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, o t.. LITERATURE. 4! • / 1 71 ' .4fl I M ORNING EDITION MEMOIRS, OF WARREN lIASTINC;S, ' O l 111 Bentley, London, 184 . 1. We noticed the ' preceding, volumes of this work 4buut fortnight ago in The Sun, and now pr eeed t a Ithj h o g i ve a brief account of the present one, sekoentectudes the memoir. It commences and at th e Of the state of affairs in the Car different native Indian Courts f,i,.. t i`, le Year 1 782, when Hastings still held the . 4 _ u ref ponsible post of Governor-General ; and es with his death in the year 1818 at the ad gea ced a ge of eighty-five. The volume is more erally interesting . Po i . ; than either of its predeces tite nto vr It is l ess taken up with official docu las res p e cting Indian matters, whose value fill er of in i n a great measure passed away; an d i s Thltfoilvohilepeirnsonal details us regar d s the private , England, of Warren Hastings. eter s trial b e f ore t h e L or d s in Westnim ' nevi Hall, where thi s em i nent man s t oo d as b ut ~itial, ' is of course alluded to at some length, Was there not pr epare d to concede that the trial r esult of ra ncorous party sp i r it. " Mr. f u "l,lngs," says the Edit or , " bad defeated the fa- ife e scheme of Mr. Burke's whole public f ro Re had driven Mr. Burke and his party cult: Political p ower; and Mr. Burke, i n parti leivr) and h m is party in genera l, d evo t e d the etiass'e.B to crush th e i r enemy, un d er t h e per of on that by convicting him of the crimes to°,l9ression, cruelty, and peculation, they ter n 7 j u stify, in the eyes ' of the world, the Sely °f their own India Bill, and place them- . j uati es in the light of martyrs to the cause of th e c e arid humanity." Burke was certainly not tonsloan to have acted in this flagrantly iniqui tett Inanner. He was of an ardent, impetuous b l?erar ne 'lt, but there was nothing malignant eYeris nature ; and we are persuaded that—how tlo• usl t y nist‘.aken in his notions—he was conscien reall r to , 0 opinion th at W arren H ast i ngs was hitne tyrant an d oppressor h e represente d even be in his cel e b rate d c h arge . Th e trial, has.though it e n d e d i n an acquitta l , re d uce d for, tin gs to a state of complete bankruptcy, ti, sle We ar e assured, th a t " w h en f or th e l as t h e R a n , turned his b ac k on Westminster eou.ld not tell whence the funds were to mi g h t y which th e weekly bills of his household b e A: °latte r utscharred •he was, as fir as pecuniary t•• 4 elk,' 8 were affected, a ruined man." Mela . 7) h a dY reverse of fortune this for a man 1 co once Wielded the destinies of India! I T v hc; itakl ir ‘ of Directors, however, to their credit be i n° sooner heard ' of Hastings's destitute con en dit ~ t) h n ' tl ,tan they granted hint an annuity which for, he flint to live in comfort, if not splendour, Wel t li e „ re mainder of his days. Sheridan, it is the •;;;' ° w l l, was one of the principal movers of tlet l- P e achment against hint, and when they tri a i e th other in company, many years after the har s h "tings thus showed his sense of the ,_gs With which he had been treated brit ga PPenad about the year 1810 that Mr. Hastings, at tg s it visit at Newark Park, the residence of Sir Elijah b received an invitation from the Prince Regent, then lionk, 11 to dine with his Royal Highness in the Pavi himeo '"r; Hastings went, Sir Elijah and his son b earing tad th in P li nY and all three were a good deal surpr ise d . to t o al - e lt ?tr. Sheridan had been especially brought th ither the violent sttings w as , taem. oohbtl The object which the Prince had in vie ess, laudable. He was anxious that . between and Mr. Sheridan—not the least stolen t of pe aerti men who acted as managers during theimhe .,:branok,e4Ha good understanding should arise, an d h his ii, ri.z 7 n .; them together under the idea that, throng influence, they raight become reconciled. Mr. Sheridan ROyal accordingly advanced, at a given signal fro m . h i s d bi~selfst, and in tome woll.turned sentences del g ivere • the. n of an apology, which am( unted to this That . tot pa rt which he had taken in events long gone by Inns. Lew,: regarded as any test of his private opinions, because cire urn „ e a a public pleader, whose duty it is, un e he i s - ""ees, to make good, if he can, the charges which %' tre me c omtnissi one d to bring forward.' Mr. Hastings re takd Ono step, l oo k ed Mr. Sheridan full in the face, th ei 7 ici a a o , w b.ovr, but ans were d not a wor d. ' H a d M r . p ark , sa id he, after the party returned to Newark . er, took ativ e "afessed as much twenty years ago, he might " d one rn , pise s o om h : tw se e r e v n ice t . h ' e No further intercourse, how aver, parties, nor was the subject u T gain by Mr. Hastings referred to." T,_;arren. Hastings's private habits, like those of 4 e ° t great men, were simple and unaffected to a I s . t ee ' Re was fond of reading, loved retire -1-1„) and was devoted to agricultural pursuits. atiVtivas e xceedingly temperate both in eating ittsthif in king; was a great water-drinker, and „.c. w 0 ,,7; °11 s in the quality of the beverage, that lie rd. . 'on send for it, when in London, from a eon thrable distance, to the spring which rises near hi barracks that adjoin Kensington Gardens. h e l ,l "t moments were calm and easy, and when felt that death was upon hint, and the soul einggling for release, he, " not without a visible 1/1 °ll , drew a cambric pocket-handkerchielwhich on the pillow beside him, over his. own face. 11_8 weeping attendants neither restrained him, „u,l' formed any augury from the proceeding ; .1 1 1 . ere fore their grief and horror may be ima red when, finding that he suffered it to lie there held time, they removed the covering, and be tr • the f eatures of a corpse !" This is a curious al in al n % Which, adds the Editor, " has a character it which I can describe as nothing short of aublime.” at 0 Ay 7 , 7;b ON A I MANACK, OFFICIAL REGIS * r' 1-, A ND COUNTY CALENDAR FOR 1. Scott and Co., London. are glad to find that Oliver and Boyd, , the Proublieshers of the " Edinburgh Almanack,' have .sllnd imitators in London, and that Messrs. aneett, 'Webster, and Gearv, of Charter-house irate) have Produced a year-book on the same t h a n> but still more ample and comprehensive i h a r n even that useful publication. The follori i sh 6 ,., l nere outline of the principal contents will i ti r What a vast field of useful and interesting urniation it embraces :—The Calendar, a corn ,ti„ete Peerage and Baronetage, existing and ex the with the various orders of Knighthood, u,e P.arliament, the official departments of the Itliyrnment, East India Company, the Navy Authorities't Arm— y Lists, Courts of Law, the Country (extending to 185 pages)) the 6,811n115, D ignitaries, and all the beneficed fi p -r gy, with an alphabetical list of the bene- Ci e t , s ' the Universities, the Corporation of the lava ta)filttomuclon, and all the boroughs in Eng ales together with important sta . e'r'.tlcal. tables Of the revenue, trade, currency, 0- 1 1 , 111 e) &-c., compiled from public documents, and • pant communications of official authorities. The ti „ llt of a comprehensive book of general refer lams,7' such. as those published in Scotland, Ire ,and many of the Continental States, has therefo re felt in England, and the publishers 4,oel'efore deserve great credit for having spared • by e n x Pe_ i nse, and no labour, in supplying the defect ltiTrouncing a work which surpasses any of the r,ld hitherto published in London, and will bear t,,,parisort with the best in Germany. Among tO u Y other valuable statistical returns, it gives e.onstitueneies of the English counties, cities, bo roughs, according to the last revision in the (1) togethcr with the sitting Members and rlum berspolledat the last contested elections. at g In° of the tables also are curious, such th e "peerages conferred, or restored by INte l , l ,, of our Sovereigns, from the reign o , f , Imam the Conqueror to Queen Victoria. b n x , r2 t he long list the number conferred a ' 'ire°. 111. far surpasses that of any other reign. war dkn I. made 164 Peers, Charles I. 130 English p 57 Irish, Charles 11. 137 English and 41 sh, and George 111. made not less than i'ong..lish, and 26S Irish Peers. The book extends r s tau t ges, printed in good type, some of it very disti nct; i t is neatly bound, and, tai n4 id ling the vast q uantity of matter it eon- Is sold at the moderate price of 10s, 6d. „,,e Publishers, therefore, deserve every en (Zogeinent, and we are Glad to see from the piecluding pragraph of the preface that they are Paring to carry out the plan in future editions that' -3a still, farther extent% They assure the public th e ha ving expended a large sum of money in oe tescner iiltastion of the work, and made arrange flids.:-.lble accuritaerinyl al appearance, no future labour Pense will be spared to attain the greatest thorittyeas so as to make each successive dit t r t to h n more Worthy of their support, and to ren ‘thAiendon Alinattack' a standard of au and woe egister and Calendar for England s, I.ITLAS OF C ONSTRUCTIVE GEO GRAPEY. e d 0 not remember to have seen any publi tion of the kind so well adapted for students as Geo g r aphy Atlas of M r. Hughes, who is P r ofe ssor o f eograph y i n the College for Civil Enginee r s. The plan pursued is in several respects, original. lunongst other features peCuliar to this periodi- Qa publication this--th,.! Maps of the conti tulental divisions of the earth will all be drawn pon the same scale, a plan which has not hitherto • boon pursued in any Atlas, but which, Mr. xtughes contends, is . the only one which can enable a student to acquire correct ideas of the Pelative magnitude of different countries, and . . P . rev ent him f rom confounding the similarity of ze in the representation with the actual magni • . ' ti de of the countries themselves. The First • Num ber (there. are to be Eight, relating to Phy -B%_cal. Geography) contains the Eastern Hemis- Pnere • i . , the Second Part, containing the - Western - Lentisphere, will appear next month. It is in tended, we see, shall that the first portion of the Atlas be confiy,ed strictly to Physical Geo graphY—eaeh - Map to be accompanied by a cor respondent hianh projection , containing only the P a rallels Rai meridians, and on which the 6tU4 dent is to draw the map for himself, not merely copying it from the finished plates, but construct ing it step by step, by referring everything in it to latitude and longitude. co'D . Grea l L Fiftio 51 igh d 0;8 Lc" ' ' ~iuM;3 l3 3 8 '3arg bri rs t° el t - d interc'e 0 10 ,Tbs; h ot er ico" 0 Ala', p s ou IP ti , 11 Cot , Or e !' coto" r r :ces o irt ; I,sv c o s ter%iter! tith P 3l O 133 100i°I A 0 r ) i , c od i 0 00 yoor, t k 60 ' $l O fivo ur fro ,, (the n g' 0 r oe' I J VP 1 0 itd 4 6? ~ ~, ~i THE SPORTSMAN. The pictorial embellishments consist of a capi tal portrait of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and an engraving which we like even still better, of a sportsman and his shooting pony, both de lineated with a life-like fidelity and truthfulness. The literary department has a song by Toni Dib din, on whom his father's mantle appears to have fallen; a nouvoulette by a Fox-hunting Parson; Meltonian narrative by Nimrod, who • should take for his motto Sto super antiquas vial; Clothing, Facts and Confabulation, by Fred Talfrey ; some fun mixed up with a French Steeplechase, by Flask, a fellow of infinite face tiousness, in the Editor's opinion; and a read able tete-a-tete about the various kinds of ter riers by Richardson. To the Sportsinan:s poets we cannot, in fairness, award higher praise than to admit that they are not nearly so prosy as the " Man of Kent." The Turf article is a careful compilation, and the number, as a whole, is decidedly good, seemingly evincing a disposition to go a-head with spirit, and win cleverly. THE FARMERS' MAGAZINE. - - ------- As a vehicle for information to farmers, and indeed to all those persons who take an interest i:r agricultural pursuits, this is a very valuable Magazine. The varied intelligence diffused over its hundred pages is accurate, well brought out, and above all of a useful, practical description.Far niers are too often reproached for a bigoted ig norance, as prejudicial to their character as to their pecuniary interests. Now, if they would avoid this stigma, they must read and so grow wiser—if they would live they must learn. Nor can they do better, perhaps, than study those suNects treated on in this monthly journal. We had almost. forgotten to say that the present Number has two good engravings, one represent ing Earl Spencer's Prize Ox—the. other " Launcelot," who obtained the St. Leger laurels. THE DRUIDS' Q UAR TERL Y MAGAZINE This is, we believe, the cheapest of all the Quarterlies, selling for the small sum of six pence ! The quality of the articles is better than might be presumed from the price of the Maga zine, which is chiefly devoted, as its title im ports, to Druidical matters. - - COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Pr►ncess Royal, and attended by Lady Portman, Ba roness Lehaen, Earl of Listowel, Hon. C. A. Murray, Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Bauverie, returned to town at twenty minutes before one o'clock yesterday af ternoon, escorted by a party of Lancers, from Clare mont. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at Buckingham Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. The Queen held a Court at two o'clock for the re ception of Addresses from the City of London. The Lord Mayor, accompanied by the City Deput'. Lion, arrived at the Palace in his State Coach shortly before two o'clock, attended by his Chaplain, Sword Bearer, and Mace Bearer. His Lordship and the De putation were ushered on their arrival to the State apartments. Her Majesty and Prince Albert having been con ducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the Throne-Room, and the Queen being seated on the Throne, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and Common Council, were ushered by Sir William Martins and Captain Green, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, to the presence of her Majesty. The Recorder then read the Address of CJngratulation from the Court of Common Coun cil ; and the Mover and Seconder of the Address had afterwards the honour to kiss hands. The Members of the Common Council then withdrew—the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, the City Remembrancer, and othor Officers remaining. The Recorder then read the Address of Congratu lation, on the Birth of a Princess, from the Court of Aldermen. The Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, the City Remembrancer, and other Officers, and the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, all kissed hands and retired. The Alderman present were—Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir Matthew Wood, Sir John Key, Sir Chapman Mar shall, Sir George Carroll, and Sir James Duke. There were also present Sheriffs Gibbs and Farncomb, the City Remembrancer, the Comptroller of Bridge-house Estates, the City Chamberlain, the City Solicitor, Under-Sheriffs James and Stone, and a numerous body of Members of the Common Council, including Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, mover of the Address ; Mr. Taylor, seconder of the Address ; Messieurs Moon, Eyton, Bennet, Edward Harrison, and Samuel Thomas. The Court was attended by the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Marchioness of Normanby, and the Countess of Mount Edgeumbe, Ladies in Waiting; the Lord Chamber lain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen•at-Arms ; the Captain of the Yeomen Guard ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Wait ing ; Earl of Aboyne, Lord in Waiting ; the Treasurer of the Household ; Hon. William Cowper, Groom in Waiting ; Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Clerk of the Cheque to the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Sir Benjamin Smith ; Masters Byng and Wilson, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms lined the Throne Room during the presentation of the Addresses, commanded by their Standard-bearer, Mr. H. Robinson. . . The Yeomen of the Guards were on duty in the Grand Hall, commanded by Captain Se3mour Sadler, the Exon in Waiting. 'The Queen's Guard of the Grenadier Guards, with the band of the regiment, was in attendance on the Palace Lawn during the Court. After presenting the Addresses to the Queen yes terday afternoon, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, City Officers, Under Sheriffs, and Common Council, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Buckingham Palace, where the Recorder of London read congratulary addresses to his Royal Highness on the birth of the Princess Royal from the Court of Common Council, and also from the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen. Aldermen M. Wood, Marshall, Key, Hunter, Carroll, and Duke were present of the Court of Aldermen, and Messrs. Jones, R. Taylor, Bennet, Moan, Eyton, and the same Members of the Common Council, and City Officers, who attended the Address to the Queen, were also present. Prince Albert VI a s attended by the following officers of his household :—Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole ; Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer; Lord George Lennox, Gentleman in Waiting ; Captain Seymour, Groom in Waiting ; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences yesterday to the Mar quis of Normanby and Viscount Melbourne. The Royal Dinner Party last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Lord George Lennox. 'The Band of the Coldstream Guards attended at the Palace during the evening. The Band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance every evening during her Majesty's stay at Claremont. The Lord Mayor, Alderman, Recorder, Sheriffs, Remembrancer, Chamberlain, Solicitor, Comptroller of the Bridge House Estates, Under-Sheriffs, and Com mon Councillors of the City of London, had an audi cnce of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Ingestrie House, Belgrave-square, to present Addresses of Congratulation to her Royal Highness, on the auspicious event of the birth of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, from the Court of Common Council, and also from the Court of Alder men. The Recorder read the Addresses from both Courts, after which the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, and the Moyer and Seconder of the Address in the Court of Common Council, had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness. The same members and officers of both Courts pre sent at the presentation of the Addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert, also attended the Addresses to her Royal Highness. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Couper, Fast Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's Household. A deputation respecting tea, consisting of Messrs. Twining, Cousins, Travers, Antrobus, and Riggs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Meyers, agent for Barbadoes, Lerd Tcynham, and Dr. Rolph, had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial-office. S:r H. Parnell had an interview with Viscount Mel , bourne yesterday. The Cabinet Ministers dined with Lord John Rus sell, lust evening, at his residence in Wilton-crescent. Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. PRIZE BATTLES.---A prize fight, for 2001. and the championship of England, took place on Tues day, between Caunt and Nick Ward of Liverpool, which terminated in favour of Ward, Caunt having -struck him a foul blow. A second fight took place between Lane and Sullivan, for loot, which ended in the latter being the victor. We regret to say that accounts reached London yesterday of the death of J. Thornhill, Esq., the East India Director, Mr. Thornhill had been in a very bad state of health for some time past, and the melancholy Mat Wag sot , therefore, altogether unexpected. IMPERIAL PARLIA ROUSE OF COMMONS, FED. 3. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. CHURCH EXTENSION. Sir C. B. VERE presented several petitions final the Archdeaconry of Suffolk in favour of Church Extension. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Lord GRIMSTONE a new writ was issued for the borough of St. Albans, in the room of the Hon. Mr. Grimstone, who had accepted the office of Steward of her 'Majesty's Chihet n Hundreds. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from the Church of England Assurance Company for leave to bring in a Bill. IMPORTATION OF WOOL. Mr. BAINES moved, pursuant to notice for an Ac count of the quantity of Sheep and Lambs' \\Tool ire ported into the United Kingdom in the year 1840 ; spe cifying the countries from which it came, the quantity that paid a duty of one penny par pound, and the quan tity that paid a duty of one half-penny per pound ; of the quantity of Foreign Wool re-exported during the same period, and the countries to which it was'sent, and the quantity remaining warehoused under Bond on the .5 - 11 day of January 1841. Account of the quantity of British Sheep and Lambs' Wool and Woollen Yarn exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1840, specifying the countries to which they were sent. Ac count of the quantity of British manufactures ex pi,--rtecl from the United Kingdom in the year 1840, specifying the countries to which they were sent. EMPLOYMENT IN FACTORIES. Lord ASHLEY ggve notice that he would, to-mor row, move for leave to amei . vi the resolution appointing a Committee to inquire respecting employment in factorieF. He wished to introduce the word " young," before "persons," in the terms of that motion. Mr. F. MAULE said he did not think there could be any objection to the Noble Lord's amending his mo tion, and making it extend to young persons. The Commissioners would not be justified, under the present form of the Act, in extending the inquiry to children under thirteen years of age. lie would take that opportunity of bearing his testimony to the great use fulness of the proposed inquiry.—( Hear.) lie believed it had become very popular throughout the entire country —( Hear, hear.) HAND-LOOM WEAVERS. Mr. M. PHILLIPS wi6hed to ask the Hon. Diem. ber, the Under Socretary for the Home Department, when the Report of the Committee on Hand-loom Weavers would be laid before the house. Mr. FOX MAU LE said the Report was now almost reedy, and it would bc laid before the House. TnE LATE MR. RICKMAN. Lord J. RUSSELL rose to propose the following resolution That this House entertainsa just and high sense of the distinguised and exemplary manner in which John Itckman, Esq., late Clerk Assistant of this House, uniformly discharged the duties of his situation during his long attendance at the table of this House." The lion. Lord then proceeded to express his sense of the merits of Mr. Rickman. No man could be better acquainted than that gentleman with the privileges and precedents of that House, and no man could hare dis charged the duties committed to him with more ge neral satisfaction. He (Lord John Russell) wished he could also express the high opinion which he enter tained of the public services of Mr. Rickman. He felt himself, however, confined on that occasion to the merits of Mr. Rickman in discharging his duties in that House. That was the only matter which then came under their cognizance, and he was sure they would readily approve of the resolution he proposed. Mr. GOUL BU RN also wished to bear his testimony to the merits of Mr. Rickman. He was convinced that the House had but one opinion on the subject. Mr. Rickman h id, he was assured, gained the approbation of every Member by his zealous and efficient discharge of the duties he had to fulfil.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Individually he had often experienced the benefit to be derived from the great knowledge of Mr. Rickman on all subjects, more especially on subjects relating to the laws and customs of Parliament.—(Cheers.) lie was ever ready to impart that knowledge which he had la boured to acquire, and thus had enabled others to make themselves masters of those subjects with which they would have been unacquainted but for his kind assistance. He could not let that opportunity pass without giving expression to the deep feeling which he entertained, and which he was convinced the country entertained also, of the very valuable services of Mr. Rickman. Mr. HUME could not let the vote pass without expressing his approbation of the conduct of the late Mr. Rickman.--(Cheers.) He never knew a public officer so modest, so unassuming, and yet so ready to impart information.—(Cheers.) He had laid the coun try under great obligation by his labours on the subject of the population returns.--(Cheers.) He had ever found him ready to impart information, and he (Mr. Hume) was indebted to hiai for much of the know ledge which he had acquired relating to that House, and thought the subject of population owed much to the late Mr. Rickman. He cordially agreed with the resolu tion.—(Cheers.) Sir R. INGLIS was also desirous of hearing testi mony to the merits of Mr. Rickman. His Noble Friend had stated that it was not because he was un aware, or did not appreciate the general services rendered by Mr. Rickman to the country, that he had not alluded to them in the resolution, but because they could only properly take no . ice in that resolution of the services which he had rendered to the House in his offi cial capacity. But he could not omit that opportunity of bearing testimony, not only to the services of Mr. Rickman in that Ilouse, but to the great services which he had rendered to statistical knowledge generally. It had been justly remarked of Mr. Rick man by one of his early friends, that he was a man of the most matter and fewest words that had ever been known.—(Cheers.) Words were never used by Mr. Rickman except to convey ideas, and when a question was asked him, he always answered with accuracy, preci sion, and readiness.—(Cheers.) Mr. Rickman had also rendered valuable services to the House in the formation and arrangement of their library,—(Cheers.) He had not only drawn up a sketch o :the Library for the House, but he had also written a classified catalogue of the Library—a catalogue containing not only the books in the Library, but also a list of hooks necessary to be procured for its completion.—(Cheers.) Re ference had been made to his works on population. Books on that subject were' . in general of at y thing but of an amusing character ; but he would ven ture to say that a more entertaining bock than Mr. Rickman's Preface to the last Census could hardly he found. These were minor things, and, perhaps, would hardly have entitled Mr. Rickman to a vote of the House ; but it was for the great labour he had displayed, and for the facilities he had rendered to every man who had taken a part in the proceed ings of that House, he thought the thanks of the House were eminently due to Mr. Rickman ; and he therefore cordially concurred in the motion that had been made by the Noble Lord opposite. Mr. BERNAL felt hound to hear his testimony to the great merits of Mr. Rickman. He possessed stores of deep and singular knowledge connected with the literature of his country and the proceedings of that House, and when first he had the honour of sitting at the table of the House as Chairman of Com mittees, he had derived great assistance from Mr. Rickman, and he shonld therefore most cordially sup port the motion of the Noble Lord. The motion was then put and carried. SUPPLY. Mr. BERNAL brought up the Report of the Com mittee of Supply. 'The resolutions were agreed to, and ordered to be 'urther considered on Friday next. The House then adjourned. Tit E SUN, LONDON, THURSD IY, FEBRUARY 4, 1-41 CANTERBURY ELECTION. CANTERBURY, TUESDAY EVENING. The poll opened at eight o'clock this morning, in seven different polling booths, and the first hour gzve Mr. Smythe a majority of 16 ; on the next hour's poll Mr. Wilson gained 3, which reduced Mr. Smythe's majority to 13. From ten to eleven o'clock there was a tremen dous struggle, both parties polling as quickly as possible ; as many as 651 voters were polled in the course of that hour, of which Mr. Wilson had a majority of one, thus reducing Mr. Smythe's majority to 12. From eleven to twelve o'clock there were 150 voters polled, and the result of the total poll at that hour placed Mr. Smythe in a majority of 84. To this return the greatest interest was attached, because a large majority at that hour, it was thought, would prove a decisive one. Every effort was then used by the Blues to reduce the majority, but without avail. Mr. Smythe's preponderance on the poll increased each successive hour to 106, 120, 130, and finally to 163. The following is the FINAL STATE OF THE POLL. FOUR O'CLOCK. Smythe Wilson Majority .. 782 . . 619 . 163 LOSS OF THE FAIRY.—We have again to re cord, with :r.stcful feebigs, the ready sympathy with which our beloved Queen enters into the afflictions of her subjects ; Sir Henry Wheatley having received her Ma jesty's gracious commands to forward to Captain llornhy, at Woolwich, the sum of 1001. for the relief of the widows and orphans of the crew of the Fairy. On Wednesday a most awful event took place at Doveholes, about midway between Chapel-en-lc-Frith and Buxton. The day was extremely cold, and two youths, one named Yates, about thirteen years old, son of a farmer in the parish of Chapel-en-lc-Frith, and the other named Bully, about seven years of age, and son of an innkeeper and farmer at Doveholes, together with a man, walked on to the top of a limekiln fur the purpose of warming them selves, when the stone up,n which they stood, which was piled up and in the act of being burned into lime, suddenly sunk, and the two boys were instantly closed up in the fiery vortex far beyond the possibility of human aid or assistance. Tho man with great difficulty extricated him self from his perilous situation without sustaining any ma tetial injury; but the poor unfortunate boys were almost consumed to ashes before any portion of their limbs could I be recoverawDerbyshirs Chronicle, SUPPLY OF PURE WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. Ory Tuesday evening a special meeting of the Com mittee appointed by the M I.:,debane Vestry to watch and give support to any 13',11 or Bills about to be brought into Parliament for a better and cheaper sup ply of pure and wholesome Water for the Metropolis, took place at the Court House, Merylebone.lane. Mr. HUGH BIERS having been appointed to the Chair, stated that it had been convened in order that they might be set right with reference to certain statements which had lately been put forward in the newspapers, emanating from a meeting of millowners and opponents of the proposed supply, held at Uxbridge and Watford. At the former meeting it appeared that only one side of the question had been argued, every body of an opposite way of thinking being ex cluded, At this one-sided meeting, however, it had been declared that the effect of the London and Westminster Water Company taking their wa ter from the chalk below Bushey Hall Mea dows would be materially to injure and reduce, not only the wells in the immediate neighbourhood, but also the river Coke and its tributaries. He was con fi lent this was an alarm raised without the slightest foundation. It was well known that there was an in exhaustible supply of wive: to be obtained in every part of Hertfordshire. It would doubtless be remembered by many members of that Vestry that London was sup plied with water from Hertfordshire long before the introduction of the West Middlesex and Grand June tion Company. That supply came from springs at Ware, and those at Bushey Hall Meadows formed a part of the same supply which fed the springs at Ware, and therefore the projected supply would only be a se cond tapping for the use of the metropolis, the only difference being that the supply would be obtained by a much less circuitous route. There were gentlemen present who had attended for the purpose of giving the Committee some information and proper data upon the subject ; and as assertions had gone forth to the public that the supply proposed to be taken from Bushey Hall Meadows would not be sufficient, in the first place, to supply the metropolis, and that it would affect not only the wells, but the rivers for miles round, under such circumstances, he believed it was quite within the province and the duty of that Committee to hear those gentlemen in explanation or refutation of those asser tions.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GOMM was most anxious that every possible in formation should be obtained upon the subject, and that any improper or incorrect statements which had gone forth to the public should be corrected, and set right. He regretted the course which had been adopted at the opposition meeting at Uxbridge, in only allowing one side of the question to be discussed ; but he was gratified that the press were not excluded. The CvlitramaN observed that although the press was admitted it must be remembered that only one side of of the question was discussed, and that (consequently only one side of it could be reported. Mr. KIRBY (Barrister) thought that the Committee could not legitimately permit gentlemen to go into the question geologically in order to disabuse the public mind as to the assertions made at the meetings of mill owners residing near the Colne River. lie thought the info►mation proposed to be afforded in opposition to those statements was more the business of a Committee of the House of Commons. Mr. GOMM thought the Committee ought to be de lighted to receive all the information they could possibly get upon so important a matter. Mr. CLAPP had no doubt but the points which had engaged the attention of the millowners, would be come the subject of a strict inquiry before the Com mittee of the House of Commons, but that was not to preclude the Vestry from obtaining all the information it could upon the subject. He had carefully read over all the arguments adduced by the opponents to the London and Westminster Water Company, but he could find nothing which ought for one moment to stand in the way of the great project for obtaining a pure supply of water to the metropolis. This great project was not to be set aside by a hole-and-corner meeting of thirty-seven millowners, who refused to hear more than one side of the question.—(Elear.) He could only say, he trembled for a cause which was compelled to resort to such means for its support.— (llear, hear, hear.) A Mr. Dickenson had endea voured to show his profound knowledge in geolo gical matters, in opposition to Mr. Stephenson, and to make the first engineer of the present day appear almost a nonentity, but his arguments turned out to be as inconclusive as they were ignorant. —(Hear, hear.) A reverend parson, too, had drawn his conclusions from a small well but seven feet deep, and yet it was sought to attach weight to such an ex periment as this in opposition to the evidence of the first scientific men of the age, and the interests of a million and a half of inhabitants. What ground of right, he would ask, had 37 millowners over water to be taken from a source extending even to the German Ocean ; and if their rights were affected was that too great a sacrifice for the hundreds of thousands of per sons whose health was at present affected by impure water Mr. GLAZIER said he ha-witnessed the opration of the works at Bushey, and he was convinced that there was more than sufficient water to supply the whole of London twice over.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. KIRBY inquired who the gentlemen were, and what their connections were with the Company, who were to afford information. The CHAIRMAN said one of the gentlemen was Mr. Paten, the projector of the plan, and the other was named Lowe, a geologist, ar.d a Member of the Royal Society of Engineers. The latter gentleman he under stood was altogether unconnected with the Company. Mr. GOMM, suggested that Mr. Paten he first heard in justice to him, as it was his statements in particular the millowncrs impugned. Mr. GLAZIER said it was for that purpose Mr. Paten bad been requested to attend. The CHAIRMAN said the two points in particular were the quantity of water to be supplied, and the effect of its being taken away upon the locality from which it was to be taken. Mr. PATEN said he was much obliged to the Vestry for the opportunity afforded him of refuting the state ments put forth by the cpponents to the supply of pure water to the people of London. He attended their meeting at Uxliridge, conceiving it to be a public one, for the purpose of endeavouring to convince the millowners that London could be supplied with good water from the valley of the Chalk Hills, near Bushey, without the infliction of any injury to them or any other parties. He should have imagined that the feeling by which he (Mr. Paten) was actuated would have been sufficient to have ensured for him at that meeting a fa vourable reception ; however, the contrary was the case. He was not aware of the cause, for the works at present in existence at Bushey had been carried on with candour and justice to all parties. They were not carried for ward in secret, for all parties whose property might, from their own fears and misapprehensions, be affected, were invited, and had full liberty to witness the experiments from the first to the last. What, he would ask, had been the conduct pursued towards him by the Rev. Mr. Clutterbuck, who had become so great an opponent to the measure ? Why, he used to attend the works continually, and he (Mr. Paten) afforded him all the information he desired.—( Hear.) He defied Mr. Clutterbuek to contradict this state ment. The Rev. Gentleman had not, however, proved himself quite so honourable in return, for he had sunk a well in a chalk dell near his (Mr. Paten's), having all the, appearance of an Artesian boring to the lower springs, whereas, in fact, it was hardly seven feet deep, and therefore could only receive the soakage of the land and surface water, and of course ebbed and flowed, rose and fell from every trifling rain that occurred, and strange to say, that for upwards of three months the engines were at work, only cloven (lays out of that period did the Reverend Gentleman tabulate it. He would ask was this conduct honourable ?—(Cries of " No, no.") This Reverend Gentleman had also publicly asserted that one spring in the neigh bourhood, used by a water-erase grower, was abated by the working of his (Mr. Paten's) engines, but he forgot to let out the secret (perhaps Mr. Clutt rbuck might not be aware of it) that this man used to dam the water back when the engines were not at work, and when they were, to let it drain off, and thus he effected a difference in the supply to the extent of three inches.—( Hear, hear.) li e (Mr. Pr) was prepared to prove this c . the o t i l; Company's neighbourhood n fact. He woul d now call their attenti on to a Nlr. Dickenson, a m illowner, who had set before th e world through the press "that working n'ells !n t of Watford we re certainly lowered, and the spri ngs t he nearly :l) ; n d s r t i lacind up, by He (Mr. Paten) dared him to prov e one so litaryce of any such effect having b een p ro d uce d, and he held at that moment in his hand no less than 98 testimonials contradicting it.—( Hear, hear.) g n ' e inch. They were minutely ex amined Mr. CLAN' expresi:(nl jancdte,s.ierie eight see the declarations g cases, the wells had members of the c • by the e , ommitte, who ex t pressed their satisfaction. a n l o l ddeidnitien,i diminished o n Mr. PATEN proceeded. Mr. Dickenson had further , ae n asser ted, that to t ake water for th e supply of London from Bushey Hall meadows would dr y u p the river s Verulam, Colne, (lade, Wilbou rne , Ch ep, and a ll the other great rivers ~ a M L k i i e s : c a n t attest, &c and would have t h e effect of depriving the in habitants of St. b Albans,y Clieshm, An u i r rs e h , A ited tm Hemel Hemp stead, Berkhamstcad, Tw o Waters , Kings LengleY , Chesham, Chenies, an d W atford , and all other part s within 113- s q uare mil e s, of water. This statement was preposterous ; let them look at the supply of water required for London. From the evidence of Mr. Knights in 1834, before a Committee of the House of Commons, it appeared that the three Companies north of the Thames, namely, the Grand Junction, West Middlesex, and Chelsea, supplied 6,800,000 gallons to 41,000 houses. At the same ratio 9,287,000 gallons would be sufficient to supply the 56,000 houses proposed to be supplied by the London and Westminster Corn pally. Th e orals rising in theupper part of the valley, from which the supply is to be taken, had produced from time immemorial 11,000,000 per diem, being 20 per cent. more than is required by Mr. Knight s own showing. The CHAIR:NIA N observed that he had gua;ed these springs himself; and knew Mr. Paten's statement to be correct. Mr. PATEN here detailed his operations at Bushey Hall Meadows, which he stated had been carried on under an order of a Committee of the House of Lords. lie had put nearly 20 borings in various parts of that valley, and he found the springs in every one of them equally abundant. He subsequently commenced an Artesian boring twelve inches in diameter, and sank a pipe, as the Rev. Mr. Clutterbuck should have done, 30 feet deep, forcing it into the chalk by which all surface waters were shut out. He then bored deep springs, which he found to increase in geometrical progression the deeper he went. At the depth of 100 feet he put in two pumps, and the little boring of only 12 inches in diameter produced at the rate of about 700,000 gallons every 24 hours, and 12 or 14 of these little Artesian wells would produce the quantity re quired. He subsequently sunk a shaft, 20 feet in dia meter, going through the gravel, aad, by means of three double pumps and a six-horse power engine, he suc ceeded in getting down to the chalk. He found it necessary to erect a 16-horse power engine, with which, to show the immense stream that issued, and the six horse power engine working up to 81-horse power, he could only get eight feet into the chalk springs, and although they continued working every day 16 hours per day for upwards of three months, and pump ing at the rate of one million and three quar ters gallons per diem, yet they could not take away the water for the purpose of lowering the well, and after putting four small borings into the well, the water rose so abundant that those engines could rot lower it within eigl.t feet of the bottom of the well, not withstanding the well was only 35 feet deep, and only eight feet into the chalk. Had these engines been of sufficient power to have pumped the water within two feet of the bottom of the well, it would alone have pro duced two to three million gallons every 24 hours ; and if he (Mr. Paten) had had a 75-horse power engine to have enabled him to have sunk the shaft 60 feet lower into the springs, that one well alone would have produced all the water required for the supply of 56,000 houses. At the time Mr. Stephenson the en gineer examined the works, the engines, by his orders, were at work 26 hours successircl3, notwithstanding which the water could not even then be reduced lower than eight feet, and there it remained stationary. He begged to observe, in conclusion, that the Company would most readily assent to any protective clause in their Bill, although they were convinced from the expe riments that not a drop of water would be taken from the Colne, or any of the wells-be affected thereby. Mr. GLAZIER. observed that Mr. Dickenson had as serted that Mr. Paten's plan would scarcely supply two streets, whereas, one of the little twelve-inch borings would almost supply the 14,000 houses in Marylebone.—( Hear.) Mr. Lowe was then requested to afford the meeting some information on the matter. Mr. LOWE said he was totally unconnected with the project for supplying the metropolis with water from the chalk springs. He came before the Committee con amore, and as a member of the Geological Society, to bear testimony to the inexhaustible supply of water that could be obtained from the !comer springs. Until the previous day he had never spoken a word upon the subject to any person connected with the project, and till that day he had not exchanged six words with Mr. Stephenson in relation to it. Mr. Lowe then observed that some exception had been taken to the alleged inexhaustible supply of the Arte sian system, because the wells of certain large breweries on one side of the Thames had been affected by those on the other. He begged to say that this arose from the fact of the brewers leaving contented themselves by going into the plastic clay formation only instead of descending to the chalk region. The well at Messrs. Truman and Hanbury's brewery, which had been sunk into the chalk, at an expense of several thousands of pounds, was a proof that any quantity of water might be got by going to the proper depth, and he had no doubt Mr. Davidson, the En gineer of the firm, would give evidence before the Com mittee of the House of Commons, to the effect that let them pump as much water as they chose out of the well, there was no sensible decrease of the water. The speaker then drew the attention of the Committee to the chalk springs at Hatcham, Croydon, and Dorking, which he said gave out vast quantities of water ; and after ad verting to the geological character of the county of Hertford, observed that if there was one man who was better qualified than another to give an opinion upon that point, that man was Mr. Stephenson, who, during the herculean task of carrying through the Birming ham Railway, had to contend with the very waters from which it was proposed to supply the metropolis. He had not the shadow of a doubt that all that Mr. Ste phenson had ever committed himself to on this subject would be thoroughly borne out by him. He believed there could be no two questions in the Geological Society upon the subject. Mr. Lowe then, at th© wish of the Committee, at some length went into the extent and character of what is termed the chalk formation, ex plaining that it was not to be supposed that it extended over only what was termed the London basin, as, in fact, there was the Parisian chalk basin, and the Isle of Wight chalk basin, though in fact, they were but one basin. As to the apprehensions expressed that the River Colne would ha affected by the project, he thought they were entirely groundless. The bottom of the river was as impervious to leakage as a stone pitcher. In concluding his address, Mr. Lowe said he thought the project would be a great public good, and it was this belief that induced him to come before the Com mittee. After a few remarks, the following resolution was moved and carried :—" That this Committee, after mature consideration of the plan proposed by the Lon don and Westminster Water Company, for supplying London with pure water, are fully convinced of the practicability of producing an abuniant supply of water from any part of the great chalk basin extending for many miles in diameter round London, and espe cially from a spring situate in Bushey Hall Meadows, wholesome, pure, and at a moderate expense ; and they feel called on to use their best endeavours to promote so immense a benefit to this metropolis." The meeting then adjourned. SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of West minster and part of the County of Nliddlescx will be holden et the Sewers' office in Greek-street, Soho square, to-morrow, February 5, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely. PROCEEDINGS. 1. The orders of Court on the 22d and 29th of Ja nuary,_lB4l, to be read. 2.. To order papnents— 11. Hering, Bookbinder £4 11 6 E. J. Junes, Newsman .. 2 0 0 J. Ogston, Clockmakcr 2 2 0 Brooker and Harrison, Engravers Hunter and English, Ironfounders £l9 19 6 3. To hear Appeal_•. 4. To receive Petitions and Memorials. 5. Solicitors to report as to legality of issuing War rants without having first sworn the Collector who asks for them ; and as to whether it be necessary that a separate Warrant should be issued for each Defaulter. 6. To sanction the Order of Court on the Bth January, fur rebuilding 100 feet of Sewer in Hornton street, Kensington, estimated at 1101. 7. Surveyors to present Reports, Opinions., &c., as follows :—On New Gullies required ; on letter of Messrs. Puller, of Rathbone-place, respecting Drainage of Granville Mews ; on Petition of Daniel Sutton, Esq., for leave to cover over, or build a wall by the side of, the Edwardes square Sewer ; on Letter from Home Department respecting drainage of Streets in the neigh bourhood of Buckingham Palace ; on Petition from Kuigh'sbridge, as to trat,sferring old drains into new Sewer ; on best mode of improving drainage of upper part of Blacklands Sewer. 8. As to surreptitious drainage from Cumberland street and Caroline•place, Chelsea. J. To cons Per as to further steps to be taken in consequence of the deficiency in the Accounts of Thomas Read, Collector. 10. To inspect the Book of Informations. 11. To receive Surveyors' Reports of the several Works done, or in baud, at the expense of the respective Districts ; ditto ditto, at the expense of Individuals. 12. To inspect the Stock Book, and the Day Moks and Weekly Abstract Books, kept by the Clerks of the WorkF. •• 13. To examine Bills. 14. Mr. Leslie to move—That the names of the mover and seconder of every motion made in the Court of Sewers, be inserted in the records of the proceedings of the Court ; and also that no motion be put from the chair unless the same be reduced to writing by the mover, and signed by the mover and seconder. 15. Mr. Leslie to move—That the By-law, No. 10, be altered so as to stand thus :—That all questions be decided by the names of the Commissioners voting being taken down by the Clerk. SEWERS IN PROGRESS. PUBLIC. PRIVATE. Ranelagh Sewer, Kilburn. Uxbridge-road, by Shop- High-road, Knightsbridge. herd's Bush-bridge. Bloomfield-road, Paddington. j Maida-hill West, ditto. (Eaton-square,,, Pim lico. Chapter - s treet, ditto. [ Eaton-mews West, ditto. The Contractors' Bills for the Quarte ending Michaelmas,lBlo, amounting to 6,71:21. 17 5. 9d r ., are laid upon the table of the Committee Room, for the inspee- L tiou of the Commissioners. FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS. It is a curious fact, that whilst M. Thiers is attempt ing to show that Paris, with his system of fortification, would be impregnable, experiments have recently been made, in presence of the Duke d'Aumale and several engineer officers, with a new means of destruction, which, the projectors say, would render it easy for a besieging army to burn Paris, however fortified. I was present at one of these experiments this morning, and was much struck with its success. A ball of the sze of a 24-pounder, with a crust or covering just sufficient to keep it together until it fell, was thrown at a temporary construction, previously smeared over with what is called an incombustible mixture. The ball, which was merely thrown by hand, burst when it fell, and an enormous mass of fire issued from it, and continued to burn for 20 minutes. The intensity and extent of the time was so great that in five rainutes the incombustible mixture lost all its effect, and the construction took fire and was rapidly destroyed. The ball did not weigh more than five or six pounds, but I was informed by the inventor that if attached to a congreve rocket a ball weighing 20 pounds might be thrown upon any building, and that substances might be mixed with it which would per forate the strongest roof, and thus permit the tire to ru❑ over all parts of the building. Now, if only one of the detached forts were to fall into the hands of the enemy, it would be easy, I think, by send ing, a few hundred balls of this kind upon the wall of enclosure, to compel its defenders to quit their posts ; but according to the Bill now before the Chamber the fire of most of these forts would reach the centre of Paris, and therefore if any of tht m were to fall into the hands of the enemy the destruc tion of Paris might be hastened by the adoption of this system. It is not pretended that the French would be able to keep this discovery to themselves ; for the prin ciple having heal once entertained, the secret of manu facture would not long lie a secret to foreign Powers. It appears, alsa, that a besieging army would have an advantnge over the besieged as to the rapidity and con venience of manufacture. I mention this circumstance merely to show you that French engineer: themselves see the folly of a system of fortification which rests upon cooping up troops in a large capital, where the inhabitants would be sure to rise upon the Government if they were to see their property burning.—Corres pondent qf a London Paper. THE ElsHol 3 uF EIiMELAND. CONFESSION OF I'HE MURDERER. It appears from the accounts of Kuhnapfel's exami nations in the German Papers, that his obstinacy, in denying all knowledge of the murder and robbery, was not overcome until the arrival at Frauenburgh of the Counsellor of Police, Dunkar, who was sent from Berlin to inquire into the facts of the case. This officer suc cee.led, on the 10th, after having had the prisoner under examination for six hours, in drawing from him a confes sion of his guilt. The following is, in substacce, what he stated : —For four weeks he had resolved in his mind to rob the Bishop, and also to kill him, if that should be necessary to secure his own safety. He could not, how ever, bring himself to any positive determination as to the day on which he should commit the crime. On the morning of the 3d he thought he tvoutl carry his pur pose into effect that evening. When the evening came he put a hatchet under his coat, and proceeded to the parish church to look for the Bishop's servants. He saw the domestics, so often alluded to, enter, but he hesitated ; he was not certain, he said, that the day was a lucky one for him. He said to himself—" Take care. If I meet a worn in I will not go the Bishop's this evening, for women are unlucky ; but if I meet a man I will go." While going out at the church door he encountered a woman, but he thought, " This is no meeting, for I am not yet out of the church." In the street he met three men, one after the other, which he considered a good augury, and he immediately directed his steps to the hill on which the episcopal palace is built. Still as lie went along he felt his mind uneasy, on account of having met a woman at the church door. He therefore resolved to rely on a new augury. "If before the clock strikes six 1 shall see the moon thrice covered with clouds, I shall go to the Bishop's ; if not, I shall defer the business till another day." He then walked about a short while in the expectation of this sign, and saw clouds pass four times over the face of the moon. He was now satisfied that everything favoured his project. He put on a mask, which he had brought in his pocket, and proceeded without delay to the fatal spot. On arriving at the Bishop's he knocked, and the old housekeeper answered the door. Seeing a man masked she was agitated, and he knocked her down with the back of his hatchet. She was, how ever, able to rise, and he asked her for money. She assured him she had none, and then he insisted that she should go and get some from her master. She pro ' raised to do so, and he assisted her up stairs to the Bishop's bed-room. He stopped at the door, and heard , the Bishop bid her to bring the man in to him, and he would give the man something. On his entrance, the Bishop, being greatly alarmed, drew out his purse, and gave it to him. Kuhnapfel said that was not enough. " Well, you shall have more," said the Bishop, and opened a commode, out of which he gave him a gold snutT-box and a gold watch. The wretch still demanded more, and in the mean time the housekeeper slipped out of the apartment. Kuhnapfel ran after her, and dealt a blow at her, which was this time given with the edge of the hatchet, and she fell o❑ the floor. All this occurred so rapidly, that the Bishop, who was in the further corner of his bed-chamber, opening the drawers of the commode, had no idea of what had hap pened. The Prelate gave him first a purse full of Prussian dollars, and then another purse with gold. Ile afterwards handed him certificates of state debt to the amount of forty thousand dollars, remarking that he had nothing more to give. Kuhnapfel then ordered the Bishop to light him down stairs, as he did not know his way. The Bishop tried to light a wax taper, but he was so terrified and trembled so much that he could not. " Give it to me," said Kuhnapfel, and, taking the taper, he lighted it, and gave it to the Bishop to carry. In this way the murderer was shown down into the hall, where the housekeeper lay. They' heard her groans, and saw her lift her head covered with blood. Again the murderer raised his hatchet and gave her some blows, in doing which, his mask having got de ranged, he pulled it off and threw it on the floor. The Bishop fell on his knees, exclaiming, " Oh, my God !" Instigated by an irresistible desire to shed blood (such were his words), Kuhnapfel lifted his hatchet and fractured the skull of the prelate, who fell prostrate at his feet. Ile continued to strike his victim, and he could not tell how often he had struck him. He then left the house, determined to kilt whoever he might meet either within its walls or in the court. After this confession he acknowledged that he had hem guilty of many other crimes. 'TRIAL OF THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. The following is the Report from the Committee ap pointed to inspect the Journals of the Lords upotn former trials of Peers in criminal cases, and to con sider of the proper methods of proceeding in order to bring James Thomas Earl of Cardigan to a speedy trial, and to report to the House vt hat they shall think proper thereupon. That the Committee have again met, and have further considered the matter to them re ferred, and have come to the following resolutions, S iz.— That an humble address be presented to her M ijesty, to request that her Majesty will be gracicusly pleased to order that such guards do attend, during the said trial, as have been usual in cases of trials ; and also that her Majesty will be graciously pleased further to order that a sufficient police force be in attendance to keep clear the approaches leading to the House during the said trial : that, on the day appointed for the said trial, every PeCr who hath a right to sit and vote in Parlia ment do appear at and attend such trial ; and that the whole body of the House of Peers do meet in the House of Lords in their robes, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon : that every day durinc , the trial, the names of the Lords be called over before they proceed on the said trial, and that the names of the absent Lords be set down by the clerk of this House : that the Lord High Steward do acquaint the Lord to 'Lie tried, and all other persons who may have occasion to speak to the Court, that they address themselves to the Lords in general, and not to the Lord High Steward : that the Lords do keep their places in the Court during the said trial : that no per son whatsoever, except the Lords of the House, be ad mitted within the bar : that in case the Lord indicted should plead guilty to his indictment, strangers do im mediately withdraw : that if any doubt shall arise dur ing the said trial, no d. Irate shall be kid thereupon till the counsel and witnesses, and the said James l'homa3 Earl of Cardigan, be first withdrawn : that every Peer, when he gives his judgment, shall declare his opinion upon his honour, laying his right hand upon his breast : that all proclamations to be made in the Court during the eaid trial be made in the Queen's name : that no person be ad mitted about the throne, except s uch Peers of Great Britain and Ireland as do no t sit in the House, minor Peers, and the eldest sons of Peers : that no person whatsoever shall be admitted to be present in the Court at the said trial but those who have a right to be there, and that the Lord Great Chamberlain do give order, and that the officers of this House c l .o take special care that this order be observed accordingly : that a room be allotted for the use of the prosecutor and his counsel and attendants : that, c onsidering the want of space in the present House of Lo rds, the Lord Gr eat Chamberlain v s l e l lr be desired to p rovide such accommodation as the House can in its present s tate afford, for th e admissiona e of u s u such perso ns perso ns as have a right to be admitted, or been admitted on such occasions, and to communicate to the Committee the arrangements that can b e made feor thisth i p i ti o r u p s o e s purpose e; guarded, that during n the d care s said dt e r n that i a the none be tadmitted but Lords' servants and the necessary attend antsgreed t o b y t h e H ouse . rr t o ie f t it he ep l o i r o t u l s v e a; a It was also ordered, that the solicitor of the said James Thomas Earl of Cardigan have a copy of the in dictment. MORNING EDITION. 1 0 THE LIBERAL ELECTORS OF EAST SURREY. Peckham, 3d February, 1841. Brother Electors,—Courage: and perseverance under difficulti es were ever the characteristics of Englishmen, and neve r were those qualities more necessary than in our present contest for the representation of our divi sion of the county. Two self-called Liberals, instead of dying, at their posts, as our late representative, Captain Alsager, did, vacated their scats for Canterbury and Walsall ; and the papers of this morning inform us that their pints have been supplied by the Tory candidates, thus re ducing the already trifling Ministerial majority by four votes, and, from the very nicely balanced state of_ par ties, jeopardising the Ministry themselves. Under such appalling circumstances, common minds would sink in despair, but you, Brother Electors, I trust and believe, arc made of sterner stuff, and as your difficulties increase, so will your courage, energy, and determination. Although late in the field, our candidate is not too late for victory. The eyes of the empire are now upon us, and if we honestly do our duty to ourselves and our country, we may retrieve half the loss of numbers by the unfortunate and unlocked for results of Canterbury and Walsall, and the moral effect upon others will be great and permanent. Let every one of us, then, ask himself what is the path of duty and honour, and let bins unhesitatingly adopt and unflinchingly carry out the conviction that upon his own individual conduct and vote the success of the election may depend. Lct there be no hesitation—let us be prompt in ten dering our promises of support at our local committees —let us by our conduct deserve success, and success is easily attainable. I do not trouble you with any observations on the principles or pretensions of the respective candidates— they are both before you, and you must have made up your minds upon them ; but 1 do most seriously call upon all those who profess Liberal principles of any co lour or shade, to come forward, and in this vital struggle give cEct to the truth that is in them. AN ELECTOR. THE CORN MADE. By the official account, published on the 25th ult. it appears that the total import of wheat into the United Kingdom during the month ending the sth .T.anuary, had consisted of only 38,076 quarters, of which 3 384 quarters were from our colonies, ar:d 34,692 quar ters from foreign countries. Duty was paid within the same time on 1,813 quarters of the former, and 3,178 quarters of the latter ; and there remained in bond on that. day 2,153 quarters from British possessions, and 81,577 quarters of foreign. The quantity of flour under the Queen's locks on the sth of January, cm. siited of 66,484 cwt. of foreign manufacture, and 113 402 cwt. the produce of our colonies. The stocks of all other species of bonded grain and pulse were light, indeed smaller, taking the totals, than at the same period of either of the three preceding years, as will be seen from the following table : GRAIN, PULSE, AND FLOUR IN FOND, IN TUE UNITED KING. ECM, JANUARY STH. 1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Wheat Barley Oats 251,269 239,668 14,738, 9.477 Rye Peas... 22,795 30.317 3,360 760 Beats Cwt. Cat. Cat. Cat. Flour It must be borne in mind, however, that the last har vest has yielded very abundantly in all the northern countries of Europe, and that there is now, perhaps, more English wheat remaining in the hands of our own farmers, than at the corresponding period of either of the three years named. At most of the leading pro vincial markets held during the week, the grain trade has remained in a very languid state ; and the expectr tion so generally entertained, that renewed activity would follow the breaking up of the frost, has not been realized.—HarZ-lane Express. THE FRAUDS UPON THE INSU RANCE OFFICES BY THE BROTHERS WALLACE. Sir Peter Laurie received the following letter, en closing the copy of the communication to Lloyd's from the British Consulate at Buona Vista, respecting the loss of the Lucy : " General Maritime Office, 30, Cornhill. " DEAR Sta—Aithough the completion of a fresh crime by our countrymen, the Wallaces, can form no subject of congratulation either to you or me, I consider it due to your sagacity, perseverance, and firmness; as a Magistrate, to which this great commercial nation are so deeply indebted, to hand you, without loss of time, a copy of a letter, first received from her Britannic Ma jesty's Consul at the Cape de Verds, announcing the loss of the Lucy on the voyage to Valparaiso. " We have taken the necessary steps to secure Houston Wallace on his arrival, and by the time his bro thers arc brought up for trial, I hope we shall be able to complete the trio.-1 am, with much respect, dear sir, your very obedient servant, " Sir Peter Laurie. " JAMES GRAY." Roe, the officer who apprehended Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace and Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wal lace, was sent by the prosecutors to Bristol as corn as the communication was made, in the hope that Houtenn Wallace, who, it is believed sunk the ship intentionally for the purpose of defrauding the Insurance Companies, would be in that port. If Captain Houston Wallace reached Bristol on Tuesday the committal of his bro thers to Ncwgate must have stared him in the face in all the London newspapers. Mr. Phillips, Solicitor to some of the prosecutors, has ascertained that Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace caused an insurance to be effected on the vessel called the Delta, from London to Jamaica and Honduras, of which vessel he was captain, and which was lost on the voyage. The brokers who effected the insurance were Messrs. Seldon and Johnson, and the office in which it was effected was the London Insurance Office, in lllrchin-lane. The goods which were stated to be on board were pieces of cloth, prints, flannels, Scc., the marks and numbers of which were specified in the policy. Upon inquiry at the Custom-house, it has been ascertained that no goods so marked and numbered were slipped on board the Delta. The period at which this affair took place was the 4th of March, 1837. The insurance office settled as for a total loss. 'roe excitement at Lloyd's has been exceedingly great. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—OII Saturday night, at a late hour, a fireman named Macneill, belonging to the Duke of Wellington steam-ship, lying cff Irongate-stairs, Tower, went down to that place and hailed a waterman to row him off to the ship ; but as he was in. • toxicated, and had no money to pay the fare, the only wa termaa at the plying-pl:ce refused to convey him to the vessel, on which oe exclaimed, " Then, you, . I'll swim cif," and plunged into the river. He was a good swimmer, and floated on his back some distance towards the inside steamer of the tier, when, mistaking the set of the tide, he was drawn towards the stern of a steamer. He discovered his mistake, but too late to save himself, and white he was shouting, " Huzza, here goes," he was drawn under the tier and disappeared. The crew of a Thames police galley were immediately called to and threw out the drags ; but after remaining about the spot for three hours they desisted from searching further, and the body has not yet been found. The deceased had often swam off to hit vessel, and was a very daring fellow. SCARCITY OF COMMON SENSE.—At a meet ing at Manchester lately, Mr. J. R. Richardson related the following anecdote of the Castlereagh and srdmotch times :—An order came down to Bolton to the hig . l, „c.o . r . ic stable there to search all the houses in Great and Little Bolton, in order to ace whether there were any _ , l o. l cs , be. works secreted in any of the drawers, chiTntroy bring the commonly went neath the floors, or anywhere else, and The high con_ stable coaflletdhemthebedfoerpeutAylrc.on9otagbb:aeorrivy.he the high constable, by the name of Jens. " and gee whether thee Can th e e" jt e °7vn, Resson, Reets o' Mon, or go round Jem set out and searehed all Well, Jem, what success? f l o i i t n h cr i on i 7 n o' Paine's Common Sense." ‘i%tele Bolton. Ile then came back to 11, through Great and ve done as you ordered, and we've " Why," said the'foind ony common sense or reefs o' aloe not been able to Times. dischargelnsove said,nt D of eb p t e o r r s 3 o C ns ou c r o t n o fi n ne T d u f e: n da s y ma i y s onyx , here." the high con stable, , w l :h c o r , THE LA W ,--A mongst RIGOUR OF mongst the cases the e e d e bts, were the following :—Eleanor Timms, a decent. looking young woman, was the next applicant for her li bsration from the same prison. The poor insolvent only had one creditor in her schedule, who was an undertaker, and to whom she owed a balance of 5/. 4s. for the funeral the e b t s y f o f r o e r of her mother. An attorney had been employed to sue her, and the debt, with the costs, amounted to 11/. 95,, fur which she had been confined since the 11th of September last. She had been a housemaid, and her wages had been 91. a year, but she had been out of a situation some time. Her insolvency was ascribed to the proceedings of the creditor, The Court ordered her to be discharged. Sarah Ann Brown next appeared on her application to be released. The insolvent,a dress maker, had ten smell debts, which amounted to 391. 103. 31, and she bad been confined in Whiteeross-street Prison since the 29th of August last. Her insolvency was attributed to the ssme source as the preceding cases. She was ordered to be dis charged. APPOINTMENT OF A MILITARY KNIGHT F an. appoiatment OF WINDSOR. Wiaosort, lately rendered vacant by the decease of Ca p t Holmes, late of the 13th Dragoons, has just been conferred by h er Majesty upon Quarter -Master Johnson, late of the 48th rme rly in the 5 Foot, andorth,in which latter regiment he had served u pwards of 30 years. REIGATE ELECTION.—The nomination of a burgess to serve in the present Parliament, in the room of Lord Somers, took place yesterday, at the Town Hall, Reigate. The usual formalities having been gone through, Mr. Dixon proposed Lord Eastnor as a candidate; and Mr. Price seconded the nomination. Mr. Piper pro.. posed Dr. James Bedford; but, as no one seconded tho ruction, the High Bailiff declared Lord Eistaor duly elected, and the proceedings terminated.