The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-11 00:00:00

13, Great Marltorough-street. , LEVER'S NEW WORK. ILLUSTRATED BY CRUIESIIA.:K. • — ARTHUR O'LEARY; his WANDERINGS and PONDERINGS in MANY LANDS," edited,:by his friend, HARRY LOUREQUER, and illult IS rated by READY AT ALL T H H BO GEORGE CRLIKSANK, OKSELLEvoLs., RS post Svo., NOW E MR . And Libraries throughout the bingdoni. liertry Colbum, PublLsher, 13. Great Marlborough-strett NEW NOVEL ET THE AuTiloi:Ess OF " TILE lninlediately, In 3 vols., post Bvo., T HE WILFULNESS OF WOMAN .• By the Authoress of " THE Hri.TORT OF A FLIRT," " THE M_INTUVRE.tiG MOTHER," &c. , Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. • THIS EVENING, APRIL 11, Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheiin, Mr. Borrani;: Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison;• Devilshoof, Mr. Stret.on ; Arline, Miss Rain forth ; Queen of theliipsieo, Mi s Betts. After which, MY WIFE'S COME. To conclude with A DIVERTISSEMENT from the Grand Eal Maaque of GUSTAVUS. Less Boxes 72., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 58.. Second Price 3s. ; Pit 33 , Second Price *dale Gallery 2 5.. Second Price Is.; - Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN W EBSTER. LESSER THIS EVENING, APRIL 11, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sit Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonus Leech, Mr Tilbury ; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby. Atter which, a New Comic Drama, en titled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis ale Richeville, Mr. harles Mathews ; Francine, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitledTHE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with PaLE Principal Characters by Mr. C. Matkews, Mr. J. Island; Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Mini Lee. To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his INFANT SON, s u rna med r " Le Petit Mercure." Orchestra Stalls, As. Boxes, ss. • Pit, 3s. ; Gallery. :Is.; Upper Gallery, la. llsif.price—Boxes 3s. ; Pit 25 .; Gallery, Is. ; Upper flattery, ed. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven • Mr. Vi. Farren will appear on Monday, April 15, as Sir Peter Teazle, in the StfboOl for Scandal Tickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Archer, at the Box °lice, from Ten till Five. - PRINCESS'S THEATRE, 0 XFOR D.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 11, Will be performed the Petite Drama, called THE GREEK SLAVE. Sir Henry. Norton, Mr. Fitzjames ; Dr. Robertson, Mr. Granby ; Lord Betton, Mr. Higgie ; Zaida ( t h e Greek Slave), Madame Eugenie Prosper. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS. After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, cal! ed F AIR STAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DA NCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxbsrry, Mrs. 11. P. Grattan, and Miss Forteecue. - THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. • Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, April 11, an Address by Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be repeated a New Comedietta, in Two Acts entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. i rincipal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F Mathews, F. Vining, Emmy, and Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs Keeley. To he followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Mess's. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. CoUier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the t heatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Ihestre), and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burle que hairy Extra. vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. I ha. racters by NH- Woolgar, Miss K. Chaplin, Mrs..Woollidge, Mita Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan; Miss James, Miss t'airbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, shigan, Yariiold, and Chapli n. PRICES OF. ADMISSION.—First Price--Poxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price —Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 1 ier (holding eight person.s.),. two Guineas Frivade Boxes on the Second Tier (ho sing eight persons), one Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad ulission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable free Tickets (for the first forty nights), Three Guinea*. Doors open at Half-past Six. Performances begins et Seven o'Clock. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. - 111 THis . EVENING. APRIL IL ASTLEY'S .ItOYAL AMPHI I'HEATRE of ARTS (under the management and sole proprietor ihip of Mr. BAT ry), with itaXte.ble Rotation of Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, and unerualled Scenes of the Circle, and Batty's Matchless Stud of beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c. Mr. Batty bets respectfully , to acquaint the Nobility, tientry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi ciently commodious for its numerous p Atolls, he entered into an extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-cons , ructing on a magnificent and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has been rebuilt, dress boxes entarge,l, upper boxes widened, and pit and gallcriei extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres are added, aid a ureeian dome ceiling, with entirely new splendid classic decorations, and gorgeous appp ,ndments, which, with the ii,st.rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot tail of obtaining that support so liberally bestowcal on his endeavours during the last season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the splendid historical effects of the Noi man Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Ulympique will in. traduce un quailed equestrian talent, and the dowle company cot- Wise talent of the highest sat der. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. OACIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The most splendid Eaiter Entertainment cver presented—Everything New—Supforted by the First Talent in the World. - THIS EVENING, APRIL 11, Will be repeated an' entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, tri which the entire Company will perform. A floc whieb (First Week), THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup pc to by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To which wi 1 be addcd the Wonderful Performance of Herr HENGLER on the Corde Elastlque, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled 0, rneastiques. To o.ncleide with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JOHNS'JN ; or, The Blind Witness. haves and Private - Boxes to be hail of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. o lice, trona Eleven to Four. - ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Great Notelty and new Engagements. THIS EVENING, APRIL 11, Will be repeated a New Drama, called LEONTINE ; or TEEN YEARS • AGO t Fitzarin.gton, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Ar thur, Mr. C. J. Bird (his first appearance); - Mat, Mr.. Freer ; Paul, Mr. Corene, ((his first appearance) ; Leo!itine, Miss Vincent. With the Grand ,Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampton and his Pupils. After which, a Melo-Drami, entitle), THE BRIDGE OF KF:HL. Gervast, Mr. Freer ; Darville, Mr. Nantz ; Albeit, Mr. C.- J Bird ; Eugene, Mr. Seaman; Von Glotzen, Mr. James; Valance. Mr. D.t'e;_ Phillipo, Mr. Paul ; Madelon, Miss Saker, (het first appearance) ; Isabella, Mrs. G. Lee. To conclude with THE ICE WITCH. Harold, (the Sea. King) Mr. Nantz ; Magnus Snoro, Mr. Gardner ; Hecla, Miss Arden; Ulla, Miss Stephens (her that appearance); Minna, Miss - Freyeri- Miss Hicks, (her first appearance) ; Druda, Mrs. G. Le e , &c., THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, THIS EVENING, April ii, the GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will re.ascend his MYSTIC THRONE, and com mence his NEW :_CIENCES of MODERN MIRACLES, which have no parallel in the world. In addition to the Wizard's Per fannznecA, MR. 3IA LO N E RAYMOND, the successful rep-c -aentative of Irish Characters, from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket; will give his original' Ritertainment, entitled AN HOUR IN IRELAND, assisted by MRS, MALONE RAYMOND, MISS LINLEY, and MR. SMICH. gaxes, ;13. I'it. Is. tld. 'Gallery, ed. Second Price at Nme o'clock. 11;:bors open at Seven, the Performances commenceat half-pa,t. LOVE'S POLYPH , JNIC ENTERTAINMENTS, CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND, ' Mr, LOVE has the honour to announce that , he will present HIS ANNUAL POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS. and Li:CR:RES on LIFE and CHARACTER, every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY. He will introduce much Novelty, which has been long in preparation, with entirely New and Appr.. priate Mutative Costumes and Appointments. Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening. On MONDAY,' Mt RTH AND MARVELS; wth A WOL F IN SHEEP'S CLOTHINO ; are' other Entertainments Cm WEDNk: D NY, LOVE'S REMINISCENCES; with MINE HOSI"S DILEMMAS; and other Entertainments. On FRIDAY, LOVE IN ALL SHAPES; with LOVE'S LA BOUR'S LAST; and other Entertainments. Particulars in Handbills. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; begin at Eight. Admission, la. lid.; Reserved Seats, 2s 6d. EoYpTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONF. SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the riv.lt magnincent and extensive Collection of Histo riat Curiosities and Worl.l of Art ever known to hove been formes! by One Ver,on, daring Twenty-flee years of elaborate research, at cost .160,f300 guinea S, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interestilw manner, the most Important part of Euro van history, 'Viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWF.H.L. and LOUIS XIV., to the th?aths of I:EORt;E 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in'lf2l.' 'This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Luke Wellington, the Foreign Princes, ambassadors, and their Ladies, many thousands , f the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very tine pictures, &e., his pre\ ions almost inerrdlbie number and varit:ty of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relies, and other carlositi , s, In this most ibstructive and, a‘, hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of tic PUBLIC PRESS have stated that'll ought to be seeu by everyone. 'l he price of aliii•>- slon is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM to he seen only at the " Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. COBRESPONDENTS. The Budget will be brought forward shortly after Easter, probably Friday, 26th April. _ • THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, APRIL 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40; llighest, 59; N oon , 6 5 . BAttomETER, 30 05.—WIND, W. NoTF.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the eeziog point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. WATER.AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ... 18 minutes after 8 I Evening 1 minute after 9. - !e l V e. A 4 31 . 4 i .1 4°1114 . _ SECOND EDITION: Otivnin4 LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL il, 1844. Mr. RowLAND HILL will be remembered by the British public hereafter, as among the most prac- 1 tical of its benefactors. His bold conception of a plan of Post-office reform—followed out, as it has been, with remarkable sagacity and invincible perse verance, to the establishment of a general penny post, in lieu of that expensive, vexatious, and ill-arranged scheme which had been 60 long tolerated under the authority of Tory prescription ; his well-sustained conflict with an official department, strong in a spe cies of administrative monopoly, and supercilious, if not arrogant, in the tone of all its previous communi cations with private individuals or public bodies; naust be accounted very signal efforts of a vigorous talent for business. It would be great injustice to the merits of thi s gentlemen to forget t h e l ong - es tablished , lnduence and credit of the Post-office direction, whose management he impu gned, portant details he expo se d, whose ignorance of ini t. whose desire to consult . and accommodate the convenience of the public he FOLVS I 4 I iid• Perhaps the annals of official c• ~.. ‘,. gic:i7c*?"`, ,in England do not exhibit—not th?4ra-nn . the' del ii#ent inefficiency of the Board of " 441 .01,titgras=4,para141 to the irresponsible impunity , 4 •:; 4 s I elnaccessible absOlutism, which the late Sir Faartct; ' P: d . ,:iisn.nio had coiiirived to organise and exercise in ~, 4.14:-EsikkofOccps'nagement. Until the time of the •,—, pleeniptgir of RICHMOND'S tenure of the ape pointment, successive Postmasters-General had been 'TIP RIJN - , TTITIRST/AY VENIIIG, APRIL 11, 1,144 mere dummies in the leading-strings of the Barone Secretary. His Grace was certainly the first, not only to act but to think for himself; and, in spite of the sensitive reluctance of his man of-business to admit of any intervention " from without" with the sacred mysteries of the Secretary's department, the Duke aid show himself, on most occasions, alive to suggestions for the simplification of office arrange ments, the improvement and extension of the service, and a better economy in the collection of its revenue. The same indisposition to improvements suggested from any quarter out of the " office," the same posi tive discouragement which had been always mani fested in " Reports" to the Treasury or Parliainent, of anything like a searching reform and revision of the machinery of the Post-office, which proved impassable barriers to the projectors of such innovations during the control and Secretary ship of Sir FRANCIS FREELING, that indi vidual would have bequeathed to his successors, But the public feeling and desire had been strongly pronounced as to the necessity for adopting some such extensive alterations. Several Members of Parlia ment had addressed their anxious and unceasing de mands in the same direction, and, with a praiseworthy resolution, pertinaciously kept the matter before the Legislature. The result of these combined and con tinuous efforts was, that Select Committees were appointed. Important evidence was largely taken by them, and investigations, arising out of the informa tion thus communicated, were set on foot, and fear lessly conducted; which led to the exposure of innu merable defects and omissions ; of a sort of favouritism and patronage in the disposal of subordinate appoint ments ; and of many incompatible and mischievous errors in the working of the system, which had been cried up for so many years, without examination or proof, as a model of executive administration. Mr. ROWLAND HILL is fairly entitled to the credit of having digested the multifarious results of these inquiries, and not only deduced from them many im portant conclusions, on which have subsequently been founded vast improvements in the transmission of cor respondence, the multiplication of reception houses, conveyances, and deliveries for that correspondence, and increased punctuality and order in those delive ries; but has suggested, and by infinite application established, in working permanency, the cheapest as well as the most extensive post ever yet established, for the benefit of the most active, opulent, and commercial community which ever yet existed. It is not our purpose to detain the reader by expatiating here on so trite a topic as the ines timable advantages of a post-letter communication, by which, at a mere fractional charge, the residents of districts and towns the most remote from each other can correspond, with a rapidity almost inconceivable, throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom. The best evidence—if any could be now needed—to facts admitted on all hands to be incon tsstible, is to be found in that marvellous excitement, moral and intellectual, which this happy invention has awakened in the public mind. The number of letters posted since the experiment of 1839 has been finally acted upon and fully developed, has increased, as compared with the number in any preceding year, in a ratio ex ceeding that which many of its moat sanguine advo• cotes had ever thought it possible that the predicted increase of correspondence could arrive at. In this increase, how large an addition to the stock of human intelligence,—how vast a diffusion and interchange of mental endowment,—how prodigious an expansion of social intercourse, despite the accidents of personal separation, and remoteness of distance,—how awakened a spirit ofcommercial enterprise and scientific inquiry,— how multiplied channels for disseminating the most re cent discoveries of natural philosophy, the newest in ventions of art,—how many and inappreciable facilities for enlarging the circle and consolidating the bases of human happiness—are involved. And if such objects be, as most assuredly they are, of the highest public con cernment, hOw well has Mr. ROWLAND HILL deserved of his country by the sucessful labours he has devoted to wards bringing it into effective operation—however simple in its principles and homely in its details — a system which sets and maintains all these admirable impulses in motion, at an expense so economised as to ensure their permanency. For some cause or other, official or party views appear to have removed Mr. ROWLAND HILL from a post of emolument, in which he might he regarded as receiving the honourable and well-merited reward of his eminent public services. lie does not seem to be at all an acceptable colleague in the departmental business of a Tory Government. We do not wonder at this, but we must insist upon the circumstance, as giving him additional claims on the gratitude and support of his countrymen. That support they will not fail, we are confident, to give—that gratitude they cannot refrain, we are persuaded, from recording—by adding their early subscriptions to the list of those which our advertising columns display, as contributors to the "National Testimonial," to the merits of this well deserving, and, we fear, harshly-used gentleman. In the number of its subscribers, which ought to be enormous, we anticipate an evidence of the respect of all classes; for the middling and the bumbler ranks are principally benefited by the system he has been the means of establishing. In the amount subscribed, we cannot suppose that we shall be disappointed ; for the public honour is concerned in providing an ample and distinguished remuneration for a servant who has done so much for his compatriots, and yet appears to be marked out for the ill-will and rejection )f the Government at the first moment they fancy hemselves at liberty to manifest their hostility owards him. At a great free trade demonstration, which took place a day or two since at Wolverhampton, Mr. VILLIERS, who was present, and who made one of those quiet but forcible speeches which never fail to 2ommand a respectful attention, stated that the League, under all circumstances, and at all hazards, were resolved to persevere in their crusade against the corn-laws, till every vestige of that onerous impost was swept from the statute-book. They would hear of no compromise—they would pursue no tame, middle course, such as was involved in the principle of a fixed duty—but would stand up unflinchingly for the Repeal—the whole Re peal—and nothing but the Repeal. " No revival of trade," added the Honourable Gentleman, "no improvement of revenue, no good harvest, will ever induce the League to relax in their unceasing hostility to this unrighteous law." There are times when extreme boldness is the best wisdom ; and the present is one of those periods. The enemies of free trade have recently exhibited a bolder front than they have done for years past ; the language of the Premier at the commencement of the session has filled them with confidence ; and they seem resolved " to die in the last ditch" in defence of their cherished system of monopoly. Under such circumstances, what remains for the League but to meet determination with determination —to oppose perseverance to perseverance—and to counter act the effects of zeal by the still more decisive influence of enthusiasm ? To agitate by fits and starts will henceforth be of no earthly use to the good cause. The free traders must keep the field both by night and day—they must have their weapons ever ready at hand, and be prepared at a moment's notice, like the indefatigable Ironsides of Cuom- WELL, against every species of surprise. Drop by drop water wears away the hardest stone, and by continuous agitation only can the League hope to conquer. Mr. COBDEN, who was also in attendance at this great public demonstration—which by all ac counts was theoneoferha rnp mo t s orx most imposing manyosingth that has been made a t lvolv al: n n e g year—alluding cursorily to the trimming policy of some of the more influential members of the Cabinet— observed,—" Speaking of the corn -laws aws generally, there was not a man in the House of Commons who was not ashamed to advocate them. He admitted that GRAHAM and STANLEY, GLADSTONE and PEEL, were intellectually able and distinguished men ; but it was impossible to sit opposite them, and not perceive that it was nothing but the force of circumstances which induced them to maintain their present position ; it was as clear as day that they were ashamed of the humiliating task which they had to perform No doubt while they were saddled and bridled by the Duke of RICHMOND and the Duke of B UC K INGIIAM,.they would continue their present policy ;but they m wilt rely on it that, on the first opportunity which presented itself, the Ministers to whom he referred--by far the ablest members of the Cabinet—would bolt out of the course, and run in an opposite direction." This is precisely the lan- guage we have used, not once, but a dozen titres in The Sun. Influenced by no rigid principle — restrained by no compunctious visitings of conscience deaf to all considerations but tho,e of expediency—Ministers require only to be sufficiently pressed by the people, through their accredited agent the League, to - give way to that pressure. But, to pass from this to another consider ation. The question of the corn-laws will of course come fully before the House for discussion this ses sion ; great zeal, great energy, and no slight power s of declamation will of course be manifested on the occasion ; and as the question is one in which humanity is deeply, vitally interested, may we not expect are we not entitled to expect that every individual member who has fought by the side of Lord ASHLEY in the august cause of human nature, will be found fighting by the side of Mr. COBDEN on the question of the corn-laws ? Surely cheap food is quite as great a necessity for the poor operatives as a reduction in the hours of their labour ! If humanity demands a mitigated Factory Bill, she demands also a repeal of the tax on food. It is hut shallow, spurious sensibility that con cedes the one and refuses the other. To relieve the poor from excessive toil is gOod ; to relieve them from starvation stilt better. It is on this broad ground that the League insist on the erasure of the grinding corn-laws from the statute-book ; they take their proud stand on humanity ; they see that its sacred claims are set at nought by selfish and reckless mono polists ; and not a member who voted with Lord ASHLEY on the Factory Bill, but is bound, by every strict tie that can bind an honest man, to vote with Mr. COBDEN on a question which is still more closely bound up with all the best feelings of our common nature. False indeed, and one•sided, is that humanity which can content itself with abridging the daily toil of the poor, while it denies them their first and greatest want—the cheap loaf! An important public meeting, which, it seems, is the first of a series announced to take place in the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, was held, on Monday night, in the Music-hall, Leeds, in favour of a Ten Hours' Factory Bill. Dr. Hoot, the Vicar, presided at this meeting ; and, after a few prefatory remarks oa the subject, he boldly declared that no consideration on earth should prevent him from taking an active and decided part in the fierce struggle now in progress between humanity, on the one hand, and self-interest, on the other. "I should be unworthy of the post I occupy in this parish," re marked the reverend gentleman, "if I permitted any feeling of reluctance on my part to oppose her MA• JESTY'S Government to prevent, by being among you this day, my declaring that I will fight with you in this righteous cause to the last gasp. I trust and hope our friends in London, now that the question is put to them, whether they will give up the cause of party or the cause of humanity, will fling party to the dogs, and still hold on in the right and good path." Most cordially do we echo this wish, but at the same time we must confess that we are by no means sanguine as to the probability of its being realised. That the sacred interests of human nature will prevail in the long run, we have no more doubt than that Sir JAMES GRAHAM is a renegade Whig; when an evil becomes intolerable it brings with it its own remedy, as a mat ter of course ; all history proves the truth of this asser tion ; but, in the meanwhile, there are many serious obstacles which are now actively and insidiously being thrown in the way of such a desirable consummation. The temper of the House of Commons on the question of the Ten Hours' Bill is certainly one that cannot be depended on ; the Premier there exercises a power which even the most Liberal Members seem to shrink from opposing ; and if he persists—as he will no doubt do—in preferring the claims of expediency to those of humanity, we greatly fear that expediency will carry the day, and humanity be flung overboard. It is not, then, within, but without, the walls of Par liament that the impulse must originate which shall carry Lord ASHLEY'S measure to a triumphant issue; and that impulse once fairly roused and set in vigorous action, who can possibly doubt the result ? Mr. SMITH, a surgeon, who stated that he had had " a quarter of a century's practice at the Leeds Infir mary," observed that he "had been long accustomed to see the injurious effects produced by the protracted , labour of young persons in factories," and pointedly alluded to a late meeting of mill-owners and manufac turers, at which, among other resolutions, it was moved, that " the hours of working now customary for women and young persons in the mills are not oppressive, nor injurious to health." We should like to see the wealthy mill-owners and manufacturers, who so coolly agreed to this resolution, try the experi ment of excessive labour on their own children ! Let them subject these tenderly nurtured sons and daugh ters, who are brought up in the lap of luxury—who have no ailments but such as are elegant and respectable ones—whose only labours are confined to practising on a piano, and dancing half the night in a ball-room —who, if a slight headache affeets them, can ride it off in a carriage—or if hysterics (that besetting ma lady of the genteel) incommode them, can bathe them away in some fashionable watering• place, when busi ness happens to be slack at the paternal mill, and the family may decamp with propriety ;—let the parents, we say, of these fortunate young folks subject them to the same labours to which the poor, unprotected, un pitied factory women and children are subjected; let them set them vigorously to work for twelve hours in the day—with no elegant Grecian couch, or soft cushioned rose-wood chair to take even a half hour's rest upon—with no fresh air to recruit their fainting spirits, and no kind words to cheer them in the hours of toil ;—let the millowners and manufacturers who agreed to the above resolution, subject their own flesh and blood to this experiment ; and then, if no ill effects result from it, if their children, after six weeks' hard work in the factory, are as fresh, as contented, as healthy, and as happy as they were on the day they first entered it, we will give up our argument, confess that we have been altogether in the wrong, and— notwithstanding the strong evidence furnished by a hundred medical men to the contrary—agree, that " the hours of working now customary for women and young persons in the mills, are not oppressive to the work-people, nor injurious to their health ;" but, on the contrary, are productive of health, happiness, and morality is an eminent degree, and as beneficial to the interests of the employed as they unquestionably are to those of their employers! In taking leave of this difficult and painful subject—in discussing which we have no wish to bear hard on the manufacturers,, but simply to do justice to both parties—for why should not Humanity have a voice in the matter as well as Mammon ?—in taking leave, for the present, of this most momentous question, we cannot refrain from alluding to the wish that not a few of the master manufacturers have expressed, that the work-people should have the benefit of a sound and plain educa tion. The wish is creditable to them ; but far more creditable would it be, were they, without confining themselves to mere words, to make suitable provision for enabling the operatives to obtain such an educa tion. But how can people who have been labouring twelve hours in the day, in an erect posture, in an atmosphere little short of tropical in ,its heat,--how can such poor creatures, with stiffened joints, languid frames, heavy eyes, and still heavier hearts, find time and energy sufficient for attending to the due culture of their minds ? In such a case—and it is one of every-day occurrence in the factories—nothing re mains for the toil-worn operative but to endeavour to recruit his or her spirits by " tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"—a sleep too often, we fear, troubled by ghastly dreams and fore-shadowings of the future, and not uninvaded by the monotonous sound of the factory bell, which must ring in the ears of the emaciated operative like a prophetic death knell ! The French papers of Tuesday have been received; their contents are not of great importance. In the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, M. St. MARC GIRARDIN brought forward a motion relating to the appointment and promotion of public officers. He proposes to subject all public functionaries to a regular course of promotion. The motion was assented to by ' the Ministry. The Messuger gives a statement of the satisfactory conclusion to whi c h th e nego tiation respecting Christians abjuri ng Islamism has been brought " Baron de Bourqueney writes from Constantinople March 24, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that ;he Reis Effendi, Rifaat Pacha, had just placed in the hands of the two first interpreters of the Ministers of France ' and England the follow ing official note, dated March 2 I : His Highness the Sultan is irrevocably resolved to maintain the friendly relations, and strengthen the bonds of perfect sympathy which tutito hire with the great Powers. The Sublime Porte engages .for the futnre to I prevent, by effective means, any Christian abjurihg Islamism from being put to death. " _ It has been remarked that, though the Turkish Government has_ promised to abolish the extreme punishment of death in such cases, yet it has not said that it will refrain from punishing altogether. It has even been rumoured that the Porto intends to substi tute for decapitation, the punishment of imprisonment and hard labour for life. This, at least, is the state ment of the French Opposition journals. The P7esse says—" Accounts from Beyrout, of March 8, inform us that Essad Pacha wrote, - on March 2, to the Christians of the Lebonon, to an nounce to them that hereafter they are to submit to the Druse authorities. The Christians have protested against this measure, which delivers them, without defence, to their most cruel enemies. At Gaza, in Palestine, the Albanians have massacred and pillaged the Christians, and destroyed fifteen houses from summit to foundation." _ _ The neighbourhood of Lyons has been disturbed by some riotous , conduct on the part of the miners of Rive de Gier, who have struck for wages. The military were called out, and some of the workmen were wounded, but no lives have been lost. THE BOURSE-TUESDAY, APRIL 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.. • • 123 30 123 30 .. 123 25 .. 123 25 Four.and-a-llalf. •• . 110 90 110 90 .. 110 90 .. 110 90 FourperCents— • • 106 10 • • 106 10 .. 106 10 .• 106 10 Three per Cents.• .• • 83 25 .. 83 25 .. 83 20 • • 83 25 Bank of France• •.•••• •• .• • 3100 • • 3105 —3090 —3105 Latlitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll7o • • 1170 .. 1170 .• 1170 5,000 f. Sharesslso ..5155 —5155 ..51Ni Belgian Bank ..• •••••• • • • • • 675 •-• 675 .. 675 .. 675 1842. •• • ....1100 —llOO - ..1100 ..1100 log • • 1021 .. 1021 .. 1021 1840 .. .. ...•• 106 .. 106 106 .. 106 1 1 342 :....... 1071 . • 107 f • • 1071 • • 1071 Threes •••••• • • • • • • 7 S • • 78 • • 78 .. 78 Dutch Two-and.a-Haff •• •• • 61 • • 61 61 .. 61 Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 35 . 35 • • 35 .. 3 5 Threes ••.••• • • • • • 37 } • • 374 .. 374 .. 371 Passive •• • • 6i • • fel .. 61 .. 6f Portuguese Five per Cents • • 47 .• 47 • .. 47 .. 47 Neapolitan ...... .......... 101 45 • • 101 75 .- 101 45 101 70 Roman 1054 .._1054 .. 105 f • • 1054 Belgian Flves - -------- . RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. 8.. L.B 232 50 .. 245 .. 232 •50 .. 245 Rouen . • • • ...... •• .. 947 50 .. 947 50 947 50 .. 947 50 Rouen to Havre. •••••• • . . . . 698 75 .. 700 .. 697 50 . 698 75 Orleans .• • • • • • • • • . • • • . . • • . 918 75 • . 918 75 .. 918 75 918 75 Strasburg to Bale .......... 277 50 • • 280 276 55 .. 276 25 o RAILWAY SIIARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St Germain ••• • • • 825 .. 825 .. 825 . 825 Versailles, R. 11..• •• • • 355 .• 374 •• 355 •• 375 L.B.•..••.•••.• 235 .. 245 .. 227 50 •• 245 Rouen ••••••••••• 945 .• 945 . 945 .. 945 Rouen to Havre• Orleans •• • ............ Strasburg to Bale• •••• • •• Mignon to Marseilles-- 755 .• 755 .. 755 •• 755 PRINCE ALBERT.—His Royal Highness and suite are expected to arrive at Windsor Castle about six o'clock this evening, from the Continent. The Prince is ex pected to travel by route of Dover, travelling by the South-Eastern Railway to the - metropolk and proceed ing from the London terminus direct to 'the Paddingt(ln station (without stopping at Buckingham Palace), and thence, via Slough, to Windsor Castle. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 11.-IVind this day at noon, moderate breeze, from the Westward, and fine clear weather. RAMSGATE, APRIL 10.—Arrd. Billinghausen, hence for Amsterdam, leaky, and it is supposed must discharge. OFF DOVER, APRIL 10.—CarolintrAmelia, Havannah. DEAL, APRIL 10.—Wind, S. to S.S.IV., light.—Arrd. Nugent, Marshall, Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10.—Wind, S.S.E. to S.W.—Sld. British SoVereign, Cape of Good hope, Mauritius, and Ceylon. FALMOUTH, APRIL 10.—Wind variable and light.—Sld. William IV., Newfoundland. DUBLIN, APRIL B.—Sld. Elizabeth, Dalhousie. LIMERICK, APRIL 8.--Ski. Borneo, Quebec. • FOWEY, APRIL B.—Arrd. Robert Matthews, London for Hobart. Town. GALWAY, APRIL B.—Sld. Kate, St. John's, N. Brunswick. PETERIIEHD, APRIL 7.—Sid. Eclipse, Davis Straits. KIRKALDY, APRIL 7.—Arrd. Eliza, Possession Island. MARYPORT, APRIL 7 AND B.—Sld Evelina, Congress, and Royalist, Quebec. ARDROSSAN, APRIL 6.—Ski. Henry, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 10.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Abbot Reading, Atkinson, Islay ; Bella Portena, Buenos Ayres; Cheshire, .King, larbadoes ; Pearl, Scholfield, Mo bile; Nugent, Brown, Manzauilla ;. Venice, Dunbuy, Eliza and Hector, Spencer, New York. Std. Enchantress, Lima ; Capricorn, Demerara ; Lavinia, Trinidad ; Sylph, La Guayra ; Sarah Maria; St: John's, New Brunswick; Diedalus, Ship pegan ; Trident, Montreal. Off, Beethoven. CORK, APRIL B.—Arrd. Caroline Motyrr, Rio Graude. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. SOITTIIALL, APRIL 10.—For each kind of prime stock we had a steady, demand, at prices quite equal to those ob tained on this day se'nnight. Otherwise, however, the trade was heavy, and the rates were with difficulty sup• ported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 6s 2d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offal. Supply—beasts, 37 ; Sheep and Lambs, 2,621 ; Calves, 48 ; Pigs, 39. IiO3IFORD, APRIL 10.—Although the supplies offering to day were by no means large, the demand was, throughout, heavy, on the terms :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs. Sucking Calves, I.Bs to 28s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. LEWES, APRIL 9.--Prime Lambs sold freely; other kinds of- stock slowly, at but little variation in prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to- 4s; Mutton, 2s 6d to .4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. 1145• Y MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. --Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 18s to 3l 5s ; use ful . ditto, 3/ 5s to 31 10s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to 31 16s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s . Wheat Straw, 1l 8s to 11 10$ per load. Trade very dull, at the above quotations. CtJatBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/ 10s ; useful ditto, 3/ 12s to 31 Iss ; fine Upland ditto, 31. lfis to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 3/ to 4l 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 ss to 1/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. A short supply, and a heavy demand. WrinTEcitarnt..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to 318 s ; Upland ditto, 3/ 14$ to s u s e ; Oat Straw, 1/ 63 to 11 lOs per load. upply good, 38 u 1s s e ;l fu 7l l 9v;h d ec i t al t to and trade exceedingly dull. ditto, Straw,e r 3 s y Hay, ,Oat / 5 3 5: s I t t 3 o o s 5 1 ; / I f I AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF ERLTISH CORN, • For the Week ended April 6, 141, made up from the Returns of the Ins pe ctors in the uitierent Cities and fsiv.ris in Englani and Wheat......... :si C i• Wales, per Imperial Quarter 0 5d R .i l 20s 14.! Beau Barley ' Wvitig* led. 0 I E s R y o e F * T . 11 . .i . ********* St WEEKS. i tease 31s. lid Weeks ending' WHEAT. BARLEY.I OATS. 1 RYE, BIIANS. 7 BAWL 33 9 ‘''„„ hlarch 2 ~1 56 2 9 ... 156 0' 11 „.: „ A,, 6 n I 9 1133 9 31 ui $1 6 16 56 3 i ..) - -- 11 i 33 8 31 3' 31 4 3 56 5, 33 I k 0 0j 34 1 31 2 31 0 5e 5 i 32 7 19 B L3 3 31 2 a 0 Aptil 0 ...... IMPERIAL A a csitznATic AVERAGES OF THE SIX .' P ro , li Wileat 5/, Id i Oat , - 0i eiarle - ... ...... 33 . . = I I R y e DuTIRS ON YOkItIGN C 017.1.4. Wheat 16.. 01.1 (l a te .... ..... 64. Odd Pean• 10 titl Barley .......... 5 , . Od. ; Rye ..... —. 9 . 6,1, Pease.... lO 60 Mr. George Robins seems determined that Sir R. Peel shall not forget his declaration in the early part of last session,—it was in terms too unequivocal to be mis understood :—" I neither have, nor do I contemplate any change whatever in the corn-laws." It should seem, on the 25th inst., Arr. Robins will put the value of this welcome fact to the test. Lord Monson's Lincolnshire estate will be the first large property to be sold sine the agricultural community were promised protection, and subsequently to this concession, the Ttiree per Cents. have risen to par, so tSitt land has had a stimulus that ought to give it a preference to funded property. " Auus verrons." The General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Giraffe arrived off Blackwall, from .Rotterdam, at nine A.M. this day, with the Dutch mails. Mr. W. Sterndale Bennett, the eminent pianist, was married on Tuesday last, to Miss Mary Wood, a young lady of high accomplishments, residing at Southampton. The Lord Bishop of Chichester intends, we under stand, holsling_a confirmation throughout his diocese in the course of next May. EASTER FETE AT CHELSEA., ---An attempt has been made this season to convert the grounds of Cremorne House, Chelsea, into a scene - fitf rivalry to Greenwich Park, under the snanakrement of Mr. Niabolson, of Garrick's Coffee:house celebrity. The arnusemild6 provided for the company com prised pony races, a sham:,election, wizardism, mesmerism, music, dancing, poetising, vaulting, and laughing gas, so as to combine, as the bills announced, " science and amuse ment." When the shades of night prevailed, gas and oil in various brilliant devices threw their light on certain favoured spots, Chinese lanterns glimmered on others, whilst many " lovers' walks" were left in gloom, whence issued the sound of laughing voices, and proved that the darthekne es was not a void. Au open air concert formed pt of vening's tertainments, in which several vocalists (male and female) sang a variety of songs adapted to all varieties of taste. We will not attempt to individualise the performers, for they were but dimly seen through the cloud of tobacco smoke which vainly struggled with gas leaking from the pipes for posses sion of the olfactory nerves. The result of the " thousand guinea fete," as it was called, has not, however, been suc cessful. Science and fun at Chelsea, with one shilling for admission, cannot compete with fun by itself at Greenwich, and nothing to pay; as Mr. Nicholson was compelled to ac knowledge yesterday evening, when returning thanks to the company for their attendance. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF THE SON OF TEE LATE MR. PETHER, TILE AllTlST.—Yestetclay an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the Red Lion, Princes-street, West minster, as to the death of Arthur Pether, aged seventeen, whose death ' was caused under the following melancholy cir • cumstancest—Miss Hannah Pether, the sister of deceased, stated that the family resided at York Cottage, Battersea fields. On last Tuesday her brother was chopping some wood with a very heavy hammer, when the top came off, and in attempting to replace it, the heavy iron end fell on his finger, and caused a severe lacerated wound. He at once went to a surgeon, who dressed the finger, but as he got worse on Sun day, by the advice of Mr. Boulton, he was taken to the hos pital. Mr. Morgan, the house surgeon, said that the de ceased, wilco admitted, had a slight wound on the little finger of the left hand. He was then suffering under lock jaw, and although every attention was paid to him, he got worse, and died of tetanus on Tuesday morning. He was quite sensible to within half an hour of his death, and said the injury was caused by himself accidentally. Verdict, " Accidental death." We understand that the Board of Customs have issued an order stating that the owners of fishing boats and vessels can now be supplied with the Regulations concerning the Fisheries between the British Islands and France, at the cost of threepence each, on application being made at the Brighton Custom House. We hope this may meet the eye of most of our fishermen, who will .no doubt gladly avail themselves of so trifling au outlay.--Brighton Paper. SUMMARY OF HEY'S AND Outiitr " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Saturday evening their Majesties received the Neapolitan Ambassador, the Wurtemberg and Danish Ministers, the Chancellor of France, the Duke and Duchess Decazes, the Duke d'Elchingen, the Duke de Bauffremont, the Marquis and Marchioness de Laplace, the Counts de Salvandy and de Montesquiou, the Viscounts Duhesme and Decazes, Baron de la Coste, the Prefect of the Seine, General de Laplace. The Moniteur Parisien announces that the Count de Sartiges, second secretary of the French Embassy at Constantinople, has just been charged by the French Government with a temporary mission in Persia. " It is stated," says the Gazette de France, " that the . Committee ou the budget has called upon the Minister of the Finances to complete the negotiation for the loan of 300,000,000 f." The Courrier Francais mentions a report that the Duke de Montpensier, who is now a captain of artillery, is to be promoted to the rank of Chef d Escadron on his return from Africa, in recompense of the bravery which he exhibited at the Ziban. General Iloncali is at Valencia, where he has released several of the prisoners confined on charges of a poli tical nature. His mercy, however, appears to have been limited to those against whom it was impossible to bring home any charges, and though guiltless of all political affairs, have been arbitrarily left for months to languish in prison. On the Ist of the month a strange event took place at Hurley (Marne). A small farmer, named Champenois, after having ploughed and sown one of his fields with oats, proceeded on his way to his own house. When about 400 metres distant he took off the reins of his horse, and having fixed one end round his neck, he tied the other to the hinder part of his plough. He then whipped his horse into a gallop, and was thus dragged to the village. The horse was at last stopped by some of the inhabitants, who cut the rein, but it was too late, the man was strangled. ; LAW AND POLICE. The trial of Barber, Fletcher, and the other parties implicated in the will forgeries, has commenced at the Old Bailey, and will, it is expected, last for some days. Henry William Albert, a German, was finally exa mined at the Guildhall, charged with uttering two bills of exchange for 877 mares banco and 878 mares, know ing them to bear a forged indorsement, purporting to be that of Messrs. liolte and Co., of Bremen, merchants. He was committed for trial. George Gm= was re-examined at the same office, charged with stealing four parcels containing money, from the Boulogne at. am-boar, under the command of Captain Tune, in September. The evidence previou , ly taken frought home to the prisoner the passing of a 51. note as part of the sum of 600/., remitted from a banker at Boulogne to the Union Bank in London. The pass ing of three other notes by the prisoner was proved, but these formed part of a second parcel. He was again remanded. William Burton NeWenhani. charged with the abduc tion of M's; Frances Louisa Northam, was placed at the bar, at Clerkenwell, for further examination. The de position of Mrs. Northam, the mother of the young lady, was taken, and the prisoner was then again re manded, for the production of certain documentary evidence. COUILT---WASHIONABIGE. The Duke of Beaufort arrived in town yesterday from Newmarket. The Duchess returns on Saturday from Hampton Court Palace. The Ladies Somerset are ex pected on Monday next from Badminton. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady A. Powlett are on a visit to the Hon. Lady Ramsdell, at her seat, By ram Park, Yorkshire, and from thence will proceed to Fawley Park, on a visit to Sir Charles and Lady Knightley. The Marquis of Winchester has left town fur Rack ingham Castle. The Marchioness of Hastings and family will leave Belgrave-street at the end of the week for Donington Castle, Leicestershire. The Marquis of Anglesey and Lady Adelaide P ag et are staying with. the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, at Hinchinbrook, near Huntingdon. The Marquis Of Bute has gone on a visit to Colonel and Baroness North, at their seat, Wroxton Abbey. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in town yesterday, and in the - evening left for Strathfieldsaye, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington. • The Dowager - Marchioness Conyngham arrived a few days since at Thfrons, near Canterbury, from a winter residence at Rome. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield leave New market on Saturday morning for town. The Earl and Countess of Verulam, Viscount and Lady Jane Grimston, leave Combe Abbey on Tuesday next, for Grosvenor•vquare. Viscount Combermere is expected in town early next week,•to take possesion of the house in Belgrave•square, which he has recently purchased from the Farl of Clare. The Dowager Lady Holland left town on Tuesday last, for Ampthill Park. .CELL.A.NEOI7S. • It is said that a Greek loan for three million drachmas is on the Lapis, with an eminent continental banking firm. The Three per. Cent. Consols still further advanced yesterday. The Government broker made a purchase on account of the banks for savings at 1001. In anticipation of a vacancy, by the elevation of Sir Frederick Pollock to the Bench, the Huntingdon elec tors are on the alert for some able and independent in dividual to succeed him. Apparently, more than tired of their long submission to Sandwich dictation, they seemed resolved to make a vigorous attempt to assert their indepe►:dence. 'Mr. J. B. Roper, formerly M.P. for the county, and Mr. James Rust, are mentioned as being likely to Stand. Mr. R chard Foster states his intention of standing for the borough of Cambridge if Mr. Fitzroy Belly becomes Attorney -General. Mrs. Hart!ey and her son, who were lately the unfor tunate subjects of an inquiry under a writ t f lunacy. passed through Truro on Saturday act , -moon. on their way to their seat, noir Camborne. They trmelled in two carriages and tour, that in which Mr:. Hartley rode hiving, in addition to the- arms, a royal crown, with the star and badge of the garter, emblazoned on the panels. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A gentleman named Smith, was charged with. riding a horse through Woburn-court, it being a thoroughfare for foot passengers only; also with assaulting Mr. Wit= liam Chaplin, No. 6, in the court. It appeared from the evidence .that on the previous evening Mr. Swith rode his horse through the court. Mr. Chaplin followed him as tar as Great Russell-street, and there seized the horse. Mr. Smith struck him with his whip to disengage the animal from his grasp. The MAGISTRATE said that Mr. Chaplin had no rig lit to follow Mr. Smith such a distance, and then seize hls horse in the manner lie had seized him. At the same time Mr. Smith had acted contrary to law in riding his horse through a foot thoroughfare, and thereby subjected himself to a penalty of 40s. Mr. Smith said, at the time be entered the Court he was not aware that it was only a foot thoroughfare. The MAGISTRATE said ignorance of the law was no palliation of the offence; he would fine Mr. Smith ss. The fine was paid at once. UNION HALL.-(THES DAY.) Thomas Aberrow, a butcher, a as charged with wound ing his wife on the head ; and there was also a charge preferred against ti.e wife of attempting to drown herself at Nackfriars- bridge. It appeared that, on the preceding night, a woman was prevented from throwing herself into the Thames near the above bridge, and was taken into custody. When conveyed to the station-house, she there said that she determined to destroy herself in consequence of the bad usage of her husband, and she, at the same time ex hibited a severe wound on her head, which was inflicted by him. From the woman's statement before the Magistrate it appeared that her husband had formed an illicit intercourse with another woman, and that it caused a good deal of quarrelling between them. That on the preceding night she (the wife) and her husband having had some high words on the subject alluded to, her husband struck her on the head, and inflicted a wound, which rendered her insensible, and a surgeon having been called in he dressed the wound, and when she subsequently recovered her senses she became so excited at the bud usage she was constantly receiving at the hands of her hustand, that she deter mined on destroying herself, and fur that purpose prO ceeded to the bridge, for the purpose of throwing her self into the river, when she was prevented as above de scribrd. —.._. Mr. COTTINGRA3I said that lie should not decide the case until he heard the evidence of the surgeon as to the nature of the wound inflicted on the unfortunate woman. Alexander Andrews and John Newman were charged with attempting to pick pockets this morning, during the confusion that prevailed at the lamentable accident that occurred by the falling in of the roof of the terminus of the South-Eastern Railway, and by which accident some lives have been sacrificed. It appeared that about seven o'clock, when the acci dent referred to took place, the two prisoner; were ob served busily engaged in their vocation, that of attempt ing to pick the pockets of several persons attracted to the :Tot. Being known as reputed thieves, they were taker; into custody, and were committed by the Magis trate for a month each to the treadmill. CHATHAM, APRIL Io.—This morning, at six o'clock, a Convict Guard, consisting of one sergeant and 34 rank and file of the 58th Regiment, with 15 rank and file of the 80th, marched from this garrison, accompanied by the band of the 58th, for Gravesend, from which place the troops proceeded by steam-vessel for Deptford, and embarked the same morn• ing on board the transport Maria Soames. The guard is under the command of Lieutenant Waldegrave, of the 3d Buffs, with Ensign Walsh of the 80th. 'lhree women and five children accompany the guard. The transport will take in convicts from Woolwich, and Kingstown, in Ireland, for Van Diemen's Land. The whole of the 58th will leave this garrison during the summer months, as Convict Guards. On Monday last the whole of the invalids, consisting of 100 men, were removed from Fort Pitt establishment to Bromp ton Barracks, at which place they are to remain unlil the Casement Barracks, at St. 11Iary's, arc ready for their recep tion. Accommodation will be afforded for 500 men, which number is expected from India during the month of July next. Fort Pitt is now only to be used as a military hos pital. The name of the new ballet in rehearsal at Drury lane is definitively arranged to be Henrietta; or, The Statute Fair. The new danseuse, Mdlle. Grahn, has arrived from Milan, where site was engaged lig 40 nights. THE WILLS FORGERIES. CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, and Mr. Justice MAULE.) Shortly after ten o'clock, their Lordships took their seats on the bench, and William Henry-Barber, Joshua Fletcher, and Georgiana Dorcy were then placed at the bar for trial. Before the indictment was read over, Mr. WILKINS said he had an application to make to the Court, on behalf of the prisoner Barber. Although he had pledged himself yesterday not to challenge the jurors, he had now an affidavit which stated that justice could not be done to the prisoner, unless he had a sepa rate trial. In case the Court granted this, Barber would call the other prisoners as witnesses on his behalf, and their evidence would be very material to his defence. Mr. Baron Gttarmv aJced the Attorney-General whether he had any objection to the proposed course. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Could not consent to it, he believing that it would greatly embarrass the prosecution. Mr. Parry (who was with Mr. Wilkins) referred to the trial of Hardy and others, as affording a precedent for the application. Mr. Baron GURNEY said he thought the application could not be made as a matter of right. After some discussion, the application was refused. The indictment having been read over at length, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to address the jury on behalf of the prosecution. He entreated the patient attention of the jury while he stated the facts which were necessary to enable them to under stand the evidence which would he brought in support of this charge. The accusation was connected with an offence of a novel description, and it affected persons who had hitherto moved in good society, and maintained a creditable name. It would be idle to conceal that the matters to be brought before them had already been the subject of much publication, but he trusted that they would forget all that they had either heard or seen with reference to the transactions which were to be the subject 'of inquiry that day, and he had no doubt they would faithfully and fearlessly discharge their duty. The case was this. One of the prisoners was charged with publishing a forged bond, and the others were charged with being accessories before the fact. Tu speak in more popular language, the offence charged was that of procuring, by false and fraudulent means, the transfer of a sum of money from the unclaimed tock which was transferred to the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt. He desired to state, with as much calmness and simplicity as possible, facts which would undoubtedly be proved in evidence, and he should abstain i'rota any comments, except such as weie necssary to enable the jury to understand the bearing of the entire case as respected the individuals charged. He could not forbear from stating that if, in his judgment, it had not been essential fur the ends of justice that the prisoners should be tried together, he would have ac ceded to his Learned Friend's application. Having orked, however, together—whether honestly or other wise, he thought it impossible to judge of the conduct of the others ; neither did be think that the defence of any one of the prisonerS would be at all affected by their being tried at the sante time. It was necessary to state that by a law, which was passed 30 or 40 years ago, it was provided that if stock had remained without any claim ant for ten years, it should, at the expiration of that time, be transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt ; but care was taken that the claim of any one who was entitled to it should nut be prejudiced by that circumstance. There were three prisoners be fore the jury ; a fourth was included in the indict ment, who died iu the year 1841. William Henry Barber was an attorney, who had been in practice in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, before this charge was brought ; Joshua Fletcher was a person eho had certainly never been suspected of anything of this description until the in quiries which took place before the Lord Mayor ; the other prisoner, Georgiana Dorey, was the wife of a respectable tradesman in Oxford-street ; and the charge against them was that Susauah Richards deceased, published a forged bond with a view to obtain possession of some stock by that means, and that the said prisontirS in" some way or other lent their assistance in obtaining that stock. In the year 1826 there was standing inilie . Bank of England, in the saute of " John Stewart, of Great Marlow, in the county of Bucks, gardener," a sum producing 511. per annum in. the Long Annuities. It appeared that Mr. Stewart re ceived the last dividend on ehjs stock on the sth of April preceding his death, and that he died on the 13 th of March, 1827. The tlividends remained unclaimed down to the 11 th :of October, 1836, when, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament, it was transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. John Stewart - was head-gardener to a gentleman of the name of Strode, residing at Great Marlow. He was born in Scotland, and lived there till he was twenty years old. His history could be pretty well traced. From his own statement, it appeared that he had no relative except a brother ; he had no sister. Ile had nut heard of his brother for many years before he died. None of those who knew him ever heard him speak of a sister, nor was there any trace of any such person ever having been in existence. Now, to prevent claims from being made which wore unfounded, care was taken that the stock transferred to the Commis sioners of the National Debt should not become matter of public notoriety. Clahns of this sort were not guarded by the vigilance of opposing individual interests on the other side, and it was necessary, therefore, to be very cautious. Still some .persons must be aware of a trate section which was publicly and formally done. Mr. Stewart having died in. 1827, and the stock having been transferred in 1836, his death became known to Barber and Fletcher. Fletcher went down to Great Marlow, and stayed a short time -at the Greyhound Inn, kept by a person of the name of . Hyatt. Inquiries were made by him in the name of G. Jones. 24, Little Guildlord-street, Russell-square. lie was in strutted that there was no doubt of the identity of Fit t cher as a person who made inquiries of a number of old persons respecting John Stewart, under this false name. Several witnesses would identify him as that person. But he would be still better identified by a letter which he wrote on the 25th of June, 1840. to a person whom he had seen, named William Winsor. The Learned Counsel then read a letter dated June 25, 1840, and giving the address 24, Guildford-street, Russell square, London, referring to a promise which Winsor had made to furnish Fletcher with information respect ing Mr. Stewart, arid requesting that he would send any which he had obtaitied: It was stated in this letter, that the writer had discovered that Stewart had lad a sister living about 12 years - ,since in America. The letter was signed G. Jones.". The house to which it was addressed was that of Miss Uawkes, who, at the request of Georgiana Dorey, bad consented that letters for Barber and Fletcher' inight be directed to her house, whence they would be forwarded to some tither place. Shortly' after Fletcher had been at Great Marlow, the prisoner Barber went down. The name which he gave was that of " Clarence Peckham, Esq.," and he believed it would be clearly established that the prisoner Barber was the person who went there under that name. He gave, as his residence, " 52, Nelson square," which was his real place of abode. One of the witnesses went up to London and saw him at 52, Nelson-square. The object of these inquiries by Fletcher and Barber was apparently to find out the con nections of John Stewart ; to discover what was his history ; where he had lived, and where he came from ; and it would be for the jury to judge whether the in quiries were made for the purpose of bringing forward a false claim, and being enabled to give to it the appearance of consistency and truth. They would find that while Barber was at Great Marlow, he spoke of the visits paid by Fletcher, under the name of Jones, and he mentioned Jones as being his friend, and as belonging, in fact, to the same firm. Now the next set of circumstances which he had to introduce to their attention, referred to the conduct of Mrs. Richards, de ceased—the mother of the prisoner Georgiana In the month of June, 1840, Georgiana Durey, who was not then married, was living with her mother in Rathbone-place, with.a person of the name of Wybrow, who would be called as a witness. Mrs. Richards re moved from Rathbone-place to No. 1, Southamp ton-terrace, Camberwell. She v ent there as Miss Stewart, in which name letters were addressed to her,and she was visited almost every day by the pri soner Fletcher, who inquired about the lodging for her under'the name of Stewart. This old lady obtained letters of administration us the sister of John Stewart. The stock was transferred back again under the name of Elizabeth Stewart, and the dividends were paid a few days after the administration was perfected. On the part of the prosecution it Was alleged that Fletcher and Barber knew perfi bily well that fraud was going for ward, and it would be for the jury to say whether it was riot concocted fur the purpose of obtaining possession of the stock. Shortly atter Elizabeth Stewart had taken the lodging at Camberwell, Fletcher went with her to the office of a proctor of the name of Hunt, and on the 31st of July, 1840, she made an affidavit for the purpose of obtaining letters of administration. There was a very wholesome rule at Doctors' Commons, that when an individual came for ward claiming to administer the affairs of a deceased party, some time after death, he should give some reason for the delay.. And, accordingly, this affidavit was wade to account for the delay in this instance. The Learned Counsel • then read the affidavit, stating that Elizabeth Stewart was the only sister, and next of kin of John Stewart, and that she was residing in New York at the time of his death, and was not aware of the fact until the month of May in the previous year, when she returned to this country. It was eunsidered, hew ever, that sufficient information had not been given. The duty of 451. was paid, being advanced by Fletcher, hut it was necessary there should be two sureties to join Eliz. Stewart before she could obtain letters of administra tion. Fletcher gave the name of 'thus. Griffin, 32, Duke street, Grosvenor-square, tailor, and Mr. Pitt, or his clerk, procured some other person to be surety, thinking that there could be no danger in so doing. The bond was executed before the surrogate, and upon its being executed, the letters of administration were granted. In addition to the affidavit for the purpose of satisfying the registrar there was a certificate of the baptism of John Stewart and of Elizabeth . Stewart ; but the baptism of J: Stewart was of the year 1761, and it was represented to have taken place, not in Scotland, but in the parish of Marylebone, Middlesex. The certificate of Elizabeth Stewart was also of the same parish. There could be no doubt that John Stewart, to whom this stock had belonged, came from Scotland, and docu ments would be put in, which were found after his death, showing his personal history. It was quite right that he should_ state that Barber was acting avowedly in the capacity of attorney to the parties. It would be for the jury to say whether he had any guilty knowledge of this transaction. The Learned Counsel then read the remainder of the document, explaining why Miss Stewart had not before MirgiriFl . NignittrallirMerlieig 7........,..,, , ,, ,, + `'• . A applied for the dividends, and • referring to a person we . the name of Jones. The jury must judge whether these was any other person bearing that name in this trans: e" tion, except. Fletcher. Miss Stewart "stated ti at she was informed of her brother a death thrPug h e the kindness of Mr. Jones, who had afterwards intOr mcet her that he was going to America, since which time she had never seen him. The Learned Counsel then re ferred to an affidavit mule by Griffin, stating that he, had known Elizabeth Stewart and her brother , an d . stating various circumstances respecting the two.! Now he proposed to call Griffin as a wit ness ; but he did not wish them. to attach more weight to his statements - than feirly belonged to testimony given under such circumstance s. He then referred to a correspondence .which passed hr tween the prisoner Barber and Mr. • Strode, of Great Marlow, with whom John Stewart had lived, th e avowed object of which, on the part of Barber, was t ° , obtain possession of the original., stock receipts °' John Stewart, in order that his sister might be able to obtain the property of the deceased. Mr. Strode stated in reply that the receipts in question were in the, hands of his solicitors, Messrs. Pickering and Co., ..?' Stone-buildings, to whom he referred the prisoner. He was not willing to treat Miss Stewart as the sister of his late gardener, being perfectly acquainted with his his' tory. On the Ist of October, before any of the stock was transferred, Mr. Barber saw Mr. Pickerieg's clerk, and pu t down a number of questions for Miss Stewart to answer. Nothing was heard from him until the month of Neefe° l ; ber following, when all the stock had been transferred. The transfer took place on the 20th of October. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state at length the, circumstances connected with the transfer ° I the stock. Ho then said that the prisoner Georgians Dorey had made a statement Whi" liCi: knowledging her share in this transaction, , he proposed to put in as evidence. If the part were innocent, they would be able to give some Rootlet of the sister of John Stewart. The jury would have to consider who Mr. Jones was, and whether there was . any other Mr. Jones except Fletcher. The case wS,I one which called fur a grave, serious, and fa' defence on the part of Barber. -1 - le" hid no interest el .. the part of the Crown except the just, temperate, impartial administration.of justice, and he felt coniincea that whatever might be their verdict, the jury would air, charge. in a temperate and satisfactory manner the inin° l ' tant duty which they had undertaken. . John Wm. Seaton, a clerk in Doctors' Commons, pr ° ' duced a will and bond connected with the transfer. f Dr. Robertson deposed to the swearing before him 0 the affidavits of Elizabeth Stewart and Thomas Gri&i. George Bennett, a clerk in the Stamp-office, Smiler set-house, put in the original copy of Elizabeth Ste' art's affidavit. • John Powell deposed to baying attested a WO signed by a female and two sureties. • --Beadon, a clerk in the Long Annuities-office, at the Bank of England, produced the transfer.book, sh 3w ; ing the transfer of the stock of . John Stewd..sr deceased, to the Commissioners for the Reduction dr t , National Debt, on the 11th of October ,.- 1836, an d ' A . -- subsequent transfer into the name of Elizabeth Stew el- f Charles Dawes Lewis, another clerk in the Bank ° England, produced the unclaimed dividend book, 0 0 11 6 ' taming the dividend warrants of the stock from 18 " to 1836. John Knight, Secretary to the Bank of Englah 4 ' proved the execution of the transfer by himself. I , Henry Hyatt, examined by the ATTORNEY-GEzegatt —Witness said he kept the Greyhound Inn at Gr e e ' o .- Marlow. Ile.weiat there on the 22d of July, 1836. . 1 6 May, 1840,.a person came to his house - to ask him if be knew John -Stewart. He remained there betweco six and - seven hours. He said that his busit ie ho - was to find out the relatives of John Stewart, ' l l , - 0 died at Great Marlow. Witness did not know ilt Stewart himself, but, after some conversation, he rec e ; nded him to inquire of some old' men who k ne e in. -The person who called upon' him said be csts o from the Lord Chancellor, and he gave his name, bef ° „ r e he left, "Mr. G. Jones, No. 34, Little Guildford-st r ;,e llce Russell-square." Witness took him to an old man of t",,, name of Winsor, thinking, perhaps, that lie might Me e known Stewart. He took him, also, to a man of Pi name of Holmes, to another of the name of Mean, t il e s to:Holmes's wife, at Portgarden, where he was told ts 'of Stewart used to live. They could not hear 0 any relations. belonging to Stewart. The fef„P tio i told Fletcher that there never . were any rela" of, Stewart7s except a brother, who went to sea w7 s , years hefore, and was Suppoied to have gone•toetal erl fie Fletcher made memorandums as he went along. ..A went ton grave-stone in the churehyard and took Ow there. . , , , : r i, By the JUDGE—They found the grave-stone of Stelt e e ' Re-examined -by the ATTORNEY.:GENERAL -- 40 Fletcher went away he requested witness to get al l ' information he could respecting the relations of Steve r o i and to send it to him, saying that he would well ieli o ie him. He p roposed to' write to him, but Witness t c e him he had correspond with an old man al ll/3 „tt Winsor, ae ,he knew more of Stewart than hill ) o In about a fortnight after . the . gentleman W a io stands in the corner (pointing - to Barber) df ,. e came down, and stayed about the same t lel When he arrived he asked me if 1 et not know a person of the name of Jones. He say' ea came to inquire about a relative of - Stewart, Icfed died worth a good deal of property, er, which they wanted to find the right 0W13,0 He gave his 'name Clarence Pecicham, Esq. He Lel Stewart bad a great deal of property in Chelsea.• He sl something about property in the Sinking Fund, but °so was gone, about 6001 Jones said the same before.„ e os said it died with him. I think I' learned tha t ft Jones' conversation before, and also from him. 1 - o re him round to the old people who:told him about Sts and that he had a brother, who it was supposed oe died at sea. The last man we saw was MeLetin• ena4 came to my house. Mr. Barber was in 'the front rti," o . and came into the bar to talk to him. I asked Mr. Poe ber where the preperty was at Chelsea ? He said it f 4 e • near the . Coll ege. I asked him if he knew Mr., / / gleton, a . sill veyor of taxes ? He said, " Mr., / He said he n ould not . trouble me further, s ip would go out and. see the .- old man at i er Ilefore he left Marlow, I told him I was coming t°, e ,e'''t don. He desired me to collect all the infonn . ,,ay, could, and 'cull on him. 'I did so. I went t 042, r 1 r '' A . e O l square, and asked for Clarence Peckham; Esq., an le Mr. Barber. I told him I could' not hear of an}' tions, except the brother that' was 'g ne to Americe. VW - A Cress-examined.by Mr. GRAY — This was four 1 9 $ 1 eig ago. Jones gave his name to several oid people. e o r with' him to - any old people I thought might know il thing about Stewart. - .. Crosse- xamined by Mr. WILKINS—I canhot °or / there was a bras:: plate on the door in Nelson- 54° 0 0 Mr. Barber never came to my house, - except on the y 0 1 day. I believe the writing produced is mine. I a ci otif know if there was a bill made out fur whit he hal i ti vi s/ house. Ido not recollect if it was wine riegus. ele ie e ti had some grog. The second entry in the bill ban d me it three sixpennyworths of gin and water. 1 s ee m , think he went away about five. He was in a hurl' ell had my horse and chaise to go to the railwaY• charge for that would be five shillings. - A to Mr. WILKINS—Look at that document 5 0 ; bc fresh your memory; ' Witness—ls appears r i .. 0 4/ , my writing. I adhere to my statement, that it ,'• r e within a fortnight or three weeks alter that Mr. Psree came down. It was not in October that Mr. n o tl: came down to Marlow. 'lt was not more than s tet . '„ night or three weeks after Fletcher was there,ed vi Barber came down. My attention was first difeci`ooo these matters on the 14 th of January last. i Jo ve Barber came he asked - me if a gentleman name d I had not been there. . ea bsy Mr. Wii.xiers—Did he not ask you if some : 4 ;, - 01 not beer, down tteinquire about Stewart, and did __ ti re Oi say, Yes, Mr. Jones, a tall, dark man?. '.Witness ee 11 0 , not. . He asked about Mr. Jones, and told ine ; e el Mr. Jones .were one firm. I thought they were Ch. v ie i lawyers. There is no .mi s take in the conversa t°3 • ol had no difficulty in finding out 52, Nelson-squar e ' i i : g had not been there long before I saw Mr. bar e te" said Clarence Peckham, Esq., and I asked for u'''' Peckham), Esq., not for Mr: Peckham. T d e. Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL --1 10 . , 1 memorandum of the name in my book the dist to t 1) at Marlow.' This is the book, which I baud ic l " re Court. . . t° 1) Mr. Baron G UnNEY--It must be used mereif o f . i fresh his-memory. The entry is, " The address u sr: o gentleman Clarence Peckham, Esq., 52, Nelson s o ; iii: the ATTORNEY - GENERAL—Does that bill, if 01 your hands by Mr. Wilkins, relate to Mr: Barbe r r 5e ness—The date of that bill is a day that I se le Mr. Barber. lam quite' sure of that. - for rs' The Court then 'adjourned for - a few minutes ea freshment On the re-assembling of the Court, hi , t s ; William Winsor was called and examined I,OA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I live at Great 3,lterlove- •-d' 0 labourer. I received a letter from -a person a • leis Jones. This may be it. It is addressed to W r • le tter baker, West -street, Great Marlow. I gave tb ~d e l Mr. Hyatt. This letter may be the one; perliaP s ',eoP.o Cross-examined by Mr. WErateets—l do not c o ei l o either of the prisoners. I recollect a gentlenea° r 0 ft° to me. Some time after I had the, letter ;. an d $ pi some time, the second gentleman came. -. e eti e / Mr. Baron GURNEY—Was it before or afte ir r feisr the letter that the second gentleman came ?. "" i 0 0 I cannot tell. - . ith . ete Mr. WILKINS—Try to recoiled, old gentle d 01, of the greatest consequence. Was it before or c l yeit o o o had the letter that the second gentleman c arae. Ag e 1 .1 —I think it was before. I cannot tell what 113 ,, ef l ' e think so. I took the letter to Hyatt a few &V / received it. , efeliii Mr. Grattan examined by the ArronNEYenroa l l lam acquainted with Fletcher's handwritieg: 0001 having kept his accounts at the London and W i e g la t e t ° (l' Bank, at which lam accountant. I aboultVo ity decidedly .that the letter produced was co ok writing. . waif d Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS-..- We • iti dered Fletcher a respectable man. ' o f ig ) . l l, (The letter addressed .to Winsor was thee 1 ) A er. i ee read. It was signed by Jones, and requ est p 11 el to ascertain where the person Stewart • p er b e d before he came to Mr. Strode, and also wh ° r iter t il es l Scotland he came from; and stated that the w. airing 40 e „weir. re discovered that Stewart had a sister; an d " re °' the answer might be addressed to G. Jones, es fa iir je! o Hawkes, Little Guildford-street.) Mr. WILKINS (handing a paper to witn ess reV ile; writing is that ? Witness—lt is like Joshu a 0 . but I have a doubt about it. . 1 w tre 4 :o ol , Williani Holmes—l live at Great Mar' °- : 1 -et -; labouring man. i have lived there six yett - br oos l ,oo,, 11. Hyatt, that keeps the Greyhound. I o e i r ies, t) ,,,e t* . man to me about four years ago, to make illg eor ee t'V d i Stuart. Be brought another person a s!_ r 00 0 4,1 1 1 make the same inquiries.. I third( the furtne .... 1 ss .r ce ber) was the person he brought the second tenriejoeloe% not know the one he brought the first time. 1, 0 0° • about Stewart'e money, and said it was in Le. 4044 hik t i r t ho c Ca9 t s iren thi s of at t :Ly e , eoro, Cgr i flte l eat, ()cc