The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-06 00:00:00

M P "SEWELL (late of the firm of Sew ell and. tross) begs most respectfully to inform the Gentry". and the Public that he has just concluded an array Bement with the representative of his late Partr er, Mr. CR' JSS, for the PURCHASE of COMPTON B OUSE, tor,itither with the remaining portion of the STO CK in '..RADE, and that it is his intention in future to awry on the business in conjunction with two of the principa 1 young 'men, Mr. EVANS!, and Mr. HUBBARD, vvhohave bee nin the 'House seventeen years, and his Neyhew, Mr. BACON, under the firm of SEWELL, EVANS, and eo., and trusts, by the strictest attention, to merit a continuance of that pa'. nonage which has already been so liberally bestowed. In order to make the necessary arrangements for the purchasing of New Stock, which will consist both of British and Foreign =nub ictures, .:tbe premises are closed, and will be re-opened on 3 londay, 16th inst. N.B.—The remaining portion of the old stock will be cleared out at a great sacrifice. —Compton House, 44, and 15, Old , Compton -street, and 46 and 47, Frith-street, Soho. ROYAL FANCY BALL—EXCLUSIVE. /V HE COURT JOURNAL of TO-111011 ROW LL will contain EXCLUSIVE PARTICULARS• of her ..11AJEST'Y'S F ANCY BALL, comprising an accurate De scrlptiou,Of the Costumes and Characters to be assumed by the Distinguished Personages honoured by Invitation to a FETE unparatleled at. the English Court. The same Nuniber will also contain, on AN EXTRA SHEET, GRATISjsan ample Critique on the Painting it 1 the Royal Academy Exhibitiori. Forwarded, Postage free, b; all Booksellers and Newstara W. TI:IOMAS, 19 % Catherine-street, Strand. THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY'S NEW WO T K. Just ready, in 2 vols. Svo ' with Illustrations, THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO CONSTANTINOP LE ; ri By the Danube, in 1840-41. By C. W. VANE. CIS of LONDONDERY, G.C.8., &c. ' Ti which is annexed, the Author's Correspondence v rith Prinee Metternich, Loris Ponsonby, Palmerston, &c Miry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-str eet. abuses, they could never have been attended with such la mentable consequences as are perceived at present for the first time. Is it possible, we ask, that our commerce could have been ruined, and our navy annoyed and insulted for ten years, without a cry having been uttered from one end of the kingdom to the other ? Believe it whomay, we Certainly do not Vexatious proceedings and unjust seizures have been cited; we do not deny the truth of such statements for a moment. The treaties themselves contemplated the possibility of abuses, and have provided the means of obtaining redress. We have re commended that such matters should be represented to the Go vernment, which will apply to England, and we hope —nay, we are convincFd, that . justice will be dealt out to our just applica tions. This is all we advise, and yet for this we have excited the fury of the patriots of the old and new schools. War is all their cry. They wish to begin with cannon-shots, and after wards tome to some understanding on the matter when France and England shall have reciprocally burnt their fleets and done each other as much injury as possible, or to abolish files treaty of 1833 and tear up our signatures, which would bra a totally new proceeding amongst civilised nations, and 'would highly honour the France of 1830 ! It would be a fine • sight to find the country, which is named Liberal par ercellerice, and which first proclaimed the rights of man, commencing against England and against Europe a war in favour of slavery. And let us, even with the risk of having ourselves doubly abused, tell the whole truth, and inquire since what period the infamous traffic in slaves has relaxed? Since the Treaties of 1831 and 1833, and the establishment of the right of search. The Revolution of July took pride in having abolished a commerce which so cruelly outraged the dignity of man. We were not willing to leave to England the honour of having driven slavery from the world, and are we already tired of our efforts ? Have we done what England has effected ? Have we paid 500 millions of francs to purchase the liberty of a portion of the human race? A FRAUDULENT LEGISLATURE.-011April 5, Sir Ro bert Peel gave this definition of fraud—a " combination, for the purpose of influencing the market." He was speaking on the Corn-law averages, while he was carry ing a Bill, by a combination of nearly all the landlords in Parliament, to influence the market. We appeal to Sir Robert Peel, therefore, whether ours be not a Frau dulent Legislature ? Mr. Simpson, of Bucklersbury, as will be seen from the advertisements in The Sun of this day, has received directions to sell some valuable estates in Ireland, as well as in different parts of England. Some of these have an annual rental of from 5001. to 10,0001. a year ; and, when money is so plentiful, there is every probabi• lity that there will be a keen competition for the pro perty. Mr. Simpson has long been employed as the principil agent for the sale of Irish estates ; and from NEW NOVEL 111 Y L. E. L. the faithful description which he generally gives of their Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., with Portrait of th e - value . , his estimates have be en rece i ve d with implicit Authoress, by Finslen. confidence. Gentlemen who wish t o p urc h ase can judge LAD Y AN Y E Gil AN ARD -; for themselves ; and will, therefore, naturally consult OR, KEEPING UP APPEARANCES. their own interest, by making personal inquiry of Mr. By L. E. L., Fssimpson, who will give them every information. Authoress of " - Ethel Churehill," " The Improvisatrice," Sm. , , the following was posted at Ll o yd' s yesterday :—" A " This.le gac y ) l e ft t o vs by one of the most brilliant arid gifted a loo., eapoli n tan authorities in London, requesting th e Consulication has been received in Li ve r poo l f rom t h e femal e a l it ers our own ,or 'any other time, will no' mmu , merely maintain, it will enlarge and strengthen, the high a a . Neapolitan lnation of ikia lamented Author. It is a most amusing . there to caution the Capt a in s of. Neapolitan vessels attractive AO r e l."—Naval and Military Gazette against the pending danger of repr is als, in consequence Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-s'ass a t. of disputes that have arisen between the Neapolitan and -- Dutch Governments." At the close of the proceedings of the House of Com mons last night, a new wit for Nottingham, in place of Sir G. 11. De Larpent, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, was mov , ,d for, but the motion was got rid of by the House lying adjourned. There is no longer, therefore, any doubt of the disgraceful compromise. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal Suite, left Buckingham Palace this day for Claremont Park, where the Court is expected to remain until Monday next. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, were taken in one of the Royal carriages and four. PARISH OF MARYLEBONE.—The poll for the election of vestrymen and auditors for 1842 terminated yester dsay, when the Liberals had a majority of 848 over the Tories—the numbers being, 1,320 for the Liberal candi dates, and 472 for their opponents. That indefatigable opponentl of Church-rates, Mr. Childs, after great expense and no little anxiety, has just gained another victory over his prosecutors, the Churchwardens of St. Mary, Btmgay. Mr. Childs had been summoned before the Justices for the non-payment of three shillings and fourpence its 1839, when he took objections to the validity of the rate, and shortly afterwards a suit was commenced against him, which terminated only on the 3d instant. On that day the Con sistorial Court of Norwich gave judgment, when Mr. Evans, the Judge, decided that the defendant was perfectly justified in opposini , the proceedings, that the plaintiffs had thrown much obstruction and difficulty in his way, that the defendant had come out of the case with clean hands, and he must therefore declare the rate void, with costs to the defendant. This suit has been proceeding now for twenty-seven months, and has caused the defendant, and others engaged in the suit, to travel snore than a thousand miles. What, then, be comes of Sir Herbert Jenner's remark that these Courts are not expensive, and how could a poor man resist such oppression ? There is one cause, however, for congra tulation—the Churchwardens, from the day they assailed Mr. Childs, now nearly eight years, have never made a move that has not damaged themselves. NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY CAPTAIN CHAMIIER. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ASSION AND PRINCIP LE, Edited by Capt. FREDERICK CHAMIER. This entertaining and instructive novel read t s like a piece of private family history put on record for the behoof of dista nt friends or relatives. It reports the sayings and doing, of its fictitious characters as carefully, and, to all practical effect, as accurately, as Mies Burney does those of her real ones, in 'her delightful ' Diary.' "—Naval and Military Galette, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Wow read, in one volume, comprising as much matter ais 20 or dinarkl.voluirsiv,ritl 1,r ( 00 E 3 / 1 •AN BARONET AGE BAR 'A AG S E FOR 1842'i, Corrected to the Present Time, from the Communications of the Nobility, &c., and containing a Suppletr.ent, with ALL the NEW CREATIONS,. " Mr. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage ;.s the most com plete, the most convenient, and the cheap'..Nst work of the kind over offered to the public."—Sun. Henry Cliurn, Publisher, la, Grant Marlborough -street. THOS. ILN:RRIS r.ncl SON'S TELESCOPES are warranted u - ,iesualled by any other house at the pric , s. ben', carriage, free, to any part of the kingdom. Cash first remitted. I s aa.anged if not approved. Tourists should not be without Qr.e,.. A pocket tel e3eope to show objects 8 miles off... £0 18 0 A pocket t, Auto!, to show objects 12 miles ... 1 10 0 A pocket' .elescol eto show objects 16 miles..... 2 2 0 A roAet iscleseol eto show objects 20 miles. ... 4 0 0 Thomas Harris and Son, Opticians, 52, opposite the British Museum., London, established 60 years.—T. Harris and ;ion are nett .e, related to, nor in any way connected with a firm of the s w se name. - I_IIP,;E\TE BROTHERS beg to state that the _ AUSTRIAN MONEY DISTRIBUTIONS, for vrhi , h they are selling Selected and Genuine Bonds, take place eg ilarly on the following days-Ist of March, let of Alay % and •sO of September. On the let of June a selection of Bonds it to ki tg place relative to Distribution of the Ist of September. 7.'he Bonds belonging to the Distribution of let of May have al -ready been selected on the Ist of February. Direct fa.. Genuine Beads from those selected to take part in the Dia' ribution of the let of May, without delay to HEINE BROTHERS at HAYABURGH. Every Genuine Bond, taking part in the Di'itribution of Ist of May, is sure to obtain at least 6.11. sterlill largest Divi steed 22,500/. sterling—liamburgh, April ig 2. ‘VEATHER.--N, O'ON, MAY 5. R 'AL CI A LLERY OF SCION .13, A DEL...UDE-STREET 'Ti , ennonieter 59 13w.omcler 9.3s.—Wind W. hi iii 'AT LONDON BRIDGE THI.7) DAY. "brains...... 3 af.nute, after 11 I Evening - _ _ _ -- Al l . A.Ever ilztr-nento of a Disgusting' Character, or I' ..en , Jral Tendency, are excluded from the, Columns of " The Hun." ,§)Atile *trontilßbittoii SUN OFFICB Three o'Cloch. The Emperor of - Russia is engaged in a contest with his Nobles about the emancipation of the serfs through out his dona'nions. His Imperial MAJEsTY is opposed to aerfege. Mad since his accession has done all in his power to, give freedom to the mo s t o pp resse d an d most dftservinr; class of his, subjects. The Nobles, however, whil are the owners of the serfs, and who re ar them in the light of property, are so op loosed to the measure that a revolution may be expected, 'should the EMPEROR persevere. Nov, persevere he will. All who know anything of the character of the Emperor NactioLAs, must be aware that he never swerves from any purpose which he has once undertaken. His ob• stinacy is so great that nothing can remove it. It mutters not whether the course to be pursued is right or wrong, the CZAR never swerves from it. Fortunately the course which he is now pursuing is the right one. Serfage in Russia is but a modification of slavery as it 'exists in the Southern States of Nort'q America. The Russian serf can obtain liberty on no terms whatever. If he follow any trade or profession, he cannot remove five miles from his native village without the written permission of his master, which is alw tys obtained with difficulty. His earnings, his wife, his children, are all the property of his toaster, and the instances are exceedingly rare in which serfs have been altos ed upon any terms to purchase their liberty. Some of the serfs engaged in trade, especially in the Baltic provinces, are rich, their families highly accomplished, and yet at the beck of their masters they may at any moment see their daughters torn from them, and given to boors without their consent, and themselves reduced to • the most abject slavery and misery. The pride of a Rus sian Noble is to have as many serfs'as possible, and the more he has the greater is the consideration in which he is held by his compeers. To diminish the power of the: Nobles is the main object of the EMPEROR'S attempt to emancipate the serfs. While serfage exists he reigns. by the sufferenco of the Nobles, and he wants to be absolute. We, however, care nothing what are his intentions, so long as his acts are liberal and beneficent. Now next to the abolition of the African slave-trade, the abolition of serfage in Russia is one of the greatest boons that could be conferred upon the human race. But it re quire& to be done with great caution, and to be accom partied with measures making the letting of land com pulsory on the part of the great proprietors. The omission of such measures on the part of the Imperial Gemernment, completely neutralized the benefits which might Lave been expected frern the abolition of serfage, at few years ago, in some of the Baltic provinces. The former rnalsters of the emanipated serfs united in refusing to let, them land on any terms, in consequence of which they were reduced to such misery as to im plore the authorities to allow them to return to their former condition. The fact was seized upon at the time by the Nobles, as demonstrating how much Russians pre ferred serfage to freedom, and for a time the resolution of the EMPEROR seemed shaken by it. But the actual circumstances of the case becoming known, the EMPEROR more than ever determined to restrict a power which was shown to be too great to be controlled by an Im perial Ukase. We shall enter more into the details of this question on a future day. The Right of Search question continues to excite the a tt e ntion of the French Journals. The following sensi ble re narks of the Journal des Debuts, stated to be from the nof M. GtJIZOT, are in answer to the ribald attacks on England in the I'resse and the National. They are worthy of their imputed author : We need not dwell on the last treaty relative to the right of search. The Chamber, havjpg testified its ' Government has sot ratified it, and M. Gui:zapprobation, the oth as repeated, even to sati e ty, i n t erms the clearest and most language can furnish, that unless important precise that modifications should less true, introd uce d , i t will not be rat ifi ed at a ll . Wh at is no t true, and what France ought not to be mistaken about is, that England has a right to be astonished at this refusal to ratify, and at the explosion of abuse willich accompanied it—for the treaty was our work as much as hers. We, like her, had negotiated for it in the great Courts of Europe for years to gether, and under every Ministry since 183:3. We may be accused over and over again of having an English heart, but what we have just stated will not be the less true, and it is not our fault if for ten y ears the persons, who take as the text of their declamatio ns the treaty of 1841, have done every thing in their power to have it concluded signed, and ratified. Let it not be ratified if such a line of conduct appears ad- Tislblei but let us not appear ridiculous in speaking of per fidy. To hear the present out cr y, one might suppose the treaty of 1833, with the right of search, was quite a new dis covery. What ! if a great abuse existed, would everybody remain silent for ten years? But the truth is, either the treaty w unknown or eatirely forgott en , and this is the iery best - proof that if the right of search produced some BRIGHTON ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) STATE OF THE POLL AT A QUARTER BEFORE ELEVEN. Harvey Harford Brookes STATE OF THE POLL AT ONE O'CLOCK. Harvey llarford Brooker 852 447 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The English Market opened firmly, but the sale of nearly 100,000/. stock by the Bank broker, has since rendered it dull. The prices are—Consols for Money. 92 1 / 2 92%, for the Ae unt, 92% 924 ; Reduced Three per Cents, 91 1 ,4 91 i i; New Three-And-a-Half per Cents., 1003. 100 ; ditto Re duced, 994 99.4. ; Bank Stock, 167 16S; India Stock, 247 i 2481; India Bonds, 21 ; and Exchequer Bills, 3639 prem. Foreign Securities are firm at the prices of yesterday— Belgian, 102 103 ex. div. ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 53 531; the Five per Cents, 101 101 i ; Danish, 801 1 81f, ; and Brazilian, 67 68. The flatness in Railroad Shares is somewhat improved, and more business has been done. London and Birmingham, 181 1811 ; Thirds, 31 , Great Western, 9314 ; New, 644 ; Fifth!, 10A ; Bristol and Exeter, 44 ; Cheltenham and Great Western, 16.1; Great North of England, 86i ; North Midland, h 5, the New Shares, 321 ; York and North Midland, 93k, 94 ; Paris and Rouen, 171 ; South Eastern and Dover, 311; the Scrip, 11 ; and Eastern Counties, New, Si. 9s. 2d. Bonds are quoted—Colombian, 261 ; Mexican, 32/ 334 ; Portuguese Three per Cents , 221; Spanish Five per Cents., 23A; and the Three per Cents., 22&. Money continues plentiful ; two-and-a-half per cent. has, however, been paid to-day. Accounts from Buenos Ayres to the 12th of February have been received. It appears that the Governor was determined to preserve peace with the surrounding nations as far as it was possible, and that he had received satisfactory communications from several of the neighbouring Republics. The receipts of the Treasury in January had been 39 silver and 3,076,764 paper dollars, and the disbursements 2,957,266, of which 1,273,765 had been on account of the deferred debt, and the balance in hand on the Ist February, was 112 silver and 1,80,812 paper dollars. The Ti &usury bills in circulation at that time amounted to 4,3t'5,000 dollars. Exchange on England 3d. _ . . . Intelligence from the Mauritius to the 26th cf January has come to hand. The extreme cost of the production of sugar over the price obtained, still occupied the attention of the planters. Three remedies were proposed—the introduction of more labourers, whereby the present high wages would be reduerd ; the abolition of the laud-tax; and a remission of the export duty. In the month ending the 20th of January, 11,945 begs of Sugar had been put up topublic sale, of w hich 8,923 Lags had been sold ; middlint and good brown at from 4.75 to 5.60 ; middling to fine prey 4.76 to 7.25, and middling and goad yellow 5.45 to 6.85 per 1001bs. LIVERPOOL COTTON AIARKET, MAN- s.—There have been about 3,000 bale sold in very dull market to-day. Except 400 Surats, at 38. to 4id., and 120 Egyptians, 7d. to 84d., the whole was American, 4d. to titl. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY s.—The market wa very dull, and Eastern Counties and South Eastern were both lever. the new Shares of the latter being, on leaving off, at 3a, and the Debentures of the former 5/. 6s. Bd. The other sales were, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 55 ; London and Birmingham, 181 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 39i; and the Quar ters, 6i. 31A;ICIIESTrit STOCK EXCHATiOE, MAY s.—We continue quiet in Shares ; prices remain Arm, and not much Stock offer ing. North Midland Halves, 323 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 29 to 29f ; Edinburgh and Glasgow; 54 to 55 ; South Western, 63 to 64. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock . . 168 'lndia Stock, ... 24S 3 per Cent Red 9lii Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cens 92i Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red 994 Ditte New Annuities... New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001— . 39 prr. Long Annuities to expi r e I Ditto Small 36 pen Jan. 1860 124 Bank Stock for Acct ...167 Oct. 1859. •....... 12 7-16 India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 pat cent.— Portuguese, 5 per cent.. Belgian, 5 pet cent — illitto, New Ditto — Brazilian 80nd5.......... 'Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres . 6 per cent 23 Russian, 5 per cent 112 ' 41 Chilian, 6 per cent...—. Ditto, Metallic . .... Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 23a Ditto, 1824.......... ..... Ditto, Deferred.... Dani,h, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent —l. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — 'Exchange Mexica n , 5 p er cen t.... 334 French, 3 percent — . —c. Ditto, 8 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent... . Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 'Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 101 A SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ... ..... . ... .. 44 Cheltenham and Great Western (721 paid) 16i Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... ... ... — 4 ; Ditto New Sha res ( pa id) 51 9 2d Edinburgh and Gla sgow (50 pa id) ... 55 Great /North of Engla n d R a il way (1 00 pd) 86 Great Western Railway (65 pa id) 931 Ditto New Shares (50 p a id) 6 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid).. London and Blackwall (25 paid) ...... ...... ___ Ditto New Shares ( paid) London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 37 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid.. 31 London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l3i Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ••• 181 North Ditto m Q i d u i a a i r , t d e r ii Shares paid)( ( 1 1 5 00) 65 Ditto New Shares (40 paid) ......... ..... 32 Paris and Rouen (16 paid) - 171 / _ . south Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... . Ditto Scrip. (5 paid) ........ .... York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... The General Steam Navigation Company's British steam ship, Wilberforce, arrived from Antwerp yesterday at i g ht o'clock, after a fine passage of 19 hours. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND t9ttbilt eptnion. " Who runs may/ read." FOREIGN. The Paris Journals indulge in few comments on the accounts from India. Most of them indeed abstain from them altogether, and give merely ass analysis of the news. The Courrier Francais which, on a former oexasion, made some gloomy predictions as to the result of the struggle, now says it has no doubt that the English would again pass the Indus on the re turn of fine weather, and that they will enter Caubul as con querors ; but it qualifies this anticipation by observing that their prowess will cost an enormous sum, and produce no po litical advantages. The Tribunal of the First Instance of the Seine gave its decision in the affair relative to the succession of Baroness de Feucheres on Wednesday. The Attorney-General, M. Ter naux, after examining at considerable length the facts and arguments adduced by M. Philippe Dupin, in favour of the heirs, and by M. Chain d'Estange in behalf of the Paris hos pitals, ultimately declared against the pretensions of the latter. The Court then retired to deliberate, and shortly afterwards re-entered the ball, and delivered a judgment by which the relationship of the Baroness with the fisherman Richard Dawes was declared to have been satisfactorily proved, and rejected the claim of the hospitals. The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree by the Regent, declaring that the lazaretto of Vigo, in the islands of St. Simon, will be opened from the Ist of June next to all vessels, Spanish or foreign, which may choose to pass their quaraetine there.— The Castellano states that the National Guards of Peralada. near Figueras, had been disbanded for having sung republican songs. We learn, by the Brussels Journals, that a military revolt, on a small scale, took place at Dinant on the 29th ult. The soldiers forming the compagnie de discipline in barracks at that place refused to peform an additional hour of service which is imposed on them, and several threw down their muskets. An officer, however, boldly advanced among the mutineers, and, some troops having been sent for, three of the ringleaders were taken into custody, upon which the remainder returned to their duty. The Emperor of Russia published an ukase on the 2d ult., modifying the position of the Russian serfs in respect to their lords, which created so much dissatisfaction amongst the no bility, that the Grand-Master of the Police of St. Peters • burgh found it necessary to publish an ordinance on the follow ing day, annulling in reality all that had been commanded by the preceding ukase. The Garette of Upper Germany states that the Germanic Diet has been for some time past, and still is, engaged in the consideration of a general amnesty for political offences. A letter from Vienna, 26th ult., in the Sunbian Mercury, mentions a rumour of letters having been received in that city, announcing that the Emperor of Russia had recently had seve ral attacks of illness- It does not appear, however, that much credit was attached to the rumour. PARLIAMENTARY. The Lords did not meet yesterday. In reply to Mr. P. M. Stewart Sir James Graham stated that he had not promised immediately to introduce a Bill rela tive to the Church of Scotland; he had only said that her Ma jesty's Ministers had hopes that a settlement might be made of the unhappy disputes in the Scotch Kirk; if those hopes should be realized, a Bill would be introduced. It was stated by Sir Robert Peel, in answer to Mr. Reding ton, that the motion for introducing a Bill to disfranchise Sud bury is not to he put off next Tuesday by Government having then the right to proceed with orders instead of motions. Mr. Hutt, in moving for collies of circulars sent from the Home-office relative to the Magistracy, brought before the House the manner in which the Tories, since their accession to office, had been thrusting their creatures into the Magis tracy, in defiance of the local authorities. Sir James Graham defended the improper proceedings at great length, and pointed out that the Whigs had done quite as bad, or a great deal worse than the Tories. The Right Hon. Baronet was indeed smart and heavy in his accusations, and was rehemently cheered by his friends. , The House was occupied all the evening with the de bate, the Members of one side hurling fierce party accu sations against the Members of the other. Towards the end Sir Robert Peel defended the Tories, and assuming— though how the opinions of men can be so accurately known wo eannot say—that 745 Magistrates, out of 1,026, were Liberals when the Tories came 'into office, he asserted that his party had only redressed an unequal balance, and by their appointments had saved the administiation of jus tice from suspicion and odium. Lord John Russell defended the conduct of the Whigs, and showed that they did not act on such bad principles as the Tories; that they had not swamped the county Magistracy with Whigs when they came into office in 1830, though the Magis tracy was then all Tory; that the Tory principles followed out would lead to place an equal number of political partisans on the bench, and would tend to make the administration of justice a party matter. The Noble Lord condemned very severely the appointment of 400 new Magistrates, on the coming into power of the Tories, and apologised for the political inconsist ency of which he had been accused, by saying that he had never deviated into Radicalism, except when he had voted for Sir James Graham's motions in 1830. For those votes he had repented, and he asked pardon of the House; but he did nut think he had so heavy a load to repent of as Sir James, who had now made himself the servant of the party he then vilified. There was no opposition to Mr. Hutt's motion, though the party debate to which it gave rise occupied the whole evening. Sir J. Graham postponed his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Poor-law Commission, till Tuesday. The House rose, after disposing of the Orders, at One o'Clock. IVLONEY-TRILDE-COTIETVLERCE. From the Report of the Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hos pital, read yesterday at the annual meeting, it appears that the number of in-patients was 305, and out-patients 7,630, making a total 01 7,935, being an increase of 3,200 for 1840 and 1841. 3,850 barrels of oil, one of the richest cargoes known to be conve3ed into the East India Docks, has been brought home by the large ship Active, from the South Sea whale fisheries. At,the half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company, held yesterday, at the London Tavern, the Report stated that the produce of gold for the six months ending the 31st December, 1841, after deduction of duty, amounted to 20,572/. 19s. 3d., against which the expenditure for the same period was 13,9921. ss. 9d., thus leaving a balance of 6,580/. 13s. I ld., which enabled the Directors to announce a dividend of lOs. per share (of 251.) for the whole year. ELECTIONEERING. The nomination for Brighton took place yesterday. There are four candidates in the field :.--Mr. S. Harford, Liberal ; Lord Alfred Harvey, Tory; and Messrs. F. O'Connor and Brookes, Chartists. The show of hands was declared in favour of Mr. Harford, iahen Lord Alfred Harvey demanded a poll. The election takes place this day. ECCLT,'SIASTICCAL. The Bishop olf.ichTieldT;;tatTJT)Y7Birmingham Corre spondent to be rapidly sinking under his illness, and very faint hopes appear of his recovery. The Bishop of Worcester has issued a letter to the rural Dean of Birmingham, in which he forbids the public use of the term " Puscyite," as applicable to those entertaining Tracta rian opinions. NJIVAL AND ra ILITA IL . Accounts state that the th'p General Evans struck on a reef within two days' sail of Sierra Leone. The twelve passengers escaped, but five seamen died subsequently from fever ; the rest are now on their way to England. The loss of the vessel is estirr ated at 6,000/. The Alilitary Board in India have issued orders for the commencing without delay the burning of bricks for the con struction of the Ganges canal. This magnificent work will irrigate the provinces on its borders, especially the immense tract of land lying between the Juwna and the Ganges. The sloop Fantome, commanded by Captain Butterfield, has captured I`► slave-vessels, and liberated '2,261 slaves during the 20 months she has been employed on the coast of Angola. 1..11.17.7 AINZ (L) At the Count Court held yesterday at the Sheriff's Court, Red-lion-square, proclamation of outlawry was made against 24 persons. MITEIZAII.7r AND SCIENTI7IC. Mr. Charles Heath has rustTeftlTondon for Paris, to com plete his arrangements with Jules Janin and Eugene Larni, the former to supply the literary, and the latter the pictorial, illustrations for a new splendid work on Paris, which will be ready 1->r September next. Dr. Fogel, the eminent botanist, died at Fernando Po, o n the 17th of last December. THEATRXCAL. Madlle. Dejazet, whose travesties have attracted so greatly at Paris, appears for the first time to-night at the St. James's theatre. 11(111c. Plessy, the celebrated French actress, left town yes terday for Boulogne. Theatricals in America are said to be in a much more thriv ing condition than they hare been for some time past in Lug land. The Sequins have been reaping a golden harvest front their recent visit to New Orleans. 0T.7 T —rAsax ONABLIC The Duke of Wellington intends to give a ball on the 19th instant at Apsley House, in celebration of her Majesty's birth day. it is to be on a scale of princely splendour. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annual entertainment yesterday to the Bishops at Lambeth Palace, as is customary on Ascension-day. The Marquis of Northampton arrived at his mansion in Pic cadilly the night before last, from Rome, after an abrence of nearly twelve months. The Earl and Countess of Harrington arrived at Harrington House, Whitehall, on Wednesday, from Elyerston Hall, Derby shire. It is reperted that her Majesty has signified ber pleasure to appear, with her whole Court, at the ball for the benefit of the Spitalfields weavers, in the costumes worn at the Royal Masque. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuc:h gave a grand enter tainment last night at Montagu House. TILE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain have been moderate this week. The rains being favourable to vegetation, buyers would scarcely make any purchases, so that all sorts or Corn may be consi dered nominally the same as Monday. Flour also sold very heavily. SMITHFIELD. The trade for Beef was dull, but for Mutton and Lamb there was a considerable firmness, and fur prime pieces there was some advance. Pork a shade higher. Beast, 547 ; Calves, 182 ; Sheep and Lambs, 5,760 ; Pigs, 428. Beef, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. tsid. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 2d. to .ss. 2d. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices were sustained, with a fair demand for home use, bui or shipping there were but few orders. TEA MARKET. The market was very dull, and the operations were so limited :hat we cannot quote prices. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. Candle sold slowly at 465. 3d. on the spot, and 48s. 6d. for delivery in the last three months of the year. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE , AT ITODGES'S DISTILLERY.— i T n. h o i k s e m o o n ); n in about on the h extensive al past distillery s no' c e nf l o; i k, an es srs alarming Hodgesfire and Son, Church-street, Lambeth. The engine on the premises was got into play, and in a very short time the engines belong ing to th e West f England and the Waterloo-road station were also on the spot, and fortunately by the great exertions of tho firemen, in about an hour and a half, the fire was so far sub dued as to prevent all danger of its further extension. The fire was occasioned by the bursting of the man-hole of a very large still filled with spirits, the violence of the explosion blew off the top, and as the spirits evaporated, they caught fire, and the flames communicated to the building. The damage done amounts to several hundred pounds. The stock of spirits in the still was completely destroyed. 'Messrs. Hodges are insured. A large assemblage of persons were gathered tog e on Monday afternoon, at Plumstead Common, to witness the interesting ceremony of laving the foundation stone of a new chapel about to be erected there by T. Bicherdike, Esq., a Barrage House. LAW INTELLIGENCE HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham and Lord Campbell. CHARTER V. SIR J. TREVELYAN. Sir T. Wunit resumed his reply to-day in this ease, and had not concluded when we went to press. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of ENGLAND was occupied the whole morning with short causes and unopposed petitions. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wtu RA ) JOHNSON V. JOHNSON. In this cause, which was heard a few days since, his Honour made the following order :—" It appearing that a lease might be settled if the estate was sold, the Court orders that the estate be sold, without prejudice to the absent parties, if any." After disposing of several motions, totally devoid of interest, Counsel not being ready to proceed with the causes which were set down for hearing, the Court rose at half-past ten. QUEEN S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Middlesex Grand Jury came into Court this morning, having found one true bill. 'There being no other business be fore them, they were thanked for their services by Mr. Justice, Patteson and discharged. THE QUEEN V. THE LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY COMrANT. In this case a rule had been obtained calling upon the London and Greenwich Railway Company to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, calling upon them to purchase the whole of the property of the Alessrs. Sloe, connected with their vinegar manufactory, on the west side of Church• street, Bermondsey. The property consisted of a brewery and vinegar manufactory, the dwelling-house, occupied by Arr. N. Slee, the resident partner, with a garden attached to it, ar. d five small cottages occupied by different tenants. It appeared that the extension line of the railway passed within fifty feet of the house, and a part of the garden occupied by Mr. Noah Slee. By the 47th section of the Greenwich Railway Act it was enacted that inasmuch as premises might be deteriorated in value by the railroad passing near it, any per son having premises within fifty feet of the railroad should have the power of compelling the Company to purchase such property so situated, within fifty feet of the railroad; and by the 46th section, it was enacted " That if the Company re quired to purchase any portion of certain property mentioned in a schedule annexed to the Act, the persons holding such land should not be required to sell such portion unless the Company purchased the whole." The SottcrTort-GENERA L , on behalf of the Company, showed cause against the rule, and contended that the Com pany were not compellable to purchase the whole property under the provisions of the 46th section. The Company were not desirous to take any part of it. But as the Messrs. Slee had called upon them to purchase all that portion within 50 feet) of the railway, they were not bound to take more. The Company had made an offer without prejudice to take the whole of the dwelling-hous e and of the garden attached, but they refused to take the manufactory. And he contended that the Company were justified in their refusal, inasmuch as the case did not come within the provisions of the 46th section, because the Company were not desirous of purchasing any por tion of the property at all. He therefore submitted that therule must be discharged. Mr. THESIGiR and Mr. ERLE in support of the rule argued that the Greenwich Railway Company when they obtained their Act entered into a contract with the public, who were proprietors of land near which the railway was to pass, and that they must be bound by that contract. Now it was a portion of that agreement that they should take the pro perty within fifty feet of the railway, if the proprietors were desiioll3 of compelling them to do se. It p asse d w i t hi n fif ty f eet of one potion of these premises, and these premises constituting one manufactory were an entirety, and could not be severed any more than a house could be divided in two ; and, therefore, it was submitted that the mandamus must go. Lord llsrifitan, in giving judgment, said that it was the opinion of the Court that the 47th section did not apply to this ease, and that all that the Company could be compelled to do, was to purchase such portion of the premises as were within fifty feet of the line of Railway, under the provisions of the 46th section. That the Company were willing to do, and it did not seem to him that the words of the Act were large enough to compel the Company to do more. The Company had offered to purchase the premises within fifty feet of the Railway, and that was all that they could be called upon to do. The other Judges concurred.—Rule discharged. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) CUMLEY V. COWEN. This was an action brought against the defendant Isaac Cowen for the payment of a bill of exchange for the sum of 101., drawn by him for twe months. The defendant was a Jew, and a dealer in small wares, residing in Saffron-hill; and the plaintiff was the representative of a Loan Society, by whom the money 'had been advanced. The case was tried before the Under-Sheriff, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff. It appeared that on the trial the clerk of the Loan Society, who had given out the money, stated at first that Lazarus Cowen, a brother of the defendant, who was in Court at the time, was the party to whom he had advanced it; while another witness stated that the defendant was the party on whom he had served the writ. The fact was, it seemed that the two brothers, who were very small men, bore a most ex traordinary resemblance to each other, and their very appearance had created great amusement in Court. In order further to mystify their adversaries, they had exchanged cloth( s with each other ; when, however, both were placed together, the clerk corrected the evidence as to identity he had at first Oven, and it was clearly proved that the defendant was the party to whom the money was advanced, although attempts were made to show, first., that he could not write at all, and next that the acceptance to the Bi.l was not in his handwriting. On a former day, Mr. LEE obtained a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that the evidence in the case was contradictory. The COURT, however, after hearing Mr. Thomas, for the plaintiff, enter into the detais of the trial, discharged the rule. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (T Hls DAY.) SOUTHAMPTON. At the meeting of the Committee this morning, Mr. Austin, on the part of the sitting Member, said, that after the resolu tion to which the Committee came yercrday, it would be use less for him to take up their time further. The CHAIRMAN then read a series of resolutions, to the effect that the election was null and void ; that the sitting Alem bers, Lord Bruce and Mr. Martyn, were guilty of bribery by their agents ; that Charles Callan and other voters had ac cepted bribes; that the evidence showed that an extensive system of treating and bribery had been carried on by means of local associations ; that large sums ha' been paid to Committee-men and colour-men, who were voters; that this expenditure, amounting to upwards of 5,0001., a sum far exceeding the ordinary legal charges, called for the atten tion of the House ; and that the omiTittee feel they have been prevented from ascertaining the exact mode in which the whole of this money was expended, by the loss or destruction of the vouchers and other documents with those payments, especially in the case of William Bous Mabson, who, after hav ing been served with the Speaker's warrant, disposed of those in his possession. NEW CAS TLE- UNDER -LYNE. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, and re sumed the examination of witnesses. W. Gallirmar, who was shown yesterday to have been an act i ve mem b er o f M r. H arr i s ' s Committee at the Cock, was examined at length, and with some severity, but nothing material was el cited. Airs. Gahlimur was next called, and, in the course of a very rigid examination, admitted that her husband had received 4/. for his services from Mr. Conyers, a friend of the sitting Member. LYME REGIS. At the opening of this Committee, which commenced the inquiry this morning, Mr. AUSTIN objected, in lintine, that the petition must be dismissed on account of certain interlineation, which appeared on it, unless it could be proved that these were made before the petition was signed. The Committee, after a long deliberation with closed doors, decided that the petition could not be entertained unless it vs as proved that the interlineations were inserted before the signa tures, or else the petitioners consented to have the petition read without those interlineations, and proceed only on the other points in the petition. .LOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAY G.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.—Arid. Hel velyn, Glover, Sydney; Senator, Kerr, Ceylon ; Lady Raffles, Bahia; Mary, Kelso, Havannah ; Inca, Burnham, Charleston, for Bremen. Arrd. from the River and sld. Britannia, Quebec. o ()° S % .. E D R Ou n MAY es MARGATE, MAY s.—The Elizabeth, Burn e tt, f rom G uern • sey to L on d on, w i t h potatoes, got ashore on Pureness ycstei day, and rem a i ns. ir 13 , L ja e n a i n lia l . lerbice; liebe, Douglas, Edina, Skinner, 111‘1% er, S ouTtiAstrrosit, MAY s.—Arrd. British Queen steamer, Kean, Antwerp, for New York. BittsToL, Lay s.—Arrd. Fanny, Rove, Barbadoes. LivEßrooT, MAY b.—Wind S. S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Otterspool and Caribbean, Calcutta ; Indus, Brown, Ceylon, with loss of mizan mast, in a squall, ::13d ult., in lat. 43, lon. 19 ; Barbara, Mauritius; Kestrel, Lima; Pamper°, Roberts, Buenos Ayres; Express, Cubbin, and Ann, sailed 25th March, Maranhani ; Wilsons, Campbell, Demerara, left '2lst March; Mary Ellen, Barbadocs, '2sth do. ; Denison, Pearson, Antigua, left Ist ult. ; Royal Mint, Seawright, Jamaica, left 12th March; United States, Lucy Wright, Sobieski, Columbia, John Bull, Independence, Albanian, Monmouth, Victoria, Wash ington, Swanton, Thomas Battersby, all from New Orleans ; Melaka, Lavinia, Birmingham, Seritly, Scott, Pearl, and Carroll of Carrolston, illobile ; Clanquens, Warren and James Edward, Apolachiola; Francis, John Bentley, and Nelson, Village, Savannah ; Embrook, Pollock, Huron, Sherbrook, Gray, and Ann, Hall, Charleston; Cuba, Ha vannah ; St. Mark, Alexander, New York ; Brunswick, St. Andrew's ; Black Cat, Gracioza, with cargo from the Mary Ann, Hatton. Sailed the Normandie, New York ; Handara, Quebec; Gd"ge Sutton, Newfoundland, Santos, Valparaiso, Speed, Buenos A yres ; Robert James Haynes, Barbadoes ; Eve, Rio ; Abbotsford, Sir Charles Napier, Eustace and Margaret, New Turk Crown, St. John's, New Brunswick; Jamaica, Jamaica, Arrd. o ff, Shannon, Mobile. The Ad miral Lake, Murdock from the Clyde to Antigua, was totally wrecked on the I7ih of M a rch, on the south east end of Bar buda. Crew saved. " SHIELDS, MAY Crusader, -amaica. DARTMOUTII, MAY 5, __Wind Wins/ S.W.—Arrd. Toronto, Guiswald, New York left.l4th ult. Arrd. off, Ida, Pernam buco, for Hamiwo. s ('owns.—Arni. Orr PoRTLAND, Al A ' y 2.—Menado, Tokkeus, Batavia, for Rotterdam. Janet !Thee, Singapore ; Juna, Havannah. PLYmouni, S. SV.—Arrd. off, Mary Bray, Mauritius. FAitmouTic, MAY 4 —Wind W. to S.W., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Charlotte, Frenorth, St. Michael's, and sailed for London ; Cyrus , Tho ms on, Barletta ; Aclere. M. Guffie, Marseilles; John fl a il ' Ancona; Mary Hanniford, Lisbon. Sld. Forth steamer, Taver, West Indies. OFF POET ST. Vi Nc ; : ,, r ,—Planter, Allen, Jamaica. SCILLY, Aran 29._Arrd. Herald, Scadon, Leghorn for Dublin, with bowsprit spru ng, and other damage ; Wave, Ed wards, Newcastle for Lisbon. .NIAY 2.—Arrd. Premier, Lee, Gibraltar. Hum., MAY s. —Wi nd lA% S.W., light breeze.—Arrd. Ca short ofSophia, Brandt Altona. Sld. William Lee, Calcutta. DARTMoUTII, AIAY ' S And. Jane, Browning, Tarragona, short of provisions. off po rt, Commodore, Hore, Jamaica. DEATH of TIIE OW AGER DUCIIESS OF Ricit moNn.—Yesterday, at a little after twelve o'clock, her Grace the Dowager Duches s of Richmond expired at her residence, in Upper Portland-place, in her 74th year. For some time her Grace has been in a declining state, and has received every consolation from the kind attentions of the Duke of Richmond, and her numerous sons and daughters, all of whom attended their parent to her last hour. The Dowager Duchess was eldest daughter of Alexander Duke of Gordon. Her Grace will be deeply regretted by her numerous family, to whom she has ever proved a kind and affectionate mother. The Duchess of Richmond has been unremitting in her attentions to her lamented mother-in-law. 5 .L 1 MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. Last evening, Highbury and its neighbourhood was thrown into a state of great excitement, in consequence of the following dreadful occurrence : Information was received by the police authorities that a robbery was to be committed near Hornsey. Police-constable Moss, 162 N, having been ordered to be on the look-out, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon saw a suspicious-looking man lurking be tween Hornsey-wood House and Hornsey. The police man asked him his business, and on his refusing to give a satisfactory account of himself, he was about to arrest him, when the villain fired a pistol at him and wounded him. An outcry was raised, and the assassin fled to wards Highbury. On his way he was seen to load the pistol he had just discharged. 'When he reached High bury, Police-constable Timothy Daly, and several other persons, attempted to stop him, and cried out to him to halt, but he refused to do so, and said he would shoot any one on the spot who attempted to lay a hand on him. Daly boldly advanced to collar him, but when within a few feet of him was shot through the heart, and instantly fell dead. A baker, named Motte, then rushed upon the murderer, but received a pistol bah in the arm, which has since been extracted by Dr. Drury, of High bury. A crowd collected round him, and he was ar rested, after much resistance, and taken to Islington station-house, where he was charged with the murder. After receiving the usual caution he was asked if he had anything to say. He coolly inquired "Is Daly dead ?" " Yes," said Inspector Thatcher. " Then I have nothing to say," he replied. His name was not aseertaincod. On his person were found two holster pistols, two balls, a large butcher's knife, and fourpence in money. He will be brought be fore e Clerkenwell Police Court this morning. The dead body of the policeman is, we heard, at High bury, where it awaits the Coroner's inquest. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. It appears that for the last three weeks a series of highway robberies have been perpetrated on persons passing through the fields in and near the Hornsey-wood-house by a footpad, said to have been heavily armed, and a description of whose person a few days since was forwarded to the station-house of the N division, Islington-green, since which period Superin tendent Johnston has caused additional men to be placed near the spot mentioned. Shortly before four o'clock yesterday afternoon police-constable Charles Moss, 162 N, was on duty near Hornsey-wood-house, when he observed a gen tleman going along the path which leads from it towards town, and a man following him in such a manner as led him to suppose ho intended to rob him, and who also answered the description of the man suspected to have committed the previous robberies. He pursued him, and on approaching within a few yards, the villain turned round and fired a pistol at him, the ball lodging in constable Moss's right arm. Moss called loudly for help, and police constable Mallett, N 341, who was standing on a hill about a quarter of a mile from the spot, and a journeyman baker, named Charles Mott, in the employ of Mrs. Woodward, of Upper-street, Islington, but who resides at Hornsey, and who was also near, joined in pursuit of the suspected robber. The man Mott had got within a few yards of him when he drew another pistol from his breast, and agaic fired, wounding his pursuer frightiully in the shoulder. Mr. Howard, a baker of Hornsey, who was in his chaise-cart at the time, and saw the occurrence, gave chase to the assassin, whom he kept in sight along the main road in the direction of Highbury Barn, on arriving near which he jumped over a ditch into some fields, in the direction of Highbury Cottage. Mr. Howard followed him, and whilst doing so, observed the murderer reloading his pistols. He called to two gardeners in the employ of Mr. Wilson, the magistrate, who had joined in the pursuit, to be careful, for the man had loaded fire-arms. He got into a lane which ran up to the house of a gentleman, named Warren, and at the end of which there was no through fare, and in which he was met by police-constable Timothy Daley, N 65, who was about to seize him, when the villain drew from his breast the pistol he had reloaded, and fired at Daley, who instantly fell on the ground lifeless, the ball having penetrated his heart. By this time Mr. Howard and his other pursuers came up, and the murderer was seized. He exclaimed, " I'm done, now I give myself up," and he was then asked to give up his pistols, which he did. No police had come up by this time, and the people assembled bound the assassin's hands with cords, and in that way conveyed him to the Islington station, Islington-green. On the arrival of the murderer at Islington station-house —followed by several hundred people—he gave his name as '1 homas Cooper, No. 1, Rawstorne-street, Clerkenwell, said he was 23 years of age, and a bricklayer by trade. He is about five feet four inches high, and of fair complexion, but has very cadaverous sharp features. His attire was a blue coat very ragged, an old red valencia figured waistcoat, and fustian trousers. Shortly after eight o'clock last night, Mr. Wilson, a county Magistrate, near whose house the catastrophe took place, visited the Islington station-house, to make inquiries into the matter, the who e of which relating to the death of the mur dered man had been seen by some of his servants. The pri- soner, who was handcuffed and divested of everything which would enable him to lay violent hands on himself, was then brought out for the purpose of hearing the charge-sheet read over to him. On coming to that part which charged him with the murder of Timothy Daley, he exclaimed, " What, is he dead ?" and his countenance became deadly pale. On being asked by Inspector Thatcher if he wished to say anything, at the same time cautioning him, if he did, it would be taken down, Cooper, who appeared 'covered with perspiration, and whose previous fortitude seemed completely to have left him, replied, " No, I have nothing to say now." It appears that the baker (Mott) and the deceased were in the same lane together, and that when the prisoner found there was no thoroughfare, he drew the two pistols, and declared " the first man that attempted to molest him he would shoot." A man in a cottage close by came out with a gun, and the prisoner fired both the pistols simultaneously at the deceased (Daley) and Mott, the baker. EXAMINATION OF THE MUR DERER. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Cooper, a bricklayer, apparently about 23 or 24 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood, charged wish the wilful murder of Timothy Daley, a police con stable of the N division. The Court was crowded, as was the street outside. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. GasEszwoon said—Prisoner, what is your name? Prioner—Thomas Cooper. Mr. GREENWOOD—Where do you live? Prisoner—Raw storne-street, Clerkenweil. Mr. GREENWOOD—What arc you? Prisoner—A brick layer. _ . . The prisoner spoke in a very low tone of voice, so as to be almost inaudible. He is not at all an ill-looking man, but has an expression of wildness in his countenance. He has very long, flowing light hair, and light eyes. He appeared, when placed in the dock, as though he was intoxicated, or in a state of half stupefaction. By order of the Magistrate he was accommo dated with a chair. John William Howard was the first witness called, and said, I am a baker at Ilornsey ; I was calling on my customers yes terday, at half-past tissue, when I saw a man running across the fields, and a policeman pursuing him. I was in my cart at the time. 'I hey were running towards the Hornsey road. I was about 100 yards from them. When I came into the Hornsey-road, I stopped till one of the persons came up, who was pursuing the prisoner. I saw the prisoner running towards Ilighbury Cottage. The person I saw told me that a person had shot a man, and had escaped. I drove on towards Islington. I then saw the pri soner in a field about a quarter of a mile from me. He was without a hat, and running in the direction from me. I got out of my cart and pursusd him, as I was afraid he would be lost in the shrubs. When I got to within 200 yards of him I saw him got over a fence, and 1 heard him ramming something in his breast as though he was ramming a pistol. I got over the fence, which had spikes at the top, as well as 1 could, and kept calling out for assistance. Several people came up ; saw the prisor.er present two pistols at me ; he had one in each hand. He presented the pistols at the people round. I dont't think he pulled the trigger. I then went round past Highbury-barn and I saw the prisoner fire at the police man. This was close to Highbury- barn. That was a good distance from the fence ; it must have been about a quarter of an hour after he was at the fence to the time he shot the man. There was a number of people at the spot at the time the prisoner shot the policeman. I saw the police man with a man named Mott, a baker, who made a rush at the prisoner, and while he was doing se the prisoner fired at him. and Mutt was wounded in the shoulder. The policeman then made a rush at the prisoner, and he was immediately shot by . the prisoner, and he fell. I was then about 50 yards from them. I then saw the policeman lying on the ground. I saw the prisoner seized and secured. His hands were tied. At that time there were as many as a hundred people present. I heard the prisoner say when he was seized, " I'm done for." Mr. GaNENWOOD—Prisoner, have you any legal adviser here? Prisoner (in a very lost tone of voice)—No, Sir. Mr. GREENWOOD—Do you wish to ask any question of this witness ? The prisoner replied "No, Sir," in a scarcely audible voice. John William Young, the next witness, said—l live at Hornsey Wood-house, lam a waiter there. The first I heard of this transaction was from a boy who came into our house and cried out for help, as he said a policeman had been shot. I went out, andl saw the policeman lying bleeding on the ground. He rointed to the direction of the Hornsey-road, and I saw a man running as across the fields. I and another policeman went across the fields, and the first person I saw was Mr. Howard, the baker, in his cart. I said, have you seen a person without a hat, running away ? and he said he had. We tolluwed in pursuit of the man. We came up to Tooley gardens, and I saw the prisoner present the pistols. I saw Daley, the deceased, and I called him to assist us. The prisoner was then standing with a pistol in each hand. When we re turned there were several people around him, at a distance. The prisoner said he would shoot again. I saw a baker make a rush at the prisoner, and the policeman followed him. The prisoner immediately fired one pistol at the baker and the other at the deceased, eho fell to the ground. I ran off to a doctcs. I had to go about 150 yards. The doctor was at home, and he came to the place directly. The prisoner was seized, and I went to the station-house with him. I saw him searched, and one or two bullets were taken taken from him. He made no statement in my presence. Mr. GREEN WOOD—Pray do you wish to ask this witness any question? The prisoner, leaning on the box, with his face in his hands replied faintly "No, Sir." , . _ Wm. Hensom said—l live at Garsard's-mews, near to Hornsey-wood. Yesterday I heard the report of a pistol in the Hornsey Wood. I went in that direction, and I saw a hat and pair of gloves lying on the ground. Before that I heard a man cry out " I am murdered." I met the man who said this, and he was staggering, he was a policeman. He was holding his hand to his arm. The blood was running through his hand. Another policeman came up, and he told me to go to Hornsey Wood -house and get assistance. I did so, and the last witness came with me and we went in pursuit. A woman told us that a man had gone across the field. I was not present when the policeman who was killed was shot. I know no more than this. The prisonor declined asking any question. Stephen Turnbull said I was working at Mr. Paul's myrtle gardens at Highbury. I saw the prisoner running across College-road at the back of the garden. I saw him afterwards walking up and down a field with two pistols. I went round up College-road, and I saw the prisoner standing in the road against the paling. This was at Highbury Park South. A number of people were round. Upwards of a hundred, I should think. I heard Daly the deceased say, " I don't be lieve those pistols are loaded." The prisoner replied, " I will fire them at you." I saw Mott, the baker, make a rush at the prisoner, and also the policeman Daly, and the prisoner immediately fired both pistols ; the left hand at Mott, and the right at the policeman, When he fired he looked at the baker, and then looked at the policeman and fired again. Daly fell dead. I laid hold of the prisoner, and he felt for something in his pocket. I took a knife out of his trowsers pocket. ( The knife was here produced : it was a butcher's knife, about ten inches long.) When I got the knife, he said, I am done ; you have got all my weapons." I went with the prisoner to the station-house, and I asked him going along how he could do such a thing, and he replied that he would have served me the same. I asked him if he was married, and he said he was not, but he had a mother. I saw him searched, and saw the ball taken from his pocket. The prisoner, still leaning on his face on the bar, faintly said he had no qttesnott to put. Thomas Grover said he sees coming past Highbury-barn yesterday afternoon about f = ive minutes past four, and saw the p'tiaoner standing with his bac); against the fence. with a pisfol in each hand. Several persons were round him. I heard the prisona say the pistols were loaded, and any one who dared to attack him he would fire the contents at them. Daly, the policeman, was there, end he said he did not believe they were loaded, and the prisoner replied " they are loaded." I then saw Charles Mott, a baker, make a rush at the prisoner, and the prisoner fired the left hand pistol, and soon as he had done that, Daly approached, and was immediately shot dead. The last witness, Turnbull, seized the prisoner, and I wrenched one of the pistols, the left, from the hands of the prisoner. (The pistols were here produced. They were a couple of horse-pistols, with flint-locks. The prisoner declined asking any question. James Wheeler said—l am waiter at Highbury Barn Tavern. A man came in yesterday afternoon, and said a man had been murdered. I went out, and I saw the prisoner against the fence. What has been stated by the other witness is correct. The prisoner appeared extremely faint, and his countenance had changed to a ghastly hue. Henry Haines Walton said—l art house-surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The man Mott was brought into the hospital last night about six o'clock, and afterwards the wounded policeman. I examined the man Mutt, and I found him in a state of collapse. I found that a ball had passed through the shoulder. He is very feeble and low, and it is impossible to say what the probable result of the wound will be. I examined the policeman who was wounded, and I found the arm to be fractured: I can't say how long it will be before he will be able to be produced. think there is danger in the case of Mott. I can say that the wound is a gun-shot wound with out looking at the ball. Ido not think there is any bone injured in Mott. The ball passed through the muscle and the skin. George Beckley, police-officer, 12 N division, said--I picked up a bullet on the opposite side of the road to where the man was shot. It was on the curb of the foot-path. It is now precisely as I found it. It exactly corresponds with one found on the prisoner. It fits the bore of both pistols. Edward Drewry, of e, Park.terrace, Highbury, surgeon, said I was called upon yesterday afternoon, about half-past four, by a man who said that two men had been shot. In three minutes afterwards I proceeded to the spot, and I found the policeman dead. There was a slight muscular action about the jaw, but there was no pulsation of the heart. I saw that the man-was dead, and I went to the other man and extracted the ball from his ribs. The ball had passed from the shoulder blade to the ribs. I extracted the ball in a moment : it was un der the lower portion of the shoulder-blade. He was immediately taken to the hospital. The pistol must have been close upon him, as there is a quantity of powder driven into the skin. I think there is a small bone running across the shoulder blade broken. I have made a post mortem examina tion of the deceased policeman, who is now lying at Highbury Tavern. The ball entered and fractured the seventh and eighth rib, and then passed transversely through the stomach, and out at the other side below the floating rib, which is frac tured. The ball did not enter the cavity of the chest, so that it must have passed considerably below the heart. The prisoner, who appeared to be growing weaker and weaker, here fainted into the arms of the gaoler, and was taken out of the Court immediately. Mr. Drewry ordered some brandy to he administered to the prisoner, which order was promptly attended to. Soon after the prisoner's removal, Inspector Penny informed the Bench that the prisoner declared he had taken poison, and that he was evidently in a very dangerous state. Mr. GREENWOOD requested Dr. Drewry, who yet remained in Court, to hasten to his assistance. Meantime the people who thronged the body of the Court were in a state of in- describable excitement. Dr. Drewry returned in a few minutes, awl had a private communication with the Magistrate. tit e heard it was to the effect that he (Dr. Drewry) from the symptoms evinced by the prisoner, believed that he had taken poison. Inspector Penny announced that the prisoner was getting worse every moment, and that he was at that moment throwing up large quantities of blood. Waddington, the gaoler, said the prisoner had told him he had purchased, yesterday evening, two pennyworth of white arsenic and six pennyworth of laudanum. One of the Police Inspectors subsequently informed us, that in a few minutes he ceased vomiting, but was in a state of the greatest debility. Afterwards he appeared somewhat better, and took brandy and water, and some emetics. From the extremely debilitated condition of the unfortunate wretch, and the uncertainty whether or not he will recover the effects of the poison, it was said, though not from the Bench, that he would be remanded until Monday next. When our Reporter left he was lying apparently insensible on a bench in the gaoler's room. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ( RECEIVED THIS DAY.) PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Lyneham Stakes of 5 soya. each, 2 ft. and a distance. Gen. Gilbert's Pulwaun, 4 yrs (Owner) 2 1 1 Sir W. Trelawny's Chartist, aged ... 0 0 2 Mr. Crofton's Muleteer, 5 yrs Mr. E. Bloxam nd. Great Western 0 0 dr Handicap Plate of 50/. Mile heats. Sir S. Spry's The Jewess, 5 yrs (J. Horsley) 1 . 1 Mr. Crotton's Muleteer, 5 yrs 2 2 Mr. Downe's Harmodious, 6 yrs Mr. R. Carlisle's Single Peeper, aged The Hurdle Stakes of 15 soya. each, with 15 added, were won, in two heats, by Mr. A. Vivian's The Bride (Owner), beating Mr. Bray's Maid of the Vale, and two others. CHESTER RACES.—THURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three yrs old, &c. Thrice round. Mr. Orde's Bee's-wing, aged walked over The Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 100/., added to a Han dicap of 2i) soya. each, h ft. Grosvenor Course. Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 6 yrs, 9st 41b ...(Heseltine) 1 Lord Eglinton's Bellona, aged, Bst Sib Mr. Raworth's Cattonian, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Eglinton's The Young-'un, 5 yrs ; Mr. Buckley's Gilbert, 4 yrs ; Mr. Skerratt's Lydia, 4 yrs ; Sir R. Bulkeley's Cerito, 4 yrs ; Mr. Price's Croydon. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 200 added. Grosvenor Course. Mr. Price's Prince Albert, 5 yrs ...(Cartwright) 1 Alr. MoAyn's Peter the Great, 4 yrs Mr. Dawson's The Biddy, 3 yrs The following also started:—:llr. Griffith's Miss Eaton, 3 yrs ; Mr. Walter's Miss Winney, and Mr. Speed's Emperor, 4 yrs. Free Handicap, of 20 sons. each, 10 ft, and 50 added. Heats once round and a distance. Mr. Plummer's Aliee Hawthorn, 4 yrs ....(Bumby) 1 1 Mr. Ferguson's Humming Bird, 5 yr 5........ 0 2 Sir. Skerratt's Hudibras, 4 yrs '2 3 Mr. Thompson's Fenella, 5 yrs EGLINGTON PARK RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Curraghmore Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added. Two miles. Lard Howth's The Augean, aged (Mr. Moore) 1 Mr. Knox nd Roderick Random, 6 yrs ... Lord Eglinton nd The Gipsy, aged ... The Winton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. Mile and a half. Mr. Ramsay's Recorder, 6 yrs (Major Richardson) I Mr. Alexander's Jock, 5 yrs 2 Several others ran. The Two.years old Stakes of 20 sou. each. Half a mile. Mr. Ramsay's br fby Inheritor, out of Lady Easby (Noble) 1 Lord Eglinton's Egidia Mr. Alexander's lienbow 3 Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added. One mile. Mr. Ramsay's Oswald, aged (Major Richardson) Mr. Moore's Magic, 4 yrs 2 The Arndilly Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with so added. Heats once round. Lord Howth's Aegean, aged Mr. Merry's Patriot, aged ... Heats, once round TATTERSALLS.—YESTERDAY. A few of the Chester visitors left at Wednesday's races, and were in attendance at the room yesterday afternoon. The muster nevertheless was uncommonly thin, and the inclination to do business so slight, that not a dozen bets were booked from first to last. IA e have therefore merely to give the quo tations, and refer to our report of the proceedings at Chester on Wednesday evening for a general list of the prices, pre mising that Canadian is now the property of Air. Greville (the price said to be 2,000 guineas, with contingencies), and Chat ham of Lord George Bentinek.l DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Forth's lot. 1 I to 2 apt Mr. Trelawny's Frederica c.—taken to 200, 9 to I agst Mr. Greville's Canadian—taken. 15 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken. 25 to 1 apt Lord G. Bentinck's Chatham—take 30 to I. 30 to 1 agst Sir. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken. 40 to 1 agst Sir. Ferguson's Fireaway. THE RIVER.—Soon after the commencement of flood tide, early yesterday morning, the Thamt•s, from the Nore upwards, presented a very bustling appearance, i% conse quence of the arrival of a large portion of the fleet of vessels that had been so long detained by the easterly winds in the Channel. St. LEONA.RD ' S - ON-SEA.— r .che following unfortu nate accident with loss of four lives, took place immediately off the Royal Victoria Hotel, on Wednesday morning :—A small sailing-boat, containing an old and experienced boatman of the name of Stevens, a footman in the service of the Rev. Mr. Pettit, of 65, Marina, and a footman and page in the service of Mr. Dawkins, of 70, Marina, left this town this morning at 5 A. M., for a sail ; at 7, at about a mile from shore she was seen turning round for the shore, and immedi diately (as if from a sudden gust of wi n d) t o fall over upon her side and sink. A boat was immediately put off from the shore, and several others followed; but were unable to dis cover anything belonging to the boat or crew. Up to nine r. a., although unceasing exertions have been and are making, nothing has been picked up or any trace of the boat or bodies discovered. It is singular that one of the coast guard on duty saw the boat go down, but did not see any of the crew appear. Stevens was knows to be a good swimmer. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. —The Fleet -street end of Fetter-lane has at length been barricaded, while the houses are about to be pulled down to effect a communication of a proper width with Holborn and which will join the western end of the viaduct to be erected from the top of Holborn-hill (leav ing St. Andrew's Church to the north) across Shoe-lane, Far ringdon-street, through Green Arbour-court to the Old Bailey. On Sunday last a female, nearly eighty years of ago, went to the hospital of La Pitie to see her husband, to whom she had been married 47 years, and who was a patient in that establishment. On her arrival, the poor woman, whose anxiety to see her husband was excessive, was informed that he had just died. The shock was too great for her ; she fell down in a fit, and in a few moments expired. RAILWAY DUTY.—The proposed commutation by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the railway passengers' tax, of one-eighth of a penny per head per mile, to a general pay ment of .5 per cent. on the grosss receipts, is expected to cause a loss to some of the great metropolitan lines, but to prove of the greatest benefit to others, especially the Scotch, as the cheap carrying lines, having to compete with steam-boats, have fre quently never realized any profit whatever. The alteration will moreover, enable the companies to increase the accommo dation to the third class passengers, and perhaps to add a fourth class. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary monthly meeting for general business was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the Society in Pall-mall. The Report of the auditors and council given in at the anniversary meeting was read, from which it appeared that the total income of the Society for the last year was 11,691/. 15s. 11 d., and the ex penditure 10,9311. 17s. sd. The income of the past year, com pared with that of 1840, gave a decrease of 1,1201. ss. 6d., whilst the receipts from the annual subscriptions were less by 5301. 18s., and under the bead of garden sales there was a fall- ing off of 1511. Bs. 6d. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, took an airing yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four. Punae Albert, attended by Col. Wylde, visited the studio of the late Sir Francis Chantry yesterday afternoon. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the PriTKO Royal were taken an airing yesterday in a carriage. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last eveniq included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Frenell Ambassador and the Couni' - .ess St. Aulaire, Baron de Mon; corvo, the Portuguese Minister, the Russian Minister 0 1 Baroness Bunsen, the Duke and Duchess of Buckinghara,• 3llf " quis of Tweeddale, Marquis of Normanby, Lady Ann 114 0 Dawson, Count Raczynski, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Jerrol"; Earl and Countess of Letland, Lord and Lady Haddo, Lord 9 0 Lady Walpole, Rev. Dr. Buckland, And Colonel Scott. The band of the Grenadier Ciumt.ols attended during dinner' and performed the following pieces :.—Quick step, "23d Roy!' Welch Fusiliers," R. Sibold. „Air varia, " Fausta," Door zetti. Scena ed aria, "Ah quistit pena io eolsi," Walzer, " Wettrenner," Strauss. Quadrille, MS., Musard . Fantasia, " Lucrezia Borgia," C. Coot e. Galop, Brepsant• The following Addresses of Conglattit ttion on the birth of t e Prince of Wales were presented to his ,Royal Highness Pro' Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace From her Majesty's Council of the Vir t .t.in Islands ; also froal the Legislative Assembly of St. Vincent-- hY Mr. Colquhol From Great Malvern—by the Rev. Dr. Lard, Mr. Edivai Foley, and Mr. Essington. From Colchester—by Mr. Henry Vint, the Mayor; accoor panied by Mr. Richard Sanderson, and Sir • George Hai!, Smyth, Bart., the Members for the Born ugh, Mr.. Jub Round, M.P., High Steward, and Mr. Round, L P., Recorde r ' , From Sunderland—by Sir Hedworth Williams on, the Mayor', From Lyme Regis—by Mr. Pinney, M.P. From Shrewsbury—by Colonel Tomlime, M.P:. From Ludlow—by the Mayor. From Hastings; also from St. Leonard's—by the Big l Hon. J. Planta, M. P. From Saffron Walden—by the Mayor, and Mr. Councill Gi Baron. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attenied by Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole ; Lord Cohille, Lo in Waiting; Captain Francis Seymour (Scats FusiP s Guards), Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Wylde , Equerry' !, Waiting ; and Captai.o Blake, R.N., Gentleman Ushe r Waiting. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess Itisotl Saxe Weimar, attended D; nine Service yesterday mornins the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Hon. Miss Mitchell Er the Earl Howe were in waiting on her Majesty. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusts Cambridge attended Divine ,service yesterday morning , Grosvenor Chapel.. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager °° Tuesday evening. The following Gentlemen presente,l Addresses of Cougrst e i lation, on the Birth of the Prince of Wales, to the Duchess Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St,. James's:— The Rev. Dr. Card ( Vicar), Mr. Ed‘alva,rdd.sFir. s oleEy 3ir (L igew,_,r° the Manor), Mr. J. W. Knight, M.P., from Great Malvern. .10 Col. Tomline—from the Corporation of s lhrewsbury ; - from the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury. Mr. R. Wakefield, Mayor, Mr. G. Anderson, AlderiOA Mr. Ackers, M.P., and Mr. Botfield, M.P.—fromthe Bores , ' of Ludlow. Mr. F. Smith, Alderman, Mr. J. G. Shorter, Te wn-Cle 4 ; Right Hon. J. Planta, M.P., and Mr. R. Hollorad", from Hastings ; also front the Queen's St. Leonard's Arctic, Sir H. Williamson, the Mayor, and Mr. D.. Barda,y, —from Sunderland. Mr. Emson, Mayor, Mr. Councillor T. Spurgin, , Mr.._C O id cillor C. Baron, and Councillor , J. CAttrker-fecert 566 Walden. cle at atten Her Royal Highness the Duckess of Kent was -0 / Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady in •Waitin3, and ColonTel.l , George Couper, Bart., Comptroller of -,her' Royal Hig h Household. The Duchess of Gloucester-iisited the Duke and Duch Cambridge on Wednesday: . . The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Prince Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, went to l'tew yestert. Their Royal Highnesses returned to town.in the' afternooll' e , The Duke of Sussex honoured the Marquis and .Marchio ° , of Lansdowne with his company at dinner on Wedn.,:sday eve ing, at Lansdowne-house. The company to meet his 1 14 ri Highness included the Duchess of Inverness, the. Ditichef Somerset, the Marquis of Anelesea, the Earl and Coonte s6 4 Rosebery, Earl of Yarborough, Viscount Melbourne, LO O ,O Lady Cottenham, Lord Sudeley, Sir John. Hobhouse, , Right Hon. E. Ellice. • A deputation from the countiesof Kent, Surrey, Worce lei ng and Sussex, consisting of Mr. Deedes,, Mr. Hodges, Sir. E. ring, Dr. Lamb, Mr. Selmes, Mr. Alderman Lueas, , Mr.. General Lygon, Mr. Knight, Mr. Smith, and Mr. M a rne,- companied by Viscount ,Marsham, Sir E. Filmer, Mr. Ple tre, M.P., Mr. Fuller, ALP., Mr. Curteis, M.P., Mr. Pr shaw, M.P., Mr. G. thrby, M.P., itrid,Mr. Trotter, M.P, an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his ofE.Ol l sidence in Downing-street. A deputation, including Captain E. Cleather, Mr. lf, Schuster, Mr. J. P. Westhead,' and Mr. Wi Slater, bir t yl interview with the Earl of Rivon yesterday, at the office Board of 'Trade. , g f ,l ,rtendic claims, including A deputation respecting the Po. ....inns, 10 1 Divett, M.P., Jr. Hawes, M.P., and Mr. Harrison interview with the i. - 3,r1 of Aberdeen yesterday, at the For I r, office. Baron de Griesheim had an interviow with Lord 844'44 , yestt Hay at the Colonial-office. A numerous party of Scotch Meobers o. ° the House of Gri; mons had an interview on Wednesday with Stir Robert Pee Downing-street. tts" Mr. Bankes, and a deputation, including AlderiNan job :at Mr. Freeman, and Mr. Foot, had an interview with the 14 Hon. W. Gladstone yesterday, at the Board of Trade , Despatches from the G o v e r nor of New South Wale' 40 received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Count St. Aulaire, the French Amhassador, Ivan ° . business yesterday at the Colonial-office. . . LADVERTISEMENT.] IMPORTANT TO ALL THOSE WHO ~.11 EXPECT ..-- 1 0 RIVE BENEFIT FROM DRINKING SODA WATER.—St th log, Soda Water is so universally known and appreciated , 31 °40 throughout the United Kingdom,. but throughout the i t' l o et it ' world, that any en c onium on its merits might oPP4I, of to!, fluous ; but as since its original introduction, upw,t o nere u'l a century since, many imitators have started up#,°,,, libertl less claims to public patronage, J. S. and Co. take ' i — e Cele' of reminding th e i r f ri e n d s an d the pubic that: the abcP e 10 04 brated Water continues to be manufacture l on th e it i e f se scale and upon the most scientific principles at thei r e t tht4r, tablishment, 51, Berners-street, London ; and also a .,-, er bl; three branch Manufactories in Liverpool, Blistol, and I!. ein it and that consumers may be supplied with the genuine -1 ttri,tor most of the respectable Chemists, Confectioners, avid ilie Warehouses in every province of the United Kingdom' , p just reputation of their manufactur e , an d the conseil ue r t heo mand for it, have tempted unprincipled persons (man/ ° 0 .00 of apparent re s pe c t a bility) to pract i ce a d ece ption, 81 '00 which Schweppe and Co. are anxious to caution the' P i ' jo # a The deception referred to is that of passing off eP gr / article for " Schw e pp e ' s ," by s elling it in Schweppe's 1 11 . 0 bottles, The temptation to this is, the cheapness of the 1, o f riorwater, although in most cases the consumer is charff * .o same. By this artifice a common water is surrep ti s o ' ft ho palmed upon the public for the genuine—the reputation _,,a) latter is prejudiced by the substitution of a bad artittle--'-iti certain proportion of the public patronage diverted fl o , legitimate channel. To obviate these several evils, Se'', t Leo ; and Co. have adopted the plan of placing a Red Label„,,ea, the cork of each bottle, repr e sent ing the Royal Appoie' 4 ", in the centre, and the name of their firm on each side, 4iftli out which none i s genu i ne . S c h we ppe and Co. refer ai , pride to the fact that they constantly supply the Royal Fr 0 of London and Wi n d sor , as we ll as th e prin c ip a l Nobility 0 0 three kingdoms; nor is the demand for their Soda WO . ., er rlk. , constant on the continent and in other parts of the 7f,aft. Merchants and Shippers in general connected with 0 ~10 1 , 1 and West Indies and ou r numerous C o l o nies are condor . , transmitting orders received from their respective itgeri t t e ett correspondents, anti ;highly gratifying is the testy C'' Schweppe and Co. are i n th e h a bit o f receiving froMfOie mein returned from abroad, of the luxury afforded them . 1 811 1 , 1 Soda Water when met within tropi ca l climates, and of 4w e d 0,;; condition in which it is generally found. Th e Water orde r. 6 o R.` foreign countries is manufactured with an t-4ress refeie ll salr its destination, and it is well known that no other can e4 „ o st).' well endure the variations of climate. Schw eppe's Lef f ors is an elegant p r ep ara ti on o f m ore recent intr od 'uetion,ba' of its refreshing and wholesome properties is rapio'ly gettie t gooo extensive reputation. It is an effervescing d i 'aught e' t re agreeable flavour, and made of the best material:', witheocotte Bard to cost. Phy s i c i ans an d me di ca l men constantly re ill mend it in cases of fever, &c., nor is it le ss desirable 'lief article of luxury. Every genuine bottle will 'lave a 10, Table on its sid e, with the name and a dd ress of t.'' 0 0 Schweppe and CO. are the largest importers of the Gerr, Seltzer Water, which they receive di rec t f rom 0 10 , 5 P r „ 1a ' in quarts and pints, and which they offer to the pullhe I , eV original packages. N.B.—Export orders for all cut ecuted on the shortest notice. - WILL OF TILE LATE Du OF CLEVELAND, v ett —The will of the late Harry, `Duke of Cleveland, / 0 110 0 , just proved in the Prer o g a tiv e C our t by the Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, Thismas Metealr , bee s G. B. Wharton, Esqrs. The personal property has ( 01. sworn under 1,000,0001., upon which a stamp duty of j 3, e s' has been paid. The property has been bequeathed yord.4 cipally to his family, consisting of the William Poulett and Harry Vane ; Ladies Laura -.3 1 %0 (who is abroad), Arabella Arden, and Augus6,l present :Duke. L ' cr iti‘ hi t with the exception of some legacies and annuities `„ - t lie servants. Lord Brougham and his executors ar e becl ue- g oil 1,5001. each. Th e l a t e Dukes personal estate i' Or? i gr ke left by any Peer of his elevated rank since the lAte Sutherland, whose personal effects were sworn as a o° „ o t are to more than 1,000,000/. ; all sums beyond which aTil ° haslet' not subject to probate duty. The Dowager Duche. somely provided fur under the late Duke's will. CORONER'S TM:CUE:ST.—Yesterday afternoo , o e, quest was held a t the s i g n of the W a d e ' s A rms pu b.tie - `' East India-r oa d, P o pl ar , b e f ore M r. Baker, th e Cor''' . 'o l the body of Ch ar l es H arr i s , age d 15 years. Th e ' ,"1 ~,5 was employed as a labourer at the yard of Messrs. Grt fou r gram, an d G reen , o f Blackwall, ship-builders, and betw f - en h ip, I and five o'clock on Wednesda afternoon, was in a nei .v 5 to now beit , built, a n d i n attempting to pass from one sygg e t o f the other slipped, an d f e ll to t he groun d, from a htijfk b , between 30 an d 35 f ee t. Th ere was no on e near him, son .of , occurrence was purely accidental. He died nearly inst Bll , c , his death bei ng cause d by i n jury of the brain. Verdict, `- cidental death." be E 1 We regret to learn that " crow's feet" have 41 scattered in the neighbourhood where the rec e nt assembl a h' o f of nailers took place, for the purpose of laming the hersts tije the troopers. The distress of the l a b our i ng c l asse s in de f neighbourhood of Stourbridge i s d ep l ora bl e, and the 13"iltie$ Guardians have been daily distrib uting rel i ef in large quail° of bread.— Worcestershire Chronicle. A BRIGHT Bor.—There is a boy in ,Salem o f bright that his mother has to look at him through a P iece stained glass.—New York Paper. On the Ist. i ns t., in Hinde- BIRTHS. street, Manchester-square' tbe lady of James Nugent Daniell, Es., of daughter. „ f On the 241 inst., at Portland-sq q uare, a Plymouth, the lad f Charles Tanner, `V of a daughter. 1, of On the 2d inst., at oodside, Lymington, Hants, the litiv William W. Hooke, Esq., of a son. llia° On the 3d inst., at P ag e-green, Tottenham, Mrs. N•u I Ward, of a daughter. MARRIED. ‘.l On the 4th inst., at the church of the Holy Trinity, "" u 4 .' to lord, Surrey, Lieutenant Deacon, of the 19th Regimen" Ann, second daughter of Captain Norton, R.N., Guildfor.,, On the 23d ult., at Pis D a, fu ll ulia D. Sophia Ma r y, the vii"." 4, of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Edward Douglas Pennant. • On the 3d inst., at Oriel Lodge, Cheltenham, Lieufell' t bei General Sir William Nicolay, C.B. and K. C.H., Colonel °.`,, er , Ist West India Regiment, formerly G overnor an d Comrnau' in-Chief of Dominica. Louden : Printed and Publish e d b y WIRD') YOU j, No. 112, Strand, at The Sur, Office, No. 112, Stray the County of Middlesex, Friday, May 6, 1842. Ticks ar at th Tavern, The It recei' its kind these ch eligible weeks o 41 t* thi the a rm , Forms informal lh Th e T 4 'e'stiv a l 01 at t he La , pre!id I' Th repre nexio his C gage his G 11, a whie} Com the 1 Th ingly His C clef The Eld The 1 Cad 'the OfEa