The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-23 00:00:00

Irbtrb Vilition SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—It is impossible to read the debates in the French Chamber of Deputies upon the question of the Right of Search, and the opinions which those discussions have elicited from the Parisian press, with out perceiving that the unmeaning clamour against this country, which is rife amongst a great portion of the people of France, may eventually prove too strong for the good sense and moderation of its Minister. It has been proved by Mons. Guizot that France has hitherto had almost an equal share with England in carrying to its present stage the treaty that has now become the subject of dispute ; and the speech of the French Minister is adinitted even by the National to have obtained "considerable success,' which could only have been the consequence of the strength of its facts, and the convincing nature of its arguments. M. Guizot proved incontestibly that France and England had for some time proceeded almost pari pasgu towards the completion of the treaty, and that the Ambassador of the former Power acted in per fect concert with the Minister of the latter. It is now pretended that the French Government 'vas not bound by the acts of its representative at the British Court ; but it has been clearly shown that three successive Ministries were aware of what was going on, and took no steps whatever towards re pudiating the act of their agent. Nothing could have been easier than that M. Sebastiani should have been at once instructed to refrain from proceeding in the arrangements hewas entering into with the Bri tish Government ; but he wasallowed to go on—commu nicating every . step he took to the Cabinet of France— without receiving any indication of the latter's disap proval of the engagements into which he was entering. The distance between London and Paris is not so great, nor wag the affair so immediately pressing, as to have called for such precipitancy as to furnish a pretext to France to shield itself under the allega tion of a want of sufficient communication between the French Ambassador and his Government. It will be really impossible to deal in diplomatic matters with countries whose accredited agents are liable to have their acts disowned, whenever the passion or preju dice of the people may prevent the Government from fulfilling the moral obligations to which it has ren dered itself liable. STANDARD.—The publication of the Report on the state of mines is of incalculable value, and we should be the last to depreciate its value ; but allow ing all praise to the Report as far as it goes, we may be permitted to regret that it does not go the whole length of reporting upon all the mines of Great Bri tain. The ill effect of this deficiency is of more im portance than at first sight appears. The Report, as far as it goes, presents, with little variety, a mass of unmixed cruelty and suffering ; it is only inci dentally we find; as in the case of the Duke of Buccleuch's collieries, from which women are excluded, any traces of humanity—of care for the physical or moral condition of the collieries. Now this a sort of induction, leading to the dreary con clusion that mining and humanity are incompatible, forcing to the shocking alternative of abandoning what constitutes a chief source of the wealth of the country, or forgetting our duty as men and Christians. Although there can be no doubt which branch of this alternative ought to be chosen, were it indeed peremptory, it is to be feared that the right choice would not be made by any promiscuous com munity that exist, or that ever did exist. The duties of humanity and religion would be forgot ten, when the effect of remembering them must be so great a sacrifice as that of the whole mineral wealth of Great Britain. It is, therefore, a subject of regret that the general tenour of the Mining Report is so universally gloomy as to create an impression that reform is almost desperate. Despair is, however, a bad counsellor ; and he is, therefore, of all the agents of the enemy of mankind, the most frequent and active adviser. But good and vigorous-minded men never listen to despair, and they will eagerly seize upon any rational ground of hope upon which to fight the battle of their Master and their fellow-creatures. Looking at the facts dis closed, as to the physicial condition, the quality of the labour, and the social circumstances of miners, it is impossible to see any reason why they should be in so much worse a state than their fellow-citizens over ground, if it be not that they are hidden from the ob servation of the world, and thus deprived of the pro tection of the grand inquisitor and sole guardian of the weak—public opinion. The Mining Report has done much to bring the mines within the jurisdiction of this benign guardian ; but it has not, as we have reason to believe it might do, furnished the remedy, as well as exposing the injury to which humanity is subjected. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) LYME REGIS. The Committee met this day at the usual hour, and proceeded with the scrutiny into the votes, which, as it consists entirely of the details connected with the quali fication of each individal voter, is quite destitute of in terest. Some anxiety, however, is felt as to the result from the numbers being so nearly balanced ; the sitting Member, up; to the present time, is only in a majority of one. The vote of a man named Ayland, occupied the Com mittee the whole of the day ; the argument in reply to the objection not having been heard at half-past three o'clock they adjourned. The Committee on this petition is the only one now sitting. GOOD, THE MURDERER. The following are copies of the two letters, written at the dictation of the prisoner, during his stay in the gaol:— " Newgate, May 21, 1842." " I, Daniel Good, wish to return thanks to the Lord Mayor, and his kind lady, for visiting me ; and also ~turn thanks to all the Aldermen who have kindly visited me, and also wish to return thanks to the Sheriff; for their kindness, and also Mr. Cope, the Governor, re turning him thanks, and I found him very kind. Also re turn thanks to the Rev. Mr. Carver, for his kind attention; and also to the Rev. Mr. Taylor, who read prayers this day, which drew my attention with tears ; and also re turn thanks to the Rev. Mr. Russell, who has been to see me this day. My kind master, Nathaniel Dando, Esq., which I have lived with him at Norwood, as coach man, he has been to see me. I never lived with kinder 'master and mistress than they were. My sincere thanks t o Mr. Dando and his kind lady, and I also wish to roturtt thanks to my late master and mistress, Shiells. My dear little boy came to see me on Thursday last, and read a chapter, which made me shed tears—as I part from him so young, not quite 11 years old, may the Lord protect him as he is left without father or mother, which I put my trust in Jas. Spencer and his wife Mrs. Spencer, that they will have an eye after the boy. I was a few days at Clerkenwell, and found great kindness from the Go vernor i! of that prison, and he has been to see me here. I also return thanks to the doctor, and also to the Rev. Mr. Williams, who performs duty at that prison. I also return thanks to William Nottidge, Esq., my former ivaster, and his lady—they were very kind to me. Ido achtowledge, as I am departing this world, that Susan Butcher was the cause of that poor woman Jane Jones, through jealousy, making away with herself ; and Jane Jones told me that she would make away with herself through hearing about Susan Butcher, which I now say Jane Jones made away with herself. I don't say but what I am the cause of her doing this, through being told I kept company with Susan Butcher. What I have stated is nothing lmt the truth respecting the death of Jane Jones. I wish to say I never cut her up. The matchman said he could not make away with the body without taking the limbs oft I locked him up in the stables, and I was cleaning my harness. He promised to come on the 6th of April and to take the remaining part away, but he never came. He told me he lived in the neighbourhood of Brentford. I knew this man as coming with matches about 14 or 15 months. I gave him one sovereign to do away with the body. I wish to return thanks to all the officers of this prison, as .1 found them all very kind. The Lord be with all my friends, and I wish to part this life good friends with all, and the Lord have mercy upon my poor soul ! and I don't say but I am a great sinner." The following letter was addressed to Mr. James Spencer, Lock's-fields, Walworth My Dear Friend,—l write these few lines to you and Mrs. Spencer, and I hope you are both well. My blessing and the blessing of God be with you evermore ' My brother's son and his wife called on Monday even ing ; you was not at home, they told me. They came to see me on Tuesday last. His name is John Good, and he lives at No. 4, Arched-row, Deptford Creek. He would be glad to see you at any time. My blessing and the blessing of God be with him and his wife. This comes from me with tears ; and also remember me to my sister's son. My blessing "DANIEL GOOD." with him. From your unfortunate friend, --- THE LATE FIRE AT HAMBURGH. The mail-packet Caledonia, Captain Cheesmaii, arrived at Blackwall last evening, with the Hamburgi i Mail. The following letter from our correspondent came by this conveyance : "Haniburgh, Friday, May 20." "No doubt, from the short intervals between the arrivals of the packets from Hamburgh, and the suc cessive communications therefrom, the subject of the fire at our city is almost exhausted with you ; but whatever it may be on your side of the water there is food enough for years of reflection on this, seeing that, in comparatively a moment of time, the fruits of ages of industry, and the successes of years of pros perity, have been entirely swept away. " Since my last, we have received many large do • nations from foreign countries. His 11Iajesty of Russia has sent us 80,000 marks banco ; and it is said the King of Saxony has subscribed 1,600 louis d'ors, for the purchase of stone and timber for our new buildings. The King of Wurtemburg has contri buted from his private purse 10,000 florins_; and of moneys collected, I may mention, that at Stutgard Is,ooo marks banco were obtained on the 15th inst., and At Frankfort 1,000 florins were subscribed by • ~; some of the banking establishments, in addition to 5,000 from Rothschild. Also, it is said, that at 1 Frankfort and other places the ladies are about to establish bazaars, and transmit the proceeds for the relief of the sufferers at this place. " The ruins of St. Peter's Church were blown up this morning : I hear some soldiers were slightly in jured in the operation. The rebuilding has already commenced in various parts of the city • but tempo rary shops and stores are already occupied, and by the advances of money made to the tenants by the com mittee of supplies, many are stocked and doing some business. "In the designs for the new public buildings. streets, &c., the utmost precautions are to be taken to prevent such another terrible catastrophe as this, and it is sincerely hoped that our Senate will, at the earliest opportunity, apply themselves to the task of providing some more effective means than they have hitherto possessed for the extinction of fire." HAMBURGIT. MAY 20.—The money market has been easier to-day than it has yet been since the fire, discount without difficulty at four per cent. Regular business has also been, for the first time, tranvacted in colonial produce to a limited extent, chiefly in coffee and sugar. While lam happy to be able to add that a more quieting impression has prevailed to-day on Exchange, through the fact that up to this day, not only no commercial failures have not taken place, but there is no instance known of any merchant having failed to meet punctu ally his engagements. Such a fact, after such a disaster, tells most favourably of the commercial prudence and stability which be longs to the dealings of the Hamburgh merchants, and must, as it deserves, have a very favourable effect on the London Ex change. I have the more satisfaction in the stating of these circum stances from what I can announce to you of the intentions of the Senate. Frum the first I informed you they would make a loan, and this I can now add will be done preferably in the London market, as soon as, all the arrangements of the Go vernment having been made, they shall have summoned the Burghershaft to sanction their resolves, and pass the requisite Bill to legalise their being carried into execution. Already have the Senate been led to raise a loan in this their own town, and the sister ones of Bremen and Lubeck, the amount of which they have limited to 50,000,000 of mares, and towards which there has been the most ready subscription. This mea sure was originally a secret one, it being unconstitutional, and done by the governing body on their own responsibility. The Senate are labouring under many apprehensions, past, present, and to come. They dread to meet the Burghershaft, expecting to be called to task for the inefficiency and timidity of their first measures. . . On meeting the Burghershaft, the Senate have also the dread, of their demanding what they consider too much. It is sup posed that the general feeling will incline strongly to the town bearing the whole of the losses, but the Senate, with what they have before them, are anything but satisfied that such a large loan as this would require could be undertaken consistently with the general prosperity. In the first place they will have to purchase the ground of the whole consumed part of the town, and on this to erect not only the requsite public buildings, but private dwellings and warehouses. By the plan submitted to the Senate by Mr. Lindley, scarce a single street will be re stored, the whole ruins must be swept away, and a fitting town on a new plan, suitable to the interests and convenience of the times, be raised in its stead. Independent of the immensity of the charge and responsibility on the governing body, should they propose this plan and the Burghershaft concur in it, they labour under the dread of overbuilding—that is their houses standing, from the cost price or rent, unsold. There is the remedy of portioning out the whole town, the building of part by the Senate, and allowing the rest to be constructed by in dividual enterprise. I have mentioned these fluctuations and difficulties as they exist in high quarters, as evincing to the English mercantile world that there is far more likely to be an underborrowing from present irresolution or timidity to attempt all that is re quisite, than there is a likelihood of an embarrassment to the state by an over demand of the needful funds by way of loan. Since my last, great facilities have been given to discounts, a fund having been established for that purpose. The house of Heine has engaged itself in the most liberal manner for 300,000 mares banco. The Royal Prussian See-Handlung (or Marine Society), a pet establishment of the present King, ' has likewise contributed to the general facilities by an advance of 25,000 rix dollars. While since the previous English mail, and specially this day, money having, from the remittances brought, become more plentiful, a greater ease is felt. I mist continue to invite subscriptions from England. The poorer classes are well attended to, and the greatest interest throughout all Germany is evinced more and more by the in telligence each courier brings of sympathy, and what is better, of subscriptions mooted and raised. So plentiful a stock of provisions has been sent here on all sides—cheese, bacon, hams, &c.—that the great hemp store-house on the Elbe is overbur dened with it, and as these, if kept, must become uneatable, to morrow a public sale takes place of the greater part, the pro ceeds to be earried to the fund. The subscription of her Majesty, announced here to-day, is unfortunate ; it has not equalled expectation, notwithstanding the distresses of her own people, but of this I may be able to say more in my next. I say the Queen of England's subscrip tion is an unfortunate one, not simply in its amount of 2001. but as reaching this the same day as that of the Emperor of Russia, to which it is ne fair contrast ; the Autocrat has sent 50,000 silver roubles, which, if I mistake not, is some where about 9,0001. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LOAD Cztarircnia.ou took his seat on the Woo' sack shortly before Five o'clock. THE TARIFF. The Duke of RICHMOND said, that having been absent from the House for the last seven weeks, he had been precluded from presenting a petition, which had been entrusted to him, against certain parts of the tariff, more particularly against the proposed low rate of duty upon imported meat and cattle. The Noble Duke supported the petition, which was from a place in Aberdeenshire. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord BROUGHAM, the petition was laid on the table. A message from the Commons brought up the Bill for amending the law relating to Fine and Recovery in Chester and Wales, the Pentonville Prison Bill, the Irish Spirit Duties Drawback Bill, and a number of other Bills, which were severally read a first time. CHURCH PATRONAGE (SCOTLAND). _ _ The Duke of ARGYLE presented several petitions against the present system of Church Patronage in Scotland. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Board of Guardians of the Poor-law Union of Dur ham, against the bastardy clause in the New Poor law Bill. Also a petition from the London Me chanics' Institution, praying for an exemption for such institutions from all rates and taxes. Also a petition from the Mechanics' Institution of Poplar to the same effect. Also a petition from Bath, complain ing of Catholic grievances in the army and navy. Also a petition from the Merchants and Traders of the City of London, in public meeting assembled, at the King's Arms, Philip-lane, praying for the total abolition of slavery. LOCKING THE DOORS OF RAILWAY CAR- RIAGES. Lord CAMPBELL said he wished to put a ques tion to the:Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, as to whether it was the intention of Government to make any regulation on the subject of locking passen gers in railway carriages. He need only refer to the frightful accident which had lately occurred on the railway in Paris to show the necessity of this. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he could give no satisfactory answer on the subject, as his Noble Friend at the head of the Board of Trade, was not in the House. He (the Lord Chancellor) had been locked up in a railway carriage that morning, and he found no inconvenience.—(Laughter.) Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from the Young Men's Free Trade Association of Glas gow, in favour of Free Trade. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair a few minutes before Four o'Clock. Sir Stephen Glynn and Lord Hervey were intro duced by Lord Germaine and Col. Wyndham, and took the oaths and their seats for Flintshire and Brighton. KINGSTON MARINERS' CHURCH. The Kingston Mariners' Church Bill was read a third time and passed. CORK ELECTION. Mr. HAYTER said, he had to inform the House, that the Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition, complaining of an undue election for the County of Cork, had determined that Daniel O'Connell, Esq., and E. B. Roche, Esq., were duly elected Knights of the Shire to serve in the present Parliament for the County of Cork. HOLYWELL ROADS. The Holywell Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. Mr. CHRISTOPER presented a petition from Waddington, in the county of Lincoln, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. THE TARIFF. Mr. HOLFORD presented a petition from the tanners and curriers of Leicester against any reduc tion in the duty on foreign leather. Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition against any alteration in the duty on straw plait. Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition from the Committee of Proprietors of Hungerford Market, against any alteration in the duty on foreign onions. Mr. H. HINDE presented a petition from York against any reduction in the duty on foreign hemp ; also a petition, praying for a limitation in the hours of labour in factories. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. kr. COLLIER presented a petition from a place in Ireland, against the present system of national edu tion in Ireland. CHURCH PATRONAGE. Mr. BANNERMAN p res ented a petition from Aberdeen against Churc h Patrona ge in Scotland. CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES. Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from Weston Underwood, complaining of Catholic griev• ances in the Army and Navy. INCOME-TAX. Mr. WALL presented a petition from a Building Society in North Shields, praying for exemption from the Income-tax. NEW POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. R. BERNAL presented a petition from the rate-payers of Hig, h Wycombe, against the re-enact ment of the new Poor-law Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from an individual in the county of Northampton, against the present system of Church-rates. Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from a place in the county of Kent, against any reduction of the duty upon hops. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from a place in Leicestershire, praying for a removal of all restric tions upon the national industry, and especially for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from Preston, in Lancashire, praying the House to pass a Ten Hours' Factory Bill. THE TARIFF. Lord WORSLEY presented several petitions from various parts of England against the new tariff, and more particularly against that part of it which goes to permit the importation of cattle. THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1842. IRISH FISHERIES. Lord ELIOT presented a petition, numerously signed, from a place in the county of Cork, in favour of the Irish Fisheries Bill. Sir D. NORREYS presented a petition from Mallow in favour of the Irish Fisheries Bill. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Coventry, against the proposed reduction in the duty on cordage and twine. Lord MAHON said that he held in his hand a petition from Mr. Sheridan Knowles, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, and other dramatic authors, complaining of the state of the law which affects the drama. He could not consistently with the rules which regulate the presentation of petitions attempt to state the grievances complained of, but he would move to morrow that the petition be printed with the votes, and would take an opportunity of calling the attention of the House to the subject. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Old-street, Chiswell-street, and the streets adjacent in the Metropolis, complaining of the crowded state of those neighbourhoods, and praying the House to adopt measures to improve the health of the Metropolis. LIGHTING THE METROPOLITAN ROADS. Mr. BYNG presented a petition on the subject of lighting the roads round London. RAILWAY TRAVELLING ON THE SABBATH. Mr. MACLEAN presented a petition from Green wich against Railway Travelling on the Sabbath. WAR IN INDIA. Mr. HUME presented a petition from some place in the county of Norfolk, against the Wars in Af ghanistan and China. NOTICES OF MOTIONS.—BOROUGH OF BRIDPORT. Sir J. WALSH gave notice of his intention to move as an amendment to the motion of the Hon. Member for Liskeard, in reference to the borough of Bridport, that the words, " whether bribery has taken place in that town " be left out. POOR-LAWS. Mr. ESCOTT gave notice that, on the considera ;ion of the Poor-law Continuance Bill, he should move that it be lawful for Boards of Guardians of the poor to grant such relief to poor persons as they might deem necessary, in their own houses, any orders of the Poor-law Commissioners notwithstanding. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. 'WARD gave notice that on the 16th of June he should move, that in all future elections of Mem bers of Parliament, the votes be taken by the way of the ballot. Sir DENHAM NORREYS moved that leave of absence be given for one month to Mr. French, on account of illness in his family.—Agreed to. BOROUGH OF IPSWICH. Colonel RUSHBROOKE moved that the Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for making out a new writ for the borough of Ipswich. Mr. MACKINN ON seconded the motion. Mr. C. W. WYNN said he did not intend to give any opposition to the motion, but he wished to call the attention of the House to the Report of the Com mittee, which stated that extensive corruption had prevailed in that borough. He wished to have that part of the Report read. (It was accordingly read by the Clerk at the table.) He wished to call the attention of the House to the Report, because it appeared to him, that whatever grounds there might be for the presumption of bri bery in this instance, there was not sufficient to jus tify the adoption of any measure without further in quiry into the matter. It seemed to him that they overlooked the principal offenders, and wished to direct their vengeance against the minor offenders. He was convinced that if they seemed by their pro ceedings to proclaim impunity to those who received bribes, as well as to the subordinate agents who dis tributed them, they would never be able to suppress bribery.—(Hear.) Unfortunately there was not that general feeling against the offence which he could de sire to see ; there was often as great a feel ing in favour of the objects of the prosecution as in favour of the suppression of bribery. In the Cricklade case, an individual had continued to retain a high and responsible office after he had been con victed of bribery, and no one seemed to look upon him as discredited by the offence. The Hon. Member concluded, as we understood, by suggesting that before the motion was agreed to the Attorney-General should be directed to prosecute all the parties who had been convicted of giving and receiving bribes. Sir G. GREY agreed with the Right Hon. Gen tleman who had just sat down, in the propriety of not opposing the issuing of the writ; but he hoped that some alteration in the law with respect to Election Committees would take place, as he was perfectly convinced, as at present constituted, they were totally incompetent fully to inquire into the merits or de merits of elections. Mr. J. PARKER made a few observations that were totally inaudible in the gallery. Mr. C. W. WYNNE said that he considered, from cases which had been decided, that bribery committed upon the first writ, was evidence to be given against the parties upon the second writ, and that the two writs did in fact constitute only one election. Mr. ESCOTT wished to know, whether persons who had been found guilty of taking bribes would be able to vote at the election. If they were, the present election may be carried by those who were convicted of corrupt practices.—(Cheers.) Mr. HUME said he had no doubt that the elec tion would be carried by the very parties who were convicted of bribery.—(Laughter.) They expected so, at least, and it was upon that account he thought that the House were rather trifling with the subject. He thought that a public prosecutor should be appointed to follow up every instance of bribery tried before a tribunal competent for that purpose, and that any person who took a bribe should be disfranchised. —(Hear, hear.) That was the wav to put an end to bribery ; but he never saw the leaders on each side disposed to put an end to it—(Laughter)—and the House itself seemed anxious to support the system. In 1822 a Bill had been brought in, in which a test similar to the one which had been proposed the other day by the Honourable Member for Finsbury, had been introduced, to be taken by Members before they took their seats. Only twenty-three Members had voted for that Bill. The heads of both parties had remained aloof. The leaders of both parties, both Whigs and Tories, seemed desirous of making elections as expensive as possi ble ; and, in his opinion, nothing would be done to put down bribery until they made all parties, giving or receiving a bribe, incapable of voting It was useless for Committees to make Reports, un less the House followed them up by some effectual measures. He thought the writ ought not to issue for fourteen days, in order to give time to the Noble Lord to bring in his Bill for the suppression of bri bery. He should move as an amendment that the issue of the writ be suspended for fourteen days. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY seconded the amendment. He thought after the Report of the Committee it would be absurd to suffer the writ to issue as a matter of course. They ought to adopt measures to prevent those who had been proved guilty of bribery from voting at the next election. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it would be far better to adopt measures for the suppression of bri bery before issuing the writ than to delay them until after the writ should have been issued. He could not agree in the opinion expressed by the Hon. Member for Montrose, that the leade rs o f b o th par ti es were av erse to discountenancing bribery. In his (Lord John Russell's) opinion, both par ties suffered much from the expensiveness of elections consequent upon the practice of bribery. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to think that they should agree to a certain declaration to be taken by the one of , o h f o the a d House; al w a y but, u d t 0 , u f b o for e dh ofs p t a h r e t , efficacy was Members those of such a test. Ile confessed all that had lately passed, had only tended to confirm hi m i n the doubt. Sufficient interpretations would always be put upon such a declaratio n by different individuals. With regard to the motion then before the House, it did not appear to him to be advisable that they should issue the writ in the first instance. Sir R. PEEL should protest against the inference drawn by the Hon. Gentleman—(Hear) — because parties did not acquiese in his proposal they were not, therefore, anxious for the suppression of bribery. That was an unjust imputation, he should say, upon the party to which he belonged, and he thought that no other party had suffered more from bribery than that party with which he coincided in opinion. He had always declared his readiness to lend him self to the utmost ofhispower to discountenance a practice which was undermining the influence of that House with the country.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time he should reserve to himself the power of determining whether any particular plan for the prevention of the prectice was consistent with justice, and with those principles upon which the law was administered ; but reserving to himself that discre tion, he was ready to admit that the practice was one , which naturally tended to diminish the authority of that House. His Right Hon. Friend had sug gested that the Attoniey-tleneral ought to be di rected by the House to prosecute any parties against whom there was a strong case of suspicion that they were concerned in the offence of bribery. He was inclined to concur in the suggestion. He thought, too, that if that motion was made the issuing of the writ ought in the mean time to be suspended. It appeared to him that the best course would be, that a notice relative to the inquiry into bribery should be given for an early day, and that the writ for a new election ought to be suspended until the motion came on. He certainly admitted that the writ should not be sus pended for a longer period than the necessity of the case required. They should recollect that the constitu • ent body had claims as well as they had, and the writ should only be suspended, until they should see what further steps might be taken in the matter. Mr. HUME said he had no objection to adopt the suggestion of the Right Honourable Gentleman. He had not intended to charge any particular indivi dual with bribery and corruption. All he had said was, that those who were anxious for their suppres sion should be ready to adopt some legislative mea sure to secure their object. Mr. ROEBUCK said, it appeared to be the opinion of both sides of the House that the suspension of the writ would be a dangerous precedent ; that being the case, he was not going to press his particular views on the House. They had already suspended the writ for Nottingham, on the probability of an investigation ; but he had previously declared that he would not be a party to any investigation, unless the Com mittee was armed with certain powers ; he would therefore suggest that means be offered for passing the Bill of Indemnity to \Vitne.'ses as soon as possible.—(From the continued conversation pre vailing in the House the observations of the Honourable Member were very imperfectly heard. ' After a few words from Sir BROKE VERE, Mr. WARD reminded the House that there was another borough in the same predicament as Ipswich, namely, the Borough of Southampton. He thought it would save the time of the House if they were both taken into consideration on the same day. Mr. C. WYNN thought that no writs ought to be suspended one hour beyond the period absoluteby neces sary. He thought the House assumed a most dangerous power whenever they protracted the issue of the writ. He could adduce many instances of the truth of his position. In the case of Sheffield the inquiry- lasted the whole session. He meant on Thursday next to propose that the Attorney-General be directed to to prosecute the parties concerned in bribery at the election of Tpswich. THE ECCLESIASTICAL LEASES BILL. Mr. V. SMITH wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether, at the next stage of this Bill, he would consent to its re-committal, or merely bring up the Report ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that he did not mean to consent to the recommittal of the Bill. The Lunatic Asylum Bill then went through Com mittee, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. Sir R. PEEL moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee on the Customs' Act Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK wished before that motion was carried, to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet. A Bill for the prevention of bribery had been brought up from the other House of Parliament, which with a few slight alterations would answer all the purposes he had in view. What he wished to know was, whether the Right Hon. Baronet would give him some time in the course of the afternoon to move the second read ing of that Bill. Sir R. PEEL hoped that the Hou. and Learned Member for Bath, would not be hard-hearted enough to ask him to permit the second reading of that Bill. now that they were about stepping into the tariff — (Laughter.) The Hon. Member would probably have an opportunity late in the evening, of moving the second reading of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet would have any objection to take the second reading of the Bill now, reserving any dis cussion for Committee. Sir ROBERT PEEL would have no objec tion to the adoption of such a course, but in according to it, it must not be supposed that he agreed to the principle of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK trusted that the Right Hon. Ba ronet would not think him hard-hearted if he asked permission to move it now.—(Great laughter.) CUSTOMS ACT. On the question that the House should resolve it self into a Committee on the Customs Bill, Major VIVIAN presented a petition from Corn wall praying that such an alteration might be made in the Tariff, as would prevent undue importation. Sir R. PREL also presented a petition from Corn wall, expressing the satisfaction of the petitioners at the reduction of the duty on copper ore.—(Laughter.) Mr. MILES presented a petition from Aberdeen against the proposed alteration in the duty on the importation of foreign cattle, and praying the blouse to give to the agriculturists such protection as would enable them to compete with the foreigner. Lord ELLIOT rose and said, that as he saw the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite (Major Vivian) he wished to say one single word.—(Loud cries of "No, no," in the midst of which the Noble Lord sat down.) Mr. LAWSON said that as the resolution of which he had given notice would interfere with the progress of the tariff, and as there was great anxiety on the part of the country to see the tariff passed, he should withdraw his motion. Mr. CALLAGHAN rose to propose the following resolution—" That in removing the prohibition to the importation of any article, there ought not to be charged any duty on the raw material, which should not be charged to articles the manu facture thereof, and that so long as living animals be chargeable with a fixed duty, salted provi sions should be chargeable with an equivalent rate, and not removeable from warehouse without payment thereof except for exportation as they would be, should the clauses referred to in the tariff be repealed. The Honourable Gentleman spoke in so low a tone of voice, and amidst so much noise in the House, that he was scaecely audible. The general opinion of the Gentleman connected with the provision-trade in Ireland was, that that trade would be annihilated if this portion of the Right Hon. Baronet's measure were carried into effect. He had given notice by which he intended that the duty should be hereafter reduced to 4s. instead of the Bs., which was now proposed by the Right Honourable Baronet. The provision trade of Ireland now consisted in supplying the colonial ports, and would be altogether ruined by the pro- position of the Right Honourable Baronet. (LEFT SPEAKING.) TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six O'CLOCK. 5 to 2 agst Coldrenick 3 to 1 agst Attila. 7 to 1 agst Auckland 8 to 1 agst Canadian 13 to 1 agst Jack—taken 14 to 1 agst Agreeable 25 to 1 agst Seahorse 50 to 1 agst Barrier 60 to 1 agst Moss Trooper 100 to 1 agst Belcceur 100 to 1 agst Cheops. SUMS REALIZED BY THE SALE OF SIR HORACE WALPOLE'S STRAWBERRY HILL EFFECTS. The sale of the Strawberry Hill effects, which com menced on Wednesday, the 4th of May, and concluded on Saturday last, having occupied Mr. Robins in their disposal a space of twenty-four days, produced, as nearly as we are enabled to draw up from rough results of each day's realization, the subjoined amounts, which pro bably, on a more accurate calculation, will be found to have drawn a much larger sum of money:— May 4 and 5. The Walpole Cabinet of Coins and Medals, was sold on these two days, and brought in, together, the sum of £1,004 May 6. Enamels, Miniatures, Sevres China, 1,080 700 1,300 900 and Plate, about - May 7. Chi na an d Crockery, of various orders.. May 9. Miniatures, Gems, Snuff-box, Relics, &c. May 10. Portraits of distinguished persons May 11. Antiquities of the Middleton Collec tion, consisting of Gems, Missals, and Benve nuto Cellini's Silver Bell May 12. This day's sale comprised the Decora tive Furniture, with the rare old Raphael or Faenza Ware, and other relics. 1,167 May 13. Chiefly the contents of Sir Horace Walpole's china closet, the round waiting room, Lady Diana Beauclerc's closet; bronzes, and t'urniture of the library ; also of the Hol bein chamber, star-chamber, waiting-room, stair. case, and entrance-hall May 14. This day's sale consisted of the effects of the'china-room, with the pictures, drawings, and models of the green closet—there were few articles of note B5 May 16. The valuables in the round tower, the refectory, the entrance, and the armoury 1,272 May 17. The Portraits of the library, the Hol bein chamber, and the great north bed chamber ********************************************** 2,452 May 1 8. Sale of paintings continued 4,927 May 19. Sale of paintings continued 673 May 20. The Antique Furniture of Horace Walpole's dressing-room, circular drawing room, the long gallery, &c May 21. Saturday, last day's sale 2,160 2,930 850 Total - £22,682 From the above total it appears that on an off-hand estimate upwards of 22,0001. have been amassed by the products of the sale of these sedulously-collected articles of rare vertu. We have no doubt that stating 30,0001. as the given sum, would bring it nearer to the mark. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BOW-STREET. Mr. William Charles Macready, the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, was summoned by the authorities of the Parish of St. Martins-in-the-Fields,:to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 601., duo due to the parish for four months poors-rate, in respect of that theatre. Mr. JENKINS said, he attended on the part of the de fendant, in the absence of Mr. Burgess, the solicitor to the theatre, who was at present out of town; and he was instructed to apply to the Magistrate to postpone the hearing of the case; and to state that Mr. Macready denied his liability to the payment of the rate, which he contended ought to be paid by the Committee of Drury lane Theatre. There would be a meeting of the Com mittee held on Friday next, when the matter would be laid before them, and they no doubt would direct that the money should be paid. Under these circumstances he trusted that the hearing of the case would he post poned for a week. The Collector said, that he had been instructed to apply for a warrant against the defendant, in the event of the money not being forthcoming. In the early part of last week he applied for the money, and was thin told by Mr. Burgess that the Drury-lane Committee would hold a meeting on the following Friday, and that he would then call their attention to the matter. Nothing however had been done, and, under those circumstances, it did seem to him that the present application was made merely for the purpose of delay, and he therefore hoped that it would not be granted. On a former occasion, when Mr. Bunn was the lessee of the theatre, the parish lost a considerable sum of money, in consequence of his bankruptcy, it having been decided that the Committee were not liable to the payment of the rate. Mr. TWYFORD said he supposed the committee were not the parties rated.—The Collector said certainly not. The only name entered in the parish books was that of Mr. Macready, who was the occupier of the theatre. Mr. TWYFORD here inquired of Mr. Jenkins whether he would undertake that the rate should be paid, sup posing he (Mr. Twyford) consented to the required post ponement of the hearing ?—Mr. Jenkins, in reply, said that he did not feel himself authorised to give any un dertaking of the kind. He thought that his application for a postponement of the hearing was a asonable one, under the circumstances. At all events, Et: was anxious to avoid the expense of a warrant being issued, which he understood would amount to about 3/. The Collector said he felt it his duty to apply for a warrant, particularly as it was well known that the Drury-lane season would close on Monday. After that time there might be some difficulty in meeting with Mr. Macready, as he might leave town immediately to fulfil some provincial engagements. Mr. TWYFORD said, that under those circumstances he thought a warrant ought to issue, but he could not grant it until the usual proof had been given of the service of the summons. The Collector said he was prepared with the necessary evidence, and called Cherryman, one of the summoning officers of the court, who stated that on his going to Drury-lane Theatre, for the purpose of serving the summons in question, he inquired if Mr. Macready was there, and was answered in the affirmative, but told that he could not be seen as he was engaged at a rehearsal, upon which he left the summons with the door-keeper. Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, here suggested that the service of the summons was insufficient, the Act of Par liament requiring that it should be served at the defend ant's place of residence. The Collector said he was astonished at hearing this objection, as on a former occasion when he was under the necessity of summoning Mr. Eliason, the then lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, for the poor-rates, he caused the summons to be served at that gentleman's private residence, and the Magistrate of that Court (Bow-street), before whom the case was subsequently heard, decided that the summons ought to have been left at the pre mises (Drury-lane Theatre) in respect of which the rate was made. He had acted upon that decision in the present case, and was naturally surprised to find that he had done wrong. But he would contend that Mr. Macready's occupation of the theatre might, for all the purposes of the act in question, be considered as a resi dence there. Mr. TWYFORD said that occupation and residence were very different things. Mr. Macready undoubtedly occupied the theatre, but it was not pretended he resided there. He attended the rehearsals there, it was admit ted, but was it likely that when he was busily engaged in rehearsing Othello or Macbeth, that he would like to be disturbed with the announcement that a parish officer had called to demand payment of a poor-rate, or that any of his servants would make a communication to him to that effect. He (Mr. Twyford) though that all com munications of that kind should be made at the resi dence of the party: The Collector said he would bow to the decision of his Worship, but he should at once apply for a fresh sum mons against Mr. Macready, returnable on Monday, as he was convinced that if there was any further delay, his object would be altogether defeated. UNION-HALL. King George and Edward George, two young men, the sons of the landlord of the Plough public-house at Stock well, were brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with an aggravated assault on Mrs. Esther East, the wife of a butcher, in Trafalgar-place, Walworth. The Complainant stated that on the preceding after noon she went to visit some friends at Dulwich, and having remained there too late for the omnibuses, she set out to walk home. When she got,. ; o the Golden Lion at Camberwell, she saw a chaise-cart standing at the door, in which were the prisoners, another man, and a woman, and as she (witness) passed the prisoners, Ed • ward George, addressing her, asked her if she would have a ride, adding that they were going to town, and would give a lift with pleasure to Walworth. Seeing a female in the vehicle, and being tired, the witness accepted the invitation, and accordingly got up into the cart, and when she had taken her seat, the prisoner King George turned the horse round, and drove towards Cold Harbour-lane. On finding that they were driving in a contrary direction to town, she desired to be let out, and seized the reins, but the driver pushed her away. The other female who was in the cart, got out just before they turned to go towards Cold Harbour lane. The moment she 'got out, the prisoner, Edward George, put his arms round witness's neck, whilst his brother pushed her backwards off the seat, and thrust his hands up under her clothes. She screamed out mur der, upon which both the prisoners said that she might cry out as much as she liked, but she had got into the cart of her own accord, and that they would keep her out all night. They then repeated the assault upon her, and her cries at length brought a gentleman to her as sistance, who stopped the horse, which was going at a very rapid rate at the time, and lifted her out of the vehicle, and then gave her assailants into custody. The witness added that the prisoners appeared to have been drinking, but that she did not perceive it until after she got into the cart. Mr. William Bargent stated that, on the preceding night, as he was walking in Cold Harbour-lane, he heard a female screaming, and soon afterwards the cart in which she was approached, and she called out for his assistance. He immediately ran into the road, and at considerable personal risk stopped the horse, and lifted the complainant out, at which time she was crying, and appeared to be very much alarmed. She told him the treatment she had experienced at the hands of her as sailants, and a policeman coming up, he gave them into custody. The Magistrate said that the prisoner had grossly as saulted the complainant, that it was well for them that the last witnes had come up so opportunely to the as sistance of the female, otherwise they might have been standing at that bar for a much more serious offence. The prisoners both denied that they had used the vio lence attributed to them, and said that they were both tipsy, and did not well remember what they were about, and that they had no intention of injuring her. The Magistrate said that it was a case of too aggra vated a nature for him to dispose of summarily, and he should adjudge the prisoners to enter into their own re cognizances in the sum of 1001. each, and find two sureties of 501. each, to answer the charge at the sessions. The prisoners were locked up in default of finding the re quired securities. A gentleman in the office of the Minister of the Finances arriving unexpectedly on Sunday evening, instead of Saturday morning, as was his wont, at a small country .house, which he has at Saint Maur, was surprised at not being chal lenged by his dog, which was always on the alert, and still more so, on reaching the house, to find the door open, and lights in the upper row... a„„„„n + hi Q fowling-piece with him, he entered with resolution. The first object he saw was his poor dog lying dead at the foot of the stairs. On ascending to his chamber the door was half open, and he saw a man occupied in packing up its contents. Level ling his piece at the thief, be threatened to shoot him if he stirred a step. The fellow, taken by surprise, dropped on his knees and begged for mercy. The gentleman still keeping his threatening attitude, made the man strip to his ,hirt, and thereby ascertaining that he was unarmed, .advanced and se cured him. On being taken before the Magistrate he gave his name as Charles Budor, and was sent to prison. SIR ROBERT KER P O RTER.—It has been our me lancholy duty to register in onr obituary the death of this amiable man and celebrated traveller. We are enabled, through the courtesy of his brother, Dr. Porter, of this city, to give the following particulars connected with the awful, 'because suddan and unexpected, event. On Tuesday last the Doctor received a letter from his brother and sister, dated St. Pe• tersburg, 3d of May, 1842. in which they signified their in tention to embark in the Jupiter steamer, for England. On the following day, Wednesday, another letter arrived from St. Petersburgh, dated the 4th of Alay, written by the chaplain to the British Embassy, from which we give an extract:— " Yesterday Sir Robert went to Court to pay his respects to the Emperor, and afterwards he made two or three visits to private friends ; on arriving at his house about three o'clock in the afternoon, the servant, on opening the door of the carriage, perceived that his master was holding hi mse lf i n, and that he moved to the door with much difficulty, but before he could descend the steps fell down from the effect of an apoplectic strcke, and was carried up stairs ; he took a little water, soon after which consciousness ceased, and he expired at eight o'clock this morning. ' It appears from the above, that the letter written by Sir Robert Ker Porter to his bro ther, announcing his intention to return to England, was written on the morning of the day he departed this life ; and the fondly-cherished hope of meeting again was blasted in the very bud by the letter which followed so immediately after wards.—Bristol Mercury. A C o nstantinople letter of the 27th ult. gives the following particulars of the conflict between some Russian and English sailors, of which a slight notice was copied by us, a few days ago, from the Malta Times :—" On the 24th, several of the sailors of an English steamer and a Russian schooner were waiting in their boats for their officers, at the quays of Galata. One of the Englishmen snatched a pipe from the mouth of a Russian, and, having smoked a few whiffs, threw it back to him, spat in his face, and then struck him. The Russians rose in a body to avenge their messmate, and the Englishmen cried out for assistance. Upon this, a body of English and Maltese, armed with knives and sticks, assailed the Russians, one of whose officers was knocked down. The Russians retorted with so much ferocity, that they killed an Englishman and a Maltese, trampled their bodies under their feet, and, at length, put their opponents to flight. The British Ambassador has made representations of the affair to the Russian Resident, who, an the part of his Government, has promised satisfaction," SERFAGE IN RUSSIA. LAT MEASURES.—" God is too high, and the Czar too distant," was the ancient proverb which was in the mouth of every Russian, till within late years, when any idea was mooted among themselves upon the improvement of the condition, either in a moral, political, or social view. " But," observes a writer — (See a clear and talented pamphlet " Russia under Nicholas the First," Murray, 1841,)—who has steadily regarded the reforms which have taken place in late years, " when the Emperor Nicholas came to the throne, he brought with him a strong will, and a mind full of activity Driven by the ne cessity of seeing things with his own eyes, he spent a great portion of' his time in rapid journeys through the provinces He began to rouse the moral corpse into a convulsive movement." Among other measures, and new political organi zations which the Emperor, who has shown himself since his accession to be altogether a Russian, none has more worthily received the impress of the Im perial hand, than that which the ensuing paper pro poses to take into consideration—the attempted emancipation of that immense body of people, known by the appellation of " Serfs." After effecting the work of forming a systematic collection of all the laws relative to the rights of citizens, and the branches of public justice, known by the name of the " Swod," the Emperor determined to take into full consideration the " Serfage" of the em pire, and accordingly began this new and important change in the higher branches of the administration by an ukase bearing date the Bth of January, 1838. By this ukase, the Emperor ordered a particular ministry for the Imperial domains, at the head of which Kisselew was placed. The object of this regu lation was to improve the condition of the Crown Serfs, amounting to 21,500,000 souls, and to in troduce a better system for their taxation. To what extent the Emperor's views have up to the present moment been carried out, our readers are cognizant already, from foregoing papers and articles in this journal. SERFAGE—RETROSPECTIVE REVlEw.—Antecedent to the time of the present Emperor, the state of the serfs had received some notice, and indeed their emancipation had been effected in some instances. 'We take the fellowing brief view of their state, during the fifteen years preliminary to the Emperor's time. The serfs at the beginning of this period acquired some legal protections against the caprice of their masters, and the great work of emancipation began in the Baltic provinces. In 1818, the nobility of Courland abolished vil lenage. In 1819, the Livonian nobles made a pro vision for its gradual extinction, by which all serfs born after that year were declared to be born free, and all bondage was to cease after 1826. In 1822, the Crown peasants 9f the provinces, were permitted, by imperial Lukase, to settle on the fertile lands in Siberia, and grants of wild lands in the southern districts were made to military veterans. Here let us note, that in the military colonies, there are no serfs.—(See the Philadelphian Encyclopwdia.) In 1823, the Emperor directed the Imperial Coun cil to take measures for preventing the sale of the serfs, independently of that of the land to which they were attached. Such, down to the present time, are a few of the ameliorative measures made for this vast body of pele. POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF SERFAGE.—We now proceed succinctly to notice the different grades of serfs, and peculiarities attached to them : The serfs constitute the lowest class of the inha bitants of Russia, and as they do not enjoy any per sonal privileges, they cannot (according to the ex pression of the ukase of the 10th of March, 1813), be deprived either of honour or good name. They pay the capitation tax, and are subject to military con scription. Beside their agricultural pursuits, they are allowed to engage in handicraft, and some minor tracks, as keeping inns in villages, &c. By pur chasing licenses they may engage in any kind of commerce, even that which is carried on by merchants of the first guild, but they do not enjoy the personal privileges of the merchants. THE CRQWN SERFS.—These live on the estates be longing to the Crown. They pay, besides the capi tation tax, a rent for their grounds. They even elect some of their authorities, and each commune among them (a volost of five hundred male individuals) elects every two years its chief, called head. The Crown serfs may pass into the higher classes of burghers and merchaOts. SERFS OF THE APPANAGE ESTATES.—The condition of these differs little from that of the Crown peasants, they being reserved for the maintenance of the impe rial family. THIS COMMON SERFS.—The landowner's peasants or serfs, are generally allowed to be complete slaves. Their master can inflict on them such punishment as he chooses, btst he is not permitted to kill, to starve to death, or to main his serf. A serf cannot contract marriage, without the permission of the master. The prxdial serf cannot, as we have observed, be sold without the ground to which he is attached, but the domestic serf may be sold like any other chattel. An ukase Of 1808, however, prohibits the sale of serfs at fairs or by auction, or as substitutes for recruits. An accusation of a serf against his master, except in cases of high treason, is not admitted ; and he who prefers such a charge is liable to punishment. The serfs are indeed, by law, considered as things, not as persons ; attached to the soil, they are incapable of possessing any property in land ; they may be bought, sold, or exchanged, with little more restric tions than are enacted in dealing for cattle ; they are divided into agricultural, mining, and manufacturin,g or domestic slaves, and have their condition only im proved when drawn for military service. A clever writer- has attempted to show (see a pamplet published by Hatchard, Piccadilly, en titled " Russia as it is, and not as it has been represented," 1838, Bvo.—p. 7) that serfage in Russia is not slavery, but is, properly, vassal age, and endeavours to support this view by show ing that there is no word in all the books. on Russian legislation to signify a slave. Serf or pea sant is called in Russian, Krestianin, but when spoken of in relation to the lord of the soil, he is named Krapostnoe Chelovek, or bondsman; a name at once, he observes, indicative of the contract existing be tween him and his lord. Otherwise , continues the writer, he would have been styled Rab, or slave, a word nowhere to be found in Russian legislative acts. STATISTICS OF SERFAGE.—In 1782, the body of the serfs amounted to 6,678,000 males. From the tables published by the Imperial Aca demy of Sciences of St. Petersburgh, M. I'Veyde meyer states, as appears by the " Essai d'une Sta tisque Generale de l'Empire de Russie," by. Schnitz ler (See Appendices. No. 11, De la Population de l'Empire, p. 410), that by the census of 1811, the class of serfs amounted, in the aggregate, that year, to 36,000,000 ; but this estimate has been since shown to be altogether over-rated, and arose from an inju dicious calculation on that statistician's part. A more accurate and official calculation sets down the number for that year as follows : The Crown peasants (Encyclopedia Americana, vol. 2, p. 221) amounted to 6,398,279 serfs or peasants ; belonging to individuals, 10,113,177 ; ap panage serfs, 1,077,636 ; making for that year a total of 17,580,092 serfs. From the official calculation of the year 1839, for the whole empire, the result for the year 1836 set down the Crown peasants and serfs of St. Petersburgh, the metropolis alone, at 126,313 souls. TYRANNY OF THE SERF LORDS.—Dr. Lyall com plains of the oppression under which these serfs, in many cases, groan. He states that sometimes, when exasperated, they sacrifice their tyrannising masters, 10, liu VIV their overbearing stewards. The irritated boors march in a body, the oppressor is murdered, and no single individual is responsible. At the time of Porter's residence in Russia, a gentleman having by some severities incurred the hatred of his slaves, who were employed in a dis tillery, they seized him one day, and threw him into a large boiler of hot spirits. The murder was not dis ocfovtehreedpfeorrpestoramtoersdawyseraeftkenmoruatredds: an T d en ba o ni r sh fi e f d tee t n o Siberia. UNJUST EXACTIONS.—The calves, the hens, the chickens, the eggs, the milk, and the vegetables of the serf are not at all 'infrequently laid under unjust con tribution by the lords. They contrive that their people shall mak e p resen t s t o them. Sometimes little ceremony is used, and an order is sent to each serf, to produce forty or fifty eggs for his master's Easter feast. Even the coarse linen, which is made by most of the women serfs in the village, is shame fully pillaged. The lot, however, of the serfs of the richer and more benevolent nobles, as those of most of the Sheremetefs, the Galitzins, the Dolgorukis, the Orlofs, &c., is much envied by the common people. SERF• TAX OF THE OBROK.—The law obliges every proprietor of vassals to furnish them with a sufficient quantity of land for their own use : they work three days for the lords, and three for themselves. Others, by their own desire, are put upon Obrok, as it is termed ; that is, to pay the lord so much a head per annum, instead of working for him. Those who have been taught a trade of any sort pay him a higher obrok than a mere cultivator, and he receives a pass port to go and reside where he pleases ; serfs who become traders pay a very high obrok. This obrok throughout Russia, generally speaking, is about 12 to 15 roubles per annum, and, even on the best lands, rarely exceeds 25 roubles a head per annum, including Government taxes.—(Russia as it is, 1833, p. 17.) FARE AND HI RE OF TIIE SERFS.—Seven shillings and sixpence a week is the general pay of the serf labourer in the field, and the best hands in the manu factories can only earn nine shillings and sixpence a week.—(Excu rs i ons i n t o R us sia and its Interior, passim.) Fr om thi s it ar ises, that no people in Europe are so coarse ly fed as the Russians. Their daily fare consists of pickled cucumbers, cabbages, and mushrooms, with a piece of black bread. Fis h and butcher's meat are great rarities. EDUCATION OF THE SERFS.—Bad, perhaps, a s tho education of the serfs is at the present moment, the Emperor Nicholas, desirous as he appears to improi , their state, has, it seems, nevertheless, been highly cautious of raising their intelligence above a certain point. `were I n opened, d p , r a a n c d tic i a n l fisvcehools imperialfor augrniivceurlstitttirees,tttetroade; vernment founded agricultural lectureships. 131 _ these, however, were far from heing intended for tne, benefit of the serfs ; for, on the contrary, a remark= able edict of the 21st May, 1837, (" Russia lin° Nicholas the First," pp. 40-1, ut ante), requires stricter attention to the previous laws, and restrains the ser a s i to an education in the inferior district and paroc lu a schools, forbidding their admission to the practic e schools, or to those of the higher sciences, beca ns ut this would be a dangerous admixture of differe classes, and would produce a too glaring contrast 7,5: tween their civic rights and intellectual pov e lie The precise words of this ukase, dividing all t a schools of Russia into three classes—high, middle, ell s low, order that the serfs should be only admitted 7. the third class, " in order that they may not be cited to rise above their condition." Contrary, h ° ,,, ever, to this, it may be stated that since 1838- 9 , tures have been instituted for handicraftsmen , el; bracing mechanics, chemistry, physics, techn ology and metallurgy at the other Russian u niverse Z , which have been attended with excellent effect. 100' deed, under the Emperor, in the twelve years L i. it 1826 to 1847, more than 460 new schools hav e "-- established. Or That the philanthropic scheme which the Erare j i Nicholas has now in view may receive some sP, impetus towards accomplishment is to be wish e d 0 by every lover of his race. Some FREE son s , o f exist : he has it in his power to create a nation , freemen. The commencement of freedom i11 ... . f0 r great but oppressed body began under the ElDn tr Alexander, leaving them subject only to the etd tion-tax, and military conscription, and the Wol'io and most important work his autocratic successor at j effect is to cast aside their chains altogether,. 71 i i stamp the blessing of comparative liberty uF °ll ''' .%1 brow of twenty-four millions. •Eiviis THE CASE OF MR. C. MATH"- , In the Observer of last Sunday, a general analysild the schedule and other documents filed in the Dis ° "iil Debtors' Court by Mr. C. Mathews, the late man • Covent Garden Theatre, was given, and we nolit, .• from the same sources, to state some further pope relating to the speculations in which that genfleitsil' Madame Vestris were concerned. In the first may be stated, that the performers have subset . ' „01 present Mr. C. Mathews and his wife with an el'y candelabrum, which has been made in testimony °. i approval of the late management of the theatre,!' ,1. g"7 eo same will not 'ed final b' t/ - of the caw as ditors ; and f place, as it ha, count of the loss, C. Mathews tool on Saturday nit following M, arose, what question is, h, the schedule, he had antici rioLs sums of Mr. Robertso: cordingly. Ii Mr. Mathew: that the trip that a sum o; Olympic Thea. lance-sheet (' commence fro) that 6501. wa. at New York and 7001. on t; teen nights, m penses were sheet, that ft above Si. a w 4 position to th for arrears of agreement um of which is t , Moore, with 5,0001. to 7,0( ing 601. a w Madame Vest close, he was paid during 6,15 C/, and ' 7001. would a: German Ope balance-sheet household ex and 3501. a Among the clothes and I 500/. Then ditors for ser few of those names of vat with 'the law five years, i sum of 3,00( disappeared pounded wit. the money b, that her jew of informati, speculations scenes to pu . front—form, those who loo; up of appearai Per Quarter. ) Abingdon Andover Banbury Basingstoke Cirencester Coventry Daventry Derby Hoyden Hungerford Ma ..... Maidenhead Nottingham Wastage. Warwick Wiochesteri York - 62 - 31 -- 20 S -.. Per Bushel. Binnlnghom s. d. o 861 CORD ii. d. 3. d. 36 46 [WALL 8. d. s. d. 36 4 0 I MARKI a. d. s. 00 0 0 :TS. 114?0 11 01 1 b) 4 !e I ;o ~a e CE Er ; be presented until after the final D ew it . s it would become the. property of t . 1 1: 1 0 for the same reason, no benefit . vill' $ as been suggested should be given, 0 losses sustained in the establishment - :j took his benefit at Covent Garden Ts 741 night, and he was taken in execution t l -41, [onday ; the question therefore rg i nit had, he done with the money ? however, easily answered, by refereP*4 •, in which is a statement showing" lipated the proceeding by borrovigio A. .persons, to whom he gave ora_ti, on, the treasurer, and they were :PS# In this way the money was dissipetr vs left with a very few pounds. Itt ) to America was an unfortunate er )f 5001., remitted for the purposes',l eatre, was an entire hiss. The gettc." - (which, by the practice of the Cote! 'om the earliest date in the schethile)! • Ls received fur thirteen nights' perfo k ; 400/. for twelve nights at Phila.& f ', the second engagement at New York h l! making in the whole 1,7501. ; whilst about 1,000/. It is stated on the se, ' from Easter to the closing, the p.P hi, „ reek received only half-salaries ; and I o j he debt of 6,166/., claimed by the prelly i of rent, is a long statement setting ~ ,fv4. , :i order which the theatre was taken, tr,l' to show that it was taken verbally ' f' - • ' h an understanding that an y sum y )001. a year would be accepted, site* week for his own s erv i ces an d , !stris ; and until a recent p er i o d be. ,;;II as not aware of the present claim et ,41 the three seasons the sums of ," • •• 1 2,384/. ; besides which last-mentioe l A ,. Lccrue from private boxes, and 1,4001. 1 ~ ?era now performing at the theatm .l et states that 7501. a year has been 5' xpenses,l4o/. a year for horse-hire !W.'. a year for clothes and theatrical property detained by the proprie te ,fi ' theatrical wardrobe to the estimated / • ' , 7 r e v j a c r e e s n r e o n performers ;e ri w ou h s o ,I,vmeroeneeyngalegenddersa,t are set for , the Oirni t T' I ov in en t t h_ ga e scrdheend,uil,:d•3o, Nisexipnednieseastivaemooufneteinrgtaitno tevoool/v.eimnelnetsf.,. 101. was raised by way of annuity, avh,.,,is" :' Lin payments. When Madame'Vestm'4 th her creditors to about 8,000/.-, she '• .' by sale of her own property, and it'l: ,,l wels alone were sold ,or 1,1001. A . 145 ,•! ion is given in the schedule. The th ct,4 sof the parties—the struggles beh,°. Lrsne the career, whilst all was glitr is at once a curious and instructive i ~' • ' i ook at more than the outside, or the ' , rances or to the realities of life. i t , THE MARKETS. ~ 3 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ~ Wheat. Barley. ' Oats. Beans. ....: s. to s. a. to s. a. to s. a. to l• St : 57 72 25 36 20 31 35 44• ~,, , 611 61 ...6 30 `.'o t 4 --* .. , 1' 56 65 22 t 7 14 21 36 40 0 ~ , , li 54 69 25 33 18 25 34 4 0 $5. ' 63 i 0 25 :35 22 31 43 44 e s , - 65 24 29 20 26 34 --•_ f . ': l 6 61 22 26 16 21 33 96 , 58 69 24 27 22 26 33 4 1 31', ' - 63 3 18 29 s o i 46 IT 29 37 20 28 34 40 -..., C 2 80 26 3: 22 34 --- 40 . 52 75 32 35 25 3 1 36 44 .... 56 OR 23 29 19 24 37 40 ~,y , 63 78 30 -34 30 32 36 48 ,;!.• 28 33 26 30 -- ;,.." 7 6 3 6 !?, — 4;: -'*',J f.;4! ic Whe.a c. I Barley. 11. d. to B. d. S. d. to s. d. S. " 0 , i Truro — 0 7 5 0 38-- 0 il gel.tane - , /, St. Austell — 0 S 0 0 3 8 " ' i Bodmin 0 88— 0 4 4 ` -- 1 1, //! I I Liskeard 0 76 0 3 6 -- 0 /i 1 Launceston - 6 / t s ir taimi lord 6 6 7EI 3 d 3 4 g 0 t 1 '.4 Penzance - i y r h, . ._.---. ks k . Tng ELECTION.—We are glad to find thatothitrp i li t Zha,, tire list of electors has been organized into zninuteoo,l 14 4 ° !* each of which is presided ever by one or more sealor r e) :;`, , ,`'d sers, who will receive the promises of the voters, O n y? t 0 '''' i.i the General Committee. Mr. Michael Browrie,'l t it i f agent of Mr. Sturge's friends, has been indefangat s e c i V I , moting the completeness of this arrangement ; and I " t r ittl f Y VA ti man has also taken the opinion of Mr. Boothby, b 3 ., 1 ',1 1 , 1 t( - 15 4 t h law, as to the mode in which the election is pure°?'"osty . iI te e fee, conducted, and the latter gentleman has been part,“:"A:,!„ ( 1, r htl su 'n quired to advise as to the nature of the evidence wiii: o z 'it present state of election law would be necessary t e : r eo 9 , b ra tQ l petition against the return of any'party who might llo s "00 . ,, / /, li to bribery. The result is that so complete a oPt t li lrY t 1 watchfulness is organised over all parties who ar e t ioP ec i lks:ltt, ever to have effei ed or received the wages of corrul i ,,, ie , Pet ) , ( 4l l we deem it utterly impossible that any such acts e";, - ,e 0 1! tei n4 3 1 detection. With this state of things, and with the r e , t ict:d,' then 'tit amples of so many seats being voiced for corrupt P rg io j 'fi 1 4 4 :ha cannot Lelieve that any political party will be 2.131 , f Ait , Ni g '''. candidate to place himself in the unenviable posio 9 i - P o i 1 41 k ,N ---1.--- 1 ,, seat 't , ribery end their , lostog., it itt9 l ierOi expense of a petition las hero addeu tv tne or/you. tl tor ." 4 4 dit Boothby has been retained as counsel to Mr. Sturge/ 0 e lie " kti election, and in that capacity has been in Nottingh a ei 4. the past week. —Nottingham Journal. i , 0 ~ , 1 - 10 P INTELLIGENCE.— MAIDSTONE.-- ir ,71 0 il , i ii.r Ik t ntiti, last week the bines have made astonishing progr e f telP l Ito t I ttr n Ken eihbourhood, indeed we may say in the greatest e ip t .t el l 't'ti g t. The only complaint we have heard is on acc,,l , V, 0 of 4titl e ravages of the ilea in some grounds under the I' l ' ' re o!roti t 14, 1 ,4ri progress of the bines is so rapid that there is ever,' ,5 1 eti t g rit believe, in most c ares , th e y will out-grow the ravag e ., t., tt e T h . , their " natural enemies."--CANT E R BURY : The 1 1 0 1 V Se t) , t 1 district are getting on speedily. P o lli ng is nowe o it T 4 t There is at present no appearance of fly, but the it i, ir, ' prevalent on some grounds. —Devizes Gazette. / my I, --- L. BIRTHS. of s ._ 4 ''''a l l e l' On the lith inst., Mrs. H. Tahourdin, of Moro , I , J o r . ; l a l, cent, of a son. On the 19th inst., at Royle, near Burnley, th e t o, 1 Pr ef . Is4"'i s' th 4 ta t o ' , el l til li,, ci r Rev. Robert Mosley Master, of a daughter. tree' I th -tr t On the 19th inst., Mrs. J. Green, of Newgate-s io li i e k ; _ , the ter„ h 'nd On the 20th inst., at Bury St. Edmund s, 19 1 Rev. John William Donaldson, of a son. 0 0 itt :e , l 4, On the 20th inst., at Nbrth-end, Hampstead/ i tte,, t)4 hi,' to Joseph Tatham, Esq., of a daughter. fie orge . til l,i N On the 20th inst., in Hyde Park-square, Mrs. ' i 131 , iq r ' th / shall, of a daughter. tree" ) t ,, ' ) 'll On the 21st inst., Mrs. C. Robinson, of King' s j pfo I ,'.'tis,, r bury, of a son. f v.'s' i",' , ,,' fin the 21st inst., at Laytonstone, the lady 0- Cot tg '`Jvc,, ! I Buxton, Esq., of a son. On the 2lst inst., Mrs. Henry H. Barnes, of Grove `,i th Stamford .hill, of a son. s ,il s, l l. 5..: MARRIED. t• r ,'i w,. dG' I 1 11°.el ,PI fr On the 21st inst., at St. John's, Hampstea , f it, ell 011 ' Esq., to Marianne Thompon, second daughter ° 0, lkt Y son, Esq., late of Kennington, Suirey. 2%ft/ Act" 1 1. t 'ck, On the 21st inst., at St. Mary's, Islingt°4'„ g ott , 2 e z1 4 ., tr,,, Clifton, of Canonbury-square, to Louisa r b ."../: N q 3 - ilf . .. , tti daughter of Mr. Oldershaw, of Islington. ~.-------.:cflos. , (4 ) , ' DIE D. i edl l cbOr , t4t f'; ' On Friday the 20th instant, Mary, the be l ov e d ej, ,:thi t Pets, of Lambeth and Theobalds, Herts, an d fill ,Zi Bter of J. D. Grissell, Esq. of Stockwell Co ic m e rn nt ° , n li o I ' lo ot ii i ' , 4, h., On the sth inst., at Blendon Hall, 11. 441 4 . 1 youngest son of Oswald Smith, Esq., aged s ,: arr %va ° ' or' l et tii . At his residence, at Barking, Essex, Ric" a l ive . k ,1,110 Woolwich, aged 58. On the 15th inst., at Brussels, Caroline .Pette',...„,-;,041 ; 1 1 1 ' 1'1 1 .1 L T _...--OJ , ip ' e ,b; of the late Robert Lumley, Esq. ----1/0 oth - ----- --„ „ 0 SO London: Printed and PublithNl by Mu, 1121, 0 No. 112, Stran,:, at The Sim olEce., 0 3, lav' I the County of Middlesex, Monday, IV * A widc 1 1 1 ,, n air R Sie Ri eO ,. J. p.B roN, PEBI gA Vt. RI Th ou , 1. 0 , 4 s itar . 9 1, 4 V,..c thq, to T, 4 4 1 ° by ti ot, k t ° ,, °. the, O,Z)kA: Nt uti e esti - St YPa. SPai r 411'101 p' e ki 6~~''he a ~, s, e~~lv hi, 1 , 1 1 „ ) 'ht r•)11 1 ;1 ' „ 4 1.0 ~ ~'n~l ~~,` t ''T~l' . al; t ~ ~'h a