The Sun. — London, England, 1834-03-15 00:00:00

tninreduelar ay.as issu e d r the sanction froth the counnanderein.cbief, and festati of government, acting on the mato " u f opinion in the house, that flogging should b resorted to onl offen ces Y on particular occasions, and for particular tried , *„. That experiment was tried, but then it waa not "" 'oily theproposition and therefore of the bon. member was un eilrlede tfhoer. 1%4 drunaenness on guard, and thieving only offences made punishable with flogging. 0E 8" °lren e" Were , however, construable into many other n a g ene ee; for instiince, disobedience to the commanding might be interpreted into mutiny. No doubt a edrheat latitude teas allowed to officers. All offences of a t° graceful kind on the part of the soldiers were entitled call the punishment. He (Mr. Grant) would just 'Sr.an the attention of the house to the terms of the circus te 4 ,l expressly stated that punishment should not be that .e° more frequent in cases deserving punishment, it I teas rendered before • but, on the contrary, that Thep_ edamirable to render it ' more h r o a d r s e e .— (Hear . , hear.) r t question, then, fur the . to consider was, sWhether the experiment was fairly tried. He (Mr.Gran o t) e t - • • • tel nled that it was not. Well, but the present prop e b t er icie w ent further than the former one. It was propose , 4"'re abolish flogging only in the United Kingdom. fie w the proposition went further. There was no British ar quain teds not to say with the nature of the to bet even with the common habitudes of men, and otoie relations of our colonial intercourse, who would not at theeehln4intain that it would be most pernicious to extend 41,;,.`"PUnity from certain offences to our colonies : It was t iatZ,Mocre difficult to carry the mitigation of punish d me t n he , tt,',„:"llg that the real interests of the country ao ietZnot7of the military service were to be considered, troea. - "t in the colonies than at home. At home the iieleiteere under the immediate eye of Government, and_ Whji4i,"break could be more easily and speedily coerced, lily ; 114 . Y Wanton severity could be more easily and spee t f Re (Mr. Grant) had got returns frodie m is:4ol(ingdom but he got few from foreign parts, the aerial working of the proposed scheme . for ttier,"° 4 of punishment. g So far as the experiment was Was tiLtWorked well. The house then might ask . what e * 41 , 1 '7 result of that experienent ? That question h goin ° meet. The experiment, be it recollected,was a t i s ' only during the last year. He (Mr. Grant) he reg e ,,.• "eg then to read to the house a catalogue of t t In* Punishments inflicted uuder senteeces of cour s nitit h , t- m the United Kingoom,to show that military pu ss 1 8,1 -- ' n t w decreasing. In 1830 there were 655 ; in 41:0 1 ,,I 6 46; in 1832, 485 ; in 1833, 370—thus h e f a Tlis that military punishment had, for about a (tC.!° of threeyears , diminished nearly one half.— trie`, h ear s hear.) Under that list, he included die- QC' garrison, ad general courtsmartial. He would hop , be k g to give another statement of the proper. Ote ll e ;I'o corporeal punishments bore to other punish -18231- f °r the last twelve years. During 1821, 1822, Vats °' ', en d 1824, t a k en in th e aggre ga te, the proportion . atkicorporeal to other punishments as one to two -I* 0 : 6 1 825, 18 26, 1827, and 1828, the proportion was it W as to three; during 1829, 1880, 1831, anti 1832, Mo t e "e fo six ; during the first part of the last year, 11 0 ,1 1 ° the circular was issued, it was one to nine; ann * 4 4 the latter part of the last year, after the circular Peti k; the it was one to fourteen.-:-.(Cheers.) The ex . - sednent, then he would say, was not fairly tried ; t ‘ e d *all so ' far as it went. Why not wait and try it ._ t P ti ther , ? lieLh ---(Elear, hear.) But be should make another . tleetnent to the house which would give him tios: f g h t he asked did ohne diminish with tho . doninu. Punishm ent ? H e was bound to say it did not.— t tire e Z k t "' e ars) Erro n eous inferences would, he feared b saef ease o : n both aides from that admission. Crime did '`"(1/ 54 in Proportion t., the diminution of punishment. .not r' r. hear, hear.) But crime and punishment were otie t nt ual crit er i a b y wh i ch to form an inference from mitte n ] ri the oth er. Formerly many offences . were sub - pe h i eli t o the cogn i zance of the officers, and privately ed Witho ut any pu b l i c reg i strat i on o f t h em.. But Co tt Y '' f fenees w ere i n most cases b roug ht before a 'Ma re f sy ste msyste m - lais and o f course pu bli c l y at t e st e d. The Vale oe ourtsmartial was no doubt good ; but it Prie m " desirable that the officers should be de. *ice o f a fai r di scretion in v i s i t i ng certa i n o ff ences vette certain immediate punishment, without the ce inter °" °f a re gu l ar military jury. It was dangerous to *roili eit rt ain rules f or t h e regulation of the j ur i sdiction of *len t rY • n 'ens It was a b a d re m e dy to e nclose g ov e rn tVithi n • go n a. a circl e an d say , " O ut o f t h a t you shalt nor Itould Lc be ers.) Th e h ouse s h ou ld reco ll ec t, an d h e ora l . - "Press the fact upon it, that alter all the reports no emnaiiitees, after all the inquiries made, there was pertoper and effective substitute found fir secondary bad epZ e n n t* * -- (Hear.) The hon. and gallant member w e e, of mulcting the soldiers of tbeir a t as a pu ent, but th we had been carried ot a i t o ---8 a system which he apprehended We. (It was as larg e an extent as was practica• o as m this effect hat we understood the right n. gentleman to g 5 Peak, P e ak, but we beard him extremely Then tr ansportation had been adverted to a substitute for flogoin Portation had been found b ga. "n civil punishment trans mAosstaunmanagedbi tainasiitary punishment it was still more objectionable.eone, b perst Cl" eases, 'however, it might have great power. A a ha _" . ll residing with his family and his friends must tie, h ll e l. lost to every domestic and patriotic feeling . if e did t h not feel a pang at the thought of suffering e h lZP it calation. But th e c ase was f ar d i ff erent w i t h t h e in the anny.—(Heir, hear.) He was already teParated trom his home and his friends, if he had any, and %% ni ght be serving in an unhealthy climate, and regar I,,7%Portation as a desirable change, being merely that pe "." one system of coercion to another. And upon ex a:4*e tra a • sportation had been found to produce so bad Si in the army, that he sincerely wished it coned be altogether rooted out of the list of military punishments. h at of that opinion he would state to the house boaknowledge within the last few W ee k s two cases had come under wh. -"Mwhich soldiers had wantonly and cruelly assaulted their ina d• t_rae spe n r , e ' t n i g on ° . ffieers for the purpose of being sentenc?d to illi:Yrfurther titterer -le' therefore, was decidedly opposed to pt to substitute the punishment of trans hertorti°ll for that of flogging. But the great substitute e ?" been dwelt upon by the hon. and gallant mem- Prial: "Wed the proposition before the house was lin. t he toe -t" ' Prom what had fallen from the hon. baronet naittal 1 1 7,,, f , Kent, it was pretty evident that the coin was felt h 4 "", l erts to the prisons provided for civil offenders "'Nee, magistrates greatly to increase their diffi. 'only On the ot h er hand, i t was wel l k nown that the Peittli ii vi r ew a ed the p un i s h ment , as at present i n fl icte d, wit h that " w aste. The autlio•ities invariably contended Wo rse B°l "ter was sent to prison who did not return d a *tta untnrtan"---(Hear, hear.) But the principle involve d e - " e r the eerie% consideration of gov.rntnent, an k neat he er th reril nent ryas making, ' and would be made, in the hear f` n mer that could b devised. The house should Peia, a m ind that, no t w ith s t an di ng a ll the im mense teguj a ll ; money which bad been used to arrive at ' Was , ',Nein of secondary punishments, still, as lileet.-rmta., no extensive pl in was in operation. — Well a' sf " en r.) Then he called upon ttie house to consider "Uthe - . m .er by a vote, it at once called upon the military favourable t to accomplish that which, under the tnost • *Nine ci rcumstances and with the 1 4.1' had hitherto proved beyond reach.—(Hear, hear, *se lie had thus lon dined the house, because he tOteretlstiremetY anxious that no t one hon. member should ti len_t 4 the least particle of the feeling that the govern ] f 4 desirous to give the question the go by. Such i f h.O t he fact . It had occupied, anti it would occupy, thrir ba . nds the most serious attention of . tee a ltut hot " T ent s It h ' id been said, take from the military "rid 3 m it. " the power of flogging and they would soon mod ft cient substitute. That appeared to him a w a de• a i ne °'os mode of looking at the question. It was g'ad t 'roe that if any army was in a position which ' ll ih a l- necessary for it to advance, and there was a b f rid d g e e . 14, 14 ; tear Which appeared to present the means o those elreht, tetleat, without in reality doing so, under 4 brio anees the cutting off, the destroying, of the ge Mi cad get create an increased determination to . pro ;lt Such a case had nothing in it that constituted nlee• t l ,t al ei one with that of the authorities of the army -e P r ived of the power of inflicting corporeal punish pd i t _There Was, however, a case woich was parallel, be rm w this surgeon is unskilful or tardy in per. n g an atche t nPeration, and the bystander takes up a taa at once lop p ing off the limb, says, " Take up 411 the'les, cover the niuscles stanch the blood, and do pat' that Possible for the ' safety of your interesting 146 ,nd . , s ould such an interference enable the surgeon ‘ ft laar -t t e 'tltute for his want of skill or his tat din, ss ? raho n, t del t ' e tuhe:rs.) Surely not, and yet such was the and am , course recommended by the motion of the „"", brio,. ant member. fie therefore called upen the .4:eat - e it eas „, r eat wi th , t aeuty proceeded to embarrass . the govern. a j - a - 1 4 : 111 e 'r.4vvi o the power to inflict corporeal fair nt ' BPae to the experiment now in course of "rd 441In g•••••-(Flear, hear.) L lVlnich 4 r. II , I I ', IN GTON then rose, but from the noise aeaad it:et-el+ tae house, was but Nary imperlectiy Legted ta t" gall erY. He would oppose the mutton, but diet e house would not infer from that circumstance, Plthish in Wa i an advocate for the infliction of corporeal hi, ( . 0 "'Qs except for serious offences. In expressing enthoriatvieet'on that it was expedient to iuvest s with the poveer olio punishing tbetirheiruneidli,tabrye thought it proper to state, that he grounded that convic tion on his own personal experience during the twelve years he had been in tic a• my. In the recent discussion which had taken place in that litai , e on the subject of the impressment of seamen, it had been justly remarked by a gallant admiral (Sir Edward Codrington,) that the scum only of the earth were subjected to the lash. It was pre cisely the same with r gard to corporeal punishment in the army. The bad only were subjected to military torture; the good escaped that species of punishment. If solitary confinement were had recourse to as a substitute, the con sequence would be most injurious to the discipline and morals of the army. The offender would cotne out of prison more demoralized, from his unavoidable occasional association with felons, that u hat he went in. If the power of inflicting corporeal punishment were withdrawn from the military authorities, it would soon be found that crime had greatly increased in the army. It was indis pensably necessary that severe punishments should be re sorted to among the British troops. It was found neces sary by the civil law to inflict severe punishment for the offence of theft. It was still more necessary that such offence, when committed in the army, should meet with severe punishment, particularly when one 'soldier stl'e from another. It had been said that, though it might not be advisable to dispense with corporeal punishments in all instances, they might be dispensed with in some. He would answer that position by appealing to the house, what they conceived would be the effect of enforcing cor•• poreal punishment abroad, which is the thing meant, while the punishment inflicted at home was only solitary confinement. Would not the consequence be, that soldiers would have an aversion to going abroad, and that, there fore, we should not be able to maintain sufficient forces in other parts of the world? There existed the same grounds in the artny as there did in the navy for a uniformity of punishment in the different places in which soldiers were stationed. He was aware that in thus expressing his opinion in favour of corporeal punishments, he differed from many of his friends for whom he had a high respect. Never theless, he could not refrain from conscientiously discharg ing what appeared to him his duty on the present occa sion, and the consideration of the circumstance would afford him satisfaction. Mr. BUCKINGHAM supported the motion, on the ground that the object of all punishment ought to be to coerce the mind rather than the broly. Mr. LENNARD supported the motion, because he considered the punishment of fl-'ping had the effect of deterring persons of any respectability of character or good feelings from entering the army. Mr. O'CONNELL said, •hat although he was ready to admit that the British army was the bravest in the world, he felt that there was no persons to whom he would less rea dily concede the power of inflicting the punishment of flog. ging than the young officers who mostly composed regimental courtsinartial.- This brutal, this degrading punishment, had been abolished in the French, the American, and the Belgian armi••s. He would mention the French army as an instance of good discipline being effected without flogging, and the English soldiery were as capable of good discipline without flogging as any other soldiery. Last year the house had declared the Negroes should be exempt from the lash, and surely they would extend the same exemption to British soldiers. An HON. MEMBER, whose name we could not clearly ascertain, slid, that the having to inflict corporeal punish ment at all was a source of great distress to the officers of the army, and he trusted that the house would see the advantage of substituting secondary, instead of corporeal punishment, not only in military, hut in civil offences. Sir J. BYNG wished to vindicate the officers of the British army from the aspersions of the hon. and learned member for Dublin, who had asserted that they were not fit persons to he in•rusted with the punishment of the lash ; lie (Sir J. Byng), on the contrary, would say that he well knew, front long experience in the army, th it no persons could exercise such a power with greater dis cretion and effect. With reference to punishment itself, he had to observe that, within the last two years, al though corporeal punishments had been diminished, the number of offences had increased to a considerable ex tent; and he, therefore, trusted that the house would pause before they c..nsented to the hon. and gallant member's motion. He (Sir J. Byng) had heard several old and experienced soldiers give their opinion that if corporeal punishments were done away with, there would be no peace in the army, and no security for civil subjects. Mr. SHELL would merely ask one question, which wa• why the returns which had been ordered, on the motion of Mr. Hunt, of the number of corporeal punishments in flict.-d from 1825 to 1832, had not been made to the house? Such a return would be a very important matter of consideration ; yet, although it had been regularly or der. d, none such had been made. He, therefore, wished to know why the return had not been made. An hon. member had deprecated agitating this question ; why, it was precisely an agitation of the question which had effected the doing away with that monstrous abuse, the punishing by instalments, which had formerly prevailed ; and it was only by agitating abuses that their removal could be effected. Mr. ELLICE said that the return alluded to by the hen. and learned member had been moved for before he came into office : whatever returns had been moved for since he came into office he had never failed in bring for ward, and he had made one return on this subject. It had been stated that the experiments, as they were called, made within the last year, had failed: lie did nut know how this might be; all he could say was, that. the extent of corporeal punishment had been materialy lessened. It had been als / stated, that many soldiers had been fl gged for petty thefts, and other trivial offences, which ought to have come under the jurisdiction of the civil magistrates; but this was not the ease. Nu man was more desirous than himself individu ,Ily —no government more desirous than the present government, to do away, as soon or as much as possible, with corporeal punishment; but it was absolutely necessary that time should be allowed them for ascertaining how tar the total abolition of this punish ment would be compatible with the preservation of mili tary discipline and civil order. As it was (as we under stood the right hon. gentleman) there had been a large increase in the number of assaults by soldiers on civil subjects. Government had under consideration every ar rangement for the substitution of secondary punishment as soon as practi •abl,!; and if the hon. and gallant gentleman would leave the matter in the hands of government, he might rely upon their effecting his object as soon as they possibly could, consistently with preserving due military discipline and civil order. Colonel EVANS supported the motion, and could as sure the house there was a strong feeling out of doors upon the subject, which eventually could not he resisted. The reason why the class to which the question under consi• detation more peculiarly referred was looked upon as so degraded, was becau-e of this degrading punishment to which they were subjected. Lord DUDLEY STUART, at that late hour— (Question, question)—did not wish to press upon the time of the house, and yet was anxious to say a few words in explanation of his vote. When there was but small support to this question many years ago, be was the opponent of the flogging system. The question had progressed by agitation, and its friends should uncea singly agitate it. Though he could not support his gal lant friend on the present occasion, he was obi ged to him for the introduction of the subject, as it would have the effect of improving the condition of the soldier, and ame liorating the severities to which he was at present sub jected. It was certain that the attention of the public to this question had greatly improved the condition of the soldier. Minorities had produced their effects in that house—(Cheers)—and though there were in toy reasons why this question should be by discussion kept befor: the public, still he (Lord D. Stuart) could not support the motion of the gallant and hon. gentleman, until a proper substitute was bit upon for preserving Sir E. CODRINGTON would not trespass tin the house, except merely to answer an objection which had been made with regard to preservation of d scipline. From his own observation he could say, that the justice of the sentence, and not the mode or quantity of punish ment, was that which produced the beneficial effect, and he tound that where that condition of punishment was most attended to, there was the greatest readiness to enter into the service.—(Cheers.) He instanced this, by ad ducing the case of a ship, in which three modes had been adopted. At first the person who had it in command was exceedingly lax, and there was no comfort in the vessel. The next officer appointed produced some regu garity, by resorting to prompt punishment for every of fence. He who sueceeded by mere discipline obviated every necessity of punishment. The secret of his disci pline was justice. Mr. HAWES said, as the government were doing all in their power to lessen the evil, he would leave this ques tion io their hands. . Mr. HUME observed upon the silence of the govern ment on this question, and intimated that it entirely lay :n the hands of the Commander-in-Chief. Lord W. LENNOX, amid loud cries of " Question," said, the measure proposed was too sweeping and general. The few other observations he made were lust in loud cries of " Qaestion, question." Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, the house divided, when there ap. eared— For Major Fancourt's motion 94 Against it Majority —135 The house then went into a committee of ways In means. Lord ALTHORP moved that 7,000.0001. be gran'ed on account of supply towards his Majesty, out of the con solidated fund. The motion Was agreed to, the report brought up, and ordered to be received on Monday next. _.. On tl:e motion that the house should resolve itself into a committee of supply, Mr. HUME &fleeted to the housegoing,into committee of supply at one o'clock in the morning. Mr. C. FERGUSSON hoped his hon. friend would not object, as there were many memb•rs present, and he wished to brine on his motion for a grant to Captain Ro•s. Mr. HUME said be did not wish to oppose the motion, hut that was not a proper hour to bring it on—he cer tainly would oppose the motion for going into a committee. Mr. G. F. YOUNG also ohj-cted to the lateness of the hour. He did not think the vote proposed sufficiently I arge ; and he thought, moreover, they would he only ;onsulting the feelings of the gallant captain, by avoiding the possibility of its being said that the vote TV4ls smuggled through the house at a late hour at night.—(Hear.) Mr. WARBURTON would object to going into coin mittee of supply at that hour under ordinary circum. stances, but mere especially when it was for the sake of a vote to a private individual. Lord ALTHORP would not press the going into coins inittee aeainst the feeling of the house.—Postponed till Monday next. Sir 0. MOSLEY obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relaing to parish apprentices. The hon. baronet gave notice that on Wednesday before the house went into committee on the Stafford Disfranchisement Bill, he should move that the evidence taken before the committee should be referred to a select committee, in order to ascertain whether a sufficiently numerous pure constituency could not be found in that borough. _ _ Mr. Alderman THOMPSON moved for returns of the number of vessels that passed the Sound in the years 1831. 1832, and 1833, distineuishing the different countries to which they belonged.—Ordered. The other order. of the d'y were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past one. DECIMAL CURRENCI. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.,—R• marks were, I believe, more than once made in the House of Commons, during the last session, abotit the utility of introducing into this country the decimal process of computation, on the ground of its being a simple, accurate, and easy mode of carrying on com mercial calculations, and also furthermore showing that we already approached very near to the decimal system in many respects, and that it might be here carried into effect without much difficulty in moneys, weights, and measures. It is with reference to the former that I now venture to trouble you with some remarks, which may or may not, according to your decision, be useful, and con sequently worth or not worth a space in your columns. The present money calculations of bankers, merchants, and others, are encumbered and delayed by the circuitous process of reckoning with four denominations, viz , pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings, carrying so many fours from the first column to the second ; so many twelves from the second to the third ; and again so many twen ties from the third to the fourth, before the final point can be arrived at, which appears to me to be a kind of heavy drag on working accounts, at least in comparison with the having only two denominations of moneys in bookkeeping, and those arranged decimally, so that the working may he perfectly simple, and the higher kind of money distinguished and separated from the lower by striking off the decimal figures. This decimal arrangement i• now in practice in many countries, and is, I believe, highly approved of ou account of the facility and accuracy of its results, as well as saving of time in the making up of accounts, buying and selling stock, and all kinds of money transactions. I may instance Naples, where they calculate in ducats and grains (100 grains to the ducat). Holland—in florins (or guilders), and cents. France—in francs and centimes. Belgium—in francs and centimes. United States of North America—dollars and cents. Russia—roubles and copecks —(100 to the rouble.) There are probably many oi hers, but these are suffi • cient for the purpose, and I may now proceed to state how very easily (as appears to me) the same plan may be introduced into our own monetary system ; the terms I should propose to adopt would be crowns and cents. I specify "crowns," as not being a republican and inno eating term ; it is also a term to which 7.te have been accustomed—the crown to represent five shillings of our eseat meney ; sod we shonld he able to avoid the necessity of any kind of new coinage for the present, and slide from the old into the new style with scarcely any difficulty whateyer. Thus a sovereign would become a four crown piece, and a half sovereign a two crownpiece, a shilling 20 cents, the fifth of a crown (the primary denomination), a sixpence would be a ten cent piece, anti half a crown 50 cents. The only difficulty would occur in the present lowest denomination, viz., the copper coinage, and that might easily be conquered ; let the 12. w p nny represent two cents, or ten to the shilling ; the new halfpenny, one cent, or twenty to the shilling, i. e. 100 to the crown; the farthing half a cent—a lower coin would not be required ; the old penny piece might pro vesionally, from its greater weight of copper ( 1 oz.), pass fur two cents and a half, this latter arrangement to remain in force until a new copper coinage be ready. This mea sure, together with the commutation of each penny into two cents, would benefit the poorer class of people, and miter ally injure no one. The national debt, instead of 600,000,000/. sterling, would be designated three thousand two hundred million crowns (C. 3,200,000,000). If a party were d sirous of buying stock, he would pur chase four hundred crowns (C. 400) Cons ils, equivalent to 1001. ; and the prices might admit of more minute and gra dual approaches to each other than by the present eighths : per cent is now 2s. 6d. or 50 cents, but, in a purchase of 0.100, would he 12i- cents. In adjusting every present outstanoing account, the pounds would be quadrupled, and one added for every five shillings, to turn the amount into crowns; the fractions would be turned into cents: thus —I owe C. Y. 1371. 178. 81t1.—four times 137 with three adde are 551 crowns, and the remaining 2s. Sid. become 57 cents—ti.us 551.57. How much quicker twenty c 'lumps of such amounts would be cast together than twenty columns of pounds, shillings, pence, and fir thing., I need not point out—the thing is self-evident. I may add in refutation of an anticipated charge of innova tion aid confusion likely to arise from the transition, that those steady, commercial, and business-like people, the Dutch, (who cannot be accused of a desire for visionary changt 10 impressed with a conviction of the advantages of he decimal mode of monetary transactions, adopted the same accordingly. The law of the kingdom of Holland, which turned their guilders, penn'ngs, stivers, groots, &c., into simply forms (or guilders) and cents, was passed not many years ago, and we should, perhaps, do well to ascer tain if any loss or confusion preceded the advantage they now enjoy of possessing a quick and easy mode of calculat ing their "profits of stock.' We should also inquire into the workings of the decimal money system in other coun tries, and, if we find the result to be favourable, it is a subject that may surely be entertained by the legislature. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. C. POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF WOMEN.- Mrs. Jameson, in her very piquant Memoirs of the Beau. ties of the Court of Charles 11., speaking of the Duchess of Portsmouth, makes some very just reflections on the subject of female influence—reflections that may not be entirely unworthy of consideration in the reign of William the Fourth ! It is certainly impossible to study history without admitting that the political influence of women has been great in all ages, and that it increases with the progress of civilization and the diffusion of know! dge. It cannot be denied—it cannot be suppressed. Is not the next alternative to render it beneficial to society ? If a woman could once be taught to appreciate the grand stake she has in the political institutions of her country, and to understand the interests of humani , j, at large, she would no longer mix up with these considerations the petty passions, errors, and prejudices, which have rendered the political interference and influence of the sex a fertile source of evil. One thing, however, is certain, that, thanks to the progressive diffusion of freedom and knowledge, a Maintenon will never more half depopulate France, nor a Portsmouth bargain with a foreign despot for the sale of English liberty. An affecting incident, showing the maternal affection of the stork, occurred on the thy of the memo ranle battle of Friedland, as related by M. Bury St. Vin cent :_« A farm in the neighbournoo4 of the city was set on fire by the falling of a numb, and the con flagration extended to an old dry tree, on which a pair of storks bad built their nest. It was then the season of incubation, and the mother would not quit the nest until it was completely enveloped in flames ; she then flew up perpendicularly, and when she bad attained to a great t:eight, dashed down into the mid.t of the fire, as it en deavouring to rescue the precious deposit from des ruc tion. In one of these descents, ei,v,loped in file and smoke, she fell into the midst of the burning embers, and perished FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCII 19., 1834 This day had audiences of his Majesty The Count de Ludolf, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, to deliver a letter from his Sovereign ; And M. Garro, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United Mexican States, to deliver a letter from the President of those States : To which audiences they were respectively introduced by Lord Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, lint., Master of the Ceremonies. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 12 The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Charles Edmund Nugent, Esq., Admiral of his Majesty's Fleet, and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. WHITEHALL, MARCIE 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Wm. Downer, of Pet worth, in the county of Sussex, gentleman, to boa Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 14, Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. V. Corbet to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fullerton, appointed to the 99th Foot ; Cornet Lord A. Paget to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corbet ; Hon. C. H. Cust to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord A. Paget, dated March 14. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. T. G. Durdin, from the 13th Light Dragoons,to be Lieutenant, vice Brandling, who exchanges, March 14. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Capt. J. P. Macqueen, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice J. Jocelyn, who exchanges, March 14. 11th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon A. Wood. M.D., from the 3d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Harcourt, pro moted in the 2d Foot, March 14. 13th Light Dragoons—Lieut. W. Brandling, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Durdin, who ex changes, March 14. 3d Regiment of Foot—R. Stevenson, M.D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Wood, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons, March 14. 22d Foot—T. G. Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Waller, who retires, March 14. 34th Foot—Ensign R. D. Kelly, from the 49th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Mathews, promoted, March 14. 41st Foot—Ensign W. H. H. Anderson, from the 48th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Emmett, who exchanges; A. Carden, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gordon, who retires, March 14. 48th Foot—Ensign M. Emmett, from the 41st Foot, to b. Ensign, vice Anderson, who exchanges, March 14. 49th Foot—J. H. Daniell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kelly, appointed to the 34th Foot, March 14. 56th Foot—Ensign H. Thornhill, from the 91st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Forbes, who exchanges, March 14. 62d Foot—. Lieut. B. Vincent, from half-pay Royal African Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice E. H. Finney, who exchanges, March 14. 91st Foot—Ensign J. Forbes, from the 56th Foot, to be En sign, vice Thornhill, who exchanges, March 14. 99th Foot—Lieut. It. Keating to be Captain, by purchase, vice Williamson, who retires; Ensign G. Canny to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Keating; C. M. Creagh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Canny, March 14. HOSPITAL STAFF.—C. H. Carnegie, M.D., to be As sistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Geddes, retired on half-pay, March 14, MEMORANDUM. The half.pay of the under-mentioned officers has been can celled from the 14th instant, inclusive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their commissions : Lieut. J. R. Barker, half-pay 3d Foot Guards ; Paymaster NV. H. Souper, half-pay late Foreign Depot; Lieut. R. E. Welby, half.pay 2d Dragoons; Lieut. P. NViss, half.pay unat tached ; Lieut. C. T. Bourke, half-pay 48th Foot ; Capt. G. de Normann, halfpay Brunswick Infantry; Assistant-Surgeon G. Glaeser, half-pay Cape Regiment. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Surrey. Surrey Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—G. F. Farmer, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Colton, resigned, March 3. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. Lymington Troopof Yeomanry Cavalry—W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., to be Captain, vice F. West, resigned ; Feb, 13. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM BATTIE, silver.plater, Sheffield. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. THOMAS BROMFIELD FERRERS and LACHLAN JOHN MACKI NTOSH, stockbrokers, Copthall-court, Throg morton-street, from March 28 to April 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. BANKRUPTS, WILLIAM nor,Ewr TURNER, carver and gilder, New. ington, Surrey, to surrender March 24, at one, and April 25, at etc. en, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Richardson, Iron monger-lane, Cheapside ; Cannan, Lothbury, official assignee. JOHN SMITH, hosier. Sun Tavern-fields, Shadwell, March 24 and April 25, at twel, e, at the Court of Bankruptcy. s in cent, King's Bench-walk, Temple; Turquand, official assig nee, Copthall-buildings. JOHN RICHARDSON and ROBERT MANSFIELD, tailors, Brownlow-street, Holborn, March 21, at one, and April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bailey, Berners street, Oxford.street ; Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane. THOMAS PAYNE, horse dealer, Old Quebec-street, March 21, at half-past one, and April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall.street, official as signee ; Robinson, Orchard-street, Portman-square. ROBERT CLARK, woollen.draper, High Holborn, March 20 and April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur ner, Basing-lane, Bread-street, Cheapside. SAMUEL CRITCHFIELD, haberdasher and cutler, Nor wich, March 31 and April 25, at eleven, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. Rackham and Morse, St. Giles's-street, Norwich ; Ling and Harrison, Bloomsbury-square. BENJAMIN THOMAS, merchant, Narberth, Pembroke •hire, April 3 and 25, at eleven, at the Cagle Inn, Ha verfordwest. Vaughan and Bevan,Brecon;Trowder and May nard, Mansion-house-street. ALFRED THOMPSON TANNER, bill-broker, Fen church-street, London, March 25, at twelve, and April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms yard, official assignee; Dawes, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-sire. t. JOHN HOWARD, scriviner, Ripon, Yorkshire, April 14 and 25, at eleven, at the office of Thomas Wyche, Ripon. Rowlinson and Wyche, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; Wyche, Ripon. LOUIS PAREZ, print-seller, Brighton, March 24 and April 25, at two, at the Old Ship Tavern, Brighton. Attree, Clarke, and M'Whinnie, Brighton; Sowton, Great James-street, Bedford-row. JOHN PARRY, hatter, Leeds, March 21 and April 25, at twelve, at the Courthouse, Leeds. Griffiths and Son, South square, Gray's Inn, London ; Wood, George and Dragon yard, Leeds. EDWARD PO WNALL, money-scriviner, Ipswich, March 27 and April 25, at ten, at the Golden Lion Inn, Ipswich. Leach, Bury St Edmund's ; Keene, Furnival's Inn, London. THOMAS SHAW and BENJAMIN WILD, cotton spinners, Charlesworth, Derbyshire, April 5 and 25, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Johnson and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Seddon, Manchester. HENRY STANIFORTH, merchant, Kingston.upon-Hull, March 21, and April 25, at eleven, at the Cross Keys Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Meredith and Reeve, Lincoln's Inn, London; Wilkinson, Hull. DIVIDENDS. T. Riddell and C. Buckle, inn-keepers, Stratford, April 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. S. Hodges, tailor, Bun hill-row, April 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy— I E. Farr, carpenter, Baldock, Hertfordshire, April 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy--U. Wright, carpenter, Bury street, Westminster, April 4, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Hodkinson and R. Dyson, tailors, George. street, Hanover-square, April 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Gaskill and Co., merchants, Mino ries, April 4, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy —D. Stalker and A. D. Welch, slopsellers, Leadenhall-street, April 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Collings and T. Maingy, merchants, Bishopsgate-street-Within, April 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—H. Lister, tailor, North Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, April 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—F. Oldfield, wine -merchant, Pall-mall, April 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Atwood, silver. smith, Lewes, Sussex, April 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. White, victualler, Newark-upon-Trent, Not. tinghamshlre, April 14, at ten, at the Clinton Arms Inn, Newark-upon-Trent—H. Roberts, draper, Chirk, Denbigh. shire, April 15, at ten, at the Wynn4ay Arms Inn, Wrexham —J. Lown, miller, Eaton, Nottinghamshire, April 28, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, East Retford—R. Kendall, draper, Gloucester, April 18, at eleven, at Mr. Carter's office, Gloucester—J. Bower, jun., cotton-spinner, Wilmslow; Che shire, April 8, at twelve, at the Commissioner's-rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester—E. Spencer, dealer, Wells, So mersetshire, April 11, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES.-APRIL 4 E. Pierson, hop-dryer, Brabourne, Kent—C. White, builder, Nassau-street, Middlesex Hospital—J. Wansell, dealer, Hol land-street, Fitzroy-square—J. Betts, cabinet-maker, Win chester—W. T. Sadler, innkeeper, Norwich—A. Black, corn_ dealer, Huddersfield—J. Bent, cotton-spinner, Hebden-bridge, Halifax—W. Scott, merchant, Finsbury circus. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Eachus and T. Spurgin, surgeons, Saffron Walden, Essex —W. and J. Hankes, corn-dealers, Manchester—J. and J. G. Joy, glovers, Mount-street, Lambeth—C. J Davis and J. Mur. ray, brass-founders, Brownlow street, Drury-lane— G. Clarke and W. Palk, coal-merchants, Newton Abbot, Devonshire—J. Tiley and F. Leonhardt, manufacturing-jewellers, Tottenham. place, Tottenham-court.road—O. and H. Sparrow, grocers, Snow-hill—G. and W. Hodgkinson, drapers, Derby—J. Eyre and F. Braithwaite, surgeons, Hereford—T. Chartres and Co., Berwick-upon-Tweed—T. F. Macau ay and T. Farrer, worsted spinners, Sled-hall and Walter Clough.mill, Yorkshire—J Wrigley and Co., scribblers, Hollygrove, Yorkshire—M. and A. Bridge, hosiers, Manchester—T. Finley and F. L. Langston, ship-brokers, Liverpool—J F. Buisson anu J. M. Morlet, mer. chants, Brat,ant.court, Philpot.lane—S. and E. Hirst, dyers, Leeds—E. Parker and Co., surgeons, Bristol—J. Cock and M. Worthington, curricrs, Ulverstone, Lancashire, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A very valuable pamphlet, of 140 pages, pub lished by Mr. Ridvvity, itit ter t! e title of " Cna racter, Object, :toil Effects of Trades' Unions," has just been sent to us. The wtiter is fully ac quainted with all the arcnia of these formidable and mischievous associations, and his statements are evidently derived, as he says, " principally from per sonal communication with manufacturers who have seen or suffered the effects of combinations." Many of his statements will make a great impression on all men of any reflection, and we earnestly recom mend the perusal of the pamphlet, as calculated to be of great service at this time. The writer, a man of strong sense, after the very alarming picture which he gives of the mischievous activity of trades' unions, and the calamity in which they have in volved thousands and thousands of workmen, con cludes with proposing some alterations in the exis.- ing laws respecting combinations. He by no means wishes to re-enact the combination laws. " To a proposal of this nature (he says) we should give a decided and unqualified opposition. Such laws would be both ineffectual and unjust, and either reason ought to be sufficient for their condemna tion. The experience of centuries has shown that legal impediments to combinations have no power in suppressing them, and that their only effect is to render the members more ferocious and secret in their operations. Every trade in Dublin was united in the closest bonds of union, long be fore the repeal of the combination laws; and both there and elsewhere outrages have been, upon the whole, less frequent since the abolition of those enactments. Of more than one hundred wit nesses examined before the combination committee of 1824, only one wished their continuance; and even he, to a certain extent, bore testimony, with the rest, to their inefficiency. The evidence taken by the committee which sat in the succeeding year, was equally decided on this point ; it would, there fore, be absurd to resort to an expedient thus uni versally condemned. Combinations seem to have been more systematically conducted, and more exten sive, since the alteration of the law respecting them ; but they have also been more open and direct; the extent and character of the danger cannot now lie misunderstood, nor a remedy applied in ignorance.' This is the advantage we have gained by the repeal. It has given greater confidence to the workmen, so that we are no longer in ignorance of their operations. The writer justly observes, that " occasional unions, whose only object is to do that in common which, beyond all question, might be done by each member severally, arid supplied with no other means of pro curing combined action than the conviction which may arise from their discussions, arid the shame Which will attach to the apparent defection of the common cause, are undoubtedly entitled, if not to the favour, at any rate to the sufferance of the law." Neither does the writer object to permanent clubs or confederacies possessed of funds for supporting the workmen who refuse to work at the rate of wages offered. "In all such confederacies, how ever," he says, "it should be observed, there is a law enabling the society to expel any member who should refuse to abide by any resolution on the subject of wages adopted by the majority ; and such member would at the same time be deprived of all benefit from the sums previously contributed by him the way of subscription. Such a forfeiture is undoubtedly a compulsory process, and it is a for feiture exacted for the doing a lawful act ; that is to say, for working at such wages as a man may be . able to obtain." Even here, however, the writer observes, " that the better opinion seems to be against legislative interference." But it is other wise when the combinations become aggressive, and unfortunately they have recourse to a most syste matic mode of aggression. Here the writer thinks the law ought to interfere; and lie does not hesi tate to recommend means which will no doubt be objected to by many as liable to abuse; however, tie will allow tee writer to dest.t.:l,e the arid the means by which he proposes to meet it : . . " When a strike has taken place in any factory, men are al_ ways stationed to keep watch on the building, and also on every avenue leading to it, whose business it is to prevent fresh workmen being engaged in the place of those who have turned out. Every labouring man who appears to be seeking employment in the direction of the factory, or having accepted employment in it, is returning from it, is stopped and interro. gated ; and should he prove refractory, is threatened or mal treated. This system of picqueting mills has been carried to the greatest extent in Manchester; where the obnoxious factory is always watched by five or six men, unknown in the imme diate neighbourhood, and who, on a given signal, can be re inforced to the extent of three hundred. These picquets are regularly relieved by night and by day, with as much order and method as is observed by an army in a hostile country ; and so effectual are they in producing the desired end, that an esta blishment is not unfrequently kept in a state of literal siege; no one can enter or leave it without danger of molestation; and if fresh workmen have by any means been introduced, beds and provisions are prepared for them within the walls of the factory. " It is absolutely necessary, for the protection of liberty, that some legal means should exist for removing these plcquets. Any person connected with the establishment so watched—a police-officer, at the request of such person, might be autho rised to apprehend, without warrants, any of these picquets, and take them before a magistrate, who should have the power of summarily convicting them in a penalty or three months' imprisonment. In no part of the proceedings should it be necessary to have the names of the offenders, as they are rarely known to those in the neighbourhood, being always purposely sent from a distance. To those who may object to the tyran nous and oppressive character of such an enactment, weshould remark, tha nothing can exceed the tyranny of the practices it is intended to put down. A whole neighbourhood is kept in awe by a system of intimidation, of which these picquets are the primary agents. It is not likely that an innocent person could ever suffer from such a law; there is no difficulty in pointing out without danger of mistake the five or six persons who may be watching a factory for several hours at a time, nor is it probable that any one would act in this way for the sake of harmless amusement." We know not well how the evil can be met by less vigorous means. At the same time, when we consider the composition of the magistracy of Eng land, we dread to intrust to such a set of men such extensive powers. The writer proposes also to abolish the appeal from convictions for intimidation to the sessions. "The result has been (he says), that the cases are almost always decided on at the sessions, anti in the intermediate time between the committal and the trial, either some flaw is found in the indictment, or the witnesses are intimidated, and the prisoner escapes." Here again great oh jections will be made to commit to magistrates, often appointed without regard to any qualification, and almost always connected with the masters, a power of imprisoning for three months for what such magistrates might construe to be intimidation. Summary justice is the best justice ; but then, injustice (which would be frequent were there no appeal to the sessions) is a great evil. There may be good magistrates in Manchester, but in many of the manufacturing villages the magistrates are of very so-so description. The writer thinks the law, as it stands, against oaths, is efficient ; but if there are any doubts, the defic ency should be supplied by the legislature. It appeals that the strikes always fail, and that they lead to a more rapid substitution of machinery for labour than would naturally take place. Labour is displaced with inconvenient rapidity; it ad vances, as it were,per sallum, and comes upon the workman, unprepared for the change which his c arise of life must subsequently undergo. The evil o the workman is trivial if the displacement be slow, and formidable only when pushed on with sudden violence. Combinations are often encou raged by masters against rivals who have intro duced improvements into their machinery. When ever, by such improvements, a proprietor is enabled to gain more than the ordinary rate of profit, the jealousy and hostility of others are excited. " He. ce," says the writer, " many of the masters in tne cotton trade have been guilty of the disgrace ful behaviour of instigating the workmen to turn out against those manufacturers who were the first to enlarge their mules." One of the latest great strikes was that of the Lancashire builders last year. The men persisted more than six months. The expense to the union of the idle workmen, was about 18,0001., but the loss sustained by the working builders was ;our ti nes this sum. " They had refused work when there was work in abundance for all ; in consequence of this refusal, many of the buildings were discontinued, and the places of some of the men were sup plied by fresh labourers, brought from distant parts, and also by the introduction of machinery; so that the application for em ployment could not be granted. By their long cessation from work, habits of idleness, and not a little increase of immorality had ensued ; in the false hope .of attaining their object, they had endured deprivations only second to actual starvation, and new when the day of forced repentance had come, the still further degradation of pauperism awaited them. The failure of the strike was complete, and the disastrous consequences that resulted from it have taught a lesson to the Lancashire workmen, which it is to be hoped they will never forget." The writer says that nothing can be more fierce than the domociacy of the unions—that the power ~ f the leaders is merely nominal—that to maintain t heir power they are compelled to be perpetually aggressive—and that they are utterly inefficient to restrain.—Morning Chronicle. THE DUNDEE STEAM-SHIPS.—The Dun lee, the first of the magnificent steam ships which are fitting up for the trade between London and Dundee, is to sail from Dundee on Wednesday morning, the 2d of April; and her twin sister, the Pet rh, is to follow her in &boot a month afterwards. The Dundee is to be commanded by Nfr. John Wisltart, who has been upwards of twen y years a captain in the company's smacks ; and Captain Thomas Ewins, late of the smack Perth, is to be sailin ma.ter. The Perth is to he commanded by Mr. John Spink, and Capt,in James Kidd, late of the smirk Elbe, is to act as saline master. This choice of management is excellent. Public expectation has been raised very high with respect t, these vessels, and practical judges say it will not be disappointed. Their engines are of far greater power (360 horse) than those of any steam ship in Brit in, or, so far as we know, in the world, and of very superior workmanship, the contractors being the Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow; and the hulls of the vessels are beautifully moulded for sailing. It is, therefore, expected that they will perform their voyages generally in less time than has yet been accomplished by steam navigation. The udvan tiges which these ships will affird to the mercantile and agricultural parts of the community, and to salmon fishers in Scotland, by a regular and quick conveyance of their respective commodities to the London market, and to travellers for business or pleasure, by saving their time and insuring their comfort on the passage, may be considered , ncalculable. We have no doubt, also, that they will be the means of opening up new branches of trade with Lon don, and of extending generally the whole trade, particu larly that of linen, of the now important and flourishing town of Dundee. ARISTOCRATIC SYMPATHIEL—What an outcry of commiseration is there if a young man of !amity and fortune ruins himself by a crimin 41 course of life, and thereby comes to an ignominious end ! and with what co d indifference, at the same time, do we witness the same cor ruption, and the same fate, taking hold of hundreds and t ,, ousands of our poorer and less "well connected" fellow creatures, who, in the sight of God, are quite as valuable as the other !—Biber's Lecture on Education. A WILL 0' THE WISP.—A few evenings since, as the gardener of Edward Mitchell, Esq., of Monckton House, near Chippenham, was returning home through a field called Englands, he, from the clArkness of the night, wandered from the path, nor was he aware of his error till he found himself on the bridge, crossing the canal, from which he observed a light, which he conceived to proceed from some house i❑ the direction of his home, and consequently made for it. His astonishment, how.. ever, may be conceived, after walking some considerable time, to find himself at the place from whence be started. He made a second attempt, a third, and even a fourth, but invariably returned to the same spot. At length the parish clock announced the hour of midnight; he had been wandering for five hours and a half, deluchd by an ignis fatztus, which shortly afterwards disappeared, and he was enabled to reach his home, where the recollection of what he bad experienced brought on a succession of hysteric fits. —Bristol2lournal. HELEN, BY MARIA EDGEWORTII.-" It is with infinite pleasure that we have been once more called to the perusal of a novel by a writer whose past fforts in the same line have produced impressions which are mingled up with our most pleasant reminiscences. The beauty of the fictions of Miss Edgeworth consists in an union of all the usual interest of the novel with a feel ing of the most perfect verisimilitude. When she chooses the world of fashion for her theme, we are always more or less brought acquainted with the elite of it, not only as regards tone, but intellect and morals, which is pre ei.ehelthe case in " Helen." The interest of this new story is singularly ieiicate, iustruc.ise, and pleasing, and in none of the previous productions of this gifted authoress are the characteristic attractions more conspicuous, by which the powers of Miss Edgeworth, as a novelist, are so widely and favourably known."— Globe. Rowland Stephenson, the once wealthy Lon don banker, whose society was sought for by nobles, wl ose p mrties were every thing that was stylish ; whose dinners were rivalled only by Sir William Curtis in the east, or Sir George Warrender and Lord Sefton in the west; whose influence and character in the world stood high, and mp parently immovable, impervious, and unimpeachable, is now the mere creature of passing charity, the object of common bounty, of mere eleemosynary aid and support. For years he has been the inmate of a debtor's jail in New York, which is described as one of the most loathsome pri sons in the world, and has been fed and clothed by the hand of V e stranger. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 12. —To day's sales of cotton 2,000 bales, at prices showing a little depression on our currency of last Saturday:-700 Surats, 5451. to 6P. ; 70 Egyptians, 1311. ; 1,200 Aine icans, 80. to ;30 Sea Islands 15d. Remainder Orleans, &c., to 94d. THE BEVERLEY GHOST STORY.—For some days past, the inhabitants of Beverley have been greatly amused, by the earnest relation of the following account. Stephen Brown, a farmer, residing at Skidby, near Beverley, on a Saturday night a short time ago, was preparing to leave a public-house in Beverley, where he bad indulged himself until a late hour ; and being asked by one , f the company how he durst go home alone ao late ? with much surprise said, what have I to fear, never having seen either " witches or warlocks," or any thing more frightful than myself, at any hour of the night. I have been in various parts of Use word, having sailed to Russia, and travelled much in that country, as well as in other parts of Europe, and never to my re collection saw either ghost or hobgoblin. Having said this, off he went on his way home, with all tite flaw of spirit imaginable, until he had walked about half a mile on the road, when be observed something like an animal quickly advancing toward him, and in a trice it stood erect before him, in the shape imf a twenty stone pig, with a long bushy tail ! Having eyes glittering 1 ke diamonds ; its hair shining like silver and b , autifully white; its formidable and uncowli appearance crea'e , l a terror, which at once alarmed his conscience and roused his tears After repeatedly striking with a thii k stick manfully at this terrific object, without making any sensi imle impression, Stephen deemed it expedient to make a hasty retreat back again to Beverley. The rollimar not being far from where he then was, he thought by passing through the small gate, and closing it after him, he should leave grunter behind him ; but lo ! to his surprise and utter astonishment, it was through the gate as soon as he : therefore to d stance piggy, he put his best leg nrst, and when he had arrived, almost brea , hle-s, to the Bee Hive Inn, in Beverley, Stephen and his companion the mig, were distinctly seen together, by an aged couple, who tad been sitting up with a sick persan, and who were then going borne, abort two o'clock in the morning. Thinking all was not right, at that time in the morning„ with the man and the pig, they communicated their suss pieions to the watchmen, and they all quickly 10111).4 Brown and the pig, whom they soon overtook, and in acs costing Brown, he was so alarmed, that he could scat coy speak, but having recovered, related to them the wh o l e o f this mysterious occurrence. The watchmen, rather alarmed, yet nothing daunted, made a bold attempt to take porky into possession, by surf - blinding it, but to their as.onislunent, it suddenly vanished. The above persons • persist in the truth of this odd story, and if airy of them are contradicted or laughed at, are highly offended. So much for credulity and the force of imagination in the nineteenth century. York Courant. THE ANGLO IRISH.—This novel, which some time since attracted so much attention, and now forms the March number of the "Library of Irish Ro mance," turns out to be the production of Mr. Bantu), tne well-known author of the " O'Hara Tales." The Morning Chronicle, we presume, was in the secret, ter it remarked at the time of the publication:—" The sin gular character of this novel, and the peculiarity of talent in every chapter, might have directed public conjec7ures better than to the several eminent persons to whom it has been attributed. The incidents of Irish history, and time character, notions, feelings, and habits, etigebdered lay the unprecedented situation of the people, combine to form a source of interest as relate and as various us that trout which the great Novelist of the North lies crated hi* tnatorical romances."