The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-13 00:00:00

[NT much ;orric, igning, aq an" Tbe E a ster' in irei of fd lerable ite per on ae' theltre :-, the N.l and itsu:e! °rifler' ti their Eopo )olitari ructed istlyee, [on:,zr• • to re' e h pro. ir first ,of fare 1 T o mb and ; crg.cp tie act . and her it , ' e boo its as ~:,tio- merous the fie- 5 d 00" , ••—• holid .e .', as ever, we should have thought that all ate 'Itc: ( 1 ", 1 Folks had forsaken their old pursuits, and 4 dtil s '' t he a. the ,Polytechnic. But though it was p c o bo _ n . %, t ,r , ', rose-hill and Greenwich, rye have no covered with those who sought, and, ire sen d sig cs host cases, found happiness. At least ,ce rte easy to grent delight at the Polytee,lioic ; and lepa , , 1 4 g t lotice that the bulk of the visitors, con `r 0 : the lower than the upper classes, took n " ere, 'ect tin . 1 et's .`t in the many mechanical and scientific lis t , whi c h s Ara' s t. 4 e the institution contains. Such a cir ie P° ° "' t he 3 most ust gratifying proof of a great improve , rni o taste, the habits, and the knowledge of the i g hter our of 1 ove r )ntrast C OURT CIRCULAR. vont pd the in thil ,~ ce .~ ; bee iC the a lot, 4 , 1 0. . w ho c pery our ° : r ad• k , . Ai T. Queen, atte n ded by ' SOB,ko OND A l'•--- ne Lady , i 'l hi Tde out this 'afternoon in a phaeton, his i "'l 0. 14 , • e5s Prince Albert being on horseback, ate ~;tt , Y, k;olonel Bouveric and Colonel Wemyss. 7:rti,xllhton i•watained the Hon. Misses Pitt and ',.lt' t tnd Sir Robert Otws'. % °Y'l Party returned to the Castle shortly be . e ( el„k . C it ° • ‘d, lal Highness the Duchees of Kent, attended la in' e 4 e n ae Maria Dawson, Pisa took an airing, and ti s s's Royal wa - also ta; en out attended by the 11 1 'aq) % ' - ' ek ti t , li e %• Dr. Short too l ,: his departure from the Castle , .g. d l t , l, 41 4 , Y ,. Isabella Weroyss a-ti%ed tc-clay at the ;et li. je sisit to, her Majesty. 1 4 (~ °I U %bridge, and Mr. end Mrs. Harcourt, ) 4 y:l/ ) ". r . tl's, ' . will have ' the honour of dining with 1 1' 'nner Party at the Castle this evening. It ''',l . ~ Yal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at. ~Y Colonel Keate, honoured the Lord Mayor i l ,t. e°4l Pany at dinner yesterday, at the Mansion.- ~ le b I - ", c11 0 4(1 44 e of Cambridge visited Hampton Court and f it % on Sund a y a f ternoon . 1'0 1 , 4 Melbourne arrived in town yesterday even \ltti li ansha nger , H er t s ., t h e sea t o f E ar l C o wper. te b , °liana telt town on Saturday evening for the ; 1 I °II his return to his mission at the Court tl \ 41 1 Duk e o f Tuscany. p t of Lansdowne, we are happy to sate l. tl t , better y ester d ay . Th e N o bl e Marquis took I , l 'tta lti his carriage for the first time since his re 'kV,l„,af gout. 1::(Ity:'" .. lcial Committee of the Privy Council sat i, „tfiC t rld resumed the hearing of the great will t i,.,is tl ' late Mr. Wood of Gloucester. The Soli 'l4;`,',al resumed his address, and had not COO 'ue rising of the Court, at four o'clock. tit ti, t , 5 4, UPe,v.ASTERN AND DOVER RAILWAY.— ~sto4"vtlis works of this railway between Dover and 1 ;:elk e i which, are, we should say, unexampled is, the ,;tlii ° f Ito& rn engineering, have been actively re -4.'"kll',,P):lng by a large force ' of workmen. The line i tL tie sea.shore and is formed either by boring tk it" ' ' e to . Eta the bowels of the taller cliffs themselves, ri Netnent on their ledges, or by cutting to the level 4 tins of the less formidable eminences. It is by no I l l i t i) eeian to conjecture that this most important rail ' ' e4 t , illble to the public in a couple mere years, and t, a , to tt l °o aer, as we understand the shareholders' list k r i seb many of the most substantial and cater. , f r - o e 'l of the - day. Shakspcare's Tunnel, as it is \ t, r 4 its running through the cliff of that name, a ''',l L ,,,!'"' l , the roost extensive of the whole line, twelve .4 , c e ha.d been carried through the cliff, and the '.. del n ' a 'k 'of arching it over where the chalk is con \Nlte"'ereire is rapidly progressing. The sea walls, l it • •' ' : B and tunnelling beyond, towards Folkestone, '. kt 4, 1° 4 forward , state, while the eater parts of the I '? ( ~ L i eondori end arc also proceeding vigorously.— ,011%-,ron icle. ,! 1 1 ih r lover will not appear on the Haymarket ' ' t,l, -41 ! year. The reason assigned for this secession ''' l el l 4 t vin g entered into an engagement for next season 0 th • g 4 rden, her present services have been dispensed ,k ' , t ,, 1 11 ,, e Q ,ieti management and ve o o f of h t i the e me Haymarket. tmann ed 00 1 tECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—On the . .. ‘ 1 ,1t,`".! the 31st ul'., it was discovered by the coast ,,i'lett*°rled at the Nanny water, that a vessel was sunk ~,I.,l t ett tulles off shore, and that part of her topmast I .'" , e 'everal feet above water. Mr. Prosser, chief ell b , th e A, i rt eoast.guard, immerilately launched his boat, her, and with ye bl r tioe and risk succeeded in rescuing two of the !,,l p p thei r per il ous situation on the topmast. The ‘lti t '"'ed t o b e t h e smac k W e lli ngton , o f Sk err i es , hi t ti t , o lli" potatoes from Lock Ryen, and had upset and .( 11, 11i ght previous, in a heavy squall. About nine I kti' remainder of crew, five in number, includ iltt4 41 tee (J. Grircle ) ), were wash e d off and drowned lb` l 4' '.ight —Dublin Paper. VNI ' 4 t r l'U • 1 10 y 1 L AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On I ti 'et, aat, as some men were repairing one of the b kt D 1 . Works, in removing some part tie ow els e p e ' ' , York, the inner well fell in, burying eight ',Ot " fellows under the ruins. Immediately the 11'41 I ,',° o k place, a =tater of workmen commenced ' yti ce le rubbish away, when, after great labour, Vrei r , - ,, e eded in reaching the unfortunate sufferers; ,)'4,t'q l b ",that five of then were quite dead,. and the re ,;il ki tie ,lee so seriously injured that but feint hopes are Nt d k ,- of their recovery. We understand that four It I, tt 9 ' a sed have 'e't widows and families to lament IN'eks'alelv and melancholy destle—A coroner's in 'lN h eld on the bodies on Thursday, when the jury '41,/ 4 verdict of ' Accidental Death. "—Monmouth tl‘ "114 ' ti.kt, c l4 l l44e has hem inserted in the Liverpool "Y tl l ' e q , l, exemp . tiTig from Deck dues ial.l of tai yth U cCkh without using them. ne was oi. d f' to ugh the instrumentality of Mr. Mark Phillips, NI 11 11 inchester. Vt k C ATION UNDER THE JESUITS.—Break 1/41et 14 arter past eight—milk and water with bread ; „r4°ll l ; l ' . ,'lfs; nit eleven —meat, except on meagre day a, "y t IN uays in the week pastry in addition; a gotaer . of ii 4ci °;d cheese, et four o'clock ; supper at six, consisting , c cheese or potatoes, with, occasionally, meat ",i,k . ' t ei Zt:' . hour ' and e-'..alt's recreation is allowed after A,letet, our again after supper, and half an hour for ; , ,, , :t4r e , t. and then to bed. To it the boys proceed in ) o li t , and in silence. At the several la.ndir,g -,'l,,kre e "e great staircase, as well as in the dormitories, \'''t,l4";Feived by ' one of the sub-prefects, who sit up I,qt4 tr ig the night, to watch over the safety and con ';ti,ll-1 P u pils. —Granville's Spas of England. ytill rRECIOUS METALS.—Among the nu t 't'l Irrni n paragraphscontinue to see in the 04 ' L ek] g • !road e tlt I N , on and provincial, of the movement, ad i kt , ,v ,, t ~,lous metals, it is a singu'ar fact that we seldom ly N ttli" ar 'ce our eye on a single announcement of its .1 1 th 1 lr e r,s homeward, though these movements, we dare ` t " p‘P i 'e as frcuuent as the other. The eternal cry t t);()I:cioes chroniclers, especially in this locality, is ~ I C'vsr tl Y ounc e s of gold and silver have been shipped p'' , "'t , 3 ,the Continent during certain periods, but, as "411‘ ae t e Ll u , its landing at Dover from the Continent is , t ,,,;,ls ß Lao s ted. To allay the fears, however, of John 'e t , ' ttl ) ,, 'IL should "keep supposing" that the precious 4. 14 9 t ti ,, t to be drained from old England, we may men 'l,,,lk,; Pi '''e writer of this pErAgiaph, in his peranaleula- N e q 4a rd, freqtently cornea in contact with large Nt liritg9l(l and silver on its way to the metropolis of t ° , 11 1:,, i ke % 4 !" ; and that it was only the other day he saw `A,...",/, 'a boxes, to the number of about 100,000, \jef e -44 the Continent.—Correspondent of the Dover tli e till 'tid',,tiili,,eueratand that the marriage of Lord Bruce, m in D 'S ‘' i ng . son of the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, k lire t ," l4l „,aling Bruce, only diughter of C. L. Cum ''. sjil ee e- fi ' ' - ul., M.P. for 'the county of Moray, is te 1 A „ u tt ti i, s -u ring the Easter recess et Kinnaird House, 4 ,1 . 1,. —g Bru^e's seat . n Stirlingshire. O's t 'ia UL AR r" lth 4 1 1 , 1 AR FACT.—A minister of the Pres 115Dli ,' l ,l a eh, lately visiting one of his parishioners, 1 1 Nt " l e e : ) ,."•, e d Sir," said he, " lam per- N'auld ' 2 , 11 You of myself what not another of your :l's aat of . 4 h!tve lived seventy-two years in the same h ; 'tes,! 4 te eei w bteh I have decently buried fifteen corpses, , ' 1 k Wh a t v children baptised, and have married four it tAti 'lrth 1 ;,, added to the zest ,if the narratire was, that 4 1 % I thi nk : , who was sitting by, immediately said, too t ' el , e from the delicate state of my health, you ecce fur THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL HOSPITALS IN THE CITY. The following is an abstract of the Annual Report cf the great number of poor children and ether poor people main tained in the several Royal Hospitals in the City of Lon don, under the pious care of the Lord Mayor, Aldcrmcn, and Governors thereof:— CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. Children first put apprentices and discharged from Christ's Ilospi.ial the year last passed, 157, five whereof being instructed in mathematics and navi g ation, now placed forth apprentices to comm an de rs o f ships, out of the Mathematical School founded by his late Majesty King Charles 11. Children buried the ear last passed l4 Children now under the care and charge of the Hospital in London and at llcrtfotd 1,245 1,437 To be a'imittrscl on preaenta . ion granted at this time The support of tit's Hospital materially depends upon beJefactions and bequests. As that part of its income which is permanent is far short of maintii,iing the usual number of children, whose education qualifies them for the Church, far naval service, and for every station of life, acconing to the;r abilitiss, and as tie principles of r.ligion, a; well as tse order of civil socicty, are points to %%hien their altsntion is constantly directed, it is hoped that all charitable persons will readily contribute to an in stitution which is not only of local, bnt of national good. The expense of repairing and keeping up the buildings of this Hospital (many of which are very ancient, and origin ally formed part of the old Grey Friars Monastery) hav ing been found to be already burdensome, a fund was es tablished in 1802, by subscription of the Governors and other friends of the Hospital, with a view to the gradual and complete rebuilding of the whole fabric, and a great part has accordingly been restored in a most commodious and substantial manner, without reducing the number of children upon the establishment during the progress of the works. Much, however, yet remains to be done, and the Go vernors regret to state that the fund originally subscribed is completely exhausted, and a very considerable sum has been expended from the general funds of the charity ; but they are willing to hope that the generosity of the public will afford the meals of completing the great work, and pre vent the necessity of encroaching further upon the perma nent income of the Hospital, and thereby diminishing the scope of its usefulness. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. Patients admiAed, cured and discharged during the last year, 5,015 ; In-Patients, 12,827 ; Out- patifT.ts, and 15,830 casualty patients, most of them ate poor, sick, and lame persons; and being destitute of all relief many of them have been supplied with money, clothes, and other necessaries, to enable them to return to their several habitations ; in the whole 33,672 Buried from thence 419 Remaining under cure In- Patients .. Out- Paients This being the most ancient Hospital in the City and suburbs of London, and having escaped the great fire in the year 1,666, the buildings by length of time became so very ruinous that in the year 1729, there was a necessity that grca: part thereof should be taken down, and a sub. scription was then entered into by many of the Governors and other charitable persons for defraying the expenses of re-building, which was progressively effected. All fees on the admission of patients have been abolished, the sisters and nurses placed in situations of comfort., better adapted to the nature of their duties, and the accommoda tion for the In-Patients, now so extended as to admit abo%e 500, and their diet and general comforts very ma terially improved. The accomplishment of those objects, so essential to the welfare of the patients, has occationed a very heavy increase of annual expenditure, The Go vernors, tl - ,erefore, particularly brg leave to submit the same to the benevolent attention of the public. ST. THOMASS HOSPITAL. There have been cured and discharged from St. Tho mas's Hospital, in Southwark, the last year, of sick, wounded, maimed, and diseased persons, 2,897 in-patients, and 32,476 medical and surgical out-patient=, including casualites, some of whom have been relived with money and necessaries at their departure, to accommodate and sup port them in their journeys to their several habita tions 35,373 . . . . Buried from thence, after much charge in their sickness Li-patients Remaining under cure Out-patients 317 408 736 So that there have been, during the last year, of poor miserable objects, under the care of the said Hospital, and destitute of other proper care, in all The Governors think it their duty to state, that in con sequence of rebuilding London Bridge, and the formation of its new approaches, at an elevation of many feet above the old level, they have been obliged to make large pur- chases of grounds and buildings adjacent to the Hospital, at a considerable expenditure of capital, in order to secure such ventilation and accommodation as are necessary to the health and comfort of the patients. They have also been obliged to rebuild the north wing on a new site, the former building having been rendered insecure by the removal of tbe house adjoining. And they are now rebuilding a correspond ing wing on the south side, which had become necessary in consequence of the whole south wing being so dilapidated, badly lighted, and ventilated, as to make it unfit for the reception of patients. It is therefore humbly and earnestly recommended to all charitable persons, that they would be pleased, by their contributions, to enable the Governors to defray these heavy charges, and to meet the still greater outlay which will be requisite to complete the plan of im provements now unavoidably in progress ; as well as to continue affording, and still further extending, relief to the distresses of the numerous sick, maimed, and diseased poor, who daily apply in large numbers for the same, as appears from the above and other annual accounts, parti cularly in the class of surgical out-patients, for whose better relief and attendance arrangements upon an improved plan have been adopted. BRIDENVELL HOSPITAL, Received into this Hospital during the last year, under commitments by the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of the City, as criminal or disorderly persons, who have been kept to hard labour or received correction Apprentices sent by the Chamberlain for solitary confinement 74 Received into this Hospital during the same period, sundry poor person., who have been convicted for wandering abroad and 'pegging in the streets of London l5O 1,308 The Governor informs the public that they have opened a new house of occupation in St. George's-fields, where the honest and industrious poor (and mole especially the young) are instructed in useful trades, upon a more es tens:ye scale than has been found practicable of late years, owing to the increase of buildings contiguous to the old site; and where, in the ease of those who have forfeited their characters in society, the great objects of moral re form, and restoration of character (as contemplated by the original charter) are provided for on a large scale. BETHLEM HOSPITAL. CURABLES. Remaining in the hospital on the Ist of January, 1840, includ ing those out on lcaveof absence Mnt ... 61 } Women 110 171 Admitted in 1840 Men ... 128 ? nn , Women 180 i _____ Discharged cured 173 Women 109 Ditto uncured Men ... 25 Z 69 Women 44 S Ditto, request of friends Men ... 1 } 4 Women 3 Ditto, improper objects Men ... 21 Women 16 S 37 Ditto, havieg been cent out on leave of ab serco, and no account received since of Meu 2 10 their state of mind..... Women 8 Died Men 4 Women 8 f 12 Remaining on the 31st December, 1840 : Out on leive Nlen 7 Z 16 Women 9 S In the Hospital Men 65 } 158 Women 93 479 Incurable : Remaiaing in the Hospital on the Ist of Women 38 S January, 1840 Men 26 / 64 Admitted in 1840 Men 17 1 31 Women 14 S Discharged Cured Women 1 t Ditto, by request of friends... Men .9.$ 3 Died Men 3 j 4 Women 1 Remaining on the 31st of December, 1840 In the Hospital Alen (~6 W':,men 50 z 88 Criminals : Remaining in Hospital Jan. 1,1840... Men 65 ZBO Women 15 Admitted in 1840 Men 7 1 11 Women 4 91 Discharged Cured Men Women 1 1 6 Died Men 5 1 7 Women 2 Remaining in the Hospital on Dec. Men 62 t- 8 31, 1840 Women 16 S Remaining in the Hospital the Curables 171 Ist J. 1840, including those Incurables 64 315 out on leave Admitted in 1840 Cul atles 308 Incurables . 31 350 Criminals 11 665 Discharged in various ways in Curables 305 1840, dS above specified Ct urinals 13 Remaining in the Hospital Dee. Curables 174 31. IMO, including those out Incurables 88 340 on leave The Governors inform the public that a Committee meets every Frid a y at Bethlem Hospital, to admit and discharge the insane from all parts of the United Kingdom, without expense to their relations or friends. The Hospital for Lunatics, on an improved plan,St. newly erected in George's Fields, unite s th e a d vantages o f a i r , e xercise, and out-door occupation for the patients. To extend the 0 . 1 1 J.NI IN G EDITION tir e - 4iee, be PI ' l .'arized li g h t ; he stiq:,ci that, by expe tie of t h e ,h .r t.ound more attentive auditors than ll etir ,ic orking classes, and persisted in giving tt ilre e ; tf Je exp.rimer.t ki as highly successful. The fil, p , t( :"' and gallery, though crowded to sufloca- Ir e i . ' t ' , e ntt id a mass of listePing heads, without a kti .I.ll ' Ption. At th e co eciuston, the Lecturer stated ~,ItreretubiLs' .anc,-.8 under ;,rich kti o , ';';, and returr . he that . day appeared ed thanks for their profound . at '). j ni w" -•erdied to by a hearty cheering. ,: a 3 rd r• ocess of salting meat was . shown ; the meat 1 tn ,..: ",oke . ; and the ters tasted, by practical •, i: tnrl efficacy of the plan. The process of i ' , l - '"' clr ' T Rexhibited, and a few specimens of .t.:,,,aln(l.i.,:ninS Lm distriluted ; and, a . s , usual, the .t,,, -assistant shocked some hundreds of willing jr(i exhibited the interesting experiment of the '., !Plate b y the superb plate eleetical nvichlot.:, il ' E',ectro Magnetic Carriage P'.otector atrorded ,ar,4'usement. Th e military par e ils of the Master ; ge `" e nadier G uards performed (hiring the day. Nter:eina.ts are maki ng f or cve ' a i ng exh ibi t i ons on a p o , _ "LY'rE NIC INS TI TUT lON. r ed o li t or - e' 6 7 ll : 7 tl uer ar ,v of the places of amusement ere • uer i Yesterday than the elegant and 41 t t agent-street. It whs extremely . very diflicu : A to pass along f-oni Tt ‘e Lectur e -rooms a nd Experiment tow ,4 erg e cr co `-`• a as soon as the g o n g s t ruc k an t' ou itb, •oricement of a lecture, so that a much ished to hear and tn see than could at ' 4 4) 1 a -ta .nee. Th e Di v i ng Bcll was in as constant ti t ur, arts Alas consiaeut with giving the men who and ; a down a reasonable respite from severe , It appeared never to go down with a single seat. The basnns for giving an electrical te ( i :tired never to be without a pair of hands 1 5 ( in them and, moreover, an absolute shoving t atuo,,gst children, and youth of both sexes, linapse of the panorama of the River of Can -3t t he " Opening of the: Saenth Seal." If we (N eeen from a distance that Primrose-hill was E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1811. means of relief, however, it must be obvious tbat nothing short of liberal contributions on the part of the public at large can suffice, which the Governors most earnestly solicit, and are fully convinced they shell not solicit in vain. DESIGN FOR A NE:•W ROOF TO THE GUILDHALL OF THE CITY OF LONDON. This noble and e'egantly proportioned Hall has evi dence in its present state, by the very large buttresses exhibited in the exterior, of having possessed in former days a splendid Gothic roof. The present 11 it ceiling was erected after the destruction of the old wooden roof et t c great fire of London in 1666. It is well known that it was budt as a temporary expedient ; and it has been kept up by repeated repairs from time to time, and is not, at all in character with the other parts of the structure. A perspective drawing, which details the effect of what is supposed to be the character of the old roof', has been for some days exhibited in the read ing room of the Corporation, and attracted great ad miration. It shows how it may be easily restored with out injury to any part of the present walls or openings. It is proposed to alter the present circular headed win dows running along the sides of the Hill into pointed windows built in the interior of the present windows, and ornamented with stained glass, the effect of the present tracing to continue, for the purpose of carrying up the character of the present wall, and from thence the new roof will spring of a similar construction to those at Westminster, Eltham, and Hampton Court, enriched with pendants and ornamented open arches. The soffet or ceiling will be panneled and enriched with bosses at the intersection of the mouldings. The draw ing has been made with a view to illustrate the inten tion of Alderman Thomas Wood by his motion in the Court of Common Council, referring the subject to the consideration of the City Lands Committee, which mo tion was seconded by Mr. D. W. Wire, and also for the purpose of being sent to'the Royal Academy for the ensuring exhibition. The design has been drawn by Mr. Edmund Woodthorpe, son of the Town-clerk. ODE ON THE BURIAL. OF SIR. JOHN MOORE., TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—A new claimant for the authorship of the " Ode on the Burial of Sir J. Moore" having just appeared, and being noticed in your widely-circulated Journal, I trust it will not be deemed intrusive in one of the friends of the late Charles Wolfe, who was for tunate enough to enjoy his intimate acquaintance, to state that he read out for me, from a manuscript in his handwriting, the poem in question, as his own compo sition, a few evenings aft?r it was completed, in the pre sence of my ever-esteemed college chum, J. A. Rus sell, now Archdeacon of Clogher, a circumstance of which I have long retained the most lively recollec tion, as the impression produced was of a nature not easily to be effaced. I shall only add, that there never existed the slightest doubt on the subject among his contemporaries, and cannot i but express my firm convic tion, that this gifted individual, distinguished no less for genius than for sincerity and truth, was incapable of im position, or of appropriating to himself that fame to which any other person was justly entitled. MICHAEL J. KEATING, Limerick, April 6th, 1341. Archdeacon of Ardfert. THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP. Another week has elapsed, and still we are without any tidings of this unfortunate vessel. It is now thirty-two days since she left New York, and, were it not certain that she must have encountered the severe storm of the 12th and the 130 tat., the time she has been missing would, of i•self, naturally give rise to the worst foreboding as to her fat.. , . We need scarcely say, that now, as was the case last sear, her non-arrival, as well as the want of all nears of her " whereabouts," has given rise, during the week, to all kinds of reports and all kinds of conjectures. While, in the opinion, or, rather, according the fears of some, she must have broached to i n t h e s t or m and foun dered, others express themEe;ves co n fid en t, that, though she must have sustained some serious disaster, no fatal catastr )plac has befallen her. In the opinion of the latter we are strongly inclined to coincide. It is extremely pro bable that she sustained, in the storm between the 12th and. the 14th, damage either tc her machinery or to her stem ing apparatus ; and that, thus rendered comparatively unmanageable, she was maki:.g for the nearest port by the aA of her sails, which were not, it is said (though the statement may be as untrue as any of the sinister state meats resyeeing her which are in eixalcion), either nu merous or good.--Liverpool CHANNEL ISLANDS MAILS. :XTRACTS from the REPORT of the CONIMITTER appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty to inquire as to the com parative Advantages afforded by different Ports in the Channel as Ports for the Arrival and Departure of the CHANNEL ISLANDS MAILS. From the position of the Channel Islands, the selection of a port for the most efficient performance of this service is comprised within such narrow limits as to confine the choice between Weymouth and Southampton ; and the comparative merits of these arc not of a nature to call for many remarks. There can be no doubt but that the port of Southampton is eligible for the reception of these packets, and will Le more so at a future period. At Weymouth the depth of water at low spring tides was, at the period of our visit, insufficient; but arrange ments had been made for deepening and improving the harbour; and the authorities then pledged themselves to obtain, within the period of eight months, an uniform depth of twelve feet at low water spring -tides, through out all parts navigated and occupied by her Majesty's packets. It is not our province to express an opinion upon the mode in which these alterations may be best effected ; but as thew are to be conducted under the direction of Air. Cubit, an eminent civil engineer, we conclude they will be properly executed. It may be urged, that the approach to each port is equally defined and easy of access ; and though we may not be disposed to dispute this point, navigators generally will do so, and in this respect decide in favour of Wey mouth. The comparison is thus, in a degree, rAuced, and will appear as follows : Southampton may be reached from London in three hours and a half ; whilst Weymouth can not be attained it, less than ten hours, showing a difference of time of six hours and a half, land-carriage, favourable to Southampton. But Southampton, in the most direct lin-, is about 32 miles further from Guernsey than Wey mouth is, which, at the average rate of steam packet speed, eight miles per hour, exhibits a difference of four hours, sea passage, in favour of Weymouth, thereby giving S nithampton a balance, in general time, of only two hours and h Having thus detailed the principal arguments that bear upon this portion of our inquiry, it only remains for us to report, after deliberate consideration, our belief that Wey mouth will be found the best port for her Majesty's packets conveying the mails between England and the Chancel Islands. From an official return of the time occupied by the packets in their various passages, we learn that during a period of twelve consecutive months, their averaged run from Weymouth to Jersey, landing the mail at Guernsey, was 13 hours 12 minutes, and from Jersey to Weymouth, receiving the mails at Guernsey, was 12 hours 55 minutes. The failures in the performance of this service have been but few ; and when we recAleet the small size and power of the packets, the occasional turbulent seas, the rapid tides and races to which they are subjected, it must be ad mitted that the passages thus exhibited, arc strong testi monials of the zeal and abilities of the commanders of these vessels. A further offi&al return was made to us of the number of passengers who embarked in these packets in 1539, the total wan 5.'212; of these, 2,347 were cabin, and 2,865 deck-passengers, including amongst the latter 193 paupers. The pas,age-money received annually must therefore be considerable, and would seem to watt ant the conclusion that a larger class of steamers, and an acceleration of the land conveyance would be productive of a commensurate pscuuiary return, as probably to defray the expenses a!tend ing a larger establishment. The passages made by us in the Dasher, to and from the Islands, confirmed the opinion we had previously formed at Weymouth, that the vessels now employed arc deficient io size and power to contend with the strong winds and heavy seas they so frequently encounter. We therefore pro pose, that vessels of larger tonnage and superior steam power be substituted for them ; and recommend that there be three steam-vessels built foi this service, each of 400 tons burthen, old register measuremen•, and each fitted with engines of 180 collective horse power. In closing this report, we beg to introduce some re marks and recommendations relative to the transmission of the mails by land. At present the London and western mail-coaches reech Weymouth respectively at 8 h. 15 m. A. M. and 7 h. 48 m. P. M , and they leave in like order at 6h. 50 in. and 6h.15M. A. M. A day-coach from London also arrives at We) mouth between the hours of eight and nine P. M., whose island passengers are in time to embark with the we)ter❑ ma Is. We have already noticed that the packets leave Wey mouth at 9 P.M., from which it appears that the London correspondence is detained upwards of 12 hours ; and this defect, we conceive, might be remedied by the despatch of a day or an alternate daily mail, conveyed by the south. western railroad to Southampton, and from thence for warded 64- miles by coach to Weymouth. The distance by railroad could he performed in 3 hours, and that by coach in 6 hAirv, making, as before stated, 10 hours for the entire journey. This mail might leave London at 2 P.M., or somewhat earlier ii required, as no propose that the packets sbculd start from Weymouth at midnight; and the superior qua lities of these vessels would always insure their return from the islands in time to forward their respective mails at 8 P. M. thus enabling them to reach the metropolis at six o'cicek on the following morning. On referring to the Southampton Railway Bill, we perceive that the de partures of the mail and " fast trains" do not exactly accord with our propeni ion, but we are of opinion that the Directors of the railroad would, in this respect, accede to any change, if officially represented to them as beneficial to the public ; and we imagine that a contract for a mal-coach to run between Southampton and We;- mouth would be readily undertaken, from the persuasion that such a conveyance, in conjunction with a line of effi cient packets, would be preferred by the majority cf par scugers going to and from the islands. by the establiibramt of a day, or an alternate daily mail, the Government, and those parties residing in London connected with trade, would be enabled to reply to communications made to them by return of post, as we apps ehend the time would be snfficient for such pur poses between the hours of the early delivery and the closing of th.s mail-bags. Moreover, by this arrangement, letters posted in London on the packet-days, would, under ordinary circumstances, reach Jersey, the most remote island, in 24 hours, having ben conveyed about 230 miles by land and sea, at the rate of nearly the best mail-coach travelling in the king_ dom ; and, with respect to the receipt of correspondence these times a week, the Channel Islands would be then placed on an equality with our distant towns, into whose neighbourhood the advantages of railroad communication have hitherto not extended. We have, &c. (Signed) JAMES A. GORDON, Rear-Admiral, Chairman. RICHARD DREW, Elder Brother of Trinity House, M. DIXON, Commander, R. N., Secretary, WEAVERS WAGES.—In the North of Engianc the lowest paid class of weavers—that is, those engaged on work requiring little strength or skill, seldom earn more than ss. or 6s. a-week. A family of six persons, two of them employed, average about 7s. 6d. weekly. Where three of a family are employed their united weekly wages is only about 125., the father, perhaps, earning ore-half, and his wife and son or daughter the remainder. But instances arc given of families of four or five depending on the labours of one person, and where the whole in come is not more than 3s. or 4s. a-week ! At Ashton under-Lyne 483 families were visited, whose average weekly earnings amounted only to 4s 11 : 1-d. 1 This is sufficiently deplorable. In Scotland families are repre sented as earning, according to their number, 75., 165., or, where there are four or five at work, 20s. a-week. The linen weavers in Yorkshire earn about 7s. 6d. a-week each. Weavers employed on fabrics requiring moderate skill are paid at a somewhat higher rate. Their wages in some instances amount to 124., 133., or even 165., a. week, while women earn about a third less ; but, from this sum, the expense of candles, dressing, and perhaps 100m -rent, have to be deducted. Where strength is required, some further im provement in the rate of remuneration is observable. At a bolting-cloth factory at Wandsworth the men earn 255. a-week, but out of this they have to pay for candles &e,, and also for the assistance of a boy in some parts of the work. At Diss and North Lopham, in Norfolk, the net average wege, after deducting expenses, amounts only to 10s. At a sacking and tarpauling factory at Bris tol, the average wage of sixteen weavers fir two years was 12r. 7d. per man. The average wage of sail-cloth weavers at Dundee, Arbroath, Aber deen, Montrose, and Kirkcaldy, is Bs. 6d., or, with steadiness and skill, 103. The Spitalfields wea vers employed on waistcoat velvets average 20s. a week ; weavers of broad and rich-flowered shawls at Norwich earn about 255. a week; those employed on the fittest cloths at Leeds make from 245. to 285., and in all similar cases, where superior skill as well as strength is required, the rate of remuneration is equally high. But this class of weavers are liable to be thrown frequently out of em ployment, so that their annual income is sometimes less than that of the inferior operatives. Almost all descrip tions of weavers, however, complain of the irregularity of work. Their wages are at once low and uncertain. Mr. Austin, the Assistant Commissioner for the south western parts of England, states that the inference from all his evidence is, " that the weavers, taken as a body, are out 5f work one•third of their time !"—Abstract of the Report ofthe Hand-loom Weavers' Commissioners. GLAss.—A Return of the amount of duty charged upon Glass, distinguishing the amount on each sort, together with the drawback, has been laid before Parliament. It appears from this that the total amount of duty charged on glass in the year 1840 was, in England, 890, 9 11/ , in Scotland 65,8851., and in Ireland 9,8767. ; total, 965,9721. The amount of drawback paid on expor tation was, in England, 208,6001., in Scotland, 30,4727., and in Leland 628/. ; total, 239,7007 ., leaving a ne t re venue of 729,2727., being au inereaie of 74,047/. since 1837. NonTir DURHAM.—A report has gained cre dence in some quarters that Mr. Hedworth Lambton does not mean to otter himself again for the county. There is not the slightest foundation for the statement. There are some curious rumours in circulation with respect to the other Member for the division. It would be wel if these received an equally flat denial.—Durham Chronicle. STOCKIIoLM, APRIL 2,—The Chamber of the Citizens has agreed (after a long debate), by a ma jority of 34 to 17, to grant the King 900,000 rix dollars for repairing or rebuilding prisons, The Chamber of Pea sants has liaewise agreed to it. The General Steam Navigation Company's ves sel the Giraffe, R. S. Stranack, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House on Sunday, with the Dutch Mail. VIENNA, APRIL 2.—Mr. Maurojeni, the Turkish Charge d'Affaires, who has long been ill, is dead. lie wag highly esteemed for his probity and goodness of heart, which gained him numerous friends in the higher circles. He certainly proved himself a faithful servant of the Porte, and a steady friend to order and peace. Upwards of 51,000 signatures have been ob tained to the Manchester petition for the repeal of the ' Corn and Provision Laws. NAPOLEON'S MARSHALS. In the present (A pril) Number of the Gentleman's Magazine, we find it asserted, by a writer signing blinstlf J. R., that the " warriors" of the South of France are entitled to a superiority over those of the north of that kingdom. It is necessary to premise, that he fixes on the Loire as the botr , dary,—a very unequal division, and elaecially as he stems to derend rather on the su perior number than the real eminence of the names he produces ; that he limits his view of the latter to mo dern times, the superiority previous to the Revalution having been greatly the other way—and that amongst the warriors of France he omits her seamen, those of all grades from the north being indispt tably the most distinguished. But, even according to the writer's own limitations, we believe this conclusion to be most erroneous. He commences by asserting the majority of Bonaparte's first-created eighteen Marshals to be from the south, but amongst this number be cites two (Davoust and Serrurier) who were from the north of the specified lino ; six others were also north of it, and Perignon's military services are known to few. The fare majority of number amongst these is but trifling, therefore ; but when he proceeds to say that " a numerous host of subordinate officers might be added to the foregoing, of eminent fame, crowned by Napoleon himself, to whom on the whole the Northerns —highly distinguished as several have been—such as Dumourier, Hoche, Kleber, Kellerman, St. Cyr, Jou. beet, Marceau, Ney, Augcreau, &c., must still yield precedence," we are unable to discover the justice of his sentence. Napoleon, indeed, was pre-eminent, but he was no Frenchman ; neither, indeed, was another able, though infinitely inferior genius, Massena, he hav ing been born at Nice, never (we believe) part of the French territory. It is true that, properly speaking, the provinces of Alsace, Lorraine, and French Flanders, which have certainly produced much more than their just proportion of the most eminent soldiers of the French army, are German and Belgian, but being long included in the French territory, are generally consi dered as belonging to it. We are justified in taking them into the account ; and we certainly cannot per ceive that France south of the Loire can produce any equal or greater number of names that can justly claim any superiority in military genius to their northern con temporaries, Kleber, Moreau, Dumourier, Hcche, the two Kellermans, St. Cyr, Ney, Rapp, &e. Kleber, second probably to no French genernil of modern times, was a German in everything but the name ; so was Ney, pre-eminent for his genius in actual combat, and the younger Kellerman, who has been said to have con tributed more to the victory of Marengo than either Desaix or Bonaparte. Joinini and the Regniers, re markable for their knowledge of the theory of war, and the first confessedly one of the first of military writers, were Swiss. The north-cast corner of France may safe ly challenge a comparison for military talent amongst their generals with any other district of similar extent, all incompa rably the finest men, and in many respects the best (pro bably, in proportion to their population, the most nume rous) soldiers in the French army are from that and the other northern regions : though some of the south erns claim (though we think very unjustly) a superiority in ihtelligence and activity for their countrymen. The Alsatians probably bear a stronger general resemblance to the English than any other people. Fine men arc not unfrequent in Burgundy, and perhaps rr.ore common in Franche Compte, whose natives are a peculiar set, wild and jovial, with something of the Irish manner. \Ve will shortly furnish a list of the principal French generals who have flourished since the commencement of the Revolution, with their birth-places annexed, for the benefit of such of our readers as may not have the means of otherwise ascertaining them, and who may thea he able to decide whether we are unjust in deny ing the cidms to any martial superiority in the South over the North of France.—Naval and Military Gazelle. COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA The East India papers last received contain some curious facts and calculations relative to the effect produced by the improved communicatio n with India by steam and otherwise. From these it appears that five years ego the total of letters despatched between India and England was estimated at 309,011, while last year the correspondence between the same coun tries by steam, exclusive of that by ships round the Cape, amounted to 680,000 letters and covers ; so that on deducting 178,300 as the probable number of newspapers, and adding 100,000 as the amount of let ters sent by the Cape, the correspondence between England and India will be found to have doubled within five years, and that notwithstanding the heavy inland rate to which much of this correspondence is subject. In the case of Calcutta, for instance, where the postage amounts nearly to 23. a cover, the corre spondence is estimated at 150,000 letters. If we com pare the number 178,000 estimated above as the pro bable amount of newspapers and magazines trans mitted to and from India and England, with the state ment made by Dr. Lardner five years ago, a more than three!'old increase will be found to have taken place in this important item. ‘. It has been a matter of surprise that, by the last re turns, there appears to have been an increase of 500 per scut. in the despatch from Bombay, while that from Calcutta has fallen off 33 per cent. This is a.counted for by the fact, that, previously to the establishment of steam cominunication, many letters were sent through Calcutta, from the reason that the circulation of Bom bay newspapers being limited to its own Government, the departure of its ships was only known within those limits, whereas now the date of departure for the Indian mad being generally known, letters are despatched to Bombay by the mo,t direct route, and when steam-ves sels shall start from Calcutta, touching at Madras, the amount of letters apparently despatched from Bombay will experience a proportionate diminution. The amount received from postage is found to ex ceed that obtained from passengers, the former being 462,000 rupees, and the latter o n ly 388,000 ; whereas, in the calculations of Dr. Lardner, the reverse is the case, the receipt from passengers being estimated at 19G,000 rupees, and that from letters, &c., at 170,000 ; but in these calculations the passengers' fares were over rated, as welt as the prop able number of passengers who would prefer steam to canvass. It is thought, however, highly probable, that when a special steam communication is established from Calcutta to Suez, enabling passengers from Calcutta, Madras, and Galle, to embark from their own doors, the number calculated on live years ago, which was 2,400, will be fully realized. The Bombay Papers contain accounts from Sydney to the Bth of December, and these, compared with the dates received direct to-day, are about three weeks later. The Portland-bay land sale had taken place, and prices were remarkably high. As an instance, it is stated that " 20 acres of land, in a projected town where there is not a house, fetched 11,0001." Trade continued very dud. Rains had been plentiful and seasonable, and all kinds of provisions were abundant at low prices. A new feature in colonial commerce had sprung into exist ence, that of exporting Mauritius and Indian sugars for the London market. vac vessel was already laden, and others were to follow for the same destination. Fire flour was 21s. per 1001 b. ; seconds, 18s. ; and ra tions, 15s. ; bread od. the 21b. loaf. From New Zea land the latest accounts state that six white men had been killed by the natives at Cloudy-bay. A vessel had been despatched thither , under the command of Lieutenant Brest, to inquire into the circumstances of the case. Rice was selling at 3d. per lb. for good, and flour 251. to 281. per ton. LONGEVITY IN RUSSIA EXPLAINED.—A statistical economist, who kno ws no thing of the interral a r rang f e o m r e t n h t e ofex extraordinary rdi nprovince,ary a tenacitym u . st Lesally puzzled to ac countn vigour o f the vital powers, the healthful influence of the climatc, and the as tonishing gicatness of the average durati on o f h uman lif e in Bessarabia. The problem is, howeve r , eas il y so l ve d, when the contrivance of the civic authorities t o i ncrease t h e numbers within their municipal jurisdicti on is understood. A refugee appears and prays to be enrolled as a Mesne chanin—that is, a citizen of the town. He is at first told, " 'fhr.t. is not a matter of course, friend : you have nu pass port, too : but wait awhile, aid we wid sec what can be done for you." The refugee waits until one o f t h e c i v ic community dies . , and then he is summon e d to appear aga i n before the Red Table, in the Magisterial office. New the bush , ss proc,eds thus :—" What is yo ur name ?" " I va n Gritsbov." " What age ?" Twenty-five." "Well, young man, attend to what I am .ty if you wish to be a going to sa y—Mit r ophan Kalenko died yesterday, aged fifty citizen, you must take upon yourself his name nod his age; ; then we will allow you to be substituted for him, and will give you his certificate and other documents." Ivan Gritsliov joyfully consents, and become s all at o nce a re spectable citizen of a very respectable age. The de parted Mitrophan still lives narkr this metamorphosis on the civic register, and, probably, after two or three other renewals of hie existence, dies at the patriarchal age of 150. We need, therefore, no longer marvel at the fre quent accounts of deaths in Russia of persons exceeding i 100 years of age.—. German paper. THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS. What must be considered the failure of the 200 tons Acim-vessels Brit;sh Queen and President from which so much was expected, has given rise to a good deal of controversy in naval circles as to the cause which has produced so unfortunate and unlooked-for a circum stance. As no matter can be more interesting to naval men than what relates to steam navig!ltion, we have been at pains to collect such data as will enable them to form opinions and draw deductions with greater certainty than they can do a anting this necessary information. Both the vessels in question were built at Limehouse, by Messrs. Curling and Young. Their dimensions and tonnage are somewhat alike, the British Queen being shout tea feet longer, but having a deck less than the President ; the power of the latter is represented as hat of 600 horses, while the former has only a power of 500, or, according to some accounts, 450 horses. The engines of the President were made by Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, of Liverpool ; those of the British Queen by Messrs. Robert Napier and Co., of Glai gow ; and both are represented as beautiful pieces of machinery. _ It is evident that in these two vessels there is a gre disparity of power for tonnage ; but it is remarkable that although both have repeeedly made tedious pas sages, the President is the most unfortunate of the two, and when she left New York on the 11th ult. had only twenty-seven passengers on board. The vessels provided by Mr. Canard for the Halifax line, which have made and continue to make the pas sage so regularly, were built in the Clyde, by Messrs. Duncan and Messrs. Steele, of Greenock, and Messrs. J. Wood and C. Wood, of Pert Glasgow and Dum barton. They are all, we believe, of nearly the same dimensions, and about 1,100 tons, with engines of 420, horse power. We staee these particulars in order that our naval friends may be the better able to draw their inferences, for in steam navigation, like everything else, there must be some rule of horse-power for tonnage (supposing all vessels to be constructed on the best mode) which will apply with the most profit, over or under which it would not be proper to go. On comparing the British and American Company's vessels with Mr. Cunard's, there appears a very great disparity ; for the vessels of the latter have, as relates to President, one-third more, and in the case of British Queen nearly double the horse-power to propel the same weight in tons ; and this on the face of it is enough to account for their greater speed, and certainty of accom plishing the voyage in weather when the others would be obliged to abandon their course, or unable to make head against a gale. Cunard's vessels have also the ad vantage of being built of scantling sufficient to bear a heavy armament, and this, so far from being detrimental to their speed or efficiency, turns out precisely the re verse, for while the British Queen was obliged to sus pend work for some months, and undergo repairs which cost several thousand pounds, after running for one season only, the others have neither strained nor started anything, and will, like our vessels-of-war con structed with stout scantling, on improved principles, probably continue to run for years before the huh re quires repair. Our readers will recollect, that when Mr. Young (of the firm of Curling and Young), sat in Parliament for Tynemouth, that gentleman never let slip an opportu nity of denouncing Sir William Symonds's system of ship-budding. We believe this was done from con scientious views, and that he was imposed on by certain members of the ci-divant school of Naval Architecture, who boasted that they crammed him for the nonce. Now, we fled how much easier it is to preach than to practise ; for although the draught of these vessels was, we be lieve, furnished from Somerset House at the request of the Company, whether owing to the waet of strength or size of scantling, or other fault in the construction, we find that repairs became necessary in a very short time after the vessels left the builder's yard. It appears to us that vessels of about 200 feet long and 1,000 tons, with 400-horse power, are the best cal culated for quick passages across the ocean from point to point, and that when their dimensions extend bey on d this an increased ratio of power must be appended, to attain which would he most expensive ; besides that the machinery and fuel would occupy nearly all the space in the vessel. The construction of these large steamers was designed on the score of economy, an the assump tion that the same establishment, with a small increase of seamen and stokers, would suffice to work a vessel of double the size. But this may be an error. At all events, the experience to be derived from the voyages of the British Queen and President do not warrant us pages when altering the opinion we recorded ire ihm first those vessels were desigtv".il.—N ava l and M il i tary Gazette. DISPUTED Athe Liverpool . ILL.—At assizes the DISPUTED and others v. Sherburne, cecupied tb'_. court for two days, and terminated on Saturday, the Jury returning a verdict for the defendant. The case in many resprcts resembled the celebrated will cause of Tat ham v. Wright, which was finally decided about four years ago, having been brought under the consideration of a Jury four or five times, and the point in this action was simply as to the competency of the testator to make a will. Although Mr. Cresswell, counsel for the defendant, a Catholic clergyman, occupied nearly eleven hours in stat ing the case, a good deal of the time was taken up in the reading of a correspondence extending over a number of years, for the purpose of proving the testator's genera fitness for transacting the ordinary duties of the station he filled as a country gentleman, and of his decided espabi lity to execute the will in question. The LearneJude, Mr. Baron Rolfe, observed, in the conclusion of his addre g ss to the Jury, " tisat if this will was to be impugned on the ground that the testator was not competent to make it, there was almost no will in the country which might not be similarly impugned, and it would shake one's faith in the , trength of any wills." CORN-LAWS.—It is gratifying to perceive, that at last a general and right earnest movement has begun on the subject of the Corn-laws. The inhabitants of Leith are to bold a meeting for the special consideration of that subject on Monday first ; a great dernonstrat;on is to take place in Glasgow on Tuesday the 20th inst. A reference to the import duties of all sorts, and particularly ti e duty on the importation of Corn, and at this moment a petition to Parliament praj ing for a total and immediate re cal of the Corn-laws, is in course of being signed by a II ranks and in every district of this city, and has already, in 36 hours, received upwards of 5,000 signatures. These move ments have but to to followed up with spirit to secure the triumph of free trade, and the restorati on o f prosperity to the country at large. Every district is deeply inierested in this question, but none more deeply (than Edinburgh and Leith. But for the corn and timber duties, which in a manner prohibit trade with the Baltic, the commerce between the ports of that tea and Leith might be tripled or quadrupled.—Edinburgh Chronicle of 461 10 There is a report in Edinburgh ttsat the Earl of Stair will be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the en- I auing General Assembly. ARREST OF A SWINDLER 1N PARIS. A person who is charged with having succeeded in obtaining in London rather more than 2,000/. upon forged bill s , h as b een arreste d. H e i s a Sp a niard, a handsome, gen tl eman l y man, between 30 and 40 years of age. He went to London about six weeks ago, in company with a highly respectable Englishman, to ne gotiate the sale of a patent for a new steam-paddle, of which a French nobleman is the inventor, and for the experiments respecting which he is said to have ad vanced all the requisite funds, the patent in England being :taken out in his own name. Not having succeeded in the object for which the parties went to London, the English gentleman left the Spaniard in London, and went into the ,country. It ap pears, that immediately after the departure of this gent' ernan the other party discounted these forged bills by means of a forged letter of introduc tion, and started immediately for France with his plunder. He had not been here long, however, before bills announcing the fraud, and giving the numbers of the notes which had been paid to him, were distri buted among the bankers and money changers. A few days ago he called upon a money changer in the Pa lais Royal, and presented six hundred-pound Bank of England notes for change into French money. The bill announcing the robbery was hanging in the shop, but before the money changer could compare the numbers the other caught sight of it, and imme diately grasping the notes, which he had laid on the counter, ran out of the shop, and was out of sight before the money changer could procure the means of arresting him. He was afterwards taken at his lodgings in the Rue Lepelletier. He denied being the party charged with the fraud ; but it appears that no doubt is entertained of his identity. Whe ther he can be prosecuted - here for the forgery in London, or whether the Government will con sent to his extradition, is a question. In a recent case the Government refused to give up an offender to the police officer who came from London to apprehend him, and there is in this affair the additional difficulty of the offender being the subject of another State. If the French would not give up an Englishman to his own Government, how can they give up a Spaniard The best thing the parties can do is to terrify the eri , mina out of the money which he has obtained, and the greater portion of which is probably still in his posses sion, for only a few notes have been traced, and they are of small amount. I understand that he moved in a very respectable sphere here, and the gentleman whose name he forged to the letter of introduction states that he had so good an opinion of him that if he had applied to him for an introduction as for himself, he would have given if-. It would seem, however, that by taking a false name the offender hoped to escape de tection.—Letter from Parie. DEATH OF DR. JAMES BROWNE. Many of our readers will be grieved to hear that Dr. James Browne, of this city, died on Thursday. For about two years, Dr. Browne's health had been much shaken, and none of his friends expected that he could long survive. His name is well known in the lite rature of his country, for the extent of his learning and research, and the rhetorical and argumentative energy with which he brought his acquiremeats to bear on the many subjects waichi, during a life of almost ceaseless literary exertion, he discussed. He was for several years Editor of the Mercury ; but he is perhaps more widely, and will be more permanently, known for the many valuable arti cles he communicated to the " Encyclopaedia Bri tannica," particularly on the more abstruse branches of early history, grammar and etymology, the arts of war, and biography. His acquirements as an isvesti ' gator of Egyptian history and hieroglyphics arc also widely known. He possessed a powerful fund of eloquence, which he was always ready to devote to the cause of humanity and liberal opinions—often with more regard to his feelings as a public man, than to his interests as an individual. He carried like qualifications into social life, where his con versation was distinguished by much eloquence of sentiment, and brilliancy of wit. It is unuvaal on occasions like the present, to talk of failings ; but those of Dr. Browne were not unfrequently the subject of rallying remarks with his best friends, be cause they were not of a character for which they had occasion to blush. They were those of a warm heart, and, perhaps, somewhat excitable temperament, and in all quarters they were admitted to have no leaven of selfishness or malignity. For about a year Dr. Browne enjoyed a small pension from Government. It is ear- nestly to be desired that in this case the Royal bounty may be continued to those for whose sake it must have had its chief value in his eyes.—Scotsman. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. The following details are as strange as they ere true. In the neighbourhood of Gloucester, a young lady, of highly respectable connections, has experienced a series of reverses in the cause of the heart's beat affection sel dom equalled. A gentleman, of some station in society, became by accident acquainted with the maiden to whom we allude, and their affection becoming reciprocal, the day was fixed for their union, which was to have taken place in the city of Gloucester. Agreeably with this arrangement, and as the match was a desirable one, her parent parted with a lucrative business in the cductry, on which she and her mother lived in respect ability and comfort, and ;vent to Gloucester, intending to settle. The day for the celebration of the wedding; arrived ; hut, alas! the bridegroom came not : his pa rents had peremptorily forbidden the match, and he was already, by their contrivance, on the seas, bound for Jamaica. A letter reached the poor girl, but to con firm her fears ; his parents' consent had been with held, and he had suddenly left the seaport town in the West of England, where he resided,not a faithless, but an unhappy lover. 'rime passed, and industry on the part of the hapless girl but ill supplied the loss of the comparative independence herself and family had left when they came to the city of Gloucester, with the views, and indulging the hopes' o which we have alluded, and though blighted in heart, she cheerfully succeeded in helping to support her decrepit mother and aunt in comfort. Time, the gentle softener. of affliction, had many a long day cast its (limning shadow over the great event of her life, and nothing more had been heard of her absent lover, till a week or two ago, when to her astonishment and delight, she received a letter from him, breathing the devotedness of constant attachment and vows of unaltered affection, net the less welcome, though wafted across the seas. Another and another fol lowed, begging forgiveness for the former apparent ne glect—and still another, the last accompanied by the consent of the parents of the absent one. The poor girl's hopes were at the highest point of anxiety, when she received a still more welcome epistle, assuring her that her lover had landed at Falmouth, and was hasten ing to perform hie neglected promise. The day was looked forward to with delight ; it came—and with it the dark tidings of the grave—her lover had been sud denly seized with illness the night before his departure for the city of Gloucester ;—he was a corpse before the morning ! As a melancholy satisfaction to the poor disappointed girl, the mother of the intended bridegroom visited her immediately, when his mother confessed that her son had been a voluntary exile, and would have re mained so, had not his parents, whom he loved and re spected, given their consent to his union ; after frequent communications his parents assented, and he instantly quitted Jamaica to claim the hand of his first love ; hastening to meet her, death ruthlessly arrested his pro gress before he had been many hours on his native shore. As a proof of the sincerity of his attachment, the lover, in the hour of dissolution, bequeathed to his bride elect ',OOOl. --Hereford Times. THE ROBBERY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.— I ; 100/. REWARD.—The following Las just been issued:— ' Whereas divers valuable articles have been stolen at dif ferent times from her Majesty's stores at Windsor Castle —a reward of one hundred pounds will be paid by t h e Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, on con viction of the offender , to a ny person who will give such evidence as shall lead to the conviction of the person or persons who stole the said articles, or who feloniously re ceived the same : and her Majesty's pardon will also be granted to any person (not being the actual thief or re ceiver) who shall give the like evidence.—Whiteball, 12th April, 1841." LOSS OF THE FRENCH FRIGATE MAGI CIENNE.—During the week some indistinct rumours had reached this place regarding the loss of the Magicienne, which have received unfortunate confirmation by the arrival of the Iberia from Manilla; and the following brief par ticulars have been handed us by a gentleman who has derived them from an authentic source :—" On the 27th of November, which was just a month after her departure from this port for Manila the Magicienne encou ntered a very strong gale in the 'Palawan passage, which by the 29th had increased to a typhoon, in which she lost her masts, and received so much damage in her rudder, that she became unmanageable, and about two A.M. on the same day she was carried by a stron g current on to the Bombay shoal, to the N. N. VV. of Palawan ; and in this state, borne on by a terrible sea, was dashed on the reef, where she instantly went to pieces. The crew immediately betook themselves to the construction o f rafts, to reach a but fortunately on the th ird da y , the whole sshafiep,:heoerme ; company were picked up by two English vessels, the Mysore and Clifford, and the French vessel Favourite, on board of which they were conveyed in safety to Manilla, where they arrived on the 15th instant. The French corvette Danaide left Manilla on the 3d instant, for the scene of this disaster, with the intention, as was supposed, of recovering everything that could be saved from the wreck, and had not returned by the 20tb.—Singapore Free Press, Dec. 31. BRUSSELS, APRIL 10.—The Monttcur pu b. lishes a long list of promotions in the army, on the occa sion of the birthday of the Duke of Brabant, who was :ix years old yesterday. The public buildings were illuminated in the evening. SPANISH INFANTES.—The two elder sons of Spain, who have Don Francisco de Paulo, the Infante of been at the Co lle g e of Henr y IV., have left Paris on a %isit to several of the chief towns of France, previous to their commencing a tour through Belgium, Holland, and England, which will last for several months. MORNING EDITION. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. In consequence of the Newmarket Craven Meeting, there was no attendance yesterday. NEWMARKET-SUNDAY NIGHT. The entries for to-morrow have closed as follows : Craven Stakes—Mr. Bowes's Epirus, Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph, Lord Albe marle's Viola, Lord E xeter ' s B eyrout, M r .; S ow erby's Plim gari, Mr. S. Cooper's Curassier. Handicap, D.M.—Lord Albemarle's James, 4 yrs, eist 10Ib ; Duke of Portland's Tragedy colt, 4 yrs, Bst 3lb ; Lord Exeter's Rodosto, 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; Mr. Ford's Y. Quo Minus, 3 yrs, 7st 71b; Lord ,Lichfield's f by Sir Hercules, out of Ulrica, 3 yrs, list 71b ; Silistria, 4 yrs, Bst 3lb ; and Lampos, 3 yrs, 7st 21b, have paid. All the other races stand as in the original list, except tie Riddlesworth, for which Eringo is expected to walk over. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING—MoNoay.' The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-yrs old, 6st ; four, Bst 411); five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 51b A. . (7 Subs.) Mr. Bowes's Epirus. aged (Nat) Osbaldiston's Mountain Sylph, 4 yrs Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, 5 yrs 3 Lord Exeter's Beyrout, 3 yrs Lord Albemarle's Viola, 3 yrs o Mr. S. Cooper's ch c Cuirassier, 3 yrs Mr. Saworby's ch f Plimgari, 3 yrs 7 Bev ing—ti to 5 agst Flambeau, taken ; 5 to 2 agst Epirus; and sto l agst the Mountain Sylph. Won in a carter by two lengths. The three-yrs old were beaten off ten length.. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 SOV3. each, and only 5 ft if declared, &c., for three and four-yrs old. D. M. (7 Subs.) Mr. Ford':: Young Quo Minus, 3 yrs, 7st 71b. Nat 1 Lord Exeter's Rodosto, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Lord Lichfield's f by Sir Hercules, 3 yrs. 6st 91b 3 Lord Albemarle's Janus, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb 4 Duke of Portland's c by Glencoe, 4 yrs, Bst Sib 5 Betting—. 2 to 1 agst Glencoe. c ; 4 to 1 agst Janus ; and 5 to 1 agst Rodosta. Won very easily by two lengths. Match—Sst 71b each. T. Y. C. 100 h.ft. Mr. Thorn hill's Menalippe ( Pettit) beat Mr. Greville's Perseus. Betting-7 to 4on Menalippe. Won by a neck. Mi.teli—A. F., 100, h ft. Mr. Payne's fby Langar, out of Erai,grant's dam, Sst 31b, (Nat) beat Lord Lichfield's c by Ibrahim, out cf 11-lalvina, Bst lib, Betting-4' to lon the Langar filly, who won in a canter by three lengths. sweepstakes 0f 100 soy:. each, h ft, for coltx, Sst 7lb ; I and fillies, Bst 41b ; three yrs old, and not engaged in either Riddlesworth or Two Thousand Guineas Stakes. D.ll. (6 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Escort (Nat) 1 F. br f /3encietta Captain Williamson's Decision 3 Lord Orfurd's b f 13ettila . Betting-5 to 2 agst Bettina; 3 ro 1 agst Dccision ; 3 to 1 agst Benedetta ; and 4 to 1 agst Escort. Wou by a head, after a fine race with all. Match, 100, h ft. T. Y. C. Mr. Byng's Garryowen, Bst llb rectived. Captain Rous's Nicholas, ist 6 lb The Riddlasworth Stakes cf 200 sovs. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1837; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Sat 41b; untried mares or untried stallions al lowed 31b; if both, blb. Ab. M. (9 Subs.) Mr. Thornhiil's Eringo, by Emilius HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Hambleton hounds to meet on Tuesday, at Ampleforth ; Friday, at Morton—half-past ten. Bedale hounds, Tuesday, at Ta.nfield ; Friday, at Catterick Bridge—eleven. Sinnington hounds, Wednesday, at Ashbury ; Saturday, at Helmsley—ten. York and Ainsty hounds, IV ednesdav, at. Arras—half-pmt ten. F. B. H., Thursday, at Helston Duke of Grafton's hounds, Tuesday, at Biddleston Park ; Friday, at. Brayfield Furze—half-past ten. Heythrop hounds, Tuesday, at Potter's Hill Lodge ; Friday, at Ranger's Lodge—half-past ten. Mr. Watson's hounds, Tuesday, at Butterwell ; Thursday, at Cherington Wood—half-past ten. Sir John Cope's hounds, Tuesday, at Shiplake ; Thursday, at. Cavershatn ; Saturday, at Thateham• gate—eleven. N. F. 11., Tuesday, at Hunter's Inn ; Thursday, at King' s Head, Redlyneh ; Saturday, at. Owreebridge—half-past ten. Lord Portman's hounds, Wednesday, at Bonsley Drove. Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Wednesday, at Moreton ; Friday, at West Lodge. 31r. Russell's hounds, Tuesday, at Esk ; Frida:, at Stanley House —clev en• CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA.--A native of Chine, now at Rome, furnishes the following statistical details to the Francoi:ion Courier :—" There are at present about 300,000 Christians in China. The greater part of them arc indebted for pastoral care to the Laza. ruts, but some likewise to the Dominicans and Fran ciscans, and to a small number of Italian priests. The whole number of priests, European and Chioese, does not exceed 300. Of seminaries there are but iew, and those few arc little more than common schools. The Christians .are not allowed to practise their religion publicly, but with their private assemblies no inter ference takes place. The churches are but few in number, and those not capacious enough for their seve ral congregations, and the faithful are obliged to meet privately. Singularly enough, a church erected at Pekin by the Emperor Hang Hi, who was very friendly to the Christians, has remained intact. A notion has long prevailed among the Pagans of China, that as long as the cress remains standing on the steeple of this church no serious calamity can befal the empire. In Canton there are between 8,000 and 9,000 Christians, who in that city enjoy greater libtrty than in any other part of the country. In Macao there R'C upwards of a thousand Catholics. THE SILK GOWN.—" "fo be or not to be," ia the question whirls is now agitating the Wesleyan body throughout this country, on the subject of wearing cleri cal gowns in the pulpits of the Society, by its itinerant ministers. Mr. Welsh, in a pamphlet which lie has pub lished, states that the system, if adopted by ali the itine rant preachers, will cost the Society 7,000!. a-year. The Rev. S. D. Waddy, the most popular Wesleyan preacher in this town, having had a silk gown presented to him by some ladies in his congregation, has appeared therein in public, but his so doing has not met with the approval of the otlice-barers of the Society in Hull. The Rev. Mr. Bunting, at Manchester, also appeared in one on the same day as Mr. Waddy, which circumstance being strongly disapproved, Mr. Bunting has withdrawn Marvell until the Conference, when the matter will come on for discus sion.—Hull Paper. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—A most die tre~sing case of suicide occurred in Dundee on Tuesday night lest, arising out of the following circumstance A young man, belonging to Forfarshire, who had been for several years labouring under consumption, had been per suaded to come to Edinburgh for medical advice, which he did. A consulting physician heard and examined his case, and, we are informed, gave him to understand that it was hopeless. Of this the young man wrote to his fricads, and requested a brother to come for and conduct him home ; but, without waiting for his arrival, took the coach for Dundee on Tuesday, and on the evening of the same day, in an hotel of that town, seemingly unable to bear the sentence hang ing over him, shot himself through the head, and died in stantly. So determined had the unfortunate youth been to effect his purpose, that he had put no fewer than three bullets into the pistol. His brother came to Edinburg h as requested, but had passed bhn, unknowingly, on the read ; and on Wednesday forenoon was made acquainted, by a mutual friend, of the melancholy and fatal catas trophe.—Edinburgh Paper. COLONEL TORRENS.—It is understood that Colonel Torrens has resigned bis seat at the Colonial Land and Emigration Board, under both the General and the South Australian Commissions. In 1835, when the establishment of the South Australian Company was in contemplation, Mr. Angas, then a member of tlor South Australian Commission, entertained scruples as to the compatibility of his office with the holding of laud in the colony, and his participation in trading speculation!. Ile consulted Lord Glenelg on the sub ject, and received a letter expressing Lord Glenelg's concurrence in his scruples. Colonel Torrens, it now to take to l s r o o Lni ld ae s rd lsaGtnelenc! dp in in the the colony. His attention was' draw n letter, a e n a c n e d . he felt Accordingly, necessary O a consequence. the 15th of llccernher last, he tendered his resignation to Lord John Russell. It w as accepte d ; C o l one l Torrens having the option, ho wever , of retaining his post if he got rid of his land. Th ese c i rcumstances c ame out in the examination of Colon e l T orrens b e f ore the Select Com mittee on South Australia, about ten days back. In some further commuhications which have passed between Colonel Torrens and the Colonial Secretary, the Colonel expressed a doubt whether his resignation bad been construed to apply to both the Commissions un der which he held office. He was informed that it had been so construed ; and that it would be proper that it should take effect as soon as the pending inquiry on the state of South Australia closed.— Cao ilia/ Gazette. STATE —The market both for cot ton goods and OF yarnsTa A h n as E been decidedly flatter during the whole of the week . A slight feeling of hope was created on Wednesdks •, by the report that the Indian mail had ar rived. The report proved fallacious, and the relapse left shippers the being unableto se ll ers more desirous to do business than before . Ls both hand and powe r -loom cloths a slight reduction in price has been subm itted to b y thos e who have effec ted sales; and in yarns also a reduction of abo ut i per lb. has; t w a a k n e t n ofplat orders ?. f 'The or e s x v o p t: A t feature —all in he market is the purchase largely t ven at a very low price, in conse quence of the absence of denin nabroad. d from Spin ners and manufacturers are daily increasing their stocks, and as their means become daily more and circum scribed their ability to keep off more the market will decrease, and the result must be a numher of sacrificing a sales, in order to meet more urgent demands. More orders, or less production, is the continual ' '• China did not reach this in time Tee from cry. news Thursday's to affect the market. We h•v . ~. c. seen a letter from St. Petersburgh dated 13th March (old style), which states that trade is very bad h toerPs and that there have been failures, prin cipally in Moscow, to the amount of several millions sterl ing. —Manchester Times, Ebenezer Elliott is not known as a defender of the Corn-law ; but he says, " that law is worth the many millions which it costs us, if it do no more than demon strate to the firm above-named (Messrs. Protection, Clod, and Co.), that they must beware in. future how they play at the game of tear." It is thus the wise man extracts " good from every thing ;" and let us comfort ourselves with the hope that our declining revenue may convince our legisla- tors of the necessi . y of a more liberal system of commer cial police. —Leeds Times. The Marquis of Waterford proceeded last week to England, where he purchased twenty-five couple of the finest and best bred fox hounds in that country, and re turned to Rockwell, bis sporting residence in this county, on Tuesday morning last. This truly liberal and high spirited nobleman has now in his possession three as fine packs of fox hounds as there are in the kingdom ; and the sporting gentry of Tipperary anticipate rare sport during the next seasa.— Tipperary Constitution. „