The Sun. — London, England, 1834-04-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mr. O'Connell having gone into certain financial and commercial details, the purpose of which was to prove the prosperity of Ireland from 1782 to the period of the Union, Mr. Spring Rice produced a variety of tables and other official or authentic docu ments by which the allegations of the repealer were, as our readers know, pretty completely overturned ; and as Mr. O'Connell had rested that branch of his case, viz., the comparative state of the country under the two systems, on the above species of evidence exclusively, the subalterns of the pasty, one would suppose, might have been intent to leave it so this, however, would not suit the tactics of the hon. gentlemen ; Mr. Fergus O'Con nor (the best of the batch, it is said), upraiding Ministers with having opposed Mr. O'Connelfs mo tion by " cold-blooded arithmetical calculations," that is to say, with having refuted falsehoods by facts, while Mr. Ruthven complained of the more general views and more animated language of Mr. E. Tennant and others, as being no better than " rhapsodical oratory and rhapsodical rhymes." In short, it is an extreme hardship that any sort of answer should be given to the effusions of the learned Agitator, or that he should not have everything his own way here as he would have in a Dublin House of - Commons. There is not a more barefaced trick on record than that which has been constantly played by the Agitator and his minions, in assuming that whatever policy tends to frustrate his own schemes must be a crime against the whole people of Ireland. The greatest Blessing to that poor deluded people would be con ferred by him who could convince them that they have no interest in the promotion of repeal, or in the continuance of agitation, but a deep one in uhatever would put an end to both ; and that the 'cruel series of disturbances to which the country las so long been exposed have been inflicted on it for the sake of one man's selfishness, to the grievous detriment of every other class in the community, but above all others, of that class whose subsistence depends on the wages of daily labour, and therefore ion that security for life and capital, without which it is impossible that a regular demand for the poor man's labour in any department of productive or tranquil industry should exist. What monstrous impudence is the complaint against absentees, brought by him whose eager demoralization of the Irish poor has driven, or is hourly banishing, every man of moveable property, of civilized habits, and peaceful character from a region which none but murderers and outlaws can henceforth in habit with impunity ! But, turnir , to the question of separate and independent legislatures nominally under the same Sovereign, a word or two must be said upon that political chimera. So long as the old Orange jobbers—the Beresfords and two or three other families—were able to rule Ireland under the protection of the British Government, and with a steady reference to its general policy, they of course were adverse to a union, which would merge them and their connexions in a united Parliament, and would break up their monopoly of Irish power and plunder. So long, again, as it appeared to the British Government at once profitable and feasible to carry on the affairs of Ireland through such an instrument, no imme diate motive existed to the realization of an incorporating union. But after the Orange oli garchy had, through the growth of Catholic num bers, property, intelligence, and ambition, as well as at one period by the spread of the democratic spirit, become too feeble to domineer over the na tion, and to afford to the imperial government a full value, as formerly, for the amount of revenue laid out in bribes to its adherents, by insuring the sub mission of the whole of Ireland to its will,—when, in fact, the rebellion of 1798, and the imminent risk to which British connexion and the crown of Ire land had been exposed by the unfitness of the sepa rate government for a longer exercise of its func tions, the union became the only rational mode of averting the fatal evil of an absolute separation of the islands, and was acquiesced in by a large por tion of the Protestant interest, as its only protection against a transfer of the predominant power to an Irish faction equally hostile to itself, and liable to foreign influence. So long, once more, as there did exist a legislative authority in Ireland, which might, by perverse and sinister measures, embarrass the policy of the King's British ministers at home and abroad, and embroil the two independent parliaments to a practical, if not a formal, dissolution of the state itself, there were but two methods of insuring har mony between such imperfectly connected bodies, or, in other words, keeping Ireland in a steady adherence to the march of British policy—viz., intimidation and corruption. One of these was necessary, but the latter was the least revolting : the former would have been a continual state of preparatory war. That the empire, therefore, should be kept together, it was unavoidable for the Irish parliament to be either a wiser, more virtuous, and patriotic as semblage of individuals than had ever been found upon earth, or a body self-hired by the wages of subserviency to perform indispensable duties. Such was the condition of Ireland in her separate state— an unavoidable necessity for English government by the sword, or for English government maintained by corruption, or for a dissolution of the British em pire ; and on the memorable occasion of the regency, 1789, when the power of corruption was likely to change hands, and the ministers of the Regent to supersede those of George 111., the separation of the crowns was in effect producd by the vote of the Irish parliament, for vesting in the Irish executive government a prerogative by far more extensive than that with which the government of Eng land was intrusted. Upon this the most important division of the whole subject, the arguments of Sir R. Peel are irresistible. The idea of separate Par liaments for Great Britain and Ireland, independent of each other, and equal in their respective autho rities, is a fraud upon the common sense of man kind. It is a device for making the unity of the empire dependent on the mere will of Mr. Daniel O'Connell—a power more enormous than ever was lodged in the hands of any subject of any country under Heaven,—a power which no limited monarch was ever permitted to exercise,—a power which, in dishonest hands (and we need say nothing of the hands into which it must fall), could amount to no thing less than utter, entire, irredeemable destruc tion of all that among the institutions of a free country was worth preserving, of all that in the social condition of man was worth enjoying—of civil and religious liberty, of personal free agency, of property, law, manners, morals, confidence, repose, andhappiness—whatever is comprehended under the one term " civilization." O'Connell, in the words of an observant friend of ours, " O'Connell has ruffi anized and blackguardized Ireland." He must be put down, or he will put down the state. It is barely enough that this almost insurrectionary attempt to break up the elements of the British monarchy should be met by a strong resolution declaratory of the mind of King , Lords, and Com mons. The attempt in any form to dissolve the union, and the empire with it, is of an order of guilt so high and faithful, and aims at consequences so calamitous and fatal, that it is for parliament to consider whether some provision of a penal nature, similar to that which has been affixed to any en deavour at overturning the act of settlement, might not be most beneficially enacted against overt attempts to undermine and subvert the union be tween the several parts of the United Kingdom. For what is the act of settlement but a means to an end, the end being the avoidance of a disputed suc cession ; while the act of union is still, if possible, more precious to the people of both countries than any thing which affects the person of the Monarch. It involves the existence of the monarchy itself.— Times. Political writers of late have generally expressed themselves doubtful as to the soundness of the theory formerly assumed to be that of the constitu tion of this country. It has been said, that we never have had a House of Peers and a House of Commons independent of each other. The problem remains to be solved—and may be salved during sive. the gession—how far and how long a temsentative and an hereditary legislative body can " work toge ther." Rumours have been rife during the last few days that the Tory Peers have resolved to crush all the pendinc , liberal measures of legislation, and to make " a dead 'set" at the Administration. No one doubts that the Conservative Lords have the power and the will, if they have the temerity--and can " screw their courage to the sticking place"— to accomplish this r.=.ported design ; and few can doubt, except their lordships, of its ultimate and siFral failure. The blind aristocracy of Europe will never see their real interest till the hour of dis solution. They think that they can arrest the wheels of time—that with the ,bla 'Weapons_ of ignorance they can defeat the groArifig power of knowledge— that they can not only prevent the progress of liberal opinions, but also root up the trees of liberty planted throughout Europe. The legitimate Monarchs of Europe have their active partisan's, in England, and the formation of a Tory cabinet in this country is the great present design of that asylum for the blind—the Holy Alliance. The commencement of this new crusade of the Tory peers, it is said, will be their fatal opposition to the " Election Purification Bills." If the Conservatives cannot " un-reform" the House of Commons they will, at least, endeavour to prevent its further re formation. Thus the bills for the real enfranchise ment of Warwick, Liverpool, and Hertford, are the particular objects of demolition in the House of Lords. Whether the victims are to be indulged with the comparative blessings of an instant death, or to be condemned to a lingering torture and the rack of mock inquiry, appears doubtful ; but that the bills are condemned, at least by the fulminations of the Tory peers and Conservative clubs, is notori ous. Although we doubt not the ardent hopes and desires of the enemies of reform, we cannot believe that the more moderate and sensible Tory peers will sanction such an insult to the Reformed House of Commons, or such an outrage on public opinion. Lord Harrowby and Lord Wharncliffe have but recently affected to entertain moderate opinions, and to be eminently desirous of prevent ing the disunion and collision of the two branches of the legislature. Are they about to repeat the singular tactics they displayed during the critical discussion of the Reform Bills? And are these two wavering peers to be again the fulcrum of the most obnoxious conduct of the Tory lords ? If so, these two bold and eminently moderate peers will imitate the mediators in an Irish row, whose well known province it is to inflame the hostile clans, hat by an increased activity of strife the termina tion of the contest may be more speedy and deci- And what are the measures which the Con servative peers are thus suspected of intending to " cast out ?" The bill " for preventing bribery and corruption and illegal practices in . the election of members to serve in Parliament for the borough of Warwick," is founded on the most indisputable evidence of the basest and most varied election infamies on the records of Parliament. The ac cused and convicted parties offered no de fence. Two grave and long protracted in quiries of Commons' committees have justified a bill for annexing the town of Leamington to the borough of Warwick, thus giving to the oppressed and demoralised electors of the latter place the means of an independent and honest exercise of their elective franchise. The bill passed the House of Commons in all its stages without a division. Is this a measure which the lords will this day be bold and insane enough to reject, not only in defiance of the House of Commons, but without even the de cent forms of preliminary inquiry ? And if they pause before they thus expose themselves to the country, will they execute their rumoured intention of " voting out" on the second reading of the bill " to exclude the freemen of Liverpool from voting at the election of members of parliament for that borough?" If they object to pass the Warwick Bill without evidence before their own tribunal, as they have already announced, will they really cast out the Liverpool Bill without any investigation of its merits ? The extraordinary doctrine of the Tory peers is, that in their judicial capacity they must inquire for themselves ; and that the ju dicial inquiries of the Commons ought to have no weight or influence with their Lordships. Will they nevertheless assume that the Commons' evidence in the case of Warwick does necessitate an inquiry at the bar of the Upper House, and in the same breath, the same evening, contend that the Com mons' evidence does not justify the Liverpool Bill ; that is to say, in the one case adopt the evidence be fore the Commons, and in the other case repudiate its application? If the Peers thus portray them selves to the country, they will have no justification —not even the shadow of an apology. The Elec tion Purification Bills are not Cabinet measures. No party manoeuvre to outvote Ministers can exte nuate or explain such an outrageous and disgraceful course of legislative procedure. It will be a cold and malignant act of hostility to all reform. A col lision between the two Houses of Lords and Com mons will be inevitable, and immediately consequen tial on their Lordships' suicidal vote. A Re formed House of Commons could never brook such an insult to its character and natural right to deal with the representation of the people. The suspended writs would of course be continued in their present abeyance ; and the House of Com mons would immediately come to some signal vote of recorded opinion on the hostile and unconstitu tional acts of the peers. Will the Lords invite such a conflict ? Have they ever at any period of British History gained by such a collision ? And in such times and on such an occasion are they more likely to reap any benefit from such a critical and senseless opposition to the representative power of the nation ? When the time shall arrive that the elective and hereditary branches of the legisla ture cannot act together, which of them will even tually give place to the other ? The country will look to the result of the debate in the Lords this evening with intense interest as the opening of their Lordships' campaign and the demonstration of their Sessional tactics.—Morning Chronicle. DEATH OF MR. STOTHARD.—Died yes terday, at one o'clock, p.m., at his house, in New.. man-street, Oxford -street, Thomas Stothard, Esq., R. A. Mr. Stothard was born in Long-acre in August, 1755, consequently was in his 79th year. He was a self-taught genius in the true sense of the word. He was nursed at Dulwich, where he passed several years of his infancy ; he was then removed to Yorkshire. His great delight, even in his boyhood, was to pass hours in looking at an old picture in a store-room of the house in which he lived. At the age of fourteen he removed to Spitalfields, London, where he was bound an apprentice to a calico-printer. During his apprenticeship his master died, and being a favourite with his widow, he used to employ his spare hours in making drawings for her, some of which were arranged along the chimney-piece. It chanced that, in the course of business, a gentleman who saw these draw ings was struck with them, and putting some ques tions to the widow as to the artist, he was told they were by one of her apprentices, who had made a great number. He took some of the drawings with him, and having shown them to a publisher of that day with whom he was intimate, this led to the' employment of the young artist in making drawings for the booaseller.F. Mr. Stothard has made more drawings than any man who ever lived—Chedowiecki, perhaps, excepted. His invention was only equalled by his taste and deli cacy. On every subject he was completely at home. No person could be a moderate admirer of Stothard. His admirers were enthusiastically so. The collec tors of his drawings and engravings are numerous. Many of our most distinguished engravers have ob tained their chief reputation by engraving after Stothard, and we may instance the late James Heath. As a man, Stothard could have no enemy. His cha racter was simplicity itself. He has left behind him three sons—Alfred, who has gained much reputation for his masterly medallions ; Henry, and Robert (an artist), and one daughter, who has watched assiduously over the artist during his declining years, arid who ought not to be left destitute. Mr. Stothard was only con fined to his room about a week. We believe till within these 2 years he was employed as an artist. He was about the middle size, of a compact make, ex-. ceedingly active, and enjoyed almost uninterrupted health. When about sixty years of age he has walked fifty miles in a day. THE PACHA OF EGYPT. The following is an account of two interviews with Mehemet Ali, by an English gentleman travelling in Egypt " CAIRO, FEB. 18. It being usual for English people of any repute, on their arrival in Egypt, to be presented to Mehemet Ali, I gladly embraced the opportunity procured for me by the kindness of Colonel Campbell, the British political agent and Consul-General at this Court. The time of our arrival was about sunset. I found a hale, intelligent-looking old man, the expres sion of whose countenance and voice, as well as his laughter, removed very much the impression of haughty ignorance and craft created by some of the portraits circulated in Europe. His eyes arg darkish grey, not black, and are far from having the ferocity usually depicted in those likenesses. His manners, neither thean nor disdainful, seem to have much of the dignity and ease belonging to the Turks. The French, who know that it is peculiar to the Turkish magnates to imagine that they can by speciousness deceive Euro peans, say that he is remarkable for finesse. Perhaps there may be something of that intent in the gracious ness with which Franks are treated. _ " At the beginning there was a crowd of courtiers standing in front of the angle of the divan on which he sat, having Colonel Campbell on his right and me on his left. We first spoke of Constantinople and of Greece, places from which I lately came, and after wards f the means of improving Egypt, by the intro duction of the bread-fruit tree, the tea-tree, the cul ture of rape, &c. The conversation then turned on Candia, when orders were given for the crowd to re tire, and it was continued in the presence of the Colonel, by the agency of M. Unbar and his uncle, Boghos Bey, the official interpreters. " Having stated that I should express myself with the utmost frankness, Mehemet Ali assured me that he liked it, and would use it in return. " On the 'subject of Candia, from which island I had just arrived, Mehemet Ali declared his intention to have the quay of Canea rebuilt, and the harbour re stored, both having been ruined within 12 months. He observed, in reference to the executions committed there by Osman Pacha, in December last, that how ever much they might be condemned by Europeans, he was bound to have the revolt put down, and the revolters punished. Some had, therefore, been exe cuted, but care had been taken that their crimes and sentences should be publicly known. The remainder of the prisoners had been since liberated. In his de sire to treat the people with mercy, he had directed that the property of one of the two Turks exiled from Candia to Anatolia should be given over to his sister, who claimed it, as being subject to her fortune ; and he was prepared to adopt the same course in the case of the property of the other Turk, if any ground could be shown. I mentioned that all the inhabitants were not to be blamed for the acts of the revolters, encou raged as the latter were by the intrigues of a power, who, to serve her own views, was opposed to civiliza tion and to the constitution f Greece. Of the exiles in the Morea from Candia, 5,000 had received money from the agent of that power, in order to return to the island for the purpose of creating confusion, as it was expected by that means to excite disturbances in Greece. " He admitted the fact, although he for a moment appeared to doubt it, but on my repeating it, he de clared himself fully aware of it, yet he said that to maintain his authority he was bound to do justice; the expenses of the island far exceeded its revenue. His intention in future, in order to remove the causes of complaint on the score of taxation, was to conform to the system newly established in Greece, and even to diminish it from 20 to 25 per cent. on the Greek scale, so as to show that he did not wish to oppress the Candiots. " The observations on the schemes of a Power to embroil Greece and to involve Egypt led to speak of the late treaty, which I said was decidedly inimical to him, he understanding it to be that of Unkier Skelelir, formed last July between Russia and the Porte, stated that he had been informed of its contents soon after its formation, and that he did not fear its results, for if he had not been prevented by England and France he would before now have torn to pieces all the treaties made since the time of Catherine 11. I then men tioned that the allusion was to a treaty made within three months by Austria and Russia, as stated in the last news from Europe,* for the purpose of insuring the continuance of the Ottoman empire, even in case of the extinction of the Osmanli family, to the total exclusion of the dynasty of Mehemet Ali. Of this treaty he did not appear to be aware, and upon my noticing that to counteract it would demand his utmost decision as a Power, he observed that he had never assumed the rank or rights of a Power ; he was plainly Mahommed Ali, as his seal, with that name simply inscribed on it, always had shown besides, having never looked upon himself as a Power, he had neverformed treaties with any nation ; however, notwithstanding all these proceedings on the part of Austria and Russia, he, with the assistance of England and France, would defend himself, and prevent the Russians, even if in possession of Constantinople, from obtaining a footing in Anatolia ; 'besides, such treaty can never be put into practice, as Austria and Russia can never agree about the partition of the booty.' I replied that the specified treaty was not to be regarded as a partition treaty, but solely in the light of one which would give those powers the pretence of interfering, and the means of occupying the Ottoman provinces, at least, in Europe. Another treaty would then be formed for the partition of the invaded districts ; Austria coveted Bosnia, Servia, Albania, and the neighbourhood of the Adriatic, where she sought to extend her power and erect a navy. He replied that the city of Con stantinople would always form a source of dispute be tween-them, and that he believed the provinces sought for by Austria were of little value comparatively. I have,' continued he, 100,000 men under arms, in eluding the navy ; and although I am now prevented by France and England, in their wish to give no ground of dissatisfaction to the powers, from making any further increase, I am ready, in case of necessity, to raise 100,000 men more ; so that even if Turkey be deprived of Roumelia, I, with the succour of Eng land and France, shall be able to drive the invaders out of Armenia, and even Georgia, a nd shall effec tually prevent all encroachments in that quarter. Of Bagdad he said that it was in a most disturbed state, the present Pacha being blockaded in the city by the surrounding tribes of Arabs. The Porte was about to name another, who he knew was a man of no capacity, and would produce much greater confu sion there. " Of Syria he declared the produce to have been greatly increased since the peace, the people being de lighted in finding tranquillity preserved and security given to property. Some of the inhabitants of the mountainous districts and of the cities who used for merly to gain by marauding and extortions, were now discontented, because their occupation was spoiled, al though many of them did not actually pay more than 200, 300, or 500 piastres, who used formerly to give the Pacha there ten times those sums. Even in Damascus, where Christians did not dare formerly to enter, they now lived and rode about in perfect security. " In Egypt itself the increased supply of food proved, as he contended, that the populace had not di minished. He instanced several districts in which, at the period of the departure of the French, scarcely any population existed, where there were now abund ance of people. As he was about to place dams across the Nile, he hoped to have one more million of feddans (nearly the same number of acres) in addition to the millions already under cultivation. This would also tend to increase the population. " He spoke with great satisfaction of his fleet and of his eagerness to place it on the best footing. As to' steam-boats, he had one building in England, of 220 horse power and of the most improved construction, which he expected to arrive within two months. " The monopolies he maintained to be useful to the Egyptian cultivators and producers, as they were thereby always sure of a market. He had offered to give them to some commercialists, who declaimed much against them, provided guarantee was given that the production would be encouraged by the prices given by those merchants. But these persons, who were anxious to buy from the peasantry, for their own profits, would not give him any security. " Of loans, he said, he had been offered several on different terms. He had one time wished to take one of two millions of dollars, payable with interests and costs, within the term of two years, but the bankers refused to make one for so short a period. He had hitherto done without them. and did not even now want money. " Some observations being made on civilization, he stated he presumed those Powers who wished for the amelioration of mankind could find means of support ing the efforts of the government of Egypt ; but when I mentioned that all the European Powers did not equally encourage it, he allowed that there were some * See Augsburg Gazette of the Bth for it. in Europe interested in calumniating him, and in op posing his struggles to benefit this nation. " FEBRUARY 19.—1 had this evening another inter view with the Paella, in the same tnanner as the pre ceding. He at first appeared indisposed, from which one might hope to have a different version of his ideas. After the preliminary compliments, I inquired if he had received any further information respecting the treaty which Austria and Russia had formed lately in opposition to his interests. He replied that he had not, hut as peace was established between the powers of Europe, he did not think that treaty interested him as much as it did England and France ; he was, how ever, prepared to defend the provinces under his go vernment. As he desired me to express myself frankly, I asked to be permitted to state a rumour respecting the arrangements of his army, which was represented to be badly officered, and which, since the Polish offi cers, who would prove so useful, had been refused through the influence of Russia, could not compete with that power. He replied that the time of trial had not yet arrived, that he had refused the services of the Poles of his own free will, that he was not in any light under the influence of Russian intrigue, yet he was not obliged, more than Austria or France, who had encouraged those officers to leave their country, to employ them. As to the state of his army, he had that day had a long conversation with an officer just returned from Syria, and was happy to find it excellent. Upon my urging the chances of a collision with Rus sia, and the comparative weakness of his army, he in quired how many men I thought Russia could send out of her territory to invade other countries, and on my answering 50,000 regular troops, exclusive of Cos sacks, &c., he said he thought 100,000 in all might be sent into Turkey; yet the Turks had frequently beaten the Russians, such as in the late campaign in the neighbourhood of Perna, where even Frank offi cers allowed, except from an unlucky accident, which blew up some of the ammunition waggons, the new Turkish recruits would have routed the old Russian soldiers. He quoted the defence of Perna and St. Jean d'Acre, as affording strong specimens of Turkish courage. Upon my mentioning that within 150 years the Turks had materially lost ground, as the treaties and cession of territory proved, he said, although his officers might not be so well instructed as the Franks in the various sciences, they were not backward in courage, and would fight well. As to the defence of Turkey, it was not so much his affair as to defend Egypt and the provinces under his command. He did not fear Russia nor her efforts. To my inquiry if he had Generals capable of conducting a retreat, he replied, that at the battle of Koniah they had made a feint, as if a retreat, and thereby finally defeated double their number of enemies. In equal numbers he was ready to meet the Russians at any time. As it became evident that he did not wish to be pressed with questions tending to show the ignorance of his officers in tactics, the conversation turned on Egypt, when he said much had been already done, although the nation was still in its infancy. It was not at the early periods of England and France that every one looked at present, it was not what was doing now ; so ought Egypt to be regarded by Europe. He was himself an instance of that course ; late in life he had received his education, yet he had done a great deal, and if his life were prolonged ten years, and his health continued, he would leave many things to be seen by posterity. His family had, in numerous places, given proofs of valour, and he thought it would continue for at least 100 years. " One strong impression derived from this interview, was that the army is kept up by Mehemet Ali on the principle of a soldiery without any great chieftains, who after a series of victories might lead the soldiers to upset the government of Egypt, and which it is his policy to prevent. The present officers are slaves in comparison with the soldiers. " It is also remarkable that he spoke of his death, and of his family, as if he thought it a dynasty. He is described as opposed on all former occasions to the thought of death ; his indisposition at the moment might have led him to think on the subject. Some of the Egyptian soothsayers might look at it as ap proaching, but before I left him Mehemet Ali appeared convalescent." SHEEP SLAUGHTERING.—This crime ap pears to be lamentably on the increase. On Saturday some villains slaughtered two ewes, the property of Mr. Ratcliffe, of Boston East. The head, entrails, &c., were left, and they were skinned in a masterly manner. —Boston Herald. About three weeks ago, a blackbird had built its nest in the garden of Mr. Thomas Savage, in Hol beach Marsh, and was rearing its young ones on the top of a brocoli cabbage, immediately underneath which a white duck was engaged in a similar duty.— Lincoln Paper. A weaver at Barnardswick, near Colne, Lancashire, a short time since, determined to see how much work he could do in the course of a week. Accordingly he worked, including meal times, 17 hours a day ; the length of weft he actually wove was 433 f miles, and it is calculated that in the course of the performance his shuttle travelled 800 miles.—Boston Herald. SCRUTUNUTUTURY.- 46 Ma'am, said a quack of Long Island, to a nervous old lady, " your case is a scrutunututury complaint." " Pray, doctor, what is that ?" "It is the dropping of the nerves, ma'am ; the nerves having fallen in the pizarifitum, the chest becomes morberous, and the head goes tisarizen, tisarizen." " Ah, doctor," exclaimed the lady, " you have described my feelings exactly."— New York Paper. INTENSE STUDY.—An instance of extraor dinary application to study, under the most frightful circumstances, is recorded of a monk, during the reign of terror in France, who, with many more of the vic tims of liberalism, was sentenced to the guillotine. During his imprisonment, nothing could detract from the avidity of his studies ; and, even at the place of execution, he continued to peruse his favourite author, unappalled by the scene of horror and bloodshed in which he was about to act. When it came to his turn to suffer, the executioner tapped him on the shoulder, and pointed to the fatal block. The monk raised his eyes, very quietly " turned down the leaf of the book," and resigned himself to his terrible fate. Turpm, the highwayman (who, like M'Adam, was a Colossus of roads), is, we hear, a prominent character in the forthcoming romance of " Rookwood." His contemporaries ascribed to him the power of übi quity, an attribute for which he was indebted to the amazing powers of his steed, which, like that of Cla verhouse, was reputed to be a familiar spirit in a tene ment of horse-flesh. Turpin was described as an Alibi personified, so wonderful were the instances of his conquests over time in passing from place to place. We know not what the story of " Rookwood" may be, further than that it is based on the history of a family to whom, through successive generations, a fatality of the most appalling and mysterious kind was attached. For more than two years past the females of Wallingford have been kept in a state of perpetual alarm and excitement by the frequent • appearance of a wild man, often in a state of utter nudity, who haunted the fields and meadows in the vicinity of the borough. Dark and dreadful were the tales of the timid respect ing the nature of this mysterious visitant ; at one time he was represented as a baboon or ourang-outang covered with hair ; at another the superstitious held him forth as a troubled spirit that only required some authorised clerk for its exorcism. Although he had been seen by several ladies of Wallingford, and a host of females whose veracity was unimpeachable, he had the adroitness on all occasions (except the fatal one) to brush at the approach of a man. About a fortnight or three weeks ago, as two girls were working in a field ne ar Benson, little dreaming of supernatural agencies, suddenly the wild man stood before them in all his native glory ! As he had converted his shirt into a veil, and wore it completely over his face (it is sup posed to escape identification), he did not perceive the approach of three strapping fellows who happened at that instant to be passing near the spot. Upon one of the women, however, appealing to them, he in stantly caught the alarm and scampered off, the men of course following, and such a chase has not been seen for many a day ! The wild man bounded along, cutting the air like an eagle, as though his limbs had been seethed in bear's grease, the pursuers following scent like a leash of beagles. At , length however, , after a run of two miles, the ghost, if ghost it were, or wild man, or whatever else it might be, fell ex hausted to the earth, and on being raised, and the lather removed from his face, he was discovered to be a barber of some standing in Wallingford ! At his earnest request, the honour of being led captive into the town with a rope round his neck was dispensed with. The magistrates of Oxford are said to have issued a warrant for his apprehension (it hardly oc curred in their jurisdiction), but he had previously decamped, and it is rumoured that he has since em barked for America. What renders the whole pro ceeding most unaccountable is, that he is a married man with a family.—Reading Mercury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Cleave, the publisher of the Weekly Police Gazette, came up to surrender himself to suffer three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, for publishing an unstamped newspaper. The clerk said the fine and costs had been paid to him only five minutes before, by some respectable looking young man, who said the money had been sub scribed by some admirers of Mr. Cleave, though they were strangers to him. The young man begged him (the clerk) not to draw the magistrate's attention to this payment while he was present, but to mention it quietly to. Mr. Cleave when he arrived. Mr. Cleave said he would not acknowledge that the money was paid for him. He wished to be committed, Mr. Wire apprehended that such a payment could not be allowed to be a payment by the defendant. Sir PETER LAURIE said he knew Mr. Cleave would keep his word with Mr. Wire, and come forward to meet his punishment, for he held that the man who would tell a lie would pick a pocket. Or rob a church, added " the Chaplain of the Ex ecutive of the Unions," who was standing by. Sir PETER—YOU are the spiritual guide of the body. Is it to your kindness Mr. Cleave is indebted for his liberty ? Dr. Wade said it was not, though he should have been happy to pay the fine if Mr. Cleave would have allowed him. Mr. Cleave said it was false kindness to pay the fine for him. He knew nothing of it, and would not sanc tion it. It would appear to the world like a compro mise of his principles, and compromise him in the eyes of his friends, while it would lay him open to be fined more heavily, and sentenced to a longer impri sonment. _ _ _ Su. PETER said perhaps his unknown friends would pay the greater fine also. He would not sign a war rant for the imprisonment, as the money had been paid. Mr. Cleave said, in answer to Sir Peter, that he had been at sea, and he should consider England the most desirable spot in the world when they had de stroyed the locusts who were living idly on the labours of others. Sir PETER—But suppose your father had worked for you, and left you a fortune ? Mr. Cleave—As Christians, we are told that every man shall live by the sweat of- his brow. Mr. Wire said this text bore a different interpreta tion to that to which Mr. Cleave would limit it. Dr. Wade rose and remarked that he was forbidden to preach, or he should have said something on that point. ( A laugh.) In answer to further questions, Mr. Cleave said he had had an ordinary education, was not brought up to any trade, had read little till he returned from sea, and he was now 36 years old. Having collected as accurate a description as he could of the anonymous person who had done him the dis service of paying the fine, Mr. Cleave went away very much out of humour. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK• 1 IA heat. Per Quart?r. s.. to 8. Hex ham Morpfth Penrith Sheffield 40 5:2 Winchester 148 Barley. s. to s S. S 7 49 125 27 49 '2e! E 6 126 29. Per Bushel. - Carmarthen- 5 0 5 ;2 4 2 6 Cowbridge- 6 6 70 ; 2 9 3 0 Newcastle (Staff.) 8 0 89' 4 6 5 0 Northallerton 7 0 93; 3 6 4 6 Stone-..--....„ 8 0 86, 4 0 4 8 Swansea 68 7 0 ;28 29 Warwick 9 0 9 6 3 0 4 6 I'cr 8011. Barnardcastle...... 12 0 14 0 8 0 8 6 Durham.,--,.... 90 12 '9U 0 RichrrOnd 11 0 16 6 3 6 9 0 Stockton 110 0 12 Q 8 6 9 0 Oats. S. to S. 14 18 15 18 20 IS 9 ' 2 , Lc !. &(,. 14 1 9 24 2 ° ' 30 3 4 33 40 30 34 , 28 3 ° 20 33 GO 60 4 5 5 Q 6 4 at) 4 Bean' S. R. 40 -- 30 42 41 s. (1. • 0 0 500 56 6 0 Y, 5 0 5 , 5 6 6 , ," 60 6 00 015 56 0- ,1 6 I P 3 86 P WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—ATTn '.-'. ,„ Wheat, Red Norfolk and Suffhlk —s. 4-Is. to 45; tine d‘ a J: -- r,in. and Cam. Yorkshire R. 425. to 40s. Fue ' 555. White —s. 475. to 52s fine -05. Foreign, Red --s. 388. to 470. fi ne •? White -- c. 40s. to 50s noe ','" . tine Sz'' Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire 2ss. to 285 floe Yorkshire Wold 2ss. to 2'.!s. '....., Foreign fine 4-'' Beans, Old —s. 424. to 47s fine -1 4 r ;5 ' . New 355. to 33 , . " ne 03s. Oats, Potato l9s. to 225. ~f in e e 205. Poland —s. 17s. to 19S• w' i p,, Friesland and Small —s. l6i to 185. fi ne r Mealing Shelling 23 1,0 1 " s. to 265. Od• per L mod. ~ Malt 15s. 395. fine 425. Pe r -. List. liapeseed Stone 21 25 2 ` . • ; 13 43 4{ ' cow fit' SCOTCH MARKETS. ......• Wheat. Barley Oats. 1 Beans Oa t° ....... ... ---- — --,—.-- 2 1 Aberdeen ...... 40 46 21 23 14 18 -- 0 Berwiek.--- 31 35 16 18 12 14 18 21 Coldstream .... 35 42 18 19 13 14 20 2 2 ...- Cupar —........... 48 56 26 31 18 22 22 26 ''''. Dundee.,,._..,. 50 60 30 33 20 25 30 3 1 --:. E1gin........._ 140 50 24 26 16 20 23 30 - is Inverness—. 38 42 25 26 15 17 23 26 ' Kelso .....—..—. 37 31 16 19 12 14 23 IA Kirka1dy.....,.., 48 61 23 29 16 20 45 48 ". Perth ...—... 50 56 23 26 20 22 22 25 I•" - ",,,i g. The size of the measure varies throughout the c 1....., EDIN BU H We had a small O i 1 CO It supply of MARK al kinds ( ET.—April of Grain to the sales were rather Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. I First COs Od 34s Od 24s Od 33s Cd Second s(s Od 21s Od 21s Od 31s Od Third -46s Od 29s Od 18s 8d 20s Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. reef, per lb. Os. 3.1. to Os. 7d. Fresh Butter, lb. s. 10d. Mitton.---. 0 a 0 7 Salt Ditto.--- 0 8 V, al -----. 0 2 0 9 Ditto, per cn t. 70 0 Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doe. 0 6 lAanh, inn* qr. 3 6 7 - 0 OatStraw(ltp!.) 8 0 Tallow, cwt.... 32 0 35 0 Wheat Ditto.... 8 0 Quartern I.oaf 0 0 0 7 Barley Ditto 7 0 Potatoes, 1741 b. 0 6 0 0 flay,perst.—.. 0 EDI NBUltti MEAL --- ‘23. ,ra ~days" s 130":1 2.3 o j 99s Is Cll. I. to 0 0 6 o ° 9 r ' 9 6 0 O 9 MAIt K ET. —April ' m arket , Oatmeal at this idaY 3 There was a small supply of and the sales were dull, at last a Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 S 0 Barleymeal 1 5 Peasemeal 1 4 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12: ek's prices. 170 C I Second ditto ............ u 6 First Barleymeal ............... I 6 Per Stone . . tip $ 6 Peasemeal ............... Clog. 1.-2,1„ 145.-3 d, uI,ASUOW CORN MARKET.—ApriI 23 „tioil The arrivals of Grain are moderate, and we note no age"' in prices. 5. ,1. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d I Oats, per 2641 b. s. d• 6(I ' British, old 26 0 to 2/3 0 i Irish l4 0 1 0 ',6 0 new 220 25 0 I British Canada, free 2B 0 290 I Beans, per 2601 b. A ,(-; Irish Barley, per 3291 b. Scottish Fnglisli Scottish 2O C Pease, Scottish ... 16 0 0 14° 20 0 2'2 0 Oatmeal, per 140Ib. 13 0 42 3 Irish --ms.-- CORNWAI.I MARKETS. D ads Tattoo—Wheat (average) 20s Od —Barley, 9s. 6d.-- o , , L ts, ST AUSTELL—Wheat, —s. to 'Os.—Barley, 03. to 1.. 7s. to Bs. Od. ip5.....0at5, PENZANCE—Wheat, 18s. to 193.—Barley, 9s. to „ A. to 01-- . I s. to 9.. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, 5(1. to ' , ld —rorlf. -2 - Rutter, 12d. per lb. •os 0,1,--0 30 LAUNcEsToN—Wheat (average) 19s. Cd.—Barley , "- 63.6d.—Beef, 51 , 1. Mutton, 611. o• 6d ...Oats , (3 ' .. Listiasan—Wheat, —s. to 19s. W.—Barley, .. • to 7s. 6d. 0 ts 9 ' a BODAIIN—Wheat (average) 21s.—Barley, 10s. 9d."-- 4 ' , HELSTON—Wheat, 20s. Od.—Barley, 9s 611. 1 05 ......8ee' Sr. Cowsta—Wheat, 20s. to 218.—Barley, 9,r. to and Mutton, 51d. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb. Od• MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET, (From ti.e Los lon Gazette.) M 1 ! 1 TO-11ORROW, APRIL 19 • 25 1. " F. Parry, tailor, Brighton ....................... ......... ... T. Warland, silk manufacturer, Steward-street, Spits , fields ..................................... ............. . ............... I G. Str,cker, grocer, High-strea, W.hiteehaPel ............... • E. Knowles, grocer, Barking, Essex .......................... 1,; J. Cawthorn, oilman, Walmntl , ......... .................... `t!, J. Nation, dealer, Birmingham ........................... . W. A. Jarrin, co,fectim.er, Quz d , ra 2 o ' Reg' . .................. .. . G. tinam, cornmk-si ) 14..igent, ..................... J. Eve, ironmonger, Fleet - NriS t i,7l4lsg. ....... it LI '\'• J . Welsh, C 0 merc h a nt, Greenw ich « The Hamiltons," by the author of " Mc. 1 thers and Daughters," may be considered the novel of the season. Whether we regard the high or low,: comedy, the distress of virtue, or the discomfiture vice, the homely cutting truth, or the courtly sarcastn, that abound so profusely in this delightful work, vi e . . have equal subject for admiration. Wit sparkles on the surface of theie pages, while the strong curren rite rea d many sense runs beneath. May Mrs. Gore vv_nd many such novels as th ese , and may we live to them. The rumour, which we have already tioned, of the Empero r o f M orocco having d ec ,' — e e r war against Naples, is c o nfi rme d by the follo w 7 tract of a letter from Tangier, dated the 9 t h a to 1 110 " The Emperor of Morocco has j u st writ ten stit tiug governors of the provinces and maritime tow ns ' e to the concessions which other powers had that, having made vain efforts to maintain Pet : v iew, the King of Naples, having yielded, with tu,,' 3 iec i...- and having even several times granted delays: 11 ,.." g wer ever seeing the ratification arrive, or even an I * -- does , from the Neapolitan Government, his Main st Y not consider it just that Neapolitans should 1 1 . 1 „all to enjoy in his states the same advantages as n i `i,lea' nations. He ordains, in consequence, that the 5 00 politan flag shalt no longer be admitted into the w or towns of Morocco." This letter, received at gier on the 4th of March, was kept secret till P ott ia doubtless to retard the notice which the consubt_w give to their Governments. On the same day O' e r& peror summoned the commander of his navy t ° poi/ and gave orders to arm and equip immediately a,„,510t and two brigs at Rabat. A few days after a sl' r e , order reached Larache for two brigantines, and a 0., port was soon spread among the Moors that thesen t as maments were destined to capture the Neap° or trading vessels. If, by prodigious efforts, the gove e o ment of Morocco should succeed in sending or armed vessels out to sea, they would amount to ter! oo ment will succeed in doing this, but it might s' twelve, including the five gun-boats, in bad conclitior now at Tangier. It is doubted whether the g° Te e vi out several light vessels filled with brigands, w hcl '.e? their numbers, would be alarming to the trading: o li' sels they might surprise. Not meeting with S ea ' are s tans, these pirates might insult other flags, miles be taken to prevent it.—G /* M et. a Ignant s Si et :1;11b s° 1)11 yt BO VF _STREET. On Thursday last, a lad named Alfred Pegg, was brought up on a charge of obtaining four pairs of ladies' boots from the shop of Mr. Tanner, in Little Russell -street, Covent-garden, by fraudulent means. A lad named John Arthur, errand-boy to Mr. Tan ner, was on that occasion called upon to give evidence, the prisoner having given the order to him ; but on the New Testament being presented to him he re fused to be sworn, alleging, in answer to a question of Mr. Minshull, that he had no belief in any religion, and on being questioned, persisted in his refusal. Mr. MINSHULL then remanded the prisoner till Saturday, in order that the witness, Arthur, might reflect upon his conduct. On his attendance on that day, and the oath being again tendered to him, he readily submitted to the usual course, saying he had reflected on the good advice of the worthy magistrate, and was conscious of his former misconduct. Mr. MINSHULL said he was glad the boy had come to a right sense of his duty. He then ordered that his evidence should be taken in the usual way, and that he should, on the prisoner's committal, be bound over for his appearance at the Sessions. William Childs was brought up on a Bench-war rant issued in January last, charging him with having administered poison to Mary Jane Woolf for the pur pose of procuring abortion. The prosecutrix, a servant at the Chaise and Horses, Hammersmith, identified the prisoner as the party named in the warrant, and stated, that while she was pregnant by the prisoner he gave her the poison for the purpose above stated, but that she was delivered of a child about a month ago, but it died on Friday. The prisoner, who did not say anything in answer to the charge, was committed to Newgate for trial. THAMESngtot 0 nPntraLdslaceirElOra, yagouedng2lwoynleaarns,, no less than nine weeks, was Mr.w COMBS,who ois n c l h p a .n r g ge i d n t N h vi e th Lo a n s_- nwssmao tenihdnbagsr Saturday,oaunbeengd Elizahlsaac Hammond, attempting d i Lon don Hospital. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, that the prisoner and Hammond had been for some time acquainted with each other, and one day in February last they had been drinking at several public houses, and at a late hour on the same night, they were seen going down New Gravel-lane towards the swivel-bridge, over the London Dock. They were quarrelling, and Elrington made use of some threats towards Hammond, and gave her a dreadful blow with his fist, which felled her to the ground. Some females who observed his violence, remonstrated with him, and he went on. As soon as Hammond recovered herself, she got up and followed Elrington, and very soon af terwards the screams of a female were heard, and on persons going to the bridge, Elrington was found standing at the end of it, while the poor girl was seen below on the quay, in a recess in which the bridge re volves when swinging. She appeared in a most dread ful state; her clothes were over her head, she was bleeding profusely, and her left leg was broken and shattered in a very shocking manner. She had fallen upon a portion of the iron-works of the bridge, and was severely bruised. Hammond uttered, in a faint tone, " Oh God ! my leg is broken ; take this man away, he is going to heave me overboard." One of the witnesses, a girl named Foster, who had pre viously seen Elrington knock down the young woman, asked him what he meant by the ill usage ? On which he exclaimed, " I'll chuck you there too, if you say anything !" and he afterwards threatened to throw an other female into the water, because she called for the police. The prisoner got under the bar by which the bridge is swung, and dropped into the recess where the woman was lying • and, according to the evidence of a policeman named Mitchell, No. 161 K, whose testimony, however, was not borne out by any other person present, the prisoner was actually dragging her towards the water, with the intention, no doubt, of drowning her, when witness arrived, but he imme diately jumped down and released her, hastily seized the prisoner, and, after a good deal of struggling, which was rendered extremely dangerous by the situa tion of the place, he was secured. The prisoner, in defence, said that Eliza Hammond said she would drown herself, and ran before him un til she reached the bar, when she threw herself ove r with an intention of plunging into the water, but she fell short among the works of the bridge. He jumped after her, and nearly killed himself, and that was all he recollected of the matter. The witnesses said the prisoner was uninjured. Mr. Young, an inspector of the K division, pro duced a certificate from the surgeons of the Londoti Hospital, stating that the young woman could not be removed. The prisoner was remanded for another fortnight. The two men in custody at our New Bailey on the charge of having been principals in the preme ditated and atrocious murder of Mr. Thomas Ashton, three years ago, whilst on his way from his father's house at Pole Bank to the Apethorn Mill, have several times during the week been privately examined before Captain Clarke, R. N., and remanded. Much of the mystery natural in such a disclosure as that of Garside, the other confederate, has been divested, we are happy to state, of its difficulty by the clues which have since been discovered through the scrutinizing search which has bee; made under the direction of Captain Clarke, and we feel confident now, that in a little time most of the material features necessary to the confirmation of Garside's confession will be so fully established by the testimony of others, that the real authors of the murder can no longer remain undiscovered. It is no less certain also, that the assassins were hired for the purpose, as not one of the murderers was at the time employed in any cotton manufactory whatever. The man in Derby gaol is expected here in a day or two, under an order from the Secretary of State, when he will be confronted with the other prisoners. Their names are Mosely, and are well-known desperadoes in the neighbourhood of Marple, where they have resided for some time.— Stockport Advertiser. DIED. IDiug' slO. ID' On the 18th inst., at Biel, in East Lothian, * ~11 milton Nisbet. On the 21st inst., at Arthur Seat, Arthu r pc, Fordyce, of Culsh, Esq., LL.D., aged 89. , Caff OW On the 25th inst., at Eltham, aged 37, Jatliiter wife of Henry S. Reid, Esq., and second tla u ,e' r ey. i . ;n its; 1 ite Thomas Blair, Esq., of Walton - grov e, Su" of ' Jr.- On the 24th inst., Henry Dewdney, B. A'' ia s " College, Cambridge. Von . On the 25th inst., in Weymouth-street, i n . i nets ss io Roe, Esq., of Withdean, Sussex, one of the Coni of his Majesty's Customs. t re, Grw On the 24th inst., at her house in Parl''se venor-square, Mrs. Adey. es , gr. M ill On the 23d inst., at East Bourne, S u ' .. " ~ Noakes, in his 86th year. .. 1 hi , CoWie , E c i .On the 26th inst., at the liouse c. - o 11 eldest claughta Canonbury-placeEleanor Anne, aged ' -'-- On the 26th inst.., at Addi '.ll-81b11-P-thjd child of gr. aged 11 months, .Susannah Gay Par le ' f fi co Tower. id. of the late Peter Watson,W Esq. of C a lcu i,i tt c a- e ' d am bernr el; John Robert Payne, of the Ordnance _, vIRDO Y° l/14 ' the :21.31tr Printed inst., te a n a at puFalmouth;bbsb ed L b i y e Lo: I d l o at the Sun Office, O. 112, Sir' eat. Ede, R. :51, Laft IA) p== . ;„ o 0 — BIRTH. On the 26th inst., the lady of William Pott, daughter. 'kir. MARRIED. Ea' On the 24th inst., at Tottenham, Middlesex , ar e ' 1 ward Saunders, "of Cannon-street, Trinity-sq,utheo" Frances Mary, only daughter of Mr. Dunster, °1 tett mer place. ch es On the 26th inst., at St. Nicholas Church, f t % ileor) the Rev. Nicholas raddon, youngest son of the la,X, ar iotte 9 Braddon, Esq., of Skisdon Lodge, Cornwall, to ull tpr , only daughter of William Wright Church, of Weill!, - floa t On the 24th inst., at Hornsey Mr. J°" . " eld' s son, of Bucklersbury, to Eliza Hannah Hohnes,„,reeil, daughter of Alexander Grant, Esq., of Newillgon in the parish of Hornsey. t i 1