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

TAX. Pitt's income th(mght too he a ,s,ssabie five heads or the same ar' comprises no, land yieldina tse proPe rt f' rs. From al; sources, S ll , 100/- It is no , :; StifiCatiOn ,' 77l umping sun:, vq uires 11111 7, ? 1 named iterh oducts—thst vat food rao' DOW. If SiS 'tat the lan .-and-twen t y rn- laws have , but positive is the onlY in the seal he lords half ° ~°,,, he sum 11 " f than a fourth as Peel expects, iillions, Laroll ,he valu e erate fine 0 „, proac hing . a lready 14 tithe. This, Peel, on the , t h e prool t v ien , the re tt the tithes, ' cause, unt for his e ?s , ds. or sir S' r e 10 , 4 „o bet le tithes 4 1, 3 $ f bth P" e, t Ir. 11 is nd° ° l P oo tV !z w % trne, • r rf nofr . 4 [lO !e d. Seiriire tO of eIICY' -A O4 be d be it he boat/ itd 111(11-"n":11 " 1 "t say, " This touches me in my reputation"? :148 we have before marked, what . .Mr. Roebuck's aration for knowledge and ability is to him, the r '' r nan's and merchant's repute for wealth or prospe %is business is. to them. QUACK PAMPHLETS. d,S/ 4 4 2„ ME EDITOR OF THE SUN.. '4t fn :, A ermit me to call your attention to the follow ltioat man, in the employ of one of the most no •Stilok.; & lack s of the present day, is in the habit of „ e 0 4g with him `....vgent-street during the busy hours of trade, pamphlets neatly folded, bearing on i>,::div.a.tside the impression of a wood-cut likeness of the lth e h ic hlal alluded to, which he is constantly - forcing into 14is sands of such ladies as honour the tradesmen of with their custom, .and who come for that in their carriages. I saw yesterday, on three 414,4, 1 ' occasions, these papers indignantly thrown toni en r r °a(l, as soon as the nature of their tiley -- ) 7 was ascertaned by the females to wh?m ad been presented. Prompted by curiosity Ode s evoured to procure one of them, but . w . as , inf ormed by the man that he had most positive hati !i.carria cats ") give none to any but the occupiers of ges, at the same time presenting me with matu re _ containing a fac-simile of the Lord Mayor's der e f —a ; copy of the bill, I presume, that was . ` 4 e M Sir Peter Laurie in the Justice-room of ansion-house on Thursday last. Perhaps your sug this species of annoyance will have the effect c . .f . Ir sev b "Qpolice to put an end to a system which, it ).i t h v e s t!d. in, may induce those who now honour us ,th er lielr patronge, to confer their favours upon . som and tac'ealitY, where the same inconvenience is not 7Pre I st---a circumstance which, under the very ‘otLit,Sr;` hti tte of trade at present, we could ill afford AN INHABITANT, AND CONSTANT LV4 • SUBSCRIBER. br i the letter as we have received it, but have ° What it refers.] ; 7 4 AMERICAN NEWS. Ivhi eh 'e received by the ship Hibernia, Capt. Wilson, DNrs t lt o r ' i „ v ed at Liverpool on Saturday, New York „ n 'tigh t Cue 17th ; they are one day later than those '`, 4 41 Y the Sheffield. The Hibernia, a quick vessel, i a T e present outs-thee n sixteen days. The r , L ,' l td carried ~,s'unl, or rather the observations of the Law NXI 6, 4 the case of the Creole, which had 4 )Z i tbaii; L t u aumerous commentaries from the American ole h j, They seem to care little or nothing for a ~"‘bili t: ',,-Learned Lord, and very flatly contradict the r " Denman, and the international law of Lord It to ru • The New York Courier and Inquirer says -7 . 4 st th en b e perfectly clear " to every soun d min d , " s k t &f . great men of England have intentionally placed ".: 1 ' )11 between the two countries upon a false issue, 4 4: 1 - . „ a i t ,tained to this point by the moderate sacrifices (if "' honour—by disavowing the law of nations, t iladi t 'e Of the highest luminaries that ever adorned dth o i e lar Y -- hy repudiating and casting odium upon current of his greatest decisions. i.kA it i n ig,hY such means located these slave murderers tist„ ;" territory (where, the other day, according to 43V ' they were " Res positce in Commercio,") k % ltiTt e ; s tY.led American " subjects seeking refuge, unfair for our Government to demand," since NY with such requisition might render liable to t t uishnient the high functionary upon whom Y might devolve—conclusions perfectly con t 4) wi th the false issue, to sustain which they are 14. jie rt were not American citizens or subjects, but the filly' the chattels of American citizens and subjects, t such under the law of nations and the onsti th.qh the United States. A 4,, the true i ssue b etween th e coun t r ie s —from ZS: i ll not be driven. The law of Westminster %4 p yield to the law of nations, as vindicated by A fi , ebster, w hi c h l aw , as we have already seen, ", I , , t h ' t , s his property upon principles equally applicable 4 1 14 " all other subjects of merchandise. ki n N t 4 r ne issue being, whether the United States has 014 44 property in slaves ; and whether that recog iq sustained by the law of nations ; and this ap j,Zitnost satisfactorily, it follows that the perfect 0 1 4. Niit to all the privileges and immunities be -1,,1."= merchandise under that law, must be con hi s property while lawfully on board an Ame ticittiliV• And that among the most notorious of t 4 ,6fbuts and immunities, is " the equitable excep iN3C,e(,essity," by which, when undesignedly within t, 14 4 'risdiction it is exempted from being meddled tu eeign l ' s, and entitled to their friendly aid in ~..1 14 4 - T(=d. toa s ts original condition. he seen from this brief extract, that the English , I . l ,'ticans proceed upon opposite principles. The t t l , t 'tiall u se to acknowledge it as a question of inter ltkwt tr i ,` 4\ v , and treat it as one of municipal law ; the ‘l l ' 4 ,t it exclusively as a question of international l t ;7i ts gtand considers the slaves as men, the Amen 4C4C merchandise. While the latter appeal to the c n ations, they violate the laws of humanity, on 04 .1 04 i nternational law is founded. To settle the tc;t ld men inuot go to the fountain head of all human N v i that bursts out against the Americans. It is 01 4t ' l g slaves which puts them in the wrong. ',Net- Is e l' from Washington of March 14 says —A yr. . th ; ,gtren to Mr. Charles Dickens this evening by i..bi 7tY citizens and members of Congress. t,, t hl ‘ I;„ ar i s ff memorial from citizens of Virginia, pre •Y Air Stuart this morning, is a subject of deep t p'estin g reflection. ,' 4 4 th t ,.„ t ' st be evident to all that the interests of the States are sustaining a vast modification, and "1.. 14 ,' essentially in their aspects from those which ti nted - when the Compromise Act was passed. E - c l , 4 `u ,„ scovery which Great Britain has made, that 0 1 t ow,aise nearly all the cotton which she requires for -4 to 4 uatunption in her colonies, of itself makes a t o ki t 7 ,e(Je litil change in the interests of the South. 01'414,' the recent impulse that has been given to t0, 1 , - ,` 4 ,,res in the Southern States, has already wrought ti.Llltig " 4 will work more, to produce a different class of • • :ablutions, and interests. in the infancy of her manufactures, is A ,tie 6, e4 ding the products of her looms to the banks , - ,anecticut, what may be expected when enter- ZEr l y P t tal, and energy shall be fully embarked in a 41 Possessing her vast water powers and other k s t (i tantages. ' 1a 4 Y NIGHT, MARCH 15.—The transactions in ).1 44 thi o n 8 Morning were limited, with very little alte °Li yesterday's quotations. Illinois Sixes ad '. 11 4 1 1.4 Indiana Sterling Bonds 5-8, and Farmers' ` 4 , t 1 0 _ 4 ; Canton Co. of Baltimore declined 3-4, and ' ll, l ll - 7' u d Railroad 1-4. h i i,*',Exchanges continue dull of sale, and the rates ,71elphia, Virginia, Mobile, Montgomery, St. IS -111 Cincinnati are growing worse. The follow , lil k t,day's quotations ni 3 1-4 a 3 3-S ; Baltimore, 5-8 a 3-4 ; q', i its t l „ 8 a 8 1-4 ; North Carolina, 5 a 5 1 -8 ; tl Ettt 'll, 1 1-2 a 1 5-8 ; S av annah, 2 1-4 a 2 1-2 ; 4 20 . 2 1-4 a 2 1-2 ; M o bil e 18' a 19 : Montgomery, I, l lvia Tuscaloosa, 20 ; New Orleans, 6 1-2 a 7 ; lae ; i 1 8 a 20 ; Louisville, 8 a 8 1-4 ; St. Louis, 12 it i 4 t ;fki,, Cincinnati, 13 a 15 ; Interior of Ohio, 14. 1 )4 ,1 41 0unt of francs were negotiated for this morn- A eit 'Ket at 5.32 1-2 a 5.30. Sterling Exchanges ut 7 1-4 a 7 3.4. N t lrY not es o f t h e diff eren t d en ominations were t e h 1- 4 a 1 3-8 per cent. discount. av 'e no salesp imrovement to notice da y s s have Cotton ; , ?t,) 41 The of the last three days have been I , t•ille o ' j " Upland and Florida at 5 a5l and fie ; 600 6 , a 10c, and 300 bales New Orleans at 6 a 9/c yek . : 48 .1, 3,300 bales. kto l4 v,,,,,ery little demand for Flour, except for con- Vet c ,,,, e quote Genesee 6,181 dols. a 6,25 dols. ,4t(1 0 4 . 11 and Baltimore 5,871 doll. a 6 dols., Troy d oi 6,25 dots. ; 150 barrels Philadelphia sold Nt10,,,, 5, and 150 Richmond Country at 5,811 dols. '414 t ~ il B held at 3,75 dols. a 3, 871 dols., and Corn- Akult t ,"ls. a 3,121 dols. 2,000 bushels Jersey Corn es trims not made public. Fifty qarrels of Pot 11„L e taken for export at 6,75 dols. and 20,0001b5. 1 , 0 14 ;7 at 25 cents. NZtlii,*lic sale of 2,849 bags Rio Coffee which took 14 t l i'llii,, 14° Yaing was well attended, and went off with ‘44N the whole was sold at 91 a 91c per lb. four ts "ma c h , Ott, was 1-2 a 5-Bc. per lb. more than was ,k (Per steam-ship Solway.) _ _t_ M. :41 4 -1 t p a O ffi ce of the Bee, Feb. 9, 1842., 2P. in 14 tA Office COTTON MARKET.—The mar et con ktilth Preserve a steady appearance, and to-day's Lre t ee 2,000 b a l es at very f u ll prices. We no t ice IL -4 7 3- 16 cents. ; and 500 at 74. N, S TATEM.ENT OF COTTON. I lk , ke• I, stock on hand `;6a''i . e iPts last three days 11,554 i , vi previously ' 463,054 474,608 .j I`., J 1 cll ... 1 eal. A a i ‘ J i , t ' ' , I) ----% last three days N, 16,598 previously N. t h .,. Stock on hand 153,619 1' 14 1) ' V ERPOOL CLASSIFICATION kt i iik 4 ' k , 14, 1 . , li!Y ~ n d Mississippi. Tennessee and N. Ala. .0 4 4tt•gk•, '''••• • 6 at 61- Ordinary rPt. hlk fit 'i r , ... 7 71 Middling O O OO at 00 :,2, ; ft,' ; '•• ••• 8— 81 Middling, fair OO —OO , ..." • 9. 9a Fair oo —OO tz itc.,4 h . • • ... 1 11 4 'Good fair 0 1 00 00 '' l /lie k Tii h t l••• 12 —OO IGood and fine OO --• 00 X,eli k „ v e a tendency to advance. The Lehi gh_ 01: aik — hged to load at Natchez for Liverpool , at it..'• aci t iN t i_cc ri Zt' i tha ri . id. has been paid from the city, but q 1 ,,,,tt „,tlg ; °e taken up on these terms to-day. Mks - `,,..‘ 4 42, at e xtremely unsettled. Sterling has been 1 (.04 - ' , Isi e ; l2 i per cent. rem. Francs 5 10. Sight I,t ) 4 N 1 ii h ,. York, sat 54 per cent. prem. 4: t i _t tt:MlCrtcrs continue very tight, and several ex '4'• I 4 ji s have occurred within the last ten days, 1 Y amongst houses engaged in the Western CI hhp tc, 1 ,., 1 %, ‘ t :Vt ! , ---__'•-•!---...........—.), br, ( I"' th„ T "Ii Einores COURT. — On Saturday S. 'Vtti. 6 ' .l 1 t. ' , 114 ):, 1r e 11 -I , lnown Newmarket trainer, appeared ' 41 44. t ila ' tip ;-',. Mr. Cooke and Mr. Woodrutlh sup kii,e AN,P"eation. No opposition was entered. Mr. . \91, 1 " ,. 1 0 4 411 1)11 1 Z 1 .° 11 the part of . the Duke of Rutland, to Ns" kl °C aln that the insolvent might give up „N — q l(k l t l lt a %ikaddock which he rented from !he Duke, ,'(ii: ty „le 1 .,:n to have an insolvent tenant. A re -411.,k, t he 0 1 ' lip to the last quarter was produ.led on 4ittk‘;ol,llltit:lMvent, who had been served w.lth ext. 44:14 ‘‘,ll)it,ioNvilicli would expire in September a ex . i.t)i. i til to II " Rarris said he wondered his Grace Vlav7lltlHlN4e.t rid of a tenant who regularly paid h.'s it * P t ti - h. 'exit said the Duke of Rutland had been It' ''' li t i tas li n, 44 ats t i tik : alipi. and he was sure his Grace did . not . M atte l eation and did not desire to get rid of . , to th. th en te ed rminated, and the insolvent —discharg. 14,490 489,098 BRIGHTON. APRIL 2.—ln opoing the case before the Bench of Brighton MagistrateS; on Friday, Mr. S. W. Bennett, a solicitor at Brighton," niore than once applied the term "coward" to Captain Macleod, for kicking the bailiff when, his back being turned, he was not in a situation to defend himself. Captain Adams, another officer of . the Greys, delivered a letter this day, of which the fol lowing is a copy, to Mr. Bennett : " Brighton, April 2, 1842, One P.M. Sir,—You applied to my conduct in a case of assault, tried before the Bench of Magistrates yesterday the term cowardly,' and declared that in committing the said as sault I had shown myself a coward. In this assertion you persisted, in spite of a reprimand from the Magii. mates, thereby taking the responsibility of that language upon yourself. I therefore demand a written retracta tion of the same, or, that you will arrange with my friend, Captain Adams; the means of giving me satisfac tion. "I am Sir, your obedient servant, " D. J. MACLEOD. " To Bennett, Esq., Middle-street." " Mr. Bennett immediately applied to Major Allen, one of the Brighton Magistrates, for warrants against Captain Macleod and his friend Captain Adams, and an officer has been this moment (half-past four) despatched to the barracks with a warrant for their apprehension." ADELAIDE GALLERY. Amongst the Easter attractions here, one of the most amusing is the afternoon performance of the Infant' Sappho. She used to amuse us most of all in her ex pressive delivery of the Irish national planxty of " Pa trick's Day," but she has now deserted the Emerald Isle, and exhibits .an unaccountable predilection for Scotch music. She sang on Saturday a melody, de cidedly Scotch in sentiment and cadence, for which we heard no name, but which the audience (numerous and fashionable) was informed her father composed from the suggestions of her own dreamy war blings. Mr. Vinning states that the current of her melody. flowed - northward. But he mistakes. Hers is an ocean' Of music, of which the bosom heaves, and the tides 'ebb and flow, in sympathy with " the waters above." There is no local preference. It is all love. The instinctive attraction of a preferred spirit to Him who is-the centre of all love, and the foun tain from which all music flows. In her the difference between acquired and instinctive melody is emphatically marked. The little she has learned is easily observed. The powers are obvious which she possesses in common with that large portion of the human race who fall not within the anathema of Shaltspeare, and are pleased with concord of sweet sounds. But far different and far beyond is that miraculous de velopment which makes Louisa Vinning, at five years of age, an object to hear and wonder—something to bow down before, saying " The works of God are great." It was with this sentiment, grossly perverted, however, Catalani said that a critic, who spoke contemptuously of her, " blasphemed God." The vast powers of Catalani were only those of physical structure, and merely me chanical. In the perception of music she was at least equalled by many of her contemporaries. But Louisa Vinning sings from..beself, and the part that imitation bears in the performance is trifling. Have you ever robbed a skylark's -nest ? Have you taken home the unfledged nestling, and fed him wills a mother's care ? Then, in the next spring, have you seen him expand his wings, and swell his throat, and strut upon your new cut sod, in his narrow cage, as he poured out, with un impaired melody and 'force, that selfsame " spread song" with which his father soothed the pains of the sitting mother, whilst you lay, gazing upon him as he was poised in mid-air, and you were planning how to rob him of the young one, whose love was to repay him for his music of the skies ? If you have, then you can understand some thing of the instinct which breathes through the lips of the Infant Sappho, ) ; 1 , 2.1 - m is perhaps disparaged by the comparison with our homely skylark, when she more resembles the mocking-bird of the New World, surpass ing the songsters around her in their several kinds of melody, and possessing one far richer of her own, which none could imitate, if any could comprehend. MADAME ]L'USSAUD'S EXHIBI- TION. Among the varioWpleasant lounges of the metropolis, there are few of grealer interest than Madame Tussaud's exhibition of wax figures, in Baker-street, Portman square. This collection is, in fact, a gallery of histori cal portraits, and will in aftertimes becoine invaluable from the extreme fidelity of the likenesses. What, for instance, can be more faithful and more life-like than the figure of that impersonation of strong common sense, the late William gobbed. who sits, with snuff-box in hand and spectacles. on nose, regarding the gorgeous group of Allied Sovereigns before him with the same smile of quiet sarcasm which we may imagine played upon his features, while writing his celebrated gridiron prophecy, or while christening: the Westminster renegade " bir Glory." Among the:more recent additions to the col lection we particularlY'noticed the portrait of Commis sioner Lin, the originator of the war between the Chi nese and " the red-haired barbarians "—the man who insulted the British' flag and persecuted the British mer chants, " not because he loved Epinal less, but because he loved Sycee silvo more." By his side, balanced upon certain little knobs, .which in China do duty for feet, stands his wife ; the nails of " the charming couple" are most remarkable extending for several inches beyond the tips of: the fingers. The length of the nail is, it seems,,.. the distinguishing characteristic of aristocracy in China. But is not alone as a historical portrait gallery thiii ,this collection is so interesting ; there are many most extraordinary articles of curiosity exhibited in this elegantly fitted up saloon, for instance here are the gorgeous robes worn by George the Fourth on the occasion of his coronation, and the idea ti cal throne under which he received the Allied Sovereigns. These magnificent and. costly articles are most tastefully displayed in a recess' fitted up as a fac-simile of one of George IV.'s own superbly-furnished Apartments. Per haps, however, the most interesting portion of the exhi bition, is the unique: collection of portrait-masques of the heroes of the first'French Revolution. The eloquent, strong-willed Miraheau, the wily, cat-like, perfidious Robespierre, the wholesale murder-monger, Murat, the cruel Carrier, thO' cold-blooded Fouquier-Tinville, the sarcastic Hebert, are all here—a study for the his torian, the physiognomist, and the moral philo sopher. Madame,, Tussaud has also provided at traction for thoso,who delight in vulgar horrors ; and in this room ;tare accurate portraits of Gould and Courvoisier, of Burke and Hare, and of Blakesley and Ward. The exhibition has been thronged both morning and evening during the holidays, and we are not at all surprised that such-,should be the case. It is one of great and varied interest, and will amply repay the trouble of a visit. PRHENOLOGICAL SOCIETY. At each of the meetings of the London Ibrenological I Society, during the past two months, papers were read communicating observations of phenomena, which were supposed to corroborate the doctrines of phrenology by Mesmeric illustrations. Curious and interesting as the proceedings of the Society have been, but little space could be afforded ter - them in a newspaper whilst the business of Parliament was so pressing and im portent. On Monday last we gave a report of the meeting, at Which Mr. Atkinson informed the Society of the wonders which he believes accident to have revealed to him. At a subsequent meeting (Dr. Elliotson, the Presidat, in the chair) Mr. Synis read a communication from Mr. Brookes, of Birmingham, de tailing the case of Sarah Badger, a young girl, who, having been subject to epileptic fits in her infancy, be came about the time 'of puberty decidedly insane, and was for 12 months confined in a lunatic asylum, where (it is consolatory to learn) she was very kindly treated, and was permitted, !though a pauper patient, to enjoy herself with music and dancing, in the " ladies" convalescent gallery. After her release she was engaged by . Mr'. Brookes as housemaid, but her fits returning, the parish officers, who seem to have been her guardians'(!), insisted upon taking her into the workhouse, where She had been ill-used, and would not restore her to the Asylum, where she had been well used and happy. Mr. ,Brookes, with laudable feeling, pre ferred keeping her in his own house at his own expense, and would not allow her to be again exposed to the per secutions, which, from his statement of her revela tions, during the paroxysms of her disease, may rea sonably be considered, acting on so delicate a sys tem, the cause of .her insanity. This inference is the Reporter's—all that Mr. Brookes states, leads to it inevitably. In her fits she would sometimes imagine she was in the workhouse, and then she was furious and malicious, and called the persons around her by the names of those at whose mercy she was in the hated dwelling, fancying that Mr. Brookes was her " reverend persecutor —the fitness of the epithet we cannot appreciate, nor do we answer for it. In the course of her fits she exhibited, in numerous instances, an isolated and strongly marked excitement of the seve ral organs of Time and Tune especially, and occasion ally of Colour and other organs—and this excite ment was succeeded by pain in the region of the brain, in which those faculties are said to reside. All this occurred in 1837, but Mr. Brookes, having consulted a medical friend in the town, resolved to keep his observations secret, on account of their ex traordinary and incredible character. The girl was at length re-admitted to the Lunatic Asylum, and after twelve month's confinement there was released, cured apparently of her' insanity. Mr. B. took her again into his service, and finding her in a high degree susceptible of the Mesmeric :influence, produced in her all the Mesmero-phrenological phenomena, which were ex hibited in the American cases, and in those of Mr. Atkinson, alreadydetailed. MARYLEBONE . VESTRY. —On Saturday, at the w ,lekly meeting of the vestry, Mr. Soden proposed a resolution, of which he had given previous notice, to the effect that the vestry clerk write to the rector, Dr. Spry, to a ppoint one or more clergymen to assist the Rev. Mr. Wharton in performing the burial service at St. John's Wood Cemetery, he remunerating such clergyman or clergymen out of the fees received by him for such burials, and in the'event of his refusal to do so, that the vestry complain to the Bishop of London respecting it. He knew it was no pleasant thing for a man to bring him self •into elision with the church, nor would he (Mr. Soden do s did he not believe that the rights of the ) o, poor and of Christians were affected by this question. The abusive power, of the rector of that parish enabled him to receive from. 500/. to 600/. a year for burial fees alone in St. John's Wood Cemetery, without doing a single thing for it. The service was performed by Mr. Wharton, the minister of the chapel, and it was no un common thing to see from twenty to twenty-five corpses w o • v a e i r t i n w g h i f e o h r the interment eeem at on yone was s im a e ll o r n e a a dSautn once c e a . f afternoon, o n n o , ma tter what the weather, many were kept on the ground from twenty to twenty-five minutes before the minister -was ready to read the funeral service over them. Several cpther members having spoken for and against the mo tion, it was eventually carried with but one di s sent ient . i, THE SUN, LON DON, MON DAY MOR LITERATURE. HECTOR O'HALLORAN. Part L By W. H. Maxwell. Author of " Stories of Waterloo, 4-c. Hector O'Halloran, and his foster-brother, Marc Antony O'Toole, promise to be two of as adventur ous and amusing companions over a jug of smoking poteen, as ever crossed the channel which separates us from that region of fun, frolic, and adventure, the Emerald Isle. We are in this Number merely intro duced to them ; nevertheless, we can predict that each of them will approve himself the " broth of a boy," whether in fighting, love-making, or punch-making — all Hibernian qualifications for greatness of the very first order. The story opens with great spirit. Col. O'Hal loran, the father of our principal hero, having lost an arm in the service of his country, settles upon hik pa ternal estate in a lonely part of the county of Done gal in the year 1795, when disaffection in the North of Ireland was at its height. With a young wife, an infant child, and the straggling household of an Irish gentleman, he occupies the Castle of Knockloftie, where he gives mortal offence to the peasantry, by granting refuge to persons suspected of betraying their leaders in rebellion into the hands of the Go vernment. A midnight attack upon the castle is re solved upon, but the One-armed Colonel, who fights like a hero, triumphs over force without and treachery within. The description of the night attack of the rebels is excessively vivid and picturesque. We pre fer, however, as a specimen of the story, Mr. Max well's account of the " birth and parentage " of the future illustrious Marc Antony. O'Toole : In a short time "the heavy tread of marching men" ceased, as a party of ten or twelve soldiers halted imme diately in front of my father's barricade. " Stand! who goes there?" was demanded from the loop-hole. " A friend," repled a voice, redolent with the richness of the Shannon. " Advance, friend, and give the countersign," retureed my father, whose phraseology, from military habitude, still retained the parlance of the camp. " Countersign!" responded the leader of the belated wayfarers; "devil a countersign have I but one. If my ould Colonel's above the sod, he's spakin to me now fair and asy from the windy." " Who are you?" demanded my father. " Oh! by Jakers, you'll hardly mind me, Colonel ; Private Phil Brady of number eight' when you had the regiment; but now, ,glory be to God and good conduct, lance sergeant in number five.' " " What is your party, Brady?" " Upon my conscience, Colonel, a quare one, enough; tin invalids, a dyin woman, and a fine man-child." " Unclose the door, Father Dominic." The priest lifted a heavy key from the side-board, and proceeded to give admission to the travellers, when Hackett, who had been hitherto an anxious listener, ven tured a remonstrance. "Why not," said he, "give them meat and whisky before the door ? Every room was already crowded with idle people, whom nobody would have harmed had they remained where they ought —at home. If the house was to be turned into an hos pital for sick trampers and their trulls, why every ser vant would quit a place liker a jail than a gentleman's.'" Colonel O'Halloran preserved an ominous tranquillity; and Hackett, mistaking the cause, became more inso lent as his speech proceeded without interruption. But the storm burst at last. 1" said my father, in a voice which induced the chief butler to recede some paces backwards, •`dare you, a menial, prescribe to me, your master, who shall be received and who rejected ? Tell me that a comrade shall be turned from my door, and recommend that the weary soldier be ejected from the house of him ander whom he has fought and bled ! Off—we part to-morrow. The roof of Knockloftie shall never cover for a second night a sneaking scoundrel who has neither welcome for a brave man nor pity for a helpless woman ;—show in the sergeant !" Without venturing to reply, Hackett shrank from the presence of his angry master ; and in another minute Sergeant Philip Brady made his military salaam, and, with a capacious bundle in his arms, stood full front before his former commander. " Phil 1" said the Colonel, as he examined the sol dier's outer man, "if I judge rightly, thou, like myself, art but lightly indebted to the Low Countries ;" and my father held up an empty sleeve. " Feaks 1 and ye may say that, Colonel," replied the sergeant. " All that I have gained in Holland—barrin the stripes—is a slashed cheek, a threadbare jacket, and a fine child." " Your kit, however, seems extensive, Phil; that which you carry looks to be a well filled bundle." " It's only the child, your honour ; the night was cold, the mother wake, so I wrapped the baby in this ould coat, and for it's fathers' sake kept it, the cratur, as snug as could be." "It's not your own, then .?" " Divil a wife or child has Philip Brady," returned the honest sergeant. "Ye may remember Corporal O'Toole —he was one of the finest men in the grenadiers when your honour had the company. " Perfectly ; a better or braver soldier was not in the regiment. What became of him ?" " He died at sea, God rest his sowl ! on the second day after we left Ostend. He was badly wounded when put on board, poor fellow 1 and we were all, men and women, bundled intq the transport like so many hounds, short of water and provisions, and in the hurry they forgot the surgeon too. Well, his wound mortified I'm off, Phil,' says he; you'll not forget the poor wife, for my sake, and may God look down upon the orphan ! Give me your hand upon it, Phil,' says he. and he squeezed mine with all his feeble strength. When I came down again, his wife was hanging over the dead body. They coaxed her away to see the child,. and when she returned to have some comfort in crying over the corpse, it was already overboard with two others, who had dropped off the hooks that evening. From that hour Toole's wife (we called him Toole for short ness) has pined away, and the life was barely in her when your Honour, may God reward ye ! let us in." " Why were yOu so late upon the road ?" inquired the Colonel'; " in the present state of things soldiers are no favourites, and the chances are considerable, had you proceeded further, that you would have been waylaid and abused." " Peaks ! and I believe your Honour. We were de layed partly by accident, and partly through design. Our car broke down, the horse lost a shoe, and the rest of the party pushed forward, laving us at a forge to get the cart mended, and the baste shod. The smith—divil's luck to him, the ruffin !—kept us three hours, I think on purpose, and then they directed us astray. So when I found the night falling, and the poor woman all but dead, as I heard there was a gentleman's not far off, I heads the party here on chance, little dreaming, the Lord knows, that I had the luck of thousands, and was coming to my ould Colonel's, and no other." My father was a man of prompt toltion and few words. The bell was rung, the soldiers sent to the kitchen to refresh themselVes, the child committed to the care of a female domestic, and carried to the apartment whither its dying mother had been previously removed. There, my mother and the woman-kind of the establishment used every means which simple skill suggested ; but al ready the decree had gone forth, and within an hour after the arrival of the party the crisis came, the widow of the dead soldier was at rest, and her babe an orphan. " The struggle was brief," gaid the priest, as he re entered the room, from which he had been so hastily summoned By a dying woman to pray.' May God receive her in mercy! She went off so gently, that though we were all about the bed, no one could tell the moment when she departed. My lady is crying over her as if she were a sister, and the baby sleeping soundly in Sibby Connor's arms, as if it were still resting on that bosom which had been designed by God to be its pillow and support." My father, as was his wont when anything particularly excited him, sprang from his chair, and strode thrice across the chamber.—" Tell me not," he exclaimed, " that there is not an especial providence over every thing—ay, from the sparrow to the soldier's child. That orphan has been sent to me,—mine it is,—mine it shall be. Pass the wine, Doctor. Here comes madame." My mother timidly approached the side of her hus band's chair, and laid her hand upon his shoulder. " Denis," she said, " will you be very angry with me?" " Angry, love 1" replied my father, reproachfully. " You never were angry with me yet. But—but—l have done' something, upon which I should have pre viously obtained your sanction, love." " What was it, Emily?" " I promised," said my mother, " the dying woman, that her helpless child should find in you and me pro tectors. Hector's nurse has taken the orphan—and shall he not be our own boy's foster- brother ?" " You did, my dear, precisely what I had determined to have done myself." " Before the sufferer's voice failed totally," continued the lady, " she said that the child was still unchristened, and prayed that rite might be performed when conve nient." " There will be no difficulty in complying with her request " replied my father ; " there are now two learned Thebans in Knockloftie. To which of the professors does the poor baby belong ?" " His parents were Roman Catholics," said my mother. " Then, Father Dominic, a cast of your office will be necessary. Ring for Sergeant Brady—and then parade the child." In a few moments the non-commissioned officer and the soldier's orphan were introduced. "What name shall I give him ?" said the priest. " His father's," rejoined the colonel. " That was Marc," observed the sergeant. " What's in a name ?" said Dr. Hamilton. " More than one would suppose, Doctor," replied my father. "Our red-headed adjutant married a Bath hei regs almost at sight, for after but a two hours' siege she surrendered at discretion, declaring that it was utterly impossible to hold out against a lover whose appellatives were Julius Conan" . " Then add A, stony to his patronymic, and your protege will prove irresistible." " Marc Antony be it then," replied the priest ; and in five minutes the ceremony was complete. The sergeant retired to finish his supper below stairs, and the orphan was returned to the nursery, named after that amorous " for a queen of fifty" gave u p a wor ld. Roman, who THE NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. No. XXXVL The character of this work is so well known, that further comment on the plan and details is not re quired, and we shall, therefore, give two extracts from this number which contains many interesting references to the rebellion of 1745, the victories of Montrose, and the numerous battles fought by hostile clans in Inverness-shire and the neighbouring coun ties. The following is only one proof among fifty of the ardent devotion of the Highlanders to the house of Stuart. On the 16th March, 1746, (a month before the battle of Culloden,) Lord Loudon with the King's army was at Inverness, and understood that Prince Charles Stuart was to sleep that night at Moyhall, the seat of the laird of Mackintosh, which is eleven miles south of that town, with a guard of 200 of Mackintosh's men attending him. His Lordship, with 1,500 of his men, proceeded imme diately to Moyhall, in order to take the Prince by sur prise, and thereby to put a speedy end to the rebellion. Mackintosh himself was absent in Ross- shire, in the King's serviee. but his lady, who was a daughter of Far quharson of Invercauld, entertained the Prince, and was so enthusiastic in his cause, that she raised a regiment of her husband's clan and followers to support him. She got private information in the forenoon of that day, of the intended advance of the King's forces, and having consulted with Donald Fraser, blacksmith, at Moybeg, clever and active man, he agreed to go along with five other men whom she named, reconnoitre the royal army along the high road to Inverness. Donald having armed himself and his party, lost no time in proceeding upon their expedition. It was in the dusk of the even ing when they reached the pass at the hill of Craig-an oin, at the boundary of the parish of Daviot with that of Moy. Here there was a quantity of feal and divot set up t dry. Donald and his men, in order to watch the motions of the enemy, placed themselves a few hundred yards asunder, amongst these heaps ; soon afterwards they perceived Loudon's troops coming forward, and, when the army came within hearing, a command was passed by Donald, and then from man to man, in a loud voice, along a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile, "the Mackintoshes, Macgillivrays, and Macbeans to form in stantly the centre, the Macdonalds on the right and the Frasers on the left,"—all this in the hearing of the com mander-in-chief of the Royal army. Fraser and his party fired a few shots, when a soldier of the advanced guard was killed. Lord Loudon, suspecting in the twilight that the heaps above noticed were the Highland army, and that the whole of the Prince's forces were ready to attack him, instantly faced to the right about in great confusion, and retreated with the utmost expedition to Inverness ; awl, not thinking himself safe there, he con tinued his route across three arms of the sea to Suther landshire, a distance of seventy miles, where he took up his quarters. This affair was humorously called the Rout of Moy. The greater part of the moor upon which the battle of Culloden was fought on the 16th of April, 1746, and the spot where the Prince stood during the engagement, a little to the north-west of the farm-house of Culchin nock, lie in the parish of Daviot. After the Prince's defeat at Culloden, he left the field with a few attached friends, crossed the River Nairn above the mains of Daviot, passed by Tordarrcch, and proceeded to Gorthleck in Stratherrick. Here is another extract fearfully descriptive of the thirst for revenge, which so often sullied the 'character of a brave people. The Cummings, conceiving they had received some offence from the Mackintoshes, were determined to be revenged, and,., concealing their bloody purpose, invited the Mackintoshes to the Castle of Halt, where all ani mosities should be buried in oblivion at the festive board. One of the Cummings, from compunction of conscience, or regard for one of the intended victims, sent private notice to one of the Mackintoshes to meet him at the grey stone, to which, addressing hi mse lf i n the audience of his friend, he disclosed the bloody and treacherous intention of his clan. The Mackintoshes being thus made aware of the design of the rendezvous, nothing daunted, repaired to the castle at the appointed, hour, and before the Cummings could'give the signal for attack, each Mackintosh plunged a dagger in the bosom of a Cumming, and only saved the life of the man who communicated the treachery to the grey stone. MAUDE'S DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART. Part XL Another number will complete this work, and in the course of the present month the twelve parts will be published in one volume. The price (3/.) is con siderable, but to those who can afford the money, and who take delight in acquiring general knowledge, the acquisition will be found worth the money, both as a source of information and amusement. It fur nishes a clear and succinct history and description of every branch of human knowledge, with the deriva tion and definition of all the terms in general use, the whole illustrated by some hundreds of engravings and diagrams in wood, many of them beautifully exe cuted. It is printed in a small clear type, and will extend to about 1,350 octavo pages. Mr. Brande the well-known chemist, is the edi • tor. he has been assisted in the various departments by Cauvin, Galloway, Gwilt, Lindley, Loudon, M'Culloch, the two Merivales, and Owen, all distinguished in their respective pursuits. And looking at the character of the contributors, and the style of execution, it will be found the most use ful book of reference yet published. The present number possesses one remarkable feature, as it con tains descriptions of three of the greatest discoveries of modern times " Steam-engine printing," under the head "Stereotype" and "Telescope," as well as two articles of consumption brought into use only . two centuries ago, and now producing about one sixth of the whole revenue of the country, namely, " Sugar" and " Tea." Brief extracts from these articles will be read with interest, and at the same time enable the reader to judge of the work. STEREOTYPE (Greek - o' ?E EOS solid, and Tor,os a figure) masses of letters, called letter-press plates of the size of a page, cast from a plaster mould, in which an exact representation of the types has been made, and thus forming the permanent plates from which books are afterwards printed. As the art of printing began with the impression of whole blocks, it may be said that in its progress towards- perfection it has again reached the same point by the introduction of stereotype plates. (The invention and process are then described.) STEAM ENGINE.—The nature and properties of steam were altogether unknown to the ancients. Some accounts have come down to us bearing a very early date of engines ; such, for example, as that proposed by Hero of Alexandria, in which the mechanical agency of steam was more or less used; but it does not appear that those who invented and applied these machines comprehended the properties of vapour, or . had any correct notion of the phenomena produced by the application of heat to liquids. The article ex tends to 17 pages, and includes, steam-engine, steam boiler, steam-carriage, and steam-navigation. TELESCOPE (Gr. rikl distant ; axOIrEW I look at).—An optical instrument for viewing distant ob jects. The invention of the telescope has been ascribed to various persons ; by Sir David Brewster, to Roger Bacon or Baptista Porta ; by Descartes to James Metius, a citizen of Alkmaer, in Holland, and by others to Lippersey or Jansen. Lipper se y, who was a spec tacle-maker at Middleburg, i n 16 08, h owever , a p pears to have the best claim t o thi s great di scover y. The different kinds of telescopes are described, from that of Galileo, to the great telescope of Herschel, erected at Slough, in 1789, illustrated with seven dia grams, and reference given, as in most of the articles, to the most approved writers on the subject. SUGAR—(Fr. sucre, Germ. zucker).—Sugar is to be ranked rather as a necessary, than as the most desir able of luxuries ; and a larger sum is, we believe, expended on sugar in this country than on anything else, except corn and butcher's meat. The sugar con sumed in England is all derived from the sugar-cane, and was, for a lengthened period, almost wholly sup plied by our colonies in the West Indies ; but, latterly, we have derived very extensive supplies from the Mauritius and India. Foreign sugar is vir tually excluded from our markets by the prohibitory duty with which it is loaded. It is raised also in South America, Java, Siam, the Philippine Islands, &c. An account is given of the different processes for refining sugar, with a table of the quantities en tered for home consumption, the amount of duty, and the differential duties from 1830 to 1840. The net produce to the revenue, in 1840, was no less than 4,449,0701. TEA.—The late rise and present magnitude of the British Tea trade are the most extraordinary pheno mena in the history of commerce. Tea was wholly unknown to the Greeks and Romans, and even to our ancestors, previously to the end of the 16th, or the beginning of the 17th century. A brief history of the trade is given, with the quantities imported, and the duties, since 1784, when the great increase in the consumption of the article took place. In 1841, 36,396,0781b5. were imported, and produced a gross revenue of 3,978,1981. SECRECY OF INCOME TAX COMMISSIONERS.—PeeI has boasted that no facilities will be afforded by his income tax commissioners for ascertaining the profits and circumstances of those against whom the inquisito rial powers of his new act are to be exercised. The em ployees of the Government are to be sworn to secrecy ; but they are to consist mainly of the old machinery. fNrow,be formed A gentleman, residing in Ken dal, happening to call, some ti me sinc e , upon a friend in Now, some fnllolving opinion f o aa f t the old machinery m a Sedbergh, was informed that this friend had formeriy purchased, for waste paper, and kept by him and still werereal ising parties that he remembers the collectors' books being sent to the bookbinder's, in Kendal, in whose office thy lay for some days, open to the inspection of all the journeymen. The old living machinery may be secret enough ; but who shall answer for the silent machinery ? "It be hoves us," says Milton, "to look how books demean just next to themselvesa matter of s wellimpossibility as e . n ..! ; " K en a n d d a l secrecylifercuriys. THE PROVISION TRADE.—Mr. Gladstone's reply to the Cork merchants is anything but satisfactory : " Whitehall, 26th March, 1842. Sir,--I am desired by Mr. William Gladstone to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 23d instant, on the part of the Committee of Merchants of Cork. Mr. Gladstone apprehends that you are mistaken in saying that coast ing vessels only use fresh meat ; but it is unnecessary for him to enter into detail upon that. point. With re spect, to lard, I am directed to acquaint you that Mr. Gladstone cannot hold out any hope of the Government, consenting to raise the duty on that article to Bs. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, R. W. RAwsom. J . J. Murphy, Esq." We can only repeat that our country men engaged in the provision trade must not allow the disheartening appearance of affairs to prevent them from making the utmost. of the time • and opportunity still open to them. Let them meet—anemoraliz e —p e tw on .., .Dublin Mail (Tory paper). •,, J O bits .;;:,, thi ja (vat if ING, APRIL 4, ma. ANECDOTES OF CHERUBINI. The Lodoiska of .Cherubini produced a profound sensation in the musical world; and the impulse which it gave to art, seconded by the nearly equal efforts of Mehul, Berton, mid Lesneur, brought to the French school an era of glory to which one would have doubted its ever attaining. Lodoiska was fol lowed by Elisa, or le Mont St. Bernard, Medea, the Hotellerie Portugaise, and finally the Deux Jour nies, which became rapidly popular. It is in Elisa that is heard the chorus of monks seeking the tra vellers buried in the snow, too rarely executed at the concerts of the Conservatoire, the character of which is so true to nature, that it has been said on hearing it, " This music makes one shiver with cold." In the same opera the scene of the bell is with equal justice admired, in which, by turning constantly round the single note of a bell, the ringing of which is heard continually from the beginning to the end of the piece, the master has displayed the harmonic resources he possessed, and his rare address in the connexion of modulations. Cherubini frequently had warm discussions with the learned Reicha and with Choron upon this sub ject; and one day, that a systematic theorist, less known than these two masters, and very obstinate also upon the strange doctrine of musical theology, of which he is at once the disciple and the founder, persisted in arguing against him, Cherubini, boiling with anger, and unable to get rid of his obstinate dis putant by gentle means, at last exclaimed, " Get out of my house ; get out, I tell you ; or I will throw myself out of the window ; and it will be said you assassinated me !" His wit had pre-eminently a caustic turn ; his con versation abounded in biting sallies, in repartees of a laconism at once piquant and cutting. One day pss sing through the Court of the Menus plaisirs at the time of the performance of a concert given bya young composer- of my acquaintance, some one wished to entice him into the room to hear the new symphony which was then serving as a text to the most animated musical controversies. " Let me alone," said Cherubini, " I do not want to know how I must not compose !" Another time, at a rehearsal of the grand solemn mass of Beethoven, having given my opinion against the fugue in D major, which it contains, with a frank ness which my admiration for the author might, I think, excuse, a pianist, undoubtedly a man of merit, and who has composed much, undertook the defence of the fracas fugue of Beethoven. Cherubini came up in the midst of the discussion ; although I made signs to my adversary to be silent, he still continued in a way to attract Cherubini's attention, who turn ing round quickly, said—" What is that ?" "It is this gentleman," replied m adversary perfidiously, " who does not like the y fugue." " Because fugue does not like him," said Cherubini. He was without pity even for his pupils, when a sally presented itself. One of them was going to give a new opera; Cherubini was present at the last re hearsal in a box. After the second act the young composer, full of anxiety, entered the box, and waited in vain for some of those kind words which we desire so much in a similar case. " Well, dear master," said he at last, " you say nothing to me !" " What the deuce do you wish me to say to you," replied Cherubini, laughing ; " I have been listening to you these two hours, and you say nothing to me either." This was the more harsh, because it was unjust and ill-judged ; the pupil's work had great success. A little before the representation of his opera, the Deux Journees, Cherubini had been nominated one of the Inspectors of Instruction at the Conservatoire. This place was for a long time the only one he filled. Napoleon endeavoured in every way worthy of him, to make Cherubini feel theidislike he had for his works and for his person. The motives of this were some rude replies of Cherubini to some ill-founded obser vations of Napoleon upon his music. It is said that the composer said one day to the First Consul, with a vivacity quite conceivable, however, on such an occa sion : "Citizen Consul, occupy yourself in gaining battles, and leave me to my trade, of which you know nothing." Another time, as Napoleon owned his predilection for monotonous music, that is to say, for that which pleased his ear, Cherubini replied, with more finesse, however, than humour, "I understand you like the music which does not pre v ent you • . . thmkmg of State affairs." These repartees, as will be seen as we proceed, are quite in the cha racter and turn of Cherubini's mind. It is quite certain that Napoleon constantly sought an opportu nity to wound his self-love by praising with excess in his presence Paisiello and Zingarelli, and setting him aside as mediocre, and in pronouncing his name in the French manner, in order to show that he did not think him worthy of bearing an Italian name. It was only in 1805 that Napoleon, after the victory of Austerlitz, hearing that Cherubini was at Vienna, occupied in writing his opera of Faniska, sent for him, and showed him sufficient good will to cease pro nouncing his name ala Francaise. He even charged him with the organization of his private concerts, and failed not when they took place to criticise the ar. rangement of them, and to exact of Cherubini the most ridiculous things. For instance, he wished the air of the father of la Nina, of Paisiello (for.a bass) to be sung by the soprano Crescentini ; Cherubini ob serving to 'him that the povero could only sing it in an octave higher. " Well, let him sing it," said Na poleon, "I am not particular to an octave !" And it was really very fortunate, for had the great man been particular to an octave, and had he insisted upon the singer taking a bass voice, in spite of his good will, he could not have succeeded. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Saturday forenoon considerable alarm was caused at the Vauxhall terminus of the. South- Western Railway, in consequence of the non-arrival of the up train, which ought to have reached London by half-past ten o'clock. The train did not arrive until nearly five hours after the proper time. It was in the first instance feared that some accident had occurred to the railway train by its having run off the rails, or in some other way ; but on the arrival of the train it was ascertained that the cause of the detention was the fall ing in of one of the three tunnels between the Andover and Winchester stations. The accident took place on Saturday morning, between six and seven o'clock. The extent of the accident may be inferred when it,is stated that, as nearly as could be ascertained in the confusion consequent on the occurrence, 150 feet of the tunnel have fallen in. The engineers having for some time apprehended a failing in the south-west end of the tun nel, engaged a great number of workmen to shore it up. While so engaged the whole of the soil gave way, em bedding those in the tunnel, and precipitating those on the soil with their fellow-workmen. The confusion and alarm cannot be described, the report being at one time that fifty workmen had lost their lives, and that one of the trains containing numerous passengers and persons of distinctin were buried in one common heap. But we were glad pz) learn that the sacrifice of life has not been so great. Nine bodies, it was however reported, were taken out dead, and several dreadfully mutilated, and the London terminus was thronged with the friends of those who had gone by the early train in anxious suspense as to the real extent of the calamity, and the amount of life sacrificed, among whom were the friends of Lord George Bentinck, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, and Lady Canning, respecting whose fate serious apprehensions were entertained ; but the safe arrival of the noble travellers by the eight o'clock train gave the greatest satisfaction to their friends, for whose fate serious ap-' prehensions were entertained. Several of the Directors, with praiseworthy alacrity, hastened to Andover, where the accident took place, and by their zeal and personal exertions combined, rescued many a poor creature from his perilous situation. A great number of workmen were instantly placed on the road, and strong hopes are entertained that on Monday or Tuesday the whole line will be again opened for passengers. Sir Robert Peel has shown great skill in adapting his financial policy to the interests of the powerful, and the ignorance of the humble. By his Corn Bill he bribes the landed interest to silence. By his refusal to touch the sugar duties, he bribes the West and East India proprietors and merchants. By the entire sacrifice of the duty on colonial timber, he bribes the Canadian interest. By allowing Ireland to escapeithe income tax, he bribes the Irish members. By exempting from the tax all farmers whose rents are below 300 L, he bribes the bulk of that class. By some excellent points in his tariff, he bribes a part of the free traders. And by pre tending that the tax will only upon capital, and not upon labour, he conciliates or silences many of the working classes.—Leeds Mercury. The New Hamburgh Gazette gives a letter from Berlin of the 21st inst., in which the report of a military revolt in St. Petersburgh, and which has been contra dicted from more than one source, is again spoken of, but the present version does not go to the same extent as the first accounts. It is now said that a regiment which was being reviewed revolted upon its officers, in consequence of their tyrannical conduct, and slew 28 of them. Other troops having been brought up, says the letter, the revolted regimeht was brought to submissioa, and after Wards decimated. THE NEW TARIFF.—The result of the panic-struck meeting, which we noticed last week, as having been convened by Mr. Trood's terrific rush into the Globe, Exeter, was that a deputation should go to Sir Thomas Acland, at Killerton, on Saturday. The deputation consisted of the following gentlemen :—E. Trood, Samuel Drewe, George Turner, Richard Mortimore, W. Wippell, and Captain Smith, of Traisebeare. Sir Thomas, although he would have preferred seeing them on the Monday instead of the Saturday, received them most courteously. The deputation represented to the Hon. Baronet most strongly the injurious effects which the reduction of the cattle duties must have upon the agricultural interest of Devonshire. They expressed the deep mortification at having experienced such treatment as that threatened from the hands of those called the farmers' friends. Sir Thomas appeared much con cerned at the conclusions to which the agriculturists had come, and recommended, and it was ultimately deter mined, that a meeting should be held at the Globe Hotel, this day, for the purpose of considering what steps should be p,dopted in the present crisis of affairs.— Western Times. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND GREAT WESTERN BALLWAYS.—We hear there is a tough struggle going on between the London and Birminnham Company and the Great Western in the House, relative to that eternal bone of contention, the Cheltenham and Gloucester por tion of railway. They, of course, do not appear openly, but it is quite certain they do covertly direct and fight the battle.— Railway Magazine. RELATIVE-EXPENSE- OF-F-RENCH- 1 AND ENGLISH RAILWAYS. The station of the St. Germain Railroad, in the Rue St. Lazare, has just been completed. The total expense of the constructions from the Rue St. Lazare to the wall of Paris has exceeded eight millions of francs, whereas, it will be recollected, that the origi nal estimate of the whole line to St. Germain only amounted to 3,900,000 f. It must be allowed, how ever, that a large portion of the expenditure of the works of the Paris terminus arises from the pur chase of the ground, which has been paid for at a high rate, and the construction of the station, which is exceedingly elegant, and admirably' adapted for the purposes to which it is destined. It is composed of three waiting-rooms, those at the sides being intended for the passengers going to Versailles and St. Germain, whilst the third is kept as a supple mentary room for the increased numbers flocking in during summer. The whole building covers a super ficies of 3,000 metres, and when the part intended for the passengers of the Rouen Railway shall have been completed, nearly 4,000 metres. The workshops for building and repairing steam-carriages cover about 10,000 metres. From the entrance of the station, in the Rue St. Lazare, to the Place de l'Europe, where the tunnels begin, the station covers a super ficies of 23,500 metres. This is very nearly the size of the Place du Carrousel (25,000 metres), and a little larger than the garden of the Palais Royal (21,000 metres). Comparing with it some of the stations in England, we shall find in them a considerable inferiority in size. The Birmingham station in London takes up 14,000 metres only ; the Grand Junction station at Birmingham covers 11,634 metres ; that of the line to Greenwich, London end, occupies only 3,024 metres ; that of the Manchester and Liverpool line, at the latter town, covers 6,475 metres, although it serves for the Bolton and Grand Junction lines, which join the Li verpoo l an d Man chester one. It is true that at Liverpool a station for goods has been constructsd, which takes up 9,432 metres ; but the St. Germain railroad has one at the Batignolles of 102,000 metres. At Brussels, the station covers 15,400 metres, and for incidental business one is in the course of construction which will occupy 48,000 metres. Half of the 23,000 me tres of the station of the Rue St. Lazare are as yet unemployed. Not less than 15,000 metres could be easily added to the above quantity, if required, and this without pulling down a single house. Whilst on this subject, we would suggest to the City of Paris the importance of purchasing the ground now occu pied with wood-yards, and which is exactly opposite the station, in order that a handsome square might be made, which would not only be a public embellish ment, but materially facilitate the free approach and departure of carriages. CASE OF MURDER. The Court of Assize of the Haute-Loire was occu pied on the 21st inst., and two succeeding days, with the following case of murder :—Francoise Servel, a woman aged 40, wife of a farmer named Claude Cham blas, residing near Isengeaux, on the Loire, was ac cused of having poisoned her husband and their two children. The father was taken suddenly ill, and died in great tortures on August 7, 1840. Francoise, his daughter, a child of five years old, expired in frightful pain on cov. 16 ; and Christophe, a boy of 14, fol lowed on Dec. 2. These sudden deaths, all accompanied with strange symptoms, gave rise to much remark. Expressions used by the wife were remembered and repeated, in which she declared, " how happy she should be if she could get rid of her husband and chil dren, and regain her liberty." It was known, too, that a young man, named Joseph Cheynel, professed great admiration for the woman, though she possessed / no beauty whatever, and had expressed his willingness to marry her, should she ever become a widow. The legal authorities were informed of these circumstances, and arsenic being found in the house, the woman was arrested on a charge of murder. At the trial, the principal witness against her was an intelligent little girl, eight years old, named Victoire Poncet. She deposed that she was in the prisoner's house during the last illness of the son, and that she saw her pour a white powder into a cup half full of water, which she immediately gave to the boy, saying that it was flour to cure his sickness. The prisoner gave her three sous, and desired her to purchase at a certain shop some poison for rats, as a huge one had pre vented her son from sleeping all night. The child, suspecting something wrong, pretended to go and purchase it, but, on her return de clared that none could be found. The mother then threw two green balls into a cup of water, and gave it to the boy. He complained of great pain, and said his mother was poisoning him. When the little girl was going away, the prisoner threatened to have her guillotined by the gendarmes, if she spoke a word of what she had seen. During the trial, this child was frequently examined, but nothing transpired to shake her testimony. The scientific part of the question was of great interest. The father's body, when taken up after four month's in humation, was completely decomposed. The bodies of the other two showed such lesions, as ge - rally appear from poisoning, and being submitted to Marsh's' apparatus gave out abundance of arsenical stains. Ihe chemical experiments were first made at Issengeaux by the local physicians, and were verified 17 MM. Orfila, Chevalier, and Olivier (d'Angers.) 'I he Jury deliberated for half an hour, and then gave in a verdict of guilty of the murder of the two child ren, but acquitting her with respect to the husband's death. The Court immediately passed sentence of death on the prisoner, which she heard without emo tion. Her Counsel gave notice of appeal. THE OFFICE or CITY SOLICITOR.—As it is gene rally understood that the lucrative office of City Soli citor will become vacant by the appointment of Mr. C. Pearson to the office of Town Clerk, several candidates have appeared in the field, and a strong canvass is going on among the members of the Common Council. Mr. Robert Ellis and Mr. Jackson, both of whom have served the office of Under-Sheriff, are among the candidates. Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Francis are also named as candidates. It is understood that an effort will be made to suspend the standing order which excludes members of the court from office, in order to admit two or three legal members of each side of the court to solicit the suffrages of their brother members. COMMANDER OF THE FORCES, N.B.—Lieutenant- General Lord Greenock retires from tl- e command of the troops in North Britain, where the admirable manner in which he has discharged the duties devolved on him has secured for him the utmost respect and esteem. On Saturday the Government steamer Medina, from Bermudas, arrived at Southampton, after a short voyage of fifteen days. The mails will be delivered this day. THE FARMERS AND THE INCOME TAX.—So strong is the feeling amongst the farmers in Northumberland against the income tax, that a requisition is in course of signature, requesting the High Sheriff to call a county meeting to discuss the question. In Morpeth, on Thurs day, upwards of 70 respectable signatures were obtained in the space of two hours.—Carlisle Journal. SUDDEN DEATH.--( From a Correspondent.)— Yesterday morning Mr. Brown, the proprietor of the Flask Tavern, Pimlico, expired after a few minutes ill ness. His death was caused by the rupture of a blood vessel. He was extensively known, and highly re spected by all who knew him. EXECUTION.—Joseph Wilkes, convicted at the Stafford Assizes of the murder of an old man of the name of Adams, at Delves Bank, Wednesbury, was exe cuted on Saturday in front of the Stafford County Gaol. His associates, James Wilkes, his brother, Thomas Boswell, and George Giles, were acquitted of the murder but convicted of the burglary, The two former were sentenced to transportation for life, and Giles for fifteen years. The wretched youth admitted that he had struck the old man, but without the slightest intention of killing ROBBERY AND SIIICIDE.—On Friday morning, be tween six and seven o'clock, a fine young man, named John Robinson, aged 23 years, committed a most deter mined act of suicide, by throwing himself into the River Thames, near Southwark-bridge. He went to Greenwich fair on Tuesday last, taking with him 31. 10s. belonging to his master, a baker, living in Tot tenham-court-road. The body has not yet been found. He has left a widow and infant child to lament his un timely end. BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—It is with pleasure we an nounce that the traffic on this line is rapidly increasing. The three first days of the present week, we understand, turned in 175/. more than on the corresponding days of the preceding week, and the receipts on Thursday ex ceeded those on that day fortnight by 751. No com parison, of course, could be made with the Thursday before Good Friday.—Railway Magazine. Taylor and Nall, the two men who are left for execution at York, have hitherto maintained a most awful hardihood of demeanour (Nall in particular, his conduct having been very light and frivolous). If no re prieve arrives, the last sentence of the law will be carried into execution this day week.—Leeds Mercury. LORD ROLL E.—Letters, received on Saturday at Lord Rolle's, in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Bicton Park, state that his Lordship has passed very restless nights, and continues in the same feeble state. Lady Rolle remains indisposed. BODY OF FEMALE FOUND IN TILE SERPENTINR. —On Friday morning the body of a middle-aged female was taken out of the Serpentine by one of the Royal Society's men, and conveyed to the bone-house at Ken sington, to await the Coroner's inquest. It is in a very decomposed state, and appears to have been in the water at least three weeks or a month. Nothing was found on her person likely to lead to her identity, and from there being no marks of violence on the person, there is little doubt she had committed suicide. . . The Gazette du Midi states that the courier who carries the dispatches from Villefort to Mende was found murdered a few days back. His body was dread fully mutilated, the arms and head being separated ap parently by an axe. As neither the money nor watch of the unhappy man were taken away, it is supposed that vengeance prompted the deed. Advices from Vienna of the 23d. ult. state that the Emperor and F—mpress were, according to custom, on Maunday-Thursday, to wash, on the following day, the feet of twelve' poor otd men and as many women. The oldest woman was 104, and the oldest man 108. The Duke of Brunswick in d left Vienna for lately. RE P-E-A-L—OF—THE- -INCOME 1N 1816. In the introduction to a speech delivered in the year 1816, and contained in his collected speeches, Lord Brougham gives an account of the mighty efforts which t‘ ere made by the people to throw off their shoulders the load of the old income tax of ten per cent. Terrible, indeed, must have been the pressure which roused them to make. such efforts ; a pressure of which few of • the present generation have any conception, b u t of which they will have a very lively one ere they get quit of the burden about to be laid on their shoulders of three per cent. only, which, when once laid on, will not be easily shaken off. - 47 "The Session 1816 offered an example yet more re- ;sa - js markable of the same tactics being attended with equally signal success. On the termination of the war ; the Government were determined, instead of repealing the whole income tax, which the Act enforcing it - declared to be for and during the continuance of the • war and no longer to retain one-half of it—that is - to reduce it from ten to five per cent., and thus keep up a revenue raised from this source of between seven and eight millions, instead of fifteen. As soon as this intention was announced, several meetings were held, and two or three petitions were presented. The Ministers perceived the risk they ran, if the former policy should be pursued, of con tinned discussion for a length of time ; and they saw the vast importance of despatch. Accordingly the Chan cellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Vansittart), gave notice, on the Tuesday, for his motion on the Thursday, im mediately following. The Opposition took the alarm, and Mr. Brougham declared, on presenting a petition numerously signed, from one of the London parishes, that, if the hurry now indicated should be persevered in, . he should avail himself of all the means of delay afforded by the forms of the House. Lord Folkestone (now - Earl of Radnor), one of the most strenuous, and, in those days, one of the most active and powerful supporters of the popular cause, vigorously.seconded this menace, in which he entirely joined. On the next day more pe titions were flung in, more discussions took place, and the Government postponed for a week the introduction of the Bill. That week proved quite decisive ; for so many meetings were held, and. so many petitions sent up, that the Bill was put off from time to time and did not finally make its appearance till the 17th of March. About six weeks were almost entirely spent by the House of Commons in receiving the numberless petitions poured in from all quarters against the tax. For it . was speedily seen, that the campaign of 1812 was re- . newed, and that the same leaders, ,Messrs. Brougham and Baring, had the management of the operations. "At first the Ministers pursued the course of obstinate silence. The Opposition debated each petition in vain : -every Minister and Ministerial Member held I is peace. No arguments, no facts, no sarcasms, no taunts could rouse them; no expression of the feelings of the country, no reference to the anxiety of particular constituencies could draw a word from the Ministers and their sup porters. At length it was perceived, that their antago nists did not the less debate, and that, consequently, the scheme had Mile(' in its purpose of stifling discussion. The only effect of it, th en , was , t h at all the debating was on one side, and this both became hurtful to the Govern ment in the House and more hurtful still in the country. They were forced into discussion, therefore ; and then began a scene of unexampled interest, which lasted until the second reading of the Bill. Each night, at a little after four, commenced the series of debates which lasted until past midnight. These were of infinite variety. Ar guments urged by different speakers; instances of op pression and hardship recounted; anecdotes of local suf- • tering and personal inconvenience; accounts of the re markable passages at different meetings; personal alter cations interspersed with more general matter—all filled up the measure of the night's bill of fare ; and all were so blended and so variegated that no one ever per ceived any hour thus spent to pass tediously away. Those not immediately concerned, Peers, or persons belonging to neither House, flocked to the spectacle which each day presented. The interest excited out of doors kept race with that of the spectators, and those who carried on these active operations showed a vigour and con stancy of purpose, an unwearied readiness for the cons at, which astonished while it animated all beholders. It is recounted of this remarkable struggle, that one , - night, towards the latter end of the period in question, when, at a late hour, the house having been in debate from four o'clock, one speaker had resumed his seat, the whole . Members sitting upon one entire bench rose at once and addressd the Chair—a testimony of unabated spirit and unquenchable animation, which drew forth . the loudest cheers from all sides of the House. " At length came the 17th of March, the day appointed for the decision ; but it was soon found that this had been, with the debate, wholly anticipated. The usual number of petitions, and even more, were poured thickly in during some hours ; little or no debating took place upon them ; unusual anxiety for the result of such long continued labour, and such lengthened excitement, kept all silent and in suspense ; when, about eleven o'clock, Sir W. Curtis, representing the City of London, pro ceeded up the House, bearing in his arms the petition, which he presented without any remark, of the great meeting of the bankers and merchants, holden in the Egyptian Ilall, and signed by twelve thousand persons. 'limo division took place after a debate that did not last half an hour ; no one could, indeed, be heard in an as sembly so impatient for the decision ; and, by a majority of thirty-seven voices, he tax was defeated for ever, and the wholesome principle, as Mr. Wilberforce well ob served, was laid down, that war and income tax are wedded together." On AI . .onday a woman, 71 years of age, residing in the Rue St. Jacques, set fire to her clothes in ►ising a small brazier to warns her feet. Before her cries brought assistance, her person was so much burnt that she was carried to a hospital Nv ith little hope of recovery. SPRING.—At this period of the year Cutaneous Diseases very frequently occur, and thereby shows the absolute necessity of preserving the skin in a pure nod , healthy state, so that its functions may he duly per formed.—Obstruction of the Fluids through the pores of the skin very often take place, and i'rom the acrid and ponderous particles which are left behind, the disordered state of the secreting office is disturbed, and thereby produces symptoms of great virulence, which are not only distressing, but most unpleasing to the sight ; and, above all others, when the face is attacked, the► suffering is often eitremely great. In stating this well known fact, we beg to call the reader's attention to that admi rable and unique discovery—RowLAND's KALYDOR, a mild and most efficacious preparation, that dispels all ir ritability from the skin, gently assists in opening the pores, relieves the secretions, and gradually establishes a white and perfect shin of transparent beauty The law relating to the canals of France was voted by the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday by a majority of 146 votes against 116. It places at the disposal of the Government a sum of from 50,000,000 to 60,000,000 francs, for the purpose of purchasing the shares, the pro perty of the societies and individuals who provided funds for the construction of canals in 1821 and 1822, on condition of becoming joint proprietors of those canals. It appears, by recent accounts from Trieste, that, notwithstanding the efforts made to improve the trade of that port, it is still declining. It is ceasing to be the . principal depot for the supply of Austria, and the ex ports and imports for 1841 show the same progressive decrease as they did in 1840 and 1839. The falling off in the last, year, as compared with the preceding, was 29,000,000 f. in the imports, and 6,000,000 f. in the ex ports. In 1840, as compared with 1839, the total de ficit was between 14,000,000 f. and 15,000,000 f. This has arisen chiefly from the depot of colonial produce, and from merchandise in transit for consump tion in Europe. To these losses by Trieste must be added a decrease of the Austrian coasting • trade with Dalmatia and the Venetian States, to the amount of about 8,000,000 f. The principal ar ticles of depot, such as sugar, coffee, cotton, gums, wax, silks, and wools, are put down in the deficit of imports at about 19,000,000 f., without including dried fruits, which are reckoned at 6,000,000 f. at the least. The corn counts for but a small portion. The relations between Trieste and the Levant and Italy are the most important ,t to her, and those with France, England, and America, are becoming annually less and less important. France and Algeria reckon in her imports and exports for about 8,000,000 f. ; England counts for at least double this sum. 't The imports at Trieste, from France, restrained as theyo us are by the Austrian prohibitive system, have been re- : duced by nearly 2,000,000 f. They are composed of articles for local consumption and foreign produce, I partly destined for re-exportation. The exportations, t% though under restraint, have increased in a slight degree.:v They consist of seine of the natural produce of Austria, but they are susceptible of great increase, if the duties were more favourable to exchange of commerce. LONGEVITY.-Mr. R. Hanis, registrar of births and deaths at Totnes, registered in the month of De- Cember last, the deaths of four persons successively, Whose united ages amounted to 333 years (viz., 76, 90, 90, 79,) and in the present month of March, registered four other persons successively, whose united ages amounted to 313, (viz., three of 77, and one of 82 years.) ;Plymouth Journal. A lefter from Rome, 17th instant, says :—" The Pope this day went to the Church of Santa Maria Ma jora, to join his prayers with those of a crowded congre gation, on the occasion of the jubilee which has been ordered relatively to the misunderstanding between the • Holy See and the Spanish y Government, on account of the Church of Spain. Letters from Berlin of the 23d ult. mention that disturbances had occurred at Schwerin, after the death 'of the Grand Duke. The people, who were much at tached to him, imagining that he had not been properly attended to during his illness, attacked the house of his physician. whose life was saved only by the timely in terference of the authorities. The vibrations of an earthquake have, some little time back, been felt at Anapa, the Cossack towns of Nikolajewsskaja and Witiasijewa, and on other places• on the shore of the Black Sea. They lasted three se conds. and were accompanied by subterranean rumbling, but caused no other damage than some slight fissures in the walls of a few houses, and the falling of some chim- • 'neys at Anapa. The following is a progressive statement of the con sumption of sugar in France since 1815 :—ln that year it was 10,000,000 of kilogrammes ; in 1816, 34,000,000 ; • in 1818, 36,000,000 ; in Is2o, 48,000,000 ; in 1822, 55,000,000 ; in 1826, 61,000,000 ; in 1827, 62,000,000 ; in 1829, 67,000,000 ; in 1831, 80,000,000 ; in 1833, 86,000,000 ; in 1837, 92,000,000 ; in 1840 it amounted• to considerably more than 100,000,000 kilogrammes; and ,the consumption in 1841 is stated to have been 120,000,00 0 . • In the reign Of Henry IV., about two centuries and a half ago, sugar was so rare in France that it was sold only at the apothecaries by the ounce. In 1700 the consumption of this article did not exceed 1,000,000 kils., which in proportion to the then population was, a t the average, 8 kils. and 1-100 for each person, the num ber of inhabitants being 16,000,000. It was only from the commencement to increase,ncementoft the 18th in 9 theellsury thatthe m consumption e ti f e o n r sugar was up to 23,000,000 kilogrammes.