The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-27 00:00:00

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On Wednesday even i ng , a L ec t ure was d e li vere d the and unparalleled Chinese collection, illustrative of to a full audience, by Jonathan Duncan, Esq., at the wesstf:ll, manufactures, and ornaments of the " flowery and Noah's Ark, Deptford, upon the subject of Parlia race:' is . now open to public view at Hyde Park corner.-mentary Reform, in connexion with the present The Visit of her Majesty, the Duke of Cambridge 444 other 1 , 111 , , members of . the Royal house, had led us to expect' movement for an extension of the suffrage. He com menced by explaining that the agitation for Reform ei o i,„:_ns-Jusuitual of display ; and inspection caused our an toarns, to be altogether surpassed, by a spectacle no less was no novelty—that it had been an undying princi- Aniticent than novel. plc with Englishmen since the foundation of the mo roLlcept the collection at the Hague, which cannot be put in narchy. He presented himself as connected with the t' , arm% with the present, and the scanty Chinese speci ag at the India House, neither England nor the Continent Parliamentary Reform Association—a body which tt"..3 anythin g equal to this superb miniature museum; with its had taken up and advocated points, which had been ruted, of obj ects , gathered from every quarter of China. laid down in 1780, by an association of which the y ear ;Ton, the proprietor, a gentleman of fortun e , about the Duke of Richmond was the head. The points, so 4 44 7 2 8 commenced this collection, and during a period of the _ .. c years , continued with pat ient research, industry, and adopted 62 years ago, were -1 Annual Parliaments toe Jui.l.ey of large sums, to accumulate the gorgeous speci -2 Universal Suffrage 101:_wa.ich compose it. He was assisted in his commendable 3 Voting by Ballot Phil by Houqua, Tingqua, and other Hong merchants of ported t P Phildeirlattle note, and after exhibiting his noble collection at 4 Equal Polling Districts ut. where it was visited by thousands, he has trans- 5 No money qualification of Members tad scientific a England at the suggestion of the most influential 6 Fayment of Members for their attendance. ~,,e men of the day. A great number of noblemen supported these atc ' h i, textutrerior of the building at Hyde Park is Chinese in its points—amongst them were, the Duke of Richmond, tolip . s t!_ _al style, havin g verandah-shaped roofs resting upon the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Effingham, the Earl of reside Of a red ochre colour, and modelled after a summer- l."ence existin g in China. The magnificent apartment in Surrey, the Earl of Selkirk, Viscount Mountmorres, ;gall it budi the collection is displayed to view forms a noble saloon and Lord Kinnaird. All this proved that the question ire%ery 225 feet i n l engt h, b y 50 i n w id t h, w i t h lofty cell- of the suffrage was no " novelty ;" that the bugbear d supported by numer ous pillars. The sides of this room cry o f ~ innovation" should not be allowed to haunt boi.ael.l sub-divided into fourteen compartments, which again, the mind even of the most timid in a question of such ti e , ;fil.irr er and upper sections, contain most of the curiosi s, l' e I treasures of the exhibition ; ranging down the room great importance.. Indeed the struggle for freedom L o v el o merou s stands of cases filled with specimens of Chinese had been going on from the earliest periods, and had i t :3', art, handicraft, and manufacture ; pendent from the been as regularly progressing, as may be shown by th e J.,re scores of those splendid lanterns, of which, during This would expose the to be al so called, not less than 200,000,000 are computed reference to our history. sources of our degradation, would show that it arose, th„, met blazing throughout the empire ; while at each end of and still exist s , in consequence of the transmission of ea ; aPartment are two rich fabrics, the one at the upper end or l oar r e a r et consisti ng of a s u p er b Chi nese screen , carve d, co - heredita r y p ower . Up on th e su bj ect o f t h e l and -tax, th e otl;erand gilded, with all the lavish glory of eastern art, and the lecturer dilated at considerable length, and went menu, adorn e dte lower end, representing a nobleman's apart- into an argument, supported by calculations for the caning e externally with trellis-work of the richest purpose of exposing oue of the greatest frauds ever se ~rl g , and whieb, through an oval widow, lets in a landscape • . h' n e ere allY soft as can be imagined. committed upon a people. By a fiction of law all the i o , ~.isPlendour of the whole, as we beheld it yesterday even- lands in the kindom were said to be held of the I),Ze,n_illuminated with gas, was brilliant in the extreme. King, upon various tenures. These tenures were, in the !h . "li nd, the great gods of gold—San, Paou, and Fuh— many cases, very vexatious, and the aristocracy, ti reil re*teat Budhas—figures 11 feet in height, and fac- therefore, in 1692, made a stipulation to pay 4s. in tet op j: et . di in the celebrated Ronan Joss-house or th e i ..„"at in their still and colossal grandeur. Mandarin; in the pound as land-tax, in lieu of all feudal 5 t 1 14 ,- "" r °bes, and black satin "Pow-kvvas," appeared on th e services due from the landed proprietors to the Crown. th eir . Priest s in their full canonicals, common soldiers in The rental in Queen Anne's day, when this law "th e r ed tunic s and coarse blue nankeens, Tartar archers of passed, was ten millions ; the land-tax, therefore, was Na t ...g l and, army," and the common street-beggars of the two millions ; but since that time the rental has in lite„...'ltY, barbers, cobblers, and boatwomon—all the size of Nee ' , se here assembled, and put in miraculous contrast. Some creased enormously ; but the tax paid is even less . than NI, • Containing groups of living Chinese beauties—ladies of when the rental was only one-seventh of what it now l oatii. in full costume —exhibit the exquisite texture of the China is. It becomes a mere question of figures to prove ti tesse l P th we to fine effect ; the satins in which they are that since 1692 the aristocracy have plundered the I!er th :!, as stout as boards, and glossy with richness, where we h ad suof embroidery permits the original fabric to be seen. public out of more than the whole amount of the na cielttir no conception that the vaunted " Serica Vestis," an- t ional debt; . and as . that debt was incurred . to support ro ans, "n 1 and so greatly admired by the Persians and Ito- the privileges of aristocracy, and cripple human free apteiLwas actually so gorgeous in its fabric and tissue, as the dom, the people are entitled to say to the landel gentry, ~,e ~ens here collected show it. " You owe the national debt." They may not plead batedt attempt jo the _. specification of the innumerable articles distri- prescription or law, because they had a Parliament of iut, ; th "v sixty cases about the apartment, would be utterl y their own... If the people had been represented all 4 eant . , e curiou s eye, however vrilldetectan infinitude of choiee, ci t t ari t'ul, and often itique specimens in each and all. Part i- this spoliation would not have been committed. The tooth 3 :l 4 would point attention to the carvings in ivory. The calculation was as follows Ilbevett-'oAsaiatic elephant was never more delicately traced, In 1692 the landed rental was 10,000,0001. ; land-tax, 'edu ced r "'aped, than in multitudes of beautiful specimens, 2,000,0001. the moss by the skill of the native artists of China. They are In 1770 the landed rental, on authority of Arthur Tli s • t exquisite and elaborate pieces of art we ever beheld. i, co st Jars, basi ns , flower-stands . a ming, was 60,000,000/. htlr krably ower-stands, and vases of porcelain are in- In 1842 the landed rental, on authority of Sir Robert II ut i nto ,_oe, and in the delicacy of the forms and figures Peel, was 70,000,000/. 1 lish, .p t tnem, put Dresden Sevres and our Potteries to the . L'2o , t , " , e painting s a lso, 'by native ' artists, of which about From 1692 to 1842 gives a term of 150 years, and e hiel i l stisPended - about the walls, exhibit well the point at this the lecturer broke down into two periods : the ~e ithe r at art has arrived in China which, if it nevertheless first from 1692 to 1770; the second from 1770 to geith er e TaPete with that of civilised , nations, satisfies one that 1842. To determine the average of land-tax due ?,he eieverness nor skill are wanting lisit„.cale, numbered 43, will, no doubt greatly delight lady from 1692 to 1770, he took the two extreme sums of viiiit;'' it contains " Shoes for ladies having large feet," of ten millions as legislatively settled in 1692, and sixty 41, 0, get ).'nough to set up a small shoemaker is exhibited. millions, as estimated by Arthur Young in 1770. ti cs tl p elially phoete.st for ladies having small feet.' . ' These latter are Adding these two sums together gives 70 millions, eg t o 6 z e and beautiful; the feet which these were des bee, a _, t and dividing that amount by two, gives the average are called b the Chinese, on account of their sma ll- and E n" beau ty 6, Kurth loon," r. Golden WtIT ' annual land rental for 78 years, included between to're "stools • .or Water-lilies, " les, a 1692 and 1770. This yields 35 millions. Four red w i lh upon which these "golden lilies rest, are . . . Zrtin g to th e mbroidered silk. We cannot avoid again ad- shillings in the pound being the same as one-fifth of a ;fewded over earvings, which are generally in camphor wood, pound, one-fifth of 35 millions becomes the amount birds —e t p ith cirved network, and figures reresentative 4 /1 ' &Ayers of land-tax due in each year on the average of the Isti o en q the E! and fruits ; even the rich Englis h . specimens whole period between 1692 and 1770. This yields „ r ela n E ighth's and our Queen Elizabeth's time will no .tr ""tt par , seven millions per annum, which for the 78 years be 4. L parag on by t hese. ipnese to n :ngdon, a gentleman well acquainted le with tl comes 546 millions. Taking the next period, from ko the c „...g, 11 , customs, and manners of this remarkable people 1770 to 1842, and proceeding in the same manner, ka N ee , i"clor ol ' the collection. It is open from 10 in the Go millions, the estimate of Arthur Young, must be , i h.p hi e the ,same hour at night ; and, whether regarded 14 4 ig "'Y 'Neel . f ashionable I delightful •i 11 added to the 70 millions estimate of Sir R. Peel. This ts,„_eso oree , .. lounge or, in e ec "nt t o 4 ' J ur. Dunn's exhibition must be pronounced para- gives 130 millions, which, divided by two, gives 65 ny of the season. millions as the average landed rental for this term, one-fifth of which yields 13 millions, the amount of land-tax which ought to have been levied ; and this multiplied by 72 gives the aggregate land-tax for the last period of 936 millions. The account, therefore, would stand : Land-tax due from 1692 to 1770 .. Ditto 1770 to 1842 . , MARY LEBONE BANK. IN RE DAVID HANNAY. , p i e 41,6 IP " fixed for th e a dj ourne d f i nal examination of itose tlPt, in the Court of Bankruptcy, the proceedings in toteN s ls , e have been reported by us as they occurred. rf4_ creditors were present to-day, with Mr. Roy as so -1,14 t e , Me assignees, and Mr. Robins for the bankrupt, ~,eert , Yl ! ed Counsel (whose name we did not hear) attended L4ll, I _ 4l of the creditors. 41101 1 ,;7 4 . ited COUNSEL addressed the Court at considerable 1 ,1 4 !€1 - stated in substance that he appeared for certain gitl i ° C d ora who were copartners in the Marylebone Bank, s..irbeen for a few years carried on with every apparent l ',!7; ; but ultimately ended in proving to be " a bubble." in p p 4 t itipt was the manaker of that bank—the prime mover !qe ~octor of the concern, which commenced in the year i t i te l eil t tcontinued until 1841, when it " broke up." His Ni s Olett was to apply for an . adjournment of the bank . - s t l ull -I Xanatnation upon a variety of grounds, but parti thr, gse voluminous arid complicated accounts upon oZla 441. 11 ,4 1k , rupt now sought to pass had not reached his 4 / 7 thx - c i ,j,h! day before yesterday, and it could not be sup 'otthirornary minds could investigate them without time atasetltvaotZ:4lnnination. The accounts as furnished showed vriti, 4l %„ .7t,l*.t state of things. He found one item in the 1 4,37 3 7 . eilse ekin ", that in the balance of the banking account rtipt eo .4;4 14. t, there was a sum due by th e l a tt er o f Si r 6 51(1 1,tia te ' L 'ons1 he now required t o k n o w h ow th e b an k.. the w viten indebted in so l arge a sum t o th e b an k? hose Lentt.Ltalla—ln no way but by miscondu c t. tthe'Lknil3Pounsxr. proceeded—ln the statement of ex hat down that the bankrupt had paid on account .7 1 4t,1 4. 147..."_, 95 41. 18s. 6d., " less half to his account." 0 - went "'ruling of such a statement? But the ac '4 to th a s to. discounts and commission, which were t ern. I tbank. 1,171. iLLIAms—I thought that the bank were his 4'44 1 te4r ued 1,4 6 „, or o u/int.—There was a " lumping " sum put 414 1 - 1,1 ToV it s , of 1,0001., and for interest no less than 41 4 h e treltoi de " 13111 were these loans made ? The creditors t h: 1 4 1 , - "co th e ra had, up to this time, no means of knowing, s e of. th l r iqUested time for further inquiry? In the t h et :,,a eet.i.. Previous investigation it became necessary to kcp4 th eta,, tin previous of the directors and shareholders, and a re -Ist, Ilts the tirdant was called in, and while on the face of k i zs uri i found two such conflicting items as the follow -1114 L e 41%2 1 , * 1, 057/. Os. 9d and deficit (amended) 10,3721. et Makel nt be , deemed unreasonable in the ektZithe this application for further time to exa b I , l,.°ttie k r uPt's accounts, and also for delaying the last I,Nit Il or i • litO l o'th,-%ood with the shareholders of the Marylebone btisALePPlication for the further adjournment of the e xamination thi th tti 4 " r uP • be 20 % Y Y hik C o h ere begg e d permission to read a letter ad ds o of 4.. h Directors of the Marylebone Bank, dated th ero 'gust, 1841, in which he expressed his readiness , o, coo eto, !very information in his power With reference to h et ° tit they never since gave him the opportunity to 1 74 w Y to 401 in their reply to his letter they expressed an ,ploy re pot flir statement which he might have to make. ,pkiT._revet,,,t.th the bank was made up by Mr. Quitter, a ZlN' t l yt) boric professional accountant, and as far as he (the jot th e o3t."edits accuracy could not be questioned. Con ittk it the blatration had taken place in the statements of his e:) 3 7a l l lP t o one saying it was 17,0001., and another swel etsih lg . ,tv,ooo/. ; but the fact was that it was only 4 lilt from which was to be deducted 4,000/. for Z;ink beside himself and his friends having paid into qi 0 , 11 1) ( c 7 1., and thus he did not now consider himself to relic that th e g) them one single sixpence. He was only hlre "Ould no tPOblic sh ou ld k now t h e rea l trut h , and there it ittrtheeoject to a short adournment. heating was then adjourned to the 21st of. July 546,000,000 936,000,000, Land-tax which ought to have been paid 1,482,000,000 The amount actually paid Amount of National Debt 1,162,000,000 860,000,000 302,000,000 Thus showing, that had the* land-tax been paid, there would have been no national debt, and there would be 302,000,000 in the National Treasury, to say nothing of the immense amount which has been paid for interest upon that debt. The lecturer disavowed all desire to break faith with the public creditor. lie left such spoliating doc trines to Sir James Graham, who wrote a pamphlet, in which he recommended the application of the sponge to the national debt. All that is requisite is simple justice, and the payment of the debt by those who owe it. The interest of the debt—the yearly 30,000,000/. cripples the industry of the country, and, what is worse, monoply in all shapes has been called in to amass a capital to be expended in bribery. The 4,000,000/. yearly wrung from the people by the sugar monopoly is spent in corrupting constituencies, thus rivetting upon the people chains wrought by their own hands. Mr. Duncan then entered into the details of pro jected reforms, dilating upon the six points of Uni verral Suffrage, Short Parliaments, Ballot, Equal Electoral Districts, No Property Qualification, 4nd Payment of Members, contending that an extension of the suffrage, to give a real representation to the people, was the only means of relieving existing bur dens, or securing future prosperity. At the conclusion of the lecture a vote of thanks was, upon the motion of Mr. Wade, given to Mr. Duncan for his interesting discourse. DISTRESSAJTLEtDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR.—Herewith you will receive a copy of a requisi tion to the Mayor, already signed by about 200 of the most respectable shopkeepers and other tradesm-Aa in Leeds, nearly one-half of whom are Conservatives. All parties have united to make known the alarming state of trade, and the unparalleled distress that pre vails in the borough, but it is not the intention of the requisitors to discuss, or recommend any particular re medy ; they will merely content themselves by stating facts, and making known the real state of their trade, in the hope that something will be done immediately, for this state of things cannot continue much longer ; something must be done. The meeting will be convened by circular, on Wed nesday or Thursday next. The Magistrates have a incei.ing this day to consider what can be done relative to the distress that prevails in the borough, and the subject will be brought under the notice of the Town Council some day next week. Not less than 4,040 heads of families in the township of Leeds are receiving parochial relief at the present time, and, calculating five to a family, we have upwards of 20,000 persons receiving parochial relief, being about one-fourth of the population in the township ; and the other townships in the borough are in no better condition. I remain, your's respectfully, WILLIAM WIIITEIIEAD. 175, Briggate, Leeds, June 24, 1842. [The requisition to the Mayor has been received.] IvH """"""""------------------------ P, l k 4 ,°.te t , i , °P INTELLIGENCE. 44 4t t , i 'lli at !'' sin tqz 24.—The accounts from the Hop ' 4 (l 4 with e„geherally very bad, the plants being still much t tll td r ains w h and vermin, which, since the cool night. tli tl 6,0 0 4 have had, are on the increase. The duty is ' i lle kh°4l. to 9,0 001. Market good for all fine hops. . t) tt,r`!tts o ' f . ",„. tY l'ot 24.—The accounts this morning from I l eti iii 'nic e ,1 nent and Sussex report the Hop plantations ~'et 'n wh i ',Lie rains, the cold nights appearing to favour the 1, 1 7: ' , 1 Z i 110;s e , " 000 4 very strong in some grounds. The duty ranges 'et s 1 h and 110,000/., but many persons nk it ' ll 4 it .. j trade is good for fine and choice Hops, and Thn he advanced quotations. p, - -1.• .„, ""-...............--,.....,,,,—.......... '41 4 1 hro ti " else 40 ,000 letters and 40 hags of news kki' 4 t , gilt b y t , !l ti . R kel'rt:e,,;kr thisecit n w i c a o s rn 3, o 3 n oo he d r ol l e a . st Ttrhiips. was theeoasrtgageset ,N4t 'ette i , - i 7 -' 4l in this y country. —Jamaica Despatch. t p .* 'tti carrel t' t ° 0 11 l Nuremberg t oep i tn, w olc Place there on the preceding Sunday be t;kt i t ' l '. fro rn °r ,k , nen and the police, which became at length o , ll t s teas i . l ttnt number of persons who joined the rioters it Ilsi`cle,t,",essary to call out the regular troops. An at 4,,towillg tb,,,t4e street s by a charge with bayonets, but with lii'tl s e 4 ; , ,g_ stn m, Navin failed, says the letter, and the populace li t. h t i i 8.1 Persons.L the troops, the latter were ordered to fire, 'thet 'Persed are said to have been killed. The mob li e , tetering cries of ‘• Long live liberty ! Long !I ttil ti t I linbl ie of , u . , „ io, IA remberg 1 ij'tlin hi;—()UIS Or WiTERFORD.—This young 4 1 4 f o ,be f ; afforded an example to the Irish landlords, which, / t' t °lls ki ar !ti, too man of them will be slow to imitate. et4, sr na, b g is copied fro m the IVaterford Chronicle Iketit:t,th.,ten informed by a gentleman of unquestionable 1:It i Alt. 6`t the Marquis of Waterford has intimated to his t l tk:tlienit,re,,°!ge Aleara, his intention of giving the whole of ,!!tieetifice,37 tenantry one entire years' rent. This generons I t Ns t ' i tely ai l " Was determined on by the Noble Marquis t 4 14 and t _ ter his nuptials There is not a better or a ,tr, N Y h e urd in this country than the Marquis of Waterford. Ity)tt:hst t. ' 1 1(1 , - he can afford to be generous—to be sine he o tit IZ'kp then ? Are there not hundreds in Ireland—many it,dt, tigl,ectgtibourhood, who can afford to be good and gene t c. 11 11,01 4: i b ut who are the very opposite—the veriest obi, iit, r Tido...! afternoon 21nfortunate tenantry ?" . b,_te,,i,„.l the steam-ship Perth, Captain . 4 i I I s ,f s a l mo n ore's wharf, \Yapping, from Dundee, with k'te ,sixty-seven live oxen; thirty.eight lambs, t 4o,,'Ai. T t antity of tk s Cti th ----A,,cord. merchandise. 114, 3,are qqantit .. I . l ig to a return laid before P.arlia ‘,,ltrin,,,,,lYtool. !oak) made in Great Britain (luring Ihe lt, o l vi,, j etkti x,,,,, 169, nnb, 142 lbs., and of that le ,480,000 42, I,,,` . "lti it o ,l'l 'll'd to foreign par. ti;,'t,l.l,';lt'llt „er",t‘trer-storm, accompanied by rain and 1 (4' 1 ti e ; abut - ont!squieu- Volvestre ( Haute-Garonne .on 11, 4 ' , ,..(!n, it Passed n the evening, and continued raging i 1 ,1 ,1 1 4 , 5 4 1 1, 1 -1, ratan, streets from south to north, and, after the first , t P , _,li t % it ,: t)Zets and roads were transformed into iaipe lON l'krtrile,,,, gutter s of the houses overflowed, and the 11',r,.'1!ar the town weee filled with water. The Rise, a little s,',,s , '' .its bank s , swelled to a height of 12 feet, and, over kiesl ,-Ins e to t ,'_ , did considerable damage. In a country ed _%tn., and le town, the furniture was floating in the N I i:n4 0 . 4 ne electric fluid, entering the out-houses, '44,2 No other life was lost hut the amount of da # wiLliderible. ' HYDROPHOBIA. The Austrian Government has recently published the fol lowing notifications upon the employment of a remedy in oases of hydrophobia : « Whenever a person has been bitten by a dog, the under sur face of the tongue is examined, and the sublingual veins are generally found to be considerably swollen. They are opened, and the blood is allowed to flow until it stops of itself. The patient is then ordered to take 25 grains of Gestiana Crociata. This is the strongest dose, but it should be varied according to the age and constitution of the patient and the intenuity of the disease. It should be cut up into small pieces, and pounded in a mortar with water, until a clear solution is obtained. It should be taken during nine days consecutively, before break fast in the morning. " At the same time the bite should be treated in the follow ing manner:—lf the patier.t has only been recently bitten, the wound should be washed with spirits of rosemary, and then dressed with a plaster composed of two portions of flour of rye and one portion of the wood of the juniper tree finely pul verised, with a sufficient quantity of brandy to bring it to the consistence of a thick paste. If the wounds be deep and dan gerous, then equal portions of the two first substances may be taken. If the hydrophobia has already assumed a violent aspect, the patient must be encased in a strait waistcoat, in order to prevent him from doing mischief to himself or others. The above remedies must be applied, taking thirty grains of the root of Gentiana Crociata, instead of 25 grains. It will occa sionally be found necessary to resort to force to induce the patient to swallow the medicine. At the expiration of three hours the dose must be repeated. Should the patient not come to his senses after the second dose, an entire root must be placed in his mouth with great precaution. The patient will chew it with avidity, and if he swallows the remainder of it, it may be looked upon as a favourable symptom. The veins should not be opened unless the patients are tranquil, or have have partially or entirely recovered their senses. As soon as the blood has ceased to flow, some broth should be given to the patient, who will then fall into a deep sleep, in which state he will remain for eight or ten hours. During this sleep a glu tinous mucus will collect in the mouth, which it is very im portant, and indeed essential, to be removed." AN OPENING.—"There is an opening for some body," as the Kentuckian said, when a crocodile expanded his jaws and looked hungry. THE FRUIT MARKET.—Cherries are steady, at a halfpenny the stick; but strawberries were very much flat tened in the early part of the week, by the rains, and were nominally quoted at sixpence a pottle. Gooseberries were buoyant, at tenper.ce a gallon; and, from something that a very large holder inadvertently let drop, there was a sudden fall in bigaroons, which drew off the buyers from the regular market, and led to some very unfair transactions. The growers —chiefly boys—were great gainers; though one or two, just at the tail of business, were eventually severe sufferers.—Punch. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1842. LLOYD'S SHIPPING LONDON, JUNE 25.—Wind this day at Noon, S. W. STA N GATE CREEK, JUNE 24.—Arrd. African, Goodman, Africa ; Helen Munroe, Navin, Mogadore. OFF MARGATE, JUNE 24.—Tasmania, Jameson, Hobart Town ; Union, Bombay ; Waterwitch. Messina. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 24.—Wind W. to W.S. W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Marquis Hastings, London to Hobart Town ; Orestes, do, for China. DARTMOUTH, JU NE 23.—Arrd. Funchal, Pernambuco. SWANSEA, JUNE 23,—Arrd. Emma, Jorginsen, Chili. CLYDE, JUNE 22.—Arrd. Levenside, Campbell, Jamaica. THURSO, JUNE 20.—Sid. Lady Emily, Pictou. DEAL, JUNE 24.—Wind S.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. Slanes Castle, Petrie, and Parkfield, Whitside, China; Thomas Snook, Stacey, Mauritius; Deborah, Gobin, Cape; Eliza, Woolley, Valparaiso ; Eliza (reported), Cape, from the River; Lady Raffles,Jor China ; British Tar, Sierra Leone ; Verulia, Quebec. OFF DOVER. —Sarah - Mills, Kerr, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 24.—Wind W.S.W., fresh. —Arrd. Cumberland, Syd ney , N ew S out h W a l e s—sa iled Feb. 17. and from Bahia April 30; Young Queen, Read, China ; Ingle wood, Kerr, and Mary White, Wakeham, Calcutta ; Princess Charlotte, King. and Mertoun, Kenn, Bombay ; Arequipa and Georgina, Valparaiso ; Satisfaction, Bonny; Ellen German, Cumming, P or t o C a b e ll o; Speed, Eills, Mobile; Hope, Soulle, New Orleans;: Caledonia, Knight, Apalachicola; North America; Charleston, South America ; Bailey, New York ; Romulus, St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrived off—Messenger. Dust! ?I, JUNE 23.—Arrd. Simeon Hardy, Barbadoes. SHIELDS, JUNE 22.—Sld. Amelia Hall, Hill, Ascension; Don Quixote, and Merchant, Havannah; John Hall, Boston. Co.vEs, JUNE 24.—Arrd. Augusta, Hunden, Bahia; Poly 'fora, Christenson, Paraiba ; Huntress, Conn, Havannah ; Zaida, Matanzas. FALstouTM, JUNE 23.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W., strong breezes.—Arrd. Alexandria, Odessa. Arrd. off, Enmore, Ellis, Port Phillip; Neptune, Cuba, for Bremen ; Hall, Havannah, for Hamburgh • Romulus, Antigua. BRISTOI„ jUNE 14.—Arrd. Mary Marsden, Mauritius; Flounce, Palermo. BREST, JUNE 20.—The Hope, from Newcastle to this port, has been brought in here with bows stove, and must discharge her cargo, having been in contact off Mortaix with the Leeds, of Selby, which received but trilling damage. PORT MAHON, JUNE 10.—The Oriental, Christmas, has arrived here from Malta, with bowsprit sprung, &c., having been in contact with a French steamer. SWANSEA, JUNE 22,—Acrd. Woden, Bendixen, Valparaiso. SCILLY, JUNE 21.—The Mary James, from Newport, was. assisted in here 16th inst., leaky. LIVE arooL, JUNE 23.—Wind S. S.W., light.—Arrived the Elizabeth Moore, Alossop, Madras; Queen Victoria, South gate, Mauritius ; Chimbarogo, White, Lucca; Francis Barclay, Beethovar and Vitula ; Fielding, Valparaiso; Emanuel, Bout cher, Tulloch, Monte Video ; Bridget Archibald, Toole, Rio Grande; Europe, Baker, and Goliah, Smith, New Orleans : Bona Dea, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed the Hercules, Cape Breton; John o'Gaunt, China; Pandora, Bombay; Ly dia, Antigua; Caledonia, Brander; Malony, Virginia; Brita nia and Echo, New Yerk , Damascus, Boston ' • Catherine and Belmont, Q ue b ec . A rr d. o ff , P r i ncess Chorlutte, Bombay ; Arequipa, Valparaiso • South America, New York, T uscany: , CORE, JUNE 21. —Arrd. Guiana, Hill, Moulmein; Lavinia, Marquand, Newfoundland ; John M'Adam, steamer, Liverpool, for North America. NOTICE TO MARINERS. REEF orr POVERTY BAY, NEW ZEALAND.--FrOm the centre of the reef, Table Cape bears S. S. W., Young Nick's Head S. W. by W. half W., Tamline bears W. half S, Gable F.reland bears N. by W. ; extreme northern land, about three miles south of Spring's Head, either N. quarter E., or W. quarter W., doubtful. The brig Martha struck on this reef in June, 1834, and lost part of her false keel. These bearings (magnetic) were taken in a boat, and, therefore, can only be considered as an approximation to the truth. The reef runs north and south, and is from two to three miles in length, but having a short elbow at the south, and turning narrow towards Young Nick's Head. The soundings (taken at high water) vary irregularly from three to seven fathoms, with patches of long kelp'. The sea breaks in on it only in bad weather; and mere so when . the wind is from the northward to the eastward. It has been passed with a strong wind from the south-east, and a very high sea, without observing any appear ance of breakers; consequently, a vessel may pass very close to the reef a number of times, without its being seen. The soundings along the reef, in -shore, were found• to vary very re gularly from fifteen to twenty-five fathoms, between the dis tances of three-quarters of a mile and a quarter, resifectively. N.B.—High water at Poverty Bay, on full and change of the moan, at six A. 31 , with a rise of six feet at spring, and Of , five feet at neap tides. SHIPWRECK of the TRANSPORT SHIP SIR GEORGE ARTHUR. (From the Bermuda Royal Gazette of June 7.) The hired transport ship Sir George Arthur, with stores for Government, and 80 convicts for the Hulks at her Majesty's Naval Yard, under the medical charge of Mr. I. Williams, struck on the rocks at the west end of these islands, about eleven o'clock on the night of Thursday last. The weather at the time being very boisterous, she was driven over the outer reefs by the force of the sea, where she let go her anchor. Signal guns were fired on board, and blue lights burned, which were observed from the shore, when a number of boats from Somerset, notwithstanding the tempestuous weather and heavy rain falling at the time, pushed off - to her assistance, many ofwhich were compelled to return, or seek shelter, owing to the very h eav y wea th er , an d a occasioned by a strong south-west wind. The termi riatioirofthe Sir George Arthur's voyage was truly distres sing, but not niore'gd"thitn'the painful- suspense the pas sengers were kept in during the latter part of the voy age, occasioned by the mutinous proceedings of 11 of the crew (who are now in prison at her Majesty's naval yard) in refusing to do duty, and who were consequently placed in confinement, leaving the vessel to the mercy of the convicts, whom they ie endeavoured to incite to revolt., but without success ; and the ship was worked the remainder of the voyage by the very men who were placed on board as prisoners, expressing their determi nation "to take the ship in safety to her port of desti nation as far as we are capable." We trust that the good conduct of these men will not be overlooked, and that they will be rewarded as they deserve. The Captain latterly became very intemperate, and almost incapable of doing duty, and was in a great measure the cause of the loss of the ship. He and the mate refused to come on shore with the others from the vessel, and during the night of Friday both disappeared, along with the long-boat ;it is feared they have met with a watery grave. We are concerned to learn that the Rev. Dr. Mallet lost much valuable furniture and other articles ; and the other passengers suffered severely by similar losses. The Government stores, or the greater part of them, will be saved, and much of the hull and riming. The passengers were the Rev. Dr. M a ll e t and Mrs. Mallet, Mr. I. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. G. Kirkham. The Sir George Arthur was out 48 days from Portsmouth (England). On Saturday the stone on which the statue of Nelson is to be placed, at Trafalgar -square, was conveyed from Frost's Wharf, 3lillbank, to the base of the monument. It re quired eighteen powerful horses to draw it. It is the largest block ever brought to London, its length being 11 feet 6 inches, and its square 7 feet, 6 inches; the weight is 32 tons. The quality of the stone is close grit, and it is known in the trade as " Leith Crag." The massive block was hewn out of the quarry near Leith. Its value is said to be about 3001. M. Naudo, Bishop of Nevers, has, it is said, been nominated Archbishop of Avignon, and M. Regnier, Vicar-General of Angers, is spoken of as the Bishop of Angouleme. stave the Tory Ministers any other project left in store by which they can increase the difficulties of tradesmen? The light sovereign scheme is surely the finishing stroke of their anti-commercial policy. Were the difficulties of trades men too few, and is the Income-tax too slow a process for abating their plethora of riches ? Such, many people think, must be the opinion of the Bread.tax Parliament. The loss and annoyance felt here has called forth curses deep and loud upon the already unpopular pettifogging legislation of the times.-- Leeds Times. The following instance of thoughtful beneficence deserves to be recorded. The Duke of Sutherland, a few weeks ago, expressed a desire that all the cottagers in the mining district on his Grace's estate at Ketley, in this county, should he furnished with the best seed potatoes for planting their gardens. Accordingly, upwards of 150 famili,s were supplied to whatever extent was required. From depressed wages and want of work, it i s p ro b a bl e t h at many of these gardens would have remained uncultivated, and others partly planted, or with bad sets, had not his Grace suggested the in quiry and provided the relief.— Shrewsbury Chronicle. TDB TRADE Row IN HUNGARY.—The Augsburgh Gazette states, that on the 9th instant disturbances of a serious nature broke out in the city of Pesth, in Hungary, occasioned by the discontent of the journeymen tailors respecting some differences with the masters of the corporation in the matter of a savings bank. 1,600 of these men refused to work, and marched in a body out of the town. Some cavalry were sent against them, and 40 were brought in as prisoners. Imme diately an attempt at rescue was made by the journeymen and the populace. The town-house, which contains the prison, was attacked, its windows demolished, and the lights in the streets destroyed. The military were obliged to act, and many were wounded on both sides. The next day 3,000 shoemakers had threatened to join the tailors, and much apprehension was entertained for the tranquillity of the town. The herring fishing in Caithness was last week very unsuccessful , but one of the smacks sailed on Tuesday, with 300 barrels for Stettin. " A few contracts," says the John o' Groat Journal, " have been entered into by curers for their early fish, at 20s. per barrel."—lnverness Courier. DuEL.—(From a Correspondent.)—A duel was fought this morning (Friday) between some gentlemen from town, on the Moor, near Farnborough. A gentleman named O—e was brought up by the half-past ten o'clock morning traits of the South Western Railway, who had been wounded in the shoulder by a Mr. S—e. On Friday evening, about nine o'clock, as Mrs. Francis (widow), of 12, Great Cambridge-street, Hackney, was passing the door of Mr. Death, a baker in the same street, she suddenly dropped down at his door in a fit, and having uttered the words " How shall I get home," immediately expired. BATHING EXTRAORDINARY.—At the close of the afternoon's performance at Weymouth, on Saturday last, Mr. Van Amburgh announced his intention of letting the elephant have a bathe opposite Luce's Hotel. The news quickly spread through the town, and some thousands of all classes had the opportunity of witnessing one of the most novel sights ever seen in that bay. The elephant was no sooner on the sands than he at once made for the water, and it was soon apparent that he was enjoying himself in his new situation. It was quite laughable to see so huge a beast rolling about in the most fro licksome manner, and every now and then diving under water ; his activity as a bather was most remarkable for his size, and in amusing himself by throwing the water over his body with his trunk, he created no small degree of merriment to the spec tators. He remained in the sea about three-quarters of an hour, and, when driven out by the keeper, evinced much reluc tance at quitting his refreshing ablutions.-- Wilts Independent. DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—Th e number of unem ployed, and their dependents, in Paisley, as taken upon a new inspection, amounts to 8,050. For some weeks past the unem ployed have been supported with funds entrusted to their charge by Commissioners from London ; but Mr. Twistleton, one of the Commissioners, has intimated that his connexion with the Paisley Relief Committee has now ceased, anti that he has beer, appointed by the Relief Committee in London to organise a new Cenamittee to take charge of the empl o y ment. M r Twistle ttloeninheans.,l n consequence, named a Com m itt ee o f f ourteen gen- Edinburgh Witness. NEW DICTIONARY FOR LAmEs•--Bnite—A do mestic endearment for a humane husband. Wrinkle—The first thing one lady sees on another's face. Horrid, hideous— Terms of admiration elicited by any lovely face except that in the looking-glass. Nice, dear—Expressions of delight applied to anything from a baby to a grenadier. Time—A thing that great grandchild. b eg u n t o ex i s t, only after the birth of a SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE RACES (CoNctunan).—TntritsnaY. The Royal Victoria Whip Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 15 added. The winner to be sold for 150/. Mile heats. Mr. Singleton's Smike, 3 yrs (Lye) 6 6 1 1 Mr. Ramsay's Martyrdom, 4 yrs ........ 1 3 4 2 Captain Potts' Ada, 5 yrs Mr. Hepple's Lady Flo] a, 4 yrs.. ............ Mr. Hutchinson's Sally Rudd, 3 yrs Mr. Bell's Mary O'More, 4 yrs FRIDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate, by Subscriptions of 3 guieleas each, &r. ; second saves his stake ; mile heats (17 subscribers.) Mt. Cooke's Water Lily (half-bred) 3 yrs, 6st Mr. Orde's Queen Bee, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr. Gray's Modesty, aged, a feather Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne, 3 yrs, 7st 3lb Mr. J. Cookson's Dr. Oliver, 6 y rs , B st 81b Won by a length. KNIGHTON RACES —THURSDAY. The Borough Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added for horses, &c. that never won 50/. Mile and quarter heats. Mr. Gough's Fausta, by Dr. Faustus, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb 1 1 11.. Thompson's Sir Harry, 6 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Skerratt's Sidrophel, 4 yrs, Bst 21b.. Mr. Hobbs Bretby Lass, 3 ... yr5, 7st 21b. . .. 3 dr. Won easy. The Radnorshire of 10 sous. each, with 30 added. Two miles. (14 subs.) _ _ Mr. Jones's Henley. 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (J. Jones) 1 Mr. Gough's Aimwell aged, 9st slb Mr. Fox's Mks Kitty Cockle aged, 9st 101 b ..... 3 The following also started, hut were not placed: —Mr. Davies' Merry Lass aged, 9st ; Mr. Langley's Rancour, 4 yrs, Bet 91b ; Mr. Fowler's Sunflower, 4 yrs, Bst 41b, and Mr. Green's Betty Lop, 4 yrs, 7:t 121 b. Won easy. The Steward's Purse, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each 3 and 4 yrs olds. Mile and quarter beats. (4 subs.) Mr. W. Fudge's Jolly Tar, 4 yrs. lOrt. Walked over. THE GOODWOOD CUP. The following weights are corrected up to Friday night : Lanercost, aged, 9st 1 11b Marius, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 13eeswing, aged. 9st 101 b Bangtail gelding, 4 yrs, 7st 81b Charles Twelfth, 6 yrs, 9st 91b Moneda, 6 yrs, 7st 81b Wardan, 5 yrs, 9st 91b Bro. to Plenipotentiary, 6 yrs, Mus, aged, 9st 71b 7st 51b Sleight of Hand, 6 yrs, 9st 21h Ch. g. by St. Nicholas, 6 yrs, Bat 121 b C a n a di an, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Retriever,csaotniSatirist, 4n eye 6 r: 6 , y T 4y s s e , t Albion, 3 yrs, 7 s t 41b s 9, 8 9t 7st 51b St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, Bst I Ilb Meteor, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Galaor, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb lEagledeld, 3 yrs, 7st 41b V- Amburgh, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b !Seals,- an ,urgb, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib Seahorse, 3 yrs, Est 1316 Prince Caradoc, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Ballinkeele, 3 yrs, Est 131 b Bulwark, 6 yrs, Bst 1016 Pharold, 3 yrs. Est 1316 Tubalcain, 6 yrs, Bst 91b Jack, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b Thistle Whipper, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Nautilus, aged, Est 12Ib Mustapha Muley, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Policy, 3 yrs, 6st 71b The Squire, 4 yrs, Bst bib The Golden Rule, 3 yrs, Est Fieschi, aged, Bst 31b 10Ib Middleham, 4 yrs, Bst 31b Belcour, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Zelmyra, 5 yrs, Bst 31b Bro-to Garland, 3 yrs, Est 101 b A rnagill, 4 yrs, Bst, 21b The Oneida Chief,3 yrs,6stlols Muley Hemet, 4 yrs, Bst llb Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs, Est 615 H. by Priam out of Seamew, Fireaway, S yrs, 6st 61b 6 yrs, 7st 12Ib F. out of Adela, 3 yrs, Est 61b Marshal Soult, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Moss Trooper, 3 yrs, 6st 51b Attila, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b Martyr, 3 yrs, Est 31b GOODWOOD, 1842. Acceptances for the Goodwood Stakes—The winner of any class of the Somersetshire, Gloucestershire, or Tradesmen's Cups at Liierpool July M ee ti ng t o carry 511:s, of any two of those stakes 71bs extra :—Hyllut, 6 yrs. lOst 2 1b—Satirist, 4 yrs, 9st 21b—The Squire, 4 yrs, 9st—Van Amburgh, 4 yrs, Bst 41b—The Corsair, 6 yrs, Bst 91bs—Galaor, 4 yrs, Bst 91b— Cruiskeen, aged, Bst 91b—Fiteroy, 5 yrs, Bst 91b—Bellona, aged, Bst 91b—St. Lawrence, 5 yrs. Bst 91b—Alice Hawthorn, Bst 61b—Muley Hamet, 4 yrs Bst 41b—Welfare, 5 yrs , B st 4 1b —Millepede, 4 yrs, B s t 31b —Johnny, 5 yrs, Bst 21 b—Belgrade, 4 yrs, 7st 131b—Bellissimo, aged, 7st 131b—Tubalcain, 6 yrs 7st Mb—Retriever, 6 y r s, 7 s t 111 b ; Zelmy ra , 5 yrs, 7st 91b--'. Feschi, aged, 7st 71b—Arnagill, 4 yrs,7st4lb —Brother to Plenipo, 6 yrs, 7st 41b—Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7 s t 41b — S tudley Royal, 4 yrs,7st 21b—Stork,6 yrs, 7st 11b—Rhodanthe,5 yrs, 7st— Seahorse, 3 yrs, 7st—Helpmate, 6 yrs, Est 131b--Una, 4 yrs, 6st 1 11b—Bosphorus, 6 yrs, Est I llb—Tupsley, 5 yrs, Est 111 b —The Pocket Viper, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Bracelet, aged, Est 91b— Pharold, 3 yrs, Est 91b —c out of dam by Actreon, 4 yrs, Est 91b —Areanus, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Fidhawn, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—The Gol den Rule, 3 yrs, 6st 61b—Brother to Garland, 3 yrs, Est 41b— Vakeel, 3 yrs, bat 41b—Luey Banks, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Daddy Longlegs, 3 yrs, 6st—lole, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb—Eboracurn, 3 yrs, sst 1 lib—Albion, 3 yrs, sst Mb—Sister to Alexandrina, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Proof Print, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Haitoe, 3 yrs, sst 11b— Norma, 3 CHs, sst Ilb—the rest declared. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. THE LivEaroor, TRADES Cur.-9 to 1 agst Heslington, taken-16 to 1 agse Knight of the. Whistle, taken-17 to 1 agst Thirsk, taken-17 to 1 agst Una-18 to 1 agst Welfare-20 to 1 agst Naworth, taken-20 to 1 agst Plaaon-25 to 1 agst Jolly Tar.-25 to 1 agst Black Beat ? taken. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA, VFPLVERHAMPTON, 1842. Handicap for the Woverhampton Stakes of 25 sovs. each.— Hyllus, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b ; The Squire, 4 yrs, Bst 13Ib ; Bel lona, aged, Bst 101 b ; The Cur, 6 yrs, Bst 816 ; Cruiskeen, aged, Bst, 81b ; Great Wonder, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ; Clinker, 6yrs, Bst 31b ; Clarion, 6 yrs, Bst 31b; P. Caradoc, 4 yrs, Bst 31b; The Dean, 6 yrs, Bst; The Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st I,llb ; Magnum Bonum, 4 yrs, 7st 91b ; Ernest the First, 6 yrs, 7st 91b ; Black Beck, 5 yrs, 7st 81b; Naworth, 5 yrs, 7st. 81b ; Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 81b; All Fours, 6 yrs, 7st 81b; Tubalcain, 6 yrs, 7st 81b; Marshal Soult, 4 yrs, 7st 81b ; Chantilly, 6 yrs, 7st 81b; Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 61b; Mus tapha Al uley, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ; Hautboy, 5 yrs, 7st slb ; Flash, 5 yrs, 7st 41b ; Heslington, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; Impolicy, 5 yrs, ist ; Esperenzo, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ; Camp Follower, 4 yrs, Est 12Ib ; Thirsk, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ; Una, 4 yrs, Est I llb ; Fireaway, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ; Seahorse, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ; Sunflower, 4 yrs fist 91b ; Bounceaway, 4 yrs, 6st 71b; Canary, 3 yrs, 6st 71b; Viola, 4 yrs, Est 71b, ch c by Cain out of Miss Chester, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ; Sir Harry, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ; Marian, 3 yrs, Est 51b ; Arethusa, 3 yrs, sst 51b ; Norma, 3 yrs, sst 51b ; Sister to Alexandrina, 3 yrs, sst 51b ; to declare on the Ist of July. Scott, on M )nday, and I thought it would he singular, if, out of so many, one could not be found good enough to win : he wins, however, in spite of himself, for I do not hear that the winner was backed for a five pound note. Cabrera did not appear ; the stake was not good enough for him. The Bibury meeting appears to have fallen off terribly ; even with bringing forward the Stewards' handicaps they could not obtain a good day's sport. Mr. Thornton's action versus the Jockey Club, comes on next week, and several gentlemen hare been sub pcenaed as witnesses. Fifty horses have accepted for the Goodwood Stakes, but I must speak of this on Monday. JUDEX. June 25. UVENILE DEPRAVITY. The Court of Assizes for the Aube, held at Troyes, on the 15th inst., was occupied with a case displ a yi ng an extraordinary instance of early malignity and de. gravity. A woman, named Devigne, though unmar ried, had several children, with whom she lived for many years in the commune of Clerey, almost entirely Theophile, alms collected by mendicity. O ne o f h er sons , Theophile, a boy not ten years of age, was remarkable for: his cunning and perverse disposition. In the same neighbourhood resided a poor but honest family, named Largeot, whose eldest son, only six years old, became the object of the evil spirit of Theophile De vigne, purely on account of his mild and affectionate character, which made him the pet of all around. Theophile was constantly playing this child some mischievous trick, and, at the end of April last, cut and spoilt his boots. Being reproved for this by Lar geot, the father, the young Devigne treated him with great insolence, and threatened him to do worse. In the morning of May 1, the little Largeot, being suf fered by his pare n t s t o go ou t, un d er an injunction not to wander far from the door, disappeared, and though sought for throughout the day, could nowhere be found. Fearing, from the threats of the young Devigne, that the child had been in some way de stro red, Largeot went to the Mayor of Clerey, and informed him what had passed, expressing his fears that his child had been thrown into the river and drowned. The Mayor went to the cottage of the Devignes, and questioned Theophile on the subject. The boy, en couraged by his mother, though she was unac quainted with the truth, protested that he knew no thing of the matter. The next morning the Mayor went again, and leading Theophile by the hand to wards the river, at length extracted from him a con fession that, having a grudge against the child Lar geot, and finding him on the bank of the river, he gave him a blow, and then pushed him into the water at a spot he pointed out, where it was ten feet deep, and the current very strong. The poor child came once to the surface, gave a scream, then sank, and never more appeared. The scream was heard by two per sons, who, however, as it was not repeated, could not distinguish whence it came, and therefore could ren der no assistance. The body was not found till eleven days afterwards ; it was in a state of decomposition, but medical men were able to declare that there were no marks of violence about it. The young murderer afterwards retracted his declaration, persisting that his victim fell into the water by accident; but the Mayor had previously taken the precaution of making him repeat it in the hearing of a third person. When brought into Court, the first feeling in the minds of all present was pity at seeing one so infantine, so in teresting from his voice and fair hair and countenance, in such a lamentable position ; but this was soon after wards turned into horror by the hardihood, astuteness, and falsehood the juvenile criminal displayed. After the indictment was read, the prisoner was interro gated. He denied having expressed any animosity against little Largeot, or that he was the cause of his death, persisting audaciously that he had never made any such confession, and declaring that the deceased fell accidentally into the water from his foot slipping, from a slight slap he, the prisoner, gave him for call ing him names. On being asked whether, about two hours after the act, he had made faces at, and other wise insulted Largeot the father, as that person had deposed, he replied that he did not recollect having met the old fellow. To a question, how he could pos sibly sing as he did when the gendarmes went to arrest him, he replied, " Ma foil I sang because that caused me no pain ; my mother cried, and, as I did not want to cry, I began singing." He further de clared that he felt no repentance till then, and then only because he did not like to remain in prison. At length, after being pressed with questions, to which he replied only with so many various falsehoods, he concluded by admitting that he did push the little Largeot into the water, but with no intention of drowning him. The evidence was then gone into, which fully proved the whole of the facts as above detailed. Theophile Devigne was defended by coun sel, who relied principally on his being under the age of discernment. The public prosecutor maintained that the prisoner's whole conduct showed that he was fully aware of the consequences of all his actions ; but the jury, although they,declared him guilty of homi cide, found that he had acted without discernment. Upon this verdict, the Court pronounced his acquittal, but ordered him to be confined in a house of correc tion until he shall have completed his eighteenth year. THE SURVIVORS OF THE LATE CAUBUL FORCE. The following letter has been received, ad dressed to a Contemporary : Sir,--I take the liberty to address you on the subject of the sufferers consequent upon the late disastrous retreat of our troops from Caubul, and to beg of you to .advocate the cause of the widows, orphans, and other sufferers. Out of a force of about 5,000 men, but few have escaped, and out of 3,000 or 4,000 camp followers forty or fifty, perhaps, have been saved. Of the European officers eighty-one have been killed or are mis sing, fifty-three of these of the Hon. East India Company's army. About twenty officers are hostages or prisoners. There were about four teen or fifteen officers' wives, besides soldiers' wives and children, detained as prisoners. Many of the ladies were left without a change of dress. As to the number of those in captivity who may survive, time alone will show. It is probable that the cold destroyed as many as the sword; and thus, it is to be feared, that many of the sur vivors may be rendered helpless for life! Com mittees have been formed at various stations (the principal one at Kurnaul, under the auspices of the Commander-in-Chief), for the purpose of raising subscriptions to relieve the urgent dis`- tress of those who have lost their husbands and parents, as well as of those who have lost their all. Though there are military funds which will provide for the cases of widows and children in the Company's service, still the calamity will cause a severe drain on their resources. In the case of unmarried officers, there is no fund from which to assist those who survive. Of those in her Majesty's service, the established fund is very inadequate. Of the European soldiers few will probably survive. Pensions are granted by Government to the widows and next of kin of those killed in action. With regard to the camp followers and native servants, perhaps amount ing to 4,000 or 5,000, there is no public provision. It is a great object to insure relief to people of this class, for they are necessary in all armies, and they will not serve at the risk of life, and the consequent destitution of their families. Of the corps now marching into Affgbanistan, many officers have been left without servants, and un less they would promise a pecuniary compensa tion in case of their death, masters could not pro cure any to accompany them, and the poor subal tern could cm afford to make.any such promise. India may, with reason, hope on such an oc casion to call forth the sympathies of the cha ritable people' of Great Britain and Ireland, for in 1709 the servants of the East India Company, as well as the public of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, subscribed nearly 200,000/. to support the war against. France, and in 1816, subscribed largely for the relief of the sufferers of Waterloo, and on many other occasions. In the united kingdoms are many of the rela tives and connexions of those in the civil, her Majesty's, and lion. East India Company's ser vices. There are many on furlough, and on the retired list, residing at home or abroad. To all these an appeal should be made through the me dium of the clubs in London, Dublin, Edin burgh, &c., as well'as in the country, and to the proprietors of Eakt India stock, and the bishops and clergy might appropriately appeal to their flocks. It may be necessary to extend the funds to be raised towards purchasing the ransom of the ladies and officers; so that the sympathies of the fair sex may be well evinced in aiding to re lease their sisters confined in a foreign and hos tile land. The nation paid 20,000,0001. to relieve the African slaves, and shall British subjects not be relieved at some cost? I hope the subscription in England, &c., will be general. The smallest mite will be accept able, and in proportion as the feeling shall be generally felt and expressed in favour of the unfortunate objects presented .to the public notice, the more gratifying will be the sympathy and aid tendered on their behalf. It is a national calamity which deeply admits of national sym pathy, whether the appeal be . to the Tory or to the Whig, to those against, or in fa vour o f - t h e expedition which, in its results, has proved so disastrous. It is like the case of the offspring soliciting aid from its mother—the exiles from Great Britain, asking the 4)enevolent assistance, in the time of deep distress, from the mother country.—l am, Sir, &c. Calcutta, April 16. W. HOUGH, Major. IL- ABE R r, THE CHARTIST. —The remains of Samuel Holberry, one of the Chartist leaders, who died on Tuesday last in York Castle, whilst undergoing his four years' imprison ment for riot and conspiracy, placed in a coffin, covered with black cloth, were conveyed in a cart, yesterday morning, through this town, on their route to Sheffield, for interment n) that town. —Dwain** Gant*. ----- POOR-LAW OF ANCIENT ROME. Bread and the spectacle of the gladiators (paneni et circenses) the population of Rome demanded of their Emperor. It was what the best omitted not to grant, and what the severest durst not refuse. The distri bution of free bread, of corn gratis to the people, was restricted at first by Augustus, but rose again even in his time ; so that such a distribution took place to two hundred thousand persons. Tiberius, who, by the abolition of the Comitia, blotted out the last semblance of the people's political in fluence—Tiberius, who sternly refused in the Senate to continue the benificence of Augustus towards a representative of the noble llortensian family, sunk with many children in the extreme of destitution, saying, " If every sort of beggar were to come here and ask for money for his children's sake, it were impossible that each should be satisfied, but the State would be sacrificed'—Tiberius, whose tyranny other wise defied everything, durst not defy the indignation of the people in the theatres on the occasion of an omitted distribution of corn. He gave mare than Augustus. A ticket of tin entitled the bearer to his portion at these distributions. Such tickets were given out first for a month, then for a quarter, afterwards for life, finally, they went by will for inheritance. This was Rome's relief of the poor. Moreover, all Rome enjoyed the benefit of.a reduced price of corn, the deficit was covered by the State Treasury. Trajan instituted separate free bread for five thousand children, and caused their names to be en graven on p l ates of copper. Encouraged by him, such institutions sprung up in many Italian cities ; his friend, the younger •Pliny, founded one himself, at his own expense. Ha Irian and the Antonines increased the number of these institutions for relief. Antonius Pius revived an establishment of Augustus for discounting ; whence the poor were allowed to borrow at the rate of four per cent. A later Emperor founded an es tablishment for the purchase of shares in property for the poor, and the loans to be gradually paid off. emn rnodus, son of the virtuous Marcus Aurelius, so un like his father, instituted a great corn warehouse in Rome, to provide against the scarcity which some times arose when the Egyptian corn-fleet failed to ar rive. Septimus Severs extended this warehousing to many years' advance, according to Rome's esti mated yea r ly want • and from this es ti ma te one is led nto conclud e th at the distributions which w-ere ad, gratis am oun t e d t o 6 00,000 persons ,. though a goo. d deal of corn distributed as wa ges seemed to be here in - I claded..—,Translation of Geiber's Poor-law. CRICKET MATCHES MARYLEIONE CLUB, V. THE COUNTY OF SUBSEX.—This great Annual Match, one of the most important of the season, and which always excites great speculative interest among the Clubs, and the sporting world generally, will be commenced on Monday, in the enclosure of Lord's Cricket Ground, and from the known superiority of the players will, in all probability, occupy the two following days. In this match it is arranged that eight gentlemen of the Marylebone Club, with three players of their ground, shall contend with four ama teurs of the County of Sussex and seven professionals. The betting is in favour of the Sussex eleven, 5 to 4 being freely laid on them. The odds are eagerly taken, and bets varying in amount from Ave pounds to as many hundreds will consequently change hands. The following is a list of the players : DIA RYLEBONE CLUB. Sir Fred. Bathurst Mr. T. A. Anson E. Bayley R. Garth R. W. Keate R. Kynaston R. Nicholson F. rhackeray PLAYERS. Bailey Barker COUNTY OF SUSSEX. Mr. C. Barton G. L. Langdon E. Napper C. Taylor PLATERS. Box Dean Hawkins Hodson Lillywhite Millyard Picknell MiRTLERONE CLOD V. TEE NEWPORT PILGRIM CLUB...-This match, played at Lord's, was concluded on Thursday evening, the Marylebone eleven winning with three wickets to go down. Some very fine play was exhibited on both aides. Dean and Good, two players of the Marylebone ground (Lord's), displayed come very superior bowling, and the batting of the latter, and Mr. R. Kynaston was universally admired. In the first innings of the Newport Pagnel pritlernen, Dean lowered no less than eight of these wickets, and in the second innings he bowled out five. liillyer and Bayley, who played on the Newport Pagnel side, also did great execution by their bowling, the style of which is first rate. The Newport Pagnel eleven had the advantage of four professionals (Bayley, Hillyer, Sewell and Boucher), while their adversaries availed themselves of the services of only Deau and Good. The following is a copy of the score :—. NEWPORT PAGNEL.—First Innings.—Bayley (b by Dean) I; Hillyer, (b by Good) 13 ; Mr, Popham (b by Dean) 6; Sewell (b by Dean) 0 ; Lord C. Russell (b by Dean) 8 ; Mr. F. Thackeray (b by Good) 4 ; Mr. Moore (b by Dean) 2 ; Mr. Sergeant (b by Dean) 0; Mr. Tindall (b by Dean) 0 ; Mr. Knapp (b by Dean; 5 ; Bacchus (not out) 6. Byes, 8; Wide Balls, 0 ; No Balls, o. —Total, 53. Second Innings.—Bayley (b by Dean) 0 ; Hillyer (b by Good) 1 ; Mr. Popham (b by Dean) 7 ; Sewell (b by Dean) 7 ; Lord :C. Russell (c by Good) 0) Mr. F. Thackeray (c by Good) 10 ; Mr. Moore (c by Mr. Bagge) 2; Mr. Sargeant (b by Deane) 0 ; Mr. Tindal (b by Dean) 12; Mr. Knapp (c by Mr. Bayley) 15; Bacchus iron out) s —Total, 64. MARYLEDONE CLlA.—Firat Innings.—Good (hit wicket) 4; Dean (run out) 5; Mr. Keat (b by Hillyer) 7; Mr. E. Bayley (c by Mr. Tindal) 4 ; Mr. It. Kynaston (c by Hillyer) 5 ; Mr. San. ders (b by Mr. Hillyer) 0; the Hon. F. Grimstone (b by Mr. HR. lyer) 1 ; Mr. Bagge (run out) 8; Mr. Maitland (b by Bayley) 0 ; Mr. F. Noyes (not out) 0 ; Mr. Gore (c by Bayley) 3. Byes 0, Wide Balls 0, No Balls o—Total 37. Second Innings Good (not out) 25; Dean (c .by Mr. Sergeant 2 Mr. Keate (b by Hillyer) 0 ; Mr. E. Bayley (b by Bayley) 0 ; Mr. It. Kynaston (b by Hillyer) 32 ; Mr. Sanders (b by Bayley) 0; The Hon. F. G,imstone (b by Bayley) 4 ; Mr. Bagge (c by Bayley) ; Mr. Maitland; Mr. F. Moyes (not out) 6 ; Mr. Gore. Byes, 3; Wide Balls, I ; No Balls, o. —Total, 81. SPORTING. I had intended this day to have given you a complete list of the defaulters on the late Derby, with every parti cular relative to their proceedings. My better nature prevails, and for the present I spare the culprits. Since I last wrote on this subject one heavy account has been settled at the rate of eight shillings in the pound —an un • derstanding being given, however, that should the rash youth, whose youth alone is his miserable apol ogy , ever have the means, he is responsible for the residu e . U n d er goes, that atrocious, the circumstances, perhaps the friends of this hero have done all that could be expected. I have also heard, but I can scarce believe the report, that Mr. Beales, 7 between may have the Derby and the settling day, sent for a friend, and offered to put down five thousand pounds, if his creditors e ac i c N u rh st e o n m e d to would agree to wait and allow him to enter theyoyuarhdalit if i t s i t t ers frienda' l's and thoughtset tletheliis a e c a c s o oe u ff n e sotn.shi vo T ep h eel e reist s s.h t , o es r to y: that he refused the summons. How gladly do I catch at the persuasion that such may have been the case, and how gladly should I retract every k czn u e l e l te a d m w a i u tli so t i l u fe e 1 3„ - ia e m ar e s, o u f u t d his he m eo a m n. re gard him as an honourable member 'of the society i n ts hich he moves, there is something very terrible at the first discovery of your friend's disgrace ; you would f a i n believe it impossible. Once, then, before ,it is too late, do I call upon you, Mr. Beales, to meet your liabilities like a man ; you have won money upon the turf, are in easy circumstances, and, for the credit of your family, the honour of your name, do pray come forward, meet your creditors, and, if you pay only half-a-crow n in the pound, it will be sufficient to prove that it never was your intention deliberately to deceive alike friend and foe, to inv,.lve your commissioner, to receive if you won, to levant it' you lost ; prove that this was not the case, and your creditors will still meet you fairly, I w ill vouch for it. One desperate case I shall never notice ; any notice would be vain. I should as soon think of men tioning the outrageous c ase that occurred last year wh en Coronation wan—which would have been avoided alto gether, by the by, had Gibraltar won the St. Leger. Since writing the above, I observe that three more names are added by your reporter to his previous li s t. I am opinion that of e if any, man's y, alilst case,otild as some be menti one d , and all i e s will prove " more hope less"of the particulars the ill unsettled whi c h, I f ear , accounts a than the selection advertised. There has been plenty of racing at Newcastle, where, to make up for his bad luck at Ascot, Scott has been carryinc , all before him. I alluded to the number of horses left in the Northumberland;Plato, trained by John NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 25.—The Lady Mary Wood ar rived at Southampton, last might, from Lisbon. The Albatross, 16, Commander R. Yorke, is to proceed to the North American and West India station. She will sail for Bermuda direct. Lieut. Crozier, who is appointed to command the Sydenham steam vessel, on the Lakes of Canada, and the crew of that vessel, which he is entering here, will take passage in the Albatross to Bermuda. She will proceed the second week in July, The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, and the Talbot, 26, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson, Ba r t., are ordered to this port, from Chatham. The former ship is destined for China. She will take out Gen. Sir W. Gomm to the Mauritius. The Satellite, 18, Commander Gambier, is under orders for the Pacific. She will proceed about the 3d or 4th of July. A party of Marines are ordered to embark in her, from this division, for Rear-Admiral Thomas's flarr-ship. The Avon steam-vessel, Lieutenant Byng, is com missioned for the Jamaica station. The Prince Regent, transport, is ordered here to take recruits and stores to Canada. The Black Eagle, steam-vessel, proceeded from Wool wich, on Thursday, to convey Count Mensdorf and family to Ostend. The Alban, steam-vessel, having embarked sappers and miners, for Gibraltar, left Woolwich, on Thursday, for this port, with chronometers, on her way. The Geyser, steam frigate, Commander Carpenter, will leave Woolwich in a few days. The Columbia, Avon, and Dee, steamers, are fitting for sea at Wo o l w i c h, an d are nearly manned., The Star, Lieutenant Thomas Creser, was paid off into ordinary, at Plymouth, on Tuesday. The Wanderer, yacht, B. Boyd, Esq., arrived at the r Cape of Good Hope, on the 6th of April last, from Rio Janeiro. It appears that the Vesuvius steam frigate, Com mander Ommanney, • which arrived at Marseilles on Monday last, brought only an Indian despatch for the Government. We learn by the Sud that she brought neither papers or letters for any private person, either from Bombay, Alexandria, er Malta. An order has issued from the Admiralty for a captain from each of the four divisions of Royal Marines to re pair on board the Excellent, for the purpose of qualifying themselves to give instructions in gunnery pra c ti ce t o their respecti ve divisions. The Orestes and Seringapatam; East Indiamen, ar rived yesterday from the River. The St. James, Capt. Sebor, sailed on Wednesday, for New York, full of passengers. The Marquis of Hastings, convict ship, arrived yester day from the Downs, t o t a k e on board prisoners for Van Dieman's Land, from the hulks. The Christopher Ransom, freight-ship, sailed on Wed nesday, for China, with provisions fur the fleet and land forces. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Pique, Satellite, Albatross, Sylvia, and Echo (steamer). At Spithead—Adventure (naval transport), Marquis of Hastings (convict ship), Se r ingapatam and Orestes (East Indiamen). PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS. — Lieutenant--James A. Stevens (Su perintendent of the Packet Service, at Weymouth) to the rank of Commander. Master's Assistant—Wm. Bryant, of Black Eagle, to be Second Master, in charge of the Monkey. Mates—Charles John Brickdale, of the Excellent (for passinw b the best half-yearly exam i na ti on at t h e R oyal Naval College), and J. Dunbar, to the rank of Lieu tenant. APPOINTMENTS.—Commander—R. H. Fleming (1816) to Packet Service, Weymouth. Lieutenants—W. P. Crozier, to command the Syden• ham steam-vessel on the Lakes of Canada t • Wm. Mott ley, to th e Th un d er ; R . A . E. Scott, to the Dublin ; H. W. Hire (additional), to the Queen ; H. Davis, to the Satellite:; D. M'Kenzie, to the Dublin. Second Masters—John James Brown, to the Philomel ; D. Roberts (Acting) to the Victory, for service of the Dasher ; G. B. F. Swaine, to the Avon. Master's Assistant—G. Brookman, to the Black Eagle. Surgeons—H. F. Osman, M.D., to the Wolf ; Samuel Donnelly, to the Phoenix. Assistant Surgeons—John Henderson, to the Alban ; J. Mitchell, from the Albatross to the Sydenham • R. Cullen, to the Albatro ss ; J ames P eters, l ate of P luto, to the Dee ; Mr. Lowery, to the Avon. Chaplain—Rev. J. Marshall, to the Pique. Mates—E. K. E. Wright, to the /Etna ;H. Parsons. to the Thalia ; A. Luckraft, to the Excellent. .Midshipmen —F. R. Hawkins, E. W. Bridge, F. J. Partridge, Hon. H. Morton, and H. G. H. Mildmay, to the Pique ; Maxwell Fox, of the Columbia, to the Ph ilornel. Volunteers Ist Class—John Burgess, J. Mitchell, and Fairhohn, to the Pique. Clerks—A. Wood, and J. H. Jewell (additional), to the Pique. Naval Instructor—G. Foster, to the Pique. First Class Engineer—W. Shaw, to the Sydenham. Second ditto- - Ralph King, to the Sydenham. Third ditto—Thomas Davis, to the Sydenham. Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Adjutant G. Logan, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Robert Gordon, retired on full pay ; First Lieutenant John Wade, to be Adjutant, vice Logan, promoted ; Second Lieutenant G. G. Alexander, to be First Lieutenant, vice Wade, ap pointed Adjutant. At the examination of Marine Cadets at the Naval College, Messrs. J. W. Williams, H. S. Buck, T. P. Cooke, and L. S. Reeves, were declared qualified for Commissions in the Corps ; Mr. A. Salkeld has passed for Naval Instructor ; and Mr. F. B. Quin, for Lieute nant. RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN SCOTLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu, --Having had o ccas i on t o d o d uty l ast Sabbath for a brother clergyman, about twenty miles west from Edinburgh, I took the benefit of the railway con veyance on the Saturday evening previous. Being obliged to be in town again on Sabbath night I re turned by the same mode of conveyance. I deter mined to ascertain if really there was so much Sab bath desecration as had been represented would re suit from the establishment of a morning and evening train between this city and Glasgow. As to anything like Sabbath desecration, I saw no approach to it ; I saw no fighting, I heard no swearing ; I did not see a disorderly or intemperate person on the train, or standing at any of the different stations we passed. The greatest possible . decorum and strict moral propriety was observed by every passenger, and all seemed to be deeply impressed that it was the Lord's Day. The number of passengers might exceed a hun dred. All were well-dressed, respectable, and sedate-looking people ; several had Bibles, and, no doubt, had left Edinburgh by the morning train, spent an hour or two with their country friends, attended divine worship, and returned home in the evening. At Falkirk, Linlithgow, Ratho, and the other inter vening stations, there was no bustle, no pushing and pressing to obtain admission into the different classes of carriages —all was done decently and in order. The servants of the Company are, seemingly, quiet, sober, and obliging people, and appear anxious to con sult the convenience and comfort of the passengers. Had any unseemly conduct, or anything like a for getfulness of the Sabbath been manifested, I have no doubt it would at once have been checked by the re spectable persons who have oversight of the different stations. There was, however, no occasion to h av i ng recourse to such measures. The people seemed to be governed by Christian principle, and to remember that it was the Sabbath Day. Trusting you will give the above outline of facts a place on Monday in your widely-circulated and liberal Paper, I am, Sir, you r o b e di en t S ervant, Edinburgh, June 15. A CLERGYMAN. ti 1441 7 - .77;717:-- 11 17. 4., • , 4, - 4, --0- THE LAST OF THE iIRANIA,ISKT_ tw. , "."--- ~..,, DRINKERS. ' • , ‘`v-5 , 1..`,:: --; . ' . - f las't of the - long ,rice .'of. Well: there is no mistake' about the matter, ' attic ~ really believe that I ant the brandy-drinker s . There were plenty OCIP-Nvik'en''T ‘. began, and of all these not o ne is now left. Te viper ance took off the gr e at e r p ar t ; a n d bad spirits this ine d those who remained : there were ',some who died young, and yet not ' regretting life ; whilst ,others were old men when the call came, and yet went grudgingly, as though they had not had tro able enough. lam the only one left, and this bottle t 'hat I hold in my hand contains the last drop of distill ed spirits that the world now contains. When I haN 'e consumed it, as I shortly shall, and with it yielded m)r last breath, there will be no more brandy in the world . and no more brandy-drinkers ! Well : I have lived seventy years, and I have seen strange changes. It is now 1890, and I was born in 1820. I recollect Father Mathew, and I can re-- member when it was considered no sin for a man to warm his heart with the generous juice of the grape, or to give fresh energy to his drooping faculties by the aid of a little plesant inspiring drink. The world was not a bad world then, although it was always the fashi on t o a b use it. There were kind hearted geod souls in it, and there' was a warmth and friendship which would offer a strong con trast to the chilly coldness of these modern times. Men drank good stout ale' then, and were not afraid of it. They k e pt it as a friend in their cellars, and watched over it jealously, yet not in a niggardly spirit. If they had friends they shared it liberally with them, and . never dreamt of having committed a crime. They made songs, 'and they drank to them ; they kept their high days and holi days, and instead of setting themselves apart from the poor, they .mad e . th e l a b ourers co me an d b e h appy with them. They had sheep-shearing and harvest home, and a hundred other pleasant festivities, where the ale-keg was broached, and the heart of man was made happy. They may call those times bad, but I never saw better. Temperance has changed all this, and I am old enough to recollect when the attack was first made. They who commenced it were kind-hearted men, and there was much need of their services. Great miseries (brought about by political causes) were weighing upon the people, who had grown too poor to brew their own malt and hops, as they used to do, and so had been driven to drink villanous compounds called gin and whisky,.and were fast sacri , ficing their bodies and souls together. This scene fright ened a great many good people, who, without troubling themselves about the causes, looked only to the effect, and declared a deadly war againsi.alcohol, as they now called this new enemy. For a season'tkey battled man fully and with proper zeal againt Mister 211cohol, who was certainly doing an immense deal of misc.:jet; and whom at length they pretty well managed to put down. Moderation at first was the cry, and I, who was them a young man, became a member of a Temperance So ciety ; but by and by they wanted me to take a vow to abstain from all spirituous drinks whatever, even small-beer, and then I took my leave of them, and joined the Old P a ddi ngton B randy Clu b (limited to two glasses per diem), of which I am, as I said, the only surviving membr, holding the last bequeathed drop of the generous liquor whose extinction . has been so fatally pronounced. The me, then, of brandy-drinkers is at an end, and not a drop of alcoholic drink of strength suffi cient to intoxicate a spider is to be found upon earth, with the exception of the small wasting quantity I hold in my hand. The whole world is a world of water-drinkers, and man contends with the horse and the sheep for a taste of that crystal stream whose in sipidity he professes to admire. The result might have been expected. As the mind is influenced by the body, and this latter is acted upon by whatever is received into it, it has followed as a necessary conse quence that man has become as insipid as his drink, and his life as monotonous as the dull never-varying stream from whence his potations are drawn. A cold, selfish, artificial ,set of beings have taken the place of the old inhabitants—men who rarely smile, who love not music, who banish .. the dance, and whose grand test of virtue is thrust into the narrow limits that they prescribe for Temperance. Instead of the good old English songs about " Sir 'Barley-corn," there is nothing heard but wishy-washy compositions made over tea-tables by a parcel of gos sipping old men and women, who have not the souls to put together two staves decently. All our poets too have been tumbled off the shelves, because they were not 'Temperance men. Shakspere went first, for they could not abide the idea of patronizing a man who is constantly exclaiming in favour of wine ; and one by one a ll the dramatists followed ; old Deckar, Martson, Beaum on t an d Fl e t c h er , M ess i nger , Rowe, down even to . poor Sheridan Knowles and Lytton Bulwer. The ancients also were not spared. Anacreon among the Greeks, and Horace with the Romans, were voted abominations, and latterly the comic writers have been going out of fashion. This being the case, of course the novelists could not stand: One by one they have been proscribed, and now it is considered as great. an . abomination to have a work of Sir Walter Scott in one's library, as . it would have been in my time to be seen reading A 0 Tom Paine's " Age of Reason," or " Voltaire's " Die- , „/ tionaire Philosophique." ,,, ba4 But, begides this effect upon the genius and grow- ;inanir ing talent of the country, another, still more to be 41_ at deplored, has been produced on the minds and disposi-. icPtlin tions of men. There is much less -generosity and '% l f l"' warmth of heart than there used to be, for as-men 'Ili", have made Temperance the grand saving virtue! they . 'l° l ' 4 2 seem to have lost sight of a host of other kind feelings '''' - '''. -- I,': which it used to be the fashion to cultivate. The sympathies have been moulded into a set of stiff . automata, which only move in a certain set direction, and have no natural spring of their own. There is no longer any spontaneous charity; and as to scandal and malevolence, it seems to me that they never were so rife in the world. Selfishness is now the leading feature of the age, and the world has become so cold and - chilly that I really long to finish my glass and be out of it. . sue ., A.~. What vexes me also, is to see the old Saxon Nor man stock deteriorating physically, for since men and women have given over drinking ale, they certainly have not such large families, nor yet such fine chil dren. Why this is I cannot say, but I speak of it as a fact. John Bull was always noted for being a strong-backed, broad-chested, long-armed, straight legged, full-calved, bull-headed, handsome-looking fellow, and he could always lick every other nation in the world when he had his belly well lined with good beef and beer; but John never liked fighting without his pint o f a l e p er di em , or a good glass of rum, and I set it down to his not having these that we have been recently whopped by those miserable beggars the —'s and —'s. But I must now conclude this paper, for I feel that I am growing weaker, and the last drop of brandy is nearly gone. I suppose the Temperance people will make a great bobbery over my grave, for I know they have been looking after me for, a long time. I care very little for them however. My liver is sound, in spite of all they may say, and I weigh sixteen stone, which is more by many pounds than the best of the water-drinkers can come up to. What I re gret is, that there should be so little, social feeling left in the world, and so very few even empty beer barrels. Brandy there is none—for here goes the last drop !—Montreal Morning Courier. ENDELSSOIIN.--It 19 reported of Handel, that straying into a church where there was a fine organ, he asked permission to play the concluding voluntary; but the organist finding his congregation still in their seats after Handel had r been some time playing, desired him to exchange seats fur he saw Handel was not equal to the task of playing the people out. A few chords from the other accomplished that which Handel was unable to do. As it was with Handel so was it with Mendelssohn on Sunday se'nnight at St. Peter's, Cornhill. The concluding Doxology, sung by the children, was the well known air of " God preserve the Emperor," by Haydn. This Mendelssohn took for his theme, and after playing for half an hour, relying altogether upon the internal resources of the art, and not upon any change of trumpets into fetes, or flutes into oboes, still the congregation were immovable, and the beadle had to go round the church and announce that service was over. It is singular that all the greatest composers were also distinguished organ performers. Mozart and Beethoven were each prodigious on the organ, whilst Weber and Sphor, who may be said to have refined upon known materials rather than made new creations, were each wholly ignorant of the powers , and harmonies peculiar to this king of instruments. The Correctional Tribunal Was engaged on Wed nesday with the trial of eight men, belonging-to the printing office of Messrs. Lacrampe and Co., for an unlawful combina tion to enforce a rise of wages, It appeared thaethey held se - gular meetings at a wine-shop, and carried their measures 1 y formal votes, after debates between the cote gauche and the iti droll. They were convicted chiefly on the evidence of a coin - positor, who refused to comply with their resolutions, and w 1 o was consequently excluded by the verdict of this body from working in any office. Three were sentenced to imprisonme for a fortnight, two for a week, two for three days, and one w s ; acquitted. A WALK Timorcir A TELESCOPE!—This morning very extraordinary man received us with and the Bishop of Wer - my dear father carried me to Dr. Herschel. a I. T os h t a ,, t p g e r n ea a t rm an s. Mr. Smelt joined us by appointment, Gave is done its c r h e a u t revised, and corrected so many works : among them the last introduced.oester eam e li e i aft er wards, s the famo us u D s r ed. ieditor who Douglas, ho thoaswhom published,t o•as the a n and y so t u h n e d in t v o ita y t o io u n r of . D . Herschel, I other strange ; it nli and it held me quite Upright, and n y w o o a y w s a t g t h o e r o o r k o u u g a n h walk a i t l h s k e which orl d telescope. i d en a ce be ; bell-hoop, been dressed in ference. Mr. Smelt led the way, walking also upright, and my without the le . as f t n in th c e o r n s ve a n n m. father followed. After we . were . gone, the Bishop and Dr. Douglas were tempted, for its oddity, to make the same pro u firera g i en, onene near r o N f '' a t u b c e o u subterraneanl eu rs, i n the t excava tions,eus e pro m, nade.—Diary and L et t e rs of 11.1adu»te Arblay. A fen- days since a number of Inen, employed in by the smoke of which eight o f t h em were suffocated. t o ed f A a ia i d m i g p g r i u n ( g i e n the t y e a l i n g a h l A clergyman, who addresses. the Editor of the. Church Intelligencer, thus describes the state of the parish of which he has the spiritual supervision :—" My duties are here so onerous, that I have been able to overstep the boundaries of my parish but four times since October last. Here are seven meeting-house s , n i neteen preaching shops, one hundred and - , seven fellow; who put on a black coat and a white tie, and call themselves preachers, prayer andabundance, and class leade n and only me clergyman for WS souls." • 1.0.0. 0 aence ppear 42• fever ter to so