The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-25 00:00:00

. _ THE PA R.l Sll OF ST. A I N D ENV, HOL ORN.—TITHES. Last evening a numerous meeting of the inhabi tants of th:s parish was held at the 'Mechanics' Insti.• tution, Southampton-Imiidings, Holborn, to take into consideration the contact of the Rev. John Levers Robinson ALA., the Rector, so for es regarded the proceedings which has instituted in the Court of Chancery, ibr the recovery of his tithes. The chair was taken at six o'clock by- Thomas WalOey, Esq., M.P.,. who, upon his appearance on the Platform, was greeted with loud cheering. On being voted to the chair he said, that the object of the meet ing was altogether separate from party considerations, being only to make the parishioners at large ac quainted with the state of the case, as between the Rector and those inhabitants who felt themselves ag grieved by - what they considered a vindictive persece tion The matter in dispute, as he was informed, arose under these circumstances :—The rectory was the gift of the Duke of Buccleuch, by whom the late Rector was presented to it, and by him claims were raised, with which the parishioners de clined to comply, offering only a passive re sistance, for the legal right of the Rector w 4 admitted. Now, in consequence of the evils w hich had sprung up over the country from the expen s i ve and vexatious proceedings for the recovery 'of tithes, there had been, at different times, no less , than three Acts of Parliament passed to facilitate the r ecovery , of these imposts in a summary and inexpen- S a i re manner.- The first of these was the Act of the 7th and Bth Will. 111., which limited the expenses to Ws-, and took away all remedy, if proceedings should not be taken witnin two years. The next was the 53d George 111., which provided that where the amount of tithe did not exceed 305., process should be take na by sum mons b e f ore t h e J ust i ce o f t h e P eace, w°o sho u ld h ave authority to issue warrant of distress for the amount. The next Act was the sth and 6th °1 William IV., which raised the amount of tithe to this Act th e R ector, Mr. Rob i nson, appl i ed O L° the M ag i strates, and in every instance 1- allied an order to distrain, but, instead of doing ; I ' l , e he let th e orders drop, and carried the matter into e C ourt of Ch ancery .—(H isses .) F rom hi s experi :Le °f that Court he would say, that -if a Rector to give his parishioners a foretaste of another place, that should be nameless, he could not -do it oetter than a 1 - '"an by putting them in Chancery.—(Hear, 4 \ 1 11 . 0 : 'aughter.) The very object of the Bill of 1835 th: a t° Prevent the vexatious proceedings to which statiAector had resorted. He (Mr. Wakley) did not nie e e t i t n be se facts from his own knowledge ; but the ga ve it .g Would hear them from the gentleman who ° t sa nn the i n f orma ti on , an d th en th e y wo uld h ave to be Whether they would agree to the resolutions sitie submitted to them. The persons who were re on sa n a g a ,„ t he oppression could not be expected to go Peat - "icing themselves unless they received the sup (f/ (3 f the friends of civil and religious liberty.--- ti t ear, hear.) Those persons did not deny the legal eo g . r t of the Rector, but they declined the payment on ijPlc 'Might grounds.—(A laugh.) Oh, some peo eel tlnight laugh, for they thought conscientious ob iao Tris the most unreasonable of all.— (Cheers and NveP ter .) But it appeared to him-that such persons e not very much burdened with conscience them selves of r hear)—and he thought that a teacher ;Betteligion could not serve the interests of his religion Isttr than by respecting the conscientious feelings of Parishieners.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Wakley) not come there to make an attack upon any one, h eci to hea r th e opinions of that large and respectable the!, of his constit uen t s , on a matter which concerned teem the rest o f th e country so mater i a ll y, an d to ta s ,_ u pon thos e op i n i ons i n other places at anot h er -4 ,e, sho u ld i t be required of him to do so. th: jr • • PURDA Y , o f H o lb orn, mus i c - se ll er, as one o f , afo eb Jects of persecution in this case, thought it right, hist of re moving a resoluti on , t o s t a t e some thi ng o f th e ore %itu J the ca se . Wh en th e question had been fated for six or seven year s , attempts were made in, • • Bell, the so li c it or o f th e l a t e R ec t or , t o shi n g l e 4 g l e the recusants i nto an acknowledgment of the but tnea by the p a y ment o f any sum, h owever sma ll ; Y te st had resisted all tho s e attempts, and the con ford ent on, u n til a f ter t h e l ate R ec t or , M r . Berea f %vas obli ge d to g i ve up the l i v i ng, in consequence hO!' Act of Parliament which prevented him from p ar ' f i g it with anoth er o f gr e a t e r v alue in a dista n t a Q ' t " of the coun t ry . Th en a con t rac t was ma d e th e w een Mr. Beresfbrd and his successor, by which ( latter was to follow up the tithe persecution._ PrL attl e.) The consequence of this was that the 46,7' 4 Rector, having s obtained warrants under the th e , of William the Fourth, did not choose to enforce th; 111 ' but commenced a new series of operations in th - o " mo st vexatious and expensive Court in the world_ rti i - e "urt of Chancery.—(Hear, hear, and Shame.) th e t ri latlner in which tithes were enforced rendered Af e rY name hateful all over the country. the tatNER, (solicitor to the Rector) said it was ai r. w i ,of th e l an d.—(Hi sses an d l aug ht er ). not th e i li anax said that the Rector would find it was Pro ceed , of the land.—(Cheers.) Of the fourteen afte r a:,; - 1 1 a gainst in Chancery, ten had succumbed, as in aa r q incurred 101. and 121. costs upon claims and holdinyFor his resistance , t , he a Pulpit g o f ° , u a t he had been denounced by name, from " 4 ° a radi cal, "te Parish church, as a non-conformist of the • vindi et • e was both, and that was the cause 4 ect.----ara ly e feelings of which he had been the r.esolution, \--tea r ; hear.) He concluded bia moving a Passi na ""°ernnatory of the conduct of Rector " P, is ecially ° •civer the Act of William IV., which was 'ntended to meet such cases. The peso)aeritiution ent s 001 Was put and carried, with two dis aol‘otiro.fGthileirli including Mr. Turner. Tu) churchwarden, defended the con /bitted to hn ec tor, and said th a t as th e . ,tithe was ad conseie 'egal, he would not think much of the (4 ' any man who refused to pay it. Mr. ap Pr°bativas heard amidst unequivocal marks of dis j ° a : • ~pressed hi OOLLER, who was much applauded, and .e Rector hiriself sive but decidedly of opinion that the course a, had taken was not only crueloppres to,, 4luegal, moved a resolution, pledging the kiefe n d a ; render every possible assistance td the DI tB. • lA'rx E • e w arm , s, in an eloquent speech, which elicited she Warmest applause, seconded the resolution. It was Th anks the same manner as the preceding. meeting se having been voted to the Chairman, the g separated. t N ob s us. ; -- Rots veral n eaa a f t e UALIGIIT IN THE TIIAMEs.—On rnoon, between four and five o'clock, Se vier, ob 't non duty at Bell Water-gate, near the dow to rfa s e e r e vea large dark substance projecting abave the of the river. The animal was moving ?ear nen ' ver between the Pier and the Dreadnought °oatsFear, n,,',11-ospitrd ship. Five men put off in their ro ml e e of them, armed with a large bearded ittr soowed s nced the attack upon the monster,-which ge quantit.YMptoms of weakness, and threw up `_ )1 1 the aaaa . 'es of water from the blowing apertures :I,nd Push e d The other boats surrounded the animal rie s, Wa e o n it along with their boats clo,e under the at 50 0...," re they finally dispatched him, and with tai t 'ords an & ir 3' up, th pu les raised him with much diffi-; aten n e Pier th .se t i , ni) •In a short time afterwards ilia curioiters or persons congregated to gratify 4ia nstahi eof ,1 7 ,, when Mr. John Taylor, the High fountthe R_Veptforcl,• was compelled to ask for the i ee ea °I vision of Police- to keep order. The for am Ptors h ue measured him, and state that his Ns a., e tht ls about twenty feet, girth about ten feet, and -orai near] 3 7 two tons. At day-break yesterday Nal t/ R , a lar • re , al ( a v . ge timber carriage being procured, the by "Inved 'n-back) was, after great labour and time t aeati i s and secured by chains to it, and conveyed st Wii i • o f several horses to the premises adjoining r „..eet, a „,„'anis, the Bull and Butcher, Old King qr-Urta -61tAtlaee.td upon a stand erected for _the purpose. ea t W 4 • ERN. — T IVI"ST BRISTOL, OCT. 2 '? .—'The road 'at ,stern th a steam-ship left her moorings in King herte voyi a , a 7 o'clock on Thursday, and proceeded on cat s h e aci New York. It had been determined th e 4tidould weigh anchor at 11 o'clock,but at that t i n a zY, th e .e being low and the weather very thick and e h at, ) not did not consider it safe to proceed ,Tltierleed the The The Great Western, in her cargo, e\- 4 1144 for effect s of the American exclusive tariff; .ge as , Merly been in the habit of carrying out a With other manufacturedsilk and woollen g•Onds, Seibh er Produ t e p aesa sof British skill and industry, but ip Pti oo of t occasion the consignments of this de in goaati t „ . go_od . s were both few in number and limited ti.:ly 141 4_ o T s he _le,tters, and newspapers are exceed etigers serous. 0 . The Great Western. takes out 110 among whom are his Excellency AI. Virgil fro V, and 9assador from the Court of iirussels, his ati 1 11 th "lite; Monsieur Pageot, Charge d'Atf ' aires Dove p ing f 0 . the French to the Amen e s tan ot '„Teilt, his lade and family ; Monsieur :I?ateh es , 0 "° is said to be the bearei of important . s t . )e rriel, tr_ni the American Legation at Paris. W. vtest ie „.. 4 ',-;sq.. bearer of dispatches from the United ee„ceoasution at London ; M. Louis Borg de Bataan, A nthot ,i, of , France at the port oe - sew I ork Lr 3 . ampay art, attache to time United 1. gation at Paris • Viscomte de Craymayel, the y "ant-G enpr a. O , a lereer, Major White and fa r tal. noal and family, and Mr. Ralph Lock eceia n order to enable the Great Western to it w e th e pa hei n as at first Piers by the early hour at which a x , a _g abo ut ,„a ntende'cl she should sail (King -road bi a „Trt-I miles distant from the metropolis), an Whichr W estie __ , a o flit Western Railway, was arranged•by a res London, and Mrs. Bingham, of Bristol, t a3 s_aj a i4 l .9- enable them to reach in time. The ex- CI at the moment that the Taunton up train ItT,4 a°0 -I .lt to enter sn _ e P.ror n a t „, the station, and but for the kind p a,nt„aa., attention of Mr. P. Clark, the Bristol ' 4 3'ed 'fluent, it Would'ranaccount have been considerably de- Mr. Clark, however, stopped p e n aperß ahl eti un t, t , o c n oi t n r ae i ni hy . I,vnich mearis tile express was , tol(ll;..were ut .1), and a chaise being in waiting the uito it and driven off at tip-top speed cerol. SPORTING INTELLIGLNCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. NEWNARKET, SATURDAY NIGHZ. HIRE STAKES. 15 to 1 pgst Cabrera 16 to 1 ept Forester 17 to 1 agst Lady Adela 18 to 1 agst Garry Owen 20 to 1 agst Busk mare 20 to 1 agst Roscius 20 to 1 agst Billingham Lass SO Lo 1 agst Vulcan (t) CAMBRIDGESF 9 to 2 agst Florence Pne. Ralph (t) 8 to 1 agst Florence 10 to 1 agst Ralph 10 to 1 agst lit. or Whistle 10 to 1 agst Atelier (t) Zo 1 .agA Belissirna. 15 to 1 agst Hawk (t freely) The following are scratched :—Charles the Twelfth; Wee Willie, Revel, Galen, Rhodanthe, Helpmate, Master Thomas, Lucy Banks, Cecil Recompense, Whistle Binkie, The Conqueror, Endymion, Retriever, Clinker, Eringe, Policy, Vibration, Augustus c, Nuncio, Bob Peel, Mus, Flambeau. Canadian (dead). Ermengardis Prince Caradoc, and Fircaway are not here. CarramoN.-6 to 4 agst Cotherstone. The following are expected to run—Cotherstone, Canton, Testy, Bother"ern, Gaper, Pine Applo, and one of Lord Exeter's. DERBY.-30 to 1 agst Cotl-e rsLone. The Match between Albion and Daddy Longlegs w not be run ; the letter pays forfeit. Johnny has arrive for his Match with Alonmda, which, it is now said, wi come off. The Haadicap for to morrow has closed as follows : Discord, 5 yrs, 9st 71b ; The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b ; Bosphorus, 6 yrs, ist 21b ; Archy, 3 y - rs, 7st ; Per chance, 3 yrs, 6st 91b. Three others declared forfeit. The Match between Garry Owen and Celia, in the list for Wednesday, is postponed to Friday. The town is very full, ano betting brisk. (RECEIVED THIS MORNING.) NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. RACE COURSE, MONDAY AFTERNOON,' 4 O'CLOCK. The arrivals since our last dispatch have nearly filled the.town, and raised lodgings to a premium ; tin_; the weather having realized our worst anticipations, hacks, flys, post-chaises, and every variety of waterproof and winter clothing, have been in constant requisition. It is creditable to the inhabitants that they have not adopted the suicidal system pursued at many of the racing towns, but have conten:ed themselves with the customary scale of prices. Tin events for decision this afternoon were six in number, enough fbr a moderate appetite under any circum stances, but more than enough considering the wretched state of the ground and the weather. Before we make the usual return, we should state that the Cambridgeshire Stakes was speculated upon yesterday evening to 11 large amount, and with an important influence on. the odds:— Mellor came at 25 to 1, and was so powerfully supported, that before the ring was broken up he was almost as good a favourite as anything, bar Florence. The Knight of the Whistle, whose sudden recovery from what proves to have been an imaginary lameness, we announced in our last, re-appeared, and closed with backers, at 12 to 1. Bellissima rise to 14 to I, and the Hawk to 15 to 1, taken freely ; 'Cabrera receded to 15 to 1 ; the Busk mare to 20 to 1 ; and Billingham Lass went out of the betting. Against the principal favourites the last offers were 8 to 1 against Florence, and 10 to 1 each against Mellor and Ralph ; 6 to 4 was offered against Cotherstone for the Criterion, and 30 to 1 against him for the Derby. Busi ness was resumed this morning, but as the prices corres pond essentially with those quoted below, we need not go into details. The "card" of the day, the first ever seen at New market, gave the colours of the riders, as a matter of course ; we shall probably have the, numbers tele graphed some two or three years hence—(the Jockey Club we must say, are very slow in adopting improve ments). Of the sport, to which the card proved a more convenient guide than the list, we subjoin such particu lars as time and the discomforts of a course like New market in stormy weather will permit. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for three year • olds. D. M. (8 Subs. ; three of whom paid 10 sovs. each.) Nr. Boyce's c by Hymen, dam by Perchance, 3 yrs, Est 91b Mr. Etwall's Discord, 5 yrs, 9st 71b _ Mr. Goodman's The Shtido;v, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b Lord Exeter's Bosphorus, 6 yrs, ist2lb Colonel Peel's Archy, 3 yrs, ist 5 Betting—Two to 1 agst Discord, 3 to 1 agst The Shadow, and 3to 1 agst the winner. Bosphorus made play to the new ground, where The Shadow displaced, and carried the running in to the cords, Discord and the Hymen colt following her ; they then'challenged, and a splendid race with the two ended in favour of the Hy men colt by a head. The Shadow was a very close third ; the others were beaten off. Match, 50, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Rosslyn's Calm/lino, , 6 yrs, 9st 71b (F. Butler) 0 Col Anson's Marquise, 2 yrs, 65t...(D. Darling, jun.) 0 Even betting. A dead heat. Mr. Osbaldeston'q Devil-among-the-Tailors, 3 yrs, Bst (F. Butler), beat Lord Albemarle's Buffalo, 4 yrs, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. 6t05 on Buffalo. Won by a length. Duke of Bedford's Monceda, 6 yrs, Bst 41b (E. Ed wards), beat Mr. Payne's Johnny, 5 yrs, Bst 71b. D.M. 300, h ft. 6t05 on Johnny, who was defeated by two lengths. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b, &e. From the turn of the Lands in. The second saves his stake. (24 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Gaper (Rogers) 1 'tin Watts' c by Yaxley, dam by Racklock 2 Mr. I. Sadler's Testy The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Exeter's f by Jerry, out of Macremma—Lord Oxford's f by Emilius, out of Fidelity—Colonel Peel's Canton (21bs. extra)—Mr. Bowes's Cotherstone, and Mr. Goodman's Bother-'em (21bs. extra). Betting-5 to 2 agst. Cotherstone, sto 2 agst the Yaxley colt, 3 to 1 agst Canton, and 8 to 1 agst Gaper. Gaper jumped off with the lead, made all the running, and won easy by a length; a fine race for second ; the Afacreturaa filly about two lengths behind, Cotherstone close up with the latter, and the others beaten off. The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 ft if declared, with 1001. added by the inhabi tants. Last mile and a dis of B.C. (88 Subs., 34 dec.) Lord Albemarle's Ralph, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Robinson) 1 Duke of Grafton's Florence, 4 yrs. 7st llb Lord Jersey's Lady Adele, 3 yrs, 7st llb 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Holmes's Vulcan, 5 yrs, 9st 31b—Mr. Graydon's Roscius, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—C , 1. Peel's Garry Owen, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Dulce of Bedford's Monceda, 6 yrs, Bst 21b— Mr. Sadler's Bellissima, aged, Bst 101b—Lord Chester field's Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st 81b— -Sir W. Stanley's Forester, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Mr. Ramsay's Ca brera, 3 yrs, 7,t 71b—Mr. F. Walker's Billingham Lass, 4 yrs, 7st 51h—Duke of Rutland's Genius, 5 yrs, 7st 51b —Lord Eglinton s Melior, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Lord Orford's c by Jerry, out of Petulance, 3 yrs, 6st 121b—Col. Peel's I-am -not-aware, aged, fist I.2lb—Mr. Dixon's Hawk, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Duke of Portland's The Gleaner, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Mr. J. Day's m by Nimrod, out of Busk, 5 yrs, 6st. Betting-4 to 1 agst Florence, 11 to 1 agst Ralph, 11 to'l agst Melior, 13 to 1 agst Lady Adele, 13 to 1 agst qtbrera, 13 to' 1 agst Garry Owen, 17 to 1 agst Hawk;' 17 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle, 17 to 1 agst Roscids, 20 to 1 agst Vulcan, and 20 to 1 agst Busk m. Won by a length. Lad Exeter's Albion received forfeit from Mr. Shel ley's Paddy Longlegs, Bst 71b each, T.M.M., 100, h ft. We reserve our remarks on the Cambridgeshire Stakes, and a list of the arrivals, for our next parcel. The match between Garry Owen and Celia is post poned from Wednesday to Friday. fir. Irby, e - gentle,an well known on the - turf, died this morning at eleven o'clock. BEEsVc ING• We have been to Messrs. A. H. Bailey and Co., the publishers, for the purpose of viewing the picture of this mare, in their possession, painted by Mr. Her ring, sen., whose talents as an animal painter, and more especially of race-horses, has been so long be fore the public, that any observation from us would only be telling an hundred-times told tale. We have only the pleasing task to speak of what we hare now seen. It strikes us to be very evident thrt Mr. Her ring, in this picture, has exerted his skill to the ut most to produce, not only a faithful portrait of this extraordinary inure, but to finish such a picture as perhaps is scarcely to be equalled in this country ; the symmetry of the mare is .most faithfully delineated, and. the condition is wonderful ; the satin-like effect of the skin is perfect, and, to use a racing phrase, she looks on,the canvas fit to run for man's, life.. It is to be regretted that the noble-minded 'owner - of this mare should have been so suddenly taken oT the stage of human life, when' he was so conspicuous - a member.. He was at all times an horMur to the Turf, and always run to- win ; he has been heard to say that the mare did not belong to him, but to the people efNorthumberland. How delighted would behave been to have seen this portrait of his favourite? We fancy we see him, and hear him also—for the sight of this picture would have been sufficie n t to have drawn from him an excellent - and amusing speech of at least an hour long—we have often heard hith at Doncaster and other places speak in the most humorous manner when asked if his mare ran on the morrow. He would get up'and assure the public that he was at all times anx ious to produce sport ; and that at all times,' if his horses were fit, they were sure to start. There is a Nary good once lote told of him and Mr. Robert Johnson. When Mr. Orde told him he had been persuaded to send the mare to Goodwood, Bob, in his dry way, observed—" I sant gang wi' her, thoo may gang thvsen ; thoo had better let Sooth cum North to be beat wi' us, than gang there to be beat by than." The Rev. R. 11. Barham has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to the Rectory of St. Augustine and St. Faith, London. VISITORS TO HER MAJESTY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.— Amongst the distinguished visitors who are expectcd to arrive at the Castle upon a short visit to the Queen, during the early part of this week, are her Majesty's illustrious relatives, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, aecompanied by the Prin cesses Augusta and Mary. His Serene Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, (who is betrothed to the Princess Augusta of Cam bridge, her Majesty's cousin), will arrive at the same time upon a visit to the Queen. Several other dis tinguished visitors are expected at the Castle to join the Royal and illustrious iamilv circle previously to the departure of the Court for Brighton, which has been arranged_ to take place on Tuesday, the Bth proximo. His Imperial Highness the Arch-Duke Frederick of Austria, wh ) will ao•ain be the guest of the Queen before his departure from this.country, will probably take leave of her Alajesty during the sojourn of the Court at Brighton. THE SUN, LONDON, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The tragedy of Kii.g john, from the te,:t of Shakspeare, was revived at this theatre last evening, with all that minute attention to th:: proprieties of costume and scenery for which the management of Mr. Macready is so de'servally famed. Mr. Macready himself was, of course, King John. This was the first Shaksperian character in which he made -a decided impression on a London audience—well do we re member the night, now , some twenty years since, on • ,which he first appeared in the character, and from that night he made the character his own. It is still, we think, his best Shaksperian delineation. He thoroughly comprehends his author's meaning, and embodies his comprehension with intense feeling and power.: In the earlier scenes he was every inch a king, and never were the vacilla tions, the weaknesses, and the agonies of a half villain more effectively pourtrayed than they were by him in the scenes with Hubert in the latter part of the play. Mr. Anderson was the Faulconbridge, and, although he lacked much of the abandon and of the graceful ease which we were wont so much to admire in the Faulconbridge of Charles Kemble, yet we know not where, in these degenerate days, we should find a I better. Mr. Anderson is a man of talent and of taste, and should be able to distinguish between " honest bluntness" and " saucy roughness"— between the cool deportment of a man who knows not fear, , and the swagger . of one who fears his fear should be discovered. In general he did make this distinction, but there were times when, afraid of under acting, he somewhat over-acted the part. This is a fault, however, which he will no doubt mend, as he gets more used to the character. Mr. Phelps, as Hubert, had one of those parts which are exactly suited to him. Never have we seen a better Hubert. Poor Warde used to act Hubert with great power, but to all Warde's power Phelps adds a depth of feeling of which Warde was incapable. We were sur prised and delighted by the Lady Constance of Miss H. Faucit. Highly as we appreciated her powers in deli neating the tender and pathetic, we doubted whether she would be capable of pourtraying the majesty of grief, which is the prevailing feature of the character of Lady Constance. Our fears, however, were needless. As dignified as any of her predecessors in the cha racter, Miss Helen Faucit was more beautifully pa thetic than any Lady Constance that has appeared of late years. She was excellently supported by little Miss Newcombe, as Prince Arthur. All the other parts were most efficiently filled, and the unity of the scene was consequently complete. The mise en scene was magnificent, and, take it alto gether, this is one of the most attractive of the Shak spearian revivals that has yet been brought forward. MAcready, Anderson, Phelps, and Miss Helen Faucit, were successively called for, and the latter led on Miss Newcombe. The play was announced for repe tition twice a week, amidst loud applause. The house was crowded. Mr. Henry Betty has been playing on the Wor cester stage during the past week, where he has added greatly to the laurels already acquired by him in the different country towns. The Woroeser Chronicle, in speaking of his performance of Hamlet, says, " Possessing, as Mr. Betty does, all the physical re quisites for a tragedian, a lofty and commanding sta ture, a graceful and well-proportioned person, a coun tenance full of expression, and a powerful voice, with much flexibility of tone, it would seem strange if there should exist any possibility of his failing in the walk to which he has devoted, is talents." O u r con _ _ :emporary then praises Mr. Betty more particularly for the intellectual capability so apparent in all his act- ng, and, after going througli the whole play, and pointing out Mr. Betty's advantages, adds—" The performance throughout was chaste, correct, and im pressive ; the modesty of nature was - never over passed. There was none of that ranting which, we grieve to say, Mr. Charles Kean has not yet corrected altogether, and in which, too frequently for his re putation, that accomplished actor permits himself to indulge. As a whole, we were delighted with Mr. Betty's performance ; we look upon our former pre diction, that he would be the rising star of the thea trical firmament, as already accomplished." We believe we can now announce that Mr. Black burne is Master of the Rolls, much to his own disap pointment and the annoyance of the Government, inasmuch as the Right Hon. Gentleman, as well as " the people at the Castle," had calculated, to a cer tainty, on Chief Justice Pennefather's acceptance of the offer of a transfer to the Rolls. But Mr. Penne father, we have heard, has written over, announcing that he prefers his present place and dislikes th e no ti on of changing to a worse one.—Dublin Post. The Directors of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway are bringing compensation cases before Juries in the county of Durham, in which county it has hitherto been the practice to plunder Railway Companies, by high prices and enormous rents for way leaves. The first case tried before the Under-Sheriff, Wooller, Esq., was for th e price of the Dean and Chapter of Durham's interest in 50 ecres of land, let on several leases. Their valuers swore to 12,3191. as the value, and the Jury gave 3,500/. ! Comment on this result would be super fluous.—Railway Times. RENTALS OF METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONS OF SEWERS NORTH OF THE TriAmes.Westminster, &c., Commission, 2,788,190/. ; Holborn and Fins bury, 1,316,013/. ; Tower Hamlets, 888,596/. ; City of London 792,904/. • Poplar, 78,411/. ; St. Katha rine's, 12,9641. Total, 5,877,078/. The City of Lon don having sent in no return, the above amount is taken from their return to the House of Commons in Auust, 1834. RENCH AND ENGLISH POSTAGE.—We are inun dated with letters expressing the highest satisfaction at the prospect of the amelioration in the present enormous rates of postage between this country and • England, and with inquiries as to at what period the desirable alteration in contemplation may be expected to take place ? To this question we can give no answer further than to state that we learn that the Noble Postmaster-General, Lord Lowther, and the Secretary, Colonel Maberly, have warmly taken up the subject, to which they are both highly favourable, and that the efforts of these influential gentlemen is greatly calculated to.bring the negotiations to a speedy and satisfactory termination.—Galivitrizi. NEW MODE OF SPOLIATION.—Domestic Drama— Billinsgate Fishmonger—Don't meddle with my lob• ster, my good man, or you'll have that finger of yours bitten. Stander-by—Pooh ! he'll not bite. Fish monger—Don't trust to that. Stander-by—l tell you he would not if. my 'dog's tail were between his • nippers. Fishmonger—Try it. Starider-by—Here, Carlo, Carlo !—(Lobster snaps.) =Dog (in agony)— Beaouw-w-w -w-w ! Fishmonger—Hallo where the devil is my lobster going ? (The dog vanishes round the corner of the street, and the curtain falls.) THE FAvouaro CHURCH.—A few weeks ago we intimated to our readers that, acting under one of the provisions of the new Local Act, which gives him a '• discretionary power, his Worship the Mayor had is sued a notice, prohibiting coaches and cars from passing St. George's church during the hours of Di. vine service on Sundays. This regulation he seems determined to enforce, for at the Police-office yester day two carmen, named Thomas Hilton and John Barnes, were fined 10s. and costs each, for infringing I he regulation. The public, doubtless, are aware that the church in question is the one which his• Worship attends, and perhaps that is the reason why that one alone is to be protected by the special interference of the Mayor. There are other churches in the town, to say, nothing of chapels, the congregations of which stand in as much need of being protected from the din of coaches arid cars, as do the congregation of St. George's, and unless th 6 same law be extended to them, we think they will have•enuch reason to com plain of the partiality of his Worship. Were we asked to give an opinion on the subject, however, we should be inclined to say that devout and sincere wor shippers would be little disturbed by the occasional • passing of a coach.—Liverpool Mercury. Early in the morning of Tuesday a considerable fall of snow took place at Keswick, and the summits of the mountains were covered. The snow has fallen fatly eight days previous to the first fall of snow last year, and its early appearance is considered to be a warning of a severe winter. A great number of the winter migratory birds have arrived in the neigh bourhood, and woodcocks in particular begin to be plentiful.— Carlisle Patriot. Yesterday the body of a respeCtably dressed female, • about 35, was taken out o f th e G ran d S urrey C ana l , between Windmill-land and Blackhorse-bridge. She• is supposed not to have been long in the water. The body was conveyed to the King's Head, Deptford. Deceased wore white cotton stockings, cloth laced hoots, a black kid glove on one hand, muslin necker chief, marked J. L., No. 2, a green chali dress, sprigged, and tuscan bonnet. In the deceased's pocket was found a pawnbroker's duplicate for a pair of shoes pledged for two shillings, in the name of Amy Thorn ton, Bromley. A dreadful accident occurred last week at Croydon. A carter, named Stephen Standen, in the employ of Mr. James Peters, of Merstham, was going to London with a timber carriage, and when the waggon was passing down the hill, near the Crown corner, the ve hicle overpowered the shaft h orse , an d f orced it upon the pavement. In order to prevent mischief being done to the shop windows Standen endeavoured to seize the wheel horse by the head, but in so doing he slipped, and fell under the waggon, the fore and hind wheel passing completely over his right side, breaking h's arm, nearly the whole of the ribs, and also crush ing the?buttock of the unfortunate man. Assistance was promptly rendered, and he was conveyed to the union -house, where Dr. Bottomley was speedily in attendance, but it is almost unnecessary to say that the injuries were of such a character as to preclude any chance of relief from human hands. The poor sufferer lingered for four days, and was perfectly sensible to the last. An inquest was held by Mr. Carter on Saturday, when the. Jury returned a ver dict of " Accidental death," with a deodand of one shilling on the waggon. TUESDAY M ORNING, 1 MISS MARTINEAU. (From the N a tio na l A n ti-Slatiiry &tawlard.) In a nswer to a letter addressed to Miss Martineau by Mr. Hutton, lamenting that she would not consent to receive apension when offered to her by Lord Grey, and urging her to re-consider her determination and accept the pension from the Adnfinistration of Lord Melbourne, Miss Martineau writes the following :L.--- "My dear Mr. Hutton,—You would not easily believe the delight your note has afforded me, as a fresh proof of your faithful and generous friendship. "My objections to literary pensions, conferred otherwise than immediately from Parliament, remain in full force. I owe it to your kindness to declare the grounds of my objections to this mode of provi sion ; but I owe it to you that (apart from all scruples of pride) my feelings against receiving a pension are full as strong as my reasons, and would, I believe, in duce me to give my present answer, even if I had no reason to often " The first of these reasons is, that money given as a reward for public service should be conferred only at the express desire of the public served; such ser vice having been wholly irrespective of Government. If such pensions were conferred by the representatives of the people, instead of by the Ministry, whom I cannot look upon as true exponents of the popular desire in this instance, . I should probably thankfully accept what I must, under present arrangements, decline. " Again, I am certain that I shall lose more or less of my freedom of speech, if not of thought. I am aware how generously it is desired that the recipients of pensions should divest themselves of this feeling; but with me this would be impossible.. I could never again deny to myself that I was under a personal obligation to the Premier and others, and need not specify to you what restrictions would follow of course. " Again, I am sure my personal influence, and that which I exercise through the press, would suffer much ; not with all, b u t w i t h many. lf I were fully satisfied as to the act being unexceptionable, I should probably not regard any misrepresentation that might be put upon it. But, feeling as I do, I should suffer from any decline of my influence, without having a right to complain, accompanied as such loss would be by a loss on my own part of self-respect, I have a strong suspicion, that if I accepted a pension I should never again , address the public with- freedom and satisfaction. You will not, lam sure, suspect me of blaming. any who take the sort of pension which I feel myself compelled to decline. If they speak and feel differ e ntly, th ey are. r i g ht i n acting differently; I speak only for myself. " Let me assure you that I do not feel the need of this assistance. My wants are small, and thus far I have supplied them. lam still able to work. If I lose this power, I have a little store to meet what will probably then be a short exigency. If I continue able to work, I hope to remain as free from an anxiety about a subsistence as I am at present. " I do not say that I (in common with other au thors) have not a claim for aid, and just cause to com plain oF my poverty ; but my claim is one which can not be met by Royal or Ministerial bounty. If lite rary property had been protected, as all other pro perty is, I should have been now enjoying more than a competence, together with advantages of another kind, which I value far more. In this direction, my dear friend, you may be able to benefit, not me —per haps it may be too late for that—but many authors in future, who may be happier in the protection of the laws than literary labourers of this generation. To Ministers who will' see to the carrying out of laws already passed for our protection, and to Members of Parliament who will urge the passing of others, I promise gratitude as strong as if they had placed me in a situation of pecuniary ease for life. " I shall feel henceforth that a fresh strength has been added to the respect and regard with which I have always been yours, most truly, ‘ , ll. MARTINEAU." ' LETTER. FROM MR. DULLER. Dear Madam,—Lord Melbourne having heard of your present illness, as well as the inconvenience to which you are subjected, by the mode in which your money is settled, has desired me, as a friend of yours, to inquire whether you would accept a pension of 1501. per annum on the Civil List. It is out of his power to offer you more in the present state of things, but I hope you will not refuse him the opportunity of giving this proof of his respect for your writings and character, inadequate as the amount proposed may be. If you will acce pt th e o ff er , have the g oo d ness to write me word t o th a t e ff ec t, and let m e • h ave t h e answer by return of p os t, as Lord M e lb ourne i s desirous of completing the arrangement before he goes out of office. I cannot tell you how grieved I have been by re. , cent accounts of your sufferings, and how rejoiced I shall be if the offer which I have the pleasure' of Com municating to you shall have the effect of ContribUti rig in any degree to your comfort.—Believe me, my dear Miss Martineau, yours, very truly, CHA.RLESiBULLER. Miss Martineau, .in. reply, after thanking Lord Mel bourne-for the great consideration and kindness shown to her at a time when illness prevented her from exer cising her talents, and when suffering from distress, still refused most firmly t o rece i ve any pension, and after using the same arguments as are contained in the previous letter, she thus speaks of her feelings in - I case she should receive it : " On the one hand I should see public benefactors, em before whom I a m no thi ng, pining in privationson from which my pension wou ld re li eve th ; an I should ha tau n t e d b y i mages of thousan d s o f poor tax-payers, toilin g men, who cannot, w i t h a ll th e i r toil, keep . their children in h ea l t h o f b o dy, to say no thing of their minds. ' Mighty visions about a small matter,' you may, perhaps think ; but small or great, the moment I had acted upon it, this matter would be come no less than all-important to my peace of mind. Indeed, I would rather, in the present circumstances of the country, put my hand into the fire than into the public purse.' THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l belong to the body of Chartists who sup port their principles on moral force only—and many of us see no great harm in ca lli ng Chart i sm, C omp l ete Suffrage, for we honestly desire to get our rights, and if we had etich a vote for a Member of Parliament, and for our Magisyates, we would surelyget the Ballot and other things needful. We deplore the late outbreak, and the severe inflic tions of the law on thosd convicted. We believe Sir James Graham, as the bitterest enemy of freedom among. our rulers, could not have planned a better scheme to keep down the freedom of the masses, than getting the working-classes into this hobble. But there is one point i n we cannot . understand, a n d . we apply to you of at som e at hn t ad h t e da l li a sl t p e ntshede trials accusedwhich n f p b a r r t i i e n s for h n a la v t e ion heentrie s d ee tis O'C onnor , an d the weretwenty indicted a l ong w ith hi m , a ll future time, it is said. e s o some m ,gh‘ e , tin o l o v i nt a h 3 e - ar r e en x i c te e on p b t we F ht e or a i l e •g d We wish you to publish in The Sun, when that time will be, for we do not know wh en t h e nex t A ss i zes w ill take place. We wish further to learn, why the Spe cialex- pense, to try all political, offend ers , h a d it in their power Commission, toptitoff which was sent at such great that portion which ap peared accused of the heaviest offence. We, although Chartists,' did not disgrace ourselves with touching Tory gold, or giving countenance or support to Tory candidates at the late elections, and wish you to say, whether all or ally of the accused.who have been allowed 'to put off their trials, gave countenance or support to Tory candidates at the last elections'? These things should be published to encourage those who are honest moral force men, and no more. Has not Lord Abin ger sons in Parliament who, at the last and at former elections, were notoriouslyeonspicuous for the bribery and intimidation of voters? • If this is true, would there be any harm in thinking that Lord Abinger had his hand in his breeches-pocket when palavering at Liverpool to one class of prisoners and excusing an other from trial. . _ ------ ----- ------ A CONSTANT READER OF " THE SUN.' [The next Assizes will be held in March and April. dictment without Mr. F. O'Connor is indicted for a misdemeanour, and ,as no t a l a fi p d p a e v a i r t si in Court that he could seriously endangering his health, the e o re urt p Judge as a matter produced certifying dto then of course allowed him to traverse. Why the others were allowed the same privilegP we cannot state, but as they were all charged with the s ame species of mis demeanour, it was probably considered more ad visable, both by the Counsel for the prosecution and the defence, that they should be all tried at the same time. Possibly it is no great privilege after all, for the parties in the meantime will be put on their good behaviour, and be not a little hampered thereby, both in speaking and writing- We cannot answer the last question, and must refer our corre zpondent to those Tory candidates who were so faith fully served by certain Chartists.] SEVERITY OF TrIE WEATHER.—Winter is visiting us at a much earlier period this year than usual. On Wednesday there was a heavy fall of snow at Ash ton, and the hills on the east of that town were clad in their wintry garb. The temperature, as indicated by a self-registering thermometer , placed with a north aspect three feet from the ground, in the neighbour hood of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, has been remarkably low for the season. On the 3d October it stood at 22i de g . ; on the 4th at 211; on the 19th at 13} ; and on the 20th at 20.-11Ianchester Chronicle. BREEDING STOCK FOR FRANCE.--W e have heard, from good authority, that Mr. Smith, of Deanston, is commissioned by a son of the Duke of Dalmatia, Marshal Soult, to send to him from Scotland a con siderable number of breeding stock, to consist both of cattle and sheep. We are persuaded that the commis sion could not be in better han L, as Mr. Smith is perfectly acquainted with everything connected with stock, and so able to select the best animals of both kinds.—Stirling Otserver. protest. OCTOBER 25, 184. SLAVE TRADE-RIGHT OF SEARCH. (From the Journal des Debats.) We feel it our duty to protest, even in the interest of the French press at large, against the manner in which certain journals have treated the letter addressed by Lord Aberdeen to the Lords of the Admiralty. Were we at war with England, were she a nation of traitors, of people so perfidious as to merit extermina tion, and her Government a Government of pirates, it would be no reason why, when such a nation and such a Government performs an act of justice, this act should be denaturalised, and made a cause for a flood of insulting declamation. Lord Aberdeen frankly ac knowledges that abuses have entered into the means employed for repressing the traffic in slaves, and points them out to the Lords of the Admiralty, calling upon them to suppress the irregularities, by sending out to the British naval officers instructions in con formity with the rights of nations. This letter, we repeat, bears an impress of mode ration and good faith which does honour to the British Minister, and he has shown a true dignity of mind in confessing errors, and taking the necessary measures for remedying them. Yet this has been seized upon by certain journals as an occasion for im precating death and hatred upon the English and their Government! What is the character they wish us to have in the opinion of mankind ? What object have they in issuing forth these violent absurdities ? Do they wish France to be made an outlaw among nations ? Is there net a sound and loyal policy in rendering justice to the good i n te n ti ons o f Lord Aberdeen—in accepting his admissions of wrong, and in encouraging the English Government in this its first endeavour to put an end to the abuses which have been complained of ? It is urged, however, that the Minister's letter does not say all—that his Lordship notices only certain abuses, and passes over others in silence! This may be so; but, nevertheless, it is much for a Government to have candour and courage enough to confess a portion of its wrong doings, or those of its subordinates, to condemn itself for those acts in which it has been blameable, and spontane ously make a public acknowledgment. We cannot, in conscience, exact from Lord Aberdeen an espousal of all our complaints without examination ; and that, upon the mere denunciation of our journals, he should treat the naval officers of his own country as brutal plunderers. It is for our Government to take advan- age of the opening made by the declarations of Lord Aberdeen, and, having accurately verified facts, lay the proofs before the British Government. As long as the treaties of 1831 and 1833 continue in force this is all that can be properly done. Admitting that the letter of Lord Aberdeen is only an incomplete admis sion—that it is but one step towards a reparation, is it a good ground for an attempt to raise heaven and earth against the Government of a nation which tes- tifies the desire to repair the wrongs and errors which some of its delegates have been guilty of ? No nation, no Government, is infallible. All countries are liable o be involved by their agents in serious faults, but among those which are civilised this should neva% bring on a furious and insensate war. The injured party does not immediately utter outrageous cries 'of vengeance, but first pro ceeds to demand justice through the channel of diplomacy. If any nation believed that it had good grounds of complaint against us, would we listen to demands for reparation accompanied with insults and threats ? Would we be the more ready to do justice if branded with the terms of thieves and plun derers, and daily told by the nation claiming satisfac tion that it hated us, and called down upon us all the vengeance of God and man ? Yet this is the high patriotism which, with so much shameful rancour, some of our journals are displaying at the present day. They do not talk like politicians, but disgorge words of rage and animosity, believing, no doubt, that they are rendering an eminent service to France, by endeavouring to make her a participator in their own blind passions. We have said, and we say again after calm reflection, that were France at war with Eng land it would still become them, both as two great civilised nations, to do justice to and respect each other. We have a further motive far protesting against the deplorable exaggerations of a certain portion of the press. It is evident that these exaggerations, although they might not have the intent of driving the two nations into a war with each other (and then they would be criminal), must essentially injure the cause they pretend to serve. A moderate and calm dignity adds weight to all remonstrances, whereas rage and violent language render them suspicious, and throw discredit upon them. Every country has a right, and, indeed, is bound to defend its own honour. To insult is not to negotiate. What a na tion would readily gra n t on a j us t an d p ro per appli cation, it will refuse to insulting threats, for then its pride is roused. What is the wish of these writers, who every morning brandish their swords in the face of England ? There are existing treaties—we do not allude to that of 1841—for not being ratified, and it never will be, it is, as regards France, as if it had never been signed. This is a point upon which no person can raise a doubt. But there are treaties,tbat. we have ratifies, and i n d uce d o th er par ti es to acce d e to, which we have acted upon for 11 years without a murmur against them till the last ten months. This is an incontestable fact. There have been abuses— the treaties themselves indicated that there might be such. But now it is wished to turn back upon these treaties, and have them modified, at least, if they cannot be entirely rescinded. It is wished that the treaty lately concluded between Great Britain and America should become the model of a new treaty be tween England and France. We can require nothing better. We will not even enlarge upon the fact that the position of the United States was different from ours, and that they had not to recur to former and still-existing treaties signed by them. It can only be through the medium of negotiation, and not by rudely and abruptly breaking a faith solemnly pledged, that the question of modifying the treaties of 1831 and 1833 can be decided. iN o w all men of sense must and do feel that during such torrents of insults and threats, such an exhibition of inveterate hatred, no rational or pacific conclusion can ever be come to. We are fully convinced, and therefore we declare, that this system of the journals of which we have spoken, is directly opposed to the object they wish to attain, supposing that object not to be the substitution of passionate rage for temperate reason. We are tho- - roughly convinced, moreover, that it can only be cruelly injurious to the interests and dignity of France not only in the special question about the right of search, but in her general relations with all countries. We are further convinced that it tends to make us pass for a people obeying no rule but its own passions, acting only on blind instinct—to-day enthusiastic for one cause, and to-morrow abandoning it for another— always wishing to have recourse to violence—allowing nothing to justice and reason ; and it is fffainst these false ideas )which their declamations would in the end impress upon France, that i - ve feel it to be our duty to (From the Paris Siecle.) The. Marquis of Normanby, then Colonial Secre tary, was informed in 1839, that a Spanish slave trader, Los dos Amigos, had been admitted to free trade at Cape Coast, an English establishment on the Golden Coast. The last Whig Ministry sent, after this information, Dr. Richard Madden to the western coast of Africa, to examine if English commerce, in the English, Spanish, or Portuguese establishments, participated in the slave trade. The result of the mission was, that the slave trade was kept up by Eng lish commerce and English money. Dr. Madden found that the slavers took in provisions at the Eng lish establishments, and that the English gave to the slave factories clotl;es and ammunition necessary for this infamous trade. He found besides, that slavery existed in several of the possessions of England on the Golden Coast. Dr. Madden made a report in conse quence. Amongst other things he recommended a suit in law against one of the great London houses, Messrs. Forster and Smith, as having assisted the slave trade, and. having employed one of its vessels, th e Robert Meddle, in furnishing special merchandise for the trade to a man of the name of Louza, a known slave trader, established at Whydah. The Whig Ministry highly approved of this, and seemed disposed to enter into a suit against the house of Forster and Smith. Things were at this point when the Tory Ministry was formed. Lord Stanley, having been made Colonial Secretary, took into consideration the Report of Dr. Madden, and then named a Committee of inquest upon the state of the English possessions on the western coast of Africa. This Commission was evi dently formed to destroy the effect of the Report of Dr. Madden. It was composed, with few exceptions, of the political friends of the Ministry, and amongst them was the very man, Mr. Forster, against whom Dr. Madden had spoken. The Report of this Com mittee, and its depositions, have been printed; Mr. Forster has been the principal interrogator of Dr. Madden upon the criminal act of which he accuses the house of Forster and Smith. It is useless to say that the Report of the Parliamentary Committee is a complete apology of the English merchants. Dr. Madden persists in his report of the relations of this house with the trade : the Committee have aosoived them, ad Lord Stanley has alrexiy ro yoked the orders given by the last Ministry, which were that the cruisers should seize all English vessels trafficking with the slavers or their purveyors. The Colonial-office, instead of opposing the cupidity of the speculators, takes upon itself to protect a trade de ' clared illegal, only because their toleration procures gain to the manufacturers and shipowners of Great Britain. Lord Stanley has become a traitor to the cause which he formerly supported, in order to avoid embarrassments caused by the discontent of the mer chants. It is but to too true ; the Cabinet of St. James has abandoned the cause of the negroes ; the friends of humanity ought to be afflicted by this change of feeling towards them ; for England thus deprives herself of all moral force for com pleting the destruction of slavery, which it had so energetically begun. What authority can England pre serve when it brings the negroes by force into their co lonies, and there condemns them to an engagement of a year, at least ? What authority could it have to prevent others from following the trade ? Violence alone could practise a charity of this kind. The question is, will France allow England to exercise such violence ? It is to be hoped that the press will league against this weakness; the honour of the country and humanity command it to act. France and Great Britain are bound b' formal conventions for the abolition of the trade; therefore, it is an in jury to France to wish to revive this infamous traffic under any name whatever. Besides, France, by op posing it, will but obey the old and generous tra ditions which have always made it the protector of the weak. M. Guizot's Ministry may shake off its fear of England ; it would the more easily obtain redress from the Cabinet of St. James because it is in opposition to public opinion. Let us tak e care not to confound the English nation, which desires the abolitioh of slavery, with its Government, which wishes, at any price, to give men to its transatlantic colonies." THE FAIRS AND THE TARIFF. The tariff of Sir Robert Peel is beginning to get into extensive operation, and it is at once curious and, important to notice its results with reference to the recent fairs throughout the country. At Hay fair there was an abundance of cattle, and they were sold at from 2.5 to 30 per cent. lower than similar stock were at the same period of last year. At Leicester cattle fair, the prices of sheep and beasts fell- greatly, and the graziers and farmers blamed Sir Robert Peel in no very measured terms. One said " Sir Robert was the devil himself," whilst another replied, " No, but the devil will have him." The very abundant fruit, and, above all, apple season, which we have had this year, has so much brought down the price of cyder, that at St. Matthew's fair, at Holsworthy, that beverage was sold at the pound's mouth at seven pence per gallon, by the hogshead. It is greatly to be deplored that this wholesome and palatable drink is not more generally adopted by the whole com munity. It is cheap, healthy, and favourable to la bour and exerese. It i 3 also a national drink, and only inebriating when indulged in to great excess. It is also to be regretted that the Excise duties on cyder and on British wines are not wholly re moved. That removal would give a taste for nationalbe verages of a light and pleasant character, alike cheap and desirable. At Tottington fair, it would seem that the cattle maintained their prices, and that the sellers were better satisfied than the public. The Canterbury Journal, which supports Conservative, or rather, Tory principles, finds fault with the working of the tariff. It says that the country shopkeepers will not give the public the benefit of anything like the re duction which has been made in the duties by a cor responding abatement in the prices of the articles of the most ordinary consumption. This we readily be lieve. Egotism will produce the same results with reference to country shopkeepers as with every one else. For instance, in the price of coffee, the duties were reduced from ls. 3d., is. 9d., and 6d. per pound, to Bd. and 4th., and yet the reduction to the consumer who buys that article retail of his grocer is not more than 3d. per lb. But whose fault is this ? That alone of the public. If those shopkeepers were encou raged who give to the public the benefit of the reduction, and if those who refused so to do were de serted, there would soon be an end of all such legal frauds. In fact, the public have it in their own power to bring this matter to a prompt and satisfactory adjustment. But to resume the subject of the tariff and the fairs. At Hull fair, the tariff did not pull prices down as it has done in Scotland and Ireland. At Calder fair, animals of all sorts were difficult of sale, even at low prices— and, alas! servants' wages were much diminished. This is a serious evil, and one to which we purpose calling specially, on some early occasion, the attention of the public. It has often grieved us to think what very low wages are earned by our female domestics. But, according to the Caledonian Mercury, at Calder fair good female servants could' only procure from 2/. to 2/. 10s. per annum ! When compared with the wages paid in Europe generally to persons in the same condition of life, these prices are not more than one fourth, and are wholly inadequate for the purposes of cleanliness and health. At Redruth fair, the Falmouth Packet observes, the prices were fully 10s. per cwt. less than at the same fair last year. At k'resteign fair, the rates were depressed. At Ross,the cattle were numerous, and the prices greatly reduced. The Bolton Free Press observes, that as compared with the prices obtained in October last year, the reduction on cattle would vary from 3/. to 01. per head. The Cambrian, in speaking of the St. Clear's Michaelmas fair, says that the prices were much lower than those of last year, owing, it is supposed, to the tariff. The W es t ern Times, when speaking of the great fair at Axminster, remarks, " On the whole, the fair was very dull, and many sales of stock. were effected at an actual pecu niary loss to the sellers. The tariff, and other Tory blessings, were subjects of general grumbling, and the Goverpment, as the author, got roughly handled. The Carkrs. von herald has an article headed " The Tories Tariff;" which says that— " A. gentleman farmer, not two miles fromAberyst with, purchased at Lledrod fair, in October, 1841,nine head of cattle, and kept them well with turnips, hay, &c., during the winter, and on excellent grass through the summer ; and at the last Method fair, held on the 7th inst., sold the nine, and had only realised to his pocket fbr their excellent keep the sum of 1 ls." No great profit, certainly; but still we applaud the principle of the tariff. We know the farmers and graziers complain. But when were they in the habit of pursuing a different course ? The weather, the taxes, rents, the markets, foreign stock, non-protec tion, &c., &c., are always the pegs on which these gentlemen hang up their complaints and their sorrows; they have now one more, and that is the tariff—and yet, in spite of all that, we approve highly of .its prm ciple.—Atlas. MR. LISTON AND THE SURGEONS OF LONDON. (Abridged from the Provincial Medical Journal.) A very interesting case of tumour in the neck oc curred in the month of October, 1841, under the care of Mr. Liston, in the management of which some peculiar and untoward circumstances arose, which gave.rise to much discussion and misrepresentations among the members of the medical profession. It appeared that the patient, a boy of nine years of age, was a puny, sickly child, who, after having laboured under a violent cough and fever, had a tumour form on the right side of the neck, hich increased to a very considerable size, so as, when the boy was ad mitted into the hospital, to occupy the whole of the right side of the neck and project inwardly into the mouth to such a degree as to render difficult the pro cesses of breathing and swallowing. This tumour presented a sensation as if it contained fluid, and also had slight pulses occurring at the same time with those at the wrist. It was situated over the carotid artery. Being looked upon as a chronic abcess, Mr. Liston made a small puncture into it, which was fol lowed by a-gush of florid red blood, to the extent of boy died a a f ligature e w days four ounces in a few seconds. Th e opening was im amreoduinadtetlhyecartlo e se r 4 y . ,bu Th t the The next day wasplaced afterwards, exhausted by repeated hemor h r age. On examination of the parts after death, Mr. Liston came to the conclusion that the disease was originally a chronic abscess of a scrofulous character, and that the o • • t the artery, o artery, whence the loss of blood took place, was con sequent upon the vessel ulcerating details of this case, published in the medical journals, gave rise to much discussion and reprehension among the members of the profession, some defending the view of the case taken by Mr. Liston, and the treat ment adopted : others, forming a large and influential body, condemning both altogether. Under these cir cumstances, Mr. Liston adopted the only course left open to him. lie drew up a paper on the subject, detailing the case, treatment, and appearances after death, and submitted it for the opinion and adjudi cation of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, the highest medical authority in the kingdom. It was read at a meeting of the Society held in Marchlast on which occasion the president, Dr. Williams, took the chair. The views there expressed by Mr. Liston were warmly adopted by Dr. James Johnson and other surgical luminaries, but it appears that, although the paper was really a very excellent one, and would have made a very creditable appearance in the "Me dical and Chirurgical Transactions," the publishing Committee decided on refusing it a place. Mr. Liston, if we are rightly informed, then submitted his paper to a meeting of the Ganeral Council, who, strange to say, likewise rejected the unfortunate memoir. A man of ordinary genius would have pocketed the insult and the paper, and forgotten both; but Mr. Liston was born too far north to be done by a Cockney Council. The volume of Tranactions was distributed last week to the members of the Medical and Chirurgical Society, and with each volume was sent Mr. Liston's memoir, printed in the same type, of the same form, &c, and looking exactly like a paper, which, by some mistake, the binder had for gotten to bind up with the volume. In fact, most the members of the Society who received the volumeof of Transactions, and its rider, viewed, and still view, the circumstance in this rt , h probably The plan was a clever one and succeeded. DERNE PARK, NORTHAMPTONSIME.--The Earl of Cardigan has been entertaining a party with the sports of the field, including his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the illus trious fiance of the Prin cess A ugusta of Cambridge, who visited the Noble and Gallant Lord en route to town, from Leeds. Hi s Lordship's regiment, the 11th Hussars, is to be stationed at York during winter, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Rotton, during the absence of the Noble Earl, w,no, intends to hunt the Lancashirecountry, and has added everal valuable hunters , from Lord Gardiner's studs . THE PALM OIL TRADE. This trade, which is now beginning to be of some importance, is chiefly carried on in the river Bonny, and especially at Accra, where at the Danish settle- 2s - S•:: , :14.-, ment about five or six ship-loads of it were exported in the course of last year. The whole trade of the Bonny is in fife hands -of „tav the Liverpool merchants. Of the merchant ships from this town there are seldom less than fifteen or twenty at anchor in the river. The time that they remain in the Bonny is generally between three and f our months ; they anchor inside the mouth of this river, and generally suffer a great deal from sickness. The trade is carried on aboard the ships, between the masters, supercargoes, and King Peppel and his subjects. Few of the products of Africa are due to the cul tivation of the soil ; the trees and plants that yield them do so without care or cultivation. The trees grow wild, and the nuts are collected here and there, where a chief has no other employment for his slaves, but nothing like a settled system of industry is connected with this trade. Its chief feature, as regards the natives, is that it gives the natives there those manufactures which formerly they could only obtain by the sale of men. It is on the waterside that the profitableness of it is chiefly felt. The people of Bonny do not suffer the inland natives to bring clown the oil to the coast. They keep a great number of armed boats, many of them with a carronade or brass swivel mounted on the bow. These boats they send up the river for the oil as far as Eboe, and purchase it from the country people. The price they pay for it is extremely small ; in fact, scarcely sufficient to remu nerate the sellers for the trouble and expense of ga thering the nuts, and extracting the oil from them. The price of palm oil, duty paid, varies from 334 t. to 34/. a tun. The average import of oil into Liver pool for some years past has been about 12,000 tons a years, and the value consequently about 40 0,000/. sterling. Three-fourths of this quantity are exported from the I.3nny and the other oulets of the Niger, and gives employment to 12,000 or 15,000 tons of shipping. There were 36 vessels employed in it, and the crews of these vessels amounted to 736 men. The imports into_Great Britain in the year 1808 did not exceed 200 tons a year. In 1816 the official value of all the palm-oil imported from the coast of Africa did not exceed 23,8311. sterling. In 1827 about 4,700 tons were imported, yielding about 100,8001. In 1828 about 126 ; 5724 sterling; and in 1834, the official value of the palm oil, imported from the coast of Africa, amounted to 458,8101. sterling, being the sum realised on 13,945 tons, which the returns for that year show the trade to have amounted to. Th - c quantity of shipping employed - in this trade since 1820 has largely increased. In 1840 in the Bonny alone, it amounted to 13,170 tons. The above data alone are sufficient to show the extraordinary growth of this trade. The Bonny traders generally bring down the oil from the interior, a distance of 150 miles, which is there sold to them in small quantities. From them it is purchased by the English trader, and paid for in gunpowder, guns, cutlasses, lead and iron bars, and boilers ; tobacco, rum, and Manchester goods. From the British settlements on the Gold Coast, the amount of the palm oil exported is still extremely small. From the Gambia, in 1839, the whole quan tity exported was 15,093 gallons, the value of which was 2 ; 396/. sterling; and from Sierra Leone, in the same year, it amounted to 7,9931., only about one-half of which was the value of the quantity sent to Great Britain. In 1838, of the whole amount of palm oil exported from Africa, the value of the quantity ex ported from the Gold Coast amounted to only 7,350/. sterlins ; and, in 1839, it fell off to 7,0001. sterling ; while in the Bonny, and the Bights of Benin and Biafra, it increased that year upwards of 50,0001. sterling. An increased demand for slaves in 1837 took the natives away from theirformer occupation of the oil trade and the quantity of it in that year was consequently di minished in a very considerable manner. But as the slave trade in the Bight of Biafra again diminished, the trade in palm oil increased in proportion. In 1835 the imports of palm oil into Great Britain amounted to 260,151 cwts. ; in 1836, to 277,017 cwts. ; in 1837, to 223,337 cwts.; in 1838, to 282,312 cwts. The duty on it yielded, in 1835, 15,230/. ; in 1836, 14,6781.; in 1837, 13,2991.; and in ]B3B, 17,1021. It is a very singular circumstance, observes the Report (Select Committee on the West coast of Africa, from which the above remarks are collected), no less than one deserving of serious consideration, that nearly the whole of this trade has sprung up within the last thirty years, in a place were we have no Government agents, forts, or settlement, and also, that without any protection or a single British merchant or mercantile agent residing at - the place where this great trade is carried on, namely, the river Bonny, that trade has originated, grown up, and steadily , augmented up to the year 1834, when it reached the amount of 269,907 cwts. exported from Africa, and chiefly from this river and its vicinity. THE WESLEYANS AND THE EARL OF RIPON. (From the Stamford Mercury of Thursday.) The Earl of Ripon,, since the three great errors of his life (as he now seems to think them), in aiding Catholic Emancipation, the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, and the lleferin Bill,—has repented him of his ways, and shows a determination to atone for the past, by the endeavour to re-rivet the chains he helped to knock off. The Earl married an estate at Dunston and Nocton, near Lincoln. A few days ago an old tenant of 30 years' standing received notice to quit, and he was informed by the steward, who served the notice, and subsequently by the Earl himself, that the only reason for the discharge was, that he went to the Methodist Chapel, and was a Methodist preacher. Her Majesty Queen Victoria respects the conscience of a servant ; but her Majesty's ser vant will not permit a tenant to possess any such thing! The butcher, who is a Methodist, is also under ban ; all have notice not to purchase of him ; and a more ductile personage is started to supply meat, after haying been informed, when building his shop, that he was not to employ a certain builder be cause the man was a Methodist. Even the wife of the latter was sent for by a certain " Noble Lady," who, after severely reprimanding her, said, " sow, you hear what I say, and I mean what I say." The best customers of the man, in consequence, refuse any longer to employ him. The wife of the waggoner at the Hall was threatened for visiting that terrible place, the Wesleyan chapel ; and upon the threat of losing all they had, a promise of recantation was extracted from her. It seems as if there was a determination to thoroughly exterminate Methodism from the parish, by attacking it at all points. When the Wesleyans were about to hold a school-feast in the shop of a Mr. Bavin, the Curate, about an hour before tea-time, called upon him, and threatened, if he did permit it, that it would be worse for him! and the poor fellow was frightened into obedience. The steward has been compelled to discharge a teetotaller in his employ, and " my Lady" would not see the steward's wife for a fortnight, until she was purified of the smell of the Wesleyan chapel which he had attended. But the best part of the plan remains untold : there is a clothing club for the poor, of which the clergyman= is secretary and treasurer. Rule 5 enacts, " T . h d at md a defaulter in three successive times shall be h c a o l n l , fi t ,r e fe - it no longer a member of the club, and members • and Rule 11 says, remaining Magistrate of drunk enness,all previous subscriptions for the ~b en, ,e s A fit ny o m f e t in he . her being convicted before a the realm, or being guilty of or against the laws of order and discipline of theft, or any other o ff ence against morals, any open offence against the expelled the Club, the Church qf England, shall After all this, will the Wrsie . y u a l ri ld , courting the party at as thbeYnellxutlle)asr:-' l a i l a )( t i n e al rysueblsecartiipoitii,7se again fo f rfe )e ited s , deny them the right of worshipping God in their N; ho would trample them ' lto ° the . dust,. and would - own way ? FWTe insert this, but can scarcely believe it. Whatever the lady might do—and the softer sex are • t—We must doubt whether a Cabinet Minister pries against support e p r a s r , ty an . moulded into strange shapes byat.thit is at e t would treat in so unbecoming a manner a sect which time, to be remembered, that the Church is, at pre sent,e unna tural, nor perhaps unjust, that it should bite first its nearest ally.—En. Sun.] isa greatrabidhands the of the GOVERNMENT FAVOUIi J. C. Prii g lc J. P. Westhead leavin g T 0 LITERARY MEN.—IVIr wardie,dr,inacefee taken a warm interest in fa vour.ll Muses," s e o s , f , , A f l o r r . Along with the volumes Mr. , w au d t a h y p s r of z' , c) : t a iou co rs py wi o t f h t t i l , l ie e third edition of letter P to Sir Robert, 1 explaining the circumstances of the poet, Westhead to S ir sent R ° b a e t and suggesting that it would be an act of genuine kindness to place him in some situation where he might enjoy a moderate salary, and have sufficient time to allow of his cultivating his favourite pursuit. The following is the reply of the Premier to the applica tion :—" Whitehall, Oct. 15.—Sir—I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and of the vo lume which accompanied it. It does not occur to me that I have the means of procuring for Mr. Prince any situation of the des errolpintioanf4onfdthmatitochv‘p am a ich you u li r b e e f r e t r y I transmit to you, f to apply to such a purp ose, the sum of 501., an d re quest you to apply it in such a manner .as may be most for the interest of Mr. Prince.--I am , sir,T our —J most obedient servant , ROBERT PEEL.. P. 'West head, Esq., Manchester.”—Manchester Courier. AI CoURTEOUS POACHER.--We recorded in our last the daring escape of a poacher from custody, w hile on the coach which was conveying him to Abingdon gaol for two months' seclusion, and that he subsequently returned the handcuffs which manacled him to Reading gaol in a parcel. We have since ascertained that this most courteous and considerate of depredators had the grace to pay the caffinge of the parcel, by rail ? It was directed to Mr. Hewitt., 1 one of the officers of the gaol.—Berkshire Chronicle.