The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION COURT CIRCULAR. K ent Majesty and Pri nce Alb er t an d t h e D uc h ess of attended Divine Service yesterday afternoon, in b e C haPel Roy a l, S t . J ames ' s. T he service was rea d ; the R ev. Mr. Povah. The chant was the Rev. Henly's ; the musical service was Rogers in tind the anthem " Keep, we beseech thee" (Travers). r • J. R. Sale presided at the organ. The R ev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. M'ss w An i s i r a % nl Earl of Uxbrid ge , E ar l of Morley, Hon. Sir Lumley, L or d Alf re d P age t, Sir Edward Bo tter, and Captai n F ranc i s S e ymour. Lady Fanny H oward was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. C Her Maj es t y t h e Queen Dowager, attended b y t h e k .ounte ss of Mayo, visited the Queen on Saturday af ternoon, at Buckingham Palace. v His Royal Hi g h ness P r i nce Alb er t, attenfitl b y Sir w ard B owater and Captain Francis Seymour, visited at erilo yal Highnes s th e D uc h ess o f K en t oa S a t ur d ay , her reside nce Inge.itre House_ Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty on Saturday. The Duch ess o f K ent v i s i ted h er M a j esty yesterday. Co l ier Maje s t y an d P r i nce A lb ert, atten d ed b y the ‘ .u ntess of Ch ar l emont, Hon. M i ss Anson, Hon. Miss Pa g e t , Earl of Fingall, Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Lord A. P aget, Sir E. Bowater, and Captain Francis Seymour, ooured the Italian Opera with their presence on Si. , tird ay evening. ? e l l's Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. A. l 'eY with a sitting on Saturday morning, at Buck ingham Palace. z Her M t•jesty the Queen Dowager honoured the ) p logic a l G ardens with a visit on Saturday% Her i v , i °3 tY was a t ten d e d b y the C ountess of Mayo, Hon. an d 113 a Eden, H on. Miss Courtney Boyle, Lard Howe, Sir Andrew Barnard. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service leltet daY morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley tr.eet• In the afternoon his Royal Highness attended Was in waiting on his Royal Highness. an‘T he t ie Royal Highnesse s th e Duchess of Gloucester th e Duke of Cambridge honoured Viscount and ; a "ontess Pal merston w i t h t h e i r company at di nner a l Saturday evening a t th e ir residence in Carlton Ter 4. A Sel ec t party were present to meet t h e i r Yal Highnesses. A Cabinet C ounc il was h e ld on S atur d ay afternoon st t ue Fo re i gn -office. It was attended by all the Mi that„ears, except th e L or d Ch ance ll or . The Council sat flours. aenliDeputation from the Inhabitants of Lambeth, sti so n of Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., Mr. J. Dow- G M r. Thomas Lett, Mr. Dix, Mr. Hunt, Mr. k ra dY, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Snelson, 1:1 1. • Shields, and Mr. Fall had an interview with Lord e a l e aonon on Saturday at the Office of Woods, &c., - u e subject of the Metropolitan Improvements on e Lambeth side of the River. Deputation on the Window Duty, consisting of G rate rs ' A'B ec k ett, Wa lk er, Abb ott, E wen , T yrre ll , .s a , 4 ro, C arro ll , W i lton, O ven d en, E vans, D avenport , had "nods, an d M r. W. J . N ewton, t h e S ecretary, lumersn interview with the Chancellor of the Exche street°.4 Saturday at his official residence in Downing- Th e ipt. tOu , - ,,,0p of Hereford had an interview with Vis a 13' alelbourne on Saturday at his official residence Awning -street. e!a e .,: u oputati on from the Vendors of Patent Medi of th e Exehequr2r. SIZE INTELLIGENCE. TT"TERN CIR CUIT—ExPrEn, MAR"' 13 . trskie cornmission was opened on Thursday by Mr. Justice k rnti t j:' w ho was met a short way from the city by Mr. Harris 4 ce • „ I ' Pe High Sheriff. We have been accustomed to have kle t t al ff wegree of pageantry attached to the office of High Nte so l- ' a nd for a long series of years were blessed with a most t e ' d ' e and original Captain of the Sheriff's troop, the t'oti%Z a nd quoted" Captain Cooke. The Captain's commis ois fa,r, withdrawn few months since, and he was gathered to t i tuC rs • There a wasno successor to . . be found worthy of his tt itir ta l' and those who want to see a vivid portraiture of this wh o h genius may consultthe Every -Day Book of Wm. Hone, Otiti lre l a handed. him down to posterity with a perfect truth to t ltrtail,.„ . The absence of the Captain gave an excuse for the ghe lttil e i", e .lit of the eant which Mr. Arundel very properly himself of p anel it :is to be hoped that future High the Will eta down loo l el aniple of n the useless mummery, and, by following Mr w . Arundel, lay the foundation of a whole- Ttand salutar - reform thit "4 „bieet, hOwever has caused some little discontent, for 0au 0 „,7 4 foolery of the javelin men was considered a "time of %nal i nstitution," and if it had not suited the convenience ada tr ee Tory mr. Arundel to upset it, we should haveh l 'avio lici° us outcry in the event of any Liberal Gentleman . Otiti„snndertaken the desecrating job. The Western Times --.lthe affair in the following pleasant vein THE ASSIZES. bat r• Justice Erskine entered the city yesterday. W e had N. B°l7 Y ceremony of introductio . n, for stylish igh Sherff, A . lr. ""p ri del, had not done thel thing in thatmanner which he eatir n eelY disposition had led many persons to anticipate. . A i t i ge and four proceeded out on the London road, in which Wa sh i g, ll Sheriff awaited the approach of the Jude. There ral diTning very magnificent about the turn out. It might be ria g „ e ''oY to the Sheriff, but there was no dickey to the car %sib and so, instead of the broad based full-bottom wigged Prof e we had two lank postilions springing with tieea s 7s ` °ll al elasticity quite unworthy of the dignity of the ton Yeo ; and there was no gay cavalcade of staunch tha n ,,and smart tradesmen to give weigh Ito the mission eeri e q ueen Nucen's representative—twelve simple horsemen, pre- N Tit uY three trumpeters, compose of bound bailiffs, and the 7 Clerk, Mr. D. Moore, and the Under Sheriff, Mr. Nt s " es Brutton, were all the mounted men who were_ trotted earned 'hid : n the occasion, and these having descried . the T L Pete , received him with all solemnities. trum- VUse - i t hen galloped back from Heavitree gallow e s . " full 1 " as Mr Slick would say, leaving the boun . d bailiffs and ruttoa . to bring in the Judge and Sheriff at a more bk to t a';Y and becoming pace. The trumpeters having got foot of Summerland• place, there found several jaw ;7'll dismounted, their horses being knocked up by the 1114.',"00tic," now so prevalent—(a new name for an old 11art" 4 .7 , Which tells better in the farrier's bills, and forms "" the veterinary art.) The bound bailiffs were all 4or se 410Unted. We believe most of them owed their tip oh 3 to the High Sheriff, who had done much to set them . bet* ; the occasion. You may travel a good many miles Doi t - ,Yntt vrill see a finer looking man, with a more generous, nigh an d gentlemanly bearing than Mr. Harris Arundel, the th e Sheriff of Devon for this blessed year of.srrace—and on tie k rtZ se nt occasi on , arrayed in the showy garb of a Deputy headed ant, he looked magnificent. The . javelin men were I ' ll ol o b Y Mr. Howard, one of our pluralist policemen—a very e tr ;ne apology for the late Captain Cooke, who for so many s hrie he aded this renowned band, the pride and glory of past th e , alti es. If ever de arted spirits be really permitted,.as elliat s h°s t of the good King Hamlet averred, to revisit the brief or,t" the of the moon, we do not envy the feelings of the ghost hap "' ,'ate gallant chieftain on this occasion. Had Captain curved to see this day and this turn-out, he never could N ived it " rent ir in ot ai i i t td sta an nd dic i i n k g h the lingering affection of the Western for this ancie n t dleisni the public will rejoice to see e 0 ,, t 9111, o'f understand a e in n n in thatthe Sheriff of Cornwell, this county,'intends to show the al r l *TFli a turn in ' this matter, which will astonish them.. `Oife '" " a thorough reformer, and will carry the pruning 64 h int° the abuses o f the shrievalty system in a style of fear ter ,Refs whiehaccords so well with his consistent charac , r akrnr. i ts m in gn ts sub'ec as e have bt little to relrt Y tr e y t i T , 'vlr. Jus o tice hi Erskine t ' was w occupiedu all day yesterday hrhPdtwo cases, of no interest to any but the parties. co t e i - Ver t i' an d Mr. Justice Wightman, who did not arrive PI ir,r. R:y afternoon, has been confined to his bed with influenza. trYir t g : rs ' the Recorder of Exeter, has been engaged all day ala,,,? prisoners. He had only one case of interest, the made t r i acquittal of a bigamist, for whom Mr. Cockburn ti ut ,ulost lumino us and effective speech. les r , ' 0 return t o the subject of the shrievalty. For several 7,ori Past this has been a subject of remark, in consequence ,be oergentlernan having occupied the post of Under-Sheriff. tttorW,, ae tice has been for the High Sheriff to appoint his own u v eer t '4.t Un der -Sheriff, but this practice has in several cases r 4 41 .-s an duied, so that the gentleman in question, M . Nh ! ' s l 'n'utton, has held it year after year, each Sheriff narn -044, f l Or his deputy as soon as he got the appointment. Mr. has the honour to enjoy the personal friendship of e ioa nt ev °n, and he is a gentleman every way beyond szvpid the,e— unfair practieo and there is no doubt he has rece ktihtistlecessive appointments ' partly from his high professional r , o , f th s ' a nd partl from a desire on the part of the recipients 4 -45 e 11°1 1; nir to y gr gratify Lord Devon, by advancing the inte hi-et o , °f . a •sia friend a Mr Charles Brutton. Complaints have h bY some of the aristocracy that an improper class of ta4s, unde ,ken th po tof Hieh Sheriff, in order to , ge toselve sorpn 11174-e-'orad-rate e t n ot b he ar e l of THE count families. But if level e Ne been exalted, it is owing to the Igli gsf ille first-rate men who have evaded the post of t l 'df , on account of the expenses attached to the ;,nwhilst they have grumbled at the ambition of second tease ,• en t 43 rush into the ost of honour. This year we have niteel u Point so far as re g ards the principle of evasion. Mr. ?ears kEarl Gre 's son-i g n-law) having been set down several et of ilat last pri y eked. He kicks against the pricking, and is to eo rt ql 4 nd then we get ,gentleman as a volunteer, who chooses t rutto ail . th e office of all its splendid foolery, and continues Mr. , s _ si `ntal td office of Under-Sheriff, whilst his own profes rat f r ,_ vi ser, Mr. Denis Moore, is put into the very secondary "°, l4 l is ° 4o "" t . tt ori p t r y e • Clerk. e Let not ' be supposed that Mr. Arun every respect qualified, being ~tii,siT,ieritl make'rfarnmiln,; he e d is h i a n v . ing had . a princely fortuee. u'w Sot a more princely display it would he in to i l s, ° % i t , ° inquire. But what I want to draw your attention d titti kb i e ot the county gentlemen who shirk the office, d an - Nri ,at others for taking it, are the first to lecture a tra es rith eon'armer who wishes to evade the onerous duties of pa- Nit b e st ,hle, or any other post of unpaid labour. A ray of et hlatit o T i n un t a s i nillight - show them how inconsistent and wt .._ til} , are. aJt A , ` 0 4. 4n „ -. 4 01/ DR. APTURK.—We regret to have • ei,"„ 4ll ,en the death of the Rev. Dr. 111 6 Turk, Prcfessor took ,rea History in the University of Glasgow, which 1 4 , 1 , Z:ea at his house, in the College, on Thursday. Dr. patronal appointed to the chair of Church History, w e i g' of which belongs to the Crowr, in 1807. (1 e m 0„ ', ll , l wa that the Non-Intrus . ion party have, with th▪ Ppoirtc motecent haste, been endeavouring to secure the t eir o ,„ ne nt to th e now vacant chair in favour of one of .ereu_ number; b u t t h e even t s o f the last few days', in re tsve'a to the affairs of the neighbouring University, must h t or g i li i h° wa the hopelassneas of their project. If the Edit:- 411 1)i :;;PPnintrnent was found to be obnoxious, and, indeed, sc ' , t i - „ —e 'bie, that contemplated here was infinitely more this ti "e make no doubt the Non- Intrusionists have, by your o'To, ascertained. We understand that the job in fa eoetior Mr. Cu nn i ng h am, which was i n p r ocess of con : t,Ee ci ,7 and wh i ch threatened to land that firebrand among I tead::_l z ,,, el , B of Glasgow, has been fairly knocked on the w krinsgoto Chronicle. Th ur, : understand that application was made .on f ur itzt . , aj to the F rat Dlvision of the Court of • Seaston, 4 ad appeal toe decision in tho AuclAcrarcer case, r err t , Witlu n 1 -'on granted provided the appcal was entered - four teen d ' days, .41. ~ ) glith s up snd i ll in S as (Per , Fate. TEN• vr Qua it thi the mean , The s . 4a. 69. aarte l row; ice (4 C. °a larger still Mel , eels of 'rs ale s ave e pa st F.sseat re o °' ,ig n do bf 's 411°- or ii ge cbsp t S6l ; a ior , t be , bero d tb ,00 113ib ' Olnki date' e , in 1 1 : ceg w„, spee. affair 9. otr ;co l lo stea, is hic ß SP 9 is je ~ it i' 12 a, • sit' ~01 (14 0 11 1, 1 51, 121 r 11 15 ' ..- „.. ~ t... .... ...: 36 iit r e. ose sre we rIY f: c e ' ; 9 83, !I'l3oll‘ ba le D o - a al so u c e hi 1....„0 56) ,„a ero 1 bu t 0 O r ' )o' bian : 311 ii 3i.. . ..,, ,20 ~, t' ,- BP' , 10 P, Or ; n o, the tb° ENGLAND AND AMERICA. (From the Paris Papers of Sunday.) The leading articles of the Paris Journals are almost ex clusively on the Eastern question, and on the dispute between England and the United States. We subjoin some extracts on the latter subject, which are not without interest. The Constitutionne/, in allusion to the remark that the desire for war manifested in the United States is but the expression of a discomfited party seeking to create embarrassment for the new Government, says : " As far as we can judge from the information communi cated in the journals and letters from the United States, it is not a party, but the entire country, which has expressed its inflexible determination to put down the pretensions of England. The real question with the Americans is not as to whether Al‘Leod shall or shall not be hanged, or whether their territory shall be enlarged by a few hundred leagues, which are contested. These are the reasons assigned, and riot the cause of rupture. What the Americans desire is, to deliver themselves for ever from the presence of the English in Canada, and to free the new northern world from the patronage of Europe ; and for this they have warm auxiliaries amongst the Canadians themselves, who have by so many acts of bold resistance and so many sacrifices, shown their dislike of the yoke which is imposed upon them. In this respect, then, the war which appears to he at hand will, in the United States, be a national one, and no Government can, on this point, modify the general feeling of the country, or even hesi tate to fellow the general impulsion. The rights of the Exe cutive are very limited, too. limited perhaps by the constitution. The nation has delegates, but in reality it governs by itself. What it demands its agents must execute, and the shades of political opinion which distinguish the two great parties, and which are very slight, have no importance as to the solution of a question upon which public opinion, and the representatives of the Stages and of the Federal Union, have pronounced their will unanimously." The Courtier Francais considers a war as imminent, but offers some reflections on the subject which do honour to the writer, and which are the more important, as appearing in a Journal which has been charged by the advocates of the peace policy with a desire to put an end to the tranquillity which has so long existed in Europe, and by which the United States have so amply benefited. It says— " We hope that, on the eve of a struggle which would cause a great effusion of blood, and which presents no chance of compensation for the calamities of war, the two Governmen's will give way to reflection, and feel some remorse for the passions which have led to the present danger. France, in deed, has no reason to be afflicted at the prospect of a war between England and the United States, for such a war might be for us, so far as a selfish policy is concerned, a source of joy and triumph ; but we must be above the paltry sugges tions of private interest. Viewing the question on a larger basis, such a war would interrupt the commercial relations which connect the two continents, and which during the last 25 years have reached a vast extension. In this point of view the war would be a calamity for Europe. War sometimes promotes the cause of civilization. Thus the English could have rendered vast services in India, if they had ameliorated the condition of the people whom they subjected. So, in con quering Algeria, we shall sooner or later have the power of doing good to the uncivilized tribes with whom we are now contending. But on what principle can a war between the English and the Americans be beneficial? The London journals announce the intention of stirring up the slaves of the Southern States to revolt ; and, on the other hand, the citizens of New York and the Maine have probably the intention of stirring up revolt among the oppressed French colonists in Canada. On both sides, then, social war would be added to foreign war, and the contest would be car ried on at the same time by scaffolds, and by cannon. What an example for the civilized world ! If war should take place between these two nations, it will not be a war of principle, for there is no question of right involved; it will be a con flict prompted by ambition and fed by pride ; that is to say, the most odious spectacle that could be offered by human nature. We will not inquire which of the two countries could do most harm to the other. They are both powerful, and both persevering and obstinate in their designs. Eng land has an incontestible superiority at this moment, and her first blows would be strong ones With 11 ships of the line, 15 frigates, and 39 smaller vessels of war, the United States would find it difficult to contend against the most formidable navy of the universe ; but they have sailors and a warlike population, and money will not be wanting for the building of ships. England has been unfortunate hitherto in her wars with the United States, and her Government may desire to take signal vengeance for the past. The reminiscences of the past, on the contrary, raise the pride of the Americans, and they hope this time to take possession of Canada, and to drive the English from their continent. This is tl.e chapter of illusions of both countries ; the reality will be terrible. If war should take place, it will fall upon the two nations as a judgment from Heaven upon their reciprocal insolence, and the Satanic pride which led to it. The United States will thus expiate their ingratitude to France, which made them what they are, and England will pay the penalty of her dislo) al in tervention in the East." The Gazette de France takes a different view from that of the Courrier, as to the probable effect of a war betw een Eng land and the U nited States, in the interest of France : " The consequences of such an event," says the Gazette, " would be immense for us. All our commercial interests are engaged in our relations with America. Our silks, our wines, our jewellery, our furniture, our articles of fashion and luxury, form a large capital ; all this would be placed in jeopardy, for the first act of the English would be to blockade the ports of the Union." The National displays none of the calm reasoning and good feeling of the Courtier. It is rather like the evil spirit breath ing into the lungs of its intended victims the means of com mencing and prolonging a contest, which it desires shall be de structive to both. It urges the Americans to war, and pro mises that, if they will strike the first blow towards the free dom of the Ocean, they will find auxiliaries. It concludes an article full of violence towards England, and in which it de clares that the Whig Government is desirous of war as the only means of directing public attention from its incapacity and mismanagement, with the following paragraph : "We hope the • United States will be firm and resolute to the end. It will not be the first time that they have lowered the British pride, which has always increased in insolence with the humility of its adversaries. Let the Americans bear their own history in mind; they will find in it just grounds for con fidence, and the whole world will be indebted to them if they succeed in shaking a power, whose immoderate ambition is the source of annoyance and anxiety both to old and new States." PORT UGAL. By the Iberia steamer, Captain Cooper, arrived at Fal mouth on Friday night, we have dates from Gibraltar of the 4th instant ; Cadiz of the sth ; Lisbon of the Bth ; Oporto, of the 9th ' • and Vigo, of the 9th. The British trans port, Abercrombie Robertson, sailed from Gibraltar on the sth inst. with the 47th regiment and part of the 33d, for Barba does. A melancholy accident happened at. Catalan Bay on the 28th of February. A large stone, supposed to have been loosened by the late rains, fell from the rock above, and in its fall split into fragments, one of which unfortunately alighted upon a house below, and injured the tenants—a husband and his wife. The Iberia has 32 passengers, amongst them his Excellency Don Pedro de Souza Botelho. LISBON, MARCH 8. The instalment due on the Ist inst., on account of the claims of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Beresford, and others, was paid with great punctuality. The sum was 160 contos, and had been raised some time ago for the purpose. The Chamber of Deputies has been principally occupied during the week with the debotes upon the treaty of commerce with the United States, which was finally approved of, without the least alteration, on the sth inst. The treaty consists of 14 articles, and is to continue in force for sixeyears from the date of its ultimate ratification, and for one year more after the ex piration of that period, should either of the contracting parties so require it. Its pith and marrow is that vessels of either na tion shall be placed on a footing of perfect equality with na tional vessels in the ports of the other, as to port, anchorage, tonnage, and light dues, as likewise with respect to any draw backs or other advantages enjoyed by the latter; and that the goods of each shall pay rfo higher duties in the ports of the other than those now paid or hereafter to be paid by the most favoured foreign nation. These are the main features of the Treaty, but there is another provision, which, from its extraor dinary character, I must not omit to notice. This is, that the Consuls of each shall, in the ports of the other, be invested with judicial power to decide disputes between the shipmasters and mariners, subjects of the . r own Government, quite independ ently of the local authorities, who are to be allowed no right of interference in such matters. The subject of the alterations to be made in the Custom house tariff is about to be brought forward before the Cortes, having been submitted to a Committee of each Chamber for consideration. The duties on some qualities of cotton goods will be raised, but on the whole the alterations are said to be rather favourable to British trade than otherwise. The question regarding the new militia is yet in abeyance. Petitions against the permanent restoration of. that force, and fur the re-establishment of the National Guard on its former footing, are flocking in from all parts of the country. That from the Municipal Chamber of Santarem was couched in terms so insulting to the Government and its supporters in the Cortes, that the Deputies have referred it to a Committee spe cially appointed to review it, and to report whether it affords sufficient grounds for a prosecution against the parties sign ing it. I understand that rapid progress is making here with the draft of the new commercial treaty with England, and that it will very shortly be presented to Load Howard for transmission home. Very alarming accounts continue to be received from the southern provinces, where the guerillas are committing frightful depredations upon those of the inhabitants known to . be of the Liberal party. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Pluto put in here for coals on the 6th instant, on her way to the Mediterranean. The Government has raised a loan of 500 contos from the bank on the mortgage of some branches of the revenue, from next April forward, for the express purpose of meeting the payment of the dividends on the foreign debt in London. I learn that Lord Palmerston has interposed.his good offices to obtain for Portugal payment of the sums due to her by Spain, for the services of the Portuguese auxiliary legion. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARC'! 13. O'CoNNELL.—The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin arrived last night at his residence, Merrion-square— we are happy to add, in the best health and spirits. DISFIIANCIIISEMENT IN IRELAND.—Even without the aid of Lord Stanley's Bill the work of disfranchisement has been in rapid progress. Mr. • Henry Grattan, in a letter addressed to-day to the freeholders of Kildare, regretting that he cannot attend their meeting, says, that he has analysed the return relative to the representation of Ireland, recently laid on the table of the House, and the result proves the disfranchisement of Ireland. Since 1835 there has been a decrease of near 20,000 electors— at present, if we allow for deaths and absence, the number avail able probably does not exceed 70,000 effective voters." MEETING IN DERRY.—A meeting was lately held in the Derry Court-house, for tl e purpose of co-operating with the society about being formed in this town, for promoting the cul ture of flax in Ireland. The various speakers all concurred in opinion that this country should not import that article from any other kingdom, since, with a little attention, it could be rendered as good in quality as the Dutch. --- The Earl of Aberdeen's excellent speech on the appointment of Mr. Candlish, and the Marquis of Normanbv's firm declaration, reached this town, in the second edition of The Sun, on Thursday evening. The news spread rapidly, and gave almost universal satisfac tion. Yet:rslay, the clergy and akw of their Non-in trusion adherents were Peen creeping about with long faf.e3; but the great majority of the people of Aberdeen are highly delighted that the infamous prject of reward ing a rebel has been so completely knockei on the head. The healths of the Earl of Aberdeen and the Marquis of Nermanby have been drunk with great enthusiasm at se veral convivial parties, and the feeling of gratitude was cxtcrn'ed, with justice, to the proprietor of The Sun, through whose spirited exertions the people o f Scotland were put in possession of the important intelligence twelve hours sooner than they otherwise could have been.--Aber idecn Herald of Saturday. SCARCITY OF LABOUR AT SYDNEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - SIR, —Thanking you for the prompt insertion of my letter of the Gth instant on this subject, which appeared in The Sun on the 90, I now submit to you my pro mised letter of facts. Your assertion, that " land sharks" are deceiving the people, by stating trades men's wages at 10s. per day, the public must receive only as such, for the Sydney Monitor, of the 12th August, declares them to be at 14s. per day. It is needless multiplying quotations, to fill up your space, so I will give one, which I think will be of sufficient weight to influence all unprejudiced minds, by its re spectable character. I extract it from the Glasgow Argun of March 1, 1841, from a Report of the Com mittee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, on Immigration, the Lord Bishop of Australia in the chair. This R , port states—" The James Mattison sailed from Gravesend, November 6, 1839, and reached Sydney on the Bth February, 1840, making the pas sage in ninety-three days. On her arrival, so great was the demand for labourers, that it was with the utmost difficulty the Immigration Agent could prevent persons from t ngaging the immigrants, even before their disem barkation. No sooner were they landed, than they were rapidly hired ; and had there been treble the number, an equal facility would have been experienced in their disposal. Every department of industry is cramped ; and no undertaking, public or private, can be prosecuted, except at an immense expense, owing to the exorbitant rate of wag es, and with inconceivable difficulty in procuring workmen, female servants, or me chanics, upon any terms whatsoever. Indeed, there is no part of the colony, in which it may be truly said that there is not an actual dearth of hands to carry on the ordinary business., In the instance of sheep-farming, the distress arising from want of shepherds is almost in credible. Every expedient has been attempted to in crease the extent of service derivable from the numbers at present employed, by placing three or four times the ordinary and proper number of sheep under the charge of each individual shepherd." Yours respectfully, WILLIAM OMAN. 3, Princess street, Manchester, March 11, 1841. [We have published this letter for the satisfaction of our Correspondent, but he will see, on referring to The Sun of the 17th February, that the article headed " Australia " referred not to Sydney, but to South Australia." RIGHTS OF VOTING FOR MEM BERS OF PARLIAMENT. A BILL TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION AS TO CER TAIN RIGHTS OF VOTING FOR MEMBERS OF PAR LIAMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES. (Prepared and brought in by Lord John Russell, Mr. _ _ _ Attorney-General, and Mr. Fox Maule.) Whereas it is expedient to make further provision as to certain rights of voting for Members of Parlie. ment in England and Wales ; be it enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament as sembled, and by the authority of the same, that after the passing of this Act, no person shall be en• title to vote or be registered in any year among the persons entitled to vote in the election of a knight or knights of the shire for any county in England or Wales, in respect of being lessee, sub-lessee, or occupier as tenant of any lands or tenements of which he may be seised or possessed together with one or more other persons, whether as joint tenants or tenants in common, unless the clear yearly value of such lands or tenements, or the yearly rent to which such person is liable for such lands or tenements, shall be of an amount which, when divided by the number of tenants and occupiers of the said lands or tenements, shall give a sum not less than that which would be sufficient to entitle a single tenant or occupier thereof for an estate of like nature to be registered and vote as aforesaid. And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act, so much of an Act passed in the second year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, " An Act to amend the Representation of the people in England and Wales," as provides that no person shall be registered in any year in the register of persons entttled to vote in the election of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament for any city' or borough, unless such person shall have paid, on or before the 20th day of July in such year, all the Poor-rates and assessed taxes which shall have become payable from him in respect of such premises, previously to the 6th day of April then next preceding, shall be repealed. And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act, no person shall be registered as aforesaid in any year, unless ho shall have paid, on or before the last day al lowed by any Act passed or to be passed in this Session of Parliament for the payment of rates in arrear in that city or borough, all the poor-rates which shall have be come payable from him in respect of the premises for which he is registered, during the year ending six ca lendar months before the last day so allowed or to be allowed for paying rates in arrear. And be it enacted, that alter the passing:of this Act, no person shall be entitled to vote, or be registered among the persons entitled to vote as aforesaid for any city or, borough, in respect of any house, warehouse, counting-house, shop, or other building occupied by him jointly with any land, unless the house, counting-house, warehouse, shop, or other building, separately be of the clear yearly value of not less than five pounds. And be it declared and enacted, that in the construe- tion of the said Act of his late Majesty, the distance of seven miles shall be computed by the nearest public road or way by land or water. And be it enacted, that so much of the last-recited Act as authorises or requires the returning officer or his deputy, at any election of a Member . or Members to serve in Parliament, to put to any voter at the time of tendering his vote, the following question (that is to say), " Have you the same qualification for which your name was inserted in the register of voters now in force for the county of, &c. [or, for the riding, &c., or for the city, &c., as the case may be, specifying in each case the particulars of the qualification, as described in the re gister]," shall be repealed ; and that after the passing of this Act no person shall be excluded from voting at any such election by reason of its appearing to the re turning officer or his deputy that the person claiming to vote has net the same qualification for which his name was originally inserted in the register : Provided always, that this enactment shall not be construed to authorise any person to vote at such election who is subject to any legal incaUacity, or to prevent the vote of any such incapable person from being void. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed, by any Act passed in this present Session of Parliament. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1841. LAW FOR THE POOR. (From the Examiner.) In our observations on the " private arrangement" in favour of L. rd Waldegrave, we promised to watch the issue of other prosecutions for the same offence, the parties in which might not happen to be lords. The first which has occurred since the Waldegrave case is the prosecution cf Stephen Hodge, on the Western cir cuit, 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 ease did not sugge t " api irate ar rangement." The trial proceeded, and it appeared that the prisoner bad a scuffle with the officer, in which he struck him with some cutting instrument. The 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 officer for the sport of cruelty. The constable was not injured for life ; at the end of seven weeks he was able to leave the infirmary. The prisoner was of course convicted, and Mr. Justice Erskine passed sentence of fifteen years' transportation. Such is law for; the poor 1 What law ft,r the rich is, Lord D.•nman has shown in a far worse case, and we may now more emphatically repeat the words of Lord Wt•lde grave's counsel, that he has reason to fdel " greatly in debted to the Chief Justice." Lord Brougham has left Paris for his estate near Cannes. THE GREEN PARK.—It is probably nothing more than natural that the public should be sensitive and susceptible cn a subject so litally affecting the health and the enjoyments generally of the inhabitants of the metro polis as the appropriation of the Parks, and it is to this only that we can attribute the very hasty and unfounded surmises which have been so freely hnarded of late re. specting the alterations now in progress in the Green Park. We have made inquiry as to the real and ultimate object of these so much de ; ti eca'ed alteration., and the re sult is this ; that there is no intention whatever of shutting up any portion of the park, or of erecting loege..s, or of planting it, to the exclusion or to the slightest abridgment of the comfort of any party, be he rich or poor. The whole object of these proceedings is to level and drain the surface of the Park, which has heretofore been little more than a swamp ; to improve the herbage, to make paths which shall be dry and available at all seasons ; and, in short, to realise the many advantages of which the site is admitted to be susceptible for the benefit of all classes.— Observer. FARMERS AND MASTERS OF HOUNDS 1. Hodgson, Esq., of Quorondon Hall, has, it is reported, determined on disposing of his pack of hounds and hunting stud, immediately after Croxton Park races, in CONSC quence of the numerous insults received by his friends and himself, from the farmers of the district on the occasion of the pack passing over their grounds. Mr. Wells, of See grave, farmer, and Mr. Hodgson, are said to have quar relled on this subject. On Tuesday, the 2d inst., a fox being driven into a slate pit at Swithland, Mr. Hodgson, according to the usual custom, left a guinea at a house in the village for the men to drink. Notwithstanding this, a number of the men who pretended to give no credit to his repeated assertions that he had left the money, followed him for a considerable distance, shouting that he might keep his guinea to buy him a new coat. 0.) the 4.h instant Lord Gardiner was following the same pack over a field at Hotton, occupied by a Mr. Lacey, when he was assaulted by Mr. Lacey's son, and floored with a rail or some such weapon, Some of the other huntsmen coming up, they so belaboured him with the handles of their whips to cause him to require surgical assistance.--Leicester shire Mercury. BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD. RESOLUTIONS INTENDED To BE PROPOSED IN COMMIT TEE ON TRADE OF BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD RY MR. L ABOUCHERE. 1. Resolved, That, in lieu of the respective duties of 71. 10s., of 151., of 201., and of 301., on every 100/. of the value of certain of the articies specified in the schedule contained in an Act of the third and fourth year of King William the Fourth, to regulate the trade of the British Possessions abroad there shall be pAid on goods, wares, and merchandize not being the growth, production, or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the British Possessions in America, and im ported by sea or by inland carriage or navigation, a duty of 10/. for every 1001. of the value thereof, to gether with the amount of any duty levied at the same time upon goods, wares, and merchandize the growth or production of the United Kingdom, or of the British Possessions. That, in lieu of the several duties payable under the said Act upon the following articles not being the growth, production, or manufacture of the United King dom, or of any of the British Possessions in America imported or brought into any British Possession by sea, there shall be paid the following duties, viz:— s.d Wheat flour (except into Canada), the barrel.. 0 2 0 Bea and pork, salted (except into Canada), t'-e cwt. * 0 4 0 Wine of all sorts, whether in bottle or not, for every 1001 of the v fur, in lieu of all duties now payable thereon, wirier the Act 4 Geo. 111 ,c. 15, and 4 aed 5 Will. IV., C. 59 ... 7 10 0 The bottles Shingles (except into Canada), the 1,000 No. 0 3 6 Oak staves and headings (except into Canada), the 1,000 No Wood hoops (except into Canada), the 1,000 No. 0 2 6 Pitch pine and other lumber, 1 inch thick (ex cept into Canada, the 1,000 feet Now prohibited, but the prohibition whereon is to cease:— Fish, dried or salted, the cwt. pickled, the barrel Together with the amount of any duty levied at the same time upon similar articles, the produce of, or im ported from, the United Kingdom or the British Pos sessions. 3. That tci be permitted to be imported into British North America by inland carriage or navigation, on payment of the duty which may at that time be charge able upon tea imported from the United Kingdom, to gether with ten pounds per centum on the amount of such duty. 4. That rum, the produce of places within the limits of the Exist India Company's Charter, and imported into British North America, shall pay the same duty as rum the produce of places in the British West Indies. 5. That so much of the said Act as permits any sort of craft, food, and victuals, except spirits, and any sort of clothing and implements and materials fit and ne cessary for the British fisheries in America, to be im ported into the place at or from whence such fishery is carried on, duty free, shall be repealed. 6. That goods, the produce or manufacture of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey,_ Alderney, or Sark, im ported from such islands, be admitted into the British Possessions in America upon the payment of the same duty as the la , e goods the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the said possessions, IMPORT DUTIES. On Tuesday the Town Council of Carlisle adopted, almost unanimously, a petition to the House of Com mons, for a revision of the Import Duties, of which the following is an extract : That the restrictions and prohibitions imposed by the present laws of this country upon the trade and com merce of its inhabitants, and the operation of the tariff of duties upon the imports of the United Kingdom, pre sent most serious obstacles, not merely to the extension, but to the profitable maintenance of that trade with fo reign countries, which is essential to our well-being as a nation, and the employment of our rapidly-increasing population. That the evidence laid before the Committee ap pointed by your Honourable House to inquire into the extent and operation of the Duties on Imports, has clearly exhibited what the experience of every day con firms, that the system of protecting particular classes and interests, by fiscal regulations, is most injurious to the nation at large, and at best gives only a false secu rity to those who are unjustly favoured at the expense of the rest of the community ; and that all duties which are not required for the purposes of revenue, and which ty their amount either encourage the smug gler, or lessen the quantity necessary for consumption, and thereby enhance the price of• the article, on which they are imposed, are highly impolitic, most unjustly in= terfere with the comforts of the great body of the people, and ought to be altered with as little delay as possible. • That amongst the duties which operate most oppres sively on the great bulk of the people, are those im posed upon articles necessary for the food of man, many of which amount to a total prohibition, and all of which yield but little to the revenue compared to the enhanced price which they give to the home pro ducer, beyoruf the value of the article in the market of the world ; and the duties on coffee, sugar, and other articles, which have become almost necessaries of life— upon timber, which compels us to use the worst wood in the world at the deare , t price, and forego the use of the finest which might be had at the cheapest—have not only the effect of depriving our workmen of a suf ficient quantity of food and of those comforts which may be enjoyed by the same class of men on the Con tinent, but of raising up rivals to our manufactures, which are rapidly driving them from the most profitable markets. The petition was moved by Mr. Steel, and recom mended by an able speech.—Carlisle Journal. RACING ORACLE. We were right in our prognostications about Eringo No horse can be absolutely stationary during an eighl weeks' frost, unless there is money in the market to back him. Launcelot, it memory serves me, was reported to have a curb or an enlarged hock about this time last year, and he immediately rose from 22 to 14 to 1. It is singular that curbs should be so popular at Tatter, sail's, for evidently to this (may we write) defect must be attributed the rise of Eringo. This horse on Mon day, for a moment, resumed the position he occupied in the Houghton Meeting, that of first favourite. A good judge, living at Newmarket, writes that his action is si milar to that exhibited by the Dey of Algiers when in training for the same great race—all powerful behind. He will not, of course, run for all his engagements. The Rosalie colt seems to stick at 14 to 1 : if he had any title to that price in November, he ought to be now at 10 to 1 taken. Coronation has a host of enemies, in consequence , of his very moderate performance with St. Cloud, at Warwick, as if that could possibly be his form. He is also kept back from an idea that he will come out at the Spring Meeting there on Wednesday, being entered in th Trial Stakes, as well as the fol lowing Derby horses :—Hampton, St. Botolph, Protee tio,andT The Star (not Morning Star). Three of these have never been in the betting, but this does not prove them to be good for nothing : we must again refer to the Melody colt. Strange things happen in racing, but we shall not believe, until we have seen it, that Mr. Rawlinson, who we have reason to know has backed his horse heavily for the Derby, will run him for a miserable 100 pounds at Warwick. Marshal Soult and Knight of the Whistle are making a good race, their mutual frier's are so powerful, and con sidered so influential, that the devil himself would be bothered to sly which will see ten to one taken : certes both will not ; certer, one will. Lord Albemarle's horse Ralph, like the fox entering his hole, is reported to go backwards ; not so his rider, who continuing his straightforward course lights on his head, or other parts, as the gods may determine ; the performance of Ralph h a t o t n a e i t n t e d a s a ove h u i g h h e i s r rnmay recen t remarks r es p ect i ng t h ese, an d , in deed, C n r e i r t e couldr i on E , however, drrneseiar eg.ard is waseach as s i n n ob t le he ow . dpoeesjidt,iaocnshei:veral others, have been singularly fortunate. When I see Galdor quoted at 40 to 1, I cannot help remembering a certain horse called Prince Albert, a favourite at 33 to 1 last winter, the latter was not worth a groat ; I believe the former comes f: om the same neighbourhood, but he has never been out. The Derby betting is entirely uninfluenced by the ts appears were countr y racer. St. Botol p h was beat easily ; never backed, he of co urse never will be. Great operat ions being usuall y reserved for the Sir devoid of interest, Mondays, w.tteproceedingsm ay ba y tha a t corner s u t in all cases vious movem e nts. Thevatna the c b c. above filrtt emsva favourite li yesterday be rks re likely t I applying to g t t o o Monday o ' reach the price have marked ou t f or hi m , an d thetha t very s hortly y remember the latte r was backed to w i n a sta k e of mo ti-cd—Mr. King's H am bl eton ; a mo ney M at or o n n d odds, averaging Star e an ra Gilbert is b eat i ng a retreat ; ging 25 to 1, last autumn. Some party must stand m one y on him —quer y , who ? . A new o utsider was oleooiad finer colt hai never been seen, but he is not in a Derby stable. Warwick Spring Meeting takes place on Wednesday. March 12. JUDEX. —Morning Post. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen was Early in her atten dance on Saturday ni g h t , i n order to hear the whole of Cimarosa's beautiful music to Gli Orazii i Curiazii. Her Majesty, in this instance, as i n many others, sets an example it would be well to follow, but which was not followed by the major part of t h e audience. The house was not nearly full until a late hour, and during the whole evening the pit did not present by any means a crowded appearance. The opera was beauti fully sung, teking it as a whole. Madam e Vi dot was in fine voice, and the other performers went through their parts with good effect. The ballet requires improve meat. S ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING IN HULME. A crowded public meeting, for the purpose of consi dering the tendency of the Corn and Provision-laws, was held at the Shakspeare Inn, York-street, Hulme, on Wednesday evening, the proceedings at which were of a very interesting character. Mr. Naylor was called to the chair, and in the course of his opening address expressed his conviction that unless some alteration was made in the Corn and Provision-laws it would be im possible that the commerce of this country could escape utter ruin. The aristocracy —the great landowners— had the opportunity- when in difficulties of leavin g their estates in charge o f- stewar d s, an d go i ng to the Cont inent to retrench and economise. Now why shoull not we, when in similar difficulties, be enabled to re trench also? It was true we could not, like them, go to the Continent ; but why should not these laws le altered, so that we might be able to get cheaper food ? Mr. JOHN BROOKS then addressed the mce-ing on the injustice of &lowing protection to one portion of the community at the expense of the other, and pro ceeded to show the injurious effects on our commerce of refusing to take the corn of other countries, who have nothing else to give, in exchange for our manu factures, while the people were actually starving for want of it. At the conclusion of Mr. Brooks' addrese, a work ing man referred to a statement he had made on the effects of a depressed trade brought on by these Corn laws in throwing men out of work, and asked him whether be thought it was want of trade that threw spinners out of work, or the double-deckers and self acing mules? Mr. BatooKs replied that it certainly was not ma chinery, -for were we not able. to keep in advance of our neighbours on the Continent by our invention as well as industry, labouring, as we did, under the dis advantages of dearer food, there would soon be no em ployment for the people, either as double-deckers or anything else. Machines were like race-horses, unless the breed were improvsd, the competition of foreign breeders would soon give us the go-bye.—(Appl tuse.) Mr. Wst. RAWSON said Mr. Brooks' figure of the race-horse was an excellent idea, and, carried out a little further, it illustrated admirably our position with regard to the Corn and Provision-laws, for we stood in the position of having strained oar ingenuity to the utmost to improve the breed, while we had entirely overlooked one very important circumstance to the race—the weight of the rider !—(Applause)—and while our competitors were almost equallting us in the mettle of the horse, we were actually, by the opera tion of the Corn and Provision-laws, riding ten stone to their five.—(Great appla'ise.) Mr. Rawson went on to show the disadvantages of not improving ma chinery by reference to the cotton hosiery trade, where the machinery now in use had remained unimproved for nearly two hundred years, and the Saxon, having the advantage of the same machine with workmen living on cheaper food, was thus enabled to cut us out of all our foreign markets, to the entire ruin of the trade. A Chartist (who was present) said Mr. Rawson had made use of an expression about producing " a right order of things." He wished to know if the re peal of the Corn-laws would produce that order of things ?—if not, it was not worth struggling for, and they ought to go for the Charter at once. Mr. RAWSON replied that the evils of legislation might be likened to a bundle of sticks—the Corn-law Repealers were for breaking them one at a time, taking the thickest in the bundle first. The Chartists wanted to do an impossibility—they wanted to break the whole bundle at once.—(Applause.) Mr. COBDEN next addressed the meeting in a mas- terly speech, showing the importance of this question to the working classes, who, he said, unless the Corn and Provision-laws were repealed, however they might increase in numbers (and they were increasing at 1,000 per day), if stinted as at the present to the produce of the soil till food arrived at famine prices, would be re duced to a worse condition than the Irish. In refer ence to the question of machinery, he said it was a re markable fact that at the time Adam Smith was writ ing his celebrated work on political economy, Watt, who invented the steam engine, was a mathematical instru ment maker at Glasgow. Watt then perfected that mighty machine the steam engine, which was now in another form traversing the vast expanse of the Atlan tic ; it was taken up with the usual energy and inge nuity of Englishmen, and applied to every description of manufacture, and no cou..try bad been able to out strip us to this day in the rate of improvements conse quent upon it, and yet here were our working popula tion starving and miserable for want of employment I There must be_something wrong.—(Hear, hear.) What was it ? The reason was, that while our mand facturers and capitalists took up the invention of Watt, our legislators did not take up the laws laid down at the same time by that other great master-mind, Adam Smith, for the guidance of commerce!—(Great ap plause.) if the produce of our millions of population, with all the aid, and ten times the aid, they derived in multiplying that produce by means of machinery, had been distributed by right laws—the laws laid down for commerce by Adam Smith—the working classes to this day would have been in full employment—and more than that, in the enjoyment of a fair remuneration for their labour. It was impossible by any powers o f pro duction, whether by machinery or increase of popula tion, to' make the necessaries of life, whether of fond or clothing, too plentiful, if they were but properly distributed.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Cobden exposed the fallacy of cheap food producing low wages, and con cluded an admirable speech, of near an hour's length, amidst greeat cheering, and the meeting separated, ap parently highly gratified.—Marichester Times. DOES the MIND ALWAYS THINK, Mr. Locke's arguments in respect to this subject are the following :—That during sleep we are not conscious of thotight ; that the mind is always active, even with out our knowledge ; that we have no ideas but those derived from sensation and reflection ; that no one can know whether a person thinks in his sleep except himself. • A writer in the Providence Journal cites the follow ing facts, recorded by President Dwight, of Yale Col lege, to prove, in opposition to Locke's theory, that a man may walk in his sleep without knowing it ; and another man m e e him walking, and doing other things which involve thought, and thus ascertain to a certainty that the sleeper thinks, while he himself is un conscious of it. A physician in Lambertewn, N. J., found to his great surprise, on waking one morning, that he was `without a shirt ; and was unable to discover any trace of it after searching his room. Having dressed himself and made particular inquiries, he was obliged to remain in doubt with regard to the cause of this singular occurrence. On the following morn ing, however, he found himself in a similar predicament, and was obliged to furnish himself as before, without the power of making a discovers'. The same thing hap pened the three foliowing days ; so that five of his shirts had, at last, mysteriously disappeared. The mat ter had now become so wonderful, that his brother de termined to sleep with him, and ascertain, if possible, the cause of it. In the night, the physician rose from his bed, without speaking, and left the room. His brother, who was on the watch, hurried en a few clothes and followed him, The former took his way towards the Delaware, where on his arrival he prepared to bathe ; and placing his shirt in a hole, leaped into the water. After swimming for some time, be regained the shore, proceeded homeward, without stopping for his garment, and went to bed. Tho brother followed, be ing convinced he was asleep, and took his place again beside him in bed without waking him. The next day on examining the hole on the river's bank, the six shirts were found, where their owner had deposited them, un unconscious, or forgetful of every thing he had done. In another case there was still greater evidence of thought during sleep, of which the agent was equally ignorant. A shoemaker's wife was one night awakened by her husband's arising in his sleep, and preaching a sermon of some length. At the close of it he gave no tice that, on the following evening, he should deliver another discourse ; and this he did with such gravity, that she invited several of her neighbours to attend. They came on the evening appointed, and were gratified with his sermon, as we 1 as with the renewal of the ap. pointmeht on tha next Thursday evening, which he an nounced as before. Thus he continued to preach once a week, and in a manner which his audience were gra tified with, until the secret was accidentally divulged to him, and that put an end to it. The probability is, that this man could not have formed a sermon in his waking hours. An eminent lawyer once told me, that, having a diffi cult case to argue, after having devised sever a l diff erent methods for managing it, he dreamt out one at night, which on the following morning he recollected, and pre ferred to the others so much, that he adopted it in Court. The imagination is undoubtedly stronger during sleep than when we arc awake. While I lived at Northampton, I was engaged for a time to supply a winter society, as it is called—that is, an assembly meeting for public worship—in a part of the town at a distance from the church. One night I dreamt of preaching to them, and chose rather a singular text. It was this—'• Then answered the High Priest, yc know nothing at all." When I awoke, I remembered the whole of the sermon, and it was of such a nature that I determined to write it.—New York paper. ACCIDENT.—An accident of an alarming na ture occurred to Earl FitziAilliarn and his two sons ( Lord Milton and tie Hon. G. Fitzwiliiam), on W , itincsday af ternoon. The Noble Lord and his sons were returning to Milton House, near Peterborough, in a four-in-hand, after meeting the hounds at Trapstenr, when a dog rushed out of a house on the road side, and stized one of the leaders. The horses wore dreadfully fri,glitei cd, and became so unmanageable that the coach was overturned ; but we are happy to say, none of the gentlemen received any injury. MEHEMET ALI AND THE SULTAN. (From the Examiner.) On Friday night some questions were put to Lord Palmerston by Lord F. Egerton, Sir R. Peel, and Lord Sandon, the drift of which was to ascertain whether the conditions offered to Mehemet Ali had been com municated to Lord Ponsonby before the firman was is sued, and whether he had approved of them or remon strated against them. As usual Lord Palmerston would not tell, all that could be got from him was the declara tion that it was the desire of the Four Purvers that the Government of Env should be bona fide granted he• reditarily, but his understanding of the hatti scheriff is— " That it was intended to reserve to the Sultan the sovereign right which must belong to him—to confer the Government of Egypt, and not to evade the bona fide execution of the previous arrangement, or to set aside those successors who would be naturally looked upon as the descendants of Mehemet Ali.— (Cheers)." We confess our inability to comprehend the mean ing of this. It reminds us of the responses of Lord Cas tlereagh. If any inference as to the views of Lord Palmer ston is to he drawn from the opinions of the Morn ing Chronicle, we should conclude that the conditions imposed on Mehemet have the full approval of Lord Pa'merston ; nay, more, we should be disposed to sus pect, from the partiality exhibited, that his Lordship stood in the rclation of a parent to the firman. For one bold example, as to the hereditary government, the Chronicle says— " It is said that the conditions of the hatti scheriff are a violation of the conditions, sanctioned by England, upon which the Pacha made his submission to the Porte. In what does this violation consist? The re stric*on proposed to be placed upon the hereditary' grant. Do those who urge this complaint forget that. in Admiral Stopford's convention no mention whatever was made of the hereditary' succession ? The Pacha complained of the omission—but still submitted uncon• ditionally, trusting to the good offices of the Powers, and the generosity of his master. There may be harsh ness—there may be impolicy—but there certainly is no breach of faith in not giving all the Pacha expects, when in matter of fact he was not promised anything." In effect, then, we have tricked the Pacha, and having induced him to surrender the Turkish fleet, we are to te'l him that we never promised him what he ex pected in return. The words were " not in the bond" it may be true, but. in treating with a fallen foe a great nation does not read its engagements like a pettifogging attorney, but equitably observes the implied as well as the stipulated. _ _ _ And if Lord Palmerston takes his stand on the Con vent;on of Admiral Stopford with the strictness of Shy lock's adherence to his bond, he has to observe that if we are not pledged to procure or to recommend the he reditary grant . , we are pledged to maintain Mehemet Ali in the Pachalic of Syria—a strong engagement, and one committing us to support Mehemet AR without any re servation saving the Sultat;',s rights. It is to be remembered that Commodore Napier's Convention promised the hereditary government, and that Commodore Napier's Convention was notoriously approved by Lord Palmerston ; in the Admiral's Con vention no engagement as to the hereditary government was made, and the Admiral was only blamed for his officiousness in annulling the more favourable arrange ment. THE LAW OF LIBEL. ( From the Brighton Herald.) A case that sets in a strong light the abominable character of the Libel-law appeared in the London papers last week. Mr. Young, the proprietor of The Sun, was fined 501. for having, in a report of a meeting of the Southampton Deck Company, insertPAl some ex pression, deemed to be libellous, which the Chairmanaap plied to the plaintiff. The report was admitted to be accurate, and Mr. Young offered to insert an apology ; but it would not do. The press itself must be made to suffer, and for this purpose the infamous Libel-law was called into action. That a law by which such gross injustice as this can be done should be allowed to remain on the s'atutc-book is a disgrace to a free country. It lays open the press to constant attacks in the discharge of its most important duties. It narrows its bounds of utility, and arrays against it all the chi canery of the law. The conductor of a journal finds himself xonstantly checked in the honest discharge ofhis public duty by the infamous Libel-law ; and it is not too much to say that daily loss occurs to individuals in consequence of the press being restrained from raising its warning voice. A signal instance of this is now before us. Hundreds of persons have been reduced to beggary by the roguery of the West Middlesex Com pany. Yet that roguery was long known to the press— it was even made public by a Scotch paper, and proved as clearly as facts could be proved. But what was the consequence of this exposure? Why, the rogues of Directors immediately ran to the abominable Libel law, and brought their actions against the proprietors of the paper, imposing on them a great loss. This was made known to other papers, who, from fear of in volving themselves in similar losses, refrained from giv ing that publicity which they otherwise would have done, in their respective localities, to the exposures of the Scotch paper. If the execrable Libel-law bad not been in existence, the fact of the West Middlesex Com pany being a swindling concern would have been known from one end of the kingdom to the other months ago, and those who have now to deplore the loss of their all would been saved from ruin and misery. Nor is there anything to prevent the public being to-morrow imposed upon in exactly a similar manner. We see that it is against the law to report the assertions of one indivi dual of another, though made at a public meeting. Those observations may be acknowledged to have been correctly reported—that has nothing to do with it— they are libellous, and therefore redress must be had. But of whom ? Of the persons who uttered the words, and who perhaps is able to prove them ? Oh, no ; but of the paper which was at the trouble and expense, for the benefit of the public, to report the proceedings. The absurdity of the law goes still further. As in the case of the West Middlesex, it was of no use that the proprietors of the Scotch paper were able to prove their assertions. We all know the wise old saying that " the greater the truth the greater the libel." This beautiful proposition is actually carried out in the Libel-Im, and the question that a careful editor must put to himself if circumstances come to his knowledge by the communication of which the public would be nefit is, not whether they are true, but whether they are libellous ; that is, whether such a person or set of persons, who are in the act of swindling the public, are liable to be injured by being exposed As well in quire whether a thief is likely, to suffer in character by being brought before the Judge ! There is a narrow jealousy of the press in the minds of many that causes them to look on with callousness, or even pleasure, whilst it is injured or destroyed. With them it is, as it was with the Athenians, a crime to serve the State too much, and the Libel-law of the English and the ostracism of the Greeks are about on a par for justice or wisdom. But every time the Libel law is brought to bear upon the press, a severe blow is struck against the public weal—one of its bulwarks is thrown down or weakened—not only has an act of in justice been committed, but the consequences of that injustice are, to inflict an injury upon freedom by put ting shackles upon the power in which it is cuibodtcd and through which it is manifested—the press. TII E SHROPSHIRE HOUNDS,-- , The attempt to re-erect kennels and establish a pack of foxhounds in this town, induced a party of country gentlemen arid tradesmen to meet on Monday, to adopt measures for furth,iing the project. Mr. Slaney, M. P., was celled to the chair, and announced his intention of adding to his al. ready munificent subscription for support of tie hounds, if they were established in this town. The country gentle men residing to the southward of Shrewsbury were very anxious to have the hounds fixed in Shrewsbury, instead of at Leo Bridge, as the distance put it out of their power to enjoy the sports, and enable the inhabitants of only a very limited district to partake in them. Lord Powis, Sir Edward Smythe, Bart., Mr. B. Borough, Mr. Smythe Owen, Mr. St. J. Charton, Mr. T. C. Eyton, Mr. Slaney, ' ' and various other gentlemen, were named as willing to in crease their present, or begin new subscriptions in sup port of the foxhounds, should the kennels be erected in Shrewsbury. The meeting resolved that committees be formed to divide the town into districts to be canvassed for subscriptions fe r err cti:ig the kennels ; and if such sub- 1 scriptions were considerable, then the country gentlemen could see their way, as to what would be required to com plete them. Last night another meeting was held, when paries• were seiectcd to ascertain the amount likely, to and i- „ n raised in the town, and amorgst the farmers aro und = report to another meeting to be M I i during the Assize`'" Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE ITAYNI ARK ET THEATRE, r the comedy of AND RE-OPENING,—On Saturday nigimhwe. This evening Money was acted for the eightiethn the history history of the h•gi- ITS CLOSING the longest season ever known a i n . ore cg i hts having been timato drama (three hundred performances) will he brought to a occupied in one year's p resented will be the Rivals, are e close, hterta f i o n r n, eisriforrn\'Vehster, the lessee. The Speed-ree the Plouoh, sustained by all original Address, and an . On 'Tuesday the enter. the strength of the comp 3 . _ etknetsbetonthfiet! cpf to d• mantle his little purpose of cleaning, renovating, and deco barque for the preparatory to her setting sail again on Easter_ prising commander will proceed is . her, she will have to rwing acgreil"e.'and accomplished y well disciplined Monday, un d nelru i d l: ( u li s t t i r e r h ous to an h d er h a ig h L..distir s iguished ms pices; and, d t e t a n d e y Celeste. Macready, after a abort sojourn, will re-appear on b a o n a d s t re o g f u P l o ar w l er ? , r ß ga u n c i k e st d on a e n,dans the 3.1 of May for eleven nights, and will go through a li mited number of his favourite characters, and on the 17,1 1 of May Mr. Cha rles Kean is engaged to appear, and will most probably perform nearly all his Sbaksperian chara • c ters, aided by James Wallack, henry Wallick, and Phrlr. Besides these attractions, Webst (.l. 1. 1 a 11 s many we - selected novelties in preparation. DEATII OF THE DOWAGER LADY Ho- NywooD.—We have to announce the death of the above which took place on Wednesday last, at hleworth House. The deceat.ed lady, who was daeghtcr of the Dowager Lady Cooper, and widow of the late Sir John Courtney Honywood, fart„ was in her 51st year. EVENING EDITION. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.--Rear-Admiral Sir Wil liam Parker, K.C.8., is said to have been appointed to the Indian command, to which he proceeds immediately overland, accompanied by his Secretary, B. Chimmo q. The Cornwallis, 72, will be commissioned, for los flag, at Plymouth, by Captain Peter RiAards, to which ship Corn. Charles Richards, wi!l also be ap pointed. The Tweed, 20, Commander Douglas, is waiting or orders, to proceed to North America and the West The Vernon, 50, Captcin W. Walpole, was towed to the Nore on Thursday, and may be hourly expoctcd at Spithearl,_ _ _ _ The Vindictive, 50, and Fair Rosamond, were un docked on Saturday, when the Prince Regent, 120, and Viper, were taken into dock. _ The Fearless steamer, %las commissioned at Wool wich on Wednesday, by Captain Frederick Bullock'; and at the same place the Meteor steamer, was com missioned yesterday, by Commander John Washington, both for the surveying service, the latter vessel will complete the sun eys in progress by the late unfortunate Fairy. The British Queen steam ship, Lieutemict E. Frank lin, R.N., Commander, arrived on Wednesday morning from the River, and sailed in the afternoon for New York. She carries out G 5 passengers. Two special messengers, one the bearer of Government despatches, and the other with dispatches from the American Am bassador, left London for Southampton by the railway train on Wednesday forenoon at 11 o'clock, which dis patches were put on board the Queen, off Cowes, where she waited for them, and then proceeded. La Belle Alliance transport is now loading at Dept ford with stores for our ships in China ; four Assistant• Surgeons, from the Queen, take a passage in her to join the Melville ; they left on Saturday in the Mercury tender for the River. The Boadicea transport, Lieut. Ward, Agent, has been all the week discharging Naval stores larought from Ascension ; she has taken on board victualling stores, and will proceed to-morrow for Woolwich. WRECK OF THE HEROINE INDIAMAN.—FALMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Leeds stermer, which came in from Gibraltar yesterday, and takes this letter, at 2 p.m , brings the disastrous news of a large Indiaman, the Heroine, having heel" wrecked ofF Cape Spartel, with a considerable loss of life. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 23d says—" On the night of Sunday, the 14th instant, the British Indiaman Heroine, from China bound to London, was totally lost near Azyla, not far from Cape Spartel. Out of sixty persons on board, about thirty-four are believed to have perished, princi pally Lasears. The ves'el is a complete wreck, and it is feared that no part of her valuable cargo can be saved, though every measure is taken to effect that de sirable object, as well as to afford the necessary protec tion on the coast. Her Majesty's agent and Consul- General hastened from Tangiers to the wreck to render personally ad the aid in his power. The French frigate Magicienne, of 40 guns, has seen wrecked on the Bombay Shoal, in the Palawan Passage, on her way to Manilla. Her crew was saved by the English ships Mysore and Clifford, and the French vessel Favourite. The Fiend, corvette Da ()aide had started for the wreck, with a view to save all she could from it. At bpithead—lndus, Tweed, Pelican, Nautilus, Boadicea transport. In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Rapid, Sylvia, Alban, Echo, Boling, and Fanny. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROIeOTION.S.—Mate—Mr. Warm, of the Princes Charlotte, to the rank of Lieutenant, vice C.iarles Wemyss, deceased ; Edward M. Matthews, of tit Melville, vice Conway, deceased. APPOINTMENTS.—Captain — Peter Richards, to the Cornwallis. _ _ _ mmander—Cbarles Richards, to the Cornwallis. Lieutenant—H. Helpman (from Wellesley), to com mand the hired armed ship Mohammed Shaw, attached to the China squadron ; Edward M. Matthews, to the Blenheim. Assistant-Surgeon—George F. Rowe, to Ativille Hospital ; W. T. Alexander, to the Caledonia. Mates—F. Porteus, t ) the Caledonia ; A. J, Lind say, to the Iris. Clerks—Mr. Ozzard, from the Wasp to the Power ful; Mr. Eales, to the Wasp, vice Ozzard ; Mr. W. B. Pearce, late of the Benbow, to be Clerk-in-Charge of the Locust steam frigate. Second Masters—James Goss, to the Impregnable; Wm. Bslliston, to the San Josef, for the buoy-boat, vice Rundle, to the Polyphemus. COAST GUARD.—Lieut. R. E. Bullen (1830), to be Chief Officer. ROYAL MARlNES.—Captain Ralph Carr, of the Royal Marines, having gone on half-pay, at his own re quest, First Lieutenant E. Appleton has been promoted to the rank of Captain in his vacancy. Messrs. George Augustus Schomberg, Julius Roberts, Fleetwood John Richards, Hugh Hamilton Goold, Ar thur Butcher, George Drury, and Wiliam Hutchinson, were examined at the Naval College, and found qua lified for commissions in the Marine Corps. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, MARetI 13.—There is not a man-of war of any description fitting in Portsmouth harbour at the present moment. The f o ll ow i n g s hips, however, are in a forward state, and may be cotnnAissioned in a ery abort time :—Vengeance, 84 ; Warspite, 50 ; Vin diett% e, 50 ; Dublin, 50 ; Madagascar, 42 ; Bittern, 16 ; and Fair Rosamond, 3. The Indus, 84, Tweed, 20, Pelican, 16, and Nautilus, remain at Spithead waiting for seamen and Admiralty orders. The Indus, 80, Captain Sir James Stirling, and Taeed, 20, Captain Douglas, went out of harbour on Saturday last. The former was towed out by two steamers, notwithstanding the wind was fair, in con sequence of not having seamen enough on board to loose and furl her sails. She has been three months in commission, and has only thirty able seamen on her books, and to keep them from deserting, she was ordered to Spit head. The Tweed is nearly as badly off, being obliged to set only one topsail at a time, and that was done in the most unseatipanlike and slovenly style. lln passing the platform, neither her main nor mizen-top sails were half twisted, and her appearance altogether was that of a Sunderland collier. PLYMOUTH.—Tiie Adventure, transport, sailed last Thurday, with stores. The Mercury, tender, arrived from Portsmouth on Monday. She brought Lieut. Caffin, of the Excellent, who is ordered to superin tend the alteration of the gun carriages at this port. In Hamoaze—Caledonia, San Josef, Snipe, and and Carron, steamer. In the Sound—lmpregnable, Belcisle, and Iris, MYSTERIOUS EVENT. The Journal de l' Hawnit contains the following account of a mysterious circumstance at 'Montpelier. A few days ago, M. Achille Durand, a resident of that place, received a letter, having at the head of it a lithographic engraving of a palm-branch and a sword put crosswise, and on the margin the f o ll ow i ng wor d s also in lithography :—" Congre ;a Centrale dtlla Gran Socista de' Vendicatori del Popolo."—(Central As sembly of the Great Society of the Avengers of the People.) The litter which was in manuscript, informed M. Durand that the popular societies, finding their energies relax for want of funds, bad ordered that agents should be sent to Avignon, Marseilles, Lyons, Nisrecs, Montpelier, and Toulouse, to cali upon certain 01 indivi duals to contribute such sums as should-be am fix i‘ e i d pain of death, and that the sum required li f e r was caed Du rand was fifty thousand francs, which day,to a person on the e splana n d a o ad • , and his Landkerchief his having his hat in his left hand, i sa to I‘l. Durand when upon to pay in bank notes, at twovsol'lcalmockheolinatuhiedfkolalaovvw:ln,gy in the right, and who I ht consider himself if M. Durand s hould fail the letter near him Amen. Durand took the letter to the Procu dead man. e ll r l e . a D r duerraendd. to to b e o boeny the li watch. s u m- The"leotutehrecomic.gluded by saying, that lookedura upon it as a carnival trick, exactly as the letter had announced. M. rmrre moos, ni r nsg d , s u n np l ,ai l s o p. i oe , iiii i‘ v il v e e :i x o a l) . d found the man d . Way speet ed,and iii the n th • •fi b p i: a :eve I „ we d by him hear the Amos M. Durand, ehisdaddressed the man, and asked him it he was aoss he concealed some arms about his person, in -1 in t n e tig , t si to and ti ws i It of f: a e t 1 \ h r. I, e aonn w l teapssa,tv: or, which ithelessai4tssw a uthor of of the letter which had been sent ; the man re adgide,afterfairlisroecwellivilnirfgoesit:l'leaenst a s c , t o contributions plied that he was not at liberty to act otherwise than he which had been fixed at 500,000 francs, to be paid by the most wea'thy that of M. Zoe Granier. At this moment the Mar seilles, n n l s med out N to unl be a a iaipolice came up an d too k the wan into custody. He ll turns t ru m in n e nd, dcoannd appeared icctionerof to Alabre. e destitute of resources. On searching his trunk, at th° house where he resided, several political pampbb ts of a republican character were found, and ti e hacks of several It tt.2rs addressed to him in the same hand• wilting as that received by M. Durand, but the letters themselves had been torn off. Ile persisted in declar ing to the police that lie had no oiler object in accost ing M. D uran d t h an to so li c it c harit t y e . r. for himself, Durand or an'i that he had not sent bins anylet' porter, on the prisoner being broughtwho had l e ft t h e into his pres ence , C declared that he WAS not the man de,cription of the person that and gave FO accurate that the him the same night. ierlim Itavani, and has been He is an Italian, named . o. . hate been in constant intercourse with Rai proved to mond. lie denied being concerned in the affair of the police were able to a a , r . res.t threatening letter. A t Armley, on Tuesday last, a poor weaver h a ving occasion to stop his loom for a few minute•, on be ginning work again, found some obstruction. On looking into its came, he discovered it to be a poor mouse, which had been so pined as to get before his shuttle to lick the o il, by %hell it was driven into tle warp and strangled to det tb.—Lceds Times. IM "„~+~