The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-20 00:00:00

ONENING EDITIONi l' e . • • • - e Vote ; le grea 4 .e. r le off th e 1k of the r the opw ; they Les as Ve" may be ply with almot rated ralizatw" om ethwg rAiartist s ' le ela i ' es ' li tt le idle , , s peakiol; neat than 00' NT A PAS II4 lepett l6 as the} Lye ac t , elves `, 4 ' i n stea' uld h 3se vhiel) are Y' ° lit ar, the re ,es ar e the go' • inistal• .d crent i r, lEov lly st ate , T iOa rth 1 , 1 ,001 of tratkt :arris een i , lig fFra e ' the oa Vets, ng the", of the yon ord A.sl' runilingi f J ove. P get it's e are iv' liberties rain efl" till il ; 1 61 0 al r e w; Rev. Norman M‘Leod, Minister in Glasgow, D.D D.D. M'Leod, Alinister of Morven; Mr. Alexander c .421 ' . ,er, Factor ; Thomas Rolph, M.D., Resident, .Upper lip e 4 ; Isle. Andrew Scott, Factor; •Alr. A. H. Mackinnon, Ply':. alA 3 andowner ; Hon. C. A. Hagerman. Judge of ue ,.• . ~ keli,,• `,° PerCanadi • Mr. Alexander Macdonald, .for -I,,6J:l'Kelpi A gen t ; , Mr. Thomas Knox, Chamberlain, of 43,43'. Rev. Robert M'Pherson, Minister in Inverness ; Mr. . N e?la Shaw, Factor, North Uist. on upon the evidence of theSe gentlemen, not L e of whom is of the people, some of whom I: v e,a mere business connection with the places "estion, and with the people into whose con- wh ` t ° ll the inquiry is to be - made, and two ,of Isl ands have no connection whateVer with the be en and Highlands, and may - never have ti e n there in their lives ; without 'examining a ta rl i gle person of 'those whose condition the Corn . thi tt ee was ordered to inquire into, it comes to ~..s c onclusion : m,,_ lle Y.onsidered that they shall best discharge their duty by fittin g to the House that portion of the evidence which te ln : h eady been received, and which, imperfcat in some grtlglls as it necessarily is, may have the effect of showing, the ! i mportance of the subject they have endeavoured to in -14 0 ;"e-the urgency of the distress that periodically prevails rk r,Wester n Highlands and Islands of Scotland, arming ktOF from the excessive population; and also 9r calling the t iltlort of the House to the necessty of . consideting some cAt.remedies to alleviate the existing evils, amongst which,. liii tt l ,, l ll eh appears from the evidence to be . of primary im a•!l‘.e is a well arranged system of emigration." A very natural and to be expected conc lusion iofrom the sort of witnesses examined—a conclu txn) We may well say, come to before they were ar uined at least by the Chairman, and to which heir examination was, we believe, to give a tol e ti t:r L and supply a pretext. What strange no oli4 - tuese Committee men must have of evi nee-----of the nature of the facts t o be in q uired int o, to have called before them Justice HAGER kb" and Writer BAIRD, to learn something 10 °14 the condition of the inhabitants of Harris 0 : 1 Skye, and not to bring before them e of those inhabitants. Such a proceeding tee stai,_ . to us an outrage on all .common sense and tt ,rtilosopliy, and vitiates, from beginning to c oill ' t tl the investigations and conclusions of the Nttee. Unfortunately, a similar mode of proce eding tw is generally adopted by Parliament, ir ' 4 its Committees. While masters know ctii n g of their workmen, and neighbours know or nothing of each other, the Legislature is 6 4 4 fle d with the h e arsays or foregone conclusions 6 ).ilieorists or interested persons ; and on all !,It lrnin estions conce rn i ng the people, rarely or never Z : a es the people themselves. W e know not, wever, that it would be of use we r e the House i aet otherwise, for it would legislate after the In quiry as before, on the pre - conceiv ed theories tlp its Members, on their passions, or to gratify the ir ~ short-sighted interests. It may as well 'l la re us, therefore, the expense and mockery of' it ° Re- sided inquiry, intended only to justify 40 l ' t e equally one-sided legislation; O ur readers will probably be surprised to be am that besides the expense of Committee .°lns, clerks, printing, &c., the expense of these ~° 7 11 e-sided witnesses amounts to no less than 4361. . : it ies, 4361. spent to gather guesses and conjec ; res to justify false conclusions and beguile the I,e gislature and the public into a liking for con tinued darkness. When such is the basis — the In itiative of a wholesale system of dealing the population, and the people whose ndition is thus ascertained through the m edium of comparative strangers, not one of th eul being ever consulted, either as to what his knowledge or his feelings, what is e cause of his distress, and what he wishes le gislation for him, can it excite any surprise that gives no satisfaction, and that it fails, I , l e times out of ten, to attain its object ? Such a mode of treatment implies, disguise it how Mr. I: A ILEY and his Committee may, that these ‘ l ighland lairds and writer bodies yet consider tie population to be slaves, who may be dealt tit as the proprietors deal with cattle. But I Q' at mode of acting will not now do; and if they not laid aside the habits of clan chief tills, the people have outgrown the customs of s ervitude. • It is not necessary to travel beyond the first age or two of the evidence to find ample reason, ' l ,t think, why some of the " population from larris or Skye were not brought to London, as Nell as writers from Glasgow, and factors from 'torven, to give evidence before the Committee. T he object seems to have been concealment lather than to make known. At the very com m4-encernent it leaks out that "during the war kelp 'etch e d - high-iwiee; no 'quantity . that could be taadO'Wfts; , ' left unsold, and the proprietors laid °zit' their properties with reference to the manu facture of this article, and a large population 'ere encouraged to settle on their land." " The .1 1 P0Prietors then did not hesitate to divide their - lands, and most of the crofts intended for one larnily, had on them two, three, and sometimes lour: , At the same time, we find these pro prietors and the Government united in giving bounties on the herring fishery ; in consequence . 45 f which bounties, let it be especially t ernembered, " very extensive fishing vil • la, ges were erected along the coast." But It h turned out that the bounties, though caused the villages to be built, and encouraged the increase of the population—to enrich the landlords, could not secure the supi Ply of herrings or the supply of food. The mi gratory fish did not obey the same laws as the bounty, and a multitude of persons were col . lected on the , shore, who appear not to have had the art of following the herrings into the deep 8 , ea, and, when they came no more into the coact .not catch them, and were destitute of subsistence.'. We see, then, that the landed pro ', PrieiorS and the Government, with its bounties, are the really guilty parties in this case. They have treated these poor simple Islanders and Righlanders as cattle. They stimulated the in crease in their numbers as long as that could serve to supply the kelp market and catch the herring-bounty. If the people themselves had been called before the Committee, instead of ractot..s, advocates, parsons, and Canada Judges, soxn e inkling of the truth might have broken in e'en on the darkness-loving Committee, on the Legislature, and on the public. But that was to be kept out, and so the few simple facts were covered over with learned theories, and far fetched disserta•tions by Rev. Doctors and Canada judges. As Mr. WALTER'S friend, Mr. WHITEHEAD, boa s t e d for him at Nottingham, that he had ~„ .:Voted against the Corn - laws , we have looked ~il l back to HANSARD'S Debates for the p roofs of that dtAsertion. We can only find three divisions on 'i ltt :fhe' Corn-law question during the time that Mr. I 7WALTER was in Parliament. The first was a VIC ion 'made by Mr. FRYER, in 1833, for which !/ • :1VIr • WALTER did not vote. The next was a mo- Cron made by Mr. HUME, in 1834, for which Mr. WALTIat did vote. The third was a motion made by Mr. CLAY,• for which Mr. WALTER gain did :not vote. Thus on two out of three °ecasions, - when he had an opportunity in Puna- . lnent of recording his vote against the iniquitous bread-tax, Mr. WALTER was ,not found to take the poor man's part. On what ground, then, does he assume the name of the poor man's triend? The '.working man is not a pauper—Mr. W . ALTER. proposes only. to befriend paupers. The letter signed. " L." on the high price of b „ utcher's meat,. is well worthy of publ ic atten tll':;.l -!iou. Our Correspondent is quite correct in say 4, ing that the tex on provisions makes grievous 411.: ' - hroads into the. comforts of the mic?dle classes. `'lt i s , i n truth, somewhat mean in the nation ' t ° give its gallant defenders 65., 10s., L , , '' 2 °S• a-day half-pay, according to th e i r rank, , and '''! l ' ..then mulct them of 2.0 or 30 p er cent . of 41 '', what is given, to enrich those they hav,' 1 114' , .. _ ; 4 efended. It is, also, a heartless p rocee d- ' '44 i ' 411 g on the.. part of the aristocracy t o sti , . Il lulate all other classes to imitate their splendid e xtravagance, and yet to prevent them having , ' t he means of comfort by selfish taxation. vve .l:;(,,' ill that the middle classes would take our Cor '''') ', ° L e . s l ) 9lnlent's remarks seriously into considera : f ' ) V9lty arid by a determined. and resolute proceed -1114 place their own comforts and the labourers' Ilecessltries beyond the reach of the harpy claws t ' f ' the landlords. 0 In' Correspondent very properly says that tor .;up.plies of food are not adequate to e Mail v increasing population. That is a ~,i v e 4 . 41 an d palpable fact, and that fact co ,' elsts with, and is of itself a complete con ' _Tn . natio n , o f, th e corn an d p r ovision laws, "Ilelt are. 'tsaid by their friends to be intended to secure our people an ample supply of food. Mr. AusoN, and following him the Morning Post, have insisted with much vehemence lately on the great capabilities which the country yet pos sesses to supply food for a much larger popula tion than at present. They have enumerated the acres tilled and the acres untilled, and they say that there is an abundance of land on which to grow food for the people. It is impossible, when we look on Stowe Park, on the extensive grounds of Goodwood, on the domains of Clumber, and on the many hundreds and thousands of acres parked off for the pleasure of the bread-taxing aristocracy, to deny for one moment that the capa bilities of our own noble land are not yet half pro perly appropriated to feeding th e people. But, with all these vast capabilities, the people are starv ing; the people cannot get food; the people are ground down, by poverty and hunger, to despair and crime. The Corn-laws, then, have failed to call out the capabilities of the soil, if they have not locked them up; and the co-existence of those ca pabilities, boasted of by the Corn-law advocates, with the want of food, is the severest possible condemnation of the Corn-laws. We agree with Mr. ALISON and. the Post that England is blessed by the ALMIGHTY beyond other countries, and that her teeming and fertile soil is matched by the industry and skill of her people. We agree, too, with Mr. J. D. HumE, that with our heaven-bestowed capabilities, facility, and skill, England might be the most abundantly supplied and the cheapest of all the countries of the earth. At this moment she is able to export horses for the supply of France. Her climate is admirably adapted to the rearing of cattle, and her green grass hills, never wholly buried, for a long period in snow, subject to no avalanches or destructive torrents, offer advantages for this purpose which are not pos sessed by either Switzerland or Holland. The skill of our breeders, too, is great. Why is it, then, that England has not a great abundance of meat for her own people, and does not export horned cattle as she exports horses? The reason is clear. To export, price must be lower here than where the goods are to be sent. But we pass a law expressly to. raise price here, and to prohibit exportation. The Corn-law raises the price of everything grown on the soil, and is, pro Canto, a prohibition for the farmer to export the produce of the soil. It lays a grievous restraint on the industry of the agri•- culturists. We can show, too, that it prevents the capa bilities of the soil being called out. Those who are engaged in cultivating the soil must make a profit by the capital and labour employed. The Corn-law only raises rent; and the farmer is merely the tax-collector for the landowner. At the same time it raises price, and consequently places an artificial limit on profitable cul tivation. It makes seed corn and the food of cattle and of the labourer dear. It en hances the expense of cultivation. The land lords' tax operates exactly like the parsons' tax (the tithes), which, by taking something from the farmer and something from the labourer, makes it unprofitable, and even impossible, for them to live by cultivating the soil, before it would be unprofitable and impossible if they had not to give the tax to the landlords. The Corn law is the cause why the admitted. capabilities of our soil cannot be called into activity by the skill and industry of our people. In the Times of this morning there is a long and laboured article on the subject of a Charter of Incorporation sometime ago granted by her MAJESTY to the inhabitants of the borough of Bolton, and in which it is attempted to show that the Government have acted with what the Times continually calls their usual unfairness ; and after the commission of such acts, of having resorted to Parliament in an unworthy manner, to bolster up and confirm such proceedings as have not the merit of self-support. We think the Times would do well, before it makes such charges, to have more regard to the accuracy of statements, and not attempt, by indecent and un founded representations, thus to impugn the con duct of the Government. The facts of the case are these; in 1838, a public meeting was called of the inhabitants of the borough of Bolton, which was very numerously attended, and at which it was resolved, with the exception of one individual, that it was desirable Bolton should be in corporated. A petition for the purpose was agreed to, and. put in the course of signature, when another public meeting of the inhabitants was by the opposite party convened, to recon sider the subject; and it was again determined that a Charter should be applied for. The pe tition was then signed by an actual and consider able majority of the rate-payers of the borough, and duly presented. A counter-petition was then obtained, which was said to be signed .by more than 3,000 rate-payers, and both these petitions were referred by the Privy Council to a Commissioner, who made his report, and a Charter was granted. After the Char ter was granted elections of the munici pal body took place. In 1839 the Council petitioned that a Court of Quarter Sessions might be holden at Bolton, and on the state ments in that petition the grant was conceded and a Recorder appointed. A contract for the maintenance of prisoners was entered into with the Justices of the New Bailey prison at Salford, a distance of eleven miles, to which place of fenders were committed, and for a time brought back to the borough to be tried. The decreased costs for these prosecutions soon proved the utility of the change, the charges in each case being reduced from Si. odd to 5/. odd, with the saving also of the inconvenience and expense of Jury,iwitnesses, attorneys, &c., travelling eleven miles to the Salford Sessions. The contract for the maintenance of prisoners in the Salford gaol was removed by certiorari to the Queen's Bench, and on the rule being argued the Judges inti mated that inasmuch as there was no gaol in the borough of Bolton, the law as it now stood did not warrant the contract, and it is to remedy that difficulty, which applies to many other bo roughs, that the Bill for the better administra tion of criminal justice has been brought in. If the Times will refer to the Parliamentary Reports it will find that the persons promoting the incorporation of the new boroughs have not required or sought the confirmation of the charters, being satisfied they are good in law; and it is evident that other persons, to whom the Times has vouchsafed support, have made the same discovery, and are now willing to abandon their original opposition for private gain in the nature of " compensations." Madrid Journals of the 12th inst. have reached us. On the previous evening Queen ISABELLA and her sister attended the theatre of La Cruz. Her MAJESTY was attended by the Duke of Vic- TORY, who displayed the most marked deference to his Royal Mistress. On the 12th a discussion took place' in the Senate on the abdication of Queen CHRISTINA, in the course of which the loyalty of ESPARTERO'S conduct was admitted on all sides. The Minister of the Interior assured the Chamber that CHRISTINA'S resignation was entirely voluntary, and that nothing had been done on the part of the Cabinet to suggest to her such a resolution. We have never heard the Spanish Cabinet accused of compelling the ex- Regent to abdicate. It was too well-known that her MAJESTY'S abdication had been rendered im perative by her passion for MuNoz, to leave any ; I lubt about the matter. The wife or mistres s of M u . N oz had rendered herself physically incompe tent to. ,lischarge the duties of the Regency, an d she p ru d e ► tly anticipated the expression of the national vo ie. by abdicating. In the, chan; ber of Deputies the question of the relations between the Spanish Government and the Court of Roue was debated on the 12th. The Mi ister of Justice stated that the POPE had refused. -to acknow l e dge Queen IsABELLA, and that in co , nsequence no Ambassador from Spain resided at the Holy See. He observed that the were Malaga, and various Goveznmer, t was aware that violent sermons preached in Seville , other cities, and that orders had been g iven to prose ute heft). re the civil tribunals all ecclesias tics sg offending,'. We question whether it would TB E SUN, IAiN'DON, TUESDAY, APRIL 20. 1841 not be more,prudent to let the priests rave on after their own fashion. To prosecute them will I only serve to make martyrs of them in the eyes of the uneducated Spanish people. Left to them selves they will soon attract no more attention than so many bedlamites. A priesthood that troubles itself with politics, soou destroys its in fluence over the popular mind. The change in the Turkish Cabinet is the only subject of importance mooted in the French Journals of Sunday. This change is thought to be favourable to France, whose policy, liberal at home, is illiberal in every other part of the world. But what France can gain by the acces sion of a Ministry at Constantinople pledged to concede all the claims of MEHEMET ALI, is more than we can pretend to discover. An Anti- Reform Turkish Cabinet, however well it may be disposed to cultivate amicable relations with France, must, by stopping the progress of im provement, inflict great injury upon Frencli sub jects scattered throughout every part of the Ottoman empire. However much France may be rejoiced, we do not think that England has reason to lament the temporary retirement of REscHID PACHA, notwithstanding his strong ' bias in favour of British influence. Had Lord PONSONBY actually represented the state of pub lic feeling in this country with regard to the Eastern question, the case would have been very different. The Moniteur Parisien announces that M. Caille, Mar shal Soult's aide-de-camp, had arrived in Paris from Algiers, bringing most important despatches from General Bugeaud to the Minister of War. According to the Journal des Debats, the works of the for tifications of Paris were to have commenced simultaneously on every point on Monday last. Upwards of 10,003 workmen were engaged on Friday and Saturday last, and the contractors were enjoined to prosecute the works with all possible activity. The Three per Cents. were done at Tortoni's at 78f. 5c., a shade lower than the closing price on Saturday. We have received the followino. letter : ALGIERS, APRIL 6.—By the departure of the expedition the environs of Algiers are left without troops. This morning the' herd of oxen, consisting of 1,200 head, which was in the pasture grounds of Sidi Kalif, was surrounded by a body of 300 Bedouins. A battalion of the 20th Regiment came up, and it was not till after a very sharp engagement that our brave troops succeeded in recovering the oxen. '1 he enemy lost many men. We had 11 men killed and 7 wounded. We have received, by private arrivals, some news of the expedition. The army had passed on the 4th the Col de Teneah. It will march several times from Blida to Medeah and Medeanah, which will serve as bases for the operations. The main operation will commence at the beginning of May. —Le Constitutionnel. The Journal du Havre contains the following article We have said, an the authority of letters from Valparaiso, that the Hem would without doubt bring in satisfactory news respecting the unfortunate crew of the Delphine, who was left on a desert island on the coast of Patagonia , waiting in that perilous situation for the return of Captain Coisy, who sailed from San Carto to go to their relief." The Heva is in the road, and at the time of the departure from Valparaiso no in telligence on this subject had been received. To a LON, APRIL 13.—Vice-Admiral Hugon's squadron, now at anchor at the Theres islands, will return to Toulon to cele brate the King's fete. The squadron of Rear-Admiral Baron La Susse will, in its turn, get to sea.to exercise the crews.— Le Commerce. A SABBATH-DAY SCENE. (From the Morning Chronicle.) EARL OF CARDIGAN. 'Tis Sunday, the day of holy rest, And I must away to the " House of prayer." God knows, I'm bad enough at best, And much occasion I have to go there— If not with the army, at least ; with the Church I must keep on terms, or I'll be in the lurch. (The Riding-school—time of divine service.) Great God 1 I own my many sine, And beg to be forgiven ; " As we to ethers mercy show, We mercy hope from heaven." (The Riaing-school—divine service concluded.: That d—d fellow, Rogers, got drunk of a night, The rules of the service scorning ; And who would allege it isn't right That he should be flogg'd i' the morning ? 'Tie Sunday—the day of holy rest— But " the better the day, the better the deed," A hundred lashes he'll have, or " I'm blest," Two hundred would be a fitter meed They'll say 'cis unchristian, cruel, and that, But who cares a curse for their villainous stuff? Tie him up to the stake—lay on " the Cat " And damned be he that first cries " Hold 1 Enough 1" I've bean drunk myself, over-night, but then In the company 'twas of gentlemen. Ah 1 now he has got eleven times nine, One more—and bring me a bottle of wine. EARL CARDIGAN. EPIGRAMS. " Forgive us our trespasses as weforgive them that tres• pass against us." " That mercy 1 to others show That mercy show to me." Prostrate in pray'r the Colonel lies, While vengeance from his eye-balls flashes, First to his God for mercy cries, Then gives his man a hundred laTher. " TVhoni he loveth, he chasteneth." In true Christian spirit and love for his kind, Another like C-- where shall we find? In the house where he worships the echoes will tell, That him whom be loveth he chasteneth well. COURT CIRCULAR. Wirmsott, MONDAY.—The Queen rode out this morning iii a pony phaeton and four, attended by the Duchess of Bedford, Lady C.' Cocks, and Hon. Miss Cavendisl . His Royal Highness Prince Albert accom panied her Majesty on horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie and Mr. George Edward Anson. Lord Lil ford and Colonel Wemyss also attended her Majesty. The Princess Royal was taken her usual airing this forenoon. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert went out in the Park in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the usual suite. Viscount Ebrington took leave this morning and the Lady Isz:bella Wemyss also took her departure from the Castle. The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget, the Right Hon. Sir William Fremantle, Mr. and Mrs. Chaloner, and the Hon. Henry and Mrs. Ashley, will have the honour of joining this evening's dinner circle at the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Viscount Ebrington arrived at his residence in Gros venor-square yesterday morning, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were re ceived )e.,terday at the Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Lady Arabella Baring arrived in town yesterday morning, from their residence at Lee, Kent. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 20.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W. light breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, APRIL 19.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrived the Anne, Wilson, from Oporto • 11elford, Westward. Arrived from the river and sailed, the Prince Rupert, for New Zea land ; John Brown, Mauritius ; Marys, Berbice ' • Lady Hilda, Barbadoes; Lady Meer, Trinidad; Mary Brack, St. Jago de Cuba ; John and Mary, Africa ; Brittania, Quebec ; Fifteen, Malta ; City of Rochester, ditto; Briton's Queen, Santander. All the outward bound have sailed except the Abel Gower, which still remains, with damage. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Arrived off, the Madagascar, Walker, from Calcutta, sailed from St. Helena 10th ult. Sailed the Elizabeth, for Sydney, New South Wales. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Wind N.—Sailed the Burham pooter, for Sydney, New South Wales. FALMOUTH, APRIL .18.—Wind W. to N.W., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Leeds steamer, for Vigo, &c. ; Lightning stea mer, Woolwich ; Baltimore, Funck, Baltimore for Havre. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19.—Wind N.N. W., fresh.—Arrived the Cordelia, from Calcutta; Antilla, Burnett, Barbadoes, sailed the 18th ult. ; Rowland Hill, St. Domingo ; Solway, Simon, Laguna; Manley, Gover, Campeachy, sailed sth Fe- bruary ; Brooklynn , Richardson, Apalachicola; Pomona, Penny, Trieste. GLOUCESTER, APRIL I9.—Arrived the Augusta, Bral ley, from St. Michael's. CORK, APRIL 17.—Arrived the Spencer, Losh, from the 'Mauritius; Blungo Park, Anderson, Monte Video. OFF NEWHAVEN, APRIL 19.—The Gazette, Cephalonia, for Bremen ; Staelt Tiel, Chevalier, Batavia ; General Hewett, Ariadne, Monte Video to Hamburgh ; William, Hen bury, Pernambuco for Stockholm. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 18.—Arrived the Union, from Am sterdam' Kinpers, do; Durham packet. Hontleur ; Elizabeth, Havre ; Courier, Cherbourg ; Pauline, Caen. The Cleopatra, from England to Nantes , put into Camarit on the 12th, with damage, having touched on Conquest Chains, and must discharge to repair ; Ville de Rouen, Havre to Rio Janeiro, loth April, lat. 49, lon. 9 W., by the Elizabeth, Galliot, arrived at Havre. THE IMPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK INTO mutton LONDON . — The importation of live cattle and other agri cultural produce into London, from Scotland, is n,. w carried on to a great extent, and appears to be on the i nc rease, upwards of 400 oxen, and 12 tonscit utt on Wharf, and pork, having been landed at the Scotch whai fs during the put week. On Friday afternoon the steamship London, Captain Ewing, arrived at 'lore's Steam -pac ket Wapping, from Dundee, with upwards of 50 live fat cattle, and nearly 10 tons of pork, besides a large quan tity of River Tay salmon in boxer. The greater portion of the oxen imported, however, from Scotland, came front Aberdeenshire. The average number of live pigs i m _ ported into London each week, from Cork, is about 500, a "swinish multitude" truly. Inverness-shire contributes the greatest number of live sheep; whilst the greatest quantity of killed mutton, prepared for the London mar kets, is brought from Leith and Edinburgh. Vass quantities of eggs and shell-fish are imported weekly from. 13 e rwick-upon-Tweed. Immense quantities of brown had.. are now being imported into London from alm u s, every shipping place in Scotland. The adoption of the rural police force in the eastern division of the county of Sussex has driven such I. host of thieves and vagabonds into the western division 01 the county, that in self defence the magistrates will bi compelled ;to institute a rural police force to rid them selves of the nuisance...—Sussex ,fi era ki, . would acknowledge that he had frequently given him pieces of . CHARTIST INTERRUPTIONS AT gold and silver that he had found about the premises. PUBLIC MEETINGS. Mr. Hedges said that he had done so, and the Magistrate said that he had no doubt but the boy had been led into this TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. offence by the gold-refiner, whoever he was, to whom he had Six,—l observe. in The Sun of the 12th a letter, in sold the metal, and on the prisoner promising to give Isis reply to my former communication, in which the writer, ma , ,ter all the information he could as to that person, and Air. J. Rainsley, has favoured your readers with a form others, if he knew any, he would discharge him. maa.-a-m...........a.amm.aam. of amendment, which he says is quite relevant to the CIT VOF LONDON THEATRE. proceedings of a meeting, called by requisition to Last evening we visited this Lyceum of the East, and were petition for the abolition of the bread tax. His amend well pleased to find the elegant little theatre well filled in every merit dec hires that it is a waste of time to petition the part, and the boxes presenting a most fashionable appearance. House of Commons as at present constituted, and that The performances commenced with a new melo-drama, called the only way of repealing bad laws, arising out of class Inis de Castro, which, although not founded on the tragic legislation, is to cause the People's Charter to become story of the celebrated Inez, was as interesting as such things usually are, and was made sufficiently entertaining by the aid of the law of the land. Now, without waiting to ask how good scenery, the broadsword combats of Coney and Blanchard, the Charter is to be obtained if Corn-law Repeal fascinating archness and vivacity of Mrs. Honey, in sundry cannot be had, I have no hesitation in saying that disguises and perilous adventures, together with the very good such an amendment would be disorderly, and any parties farce of Mr. Dunn as a drunken robber, and the rich comedy persisting in pressing it against the decision of the of " little " Ross, as a Court jester. The piece is an sinques- b Mayor, or other constituted authority who called the tionable hit, although it belongs to a school which criticism has long since overlooked. ° lt was very much applauded meeting, would be liable to be taken into custody. I throughout, and especially the parts in which Ross, Mrs. should be the last man to infringe upon the right of Honey, and Dunn, were prominent. 'The burletta of free eiscussion, or to claim any privilege for the middle Woman's the Devii was next presented, being the first poor. r. alas ey, how time which I denied to the M R • 1 h time this season. When we say that Mrs. Hooey sus- . tained her favourite part of Lady Brilliant, it is needless ever, tries very ingeniously to make it appear that lam to add that the burletta was received from beginning on the side of oppression, because I endfavouracl to to end with boundless laughter and applause. 'the entertain- show that the Feargus O'Connor Chartists (for that is mrnt concluded with The Emperor Anpoleon ; or, The De- the only party I have to deal with) have set themselves serter and his Dog, in which Mr. Bennet, as Napoleon, Mr. . Blanchard, as the Deserter (with his fine dog Hector), and against law and order, as well as common sense, in pre - Miss Montague, as Therese , received very liberal and merited scribing to themselves the task of upsetting all public applause. Ross, as the Polish and discarded lover, excited meetings unless called to petition for the Charter— very great laughter, by giving a good deal of breadth and force " Stopping the supplies of public opinion" is I believe the to a very meagre and insignificant part. name given to this new mode of agitating for the suffrage mamma. _ _ THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKETS. iy the youth, Dr. M'Douall. Now, Sir, one of my objects in exposing the ,disorderly and illegal course thus recommended, to say nothing of its unmeaning foolishness, was to prevent the honest but rash follow ers of Feargus O'Connor from falling, for the third time, into trouble. Physical force was the first specific for getting the Charter : it resulted in some hundreds of poor, ignorant men finding themselves in prison, and saddling us with the expense of an increase of army and police. Next came the farce of the sacred holiday, which covered with ridicule its actors ; and now we have another recipe, which, unless the O'Connorites be wiser than their leaders give them credit for, will cx pose them to a repetition of disasters and sufferings. My sympathy for the misguided Chartists is not my only motive for troubling you. I repeat, that I will stand by my right to meet and proclaim my grievances, and to petition upon any and every subject—a right which I willingly allow to others—and a right which I sha►l be as little disposed to surrender into the hands of O'Connor, as I was to yield up to his countryman, Castlereagh. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, April 14. AN ANGLO-SAXON. The demand for almost all articles continues dull, and prices still depressed. Raw Sugar for home use was lower,' and the transactions very trivial. The public sales went off very heavily, and the bulk uas bought in. Coffee dull and declining ; and the larger parcels brought to the hammer were chiefly taken in. Spices firm, and a fair request. Rice a very slow sale, and a shade cheaper. Cotton in demand for export, and full prices paid. THE WANTS OF ADVERTISERS " I know of no cure so good for the vapours, As reading the wants that appear in the papers." So signs John Perry, and with as much truth as wit. The columns of a newspaper arc the ouCet for all the crotchets and whims of individuals in this most crotchety of nations. What a person would not think of communicating in confidence to his most intimate friend he goes and publishes to all the world in the newspaper. But then he is hid beneath an impenetrable veil, and has the pleasure of seeing his " want" fully ad vertised without being taunted with the singularity or un reasonableness of it. Men let their most violent preju dices have full play in this open field, and the bigot ap pears in his full blaze of glory as an advertiser. DCC3 the reader want a " case?" The crammed columns of the Times furnish cart loads of them daily, but, to save the trouble of reference, we will take one from last Wed- nesday's:— " Wanted, a; good cook, in a clergyman's family, a person who values religious privileges. No kitchenmaid kept : no dairy. If any lady can recommend such a per son she will oblige the advertiser." A cook who values religious privilege; ! A cat that can play on the fiddle ! The religious privileges of a cook are to scold the scullion, snub the footboy, and sell the dripping The former arc p. - .srsonal rights flowing from the importance and the sanctity of her occupation—the latter is the tithe which she exacts from all the world— that is, all the world that have dinners ! Cast your eyes a little lower down, and we come to a new want:— " Nursery maid.—Wanted, a young woman, about twenty three years of age, in the above capacity. She must be able to work welt at her needle, and be a member of the Established Church. No followers allowed." Here's a test of religion and morals ! A member of the Established Church, and no followers ! It's plain these cenditions wou!dn't suit the modest young woman hard by, who wants a situation "as good plain cook, where a footman is kept." This is certainly a very wise and necessary provision where no followers are allowed ! What would Malthus say of the respectable widow who wants " nurse-children ?" What will romantic young ladies asd gentlemen say to this : " If Louisa will return immediately to her friends in London she will be kindly received, and all that has passed will be forgiven.—April 14." How full of mystery—perhaps of misery; and how many teats may have been shed before this dernier resort — a public advertisement, to bring back an erring child, or wife, or mother, was resolved on No pang, however, we irwgine, accompanied the two following intimations:— "If Miss Ruth Hall, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, does not fetch away her boxes, left at J. Verry's, 18, East cheap, City, in 14 days from this date, (April 14, 1841,) they will be sold to defray all expenses." " I hereby give notice, that unless John Stratford Best, late of Denham Mount, in the parish of Denham, Bucks, Esq., pays my demand, and removes within 14 days from the date hereof, three greyhound puppies (ono dog and two hitches), left with me on the 3d day of September last by his servant, George Hencher, they will be sold to defray my demands, and the expenses attending the same. —Cooper, Elton, Denham Bucks, April 10, 1841." What outrage against the delicacy of Miss Ruth Hall— what inhumanity towards the puppies of John Stratford Best, Esq. !—Brighton Herald. THE PLAINS OF HUNGARY.—WC had heard much of the dull and monotonous character of the great plain of Hungary. We had now a veritable specimen of it before us : for many long and weary miles we drove, ere so much as a cottage made its appearance, and all the while the corn waved on either hand, rank and luxuriant. Yet, singular as to us this state of things appeared, it is but a copy, and an imper fect one, of what prevails elsewhere. There are parts of the country, especially in the great plain of the Theiss, where you may travel an entire day without encountering either the houses or the faces of men ; and all the while your route will be through fields loaded with abundan, crops of wheat and rye. Moreover, the customs of the people who occupy that plain are to the full as striking as the external appearance of the country ; and it may be as well if I describe them. The long and fierce wars which Hungary sustained with Turkey, and the expo sure of these open districts to perpetual invasion, first induced the inhabitants to congregate into heaps, and the habits then contracted have never since been laid aside. Accordingly, there are no such things as villages and hamlets, far less de tached dwellings to he seen anywhere ; but at remote intervals one from another, you come upon towns, towns of the veriest huts, where dwell six, eight, ten, and sometimes as many as thirty thousand peasants to , h ether. How they preserve order among themselves I do not know, for their Magistrates seem to possess little influence over them; yet they do live peace ably enough and, though all are poor and squalid, and filthy to a degree, there seems to be a perfect indifference to the evils which poverty and squalor bring with them. They arc to a man agriculturists. It is by the labour of their hands that the boundless plains through which you have travelled are cultivated; and the process by which the mighty operation is performed is this : —When the season for ploughing and sowing comes round, the males march in a body from their homes. They erect wigwams, or huts, here and there in the fields ; and then setting to work, they toil from Monday till Saturday, living on the provisions which they may have brought with them, and sleeping at night in their bivouac. On Saturday they all return to the town, and do not leave it again till Mon day. In this manner the first processes are carried through ; and, when all the seed has been scattered, the people march back to their permanent habitations, there to abide in idleness and filth till some fresh operation becomes necessary. Finally, when harvest is ready, the bivouac is resumed, the women coining forth this time to assist in getting it in. And as the completion of the sowing season sent them back to town, so, hen reaping ends, the huts are abandoned.— Gleig's Hungary. SHOCKING AND FATAL OCCURRENCE.— Last Friday the Reverend Robert Quinn, clergyman of the Scotch Presb2,terian Church of Cermoy, had come to town for the pus pose of attending the consecra tion of the new Scotch Church in Queer -street, and while standing on the footway outside Myers' Hotel, in Patrick-street, talking to a hind, a - , about half-past three o'clock, p.m., a horse, ridden by a boy of about twelve or thirteen years of age, rushed furiously forward front a directly opposite direction, and dashed with such violence against the Rev. Mr. Quinn, that he was driven against the wall of the hot el v ith a force that instantly brought the blood bubbling from his mouth and nose in torrents ; his rebound from the wall threw him to the ground, where he fell across the cheek-stone of the footway, and when taken up was quite dead ! One of the runners at the coach-office adjacent, who said he was standing by at the time, said he saw the horse roll over the ill-fated gen tleman, and when rising placed his knee or hoof on his chest ; but on examination no mark of that sort, nor in deed any external wound whatever, appeared on the body. 1)r. Montague Smith, who was approaching the scene of this sad catastrophe in an opposite direction from that which the horse took, and having seen the animal's furious pace, rushed forward, saw Mr. Quinn prostrate, and h d him instantly brought into the public room of the hotel, where he and Dr. Delany opened veins in the dceeiseu's arm, hut he 3i 2 lded only a few drop s of blood, and the slight pulsation in his wrist and the tremulous beating of his heart, which were felt when he was first brought in, then ceased for ever. A great crowd of respectable per- SOll3 was in the room in a very few minutes, amongst the first of whom we saw several medical gentlemen, who did all that medical or surgical skill could do to restate anima tion ; .but all their efforts were in vain, for the unfortuua:e gentleman was dead when iir:t removed from the street. An additional feature of melancholy is added to this awful and fatal accident, ettaed has suffered this bereavement under the paitsful eir- Lceom e a mother, for by the fact tha t the wife toilfetisleecdone_d eunistsnce of havin , time, but a fortnight v before, and was t e al ried but to years. An inquest was h eld soon afterwards, when the Jury found that deceased's d eath bad been accidental, caused b y a h on ors t e h , e Uhroersper.opeTrthyeo Jury u Tobin,l\rlyr.werenot unanimous as to the with a d eo d an d o f 20/. amount of the deodand; but the majority were for 201. Cork Southern Reporter. Th e operations, under the directions of Col. Pasley, on the wreck of the Royal George, at Spithead, are to commence forthwith. The Success hulk will be employed in that service cc lietetofze. The flJers and keel of that ill-fated Kesel trill remain to be removed.-- I/amps/tire lekir op .14. TEA MARKET. The prices of all descriptions were well supported, with a steady market. The town and country trade both extensive buyers. Company's Congon Is. 51d. per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. _ _ The demand was limited to the wants of the trade, and few parcels changed hands, but prices were firm, owing to the time contracts that must shortly be completed. P. Y. C. 48s. on the spot . WHITECHAPEL. Our suprly of Hay and Clover was good, the demand mid dling, and prices about 2.3. to 3s. per load lower. Clover 41. 12s. to 61. 18s. ; Meadow Hay, 31. 10s. to 4/. 175.; Straw, 1/. 17s. to 21. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 19.—The sales of Cotton to. day have been to a moderate extent, amounting to 2,500 bales, wholly to the trade. In prices we have no altera tion to notice since last Friday's report. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 19.—The transac tions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise the follow ing :—Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 18* ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 36 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock,27*; Grand Junction, Quarter Shares, 28*; Great Western, Half Shares, 651 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 961 ; London and Birmingham, 159; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 23*; London and Brighton United Company, 47* ; North Midland, 81. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 19.—There is a fair demand for Railway Stock, but 'very little offering. London and South Western, 58* and 58 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25h and 25* ; Manchester and Leeds, 661; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 36 ; Bristol and Exeter, 351 ex in terest ; Alliance Bank, We have received Mauritius Papers to the 7th of January' by which it appears that the small-pox is still raging there. The ship Baltimore has arrived frcm New York, bringing New York Papers to the 2d inst. At the time of her sailing there was no information respecting the President. General Harrison was indisposed. The United States Bank Shares closed at 17a, being 1 per cent. advance on the previous day. The above arrival is only one day later than the last account. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yester day, 90i g. for the Account, Money 905 ; Exchequer Bills, 13 15 prem. ; Bank Stock, 172 173; India Stock, 255 256. In the Foreign Market the prices continue nominal to the present hour. Spanish Active, 235 ; Deferred, 125 %; Passive, 53 %; Portuguese, 34.5 ; Three per Cents., 205 k ; Brazilian, 69 70 ; Colombian, 224 235 ' Mexican rather lower, 303 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 525; Five per Cents., 98 2 99.5. SHARES.—Great Western, 305 3U, prem., New, 155prem. ; ' London and Brighton, 14 4 dis. ; Blackwall, 5% 5 dis. ; Bir mingham, 68 70 prem. ; Southampton, 574 585 per share; Croydon, 13 4 14 per share ; Greenwich, 84 per share ; Man chester and irmingham, 15 144 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and Br ighton London and Birmingham ... 90 Ditto Thirds Ditto New London and Greenwich Ditto Scrip... .. 3 ...... 5 ...... to London and South Western 384 — .. to Ditto Tenths Slanchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties South Eastern and Dover fork and North Midland... HALF-PAST ONE. A ves,el arrived, on the 29th of March, at Baltimore, which left Bermuda on the 20th March, at which period nothing was known of the President steamer. We still continue without any information of the President, nor is there any other news of the least importance. Other files of .11Iaui itius pacers have been received to the 15th Januuary, but they do not contain any news. Cons - Ols are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 90% a ; at present 94 for the Ac count ; Money, 90i 3 ; Exchequer Bills, 13 15 prem. ; Bank Stock, 173 172 i ; India Stock, 256 2551 lower ; India Bonds, par, 2 premium. In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Active, 23 1 1 ; Portuguese, 301- ; Three per Cents., 20i ; Dutch Five per Cents., Not much doing in the Share Market, and the prices are firm. Great Western, New, 65i ; London and Brighton 4st ; Birmingham, Thirds, 54; Midland Counties, 90; York and North Midland, 85. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, Account, 94, sellers ; Colombian, 22 3 / 23 Mexican, 30 ; Portuguese, 33; 34k; Spanish, 23i . EDITORIAL CORRECTIONS.—A Devenport paper contains a letter referring to the British Asseciation with a postscript correcting erroneous statements es to the time of their meeting. It is thus printed P. S. As inaccurate statements have appeared in some of the news papers respecting the time of meeting at Plymouth, it is right to announce that the Council has finally determined that the opening shall be on the 90th ( II) of July, and to close on the 4th of August." ANCIENT CONCERTS.—A rehearsal took place yesterday morning in the presence of the Duke of Cam bridge, Lord Burghersh, Lord Cawdor, and a numerous assemblage cf the subscribers. Madame Pauline Garcia Viardot sings for the first time at these performances to morrow evening two sorg; and a duet with Caradori ; the other singers are Miss Bruce Wyatt, Miss Birch, Miss Hawes; Messrs. Hobbs, Harrison, Hawkins, F. Lablache, and Phillips. The director for the evening, the Duke of Wellington, has made a good selection from the works of Handel, Haydn, Purcell, Weber, Cherubini, Mozart, Mar cello, Mayer, Winter, Paisiello, Hummel, Cimarosa, &c. Mr. G. A. Macfarren's new opera cannot be brought out at the Lyceum, although it has been un derlined in the bills, in consequence of Mr. H. Phillips having left the theatre, fa whom a principal part had been expressly composed. GERNIAN OPERA.— Weber's Oberon was played last night to a numerous audience, who appeared much gratified at the revival of this exquisite opera. The town of Croydon was last week a good deal excited by a report which gained very general circulation that the bodies of three children had been found in the rest-pool cf a low lodging-house that was formerly kept by a notorious character, and who has recently left the town. It appears that upon this party giving up posses sion of the house, it was taken by a person named West, who had the cese-pool emptied; and while thia was in course of being cacted, the men who wore employed dis covered three bundles of a very suspicious appearance, but it appeers that they took no further notice of the circum stance at the time, and continued their work, and the soil was all carted away. Immediately afterwards, however, reports were circulated about the town, and an application was made to Messrs. Keats and Matthew, the Church wardens, and, from their knowledge of the character of the man who had formerly kept the house, and of the par- tics who frequented it, they deemed it necessary that a scratching ir‘quiry should be instituted, and they cbtaincd the assistance of Mr. Collier, the Inspector of Police sta tioned at Croydon, who immediately applied to the men who had been employed; and having ascertained the above fact, he directed that the soil should be searched, and this was accordingly done. It was then found that the suspi cious bundles consisted merely of some old rags ar.d cictb ing, and nothing was discovered tending in any way to warrant the suspicion that had existed. The report, how ever, had obtained such currency, and, as may be expected, occasioned so much excitement, that it has been found a matter of some little difficulty to satisfy the people in the neighbourhood of the real facts of the case. At the meeting of th e Hastings Town Council on Tuesday week, the clerk made a communication to the Board that be had been served with a writ for 4701. due to Mr. Prentice and o thers, for the dinner supplied at the Wellington Festival last year. The Town Council re fused to interfere, and came to a resolution that that body had no funds out of w hich to pay money f or t h e purpose claimed. —Rochester Advertiser. THE So RCERlES.—According to ancient custom, great was the congregaion of the young in the Sorceries on Monday cnd Tuesday last, to hurl their pasche eggs and exhibit their finery ; and numbers of " children cf larger growth," found ample amusement at the old game of " drop the handkerchief." Both days were cold and showery, which detracted much from the enjoyment of the young-uns. The consumption of eggs was enormous. In the evening several ro , ms were opened for dancing, and were well attended.— Carli,le Journal. REDUCTION OF SUGAR. D U TIES.--It is stated confidently in the London Journal of Commerce, that the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs have recom mended to the Board of Trade that the duty on sugars grown in British possessions should be reduced from 0 4s. to 9s. 6d. per cwt., and the duty on foreign sugars from 63v. to 245. per cwt. REDUCTION OF DUTIES ON FRENCH WINES AND SPIRITS.--It is reported that the proposed reductions to be made under the new commercial treaty with France, will be to 103. per gallon on brandy, and to is. 6d, per gallon on wine. The conclusion of the commercial treaty is dependent on the ratification of the political treaty, which will withdraw France from her present isolation. London Journal of Commerce. EXPRESS FROM PARIS Our Pavia let•ers, dated yesterday, state that it was considered in the diplomatic circles of that capital, that the change in the Ottoman Cabinet would facilitate the arrangement of the Eastern question, on the basis laid down in London by the representatives of the Five Powers, on the 14th ult., to which Reschid Pasta, from his deadly enmity to Mehemet Ali, um strongly opposed. Lord Ponsonby bad been recalled, or, in other words, was to quit Constantinople, on leave of absence, never again to reappear there as Ambassador. The Fir►t Se cretary of Lc gation was to be charged, after his Lord ship's departure, with the aff.drs of the Embr.ssy. General 11cgcaud returned to Algiers on the 10th from his expedition to Mede3h. He had crossed the Pass of Teniah and reached Medeab without striking a blow ; but on his Ti turn be had had a serious encounter with the At abs. The Dnke de Nemours arrived at Algiers on the 10th. The Chamber of Deputies of Spain resolved, on the 13th. by a unijority of 80 against 44, that the Government should be invited to submit the Regency question forth wi h to the Cortes.— Times. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) YEWENs V. OSBALDISTON—sADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. The ATToRNET-GENERAL moved in this case for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the defendant should not be set aside and a new trial had. The case was tried before Mr. Jus tice Williams at the sittings after last term, and the question for their Lordships' consideration was, whether a Jury could by their vedict repeal a penal Act which they disapproved of. It was an action brought under the statute 10th Geo. 11., chap. 28, for representing characters upon the stage of an un licensed theatre, and there were counts for causing these re presentations to take place on an unlicensed stage. Upon the law of the case there could be no dispute, for it was settled in a csse between these very !parties, as reported in 2d 'volume of Carington and Payne's Reports, p. 67, where the present plaintiff filed a bill against the defendant for the specific per formance of an agreement to enter into partnership in. such a theatre. The defendant insisted that it was illegal under the present Act of Parliament, and the Vice-Chancellor, and afterwards the Lord Chancellor, gave judgment that the agreement was illegal because the 10th Geo. 11. was still in forces and no agreement to represent theatrical pieces in such a theatre was legal, and could not be enforced. There were two classes of counts, one which related to acting, and the other causing to be represented; and with regard to the latter he should say nothing, because, although the evidence was clear, still there was an inference to be left to the Jury, and it was for them to come to a decision upon the facts so left to them. But with regard to the 'other class of counts it was proved at the time that there was at Sadler's Wells, in the pa rish of Clerkenvvell, a theatre vivre plays.were publicly acted in a regular manner. Among others, Shakspeare's plays, and there were witnesses who had been present, and followed the performances from the books. It was proved that the de fendant Osbaldiston was the manager, that he gave out the parts, superintended the rehearsals, and was present on Satur days when the actors were paid their weekly salaries. Of all that there was direct and positive evidence, and unless there was an inflexible rule that where the Jury actually miscon ducted themselves, by finding a verdict in a penal action con trary to the evidence and the summing up of the Judge, that such a verdict must stand, then he humbly submitted that the Court must grant him a rule. Mr. Osbaldiston was not only the manager but an actor, and he acted among other characters those of Macbeth and Virginius, two witnesses having deposed that they saw him perform these parts from beginning to end on several nights. It was shown that the public regularly at tended the theatre, that play bills had been i=sued, and money taken, and all the circumstances usually attendant upon these' performances. Their Lordships would see that in that case there was direct and positive evidence. It might be said—and he was ready to allow it elsewhere—that the law upon the sub ject was not in a very satisfactory state, and he was glad to find that a Noble Lord had given notice of his intention to bring the matter under the consideration of the Legislature. But that was for the Legislature, and it was the duty of a Jury merely to enforce the law; and if their Lordships would look at the 10th Geo. II.; chap. 28, sec. 2, they would find it ex pressly enacted, that if any person should without authority or licence act or represent, iii to he acted or represented, for hire, gain, or reward, any interlude, tragedy, comedy, or any part or parts thereof, every person for such offence should forfeit the sum of fifty pounds, one half to go to the in former and the other to the poor of the parish. Now that Act remained in full force at the present time, and there were se veral cases on the subject, Prince v. Chapman, Levi v. Yates and others. It was admitted that the theatre was was unli censed, for even the Lord Chamberlain could not grant a li cence unless in a parish where the Sovereign resided. In the present case, therefore, it was clear that the jury had miscon ducted themselves, and unless they were to be vested with an irresponsible power, he apprehended relief would be afforded him by their Lordships. It was laid down that in penal cases, even where there was misdirection of the Judge, the Court could not interfere to grant a ne rir trial, but where there was a wilful violation of the law on the part of the jury', the Court was bound to interfere. In - Brows v. Middleton; 10th East, it was laid down that in a penal action there should not be a nevi* trial, even where the verdict was against the evidence, but that was only in a case where there was a question for the jury, and w here they drew an inference which might be wrong, but yet an honest one. In Rolton and Eccleston, 2d Chitty, it was laid down that the Court could not interfere unless where there was misconduct on the part of the jury ; but, in the present case, there was not only misconduct. but gross misconduct, and the present was the only mode in which they could be reached, otherwise at would be in the power of a jury in every case to set the law at defiance. The COURT, after some deliberation, granted the rule for a new trial. EXCHEQUER.- (THIS DAY ) EAST V. JEWELL. This action was brought under the 6th of Edward VI., to recover treble value for not setting out tithes. It wat tried before Lord Denman at the late assizes for Kent, when a ver dict passed for the defendant. THESIGEIt now moved for a rule nisi to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, on the grounds of misdirection, the improper reception of evidence, and that it was against the evidence. The Learned Gentleman said the action was brought not to recover the treble value ; the plaintiff was only anxious to settle the question of whether there had been a composition, as set up by several landowners, or not. The evidence for the plaintiff made it clear that he was the lessee of the tithes under the chapter of Rochester, and that he had been in the habit of receiving 12s. per acre for wheat, and 9s. for Lent corn, but that it was by special agreement and valua tion from year to year. The defence set up Has that from 1937 to 1839 there had been a composition, but in that they totally failed. However, his Lordship left it to the Jury to say whether there had been a composition, and if so they ought to find for the defendant, without, as the same time, calling their attention to the fact, proved by both sides, that there had been a yearly valuation, and that in fact the plaintiff had taken just what he could get. The Jury was a common one, and they were not, in general, favourable to tithe-owners ; accordingly they found for the defendant at once, clearly, against the evi dence in the case. Lord ABINGEa—You are entitled to your rule upon the ground of the verdict being against evidence. Rule nisi granted. - - BOULTON V. SNAPE. - - This was an action upon a guarantee bond for 8,0001., upon which 3,9481. had been advanced to the Leamington Joint Stock Bank which failed in 1837. It was tried before Lord Abinger at the late a,sizes held at Warwick, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. HILL now moved for a rule nisi to enter the verdict for the defendant, to enter a non-suit, to reduce the verdict in various instances, or for a new trial. The Learned Gentle man went at considerable length into a history of the transac tions of the bank, but before he concluded his statement he was interrupted by Lord ABINGER, who said the case was a very complicated one, but the facts might be easily agreed upon—in his opinion it would greatly facilitate the ends of justice if they were to turn them into a special case. He had very full notes, and if they could not agree upon the facts, let each side send in their statement to him and he would settle the case for them. This suggestion seas adopted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY SCHOLBRIDGE V. WARD. CLERK. This was an issue directed under an appeal against a deci sion of the Tithes Commutation Commissioners. The plaintiff set up that the commutation was excessive, in asmuch as the lands of the parish (Tenterden) and the Weald of Kent were distinguished in two classes, upland and town land, for the latter of which there had been an established modus of 4d. tithe per acre. At the trial the Judge stated his opinion to the Jury, that the if odus had not been proved, and the terdict accordingly was found for the defendant. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now obtained a rule nisi for a new trial on the ground of misdirection. GUILDHALL-( THIS DAY). Ctin acx-rates.—Mr. George Simmons, of 203, Upper Thames-street, appeared before Messrs. Magnay and Fare brother, the sitting Aldermen, on a summons granted at the instance of the Churchwardens of the parish of St. Mary's, to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 13s. 4d for Church-rates. The Churchwarden being sworn stated, that he called se. veral times on the defendant, who refused to pay as he was nut a member of the Church of England, and also expressed dis approbation of the manner in which the money was expended. Mr. Alderman FA ItEBROTHER said, that tthatever might be Mr. Simmons's private opinions, he (Mr. Alderman Fare brother) was bound to administer the law as he found it. Even supposing their feelings of opposition► to Church-rates were the same, there was no means by which he could avoid making an order for the yi) went of the claim. The defendant said that the salaries paid to the different offi ' cials about the church were exorbitant, and if he were obliged to pay this claim now, he would have no future means of appealing against these abuses. Mr. Alderman MAcNAY said Mr. Simmons could keep a watchful eye over the proceedings of the vestry, which he sup posed was open to the parishioners. He agreed with his brother Alderman that they should make an order for the claim. MARLBORO S DA UGH-STREET. (THIY.) James Connor, an elderly labouring man, Catherine his wife, and Mary Murphy, apretty-looking young woman, were placed at the bar before Mr. LONG, the presiding Magistrate, on the following charge : Police-constable No. 94, of the F division, stated that, about five o'clock yesterday evening, he was called to No. 15, Stacey street, St. Wks's, where he heard violent shrieks and cries of murder proceeding from the upper put of the house, and, on entering the back attic, he found the prisoner Catherine Con nor lying struggling on the bed, with her clothes torn nearly entirely trom off her person, and her husband, who was holding a knife in his hand, threatening to mur der her. The prisoner Murphy was also beating and .cratc.hing her about the face. Witness approached the bed to rescue her, when Connor, uttering au oath, raised his arm, and was in the act of stabbing his wife, but witness caught him by the sleeve, and after a desperate struggle suc ceedi din wresting the knife from him, upon which they all attacked him, struck him several violent blows, and at length threw him down stairs. With the assistance, however, of two policemen, he succeeded in consigning all the prisoners to the station-house. From the account of the landlady of the house jealousy was the cause of the uproar. The MAGISTRATE remanded Connor, and fined the two women ss. each for assaulting the police. HATT ON-GARDEN.—(T HIS DAY.) George Hitchcock, an errand-boy. was brought up, charged with having stolen a small piece of silver, the property of Mr. Hedges, a gold and silver chain-maker, in Clerkenwell. The complainant stated that he had missed a great deal of silver and gold latterly, and one week his loss amounted to nearly 41., and, in order to find out the offender, he had placed the above piece of silver, which was only valued at about three pence, on the desk where the prisoner bad to sit, and in an hour afterwards it was gone, and, on searching the prisoner, it was found upon him. On being asked what he had to say, tie prisoner aelrnow , :edged having. taken one piece of gold Irevious to the trans action, which he had sold to a gold-refiner, but his master EVENING EDITION. DISPUTE WITH CHINA. A meeting of the East India and China Association 7! was held, on Thursday last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the late proceedings in China. The result of the deliberations of the Association was the adoption of a letter to Viscount Palmerston, in which the members express their dissatisfaction at the recent .arrangements entered into by Captain Elliot with the Chinese authoritiei. The letter was signed, on Satur day, by all the houses engaged in the trade with China, and forwarded, in the evening, to London. We sub join a copy of the document : To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, her • Majesty's Sacretary of State for Foreign Affairs. " My Lord,— We, the undersigned merchants of Li verpool, engaged in the trade to India and China, ven- • tore to address your Lordship on the subject of the in telligence which has reached us by t h e f ast over l an d mail, announcing that a preliminary tr eaty h a d b een en tered into b , 6tween her Majesty's Plenipotentiary an d the Chinese Commissioner ; and we do so under deep feelings of disapitointment and alarm. " In. the treaty to which we refer, as officially corn municated to the British residents in China, on the ?oth of January l tst, we cannot recognise the fulfilment' of any one of the great and important objects avowedly sought to be obtained by her Majesty's Government in the mission of the formidable armament which pro- , ceeded to the coast of China during the last, year ; nor can we trace in its provisions any thing calculated to afford a prospect of redress for past loss and suffering, or to allay distrust and apprehension in entering upon new dealings with the Chinese. '6 We retrain from alluding to intelligence, halever worthy of ereriit, which has reached us from private sources in China, and abstain from speculating upon the nature of the details that are stated to remain to be negotiated ; but we find, in the contents of the circular itself, issued by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, ample reason for approaching your Lordship with urgent en treaties that her Majesty's Government will not ratify a treaty the avowed and prominent conditions of which arc calculated to degrade the British character in the eyes of other nations, and which contains neither that reparation for the past nor that security for the future which the country was led to expect she had a right to demand and was in a situation to enforce. We have the honour to remain, my Lord, your most obedient servants, Sce. _ " Liverpool, April le, 1841."—Liverpool Albion. ELECTIONS IN CANADA. (Extract of a Letter.) " Of the 84 mehibers of the Assembly, 71 have been already returned, of whom 52 at least are Uniouists. In all Upper Canada there is not a single opponent to the Union ; In Lower Canada, the,opposnion are prin- cipally members of the French counties. Iteturns of 13 members are still to come in, of whom six or seven at least will be supporters of the Union ; in shprt, there is no fear that Lord Sydenham will have an efficient majority in the house. " As I mentioned in my last, there have been somo disturbances at the Lower Canada elections. The acri- mony produced by the long antagonism of the two races, broke out when they met face to face at the poll ; and in this county (Montreal) one or two Irishmen were, on the first day of the election, killed by the French Canadians. Ihe excitement in the town when this became known was excessive, and the Irish and English population went to the poll the next day, fully prepared to resist the violence of the French Canadians. The latter, however, took fright, and their member retired, and thus all disturbance was prevented " In the county of Terrebonne the French Canalians came down to the poll in a body of about two thousand, headed by their candidate, Lafontaine, and armed with bayonets, dirks, and loaded sticks. They were, how ever, so much frightened at the sight of the English and Irish voters, who, to the number of about six hundred, were on the ground, that Lafontaine retired without a struggle, stipulating only to he allowed to leay.; the ground unmolested. Some of the knives aid bludgeons taken from the French at Terrebonne have been sent to the Government, and they are said to be most mur d,crous weapons. " Every effort is of course made by the French party to throw on their opponents and on the Government the odium of the violence at the elections. Nothing can possibly be more unjust, The feelings of both parties are exasperated to the utmost degree. The French, where they have been able, as in the county of Mon treal and in the counties of St. Maurice and Berthier have committed the grossest octrae t es ; but wherever there was any considerable body of English or Irish, their superior energy, strength, and courage, gave them the advantage immediately a riot commenced. This patty being natural adherents of the British Government has given a sort of colour to the accusation that the Government have interfered, which would otherwise have bean altogether absurd. " In Upper Canada the elections generally have gone on quietly. At Toronto there was no disturbance during the election ; but when Dunn and Buchanan (the Government candidates) were being chaired, a quarrel arose between those forming their procession and the inhabitants of a house called Allan's Tavern. What was the origin of the quarrel is not 'very clear, but stones were thrown at the house and elte e tvitielows broken, on which shots were fired from ile. : yirulows, and one man killed, and three or four more. wounded. The persons who were in the house have, been arrested, and the matter is undergoing judicial 'investigation: It is the only case in which fire-arms have been resorted to. In another county there has been a disturbance, in which the pull-books and writ were destroyed, but no lives e _l believe, lost. " Hitherto the military have been kept . almost en tirely out of the elections. They were called out in St. Maurice and Berthier, in the former by the Go .vernment candidate, in the latter by the Opposition candidate. In no case, however, have they been re quired to fire. In Quebec the election is now pro ceeding with the greatest industry on both sides ; voters have been sent for from this place, and are gone down. That election, however, and al others, will be over before the middle of next week. The latest Upper Canada elections must have closed yesterday, although the returns have not arrived here ; but in Lower Canada there is no limit to the dueation of the elections, the proceedings of which. are geverned by the old law, and not by the Union act."—EveningPaper. RAILROADS AND PROFESSIONAL - FEES. The opening of railroads in different parts of the country is giving rise to a great alteration in the rate of charge made by medical men of the first eminence for visiting patients in the country. Sir Charles Clarke, Sir Henry HalfOrd, Sir Benjamin Brodie, and other medical men in the various departments of the profes sion, have had one uniform established rate of charge, which is rendered inapplicable by the existing state of circumstances. Amongst this class in the profession, the practice has for years prevailed of charging f the for that railroads purp within ose,i t i e: l e i - i one-third e s oft thethat consider reduction ought to take place. Son e guinea per mile whatever has been the dis tance of the jo urney. As the same distance now can be means et e performe d time formerly b y required ' Il ome of the most eminen t in the p rofession have already l de ' dined to take fees calculated upon this pri • nciple, and it is understocd that a conference of the heads of the profession is about to take 1 p ace, in order that a settled system may be established, having due regard to the rights of the profession and the interest of the patient. It is generally thought that a rate of charge a. ccording to the time employed will b e a more just standard than thatof the distance travelled, and it is said that if five guineas per hou r s h ou ld be fixed upon as the amount of remunerati on for the heads of the profession, iestead of one guinea 'l • . per mile. It will secure to then a larger remunereticm for their time actually engaged, while patients resicliug within a moderate distance of rail roads will be able to avail themselves of the first-rate prof e s s i ona l a dvice at one-third less charge than they were formerly obliged to pay. 'l' his is as it should be. it will have the effect of ditiding the benefit to he de rived from the establiAreient of railroads equally b e _ tween the profession and the public. It would be no harm if the same principlo were applied to the gentle men of the long robe going into the country upon spec i a l retainerF. Thc fees, which were an adequate roe -tune ration for a distinguisi e I ornament of his profession to journey to Liverpool to conduct a cause, when the old system of travelling prevailed, might win - tof' ti abate ment in proportion to the abridgment f • 1 railroads create.—Observer. . - ACClDENT , —.Yesterday evening last he wi•cahs a r g e . l l i I n i ajik alongi iIE• I ::;iefer : a n s , ed S vv t. as Ma a rtirs FATAL CAB ACCIDENT. a i n t i e n p q p u e e a s r t e dwfarso from held the evidence v t id h e e n e Mitre tliaty Martin's lane, before Mr. Higgs, on the hod ' rate. The c hi c s r ho n ;s e e , took fright and galloppod cab driver. On Mon u d i a l y en offalCo(k s. a p u f r t;r s i t c r i c i s e t .ased endeavoured to stop o f Mr. Fincharri, surgeor, of the progress of the animal, but without success, and at length the off wheel cam e in contact with an omnibus, and the deceased was thrown road. He was corve ' off his box seveml yards into tins yea in an insensible state to the house his rerrov . :l . , to Charing where he received Spring-gardens, who advi.ed g cress Hospital, prompt medical atten d ance , b u t tile injuii-s weie of so severe a riatore that he lingered until Sat urda y , when he died. Verdict, " Accidental death." PEN WY N ELECTION. —Mr. Hutchins, M.P. \for this borough, has written to his agent.., requesting t them to a nnou nce that he shall not , in the evert of a gene- i cal election, offer hinittclf again us a candidate' for that \borough.—Conacall Royal Gazette. 1 CHANCES IN TIIE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Since last Session , u p to the proi.eot period, as many as 24 Members have been returned to Parliament to fill vacan cies occasioned by deaths, acceptance of office, or succes sion Reigate, Mayo, Kirk ca to pcerages. The places at which elections occ.urredare as. follow :---Armagh, Cambridge, Ludlow, antes bury, , St. Alban's, Wate:ford, Cavan, Surrey (western division Sudbury, ), Camber. gliliiiincC'brnonO, To Carlow, King's clniudlFy e N r (i rn oet t l i an :i lt a ce g rut h tii , ls ' ai l l ' ii o ‘t. t ei n s, j e oN s tii,;,,, E sa l aCdoduct,iityA, Antrim, the and ele c tiloZialdtt.olorrsyritiiirit county these may be be retumed without opposition. There is to at ok pt 't hui , dav , .. It Is understood that Mr. A' P r. Alexander would e l s s e c n e t on a vacancy fur Notzini 4 ham, in consequer:ce of the death of Sir Runald Ferguson.