The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-18 00:00:00

14.1VENING EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TDE RVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Standard.) Ought we to regret or to rejoice at the impending dissolution of the American Commonwealth—for im pending it is? To rejoice at it, beyond all question. To rejoice at it, not merely as Englishmen, but as friends of the human race. The experiment of a great democratical government has been tried upon the largest scale, and with such advantages as the visions of Plato or More, or any other constructor of a 'perfectly happy . State, never even surmised. A 'people descended from the most intelligent and thought ful of the races of human kind—the arts of civirzation :already worked out—the treasures of literature opened :in full abundance—a fertile and an inexhaustible , country and a complete seclusion from ambitious eoeighbours—these were the advantages with which the American Commonwealth commenced its great experiment sixty years ago ; and the result of the ex. periment is a debasement 'and depravation of the na tional character, and a retrogradation of the national mind, rapid beyond any similar decline of which the history of the world affords an instance. When we speak of the debasement and depravation of the national character, need we go beyond this very case of Mr. M`Leod ; or if we need, must it not be enough to point to the universal smuggling of slaves, and the Lynchings of the abolitionists, and the invasion of Texas ? Would, or did, any of the fathers of the present race of American citizens practise such atroci ties, while, with the British connection, they were proud to participate in the generous virtues of Britons ? As to the retrogradation of the national mind, we shall but name Washington, Franklin, Adams, Patrick Henry— nay, Jefferson. The United States, while connected with England, produoed men like those we have named. What men do the same soil and the same race afford now under democratical institutions, to fill the places of the heroes of the revolution ? We cannot find them ; perhaps they are to be discovered amongst the admired of Miss Martineau. It is no less for the interest and honour of the Americans themselves than it is for the interest and honour of mankind generally, that the Union be broken up ; and broken up it will be. (From the Globe.) In the present state of excitement into which the commercial world has been thrown by the appre hensions of a rupture with the United States, ovary arrival from America is looked for with solici tude, and letters and papers from that country ac quire an interest beyond those from every other. The expeet:d arrival of the Colombia from Halifax occasioned considerable speculations as to the intelli gence she would bring ; and correspondent disappoint ment was esterday felt in the City, when, on the arrive( of the train which left Liverpool, early in the in°7-niag, it was found that the anxiously looked-for °/' Ass' had not arrived. This anxiety was, however, 'etlieved by the intelligence brought by a later train. The Colombia I s id s arrived ; and, though the intelli gence she bring not of a decided character, nor are any new fact s connected with the cause of the rup tnre, or of the angry feelings which have grown out of it, developed, we think we can discover in the tone and character of the scanty information thus supplied, sufficient to justify the firm hope and expectation that nothing will arise to reader an appeal to arms necessary. The whole of the contents of tee letters and papers hro'ught by the Colombia, so far as they relate to the Wein question of war or peace, will be found in an -ether part of our journal—papers from New York to else Ist inst., and letters and papers from Boston to t'sa eld, and from Philadelphia to the 28th ult. General Harrison, the new President, was to be sworn into ofilee on the 4th, and would immediately enter on his functions Ps Chief Magistrate of the Republic. With a change of Government there exist good reasons for anticip sting a change of tone and procedure. Tee Van Burenites had taken in dudgeon their defeat and expul sion from office, and were evide itly desirous of crab irrassing their successors by embroiling them in a dispute with England. To effeet this they lied pandered to the lowest prejudices and passions of the lowest class of the American citizens. The Pre sident, which sailed from Liverpool on the 10th ule., end was the bearer of Lord Palmerston's instructions to Mr. Fox respecting the case of l‘lr. Nl‘Leod, had been spoken at se s ; and as she had encountered very bad wea•ber ' it was calculated she woul I not reach NdW York before the 3d inst. This detention may have a favourable influence on the negotiation. - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. The following were the prices at the close of the market:— THE TRIAL STAKES.-6 to 4 agst Coronation—taken; 3.) to 1 offered he don't win it and the Derby. THE CHESTER Cur.—The following were the prices this a.ternoon. The attendance vas good. Sh to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury—taken 12 to 1 ag.-4 Colonel Cradock's Gallipot 13 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Gibraltar—offered 15 to I a;st Mr. Orde's Queen itee 16 to 1 agtt Mr. Goodman's 13e,:ford 16 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Tuley 17 to I egst Mr. Painter's Ernest the First 20 to 1 agst Sir. St. Paul's Calypso 20 to 1 agst. Major Hay's Retriever '0 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton'i The Young.un 25 to I agst Sir. Collett's Tubalcain •23 to I agst Mr. Collett's The Dean 25 to 1 agst Sir T. stanley's Cowboy 40 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Prince Albert 59 to 1 agst 31r. Griffith's Tupsley 200 to 9 agst Mr. Hornby's Charniagne. S(X/ to 13 agst Mr. Smith's The Jovial Bachelor. THE o.xxs.-7 to 1 to 501. was willingly taken on Kelge, and to 40/. on Lampoon. The top offer on the St. Leger field was 20 to 1. STATE OF TRADE• (From the Manchester Guardian ) M Axe tiEsTErt. —The unsettled state f the foreign re lations of the c runtry cantinues to exercise a meat iajut ;us effect upon the business of this town ; and Itithough the pre ant is usually considered about the best season of the yea-, though we .re blessed writ wcather Leautiful almost beyond example, and though there is a decided tendency to advance in the Liverpool Cotton market, there scarcely ever were two duller or more discouraging markets than those of vr.r terday and yesterday week. The demand both for yarn and goods—and especially for thi latter—was languid in the extreme ; and sales could not be effected at all, without serious sacrifices. Indeed, we te'izve, 27 - inch printing cloth was, in some te.v cases, sold yesterday at the lon est racy current in De e,rriber Ins., not% itlistanding the great advance in cotton wh'cir has taken place since that time; and, in domestics and si.ie inr, it ‘aas almost imporsible to effect sales to any extent at any prices Vii.tcould he :name. This discouraging state cf the market has, of course, caused a very general inclination amoi gst the spinners and manufacturers to lessen tt.e . r production, and two or three large concsrrs in thic. town have alre iniy began to work short fiat , . A simi lar. course has, we understand, br en adopted by some cf the a.p:nnera at }ley woorl, and in the neighbourhood of o:rtha r Parations are also making at St )ckport to coil. Ct the opi tbnsof the trade on the subject ; and notice has been giv n at Mace'cAelt. eg o e f nt a r-tduction to four days per week Should th e , s , t e atz of the market continue two or weeks longer,e no doubt that workirg short time will he as generalthrougho u t bow the district as it was in 1839. It it to be hoped, under t s v t e a r, d tha; this grievous neces_ i •y may be averted. We that, for acme time past, the exchanges beta eenthls assumingenunntry and the Continent have been graduallyi fthe a re tn n o d r i e favourable and heathy appearance ; and, disput-s with n c to believe America were amicably settled, there i u s g that we should have a tolerably speedy retire of and a cc:mic:lnert improvemen tin business. unfijene '' ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MARca 15. We have had but vary litt le doin g in the market to-day ; th ose who have sold have, in many instance:, b een oblig e l to Lelce less money ; the chief demand has been fur low priced goods. The wool market has been slack; a n d though there may not b e a de idcd change in price, y et wool is better to purchase at the old prices. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET , M ARCH 16.—This market wore l a very animated appearance , o win g to the fineness of the weather, a large number of buyers , and a gre at sup p y of goads. Extensive purchases were made in light fancy .woollens and other light fabrics, chiefly for the home grade. Had it not been for the bad temper of our ti ant atlantic brethren, the anticipa - ion of a brisk trade would have been fully realized. Prices have not improved, but era firm. Business in the warehouses has improved during the week ; and hopes are entertained that the aurae of war will be averted. APPEARANCE OF THE WHEAT CROP.—SOmC fears were entertained lest the wheat crops might have suffered from the severity of the winter. It gives us much pleasure to state that in this district the crops never looked better. Some of the backward sown looked yellow when it emerged from the snow, but the fine genial weather of the last week has complet e l y restored it. In the Weal we arc informed that the wheat has a fine, fresh, healthy, green appearance, which promises the most gratifying re sults. During the lase few days the weather has been the most seasonable, and the industrious cultivators have been b u sy in getting in their Lent corn, peas, beans, &c., of which a large breadth has been got in well. Hop cutting is proceeding rapidly, the bines cutting firm and well, and in some places are beginning t o shoat. The fine weather bas had a wonderful effect on the forward fruit trees, the buds of which arc bursting out luxuriantly. The only danger is that they may get too forward an d b e cut off by the frost. —Maidstone Gazette. DEATH OF LORD WROTTEp.EY.--W e regret to learn that Lord Wrottesley died on Tuesday, at bi s a at near Wolverhampton. fie would have attained his loth year bad he lived till October next. As Sir John Wrot %Way he represented the county of Stafford, on the Liberal aide, for several Parliaments ; and was made a Peer in 1838 : he was twice married, and has left a large family. His eldest son, who succeeds to the title, &c., was born in August, 1798, and married in 1821, Sophia E iiz Meth, daughter et the l a t e Th omas Giff or d, Esq., by Lady Charlotte Courtenay, sister of William late Earl of Devon. DEATH 01t LORD VALENTIA.—This Noble Lord, the eldest sea et the Earl of Mountnorris, died on Tuesday at Brighton, and was married in 183711u:ill Lordship ir was in his 48th year, late Charles James Sims, Esq. maces ' only daughter of the We hear that the Committee for managing the affairs at Lloyd's have adopted a resolution e :u2e.ll', as effect that all vessels in future shall be surveyed P by the regulations, in &der to be retained in the register book iI3 any manner. TliP, SUN, LONDON, THURSD Y, MARCH 1-3, 1841, IMPE RIA L PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Manor 17. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. STAFFORD AND RUGBY RAILWAY. Mr. GIS BORN E moved that the second reading of the Stafford and Rugby Railway Bill be post, oned un til the 24th instant, in order to allow time for the Re port of the Government Railway Commissioners (pre sented to the House on the 15th instant), on the sub ject of the best line of railway communication between London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, to be printed, and in the hands of Members, as such Report contains infor mation bearing upon the merits of the proposed measure. The Hon. Gentleman addressed the House at cons:- derable length, but the noise was so great, that it was quite impossible to hear a single word in the gallery. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON was also from the same cause quite inaudible in the gallery. We under stood the Noble Lord to refer to the Report of Sir Frederick Smith, and to say that there was nothing in it that directly affected the Bill. But whatever was in it, he would give notice of a motion which should bring it under the full consideration of the Committee. Ho thought the House would see no reason for delay ing the second reading of the Bill, and he should there fore oppose the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. LABOUCHERE said ho did not rise for the purpose of expressing any opinion on the merits of this Bill, but, on the contrary, he did not consider this to be a case on which the situation in which ha stood called upon him to express an opinion. He thought it was a subject on which every Member of the House could give an opinion, and he should therefore act in accordance with his general rule, namely, to abstain from all interference with the private business of the House, except some principle was involved which he thought called for his interference. The only reason, therefore, for his rising was to ask the House to allow him to make an observation on account of an allusion that had been made to the Report of Sir Frederick Smith. That Report was upon the table of the House, but was not printed. But he (Mr. La bouchere) had asked Sir Frederick Smith yesterday what was the nature of his observations on this particular rail way. Sir Frederick Smith assured him they were entirely of an incidental nature, and did not go at all into detail; consequently he (Mr. Labouchere) felt bound to state that he thought the House would be satisfied there was no reason to delay the consideration of that Bill on account of the Report of Sir F. Smith. Whether was advisable that the Bill should be read a second time to-day, it was not his intention to express any opinion, but he thought it his duty to furnish the House with such information as he possessed, to enable them to come to a correct conclusion on the subject. Mr. WILBRAHAM wished to state the reasons why ho should vote against the second reading of the Bill. He had voted two years ago in fa vour of the original Bill, but it was then in a different situation. It was then an extension Bill. But the Bill which the House had passed was aban doned—( Hoar, hear)—and therefore the whole Vaing now stood in a different position. It was then an ex- • tension Bill, but now there was no other place to ex - end it to, and therefore, though he voted for the former measure, he was consistent in opposing the present. The Bill was only brought in for the purpose of stand ing in the way of any great measure which might come before the Hoase in the course of a fow years. The ob ject was merely to pre-occupy the ground. The promoters of the Bill never intended to carry the project into exe cution. They desired to exclude any more direct commu nication with the central and manufacturing, districts than was afforded by the Grand Junction Railway. They wanted to perpetuate the monopoly of that line. He therefore thought himself bound to oppose the Bill, and if it were not withdrawn he would vote for its being read a second time this day six months. Mr. MARK PHILIPS was surprised to hear the statement of his Hon. Friend. It was true that although he was so near to his Noble Friend, he had not been able to hear one word of his argument.—( Hear, and a laugh.) He heard him say at tho close of his speech, that the only intention of the projectors was to pre-occupy the ground against any other railway. On the contrary, lie could assure the House that his Honourable Friend had formed a very erroneous estimate of the character and motives of the gentleman who had promoted this Bill. Ho (Mr. Philips) hell in his hand a petition from a large number of the most respect ,ble inhabitants of Manchester in favour of the measure, and he could assure the House that the dis tricts which would Le affected by it were almost unani mous in its favour, and that it would undoub!e'lly he completed if t'-e house gal dit the sanction propesA in the preie it Bill. No 8.11 had cvar been more thoroughly sifted in Committee than this.—(Hear.) Tne estimates whicli were hid before the Committee in 1839 had never bon questioned, and they were as moderate as any that ever were known. The le•.e's were of the rco t favourable kind, and tt.e whole line was calculated greatly to improve the com munication betwee❑ the central counties and Liverpool and the metropolis. The money had been bona file subscribed, and 10 per cent. had been dcpositel. fist BA had been w;t:idratvn in consequence of the :tate of the money market. But in the short time :hat had since dapsel the rew Company had been !ornieJ, and J' its capital bad been subscribed, notwith- staiding that it was proposed at a time when the inoncy market was still depressed. Tnis showed the confidence of the public in tie utility of the measure, and in the intu;tions of the projectors.—(Hear, hear, and cries of .‘ Question.") S:r ROBERT PEEL supposel that any Gealeman who called " Que tion," would vote for the motion that the Bill be referred to a Committee.—(Hear, hear.) Ile supposed they agreed with him that the House w:is oat the fitteit arena for the discussion, and that it 3 merits could best 12e ascertaired ahcva ttirs.—(Hear.) He bad a duty on this occasion to perform to his coo stitu-nts, who had ettrustel him with a petition, signed by 700 of the most respect able inhabitant 3 of Tam worth, in favour of the 13:11. He agreed with the Right Hon. GeAleman opposite (Mr. Libouchere) that a gentleman in his (Mr. L.'s) position in that House ought not to interfere with a private measure, unless it involved some public principle. AlthOugh be (Sir It. Peel) was only a private individual, act from his long conresion with office, it might, he supposed that he pos posted some influence with a part of the House, and be therefore abstained on the same principle as the Right Hon. Gentleman frond interfering in private measures. —(He a r, hear.) But. the interest which his constitu czits felt in this 811 obliged him, as their representative, to state his reason for giving it his support, assuring Hon. Gentlemen at the some time that he had net or at tempted to influence the vote of any individual upon the subject. The proposed railway had several reeom • mendations. In the first place it would connect the two important termini, London and Liverpool, with the inland countica, by a communication 9} miles shorter between Manchester and Liverpool, and 9} miles shorter in the line with London, the gra!ients on the new line were much more favour able than on the oil line, and of course it was a coni- peting line as regarded so much of the London and Bir minhamline, and so much of the Grand Junction line ,s extende 1 from Rugby on the one hand and Staf ford on the Lthe-. It professel to make a new hoe r.long the valley of the Trent, which was the most judicious line, taking into consideration the features of the country. Now, the average of the gradients on the presort line were one in 545, in a length of 501 miles ; the average of the gradients on the proposed line were one in 650, in a distance of 39 miles, trEcting a saving of 9i mil:s and obtaining much better gradients by taking the valley of the Treat, which iva3 the proper line of level. Toe subject had been before previous Committees of that House , and he trusted they w ou ld not now sanct i on any further se delay. A great portion of th e same li no was before the House in 1839, and it was met in this way--459 objections of a trivial charaettr were 4G dbefore the Committee of Peti oommitcteoce, t a a n n d di o ns nly o Orders C a , battle House after ow f odu el dl a fourdelay. e heard days t a i ,v y i rne s , Peti tions, i h o e n s s , these objections were referred to Orders Th Committee dismissed mttte e for sixty-two discussion the Standing all.—(Hear, bear.) them mind that the Bill was in days, and the battle fought was a m Committeethe interestirl of h Selection, five se c,lN,lheembehresd ch n o o sen lo b e y ,i :ler° placed on the Committee. t Th e e the whole of the ca!e, and the whole of the y looted Membe rs, consisting of gentlemen who bad s no e. local interes t, were in favour of the Bill, and ca me to a resolution to the following effect. It was a very singular one , and only justified by the nature of the opposition the Bill had received :—" That the Committee, after an inquiry unusually pro tracted, had come to a resolution in favour of the 13;11, and in case the late period of the Session at which their labours had terminated, would render the parties unable to submit a Bill to the other House of Parliament, they advised the House that every facility should be afforded to the promoters of the Bill in a fu ture Session, that the ru!es of the House per. mittcd.—( Hear, hear.) Now, he did not mean to deny that the present was an important com petitor to existing lines. It was a formidable one from itq very nature. They could not save nine and a half miles between Liverpool and London, or between London and Manchester. They could not have a lino without tunnels and very favourable gradients without making it a formidable competitor to the existing lines. But was it right that them great monopolies the House has created should have the power of crushing every rival establishment, on the ground of an interference with their interests. What became of the interests of the postmasters and the canal companies, when these rail ways were first established? Was it not said that these interests must give way to the convenience and advantage of the public ? and now these monopolists turned round and told the House, that it must have a regard for vested interests, and that it must on no account interfere with the me nopoly of the existing Railway Companies. If the House of Commons refused inquiry into a proposal like the present for a competing line, they would be perpetuating one of the completest monopolies that ever was established, If the opposing party said that they were a small establishment, making very small profits, and that their success was yet doubtful, there might b, some ground for the present opposi tion. But what was the fact with regard to the London and Birmingham Railway. He could assure the House that 20,000/. had been offered to the promoters of the present scheme to induce them to withdraw it, and the London and Birmingham Company were well able to make such an offer. What were these profits. They had divided 10 per cent. upon their paid up capital. But let them compare the value of the shares on the Ist Feb. 1841, with the original outlay. The profit then was 3,737,500/. That was compar ing the then price of shares with the outlay upon the railway. They had made that of profit, and there fore he thought they had no right to come for ward and oppose the establishment of another undertak ing. There was one objection to this railway, and only one ; he did not wish to hide it from the House, the proposed line was intended to join the two other lines at two points of existing railways. The question for consideration was, would the public safety be compromised by such junction—would the saving in point of time ex ceed the delay which must necessarily take place consequence of the precautions requisite for the public in safety. That was a fit subject for consideration, but it was for the consideration of a Committee ; let them send the Bill to a Committee, and let them call Sir F. Smith before the Committee, and inquire fully into the merits of the whole case. A fair case had been made out for sending the Bill to be considered in Committee, and after the opposition which the Com pany had met with, he trusted the House would not permit an effectual opposition to be made to it in that stage. He appealed to the gentlemen of Ireland, and the gentlemen of Scotland—they were deeply inte rested in the matter, and, with their assistance, he trusted the Bill would be fairly considered in a Com mittee up stairs. Lord STANLEY said that whatever might be the decision to which the HOMO might come, he hoped that they would not be led away by that argument to their own impatience which his Right Hon. Friend (Sir R. Peel) had addressed to them—(Hear, hear)—because although it might be very convenient for gentlemen who were tired of a discussion, to say that it was not a subject fit for their consideration, there was no place where it could be so well considered as in that House. But the same time although ques tions .might often be very conveniently considered in Committee, yet such a plan was often attended with great expense and other disadvantages. If the House had a reasonable doubt whether there was sufficient ground for c msidering the matter in Committee they ought not to consult their own convenience, and subject parties to unnecessary expense and unnecessary waste of time. If he did not mistake, his Right Hon. Friend had lately sated to the House that the parties interested in this railway had already lost a sum of 9,000/. or 10,000/. in discussions and conflicts as to whether the undertaking should be con tinued or not. If his recollection did not de ceive him, his Right Honourable Friend had sug gested that with a view to get rid of the expense and inconvenience of referring the matter to a Committee, the matter should be submitted to the decision of Sir Frederick Smith, who was to be consulted as to the propriety of sanctioning the project. For his own part he had no interest, direct or indirect, in the transaction, and he had no communication with any of the parties concerned in it since the commencement of the Session. If he had any interest in the matter it was that as he travelled very frequently backwards and for wards on the Grand Junction Reilway,his journey should be accomplished as rapidly and as economically as possible. He had, therefore, no other interest in the matter than that which must be felt by the Hon. Members for Man chester, or the Hon. Members for Scotland or for Ire land, to whose feelings his Right Hon. Friend had ap pealed in the latter part of his argument. His Right Hon. Friend, the President of the Board of Trade, had, as it appeared to him, thrown an invidious objec tion in the way of the motion of the Hon. Member for Ca-low. His Right Hon. Friend had said that he had seen the opinion of Sir Frederick Smith privately, and that that opinion could cot materially affect the question. Now he (Lord Stanley) had been given to understand that Sir Frederick Sinithjn commenting on the best, the cheapest, and most rapid line of communication be tween London and Edinburgh, and London and Dub lin, had expressed an opinion that the saving of ten miles to be accomplished by the proposed railway might be coun terbalanced by the loss of time et the new terminus, and the fact of a change of engines being unnecessary. He would refer for a moment to the question of time. He quite agreed that alloy of those questions to which his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth had adverted were questions for the Committee, and not for the consideration of the House ; but if it should bae, accomplished i il h e e a d r to b y t the House expenditure that no of great nat isaving capital,voull be accomplished, and that there was no great reason to apprehend that there would ho any competition what ever, and mnreov.ar that this caving of time was to be I amounting to 1 ; 300,000/., or 1,500,000/, then the \ ' House ought to pause before it came to such a decision. The. Grand Junction Company made their arranae . nents in conjunction with the London and Birrningbau Rail way, and they so timed the arrival of the trains in Birmingham, as to leave no greater interval for stop page than was necessary to proceed from one train to the other. When they arrived at Rugby, they had to wait till the train came in from Birmingham ; gentlemen might prefer waiting at Tamworth. They must wei', till the train arrived from Birmingham, to carry them en to London. Therefore, el:hough gentle,nen might suppose that there would be sornee hat less time occupied in the actual operation of travelling, yet as between Liverpool and London, or Manchester and London, it was his firm conviction that not even the saving of a single ten minutes as between Liver pool and London would be effected by the pro posed expenditure of l ,300,000/.—( Hcar, hear.) His Right Honourable Friend who had just sat down had said that he would not attempt to conciliate any interest on the other side by denying that there would be a formidable competition. He (Lord Stanley) did not seek to gain support on that side of the House when he declared that, in his opinion, there would be no competition whatever. The argument of his Hen. Friend the Member for Chester vitas a correct one ; that if the plan had been to carry on the line to Manche.qer, instead of merely to Rugby, then there would have been competition, because then there would have been an inilep..ndent terminus. But what did this line propose to do? His Right Hon. Friend had said, with all the ingenuity and art with which he knew so well how to dress up a state ment for that llouse—(Loud cheers from the Minis terial benches)—his Right lion. Friend had said look et the important termini of this Railway—you have London on the one side, and Manchester, with the manufacturing districts, and Liverpool, on the other, and if you look to further termini, if the expression of a terminus beyond a terminus be allowable, you have Ireland as a terminus on the one side, and Scotland as a terminus on the other. Now, with all respect to his Right Hon. Friend, he (Lord Stanley) must be excused for saying that this statement was en tirely a mistake. The termini were the highly-re spectable but certainly not very important or opulent towns of Rugby on the one side and Stafford on the other ; and there was no other terminus whatever. Go where they would, travellers by this road must join the Grand Junction at one end, and at the other the London and Birmingham, and those railways might in consequence crush in the bud any infant competition. If the object was to produce competition, it should be a competition of independent linns, but to expect any advantageous corn peftion from inferior and dependent lines, needed not the experience of the North of England and Mid. land Railway to prove an entire delusion. These shorter lines must always regulate their movements by the greater lines; terms of agreement would be come to between them, and who ever entertained a hope that an inferior and dependent line could successfully enter into competition with a larger and independent lino would inevitably be disappointed.—(Hear, hear.) He was obliged to the House for the kindness with which they had heard him, and regretted exceedingly that any vexatious delay had been inter posed in consequence of the Standing Orders last ses sion. He never had been and never would be a party to such vexatious delay. He thought the lion. Mem ber had better consent to withdraw his amendment, and of e l e tb out ocuns o andf saving n of increased time an pd ohlio accommodation, expense, of reduction th e sense o f t h e H ouse upon the plain quest i on, a whether i n th e i r j u d gment a sufficient case had been m teonosram fares,nction th e expen di ture of 1,500,000/., bes i des the benefit of lawyers and pensesandvexatio n u g s en d t e e, la h y o s twhoifchn,o other persons, gra persons, inevitably attended the subjecting of any Rail way Bill to a Parliamentary investigation.—( Cheer s.) Mr. GISBORNE rose amidst cries of " Divide," which renderdedhihsim e the ar amendment completely inaudible,(We understoods)soon after resum e. Strangers were then ordered thadnrdawhen. t o withdraw, and the House divided, whe n there appeared— For the second reading of the 13111 94 Against it... ........... Majurity against t h e . s • ...... ;1;;;:i ing : On our return to the g a ll ery we found ound 6 1%rd STANLEY making an observation which excited e' it considerable laugh t er i n the House, b ut which was not understood in t he gallery. The N o bl e Lord also said that he was incorrect in stating that he had had no communication with any perso n on the sub ject, as he now recollected having spoken tu a gentle man respecting it. The Charity Inclosure Bill was read a second time, and referred to a Select Committee. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET moved that the Members for Monmouth be added to the Committee on the Severn Navigation Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE would offer the motion every opposition in his power. It might be proper that the House should alter its rules for the regulation of private business, but so long as these rules existed, they ought to be strictly adhered to. There were many practical difficulties which would arise, if the present motion was acceded to. There were other Gentlemen connected with the adjacent counties who had very naturally and properly given notice of similar motions, and which, if the present was acceded to, they could not refuse. On these grounds he should certainly oppose the motion. Mr. H. BERKELEY said his constituents were deeply interested in the Bill, and he had voted for the second reading. He was, however, perfectly satisfied with the jurisdiction to which it had been referred. If the House thought it proper to add any other M •mber to the Committee, he would feel it his duty to move to add his own name.—(A laugh.) Mr. G. BERKELEY said the county of Gloucester was also deeply interested in the fate of the Bill, and if the House found that its rules were bad, and worked injustice, the sooner they departed from them the better. It was a complete farce to refer such a Bill to the Worcester list—everybody knew how they would vote. He thought many more gentlemen ought to be added to the Committee. He would, therefore, cordially sup port the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. WINNINGTON said the Bill had been very properly referred to the Worcester List, because all the works contemplated by the Bill were in Worcestershire. Mr. EASTHOPE opposed the motion. He thought the county of Monmouth had no such interest in the undertaking as should induce the House to contravene the Standing Orders in behalf of its Members. Mr. HOPE said the Hon. Member for Worcester had admitted that there was partiality in the Worcester Members with respect to this Bill, because he said there would be 18 against, and 12 for, the Bill. Such an admission was an argument why the other interest should be represented. They did not desire to obtain a preponderating interest, in point of numbers. A great deal had been said abaut the practice of the House. That was the first Session, and the first case of any importance, in which the Stand ing Orders had come into question. On former occa sions it was usual to have all the Members upon the Committee who might be supposed to be interested. Sir EARDLEY WILMOT said be proposed the Members for Birmingham because he believed that that neighbourhood was interested, and he thought it fair that they should be appointed. Lord G. SOMERSET said the Hon. Member for Worcestershire had assumed that the interest of Mon mouthshire was adverse to the Bill. The county of Monmouth was to contribute very largely to the forma tion of these works, and should, therefore, have a voice in the arrangements with respect to them. If the county of Worcester would have the goodness to pay for the works, they would then be allowed to monopo lise the whole matter. Alll he wished was to have a Committee which should fairly discuss the merits of the question. Straneers were then ordered to withdraw. No divi sion, however, took place, and on our re-admission to the gallery we found, Mr. C. WYNN on his legs. He contended that a Bill like the present for regulating the navigation of the whole course of a large river could nst be considered in the light of a strictly Local all. Mr. W ARBURTON thought the House ought to adhere to the Standing Orders. To the Members con nected with the locality immediately affected by the Bill, there had been added a sufficient number of Members unconnected with it, to secure impartiality. If addi tional Members for places interested in the Bill were put upon the Committee ; then a corresponding num ber of important Members should also be added. If the Standing Orders were improper they ought to alter them, but whilst they existed they ought not to break through them for any individual case. After a few words from Sir G. GREY, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion B4 Against it ll7 Majority agAinst the motion -33 Sir GEORGE CLERK moved, that the pct . tion of David Robertson (presented March 16), together with th 3 Poloe. and Govan Railway Bill, be referred to the Seect Committee on Petitions for privats Bills to consider and report thereon. As the t'rne of the House had been alre idy occupied at such length by private business, he should not detain them by entering into any detailed statement of the facts in the petition. Mr. LOCKHART felt great regret in opposing the motion of his Noble Friend, but the Bill was evidently a third class Bill, and the proper notices had not been given. Sir GEORGE GREY also opposed the motion, which was then withdrawn. Mr. W. MILES, moved for returns of the amount of salaries and other payments receive 1 in 1840, by the Poor-law Commissioners, clerks, and directors, and all other expenses incidental to that deputment. MEDICAL PROFESSION. On the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Medical Profession Bill being moved, almost every Member of the House rose to present a petition for or against the Bid, amidst great laughter. Petitions sv:xo presented against the Bill from the medical practitioners of Kent, 131etchingly, Bury St. Edmond's, Spalding, Bedford, Brighten, Somerset, the Royal College of Surgeons of London, from Mancl:es ter, Wolverhampton, Walsal, Northaroptan, Welling borough, Carnarvon, Bath, Exeter, Dawlish, TauntGn, Sidmouth, South Molten, Cheverley, Bridport, Lime house, the British Medical Association, Stock port, Manchester, Winchester, the Pot:ntees of Medicine, and the Governor and Company of the Apothecaries' 11,11 of Dublin, and other places inc; in favour of the Bill, from the medical prarAioners of Elinhurvh, from Perth, from Cornwa, the Lie of Wight, Carlisle, from the Cour.c 1 of the Medical As sociation, from delegates of the various Medical Asso ciations assembled in London, from Gateshead, and other places. Mr. SHAW had received a letter from the Com pany of Apothecares' Hall of Dublin, who were ex tremely anxious that the measure should be postpo:ed until the profession were made acquainted with its pro .. visions. Sir THOMAS TROUBRIDGE really hoped the Hon. Member would not proceed with his Pill, because it appeared to meet with very general opposition. The army and navy surgeons were against it, and every party complained that they were unacquainted with its pro visions. Mr. WAKLEY hoped the Hon. Member would go on with the Bill to-night, if he meant it to be read a se cond time at all. Mr. M‘LE AN understood that the College of Sur geons were pre paring a measure on the subject, ant i l if the Hon. Member postponed his Bill for a little, he might 1:e elle to improve it very materially. After a few words from Mr. PRYME, Mr. HAWES slid he saw reason whatever for postponing tLe zecond reeling of his 1311. He n t ro thats thaoiktwe was that a su p a theps plan suddenly dl supported l h y e aand and without should compress whatever he had to saj on the subject into as small a compass al possible. bwt adopted seine hvvo uats d n il e o l e t was b a e r c a a t prepared to o of the most distinguished medical men now living— supported not only by men who had given evic'eace on the Committee, but bye others who by their publica tions, and by the public proceedings of their own pa, ti cuter bodies, sanctioned, to a greater or less extent, the measure which he now proposed. All the witnesses examined before the Committee concurred that there should be some one superinten ling body constitute 1, to which the interests of the profession should be entrusted. It also appeared in evidence, that the medical body had no confidence in the existing Medical Corporation, and and that that corporation had not the power to protect its o vn diploma. He would refer to the case of Dr. Harrison in support of that statement. That gentle man was in great practice as a physician and surgeon, without being a licentiate of the College of Physicians, and yet. on showing that his practice was of a surgical, not a medical nature, he evaded any penalties which the College might be enabled to inflict upon him. The College of Physicians, as it now stood, did not re present the great body of that profession. With regard to the Apothecaries' Company, it was impossible that it could obtain the con fidence of the profession at large. It was not, then, matter of surprise that the medical practitioners, who derive no advantage from the corporate body, should bo desirous of some change being made. The Hon. Gen tleman here referred to a pamphlet written by Sir C. Bell, to show that there were the most ample grounds for calling on Parliament tointerfere on the part of the Government, and create some new body, with new powers, for the benefit of the profession. The extracts read from the pamphlet by the Hon. Gentleman, went to show that the College of Surgeons knew that the young men, proposing themselves as candidates for di plomas, were improperly and imperfectly educated— that they were crammed with words, but knew nothing of their business. That state of things lasted during thirty years of Sir C. Bell's experience. It had been suggested that it would be a more advisable coarse to reform the existing corporation ; but if he attempted to do so, he should be just as strongly opposed. He did not propose to affect existing corporations.—(Hear, hear.) He had turned to the evidence given be fore the Committee that sat in 1534, to look for principles and authorities by which he could shape his course. He would refer to a high authority in fa vour of a General Board (that of Dr. Kidd), which was decidedly in favour of the plan embodied in his Bill. Was it to be supposed his plan was unsup ported up to this time ? Even in 1834, Sir Benjamin Brodie had given evidence before the Committee in ft your of a General Board, Mr. Green, who had re cently published pamphlets on the subject, which were entitled to great attention, gave similar evidence in fa vour of this measure. He could also quote the names of Drs. Elliotson, Arnott, and others, as entertaining similar opinions. No one would contend that there should not bo a well qualified body of medical practi tioners, or that the present system was calculatld to create or maintain such a body. To show that at pre sent there was not such a body, he would state that out of 1,830 who had been engaged under the new Poor law Act, there were 900 who possessed no regular qua lification.—(Hear.) He had referred to high autho rities, Brodie, Elliotson, Cooper, and others, by whom his measure was supported. There had been no petitions against this Bill as a Medical Bill. Some medical corporations were opposed to it, becauso. they would be placed under surveillance if it became law. But the great corporations in Eugland, Scotland, and I, a end had not disapproved of it. \V,th respect to the chemists and druggists, he never had any intention of interfering with their trades ; and to guard against the Bill having an injurious effect upon them a clause pre pared by the solicitor to that body had been introduced into the Bill. He proposed, instead of the nineteen self-elected corporations which at present had the whole government of the profession, this Bill should constitute one council, to be elected by the whole of the profes sion. He regretted that the measure had not been taken up by abler hands, but as there was no Bili on the subject before the House, he was induced to un dertake the introduction of one. In conclusion, he could only say, that it received the approbation of the greatest part of the medical profession in Great Britain and Ireland, and now moved the second reading of the Bill. Mr. E WART seconded the motion. Whoever looked at the state of the medical profession must see that it was in a state of disorder, and that it required the amendment that would be supplied by the present Bill. Mr. DARBY was surprised that the Hon. Member for Lambeth, in quoting the opinions of eminent authorities, should have overlooked the provisions of his own Bill. The Bill, as it stood at present, would only affect professional men connected with public institu tions. Its provisions differed widely from its preamble. An HoN. MEmnEtt here said he was sorry to inter rupt the Hon. Member, but he begged to move that the House be counted. Strangers were, accordingly, ordered to withdraw, when there being only thirty-three Members present, the House adjourned at a Quarter to Eight o'Ciock. A HIGHLAND OUTLAW -DEFI- ANCE TO THE CIVIL POWERS. ( Abridged from di - J - Inverness Courier.) About the centre of Loch Quoich, under the shadow of two high mountain terraces, streaked with snow, is a small island, scarcely more than half an acre in extent, on which are seen a few birch trees. It is about a quarter of a mile. from the nearest mountain, and is as solitary as the heart of hermit or recluse could desire. On this spot resides a Highlander, now old and stern, who bids defiance to all the civil powers, and lives a free denizen of nature. Some forty years ago, Ewan MePtiee, a fine sprightly, athle tic Highland lad, enlisted in a regiment of which his proprietor was an officer. He was promised, or was led to believe, that he would soon be preferred in the army. He went through his exercises with correct ness and regularity, but preferment came not, and Ewan deliberately one day marched out of the ranks, and betook himself to the hills. His retreat was discovered, and two files of soldiers were sent to apprehend him. With the concurrence of the late Glengarry, Ewan was seized, handcuffed, and carried off a prisoner. As the party proceeded through Stratherick, the dauntless Highlander watched a favourable opportunity, made a tremendous leap over a precipice, and bounded off from his escort. The party discharged their muskets after him, but without effect, and, hi caking off his handcuffs, by dashing them against a rock, Ewan was ;again a free man among the wilds. He established himself . oa Lochiel's property in Corrybuie, an out-ofahe-world retreat, where he lived unmole tad for many years, hunt ing, fishing, and rearing goats, without any man daring to make him afraid or presuming to speak of rent. As a companion was wanting to soften or enliven his sortude, Ewan wooed, won, and ran off with a clamed of fourteen, now his wife, and the mother of five children. At length, however, the law prevailed for a time, and the adventurer was ejected from Corrybuie. He sub mitted quietly, and took refuge in this little island in Loch Quoich, where he deems him self safe and impregnable. With turf and birch trees he raised a hut, and found or made a boat to enab'e him to communicate with the mainland. He has about fifty goats, which he quarters on the neigh bouring hills, and his gun and rod, we suppose, supply him with fish and game. In winter the situation of this lonely family must be awful. Ewan's strong, mus cular, and handsome frame is still clad in the Highland costume, and he never ventures abroad without his dirk by his side. Some of the tenants fear him from his daring character, and others reverence him for his supposed witchcraft or supernatural power, which is firmly believed in the glen. In this way, a boll of meal now and then, and perhaps a sum of money, finds its way to the lonely island, and the home of the outcast is made glad in winter. He believes himself that he is possessed of a charmed life, but a loaded gun is constantly at his bed-side during the night, and his dirk is ever ready by day, to supply mortal means of defence. When Mr. Edward Ellice visited Glen Quoich, after purchasing the property. Ewan called upon him, like a dutiful vassal in the old feudal time, doing homage to his liege lord, and presented some goats' milk as a peace-offering. His terms were simple but. decisive. He told Mr. Ellice, not that he would pay rent for his island, but that he would not molest the new laird, if the new laird did not disturb him in his possession ! The grizzled aspect, intrepid bearing, and free speech of the bold outlaw struck the Englishman with sur prise, and Ewan instantly became a sort of favour. itc. It is probable he will not again be disturbed : for the island is not worth a shilling to any person but Ewan M'Phee, and it would be cruel to dispos sess even this daring and desperate man, now upwards of sixty years of age. The situation of his family, growing up in wild neglect and barbarism, is the most painful circumstance ir. Ewan's singular story. His wife is still compaeatively a young and agreeable-looking person, and as she had some education, it is probable she may teach her ebil lree a knoeledgeof their letters, and same outline of Christian duty and belief. Of this, however, the people of ttee glen arc wholly ignorant. The few who hale had intercourse with Evan represented him as strongly attached to his family, and of thie, we bad indirectly a sort of proof on the day we were in the glee. One of E man's children bad died died in his soli!ary Patmes, which was destitute of neigl.- hourly aid or consolation. Overwhelmed with grief the old man took his boat and crossed to a shepherd's hut, begging the shepherd to assist him in making a coffin for the dead child, as he could not steady his hand under the blow of this calamity. " Oee touch of nature makes the whole world kin," says Siiakspi are. The assistance was freely given ; some birch staves were formed into a coffin, and the child hill, in a day or two, be interred in a spot exactly suited to Esan's last Ca and character ; for the ancient church-yard used by the simple people of Glen Quoich is also an island, small in extent, which rises out of the waters of the Quoich, near its junction with the lake. This incident is in keeping with the whole history of this wild, unconquered Highlander —one of the last tvrei of a fierce and hardy race, in whose nature strong Passions were mingled, both for good and for ca. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, MARCH 16. —ln the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General, yesterday, a Royal Message was received, with a project of law and explanatory memoir, on expropriation for the public benefit. These documents were referred to the Sections, after which the following letter was read by the clerk : " To the President of the Second Chamber of the States- General. _ " Sir,-1 have had the honour to receive your letter of the 1 I th, with an extract from the Journal of the Secoi:::! Cham ber, dated the 10th instant, according to which the Chambe, resolved to apply to me respecting a petition of Mr. Lipman, advocate at Amsterdam, complaining that the King's Commi:- sioners had voted, at a late election of two members of the Chamber, in the Assembly of the Provincial Esfatei of North Holland. . " As the Governors of the Provinces were acquainted by me ye-terday, by his Majesty's orders, with the desh e that they should henceforth make no use of the right which they enjoy by the existing regulation, to take part in the voting in the Provincial Assemblies at the elections of members of the Second Chamber of the States-General, I must consider the object of the petition in question as having fallen to the ground; at the same time I take the liberty of observing that the s econding of the Royal resolution of the Bth of June, _lB9O, prevents me from complying with the resolution of the Cham ber in this case. The Min'ster of the Interior, " DE KOCK." After very animated debates on various motions that were brought forward, it was in the end resolved to ask the Minister of the Interior for further information. —,Dutch Papers, March 16. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is, we regret to hear, suffering from influenza at Kensington Palace, which compelled his Royal Highness to keep his bed on Tuesday. EMBARRASSING MODE OF DESCRIPTION.— It may be well to put young persons on their guard against adopting one form of expression, which more frequently, perhaps, than any other leads to hesitation and absurdity, and which ar i ses f rom a tt em pting corn parisons before tha object of comparison is decided upon. Insteid of the convenient description very high, very low, extremely rapid, remarkably beauti ful, &c., wo hear, Oh 1 it was as high as I don't know what; it was as rapid as—any thing. The moment the little word as is uttered on each side of an ad jective the mi=chief begins. It was as dark as dark 1 I was as warm as could be. Then (in another form of speech) exagg:rations are sometimes resorted to for re lief: I ran like—lightning ; he roared like— thunder ; it rained.—cats and dogs; I was tired-- to death. Yet these absurdities are less embarrassing to the speaker than the comparisons first noticed. If at once hardness and adamant be thought of ; a minute flamo and a glowworm ; a welcome stranger and the ing sun; or in more familiar matters, rough ness and a file ; smoothness and glass, &c., &e. ; com parisons may be easily and sometimes very expressively made. But hurrying into as as is another affair. The ex qusite declared that the soda water poured out for him was as flat as as flat as—,—a board 1 A lady complimenting her hostess at tea table, exclaimed that actually the coffee was so fine, it was as clear as—.a bell 1 Thus a clearness of effect upon the ear was applied to a description for the eye. And a similar absurdity was committed by the lover eulogizing to his mistr•ss the brilliance of the moon, which made the evening as light as—really as light as—a cork ! the Smith and Dolier Copy Books. INDIA HOUSE EAST (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) MONUMENT TO THE MARQUIS OF WELLESLEY The CHAIRMAN brought forward the motion respecting the erection of a monument to the Marquis of Wellesley, .and said in submitting for the adoption of the Court a proposA to add one more to the s atues of the distinguished and eminent men by which this place is adorned, it will be unnecessary to oc cupy any considerable portion of time. The merits of the Marquis of Welles!ey are well known—they have been very recently discussed in this Court, and most honourably recog nised by the East India Company ; they need no panegyric— nor does the gratitude of the East India Company require either argument or eloquence to call it into action. Nearly 40 years have elapsed since the close of his Lordship's Administration, but the events by which it was marked are fresh in our recol lection, as though of recent occurrence, and of those also wh o have read his admirable papers. The Marquis Wellesley ar rived in India at a period when the country was surrounded with peril—when the peace and security of that country were exposed to the most imminent dangers from within and from with out, when it required the mind of a man of Isis talent to rescue it from danger. It was his glorious destiny to place the British empire in India in a position of honour and safety which it had never before attained. His energetic mind embracing in one comprehensive view all the elements of Indian power, enabled him to combine them for the benefit alike of that country and his own. He selected, with unerring and intud. tive judgment, the instruments best calculated to carry out his magnificent plans ; while, by the force of that influence which great minds exercise over their fellow-men, he ernbued them with his own spirit, and directed vast distant and compli cated operations with a degree of precision scarcely to be looked fur in the most ordinary transactions. The sagacity with which he selected officers for high trusts, was not more remark able than the generous confidence which he reposed in their exertions, and the liberality with which he ascribed to • them the chief merit of his own successful measures. • Nor was this liberality confined to those engaged in great military and political duties ; it pervaded every branch of the administration, and a spirit of zealou s and honourable emulation, of kindly feelings towards the natives was excited or encouraged in the civil service to the extent which contributed less conspicuously indeed, but not less assuredly than his military and political achievements, to the honour of the British name, and to the prosperity of British India. The CHAIRMAN, after describing at considerable length the beneficial results of the administration of the Noble Marquis in India, concluded by moving—That the resolution of the Court of Directors to erect a statue in honour of his Lordship be approved. A great number of Members spoke in support of the mo tion, which was carried by acclamation. On the motion being put the Court rose as one man, and cheered for several minutes. After the transaction of some other business of no public in terest the Court adjourned. MURDER IN SYDNEY. MURDER OF MR. ASSISTANT SURVEYOR STAPYLTON AND ONE OP HIS PARTY BY TIIE BLACK § AT NIORETON ItAY, (From the Sydney _Herald of Sept. 2.) . _ . On Tuesday aftecnOon,the 2d of June, five of the men belonging to the surveying party of Assistant Surveyor S!apy lton arrived at the cattle station at Cowpen's Plains, and reported that that officer and two of his men had bcen murdered by the blacks on the preceding Sunday, at a spot about fonrtcen miles eastward from Mount Lindsay, and about 80 miles by the dray track from Pie settlement. Inte'lige;:ce was despatched forthwith to Li.?utenant Gor man, the Commandant at Brisbane Town, and that officer, with his usual and well-known promptitude and alacrity, immediately repaired to Cowpen's Plains, and took the men's depositions. They stated that on Sunday, the 31st of May, Mr. S•apylton directed them to a passage for the dray across the creek, about a mile from the encampment. That they left the tents for that purpose about eight A.m., leaving behind them Dunlop and Tuck, with Mr. Stapytton, and having finished their work they returned about tr.% e:ve at noon. On coming within a hundred yards cf the tents they found Dunlop lying on the ground in great agony from a wound on the head, and apparer4ly To their interrogatories all the reply he was all,: to give them was—" I told you so, I told you so." They then ran up to Mr. Stapylton's teat, and, looking into it, they found les lifeless body lying on the ground, partly covered with a tarpaulin, and stripped. There was a spear-wound in the left breast, and one side of the head was much bruised near the eye. Tuck was lying dead under a tar paulin, which he generally used as a tent, but they did not look particularly where he was wounded. All the boxes were broken open, and the provisions and firearms car ried off. Finding tne arms gone, and fearing that the blleks would pay them another visit, they started with all speed for the EC tlement. On Wednesday meriting, the 3d, the Cemmandant de spatched a corporal and six privates belonging to the de tachment at Brisbane Town, guided by the men of Mr. S.'s party who had escaped, with all possible speed to the spot; and on the following morning he and Assistant- Sur geon Ballow followed on horseback. A boat well manned and armed was at the same time despatched under the command of Mr. Whyte, the Commandant's clerk, to ap prise of the circumstance and put on his guard Mr. Dixon, sea., surveyor, who (with his other assistant, Mr. \Varner) was t a ing the coast, and extending his trigonometrical survey from the Logan River southward to the Richmond. On the Commandant's party reaching within about fifteen miles of the place, and while encamping by the side of a creek at sunset, cries were heard proceeding from the ranges on their left. Some of the party imme diately ran in the cli.ection of the sound, and found Dun_ 1 sp, one of the men said to have hecn murdered, lying on the ground Li a very exhausted state, suffering from a very severe wound on the bead, and also a contusion on the left arm and shoulder. lie was immediately taken to the camp, where every care was taken of him, and he is now doing well. On being questioned touching the affair, he said that on Sunday mornirg, after tie men bad gone to the creek, he remarked that two blacks who had accompanied the party fur several dam Murry Dido and Carbon Bob, and who had been very kindly treated, left the tents and returned in a short time, bringing with them five strange blacks. lie observed that they were all more than usually armor l , havi two long spears each, with their bornerangs and waddi From their movements he suspected they were bent on mis er isf, and told Tuck, who was sitting under his tarpaulin, having a bad leg, to look after a cake which was on Om fire;, while he went down to the men at the creek. Mr. Stapylton was at that time in his tent writing. On his (Dunlop's) turning to go away, he observed two or three tf the blacks go to, a-ds Mr. Stapylton's tent, and two cf them, namely, Carbon Bob, and another, followed Lim. He had not gone many yards when one of them threw a spear at him, which missed, and Carbon Bob then struck bins on the back of the head with his waddy, And knocked him down, after which he had no roeollectiorr of what im media!ely followed. On awaking from his stato of stu por, which, as near as he could guess, lasted about forty eight hours, he observed the black-, who had returned in considerable numbers, busied, men, women, and children, some in carrying off whatever str tick their fancy, while others wee emuloyed in bunting the tents and bodies. They did not attempt to strike him again, but one of them was commencing to strip him, when he appealed to Murry Dido, who immediately stopped the proceedieg. veryfrebngly telling him at the same time that by and by be would be bong, and clues that black fellow would niara grangyrang, meaning that he would die very soon, and then the blacks would get his clothes. As soon as he could possibly crawl he got up and left tire place, and had manage 1 to totter to the spot where the party found him. Had he not been thus fortunately met with, he must very shortly have perished from fatigue and want, tegether with the injuries he had received. On Sunday the 7th, about ten A. M. , the party arrived at the place where the murder was committed. They there found a portion of the skeleton of Mr. Stapylton lying a few yards in the rear of the spot where his tent ha I been The arms were gore, as also the right foot, which had be en broken off near the ancle joint. The skull was 11iag a few yards apart from the trunk. It presented no appearance of fracture. The body appeared to have bean rowel, and the fleshy parts to have been either eaeen by the blacks or devoured by the native dogs. Tice body of the prisoner Tuck was lying on its face upon some pieces of burnt wood about twenty yards from the bones of Mr. Stapleton.. It was in a highly putrid state, much charred by the fire, and was torn and disfigured in many parts by the tirda of prey. There was a spear wound on the right side of the neck, and a contusion of the scalp on the back of the head. The body of Tuck was buried near the 11. ;:t where it was found, and the bones of Mr. Ste pßrisbane Town for . interment. ....with the exceptam of the Sta pylton wear e'.", u g ht oken boxes, sonic pieces of d E r v a e y e:y w th h i i n e g h c w:s t, d in e c n d ras t l h s e lic u l , pork, and a few pair of shoes. The bullocks were found, and being yok. to the dray, were brought away by the party. The blacks were hover ing. about in considerable numbers, and several attenapir; mere made to capture some of them, but, owing to the broken nature of the ground, it was found impossible to take any of them alive, and the party did not conceive themselves warranted in firing amongst them indiscrimi nately. One of their camps was entered by a few of the party, and some blankets and other articles found, but the blacks fled with astonishing celerity in all directions on seeing them approach. The tribes in the immediate vicinity of the settlement volunteered to accompany the party, which some of them accordingly did, and by tl.eir exertions evinced their extreme anxiety for the apprehen sion of the murderers. ING Ev , lafe merchants, v:z., 10s. to Malts:, and 15s. t° Corfu ; and further, it is believed thai a largsale might be carried at half that expense. T he : ruin required for Malta would not, it itt cst`sl--t - c h; exceed 200,0001., and a similar sum is set e3owo, r • highest that would be required by the loniarr 1511"1„; The currency of the West Indies, Canada, d °t " . e North American possessions (including both the Mecl and paper) is set down at 1,539,162/., which with 400,000/. amounts to 1,939,16' ) / , or in round flu 2,000,0001., would suffice for possessions north o f tir ° e Equator, which, assuming 15s. as the average charge would give as the expense of conveyance no more tbno 15,000/. The currency of the whole of the Pos6es; Pa pal sions to the south of the Equator (including is estimated at 1,991,9,52 i., and the cost of e° ° : s veyance at 40,000/. at the highest. Blond tudl, charge it is calculated no Joss could be susta iee .„ .. A pound of standard silver costing 60s. would,il6, conformity with the old standard previous to 18 ' 0 be coined into 625., so that the gain would r 2s. Nearly the whole of this gelin must, bevi e f, e ; be deducted from it on account of the fact (b a t South American dollar silver contains fewe T ° ln es •f pure silver, and thus the cowversion neither loss nor (essential) gain. A nother seh; however, is proposed, which would invocce greate r ;, pause, but is considered preferable by sonic of tae dente in Malta. This is, to make the 45.. piece ° , f i t a a same value as a sf. piece ; to effect wlaich 0 '1 5 ; dard pound of silver must be coined into a fraction lase Wou ld e r, than 61s. 4:4d. and the loss it is calenial ed about 21,060/. for the possessions north of the ci A ` l , l a d t i ° o ; and a similar sum for those to the tooth. ir t , t be this sum to the 15,000/. and 40,000/. we ball ' ° , be rn northern possessions 36,000/. and for ale el 61,00 0 /. giving an aggregate of 97,00('1. The Oe c t i s ol of these chtairs can of course only be aseertai.tre- from a minute examination of the statistics of the P r „ill possessions, and on this the above arguments floc 0 4 0 1 0 depend. The present system, however, is so vi of itself, that every plan for its amelioration is vre'4'" cousideration.—Tinzes.. CORN AYERA G*6- GENERAL AVERAGE P For the Week ended March 12, the Inspectcri in the different Wales:per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 63s. I Id. Oats Barley 32s. 11d. Bye ..., 'RICES OF BRITISEI COrtl;,oot lilt 1, !made up from the ReL d sstl Cities and Towns ha 225. lid. I Beans..... 355. Id. rease ..... AVERAGES OF TI Week endings wuEAT. BARLEY. E LAST SIX WEEES• ..d. 90 "TS. RYE DEANS. 1,-'.." 21 , ..--.----... ."": 10 ' ‘•:'1 11 39 1$ 6 ti 3 31 ;.3 ,40 10 33 7 nt , 2 99' ),(1 `.,.2.2 4 '.4 9; 39 5 ~•„° 9 iz2 b 3.i 6, 34 6 '',,'; 9 11 33 1[ 3) i"' 0 . vEnAGEs or Tint .512 C rO",10. 225. ,, 34.1 Beans ........ 9'••41 3* 211 Pease...... ...vg,' , OREIGN cogN• 0 4 . IT'9i. 1 Beam; ........ .11' 06 --s' 34. I rose ......... lli Feb. 5 6O 7 31 11 12 ;9 62 5 31 11 March 5 12 (3 11 32 11 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE A\ Wheat 62:. 3d. Oats Barley, :323. 32, I Rye DUTIES 015 F Wheat 24s. 82, Oats Braley l3s. 102. I Rye .... CURRENCY IN MALTA. Some weeks ago mention was made of the vicious state of the currency in Malta and other British pos sessions, and the plan proposed for its amelioration, which may be shortly repeated as the introduction of a 4s. piece as the only legal tender for payments of a large amount, the effect of which, as the proposer be lieves, would be the removal of all the South American dollars, part of the British silver coin, and all the Mal tese coin. It will probably be remembered, that the prevalence of the South American dollar is regarded as the chief defect of the present system, and that the removal of this is to be regarded as the principal step in any improvement that may be .proposed. This ob ject being admitted to be des i r able, the proposer hav ing explained it in one pamp hlet, has printed other s to examine the obstacles which may stand in the way of its adoption, and considers the chief objections would be the expense of coining th e dollars or bullion brought to the Mint for that purpose, and the expense of conveying the new coin to the foreign possession!, and bringi ng t o England to be remelted, the coin intended to be re drawn from circulation. As for the first o bje c ti on , it is assumed that the ch ar g e of coining cannot be of great moment, as the Mint exists, and its officers re ceive salaries, whether coining goes on or no t. The second objection requires to be considered more in detail, and here the proposer of the scheme observes, than the expense of carrying a new currency to the possessions in the Mediterranean, and bringing back the old one, costs no more than 10s. or 15s. on the 1001., which is the rate charged at present to pri- THE MARKETS. COAL N Ships arrived since iIAIIKET. last marls:et day, a 4 '9 6 Walls' End Hetton .... 0 ...... Walls End Caraeoe .......... Walls End South HardepL• ; Walls End Evenwooil ....... 0 Walls End South Dorhzll,o^ Wails End Tees Ilettort g Howard's Netherton 8. (1. Adair's Smith's Pontop l6 6 Tantieldp.loor. 2O Wyktai ........... Walls End Hilda ... 20 8 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Perkins Walls End Haswel . ...... 23 6 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ---- Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats, 1 Beau s ' ...... . 4 I'cr Quarter. a. to s. s. to r. a. to S. is. to , 64stoti 13ralntice 57 67 29 37 5 - 3 29 36 1 13, ighton 6O C 8 28 35 c.:3 •A r 38, 0 Cambridge — 64 31 22 --* 4 Chiche,ter 6O C 2 32 I • ) 3 Dunmow Grantham . 0 3rimsby 5l C 4 27 30 13 20 31); 4 Hailsham - Hitchin 53 64 32 33 22 30 40 , 4 .. Ipswich si 60 51. 34 24 28 30 ..; Lewes 6l 66 30 34 22 23 34 - 4 Lynn 56 68 28 35 19 26 36 4 slaidstone 59 6.i 30 39 26 32 3 8 . .4 Norwich Petwol th Rom ford 62 74 32 36 22 30 36 '"' 4• Sandwich 56 61 34 43 27 04 0 3 Tnet ford Wisbech Witham 57 67 3t ::5 ',5 29 2 6 4 Yarmouth !62 66 31 : - ',II 24 30 40 rc LIVERPOOL CORN Al 4./tKET. __malogh 1 WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.... 9 ------- Red ---- Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 1 -- Red Fl Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b a Irish ......... .0 • 0 ...... ••000 -... ••• 0 I' c if :: 0 to oi to "" 0 S9I 3:* . 0 0,6 $ $ 91 38. 0 6 •••• 40 ; 40 34 '' 44 i 4 1 36; as . 9f , 4 1 4 7 0 : 95 ag 36 - 4 0 5.0 9434 94 SP/ 3 3 6 , 42 ;'s 28 .4° 40 4 0 0 4.g ll s 6 40 3 9 4.1 y ;i3 45 40 9g '54 4 5 5 38 19 9 5 0 136 .14' 5 9 40 4/ .8 1 ' ,march 16. to ..... 109. u s 1 0 0 610 8 1 0 ..... 710 0 6 ..... 6 101 0 ••••• 9 0 4 1 9 0 ••••• a 9 0 O. 9 " . ••"" 40 l 0 9 -"" 6 4 6 0 45 , ••••-• 44) 0 ***** 40 0 4 0 ***** 41 ° ei 0 t) ...... 4 , 0 0 0 O. Foreign ?BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter -- Scotch and Irish, pea - Foeding BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter -- Irish, Rre. - Foreign PEASE; English, per Imperial quarter -- Foreign FLourt, English, per 0 601 b. - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per ..`401b5.......... • .. :, t 4 913 0 11 I,lAll CORK, pc r 4tiOlb. .33 U ° RYE, per Imperal quarter ... . • n - 43 ' MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL COIN T MAEKET. .. 6 05. 6 Wheat, White (per Quarter) Ned 54 S. 6,9',, D,'",,' •15. Foreign Barley, Malting o4 s' 155 : 95 , 9 Grinding - 4 % s Oats, British ~.. ~t. ' 4 0s• Foreign (in bond) Beans 915 . ° 3": 4 1/3 : Pease, Grey 3(is. 0 -- ' 6C - Blue and White Os. N" . b4§, Linseed Flour (per each) --/. 5.31. - . Rapeseed per 10 quarters) (L i 1 0 CHELTENHAM MARKEFS. Per Bushel. r.d. to s. d. Pe lb. 6 Wheat 7 0 9 0 8eef............• ................ .. 6 69 barley 3 6 4 0 Mutton ................ ! Oats Beans reasc 6 0 8 0 If V.lO, Pork .................... Lamb .................. 5/. N. Od. pc r ay 4t.13. to vu. CANTERBURY MARKET. te"' Wheat, COs. to 645. 01d.....•^"' to 545. to 605....._. Old- -4 ; to " t g' !-- Barley, Maltinl3s. to Ms Gr• nin dg.•to Oats 245. to 28; 01(11,..---** „S. '. Beam 31s to 4'5..... 5 65. to 0 Pease APAINNOW 425• to .rovo G rey" t 044 CHELMSFORD M2.R.KET. ..... 9 4 0 69 to 76 Oats ........................ 4 0 41 P 3 f 9 Peas.e, Gray ................ ;g 33 36 White .......... 26 57 Beans, Tick .......... . 29 3.2 Mazagan .... 011 4 RAMSGATE.—Sir William Curtis 11,"a o ver" o f eve next week for Brussels. Their loss pills mbolOur felt by the inhabitants and those who had ttlicazeill',lsf the worthy Baronet's acquaintance.—.K en tisa e st& The General Kvd, Indianian, saqed I o A ldi e IV ig from Gravo;end, with XOO troops, for India. j(y went on board in high spirits. The Geng ra fr ece Ec fine ship, and has every accommodation fo r the to uS or General Browne Clayton feels desire) a OCT sd press the comfort and advantage he has derived at hi' l e 4 o rs. "000 of 70 years, and after two years' trial, from the use ef in B. Solomons' newly.invented Spectacles ; their Yalu: l %,lst f . „ 0 1 0 ' fully merit the patronage they have received of the - 0 0 0- 00 and so many individuals of high distinction, as We ll 1,00 ,1° T, mous scientific and eminent medical practitioner'. h ire. ‘o , s ' 25th Feb, 1841.—Address, Addignton Hall, La neas to Dic e ti# the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen-waters, ge r "' o ppo s !; - 01 0 ' and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadoll, GeoPeeor York Hotel, and 76, King William.stteet, City recornlplerA having been deaf for many years, I was induced fc °n3 o_ o o ' so", tion to try your Invisible Voice Conductors, and 1 . 1 : 0 81 COOP; it sure to tell you that they enable me to hear person s of ' -e n i s v at a a p ri l t a a c g e e o .i f i i , v a o v r e s h d i r m i v o e s d t 4 , 1 i t i h n a c ; r a nd in co n d s cd e ecom you, and their report is similar v to mine,men most "' a a re f igs Spectacles and Hand glass which you have sent 332 : t bia .100 4 cellent, anal suit my sight precisely, and surpass is so tdr ei kind I have ever tried; the transparency of which I , *-- t et ° that although I have passed my 86th year, the 2: 24 °he great panics' they enable me to read, &c , by candle light with t , i ," Deot f jeaeg and comfort to myself.—Gentlemen, I return You —99,d and remain your obedient servant, HENRI - Cov/O g. 1339, Wheat, White Ited Barley Chevalier Grinding dr Itabi S inici P thy O :se O ghu N iagli S li,n , a F 7ps o .pe l a t r K an S ee ,. &pr.a, brepseprieoerestn:Sii6clireacridsifeelel:oll, t l h ) e e s s e se a r r t, tie W le 3 s . from it by the stamp a ; re T i e n a ad S ep p e o isr ons, ss. per dozen; Table ~.1 o f vi ol d tured in this material by e t, ra 6tte 10 5 ' RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, 01f 0 ,„,,se Who, to prevent imposition, confino the Sale o f it to cis. Catalogues of prices grati.s. _____----- ; evesropyaliiarkre;tictsilielsynaepra:drttehi:aitaulisartillearse'7ll3llllOufle' istp. s , t i i , l ao l t - w l y o s r , n. 00 06 Ken t , ott RIRTHS, f B oeld e Y On the 10th inst., Mrs. W. H. Jackson, °' -r Henryl ael3t daughter,hinithe lad O y n of 11c2ding' On the 15th inst., the lady of E the Rev. v a . S C Ol : l\. " "nta;ul34 : g toa e ' Hardwick House , Pe ar bti, of Theberton Hall, Suffolk, of a son and heir,. iv. Gls' On the 16th inst., at Mortlake, Surrey , N il ' 1 ,141 / of a son. On the 11th inst., at Lysways Hall, Staffor t . Dam of William Herbert Woodhouse, Esq., of a el c au „, g ,, l : e ;rug ent On the 13th inst., at Esher, the lady of J a " .-- niell, Esq., of a daughter. IP' MARR/SD. • k j ,„r. e ve On the 12th inst , at St. Saviour's, Seu thw c ar us ;nn ab ' 1,0 4 ' Field, of George-street, Southwark, to' aria k-' 1., of - Mitchell, g d a a t u oe g -n h h t i e tlll r of the late Mr. Joseph Routledge, former j c. I . e. 12th inst., at St. Thomas's-scluar:bolifirtal'h:: .1. Esq., M.D., to Mary Ann, daughter Giles, E.(1 . ., of Leith. On the llth inst., at Whitehall , D/RD all3iel‘T'e 119 the only daughter of P. Bicknell, Esq., of l' e , rl , - ; r john 1 ?,; 0. 0 On the 19th ult., at Poole, Dorset, the Rev' chap .",,,fe Assistant Minister of St. James's Church, and 1) 311Y. and seven children to lament his irreparable l o . s s . . ate of A oe the 1-1 0 n , e o f Correction, Colbath-tields, London,leavieg A Alias MriasiStitoetoo Oo ti re shi , On the 11th inst., at Bath, H. Sandford, Esq. 1 1 'ad, Ann, On the 12th inst., at Grove-place, Alg .__,,„ a re. ati j o r relict of J. C. Eggbrecht, of Frith-street, Sono si A p tee ? n ag t e h d e 7 1 ( 2 ) tb inst., Mr. If r ' Mary Ann On the 13th inst., at Plymouth, Amy oger only daughter of Captain Van licythuyseni ar I3ristol, age d 1 ,, ifit e .t. o of Langham•place, Brislington, ne . On the 15th at Blackheath. Matilda. Iv' e d 5i 1 . 50 j° ,. " ••- of T. nogg, of Harrow-roam - 3 a i es, late Rev. John Sargent, of Lavington, Susselcest of the g . ci : i. , theOvnetnheerallOilteh.Aitnesit;d,eaateetnhewC7illobseer,foNrVeien,.ciaeesdt.crAaogtiT; 00,11,Pi. On the 13th inst., at Cucktield, o f cheater, aged 75. Emma clop F. Fearon, late Vicar of Cuckfield, ajnadne On the lath inst., in Montague-place, the late 51r. Justice Gaselee. vislG , ° MURDO V° odds London: Printed and Published by „, 1 12, Stra No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, -ro.,_ , 8 _ 1841. the county of Middlesex.—Thuroday Mara , " 'arie"rebendarY ° t or Al Sr TER i st co ti Sch, ...r. iur fil e 41. tit 1 414 p n et? tre • 4.14*, t ht% Ii , i•J