The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-23 00:00:00

Parish Bank Friendly Society of Ruthwell.' Its capital l 4 al°llAted, at th e t i me o f pu b l i shing the second edit i on tf his ess-ay, 'to a sum excee di ng 1,400 1 . "It appears, therefore, on the whole, that though some institutions similar both in their principles and de tails, had been formed before the Parish Bank of Ruth and yetit was the first of the kind which was regularly minutely organized and brought before the public ?nd further, that as that society gave the impulse which Is fast spreading through the kingdom, it is in all fair ness enti led the appellation of the Parent Society. ' . 1 " .•139 . 1te of th e Original Society, the Charitable Bank at T ottenham Would be entitled to that appellation." JAY'S WORKS. va Bartlett, London, 1842. In - this volume we have a series of morning and "ning medit a ti ons f or t h e mont h s o f J uly, A ugust, V September, from the pen of Mr.. William Jay. :ne medit a ti ons are i n general appropriate to the e4o n, and a f ervent, but unaftected spirit of piety Pervades them, that cannot be too warmly commended. TRADITIONS OF THE RHINE. 011ivier. London, 1842. The num erous scattered traditions that are asso ‘,'iated with t h e castellated Rhine, and its neighbour d't)d, are here collected together in one small compact i"deeimo, an d ill ustrated w i th several apt embel- Zhinents. The volume is the production of Captain 81,11 ill x, who h as t o ld t h e di f fe rent legends w i th great an d ea u , simplicity, and will form an entertaining Pazion to the tourist of the Rhine. 414GAZINE OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY. A Vol. Vll. Orr, London, 1842. '` .4 may be inferred from its title, the present mis cella • t shells a „, nY is exclusively of a homely, practical character, shells .gives, among useful matters, several valuable sug "die-work, respecting the management of servants, paper-hangings, quack medicines, &c. N OON IN THE JUNGLE. w I t, was. vergi ng t owar d s noon , an d t h e or b o f day shay h oldin g his brilliant course through the heavens, t rh ni ng With an intensity unknown except within the ru i s 'ins• Limpid streams were sparkling down the ] i , Re4'sid es o f t h e wood-covered hills, flinging their t h e i t and silve ry spray f rom roc k to rock, over which ahil graceful bamboo spread its feathery branches, log many-ColoUred flowers crowned the overhang e,r4gs, waving, like banne rs o f elfin warriors, in sta : s luggish air.- The cocil, or nightingale of Hindoo hen' was nestling among the leafy b owers o f th e mango ; and, whil e d r ai n i ng it s r i c h nectareous j u i ce, pou red f ort h in hurried strains, as if inebriated, her d'entr an • cing melody. The dote had taken shelter thicket of odoriferous shrubs, and was faintly t is l , o g to his compan i on. The vulture was pluming off,'lggard wi ngs b y th e marg i n o f a l a k e pro f use l y tlPread With the lotuS. The hawk, overcome by 1 111 Z ie ll o d r a e 3; * heat, had ceased to persecute th e timid 4r i and the crane, exhausted by the meri ere,suu,' stood idly by the plashy rill, his watchful closed in sleep, and no longer searching out i tn ." l-1 3? Prey : E ven th e f ata l co b ra cape ll a, yield re) the sleepy influence of the hour, folded his ter- , ne.hrest in un w illi ng truce ; w hil e t h e drowsy bee, ki ti e 'llg• in the h o ll ow pe t a l s o f th e l o t us, was hum vincfr imself to his mid-day repose.—From " Sa °.°g," in the M e t ro p o lit an Magazine. * Red-legged partridge. 4 0N /A ;e;„ I' MARKET and CITY NEWS. t hiith --° . -- -The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mile f41.44u1at the English Mint priceloid. per ounce ~t h s.nr „ d a td. g old, gives an exchange of 2.5 40i, and the ex 11t Paris on London at short being 25 52k, it follows 8, 6 %d is 0.48 per cent dearer in London than in Pari s . l fthrices from Ham burgh the price of gold is 4301 per '44 Z h ith, at the- E ng li s h Mi n t pr i ce o f 31 . I7 s. 10 % cl. per tch, atandard gold, g i ves an exc h ange o f 13 71 , an d t h e 1, gn 0,110;it et Hambu rg h on L on d on at s h ort being 13 91, it at gold is 0.93 per cent. dear e r i n London than in The wi • euorse of exchange at New York on London is 108} Atne;rn., and th e par of exchange between Engl an d an d a t2 ' e ! being 109 "3-40 per cent., it follows that the ex -0•33 per - cent. against England. But the quoted hite res fie at Ne York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the mus b e d educted from the above difference. 11- 11 , • 4-4 MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. tSitk e CORN EXCHANGE. rile'ai ho Monday there has been a moderate arrival of English At f ared a fair quantity of Irish Oats. W heat languid in 14 til l m er prices. In other Grain there was little done a t ol ations. The Flour trade very dull. llte. NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL. Pt!c f , 'e was a good supply of Meat, the demand was slack and me "ere with difficulty supported with the exception of the ,qualiti es which fetched in some ca ses rat h er more money. t o4‘ B . 4d. to 4z. 2d. ; Mutton, 2s. 6d. to 4 s . ; V ea l , 3s. 2d. 110 4 * 4 d• ; Pork, 2s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb, ss. t o s s . 4 d . per b tr, - 'r 81b. Poultry was i n pre tty goo d demand and price s well Supported, and the supply good. Geese, ss. to 4t4. Fowls,' 3s. 6d. t o b s . ; Large do. 6s. to 12s. ; li s. to is. 6d. ; Chickens, ls. to 3s. ; Ducklings, 2s. 6d. 1 14 64 .; Leverets, 2s. 6d. to Si. Eggs dull of sale at 14 6s. 6d. per 120. 'COLONIAL MARKETS. 1 14 ,arket - looked firm for most articles, and a good busi- A thlig " be ei r tiiiiicfed; Arrivals have been rather larg iiie th k alftlyro days. • TEA MARKET. .Vvince much firmness, and supply the market spar °.od VP-if deinand exists, and prices have an upscard . ! 5 1 .,, ,ar4's`Congou 13.9 d. per lb. cash. A . I , l 'eat 2,TALLOW MARKET. C.4,,, t 6 lttrstninkftl,:_though the stock on hand is heavy. e . 24/3tm 3d4fon the spot, and 495. 3d. for delivery 11 0 1at hs-of-the year, with few purchasers. rid rg e t , SPIRIT MARKET. ith a. fair sale at full rates. Proof Leewards, * 5 . 2 1 4 d. per g a ll on ; but Brandy was still dull of th s COAL MARKET. . , . I Ps arrived since act market day, 12, ' l 4ll d.' ftwt?tl.ll4, ........... 16 44 te171 l6 6 t t tflt lt tlhe 41 °4 - l3 6 ‘?1 , 4,,1tl Ai Ugh. • ... l5 0 ...... ... 15 r ;I;44:die e acid C IS 0 II CI S qT L ;forth 17 0 413 °c16 ' ,,, Bensham 14 0 el niubt .. 18 .... J s. d. WE. Braddyll'aHetton 20 3 Walls End Helton 20 3 Walls End Morrison! l7 0 Walls End Casson l9 9 Walls End Adelaide Walls End • arrington Tees 15 0 Walls ad Bowburn Walls End South Durham 17 6 Wal s d eeb Blythe l5 6 Cowpen Ilangennech Coal ' 20 0 COUNT. Ahit2u4 -- - 4 YI N ~ te r. 4;:4 4k et % 11 4 ti". ( 4 4 4 44 ' 5 i . 4 Nt Y t ht et.. 1 :ellt ... ir t, e , . .. k IT orii * Ole • . O t iti h ;f Vtat h arn Iw. e.. q c k ...' tti t est t :; . .. ; A . '"..... N • N tit h 4lei . . 5 eth :.; d a . , e. d. 5.d. 5.d. 5.d, 6. d.15.d, s. d. 36 36 4 6 3 6 4010 0 0 0 i 1% \. N ., Iiar N EWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE Red. Wh \*Z..' leo rf t o h i t onlierland 5.1. 56s 6O. , CN11e,.,4 and Suffolk . ....... .... 625. 6 8 6B . '. l i z o k'or e i'i' n and 5c0tch....... ...... .. 50s. 56s 5 4 ,. 5 Os. 664....... 665. 7( 11 4;F0 4 : 1 k and Suffolk C Os. 325....... -8. - 0' klTn 265. 32. -s. -, It4lt, Ori n e. Norfolk and Suffblk 29i. 305....... -.1 , -I ti t .ortol k . 4 and Feeding 1.N.: Q inall . 4 1 , d Suffblk '"3 5Cs - 4. . 4 4 Tie_ ..... c,.,„,_ 5 ..... . ... .. ................... - ..... 30s. 34, --t, -s. (',1 4 g bit e .. .. : ..... .i. ................ . ..... 388.4ns -..,. -s. 4 leray .. ............................... 4('s, 4:s . 6. `fatbw; ............... .. . . .............. 316, 366 -.-8, --. , 1 44 l 'F r i4nd; Pot . atoe ........ 215. 21s -5. -s: 'Co i ftll., --- Feed les. 205 S. B. ta c k.....; 2os. 225. S. --6. Nill 43s. tis -a. ...6 Pit b.„ t Veh-DOINGFON CORN MARKET 1 047: I, e fj.. Barley. 1 Oats. nC.II 'O.' C 3, o " d 35s fd 2& &I 40s 0.4 -Od t tili , ti ;:165 ( I, _3F. , Ud I . 23* 6d 35, Od -. Od 't titt 4..tv„ - a - se *.c,/, Od 24. Od 33s Od m.. Od 34 44.3 d 4 12ths. 11l 'lot . .GLAs..: 5 h %,,,.,_ ./401b . -OUW CORN Ms R kr.T. logi q., -.....• s. d, s. d. Oats, per Sf4lb. e tti . 5 .:"...,, ........ 32 Uto?A 6 fri.b 044t i1 % : . ' ,_:' .......... F. 50 31 C British k , yi3.2..,,Z* . : 1 1 4 0 26 0 __ Beans, per 26011 N..!.4722mb. 290 36 0 English Scottish .'''".....'..",.. 24 0 26 0 Pease,Scottish .. A i . ...."..- 21 6 2' 0 Oatmeal, nor Mil, i t e 't .4 . ,... '- ` - - -b-I .. I, It O EITIVC ) OI } IT? u If A e l r ila il T t l it 4 ..:- :.-- 73, n . --t I Barley. Oleo. Pease. Beans. '•4% : , I d ' 31,. 01 288 txt 38. Od 35s Od :41 4 , -,,, , , 212 6d 25s 4d ti7s Od .1s Od ts,,,N;-, - ,tijy,, 21. Od 20s OJ 34. OJ 14s Od Qt - beck,,, i . /CURGH MEAL BIARKET. V.,. it, 471%4/ ,Ibs, Per Stone of 141 b. r 44 ,4 444 , ZA40_ •••••Z2 0 0 First Oatmeal..., £0 car -',••••••••• 1 18 0 S econ d ditt o 0 , _ .., .: ........ .llO 0 li ar l eymea l 0 Pa n B a r ley ,z*. r .... 1 8 0 Psemeal aley from 30 5. t o 465. per sack. 0 e. ---- - ,•• -n.. .xtr s NALL MARKETi. Aic,,,l, - - ,hel RY CORN MARKETS. VVheat. s---__. Barley. Oats. Beano. to 57 5 7 2 Sc 64 66 'U• 6 ' 4 7r. 63 I 7e 10 7 . 52 75 56 68 6 d 78 •. to s. 26 36 27 29 22 25 30 25 35 24 29 '22 26 25 26 e. to e. 20 31 f 0 24 14 21 18 26 22 31 20 f 6 16 21 24 26 .... 66 s. to '. 35 41 36 40 34 43 43 • 44 33 36 33 34 29 37 26 32 32 35 29 39 34 '8 33 Peas i 0 28 _22 34 25 31 19 24 30 32 26 30 a' 45 36 44 07 40 36 46 43 - 3$ F. to I. 3$ 25 40 38 - 40 - 27 - 31 - 38 40 40 - s. d. 8. d 0!. 0 0 ■. d. 3. d. 18 0 to 21 0 IS 0 22 0 180 185 17 0 210 22 0 23 0 186 210 480 030 2 2 2 0 1 10 1 8 r ,,. 1 / 4 *--;:c•PrcIIWALL MARKETS. 1_ ,.. .........____ "lined at '24 gallons to the bushel.). $l % Wi.,............2.tti Barley. Oats. N it t4i • '4 4: 1 4,." ... .... ..... e • ti t' to s i d , s. d 6 to s i d . s . Thiti — r) 5... a .2 oi 11,4 4 •..*'••••• •-• u 78— o 3A— 0 0 ,tinc e . h t..."••••• 2 r Nsi -tlin''... .-- u 88— 0 44 0 0 ki tot ... %ti t : ..... *:' '-• 0 7 7 O 3E;= l ) .) 1 g .I), ' "•••::::. :'4 2 7 C 3 0 3 4 2 6 —0 I S 4 1 - u-----__:,*3 4—240 0 —0 . °4 ' 4 4 Ais IN f ----- -- tu:Ather.tptint, D.— Meetings have been held ti 4,7 , ~,I Y , a nd ot ,!etsed for relief of the poor at Naas, Kilcul b , ° tile r n er places Lord Downes, !he . Duke of Lein pi e..th.et resident Landlords in these districts have been ~Q t Q 43 to th 11,,,i tt t li , e distressed at this season, by affording till lin e 7:1. 41,47)",ar Contributing directly from their purses. Pobi;e4ween B r ,xRTEIt RA.H.wAv.—The portion of 4 A t i . i on th e 1?'-igewater and Taunton will be opened to t kill o we ellla r h a : l o 3 :July, lo l tig• ti t l A ustria t en addressed by the Government SNti v e f9llo w i n e ° the . various railroad Companies, con -I'o u se ls is forbildeonditions :-1. The UEC of four-wheeled 1 44 4 4 ' al ' l n 2 . Th e us n e * , 2 . Six-wheeled locomotives only are 4% 4. rt ! ,, t only o, two locomotives at the same time 1/41 tt. , r _ - is sictl under certain circumstances of time and ,t oy ;ntl of the sr, y forbidden to place a locomotive at the li 'I Aostri a r"g• 5 Rate of . speed is never to ex th;is cloth an Tn i es (ab • English miles) an hour, or l .t. 1 . 4 be g srl t ,".,t a gee at stoautitonl? th: , A t , P orted at the rate. oP.thLreugg/tgset;iranmmeTehsaann. I\ „ itikr ‘, t aerel ..s,utt,:s apayrbeatissell be fixed in th e e u' waggons in order 4 1 , t. TY" 14 e don e - "Y opened. 8. Until this apparatus L .o.rail ei . s h • ar° Jo remain mo n ‘Ve . J 4 v l lll, 4" 4 , 7 ,....,er r iff Pr hard, able and active ,14,11tit'7,0e of the Corporation for many years - , t,t l4 1 411 0 .., --- -n- , str - ong a claim upon the consideration 44ti lti 11411 t 1 ' llialls, w ill, it is generally considered sit t he L „ It .Y , r euP the reward of those services •-: ' .- -""" "Ildillate for the vacant o ffi ce of Town , - - *Mit -- - THE GAME OF SHINTIE. TO THE EDITOR OF - THE SUN. " All plaided and plum'd in their Tartan array.—Campbell." SlR—Your paper of the 17th` instant, states that the Society of True Highlanders celebrated their annual festival by playing a grand match in Copen hagen-fields, at th e na ti ona l game o f " Shinnie, or or " Shintie," as it is called in' the Lowlands. In the Highlands it is called " Cainach." It may be compared to the game of foot-ball in England, ex cept that in the latter the foot performs the office of the camach, or club. - All the members appeared in the Highland garb. This picturesque and primitive costume may be said to have become fashionable, ever since it was worn by one of ,our late monarchs ; it is, however, seldom worn in the Highlands, except on grand gala days. It is curious to glance back to the time when this Bess and everything connected with it was interdi c t e d b y A ct of Parlia ment, under severe pains and penalties. I allude to the Disarming Act, consequ en t o n t h e b att l e o f Cul loden. As th Act is but little khown, even by many who now assume the garb, I; will quote it as a curiosity. An Act (20 Geo. 2, c. 39) was passed, "for the more effectually disarming the Highlanders in Scotland, and for the more effectually securing the peace of the Highlands, and for restraining the use of the High land dress," &c. With reference, to the latter, it was enacted that " from and after the Ist day of August, 1747, any person, whether man 4 boy, within Scot land (excepting officers and soldiers in his Majesty's service) who should, on any pretence whatsoever, wear or put on the clothes commonly called the High land clothes, namely, the plaid, philibe g , t rews , s h ou ld er belts, or any part of the Highland garb, or should use for great coats or upper coats, tartans or party-coloured plaid, or stuff, should be imprisoned, without bail, for six Months, and, on being convicted for a second offence, should be liable to be transported to any of his Majesty's plantations abroad for seven years." . The term for discontinuing the dress was. extended, by a subsequent Act, to the ISt of August, in the following year. This obnoxious Act, unworthy of a free Government, was repealed in 1782. The many little devices they adopted to retain their ancient garb are calculated to excite a smile in those of the pre sent day. Instead of the prohibited tartan kilt, some wore nieces of a blue, green, or red thin cloth, or camlet, wrapped round the waist, and hanging down to the knees like the fealdog. The tight breeches were ,particularlj, obnoxious. These, when on journeys, they often suspended over their shoulders upon sticks ; others, either more wary, or less submissive, sewed up the centre of the kilt with a feW stitches between the thighs, which gave it something of the form of the trousers worn by Dutch skippers. At first these evasions of the Act were visited with great severity; but at length the officers of the law seem to have acquiesced in the construc tion put by the Highlanders upon the prohibition of the Act. This appears from the trial of a man of the name of M'Alpin, from Breadalbane, who was ac quitted on his proving that the kilt had been stitched up in the middle. Such were the amusing evasions of this extremely absurd Act.—Your obedient servant, C. P. J. MISS CHAMBERS' MORNING CONCERT. Assisted by the first talent of the Opera, this lady's concert took place yesterday morning at her Majesty's theatre.: Madame Frezzolini sang in very brilliant style the duetto " Serba i tuoi segreti," with Signor Poggi. The barcarole " Bel piacer, quando sereno," and a subsequent duetto from Mercadante, exhibited Guasco's voice to fine effect. Strength was linked with sweetness, and some passages in the latter were softly tremadtante and beautiful. Madame Per siani dispatched her portion of the duet "Oh Guardate," in a glitter of high sharp notes, and her pleasant archness was in excellent contrast with the robusttone and manner of Lablache. Blagrove performed on the violin a concerted piece from William 'fell, with Mrs. Anderson. This lady's instrumentation on the piano forte can scarcely be said to grow more perfect, since. long ago she appeared to have reached the summit of her art ; but the rich retiring melody that rises up beneath her hand, altogether unobtruding, but laden with a depth of harmony—fits it for the highest and re cl usest places—a shrine, a sanctuary,or a palace-vestibule. Mademoiselle Multini sang an Italian aria in a very expressive manner, and with great purity of tone ; and the romance " La Des di tutti i cor," by Signor Mario, breathed fully, as is its purport, a heart adoring. Ma dame and Signor Ronconi executed the " Fonte d'amare lazrine" in passionate and sparkling style ; the voice of the latter is possessed of great power, and capable of immense energy ; while that of the former is dulcet with lute tones. Miss Chambers herself graced the concert, which was fully and fashionably attended, with many of her own vocal and instrumental performances. PETITION OF THE FATHER OF FRANCIS TO THE QUEEN. The following petition from the father of Francis was yesterday transmitted to her Majesty through Sir James Graham:— " The petition of John Francis, of No. 14, Tottenham court-road, in the county of Middlesex, " Humbly showeth—That your petitioner is the un happy father of the wretched convict now lying under sentence of death; and waiting the awful execution of the law in your Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, for having traitorously fired a pistol at your Majesty, on the even ing of the 30th of May last. - "That your petitioner yields to none of your Majesty's subjects in devoted and affectionate loyalty and attach ment to your Majesty's person and family, or in abhor rence of the abominable, wicked, and wanton conduct of his unfortunate son. "That your petitioner is 51 years of age, and has through life borne an irreproachable character for honesty, sobriety, and loyalty. " That your petitioner has a wife and four other chil dren dependent on his exertions for their maintenance and support, and that to the utmost of his humble means, and by the best possible example that they could show, your petitioner and his wife have ever endeavoured to bring up and educate their children in the soundest prin ciples of morality and religion ; and, above all, to im press upon their minds their duty to fear God and ho nour the King.' " That in corroboration of the excellence of your pe titioner's character, he humbly begs to submit the fact that he is one of the artisans of your Majesty's Theatre Royal Covent-garden, and has been so for more than twenty-three years ; during all which time he has discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of the successive lessees and managers of the said theatre. " That your petitioner's wife is most ardently at tached to her ill-fated child ; and, on hearing of the horrible crime he had committed, she was seized with the most alarming illness, and has ever since remained in the utmost bodi'y and mental distress, so much so that her life is wholly despaired of ; and your petitioner dare not intimate to her the melancholy doom that awaits her best beloved son. "That your petitioner most respectfully and humbly begs to assure your Majesty of the horror and detesta tion felt by every member of the convict's family at the wicked and impious outrage he has committed against your Majesty's most sacred person, and of your petitioner's recognition of the necessity for the if,flic tion of some severe punishment, to deter others from similar attempts ; but at the same time believing that the pistol was not loaded with any destructive material, and that the real motive of his misguided child was not to inflict any serious injury upon your Majesty, much less to make any attack upon your Majesty's valuable and precious life, your petitioner ventures most humbly to make this appeal to your Royal grace and mercy, and most earnestly and fervently to im plore that your Majesty will most graciously listen to the prayers and supplications of an afflicted father on behalf of his guilty and wretched son, and ' mercifully spare his life. _ _ "And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray the Great King of Kings to bless your Majesty, and every member of your illustrious family, with long life, and every earthly and heavenly blessing. (Signed) " JOHN FRANCIS." THE WORKING CLASSES AND THE ARISTOCRACY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—When Members of Parliame n t an d th e Press of all parties are so loud and unanimous in praise of Lord Ashley's humanity, it would ill become a hum ble individual like myself to express any doubts on the subject. But if, Sir, you will allow these few lines a place in your s aluable columns, I will most respectfully inform Lord Ashley how he may do an effectual service to the poor, and one for which they will feel deeply grateful to him. Let him; in the first place, endeavour, by the abolition of Peel's star vation Corn-law Bill, to procure us cheap bread, and enough of it to support our wives and families, with out compelling them to the alternative either of severe drudgery, or being starved. You must recollect, Sir, that upwards of three years ago Sir George Strick land, in his place in Parliament, told the landowners that they were grinding the faces of the poor, and that rent-rolls could be maintained at their present rate only by the continued misery of the working man. I see the Duke of Richmond lately stated in the House of Lords that " the wages of agricultural labourers have already been reduced." No doubt they have, and so they will continue to be, if the landed aristocracy persist in screwing enormous war rents from the farmer, thereby compelli ng hi m. in his own defen ce to higgle with his lab ourers for the smallest possible amount of wages that will keep body and soul together. I see some of these landed gentlemen have been very free in their abuse of us poor working men, and amongst other things accused us of gross cupidity, in making our wives and children earn their bread by their labour. Are not these gentlemen unable to " see the mote in their own eye ?" If they were, they would find that lay ing a tax of 2d. upon every loaf the poor man eats might be called by a worse name than cupidity. I should like to ask these gentlemen, wlio talc our bread to keep up their enormous rent-rolls, what was the sum their fathers or grandfathers received for the rents of their estates, and what they are now receiv ing ? Depend upon it, Sir, we poor fellows are not more heartless than our betters ; and if we could by our own labour earn a sufficiency of bread to support our families, their would be less cackle about our cruelty to our children and wives. I cannot conclude without asking, whether it is not enough to make a cat sick to hear men, bearing the names of Gladstone and Goulburn, eternally prating about the horrors of slavery, whilst we poor devils of white slaves are obliged to pay from Id. to 2d. a pound more for a little sugar to sweeten our coffee, that the West India proprietors may pocket two millions a year of our hard-earned money. So long as the Corn and Sugar laws continue, professions of humanity made by their supporters will by me be considered as little better than " fudge." A WORKING MAN. DEATH FROM DRINKING STRONG WHISKEY.—Mr. Baker held an inquest on Tnesday at the London Hospital, on the body of George Taylor, aged sixty. John Cook said tha t the deceased was a labourer at Downs's Wharf, East Smith field. Witness was at the wharf on Thursday last, and saw th deceased in the company of a guager, who had then in his care a barrel of Scotch whiskey, thirty degrees above proof. While the guager had his back turned deceased contrived to ine Bert a reed through the bung-hole, and suck through it quantity of the spirits. Witness drove him away, but bea fore he had taken many steps he fell to the ground insen sible, and never recovered from that state. Witness had r-- doubt that the strength of the whiskey was the cause of hio insensibility and of his death, which took place the next day. Verdict—Accidental death. TOTAL SOLAR EcursE, JULY 8, 1842.—The only eclipse of the sun visible in Great Britain until the 6th day of May, 1845, and the largest until the 9th October, 1847, occurs ear►y on the morning of Friday, the Bth of July next. The penumbra, or faint shadow of the moon, first touches the earth on the north of the great desert of Zaara, in Africa, where the eclipse is first visible ; and it finally leaves the earth in the Pacific Ocean, near the eastmost of the East India Islands. The central and total eclipse commences a few miles to the west of Cape St. Vincent, and passes over Spain, the south of France, the north of Italy, Germany (pass ing near Vienna), Russia in Europe, Russia in Asia, (where the sun appears totally eclipsed at noon), and China, ending near the Ladrone Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The portion of the earth upon which the dark shadow of the moon falls is an ellipse, the greatest axis of which is 105 miles in length. The total darkness at any place within the eclipse only lasts nearly fifty-nine seconds. At Edinburgh, the dark body of the moon comes in contact with the sun 70 degrees from his vertex, towards the right, at 48- minutes past four o'clock in the morning, the greatest obscuration being at 40 minutes past five, when nearly seven-tenths of the solar disc will be covered by the moon. The last contact, or end of the eclipse, will be at 34 minutes past six o'clock, 153 degrees from the sun's vertex towards the left. The eclipse will be visible over the whole of Europe, the whole continent of Asia, except the southern half of Arabia, and the southern part of Hindostan, the north of Africa, and the extreme north of North America.—Edinburgh Witness. I\l. de Melcy, who, as our readers remember suffered the judgment of separation sued for by his wife, Julia Grisi, to go by default, has just addressed a letter to the Ga zette des Tribunaur, in which he declares that there was not one word of truth in all that was stated on her part to the Tribunal, except the fact that he had refused to receive her back. He adds, that if Madame Grisi has not lost her me mory, she must know why her husband refused to receive her; that the separation de facto took place so far back as the lbth August, 1838, and was resolved on for wrongs that were not on the part of the 'unhand, in terms settled and agreed upon by honourable mediators, which leave no grounds for any charge against him, M. de Melcy, and that since this period he hap never peen her. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING-, JUNE 23, 1842, - Norma, Sermonetta, and Sezza—the shore, continuing from Nettuno, runs on towards Terrlicina, and is entirely uncultivated and deserted. Formerly the shore was covered with gorgeous palaces, villas, and temples ; and at Nettuno, was a magnificent temple of Neptune, from which it took its name, and the foundations of which are still visible. More to the right, lay the famous promon tory of Circe, rising like an island (which it formerly was) from the sea. It was here the famous sorceress Circe had her habitation, and where she turned, by her incantations, men and women into animals. If ever there were a beau ideal of an enchanted spot, it is this: it risef like magic on the horizon of the sea ; and when we be held it, was of a light purple mixed with a warmer tint from the reflection of the sun on its crags. Below it, and in the foreground, lies the pier, arsenal, and part of the town of Porto d'Anzio. One would little imagine, to look at this small insignificant town, that it was the site of the once famed city, the birth-place of Nero and Ca► ligula, abounding in luxury, u ealth, and magnificence, and into whose port, vessels brought their riches from all parts of the then civilised world. There are still re mains, in the sea; of th e f amous mo l e b u il t b y T ra j an, and hich, from the slight relics that still remain, give an idea of its immense stren g th an d grea t ness . All these objects combined together in one view, the splendid effec of the broad blue ocean, a vast mass of bright azure, bordered by a picturesque shore, and spotted here and there with massive remains of Roman antiquity, which, from the reflection of the afternoon's sun, assumed that rich golden tint so peculiar to the south, gave such. an effect which I shall never forget. We then proceeded leisurely to Nettuno by a road bordering the bay, linger ing to view the beautiful effects which the island, or ra ther promontory of Circe assumed as the sun sank lower, or sketching Nettuno as it presented itself in different points of view. lam surprised that the scenery round the bay has not been more represented by landscape painters ; what tine subjects there are for Callcott, Col lins, or Turner ! We had remained so long on our road that we did not arrive in Nettuno until the sun had set ; but we had just time to look about the town, which, with the exception of the picturesque costume of the women, and its fortress, has nothing particularly remarkable in it. Having retired to rest at the locanda, we rose next morning at four o'clock, and. set off for Albano, where we arrived about half-past twelve, after a very hot ride of twenty-four miles ; and after dining, set off in a voi tore to Rome, which we reached at seven o'clock in the evening, having performed a journey which very few make, as it cannot be done without going on foot, and is not unattended with danger. VI ninent ebster, York; id Fo•;-11 bit& t i ce -of: 113° : .' " iphical ee ,a rid was ~ T as he WO —like . them s. eXPe- horae woods-' , rats niod * young ;was s pecies conti entsi ho pence , he en- distin peaches -ands he I know .- we him• . o f the. PreSi h as re h ver lost till t states' !. 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THE GREAT MATCH BETWEEN THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AT LORD'S.— The grand match between eleven picked gentlemen and players of the Marylebone Club, and a similar number selected from five of the Northern Counties of England, terminated oil Tuesday evening at Lord's, in favour of the Club, after two days' scientific play. This match has excited very great interest among the Clubs, particularly in the North, as it was known that both the Marylebone gentlemen and the Counties in ten!ed to brin4 their full strength into the field ; this consequently occasioned considerable speculation, and • bets to an immense amount- were pending the result.. For some time previous, and' also at the com mencement of the match, tilt) Marylebone eleven were decidedly the favourites. There was, how ever, considerable fluctuation in .the betting during the game, the Counties at one time being backed at long olds ; but, as the contest advanced, the Club occupied their former position, and with an increased number of supporters. • The match attracted a very larse concourse of specta tors, including several distinguished members of the beau monde, among whom we noticed the Marquis of Worcester, Earl Verulam, Earl of. Aboyne, Viscount Folkestone, Viscount Brooke, Viscount Grimstone, Lord E. Hill, Lord H. Loftus, Lord F. Beauclerc, Lord C. Russell, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Sir H. Campbell, the Hon. Colonel Lowther, the Hon.. F. Ponsonby, the lion. S. Ponsonbv, the Hon. R. (brimstone, the Hon. F. Grimstone, the Iron. W. Cholmondely, Colonel Hall, Mr. R. Peel (the eldest son of the Premer, a first-rate cricket er, and one of the Oxford oh-en,), the Countess of Vern am, and Viscountess Folkestone. The play altogether was first-rate, the bowling of Hillyer, and the batting of Mr. Anson, Mr. Taylor, Good, an4' Barker being particularly admired. Fuller Pilch, who has the reputation of being the first batsman in the world, did very little execution on this occasion, being bowled out by Barker in his first innings, without scoring a run, and his second scoring only 18. Bayley and Red gate also exhibited some very fine bowling. The fol lowing is a correct copy of the scoring papers :—Mary lebone, first innings, Hillyer (b. by Barker), 18 ; Mr. T. A. Anson (c. by Sampson, and b. by Redgate), 3 ; Mr. W. Pickering (b. by Redgate), 6 ; F. Pilch (b. by Barker), 0 ; Mr. C. Taylor (c. by Garrett and b. by Redgate), 7 ; Hawkins (a. by. Barker, and b. by Red gate), 4 ; Mr. R. Nicholson (c by Garrett and b by Barker), 0;, Bayley(b by Redgate), 0; Mr. R. Kynaston (b by Barker), 16; the Hon. F. Ponsonby (not out), 2 ; Mr. R. Garth (c by Redgate), 1: Byes, 5 ; wide balls, 3; no balls, 0. Total, 74. •_ Second Innings.—Hillyer (run out), 3 ; Mr. T. A. Anson (b by Redgate) i 20; Mr. W. Pickering (c by Redgate, and bby Barker), 0; F. Pilch (not out), 18; Mr. C. Taylor (c by Mr. F. Tha.ckeray and b by Red gate), 15; Hawkins (b by Barker), 0; Mr. R. Nicholson, (c by Barker and b by Redgate), 1 ' • Bayley (b by Barker), 1 ; Mr. R. Kynastun (b by Barker), 2 ; the Hon. F. Ponsonby (b by Barker), 2 ; Mr. R. Garth (c by Sampson and bby Redgate), 6. Byes, 13 ; wide balls, 2 ; no balls, 4. Total, 87. THE NORTHERN COUNTIES.—First innings —Mr. F. Noyes (b by Bayley) 12 ; Sampson (b by Bayley) 2 ; Garret (hit wicket, and b by Bayley) 8 ; Guy (c by Mr. C. Taylor, and b by Hillyer) 7 ; Mr. G. Kettle (b by Hillyer) 9 ; Barker (b by Hillyer) 1 ; Good (b by Bay ley) 21 ; Mr. P. Mundy fb by Hillyer) 0 ; Redgate (b by Hillyer) 0 ; Mr. F. Thackeray (b by Hillyer) 0 ; Mr. Cresswell (not out)'4, Byes 2 ; wide balls 0 ; no balls 0. Total 57. SECOND INNINGS.. , Mr. F. Noyes (b by Hillyer) 1 ; Sampson (c by Hawkins and b by Hillyer) 0 ; Garrett (c by Bayley and b by Bayley) 1 ; Guy (b by Bayley) 14 ; Mr. G. Kettle (c by Garrett and b by Bayley) 3 ; Barker (b by Bayley) 24 ; Good (b by Bayley) 9 ; Mr. P. Mundy (c by Mr. C. Taylor and cby Hillyer) 0 ; Redgate (b by Bayley) 1 ; Mr. F. Thackeray (not out) 0 ; Mr. C. Cresswell (b by Hillyer) 5. Byes, 3 ; wid e balls, 0; no balls, 0. Total, 61. The Marylebone Club thus winning with 43 runs to spare. MARYLEBONE CLUB . v. THE NEWPORT PAGNEL CLUB. This match will be played to-day at Lord's. The fol lowing is a correct list of the players:— MARYLEBONE—LOrd H. Loftus, Sir F. Bathurst, and Messrs. E. Bayley, R. Keate, R. Kynastcn, C. M. Mait land, S. Stanhope. C. Taylor, E. Wilmott, and T. Saun ders, and Good. (a professional). NEWPORT PAGMEL.—Lord C. Russell, and Messrs. F. Thackeray, Moore, Sargeant, Rawlins, Tindal, and Knapp; and Bayley, Hillyer, Sewell and Bacchus (pro.. fessionals). GRAND MATCHES. The followinggrcat matches are on the Lapis at Lord's: Monday, June 27—Marylebone Club and ground, v. the County of Sussex. Thursday, June 30—Marylebone Club and ground, v. the Gentlemen of Hants. Monday, July 4—The Gentlemen of England v. the Gentlemen of Kent. Thursday, July 7—The Marylebone Club v. the Manchester Club. Monday, July li—Kent v. England. A Cuntous LOAF.—A correspondent writes : " There is a loaf of bread in the possession of Mr. Soars, of Thurlstone, Derbyshire, upwards of 400 years old. It is a funeral loaf, bearing the date of 1436, and was iiscovered upwards of two years ago, in a chest with some old writings, belonging to the family estate. The writer has been acquainted with the said loaf up wards of 50 years, and calleethe attention of the pub lid to the old bread some years ago ; since then it has become a Lion, and has suffered by the handling and pilfering of the curious. Mrs. Soars has placed it on a handsome glass salver and beehive cover, which adds greatly to its preservation and appearance. As Mrs. S. is noted for the excellency of her dairy, she can truly (and often does) reply to interrogations, How are you getting on ?'—' Well, pretty well ; we have an old loaf uncut in the house, and some decent cheese." '—Notts Mercury. MASTER MICHEL-ANGELO RUSSO'S CONCERT.— This concert was given, at two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The public generally will be surprised to learn that this pianist is but twelve years of age. He gave several solos in a very effective and brilliant style of execution ; his fingering and touch are powerful but delicate; quick and. rapid, yet correct and impressive. He played a duet of Moscheles, for two pianofortes, with another clever youth, a Master Rubinstein, also only twelve years of age, and they both acquitted themselves in a highly creditable manner. His ear and understanding both seemed to keep consonant time ; he has a correct notion of the stress and feeling re- ' quired, and the whole he pervaded with a nicety and preci sion of touch, together with a casual throwing in of sparkling bits, that bespeaks great tact and cleverness. With regard to the rest of the concert great want of method prevailed, owing to the irregular attendance of the performers; this, notwith standing, brought its recompense, for Ernesta Grisi, whose name was down but once in the programme, delighted the audience twice with her exquisite singing. Herr Branch sang two German songs very creditably. Lariviere presided twice at the harp, and evinced his superior command. The audience was select and numerous, and seemed to enjoy the entertain ment, though it was extended to the unusual length of three hours. THE SHRIEVALTY.—The gentlemen who will be proposed to fill the offices of Sheriff of London and Sheriff of Middlesex, for the ensuing year, are Alderman Hooper, and Mr. Jeremiah Pilcher, the extensive oil and lead merchant, of Southwark, whose name has been for several years before the Livery. Mr. Hamilton, the bookseller, of Parternoster row, has, we understand, declined to stand as a candidate for the office this year. LLOYD'S SHIPPING LONDON, JUNE 22.—Wind this day at Noon, W. DEAL, JUNE 21.—Wind S.W., moderate—Sid. Elizabeth. BA RBA DOES—Eddystone, Nassau. OFF POETSMOUTH, JUNE 21.—Waverly, Morgan, Singa pore, left Jan. 23, Cape Mar c h John Sure, Brodie, Ma dras, left Feb. 17, Cape April 12, and St. Helena, April 27. COWES. —Rapid, Grenada. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Blenheim, London, for New Zealand. FALMOUTH, JUNE 20.—Wind, S.S. W. to W. S.W., fresh breezes.—Sld. Braganca, steamer, Gibraltar. Arrd. off, Havre et Guadeloupe, Pasquier, Havannah ; David Thorns; Fama, Buchanan, Porte Adelaide, left 6th Feb;• Ellen, Robert M'Cachern, Trinidad ; Francis Lawson, Love, River Gambia; Num, Tulloch, Sierra Leone, left 20th April, and sailed for Chatham. OFF COKE, JuNit 19.—Syrians, Law, Monte Video. JERSEY, JUNE 19.—Arrd. Lord Anson, Queriol, Havannah. SWANSEA, JUNE 20.—Arrd. Alderman Thompson, Cuba. SHIELDS, JUNE 20.—Arrd. Pomona, Robson, Sierra Leone. Sld. Margaret, Clamp, St. Thomas ; Oak, Boston. ABERDEEN, JUNE 17.—S1d. Mayflower, Valparaiso. HULL, JUNE 21.—Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. Weteame, M'Levan, Liverpool, towed in here viith loss of foremast, &e., bound to Fisherrow. Livzaroor„ JUNE 21.-Wind S., 4ight.-Arrd. Mary Ann, Webb, China ; Madonna, Monte Video ; Jane Smith, Laguna ; St. Lawrence, Hagedorn, New Orleans ; Asia, Hannah, Mobile; Sheridan, De Peyster, New York; Minstrel Boy, Maine, Lima. Arrd. off, Alexander Grant, Bombay ; D yson, Lima ; Rory O'Mara. Barbadoes. Sli. Bella Portena, Buenos Ayres ; Jafie, Trinidad ; Athens, Ha vannah ; Cambridge, New York ; Mary, Richibucto ; John Kerr, Sydney, C.B. ; Symmetry, London to St. John's, N.B. ; Fear Not, Newfoundland; Charles Hamberton, Havannah. VESSELS SPOKEN WITM-The Murray, Jamaica to Liverpool, 23d ult„ lat. 37, lon. 60 ; Bona Dea, St. John's, New Brunswick, 28th ult., lat. 42, lon. 38 ; Enterprise, Liverpool to Nova Scotia,' 9th inst., lat. 50, lon. 16, by the Catherine, arrived at Liverpool. Consti tution, Sligo to Quebec, 21st ult., lat. 46, lon. 56 ; Nor manton, Liverpool to Montreal, 3d inst., lat. 51, lon. 18, by the Sarah, arrived at Liverp oo l. Aarm, from Glas gow, 7th inst„ lat. 46, lon. 9, by the Jay, arrived at Fal mouth. Mary Ann, of Bristol, 7th inst., lat. 42, lon. 11, by the Oak, arrived at Falmouth - . Grecian Queen, for Valparaiso, 10th inst., lat. 46, lon. 9 ; Jeannette, Antwerp to St. Thomas, lat. 48, lon. 9, by t e Ebenezer, arrived at Falmouth. Hymen, London to Bermuda, 14th. lat. 49. lon. 9. by the Antelope, arrived at Falmouth, Forth steamer, Falmouth for the West Indies, 19th tilt., lat. 21, lon. 41 ; Heinrich, Charleston to Hamburgh, lat. 41, ion. 24, by the Mary and Elizabeth, arrived off Hastings. Fanny, New Orleans to H avre , lat. 46, len. 19 ; Affius, Batavia to Amsterdam lat. 18, lon. 30, by the Jean Baptiste, arrived in the River. Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, Plymouth to New York, 3d inst., lat. 48, lon. 20 ; Elizabeth, London to Quebec, 6th inst., lat. 4S, lon. 19 ; Albion, Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, 11th inst., lat. 30, lon. 16, by the Elizabeth, arrived at Liverpool. Indus, Clark, from Canton, 15th inst., lat. 47, lon. 20, by the Havre et Gua daloupe, arrived off Falmouth. John Bentley, Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, 15th, lat. 49, lon. 13, by the Ruby, arrived off Dover. Oaasar, London to Deme rara, lath, Int. 47, lon. 9, by . the Galatea, arrived at Liverpool. Lord Althorp, Swansea to Quebec, 6th inst., lat. 51, lon. 15 ; Coronation, Liverpool to Quebec, Bth inst., lat. 51, lon. 13, by the Columbia, arrived at Liver pool. Chimborazo, Lima to Liverpool, March 20. lat. 47, lon. 69, by the Munster Boy, arrived at Li verpool. Agnes, Clyde to Valparaiso, April 23, lat. 30 S, lon. 24 W. ; R. N. Parker, Cuba to Swansea, 37th ult., lat. 30, lon. 30, by the Gardner, arrived at Liverpool. Star, bound to Bombay, April 22, lat. 30 S., lon. 38 E. • Lydia, Buenos Ayres, 7th ult., hit 1 S., lon. 31 IV.; Elizabeth, Valparaiso to Lon don, 13th ult., lat. 46, lon. 26 ; Majesteux, Mauritius to Bordeaux, same day, by the Mary Ann - Webb, arrived at Liverpool. Eliza Stewart, London to Bombry, 9th inst., lat. 48, lon. 9, by the Wisbeach, arrived at Cork. Countess Arran, Donegal to St. John's, N. 8., 26th ult., lat. 45, lon. 33, by the Matthew King, arrived in the Clyde. Redwing, Sunderland to Quebec. 25th ult., lat, 45, lon. 48 ; Leven Lass, for ditto, out 23 days ; Fame, Bristol to ditto, 26th ult.,; lat. 46, lon. 46, by the Ro mulus, arrived in the Clyde. General Wolfe, Demerara to London, sth ult., lat. 12 N., lon. 59 ; Halyards, ditto to Clyde, 15th ult., lat. 29, lon. 36 ; Splendid, Leghorn, to New York, same day ; Adelaide. Havannah to Fal mouth, 13th ult , lat. 48, lon. 16, with mast damaged by lightning, by the Janet Willis, arrived off the Start. Elizabeth, White, Liverpool to Barbadoes, Bth inst., lat. 37, 10n. 13, by the Margarets, arrived at Cork. Gondola, of Belfast, 2d ult., lat. 36, lon. 8, by the Cicero, arrived in the Leith Roads. George, 13 days from Liverpool, by the Rolla, arrived off Cork. Deux Freres, Nantes to Bourbon, 14th inst., lat. 45, lon. 10, by the Ceres, arived at Bordeaux. Eliza, Bourdeaux to Quebec, 29th ult., lat. 45, lon. 39, by the Quarle, arrived at Leith. NOTICE TO MARINERS. CHERBOURG LIGHTS. The following translated from the French, is posted at Lloyd•s:— On the Ist of July next the two small fixed lights of Port Royal, or Pelle Island, in latitude 49.40, 16 N, lon. 1.34 53, W. of Greenwich, will be discontinued, bu: they will be replaced by a single fixed light of sufficient power to be seen nine miles. This new fixed light will be only 2,843 yards from the intermitting light on the Breakwater (La Dique), which bears N.W. by W. (Magnetic). It cannot there fore be mistaken for the first light on the Fort of Qucrqueville, which is 5,195 yards from the Central Fort, and bears W.N.W. Last week, during a violent storm, which burn over Rennes and its environs, a peasant named Regnault,re siding in the commune of Phelan, took refuge under an oak. Scarcely had he reached the spot when the electric fluid struck the tree. At the noise of the thunder a young girl, who had been at work with Regnault, ran to the tree also to seek an asylum; but, on arriving at the spot, she was horror struck at seeing the unfortunate man standing upright against the tree, with his eyes protruding, his mouth wide open, and giving no sign of life: She hurried off for assistance ; hut when a medical man arrived, ho found that the man was quite dead. The electric fluid had struck him on the head, piercing two small holes through his straw hat, as if made by musket balls. The hair on the back part of his head was completely singed. A cow, standing amongst a herd, fifty metres from Regnault, was also struck dead at the same time. DEATH OP AIR. YATES.—We regret to announce the death of Mr. Frederick Yates, the spirited, enterprising, and talented performer and manager of the Adelphi Theatre, which took place on Tuesday afternoon at Ruston square' having just reached town by the Bir m i ng h am R a il way. It will be remembered that be had once or twice ruptured a blood vessel, andhe had for some time been in &declining state. The Baron de Richemond, whose name has become notorious from his appearance before the Court of Assizes as a pretendet to the Crown of France, under the title of Louis XVII., Duke of Normandy, was arrested two days ago at Neuilly, having broken his ban. It is not, however, for his political offences that he is again in custody, but for frauds com mitted in the provinces under the names of Hebert and Claude Perron, for which he has been condemned and placed under the surveillance of the police. He is so much paralysed that he can scarcely walk. He is, for the present, confined at the Prefecture. On Monday a writ of inquiry was executed before the Sheriff of Essex, at the Shire-hall, to ascertain the value of the property of Mr. Taylor, the surgeon of Halstead, a married man, with five children, wholately eloped with a pretty Quakeress, named Greenwood. Previous to his flight. Mr. Taylor made no arrangement respecting his affairs, and one of his creditors, who was bound for him to the Excise, procured an extent in aid of the Crown for 1201., the amount of duty on paper unpaid. It appeared from the inquiry that the defendant had left property in the country equal to twice the amount, and the Jury found accordingly. The brother of the young lady pursued them to Paris, but could not prevail on her t o re t urn. TIIE LATE MR. WIGNEY'S ESTATE.--We under stand that a Bill in Chancery has been filed by Mr. Henry Tuppen of Brighton-place, against the executors and legatees under the will ofthe late William Wigney, of Brighton, and the assignees of Isaac and Clement Wigney, for the recovery of a sum of between 3,000/. and 4,000/. d eposited in the Bright helmston Bank during the life of Mr. WiAney, senior. Much interest is excited by this proceeding, as it is hoped by many of the creditors that the success of Mr. Tuppen's suit will pave the wav for establishing a right to the payment of their several claims from the same source.—Brighten Guardian. On Sunday afternoon seven persons effected their escape from gull gaol while the rest were at prayers. They knocked down the turnkey who had the keys of the outer gate, let themselves out, and made their way through the suburbs to the fields, where two of them were found fast asleep the same evening, and two more were captured at Cave, a small town 15 miles from Hull, about midnight. Sketches of Francis and Cooper, taken by Mr. O'Driscoll, have just been published. They are said to be ex cellent likenesses, and certainly do no credit to the wretched convicts, for that of the first displays a vast degree of heavy stupidity, and the other savage ferocity. AN ARTIST'S TOUR. We quote from the Art- Union the following in teresting account of Ostia, and other places at the mouth of the Tiber, seldom visited by travellers : Rome, Jane 3, 1838. I have been traversing the classic, though now deso late shores of Ostia, Ardea, Nettuno, &c., accompanied by an intimate friend, a Swiss artist. We set out on foot at four o'clock in the morning, carrying with us our sketching materials, a knapsack containing linen, &c., good stout sticks with iron points, - to defend oarselves on the road in case of necessity, and a chart of the country to facilitate our progress. We arrived at Fuemiccino about ten o'clock in the morning, and, having refreshed ourselves, proceeded to Ostia, passing the famous fields of Apollo, on which stood 'his temple, now a melancholy waste r marshy and sterile. We arrived at the ancient Ostia about twelve o'clock, having crossed the Tiber a little below its termination into the sea, a slight memo randum of which I transferred to my sketch-book. After having scrambled our way with much difficulty through long grass and brambles, we entered the ruins of a temple said to be the Temple of Jupiter, and which still bears evident marks of former splendour ; from these ruins we had a view of the very slender remains of the ancient city, which consist of a number of foundations of build ings, &c., almost lost amongst briars and brambles. One can scarcely imagine, when looking on the desolate scene around, that this was once a flourishing and populous city, into the ports of which entered vessels from all parts of the world. Leaving these ruins we arrived at the modern Ostia, and were so much struck with its ap pearance, that we sat down to take a sketch of it : it is a most picturesque object, and the two pines which grow in front of its half-ruined walls add much to its " pic turesqueness." After the dreary waste we had left, it seemed like a spring in the desert. Having completed our sketches, and feeling our appetites sharpened, we entered the village, and were served at the inn with a sorry repast by a brutal and ill-looking landlord, who made us pay exorbitantly. We took a survey of the in terior of the large tower, but found in it nothing particu larly interesting, except a few inscriptions dug out of the neighbouring ruins. Having satisfied our curiosity, ' we proceeded by a pleasant walk to Castel Fusano, a country seat of Prince Ghigi, where we intended to pass the night : it is an old castellated mansion ; and tradi tion says that the stone figures of sentinels on the top of this mansion were placed there to deceive the Turkish corsairs, who from time to time made incursions on the neighbouring shore, and did not spare the castle itself. It is situated in a spacious though neglected park, and is surrounded by beautiful pines. As we approached it the sun was setting, and threw a gorgeous light on an avenue of those trees, at which we were gazing with ad- Miration, when we were accosted by the custode, or keeper of the park, with whom we entered into conver sation ; in the course of which he informed us, to our great vexation, that the ste w a r d h a d accompan i e d t h e Prince to Rome, and that all the rooms in the castle were locked up, and- advised us to go back td Ostia. Here was a pretty predicament : we were not disposed to retrace our steps, as. the distance from Ostia was seven miles ; nor did we like trusting ourselves in the hands of the worthy landlord, and other certain ferocious-looking individuals we had noticed in the inn. We therefore begged and prayed of the custode to give us shelter, if it Were only in a shed, explaining to him our forlorn con dition. Upon consideration, he said he would apply to the cowherd, who lived in a kind of hovel with his family adjoining the villa, whither we accompanied him ; and, after no little persusion, lie was induced to give us shel ter ; we supped with the cowherd and his family on bread and water, this being the only fare they had to offer us. He then conducted us to a room without furni ture, arid having supplied us with some straw for beds, and lighted a fire, we laid down to repose ourselves, or at least with that intention, for we were kept awake all night by the buzzing of mosquitoes, with which this part of the country is infested : they bit me so severely on the hands that I still bear the marks of them. We arose at daybreak, not sorry 'to get out of our wretched resting place. It was a chill misty morning, and cur prospect of breakfast was very doubtful, but we were sustained by our enthusiasm : we thought of Virgil, Apollo, &c.; and my friend, who is a zealous classic, opening a pocket edi tion of the lEneid in Italian, spouted as we proceeded briskly along a road in the midst of a wood, formed from the materials of the Via Severiana, and which brought us' to the sea-side just in time to see the sun rise on the ocean—a glorious sight ! which gave us fresh energy. So beautiful was the effect, that I was induced to make a sketch of it, but gave it over in despair ; and after we had lincrered awhile gazing on the broad blue ocean, we proceeded along the shore for many miles without meet ing a soul, except two or three soldiers stationed in cabins to prevent smugglers from landing. The sands in this part are very smooth, so we took off our shoes and stockings and walked in cuerpo the whole length of them. Having trotted in this manner for about seven or eight miles, we arrived at a solitary tower called the Tor Paterno, inhabited by a few miserable-looking sol tilers employed in _ watching smugglers : this was the site of the famous city of Laurentum, celebrated by Virgil is his lEneid, and which was the first place where fEneas landed on his arrival in Italy ; and the daughter of whose king, Latinus, he married. Leaving the sea shore we branched off into the road to Practica, the place of our destinationlor that day : this path lay in the midst of a wood which, for desolate wildness, I con ceive may rival any in the most savage region. After walking a considerable distance without meeting with any living creature, except snakes and lizards, and des crying no signs of Practica, we began to imagine we had lost our way ; this was a melancholy reflection ! We . had tasted nothing but a bit of bread since twelve o'clock the preceding .day. The sun shone hotly upon us, and we were encumbered with our trappings ; yet, not allowing our courage to fla g , we t ru d ge d on till we arrived at a cross-road in an open country ; here, how ever, we could discover no signs of Practica ; and my companion, leaving me in charge of the luggage, walked to a hill.at a short distance, where he, to his great joy, discovered the eagerly sought for town ; and at that moment some labourers coming up, told him they were going on the road to Practica to a farm, where they were employed in hay-making. We all joined ; and having arrived at the farm, were enabled to procure some bread and wine, which you may easily imagine we needed not a little. After this refreshment, we proceeded to Prac tica, where we arrived about two o'clock in the day, having slept on the ground for above two hours from ex cessive fatigue. This town. is very small, but prettily situated, and from the tower of a palace of Prince Borghese there is a most magnificent distant view of Rome and the surrounding countries of Albano, Gen sane, Frascati, &c. Practica is situated on the same site as Lavinium, built by .21:neas in honour of his wife Lavi nia; and many antiquities have been dug up in the neigh bourhood. After having dined and supped tolerably well in the inn of the plebe, we went to rest, and next morning early we set nut for Ardea, sketching many objects on the road. It is a curious circumstance, that all the farm-houses and cottages on this road were formed exactly in the same manner as those described by Virgil, and they are only to be found so in-this part of the country. We passed several herds of fierce looking buffaloes; which we wished a hundred miles off ; luckily, however, they offered us no annoyance. The country round about on this road is very picturesque, and now and then one catches a distant view of the sea, or of a long line of blue ;mountains. We arrived at Ardea about twelve o'clock ; this town is exceedingly picturesque and interesting ; the air, however, we were told, is so extremely bad in the summer, that all the in habitants leave it and go to more healthy parts. Ardea is celebrated by Virgil in his Aneid as the habitation of Turnus, Kin.' of the Rutuli; and Ardea was the capi tal of their kingdom : it was besieged by Tarquin the Proud; and in the after ages was the retreat of the cele brated General Furius Camillus, on leaving his ungrate ful country; and from its gates he sallied forth to com bat Brennus, King of the Gauls, when he had reduced Rome to its last shift. We occupied ourselves in sketch ing many- objects there the rest of the day, and the next morning departed for Porto d'Anzio. After passing many fields of oxen and buffaloes, we arrived at the sea side, at a large tower, called the tuwer of St. Lorenzo, where we reposed ourselves for a short time, and break fasted on some provisions we had brought with us from Ardea; for experience had taught us the necessity of providing ourselves in this manner. We then walked servedt.relue frequent tot trhee lb r several miles along the sea shore: the morning was very fine, and the sea of a - beautiful azure blue, now and then relieved by a tint of emerald green, and where the sun was reflected on its surface it appeared as if. spotted with a thousand brilliants. In England it is impossible to imagine these effects; the deepest. ultramarine is not too strong to represent the sea in fine sunny- weather: there was one annoyance, however, in the midst of this beautiful scene, which tended to-. disturb the delighted feeling it produced; numbers of oxen, driven by the enjoy perspective, tive, a great heat from the woods and meadows lying inland, had come out to the border of thOea iti to th e_ e n fresh ness of the breeze, and we had to drive them away passed along, though not without some fear and trem bling. We at length arrived at a solitary . tower on the nril white ab i b e e o r (x1:111,t(f, forming, i beach; n as i t a nd were, s, th c e ,y whichnas we b ar u r l i l ig . ved at Porto sea shore, called Solfatara, where we reposed; and gaz "uelKreeespidinegs ing on the sea shore, and reflecting on the " dangers we had passed," we regarded with other foelinogns entering eterfionrg occupation , we came to we. were addredsoseudbt,b,,ysaaidn a m lo h n id g i t ' ll e o s f h l o ':u re ro f p or a four or otrhefi'v'efamirilewsh, white bull." ( It l‘h,' when tni town zihoo. goes erasoes The i an fi t first s a t tr hg o ee b object ant country; that eir met ieis our pootills eye ti‘aln t is in shooting the wild boars, a n e b ig ar h r b a o c u k rit o ig i woods. soldie r e,. l e )as nd sin u g. er b e y p t a h s e si l n .i g ila some ruins on our right unnoticed, when officer from the window, who told us they svereyotuhrevirsei: mains of Nero's birth-place. e I have no he then h h e e l ,. e " ., b , ut l t v h e at ai t l o sw se e e re i d t i i s n o t t h m e o a f tli t r h n e m o t l i )j v e e e ; ts a t n )f d . politely directed one of the soldiers to show us over the ruins. They contain many rooms with rich mosaic floors an:l painted walls: we observed many small apartments which have evidently been baths, and on the upper part of the room is a very handsome mosaic floor . in black and white. This palace , of which these ruins formed but a very inconsiderable portion, extended to a great distance, covering a large‘ere fo spac uncl e , of ground; it was among a part of its remai ns th a t the famous statue of Apollo Belvidere, and many o f th e cluf•d'cruvres which now adorn the Vatican, v but the spot where they were discovered has since b een filled up; the ruins that remain have only been e xcava t e d 1 within a short space of time. Ilaring satisfied our met the cu riosity, we went to the inn where we officer, who had called our attention to the place ; we found hi m a very pleasant, well-informed man, a native of Ravenna : he invited us to the barracks to show us some drawings and sketches he had made, which were indeed very ere .. .. Bitable ' • he pointed out some very- beautiful. views to us, which he thought we might lik e .to &ketch, particularly a very extensive one from his ro o m window. To the left lay Nettuno, a very picturesque little town bordering the sea, with a small fort of the middle ages ; beyond, and extending to a considerable distance, lay a beautiful line of majestic mountains, spotted with the snaalhowns of IREL AND. DUBLIN, JUNE 20.---The ease of the Queen v. Duffy, pro prietor of the Belfast Vindicator, came on this day before Chief Justice Pennefather and a special Jury. The issue was upon a charge of libel against the administration of justice, published in the taverser's newspaper, and originated in the case of Hughes, who was thrice brought to trial for the mur der of Mr. Powell, in the county Armagh. It insinuated that Roman Catholics had been excluded from the Juries which tried him, for the purposes of injustice. The Attorncy-Gene ral, the Solicitor-General, Sergeant Green, Sergeant Warren, Mr. Brewster, Q. C., and Mr. Crawford, appeared for the pro secution ; for the defendant, Messrs. O'Hagen and O'Loghlen. The Attorney-General stated the case for the Crown, in a temperate speech, and Mr. O'Hagan made a powerful speech for the defence, when the Judge summed up, and the Jury re turned a verdict of guilty. In the case of th e Queen v. Dowdall, proprietor of the Newry Examiner, the plea of guilty was recorded. STRAWBERRY HILL. THURSDAY'S SALE. _ Thursday was the fourth day of rale of Horace Walpole's collection of prints, &c., and the portion disposed of consisted of British portraits of the reigns of Queen Anne, George 1., and George 11., with many volumes of portraits of eminent British characters, statesmen, &c. The prices fetched were something better than on the pre ceding days, and competition much greater ; the following are the principal:— Lot osti. " David Garrick in various characters," and thirteen othtrs, including " Mr. Quin, as Falstaff," Colley Cibber, &c.-41. 12s. 6d. Adamson. Let 537. Twenty portraits of actors and actresses, amongst vrilich are M rs . Clive, Mrs. Cibber, Sirs. Oldfi e ld, ss Fen ton, Joe Miller, as Teague, &c., all fine and scarce.-31. 3s. Smith. Lot 558. Twenty-eight portraits of celebrated vocalists and mus;cal composers, comprising F. B. Senesine, Farinelli, Ca restini, Cuzzoni, Conti Gizziello, G. F. Handel, &c.-41. 7s. Mackinlay. Lot 515. Portraits of Jonathan Wild, thief-catcher-general ; Col. Charteris; James AP Leane, the Ladies' Hero, &c., seve ral rare and curious, 21 in number.-51. 10s. Lot 566. A batch of Murderers, who flourished in the last century, five in number-31. ss. Lot 569. Portraits of Win. Joy, the English Samson, by P. Vander Bergs.; Dolly, of the Chop-house, Ivy-lane; Sally King, &c.-41. 4s. Evans. Lot 577. Sevigniani, or a collection of 144 portraits of Ma dame de Sevigne, her friends, and other persons of her time, memorialised in her letters, &e. Many of the portraits are of the highest int eres t, an d o f superior execution, by engravers of first-rate celebrity in their art. Among them is the charming portrait of the Duchess of Mazarine, by Gerard Valet:, a choice proof-161.165. Smith. Lot 582. Heroologia Anglica, containing 66 finely engraved portraits by Passe, of eminent British characters of the 15th and 16th centuries, with their memoirs in Latin by H. Holland, 1620-3/. 3s. Lot 595. Birch's Lives of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, with their portraits, 108 in number, finely engraved, by Hou braken and Vertue, 2 vols. bound in one, large paper copy -61. Willey. Lot 597. A collection of 150 prints pasted in a portfolio, con sisting of portraits and subjects sr' piety, &c. from paintings by Vandyck, with several o f his own etc hi ngs -fig. Tiffin. Lot 598. Simon Gribelin, a scrap-book, containing en infi nity of minute elaborate engravings, from his own designs, consisting of portraits, arms, ornamental designs for chasers and jewellers, vignettes, cyphers, &c., pasted on 89 leaves -91. Pickering. Lot 599. The order of procession of the Knights of the Garter, with the Queen Elizabeth, anne 1577, copied by Geo. Vertue, from the original drawings of plait Garrard, on 13 large oblong leaves.-131. 13s. Graves. The sum total of the day's sale exceeded 2501. FRIDAY'S SALE. The sale of Friday consisted of a very considerable number of engraved portraits of the reign of George 111., from paint ings of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough, Zoffany, West, Copley. Comity, T. Lawrence, Romney, &c., which are exe cuted in various branches of chalcographio science, including royalty, peers of the realm, statesmen, and members of Parlia ment, clergy, judges, barristers, military and naval officers. mayors, &c. ; authors, poets, physicians, &c. ; painters, &c. ; actors, singers, &c., male and female; remarkable characters and foreigners of distinction that have visited Great Britain. SATURDAY'S SALE. On Saturday was sold the last portion of the loose portraits and prints formed by Horace Walpole, and among them were the Faitherne's and the Hollar's. The prints by Faithorne produced 2551., and comprised several in the finest possible con dition as to impressions, and of first-rate rarity. Annexed are notices of a few lots which produced thebest prices on Saturday. Lot 739: Elias Ashmole, a bust in a niche ; and another of Sir Edmund Anderson, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; both fine and rare, 21. 12s. 6d. Messrs. Smith. Ashmole has recorded he paid Faithorne seven pounds for engraving the plate, yet an impression at Sir M. M. Sykes's sold for 91. 15s. So profuse was Ashmole of the prints from this plate, that in most of the books in his library he uses it as a book-plate, and pasted them in to mark the ownership. Those books now constitute part of the Ashmolean museum, at Oxford, but from some atmospheric effect, or other inde fineable cause, nearly, if not the whole, of these rare trifles hare evaporated or disappeared. Lot 743. Sir Orlande Bridgman, Lord Keeper ; and Ralph Brownrigg, Bishop of Exeter, both fine, 2/. 15s. British Museum. The first only, at Sir M. M. Sykes's sale, was sold for 51. 10a. Lot 753. Charles 11., in armour, the Garter jewel pendant on his breast; below, six lines of English verse, beginning, " The Second Charles, heire of ye Royal Martyr, &c. ;" fine and very rare, 13/. 2s. 6d. British Museum. Lot 757. Sir Henry Coker, Knt., Colonel of Horse and Foot, to King Charles I. ; High Sheriff of Wilts, 1663; engraved in 1669 ; fine, and extremely rare, Si. Bs. Graves. Sir M. M. Sykes's sold for 271. 6s. Lot 758. Henry Hare, Lord Coleraine, in his robes, a proof, in the unfinished state of the plate, as left by the artist on his death in May, 1691, 21. British Museum. Sir M. M. Sykes's sold for nine guineas. Lot. 760. Oliver Cromwell, small oval, with four small me dallions in the corners, and four others, 21. 15s. British Museum Lot 763. Sir Francis Englefield, Bart., of WoottGn Bassett, Wilts, 1661, in cuirass, long flowing hair, and laceband, in tine condition, 31i. 10s. British Museum. Walpole considered this print in his possession as unique. Lot i 766. France Brydges, Countess of Exeter, from the painting by Vandyck, till recently in the gallery at Strawberry hill; fine and extremely rare, 5/. ss. L0t771. Sir Robert Henley , Bart., in loose robe, 4/. 15 s . Messrs. Smith. Sir M. M. Sykes's impression of this ex tremely rare print sold for 371. lbs. Lot 772. 'I vro prints—Sir James Harrington Knight and Baronet, and th e L a dy K a th er i ne H an ington, his wife, 1654, fine and very rare, 1/. 10s. British Museum. Lot 774. John Kersey, mathematician, two impressions, one a fine proof before the insertion of the names of the painter and engraver, 71. 171. 6d. British Museum. Lot 778. Montague Bertie, second Earl of Lindsay, Lord Chamberlain, brilliant impression, and extremely rare, 81. Bs. Messrs. Smith. Sir M. M. Sykes's sold for 37/. 16s. Lot 782. John Viscount Mordaunt, half-length, in armour, oval frame, enriched with eight armorial escutcheons, in the manner of the same artist's prints of the Scottish nobility, fine impression, but slightly injured, 2/. 7s. 6d. Rev. J. Uorrie. Sold in Sir M. M. Sykes's sale for 40 guineas. Lot 784. Two prints, Sir William and Lady Past on , 1659-- the first fi ne , th e latter damaged, but of such rarity that at Sir M. M. Sykes's sale they sold for 691. ss. 6d. ; 3/. Graves. Lot 787. Carew Reynell, Armiger, very rare, 14s. Messrs. Smith. Si r M. M. S y k cs ' s so ld f or 17/ . 6s. d. Lot 793. Margaret Smith, widow of Thomas Carey (or Carew), and wife of Sir Edw ar d H er b er t, f rom a pa i nt i ng by Van D yck, discoloured, and the margin wholly cut off, 1/. 11s. 6d., Graves ; at the Sykes sale it sold for 541. Its. This is one among the many instances afforded of Walpole's folly in the destruction of his prints; he appears to have clipped them to particular hook., and to have carried on a most successful warfare against, all the margins of his graphic collec tions, whether valuable or not. The Hollers were mane of them fine, and several of them of considerable rarity, yet did not realise more than ninety pounds. Among the rarest may be notified the following : Lot 813. James, Duke of York, 1651, then in his 18th year, half-length, within an oval of palms, after a painting by D. Teniers, fine and of extreme rarity, 101. 10s. 'Tiffin. Lot 816. Apotheosis of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, a grand allegorical design, by Cornelius Schut, a large sheet proof, 3/. 12s. Messrs. Smith. Lot 818. Robert Devereux, Earle of Essex and Ewe, &c.,.. en horseback, in armour, half-sheet, seeond address, fine, 3!. 17s. 6d. Graves. Let 658. Royal Exchange of London, 1644 ; Latin and English verses, by Henry Peachum, above on a tablet, from which is pendant a medallion of Sir Thomas Gresham, tine, 21. 61. Evans. Lot 899. Three portfolios with leaves, which contained the Walpole collection of Hollar's prints, IL is. Messrs. Smith. Among the miscellaneous prints which concluded the day's sale, was a choice proof of Sharp's engraving from Domini chino's, splendid picture of St. Ce c ili a; 4 produced 4 guineas. The whole day's sale did not realise 3501., and has shown the fallacy of breaking up the collection. A printseller of fered to take the collection, just sold, for 1,3001. ; it has realised 1,4001., but the expenses attending this last mode of sale has created a loss which the additional hundred will act reimburse, DREADFUL DEATLL.,----OVIE,Da, JUNE 10.—On the morning of the Bth, 111. Bernardo Gonzales Alve r a , solicit or of the morning of our town, died suddenly. He was up wards of seventy years of age, but very strong, and displaying 1.611 considerable energy in the discharge of his official duties. At nine o'clock in the evening his body was placed in a coffin, which was immediately carried to the church of St. Sebastian, where the funeral was to take place on the following day. Yes terday morning, at five o'clock, when the sacristan opened the church, he was not a little surprised to find the coffin lying on the ground, by the table on which it had been deposited. He tar. to the spot, and found the lid broken in the direction of the head. The hands and face of the deceased were covered with scratches still bleeding, and his mouth and ears were full of blood. On inquiry, it was ascertained that nobody had entered the church during the night, and that M. Gonzales Alvera was not dead when he was shut up in the coffin. Had a person been left to watch him, as is usually the care, he would perhaps be still alive. To-day the municipality of Oviedo, in accord with the clergy, decreed that hereafter no corpse should be admitted into the church, or interred, until it should have been visited by a physician, to certify its death. The Diaria de Rama of the 9th announces that the Infants of Spain, sons of Don Carlos, have left that City to pay a visit to Medina. SPECIAL COMMISSION.—The state of crime in the North and South Ridings of Tipperary, may be judged of from the calendar. In the article of murder alone there are twenty one prisoners far trial, seventeen of whom belong to the Nortii Riding, and four to the South. These calendars will show a preponderance of crime committed in the North Riding of Tipperary over that of the South Riding, there being in the latter but three persons for murder, and one for aidi ng ; an d in the former, ten persons for mu rder. three for aiding, and four for shooting at with intent to kill. Instead of the 21st June, it is on the 28th the Commission will commence.—Dublin Evening Mail. The - Marquis and Marchioness of Tsveeddale, and suite ; Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Gifford Hay, and Lord John Hay; Lord and Lady Brabazon, an d suite; Captain 11ac clinton, R.N., a nd F. y W. Knight, Esq., M.P., were among the numerous fashionables that left London yesterday for the Continent in the General Steam Navigation Gompany's mail packet Ocean, Captain T. C. Hast, for Rotterdam. Colonel Lindsay, and the Rev. F. and Lady F renc h, left Blackwall yesterday at one o'clock, in the British steam ship Soho, for Antwerp. Lady Strachan, Marchioness of Salzi, took her departure for Naples yesterday by the General Steam Navi gation Company's packet Magnet, Captain R. Stock, for Boulogne. COLLIERY BILL.—As the prohibition to employ females or boys un d er thirteen, will increase the ,ex- pease in some collieries, it occurs to us that prom . ion should have been made, in one way or another, for the relief of tacksmen who have taken leases of mines on the faith of the existing mode of working being permanent. -'-Seotsman. EAST INDIA HOUSE-. QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT. A Quarterly General Court of the Proprietors of East India Company's Stock was held yesterday a t t we l ve o'clock, at th e E ast I n di a House, in Leadenh a ll- street. Sir JAME S L AW LUSHINGTON, Chairman of the Court of Directors, in the Chair. The minutes of the proceedings of the last Court were read. Mr. TWINING brought up the Report of the Bye-laws Committee, and the Members of that Committee were re-appointed for the ensuing year. THE TARIFF. The SECRETARY, by direction of the Chairman, then read a letter from Mr. W. B. Baring, of the Board of Control, inclosing a communication from Mr. M'Gregor, in reply to a communication addressed by the Court of Directors to Lord Fitzgerald', on the sue ject of the tariff. In this communication, after stating the reasons which had induced the Government to adopt the various alterations proposed to he made in the duties on Indian produce by the new tariff, Mr. M'Gregor proceeded, on the part of the Board of Trade, to repu diate the principle laid down by the Directors of the East India Company, that the duties impoeed on Indian manufactures imported into the United Kingdom should always be the same as the duty imposed upon British ma nufactures of a similar nature by the East India Company on their importation into India, inasmuch as, if such a principle were acted on with regard to all our colonies, the greatest possible injury would result to the revenue. With regard to the desire expressed by the Court of Di rectors, that Mysore should, for all commercial pur poses, he considered as an integral part of the British dominions, Mr. M'Gregor stated that our reciprocity treaties with foreign countries, formed an insuperable bar to the adoption of such a suggestion. HILL COOLIES. The CHAIRMAN then announced that in conformity with the resolution of the 23d of March, the papers re lating to the subject of the emigration of the natives of India to the Mauritius had been printed, and were now in the hands of the Proprietors ; and that, in conformity with the Standing Orders of the Court, that would be the first subject to which they would have to direct their attention. Mr. WEEDING said that as he was the person who had moved that the papers be printed, the Court would not be surprised that he should now proceed to direct the at tention of the Court to the subject. It appeared to be the wish of the Government to facilitate the emigration of labourers from India to the Mauritius, because, they said, they were bound to look to the interest of the pro prietors of that island. It might be all very well to encourage this emigration if they had a superabundant population to spare for India—(Hear, hear)—but he denied that they bad a superabundant population. It was the duty of the Company to uphold the prosperity and resoinces of the Indian empire, and profitable em ployment might be found for the whole of the population of that empire at home, in the increased production of the fruits of her own soil, the commerce in which was so beneficial to the mother country. He was opposed to the removal of these labourers to the Mauritius, to assist in the production of an article which was one of the staple productions of India, and which was afterwards ten be brought into competi tion with the India article in the market. Ile had the highest respect for the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department,' but he thought that Noble Lord was not doing his duty by encouraging by an expediture of public money this emigration from In dia to the Mauritius. That emigration should be left to the operation of natural motives, instead of being forced forward by these impolitic encouragements. It was the duty of the Company at once boldly to say that they would not lend their sanction to this experiment —an ex periment at variance with the prosperity of • the Indian empire, and at variance with everything that would conduce to the honour or benefit of the human race. He should be sorry to see the Company debase itself so far as to give countenance to such a measure as this, because he was convinced that it would take away the sinews of that strength which consisted in. population. For his own part he would sooner pay 2d. a pound more for his sugar and coffee than that such a system should be established.—(Hear, hear.) In order to show his opinion on the subject he should move— " That after due consideration of the papers laid before the Court, the Court views, with regret and concern, the present measure of her Majesty's Ministers, to authorise the emigration of the labouring population of India to the Mauritius, for the purpose of cultivating sugar. That the Court, considering its first duty to be to take care of the welfare of the people of India, recommends the Court of Directors to refrain from sanctioning the measure of her Majesty's Ministers." Mr. BROWN seconded the motion. Mr. FIELDER supported the motion. It was painful to him to object to any of the measures of her Majesty's Government. but in the name of humanity and religion, he must protest against the Government measure. He drew a striking contrast between the misery and des titution of the inhabitants of India, and the great and paternal care taken by the Government of China, to provide food for the people ; the granaries of Canton and other Chinese towns were among the most splendid of their buildings. He could wish that more corn and less opium was grown in India, for that drug had been a great curse to the people of China. He drew attention to the condition of the labourers taken to to the Mauritius, and asked whether those who had looked up to them for protection, ought to be seduced from his native country, to be transported to a place where they must fall into vagrancy, and profligate habits. The education they received in the Mauritius was a disgrace to the moral and Christian character of England. lie hoped that the Court woald come to • the determination not to suffer India to lose hezebeat,eytip-F -those who would cultivate her soil. lie should tipt gret she twenty million s th a t h a d b een paid to the i Xest4 ; Indies, if they held out no encourapement to this, tr, gration of labour from Bidia. General ROBERTSON corrected some statement atler the amount of sugar grown in India, which had i teiVia overstated by the lion. Proprietor. !tt The CHAIRMAN said the simple question before then was whether there should be any law alltiwing the - JIM Coolies to leave their native laud for the Mauritius, fur the purpose of bettering their condition. The whole tenour of the lion. Mover's proposition Went to a total prohibition, and he would ask what sort of liberty was that ?—(Hear, hear.) By the British Constitution, every man was allowed to make the most of his labour for the purpose of bettering his condition, and to deny it, as it was denied by this res o lutio n , if carr i e d , would he both 'op pression and tyranny. lie explained that means had been taken to prevent the abuses that had prevailed, and . , gave a direct contradiction to the assertion that the iudi victuals were sent out as slaves. Many had returned Kith what in India would be considered * fortune: He must meet the proposition by a direct negative. He concluded by reading an extract from the following despatch, sent by the Court of Directors to the Indian Executive on this subject—it was dated the 22d of March :—" We have only further to desire that . ou will carefully watch the operation of any law which you nay deem proper to pass under the authority now con veyed to you for permitting the emigration of labourers from India to the Mauritius ; and that you will without delay repeal or modify it, in the event of its being proved by experience that its provisions are not effectual in affording in all respects the intended security for the comfort and welfare of the emigrants: He possessed every confidence in the present Governor-General of India, and was convinced he would take every care that regulations should be made for the safety and welfare of the persons going to the Mauritius, to better their condi tion. lie must give the proposal every opposition, Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN -regretted that the Chairman had met the proposition with a direct nega tive. The question involved grea t p r i nc i p l es in refer enee to the position they held as the Government of India ; and in reference to the freedom of the indivi duals acting under what had been termed the spirit of British constitutional freedom, as well as in reference to the inquiry, whether it was a fair and just conclusion of Lord Stanley, that the poverty, iniaery, famine, and desolation to which the people of India were subjected, justified the deportation of the Hill Coolies to what was iu effect a. slave colony, Could the Mauritius afford the relief those peo ple required Theisland was already more densely peopled than 'two-thirds of British India ; one-half of the island was mounutitrous and barren, and the other half had a population of 130 to the square mile, before the extensive deportation from India had taken place. The population of England was 288 to the squire mile, and considering that half the island was barren and un cultivatcable, its population was as dense as that of Eng land.—(Bear, hear.) Of the large numbers of Coolies shipped to British Guiana, not a dozen were now existing. anti would it be liar the benefit of their character or morals that they should be allowed to go to British Australia ? He contended that other parts of the con tinent of Asia were open to the planters of time Mauri tius it' they wanted labourers—such as China and the Burmese empire, where the natives were always wanting employment. If they permitted this deportation, the most valuable export from India would become human labour. This question showed that the natives of India were at present totally inadequate to govern themselves. The Court would be acting unwisely ii; adopting the pernicious doctrines of the present day, they sanctioned, though only tacitly, an absurd, abominable, and cruel principle. He implored the Directors to let the people of India see that they might look with certainty for pro tection to this country. General BRIGGS saw no reason why they should in terfere to prevent the Coolies carrying their labour wherever they pleased. But he would put this question on a larger basis. The people of this country having prevented immigration, by means of slavery, into our tropical colonies, experience had shown that the land in those colonies could be cailtivated only by labourers, natives of the tropics. Europeans could not cultivate that land, and unless labourers suited to the climate, were suffered to immigrate, the owners of estates in the colonies would be obliged to sell their estates, as they could not get them cultivated. With respect to what had been said relative to the excess of population - in the Mauritius, he must observe that a short time ago, when he was there, the population only amounted to 60,000 persons, or about 150 to the square mile. That Wand, therefore, could not be considered as over-popu lated. Among that population there were very tow females, and it was thus clear that the labouring classes, unless recruited from time to ti tne b y i mm i grat i on, would die oft: As for the circumstan ces under which the de portation of Coolies took place, he thought that in th e despatch of the 22d of Marcie referred to by, the Chairman, every provision was made for the purpose of effecting that persons going from India. should be perfectly free. Sir JOSEPH LEPAGNE said he had tint lately returned from an extensive tour in America and the West Indies. He had given great attention to the subject of immigra- tion from Africa to the West Indies ; and he was astonished to find it proposed that the immigration of the Coolies f ro m India t o th e Mauritius, should be