The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-15 00:00:00

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA. e• 5...,. 1 Committee appointed to consider t A`' •; t tiv of S uth Au.tralia, and tilt actual S...te of tuat Colony ; and who were empowered to report their opinion thereupon from tim e to time to the House ; have considered some of the matters referred to them, and hate agreed to the following Resolutions That en the 7th July 1840, the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia brought un.!er the notice of the Secretary of State for the Colonial De partment, the emb arrasse d s t ate o f th e fi nances of the colony. `2. That on the 13th of July, Lord John Russell re commended to the Lords Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury, that the Colonization Commissioners should be authorised to raise a loan to the amount of 120,000/. on the security of the revenues and public lands of the colony ; that the Lords of the Treasury assented to this recommendation on the 18th ; and that their Lordships' a'sent was communicated to the Cornmissio i ers on the 20th of the same month. 3. That on the 26th of August, the Commissioners reported- that no tenders bad been received for the ad vance of the loan required, and that in the mean time advises from the colony stated, that while the revenue did not much exceed the rate of 25,000/. par annum, the current expenditure bad risen to a . rate approaching 140,000/. per annum, which they understood would continue until instructions which they had sent out could reach the Governor. The Commissioners, there fore, requested the immediate direction of her Ma- Jest Y's Government as t ) the course which they ought to pursue. 4. That the Lords of the Treasury, after full inves tigation of the circumstances of the colony, passed a mieute, d ate d 3d November 1840, of which the follow ing ill an extract : Under these eircumstances, my Lords entirely concur rn opinion with Lord John Russell, as to the necessity for bringing under the consideration of Parliament, at the earliest opportunity, the whole of the proceedings Which have led to the embarrassments in question, in order to a full revision of the system upon which, under the provisions of the Acts relating to South Aus tralia, the government and financial arrangements of the settlement have hitherto been conducted ; and my Lords are also of opinion that, antil Parliamentary in -9°l'Y can be instituted, the contracting of any new en eugernents by the Commissionere, either for the trans mission of emigrants or otherwise, should be suspended. strop 1 the meanti me , h owever , my L or d s cannot b ut b e i h gly impre sse d w i t h t h e d anger an d di stress to w hi c h e already large population of South Australia, consist ne of Persons who have legitimately proceeded to, and bee p their property in, the colony, or who have of conv e y e d an d l ocate d t h ere un d er t h e sanct i on °L Parliament, and who are still almost entirely de- P d r l dent on supp li es f rom ot h er quarters f or t h e or 11itary articl es o f su b s i stence , m i g h t b e expose d by the total subversion of the credit of the local govern rneot and institutions, which would probably re dt from t h e positive and unqualified refusal and honou r of the Governor's bills by the Commissioners ; and f MY Lords cannot but likewise feel, that great injus- C e ' l would attend the non-fulfilment on the part of the eturnis s i oners of the contracts eeterel into with par , who, on t h e f a i t h o f the P ar li amentary enactments i t iati ng to the settl e ment, have furnished shipping or Ore s h „ . for emi grants a l rea d y conveye d or now on t h e '''''sage to the colony. To arrest these evils, my Lords conceite that th e y siouldhe warranted in consenting that such guarantee ra tl ald be given on *the part of her Majesty's Govern es would enable the Coloniz a ti on C omm i ss i oners sione rs °r ill to obtai n th e f ur th er l oan , i n comp l et i on o f t h e sum s 20 0,000/ ., they are empowered under the Act 4 and c. 95, to borrow on colonial revenue securi- J le- ' Pr uicll was sanctioned by my Lords' minute of 17th , be and whereby the Commissioners would apparently lea d bled to replace to the credit of the emigration tee liabilities of that fund, on account of emigrants a 151,11.4 $1,11.4 forwarded, and also to provide for the payment of s e - „ eu , bills drawn from the colony as are likely to be pe t 'rd before the arrangements regarding the colony he brought under the consideration of Parliament. 4titt. tl order t o d o t hi s , my L or d s wou ld b e prepare d to th "rise the Commissioners to give an assurance to i n t Parties who may be disposed to contract for this reap' th a t h er Majesty ' s Government will undertake to e' l°ti l mend to Parliament that, notwithstanding a n y Iv men erten e t that may be made in regard to the Rot g tho er ement of the settlement of South Australia, or to Past or future proceedings of the Commissioners, kiw • te ' li on shall be made for the due fulfilment of the wh.tract of the lenders, and of any stipulations under L o i ch the money may be advanced. At the same time, e p we ve, it further appears to my Lords, that this at : tr lntee should only be given on the express under. rai l and condition that the money thus to be pity le f t shall not be expended itexce.pt by specific autho tint, my Lords' Board ;being my Lords' inten d that it shall only be made applicable to the liqui \ • e e ftti°l3 of th e li a bi l i t i es a l rea d y i ncurre d b y the S outh T ri ttait ra lian Commi ss i on i n thi s coun t ry , or to meet suc h 1 . 4 as may be Jrawn from the colony, before the Prohibition from further drawi ng could reach the Go :rular ; and as the payments on account of the emi- V,ation fund, for which my Lords thus propose to pro atoe, will apparently be fully equivalent to the utmost unt to which, at the expiration of the past ;f e ar, the advances from the emigration to the - „"enue fund should legally have been left i' ll 'iquidated, and the transmission of emigrants is d l r , 0 0 respect compulsory as to time, my Lords li not d e em it necessary or exp e di en t t h a t any f s netion s h ou ld b e g i ven f or th e a d opt i on o f measures Ise eelleeti ng or em b ar ki ng fresh emigrants previously b e the me e ti ng o f P ar li amen t, or t h at recourse s h ou ld :11,1 to the power vested in the C om i n i ss i oners b y dit . Act of I st an d 2d V iet., c. 60 , o f ra i s i ng any ad -„,,14141 sum s t o b e app li e d to t h at purpose. ICNIY Lords, likewise conceive that the guarantee te e til d he given w ith t h e f urt h er express un d erstand i ng e h . ` the officer, now under despatch to assume the j o i: 10 of th e C o l on i a l G overnment, w ill b e strictly en tee -et to 611 the expenditure of th e G overnment to 44t4' sm ount of the revenue co ll ec t e d i n t h e co l ony, 444 1 he sh a ll rece i ve further authority and instructions, thet o carry on suc h surveys on l y as are requisite for la nd , ° ecttion of parties who have effected purchases of e ton ' o taki ng car e t h at th ey are con d ucte d on the most Pr errangement that may be consistent with eer s a ccuracy. addt sn_T at on th e s t h o f N ovem b er L or d J o h n R usse l l .eone ssed the f o ll ow i ng l etter to t h e Colonization Corn rs G R? ,„, Downing-street, Nov. 5, 1840. 11 1 L EMEN--I have the honour to transmit to you tter f sate,l l r 0 m t h e Secretary of the Treasury to Mr. latir an d a minute of the Board of Treasury re p ° a to t h e • - •uttr il l pecuniary difficulties of the Colony of South the la' View which they tike of this subject. tor n 14ve c onsequently to direct you to propose terms Tan of 1 20,0001., giv:ng an assurance to the par }leer maybe d sposed to contr4et for this loan, that to p'''JestY's Government will undertake to recommend Ol eo ; merit, that notwithstanding any new arrange the 2 3 th at rosy be made in regard to the go% ernment of ttl re -et tlemen t of South Australia, or to the pa!: or fu be Proceedings of the Commissioners, provision shall le ti n d l ade fo r t h e due fulfilment of the contract with the it l B e ; d n , d at cf le a d n . y stipulafons under which the mon e y Avea rs • u ty 4 r,Wlthou• this guarantee on the part of her M ajes eo "ov ernment, it would be i mpract i ca bl e f or t h e rs to comply with the terms of the Act of ease "~ l ent re'ating, to South Australia, and that the l l 'ap I : "a of emergency, affecting the welfare, the ni - e e ,, - , t Y , and p er h ap s the lives of the inhabitants of tact ` ° °Y' consider myself further authorised to di the , Y " not to expend the money thus raised without to , -Pe eific authority o f th e Lords of the Treasury, and I 'll7 l l/ P I Y in all respects w i t h t h e terms an d con di t i ons tt e~their Lordships have laid down in their minutae. I ~ ve only further to reouest, that you will lose no Yon s.'l have acting upon the authority thus conveyed to , Ste. 6, , r, (Signed) J. RUSSELL. er eta That nctwithatanding the guarantee . of the Se to!, r Y, of State's letter, and of the Minute of Tsrea reiVne Co mmissioners were unable to raisa . the beenum 14,1 4 , V ; and that the Bank of England having me at :',_ t ° for advances, under the same guarantee, to 4 t o; ‘.` e tAigencies of he colony until_ reference should t woe 4 ",r, t° Parliament, declined, after conference . be r.. - 4 01. trtlq°l,Ch encoder of the Exchequer and the Gene totrikho"ePuty Governor, to grant the required ac 7. 4ation. o l ,„."iat at the present moment the sales by the 44 1 e 1 .1 24t1° ° Commissioners of land in the colonyar o e . Ai tu tl s "( l ; emigration has cowed since the monthf Dro test ‘ ; the bills drawn by the Governor have been . _ ( hi e 4 a e(1 ; the estimated mount of such bells already 114111 : 1 in Pr°g'ess is 97,000/. ; the amount due to 44 '1 s h in "gland for services performed is 56,000/. ; I N i t, " (61 1 from the revenue to the emigration 210 .00 ' 0 5 1. 6 '° 3 0/, making a total deSciency of about ~ be et , h .urtt the bulk of the rotelted bills ape it to have it) t h "Itlierto retained by P the holders in this country, some eqeetation of the adoption by Parliament of t lttt orlle4sttres for providing for their payment ;_ but ter tyi j:e is reason to apprehend that protraeted t, ! ( - 1 li trio ugi and dela: , respecting such measures sill ,n 9. ,Y to .m l i I' at -t,gravAte the enisting diakultieF. her - '"ies vt': Government Colunit tee has been informed that . erapotti:- uov,:rnment contemplate the necessity o pre tent l to Parliament measures for the relief of the f 10 . TLflancial embarrassments of the co.lony. that olle p t i l Fi e e nt:ltYil itl l f fh t i h e : withhold its r ,v p e l:lca i t t io o n a t o o o P ot arliament rests Ytuislui:echcCuaotnniitqe conceives the 4 " 4 01 4 111 2 4 t Provision ought to be n.a le to meet the rite°at:(l, un e°rn r t tn h i itesiderient-agementsiceuri;d under the authority . of the :tc e t r i NaVnidlliatmhelVC.°,lnen.' 95, and to Commissioners op ° t4 e soma • •d . an d that Ins due to the en:warA:on fun , 0 r• /7./‘ such provision should not be delayed until after this Committee shall have completed the inquiry in which it is (.ngaged into the South Australian Acts and the :r-d state and prospects of the colon;. March 9, 1841. THE NEW RUSSIAN MUSKET. A meeting of several military and scientific gentle men took plaice recently at Chalk Farm, for the pur pose of testing the comparative merits of the detonat ing musket, now about to he generally introduced into the British service, and that invented by the Baron Heurteloupe for the use of the Russian army. Though the day was wet and boisterous in the extreme, 160. rounds of ball cartridge were fired from the Baron's gun in an inconceivably short space of time, without a single failure or hang-fire ; and, indeed, from the forma tion of the piece itself, which has the lock uliced under the barrel, immediately before the trigger, and which is further, by a most ingenious contrivance, com pletely secured from the action of the weather, the priming being contained in a continuous thin flat metal tube, impel vious to moisture, and inclosed in the stock of the gun itself, rain or wet can have no effect on the action of a musket so constructed. It is,however, tlie composition contained in this tube, and the simple manner in which it is acted upon, that gives the invention its great supe riority over all the other fire-arms now in use. The tube in question, which is about eight inches long, and about k of an inch wide, contains detonating powder sufficient for 30 primings, and is in the first place in serted in the body of the stock, under the barrel. A very simple mechanism causes the extremity of this tube to advance over a fiat topped nipple, and the cock which strikes it is so constructed as to cut from the tube that portion which lies over the nipple, and the hammer acting upon it almost simultaneously produces the discharge. Leming out of the question the che mical merits of a composition, which will admit of a part being cut off and exploded, without igniting the remainder of the contents of the tubc, the mechanical merits of the gun as a military engine are extraordinary ; it combines within itself all the desiderata of cheapness, strength, simplicity, certainty of fire in all we ithers, and capacity for rapid execution, which are required in a sol dier's weapon, and it as great an improvement over the common copper cap lock as that is over the old flint and steel principle. Many old officers have doubted the wisdom of adopting the copper cap for soldier's fire arms, and there can be no doubt that in a military point of view it is subject to many grave objections on the score of inconvenience to the soldier using it in wet weather, or with cold hands, from its liability to fall off and split when exploded, to the injury of the man standing next, from its great insecurity from dampness, its chemical affinity for moisture, and its liability to be injured by hygrometric changes, not to mention its di. fficulty of management in the clumsy and awkward hands of a soldier, acting in haste, under the excitement of fire. The whole of these drawbicks are said to be avoided in the Baron's invention, which, in the opinion of the military men present at the experiment, was by far the best adaptation of the detonating principle to the common musket that has yet been seen. We are in formed that the gun in question has lately been sub milted to the inspection of the Master-General of the Ordnance, with a view to its adoption in the British army. The recent experiments convince us thet the Baron's invention can be applied to all fire-arms, and it is, without exception, the greatest improvement yet ac complished.—Times. DRURY-LANE THEATRICA L FUND DINNER. The festival of this company will precede that of Covent-garden company this year. This fund was established by Garrick in the year 1776, since which time its members have never been so scattered as they are at the present moment. The following gentlemen have been formed into a Committee, to manage the affairs of the Fund : Messrs. William Bennett (Secretary), J. Bland, Cooke, Cooper, Fitzwilliam, Harley (Treasurer), Honner, C. Jones, J. Vining, W. Vining, 0. Smith, Wilmot, and Webster (the lessee of the Haymarket Theatre). A deputation from the ahove-named gentlemen warted on his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge a few da)s since, and requested that the Illustrious Prince would take the chair at the approaching festival, which he most kindly condescended to do, and named Wed nesday, the 31st of this month, as the day upon which he could conveniently attend, and that day has conse quently been fixed for the dinner of the Society, at the Freemasons' Tavern. Several of the Committee have met in the room in Drury-lane Theatre, known as Kean's dressing-room, for the purpose of furthering the objects of the Insti tution, and receiving communications from noblemen and gentlemen patronising the drama, from the follow ing of whom munificent donations have been received, with a request that the names of the donors might be placed upon their books as Vice. Presidents :—the Duke of Bedford, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Belfast, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord Tenterden, Lord Prudhoe, W. J. Denison, Esq., M.P., the Hon. T. S. Carew, B. Botfield, Esq., M.P., E. G. Bernard, Esq., M.P., Harrison Ainsworth, Esq., A. W. Roberts, Esq., Charles Dickens, Esq., Colonel Fox, &c. WINDSOR. The splendid and valuable library at Frogmore-lodge, the property of the late Princess •Augusta, is now being removed to Kensington Palace, from which place the books will be despatched immediate!y to Hanover, to grace the shelves of the future ()wrier. Tuesday Mr. E. Harding, the librarian at St. James's Palace, arri%ed at Windsor for that purpose, and has been occupied packing up the most costly of the books. The collec tion consists of upwards of 5,000 volumes of choice standard work, many of which are of an extremely rare and valuable description. The purchaser of this extensive and interesting library is said to be the King of Hanover, but the amount which has been paid is by no means so easily ascertained. The greater part of the collection was originally the property of Queen Charlotte, after whose death it fell into the hands of the Princess Augusta, by ehom considerable and im portant additions were made to it. For some time past the books have been sadly neglected ; many of them ale at prestrit stiewed on the floor of the apart ment, and others placed upon wrong shelves, so that some weeks will be occupied in restoring them to their proper classification, according to which they will be packed. The King of Hanover has also become the purchaser of the greater portion of tip e plate belonging to the late Princess, which was removed some timesince to Kensing ton Palace, and shortly afterwards to Hanover. The pro ceeds arising from these sales, as well as those from the disposal of other property, will (in consequence of the Princess Augusta having died intestate), after the payment of all debts, be divided amongst the heirs-at law, the brothers ar.d sisters of the late Princess— namely, the King of Hanover, the Duke; of Sussex and Cambridge, the Duchess of Gbucester, and the Princess Sophia. Many of the valuable paintings which formerly ornamented the walls of Frogmore-lodge have also been removed by order of the Jukes of Sussex and Cambridge, who some weeks since visited the resi dence of their late sister, for the purpose of making arrangements for the sale and disposition of all the property at that place. Many conjectures have been afloat as to the future occupant of the elegant mansion at Frogmore ; and although it has not as yet been pub licly known, there is not the slightest doubt but it is destined for the occasional residence of the Duchess of Kent. The house and grounds at the death of the late Princess descended to the Princess Sophie, but as her Royal Highness has signified her intention of not changing her present abode, the difficulty which at first existed on that point has now been completely removed. SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster and part of the County of Middlesex, will be held at the Sewers' Office, in Greek street, Soho-square, to-morrow, at two o'clock, to take into consideration the drainage of the West of London and Westminster Cemetery. MEMORANDUM.—The cor.tractors' bills for the quar ter ending Christmas, 1840, amounting to 3,415/. ss. 9d. are laid upon the table of the Committee-room for the Inspection of the Commissioners. SOUTH-EASTERN HARBOURS. A notice has been placed upon the books of the House of Commons by Mr. Rice, that on Thursday, the 18th instant, he will more the appointment of a Select Committee on the State of the Harbours on the south-eastern coast, to whom the Report of the Commis. sion of last year shall be referred. We ventured to predict last Saturday that our busi. ness Member would not be shuffled off from his purpose of an inquiry into the state of our harbours by the no- House " accident" of the previous Thursday ; and the prumptness with which the above notice has been paced on the books verifies our prediction. Surely we shall not again have a " dismiss" on Thurs day next, as we had on the 4th instant, when this im portant motion should have been brought forward. The question must be grapil•A with one of these days, and we wait with patience to see what the views of the Government are on the subject, without, as the manner of some is, attempting to dictate this or that site for the necessary Refuge Ports, or the adoption of this or that plan.—Dover Chronicle. We believe we may state with confidence that the Heads of Houses in the University of Oxford have appointed a Committee to prepare some measure, giving testimony of their entire disapprobation of Mr. Newman's tracts, particularly the 90th. We are not aware that Mr. Newman h as yet answered the c h a ll enge o f th e F our Tutors. lie probably d oe s not c ovet a collision with his Bishop. —. Even ing paper. THE SUN, LONDON', MONDAY, MARCH 15,1841 BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD. RESOLUTIONS INTENDED TO BE PROPOSED IN COMMIT TEE ON TRADE OF BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD RY MR. IA ABOUCHERE. 1. Resolved, That, in lieu of Vie respective duties of 7/. 10s., of 1.51., of 201., and of 30/., on every 100/. of the value of certain of the articies specified in the schedule contained in an Act of the third and fourth year of King `Wiliam the Fourth, to regulate the trade of the British Possessions abroad there shall be pi:id on goods, wares, and merchandize not being the growth, production, or manufacture of the Ucited Kingdom, or of any of the British Possessions in America, and im ported by sea or by inland carriage or navigation, a duty of 10/. for every 100/. of the value thereof, to gether with the amount of any duty levied at the same time upon goods, wares, and merchandize the growth or production of the United Kingdom, or of the British Possessions. 2. That, in lieu of the several duties payable under the said Act upon the following articles not being the growth, production, or manufacture of the United King dom, or of any of the British Possessions in America imported or brought into any British Possession by sea, there shall be paid the following duties, viz:— £ s. Wheat flour (except into Canada), the barrel.. 0 2 0 Bea and pork, salted (except into Canada), the cwt. Wine of all sorts, whether in bottle or not, for every 1001. of the value, in lieu of all duties now payable thereon, under the Act 4 Geo. 111., c. 15, and 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 59 The bottles Free. Shingles (except into Canada), the 1,000 No. 0 3 6 Oak staves and headings (except into Canada), the 1,000 No 0 7 0 Wood hoops (except into Canada), the 1,000 No. 0 2 6 Pitch pine and other lumber, 1 inch thick (ex cept into Canada, the 1,000 feet Now prohibited, but the prohibition whereon is to cease : Fish, dried or salted, the cwt. -- pickled, the barrel Together with the amount of any duty levied at the same time upon similar articles, the produce of, or im ported from, the United Kingdom or the British Pos sessions. 3. That i.e.' be permitted to be imported into British North America by inland carriage or navigation, on payment of the duty which may at that time be charge able upon tea imported from the United Kingdom, to gether with tea pounds per ceLtum on the amount of such duty. _ _ 4. That rum, the produce of places within the limits of the Exist India Company's Charter, and imported into British North America, shall pay the same duty as rum the produce of places in the British West Indies. 5. That so much of the said Act as permits any sort of craft, food, and victuals, except spirits, and any sort of clothing and implements and materials fit and ne cessary for the British fisheries in America, to be im ported into the place at or from whence such fishery is carried on, duty free, shall be repealed. 6. That goods, the produce or manufacture of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, im ported from such islands, be admitted into the British Possessions in America upon the payment of the same duty as the liv e goods the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the said possessions. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING IN HULME. A crowded public meeting, for the purpose of consi dering the tendency of the Corn and Provision-laws, was held at the Shakspeare Inn, York-street, Hulme, on Wednesday evening, the proceedings at which were of a very interesting character. Mr. Na3lor was called to the chair, and in the course of his opening address expressed his conviction that unless some alteration was made in the Corn and Provision-laws it would be im possible that the commerce of this country could escape utter ruin. The aristocracy—the great landowners— had the opportunity when in difficulties of leaving their estates in charge of steward?, and going to the Conti nent to retrench and economise. Now why shod I not we, when in similar difficulties, be enabled to re trench also ? It was true we could not, like them, go to the Continent ; but why should not these laws be altered, so that we might be able to get cheaper food ? Mr. JOHN BROOKS then addressed the meeting on the injustice of allowing protection to one portion of the community at the expense of the other, and pro ceeded to show the injurious effects on our commerce. of refusing to take the corn of other countries, who have nothing else to give, in exchange for our manu factures, while the people were actually starving for watt of it. At the conclusion of Mr. Brooks' address., a work ing man referred to a statement he had made on the effects of a depressed trade brought on by these Corn laws in throwing men out of work, and asked him whether he thought it was want of trade that threw spinners out of work, or the double-deckers and self acf ng mu!es? Mr. BaooKs replied that it certainly was not ma chinery, for were we not able to keep in advance of our neighbours on the Continent by our invention as well as induEtry, labouring, as we did, under the dis. advantages of dearer food, there would soon be no em p!oyrcent for the people, either as double-deckers or anything else. Machines were like race-horses, unless the breed were improved, the competition of foreig❑ breeders would soon give e.s the go-bye.—(Applause.) Mr. Wm. RAWSON said Mr. Brooks' figure of the race-horse was an excellent idea, and, carried out a little further, it illustrated admirably our position with regard to the Corn and Provision-laws, for we stood in the position of having strained our ingenuity to the utmost to improve the breed, while we had entirely overboked oce very important circuaist ince to the race—the weight of the rider !—(Applause)—and while our competitors were almost equalhing us in the mettle of the horse, we were actually, by the opera tion of the Corn and Provision-laws, riding ten stone to their five.—(Great applanse.) Mr. Rawson went on to show the disadvantages of not improving ma chinery by reference to the cotton hosiery trade, where the machinery now in use had remained unimproved for nearly two hundred years, and the Saxon, having the advantage of the same machine with workmen living on cheaper food, was thus enabled to cut us out of all our foreign markets, to the entire ruin of the trade. A Chartist (who was present) said Mr. Rawson bad made use of an expression about producing " a right order of things." He wished to know if the re peal of the Corn-liws would produce that order of things ?—if not, it was not worth struggling for, and they ought to go for the Charter at once. Mr. RAWSON replied that the evils of legislation might be likened to a bundle of sticks—the Corn-law Repealers were for breaking them one at a time, taking the thickest in the bundle first. The Chartists wanted to do an impossibility—they wanted to break the whole bundle at once.—(Applause.) Mr. COBDEN next addressed the me e ti ng i n a mas terly speech, showing the importance of this question to th p e ro working classes, w who, he s a id, un l ess t h e C orn and were repealed, h owever t h ey m i g h t Provision-laws increase in numbers (and they were increasing at 1,000 per day), if stinted as at the pres en t t o th e pro d uce o f the soil till food arrived at famine prices, would be re duced to a worse condition than the Irish. In refer ence to the question of machinery, he said it was a re markable fact that at the time Adam Smith was writ ing his celebrated work on political economy, Watt, who invented the steam engine, was a mathematical instru ment maker at Glasgow. Watt then perfected that mighty machine the steam engine, which was now in another form traversing the vast expanse of the Atlan tic ; it was taken up with the usual energy and inge nuity of Englishmen, and applied to every description of manufacture, and no country had been able to out strip us to this day in the rate of improvements conse quent upon it, and yet here were our working popula tion starving and miserable for want of employment ! There must be something wrong.—(Hear, hear.) What was it ? The reason was, that while our manu facturers and capitalists took up the invention of Watt, our legislators did not take up the laws laid down at the same time by that other great master-mind, Adam Smith, for the guidance of commerce!—(Great ap plause.) if the produce of our millions of population, with ail the aid, and ten times the aid, they derived in multiplying that produce by means of machinery, had been distributed by right law P=-41161asts laid down for commerce by Adam Smith—the working classes to till's day would have been in full employment—and more than that, in the enjoyment of a fair remuneration for ttwir labour. It was impossible by any powers of pro duction, whether by machinery or increase of popula tion, to make the necessaries of life, whether of food or clothing, too plentiful, if they were but properly distributed.—(Laud cheers.) Mr. Cobden exposed the fallacy of cheap food producing low wages, and con cluded an admirable speech, of near an hour's length, amidst greeat cheering, and the meeting separated, ap parently highly gratified.—Manchester Times. DOES the MIND ALWAYS THINK. Mr. Locke's arguments in respect to this subject are the following :—That during sleep we are not conscious of thought ; that the mind is always active, even with out our knowledge ; that we have no ideas but those derived from sensation and reflection ; that no one can know whether a person thinks in his sleep except himself. A writer in the Providence Journal cites tke fo!low jog facts, recorded by President Dwight, of Yale Col lege, to prove, in opposition to Locke's theory, that a man may walk in his sleep without knowing it ; and another man may see him walking, and doing other things which involve thought, and thus ascertain to a certainty that the sleeper thinks, while he himstlf is un conscious of it. A physician in Lambertown, N. J., found to his great surprise, on waking one morning, that he was without a shirt ; and was unable to discover any trace of it after searching his room. Having dressed himself and made particular inquiries, he was obliged to remain in doubt with regard to the cause of tbis singular occurrence. On the following morn ing, however, he found himself in a similar predicament, and was obliged to furnish himself as before, without the power of making a discovery. The same thing hap pened the three following days ; so that fi► e of his shirts ha'l, at last, mysteriously disappeared. The mat ter had now become so wonderful, that his brother de termined to sleep with him, and ascertain, if possible, the cause of it. In the night, the physician rose from his bed, without speaking, and lelt the room. His brother, who was on the watch, hurried on a few clothes and followed him, The former took his way towards the Delaware, where on his arrival he prepared to bathe ; and placing his shirt in a hole, leaped into the water. After swimming for some time, he regained the shore, proceeded homeward, without stopping for his garment, and went to bed. The brother followed, be ing convinced be was asleep, and took his place again beside him in bed without waking him. The next day on examining the bole on the river's bank, the six shirts were found, where their owner had deposited them, nu unconscious, or forgaftil of every thing he had done. _ . ._. In another case there was still greater evidence of thought during sleep, of which the agent was equally ignorant. A shoemaker's wife was one night awakened adwith such gravity, by her husband's arising in his sleep, and preaching a sermon of some lengtb. At the close of it he gave no tice evening, he should deliver that she invited sever al of her neighbours t o a tt en d. They came on the e ven i n g a ppointed, and were well gratified another th t e that, t, discourseo n the ; followingnd this he id with his sermon, as las with th e renewal of the ap. pointment on the next Thursday evening, which he an nounced as before. Thus he continued to preach once a wrek, 1 and in a manner which his audience were gra tified with, until the secret was accidentully divulged to him, and that put an end to it. The probability is, that this man could not have formed a sermon in his waking hours. An eminent lawyer once told me, that, having a diffi cult case to argue, after having devised several different methods for managing it, he dreamt out one at night, which on the following morning he iecollected, and pre ferrLd to the others so much, that he adopted it in Court. The imagination is undoubtedly stronger during sleep than when we are awake. While I lived at Northampton, I was engaged_ for a t i me to supply a winter society, as it is called—th at i • , 1 an assembly meeting for public worship—in a part of the town at a distinctt, from the church. One night I dreamt of preaching to them, and chose rather a singular text. It was this—'• Then answered the High Priest, ye know nothing at all.' When I awoke, I rennembei ed the whole of the sermon, and it was of su c h a nature that I determined to write it.--New York paper. ACCIDENT.—An. accident of an alarming na ture occurred to Earl Fitaµilliaro and his two sons ( Lord Milton and Vie Hon. G. Fitzwiliiam), on Wednesday af tern i on House, near Peterborough , a fo ur -i n-hand af ternoon. The Noble Lord and his sons were returni ng to after meeting the hounds at Ti:apstone, when a do g Mil rushed out of a house on the road side, and stized one of the leaders. The horses we re dreadf ul l y feightered, a n d becirina'so unmanageable that the coach was overturned ; but we ate happy to say, none of the gentlemen received any injury. MEHEMET ALI AND THE SULTAN. (From the Examiner.) On Friday night some questions were put to Lord Palmerston by Lord F. Egerton, Sir R. Peel, and Lord Sandon, the drift of which was to ascertain whether the conditions offered to Mehemet Ali had been corn municsited to Lord Ponsonby before the firman was is sued, and whether he Lad approved of them or remon strated against them. As ususl Lcrd Palmerston would not t-,11, all that could be got from him was the declara tion that it was the desire of the Pour Powers that the Government of Egypt should be bona file graated he reditarily, but Lis understanding of the hatti scheriff is— " That it was intended to reserve to the Suhan the sovereign right which must belong to him—to confer the Government of Egypt, and not to evade the bona fide execution of the previous arrangement, or to set aside these successors who would be naturally looked upon as the descendants of Mehemet Ali.— (Cheers)." W e confess our inability to comprehend the mean ing of this. Is reminds us of the responses of Lord Cas tlereagh. If any inference as to the views of Lord Palmer ston is to be drawn from the opinions of the Morn ing Chronicle, we should conclude that the conditions imposed on Mehemet have the full approval of Lord Palmerston ; ray, more, we should be disposed to sus pest, from the partiality exhibited, that his Lordship stood in the relation of a parent to the firman. For one bold example, as to the hereditary government, the Chronicle says— It is said that the conditions of the hatti scheritT arc a liolation of the conditions, sanctioned by England, upon which the Pacha made his submission to the Porte. In what does this violat on consist ? The re striction proposed to be placed upon the hereditary' grant. Do those who urge this complaint forget that in Admiral Stopford's convention no mention whatever was made of the hereditary' succession ? Th€ Pacha complained of the omission—but still submitted uncon ditionally, trusting to the good offices of the Powers, and the generosity of his master. There may be harsh ness—there may be impolicy—but there certainly is no hte.:ch of faith in not giving all the Pacha expects, when in matter of fact he was not promised anything." In effect, then, we have tricked the Paella, and having induced him to surrender the 'Turkish fleet, we are to tel him that we never promised him what he ex pected in reourn. The words were " not in the bond" it may be true, but in treating with a fallen foe a greet natio❑ does not read its engagements like a pettifogging attorney, but equitably observes the implied as well as the stipulated. And if Lord Palmerston takes his stand on the Con vention of Admiral Stopford with the strictness of Shy lock's adherence to his bond, he has to observe that if • we are not pledged to procure or to recommend the he reditary grant, we are pledged to maintain Mehemet Ali in the Pachalic of Syria—a strong engagement, and one committing us to support Mehemet Ali without any re servation saving the Sultan's rights. It is to be remembered that Commodore Napier's Convention promised the hereditary government, and that Commodore Napier's Convention was notoriously approved by Lord Palmerston ; in the Admiral's Con vention no engagement as to the hereditary government was made, and the Admiral was only blamed for his officiousness in annulling the more favourable arrange ment. IMPORT DUTIES. On Tuesday the Town Council of Carlian adopted, almost unanimously, a petition to the House of Com mons, for a revision of the Import Duties, of which the following is an extract : That the restrictions and prohibitions imposed by the present laws of this country upon the trade and com merce of its inhabitants, and the operation of the tariff of duties upon the imports of the United Kingdom, pre sent most serious obstacles, not merely to the extension, but to the profitable maintenance of that trade with fo re4n countries, which is essential to our well-being as a nation, iand the employment of our rapidly-increasing population. - That the evidence laid before the Committee ap pointed by your Honourable House to inquire into the extent and operation of the Duties on Imports, has clearly exhibited what the experience of every day con firms, that the system of protecting particular classes and interests, by fiscal regulations, is most injurious to the nation at large, and at best gives only a false secu rity to those who are unjustly favoured at the expense of the rest of the community ; and that all duties which are not required for the purposes of revenue, and which by their amount either encourage the smug gler, or lessen the quantity necessary for consumption, and . therebylnhance the price of the article, on which they are imposed, are highly impolitic, most unjustly in terfer s with the comforts of the great body of the peer and ought to be altered with as little delay as pass :le. Tat amongst the duties which operate most oppres sively on the great bulk of the people, are those im pl,sed upon articles necessary for the food of man, manrot which amount to a total prohibition, and all of which yield but little to the revenue compared to the enhanced price which they give to the home pro ducer, beyond the value of the article in the market of the world; and the duties on coffee, sugar, and other articles, which have become almost necessaries of life— upon timber, which comptis us to use the worst wood in the world at the dearest price, and forego the use of the finest which migbt be had at the cheapest—have not only the effect of depriving our workmen of a suf ficient qiiantity of food and of those comforts which may be enjoyed by the same class of men on the Con tineat, but of raising up rivals to our manufactures, which are rapidly driving them from the most profitable markets. The petition was moved by Mr. Steel, and recom mended by an able speech.—Carlisle Journal. RACING ORACLE. We were right in our prognostications about Eringo. No horse can be absolutely stationary during an eight weeks' frost, unless there is money in the market to back him. Launcelo►, if memory serves use, war reported to have a curb or an enlarged hock about this time last year, and he immediately rose from 22 to 14 to 1. It is singular that curbs should be so popular at Tatter. sail's, for evidently to this may we write) defect must be attributed the rise of Eringo. This horse on Mon day, for a moment, resumed the position he occupied in the Houghton Meeting, that of first favourite. A good judge, living at Newmarket, writes that his action is si• milar to that exhibited by the Dey of Algiers when in training for the same great race—all powerful behind. He will not, of course, run for all his engagements. The Rosalie colt seems to stick at 14 to 1 : if he bad any title to that price in November, he ought to be now at 10 to 1 taken. Coronation has a host of enemies, in consequence of his very moderate performance with St. Cloud, at Warwick, as if that could possibly be his form. He is also kept back from . an idea that he will come out at the Spring Meeting there on Wednesday, being entered in the Trial Stakes, as well as the fol lowing Derby horses :—Hampton, St. Botolph, Protec tion, and The Star (not Morning Star). Three of these have never been in the betting, but this does not prove them to be good for nothing : we must again refer to the Melody colt. Strange things happen in racing., but we shall not believe, until we have seen it, that Mr. Rawlinson, who we have reason to know has backed his horse heavily for the Derby, will run him for a miserable 100 pounds at Warwick. Marshal Soult and Knight of the Whistle are making a good race, their mutual friends are so powerful, and con sidered so influential, that the devil himself would be bothered to say which will see ter, to one taken : certes both will not ; certes, one will. Lord Albemarle's horse Ralph, like the fox entering his hole, is reported to go backwards ; not so his rider, who continuing his straightforward course lights on his head, or other parts, as the gods may determine ; the performance of Ralph in the Criterion, however, was as honest as even his noble owner could desire. Joachim and Ermengardis each attained a higher position : my recent remarks respecting these, and, in deed, several others, have been singularly fortunate. When I see Galdor quoted at 40 to 1, I cannot help remembering a certain horse called Prince Albert, a favourite at 33 to 1 last winter, the latter was not worth a groat ; I believe the former comes fiona the same neighbourhood, but he has never been out. , The Derby betting is entirely uninfluenced by the country mess. St. Botolph was beat easily ; never backed, he of course never will be. Great operations being usually reserved for the Mondays, the proceedings at the corner yesterday were devoid of interest, but in all cases confirmed the pre vious movements. The above remarks applying to Monday, we may say that the first favourite appears likely to reach the price I have marked out for him, and that very shortly. Sir Gilbert is beating a retreat.; the Morning Star an advance. It w.ll be as well to remember the latter was backed to win a stake of mo ney at odds, averaging 25 to 1, last autumn. Some party must stand money on him —query, who ? A new outsider was mentior. ed—Mr. King's Hambleton ; a finer colt has never been seen, but he is not in a Derby stable. Warwick Spring Meeting takes place on Wednesday. March 12. JUDEX. —Morning Post. RAILROAD BETWEEN BAYONNE AND BOR DEAUX.—The project of a railroad direct from Bordeaux to Bayonne is now under the consideration of the Minister of Public Works. An offer has been made for the execu tion of it by M. J. E. Larrieu, a banker at Paris; Messrs. Lucien Dartaud and Co., bankers of Bordeaux; and Messrs. Escarrsguel, civil engineers of the same place JUSTICE PATTESON.—The reason of the in troduction of three Judges' names into the commission for the Midland Circuit is, that Lady Patteson, the wife of one of them, is dangerously ill; and, in the event of her demise, Mr. Justice Alderson (the Judge remaining in London) would take the place of Mr. Justice Patteson for the rest of the circuit. THE LAW OF LIBEL. (From the Brighton Herald.) A case that sets in a strong light the abominable character of the Libel-law appeared in the London pipers la , t week. Mr. Young, the proprietor of The Sun, was fined 50/. for having, in a report of a meeting of the Southampton Duck Company, inscrt,d some ex pression, deemed to be libellous, which the Chairman:ap plied to the plaintiff. The report was admitted to be accurate, and Mr. Young offered to insert en apology ; but it would not do. The press itself must be made to suffer, and for this purpose the infamous Libel-law was c,Ped into action. Ti.e. a law by which such gross injustice as this caa be done should be allowed to remain on the s atutc-book is a disgrace to a free country. It lays open the press to constant attacks in the discharge of its most important duties. It narrows its bounds of utility, and arrays against it all the chi canery of the law. The conductor of a journal finds himself constantly checked in the honest discharge of his public duty by the infamous Libel-law ; and it is not too much to say that daily loss occurs to individuals in consequence of the press being restrained from raising its warning voice. A signal instance of this is now before us. Hundreds of persons have been reduced to beggary by the roguery of the West Middlesex Com pany. Yet that roguery was long known to the press— it was even made public by a Scotch paper, and pros el as clearly as facts could be proved. But what was the consequence of this exposure ? Why, the rogues of Directors immediately ran to the abominable Libel law, and brought their actions against the proprietors of the paper, imposing on them a great loss. This was made known to other papers, who, from fear of in volving themselves in similar losses, refrained from giv ing thet publicity which they otherwise would have done, in their respective localities, to the exposures of the Scotch paper. If the execrable Libel-law had not been in existence, the fact of the West Middlesex Com pany being a swindling concern would have bean known from ore end of the kingdom to the other months ago, and those who have now to deplore the loss of their all would been saved from ruin and misery. Nor is there anything to prevent the public being to-morrow imposed npon in exactly a similar manner. We see that it is against the law to report the assertions of one indivi• dual of another, though made at a public meeting. Those observations may be acknowledged to have been correctly reported—that has nothing to do with it— they are libellous, and therefore redress must be had. But of whom ? Of the persons who uttered the words, and who perhaps is able to prove them ? Oh, no ; but of the paper which was at the trouble and expense, for the benefit of the public, to report the proceedings. The absurdity of the law gees still further. As in the case of the West Middlesex, it was of no use that the proprietors of the Scotch paper were able to prove their a.sertions. We all know the wise old saying that " the greater the truth the greater the libel." This beautiful proposition is actually carried out in the Libel I,w, and the question that a careful editor must put to hiineelf if circumstances come to his knowledge by the communication of which the public would be nefit is, not whether they are true, but whether they are libellous ; that is, whether such a person or set of persons, who are in the act of swindling the public, are liable to be injured by being exposed ! As well in quire whether a thief is likely to suffer in character by being brought before the Judge ! There is a narrow jealousy of the press in the minds of many that causes them to look on with callousness, or even pleasure, whilst it is injured or destroyed. With them it is, as it vtas with the Athenians, a crime to serve the State too much, and the Libel-law of the English and the ostracism of the Greeks are about on a par for justice or wisdom. But every time the Libel law is brought to bear upon the press, a severe blow is struck against the public weal—one of its bulwarks is thrown down or weakened--not only has an act of in• justice been committed, but the consequences of that injustice arc, to inflict an injury upon freedom by put ting shackles upon the power in which it is embodied and through which it is manifested—the press. THE SHROPSHIRE HOUNDS.—The attempt to re-erect kennels and establish a pack of foxhounds in this town, induced a party of country gentlemen and tradesmen to meet on Monday, to adopt treasures for fetch( ling the project. Mr. Slaney, M.P., was called to the chair, and announced his intention of adding to his al. ready munificent subscription for support of the hounds, if they were established in this town. The country gentle men residing to the southward of Shrewsbury were very anxious to have the hounds fixed in Shrewsbury, instead of at Leo Bridge, as the distance put it out of their power to enjoy the sports, and enable the inhabitants of only a very limited district to partake in them. Lord Powis, Sir Edward Smythe, Bart., Mr. B. Borough, Mr. Smythe Owen, Mr. St. J. Charton, Mr. T. C. Eyton, Mr. Slaney, and various other gentlemen, were named as willing to in crease their present, or begin new subscriptions in sup port of the foxhounds, should the kennels be erected in Shrewsbury. The meeting resolved that committees be formed to divide the town into districts to be canvassed for subscriptions for erec t ing the kennels ; and if such sub scriptions were considerable, then the country gentlemen could see their way, as to what would be required to com plete them. Last night another meeting was held, when parties were selected to ascertain the amount like!y to be raised in the town, and amongst the farmers around, and report to another meeting to be held during the Assizes. _ Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE HAYMARKET THEATRE, ITS CLOSING AND RE-OPENING.-On Saturd a y right the comedy of Money was acted for the eightieth time. This evening the longest season ever known in the history of the legi timate drama (three hundred and one nights having been occupied in one year's performances) will be brought to a close, for the benefit of Mr. Webster, the lessee. The entertainments to be presented trill be the Rival% an original Address, and Speed the Plough, sustained by all the strength of the company. On Tuesday the enter prising commander will proceed to dismantle his little barque for the purpose of cleaning, renovating, and deco rating her, preparatory to her setting sail again on Easter- Monday, under illustrious and highly-distinguished aus pices; and, in addition to her atreedy well disciplined and regularly organised and • steady crew, she will have to boast of Power, Buclytift, and the agile and accomplished Celeste. Macready, a r a short sojourn, will re-appear on the 3d of May for even nights, and will go through a li mited number of his favourite characters, and on the 17th of May Mr. Charles Kean is engaged to appear, and will most probably perform nearly all his Shaksperian charac ters, aided by James Wallack, Henry Wallack, and Phelps. Besides these attractions, Webster has many well selected novelties in preparation. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY Ho , - NYwooo.—We have to announce the death of lileaobrctvhe laly, a which took place on Wednesday lalt, I3ew House. The deceased lady, whoo • was daughter ratteSir John in of the Dowager Lady Cooper, and widow o f t h e Courtney Houywood, Bart., was he r blst year. THE FEMALE FOOTPAD. Lately, as the Countess of N. was going int. the church of St. Thomas Aquinas in Paris, she was accosted by a young woman clethed in rags, her pale and haggard countenance bearing ample evidence to the severity of her mental and physical sufferings. Clad in nasty rags, which dingily represented the trap pings of woe, the gill might still have been deemed beautiful but. for the sickly pale cast of thought and premature wrinkles which furrowed her brow. " Madame la Comtesse," she exclaimed in a voice gentle and low as overwhelmed by shame and emo tion, " you are rich, good, and charitable ; I am in sor row and misery, have pity on me, and relieve my wants." She whose hand was ever open to relieve the distressed, finding that she had forgotten her purse, told the girl to wait for her at the church-door whilst she attended mass, and that on her return she should accompany her to her hotel where her wants should be relieved. " And is net the giving alms as good a work as attend ing mass," reified the fair mendicant, " your prayers will detain you far an hour, and long ere the t has elapsed I shall not have the power to fellow you, for even now I am fainting." The Countess, shocked at, the piteous demeanour of the wretched girl, told her to follow her to the hotel. The charitable lady and her tattered guest forthwith rroceedel to the Countess's bedroom, when the girl bolted the door, and, drawing from under her rags a book and a pistol, she laid the former on the writ Men, and presented the latter at the Countess, calling upon her to swear by all that was sacred she would never reveal anything that occur: el, The terrified Countess sprang to the bell, but she was stopped by the firm grasp of the sturdy mendicant, who ordered her, in terms not to be misunderstood or disputed by those who value their breath and brains, to draw forth six bank bills, for I,ooof. each, which she knew to lie imprisoned in the writing-case on the table. The notes were there and so was the pistol, so the Countess did not hesitate to take the required oath, drew forth the money, and the female Jack Sheppard departed, regretting the stern necessity which com pelled her to adopt so harsh a measure, but solemnly promising that the money should be repaid as soon as possible. Two hours after this event, a young and joyous gri sette bounced into the apartments of an extravagant scope-grace of a student, who delis ed a precarious and unhealthy subsistence from bills and post obits. Throw ing her arms round the student's neck, she exclaimed, "Mon cher Auguste, this very night will we caper at the hal masque." "Ma there Eglantine," replied the knight of the sorrowful countenance, " every cursed Jew and money-lender is lying wait to pounce upon me in every nook and corner of this charming city of Paris." (due le diable cmporte all Jews and usurers," quoth the grisette ; " I have herewithal to keep them at bay ;" and, throwing back his flaxen locks, the laughing girl laid before the astonished Auguste the 6,000 francs, and then gave the details of what she called an admirable " farce du carnisal." In spite of the prayers, ejacula tions, caresses, and entreaties of the pretty grisette, Auguste hurried to his aunt, the Countess de N., whom he found, as he expected, closeted with the Com missaire de Police. As soon as the functionary had taken his departure, the prodigal Auguste threw him self into the arms of his kind-hearted aunt, and narrated how his " Chere Eglantine" had availed herself of her skill as a mimic to procure for her dissipated loser the means of " keeping it up" during the carnival. The good Gountess, faithful to her oath, had not even men , tioned the subject to the Commissaire. She immedi ately forgave her nephew and his pretty agent, laughed heartily at the ads enture, and concluded by requesting a list of the student's debts, which have since been paid ; and he who was but a student in name is now one in practice, preferring the classic shades of Sorbonnc to the noisy gambols of the carnival. , A CHANGE IN TORY TACTICS. The following has been received from a well-known Correspondent, on whose accuracy we have every rea son to depend. We give it, however, without vouch ing for the truth of its contents : The Whigs are lucky persons—lucky in the chances which turn aside the tide of misfortunes when about ap parently to overwhelm them—lucky even in the midst of reverses disastrous enough to upset any common Mi nistry, but powerless against their often tried tenacity and good fortune. It has been their fate to be saved when, in the judgment of their friends, on the point of destruction, and appearances just now strongly support the idea that such will be the case et pre• sent. Within the last two or three days a change has come over the Tory dream of place ; their visions of office have given Ray to other considerations, strongly enforced upon them by the perilous circumstances in which the country is placed. A great meeting of Tory Members took place a day or two since at the Carlton ; no fewer thin 230 stanch Conservatives having at tended the summons of their chief. At this meet- Mg Sir Robert spoke at considerable length, strongly urging upon his followers the necessity of laying aside party feeling: and co-operating with the Govern ment in nil the measures which the positiors• of affairs required, and uniting, in short, heart and soul, in the adoption of that policy which is best fitted to uphold the dignity and best interests of the country. That Sir Robert acted in perfect good faith in tendering this ad vice, was evidenced by a further fact which transpired at this meeting, vie., that a long interview had taken place between Lord Melbourne and the Hon. Baronet ; and the counsel given by the latter to his adherents was consequent upon his conference with the Premier. However patriotic and wise were his recommendations, it cannot be doubted that they were unpalatable in the extreme to a large number of his supporters. To stop short in mid career of fancied victory—to defer the oft threatened blow svhich is to deprive the Whigs of place— to resign the final hope of reveling in the spoils of many a well fought Part amentary battle ; this was a horrid trial to Tory philosophy ; there was, nevertheless, no alter native. The counsel was given ; it was too obviously based on reasons that could not be gaiusayed, and nothing was left for the hearers of Sir Robert but to follow it. For the present, then, the Whigs we hold to be safe. Tory tactics are changed. How much soever they may desire the expulsion of the Whigs, they will not just now endeavour to effect it—that is, if the advice given by Sir Robert be acted upon by the Con servatives, of which nothing that took place at the meeting leads us to doubt. The mild and conciliatory tone adopted by Sir Robert lately in the House, of which the discussion on Mr. Gillon's motion on Thurs day evening, though on a secondary point, afforded an example, seeing that nothing could be more popular in its spirit than Sir Robert's speech—is thought to con firm the supposition of his having determined to make no attempt to embarrass the Government by factious opposition, or lend the sanction of his name to such an attempt by others. Lord Stanle)'s postponement of his Registration Bill to the end of April, also points to the same resolve to sink all present differences of party and opinion, in the firm determination to support the mea sures called for by the imminent hazard of war, or it may shortly be, the exigencies of war itself.—Sunday Times. SCARCITY OF LABOUR AT SYDNEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - SlR,—Tbanking you for the prompt insertion of my later of the 6th instant on this subject, which appeared in The Sun on the 9th, I now submit to you my pro mised letter of facts. Your assertion, that " land sharks" are deceiving the people, by stating trades men's wages at 10s. per day, the public must receive only as such, for the Sydney Monitor, of the 12th August, declares them to be at 14s. per day. It is needless multiplying quotations, to fill up your space, so I will give one, which I think will be of .sufficient weight to influence all unpiejudiced minds, by its re spectable character. I extract it from the Glasgow Argus of March 1, 1841, from a Report of the Com mittee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, on Immigration, the Lord Bishop of Australia in the chair. This Report states—" The James Mattison sailed from Gratesend, November 6, 1839, and reached Sydney on the Bth February, 1840, making the pas sage in ninety-three days. On her arrival, so great was the demand for labourers, that it was with the utmost difficulty the Immigration Agent could prevent persons from engaging the immigrants, even before their disem barkation. No sooner were they landed, than they were rapidly. hired ; and had there been treble the number, an equal facility would have been experienced in their disposal. Every department of industry 's cramped ; and no undertaking, public or priva w tf ! _: to be prosecuted, except at an immense expense, u the exorbitant rate of, wages, and with inco nce o i r vable difficulty in procuring workmen, female servants ,ldeed, there me chanics, upon any terms whatsoever. no part of the colony, in which it carryu truly said i on d that the there is not an actual dearth o . f anee of sheep-farming, ordinary business. In the distress arising from • t has been attemp tedto in credible. Every expedient hmancydsbetotr twh•aendteinro:ivashbelephireormds tihserannunamsbt numbers crease the extent of seerviet3ac.ng i three or four times the at present employed, - under the charge ordinaryof each individuala d proper Yours respectfully, • shenpuh)m'eErder."of sheep WILLIAM OMAN. 3, Princess street, Manchester, March 11, 1841. [We have published this letter for the satisfaction of our Correspondent, but he will see, on referring to The Sun of the 17th February, that the article headed " Australia " referred not to Sydney, but to South Australia." his Hag, at Plymiuth, by Captain Peter Richards, to which ship Corn. Charles Richards, will also be ap pointed. The Tweed, 20, Commrnder Douglas, is waiting for orders, to proceed to North America and the West Indies. The Vernon, 50, Captain W. Walpole, was towed to the Nore on Thursday, and may be hourly expezted at Spithea.i. The Vindictive, 50, and Fair Rosamond, were un docked on Saturday, when the Prince Regent, 120, and Viper, were taken into dock. The • Fearless steamer, was commissioned at Wool wich on Wednesday, by Captain Frederick Bullock ; and at the same place the Meteor steamer, was corn mis:sioned yesterday, by Commander John Washington, both for the surveying service, the latter vessel will complete the surveys in progress by the late unfortunate The British Queen steam ship, L'eutenant E. Frank lin, R.N., Commander, arrived on Wednesday morning from the River, and sailed in the afternoon for New York. She carries out 65 passengers. Two special messengers, one the bearer of Government despatches, and the other with dispatches from the American Am bassador, left London for Southampton by the railway train on Wednesday forenoon at 11 o'clock, which dis patches were put on board the Queen, off Cowep, where she waited for them, and then proceeded. La Belle Alliance transport is now loading at Dept ford with stores for our ships in China ; four Assistant • Surgeons, from the Queen, take—a passage in her to join the Melville ; they left on Saturday in the Mercury teui:!er for the River. ' The Boadicea transport, Lieut. Ward, Agent, has ' been all the week discharging Naval stores brought from Ascension ; she has taken on board victualling stores, and will proceed to-morrow for WO 7 6lWich. WRECK OF THE HEROINE INDIAMAN.—FALMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Leeds steamer, which came in from Gibraltar yesterday, and takes this letter, at '2 p.m , brings the disastrous news of a large Indiaman, the Heroine, having been wrecked off Cape Spartel, with a considerable loss of life. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 23d says—" On the night of- Sunday, the 14th instant, the British Indianian Heroine, from China bound to London, was totally lost near Azyla, not far how Cape Spartel. Out of sixty persons on board, about thirty-four are believed to have perished, princi pally Lascars. The ve.s!.el is a complete wreck, and it is feared that no part of her valuable cargo can be saved, though every measure is taken to effect that de sirable object, as well as to afford the necessary protec tion on the coast. Her Majest3's agent and Consul- Geaual hastened from Tangiers to the wreck to render personally ad the aid in his power. The French frigate Magicienne, of 40 guns, has been wrecked on the Bombay Shoal, in the Palawan Passage, on her way to Manilla. Her crew was saved by the English ships Mysore and Clifford, and the French vessel Favourite. The French corvette Da ,' naide had started for the wreck, with a view to save all 1 she coral front it. At Spitheal—lndus, T►veed, Pelican, Nautilus, Boadicea transport. In Harbour,Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal Gearge, Rapid, Sylvia, Alban, Echo, Bolina, and Fanny. MORNING o, 4 - NAVAL I 1 TE L L • (Frcm the Ham/is e PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15 vi am Parker, K.C.8., is said to ac Indian command, to whin • • ••• y verland, accompanied by his StcteiirfASs The Cornwallis, 72, will be commisso , •., for THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREET. NOON, MARCH 13. Barometer 3O 44 In. Thermometer ......... 56.5 Deg. Highest .................... 65 Lowest ................ Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 Dog. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Mate—Mr. \Varre, of the Princess Mir;etre, to the rank of Lieutenant, vice Charles Weinyss, deceased ; Edward M. Matthews, of the Mciviile, vice Conway, deceased. APPOINTMENTS.—Captain—Peter Richards, to the Cornwallis. C nunander—Charles Richards, to the Cornwallis. Licuterant—H. Helpman (from Wellesley), to com mand the hired armed ship Mohammed Shaw, attached to ti:c China squadron ; Ed;vard M. Matthews, to the Blenheim. Assistant-Surgeon—George F. Rowe, to Melville Hospital ; W. T. Alexander, to the Caledonia. Mates—F. Porteus, t. Vac Caledonia ;A. J. , Lind say„tothe his. Ozzard, from the ‘Vasp to the Power ful ; Mr. E &les, to the Wasp, vice Ozzard ; Air. W. li. Pearce, late of the Benbow, to be Clerk-in-Charge of the Locust steam frigate. _ Second Masters—James Geis, to the Impregnable ; Wm. Balliston, to the San Josef, for the buoy-boat, vice Rundle, to the Polyphemus. COAST GuAr.D.—Leut. It. E. 13ulien (1 30), to be Chief Officer. ROYAL MAhlNES.—Captain R tlph Carr, of the Royal Marines, havirg gone on half-pay, at his own re quest, First Licu:cnant E. Appleton has been promoted to the rank of Captain in hit; vacancy. Mess; s. George Augustus Schou,berg, Julius Roberts, Fleetwood John Richards, Hugh Haniilton Gould, Ar thur Butcher, George Drury, and William Hutchinson, were examined at the Naval Coilcge,- and found qua• lifted for commissions in the Marine Corps. (From the Hampshire Indeperalent.) PORTSMOUTH, MAncit 13.—There is not a man-of. war of any description fitting in Portsmouth harbour at the present moment. The following ships, however, are in a forward state, and may be commissioned in a %cry short time :—Vengeance, 84 ; War spite, 50 ; 50 ; Dublin, 50 ; Madagascar, 4 ; Bittern, 16 ; and Fair Rosamond, 3. The Indus, 84, Tweed, 20, Pelican, 16, and Nautilus, remain at Spithead waiting for seamen and Admiralty orders. The Indus, 80, Captain Sir James Stirling, and I%%eed, 20, Captain Douglas, went out of harbour on Saturday last. T►re former was towed out by two steamers, notwithstaudirg the wind was fair, in con sequence of not having seamen enough on board to loose and furl her sails. She has been three months in commission, and has only thirty able seamen on her books, and to keep them from deserting, she was ordered to Spithead. The Tweed is nearly as badly off, being obliged to set only one topsail at a time, end that wa done in the most unseamanlike and slovenly style. Ins pass,ing, the platform, neither her main nor mizA.l-top saili were half twisted, and her appearance altogether was that of a Sunderland collier. PLYmouTH.—TLe Adventure, transport, sailed last Thurddy, with stores. The Mercury, tender, arrived from Portsmouth on Monday. She brought Lieut. Caffin, of the Excellent, who is ordered to superin tend the alteration of the gun•carriages et this port. In Hamoaze—Caledonia, San Josef, Snipe, and and Carron. steame-. In the Sound—lmpregnable, Beleible, and Iris. MYSTERIOUS EVENT. The Journal de l' Herault contains the following account of a mysterious circumstance at Montpelier. A few days ago, M. Achille Durand, a resident of that pace, received a letter, having at the head of it a lithographic engraving of a palm-branch and a sword put crosswise, and on the margin the following words also in lithography :—" CongreAa Centrele della Gran Societe de' Vendicatori del Popolo."—(Central As sembly of the Great Society of the Avengers of the People.) The letter which was in manuscript', informed M. Durand that the popular societies, finding their energies relax for want of funds, had ordered that agents should be sent to Avignon, Marseilles, Lyons, Nisrnes, Montpelier, and Toulouse, to call upon certain indivi duals to contribute such sums as should be fixed, on pain of death, and t h a t th e sum required from M Du rand was fifty thousand francs, which no be thewas called following upon to pay in bank n o tes, at twoo'eloc day,to a person on the esplanade whom d his handkerchief his having his hat in his left . hand,to M. _. m Durand when he would know by in the right, and who w ould u e t d t e e d r btyo saying, a t y h i e n g i:r ot that near consider himself a rdifee ual\rdi d. himu Dura n d 1 man.iAo j ) , n e n s . specified, and M. Durand upon it as a carnival trick, e twhoinvited M. Durand to obey the sum but ntv •tt.,ees e s a him if h e was the , gents were ordered to be on the watch. mons, and poidte The fail a letter tohoke c t s m o h a n e y i 'cacti), as the letter had announced. M. hou!d il taoskaeedt otherws e than he dby hint heard the Amen. M. Durand, as he passe L bad eJneealed some arms about his person, in ...,0 Durand found :he man whiting in the way and a uthor of the letter which had been sent ; the man re plieddid, for his own life was at state, that d li r e es e s • e a d s the not at m.a liberty n , and that be was the agent for receiving the contributions of Montpelier, which had been fixed at 500,000 franc., to be . the most wealthy iesideats, amongst wh paid by stan t y h a u whose names was that of M. Zoe Granier. At • this moment the police came up and took the man into custody. He turns out to be a ruined • confectioner of Mar seilles, named Numa Raimond, and appeared to be destitute of resources. On searching his trunk, at the house where Le resided, several political pamphlets of a republican character were found, and the backs of several letters addressed to him in the same hand• %et iting as that received by M. Durand, but the letters themselves had been torn off. He persisted in declar ing to the police that he had no other object in accost ing M. D uran d t h an to so li c it c harity for himself; and that he had not sent him any letter. M: Durand' s porter, on the prisoner being brought into his presence, declar e d th a t h e wa s not the man who had left the lett er , a n d gave FO accurate a description of the person able arrest him the same night. that the police were to . R. He is an Italian, named . Joachim avant, and has been proved to have been in constant intercourse with R,ai mond. He denied being concerned in the affair of the threatening later. At Armley, on Tuesday last, a poor weaver having occasion to stop his loom for a few minutes, on be gianing work again, fJund some obstruction. On looking into its came, he discovered it to be a poor mouse, which had teen so pined as to get bef o re his shuttle t o lick the o ii, by which it was driven into the warp and strangled ti? deutih—Leeds .~ G _ in th e , lion° _~