The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-16 00:00:00

Vbirti Stition THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. _ _ Bank Stock -.... 168 'lndia Stock ... 249 pm 3 per Cent Red. 9li (Ditto Bonds 2lpre 3 per Cent Cens 924 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3} per Cent Red 993 !Ditto New Annuities... New 3 1 1 per Cent New 6 per Cent. — . Ditto 5001... . 39 pro Long Annuities to expire ' Ditto • Small 39 pit Jan. 1860.......... 12i Bank Stock for Acct ... ' Oct. 1859.......... 124 India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. FOttEIGN FUNDS. • Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pei rent — Ditto, New Ditto 37i Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent. ~„ Buenos Ayres .6 fiercest Russian , 5 per cent ....,, Chilian, ti per cent..... 81 !Ditto, Metallic . Colombt an, 6 per cent.. 264 Spanish, 5 per cent 23 Ditto, 1824............... 26a Ditto, Deferred.... . 103. Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825,5 per cent — 'Exchange —c. Mexican, 5 Fer rent.... 374 French, 3 per cent —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1537 Dutch, 24 per cent. 524 Peruvian, 1825, F, per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. SHARES. Cheltenham and Great Western (72k paid) 20 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 564 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 93i Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 64 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and lirighton (50 paid) , !Al London and Blackwall (25 paid) ll4 London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 4d pd) 54 London and South W es t ern (3 el 17s 9d pd) 634 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... 821 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Paris and Rouen (16 paid) • 17 Satoh fiastent and Dover (50 paid). . 30 Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) • 74- SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—By determining to retain the sliding scale, Sir Robert Peel in effect maintains the old mo nopoly. The great fault of the old Corn-law was, that it excluded foreign supplies till the average had brought :'own the duties to the lowest point; and then the fo reign corn in the bonded r, arehouses was let in upon the market at once. Isnder the old law, the corn of foreign growth was excluded from the market until the price had risen to 7 . )5. or 735. At what lower rate will the new law admit the foreign article ? " See," said the Tory journals, " how vast the reduction of duty effected by the Premier's a meliorated scale of duties—the duty is absolutely lowered more than one-half! Had the old law been in operation, the duty on foreign corn would have been 275.; it is now only 135." We admit the reduction ; but we assert—and the assertion is esta blished beyond contradiction—that the duty of I3s. it as completely a prohibition, as absolute an exclusion of the foreign article from the English market, as that of 275. Of 700,000 quarters in bond, not a single quarter has been taken out of bond for home consump tion. Why ? Manifestly because the importers cannot afford to pay the duty, and must, therefore, wait for a higher rate of average, on which a lower duty will be payable. The Corn-law monopoly is thus practically maintained by Sir Robert Peel's new sliding-scale as effectually as it was under the old law. The alterations are mere sleight-of-handitricks, rlayed off to delude the vulgar; but are perfectly :cell through by the initiated. The exclamations of astonishment and delight at the tricks of the wonder working Katterfelto, . are used by parties hired ter the occasion, for the purpose of more effec tually keeping up the delusion, in the profits of which they are admitted to share. The dissatisfac tion expressed by a portion of the Tory party at Sir - itobert Peel's Corn-law and Tariff, we arc disposed to regard as equally dishonest. It is employed to gull the people into a belief that some substantial good wilt certainly be achieved by their operation; seeing the monopolists themselves appear alarmed at the changes to he effected by it ! Lest the apprehen s:ons of the farmers that any substantial and abiding injury should result to their exclusive in terests, by the reductions of duty on the importation of live cattle and meat proposed by the new Tariff, Sir Robert Peel has employed himself in de monstrating the impossibility of their interests being affected by the new scale of duties, and has thus dis pelled the delusion. Indeed, so far has the Premier carried his generous purpose of relict ing the anxieties of his friends, and thus proved his sincere devotion to their prejudices, that he absolutely sacrifices himself as a statesman fbr their sakes, and stultifies his own declared design in the grand financial and fiscal pro ject which he launched with so much pomp in the House of Commons, amid the cheers of the Opposition benches. STANDARD.—Whatever course others may take, we will not incur the responsibility of silence while a chance remains that the New Poor law may be either repealed, or modified into a shape of humanity : this is a responsibility which we dread more than we dread the displeasure of any man or set of men. If we have carefully abstained from aggr ava ti ng the cruelties of which this law has been the occasion, and we think it will be al lowed to us that, of the opponents of the law, we have not been the least circumspect in this particular —we have done the violence to our feelings in the hope that the ascendant humanity of the benevolent and Christian part of the population would call imperatively for a mitigation of the harsh code, and that sounder views of " a true political economy" would reach those beyond the influ ence of human and religious feelings, with the effect of causing them to act in conformity with the call. Our hopes have been disappointed— at least their realisation has been postponed. The Whig-Radical law is to be continued for five years at the least, if the people will permit ; and it is now our duty to appeal from statesmen and Par liament to the sense of the people, while the people can still constitutionally interfere. Let every elector who gave a vote in the hope of a miti gation of the Poor-law, and upon the faith of promises for its mitigation, now call upon his Representative to redeem the pledge given ex pressly, or by implication, at the hustings. The question is no party question in Parliament, let it be none out of doors. Let us then have no angry remonstrance ; but let gentlemen be held firmly to their engagements, and warned of the cer tain consequences of violating those engagements. The recess, though short, - happily affords an opportunity, As we have said, the question is not in Parliament allowed to be a party ques tion, but, if not a party question, it cannot pos sibly be a Ministerial question. The Minis ters, though they may be disobliged, cannot .be it ured by a successful opposition. On the other hand, defeat would be a true kindness to them. Hitherto the harsh and insulting operation of the law has been ascribed, and justly ascribed, to its authors ; but from the day in which - it shall be renewed in Sir James Graham's Bill, the obloquy under which the Whig-Radicals have sunk will, with equal justice, attach to the party of the present Ministers. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) CORK (COUNTY). PATRICK O'SuLLivAN, in continuation from our afternoon edition—The witness received a com munication from a person of the •opposite party that it would be dangerous for him to return from the poll on the Tuesday without an escort. He was escorted home, therefore, by a party of police ; but even so he thought it unsafe to go home the same road he came, knowing that he would be waylaid. No voter in the Conservative interest could be safe, going to or from the poll, without an escort. Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTlN—Witness was sub agent to Lord Bantry, under the head agent, Mr. Payne. Was not a driver, but only a collec tor of rents. Divers were the persons who executed warrants of distress, and drove off cattle for non-payment of rent. Witness brought over eight voters with himself—nine in all —one, named Sims, a Protestant, the other eight O'Sullivans, and Catholics. Witness had no trouble in cavassing them. They were quite willing to vote. He paid their expenses until he got into Cork, where he received from one of Leader's agents the expenses of the voters he brought up. On t h e way to Cork, he took on board the boat, at Bantry, five voters. They were Catholics, except one Rich. O'Sullivan, who was a Protestant. He had not canvassed those wit nesses, but he had sent them word by one of his drivers that he would call for them in the Bay on his passage from Beerham to Cork. The boat was about 24 tons burden. The people threw s t ones at them when they were in the broad part of the Bay, but could not reach" them. When the voters were going ashore to a yawl from the cutter, there being about eighteen persons on board, stones were thrown in amo ngst them, and a voter named Murphy was struck. Th ey called witness and his party Tory hacks, as they were landing. Symes had a double barrelled gun, by accident, which he was bringing to Cork to be re paired. Witness had brought from home a case of pistols ; but left them with hi s l uggag e on board the cutter. After three or four of his party had been knocked down, he took the gun, and held it before him in such a position, that another move would bring it to the shoulder. They then got to the hotel, which were close at hand. Afterwards witness got his pistols, and it was going up the hill at Upton, thathe thought it was necessary to take them out. Did not usually carry pistols about with him There was no one with him but Timothy O'Sullivan. They would have been pelted by the mob, who obstructed the road, but that he produced the pistols, and told the mob that that he would take the lives of two of them at least if they threw a stone. They did not throw after that. All the voters who went to Cork with witness, except Timothy O'Sullivan, voted for the Conservativs. O'Sullivan would have voted but that, having left Ihe polling-booth with t h e i ntention of returning, he was un able to make his way back for the mob in time to vote. These voters were still in the same tenancies; but it would be very hard to get th tu to the poll again, if there Were to o b g e o th p e same "goings on."—(A laugh.) There were a great many soldiers and police with fixed bayonets about the city, , In fact the streets were quite lined with them. Had seen soldiers before at the Cork election in 1833, when Mr. Fergus O'Connor was a candidate. He could not swear that there were soldiers in 1837. There were either soldiers or mounted- police. Would swear that there were not more military in 1837 than at any elec tion before Or since. Had no doubt that there were military and police at the election in 1835, and at every contested election since 1817. Mr. Longfield, the Con servative, was once returned for the county, though there was a majority of 600 against . him.—(Great laughter.) He got in on O'Conner's disqualification. There had, with that exception always been Liberals returned for Cork County since 1830 ; and there always would be if things went on as they did last time. Re-examined—Two voters left his party at Upton. They were intimidated by the mob that came from Cork. Two others were cut off at Bandon. Going up the hill, he took out his pistols, though apprehension of injury to himself and party. The stones which were thrown must have been pretty large for they knocked down all the persons that were struck. His own hat was cut through and his skull so severely wounded, that he was in danger for months. The Bantry voters had always gone up cheerfully to vote for that party, and would go up again, but for fear of their lives. Ilad no doubt that the seven who were "cut off" on the way to Cork, were afraid of their lives, and were only pre vented by that fear from going to the poll. To the Committee—Witness was escorted to the poll with his voters by a large body of their (the Conserva tives') own people, They were collected for the pur pose, and some of them had sticks. - Mr. A. Warren Payne examined—Was a Magistrate of the county of Cork. Resided in the 'Bantry, about fifty yards from the hotel where O'Sullivan and his party put up on their way to Cork. There was a great crowd assembled in front of the hotel, making a great noise, and threatening the party. Witness, considering the latter in danger, went into his own house, and loaded a brace of pistols, with the intention of going to O'Sullivan's assistance. The mob attacked his house in the meantime, broke the windows, and endeavoured to force the doors. Witness produced a double-barrelled gun, and soon after the crowd dis persed ; but the town remained in great disturbance, and shots were fired in several places. Witness found several of O'Sullivan's party severely wounded, and a surgeon attended them. Witness went with them to Cork, as had been arranged before. The whole yarty was very much alarmed. At Dunmanway, which is the country of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the party met with no molestation. That was owing to the interference of Mr. O'Regan, the Catholic priest. When the party were going up the hill, near - Upton, an immense number of large stones were thrown at them, and an old man, named Denis Sullivan, was knocked off the car in which he was with witness, and lay in the road insensible, so that witness thought he was dead. The horse ran against the side of the noad, broke the shafts, and ran away with the car. Witness was thrown out, and the mob made a rush at him ; but on his pre senting a pistol they drew back, and he made a run for it. In a quarter of a mile he reached his father's seat at Upton. • Tire examination of the witness was proceeded with, but nothing appeared from his evidence more than was stated by the last witness. On his cross-examine 'on, by Mr. Austen, Mr. Payne said he was asked to canvass the voters of Lord Bantry by the Conservative Club. He did so as agent ; re ceived no instructions from Lord Bantry. lie could have noted on Wednesday, but the contest was then over. Re• examined by Mr. Serjcant WRANGHAM—If the state of the town on Wednesday was such as it was on Tuesday, he thinks he could not have voted, but at the risk of his life. It being now Four o'clock, the Committee adjourned to Eleven o'clock to-morrow. THE CONFLAGRATION AT HAMBURG H.—The Queen, with her usual sympathy and feeling for the sufferings of the distressed, has ordered 2001. to be transmitted by Messrs. Coutts and Co. in aid of the fund for the relief of the Hamburghers deprived of their homes and all they possessed by the recent calamitous fire. Prince Albert has sent 100 L for the same benevolent object. The number thus deprived of shelter is estimated at 30,000. 10,0001. was sent over in dollars and money by the steamer, subscribed by some of the public com panies, merchants, bankers, and others in the course of three days after the news of the catastrophe was know n in London. GREENWICH AND WANDSWORTII FAIRS. - This morning, Whit-Monday, from the remarkably fine state of the weather, the steam-boats front Hungerford Market and London-bridge were crowded at au early hour by holiday folks of both sexes, proceeding to Greenwich and Wandsworth: fairs. The carriage trains on the Greenwich Railway were crowded with passengers, and extra trains have been put on to convey the company to Greenwich. T. QUEEN'S MASQUE.--It is a gratifying cir cumstance, that notwithstanding the unprecedentedly magnificent display of diamonds and jewellery which took place at the late splendid entertainment of her Ma jesty, very few losses were sustained, and those were generally of articles of trifling value. The only loss of any moment was that sustained by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, from the girdle of whose gorgeous dress is supposed to heve dropped a valuable brilliant of the first magnitude. I ~. CENTRAL CRIMINAL . COURT. OLD COURT. Sarah Dowdale was indicted for feloniously assaulting Charles Dowdale, her husband, by throwir g a quantity of vitriol, or some other burning liquid, into his face, with intent to maim and injure him.. Prosecutor stated that he was a butcher, and resided; in Exeter-place, Newington. He had been married to the prisoner about two years, but, in consequence of the continued disputes that took place between them, they separated about three months ago, he having agreed to allow her the sum of 10s. a-week as a separate maintenance. The particulars of the case have appeared in The Sun. The Jury re turned a verdict of guilty, on hearing which the prisoner, in the most imploring terms, begged the Court would not separate her from her child, which was then at.the breast. Mr. Baron ALDERSoN, in passing sentence on the prisoner, said, he regretted that her violent temper should have led her to commit the serious offence of which she had been convicted. - She appeared to have a great affection for her child. It was a pity that she had not an equal affection for her husband. After some further remarks, the Learned Judge sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for the space of three years. The trial of the twelve sailors, indicted for a mutiny on board the Ann Hall, a merchant vessel, was post poned until the next session, on the ground, that as they were committed so late as Thursday last, they had not bad sufficient time to prepare their defence. STABBING.—Robert Rickerbe, a seaman, was indicted for feloniously cutting and maiming another seaman, named Charles Butler. It appeared that when the vessel to which prosecutor and prisoner belonged was at Ancona, a quarrel took place between them ; that the prosecutor, who is a very powerful man, was in the habit of insulting and bullying the other sailors, and that on the day in question he struck the prisoner two violent blows on the head, and that: in the heat of the moment, and finding himself unable to contend with his powerful opponent, the prisoner drew a knife, with which he stubbed him in the belly ; the wound fortu nately was not a very serious one, and the prosecutor in a short time recovered from the effects of it. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly re commended him to ulercy on account of the provocation he had received, Mr.'Barc,n ALDERSON, in passing sentence, said that the of of which the prisoner had been convicted was unfortunately one of a prevalent and dangerous ;Ware, but in his case it appeared that he had received very great provocation. His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment in the Peni tentiary, Millbank. NEW COURT. Grace Fairman, a young woman, respectably attired and of good connexions, was indicted for embezzling and stealing the sum of three half-pence, which she had re ceived for, and on account of John Whitehouse, her em ployer. The prosecutor stated that he was a linen-draper, living at No: 54, Oxford-street, and the prisoner was employed behind his counter. He ,gave a person of the name of Wilkinson ninepence in copper coin, penny pieces and halfpence Wilkinson went and purchased three yards of twopenny riband, and paid for it ont of the marked coin, and three halfpence was found upon her. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Jury, and made some caustic remarks upon the conduct of the prosecutor of these very extraordinary charges. The heVetofore re spectable young woman at the bar had been tried and acquitted twice, upon charges which, in point of amount, did not average sixpence on the whole. The prosecutor, however, thought proper to persevere, and now she was called upon to answer to other charges of stealing three halfpence, and then of fourpence. She had lived fifteen years, more than half her life-time, in one situation, and went to the prosecutor's with an un sullied character. Was it likely that such a person would disgm - self by stealing a few paltry halfpence, when she had, were she so disposed, more valuable property within her reach ? The Learned Gentleman was pro ceeding, when the foreman of the Jury announced they had heard enough, and pronounced the words " Not Guilty," very emphatically. Mr. CLARKSON said there was another charge. He did not know whether the prosecutor would proceed fur ther ?—Mr. Whitehouse nodded " I shall," when some wag exclaimed, " He's a regular Shylock." The charge was accordingly tried, and the Jury in stantly returned a verdict of " Not Guilty," when the young woman was ordered to be liberated forthwith. and she departed the Court with a number of respect able friends. F „ ... 1 1 , 1111.1110 1 _ IRES.—Yesterclay morning, about ten o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Cripps, baker. Ne. 25, St. Martin's-le-Grand. The fire at one time threat ened to be attended with serious consequences, but fortu nately, owing to the speedy arrival of the West of Eng land and several of the Brigade engines, aided by a plen tiful supply of water, the flames were gut under, but not before much damage was demo to the house, the roof of which was entirely destroyed, and a great quantity of furniture and stock were consumed. The fire communi cated to the coffee-house belonging to Mr. Williams, next door, but by the exertions of the firemen the premises were saved from destruction. Mr. Cripps is insured. Be tween three and fiur o'clock the same .morning, another fire broke out at the warehouse of Mr. Royal, chair ja panner, New-street, Borough-road, which, together with the whole of its contents, consisting of an immense num ber of chairs, was totally consumed. The greatest fears were at one time entertained for the safety of the adjoin ing buildings, but the exertions of the firemen prevented its extension. Mr. Royal, whose loss - 4 4 unfortunately not insu re d. very great, is SU.I 4 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The first exhibition of the Horticultural Society took place at Chiswick on Saturday ; and a fine day, a beau tiful display of flowers, and a brilliant attendance of fashionable company, combined to render the meeting a most attractive one. The Queen, on this occasion, made her first visit to the Gardens at Chiswick. Her Ma jesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, and attended by her suite, arrived at about twelve o'clock, and remained for a considerable period. The Queen walked round the various tents in which the horticultural specimens are exhibited, and frequently expressed her wonder and de light at the rare and beautiful productions of nature which stood before her. Her Majesty was received by his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the President of the Society, Sir C. Lewan, and others of the distinguished members. The Duchess of Sutherland and two of her daughters visited the Gardens at the same time as her Majesty, and the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duchess of Sutherland and their suite, after wards honoured the Duke of Devonshire with their pre sence to luncheon at his beautiful villa . at Chiswick, which almost adjoins the Horticultural grounds. Of the display of fruit and flowers we can only speak in terms of the highest admiration. The soft and delicate Azalea, in its varied forms of snowy whiteness and brilliant colours, was there, attracting all eyes by the beauty of its flower and the wondrous size to which it had been raised ; and the collection of the multiform and eccentric Calceolaria was very rich, as indeed was every flower shown—pelar goniums, heaths, roses—down to the humble heartsease. The company amounted during the course of the after noon to several thousands, and rarely have we witnessed en assembly more brilliant, an exhibition more beautiful, or a scene :more exciting. The following is the list of the prizes, and the names of the successful candidates:— AWARD OF THE JUDGES. NO. I.—PELARGONIUMS—LARGE COLLECTION—Large Silver, Mr. Birch ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Bromley ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Slow ; N. Gold Banksian, Mr. Catleugh ; N. Large Silver, Mr. Gaimes. PELARGONIUMS—SMALL COLLECTION.—N. Silver Gilt, Mr. Catleugh and Mr. Gaimes. CHINESE IZOSES. —N. Large Silver, Mr. Same. HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS.— Large Silver, Mr. M‘V•onach.; N. Large Silver, Mr. Catleugh. SHRUBBY CALcEoLAnu.s.—Large Silver, Mr. 'WC° • nach; N. Large Silver, Mr. Catleugh; V. Silver Bank sian, Mr. Gaimes. SEEDLING FLORISTS' FLOAVERS.—SiIver Banksians, Messrs. Standish, Green, Gaimes, Rev. R. Garth, and NO. IL—STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, IN COL LECTIONS OF FROM FIFTY TO SIXTY PLANTS.—GoId Knightian, Mr. Good; Gold Banksian, Mr. Hunt; Large Silver, Mr. Bedding. STOVE AND G lIEENIZOUSE PLANTS, IN COLLECTIONS OF FROM FIFTEEN TO TWENTY PLANTS.—G oId Banksian, Mr. Green; Large Silver, Messrs. Good, Smith, and Barnes; N. Gold Banksian, Mr. Pawley ; N. Large Silver, Messrs. Jackson and Catleugh. STOVE ARID GREENHOUSE PLANTS, IN COLLECTIONS OF SIX DISTINCT SPECIES.—Large Silver, Mr. Bunn; Silver Knightian, Mr. Kyle; N. Large Silver, Mr. Fraser. STOVE AND GREENHOUSE CLIMBERS.—GoId Bank sian, .Mr. Goode ; Large Silver, Mr. Clarke. No. EL—FRUIT, MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS OF. —Gold Knightian, Mr. Davis ; Gold Banksian, Mr. Henderson ; Large Silver, Mr. Paxton ; Silver Bank sians, Messrs. Tilbery and Clarke. GRAPES.—SiIver Gilt, Mr. Dodds ; Large Silver, Mr. Judd ; Silver Knightians, Messrs. London, Wort ley, and Henderson ; M. G. Large Silver, Mr. Wilmot ; M. G. Silver. ,Knightian, Mr. Chapman. PINE APPLES.—Large Silver, Mr. Toy ; Silver Bank sian, Mr. J. Dodds ; M. G. Silver Gilt, Mr. Mann. PEACHES OR NECTARINES, IN DISHES OF SIX SPECI MENS.—SiIver Knightian, Mr. Henderson. No. IV.—GREENHOUSE AZALEAS.—GoId Banksian, Mr. Green ;- Large Silver, Mr. Falconer ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Barnes ; N. Gold Banksian. Mr. Smith ; N. Large Silver, Mr. Jackson. CAPE HEATHS—TWENTY SPECIE.—G old Knightian, Mr. Barnes ; N. Silver Gilt, Mr. Jackson. CAPE HEATHS—SIX SPECIES.—GoId Banksian, Mr. R. May ; Large Silver, Mr. Green ; Silver Knightian, Story, Esq. ; N. Silver Knightian ; Mr. Fawley. TALL CACTIM FLOWER.—Lace Silver, Mr. Barnes. No V —Six SPECIES OF EXOTIC ORCHIDACE/E.— Gold Banksian, Mr. Hunt. ; Large Silver, Mr. Barnes Silver Knightian, Mr. Paxton. EXOTIC ORCHIDACEX (SINGLE SPECIMENS.)—Large Silver, Mr. Barker ; Silver Knightians, Messrs. Wray and Paxton ; Silver Banksian, J. Jarrett, Esq. SINGLE SPECIMENS OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.—Large Silver, Messrs. Jackson, May, Falconer, and Paxton ; Silver Knightians, Messrs. Green, Bru ce , G. Cl ar k, an d Green ; Silver anksians, Messrs. Bruce, Fraser, and Green. MISCELLANEOUS FLOWERS. - Silver Knightians, Donald and Willmer. ORIGIN OF THE MAIL COACH SYSTEM. - In the year 1780 Mr. John Anderson, of Fermoy, the subject of our present memoir, removed from ' Dumfries where he origin a lly resided, to the city of Cork, and formed a commercial establishment at that place, which rankdd amongst the first houses in the kingdom. Applying himself to business, his perseve rance and industry were rewarded, in the course of a few year, by the acquisition of a large property, which enabled him, to purchase the extensi ve Barry more property, consisting of the Buttevant, Castle Lyons, and Carrickotoohill estates, and afterwards the estate of Fermoy, in the county of Cork. There he commenced improvements of an extensive and un common character, which afforded employment to thousands of poor persons, who, at the time that this field was opened to them, were destitute of all means of living, and absolutely reduced to the last necessity.* When Fermoy came into Mr. Anderson's possession it was a miserable village, but, under his creative hands, it soon beca me a fl our i s hi ng town, hav ing an extensive brewery,flour and p a p er mills, and ' ma, nufactories of various kinds, the largest internal corn market in Ireland, a great military depot, with a popu lation of 7,000 inhabitants. Mr. Anderson, having had occasion to visit England, was struck with the great public benefits arising from the mail coach establish ment, then only in its infancy, and, animated by a laudable zeal for the interests of his adopted country, he conceived a wish to establish that great national convenience in the Sister Kingdom. At this time, it should be remembered, the journey from Dublin to Cork, a distance of about 126 miles, occupied between four and five days, while, during Mr. Anderson's life time, owing to the improvements made by him, it was accomplished in 24 hours. On recommending the project to the Government, they entrusted its realisation solely to Mr. Anderson, and that gentle man, nothing daunted by the obstacles which he had to surmount, entered on the undertaking forthwith. His first line of operations was on the road between Dublin and Cork, and, on achieving his object on that road, he passed successively to the roads between Dublin and Limerick, and Dublin and Galway, via Mullingar. The road between Dublin and Water ford, and that, no less fraught with difficulty, between Waterford and Cork, next claimed his attention ; and, in fact (for it were tedious to particularise), to him may be attributed the formation of mail coach roads throughout Ireland. When the French fleet arrived at Bantry Bay, the kingdom was thrown into the greatest confusion and alarm, and Lord Carhampton, the Commander of the Forces, hastened to the south by forced marches. There he endeavoured to find an eligible position for an en campment, but could not. effect his wishes, which in volved such serious consequences, unless he consented to pay an enormous sum under the name of rent. On becoming acquainted with this circumstance, Mr. Anderson offered Lord Carhampton the free and un conditional use of his splendid estate (Fermov), or any part of it, for the lodgment and accommodation of the troops, and the offer was immediately accepted. But winter was fast approaching, the troops required to be lodged in barracks, and the Government, having found Fermoy a convenient site for a military station, wrote to Mr. Anderson to ascertain what he would take for such portion of his estate as they might re quire. Mr. Anderson, with unprecedented liberality, replied by presenting the Government with 26 acres of his best . land, worth about 2,0001., free, for ever. At Buttevant, also, he gave , 14 acres of land, worth upwards of 1,0001., for a similar purpose ; and Sir Ralph Abercrombie, who commanded the forces at the time, conceived such a high sense of his munificence and public spirit, which was so particu larly acceptable at that critical period, that he offered him, by command of the Lord-Lieutenant, the appoint ment of Commissary-General. The emoluments of this appointment, the most lucrative in the army, amounted to seven pounds per day, and half-pay for life ; but as his whole attention was occupied in the formation of the mail coach establishment, and his other public works, Mr. Anderson declined it. When the union of the two kingdoms began to be agitated, his efforts to facilitate that object, then a very un popular one, were highly serviceable to the Govern ment, and he had the credit of sending the Minister of the day the first petition agreed to at Cork in favour of the measure, which was received. Lord Melville was so highly pleased with the strain in which it was conceived, coming from such a quarter, that he read it in the House as part of his speech, paying a compli ment to Mr. Anderson, the originator of the petition, which few persons have ever had the honour to re ceive. During the Duke of Richmond's administra tion, the Prince Regent expressed his sense of Mr. Anderson's public spirit,'which had been productive of such benefit to Ireland, by raising his son to the dignity of a Baronet, an honour which Mr. Anderson declined himself, but which he might be gratified to see established in his family. But the palmy days of his public usefulness have passed away. After devoting the best energies of his mind, and the most active era of his life, to the ad vancement of the solid interests of his country—after applying the large property which he had accumu lated to the furtherance of great national objects, it is melancholy to reflect that, while the country is hourly deriving substantial benefits from the plans of this extraordinary man, who pushed in advance the * Mr. Palmer, who originated the mail-coach establishment in England, received 3,000/. per annum, for its manag ement, and was a ft erwards awarded upw ar d s o f 60,0001. by Parlia ment ; - while the Mr. Anderson referred to, for similar services in Ireland, never received one shilling, notwithstanding the enormous sacrifices he made to carry out this object, and the scrtles he rendered to the Government . , LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, MAY f 6, 1842, civilisation of Ireland by fully 50 years, his splendid estates, the produce of which he spent in the service of the State, have passed from his family into other hands. Contrast the means of Mr. Anderson with the great revenues of the Irish aristocracy, and say what would not Ireland now be if she had had a few such men in every province. The history of no other country furnishes a like example of so much public good having been ione to an entire kingdom, by a private individual, at his own expense, as Mr. Ander on accomplished for Ireland. THE AFFAIR IN PARADISE TERRACE, LAMBETH. For eight days past the residence of a respectable family in the above locality had been harassed by the most vexatious and alarming annoyance, by large crowds of people assembling in the street, and threat ening and insulting the inmates of the house, to which they have been subjected by an Inspector of Police. This person appeared on the evening of the 6th inst., about nine o'clock, and, without any intimation, at tempted to break into the house, by smashing in the window of the lower apartment, B:c., and when applied to by the lady of the house, from the upper window (her husband being at the time at the theatre), by what authority he acted, and what he wanted ? His answer was, "My name is Pearce, an inspector of police ; I want to get into the house ; if you re fuse I'll break open the door." Such threats caused the greatest alarm to the whole family, and they claimed the protection of a policeman (No. 177 L), and gave Pearce in charge, but the police • man refused to act. The husband being sent for, he, accompanied by a solicitor, arrived about eleven o'clock at night, and again requested the Inspector to produce his warrant, or declare by what Judge or Ma gistrate it was signed. Every information was refused, and the solicitor finding remonstrances and offers of arrangement ineffectual, left the place, warn ing the Inspector, that if he dared to " break open the door," he and his employers, would do so at their peril. He, however, sur rounded the house with Scotch spies and policemen, and the -whole family were, and, have been ever since, annoyed and insulted in the grossest manner ; the door and windows attempted to be broken open by stones and other missiles thrown at them, and all this by hired emissaries from Scotland, who mix with the mob, and excite them by representations, and endea vour thus to gain their objects. This outrage on the liberties of a British • subject, and upor , the above family and their residence, has been occasioned by the following circumstances :-- The late Lord Cardross (eldest son of the Earl of Buchan) died in January, 1837, leaving a deed of tutorage, and appointing Lady Cardros s , hi s f a th er , Mr. William Home, W.S. and agent to the Duke of Buccleuch, and Mr. Gibson, of Edinburgh, tutors and curators ; and particularly appointing Lady Car dross, the mother, a sine qua non, or principal, tutor to her children, consisting of a son (the infant Lord Cardross) and two daughters. Ever since his son's death, the father (Lord Buchan) has not only refused to contribute anything for the maintenance and education of his grandchildren, but has endeavoured to break the entails ; but lately, finding this impossible (by a decision of the House of Lords), he has made an application to the Court of Session in Scotland, craving the custody of his grand children from their mother, wile, upon hearing this, and being alarmed for the safety of her infants, came to her father i n L on d on . L or d B uc h an then ob tained a warrant in Scotland to seize the persons of the three children, and convey them from their mo ther ; this warrant, having obtained the signature of Mr. Trail, of Union Hall, is that acted upon by In spector Pearce in the above manner. Mr. Daniel Wakefield, the Queen's Counsel, to whom a statement of these facts has been made, has given as his opinion, that it is not in the power of any Judge or Magistrate to back a Scotch warrant, ex cept in a criminal case. It is to be hoped, if these facts be, as we are afraid they are, correct, that this system of annoyance will be put an end to. Nothing can be more absurd than the prejudices in the mind of the crowd on this subject, as the treatment of the infant children has been always of the kindest de scription, and the proprietor of the besieged house and his wife have been subjected to abuse, when their conduct, on the contrary, merited approval. THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. PROTEST OF GENERAL CASE AGAINST THE DEMANDED CONCURRENCE ole THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IN THE TREATY OF DECEMBER 20, 1841. " Legation of, Feb . 13, 84 the United 2. States, “ Paris, " Sir,—The recent signature of a treaty, having for its object the suppression of the African slave trade, by five of the Powers of Europe, and to which France is a party, is a fact.of such general notoriety, that it may be assumed as the basis of any diplo matic representations which the subject may fairly require. " The United States, being no party to this treaty, have no right to inquire into- ,the circumstances which have led to it, nor into i'urmeasures it pro poses to adopt, except so far as they have rN son to believe that their rights may be involved in the course of its execution.. Their own desire to put a stop to this traffic is everywhere known, ass well as the early and continued efforts they have adopted to prevent their citizens from piosecuting it. They have been invited by the Government of Great Bri tain to become a party to a treaty which should regu late the action of the combined Governments upon this subject; but for reasons satisfactory to them selves, and I believe satisfactory to the world, they have declined this united action, and have chosen to pursue their own measures, and to act upon their own citizens only, without subjecting these to any kind of foreign jurisdiction. "In a communication from Lord Palmerston, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister at London, dated August 27, 1841, Lord Palmerston claims a right for the British cruisers, and avows the intention of his Government to exercise it, to search American vessels at sea in time of peace, with a view to ascertain their national character. He adds, that this examination of papers of merchantmen suspected of being engagad in the slave trade, even though they hoist an United States flag, is a proceed.. ing which it is absolutely necessary that British crui sers, employed in the suppression of the slave trade, should continue to practise,' &c. " In a communication from the successor of Lord Palmerston, Lord Aberdeen, to Mr. Stevenson, dated 13th of October, 1841, the views and determination announced in the preceding letter are confirmed, and Lord Aberdeen thus states the ground upon which rests this pretension to search American vessels in time of peace : But the undersigned must observe, that the present happy concurrence of the States of Christendom in this great object (the suppression of the slave trade) not merely justifies, but renders in dispenable, the right now claimed and exercised by the British Government,' that is to say, the right of entering and examining American vessels to ascer tain their true nationality. "It is no part of my duty to offer any comments upon this pretension, nor upon the reasons advanced in support of it ; and, if it were, I should find the duty far better performed for me than I could perform it for myself in the annual message of the President of the United States to Congress of the 7th of December, 1841. In that document will be found the views of the American Government upon this subject, and it is there emphatically declared, that however desirous the United States may be for the suppression of the slave trade, they cannot consent to interpolations into the maritime code at the mere will and pleasure of other Governments. We deny the right of any such in terpolation to any one, or all the nations of the earth, without our consent. We claim to have a voice in all amendments or alterations of that code, and when we are given to understand, as in this instance, by a foreign Government, that its treaties with other nations can not be executed without the establishment and enforce ment of new principles of maritime police, to be ap plied without our consen t, we must employ a lan guage neither of equivocal import nor susceptible of misconstruction.' 4' You will perceive, Sir, by these extracts, that the British Government has advanced a pretension which it asserts to be indispensable to the execution of its treaties for the suppression of the slave trade, and to which the P res i dent of t h e U n it e d St ates h as d ec l ared that the American Government will not submit. This claim o f search, it w ill b e o b serve d , ar i s i ng, as is asserted, out of existing obligations, has relation to the isolated t reat i es f or t h e a b o li t i on of this traffic, which were in force at the date of the communica tions of Lord Palmerston and Lord Aberdeen. It is now known th at t h e com bi ne d treaty upon this sub ject is more extensive in its operations, an d more mi nutein some of the details of its execution, than the separate treaties with France, which preceded it, and equally indefinite in the duration of its obligations. Of course, measures which were not only 'ju s tifi a bl e but indispensabl e ' f or th e execution of the latter will find equal justice and necessity in the obligations of the former. " With this previous declaration made by one of the parties to this quintuple treaty, concerning its operations, the American Government cannot shut their eyes to their true position. The moral effect which such a union of five great Powers, two of which are eminently maritime, but three of which have never, perhaps, had a vessel engaged in that traffic, is cal cu l ate d to produce upon the United States and upon other nations, which, like them, may be indisposed to these combined movements, though it may be regretted, yet furnishes no just cause of complaint. But the subject assumes another aspect, when they are told by one of the parties that their vessels are to be forcibly entered and examined, in order to carry into effect these stipulations. Cer tainly the American Government does not believe that the high Powers, contracting parties to this treaty, Ihave any wish to comp e l th e U n it e d St a t es b y f orce to adapt their measures to its provisions, or to adopt it stipulations. They have too much confi dence in their seise of justice' to fear any such re sult,. and they will see with pleasure the prompt disavowal made by yourself, sir, in the name of your country at the tribune of the Chamber of De puties, of any intentions' of this nature. But were it otherwise, and, were it possible, they might be de ceived in this confident expectation, that would not alter in one tittle their course of action. Their duty would be the same, and the same" would be their determination to fulfil it. They would prepare themselves, with apprehension indeed, bt.t without dismay—with regret, but with firmness, for one of those desperate struggles which have sometimes oc curred. in the history of the world, but where a just cause*and the favour of Providence has given strength to comparative weakness, and enabled it to break down the pride of power. " But I have already said the United States do not fear that any such united attempt will be made upon their independence. What, however, they may reasonably' fear, and what they do fear is, that in the execution of this treaty measures will be taken which they must resist. How far the acts of one of the parties, putting its construction upon its own duties, and upon the obligations of its co-contractors, may involve these in any unlooked for consequences, either by the adoption of similar mea sures or by their rejection, I do not presume to judge. Certain it is, however, that if the fact and the princi ple advanced by Lord Aberdeen are correct—that these treaties for the abolition of the slave trade cannot be executed without forcibly boarding Ame rican ships at sea in tii; of peace, and that the ob ligations created by them confer not only the right thus to violate the American flag, but make this measure a duty—then it is also a duty of France to pursue the same course. Should she put this -con-. 1 struction upon her obligations, it is obvious the United States must do to her as they will do to Eng land, if she persist in this attack upon their indepen dence. Should she not, it does not become me to inves tigate the nature of her position with respect to one of her associates, whose opinion concerning their re lative duties would be so widely different from their Own. But I may express the hope that the Govern ment of his Majesty, before ratifying this treaty, will examine maturely the pretensions asserted by one of the parties, and see how these can be reconciled, not only with the honour and interest of the United States, but with the received principles of the great maritime cede of nations, I may make this appeal with the more confidence from the relations subsisting between France and the United States, from a community of interest in the liberty of the seas, from a community of opinion respecting the principles which guard it, and from a community in danger, should it ever be menaced by the ambition of any maritime power. " It appaars to me, Sir, that in asking the attention of his Majesty's Govermnent to the subject of the quintuple treaty, with a view to its reconsideration, I am requesting nothing on the part of the United States inconsistent with the duties of France to other Powers, If, during the course of discussions upon this treaty, preparatory to the arrangement of its pro visions, ngland had asserted to the other parties the pretension she now asserts to the United States, as a necessary consequence of its obligations, I cannot be wrong in presuming that France would not have signed it without guarding against this impending difficulty. The views of England are now disclosed to you, but fortunately before its ratificatioe ; and this change of circumstances may well justify the French Government in interposing such a remedy as it may think is demanded by the greater interests in volved in this question. "As to the - treaties of 1831 and 1833, between France and Great Britain, for the suppression of the slave trade, I do not consider it my duty to advert to their stipulations. Their obligations upon the con tracting parties, whatever these may be, are now complete: and it is for my Government alone to de termine what measures the United States ought to take to avert the consequences with which they are threat ened by the construction which one of the parties has given to these instruments. "I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of the message of the President of the United States to Congress, in December last, and of the annual docu ments which accompanied it. Among the latter will be found the correspondence between the British Se cretaries of State and Mr. Stevenson upon the subject herein referred to. From these you will learn the respective views of the American and British Go vernments. "It is proper for me to add, that this communica tion has been made without any instructions from the United States. I have considered this case as one in which an American representative to a foreign power should act without awaiting the orders of his Govern ment. I have presumed, in the views I have sub mitted to you, that I express the feelings of the American Govermnent and people. If in this I have deceived myself, the responsibility will be mine. As soon as I can receive despatches from the United States, in answer to my communications, I shall be enabled to declare to you either that my conduct has been approved by the President, or that my mission is terminated. "I avail myself of this occasion to renew to your Excellency the assurances of my very high and dis tinguished consideration. " L. CASS. " His Bxcellency M. Guizot, Minister for Foreign Affairs." CONTAGION AND QUARANTINE (From the Medical Gazette.) We marvel much at the tone and temper with which this controversy has been too generally con ducted. A certain class of pathologists have imbibed a sort of instinctive horror at the notion of contagion. They have considered it as beneath the dignity of a scientific man to acknowledge such an influence. They have reasoned as if there were some confession of intellectual superiority attached to the holding of such an opinion, and an emancipation from vulgar prejudices in the avowal of a n ti- con t ag ious notions. uch men would, we sincerely believe, experience a sense of shame in acknowledging the doetri:;e of in fectious agency. That such feelings as these do exist widely throughout the world, more, perhaps, on the Continent than here, we are well convinced, and it is hard to account for such a circumstance. There seems nothing, per se, very revolting to common sense in the notion that the secretions of the body, in certain disorders, throw off emanations which, re ceived into the lungs, and impregnating the blood of another person, should produce in him a like disease. Yet the great aim and object of certain parties has been to disavow such a principle, wherever, by any ingenuity, it was possible to adopt some other expla nation,—never to admit such a doctrine except as a last resort in aetiological difficulty, and then to throw all possible discredit upon it. The doctrin9 of a contagious and infectious quality is conceded to small-pox and measles, by almost all pathologists, a large proportion of whom are ready to extend the same attributes to scarlet-fever and hooping-cough. Very many draw their line of de marcation here, and, like Falstaff with his ragged re giment, refuse to march a step further with the con tagionists. A certain number, however, are content to include typhus fever, puerperal peritonitis, and the Egyptian plague, in the category of contagious mala dies. From this point the non-contents have it pretty much their own way. The doctrine of a contagious quality inherent in the morbid secretions of cholera, of yellow fever,of erysipelas, and of influenza, makes some of them perfectly frantic, while the suggestion that perhaps the secretions may be similarly endowed in cases of phthisis pulmonalis, croup, or dysentery, is' met with a look of ineffable contempt, mixed with pity. It has always appeared to us that the doctrine of contagion and infection hag been viewed by medical writers in too isolated a manner; that to arrive at cor rect conclusions on the subject, capable of any wide application in nature, we should commence with the simplest form of diseased secretion capable of com munication from one individual to another of the same species, and trace the doctrine up to the more aggra vated forms of disease. Entertaining these general impressions on the sub ject of contagion and infection, as applicable to va rious acute diseases where the secretions of the body are palpably affected, it -cannot be a matter of sur prise that we are strenuous supporters of the conta gious nature of the Turkish plague. If ever a disease, existed calculated, a p r i or i, t o throw off contagious' emanations, this is it. It is a peracute form of fever of most malignant character, rapidly affecting the nervous and circulating systems, and curiously alter ing the coagulable and other qualities of the blood. One argument of the anti. contagionist party is, that plague is not found to spread on the European Con tinent, though commercial iAtercourse with Egypt augments annually. Historical facts, however, are opposed to this statement. Plague spread at Mar seilles in 1720, at Moscow in 1770, at Malta in 1813, in the lonian Islands in 1818. While we thus acknowledge our firm belief in the contagious qualities of the secretions that form in persons labouring under Turkish plague, and our equally strong conviction that the clothes, and bedding, and bed-furniture, of plague patients, may sometimes harbour such dis eased secretions, and renew the disorder after a certain interval, either in the same or in a distant locality, we are perfectly ready to admit that.the Quarantine laws, as now administered in the Mediterranean, are framed upon very mistaken views of the laws of pestilential contagion. The shortness of the incuba tive stage is not considered. The almost total impos sibility that merchandise could be packed by persons in a condition calculated to throw off contagious emanations, seems utterly neglected. The practical inference deducible from the fact that the crew of a merchant ship remains free from disease for a period exceeding ten days, appears an e l ement i n t h e calcula tions of Quarantine law-givers wholly and most un accountably left out of consideration. We earnestly hope that the British Government will be induced to take some efficient steps towards the reform of the Quarantine regulations now in force throughout the Mediterranean. That the period of sanatory surveillance might be lessened in all cases, with perfect safety, we entertain not the smallest doubt. That the period should he the same in steam and sailing vessels appears a wanton trifling with valuable time. • - No isolated measures for the reform of Quarantine laws, however, can be of any avail. To be effective, the subject must be taken up as a measure of inter national policy, and carried out with entire acquies cence on the part of all the chief Mediterranean powers. The British Government, however, might well initiate the proceeding, and congresses have been held on matters of- less pressing necessity. We con clude,— therefore, by heartily commending to Sir Robert Peel, when he has carried through his present scheme ofcommercial reform, the great question of Qua rantine reform, We can confidently anticipate for him an abundant _popularity from §nicess in such an enterprise. A Gadibus usque.±-frOm Gibraltar to Odessa, one universal cry of joy and gladness will arise, when Quarantine regulations are revised, use less restrictions abolished, and when the unhappy prisoner in the Lazaretto can console himself with the reflection, that reason and science have li mited his durance to the shortest; period compatible with national security. IMPORTANT TO DIRECTORS OF RAILWAYS. UNIFORMITY OF CLOCKS THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN. (From Mr. F. Osler's Lecture at the Birmingham Philosophical Institution.) Now that railway-travelling has become so uni versal in the kingdom, doing so much to annihilate space, the question of time became a matter of considerable importance, and he had long been of opinion that some plan must he adopted to prevent the errors and inconvenience of every town in the king. dom setting its clock to a meridian of its own, different to every other place out of the same longitude. To show the extent of the evil to which he adverted, it would perhaps be sufficient for him to state, that there was a difference of 25 min. 28 sec. between the times at Dover and Falmouth ; that is to say, when it was noon at Falmouth it was 25 min. 28 sec. past noon at Dover. There was nearly a minute difference in time between the east and west of London, and about a quarter of a minute difference between the east and west of Birmingham. The railroad directors had en deavoured to remedy this defect by keeping London time at all their stations ; but there was this greatin convenience attending it, that all persons who resided west of London were in great danger of being too late for the trains. On all , the time-tables of the Great Western Railway an endeavour Was made to remedy this difficulty by printing the cor rection for longitude. It occurred to him a year or two ago, that it would be a very excellent plan if Government would recommend the adoption of one uniform time throughout the kingdom ; and he was happy to find that his friend Mr. Dent had turned his attention to the same sub ject, and he quite agreed w him that they ought to adopt one meridian as a universal standard, and call it " British time." Happening to mention this sub ject to his friend, Mr. Rowland Hill, as a matter of some importance in connection with the Post-office department, he informed hiin that he had received a letter from Captain Basil Hall, in 1840, on this very point ; and as it embodied all that he (Mr. Osler) could say respecting it, he would, with the permission of the audience, read the letter to them. the Lecturer here read the letter of Captain Basil Hall. The idea of the adoption of a general standard for time throughout Great Britain ori ginated with the late Dr. Wollaston, who sug gested that all the Post-office clocks throughout the different counties should be kept at London time, a measure which he considered might be very easily accomplished, and which would greatly simplify all those arrangements of the Post -office in which time nas included as an element. He proposed to regulate all the Post-office clocks in the kingdom by means of the time brought from London daily by the mail coach chronometers ; and he had no doubt that, ere cngf all the t own c l oc k s , an d, even t ua ll y, a ll t h e ocks and watches of private persons, would fall iryto the same course of regulation ; so that only one ex pression of time would prevail over the country, and every clock and watch indicate by its hands the sa me 'hour and minute at the same moment of absolute time. JAMAICA. (From the Jamaica Standard and Royal Gazette of March 25.) Kingston, March 21, 1842. • To his Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Charles T. Metcalfe, &c. &c. The humble Address of the Members composing the Congregation of the English and German Jews -- oTthe City and Parish of Kingston. May it please your Excellency—We, the members of the congregation of English and German Jews of this city, beg leave most respectfully to approach your Excellency, and in common with all classes to express our deep sorrow at the severe loss the island is about to sustain in the departure of your Excellency from these-shores. Identified as are our interests with the welfare of the colony, our feelings are still more warmly en listed in whatever concerns it, since we enjoy here, equally with all our fellow-subjects, privileges and immunities denied us in other parts of her Majesty's dominions. We, therefore, stand not aloof, but join in the general regret which pervades the minds of all, particularly when the advantages arising from the enlightenment, generosity, and kindness which have distinguished your administration, are considered. We should, however, have been wanting in grati tude to your Excellency, had we on the present oc casion failed to express our sentiments separately, as a religious body, for the noble and disinterested conduct you have maintained, and for the charity of heart and hand you have evinced in all case s , and to all sects; nor can we ever forget the kind feeling you displayed, not only towards our brethren here, but also on behalf of the sufferers at Rhodes and Damascus. The sympathy :manifested towards the poor and afflicted—the assistance amply afforded to the wants of others, and the support and patronage e x t en d e d to works of pub lic utility, cannot fail to meet that recompense which the great Judge of our actions awards to the benevo lent, to secure the peace of an approving conscience, and indelibly to ensrave your memory . on the hearts of a grateful posterity. In the departure of your gxcellency, we shall de plore the loss of a tried friend, who watched over the best interests of the people with the unceasing solici tude of paternal consideration, whose wisdom ensured the just administration of the laws, and whose urbanity of manner secured the love and esteem of all. In rendering to your Excellency these our un feigned sentiments, we offer our fervtnt prayers to the throne of grace, for your prosperous passage home —for a long and uninterrupted enjoyment of health, and for the possession of every happiness which a bountiful Creator can bestow. By direction and behalf of the meeting, P. LAWRENCE, Chairman. HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY. To the Members of the Congregation of English and German Jews of the City and Parish of Kingston. I beg you, Gentlemen, to accept my wannest thanks for the sentiments that you have expressed on the oc casion of my approaching departure. To be deemed worthy of such kindness, I must ever prize as one of the highest honours than can be received. You have justly alluded to the fact, that you enjoy in Jamaica, equally with all your fellow-subjects, privileges and immunities denied to you in other parts of the British dominions. The fact is honourable to this island, and the reverse is discreditable to the mother country. I trust that the time is near, when the Legislature of the United Kingdom will follow the example of that of Jamaica, and grant equal rights to all the loyal sub jects of our gracious Queen without distinction. We have here proof, from experience, that this pan be done, not only without, injury, but with manifest be nefit ; and I hope to see the day when it will be ad mitted by the Imperial Parliament, that all who con tribute to the support of the State are entitled to the enjoyment of equal rights, and that the surest mode of promoting the stability of an empire is to unite all hearts in common interests and brotherly love. My best wishes will ever attend' you, Gentlemen, with a cordial desire for your prosperity and hap piness. "lEMOIRS or ADMIRAL KEPpEL.-Our national biographical literature has just received a valuable contribution to its stores in the life of the celebrated Admiral Keppel, written by the Hon. and Rev. Thomas Keppel, son of the present Earl of Albemarle. There can be little doubt that this work will be received with as much gratification by the public in general as by the naval service itself, for at the same time that it pre sents us with the most faithful and interesting biography that can be desired of this distinguished commander, from the out set of his career as a midshipman, when accompanying Anson round the world, to the close of his active life with the honour able title of Viscount, it is rendered of great historical value from the detailed accounts which are given of the principal naval. actions and political events of that stirring period. Among the other attractive features of the work will be found several highly chal acteristie origin:A letters f . om Earl St. Vincent, white a Captain in Keppel's fleet, and from other celebrated personages of the time. _ DEAIII Or LADY Dt,7 NDas (of Beechwood.)—Her Lndvship died at her house in Herioes-row. Edinburgh, on Saturday last. She was relict of the late Sir Robert Dundas, created - a Baronet in 1821, married 1798, and has left issue the present Sir David Dundee, married to the daughter of Mr. and Lady Catherine Whyte Melville, and other issue. An article from Breslau, in the Globe, of Brussels, states that a child, 13 years of age, in the village of Bresersdorf, who had been confined for the night in a cellar, on a charge of theft, was killed by rats. In the morning she was found with all the flesh eaten from the head and legs. The Magistrate, by whose orders she was confined in the cellar, has been arrested. • STRAWBERRY HILL SAW. FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH DAYS. ,fef Press of matter precludes os from noticing more than * beef of the leading lots, which during those days' sales h a ve ~ disposed of at Strawberry Hill. We subjoin the followiest;', o Lot 10. A curious antique silver seal, extremely awe!' this remarkable relic once belonged to Hugh O'Neill, K' l2 ' Ulster-291. Bs. Farrow. vo lo Lot 15. A curious 'spoon of English pebble, with two handles, richly ; worked in foliage ; there were a dozen of 0 01 spoons made by order of Catherine Lady Walpole as a Pr Pik. to Queen Caroline, after whose death Horace Walpole met this and the handle of another in a toy-shop.-31. 15s. Lot 19. A tooth-pick case of gold, enamelled with ea" and very beautiful ; a present from Lady Diana Beauclerc 11/. lls, Farrow. Lot 20. A cir cu l ar - s h ape d go ld snu ff-b ox , en gine-illti with the image, in wax , o f M a d ame l a Marquise du Pe'lcliter dog Tonton, which sh e b equea th e d, w i t h t h e sn uff-box AD manuscripts, to Horace Walpole -141. 14s. Forster. o itll Lot 25. A circular white snuff-box, mounted in gold, 6 ,4 a miniature portrait on the top of Madame de Sevigne, an iVi the bottom the cyphers of Robertin Sevigne in marcasitesl box, with the letter enclosed from Madame de Sevigne dj Elysian Fields, was sent to H orace Walpole by Madani e ; ,s Deffaud after his return from Pari s i n 1776 ; the otter S. beautiful composition, and was, considered peculiarly int er ing by the literati of the day-281. 7a. Strong. Lot 59. A truly interesting relic, one of the seven n*,;:al rings given after the death of Charles I. ; it h as the ' tte r head in miniature, behind a death's head, between the 11 dr C. R. the motto "Prepared be to f o ll ow me ;" Prese nt „, f , Horace Walpole by Lady Murray Elli o t-151.'15 5 . Ho c ;IP Lot 60. A most extraordinary and very curious jewelsa g, ,o r heart set with precious stones, and ornamented with em tic figures and Scotch mottoes, enamelled in the finest 0 2,4 meatit was made by order of the Lady, Ma r y D oug l as , Henry Lord 'Darnley, in memory of her husband, bf,., t oe Stewart Earl of Lennox and Regent of S co tl an d-1W Hert Lot z. 61. An extremely valuable and magnificent jewel L l Burleigh's head, on onyx, by Valerio ticentinti, cut on t° to verse of an antiquate intaglio of Caracallo ; appendant la it head of Queen Elizabeth, on sardonyx, also by Vicentino enriched with 53 fine brilliants and was presented to fi f e Walpole by his father, who purchased it of Sir Andrei' tame, whose de s i gn it was , b e i ng i n a ll us i on to Q ueen W and Sir Robert Walpole-84/. Hertz. A id Lot 6'3. A beautiful locket, in the shape of a heart, fine brilliants, containing the hair of Sir Robert WA . 11/. Ils. Forster. pr ' Lot 64. A ditto, with th e b a i r of Catherine Shorter, Sir bert Walpole's first wife—ll/. Ils. Russell. f i ; Lot 65. A curious antique Watch, enamelled upon gol d ' beautiful paintings of the Virgi n an d Child, a t different' —131.135. Jarman. finfi c Lot 66. A splendid cabi ne t o f rosewoo d , d es i gne d by - on Walpole, of most chast e an d e l egant form, richly carved , mented with ivory, and a rare specimen of art ; the l e o ment ate three statues in ivory, of Palladio, inigo Juae,'; s 'l' Filmingo. carved by K ers k ov i s, a f ter the models of RY", e d V. in the pediment, th e W a l po l e arms are displayed, suplo."4ll a Cupid and a lion, with a re li e f of flowers, eagles head s %' festoons of flowers forming the b ase , a ll carve d by .Kers,:,! the d ors enriched with eight een sp l en di d carvings in i/°"10 Gibbons, Pozzo, and other celebrated artists. Jt 15 elese uniqur, and, as a work of art, ma y b e pronounced mete-- 1261. Richard. „.e Lot 63. A small and interesting antique' bust, in bral / P Caligula, with silver eye s . Thi s exquisite bronze is'one l, 0 finest things in the coll ec ti on , an d s h ows th e great a rt °f o ancients : it is eviden, ~ -. portrait, and represents th r d peror at the begi nn i ng of his madness. It w as found o f some other small b us t s a t th e fi rst di scovery o f Herculal,of whilst digging a well for the Prince d'Elboeuf, who rFr f many years afterwards at Florence, where i was sold e4 i ) return to France, and being purchased by Sir Horace co f was by him presented to Lord Orford (vide Catalogue eff,, berry Hill)-481. 6s. Boon e . Lot 77. A m agn ifi cen t m i ssa l , per f ect l y un i que, a e4'l o ltt,,; beautifully illuminated ; it i s enr i c h e d with splendid miler pictures by Raffaelle and his scholars, set in fine fillifi enamelled. This precio us vo l ume was executed expre,riell Claude, Queen of Fr ance , w if e o f F ranc i s 1., an d i s i 7 VC to have afterwards belonged to the father 'of Thusni a l 'of f sff, vol. 1., page 14'2, of the Fren c h e di t i on ) - 1151 . ' 10s. ._,.)• — ti f, Lot 79. Henry the Ei g hth' s d agger, a rare and UP'," specimen of Turkish work; the blade is of the finiesldot damascened with gold ; th e case aw l h an dl e o f Cl) a l i L if enriched with diamonds and a p ro f us i on o f ru bi es — 81 Forster. 0/ Lot 83. The renowned silver bell of Benvenuto CelliS l V put up at 100 guineas, at which sum it-remained in Si tril dek! till Mr. Robins, by his ingenuity and elotienee, couLl' fof, prevail upon some one to bid 201., when there. was 15 t halt, and, after mounting to 254., it was , finilly boa's 11 the same laxity in bidding prevail e d, w h en th e Psalter c,i, Clovio was put up, and which was al so bought in; tit 4 4 ' to i Lot 48. Queen Anna Mien's clock, o f Metal gilt; suirs° 4 4: by a lion, supporting a shield, on which, ' an d on the , we the chock, are the etoyal Arms. One of the we ight ornamented than the other; on that most ri c hly decorat V, motto, "Dieu et mon Droit ;" below ar e th e Royal : , 00' H. A., with true lover's knot, and an inscription, in ref l e to her marriage with the King, " The most Happye• . its sented to Horace Walpole by Lady B e tty . Germail e 'i which circumstance it is evident it formerly belonged' r i Arundel collection. One hundred and five guineas* i chased for her Majesty. lo g Lots 54 to 56. Six eb o ny c h a i rs o f th e Eli za b e th a n per for 1681. OF, ' Lot 57. Sil ver i n k s t an d, use d b y Si r R o b ert WalP°'l e:..,,5; Prime Mini s t er , h av i ng hi s arms and crest elaborate l y erfg o . "6, purchased for Sir Robert P ee l, t h e present P r i me BliPlA England, at 36 5 . p er ounce, so that the cost of t his is : (noticed and admired, while on view, by many pers,llll, I higher ranks of scciety) will b e a b out ,85 1 ., a sum Pil e ceeding the speculative amounts o f many self-deterrnini 0 chasers. G Lot 67. The mahogany four-post bedstead i n th e H o lbeifr sil ber, with its fluted pillars, and grey cloth hangings and i i bound with rich velvet, and lined throughout with thick 'd i satin, canopy top, surmounted by a coronet, as thelirel! ;;i the Earl of Orford, and on which the most illustriousoft r tors to Strawberry.hill, in NI alpole's time, reposed. Pr" only 21. 12s. 6d. - otwhfhei L et sjn o L ot Judge, g3vl having i :r C ardinal t a bod r fe d eet i sn t hc i aceflnocauWelnododsl Closet, tno e , y tt ' hha s red ez fdc,r Countess : tic: , e a a rs u is,d t ip h sr o e os b n ii t a i . c b a t e d ..... r . ; B t t , r A , 74:s f A s lb ß eriq ui 11 by whom it was presented to Horace Walpole. ger 2 ° IT' Mr' Kean, tragedian. . , ... Lot 75. Monad .10 4ic oak chair, with carve d religious 7 i ii f' Latin mottos, and' the name of the maker orpoiseasli chair, " John Arfin:r, monk of Glastonbury," ' a n indi 1 proof of its co ns t ruc tion p r io r t o th e dissolution of the, , 0 monasteries in 1537. ..g.le. Robins commenced the slue ' f. , chair, and he made it a n express stip u l a ti on t hat, wh° , ef 3 l l o , came the purchaser, it was to con ti nue hi s rostrum 6 1 ' mination of the sale. 731. 10s. *1 Lot 96. Bust of Ki ng H enry the Seventh, the work —° f giano, in 1509, for that Mo i narchis effigy on his tomb. , p is an etching firm this celebrated head by Carter. - 27 L THE Y . - ' FATS. COLTYTI'' .e. , ii ETIS. COUNTR' ...ti ETS. ---14- _,,,, --- Wheat. Belief. I Oat, . tlerias. 1 ... ../E —__ --------- ---,---1, ~ Ind Per Quarter. e. to s. s I .to s. s, tv s. s. to e- do / 3ath ,CO 18 24 34 20 25 40 4S ..„. / fliandford ....—! 32 65 20 27 20 23 39 42: ~, nridport ...,.,M,! 08 "" "'"' - -- ....- 3." / Ml:int ..........—. 58 62 28 20 18 22 32 SO . __. 4' Exeter . ,u 4 70 27 34 121 28 40 -- 46 '' gloucester ,58 64 21 ,30 19 28 . 40 fa ~ duildfcrd lss 74 26 33 120 28 30 26 011 Newbury ... 142 70 32 26 18 48 126 42 , c 0 / Reading...' "-" 51 76 22 36 18 30 21 43 1 / 411isbury ~.,.,160 68 32 36 25 1:8 40 50 I. Shutorne 54 51 26 30 18 24 36 40 34 i SheptonAlallet 54 68 25 32 18 22 24 44 . :5 , / Uxbridge -- -- 37 43 ~3 28 -- ...... 4. Warminster— 48 16 >.3 28 '2O 26 24 4 °l 36 / Worcester 101 CM 39 31 t 1 26 8 4 2 1 , (cavil 152 60 24 28 20 24 32 44 1 ), WAKEFIELD CORN NI A Rhx-r .' ll 0 The supply was moderate, and prices of Whett, oa"'p ling, and Beans, Isere rather higher. No variation 'll etiP and other articles. Wineat, Red, Esbex and Kent...... ....... —s. 625. to BO f -. Ancni• ---- Norfolk .. : d Su tiollt. s. s`'s. to (Os, P ri ,ll, ----- Lin. and Cam. —s. 56A. to 601.. 1 %. - c . 1,,, ,----- Yorkshire —a. 58s. to 6 2 " - ° O . cli' White —a. GO.. to 62 5 . " 0 / , `o .------ Foreign , tied —s. —e. to 55 , "e:4 - White —a. —s. to Ms. l' n eo Barley. Nerfolk and Suffolk 0 4s. to ati. t i" e 4 .' t, .---,•-• Lir.colnshire -- Yorkshire Wold Foreign ... —a. to --s• " c.' fill , 0 Beans, New - - e • firl -- Old - A pe ',4p Oats, Potato ...a. to 22 il 4. P , z , o , .e -.-....- Poland —... VrieziaMi and Srnoll . .......... -: .• --Y. to t i n o l 4B2f : : 6"i S ie t lVt i ; s 'healing ... led. to I Id. P e p i r i , d Shalling l7s. to 28s. Od. 1 3 ,, I ° 1. Mal L.. ........ ....... .......... •-•-... —5..38, - . fine 40s. Pit V" Rapeseed —l.os. SM. Os. 3.51. Os. P 1 LEEDS CORN Al A RK.I-t:r. 6tlo , Wheat, Norfolk and Sittlbltc, 601 b. ..* •....... " f. to , 5 , i. ~, 7 p. York. and Lincoln. 601' Barley, Norfolk and Suithik o 7 . • Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 631 b. oats, Potatoo . 21 ,. to o i, —Meaning, For. 9d. tolOd Eng. 9%d. to • „ ps• ,1 shelling 2.7 i. to = 6 DEVIZES CORN MARKET . it• i. 'll B O ea ats na (per sack ). "; '2 I°6 ° i o o • Per Sack. s. d. a . d. Per Quail ter. r• Ol First Wheat 33 29 ( 0 , to 31 35 0 f) Second rhird Barley :l6 U 33 0 Bread ipergalion, ‘. 1 4 '' CHELTENLi AM MARKETS. d , ' I Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d„ P er lb. 6 IN heat e .. Barley 3 0 3 9 Alutton „ Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal Beans 5 0 5 4 Pork ... ....... .......... • '' tease 5 0 8 0 Lamb • • Hay 41.55. to 41. 10s. Od. per tot I. Tcc/b63 ~. CANTERBURY . MARKET. Wheat, white............. 03. to Mi. ........ Old— ~....... -- 1 to ~„• -- red--..... 6',s• to 668....... 01d........,. - -,1 tO / s• Barley, Malting ...,... 30s. to 34a ...... Gr•tling.. - - S . to f• Oats .....••••••,.......0.....••••w0 21s. to 2f.s. —01 d,,.,.,.,,.,.. —' to j• Bean, ----...,... 325 to 40a. ~,.M, 01d......—,.... —e'. t o' Pease POPO nne•ne • •••••• 4 , lOWA 40a• to —5......• Grey—. :745. HULL CORN MARKET. 6 0 ' Wheat, White (per Quarter) gba. 6 . ,ts- oe• Red Foreign Barley, Malting 3ths 3 le' 1 1 t * GriEding fAls. t'?. O'fis• Oats, British Foreign (in bond) lSs 0 ' 6 ' 4 0 ' Beans 3:1; 3 t4 v . 31 , ' k 34.5, 3 „- 'S' 6 ' Pease, Grey Nis. 3' „F' ev Blue and White sis. ! 17 °'5:2 3 •_, Linseed.. ..-s. 4 4 il`' ,F• Flour per sack ....l. 3• 14 ' - it' l l} Rapeseed (per 111 quarters) „. dr eg 1,1 If " The Journal des Deux Sidles speaks of disasters having been occasioned in Calabria t. inundations. Bridges have been swept avva)j, t rio reduced to ruin, and several persons drown, (3 ' telegraph at the Port of Dino was struck Ly tut fluid, and almost destroyed. The man station s vas killed. BIRTHS. On the 13th inst., at Portmau-street; the Lady E - Ao3 re moor, of a daughter. 1 .„9, o pt On the 14th inst., in Gloucester-place, Porter the lady of Thomas Sydenham Clarke, Esq., of Lin e ° barrister-at-law, of a daughter. 4 vo° On the 14th inst., at South-row, Blackheath, Parker, of a son. ite' MARRIED. C 135 ,"(0, On th. I4th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington , 11 " r . . c oa r '0" C. Corner, of Dean-street, Southwark, to Carolir le : i a tl° daughter of the !ate Bryan Corcoran, E sq ., of Mark - Croydon. D!L'D. On the 7th inst., at Wiesbaden, George Eili n c e ,,iio" t d' topher, Esq., of the Hon. East India Companil ' On the 14th inst.. Willi am Bl ac kb urn, E sq ., ° 11/ ' near n B sg the l amate, aced 69. O4th inst., at HalkinL•street, Grosve nor .d Rev. Sir William Mu rray, Bart of Hill Head, age ' 01 Lo N nd o c . n: Printed 112stland!nadt Published 1 s sh: ( l ) l lfi y c A D e I . U N R O 7 I2 I( , . the Qlttpty of Middl esex , M on d a y, May 16' 144-2. i 4 1 1