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I EVENING EDITION. knowledge of the prisoner at the bar, your ilrdships Will s ee that it is not evidenc e against 01' .It has app eare d t h at h e k new not hi ng about i that he ne ver saw th e car d , an d there fore I submit to . your Lordships, that it ought 4t Earl to be g i ven in evidence against the Noble sTie , ITTORNEY-GEN ER A L —Th e w it ness canno t tel whether it was the gentleman himself or the Person who accompanied him that gave the c ard; but it was given by either of them. But su pposing that it did contain the real address of Captain 'Puckett, and that was No. 13, Hamilton- Plate, and thereupon the witness going to that Hamilton place, sees the wounded gentleman, would not tu at, my Lords, be a d m i ss ibl e evidence, this trial ?—lt is entirely for your Lordships BaY—iadeed, the only question is, whether it a dmissible or not. It appears that the card " a l given in the presence of the Earl of Cardi- Fall. Then I submit to your Lordships it ought to he given in evidence. A PEER —Do you mean to contend that be cause it w as g i ven to him in the presence of the „ s t ar,' of Cardi gan, t h e prisoner at the bar, that mikes it evidence? f The ATT ORNEY- G ENERAL—By no means ; far a r°lll it. But thi s car d i s to b e cons i dered merely she addr ess o f t h e person who gave it. _t ir W. FOLLETT—But you are stating the con tents of it? • tl The ATT ORNEY-GENERAL —No, I abstain from plait But when a per son w i s h es a person to call eis house, and gives a card such as this is, it dustbe Presumcd that it contains his address, st a.tin.g his name and place of abode, I sub would be admissible as such, and not of it would thground o f it s b e i ng g i ven i n t h e presence e Nobl e P r i soner. d ~ W. m FOLLETT—The ordinary rules of evi eaace are is not usual te inn same i civil and criminal cases either to press matters of e . ,!` - `cece of whi c h t h ere i s a doubt that they ' 4 Tiiis prosecution is. conducted in the 4 41 mode, an d the Attorney-General now to e the to sub m i t i n ev id ence w h at i s contrary ti ni ta c ordina r y ru l e, an d h e i s as ki ng to prove an reja P t ert le ant fact by an apparent admission u Noble Earl w a s aware ofwhat was writ ten on the card. I ask whether that should be remitted in - evidence against the prisoner. Your wr 4s ltiPs must see that this is an important fact, it letl!er your Lordships are prepared to say w i t i °l- 1d be pro ve d u p on t h e s t a t emen t o f a p erson not ° `lid not know who gave the card. It does appear that the Earl of Cardigan ever saw or the ew what was writtedon the card. I submit, deuceretbre, that it should not be brought in evi against the Noble Lord. thi, I " Loßn HIGH STEWARD—TiIe decision upon d ep - Ouestion, if we are called upon ultimately to s - ",e upon it, can be postponed. Arreuastlan Byron Dann, examined by the u °lls AY-GENErtAL. e t/ w old are you? Fourteen years last u gust. iks 'l t re You the son of Thomas Dann, the / es, witne ss , t h e m ill er o f Wi m bl e d on . ho ()11 iii the 12th of September last were you at In Your father's house I—Yes. Itt lyth t L .ue afternoon of that day, did you observe IN, lug that attracted your notice ?—Yes. I Ch a i St anding at the mill door and saw a post b.sde on the. roa d. 'cl4` ). You observe that post-chaise I—Yes. li o „ e ,re l ---On the road.—(Laughter.) far from your father's mill I—Nearly half here did the post-chaise go to I—lt stood still. -N ow did you see any one in the post-chaise ? Yes, v ot at th at t i me. 4 You afterwards see another post-chaise ? 14 - ) 1, - ?, w far were you from it?—Near a quarter of th ais You see any person come from the post e ?—No • , Ite rp ' s You see any person near Al—Yes ; there th e 'lvo persons about a hundred yards from 11,1)0st-chaise. ttb o v ut h . a t were they doing I—They were walking sec th ou Y see them do anything there ?—I could *hat i a t t l hey did something, but did not know the Stage of the mill. te e on the stage of the mill, what did you saw gentlemen walking about. many were there ?—Five, Sir. tw o "iw Were they arranged ?—Two in one place, C tir ,f l , another, and one at the corner of Mr. What garden. w4lat did they dol—They separated. 10 separated ?—The two. Th — e i t r they 3 ' walk separated, where did they go 1— tl4, ed about a little while, and then the Is ar ttes came and met. at was then done ?—They walked about a -w.‘e or so, and then knelt down together. what then—were they near each other Nv.;Kneelingl—Close together. tote ht did those two who were kneeling close 114„ th t er ?—They got up in about, two or three - ` e s and stood back to back, and then walked Wi t : s ix paces from each other. (44; 4 ' 1 Was th en d on e ?—They beckoned to the ' w o gentlemen. to ok "hat thelll—The other gentlemen ca me and t in t. .e Pistols, and fired. I di ( f ,Y° ll know the gentleman who fired I — l n ot know them at the time. bar way say whether the Noble Lord at the I) o '4' one of them ?—Ye's, Sir. tsh, Yobean w il know who the other was ? • FOLLETT objected to this question ; it was then withdra7n.l, vowsvows th u nnation resumed—Having fir ed, what Pist ol done I—The seconds gave the m other s; A - sh oul d oble Lord ear his suggested that the witness be placed o n a c hair, as they could not The answers distinctly. most 4)0,4 4T TORNEY-GENERAL said he was ble )118 to make the answers of the witness au d . 1- A wi Pout rep ea ti ng th em . Pike e d ` la ir was th e n procured, and the witness Yo e On it, when the examination proceeded. tol ) -11 said the seconds gave them another pis of them I—Yes, Sir. . yard s n ear were you at the time I—About 100 w h ' h eroin th em . 4or ie ~e n they go t th e o th er pi s t o l s , w hat was fi -- The s econ d s came awa y f rom th em , an d hat you do then 1-1 went up to them. • glrl, - 1 54 Y his Lordship (pointing to Lord Cardi themw,4°...vas in front of the witness) was one of Did Yes. his observe anything in his Lordship's w is not then. % el :at did you observe I—My father was there Y e , tl eol ‘, but tell me w h at you saw ?—I saw a gen eal„l'kand the d oc t or exam ining the wound. Y ou 'e one of the gentlemen who fired ?—Yes. " 0 0 4 ,o s aY you saw the doctor examining the Sir. ueciL:Vn see whether the gentleman was woun- CS tt ow • law as `Lid you know that he was wounded ?—I Iv le b lood. wts there much blood ?—Yes, a great deal. er t °l) of e b i j e ( lid you see him wounded ?•--Just at the y o .. fath .A hibefp. - .e then came up ?—He was there IVIIn t ' h"lite f ‘ was then done ?—They walked up to our T O Di mill ?—Yes. W.41,114:1i°t.t.41 go along with them ?—Yes, Sir.' ya rd at b e:a lv m h e ile o . t them I—They walked in.our t\‘ `',"ot how long ?—About a quarter of an hour AqiitY minutes. his d o 't did they do then I—The gentleman and tiolse.tor went into 'the house. es Ong did they remain there I—About five AA'es 0 0;: o b f a t t i l became of them then I—They got into , Wh c , "e post-chaises. Reti t l e got into the post-chaise I—The wounded genti e llt an and the doctor, and one of the other Whiten' and th en they drove off. Wen tl e tt ,„ me of Lord Cardigan and the other to th e ilex ° M s t y - f h at a l i i s e e r . walked with them over Th- n °beea • s cros s, You lost sight of them?—Yes, Sir. You .v.exitillined by Mr. WRANGHAM—Haire Y es been examined on this subject before s efOr ll _,, or e the Magistrates?—No, Sir. e the Grand Jury?-.-Yes. ti uo told lad a s YOU to go before the Grand Jury?— ' sup you ii .a4 gave you the subpoena Busain. Y 94 w Y o u been exam i ne d b y any one before ' s ir ere examined by the Grand Jury I—No, T i e o. l l ‘. have not told any one ?—No, Sir. 'youe,LYou since told it to any one ?—No, Sir. W ent to l l t ve not told it to any one since ?—I I thou th e so. Did you tell it to any one tie ._ es. Yo u t 3 u go with your father I—Yes. y r _ , Te re examined by Mr. Vizard ? Yes. 4 bi # ll e "4: 4- r Y when you first saw them you were at 2'N-vtts ...?f the mill ?—Yes. father there ?—No. 4 4. went uPon the stage of the Was your father there ?—Yes, Sir. How far was it from the door of the mill to the place where you saw those gentleman ?—About 220 yards. About 100 yards from the post-chaises ?—No, Sir, about half a mile. I understood you to say that the spot where the gentlemen were when you first saw them was one hundred yards from the post chaises ?—When I first saw the gentlemen—(a pause)—then they walked about. Was that about one hundred yards distant from the post chaises ?—Yes, Sir. .Were the post-chaises together?—No, Sir. How came you to say the gentlemen were 100 yards from the post-chaises?—They were about 100 yards when I first saw them. And the chaises were not together?—No. How far were the chaises from each other?— About a quarter of a mile. Now I want you to explain how it was that the gentlemen were only 100 yards distant from the chaises, when you say the chaises were a quar ter of a mile from each other I—The parties were not together. There were two parties, and two in each party. Then do you mean to say that the two gentle men were 100 yards from one of the post-chaises and the other two 100 yards from the other post chaisel—Yes, Sir. And the chaises were 100 yards apart ? Yes Sir. Were the two gentlemen whom you afterwards saw kneel down the parties who came out of one of the post-chaises ?—No, Sir, one of each party went and knelt down. Did you not tell me just now that the two gen tlemen who knelt down were a quarter of a mile from one of the post-chaises ,? —No, Sir. [The shorthand-writer's notes were here re ferred to.] Mr. WA DDINGTON- 7 HC said that one of each party knelt down. Explain to their Lordships what you mean ? I mean the two gentlemen were 100 yards from ear+ of the post-chaises ; two of them came and. met, and walked about together, and then they knelt down. At the time when the two gentlemen knelt down together, how far were you from them? — About ,`2l) yards. Could you clearly discern who the parties were who knelt down ?—No, Sir. Could you distinguish who the parties wen who did not kneel down ?—No, Sir. Could you tell if Lord Cardigan was one of the parties who knelt down ?—He did not kneel down. How could you tell that?—l could see who they were. I understood you to say that at that distance you could not distinguish who the parties were who knelt down ?—I could see who they were. I thought you said you could not distinguish them at the distance of 220 paces ?—I could dis tinguish the other two. How long did you remain on the stage of the mill ?—Not a minute. Were you there when the firing took place?—No. Where were you then ?—When the last ,firing took place I was half-way to the gate. Where were you when the first firing took place ?—Upon the stage of the mill when the first firing took place. Was your father on the stage at that time ? No, Sir. When did he come upon the stage ?—He was not up at that time. He came up a moment after. Did you see your father get up ?—No, Sir. Did you see where your father was when the two firings took place ?—He was at the gate, but I did not see him. You could not see him ?—No, Sir. Then you remained on the stage about a mi nute after the first shot was fired ?—Yes, Sir. Were there one or two shots fired2—l heard one report. And the same at the second fire ?=-Yes. Did you follow your father to the ground ?—: Yes, he was there when I got up. You saw a gentleman wounded ?—Yes, Sir. What makes you say you saw a gentleman wounded ?—I saw his blood. Was he on the ground when you saw the blood you talk of ?—Yes. You mean standing on the ground ?—Yes, standing. You did not see him afterwards at the mill?— I saw him get out of his carriage. You have never seen him since ?—No. NO; before ?—No, except on that occasion. All you know is then, that you saw a gentle man wounded—that you do not know that you eversaw before and have never seen again?—Yes. Then why do you speak of the wounded gen tleman as Captain Tuckett?—My father told me so. That is not evidence. Of yourself you know nothing except what your father told you ? Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Were you on the stage of the mill when you first observed the carriages ?—No. Where were you then ?—At the mill door. And then you got up upon the stage ?—Yes. How far were the parties from each other ? About 100 yards each. Were they two and two?—Yes. How far was one couple from the other ? About 150 yards. Did you see each party go towards the other ? —Yes. One of each of the parties knelt down ?—Yes. Did you see this from the stage of the mill ? Yes. What interval was there between the first and second shots ?—Not about more than a minute. How far was it from the mill that the two shots were fired ?-100 yards, or a little more. Did you go up to the place where the gentle men were standing ?—Yes. Did the wounded gentleman hold anything in his hand ?—No. Had Lord Cardigan anything in his hand?— No, not at that time. How far was Lord. Cardigan from the wounded gentleman ?—About a• dozen yards. By Lord AUDLEY—Don't people sometimes come upon the Common to shoot small birds ? Yes. How can you tell that the reports you heard were not caused by persons so engaged ?—Be cause I saw the smoke come from the pistols that the gentlemen held in their hands. The witness then withdrew. Sarah Dann was then called in, and examined by Mr. WADDINGDON. Are you the wife of Mr. Dann, the miller of Wimbleton ?—I am. Were you at your husband's mill on the after noon of Saturday, the 12th of September last 1- 7 I was. Did your husband give you directions to watch any persons at that time ?—He did. In consequence of what he said to you, where did you go ?—On the stage of the mill. Tell me what you saw when you went on . the stage of the mill by his direc tions?—l saw two gentlemen kneeling on the Common ? in the direction of the gate. At what distance were you from the gate ? About 220 yards. Where were the two other gentlemen ?—One on the left and the other on the right of the first two. - - Did you see a fifth gentleman ?—I did. Where was he standing?—On the Common, little distance from the others. What did the first two gentlemen do after you saw them kneeling ?—I saw them knocking or hammering something into two pistols, each of them into one. Was that while they were kneeling on the ground?—Yes, it was. What did their do afterwards ?—I saw them apparently holding the pistols up together. Was each holding up one pistol ?—After this they apparently held up the pistols. What did they do ?—They stood upright. What did they do when they got up ?—They walked a few paces from each other in different directions. Back to back ?—Yes. How far ?—Each about five or six paces. What did they do when they stopped ?—Each beckoned to another gentleman standing at a distance. TO BE CONTINUED IN OUR SECOND EDITION. ON A LATE IMMERSION. - (Froth the Atherucum) : Long life and hard frosts to the fortunate Prince I And for many a skating may Providence spare him I For, surely, his accident served to evince That the Queen dearly loved, tho' the ice couldn't bear him t His Majesty the King of the Belgians will close his visit to the Queen on Thursday sr Friday next, when his Majesty leaves Buckingham Palace for Dover, from whence the illustrious visitor will be conveyed in one of the Government packets to Ostend en route to Brussels. The Adelphi Theatre was visited last night by the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland. his Royal Highness . Prince George of Cambridge, the Earls Chester fi eld and March, Lords Ward and Seabam, the Marquis of Headfort. Lords Bective, Gardiner, Seymour, to witness the new Ballet Burletta. 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WILLIAM HUTI', Esq., M.P., Chairman. JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Thos. Holdsworth, Brooking, I Jacob Montcfiore, Esq. Esq. I Geo. Robert Smith, Esq. M. P. Henry Buckle, Esq. I Captain Mark Halpea Sweny, Charles Enderb7, Esq. R.N. I James Irving, Esq. Edw. Gibbon Wakefield. Esq. The DIRECTORS of the WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY hereby Give Notice, That they are ready 'to DISPOSE OF LAND, consisting both of Town and Rural Sections, in the New Settlement of AUSTRALIND. Terms and conditions may be had, on application to the Se cretary of the Company, either personally or by letter. By Order of the Board, C. H. SMITH, Secretary. Western Australian Company's Office, 33, Old Broad-street, February 12, 1841. VIIHE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the 1 NEW ZEALAND COMPANY HEREBY GIVE. NOTICE, that the EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in the said Company, sum moned and advertised to be holden on TUESDAY the 23d Feb ruary instant, is unavoidably POSTPONED. . By order of the Court, JOHN WARD, Secretary. • Dated the 15th February, 1841. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they require the services of One Principal Civil Engineer and Surveyor, six Assistants, ten Youths as Im provers or Paid. Apprentices, six Foremen and sixty Working men, to form part of the Preliminary Expedition of the Second Colony of New Zealand, which it is the intention of the Court to despatch from this country in the middle of April next. Particulars of the Terms and Conditions of these Appoint ments may be obtained from the secretary, and candidates for the same are requested to apply by letter, addressed to the Se cretary, inclosing copies of Testimonials as to qualifications and character, on or before FRIDAY, the sth of March. It is requisite that the foremen and working men should be married, under thirty years of age ; and the Company will tiri dertake to provide a free passage for their wives and families with the main expedition of colonists, which it is intended to despatch from this country in the month of August next. By order of the Court. JOHN WARD, Secretary. New Zealand House, Broad-ereet-buildings, Feb. 15, 1841. SECOND COLONY of NEW ZEALAND. Under the Direction of THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. 430i'ERNOR-JOSEPH SOMES, Esq. DEruTr-GovEnwon—Hon. FRANCIS BARING, M.P. DIRECTORS. Viscount Ingestre, M. P. Sir W. Moleaworth, Bt., M. P. Lord Pet re Alexander Nairne, Esq. Henry A. Aglionby, Esq.,M.P. John Pi rie, John Ellerker Boulcott, Esq. Sir Gco. Sinclair, Bart., M.P. John William Buckl., Esq. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. W. Taylor Copeland, Esq., Wm. Thompson, Esq., Ald., Ald. M.P. M.P. Rtissell Ellice, Esq. Hon. F. J. Tollemache, M.P. James Robert Gowen, Esq. Edward G. Wakefield, Esq. John Hine, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bari. William Hutt, Esq., M.P. Arthur Willis, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. George Frederick Young, Esq. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that en MONDAY the lit March next, the Directors will be ready to receive applica tions from Colonists and others desirous of purchasing Lands in a new settlement about to be formed in connexion with a se cond colony upon the Company's territories in New Zealand. The Land will be offered in Lots of 201 Acres each, including one Town Acre, at the price of 3001. for each Lot. The pur chase-monies will be applied in the manner specified in the terms of purchase; which may be had on application at the Company's House. By order of the Court, JOHN WARD, Secretary. New Zealand House, Broad-street-buildings, Feb. 15,1840. - COMPANION TO THE " TOWER OF LONDON." THE FIRST PART of Mr. AINS WORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, to be Completed, like the " Tower of London," in Thirteen Shilling .Numbers, with Three Illustrations on Steel, and Wood-cuts. in each, and to be entitled , " WINDSOR CASTLE," will appear on the Ist a May. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. THE NEW NOVEL. THE MONEYED MAN; Or, THE LESSON OF A LIFE. By HORACE SMITH, Esq., Author of " Brambletye House," " Reuben Apsley," &c. IS NOW READY, in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GORE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. R S. G O RE'S " EVILL E ;" Or, A SEASON HI PARIS. " Mrs. Gore has here presented us with another of those delightful pictures of society of the first class for which Eng lish imaginative literature stands so much indebted to her We have read Grcville ' with the greatest interest.—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough. street. Mil. COLBURN'S LIST 01.' NEW WORKS in HISTORY, ,BIOGRAPHY, TRA VEL, FICTION, &c., IS NOW READY, and may be obtained Gratis of every Bookseller throughout the Kingdom. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Agents ! for Scotland, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland, John Cumming, Dublin. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, FEB. 16, Will be actesitVe New Comedy, in Two Acts, entitled: THE WHITE MILLINER. Lord Ortolan, Mr. C. Mathews ; !ustice Twilight, Mr. W. Farren ; Robert Conway, Mr. J. Vining; Saul Sneezurn, Mr. Keeley ; Ladv Ortolan, Miss Cooper ; Albina, Madame Ves t ris ; Mrs. Slellewpear, Mrs. C. Jones ; Betty Furbelow, Mrs. Hamby. After which, the New Farce, in One Act, entitled BROTHER BEN. Commodore Cetlass, Mr. Bartiey ; Benjamin. Bowles, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Shuffieton, Mr, liarley; Dorothy, C. Jones. Ts conclude with The GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith; Clown, Mr.. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Mo-olli ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. To-morrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with The Now Pantomime. _ _ --- Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second ?me, 23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 23. ; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxy; to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets stay se had apen application. Private BOXL4 to be had seelv of Mr. Ands ews, bookseller 167. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Extraordinary triumph achieved—The present performances more attrative than ever, roars of laughter and shouts of applause attend the scene that caused tl'c late extraordinary excitement in France. THIS EVENING, FEB. 16, Will be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaax liyans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Crinkshanks. Xfter which will he repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE •, OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the astonishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask Vaulter will be given, as well as Brunning's Grand Dioramic Synopsis of Syria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri valled Boleno Family; Mr. Southby, the Original Clown; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; the astonishing Gyainastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Franconi's, at Paris ; and the celebrated scene and duet between the Gallic Cock and the English Bull Deg. 1-11611 WATER AT LONDON BUDGE TO.BIOIIItO W. )lorning 5 minutes after 11 I Evening —.31 rninutex after 11. The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tint SUN corn menoed at 25 minutes after Four. . Ztt ~ wt. LONDON: TUESDAX, FEBRUARY 16, 1841. The House of Lords stood adjourned over last night. The House of Commons met at the usual hour, and received a considerable number of petitions; none of which require to be specifically men- timed. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY asked the Hon. Member for Carnarvou if he meant to impugn the Report of the Dublin and London Railway Commission ers, and was answered by Mr. OR. GORE, jun. , 5, a Zi k • tr olk 10, - 1 9 2 a*. 0 4 -7 ;' 3.1 -- D , M C , fr. l- 1 - -1 that he' would take his own time and his own course, but would give notice if he m cant to mak e a motion on the subject. In answer to Mr. GROTE, Mr. LA ROUCHERE admitted that some inconvenience had been caused to the wine and spirit trade, by the sus pension of the negotiations with France, as to the Commercial Treaty, but he hoped soon to be enabled to state that the contemplated commer cial relations with France were completed. It was settled between Sir E. SUGDEN and Lord, JOH RUSSELL that the opposition to Sir En- WARD'S Bill for the Improvement of the Admi nistration of Justice, should take place on the Bill going into Committee. On the Report on .the Customs' Acts, for lower ing the duties on East India Rum, being brought up, Mr. O'CONNELL made a ipeoch which is deE titute of his usual clearness. His pictures of the famines in India were indeed startling, but we know not how they will be increased by lower ing the duties on Indian produce. The condition of India, however, and the tenure of land there, is mach too large a subject to be so incidentally discussed. The Report, after a few observations by Mr. HOGG, Mr. HUME, and Mr. EWART, was received, and a Bill founded on it brought in and read a first time. On the Report being brought up concerning Lord KEANE, Mr. EWART gave notice that he would move, when the Bill founded on the Report went into Committee, to limit the annuity to Lord KEANE'S life. The Report was received, and a Bill founded on it ordered to be brought in. The two Bills for the AdministrationofJusticC, brought in severally by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Sir E. SUGDEN, were read a second time without any discussion. Two or three Bills were advanced a stage Lord ELIOT obtained leave to bring in a Bill, which was brought in, to provide for repairing and rebuilding county bridges, and the House adjourned. We cannot suppose that the several Noble Lords who expressed themselves on Friday night so solicitous to promote the comfort of the poor, to improve their dwellings and purify the air which they breathe, can be less solicitous to save them from hunger, or prevent them from starv ing. It is their doctrine that the people must be comfortably fed and-clothed, and dwell in healthy houses, before they can feel the appliances of re ligion. Such doctrines are deserving of all praise, and we wish to enforce them by some circum stances mentioned in the debate, which did not make, we are afraid, that impression on the House and on the country which they ought to have made, and which we must now endeavour to place as much in relief as possible. The Marquis of NORMANDY quoted some papers by Sir GILBERT BLANE, which described a remarkable decrease of mortality in Manches ter, between 1757 and 1811. In 1757 it was lin 25; in 1770, 1 in 28 ; in 1790, 1 in 58; and in 1811, it was lin 74. This may at first appear an exaggeration or a mistake, but when the nature of the population at that time is considered, in creasing, probably, with unexampled rapidity, and fed by streams of healthy and vigorous youth of both sexes, from all parts of the country, we are not disposed to consider it either an exagge ration or a mistake, though such a ratio of more tality could only continue were the like favour able circumstances to continue. The Noble Marquis next quoted some returns of the present time, and stated that now the rate of mortality in Manchester is 1 in 31, or more than twice as great as it was in 1811. What must be inferred from these facts ? First, that the progress of manufactures, which the pastoral politicians of the Tory pres s so vehemently condemn, is by no means fatal to human life, for up to 1811, and for some years subsequently, Manchester was rapidly increas ing, and was extremely prosperous; next, that the stationary or decaying condition of manufactures—for Manchester is not nearly as prosperous and progressive in 1841 as it was in 1811—is not favourable to life. The reader will remember that in 1811 the country was struggling with all the difficulties of war ; but it was not till 1815 that a greater curse even than war was inflicted on the manufitcturer by the Corn-law. Glasgow, in which more care seems to have been taken to preserve the records of mortality, presents a remarkable increase since 1821. In that year it was 1 in 39; in 1831, 1 in 30; in 1835, 1 in 20; in the last year it was 1 in 25. What does this lamentable table prove ? An in creasing ratio of mortality. The accounts of Manchester to 1811 prove that such a mortality is not the necessary consequence of manufac tures. Whence •then does it arise? Clearly from a deficiency of food. In 1811 we had no Corn-laws, in 1821 they had not come fully into operation, but h 1840 their fell effects were unmitigated, and they increased the mortality of Glasgow more than one-third, as compared to 1821. They have increased the mortality of Manchester, as compared to 1811, more than two-fold. In the early part of the above period the resources of the country, the spring which our majestic inventions had given to trade, enabled it to bear up against the burden of the Corn-law ; but gradually that spring weakened, the heavy burden, continued unabated, and could not be overcome ; the restriction in the supply of food could not be ti d the unheard-of' mass of human slaughter, through filth, poverty, disease, and hunger, accu rately described above, was, and is, the result. The horrors of the middle passage do not surpass the horrors of the wynds of Glasgow, of the cel lars of Liverpool and Manchester, and of the alleys of London ; while the mortality amongst the slaves of Culia and Brazil is, we believe, ex ceeded by the deaths in our manufacturing dis tricts. The Corn-law is a vast diabolical system of painful murder, from the meanest and most sordid motives, and its continued existence is an equal dishonour to the suffering people who sub mit to it, and the benighted tyrants who enact it. Our pastoral writers, who love to dilate on the innocence of agriculture, and the Yirtud of feed ing sheep, just as their predecessors expatiated on the virtue of roving in the woods and the wicked ness of dwelling in houses, will, of course, attri bute all the mortality to the occupations ..of the people in towns, and point to the comparatively small mortality of the rural districts, as a com plete proof that not the Corn-law, but the manu factures themselves, are the source of thi s crue l c extinctiones e r while w o i fl The answer is, l oo k at Man chester had war and no Corn-law. were.co c r o ; m eC e t, as a i s ie a ... ral and h unt i ng popula tion, as the m el ac a tst n sea u ir. f i a ci 3acctnuaerfitnaegfr t after But if this Arcadian tulniletpouoirypaul a rn n a d a pg t ai o i : e v t 0 that is no reason why those engaged in agri cultureior who own the rent of land, should claim a right to starve the town population out of ex istence to the extraordinary extent we have stated. We must, at the same time, remind our pas toral friends that the great majority of those who are born in towns die in them, while a very large number of those who are born in the country die in the towns. In the country there is little or no increase of employment for the people. Im provements in agriculture make fewer hands ne cessary. Young men and young women flock into the towns for employment, and the surplus 0 f p opulationth the towon. The towns b ear t h e blame f s the country swells the mortality of the sins of the country, as well as their own ; and certain writers are able to boast of the superior healthiness of the country, because a great part of the population born in the rural districts do not die there, but in the towns. The more we read of the • debates in Parlia ment, the more we wonder at th e h ar dih oo d o f the Members. " If," was the burden of their Lordships' speeches on Friday night, " the Legislature had known, fifty years ago, of the great change which was to take place in the relative number of our agricultural and manu facturing population; if it had foreseen how the people were now to be huddled together in towns, exposed to sickness and famine, it would have made very different laws, and would have provided against these circumstances, and made the popu lation healthy, virtuous, and happy ?" We can not, however, infer from the present wisdom of the Bishop of LONDON and Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, either the possibility of the past wis dom of the Legislature to provide for the present circumstances of society, or the probability that its present wisdom will be commensurate to pro vide for the contingencies which will ensue fifty years hence. On the contrary, we infer that at the end of fifty years, should .there then be a Parliament sitting at Westminster, the Lord ELLENBOROUGII of that day, were he tainted at all with the modesty of the present Lord, and the Bishop of LoNnoN of that day, had he any of the humility of the present Bishop, will have good reason to say, " if our predecessors had known what we know, they would have made very different laws, and taken measures to meet the present state of society, so totally different from what it was in their day." We cannot ascribe to the existing Legislature an atom more prescience than it ascribes to its predecessors. The knowledge which the present race of laiv makers have of the errors of their predecessors seems to us to be very little consistent with over weening confidence in their own wisdom. Surely they mean their laws to last for fifty years; but if they mean them to last only twenty-five, or only ten, and are unable to form the most remote conjecture of what will then be the circumstances of society, they ought to be extremely cautious in their proceedings. Far, however, from learn ing any caution from the multiplied failures of their predecessors, which they are called on daily to try and correct, there never was a time when they have proceeded with greater rapidity. Since the peace, when their patriotism could con centrate itself on domestic concerns, it has glowed with prodigious intensity, and its course, as tracked by Corn-laws, PEE L's Bill, Timber Duties, Sugar Duties, Bank Charters, Legal Tender clauses, &c. &c., seems to us to have been I one almost undeviating, scorching curse. Whether there actually is to be less blasting this Session than heretofore we cannot say, but it has begun to wear a milder aspect. The Bill brought in by Lord NORMANBY is dictated, we willingly concede, by the most be nevolent intentions; but we cannot say that we think its provisions wise. We shall probably hereafter say something more of them; but we cannot allow the occasion to go by without saying that their minuteness is not at all likely to make that a beneficial law in all places, and in all time. Though late in taking the field the leader of three-fourths of the people of England has at length assumed a position on the Impost Duties. Taking its cue from a phrase of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech in the debate on the reduction of duties on East India rum, the Times yes terday stepped forward to advocate " the cause of the consumers." We are right glad to see these greatqt advocates of the Tories, the one by his tongue and the other by his pen, espousing the cause of consumers, and thereby, if they are consistent and true, throwing protection and -i)oly overboard. monopoly overnm If they honestly pursue this course, and consult the interest of the consumers, whether Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Times be in Opposition or in office we shall be at their side. Let us now lay before our readers some of the observations of the Times. Sir Robert Peel observed on Friday night, in the course of the debate on the proposed equalization of the duties on East and West India rum, that he was himself quite unconnected with either interest ; the only interest he was concerned in teas that of the consumers.' That is the language which it befits a statesman to hold, who is conscious that the political influence and the so cial condition of the nation depend upon the care and wisdom with which the general prosperity of the commu nity shall be provided for, the multiplied and injudicious restrictions of our commercial tariff gradually removed, and the basis upon which the charges of the State must rest, enlarged by a prudent extension of the capital and commercial wealth of the country. These arc the objects, without reference to what are commonly called politics, whirls claim the strongest poli tical interest. They are the end and aim of good le gislation, to which Reform Bills and Registration Bills are at beat but means. They are the measures which will realize some of these expectations of positive benefit which have at various times been so madly entertained in the fever of mere political change. They will do more than anything else to allay the restless and menacing cla moor of unsatisfied wants, the misery of idleness, and the envy of those reasonable comforts which a restrictive tariff places beyond the poor man's reach.' The latter portion of these remarks have our cordial approbation. We have oontinually, in our remarks on the Corn-laws, pressed for the re peal of that obnoxious law, on the ground that it would give employment and prosperity to the people, remove discontent from their hearts, as well as want from their habitations, and make them cease to yearn after great political changes, of which the consequences must be doubtful. To make just laws, or rather to repeal unjust laws, is the true way to put an end to political agita tion, and stop the demand for organic changes. We therefore quite rejoice to see the Times taking up this view, and exhorting the Legislature to remove the multiplied, injudicious restrictions of our commercial tariff. The latter part of the article in the Times so well enforces some other considerations that we have brought before our readers that we shall quote it. " We have commented," says our Contemporary, " se verely cf late upon the French restrictive system, especi ally as regards the iron and coal which arc indispensable to manufactures, and which France does not produce in sufficient quantities, or in such convenient combination, as to enable her to supply her own actual wants. It is diffi cult to see how these same arguments, which everybody admits to be very cogent when applied to the iron-trade with France, are deprived of their strength when they are applied to the timber trade with England. Timber is even more essential to all the purposes of life, public and private, manufacturing and mari time, to the house, to the mine, to the machine, to everything we use and everything we buy, than iron itself. Yet the present duty of &Ss. per load of 50 cubic feet on foreign timber acts as a bounty of 455. to the timber of the British possessions; that is to say, that the people of the United Kingdom pay about 225 per cent. more than they need do for one of the most universal ar ticles of consumption ; they pay 225 per cent. more than they need do for a species of raw material which enters directly or indirectly into all kinds of manufactures ; and this enormous charge is taken from the revenue of the people without being added to the revenue of the State. These excessive timber duties force us to take an inferior article at a higher rate; they were imposed in 1810 as a war tax, adapted to the peculiar relations hi which we then stood to several of the Baltic Powers; they are a loss to the revenue, and a burden to the country ; and their reduc. tion would at once furnish us with additional facilities for improving our relations with the north of Germany. It is difficult to say which grievance presses moat hea -1 oily upon the community of the two : whether it is worst that the necessary customs'-duties on articles of general consumption should be distorted from their legitimate object as sources of revenue into means of prohibition, protection, and loss ; or that our trade should be checked, our supplies curtailed, and our relations with other countries impaired, by a catalogue of 1,000 imposts, which respec tively produce hardly anything to the revenue at all. But an alleviation of the fo:mer duties is probably more easy and more essential than the abolition of the latter. Let a beginning be made. The revenue requires it; the country calls for it. The reduction of the duties on colo nial produce, including sugar, coffee, and tobacco, from the East as well the West Indies, would at once increase the consumption of those articles here and abroad to an amount only to be limited by the extent of the reduction and the supply. The reduction of the high duties now levied on some of the chief articles of food, as butter, butcher's meat, and bacon, would he a considerable boon to the working classes ; and a resolute determination to remove the enor mous abuse of the timber duties would be no more than is required of the Government by the great bulk of the nation. Our hopes of obtaining justice for the people are much strengthened by this language of the most influential Tory Journal. Taking the lan guage of the Times, in conjunction with the de clarations of the Bishop of LONDON, Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, and Sir R. PEEL, we feel convinced that they would be compelled to support the Ministers, and would carry , many other Tories with them, were Ministers to propose reasonable measures of commercial and economical reform. We cannot for one moment doubt their good in tentions, but they have wanted boldness. They have dreaded opposition. Let them, however, now lay aside their fears and appeal to the leaders ' the Tories and the headsjof the Church, to sup- port measures which will ensure to the poor plenty of food, cheap clothing, and comfortable dwellings. There is some reason to suppose, that if they do not bring forward such measures, the Tories will, and they will reap the harvest of free trade, as in 18=29 they reaped the harvest of tole ration, which had been sown by Whig• statesmen and Whig writers. Reports of a dissolution of Parliament arc rife, and probably Sir R. PEEL and the Times are already appealing to the com mercial and manufacturing interests. We hope that the Ministers will not lose the opportunity which is now in their power, and that they will seek to recommend themselves to the town popu lation by at once proposing measures to abolish the discriminating duties on timber, sugar, coffee, and to get rid of those obnoxious imposts which impoverish the people without enriching the Exchequer. For a considerable time past the Tories have on many occasions appealed to the people ; they are now bidding for their support against the Whigs, who appear to us to have no time to lose. Let them take to themselves the merit of abolishing, the Corn-laws, and equalizing the timber duties. Madrid Journals of the ith inst. have reached us. In the Gazette of that date we find the f()':- lowing decree of the Regency relative to the dis banding of the Army : Art. 1. Absolute dismissals shall be granted to all indivi viduals belonging to the Army of 1831, and to all who volun teered into the Army during the war. Art. 2. Every soldier en being dismissed shall receive a month's pay. Art. 3. Those who receive this defigite conge shall have a certificate of goad behaviour, with a list of service, signed by the Duke of Victoria, which rapers shall serve them as letters of recommendation for any other cause they may embrace. Art. 4. A similar certificate shall be granted to all who shall have received their conge during the war, or since that period. Not a word about pensions or rewards for dis inguished services ! the elections were proceeding with the greatest apathy on the part of the people. It was not expected that half the electors would take the trouble of voting. There is nothing to excite public attention in the French Journals of Sunday. The Courrier Francais is out of humour with the Minister of Marine for allowing the French fleet to be at sea during the late storm. Cannot the Courrier de vise some plan for caging the fleet, after the fashion of the capital, in stormy weather? It would certainly be a novelty to find the move ments of a fleet of the line regulated by the barometer of the Minister of Marine at Paris. But, in truth, we advise the Courrier Francais not to venture beyond the walls and the fort resses. The writer evidently knows no more about the duties of a Minister of Marine than he does about that constitutional freedom which he asserts will flourish best within the range of the guns with which little THIERS 15 So eagel to sur round the capital. The Monitenr Parisien contradicts a statement in the Univers that the commercial treaty be tween France and England was about to be signed. The Univers, however, repeats its state ment, which it affirms will be found to be well founded. We trust it is. There is some talk of the dissolution of the Chambers in the French Journals. (From the Gazette de France.) It must be acknowledged that in the situation of the Go vernment with respect to foreign Powers there is something obscure and illogical, which authorise them to demand a change in the attitude that has been assumed. The affairs of the East are terminated. The treaty of Lon ' don has been carried into execution. The Pacha has with drawn his army from Syria ; he has restored the Turkish fleet. He is reduced to the condition of the governor of a province. We cannot see anything in those countries which could give occasion for new questions. France does not protest against these faits accomyes ; she accepts them ; and with them the increase of the power of England and Russia, which is the result of them. France seems to have sacrificed her predominance in the East ; and we have not heard that any claim is pending before the Council of the Sovereign that she may receive by some means or other the power which she has lost by the late events. France does not protest, and yet she continues her armaments. Why is this ? What is the object? What claim, what remonstrance does she mean to support by military preparations? This is what Europe has a right to ask, for if France alleged motives for her armaments, they might be lis tened to, and we might thus obtain a disarmed peace, the only one which is real and profitable. But can we see an attitude indefinitely prolonged, which is threatening to the peace, ruinous to the finances, alarming to the interests of all. This is what cannot be asserted without exposing ourselves to arro gant notes, to humiliating demands. We think, then, that the French Cabinet ought to have shown by protests or demands of some kind, reasons for the armaments which it has resolved upon. Assuredly there would be no want of good reasons to be alleged, and of just demands to be brought forward. It was all powerful at Alexandria and in the Levant; now even its in fluence is destroyed. Would it not be just to give some com pensation for all that it has lost? If such a demand were made, we should understand its warlike preparations—we should see their object and their limit. But to accept everything, to bear everything, and to take up arms, is, we repeat it, a line of con duct which is inexplicable." THE ORDNANCE ESTIMATES for the year 1841-184'2 amount to 2,160,303/., being 223,809 i. more than for the year 1840-1841. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business doing, and prices were a shade lower, but upon the whole they are much better supported than could be expected. The Raw Sugar Market bring very fair of sample, prices in consequence rm. The Cofee trade was in very dull state, and prices on the decline. Rice firm, and in fair demand. Pepper dull, and declining in value. Cassia Lignea in good demand, and prices looking up. TEA MARKET. There was only a limited demand for free trade, but prices underwent little variation at the public sale. The speculative market was flat ; Company's Congou at Is 7d per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for P.Y. Candle was dull, and holdars were more disposed to sell ; 47s was the value of good quality on the spot. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was moderately good, the demand brisk, and a considerable reduction in priceswas submitted to. Clover, 4/. 15s. to 61. ; Meadow Hay, 3/. 16s. to 51.; Straw, 86s. to 38s. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—We hare had an extensive demand for Cotton to-day, owing to a report having prevailed that the forthcoming crops would be deficient. The sales to-day were 10,000 bags, of which 2,000 have been taken on speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, Fxn. 15.—Eastern Counties' Debentures, 41. 13s. 6d. ; Great Western, 88 ; Lancaster and Preston, 323 ; Three-quarter Shares, 20. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, TEA. 15.—Lancaster and Preston New 20 19& 20; Manchester and Leeds Halves, 323 ; Stafford and Rugby, 3/. Is. 6d. ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 24h 25 ; London and South Western b7i 581 ; Eastern Counties, Ei 83 ; Manchester and Liverpool District Banks, 11h. We have received Quebec Papers to the 26th January. Comparative statement of arr►vals, tonnage, and passengers at the port of Quebec, for the years 1839 and 1840: Vessels. Tonnage. Passengers. 1839, Nov. 25 1,174 .. 1840, Nov. 25 More in 1840 ST. JOHN'S, N.B. DEC. 12.—DISGRACEFUL PROCEED INGs.—A special messenger from Harbour Grace arrived yet terday morning, with information to his Excellency the Go vernor, that in consequence of the riotous and disgraceful pro ceedings of the mob at Carbonear, the returning officer was obliged to dose the poll without malting any return, being un able to execute the writ for the election of a member for the district. We have been informed on authority, that the house of Mr. Ash, at Carbonear, being assailed, he fired from his window, and wounded five or six of the depredators ; on Which his house was fired by the mob, and burned down to the ground. THE FUNDS. Late yesterday afternoon the British Funds, which were in the early part of the day at 88% for the account, fell to 81 1 ,;, Money 88, in consequence of the various reports put intocircu lation for sinister views. It now appears that there is not the least foundation for either of them, and the whole has been a Stock Exchange trick. This morning Consols opened at SS% 1 / 2 for the Account, since which they are not quite so good, and may be quoted at 88% %, Money 88% ; Exchequer Bills, 5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, 163 164 ; India ditto, 245 247. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is a shade better ; left off 23 3 4 34, at present 23% 24 ; Deferred, 12% 1 4 2 ; Passive, 5% 6%; Portuguese same as it left off, 31% 32; Three per Cents., 19% 20 ; Brazilian 714 72%; Colombian,722 l / 2 3 ; Mexican, 271 1 28; Chilian nothing done; Dutch Two-and -a- Half per Cent., 49% 50% ; Five per Cents., 98 3 / 4. 99 1 4%, 11 SHARES.—Great Western, 251 26i prem. ; .New , 1;12 4 prem. ; London and Brighton, 7* 61 discount ; 131aclost,a_: 4 discount ; Birmingham, 85 87 prem. ; Southampton, ?! y "cl per share ; Croydon, 11412 i per share; Greenwic h, 84 per share. Per Shae PRICES OF F SHARES Paid. DAY AT O r N . E. K Bristol and Exeter ..... 6 560 ...... 3 90 01.. to o Ditto New — Great Wester* 50 4 London and Greenwich ..... ...... 20 t 4 to 16i to 17 South Eastern and Dover 33 25 .. • • Union of Australia.. 5 - to Ditto Now HALF-PAST ONE. Consols, which were in the course of the morning at 88-, at at present may be quoted at 1 3 1 %,s'ittohd,v,erly6l4 ; ittleldnodiinags; Stock, chequer Bills 5 7 prom . ; 18 II dis. In the Foreign Market Spani c sl o i lo A m c b tt n , , 2234 y DPuotrtehug,licvie, Market, with no mciarteeartial Western,altera- 1 1 ,; 'ive per Cents., 99A. Li le Eastern a n nothing att- d ad o iof n i neg; per i i nc t r te a hn z ett i s i s. a , n hs , aor 7 e; l 6 l l b4tid ; a s nd out E h x E et a e s r t Dover, 161 17. t:4l;inDtilitetop,riviceews., CAPE or Goon HOP; DEC. s. —The steam-ship India ar rived at this port on the 2bth ult., being a passage of forty eight days from Plymouth, which port she left or. the 25th Oct., having stopped at St. Vincent, one of the Cape de Verd Islands, seven days to take in coals. EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday. The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Queen yes terday. Her Royal Highness also visited his Majesty the King of the Belgians at Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne bad an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. The company consisted of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Baron and Baroness Brunow, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and'Duchess 'of So merset, Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord Glenelg, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady Fanny Howard, Honourable Miss Murray, Honour able Miss Lister, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Aboyne, Honourable William Cowper, Colonel Wetnyss, Co lonel Wylde, Captain Seymour, General Goblet, and M. Van Prwt. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guard , attended at the Palace during dinner. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess of Sheffiald, and the Hon. Miss Eden, took an airing yesterday to Kensington, in a carriage. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cam bridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yester day at Marlborough House. Captain Trotter had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat ycs erday. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosanquct, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir William Follett, in reply, was heard in an appeal from St. Lucia, Gahan v. Lafitte.. Mr. Murton Cooper, Q.C., at the rising of the Com mittee, moved, for the respondents, that the third appeal in the paper of the day, " Vernon v. Fraser," from St. Vincent's, niiBlit be dismissed, the appellant having de livered no printed case. After some observations by Lord Brougham, the appeal was dismissed accordingly. In the early part of the sitting ➢lr. Justice Bosan quet and Dr. Lusbington gave judgment in two appeals from Bengal, which had been heard at former sittings. !~ s I a SONNET TO WALSALL. (From the Anti• Corn. law Circular.) A stain is on thee, Walsall ! A foul blot Is fixed upon thee I For thou hest been wcigh'd And art found wanting ! Honest hearts have pray'd F thy success in a just cause. And what, What past thou don e ? Upheld a cursed law ! Cherished an ineuLus upon thy trade ! Nor heard the starving cries of those who made Thee what thou art. And whilst around thou saw Thy hundreds famishing; want, misery, Spread far and wide—lent not a helping hand • Tny country's fettered commerce to set free. Long be those names remembered through the land With bitterness, w ho sunk thee low in shame Blessings on those who strove to raise thee up to fame. W. W. W. PENSIONS AND PEERAGES,--A message was brought down from her Majesty oa Monday to both Houses, recommending that some mark of distinction should be conferred on Lord Keane for his services in Affghanistan. Sir John Keane received a peerage last year for his merits, and now it is proposed to add a pen sion of 2,000/. per annum to himself and his two next sur viving heirs. This ancient profuse method of rewarding military services, we hoped had been for ever discarded, with so many other scandalous abuses, which were the fruits of oligarchic ascendancy. Within the last two years, however, it was revived in favour of Sir John Colborne, and now Lord Keane is to have the benefit of : it, and doubtless also Admiral Stopford I We . pro test against it as unjust, extravagant, and unnecessary. It is unjust, because from the twelve or fifteen thousand men, soldiers, and cfficers employed in the expedition, who shared its dangers, and the merits which achieved its suc cess, it singles out one for reward. Granting that the Commander-in-Chief, who has the greatest responsibility, should have the greatest portion of the reward, is it equitable that he should have the whole? It is extrava gant, because it rewards men unborn for the merits of their progenitor, burdens future generations for benefits, real or supposed, conferred upon the existing one, and makes the country pay probably 200,0001. for services of no rare or difficult kind, and which it re quires no such premium to induce men to perform. It is unnecessary or mischievous, because it fosters the military spit it which is already too prevalent, and it creates a pauper nobility who become ready tools of corruption. It is, moreover, a price paid for the hereditary principle of the peerage, which is in itself a nuisance and a blow on our legislation. If the more rational rule of making peers for life had prevailed, Lord Keane's pension' would leave a much smaller burden on the country.' We deeply regret to see a Ministry which has so many claims on the confi dence and gratitude of the empire. copy in this particular the most objectionable acts of the eld Tory Governments. " Great men have ever scorned great recompenses; Epaminondas saved his Thebes and died,— • Not leaving even his funeral expenses; George Washington had praise and nought beside, But the all-cloudless glory which few men's is,— To save his country. "—Scotsman. _ THE LUNAR ECLIPSE.--The hazy state of the atmosphere on the night of Friday and Saturday week, prevented a clear observation of the lunar eclipse, which commenced soon after midnight, and continued till nearly four o'clock, in the neighbourhood of the "me tropolis. The astronomers of Paris appear to have been more fortunate; and from one of the journals of that capi tal we copy the following particulars :—" The total eclipse of the mocn was-accompanied by another pheno menon, whose coincidence with a lunar observation is very rare. About twelve hours after its issue from the shadow of the earth, the moon eclipsed, in its turn, a small star in the constellation of the Lion. According to the cal culations of the Paris Observatory, this star, situated in 6 minutes of southern latitude above the moon's centre, was lost behind the disc of the latter at 20 minutes past 6, on the evening of the 6th, re-appearing, also on the south, at 10 minutes past 7, after an obscuration of 50 minutes. Thus, those observers who did not shrink from a freezing watch, had the opportunity of witnessing a lunar and a stellar eclipse in the same day. This eclipse, which from 27 minutes past 1, to 4 minutes past 3, entirely hid the noon, was one of the longest which can ever be seen ; nevertheless, the centres of the moon and of the earth's shadow did not exactly coincide." ELECTROGRAPHY.—The value and importance of this very interesting, and also very astoteishing art, is be ginning to develope itself. The rapidity of the progress it has already made surpasses almost every thing in the history of science, and there is reason to believe that its varied application will, in the course of a short time, pro duce anew era, both in the art of engraving as applied to copies of pictures, and also to the printing of manufactured cottons and silks. It is already in practicaluse in Glasgow for multiplying the engraving copper rollers used in calico printing, where it will be of great service. By stoppit:g out, as it is termed, certain pints of the engraving on the upper rollers, and introducing other parts, the manufacturer will be enabled to vary his patterns to an almost unlimited extent, and thus at one-fourth of the numbs of rollers now used more than ten times the number of patterns will be produced. In the Potteries the introduction of electo graphy is looked forward to with expectations of fortunate' results. All the printed devices on earthenware are now produced from prints taken from engraved copper plates. By introducing the multiplication of plates by the electric process, which' several of the most eminent manufacturers are determined to avail themselves of, it may be confidently expected that in a short time in the designs of dinner and dessert services, because at a much less expense, much better designs may be obtained and made use of by this means.' The new invention has been applied to steel plates, and the experiments have been successful in ob taining transcripts on copper. Th;s is an important fact, and one which, until proved by experiment, was thought very doubtful. The process is now being employed in mezzotinto plates, and there is little reason to doubt its success. —Edinburgh Courant. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A PRINTER.— Yesterday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, a . man, about forty 3e rs of age, who was passing s over the west side of Blackfriars-bridge, suddenly tapped a gentleman on the shoulder, and exclaiming and goes," shot across the road in the twink" ' a ti o w f eye,senrepasi”g notwithstanding the number of peraona w . n the bridge into himself head-foremost from the parapet of and repassing at the time, he on re-appeared, and however, sO the water, and sunk. nbing up exceedingly strong, succeeded. precipitating and the tide, whicli was c. of the bridge. He wa a n r d Uo 's wharf ) and constable Brand (316) y a vva th rescued off noßa a A Sneire, who, with the assistance of sm carried aa tuleh reamed m t c h ‘.. r a g_h es t 1) ( 0 3 o 3 centre h ter police-serjeant. a u iitiwt a o t e f r insensibility e thoe was promptly Hutchinson, 92, Farringdon-street, h wbose u nremitting exertions for upwards of an cones}at Arras tendre eedde. hyinghi frin through hour he was brought to a sense of consciousness, and stated t h a t his name was John Edwards, that h e was by trade a printer, and resided at 2, Windsor-place, lioxten, and bad a wife and family. Mr. Hutchinson having ascer tained that he had sustained a compound fracture of the left area, besides some severe contusions of the head which ho met with, it is presumed, by coming its contact with one of the numerous piles of wood which arc to be s.:iita at low water in that particular spot, directed his removal' to St. Bartholomew's llospital. NEWPORT.-011 leaving ' the Court on Tuesdav" Mr. Morgan was taken by his friends and placed in a chair. ornamented with orange an d bl ue ,ribands, prepared for the hailed as and s s l o wpassed w b a y s carried tilee round the heersofhis f riconuzs: He w whichhaos returned by bows as he proceeded. 13,fsre, however, he reached the - Beaufort Arms•Hotcl, at which he stayed; the mob, who surrounded him, anxious to gain itossession of the chair, upset the Honourable Member from it, wile, .with some difficulty,. aided be the exertions of his friends, es caped without serious injury. .1 7 1? e chair, after some fight lug among' the mob, was torn tic, pieeeS, as we heard, and the tumult soon sul)Aided. •, VALENTIA H , D ARBO UR. -- Be nenharbour lighthouse at Valencia was lighted up for the first time on the lst instant. It is a very tine building, executed in the most beautiful malinc,r. We : understand that already seve ral vessels have talon advantage of it to run, for Abet noble harbour, during the heavy easterly gales which,pre.. va ii. Of nine, vessels now wind-bound, five entered the harbour at night, and as they passed the new harbour lighthouse, each crew gave three hearty cheers for the benefit conferred on the coasting •g . 4u9 by. ibis splendid work... Kerry Examiner, -