The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-12 00:00:00

EVENING SUN nose to be more disfiguring. The man, weary of such a nose, cut it off in disgust, and all then agreed that, ill as he looked with his nose, he was a hundred times worse without it. Like this is the case of the Tory party with Sir Robert Peel for its leader ; it looks marvellously ill favoured, but to lop off the peccant feature would not improve its case, for bad as it is with it, it would be in comparably worsewithout it. This much for the conso lation of our opponents, whose case, in the very moment of triumph, with the drawback of a leader odious to them, is one for compassion. They cannot themselves be raised to power without raising the man of their dis like and distrust ; and they compel the Crown to give its confidence to one who has not their own. If Sir Robert Peel, feeling himself both the life and the hate of his party, begin to be somewhat arrogant in his language, it is surely not surprising. 1E; ":acent boast that he laid the foundation of the. r .,onservative party is a humble imitation of Canni!..g's vaunt that he had called the nrw world i Rio existence to redress the balance of the 'Ad. irilat Sir Robert Peel calls the new Conservative ?aset.y - ", is the old Tory party with the addi tion of a few '.at,s. What he describes so pompously as widening for.ndations, has been no more than makinr , room for apostacy. Vain boasts of the kind we allude to cat) only make the opponents of Sir Robert smile, but they produce a very different impression on his ',arty, who, impatiently brooking his leadership, can hardly relish his claim to the creation of their political world. The Americans, in ridicule of the habit of at tributing everything to General Jackson during his Presidency, say, that at an infant school examination, a child, in answer to the question, " Who killed Abel ?" promptly replied, " General Jackson." Sir Robert Peel, in the infant school of Tamworth, is endeavouring to teach a belief in his exploits in creation, which have as little foundation in truth as the opinion that General Jackson was the greatest of generals and the first of manslayers. The fact is, however, pretty notorious, that Sir Robert Peel did not invent Toryism, whatever part he may have had in making it so ashamed of its name as to take the alias of Conservatism. TORY CONCORD. (From the Examiner.) The Times denies that there is any disunion in the Tory party, and quotes Sir Robert Peel's assertion— " That all the rumours which have been circulated about differences of. opinion and jealousies are abso lutely without 'foundation ; that the party which acts upon his advice and counsels is a united and compact party, in which no difference of principle prevails-, as the course which we ought to pursue." Let us test the truth of this assertion by applying it in the very words of the speaker to several great questions. Upon the Privilege question did no difference of opinion prevail in the Tory party as to the course which they ought to pursue ? Upon the Canada Bill did no difference of - opinion prevail in the Tory party as to the course which they ought to pursue, the Tories in the douse of Commons, with Sir Robert Peel at their head, having almost una nimously supported the Bill, and the Tory Lords, under the Duke of Wellington, having almost unanimously re probated it ? Upon the China question was there no difference of opinion in the Tory party as to the course which they ought to pursue, the Tories in the Lower House having proposed a vote of censure on the conduct of the Go vernment, and the Tory chiefs in the Upper House having opposed a motion to the same effect proposed b: e Lord Stanhope ? Upon the New Poor-law does no difference of o;Pinion prevail in the Tory party as to the course which they ought to pursue, half the party condetrinires the measure as the greatest cruelty and injustice, eshiclithe other half claim credit for having assisted in pyssing ? And to come to the great question which now divides the country, upon the Corn-laws, does no difference of opinion prevail in the Tory party as to the course which they ought to pursue, Sir Robert Peel pledging himself to adhere to the sliding scale, and his followers, Sir G. Murray, Mr. G. Dawson, and some others, declar ing for a fixed duty ? Why, the difference between Sir Robert Peel and Sir G. - Murray is precisely as wide as that between him and Lord J. Russell on the Corn-law question. As to the confessed difficulty of Sir Robert Peel, the Government of Ireland, are we to believe that Sir. R. Peel and Lord Roden have the same views, and that there is no difference of principle between them ? Has Sir Robert relapsed to the yellow fever, or have the Orangemen cast their skins? One of the first motions in the New Parliament will be Sir Robert Inglis's proposal of a large grant for Church Extension. Is Sir Robert Peel in agreement with this worthy as to the fitness of imposing new burdens on the Diesenters ? Upon the question of educs.tion is there no difference of principle between Sir Robert Peel and some of his party—the majority we believe we might say ? Did not the Times !er' its columns to a writer who charged Sir Robert Peel with irreligious doctrines—with pre ferring heathen philosophy to revealed truths—and classed him with the disciples of a school not accepting Christian principles. Sir Robert Peel, so often sneered at for having lacked a grandfather on earth, was not to be allowed to have a Father in Heaven, because he had hazarded the liberal proposition that people were the better for any sort of knowledge. There was surely some difference of prin ciple in the case when the great Tory organ was lending itself to the publication of arguments to prove that Sir Robert Peel's doctrines were of infidel origin and ten dency. Indeed, when the Times so coolly denies the existence of any disunion in the Tory party, we have only to ask it what, then, has been the justice of the censures and reproaches it has from time to time addressed to Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington? Its attacks were upon no trivial occasions, they were on great ques tions, and they either proceeded on wide differences of principle, or they were very unjust andwanton. The Times, in pouring out its reproaches, knew what it was about ; it knew that it uttered the sentiments of a largesection of the party to which it has devoted itself. When Mango, in the farce, is asked by his master, whether he knows of anything amiss going on in the house, he answers, " A d— deal, Massa, how you beat me every night !" Sir Robert Peel, if he had the frank ness of "flung°, would, instead of denying the discords in the Tory house, refer to the beatings which he has had in the Times for every liberal principle that he en tertains. The Morning Chronicle has helped us to another evi dence of Tory concord from the pages of the British Critic, the High-Church organ of the Oxford theolo gians, in which publication Sir Robert Peel's character is thus handled : "And, as we have said, the man who offers these con solations is one whose life, and breath, and health, and wealth, and very being is the success of his party ; the least abstract, the least theoretical, the least doctrinary of all the statesmen of his , day ; one whose pulse beats with the divisions of the House of Commons, and who knows by heart the relative numbers on every tussle of faction for the last quarter, or, perhaps, half a century. He is a man, who, amiable and respectable as lie is, plays his part in the great arena with no more largeness and comprehensiveness of view, no more grandeur and sacredness of principle, than the most ordinary partisan in the most local squabble on the most ephemeral in terests. Nay, greatness of mind has nothir.g to do with geographical extent or historical durae.on. A man may be great on a paving and lighthig dispute, or a watch and ward committee ; he may he great with his servants or by himself ; but Sir Robert is small with nations, petty with a censtitution of ages, and (we say it sadly and serissesly) unfaithful to the everlasting Catholic Church. He wishes to know no thing beyond the House of Commons. Its resolutions, passed in heat and speed, under royal or popular domi nation, in days of corruption or violence, its chance ma orities of ten, two, or one, are his inviolable canons of legislation, beyond which he dreams not of a principle, That House of Commons, which the whole Church of England now, with a unanimity unprecedented in the history of public opinion, declares that Sir Robert has himself desecrated, and (what, of course, he thinks much worse) which he himself believes others have since immeasurably vulgarised,—that profane and vulgar House of Commons is his only reality. Every other thing, or thought to him, is form and shadow. To the House of Commons he is thormighly harmonised, soul and body, mind and manner. In vain might we search through his speeches for splendid theories, large induc tions, universal sentiments, great maxims, solemn sanc tions, profound arguments, and immutable principles ; or if one does find them here and there, they are so brought in as to be the exceptions that prove the rule. From be ginning to end his career is one of shifts and expedients. Neither he, nor any man on earth, can venture to say what he will do next ; nor can any say what he has done already, in terms implying intention and con sistency. We firmly believe that no half-cunning tool of a local faction, no jobbing attorney, no town meddler or corporation factotum, could more degrade civic economy by his way of administering it, or, in the hour of • re i verse, when called to account by the adverse party could .! more degrade the cause by his mode of Speakine . ,. ano.l-out i ble sci than does the Conservative leader degrade't,' t, ence of policy. It is I and my party,' thrc . ;,lghout ; thost Members who did me the honour to ;rapport me ;'" whets her Majesty called me to presiO.e in her councils ;' c I thought best to dissolve '-" thrs. first Session of my Par liament ;" such were the opinions 1 then advocated ;' the long and arduous struggle I have maintained ;" / - then felt ;" I therefore resolved to abdicate odice the s entiments which infl uence d me on th at occasion ;." the difficulties of my position ;" the origin of my family ; ' t the scenes of my youth ;' and s o on , through every 'possible variety of egotism. Strike the first p erson out of Sir Robert's speech, aye, ou t o f hi s whole c areer, and they become a rope untwisted, a net unknot ted nnnailed and unpinned. We stop, not because we a have hp mot more to say, for we consider Sir Robert f'eel's eg °- ttism about as copious a subject as one might wi s h to' - Itipon, seeing it pervades his every word and deed, but l rblete cause it is odious thus to speak of a man for whom we can not help wishing well. We believe him to be akind, an art' i - able, and, to some extent , a d isinteres ted and maemani man. His friends, who have , of course,abundant o ° l l3 portunities of knowing it, say th a t he is ; and Wh at -L -even more, his public conduct, through many a Year of harass and mortification, betrays searceli - a particl e o f malice, jealousy, or revenge. B ut, alas or a ma nanimity—for martyrdom to an influential for ignorance that the whole is greater than a part. Strip Sir Robert' of his inveterate self, and scatter the three hundred and odd gentlemen who do him the honour to support hint; to the four winds, and then perhaps he may become not os . But as it is, he is just the - ...ty a good but a great man. word to advise a sod s ver y last perso. nin the whole fish, social, and p- Ay of operatives to relinquish sel wholly to the questions, and devote themselves Thi s i s f „el ensures of science. cism. T' .ercible writing, and very penetrating criti bert is the lowest measure ever yet taken of Sir Ro r - s'eel and it is also the truest. There is not a w o rd stating to Sir Robert Peel's qualities that we can deny, stud thou gh we thought that we understood his character !with all its mediocrities pretty well before we read this esnalysis of it, we confess that it has taught us to regard "tt With diminished respect. What, then, is the state of . .party wh ose organs lower t h e i r c hi e f i n t h e op i n i o n 'or his . opponents? Adversaries may fairly be sus pected of some prejudice against ;Sir Robert Peel, of some Disparaging bias ; but such prejudice, if it exist, takes a lesson of contempt from the instructions of the ..ablest ;writers of his own party. They' quarrel with him, it is ? true, not for the errors of his policy, but for the points - which reclaim him from bigotry e but in their quarrel - they tell him home truths as to his qualities, and the cha racter of his career, with one foot on sea and one on land. As the writer in the British Critic says,—" From begin ning to end his career is one of shins and expedients. fs'tetiher ire nor any man living can venture to say what lie will de nest, nor can al sy one say wl , .at he has done al ready, in terms implying intention and consistency." And this is the man in th .e lead of the party that boasts of russe33ing; the wealth and' intelligenc aof the country. The rsinark that nutit occur to every mind is, 'What must be the condition of a party to - whom this uncertain manor a':ifis and expedients and shallow plausibilities is indis p2usable ? He is at the sam time followed and de nounced. He leads with the cry of" stop thief" after him from his own gang / . The British Critic observes • upon the egotism of Sir Robert Peel, and says—" Sti lite the first person out of Sir Robert's speech, ay, out of. his whole career, and they --- become a rope untwisted, ane unknotted, a ship un- EXTRAODINARY FEAT IN PLOUGHING.-- nailed and unpinned." This is quite true, but is it not A match against time, originating in a bet cf 20/., between also true that Sir Robert Peel is the first person, and two farmers in I be untwisted, th e in :* Lincolnsh lt ire, took place last week on the Cli ff that with ou t hi m t h e rope wou Farm of Mr. Charles Popplewell, 'of Canwick, Mr. Popple (in which the country ship of Toryism usi, i s now caught) unknotted, the w having undertaken to find a man who should, with one scorn, . es iailed. and unr.nned ? His bate,h ; and c the very him, but they cannot do without -e " 0 ; horses and a hinge e-fuwed he, ploh tarn up two acres party may pair' of fa,. Q. timid. wit ght hours, to satisfaction of two littleness wh ic h impartial him is the littleuw , • morning, anu pulps. The plough was started at six o'clock in the .eomplain, the shifts and eva - and evasions of suits the- cause ; the shift n s .eafftethrneoojund,gbeesi. ,i the two acres were completed before one in the which they dons which save it from y agrseteodryof ruin. vithin seven hours, to the perfect satisfaction being furrows fnr . rOws averaged a depth of seven inches, Tb French hav e a man with a very Ei-c.::rybodand a half inches - bread on s and the share measurer only ' ix * that ar. #ol)c . ssible th " in e,'• Th' Ploughira.a-"x's name was William Prercott.— a 404 ripivertiser, SCOTCH ENDURANCE. (From the Spectator.) " Isaehar is an ass crouching between two burdens." They are a patient people the Scotch. It is not easy at this distance to determine whether it is the apathy of contempt or the acquiescence of fear that makes them submit to the Paul Pry disposition of spiritual reform ers ; but certainly that meddling class take liberties in Scotland that would not be tolerated in any other coun try. A paper has been transmitted to us from Edin burgh, purporting to be the " Report of the St. George, St. Luke's, and Dean Parishes Auxiliary Sabbath So ciety for 1840." We learn from this document that the Society consists of thirty members, who have organized themselves into three sub-Committees, with a view to ferret out every instance of Sabbath-breaking in the above-mentioned parishes. Their inquisition has ex tended to the mal-practices of bakers, green-grocers, publicans, druggists, reading-rooms, mills, cowfeeders, pawnbrokers. The bakers have been found guilty of employing their journeymen for the space of half an hour every Sunday evening. To obviate the necessity of this awful profanity, the Society modestly propose that " families should get into the practice of taking no bread at all on Monday." This hint may be found worth the attention of the supporters of the Corn-laws; as a voluntary abstinence from bread one day in every week by every inhabitant of Great Britain, might render an inadequate supply of grain impossible even in the worst harvests. A heavy complaint is made against druggists, because their shops are all " open on the Sab bath, except during church hours, when the door is closed ; but on ringing a bell some one appears to dis pense the medicines required." We suppose it is deemed sinful in Scotland to be suddenly taken ill on Sutulay. Cowfeeders, we learn, are guilty of carryinv milk to their customers twice a day on Sundays ; and, what is worse, we are informed that this is unnecessary, inas much as " there might be a total discontinuance, by a little arrangement, without inconvenience to families" or loss to the dealers. We fear the comfort of the cows has been overlooked ; an omission which may bring our zealous enforcers of Sabbath observance into collision with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals. Have the cows been consulted how far it may consist with their comfort to be left unmilked for a whole day once a week ? But perhaps milking may be winked at, and the sour milk of Sunday disposed of on Mon day, with a slight reduction in price, to the poor. The Society remark that 4 , 4 much effort, perseverance, and prayer, are needed" to bring about their object. They seem, however, to place more reliance upon " effort" than prayer ; for the active scrutiny which enabled them in two brief months to acquire so much information re specting the private transactions of their neighbours must have left little room for devotional exercises. Be sides investigating the manner in which all " trades who administer to domestic supplies" are conducted, they have inquired into the amusements of the little children seen playing in the streets on Sunday evenings, and the domestic arrangements of their parents. The wealthier classes seem to have been more chary of admitting them within doors, and it has therefore been necessary to esta blish a system of out-door espionage. By this means they have learned that " it is no uncommon thing for gentlemen to walk from the church to the rea.ding room," and that " the members of a Club-ho use in. Prince's-street are not unfrequently seen at the windows on the Sabbath reading the newspapers." Where they dare, the " inquisition of thirty" seem inclined to carry matters with a high hand. In reference to a public gar den they say, 44 The proprietor seems disposed to pro mote the objects of our Society, but the tenant is re fractory." Indeed the Scotch are a long-suffering people, who can tolerate such meddling, prying, pestilent proceedings. We abhor all violence • we never liked the Ameri can process of tarring and feathering ; but we must admit that desperate diseases require extreme remedies. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals Cecilia, Waddell, from Van Diemen's Land, in the Downs, sailed from Launceston March 4, Pernambuco, May 19 ; Lavinia, Hall, from New Sfratli Wales, off Portsmouth, sailed from Sydney March 6 ; Tomatin, Wingate, from China, off Por..- sa i outh, sailed January 11, Batavia March 21, Sjc. Helena M ay 18 ; Earl Dalhousie, Wall, from Bengal, February 19, St. Helena .ray at Liverpool, sailed 12 ; Joseph Winter, Hodgson, from Mauritii' off Holyhead, sailed April 5, St. Helena May 15..5 Dauntless, Miller, from Bombay, off Liverpool, rebruary 15, St. Helena May 13 ; Rosalind, colford, from Ceylon, off Portland, sailed March,i, Pti""sed St. Helena May 8 ; Madras, Parsons, from L ' - '" ) .on, off Portland, sailed from Launceston M 17 ; Regulus, Hunter, from New South Wales, Teortland, sailed from Sydney March 12 ; Earl Dur ham' Crouch, from Bengal, off Portland, sailed Feb. 10, St. Helena May 10 • Seppings, Rawlings, from Bengal, off Dartmouth, sailed February 15, St. Helena May 14, Arrit4,l3 at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land—The jiloo, NliPhun, Feb. 25, from the Cape of Good Hope; Lady Nugent, Santig, 27th, from London to New Zea land ; Nero, Hill, March 1, from Liverpool; Carnarvon, Bth, from whaling; Masdeu, Dare, 6th, from the Cape; Indian, 6th, from Havre; Laura, Day, Bth, from London; Agenoria ) 9th, from Port Philip. Departures from Hobart Town—Her Majesty's ship Vavuurite, Dunlop, Feb. 21, for New Zealand and Hin dustan ; Lamb, for India ; Wave to sail Bth March, and Hindoo, 18th, for London; Julian, March 2, for wha ling ; Lord Lynedoch, sth, to New Zealand; Brothers and Adelaide, 7th, to Port Philip. Arrivals at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land—William Hughes, Cuthbertson, Feb. 25, from Port Philip, and sailed Bth March, to Port Philip; Paul Pry, Harding, March 8, from Port Philip; Minerva, Read, from Ade laide; Industry, from Port • Philip; True Love, from I South Australia; Dusty Miller, 10th, and Minerva, 11th, from Portland Bay; Porter and Fox, 12th, from South Australia; Tamar, from Port Philip; Edward, Rowland, from Circular Head. Departures from Launceston—Challenger, Feb. 22, for Adelaide; Gem, Thomas Cri;p, Lowestoft; and Tamar, for Port Philip ; Atlantic, Munyard, March 6 ; for London. The Demerara packet, Arid, and In dian, loading for London. Arrivals at South Australia—The King William, Feb. 9, from Singapore; Tyrone, from Liverpool; Planter, 13th, from Rio and Cape; Hawk, 18th, from London and Cape. NEW CORAL REEF. 10, Cambridge Terrace, Hyde-park. J. Sir,—l beg to inform you u , l for 8, 1841 the information of those whom it may concern, that there is a dangerous coral reef, on which I was wrecked on the 17th of De cember last, not mentioned in any of the charts which I have seen. It is in long. 10S. 59. 30, E., and lat. 2. 30. 30, S. In no part is it within a fathom of the surface, and in calm weather no breakers or any indication of a reef can be perceived. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. (Signed) E. M. SMITH. The current runs from four to five knots an hour, and sets to the N.E. To the Secretary at Lloyd's. - V ES SELS SPOKEN WITH.—The British Ring, of Glasgow, May 9, lat. 31, S., lon g . 22, W. ; Asia, Da vidson, Cork to Hobart Town, and Ele anor , Dublin to Sydney, 30th, lat. 3, N., long. 22 ; Prince Royal, Li verpool to Calcutta, with loss of topmasts, &c., same day ; Alexander Robertson, Ceylon to London, 26th, lat. 37, long. 36, by the Lavinia, arrived off Portsmouth. James Wright, from Jamaica, 21st ult., lat. 37. long. 48 ; Eliza, of Waterford, from London, 29th, lat 34, long. 2G, by the Reg alia, arrived at Cowes. Ja ne Waiter, Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, 22d vlt., lat. 43, long. 41 ; Valleyfield, Singapore to London, lat. 33, lung. 36 ; Anna, Heiman, Calcutta to Liverpool, lat. 42, long. 27, by the Fanny, arrived off Swanage. Blair, Liverpool to Singapore, 18th March, off Princes Island ; Kilblain, London to Calcutta, and Elizabeth, Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales, May 30, lat. 5, N., long. 28, ; _Hercules, Bremen to Cuba , 12 th ult., let. 22, long. 40 ; Victoria, Para to London, 2d, lat. 47, long. 20, by the Chieftain, arrived in the River. THE SUN, LONDON. \JONI)AY, JULY 12. 1-11. SECOND EDITION THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bulk Stock l7O 'lndia Stock 249 3 per Cent Red 8 94 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9a Ditto Old Annuities ... Sti 311 per Cent Red 99i Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent 94 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....210 I''' New 5 per Cent — ) Ditto 500 , Long Annuitiestoexpire I Ditt..- -- • Jan. 1860 l2 -7 , J,• " i - Oct 1859 - Jan. 1860- 16pm Small l6 pm Stock for Acct — India Stock for Opg 12a ;Consols for Opg 893 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian 80nd5.... 671 Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent...... 60 Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 2oi Ditto, 1824. .. ..... Ditto, Deferred ... Danish, 3 per cent 79 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1525, 3 per cent Exchange —f. -- c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 258 :French, 3 per cent 76f. 25c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625. IDutch, 21 per cent. ... 50 1 1 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. . Ditto, 5 per cent 100/- „ . SHARES Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 60 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) 8 Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) 6i Great Western Railway (65 paid) .. Ditto New Shares (50 paid 6B-i Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 93 London and Brighton (50 paid) 4311 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 15 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 1601 London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) Ditto Scrip. (4 paid) 4i London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l3 North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 75 Ditto New Shares (10 paid).. the means of resistance. For example, suppose them to adopt Sir Robert's promised measures—as for t'' sake of place they would adopt any fhttig l l t , --- "' upon what ground could they 4 Besides this consideration, to _ e aced has observed closely everyone who bourne Cabinet conduct of thd Mel not sornet}- 1 - - allow some weight is there urgenerous in thus early calling for ? Do we not know Sir Robert Peel ? Have we not his Government of 1835 before us from which to anticipate the course that he will pursue when called to the councils of his So vereign ? We are aware that the impatient querists have no object but the common good ; but we must think that they do injustice to them selves and to the great Conservative leader in the line they take. We expect everything that a reasonable Conservative can desire from Sir Robert Peel, supported as he will be by a great majority, and we cannot see the least justification for doubting him ; but surely such importunity as we complain of must be the result of a frivolous cutiosk; thiWdrthy of prudent men, or of distfttst: What is wanted ? Two months ago we should have been all well con tented with such measures as the Conservative leader proposed or supported. Why do we ask for more now ? To allow an increase of power to suggest new desiret is folly in the case of an individual, but it is utter ruin to a political party, beeantt It ig shifting of ground from that solid foundation upon which the edifice of power hat been raised. DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—We are sorry to have to announce that Mr. William Nicholson Becket, clerk in the Sheffield New Gas Officei put tt period to hit etdstettat late on Saturday r,tening, Or ally Oh &Way morning, by hanging hittitelt iti the cellar of his father's house, Crookes moor•side. This instance of self-destruction is very mpteri ous and disire , sing. Mr. Becket, who was only 25 years of age, was a young man of great ability, and of unsullied moral and even religious character- 7 Nuffield Mercury. L ELLIGENCI. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 10. UNIVERSITT OF OXFORD U. LORD DI A.YOR AND DURGESSES OF THE CITY OF LONDON. This was an appeal from a decision of the Vice- Chancellor. A motion was made before his Honour last Wednesday, on behalf of the iiniferjity of oxford, for a special injunction to restrain the Corporation of the City of London from taking down certain houses situate in Lad-lane under the provisions of an Act of Parlia ment passed in the 2crand 3d of Vietoria; for improving the approaches to London4itid g e: The lionises Ntere underluased to, Mn tit Hil§ld'efalA rental: Four yttit the term WON unexpired, and the Corpo ration of London, who had very extensive compulsory powers under the Act for the improvement of that part of the City, had determined upon widening . Lad-lane, and throwing into the street sotetal feet Of the site on which the two houses hi gilestiiilt stood: They intended to take ia.slice off beginning with a foot anfl, a half; and ending With SeVentecii 'bet ill thickness. The UniVer sity of Oxford, who are the owners of these houses, in sisted that the Corporation of London had only power under the Act to take so much of the property as should be required for the purposes of the improvement, and . not to retain the The ViceThancellor ex preSsed his opipioa that the Ldriddii Wag Mit ex ceeding its intliority. The Act of Parliament was in tended to confer a power of improving that part of Lon don, which would also include the building of suitable houses along the new street. Alonotp thought it a mere speeulative motion, iiiid tensed it with costs'. Sir C. 1% Vrttglitil and Mr; .C.iti - ERT were heard in support of . the appeal; and,,Mr;.lfi. BRUCE, Mr: WIGRAM, and M. iflrtkiiii tin the . . The tOttb CHANCELLOR, after going through the dif ferent sections of the Act which related to the case, said that power was given to the Corporation of London to widen the street, by taking down houses and buildings ; that if it had, been the intention to permit parts Of 'antesto be taken down, the Act *ould It stated " goniticif' of any ,houses and , b,uildhigst haa said that other sections alluded to the removing of portions of buildings, but the only part of the Act which did so was the 18th section, that provided for the taking of a por tion or any property ivi*fd both parties agreed to such an arrangement. Clearly there was no part of the Act which ,expressly provided for a case lilte the present, that of a party being owner of the property wishing to prevent the Corporation from taking the whole they might require for improvements. Ii therefore, the Act gave the Corporation power to act as they intended to do, the only question was, whether there was any inten tion on the part of the Corporation to make an improper use of those powers. 'His Lordship was of opinion, that if any such case had been made out, it was in the power of the Court to prevent such powers being unfairly exer cised. It would be necessary to make out a very storng case to call for the interference of the Court. The duty of the Corporation under this Act was to, improve the town by making a new dreet, and not only to make a - passage through some dilapidated buildings. It was impossible to say here. that the Corporation had not acted with discretion ; the application must, therefore, be refused with costs, and his Honour the Vice-Chan cellor's decision confirmed. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 10. STOREY V. MOORES. This was an action of trespass for assault and false imprisonment. • Mr. Sergeant 13o3teAs and Mr. CAMBERS appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD and another gentleman for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant kept a ham-shop in Farringdon-street, and that on the evening of Saturday, May 22, the plaintiff went there to buy four. or five pounds of ham ; that he was served by the defendant himself, and that he inquired of the defendant whether he could send it home for him. Whereupon, according to the statement of the plaintiff's witnesses, the de fendant threw down the ham in a passien'on the coun ter, and said, " When you come out again, you had better bring your servant with you." The plaintiff replied, "Don't blackguard me." Upon which the defendant, coming from behind his counter, said in a loud and threatening tone Blackguard you ! what do you mean by that ? You call me a blackguard do you ? I'll give you in charge." The plaintiff said—" I don't call you a blackguard ;" however the defendant followed him over the threshold of the shop into the street, where a crowd of persons had assembled, and, taking hold of him by the W arm, called to his shopman to fetch a constable. hen one came he gave the plaintiff in charge for calling him a blackguard, and the plaintiff was taken to the police station-house and there discharged. The case set up by the defendant was, that he civilly told the plaintiff that he could not send home the ham he was so busy ; where upon the plaintiff had abused him and made a distur bance in his shop. He requested him to go out, and upon the plaintiff's refusal to do so, gave him in charge for creating a disturbance at his door. The defendant's case rested principally on the testi mony of his head shopman, who created a good deal of amusement by the manner in which he "puffed" his master, and the extent of his master's business. He said that his master always took so much pains to oblige his customers—his civility made him beloved by all who knew him. On a Saturday night he (the witness) had hundreds of customers to serve ; and on this occasion the disturbance lasted for ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, in which time he would probably have taken 10/. or 20/. _ _ _ _ •••• The Jury, however, stopped the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff in his reply-, and found a verdict for the plaintiff.—llamages 25/.' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. Mr. Francis, the proprietor of the Adelaide Tavern, London-bridge, appeared, on Saturday, upon two sum monses, for permitting persons to be drinkinr , in the tap room of his house, they not being travellers or pas sengers, during the hours of divine service. Police Constable Russell stated that on Sunday at 10 minutes past 11 o clock, he saw several persons go into the tap of the hotel. He went into the tap-room and saw three personS there ; two were ticket porters, and the other a woman, and they had a glass of gin and a pot of beer before them. Alderman Sir C. MAusHALL—This is a very different case to what was represented to me by Mr. Francis. He said the persons were foreigners, who had just landed from the steam boat. -- - Mr. Francis said he was very sorry for what had hap pened, but he was told the persons were masons just come to London. Two boats had arrived, and some of the passengers would go to the hotel, and others to the tap, so that it was difficult to tell who were the real pas sengers, and consequently who to admit. Sir C. MARSIIALL—Ticket, porters certainly had no right to be there. Inspector Brake said twenty people had been seen to come out on one Sunday, and he had consequently sent two men in plain clothes. Sir C. MARSHALL It foreigners:arrive they ought to have refreshment if they require it, but every one was not to be admitted into the house. The second summons was then gone into previous to the decision of the Court. Constable Lambell stated that he and anol,her consta ble went to the same house at half-past eleven, dressed in private clothes. Time men and a woman were there, who had a pot of beer hetft re them. They (the constables) had two pints of ale and a gla is of gin-and-water.—(A laugh.) Alderman LAINSON—That was a good start for a Sun day morning.—(Laughter.) Witness continued, and said that several persons came in before they left, which was at one o'clock. They wanted to leave before, but the man whom they supposed to be the landlord would not let them out, saying the b—y police were looking out. Alderman LAINSON—Was that Mr. Francis ? Wit ness—No. Alderman LAINSON—Then why not summon the land lord of the tap ? Inspector—He has no license, and we do not know who he is. Mr. Francis saidhewas very indignant at hearing of such conduct on the part of the person engaged in the tap, but he would take care instantly to discharge him. Inspector Brake—The publicans in the neighbourhood are continually complaining of the serious loss they suffer in this way. _ - - - - Aldermitn KELLfsaid ho had no doubt this would have gone on with impunity but for the vigilance of the officers. Mr. Francis observed that he gave the strictest injunc tions to his servants to use the utmost caution before they admitted any one. Alderman KELLY—The full penalty is 5/. in this case. Alderman LAINSON—We may treat it, I think, as one offence. Alderman KELLY—WeII, we shall fine you 405., but remember, it will be 51. next time. The penalty was immediately paid. • MANSIOAT-HOUSE. A Frenchman, of very gentlemanly appearance, named Jule Le Bettume, was charged with smuggling. . The So licitor for the Revenue attended for the prosecution, and a Solicitor attended fur the prisoner, who, it was stated, did not.underotaild a word Of the English languete. ~.....ert- M Porylli, a teienue jeer, stated that on the fJtititl; dfl to Mfigild sPAra..re.Teet from lionlorte which was lying et toncion-bridge wharf, abottt ten or:ol6fdd d'cloridk in the inclining, lie observed the deferi.dailt 4:bit iii.hitetgii , ir; .about him, and asked hini.What he had. d6cl6&" lie had nothing. Witness then touched defendant 4 S g4i15.;; 0- marking that there was something in that spot. " Oh,". said he, " that's merely a little thing I have for a lady," and witness then proceeded to search him, convinced that he had a stock upon his person. Between his shirt and flannel waistcoat was stiched in with much care and Skill; a tOrthiant-of black .silk litg• versott was com letely surrounded with innumerable pieces of narrow Freneh riband, not a yard of any of which had paid duty: The defendant, when •he found that he was to be searched; said that what he had tibia him was not for himself but for a gentleman residing at I3rompton. The defendant's attorney having ordered all the other witnesses out ofcourt, asked whether the defendant ad dressed witness in the English language ? he .did, and lie answered me in English. The defendant's attorney.—Did not the defendant say upon being asked whether he had not something about his person, " I have got anything," meaning therehy that he had something ? Wittleses— ,-- -No such thing. Ile wholly denied that he had anything at all about him. - He handed me the three ribands, which he said he had for the ladies, but the rest we cut from different parts of his person. The defendant's attorney said he was instructed that his client who was a most respectable person, and not all acquainted with smuggling, did, upon being asked whether he had anything- about him, willingly, and without hesitation, declare that he had, and that they belonged to another person. He trusted the Court would take into consideration his client's want of knowledge of the language, and the fact that he readily admitted the possession of the articles. The Solicitor for the Revenue submitted that the de fendant must have known that he was smuggling, for the contraband articles were wrapped round his body and closely corded. The Loup - MAYOR said that, as to the prisoner's knowledge that he was smuggling, and smuggling by wholesale too, there could be no doubt. The defendant's solicitor then submitted that the condemnation of the prisoner should only apply, as far itS the fine was concerned, to the quantity of silk found secreted upon hint, and that no penalty should be in flicted for that which he.carried openly. The Magistrates condemned the silk and ribands as a Tease. of course; and inflicted half of the full penalty for tile Oitenee--tlz. 3L Sisq and Osts, George Jenkins was charged with haviiig stolen silk of the value of 25/. from Messrs. John and Frederick CoW , . per, of St. Paul's Church-yard. Mr. Norris, who is employed in the house of Messrs. Cowper, stated that the prisoner called in June last, at half-past eight in the evening, and said he wished to locok at sette goods for Messrs. Jones of the Citproad, from whence he (Mine, The prisoner was sent up stairs, when he selected two pieces. W. Wish, who is also in the employment of the pro secutors, stated that he saw the prisoner, whom he had known'at Mr. Jones's in the City-road, where they were ghillniattsj in Mr, Cowper's shop, in St. Paul's Church yard, selecting the godde. and asked him with whom he was, to which he replied that he was again at Mr. Jones's. Hz Dix stated that it was his duty to measure the Weds at Messes; Cowers' and Co., and he measured out silk to the aitOtitif, iit 15/. for the prisoner, who told him it was for Mr. Jones, and they were entered ac cordingly. Egoeli c Tones, of the City-road, stated that the prisonerlFYFß his employment from October, 1839, to October, 184 d, hifl bed never been employed by him since ; neither had .witneSS uter sent the prisoner for the goods in question. The prisoner said that he was an innocent malt. It Was trite he had ordered the two pieces ; but, instead of tali* than olio he had left them on the premises with the intention of paying for them and taking them away, but he had never called. There was, he knew, an old prejudice existing against him. He had been transported for seven years some time ago, and he had served out the whole of his time in Bermuda, and came home completely reformed. Those who knew the. fact, however, entertained a spleen towards him, and he suf fered, in consequence, from the suspicions of his enemies. Alderman Wilson—l suppose you liked the seven years' transportation so well that you were resolved to have fourteen or fifteen more ? Prisoner—No ; I as sure you, Sir, I did riot like it at all ; but I have suf fered the punishment, and I em, I declare, thoroughly reformed.----The prisoner was remanded, MARYLEB ONE. William Smith, a lad about sixteen, and Henry Brag, aged nineteen, were charged with having feloniously entered the dwelling-house of Mr. Binstead, druggist, 30, Duke-street, Manchester-square, and taken there from certain royal effigies, bearing the value of 10s. and certain others of the value of Is. each, besides a wooden bowl full of copper. James Keightley, a boy residing at 11, Forbes-place, errand-boy in the employ of Mrs. Parker, 10, Edward street, stated that that morning, at ten minutes before six, he met the two boys in Wimpole-street, and enter ing into conversation the boy Smith informed hint • that they had been determined to have their revenge on Mr. Binstead, and that that morning they had done so. They said they had broken into the house and took all the money they could. On the Thursday previous, Smith had told him that he would do so, and had then said he would be revenged , and have all the money he could , Mr. Binstead, being sworn, stated that the boy Smith had been in his service about four months, and that for some time he had suspected him of being dishonest, but could never get anything clear against him. On Thurs day last, before he was up, his young man, being on the opposite side of the counter, saw Smith put his hand into the till and take money therefrom; and on being charged with it he did not deny it ; upon this he dis charged him. This morning, on coming down into his shop, he found the door between the private house and the shop broken open (the private house having been previously gained by getting down the area, and cutting a pane of glass out of the kitchen window,) the till and desk were broken open also, and from the former nearly a pound in gold, silver, and copper taken, besides 10s. from the latter. Not many days before there had been eighty pounds in the till. He was sure that both were locked when he went to bed, as he always made a point of fastening them before he went to bed. George George, 114 D, a very intelligent and active officer, stated that that morning having received orders from Inspector Tedman, he took the first boy with him to a house at 83, Dean-street, which they were in the habit of using, and where dancing was going on. He then posted himself at the door, and sent the boy in, who, delaying in his return, he knocked at the door, and Keightley returned, saying they were not in the house. After some little hesitation he acknowledged however, that they were, and he found Smith concealed in a cellar, while Brag was in the kitchen. They denied the charge, and he found no money on them, but there were several bunches of keys, latch-keys, and skeleton keys, about them, as well as a tin-box of lucifers, and gold chains and other jewellery. J. Keightley being re-examined, stated that Smith had shown him thirteen shillings that morning, and counted them before him.—Remanded for further inquiry. A MANIACAL RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST.—Susannah Eldred, a well-dr:ssed, but pale, wild-looking young woman, was charged by William Lee with having as saulted him, and threatened his life. It appeared from the evidence that slip had called the complainant a white-livered humbug, and threatened to to do for him, charging him with living by other peo ple's downfal. Mr. LONG (to the defendant, who had been uttering cer tain mysterious expressions, interlarded with " MyGod !" " My Saviour !" " Lord Jesus !") what have you to say? Susannah—The Lord Jesus, who is my Saviour, and who is looking down upon me and them, will punish them for their falsehood ; they ought to be ashamed to bring here one of Jesus's disciples.—(A person here stated that she had been twice in St. Luke's.) I have, I know I have ; but the Lord will protect me and bear me harmless. It is a conspiracy arising from spite, be cause I have not paid my last quarter's rent. I deny the whole statement. Mr. LONG—Have you any witnesses ? Defendant (turning up her eyes and. wringing her hands)—None. None but my blessed God, my dear Saviour. They will some day be arraigned before a blessed and awful tribunal, when they will be punished for their present conduct. The husband of the defendant here stepped forward, with tears in his eyes, and promised to leave the man's house as soon as possible, and to take every care of his wife. _ _ A reg'lar dustman; named James Barnes, alias Wide awake Jerry whose fiery hair and potatoe-fed visage be trayed his Hibernian origin, was placed at the bar, charged with having, in conjunction with another of his fraternity, " prigged" various articles of wearing appa rel, the property of Roger M'Klough, pot-boy at the Delaware Arms, Crawford-street, Marylebone. It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous evening the prisoner and one of his " pals" came to the above-named house, for the purpose of carrying out the dust having nearly filled their cart, they made a speedy retreat, saying they would not take any more until it was sifted ; soon after they were gone, he (the potman) dis covered that a bundle which ',he had placed in a cup board close to the dust-hole, had made a most myste rious exit ; the contents of it were a pair of shoes, some shirts, an apron, some handkerchiefs, and brushes. Sus pecting the dustmen to be the thieves, he pursued them, and saw the prisoner take from the cart a bundle, which he handed to his companion, who bolted with it into a marine store-shop in Homer-street ; having thus got rid of the property, he made his egress, and passing through several streets at the rate of about eight miles an hour,, effected his escape. The prisoner was afterwards.taken taken into custody. The case, after some further evidence, and the denial of the prisoner that lie had any thing to do with the robbery, was remanded until this day. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE. — Thomas Tyne was brought before Mr. MALTBY under these singular circumstances :—The defendant was given into custody for being drunk and disorderly at a wedding party the evening previous, and the charge was sustained by the following evidence. Policeman Fox, C 117, stated that his attention was attracted to No. 3, Thorns-court, Duke-street, Hanover square, by a quarrel and the cries of murder. On going to the house be was told that there had been a wedding that day, and that the person who had acted on the morn ing as father to the bride had in the evening been found in the petformanee of the bridegroom's duties. The con stable inquired if the bride was a consenting party to this novel arrangement of matters, and not receiving a satis factory reply he said be could not interfere. The land lord of the bowie then gave the defendant into custody fur being drunk and disorderly; when this was done, the ' faitbleE4s.bride declared she would not be separated from tleputy husband, for she liked him better than her I legal Spouse. The bridegroom said that he had met with his fickle rib not more than about four days before he comniqted ttiatKimeny. On the evening of the wedding day he ! • •: , u, $ 4.4 went out some purchases, and to take places for the honeymoon trip, le tip his wife and her friend together. When he came home, to his great grief he 'found his bride and the defendant in a situation that no husband could tolerate. The shock was so great that he swooned away, and did not regain a sense of his miser able lot for three hours. As soon as he came to himself he charged the defendant with attempting to seduce his wife from him. Notwithstanding what had taken place, such was his lore for the faithless fair, that if the pri soner would consent not to interfere in his family mat ters, he would forego the charge. In answer to questions put by the Magistrate, the complainant said he did not disadmit that he had been drinking, as was quite natural on such a happy occasion, but he certainly was not drunk. All he now wanted Was tindivided possession of his own lawful wife, and to prevent the defendant from decoying her away. If the defendant would snake that promise he would for give him. Mr. MALTBY put the question to the defendant, and the defendant having given a promise to keep away from both wife and husband, was discharged. The wife soon afterwards made her appearance, and on hearing what had taken place, said she would not part with her friend, for she was not aware, when taken to church, that she was to be married to her pre sent husband, and she was so much taken by surprise that she allowed the ceremony to proceed. . The friend is a tall young man, about twenty-eight years of age. The wife is about twenty-five ; rather good looking, and the husband appeared to be neither tall, young, nor good looking. QUEEN-SQUARE. • Henry Tomkins, toll-collector at Vauxhall-bridge, applied to the Magistrate for an assault summons against the " Most Noble" the Marquis of Waterford, for " bilking" the toll, and severely whipping him when he endeavoured to obtain it. Complainant said that on Thursday morning, about six o'clock, he was on duty at the gate on the Middle sex side of Vauxhall-bridge, when he observed a car riage coming from the direction of Vauxhall-gardens, in which were seated two gentlemen, and a lady accom modated on the lap of one o them. As they approached the gate, one of the gentlemen called out to have it opened ' • and this being done, complainant went as usual by the side of the carriage to take the toll, but die very moment the gate was opened, the gentleman whipped the horses and dashed through. Complainant followed and seized the reins, which he retained his hold of for two or three minutes, during which time, in con sequence of the horses being whipped into a gallop, he was carried many yards. The gentleman that was driving then called out, that unless he let go he would cut him to pieces. He then lashed him with the whip until he was obliged to loose his hold, and the carriage was driven off. He had never seen the person who had assaulted him before, but he was told by a gentleman who came up that it was the Marquis of Waterford. Mr. GREGORIE said he might take a Lummons against that nobleman if he thought fit ; it would, of course, be necessary for him to identify the gentleman who had as saulted him. Complainant then took the summons against the Noble Marquis. H. Palmer, Esq., a gentleman of fortune, resident in Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-park, attended to com plain of the driver of the cab 230, for neglecting to use all reasonable and proper expedition in the conveyance of a fare. Complainant stated that he hired defendant in Palace-yard, and requested him to drive a mile to wards the Marsh-gate, at the same time informing him that he should give him a shilling, out of which lie would pay twopence for the gate. He had no sooner made this intimation to defendant than the latter ran away ; complainant was determined that defendant should not get rid of him so easily, and accordingly got into his cab. Defendant came in a minute or two, mounted the box, and slowly proceeded towards West uthiater-Inidge, when on arriving half way up the hill, he made a dead stop. Complainant then got out and paid the driver, assuring him that he would be sum moned. Mr. GREGORIE inquired at what rate he drove. Complainant said he should think at the rate of 21 miles an hour ; certainly not three miles. He crawled along evitkaitly to annoy and get rid of him. Defendant raid he couldn't go faster, because there were vehicles in the way. Mr. GREGORIE thought this a bad case, and one in which the full penalty ought to be inflicted. Mr. Palmer did not wish to press for the extreme penalty. It was his desire that the public should be protected against the tricks of these men. Mr. GREGORIE said that defendant ought to feel obliged to Mr. Palmer. Defendant was fined 20s. He was committed for four teen days in default of payment. TI - IE ELECTIONS. (BY EXPRESS.) HERTFORDSHIRE ELECTION. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. The High Sheriff this morning proceeded to state officially the number of votes 'polled for each candidate at the recent election. He declared them to be as follows . :— Griinston 2,585 Ryder Smith Alston and he declared the thrtu first-named gentlemen to be duly elected to represent the county of Hertford in the ensuing Parliament. Loed GEDISTON then addressed the electors (the rain at the time pouring down in torrents), and congratulated them that they had fought the good fight, and had ob tained a victory; and he ttsurett them, that in his place in Parliament he Riwtild only be actuated by a desire to benefit all classes, and to make England what she for merly had been, great, glorious, and free.—(Cheers.) Mr. RYDER then addressed them, and said that there was no doubt that before many weeks the present in capable Administration would be replaund by good honest Conservatives, who would consider the welfare of the nation, and who, notwithstanding the difficulties left the m as alegttcy by the present Government, would, he had no rtonbt, carry on the affairs of the State with arivanoar4e and honour to the country.—(Cheers.) Mr. SMITH briefly returned thanks. Mr. ALSTON said he was not at all mortified at his defeat. His friends had supported him nobly, but they had been beaten ; still he felt it a source of great con gratulation that he had been honoured with the support of upwards of fourteen hundred plumper votes, and to those electors he returned his sincere thanks He ad mitted that the Government had not received thesupport of the country, but he assured them that the country would before long deeply regret that it had not supported the present Administration, who would have raised the reve nue and resources of the country without at all in creasing the burden of taxation. After: a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff, the electors separated, and the Members afterwards were chaired. WEXFORD, JULY 10. ES monde.. Bourne ... IUNSDALE. IV. H. Watson, elected. 142 101 TYRONE COUNTY. Lord Hamilton and the Hon. H. Correy elected. MONAGHAN COUNTY. Westenra and Shirley elected without opposition. QUERN'S COUNTY. _ _ _ Sir Charles Croce and Hon. T. Vesey elected. KILKENNY COUNTY. Hon. P. Butler and George Bryan, Esq., elected. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THIS EV#NINH OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.--liii% Robert Peel's position, over the heads of his party, reminds us rather strongly of a parrot's, hung out In his solitary cage ; whose sole solace is self-ap plause, intermingled with oblique objurgations at the vulgar crowds beneath him, and in reply to their upward jibes. " Pretty Peel I Pretty Peel 1" alternates with "Foul thief !" or "Foul witch 1" There is an edifying recipro city of obliging terms between the leader and his party. Sir Robert, like his parrot-prototype, is determined to give his own account of himself, and indignant that any other should be taken to represent his sentiments. He is imperturbable in his self-ascriptions ; and not by any means particular in the phrases with which he re quites the tokens of from the Tory rabble. " Some t'arcttiond" waving an Orange flag is not forgotten by those concerned ; and the Standard is justly anxious to have a large and thorough Tory majority to keep a chief in order who has that way of talking of its prin ciples. In the mean time, Sir Robert Peel continues his solo of self-approval. " The principles I will ad here to," he says, " whether in opposition or in power, are in perfect conformity with the prevail ing good sense, with the moderation, and with the intelligence of the great body of the people of England." It is a good deal to say for one's own principles, that they are in perfect conformity with good sense, and mo deration and intelligence. The assumption of these is softened by ascribing the same qualities to " the great body of the people." Everybody who agrees with Sir Robert Peel may henceforth rest satisfied that his views are in perfect conformity with good sense, mode ration, and intelligence ; and it will save a world of trouble to the good folks who have not many views of ' any sort, to take Sir Robert Peel's upon trust, as the Right Hon. Baronet assures them that in so doing, they will be sure to adhere to good sense, moderation, and intelligence. They will also be saved the trouble of com paring those views with others, or weighing them too scru pulously on their own independent merits, as Sir R. Peel studiously avoids subjecting them to comparisons (which are proverbially odious) by too explicit and distinct state ments of them. In this, too, he has attained the parrot's art of speaking without committing himself, and obtaining cre dit for " thinking the more" on points where he chooses to say nothing. The British Critic has justly exposed the offensive egotism of all this Peelotry. But perhnps it hardly gives credit enough to the policy which suggests it. That policy is one which is always, in a certain sense and degree, successful. Every clever man surrounded by foils for contrast—let his cause be bad, and his party worse, and his relations with that party distasteful mutually—can secure the suffrage of a large and good easy part of the public, by ,making a skilful use of all his manifold disadvantages, turning " his diseases to commodity," and raising himself at the expense of his party, and at the sacrifice of i:s prospects, or of its prede lections. The Standard is perfectly right in supposing such a condition of its party possible, that the best thingits leader can do for it is to betray its interests, while govern ing in its name ! We only differ from the Standard, in believing that state of things real, not hypothetical. And the conclusion we draw is, that' as it its party cannot, in effect, at present govern at all, it would have continued more wisely to acquiesce in the part of an Opposition. COURIER—The querulous curiosity of the, Whig- Radical press, as well as of Whig-Radical speakers, as to the principles on which Sir Robert Peel is to conduct his Government, and the measures which he is pre pared to propose for the alleviation or cure of the present difficulties of the country is sufficiently amusing, al, though more hypocritical and affected than real. Above all they pretend to be most in the dark, or mast puzzled, as to the mode in which he may deal with that deplorable deficiency in the Treasury, which is the na tural climax of the foreign wars and financial waste of the last ten years. In order to obtain a clue to the enigma we are treated day by day with different conjectures, or bold assumptions of facts, each varying from the other, in order to provoke contradiction in some quarter and to give a handle for attack. Thus one day we have the Ministerial writers gloating over the sinis ter assurance that the first act of the Conservative Mi nister must be the imposition of fresh taxes to step the Whig treasury gap ; whilst the next we are as confidently reminded that his 'only remedy for the provision of wanting , ways and means must be by the levy of loans, or issue of Exchequer bills, and in crease of the national debt. The example of the pre sent provisional Government may be quoted in favour of both these courses, for they have both imposed new taxes and multiplied "deficiency bills," and, singularly enough, both at the same time, so as more expe ditiously to burn out the Treasury taper by light ing it at both ends at once. The case of the Whig-Radical ridden country is no doubt deplorable enough, yat we do not opine it past the skill and mas tery of Sir Robert, who is not the man to apply despe rate and doubtful remedies upon the kill or cure-all sys tem of Whiff-Radical quackery, whilst the regular re sources and combinations of art, which to all but lerrned and able practitioners are a sealed book, remain still un tried or unexhausted. Before he shall decide upon his remedial resolves in last resort indeed, he will have to ascertain the causes of disease by a searching inve.,ti gat fANDARD,---And now that the battle has been won, we must submit that a little discretion end a little patience in our victorious host will be necessary to secure all the fruits of victory. Already we have demands made for some explicit declaration of . his purpose upon certain points upon Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert Peel being at present neither more no less than the bightopes of the country I I onou ra , bl i e n try M ember for Tamworth , and , although qu es ti on l ess t h e statesman upon whom the h Members of th e House rest, o f surely ist he going something' t oo f ast. Th e Mi n i sters are as yet to be put out of office, and from all that has been seen of 'them, it is not unreasonable to expect that they' will make a hard struggle befOre they can be ejecte4 . It must be obvious, however, to every one, that by ring, as it were, a programnie of his ptan of govern meal sir Robert reel would fuimish these meu with. HATTON-GAR DEN. On Saturday Henry R /card, a fine boy, about fifteen years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combe, charged by Mr. W. Ocock, of the firm of Ocock and Winterden, chemists and druggists, of Judd-street, Brunswick-square, with having stolen three-half pence. It appears that the father of the prisoner, who is au officer on half-pay, apprenticed the prisoner to the prosecutors, and a sort time ago he exhibited a charge of assault against them, and they were fined by the Magistrate. Since that period the prisoner had been in their house, and from the statement of the prosecutor, it would appear that suspicions being entertained of his dishonesty, he determined on pursuing means to detect him, for that purpose he marked some half pence and put them into the till, and ultimately missed three-halfpence, and on calling in a policeman, tWO of them were found on the prisoner. The prisoner declared in his defence that his master gave him the two halfpence to purchase milk for his breakfast, but he preferred keeping them to lay out in another way. He denied stealing anything from the till. He was committed for trial. The father, a respectable-looking man, who was much excited, insinuated that the charge was got up through motives of revenge and to get rid of the boy, and he im mediately proceeded to Mr. Wakeling, the solicitor, of St. John's-square, Clerkenwell, to protect the interests of his son, who parted with him full of grief. ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY. — On Saturday morning, at about four o'clock, as Restiaux, 39, E division, was going his rounds he observed two men and two women, no torious thieves, lurking about High-street, Bloomsbury, when he determined on watching their manoeuvres. At length they proceeded to the shop of Mr. Davies, glass and china dealer, of Hart-street, and with a horse-shoe the men forced back the shutter bars and got down two of the shutters. Restiaux, who had concealed himself with 159 E near the spot, rushed upon them and seized hold of the men, who resisted in a violent manner, and at length they succeeded in getting the officers on the ground, and the females endeavoured to rescue the pri soners. The officers Were infamously maltreated, but after a desperate affray and struggle they apprehended one of the men and a woman, who were taken to the sta • tion-house. They gave their names John and Ann Jones, both reputed thieves ; they and the officers exhi bited severe marks of violence. The prisoners were committed to the House of Cor rection and hard labour for one month. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.--A special general meeting of members, which was very numerously at tended, was held on Thursday afternoon in the Theatre of the Royal Institution, Albemarle-street, to take into consideration the Report of the Committee appointed at t recent meeting on the subject of the museum, and, if approved, to empower the Council to carry . into effect their recommendation by drawing upon the investment fund for a sum not exceeding 5,0001. The chair was taken by B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., and the Report of the Committee was read by Mr. Yarrell, in the absence of the Secretary. The sole point to which their attention was directed was to the simple inquiry as to the future locality of the museum, or whether it would be more expedient to place it in some central situation in the west end of the metropolis or at the gardens. Several buildings and sites had been examined, the whole of which were in one or more respects inadequate, and the Committee, therefore, came to the conclusion that the only plan by which the Society could preserve its valuable collections was that of erecting a suitable building, either on their own premises in the gardens, or in the immediate vicinity, if a site could be ob tained from the Government for that purpose. Mr. Whishaw moved the adoption of the Report and the ap propriation of a sum not exceeding 5,0001. for the erection of a building in the gardens, contending; this was an emergency which guaranteed their drawing upon the vested property of the Society. He stated that land upon favourable terms _might be obtained from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests on the usual building lease of 99 years. Mr. Daniells, secretary to the Royal Institution, who seconded the resolution, stated that the time was most favourable for its adop tion, and that an adequate museum might be erected for a moderate sum, whilst its being in the gardens would cause an annual saving in the expenses of the Society. This proposition led to a long and warm de bate, Colonel Sykes, the Rev. E. W. Hope, Mr. Thorn ton, and many other members objecting to it, on the ground that the present condition of the Society would not warrant the outlay ; whilst Dr. Grant and others opposed it on the ground that the museum would be in accessible for scientific purposes and meetings. Mr. Cooper, one of the Members of the Finance Committee, warmly defended the Council, showing by details that the Society was in a healthy, permanent condition ; that every year the income exceeded the expenditure, and that the appropriation of part of the investment fund in the manner proposed would be a judicious mea sure. The subject of the final disposition of the museum had been agitated upwards of ten years, and it was now time that it should finally be set at rest. The original resolution was at length carried by a large majority, and the Council will at once, it is understood, take measures for the erection of a building capable of containing their collections, acknowledged to be in many respects the first in the world. TORY FABRICATIONS.—The Tory papers of Thursday and Friday gave accounts of a " horrid out rage" in Ireland, in which it was - stated, that Mr. Gurney, a magistrate, who had been a g ent to the late Lord /Corbury, had been shot at, and narrowly escaped assassination. It turns out, however, that Mr. Gurney Was the party who shot at others, and had not been shot at. The following is Mr. Gurney's own version of the matter :—" Yesterday I had the pleasure of breaking up au ambush of two fellows, with guns pointed at me through a hedge. I got three shots at them—unfor tunately the range was too long for my pistols. My clerk and I ran them into cover. The cowardly villains would not wait to exchange a shot with us. Illy were two of Gleeson'Sgang.."—DOlin Post. EVENIN6 SUN _ NAVAL IN-TELLIGENCE. • (From the Hampshire Te le g ra p h.) PoRTSMOU steamer, Air. Engledue, Command er, arrived at the Motherbanh, on Monday morning ,, JL'aX 1 0 . — T he Great LiverP°°l the 25th ult. The following inoreir2; her mail, isle had preriesly been landed at ralmouth, was deliver here—a cleat' lose, of twelve hours by her going iglu 5. Western port. Col, bodges, the late Consul at Alexan having left Malta en dria, and 47 other paaeeßgers, are on board, and will re main in quarantine until perfecting 21 days from Alex..- andria, before she is admitted to pratique. It is quite C dent the French are playing•a deep game in the pt' part of the Mediterranean, but they will be well watched and our fleet was concentrating, to be prepared for 3ny event. Admiral SirW.Parker found, on Iris arrival at Malta, that in his command in the Chinese Seas he is to a biti e by the directions of Sir Henry Pottinger, and, further, the whole of our India naval force is under the Great Liv pool passed the Princess Charlete and Castor on the evening of the 29th, about 90 miles east of Gibralt.abr: The Thunderer, 84, and Lizard steu4ner. r . altar. The Hastings had sailed thence fore England a tea days previous. Orders were received 'at ibraltar to detain her on the station, about three hears a fter her departure. Sir John Ommanney was aboitt to hoist his flag in the Howe. The Britannia' had been Ye-surveyed , and found perfectly sound ; a !ew of her holts, front were at Gib - The which the wood had shrunk, had been re-clin'Aledu held perfectly tight. The Gorgon steamer was at ,ilex_ andria, and the Medea was going up to her with e stiPP of provisions. The ships left at Malta were the'ilritnn" nia, Howe, Vanguard, Rodney, Ganges, Cyclops, fre' .nitti Acheron, Alecto, and Polyphemus.: The Atholl and Sapphire troop snips, the former com mended by Mr. Bellamy, the latter by Mr. Cole, arrive" on Monday from Quebec, with the 73d regimen t nit board, which has disembarked at Gosport, and thr gone into quarters. When these ships left Quebec' the' Apollo was daily expected there with the 68th regimen from the West Indies, and she was then to bring hol in the 24th. The 34th regiment was ready t o embark, would come home in the Cornwall and Somersetsr6 transports ; the Prince Regent and Boyne would tin" bark a third regiment, and the Abercrombie Robinson a fourth. The Atholl aral , Sapphire are ordered to refit. • The Seagull packet arrived at Falmouth on 1 °,2 4Y , from the Windward and Leeward Islands, with - freight of 80,000 dollars. The Pelican, 18, Commander Napier, left Gi braitsr for the East Indies, on Vernon,o te 27th ult. The ernon, , Captain h W. Walpole, sailed yesterday for the Mediterranean, touching at Lisbon, Gibraltar' Cadiz, Malaga &c. tur The Cornwallis, ' 72, sailed from Plymouth on Sal e last, for the East Indies, and . the Implacable, 72, ont- • same day, for the Mediterranean. The Charybdis, :3, Lieut. De Courcy, and Commander Dawson, were at Jamaica on 96th Aprila, Alban, steam-vessel, sailed for Dublin, on _Ti e nesdav, with the remainder of the depot of the 8 2 u giment. orde re d elle Illustrious, 72, at this port, was vesterd n Y ; Sir for commission, to receive the flag of Vice-Ailln`rsysfest Charles Adam, as Commander-in-Chief in the Indies and North America. • hoe, The Medora, yacht, left Gibraltar for Cadiz, as.ht, 0 and Cowes, on the 29th ult. ; and the Heron , Y the previous day, for Cadiz. Wool' The Devastation 'steam- vessel was launched at e a, with on Saturday, and hauled into dock to be eoPr i r s to Her engines are to be immediately fitted, and she t 18 9 be made ready for sea. The Devastation is e°',,,ot. Victor, 18, feet long, and about 1,050 tons burden old ineascrell - The Raven cutter arrived on Wednesday front ness. The Cracker cutter arrived to-day from Jersey. The Nurna transport arrived f, om Woolwich on nesday, with convicts on board, and sailed to' fa l Bermuda. with The Lord Goderich put in here on Wednesday: e d. convict boys, for Hobart Town, and remains at Wednesday: The schooner, Criterion, of Dublin,"from --Ne`irc3sotolie Barcelona, with coals, got on shore on WednestV'-- t he Brambles, where a good deal of sea was runn in g ' we et boatswain of the Stag, revenue cutter, with a hoa r ' , her to her assistance, S and by carrying out en anchor, ugn" hove off and anchored her safe in Cowes r oads. 'e The Hon. Reareil dmiral Bouverie returned froFo v ie tox i, yesterday, and re-hoisted his flag on boa rd the The first division of that splendid regiment, the oter or Duke of Albany's own Highlanders , marched the Y re day., and another division to-day, for Winds or ; te o f mainder will follow on Monday, and tak e the rnti Petersfield The 66t and Farnham. h regiment, commanded by Lieut. - ti n. "'" froM H. Johnson, move over to quaaters in this town, Gosport, as the 72d march off. e ediebleg h ' In Harbour—Queen, Victory. Excellent, utter . ; Dublin, Royal George, Bittern,. Electra, - Ensel cult sn u Sapphire, and Atholl troop ship, Cr acker to Echo steamer. e ric At Spithead—Monarch, Indus, and Lord - convict ship. shard' 0f PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMEe ti rcl, 0 - priteh PROMOTIONS,._ Acting Surgeon R. P. to A Herald, to the rink of Surgeon. n - t . APPOINTmENTs.---Surgeons—Jur. H. W. Surgeon Superintendent of the Mexboroug•co.stovin' ship, now taking in transported felons at 11-1" the DublinHoler MP Electra. Assistant-Surgeo p ns—,T.. W. Graham, A. 11- ' l3'illig. Actillg Master's Assistant—G. T. Wise , ton, and James Rae (b) to the Queen. 10' 19 ' to the Clerk—J. M. Jefferson, to the Queen. Clarell Capt. Loch, of •the Victory, is to succeed est t „' is re_,' as Superintendent of Chatham Dock -yard, " e - c o lin''' moved to be one of the Captains of Greenwiei Vl "- vice Larkan deceased. i is 0 1'. - Mr. Lamm, Assistant of Chatham Dock-Ynn of this pointed Builder at Bombay ; and Mr. Willeeso_.:, gr. Dock-yards is appointed Assistant ChathPr Finch= comes to this yard as a Foreman. n ntin° e9 The strike against the butchers gin ns Ar c at the Welsh iron works ; more than 40,00 0 Pe rs ( t t her now abstaining from fresh meat, and have pledgei Pet selves to do so until the price is reduced to 41y t heir The Monmouthsh;re colliers have also Pin7,o3ene brethren at the iron works. This has caused ani,,""t demand for bacon. Large quantities are brf)tig''' n - s e hire week from Bristol, Bridgewater, and Cardiga" Mgr it meets with a ready save at 9d. to lud. Per chester Times. O , j . GOLD WATCHES, LONDON - A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers , . l ection - London, opposite the Bank of Eland, submit for 5 1 ' 1,0 0 very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES' the l' et io which are made and finished under the careful inS e os" experienced workmen on their own remises, land ell. ranted for correct performance. 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