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is we ll 0 . h fran o c °9' t tile v en the re• ingl r e. iise in enoug o sc '4.71 .4c; to b g MCI S" T r plated •ti triple se d l ip 00 - oc . riSy.lolo. sP r d ugh in nod, b d °r E e3 uld Itcl° peth's Bill t here , It ; the r e° o Ire r it i llowieg „r p e e. the ' the • rfic e- 1 ,0 t ll Inlay trtba. tad by e; a6 l- only ot to P re 3c ) 1r• but ft gngi ,` 9h coal , a t of t" gave moll y et i „. , f a or l out f k. 3 t° th l '; MIC° th fr i l b t he the . cletere pro be y.th bo o their tha t iLef 10 (1 g COB I, ' , large , fp' firbe v o, Go rtd, ises•° f 00' (case" _oll BILL S ' , 26, 18 41 ' the Co mm°l3s . 0 m ake fa r b ! itablished Y ntaining 600 ords Meorpeti ma y b Cba. of the Minis' '°llll Bill, the iord Althorn: that foul Ana a ncient f e _ e : :: l ass , the bui. )re, the P 0 : 0 chise hY co ": 1. out to n bond4or f; th e rro-„J,he x t e ndieg on the 5° in Is supre.-ni a t h e poor O f . parish r.rl.ie.: hest bW e n Id systern%s: ghat) want The wa n/ , be ding fo r scores of re! . 'e th eir -ree l oleefar n 'd e EGati d bad kg''' Laciebt frar,l; abolish ed wet., dour, disgrace 5: a 40j. free / , 50 • than a ~ wer e 3h w the we alt4 es are So e eland wil l or in 0t1 ; " tries iust'ed3, ;e in Irclau f M nUt iOll tO Tea t coup It ,If ma % i n d wit h ies . li f r anchse., that $ n 3a n u f metf' ct - , exP en , s l istcra 0 ,o!oY f°* bit j, of Ir a ' a " n t ha res h tuv ril g roni glrfor ead speC eb Tbe : O al l ardlY 6 01 icaster!bi.4 f i „fi ne dr!'i r °Welt; 0 le rit r og of ci- top dare to I‘ o j t g It cog he " ic t e ur al nad the af tlla th t fraachige bs° beck ; the C be at 8 '; it, basis ieelarif fro !LL-.." of 8 achi' e " • be TSCrI leg Of St o t 90 he Otani* for MORNING EDITION THE POPERY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. both, professedly send all their people to heaven ; bless God for taking the most impenitent wretch to himself ; and commit his body to the dust, in sure and certain hope of a resurrection to eternal life. In a word, both systems are unscriptural, and have sadly failed to answer the end for which millions of money arc annually expended, and for which the Son of God introduced his gospel into the world. It is a question of some difficulty, whether the Church of England be really and truly entitled to the appella tion of Protestant? Thgt it is the least reformed of all the Protestant Churches, is universally admitted. LITERATURE. DUBLIN RE VIE W.—. No. 19. Dolman, London, 1841. We have the same fault to find with this Num ber that we have feund with so many of its pre decessors—namely, that the subjects of the ma jority of its articles are but indifferently chosen, and that they are, with hardly an exception, verbose and wearisome. The lightest and most readable is the one entitled " Recent Poetry," which is a review of some late poems by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, and Mr. Milnes, both of which were noticed in detail in The Sun at the period of their publication. The Reviewer is, we think, unnecessarily severe in his strictures on the Baronet's verses, chiefly because he pro fesses to be an imitator and disciple of Words worth, whose genius is here treated with very little reverence, and the errors of his school thus pointed out—" The blunder of the school of Wordsworth is this, that when the soul is scarcely moved at all—at least when it has no power to move any other soul; when it is dozing through some dull dream, or describing some litt'e fat urchin, some new-born cock, kitten, or puppy, it affects the dialect of the skies, and humbles the fiery expression of noble thoughts to time meanest uses of the poultry-yard or ken nel." There is great exaggeration in these re marks, though certainly it must be confessed that not a few of Wordsworth's " Lyrical Bal lads " give some foundation for them. The " Horse Guards" is a review of the proceedings of the Commander-in-Chief as respects the Earl of Cardigan and his numerous disputes with his brother officers. The article is shrewdly and dis • passionately written, and the conclusion to which the Reviewer comes 14, " that the outrages which have been committed on public feeling in all these transactions demand a high satisfaction, which the people—the just, and thinking-, and reason- ' ing people—will require, and which the Crown, if well advised, will not refuse." The " Wants of Ireland" is penned in a cheerful, sanguine spirit, and states with confidence that many cir cumstances have recently occurred which open up the most cheering prospects of the future destinies of the sister country. Of the articles headed " Life of Pope Pius the Seventh," " Ar bitrary Power, Popery, and Protestantism," and "on Romanism in Ireland," we must content ourselves with the remark that they possess little interest for the general reader. CHINA. JUSTICE IN THE CAUCASUS. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) JUSTICE OF THE TARTARS OF TILE CAUC,:SUS.-PUNISH MENT OF A RUSSIAN OFFICER AND OF FIVE SOLDIERS BY BRING IMPALED ALIVE. TIFLIS (GEORGIA), DEC. 4. Amongst the warlike tribes that inhabit the mountains of CaUcasus, one of the most numerous and formidable, per haps, is that of the Avarians. The Avarians, like the Tchetchenetr, the Lesghis, the Abases. and other CireAssian mountaineers, wage a continual war against the Russians, and consider the booty they may plunder, and the prisoners they make, as their source of riches, and they usually sell the latter to the Kurde, the Armenians, or the Persians. A particular custom amongst the Avarians, who, as well as other warlike tribes, share the prisoners between them after every contest or fortunate expedition, is the following:— The prisoners, being brought together on the same spot, re mained exposed for seven suns, in order that all the mem- Lers of till tribe may examine and question them as they think proper. On the eigth day a tribunal, composed of six old men, selected from the most celebrated and v.:nc rated cf the tube—to which is added the Khan, who pre sides—is convened, in order to hear all the charges that may be made against any of the prisoner!. The verdicts pronounced by this dreadful tribunal are immedia ely put in force. One of those savage assizes, the details of which we gather from a Russian journal, recently took place in the forest Boujnaki, not far from Tiflis, a central point of the Government of Georgia. On the 10th June oil ast year a murderous engagement, almost a battle, took place between the Russian troops commanded by Generals Test, Grabbe, and Syzojef, and the Circassian tribes united under the command of Scbam mil, Khan of the Tchttchcnets, who is now looked upon as the supreme chief of the federation of all the tribes of the mountaineers. The battle, which took place in the plain of Dagbcs tan, at the foot of the Souzka hills, listed from daybreak until after sunset. The mountaineers then, after having obtained a brilliant advantage over the Czar's disciplined troop, regained their inaccessible retreats, loaded with booty, ar:d bringing with them many prisoners. The Ava rians rcurned to their tents with 138 prisoners, which they bad made in the Russian ranks. In the centre of the forest of Boujnaki, in a glade, is a sort of but covered with reeds, which is called the Khan's Cattle. The outside is far from resembling the sumptuous palaces of the Tartar Khans of the Crimea ; but in the inside there is to be found the same Oriental splendour, the same richness, and that abundance arising from subsi,iies and tithes collected by the yatagan in hand. It was on this spot that the Russian prisoners we -e ex posed, against whose flight the following precautions were taker. Each prisoner, having his hands strongly bound behind Li 3 back, had besides round Lie neck one of those ropes with a slip knot which the Tartars use to catch wild horses, and which they call arcan. The end of the rope was fixed to a wooden stake driven in the ground. About fifty Avarians, carrying muskets and yalayans, were continually set over the prisoners, whilst at et ery minu e of the day the members or the tribe used to walk about that species of green, eyeing Kith intense curiosity the wretches who we re thus exposed, and endeavouring to recognise their physiognomy, but questioning both in the Tartar klialect and the Russian language. In the Khan's residence the six old men held the'r sittings, to which the former formed part, for there west be seven judges, as well as the summits or white crests of the Elbroouz, which the tribe of Avarians consi der as the teat of the disinities that try men af:er their death. After seven days had been devoted to the preli minary formalities of the trial, at the moment when day light bt gan to appear, an Avarian struck three times. the silver cymbals, which are invariably hung before the Khan's residence. On that signal Mend's- Khan and the six old men came out. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. A Commission of Lunacy was opened at eleven o'clock on Saturday, at Gerrard's Hall, Basicgdane, for the purpose of inquiring into the state of mind of William Fenwick, Esq., late of Bombay, in the East Indies, and now of Gerrard's Hall. The Commissioners were Messrs. Phillimore, Thigh, and Wbitmarsh. Mr. Calvert appeared in support of the Commis sion. Mr. Austin, a solicitor, and the brother of the alleged lunatic, were present to watch the proceedings, but not to oppose them. Mr. Secondary POTTER having read the warrant of Commission, and the Jury being sworn, The CHIEF COMMISSIONER explained to the Jury the precise points to which their minds should be directed in the course of the investigation. Mr. CALVERT addressed the Court, and said that be had to submit to it as distressing a case as any that had ever been brought before a judicial tribunal. The gentleman, whose sanity of mind they were called upon to investigate, had been a public officer in Bombay, and one who, in the discharge of the duties of his office, had acted in a manner calculated to give the greatest satisfaction to those under whom he was em ployed. Mr. Fenwick, the gentleman in reference t o whom this investigation had been instituted, was a Master in the Court of Equity in Bombay, a clerk in the Small Cause Court, and he also acted as an officer in the Ecclesiastical Court there. The severe duties which he had to perform in the said several situations, exhausted his mental and physical powers to such a degree, that in the year 1835 signs of debility were manifested in him, and the result was, that in that year he obtained leave of ab sence, and went for the improvement of his health to St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope. After re maining, in these places during the year 1836, he re turned to Bombay in 1837, but in May, 1837, he again exhibited signs of debility, and again he obtained leave of absence, and proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope, where he resided with his family. It was during this second residence at the Cape that he mani fested insanity, and was, in consequence, placed under restraint. He, however, subsequently returned to Bombay in 1838, but owing to his incapacity, from mental and physical infirmity, to perform the duties of of his office, he was sent home to England, where he I arrived in October, 1839. Ho went to reside at the British Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, where he remained for sonic t:me, and where it would be proved ho had acted in a manner inconsistlnt with the conduct of a sane person. At other places he displ ryed the same conduct, and two inedicdi gen tlemen, name!y, Dr. Munroe and Mr. Steadman, said they were of opinion that the unfortunate gentle man was decidedly insane. Tne lunacy under which Mr. Fenwick suffered exhibited itself under the form of two delusions ; one was that poison was constantly administered to him in his food, and the next was that he was in constant communication with u celestial being. The facts which he had stated to the Jury would t e proved in evidence, and if so, they would then be obliged to bring in a verdict declaring Mr. Fenwick t) be a lunatic and unfit to manage his own affairs. The Avarisns are neither Mahomedans nor Christians ; their i eligion, if such a name can be given to their singular doctrines of Paganism, consists in attributing an ephemeral but supernatural power to the first object of nature which strikes them on the commencement of each day. The divinity which they thus create, and which lasts but fcur and-twenty hours, is ►eplr.ccd the following day with as little ceremony. On leaving the tent, the Khan and the old men east their eyes to heaven, and Mendly- Khan, perceiving a crow, exclaimed, " The crow is God l" when immediately all those around him utte.ed exclamations of joy and adora tion. A carpet was then laid on the ground in the shape of a horse-shoe : the judges took their places after the Turkish fashion, the Khan squattiag down in the m.ddle; the cymbals were then struck loudly, and when the noise ceaQed, on a signal from the chief, three a casers came forward. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1841. OF OUDE. TUTION. CHANDELIERS FOR THE KING On Friday a magnificent suite of ruby-coloured chan deliers, candelabra, and wall-brackets, which has been some considerable time in preparation for the palace of the King of Oude, was exhibited to a great number of the Nobility at the establish ment of Copeland and Garrett, Portugal House, Lincoln's-inn fields. The beholders were struck at once with the prismatic brilliancy of the glass, which so closely resembled the real ruby gem, and appeared to be so congenial to the idea generally formed of oriental grandeur. The spacious state apartment in the palace for which these gorgeous ornaments are intended, is, we understand, completely surrounded with mirrors, from top to bottom, so that when it is lighted up every object will be tinged with their brilliant hue. The candelabra, of which there are two, one of which will stand upon a pedestal on each side of the thfone, cost 3,000 guineas, and will exhibit 106 lights, in shades engra‘ed with extraordinary skill and care. The four chandeliers, containing 24 lights each, will be sus pended from the roof of the state chamber, at equal distances, and two girandoles, or brackets, con taining nine lights each, will be affixed to the wall at each side. The burners are adapted either to oil or wax. The number of lights which the great state apartment will therefore burn, at the plea sure of his Majesty, from these massive lustres, will be 238. The glass used on the suite of chandeliers weighed two tons in its unwrought state, and the num ber of wire and cushion drops into which those two tons have been cut is seventy-two thousand. There was but one of each of the classes of chande liers exhibited in the great room of Copeland and Gar mt.'s establishment, for it was impossible to give more than a sample within such a space, although the greater part of the theatre to which Garrick removed from Goodman's-fields forms but a portion of the place of exhibition. The suite is to be removed in a few days to the vessel in which it is to be conveyed to Calcutta, from which it is to be drawn nearly two thousand miles into the interior of India. It is to be accompanied by so clear a list of directions, that every person in the King of Oude's dominions may, without difficulty, fit each drop to its proper place. From the üby-coloured chandeliers the eye turned to several magnificent specimens of porcelain, consist ing of tablets, slabs, pa: nels, brackets, finger-plates, and other articles of a similar description, manufac tured for the embellishment of cabinet furniture, grates, and the general decoration of the residences of the no bility and gentry, and which were in exquisite taste, and of the most elaborate workmanship. A set of grate-slabs, executed for the mansion of the Duke of Sutherland, attracted great admiration ; and amongst the various designs were several splendid specimens el vases and other ornaments in imitation of the Hercu. laneum and Pompeii relics. The King of Oude's suite will cost ten thousand guineas. THE UNITED SERVICE INSTI. DEFALCATION OF THE COLLECTOR. Oa Saturday, at two o'clock, the Directors, Mem bers, and Council of the United Service Institution, Middle Scotland-yard, assembled at the large room of the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's street, for the purpose of receiving the report of its affairs for the past year, the tenth from the establishment of the So ciety. The meeting was very numerously attended, among the members present being, Lord Cokille, Ma jor-General Sir Hussey 'Vivian, Colonel Sykes, Colonel Wood, Colonel Spencer Stanhope, Major S. Clarke, Captain Percy Grace, &c. The following statements, drawn up by the Rev. Willi am Thorn, a dissentin g c l erg y man a t Winchester, ! nil be read with fearful interest by the sincere profes sors of the Protestant religion. While the new Popery is j ni aking rapid strides towards Rome, and the leading aoftuerrnahvg l s of in tti e Chur c h an d o f a l ar g e party in the State, denounced th e P use yit e E, leas turned round and taken them under its protection, we think this al fitting time to keep the subject before the pulhc, and show that in all human probabil ty the Church of Eng land and the Church of Rome will speedily be united : Episcopalians frequently speak of the Romish Church as if they considered the Church et Englaced perfectly free from the corruption of Popery. We have often been s urpr i sed at their want of inormation or honesty. Our present object is to show that Close hierarchies are very much alike. th By tie 'tarnish Church, we shall not here understand °seCatholic societies which are supported by volun tary contribution s , as in Ireland ; but Popery, main tained by a coercive taxation, as in several Continental cati ons and by the Church of England, that denomi aation which is established by law in this country. fr W e cheerfully admit that there are several points of di erenee between these Churches, to the advantage of the English hierarchy—whi'e it must be conceded that ther e ere inconsistencies in tie latter communion, Which are not discovered in the Church of Rome. Ch It - mac be obser ve d, th a t if th ere b e one p ar ty i n the urch of England more consistent that the rest, or Which more correctly and honestly expounds the real v i,ews and c h aracter of the State religion, it is evidently 4 ii 11. 1 he Oxford P usey i te "' arty, " i n t h e i r " T racts f or t h e es . ” 61sta should be universally known, that in the year t and tw sic a Committee, composed of ten Bishops' eEnntYfiluthier pious and learned . dignitaries of the Church art ; ; . 'e ano, made 600 corrections in the prayer-book, „.c'e B , and canons of the Establishment ; but which bigoted parties in the British Parliament. T he Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking of certain to Catholic children in national schools being compelled lattend the Church of England worship, stated some e hn e since th at i n this he saw no difficulty— " b ecause 1 ever the re h a d been any expressions in the L i turgy bPP°sed to the Catholic faith, they had been expunged times good sense o f t h ose w h o rev i ewe d i t i n a f ter ~ e . subsequent t o th e R e f orma ti on . at 0 f all Protestant Churches," says Bishop Butler, „'ne national Church of England most nearly teseinbloe s ee . itad Church of Rome. It has retained much of the dogma suf s d luaell discipline f Roman Catholics. .Down to the eae er , , ,it has retained the whole of their hierarchy ; D all r ,, d ls "ite therm has its deans, rural deans, chapters, i e C e nds, archd eacone, rectors, an d v i cars ; a liturgy en i n great measure from the Roman Cathc he t he thre e and composed, like that of psalms, canticles, thr ee Creeds, lit mice epistles, gospels, prayers, and ti s .P°lu es• Beth 'Churches have the sacrament of bap buntr., and the eucharist, the abscdution of the sick, the reset service, the sign of the cross in baptism, the d;ervation of confirmation, and order to bishops, the '''"eree ee fA sts os episcopal and sacerdotal dress, feasts, and In See b et drawing up the following parallel?, our object is to irritate the ministers or members of the Esta sinnent--whose condition we sine ercly pity—but to ae r t )°.te those errors of their system which require eitllndinet, and which most pious aod intelligent T u :' eh inen dell ire in common with ourselves. hod l subsequent remarks will show, that the Puritans bttter grounds for their exertions to purify the ar l d ut ,h then most Episcopalians are willing to admit— P e "'at , if we would be rid of the corruptions of C h PerY, there must be a second Reformation of the hutch of England, greater than the first. ts ett : n e n intelligent o r c a ndid person will question the rek e k our representations, it will not be requisite to ob, e r t° Proofs f or th e i r cortfirmatioc. A few prefatory rvti nos, howev er , ma y not be unsuitable : jsi a , That th e P rayer Book contains l itt l e b es id e t h e 2. 8 .00k t ranslated into English. or ts . t hat the P ope o ff ere d to con fi rm i t , if t h e Ch urc h e . /I %nd could joi n th a t of Rome. ti ered i•t Episcopal Clergs men of eminence . have de- 4. shat a union o f th e t w o Churches practicable. si ve , -Chat the efficacy of Episcopal Ordination is de titirely through the Popish prelates. priestsbat at th e access i on of Eli e i b et h 9,211 C at h o li c , out of 9,400, joined the Church of England. d ; G, That th e Papists and Protestants long worshippe P o g t t e b " is the English Church, till prevented by the 1 1 tl l 7. T hat at the Reformation, Parliament transferred ! te : entire powers exercised by the Pope in this 4tr Y to Henry VIII. and his Royal successors. nosh PARALLELS. and e . .urc Churches were constructed by human wisdom, 01established b y national laws, whic h l aws b ecame h et , h r nie of conduct, and the object of ultimate appeal 0 0 , Priests people. The New Testament is th t" ere o r Jaw of and " Episcopalians or r Catholics, as S uch. - th B ot h "s ve rit es visible and human heads, who decree all t and ce remonies, and exercise absolute author i ty to t o h r t r oversies of faith ; demanding implicit obedience at no e t l . r commands, whether agreeable to Jesus Christ • 04/33,ttalstthrifeer.....e the prolific source of party and Parliamen thereby destroying the peace and harmony eitis.e nati on —scandalizing the gospel of Christ—and ,• i l t ng the enemies of religion to triuph. liat c)th are supported by coercive taxation—Tithes,. les t t a, Dues, and Parliamentary Grants. Nothing is • ca d °' the zeal, charity, or piety of the people. They B oth nothing from the most unworthy clergyman. and s ystems imp i ose ministers on their congregation s, tee t ',7 frequently the most unsuitable and n?o pe Chri st _ nePrivin g t h e people o f t h e i r reasona b le and t o !an Privil eges, t he et t4 t rdfte in the souls of men. Benefices, involving attetiee °f souls, are b oug h t an d so ld i n th e market by Pre n ' equall y w i th char i ots, horses, or any o th er Perr y t et h tie. h ave settl e d f orms o f prayer , una lterable litur ttil rticl es of faith, of human composition, to which Parties Pies,, must subs cr ib e . N o thi ng i s left to the skill, ell that or d evotion of the clergy. An ability to read is g 1. essential. tow er . h ave long g ra d es o f o fficers, with tltlt's and Isiah nu enown to th e N ew Testament—Archbishops, atel o 7 l :t Chancellors Prebendaries, Canons, Deans, t ot e er s , almost w i t h out en d . li en divid e their territories into larger or smaller see rishes"-as bishop r i cs, archdeaconries, d eaner i es an d pa les nd limi t t h e la b ours of the c l ergy to part i cu - PON:ttrii_ets, however confined their space, or few their t rk t‘ - "e ' l3l Cmake high pretences to supernatural powers. Pers o -s "°Pi pr e t en d to con f er t h e H o l y Gh os t on t h e suly e . L 3 t hey ordain ; and all the clergy pretend to ab 13 5 ;1: u from sill their sins upon a dying bed. 4 re rno c°nsid er b apt i sm a real regeneration : by their ebild re a Y the subjects are made members of Christ, the They God, and heirs of the kingdom of heaven. Oy Q employ sponsors, and tr?c the sign of the 80 th the b. 's eerfor m t h e ceremony of conf i rmat i on ; i n whichl Iolal i cP tells the young people (whatever be their e„c"araeter) that they were regenerated by the la yolr :i t- f ' et o.i a . t their baptism - , and assures them of the 110111 awe 'I I I " I PPer a ''Y Pervert the sacrament of the Lord's and °its—Priests administer it at an altar to kneeling, t ran h e i r' u ngodly, communicants—one Church calls it rners‘'statiti ttion ; and the other, in the Homilies, a Both 'ilione incorporation." 4tlathen. di splayed a cruel and persecuting spir.iit— litteter,-;,'atiz;ng cr excommunicating (to the loss of che anfor rra Pe'tY, and liberty) those who do not avowedly Pat th h-i • (See first twelve Canons.) They have alike t ot a h u 'ands of Diasenters to death. a re peculi ar l y sectar i an , t r eating Noncon -44d otl, f ~ rniyt - wit h contempt, confining their central, infant , PArties'er sehool•?, c 'lie ges , an d c h ar ities, to their own assiduity, ) , and incul cat i ng sectar i an i sm w i t h t h e utmos t Both . tiei tsa , systems tend to make Ministers haughty, aya tweet,' an d petul an t—f requent l y pro d uce s t r if e be lt.. Paster and people—introduce idle end ungodly B eth r , Protect their vices. sfi et4l uhurehee, with unelterable creeds and minutely telerato rubr ic.", with vows an d so l emn asse vera ti o ns, Produce "ere' wild notion and heresy in existence, and tore, b °dY of hypocrites. t tvar,, n'e upheld by the secular arm, fear, ignorance, line, t e t and corru tion b denouncing the lass of bu 'lrlart,'ploefiPutationPandeveyn of salvation, on seceders ; B otts gates are seldom marked men. el,, th e tr eat all their confo r mi t , parishioners alike, l at e lad e d r i !9°'l, bad, or indifferent.' 'file same words s yY "sed to a ll — t h e same ceremon i es per f orme d -4(1 the T here is " no diff e r ence b e twe e n the unclean Both c lean. ne Worst b tir e a gr ea t d el l o f pomp an d ceremony i n rWp......stmn,i;o k nee ling, g, sitting, • • • • turn , t,,kowine, " Lir 4rda the alt ar dresses, B.:c.—all calculated to in gnortint persons'a ground of hope and confidence 11,, e nwn " bodily exercise=." serietit" attach e xtravagant and unchristian notions of titl e , Y to th e i r p l aces or worship, their clerical habits, i nclei, ) b i an d ministerial performances . ;. their character is 414 0 •rt "ere d ; th e i r c h urc h es holy ; their doings B oth catio ns. f Prefer exclusive claims to ministerial efficiency, tut " n the Piet • a t,0,11 the talent, and zeal of their , preac . hers ; Ptlit e ei ue superstitious and unsupported notions of t ot , eal succession and prelatical ordination. in Pl ace n read portions of the Apocrypha as a part, and lan 6 f3 the Word of God. The Church of Eng -I.l4,Anits the public reading of 211 chapters of the t.ibstitt.t es 101 chapters of the Apocrypha u . s holy d ayß er t rin the religious o b s eivance u of su nz e m u e f ro thia `, l , l o i ss p rofl ,: a : Y 3 e tr, in commemoration ie Le ng ie ish te i t i r , d tyrannical beings that ever existed. ed, , . s, hierarchy has appointed (independent o u t' , rill eret both Churches, ce either days, and thirty-one days tiler by uncCoo, or words, or by (Extract from a Letter dated Chusan, 17th October last, from an Officer serving on the Expedition.) I must try and give you some account of our pro ceedings since my last letter, which was dated the 14th of July last, at that time blockading the port of Ning po, and hour by hour expecting hostilities to commence. We continued off that port till the end of July, the Chinese treating us with great civility in all our commu nications with them, until they rendered the na vigation of the river impracticable, by sinking nume rous vessels, erecting batteries, &c., when they tune] round and told us they would hold no further in tercourse with us ; after which, upon our boats ca tering the river with a flag of truce even, they fired upon them. We confined our operations entirely to stopping all vessels leaving or entering the port, treating all with kindness; and were not even allowed to resent impertinences, by the positive orders of the Home Go vernment. I assure you we were not sorry to have Ning-po, the duties were very monotonous, and the tides so strong as to render them very arduous. We accord;ngly returned to this place, and sailed on the 30th of July, in company with the Wellesley, 74, bear ing the Admiral's flag ; the Blonde, 42 ; the Volage, 26 ; the Pylades and the Modeste, 16-gun sloops ; two transports and an armed steamer, forming a nice liitle squadron, and a very effective one to boot, for the mouth of the Pei-ho river, in the Gulf of Pc-the-le, upon which Pekin is situated, some GO or 80 miles from its embouchure, and off which we anchored on the Bth of August, but at such a distance from the shore, as not to sea it from deck, the sea being so very shallow. Here all our communications were received with civility, and were direct to the Court of Pekin itself, from four to six days only being required to send and to receive an answer in return. Procrastination, however, formed the basis of their proceeding, and this, with the object of gaining time, which they employed in the throwing up of batteries, collecting troops, and putting things in the best possiLle position to resist any force or attempt on our part to hind a hostile force. From everything I could learn, the Emperor showed every disposition to treat ; the great difficulty being the payment of the 3,000,0001. for the opium destroyed. The squadron received pre sents of bullockie sheep, fowls, fruits (apples and pears), &c., without payment. A definite arrangement, how ever, did not take place; but a commission started for Canton, to inquire into the whole of the eircume,ances ; and we are shortly to sail for that place, to receive a final answer. If unfavourable, war will be declared, and our first affair will be to knock the forts of the Bogue about their ears, and afterwards, possibly, attack the city of Canton itself. During our st iy in the Gulf of Pe -che le, we entered the Gulf of Leotong ; had a peep at the commencement of the Great Wall of China, which divides China Proper from Chinese Tartary. We after wards crossed over to the Tartar coast, for the pur poses of watering and procuring bullocks for the squa dron, in which we succeeded ; but only by sending a foraging party on shore and surrounding two herds, which we marched down to the beach and shipped. The natives were afterwards paid, and were quite satis fied. They would, however, sell us nothing, being so completely under the authority of the mandarins, who keep them in utter subjection. On sailing from Pee( he-le, we were detached to examine a portion of the coast of Leotong, never previously visited by an Euro pean ship. This was all new ground, and consequently interesting, The coast we found hilly, but not moun tainous, exceedingly barren, and the rocks showing everywhere, with scanty herbage for cattle, of which there are plenty of a diminutive breed. The country almost devoid of wood ; the valleys, however, and low grounds are highly cultivated and fertile, and constantly bring you in mind of extensive kitchen gnrdens, every thing growing in small patches ; maize, corn, various kinds of millet, as also of kidney beans, peas, sweet potatoes, turnip-radishes, turnips, and a large spe cies of salad, and other vegetables, were the princi pal articles of culture. They also grow wheat, but I saw none. I was agreeably pleased to see the birch ash, dwarf and forest oaks, and one or two other Euro pean trees. After coasting about 100 miles, we got entangled amongst innumerable islands, with a difficult and dangerous navigation, which we zig-zagged amongst for another 100 miles,when we found ourselves one morn ing off the coast of Chorea, nearly on a bank, which satisfied the captain that our ship might very possibly leave her ribs upon one of them, and caused him to haul to sea, and make the most of our way back to Chusan, where we rejoined the Admiral. I forgot to mention that the whole of the ships (one excepted, which bad been twelve months in the China Seas), were exceed ingly sickly. At one time the Blonde had 100 in the sick-lis►, but fortunately the disease did not assume a fatal character, and all the men recovered. Several deaths, however, occurred in other ships. Our ex pedition cruise, during which we enjoyed lovely weather from the change of the monsoon, and plenty of fresh beer, put our fellows in a fair way of recovery ; and at this moment we are the healthiest ship of the squadron, having to-day only six on the sick-list. The troops also, I am sorry to say, have suffered dreadlully, and continue to do so, from dysentery and ague. Indeed, they could riot bring into the field 1,000 out of the 4,000 troops on shore. The weather is now delicious, and we trust that it will set us all on our legs and fit for fight. It is reported that the Admiral will sail shortly for Macao, and that a part of the squadron will spend the winter in blockading Ning-po, and prever.ting the embarkation of Chinese troops for the recapture of Chusan. This latter duty will be very monotonous, and the climate during the winter very severe. NATIONAL SWIMMING SOCIETY.—A general meeting of the Members of this Institution, established in 1837, for promoting the art of natation, and for affording gratuitous instruction to youth in the healthful and manly exercise of swimming, took place on Wednesday even ing, at the Green Man tavern, Berwick-street, Ox ford street, for the purpose (among others) of re ceiving the report of the Committee. Mr. Baume, F. S S., late Secretary to the Prince Regent of Naples, in the absence of Captain Marryat, R.N., the popular naval author, presided. The report stated that branches of the institution had been founded in various parts of the country. At Oxford and Glasgow swimming matches have taken place, and modals awarded to the winners. The society had also appointed swimming mas ters at most of the metropolitan baths , and notwithstanding the severity of a long and protracted v%intcr, a number of pupils had (teen perfected in the art. The service of those instructors had hitherto been gratuitous. The report was received and printed. UNION OF CLASSES.—" A Get-what-I-can Chartist," in a latter we have not room to insert, strongly recommends to the Chartists to unite with the middle classes for obtaining Household Suffrage; being of opinion that, by so doing, they will make an im pel tant advance in favour of the Charter, while, so long as they stand clone, they will g et nothing. —Leicestershire Mercury [ why not adopt the same excellent advice as to the Corn-laws. To get ILL of them would abate the power of the aristocracy, and enable the labouring classes more easily to obtain complete justice,—EP. Sun,] " I have identified five of the prisoners to be truly Cabardians (Creassiins of the Plain)," said Ali Ratan, otie of the most valorous Avarian cavaliers, advancing in the midst of the circle; " these miserable deserters served in the Russian ranks; they are still dressed in the uniform of the slavish soldiers. I accuse them of treason, fur they have borne arms against their fathers; I demand that they may be punished by a sentence of death." The second accuser, Mohammed Be:, afterwards appeared. " Amongst the prisoner;," he said, "is a Rus sian officer, whose punishment I require. officer, whose name is Font-Mayer, came last year in cur moun tains dressed as a plain soldier, and presented himself to us as a deserter. We received him with compassion, be cause we thought he was unfortunate. He slept in our tents. He ate our rice and our humys, and subsequently he returned to Lis people to disclose what he had dis covered of our strength and projects. The officer, Font- Mayer, is a Russian spy. I demand his life as a repara tion of his cowardly and odious crime." Azral-Leng, the third accuser, reproached another officer, Nicolas Bachanof, for having cheated hint at the fair of Vladicauease, by giving him gold containing alloy for the price of two horses which he had sold. •• We have heard the accusations of Ali.fiaran, of Mc hammed Bey, and Azral-Leng, imi artially," said Alendly- Klian, rising from his seat. •• Let he accused be brought hither, and, by the Holy Crow, the God of this day, we swear never to sit down nor to take repose till justice has been done either on the prisoners or their accusers." The five Cabardians made prisoners from the Russian ranks first appeared. They admitted their Circassian origin, but they successively urged as an excuse that they had been forced against their will by the Musc)vite autho rities to enter and to remain in the Emieror's service. " The imprisoned bird, when emancipated from its cage, flies away and regains its native woods," replied the Khan. Silence reigned in the assembly. The Judges appeared to be consulting, and the crowd drew off, not to interrupt their deliberations. Three crashes of the cymbals recalled the people, and Khan Mendly pronounced the following decree ; Praise be to the Holy Crow, who has infused his light upon justice 1 Wols es do not fight with wolves. Gress sians ought not, therefore, to make war upon Circassians. Ho is a traitor who, to sustain slavery, takes arms against his free brethren. Let our yatagans fall on the heads of the Muscovites like hailstone of the storm on a field destined to destruction. Let them disappear like the smoke of our hearths, hut at the same time let our justice punish traitors like the thunder. Death f, r the traitors. Let them be impaled, to punish their treason." The offic 2r Fent-Mayer was brought in, but he rofusel to answer any questions of the Judge , . The Khan then passed sentence upon him as follows :—." To have bis eyes torn out, because it was by their means he had found his way to the tribe ; to have his legs amputated afterwards because they were those which carried him into the country; to base his ears stopped up with melted lead, because those cars had listened to the secrets of the Avarians; to have his tongue cut out, because he had used it to relate what he had seen and beard; and, after these acts, to be finally put to death by being impaled." When this barbarous sentence was passed, the unfor tunate officer lost the self-possession he had hitherto mani fested, and his resolution abandoned him. He began to indulge in threats and impreca , ions, and, in his frenzied despair, menaced, in the Cabardian language, a speedy vengeance for the insult to the Emperor committed in his person. " Our verdict is just," said the Khan ; then embracing affectionately Mohammed Bey, " Blessed be your dis covery," said he ; " that Russian was really a spy ; le. him howl, his impaled tongue will soon be turned to ice." Buchanof, the other officer whom Azral-Long accused of having given in payment altered money, was the last to appeir before the terrible Judges. " The gold which I gave for the horses is the mum with whiA the paymaite of cur corps d'unnee paid me some days Mon. If it be not good, as my accuser states, the fault does not rest wi h rne, and you may convinca yourself that that is mine ,t ,hroughout all the States of my august master the Em peror." " Are you speakieg the truth ?" said the Khan; casting a suspicious look on the officer, who retained a noble and immovable countenance. " I am telling the truth, I call the Holy Virgin and Sr. Nicholas to witne2r," replied Buchancf. " When a man is worthy to bear a sword, he seeks not to save h:s life by a lie." ‘• I suspend the judgment to b 3 awrried a,gi i Ist you," said the Khan, " unti the time, may it be near at hand when your Emperor shall fall into our hands If what you stEtc be true, you shall be free, and your Emperor shall be punished; if you are guilty of an untruth, you shall bo punished, and we shall settle affairs with your EIT. peror, not like enemies, but like judges." Four days after that horrible execution, the Russia sen tinels at the advanced posts of the line of Tcredt perceived with horror, on the first break of day, six trees stripped of the bark and covered with blood, with the impaled bodies of the victims, disfigured by the convuhions of that horri ble punishment, suspended thereto. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE. STREET. NOON, MARCH 6. Barometer 29 86 In. '['bermometer Highest . 50 . 5 Lowest W ad N. W. by W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. snizoeamwilewfodal 3ffi occftC o mpany, MANCHESTER mypeah at yasb, bleewei A hns eNuchexl: experienced ee E tnah E creee D dd : ii Inin i n i cu A honeu l dsr L et erpNA understanding, paper rnY— j dd onLige Atet the ee s s 20th ult., in reference to their opening throughout, on tho Ist of March next, wo have been reques,ed to observe, that by taking the horizontal line opposite to the name of any station, you will at once perceive the times of depart ure from that station, either towards Leeds or Manchester, and by noticing the names at the top and bottom of the veitical columns you will ulso see to what places you y procce l by the trains of other Companies, after leaving the Manchester and Leeds lire. The most important part, however, of the time table to tho inhabitane of Man .peTchee:vf:,reis by ou t i h y is li r . o Foote townch e st e a r n , d i s L th o e nd fa o c n t , of by a in s e e a c n o g n do of which p ro a u rt t i e es be cia tA li ti ; to Rugby (thirty miles . nearer . London) 4 the forn4fA re h ti wa c me hester Guardian, 2 7 , f f a o r s o r i m t s h i n r : d l ' a v c n i c i c t :ti s C v r t. g a t isrdetntoogeLßrosi.n:dolag, Mr. Warden deposed that he knew Mr. Fenwick, and that Mrs. Warden was Mrs. Fenwick's sister. He knew Mr. Fenwick foe the last twelve or thirteen years. Witness was in the Bombay civil service, and Mr. Fen wick had been a Master in Chancery at Bombay. He also filled two other situations connected with the Courts there, which occupied his time constantly from six o'clock in the morning till eleven o'clock at night. The only hours of relaxation which he enjoyed, bAng those during which he took his mi al?. The conse quence ofthis incessant labour was that his mind and body gave way under it, and in January, 1836,his memorywas completely gone ; so much so, indeed, that the moment ieter he had taken his broth he would forget it. In that month he proceeded to the Cape, and returned to Bombay in 1837. Witness cal!eil upon him at his office. but he did net appear improved. In reply to a question put by witness, he said " that he was now keeping the lawyers i❑ order."—(Laughter.) Wit ness shot- ly afterwards proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope for the benefit of his health, end in May, 1837, Mr. Fenwick arrived there. His health continued poorly, but it was not uct 1 November in that year, hat ho manifested signs of iosan:ty. In that month Mrs. Fenwick was confined, and he then told witness that Mrs. Fenwick had turned him out of doors. He said he knew thi.t his wife had prayed for his death, and that he had been informed of the fact through the medium of a celestial being. He said that he had direct communication with Ideas en, and that his former wife (for Mr. Fenwick had been previously mar ried) was the celestial being to whom he referred. The witness dim deposed to Mr. Fenwick having treated his is ly cruelly in consequence of the delusions which he was suffering from ; and also that he said that Lady Dervan, the Governor's lady, had gone to church iit Cape :rown, and had paid him divine honours. Mr. Fenwick took a dislike to witaels, and he did not see hire often after Nov. 1837, but he did see him afterwards with a strait-waistcoat on him, Mr. Abercrombie, his medical attendant, hav ing deemed it desirable that he should be so restrained. Mrs. Fenwick was ultimately taken away from Mr. Fenwick. Witness afterwards saw Mr. Fonwielt tit Bombay, and subsequently in London, but he never spoke to him since Christma4, 1837. His opinion was that Mr. Fenwick was never able to manage his own affairs from Nov. 1837. To a Juror—Mr. Fenwick was tawny s a temperate man. To Mr. PIIILLIMORE_Mr. Fenwick was always upon affectionate terms with his wife up to the morning after her confinement at the Cape of Good Hope. James Noblc, waiter at the British Hotel, Jermyn street, deposed. to Mr. Fenwick coming to the British Hotel in October, 1839. He remained there about ten weeks. He was accompanied by his daughter, a young lady of 19 years of age. Mr. Fenwick's brother, the clergyman, called, as did also his lather-in.law, Ge neral Lodwick. Mr. Fenwick had portraits of his wife and daughter, and when ho was angry with them he used to turn the faces of the portraits to the wall, and displayed other eccentric acts. He also complained that poison was put into his fish sauce and his food generally. He wett away at the end of ten or eleven weeks, and returned about July, 1840. Ho then seemed to get more eccentric. He used to go to St. James's church every day, and said that the church used to be con stantly crowded, and that the object of the persons who came there was to pay him divine honours. He said upon one occasion that he had been insulted by a person staring at him in church. He gave a descrip tion of this person, and witness described him as a me dical geutleman, named Davis ; and ever afterwards Mr. Fenwick used to say that Mr. Davis was con stantly giving him p o i son i n hi s food. When Mr. Fenwick went away the first time he paid his bill cor rectly, and so far acted rationally. Sir Astley Cooper and Dr. Munroe saw Mr. Fenwick at the hotel. Mr. Cherry, the proprietor of the British Hot(1, also deposed to the delusion under which Mr. Fenwick laboured, in reference to poison being administered to him in his food. He said that the witness was instru mental to the poison being administered, and that he would have to answer it at the place of judgment, and that he (Mr. Fenwick) would be a witness against him on that day. The proprietor of the King's Arms, Bagsbot, the chambermaid at that inn, and the proprietors of the G:een-man, Blackheath, deposed to Mr. Fenwick being at the hotels mentioned, and that at each of them he declared that poison had been put into his food. Tee Rev. John Peregrine Fenwick deposed that he saw his brother upon his arrival in England, and that he told him individuals were obliged to go to church to pay him divine honours. His brother's manner and general demeanour were quite ratione. He knew what his property was, and was quite capable of looking to his accounts and of drawing cheques. Mr. Austin, the alleged lunatic's sol;citor, was also examined, and he deposed that up to that day he laboured under the delusion that petso is were obliged to go to church to pay him divine to tours, and elso that poison was constantly placed in his food. So mach was be under this latter delusion that he had declined to take any food for several days. He was quite reduced by it. The present proceedings were taken with the consent of all parties connected with Mr. Fenwick, forit was clear he could not manage his his own affairs, and the trustees under his marriage set tl~ we had declined to pay him any money, on the ground of his not being able to give th em a l egal release. General Lodwick gave similar testimony. Mr. Calvert then produced a petition which had been written by Mr. Fenwick addressed to the Queen, in which he claimed a pension for the loss of his situa tion in Bombay. Th e petition, which came from the Home-office, displayed an extraordinary compound of sanity and delusion, but the composition as a whole placed the lunacy of Mr. Fenwick beyond a doubt. Dr. Alunroe and Mr. Steadman were then examined, and they unhesitatingly gave__ it as th e i r op i n i on that Mr. Fenwick was insane. The former gentleman said, that ability to cast up accounts and dra w c h eques was not incompatible with positive insanity, Mr. Fenwick was t hen introdu ce d to the room. He was a gentleineely•looking personage, ap parent l y under 50 yezrs of age. He was placed in a chair, and seemed perfectly composed. The CHILI CoerettsstoNea communicated to him the result of the present inquiry, and said that it would be necessary to ask him sonic questions. Mr. Fenwick—Then the questions had better be put to we in writing and I will answer them i n t h e same way. As Cie investigation is an important one, I should like that my answers should be precise. This art angement bay in g been acceded to , the ques tions to Mr. Fenwick were written, and h o replied to them in the same way. When those quest i ons were put which had relation to the delusions under which he was labouring, his answers left no doubt of his insanity. He was then taken away- The Jury shortly consulted, when they returned a verdict "that William F un w i c k, Esq. w as a l unatic, and had been so since 1839? A part of the Rifle Corps has been sent to Dowlais Iron works, Glamorganshire, from Hereford, Sir H. Vivian having been called to the chair, di rected the Secretary to read the proceedings of the last general meeting. The Secretary then read the minutes, and subse quently the annual report of the Council, in which was included the general abstract of accounts from the first of January to the 31st of December, 1840. The Council, on presenting the Tenth Annual Re port, congratulated the members upon the continued increasing prosperity and usefulness of the Institution. During the last year a considerable increase of members had taken place, while the balance sheet showed at the pre sent rate of expenditure that there was just cause for satis faction. The number of members at the last anniver sary was 4,233. Since that period the Institution had received 225 new members, but there had been 70 deaths and 86 withdrawals, which made the present number of members amount to 4,302, that including gentlemen connected both with the army and navy. Of that number 798 have paid life subscriptions, leaving 3,504 annual subscribers ; and the whole amount of li'e subscriptions is funded. The number of vis;tors to the Museum last year was 17,120, being 2,000 more than any preceding year. The estimated income for 1841 is taken at 1,915/. while the probable expendi ture will be 1,200/., leaving a balance in favour of the Institution of 715/. The Council, however, had to re gret a defalcation on the part of the collector, amount ing to 511/. 10s., but which the securities had returned. Upon the library the Council have expended the sum of 4461., while the Natural History Room had been remodelled, and the Lecture-room had received increased ventilation. The Council acknowledged their sincere thanks to the numerous individuals who have contributed to the library and museum, particularising a donation from Major Sir T. L. Mitchell of a beautiful and valuable model of the Pyrenea❑ Mountains ; and a donation from Mr. Stavely, of a model of the entrenched camp of Linz, on the Danube. The Report then proceeded to refer to the lectures that had been delivered during the last year—" On Astronomy," by Mr. Wallis ; " Con densation of the Gases," by Mr. Addams ; " On the Polarisation of Light," by Mr. Pereira ; Sze.—and stated that the lectures would be resumed on the 23d of April, and that the first evening meeting will be on the 22d. The Report being received and adopted, The following members were chosen to fill up eight vacancies in the Council—namely, Captain J. Ford, Captain W. Ramsay, R.N., F.R.A.S., and Leut.- Colonel Sykes, F.R.S. (who were re-elected), Captain S;r E. T. Troubridge, Bart., R.N., Lieut.-Colonel Yorke, Captain Sir W. Dillon, R.N., K.C.H., the Earl of Liverpool, and Lieut. J. W. Oldmixon, R.N. Sir H. Vivian then having left the chair, which was filled by Colonel Wood, Major Clarke moved, and Captain P. Grace seconded the cordial thanks of the meeting to the Gallant Ge neral.—(Applause.) The vote having been unanimously adopted, Sir H. Vivian observed, I feel fully sensible of the honour you have conferred upon me, and I am gratified at the prosperous state of the institution. I hope that it will continue prospering, and I assure you that I shall always do my utmost to promote its success, as I view such establishments of infinite value in the promotion of science. —(Cheers.) The meeting then broke up. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Sunday Times.) MANCHESTER—FRIDAY EVENING. Toucl.ing the doings this week they have been limited here. Previous to Tuesday, for the Derby, as long as 30 to 1 and upwards were laid v. Eringo ; he was then Laeltel at 300 to 330 v. the Knight of the Whistle ; after, at even, 200 was offered he beat tha Knight. He was in great force in Liverpool on Wednesday, and booked at The Bush at night at evens v. Palmmon for 200 ; also for 200 v. Soult; 1,000 to 6 was then taken twice that he wins the Derby, Kedge tha Oaks, and Eringo the Leger. To-day 100 to 6 was offered on the ficld-7i to 1 v. any two. 90 to 1 taken on Eringo—after 200 to 11 the top off2r. 9to I was asked for on Coronation and Rosalie, and 10 to lon Soult and Rosalie. 22 to I was offered v. Rattle, 25 wanted. 23 to 1 was wanted on Soult-500 to 10 was laid v. Knightsbridge-1,000 to 6 agst naming the three winners, ft eely offered. In Liverpool 1,000 to 9 was taken on Ralph, Kedge, and Toryboy ; also 1,000 to 10 on Coronation, Lampoon, Toryboy. 50 to 1 was taken to a little money on Morning Star (backed rather freely at Liverpool) -200 to 3 was afterwa•ds wanted, 500 to 10 offered. TIM CHESTER CUP. En route to Liverpool, the l3edturd party popped on " some money" at 20, in fifties, &c. ; they have since laid it on most dashingly. The Young-un and Queen Bee have also been all the go at Liverpool, and baekel heavy. Bloomsbury's price did not transpire. Potentate w.is backed last night. Our gleanings gather the average prices thus:— If we mistake not, 10 to 5 was laid at noon that More ing Star is not a better favourite than Soult, on or before the " Derby day." TILE OARS. —We have not seen a bet laid. COURSING.—The entry for the All-England Cup to be commenced upon on Tuesday at Southport (64 dogs at 101. each), takes place to-morrow at loud - Tort. It is ex pected to be a " bang up" finish to the all but " gone away, gone away" season. AN EX-PRIME MINISTER.—There is a report generally current that an individual who has lately ccou pied much of the public attention, and whose fault it is not that E: gland and France are not at this moment at war, is so much embarrassed in his finances that he is being attacked by several of his creditors. This would seem like a refutation of all that has been said of his having taken advantage of his position to job in the funds; but on the other hand it is observed that his opportunity of fea thering his neat was a very short one, that he had to pay off some old and very heavy embarrassments, and that he was taken by surprise at the very moment when he was on the point of achieving great things, and, by means of con trac!s, &c., realising an enormous fortune. lam inclined to take the more liberal view of his conduct, and to believe that political ambition was with him a stronger motive than the love of lucre. That he should be embarrassed now, if he really kept Lis hands clean, when he could have soiled them, can surprise no person who is acquainted with his habits. He always was absurdly extravagant in his oxEen diture, and the story of a vast accession of wea l t h certain connection which he formed, under circumstancesa l to - gather a which would hardly Lear the ligLt, if n ot nded.— gather false, is now known to have been u Letter from Paris. report bnefou According to Lord John Russell and Mr. Macau lay,if there were a Cardigan in command of every regi ment in the service, each ruining some half-dozen of able and experienced officers, and bringing his regiment, to repeat Lord Hill's words, into a state of inefficiency by dissensions, if all the regiments in the service were brought into the state of the Eleventh by Cardigans, there would be no remedy applicable, and indeed no cause of complaint, in the view of the leader of the House of Commons and the Secretary at War. Mr. Hawes well said— " It might be true, as stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary-at-War, that there were no means of inquiring into the conduct of Lord Cardigan ; but was it to go forth as their opinion that a man of high character and unquestionable courage, driven from his regiment by the conduct et its commanding officer, his reputation and prospects sacrificed—was it to go forth that no protection was to be giN en to a man placed in that situation ?" Lord Howick treated the subject with justice and spirit. He pronounced the attempted defence of Lord John Russell insufficient, and ably pointed out the pro priety of inquiry as equally due, in fairness, to Lord Cardigan, the complaining officers, and the Army ge nerally. Sir Henry Hardinge slandered the officers of the Eleventh, by imputing to them a cabal. On the whole, nothing could be more disgusting than the partisanship displayed in the discussion ; but with our space so pre-occupied as it now is, we must reserve the remarks that occur to us for our next pub lication.—Eranziner. MORNING EDITION. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 4Pipi WOOLWICH, MARcir s.—The Falmouth will sail to2inor row for Portsmouth and Plymouth. - 10 The Volcano, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander J. W est, arrived at Woolwich, from Barbadoes, on Sunday, and is to be put out of commission, and the crew, after a short leave of ab. senee, will be transferred to another vessel. The Wilberforce, iron steam-vessel, for the Niger expedition, Commander William Allen, left Dublin on Friday last, for Woolwich, and arrived this morning. The Siren, 16-gun brig, building at Woolwich, is ordered to be launched on the 25th instant. The Polyphemus, steam-vessel, was commissioned on Sa turday last at Chatham, by Lieutenant John Evans (b), late of the Spitfire. The Aid, Mr. Smallman, master, arrived at Woolwich, from Chatham, on Tuesday, and sailed this morning for Sheerness. The Driver, steam-vessel, recently built at Portsmouth, and now fitting with her engines by Messrs. Seaward and Co., at Limehouse, when completed, which will be about the 20th instant, is to proceed to Pembroke. • The Fearless, steam-vessel, is to be fitted as a surveying vessel, for Captain Bullock, in lieu of the Boxer. The Meteor steam-vessel, and Violet tender, are to be fitted for surveying the North Sea. The Vixen steam-vessel, built at Pembroke, arrived from that port on Wednesday, in charge of James Henderson, Esq., master-attendant of Plymouth Dockyard, and was towed to Limehouse by the Comet steam-vessel, to have her engines fitted by Messrs. Seaward and Co. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieut. Frederick W. Suer, arrived on Wednesday from the westward, with the Vixen in tow, and when lying to off Purfleet, was run on board of by two colliers, and had her bowsprit carried away. The new dock in Woolwich-yard, constructing by Mr. Rolt, is very nearly finished, the coping, or finishing course of stones, being more than half-way round. Twenty-eight 32. pounder old guns are in progress of erection round it, for the purpose of assisting in warping vessels into it when finished. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6. —The Asia is reported to have been passed in the Channel by the Vulcan steam-vessel. The Cockatrice brigantine was commissioned on Mon day last at the Eastward, by Lieutenant 'Dunham, for fo reign service. The Ringdove, Captain K. Stewart, arrived at gape Hay tien on the )sth cf . January, in order to get a supply of water. On the 29th December she captured off Vera Cruz the Spanish elsvor Jesus 11Ia'ia, having on board 241 children from ten to sixteen years of ago, and several women; twenty-eight had died previous to the capture, and several cf the others were in a most deplorable condi tion, the poor wretches having been placed in vsat‘r casks bets i ern decks, only two fe.t Light inches in height. The vessel and crew had been sent to the Havannah for adju dicatiop. The Nautilus brig, 10, Lieutenant George Beaufoy, ar rived on Sunday last, from Sheerness, with supernumerary seamen. The Pelican brig, Captain Napier, still remains at Spit head, awaiting Admiralty orders. A rumour has got abroad that her destination is likely to be altered, and that she is likely to Le sent to North America. Tile Fair Rosamond has been taken out of dock, and ex pects shorty to be put into commission. 1 h.: Vernon, 50, Captain W. Walpole, fitting at the Eastward for the Mediterranean, expects to be at Spithead on the Ist of March, to complete her crew, stores, &c. I,revious to proceedii.g to her destination. The Tweed, 20, Capt. Douglas, completed her water, ais day, and will go out cf harbour to-morrow to S h ithead. The Mary Ann and Isabella Blackett arrived hare on Saturday last from iieahani. On the 25th instant was run on board cf by the cutter Queen, in the Gull Stream, which carried away her jib-boom, and damaged her stork. The Dutch ship Overyssel, Capt. Blom, for Batavia, now in Portsmouth Harbour, will sail for her destination in the beginni,.g of next week. The Gler.e . .g, Indianian, Captain Bile;, passed by this day, on her way to LoadJn from Bombay. The Romulus, Captain Morton, arrived on Thursday las', from Demerara, on her way to London ; sailed on the 25th Dec., with the loss of sails, boats, and bulwarks, having experience I a heavy gale of wind on the 26th Feb., in lat. 48, long. 10. On the 30th, spoke the schooner Recovery, cf Brish,m, from the Western Islands, fct Liverpool. The Wilheiferce steamer, Captain Wm. Allen, one of the Niger expedit'on vessels, arrived here on Tuesday last, from Devonport, on her way to Deptford. Letters from Msltr of the 19th of February, mention the arrival of the Carysfort, 26, Capt. Martin, from Alex andli t; the Wasp, 16, Di io, 20, and Lord Exmouth's yacht the Flower of Yarrow, from Marmerice and Athens. No less than twenty British pennants, besides five French, were then fl . o^g in that port—viz., Princess Charlotte (bearing the flag of Rear-Adnii al Sir Robkrt Stopford), Ce)l Ganges, 84, Thundere , , 84, Bellerophon, 78, ImpLeible, 78, E ,, inburgb, 74, Carysfort, 26, Wasp, 16, Magpie an] Beacon surveying vessels ; Gorgon, Hydra, Alecto, Confianec, Medea, Acheron, Locust, Prometheus, and Phoenix steamers; and the French steamers Meteore, Rhameses ' Mentor, and Lesastors. The Abercrombie transport, Robinson, with the head qearters of the 47th regiment, under the command of Co:onel Ellington, sailed from Malta for Barbadoes on tre 14th instant. The Great Liverpool steamer, Captain Englcdue, from Southampton, Falmouth, and Gibraltar, arrived at Malta on the morning of the 14th, with the mails ; also the City of Dublin steamer, from Corfu, Patras, and Zante. About 1,250,000 francs, brought from Marseilles by the Alecto, had been shipped on board the Great Lvcrpool for Alexandria. At Spithead—Pelicar, _ _ _ . . • - -- 1 ..„ , . • - - ~- TRADE WITH THE BRAZILS. Yesterday week a meeting of the Cutlers' Company was held to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons for an alteration in the existing Customs' Duties with the Brazils. The present com mercial treaty by which our manufactures were admitted at the lowest rate of duty, the same as to the most favoured nation, expires next year, end their Govern ment is understood to have intimated to ours, that un less we will admit on more favourable terms their pro duce, they, in retaliation, will raise their tariff, and put it on the same footing with our duties. The present duty on the Brazilian sugar, 61d. per lb., and Coffee, Is. 3d. per lb., which is an entire prohi bition; while Sugar from our West India Colonic 's, is 245. per cwt., or little more than 23-d. per lb., and Coffee 6d. per lb. A member of the Com pany observed that he would contract to supply the inhabitants with Raw Sugar, fully equal in quality to the average of what is now consumed, at 51d. per lb., out of which he would pay a duty of 50 per cent., and Coffee a little more than half its present price, if admit ted on the same terms as from our West India Colo nies. A communication was read from the Chamber of Commerce in Liverpool, showing the injustice of the present duties, and that to bolster up the interests of a few West India planters, the country should be imposed upon by such an exhorbitatit price. The pe tition was, after a very long discussion, adopted, to al low sugar to be admitted, the produce of Brazils, at a duty of 265. per cwt., i. e. a little more than aid. per lb., and Coffee 9d. per lb. ; thus giving the West India planters a bonus of 50 per cent. It was mentioned that the produce of the Brazils was the produc tion of slave labour ; but in reply, it was very justly observed, that we took their cotton, and also cotton from the United States, at a very trifling duty, which is the produce of slave labour ; so the opponents of the proposed alteration, to be consistent, must petition to exclude cotton, both from the United States and the Brazils. It should also be borne in mind that the Brazils (with the exception of the United States) takes the greatest amount of our manufactures of any coun try in the world, and a trade to that extent ought not to be put in jeopardy for the interest of a few planters. One gentleman stated that his house shipped a large amount of goods to the Brazils, and took produce in return ; but they could not import lib. of sugar or coffee to this country, but had it shipped to Hamburgh and other foreign markets, in foreign ships, thereby losing to this country a most valuable trade to our shipping interest. The discussion arose merely, whether tho Company should petition for a rovision of the whole of our Customs, or that relating to the Brazils. The latter was unanimously adopted, but several gentlemen, who supported this course, declared they would, at a future opportunity, petition for a remodificatinn of the whole of the Customs' Duties.—Shrffield lifercury. LAW FOR THE POOR. In our observations on the " private arrangement " in favour of Lord Waldegrave, we promised to watch the issue of ether prosecutions for the same offence, the parties in which might not happen to be Lords. The first which has occured since the Waldegrave case is the prosecution of Stephen Hodge, on the West ern Circuit, for assaulting a constable in the exercise of his duty, and cutting him with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The Judge in this case did not suggest " a private arrangement." The trial proceeded, and it appeared that the pri soner had a scuffle with the officer, in which he struck him w:th souse cutting instrument. Tue act of violence was not wanton, it was committed in the heat of blood, and in an attempt to escape from apprehension. It was not an attack on the person of the cfficer for the sport of cruelty. The constable was not injured for life ; at the end of seven weeks he was able to leave the infir mary. The prisorer was of course convicted, and Mr. Justice Erskine passed sectence of fifteen years' trans portation. _ _ Such is law for the poor ! What law for the rich is, Lord Denman has shown in a far worse case, and we may now more emphatically repeat the words of Lord Waldegrave's Counsel, that he has reason to feel " greatly indebted to ti e Chief Justice." —Examiner. THE DISCUSSION IN PARLIA MENT ON LORD CARDIGAN'S CASE. Lord Cardigan has found two zealous defenders in Mr. Macaulay and Lord John Russell. They find no fault with the Noble Lord ; they blame only the public for an unjust and intemperate clamour against the in jured Nobleman, and Lord John declares that it is only because he is an Earl, and rich, that he is so perse. cuted ; Lord John having, it F ems, discovered that there is a strong prejudice in England against wealth and rank. WIND( W DUTY. The following petition was presented by General Sir De Lacy Evans, on Friday, Feb. 19 : " The Petition of the Members of the Westminster Reform Society, " Shovveth,—That your petitioners are householders in the City of Westminster, who, for many years, used their most strenuous exertions to obtain a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament, expecting thereby that, among other grievances which a Reformed Parlia ment would redress, those of excessive and unequal taxa tion would have been the first they would have removed. Your petitioners deeply regret that, in the eighth year of a Reformed Parliament, they should have to pray your Honourable House to repeal a tax so griev ous, mischievous, and unjust, as the window tax. " Your petitioners submit, for the consideration of your Honourable House, that the window-tlx is unjust from its inequality, being, in many cases, 14 per cent. upon the property of the trader and manufacturer, and per cent. upon the property of the rich ; that it is mischievous, inasmuch as it diminishes the profit de rived from trade, and greatly discourages industry by rendering the employment of capital less productive ; that it is calculated to increase absenteeism, by induc ing those persons who possess fixed incomes to remove to countries where commodious residences and the other necessaries of life are obtained at less cost, and where they ire free from so odious an impost as the win dow-tax. " Your petitioners conceive that it is not among the least of the evils produced by this tAx that, in large and densely populated towns, the inhabitao.ts should, from the oppressiveness of this tax, have presented to them inducements to deprive their dwellings of that light and ventilation which is absolutely necessary to the health and moral condition of the people, and the absence of which is known to produce the most fatal contagious diseases. " Your petitioners are induced the more earnestly to call the attention of your Honourable House to this subject from the late increase of this tax so grievously pressing upon tha industrious and trading portion of the community. " Your petitioners aver that while the suffrage de pends tax by upon the payment of the window time, the late increase will operate most materially to limit the elective franchise; first, by disfranchising all who arc unable to pay the larger amount of tax in time to x etain their qualification ; and, secondly, by disfran chising those who appeal, and whose votes aro lost be fore their appeal is heard. " Your petitioners, therefore, pray your Honourable House to grant a total repeal of the window-tax, and your petitioners will ever pray. " Signed on behalf of the W es tminster Reform ORRIS, Chairman. Society, ,A.,-,..otiitur-zr, "JOHN M " Stannard's Hotel, Charles -street, Covent-garden." There is one point which deserves patticular atten tion, viz., t , le inducement to exclude light and ventila us tion for the p ur p ose of evading so heavy a tax, th offering a p r emium upon pes tilence, and somewhat in consistent with the concern lately manifested by the Parliament for the introduction of sanatory measures. Much that was said in defence of the Drainage Bill by the Alarquis of Normanby, may be urged with eq ua l propriety against the window-tax. The price of hay in the Pas de Calais was never known to be much higher than it is at th e p resent time— fetching, in the towns and neighbourhoods. of B ou l ogne and Calais, quite 4/. per ton ; and strawis equally d ea r. Oats. also, are worth better than 16r. the rasiere (c r öi bushels), which, taking their generally i n f er i or quality into consideration, is a price little unde'r that of the midland English markets. No wonder French farmers arc doing well, inasmuch as three rents only arc required to te made by them, whereas little short of five will Itectp the Eng isb farmer in his place. In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Ro)al George, Indus, Tweed, Rapid, Sylvia, Alban, Echo, Fanny and Emer2l4 tenders. Paom .TIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. - Lieutenants—J. Oxenham, to c,mmand Cockatrice ; F. W. Austen, to Bonetta •J. Evans (b) to Polyphemus. Mate—Stephen F. Dool Is, to Ext ei lcnt. —Midshipman—W. G. Douglas, to Queen. Second Mater—R. S. Rundle, to San Josef; in charge of 1-'4lmonth buey.boat, to Polyphemus. (From the Ilanipshire Telegraph.) Po nTsmorrll, Matzen 6.—The Boadicea, transport, Li ut. Ward, Ageut, arrived yesterday, in forty five days from the Island of Ascension ; she brings bowie nine in valids, together with Mr. Kittle, surgeon, Mr. Caldwell, assistant-surgeon, and Mr. Hancorn, of the Termagant, all invalldcd ; as vtell also as Mrs. Tinklar, the widow of tl.e late Commandant of the Island with her family. We havo a report by this ship that our squadron has de. :troy ed the factory or fortress of the Gallinas, belonging to the Spaniards, and has taken 800 slaves found therein, to Sierra Leone. The Wolverine, 16, Capt. Tucker, Cygnet, 10, Lieut. Wilson, and Dolphin, 3, Lieut. Littlehales, were at Cape Coast Castle, about the 12th December, and subsequently sailed on diffe:e%t cruizer. The Indu*, 7S, Captsin Sir James Stirling, and Tweed, 20, Commaneer Dougla7, went out of harbour to-day. The Monarch, at Sheerness, may be daily expected at Spithead. The Mercury soiled yesterday for Devonport, with men for the ships at that port. The Emerald proceeds there also, with Lieut. Giffin of the Excellent, who is ordered to inspect the gun-carriages of the ships at Plymouth. The new steam-vessel Vixen has passed by from Milford Hay en, fur Wovlcsieh, to be there fitted for com mission. On Wednesday the Adder revenue cutter, Morgan, Commander, carried into Cowes a smuggling vessel, with four men; all her contraband cargo was thrown overboard during a long chase to the Southward of the Isle of Wight. The men are lodged in the borough gaol at Newport. On Tuesday, the St ig revenue cruizer, Captain Goddcn, brought into Cowes a noted smuggling vessel, New Eagle, of Jersey, with one man and eighty casks of contraband spirits, seized near the Needle Rocks. It is sad that four additional Lieut.- Colonels and twelve Captains are to be given to the Marine Corps, with an B.C. cession of subalterns; consequently 4 Captains, 16 First Lieutenants, and 28 Second Lieutenant!, will be promoted, and 40 additional aspirants will be required. Several young Gentlemen are now in these towns studying, l reparatory to passing fo:• Commissions in the Royal Marines. Mr. John APLennon, Boatswain in the ordinary at Plymouth, has been superannuated, on a pension of 434 per annum. raomorioNs AND APPOINTMENTS. Prtom oTteNs.—Commander—Thornas Matthew Charles Symonds to the rank of Captain. Lieutenant—G. G. Otway (of the Medea)i father's having served hi; two y ears ' tea time, to entitle him to ( Sir Rob er t O tway ) h au li ng d own vaca ncy at hs to the rank o f C omman d er. Sheerness, Mates—Henry B roa dh ea d, Arthu r ßodd, of the P r i ncess Charlotte, a J nd e A ri . n j n , gha w m oo , d l y . , R o . f the Revenge (th e t wo l a tter on thete vacancy of Lieutenant S epford), John F. Warre,tcthe rank of Lieutenant. in h Wemyss, of the Vanguard , from the Queen to the Sl n n e •;: i 7 , M. D. , to the Asia con 14_1fa.ster—W. H. Belliston, APP..INTMENTs.--Scco nd Surgeons—Andrew, ~,, k „, e S h n i e , NI.D., to the Layton convict vict ship ; Alex. Dunn,o..--- m. D., to the Waverley convict W. Sparks, s sl h ii i r ; T an h d oml: ll l p ono van, M.D., to the Rajah con• borne on th vict ship. John Matthews, to the Polyphemus g h e G C u e n c ri k e a r t r ice ,and; Excelle nt 'e of the Victory. . ng officers belong to the Wilbefforce steam The folio; t , Mas A te c r ti ; nu C y ras r \ g V e a o k n e ; o f the steamers destined for the Niger Ex ' . sae), or e Gunner;Mas ter's_ Assistant— ‘ v ‘tvoi cbkes,A tcoti nt Pe- A "- ; i „William Allen, Commander ; Jas. N. Strange, L • i t : u n tenit s ; er Nl ; T in. M l, o 'o rr s i t s er, P A rit c e fi h n e g tt ham, J. R . H. Thompson, Assistant- Surgeon ; John Shirlipg, Acting Assistant -Surgeon ; H . C . Toby, Mate; H. F. N. Rolfe, Mae; Wm. Johnston, Ist Engineer; Joseph Graystock, 2d ditto; George G 'ttd* J. H. R am o, 3d ditto; R. Webb, Clerk. Pt.rmourit Tnt , , rtsDAY, MARCH 4. —The Comet steamer arrived on Friday, with the Vixen new steamer, from Pembroke, and sailed on Sunday for Woolwich. The Volcano steamer sailed for Woolwich on Friday, to be re paired. The 163 went out of harbour to the Sound on Friday. The Pluto steamer sailed on Sunday for the ccast of Africa. The Star packet sailed on Sunday for Falmouth . T he Wilbefforce, iron steamer, arrived on M f on daY, from Liverpool, a nd Failed the same day .h for Woolwich. Th e Swale light er arrived on Monday, w.t cid stores, f rom F a l mout h. The Netley tender sailed on Monday for Bristol, for vo l un teers. onia, San Josef, Snip e , Sylph, Carron steamer, Rt2tn:ining in Hamoaze—C len Adventu r er, No. 7, Roch es t er l i ghter, and Swale lighter. In the Sound—lmpregnable, Belleisle, and Iris, Th e Iris, 26, having had . d her defects made good, went out o f Id on the 26 th ult. harbour into the Sow ORE... The iron ore trade is at present IRON —RE.-7- _. Mcssrs kenncdy and Co. are working a very svl':duabie vei❑ ; but on account of such an over /I'7El l ' o b i di s rater, they arc not able to procure the quantity t h,..y other‘sise would, but expect soon to be able to do so, as they have now two eminent engineers from Marcliester em ployed in fitting up an ensine..-Kendallkfacury.