The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-28 00:00:00

CITE STAND MEASURES' ISSIONERS. following n i ne sc ientbie )homerßoyal; Frsocit ivies Gilbert, Sir Jot* ,übbock ; Rev. George Dinted by letter of t 1 th May,,1838, upon tbe [Measure in the burn. e into con s ideration tho same, having brought rd in the above Report, s regards the alterations adoption. AND WEIGHT. express themselves :ion of the sfindard I 5 of Act 5, Geo. IV.? rations and experimePta, ie length of the yartu:o eight reztored, are 1 o!3' m easures of lengt h Astronomical Society's he Board of OrchutP O4 , in always be preeisel mportant clauses :-- he standards of lengto .li amen t a ry copies, Oa a.ndards be made: 00 l up in a case , and, io milding, and n t to he o Parliament : that he with the other 'thO d an nce in ten yea rs: nselves be preserved tila, :eepers, and precautio! 'elusive evidence it sr iost useless, evenly tb! T we i g ht is conu eo li the British p0Pu i11 ..,,,1 the avoirdupois pou— e immediate s teps f u 6r , depository, the vatiii, used in extensive pu,u. ' , well as many u sed is of these are Igl if ,„ h t he Government nil-. he construction ('f tit; ited to a Committee esty, subject to or t V P specified— d amentary Stanilar ia there appearing n e re grains be constru ir ertell4: try standard of iSPA the distinotive be retained unalte red. STANDARW• ap d to the advantage lecirnal system of 1 0 'hich can be effecno all classes so e q u iry inconveniences so away. This chaugespd ?reign (or pound) l i e d ) shillings (to be isidering the f ata l , of the pound, a ' t of establishing a cO. and, and of circa lant nal coinage, other ee'; them, including ' g and sixpence. Itt ircumstance hate luctiun of the decT {t it respects in which , lecimal coinage. 'bs thought better t° &c. ng with this Objeetio £3O of which nasil;oo of a measure of 1 , 0 , subdivision of the the use of the deet, f the decimal scale; [nal subdivision of .0i ice of engineer oi in of marks at iublic roads, railvilr. WEIGHT. of e purpose of renio etween the two ta' rro modes of estiniat2 ition of the trolP c , u o o. ng tables, and In 'OO, hese changes, receo., and print for th. edition of the m introduced , cle 1 lbs., 28 N., OIL", and weights of l 0 fed 00 lbs., be substitu',,, a many accounts to . j ,ts, it is acknovaege4 but would be a ben e9 ich appear a , adcliris9 _ A ea' Exchequer st Ye' anarv... done every ten spected at the preseo. neglect. 2. T hat xds, soft yellow bass' stamping d the 'luny fixed by a 100' ig instead. )S. the vresent latf :lion for the repeate° the Exchequer stair if the former are 00, •ovisions fur the eole io :andards be fixed to be named by Acts or the population et' ID MEASURES. present laws i is shown to be Atilt; larity in the exe c of the privileg °f:4: te bodies, leet j urs• powers of Insp ec t e4`. and explain Ch eer/! Ise for trial he',„ we i g hing. machi• orzi, osing to be found; and examination, id': .asured, or weighed; e, to enter for 0.0, hat this system of a complete and tin , radations of offieers: gilt be efficientlY P„.er• 1 the powers of 7 0 - 11 1 plained of, be fib, o' ged as of high f, iutf ent assurance ,J, Zhts being refors" f for the publicationo° 'acilitating the jo,tro nd measures, 0r1",,. •ns id era ble a ch avb _ b e t wee n firre,)° 1 0 33 years of age. ° „ail 1.1 has been constro - , Westminste r.bri d ,ti ' of that part ef square , fell fr 0.114 ° 'his neck, and It ° rse of erectioll °Ol i d ly prog ressirv t o , al, completed ; o te ,l eh it is to be de' it accounts I Pg, s own han d , or e rderly officer A f op , pain of which ;ea w hi c h he e ; d butchers in s- of under the flat of carr i e d the b`" I* h tt nst., in t e r are very inu n . o to terbury, rela" „oaf' tid that the ere" the le German w itb ie re he two. ou r e „ et' om their 0 10 ` f - the °Pose to send -onory, ishop of Cant er t ,ol re writes ' t be 1g the Arabs i n in nting wild ii n3 r " ge• with two & be d a )lonists, escorl!itio i mmen se qua"' in length , A ' 09 as been Pi c cpo' he Inspecting g q., Lloyd's • Ma3l{ol'3, ty 'l4l°of ienaded the ci r ibed Aux PO e - O >lice as au oteit ecen tly by t he A 'ues, huissieri, ai" indred milli • 12 , 280 h ub ' . 00 of Justice de P that, wit 0. ‘ . .?(.1 1 41 ants have bell le; ie Prefect hasi o tl r ; he hospitals, This tneasOte:. d,r) • 1 i V by th e crevidei me astonightnetit I -mined 00 r e co : , ndows of his b• o Paris to .beve • e h episcopaVing. • alreadYe gi ter , , before y e s o f ige, the see __ cc ! of !low he was an n, and he be d the deg, be De stance c ou ld . 0 an d throe X O O . could be ols (tell s so urs 3 ._ i\itl% ;Ll' 11,1& Bill, and say, "il will let it alone." In that pose . ..__ ~%, - 41014 1 Pri. ~.4u1e,.,, 0 ( have the present law without alteration. obstruct in ever 'manner, end Ale " our Xlembt-rs were prepared to follow out that that el a Bill, micl try to third Baronet, arm Inkt..,t;,- r. _ , ~_, , . , to Ma• • ' ' '' • ' . B„eauc!e,s, of 5.,,. Leonarci!s LcAge. 4orsham, and occasion to g int h heu.roorn, au. _____.,,,..,... . intain their advocacy of I Charles George „,, . 9 o her ~,q, t,) prevent aS to prevent any business being earriod on, throw it out altogneltabnenre.:' 2°lw: "2-'eajj-' ':---- yised, bly Robert,P lofhe Co laws and "no sucCeeded to the Baronetcy on le ea 1 0 tl ci tl fI • • ' us father ut 1 c 144. in her hanging by a cord tied round her neck, and rasten-ed-t-o-a -." e eliciteu num ..____ vt.jell,( Lhe supplies being voted.—(Nlr. Ashworth total and unconditional re cal t itis eldest son, HWY Ralph, bat* in I SPQ, suc9eecls to the fl- heek in the wan. No cause could be assigned for her corandttin- ac • Nothing can b V could nay i a action. An account eetual e-t 44rried out fully.") That might be a surrender."--(Applause.) could be a h' motion, roily honours, Vardiet--" Temporary Insanity.' considered in danger on Monday..-Chelm4ford Chronicle. received since, states that Mrs. Visit W3ll not but it eert i l d C AN then put Mr. Ashwort s an y was a very esperate mea- The BAIRN lonly -buy him a tippenny-wore, . —.....,..„._ _ vi ...._ HAT THE MANUFACTURERS MEAN TO DO. (Abridged from the Manchester Guardi2n.) p, oil Thursday last a meeting of merchants, manufac rers, and others, of the town and neighbourhood, was ! i eld in the large room of the Spread Eagle Inn Hang :mg Ditch, convened by circulars, of which the following i 'S 'I, COpy I tex 7 e, the undersigned, respectfully invite you to at . , '. a meetin g of merchants, manufacturers, and othe rs ' 4 ' ) he held at eleven o'clock on Thursday morning next, of the S pread Eagle Inn, Hanging Ditch, for the purpose t t he nsidering th e propriety of ,calling upon the free members of the House of Commons to adopt all the 'lentmeans which the forms or the House will allow, to pre the proposition of Sir Robert Peel upon the L Corn passing into a law." ' T his ci rcu l ar was signed by 40 mercantile and manu facturing houses and firms, headed by Sir Thomas . ?tter and Sir Ralph Pendlebury. nte meeting was a ttrerably numerous one : probably upwards of 100 gen remen were resent Amongst them we observed Sir kl'arsi_s Potte P r, Mr Alderman Callender, Mr. Alderman it , ° ,, e its, Mr. Alderman Kershaw ; Messrs. W. R. Greg, 114 Uazley, jun., Edmund Ashworth, William Bick el, George Wilson, John Rawsthorne, Lawrence re°strnn, Edward Evans, Thomas Gosquoine, Peter Ar 4,raviis,rinarri:i, of Bolton, ,John Standring, James Chapman, Ivi` l P i as Woolley Robert Nicholson, James ChAdwick, Woodonik, Andrew Hall, .J , ohn Brewer, Edward Win % 'Jelly Wilson, Joshua Mildes, Alfred Reyner, t h a i'un ila bons, James Kershaw of Newmarket, payan , pi';:.:eY, Robert Rider, William Dixon, of Accrington, o' a m Evans Edwin Stott, &c. Shortly after eleven krekick ' • Alderman CALLENDER, . ' on the motion of Mr. Navin ROMAS BAZLEY, jun., was called to the Chair. ...,,,g read the circular convening the meeting, he said: pri : 4 , - , t ar m anufacturing and mercantile distress, and the tati P a s of our labouring classes, have been authori thev,pe,'Y Mentioned by her Majesty in her speech from for j . air j- h ue,, , but the Prime Minister of the landlords, hav e a mply opine that the Queen and the people d eared Premier Prenaier at present—(Hear, .hear)—has e- L ed that the measure which he has thought fit to tle.'''g. fo ward, is not intended to remove the embarass- Wo ks ; w hieh at present afflict our commerce.—(Hear.) i td ,, e 'aini the right of exchanging the produce of our . whi l e s : l *Y for those comforts which we require, and with tial • we can be amply supplied through our commer ajirl:tinehtearrcgoeurse with every part of the world. Our ,gil trade is unhappily a reproach to the country , upon our Government, and-upon the Leg's tha;',% a direct tendency to imrnoralty in the . system tha t "as p r o been pursued. The-sliding scale itself is a plan k e it', roinotes gambling ; and, if we look at the cora findittbies We now receive in exchange for our exports, we ten't we may bring back the means of vicusin h du ar t i,' as tobacco spirits or deleterous drugs-all tse 414ees which administer to vice and to luxury ; but we of tradenot bring those substantial and legitimate articles ti er ; that would give support to our starving popula tetir-Mear.) We must not bring bread or beef in th e i - , r a o for our manufactures.—(Hear, hear.) I charge, eil s -e 're, upon our legislature a tendency in their coon of the laws, that will ultimately subvert the institutions aoj e :e country, and lead to our national . annihilation, ita. •'S sornethino. like virtuous principle and intention 11(1.. al l' b, e asserted'', and connected with the making and ti 'llinistering of our laws.—(Hear.) Perhaps some gen sici!lll present may have suggestions to offer for th!con ,,,."ration of the meeting. I fear . there . are individuals t" °l st io, e t iis who have given a political . character and lei Proceedings affecting the mere science of trade, le s , Ire thus done us more harm than even our thought m ygislature "—(Hear.) 6 ;;;Aldertnan BROOKS thought Sir Robert Peel should ih ;"e i d Upon, before he proceeded with his measure, to i1p 6 , 311 . Fon t House Hon' se what substantial burdens there are carers he land, whick did not also fall upon the manufac tee-irer.and other parts of the community. He told a reeetc'an the other day, as he did tell every public' iv e4 , i g, that this was a robbery, and that all the money th e " i nto the pockets of the landowners. " Yes," said peo 1 2e ntletrian, " but that is for the benefit of; the '` te'''--(Laughter.) He (Mr. Brooks) rejoined, tli kt ' h a ' suppose a robber takes your purse, telling you its e( ,„',. is not going to quit the country, but will spend Peobj,7 e nts in England, and that it would benefit , the 4 , -,(L aughter) —what would you say to that ?' hlC,' (Laugher)—what CALLENDER said, they had not assem -1) R '''' discuss the Corn-laws.—(Hear.) They were all lorti:laded that of all laws they were the very worst—bad t heir beLginning, bad in the middle, and bad in the end. and t „ 43 , 13 .1ect was therefore to try to get rid of them, t io - u "rise proper measures to show their determma -114 not to ,„ , sit quietly down to be ruined—(Hear)—for lie e ti, - Len laws they saw nothing but rmn around tham, tj eet might it proper to tell the meeting that no (ha lo r9solutio had been preferred ; and the meeting a; _ ns eh kra rather intended to be of a conversational an y on e to see how far gentlemen agreed hand Pal e ,_ e tine of conduct. He held in his hand a 1 0 Net, that gave such excellent reasons for trying Dissa a ge r id of those laws, that he would read a bend or two. This was delivered in America:—" The 41 ean tb ' e trine, that every human being should have vi ttile of self-eulture; of progress in knowledge . and ta e . °F heal li, comfort, and happiness; of exercismg i it4 pf,,, Wer S and affections of a man—this is slowly taking' Pr, - 1 , 43 the highest social truth."—He says again— t'reste ` rad e 1- --This is the plain duty and the plain in !trh, c if the human race. To level all barriers to free stae e - i , li ge; to cut u , the system of restriction, root and ti l . is '' to open esr i ervport on earth to every product— sZonf;eoultitieeespofeeeiaf,l4,lned humanity. To this a free 'y pledge--3,..eir. - z i.,.-tfom of tne ~1 4 th -- ,: r eedon t of harliours—an intercourse of nations free t - tlie s . " winds —this is not a dream of philanthropis s." It; tere th e remarks of Dr. Ch ann i n v g. .;, rdoni ,i1e 0..0 meeting, as ASHWORT expres dH sai sed by the unde circu rstoo h d t ar, ite w as - ' Ijou r , li , r ,ge the liberal and free-trade members in the „ 6 'titti se ata Cominons, to prevent or hinder, by every le : Posed - Means in their power, the passing of the p H ro 440eldaleasure into the law of the land.—(Hear.) fi e 11 4 e , glad for some gentlemen to propose a de eo9,;esolution of that kind to the meeting, which, ell k ted as it was, not of the labouring classes, but of babe°t.lVe spinners,' manufacturers, and other employers ~,to,e l leaP ie, and of f merchants, had no need to assem sgassr,,.°mnee each other of the impolicy of the proposed flseet-,'e"--(llear)—but rather,. to speak of its unjust ! k at ~' 'Ton them, and, through them, upon the labour '44 'i,'''' t ion of the community. He, therefore, hoped, P t e t " f ree t b l'e fit . - rade members would do all they conld to seven il 'asa ttr ! ts Passing.. If passed, it must depend on cir , ' e s whether we existed under it two years,he both k';'liii,ars, or ten years longer. Having therefore f,':aeiiai,.P,arties in the State committed to the fact that a :ie„ .14-3 needed, we could not suffer any thing byde- C i liii,;; e day for the measure passing till the whole , 1,:. o put,'Y should be of opinion that it ought either to 1,-Yitkdeel-4,grl,._etitly altered, or wholly abrogated ; so that 14 ti ,ti ll .'e should be gaining . strength. ''The question 6 ,,e A ' s en and the Parliament had been, not why . Voivh ett ° ll 4l . be any Corn-law . put . on at all, but, being til gey ha ter it should be a sliding scale or a fixed duty. a q41 (11, 1 'lover discussed why a Corn law of any kind , b . 4 l' i on the statute hook..—(Hear.) But what had I,'"iiijr),-,,,tae Minister insultingly said ? It was the most 1 ,`" 6 11 e ,,`, T1 ,t Part 'of the speech, in his (Mr. Ashworth's) 1) ° , 4 tt -"• " You say you are starved ; but I'll find (.4e3siar°Ple worse starved than yourselves 7. the I'4_ t ie f e s ,;;a r nd therefore this law may be continued qf i i t, 1 1( ,,,_ , ; you are not quite starved to death."- 4 t ate ? 'l%) And what said the Home Secretary tZ'll O ,. " These people are not quite done up yet. thZi Crtetril_stays that they have built 90 mills and fac ia tl ' l W ere r,e years." lie overlooked the fact, that ii st . os e th a,OOO more people requiring employment h lei shove' e Years ; and if he had referred to the sta ,4e i.„,„ing the pr ogress of the population, he would - 1 1 , v11 1)0 - 1 ,' 1 1 (1 91 - at we really had not kept pace with our y:No n u • 1..1 , 01 1, and the demand for employment,. in the o la a . ts. ptz was and machinery,. in the last three Iv el ,'t colltiri"uas because insulting to be told these . laws 11, ) , n et e we could still build . mills, and tOtt, , 0 badly starved as the Prussians. But that N a , et , I ;, ° : ' l ,_et, the Member for Kent, did not cover up t 6 'ti ti kl ;:tn, sophistries He said " These laws Fe 'T ro tt 1 ,1' 4 - , , the landed interest, that . we, the landed in -14b0r6 ea 4 out up our station in society." —(Hear.) hi tt ,"rio r r the whole truth at once. But surely the la w 'lee ~.`a Sirad as great a right to the means of uspuba (to, tila. Edward Knatcibull had to keepsoety.— b wh at.) ,Lntain him in his own station in ci ' l , 4 ,?igl i ' la v o h l at was the state of his (Mr. Ashworth's) (\ it knati, irhoocl ? The Chairman of the B3ard of iqa.4 ti Itotiit brother of the late-Conservativemember one-ninth of the ' t 4 Pep ti f t ! had ackno7le . dge 11 4 1) , ( !ar. ) . ion were receivingrelief from that board. eiair "Sr oritOOther board was sitting daily, of which l'hi 3 ' est bi• 1 , 30 1t0n Was chairman, and which was espe ilea,44houra4.'an:d for the relief of strangers in Bolton. 1) 14 o ky at 1 relieving between 2,000 . and 3,000 farm trel:' ap, "ISt 4 ,000 persons, making 14,000 persons ki t , tirit,;,Polation of 90,000, receiving eiter parochi tv ‘v, :ie relief in aid of existence.—(Hear, hear.) in Pll, er e to be told b the Prime Minister that 4iiifilt-qe_°_4itry found where they ate less food than 4, 4 ~ , i . d t. 4 T 1 ,. by the Home Secretary, that we could a l .. ` l !b4 .. ° build more mills, and, therefore, ' we were ili ur aY, 'll Yet.--(Rear, hear. We We should, as a corn .Nu e t'ill ' • by every possible f ct 8, s at ourselves together Pr e , t welv: a s to prevent this into a law passing period the h er sure coati 1119nths' more ; and if for that num_ (_ ! , , 01 N n ued, 1,01,44441/le Of thr there would be a much ~...rho r,i Iv, soei e xame mind. r, ---, • e les as was the case `, ,ecli, the Printing die speech of Mr. Ferrand as top, the an iced le °li b' sneech in the debate, stating at the . or LY th b at . Wh iei e onservative Society for distribution," '4' 1114 41 5 1 he and others received anonymous and h tt i, ) toe t ... 4 eopies.--(Hear.) There were certai e t %m e od and to,t,itio4 of the the debates, of occupying tla rii;l 4l g oti ut i the HoUse, so as to prevent this time o e . uat a ,„ , n t.lie course of the session. If 40 m_e t m e bers, lir. t i ts nr.,..w,:re determined to do all they couldpr_e_- ti,%4,:6,,,, although they might be stigmatised r 11,,i':50f., 11 ' . , '.,1.1.e business of the House, they would be El a th, . 1. I 3 business they would not be justified in doing so, tti l ir, ll , l4; l , N constituencies in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and t. thi't. ine ne ,, v mild join in requiring them to use their u ti,' ce u , ein that way. Other members might think r -4, 1 ! , heßtis_bghly objectionable ; still, being constitu liOltationg"iught were perfectly justified in using all Ne t !'t On e a , In eatiS to prevent a bad law passing ; and ti e , , should not hesitate to propose such a re sii)',,,ir tip n hoWtio;l- GREG made no apology for offering some em lin e. rot stating them as his fixed or matured I,,,l i itio rs 4 _ l r. Ashworth's plan was, he supposed, for 11 1 ,. wcr_Lo niove the adjournment, till the opposite 4,,4 v tip 7iiws viiiiie,damodute.ayl:hen Sir Robert Peel , would p ly , , o,', u%n'el_s_hould have the presentlNvilitalwet uitiathloonuet.'al alteration. n at t i h o lt "Ilelpii"s cud have were prepared to follow out that alt 0, o as to prevent any business being carriod.on, VN.bl Wo u r d et it . ale supplies being voted.—( Mr. Ashworth 4 effe ct 'ave it aurried out fully.") That might be a alai but it certainly Was a very desperate mea- sure. But before any decided mode of warfare as that was adopted, we must consider another point. Taking corn at its present price, lie presumed there could be no doubt that Peel's measure would be immediately a great benefit to the country ; because a very considerable quantity of bonded corn would be admitted at a lower duty than at present it could be. Considering that, at the lowest estimate, we had 30,000 people in a state of starvation, we should pause seriously before we adopted a measure--however it might be approved as a mode of warfare on this great question—which would have the effect of enhancing the price of corn. It would be a se rious step, an unpopular measure ; and he did not feel that we should be justified in taking it. If Peel's mea sure should pass, we should have, the whole of the bonded corn liberated at a duty of 10s., and that must necessarily depress the price of corn very much, while it must pro tanto put our depressed starving population in a better condition than at present. He did not feel, therefore, justified in adopting a measure which would enhance their suffering, in order 'to carry on their strug gle with the landed interest more successfully. But he did feel strongly that this question had arrived at a point where all argument was perfectly useless. He was not prepared to propose any plan, but was disposed to think the game was in our hands, if we were united our selves, and could raise a sufficient degree of sterling and stubborn enthusiasm in the people to support us.— (Hear, hear.) [Mr. Greg then referred to a plan which he intimated an intention not to state in the presence of the reporters ; but, as the meeting seemed desirous to hear it, he subsequently stated it, on the understanding that it should not have publicity given to it. As the meeting was one of merchants and manufacturers, and not strictly a public one, reporters beine , permitted to be present, rather than having the right to there, we omit all notice of the plan, which Mr. Greg said he hoped would be matured by wiser heads than his, and given forth in a fitter shape in due time.] Mr. EDMUND ASHWORTH thought there would b e time enough to con s id er M r . G reg s proposition when the landed aristocracy had forced Peel's Bill upon us. But as the object of this meeting was to consider whe ther or not we would advise our friends in Parliament to prevent the passing of this Bill into a law, he thought they ought not to separate without adopting some reso lution of the kind. Mr. J. CHADWICK saw insuperable difficulties in the way of the plans boll of Mr. Ashworth and Mr. Greg. He would earnestly press upon the consideration of the meeting, whether it was not better for them to call upon all the Members who were advocates either for a total repeal or a moderate fixed duty, and get them to wait upon Sir Robert Peel, and endeavour to mitigate the evil which they all agreed must result if the Bill were passed. If they could not obtain any mitigation of it, for his part, he did not know what they could do, but sit down and abide by it.—(General ma n if es t a ti ons o f di sapprova l , an d some cries of " No, no.") Mr. Alderman BROOKS differed wholly with Mr. Chad wick. The Corn : laws were a downright robbery ; and he would sooner sacrifice 500/. a-year for life than submit to ask for any thing less than their total and immediate repeal.—(Great applause.) It was as complete a rob bery as that of the men who, the other day, stole 2,000/. of his brother's out of a coach. Mr. J. MILNE—It's worse ; for that was only robbing the rich ; but the Corn-laws rob the poor.—Laughter). The Rev. WM. SHUTTLEWORTH thought Mr. Chad wick's proposition was like an abandonment of principle. We had asserted that the laws of which they sought the abrogation were unjust. Let us stand on this ground. We had the people with us ; and, while our circum stances were, in this and other respects, becoming better and better, let us determine, as Manchester men and as Britons, never to deviate from justice and right ; and if, in asking what was just and right, we perish, let us perish like men.—(Hear, and applause.) Mr. EDMUND ASHWORTH then moved—" That this meeting unhesitatingly disapproves of the alteration proposed by Sir Robert Peel in the Corn-laws; and, therefore, acting upon these broad principles of jus tice upon which free trade is founded, now declares and recommends that an uncompromising rejection of the proposition be demanded from the Legislature ; and that all the liberal and free-trade members of the House of Commons be requested to use all the legal and constitu tional means in their power to prevent its being passed ; and that the following gentlemen be appointed a committee to draw up a memorial, and to carry out the objects of this meeting :—The Chairman, Sir Thomas Potter, Messrs. W. R. Callender, Edmund Ashworth, James Chadwick, George Wilson, and John Brooks." If this measure were ineffectual, let us then have another meeting to request them to stop the supplies ; and by that erne we should be upon short time, and let us have half a million of people upon Kersal Moor. Sir THOMAS POTTER had great pleasure in seconding the resolution Mr WILLIAM Evaxs objected to the terms " every legal and constitutional means." He did not think this was a time when we should be particularly nice in our phraseology. He came from London the preceding eve ning, and had been in the House of Co mmons every night during this debate ; and it was disgusting for any man of sense to witness such conduct. It was with the ut most difficulty our Members could get a hearing ; so loud and noisy were the cries of " divide," the cat-calls, and coughing and shuffling of feet and cheering, to pre vent them being heard.—(" Shame, shame !") The use of such terms " legal and constitutional" was therefore, he thought, unnecessary ; because, if they would use all the means in their power, he thought that was sufficient. He would therefore move, as an amendment, that those words be omitted. Mr. W. R. GREG said, he could not stand by and have his name reported as having attended a meeting, of this kind, without expressing his strong reprobation of the meaning of the last speaker. The use of such lan guage on our part would give immense advantage to our opponents ; and it must be reco ll ec t e d, t h at measures were carried, not by hard words, but by stern deeds ; and the mere reporting of the proposition of the last speaker would give a tone to the meeting which would very much damp its character aud influence. He (Mr. Greg) did not agree with the resolution, and did not wish it to pass, for the simple reason that by so doing they would throw an argument into the hands of Peel, which he would not be slow in availing himself of. He ' would predict that Sir Robert would say—" Here you oppose a measure which will, pro tempore and pro tanto, relieve the sufferings of the people ; which sufferings you have been professing to regard as one of the greatest evils of the Corn -laws, and yet you reject the very measure I b r i ng f orwar d t o re lieve them." Depend upon it, that was one false step. Mr. T. GASQUOINE perfectly agreed with Mr. Greg in every word he had uttered. Could they suppose such a measure could be carried out ? He did not believe they could find forty members with such a degree of moral courage as to give a factious opposition to the proceed ' ings of the House, and the business of the country. He thought a much better plan would be to advise the free trade Members quietly to withdraw from their places, and leave the landed aristocracy to pass the measure alone. Mr. W. R. GREG had no hesitation in coming for ward again to moderate the tone of excitement which prevailed. His motives could not be doubted, for he be lieved no man had suffered more by the Corn-laws than he had, and no one was more desirous to get rid of them. But if Peel got up his measure, they, would be in no better position ; whereas the passing of that measure must bring totalrepeal nearer. It was the first blow given to a system which had set up the pretence of vested in terests in its favour. Let Sir R. Peel give that blow to the system ; they need not relax their exertions. It would not place them in a bit worse position than before; but, if they compelledakiim to throw up that measure, they put themselves in a false position, disgusted many men who had hitherto gone with them, and did no sort of good. If they chose to wait till the time came for passing the ?upplies, and then saw that it was desirable, and that they had the power to d o so, they might then suggest to their Members to adjourn the House, and stop the supplies. Then they would have got a boon for our starving population, if it were none to trade ; and they would still have the means of stopping the supplies. Mr. WILLIAM WHITWORTH wished to show that Mr. Greg's fallacy was in supposing the proposed Bill to be an advantage. Thetford was a well-known market town in Norfolk. Nine-tenths of the corn grown in Norfolk was sent to the London, Hull, Wakefield, and Liverpool markets. Under the proposed bill the whole of the corn grown in Norfolk would be returned at the market towns in that county, say at 50s. If he bought 100 quarters at Wakefield, it was returned at 58s. and the averages were thus raised throughout the country. Mr. LAWRENCE ROSTRON thOught forty determined Members had it in their power to stop the present course of Government. If we must use constitutional means, that might be a case of years, and we were sinking daily and hourly. He thought, if there were forty Cobdens in the House, they might bring Government to their senses. By the present forms of the House, they could keep moving the adjournment ; and he for one would say, that the sooner the present course of Government was stopped the better.—(Loud applause.) He would sup port Mr. Ashworth's motion, but would like to add to it a recommendation to stop the supplies. Mr. EVANS had merely thrown out a suggestion, and would offer no amendment; but he wished it to be under stood, that it was the opinion of our Liberal Members in London, that, unless they were supported by the people, they could not take such steps as the resolution re ferred to. Mr. Alderman CALLENDER said it was a regular course of argument in Parliament, when a new law of any kind passed, a large number of Ministerial ad herents would say, " Let us try this law before we con demn it. We have not had it yet two years or three years ; give it a fair trial." And thus it would be car ried over a spare of two, three, or four years, and we should be ruined while the law was on its trial,—(Hear.) Our case, as to the landowners, was that of the boy in the old man's apple-tree. First,, the owner tried fair words to get him to come down and desist from plunder ing it, but the lad only laughed at him ; next, he threw clods of grass at him, but these were soft, and did not hurt the young thief ; but next, the old man gathered some stones, and then the lad came down immediately. (Hear.) NoW we have tried fair words and grass for a long time; we have been talking and arguing, but they have put it all aside ; and we must now show that we are a combined body, for the landowners were com bined against us ; and we must show them that such laws shall not be passed, or, if passed, shall not continue. If we show that we were in earnest, we should be certain to get a better law than this, and therefore he supported Mr. Ashworth's motion. —(Applause.) Mr. WM. DixoN, of Accrington, said, hg came from a gre at manufacturing district, of which Accrington was the centre; and he was specially instructed to support the resolution now before the meeting, and, if no gentle man bad proposed such a one, he was instruc ed to pro pose it himself; and to call on the free -trade Members to obstruct in every manner, form, shape, w a y, an d t w i st that could be advised, fair 11cPbert lEfill, and try to throw It out altogether; to maintain their advocacy Oa total and unconditional repeal of the Corn - laws, and" no surrender."—(Applause.) The CLUBMAN then put Mr. Ashworth's motion, THE SUN, LONDON,. MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY 28, 1842. which passed with three dissentients, of whom Mr. Greg was one. The CHAIRMAN announced, that the Committee ap pointed to give effect to this resolution would immediately prepare a memorial; and the requisitionists convening the meeting would be requested to take blank sheets, and procure signatures; and, as decision and promptitude were desirable, he trusted gentlemen having sheets would lose no time. For the purpose of giving all due effect to the signatures, it was requested that every one signing would also add to his signature the amount of his asessment, and thus show an aggregate amount exhi biting the majority of property in this town, as it was already clear the opponents of the Corn-laws were a vast majority o f persons. , After thanks the proceedings terminated. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 26.—. The Sylph and Netley tenders, arrived on Wednesday from Plymouth; and the Emerald, from Sheerness ; the two former returned on Thursday. The Driver having proved her compressor, in the Basin, at Woolwich, yesterday, was to go to Sheerness to-day, on her Way to this poet, if her smoke consuming apparatus be found to answer. The Alban steamer left Woolwich yesterday, for this port, with the baggage of Rear-Admiral Sir 'l'. Cochrane. The Volcano steam vessel proceeded yesterday from Wool wich, on her way down Channel. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Vindictive, Winchester, Carysfort, Ringdove, Nautilus, Speedy (cutter), Black Eagle and Echo (steamers.) Vice-Admiral Sir E. Owen struck his flag at sunset, on Saturday, and rehoisted it again yesterday. Rear-Admiral Bouverie struck his flag also on Saturday, having gone on leave, and rehoisted it on Tuesday. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., hoisted his flag this morning on board the Vindictive, 52, Capt. Nicolas, C. 8., which will go out of harbour on Monday. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyn Percy hoisted his flag on Tuesday, pro tempore, on board the Formidable, 84, Capt: Sir Charles Sulivan, Bart. The following officers have been deservedly selected, as meriting by their conduct in the naval profession the good service pension, vacant by the decease of Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, and the promotion of other officers : —Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Baker, K. C. 8., of Did us ce l e b r i ty ; C apt. R. Elliott, who served in the Egyptian Expedition ; Capt. C. F. Daly, C. 8., one of the Lieutenants of the Arrow, when she was sunk in an action with two French frigates ; Captain T. White, (a ), a midshipman in Rodney's action ; Capt. Hon. W. Wal degave, C. 8., commanding the Reve nge , a t A cre ; C apt. J ohn Pasco, signal Lieutenant to Nelson at Trafalgar ; Capt. John Duff Markland, C. 8., Captain of the Milford, at the reduction of Trieste and other Italian ports in 1811 ; Captain Thomas Tudor Tucker, C. 8., Lieutenant of the Northumberland in the Saint Domingo action, and Captain of the Cherub at the capture of the Essex, American frigate ; and Captain James Wilkes Maurice, who as First Lieutenant of the Centaur, as sisted at the capture of St. Lucia, Tobago, Demerara, a n d Essequibo, and gre a tly distinguished himself in an attack by the naval and military forces, under the command of Commodore Hood and Lieut.-General Grinfield, in November, 1803, on Petite Ance d'Arletto, in which he was wounded by the explosion of a magazine. For his gallantry on this occa sion the Patriotic Fund presented him with a sword, value 501. Shortly after this event, Commodore Hood resolved to take possession of and fortify an almost impregna ble rock, situate near Point Diamond, the S. W. end of Mar tinique. The altitude of the Diamond Rock is 600 feet ; the north and east sides of it are inaccessible, and it is impregnable on the nort side. The west side, where breakers run into the sea, affords the only landing, and that not at all times practica ble. A party of men landed under the orders of Lieutenant Maurice, who volunteered to direct their operations, to place a batte r y on th e t op o f t h e rock, which most arduous task ha•ine• ' been effected, the r o ck was a l ternately pla c ed on the establishment of a sloop-of-war, and the command thereof conferred upon Lieutenant Maurice, as a reward for his un common activity and exertions. Lieutenant Maurice's promo tion and appointment to this command was confirmed by the Admiralty. The brave defence afterwards of the rock by Capt. Maurice, when attacked by a French squadron, in May, 1805, is well known; it would no doubt have been impregnable to an enemy, whilst in the hands of the British, had it not been for the unfortunate shortness of ammunition, and the absolute want of water. Captain Maurice's gallantry on this occasion called forth the highest encomiums from the immortal Nelson. In 1809, he was promoted to the rank of Captain, and in August, 1810, was appointed Governor of Anholt, an island situate in Cattegat, and at that time forming an important point of communication between Great Britain and the Baltic. Here, it is well remembered, a brilliant exploit was performed by the officers and men under his command, in repulsing an attack of the enemy's select troops, consisting of as many thousands as the whole force opposed to them amounted to hundreds, and by the gallantry and intrepidity of Captain Maurice and his valiant heroes, succeeded in taking a greater number of prisoners than their 'who7e collected force. Sir Jamer Saumerez, in writing to Captain Maurice upon the subject, says, " I can only assure you that this gallant affair is the theme of every one's praise, and has excited the admiration of all ; and I have no doubt that your services on this occasion will be duly appreciated by the Admiralty." The garrison of Anholt subsequently presented their gallant Go vernor with a valuable sword, " in admiration of his personal bravery, and as a grateful memorial for his liberal forbearance, and kind consideration of their feelings during his Government." PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Lieutenant—Thomas Fisher (of the Win chester), to the rank of Commander. Illoleswoqh (of the Queen), for his great cool nen and seamanship in the late disaster of the Mercury tender, Horatic Foley Elliot, and J. Hamilton (of the Winchester), to the rank of Lieutenant. Acting Second Master—James Scarlett (of the Mercury) to the rank of Second Master. APPOINTMENTS FOR. PROMOTIONS.—Commander Blow (1826), Lieutenants T. S. Brock, and W. J. C. Clifford, and Mate E. J. Ponies, to the Black Eag'e ; Lieutenant James St. John, and Mr. R. D. Aldrich, as Admiralty Lieutenant and Mate, respectively to the Alfi ed. APPOINI'MENTS.—Captain—W. H. Bruce, to the Agin court, for the flag of Sir Thomas Cochrane. Commanders—John Paget, to the Magnificent; E. B. Tin ling, to the Camperdown. Lieutenants—W. C. Coffin, to the Scylla ; Augustus Lavie (From Vindictive), to the Agincourt; C. B. Hamilton, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Hon. J. Percy, in Formi dable ; George Pigot (vice Gennys), W. C. Nowell vice Leary (superseded), T. S. M'Gregor (vice Lavie), and R. O'Brien (vine Williams), to the Vindictive ; H. F. Elliot, to the Carysfort ; R. D. Fowler, to the Formidable ; R. D. Bed ford (of the Vanguard), to the Queen; W. R. Smith, and G. J. Cunningham, to the Alfred; A. M. Noad, to the Isis; the Hon. Mark Kerr, to the Formidable; J. Bellairs, to be Ad miralty Agent to her Majesty's West India Steam Packets ; Leigh, to the Cornwallis (to take passage in the Driver) ; James Rawstone, F. P. Egerton, T. M'Greger, F. C. O. D. Whipple, and J. A. P. B a y n t er , t o th e A g i ncourt. Masters—William (Miller, of the Victory) to be Master of the fleet in the Mediterranean ; J. Browning, to the Agin court ; Thomas Elson (1824), to Victory. Second Masters—G. S. Wilkinson, to the Queen ;S. Haggs, to the Emerald tender; S. Johns, to the Agincourt. Master's Assistant—Charles Paget, to the Volcano. s urgeon—J. W. Reid, to the Agincourt. Mates—George Kerr, W. W. Turnout*, Thos. Miller, M. Lowther, J. C. Bailey, A. F. Kynaston. John Reid, and W. H. Haswell, to the Agincourt; Geo. H. Richards, to the Caledonia; J. Apthorp, to the Elector ; W. Rees, to the St. Vincent; H. G. Williams and C. Bromley, to the Vindic tive; W. G. Johnson (in Wolverine), to the Ringdove ; F. B. P. Seymour, to the Royal George.—( G. Wilkinson's ap pointment to Wolverine, cancelled. ) Clerk—J. Z. de Montmorency, to be Clerk in Greenwich Hospital, vice Anderson, retired. Volunteers Ist Class —G. D. Gordon, to the Isis ;H. Raby, to the Monarch. COAST GUARD—Lieutenants John Powell Branch (1841), and Daniel Young (1822), to be Chief Officers. Mr. W. Miller, Master of the Victory, is appointed Master of the Fleet in the Mediterranean. The duties of resident for Transports at Deptford have been transferred to Captain Sir John Hid, Superintendent of the Dock-yard there, and Lieut. Wentworth has been transferred to do the duty at Cork, as well also as that of Agent Victualler, to the displacement of John Hill. Sour FOR THE POOR.—Much anxiety has pre vailed in the Court of Alderman for some time past, owing to the oppressive tax upon that necessary of civic comfort—turtle. An Anti-Turtle-law Association was formed, and several eloquent gourm('nds pointed out the dreadful state of distress to which many of the freemen were reduced in consequence of the barbarous duty upon this genteel staff of life. We are happy to state that their stilTerings have touched the sympathies and stomachs of her Majesty's Government, who, with a praiseworthy commiseration for the sufferings of their fellow.creatures, have removed the pro hibitory Imposts. This will be glorious news for the weavers of Paisley, who must necessarily feel that, being relieved from the duty on turtle , they can hav e no o bj ect i on to pay the tax upon bread. - Punch A LAMB BURIED IN THE SNOW FOR NINETEEN DAYS.—A one.year lamb, belonging to Messrs. Sutton and Co., of the Trubahaw Lsrm, was missed on the 13th of January, during the heavy fall of snow, and was not found until the Ist of the present month, when it was discovered in a ditch, standing in an upright position, having been nineteen days enveloped in a snowdrift. It had been reduced to a mere skeleton, and when brought into the fresh air, it could neither *tang nor walk; but by the Judicious care and treatment of Messrs. Sutton's shepherd, it has now quite recovered.—Stqffordshire 4drertiaer. On the evening of the Bth instant, as an old farmer, named Gourreges, at Lasseube, In the Basses Pyrenees, was seated by the fire-side, smoking his pipe, four men entered, and demanded his money or his life. Although seventy years of age, he refused to comply, and immediately seizing one of the fire-irons, stood on his defence, while his servant.maid did the same. The robbers advanced, one wounding him twice with a dagger, while the other snapped a pistol, but it fortunately missed fire. A desperate con. Riot ensued, but the cries of the woman alarmed a man.servant who was out of doors, and at the same time put the thieves to Right. The man met them in the passage, and beat three of them severely, but they all effected their escape. One of them was re cognised as a Spaniard. BRUSSELS, FEB. 22.—The number of robberies at Brussels is increasing in a most alarming manner A letter from Vienna, of the 9th inst. says :—" The severity of the winter increases here entry day. The thermometer stands, morning and evening, at 12 andl3 degrees below zero of Neaumur, or from 1 to 2 Fahrenheit, and the poorer classes are suff.•ring dreadfully, on account of the high price of fuel. The accounts from Hungary, Transylvanla, Wallachia, and Servia also speak of the excessive cold, and state that the roads have become almost impracticable from snow. Some parts of these countries are overrun with wolves. The last courier but one from Bucharest' was attacked by wolves on the Hermanstadt road, and escaped with difficulty. The last courier asserts that he saw a diligence on the road without horses, or driver or guard, but with the luggage and letter s intact. Of the two men and several horses, almost the only traces were their boned', A printer at Caen has just been fined 1,000 francs for printing a work on Jurisprudence without making the previous declaration. He alleged that ever since 1830 it had been the cus tom to defer the declaration until the deposit of the two copies. This defence did not, however, avail. The aecused party is also printer of the Hare of Caen, the Radical journal which has just been condemned. The Rev. Girce Smyth (brother of Lady Dinor ben, and of the Prince of Capua's wife), who, on the 18th inst was taken before the Magistrate of Marlborough-street, non the charge of an indecent assault on police constable Morrison, C 24, is still immured in Newgate, where he was conveyed in the pri. Boner's van. It is stated that on arriving at Newgate, Mr. Cope, the Governor, offered the Rev. Gentleman a separate room, but he declined to have any distinction made to him, and would remain with his fellow.pritoners. It is, howeyer, daily expected that Mr. Bro YON frieridi 1011 at last Force for9e plt g mtri m 5 re. • d sureties for his appearanCe the 'next Session , and thus release the Rev. ( ivt4eT!”l FF9I ' h i s pr9tFil DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS P. VANT, Iliftt.—On Tuesday week, the 15th instant, the above Baronet expired at Frankfort on.the-Maine. in the 45th year of his age. He yms Elie third Baronet ? and married In I§2q thp third diNghtfr 9f 1%.4. If Charles George Beatfclery, of it. Idionard Zs orshato, and succeededto the Baronetcy on the death of his father Ills eldest son, Henry Ralph, Isom is 1649, soceeeds to the fa mily iignotne, THE *MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone` estry (Mr. Lowe in the chair),.a deputation of parishioners of the parish of St. Marylebone, supported by Messrs. Un derwood, Bell, and Green, on the part of the inhabitants of Oxford-street, presented. a memorial, signed by up wards of 3,000 rate-payers, to the following effect : " We, the undersigned. rate-payers of the parish of St. Marylebone, respectfully address you in favour of the motion for paving Oxford-street • with wood. . • " The grounds on which we urge this petition are " 1. On account of the saving which the wood-paving will effect in the fund s o f t h e par i sh, which is shown by k the estimates already submitted to you. j " 2. Froth a belief that the wood pavinc , possesses ad vantages superior to other methods, which we consider proved by the trials made in various parts of the metro polis. " 3. We think the repeated memorials of the inhabi tants of Oxford-street, supported as they have been by satisfactory evidence, entitled to consideration." After some remarks from Mr. Underwood. and . Mr. Green, members of th e d eputat i on, ' Mr:JOSEPH then moved, " That the vestry are ready to accept tenders for pavirig Oxford-street with wood, from Wells-street to Vere-street." Mr. BIERS moved, " That the vestry having already expended upwards of 3,000/. in experiments in Oxford street, it was deemed inexpedient that any further ex pense should be incurred with regard to wood paving until a further test of two years had been completed." The motion - was then put and declared to be carried, on.which a division was demanded, when there app eare d : For the motion ,.. 36 For the amendment...... Majority in favo ur o f t h e woo d paving —l4 On the motion that a committee be appointed to carry out the resolution, an amendment was moved to make it a committee of the whole Board, upon which a second division took place, the numbers being-- For the original motio n - 25 Against it ll Majority in favour of wood paving An immense quantity of snow has lately fallen in the mountains of the Ardeehe, and many of the passes have been entirely blocked up. On the 3d instant a hundred artil lerymen, who had, left Puy for Aubenas, on their way to Af r i ca , were only able to cro s s th e Peyrabaille by dint of excessive fa tigue, and holding each other from time to time by the hand. Several lamentable accidents Lace occurred in different parts of the mountains. The adventure of the tame bear and traveller, on the top of the Havre diligence, which our readers may remem ber as having recently occurred, did not terminate so risibly, it appears, for one of the parties concerned. Young Bruin, after the precipitate desertion of his companion, being driven to seek another pastime, occupied himself with inspecting the bandboxes, carpet bags, and other light articles on the top of the coach, and not being in possession of the keys, he made forcible entry, by means of tooth and claw, with such effect, that boxes and bags with their contents were in a few minutes torn to pieces, many of them in the operation being thrown down upon the road. This new disturbance again awakened the attention of the conducteur, and he endeavoured to put a stop to the devastation. The juvenile bear, however, was not to be so easily diverted from his frolic, and showed fight. A conflict ensued, and became so desperate, that the man was soon compelled, in order to save his own life, to put an end to that of the refractory outside traveller, who terminated his long journey from Texas to the Garden of Plants more in the form of a gre nadier's cap than a living animal. An action, it is said, has been brought against the conducteur for the loss of the animal. A COUNTRYMAN OUTWITTED.—On Thursday week an artilleryman, belonging to the East India Company, met a coun. tryman driving a team of horses near the Star, on Chatham-hill. They got into conversation, and the soldier persuaded his com panion to go and have something to drink. After drinking some time, the soldier got the countryman to exchange clothes, and " see how well he would look in regimentals." They did so, the soldier put on the countryman's clothes and contrived to slip out of the room, but forgot to return, taking with him a watch and 7s. It was some time before the countryman found his compan ion had bolted, and he was at length obliged to drive the team in full regimentals. As he passed through Chatham he was takea up as a deserter, and conveyed to the barracks, where the cause of his military appearance became known. The deserter has not been heard of since.—Dover Chronicle. THE VETERAN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF Commoris.—The following is a list of , the Members of the present House of Commons who claim to be wholly excused from serving on Election Committees, on account of being more than sixty years old, via.,—Colonel Baillie (Honiton), Sir R. Bateman, Mr. Benett, Mr. Bunbury, Sir F. Burdett, Sir C. M. Burrell, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Chapman (Whitby), Sir J.Chetwode, Mr. Clements, Mr. Clive, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Denison, Sir H. Douglas, Mr. Fielden, the Right Hon. Sir A. Grant, Mr. Gore, Mr. Hoskins, Mr. Irving, Colonel. Langton, Mr. Loch, Lord Manners, Mr, Marjoribanks, Mr. Ord, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Pendarves, the Right Hon. Sir W. Rae, Bart., the Right Hon. Sir G. Rose, Col. Rushbrooke, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Wallace, the Right Hon. C. W. W. Wynn, and Sir M. Wood, Bart.—thirty-four in all. LYMINGTON.—We understand that a monumental tablet is about to be erected in Boldre Church to Gilpin, the cele brated author of " Forest Scenery," and other Important works. Though Gilpin has been dead nearly forty years, so much is his memory respected by those who knew his virtues, and there were few in his vicinity who did not, that we ale glad to have an oppor. tvnity of making this intention known. Gilpin has himself built a monument for the world at large in his works, and this tablet will remind those who look upon it, to emulate the virtues of so good a man.—Hampshire Independent. THE COST OF A SOLDIER.—La Presse calculates that in England the annual expense of a soldier is 540 E ; in France, 340 f.; in Prussia, 212 f. ; in Austria, 240 f. ; and in Rue. si a, 120 f. REBUILDING OF CAMBERWELL CHURCH. —We hcar that the Committee for opposing the proceedings of the Vicar. Churchwardens, and Chureh-huilding Committee or - the parish bf St. Giles, Camberwell, have succeeded in putting a stop for the present to the plans intended to be carried out. It is understood that the Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioners, having taken the opinion of the law-officers of the Crown, have refused to grant a loan of 20,0001. of Exchequer Bills, on the graund that the whole proceedings have not been in accordance with law. The Vicar and his party will be obliged, therefore, to begin de nose; and they will have an opportunity of making an apology to the next vestry meeting for their insulting and overbearing conduct to the parishioners at the last Church.building vestry.—Patriot. THE CoRN-LAWS.—It is already known, that a Deputation from the American Chamber of Commerce of this port, consisting of Mr. Todd, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bolton, and others,, have had interview s w i t h Sir Robert Peel and the Earl o Ripon on the Corn-laws, as they affect the trade be tween Great Britain and the United States. The Deputa tion stated, we hear, among other reasons, that the southern States were anxious for an extenson of the intercourse with Great Britain and the eastern States ( the seat of manufac tures), desirous that it should be limited; the middle States were wavering on the subject, but ready to throw their weight on the side from which they might hope to derive the greatest advantage. That the settlement of the Corn-law question in this country would have a material influence on the condition of things in the United States, if that settlement should lead to the regular import of corn from abroad, and on terms on which the American grower could Compete with the Conti nental grower, then the middle States would, in all probabi lity, side with the southern, and thus greatly extend the market for British manufactures, which was limited, at pre sent, by the state"of the law, which practically prohibited the exportation of " bread stuffs" in return for our mar u factures. That the system of taking the averages operated disadvantageously for the United States, and that a longer period than six weeks —say, eight or ten—would be requisite to put the American merchant on an equal footing with the Continental merchant in the supply of the British market. These and o her arguments the Deputation pressed on the Premier's attention, who pronaised to give them all the consi deration in his power. — Liverpool Albion. MODIFICATION OF CHARTIST OPINIONS AT GLAsuow.—At an important meeting of the Directors of the Anti-Corn-law Association of Glasgow, held on Monday last in the Town-hall, and at which nearly 5,000 persons were present- The first resolution, propose d b y M r. Moir, embrac ing the entire " Charter," and one proposed as an amendment by Mr. Malcolm, embracing " a full, fair, and free repre sentation of the people in Parliament," were brought togethar, and put to the vote which of the two should be carried. Oa the appointment of two tellers, it was de cided, after considerable difficulty, that Mr. motion was carried by a considerable majority, which was so declared. This decision must be regarded on the whole as very satisfac tory. A few months ago, instead of a division which would have given tellers any difficulty, in all probability not more than a dozen or two hands would have been held up in such a meet i g for the amendment proposed by Mr. Malcolm, whereas on the present occasion the minority must have amounted to more than 2,000. This indicates a change for the better, in refer ence to the Anti-Corn-law question, among the Chartists el Glasgow. A - MODERN ACT.EON.—About ten days ago, Wil liamson, the well-known and highly respected huntsman to the Duke of Buccleueh, had very nearly met the fate of Actmon, in the kennel near Dalkeith Palace. Mr. VAlliamso., had gone into the kennel with a whip in his hand, but without the red hunting.coat, when a dog which had been recently added to the pack ap proached him, with a threatening growl, upon which Williamson gave the animal a smart rap over the nose with his whip. The dog instantly fastened on his arm, and directly the whole kennel Hew at their master. Fortunately two of the keepers, who were at hand, came to the rescue, and whipped off the dogs, Williamson was eneral W. F. Napier considerably lacerated, but, we are glad to learn, is in no danger, as his wounds are rapidly healing. —Caledonian Mercury. in succession to Major-General the Earl of Munster is to have the replaces Lieutenant-Genera l ' Sir James Douglas as Lieutenant- Lieutenant-General command othe Governor and Colonel on the staff at Guernsey. western Eiiice di . st a ri n c d t of At England,ajor. Both these appointments are to take effect from the Ist of April next.—. United Service Gazette. A VERY GENTLE Mr. — Some time ago a know ing little fellow of this town was sent a message by his mother to a lady in the neighbourhood, having previously received strict orders not to ask any thing in the shape of recompense. Jack had some sturdy doubts as to tile orthodoxy of these injunctions, being con. scions that the service to be rendered was Purely for the accom modation of her ladyship, and that he had a right to expect a re muneration ; yet, from the impulses of filial affection, he resolved to forego his right to demand it by relying implicitly y on the lady's generosity. The message was duly delivered, but the reward was not forthcoming. Jack did hat yet consider his business quite finished, and contrary to her ladyship's expectation, showed no symptoms of removing his corpus. B eing asked if there was any thing else that his mother had bidden him say, Jack readily whimpered out, " She said I wasna to seek ally thing for comi n ', but if ye gied me't, 1 was to tak it. W e need scarcely add that the hint was taken, and Jack's services were amply rewarded.—Ayr Advertiser. merry In the Connecti cu t Carlisle" is not depen. " DON'T BE D EPEND ENT ON P ou , EiGNERs.”---.A. paper, t correspondent informs us there is now a MOO li v i ng within a hun. dred miles of " Carel Cross," who has so lon g a nose that he can. not hear himself sneeze. W e a re glad of this I n f ormat i on, for as we ap e saw a i s s im g i r l a a t r i fyainnngoutoncfienmdotnhtatla,te,ly ad dent upon foreigners for supplies of such rarities. Carlisk Journal. A QU EER FISH.—On Tuesday last, M r. William Elliott, landl or d o f t h e Li on Inn, pakenhana. Purchased two pike, one of which seised the waist of his cook maid, Who ran about the kitchen with it in the greatest terror.—Norwich 'fercury. SUICIDE OF A FEMALE. —Wednesday an inquest was taken before Mr. Wakley, 1v1.1.,, at the Co c k a , . ___Wednesda :, q ton g Wig more-street, Cavendish.sqqir, 011 view t 3 1 .• tile bek O. Sira)l 449 Yiqn.iPt..4 , 4‘'4 ad• It appear ed P: e ll tile. Ilyi4enc4 !t !q 0 14 deceased' ‘3 , ... — m . nnc 19 il r t 441 in. -.---' 941 1 ; 22 .. 1 0 title bqorf7nlifigcl itri)ei• .--"' ...en. • wit! , whom she had lived live years. Q" ' -.., was good-tempered and well disposed. Latterly she had been very afternoon lasts low-spirited, forgetful, and strange ill lice Manner, and had sagged much from rheumatism, 114 pains theer head, Clin Saturday about half an bow after shad attended to the dinner-table h er m i stress had occav l oll 1 0 gq into h er bed.roorn, and was horror s. struck at ing her hangi ng b y a cord tied round her neck, and fas t behold d . hook in the w a ll. N o cause could be assigned for her co to a mmitting Verdiet—" Temp orar y Insanity." HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Findeu hds., will meet on Tues. at Erringham ; Thurs. at Wappingthorn Gate ; Sat., Michelgrove— 11 . Sir C." Constable's stag hds., Wed., Beverley -11. E'sex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Gen. Behoves Park Gate ; Fri., Tat tingstone, White Horse-10i. Mr. W. Harlock's hds., Wed., Catcourt. Wood ; Sat., Ford Gate-10i. Somerset Subscription hds., Tues., Cleeve Hill ; Sat., Woodland Brake, Luxborough-10i. Mr. R. Coekburn's hds., Tues., Broadclist ; Fri., Cot. leigh-11. Lord Gifford's hds., Tues., Hopton Castle ; Fri., Pedlar's Rest-1%. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Lyston ; Fri., Aconbury Turnpike. !Ir. Wall's hails., Tues. and Thurs., Empton. Shropshire hds., Tues., Sundorne; Thurs., Iscoed-10?,-. United Pack, Tues., Chatwall ; Fri., Stretford's Bridge. Wheatland has., Tues., Willey Park ; Fri., Wackin-9. Montgomeryshire hds., Tues., Brongw3n ; Fri., Myfod. Sir John * Cope's hds., Wed., Crookham Street ; Fri„ Bradfield-11. Essex Union hounds, Wed., Kits Hill; Sat., Rettendon Windmills-10. Earl Ducie's hds., Tuesday and Friday, Coleshill —9 3 / 4 . Hambledon hds.,Wed.,BoldForester ; Fri.,S wanrnore House. B. V. H., Tues., Fulham Cross Road; Fri., Burton Common —lO 3 / 4 .. M. H., Tues., Godmanstone Down; Fri., Doles Ash. Mr. Dean's har., Tues., Challender Gate-10. Mr. Green's ( Upwell) har., Fri., the Four Goats -11. Lord Elcho's hds., Tues., Mordington ; Thurs., Preston ; Sat , Kimmergham-10%. Pembrokeshire lids., Fri., Denant Mill-10. Twyside hds., Thurs., Cenarth Bridge-10. Lord Portman's hds„ Tues Melcomb Bingham Perthshire hds., Tues., Meikleour ; Fri., Rosemount--9:%. Forfarshire hds., Tues., West Gate of Turin ; Thurs., Pat terden ; Sat., Ingliston-10%. East Kent hers., Thurs., Pingham ; Fri., Telegraph-10 1 ,1. Essex stag hds., Wed., Whapleslllill-12. Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Tues., Mentroore ; Thurs., Aston Clinton-11*. Mr. Villebois's stag hds., Thurs., Fryar's Thorns ; Sat., Kennels. Col. G. Wyndham's hds., Wed., Waltham Park ; Fri., William Wood; Sat., Drove Kennel-111. Surrey Union hds., Th., Oakshot Fl a t ; Sat., Burrows Cross. Norfolk hds., Tues., Townshend Arms, Raynham ; Th., Breecles Sate; Sat., Kennel-11. Mr. Brand's hds., Wed., Stagenhoe ; Fri., Chi c k san d s - 10i. Puekeridge hds., We., Woodmill Green ; Fri., Kettle Green ; Sat., Wellington-14. Duke of Grafton hds., Wed., Shenley; Th., W oo d en G reen . Berkshire hds., Wed., Wytam. Heythrop hds., Wed., Ensham ; Fri., Tangley-104. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Souldern Gate ; Th., Horton Common • Sat., Lower Sh uc kb oro Vill age - 10 4 . East Essex hds., Tues.. Crouch Green ; Th., Ferriers; Sat., St. A nn ' s C ast l e -1 0 i. Earl Fitzharding's hds., Tu.,Puzedown ; Wed.,. Naunton Inn ; Th., Cowley ; Sat., Broadway. F. B. hds., Wed., Roskeymer Bridge-10. Mr. Archer's hds., Th., Dolsdown-10i. Duke of Rutland's hds., Tues., Wever's Lodge; Wed., Croxton Park ; Fri., Aneaster-10i. Earl of Harewood's hds., Wed.. Cross Roads, Bramham Moor; Fri., Thorp Arch-10i. Mr. Watson's hds., Tues., East Choppington ; Fri., Stur ton Grange-10. York and Ainsty hds , Tues., Acaster ; Th., Pill Moor ; Sat., Stillingfieet-104. Eddlethorpe hds., Wed., Windmill, Stockton Forest; Fri„ North Grimston-10i. Holderness hds., Tues. Holme Rive r H ea d ; Th . , Brands burton Moor ; Fri., Malkington Village-11. Wynyard hds., Th., Embleton-10i. Bedale hds., Wed., Blow's Hall, Hutton Moor; Fri., Scow ton-10i. Hurworth Ms., Tues., Hiugalton Bridge; Th., Hutton; Sat., Entercommon-10i. Cleveland hds., Th., Hutton Low Cross-10. Chesterfield harrs., Tues., Stretton Toll-bar-10. COLDURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND I HUMORIST vox MARCH, EDITED BY THOMAS Hoon, ESQ.—The New Monthly Magazine appears this month with increased claims on the public attention, in the variety and amusing character of its materials. The editor appears to more than usual advantage in an extravaganza, called " The Schoolmistress Abroad," from which, both the tourists and stay-at-homes are sure of deriving equal entertainment; he Is no less happy in his "Sketch on the o Road." The author of" Paul Pry," continues the narrative of his hero, Phineas Quiddy, with many new and admirable effects in illustration of the sheer industry principle; and the author of " Peter Priggins " contributes a capital reminiscence of College Life in his " Fishing Adventure," which we cordially recommend to all lovers of the angle. The " Recollections of Eton," by an Etonian, increase in interest, and open upon us many pleasant sketches of the great men educated in this famous school. " A Record of the Police-office," by Laman Blanchard, is a picture from the book of life, replete with fine touches of feeling ; and " The Confessions of an Avaricious Man," by the late H. D. Inglis, Esq., is a clever development of the miserly character. " Hydro pathy on the Cold Water Cure," contains a laughable analysis of the merits of this new remedy. " Notes on the Numbers, or Humours of Arithmetic," have been written in a similar spirit of drollery, whilst the notice of the American juvenile poetess lately introduced to the public by one of the Quarterly Reviewers, which we find here under the title of " Some Account of the Life and Writings of that remarkable child, the late Miss Margaret Daw," i s fling at the rage for prodigies which influences so many " gentle. readers." The number cannot fail of afford:ng excellent amuse sent to all who may peruse its pleasant pages. A few days ago died, at Villefranche,on the Rhone, Lieutenant du Ter rail, of the gendarmerie, who was a lineal de. scendant from the brother of the Chevalier du Terrail. Lepretre Dubocage, whose name has figured in se veral political prosecutions, and who was condemned to impri sonment for attempting the lives of two sergens de vile, in the riot at the Impasse Saint Sebastien, in 1836, but was included in the amnesty on the marriage of the. Duke of Orleans, has since been living quietly, maintaining himself by his trade as a house-painter. This man on Tuesday committed suicide under the following extraordinary circumstances. Having -become enamoured of a young woman, the intimate friend of his own mistress, he used every attempt to seduce her, but she indig nantly repelled his advances. On Tuesday he informed a friend named Rousselet, who occupied the same room with him, that he had had a quarrel at La Courtille, and must fight a duel. Taking a pair of pistols they went together to Belleville, and entered a wine -house, where Dubocage said his adversary was to meet him. No one, however, came, and they remained drinking with some other companions till night, when they re turned together into Paris. While in the Rue do Faubourg du Temple, Dubocage, who was• in advance of the rest, sud denly turned round, and saying, " Good night, my friends," put one of the pistols to his head, fired, and instantly fell dead. STARVING CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.-- At a Petit Sessions held for this district on Monday last, before a bench of County Magistrates, a very decent, respectable looking man, named Dowse, was charged with damaging an oak tree. In his defense he said, " I was driven to do this by distress; I have a wife and five children, and no week this winter have I earned more than 7s. Last week I only earned 6s. 3d., and out of that I paid Is. 101 d, rent, and 9d. for firing, and what was left (3s. 7d . ) was all we had to keep seven persons." One of the Magist rates told him that he need not have. married; and th a t h i s dis tressed condition • did not authorise his s t ea li ng. Dowse replied, atth an " o ll er Stil but distress drives one to do what would not e. If I go to p r i son I shall have some vic tuals to eat, that's one comfort." A Magistrate here remarked on his decent appearance, and said it was a pity he should resort to such practices—be looked an honest man. The evidence being con elusive against him he was convicted and fined 10s., including costs. Dowse--" I could not pay 10 pence much less 10 shillings ; I must go to prison." He was accordingly committed for fourteen days. We would recommend Peel and Wellington to study this case; it is not an isolated one. The consideration of it might prevent their insulting the poor as they have of Ws done.--Wilt shire Independent. The Handelsblad of Amsterdam announces that Mademoiselle Rachel is to arrive shortly at the Hague, for the purpose of performing for a limited number of nights. BERLIN, FEB. 16.—His Majesty, the King, arrived here in good health, at ten o'clock to-day, on his return from England. PUBLIC MEETING IN KENDAL.-111 consequence of the disapprobation generally felt and expressed in Kendal, and the neighbourhood, respecting the insulting proposal of the Peel Mi nistry to alter the Corn-laws, it was deemed advisable at once to call a public meeting, for the purpose 'of once more petitioning Parlia ment on the subject, and addressing a memorial to the Queen to dismiss from her service the unworthy persons who now fill the responsible offices of the Government. Accordingly a meeting was convened by placard, for Tuesday evening last (15th inst.) in the Odd Fellows' Hall. The place was densely crowded before the proceedings commenced, and many were compelled to leave the doors unable to obtain admission. A memorial to the Queen to dismiss the present Ministers, and a petition to the House of Com mons for a total repeal of the Corn-laws, in which the petitioners declared that the Government measure " had wantonly aggravated the national distress" were agreed to.—Kendal Mercury. ALARMING FIRES.—About two o'clock On Tuesday morning a fire of very alarming description broke out on the pre mises, No. 27, Galston-square, Whitechapel, in the occupation of the Jewish National Friends Society, used as a manufactory for pure Passover bread, The discovery was made by some of the in mates, who, it appears, were awoke by being almost suffocated from the smoke that filled the interior of the house, and on their pro ceeding down stairs the first floor front room was found in flames. Directly on the alarm being raised the police proceeded to give information to the fire stations situated in that part of the metro polis, and shortly afterwards the engines of-The brigade force from the stations in Wellclose and Jeffery-squares arrived, Very for tunately there was no want of water, and after much exertion the damage was confined to the upper part of the building, which, to. gether with the stock, is insured. —About two hours and a half afterwards another fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Pennell, 31, Basingliall.street, but owing to the promptitude of the firemen, on their arrival with their engines, It was got under befbre any serious damage had taken place. NOVEL BAPTISM.—On Saturday much curiosity was created at the Church of St.. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, by the baptism of a lady between twenty and thirty years of age, named Blisson, residing in NottinghiU.square. The ceremony was per formed by the Lord Bishopof So4or and Man, and Miss Blisson, whom it was understood is a Manx lady, received the name of Adela. FIRE.—On Tuesday night between the hours of six and seven o'clock, an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr, Wheeler, furniture japanner, 8, Newton.street, Holborn. The fire first appeared from the windows of the second floor, and for some time threatened considerable destruction to the surround ing neighbourhood. The engines from Holborn, Chandos-street, and Wells.street, were shortly on the spot, but unfortunately up. wards of twenty minutes elapsed • before aft) , supply of water could be procured. The premises were burnt to the ground. The p re . perty is insured. instAnsi7 provided, but th ere On Sunday ev en i ng • Air, Brooks, of the Oly mp i c Theatre, met with an aoo id en t, w hi c h h as com pell e d hi m to reline (Nish his professional dutiei." H e was descending the stai rcase, and was about to leave ho me f o r the even i n g, when hi s f oot Slippt4 and he was precipitated . t o th e b o tt om o f the stairs w ith ageh yio_ s le e n v ceereascotnotuflac ion tu c re t s h u ree rgi o ca f l h a i i s d r w ibs a4 , and indicttifsort NM several is no hope of his recovery for some time. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE AT BULBIRRe--. % FRUALE error BY (lad HUSBAND.—The village of Bulmer, near SudburY, was on Sunday morning last thrown into the greatest con, sternation by a report that Mr. Charles Viall, farmer, 4 the ibave parish, had shot his wife, which, unhappily, proxed to bp, top, true. The facts of the case are as folio"? 3- 1 r• X". 11 'WI ileett fart the evening of Saturday at the I**, l, AA. Ui ulg Aty3y4 pa t io. 0 .,9e 1, 3 f l'As'"nort,illitt . heving quarTelhA With Way --- Oc ul i ' • Ab 3 Mt elc!Ovi o'clokiii Ms. v".. .., and , .ume blows were , went home in a state of eu w ith his wife, on which she ran into ...Jom, and held the door after her, He (Mr. Viall) then fired a gun, which was loaded with shot, through the door; and part of the charge entered his wife's left breast in an oblique direc tion, also carrying part of the door, which struck her. She then made her escape to a cottage on the Halsted-road, and obtained the assistance of two men, who returned with her, when they found Mr. Viall in bed, with a double barrel gun by hi s side, one of the barrels of which appeared to have been recently discharged. Medical as sistance having been procured, Mrs. Viall's wounds were dressed. Nothing can be elicited from Mrs. Viall on the subject of the trans. action. An account received since, states that Mrs. Viall was not considered in dangor on Monday....Chelmfford Chronicle, eAcitSule4M. 4uarroll- • SUCithor A SAD TRUE STORY. " A young actress," says the Paris journal, Droit, "who will be remembered, by the frequenters of the theatres, on the boulevards, has just died, in a state of the most cruel suffering and neglect, in the hospital Saint- Louis, at the early age of twenty-five years. Beautiful, graceful, and intelligent, Mlle. Estival had made herself remarked at her debut in several characters of the modern drama, and her place was already marked on a stage of more importance than that of the Ambigu- Comique, when a singular circumstance, which had the most fatal influence on her future fate, induced her to leave Paris and to contract an engagement with the director of the French theatre in London. A young man, calling himself the Comte Gustave de Boncourt, wearing the decoration of the Legion of Honour, and living in great style at No. 11, in the Rue du Fauborg Poissoniere, where he gave himself out as Garde-Ge neral des Forets, procured an introduction to the young actress, and made her considerable presents. This young man, whose luxurious style of living, whose horses, carrriages, and prodigality had promptly seduced the young actress, this pretended Comte Gustave de Boncourt, was no other than a man named Henri Journet, who had been previously condemned to five years' confinement in irons for forgery ; had been alter nately a sub-officer in a regiment of cavalry, then a domestic servant ; and who, while in this position, had robbed his master and mistress, M. and Mme. Champy de Boizeraud, who lived in the Rue de Bautne, of 50,000 f. in notes, I,Boof. in cash, and a considerable quantity of jewels, shawls, plate, &c. In 1836 Journet was condemned, by the Court of Assizes of Paris, to twenty years' hard labour at the hulks. Mlle. Estival was summoned to appear as a witness in this case ; but it appeared, according to the indictment, that she had received the greater portion of the stolen jewels, to gether with a considerable sum of money, without, however, being able to suspect from what source they had been derived ; and that, in order to avoid appearing in court, she had set off for England. Since that time she had not returned to France ' • but a few months ago, her health bei ng ex h aus t e d by late hours, by excesses, and perhaps moved by regret, she found herself in so deplorable a condition, that the medical men, recom mended her, as a last resource, to return and breathe her native air. She came back to Paris, but here she found every thing changed as much as herself. A prey to incessant suffering from a disease of the chest, she exhausted her last resources, and soon found herself re duced to the necessity of soliciting admission into the hospital St. Louis, where, however, she e nt ere d un d er a false name. For four months Mile. Estival waited for death ; calm, resigned, uttering not a single complaint, indulging in no regret, and obstinately refusing to so r licit favours from any one, or to call to her bedside any of those who had known her in the height of her beauty and her fortune. On Thursday last, however, when she found herself at the last point of her incurable malady, and perceived that she had only a short time to live, she yielded to the solicitations of one of the religious sisters, who watch by the bedside of the dying. She pronounced the name of a person, from whom she had in former days received not merely favours, but proofs of sincere affection. A few minutes afterwards an express, sent off to the Vicomte de -, announced to him the approach of the last hour of the young woman, in whose future fate he had once taken so warm an interest, but who had disappointed his intentions. He immediately went to the hospital St. Louis. On his arrival a smile played on the pale lips of the dying girl, a ray of glad ness sparkled in her eyes. With a grateful voice she thanked him, asked his pardon for the past, and said that she should die satisfied and resigned, since he had not repelled her memory from his mind. In another hour the young girl, once so brilliant ; the actress, once so applauded—died in the asylum opened for indigence by the hand of pity—a terrible lesson !" EXTRAORDINARY SURGICAL OPERATION.—That splendid specimen, the Royal tigress, had been suffering severely in consequenee of one of her fore claws having grown in a circular direction, and penetrated deeply into the flesh of the foot, produc ing suppuration and lameness in such an increasing degree as called far some prompt remedial measure. The superintending director accordingly got a large and powerful pair of cutting forceps made, with which he made several unsuccessful attempts for the ex cision of the claw—the operation having failed in consequence of the remarkable hardness of the claw, and the difficulty of getting the foot so conveniently placed as to enable the operator to get a firm hold and purchase with the instrument. He then got a strong iron hook made under his directions, having a long handle, and the in side circle of the hook sharpened. Watching his opportunity, when the tigress lay with her paw near to the outside of her den, the hook was dexterously and quickly inserted into the offending member, and whilst two men held on the tigress exerted her own mighty strength, and thus, unwillingly, aided the ingenious and benevolent plan contrived for her relief. The pain must have been great, and her roarings were terrific, but the relief from the ex. traction of the claw was almost instantaneous, and in the course of a day or two the foot will be quite sound.—Caledonian Mercury. The Corresponsal states, from Manilla, that a revolt had broken out on some point of the Philippine Islands—it does nit say which—under the following circumstances :—An adven turer, pretending to have a celestial mission, and to have made his appearance !or the purpose of marrying a native Princess, had gathered round him a number of partisans, and set the forces who were sent against him at defiance. The officer in command, after having attemptedin vain to bring this madman to reason, attacked the point in which the insurgents had entrenched shemselves, and carried it after a vigorous resistance, killing some of the rebels, and hiking others with their chief prisoners. FRENCH AND BELGIAN PIRACIES OF ENGLISH Wouts.—The attention of the Legislature and of the Govern ment is loudly called to the subject of foreign invasion of British Copyright, which is daily increasing to a most serious extent. To take the most recent instance :—Mr. Warren's Tale of " Ten Thousand a-Year," after having been first published, during nearly two years, in Blackwood's Magazine, was thoroughly revised, and in many parts entirely re-written, by the author ; and though three times the length of Sir Walter Scott's " Waverley," was published, about Christmas last, in three vols., post Bro., closely printed, price It. I Is. 6d., at a considerable sacrifice. It has hail a very large sale, but has had to encounter a serious obstacle in the French and Belgian editions, in the English language, published at Brussels, and by Galignani, at Paris, which have been poured into this country to an extent of many thousands ofcopies, in two thick 12m°. vols., sold for four or five shillings. These are all mere re. prints from the retires of Blackwood's Magazine, and one moment's comparison of them with the authentic English separate editions will demonstrate the injury thus done, not only to the author and publisher's pecuniary interests, but to the literary reputation of the former, and to the British public, on whom is palmed oft' a vastly inferior edition of a very celebrated and successful work. To such an extent is this carried, that we positively know of circulating libraries and private book.clubs, both in town and country, to say nothing of great numbers of private persons, to whom these foreign editions have been disposed of easily, and as a matter of course.— We understand that the attention of Parliament is to be speedily called to this subject, with a view to either altering the law, or at least securing a rigid enforcement of the existing law. It is well known that Mr. Murray suffered to a tremendous extent by the French editions of Lord Byron's works surreptitiously introduced into this country. Our French and other foreign friends forget that they have nothing, as our publishers have, to pay to the author! —The Publisher's Circular. TORY LAMENT.—We have this day to present to our readers a choice sample of popular ebullition, as exhibited at the municipal fabric of this city. Who ever dreamed that a "com. mon hall," convened by the Mayor of this loyal city, should have determined on forcing the attention of our rulers to the" points" of the Charter—involving universal suffrage, a total disregard of the rights of property, and the adoption of a sneaking and un.Eng. lish mode of suffrage. Verily, these are among the signs of the times. We have not leisure at present to analyze and compare the curious " flights of fancy" indulged in by the principal performers in the scene, the meeting not having terminated till three o'clock. —Worcester Journal. A few evenings ago the dwarf, Matthew Gullia, who is the great attraction at one of the cafes in Lyons, being at a masked ball at the theatre in disguise, where he bad the appear ance of a child, a person, who knew him, took the liberty of tear. ing off his mask. The dwarf, justly indignant at this piece of insolence, and possessing plenty of courage, although with so diminutive a form, instantly challenged the aggressor to fight a duel, and it was with great difficulty that the Commissory of Police, who interfered, could restore his mind to a state of calm. THE PRICE OF BREAD IN GLASGOW.—Our atten tion has been called to this subject, and we must say that we think there is something in it which requires at least an expla nation. The price of the 41b. loaf, it seems, has been 10d, for many months past in this city, and nothing less, whilst in other places it has been selling for some time at 9d., and even as low ai Bd. On looking over our file, we find that of late the price of bread in Perth has been as follows :-41b. loaf fine Bd., second ditto 7d. ; Society's fine 7d., second ditto 6d. In Paisley, Edinburgh, Dumfries, &c., 41b. fine loaf 9d. From the Caledonian Mercury, of 12th February, we learn likewise that in Cupar of Fife the price of the 41b. loaf, as in Perth, is only Bd. This is certainly an extraordinary difference, and we have no doubt but the public must be satisfied as to the cause of it.— Glasgow Saturday Post. Monday week Lord Pantnure formally made over to the new Mechanics' Institution, Brechin, the handsome apartments which he had erected for its use, together with the fine collection of paintings which decorate the hall. His Lordship at the same time handed to the President and Vice- President a check for 1,0001., to be vested in Trustees for behoof of the Institution. Thus, by the enlightened liberality of this Nobleman, the youth of Brechin have been provided with elegant schools and the mechanics with a splendid hall, and the means of obtaining instruction in useful knowledge and rational amusement in all time coming. —Aberdeen Herald. A DISTRESSING CASE.—Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, the feelings of the people passing along the High street were excited in no ordinary degree, with deep sympathy and pity, for a poor woinah;who was wending her way in the direction of the High Church burying -ground, with a coffin under her arm, evidently enclosing the remains of her dead child. She had an old tartan mantle thrown over her head, and with the skirt she was endeavouring to hide the sad emblem of death. Her squalid features bore the marks of ex treme grief, and her legs, which were without any kindly covering, tottered beneath the weight she was carrying. At her side was a boy, about ten years of age, the only being ac companying her in the last melancholy duty of conveying her child to the "narrow house," Altogether the scene was one of the most soul-liarrowing description —it was sufficient to make humanity blush. Who could think that in Britain, "on whose dominions the sun never sets,"—that in religious Scot land, in Glasgow, her commercial capital, such a display ()tea treme destitution s h ou ld b e w i tnessed in her streets ? This single occurrence speaks volumes. It is, indeed, a lesson of awful importance to our legislators; but when will they turn wise ?—Glavov, Saturday Post. We have before stated that the occasion of the soden removal of the Court to Brighton was for the Improvement of the health of the Princess Royal, We are now happy to state that Mr. Harry Blaker, the eminent surgeon of that place, having been called in, has lanced the gums of her Royal Highness, whi.hli has allayed the irritation, and she has since cut three tion, The Princess's health is now much inaproved.—Obserip:,.. Miss Eliza Spiterstone, young. 4 g . l a d y , 19 years 461 . 4 %. reOdipa N4"4l'l4tNet T•ortland-Place, on Wednesday ""Ple-cl "I" " lie ' ll 7,i taking laudanum and oxalic acid. VoXhillattilr circumstance was discovered in time to make use stomach pump, and it is to be hoped that she will recover from the effects of her imprudent act. Disappointed love is the cause assigned for this attempt at self-destruction. NEGRO WIT.—A. short time since a gentleman driving on the road between Little River and this town, was overtaken by a negro boy on a mule, who attempted for a long while, without success, to make the animal pass the carriage. At length the boy exclaimed to his beast, " I'll bet you one jippenny I make you pass this time ;" and after a short pause, again said, 'you bet ?—very well." The boy repeated the blows with renewed vigour, and at last succeeded in making him pass ; when the gentleman, who overheard the conversa tion between Quaco and his steed, said to him, " Well, my boy, now you have won, how are you going to make the mule pay you?"—" Oh, Sir," says Quaco, "make him pay me very well ; Massa give me one tenpenny for buy him grass, and me only buy him a fippenny-worth !"—Brighton Gazette. r N RUSSIAN ARM Y. ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 12.—The llitliser of War has just published the following ukase upon the dissolution of the battalion of reserve of the corps of grenadiers and the six corps of infantry, and upon the transforming of the second army of reserve : . 1 War •office.--' In according conges for an unlimited pe riod, my intention was to relieve the treasury, and at the same time diminish the number of troops under arms, without, how ever, injuring the organisation of the army. I wish, more over, to diminish the time of service of the soldick of the active army, to enable them to return to their families at an age when they may be useful to them. Conges, given in this manner, commenced iii 1833, and this mea sure has not only succeeded, but has surpassed my expec tations. Soldiers with unlimited leave of absence have always eagerly returned to their tiu:y when recalled. Be sides, they havealwa}•s made themselves useful in the localities chosen for their residence. Thus have they deserved our be nevolence under every circumstance. The Reports of the ju dicial authorities are the best proofs in their favour. Out of 150,000 men, but 116 have been in the hands of justice. This result shows the possibility of fulilling our intentions to the utmost. In consequence I ordain, that conformably to the limitation of the State, the Sapa•n:e troops, soldiers on un limited leave, receive the following organization : —l. For the Guard; for each regiment of infantry a 4th battalion sapasnje upon the cadres ; for each regiment of cavalry, an Bth squadron sapasnje; for the Foot Artillery, three batteries of reserve and three sapasnje; for the Horse A rtil'ery , one battery sapasnje. 2. Corps'of Grenadiers. Infantry : —The battalions of reserve are dis - solved, and a fourth and fifth battalion will be formed upon the cadres for each regiment. Artillery :—'lhree batteries of re serve, and three light sapasnje ; o:le flying sapasnje. Of the six corps of Infantry, the fifth battali, ris of reserve are dis solved, but each regiment will have a skeleton of a fifth and sixth battalion. Cavalry of the line :—For each regiment there will be formed two squadrons sapasnje. Artillery Nine sapasnje batteries, eighteen batterieS of reserve, and eighteen sapasnje foot batteries. These details are in part contained in the ukase of the fOth of January (February) and of the 23rd of December, 1841 (4th Jwtuary, 1842). 2. This order will be put in execution immediately. (Signed) " NtenoLas. • " St. Petersburg, 25th January." (6th February.) 1 I The 13th Light Dragoons, which were quartered t at Slough, Maidenhead, and Colnbrooli; during the King of Prussia's visit to Windsor Castle, h?.'..e iii:trched into this town E and Norwich. Previous to the regiment leaving Slough, a • Court-martial was held at the Crown Ilo:el, on Sergeant Scott, 1 who was charged with neglect of duty and absence from guar ) t tern. On the day following, the troops mounted, assembled, l and the commanding officer read over the whole of the evidence, ' showing that the charges were clearly proved. The command [ ing-officer then pronounced the sentence of the Cour , that [ Sergeant Scott be reduced to the rank of a private. The ceremony of ripping off his stripes was then performed, and ' the man fell into the ranks. He had been in the regiment fourteen years, and up to this period had conducted himself with propriety. He appeared deeply to feel his degradation.—... Ipswich Express. The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz arrived at Marseilles by the last ltalan steamer from Reese* land immediately conti nue d ber.joeiney to Stra s b urg . . - A lette r fr om B ayonne says, " the Bay o f Bi scay, which had been ab a nd one d b y the whalcs for the last SOO year., Is again visited by them. S everal have been seen during the last week by the fishermen on the coast between Merril and Socoa." The Correctional Tribunal of Clermond Fernald, in the Puy de Dome, has been occupied for four days with the trial of twenty persons, implicated in the late riots in opposition to the census. Five of them were acquitted, and discharged, The rest were found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for various terms, from six months to twenty days, with fines varying from 100 to 16f. One of the above is to be s.eijected to surveillance of the . police after the expiration o f hi s s! x months' confinement; and th e trial of another has been postponed till March, on account of the absence of witnesses. The crowds that continue to flock to the Cathedral at Bordeaux, to hear the sermon of M. Lacordaire, are so great, th a t as the journal of that c it y states, barriers have been put up in the church, and soldiers are stationed at them to keep order. To we. rlous parts of the edifice the public are admitted only by tickets, and in order to get a chair, it is necessary to be there threeleatira before the service begins. The Maniteur Parisien has a letter of 7.Puesayd from Boulogne, giving an account of what appears to 'have been a drunken quarrel between some French and EngP:sl fishermen, off the coast of England, of which the following cir cumstances, but in which ther e is Ito ii` l „ do 'are the principal , sotne exaggeration : 41 A Boulogne boat, while engag e d in ! ".ishing, was hailed by another, in which were two Englistimen.'who ask,' for torn, brandy, which they would pay for in fish, when they had caught some. The I. '''.. one of the En g li s h men went on board with a F renchmenknife knife, de ter refused, m il, 7, ..... to enforce his demand, but was driven back into his own 'boat. The two Englishmen got a reinforcement of five of tho,:a companions, making their number equal to that in the Frene l a boat. The Englishmen were, it i said, armed with knives; the Frenchmen had nothing to defend themselves but the stones of which their ballast was, (armed. 'I hree of the Englishmen at.. tempted to board the French boat, but were tumbled into the sea, and, while their companions were engaged in picking them up, the French boat stood out to sea, and made off. No lives were lost in this conflict, but one of the Frenchmen received a wound in the hand from the Englishman who had the audacity to make the first attack alone against seven." BRIGHTON RAILwAY.—List of the nobility, &c., who have travelled by this line during the past week :—Earl of Clancarty, Countess Powlett, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Rugby, Hon. Misses Montague, Devereux, Ladies Fremantle, Goldsmid, Sirs James Cockburn, Isaac Goldsmid, James Clark, Jeffery Wyatt. John Key, Colonel Loftus, Mr. Stuit, M.P., Mr. Peel, Mr. Irby, &e. The Lyons papers state that, on the demand of the Bishop of Agra, the Pope has authot bed the sending of some re. ligioug sisters to the East Indies; that mission has been entrusted to the Dames du Cuur de Jesus et de Marie of Lyons, and that its a few days six sisters of that house will embark at Marseilles for Calcutta. Among them are two French sisters, two Spanish, one German, and one English. A few days ago, a woman who was picking up cinders on the Saiat.Etienne Railway, as she had for some time beets in the habit of doing, although frequently warned of the danger. became the victim of her imprudence. A train coming up, s h e placed herself, with her sack on ter head, by the side of the road, but the sack being heavy fell forward, and dragged her with it. The train passed over her, and she was in an instant deprived of life. RAILWAY DIRECT FROM CIRENCESTER, TO CHEY, TENIIA.M.—it is with pleasure we find that arrangements are in progress for bringing the matter in a tangible shape before the public ; a preliminary meeting will very shortly be held. That Cheltenham should be without a thil Nay direct to the metropolis, while Brighton, Bath, and other fashiottable watering places pos. sesi that advantage, is as inimical to her welfare as it is disgr ace . ful to her publi c s pi r i t; more particularly so, when we consider that a branch of the Great Western has for months past been open to Cirencester, a distance of only 15 miles !—Cheltenham Journal SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF' CANCER.—Dr. 811- chanan presented, a few days ago, before the students in the lee. ture.room of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, a patient who had been cured of cancer in the lip. Having cut the diseased part of the llp away, the doctor cut a similar !mit off the chin, raised it s and anited it to the remaining half, by which a complete union has been effected ; and, what is still more surprising, a new mu. cous membrane formed, which, having a new action, gave reason to expect a radical cure. Thus, by this operation, not only the hideous appearance of the lip, but the saliva flowing from the mouth, which would be a continual source of irritation to the pa... tient, and tend to impair digestion, were entirely obviated.—G las. goto Coairier. • The produce of the olive crops its Candia during last year yieldltd from eleven to twelve millions of pounds of oil, Which, at the average price of 75f. the 2001 h., were worth frogs 4,200,000 f. to 4,600,000 f. About a fourth part of this produce was made into soap or consumed in the island ; the rest was for exportation. A good deal of the produce of 1840, which was unusually large, was wasted during the late troubles in the island, and the same cause hindered the inhabitants from coliecting the usual quantity of sponges. In Corfu the produce of oil for 1841 has been estimated at 100,000 lonian barrels, though at the time it was expected to have reached 15(0,000. 'The price of Corinth grapes (currants) hat fallen from 50f. the 2001 b. to 47f. - - -••• TIIE DECLINE AND FALL OF BARBER-ISM. —There has arisen in the metropolis a race of travelling barbers — penny shavers, who travel to every point of the compasS. Several of them exercise their vocation in the neighbourhood of Penton vilha in the dusk of the evening, uttering a low cry opposite to every parlcur window, and down every area—" Hair cut to day_ whole family round sixpence —two cuts for a penny, and so forth." It is presumed that there are about 200 of this tribe of tonsors ex_ 011 Al 01 l a tly 0! : s l i,? ; Ro L b 's crt E l' l te7ulas-.— car ried about the. ercising their calling in the metropolis. evening g ßNZ ias lG an SIR 1 effigy village of Batley, and lo d g ed at Mrs. Sheard' s public-howe, until Tuesday d eveni„g, when he was tried and condemned tube burned Y O theveninsga' which took pla ce am i d the Most vehemeat clamour, tisfaction and gr a tifi cat i on of the major par I. o o i n th ‘ cVed. d pectleatsnata to Tintee. _.1,-N --- • FRIGHTFUL DISTRESS. 7 -: A Dissenting Minister of th's 1i pastoral visit last w ee k to a family U• comf? of his members, learnt from oae of tm 7 _ e were in deep distress, in consequence of morning received a letter from a near reIyMPIEI -.301:41 1 / 4 7 y_w ere in circumstances o at Kiddermi ns t er con sistsfamily of seven persons, the parents and five children : the father is a steady, industrious, moral character, and the mother a member of a Uhristian church. The following is a copy of the letter penned by 'her, and sent to her husband's brother, and which will show, better than anything that we can say, the dreadful situation of themselves and multitudes of others at this terrible crisis : February 12, 1842. DEAR BROTHER AND SISTER,—We write these few lines to you, hoping to find you in good health, as thank God, we are as well ai c.:.n be expected under present circumstances. We have no disease among us but the gnawings of hunger, of which none can' give any idea what it is but those who are the fatal objects of experience. We have no work, nor have had but 10s. worth since the llth DeCember. James. has had but six weeks' work since he was at your house, and Ann has been at home all the winter out of work. Mary has some at present, and that is the . only one we have to b r i ng i n anyt hi ng. She brings in 3s. a week when she works all the meek, but that is not always the case . ; last week she got but 25., and that is all we have, for we have no one to give us a bit of anything, nor have with anything left to make money of, :as we have parted we everything we pos sibly can, being so short of work so long before we were out entirely. Our chief diet is potatoes, for bread or other necessaries we cannot get, nor yet half enough of potatoes, and I have been the day through without a crumb of anything within my lips ; in short, it is impossible for a farnly to be in greater distress than we are, and live. 'lour brother often' says, if it were not for an eternity, he certainly should, make away with himself ; an d, t o a dd to our trouble, we look every day to have another added to our fa mily, without the least preparation whatever, not even a sufficiency to dress it in. So dark does the dispensation of Providence appear towa-ds us at pre sent, that there appears no way of escape ; but, mind you, we do not send to you for relief, as we expect you have enough to do to provide for your own fa mily, but we write just to let yJtt know how we are situated, that, should we perish with hunger, or any thing else happen to us, some one belonging to us might know something about us. So no more from your affectionate brother and sister, JAMES AND ANN . This is one case ou t o f many, f o r others could be cited did not delicacy of feeling forbid,—Worcester shire Chronicle.