The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-19 00:00:00

542, 5 a ~' , 3 of the Zts in the House . of tred 100 1 840, 0 ,1 , 18V 4 M . T the cur- Leone, Wester" aerica and ment, CS' West 1 1 . 1 ' Nlauritius 44,000 1 • e Ni g er n There 15 he great er ,t circunr ngton jig 2,00ti1• iuding charge! nates, an n th e nor 0 ~ of whi e _ l P crinlitro gEli r. ['BEE' 3 [dolly as I w ed at th e r cent. P er t i m proe" n 1 ; e Mot " ced Thr—' GS ; 11 ' w rid Exclir active,Ana at 671, at 8 4, the a of S t ` jek I a teali 3e,, " o i barai r ` e , t bong , , c e prices 11 3 )x imatio n ' 4. i c es , and pr _ At and 1 0 7,. 80, Thi' 7 Scrip, 7 ;l'. d. 11, 8 and Gre'llv repel)" 11$t ' e Portugu e , , ' !mtg.. Ol t e per Cell 0 have be g o ndhohl e I ng Of 5 1 e 1 3 , 4 ids, I ' B ' t he uch as fig. Stock iccept n Man the'.; ent. A s e, been u () % n d had beer 1, and bettore r V to OW ,nd if it t srnal l first s red, the have b. l , xis reins u ,, forbid 4 1 116 meall trails, tiler• C ONE• to -- 41, 41. 1 6 s• 01. 11, ... to -- • to ▪ to • to to to to 64 to to to e r beit titan of Lute' e n on sp;•ctl' _Few tra ns. aiLY, 13-11° L 10. f o f. of th e _ reof nntleSs t:,1; w ater. New, S D al S. to mo dera.". w, aia is, for Stocl''. TILE SUN, I,(ON,DOINT I TH CASDA, O . 11Y°.-4L4,11 5 7:g N.. 11744 g AN 1) Vutttr irspinton. " Who runs may read." . . FOREI. - 1 . 41 e trench Royalist Journals are chuckling at the ' c ti ll .PPi'esiiin Of th e Teinps The France and the Quoti vZs ienotice that it was ° at the office of that Journal the • declarations of 1830 and 1841 were signed, the a nd the against the Royal ordonnances of Charles X., th ' , ne latter- ti.rainst the condemnation of Dupoty by ...e Court of Pe b ers. The Temps, they state, is now mad e J . ' use of to destroy the revolution. " This new " as i- s l nl ent," adds . the France, " is, - however, a very tl l 7 ( .. i ts , eent. • War is declared, and the law officers of s_ t,%ernrnent are - in the field. After the Courrier 4Tlteotres has come the Tenn- 8 and after the Temps h7.'an say where . - p ersecut i on till strike. The press close its ranks, and prepare for this new war, it has not sought for but in which, if it. should p °T s ti ! l , l te, tke GOVernm - ent may find its Wi , i , terloo. The s oi . e '.us throw n down giants ; it cannot, tismble, ln the presence of pigmies." thueneral Cass's note to M. Guizot is approved of by w ar prints. The Pre.sse declares that France no foreign Ambassadors to teach her that she sas, j' never to ratify the December treaty. The Debats ilmarks that where there is an affirmative and a nega -I:lneategorically laid down, both by England and the fortes,,,sil_h-itio'n that it will not be easy to find a pacific any difficulty which may arise out of the exercise of the right of search. th'4le• Courtier Francais and the Presse comment on 0 e present state of Syria, which is such, they say, as the tre tn at fill with s h ame an d confusion* the authors of • Y 15th Tidy 1840. The conduct of Omer fej elia,- and of all tile TUrkish authorities, is disgrace . - ,);itind must inevitably tend to rekindle a civil war the rni se a t i a nd to plunge that ill-fated province into all " of anarchy. tea t Madrid Chambeis of s Deputies adopted on the s ) 111st . a proposition, presented by Messrs. Burriel latot; ‘ ,"7 o , to the effect- that all transactions entered Tres ` „' l osernment, with regard to the issuing of the o'st ie l tonds for 160,000,900 reals, should be referred "*lnidnThe ation of a Special Committee. . punlau OPINION. the 7 'unes remarks, in a leading article suggested by pen rebarrassed state of affairs in India :—" The ex astt:t.s, w hieh have sprung out of the Affghan and Chinese ile),"4,,ve demonstrated mdre.clearly than ever that the tn - n i India have been incurred, not by the ancient its t operations of the Company, but to maintain Anst.serriterial power, and to execute its political enter ter, sev.ince the last renewal of the Company's char ciretunstances have concurred to give the teteltsu Government a more decided influence and in ti i n the affairs of India. : The line of cominuniea sitserthe Red Sea has brought all the presidencies r s ii ka nt a• few weeks' journey from Cannon-row ; theand e 40 , I :3' and naval resomves of the Company were alike . t Lt/ "Ll to carry . on operations. in Central Asia agams th.linrcpeae. power s , and to reach the remote coasts of 4 tt l s: The public at large have also paid a far closer of s'„•, t . e rt to their eastern fellow-subjects since the trade Of he as was opened and the differential duties on .somein~e_ er chief productions removed. These facilities of Iv eea rit re tint n y n,r o s e e, these extending relations, and even these re ise• asamities, have all contributed to establish the our national interests in the East and in the Ind But we have no right to identify the people of tr y . ' with the p o li cy o f E ng l an d, an d to tax t h eir coun - Pres" expose their armies to de s truction, unless we are li ab r p are(l , to identify our credit with their credit, their si t , mos with our own obligations, and their necessities ear own means of providing for them." Herald, speaking of the state of our trade with liss sin 's ay's :—" In two regiens do we find that Russia I ds . thrived to paralyse ou r p o k er o f t ra ding, both in e 4 14: an* s e lli ng . • Can we wonder, then, that we are 4 i tti Pelled to buy at monopoly prices. from her, 'and , .. ev e e e n . tsi d u ngh she refuses our goods in return ? Our tr Fi ib, et's- exclaim against the injury inflicted by - the pos f expenditure of one or two millions of gold to pay d ri e, e , 9lll , and they defend the outrages by which we are ',ji v ed of commerce with the finest countries in En.- They say that Russia refuses our goods because pic Piece a duty on her corn and timber, and yet they a ,,Y no attention to the fact, that the main articles pos stP€'d by Russia—flax, hemp, hides, and tallow—are ad . tted by England at nearly nominal duties, while Rus sia, ,„„Places prohibitory duties on all that England has to CI, except that which is absolutely necessary to enable to compete with ourselves !" ro ar Chro n i c l e o b serves that the fate of the tariff is Ow in the ha n d s o f t h e Opposition. " It is plain," says g ill' Contemporary, " that if the tariff be carried at all, it Iptist be carried by the aid of the Opposition. A Fonsi- Erabie allowance for exaggeration may be niade in the ,bast: of the Member fo r N ort h Wilts, that seventy Afernbe rs of the House of Commons are combined to nppos f i the ithportation Of cattle at such rates as may eventually affect the price .of meat ; and still, notwith ,:lted.ienngst tuthanalliliih)%iliaantecet„htehemcionrstebirniaatiiomna majority. The. quite The. i ttte 0 1 f the measure,.with that of the ;Ministry itself, is in t he hands of the Opposition. The occurrence of such a l isis is r a th er remar k a bl e, cons id er i ng how short a time s t is sin ce t h e l ate Mi n i stry was i n precisely the same 14 2. - ,sition, f or th e sa k e o f t h e same principle. They have 1.'4Y.. to do as th e y were t h en d one by , to secure such Thributioh as defeat.svould inflict upon their opponents. which salne concealme n t, th e same a b eyance o f a pr i nc i p l e, with ,Yet was mentally recognised, the same alliance whi ch interested antagonists of that principle, by J ohn Sir Robert Peel was then enabled to defeat Lord ilesellitt!ssell, would now enable Lord John Russell to ketattbaSir ltobert Peel. Nobody expects this. And the world e t t . i i t is thrown out of all calculation, that all the ler the c o upon the help of the Opposition to secure 4t° W, -1-1 "7 so much of good as the tariff will he wn, of itt, distinct proof of the real estimate which ob- Th e pn' character of the hostile leaders and parties." t he l os " t :—" We should really like to know how fullest aristocracy is menaced as to its power, by the ha s "Posur e of Whig bribery and corruption Suds 3', In or's, s-1( "l, Nottingham, Newcastle, Lewes, and Pen iineutitiete i s `L t n . : their stronghold upon Parliamentary infiu e ,be at all weakened by the dismissal from the i s ',"nturnon s of Fred. Villiers and Dyce Sombre, „", 48 ,.. 01 1 and George Rennie, Sir Something Lar %tee i - . 4 1" Mr- Harris the hatter, Mr.' S. Harford,. ther t.. o pected of Brighton, and.the bold Captain Plytn cry ~,i t ' e n rYn. If the strongholds of the Tory aristo -14 's,.' urn such men as these by means of Whig bribery t .;a k eci C a nPt.ion, we really see very little interest which ssti. aristocracy can have in saving. them from any t\!e.saZ.,olpolitiCal destruction which that volcanic gen -lax -Alr- Roebuck, may happen to pour upon them. Isi te ll t higs boasted of some months ago, .was that I:llleitt;,?tlghs were their strongholds, while the counties, tprisr'Y represented as being totally destitute of that sit:l l - 11 g intelligence and remarkable independence tiss',.ikerailed in the boroughs, were stigmatised as ittjenigholds of Tory bigotry." All this was as no e.list,..-11,ewspapers could make it.; and yet now, when vet 1 1-. elec t i ons are prove d , or suspecte d to have generally dishonest, depraved, and corrupt, the s ti ' s ,to sta t Y out, betth by the exposure of all this, the daring ey must ruined ! This is certainly as g th e I ,` ) t efliiOntery as we remember to have mated, even h istory of Whig-Radical controversy.''l/t4ONEY—TICADE—COIYLMEIS.CE_. it sst o,or, ton-spinners of Barcelona, to the number o f at 4 4 ,ves se ,u 0 , all wearing, clothes of Spanish manufacture, 41 %4 4 4 the streets of that town on the 9th inst., and ed the second anniversary of the foundation of iseetation. I,bstli!stitution of the Royal Maternity Charity ce te4, It eh li s anniversary at the London Tavern yesterday. 'W (3 ; I stated, that, since its commencement in 1757, 16 ,010 necessitous applicants had been relieved, tlp Q' *OILLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 044. new .Eton College improvements, comprising gee I' s tudy, and dining apartments, will cost nearly . tlescriptions to the amount of 10,0001. have "een received. 1 11 4 Iron V. AV" "D leave the sttl e lls' steamer, called the Eagle, m tc 'rrforr ow for France. She has been purposely s 414 ea t ' ll s e navigation of the Rhone; her measurem ent 4 486 tons. .bee , L AW A ND POLIC E . 1 as Lord „Warden of the . Duchy of Corn -114 first Court . of Appeal on Saturday, the 1'4;1. 4 1..,,', n n Which occasion the Prince will be assisted like' ,i,"(1,1 Chancellor, Lord Brougham,. and Mr. morning. Il es : 4 46 7," Oourt.sits.a.s early as eight the sl post,--sbeard, who has been in the service of the Ge . e/I;office upwards of 21 years, as a letter-carrier. et, at Bow -street, yesterday, with stealing a Il k ?Ins unit coin, and fully comraitted for oftrial. ii nt ic()ck, a young man in the service Messrs. t Qi Uly Ch 4W ", and Davies, woollen-warehousmen of St. W s % el: i t:eh-yard, was brought up at Guildhall, yes- A t e , as t i„rged With robbing his employers of ends of a?id Ice. The property was traced and identi e• • Prisoner committed. ~e i bak etS traT---1 1 .A.SHIONABLE• 'S.Pda.y f e 'Wellington returned to Apsle - ) , House, I: as Stratlifieldsaye. 11 se n i n kte of Wellington's ball to night at A.psley fora dreelebration of her Alajesty's birth-day, is to ?''earl y. ,c-ss assembly. Invitations have been issued 'or 4ci,500 individuals. 044 0 , Lady Stanley have issued cards for a dinner jh he ,;.?l,x.t, St. James's-square. he And Countess of Albemarle returned to 'pare from G orh am bury. VseS ,10 41-I . l eutenant of Ireland, and the Countess De %rtheir est pd Suite, suite, left St. James's-square yesterday for rk, Beds., wheuce they proceed to Liverpool, w aY to Dublin. j Ger u IYIXSCELLAZTEOUS. 14' e 4tu Ption of the volcanic mounta i n , ca ll e d G 4 enseng o 'ta t T er, h e ma, took pl ace on the 14th of Novem b er e "tintr j y fur ten miles round was covered with ",.rd s 01.14notos0;0 a c n o i fe l e a e..t g re re e a s, t d sp amaged.ground, with ~....146 A r 1 t '7 Xrit 1 fir Is , ORTII OFFNGLAND RAILWAY. :., a , e. engers r eturn s fur the wee k ending May 14, 1842: 4 u li ,s ............... .. .......... . £B2l 7 6 -- ry ... i7thandise ...................... 462 14 2 7,1 .. AU:li,., ' • - gtoll, Nfa •• 18 • • ;: A : N . ...,.., f,,t het.tpolltan journal states that some severe shocks tu h t qu, 4 ke were felt, on the 11th and 12th ult., at kYs i;4"11 Calabria. They had been preceded' some A il'"iuttly by shocks of a less violent nature. , 1 414, tt i " f) OM Frankfort states that the Grand Duke .litke Ci',;-1161,11'...-Se INill'ill has pent 45,0e0f. towards the ": 'e sufferers' by the fire at hanlburgh. £1,284 1 8 W. O'BRIEN, Secretar, ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) CORK (COUNTY). The Committee met at the usual hour. Mr. Traytcr in the Chair. John Philpotts was • called and examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM.- Is a voter of the county of Cork; Lives near street. Went to vote at the last election. Was accompanied by three others. 'When he was coming towards Curk he stt.w a-- great crowd.' He then diverged from the main , read ; ' and. came into Cork before the crowd. When he got into the city, he, and those who were with. him, were as saulted by stones.. , One of them . got a blow of a stone on the side of the head. He (witness). lost his own hat. Went into the Court-house to vote. Saw person of the name of Woods. He .(Woods) left the Court, and was followed out by two men, who pointed out Woods to a person outside. • He then suspected something, and went out of the:- Court by the back door to warn Woods. When -ha got round, he saw several persons following . Woods, and amongst them the two persons who followed him from the Court-house ; he was beaten with sticks ; Woods was doing nothing. Witness did not vote on Tuesday ; did not vote afterwards. He WftS afraid to do so, more especially. as he heard Mr. O'Connell was to he in Court on Wednesday: He, saw cards given by a Mr. O'Donovan, to those who voted for O'Corinell and Roche. The substance of it was, " The hearer voted for O'Connell and Roche ; God save the Queen." Heard a person say to one of the voters—" Put up that card in your hat and you will be safe." Told his father and uncle not to vote in consequence of that. When 'Woods was beaten tie saw some police. Witness asked them to interfere. They refused to do so. They were afraid. To the Committee—Did not know Condon at the time of the election. Knows him now. Does not know if he was one of the persons who refused to interfere. Told Mr. Newman that the police refused to interfere. He might have voted if he had .remained in the Court house. Heard of the intention of Messrs. Leader and Longtield to give up the contest about half-past five o'clock. had not heard of an application being made to adjourn the election at an earlier part of. the day. ,Did not see any persons with chalk marks. Does not par ticularly interest himself at the Registration Courts. Thinks himself a Liberal, but does not like a Repealer. Mr. GRAINGER—PIay, what do you mean hyaLiberal ? Witness----I think Liberal is n person who supports the laws and Constitution, and who is not a. Repealer. Most of the English are Liberals. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM—I should like to put the same question to each member of the Committee.—(A laugh.) I believe each would have his own idea of a Liberal. Henry Wallis, a Magistrate, and Deputy•-Lieutenant .of the county of Cork, was next called, and, was under examination when our report was brought oft LYME REGIS. The Committee met this day at ten o'clock. The vote of James Cousins was objected to by the petitioner, and, after hearing some evidence, the vote was retained. Some of the members having to •go to the Drawing room, the Committee adjourned at a few minutes to one o'clock. The sitting Member is still in a majority of one. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ,BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) A rough-looking young man, and a rather pretty-faced young female, who were evidently of the very lowest class, were placed at the bar, charged with the following misdemeanour, and assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. Mr. Wild, the landlord of the Marquis of Granby public•house in Drury-lane, stated that last night, about twelve o'clock, the two prisoners were sitting in the tap room, and after every one had gene, and the female had been turned out, the male remained ; witness requested him frequently to go away, as the female was making a disturbance outside, but he would not go. After some time witness went to him again, and said he was deter mined he should go, when he started up and tore wit ness's shirt and waistcoat, and otherwise behaved very violently. The female prisoner, who had been turned out previously, and was making the noise outside the door, would not leave the premises till he went out, and that was the reason witness wished to turn the male prisoner out ; he was quite sober at the time. Police=donstable, F 121, stated that the last witness gave the male prisoner into his charge. - He went along a few paces very quietly, but ho then became very vio lent, threw himself on the ground, kicked witness, and struck him a very serious blow on the mouth. Mr. Wild's shirt and waisteoast were torn. Police-constable, E 28,, went to assist the last witness, who was surrounded by amob of low persons, all of whom were endeavou r i ng to re s cue t h e pr i soner. Th e ma l e prisoner kicked him also in the ribs, and was otherwise very violent. Witness was compelled t o leave h o ld of another prisoner, in ord e r t o ass i st i n ta ki ng t hi s one . Policeman, F 145, assisted the two last witnesses in taking the ma!e prisoner into custody, when he kicked him very violently, and made considerable resistance in . going to the station-house. 'The male prisoner, in defence, complained that he had been drinking the whole of the day in Mr. Wild's house, and had spent all his money, when Mr. Wild attempted to :urn him out in a very unmanly way, seiiinghini by the throat; &c. Mr. Wild was in the habit of turning people out of his house when they had spent all their money, and he thought that was a very hard, thing. When he was given into charge he said he would go quietly with any man, but he was not a felon, and did not wish to be dragged about in the manner in which he was ; some of the police, however, behaved very roughly to him, and he confessed that he resisted. Mr. TWYFORD sentenced the male prisoner to be im prisoned in the House of Correction for one month : the female, it appears, was to have been charged with assault ing Mrs. Wild, but, as the lady was not present, she was discharged. MARLBOROUGH STREET. (THIS DAY.) Jane Howell, a female of decent appearance, about 35 years of age. was charged with " intending to drown her self in the Serpentine River." Police Constable, N 0.25 of the A division, stated, that about half-past nine o'clock last evening, as he was on duty in Hyde Park, near to the Royal Humane Society's Receiving-house, his attention was drawn to the prisoner, who was walking on the margin of the river, read ing a prayen,book. She had attracted the ob servance of several persons by her strange des;. meanour, who began to assemble around her. Two or three times she pushed towards the water,' as if about plunging herself in, but desisted, either from persons advancing towards her, or the sound of an approaching carriage. Witness accosted her, and inquired what she was doing there, but she refused to give anyaccount of herself, and seemed painfully anxious to screen herself from the gaze of the bystanders, who had bean observing her actions. On her way to the sta tion-house, she admitted that her intention was to drown herself, in consequence of a quarrel she had had with - a -person whose name she refused to give, as also her address, further than stating that she had been living at the east end of the town. On witness reproving her for attempting such a rash act she replied, in a tone of bitterness, "You did not give me life, and have no right to prevent my taking nay own." Mr. ILAnnwlcK—W hat account are you now disposed to give of yourself. Where do you come from. What are you ? Prisoner—l decline answering those questions. Mr. HARDWICK—But in what station of - life have you been in. How did you gain your livelihood ? Prisoner —I have been the head of a family for eleven years. Mr. HARDWICK—In what capacity? Prisoner (burst ing into tears, and evidently in great agony of mind) — I was called a wife ; but I am abandoned, and have no relatives or succour to look to. Mr. HARDWICK further interrogated the unfortunate woman, but she persisted in refusing to give any account of herself or connexions, and the worthy Magistrate therefore directed that for the presebt she should be re ceived into St. George's Workhouse. BEGGING IMPOSTORS —John Holloway, a blind 'man, and Mary his wife, a remarkably strong, able-bodied woman, were apprehended last night in New Bond street, by William Horsford, one of the constables be longing to the Mendicity Society, soliciting alms, by stating that they were actually starving, not having tasted any food whatever for the space of forty-eight hours. On searching the male prisoner at the station house, 11. 16s. 6d. in silver was found sewed up in the waistband of his breeches. They were committed for 21 days each. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A young man, named../ohn Meadows, was charged with having violently assaulted an eating-house4teeper named Collins, living in Brick-lane, St, Luke's. On the preceding:- evening the complainant was disturbed by a loud uproar in, front of his. house. On going out, he found . the prisoner engaged in beating a woman in a most un merciful manner. He felled her three times to the ground, and continued beating her until she became in sensible. The complainant interfered in protection of the unfortunate woman, upon which he was attacked by the prisoner, who struck him several blows in the face, and he was given into custody. In his defence, the prisoner charged the prosecutor with having struck him first, and considered he had no right to interfere, as the woman he had half murdered was only his wife. The prisoner was severely admonished by the Magis trate, and fined 20s. or a month's imprisonment. NEWSVENDERS' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT INsTrrunoN.--Last evening the third Annual Meeting of this Society, which is established for granting tempo rary relief and permanent assistance to masters and servants, whom age, infirmity, or distress afflict, was held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet- street, James Harmer, Esq., president in the chair. • Messrs. Wood, Southgate, Merrit, Harding, Luxton,' Bond, &c., &c., were present. The Report stated that the Society was duly • enrolled according to Act of Parliament. The subscribers, do nors, and friends were steadily increasing. By the ex cursion to Ingress Hall in July'last they lost 25/., and by the engaging of the H a y mar k e t Th ea tr e i n March they also lost about 4/. ; but the excursion to Twicken ham netted lot los. profit. The receipts for the past year were 98/. Bs. 5d., and the expenditure left a balunee of 411. Bs. ld. The total property of the Society figured 719/. ss. - 7d. The Report was adopted ; the officers for the ensuing year were elected ; and thanks voted to the Chairman. The Latter-day Saints have been giving .two or three lectures on the beauties and benefits of Mormonism, with what success we have not heard. If they are left to themselves, and not brought into impOrtance by opposi tion, the agitation will, we have no doubt; die a natural death.—Cheltenham Examiner. THE CHANDOS TESTIMONIAL. The ceremony of presenting a piece of plate to the Duke of Buckingham, took place yesterday, at Ayleg - bury, when about 600 persons sat down to. dinner. It was to have been given in the George Inn, but there being no room within the house suffimently large to ac commodate the guests, a temporary banqueting hall was erected in the area. It was tastefully ornamentcd and hung with flowers and laurel branches, and lighted from the centre hy,.a handsome chandeleir. -••- • TheT.plitte 'consists .of a magnificent, centre-piece, or Ornament fur a, dinner-table, in silver, richly - gilt. The base is a fluted ground, divided into circular pedestals, which rest on - crouching lions, copies from those at Stowe, and admirably executed. Each of these pedes tals bears a figure typical of one of the different classes into whicli an - agricultural - peasantry are divided, namely, a ploughman, a shepherd, a . sower, a reaper, a mower, and a dairy-maid. From the base a circular stand arises, and displays groups of cattle and a highly wrought bas relief, representing the whole of the farmer's labours. From this springs a richly-fluted column sur mounted by a whentsheaf, the Duke's crest, and sur rounded by three figures representing country gentle men and farmers, each bearing a scroll. On one is inscribed, "Chandos, Church and State," on the second, " Chandos, and the Corn-laws," and on the third, " Chandos, and the 50/. c!ause." On the circular stand, sitrmounting the base, the Buckingham arms arc richly chased, and a scroll displays'itself, on which is engraved the following inscription : " THE CHANDOS TESTIMONIAL, " Presented by a very numerous body of farmers of Buckinghamshire, and other friends connected %%WI agri culture, to Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G., G.C.11., and P.C., on the 18th- or May, 1842; to record their admiration of public princi ples steadily maintained in unsettled times, and as a tri bute of respect and gratitude for his services whilst Marquis of Chandos, as one of the Representatives of his native county in Parliament, where, for upwards of twenty years, he was the energetic, consistent, and suc cessful champion of the agricultural interests of the United Kingdom." The weight of this costly specimen of British art is 1,800 ounces, its height four feet six inches, and its value upwards of two thousand pounds. _ _ - The chair WSIG taken athalf-past three o'clock by the Right Honourable the Earl of Orkney, supported on his right by hid Grace thk.Duke of Buckingham, and on his kit hr Ler De Lisle ; and at the same table were Sir Thomas Freemantle, Mr.'Joeph -- /Steeld, M.P., Mr. John Neeld, M.P., Captain Boldero, M.P., Rev. Mr. Gleed, Mr. Ferrand, M.l'., Y. I. H. Williams, Esq., Oliver An derdon, Esq., Mr. Scott Murray, M.P., &c. &c. After the usual loyal toasts, _ . _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN iheri rose and said—My dear Lord Duke, I ; cannot say with what feelings of personal _delight and satisfaction 1 find myself deputed by the farmers of Buckinghamshire, and other friends attached to agricul ture, to present to - your Grace the piece of plate which you now see before you.—(Loud cheers.) Handsome, I trust, your Grace will think:. it, but it is, I assure you, far below Our estimate ofWhat your past services deserve. At the same- time, I dolrust that the list of subscribers will be satisfied. Fortunately it is not.left for me feebly to praise or to convey to your: Grace the opinion which this county entertains of your character. It is clothed in most eloquent language in the address which Mr. Tyn dall, our Honourary Secretary, will be good enough to read.—(Cheers.) Mr. TYNDALL read the Address, which contained high compliments to his Grace for his uniform consistency and principle—reverence ,for ancientinstitutions—aver sion to great changes—and, above all, for the protection he had ever afforded to the agricultural interest, justly entitling him to the epithet of " The Farmers! Friend." The reading of the Address was interrupted by frequent bursts of applause, and, at the conclusion, the cheering was renewed and continued for several minutes. The company then rose and drank the Duke. of Buckingham's health, with nine times nine. - The Duke of BUCKINGHAM then rose, and addressed the meeting nearly as follows :—My Lords and Gentle men,—lf on former occasions, in this county, when sur rounded by large assemblages - of my friends, 1 have felt any difficulty in returning.thanks for your kindness,what must I now feel ? My Lords and Gentlemen, when Ilook round this vast assemblage, and see in this room the wealth, the power, the influence, and the intelligence of this county —(Cheers)—when I see around these tables some, who, in my early days, were the first to cheer my onward course in political life—when I see also those who have ever been my firm, consistent, and active friends—(Cheers) —when I look back to this time four-and-twenty years ago, when I first, within four days of ,the present time, started as candidate for your county, I cannot but feel difficulty indeed in expressing - that my heart feels on this occasion. Often, gentleman, as I have addressed you—often as I have received acts of kindness from you—l have not power on this occasion to speak the sentiments of-my h:-art.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The manner in which you have drunk my health, the kindness and approbation with which you have received the ex pressions contained in the eloquent Addresi which has just been read i do you, the splendid and magnificent tribute of your affectionate regard I now see before me— all, together create in my mind a mass of gratitude which it is out of my power .to express. With these feelings animating my heart, and with an anxious desire to put on record my feelings towards this country, and to the friends who surround me, I will, with the permission of our Noble Chairman, place in your hands, in re s ply to your Address, one - frOin myself, which, when I am gone, may recall to your recollection the sentiments which I entertain towards you all.—(Great cheering.) His Grace read the reply in which he adverted to the topics contained in the AddreSs, and thus concluded : " And now, gentlemen, allow me again to repeat my warmest thanks for the magnificence with which you have carried out your generous wishes to perpetuate the remembrance of your esteem and regard by this splendid tributa, "The Chandos . Testimonial,' subscribed to by the highest, as well as the most humble, in this county, which will often remind me of absent and esteemed friends—of days of happiness when active in your service, and which will be handed down to my successors as one of their most valued possessions. " Let me offer you, too, my best acknowledgments for the flattering expressions contained in.your Address— for the many useful and kind suggestions I have received from you during many pleasant hours of private inter course, and at our social meetings—for your invariable indulgence—for your reception of me this day—for the costly and complete arrangements I see around me— and the patient attention which you have granted to this, I fear, imperfect ,attempt to give utterance to feelings that have almost overpowered me. May God bless you, my generous and valued friends, and so far as the best wishes of the individual who now thanks you for kind ness 'heaped up and running over'. can avail—may all long enjoy-the comforts of a happy home, and live in the participation of every prosperity under the mild and benignant sway of our gracious and beloved Sovereign !" The following toasts were then given in succession : " The Bishops and Clergy;" " The Lord-Lieutenant and Magistrates of the County;" "The Noble Earl in the Chair;" and " The County and BorouglMembers." The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, in proposing the health of the "British Farmer," said , it has been my good fortune through life to mix much with that important class of her Majesty's subjects, and I have felt a proud satisrac tion in being associated with a body of men who are dis tinguished by a loyalty and patriotism unequalled in the history of the world. If we look to this splendid country, . our r.at.ive land, and see the advancement which has been effected by the British farmer, we must, indeed, be proud of that class of her Majesty's subjects; and'l must say, that no man has ever received greater marks of kindness from that body than I have, and those, too, not confined to the county with which I am connected so closely. It is not for me, ellh this occasion, to enter into political dis cussions, or to canvass what has been. done, or what may not have been done, but I am proud to have seen the day when I could appear before my countrymen, and boldly assert, in the face of Heaven, that I never flinched for a moment, but always did my utmost in support of the agricultural interests of this kingdom.—(Loud cheers.) For I assure you of this, my Lords and Gentlemen, and the farmer may be assured, that although I have witnessed days in whieh his hopes and mine have been disappointed, still I am his wakeful, and will ever be, his trusty sentinel.—(Cheers.) I regret that I am no longer the representative of the farmer's interests in the lower House of Parliament, but I do trust that there 'may be found in the other House opportunities for protecting those interests. Of this, however, I can assure you, that the grave shall close over me ere I shall cease my exertions for the welfare of the British farmer. I hope we may both yet see a day in which we may not be so disappointed as we have been, for I have lived with the British farmer in his prosperity, and I trust sincerely that God will restore. it to him. Mr. llonwoon returned thanks. Colonel VYSE proposed " The health of the Marquis of Chandos," which was received With loud applause. The Marquis of CHANDOS said lie could not adequately expuits his gratitude for the manner in which his health had been received by the distinguished assemblage he saw around him. If anything Were wanting to stimulate him to a patriotic course, that want would be supplied by the acclattations with which his father's health had been received, and the readiness with which his services to the farmers had been acknowledged.. He (the Marquis of Chandos) trusted that he might live to.exhibit the same zeal, and to earn the same gratitude, by advocating the same principles.—(Hear, hear.) • The other toasts w ere then dispoSed of, and the meet ing broke up shortly after nine o'clock. OXFORD, MAY 18.--(From a Correspondent.)— By the provisions of the Theological Statute, passed at Oxford last week, Dr. Hampden, Regius Professor of Divinity, has been constit u t e d Chairman - of the New Theological Board, and is also forihally recognised as a public University Professor in Dogmatic Theology, and the Interpretation of the Scriptures: The Statute, there fore, virtually rescinds the unfavourable judgment passed by the University, at the instance of the Tractarian party, in 1836, on occasion of Dr Hampden's appoint ment to the Chair by the late Administration. - THE ROEHAMPTO N MunpEß.—The statement which was pretty generally circulated this morning that James Turner, the snatch-maker, whom Good said had assisted him in cutting up the body of his unfortunate victim, had,,been apprehended, is wholly Withont founda tion. TiterOdsivery little doubt but that Good's whole statement is a tis.use%f falsehoods, and that such a per son as James Turner, as deseribed by Good, does not exist. Yesterday morning the portion of the new street which is to lead from Holborn-bridge to Islington, and is completed as far as West -street, was thrown open to foot-passengers. . Two or three months ago, one-third of the central prison eof n( n a a l ;n t e 7 d a Tionbaut, was suspected of was destroyed by fire. being the incendiary , and indicted before the Court of 0n at Assizes for Calvados ; but, on being tried at th e last theprisoners, Beaulieu, session, WAS Acquitted. EVENING, MAY 1 1842 . • . MONEY MARIA...ET' aDd CITI NEWS. FROM, THE 3:011.NL.V.) PAFT,RS Or THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—MonPy- is . still •in demand on the Stock Exchange, but the extreme pressure which was experienced during a considerable part of yesterday has subsided. It is difficult to account for this sudden de rangement of the Money Market, and various causes have been adduced. Sonn-! parties say that-tile general prespectof ths coining InarveJ- iinfaVontable,' and that, a considerable portion otpur Iloating-tapitat has been in request to remit for the'parchnse-of.foreign corn. Others say that the payments to the Exchequer, on account of the revenue, under the new system of collection sweeps the markets just now for. Bank notes, and keeps the'dis count houses bare, as the collectors in the country are not now permitted to use the public money above ten (lays. Formerly the stamp distributors and district re ceivers of taxes had " a ride" of their collections for a month, or even three months, during which they lent their balances, at easy rate, in Lombard -street; which thus was always well supplied with money for short loans, a source of supply now very considerably curtailed. Others maintain that ;the demand has teen occa sioned by an approaching revival of trade upon the strength of the new tariff, through remittances for the importation of toreign and provisions. These in genious prophets of coming prosperity, however, are clearly shooting beyond-the mark, as it is not by any means probable that the money would be remitted for such purposes until the tariff has become law. The more prevalent opinion ill well--informed quarters, and that which seems most reconcileable. with the circumstances of the case, is that the scarcity - of money, which so sud denly sprung up on the Stock Exchange, was occasioned by the operations of the great Insurance Companies, who were losers by the great fire at Haniburgh. These Corporations have always a considerable amount of their assets invested at call, or on short loans, to meet emer gencies, and it is supposed that they have felt it expe dient to call up a portion of their money so lent to remit to Hamburgh. There have been no sales of Stock by the public to account for the enhancement of the value of money, and taking all things into consideration, the most likely cause of this-change in the Honey Market is the calling up of loans by the Insurance Comp an k s. SU.N.--The English Market has recovered from the depression of yesterday, which is attributed, in quarters likely to be well informed, to the Aiivery of several par eels for the heavy stocks well, li - hill -been privately sold a few days back. ConsolS left. off at 9 - 2-1- 92t for Money, and 92 921' for Account.; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Stock, 249 250 ; Exchequer Bills, 37 39 premium. The Foreign Securities .were rather higher, especially Dutch and Belgian. The Two-and-Half per Cents. Stock of the former 'kingdom closed at 52-i 52k, and the Five per Cents. loq 1011,, and the bonds of the latter nation at 102 103. Danish remained at SO T !, 811, and Brazilian G 7 GS. The quotation of Mexican is lower than yesterday being 36-i- 37. _ _ Railway Shares were firm. London and Birmingham 179 181 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 53 55 ; Great Western, 92 93 ; the inn . . .Shares, 64 64:V ; South Western, 63-i 641 ; Gosptirt, 63A • 64A ; North Midland, •; .65 67, the New Shares ,: 334 ; - South Eastern and Dover, 30 .304, the Scrip, 7A ; Eastern Counties. 92 94 ; Blackwall, H i t 11k, .the New Shares, .9i 9y ; and Brighton, 36i to 36j- par share. The .bonds of the insolyent„States were quoted—Co lombian, 264 271 ; PeruKian, 191 20 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 371 37 a t ; the - Three per Cents. 221 22;1 ; Spanish Five per CentS4 and the Three per Cents., 23 23-,1. It is to be observed that .Peruvian is marked some what higher than yesterday. This alteration is •conse quent upon a report that . the . Government have assigned the right of collecting guano, a species of manure, to cer tain individuals, the proceeds of which are to be appro priated to the payment of the dividends. If this rumour be correct,-it - shows a degree. - of honesty which other nations similarly situated would do well to follow. • GRAND MILITARY INSPECTION OF THE HOUSEHOLD TROOPS. Shortly after nine o'clock this morning, detachments of the First Life Guards, the Granadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fusileer Foot 0 nerds, to the amount of several thousands of men, assembled •on the . Grand Parade, in front of the Horse Guards, for inspection, in honour of the celebration of her most gracious Majesty's birth-day. A few minutes before ten' his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Hill, the Duke of Wellington, and upwards of forty General Officers assembled on the ground; when the three Inf..ntry bands united hailed the noble party With the National Anthem. The troops were then instantly formed into line, when his Royal Highness, attended .by his numerous staff, pro ceeded down the front line, the bands playing in a masterly style his Royal Highness's favourite waltz. The First Life Guards, pieceded by their fine brass band, then marched by the staff, followed close by the Infantry in slow and quick time, and with that precision for which they have always been celebrated. Shortly beibre eleven the inspection terminated, when his Royal Highness Prince Albert expressed himself in the most satisfactory manner to the several Officers of the Regiments assembled, highly complimenting them on the healthy appearance of the men and their truly soldier like appearance. The Frst Life Guards, for the first time, mounted a newly improved helmet, of far more agreeable appear ance than those hitherto worif, and which 'eeined to ex cite the approbation of those military officers present. There were not less than 20,000 persons present, and not a single accident was heard, of. • . _ T TER' A TURE. - DECI.D.ED'PREPERENCE, I Vol , . .Slraphin and Marsl - a - 14 London, 1842. " Decided Preference". is a .sentimental tale of the "Children 'of the Abbey" selidOl, and its object is to show •how exceedingly* kill ..it, is in young people. to marry, who have not a' decked preference for each r‘tber. This useful, but wit very original, moral is - exeniplified in tlu loves 'of ilefiry - Forteseile ;did - Julia ..FraSer—a reintirk.dily - hittidoini. and •Well4fitentioned couple; but Who, newerthOleSK - Ure far froth • being us happy in domestic lifej as their amiable qualities, are as numerous as the items in a Strawberry Hill Catalogue—would entitle them to be. They are thus picturesquely introduced to the reader's notice : "Julia possessed the fairest form nature ever framed ; her beautiful black eyes sp6ke volumes to the heart of every beholder ; her raven tresses curled negligently round her well-formed • head; and in her complexion, were blended the lily arid the - rose. Henry, her cou sin, was two years her senior. ' He was tall and grace fully proportioned, had a fine, expressive countenance, and dark ehesnut hair ; eyes were of a hazel colour; and he possesSed, what was of far more intrinsic value, every virtue the human heart is capable of." We perfectly agree with the author that it is far better for a man to possess virtue.; than even " dark chesnut hair," or " eyes of a hazel colour," though we fear that the • majority of boarding school misses will be of a diffe rent opinion. Shortly after their marriage, Julia and Henry come up to towds,Rn , a - visit to some friends in Portman-square, where•thextormer happens to encoun . ter, at a fashionable evening` party, one of those hot ' rible lady-killers whom young ladies of a susceptible turn can never look on without the most imminent hazard to their peace of mind. This monster, who answers to the romantic • appellation of Octavius Elliott, stations himself ear Julia, while she is sing ing " Auld Robin Gray ;', and immediately she rises from the yianoforte, there he is, standiner close beside her ! " There was nothing - particularly striking in his appearance," we are told, "with the exception of a pair of very fine dark blue eyes, which were shaded by long dark lashes ; but the greatest charm he pos sessed was his smile, which" was captivating to a de gree." This smile it is that does_ all the mischief.; though it is but just to Mrs. Fortescue to add, that when she first sets her eyes on the irresistible Octa vius, she holds him in orthodox horror, notwithstand ing his seductive simper,' • ." •An involuntary shudder," observes the author, 16 spread over her, but she could not account for the feeling ; at length she saw her husband approaching,-and never did she feel so glad to see him, as if she thought his presence was a suffi cient safeguard against .the Evil One !" Alas, Mrs. y. soon ceases to shudder at' the Evil One ! On a se vond interview she does not think him quite so black as ;he is painted ; a third enables her to discover that he is uncommonly good-looking ; and at length she is 'brought to confem that . she really has a very excellent' :opinion of - him; on her •saying which, the Evil One threw himself on his knees before her, encircled her :slender waist, and imprinted impassioned kisses on her "hands and lips !" The sequel may be anticipated. ::The lady-killer and his victim start off, one fine moon :light night, full gallop for. the . Continent, leaving the betrayed husband in a condition —to adopt the elo quent phraseology of .George Robins—" more easily imagined than described." After remaining a short time at Paris, Octavius . Elliott and Mrs. F. resolve on • a trip to Italy ; but on their 'road, they are attacked by banditti, who, after - slaughtering the former, allow the latter to make her escape 'to a priest's house, which happens to lie at a convenient' distance from the high way. From hence Mrs. Fortescue makes her way to England ; finds out her husband, who has retired to a sequestered cottage in the Country ; obtains pardon at his hands ; and; after being safely delivered of a little Octavius Elliott, dieS of a broken heart, in the ,'middle of an extract which the parson of the parish jis reading to her from a pious Tract ! Soon after her death, Henry FOrtescue forms an attachtnent to an other beautiful young ivoinaiiiMiss Frances Seymour, of whom we are told that " sever was there a more interesting being. Her -mild blue eyes expressed both softness and feeling ; "ter light brown hair wound in natural curls on her. alahaSter neck ; she was above the middle height, but 'elegantly formed ; she pos sessed the most touching: sweetness of voice, and had in an eminent degree an _unaffected simplicity, gen tleness, and• sensibility." This angelic being reci procates Mr. Fortescue's• attachment ; but 'alas, a wicked .Peer, Lord A., resolves to blight the lovers' hopes,. by himself formally proposing for Miss Sey mour's hand ; and when she rejects him, he abuses her sweetheart in a • way shocking to think of, and tells her in plain English, If you do not promise to be mine, by all the POwers of Love, I will blo w th a t fellow's brains out." On her reply that she will not be bullied, he coolly takes out a penknife with a view of sticking her and:him - Self too ; but being in terrupted in his diaboliCal purpose by. the entrance of a morning visitor,he rushes in a paroxysm out of the house, threatening all sorts of horrors. - And . the wretch is as good as his word, for soon afterwards, while Miss Seymour is taking' a walk before break fast in • the Regent's Park, he hires some ruffians to gag her, and carry her off in a post-chaise and four to a secluded " cottage,* situated at the bottom of a long shady lane." He then 'presents himself before her, hut being repulsed with virtuous indignation, he instantly makes a point of getting drunk, by way of still further reconciling her to his advances ; and in this attractive condition, he attempts to " imprint a kiss upon her lovely. lips," whereupon she very pro perly knocks him down! . After remaining a few days at the cottage, one of the servants, struck with re morse for the share she ..had taken in the fiendish transaction, resolves to restore the imprisoned fair one to liberty, and accordingly lets her out at the back gate—while Lord snoring drunk in bed. Delighted at her unexpected restoration to freedom, Miss Seymour hurries With her companion along the high-road, "favoured by ..the light of the moon," when suddenly she perceives 'a chaise advancing ra pidly towards her, and cries out at the top of her voice, "Oh stop, for mercy's sake, and protect two young women, who are running away from a wicked man ! The chaise of course stops, and equally as a matter of course, out jumPs• j lNliss Seymour's sweet heart, who singularly enough, happens to be travelling in the right direction, just in the very nick of time ! A most touching scene now ensues. She faints, he is in agonies—she recovers,' he is in extacies ; and on their reaching their journey's end, the most interesting ex planations take place, lifter which, the happy couple are wedded, with the full consent of their guardians and parents ; and go to spend their honey-moon at Edinburgh, where they frequently visit the theatre, whose manager, " Mr. Murray behaved to them most kindly and gentlemanly, for which he is remarked;" and as a token of his good-will, put one of the wedding party "on the free-list!" It is gratifying to be able •to add that the wicked Peer, • Lord A.,- as a just reward for his nefarious conduct, is visited by Providence with a broken leg, of Which he dies, about a Week after his little affair with Miss Seymour! So ends the story of '" Decided Preference," which abounds in amiable, sentimental twaddle, such as formed the delight of . our - grandmothers, and is just the sort of work to - produce a comfortable siesta on a hot summer-day. BRITISH AND FOREIdN SOCIETY FOR THE SUP PRESSION OF INTEMPERANCE.—Yesterday morning the Annual Meeting of the above Society was held at Exeter hall. Earl Stanhope in the chair. On the platform were a great number of gentlemen, amongst whom were the Bishop of Norwich, J. S. Buckingham, Esq., ])r. Oxley, Rev. C. Stow!, and several delegates from Ame rica, &c. The Report, which was very lengthy, was read by Mr. Green, the Secretary : it stated that the So ciety had greatly increased in numbers during the past year, both in the metropolis and the country. A number of excellent speeches in behalf:of the Society were de livered by the Bishop of Norwich, Mr. Buckingham, and other gentlemen, one of 'whom, named Peck, narrated the following interesting incident :—" In the month of June, 1837, a woman named 'Wright, a very dissolute character, while drinking at the bar of a gin-shop in Drury-lane, offered to sell her child, a little boy, about two years old, which she - awn held in her arms, for a quartern of gin. A man named Myers, who is a water man, then and now rc'siding 'in Feather's -court, Drury lane, took the wretched mother at her word, paid for the gin, and received the child from her arms. Since that period up to the present time, Myers, who is a very in dustrious man, although he has at times experienced great privations, has wholly maintained the child, to whom he is greatly attached ; he has had the child christened in the names of its.mother and himself. Since the day the purchase and exchange were made the unna tural mother had never es pressed any solicitude about it, and had latterly been lost sight of altogether." Mr. Peck stated that he had made 'etlbits to get the boy into the Blue Coat School, but without success. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the Noble Chairman, and it separated. PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND.—The yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of this establishment took place this day, when the Directors made their report on the affairs of the Bank, from. hich, it appeared, that the amount of the rest or undividedprofits was 114,200/. ss. tid. ; and it was announced by the Directors to be their in tention to pay, in July next, an extraordinary dividend or )onus of four per cent. on the capital stock, in addi tion to the usual dividend of the same amount for the half-year ending Midsummer next. FATAL ACCIDENT.-=TWO LIVES LOST.—Last night, between nine and ten o'clock, a boat, containing five persons, was upset in the Pool, by coming in collision with some barges, when two young men, named Edward Calist and George Stanley,• were drowned, the other three were fortunately saved try another party who rowed by at the moment. They were returning from Green wich Fair. It is a singular fact that Calist was saved from drowning no less than three times last summer. REMARKABLE BIRD'S NEST.—In the Bell Tavern at Eton College, there is at the present time a very re markable jackdaw's nest, and doubtless one of the largest ever seen. It completely blocks up the tower stairs, oc cupies fourteen steps, and is 8 feet 10 inches in height. It is only partially lined, as the birds, owing to the num ber ofvisitors, have since forsaken it. The whole of the aterial with which it has been built, was conveyed by the industrious pair through a loop-hole in the tower wenty-four inches by seven inches, and some of the twigs employed in its formation are twenty-Ow inches log. SP-I-Ri÷ of- the-PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE EVENNG i'AP . ' 4 ZRS . OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—There is something very amusing in the pertinacity with which the majority in the House of CommonS continue to fallow Sir Robert Peel, though nearly every step they take is in . a direction diametrically. opposite •to that in which they expected to have:: been . - , The .. Premier's cop • . duct may - compares!, 7 that of certain Oinni bus cads, wlmo . desire to ,111 l .: their - • out any particular regard to the destination: 'of their passengers, whose remonstrances - are briefly dis posed of by an assurance that it is " all right," though they have a shrewd suspicion that it is all wrong, when they occasionally get a glimpse of the road they are travelling. ft has caused much astonish ment to certain simple gentlemen, on the Conservative side of the House, that the sentiments which they were encouraged to put forth upon the hustings are to be suppressed in the house, and that in fact the clap-trap which was so strongiy recommended for election use is discountenanced by the Premier as being ill-adapted to Parliamentary purposes. From the language held by certain candidates on the subject of the Poor-law, it would have been inferred that the majority of Tory Members would have come into Parliament prepared to anni hilate the present system at a single blow ; but, to the utter astonishment of perhaps many of the majo rity themselves, they are called upon to follow their leader in a proposition for confirming the existing law in all its essential points, and thus sanction the alleged enormities they have so long been st r ivi ng to exterminate. Again, with regard to many points in' the Tariff, the Conservatives are being carried along in a road. that they have not only been unaccustomed to travel, but in which they have over and over again expressed their determi nation not to proceed ; and if a refractory Member ventures to suggest that the party is taking an unusual course, he is advised tolet the Premier alone, for that he, ofeourse, knows very well what he is doing. It is evident that many of the Tories are only recon ciled to the road they are compelled to go, on the principle that " needs must when—Sir Robert drives ;" and, indeed, they would have turned refractory long ago, but that they are every now and then subdued—(as children are by an allusion to Old Bogy)—with a threat of the return of Whig government. We remember seeing the clown in a pantomime get into a sedan chair with neither top nor bottom to it, when be shrewdly remarked, that " but for the look of the thing" he might just as well walk ; and it really appears to us that if Conservatives are to be placed in awkward po sitions by their own leaders, they gain nothing, except in the " name of the thing," by the accession of a Tory Ministry. This truth will no doubt burst upon them at last, after they have been voting in oppo, sition to their own views sufficiently long to have lost the power of which it is the Premier's policy to de prive them ; and when they, are no longer formidable, he can afford to throw them away with the contempt that is certainly due to their extreme credulity. STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle devotes a very long article to-day to the proof that the Con servative party is declining. Our Contemporary, indeed, commences with an acknowledgment that it could scarcely withhold —an acknowledgment, namely, that, "the famous majority of ninety was on the whole gained by the decision of Committees" —a prima facie confession, at least, that in the representative assembly the Conservative body has not suffered any material deteriora tion. We are far from denying that success so triumphant as that achieved by the Conservative party last summer has been unattended by the. con sequences always inseparable from such success — a _diminished estimate of the value of the object ob tained and a slight oblivion of the danger escaped, in all ; with some disappointment of too sanguine expectations in sections or individuals. To suppose that the Conservative party has not had to pay this. price of victory, were to suppose that party different from what men have always :been and always will be, while our nature remains the same. The Morning, Chronicle, however, goes further than this, and intimates a conviction that the Conservative party is dissatisfied with the Ministry of .its choice, upon account of certain specified measures which that Ministry has Adopted. Now, as , these measures are all, as described by the turning Chronicle, measures identical in kind, though differing in degree, with the measures of the party opposed to the Conserva tive party, this surely proves no weakness in the latter; at most it hut _proves that the Conserva • tive party, which possesses "a famous" and " increasing majority" in the House of Commons, is more hostile to the Whig-Radical party than is the Conservative Ministry—a proof, an incontestible proof for strength ; for surely that host is strongest. in which the main body is more eager to en gage with the enemy, than its more cautious leaders are willing to permit it. - - The utmost that can be inferred from the Morning Chronicle's argu ment is, 'that the Ministers are weak in the Party.— not that the party is . weak. This inference would, however, go much beyond the truth. The modified Corn-law, the tariff, and the inemne tax, - three of the measures upon which, according to our Contemporary, the Conservatives are dissatis fied with the Ministers, never met any serious opposi tion in time Conservative party, although here and there might be heard the expression of doubt and ap prehension, which every _change naturally provokes from among a numerous body of men thinking for themselves; these expressions, however, soon yielded to the force of reason, aided by the effect of candid explanations, and they are heard no longer. We are persuaied that were the measures to •be again pro posed in the present instructed state of the public mind, they would scarcely challenge a whisper of opposition. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE PORTSMOUTH, Mil' 18.—Sailed on Sunday, from Spit head, the troop-ship Resistance, 42, 'Commander Patsy, having on board detachments ofthe'23d Fusileers from Chichester, for conveyance to Quebec, whence she will return home with the 56th regiment. It was previously intended that the Resistance should take out from Al bany Barracks the regiment for St. Helena ; but they will now be conveyed thither by the transport, Aber crombie Robinson. , The steamer Styx, Captain Vidal, has gone to Ply mouth to receive final orders, to proceed to the Azores for the completion of the Survey of that coast. The Comus, 18, corvette, Acting Commander Davies, proceeded on Saturday to Chatham to be paid off, hav ing been in the West Indies nearly five years. Her former Commander, Evan Nepean, is promoted to the rank of Captain. The Pilot, 18, Commander Ramsay, was left at Bermuda, and' will be in England in August nest. The Crocodile, 26, Mr: Edson, Master, is to prOcced to Spithead from Plymoutloo embark troops. The brigantine Spider, Lieut.. Pym, is daily expected from Chatham, on her way to 'the Brazils, to serve as a packet between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir George Sartorius, is ordered immediately from Plymouth, to proceed to the South American station; and will sail about the 20th instant. The Philomel, 10, gun-brig, Commander B. J. will be ready to proceed to e Brazils on surveying ser vice, about the sth .Tune. The new sloop AlbatrosF4 10, has been commissioned at this. port by Commander -R. Yorke. She is 481 tons, and 105 feet long, and is a sister vessel to the Bittern. The Madagascar, 46, left Sierra Leone, for Cape Coast Castle, on the 20th January, all well. The surveying cutter 'Sylvia, Commander Sherring ham, is nearly ready for service. • The following steamers are building at this dockyard, namely, Scourge, Centaur, and Beelzebub. It is reported in the naval circles that Rear-Admiral Charles B. Ross (who has just returned from the Brazils), will have the Superintendency of Portsmouth Dockyard, in July next, vice Bouverie. The Daphne, 20, Captain Dalling, is gone to Stangate Creek, to complete quaratine, and thence to Chatham, to be paid off. Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. Bouverie is acting Com mander-in-Chief, in the absence of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.8., on temporary leave. At Spithead—No ship of war. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Winchester, Satel lite, Albatross, Excellent, Royal George Yacht, and Echo.—Brighton Gazette. TESTIMONIAL TO BEN. M. KENNEDY, ESQ.—Last week, we quoted a paragraph from the Ross-shire Adver tiser, mentioning that the friends of Ben. M. Kennedy, Esq., in Wick, proprietor and editor of the Arbroath Guide, had transmitted a splendid gold watch and ap pendages, through the Provost of that town, to the Chief Magistrate of Arbroath, for presentation, a s a testimonial of the high respect entertained for Mr. K enne d y i n his native town. We have now the pleasu re o f recor di ng the presentation, which took place in the Town Hall on Thursday week, at a full meeting of the Town Council of Arbroath. It is certainly very flattering to Mr. Ken nedy to know that he should be the honoured instrument of so much esteem, not only of t he res pectable inhabitants thetf)(f)rso short P cif his oce snativit.ipyi,wd a but of that in which he has public po s iti on ; ind ee d , he felt it to be so ; for, in ret urnin g ic( a period his grateful thanks for the very valuable preSent which he received from the hands of Provot Mann, he obServed, " If anything could have enhanced the value of 'the gift i n ii , } eyes, it is assuredly the circumstance of it having been presented to me through a channel so respectable ;" also, " Hand • some and costly as the gift is, which I now hold, I hope I shall be enabled to look upon it, not fur its intrinsic value alone, but as usefill i n pointing out to me that a conscientious and honest discharge of public ditty is not without its reward."—Diaidee Advertiser. . The General Steam Navigatio n C o m p any ' s Splen did steam-yacht, Menus, from Ostend, landed her pas sengers at 10 o'clock this morning at London-bridge \MK.' . . . I esterday an . inquest' *Ps. hell •qt • the Royal . Oak Inn, Lewisham-road, before Mr. Carttar, on the body of Miss Jane Sophia Mortloek, aged 19 ; a b eaut if u l an d accomplished young lady, who committed suicide by drowning herself. Edward Miles, butler .to Mr. Moor, of Talavera Cottage, Le w idialu-road, d eposed that the deceased young lady was hi s master's neice. She had resided with her uncle since her father .and mother had left England 14 India. Iler. father was an officer in the • East India Company's service. On Monday afternoon witness saw the deceased caulking in the flower-garden ; she had a book in her hand ; at dinner-hour, which was five o'clock, the young : lady. was missing. Inquiries were made as to her absence, but nothin g satisfactory took place to account for her absence. About seven o'clock the same evening; the body of the unfortunate young lady was discovered in a pond -1 - 1 i s , one of the mea dows adjacent to the premise , i, ivir• Nicholson, a sur geon, was called in, but all human aid was unavailing. Other evidence was heard, after which the Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." Fourteen houses, twenty-one barns, and a great quantity of farming stock and household furniture, were destroyed by fire, three days ago, at Ma r ti npeuc h, near Arras, causing a loss estimated at 120,000 f, THE VERSAILLES RAILROAD. The locking of the doors of the carriages on the Ver sailles and Meudon Railway has been discontinued, and handles have been attached, which the passenger can turn at will, so as to facilitate escape in case of danger. Be tween the locomotive and the first carriage containing passengers are placed carriages, containing baggage, and all the locomotives have six wheels. In consequence of the late lamentable accident, the Saint Germain and Versailles Company has taken fresh measures for adding to the precautions already observed in the service of the railroad. The number of locomo tives hitherto in use has been forty-five with six wheels, and six with four. The Council has decided on suppres sing the latter until the doubt which has been raised as to their safety shall he cleared up. The Company has written to Marshal Soult, requesting him to authorise the head engineer of the Company to enter into commu nication with the Committee of Artillery "to examine, in union with them, into the best means of adding, if possible, fresh improvements to the various objects used on the line, particularly the axle-trees of locomotives." A new steam-whistle of a peculiar sound has beets added to all the engines to give intimation to the conductors► when to tighten the breaks, in order to stop the trains, or di minish their speed. Goods and luggage, which hitherto were attached to the end of the train, are for the future to be placed between the waggons and the tenders. Although the priVate regulations of the Company, for fixing the rate of speed, may be considered as efficient, as 9,064,364 persons have been carried on the line since its opening, without any case of death or severe injury having occurred, yet, as a prudential measure, a dimi nution in the rate of going has been prescribed. The most watchful attention has been commanded for the breaks, and the materiel in general, and the strictest care has been ordered to be paid to keeping it in perfect con dition. In the present state of excitement it may be well to observe that there have been conveyed on the Belgian travellers, iines from a l‘ i f id ay t ' h out s' of t p lti e s " g m rett r, number, lB4ll t 7 l ( l ) ; ' t% 7 ' o 6 persons hit.e perished. in an actual railroad accident. The distance passed . over in Belgium was, in 1840, 295,296 leagues, and, in 1841, 362,157, making a total of 637,433 leagues. On the St. Germain and Versailles line the number, in 1840, was 126,746 leagues, and, in 1841, 154,863, giving .282,609 leagues in all. This gives for the Companies in the two countries a distance of nearly a million of leagues for the two years, and a tran sport.of passengers almost amounting to 21 millions, since the opening of the lines. IRELAN D. OUTRAGES IN GALWAY COUNTY. DUBLIN, MAY 16.—Within the past week some out rages, connected with the eviction of tenantry, have been committed in Galway—a county hitherto remark able for tranquillity. On this subject the Galway Vindicator contains the following : " Since the regime of our Tory rulers, the borders of Tipperary, adjoining the county of Galway, have been the scene of many outrages ; and, to guard as. much as possible against the system of crossing over the Shan non, it has been deemed prudent by the executive to have a stipendiary magistrate stationed at Portumna. From the vigorous and impartial discharge o f hi s d u t y b y Captain Warburton, aided by the local Magistracy, we trust the Tipperary boys' will not be permitted to sow the seeds ofdiscord amongst the peasantry of Connaught." The same paper contains accounts of outrages in the barony of Leitrim—in one instance a house, from which a family had been ejected for non-title, was destroyed by incendiaries ; in another, the owner of some property, from which a large family had been recently dispos sessed, was himself forcibly evicted by an armed party of " Terry Alts." EMIGRATION. Notwithstanding the advance of the season, emigration is still proceeding with as much vigour as in the com mencement of the spring ; and it is upon as extensive a scale in Ulster as in the southern counties. From Bel fast alone, since the opening of the present season, thirteen vessels have sidle I for Quebec, St. John's, and Prince Edward's Island, carrying out about :1,500 pas sengers. Some vessels have also sailed for the United States, with three or four hundred passengers. DREADFUL CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE. _ The Cork Examiner contains the following account of a desperate encounter between three policemen and a number of the peasantry. The district where this oc curred has been heretofore very p eacea bl e . it is within the county of Tipperary, and upon th e bo rders of the county of Cork "A party, consisting of three of the police stationed at Kilbenney, near hittchelstown, were on patrol about eleYen p'clocli on Wednesday night, when they were a party of between twelve nod eighteen mmi armed, and — apparcntly some desperate intent.. On . the police challenging theirs;"-'they. answered very roughly, and immediately attacked the Their arms not being loaded :at the time, they could badly defend thensclies. Two of them Were• desperate ly beaten, and now Hein the bar racks, with very little hopes of their recovery. One of them, named' Strap,. made a desperate fight; but was thrOWn over a bridge' near the- place.' held hit as•• ailaut, so firmly. as to. drag him...ups 11.1, (,!,'S! ve him several stabs with. hos.bayonfot i - from the effects of it - „K Supposed, lite-nitist have died ;, he also kept likm hold of his gnu, and though his skull was fractured - in three different places, he succeeded in keeping it from him. Robinson, another of the police, also made fight. but was knocked down by a blow of a hainmer, and his skull badly fractured. The other policeman endeavoured to discharge his carbine at a fellow who attacked him,‘. but missed fire—he .then made off to dui barracks for more assistance. Two countrymen, who lived near the spot, rushed out of their house and gave the police every assistance ; they knocked down several of the fellow — in fact but fir them the two police would have been mur dered on the spot. The neighbouring police, with Mr . Bourke, the sub-inspector, have been out all day en deavouring to trace them, but without effect. This has caused a great sensation in \litehelstown, which is 11, peaceable quarter of the country. There is no idea what the fellows were intent on, but it is hoped by the active exertions of the police, they will speedily he; brought to justice." PROCLAMATION TO THE CITI• ZENS OF TEXAS. • "My Cott ntrymen,—Rumours have been brought from the south-western frontier of invasion. Particulars have not been furnished to the Executive. The facts are suffi cient to justify immediate preparation for defensive war. All who arc subject to military duty are commanded to be in readiness to repair equipped to the scene of action at the call of the authorities of the country. It is or dered that the Colonel of each county, for the present, lay off the di - linty into' compa n y b eats, and direct the election of Captains and subalterns, and arrange the members of each company into three classes, agreeably to the class which they may draw. When draughts may take place the Colonels of the different counties shall have authority aad power to accept efficient sub stitutes into service. `• Each man will be required, in the event of a call by the President, to report himself, furnished with gooli arms, eight days' provision, and 100 rounds of ammu nition, and prepared for three months' service from tho time when they may report at the headquarters of the army. "In the event of a formidable invasion ' it is needless to appeal to the patriotism a nd va l our of Texans. They have won liberty and independence by their undaunted heroism ; they have tujoyed the blessings of freedom ; they are prowl of their national character. If invasion should press upon us we :tre required by every sacred obligation to familj-, friends, and country. to repel our invaders with discomfiture and dismay. if war should come upon us, we will make it our business. We will be authorized to meet and pursue our enemies with vengeance. They have forgotten the generosity with which they were treated when they were placed at the footstool of Texan. mercy They were saved when even • humanity would have justified retributive ven geance Should Mexico again disregard the exalted principles of civilized and honourable :warfare, they shalt feel that. avenging arm that shall take of them full re compense for , oppression and crtielty.- Texau.s can mid will be free—they would prefer death to degradation, or the loss of their independence. "SAMUEL HOUSTON. " Calveston f March 10, 1642." • ELECTON COMMITTEES. • . CORK (COUNTY). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Cross-examined by Mr. Ausms—ls known in Cork. Went up 'with five voters to the Court-house ; that num ber constituted a tally. Went up with five others wtto voted also. There were others who did not vote ; went: up to protect the voters. had two tenants 4 - ,r the Milne , of Good. Does not know if they voted. The" Itligilt• have done so ; might have voted himself. 'The nlaoard. that was exhibited at the Conservative Committee-- room did not tend to allay the people ; Applied to the Mayor to swe ar i n special cost stables. Cannot mention the name of a single voter who remained junpolled except.. himself (it having appeared from the poll-books that the two Goods voted). it was about forty yards from Daly's Club that Mr. Payne fired. Mr. Payne is a' clergyman of the. Established Church ; witness held a pistol in his hs.nd. To the Committee.--When Mr. Payne fired he hmi access to Daly's Club. The people were pressing on them when Mr. Payne fired. The pistol was fired at th e people. Thinks it was nec essar y f or their personal safety that the pistol should be fired. Met with no obstruction in coming to Cork. He travelled the same road with the Bantry voters. Had about thirty voters with him. Is not aware that the voters received any injury when they returned home. - Sir Miehsael Creagh was next examined—Was Lieut.- Colonel Of the 86th Regiment, at the last election fist Cork; GeneralL'Estrange was the Commanding Offteeir; there were 150 men in tile barracks ; fifty of theta vve;:e in the town who were relieved by 50 others, and Lltlvtre a:ways in readiness at the barracks ; there were abont twenty five cavalry beside. The town was very much excited. Conservative voters would run great risk in going to the poll without an escort. Sawmissiles throe n. Every day he was in town he saw acts of violence but they were chiefly committed by women.—(Laugh ter.) They were near the soldiers, and afforded the men much amusement.—(Laughter.) Does not know that, men were dressed in women's clothes ; did not nvaini4e particularly.—(Great laughter.) if witness wers, voter, he would have reit apprehension. Cross-examined—There was the usual noise am . : ex citement in 'Cork which usually takes place a"... lri-h elections; - Might have brough t into Cork a greater number of troops if required ; had :700 at Ballineollia• which is about four miles distant from Cork. Mr. Coulon, Head-constable of Police, s t ate d that two hundred of the police-force were called into the citv.of Cork during the election ; the people called the 'Conservative party "bloody Conservatives" and said " they- ought to be kicked." They were armed with great The people were.very much excited. The voters had to be protected. They passed through the police. The police were frequently obliged to chase the people. Ile saw persons with fustian jackets, who appeared to be ringleaders. He saw ttneperson, respectably dressed, with his back chalked. When he made his appearance, he heard a cry of " Now, now, now rt• He was then fol lowed, and beaten with sticks. Witness came np and protected hint with his fixed bayonet. While do ing so witness was smirk himself with a stone. Saw a'seco»dperson marked with chalk. lie u - as . marked outside the Court-house. He was followed and beaten with sticks. .Witness could not reach hint, by reason of the crowd. Saw liar or five persons leave the crowd and go to the Committee-room of ill*s.rs. O'Connell and Roche ; they said they had taken :Tway a pistol. Saw a gentleman put out his head throngit the windoiv, and draw a charge from the pistoL The people became very violent in consequence. The wit ness went onto detail acts of violence, and stated that, in his opinion, there was not tiny safety for life or limb for Conservative voters, without an armed protection. Nothing particular waB elicited by the cross-examina tion of the witness. The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'clock this day. We have received the Madrid journals of tho 4th instant. They are totally destitute of political interest The Gone° Nacional states that the diligence from Se ville was stopped on the 3d, near Santa Cruz, by nine bandits, who robbed all the passengers. DESTRUCTION OF A THEATRE IN NEW ORLEANS.— On Sunday evening, the 13th of March, about 6 o'clock, an alarm of fire was given, and it was soon discovered to have commenced its devastation in a shed and stable at, 96, Camp-street, occupied by Quirk and Sons, cabinet makers. The stable adjoined the rear of the St. Charles's Theatre, and in ten minutes' time the blaze rau up the walls of the theatre, while ten minutes more saw the whole building enveloped in flame. By half-past 7 o'clock, one hour and a half from the time the building caught, nothing but the walls and the magnificent pros cenium arch were left standing. The fall of the great. chandelier was distinctly heard. The fire next attacked the Arcade Bath building, and it fell a complete prey te► thel devouring - element. The old Camp -street Theatre was saved with much difficulty, though one-fourth of the rear of that building was crushed in,' roof and all, by the fall of the wall of the Arcade. One man was killed by , another, who threw a bottle at his head ; another by tumbling wall. Several men were severely injui:ed. The insurance on the St. Charles and Arcade is 30,000 dollars. All the scenery, fittings, decorations, the chandelier, &c., belonged to Mr. Caldwell, who was not insured. He estimates his loss at 70,000 dollars, at a low valuation. On the Camp-street Theatre, which is now occupied above as a billiard-room, and below as an auction mart, he had no insurance. The injury done to , this building is estimated at 10,000 dollars.—There are arpresent five theatres in the city of New York, and, although they struggle hard to pay current expenses, it has been recently proposed to erect three more new ones ; one to be commenced upon the ruins of the late " National " (Wallack's) ; a second by the friends of Miss Cushman (a favourite actress), by converting the " Gothic-hall " into a playhouse ; and a third for Ham blin, near the Broadway. The Mayor of Liveriml has called a public meet ing in reference to the dreadful calamity which has ju s t befallen the City of Hamburgh. It was to be held yesterday. FATAL. CAB ACCIDENT. —Tuesday night, about tett. o'clock, a dreadful accident occurred to a respectable, lady named Lydia Warren , . 58 years of age, residing' t Ki»g-street, wh en a gentleman's i m her down, and th e w h eels , passed over her. No. 11, Little T ur nstile, Holborn. Th e deceased I!v.as Sh e was immediately pick e d up, and xv-moved calcrossingsi I n i g ol k bo n o r Hon k f e ro d - to King's College hospital, where she died in a, few mi nutes. Th e gentleman who occasioned the accident ex pressed great concern, and accompanied her to the hos pital. " WANTED A GOVEIUNEStC----It has recently come %rithin our knowledge that nearly one hundred gentlemen in this neighbourhood, in reply to s tions have been received, in each of two instar,e e s, by tbct i f i lm ( il ; ',nee ad vertisements, announcing the want of goy / m esses in S F i t i c at , r iT e Ht. u s r ituGn.— A meeting to originate a subscription for the relief of 'rite tens of thou sands of poo r creatures, d epr i ve d of evrjry thing g by this unexampled calamity, will be held, at t h e session's House, in Chapel-street, in this t'iwn, to-morrow at two o'clo c k. V e trust that it will 'h e well attended, and that the subscriptions will be wooly of the object.-- Liverpool Times.