, of the Strand, stated that he was wiltng to abandon his lien.upm some bark, warrants for which had been handed over to him by the bank rupts, pro vided he was new allowed to prove for the amount, which was about 500/. The Learned Comm ISSIONE a directed the proof for the debt to be admitted, and the bankrupts not being prepared to pass their final examination, the further hearing was adjourned. The claim of the executor cf another creditor (Mr. War= ren's brother, now dead) for upwards of 3,000!. was disallowed. in the fall, and the party ceased to move. Life proved to be extinct. According to the testimony of the medical man, there were marks of great violence on the throat, the integuments being di3coloured throughout to the very spine. The party, how ever, had a disease of the heart, which might cause any agita tion or struggle to produce fatal results without any . great de gree of violence. He was, notwithstanding, of opinion that it was the compression of the throat which in this case had acted upon the brain, the compression on which in its turn caused a cessation of the action of the heart. The Jury acquitted the prisoner. IRELAND. One of the most important demonstrations in favour of national independence that has taken place since the great movement bsgap was witnessed last Monday on the Curragh of Kildare, Ntiaere upwards of 20,000-of the inhabitants of that and the adjoining counties assembled to meet Mr. O'Connell, who had announced his intention of being present on the occa sion. From an early hour in the day thousands of pedestrians, well clad and comfortable in appearance, were seen proceeding from the surrounding districts to the place of rendezvous—the stand-house on the Curragh. Those were followed by several hundreds of the farmers and substantial landholders, on horse back ; .of the 20,000 who were present upwards of 2,000 were equet.trians." Mr. O'Connell was received by the assembled multitude with the most enthusiastic greetings. At half-past two o'clock the Chair was taken by William Dunne, Esq., of 'fully House, and the speakers addressed the immense as;emblage from the windows of the Stand-house. The meeting was addre.rszd successively by Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Pim, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Kelly, and Air. Thomas Rey nolth. The letter of Mr. H. Grattan, which was noticed a a day or two ago in The Sun, having been read, The SECRETARY' then read the petitions; The first was for a repeal of the Union. The second was for the rejection of Lord Stanley's, and in favour of Lord Morpeth's Irish Re gistration Bill. jMr. Prm was then called to the Chair, and the meeting ad ourned. Immediately afterwards nearly two hundred persons sat down t o di nner in the Stand -house ; and at eight o'clock Mr. O'Con ne ll set out on his way to Galway Assizes, where the trial in which he is specially engaged will take place on Wednesday. G• \IB Cne ra_. ...)rowne rl a the comf or t and y toil f ee l s d es i rous to ex pressadvgarg; 41'1' he hasderived at his advanced age of 70 _ in vented S ..... ~.1 from the u,e of Messrs. S. and B. S years, and a f ter two Solomon' newly fully merit the patronage they IPmeevta°l"; their valuable invention and so many individual s of high dish ton, ' of the Royal FamilY rous scientific and eminent rn • al .ion, as well as of the nume 25th Feb, IS4l.—Address , aianto P r actitioners. —London; the the late Henry Cowper, 11. ~ o f T ewen n _ w l 101 3 Lancashire. From and B. Salmons, 59, lhemar:e-street to Messrs. S. York Hotel, and , King if William-streetee illy' opposite the baring been deaf r many years, I was induced City :—Gentlemen, tion to try tellyour Invisible Voice Conductor from recommenda s, and I have sure to you that they citable me to hear and i great plea t' coin at a place of worship most distinctly; and in consequence of the great and reat advantage I have deriv ed, I have recommen ded many persons- you, and their report is similar to mine, most favourable to Spectacles and Hand -gla ss which you have sent me are very T x he cellent, and suit my sig ht p recisely, and surpass an y t hing of ex cellent, kind I have ever tried; t h e transparency of which i s so brilliant, that although I hiveapassed my 06th year, the 2'2d of May last, yet they enable me to read, &c., by candle -light with the greatest ease and comfort to myself—Gentlemen, I return you my best thanks, and remain your obedientservant, HENRY Cowrza.-22d of June, 1839. OXFORD CI RCUI7'—STAFFoRD, Menem 15 THE QUEEN V. CALDECOTC AND WYNN. This was an indictment against the defendants, as proprie tor anti publisher of the Staffordshire Kiaminer, for a libel, which the indictment alleged was published with an intent to excite divers persons to assault Lord Ingestre and otherS. There were other counts charging the intent to be to excite a breach of e.e peace, &c. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, in opening the case to the Jury, stated that the libel set out. in the indictment appeared in the Steordshire Examiner of the Ist of August, 11340, and re ferred to the Conservative dinner which it was at that time intended should take place on the 7th of the same month, and which did take place accordingly at - Bilston, at which dir.ner Lord - Ingestre and a large number of Conservatives were present. The libel eomilained of was as follows : —" With regard to the Bilston dinner, its object is, no doubt, to display to the astonished eyes of the people of that town the wonderful intimacy subsisting between Lord In gestre and Mr. Baldwin, who will, we dare say, hobnob at each other with astonishing cordiality. We hope our friends will do nothing to disturb the equanimity of Mr. Baldwin's disposition, or to detract from his gratifying anticipations of a display so calculated to enhance his importance in the eyes of his neighbours. If, however, they should by any chance meet the man-starving Ingestre next Fa iday, as he sneaks into the town by some back way ; if, we say, they should by any chance meet him, let them peacefully, and with due regard to the fact that the Tories are very apt at swearing in special consta bles; let them, we say, peacefully, if not quietly, mark their disapprobation of the conduct of a man who assisted in Parliament to cry down Mr. Villiers, and all those who tried to plead for more f rod for the starving artisans of Bilston. Let them at such a time bear in mind that Ingest re is going to gorge the bread he denied to them, and that, as he has more of it than he wants, his ap petite may require a sharpener." '1 he dinner took place in a large enclosed market-place at Bilston, within which a la , ge marquee was pitched foe the purpose. In the evening of the day, before the whole of the company had separated, the mob . broke through the gates of the market-place, and several of the party were violently assaulted. The publication and proprietorship of the newspaper having been proved in th e usua l way , an d ev id ence of the riot adduced,* Sergeant Ludlow and Mr. C. Phillips addressed the Jury for the defendants. Air. Baron GURNEY left it to the Jury to say whether they thought the intention of the writer of the article complained of was to incite the people at Bilston to a breach of the recce. The Jury, after more than an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. .111 r. Baron GURNEY sentenced Wynn, the proprietor, to pay a fine of 50/. and Caldicott, the publisher, of 201. to ti,e Queen, and to be imprisoned till the fines were paid. The fines were immediately paid, and the parties discharged. Air. Baron GURNEY concluded the business on the civil side this afternoon. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE has been engaged &wing the whole day in trying three cases of rape. In the first case seven men were convicted of an assault only upon the prosecu trix, in the streets of Wolverhampton, and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment each. In the two latter cases the prisoners were found guilty of the charge ; and Mr. Jus tice Coleridge, after ordering sentence of death to be recorded against them, intimated that they would undoubtedly be trans ported for life, and stated his fixed intention, since the crime appears (especially in this county) to be so greatly on the: in crease, in all cases to inflict the *everest secondary punish ment, in the hope that the certainty of the punishment might assist the experiment making of ceasing to carry into effect the extreme penalty which the law imposesfor this crime. POI ICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. THE WEST MIDDLESEX AND INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE COMPANY.-Mr. Connell, of the house of Richardson and Connell, Scotch Parliamentary agents, of Fludyer st-eet, made a statement yesterday before Sir Peter Laurie respecting the atrocious system of robbery carne on by the West Middlesex and Independent Assurance Company. Mr. Connell attended at the request of Sir Peter ',aide, who mentioned that he bad received a vast number of communications on the subject of the plunder carded on by the persons who called themselves the Ma naging Directors of the Company, and whose f rmer condition be was prepared t) represent particularly, in order to show the public how necessary it was to inquire into the etiaracter of every conccrn in which pecuni try matters were transomed, and to show to Parliment chat an investigation ought to be at once commenced into t;.e conduct of the Company especially alluded to. . Mr. Connell stated the ease of which he bad to speak regarded the department of insurance upon lives. He had received a letter from Scotland, datA the 24th of 13,e. last, inclo.diog a letter of credit for 137/. 10d. 3d., with instruc tions to pay that sum as premiums on those policies of in surance of the Independent and West Middlesex Life and Fire Assurance Company, numbered 3,365, 3 366, and 3,367, for 499/. each, and to receive the receipt. He was anxious to see the people of the concern, and he went himself to the office in Baker-street, and asked to see Mr Knowles, the resident manager. A person of tall stature, who said that he was Mr. Thomas Knowles, and seemed to be about 60 years of age, made his appearance; and he ( Mr. Connell) paid over to bias the money of his clients, and rem i%ed the receipt. It was certainly with reluctance that the money was paid, but the instructions were positive. Sir PETER LAURIE--.A few dqs,' delay would have been sufficient to justify your refusal to a t.nd to the instruc-: tions. Did you see anybody else ? Mr. Connell—Several odd-looking people came to the- door and looked in while I was in the room. I Lad doubts about paying the money. Sir PETER LAURIE—Were there any clerks in the office ? Mr. Connell—There were two or Ore.! in t!le room be I.gv ; but I went up stairs to what was called th. 3 M.:- nagers' ronm; one cf the. persons who looked in was, as Mr. Knowles said, his son. Sir PETER LAURIE—There has been nothing so flagrant as this system of villany for a great number of years, and the whole scheme was got up by those fellolw, Knowles a•id Hole. I have here an authenticated Hit of !he viduals who,* . in comequenee of reliance upon this Company, are now-in workhouse , . I Face givial merely the initials of a few whose relatives requested ih,t their names should not appear : .. X. £. s. d. Ann Tyson, Gloucester 3OO T. S., Edinburgh 2,000 . . Joanna Austin, Exeter BOO Miss White, Notti,gham 2CO Emily Barbcr, London ' 495 Mary Scani,ll, W.l!shire Grace Hateham, Suffolk ... 160 Sarah Back, Birmingham... 400 M ria Smith, Newbury lOO Samuel Craig, Armagh ... 200 L. 13 , Plyrnowb W. L. Lai agan, Way erford 330 Miss Tylden, Dover 2OO J. S. M., KiddertaLaster A. 8., ditto Capt. Hari i,, , Weymouth 550 John Haiison, Pockliagton 200 7,825 Now most of the annu!ttnts were poor peopl who had given all they had and could gather together in the world, to Messrs. Knowles, and Hole, and Company, in the full he'ief that they would receive the full per courage which the prospectus promised. The two coneoctors and founders of the Company are natives of Hythe, in Kent. llo'c's father was a policeman, and his mother was a washerwoman. After having livid as a shop-boy to a at 113 the, he came to Lond on , an d grocer, now sesiding opened a shop, but f:i!el in several attempts to establish himself. About twelve years ego, he kept an lichen warehouse in the Edgware-road, and at lest joined Knowles in the West Middlesex. The father of Knowles isas a servant in the brewery at Ilythe, and Ilia mother was a washerwoman. When young, the manager, Knoa les, was u foot-boy. He afterwards became a foot • men in London, and about 12 years ago, he was usher at an academy in the neighbourhood of Chelsea ; and is will presently appear, he cut a figure as an insolvent and a bankrupt before he started upon the speculation which so completely answered his pu - pose sad has caused such Ca lamity. I perceive in the Worcester Journal an account of an inquest held upon a poor fellow named Thomas Higgs, whose death, by his own hands, was accounted fur by the death of his wife. and the loss of 100/. which he sus tained in the West Middlesex Assurance Company. oak sr Connell - said - fa - appeared, if their item were light, that they had issued upwards of 3,000 policies ; but perhaps the numbers imitated those of many of the watch.. makers. Sir PETER LAURIE was of opinion that the large per tentage and the dash which tho Company cut with their equipages must have brought to the:n an immense number of customers. He had heard from several who were anxiou:, to have the delinquents punished, but were ashamed to appear. Mr. Barrett, the Governor of Whitecross-street Prison, stated that Thomas Knowles, the Managing Director of the Independent and Wcet Middlesex Assurat:ce Com. pany, was mminuitted to that prison on the 18th of Aprl, 1829, at the suit of George Vincent for 401., E. M. Peatt, plaintiff's attorney, and was discha•ged under the Insolvent Act in the following August, but did not leav • the prison until the 2d of November, 1829, which the term of his imprisonment upwards of six mohtirs. Knowles, who had been steward cf one of the wards, asked to see him (Mr. Barrett) on the day of his &nal discharge, and with tears in his eyes, requested the louts of scene money to redeem a suit of clothes which were in. pledg•:, and without which he was ashamed to return home. The sum of 4/. 9.3. was accordingly lent to him, for which he handed to the Governer a written edit owiegment, since placed in tide hands of Sir Peter Laurie, aid made the most solemn assurances that the money should be most grat:fully repaid. Sir PETER LAURIE—I havethe acknowledgement ; anti, of course, the money was Lever pad. Mr. Barrett—Never. Some months after his dis charge I met him in the streets better dressed than I was, and I reminded him of his obligation. He repeated his promise, but he acted as several others have acted, and when I met him frequently afterwards I took no notice of him. When, however, I heard that he was a Director of the Indeprne.ent and West Middlesex Lire and Fire As surance Company, I sect Mr. Douglas, my pri,.6pal as. sistant, to the office cf the Company. Mr. Douglas pressed him fur the money, but not a farthing was got from him either then or at any subsequent period, although several applications were made to him by letter and in other ways. Sir P.:l,auete.—Has any search been made in the books far the name of this Managing Director of the Company Mr. Barrett—lt appears from a ,earth which was yesterday mule at the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Delitors—when Thomas Knowles's last Fclielule was in, specteil, in which he is described as of No. 2, Lion-tie. race, Edgeware-road, out of buiinev,—that he had take;, the benefit of the Insolvent Act twice, viz,, in 1619 and in 1829, and that be was a bankrupt in 1825, and obtained his certificate in 1826. Sir PETER LAURIE. —And now he is possessed of an enormous fortune. I understand tl.at he and Hole hlve houses in Hythe, and in Edwird-street. 1 3 (1nm - in-square. These ought to be at once taken possession of for the be reft of the creditc;rs. Mr. Barrett expressed his surprise that the book at the Insolvent Debtors' Conrt was not frequently examined. For one th hir.g in ti:e examination thousands might be saved, for the Echeclule told a w eat many things which would put people on their guard. Now if any body saw what ho had stated about'Thomas Knowles on the books of the Court was it possible that thowands would be depo sited in the hands of such a person as that insolvent and bankrupt ? Sir P. LAUKIE thanked Mr. Connell and Mr. Barrett for having coma forward on this occasion, and said tLat he should call upon those who had been plundered, to apply to the repiesenta,i‘es of the places in which they resided, to demand, in the most stringent manner, a Par liamentary investigation into the whole of the riefarious transactions of the Company. He consider. , d that nothing wouli become a representative so well ai a firm and ener getic effort to punish such systeqibtie villany, and to pre vent by a legirdative enactment the perpetration of future robbery by Assurance Companies. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HUME CIRCUIT.-71.24.w.5T'0NR, MARCH 17. (Barre Luid DENMAN). THE MAIDSTONE BANE li.oneara—The trial of the individual charged e, ith robbing the Bank of Meears. Mercer and Co., of Maidstone, of 500 sovereigns, took place yesterday afternoon, and did not conc:tade until past nine o'clock. The court seal crowded during the whole time by the inhabitants of Maidstone and the neighbourhood, where the robbery has created a very greet sensation. The prisoner, William Stevenson, was charged with stealing a bag and 500 se‘ereigns, the property of his !newer,. John Mercer and others. The bill against the prisoner eas found at the Boroagh Sessions, and it was arranged that the business cf the Nisi Pries Court should scan over for a th.ort dine,- in order that Lord Denman might dispose of 1.. Mr. Platt, Mr. Clarkson, and Sir W. Riddell, con ducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant Shea, with Mr. C. Jones, defended the prisoner. Upwards of twenty witnesses were examined. The following is a narrative of the facts cf the case as they appealed in evidence :—lt seemed that in the month of Oetole-, 1839, Mr. Mercer wrote to his London agents, Messrs. Masterman,the bankers, to remit to him fifteen hun dred pounds ie gold, and five hundred pounds in silver, and that sum was accerdingly placed in seven bags, one coateining a thousand pounds in gold, another five hun. dred in gold, and five bags of silver, each containing one hundred pounds, and the whole were placed in a box of which Messrs. Masterman and Mercer had each a dupP caw key, and the box was then placed in the care of Wallis, one of the Maidstone coachmen, to be conveyed to that rime. The box was duly conve a el to Meidstene, and the prisoner, who acted as porter et Mr. Mercer's bank, was sent to fetch it, and he brought the box to the hank about seven o'clock in the evening, and it wan taken from him by Mr. Mercer, jun., who unlocked it, and took out thus bags of coin, and, without counting them, pines d them in the strong chest, but he observed that at this time there were only six bags, viz., one large one, which he supposed combined the fifteen hundred pounds in gold, and the five bags of silver. The next morning, upon the money being exarriinea, it was found to be five hundred pounds short of the proper quantity of gold, and on a communication being made to Messrs. Mas. terman, the loss of the second bag of gold was discovered- No clue whatever, at this time, could be obtained as to the perpetrator of the rob- , bery, but no suspicion was entertained of the prisoner, and he was retained in the prosecutor's service, until the fol. lowing month of January, when for some act of miscou duct he eat dismissed. Shortly after this the prisoner up in business in the town as a grocer, and some othtr circumstances coming to the knowledge or the prosecu tors induced a suspiei rn that he was the thief, and a search warrant was obtained and placed in the bands of Faticett, the Superintendent cf the Meidstono police, who proceeded to the prisoner's house, and upon searching it lie found a number of watches and time-pieces. When the prisoner was told by the officer what he was chewed with, he denied all knowiedge of the robbery, and told him he might search where he pleased. The officsr then asked what money they had in the house, and about seven pounds in gold and silver was produced by the prisonet'e wife. He then asked whether they had not got any more money, and the prisoner's wife went up to the bed-room with, Lim and she produced from between the bed and the Madras or bag, containing 45/. Ios. in sovereigns and half sovereigns. He also found au I. 0. U. for .101, signed by a person named Neeton, who proved that the prisoner - lent him two sovereigns upon it, and that he was paying him interest. It was also proved, that, Mote the 'ectirbesy, the ,prisoner had only been in the receipt of a pound a-week, and that he' was in very poor cireuta - - -stances ; and it appeared, that atter he was discharged he had purchased two houses in Maidstone, for which he paid 3501,, and the payment was made ahol'y in sovereigns and half sovereigns. It also appe mred that the prisoner had taken the grocer's shop, and had raid a considerable sum for good will and stock in• trade, without having any means to do except as was suggested by that of having committed the robbery. A variety of other circumstances were adcuee I, which appeared to bring the charge clew ly home to time prisoner. Mr. Sergeant SHEA then aldiessod the Jury on behalf of the prisoner. Some witnesses were called for the purpo.c of showing that Lt the various elections in the borough sums of money had bean given to the prisoner, and it was elici , ei that in this " immaculate" borough, a vote was always worth som,thing ; and olio witness went so far as to .say that he c o ; T s sid e h e r j e u d ry b , i v l o c t; a was w. worth b l e s. r a / tion, returned a vcrdiet of guilty. LORDSHIP ordered the , prisoner to he transported for fourteen years. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—YoRr, IlLiacir 15. Alexander Macdonald was indicted for cutting and wound ing James Riley, with intent to murder or do him some gr:e vous bodily harm. - The prisoner and the prosecutor lodged together. On the evening in question the prisoner came home rather intoxi cated, and went up into the steeping apartment. A dis pute took place, on wh . ch a scuffle ensuA, and Riley, proving the stronger of the two, threw the prisoner on his back oa the bed, and held him there until some other parties, attracted by the noise, came into the room and separated them. Riley then said he wished to have nothing mere to do with him, and was about going into bed; when the prisoner came across the room and made a blow at him. He felt immediately that he was wounded, and called out for assistance. A doctor was writ for, and it then appeared that he had'reeeived a wound half a h ai f u l o f hi s - b owe l s pro five inches long in the left site of the abd omen , f ro m which, givin g th e bl ow, went an d l ay was taken i n t o cus t o d y , an d i n tt a li s o. ul t yd i n i e e d . v o v n i t n ih F hi s se s e oi s }wr e i ! o p nb r ee e l t s s . ed afterit e, h:s pocket was found a large c l asp -knife, with which it would seem the wound had beta inflicted. The prosecutor was for twenty-four hours in the utmost danger from loss of blood, which gushed from the wound at every inspiration, and fur some weeks afterwards was in a very dangerous condition. He is still in a very weak state, and in - all probability will never wholly recover. Evidence was given of previous declarations by the prisoner showing an old grudge against Riley. It appeared that on a former occasion they had quarrelled in consequence of the prosecutor expostulating with him for ill-creating his mother. " 1 told him," said Riley (in-the figurative language so Pee" - liar to his country), 1 told h;m not to quarrel with her, f,,r the breath of a mother was sweet; he would never know how sweet it was until, like me, he had not one." The prisoner, who is but eighteen years of age, was found Guilty ; and his Lordship, after commenting on the enormity of his offence, sentenced him to be transported for fifteen year:. .lames Datolon, John Morton, and William Barr were in dicted for the manslaughter of Felix Glidoghy, at Sheffield, in August last. The ianw consequenceson w-as ,it of a appeared, quar a re fe l ll t o v w h - ie w h o a rk: se anof thedeceased, be tween them, they resolved to settl e their dhr erenee , by a fight. They immediately proceeded into a field a short distance from ,cwbt iliated io h n y o l f f.s ti b ic ei b nL y a Shefilell, stripped, and fought. Dawson was led home, being then quite blind. Ghat() , liy was carrindlo the-Infirmary, and of which the post li m ea o d rCe 4 m il 4 s " ' l aton v( O r r th"irliter- ialoa - on th . ' , - -,., : Ir jle rralio alll , iz i t ii ir e n ' r el""lit" the opinio ! n -ei cT i lt h su a r i g d e l o iv n e! ,. frolttlltoarrwir , • gave coniplete to 'canny. The fight was , ticketed with perfect fairness. It - apposed that 6'hal*hy ha been the party who originated it, and that he was-a skilful pugilist and a very quarrelsome character. Hip Lordship said that even consent did not necessarily ne gative the averment of an assault. There were two classes of cases of a peculiar kind which might be quoted in illustration. But in this' case the parties met in heat of blood, and in con sequence of a quarrel. If it had been otherwise, indeed, and this had been what was called an amicable contest, a fight in cold blood, death ensuing, would base amounted to murder. It would be most dangerous to have it laid down as law that par ties might meet to fight and do one another all the harm they could, provided they confined themselves to the weapons nature had given them. 'I he prisoners were found Guilty,. and sentenced to pay a fine of one shilling each, his Lordship saying he passed this lenient sentence on the ground that this was not an aggravated case, and he thought them sufficiently punished by the long period of imprionment they had already undergone. Alexander White and John White, father and son, were in dicted for the mans!aughter of John Crowdie. The prisoners were chimney-sweeps, and were charged with having teated a child in their employ with most revolting cruelty. . From the post mortem examination it appeared that the body was extremely emaciated. '1 here were two extensive excoria.• tions on the lace, one from the wrist t 3 the elbow, anther on the shin bone, and another on the foot. These. however, were not sufficient to cause death, nor to have praluced the complaint of which the child actually died, viz., inflammatio n of the l ungs. Under these circumstances the Jury acquitted the elder pri soner, and found John White-guilty of an assault. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said it was a very ag gravated case.—To be imprisoned one year. George Reany was indicted for the manslaughter of George Belk. On the morning of Sunday, the 24th of January, about half-past twelve o'clock, the prisoner's neighbours heard a noise in his house, as of a scuffle, and his name was repeatedly called out, as if by some ore i n p a i n an d terror. About one o'clock, however, the watchman going his rounds found a man lying bn the footpath, and on examination he was found to be dead and stiffening. On examination, marks of violence were found about his throat. The next day the prisoner sur rendered himself, and said that he came home about half-past twelve o'clock, and found his door ajar. He heard the voice of a man within, and his wife saying, " Give over, my husband will be coming." He rushed into the room. It was dark, but he seized hold of a man, and a fierce struggle took place between them. His opponent lie found was too strong for him, but he finally ot; hold of his neck cloth, i n w hi c h h e tw i ste d hi s l e ft hand, and beat him with his other fist, The 7 fell over a card-table, which was broken MORNING EDITIO..„ I SHIPPING INTELLIGENC I; (LLOYD'S.) • DEAL, MA RCH 16.—Arrived the Susan Ding' 01.0,9 ~ ° from St. Lucia ; Thomas Pickinson, Baily, Shields, i,,Y &pp seilles. Arrived from the River, the Abberton, for for New South Wales. Sailed, Clerk of Erroll, Fe lice ' Leghorn; Asiatic, Barlow, Bomba_y_. ' A 'V FALMOUTH, MARCH 15. Wind S.E. i' 11 1,„ 1 I .loa , the Alb inium, from Sierra Leone ; Enterprise, '- - ""•f ro al Sailed the Leeds (s), Pcole to Liverpool ran on the Aleers Rocks, between the D'l o , Brad and the Menailles, last night, during a fog , but was sited off and into Coverock pier leaky. 113 1 ' to Vigo, Ikc. The Mary Jaue,,,,,,.ck SHEERNESS, MARCH 16.—'l he Two Brothers, wick to London, on shore, still remains. Arri her PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 16.—Wind f o od Majesty's ship Vernon from Sheerness; her Majestys , Joey, Salimaoder, ditto • Elizabeth, Weighall, London , for having been on shore on the Island of Alderney. ,Few' DARTMOUTH, MARCH 15.—The Louisa, Carr, fro m , rog castle, got on shore on Hull Sa n ds, this morn g, aii fog. but was assisted off without damage. Be ISTOL, MARCH 16.—A rr i ve d the Swallow, fr om . St. Michael's ;- Balance, Browning, Liverpool.' , from SHIELDS . MA !Len 14. —Arrived the Zephyr, Wan'''' - ' ' 'ter• Ostend. The Thistle, of Montrose, in working out )e. day, got aground, but was assisted off with damage. „ 00 v• HuLL, Itlmicitl6.—Wind E.—Arrived the Laura, l ir or kl from Rotterdam. Sailed the Traveller, Brown, for l'ew Sultana, Matamores. Cassell, 6'o YA Al 0 UTII ,MA It 15.—Arrived the Leon, - sr ;i e ry , Caen ; David, Bourdin, Dieppe • Lees, Goudain, S t. {Too l CORK, Alien 13.—Arrived the Thomas Wor hingtrsoo, New York ; Clitott St. John's, New Brunswick ; j ‘ htl' s, for Sydney, Ne w ' South Wales; Royal William, t' New Brunswick ; Col u mbi ne , Robertson, Gouaives.,o4 Abbott, to this plort ? sunk off Bally Cotton yesterdaY, : rr ied been in contact with the Royal Saxon, for Sydn'l'_ . here; crew sovdd. Arrived off, St. George, Demerata Ittotite LIVERPOOL, MARCH 16,—Arrived the And , SI Ir' n , 30 011; Video ; Ariel, Pernambuco ; Colombia (steamer) iEleanore Robert Seyers Porto Cabello; Alexander, Cuba; ; „ s a l t / New Orleans ; ' Martha, Bradley, St. MichaNi's ; Trini t ),,i o cer' Denia; Venella, Malaga; Alit:a, Vaudam, Harlingen; itr• heid, Stevens, Antwerp; Atlas, Schmidt, O i teod• o ,tert rived off port —1 he Pet, from St. ,Miellacl's ; Al b e rt, Release, Eliza, Charles. aired , the Pt inee Samdry, for Bahia; Cha mcoo k, P oas , Berbice ; Stephen,„o,le, ney, Harding, New York; Recta, Cisrp, Constantwo,:oo The Royal Mint, lroin Morany n Salt River , g befor e a nut bank, Cabritta Point, (nit Pelican Reef , 3 'i CO l , reported) but alter discharging a few hogsheads ° G e% floated off and arrived at her destination 29th ult. 111 . e 4 rick, hence, to New York, on shore below the latter I°'2' to got off, and carried in, 24th ul . The Adirondach,,°.thi this port, in coming out of Neu York, 25th, struc`. r dol• South West Spit, but got off witho u t d a mage and pr e GUERNSEY, MARCH 13.—Sail e d th e Monarch, Le Pernambuco. the Harmony, to Mle Cajoixizß;SEDYi'dol‘, MARCH 13.—Sailed Sal iras ; President s.e 011 red York, Ist, lat. 43, lo n . 66, b y t h e C o l om bi a steatner , ied . at Liverpool. -•-•"“16 VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Cobrero, from S t ,: 1;0, 4 Cuba to Swansea, 11th ult., lat : 24 long. 74 ; Tror n Y,' W., 17th, lat. 28, l ong 66 ; Alexandre, of R oc helle, ( 11 71 0 4; the male dead, and two of the crew sick, 27th, :at. 4 ;cere 45, by the Columbine, arrived at Cork ; President, l' l nc oll° to New York, Ist, lat. 43, long. 66 ; Michigan,. L i , le n r. / .` New Orleans, sth, lat. 25, long. 62 : Rica, lit. 46, 1 s t ' Stephen Baldwin, lat. 48, long. 0 9; Julian, of Waterfoor jos 51, long. 11, by the Colombia, arrived at Liverpooli; Ler Vivian, Mes,ina to London, 9th inst , lat. 44, 10nr," . ; 231er l t Majesty's ship Asia, 14th, off the Ram ' Head, by b 144" 3amit, arrived at Portsmouth ; Henry, of Porismo u (vitt Orleans to New York, Feb. 13, lat. 25, long 79 lat. 14' Sam, St. Jago de Cuba to Havanna'', off Alatanza9. 13 4 Oud, rmenzing, Batavia to Amsterdam (the mast , r 26, long. 3'3, by the Felix, arrived in the Bowni; the verpool to Rio Janeiro, lat. 21, N., long. Johanna C orne li a , H en d r ik s, arrived at HelOoet. THE MARKET—yEsTEItv .EGEh tv The arrivals of all G k N kids ot ICHA N Corn since. M o nday hale ii , small. 14 he a t ma i n t a : ne d i ts l ast quotat i o ns, wi tl io tios disposition on the p ar t o f th e m ill ers to do b us ineis. Bari,t re' at previous rates. B eans fi rm i n va l ue , an d Oats a' gal po, ted, with little doing. Flour met a demand fully eq the supply. NE.WGATE AND LEADENHALL. do id, tr a c i The supplies wer e l arge , b ut t h e d eman d was 75. 'I; prices rathe r l ower . Hares, 2s. 'Capper Kali , b s. , to Co'r Woodcocks, 2s 6d. to 4s. Hen Turkeys, ss. to S OA'" Turkeys, 6s. to 10s. Plovers, Teals,and Snipe" , Pigeons, 6d. to Is. F ow l=, 3s. to 4s. Sussex Chic: - ;?,s. to to Us. Widgeon s , 9d. t o I s. Wild Duc k s, ls. D uc ti, 2s. 6d. Duckli ngs , B s . Gd . to 7s ytartnee,,, Rabbits, 6d. to Is. 9d. Geese, 4s. to ss. G°', l l l l l ; sell''' L to 12s. Lar g e S urre y F ow l s , 4s. to 7s Barn .doo r Foa Is. 6d. to 2s. G u i nea Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. pea oir 9s. to Its. each. L ar k s Is. per dozen. Live stoc k 1° 49 . t. ping: -Duck s , 27 5 . Geese, 48s. to 545. Turke3 s ? 545. Guinea F ow l s , 30 s . t o 33 5. "Pi geons f or shoot i N s . 3 4 ' per dozen. Eggs, E ng li s h, s s. to 7 s. 6 d . Others from 4 d, t to 7s. 6d. rer 120. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 2d. Mutton , 3 s' o lotis 4s. Bd. Veal, 4s. tid. to ss. 4d. Pork, 4s. to 55. 2 d• of 81b. COLONIAL MARKETS. ~, frfe l f' The transactions were extremely limited by t'r iVa` i o o“ e"' and the public a.les were of little moment; v rico , j, ct , f; were supported for most articles. The deliveries of F• ° : ) , is 1; t tinue large, notwithstanding the dulness which eg 2 .,,, s fi , lie',, market. The arrivals have been to a fair extent L'`; o f t'. parts, and several ships have made their aprea' an3s" coast. The public s ales d ec l are d are l arg e and OPe 00. Coffee, Tea, and IcdiAo are the principal TEA. „ • es Were The demand was good for Free Trade . Tea, an'• es firm ; Company's Congou Is 7id cash. , o et , TALLOW. the " The market was dull P. Y. Candle at 455 6d 00 Tin , Prices MARKET. 1 , To, o a fOr Prieei firm for Most artielis, and the derna.A l 4;;,- , " Spelter, and Iron ; Copper firm, and much Prarl.e • t..OAL MARKET. - . r'• '' 6 Ships attivtd since l as t mar k e t day, c• r 5 6 s. d ....." ii Adait's ...... i i 0 Smith's Pontcp . Tantield,Moor. . ....: , 0 0 Wylain walls End Hild a ..... Walls End Hotspur Walls End l'crkiti l7 0 Howard's Netherton - Walls End Haswel . 6 1 ' :O LIVERPOOL CORN AL ttt."lET.—March ~, d to K„ e 4 WHEAT, English, White, per 70Ib. ... . w 9 -. v 8 Iti ,' ------ Red ( i 10 5 1 0 ° Scotch,_ Welch, and Manx ----- Irish, White ------ Red' . Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b ......... il 5 0 0 Irish ... ''. 0 0 .2 6 5 Foreign .. 36 ° 4 ,i SARLEIr s English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ...... .. 5 10.3 ' 0 ---- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. ..---- Feeihng 44 ; 4 ', I , BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter , it) 0 4. 0 _, Irish, &c. Foreign 40 ~0 1 ' 4: , 4 0 --- 41 ~°,; Pease, English, per Imperi a l quar t er a . ) u 0 p 0 0 -.--- Foreign 9 415 .° FLOUR, English, per 280113. t , lrish 2/ u ) ,i OATMEAL, English and Iri s h, per 2401b s .. •• ay 0 ~j 0 .NDIAN CORN, pc r 48011). ........ .. , 0 a ..,, . Rye, per Imperial quarter ....•••• ~i 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter ............ .......... .... IRISH MARKETS. 513, 13- - OUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK entT 4 / 6 r. e rs i r To 5 5 IH 39 14 6 t!., 1 5 i! 1 • 3 0 14 6 4; From 28 t) 8 0 14 6 11 0 519 Wheat, per barrel 24. stone 0 Bere ..,..... ' ~., 16 I tole 569 Barley 6.2.4 Oafs ...... ............ 14 steno, , 11 Flour, per cwt... 8 stone. 492 °attire:o ---........ 8 stone ' ' Sold to Bakers only. 10 I ~A 10,382 Cot. F10ur...... ......... . 9 0 1 2 4 ; 4.0 , •, v. Averne price . . • f 'Wheat aou 'lour 51- Bd, ' le o % to , 4 ,;,44 lir .t. .. from 2' ,5 . ~d to: , cd Receipts of Flour, 15,92.0 1 ,_..„ „ from 1. 5 '. '",,' o a‘ &has of Do. 9,Z4.1.1;Z:F ir 1 18 '...'":• from ys. C"' ' ' rrrca u# .74.1 T AD. „AW L Quarters. Loa: Vd„ i 11 2 1 1 42: i at tern 0 0 C 011.6 MA lIKETS...—March Ii 1 0.1. l° :2 ; 0 Wheat (Fez 20e.'30. 01. :4_ 31. OLi oats . per 145 t... „ 0 Barley (per Ifist.)lo 9 :3 6 0 !or: (per cwt 'i'm Oatmeal ;per cwt.)...........k... (hi to I:eet; 411. to 7.l.—,Hutt;?. , M.. tr. 4 . 1 e,,.—Veal, ~,. hi. ; 64 •' 0 rd Pork, 41,L to sd.—.Freih ' Butter, 100.:e ild P` . PRICE 01! BUTTER. '.O OW " To the 'Merchants. „...4- ra.t Quality •. /0:i, ..... ,„ • .... , 4. - ".. ..... Second ....... ........ et. ..... 11.111, ~ 11r5 ..,.•.....4 '• ".. .4 ' Third. ... ......... .. « ....... .....«. 9:t „„ .- ~....... ' ...• • FOurth .... ...... ................ 1,3 .......,.-'—'....'" Fifth ' B7 ....,,,,,„.......f. ,- -• ~ Sixth CLON 441 I , LL 51 A r KET5,.....241rCh 13 J 9. • (I. ~, Pe , i Wt. • S. t. ( 5. S. I 5 - l . tt " Jo t' olew Butter -,1, oto !A) 5 ±l.dtt i1ratr),......- ',.; - 6 I: ...,.., t Oatmeal ..... ...... l.l 0 ;2 31 Bacon P.4.i..........4' ' 2 ,3 •: Retalerea I :ad --0 52 i, ileac:a ... .. .... ...,..... 5a 0 t) ..- ii l'er 1!.:4,. ?lour, Se&tul ..... ..... c 44 :` It tour, I nails...-. A 2 0 0 -.... 110145C1M1ti....... 0 42 01 --- 14 our tr , /•••• 1 1 0 Per Vsrre!. 13 v ' Rap‘?ser.4d. ~ 20 0 —. 0 1 ilar!,, , ..... „........... 0 Bere 8 4 10 V 1 C.,.03 • f 4 tr .. Bo .f MA R. f 1: , c 4. rd. i • ! W!.e.kt ,ppr harrel)3o; Cd. to 3 7, 1.00. I Get • ... rlr .«.. 0 5 I SA, , ey 2O 0 22 .. - 2 Mu , , 4 -- , , .........- 0 4 • ~, ~..,:t s , c. 6 14 0 I‘4l, ...........-- 0 6 1 " Flour (per bag) :14.: 0 4i; 0 Voq• 1111 1111..:.. 4 f, (1 010 Butter(pet cwt.) 90 0 , 0 cr iter Bli:t2r 4. ii 6 „ 0 Bacon Pigs 'l5 0 36 0 'gar! Date .....* Coals 1 0 1 2 Votatou, .per 4.; ' 12 t; r tr 3 7f Cat r '- SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior - to Sl ive rk „, rability„egual in appearance. T a ble Spoons or c3l,,iieiti‘.o Dessurt,los. ; Tea-Spoons, S s . p er en; T , '-b ic ta i sdi t ' ,,ttl 8 inches high, is. per pair • particular sge p l c tti 4 , e . these articles are made is so • silver, that it 0 13 from it by the stamp; e y article made is silver tured in this materia' RIPPON Who, to pre, EMB-ARRASSING MODE OF DESCRIPTION.— It May be well to put young, persons on their guard acaitat elating one form of expressiOn, which more frequeAly, pethaps, than any other leads ti hesitation anti P.bsurdity, and which arises from &tempting ef,m prisons before the obj, et of comparison is decided upon. Instead of the convenient description very high, very low, extremely rapid, - remarkably beauti fua &c., we tear, Oh l it was as high as I don't know what; it was as rapid as any thing. The moment the little word as is uttered on each side of an ad- "'''''''"""•'''''""'"''''""-----• - - JeP ject;vJ the .± mi-3ehief begins. It was as dark as dark ! BIRTHS. -of 31r. I was as warm a 3 could be. Then (i n anot h er f orm o f O n th e 13th inst., at North Brixton, the wi , e ge e ' speech) exagg - ;rations are sometimes resorted to for re- R. Unwin, surgeon, of a daughter. heft I ran like—lightning; he roared like . On the 14th inst., in Stamford-street, the 'el thuneer ; it rd.: ed--cats and clop; I was tired-- James Lupton, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Tottenham, the lady -to death. Yet these absurdities are less embarrassing to 04 r'' nelt, of a son. the speaker than the comparisons first noticei. If„ af wife : 11()f ht:e1 1 1 : 00 the 14th inst., Ms John Davis, e,f Dev owl , " , at once hardness and adamant be thought of ; a Bihopsgate, of a dati ht • r . , r ° tail , ' Pi° minute &me and a glowworm ; a welcome stranger On the 141h . inst . , g at e firiohton, the lady 0 . - 4 . . .ty and the ii big sun ; or is more familiar matters, rough- stone, of Mid hart ' House, Berks, of a daughter' ter , the ' a ' neirs and a file; smoothness and glass, &c., &c. ; corn- On the 15th inst., at Porelfester. terrace , 13841" the parisons may be easily and sornetimes very expressively . of Captain A. Chapman, of a daughter. n or-P ige° ' lad O y n of t A he sh l b tli nh ilt. i , L a i t 3 V ul 7 l i;t , o E n ; s q t . r , ee of t, a ? ..o r i f y _______ H" _ ri : made. But hurrying irto as as is alother affair. The ex.- qnsite declared that !he soda water poured out for him was as flat ss—as flat as—a board I A lady complirecutirg MARRtSD. wick' ° c ei her hostess at tea table, exclaimed that actually the coff. e On the 13th lust., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Fr et Olt' cil ' was so fine, it was as clear as—a bell I Thus a clearneN son of Thoma s Gaskell, Esq., f f alarkharn - sq ual c i e ViP -4° of effect upon the ear was ap pli e d to a d escr ipti on f u r the Nada, iningest daughter of Lieutetrant-Colon _________ eye. And a similar absurdity was committed by the lover Commandant of the Royal Military . " e ll, euloz•zing to his taiat , ess the brilliance of the moon, which ---------- BiliV.). ctesti Il e ' made the evening as light as—really as H e a t a s—a mark I On the Ila • -Miss Maria .. GL ,re. . 1, ins ,at Whit ha ll, "ngtan . es(l' —Flom the Smith and Doter . Copy Boas. the only daughter of P. Bicknell. Esq., of Ke",' l H op pe, TREEs AT STUDELY.—A Spanish chestnut Oil the 12th inst., Martha, the wife of Chaney Asylum. 112 fect high and 22 ia girth.' Another 89 feet high, 12 i of Withycombe Rawleigh, Devon, a.ed___ 71.. sa,m j er s, , . to :!;„ fact in girth. A lime tree, 101 feet h;gh, 17 feet 3 in c h es On the 12th inst., at Wanstead, Essex , J in gir.h. Beech, 114 feet 6 inches high, 22 feet in girth. eld ( e ) s n t Ash, 104 feet higf, 20 fact in girth. Another (oaklizabeth, relict On the 13th inst., at Effingham-hell , of t a l le t., a l b 2 t t e h r i o n f s t . ~ at T.D.. B D I e a t i s n o b e r , i dg ßedfordshire, sci ag e F a a j n e n . l Al of tbe sessiltflora) one hundred and eighteen feet high, and 33i s laia , teat in girth, divided into five principa! upr•ght sterns I the us; „tys last, at Jaffna, in A:pine fir, 130 feet high and 20 in girth. A Iva/A- A 1 On the 18th . o_f Dreem er i late John Clark Steward, E b sq., aged 78 . ircAn spruce, 121 feet high, 9 feet 11 inches in girth, nic'A -1 aeias relwarT Alver fir, 96 feei. high, writ a girth of ready 11 feet, and j On the 15th inst., at Eton College , T.l— e -- , Berk , ' L3q. si r-tui n ear t h e gratm d o f 50 (eet. A gsc: , nr,r,, 100 feet ' second son of William Mount, of Wasing plac ___,...-- of 1 c C t eal o on m , s E a d t w t a b r a d tp .ti o u rt c . kton, Esq , Comptroller of her I : the high. A Dutch elm, 95 feet. and en 'Engliali elm,. 10s ; ---=----*""'""'-'-.==---"°"-"""-----' 0 YOU G ' to feet high, with 26 feet 8 inches in cipal upright' stems ; —and sic de coletis.—Granvide's ; No. 11 0 , Strand, at The Sun Office, No._ J . 1 ,,N , , i .i. " 4 !.: gi , o ', and fifLen prin. j London • Printed and Published by MURD _ __ stran d, Spas of .En9land. 0,7 " .. • i the county of Aliddlesex.lharrsjay March 0 1 , ~ 2• •st URTON, Wells-street , Oxf° 1,1 imposition, confine the sale of it to I Catalogues of prices gratit• • j MARYLEBONE. Tuesday, after the night charges had been disposed of, Mr. Joseph Clarke, a surgeon in good practice, and residing in Park-street, Camden -town, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Ilawlinson, by Inspector Ages of the S divi sion, on the chasge of having committed a rape upon Mrs. Mary Ann Hall, whom he had been professionally attending. Th , s prosecutrix and her husband appeared at the Court on the previous day, when the particulars of the outrage were communicated to the Magistrate, who upon hearing the forits granted a warrant fur the prisoner's apprehension. It was placed in the hands of the inspector, and at tour o'clock in the afternoon the prisoner was brought up, but being then unpre pared with any legal adviser the case was, at his request, post paned, and an application to be allowed to put in bail forhis being forthcoming in the morning being refused, he remained in cus tody, and was locked up in the station-house for the night. Mrs. Hall, who is the wife of a compositor in the employ ment of Mr. Reyneli, stated that, under pretence of inquiring about the state of her health, which had been delicate for some days, the prisoner took several indecent liberties with her, and ultimately succeeded, in spite of the resistance she offered, in committing the capital offence with which she charged him. (The evidence is unfit for publication. ) William Hall, the husband of prosecutrix, said—l am a let ter-press printer, in the employ of Mr. Reynell, near Golden square. The first time I heard of any improper conduct to wards my wile on the part of the prisoner was on Thursday last. I went home about dinner time, and found on the table a note from my wife, addressed to " Mr. Clarke." My wife was then absent. I broke the seal, and having read the note, asked my wife, when she returned, what it meant ; but she seemed ashamed and afraid, and did not inform me. I went to my work, and in the evening called upon Mr. Clarke to demand an explanation, at the same time putting the note into his hand. He read it, and said he was astonished and confounded, but I was not to alarm my self, as he was not aware that he had said anything to give of fence ; and that he bad done no more than his professional duties warranted him in doing—examining and talking to my wife. I told him I could get no information from her, and that I was much dissatisfied, when he said to me, " My dear sir, don't alarm yourself, I assure you nothing has occurred ; I'll tell you what I'll do if it will satisfy your mind—l will write an open note and give it to you to give to your wife." He wrote, one, which he gave me, and on my getting home 1 showed it to Mrs. Hall. She read it, but then refused to give me further information about the matter; and although I beggal and insisted upon her letting me know all, she would not satisfy me until Friday night. On that evening Mr. Clarke called at my house, saying he wanted to speak to me particularly ; he came into my room, my wife being in bed in the next apartment; he begged of me to reconcile myself, repeating that nothing wrong had taken place, and that he had had no sleep for the last two nights. I told him that I felt confident that some violence had been offered to my wife, al though I could not get from her the particulars, and that I would have him apprehended. He seemed - dreadfully alarmed, and said " For God Almighty's sake don't think of any such proceeding, for an innocent man." I told him I believed he had committed a rape upon my wife, and desired him to get out of my house, when he said, " Oh ! I, can't leave," and sitt;ng down on the sofa he called for a glass of water ; he appeared to be fainting. I gave him some water, and he presently said, "If I go on my knees to both of you, will that satisfy you?" He said he would make an oath, and swore several times by God Almighty :hat he had done nothing which he could not, as a medical man, justify. 'He then forced his hand into mine, saying " Do shake hands with me, for I know you'll he reconciled to-morrow morning." Witness concluded by stating, kat after the prisoner was gene he learnt from his wife the lihole of tl.e affair, and tlikt he subsequently had an interview at the station-house with In Inspector. On Monday morning the warrant was applied for, and on the same afternoon the pri soner was apprehended. Inspect(); A ggs deposed that he apprehended the prisoner at his own house upon the warrant. They came away in a cab toge ther, and on the road prisoner said "I attended the woman for only a few days," and he was going on farther; witness stopped him by telling him that it was a very serious charge, and that he had better not then say anything more about it. He replied, " Very well ; I'm much obliged to you;" and after some conversation upon other subjects, he said, " I'm a married man, and have children, and, thank God, I have never broken my bridal vow I" I begged of him not to say anything more to me, for I should be compelled, when sworn before the Magistrate, to state all that transpired between us. Air. RAWLINSON was of opinion that he should, taking all matters into consideration, to justified in accepting bail, the priscner in 5001., and two sureties in 2501. each, forhis appear ance to take his tricl for the offence. The prisoner was conveyed to the station-house, where he will remain until Thursday, on which day the depositions, which are %cry volumitlow, will be read over, and he (prisoner) will then be corrani4ed. TheinveAigation occupied three hours. UNION. IiALL. Tuesday William Osman was broupht before Mr. TRAIL', for reexamination, charged with stealing lOW., the property of Mrs. Field, landlady of the Three Compasses, in Bankside. It appeared that the prisoner had taken lodgings at the h,use of the complainant, and absconded some days ago, after break ing open a box in her room, in which was deposited two bigs, containing sovereigns and silver to the amount of lOW. The prisoner was afterwards traced to Worcester, where he was afterwards taken into custody, and in his box was discovered one of the bags divested of its contents, but which was dis tinctly identied by the complainant's niece, who was in the . habit of using it at her aunt's house. There was also found a gold watch, which was purchased with the produce of the plunder. Immediately after the prisoner absconded he went to Ilull, from thence to Liverpool, and on to Dublin, and then crossed to Glasgow, and in the course of his travelling spent a con.iderable sum of the stolen money. As there was no money found in the prisoner's possession when taken into custody he endeavoured to induce a belief that he had remittances from his brother ; but when the latter came to be examined on that point there was such -a palpable contradiction between hint and the prisoner, that the Magistrate decided on committing the latter for trial. THE WEATHEa ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE. STREET. NOON. MARCH 17. I.3Aromer ar 29 64 In. Thermometer Highest 67'5 Lowest Wind S. E. by S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. TEe ne the. for the last ten days or a fortnight has bee a re.i.arka•;ly warm and dry. The thermometer. has bt:en on some cc, a ions as high as 67 in the shade, the baron.e er at 30'52, and daring that peiod the fall of min has not elcceded 0 . 62 iiici:es. mornirg rile; e have been some gentle showers, with mild breeze•, form ing Otogether the tineat spriog aeother He have had for msny sears. P USEYISM-.-- OXFORD, MARCH 15.—At a Meeting of the Vice• ChaLveiter, Heads of Elottsesand Proctors, in the De . !eptes' Rooms, March 14, 1841; Consiiering that it is erjoincd in tLe Statues of this (Tit. iii. sect. ii., Tit. ix. sect. ii. § 3, sect. v. § 3) that every Student shall be instructed and ex t:rei.-,ed in the Thirty_nine Articles, and shall subscribe to View.; consider.ng also that a Tract has re;:ently ap peared, dated from Oxford, and entitled " Remarks on 'certail hostages in the Thirty-nine Articles," being No. 90 of the " Tracts for the Times," a serious of aaony mous publ.cstions purporting t , ) be written by Merzaers of the University, but which ate in no way sanctioned by the Liviversity itrelt ; d,—That modes of interpretation such as are suggested- to the said Tract, evading rather than explain idg tee sense of Vie. Thirty-nine Articles, and reconciling rubicription to them with the adoption of errors, which they tignrd, tr counteia.t, (It& a: the object, and ui* the due observance of tie above ti:et,tioned statutes. P. NV YNTEIi, Vice. Chancellor. L A , Th to ep 1,1)1; tile 1 r few b. 'a4 of To IILA 'l ky ° Ptibt th e B LS t tialf " fro m A , At N ti n ci at .1 R o ° l Cc,. ftuit e othe: 14°141 1 11 tt e ° 1)11 VAlrers kid oXlls E' th toa tn k, ter te Te n th - Ln e t hro e , ' ' •••Ct AOll 1,.!‘ k Rh. 1'44