The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-13 00:00:00

N. c aused the Trade Tea, Lir c omn3 o he si e cula• .d to is lid ve ev i nc ed ; sparingl9d rchase, an an deserip ined ; some free' >st descrip- La, 199 baba p ub sale ; d Plicadang or 4 da ina g`d • g ood er. good O a ' Privately ;old, rine'. West lcdi a . c and 36 ' purChaSew " holders ?II r rates, a st od hipPer s .,( fri for r;:, li.rates, t o ° n for h °l46 nt 0. P. ' t coulaL for boug h " - t ; o verfil l l i is and bh beeg have • g ‘tock - .0d b e td to 0, 6 has, 2d, hilds 64 1, hds 4 ' pe r avu 'll)•°!tt's pace irSePelinled id; I are still t°°P i ; Ca/cu t iders . 4 —h to red ser ch" Fe V enga for l bo wers II ott f o rtr e hite 3 5 to l u, ixt o ,as esis t • • a f bte m r Lit• o'l o pre- 6a pe• t° 43 4 iceePte Deyt A for ,e 'l l i AO s o ut oc, VS , fre ,,llo l sgh ce pett were ef t !. 5 p er to p , ty I ° s ol fo r . 5 , to Os , be og AID" 461 , ;cric 3 ' l ' . 5 85 lel ivery t 0 1 1 cos l ' u t p a ltocc ellasersoi t° .13 f or toa,artlf trap'' ~ 6h ire, the ° f ,arge ott , sterbet'' isuri tiu ,a l een t eae' a, „iis - Ii:VENING EDITION' SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. ON FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1841, Will be performed THE DEATH OF ABEL e a l An Oratori o , composed by Mr. GEORGE PERRY, er of the Sacred Harmonic Society, and Organist of hi.; 1:11.'• bb INCIPA M V Quebec Chapel. PER FORMERS—Mi•S Miss Ward, t „os, r. OCA L Pearsall, Mr. Leffl and Mr. . Phillips. he HBand and Choruswill consist of er, above SGO Pe H rformers. 30- each 4Res er;ed Seats, as., be had of the !ni-pc Music -sellers •, of Mr. Mitchell. 39, may Charing-cross ; of Jr. Ries, 102, Strand, opposite Exeter Hall. THOMAS BREWER, Hon. Sec. tir T he Oratorio is now published, and may be had, eitheren sretf°r anY portion separately, of the Principal Music Sellers, ° r. Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross. CONTRACT FOR IRON HOOPS. DEPARTmENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR V ICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, MARC'S ;I, ISO. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT the ING the OFFICE of LO RD HIGH ADMIRAL of tkgITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IP.E .do hereby g i ve N ot i ce, that on T HURSDAY , the 25th P:,.. - o " t t it One o ' c l oc k , t h ey will b e rea d y to trea t w ith suc h lit er i n n : .a' may be w illi ng to C ontrac t f or sup plying and de e into her M a j esty ' s Vi ctua lli ng S tores a t D e ptfo r d, the 15071,1oej!tisned Articles, viz. : RW"NS NEW IRON BUTT AND PLATE HOOPS, 5 1 th t ° be deliv ere d b y t h e 30 t h A pr il, an d th e rema inder (. 30th June next. iile.conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said Office. Treat Tender will be received after one o'clock, on the day of ht ,!' ; Y, nor any noticed unless the party attends, or an agent imt,duly authorized in writing. t k i tv v "Y Tender must 1w addressed to the Secretary of the Admi 110ZNa,'R1 bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for totnp and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac t° b aniedbv a Letter signed by a responsible Person, engaging 2,5( Per "°'oe et bound with the Person tendering in the sum of "~ttaot. on th e va l u e , f or t h e d ue per f orman ce of the AT a MEETING of BANKERS, MER INHAWNTS, BROKERS, SHIP. iIVNERS, and other nOtis f , 'ANTS of LIVERPOOL, in the SESSIONS 411, 4 of the Borough, the Bth day of MARCH, 1841, t Oilsly ;he Mayor, in compliance with a Requisition nume- Ite i t it a t t .'" r espectably signed, to take into consideration the 'te c ter tn i a '°' and Prohibitions of our Commercial Code, and to "'"ttlt,n: ti n al}popc measures for obtaining such alters.- THo e ‘ in ma appear expedient, . it 31 AS BOLTON, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair, h g nursed y HUGH HORNIY, Esq., seconded by THOMA S That ' ' 1 "'", Esq., and unanimously resolved, ailt e at the w e lf are and prosperity of a country are best Cin tst;t'lay securin g an a b undant supp l y o f t h ose commodities 'ator il r e li to the wants o f t h e commun ity, and as foreign It s ee enabl es i t to obtain that o bj ect b y t h e i n t erc h ang e eli,jeoduetioai for those of other countries, differing in soil, i npet r, or capabilities, so all laws tending to limit the field or ttlist,: o t t hl freed om of commerce are prejudicial to the best in- It ,44,1 the Peop:e. red by JAMES AMIN, Esq., seconded by 11xxav , 1 11 44 Attaisosr, ESQ. and unanimously resolved, Peote e ti Te duties levied on imports, whether intended . burden of manufactures, agriculture , or colonies, Itt 'lit "'den on the public greatly disprop . ortion . ed to the ken t ,°,l Protection afforded or cmftemplated in their . enact- Most instances , having reference to interests t t" ' i n no need of such adventitious aid impoli . tic ell our trading relations with foreign nations, IM fair afritnily feelings which would lead to reciprocal con '"our,,— great mutual advantage ; are demoralising, by the of il l , j e tnent they hold out to evasions of the obvious spirit rti-e°,'• That - the main object of imposing duties on ° o t ur o , ( 1 ) '. 11(1 he revenue, not the protection of particular and sub. It Crests ; and that the most successful legislation on wonld be that b which the needful amount of re "ibis°r t he l ut e of the y State should be raised at the least t wat - eost to the consumer. al4e A ti ,bY THomas TODD, Esq., seconded by Men A ion ,„ 4 That iy r , Esq and unanimously resolved, the CP'sts on the - r ' aw materials of our manufactures and 'Nesest,e'esQaties of life are highly detrimental to the great tarb, Of the country and a serious impediment to its pro. cf e oli e c if h a r,e, by iner ' easing the cost of those articles the ex ti"SlStanee !orms the main branch of our commerce ; that is_ ° ar b, In such injurious policy has already driven some 1 . " 1 . eiiii r s ; t .atoiners to manufacture for themselves, and that 1 0 °44 1is 0 , 1° 9 of expert workmen from Great Britain, occa s..ti'lte "th — e e sti n c i e ß ,, h cos of liv . ing there, has contributed essen i7atst, not ss of foreign manufactures, enabling those "tee - ° III Y to be independent of supplis from us, but to kid thzt otir 44; "Inpetitors in the principal markets of the world , 5y. 4 ,)" highly desirable to exempt from taxation, as far L'ttle te sti,TStetmaterials necessity to the industrious and labouring It .„, bY CHARLES HoLtasro, Esq., seconded by J. B. of:I RE I I - e ' m full E and unanimously resolved , eireurnstance sensible l of the necessity which exists under pre !ate t t° . a dh ninut a inn f steps which might o a f b i s .e t v ai e n n i u n o f o e, this meeting does not hesi i!titi°,l;4l:reis its confident opinion that an early and . thorough ' 4 of ° our Commercial tariffs, with a view to the introduc sr) de)t.s.ll Mid simplification, in which the exis . ting . code dut ies fluent ; and havin for its object a reduction in . e NI a ° thn s essential to the necessities e artie. es which are essen e,? °l h e ; Pt ' of the De le is imperatively called for, and . far ol n eo g ns i ti n_juriou's o t n :i ' the revenue would lead, to an in tioil I s *l,O l m in n , in mote than s'sfficient to counterbalance It (if fr esh t might be apprehended , and render the imposi wm axes unnecessary. I.l : kiyed by WILLIAM RarHBONIE, Esq., seconded by 161:al" OMILLY, Esq., and unanimously resolve& in thent,t for e °Pinions expressed and the principles involved, eing resolutions are amply ' supported by the evidence Select Coramitt of the House of Commons during 4 44 y i :.^Fth S : s _ s ion of Parliament, ee the publication of which has outost essential service, by exposing the d_efec u t o s and f the present system, and eliciting valuablese 4 te t i to " a mendment, by which the community, may . b av a n Indefinite. extent without injury to peculiar inte- N Nof' W ith an increase rather than a diminution of the 't it ka P r oviding for the exigencies of the State. ''l l,"ed by EDWARD 3loosr, Esq., seconded by GEo. 11, 11 4 t "'LLIAMS, Esq., and unanimously resolved, Petition be presented to the Commons House of Par ' T ari raylng for an immediate Revision of the Commer- Vet! 4li u of the country, and . the introduction of a sstem , the spirit of the foregoing resolutions ; and that_ the tii ttlb c) e - r be laid for Signatures at the usual places, and the yarns of the Borough be requested to present and support std tt W4Bmoved by J . It sr Esq., seconded by ORUE-. —awn° rye 11,1 St . ORTH, Esq. and and unanimously resolved,. ho t4e,:•-:_vramt.ttee be appointed sendtoa carry out the objects of te~luNerti`l[sf, with power to deputation to London if "curable ; and that the movers and seconders of the f °rin a part, with power to add to their number. I (Signed) THOS. BOLTON, Mayor. t 144 4 1 70 r having left the chair, used by .1. B. Moottr, Esq., seconded by Was. Wea k Thit ,i, 80 W, Esq., and unanimously resolved, hit 41! tha i m part this meeting be presented to the Mayor an dal conduct in the chair. k4°NtION, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN S lutic LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. i L s hereby le to the Shareholders in the rE Caital t t ,: ereon eCom o p o - a - t ni v e , en i t o b t a h t F a e b D r u I a V r DIVIDEND D last,E N D of FIN ', 4, 4 4 ,''" lite P AYABLE on and after the 25th day of March has been declared, Eit ° 3rs of ITtvrtll:e ChandieFf Office of the Company, between the : : . !!e l ...,i(nte-row, Mansion House, March 1. ' IO TER LIFE ASSURANCEai I -14 % I. 4N NUITY COMPANY, 9, Chatham Place, Black- 44i". Established in 1826. DIRECTORS. .7 ( l '4 ? (*j h "Ngh liavter FA R obert Prevost, Est. oitottion ' M.P.• • John Louis to o e w tuod Es q. • Shaw Lefevre frrible, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. 3 , Leßlarchant Thomas, Esq. Ali b ete TuusTEES• °ll ' E John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., F.R. S., The d , Charles Johnston, Esq. rate Ifiv%:ara'tng A drantagos of this Office artes— ti P r of Premium, without pfi t, 4 he f with participation iri . - t r h o e prO fi e t r . s o a f n th in e c O re ffi as c ed e. 1-4 41:t ° , w ing are the annual Premiums required for the as °ol'l on a healthy life in either case:— N 'TH ?Rum s . WI it PROFITS. 40.Z0age 40 • A 17720. Age 30. Age 40. Aged). 7 3. d. -1 1 •d. s. d. s : d. s. d. t A d• 217 0 4 0 8 I I 213 6 114 2 .oh h will quinquennially. p a ; , -1, 3 e a °- 4, the -profits take place O r - 4; it'll,l'eprattr•tieasfteer three annual premiums shad have been in en their bonuses in a . sent st . appli e a : r i n ec a e um nentation of their Pe icies, o r i tlAu t' ,rerqf thei r f uture Prem i ums .. in ay contract to pay their . Premiums either in one viitteris given number of payments, in annual,half-year, or lA... n te e ,P.Mtent s , or on the ascending or desc ending te sc al e. service, Per '4l tit the Army and Navy, when . in ac %t i 4 be '- y t c, ed • w ith chronic and other diseases, and such as are I, k ateg 4 q the limits of Europe, are also Assured at Mode st u`hich , hol ders have a right to attend the General Meetings, affairs. Auditors report annually the state of the Com a't Ule P o e ff `' i t e u e 7s, and all necessary information, may be obtained MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary. X - ATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, IN Vi I ILLIAII-STREET, LONDON. A ktait Established 1830. CAPITAL £500,000/. Vtel".--OOE THOMAS NIHLSON, E. 4-PaitsinEE NTRG, JAMES BOGLE C SM O ITH, Esq. sq h a ( `‘(,ll heDh ' - "art er E DIRECTORS. (I,:rt 11,11 N. Patrick Cruikshank, Esq. ru r fte ~ 4sq. John Gore, Esq. eqrt'o. ,i,o4rrradaile, F.sq. Ralph Ricardo, Esq. . 1 "luel 3 nand Esq. Herman Sillem, Esq. ~ ° l l r..fin t" Capper, Esq. Francis Wilson, Esq. .. _ . 4, 4" , k ` t ha of the Divisible Profits are Annually di v id e d ' 4l as',l`ruee, Assured for the whole term of Life, wh i o a h r a e v: holly 441i,.(1 in th e i t tliiie full . period f of Five Years, Premiums; the re- I` ''' ()nft h ed to u th ' elr o o f pri u e t to u r r e s of the Subscribed Capital. At! ii , „ .-- ''' PaENttums for Assuring 1001. for the Whole Term of Life. of Life. A t Z---__________ \ Premi um Is ----. • Age. I Premium. I Age. Premium, ~:\ k 1,1 3 ' , 5 £2 — 3 0 35 £2 17 5 4 Ab f. : - :- 1 _ -s •--._l____ . ° 30 29 5 40 37 5 T 4. e i t 't or p the "' st Ism s for Assuring 100/. payable at the Death Si %ty 4 . ll l, but the Annual Pretniuni to cease at the Age A e e Age. I Premium. Age. Premium. X 217 -0 £2 "'8 35 £3 10 7 9 y a() 217 g 40 49 5 l'A ------ - 1 ' 30 Ttt " I ' 7 ' 9 ' 1 40 ( 4 9 5 -.) iLt . 9 •—______ D art l ' ' t I ) mitmleng the Az - fo • Acf,urino , 1001. payable on the Age. attaini Age of 'Sixty', or Dyin„, ,, previously. ------"-- P• remi 'l Premium. n• Age. •Pi Age. Premium. 15 ----- ____ --.-------- ••••• 9 E ?: ?. —7- 25 ----- Z2 1 - 6 10 Corn • ' 4 30 38 6 40 5 ----_ 35 E 4 4 8 9 8 th _--nn..:. rais e mki all" . owed to Solicitors bringing Assurances to C. 13. SMI'T'H, Actuary. //-&- j e-ee LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH _l3,_ No. 15,137. MON EN M ItH. ET and CITY NEWS. guinary (for such it would eventuate) a stipulation as Abdul 3lethchid would force upon him. Mehemet Ali has earned_a title to better treatment in the gt wituile of European huma nity and civilisation. MIDILANDiCIRCUIT—LIvcoLN, MARCH 9. The commission for this county was opened last Saturday, and we are happy to say the calendar was very light, there being but fifteen prisoners in gaol for trial for this very large county, and those but for minor offences. There were sixteen causes, four of which were Special Juries. FROM THE. MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—The feeling at the Stock Exchange, as concerns business in the public securities, in connexion with the news that has been received of the state of onr foreign relations, seems entirely confined to the jobbers and speculators, the public not having taken any part hi the mks lately made, a fact gathered from the very few orde.s received by the leading brokers in the coot se of the last two days. As it is, the sales that have been made are not of a character to alarm the mar l ket, although some have deemed them prudent, to :,void, as they say, a greater sacrifice, whisk an advers e state of things may produce, and it appears it has suffered mere frdat artificial means than Crum a.ty great amount of stook being offered, while the indisposition to buy, in this slate of uncertainty, ac counts for the drooping tendency of prices. Tu-day's business was limited, and the Consul-market opened firmer, the money price shortly afterwards being quoted big to , and the account price 88 to it. CHRISTOPHER V. CHRISTOPHER. This was an aetios of ejectment to recover certain estates in this county,.now in the posseslioissif the defendant. The pro perty in dispute is said to be 15,000/. a-year. It was ultimately agreed these facts should be put into a special rase, with ]cave to turn it into a special verdict, in the meanwhile a verdict to be taken pro forma for the plaintiff, wills one shilling damages. 1W R7'll ERN CI R CUIT—YORr, MAW' 11. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. CROWTHER V. SCHOLEFIELD. Mr. CitEsswEtt, in stating the case to the Jury, said that the plaintiff in this case was a young woman of about 29 years of age. The defendant was a manufacturer, residing near Huddersfield, and about four years and a half ago the plain tiff went to reside in In's house as housekeeper. About a 3ear and a half ago the plaintiff proved to be pregnant. The plaintiff's pregnancy was reported to her mother. She called upon the defendant, and asked him what he meant to do, and whether it was his intention to marry the plaintiff or not. He said that he did, and repeated the same declaration to other members of her family. The defendant himself pro cured a license. By his directions preparations were made for the marriage—wedding clothes were got ready—a breakfast was prepared, and mutual friends invited ; but the defendant broke his engagement, and did not appear on the appointed morning. All this was cruel in the extreme. Time went on, and the p'aintiff became the mother of a child. The defendant was informed of this—expressed great pleasure at the fact of the p'aintiff doing well—and repeated his promise to make her his wife at an early opportunity. What defence would be set up it was difficult to say. The plaintiff, no doubt, had some years before been the mother of a child, but of this the de fendant was well aware shortly after the plaintiff came into his service. He frequently had the child at his house—was very fOnd of it—and with this full knowledge of the whole of the plaintiff's history, it was that he had made the promise which he subsequently had so cruelly broken. The defendant had ample means of snaking a just compensation, He and his brother had a mill worth itself about 1,5001., besides the very considerable capital which would be necessary for carrying it on. It would appear, indeed, that after the action was brought, he offered himself to make a compensation to a certain extent. The stat-ment of the Learned Counsel was borne out by the evidence adduced, and the Jury found a verdict for tl:e plain tiff, damages 2001. ON WEDNESDAY NEXT (17th Inst.), being ST. PATRICK'S DAY, A SOLEMN PON TIFICAL HIGH MASS vall bw celebrated in the CATHO LIC CHAPEL, SUTTON-STREET, SOHO, by the Right Rev. Dr. GRIFFITH. The SERMON will be preached by the Very Rev. JOHN ROLFE. Collections will be made in aid of the Funds of the Chapel. Service to begin at. Eleven o'Clock precisely. POST.—The dealings in the public securities were not, until a late hour in the clay, of a nature to call for much com ment. The jobbers had abstained from almost all speadative tran•actions for the moment, under the impression that the next arrival from the United States might bring advises of a more decisive character than ail that have yet come to haul in rela tion t ) the M'Leod ease. The Royal mail steamer Columbia, was to leave Boston on the Ist, and Halifax on the 3d inst. ; and she may reach Liverpool, it is coesldered, on Monday or Tuesday next. It is doubtful whether or not this vessel will have any news of importance from the Canadian frontier. It is the opinion of some that disturbances viii have taken place in that part of the Union in anticipation of the measures of the Central Government, and that of these, if such were the fact, we shall lean something by the Colombia. Of the earlier proceedings of the new Ad ministration, however, we shall hear nothing until the succeeding steamer (The President) shall reach Engl:nd. That vessel was to have New York for Liverpool on the 10th inst. (two days "Igo), and it is to her we have to look fur an account of the inauguration of the new Chief Magistrate ( Har rison) and the subsequent proceedings in Congress down to the time of her departure. The utmost interest is accordingly attached, and this verb naturally andju•tly, by our commercial men of every trade, to the report of political events occurring between the 4th and 10th of the pees sit month, of which the steamer in question will be the bearer. Consols were all day up near:y to the cl, se of the markt.ts 8S (Alternately buyer= and sellers) for the account. with nothing whatever doing in them, except the little that took place between the s, eculators of the house, and this was very trifling. Subsequently there was a report in circulation of France having at length becon e a party to the settlement of the eastern question, which produced an advance of hto per cent , Consols closing 87& buyers, money, and 88/; too for Account; Exchequer Bills 9s. to I Is. prem. THE BEST HAVANNAH CIGARS in LONDON to be obtained at lIORISON'S, 194, STRAND, six doors from the Crown and Anchor. TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. ACOMMISSION to he given to a GEN TLEMAN, TRAVELLING through ENGLAND and WALES twice or three times a year. Unexceptionable re ferences required. For particulars, apply by letter, post paid, addressed A. Z., 9, Chapel-street, Pentonville. FRENCH and ITALIAN ACADEMY, 30, GREEK-STREET, SOHO. Classes are now forming at the above Academy for the tuition of the French and Italian Languages. The method is simple, yet admirably adapted to facilitate the pupil's pro gress in the theory and practice of those' useful branches of oducation. A portion of each lesson is exclusively devoted to conversation. TEACHERS. M. D. M. AIRD, Author of " The Student's Self-In struct:ng French Grammar," &c. SIGNOR DE GRANDIS, Member of the Academies of Rome and Lucca ; and Author of " Il Viaggio al Tempio della Fama," TERMS PER MONTH. Private Tuition (two lessons a week), French, Iss. ; Ita lian, 11. In Classes, French, ss. ; Italian, Eis. Ladies' Class—Mondays and Wednesdays from Ha'f-past Six o'Clock till Eight. Gentlemen's Class—Mondays and Wednesdays from Half past Eight till Ten. Juvenile Class—Mondays and Wednesdays from Ten till Twelve A. M. Schools and private Families attended. SYRIA. THE TURKS, JEWS, AND CHRISTIANS, AT DAMASCUS. SUN.—The chief business done to-day was in specu lative or time bargains, th? bona fide, nr money transac t:on', being on a very limited scale. Up to a la'e her of the day, the market wore a heavy sppearane but b:- fore the close of business a rely oceurrei. Consols opened at 871, but got up afterwards to 87j, and closed at 874 buyers, for money, on account of a re port that the affair of the East bad been definitively ar ranged, so as to admit France into the Convention with the Allied Pose e. For account the range of Flees was from 87i to 881 to /. Exchequer Bills were at Ils. to 9!. premium, and India Bonds at 20'. to 15'. discount. The New Tlaree.and-a- Half Fer Cent , . brought only 96i to 961. There was but a limited business done in the Foreign Bonds, which gere!ally !acre a very !Tar) , value. Spanish Ac'ives ranged from 23i to 231; Portuguese New Five per Cents. from 30k to 31 ; Mexican from 271 to 27k ; I3raziliAn were 71, a trivial rise on yesterday's pries; Peruvial 18; Duch Two-and-a-lialf per Cents. 50k .0 k and Belgian B nds 99/. The Shire Market was rather brisk, but pri,-ea ruled lower. Great Western brought 211 ; the New 101 to / ; tlse F:f.hs, 51 ; London and Birmingham 74 to 75 ; the South-Western 16k to i; and the Greenwich Scrip 11 premium ; Brighton Shares were 7/ to 1 ; Blackest lt. 51 ; Manchester and Leeds 3 ; the New 2 ; and the North Midland 30 discount. London Joint•stock Bank S'lares were 21 to 2;54 premium. The Foreign Exchange; were steady this afternoon. Three months' paper was most currently negotiated as fel laws :—Paris 251 621 e. to 65e. ; Ams.t srdam 12 31 to 1; Hunburgh 13 7/ t r 8; Antwerp 12 21 to 3 ; Frankfurt 1481 to I; on Trie t: 10 1 to 10 2. DAMASCUS JAN. 15. Ever since the departure of Ibrahim from this city, the Christians are exposed to the fanaticism of the Turks and Jews, which is carried to such an extent that they will soon be obliged to emigrate, unless some eaergetic and powerful protection be afforded them. A. few days after the departure of the Egyptian General-in-Chief the provisional authorities proceeded to n.eet some of the definitive Ma&istrates appointed by the Porte. They had scarcely left the Own when disorder commenced ; the Turks, incited by the Jews, began to attack the police-officers ; seve al persons were murdered and divers houses plaged. This was done with the view of occasioning a general rise against the Christians, who were dreadfully beaten wherever they were found. A Greek, of the name of Lidaouni, I:a%ing made some resistance, was murdered most atrociously, and expired te.leath the blows of fifty Ls- BLACKWALL RAILWAY. WOOLWICH BOATS. The Public are respectfully informed, • that on and after SUNDAY, the 14th March, BOATS will run every Half-hour between the Brunswick Pier, Blacksall, and Charlton and Woolwich. FARES. By the Railway—First Class, 6d. ; Second Class, 4d. By the Boats-6d. on Sundays, and 4d. on every other day. In a few dais arrangement. will be made for running Boats for each of the Quarter Hour Trains to and from the Railway. ATANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR LOANS. The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and BIR MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY are now prepared to GRANT MORTGAGES (under the powers of their Ac of Parliament) of the TOLLS and WORKS of their un dertaking, as a security for Loans of Money, in sums of not less than 5001. on each mortgage, anal for the periods of four, five, six, and seven years, at the option of the lender. Interest warrants, calculated at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum, and payable at the Company's bankers, in London or Manchester, on the half-yearly days on which the interest will become due during the whole period of the Loan, will be de livered to the Leader with the mortgages. Particulars, explaining the peculiar eligibility of this secu rity, may be obtained at the Company's Offices, No. 43, Pic cadilly ; or at the office, of Slater and Heelis, Princess-street, Manchester. THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman. Manchester, January 12th, 1841. sassins. On the evening of this day of blood and anarchy, the Turkish authorities made their entry into the town, went through the principal quarters, escorted by a de tachmeat of Turkish soldiers, and jn'the evening pub lished a proclamation, which gave some hope that dis order woe' I be repressed ; but the persecution planned between the Jews and Mussulmans against the Chris tians, was soon to manifest itself in the very acts of the authoritic3 themselves. Three days after the nomination of the members of the Divan took place, the same members were re It lected. At the eery first sitting it was decreed that the Chris tians were no longer to be mounted, were to possess no slaves, and were not to wear a white turban. Mr. John Anhouri, a member of the Divan, and the representa tive of the Greek Catholics, begged that the execution cf the decree should be delayed for a fortnight. A week's delay only was granted, and the decree was im mediately posted round the town. From this moment every species of insult was con sidered practicable against the Christians, and the white turban was pulled oil the heads of several. Com; hints w ere addressed to the Governor by a great many individuals. The Governor received very kindly all those who called on him ; he promised to see into the matter immediatsly, and, in fact, convoked all the members of the Divan, declaring that he did not recognise the measures which they had adopted respi clieg the Christians, and informed them that he intended to forward a detailed account of the affair to the Government. On this the members of the Divan. who had been the foremost in proposing the aforesaid measures, began to remble for the consequences of their behaviour, pro pored Ic lying unexecuted what they had decreed against the Christians, and withdrew quite disconcert d. But in awating orders from Constantinople, the Christians remain under the weight of the reprobation that the de cisions of the Divan have excited against them in the minds of the people. Under such circumstances, the members of the different Christian worships have bat tened to address to the Consuls residing at Damascus a circul ir which, although written with the reserve that their situation demands, is nevertheless sufficient to at tract public attention to the present situation of Chris tians in this country. '• " CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO THE CONSULS AT DA MASCUS, BY THE PRELATES OF THE DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES. " Mi.ssieura les Consuls—We have the honour of in forming you, that on Thursday last some Jews took the liberty to insult and grossly outrage the Christians, by making them undergo every kind of humiliation. " Several Christians called on us to complain of the wicked conduct of the Jess, an abominable conduct, which humiliates the Christians in general. "In your quality of representatives of the great Christian powers, you will not allow, MeEsieurs les Consul., religion to be further insulted by malefactors, which is contrary to the wishes and orders of his Ex cellency the Patha and to those of the Government of the Sublime Porte, which tends, in harmony with the European Pos ers, to promote the improvement and civilisation of these countries, by extending its be nefits and justice to all its subject , . We address this letter to you in order that you may as.t conformably, and that you may support us with kind protection.— We have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) "The Vicar of the Greek Patriarch, the Vicar of the Hely Lard, the Vicar of the Catholic Patriarch, Joseph Marrani, a priest ; Bishop Jacob, a Syrian ; the Armenian Vartabiet, the Armenian Catholics. CHEAP AND ELEGANT LIBRARY OF ENTERTAIN- SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS MENT. Now in course of publication, in neatly-bound pocket vo lumes, embellished with Engravings, price 6 s. each , T HESTANDARD NOVELS and .RO MANCES, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ( From . the Morning Chronicle.) It is with questions of religious liberty as with those of civil Aberty. If the people be driven back a single step, as by Lord Stanley's invasion of the Irish suffrage, other encroachments will pron ptly follow. Should the Church-rate discussion end in wrestii g from a vestry majority its right of resisting a rate, a signal gill have been given for other abridgments of reli gious freedom. We quoted lately the Puseyite dictum, that " dlssent ought not to exist." The expression is a pithy one of the feelings of those who, like Professor Sewell, look bac!: regretfully to the good old times of intolerance, and remind their juvenile dise:ples that the State " recommends, and till lately it would even compel you to take the Church for Aur instructor, and would prohibit others from drawing you away elsewhere, and would punish them for leading, and you for following." A Tory journal adopts this " Church principle, that di,sent ought not to ex ist ;' an I defends it as analogous to the assertion that " crime ought not to exist." We Lope Disset.ters perceive the beauty of the I arallel, and the quantum of inevitable toleration to which they would be reduce.', should power be ever in the hands of the advocates of this " Church Trinciple." The na tional Church of Great Britain cannot hold any such prin ciple, whatever may be the wishes of a bigoted and sordid section of the priesthood, which has lent itself to the tempo rary purposes of a political faction. Nor is hostility to the Church-rate imp-sition merely a dissenting question. Is not a Churchman interested, and deeply interested, in the restoration of peace and kindliness in his neigh bourhood, and the • deliverance of social intercomee from an annual infusion of strife and bitterness ?—in the cessation of legal contests, carried from Court to Court at enormous ex pense of money and good feeling, and threatening to become interminable? — in the change of a system which, for its great pro fessed purpose of keeping in comely order the ancient edifices of religion, has never worked well even from the time of the Refor mation ?—in the abolition of jobbery and negligence, and in efficiency, and partiality, as well as of desecration ?—and in the revival of a in oral power over the community, which no Church can retain that is perpetually in a struggle for the en forcement of a pitiful exaction upon unwilling contributors, and even upon hostile majorities ? These are considerations that go for something with a really religious Churchman. (From the Times.) In the present staoe of our relations, not with Europe only, but with the United States of America, when a European rupture has hardly yet been warded off, and one with the Transaslareic Republicans is, if not begun, at least impend ing, that man must have had his faculties choked with more than human ma•ice who could fiercely and recklessly, under one blind impulse of revenge, have wilfully obstructed a final settlement of fends, from prolonging which would arise a cer tainty for England of war in both hemispheres at the same moment. Lord Ponsonby, if not utterly stupefied by rancour towards the Pacha, must have seen at a glance, that, with a re opening of the question between Turkey and Mehemet Ali, through the imposition upon the latter of terms which any brave man would lather perish than submit to, every dispute by which the nations of Europe have been agitated for twice months back, embracing interests far dearer and more extensive than any affecting the Mahometan world only, would be unavoidably revived and aggravated, and the peace of earth and ocean once more imperilled. Words, therefore, can scarcely describe the opprobrium which ought to be affixed to the name of that narrow-minded, perverse, troublesome, and incapable being, who, from motives on the part of the British Government which none can fathom, and for the production of evils which none have ever desired, A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberties of West- has, during so many of the most anxious and dangerous years minster was yesterday held at the office of the Commissioners, that the present generation of Englishman have witnessed, Greek-street, Soho, Thomas Levater Donaldson, Esq., in the been left in a seemingly uncontrolled exercise of mere power Chair. Before proceeding to the regular business on the payer, that could rightfully fall to the share of any diplomatic func it was stated that in consequence of the resolution come to by tionary under the Crown of England—on that -pit where the the Court on the last court-day but one, the opinion of Dr. m'sapplication of power might prove more serious, the access Phillimore had been taken as to the power of the Commissioners of danger more formidable, arid the fruits of ignorance, or 'to make a levy on ecclesiastical property. rashness, or ob!tinacy, more irreparable than at any other post The opinion was then read as follows :—" Although the in the service of the British Government. question respecting the validity of the Sewer-rate cannot be (From the Morning Post.) directly raised in the Ecclesiastical Courts still churches and Nothing can be more absurd and contemptible than the re church-yards being " inter res sacras," and the property im - marks which the Whig - Radica l coteries and news p a p ers have mediately connected with them being consecrated and set apart been making about Sir R. Peel's speech of Thursday evening from all p.ofane uses, lam of o pi n i on that any person who for Because the Right lion. Baronet spoke in a benevolent and any purpose whatever might attempt to violate property of this kindly tone about the recreations and amusements of the com description would render himself liable to be articled against m on p eo ple, an attempt is made to separate him in this respect in the Ecclesiastical Court, and to be punished by Ecclesias- from his party. 0, how wonderful ! they cry, that all this tical censures. Of course this immunity would not extend to should proceed from the leader of the Tory party ! How un proprietary or unconsecrated chapels or burial-grounds. like the rest of the Tories ! Why, who is there beyond the ' 1 " JOSEPH PHILLIMORE." vulgarest among the vulgar that does not know the opinions " Doctors' Commons, March 10, 1841." of Sir Robert Peel upon these matters to •be shared by After a short discussion, it was resolved that the opinion the great bulk of the nobility and gentry of England, should be printed for the use of the Commissioners, and that and therefore by the Tory party? Sir Robert Peel expressed it should be taken into consideration by the Court on Friday ro more than that which the Tory nobility and gentry through next. out the land are continually carrying into practice. The Or, the question that the account for 1840 be audited, speech of the Right Hon. Baronet was a very good speech, as Mr. LESLIE suggested that the accounts should be printed, his speeches generally are, but no one knows better than him so that each Commissioner might have an opportunity of exa. self that there was nothing new in it. No one knows better mining them befue proceeding to the audit; which in that case than he does that the good feel ng towards the common people, would be really an efficient one. and the desire to improve their condition in every respect—to Mr. WlLLouGnnv thought the present was not the time to make them more comfortable, more happy, more intelligent, ropose any alteration in the manner of auditing the accounts. more religious—prevail among his political ft iends, and form They had been summoned for a particular purpose, and should the business of the lives of a great many of them. proceed in the accustomed manner. ( From the Morning Herald.) Mr. Lusete would take no part in the audit if he could not Whatever may be the honest differences of men's opinions, in enter into certain objections he had to make as to the manner Europe, i n the subject of Mehemet Ali's domestic government, in which the accounts were kept. He objected to the die- there can be no doubt that the foreign policy which he has tribution of the disbursements according to the rental; the steadily pursued for so many years has advanced Egypt two consequence was, that the Western District laid half the ex- centuries in the march of civilisation, and been of n ore effect gooses of the Commission. in renewing and permanently establishing her relations with The CLERK had distributed the d'shursements according to Asia and Europe than any efforts which have been made in the plan usually adopted ; and, as an officer of the Court, he that quarter since the most prosperous reigns of the most meg. could not take upon himself to alter the system which had nificent of the Saracenic Caliphs. '1 hanks to Mehemet Ali, been in use for so long a time, without special instructions from the passage of a desert has been Macadamised to European the Court to that effect. communications ; and the modern traveller moves from Europe The CHAIAMAN—Do you know, Mr. Hentslet, why the into Asia, or crosses into Africa, and again reaches Asia —or re plan was adopted? I turns from Asia or from Africa into Europe, with a celerity, a Mr. HENTSLET (the Clerk) —Mr. Saunders adopted it, be- safety, a degree of precision, which leave lio tie to be desired in in crease of practical speed and safety, or little, at any ra'e, that cause, in the long r un, he was convinced it was the fairest. M r . WlLLouenev did not approve of an y alteration taking the enterprise and perseverance of Mr. Waghorn under the place in the present sy stem. I continued auspices of the Sultan, would not effect for us. The Mr. UNWIN suggested that the s t a te o f th e balance' should I Pacha has entered into the organizationeni andofi that i these tha con s tancy of us h sn wouldosibplerit had s to be laid on the table every month. commerce, civilisation, lhla honour nsour an ardour a nodns g improvement, o fenterprise with The audit then commence d. The books havine been exa- I purpos e , as unrivalled a 3 %e re mined and found correct , were si g ned b y the Chairman and ee passed. he not Lot exceeded the merit even of these exertion s by A statement of the accounts of the several districts for the a - stea dy adherence to his engagements—a liberal and truly year 1 philosophic sacrifice of personal resentments to the public 840, with an estimate of the moneys required in the years 1841 and 1842,was ordered to be printed. good, which European princes have seldom exhibited, and 'A communication was read from Mr. Fox Maule, requiring might always be proud to imitate. When the Pacha's the Commissioners to furnish the Home-office with copies of forces were worsted in Syria—when his life and his the decrees for imposing the rates on the Ranelagh and Coun- throne had been already disposed of at Constanoinople tern Creek Districts, in order that the same might be laid be- --when disaffection raged among his troops at home, and fo fore the House of Commons ; and the Clerk reported that copies reign countries despatched hostile armaments to invest the of the decrees had been furnished to Mt% Fox Maule on the coasts of his dominions, he never violated his personal pledges 9th March. to the European merchant or traveller, but kept open the com- The Court then adjourned to Tuesday next at two o'clock. munications he had once established, and continued to respect the lives, property, and comforts (even of British travellers), CHEAP TRAVELLING.--Since the opening of while he complained of personal indignities put upon him by the bee Manchesternconveyaendd by satßrsoiulstve thay, e w hole last n eek,passengers British authori ties in his own chamber. have 't his is not a man distance troth Manchester to Lo u d en f or 21 s . permitt t h o e be A l s l u i e b d j t o e s d v e r t s o , Il in o l h w e n ar o t u le r, sh o rin bare viuditiv justice, can anticdsan. 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GRANE and SON, Plaintiff's Solicitors, 23, Bedford-row. COURT OF SEWERS FOR WEST. MINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. Damascus, Jan. 4." Previous to receivlng this circulsr, several of the Consuls had repaired t' the Governor to demand justice for acts of violence committed on their proteBes. The English Consul had succeeded in having a man punished for having pulled off the turban of Mr. Selina ; but all the efforts of the European represeetathes hate ob tained no red reparation for such revolting fuet , , and consequently have inspired no respect for the Christian na rte. Since the arrival of Ali Pacha, who entered this city at the head of 6,000 men, the Christians have con tinued to suffer the most vexatious treatment, especially from the Jews. Bands of Jews from without hate pa raded the town, and, under pretext of rejoicing, have fruitsthat and the been fallen on the Christians and insulted them grievously, cur rr si i t: e g se a a lo r u e d th C e hr fi is rs t, t the cross, priest s. reaped at Damascus from the departure of the Egyptian autho rities, that, sluing so many years, had maintsiced such excellent order, and had inspired respect for every kind of worship by extending their protection to all alike. LORD PALMERSTON 1N A NEW CHAR ACTER. An article on "Sand-drift," in the 59d numbe of the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, jus published, places Lord Palmerston in a new light, and shows that his Lordship does not allow his foreign policy to divert his attention from a sys tem of agricultural improvement alike calculated to benefit himself and the country. Sand-drift, it is well-known, causes great destruction of pro perty on many parts of our sea-coast, covering arable land sometimes for miles together, and even burying whole parishes. On the east coast of Aberdeenshire a deplorable event of this kind occurred some two hundred years ago; the sand swept over a space five miles in length by a mile and a half broad, along the coast, and nearly the whole parish still remains covered with enormous sand hills liable to be affected by every strong wind. On Lord Palmerston's estate in the west e land there formerly was a tract of similar sand hills which, by a very simple process, has been reclaimed, and so well has the plan succeeded, that an extensive waste, which in 1829 would scarcely have supported a goat, now grazes 112 cattle and '2OO sheep. This has been accomplished by planting tufts of bent (arundo arenaria), a species of grass, or reed, generally found in a bundance in such localities. Th e p lants are half each, cut up into bunches of a poun d and a d then placed the roots being carefully prese rve , in. holes in the sand, of a rec tan g ular form, and ; 1 ` 4( 4), c-OraeS -0. U r it 8 c. • lit or. , ,( • _ - 44. 6 ,1 7 - P. -.7 vi ~ iA ( . o 4 - \ letk o7 ' ), I I - - /, ?Vr t ?4 , - 11 k tO l4 \ 24: , 41 44 ... j z . DIVIS = 4,7,7,44,,,"` - •I '- PRICE sd. firmly belten down with the foot so as to resist the wind. They should be paced about three feet asunder, on the side of the sandy hillocks next to the point from which the wind blows most prevalently, so as to arrest its drifting- power over the rest of the ground. When the bent spreads it effectually checks the sand-drift, and the na tural grasses, such as white clover, bird's-foot, and trefoil, come up in great profusion. In this way has Mr. Lynch, his Lordship's resident factor at Cliffony, reclaimed about SOO imperial acres. Lord Palmerston, however, proposes to carry the improvement still further, by planting belts in different places, with a particular kind of fir, im ported from the south of France. Along the Bay of Biscay, and particularly at the embouchure of the Garonne, sand-drift, like a pestilence, swallowed thousands of square miles of the coast lands of France, about the beginning of the last century. The calamity arrested the attention of Government, and was ultimately stayed by one of its most eminent engineers, who, with the aid of troops, succeeded in planting a great belt of this fir (Pinus maritima major), which has ever since checked the progress of the sand-drift, while it has clothed the desert with wood highly useful for many purposes. The Foreign Secretary, therefore, impressed with the importance of this subject, has imported a considerable quantity of the cones of the maritim e pi ne f rom Bordeaux, which are now preparing in his nursery near Ballyshannon, and it is to be hoped, adds the writer, " that by the patriotic exertions and ex ample of his Lordship, the extensive sand-drifts which are every where to be met with, may be exchanged for grass lands or thriving wood." In the same Number there are two interesting, ar ticles on similar subjects, " The Importance of Agriculture," and Sir A. Fitzherbert's " Boke of Husbandrye and the early English Farmers." IRON MANUFACTURE IN PENN- SYLVANIA. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The several Pennsylvania furnaces in blast with an thracite coal have continuel to answer the most san- guine expectations of their owners, improving both in the quantity and quality of the metal. The first fur nace built at Pittsville, for the purpose of testing the experiment, has changed hands, and is now in success ful operation, using only the coal and ore of that region, and, which is exceedingly intereal log to me, she is real ising all the calculations as to the quantity of the raw material and the quality of the metal produeel I have hitherto made. Several puddling furnaces are also in operation, giving great satisfaction to their proprie tors, and particularly to the labourers who are em ployed to work them. The saving in the various processes of refinement is about 25 per cent., though an evict estimate cannot be made, in consequence of their recent construction. The fact, however, is, that wherever the c( al can be procurei the propre tors are changing to the nes plan ; and it is generally believed that the quality of the iron is much improved where the entire process is effected with anthracite coal. The state of our monetary affairs, and the excitement anteri..r to our Presidential election, have retarded the operations we anticipated in the be;inning. The sus pension of our banks, the non-payment of dividends, with the necessary curtailment of all trades and pro- fessions, have so locked up our capitalists, that they are really unable or unwi:ling t 3 look at any project, however brilliant or c!e ir, until the vexed ques tion is settled, and the banks have again resumed their business. This event being now certain, we have every day strong evidences of realising our hopes : and, from the report of this morning, the belief is that the business has begun in earnest. By letters it ap pears that large purchases have been made in that re gion, where furnaces and rolling mills arc to be imme diately commenced, and that the parties have all the experience and capital necessary to the prosecution of the work. This, if true, will turn ail eyes to the spot ; and, as we have no business that presents so many ad vantage', we may look for immediate and large opera- , tions. The subject of iron already occupies the btiention of a very large portion of our citizens ; and every day some tew object to which it can be applied benefic;ally, or some new development, is presented to their notice. Yesterday I witnessed an experiment in casting butt hinges, in which the operator made two per minute, and in ap pearance ar,tl strength much superior to the imported article. The importance of this discovery may be in ferred from the fact that we import about one pi 1 ion and a half of dollars' worth per annum, and that the work man can produce fifteen t) one ever the old mode of casting . . in the sand. He also exhibited sash we;gbts, waggon boxes, &c., which will interfere with if not drive out all that are wade on the old plan. By a somewhat similar invention door-locks are made, which promise to supply a large portion of the demand in the United St rtes. But this interference with the imported article is not equal to the many new objects to which iron, when re duced in price, will be applied ; and in renewing the subject 1 am strongly impressed with the belief that the recent developments in the iron trade of our country offer the safest and most sure objects for investment that have )tt been presented. Philadelphia, Nov. 24. WEST INDIES. Her Majesty's packet Hope, Lieut. Creser anivedi ! at Fal mcuth on Thu sway morning, from St. Thomas's Feb. 4, Cape Henri Feb, 9. On fr.•ight 70,000 dollars.—Fissengers :—The Hon. Captain Harris, of the Racehorse,- invalided, and super se led by Captain Fitzgerald, of the Magnificent ; Mr. Ste phens, of London ; Mr. FishLurn, stipendiary magistrate, from Jarnaiva ; Mr. Sangenitti, Member of the Assembly for St. Catharine's, Jamaica; Mr. Drake •, Philip Miles; Esq., M. P• for B.istel, and Miss Atkins; also Mr. J. S. Wilkinson, of the Skipjack, superseded by J. J. Warr,n, of the Cleopatra. The Hecla,.steamer, brought up the Jamaica mails of the 2d of Feb. The ship Matilda, of London, from Jamaica for Lon don, last Bermu !a, where she had been to repair, was pas , ed off Sc lly by the Hope, 23 days from the latter island. We regret exceedingly to observe by our advices from Ja maica, that the season had been particularly unhealthy in that island; which, it would appear, extended even to a prevalence of the preceding six months. 'the number of deaths amongst the civilians has been unusually large, whilst the naval and milit :ry classes have also suffered considerably, particularly the latter; the 821 regiment is instanced as having lost up wa• ds of one tenth of its strength since its arrival n April, 1840. Her Majesty's brig Pilot had at one time 63 cases of fever on board ; it is with pain we learn that she had lost her master, surgeon, and five men by that contagion. Of the productions of the island, little can be done this year, generaly, owing to the drought of last year, at least not until August. Present appearances afford a in ospect, moreover, that the ensuing sugar crops will exceed the average of late year=, provided some unforeser n event does not transpire to blight the expectations of the planters. The negro population are said to exemplify, on most estates, a praiseworthy attention to their engagements. Singular enough, they appear to enter tain so great a dread of the treatment they had to endure, as bond-servants, by overwork, that instances are tuld us, in eases of pressing orders for sugar from" o rtain estates, double pay has been offered them to w,rk at but no inducement could prevail in overcoming their aversion to work over-hours. reply was, " We like de money very well, but de work make de flesh swell." - . . His Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe had issued invitation cards for a ball to be given on the 10th of February, in cele bration of the birth of the Princess Royal. The llou , e of Cor rection at Kingston contained at the clo3e of last year as many as 200 inmates. The new Judges at Jamaica were to be W. C. M'llougall and W. Stevenson, Esqrs. ; Mr. Panton would accept the Vice-Chancellorship. On the 25th January the Governor of St. Thomas's gave a splendiA ball to the officers of the Cleopatra and Ringdove, which was returned by the Cleopatra on the nextday. On the 27th both men of war went to sea. On the 28th the Cleopatra returned from her cruise, having taken a vessel, on board of which were 265 slaves, rnd had sent her to Ilavannah for ad judication. She was bound to Porto Rico. J. P. Nissen, Esq., of Saint Thomas's, died on the 27th of January, in the 73d year of his age; the greater part of his life has been spent on the island, as his " Rem i niscences of his 46 years' Resi dence" inform us, where his memory will be long cherished with esteem and respect. The Linnet packet had arrived at Barbadoes.. LAW INTELLIGENCE. . ROLLS' COURT, ALincir 12. JACKSON V. COCKER--IMPORTANK TO RAILWAY PRO- PRIETORS. The bill in this ca , e was filed for the specific performance t l n l o olt p o i r a r in and Preston of an alleged contract for the purchase of forty shares in th l in respect of the restonßailway'for the indemnifica tion oefcall; which had been made on the shares, &c. The case seas shot tly mentioned in The Sun on Thursday, and at the conclusion of the arguments yesterday, the Master of the Rol's gave the following judg ment (from which all the circumstances of the case may be collected) but at teo late a period of the day to admit of a re port. of it in our Evening Edition. HIS LORDSHIP observed that the case was certainly one of the first importance. In the month of July, 1830, certain persons proposed to apply to Parliament for an act to autho rise the construction of a railway from Bolton •to Preston, in Lancashire. For that purpose they en tered into subscriptions. Two things were import ant for them to do, one to come to such an agreement attosgst themselves as should provide fur a due contribution towards the expenses, whether the project succeeded or not; another, that they should comply with the regulations laid down by Parliament in eases of applications for Railway Bills. Subscription contracts must be made to a certain amount in a certain manner before a Bill could be introduced. But the transferable shares of the capital, the proprietorship, if it could be -so called, was the result of the Act, and of the powers and privileges given by it. The Subscribers had divided their subscriptions into shares, and had taken upon themselves to grant certificates as evidence of the right to, or of the right to ob tain, shares, and these certificates were called scrip certificates. Not only had .such certificates been granted, but they had been bought anti sold ; and, as was too well known, they had been mode the means of gambling, of bribery, and of frauds of the most extensive character. Whethei or nut they were legal in any;' event was a question which perhaps deserved greater considera ion than it had received in this case. It did not, however, appear to his Lordship necessary to decide it on the present occasion, and considering that, in this case, there was no imputation of fraud or of mal-practice of any kind, the nature of the transact on must be looked at, for the purpose of seeing whether, from the facts which be loved to the foundation of any such right could be disco vered as that which was now claimed. That which was cal:ed the subscribers' contract appeared to have been entered into in the nn.nth of July 1836, be:ore the date of one of the certificates which had been produced. Certain persons having subscribed and made themselves liable to one another for the ex penses which were to be incurred, they did what had been done on many other occasions, called their sub scriptions " shares." fo each subscriber was delivered as many certificates as he had shares. His Lordship then read oue of the cenificates, which was as follows:--" Bolton and Preston Railway. Certificate. 501. Share. No. 1,510. The holder of this certificate having signed the subscribers' agreement, and executed the Parliamentary contract, is the proprietor of the above share in the undertaking. Benjamin Hick, Berja min Dal , son, members of the Committee. Bolton, 13th July, 1836." The holder of that certificate was the proprietor of the above share in the undertaking—a share which c,mld not be 'constituted, and could not exist until after the Act of Parliament, incorporating the Company, had passed, and giving them the means of having a joint-stock divisible into shares, which were transferable. The first holder of that cer tificate was a person whohad signed the subscribers' agreement anti executed the Parliamentary contract, but was not a pro prietor—he was only a person who, if the Act of Parliament passed, would be entitled to become the proprietor of a share. He passed it into the hands of another person for a valuable consideration. That other person signed no special agree ment, and did nothing by which he bound himself in any way to indemnify the party from whom he received.it in respect of his liabi ities. he certificates were now in the hands of the defendant, a person wha had done no thing whatever but pay a sum of money to another. Ile had not signed the subscribers' agreement ; lie had not executed the Parliamentary contract, and was not, either at the present time or prospectively, a proprietor in the undertaking, because he had not done those things. But then, it had been argued that having possessed himself of the certificate, he must be un derstood by law to have taken with it an obligation to do alt those things Isy which he would constitute himself a proprietor ; and be subject to all the obligations and liabilities of a proprie tor. Then c-me the question whether the law would raise such a special contract as that in a transaction of this sort? His Lordship had hard no argument to convince him there could be any s ich imis:ied contract. The certificate was expressed with great acibiguity, and he rather suspected with studied ambiguity. It told the party that if he did certain things he would become a preprie: or ; namely, if he signed the Parlia mentary contract—if he executed the subscribers' agi cement — and if the Act of Parliament should pass. One argument that been used was rather eatraordinary. It had been stated that the brokers, who dealt in these certificates or securities, found they could not procure so good a sale if they clearly expressed that which MISS intended on the part of the vendor. The vendor, meaning that the law should raise such an agreement as was contended for, did not think fit to ex p• ess it, because, if he did, the purchaser would be on his guard, and would rot enter into such a contract. In con clusion, his Lordship said he could not find any such contract expressed or implied as had been contended for ; and there being no such agreement, in his opinion, as the plaintiffsought to have specifically performed, the bill must be dismissed, with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—CIIRLMSFORD, MAncu 12. The business of this Assize did not conclude until nine o'clock last ni B ht. James Tarp, 24, labourer, was indicted for stealing a quan tity of barley, the property of Garnham Groom; and Thomas Griggs, a farmer having the reputation of being in opulent cir cumstances, was indicted for receiving the property knowing it to stolen. consequence, Mr. Dowling appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Words worth defended the prisoner Griggs. In consequence of the supposed respectability of the pri soner Griggs, and his station in the neighbourhood where the 'Try% to Griggs, alleged occurrence took place, the case created very great in terest. The charge rested almost entirely upon the evidence broke into of a lad, who was admitted a witness for the Crown, and who owned that Griggs invited him and Turp to steal the barley from the prosecutor's barn, and that he told them he would buy the afterwards in who put it in his granary. here was little or no corroborative barn,it if theyand sole did; it,and teAimony in support of this sta e nrt.against Griggs. Mr. Woanswewrit addressed tl e JurY, and contended that the story told by the accomplice was highly improbable, and and that l tli h e: , that they ought not to convict upon it. A number of witnesses were then called who gave the pri soner Griggs a most excellent character, and who described his conduct as having been irreproachable up to that period. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoner:. indicted, T The prisoners were aga , Turp for stealing five coombs of barley, the property o f John Cheekall, and G ' riggs knowing it to have for receiving the barley, . 1 been stolen. The facts of this case were of a_ sim ar character to the last. A lad named Sutton, in the employ of the prosecutor, swore that Griggs came to him and told him that he ought , not to want Yrkle there was anything to be had, and that if he brought him any barley he would pay him for it, and that in conse quence of this, he and Turp stole the barley in question, and took it to Griggs, who gave them nine shillings for it. The prisoner's first transaction Was represented to have taken place in 1839, but the former was alleged to have occurred so far back as 1835. observed Lord DENMAN in summing tna, th a t th e c h arge against the prisoners app ea red to rest almost e nt i re l y upon the evidence of the accomplice, and it would be for the Jury to consider whether, under such circumstances they would be justified in convicting the prisoners. The Jury again retur iied a verdict of Guilty, and Lord Denman sentenced Griggs to be transported for fourteen years, and Tut p to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. , John Coe was indicted for the manslau *titer of Jam es C ox. It appeared that the deceased was a carter, and as he was driving a team on the road near 13addon, the prisoner rode a horse against him and knocked him down, and injur e d him so severely that he died shortly afterwards. The prisoner was found Guilty and sentenced to twonnonths' imprisonment and hard labour. LIGHT READING. THE BITER BIT.—A good story is told of a chap in ! North Carolina who went the entire figure in the way of marrying all the girls who would have him, without waiting for any of them to die off as the law direet , !d. After having married the thirteenth, tome of his first -lovers came down upon him and had him lodged in gaol. But a person so fond of perfect liberty, and who could get into Hymen's noose with such ease, found little difficulty in getting out of the jug, and the next news of him he was running at large with a heavy reward offered for his apprehension. He was shortly recog nized by a gentl mac, who, anxious. to get the reward, invited him to his house, desired him to sit down, called his wife to chat with him as an inducement to detain him there, while be made some excuse for learinf, a few minutes and starting for a constable to arrest the run ' away. What was the poor man's astonishment on re turning with the constable, to find that the gay Lo thario, taking advantage of his short absence, had ab sconded with his wife! This makes the fellow's stock on band fourteen! _ _ . COGENT.—A country editor in the State of New York complains that lad.es' bonnets now are so small that they will hold but one face at a time. ELOQUENCE.—The following ' touch of t'ie sublime' was &livered before a Court of Justice in Pennsyl. yam:— " Your Honour sits high upon the adorable scat of justice like the Asiatic Rock of Gibraltar, while tie eternal streams of ju,t;ce, like the cadaverous clods of the valley, flow meandering at your ex:ended fee.." CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.—The Portland Argus relates an amusing case, in which a beggar in that c►ty received what he asked for, but not what he wished for : " A few days ego, a full grown able-bodied man pre sented himself at the door of one of our eitizms, and solicited the lady of the house to give him two cents. She retßarked that she had none, and inquired what he wanted of them. To buy a dose of caster'oil, marm, (was the reply) for I am dreadful sick.' " The lady had no cents. but she had plenty of oil ; and she prepared him a stiff dose. Ho tried hard to gtt excused from taking it ; but sho was firm, he was a sick man, and it must go down. The loafer' found he was caught in his own trap : and where he meant to have a glass of liquor, he got a dose „ fsf physic ; but, making a virtue of necessity, and with sundry wry faces, he gulped it down and cleared. He'll not cal at that house again, we dare say." 11011R1BLE.-A woman who has teen residing in this city for the last year, was arrested on Wednesday even ing, charged with having committed three murders be fore her removal thither ! The murders were com mitted some two years since, according to the evidence against her. We are acquainted with the circumstances , but as others are implicated who are now at large, we are requested not to make them public.—Rocheste r Democrat. FRESH ORGANIZATION OF THE_ CirititrisTs. —Another Convention is about to be held in London. The election of delegates is to take p hee on the 22d in_ slant, and the C: nvention is to to opened on the 12th of April. The Cc nvention will consist of fifteen members — five from the metropolitan districts, and ten for th from e the estora pro. vinces. Their object is to devise Wans " r tion of Frost, Williams, and Jones—for the release of all Chait;st prisoners—and for m aking the Charter the law of the laud." The Convention will sit for two weeks, and each delegate is to be pail 31. a week ; the expenses to be defrayed by a weekly subscription of ont-halfi,enay from each Chartist. London is to be divided into ten i d is tries, and a delegee, accompanied by a friend, to I attend a district each n;ght, while the missionaries, class I?aders, news vendors, and all friendly shopkeepers, are to have in their houses petitions for signature, and those peti". 1 tions see to bo p resented b y Mr. Duncombe, before the 23d of April, who is also to move an address to her Ma j .sty, praying the release of all polit'cal pi isoners. The expens e of the Convention is calculated at 601. a vt e e l,. The Address states that the objects of the b Conveni ion are e to release the Chart ist pr i soners from h ouses —to revive e Charter, and resent addr esses on behalf o f Frost , Williams, rind and Jones, P Its and mad- Mr, Richard Julion, who w• recently brought . outing under the up to Quo:r-square, and was then labouring an. de lusion that he was Duke of ago in a state of insanity. il " ( Tr died a day or two young man, possessing a highly' exemplar) in all the relations cultivated mind, and was of life. 2 • EVENING EDIT - Z=1.2 . 4 AFFECTING IN WI A young man, whose pale and hag, ar . ,nrwA tamed some traces of b eau ty and regu . r N.' self yesterday at the c7,mmissarist of 5 : ce self at the disposAl of tl-e judicial authorities. MP - 1115 . 1 4 1 11 he had involuntarily outraged the laws of society, and that he now implored justice to release bum from the tortures of remorse and the ceaseless torments of his tempestekuus conscience. On being interrogated nitkkindness by the magiatrate, the wretched -nati, whose sobs and torrents of te , ra bore but too ample evidence to the truth of his sad tale, spoke as follows :...... "My name is Claude B—. lam thirty. four years of age. I was formerly in the habit cf contributing to several journals, and the success of several of my publications would entitle me to rank as a man - cf letters. About thri e years since I married a woman, good, sinuous, and beau. tiful; and plc tough ua it and squalid misery Fat with us at our board, love never deserted our bumble dwelling. For twoyears we continued our hard struggle s with e. sity— my wife with her needle, I with my pen ; but fiudiag it im. possible to obtain my livelihood in Paris, we dew:mined to seek for bread in the provinces. We left Palls t go we knew not whither. The world was all before us, and friendless, almost naked, and in misery, we went forth into the wide world to seek our fortunes. I had no resource s, no calling, or profession, and what to do I knew not. Within a few miles of Paris, on the high road, we fell in with a band of strolling players ; I joined them, cud for a time prospered, at least I had I tamed to them that prosperity which ensured food and raiment for myself ar d wife. The band at length was dispersed, and we a ere again cast like a weed upon the ocean of wretchedness. Gaunt famine again stared us in the face, but my wife parried its attacks for a time by reigning herself to sing about the cafes in the evenings, as she was an accomplished musician. But even the few wretched sous which she obtained by her debasing cslling sufficed not to preserve us from want and hunger. About a fortnight since w. we re at Pont-Audemar, which we quitted 1,6 bout one fiv thing, intending to return to Paris, and relying upon the charity of travellers, to prevent our dying of cold and hunger by the way-side. Oa Thursday, the 18th, we were granted from the thresholds of several au. berges, where we had requested permission to sing for the entertainment of the comp any. We had not seen a fire or tasted a morsel o f f food, but providen tially we fell in with a poor labourer who procured us admission for the night, to a stable. The smiling morn ing at length came on, instilling freshness and joy int, save the miserable wretch you see before you. 'frump, tramp, we arose from out our straw and again travelled along the banks of the Eurc, towards Evreux ; but cur sufferings had Leon greater than we could l e .r. Strength and courage, simultaneously failed us, arid at length iriv beautiful bcicved wife, who had borne up like an ang. 1 against our harrowing vicissitudes, turned her famW ei looks towards me and said that she' would lay her down and die, for that she could no longer support the rackiag pains of hunger. I tried to encourage her, by pointing out the steeple of Evreux Cathedral, which was rising up out of the morning mists like a beacon of hope. I tried, by rubbing her quivering limbs, to invigorate her %rusted frame ; but it was of no avail, despair had shut up all ac cess to hope or consolation ; she turned and thanktd me fur my efforts, and laid, in a voice of angelic sweetness which I am for ever doomed to have ringing in my cars, My friend, were I even to survive this dreadful day, and arrive at Evreux, the same thing would occur again tc-morrow or next week. We are destined to sorrow and misery in this world. If amidst the trials and degradations against which we have so manfully contended, you still cherish the love wbl'ch presided at our union, do as lam resolved to do. The river rolls be.. neath us, let it be our tomb, and let it be our consolatbn that we have none to mourn over our low.' She repeled all my exhortations and entreaties with stern resolve, and findivg all my efforts useless, I agreed to plunge with her into the foaming torrent beneath us. With my handker. chief I tied her feet and hands, and we embraced fot the last time. Can I erer forget that long last kiss of blighted hopes and blasted eff,etiJns ? Ere yet I bad finished my harrowing task, my wife, eager to quit a world of suffering, sprang from the bank, and a few bubbles told me that all was over. The tree::, hills, valleys, and river ; 'whirled round me in mad confusion. I saw and Mt no more, until the day after I found myself in the middle of a field, conscious that my misfortunes had bereft me of my reason. I walked on, at times yelling like a madman gay, but dur ing my lucid intervals a prey to tortures, such as I hope no hoarse being will ever suffer again. I have here, still before my eyes, my gentle, uncomplaining, angel wife springing from the bank, and I having the cowardice to assist in consummating the horrible sacrifice," A proces-verbal was then drawn up, and Claude B.—. was placed at the disposal of the judicial authorities:-.... G a. zetle des Tribun a ox. A PEEP AT THE NORTH. POLE. A St. Petersburgh periodical, Le Journal Scientque tt Litteraire publishes a very extraordinary narrative of an expedition to the Arctic regions, under the command of M. Nidjnei Nitigoiwosnesenk. If the narrative be . not exaggerated that traveller would appear to have reached within a few wersts of the pole. The occurrences he reports are of so marvellous a nature that we certainly cannot vouch for their veracity ; but they are too curious not - to 'be laid before our readers, and we shall add that M. Nidjnei cesenk's mei/wire I - .aa been submitted by that traveller to the academics of Moscow and St. Petersburgh. It is difficult to believe that anybody would have ventured to call the attention of two such respectable bodies to facts not offering every guarantee of truth, and an addi tional proof that fiction has nothing to do with this won derful narrative is, that M. Nidjnei and bis com panions, having arrived at St. Petersburgh on the 15th of December, a deputation from the Academy went out to receive them, and the Emperor was pleased to con fer the Order of St. Wladimir, of the 2d class, on the licasl of the expedition. " Embarked in the Catherine 11. frigate, we arrived on the sth of September, at the northernmost point. of. the Samoides' land. We were obliged to give up pass ing any further, owing to the enormous icebergs which began to obstruct our course. The frigate was moored in a sort of creek, which we had the good fortune to discover as we followed the coast, and we imree.liaaely betook ourselves to preparations for continuing our ex plorations by other means. The sledge we had got builtwith that view at S. Petersburgh was put together en deck, and filled with the provisions and instruments indispensable for the hazardous enterprise we Ne:e about to venture upon. At about the eighty-eighth degree of latitude, all the dogs that had hitherto dragged our egaipage were frozen, so t. at in order to advance we were comp.red to use our long iron hooks, which was a dreadfully fa- tiguing task. The cold made us suffer horribly, des pite of the seventesn bearskins which we had eacis.. of us tahea the precaution to cover ours:lves with. it . was alsa in the same latitude, or thole shouts, that chance yielded us one of the most curious disceaeries that have enriched the physical sciences in litter timer. It occurred thus : for some dit3 s we had made no fire for wait of wood, when in searching our box of provi sions I found some Lyons closauti which Mr. Arago had sent me as a souvenir. 1 tick it into my head to roast them. We put together some shavings which wa still had, and kindled them. A bright flame forthwith arose, and we were atiticipating the sweet iensations it it was about to yield us, when suddenly an incornpre. hensibl .! phenomenon manifested itself.- Tfe flame at first so bright and crackling seemed struck with immo bility, and was gradually covered with a solid crust, . . it was congesled. Our astonishment Lilies ee , crir Con ea scientific description of the ice thus produced then follows). I broke a bit of it and put it into my mouth. Contrary to my expectation, the sensation which resulted was most agreeable; just fancy a little taste of barley-sugar extremely refreshing though accompanied by a light burnt smell. lam persuaded that when such ice shall by produced by artificial means, confectioners will taro it to great account. 46 A little further on another phenomenon, e less r . remarkable awaited us. we had forhe some progress of p our ceived an increased rapidity but little. The sledge though we used our iron d i l n ie phenomenon was soon explain ire G a t n t sr t i e e m potnfett u s ed o two h : uiancvsd:i wonders dropped his hook, the momen temove from us, flee before uta, up we saw it gradually r it split the dense a tmosphere and ultimately iron,suece eselmane we stood mute with ast mi d i ) around us. Thou gh it were, at eve,' s te p, ystgellri.liZonulardegyi'oanCseUhSatOdMper(ei tie') which those m ysteriou s were soon roused from our amazement z our sledge. a lmost wholly ma_d n e u o t f • tit d • • • hed on b y mews e, an Invincible Po we r, Put - Ikb draws a light boat t d s uca as W owar s cote but could produced its e ff ect, cata ract cetnt; were compelled to leave it to the mercy of heaven, wbewethtriciehdwtoa stop it , Tile magnetic power of the pole and, after a few hours of that fantastle we re enabled to perceive by the is 1 . lit progre ss , we of a n • borealis, the sombre and mvst er i ' aurora ous extremity of our globe. It consisted of enormous mountains, probably of pure loadstone, divioed into h colours, green or blue. O ne w strata, of,various ould have fancied the was r ising back of a gigantic ze b ra before us. A l as l unless Providen ce vouchsafed us unhoped-for assist- . ance, we must soon be dashed to • pieces against it. Im pelled by the proud deMon • of science we bad tempted Heaven, and already did we feel its hand suspended over our heads ready to crush us. " Nee ertheless, thus isolated in that vast frozen Soli tude, and fatally dragged to destruction , we were Balm and resigned , so gre at ge is the power': t the grand mys teries of a nature over man ! Some :Konly, flowed in • silence, and I heard beloved names utt&cl, when,•suct, denly, a sort 'of barrier of icebergs heaped over one another, made us deViate from our course, and at the same moment; and in a few seconds, a force as powerful as that which had made us before devour space in front of us, made us roughly recede. -1; We had just fallen i nto a negative magnetic current. . We were saved, and sa ved carrying away with us, the most awful secrets of nature. It was enough to rum mad with joy. We raised our hands to Heaven.' The Journal Scientifique et Littgraire 1101101112C01 that the whole memoire of this marvellous expedition is to be shortly published.--Gazette du Midi. THE MODEL OF THE ARCHIMEDES STEAM VESSEL at Work on the Water, with other beautiful Models, showing the Propelling Power o f Screw, Blade, &c. Ostler's Anemometer Humetus Models in mo tion. The MAGNIFIED DAGUERREOTYPE PIC TURES, and the PANORAMA of CANTON, ILLUMI NATED. Continual Novelties ; Popular Lectures, including the Electrotype; varied Experiments, Microscope, Diving Bell and Diver ; and the Bude Light in the Evening s. The Band of Music performs from Three to Five, and from Half-past Eight to Hal-East Ten o'clock. Admissior, Ono Shilling. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.