The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-04 00:00:00

2• Wig, 1 4 4 '1) 0 " 0 PPPPPP 3 1 / Jo' • D‘• • oN _ 1etp 01 ,,,, 1 4na ,:' ..... .................. 106 93 ... 1`.17 ... 106 85 ... )07 ... ....................... 116 ... 106% ... HA ...106% St, G e _ i.', A I 7,..W A V 511 A liF, . e ,,,,,..ai1l ...... .... ........ 815 • ... 817 50 ... - 815 .... 811 50 I, !, ................... 337 50 ~ 338 75 ... 337 s 'kl ••• 338 75 111 0 , 0 . I.li ........... ..:..., 216 25 . 216 2i .. 215 ... 215 ' 4l e..n i ..... •••,•••••..... ..... .... 52. 25 ... 521 25 ... 521 25 ... 321 23 Eq.... b .. , • . . ... :•• ...... —.. 565 ... 5665 ••• 565 564 25 V. 1447. ............... 242 50 ... 242 50 . 241 25 ... 242 50 DUTC o FUN 05.—AN8TEIWAsi, APRIL 1. MOM:, HIV& Act.t,,,, t 51ii 52 j ittc ...N. 254 per Cent ~,.. ' ,l, :ttn 5 Vet cent. ~,! '.Tl S !IldiC,4l.i per cent ? , : n ,, , e ditto t 9:c% 93 354 per cent . 76x, :6% Di: re' company, 4N, per cent 155% 156% , 0 0335 and 1837) 5 per cent 1(.0% 100% rn I ' ,2 7. 5 per cent. 9B.i 99% xchanp e on London! One month l2 12% Two months ..... Ilarnburgh, One month 26 50 Two months 36 25 Dutch Papers, April 2. nELLiIAN kOr4ll3i—fletleitLe, APRIL 1. Actual Debt, 25( per Cent. ...”.... ............ 53 11( thitchild's Loan 5 per Cant ., . 102% Lnan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93 ~. .........____ 3Per Cent. - -- • ---- .Thirty.seven-- •• 72% ---- 1. - .7 h -----(l' :4i)) Loan of City, 3‘2, 4 per Cent. 10.3i, V; Soeletyof Corinwee, 4%perCent B2 79% • BNa.ntikoolat ilieslSciinerety. 5 per Cent - Exenange on London (short) . .... - ...Brussels Papers, April 1. shares Ii A USTRIAN FUND S.-Viatra., Mewl 21. ..oreper c,,,,ta. meta t& lliques thr Foar Cents . si,lek 5 a Cen t s.loolli per ee .. tr 1618 La c k . 1 i n s k t r i } IASIBURGH nars BORSENHALLE, APRIL I. per .... Bills. lo lt!xey. :: es 11, n81°- /ttlsisian Loan ..."-...... 160 - - IPS% 1 0 2 4 4 I)l3 :l o::: ,, ttiwitioo_h . pi i .. ? :ooe s nned, e ,:i r isfi C te e as i et i e t r . : , , lst series, Certificate 103% 103% en i• 10 t sta. " Per Cent. Hope and Co., VAI and 4th _ Series t tv 4 per t ent. (1840) .... ... 8,5„i utch -'actual Debt, 4• % per Cent. ......... -. 5 1% 51 t) s 5 per Cent - - 154 - _,e 1 tckets - '‘nglo • • - banish Lo;,n, 3 per Cent. ` u ' i, h, New 5 per Cents. - HsEXCHANGES ON LONDON. dean Pe„.- 40 , APRIL 1.-13 SV-Two months. 13 S 1 110 .. t Marten e 2 -Two months, ES 1-10 penoe -As MARCH ,t'. -Three Months, 383, PRUSSIAN FUNDS.- Bautia,Msacn2P. St , S Bills Money. •. , k•••ehuld. Sch 4% per cent. lt 4X iO4U rtistian English Loan, 1830,4 per cent 103 102 % x c h.lige on London, three months - 6 22,E -. Prussian State Gazette. March SO Iv e l ) tATH OF LORD ROLLE. 170, 1! l'N'ret; to announce the demise of John Baron which melancholy event took place at his Lord- P 3 seat, Briton Park, near Honiton, Devon, yester tkilritil-Irajog, at half-past e!even o'clock. Letters, con , Up t ,;,g„ao account of his Lordship's death, reached of nGrosvenor -street this morning. h n Rolle, Baron Rolle of Stevenstone, in the County co rd ev ° ll , Colonel of the South Devon Militia and Re -1%14 tr of Torrington, was born 16th October. 1756, end 4tu t ee asequently in his -86th year ; married first 22d 1 Va1,.,, 788 , Judith Maria, only daughter of Henry %t r , r l, -111 ' , Esq. of Borey House, Devon, who died Ist [Ober 1820, without issue ; and, secondly, 24th of *eintebero,f 18 9 2, the Hon. Louisa Trefusis, youngest Robert George William, fifteenth Baron 1 )1. 41 ", Who survives. Lord Rolle obtained his Peerage iitl: ka tion 20th June, 1796; dying without issue, the beconaes extinct. We regret to state Lady Rolle is btl alY indispoied. 'l`t z 14 1 ,E ConnT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with 1 4) a ri nee of Wales and the Princess Royal, are expected thisrrive in town between half-past four and five o'clock 4 3; afternoon, from Windsor Castle. Prince Albert, after [nor tile fi rst stone o f t h e new c h ape l a t Wi n d s o r this Attl ( t o rli i n g, will return to the Castle to lunch, and then 44 -3 1 ,"is departure with her Majesty. The carriages for I tJa r . " ( lal party are ordered to be in readiness at a ter before three o'clock. k o • !r I OBE BURGII9.—Mr. Hume has, we believe, been Ch a j'" to offer himself for Montrose in the room of Mr. tita; ille rs• The Hon. Gentlenian, we moreover believe, accepted the invitation, and will leave London this g to present himself to the comtituency, t. t1 )1 , 48 411, IN AFFGHANSTAN.—Mr. Wyld, of Charing- N u ' has just published a map which will be found of Use at the present eventful crisis. In addition to %NI '', e 'sseBsions in India, it contains Affghanstan, Caubul, ,Stop,„`"e countries to the west of the Indus, and is ac ,;;;4aa, ied by notes, explanatory of the nature of these ). 4 1f a ' rl as, and the route to Caubul, with the distances. 1 1 „ - executed in Mr. Wyld's usual style of excel ' e. "' appears at the most appropriate moment. •44), 11 EY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. It . CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. bake tendency, anticipated that tLe accounts from India are of an 4 1,, r e tendency, and sales to some extent made by a large a decline has taken place in the value of Consols, ,are at p resen t 89/ for Money, and 90 for the Account. 14 14 ' abeing plentiful at 3 per cent., Exchequer Bills have 'Led their price of 33 to 35 prem. `'s i tab o v'ettlati on in ne Three per Cent. Spanish Stock appears at an .r the present, it keying been quite neglected althouga the quotation is nominally 231. The public ef er i° °st of these foreign bonds with distrust, and apparently • t : 11 Y other d e scription of security for investment. Mexican, • 1 ; the diiidend laas been paid, is allowed to decline, the a t Sti t ' operators for the late rise having. been fortunate 1 3 9 szk dispose of, their stock. It is quoted at present I .,„°a& ; Colombian, 264 ; Peruvian, 26 3 / 4 ; Portuguese, I, and old Spanish 241 241. The price of the Dutch it e d-a-llalf per Cents. is 51i 521 ; the Five per Cents. th u, and Russian 1 . 12%. t Plh?", Dave improved in demand, and a fair extent of busi bstk been.trasizacted. Manchester and Birmingham, 27k; • a nd Nor th Midland New shares, 321 ; Bristol and i lis %t e „'„'„„° to 401; Edinburgh and Glasgow 47i to 481; Great 64/ ; South Western, ; Croydon Trunk, 0 .14 ° . ( 1 1 Ilright o n, 30 36 4. `N, (a nts are anxiously awaiting the intelligen by the t i 'lai]. By the way' of New York accounts . from ,!it4i' e l l nree days later than the previous ones, were received, t y inle operations wee suspended, owing to the want of "'lo t * is stated that the French Government are in pos 44111th,1°` information from India, that . the insurrection in • ta 4. l 'tan had extended itself to various other parts of • f il o tve Y , n tl Z Hibernia, papers of the 16th inst. from New Yor k . re, "e to hand. The business of the Creole a ff orded a topic ' lll e 44 . o aeh angry discussion, but th e idea of going to war on the 10 4 if 4 , ,"as ridiculed even in New York itself. It is stated , t :isr e b,,`"e Government be so much at a loss as to the means ‘'''lhas t ell millions of dollars can be raised for immediate ' , l Er, it could not by any possibility obtain one hundred •Y millions, the amount actually necessary to carry on a LThe v eo for a short time. let,eil a e d tects which the late monetary proceedings generally, t . t iltnn their national credit, are beginning to be per ' '‘ th 'thee it is allowed that European capitalists would not miati tr n . e • a single dollar, and that if there were spare capital tl t eli t d"'"•itself to take the loan, not - any of it would be It i e of 1 loans raised during the late war, were a the k! eo „ ra t t y per cent , in specie for a six Ter cent. stoc k, .. and ear, '`essett that at the present time not forty minions of d;.vtould be lent on the same terms. Thus t ot oi7nlty of obtaining money, and which cannot 1 1 ,..reaZed, is one reason, more' than any • other, „ ti lip t • aining peace. It is also stated; and, however discou. I th f lay be to parties here, who have been imprudent ON t o invest capital in American securities, it must be tied f : be correct, that public securities cannot be main- Ntes :" any length of time by borrowing. Most of the • • tk, h o use tried this experiment fully, and so long as they ko n : r ow money to pay interest, so long it was paid ; but el l 4 e nd they were compelled to pay taxes, that moment 7Sr i l of credit vanished; and the principal part of the es t " have peremptorily refused to lay a tax even to pay ° lt„ 'O e tte ation had occurred in the position of business, or in 4 , 1 14 hf !'r the several Stocks, since the previous arrival: Is'i?on : e „ d r !oft packet from the West ludies arriv . ed at South kraa " aturrlay afternoon, but again the mails have bee . n 44i i .ged, no papers from the various colonies being in :4y ' a nd the accounts from the Havanah, &c., having been I„,l%tetterl:titipated owing to her detention at Nassau. it;: 4l el i f " 1 Copenhagen state that an outbreak of a very I or, th e has taken place there, owing to a determine f e Part of the King to substitute an inferior copper r eru °r that at present in circulation. The body of traders item se i c i i Leto take the new money, and a collision had occurred p fti ti s and troops. 13 .6 OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. 4 1 (il 4 , 4 A,lLwAvs. Paid; Per Share. p l ll ll ,l-taet er 7O ..... 40i to \\, 4 4, and Glasgow tZit to Otero I ' 4 " . b 4 (1 ( , 1 , 'at lirightim Nltd, 44 a4.nd South Western 3 Bl 594 to t es ,° ,, ti k ,, t °4 Croydon ( Trunk)... 134 l3/..... to y,,,V 1 and Birmingham ... 40 bli t f ', e rn and Dover Itt ' 4 4rth Midland " 50 R,14," Shares C t OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 3. b. et ° I Co told half nsols to Stock 9 Bl Grand Canal Stock ...... 176 . 1 t aced - Ditto Debs 6 per cent... - D° N ew ...... • 1830— ...... 984 Ditto 4 per cent...... ... . 4 4y , V ti t : • Deb!. tn h as b ° °l. COTTON MARKET APRIL 2.—The market to at f, 40 1) without any materi al chap The sales amount ``orii i t4 le a ,'" , including 603 American for export, a few Brazils •.. Prices , and 400 Surats at 3 4 to ; the remainder 1 ru le . 1 44. 'Pal) , of American. vit ° °L SNAR MARKET, Aran 2.—Another week of ''t l "Is 1 t en th and osed, b ut' prices' generally have been well sup- Vtr, ste Grand Junction, .Edinburgh and Glasgow, and 4, ,t) r t," atsz ki r a are at rather higher rates. Eastern Counties "at Y , and the New Shares to some extent have changed tt t : t W el l'etnium. There has been but little inquiry for ; there has, however, been no alteration in 4 C ` , lte l " t °ns have slightly improved, and Liverpool and ,p ut r Stock qt t ,„, ‘ has been in request. ~t le t 1 11 'tit STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL . ?.—Our t i‘i3 exhibited greater firmness to-day. Ban k 1-1 41 "raand, at improved prices. Mahchester and h a s c, hares, 35 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 24 , 4 1 ; Qeuth ;Western, 591 to 6 0 i - ; Bank of Matt i '1 1 1 • 1 . , 44 1D t ; , -(41 , i () . .v.ng is a progressive statement of the cm ' ! 1 1 1 , 1 0,0 6 . ,, 5 "gar in France since 1815 .—ln that ye Ix jAck . ;„`„ 3 - ,," ,1300 of kilogrammes ; in 1816, 34,000,000 , ; qi,bo o ,000,000 ; in 18 9 0, 48,000,000 ; in 182, ee t !. in 1826, 61,000,000 ;in 1827, 62,000,000 'yl. r o.py,' ,4 oo '9 00 ,000 ; in 1831, 80,000,00 0 ; in 1833. re ,"414, k ; in 1837, 92,000,000 ; in 1840 it amounted more than 100,000,000 kilogrammes; and 1 1;a a n t on in 1841 is stated to have been 120,000,000. alt -elLrn }f a of Henry IV., about two centuries ctt„ got sugar was so rare in France that it t1 1 13 . e /14 141 1 Y at the apothecaries by the ounce. In 1700 4 1 : 111 cl i p i ti "- of this article did not exceed 1,000,600 ti, 4 Proportion to the then population was, at 1 111 1 , 4 b.° kils. and 1-100 for each person, the num ):,trll4lllAll,l„tants • being 16,000,000. It was only from ‘ ll ll, - P . ,41, - ,` Pri ent of the 18th century that the taste f-a -11,1.44,,,etLt0 i ai l Lincrease, and in 1789 the consumption 'Ard `ut),ooo kilogrammes. tt °a kt 11.1118 steamer, No. 2, a few days ago, on tk _ t 's ,urt it ab i o t t i it s a to m ne ile above the town of Pont persist in crossin her 4 lirot ec e w n with seven men on )aoard. ed g One only, how , SIMIKARY CF AND public apttiton. " Who runs may read." FOILEIGN. CHINA AND INDIA MAIL.—A telegraphic despatch from - Marseilles, received in Paris on Saturday morning, announces that the British Covernment .steamer, from Malta, with the Overland India mail, reached Marseilles on Thursday last (the 31st ult.). The dates are Bom bay, Mara 1 ; Calcutta, Feb. 19.; and Madras, Feb. 20. Letters and papers are hourly. expected. Lord Aberdeen's note to Mr. Everett on the question of the right 'of search is commented upon by our Paris contemporaries. The Courrier Francais says :—" Eng land must have some other interest than that of the re pression of the slave trade, for we have never seen her at. any other period expose herself to a conflict with all civilised nations on a question of principle. The English themselves carried on the slave trade as long as it answered their pur pose to do so ; their philanthropy ou this subjectis of fresh date; the British Cabinet, besides, must be convinced although it will not say so, that its efforts, real or pre tended, to put an end to the traffic in slaves have com pletely failed. That traffic is now more active and destructive than it was fifty years ago: M. Bunton es- • timates the number of slaves annually exported from Africa at 150,000, whereas Mr. Pitt in 1792 estimated it at only 80,000. All the grand display of principle that has been made, and all the treaties which have been entered into, have not snatched a single victim from slavery. Africa 'haS gained nothing, and Europe has Jost all that it could lose. We have surrendered the liberty of the seas without ensuring that of the blacks: The National has the following upon the same sub ject :—" If the right of ascertaining the nationality of Vessels under the flag of the United States were to be conceded, what would be the result ? English officers • would board American vessels under the pretext of as certaining whether they were really American, and they would not withdraw quietly after being convinced that no deception had in this respect been practised. They -Would not leave until they should have taken ati ac count of everything interesting to the trade of their own country, and have scrutinised the papers and made themselves acquainted with all the secrets of their com mercial rivals. What . took place with the Marabout and other vessels, under similar circumstances, leaves no doubt on -this subject. The amount of deposits in the Paris Savings' Bank during the last month was -3,139,277 f. by 21,867 deposi tors, of whom 2,849 were new depositors. The amount of reimbursements was 2,604,000 francs. A letter from Rome, in the Quotidienne, gives the fol- • lowing as the bases of the contemplated concordat between the Holy See and Portugal :—First, the restoration of the bishops who have been exiled ; secondly ( the re-esta blishment of the four religious orders of Saint Benedict; Saint Jerome. Saint Dominick, and Saint Francis ; thirdly, the restitution of the conventual property of these orders ; and fourthly, the re-establishment. of tithes upon terms to be settled by the Portuguese Government. The Madrid Espectador, a ministerial journal, an nounces, upon the authority of a letter from London, that Mr. Turnbull, the English Consul at Ilavannah, has been recalled, at the remonstrance of the Spanish Government, which had complained that Mr. Turnbull, who is an ardent advocate for the abolition of the slave trade, had been endeavouring to carry out his views of emancipa tion in the Havannah in a way dangerous to the interests of the Spanish Government. The Madrid and Barcelona journals came down to the 27th of March. The accounts from all the provinces are satisfactory. The Deputies who are gone to Toledo, ac companied by Mr. Aston, the British Minister, have not yet returned ; they were expected on the 27th. The approaching - arrival of the Infant Don Francisco at Madrid,• was much talked of in that city. • It was said that M. Alio would shortly go to the North of Europe, to join the sons of the Infant, and accompany them to Spain. A marriage between the eldest son of Don Fran cisco and Queen Isabella w as again spoken of. It was stated in Madrid that the Minister of Finance would transmit to London in the month of May 60,0001. for the payment of the British Legion claims. The Eco del ConAcio has a long account of outrages said to have been committed on the Spanish flag by vessels of the Republic of Uruguay, and calls upon the Spanish Government to Stud out some :hips of war to enforce respect to the merchant-vessels of Spain trading an the coast of that republic. A letter from Constantinople of the 9th tilt., in the Leipsic Gazette states that a serious difference has arisen between .the Persian Ambassador and the Porte, on ac count of the refusal of the latter to admit 2,000 bales of Persian silks, which are waiting on the frontier at a duty of less than 6 per cent., instead of 2 par cent., as heretofore. one cltserre' it the other RA P 10 5 1,0 tt DiPE ESS Pr ; ?gs perlliCi °l6. o . o .ornise," " the Re ° ath their 1 " .th e .wer, that is nary country---s vs her rich ories in 1.164 . " . 4 7 ation. to her wavt l ~t 7 i s not th eeo, en erally of civill7. e !:1,11 nere fashiontw:: Russian nobly corti ptiog; , mes for the the rePIY t reh cl ) ea fre P t he t Da v isl e ;CO itc h ' Col s , ; ",1 1 1 dery .Lnpe_.,lll „ s le i 5 v et iibe bes t, the f o r' ,mt he th e pr 1 01° ittal re der a ste , ; fl op , "( All 2th ° A nJ to ol , r ij foro le of 'ot e the t xre' n or! .00: PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Herald has the following remarks Numerous as have been the objections urged from both sides of the House of Commons against an income tax in the unbending form proposed by Sir Robert Peel, there is one feature in it which, if it has not elicited all the approbation it deserves, has at least commanded general acquiescence. We allude to the forbearance with which it seeks to supply the extraordinary emer gencies Of the State, without further pressure upon the working classes. The animosity of party may impute the introduction of this principle into the measure te whatever cause its soreness may suggest ; but its general acceptance is of infinitely more consequence than the motives of the Government, or the suspicions of the opposition." ' The Times contains a leading article on the subject of Mr. Bowen's remarks on the principle of the New Poor law, in which there is nothing of any great public interest. The Chronicle says—" The practical good resulting from the tariff is counterbalanced by the mischief of the income tax. But this, however severe an infliction on the country, is nevertheless a temporary one. It is a Tory measure, and a very mischievous revival of an old mal-practice of Toryism. But it is not likely to produce others. It does not tend to strengthen or extend Tory ism, or to turn back the onward course of our legislation. The feeling that the mere proposal has excited is the best guarantee that the operation of the income tax will not be borne. Its adoption will, therefore, only make Toryism more distasteful, and convince the public more strongly of the mischief of those monopolies which en tail on us such a subsidiary evil." We take the following from the Post :—" We have no hesitation in expressing our.opinion, that if the agricul turists of Lincolnshire can make out their case, that the' duties against which they. intend to remonstrate are too low for the fair and adequate protection of domestic pro duce, those duties ought to be increased ; and our firm belief that in this case they will be increased." The Monmouth Merlin thus speaks of the income tax : —" Our objection to an income tax, provided it be fairly graduated, is not, as all our readers know, an objection to its principles, but to its unfair application. We stand up for the maxim of taxing the rich, and not the poor, as stoutly as any Tory Alinisterialist of them all ; but let us have a clean sweep of all indirect taxes on the ne cessaries of life. Let us have a tabula rasa. While tht; present indirect taxation continues, the imposition of an income tax merely aurents existing inequalities." The Manchester limes contains •the subjoined obser servations :—" Peel, no doubt, saw that to propose so odious an imposition as the . income tax, without offering to the people an equivalent, would be a dangerous expe riment. He therefore offered reduced duties on provi sions. If he obtain his income, will lie abide by the equivalent ? They have greater faith in his virtue who believe that he will, than we have. They will vote him the income tax that their monopoly of corn may remain untouched, but not one farthing more will they give for protection—they will not allow foreign beef, mutton, or pork to compete with theirs. The tariff will be cut and carved according to their will—the people widget nothing as an equivakntfor the new tax." The following is from the Liverpool Journal :—" We fully agree with the league in thinking every thing bad of the income tax. It is impossible to speak worse of it than it deServes. It is the very wickedest and most vexatious of taxes which the ingenuity of man ever con ceived. Yet in its very badness lies our consolation. We are only astonished at the folly which proposes it. It is the very thing that was wanted to bring all the in habitants of the towns, and especially those of the me tropolis, to a full sense of the nature of Toryism." The Dublin Evening Post says :—" There is not a Chartist, Radical, or Revolutionist in the United King dom, who is not delighted beyond measure with ale Peel's measures—nay, with the income tax itself, much as they may dread its advent. For there is not one of those who do not perceive, as he slowly lifted the curtain, " the beginning of the end." In the general derange ment of all interests to be affected by the acccmplish meat of the. tariff, they "descry confusion—in the in come tax they see a constant cautery in the hands of a legion ,of inquisitors, who aro sure to keep the wound in a state of continuous torture." __ Tile~Cambrian, speaking of Sir R. Peel's proposed financial measures, says :—" We hope that all will exert themselves strenuously against these measures of the Premier, and especially against the income tax ; fur even were this tax less odious than it is in its nature, it would be equally odious in this very important respect, that it establishes a precedent and a principle that an income tax can be imposed in a time of profound peace of long duration." The Scotsman has the following observations :—" It has deprived a large propoilion of the people of wha: is now felt to be a necessary of life. Sir Robert Peel and his associates came into power virtually pledged to main tain this atrocious monopoly and that of corn, and, till he is driven from office, we must continue to bear the burdens they impose upon us." IVIONEY—ZRADZI—COMMERCE. No less than fourteen mines were discovered in the province of Logrono, during last February ; eight are uf copper mixed with silver, one of silver ore unmixed, two of lead, and three of other metals. At Bradford trade is flat and heavy. The same may be said of Halifax, Leeds, and Rochdale ; at Hudders field little business is doing, and It Manchester trade cannot be more depressed. • THE SUN, LONDON, MOSDA V EVENING, APRIL 4, 1842. 114 W INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT COURT —(Tills DAY) RE AUGUSTUS LINE. The insolvent had been a very extensive omnibus and cab proerietor in Paddington, and also the farmer of a large tract of ground in Buakingharnshire. The amount of debts and, liabilities 'appearing in his schedule was 4 000/., while there appeared due to him about 2,0001., of which only 2501. was considered to be good debts. A fiat of bankruptcy was issued -against- him about eight months ago, under which he passed his final examination, bur had not as yet got his certificate. Mr;Nsciscitt.s opposed his petition to be discharged, on the grounds of undue preference. It appeared that he owed a large suns to his client, Mr. Fentum, a hay salesman in Buck inghamshire, for which several bills of exchange passed be tween them, and which Mr. Fentum paid away to other parties, so that he was unable toprove against the insolvent's estate under the fiat in bankruptcy. Ile (Mr. F.) had since got those notes into his possession, and they now formed part of the grounds of opposition to the insolvent's discharge. fle (the insolvent) executed a warrant of attorney in favour of his brother-in-law, Mr. Biggs, under which all the property was seized. The Learned Counsel contended that the insolvent lead conkrred a peculiar benefit upon one creditor, and that exclusive of the sellers, and that therefore his conduct was such as to render him amenable to the provisions of the Act touching fradulent preference. Mr. COOKE, in support of the insolvent's petition, said that it was most unfair in Mr. Fentum to come to this Court toop pese the petition, as he was availing himself of the jurisdic tion of two Courts. He was, in fact, oppressing the insolvent by endeavouring to get him r eman d e d, te he was using the name of another person to get a dividend under the fiat in bankruptcy, as the detaining credi tor in this Court was precluded from proving a bank ruptcy while he kept the insolvent in prison. Such a c urse was most repugnant to the principles of all law, for it would be subjecting a man to double punishment for one act, and be therefore considered that there was no case made out to induce a remand under the Act of Parliament. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said he considered that there had beets an undue preference manifested in favour of a par ticular creditor. However, as the case stood now, he should adjourn it, to re-advertise with four days' notice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY). THE FALLEN HousEs IN CHARLES -STREET, DRURY LA NE.—A young man, whose name did not transpire, was charoed with wilfully breaking down and damaging part of a wall in Charles-street, Drury-lane, the property of Mr. Oeta tins Johnson. John Forrest, the agent of Mr. Johnson stated that yester day, about ten o'clock, from inrortnation which be received, he went to the i:roperty in Charles -street, Vrhere some houses have lately fallen down, when he found some 50 or 60 persons throw ing large stones and bricks at the walls: There was a good deal of hurraing accompanying the work of dvstruction. A 'art of the wall, about eight feet long and ,ix feet high, had Leen knocked down by the assembled mob. Witness saw the pr'soner actively engage.l, and saw him knock down part of the wall to the value of about ss. The prisoner denied any participation in the offence. Mr. HA LL sentenced him to pay a fine of 55., or be irnpti s, ned six days. Forrest then said that there was a man who could be iden tified as the instigator of this destruction, who always encou raged the crowd in their work; he should feel obliged if the Worthy Magistrate would grant him a summons against.that person. Mr. HALL—Take a summons. Another man was next brought up, charged with stealing eight bricks from the same place. Policeman F 150 fully prcved the charge. The prisoner said that he wanted the bricks for a little job, and as ether people were taking them away he thought he might do, the same. They were lying like a quantity of rubbial. in the ruins. Mr. HALL said the prisoner deserved to be punished, and if Mr. Johnson wish, d it he shots d be punished. Mr. Johnson said he did not wish to press the charge as the prisoner was a poor man; if it were known in the neighbour hood that the bricks were private property, and that those who took them were liable to be pu ished, he thought his ends would be servkd, and he should be satisfied. The prisoner was then discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) George Williams, a young man of respectable appearance, was charted with uttering a counterfeit crown piece. Mr. George Charlton, of No. 23, Mar3lo)one-street, Gol• den-square. baker, stated that abJut five o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, the prisoner entered his shop, and asking for sixpennywerth of bi.cuits, tendered in pa)ment a crown piece, which witness instantly detected to be spurious, on which the prisoner ran out of the shop arid endeavoured to make his escape, but was pursued and overtaken. Witness had since ascertained that the prisoi.er had uttered two otl.er bad half-crowns to tradesmen living in the neighbourhood, who would attend on a future day. The prisoner was therefore remanded until Thursday next. Base coin to a great amount, particularly crown-pieces, have been circulated in this neighbourhood lately. John Brown and Charles Hutchins, young men who are known' to the police, were charged as follows : Mrs. Anne Coney, a. respectable married female, and who was evidently suffering from ill health, stated that her hus band kept a cigar and tobacco shop, at No. 60, Wardour-street, Soho, and that about ten o'clock on Sunday night, the prisoners came into her shop and asked for " a ha'porth of tobacco." She told them that she did not sell tobacco in such small quantities, and they went away, but in a short time returned, and insisted on being served, refusing to leave. the shop, and after a violent altercation the prisoner Brown s•ruck the complainant a heavy blow with his clenched fist on her right bosom. They were then giver. in charge to the police. Complainant had no doubt but their object was to steal any article out of the shop they might have had the opportunity of laying their hands on. Mr. MAcray said the outrage was a most gross one, anal he should therefore fine the defendants 205., or in default of pay ment, to 14 days' imprisonment ar.d hard labour. UNION HALL—( THIS DAY.) Nary Simmons, a woman of the town, who sfas tried and acquitted at the Surrey Assizes, on Friday last, of robbing Mr. Daniel Good, of 700/., was brought up charged with stealing a ha'f-sovereign from an elderly man living at Dulwich. Sergeaot Logan stated that the prisoner wss brought to the station-house on the preceding night, and that the complainant charged her with thrusting her hand into his pocket, and rob bing him of a. half sovereign. She was in the act of running away when stopped 11 a policeman, and taken into custody, but she contrived to get rid of the coin, it is supposed, by swallowing it. The Sergeant added that the complainant was not in attendance to follow up the charge. Mr. TRAILL said that the prisoner was well known at the office as one of the most notorious thieves in the district ; and as her late escape from being convicted at the Surrey Assizes of robbing Mr. Good cf 700,. appeared to have had no effect upon her, he should insist upon the present complainant attending to press the charge. .portly atter the complainant appeared in Court, and the evidence to the above effect having been given, the prisoner was committed to the House of Correction fur two months, the complainant being compelled to go abroad. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) WIGAN. The Committee,met at the same hour ; Mr. Hawes in the chair. The Committee were engaged with the case of Thomas Woods, who was objected to on the part of the sitting Members, and which was adjourned from Saturday. The Committee were engaged with the arguments of counsel up to the hour of our going to press. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Arun. 4—Wind this day at noon N. to N.E. DIAL, Arun. 2—Wind N. fresh.-3 N.N. E. fresh breezes. —Arrd. George IV., Potts, Calcutta; Emily, Paddon, Cape Coast Castle ; Eucles, Paul, Bombay. Arrived from the River and sid. Ocean Queen, Launceston ; Earl Clare, Bom bay; Amity, Cape; George Canning, River Gambia; Lady Wood, Prince Edward's Island, Pauline,. Houghton, Mauri tius; Mary Stuart, Cape; Adele, Cadiz and Valparaiso. All the outward bound have sailed except the Surrey, for Hobart Town. HASTINGS, Aram 3.—Acrd. Christian, Bahia. PoamstouTn, APRIL 2.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E., 3. N.N.E.—Arrd. Cornwall, London for China. Sid. Wel lington, New York ; Canhar, Hobart lawn ,• her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, Prmbroe, ditto; Talbot, Eastward; Burrells, Constantinople. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 2.—Atrd. Tagus (steamer), Gib raltar—left 24th ult, Cadiz 25th, Lisbon 28th, Oporto and Vigo 29th. PLYMOUTH, Aran 3.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Great Britain, Ancona; Ocean Child, Leghorn. Sld. Her Majesty's steamer Growler, China ; Her Majesty's ships Fly and Bramble, Torres Straits 1 • Royalist, Demerara. FALMOUTH, APRIL 1. —Wind W. to N.W., strong gales and violent squalls. 2. N.W. to W., fresh gales and squally.— Arrd. Crane (packet), Vera Cruz—sailed 15th Feb., 'Tampico 2?d, Havanna!' Bth ult., freight 621,000 dollars ; City of Limerick (steamer), Dublin, and sailed for London with 160,c00 dollars on freight ; Isis (steamer), London for the West Indies; Great Liverpool (steamer), Southampton, at.d sailed for Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, Aram 2.—A schoener, with loss of fore inaq, was seen a long way to the leeward, )eaterday, laying up Channel, and another with loss of bowsprit, this morning, but the wind being so much off the land they could not fetch this. „ .m Edward OFF STBO U ANL—Ar. Ro binson, Parsons, Mauritit.s, sailed Dec. 15. LIVERPOOL, Aran. 2 —Arrd. Athens, Mauritius ; Helen Hamilton,lNichol, Maracaibo; Hibernia; Neilson, New York, sailed the 16th ult. 3. Arrd. off, a brig, supposed the Mary Queen of Scots, Grecian schooner. Sid. Thomas Leech and Anna Dixon, Monte Video; Cookson, Rio Rival; Nassau, Tyrian, and Lord Seatoe, New Orleans ; Gondola, United States ; Talbdt, General Parkhall, Sarah, Josephine, Mersey, and Ocean, New York; Columbus, Pernambuco, Belle Barbarie, Rio Grande ; Seaflower, Caraquet ; Sanderson; St. Thomas's; Simena, Dominica; Sarah, Port La Marie; Franklin, Boston; Sultan, Halifax ; Plutus, St. Andrews New Brunswick ; Souter Johnny , Canad a; and William Parker, Montreal. Sealby, Newfoundland; Snowdon and William Rathbone, Africa. The Asia, from this port, got ashore at Mobile in going in about 4th ult., during a ery higa tide, and remains. It is feared that the; barque seen in distress by the Amelia, (reported 29th ult.) was the Mary Ann Hattori, from Sl L d. u C ey ale A d , n , n n i ,a , Havannah. New Orleans to this pert. STA NGATE CRIME, APRIL 2.—Arrd. h er M a j esty ' s steamer Radamanthus, Mediterranean. B G it u t 2 s a To i' L s , EY A ' Jamaica; Great. Western steamer,,and Cosmo , New York ; J ea l ous , Ne: l - foundlacd. rAiItAILItC2H. SWANSEA, APRIL 2.—Arrd. Eliza, Corner, Cuba. CLSnE, APRIL I.—Sld. Culdee, Mauritius; Elizabeth, New York ; Isabella, Pictou. STROMNESS, MARCH 26.—The Patriot, Hampton, from Leith to Syra, has put in here with decks stove in, and part of cargo thrown overboard, having been struck by a sea. RAMSGATE, APRIL 2.—Arrd. Emerald, Avery, Teneriffe. OFF DOVER, APRIL 2.—Esker, Crawford, Charleston for Antwerp; Agnes, Texel, for New York; Plato, Philadelphia for Rotterdam. COWES, A ran. 3.—Arrd. Sir John Falstaff, Gordon, New Zealand, sailed Dec. 4. Sld. Providence, Eden Moslem, New York; Mountaineer, New York, DUBLIN, APRIL I.—Sid. Perseverance, New York. Coax, APRIL 3.—Arrd. Pallas, Murray, Ancona, arrd. off Aptil Ist, James Gibson, Stewart, Mauritius, for Liver pool, sld. 31st December. MONTROSE, APRIL I.—The Cornelia, from Shields to Wick, in turning into this river, yesterday, got amongst the rock, but was assisted off, and brought into the harbour, filled on the beach, and must discharge. H.M.S. Tweed, from Mexico, for Jamaica, was at Havannah with 560,000 dollars. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The total augmentations of the army for foreign ser vice will amount to at least 15,000 men. LietitAtant General Sir Benjamin D'Urban goes to India as Com mander-in-Chief. On the Ist inst. Lord Greenock retired from the com mand of the troops in Great Britain, and was succeeded by Major-General Sir Neil Douglas. His Lordship had been in command of the district for five years. The 11th Hussars are under orders to march from Hounslow to York, on Thursday or Friday next. A grand •military fete was g►ven by the officers sta tioned at Plymouth, on Tuesday last, to Lieutenani: General Ellice, on his retirement from the command of the Western district. Above 400 persons of rank were present: Sixty men of the 53d regiment, now in Edinburgh Castle, have volunteered into the 10th regiment, under orders for India, and have marched to join that regiment iIOW lying at Airleiiciter. :0'44 tri . The se3sions of the Central Criminal Court comtnenco this day ; then) arc upwards of 200 charges of felony, a7,nocl lome serious misdemeanours. The murderer Wilkes was executed at eight o'clock on .7;aturday morning in front of Stafford gaol, and Williams At twelve on the same day at Shrewsbury. According to the official account of the accident on he South Western Railway, near Winchester, on Satur day, six labourers were buried by the fall of loose chalk, two of vhom were taken out unhurt, and the other four were killed on the spot. The line was to be resumed this morning. At Liverpool, on Saturday, an action was brought by L'he Phoenix Banking Company, of that town, to recover a large sum of money from the British Silver, Lead, and Copper Mining Company. The case was not of an in terest to justify a statement of it in detail, but in the re sult twenty-one of the twenty-three defendants were ixed with the liabilities of the Company, and a verdict was returned against them, and those who had allowed judgment to go by default, for 6,5981. Robert Pierce, who was found guilty of different attempts to poi-on his wife at the North Wales circuit on Friday last, was discovered to have committed suicide in Flint gaol on Saturday morning last by suspending himself from the prison bars. LITE:IA.IW aND SCIENTIrIC. A Society of Scientific and Amateur Naturalists has just been formed at Berlin, under the presidency of the distinguished Humboldt, for the purpose of forming a Zoological Garden at the South-end of the park : the King of Prussia grants to it all the animals formerly kept in the island of Peacocks, near Berlin, and assists :argely with money. COURT—FASEXONAIIME. The Duke of Marlborough is expected at Mivart's Hotel to-morrow, from Blenheim. The Duke of Rutland's party broke up on Saturday last. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry enter tained a small party on Friday evening, at Holdernesse House. - The Mo.cquis of Sligo still continues indisposed, in The Marquis of Aylesbury has left town fur Totten ham Park, Wilts. . . _ The Earl of Jersey is gone on a visit to Lord and Lady Southampton, at Whittlebury Lodge, Northampt nshire. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon return to Gros venor Crescent, on Monday next. The Countess Dowager of Essex arrived in .Belgrave 3quare, on Saturday. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers have been visiting the Earl and Countess of Rosslyn at Hampton-court. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are expected in Carlton-house Terrace to-day, for the season. Sir Robert Peel arrived in Whitehall Gardens, on Saturday, from Brighton, AIMS. - • Signor Morelli is stated to have made handsome over tures to Meyerbeer for the composition of a new opera, o be produced at Milan, during the next Carnival. Two new rooms have just been opened at Hampton Court ; they contain some fine paintings by Michael Angelo, Titian, Parmeniano ' and Hassan°. The works of the splendid Chateau at Grimston Park, are now much advanced. Grimston Hall was formerly aplaincountry house, but the spacious and.noble archi tectural additions made by Lord Howden, in the shape court 7 yards, lodges, colonnades, &c., have rendered it sumptuous seat. The Tadcaster quarries have supplied she prmeipal stone. NIXSCEIMANSOUS. To-day is the anniversary of the death of Oliver Goldsmith in 1774, and of De Lalande in 1807. Lord Sinclu,ir died on Thurday last at Oxford, *here he was finishing his studies, at the early age of 22. THE OPPONENTS OF THE CORN. LAWS, AND THE INCOME TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The opponents of the Corn Laws have lost their tide, by not setting their machinery in motion every where against the Income Tax during the recess. After :hey had been borne down by superior numbers on as much ;if the question as lad then developed itself, it was a perfect god-send that a minister should bring forward an unpopular tax, so contrived as to be only a codicil to the refusal to repeal the Corn Laws, and a prolongation ;if the general principle of removing taxation from the landed interest to lay it upon industry. That such a proceeding on their part would have been assailed by their external and internal enemies on the pretext that Income was not Corn,—or that the selfish and absurd portion of the working classes who have done their best to establish their incompetency to making a component part of any attempt for the advancement of public liberty, would have raised the howl against the Middle classes' which the Minister intended,—were con sequences to be calculated on, but not necessarily reasons to decide. At this moment, symptoms of resistance to the Income Tax are accumulating in. every direction ; and it is easy to see how much al moven - ants of this kind would have been advanced, if the ready-made machinery had every where been applied to prompt and to assist. Though the best of a tide may have been lost, it de pends on what there is to do and the promptitude in doing it, whether substantial use may not be made of what is left. Why should not every meeting to be holden on. the subject of the Corn Laws, direct its proceedings against that particular form of the general principle, which has been presented to us in the Income Tax ? Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, April 4, 1842. - P.S.—Allow me to take the opportunity to return to the subject of a former letter, which was the effect of the proposed Tax on property derived from temporary incomes. The question is complicated, and therefore a fine hot bed for deception to sprout in. The best way will be. to suppose a case. A few days hence some member of par liament will object to the levying a nine times greater proportional amount from the smaller property; and a mi nister will probably rise and say, "Honourable gentlemen on the other side have admitted that they do not mean to press for a graduated income tax ; yet the Honour able gentleman founds his complaint on one being the smaller property." And then he will turn round to his little boys behind, and bid them holla. How «ill you answer this ? it is a very tolerable fallacy, which is more than can be said of all which proceed from the same source. The answer seems to be, by distinguishing between two different demands. One demand, which every body makes and which is made now, is that the pro perty worth in round. numbers 1,000/. shall not be assessed in the same total sum as the property worth 9,000/., but shall be assessed in at all events only one ninth of the sum. Another demand, which is not made now, but which a people wiser and stronger would insist on, is that the property worth 1,0001. should be assessed in less than one-ninth of the sum demanded from the property worth 9,0001. And the business of the niqer, is to confound the demand that is made, with the demand that is not. WEST INDIA MAIL. FALMOUTH, APRIL I.—The Tagus steamer anived this morning, with Peninsula mails. Her dates of leaving are from Gibraltar 24th, Cadiz 25th, Lisbon 28th, and Oporto and Vigo 29th ult. The Crane (sailing) packet, Lieut. John Hill com mander, has also arrived this afternoon from Mexico, having left Vera Cruz 15th Feb., 'fampico 23d, and Havannah Bth March. She has on freight about 635,000 dollars, all of which, with the exception of about 20,000, were shipped at Tampico. There is no political news by this vessel. The Republic was quiet, but Santa Anna was very unpopular, and not at all likely to maintain supreme authority. The ex- President, Bustamente, was reported to have embarked for France. The Solway steamer had arrived at Vera Cruz 6th February, from Havannah, and left again on the 7th for Tampico, to collect letters in the Gulf for king , and, but up to the 23d following, when the Crane sailed, she had never made her appearance at that port. The Crane brings no in formation respecting the Medina steamer, so long due, and has only fallen in with one of the Company's vessels on her voy age, viz., the Forth, which had reached the Havannah from Vera Crus the - day the Crane sailed therefrom. The Tweed steamer was considered a missing vessel. Her Majesty's ship hydra brought the Jamaica mails to the Havannah owing to some irregularity of the Royal Steam- Packet Company, and left again the Bth following for Jamaica. Iler Majesty's slips Electra and Charybdis were at Jamaica I st ult., and her Majesty's ship Tweed had arrived at Havannah Bth ult., from Vera Cruz and Tampico, having on board 560,000 dollars for the Commissariat Department at Jamaica. The Mexican Government had purchased the City of Dublin steamer at Vera Cruz on the I Ith of February for I I,too/. The Spanish brig of war Cuba had captured off that island on the 3d of. March a slave schooner, with 320 people on board, which she brought into the Havannah. The passeng , rs by the Crane packet are Messrs. Stokes, Watson, and Stanley THE NAVY. Some incorrect accounts having obtained publicity re specting the ships intended to be built, we place before our readers the true state of matters, as correctly as WC' can ascertain. The name of Prince Albert, 90, now building at Ports mouth, has been changed to Princess Royal ; and a ship. of 120 guns, to be named after his Royal Highness, Is ordered to be built at Woolwich on a plan submitted to the Admiralty by Mr. Lang, and under the immediate superintendence of that gentleman, who is master-ship wright of Woolwich dockyard. An 80-gun ship, to be called Hannibal, on the plan of the late Admiral Hayes, will also be laid down at Woolwich as soon as Boscawen is launched.; and Mr. Fincham is ordered to build a 50- gun frigate at Chatham, to be called Raleigh. A first-rate of 110 guns, as Queen, is ordered to be built at Portsmouth, to be called Prince of Wales. The following ships will be launched this year, and orders have been received to expedite the Albion, 90, at Plymouth, N% hick ship will be commissioned as soon as poss►ble After launching, in order to test her merits against a vessel of her class. The Albion will have an entire battery of 68-pounders on her lower deck, and 32-pounders of 55 cwt. on her other decks—being the heaviest broadside of any ship hitherto built : At Woolwich—Boscawen, 70 guns ; Chichester, 50 ; Ainpliion, 36. At Deptford—Worcester, 50. At Chat haw—Goliath, 80 ; Cumberland, 70. At Plymouth— Albion, 90 ; and at Pembroke—Superb, 80, will be launched this year : besides some steamers and small vessels.—Nucal and Military Gazette. A letter from Rome, 17th instant, says :—" The Pope thiS day went to the Ch urc h o f S anta M ar i a Ma jora, to join.ins prayers with those of a crowded congre gation, on the occasion of the jubilee which has been ordered relatively to the misunderstanding between the Holy See and the Spanish Government, on account of the Church of Spain." - - COMMANDER OF THE FORCES, N.l3.—Lieutenant- General Lord Greenock retires from ti e command ofthe troops in North Britain, where th e a d m i ra bl e manner i n which lie has discharged the duties devolved on him has secured for him the utmost respect and esteem. THE IVIARKETS..-(THIS -DAY.) CORN EX C HANGE. Last week's arrivals of English Grain were moderate, but of Ir:,h Oats considerable. The fresh supply was small. The best leiLds of Engl sh Wheat were 2s. to 35., and Foreign Is. to 2s. per quarter higher than last week. Parley, Beans, and Peas, 1•. per quarter dearer. Oats met a slow sale at their farmer quotations. In the Grain trade there was more doing than of late. ttRIVALS OF GRAIN 1N LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. oats. Flow. English Irish 30,970 2 , 8 Foreign ralcss ox Bo Wheat,Red (old) ..... a. —s. —.... White —s. Red(I841) 60s 545. ...-- Fine 5.5 s COI. Superfine Ills. 64 . ...:.--White(lB4l) s:s. 545. - Fine ' Bi. 6435. ----Superfine .6;s. 70s. Foreign free 52a 745. rty t , .381. 40s . Barley. 9hs. :32. Grinding •- , 5s 28s, --- ; Malting :30.. 345. Malt s6s. 60s. Fine New 625. 645. Pease, Grey, New nog 33s —. Maple New . 31s. ?4g. ---- White 34s. 3tls Boilers .3ti5. 330. lAILD OF Beans, Si Sri? mall (new) ... 37s 3Fs. (old) ........42 .Cs. Tick (new) 0 7 30s (old) . 38..405. ---- Harrow (new) 31..33x. ------ (old)._ 38s. 42r. Brank Oats, Fced ----- Neu -- Poland - New Potatoe ew scotcn 25, 275. - Irish 14e.... 175.215. Flour Town (per sack).... L 4 675. - Seconds :05.545. N.arth Country 48. LOO. Bran 75 es. SMITHFIELD. The supply was moderate; the trade brisk, at rather improved prices. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. • Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal, 3s. 10d. to ss. 10d. ; York, 4s. to ss. 4d. ; Lamb, 6s. Bd. to 7s. 10d. Beast, 3,119 ; Sheep and Lambs, 22,460; Pigs, 381 ; Calves, 61. TEA MARKET. There was little business transacted, but holders were firm, and obtained full rates. Company's Congou, Is. 103 d. cash. TALLOW AIARKET. The market was dull for Tallow, and prices were barely sus tained. P.Y. Candle, 465. 3d. on the spot, atd 4es. to 48s. 3d. for delivery in the last three months. HOP MARKET. The market was firm, and the demand good; the supply small. PROVISIONS. Butler in good request and prices firm. Fine Dutch, 116 s. to 118 s. per cyst. Bacon dull of sale, and prices on the decline-163. to 50s. Lard dull at 60s. to 635. per cwt. PRESBYTERY. OF EDINBURGH. DEPOSITION OF A MINISTER. . At the Meeting of Presbytery last Wednesday, the clerk, Dr. Gilchrist, read a letter from Mr. Hay, of the Dean Church, addressed to the Moderator, making the acknowledgment that he had been guilty of the sin of fornication. He was aware of the consequences of this admission ; but he felt still more deeply than these the scandal he had been the means of bring ing upon the nan eof religion. He trusted that God had given him grace to repent of his sin, and he threw himself upon the Presbytery. This gave rise to a very affecting scene. The letter was read by the clerk in a solemn and almost inau dible voice, and was followed by a dead silence in the Pres bytery for some minutes. Mr. Balfour then rose, and though every sound but that of his own voice was hushed, we could only hear indistinct sentences, intimating that from all he had seen, and from what he had heard, he be lieved Mr. Hay to be deeply penitent—nevertheless, the Pres bytery had no alternative but to proceed, in accordance with the rules t f the Church, to depose him from the office of the holy ministry. A silence of a still longer interval ensued, broken only by the occasional whisper of one member to an other. Atter the lapse of several minutes, the Moderator (Mr. Bennie) addressed the Presbytery—" Fathers and brethren, is it your pleasure to proceed with this bitterly painful case, or to delay it?" No one spoke ; and, after a pause, he added, "if we must proceed, it is usual in such cases to begin with devo• tional exercises; and I have to request our Rev. Father, Dr. Brunton, to engage in prayer." Dr. Brunton offered up a fer vent and impressive prayer, after whieh the Moderator pro nounced the solemn sentence of deposition. SPORTING. In a former epistle I expressed my fears that John Scott would shortly train every horse entered in the Derby : -for this I find I have been anathematised by all book-makers, such a result being the height of their ambition. The betting on Monday was spirited, but exclu sively confined to the kill devil and ruin-man stable. While anything over 8 to 1 was eagerly taken about Attila, 25 to 1 less was taken about each of three others, the Lord of Holderness, the Joanna colt, and Meteor. The same odds have been taken about the Dirce colt and Artful Dodger, and before they left the stable William de Fortibus and Auckland. The public have also backed William de Gros, the Amadon colt, Master Thomas, Woldsman, Baronet, Johnny Faa, and the Puncher, and I have now mentioned every gorse in the lot, except the last arrival, Lord Mil town's two, individually at different periods. Horses leave the stable and go out of the betting : a horse is claimed for 350/., goes into the stable, and is at this moment in such high favour that he •will possibly be some day first favourite !! ! Gemini crankum twee dle ! ! but there must be something wonderfully bracing in the Pigburn air. The leviathan, never theless, has only carried off one Derby in his life, and that with about the worst horse that ever won the great race. The great Wizard of the North is a fool to John Scott—the egg trick morning exercise, the gun trick a mere canter. I have heard, and Ido often hear, this wonderful co n j urer (I mean J o h n Scott, and not the other Mephistophiles) terribly abused. Poor man ! his greatest crime being that he is the best trainer in the world, and that he does not publish in the newspapers—mark, before he knows Himself, which is the best horse out of some dozen good-looking and well-bred ones. - Scott's horses engaged next and the following week, have arrived at Newmarket, at least all that mean to show, I believe. Attila, Meteor, the Dirce colt, and the Ladye of Silverkeld Well are there. • There have been several meetings this last week. The Trial Stakes at Northampton did not fill, and gentleman riders were appointed to the only other race for thoroughbred horses. This, however, is more a hunt than a race meeting, and is an excuse for gen tleman-in the neighbourhood to fill their houses, that the ball in the evening may he well attended, which I read in the Morning Post was the case. There was a good deal of racing, such as it was, at Epsom on Wednesday. Thanks Lo a severe shower of hail and rain, there were two races for the Ileathcote Plate—in the first the winner and second being left; behind. The second race being spun out into four heats, and a miscalled match following, the sports were not over till dusk. Mr. Thompson 's mare is in the Oaks, and Vibration (one of Forth's lot) is in the Derby and Oaks ; the latter has not been backed in my hearing, except with the rest of her stable com panions. The Catterick Bridge and Croxton Park Meetings have also come off this week. Why , so many races should be fixed for the same week, I cannot guess. The latter is celebrated as one of the few meetings in the kingdom where all thQ jockeys are gentlemen quite enough to insure my absence, I have no idea of scrubbing the floor, while the housemaid can do it so much better ; but why should I complain. The Duke's tenants are amused; and these gentry and their families form a considerable portion of the good folks accustomed to visit Croxton Park Races. Ballinkeely is arrived at last ; he is a good-looking bay horse, and will be trained by J. Scott at Ascot, who is fully competent to do him justice. Curious enough, the horse is a much worse favourite since his arrival. There seems to be no longer any doubt that the 11:ppodrome ceases to be a racecourse. It is to be regretted that the races cannot be transferred to New market, •or anywhere indeed, but the subscribers whose nominations are dead would decidedly object to any such arrangement. The liability of the pro prietors of the racecourse for the sums advertised to be added to the different stakes is questioned by many parties. JUDEX. April 4. THE QUEEN'S HOUNDS. Saturday's run with the Royal hounds, although a small field in compariglon to several former, was the finest of the season. It was exceedingly select with respect to the quality of the sportsmen, and included several officers of the Royal Horse Guards :—Captain Seymour, Captain Vyse, W. Baker, Makepiece, I3enbow Payne, Esqrs., &c., &c. The nobly stag Mouse was uncarted at Brick bridge, and led the way in gallant style over the country towards Hawthorn-hill, then bearing to the right, went straight away to Buck Farm, Binfield, Lawrance Waltham, Shottersbrook Park, making for the great wood, then bearing to the left he made for IVhite Waltham Tuchenend, along the side of Bray Drainage, taking the country all the way; here the pace was " reeling," and those who were fortunate enough to be on the right side of Bray Drainage, had it all to themselves, which number, from the severity of the running, was reduced to a few only of the right sort, and these were Captain Nyse, Mr. Baker, Mr. Benbow, another gentleman, and Harry King, the whip. The running now began to slacken, and the deer, in view for the first time during the hunt, bore to the right over Holyport Green, and was captured at Tunchenend after two hours and a quarter of the best hunting run this season, every hound doing his share of work like a pack of harriers. It was a rare day—the Leicester shire of the Queen's hunt. The New Hamburgh Gazette gives a letter from Berlin of the 21st inst., in which the report of a military revolt in St. Petersburgh, and which has been contra dicted from more than one source, is again spoken of, but the present version does not go to the same extent as the first accounts. It is now said that a regiment %%hich was being reviewed revolted upon its officers, in consequence of their tyrannical conduct, and slew 28 of them. Other troops having been brought up, sap the letter, the revolted regiment was brought to submissioa, and afterwards decimated. I !Three or. four days ago, as six countrymen were regaling themselves in a public-house at Neville, near Di e p pe , two soldiers of the 24th of the line went in and picked a quarre l with them. A conflict ensued, with every weapon the tarties could lay their hands on. The landlord attempted to separate them, but was turned out of the house. Aft er a l ong struggle the two soldiers were victorious, and took their departure leav ing nearly all the countrymen severely wounded. One of these having gained some advantage over hi s opponent, the savage seized his antagonists ear with his teeth, bit it off, and spit it in his face. Another has his left shoulder fractured, and two have dangerous wounds in the breast with knives. The Magistrates have commenced an investigation of the affair. It appears, from a table of the consumption of the city of Lyons for 1842, that the number of oxen, cows, calves, sheep, lambs, and pigs slaughtered for Lod during the year wasabout 50,000 leis than in 1841. CASE OF MURDER. The Court of Assize of the HauteLoire was .. occu pied on the 21st inst., and two succeeding days, with the following case of murder :—.=-Francoise Servel, a woman aged 40, wife of a farmernaniedblaude Cham-1 bias, residing near Isengeaux ; on:thelloire; was -ac cused of having pois.oned•her husband and their two children. The. ather . was taken suddenly ill, and died in great tortures on August 7, 1840. Prancoise, his daughter, a child of five years old, expired in frightful pain on Nov. 16 ; and Christophe, a boy of 14, fol lowed on Dec. 2. These sudden deaths, all accompanied with strange symptoms, gave, rise to much remark. Expressions used by the wife were remembered and repeated, in which she declared, " how happy she should be if she could get rid of her husband and chil dren, and regain her liberty." It was known, too, that a young man, named Joseph Cheynel, professed great admiration for the woman, though she possessed no beauty whatever, and. had expressed his willingness to marry her, should she ever become a widow. The legal authorities were informed of these 'circumstances, and arsenic being found in the house, the woman was arrested on a charge of murder. At the trial, the principal witness against her was an intelligent little girl, eight years old, named Victoire Poncet. She deposed that she was in the prisoner's house during the last illness of the son, and that she saw her pour a white powder into a cup half full of water, which she immediately gave to the boy, saying that it was flour to cure his sickness. The prisoner gave her three sous, and desired her to purchase at a certain shop some poison for rats, as a huge one had pre vented her son • from sleeping all night. The child, suspecting something wrong, pretended to go and purchase it but, on her return de clared that none could be found. The mother then threw two green balls into a cup of water, and gave it to the boy. He complained of great pain, and said his mother was poisoning him. When, the little girl was going away, the prisoner threatened to have her guillotined by the gendarmes, if she spoke a word of what she had seen. During the trial, this child was ffequently examined, but nothing transpired to shake her testimony. The scientific part of the question was of great interest. The father's body, when taken up after four month's in humation, was completely decomposed. The bodies of the .other two showed such lesions, as ge rally appetr from poisoning, and being submitted to Marsh's apparatus gave out abundance of arsenical stains. The chemical experiments were first made at Issengeaux by the local physicians, and were verified li l y MM. Orfila, Chevalier, and Olivier (d'Angers.) '1 he Jury deliberated for half an hour, and then gave :n a verdict of guilty of the murder of the two child ren, but acquitting her with respect to the husband's death. The Court immediately passed sentence of death on the prisoner, which she heard without emo tion. Her Counsel gave notice of appeal. • ABSENCE OF A JUDGE AT CHAMBERS. • [FROII A CORRESPONDENT.] Much disappointment was experienced at the Chambers in Rolls'-buildinp, Chancery-lane, on Saturday, occasioned by the non.httendance of a Judge. Numerous, suitors, attornies, and their agents, were in waiting the entire day for the purpose of making affidavits, taking out summonses, orders &c.. whose time was altogether sacrificed on account of this extraordinary indifference to the public interest. The distress and inconvenience arising out of this omission of duty is incalculable, many creditors wishing to swear to the intention of parties to quit the kingdom, upon whose detention large sums of money eepended, were enable to effect their object, and a variety of persons (some perhaps unjustly incarcerated) have had their term of confinement unne cessarily extended, solely on account of this inexcusable want of punctuality. Surely some arrangement might be made by the Learned Gentlemen on the Bench, so that one of their number should always be in town to prevent the frequent recurrence cf this evil. THE TORY LANDLORDS AND THEIR TENANTS. From the Vale of Alford; from the Howe of the Mearns, and, in a word, from almost every Tery district of this and the adjoining counties, no report now reaches us, but one general voice of lamentation and great mourning over the fall in the prices of catt:e consequent upon the promulgation of the new tariff, the landlords striving to comfort their poor tenants with assurance that " all would yet be well," but the farmers refusing to be comforted, be cause that their high rents remain, while t eir high prices are gone for ever. Accustomed as the Conservative squirearchy i eve all along been to represent the 'Whigs as friendly to the importation of foreign produce, and to identify such a poll( y with the ruin of the farming interest, they now feel sadly at a loss what to say to their tenants, who come to them with long faces, and ask what is now to be done, when the . calamity which they had been so often taught to dread from their enemies, the Whigs, has come upon them with redoubled force from their friends, the Tories? At tie outset it would aplear that the lords of the soil fancied themselves of such importance in the eyes of the nation, that they had but to signify their disasproval of the intended measure to have it abandoned ; and accord ingly, they assured their tenants at first that they would take care to have the whole thing put right. lint the haughty bearing of Sir Robert Peel in Par liament towards the agricultural bigots of his own party having taught all this sort of people a lesson as to their own insignifi cance, it would seem that the Conservative gentry had wisely resolved to keep themselves quiet upon the occasion, but to stir up the farmers to sign Petitions to Parliament setting forth what an evil it would be to them if the present high prict- of beef was trot kept up! Foreseeing, however, no doubt that theirpe tit ioning would all end in smoke, and that their tenants would soot. return to them with the demand "how they were to pay high rents with low prices of oats and cattle," they arc now adopting another policy with regard to the farmers, and are gravely assuring them that the measure will, after all, be " goodless, ill-less," for that the ports had been opened to the importation of foreign cattle only because it was well ascertair ed that there were none to come in !—Aberc.'een Herald. It appears, by recent accounts from Trieste, that, notwithstanding the efforts made to improve the trade of that port, it is still declining. It is ceasing to be the principal depot for the supply of Austria, and the ex ports and imports for 1841 show the same progressive decrease as they did in 1840 and 1839. The falling,off in the last year, as compared with the preceding, was 29,000,000 f. in the imports, and 6,000,000 f. in the ex ports. In 1840, as compared with 1839, the total de ficit was between 14,000,000 f. and 15,000,000 f. This has arisen chiefly from the depot of colonial produce, and from merchandise in transit for consump tion in Europe. To these losses by Trieste must be added a decrease of the Austrian coasting trade with Dalmatia and the Venetian States, to the amount of about 8,000,000 f. The principal ar ticles of depot, such as sugar, coffee, cotton, gums, wax, silks, and wools, are put down in the deficit of imports at about 19,000,000 f., without including dried fruits, which are reckoned at 6,000,000 f. at the least. The corn counts for but a small portioth The relations between Trieste and the Levant and Italy arc the most important to her, and those with France, England, and America, are becoming annually less and less important. France and Algeria reckon in her imports and exports for about 8,000,000 f. ; England counts fur at least double this sum. The imports at Trieste, from France, restrained as they are by the Austrian prohibitive system, have been re duced by nearly 2,000,000 f. They are composed of articles for local consumption and foreign , produce, partly destiNd for re-exportation. The exportations, though under restraint, have increased in a slight degree. They consist of some of the natural produce of Austria, but they are susceptible of great increase, if the duties' were more favourable to exchange of commerce. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday morn ing, between two and three o'clock, as Sergeant Morris, City Police 505, was going his rounds, his attention was drawn to loud screams from the neighbourhooi of Fish-street-hill. On going thither he observed a woman almost in a state of nudity, upon the iron spikes of St. Bennett's Churchyard, and a large pool of blood on the ground beneath. Near her lay another woman, upon one of the graves of the churchyard. Both the feinales wereacreaming in the most di eadful man ner. Morris sprang his rattle for assistance, and police constables 568, 584, and 525 were promptly on the spot, and with great difficulty the unfortunate woman was removed from the iron spikes, her right thigh being lacerated in a most frightful manner, the iron spike penetrating completely through, and she, with the other woman, was conveyed to the house of Mr. Croft, surgeon, who rendered them every assistance. As soon as they were capable of giving some account of themselves, it appeared that they were domestic servants in the family ef Mr. Isaac Worley, of the Monument Hotel, 48, Fish-street-hill, and that their names were Mary Cray, 24 years of age, and Ann Hallett, 22 years ; that about two o'clock in the morning Mary Cray was awakened by a noise which appeared to her as if occasioned by some persons attempting to break into the house. In her fright she awoke Ann Hallett, who slept with her, and, the noise continuing, they both became so terrified that they flew to the windows, and, throwing them open, both of them jumped out. Ann Hallett unfortunately leaped out of the window nearest the street, and fell upon the iron spikes. Mary Cray fell upon the ground, and escaped with some internal bruises. Ann Hallett was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where she remains in a very dangerous state. Her fellow-servant remains at her master's house. Mr. Worley's family were immediately aroused by the police, and a search was made through the premises, but he fears of the women appeared to be utterly groundless. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet Ocean, I. Fife, of Rotterdam, arrived o ff th e C u ,t om -h ouse yesterday, with the Dutch mail. SUICIDE OF TILE HIGH SHERIFF OF NEW SOUTH Ws wis.—Letters and papers from Sydney to the 16th Octo ber announce the death of Mr. Sheriff Macquoid by his own hand. In consequence of having got into difficulties through ' unsuccessful speculations, by which his character was compro mised, ie sought the horrible means of evading pnblic censure. Ile brew out his brains in ins dressing-room, in the hearing of his family. The monetary affairs of the colony still remain in a distressing state, and apprehensions are entertained of the solvency of the most respectable firms. A meeting of Agriculturists was held at the Foun tain Inn, Canterbury, on Saturday, which wag attended by Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Mr. Plumptre, the Members for the Eastern Division of Kent. Loud complaints were made against the proposed plans of Sir Robert Peel, and some of the speakers at the conclusion, addressing Sir Edward, said the meeting had broken up dissatified. _ The execution of the monument of the Emperor Napoleon iu the church of the Hotel des Invalides has been en trusted to M. Visconti. Ten gold medals of the value of I,ooof. each are being struck at the mint for the 10 architects whose plans were mast favourably noticed by the committee appointed to report on the subject. M. Marochetti, as our readers will recollet, is charged with the execution of the eques trian statue in the Cour d'Honneur of the Invalides. The 59th Regiment of the Line in garrison in Paris have just exchanged their old muskets with flints for those of the new construction with perettz.sion-locks. The same exchange is to be made in succession by each regiment stationed in Paris and the banlieue. M. Cozette de Rubempre, a native and inhabitant of Amiens, died lately at the age of 73, leaving the following noble bequests to the town. First, a sum of 260,000 f. for the foundation of an asylum and Ho use of Indu s t r y f or persons o f both sexes reduced to mendicity; and, secondly, his library, which is said to have cost him upwards of 80,000 f. ANECDOTES OF CHERUBINI. The Lodoiska of Cherubini produced a profound sensation in the musical world; and the impulse which it gave to art, seconded by the nearly equal efforts of Alehul; Berton, and Lesneur, brought to the French school an e - ea of glory to which one would have doubted its ev'r attaining. Lodoiska was fol lowed by Elisa, or le Mont St. Bernard, Medea, the Hotellerie Portugaise, and finally the Demi Jour nees, which became rapidly popular. It is in Elisa that is heard the chorus of monks seeking the tra vellers buried in the snow, too rarely executed at the concerts of the Conservatoire, the character of which is so true to nature, that it has been said on hearing it, "Thus music makes one shiver with cold." In.the same opera the scene of the bell is with equal justice admired, in which, by turning cons t an tly r o un d th e single note of a bell, the ringing of which is heard continually from the beginning to the end of the piece, the Master has displayed the harmonic resources he possessed; and his rare address in the connexion of modulations. Cherubini frequently had warm discussions with the Jearned Reicha and with Choron upon this sub ject; and one day, that a systematic theorist, less known than these two masters, and very obstinate also upcn the strange doctrine of musical theology, of which he is at once the disciple and the founder, perSisted in arguing against him, Cherubini, boiling with anger, and unable to get rid of his obstinate dis putant by gentle means, at last exclaimed, " Get out of my house ; . get out, I tell you ; or I will throw myself out of the window ; and it will - be said you assassinated me !" His wit had pre-eminently a caustic turn ; his con versation abounded in biting sallies, in repartees of a laconism at once piquant and cutting. One day pss sing through the Court of the Menus plaisirs at the time of the performance of a concert given by a young composer of my acquaintance, some one wished to entice him into the room to hear the new symphony which was then serving as a text to the most animated musical controversies. " Let me alone," said Cherubini, " Ido not want to know how I must not compose !" Another time, at a rehearsal of the grand solemn mass of Beethoven, having given my opinion against the fugue in D major, v. hich it contains, with a frank ness which my admiration for the author might, I think, excuse, a pianist, undoubtedly a man of merit, and who has composed much, undertook the defence of the fracas fugue of Beethoven. Cherubini came up in the midst of the discussion ; although I made signs to my adversary to be silent, he still continued in a way t o attract . Cherubini's attention, who turn ing round quickly, said—" What is that ?" "It is this gentleman," replied my adversary perfidiously, " who does not like the fugue." " Because fugue does not like him," said Cherubini. Ile was,without pity even for his pupils, when a sally presented itself. One of them was going to give a new opera ; Cherubini was present at the last re hearsal in a box. After the second act the young composer, full of anxiety-, entered the box, and waited in vain for some of those kind words which we desire so much in a similar case. " Well, dear master," said he at last, " you say nothing to me !" "What the deuce do you wish me to say to you," replied Cherubini, laughing; " I have teen listening to you these two hours, and you say nothing tO me either." This was the more harsh, because it was unjust and ill-judged; the pupil's work had great success. A little before the representation of his opera, the Deux Journees, 'Cherubini had been nominated . env of the Inspectors of Instruction at the Conservatoire. This place was for a long time the only one he filled. Napoleon . endeavoured in every way worthy of him, to make Cherubini feel the dislike he had for his works and for his person. 't he motives of this were some rude replies of Cherubini to some ill-founded obser vations of Napoleon upon his music. It is said that the composer said one day to the First Consul, with a vivacity quite conceivable, however, on such an occa sion : "Citizen Consul, occupy yourself in gaining battles, and leave me to my trade, of which you know nothing." Another time, as Napoleon owned his predilection for monotonous music, that is to say, for that which pleased his ear, Cherubini replied, with more finesse, however, than humour, "I understand yon: like the music which does not prevent you thinking of State affairs." These repartees, as Nvil I be seen as we proceed, are quite in the cha racter and turn of Cherubini's mind. It is quite certain that .Napoleon constantly sought an opportu nity to wound his self-love by praising with excess in Isis presence Paisiello and Zingarelli, and setting him aside as mediocre, and in pronouncing his name in the French manner, in order to show that he did not think him worthy of bearing an Italian name. It was only in 1805 that Napoleon, after the victory of Austerlitz, hearing that Cherubini was at Vienna, occup:ed in writing his opera of Faniska, sent for him, and showed him sufficient good will to cease pro nouncino' his name ala Francaise. He even charged him with the organization of his private concerts, and failed not when they took place to -criticise the ar rangement of them, and to exact of Cherubini the must ridiculous things. For instance, he wished the air of the father of la Nina, of Paisiello (for a bass) to he sung by the soprano Crescentini ; Cherubini ob serving to him that -the povero could only sing it in an octave higher. 44 Well, let him sing it, said Na poleon, "I am not particular to an octave 1" And it, was really' very fortunate, for had the great man been pariieular to an octave, and had he insisted upon the ..singer taking a bass voice, in spite of hii good will, he could not have succeeded. QUACK: PAMPHLETS. • TO THE • EDITOR OF THE S SlR,—PenTlit MC to call your attention to the follow ing fact.: —A man, in the employ of one of the ii►ost no torious quacks of the present day, is in the habit of visiting Regent-street during the busy hours of trade, having with him pamphlets neatly folded, bearing on the outside the impression of a wood-cut likeness of the individual alluded to, which be is constantly forcing into the hands of such ladies as honour the tradesmen of this street with their custom, and who come for that purpose in their carriages. I saw yesterday, on three distinct occasions, these papers indignantly thrown into the road, as soon as the nature of their contents was ascertained by the females to whom they had been presented. Prompted by curiosity I endeavoured to procure one of them, but was civilly informed by the man that he had most positive orders to give none to any but the occupiers of k:cats in carriages, at the same time presenting me with a handbill containing a fec-simile of the Lord Mayor's signature—a copy of the bill, I presume, that was alluded to by Sir Peter Laurie in the Justice-room of the Mansion house on Thursday last. Perhaps your noticing this species of - annoyance will have the effect of causing the police to put an emit° a system which, if persevered in, may induce those who now honour us with their patronage, to confer their favours upon shine other locality, where the same inconvenience is not found to exist—a circumstance which, under the very depressed state of trade at present, we could ill afford to meet. AN INHABITANT, AND CONSTANT SUBSCRIBER. [We give the letter as we have received it, but have no idea to what it refers.] FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Saturday forenoon considerable alarm was caused at the Vauxhall terminus of the South- Western Railway, in consequence of the non-arrival of the up train, which ought to have reached London by half-past ten o'clock. The train (lid not arrive until nearly five hours after the proper time. It was in the first instance feared that some accident had occurred to the railway train by its . having run off the rails, or in some other way ; but on the arrival ofthe train it was ascertained that the cause of the detention was the fill ing in of one of the three tunnels between the Andover and IVinchester stations. The accident took place on Saturday Morning, beta een six and seven o'clock. The extent of the accident may be inferred when it is stated that, as nearly as could be ascertained in the confusion consequent on the occurrence, 150 feet of the tunnel have fallen in. The engineers having for some Line apprehended a failing in the south-west end of the tun nel, engaged a great number of workmen to shore it up. While so engaged the whole of the soil gave way,-em bedding those in the tunnel, and precipitating those on the soil with their fellow-workmen. The confusion and alarm cannot be described, the report being at one time that fifty workmen had lest their liVes, and that one of the trains containing numerous passengers and persons of distinctin were buried in one common heap. But we were ,glad to learn that the sacrifice of life has not been so great. Nine bodies, it was . however reported, were taken out dead, and several dreadfully mutilated, and the London terminus was thronged with the friends of those who had gone by the early train in anxious suspense as to the real extent of the calamity, and the amount of life sacrificed, among. whom were the friends of Lord George Bentinck, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, and Lady Canning, respecting whose fate serious apprehensions were entertained ; but the, safe arrival of the noble travellers by the eight o'clock train gave the greatest satisfaction to their friends, for .chose fate serious ap prehensions were entertained. Several of the Directors, sith praiseworthy alacrity, 1 .ms(enea toAndover, where the accident . took•place, and by their zeal and personal exertions combined, rescued snany a poor creature from his perilous situation.. A great number of workmen were instantly placed on the road, and strong hopes are entertained that on Monday or Tuesday the whole line will be again opened for passengers. Sir Robert reel has shown great skill in adapting his financial policy to the interests of the powerful, and the ignorance of the humble. By his Corn bill ho bribes the landed interest to silence.. By his refusal to touch the sugar duties, he bribes the West an(; East India proprietors and merchants. By the entire sacrifice of the duty on colonial timber, he bribes the Canadian interest. By allowing Ireland to escape:the income tar . he bribes the Irish members. By exempting from the: tax all farmers whose rents are below 3001., he bribes the bulk of that class. By some excellent points in his tariff, he bribes a part of the free traders. And by pre tending that the tax will only upon capital, and not upon labour, he Conciliates or silences many of the working classes.—Leeds Mercury. RommmAY.—Mr. Pi!ie, the Lord Mayor of Lon don, has not been unmindful of the land of his birth. Ile lately transmitted, through his friend, several of his Lord s hi p ' s Baillie Macdonald, of Bane, a handsome sum, to be divided among B o thiersay.—Aberdeen li eru ki . aged relatives in the parish of