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tia ?tut PROPRIZTORB 0, SAIT INDIA STOCK, 4Ansits A Z , l 0224TLX114Wi A VACANCY in the East Tndia Direction having - 1 --1/ taken place by the lamented decease of William Stanley Clarke, Esq., permit me to inform you that it is nay inten tion again to proceed to the Ballot as intimated in my last address to you of the 9th June, 1842. The great accession that I have received to my supporters, and the kind assurances of powerful aid from numerous parties released from their engagements by the election of the Bth J une( 1842, inspire me with the fullest 'tonfidence in the suc cessful result of the approaching contest, and I earnestly and respectfully solicit the favour of the votes and influence of those Propietors whohave not already declared their intentions. When the day of election is announced by the Honourable Court, I shall do myself the pleasure of forwarding the usual power of attorney to such of my kind supporters as shall prefer voting by proxy, and in the meantime request the favour of communications as early as possible, intimating their wishes in that particular, and informing me of any change of residence, either permanent or temporary, in order to facilitate the trans mission of letters. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlem2n. Your faithful servant, JOHN CLARMONT WHITEMAN. 'London Tavern, Jan. I, 1844. Mr. Whiteman's Committee sit daily at the London Tavern, Rishopsgate-str t. 11 . 1OYAr, EXUHJ GE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. (Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.) FIRE INSURANCES. NOTICE. FIRE usual fifteen (lays allowed for payment of Premiums falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th day of January next. Printed Ilmeipts are ready for delivery at the Company's Principal office, and at Ride Branch °like, No. ",9, Pall. M all. INSURANCE S. A BONUS, equal to LIFE TWO-THIRDS of the PROFIT on the Company's Life Business, commencing the Ist day of January, 18.12, will be apportioned, periodically, among Policies effected since that date for the whole Term of Life;—and no charg e is made for guarantee of Capital. THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., Governor. WILLIAM SAMPSON, Esq., Sub-Governor. The Hon. J. T. LESLIE MELVLLLE, Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles John Manning, Esq. Henry Nelsen, hsq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. Abraham George Robsrts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. William Soltau, Esq. Rpbert Thorley, Esq. Henry Wane, Lq. Oetavius Wigram, Esq. H e enry Ilainbrid go, Esq. Gorge Pearkes Wm Barclay, Esq. . Brown, Esq. Edmond S. Y. Calvert, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. John Deacon Esq. C o Alexander lvin, Esq. Itiversdale Wm. Oreillell, Escl• William 'Fellow Hibbert, Esq. Lancelot Holland S l3 Esq-ti ir G.t G. de Hochep ar , 14. P. ic Larpent, John Christopher Lochner, Esq. 21, Lo m b ard- ALEX A street, Dee. 1 DER GREEN, Secretary. t )( -1;1---. -' 1 --- V E S. A 1 , E. •The SPLENDID STOCK of FANCY JEWEL LERY. GOLO and TO . WATCHES, SILVEft D. GOODS. TORTOISESHELL WORN PLATE'anES and TEA CADDIES, and a great variety o otner cy Articles, are now .SELLING OFF. at a heavy sacrifice, °Y Messrs. HORTON and CO 36 Ludgate-street, 01,1w site Messrs. F.verinFton and Cos., in ' consequence of Mr. Horton retiring from ihe retail business. It is seldom tile public have an eppoi tunity like the present of purchasing, arilttfe more than One-half to two-thirds the usual charge, the variety of genuine articles now offered p it - s aie— Comprising Gentlemen - s and Ladies' Gold and Silver Watches, of workmanship the first class of excellence, Gold Neck and Guard Chains, Seals 911:1 Keys, Fancy and Mourning Brooches , Rings, Pi ns , and Ear-rings,P encil ascs, Silver Card Cases, Scent and Snuff Doxes, also Silver Plated Tea and Coffee Sets, Candlesticks, Cruet r e‘, Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, 'Waiters, Ice Pails, fette r 'rarn Coolers, Bread Baskets, Ice, an warranted the best Sheffield make, Table and Dessert Forks and S poons, Soup L a dl es, Grape Scissors, Asparagus Tongs, Nuteracks, De ssert K n i ves and Forks in ase, Jet Necklaces, and numerous other Fancy Articles, all at a considerable sacrifice. ------ S Superb TEA TRAYS, in PAPIER MA CHE ( Manufactory, 4, Leidenhall-street, London), are unrivall e d spec i mens of japan work, infinitely surpassing the Chinese. Th e prices vary from a very low figure up to twenty guineas the set. They comprise some brilliant speci mens of art, in figures. landscapes, flowers, anti birds, with buhl and l gold. Th e same manufacture is applied in work-boxes, ressing-ease s , envelope-cases, netting-hexes, glove-boxes, P r anti ladies' visiting-card-cases, hand screens, pole-screen;, card-racks, inkstands, ladies' work-table, chess-tables, portfolios, no t e an d ca k e -b as k e t s , l a dies' desks, letter-boxes, & e . Th e foregoing are all in papier mache, and asurt /ery cheap, say f rom 13s. up to 201.; and Meelii can confident ly that his establishment for these articles surpasses in cliee, quality, an d extent of stock any s i m il ar concern in t h e Riled Kingdom Mechi is sole inventor of the Illechian Dre ssing -cases, ;he Patent Castellated Tooth-brushes, 9,1. e ach, the Cushione d Bagatelle Tables, the Magic Razor Strop, " 4 Peculiar Steel Razor. A visit to his establishment will b ea tify those who are desirous of seeing the most perfect mans 'aetures of this country displayed in the most attractive form. kOILED LlNENS.—Ladies who clonotOhjeet to purchasing Linens a little soiled may new hre an pp porttnity of buying some curiously fine linens, sheetings,.soiled (I°th s , &c. at less than the prices of the commoner qualities of lin er , These linens are Beverage's average samples, from w hich orders have been taken , . consequently specimens o f some of th e b est manufactures in the trade. The follovrin P , e• is aonly of the best : a . d. f<3o Ei part .gan t D amask Table Cloths, 3 yards long each 7 6 460 Splendid Double Damask Cloths, 5 yards long, suit able for the tables of the Nobility, each l5 0 163 Dozen s of extremely fine Damask Cloths, 2 yards 3 !eu_a"e, eaah uoten o • 4 ,,, „ o f fish Napkins, dice pattern, the dozen 2 6 "u 1 - , len of Damask Table Napkins, finest quality and yard square, the dozen Alm, 1,600 pieces of Irish Linen, much soiled. P • ' reduced i•ie-half, being .. ' —zirem - ety fine for shirting, 255. the piece of 0 }ar ils, Linen Sheeting double width. ss. the pair. 800 switigle pairs, orth :h . per f all 3 yards v;ide, being only 10s. 6d. the pair, ard h iThese goods are sent to Brooks and Company, after 1 ,, 7 . 'hown as samples early in the spring. Many ladies who are e r "ased last year, having requested portions to be lsid aside, bei nir e q u pted, as they cannot be secured, to view th e . lot early, 161 aII now received and ready for . sale on the premises. . N'Nigh -street, Borough, a. it ,:, • For the convenience of families at the West End, the sen t are seat to be shown if written for ; or patterns will be -- "L into the country. - IWILLIAM LEWIS MARTIN, a t p resent , 9 and for forty-eight months past, residing at Kew Horse -road, Richmond, in the parish of St. John, Rich toend, and county of Surrey, and being a corn and coal dealer, do hereby give notice that I intend to present tt petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, at Basinghall-street, ILondon, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and :ets; and t o b e p ro t ec t e d f rom a ll process upon making a full ul fa losur e an d surren d er of such estate and e ff ects, for payment ti a t' lust an d l aw f u l debt s; an d I hereby further give notice ist t o t t e time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard, g tin ue advertised in the London Gazette, and in the Morning A s . 11 . e wsPaper, one month at the least after the date hereof. o tir - i l uless any hand, this 13th day of December, in the year of Lord, 1843 WILLIAM LEWIS NIA RTIN. wane • Att e IL T. ROBERTS. 2, Bride-eourt, Black Friars, rney for the sa:d William Lewis Martin. ja 6 IV CA NI): MA C A SSA R OIL. . Patronised by HER MAJESTY " THE QUEEN," but Royal Iligss PRINCE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY and th. several COURTS of EUROPE. This Elegant, Fragrant, and Pellucid Oil, in its preservative, restorative, and beautifying qualities, is unequalled over the w iolo world. It preserves and reproduces the hair, even at a late period of life ; prevents it from turning grey ; or if so chaesed, restores it to its original colour ; frees it from scurf and impurity, and renders it so ft, silky, curly, and glo s sy. T o beau t if ul Head of Haiy. rec ommen ded as ch i ld ren it Is especiall dd forming the basis of a Hair, Price 3 5 . 6d . . M• •.s 6d • • 7s. ; Famil y B o t t l es ( equa l to four small), and double that s i ze , 21 s. per B ottle. CA U TION—E ac h genuine bottle has the words " ROW LAND'S A l ACASSA a OIL," engraved in two li nes , on t h wr apper, and en the back of the Wrapper nearly 1,500 times containing 29,028 letters. Be sure to ask fur " ROWLAND'S lil ACASSAR OIL." B old_ by the Proprietors, A. ROWLAND an d SON , 2 0 , 4 garde n , L ondon ; and by Chemi-ts and Perfumers. Ir 4 All others are SPURIOUS IMITATIONS ! ! ! 11 LAIR OUT and It lIEU MATIC PILLS. - OF THIS MEDICINE, TESTIMONIALS OF :11IE EFFICACY To Mr. PROUT tZ29, Strand. London. Frimley, near Bagshot, Surrey A pril23, 1843. 5ir....1 enclose three cases in which the parties thetein named have received great benefit from using Blair's Pills, awl the iruth of which I sin at any time ready to make affidavit of it required. You are at Perfect lib; rtv to publish them it you think proper. Hoping this hlaY induce the incredulous to make a trial of the Pills, which will spe edily convince them of their value, I am, Sir, sours truly, JOHN J. GILES. Pirbright, April , I 4 , . yd bear Sir -Upon your reco mmendation I sent fur a box of Wail's rli elltnatte Pills, and to my astonishment a taw doses entirely re moved the tormenting pains my wife had Ell ffer.l so long ; I.in hay ,lig caught a severe cold the rheumatism again returned, when hav ing recourse to a few more Pills, it again fled, and has not thee returned The public are not generally aware ,d the efficacy of thi s truly valuable medicine, or few would surfer from rheumatism. In consequence of witnessing the effects of the . hove medicine in my owe family, I recommended Eilwar,i Bridger, now sixty.ievea years of age, a labourer and jobbing gardener, to apply to you, he being much afflicted with rhe.imatism fur twenty years; he could scarcely get any sleep, being always worse when in bed, and unable to walk without the ass stance of a stick. You gave him tome Pills I saw him yesterday ; he to!il me he cou!d now gef test, which he had beetr-nr able to do for a very long time; he is still Issue from the l ength of time he has been afflicted, but can slow walk without much in convenience ten or twelve miles in the day, and can, as lie says, do a ny light work ; he has applied to me for a job at hoeieg. It is dis. tressing to see a fellow -creature slithering such excruciating pain, when relief can be obtained by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. I shall, for the bcnelit of tho e who may sutler, continue to recommend them,-1 am, dear Sir, yours truly, To John J. Giles, E sq . GEORGE INN WOOD. Prunley, Surrey. Blackwater, near Bagslio , Feb. 25, INS. Dear piles —The effect of Blair's Pills has been everything :mild wish for. I had symptoms of th. Clout during Wednesday nt i pht; I look two Pills during the night, and two in the morning, which quite removed the pain ; and I was enabled to give a lecture at Daftly. "v Ott sho uld not T hursday evening, a lth oug h I was in fear that morning I have been enabled to leave home. I am, dear Sir, yours truly, EDW. J. LANCE (JTo J. J titles, Esq. o theabove gratifying communication, the Proprietorof BLAIR'S h!lo'Ur AND RLIEUMATIC PILLS conside many comment trorn ,itwould be superfluous. I,llmines througThosnas Prhouout, t the 229, Strand Kingdoon , Lond and by the V en d ors United w. HEALTH AND STRENGT h. Just published, in a Sealed Envelope, price•2s (Id., and sent free, on r 'eeivi ng a Post:otlice order for Three Shillings, (IRGANIC HEALTH. ; a Comprehensive and ~-.., Physiological Treitise on a peculiar and delicate class ot II ' "us Complaints, arisi ng from the decline 01 Manly Strength * -irietrtrained gaiety —excess tropical climate—late ll:corns —itsic.l4-briser --„ kp e Z e , ra neo—tlebility or infection. Addres_sedtot , NO M V - - LS H A N— CLERGYMAN— PAREN l'—i:trrott—litta. 13"1.LE R • and esp,cialtv to the ANGLO. t.' D 1 AN. Y GOSS 'and CoIIIPXNI', Consulting StIIgOONIS. 7, Lancaster. place Str-nd (r ear gy r o Wateloo-1)04e. London. isO..llA •or tf Ph Gs, , . . i Pe pric • ' le " (' . 8 . bd.. by post. 3s. ili f Woman, in a sealed cove t." Th ese Worts can be safely i ill m o nztfi ntim , as well for the moral i'ku_t_l!s contained, as for the exte r risive and successful result of the au ":?! experience "—London Morning Journal. . r We agree with the Editor of the London Morning Journal, and ,„°lnniend Mr. GOSS'S publications for general perusal."—Edinburgh In n Pape • l 'l he precepts t re interesting and uschil." on ained in these works a - i 4 linbuigh This publ'aPe'r. Its& the ication, while it neither spares 'lie aged voluptuary, I„.._es.„ Youthful prodigal offers to both the most important advan f —Glasgow P ' aper. ' These work complaints ; lh ey are w . tt s aye properly called an an a l of certain . . , Dl*blin Mornin gi' 'n a very peculiar style of moral admonition. '— Journal. Utility is admonition."— ace„ 1 ,combined with sinap'icity, and we recommend the works Th e /3 Y. —Dublin Weekly Journal. prri 0,,,,_ above may be two It Sherwo Dublin Co , 9.3, Paternoster.row, e u e u ,,n ; Porter, 72., Gratlon.street, • and of all Booksellers. i tte,s s r . B tkl, each, in a sealed envelope. 1 Patients•nS rnaY be consulted, every day, at their house ; and kb., ___ .. .the remotest parts of the conntry can he treated success iol.'n, !heir describing minutely tne case; and if enclosing a fee of Le /,, t ` " 0 . ,_ _ v ice, an answer will b r immediately sent. Medicines can I,,mwareed to any art of the world • no difficulties can occur, as blip,,e°ll;ieLnes will surely packed, 'and carefully protected horn ‘" • , ~ 7.lancast -.. ..s. er.P-ace, Strasid, near Waterloo -bridge, London. otti_ a fre work will be lorwat ded by post on receivins a Post.cothce v." hree Shill' tevi 4, tz • t Wir A No. 16,025. LONDON, T ILTIISDAY 714,A.: 1 ,:` JANUARY 4, 1844. PRICE sd. 711 TE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time *or the EARLY TRAMS an d TOWN DELIVERY a SECOND . EDITION (E ven i ng Sun) is Published zn Time for Me AFT EleA'oo INS and a THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN O'CLOOE, or I OS7, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. . ; .7, • • 7: • ''• ' ,7 • ' ~ , , i. ; '.', •: 1 .1"? . r. -. '' : .:.. ...1. n .; c . ., - 1 - :. " W g ' • l'''' . ..- .. s . i_..„,,,,,.. #4:). ~.,,,,y__.6......t........... .. . . ;,,,/,.41,4e, ,,, • _ ,....z....e..." ,1 ..;.. • f...1i . . . - `.. • : C \ • ' 1,. / '''... / 4 ..":' V ...:t...:';_ .....„...... ....... ..., .'''e. • : ... '..'":',,,,, .;._ ~ ,_.' , AO t„,.. It . :''!.. , ':',' . .iil• ~ ), .. • ' . 4 . 1 te • ....... ..,;....,..,_ .._1• •!....^ . , 1• ...... t. .. -W a ..b., . . • 0 41. , ..i' s . '''',- 0,1 , % , 1 •°: IT ; . 414 g' ' -- .C . :.- fp , •a: ' 4' , -,•!-- - ...; z.: . _ ~. . ____ ~,,. „ 4?) a ;-.- ~., ,----;-. ~, I . ~,, i 1 .. ' 4 :: . 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" Upon receiving the disakteaus intelligence," lays fah " I immediately pit myself in communication with those persons who were in a position to famish accurate reports on the subject ; and I have the satisfaction of informing you, that the natives of Waikanae, at which place Rauparaha first landed, refused to allow him to remain among them, lest the friendly relations which had previously subsisted be tween them and the English settlers might be destroyed; and that I have reason to believe these feelings to be shared by almost all the natives along the coast. No apprehension, therefore,'bf any aggression on their part need be entertained. ..... In order to strengthen this friendly feeling, I have published an address to the natives in their own language, and have caused it to he distributed in all parts of the coruary ; which, I trust, will have that effect, by maintaining a oonfi• denee in the justice of the Government, and in the impar!ial administration of the.law." These seatimer t ts are further expressed and continued in his letter to the natives, which is appended to the above address ; and their policy ' as.wcell as their justice is teatitied by the exhorta tion which it elicitsfrom the chiefs to their fld lowers. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of Wel lington petition Parliament for the establish ' meta (.~f it military force in Cook's Straits, to protect them from the repeated aggressions of the aborigines, who, they say, have the p ower at any time to massacre the whole British popula ' tion—a consummation often threatened by Rau , paraha, the chief engaged in the late calamitous affray. If a milit ar y ‘lisrce is already required • for the protection of the British settlers its New Zealand, all that we can say is, that people at house have been e,,aTegiously duped as to the character of its population, and the conditions of its settlement; or the settlers themselves have grossly transgressed their own laws of colonisa tion, and violated the rights of the aborigines. When it was first in -contemplation to plant this colony, we heard of nothing else but the moral influence of the civilized colonists upon their savage neighbours, and the mutual interest of the two races to maintain a friendly intercourse with each other. Now we have a complaint that Auckland is defended both by police and troops of the line, whilst Wellington and its neighbour hood are exposed to the savage attacks of a san guinary foe. We trust that the fears of which this petition is eloquent are at least premature, if not wholly without cause. We do earnestly hope that all the prospects which were once held oat of a pacific and bloodless colonization will not be deformed by cruel and bloody animosities, in which the skill of civilization will vie with the untutored malignity of barbarism in the deadly walk of internecine extirpation. Let not the fears of the New Zealand settlers precipitate them into a contest which will be attended with certain success, but no less c er t a i n dishonor. They have undertaken u to govern the colony and subdue its inhabitants by the moral power of gentleness and justice. It is a great undertaking, but a noble one. May they be able to perform it thoroughly. CHRONICLE.—Senor Gonzales Bravo has prorogued the Cortes, preparatory to a dissolu tion. Verily, this gentleman and his chief, Narvaez, h ave a d opted the French State maxim . of employing the three requisites for success : De raudace—de l'audace—et toijours de raudace. A case of nnexanipled impudence is that or the editor of the Guiriguay. Thrust into office as a locum tenons, and not only hooted as unworthy by his political antagonists, but even condemned ass intolerable by the leaders of his Own party, such as Martinez de la Rosa—for this man to an nihilate the Cortes which overthrew successively Espartero and Olozaga, shows that buffoonery may triumph where honesty and talent fail. But Narvaez, it must be admitted, has shown the great quality of courage—unflinching, indomit able courage, which defies alike the military rival, the political foe, the assassin, and the mutis neer. Some months back he was a most oh'. noxious exile, repudiated by even the anti= Esparterists of Barcelona. lie gained a tooting, however, at Valencia, and from that moment he has battled and pushed Isis way, setting aside. every rival, till he stands alone, uncontrolled, a tearless dictator by the side of the throne. It - is evident that Narvaez has talent and ambition for anything, and that he is restrained by neither scruple nor respect. He came to Spain as the agent of Louis Philippe and Christina, whom lie has hitherto obeyed and served. But he is not a man to be long the tool of the beggarly family policy of either. A fallow like Narvaez, who really seems the only individual in Spain with a head upon his shoulders, cannot but be conscious of all he might do, either in the way of selfish or of patriotic ambition. He is annoyed, it is said, at the pusillanimity of the French King in not giving his son as husband to Isabella, and securing the Spanish throne. Ile is said not to chime in with the precious and insincere scheme, of which Lord Aberdeen was the dupe, viz., the marriage of the Queen to her Neapolitan uncle. And it. appears that Narvaez has conic to some agree ment with Don Francisco de Paula. Whether be has frightened hi_n (Spanish notabilities of the present day seem to lose their wits now and then in needless alarm—witness Olozaga's flight), or cajoled him, or sincerely conic. into his wishes, does not appear. Enough is seen of Spanish polities at present to make us expect that which gives interest to history and rinnance, viz., the unforseen. And, for our piTits, we • should be surprised at nothing. In the mean time the old Liberal party has re-united in oppo sition to the audacious soldier and his Ministerial puppet. The leading Esparterists and the anti- Esparterist Liberals met on the 27th, and both Canitero and Caballero candidly avowed - the fault they had committed in overthrowing Es 'tarter°. Tardy justice is thus done to the Re gent, vs ho is already looked to as the only man capable of saving Spain from the hands of the Retrogrades and Afrancesados. POST.—The arrival of an extraordinary cou rier yesterday afternoon furnished us with the means of communicating to our readers, in a third edition, the important news from Spain comprised in the Madrid journals of the 27th ultimo, as well as in our private advices from that capital. The rumours which we have re peatedly noticed, as to the Gonzales-Bravo Ca binet designing either a dissolution or a proroga tion of th:Cortes, were well founded, although it was not expected that they would come to so serious a resolution so early. On the 27th a decree to that e ff ect was published. Great anxiety was felt as to the effect the suapension of the sittings of the Cortes would produce, the influence it would exercise over the provinces being the principal object of solicitude. The Cor responsal of the 27th is the only print of that date that seems to be already informed of the measure having been adopted, and it expresses itsastonish nient at it. The Opposition journals, Espectador and Eco dweil only on rumours connected with it, but in such way as to denote the wrath it will ex cite in their party. The Eco mentions a meet ing, held the day before by the Madrid electors of the Progress party, in which they unani mously hoisted the banners of the Ist Septem ber, 1840. Most of the journals express them selves in favour of the Queen-Mother's return. In the Asturias a manifestation to that effect has taken place, au address to the Queen having been signed at Gijon by several thousands of persons, and conveyed to the Queen by the Count de Re villagigedo and N. Castor Canedo. By a Royal decree of the 20th ult., countersigned by M. Carrasso, " the public finances are to administer from the Ist of January, 1844, the Puertas duties in all the capitals of provinces and ports where they are not yet re-established on the finances account." The preamble to this decree says that the abolition of the Puertas duties was one of the measures by which Espartero wanted to render impossible all Administrations that did not suit his revolutionarryiews, and that their revival is necessary to restore an equilibrium between tht receipts and expenses of the country. LISBON, DEC. 26.—The doctor of her Majesty's ship Warspite, now in this port, was buried on S a t ur d ay li st at the Frazeres C eme t er y, in this city. The unfortunate de ceased was in perfect health and vigour a few days ago. White dissecting a corpse at the hospital of Saint Joseph he acciden tally cut his finger; the wound festered and inflamed, a gangrene soon came on, and in less than a week he was a corpse himself.. CHRONOLOGY OF SPORTING EVENTS IN .1843. Bell's Life in London of Sunday next, the 7th of January, will consist of two folio stamped sheets of the same size, the second gratis ! comprising full and accurate Chronologies of all the important Sporting Events of the year—Racing, Steeple Chasing, Aquatic, Cricket, Trotting, Pedestrianism, and the. Prize-ring; all alphabetically and intelligibly arranged for immediate reference. Entries for the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger ; horses in training, trainers, and places of training ; the two-years-eld and their engagements, &c. ; forming a concen tration of intelligenceinvaluable to the sporting circles. Price of both sheets, tid. Papers forwarded on transmission of or six Post-office stamps, to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand. FATAL RESULT OF NEGLECTING GAS-ESCAPE.-- A family in South Paterson -street, Glasgow, consisting of mother and infant, with a grandmother, having gone to rest OR Wednesday night, were not observed GAA the following day ; and from a strong smell of gas being felt, it was thought flues scry to open the door, when the intlint was found dead, and the other individuals lying insensible in bed. The unfortunate oc currence was found to arise from a gas-pipe being accidentally fractured, The two survivors are slowly recovering.— Tyne Mercury. VESSELS SI'OKEN Wlcit.—Jane, Palermo to Liverpool, f t Lisbon ; Earl Leicester, Odessa to Falmouth, ult., in t they Dors P assage ; Ceers, bound to Constantinople, sain _ daft „ Ottoman, from SotYr" , 4th ; Gazelle, Londcm a to ta Ve n i ce,._ t.l ; 1 ofT C oat 13,,,, ); Eli za May, Labrador ti ,a /t v l in l ia , Welds to Constantinople, same da y ; ormandie, Shields to New Messina to London, 30th, lat. 48, the in. , ( 4a ; under., arrived at Liverpool. Yo r k, same 1 Lightning, Guernsey to El i z aCahz,2lst off gat. Mary's; Lord of the Islem, Liverpool to Li s bon,. 26th, a • 42, lon. 10, by the Brenda, arrived at Falmouth. Piet Ilend, Avpsterdam Batavia, with loss of mizenmast, and proceeding to Rio, r epair, Nov. 9, lat. 20 S., lon. 38 W., by the Malabar,. We rived at Bordeaux. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL TILE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ATIoNA.L ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. ill The COUNCIL of the LEAGUE having been in -3117-led that some parties are now canvassing for subscriptions professedly on their behalf—NOTlCE is hereby given that no Persons whatever are, at the present time, authorised to collect subscriptions for the Great League Fund in London or its suburbs ; and these parties - whe may be solicited for contri butions are requested to give the individuals making the appli cation into custody. By order of the Council, GEORGE WILSON, Chairman. 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The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all ho are suffering from nervous debility and general weak ness.' —Wakefield Journal. Published by the Author. and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster-row ; Field, 65, Quadrant ; Gordon, 146, Leadenliall-street ; and by a 111looksellers. At home every day till Three, and From Five till Eight. PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS OF CELEBRATED VO CALISTS.—Rubini was a tailor, Tamburini, a courier, Naldi, an advocate. We believe he had the misfortune to a kill a man in a duel, and was obliged to leave the State in which he practised. He was a clever amateur in music, which he after wards made his profession. The manner of his death is well known. Viewing a steam cooking apparatus in Garcia's (Ma labran's father's) kitchen in Paris, the boiler burst, and he was killed on the spot. Tramezzani was a surgeon, so was Fer rari ' • Templeton was a printer, and so was Wilson, the " Scot tish Minstrel." Machin was a jepanner in Birmingham, Pear sall the same; Pyne, a poulterer; Weyman (a celebrated bass at St. Patrick's, Dublin), a shoemaker; ditto, Tinney; ditto, Shoubridge. The celebrated Bente was the daughter of a boat man, and sang in the streets. Champneys, whose name ap • pears in the old editions of Handel's songs, kept an iron monger's shop in Tothill-street, Westminster. He was the leading singer of his time, and came to the rehearsal for the great festival in Westminster Abbey with his white apron on. Hewes also lay vicar of the abbey.-- Ten Towns Messenger. ENGLISHMEN IN FRANCE.—The 'Semaphore de Marseilles announces that a number of distinguished English had. in imitation of Lord Brougham, purchased estates in the neighbourhood of Cannes, in the south of France. General Sir Taylor, amongst others, has built a splendid villa near the chateau of his Lordship, and Mr. Leader, the Member for Westminster, has bought a fine estate in the immediate vicinity of Lord Brougham's residence, where he intends Ito erect a handsome mansion, of which he gave the plan to his architect, with orders to build it with the greatest activity. "It is im possible," says the Correspondent of the Semaphore, " to choose a site offering a more delightful view. It will rise on the shores of the Mediterranean, amidst orange groves and plantations of cassia and palm trees, and rival in splendour the most beautiful villas of; Italy, and, in point of comfort and magnificence, the chateaux of opulent England. Lord Brougham and Mr. Leader have jointly purchased an extensive forest of pines, arbutus, and cocoa-trees, full of game of every description, and abounding particularly with foxes. It will serve as the theatre of one of the favourite sports of British fashion. It appears that the aristocracy of Great Britain now prefer purchasing chateaux in southern countries to residing in the furnished hotels of Nice or Pisa, where Sardinian and Italian habits do net coincide with the exigencies of English comfort. It is a new luxury, which is now being adopted by the rich inhab.qants of England. Cannes, a French town, so admirably sit ua.te, where the rigours of winter are unknown, where the country and the sea present such a delightful aspect, has had the good fortune to have become the object of that predilection which will increase the prosperity as well as the renown of our town.." THUNDER STO RM.—The state of the weather re cently has been most extraordinary in all parts of the country. In Lancashire and Cheshire it has been very variable—heat, cold, snow, hail, rain almost on alternate days. The typhus fever, and other diseinses, are very prevalent. On Monday evening last these counties were visited by a heavy thunder storm, accompanied by hail and rain. The flashes of lightning were terrific, w e nd the thunder shook the houses almost to their foundations. Ti le effect of the lightning was such as to cause a stage-like efft.ct of the burning of blue fire. We have not heard whether any injury had been sustained by the shocks. . LITERATURE WANDERINGS IN 7HE HIGHLANDS. 2 Vols. Bally, London, 1843. It requires no ordinary degree of confidence on the part of an author to send forth two Octavo volumes on the subject of the Scottish Highlands —a theme the most hacknied which it is possible to conceive, which Scott,and Wilson, and Grant, and Galt, and Heaven knows.how many other writers, learned and unlearned, in verse as well as in prose, have been incessantly expatiating on fbr the last thirty,y ears an d u pwards. That Mr. Maxwell's confidence, however, has not been ill founded, the result of his labours show, for he has put forth two very readable volumes, in which, if he does not tell us anything new—as how indeed should he?—he at least dresses up old topics in a very ingenious, workmanlike manner. Another recommendation that he possesses, is one which, according to Smollett, is not often possessed by English tourists—we mean, good humour. Nothing ever seems to put him out of the way. If he is drenched through and through with the soaking mist and rain of the Highland moun tains; if he is surprised at nightfall in a desolate spot many miles distant from the inn where lie had calculated on the eomforts of a capital din ner, and a snug, warm fire-side—no matter what be the petty, vexatious annoyances to which lie may .be subjected, he never once loses his cheerfulness and elasticity of spirit, but, in the true spirit of a philosophic cosmopolite, shrugs his shoulders, takes things easily, and thankS Heaven that they are - lib - worse.. buoy aster and sunniness of temperament, which is evidently natural and not assuMed,,Coldura all his descrip tions, and imparts an animation • and piquancy to them which cannot but conciliate the reader. Mr. Maxwell pretends to no research or method in his volumes; he is no traveller, in the strict sense of the term, but wisely repudiating the idea of making us wiser than we already are, on the subject of the Highlands, contents himself with giving a hasty bird's-eye view of such scenery as happened to strike his fancy, trusting to his liveliness of manner and vivid descriptive powers to counterbalance the triteness of his theme. His work is slight and desultory to a degree; but by dint of apt anecdote, and occa sionally by a clever sketch of some odd, out-of the-way character, whom lie came across in the course of his wanderings, he has succeded in pro ducing a couple of octavo volumes, which the reader hurries through with eagerness, and lays down with regret. We quote a wild story of a shipwreck near Slains Castle, which Mr. Max well has related in a note, on the authority of Daniel : " In illustrating a sketch of this romantic castle, and the rocky headland which it crowns, Daniel has related the following story of a shipwreck, which for horrible effect is not to be exceeded A very remarkable event occurred here some years ago. One very stormy afternoon, a vessel appeared to be work ing very laboriously to keep out to sea, against a strong wind, which blew dead on shore. Those who witnessed from thence the skilful and perse• vering efforts made by the persons on board to accom plish this purpose, could not but feel strongly in terested ; and at length, after much uncertainty, they saw reason, about nightfal, to feel assured that she had worked so far to windward as to be out of danger. In the night the storm continued ; and after going to e sounds in the castle thought that theyst some ar d of cries sie a unds of distress. It was r heard o con sidered possible that these sounds might proceed from the wind during the uproar of the elements, or might be merely imaginary, the scene of the afternoon being calculated to excite a strong presentiment of danger. Again these sounds seemed to pierce the troubled air, and were willingly ascribed to the same causes, until the repetition of them, at intervals, produced so strong a conviction of their being really signals of distress, that lights were carried out to various parts of the rocks; and every expedient for relief that humanity could suggest was adopted, and persevered in for hours. The sounds were not again heard; and next morning no vestiges of wreck appeared. Inquiries were were made along the coast, without bringing tidings of such a calamity. It was subsequently ascertained that a vessel had sailed from Aberdeen on the day of the storm, bound for sonic port in the Baltic. Months passed away, and the circumstance was almost forgotten ; when one fine afternoon, a party from the castle having determined on a marine excursion, went in a boat to explore some of the caverns on the coast ; and in one of them, to their great surprise, found the hull of a vessel that had been driven on shore, and sucked in. Some remains of the sufferers were also found ; and part of her cargo had been carried up by the waves, and laid high and dry in the interior recesses of the shingly beach. On some oars, and on some packages, were found marks that left no doubt that this had been the vessel fromees ofA Aberdeen heolenngthineg to other vessel s day in question. N wi u ti t e n h e rsoaui sailed s piece were discovered ; and i n s ome places parts of their cargoes were found f irm ly wedged in cavities of the rock ; while the skeletons and bones that abounded in these gloomy caves afforded but too lamentable a proof of the effect of storms on this perilous coast. Indeed, it must be apparent, th a t when a vessel is driven into one of the caves, her d e struction must be inevitable; those on board have no chance of escaping ; nor can any relief be afforded them." FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Q UARTE RLY in the TVe s t m i nster R ev i e w, a novel recorn mE EVIE IV. N o . V. Smith and Elder , London, 1844. We remember reading being writte n , som e few years since endation, to th e e ff ect th a t history, instead of calm, thou g htf u l, erudite natures , like ou r Gib bons, Roberts ons Hallams, as it has hitherto been , by men of Turners, Thirlwalls, &c., should b e w r itt en by po ets —that is to say, by men whose feeling and faneY m u st neces sarily constitute the chief features in their in tellectual idiosyncrasy. In the Number before us, in the course of an article entitled " Ro mance in Italy," the same recommendation is repeated, the Reviewer observing, " did ever . any man of supreme intellect, any poet, attempt to write history ? hid ever any eagle-eyed bard cast a vivifying glance on the past, and lay its image, misty and shadowy perhaps, but not the less moving and breathing, before us? History has hitherto been merely the work of plodding erudition or of cold political speculation, the pro duction of the scholar or philosopher. Let only the poet undertake to write history." We say, on the contrary, let the poet undertake no such task, but content himself; as heretofore, with ranging over the realms of imagination. His is essentially a lawless intellect, which spurns all ideas of restraint, and to restrict him to the comparatively narrow limits within which the historian is confined, would il b ee ea certain stumbling be to fetter and cramp his genius, and deprive it of all vitality. Besides, how could such a man be g., n e n t_ expectedthe e a r to e exhibit f.ul baol fans t et l ie i t e lrgn patient, plodding plodding research, the dispassionate and N v e 11 - power li—which are so aspires to write history ? weighed jud and his . quick, ardent feelings sub jectingflTiiteinpgo indispensable e t e t l l s e d i a l n i t s c c o s y e i ho—ii wouldii evidence -- arid d w o h t t o i l , stumbling block in his his view of the truth ? As to the " roman ce of history" on w hi c h th e strenuously m romance," our answer is, e," but its facts R th e al l ‘ e: e ve d r o so wnot —its naked, unvarnished facts—and these are best gleaned by men of " plodding erudition." In the notice of " Hayti, its Past and Present State," occur brief sketches of some of the most distinguished chiefs in its annals for the last half. century. Justice, however, is hardly done to Toussaint, who is accused of cruelty—a 01 1 i e f : i ei s isi,s t truthiae day. charge \ vhich, we firmly believe, applies with y great commander . -j orn p a red with his merciless ene and yet it is principally by prodigy of benefi cence and hurnanstY; these men that ln. l lire has been written, and those statements prot oulgated which have led to lizelnim...b,thlaien t: v i a a s n a such erroneous impress.'ons of his character. It is full time that the trut:. 4 . should be spoken of Toussaint, and the world be told that he was one nr the most illustrious individuals whom the eighteenth century, fruitful of greatness, produced—a sagacious states:nan, a skilful and successful soldier, a conounmate man of the world, a consistent, high-minded, disinte rested patriot, who tell a victim to his reliance on the good faith and honour of the French. At fifty years of age this extraordinary 'man was a slave, pursuing the humble occupation of a carter. Two years afterwards, he was the deliverer ofhis country—the commander of her armies, the lead ing statesman in her senate—in fact, her ruling sovereign ; and such was his moral influence, that even General Lacroix, who hated him, is com pelled to acknowledge that " the soldiers re garded him as a • superior being, and the cultiva tors prostrated themselves before him, as before a Divinity. All his generals trembled belhre him, and even Dessalines did not dare to look in his face !" The death of Toussaint—or rather his cold-blooded murder—in a damp Swiss dungeon where he was left to expire of cold and hunger, is the greatest blot on the scutcheon of Napoleon. " Arnold of Brescia," is a review of a tragedy of that name, which, it seems, has cre a t e d a won derful ferment throughout Italy. The hero, as many of our readers may perhaps remember, was an eminent religious re former who flourished in the twell'S century, and after having boldly held forth for some years against tho corruptions of the Vatican, and the general licentious conduct of the clergy, was given up by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to. Pope Adrian the Fourth, who caused him to be hanged on a gibbet, and afterwards flung into the Tiber. The Reviewer speaks very favourably of the tragedy of Arnold, and quotes several ex tracts which fully justify his guod opinion. The object of the elaborate article on the " Causes of Distress" deserves every praise, for it is to recom mend ".such a searching investigation into our social and economical condition, as may enable us to trace out the latent causes of distress, and to discover and apply appropriate means for their removal." In the criticism on Professor Koch's Journey through Russia to the Caucasian Isthmus," we find some slight, hasty sketches of the Cossack tribes located in the neighbourhood of the Black Sea, together with an account of the present state of--the. quarrel between Russia and the Circassians. The Reviewer takes a liberal view of the question, and warmly sympathises with the brave and patriotic mountaineers of the Caucasus. We quote an anecdote relative to the Emperor of Russia during one of his recent visits to Tiflis, and Prince Dadian, whom he had caused to be se% erely punished for having applied to his own use the money which should have been expended on his " The rank of which Prince Radian had been de prived was conferred on Baron Von Rosen's son, but this mark of favour was little calculated to dispel the gloom that had been cast over the Baron's family. Prince Alexander Dadian had but a few weeks before been married to the Baron's daughter, and while the parents were forced to be all smiles and affability to their Sovereign, their child was already on the road to share the captivity and disgrace of her husband. He was eventually degraded to the rank of a peasant, and banished to Siberia, whither his wife followed him, and where she is probably still softening by her affectionate devotion the bitterness of merited dis grace. The Russian law, indeed, looks on a man banished to Siberia as politically dead, and his marriage is dissolved, and his wife at liberty to con tract a new alliance • but, to the credit of the R uss i an ladies, be it said, few avail themselves of this law, and the victim of imperial anger, through stripped of all his worldly possessions, and shunned by those who had once sought his friendship, has but rarely to mourn over the desertion of her who had plighted her troth to him in marriage. " That same evening a splendid ball was given by the nobility of Tiflis in honour of the Emperor. About a thousand invitations had beon issued, and Professor Koch was among the honoured and happy guests. The scene must have been g2y enough. The officers, with their stars and epaulettes, were mingled with Turks, Tartars, Circassians, Persians, and Armenians, all in rich oriental costumes, and many greatly excited by a scene so unusual to them. A number of Georgian ladies had been prevailed on to ;partake of the festivity, and sat in silent, stately rows, but all blazing with jewel s . Th e B aroness Von Rosen, who had that morning bid adieu, pro bably for ever, to her child, was obliged, as wife of the Commander-in-Chief, to do the honours of the ball, and to dance the opening Polonaise with the Emperor. Both her unmarried daughters, too, in compliance with etiquette, were obliged to appear at the ball, and both, in the course of the evening, were honoured with the Emperor's hand. The Professor is surprisingly eloquent in his praises of this display of imperial affability, this solicitude to pour balm into a wounded spirit, by making the bereaved mother and sisters dance jigs and cotillions with an Emperor ! The Emperor remained only two hours, and during his stay everything went on well enough, but the Georgians, according to all accounts, are tremendous drinkers, and as the night advanced the fun grew so fast and furious that most of the ladies deemed it ad visable to make an early retreat." THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICUL TURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 1 7 (1. Part 11. John Murray, London. This periodical work is deservedly rising in public estimation, and will bear a favourable comparison with the best agricultural productions of the kind. It has several noble contributors, among these the Duke of Richmond, who fur nishes an article on the solution of bones in sul phuric acid for the purposes of manure, and the Earl ofLovelace another on the culture ofman,gold w urzel. Some of the best papers, too, are by Members of Parliament, and among these Mr. Pusey is conspicuous. In the present volume he has two or three articles, one of which is on the agricultural improvements of Lincolnshire and some southern counties, as compared with those air Northumberland and the south of Scotland ; and to the surprise of our northern neighbours, no doubt, he gives the preference to the former. The farming in Lincolnshire de serves great praise for the vast improve ments effected when no corn-laws existed ; the neatness of the hedge rows, the farm-houses and offices, and the general appearance of the fields are highly creditable to the spirit and in dustry of the people; but we cannot admit with Mr. Pusey that they surpass in that respect the farmers of the Merse and Teviotdale, or that it is Iltir to draw a comparison between farms on the barren and bleak Lammermoor hills and the flat and sheltered plains of Lincoln. And besides, if lie had counted the cost—a material point— he would have found that the expense of even the very best farming in Scotland falls far short of that in England. His remarks, however, are worth extracting:— " Beyond Berwick, arriving at Dunbar, you find, along the sea-coast, some of the famous farms of East Lothian. It is an extraordinary soil, for which the tenants, far Ming admirably, pay the well-known rents of 4/. or 5/. the acre, which some suppose to be the common rents of East Lothian. But ride two or three miles only inland, and you find, first, land well farmed at 21. per acre ; then land at I/. per acre—some of it very ill farmed, foul, and out of condition; then the Lammer moor Hills• which are not farmed at all, but are in the same s t a te as Lincoln Heath when the Dunston beacon was lighted nightly. Onwards again to Edinburgh, for 30 miles through the Lothians, you will see good land moat excellently farmed, but sometimes also moderate land in a very slovenly state. If from thence you travel along the mail-ooach road to Carlisle, on losing sight of Edinburgh Castle, you pass for 70 miles through the heart of South Scotland, over moors covered with a rank grass, which shows that they might bear something better, or among scanty corn-crops, which prove that nature has been little assisted by art. I cannot therefore place the general farming of southern Scotland or of Northumberland on a level with the farming of our southern counties, such at Buck inghamshire, but rather with that of North Devon ; nor the ge neral farming of East Lothian on a level with the general farm ing of Lincolnshire ; nor the best farminr , of East Lothian on a level with the best farming of Lincolnshire, because it is the best land only of East Lothian on which such noble examples of farming are given, while in Lincolnshire the barren heath and wold have been taught nearly equal luxuriance." Lord Portman, Mr. Langston, Sir Charles Lemon, M.P., arc also contributors—a good sign that Lords and Members of Parliament begin to see that they must bestir themselves, and that the corn.laws cannot last for ever. There are several articles in the present Number interesting, not only to farmers, but to the general readers, among which we would direct attention to that by Capt. Weddrington "On the Agriculture of Spain,' and to the " Past and Present State of Agriculture in Ireland," by Mr. William Blacker. INQUEST ON AN UNKNOWN MAN WITH ONE LEG.— An inquest was held on Tuesday, before Mr, W4ley, in the workhouse, Arthur-street, Chelsea, on the body of a man unknown, with only one leg, the other having been " pawned." Mr. Richard Smith, landlord of the Commercial Tavern, King's-road, Chelsea, said that in the afternoon of Thursday last one of the inmates of hii hope discovered a man on his premises in a sitting position, but quite dead. fJe had never before seen the deceased, and believed him to be a stranger in the parish. Deceased was a one-legged man. He wore a sailor's cap and blue trousers. Mr. Hawkins produced a duplicate found on the deceased of a leather leg, which had been pledged in the name of " John Robinson, 7, Poplar," at the shop of Mr. Harding, York-street, Westminster, for 7s, He (Mr. Hawkins) called on the pawnbroker on Friday last, when the latter told him that the deceased was at his shop on Thursday last, when he (the deceased) said he should have " a shot in the locker on Tuesday next, when he would take out his leg." Mrs. Moore said she was a fruiterer, residing in the King's. road, and recollected the deceased calling in the after • noon of Thursday last at her shop, when he purchased lioree fruit, she believed a pear. He was very jocular, and appeared quite well. Mr. l Charles Stevens has made a post marten; examination of the body, and found extensive disease in the heart—ossitleation of the valves. No parts appeared disease:l, He attributed death to perfectly natural causes. A verdict of " Natural death" was returned, ... ,..a. m u 5 . .... 01 . 1 • 041 . 1 • 11111 WC,14.6.1,m111.. Mkt 221,.. • • SP:ItIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—There seems to br.Sd ever Ireland a heavy curse, which c,in nehlier he expiated by calamities nor mitigated be dote. She has grown front a fiefol the Crowe to a dukedom, from a dukedom to a province, from a province to a kingdom; from a kingdom, she has become the associate of England in legislative rights and im perial power; yet, in all her stages of progressive rise, in every condition, and under every sway, she has retained the same distinctive character of dissensitrn, violence, and treachery. Blessed with a soil, compared with which in many parts English corn fields are barren, she has turned this blessing to a bane, and produced for the astonishment of Europe, and the multiplication of her own disasters, a ragged, slovenly, and starving peasantry. Boasting a population which individually presents stronger traits of cheerful ness, good humour, and courage, of reckless daring and more reckless free-thinking, than any other nation in Christendom, at the same time she startles us with the sombre records of san guinary vindictiveness, treacherous cowardice, sullen resentment, and degraded superstition, such as darken the annals of no other people. Inexplicable confusion of valise and effect, action and reaction, persecution and revenge ! Curious and foiling labyrinth of tortuous maladies! Per plexing cycle of political errors and moral sins! Well may a Minister proclaim Ireland to be his difficulty. Well may a fiction procial iii Ireland to be its hope. The wise physician will despond, and the juggiiies qatick will exult, over the infirmities of a State which can bear neither disease nor its re. medy. We are reminded of religiou s differ ences, of political dissensions. %Ve are told that Ireland is discomposed, because she is partly Papist, partly Protestant. But is Ireland the only country in Europe wilose people do not agree in their religious creeds? Is Belgium all Catholic ?or Russia all Protestant? Is there no Protestantism in France ? Is there an Popery in Germany? Yet nowhere are religious differ ences pleaded in excuse of' social animosities as they are in Ireland. But we are told also or the mixture of hostile races as a mischief not less fatal than the confusion of repulsive creeds. Tho Saxon and the Celt,--this is the cause of Irish tumult, of Irish bloodshed, and Irish misery. " The Saxon lord, the Celtic serf." And this Irishmen of education, at leasts if tint of wisdom—of lore, it' not of reflection—de claim on every husting s and repeat at every gathering, until an irrita ble peasantry catch the wild cry as it passes, and cheer one another on in the fatuous arid fatal creed that they are poor, because Henry 11. raised his standard in the Pale, and degraded because their country has been assimilated to the laws amid constitution of England. We are not now reasoning uu the absurdity of such a belief. We are stating it as an ominous fact in the history of Ireland, that a prejudice, which elsewhere has been dissipated by circumstances or modified by time, is there more potent than ever. In other lands date has blended the con querors and the conquered into one eommon family. Alliances have fused the most hostile, interest has reconciled the most repugnant races; and what neither interest lior marriage could effect, the silent march of years has brought about. Who in England now think:: of Saxon or Norman ? What rational Mall in Scotland cares for Gaelic or Saxon descent ? There is in deed a generous pride in the recollection of generic names, and die preservation of anceszral fame; but how nobly and how gainfully have national antipathies and particular jealousies been sacrificed at the shrine of that comprehensive patriotism which has inspired the descendaets of the Norman, the Saxon, and the Highlander to forget all but their common faith and fealty to Great Britain ! And yet in Ireland this MI hallowed potency of traditionary hate still . pre• vails—more dangerous because concentrated within narrower limits. It was the worst sign of the worst times in ancient. Greece, when each particular city saw the subdued flames of heredi tary faction re•appear—when each petty State was divided between the representatives of Spartan and Athenian ascendancy, and every family owed at once its precedence and its perils to its connexion with one or the other of these two States : the worst signs that Ireland now exhibits are the mutual jealousies of its distinct classes, and the feral hostility of its religious fictions. What have we not seen within the last few months? We put out of the question assemblies banded together for the laceration of the empire. But what have we seen in the social and civil lite of Ireland? In broad daylight, on the day of Christian worship, when people were going to and fro on the errand of penittece and supplica tion, a murder perpetrated by ruffian ferocity, at the same time upon the feebleness ofage and the weakness of sex. Such a murder as Mr. Wal ler's no modern country but Ireland could wit ness; and, we believe, no county in Ireland but Tipperary. This murder is committed in the day, the perpetrators leave the house stained with the bloody marks of a desperate resistance, yet no one challenges them, no one arrests their progress, no one remembers to have seen them: Mr. Waller was a landlord I A few weeks elapse, and Meath becomes the scene ore murder tm less deliberately planned, though less ferociously exe cuted, than its Tipperary model. Mr. Sherlock, an industrious first-class thrmer, is assassinated oat his return home at night. There is no c'ue to the detection of the murderers. lie was a landowner ! A letter front " A Munster Far mer" will suggest to the memory other crimes not less heinous and not more explicable. Can we, then, wonder at the fear which is expressed in a leading Dublin paper, that there exists a conspiracy to ex termintee the landowners throughout Ireland ? Or can we wonder that the magistracy of Ireland, living amid such scenes and exposed to such dangers, should abuse, or, as at Bandon, coldly exercise, the civil privi leges with which their statism invests them, and even refuse to men whose political hostility they know, and whose personal viedistiveness they suspect, the possession of weapons which may be employed in their own destruction ? Thus does tear act upon power, and power f 2; eneratc injustice. The Celtic peasant fires at his half. Saxon landlord, time half-Saxon landlord avenges himself by debarring his half Celtic neighbour from the rights granted hint by a Saxon Par liament! Who can deny the misery of tine Irish peasantry? Who will affirm, universally, the wickedness or the injustice of the Irish land lords? There is tm intellectual weakness so common or so contemptible as that which leads men to indulge in the wholesale praise or censure of classes and castes. It is not only a logical error, but a sin against morality. Some landlords have been careless, some harsh, some oppressively unjust. But is it fair to con demn all Irish landlords for the injustice or the indolence of a section of their class ? We would not judge of the Irish people by the murders of Tipperary. We would not judge of the Irish landlords by the worst specimen of their class. We have been most desirous that the real wrongs of the Irish peasantry should be known. We have been anxious that the full effulgence of English opinion should penetrate every distant corner of the sister isle, startling oppression in its lair and revenge in its lurking-place. Where men have perverted wealth to the purposes of cruelty, or office to the ends of injustice, we have fearlessly and unhesitatingly denounced them. But we will never give our aid to an indiscrimi nate war against the Irish landlords. If some of them have abused their advantages, almost all have paid the penalty. We know well what is the object of the clamour now raised against them. We know, too, that the system of tenure in Ireland is nwst unfortuniqv ; but it is rather an effect than a cause. Tlwre are other and graver maladies of deeper root and of deadlier operation. The recent affray in New Zealatal has stimu lated alarm and inactivity iiito enunest prepara tion. Immediately after the disastrous contest at Wairau, the inhabitants of Wellington and its vicinity offered their services in ease an incursion of the savages should render an resistance necessary. The lotto , lin which tho acting ma gistrate of the southern district disclaims the notion of making an appeal to arms, and which is given in another column, expresses the prin. ciple by which we think every public otfieer ought to be guided in his 0.411,4'0.4ms with the aborigines of a colonial dependency. Instead of pampering the fears and rousing time animosity of the English settlers, Mr M‘Donogli en courages them in the belief that the late affair was the result of incuivellence 4 and Out the na. 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