The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-18 00:00:00

.joi o i teo ,se le b floc f . l . te el' u 7,ss ev pos ec el l ; ( jor ViV al o rid• with' fea „t 0 of}. l %itt Of z) f 30 1 c 111, '.~ - til!,4i:preium to their- -politics, ashe was •iitt his own imagined superiority, he would scarcely i nte v ejhred to have spoken so contemptuously- of-their Li 9. In all that constitutes genius, Scott and Lotith.. , e as tar superior to Doctor Parr, as he no l - 1 . 11 " . aS inferior s great prototype, Dr. Johnson. e r. of Befitham's correspondents was the late author of B po ritish India, of . whom the old ( tter or recluse of Queen-square does . not seem ~1 - ; „ „; " :4 101 1ht eery hiolly,for he says of him—" When . „uers, he is silent. t) He is a character. He expects • everyby domineering tone—to con vince one iis . •p e ` t rY body by his positiveness. His manner of • 140 a l ong is oppre ss i ve an d- overbearing. He comes . 0 , 1 1 1 3 e as if he wore a mask upon his face. His book a ; ettiotiitsll;oln m di c a : ahounds with bad English, which disagreeable work. From the ,Il7§pondence inserted in the - Part before us, ',.,540u1d infer. that Mr. Mill was a dry, matter- Iti4;t l4 , • -481 ),. siot a little dictatorial, and 'certainly tow,'4raqeriz.d. by frankness or shuplicity. Dr. ' , ltr on " o , ll e ,!, l 'llya-- that "no -man eve* reasoned with 4p4i "°g l '2al powers. or hadever a more accurate per °al qtruth, than J a mes Mill. His weaknesses were i t °se f telriver.- When listened tohe was admirable ; when th e ' tid e o f hi s f ee li ngs , an d th e lie—Larij,ies of hi s natu r e met w i t h res i stance, t h at tri„4,PPerared in an una t tract i ve li g h t ." W e c l ose our tic 'COri o f a vo l ume, which is- much more gen -141.r:: en tertaining th an we cou ld h ave anticipated, tern:fsqW of Jeremy Bentham's opinions of his con eS Peel is weak and feeble. He feeds ttri C -- " I'll Prejudices to prevent his mind from growing. Ott and he are birds of the same feather.--Xob llisls a man filled with hatred of the human race. itohT.aleVolenee and lying are beyond anything.— () wen' begins . in vapour and ends in smoke. NI P meat braggad n ei o . His mind is a maze at is a i t , 3l °' l l and he avo id s earning to particulars. He nr er ra)'s the s a i n e, an d s a ys the same t hi ng over an d sad 40111 . Pursuits of Literature' are writteit in the worst spirit by a trumpery th °r• e ----- Nir Jones was considerably above P" of law y er ,, but his mind was narrow.—l ti 17- 1 - a g:bod opinion of Napoleon, and as a his citizen I voted" for his being Consul for life. e was *only for despots.—Eldon's eloquence is fierelP,,!ng I:llenborough's is commanding ; it is atrOciou9; the object of my admiration,— it )t an y niet Eldon at IVilberforce's. He had got iriti,L e° lirraversy . With a man, who was greatly his train' on 'the subject of law reform, and Eldon had tur et f - IP , a• I took no part in the argument, but ven t " a I , Aie or two, of which Eldon took no notice. L e if 11 °t tlaink he -understood them," We can easily that this was'the ease, for Bentham's waggery ii ) , ‘ , •°4ll exceedingly difficult Ofeomprehension, if we on i' e . ol ( l 3e from the - srecinins.of it which he has left :coril in his voluitninouS.'eeorrespondence. S°I)TII,WESTERN RAILWAY. ISLE of 'v'te it ., -81 ,1)N TO SouTHAMPTON AND THE lieri," --1 -13e success which last year attended the ex- Net -e n t4l',lleastire trip got up by some individuals con tucnt~w.ll'.l the South-Western Railway hasinduced them Z. into new an d i mprove d arrangements f or renew hier,t (r previous exertions for the recreation, amuse eitizA% "Id- improvement of th e h ea lth o f their fellow. - , _Accordingly, the first of a series of these t h- r siOns," or pl easure t r ip s , i nten d e d to ta k e p la ce in Np or ::( ; urse of the p re S en t season , came o ff ( to a d opt a th e ..„.tqlg phrase) on M on d a y morn i ng . Th e company l e f t attxhAll terminus in four second-class carriages, hy the " C rescent " eng i ne precisely at half-past wltt 41. " ' clock. and wi t h on l y t h ree stoppages (to ta k e i n ~.6 )_ !". . ) the train -performed its journey of (we believe) l in 2 ho urs and 20 minutes'. They were inirne -44,3" e scorted on bo ar d th e steamer, t h e P r i ncess Vic co`a, which has recentl been urchased from the IttZercial Steam-packet Company. by a body of gen tieorl!ell resident in Cowes and Southampton, in conjunc- Q ith others connected with the South-Western `' v a3' Company, which was in readiness at the pier to tt.,'eeeive them. This steamer, since the change in her ti.."lers;lbas undergone considerable repairs and altera uns, the latter of which have not yet been entirely lie ( l „ l *ted• She, with all the disadvantages of the tide 1%,,i-g-agairtatler during the whole of this day's voyage enabled, under the skilful management of Captain deridge. the Commander of the Lady de Sa-umarez 11 s team-packet, to maintain an average speed of l'uoto an h our . P rec i sely at ten o ' clock she got under C ox , told proc:eetled down the Southampton waters, past 4 - 1 1urr,t Castl e , Y armout h , and Lymington,to the, th- 41. th e !Nee w il es, which f orm t h e western extremity of 4, asie of • iVight. Up to this moment, the waters were the h as glass," and the voyage was regarded with :high est delight by all on board ; and the esseV 3 nonnon( completed her cruise round the far lttned i eland, passed Portsmouth, and reached the I) jerlA Ityde.. Th en, again, she entered " smooth %taro!' shortly before eight o'clock all the party t l o ,, Wiot,iting at Southampton. The only casualty which N)petir wUS one of the engineers performing, through i s 11 . W carelessness or stupidity, the operation by the t i l 4l 4 . ( l .l' l ;e:pistun-rod, of amputating one of his fingers at 4: l4 Plifijoint. .A medical gentleman-on board promptly b en s i dt:pfrofessional assistance, and no serious appre ns were entertained as lik e l y to resu l t f rom the NAt-. ait. B ut "on shore once more, we re-entered the ly"-.4ty carriag es , an d were i n motion, on our return to 1 4: sl''all,.preeisely at fi ve m i nutes past e i ght o ' clock, tir a ITt.trebrought. without the least " let or hitt to the :Vauxhall terminus by twelve minutes 44',44 o'clock, t h us performing tLe distance of 78i ?4 ' 4 4 tWu. hours and seven minutes. .To recapitulate, la L074711,4.t mechanical science, and British capital and 1 ' s 6 a llaire in' this instance been shown to have accom ilat, - a . 6 , 41 teSpeet of steam locomotion, we may mention c ,'‘,lrai; ) „ r ` li 'ig to Captain Gooderidge's calculation, the ," kO:lid, compelled to steer, owing to the state of 4 9 " ,., 4110 4 - 1)'• ' , t ,..!15 miles ; this . ., added to the distance p_er 1` - cuilvay, namely, 157 miles, makes a total of S ' ,() Pat;e:', a veoinplishee within the space (including w'ible,"o7 of 14 hours and three-quarters. On the gwith e41.„11 trip was truly delightful, and when more th e 3 ,,n ) .wn will, we doubt not, be highly popular Ilel ;i l l 4 • rrr ' e. fle et .---- 0f sq'l are in from the West to-day, 111 4,4 1 : den with p ‘ a.. l odiice. Among other crafts driven qde s h „ , no nerriDayton,Bradley master, with acargo I 't 4l 'slisi t- ` , ,,T c * and beet; for Kingston, U. C., and the tolkdiaril,e,,:e3-', ./ohnson — master, with wheat for St. e f hrie u , '' -Bo th were unable to make Port Colburn, e, e ssel s 118 ale bale yesterday. Several of the other g,.. h .e top s s a ll i fi t e . red. materially -b in their sails, rigging, &c. e tole,• 'eff the Queen - Charlotte are in tatters, so Iv J . otter ;i . e.—Buffalo Advertiser. r e lcar • Ml(le rs that eight . Paixhan guns, sixty-eight t jii(l r or '& ete" be imm e di a t e ly s hipp e d f rom t h e N avy I,efit of tii`,,-) etsmoutli, N. H., to form part of the arum -14 -3 frigs,, t ; new frigate Congr e s s , now fitti ng f or sea . icl ed . • will be table to put her mark on an enemy, ._hii t - e S t e ever f a ll s i n w i t h o n e.—Boston Journal. 1 0 . 1i , k . ° : . 1- t of Directors of the East India Com- Atrtopie S L applied, we hear. to the Board of Control, le. thee , a'r all the - papers and documents relating to the 1 ,,. sti, 4 , ttr, both a' to it origin and conduct. The ap e le,,e l ytts, it is added, refused. It may be necessary ,Ztii,,,,,.ll,l,ftlTiat„ though te despatches to the Goveanor 9.tee,,t .i:nthil 06 this subjeot bear the signature's of .1 1 ,„,_" I,r C ommittee of the Court of Directors, they it e ,a h 1 :4 - ,;,„ 9 1'1,rtal by .the - Board of Control, and as tho ertee t! -- , (~ , O ia.t CoMinittee are sworn to secrecy the 4 c ' f' ,, - Ptn3e. documents are unknown to the Court 1, - AlleetiValv, save at the pleasure of the t rE t e"(?!ktrof, whicli - now, and for some years, in 4 , ' t ..- r 43 '3t4 of a President only. ' . ki,,,' °U rn -EASTERN (LONDON AND DOVER) , 1 ;'.. e .. ;,, 01 1 AlondaY moniing a train conveyed several Itt,,a,i,the.? ennected with thiS railway, and some friends, llftrkegz, 74,i ndon-bridge station, to arrange the prelimi tl ' ikt r th e enin -- f the line to Tonbridge, on the o h ~ t„ . , ,_ p g o ttp ti N, - After passing ever the Greenwich and Croy 6 zt - N ~' a.ed the Briehton, so far as Red-hill, the train Ple;' 4 eef e t t he eommeecement of the Dover line. The ~t , t ~,, which is called E,eigate, is externally very- -e t '"IC .- `ue int • Arran, comprise every con- : t ., N , t , f , ) , the crier . a cTers that execrience can swegest. e'tt,lh,"-,etti,lie, afte P r aS l s et ' t%g the ancient residence (')TIV!r. N'Aiti;"t , d - cia the bill to the left of the station, while 1.1 4 ty„,,awny to the : riglifis seen the Brighton coach `t Q4f ii; e 'PrOceeds through a beautifully wooded and 2.1: e - "d c4)untr to Bletehingly. Passing through tit tt.e,easiring nearly Y a mile in length, and skirting 1 4 4 114 1.' 13 , Ge ' dstene... station is .next seen. This is ti li k tk; lII ° feot of a toffy - embankment, which is ate t '',,tilk, r4s tie flight of steps leading to an elegantly fitted IMeg" N e. The scenery from here to the next 0 n-bridge, is of the most picturesque elle f...,,.telitklutrtilig Eden-bridge the eye ranges over a s llt t te s Witt country ; the :ea& hills of Surrey and k l &lit• lt :vari l d t he commencement of the Sussex downs, ‘ h ge iz,. Itt:24 l andscape at thiS spot. The romantic little tk itt4glit eT7-which the station takes its name :s seen on No? ' 1 14, - ,; (1- , distance of about half a mile, a . nd . Pens- . i,`4l;,ix 4 , ; `, "'bed as the seat - of the Sydne,ys, is situated c t :te th"es distant. The next station is Penshurst, ivitt 4t.1 u en ee we proceed to Tonbridge. This station te iitee, io 'der the old turnpike-road to Hastings, and iiittee "able extent, its contiguity to , Tunbridge , i, ~,,,,itceniection with Hastings and St. Leonard's w N,I, of first-rate importance. The booking- , etSsslee 'lng-rooms, &C., combine elegance with every ',NI: 4 Y l e • There can be little doubt that this will tcriity e„, e , tits le i , i ks ,.. a very popular line. The charm of its :4 1. 11 % , IN. • ing through a line. of country long pro- if ... wi ll; v t i B ,. beauty, is not entirely unknown to the e lib , , 4411 suors of Hastings and 'Tunbridge Wells, - f .7 le s t ri 3 . repay an excureion to its present extent, e tl - 'te l , 'e enjoyment such a journey must afTnrd. Hide„ l ( re T r, '-'t ) " .:4QUESTMANs —On Monday morning a 1 the (.;,,:rtt:,;:nlll,l,(7stback lia;ingee-casion to alight et 4 1. , t if s .. rretid in Glouresteeeplace, left his horse in ; o i ts e ;Te t; . 4 t t h 'o e y h who . had folloWed him some distance. t 1 , 0 . 0 h . ()use the gentleman could not find ' ' bl t titi es N•Cl e ,! . , F (-) lse. and, after walking about the spot 2:,, has ttr tt , r „nail ti . hour, and making numerous in ''l(l h ,e o7. - ts, fussinf steed, he ascertained that a 4- - 4 0 t an i.furthtellin r t,i.-a be et , t i-1 ;" 11 . rota a horse in the New-road i t n itti a rv ee h r t. seless state to the hos succeeded in finding his tfel ta 4. , , k o liv , ery .. stables, 'in tile neiehbourhood of St. ti dda ai s k tie i)ith a dislocate 4 1 .-ca th e h " severely cut. d, shoi b tlel r d both the n ight - 0 , ~..nrse along- the New-anai T r l o ie d boy, e ft, a a i Ppears, had when,, ai either from t, , tr; 4,o"itsinanagement, the i,, ,tw galloped off furiouslY itilillaciin ' 1 1 , te,,,., 1, , 1 1 th en, thrown attcmpti n i its 4 (1 n . , 48.. roc,, ~'e,..ll,laet voelothcf.airtir.iangiieptiint s et' e . i . n. contact with mull (I( .n. T b k itliii4 bllyed several severe injuries, _,,,4 fro, is entirely spoue4byautdbethaecehiOdresuet,,a ooth's • l ight and: ~ ,,j(1 1 8118i1f, • wo timing" ~t, ag and -" it , d -4:1 811(1' each,. & :he se- ~ftk 03 of A' tra 1 ,•••• 3 11°' ydoiyF L'ooket.p.,lc patt.i4: o g t 121tii , 4 . ( 2 1 , pattia. , i y ing ; 11 ; in the: :; 01 • e t d so dis - i r f o pled heiTig_ ; 1131 f 17 1 es ane •4 fourtli, led, for ' lle 1 0 '''' 4 ••••• acidetl, Ist 41b' pie) ,1, beautt" loser' , to t I,COt) lei` r ,ernooii, ,nel 3-kr" Luce ttende d ie sale and the ty 1 11 endalice iv eve° - es De.s". vertu rev Choru s r). ! , e frog' Danc e ne : e d bl nbridSer. Viury ef a lter, r ineesses , } . es ter ` lg. ,11 La• ' ~ 110tikot ; at clitn4 Ad ~Sr °le :l,o o . dree, to, fra • ‘ , Irs, ,YV ymo sm: g3 l EstL; P- 1 4i1 ,E 6( 1 45 , 0 4 C1ift.)10,44 10IneStet4 >ark and id T e rtford -, :r; ge's r L , 5 g 0 t0, , - ; to ; 0 0 1 •„ni Iwo , ; p•4O, Elizabeth A lolidaY s , i 5 rico- NEW BRITISH AND FOREIGN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY . SOUTH LONDON AUXILIARY. Oa Monday a festival and meeting of the Melt& of Total Abstinence from intoxicatieg liquor, in csmne x i on with the South London Auxiliary of the New British and Foreign Temperance Society, was held at the Rocking ham-rooms New Kent-road. At half-past four a nu merous and respectable company sat down to tea ; after which some choruses were sung by Mr. Alainzer's pupils, and - at seven o'clock the public meeting commenced. J. EDGAR, Esq., of Picksline House, took the Chair. After a speech from the CHAIRMAN, in which he presSed the claims of this Society on the moralist, the Ailanthropist, and the Christian, J. MEREDITH, Esq., rose and said—At the meeting add this day at Exeter Hall, though there was much to cheer and delight, one circumstance of regret oc curred, to which he would now, allude. One of the speakers referred to the silence oethe Press on thc sub ;ect of total abstinence. He regretted that ; as this Auxiliary was indebted to several of the daily Journals (especially The Sun) for notices of their meetings, and oecause he attributed the spread of total abstinence in Ireland, in a great measure, to the knowledge communi cated through the Press. The meeting; was afterwards kddressed Mesirs. Allen, Greg, Whittaker, Coleman, Lamer, T. A. Smith, &c. These gentlemen bore testimony to the steady progress of the principle in Ireland and various parts of England. After a Tote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. REVENUE FOR TEMPERANCE SOCIE PIES. It is in contemplation, we understand, to raise a large annual revenue, for the promotion of Temperance Societies, by a plan to be brought for Ward by Mr. Buckingham, at the Great Anniversary Meeting at Exeter Hall, to-morrow, by making it a condition . of membership to the New Temperance Association, .pro posed to be formed by a Union of all the Metropolitan Societies in one t—lst. That each ,member shall esti mate the pecuniary saving in hits own annual expendi ture, effected by his abstaining from the use of spirits,. wine, and beer. 2d. That he- shall then agree to retain one-half of that saving for his own immediate and pre sent benefit, and devote the other half in two equal parts, one to the insurance-of a legacy for his family, or for the Temperance Union, at his pleasure, in the United King dom Total Abstinence Life Association, and the other, if residing in Loudon, to an annual contribution to the funds of the Metropolitan Temperance - Association ; or if residing in the country, to the particular local Society to which the paying member may belong. It is estimated, by Mr. Buckingham, who is the ori ginator of this proposal, that persons in the middle class of life would save at least 2CI. a-year by this change in their habits ; in the more opulent ..class 501. ; and even 1001. a-year, would be saved to many families, while in the very humblest ranks 51. a year would be the lowest average, as this is less than three pence per day. The whole number of persons belonging to the various Tem perance Societies in Great Britain is now upwards of 5,000,000, and if one pound per annum, or less than one-fourth, of the money saved by abstaining, even among the lowest classes, were thus contributed, it would raise a revenue of 5,000,0001 sterling ! This amount would far surpass the whole sum raised for all the Benevolent SoCieties in the kingdom, though it would still'be only one-tenth of what is spent every year in Great Britain and Ireland alonein intoxicating drinks. The amount of this has been proved, by Parliamentary documents, to be more than 50,000,0001. a year ; a sum which exceeds the ,whole revenue of the United King dom from all, sources combined, and.which proves that it is not so much from want of wealth, as from its mis appropriation, that so much distress is felt ; for if this 50,000,0001. were abstracted from the expenditure in spirits, - wine; . and- beer (which are admitted by the first medical authorities to be wholly unnecessary to persons in health---and-produetive of innumerable evils by the - abuses to which they lead), and the same sum were ex pended in an increased consumption of wholesome food; clothing, furniture, and education, all our agricultural and manufacturing labourers .might be fully employed— profitable trade revived—disease and crime decreased— and no Income-tax nor any other impost be required to make up our. financial deficitncy. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OxronD, - May - 16.—Trinity or • et Term commences on Wednese.uy next: ; the Latin sermon will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Stocker, of S. John's College, at St. Mary's Church. At the late public - examination 215 undergraduates offered themselves; out. of which 51 were candidates for the class list, which list contains 7 names in class 1, 10 in class 2, 14 in class 3, and 20 in class 4. In the first class all are on the foundation of their rc , -.otive col leges ; in the second they arc all on the foundations ex•• cepting three ; in the third nearly.one-hall are on the foundations, and in the fourth eight •are on the foun dations. By the death of the Rev. R. Barneby, on Wednesday last, the valuable living of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, has become vacant ;- it is in the gift of the Principal. and Fellows of Braseunose College, and worth 1,1001. per annum. J. S. Foljambe, Esq., has presented the Rev. C. Hodge, of St. Edmund's Hall, to the Perpetual Curacy of Scof ton, Nottinghamshire. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury has presented the Rev. A. Austen, of Oriel College, to the Rectory of Littleton Drew, Wiltshire. The Rev. George Hogg, 8.A.; has - been instituted to the consolidated Rectories'of Beechamwell St. John and Beecbamwell St. Mary, in the county and diocese of Norfolk, on the presentation of John Motteux, Esq. The Earl of Falmouth has been pleased to appoint the Rev. W. W. Harvey, M.A., of Queen's College, Cam bridge, Rector of Truro, to be one of his Lordship's do mestic chaplains. The Rev. E. A Webber, M.A. Rector of Remington, - Somersetshirc, hes been instituted to the Rectory of Basheslton. The Rev. John Webber has been nominated by the Avehdeacon of Taunton to the Perpetual Curacy of Thorn - St. Margaret, Somerset ; also, to the Chaplaincy T • of the Wellington L mon. The Ray. John Maxwell Wilde, 8.A., Incumbent of llolme, \Westmoreland, has been appointed by. the Lord Bishop of Chester. to the Ministry of one of the Weaver Churches, Cheshire. 0131TUARY.--The Rev. Thomas Sweet Escott, Prebendary of Wells, Rector of Brampton Ralph, So merset, and Rector of liittesford, near Wellington. The Rev. Thomas Barneby, D.D., Rector of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, and of Edwin Load]. 'Worcester shire ; formerly Fellow of Brasennose College, Oxford. The Rev. Thomas Drake, formerly of Queen's College, Cambridge, and Rector of Intwood-cum-Keswick, near Norwich, which he had held .upwards of twenty years. The next general ordination of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury will be holden on Sunday, September 25, and not on the 10th of July; as stated by the Oxford and Cambridge papers. The Bishop of Winchester's annual course of Confirma tions will commence on Monday, June 6. HAMBURCH SUBSCRIPTIONS.—De Rothschild Bro thers, 10,00014 Gr. Odier and Co., 1,0001.; A. Odier, 1,0001. ; Hottinguer and Co., 3,000 f.; Thurneysen and Co., 2,000 E; Koningswater, 3,0001.; Would and Open heim. 3,0001; Baguenalt and Co., 3,0001; Delesert and Co., 3,000 K; I)elaman and Co.. 1,0001.; Bufreult, Re ceiver -General, I,ooof. ; the Count D'Argent, 500 f: ; J. C. Davillier, 1;000f: ; Andre and C. Cottier, 3,000 f. ; Roug.inont and Lov:enburgh, 3,000 f.; Mallet Brothers, 2,0001; Linneville, Lelievre, and Co., 1,0001.; G. G. Op perman, 1,00011; Lecointe, Desa,rts, and Co., 1,000 f.; P. J. Pescaiore, 1,000 f.; J. A, Blanc,. Colin, and Co., 1,000 f.; Julien Cohen, 1,0001:; Paceard, Dufour, and Co., 1,0001.; 'Ai argre and Morstat, 500 f.; A. de Warn and Co., 1,000 f.; T. Durand awl Co., 1,000 f.; C. V. Lutcroth, 5,0001.; L. Leid rdorfi; 500 f..; C. Lalitte, Blunt, and Co., 500 f.; A. de Eiehthal, 1,0001: ; Perier Brothers, 1,00 a; Aguirrevengin and sons, 1,5001.; N. J. Stern, 500 E; Sons of Gondechaux, 500 f. Solomon Halphen, 500f.;_ the Heirs of Halphen, 1,00011; Leop. Javal, 590 f: Tots], 62,5001. :ADELAIDE GALLERY.—This well-established place of public. amusement participated ry fully en :Monday, that degree ofpatronage, which, at this season, is I . ; enerally bestowed. upon all places of amusement. We were upon this occasion greatly pleased to find that an establish ment like the Adelaide . Gallery was popular, because it combines in the highest degree the moat innocent and captivating pleaSures with a great abundance of sound information. The gallery has fallen under a new manage ment—,that of Lir. Jones—whose determination it is to carry out those objects, and whO on Mondey,in pursuance of them, introduced, amongst the dissolving views, Mr. Wyld's map of the kingdom of .Caubul upon a gigantic scale, followed by striking view's. of Caubul itself -tht Khyber pass—Ghuznee—the Bolan pass, and other places in the East, rendered remarkable either by the victories or the misfortunes of the British army. These excited intense interest in the auditory. and were, like the other portions of the dissolving views, received with great applause. M. Claudit's daguerreotype portraits had also their fair share of visitors and patronage. SOCIETY OF CHIMNEY SWEEPERS.-011 Monday a dinner was given to the boys of certain Master chimney sweepers, the lads amounting in number to 106, at Mr. Allen's, the Yorkshire Stingo Tavern, New-road, we believe for the last time to the climbing boys,' the Act for their discontinuance coming into force on the Ist of July next. 'lt may be necessary here to observe, that the annual dinner of the masters and boys, which always was celebrated on the Ist of May was, ,on the Ist inst., so celebrated in consequence of the' Bill for the intro duction of the machine having passed both Houses of Parliament. .The cause of the dinner taking place yes terday was es follows :—A few few years since a Captain South bequeathed to the churchwardens of the parish of St. G eo,ge the Martyr, Queen-square, the suns of 1,0001., directing them to apply the interest thereof in giving a dinner, a Testament, and a new shilling to the above number of boys, being apprentices of chimney sweepers. The buys selected by the churchwardens to attend, met at halt past ten o'clock, in the Parochial School-room, with their masters, and proceeded in procession to the church, and having attended Divine service, a most im pressive sermon being delivered by the Rev. W.. Short, the Rector,• they afterwards proceeded to the Stingo Tavern, where they were plentifully regaled with abund ance of beef and plum-pudding, after which Mr. Cronin, the senior churchwarden, presented the boys with their respective shillings and a New Testament each. The National Anthem was sung by the company engaged at the establishment, and the boys were dismissed. The masters subsequently dined togethe r . THE GERMAN OPERA.---Ficklio, for the perform ance of which so many inquiries have been made, will be represented to-night, and it is said that her Ma jesty and suite wilt be present on the occasion. The boxes are nearly all taken. THE SLAVE-TRADE. MEMOIR OF' REAR-ADMIRAL D'URVILLE, THE CELEBRATED NAVIGATOR. Mn. EDITOR,—A remedy was some time ago pro• posed for the suppress:loll of the tilavn,tendi; was tt costly osA to tilis cOuritry, mill it failed entirely. • • As regards the evil of a want of labour in the British tropical colonies, I do not think that the remedy pre tended even to cure that ; but, if it did, that cure could have been but a slow one, since Africa was to be civi lised first. Allow me, then, now to propose at least an antidote for the slave-trade, which- may diminish the grievous want of labour in the colonies, and, I flatter myself, at the same time, render possible, almost imme diately, the free emigration from Africa not only to the British isles, but also to such other .tropiCal countries as are enlightened enough to join sincerely for the accom plishment of so desirable an object, which alone can avert from them impoverishment, demoralisation, disho nour, and ruin. OM EFA. Jules Sebastian Cesar Duniout Urvil le, the eele brated navigator, Who, with his wife and only son, has met with'sci unthnely and disastrous a fate on the Versailles Railroad, was born on the 23d of May, 1790, and was ConseqUently, at the time of his prema ture departnre, at the age of . 52. The place of his birth. was at Conde-sur-Noireau, in the departrpent of Calvados, and he commenced his naval career early in life, undertaking his first tour of circumnavigation, in 1825, being then in his nth year. In January, 1827, M. D'Urville was the discoverer of the island which bears his name, and whose exist ence he fixed positively. • It is formed of that portion of land, which terminates at the Cape Stephens of Cook, and which is divided from the mass of Tavai- Pounamou by the basin of Courans. This island is high and mountainous : the coast barren, and very steep and rugged on the side which turns westward towards Lake Tasman ; its aspect, however, is much better towards the Admiralty bay ; and it has some pleasant spots. It measures eight miles from north to south, and a little less from east to west. "The officers of the Astrolabe," says our modest navigator, in this account of his own discovery, "desirous of perpetuating the memory of their Captain, wished to have his name attached to this part of the discoveries of the voyage, and he thankfully acceded to this mark of esteem on the part of hi s b rave comra d es ," "L a denomination d'lle d Urville," continues he, " pourra done rester a cette terre jusqu'a l'epoque on l'on con naitra le nom qu'elle a recu de ses habitans." Point D'UiVille, which is also called after him, lies according to the observations of M. Jacquinot, an officer of the expedition, in 1° 24' lat. S. and 135° 27' long. E. It forms a low point, jutting out very much into the sea, and formed by the extremity of tb land„forming part of New Guinea. FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. M. D' Urville,lti - his last, expedition chiefly followed the track which had been pursued - . by Weddell, who had preceded him in exploring these sea& He was no less guided by the labours of other excellent naviga tors who had proceeded before him in much the same course. Among .:these, Capt. Cook, in 1775, had penetrated, among other points of the globe, into these regions, but had kept himself in a higher latitude than i:lt pursued by - D'Urville, and who, indeed, found himself barricaded in the parallel , of sixty degrees by the immense, obstruetive ice -blocks, in the vicinity of the Sandwich: - isle's. Brans field, in 1820, found his- route' barred out within a short distance of .the fioth degree by extensive ice fields. In - 1821 the enterprising Powell was not able to penetrate beyond 62 deg. 30 sec.; and more re cently Biscoe, after different excursions and - trials under other meridians, left the whole of this space un explored, and was arrested in his course near the Sandwich Isles, near the same point as Captain Cook. Weddell, on the contrary, by whose course th e sub ject of this memoir chiefly guided himself, asserted that he had attained the 74th,deg. without the slightest difficulty, and, what was more surprising, without encountering any barrier, or block of ice. Accordingly, on making referenee to his narrative, we find that in their elevated latitudes, he was in the Midst of fine seas, and those of moderate temperature. Indeed, it was these considerations, and Weddell's own account, which chiefly influenced this celebrated navigator to follow his track, so as to attain the same limits, or if favoured by circumstances, to pass beyond them. In this expedition, however, our navigator found his most strenuous efforts unavailable in passing beyond the 64th deg. of latitude, during which he had ex plored the Orkney and New South Shetland islands, as. also Louis-Philippe land. Copies of his route were at the time presented by him to the Annales Mara times, as also to the Bulletin of the Societe de Geo graphic, and printed - in each. M. D'Urville ranked high as a literary man : his valuable works, as they appeared, were deemed worthy by M. CuVier, M. Arago, M. Quoy, and M. Gaimard, as also M. Latreille; to receive from them individually. the best aid which lay in their superior powers, in every shape, to afford him. His travels, by tllese and other means are not mere empty routes, but are enriched with learned tables, observations of the most scientific nature upon magnetic inclinations and intensities, and vocabularies of savage tongues. The following will present our readers with a com plete account of the late Admiral's published works : in the year 1830, he published an account of his voyage in the corvette, called the Astrolabe, which he was engaged in writing from notes and papers in his possession, which he had carefully preserved during his first voyage in 1826-29. The separate works, which appeared afterwards, in illustration of this leading work, in the form of plates, were not less numerous than excellent.- For instance, the Parisian editions furnished the historical portion with plates to the number of 40 ; the zoological- with 38 ; the bota nical with 9 ; the entomological -with 2 ; while the philological, hydrographical, and operative portions of the work were no less lavishly and handsomely aided by design and draught. His « Picturesque Voyage round the World" (Voyage Pittoresque autour the Monde), _ which also contains 'a very excellent summary,of all prior disco veries in those latitudes which he himself so scientiii - cally and ably navigated, appeared in .1834, and greatly delighted the reading, world, while it spread the fame of its author's enterprise and skill. The expedition to the South Pole and in Oceania, • which in his old ship the Astrolabe, conjointly with - the vessel La Zelee, M. D'Ur v ill e l a stly undertook, appeared from the Paris press in. 1839, and his official Report' thereupon to the Minister of Marine, in the succeeding year. • From this pamphlet we have prin. , cipally drawn up the foregoing account of his voy ages, as also from the 'above editions of his travels. — Rear-Admiral D'Urville was appointed Commander of the Astrolabe on the Bth of August, 1829. He was married to Mme. we believe, in 1827, and his son, who has perished with them both, was only in his 14th year. His naval career 'extended over a space of more than 35 years ; he was created a Rear-Admiral in 1840. To recount the various islands, regions, or lati tudes visited by M. D'Urville during his arduous voyages, would be a long and tedious task, unless set ofr by the vivacity, accuracy, and nautical powers by which they are conveyed in his own words. Enough to remark that the perils in which he was involved at Tonga, where he was with his crew on the point of perishing—his fight at Tamaha with the savages— his•trouble% at Viti—his sojourn at Vanikoro, where he discovered the remains of La Perouse's shipwreck, and with the high generosity of a sailor's heart, erected a monument to his memory—with his visits to Nev Zealand and the Pellew Isles, present a body of picturesque, pleasant, and sterling reading, which 1011 make his works permanently standard m . ..s refer ences, or delightful as narratives. We observe it stated by the Gazette de France of Tuesday, that Admiral D'Urville bestowed the name of " Adele" upon the region which he last discovered, in affectionate remembrance of his wife, who bore that name. This, however pleasing to the fancy, is incorrect, as he himself states that he named it Adele, " du nom du brick que commandait Ruault-Con tance :' so that it received its name from the ship. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 14.—This being the last day of term, a congregation was holden, at whiCh the following de grees were conferred: — Doctor in Mcdicine•--:-W. Twining, of Balliol College. Thchelor in Civil Law—S. E. Denison, of University College. Masters of Arts—Rev. J. Mansfield, of Trinity Col-- lege ;. Rev. If... Batten, Exeter College (grand coin. pounder); --Rev. R. G. Boodle, Oriel College ; li. 11 . Bathurst, Merton College; F. Tate, University College; S. Burstall, University Colloae ; Bei% E. Hill, St. Ed- i • ;mind Hall; JL tiV. Aclancl, All Souls College ; Rev. T. 01, Rob Son, University College. Baehelors of Arts—E. E. Tickell, of Balliol College ; L. C. Bathurst, Trinity College; J. - Stephens, Trinity College ; G.• E. Jemtnett, Trinity College; S. W. New bald, Wudham College ; .R. A. H. Stroud, W a dh am Col lege; H. Henderson, Wadham College; 8 H. Ellison, Uni versity College; M. J. Routh, Pen coke College; P, Le Maistre, Pembroke College; tirane, E xeter Col lege; H. F. Inman, Lincoln Col le ge; T , H. Gre,,,,:Lin coln College; T. A. FalkneriS r t - iel Jo c 4 o n iiege seo ; IV N (g e r l a i n n d , compounder); M. L. Lopes, o Oriel .College; S. Minton, Worcester Colleg e; R. T. Mills, . Magdalene College; W. E. .Busher, Magdalen Hall; R. Rolleston,,University College. Erf.-011 Monday apparently a b o u t fifty years of age, and most ali' respectably ~ , - ----.-- attired, was ToenkE, a ' m rll aft S er u n D o p on E , N about D EA t T h u ree . lN o'clock, found leaning against the wal l at.. the end o f S hoe-lane, Holborn, bleeding profusely from the no se. and mouth. He was immediately c onveyed towards a surgeoar . s, but. died on his way there. A n ewspaper, in ,an envelope, addressed to " Mr. Goddard, Barton-hills Shaftesbury," was found in his pocket. Mr. Eliason, whose spirited eflo •it to get up the Promenade Concerts witk a band of most efficient power, and with accommodations for the public of unusual ele gance and comfort, terminated with results so untoward 1 in reference to his own interests, takes, it will be seen, a benefit this night at Drury-lane Theatre. His entertainment is one of extraordinary attraction, both dramatic and musical ; and, independent of_his claim on public favour, may fairly be expected to draw an unusu ally crowded house. His bill .of fare opens with. Hamlet, and concludes with the a musingfarce:of The Prisoner if War. Between these a concert, vocal and instrumental, will be given, in which 111 r. 'Elioon:will execute a. new. concerto, and a grand duet concertante.will be played on two pianofortes by Madame Dulchen and Benedict.. THE GERMAN .opEßA. — M oz art ' s . well-known opera of Die Zauberflote, _one' of his earliest and most meritorious operas, was reproduced by the German corn- - pany at G oven t-garden, on Mondaynigh t, M a d ame Heine fetter perfo rm i n g th e p a rt of Pam . ma, Madame Schodel that of Die Conigin dar yacht, .and "Mille. Wettlaufer that of Papagetia. The male characters were SeraStio, Herr Standigt ; Papageno, Herr Mellenger ; and Tamino, Herr Abresch. The opera., wasvell and*orthily `repre sented,-and the beauties - of the music • seemed full— ), en - joyed. TUE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAX 18,,„1§4,2. REPORT' - OF THE TITHE --- €0*1: AIISSIONERS .FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, TO TIER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OP *STATE PURSUANT TO THE ACT 6 AND. 7 WILL. IV., C. 71. (Pres.nted to both Houses .of Parliament by Com .) e Com mand of her Majesty.) . _ •__ _ _ _ Tithe Commission-office:April 4 22, 1842. Sir,—lt is our duty to report to you the progress of the commutation of tithe in England and Wales to the close of the year 1841. We have received notices that voluntary proceed ings have commenced in 9,381 tithe districts ; of these notices 184 were received during the year 1841. We have received 6,348 agreements, - and confirmed 5,804 of these 442 have been received, and 668 con firmed, during the year 1841. 2,178 notices for making awards have been issued ; of which 1,008 were issued during the year 1841. We have received 1,355 drafts of compulsory awards, and confirmed 1,030; of these 534 have been received, and 470 confirmed, during the year 1841. We have received 5,220 apportionments, and have confirmed 4,347 ; and of these 1,532 have been re ceived, and 1,715 confirmed, during the year 1841. Of the whole business of assigning rent-charges and apportioning them, it is probable that about half is completed. The Acts under which our Commission is consti tuted will expire on the Ist day of July next. We are glad to be able to state that should a re newal act be passed, we have neither alterations in the old acts or additions to them to suggest, which affect in the slightest degree the broad principles of those acts, or the relative position and interests of the land owners and tithe-owners. During the working, however, of an operation as extensive as that of the commutation of tithes throughout England and Wales, intricate and perplexed cases occasionally present themselves wholly unfore seen. With some of these it is difficult, and indeed occasionally impossible to deal; without powers or machinery which have not suggested themselves. 'We have a few such cases to report for your consideration. Some tithe-owners have spent considerable sums in contesting points before us, and have died or vacated their preferment before the contest was closed. The successors of these persons reap the benefit of their exertions, while their families, who reap no benefit from them, are left charged with the expenses. We think it is just that we' should be enabled, with the consent of the bishop (in the case of ecclesiastical tithes) to charge these expenses on the rent-charge whether the successor does or does not consent to their being so charged. We have, subject to an appeal to the Courts of Law, a concurrent jurisdiction with the Courts of Equity in cases of dispute as to the liability of land to tithes. Our decisions, if not appealed against, or if appealed against, then the decision of the Courts of Law are final. These provisions of the Tithe Act were obviously , meant to ensure the determination of all disputed claims to tithe before the general commu tation was finished. It often happens that suits are pending in the Courts of Equity on the very points we are called on to decide more summarily. The arrears claimed in these suits, and the cost of the suits themselves, are of considerable importance. Our decisions, though final as to the future, do not determine the question of arrears or costs in equity. Parties have still the power of dragging their oppo nents through the Courts of Equity and House of Lords, by continuing suits as to points already sub stantially determined by a competent jurisdiction. We beg to suggest, that it is expedient the Courts of Equity should be invested with a power of de ciding, on petition or other summary process, all ques tions as to the costs and arrears in suits before the 4 when such suits relate to questions already finally de cided before us, or finally decided by the Courts of Law, when our decisions have been appealed against. In cases reserved for special adjudication we are bound to base our rent-charges on the rent-charges established by award in the neighbourhood. We cannot use rent-charges established by volun tary agreement for the same purpose. There seems no reason for this distinction, which probably originated in oversight. We find it very troublesome in practice, and beg to recommend its abolition. When security is given to pay an unapportioned rent-charge, and we extinguish tithes at once, the provisions of the Act of 3 Vic., c. 15, make it ne cessary that we should occasionally assign different days for the payment of the rent-charges due from those parties whose tithes were taken in kind, and of rent-charges due from those who had compounded for their tithe. It would be convenient that we should have the power of making such equitable arrangement of the first payments that, after the first year, the whole rent-charges should he payable half-yearly, and on the same days. The Cominissioners of Land-tax have a power, in certain cases, of altering appOrtionmentS. • • Certificates of their ;Iterations are sent to the parish and the bishop's regiStrar, but not to us. As the instruments, now in our custody, will, pro bably, always constitute a great central body of docu mentS, in which the majority of searches will be made, we think it may he expedient that a copy of all such certificates of alterations in apportionments should also be lodged with us. - The acts under which at present exchanges can be made of glebe for other lands are apparently expensive and troublesonie in their operation. . We are very frequently applied to to authorise such exchanges on the commutation of pariShes. We think that our machinery .would enable us, if we had the power, to assist parties in making such exchanges cheaply .and with great mutual advantage. The consent of, the diocesan should, we think, be made necessary. . . Case's also occur in which, although a certain quan tity of glebe is known to exist, its identity cannot he established. The parties are frequently willing that we should -set out and assign a known and defined quantity of land as the real glebe. We think such a power would be of public use. A rather complicated state of circumstances occa sionally presents itself, with which we find it difficult to deal equitably. Land at some past period has been given in exchange for tithe in a manner clearly ille gal, and one which leaves the tithe-owner's right to his tithe, on his abandoning the land, valid. It is not quite clear even that he is obliged in all cases to aban don the land ; and if he does, the persons entitled to receive it back can rarely be traced. In such cases, if we find the land a fair - equivalent for the tithes we think we might properly be enabled to confirm and render valid the transaction. If the land is not an equivalent for the present legal rights of the tithe-owner, then if we were empowered to assign him a rent-charge which, with the land, would be such an equivalent, much confusion and injustice would, we• think, be prevented. Doubts have been thrown on our power to sanction voluntary agreements after certain litigated stages of a compulsory award have been gone through, and also on our power to deal with claims of exemption from tithe in one particular and limited class of cases. We give no opinion on the reasonableness of such doubts, but they prevail extensively enough to make it expedient to remove them.--We have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servants, W. BLAMERE, T. WENTWORTH BULLER. R. JONES. To the Right /ion. Sir James R. G. Graham, Bart., &c. Coax AvEßAaEs.—The following fact which may be relied upon, shows • how fallacious the present mode of taking the averages is as a test of the price at which good grain is selling. The Liverpool, average for the last week. was only 465. 9d , owing to the inferior qua , lity of the Irish and English wheat sold here, but it is within our own knowledge that some thousand quarters of free foreign wheat were sold in Liverpool last week at from 10s. 9d. to lls. the . 701b5., that is, at from 775. to 79 . 5. per quarter. The real average of the week was thus much nearer 70s. • than 465. 9d. ; but as foreign grain does not count in the returns, it goes forth to the country that we are buying wheat at Liverpool at from five-and-twenty to thirty shillings less than the real price of good grain.—Liverpool Times. FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—Mr. Baker held an. inquest yesterday, at the ship, High-street, Wapping, on the body of a man, name unknown, apparently about forty-five years of age. Charley Grey, a labourer, at the Tunnel Pier, Wapping, said that at half-past five o'clock on • Saturday :afternoon last, the Royal Tar Greenwich steam-boat arrived at the pier, to allow passengers to embark and debark. When the signal was given for starting for London,' witness removed the gangway by Which the people passed to and from the vessel ; but he had scarcely done so, when a man on board ran to the side and, when the boat was about five feet from the pier, endeavoured to leap upon the latter. The distance being too great, he fell into the water, and was drowned. Wit , ness did not linow why he wanted to leave the boat so suddenly. His dress consisted of a brown Petersham coat, with a velvet collar ; black plush waistcoat; and hat with the name of "'Townsend, maker, Bread-street, Cheapside," marked in it. He was about five feet seven inches in height, and his hairand complexion light. Ver dict," Accidental death." &silo? OF LICFIFIELD.—We are truly sorry to state that no improvement has taken place in the state of this amiable prelate's health, and that but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. We understand that prayers have been daily offered up in his Lordship's behalf, in the cathedral church of Lichfield, for the last three weeks ; and we have authority- to state that a similar expression of pious and respectful sympathy, in all the churches of the diocese, will be as acceptable to the relatives of the reverend sufferer, as it cannot fail to be accordant with the feelings of the clergy, and their several congregations.—Stafford Advertiser. The monthly meteorological table for Greenocl; shows that not a drop of ram fell in that town during the month of April. It will be remembered that Greenock and . Glasgow beaz'about au equal reputation for being. the -Dreepdailies of the west of Scotland.---Glasgow Courier. ANTIDOTE FOR THE SLAVE-TRODU, We submit to the amputation of a limb for the sake of life ; we hang a man for the benefit of society ; we remit punishment, for the sake of truth, when evidence is furnished against accomplices. The appliances for obtaining. and rendering justice must be coincident with its demands. Wheii bad men conspire, good men must combine. For national crimes there must be national remedies. Those nations that dare the world's scorn deserve the world's ExecratiOn, and when humanity bleeds it behoves the humane to act with energy. The slave-trade is now indelibly branded b}• civilised Europe as infamous in those nations that allow it, iniquitous towards than, and a wicked defiance of the A lmiolity. • There are no guilty deeds without guilty mini. The hardened piratical crew of a slaver are not the only sin ners, nor indeed the chief sinners. The breeders and owners of slaves ; the builders, owners, and equippers of slave-ships; the rascal dealers in our race, the bargainers for blood upon the coast, the marketing buyers in America, Cuba, Brazil ; the inhuman taskmasters in each exacting, not only sweat from the brow, but blood from the flesh. These are the beings that Europe execrates. When the confirmed scoundrel and the young con • federate are caught, and brought to prison, the older inciting party receives the greatest punishment. The sailor in a slave-ship is not so criminal as the owner of the cargo and owner of the ship. Though working in such in iniquitious traffic, he is innocent when compared with his masters and the capitalists who employ him fur their iniquitous gain. He seeks bread— his employers geld, through the sacrifice of blood. The sailors now employed in that trade feel they are in a desperate course ; many of them, if they could and had the inducement, would quit it to-morrow. The question is, can it be managed ? Can the inducement be offered? To the first question the answer is, every British port in the British colonies offers an asylum for a , :y kid napped African, and restores to him his natural freedom ; and it may be hoped that, ere long, all other countries, not excepting those who still uphold slavery, will also be come such asylums. Can an inducement be (ffered for the crews of these slave-ships to carry the slaves into one of these port; in stead of taking them to countries where they. would lc bought and sold as slaves? If the different colonies can now subscribe to pay the passages for free irnini grants, and of free negroes to the colonies, it would answer their purpose quite as well to subscribe to meet a reasonable gratuity to the crews of slavers, and accom plish thereby the noblest work—the freedom of the captives. The cry from the colonies is for free combined labour, because the manumitted blacks work now mostly fur their own account, and chiefly in occupations hitherto neglected. Free emigration cannot be resorted to in any sufficient degree from Europe to tropical climes, nor is pit desirable ; and spontaneous emigration from Africa is prevented by the convulsions in which that continent is kept through the slave-trade. Now, if we can combine a remedy for the honest de mands and necessities of a drooping agriculture, and, at the same time, apply a final cure to the evils of Africa ; and if the interests of humanity can be combined with those of the planters, not only of the West Indian, but the' r al and true interests of the very shareholders of Brazil and Cuba whose existence is periled, by their own showing, by further importation of slaves, why should we hesitate to do it ? • By these means self-interest would be made to act as a useful assistant in the cause of humanity. The greater risk for the owners of slave-trading vessels to lose their property by the turning of their crews against them, would deter them from embarking in such hazardous speculations, and the temptations of a pecuniary reward would act as a stimulus to these crews to bring their cargo to such ports, where they can rely upon a premium for so doing. It such a device were acted upon, all tropical countries in want of African free labour, and all those sincerely desirous of doing away with the slave-trade, now a hundred times more cruel and destructive than in past centuries, would probably subscribe or vote an amount for so valuable an importation of labour secured by such means. The countries wishing to protect themselves against any further importation of slaves would co-operate, and countless philanthropists all over the world will contri bute their mites of contributions towards a fund to be employed in sufficient remunerations to said crews. The vessels- to lee abandoned, or to be given up to the lawfid (?}'Owners, in any manner consistent with the law, which the -funds of the subscribers will test. tet, therefore, meetingS of private indivials forthwith take p:ae(i here and in the islands ; let a purse be made up ;, and - let- the notices of premium be circulattd on the coast of Africa, and among the sailors of Havannah and -andlet an authorised individual or body, as the representative of the subscribers to the fund, issue his or their engagement•for the faithful performance of these terms on the surrender of the ship, and landing of the passebVi•s,' and the slave-trade will surely cease.- TREATMENT OF EMIGRANTS. THE SHIP MERSEY.- In our last, we mentioned the arrival here of the Mer sey, from Liverpool to New York, which put 'back in distress a second time. This vessel saiLd from Liver pool, the first time, on the 30th December, and again on the 24th of March. The passengers a- r e Wandering about the streets in a state of destitution. Lieutenant Hemmans, the Government agent here, has, we arc in formed, brought their case before the Protirator-Fiscal. The following details have been furnished by some of them ;—The shin Mersey, of 722 tons register, left Liverpool for l'ew York on the 30th Denember, under the command of Captain 'W. Rea. She. Was towed out about 3 miles by a steamer, but from the foggy state of the weather she could not proceed, and had to come to anchor after having nearly got foul of another ship. The following day she weighed anchor, and proceeded on her voyage till the 6th February, when she encoun tered a violent storm, which continued till the 14th, when one hundred and seventy of the passengers signed a pe tition to the captain, praying him to return, which re quest was complied with ; and the Mersey reached Liverpool on the 25th February, with mainmast sprung, and bulwarks, tiller, and round-house carried away. For the fortnight previous, the passengers were- short (4 prov Lions, and they complain much of the prices charged for such articles as were sold to them. The vessel lay in Liverpool docks till the 17th of March, when she went cut into the river, where she was examined by the Govern ment agent. She sailed again on the 24th of that mouth, and on the day following she put back from stress of weather. She remained again till the 3d of April, when she set sail, and had a prosperous voyage until the 17th ultimo, w heti she encountered a strong gale of head-wind, in the course of which it was disco vered that the vessel had sprung a leak, and on the 18th she put about, with the intention of making for the nearest port, but when they got near the Cove of Bork, they were again blown out to sea. On the 4th of May, they were boa,rded by a Clyde. pilot; under rather peculiar circum stances. A passenger had hung up a shirt to dry, which got entangled with one of the ropes, and when the crew - were hauling, it gtit...hoigt-d to the top of the foretop • mast, and was selii . byilie, rinot at a distance of seven miles, and he instantly ni . ad4:foi- ;the ship, boarded, and brought her to GrienoitV,...after she had been 46 days out in her second atitfript:4ereiss the Atlantic. She had 285 passengers on Ita . fraNee,drcifl, and one was born on the voyage.-G4,4o4'ol4freil6or. TFis EPISCOPA4 - Ct64,NIGE AT PERTIL—At the meeting of the Edinliurgh...Towri , COuncil on Tuesday: Ain William Drysdale gave notice of the following mo tion :—" The Council; considering that for sonic time past subscriptions to a large amount - have been collected for the purpose of instituting a :seminary at. Perth for tuition in the principles of the Cluirchtlf.England, remit to the College Committee to consider what steps (if any) should be adopted for the establishment of one or mere chairs in.the University of Edinburgh for that branch of study." He stated his apprehension that the proposed College would he 'hurtful to the University, of Which the Council were patrons, and said that it appeared to him that it waS'their duty,.as:slvorn. Geuneillors, to do every thing in their power to brills the education of the country as much as possible. to this eitY, and hot allow it to be established any where else.—Glasgow Satz7day 'Post. PUBLIC , MEETING IN AID OF THE UNEMPLOYED OPERATIVES AND THE. Pooh.—At one o'clock on Thurs day, a public meeting, convened by the - Lord Provost, was held in the Town Hall, to• take into consideration the means to be adopted for alleviating the distress ex isting among the unemployed and poor, and appoint a Committee to carry the resol u ti ons w hi c h might then be agreed upon into effect. The meeting was numerous, comprising many of the first men of the city, in addition to a large number of clergymen. Resolutions to take measures to relieve the distress of the people, to support a Managing Committee, and to solicit the Government to remit the duties on the provisions, purchased to supply the distressed, were • agreed to.—Abridged from the Gavot', Argus. MATAmonAs, MARCH 4.—The great epidemic which raged last winter carried off eight hundred persons. It assumed the nature of the congestive fever, the yellow fever, and the black vomit. The following are the names of some of the principal foreigners that died :—Mr. Dorian (Prussian Consul), Mr. Rutherford (British Consul), Messrs. Deeritt, Wilson, Garaty, Butts, Doug herty, Everitt, Breezed, Dr. Orr, and Mrs. Marstelli. Not more than two of all the foreigners escaped the disease. A letter has been received from Algiers, May 1, anneal:dug that General Changarnier had just mach a successful excursion, against the Arabs, and 'captured 6,000 head of cattle. .- NOT A BA]) ONE. " Shakspere wrote well— Dickens Weller."--Somer se t Gazette. The following is an extract of .. a letter received by a respectable mercantile house in Glasgow, from Singa pore, dated Feb. 22, 1842 •—" By the arrival of the Sylph, t hi s morning, from Chin a , we le a r n th a t Amoy, Chusan, and Ningpo, had been declared free ports, and that the people.of the Che Keang province had requested the English to take possession, as they preferred being under our GoTernment to the Chinese. 2-. E .-- - -UNITED STA-T-ES NEWS. '(Fhrther particulars from the New York papers of the . 2Bth ult.) - - STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Thank God at last. This country—this glorious land—has at length reached the bott om . We have touched the solid rock—in commerce, currency, politics, religion, virtue, demoralization, folly, charla tanism, and good sense. From this day forward, the march of the republic will be onward and upward, in every element of civilization and sound economy. Our negotiations with England are making great progress, and every symptom indicates a long, last ing, and honourable peace. Our difficulties with Mexico do not look so fair, but the Mexicans can be thrashed into decency. In domestic politics we arc in a very interesting state. For the first time since the revolution, we have a President making the ex periment of governing the country without a party, but simply trusting to the principles of common sense and rectitude of a free people. This has produced some confusion in the action of Congress—and caused some discredit to the public finances—but things will yet come right. The next Presidency is three years off—and little can be said of the result of the pre sent state of parties. In commerce and currency there can be no mis take. In the greater portion of the country, the rot ten banks have been closed, and things are adjusting themselves to a specie basis. The Bankrupt law has less effect than had been anticipated. The season is promising, and great hopes are formed of the coming crops. The whole active commerce of the nation is reorganizing itself, on a sound basis. Congress will, unquestionably, pass a new revenue law, Increasing , the duties—but the embarrassed States cannot re cover in many years. The great State of New York is the first to lead the way in resuscitation -of public credit, and the principles of honesty. In morals, philosophy, and religion, we are also in a fair way of improving. Extravagant habits of living have gone the way of the broken banks and financiers, that is, to the devil. The great temperance reform is increasing. Every month we have a new science, or a new religion starting up—hut Prophet Joe Smith, the Mormon, seems to be the most successful among modern apostles. _ _ On the whole, we begin to feel quite comfortable in this country, and hope they get along pretty well in Europe. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Lord Ashburton is getting along very elegantly in Washington. Ills first official public dinner was a. brilliant affair, and went off with great eclat. The wines and fruits from England were much admired, and swallowed with great gnat.' He has had several dinners and fetes given to him, played at cards with Mr. Clay, drank wine with the President, and had an old familiar with the veteran lion of literature, John Quincy Adams.. He is likely to make his mission suc cessful and pleasing to all parties. Our two leading literary characters have left us ; Irving has gone to Spain, and Paulding gone to New Orleans and the Hermitage, in the suite of ex-President Van Buren, to see General Jackson, and hear the old lion roar once more before he dies. Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Paul ding, are by this time at Louisville, whence they go to Ashland to meet Mr. Clay. The latter gentleman is by this time at Pittsburgh, or even nearer home. Lord Morpeth, when last heard from, was at New Orleans. He, too, will probably visit Mr. Clay at Ashland. Boz and his lady have arrived at Cleveland, on• their way to Niagara Falls, where he spends a few days, then down to Montreal and New York ; he will be here the latter end of May, and return to England in June. THEATRICALS IN THE UNITED STATES. The summer season not having fairly opened yet anywhere, we have little to tell relating to theatricals other than to chronicle the whereabouts of the actors. The Seguin troupe appear likely to succeed at the Park for a few weeks. They had a good house the first night, a poor one the second, and a tolerably good one the third night. They are a singular in stance of an operatic company being successful without having one really great singer among them. Seguin is the best. They are all capital musicians, but none of them have a first-rate voice. Mrs. Seguin is a beautiful musician, very correct, and very cold ; but her voice is thin, and in its upper notes wiry and harsh. Still the whole of them combined caused the opera of Norma to be received with considerable applause. Mrs. Sutton and Nagel are giving concerts N. itli great eclat at Mobile, where Brown has taken his last benefit before coining north. Barton and Mrs. Rich ardson, and Bill Chapman, are also there. Fanny Elssler had not left Havana at the last ac counts. She was drawing good houses at the Tacon, which she has again taken on her own account. Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwillian; have left New Orleans, on their road to the north. The Italian troupe have not succeeded well there. Forrest is in Boston playing a round of tragedy. Clara Fisher is also there, with a company containing Miss Lee the dancer ; she is making honey. A new drama called Harry Lorrequer, has been got out there. Love is also there. Miss Turnbull, Madame Stephan, and Sylvain have reached New Orleans, from Cuba, where they were only tolerably successful. A. Adams, Weinyss, and Harrison are playing in Baltimore with Mrs. Lewis.wis. Burton had a good benefit at the Chesnut-street Theatre, Philadelphia, the other day. He brought out Bubbles of the Day, which was highly- applauded. None of the theatres are doing much in Butler, the tragedian, the pretty Miss Beynold6, Lambert, Thayer, and Mrs. Lewis, are playing in Washington. Dinneford and Jamieson are making money at Pittsburgh. Latham and Miss Melton are in this city doing nothing. Jim Crow Rice has just closed a fine engagement in Boston. Chippendale, Billy 'Williams, Mrs. Knight, &c., are all at the Park, where they are great favourites. -Thorne at the Chatham, and Mitchell at the Olympic, are doing a first-rate business. The Bowery is going down, Miss Cushman's is going up, and Niblo will open rich shortly. Braham'is at Philadelphia., on his way to the west. HORRIBLE MURDER IN CONNECTICUT.—HRISey Coon went, on Sabbath evening last, .to the house of one of his neighbours, and informed the family that his wife was either dead or dying from a dreadffil accident, and begged them to accompany him back to his home, which they did. Upon their arrival they found the woman still living, but burned in a most shocking manner. A physician was sent for, and ' he pronounced it impossible for her . to jive more than a few hours. Previonsla she had refused to give any satisfactory account of the 'condition she was in ; but now, finding she could not live, she confessed it was the work of her husband—that he had beaten her till she was • insensible, then. tied her to a chair and threw a shovel full of burning coals.. upon her body. The wretched woman died in about two hours after she was first found by the neighbours. A jury of inquest was called, which pronounced a verdict of death by the bands of her - husband whereupon he was immediately arrested.—Nofrich Courier, April 23. 'UNITED STATES TROOPS.—It seems that our Go vermnent are apprehensive that the "Western Indian. , will take part in the troubles between Texas and Mexico; they are, theretbre, concentrating a large body of troops near the frontier line. The present force, under the command of General Taylor, consists of .the following troops :—Dragoons at Port Towson 184 at Fort ;Jessup 123, at Fort Gibson 71 ; Infantry at hurt Gibson 140; Dragoons at Fort Wayne 142 : total 669. To - this force is to be added the Gth regithent of Infantry now at Jefferson - Barracks, 800, to march immediately to Fort Towson; five com panies of Dragoons to move from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Towson, 360 ; and the Ist regiment of In fantry from jefferSon Barracks to Fort Leavenworth, 75. The whole disposabiO force under the command of General Taylor will then be 2,004. MURDERS IN AR AN SAS .—The Retsina (Ark.) Shield, of the 9th, contains in that one paper ac counts of three murders in the State. The first arose • from a dispute between a Captain Morehead and a man in his employ named Robert. Lyons, which resulted in the death of the latter, by Morehead shooting him with a shot gun. The second was at Pine Bluffs, where a man - named Wm. Mac daniels, with a bowie knife, .committed an unpro voked murder upon the body of an old and respect able minister of the Gospel named Gross. The mur derer made his escape. Of the third, in which a man named Samuel Gillespie was killed by the Seneca Indian Agent, the particulars had not transpired. HORRIBLE MURDER lN lOWA.--By a letter in' a St. Louis paper of the 14th, we notice a terrible outrage at Burlington, lowa. J. P. Bradstreet having a. diffi culty. with a citizen of the place, S. W. Ross, bro ther-in-law of the latter, provided himself with one of Colt's revolving pistols, met Mr. 13. in the street, and discharged the contents of five of the barrels at him, each shot taking effect. Mr. 8., though terri bly wounded and dying, returned the fire, and dan gerously wounded Ross. Mr."l3. has since died. Miss Hamblin, • or Miss GOodrich, who murdered her husband the Mobile theatre, has, it is supposed, committed suicide. It is said that she was a wild girl, " looking as if she was going into a state of lunacy, while her husband looked like a poor victim ized idiot." The body of a young lady was found in the Ohio, near 'Warsaw, about the 1 7th instant, sup posed to ye been the victim of murder. A LADY MURDERED. — Mrs. Estes, residing about four miles from Owentown, Kentucky, was inhu manly murdered in her own house, a short time since, during the temporary absence of her husband. Her skull was broken by a club. FLORIDA WAR. It is now said that really and truly the Florida Indians . are• so nearly used up that there are only !Suety warriors left there. Our array is every other 1, ~~ %11 day capturing . a squaw or two, and a few children and negroes; and in the mean time some wag has penned the following: — Hurrah for our lads of the sabre and trigger In history's ages they'll make a great Egger, No heroes on record were braver or bigger, They've captured three children, two squaws, and a nigger. From an officer of the army, we learn the there - are not probably more, on a fair estimate, than ninety warriors left in the territory of nor ida. A portion of these. under Sam Jones and the :Prophet, are now in the * Everglades—the rest, under Tustenuggee, and a Creek chief, Oteaka, whose name now, for the first time, we believe, is entered upon the military annals, are at present in thr cove of the Withlacooche. Col. Worth has planned the most judicious attack upon this strong-hold if the enemy, mid the I.sth of April was the tray fixed upon tin: the assault, which will be made by six diCerent columns of troops, who will concentrate from as .many different directions. We have intelligence from St. Augustine to the 16th inst. inclusive. Nothing important had trans spired connected with the campaign. Colonel Harney arrived at St. Augustine the :13th inst., and reported himself for duty. his health had greatly improved. On landing he was greeted with hearty and spontaneous huzzas from a large crov rd of citizens. Some corn fields and vegetables near Fort Pierce had been destroyed by a scouting party. Fresh bo dies of Indians were discovered at the south. El - cry day, says the St. Angustine News, adds to the 'con viction that the only effectual mode of puttin g an end to the war, is for the Commander-in-eh; of to offer a bounty for every Indian. This, that paper adds, would bring into the field the Western hun tens, and gave security to the numerous settlements or the East. A company of regulars had fallen upon a small body of Indians between the Apalachicola and Olock nee rivers, killed three, and taken two children. • Indians had come into Middle Florida, and in the course of their depredations killed two negroes„ and one soldier, and wounded others. MATRIMONY AND MURDER.---We copy the fol lowing from the La Grange (Tenn.) Gatherer:— " We are pained to learn that on Thursday even ing last, a most horrible transaction took place in this county, nine or ten miles from this place, which resulted in the death of David Jarnegan, and the wounding of several other persons. The gene ral facts u e will state as we heard them. It ap pears that a Mr. Morgan had arranged a matrimo nial elopement with a daughter of the deceased, which with the aid of friends, was accomplished on Thursday ; the parties having repaired to a house in the neighbourhood where the marriage ceremony was legally performed. Upon learning the fact of the elopement, Jarnigan became very indignant, and determined to go in pursuit. Taking a, few friends, he soon reached the house where the Marriage party was assembled. We learn that he -forced the door, and entered, when an attack com menced, in which the deceased received several wounds, which produced his death early yesterday gunning. Some-others were wounded ; among them J. F. Simmons, who we understand is seriously, if not dangerously injured. With the deceased we were ‘vell acquainted. He Was a wealthy planter, and pos sessed many fine points of character. His untimely end is much regretted by his numerous friends." EMIGRATION TO OREGON.—A meeting has been Held in the western part of Missouri, for the purpose of organizing a company to emigrate to the Oregon territory. Thirty were enrolled, and pledged them selves for the expedition. A committee was appointed to visit the neighbouring counties for the purpose of en listing others in the enterprise. The emigrants take their families with them, and look forward to a par- - mitnent settlement beyond the Rocky Mountains. We notice these movements, since they aro indi cations of the times worthy to be noted. Oregon will soon be brought under a territorial Government, mid will be recognised as a part of the - United States, just as lowa and Wisconsin are. Mr. Senator Linn has not succeeded yet, we believe, in getting his Bill through Congress,. lint he may be sure of success in l the end. If Great Britain, in recerenee to the Oregon '• country, pursues the procrastinoting course which she - sometimes adopts in her dipk'matic manoeuvres, the result svill be that the question and the country will both be settled at once, without any trouble to her amba , sadors. 13oz IN ST. Louis.—The Box Soiree 6 ` came off' on the 13t1r inst. We take the following, :relative to it, from the St. Louis Gazette of the 14th.—The soiree last evening, at the Planter's House, hi honour of Mr. Dickens, was attended by about 300 p srsons ; and is admitted to have been one of the most elegant and agreeable parties ever given in that Hall.. In the absence of undue thrmality. and . embarrassing restraint, all seemed to feel perfectly at their ewe, and to enter cordially into the spirit of the occasithn. Mr. D. himself was highly gTatifled, and has fro quently expressed the pleasure he has derived fromt the attentions paid him West of the Mississippi. The Indian Council, held last week, resulted in th,, unanimous adoption of air agreement, intended - to be the basis of a new treaty, that, it is hoped and be lieved, will be entirely satisfactory to all parties interested. The Council for the making of the new treaty will be held on the 16th of next May. About eighty chiefs, headmen and warriors. were present at the late Council. Uninterrupted by a crowd. of otlicionS interested white Wren, they • manage4 . thvir affairs according to there ow► . stiki*itions oi!'rlkht. The fullest explanations were given and received, all past differences were forgotten, friends and relatives who had been estranged in consequence of the un happy disputes of the past few. years 'became ri Ton ciled, and the result augurs ,well for the interests of our city, the welfare of the md men, and the cause! of humanity. In anticipation of the treaty so soon to be made, it is not deemed expedient to give publicity to the agreement entered into, but•we can assure our readers it is such as all must approve.—Bn,fia/o Co. ~ April IS. . . CANADA. All seems quiet and comfortable in this quarter or the globe. Governor Begot has left Kingston to lay the foundation of a college at Toronto—thence he proceeds to Halifax, where he expects to meet his wife. The Toronto papers contain long and glow ing accounts of his arrival there, and say it was the most brilliant affair ever, witnessed in British America. Sir George seems to be a great favourite. Lord Sydenham has left his property, by will, to his brother Pwilett Scrope, ALP. He has a large landed property in Canada that cost him nothing.. It will be sold in farms, and the cash sent to London. The miserable fool Hogan, it seems, , after all, had nothing to do with the burning of the Caroline, and is now treated as a puppy by all parties. Mr. Hill, Mayor of Rochester, has addressed a letter to Mr. Counter. Mayor of Kingston, on the Hog-an case, to assure Mr. Counter that there is a good feeling tere towards a steady continuance of commercial inter course—that Mr. Hogan was treated with great ten derness—but that his visit was a matter of regret. So far so good. Trade is improving, and every thing seem , tolerably smooth in Canada. LLOYD'S SHIPPING._ LONDON, MA 1 . 7. Wind this day at noon N. to N.E. I)E.u., MAY I in d N.E. by N., fresh.—Acrd. ohana Gould, M dler, Mal-au-Prince ; Verstoopt, Boston Carl, Hamburg)] for Valparaiso ; Elizabeth Louisa, ditto. for Vera Cruz ; Anna Dorothea, ditto for Port-au-Prince;. Hodson, Bremen for New York ; Columbine, ditto for Baltimore. Arra. from the River and sailed, Akbar steamer, Singapore ; Equestrian, China ; Symmetry, Calcutta; Repulse, Madras ; Persia, Ceylon; Maraccibo, Jamaica ; Jupic, Earbadoes ; Little Nile, steamer, Alexandria. COWES, IIAY 16.-81 d. General Baron Van Grew, Batavia, and all the outward bOll4 SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 1 6.—Sld. Tay, steamer, West, OFF SALCOMBE, MAY 14.--Swele}•, Algoa Bay ; Eudora, Rio for lfamburgh ; Medora. llarannah, for do. ; Sophia, do. for Bremen ; Alice, Colby, Virginia,, for do. FALMOUTH MAY 15.—Wind var. and light.—Arrd.. off, St. Thomas's packet, St. Thomas, for Hamburgh. LivrxPoot., MAY 16.—Wind t.—Arrd. Chao New Orleans ; Helen Mobile ; Samuel Duckett, Sa vannah ; Britannia, kalifax. Ski. henry Bliss, and Isabella, New York. • CORK, MAY 1 4.—Arnt Normandia Liverpool,: for New York, master sick. Hum., MAY 16.—Wind N. W. light.—Acrd. Humber Harley, Boston, U.S. Sld. Jane Lowden, Mirainichi• PoRTSMOUT H, MAY 16.—Wind B.—Arrd. Capt-. Cook Sierra Leone. Her Majesty . the Queen Dowager lets forwarded 20/. in aid to defray the expense of erecting National Schools in the parishes of Compton Martin and Nimp nett, Somerset. FRENCH PLAYS—Mademoiselle Dejazet gave her enchanting personations in the am usingvaudeville ofMade vtoißelle d'Angeville,a St. James's, on Monday night, and in which she represents one of the actresses of the Court of Louis XV., who ass umes three different characters to cajole an old profe ssor of the Colle g e d es Jesuits, was Jacquot, a sm ar t rustic p hier h fi u l M st o , ur ; her second w as th e in petticoats and p ow d e r e d bead ettansi :Marquisa"llltPl If°Nunieli head dress ; her third was Tehing-ha a Chinese visitant at the Court. ller costume, danerfig, and singing were whimsical, graceful, and fascinating, and drew clown great li pplanse c, at LEwirN.t he fill f sr t i h c utg curtain. reo Sin A 1 Inut t Le win re mcnee i ; et do of Recorder Government, ofDoncaster a s n e ' h r s y last., e - ds h ri e z a ppoint- Monday next is the day appointed for the execution of Good, the murderer. The Queen Dowager has forwarded 150/. to Brigh• ton, to be distributed amongst its local charities. NAVY CONTRACT.—The contract for supplying the navy with canvass this year has been obtained, with the exception of a small portion, which gees to Kirkaldy, by manufacturers in Dundee. The value of tha irark estimated at between 50,000 L and 60,000 t