The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

Vbirb Xibition .THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES) BRITISH FUNDS. Esnk S tock — ' India 5t0ck .... ........... 3 per Cent Red. — \ Ditto 80nd5....i.... lO pm 8 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ... si per Cent Red - Ditto New Annuities... New 3} per Cent New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001 .... 29 Pm Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 5m a11...... 29 pm Jan. 1860 .. Bank Stock for 'Open ...1 69 11 Oct 1859......... India- Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. .... ..... 12 7-16 Consols for Acct......... FOREIGN FUNDS. , Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese 5 per cont. 62i ' Belgian, sim cent. Ditto, NowDitt.f ......... Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian' 5 per Pent.... Buenos Ayres, 6 per cost Russian, 5 per cent ll2i Chilian, b per cent..... -- Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 24 Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... Ditto, Deferred.... . —... Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent.ll7'. 25c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — - Exchange — I ....c. Mexican, 5 per rent.... 41i French, 3 per cent BO . —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent.. 52 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. .. 102 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (1000) 54 Bristol end Exeter J7O paid) . ... .. 39 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... lO4 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 9l Ditto New Shares (50 paid) , ........ London and Brighton (50 paid) f',s4 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 114 London and South Western ' s9t London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l 3i Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) 35 South Eastern and Dover (48 paid) ...... ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) GREAT MARLOW. It was proved that the house out of which Davis re gistered consisted of three rooms, two of which were let to lodgers, and the third was used by his mother. Ile himself resided with his family about five miles from Marlow ; but he occasioually slept in the room oc cupied by his mother, and the.furniture in it belonged to him. The premises were valued at ill., but he hid let a yard for 11. 12s. a-year. The Committee decided that the vote was a good one.: In the course of the day a long discussion — arose be tween Counsel as to the admissibility of the evidence of a witness, who had bet a pot of porter that Sir William Clayton would be declared to be duly returned. The Committee, after deliberating for some time with closed doors, declared that the witness might be examined. WEYMOUTH. The proceedings were resumed to-day before the Committee. • John Ploughman, a voter for the petitioners was ob jected to on the ground of having personated another John Ploughman, a saddler. A great deal of evidence was given to maintain this. point. In the course of the testimony Mr. Vincent, late joint overseer, acknowledged that there had been a heavy default in the accounts of him, Mr. Voss, and another colleague. Each threw the blame of appropriation on the other, but they all had to indemnify the parish in goods or money. But witness was convinced that Mr. Voss was the person who took the money • and when Mr. Voss had alleged that witness had pocketed some of the missing rates as well as another, Mr. Vin cent pitched into Mr. Voss with such energy, that he was soon compelled to run away.—(Laughter.) Another witness proved that Ploughman admitted that he had no right to vote, but that after he had done so, he said it Was a mere election trick. Mr. Pitmann, amongst others, swore he heard Ploughman say this a fortnight after he election at the Black Dog. It appeared the two Ploughmans rushed to the bar of the booth together, each crying out that he alone was the Ploughman entitled to vote, but the latter suc ceeded in persuading the Deputy that he was the right man. Therefore John Ploughman, the baker, was recorded for the sitting members, said Mr. Ploughman, the saddler, could only. ten der his, vote for Villiers and Hope. There were great bustle, uproar, and pressure ,in and about the booth at the time. The usual three questions were put to Ploughman before his vote was taken for Burma' and Christie. The testimony of Mr. Thomas, the returning officer, went directly contrary to most of the foregoing.. He who swore he was not a party man, said, that Ploughman, . the saddler, never tendered his vote, nor any one for, ; but that the other Ploughman tinder eonsideration, who is a baker, voted out of a good house in Mary-street. He did not even see Ploughinan, the saddler, at the booth. Some other contradictory evi dence was given, and the Committee adjourned at Five o'clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Many of our readers have no recollec tion of a worthy who was in great repute, some thirty years ago, when the Income Tax was in all its glory, and when almost every one thought himself justified in manoeuvring a little, in order to evade that prying, hateful, and inquisitorial impost. The -worthy to whom we allude was a leading function ary in those days—not in position, but in practice— almost universally hated and feared, and sometimes despised, but more frequently the Tormer than the lat ter, as many dreaded his appearance, knowing that they were completely at his mercy, and that upon ' l f s - whim, or caprice, or interest, depended the amou:_,t they were to be assessed in the taxation schedules - of that period. As a matter of course, this worthY . hadhis likes and dislikes, and he occasion ally exercised them, to the annoyance of those who had the misfortune to offend him, and to the advantage of those who thought it worth their while to secure his fa vour. Thus were a whole community, in a great measure, dependent for their peace and happiness upon this single functionary, whom a bad, odious, repulsive, and inequi table law had brought into existence and armed with such hateful powers. This law was the Income Tax. As the Income Tax will be re-imposed upon the country, unless some strenuous effort be made to scare the Premier ,from his pet project, and the worthy func tionary to whom we have alluded will be a necessary appendage of that impcst, we shall attempt to describe him as he existed in the plenitude of his power, and in the full flush of our operations , so t hat our readers may be prepared for the creature which Peel's prolific Bill is sure to bring forth ; and if they are not disposed to be "hand and glove" with this in come-imp of taxation, they had better strangle it at its birth—that is the advice we give them. Picture to yourself, reader, a little, dapper' -sort of man, with a shabby coat and a " shocking bad" hat, walking into your house with a paper in his hand, and requesting you to fill it up 'at your leisure, at the same time telling you that he would call in a few days for it. This • man is a mere clerk at sixty or eighty pounds a year —worthy men if kept in their station—and em ployed by the surveyor of the district, who receives his appointment from the commissioners legally con stituted to adjudicate in all matters relative to the in come tax. You shall see how soon he was converted jlnto- an important personage, by an ingenious device o f hi s o wn, and . which he so managed that almost all we're " obliged to comply with it—except a few, who paid dearly for their virtuous , obstinacy, their heroic honest3r. Mind, reader, we are speaking from practical knowledge 'of the • facts. All that we are now relating occurred in- a county town not one hundred miles from the metropolis, and, -we make no doubt, the same • facts and the same functionary were common to the .whole island —ex uno disce. Some few of the :inhabitants,- not understanding the nature and method of the filling up pf the papers, which the seedy, dapper little man left With them, asked the latter, ,as a favour, to do it for them, at the same time tipping him, • as the phrase goes. As a matter of course, he did as they requested, and it was soon observed that those parties who had secured the services of the sub-surveyor, had no difficulty about the amount of their returns as stated in the income-sche— dule. They were never hauled up before the Com missioners, nor their books examined, nor their ser vants questioned, nor their neighbours pumped ; it was always taken for granted that all was right—and they had no trouble on that head. But a far different fate awaited those who had not the sagacity or the incli nation to secure the services of the Income-sub. They were invariably annoyed in one way or other. STANDARD.—We hold that the system of large I. We retrenchments is vicious in principle, and that, as far as it is possible to effect it, the country ought to be taxed less in war than in peace. We hold, too, that a tax on property is the fairest of all taxes, and that it ought to be the basis of every sound financial system. It was our earliest form of taxation—the fifteenths voted to our old Sovereigns were a property tax in the strictest sense ; and the subsidies were even in form an income tax-2s. 6d. in the pound upon com mercial and professional incomes, 45. in the pound upon land, a propor ti on sufficiently just when land holders constituted the great body which it would now be no less just to reverse, for the opposite reason, were it not that the some what longer tenure in landed than in other in come, renders an equal rate of taxation upon the whole the most equitable. We have already explained the process, by which indirect tax • has been sub stituted and the motiv e f or the subs titution—toattfirst, while the rich at the expense of the poor. At indirect taxes were limited to tonnage and poundage they were as equal in their pressure as an income t ax ; and when we speak of the equality of a tax, we mean the equality of its pressure, and not in its specific amount. Tonnage and poundage affected only the rich —only those whose drank wine, and those who exported at a profit. But who will name a sip gle indirect tax that can be called equal in its pressure ? A weekly contemporary, the Britannia, seems to recommend taxes on " beer, coals, salt, and , tobacco." Are these taxes equal in their pressure ? Will the Marquis of Westminster, or the Duke of Devonshire, feel any of these taxes as much as it will be felt by the day labourer ? The truth is, that indirect taxation upon necessaries, - or 'upon -. the lower comforts of life, must to avoid a bare faced acknowledgment of oppression and 4 injustice, as sume a perfect equality in the distribution of wealth — an equality which we know does not exist, and from which we are unhappily receding 4 further day b y d a y. The only fiction that ca n ju 4tif y i n di rec t taxation in preference to a tax upon ancome, is as gross as that upon which Gatton and Old) Sarum were pretended to give representatives for the eople, and it is in the course of nature that the one ab rdity follow the other. No Excise or other officer wi have autho rity to enter any man's house . under an income tax law : there can, therefore, be nothing to fear from the insolence of such an officer. As thus " the ob noxiousness exists in the falsely supposed insult, and the domiciliary visit," we are happy : to be able to inform our respected Contemporary the griev ance is purely imaginary. A man will be called upon for a statement of his income, which, whether deemed satisfactory or not, will be guarded in ;strict privacY—should the statement be such as j'O, . satisfy, the commissioners, he will ' pay his tax still privately, and there is an end. Should be he suspected of returning less than the truth, a suspicion that can very rarely arise where the per centage is so small,- and where, except in the case of very rich men, so little can be gained by fraud, he. will be sub ject to a surcharge, always privately communicated; and if he resist that, he will have an opportunity of showing his grounds of objection in a private investi gation before Commissioners, for whose conduct the Government must be, of course, responsible. Is there much reason to apprehend insult in this ? BRIGHTON ELECTlON.—Saturday morning a requi sition to Somers Harford, Esq., the late member for Lewes, was put in course of signature, and though no measures were taken to make it known, upwards of 200 names were appended to it in a few hours, And there is every probability of his being returned by, a large ma jority. Mr. Harford is expected to address the electors this (Monday) evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town this morning, for his seat, Bletchworth House, Surrey. Most of the Cabinet Ministers have left town for the Easter recess. The newly-raised St. Helena regiment will arrive at Portsmouth, from Winchester, on Monday, and be conveyed to Cowes, Isle of Wight, in the Volcano steam-vessel, whence they will march to, and be quar tered in, Parkhurst barracks. ANOTHER "DELICATE AFFAIR." The tea-tables and fashionable circles of the town for the last fortnight have had ample materials for gossip, as we do not remember a season so famous for " delicate affairs," and, by the way, it must be remarked that some of those " affairs " have, on investigation, turned out any thing but "delicate." The year 1842, it is predicted, will be a very extraordinary year, and if one were to judge from the past, the work has gone on bravely enough up to the present period. The following of the many strange affairs, is perhaps the strangest that has occurred for some time, and the truth of the details are guaranteed. Some four or five weeks ago the Rev. Mr. II ---7, a young gentleman who had just been admitted to orders in the Protestant Church (a native of a northern county), entered the shop of a certain trades man in Sackville-street, for the purpose of making some purchases. At the moment the shopkeeper tt as engaged attending a fashionable-looking young man who happened to be purchasing similar articles to those required by the Rev. Gentleman. A con versation ensued, and the first customer strongly recom mended the clergyman to deal at the house, as he could vouch for the excellence of all the goods sold by his friend, &c. The "country curate," not knowing much of the town. being rather " raw," replied " he was aware of the fact ; for," added he, " I am sure my friend, Mr. —, of —, would not recommend me to this house if what you assert were false." " Bless me," said the strange gentleman, whose initials are J. R. R., "do you know my friend ? Sir, lam glad to see you ;" and thereon he presented his card to the clergyman, with an earnest request that he would visit him, and "make his lodging his own" dui ing his stay in the metropolis. Our country friend did call the next day, and after an agree able tete-a-tete, departed—shortly after which he missed a pocket-book; containing 251. in notes and some memo randa. (It should have been mentioned that Mr. R. occupied elegant and expensive lodgings in Gardi ner's-place.) The conclusion arrived at by his rever ence was, that the property had been abstracted by some pickpocket in the street, and notice thereof was given to the police. Things went on in this manner, each party visiting, &c., at the other's lodgings, until, shortly after one of these visits, which took place in the evening, the Rev. Mr. H— missed a gold repeating watch and other articles of small value, but the slightest suspicion never fell on his friend, Mr. R—, nor why there should be any attached to him. On Thursday last the reverend gentleman requested the pleasure of Mr. R—'s society at dinner, which Mr. R— promised faithfully to attend to at six sharp ; but in the mean time Mrs. B-I—n, a lady of the first respectability, who re ; sides in a fashionable street off Stephen's-green, and who is aunt to Mr. H—, called in her carriage at his lodg -1 ing, and insisted on his " taking pot luck" with herself and his fair cousins on that day. He begged to be excused, as he had a " friend" to dine 'with him at six o'clock ; but this objection was at once obviated by the lady telling him to bring his friend with him, as he would be most welcome. Things were thus arranged, and at six o'clock, Mr. R— called to the house where 1 his friend lodged. The Y— street business was men tioned, and the idea delighted Mr. R—. Both parties went to the place, and, in the course of the evening " a few friends" dropped in to Mrs. B—'s, no doubt to see the ladies, as the Misses B. (four in number) are con sidered, not only as extremely wealthy, but extremely handsome and accomplished young ladies. Cards were introduced, and Mr. R— lost a few shil lings with the temper of a perfect gentleman, but then protested that his purse was empty. An offer made on the part of his friend to accommodate him had the ef fect of causing Mr. R— to draw from his pocket a book, which contained a couple of bank notes; this book Mr. H— thought—of course it was only a thought—that he had before seen, and had been its owner. However, matters went on until Mr. R— really lost all his money, when another offer was made him, whereon he " drew a dial from his poke," and, ," looking on it," not with "lack lustre eye," declared it is time to be off. Again Mr. H— thought he beheld the watch before, but the idea fled as soon as formed, and, after a little coaxing, he was induced to take another hand. He then took out his draft-book, and filled a cheque on a certain banking: 'house for 501., receiving th 9 difference in notes and gold. Luck seemed to favour him this time, and he became a considerable gainer. The party broke up, and on leaving the house Mr. R—'s liberality to the servants was very .remarkable. .The cheque on the bank was presented next day, but the surprise of the party inay be imagined when the answer was, "No account here—don't know such a person." The truth was instantly out—Mr. R— turned out to be a notorious blackleg, and some thing worse. On making inquiry . at his lodgings, " the bird had flown," and has not since been heard of. A warrant has been issued for his apprehension, and the officers are on the look-out. So, at present, stands this " affair in high life."—Dublin Pilot. • SPORTING-INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Earl Ducie's hounds will meet on Wednesday, at Jack mane's Bottom ; Sat., Cirencer Kennels: Essex Union hds., Wed., Maylincl. Hall ; Sat., Rams den Heath-10i. Mr. Horlock's lids., Wed., New Park ; Sat., Fordgate. Mr. Giles's hds., Tues., Aston Ingham ; Fri., Rough borough-10. Tickham hds., Tu., Key-street : Fr., MonliDown—ioi. Sir John Cope's lids., Tues., Crookham-street ; Wed., Lodden Bridge ; Fri., Fence-11. Vine hds., Thurs., Malshanger House ; .Sat., Chin ham-11. East Essex hds., Tues., Cavendish ; Thurs., Donyland Sat., Panfield. Essex stag hds., Tues., Mark Hal l -12. Norfolk hds., Tues., ilylmerton ; Wed., Edgefield---10/. Earl Fitzhardinge's lids., Tues., Dixon ; Wed., Lit comb ; Th., Bridgeworth ; Sat., Broadway, Sir W. Carew's hd.s., Tues., Berry ; Sat., Windy Cross-11. Mr. R. Cockburn's lids., Tues., Cotlaigh ; Sat., Briiad-' chest-11. Tyryside hds., Thurs., Leehryd Bridge. Simungton hds., Tues., Stilton's House, Helmsley ;. Fri., Hovingham-9. Mr. Watson's hds., Tues. Ulgham Village ; Thurs., Warkworth ; Sat., Masseth Quarry Bank-10. Slaley lids., Wed., Fortherley Gill ; Sat., Farnley Whin-9. Forfarshire hds., Tues., Balwall ' • Thurs., Newton Arbirlot ; 7th Milestone, Dundee and Forfar road-10i. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY AND THE COACHES.—In consequence of the alteration in the time of the arrival of the letters from London, Mr. Johnson, one of the inspectors of the Post-office, has been down to Brighton making arrangements for taking • off the four-horse mail which runs daily between Brighton and Southampton, in the place of which merely a cart will be put on. That splendid coach, the Age, which, for some years, had been the pride of the Aighton road, ran on Saturday for the last time. Numbers of ,persons of all ranks were in the daily habit of congregating in Castle-square to witness its departure, and much regret was expressed at seeing the last trip. The fiur greys which used to take it out of Brighton are valued at 5001. The only crack coach left on the road is the Era, but from the sad havoc made by the railroad it is expected soon to follow the fate of the Age. Tun BARNARTS IN Ainsulca.—The laughter-lov ing public will, no doubt, be greatly rejoiced to hear that in the April number of Colburn's New Monthly Ma gazine and. Humourist, edited by Thomas Hood, Esq., will be commenced a new story by Mrs. Trollope, which is to be continued monthly. It is called " The Barnabys in America;" and if Mrs. Trollope's own veritable ac count of the Domestic Manners;of the Americans may be looked upon as one of the most amusing satires of the day, how much more entertainment may be expected from the renowned " Widow Barnaby's ' adventures among our Transaltic brethren. A better field for the clever Widow's manoeuvres could not have been chosen, and there can be little question that the work will create a " considerable of :a sensation," not only on this side the Atlantic, but among all classes on the other, from the President himself, to the raggedest Locufoco in the United States. TURN-.OUT AT BLACYBURIC — The workpeople em ployed by Messrs. Hornby and Co., of Brookhouse Mills, Blackburn, have turned out, in consequence of an attempt to reduce their wages. The number is stated to be about 1,50 P.,, THE. SUN, LONDON,' - - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CORK, March 23. (Before Baron LE!ROY and a Special Jury.) CRIM. CON.—HAWKES U. PENROSE. Mr. JENKINS opened the pleadings. This was an ac tion taken by the plaintiff, John Hawke q, against the defendant, Samuel Devonshire Penrose. The declara tion contained a count of trespass for the; seduction of plaintiff's wife by the defendant. Damages were laid at 10,000/. The defendant had suffered judgment to go by default, and therefore it would rest with a Jury of the Sheriff of the county of Cork to assess the amount of damages. 4 The Right Hon. D. R. PICOT stated the case. He said—Gentleman of the Jury, my client, Mr. Hawkes, is yet in early manhood ; the defendant is somewhat his Junior, though not much. The young lady upon whom Mr. Hawkes first fixed his affections was a very young girl when he married her, and she is still a youthful woman ; and I shall just briefly state to you the cir cumstances under which their connection commenced, and to which their attachment led—the enjoyment that followed their marriage ; and then it will be for you to form some estimate of the extent of the injury my client had sustained, and for which he now asks repara tion. Mr. Hawkes, before he attained his majority, was left a moderate but competent fortune—competent at least in reference to the circle in which he moved. Ancient I believe his family is—respectable it was and is. They resided in the neigbourhoood of a place called Nettleville, in which neighbourhood there also resided a gentleman who had long been intimate with Mr. Hawkes's family, and who, upon the approach of my client to manhood was the father of aninteresting family, and amongst others, of the lady who subsequently be came the wife of the plaintiff. Mr. Hawkes and she contracted an early acquaintance. They knew each other for years—had become possessed of a thorough knowledge of each other's tempers, habits, and inclinations. In the year 1829, when Mr. Hawkes was then only 20 years of age, and thisyoung lady,Fanny, only sixteen or seventeen, a mutual attachmenthad sprung up between them, which was sanctioned by their parents and it was agreed that they should be wedded, and wedded they accordingly were in the year 1829. Mr. Hawkes was at that time the absolute owner of a property amounting to about I,IOOL a year, and when he was about to be married he settled upon this lady who was to be his future wife, an annuity of nearly one-third of his whole property. They were married in November, 1829, and immediately took up their residence at his mansion at Kilcrea, where they continued to reside until the occurrence of the transac tion which has led to this proceeding. Mr. Hawkes re sided at his house at Kilcrea for eleven years after his marriage, in the enjoyment of uninterrupted domestic fel:city. During that period his wife bore him three children, the eldest of whom at the time of the unhappy event I am about to detail to you was about eleven years old. It will be proved to you by the evidence that the attachment on the part of Mr. Hawkes fin his wife was of the very strongest and warmest nature. Gentlemen, when I was first engaged in this case, I asked for any letters that might have passed between Mr. Hawkes and his wife during those temporary separations which fre quently take place between husband and wife, and during which, the letters that pass • between them would in dicate the terms of cordiality, or the contrary, upon which they live ; but what was my surprise when I was told there were none ? I asked why, and what think you, gentlemen, was the reply ? It was this, and it will be proved to you in evidence that, for the eleven years that Mr. Hawkes and his lady were married, up to the time of this most deplorable transaction, she had not six times slept away from her husband. That, gentlemen, at once accounts for the 'absence of the correspondence I looked for. Gentlemen of the jury, I will now introduce to you another person, and tell you how it is that the de fendant in this action has given rise to the complaint which I am now laying before you. Mr. Samuel Penrose, the defendant, resided in the neighbourhood of Mr. Hawkes, and was his near relative. They were cousins german. Their residences were within half a mile of each other. From their earliest infancy the strictest intimacy subsisted between the plaintiff and defen dant ; they were the early playmates of each other, and their fathers were close and fast friends. It will ap pear in evidence that the intimacy and friendship subsisting between my client and the defendant was much more like that of members of the same family than friends of the same social circle. If there is a being on this earth whom Mr. Hawkes could suppose incapable, by whom he would say it was impossible could be inflicted this deadly wound on his peace and home, that indivi dual was Mr. Penrose ; and let me here frankly and candidly say, that in all the conduct of Mr. Penrose, ex cept in this unhappy invasion of my client's happiness, not the slightest cause on his part had been given to create a different sentiment in the mind of Mr. Hawkes. At what time the attempt was first made by the defen dant to accomplish the ruin of this lady's virtue my un happy client does not know, and one of the miseries of this case is that the man whose happiness has thus been blasted cannot tell when his confidence was first abused —when it was that it was first broken,--when the man warmly confided in first became false. Therefore you see, gentlemen, I am not in a position to say when the defendant commenced his assaults on this lady's virtue ; bat that they must have had their beginning in some period of the year 1840 there is too great reason to believe. Gentlemen, I be lieve I need hardly tell you, that nothing short of actual demonstration of guilt would have been received as proof by a man who had been so attached to his wife, and so confiding in his friend ; and when the elopement was no longer matter of dispute or doubt, Mr.Hawkes was not only unaware of the loss of his wife's purity and at tachment, but it absolutely came like a thunderbolt upon him when he heard that she had eloped, and who was the adulterer. And yet we are in this position, that we know not but at the very time Mr. Penrose was the visit ing and cherished guest and tried friend of Mr. Hawkes, while he was, day after day, received with all the warmth of friendship, he was poisoning the virtue of this lady, and seducing her affections from her husband. It will appear in evidence, that in the year 1840 the defendant was observed to be in Mr. Hawkes's house during that gentleman's temporary absence ; to retire from the house, not by the front door, but by a back entrance, at a time that my client was expected home, and - to re appear again at the -front door. and then salute the plaintiff and his lads-, as if that was their first meet ing and salutation of 'the morning. That circumstance alone proves that while every confidence was reposed in the defendant by my client, his seduction of his wife was' not a deliberate or a solitary act, but a series of them—plain to every one who now hears my statement, that at the very time when the defendant was most trusted and confided in by my client, he was carrying on a clandestine intercourse with his wife. Some time in the year 1840, Mr. George Hawkes was out enjoying the sports of the field, and received a gun shot wound, and the defendant was ' staying at' Rilcrea at the time, and I very much fear that it is but too prObable he took • occasion of his friend's absence and'infferings to alienate his wife's affections and seduce her virtue. About the month of May, 1841, the guilty pair appear to have made up their minds to elope. In that month Mrs. Hawkes intimated to her husband that she was about to take advantage of an invitation she had received from her husband's brother to spend some time with him in Cavan, and she decided upon going there. Mr. Hawkes was then about going to Kerry, and it was arranged that his wife should pro ce3d with his brother to Cavan, and at the expiration of his visit to Kerry he would go to meet her. The de fendant, having been previously apprised of Mrs. Hawkes's arrangements for this journey, proceeded at the very same time to Dublin, where he had resolved to await her arrival. On the 7th of May, 1841, she and her husband's brother arrived in Dublin, and stopped at Morrison's Hotel. Upon tbeir arrival there, she corn - plained of being fatigued, 'requested her companion to amuse himself in any way be pleased for the evening, and that she would go to bed, and the young gentleman accordingly went to the theatre. On his return to the hotel, he found that Mrs. Hawkes had left—that a gen tleman had 'called for her during his absence—that she went out with him, taking with her whatever luggage she had brought, and without leaving any explanation whatever of the cause of her departure. Mr. H. Hawkes was not aware that the defendant was in Dublin, and, therefore, he was totally unable to say what had become of the lady. However, he at once wrote to his brother an announcement of 'what had happened, and it was very shortly afterwards ascertained that the defendant had gone to Dublin upon the very evening of the departure of Mrs. Hawkes for that city—that this meeting had been preconcocted and arranged between them, and that they had,• in fact, eloped to England. To England they went, and there they delayed for some time. What further proceedings followed it is now totally unneces cessary for me to detail, because the defendant has suf fered judgment to go by default, and has admitted the act of adultery, and therefore, all that is legally necessary to state should now be laid before you. Gentlemen of the Jury, whatever amount of reparation you may award will be inadequate to the wound inflicted'; no compen sation that you can give will make reparation for it— money cannot i repair the injury to the feelings of one whose happiness has been destroyed for ever. But, Gentle men, though you cannot measure the amount of compensa tion, it is for you to consider the extent of guilt committed —the amount of happiness blasted—what more we would claim it is impossible for you to give. Gentlemen, the amount of the defendant's property shall be shown to you. I understand it is a fee-simple estate, unencum inteorfneefexuiapienbecliaryrteoanchdoimsinppdaeteispbietlineedwinenaatht a a in gentleman unencum bered by a debt, an d y i e ldi ng a b out 1,0001. He lived s hupone means a rep s c e a e w e n m t l e e m a n a n d of ample and adequate fortune. Gentlemen, this is the case that we are prepared to lay before you, and I have no doubt as to the result of what we shall obtain at your hands. Several witnesses were then examined, whose testis mony did not materially differ from the statement of counsel. One of the witnesses admitted that there were rumours of an improper intimacy between plaintiff's wife and defendant six months previous to the elopement. Mr. BENNETT spoke to evidence. He (Mr. Bennett) did not know that he need say much to the jury. This was a case that depended upon evidence, and not upon law yers. The act of the defendant had been described by Mr. Pigot as au act of unhappy indiscretion or a " yield ing to temptation," and he (Mr. Bennett) believed that to be the truth. The ages of the parties he had being enabled to ascertain from the witnesses were these, that the plaintiff was now about thirty-five, and his wife somewhat about the same age, and the defendant twenty six. This unfortunate occurrence took place about a year age—so that then the plaintiff was about 25 years old. It appeared that he lived on familiar terms with the lady, and that they had been thrown a good deal together, and left much in each other's society, until, unfortunately for him, he at length yielded to a tempta tion that his nature no longer vvithstood, and he should pay the consequences of it. But when the jury were about to estimate the amount of damages they should in flict upon him, they should be actuated by no vindictive feeling ; but to ask themselves, with a proper sense of justice, what amount of damages they would give. He MONDAY EVENING, MAIWII 2B, 1842. (Mr. Bennett) wouldnot give any evidence in this case; he should, therefore, depend on the evidence before him, and the jury; and therefore he called upon the jury to be careful that justice alone directed their verdict, and in this case justice should be exercised with the coldness o f ice. He sought not to save his client from damages but he hoped he would not be visited with damages to an immoderate or unjust amount. He hoped to see the jury extend to him that heavenly mercy which they all hoped for in common ; but whatever their verdict should be, he would bow with respect and submission to it. Baron LEFROY charged the Jury. - He said the case, as it now stood, was one so perfectly . for iihe consider ation of the Jury —was one so totally diVested of all legal subtleties, that it would not be necessary for him to detain thejury with any observations upon it. There could be no doubt, if the jury believed the evidence, that the plaintiff was in some measure accessory to his own mis fortune ; and if they did believe that, it ought to lessen the amount of damages. It was alleged that he had been warned of rumours. Another ground relied on by the defendant's counsel was, that the defendant was not the seducer, but the seduced. The only point they had be fore them on that was, that she sent her brother-in-law to the theatre on the night of her elopement. If the Jury believed that, it should go in mitigation of damages, for her loss could not be so great to her husband as if her character was irreproachable. The only remaining topic with which he had to trouble the Jury was the amount of damages. Probably they thought they should give suitable damages ; but he should greatly violate his duty if he did not tell the Jury that the damages should not be extravagant. The Jury retired at a quarter to eight o'clock. The Counsel at both sides consented that the Registrar should receive the verdict, and his Lordship retired. never seen the bundle mentioned until the policeman I came into the shop, th a t h e h a d p re t en d e d t o t a k e th em up from a plaice near where she was standing in the shop, but, in fact, he must have brought the bundle in himself. She moreover' stated that she had missed several things from her house when she returned from the station, to which she was taken off by the policeman, who had then ransacked the house with Reynolds. The ALDERMAN said it was a Very singular business altogether. He should discharge the prisoner, and should recommend her to consult a solicitor, as to what she ought to 610. The policeman was at liberty to go, but he would have to explain his conduct to the Com missioner of Police, who would certainly investigate the matter fully. Mr. Tew, an official person connected with one of the City Companies, waited upon Sir Peter Laurie for the purpose of mentioning the particulars of a case in which he, as one of the executors of his deceased father-in-law, was proceeded against by a solicitor for the sum of 541., the amount of a bill of exchange which the deceased was stated to have accepted. The friends and relatives of the deceased were wholly ignorant of the existence of any instrument of the kind, but the writing was so well imitated, and the difficulty of contesting the point ap peared to be so great, that serious intentions were enter tained of payiz . g the bill, and he (Mr. Tew) had no doubt that by this time the fictitious debt would have been discharged if he had not seen in the newspapers an account of the pro ceedings before Sir Peter Laurie on the subject of the forged bill, which had been concocted upon view of the wills in Doctors' Commons. He immediately after wards communicated with his solicitor, and the result was, that the attorney, who had sued for the amount of the forged bill, not only withdrew the action, but the whole of the costs and expenses to which the executors to the will had been put were paid. He felt indebted in no small degree to Sir Peter Laurie for the money and annoyance thus saved, and he had reason to suppose that many other parties were under as great obligations to the public spirit and incessant labour of investigation, which distinguished that Alderman. Sir P. LAURIE—I trust that the exposure has done a great deal of good of the kind that has been rendered to you. The system has been extensively carried on, and by and by the public will hear more particulars. In the mean time, it is proper to state that great facilities are afforded at Doctors Commons to persons who commit frauds of the sort. For a shilling a thief may look over a will and copy the signature, or he may go at another time, and compare any instrument he may choose to draw up for the purposes of plunder for another shilling. Nothing can be more easy than for a schemer, with a good head up .n his shoulders—an article all these fel lows are provided with—to impose upon executors by forged bills, in which the name of the testator is con cerned. Sir PETER LAURIE said he had received a letter from a Member of Parliament of high rank and fortune, through the hands of a friend, to which he considered it necessary to refer. That letter, after having spoken of a professional person stated to be mixed up in the disgraceful transactions recently exposed at the Mansion house, went on as follows I strongly suspect that he is the same person whet a few months ago, brought an experimental action against me in the Court of Queen's Bench at the suit of a woman of the town, and after putting me to an expense of 1501., never brought it to trial. On my getting judgment and execution against his client, and having traced her, I found that she had robbed her lodgings and absconded." Now, there is no class of then more dangerous than the abandoned vil lains of the law, and there were no persons whom he should feel more gratification in holding up to public ignominy and abhorrence than those who, knowing that they had thieves for their clients, aided and abetted them, and participated with them in their nefarious profits. The Jury, at ten o'clock, brought in a verdict of 2,0001. damages, and 6d. costs. OXFORD CIRCUIT.--Hereford, Marcia 25 „ CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice URESSWELL.) William Seale was indicted for stealing from George Coleman. Esq., of Dilwyn, a bee-hive, his property. Mr. W. H. Cooke conducted the case for the Crown ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Carrington. It appeared that the hive was stolen from Mr. Cole man's premises on the sth March, and was found on the 16th, in the prisoner's garden. The prosecutor iden tified it by some marks which had accidentally been made oa the straw. Upon the hive being produced in Court for the pur pose of identification, some consternation and no little amusement were occasioned, lest the angry tenants should emerge from their frail receptacle, and wreak " indignant vengeance " upon the assembled Bar and Jury. The Counsel for the prosecution displayed considerable ingenuity in his endeavours to foil the eager 'curiosity of the Jury, who manifested much anxiety to inspect the marks by which it was said the hive could be known, but all his objections were over-ruled, and the article in question was accord ingly borne by the constable (who evidently showed no relish for the task) in a white linen cloth to the Jury box. Strong symptoms of disapprobation were audible from within, which increased to an angry murmur when one juryman bolder than the rest commenced unpinning the outward covering. Several sapient suggestions were advanced as to the means by which the ends of justice should be satisfied, but none of them proved feasible. Amongst others it was proposed by a Learned Counsel to obtain a special order from the Court as the only pro bable means of enforcing the wishes of the Jury, and obedience on the part of the unruly bees ; but as it is generally known that the Judges are very reluctant to direct any proceedings to be taken which they have no legal power to enforce, this course was also abandoned, and consequently the prisoner, much to his astonishment and delight, was acquitted, there being no proof cf the identity of the stolen hive 1 NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, March 25. The assizes for the southern division of the county commenced here to-day, their Lordships having after Divine service proceeded to the Courts, where they took their seats for despatch of business at about half-past one o'clock. Mr. Justice Parke presided on the criminal side, and Mr. Baron Rolfe on the civiL The calendar is not very heavy in point of numbers, there being but 67 cases, in which are implicated 98 prisoners. Of these, 34 stand charged with offences relating to the coin. There are, however, five charged with murder, six with rape, six with robbery, twelve with burglary, 9 with manslaughter, and 3 with cutting and wounding. CROWN SIDE-MARCH 26. Abraham Mills. Abraham Hardy, Thomas Standrim, Benjamin Chadwick, John Cocker, and William Buckley, were indicted for a burglary in the house of Josiah Taylor, at Knott Lanes, near Ashton-under-Lyne, on the 28th of Sept. last. Mr. Brandt for the prosecution ; Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Blair, and Mr. Wilkins for the several prisoners. It appeared that on the night in question, some per sons residing in Knott Lanes were passing the house of Taylor, when they perceived four men standing in his fold, near the window of his shop. They saw sufficient to induce them to think there was something wrong, and ran on to the houses of some of their acquaintances to get assistance. On coming back there were still four men standing near the window, having some clothes in their hands, who ran away. Three men were then seen to come out of the shop window without hats, coats, or shoes. One got clear off, the second was knocked down with a poker, but also got away, and the third was ap prehended as he was getting out of the window. lie proved to be the prisoner Mills. Some jugs and other articles had been moved to the outside of the window. All the other prisoners were identified as having formed part of the gang on the occasion. The evidence, how ever, was somewhat confused ; it appeared that the night was a dark one, and that the greater number of the pri soners were entire strangers to those who now deposed to their identity. Evidence was given of the prisoners having been to gether at Ashton up to near twelve o'clock on the night in question. Hardy, on being apprehended, was found to have a recent cut on his forehead, and in his house were discovered a pair of shoes, which were claimed by the prisoner Mills. The prisoners were all convicted and sentenced to 15 years' transportation. In the course of the day the Grand Jury, in bringing into Court a bill against a Mr. Heaps, of Bolton, for manslaughter, which had been ignored, stated, through their foreman, Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, their unanimous opinion that there was not the slightest shadow of a ground for the charge which had been preferred. His LORDSHIP said he had looked over the depositions, and entirely concurred with the Grand Jury, that there was not the most remote ground for impugning either the care or skilfulness of Mr. Heaps, who now left the. Court without the slightest imputation on his character. It will be recollected that Mr. Heaps was the medical gentleman attached to the Bolton workhouse, who had given direction for the exposing to the fumes of, sulphur .f a pauper afflicted with a lousy disease, in the usual apparatus for that purpose, contrived so as to exclude the head of the party. The pauper died some time after, as was proved, of inflammation of the lungs, but this seemed no ground whatever, for alleging that her death had any connexion with the sulphur bath, to which she had been exposed. CIVIL SIDE--(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) BLAIR V. HALDRED. This was an action of trover for a poodle dog. Mr. Martin appeared frr the plaintiff, and, Mr. Wit kins for tke defence. The plaintiff, who resides near Manchester, had pur chased in August last two puppies, about ten .weeks old. One of them died. The defendant was for some short time away from home, and in his absence the second puppy was lost. Some short time after a dog was found by a neighbour, and taken to the plaintiff's house. The plaintiff's wife : supposed it to be the dog she had lost, but within a day or two the defendant came, claimed the dog, and took it away. He said he had paid ss. for it the Monday before at Stockport. This action was now brought to recover it, and the only question was as to.its identity. The witnesses for the plaintiff swore positively as to the dog the defendant carried away being the dog the plaintiff had purchased. It was described as exmed ingly small. For the defence a number of witnesses were called, who professed to identify the dog as one which the de fendant had purchased in Stockport, and mentioned. se veral marks by which they recognised it, among others that it was bored in the ears. The litigated poodle was now produced, and appeared to have thriven well, being much larger than from the testimony of the plaintiff's witnesses would have been thought possible. Mr. MARTIN contended, in reply, that the poodle -pro dwed was a changeling, and not that which had been taken away by the defendant. The Jury, afterretiring for some time, returned a ver dict for the defendant. The Court was engaged a great part of the day with the trials of undefended causes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. An information was laid against William Mincheil, an old smuggler upon a large scale, by the revenue officers for having brought over from Ostend, in the Menai steam-boat, without payment of duty, 3,345 Flemish, ells of foreign lace, and a small quantity of tea. The officers having had information of the arrival of this man, went on board the Menai, but he managed to escape -to the house of his son-in-law in Lower Tha ales street, where he stripped himself of the lace, which was so concealed about his person by calico pockets, that no part of him appeared to be disproportioned to the rest of his body ; even his neck and legs were stuffed with the neatly-arranged lace. The above-mentioned quan tity of lace was found in the house, and also the calico dress in which the defendant had performed the chit-me ter. The officers said they had not then the power of detaining the defendant, as the lace was thread and - not silk. Since the seizure he had disappeared. It was stated that the defendant had been caught at Dover IN ith a great many thousand yards of lace, and had frequim tly visited Brighton with foreign goods. The ALDERMAN having heard proof that the goods had not paid the duty, fined the defendant loot. The lice was, of course, lodged in the Queen's warehouse.. An old woman, of decent appearance, named Sarah Lewes, was brought before Sir C. Hunter under the fol lowing circumstances :—A policeman, named God win, stated that he had been informed by a man named R;ey nolds, that the prisoner, who kept a marine store-s hop in Silver-street, was a receiver of stolen goods ; being told by Reynolds that a boy had taken s erne broken pewter-pots into the shop, he went to the pl and asked the prisoner whether she had made any inn-- chase of the kind. She replied she had not, and was not in possession of anything of the sort. Witness, however, put over his hand to the spot near which she was standing, and took hold of a bundle which proved to be the pieces of broken pewter pots, which had the name of the publican upon them. He considered he was justified in taking the prisoner into custody. Be did not know where Reynolds was. The old woman swore most positively that she bad WORSHIP-STREET. Edwin Reynoldsand• Frederick William Tattersall, two genteel looking youths, who were stated to be clerks in a barrister's office, were charged with having uttered a counterfeit shilling at the shop of Mr. Jennings, a baker, in Hackney-road. Several respectable-looking persons, the friends and relations of the accused, surrounded the bar, and a solicitor attended to defend them. The com plainant stated that the defendant Tattersall entered his shop, and asked for a bun, in payment of which he ten dered a shilling, which witness perceived was a bad one. The defendant said he had received it from his friend, the other defendant, who was outside. The witness then sent for a policeman, and had both the defendants taken into custody. In answer to the charge, the defendant Reynolds said he had received the shilling in change fora sovereign, and had not the &tightest suspicion of its being a bad one. The friends of the prisoners here stepped forward, complained loudly of the harsh manner in which they had been treated, and of the injurious effect such an accusa tion was calculated to have upon their characters, which had been heretofpre without a blemish. Mr. BROUGHTON said that the prosecutor had certainly acted in a very hasty and injudicious manner in giving the prisoners into custody, the most respectable people being liable to have a bad piece of money in their pos session without being at all aware of it. He recollected the caso of a respectable married woman who was brought before him some Aime ago on a similar charge, which he dismissed, and her husband afterwards brought an action against her accuser, and recovered 1001. damages. He should discharge the defendants, and he strongly recom mended Mr. Jennings to endeavour to make his peace with them, and thereby avert the unpleasant conse quences that might otherwise result from his hasty pro ceedings. The prosecutor accordingly made a public apology to the defendants for the harsh conduct he had pursued to wards them; and, as a further atonement, he contributed 20s. to the office poor. box. The defendants were then discharged. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, MARcu 26.-The Queen, 110, Cap tain Rsch (with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Ed ward Owen) ; and the Formidable, 84, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., sailed on Monday, with a fine northerly wind, for the Mediterranean. The Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord Henry Paulet, having received orders to proceed to South America, sailed yesterday to Chili. The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, will proceed to Rio Janeiro, as soon as the weather moderates. She will take out Commander Stopford to join the Pearl, and Commander Haimes to join the Fantome. The Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir W. Daniel, will go out of Harbour on Monday, be paid on Tuesday, and is ordered to be then ready to sail at a moment's notice, with despatches. Her destination is not known. The Athol, arrived at Liverpool, spoke on the sth inst. in lat. 34, ion. 30, her Majesty's ship Warspite, with.his Excellency Lord Ashburton on board. The Warspite was 19 days from Portsmouth, and had made fine weather o " as the sailors term it, by run ning so far to the south. . The Thunderbolt steamer, will sail to-morrow for Glasgow, in charge of Mr. J. Aylen, Master of the Victory, and 60 of the. Victory's crew ; calling at Mil ford, to return the Collingwood's jury masts, &c. She will have. Napier's engines. Mr. Aylen and crew will return here immediately after leaving the Thunder bolt at Glasgow. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Paulson, sailed yes terday to Shields, &c. for seamen. ' The Blazer, steamer, which left this port for Wool wich 'on Monday week, was run ashore on Seaford Head, by the neglect of the pilot, the same man who recently had charge of the Volcano, steamer, and ran her aground off Margate. The Blazer was soon got off,,but in going up the River she ran down a Hull smack, Billy Boy, full loaded, and worth 2,0001., the crew of which were saved. The Growler, steam frigate, arrived on Sunday, from Chatham, and sailed on Tuesday, to Plymouth. The Quail, arrived on Tuesday, from Sheerness, and returned on Thursday ; and the Emerald, arrived on Tuesday, from Shields, with newly raised men. The Monkey, steam-tug, arrived yesterday, with the Emma, schooner, of Portsmouth, in tow. This vessel had been driven off the coast of Sussex, in the late gales, with only a boy on board. The Monkey, returned this evening to the River. The Volcano, steam-vessel, Lieut. Featherstone, arrived on Tussday from Plymouth, with seamen. The 'Pilot, 16, arrived at Halifax, with specie from Jamaica; on the 20th - ult. The Kite Steam-vessel, at Woolwich, is ready, and 'was to be towed down the River to-day, where she will get her orders. The following vessels are at Woolwich, all preparing for sea, and nearly ready :- The Geyser, Styx, Fearless, Shearwater, and Mastiff, with" their tenders Violet, Speedwell, and Woodlark. The Lightning is under repair ; the Gorgon, Hecla, and Blazer, are preparing to pay off about the 31st inst. The Black Eagle is ready for sea. The follow. ing are in ordinary under repair :-Salamander, Comet, Megaera, Acheron, Columbia, and Swallow. The Raven sailed on Wednesday, for the Eastward. The Albatross, 16, will be launched from this Dock yard on Monday next. The Atholl, troop-ship, Mr. C. P. Bellamy, Mas ter Commanding, was paid off this day, having been four years in commission. In this time, she has been actually at sea, 859 days, and ran over a distance of 101,697 miles, and has conveyed to their destinations 263 officers--:-6,801 non-commisioned officers and pi ivates-647 women, and 1,098 children. The Canhadar convict-ship will sail to-morrow morning for Hobart Town. In Harbour St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Winchester, Ringdove, and Volcano, and Echo (steamers), and Adventure (naval transport). At Spithead-Alfred, Candahar (convict ship). Colonel Custance, of the 10th regiment, is ap pointed Colonel Commandant (an office revived), at Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight; Colonel Con sidine succeeds Colonel Custance in the command of the 10th regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Maclean (late of the 13th Dragoons) is appointed Colonel Commandant of the depot at Dorchester, for Canadian cavalry. There are 18 line of battle ships, 14 frigates, and 16 sloops, and other smaller vessels of war, now building in the various naval dockyards. The Prince Albert, 90, Royal Frederick, 110, Constance, 36, Eurydice, 26, Albatross, 16, and Sealark , 10, at Portsmouth ; the Aboukir, 90, Albion, 90, Ex mouth, 90, Amethyst, 26, Flora, 36, Creole, 26, Niobe, 26, and Philomel, 6, at Plymouth ; the Algiers, 90, Victoria, 110, Centurion, 80, Co. , lossus, 80, Lion, 80, Superb, $O, June. 26, Sybil, 36, Helena, 16, Liberty, 16, Squirrell, 16, Marmion, I 6, and Martin, 6, at Pembroke • the Cumberland, 70, IVlt Goliah, 80, Irresistible, 80, dars, 80, jcistic, 80, Active, 36, Chesapeake, 36, Arab, 16 , alypso, 20 , Coquette, 20, Dispatch, 10, Dove, 10, E k, 16, and Heron, 16, at Chatham ; the Daedalus, 42, aid Daring, 10, at Sheerness ; the Hannibal, 90, Bo4cawen, 70, Chichester, 50, and Amphion, 36, at Woolwich ; and the Worcester, 50, at Deptford. Some of tlie foregoing are ready to launch, and others nearly so.l PLYMOUTH, MARCH 24.—The Alban steamer, Mr. J. King, Master, arrived from Portimouth, on Monday, and sailed the next day for i Pembroke, with Mr. Anderson, Assistant Master! Attendant, and a party of men, to navipte the Spiteful, a new steamer, to Greenock. The Volcano steamer, Lieut. C. J. Featherstone, also arrived from Portsmouth, with forty-two men for the Agincourt, and sailed in 1 the afternoon, on her return to Portsmouth. Arrived the Alert, packet, Lieut. E. Jennings, front Falmouth, to be paid off. Sailed the Spy, 3, Lieut. 4. M. Pot bury, for Bristol, for newly raised men ; 'and Camel, lighter, for Woolwich. The Vindictive, 50, Capt. J. T. Nicholas, with Sir Thomas Cochrane's flag, passed down channel with a fine breeze from the northward ; she had been detained in Torbay some •days by con trary winds. The Philomel, 10, to be launched from this Dock-yard, the 28th, it is said will be imme • diately commissioned by Cominander B. J. Sullivan, for a surveying-vessel on the Coast of South America. The depot of the 98th regiment marced from Devon port barracks, the 21st instant, for Wales. The Growler steamer, Commander C. H. M. Buckle ar rived from Portsmouth.—ln Harbour-L-Caledonia, San Josef, Agincourt, Resistance, Crocodile, Fly, Scylla, Growler, Alert, and Bramble. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONS.—Commander—John Waihington, of the Shearwater, to the rank of Captain. Mate—Benjamin P. Priest, of the Dublin, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMEXTS.— Commanders—W. L. Shering ham, to the Sylvia cutter; C. M. M. Wright, to the Alfred, vice Wopdthorpe, promoted. Lieutenants—Peter Cracroft (Flag), to the Victory, vice Bouverie, promoted; John Lodwiek, to the Growler ; E. J. L. Cooper (additional) ; And J. R. Thompson, vice Elliot, to the Ringdovc ; D. P. Du meresq, to the Isis ; R. J. Smith, to the Alfred ; F. G. Leigh (acting), to the Driver ;' Jacob J. Young. to the Resistance ; Chas. Seaver, to the Ja seur ; Geo. Cleaveland (additional) to the Styx. Purser—Thomas M'Knight, to be Naval Store keeper and Agent Victualler, at Hong-Kong. Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. A. Armstrong (addi tional, for service at Haslar Hospital, to the St. Vin cent, vice Costello ; J. Brown, to the Alfred ; S. R. Risk, to the William and Mary, for special service in Woolwich Dockyard. Mate—H. R. Foote, to the Kite. Midshipman—H. D. Graham, to the Formidable. Volunteers First Class—W. Fenwick, to the Cam bridge ; George Parker, to the Cerysfort. Royal Marines—Captain Isaac Toby, to be Bar rack-Master at Plymouth ; First Lieutenant Edward Rea, to be Captain ; and Second Lieutenant W. Jol liffee to be First Lieutenant. THE PREMIER IN A DILEMMA. The position of Sir Robert Peel, in reference to the income tax, and his intended reduction of the import duties, is far from being an enviable one; nor is it much to be wondered at that he should now and then, under the baiting of his opponents, exhibit a degree of ill temper rather unbecoming in a Prime Minister at a crisis like : the present. On the one hand, he is anxious to allay opposition to the income tax, by expatiating on the probable cheapness of provisions, in consequence of his pro posed alteration of the duties on certain articles of food, and the removal of all prohibition on the importation of other articles. But, unfortunately, in his attempts to show that the cost of living will be considerably reduced by his' alteration of the tariff, he finds that he is awakening the fears of the mono polists, on whom he mainly relies for support ; and therefore he is obliged to contradict on the one even ing, what he has been most vehemently asserting on the other. Thus, for example, on Friday last, in the course of his speech, he is reported to have spoken as follows :—" If my whole plan be adopted, there will be a diminution of the cost of living, which will repay to the contributors to the income tax a large propor tion of the money they are called upon to advance." But, unhappily for the Premier's consistency, he does not agree with himself. In his reply to a ques tion put to him on Monday evening, as to what would be the probable amount of revenue derived from the importation of foreign cattle, Sir Ro bert Peel said, " He had no fear that the importa tion of cattle, fat or lean, would materially, if at all, injure the home grazier." But, if this is to be the case, what becomes of the much-vaunted reduc tion in the cost of living, which, according . to his own statement in the house, a few nights previously, was to be nearly equal to the whole sum each person would have to pay itt the shape of an income tax ? Who can wonder at the disinclination of the Right Lion. Baronet to answer every question respecting his financial scheme, which his indefatigable opponents may propose, when his complaisance is continually liable to place him on the horns of a dilemna, such ,as the one we have pointed out ?—Manchester I Guardian. MAR YLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday, at 'the weekly meeting of the Mary lebone Vestry, Mr. E. Joseph in the chair, Mr. Flood, the vestry clerk, brought up and read the following report : St. Marylebone, March 23, 1842.—At the committee appointed to investigate the circumstances attending the abstraction of certain surplices from St. John's Wood chapels present,. William Low, Esq., in the chair. The committee having carefully investi gated the circumstances connected with the surplices stolen from St. John's Wood chapel, regret that they are unable to trace such surplices to any' person or persons. whomsoever." Mr. Gomm having moved the adoption of the Report, Mr. ANDERSON rose and said it was most unsatis factory that the committee could come to no other conclusion, seeing that the surplices had ben traced to the residence of a vestryman. From henceforth he should take his seat as a vestryman of Marylebone with the greatest reluctance, inasmuch as he con ceived that disgrace and discredit were; cast upon every member composing it. Mr. COCHRANE was surprised at the observations of the last speaker. Surely, he would not pretend to say that the stolen surplices had been traced to the residence of a vestryman. If such were the fact, he, too, would , really be ashamed to take his seat, for it would tend to make them.appear the most disgraceful body that ever existed.—(Hear, hear, and! oh.) He called upon Mr. Anderson to explain. Mr. ANDERSON did not feel called upon to explain. Mr. FOSTER felt the force of all the ohservations made by Mr. Anderson.—(oh, oh,, and hear, hear.) It was true they were unable to fix the robbery of the surplices upon any person, but still thelßeport of the Committee was most unintelligible. Although he (Mr. Foster) did not believe them to be the same surplices as those which were the parish property, still the police did trace, at the period of the robbery, cer tain surplices to the house of a vestryman„ that ves= tryman being himself a member of the Committee. Mr. CocHRANit-,—G-ood heavens! Mr. GoMM said it was shameful to cast imputations upon any one, without a tittle of proof.—(Hear, hear.) The wife of the vestryman had purchased, as a ward robe-keeper, certain surplices, and they had been made into other articles of dress, but on being taken to St. John's Wood Chapel, they were declared to be quite a different cloth to those stolen. There was not a shadow of a shade of suspicion. Mr. SODEN said the charge against the 4estrymau by certain parties, was because he was a strong poli tical opponent of theirs, and they wished to see him disgraced.—(Hear, hear, and oh !) But ,they had not succeeded. _ The Rev. Dr. DIDDIN said this was really a ver y y ominous day for that vestry, when a member of it was charged with having his wife implicated in such a transaction. It was an implication so odious, repul sive, and abominable, that the vestry ought not to rest 24 hours under it. Mr. GinsoN said there could be no doubt of the charge being the result of slander from evil disposed persons, but, in order that the refutation should go fully forth, he would move that the Report be referred back to the Committee. Mr. W. EYRE seconded the amendment., The re port had gone forth,. and it was proper that it should be fairly met. A VESTRYMAN said he was the party alluded to, and it was nothing more nor less than an attempt to stab his political character. The surplices were bought by his wife from a lady residing at Battersea. On the question being put, the Report was adopted by a large majority. STATE OF TRiDE.—WE much regret to have to ann:eunee a further deterioration in the state of our market. A complete gloom has pervaded things during the whole of the week. On Tueiday it was hoped that some improvent might have been felt, some realization of previous hopes experienced—everybody, hoWever, was deceived. The business done on 'Change in yarns was on that day limited to a degree, and prices of Dearly all descriptions fell full one-eighth per lb. In cloth a similar effect was seen. Little business was done, and where sales were effected it was at a reduction in price, alarm ingly low though prices previously were. " Well!" said a large spinner, a Conservative too, the other day," as good 72 reed printing cloth as can be made may be bought at ss. per piece, or Is. a pound, and fair 405% mule twist may be readily found at per lb. ; one half of the spinners will be broken shortly, and then the (Aber half may hope for an improvement!" So much for the " im proved confidence," " renewal of public faith," &c. &c., prediicted as likely to ensue from the advent to power of the all-wise Peel Go , eminent! When will the Torics discover that we want sweeping 'measures rather than plausible Ministers ?—Manchester Guardian. . r.--'--- T - - ---- -7--- EN T ' H AMES ,EMEANKM C ino A n ni c on o gs un t e t il he on rep T ots r l s a da idbe y lfasorte, btici‘Cifo.uri;ifkne,il Chairman of the Navigation Committee, and of form the groundwork of important Proceediagnns Corporation on the next Court day, is the 1°I;"0 Captain Bullock, R.N., the hidrogra? Board of Admiralty, who, with Mr. 1 1 ' 11 ' pro ,' 0 President of the Institution of Civil Engi ° , e s - s , other eminent scientific men, took .a s ur: .' us autumn, of the whole extent of the river naiseira,. The - civic jurisdiction. The following is an 111)5 CAPTAIN BULLOCK'S OBSBEVAT lON SCorp A. c‘ Inquiries having been instituted by th e „ c tici, tion of the City of London respecting the p en t of,, lity and expediency of a uniform embanicaeosi Thames throughout its course, it has been, t ,, e is to me to consider and reort on the effects bo e , r i v er her ,er f produced by such a measure on the bed of th 0 0 , " Previous to my answering the ques tiohs su li ssi to me, it seems desirable that I should scathe 01 conceive to be the natural laws regulating ' 90 for, , ments of a river, and the formation of its Deu'ossfii such laws are involved in the subject under e r a I tion. A current of water obeys the gen e motion, and continues its course in a s tri f li s sel l i d until it meets with some obstacle which ~,,ss, turn aside ; hence at every bend in the en-jas/°‘ river, the current runs in on the collate s presses on the bank. 4, The velocity of a stream, unde r like i c ts ilc f r stances of declivity and pressure, depe nd ' yid Oi. doms or, in other words, on its bread th In any given section of a river the grestesstssti 0 a stream will, generally speaking, be. leis - se deepest part; where there, is a shoal an tbs 4 of an active current, the contact d ates 0 stream with the retarded and sluggish vi ss . slot s shoal- will have the effect of producing a,,," e sisr tion or eddy in the latter, the ex tent of, l "', regulated by the extent f the shallows. d ie - After some further statements relativet°, s laws regulating the movements of a ri"" Bullock proceeds::-- ' O Ol " These principles being established, proceed to consider the question w hether l ee s 0 ble to devise a channel for a river so constL Y secure the two conditions of clearness ''' - 01 sis• structions and permanence ; or, in other W c osi ther by embankments judiciously eo nstru nst Y respect to width and form, a river rosy i s tll s rected in such a manner that its curre n t/ fig s, 1 :1 will harmonise with the general wif e Ld---0,- course, and whether it may not be. tendency to form shoals and to shift its. o ds " It appears to me that these desirable e asi l easily obtained by embankment. A riv :olo 6 ' spoiled by the too great diffusion of th e the wear and tear of the banks, and br al o iff of one kind or another created in the svet e r s sAt all which ensue diversions of the curre ll l.oo o dency in the river to change its course/ s n s the banks and shoals, which more or less inn' i vigation. s e) " Now, these causes of deterioration OS ibo s s pletely removed by embankments, reduci°3 tOsswl of a 'river to a sufficient water -way , 8° sr 1 more, and presenting to the pressure of th e I 3° " the bends of the river a solid unchangsable } bs i t ? such a form as will guide the current W ss pet , one channel ; if to these embankments be f i o lo, t . some regulations calculated to preserves ; ors e ir , principles on which the embankments as.' si s , to prevent the projections and obstrueti" s e water-way, it cannot be doubted that the w s , gradually work itself a free, uniform, on cl u rse channel, and having thus improved its c as ° , o e° P ci s t f will have no tendency to change it. The ' - s ill i agencies which, left to themselves,cont int lidji their direction, and plough up different c i 7, o a, v I stream, will, f fixed in their direction, ea, variable and undue hindrances, be conver t I ? improver and preserver of the same stream" i 00 4 + " It is easy to apply to the Thames sy' ss t P'f already said of rivers in general, but it M r t y) overlooked that an additional argument sss f° tif I posed embankment, may be found in the 'c i . ge ii that the Thames is rather wider above hr t i res is s , the Pool ; for the contraction of the s s sin bridge, will probably have the effect o f ee _ os s current, and giving it an equable rnoven:lcio e i moreover, the single fact that the Pool;isdi narrower that the river above, bridge is °' peC e ll cient to show that the latter is wider tha n s eS " It would be advisable, perhaps, tl - s peoi l dredging the process of clearing and s 'l4o bed of the embanked river, instead o s . s i the comparatively slow operation of Ils7ss-l A I but in that case, it would be necessa r i s sa r, better system of dredging than that Pill';; 0.,0 sent, and instead of making deep holes etori nels, the dredging machine ought to 1 2 1 2 1. 0 0:11 wholly in removing shoals ; and, in gene';;;lest,4 remarked that the mischiefs from the n T s tV river's bed or banks, or from injurious . r 4 with them, cost much more for their rer g rot tion, than would suffice to maintain a vi d intendence competent to prevent them. sa te " The Thames, though for ages the g v 'S -- s ars mercial river in the world, has hitherto `,"" e , from its due share in the improVensent'iss 9 0 1 around it. In our own times the nissrle' - 's 0) ceived incalculable benefits from science, s l l : ii co v be expected from the maritime genius of t s sei a l s , the chief glory of their scientific labou r i„ soli ourselves. The Thames has been lat2 „ 4 tle s i with the utmost care and minuteness J ii itv tion of the Lords of the Admiralty, h il 0 ference to the embankment of its sides. 0 0 . 1 " Amidst all this activity, originating,. is 110,1 of the age, and called for by its wants, d prising that the Corporation of the C it i ss e I actuated by the same spirit, should 1; 0 1 their attention to the improvement of its s l ed extension of some care to this object i s sst s d tively called for by the recent change s 9;0 1 plying in the river, arising from the gi: a glt, small steamers. In conclusion, I s'„W s o mend the projected embankment as a c e ' 7 , ol pf ° ,;,,i effecting a great and permanent , ' c os in the Thames. It would, if full s so o ' and maintained with suitable regn ' t fil i s s the effect of equalising the WI ie, of the river, removing shoals, s he O l t i the navigable water-way. Owing t° the obstructions in the river with the Wit, oblique currents attendant on theta , "iSclisi constant wave from the steam-boats woof the banks, there is a larger quantity of sfo rlti d i a state of perpetual oscillation than fc" .-- 044 this will be avoided - by unity of channel ;,,, 19 unembarrassed water-way the stream, , s th'sse ss sedimentary matter, will pass onward s o f vs sea into deep water. The great exten t s' a lio; banks, which now exhale offensive Na " water, would also thereby be much dim' br stream being made stronger and deep s 0 1 1 bankment would more effectually perf ° 7l e st ing office ; and these benefits, indep en ; it s i of considerably . increased facilities °I ~ now grown so important, seem to In e 'O5( themselves to incite to far more ardOu' ss osr sive undertakings than that of merely em river near the metropolis." NEW ZEALLAND,"„ r tS i ` Intelligence has been received from riv in New Zealand, to the 27th Noverabe i r 'c o 4 colony sent out by the New Zealan°,,„ f ll ", ' arrived. It is headed by Captain Artnov l well known to his brother officers in tr e d 10 professional zeal and intelligence, an popularity. Captain Hobson, the , Grc' s ,' e hs Zealand, who has been engaged in;teil j o from force into existence a settlement orig:„§ 17' self, at Auckland, remote the E 4 , o '` ti tt o settlers from England and New p interferes in the affairs of ct." — r rather in the spirit of a rival colon y tFo British Governor anxious to prota° te t iiiso ment of the whole islands ; and in Ind he interfered to prevent the second C O ote 1 tling where the Company's officer s , 0 0 4 Cooper's Bay, on th e wes t c oast 9 e cil l o Island. The colony was therefore limits of the Company's territory, but 51 ' 0 t, island, at Blind Bay, on the southerU r e boa ) ? Strait (the Northern coast of Middle .. s p' s j oa t as luck would have it, they were conic e DeO t i loss of their first wish by finding an e I A 01 1 0 and an ample tract of rich land ; Nelson was founded with every 'o favourable career. All went on well prof' St son.—Spectator._ 0 BIRTHS. ' On the 20th inst., Mrs. C. S. Thomas, °f tO race, Hyde-park, of a daughter. sod On the 22d inst., at Beech-hill, near ii i . f o f be Britain, the lady of W. A. Bethune, Esq.' of f On the 23d hist., at Sible Hedingharn, 1- ,e the Rev. Charles Burney, of a daughter. t he 0 r ,i On the 24th inst., at Burton-upon-Tre at ' e Allsopp, Esq , of a son. Holo" c4 or On the 24th inst., at Lady Noel's, in -- A lady of Captain Donnelly, of a son, still-hot / 0V On the 25th inst., at Chapel-street, o ' 9 o l ' lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Tinling, of a soy , g MARRIED. O. ,i' fil On the 22d inst., at Stepney old Church' jolt, solicitor, of the Commercial-road, to Ge l " co , t the late Mrs. Bagley. Cli elf l''' _......„.„...." On the 26th inst., at St. Luke's Church, 11. Thomas Reeve, son of William Reeves , Ep i e 4 , Bower, daughter of T. W. Bower, Esq., " i .4 , - - ' -...-- T' DIED. , ii , a be tbt 0 On the 20th inst., at Cheltenham, "-• 00 , pt ed • u late John Woodcock, Esq., of London, g l op , i t On the 23d inst., at Marlborough-bu, ore tof i f William Frederick Delavand, Esq., late S ctw jestv's Board of Custom s , aged 79. . War t. lin the 24th i ns t., at W rox ho Abbey ., irokY 0 - 5 0 1 Anne Martha, the wife of Chandos Wren fl f 41 MUS P IPieII London: Print e d an d P u bli s hed by - s o • o. 112, Strand, at Mt Sux. (Mee. _As g9l the County of 3lichilesex, Monday, Nl'