The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-11 00:00:00

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Yo . oro: n • M,r* o°o* b ire , and ID, ° l yorVsoP try /rota 00 0' Eaton- g o d ( SIP the Ea r/ ft l o(l 4 g Smiths 'Oil or House t Of % a P . H u 1 1 1 D ra ke.° i t el 1 dal ( /' ,- o P .- ks ; Gam, , O• fe O r° ourt, fro Arehmb isbd the o rlio sot, fr° ° %., 0 f 'ol r abire : tPao, (ro..t a dy porta:loy 1 1 0 , 'Pare, v fur too' i Wilts; A eau. sis „ t;io, Co'r, Hoo• d e t, for V r 0 0 : and Al c Vochc; 01 j- P i f pr ole dale '. fro 3 _,,igeo (0 tyor ditto, , from off Slanes Castle; Dn Sps, fret' the. lacy HOOSC, o°, 11 "( I,uston 411, I'4o y Louisa 8 ,,, Ic, 04n, fio,n "41 Dad, ,00 ro at Leatnior EVENING EDITION " 'FE E C H I.NA S Ir) A T T ,) r This was the state of the perfectly unemployed poor in the year 1824. The witness was then asked, " Have you Which was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOW I observed, in your memory, that t h e quant i ty o f cr i me h as ON SALE. P r i ce SIXPENCE. : I ; , -- - -..sed?" The answer was, un d ou b te dl y, d ur i ng t h e 1 last ) 1 " years especially. There were generally Strand- in each Order s rece i ve d DA The Sun Office, No. In 1 parish fro m t he to f orty unemployed, who were - during th e d ay i n idle games to pass •'- _ ...gaged • insulting persons who pas , -- 1 - ...Jr time away, in make them more', . ..._,... or, or in taking sleep to would apply f or weacty for their labours at night ; no one frcq.l th: - - ark, because they were sure of support .ts. IN PROGRESS, • 141 it A ILWA S With a MAP of all the RA.II WAYS in United Kingdom; containing all the 41 ' 7 IONS on each Railway, and a grr var of Information an d other panic& di with Railway s . ,raunectel /tent is put before the public by 'EEr., for the purpose of showing r. , operation of the old Poor-law ?Ise it to show the effect of the Corn dtrate the conduct of the aristocracy, e the little utility, to the bulk of the 4ie unceasing meddling of the Legisla what it is plain, from the results of its it does not unde rs t an d. I n d ee d, th at ,esents a very remarkable instance of ac tivity increasing in proportion as experience has proved its . labours to be mischievous. ADAM SMITH and FRANKLIN led the way in showing that the less the Legislature meddled with mat ters of trade the better for society, and no year has passed since the attention of the House of Commons could be spared from finding the means of carrying on the war, without Parlia ment having made several laws to regulate trade. Mr. MALTnus came next and demonstrated that the tendency of population to outgrow the supply of food lies at the bottom of most social evils, and the attempts of the Legislature to stimulate on the one hand the increase of people, or to check, on the other, the supply of food, had al ways led to inconceivable misery. Not a year, we believe, has since flown over our heads, but the Legislature, with a fatuity which, on ordinary principles is quite inexplicable, has meddled more and more with the population and with food. It would seem that, like a. passionate woman, it is stimulated into greater . and greater enormities by time detection and exposure of its errors. As to the effect of the Corn-laws, it will be re membered that the Corn-law was passed in 1815, when the sum appropriated to the unemployed poor in Bly thing was 51., and in the year 18.24 it was no less than 3,5361., at which time the Corn-laws bad been nine years in existence. Coincident, therefore, with the passing of those laws, began the dependence and the degrada tion of the agricultural labourers, while those laws are defended on the ground that they pro vide high wages and abundance of employment for agricultural labourers. In the same nine years, but especially during the last five years, the agricultural labourers had btcome totally demoralized. They are de s: ibed as idle, poaching, and thieving. That was the result of the combined operation of the Corn-laws and the Poor-laws, the administra tion of which was entirely in the hands of the landowners, the squires, and the parsons. The corruption, degradation, and demoralization of the population is clearly to be traced to them and their laws, and we are grateful to Sir It. PEEL for bringing before the public the graphic illus tration of the conduct of the landed aristocracy during the nine years to 1.841 after the Corn-laws were passed. But we are now in the year 1841. We have lived 16 years more than in 182.4. Sir R. PEEL, then a mature-man, a forward legislator, a great officer of State, has since had 16 years' experience. The Legislature has paid great attention to the subject. It has passed many new laws for the improvement of the people; it has had unlimited power; it has built churches, and multiplied prisons; it has made a complete change in the Poor-law; it has altered; and, as it is supposed, improved the Corn-law; and now, after these sixteen years of continual legislative toil, what is the result? The criminal returns show a yearly increase of committals, and a yearly in crease of crime ; not confined to the manufactur ing, but spreading throughout the agricultural, districts. It was so alarming ‘ in 1834, particu larly in the agri cu lt ura l .districts—the Corn-law existing throughout the period—that a stringent Poor-law was passed, by the combined operations of which the hungry poor and the refractory poor may be at once coerced and excluded from relief. THE CORONA `ION SUN, PRINTED I.N . LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF lIER, MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can be sent by poit free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIX PENCE. &m Office, 112, Strand, London. ALCOCK FOR EAST SURREY. ELIECTOKS, The Sheriff having ‘declared the Election in favour of ALCOCK, and a P o ll ' having been demanded, it only remains to follow up this glorious victory by ruthin„, ,, to the poll, at the eavliest moment, and Toting for Alcsek. The poll will corn iraenee at Nine o'Clock This Morning. REFORMERS, POLL EARLY ! .ALCOCK FOR EAST SURREY. Election Tbe CENTRAL COMMITTEE f or con d uct i ng the of AS AT.COCK, E.respectfully ac quaint the Ele , :itors HOM that CARRIAGES will s sp be constantly in readiness at - the undermentioned Committee-rooms, to con vey the Fr'renda of Mr. Alcoc t the Poll : The B r i dge House H0te1.,....... Southwark. The Vi ctoria. S imon the Tanner ... g -lane, Bermondsey. The C,, c r, Rotherhithe. Clapham. -.••••—•.... The T irek's Head, ... Old Kent-road. The ' Nhitc He Kennington-cross. 1,‘,•,, ton's Ho' el ' `'ne Red Cr ' • Camberwell. T he , Prior .‘ of Wales T he Gr m • Ti, • • yhound Streatham. 7 ‘e Sr he F ; read Eagle. ... W andsworth. . L ,nn ane Talbot b e Swan Reigate. ne Crown Anderton's Hotel . . Fleet-street. ' At Knight's opposite the Salo- j pian Coffee-house Charing-cross. The Poll will open This Mo,ning at Nino o'clock, and it is ear testl3 requested of the Liberal Electors that they will poll early. SAMUEL PALLIER, Chairman. 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Among the best novels of its kind for many years given to ' , a 'world by the English press."—Athenteum. ntnre e ~" The authoress of this most useful and most agreeably and egantly written novel, is entitled to commendation upon separate grounds. In the first lace, aer incidents flow re natural ant most probable. The main currents of the tale smoothly on to a final confluence, bearing with them the ea tory and feelings of the rea d er . Secondly, the language onc e object piquant, sprightly, and di a l ogue i s h. L as tl y , t h e or rather ,tho moral of the work, by which it and all animilar productioris should be tested, is uneaceptionrble ; for etotthoughtless or giddy woman can rise from its perusal with ce_f"ling that it must be her own fault if the lesson it incul iies s thrown away. "_Morning Post. "rY Colburn Publ i sher,l3, Great Marlborough-street. -,„„„„ Iits.".r,o,THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. R th e MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB, 11, THE WHITE MILLINER. riLord Ortolan, Mr. C. Mathews !ustice Twiliht, Mr. W. R i l i e 4 ; Robert Conway, Mr. J. Vining ; Saul S neezum, Mr. bi —. .. e t; Lady Ortolan Miss Cooper Albina, Madame Ves kis; Mollowpea ' r, Mrs. C. Jones ; Batty Furbelow, • nur n b y. Aber which, the New Farce, in One Act, entitled Co , BROTHER BEN. C r dunodore C u tl ass, M r. B art i ey ; Ben j am i n Bowles, Mr. dies Mathews; Mr. Shuffieton, Mr. Harley; Dorothy. Zones. Wages now, instead of being ample to main tain the workman, vary from 7s. to 12s. per week, corn being at 7s. 6d. per bushel. The agricultu ral labourers are starving and in rags. The con dition of the artizans in the manufacturing dis tricts may be learnt from our Preston Correspon dent's letter. He says that there are in that town ten thousand persons • who have not a single blanket to :cover them. Every where the voice of: complaint is loud, poverty and distress are increasing, and the cup of discontent is full almost to overflow ing. Such are the results of sixteen years' incessant meddling with the poor, with their con dition, and with their fond, by the Legislature, after the ill effects of the conduct of the aristo c racy were known in 1824. In those sixteen years Sir ROBERT PEEL, and the rest of the errant mischief makers who meddle with trade and population, having the most glaring evidence before them of their re peated failures, seem not to have learnt one use ful truth, for they go on year after year uphold ing the same scoundrel Corn-law, and passing enactment after enactment to obviate, without ever succeeding, the consequences of their own errors. Such a succession of mischievous blun ders is unexampled, we believe, in the history of man, since he began to observe and note the effects of his conduct. Will the calamities which are now falling on the people open the eyes and soften the hearts of these blind and cruel men? They must be doubly mailed in vanity and self-conceit if they unretlectingly persist in their present course. With skill and industry unexampled in the world, possessing a productive power which has been estimated as equal to that ofmore than a hun dred millions of those men who, in the ancient world, reared the Pyramids, which still attest their greatness—a power so vast that benevolent men have been alarmed lest it should want the means of exertion—blessed with all the elements of wealth, exposed to no great natural disasters, the land not covered with avalanches or washed away by floods, but visited merely by a winter of some little more than the ordinary severity, but nothing:out of the course of nature—with the greatest natural advantages ever owned by a nation—with abundance of land both here and in our colonies, surrounded by oceans teeming with fish, and blessed by Providence, therefore, with the most wonderful " preparations for phy sical enjoyment"—with all these advantages, mul titudes of our people are at this moment in a state of the deepest poverty and distress, and passing daily into premature graves. We do not take up a Journal but we find in quests, recording verdicts of " death from want," " death from starvation," "death from the in clemency of the weather," which means want of food and clothing to protect the sufferers from that inclemency. But the deaths which the Coroner inquires into, are only a small portion of those which are caused by hunger and cold. The deaths in the metropolis in the week ending the 30th ult., was 1,107 ; the average number of deaths for the same week of 1839 and 1840, was 926, the increased mortality being 181. The deaths in the metropolis in the week pre ceeding, was 1,129; and the average of the same week in 1839 and 1840 was 926, the increase being 203. The average increased mortality of the two weeks of 1841 is therefore 192, or one sixth of the whole. That may be taken, we ap prehend, as a fair indication of the increased mortality throughout the empire, the lower classes of the metropolis being, in general, better off than the lower classes of the manufacturing and agricultural districts. Thus has the want of food, of clothing, and of comfort, to meet the additional severity of the weather—which as we have shown again and again, is the consequence of the Corn and other bad laws—put to death, within the last few weeks, one-sixth more of our people than would otherwise have died. Taki ng the population of the metropolis at To conclude w T HE GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME ith , entitled AHE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN rantaloon, M A r.M N A D iopC. T ot H i j E ; GIANT HELMET. Harlequi Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. ijWill be a c t e d t h e New Comedy, in Two Acts, entitled no-imor rne. rew, The Mid summer Ni g kt' s D ream , with The New Doerst.co to be opened at balf-pa s t Six—th e p e rformances to Dinence at Seven o'clock. Cir e r i e " B oxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second . es . ; Second Price, Is. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price, 4 Gallery, h. and places fo the os to b taken of Mr. Groan 4 he B ox _ oce, iu from Ten ß till n Four, e where Season Tic k ets '3 l ; r t . )e had epon application. iltonadtzeebt7 had so'ely of Mr. And: eers, bookseller ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. dounuerful increasing pop u l ar ity—Ai nsmort h' s T ower o f Lon- Zb — lite Ca s k V au l ter, and Goosey Gander, with the ce orated scene betw een th e G a lli c C oc k an d t h e E ng li s h B u ll p g , whi c h h as caused an extraordinary excitement in ranee. are drawing crowded houses. Will t. THIS EVENING , FEB. II," !actell a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled 1)1t THE TOWER OF LONDON. h Tal'icaax Vivans, splendid Costume, a nd Appointments, 4fter°tn the D esigns of t he celebrated George Crnikshanks. w hich will Ise repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled q,x,-QUIN AND MY LADY LEE •, OR, GOOSEY ja - 1", nER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. V„ l luich the astonishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask tlnueortesri.vrill be . given, as well as Brunning's Grand Dioramic tas B.,.o....loefuoSyFraima Syria; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri y; Mr. Southby, the Original Clo . .vn ; Sigei o harPe. Columbine • and the astonishing Gyntnastique, from ' Franceni's, at Paris. STRAND HEATRE. clerk," r-VERYNEW EVENING wit T h the astonishing andwon -110„; Performances of Mr. JACOBS, the justly cele b ra t e d visiTr Ventriloquist, Modern 3lagician, and English Impro terte(4),e' The numbers that nightly flock to witness the En of ttlenta great i seinethis astonishing Artist, is a sufficien t °f th ant afforded. bo or . B oxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Secbnd Ma at Seven o'clock, and commence at Half-past. oa'lpriceiieat a Qu ar t er to Ni ne o ' c l oc k — B oxes, I s . 6d. ; Carr' FY, 6d. minutes past Ten. rni""..".vvATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO - MORROW. .8 minutes after 5. 1 Evening ..... 3 minutes after 0 Abe t. üblieation of the Evening Edition of Tux Sur; corn mencod a mii.utes after Three. ~~ ~~ ~~e LONDON: sir Ito THU RSDAY, FEBRUARY n, 1841. o r , lit --;ERT PEEL, in the House of Commons li tw, °lldaY evening, in his speech on the Poor the ti u ,' itcluoted from a Report of a Committee than half v ery - 7 118 e of Commons, which sat in 1824, or the early seventeen years ago_more kindttverage duration of a generation of man -134111:t.1ie following account of the progress of Suf or:risni in the hundred of Blything in K tl l i "iileas in produced an account of the expenditure I.l44dellunrired from Lady -day 1810, to Lady-day 1823. liv e it : the head of unemployed poor there was a pregres iner„e_r!ase in the amount of the rate, and likewise an ilifth;7ln the ount professedly applied towards re lie f the the b:„ule-bedied poor, The sum applied in this hundred for Ltd „mat of unemployed poor from Lady-day 1810, to Likticcialii 1811, was I/. 3s. ; from Lady -day 1811, to 1.4,14,-43' 18 12, it was IL 125 .; from Lady-day 1812, to lbll'-'ls3' 1813 it 3/ •in the year ondiniv Lady•day 4 It ' WaS . ' 1) 0 ha' was 8 1. ; and in the next year, 51 ;an third re d a :' n g to 1 ,384/. in 1816, to 2,297/. in 1822; and 'rich IttL-l_ineed from 1/. 38. in 1811, to 3,536/. in 1824. Ortoppe`l3 progreisive increase of the rates, with this po o l '8,4 increase in the amount of relief paid to the Ir rit ' i." ll4 t Wes t'ne result? The witness was asked what 1,4% 7,74 condition of the unemployed poor ? And his reply e te4;;tent with respect to the unemployed poor, they . w ' l tliVri, 7 relieved from the poor-rates y were w itho ut dleq'ken!* and were receiving relief as h the wages of in de b y as, then asked what effect he hadfou ofd vrtipl o ..; u3' the present system of giving relief ins tead f tot a l l / ; He replied, that the effect was drea u., It eta. 4 lerrloralised the lower orders and made them pc.ch- Ilte Zea and robbers. Yet there had been a progres --"us la the amount of the stuns Paid fgr rates. - • • • A:44,. -`, 4 n r, . __ ,4 ,l>a lopmict;.; j tit • *IOIIF. ~\ PH E SUN, one-sixteenth of the whole en - pr conclude that the Corn- 3 - about 3448 -- ~fe, Nye may have put to death people in the two weeks end fno 80th of January, 1840. Will such a consequence, supposing it to. be only an approximation to truth, arouse in the land owners, the bishops, the squires, and the parsons — arouse in the whole body of the law-making classes, whose conduct was proved to have been so tre mendously mischievous as long ago as 1824, and which has been equally or more mischievous every year since,—will this dreadful fact arouse in them a decent or sorrowful reflection on their own misdeeds? Will they have any compunc tious visitings ? Will conscience smite them ? We are afraid not, and we must conclude, while we are unable to ascribe to the doctrines taught by the bishops any consolation to the poor at being starved out of existence, that those doc trines supply, in fact, no restraint on the iniqui ties of the law-making aristocracy. We shall be told, perhaps, that all these are natural evils, and that the Legislature does not cause, and cannot cure them. Why, then, does it try ? If it cannot save the people from starv ing, why does it check and restrain the supply of food ? If it cannot prevent premature death from cold, why does it impede the people in sup plying themselves with fuel and raiment ? As long as it will meddle with trade and with popu_ lation, as long as it will make laws for what it does not understand and cannot grasp or control , it makes itself responsible for all the dreadful consequences of its acts; and as long as the people die the victims of its laws we shall boldly accuse it of being their murderer. On Monday the Manchester Chamber of Com merce held its twentieth annual meeting., J. B. ' SMITH, Esq., in the chair. A Report was read, in which the following mention is made of the Corn-laws and the Sugar and Coffee Duties : This petition (adopted by the Chamber against the Corn-laws last March) expresses so fully the sentiments of the Chamber, that the Directors feel it to be unneces sary to dilate, in this Report, upon the impolicy and in justice of those laws; the more especially as constant dis cussion has laid bare the evils which they entail upon the people of this cour.try, and has shown to all who calmly consider the question, that a continuance in the present vicious system will speedily involve both the agricultural and commercial interest in one common ruin. But the Board would not have the Chambe'r to suppose that this incubus upon the energies of the country will be removed without further and constant exertions; and they re commend that the Chamber should never relax in their endeavours to put an end to the present unjust system. Equalization of Sugar and Coffee Duties.—This im portant subject remains in the same neglected state as when the Chamber held its last annual meeting. No in dication has yet been given that the oft-repeated com plaints of merchants, manufacturers, and consumers, have had the slightest effect upon the Government and Legis lature. The merchant is still exporting manufactures from this country to those foreign States whose only means of paying for them consists iu the production of articles which he cannot bring home because they are loaded with prohibitory duties, and has, consequently, to receive its re turns through circuitous channels; the manufacturer is forced to look on, whilst he sees his trade passing progres sively into other countries ; consumers pay more than two fold the price for sugar and coffee which v,ould be required from them were the monopoly abolished. The extravagant prices which these articles have attained, have, however, produced, of late, great changes in the habits of consum ers; every large class have no longer the means of pur chasing at all, whilst the middling classes have become studious to diminish their consumption ; the revenue is therefore injured. Thus are the interests of merchants, manufacturers, and consumers, and even of the revenue itself, sacrificed to the maintenance of a monopoly which is incapable of supplying the wants of the country. The Report was agreed to, but we regret to perceive that its enlightened sentiments were not welcomed by a numerous body. Not twenty members, it is said, were present. Chambers of Commerce seem never to have found favour in England; and though their utility in collecting and distributing information may be great, they are never likely, we-believe, as they lead to neither honour nor emolument, to engage the attention or command the respect of many persons. We regret to learn, by the Hamburgh papers, received last night, that Mr. CANNING, the Bri- tish Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General lat Hamburgh, died there on the 2d inst., after a long and severe illness. He had occupied that important situation for sixteen years, was greatly respected by the mercantile class, and indeed by the people in general ; and his death, accord ing to these papers, is universally regretted at Hamburgh. He was a man of amia ble manners, and much beloved by all who knew him. We learn also from Stockholm that on the 26th of January the anniversary of the birth of BERNADOTTE, King of Sweden, was celebrated by a grand entertainment at Court, and by general rejoicing for the continued good health of the old warrior. It is stated in a Coblentz paper that, notwithstanding the late order of the KING forbidding the publication of Papal briefs and bulls without the Royal consent, Dr. GUNTHER, the administrator of the diocese, had attempted to give validity to a brief to which the KING had refused his assent. The time, we trust, is not far distant when both Government and people will unite in putting down the inso lence of the Church in every country. The Paris Journals of Tuesday have been re ceived. " Influence from a high quarter, "says one of the Journals, " is exercised in the Cham ber of Peers to weaken the almost general oppo sition which the Bill for fortifying Paris meets with in that Assembly. If the Peers were left to act according to their own convictions the Bill would undoubtedly be rejected ; but it is doubt ful whether they will have the firmness to oppose the decidedly expressed desire of the Court. We do not think that there is anything at all doubt ful about the matter. If the Peers have received an intimation from the KING, they will be sure not to disregard it. In the Chamber of Peers the Court is all powerful, for the Chamber is nothing but the mere creature of the Court. We are of course prepared for a sturdy opposition to the Bill on the part of the Royalists, because they must be sensible that theßill, in annihilating the popular supremacy, destroys the last illusory dream of the restoration of the BOURBONS. But even they in their hearts begin to regard with complacency the Conservatism of Louis PHI LIPPE, who wants but walls and forts to be as absolute in fact, though not in law, as the Cznit himself. The supporters of the Bill have no thing to fear from the patriotism or indepen dence of the Peers. We, therefore, advise them to take courage and be of good cheer. Their triumph, which is the triumph of despotism, and of barbarism over civilization and liberty, is cer tain in the Chamber of Peers. However gratify ing it would be to us to suppose that any chance remained of saving France from the infliction of a fortified capital, we are not such strangers to the materials of which the French Chamber of Peers are composed, as to rest a hope upon the patriotism of that body when patriotism is at discount at the Tuileries. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Tuesday with the Customs' Bill. A summary of the proceedings will !be found among the sub joined extracts from the Journals. The Univers states, on the authority of a letter from Jerusalem, that the English are building a Protestant church in that city. Russia, which has no church at Jerusalem, is likewise about to build one. The exequator of the Russian Consul at Beyrout is extended to Jerusalem. The return of the Austrian squadron from the Levant is announced in a letter from Trieste, re ceived in Paris on Monday. The French Journals copy from the Augsburg Gazette the following account of the retreat of IBRA HIM PACII A from Damascus:— VIENNA, JAN. 30.—According to the latest news, Ibra him Pacha retreated with his army in two divisions from Damascus. One of these divisions, commanded by Soli. man Paella, took its way by Messerie and across the desert ; whilst Ibrahim, with the other, passed through the moun tains towards Gaza. The Egyptian army decreased daily and hourly from desertion. On the day on which Soli. man Pacha left Damascus, a whole reg i ment of artillery, with its arms and ammun ition, deserted. The cavalry which was sent in pursuit was repulsed, and a second corps, which replaced that which had fled, did not return, finding it better to make common cause with the deserters. The Seraskier of Syria, lazed Mahmed Pacha, had come from Syria to Gallipoli, He was very ill. It was on the 23d that &liana left DAMASCUS with the baggage and ONDON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1841. women. Ibrahim did not leave Damascus till the 29th. About 60 officers deserted to lithe Turks. Ibrahim was molested on his journey by Kurds, :Vletualis, and Druses. Having found a letter to Scheriff Pacha from his brother, urging him to sabmit to the Porte, Ibrahim caused the former to be beheaded. The Ottoman troops under Had- Ecbi Ali Paella bad occupied Horns. The appearance of DON MIGUEL on the French frontier, is reported both in the Paris Papers of Tuesday and the Madrid Journal, Castellano, of the 2d inst. There is not, we believe, a word of truth in it. Puss AFLOAT.—The Progres du Pas de Calais relates that a sportsman, who was a few days ago duck-shooting in the inundated marshes of that country, perceived among the branches of a tree, completely isolated by the waters, an animal, the nature of which he could not at first dis tinguish. Getting into a slight skiff, he rowed to the tree, and found that a hare had taken refuge in it. Thinking he might catch his game alive, the sportsman climbed the tree to seize it. Puss, however, eluded his grasp, and leaped over his head into the little bark below, which, not being fastened, the impetus of the fall set adrift, and the current soon carried it out of the reach of the too eager sportsman, who was obliged to keep the deserted seat of his intended prey for several hours, when he was disco vered and released: BRUTAL FEROCITY.—An unusual trait of ferocious man ners in the Centel happened a few days since. Antoine Bapt, of Condit, held a wood in common with his two brothers-in-law. On the day in question he entered it with an axe, intending to cut faggots for his own use, as he had conceived be had a right to do, taking with him also a double-barrelled gun. Ere long his co-tenants came upon him, one armed with a musket, and the other with a hatchet, and after much altercation, drove him by their menaces to the edge of a precipice. In this cx. tremity Bapt discharged each of his barrels, and shot both of his assailants. One rose up again and fired at him, but missed, and then fell senseless on the earth. Bapt imme diately surrendered himself, and was committed to prison Alurat. EAST SURREY ELECTION. State of the Poll, at the several Polling Booths, up to Three o'Clock . _ Bermondsey Camberwell. Kennington.. Wandsworth. Croydon... Kingston.. Reigate.. Antrobus. Alcock .. 330 252 . . 356 . . 290 196 244 llB 168 6B 134 62 Total 1,774 TORY TRICKS.—This morning, soon after the opening of the poll, a band of hired ruffians, with Mr. Antrobus's cards in their hats, mobbed every elector who came up to the small gate leading to the Kennington booth, to vote for Mr. Alcock. Mr. J. 11. Palmer, who was thus obstructed, immediately applied to the inspector of police to have the indecent nuisance abated. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. At Tuesday'3 sitting the Chamber resumed the discus sion of the Customs' Bill, left off on the previous day upon the amendment of M. PJwels, an extensive iron founder, proposing to substitute for an ad valorem duty on ma chinery. another to be levied upon the actual weight of metal employed in its construction. Machinery intended for international navigation shall be regarded as exported and enjoy the same drawback, and a premium of 20 per cent. allowed upon machinery made in France. M. Cunin Gridaine, Minister of Commerce, said that the Government should oppose this amendment, as the tariff proposed by the committee was not open to objec tions which appeared insurmountable. Besides, the amend ment would have the effect of establishing the right of drawback upon all machinery imported, and consequently give rise to injustice. M. Vowels defended his amendment—contending that the premium of 33 per cent., accorded by the Government project of law, was an illusion ; and this was evident from the fact of the Government and Committee objecting to his proposal. The Minister of Commerce observed, that by his pro position a premium of 20 per cent. would be allowed upon imported machinery, and 20 per cent. premium on that exported ; these, added to other duties, would raise the premium to about 44 per cent. M. Porch; explained that according to his proposition the premium would in no instance exceed 20 per cent., and declated that if his amendment were rejected the result would be that the manufacture of French machinery would fall off from day to day. M. Martin du Nord combated the amendment of M. Powels, on the ground that it would be injurious to inter national navigation. M. &Haut thought that the committee had not suffi ciently protected the interest of French manufactures, and that the premium of 33 per cent. would not counter balance the prejudice which gave an imaginary superiority to whatever was manufactured in England. In his opinion M. Powel's amendment was much preferable to the system advocated by the committee. The amendment, on being put to the vote, was rejected. (Left sitting.) The Sud of Marseilles, of the 4th of February, has the following article : ' A letter, dated Malta, of the 28th of January, has the following intelligence : " The Meteor, which left Algiers on the 20th of this month for Toulon, arrived here at Malta. The violence of the wind, which has prevailed for some days, obliged this packet to take refuge in our port. The Meteor has sustained much damage, which will probably prevent it putting to sea again for a fortnight. There are on board fifteen officers and eighty privates, who will perform qua rantine here ; it is supposed that they will embark in the, packet which will leave on the 6th of February. The mail from Algiers is on board the Meteor ; the letters, about 10.000 in number, are undergoing the progress of fumigation, and will bo sent to Frarce on board the Tan credo. This vessel is in our port, waiting for the Rhamoses, of which we have no news, and which has, doubtless, been forced by the bad weather to take refuge in some pert in the Archipelago. The Tancrede will depart to-morrow, with or without the letters from the East. —Le Moni(eur. BOURSE.—PARis, TUESDAY, FEB. 9. First Highest Lowest Lass Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents ill 80 111 80 111 50 ... 111 50 4 per Cents 99 ... 99 99 .. 99 3 per Cents 75 9$ .... •;(3 75 95 ... 75 95 Rank of Prance L Mtte Bank I,ooot. Sh 1055 ...1055 ...1U55 ...1x55 50001. Shares 5145 ...5150 ...5145 ...51.7 50 Belgian Bank 5 yer Cents 98% ... VS% ... 9% ... 9 54 New Loan 98%, ... 9854 ... 964 a ... 98y4 Spanish Active Y .B ... i4jy ... 24% ... 24% Passive 6% ... 634 ... 6% ... 6.4 Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St Germain Versailles,ll. B 435 ... 435 ... 420 ... 4:0 L.B. t:2s ... 3.6 95 ... 322 50 ... 322 50 482 50 ... 482 50 ... 480 ... 480 s O t r r l i e s i h n u c , g . to Bale 215 ... 546 25 ... 243 75 .. 243 75 Rouen 469 ... 460 ... 460 ... 460 Montpellier to Cette The Madrid Journals received are of the 2nd inst. They do not contain a syllable of news of any importance. The Correo Nacional states that the following offer for the farming out of the gatc.lues in divers provinces have been made by the Government :—For Malaga, 2,951,000 rills; for Almeria, 621,000; for Cadiz, 5,350,000: for Granada, 2,741,000; for Badajoz, 570,000; for Zamora, 620,000 ; for Jaen, 451,000 ; for Carthagena, 550,000 : to; Almeria, Avila, Badajoz, Barcelona, Cadiz, Cordova, Corunna, Granada, Jaen, Malaga, Palmer, Seville, 32,150,000, These offers are under deliberation. BELGIUM. BRUS3HLS, FEB. 7.—We were mistaken in announcing, after other journals, the arrival of the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg at Brussels. Hii Royal Highness was in deed expected, but did not arrive. ............... A letter from St. Petersburgb says, thet on the 20th of January the thermometer marked 26 degrees below freezing point. Sentinels were found frozen in their sentry_ 1 o (es, on which account orders were given to relieve them tv ry ten minutes. BRUSSELS, FEB. 9.—The Senate is summoned to meet on Tuesday, the 16th of this month. For these two days past the ice and snow have rendered the roads nearly impassable, so that almost all the dili gences, mails, &c., have been delayed. Notwithstanding all the measures adopted by the Directors of the railroads, the bad weather has also caused some delay in the arrival of the trains. A thaw began yesterday, and continues to• day ; it is not rapid, but yet we hope that the severe weather is now at an end. The Arnham Courant says, " Private letters from Brussels state that the outfit for the marriage of the Countess Oultremont ;is preparing at Liege. Same re port, which however needs confirmation, says, that the re turn of the ex-King of Holland, in the month of March, is connected with the choice of a Governor of the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, which his Majesty wishes for." The Countess of Oultremont set out from Liege yea terdayfrom Berlin. —Journal de Liege. BELGIANFUNDS—BaussaLa , Fen. D. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Itothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ‘,7% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per*Cent.... 3 per Cent — Thirty.seven• 68% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. PO Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent lO2 Bank of Belgium, 5 per ..... ES% National Society . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Feb. 9. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Fins. 4, Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1620 1610 Anglo.ltussian Loan IO6•X 10fi% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se:ies lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th 1834, 4 per Cent."... lOl Series . .................................... - .......... 96% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto ....................... b per Cent Polish Bonds • 146 New Picket .............................................. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .................. ..• TIN 73% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. 1631 HAMBURG, Fes. 4.-13 s.—Two months, 13 3 s N p v i v i3 e i ti a New e L w o Loan , STOCKHOLM, JAN. 29.—Seventy-five days, 11. 38. Lamm, FEL I.—Two mo,ths, 6. 18%, VIENNA, JAN '2,l—Three months. 9. 45. tier Cents. BREMEN, JAY . 99 —Two months, 615. BERLIN, FEB. 2. —Three months, 6. IN. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Arfunws, Jan, 33, Fiveper Cents. Bietalliques .• ..... 106 Four per Cents. .................... .... ................. ...... P 9% Three per Cents• ........ .. ................ ..• ...... "•..•.... FO Bank Shares .... ..................... 4 ........................... 1643 —Aligerneme . . Feb. • 4 Zei'ung THE WEATHEi. ROYAL GALLERY OF STREE SCIENCE, ADELAIDE T. NOON, FRB, 1 1. Barometer 29'89 In. Thermometer Highest • 39 Lowest Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 D eg. This morning a gentle thaw commenced, which w e h ope will continue, as the late severe weather has caused great distress out of employment , the na vigatien of the ri ver i s closed, and the price of coals , as well as of several o th er necessaries of life, has risen considerabl are among labourers and poor people. Th ousands y, From almost every part of the country the same painful accounts are received. By a return, moved for in the last Session by Sir C. Lemon, it appears that the highest annual average price of wheat in England since the passing of the Corn laws, was in 1817, namely 94s per ei . r. The lowest price, being also the average of the year, in Russia Propor, was in 1826 nearly 16g. 9d. per qr. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were of little moment, and privat , ) , little husiness was done ; prices, however, were firm. The imps its keep light from all quarters. TEA MARKET. The market was inactive, but prices were supported. Large public sales have been declared. TALLOW MARKET. Prices of Russian were maintained, and the demand was good, both for parcels on the spot and to arrive. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The demand was good, and the supply small. The late advanced rates were fully supported. Clover, 51. to 61. 6a. ; Meadow, 41. to Si. ; Straw, 1/. 16s. to 1/. 183. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.2(.-THISDAY. LONLON, FEB. 11.—Wind this day at noon, light breeze at South, with hazy weather, and thawing fast. There were occasional light falls of rain during the night. DEAL, FEB. 10.—Wind S.S.W.--Sailed the Katha rine Stewart Forbes, Hobbs, to New Zealand; Eutine, M'Alillan, Bombay ; Jane Lockhart, Thorne, Dominica; Enchantress, Bissett, St. Kitts; Jamaica, Johnson, Anti gua; Minsz, Fiight, River Gambia; Catherine Boland, Wylie, Magadore. NOTICE TO MARINERS. HARWICH, Fan. 10.—The Gunficet Saad Beacon has been driven on shore at Walton. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, T 11' EL TE CL 0 CK. No Liverpool letter as yet received with the Cotton Market. MA NCIIIESTER STOCK EXCITANO27, FEE. 10.—The quotations are—Manchester and Birmingham, 24 to 24 13-16ths ; Ditto, Extension, :11 2 ; lilanclaes.ter and Leeds, 72 73; Ditto, Halves, 31i ; London and South Western, 57 57i ; Ashton and Oldham Canal, 169 i ; Manchester Assurance, 91. Is. 6d. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester. day's date. Accounts from the llague of the 7th February state an assemblage of bankers, merchants, and speculators took place, to address the King to direct a second issue of money in the town of Amsterdam, and it was assured that this question at this moment is the object of deliberation of the Government. BOURSE OF AMSTERDANI, FEB. 6,—Mo-wad-a-Half per Cents. 50 3.l6ths ; Five per Cents. Accounts from Berlin of the Ist February state that the differences between Russia and Prussia, relative to th• question of custom-house duties, is far from being settled. some serious explanations between the two Powers have taken place, in consequence of Russia claiming that all she has done since 1815 shall be regarded as legitimate. The accounts also state that the spirit which prevails in Poland is not favourable to the Government. Letters received from Jerusalem state that already the English have traced out a plan to build a Protestant tem ple, and the workmen have commenced the building. till rims. The British market which left off heavy at 88 for the Account, and 87i 88 for Money opened this morning with a firmer appearance, and may be quoted at present 881 for the Account; Money 88i a ; Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock 163 164; India Stock 245 247. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23i 24 ; De ferred 12b v ; Passive 5- 6 ; Portuguese 31f 32 ; Three per Cents. 193- 20 ; Brazilian 71i 721; Colombian 22i A ; Mexican 271 1; Bueno3 Ayres 21 23 ; Chiliaa 63 65 ; Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents. 491 i; Five per Cents. 98} 99. SHARES. —Great Western 23 24 prem. ; Ditto New 9f 10} preen. ; London and Brighton 7i s dis. ; Black wall •11 4 dis. ; Birmingham 84 86 prem. ; Southampton 57 58 per share ; Croydon 11,E 124 per share ; Greenwich per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15f 14} dis.; South Eastern and Dover 161 15:I dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and Brighten North Midland South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock .. HALF--PAST ONE. According to a private letter from Chusan, dated Oct. 13, the health of the troops had considerably improved since their removal into houses in the town. Fresh pro visions were becoming plentiful, if private adviccs can be de pended upon. Admiral Elliot's proceedings are relieved from syspicion of weakness which appeared to bang over them. At the mouth of the river Peiho, we aro told, au there was no appearance of the Emperor's reply arriving at the hour fixed, active preparations were made in landing the troops, &c. This movement quickened the farce of the Mandarins. The negotiations were to be opened early in Nov., at Canton. No payment for the confiscated opium to be demanded, the object of security for the future, then indemnity for the past, but the slightest attempt at delay will be considered as negative, and immediate hostilities follow. On the propriety of removing the negotiations to Canton there is a great difference of opinion. The Liverpool mail has just arrived, by which we have received the Cotton Market of Wednesday : " We have had a very flat market for Cotton to-day. The sales were confined to 2,500 bags at yesterday's prices. No communication from the Telegraph owing to the fog.', Consols may be quoted at present 88k for the ac count ; money 88k. Exchequer Bills 7 5 prcm. ; Bank stock, 1631 ; India Bonds, 11 discount. In the Foreiga Market Spanish Active has been fluc tuating from 231 24, at present 231; Deferred 12i ; Por tuguese, 311; Colombian, 22.+ ; Mexican, 27k : Buenos Ayres, 22; Dutch Two-and-a-Ralf per Cents., 491 ; Five per Cents., 98k. In the Share Market very little doing, without any ma. tens! alteration. Great Western, 88; Ditto New, 601 ; London and Brighton, 42i ; North Midland, 74; Sum!: Eastern and Dover, 1 If. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—An acciden of an unusual character happened on Tuesday, as one o the morning trains was passing between the Slough and West Drayton stations. One of the wheels belonging to a second class carriage broke up, fortunately without throwingthe train off the rails, though not without hazard to life and limb. The metal rim forming the disc of the wheel became severed and detached, leaving the bare spokes in contact with the rail. The pieces of iron thrown off, resembling the tire of ordinary carriage wheels, but of course of much greater solidity, were driven with frightful violence through the floor of the carriage, slightly injuring a female who was seated nearly over the spot, and, tiking through the slender partition or rails which divide the box compartments of the second class carriage:, inflicted a very severe injury on a gentleman with whom the piece of metal came so suddenly and unexpectedly in contact. The train was brought slowly into the Drayton station, whe e the sufferer was lifted out, and every attention promptly rendered. TILE EARL OF CARDIGAN.—We understand that on the approaching trial of the Earl of Cardigan the strangers' gallery in the House of Lords will be exclu sv.:ly occupied by Peeresses. The reporters for the public press will have places assigned to them near the bar of the THE PRIESTS' PROPERTY IN SPAIN.-M. Mendiz,bal, who is now on eight or nine electioneering lists, could get into the representation without courting the Electoral College of Mach id; his dcterm:nai n to sell the secular cl. rgy property, and his opposition to the tithes, re commending him to the ultra-Liberals, who have the upper hand. —Lefler from Madrid. On Tuesday afternoon the banking-house of Messrs. Weston and Young, Wellington -street, in the Borough, was thrown into a state of great consternation by an alai m of fire, but it was soon extinguished by the exer tions of the inmates. It originated in the chimney of the counting-house. The funeral of Doctor Olinthus Gregory, late Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy on Woolwich Common, took place on Monday morning, when, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, acd the wish of the family that it should be strictly private, a large assembly of the clergy in the town and neighbourhood, and many artillery and engineer officers of high rank at tended to pay the last tribute of respect to a gentleman whose memory will long be hold dear in that vicinity. The gentlemen invited to attend as mourners were Sir John Webb, Colonel Jones, Major Cuppage, and Sir Chapman Marshall. On the previous day the Rev. Mr. Molineux preached a funeral sermon in the new church at Woolwich to a crowded congregation. Dr. Gregory's house was open to literary and scientific men from any part of the world, and notwithstanding the laborious duties of his office, he was always ready to give detailed an swers to all applications made to him. These ap plications were very numerous from persons who had made, or thought they had made, mathematical dis coveries, and he cheerfully and candidly replied to them, as he once told the writer of this simple tribute to his character, in order to prevent those who were mistaken from pursuing what might lead them to ruin. Doctor Gregory was subjected at one period to a heavy daily ex pense of postage, and he was always subjected to expense in receiving his many learned visitors with hospitality, and thus was prevented from making much provision for his family. For the thirty-five years he was at the Ordnance Academy, he was always at his post, arid there is scarcely an artillery or engineer officer at Woolwich who has not been a pupil of his. Three small vessels were wrecked a few days back to the cast of Boulogne. It appears that they had mistaken the light on Cape Griz Nez for a light on the coast of England. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) A special Sessions of the Magistrates of the county of Middlesex was this day held at Hicks's Hail, Clerkenwell green, pursuant to adjournment, for the purpose of con sidering the motion relative to the Lunatic Asylum at lisnwell, of which the Rev. H. S. Trimmer had given notice on the I 7th December last. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, on entering the Court, suggested that as he must take a part in the proceedings of the day, it would be as well that they should elect another Chair man for this day ; he therefore proposed that Mr. James Williams do take the chair. Mr. Witenams said that he thought, as he had acted as one of the Justices up to within the last twelvemonths, it would be as well that he should not take the chair. It was ultimately arranged that Mr. Witham should act as Chairman. Mr. WITHAM having taken the chair, The CLERK read from the minutes of the last Court the motion of the Rev. H. S. Trimmer, which was to the effect that the Magistrates had read with regret the strong commendations bestowed on the mode of treatment of the patients in the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, in the Report of the Visiting Justices, and of Dr. Conelly, the Superin tendent, as it appeared that in various cases that treatment had led to results which were most appalling. Sir JOIIN SCOTT LILLIE wished to know what was to be the course of proceeding. The CHAIRMAN imagined that as on the last occasion the statement of Mr. Trimmer had been read, are as the magistrates had adjourned for the purpose of affording an opi ortunity to the Visiting Justices to meet that statement, the counter statement of those gentlemen could now be read the first thing. Sr J. S. LILLIE Ind proposed an amendment on that occasion ; he wished to know whether they would proceed to the discussion of that amendment now. The CHAIRMAN thought the proper course would be to hear the answer of the Visiting Justices first. Sir J. S. LILLIE gave notice that as soon as that state ment should have been made, he should propose his amendment as the only way of bringing the question fairly before the meeting. Mr. TULKE then] rose for the purpose cf making the counter statement cn behalf of the Visiting Justices; after expressing the embarrassment which he had felt on hear ing the grave eccusatians which the Rev. Gentleman had brought forward on the sth February against the meant merit of the Haswell Lunatic Asylum, he said that he felt confident that the Visiting Justices from the great attention which they had paid to the Asylum, were authorised in stating that the management was infi nitely better now than it had been in the time of Sir Wil liam Ellis or Dr. Millengen. The cases brought forward by the Rev. Gentleman were appalling, not only from their character, but from their number, for he had brought forward no less than 128 cases of what he denominated mismanagement or cruelty, and these cases had been brought torward for the purpose of endeavouring to show that all the various abuses which the Rev. Gentleman complained of had been caused entirely by the absence of restraint ; 112 of these cases he had brought forward on the authority of Dr. Button, late Assistant-Surgeon at the Institution ; and sixteen which he had stated had fallen under his own observation. Before proceeding to inves tigate these cases, he would remind the Court that during the time Sir William Ellis had held the office of Superin tendent, a more humane method of treatment had been in troduced into the Asylum, and that the restraint under which the patients bad previously been placed, had been much mitigated. When Dr. Millenger succeeded to Sir William Ellis, the system bad suf fered much deterioration. Dr. Millengcn had been a military surgeon, and sought to introduce a system of military discipline into the system which led to constant disputes between himself and his subordinates. Ile had also introduced a harsher system of treatment as regarded the patients ; the restraints were multiplied, and the co ercion increased. When, in consequence of the disagrc e ments which had taken place, the Visiting Jus.ice felt compelled to recommend Dr. Millirgen to retire, they almost unanimously elected Dr. Conolly as his successor, a gentleman of the highest character, and who had been designated by many most eminent medical authorities an honour to his profession, and to any institu tion with which he might be connected. Dr. Cottony had introduced another s} stem ; he gradually felt that much of the restraint employed Dr. Millengen might advan tageously be removed, and at last reason and experience had convinced him that restraint, generally speaking, might altogether be abolished. In carrying out his humane views, however, be had met with serious difficulties. The system of restraint had been a great relief to keepers and nurses, who were consequently opposed to any system likely to give them more trouble. But there was even a greater difficulty to be encountered than even their oppo sition. Dr. Conolly had, unfortunately, for his Assistant a gentleman who, although he had at one time affected to become a convert to Dr. Conolly's plan, was yet its secret enemy—( Hear, hear)—lie meant Dr. Button, who, since he had left the Institution, had shown himself in his true colours. Another most serious obstacle had arisen from the conduct of the Revserend Gentleman who had come forward as accuser on the present cccasion. That Rev. Gentleman had been one of theVisising Justices of the institution, and after he had ceased to be so he had continued his visits, although not at the same time with the other Justices. At those times he had held commu nication with Dr. Button, and the present charges were the fruits of those communications. Dr. Button had acted disingenuously, both as regarded Dr. Conolly and the Visiting Justices. He had been in the habit of keeping two journals, one an official one, to be laid before his su • periors, and the other a secret one, recording, for the benefit of the Rev. Gentleman, his particular view of the several cases, and w hich was the one which had been made use of on the present occasion. Now he would put it to every one who heard him whetherisuch con duct ought to pass uncensured. These journals differed materially from each other, and he had induced the Rev. Gentleman to become his organ on that occasion, and to bring forward these cases of alleged abuse. Now if Dr. Button had really believed these cases to have been cases of abuse, it was his duty to the patients to have made them public at once. He did not think that Dr. Button really considered them so, because, if he had looked back to the time of Sir W. Ellis and Dr. Millengen, he would have found many cases then occuring of precisely a similar nature under the system of restraint, and which had then and always been considered as the inevitable consequences of insanity. If, therefore, such was the case, the charge brought forward that those accidents had been occasioned by the want of restraint fell at once to the ground. The first class of cases were the suicidal ones, amount ing in number to three. Now, from the cases so brought forward, as cases, of suicide attempted or committed in consequence of the absence of all restraint the Court would naturally imagine that restraint was a perfect pro phylactic; they would not expect to find that any suicides were committed whilst persons were under restraint—such, however, was constantly the case. The first case brought forward of attempted suicide was the case of William Ar nold, who had been admitted Nov. 23, 1833, and had been almost constantly under restraint. This patient had sharpened the handle of a tin can in the night, and had attempted to cut his throat with it. The date of this attempt had been most dexterously omitted in the charge, bad it been given it would have been that this had occurred 24th August, 1838, long anterior to Dr. Conolly's appointment, and at a time when the man himself was actually under restraint, and the system of restraint was in full operation. The next case was that of Christopher Latime, who had been discharged cured— who, while an inmate of the Asylum had never exhibited any symptoms of a suicidal tendency, but who a month after his discharge, had held a relapse and had then committed suicide. Now, surely it could never be intended to bring forward a matter of charge against Dr. Conolly that he had not foreseen that after his discharge the man would have relapse; but even had he foreseen it would have been contrary to law to keep the man in the asylum after he had been cured. Dr. Begly had given it his opinion that the man at the time of his discharge was perfectly cured. The next case was that of Fanny Ay ton. Mr. SERJEANT HALCOMB rose to order; he had under stood that the case of Fanny Ayton had not been brought forward by the 'Rev. gentleman on that occasion. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS said the case of Fanny Ayton had been distinctly alluded to at the Michaelmas Sessions. Rev. H. S. TRIMMER had not yet brought it forward as one of the cases on which he founded his motion. [We shall give the remainder in our Second Edition, i concluded.] THE FACTORY ACT.—Yesterday (Wednesday) a number of manufacturers and their servants were sum moned before the Borough Magistrates for various infringe ments of the Factory Act. In nearly all the cases a con viction, in mitigated penalties, took place. Leeds Journal. On inquiry at Trinity Lodge last evening, we were informed that Dr. Wordsworth, the Master of Trinity College, is recovering the eff.cts of his late accident (a fall from his horse), and that his convalescence may shortly be anticipated.—Cambridge Advertiser. FURTHER MORTALITY AMONGST THE CON-. VICTS AT Wonwicii.—On \Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr. C. J. Carttar, at the Salutation Tavern, near the Arsenal gates, Woolwich, upon the bodies of Richard Annis, aged 19 years, William Bostock, aged 19 years, and George Smith, aged 30 years, convicts under sentence of transportation. Dr. Hope, of the hospital-ship, sworn, said that the deceased George Smith was placed under his care ox the 31st ult., and died on the same day almost immediately afterwards, from congestion of the gall duct. The deceased had exhibited intense dejection of mind. The convict Annis had died suddenly under Dr. Hope's care from inflammation of the chest. The Doctor said that every possible care was taken of the tick convicts under his charge. Dr. Bossy, sworn, said that the convict affectionßost Rostock w o n t. sounderthe e chest, brought b e r a n r u e g , h a t n d o n that by he had died from au atmospheric causes. men bad met their death from natural , cause , by The Jury returned a verdict " That the three unhappy , a clear the violence of any person or persons.' so kf PERSONAL Nnatannrde,sb rbiegshtt passportcAo mDvieAxt complexion, n T ADVANTAGES.—TiIe favourableG E .s. reception, en e pnt possessionn preserved,nsd Lotion, which removes every local irritability and discoloration o f with pleasing facility by the j u s se at o ni f i G ne owland the skin. For toilet purposes the lotion presents sustaining and refreshing properties of the most effective kind, at tended in all cases by impro vement and g eneral ly satisfac tory results. " Robert Shaw, London," is engraved on P r i ces , 2s. 9d. ; 53. 6d. ; quarts, Bs, the stamp. 6d. Sold by all respectable perfumers and medi c i ne vendors. S ERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On 'Tuesday, Womb well's exhibition of wild beasts arrived at Woolwich, and in the evening was opened for the admission of the public. A boy, named Cornish , son of a butche r in Hare-stree having gone too near the cage in which the lions are ker,t ti , one of the animals seized him by th e arm and dreadfully ofla th cera e te h d ea i d t,. inflictingbessiodeislowerful was the hold th e li on h a d of a severe w oun d on the scalp the boy, that it required the strength of two men to ex tricate him. The sufferer was found to be so severely hurt, that he was removed without delay to Guy's Hospital, in I London. 95:3 EVENING EDITION. LITERATURE. ETHEL STAN. Moxon, London, 1841. Ethelstan is a " dramatic chronicle," so its author modestly calls it, disclaiming the more ambitious title of tragedy, of the days of our Saxon forefathers, a gallant race of men of whom Mr. Darley, in his preface, speaks with enthu siasm. " Surely," says he, " a nobler people never existed ! By them were the great tables of constitutional law rough-hewn and engraved; by them was civil freedom first established, and not for themselves alone, but all nations, as each has, or shall, become fit to receive it." We cor dially agree with our author in his praises of the old Saxon race. They were indeed a high minded, adventurous, and, considering the state of European civilization at that period, an en lightened people, who have been most unjustly considered as inferior to the Normans, their con querors and oppressors. Sharon Turner is almost the first of our historians who has done them .justice; and we have often wondered, on perus ing his interesting and carefully considered his tory of the An g l o -S axons , th at some o f t h e many stirring incidents therein recorded, have not yet furnished a theme for the pen of the poet or the novelist. The wild adventures of the Sea- Kings, which Mr. Turner has related with such animation, would form an excellent subject for a prose romance; and we would recommend Mr. Ainsworth to direct his attention to this episode in our early chronicles, for, if we mistake not, he would turn it to excellent account. In the play before us, Mr. Dailey has sketched two of these Scandinavian prince-pirates, in the persons of Froda and Dorm, but they occupy a very subor dinate station among his dramatis personce, a n d indeed are pourtrayed merely in water-colours,the artist having devoted his whole strength, both of conception and execution, to the development of the character of his hero, Ethelstan, the Saxon King of Wessex, who is represented as labouring under the deepest remorse for the murder of his brother Edwin. But the principal charm of the piece is its poetry, which is full of nature and simplicity, as will be seen by the following pic turesque and heart-felt description : .Ethelstan. Pleasant, in these dim woods where Quiet dwells, To bold sweet under-talk with her, whose voice Spirit-like, whispers us beneath the bcughs, Herself unseen ! Pleasant with light foot-fall To press rich Autumn's bed of russet leaves, Make the warm-smelling moss give out its odour, And here, unbonneted, in sunless noon, Drink the green air, refreshing both to sense And soul world-wearied I----Blest the Woodman sure Who lives his lusty life out hefr, and whistles it Lark-like away, the blither nearer heaven ! Perchance he hath his hut among these bowers, His wife beloved and babe ?—some one that smiles Cheer thee ! when drooping he goes home at eve— Bat Ethelstan 1 crown'd Ethelstan !! FINE ARTS. ILLUSTRATIONS OF MASTER HUM.- PHREY'S CLOCK. Tyas, London, 1841. A series of Plates illustrative of the chief inci dents and characters detailed in Boz's last prose work. A Part is published monthly, and contains four engravings, of which those that we have seen, are entitled to praise for the ingenious man ner in winch the different subjects are handled. ACCIDENT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.—The following account of the alarming accident which occurred to Prince Albert, in the gardens of Buek ingham Palace, on the morning of Tuesday last, may be relied on : —lt appears that his Royal Highness was walk ing in the Royal gardens, in the company of her Majesty, the only attendant present being the Hon. Miss Murray, one of the Maids of Honour in Waiting upon the Queen. It not being understood by Colonel Bouverie and ,Lieu tenant F. Seymour, the Equerry and Groom of the Beet chamber in Waiting upon the Prince, that his Royal High. ness intended to skate that morning, they were not, as usual, in attendaece upon the Prince, who had left the Palace with her Majesty without their knowledge. After walking for a short time with the Queen on the margin of the lake, his Royal Highness put on his skates and left her Majesty, who remained watch ing the movements of the Prince from the gar dens. He had not been on the ice more than two or three minutes, when, as he was proceeding at a rapid rate towards the spot where the:Queen was standing, and had reached within about three or four feet of the water's edge, the ice suddenly broke, and, instantaneously, he was immersed in the water. His Royal Highness immediat - dy rose to the surface, when her Majesty, pith great presence of mind, joined her hard to that of the Honourable Miss Murray (telling her to stand firm and botray no fear), and, extending her right hand to that of the Prince, dragged him to the shore. Her Majesty manifested the greatest courage upon the occasion, and acted with the most intrepid coolness. As soon as the Prince was safe on dry ground, the Queen gave way to the natural ernotione of j:y and thankfulness at his providential escape. The Prince then lost no time in proceeding to the Palace, where a warm bath was immediately prepared, and his Royal Highness, within an hour afterwards, was suffi ciently well to receive the King of the Belgians upon his Majesty's arrival from Claremont. The ice in the centre of the lake being nearly a foot in thickness, some surprise has been created that the accident should have occurred ; but it appears that the keepers ;appointed to attend to the numerous and various aquatic birds which are preserved in the gardens of the Palace, had broken the ice all along the sides of the lake, to enable them to take the water dun mg the frost. These portions had again become slightly frozen over since they were broken at an early part of the morning. This was unknown to the Prince or the Queen, and hence the accident occurred. There were no persons present at the time, connected with the gardens, to point out the danger to his Royal Highness. Yesterday morn ing the Prince was suffering from the effects of a slight cold; but beyond this, his Royal Highness has sustained no inconvenience. FIRE IN MANCIIESTER.—On Monday morn ing last a fire broke out in the warehouse of M essre. Crafts and Sta, American merchants (a large and lofty build ing in George-street and Nicholas-street), which, from the rapidity with which it spread, and the value of property destroyed in so short a time, is, we believe, unexampled in Manchester. The premises consisted of a warehouse occupied by Messrs. Crafts and Steil, which fronted Nicholas-street and George-street, six stories in height, 30 yards long and 13 yards wide. It seems that a man whose duty it is to open the warehouse was proceeding to clean out at a private room, when, about seven o'clock, he heard a loud report, resembling that of a cannon, and which appeared to him to proceed from the cellar. He immediately hastened thither to sec what had happened, and then found that the end of the hot water pipes resting in that furnace from which the warerooms were warmed, had burst, and in the explosion had scattered the burning coals and cinders in the furnace, all over the cellar, which contained a considerable quantity of dry goods. These caught fire, and were burning when the man entered the cellar; and he immediately attempted to extinguish the flames, but they spread so rapidly, that he was speedily obliged to desist; and he escaped with some difficulty, his whiskers and hair being singed ; and in less than ten minutes afterwards, the fire had found its way up the well holes, and burst out at the top of the warehouse. He instantly gave the alarm. The total damage is supposed to be from 16,000/. to 18,000/. All that is left of the warehouses is the wall fronting St. James's-street, and a small portion of the wall in Nicholas -street. In concluding our notice of this fire, we have to state, that the warehouse of Messrs. Bar bour and Brothers, in Portland -street, was set on fire, on Monday morning, by the same means—the bursting of the hot-water pipe ; and that the warehouse of Mr. Alexander Henry, York , street and Portland -street, was also net on fire, on the same day, in the same manner; but, in both cases, the flames were immediately extinguished. A hot water pipe in the warehouse of Mr. Isaac Hudson, whole sale haberdasher, &c. 114, Market-street, also burst the other day, in a similar way; and these are, in all proba bility, not the only instances of the kind—indicative at o n n f et the e o f the necessity ssiextremetr eng of s s oin v ri e m ty e o a f n s t b h e e i e d s L e . n v frost, sed t and also o prevent the recurrence in future of such accidents.—Manchester Guardian. THE GREEN PARK.—The metamorphosi s o f the Green Park, which has already been carried to a con -0 low.rti on s of As thet the ed g ipl r s, o epair u rnngi n gtne d asig; , , a l levelling l fi i If ing s° "lupe others o f vi, t ti i t i siderable extent, is still being actively proceeded with under the direction of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. A number of labourers are busily engaged in h e wib ehh h ivac i g rlhdt h el c c:y r :dr a.e p n a Large iron p p a o r r k t i: f i e n n s ci of " advances the park will scarcely be known as the for mer " Given Park" (not spot) in " Memory's waste,' lions ; and the numerous foot-paths which diverged preparatory to being covered with young hwave"bmeePnieetenlcYlosweidll from the St. James's Park entrance to gravel 11 de y Park Cor ner have all disappe are d, one b road walk in lieu of these having be e n f orme d down the centre from the sentry-bcx at the back of York-house to the triumphal arch at the end of Grosvenor-place. The greater part of the south-side of th e Green-park, k, which used to be the resort of nursery m a id s and children, will be thickly planted with trees and shrubs, f • orming a thelter to the north and east points of Buckingham Palace; the appearance of which will, by the alterations in progress, be very much im proved; and the loyalty of lwill, d b I • the peop.e ou t ess, in duce them readily to acquiesce in the partial inclosure of this " lung" of the metropolis. Several other parts of the Pa r k w ill also be planted with a variety of ornamental trees and shrubs, which will render its appearance from Piccadilly in the summer much more pleasing to the oyo than formerly. Mr. William Hone, the author of " The Every Day Book," and other publications, is now, at the age of sixty years, disabled, by bodily infirmity and the effects of two paralytic seizures, from providing the means of supeortin • •g himself and his dependent family. For the last five years the post of sub-editor of the Patriot news paper was his sole dependence ; and this he would have continued to retain, had he not been thus incapacitated for discharging the laborious duties of the office. Some of his friends who admire his talents and esteem his Christian character, have formed themselves irto a Com mittee, for the purpose of raising contributions for secur ing to him an income sufficient to save him from penury in his declining years. Among ethers arc—Mr. Alderman Pirie, Freeman's-court, Cornhill, the treasurer; Thomas Piper, sen., Esq. ; Thomas a il . Ch ~ s, Esq., and Apsley Pellatt, Esq., who ar© trusteese.Ca b 'or m ri ge Paper,