The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-13 00:00:00

RI BB. pAY , ) 131013514 , ,A 4! rincO sD l . e loc ' tetl e e idr w) itaz 11". med f 1. 1 46 Birber a ! oilo o P u pa bad o ctl . L c j i ff 0 .141 * re iden t l o i T. 111 £11ill t ! :aed to 1r to SPI /1 1 (1 narbe r ' "to P e i s thit i he cl ot' t ? 000 11© 710 • fe elUlb It Itli nd i 0 •121 nem ..,4jci D!/ ) ' 3' to ✓ la lce did f e ssioe; t b!!!\/,o ta• cled L •tho MC/ such • C e ' 3; f it' bY tb ar 4'; 1 , en being examined, were found to exhibit in every respect a Professionalrof a p pearance. M r. H i ll, the stock- b roker, adm i tte d . Mr. Barber was a member of the same literary Society Its himself. Th at S oc i ety was composed of persons of known ability and integrity. Was character to have no influence • I , I POn their decision, or were literary men likely to be engaged la a transaction of this nature ? 1 f Mr. Barber had suspected that this was a forgery, would he have s•gued his own name !_it. the Ba n k? B elieving the person who called. herself Miss Vewart to be Mi ss S tewart, he snapped his fingers at M essrs. ek ering, and acted upon her i ns tru c tion a, Wh e n 30/. was all l that he was to have for his services, if he were a guilty man be was certainly the maddest guilt y man ever heard of. S'ould behove paraded his name beibre the public for such a paltry sum? In referring to Mr. Barbo.'s writing to Mr. Strode, he that Barber gave his own ,inune, and I hat this reit . ba,,, tt 1 -7 . - iTh Ty probable that he should before have given the % .4-br Peckh am , as th e i ncons i stency wou ld pro b a bly have 'le en discov ere d b y M r. S trode, and woithl have excited sus , teion in hi a m i n d . I n comment i ng on t h e l etter o f M r . •siarber, in reply to that of Messrs. Pickering and Co:, he said t hat if that letter failed to convince the jury of his innocence, L °tbing which he could do would have that effect. If this do . telltrient did not prove innocence, he (Mr. Wilkins) was no dge of human character. Ile made an application to tears. Pickering and Co., for the payment of a small balance believed belief him identity, and he now made this claim in the firm of it himself. - Was this the conduct of a man, who, 2 1 the m er idi an of ex i stence, was expos i ng h i mself 2 the risk of ignominiouspunishment ? It Appeared pat the legacy duty had not paid. It was very common . ler attorneys to leave the duty unpaid for eighteen. months Illtwo years, the Government not insisting on. earlier pay ' tent. It not being paid in this instance showed that Barber Z a ' s needy man ; but had he been a guilty ne, it would not a/e been left unpaid. This delay f pay o ment would of I.4,ecessity provoke the inquiry which lie must be anxious to It appeared that Griffin who, there could be no doubt, " t,. from M a guilty pa Dorerty '. had received 5/. from Mr. Fletcher and ... • rs. y • JAstas—Mrs. Dorey's mother. • • WrnkiNs thanked his friend tbr correcting him. No r_ t . i ng would be further from his wish than to do anything to Jare 7 h the case of that unfortunate woman, for whom, ~ I ther i nnocent or gu i lty, he felt sincere pity. had now gone through the hle of the evidence. He thrd l • not trouble them with many inure remarks. What, /cos-the case against Mr. Barber ? Supposing they had qty b9 doubt respecting the testimony of Hyatt, there was not tittle of evidence to show that Barber appeared in the ~ • Pnsaction until long after the bond was executed. Mr. •,, Ocher was the parts , who took lodgings for Miss Stewart, all a gave all the directions, and who took the leading art in till proceedings. If Mr. Barber did not visit Marlow the O ctober all the difficulty vanished. He had ex plained •,difficulty arising from' the name "Peckham." He 21 ,; 444 call witnesses who would prove that Mr. Barber was ine,dinary character. His literary pursuits were altogether ,teyneistent with his being guilty of this charge. With a rpind these pursuits would have no weight ; but to 4( hr i , Wno knew how literary tastes rarified and ennobled the Mt that would appear worthy of great consideration. ie 144 n ther . appealed, however, to their sense of justice. , b I pity—he asked them not to be guided either y nor by sympathv ; but he appealed simply to their settee , 01 justice. The noblest sacrifice which could li te u,de was that of prejudice to truth. That sacri lion. he called upon them to make. In propor tL... - to the destitution and misery of the prisoner, he asked 111 . to weigh well the considerations which he had ad )y,„l! -(1, • In the meridian of life, the prisoner was deserted eoe from whom he had been accustomed to receive sym - til"Y and caresses. Mr. Barber looked to them alone for ;enaracter. There he stood, a withered man; but at their acros he-felt confident justice would be done to hint, and this : be some compensation to him for being deserted by •Co n ends. He trusted that.the jury would, by their ver ii!eeeue him from obloquy and disgrace. • hc f. `Learned Counsel - spoke for about three hours and a . • prisoaer Barber appeared to be deeply affected by Their Lordships and the jury then retired for a few mi. 114t eo , and o n th e i r return, tieml,(.lßEAvEs applied to their Lordships for permission to • hidiris defence of th e p r i soner Fletcher until Mr. Wilkins d g?ne thro ug h t h e ev i dence wh i ch he i nten d e d to b r i ng • it Auld of Ba r b er , on t h e ground that unt il t h at per i o d • . h e 'ould be imp oss ibl e for hint to understand in what position Zes really placed. tir Lordships declined to grant the:application. )1:1_1% Gar:AvEs then rose to a dd ress th e jury in defence of when our reporter left. • • M.O I rEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. TO THREE. CITY, T he Cotton Market at Q ll T • li erp ß o T ol Kß u h n a d rs. . lieVernent yesterday. Sales, arket was not quite so r,o . 1 . , , 1., ' r n a c i le:T. underwent s no Share im - • • . motive ' 'Stocks, but in the e 3', Ta o, ‘ , Chester and f i o n r ,s7 :the light ther e P t a l no change. Caledonian were : ie ° -°W : 3 : h6e 4 d ; 71 :Manchester Dublin and an C d as ß he ir l , m s 4_: ..lrm4i, 23; Ediin4B4burg;lizita..tanierdnisGnalannsdd l.r,,,"llB) 3 /. 2s. 6d. • Paris and Stras u L, 7,:r i ;114 ; South-Eastern New, :-)-. .. "4 is the pay-day on the last Consol A .t cchit a ir i , o N i s l - h e i o c ir h was sa. Settled yesterday, and, as far as we hear, if have rallied -•••tiSfactorily. Consols for Money and .1- 11'0111 100 i to 1005. Tke Commissione c r ' s o I h is rnorni g The New Three-and-a-Half n I Reduced Three (lid ,er no c t en p t u s. rc h h a a l r e ' been firm at 3i i to 44 per cent. abov r Cents. at 995 3 ; and Exchequer above par. at 765. 745. prem. •nknk Stock continues at 204 Funds have been very trial; i_le v ariations in the Foreign 1 ..' u g t o - day. Spanish Thtec Cents. ; D h u a t N c • h e been Fiv pe r quoted Cents, and 4 ; the Five per Cents ie a r t ex Venezuelan, fnle,k, itfualilvl‘ft.Na• at '*:t and 154. a IN i ; Mexioan at 355 ; and C 26 oombian, a t r f a e n w s a h c t n e y d i n i n g e y r aSghea ramount A o ' f ith bu d s i t i f n e eas re n t h a r s e s b u e l e t s n , "'"nigha and Gloucester have recede( o i but in value. North Midland has been sold at 10 d di i s sc c n o l u in n t t : is at 7. tho u,a now 54 discount. 13olanos Mine . S W`lti DeUtlonte, Unregistered, at 41; Santiago cr (ca Cuba at '; And London and Westminster Bank at 25. BBITIOR FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Blatt stock (From the Offici a l Li st) aciOi .3 per C ent. Reduced Annuities siN 3 per Cent. C onsols, Annuities loo%x % , 03 , 4 % per CentAllteduced Annuities 104% 10 :i% " 4 % 441, 3 % Per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire Sties Jan. 13 C 0 ..• ****** - Ditto 30 years, Ex,sire r 10th 359 c Ditto' Years Expire j Oct. 'ip , o3. 1 12 2 Z-I 8 Consols for Account sth an. 10.1 1 4% Ertelsequer BilLs, IV. 1 WO/. INd. 74 pin. 4301 *** . ....................... - • ....... ".. 74 pm. Dltto S;;;11.11:: .. " . Pon Prn,- li, ti,i' ll ` rab 'A iln rl/30ND.S. ............. AT ONE O'C I L 4 O N C 1 „i Mexican 80nd,%7 Sp • cent ' Ditto for the Ac ' per 36 Ditch Bondi c° e u p n Cent 1810 9 6 ,4 Ditto ressivilonds: er 6Nti 13 ~Ditto Deferred Ditto Three per Cent. It Dltto for the Account -•- ...... --- ' "34-0.14 entntela Bonds 2 per Cent...-. ,nbirto Deferred ' ..• 83f. '7sc. F tench Rentes,3 ********* Cent * 25f 60c. • Dutteehhans t israYt. e . ents....... .... „.... ............ Ditto for the Account. rkICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE RAILWAXII. PEI Sus an 94 _ It e,, Ihitham arid Gloucester ..... 100 ........ 93 ...... 024 ‘-aiedonian . Chester and Holyhead ............. . 5 5 . i? to 7 , s 4 - Ikblin and Caslicl.... ' 2 Z tastern counties - ........ .2 ...... 12 'l4 ..; to - ~.Ditto New Registered Bl. Cs. Fki. ...... 1404% A% ~, "ni lbUrgh and Glas ow . ... 50 , Ditto Registered g " 14;, - Ditto__"resit Western .. .......... . ......... 75 - Shares' ....... „, to - Ditto Fifths ... ......... 12 ' l,%q ... to - 11,_srsoich (Brai . iii;;Zt'e .. . 2 - Bull and Sei b radonn and Birmingham. - 227 to - -'l,lork and Brighton 44.4 to - Lon4don and So u th W estern 41% Ma_ nchester and Birmingham ... 40 Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct 18 ... t t t o o o :41 North British 2 ! , i Co - ~Vorth Midland ..,,, .1. , to -. 2.. ...• .-,v:. ••• Sh e and Brandon ... 'netield and Manchester .. ..... ... t t o • ...... 4 x_Ditto shares 36 35%,.. to 96 - " u th Eastern and Dover ...... 9% ...... to 10% ~ Ditto New • to 50 intk and NorthiMklland to - ~ ~,, R.asnitt.. Tarboro'' Branch ~0 4 -tasbrg and Basle ......... ...... 14 - _ JOINT stubs BANES. -Ald an and W es t m i nster 2O per PRICES ntco O so F is IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 1 1 1 g. . 92% inree aencl.a Ha l f Stock .. . . lO2 • Ditto Reduced 10'2 tg . Ditto New, Is3o ... 94% Vi per Cent Debentures We ank Stook 85 • Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. 874 Ditto 4 per cent.- ........... LAST PRICES OF SHARES. _ . PAID. PER MUNE. . 130 Dzuj,tblr:lki;:nntoisal:tuvelthnnAiddp'bLlZAßoT 5 . a d 7 ! ' brothede .. .. ••: . ~„ . . . . 55 - . Dublin and eas . hel ...... 2 ,,~ , rtlibernian Bank ... taeotityitoinnil:ll4nßi,ri,kaittn7k.r....n.. ........................................ . .......................... 1 2 7 5 % 10 25 8% 18 Copl l l3 r 4 u i ' s i I ISI d ;t. :S . ,, Ma tia l7 c M C; , : to m C m p o p a i n a n i n , y a Y n y • 19°5 014 9B 50 50 so MANCIIES JER pored4ll animated market to-day and T— eics. EXCHANGE, APRIL su. The following sales have been reported . -12ristol and Gloucester 5 it • F astern Counties Regis- Ziddttra4/ Lhancasterprices l2.— well lVe and Preston, o 38 i 39 1 • 41 3 ; South ~ in' I.`z 49k i ; Paris and liou,n, 3 East ° ' Manchester . ey Junction, 31i • " vlll ' 35 1 • Sh gi fieldan d Ra t% 1 , c e Manchester, Quarter 8/ i .derafield Co ns!, 21 4 ' . Caledonian, Si. 3s. 9d. ; find . -_-__,.....___ ! .. L .„....„..__,..„.„...g,..,„..... LO NDON .1 AND BIRMINGIUM RAlLWAY.—Yester `_43' a numerous meeting of the Proprietors, Shareholders, and Directors of the London and Birmingham Rahway Com- P a nY was held 0, at the grand terminus, Euaton-square, for two oects--narnely, for the purpose of considering the draft of a Cherl sow before Parliament, for making a railway from , _ter to Holyhead, whereby it was intended to take power tut the Company to subscribe the suns of 1,000,000/, towards the construction of the same, and to express approval or dis _otheaPProval of the Bill ; and also to consider the draft of an- Iller Bill now before Parliament, for making a railway from Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, at or near In i :4 l „„_ ca ster, to or near the city of Carlisle, and the raising of ,-,,ovu/. to - c arry it out.. 'George Carr Glynn, Esq., Chair . !lir of the Board of Directors took the chair. In opening tvvfl business he touched first on the Holyhead scheme. Ie • as '.erY bled to announce that Government were fully in : • • :Its favour; that by it an immense Irish traffic would be se - cure to the new 'harbour at Holyhead from the centre sot 14)n of the C4ff i p an t at Dublin ; that the traffic list and the 4_4fhtate had been carefully oneg through, and all promised tprofitable return to the London and Birmingham Comptui-Y- Iviltaie tnhmention that the line be made and the money be ranted Put and Passed unanimously. The next sub j ect • 'e ls, the casterLanP and Carlisle line, which the CompallY had equally ,112' sinepectations of ; and it was announced .. by - \-uairman that the Board of Directors had fully deter tninnedprtoogrtalresse no further part in any Scotch lines proposed . or i 'l' ho second proposition wits agreed to after a at Mr. Pease, of Dalin gtou,szpressed his pleasure at %he last announcement. The naeeting then Separated. .. -1- altSADNEstinc-sTatur.—That portion of Thread fleedle-street, in the City, immediately in front of Mer chant Tailorsi-liall, is now reduced to a width of from saying and a half to six feet of Carriage -way, a boarding .4.ving been tern six erected for the inclosure of a Pie in front of` the building, within which a number ?f. labourers are now employed in clearing away the rub carrilt'l3.leiB'f-l- When these improvements are completed the willf course_, gain a large additional width of age-tea.y, and the western end having been also , ißf'widened by the concession of ten feet frontage by the oPrietors of the Hall of Commerce, this important • TfPllghfaro..n.ill soon .become far.. more a.danted for a uireq aPpV4:.4 to the tc6,/ FoYal I;z4auge. - GREA F FREE TRADE BANQUET. (EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT. One of the greatest Free Trade displays ever witnessed in the town of Liverpool, took place to-night at the Amphi theatre, which was filled by an elegantly-dressed company of ladies and gentlemen. The speakers were the Chairman (Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P. fur Wolverhampton), the Hon. Fox Manic, William Ewart, Esq., M.P., Richard Cob • i den, Esq., H.P., John Bright, Esq , M.P., Colonel Thompson, and other gentlemen. To save the post, we are obliged to give only the principal points of the leading speakers. The . proceedings did not terminate until near midnight. THOMAS TiionNELv, Esq., M.P., the Chairman, on risieg to open the proceedings of the evening, at seven o'clock, was greeted with loud cheers. He said—Gentlemen, you will 1 please to fill your glasses and drink to " The health of her Majesty the Queen, fir whom we all entertain the highest honour and regard." (The toast was then drank with musi cal honours, the band playing the national anthem.) The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—The sooner, Gentle men, we drink the health of the Consort of her Majesty the Queen the better. You will please, therefore, to fill your glasses, and we will include in thel toast " The Queen 1 Dowager, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family." ' —(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—Gentlemen, our meet ing this evening is not upon any particular occasion, but it has been thought desirable by many of our friends that occa sional meetings should be held of the free traders of Liver-. pool, and if we have the good fortune, as we have this even ing, to be honoured by the attendance of distinguished strangers, of Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen who hold a high place in their country's regard—gentlemen of great in telligence and standing in the nation—and gentlemen who see the bearings of the free trade question, and come forward before the public to show their adherence to the prin ciples of free tradc,—l sac if occasional meetings like this be held in a commercial community like Liverpool, great good must be the inevitable result of such meet inge.—(Loud cheers.) I have great pleasure in witnes sing the attendance of strangers, such as I have faintly de scribed, at a meeting like this, because I want these gentle men to know, that although the voice of Liverpool, as now expressed in Parliament, is exercised on the side of mono poly-, yet 1 desire these gentlemen, who stand before Parlia ment and before the world as free traders, should know that iu this community there is a body of enlightened intelligence which earnestly seeks the extension of commerce, and desires to enforce on the Parliament the principles of free trade. To these strangers I appeal to the present meeting. How can it be otherwise that a community like Liverpool, which has its agents in every part of the civilised world, and by their exertions in remote regions extend the commerce of Liverpool —how can it be otherwise but that those agents find all the intercourse they would establish in foreign countries is crippled and restricted, and in some cases destroyed by our present restrictive commercial system ? From the pro ceedings in Parliament I turn with the greatest satisfaction to the great advance which free trade principles have made in the, public mind. Gentlemen, it is my great hope that the public mind is being impressed with the importance of these principles. I look back with great satisfaction upon the Committee that my Hon. Friend Mr. Ewart and I sat and served upon—the import Duties' Committee—which brought to light a great deal of the enibarra.esment under which the commerce and manufactures laboured, and which en lightened the public mind upon such subjects. Gentlemen, von know how much our respected friends Mr. Cobden and 'r. Bright have done. And here at my right hand is my Right Hon. Friend—if I may take the liberty of so calling him,—born of one of the highest families in the land, and largely interested in the agriculture of the country, from the extensive estates of that family—here is the Right Hon. Gentleman, who has held an important office under the late Government has done us the honour to meet us this day to express his decided opinions_ in favour of free trade.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, we did expect that the Earl of Ducie would have done us the honour to attend upon this occasion. I have here a letter which that Noble Earl has addressed to our worthy secretary, Mr. Rawlins, in which the Noble Earl expresses his regret at finding it impossible to undertake a journey to Liverpool so soon after attending the meeting at Bristol. The toast I am about to propose to you was, intended to have been given in the presence of the Earl Ducie. That Noble Lord, for the reasons I have mentioned, is not present, and I will, therefore, take the liberty, as it has been suggested to me, of making an alteration in the toast. in order to introduce, instead of the name of the Earl Ducie, the name of a distinguished nobleman, almost a neighbour of ours, the Marquis of Westminster.—( Loud cheers.) If 7ou please, then, we will drink the toast in this way—" The Marquis of Westminster, and the Earl Ducie."—(Cheers.) The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I had hoped that one of the best Members of the House of Commons, and-one of the best men out of the House of Commons, would have been here this evening to acknowledge the toast which I shall now, by your leave, propose to the meeting. My respected friend, Mr. Charles Villiers, had engaged to be here this evening.— (Cheers.) On Monday last, these was a public meeting in Wolverhampton to promote the cause of free trade—a meet ing at which my respected colleague, Mr. 'Villiers, and I at tended, along with Mr. Cobden, Colonel Thompson, and Mr. Moore. Mr. Villiers had come down from London in a very indifferent state of health, and he remained in Wolverhamp ton a day or two, in the hope that he would recover suffi ciently to attend this meeting. This morning, however, Mr. Rawlins received the following letter from him : " Birmingham. " MT DAR SIR,—It - is with great regret that I am com pelled to forego the pleasure of joining the free trade banquet on Friday. I have been suffering from indisposition for three weeks iast, and it was not without considerable incon venience that I attended a dinner on Monday at Wolver hampton, and it has so far postponed my recovery, as to pre clnde the possibility of my attending the dinner in Liverpool. Believe me nothing eke would have prevented me from keeping my engagement. I have written to Mr. Thornely to beg him to make my apologies to the Committee.—l remain, my dear Sir, very truly yours, " E. Rawlins, :Esq.' " C. P. VILLIERS." Now, I have seen enough of Mr. Villiers' state of health to know it would have been - extremely imprudent for him to attend this meeting this evening ; and I could not, as his friend, and as a friend to the cause of free trade, desire him to come down to Liverpool at the risk of his health. Now, gentlemen, I beg to introduce to you, not for the first time— because he was a public man in Liverpool before I had the honour to fill any situation of the sort—(Hear )—I beg, I say, to introduce to you our respected friend Mr. wart.—(Great cheering.) And, gentlemen ! Mr. Ewart has been so obliging as to allow the toast to stand in the way it is printed in the list. The Chairman concluded by saying, "And now, if you please, we will give three cheers for Mr. Villiers."—(Three tremendous cheers were then given for that distinguished gentleman.) EWART, Esq., M.P., rose to respond, and was received with lo . ud and long-continued cheers. When it subsided, he said—Gentlemen, I remember that it is re marked by a character in Shakspeare, " that some men are born to honours, some men achieve honours, and some have honours thrUst upon them." In the last of these characters sure in being present this night , being on l y , as it were, the I appear before you this evening ; but I have a peculiar plea shadow of my friend, Mr. Villiers—the man to whom we all owe so much, whether as a legislator or as a citizen. — (Hear, hear.) If, gentlemen, I am to be considered but as the shadow, you will recollect that the shadow proves the substance true ; and, however defective my reflective powers as a shadow may be, they prove the increasing value and lasting fame of my Hon. Friend Mr. Villiers.—(Cheers.) But I am called upon to respond to this toast in another capacity, because it includes the free-trade Members of the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) Would you could num ber, not only a more zealous, but a more numerous band of supporters, in that House—(Hear)—for, unfortunately, whilst they command the esteem of a great portion of the people of this country, their numbers are neither pro portioned to their cause, nor, with the exception of myself, their talents ; but they are now, I believe, making considerable progress in the country, and the country will eventually carry them through, and ensure a final and effectual triumph to the principle s o f free trade.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, when I sin called upon to re spond in behalf of those Members of the House of Commons , who have recorded their votes in favour of free trade, I turn round, and ask who they are? Many of them the most distinguished that ever graced the annals of any country.— (Hear, hear.) And, amongst them, is my Right Ron. Friend on my right—your Chaimian—one known to Toll by local connexion, as well as by national celebrity—(Cheers) —and also those around me,whom I may truly call the epos tles of free trade—Mr. Cobden and Mr. bright—(Loud cheers)—men, my sense of whose services, I want words to express my approbation. I now sec before me some of the real representatives of free trade in the House of Commons, but are there no laten't and concealed free trade representa tives, who onght by proxy also to thank you? Why, if pro fession is to be relied on, the Prime Minister of the present Government is a free trader; for to borrow an expression from a candidate for the City of London, he is " a free 'trader in the abstract."—(Hear, hear.) If profession is to be relied on, the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department is a free trader in the abstract."—(Hear, hear.) If the Right Hon President of the Board of Trade is to he measured, not by the profession of his principles, but by what he has published, he is " a free trader in the abstract." These men only want moral courage to carry out their principles ; and 1 must say, if they would only come forward with some great and comprehensive mea sure, such as a bold spirit like the elder Pitt, Lord Chatham, would have produced, they would carry with them all the sympathy, as well as support, of the present generation, and would command the gratitude of all posterity.—(Applause.) This I maintain and modestly profess, not only on behalf of the advocates of free trade generally, but also on behalf of the latent friends of free trade.—(Loud cheers.) But how stand we in the House of Commons ? Not many years ago, meet ing with my Hon. Friends Mr. Cobden anti Mr. Thornely, in Palace-yard, near the House of Commons, I was called upon to declare by what means we could carry free trade in the senate of Great Britain? I took the liberty to state that you could only be successful by the use of one lever, and that must be the mechanical power exerted with out—that nothing could be done till the country took up the cause.—(Cheers.) Has not that prediction been verified? Has not the country taken up the cause, and has not its in fluence been felt, even within that almost impenetrable se nate, the Commons House of Parliament ?—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) We owe- this to those friends of ours who have perambulated the country' ; and what ever may be the effect on the country, I can as sure you the effect witnin the walls of Parliament—those walls of tenfold brass--is but slight indeed. Conviction, reason, eloquence, must bring home the truth, not only to the minds, but also to the feelings of the Members of that House, where not only a great portion of the capital, but also of the intellect of the country is to be found.—(Cheers.) But, gen tlemen, however. much I may respect the sincerity of those who luxuriate on the verdant Treasury benches of the House of Commons, and however much I may esteem the correctness of iheir vision, as men who see as far as other men can see, yet r they pur e d will by I maintain, they ought not t o b e t h e j udges of this question. They are in fact the advocate s on one s i de, and as one-sided ad- N s: i o a c i a e n t never invigorating have t h e their escOmallpdleteenlye-eeya• restored e judges, d u g n e t s i , l influence of the public mi n d —( purged pp ause.) Thus I look to the House of Commons, and see the Minister s ' c not changed. Thus they w ill remain until INeii , but have nced stirred u p, not only the manufacturing interests, but the commercial and agricultural also. A n d h ere I turn round and lookornaercial at the operation of the Anti-Corn law League—the Anti- Corn-law League has achi eve d this great triumph. It has broken down the false barrier—the d which has long sep ara t e d the amantine wall rural inhabitants of this country. ltmanufacturing has shown them that the interests of the rural, and the commercial, and the manufacturing classes are one.—(Loud cheers.) To me it appears as plain as the noon-day sun, that the rural popu lation of this country is not a whit l ess interested than n the manufacturing in . repealing l aws w hi ch make subsistence dear, and retard employment.—(Hear.) The Anti-Corn-law e League have gone amongst this popilation. Theyhavetppealed to thz touiat fill*Cliyess47oc,7„ge4 404 Qqato-umna4L4ag leases for their farms—they have called upon them to be no longer serfs, but to demand that just portion of protec tion which the law ought not to deny to any man. They have not appealed in vain ; for the tenants are now deter mined that they will have that protection of long leases svhich is given by our friends in Scotland, and which sound. policy denies to no man.—(Hear, hear.) It is shown that they are now protected by laws which are on a false basis. They have gone further; they have shown-that the agricul turists are worse off than the manufacturing population. They have called upon the peasant to vindicate his rights. They have asked him whether it is to his interest to have cheap bread, cheap clothing, cheap butter, cheap bacon, and other articles?—(Hear, hear.) They have asked him whether keeping up the prices of such articles is not an iocumbrance upon his rights ?—(Loud cheers.) These gen tlemen have, by their exertions in the diffusion of knowledge on this subject, produced the most beneficial influence—dif fusing the light of truth and intelligence even to the hum blest cottage in the country.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, we are united in sue common cause, involving the inte rests of the commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural population, against one predominant and controlling in terest—the unjust, tyrannical, and oppressive land lords of this country.—(Cheers.) Let - me not be sup posed to speak of the whole mass, but of a class determined to uphold monopoly, and at war with the best interests of the community. I have opposed them in Parliament, and will continue to oppose--;--knowing many of them—as an oppres sive and tyrannical class of persons.—(Loud applause.)'Then I look around, and I see intelligence on the subject of free trade—thanks to the exertions of those around me—univer sally diffused from one end of the country to the other. I behold the darkness dispersed, and the bright beams of me ridian splendour supplying its place.—(Hear.) (After some further observations the Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud applause.) The CHAllOLAN—Gentlemen, I am quite certain that I speak the opinions of every individual in this assembly when I Say, that no circumstance connected with our meeting this evening affords us more sincere gratification than the pre sence of the Right Hon. Fox Maule.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Fox Maule, I need not tell you, is a member of one of the most distinguished families in Scotland.—(Cheers.) Mr. Maule belongs to a family of great landed property and wealth ; and vet he has the good sense to see that the pros perity of land'does not depend upon the restriction of trade, but, in fact, depends upon the removal of commercial restric tions.—(Great cheering.) Gentlemen, Mr. Fox Maule has filled various offices in the Government of the country with high credit to himself. He is a gentleman of excellent talent, of exemplary private character, a most welcome guest among the free traders of Liverpool, and I am, therefore, proud to introduce him to :your notice. (The health of Mr. Maule was then drank with great enthusiasm.) The Right Hon. Fox MateE. M.P., rose amidst the loudest plaudits, and said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, the very flattering reception which you have been pleased to give to this toast has almost rendered me incapable of uttering the few sentences which I feel called upon to do, in returning you my thanks, for I entirely and cordially respond to the senti ment which this toast contains.—(Cheers. ) With no other prospects to look to but those which emanate from land, I entirely concur in the view, that the interests of the position which I may be called upon hereafter to occupy, can only be promoted to their utmost extent by unrestricted commercial intercourse with all the world. (Tre mendous cheering.) Gentlemen, I feel that in ut tering that sentiment I deserve no credit, be cause I am merely taking that course which I know is best to promote my own personal and'" selfish" ends—(Cheers)— and.l am surprised that those who are similarly situated with myself have been so slow to view the matter in the same light that I do. What is it, gentlemen, if we inherit lands— if we are entitled to support our rights, as you call them here —if at the same time we are to be looked upon as an incubus upon the face of the country? As a body, we always stand in the way of improvement of the commercial intercourse of the world, and the improvements of the habits and position of our countrymen.—(Cheers.) According to the mode in which society has been ordered by Providence, men may be born to station—they may be born to title—they may take to themselves credit for the position in which they stand ; but I would remind them of the words of the poet— " Et genus et proavos, et quay non fecimus ipsi, Vix et nostra voco." • That is my motto, gentlemen. I want to be distinguished, not by any nobility or title, to which I may be called by the accident of birth, but I wish to be distinguished by the one, through life, of doing as much good as I can to others.— (Cheers.) And, gentlemen, in forwarding that object, I think that those who are connected with land will do it best by forwarding amongst the agricultural population of this country correct and proper views of free trade.—(Hear.) I delight to say that I can myself testify to the citizens of Liverpool, and this assembly and most respectable company, that amongst our agricultural body in Scotland free trade principles are making rapid advances—(Loud cheers) — and 1 say it without wishing to cast any reflections upon my southern neighbours—l say that they will make more ad vances with us in the north than it is possible they will for sonic time do with you in the south. You will ask me my reason for this, and I tell you it is that our tenantry are in a more:independent position.—(Cheers.) In our country our tenantry have leases.—(Cheers.) I am sorry to say that a great many of them have not much capital, but it has been frittered away, because they have been pursuing unsound views ; but they are independent, so far, because of their lease,3. That I consider one of the greatest safeguards which the farmer can enjoy. We have another system that in our country puts the tenant-farmer out of all risk of lo , s by changes, such as we hope to obtain by the abo lition of the corn-laws—l mean a system of grain or corn rents.—(Hear, hear.) Then, gentlemen, we have that which I hope you will never have in this country , we have an other obstacle to agricultural improvement—we have a stern and relentless climate sometimes to contend with ; and it is to put ourselves upon somewhat of a footing with you in the south that we are obliged to study the utmost economy and the best means of managing our farms, and that we pay the rents that we are enabled to pay in Scotland.—(Cheers.) I trust, however, that the views of free trade, notwithstand ing the progress they have made, will yet make still further progress in my native . fand ; because I am quite sure that there is no system So bad as that which leads the farmers to consider themselves a distinct body from the rest of the community. The farmers, as a body, do not surely mean, in this great country, to be a distinct race among themselves. Farmers' eons are not all farmers in their turn ; farmers' daughters are not all destined to wed farmers' sons.—(Cheers.) They must branch out into the other stems of society, and,- among the rest, the artny. It is true you are told, it is culled from the agricultural as well as from the manufacturing districts ; but let us look to the nursery for our navy. Surely those who say that the agri cultural interests arc those which ought to be most fostered, and to he the most prominent in .the country, over look the fact, that the great glory of this country, the " wooden walls of old: England, owes. its greatness not to the agricultural race, but to the commercial marine of the country, which is supported by the commerce which flows from foreign lands ?—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the farmers will soon come to see, that without a thorough amalgamation with the manufacturing classes, neither of them will at tain to that height of prosperity to which, united, they may fairly aspire.—(Hear, hear.) It is commerce that has raised this country to the position which it now holds. Agri culture has been fostered, in order to do that in the home markets which it has engaged, and which it has failed to do. Each by itself will fail, if it be attempted to support each in the position in which they stand, unless they agree now cordially to amalgamate ; and you may depend upon it, that however prosperous they may be at this moment, that that prosperity is merely ephemeral, and that a day of reckoning will come, when we shall sink into one common abyss. Mr. Ewart has just stated to you, that a foreigner, landing here, would naturally reckon upon a great town like Liverpool as the source from which free trade principles would emanate. When I landed upon these magnificent docks, and saw the flags of every different nation floating, and the mercantile marine upon them, I could not help saying to myself, " Is it possible that this great city, instead of being the beacon light of free trade, should be one of the closest and restricted with respect to commerce little of any city in the world?" I look around, and see knots of monopolist interests in various quartets. I see the sugar frightened for its existence on the one band, and I see the variousini n t i e b r e e r s t t s r ae b ll a l t i n w es , r o k n , a t n h d e 10 see h e e e r t „— h e ( m L n a u n g i t h i n t e g r . t ) 0 g e l t h s e e e r sup port in the main the mostabject of all monopolies—Lthe mono poly of food.—(Hear.) But I trust the day is coming, when public opinion, which, as history tells us, must sooner or later book. It is truly impossible that t hose c p o r n e l y n a l i e l r , wipe cial stat away statute-book. the stains which now exist upon our who are engaged in commerce in this community—those who are the owners of capital , an d those who can command the wealth and resources of the land—it truly impossible that they will sit quietly by--be their poll bee after market m b a y rke w t ha s t tele n n am a e nd the w y , please—and this s e by our own foolish acts, and wretched legislation.—(Tremen douscmotainrktrye cheering.) I think I can trace—without pretending to res p te le d ase rro see further than my neighbours—l think I can see alat certain disposition in certain quarters—l think I can see signs of the times, which convince me that the loss of foreign markets is coming somewhat home,to the considers tion of the powers that bee—(lean): When we see our busy neighbour anxious—and Ido no t blame her for that —to take advantage of every opening for her infantine commerce—when we see that busy neighbour nibbling at the Brazils—a market which, if we were to lose, (and we might retain it with the utmost ease) —a market which, if we were to lose, there are many in Liverpool will rue their obstinacy—(Tremendous applause)—when we see that busy neighbour at work, it behoves us to put all our energies to work, and it behoves the people of this country to ring—by agitation if you please—in the ears of the Go vernment of the day, that such things will not be submitted to.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is impossible for us to main tain foreign markets, unless we are prepared to give to foreign traders a reciprocity of trade. And after all, what is the pure system, the plain system of commerce ? I see it, gentlemen, stuck up with your mottoes there : " Commerce is barter." Cal it by any other name you please—let writers mystify it, or give any other description of it—commerce is barter in the end ; and every man ought to be entitled to barter with his neigh bour that which he produces for that which his neighbour produces, without injury to himself.—(Cheers.) That is the sure, the plain, simple policy of a commercial nation ; and as for that which is required in the way of taxation, to support the credit of the country, and to support the administration of justice, and other endswhich are necessary for maintaining the dignity of the Constitution, it is indirect taxation— and as little indirect taxation as is possible will be suffi cient—and this great country will soon be ready to afford it without any feeling of misplaced economy.—(Loud cheering.) I, for one, have no feeling of jealousy of my own countrymen that they would refuse indi rect taxation that was ever necessary to maintain the dignity of the country—(Hear)—but at the same time we should have it admitted that we should know to what extent we were taxed, and that we should be enabled—to nse a homely but rather expressive phrase—to cut our coat according to our cloth.—(Cheers.) But, gentlemen, I am straying from the subject of my toast. The subject of the toast is purely in reference to the interests of agriculture as connected with the interests of commerce. lam glad to find that we may reckon on many names of great-landed proprietors who are connected with the views which you and I take upon this sub ject. There are Lord Fitzwilliam and Lord Radnor, who are veterans in this cause.—(Loud cheers.) We have the direct testimony of the Marquis of Westminster, Lord Spencer, Lord Kinnaird, and many other parties whose names are familiar to. you, and who are distinguished as men whose object it is to maintain themselves—net upon any fleeting popularity of the day, but upon the sound opinion of their countrymen, which is the best reward, let me tell you, that public men can possibly have . — ( Loud c heer i ng.) Gen tlemen, I shall close with this observation. I thank you for the reception which I have this day received from you. The hospitable reception which you have given mewill ever be my greatest reward—no, not my greatest reward—my greatest reward will be to live to see carried out the prin ciples which we together have been advocating, and to be permitted at all times to join you in your noble endeavours to break down monopoly, place this great country in her natural position, and make her the mart of the world. The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the next toast, " The Anti Corn•law League, and thanks to them for their zealous and persevering endeavours to liberate British industry from the b. °adage of monopoly," said that the printe4 list stated that the toast would be responded to by Ge;c4e Wition, Esq., hlt he wa§ ulig4tust.iy-OWZat Li*AZIAS THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1844, under indisposition. Having the hollow of being their chair man, he might also consider himself a sort of stage manager ; and it therefore behoved him to look about for some one to take the part.—(Cheers and laughter.) He begged to pro pose as a substitute his respected friend Richard Cobden, Es q .—(Great cheering, the whole company rising.) He would only say, as their Speaker says,'," The ayes have it."— (Cheers and laughter.) In connection with the Anti-Corn law League, he begged to propose the health of Richard Cobden, Esq.—(Great cheering, the company again rising.) Mr. COBDEN, on rising to respond to the toast, was received with many rounds of most enthusiastic applause, which it seemed very difficult to restrain. Silence being obtained, the Hon. Gentleman proceeded to speak nearly as follows : Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, fortunately for me, as the phrenologists tell me who have examined my head, I have neither self-esteem nor the love of approbation, or you would spoil me.—(Laughter and cheers.) I regret exceed ingly that our friend Mr. Wilson is not here to return his thanks for the honour you have done him. In his absence, I shall be sorry to let the occasion pass of giving my humble tribute to his great worth and usefulness to this great cause. (Hear.) He is not much accustomed to public exhibitions; but to those who have been constantly and actively engaged iu this cause for the last five years like myself, Mr. Wilson's merits are known and well appreciated.—(Hear.) I have no hesitation in saying, that without his calm and cool judg ment, his clear sagacity, his great perseverance, and his courage, which never knows what it is to be beaten—if we had not had his power of combination, his suggestive mind, to have guided us in our operations, the League would not have been what it is at the present day.—(Loud cheers.) For myself—it may be said of Mr. 'Wilson, as applied to me—" Go, and he goeth ; come, and he cometh ;" for I am always perfectly safe when I am at his disposal, be cause I am sure, if he has made an engagement for me, it is always to do good to the cause.—(Hear, hear.) You have spoken of the League in connexion with his name. It is five years this week since the first number of the organ of the League, the Anti-Cora-law Circular, first appeared—on the 16th of April. And it is more than five years since the first great meeting was held in Manchester, where the great movement of this agitation took its origin. During that time we have had considerable changes in the aspect of our cause. When we began our agitation, we had many difficulties to encounter; but the greatest of all our difficul ties was, that nobody would pay any attention to what we said, or take the trouble to answer us. We were literally the creatures of contempt ; and if, in the course of our early ad vocacy of this cause, we were a little more boisterous, or, as more or less than the assumption of a degree of importance ourwhi which enemies e say, w we swag gere d t oo m uc h, it was literally no we had not in thew orld, and we thought by that means to draw a little attention.—(Hear.) :Well, La dies and Gentlemen, we have arrived at that point now when our enemy comes down from his lofty eminence, and, no longer viewing us with scorn and contempt, condescends to take level ground with us and contend with Ili in this great cause. .Now we have some forbearanCe to show them. —(Laughter.) They are young in agitation ; and if they should commit a few blunders; we must learn to look with leniency upon them.—(Hear,• hear.) I. 'recollect five years have elapsed, and they are not aware . of it—five years since this great controversy began.—(Hear.) What wonder it we should see, that whilst we have been snaking great progress—while we have been changing; *altogether changing in the circumstances of our case—they have been fast asleep, and they are unconscious of all these things ; and they are now treating this cause precisely as they ought to have treated it, and would have treated it, if they had begun five years ago. They take our arguments as we applied them then, and they are now beginning to condemn those arguments, forgetting the change that has taken place in the circumstances of the day. I find them answering my speeches that I made in 1840, and when I complained that we should not have corn cheaper if we had free trade. They don't know—how should they know ?—they have been fast asleep all the: time—they do not know that wheat, run up in the spring of 1839 suddenly to 80s. the quarter, and that last June it was down to 745. the quarter—they do not know that all this has taken place—and, therefore, if- they blunder in their arguments—if they are out of time, out of tune, and out of place—let us learn to look upon them with a lively dis play of' charity, and forgive them.—(Cheers.) Then, gentle men, I find many of them_ not very well informed on other matters. They donot seem to have had very eaten sivo read ing—some of them. The other day one of my friends here, who is fond of reading from the works of an author whose name appears among the list of invited guests, Thomas Car lyle(—Cheers)—one of my friends, I say quoted him. The next day we heard one of our opponents charging us with being infidels, and said we had been quoting a man who was convicted and imprisoned for blasphemy ! They do not read Thomas Carlyle it appears ! I would ad vise them to do so, for there . is more of suggestive thought in one page of his books than in a volume of what they are hear.) Again, our' oifitreearvee'rY learned. —(Hear, trade newspapers in ng article upon the Anti ohonrperdpri o n t. ni) a be r rn i d s l tryrshh—ai The other utmihsnteeoramodfNea.deyt them — r e l o ft eaf d rl ee leading ine ( Anti- League movement, alluded to the defection froM the right cause of an old and very esteemed Nobleman there, Lord Dacre, and he exclaimed in the familiar phrase, " Et tu, Brute ?" The next day a long letter came from his Lordship's land steward, but an active opponent, denouncing the editor for calling Lord Deere a brute !—(Loud laughter.) I might multiply these instances, showing that our opponents neither are very good logicians nor yet very learned ; but I will trouble you with only one more. It happened in ' a southern village where the clergyman of the parish presided at a public meeting. I t was held in a small parish, and some of our friends called it " a little go ;" it was an Anti-League meeting, where about a hundred people were assembled. One of the leading persons in it was the sexton, In the course of the clergyman's speech he said we were a body of utilitarians. The next day the sexton was busy spreading the report throughout the village that there was not a single churchman among.us all; for he had heard the parson himself say we were all Unita riansl—(Laughter.) So vou see, when you take into account the extent of the experience of our Oppo nents, the amount of their knowledge, and .the quality of their natural talents, von must make allowances for any little blunders they may fall into.—(Hear, hear.) I have seen it stated the other day—the day before yesterday, I think—in the Times newspaper, that this League—this " great fact," as they call it—is upon its trial, and that these Leaguers, a few cotton men, and men of that stamp, who have been suddenly thrust into notoriety, are upon a pinnacle, and in dan ger of a great fall, Now I do not think the League or the Leaguers are upon - their trial ; it is some thing else which is upon trial, namely—monopoly. That is the culprit on trial, the English public. is the Jury, • and from the evidence which penes in froth all quarters, we have no doubt that the verdict will be Gmlty.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Cobden then pointed out the baneful effects of the present system, in a way which made a great impression on the audience, and, on taking his seat, was enthusiastically cheered. _ _ _ Mr. Bright, Colonel Thompson, and other speakers fol. lowed, and the meeting br9ke up, evidently highly delighted with the evening's entertainment. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise:— Week ended Narhe of Railway. Total. .L. d. April— Arbroath and Forfar — 6 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,415 8 2 5 Birmingham and Gloucester 6 Brandling Junction 3 Chester and Birkenhead 9 Dublin and Kingstown 7 Dundee and Arbroath 6 Durham a n d S under l an d 6 Edinburgh and Gl asgow 7 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,293 6 6 6 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •••••• 1,563 0 8 6 Glasgow and Greenock 6 Grand Junction 7,443 8 2 6 Great North of England 7 Great We s t eni 29 Liverpool and Manchester 30 London and Birmingham 11 London and Blackwall 1,131 12 8 6 London and Brighton • 3,889 11 5 9 London and Croydon 11 London and Greenwich 2,595 4 3 7 London and South Western ....... 4 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 774 3 4 6 Manchester and Birmingham 3,086 5 1 6 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 6,094 13 8 f Midland Counties 6 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,375 17 5 7 Newcastle and North Shields 352 15 5 6 North Midland 5 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,242 19 9 2 Paris and Orleans 4,587 3 4 8 Paris and Rouen 4,510 0 0 6 Preston and Wyre 237 18 7 6 Sheffield and Manchester 577 11 8 11 South Eastern 6 Taff Valej 686 12 6 7 Ulster 6 York and North Midland DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Duprez took his farewell last night of the English public, in the same character in which he first ap peared before them, in which he won their favour, and kept it to the end of his engagement—Arnold, in William Tell. The house was filled, and the opera was exceedingly well played ; the number of times it hasbeenre music, atedha of which vingrendered the public familiar both with the non e can grow weary , however often he ard, and with Duprez' singing, which we hope .to hear agai n , .. we are spared the necessity of going into an y critical analysis •of the performance . It seems almost a pity th a t, j us t w h en the different act ors are acquiring smoothness and finish in the parts, and the chorusses have been drilled into precision, the engagement o f th e st a r s h ou ld ter -1 millet. ne wa s last night encored in the grand solo in the last scone, throughout which he both sang and acted with extraordinary fire and energy, and at the end of the piece was called be fore the curtain to receive the farewell plaudits of his English audience, which were accompanied by a shower of garlands, wreaths, and bouquets. We trust his brief visit has been satisfac tory, both to himself and the manager. The per formances terminated with the revived melodrama, the Tale of Mystery, which dragged through two acts, frequentlyi„ interrupted by hi sses , it was only saved by the Styrien, danced by Miss Webster and M. Delferier. The piece is evidently opposed to the taste of the day. 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Lord Stanley arrived in toy T yesterday enzing, frort livactriltr U&lliaacsihitt BANK STOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ste,—l find by the newspapers that much surprise has been expressed at what is called "the very high price of Bank Stock;" parties expressing that surprise cannot possibly be aware of the immense value of the property in which the proprietors of Bank Stock have an interest. I will shortly endeavour to explain it. In the first instance, I will explain that the Bank stockholders have not one penny of their advanced capital employed in the banking department ; what is called the rest, now amounting to upwards of 3,000,0001., is most undoubtedly the property of the stockholders, but it never was part of their advanced capital. It is profit accrued from banking that has not been divided when dividends have been declared. The whole of the capital was in the hands of Government, for which they paid the Bank three per cent.; thus, when the Bank pays seven per cent. dividend to the stockholders, they receive out of that three per cent. from the Government and four per cent. from the profits of banking. lam not aware of the precise amount of Bank Stock on which the dividend is declared. By taking it at 14,686,800/., the amount due by the Government to the Bank in 1833, and on which four per cent. was paid to the stockholders in addition to the three per cent. from the Government, it is evident that a profit of nearly 600,000/. must have been made annually by banking over and above all and every expense ; and this enormous profit may be deemed to have been made on the capital employed of only 3,000,000/. (the amount of the rest) with 'the employ ment of other parties' capital which has been deposited at the Bank without interest. However the Directors may have been attacked for want of judgment in their proceedings as bankers, I believe as regards the public and the proprietors of stock, no company was ever con. ducted with such strict regard to honour and honesty. As to the policy of the charter of the Bank as a monopoly, that is another question. Now as to the value of the property of the Bank stockholders : In 1833 the debt due by the Government to the Bank was 14,686,800/. Parliament in that year agreed to pay off one-fourth of the debt, which left a balance duo to the Bank of 11,013,100 2. The mode by which the one-fourth of the debt due to the Bank was paid was this : that for the quarter. or 3,671,7001., the Bank was given 4,080,000/. Three per Cent. Re duced Stock, rendering the Government liable to pay the Bank, at a future period, just •408,300/. more than was due ; so this one- - fourth of the debt due to the stockholders in 1833 is now worth to them 3. The balance over assets and liabilities, called the " rest," which is the property of the Proprietors, as declared 24th Feb., 1844, 3,137,000 4. Estimated value of Bank notes lost or destroyed by parties out of the Bank, which it is not probable will ever be demanded . 400,000 5. Estimated value of the Bank buildings... 1,000,000 6. The value of the banking business, which is the cause of the additional four per cent. paid to the Proprietors over and above the three per cent. paid by the Government on the present debt of 11,015,0001., and the three per cent. realised on the 4,q80,000/. Three per Cent. Reduced stock, the proceeds of a quarter of the debt paid by Government in 1833, estimated to be fully equal to the value of the amount of Bank stock itself, which we will take to amount to the sum due by Government to the Bank in 1833, before the quarter was paid off 14,686,000 The grand total of the sum in which the stockholders have an interest. 434,318,900 Thus we see that the value of the interest of the Pro prietors of Bank Stock is 150 per cent. more than their amount of stock, or as 100 to 250. Yet, strange to say, exclamations are made, " How very high Bank Stock is," when it is but double, viz. 200. I do not consider that I have exaggerated one single point, but I feel assured that I have considerably under rated the value of Bank of England property, in conse quence of the Proprietors having an interest in other funds and securities that I am not able to get at. On the 4th of February, 1843, in a letter of mine to you, I stated that in the returns of the Direetors of the Bank of England to the Stamp-office, they calculated all the notes issued and not - paid since the original grant of the Charter in 1696 as being in circulation, and that according to returns made by the Bank to Parliament in 1832, nearly half a million of notes were in circula tion, that it was probable the Bank would never be called upon to pay. Mr. Salomons, at the following general meeting of the Proprietors, asked the Governor if such were the fact—it was admitted by the Governor to bo so. Bank Stock in3tantly rose seven per cent., so I may flatter myself that I conferred a benefit on the Proprietors by my announcement, and I have no doubt that if parties should find my statement as to the value of Bank property to be correct, that we shall see Bank Stock quoted at 2051. or 2061. in less than a week from the publication of the above.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Ilfracombe, April 10, 1844. GORDIUS. P.S. I send you a paragraph for your City articlejfor September 1, 1844, viz., "Bank Stock at or above 2201." TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND HILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—On reading in your edition of yesterday the article respecting the testimonial to Mr. R. Hill, I beg to suggest that you would further Mr. Hill's interest greatly, by informing the public what the testimonial is to consist of, as a great many of my neighbours would become subscribers, provided the money thus raised were given to Mr. Hill, so that he can lay it out for his own benefit. The rumour of a piece of plate being intended to be purchased as a testimonial to Mr. Hill, prevents many people from adding their names to the subscription list, and among them is the writer, who would gladly re mit you a guinea for Mr. Hill if he was assured that his well-meant suggestion, or some similar plan, were to be carried into effect.—l am, Sir, _ _ _ A CONSTANT READER OF TOUR PAPER. Huddersfield, April 12, 1844. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDEOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, and their august visitors, the King and Queen of the Belgians and also some of the Royal suite walked this morning in the grounds about the Castle. Colonel Buckley arrived at the Castle to-day, and has succeeded Major-General Wemyss in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty. The Hon. Miss Hamilton, Maid of Honour to her Ma jesty, has arrived at the Castle, in place of the Hon. iss Derereux. The Royal Family have been taken out airings in carriages to-day. In the afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert left the Castle for an airing in an open carriage, the Prince driving. Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, was in attendance on horseback. Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and her Lady in Waiting, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, will join the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Thursday, at Gloucester House. Her Royal Highness afterwards went to his residence at Kew. Sir James Graham, and other Cabinet Ministers, had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Count Kielmannsegge, the Hanoverian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. DEATH FROM STARVATION —An inquest was held at Bothwell, on Monday, before Mr. Jewison, Coroner, and a respectable jury, on view of the body of William Ward, aged 52, when the following evidence was ad duced :—Charlotte Ward, being sworn, said, " I am own cousin to the deceased William Ward. He resided in Bothwell; is 52 years of age; was formerly a coal miner, but has lately been employed three days a week by the overseers of Hunslet, at Is. 6d. per day, to which place lie went to work at any kind of labour in the morning and returned home at night. He has a wife and six children, four of whom are unable to work. The other two, when in full work, earn I ls. a week, but they were only partially employed, until the colliers' strike ceased about a month since. The last month de ceased's income has been 15s. 6d. a week for eight per sons. _ I am sure he has sometimes wanted food ; has often left home to go to his work at Hunslet without breakfast, and taken nothing for his day's support but a small piece of bread. He complained on Saturday of pain in his breast, which continued till Sunday morning, and then he was better until night, when the pain be came worse until Monday morning ; then they fetched the doctor, who ordered a mustard plaster to his breast, but gave him no medicine, and said he was unfit to work, and that it was a shame he should be set to work. Deceased had very little use of - his bands when they were cold. He continued to - get worse on Monday, but walked about. He could not bear to lie down for pain. I was sent for between four and five o'clock to his house, when I found him lying upon the floor. behind the door insensible. Some persons raised hiss up, but he was dying. He breathed once or twice, and died. He has complained of want ing food many a time. I think he would have been living now if he had been better provided with food. There are no marks of violence upon his person. The deceased was a pious man, of ex cellent character, was well known to the jury, by se veral of whom he had been occasionally , assisted, and they were unanimously of opinion his death had been caused from want of food. The following verdict was re turned :—That the said William Ward, on the Ist day of April, at his own house in Bothwell, suddenly fell down upon the floor, and then an d there instantly died. That for the last twelve m onths he has suffered great privations for want of the common necessaries of life, and that he died from the effects caused by ex haustion and want of food.—Leeds Intrlligentm SOLICITOR.GENERALsnir.—(From a Correspon - dent.)—A general impression prevails in Lincoln's Inn, that Mr. John Stuart , Q.C., at the Chancery bar, will have the Solicitor -Generalship conferred upon him. He is a gentle man of the most unassuming habits, of great experience and ability, and, by.his courtesy and highly honourable principles and conduct, is a favourite with the bar. VISIT OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT TO GERMANY.— His Serene Highness the Prince of Leinengen, who arrived at Windsor on Thursday evening, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, having accompanied the Prince Consort from Ostend to England in the Princess Alice Government steamer, will remain in this country upon a visit to her Majesty for about a fortnight. At the end of the present month his Serene Highness will accompany his illustrious mother, the Duchess of Kent, to the Continent, where her Royal Highness is expected to remain for about three weeks or a month. It is stated to be the intention of her Royal Highness, upon leaving England, to proceed to Paris, and thence to Germany, after a brief sojourn in. the French capital. The Royal Duchess is expected to pay a visit to her brother, the Egg o f the Beigian2, during her absence rZglazd , r °titling t Ostend, in cue of the Govtatt , =UAW UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 12.—Thera will be exercises in the Divinity School, for the degree of BM., on Thursday, the 18th, and Friday, the 19th instant, on the following subjects : - I. The Church of England does not teach, nor can it be proved from Scripture, that any change takes place in the elements at consecration in the Lord's Supper. 2. It is a mode of expression calculated to give errone. ous views of Divine Revelation, to speak of " Scripture and Catholic Tradition" as joint authorities in the matter of Christian doctrine. Respondent—Res. Richard Gell Macmullen, Fellow of Corpus Christi College. The exercises will commence at two o clock on each day. '''"J • CAMBRIDGE, Aran, 12.—The following appointments have taken place : The Rev. Daniel Nihill, ALA., of St. John's College, to the Vicarage of Bridgwater-cum-Chilton, Somerset. —value, 342/. The Rev. William Nassau Molesworth, bi.A., of Pembroke College, to the Incumbency of St. Clement's Church, Spotland. The Rev. William Curdall, 8.A., of St. Peter's Col lege, to the Incumbency of the Holy Trinity Church. West Bromwich. The Rev. William Goodwin, M.A., of Jesus College, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Benedict in Norwich — value 95/. The Rev. Edward Budge, of St. Catherine's Hall, to the Curacy of Chelsea, Lbndon a . The Rev. J. Augustus Williams, 8.A., of Clare Hall, to the Curacy of Boughton, near Cromer, Norfolk. Term commences on Wednesday next, April 17. R EGISTRATION SOCIETY, ISLINGTON.--A meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, was held on Thursday night, at the Old Parr's Head, Upper street, to take into consideration the conduct of the parochial authorities as connected with the omission from the Parlia- mentary Register, and consequent disfranchisement, of a large number of the occupiers of small houses in the district. The exposure which had taken place in the vestry on Tues day last on the subject, had created great excitement in the neighbourhood, and caused the meeting to be fully -attended. W. Harvey, Esq., of Cloudeeley-terrace, was called to the chair. He opened the business by impressing upon the meeting that the question was one of considerable importance to the inhabitants of the parish, and one which should be met promptly, as it attacked the dearest political rights of the people. Mr. Wickham detailed the particulars of the at tempted infringement on the elective franchise, an infringe- merit which, had it net been taken up as it hael iu the Case ofMr. liewston, might, and doubtless would, be carried to an extent which would prove prejudicial to the best rights of citizenship, and dangerous to the principles of public liberty. Mr. Wickham was followed in the same spirit by Messrs. Alt, Healey, Mabbs, and several other gentlemen; and a re , solution was unanimously passed for the formation of a Society to watch over the interests of the elective franchise, and b , "; its operation to counteract any such attempt as that complained of in the case of Mr. liewston and other inhabit ants of the parish. _ _ COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday a writ de lunatico inquirende was executed at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, before Mr. Commissioner Barlow, and a jury of nineteen householders, to inquire into the state of mind of Mrs. Mary Bagnell, aged 84, a widow lady of some property, residing at Barnsbury Park, Islington. The Commission was unopposed, and was sued out at the instance of the trus- tees uncle; the will of the late Mr. Charles Bagnell, the hus band of the alleged lunatic. The unfortunate lady had be come a widow in June last, and the loss of her husband, to whom she had been married between fifty and sixty years, had so affected her reason that she had been incapable of managing her affairs ever since. The principal delusion under which she laboured was that her husband had been restored to life, and that her father and grandfather had likewise risen from the dead, and were in the habit of visiting her. She would not go to bed of a night, and had assured Dr. Munro that Prince Albert had got under her chair iu the form of a ' little dog, and that she could net get any rest on account of his barking so loud. The appearance of the venerable lady did not indicate the least imbecility of mind, and she scarcely looked above sixty years of age. The jury dated her insanity from the 6th of September, 1843. PROJECTZD POST-OFFICE CHANGES.--It having been officially announced that her Majesty's Birth-day celebra tion will take place on Thursday, the 25th instant, active exertions are being made at the General Post-office in pre paring the uniform of the letter-carriers. This year nearly a thousand suits (with the exception of trousers) will have to be provided for the London and suburban letter.carriers alone, exclusively of two-thirds of that number for those of Edinburgh and Dublin. The celebration is three weeks earlier than usual. The increase' in the deliveries of the London district post, and other contemplated changes in the department, it is said, will take place the same week. POPULAR DELUSIONS.—The undermontioned are remarkable modern instances of popular delusions :-1. The belief in Sir Robert Peel's promise, that the income-tax was only to-last for three years.-2. The ide,g,.when the said Sir Robert last came into office, that he hadlny li'articular in tention except to retain it.-3. The ridiculous notion still entertained by a very few weak people, that the Cabinet will make any attempt at legislation on the Corn-law, Irish, or Duelling questions, or any other subject of national import ance, till agitation thereon shall have reached the verge of rebellion.-4. The supposition that Ministers, in the present posture of affairs, know, in the slightest degree, what to do. —Punch. A stable behind Milburn-place, North Shields, in which were foar horses, was discovered to be on fire on Sun da: Ly morning, at three o'clock. After great exertions two of ne poor animals were saved, but one was burnt to death, and another severely injured. The stable, with another similar building adjoining, was entirely destroyed. WHALE FISHERY.—ABERDEEN, APRIL :5. --Yes• terday, the St. Andrew, Penny, left port, for Davis' Straits fishing ; this is the only vessel on a like adventure from this city ; the trade having been discontinued for some years past, while upwards of twenty years ago, fifteen ships went to the northern seas from Aberdeen alone. THE ROYAL .MARINE RESIDENCE.— We have the gratification of announcing that the Osborne estate is now in the actual possession of her Majesty—the " writings." as the phrase is, having been ratified and exchanged.—Hamp shire Advertiser. ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. — Yesterday afternoon a public meeting of the members of the Veterinary College was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, for the purpose of receiving the Royal Charter of Incorporation, lately granted by her Majesty. The meeting was attended by the principal veterinary surgeons of the metropolis and suburban districts, and the Presidents and Professors of the Schools of London and Edinburgh. Mr. Thomas Turner, the President ap pointed under the charter pro tern., took the chair. The charter was then formally presented to the meeting and read. The election of officers, Ike., followed. POLICE SUMMONSES AGAINST LICENSED VICTUAL LERS.-The system of persecution against licensed victual lers, which has already rendered the Bow-street district and the F division of police most conspicuous in the eyes of tradesmen, seems, if possible, to be on the increase in ac tivity. Not content with having case after case dismissed— with Mr. Jardine's firm opinion that . proof of serving must be given e'er he can convict—with giving the licensed vic tualler the trouble of leaving his home and business—the anxiety consequent upon being threatened by law, _which mu s pervade some portion of his family, if not himself—and the} annoyance of bringing his whole household to rebut a charge which requires no answer, but to which the fullest defence must be made, and the most private intricacies of an esta blishment must be sacrificed—the Commissioners of Police have, under the advice of the superintendent of the F divi sion (Sandrock), approved of the issuing of no less than eleven summonses for the appearance of licensed victuallers at Bow-street, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday next, to answer various charges preferred against them. Among those summoned are Mr. Edward Lacey, the Garrick's Head, Bow-street ; Mr. Rhodes, the Coal-hole Tavern, Strand ; and Mr. Rhodes (brother of the last mentioned), Cider-cel lars, Maiden-lane. During the year, from March, 1843, to March, 1844, one hundred and seven summonses under the Police Act were heard at Bow-street against licensed vic tuallers, being one-third of the number of licensed victuallers in it, viz., three hundred and twenty, while in not more than forty cases were convictions obtained, aad the greater number of those stretched to the utmost extent of the law.— Advertiser. A PRIMO TENORE IN ARREST.--MOMS. FILLET.— The directeur of the Acadernie Roy".le at. Paris made a journey last winter to Italy, to engage sk prim° tenors for his „establishment, and not long.„ ance dispatched M. Dietsch, attatibeci to the Academie layale; to bring him over. The primo tenors being still under an engagement for several years with Merelli (the impresario of La Scala), had recourse to a stratagem to escape the Argus eyes of the suspecting manager, and, consequently, adopted the disguise of M. Dietsch's servant, and so they departed. Arrived at the frontiers, they performed their part admirably, but, from some trivial circumstance, sus picions being aroused, the Italian gendarmes insisted on a second examination of their passports. The tenore, annoyed by the frequent and inquisitorial questions of the police, and giving way to the pride and impetuosity so characteristic in the Italians, exclaimed, " Well, no, I am not the servant of M. Dietsch, I am Signor and glory in being so," upon which both were immediately arrested and are at present prisoners at the Italian frontiers. JOURNEYMEN TAILORs' ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday the Journeymen Tailors' Association resumed their sittings at their room in St. Martin's-lane. They received a number of provincial delegates, and proceeded to the formation of a Central Executive Committee, under regulations agreed upon, on and which are to be published. The system of orga nizati on laid down appeared to be founded upon very rati o naloc princi ples, and was carried unanimously. The nation con cludes for this year to•day, on the Linder ta is to be an annual meeting of delegates with ! the nvg tCentral hat there Ex. cutive Committee. CONTINENT.—The German 4:*EARTRQUAIEs ON THE journals wing accounts of recent earth quakes :-- 21:-eOnthtehre°117°th', between nine and ten i n t h e even i n g, a violent shock was felt at Braila, iu Wal lachia. It lasted two seconds , with the noise of a report o f a c annon at a great distance. The movement seemed to come as it were from the centre of tho earth to the surface. The weather was at the time mild and serene, as it had been throughout the day. With the exception of a few cracks in the walls no damage was done. In the evening of t i h ta e ti l o s n atha the t o w n Ragusa, was alarmed quarterwi followed of ps t n b i y n e a . r t n s b l n h g t e b h y o a ck si w m a il s ar fe l l is t, preceded noise. It lasted three seconds. At seven minutes past three in the morning a second but lig hter vibration was perceived, and some per sons have affir med that thee' fel t a third between five o'clock and a quarter past. At Zara, about a quarter past nine in the morning, on the 22d, during a violent gale from the north and a cloudy sky, a shock was felt, which lasted several seconds, and greatly alarmed the inhabitants." DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT:A circumstance occurred at East Hardwicke, near Pontefract, on Wednesday week, exceeding anything we have lately heard of for its atrocity and cool-blooded villany. The wife of Mr. Frankish, gardener to Mrs. Bland, of Iloundbill-hall, picked up in their garden a piece of wood, about the size of a common brick, aid which she placed on the fire. In a short time she was alarmed by a report, and hastened to the fire, and with the tongs removed the piece of wood into the yard, which was scarcely done when a second report took place, _ as loud as that of a gun. On examining the fragments of the wood, it was found that a hole had been drilled and charged with (it is supposed)five ounces of gunpoe der. Fortunately, the damp state of the wood prevented the immediate explosion. A reward is offered for the dis covtry of tha oltezder, tai it. is to ba hopultle dutardlF '4446 Via 110.11:01100 WlgitliON.P ol ool/: ggidts NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTA/LOUTS, APRIL 10.—The British Sovereign freight ship, with stores and troops, for the Cape of Good Hope, arrived on Sunda• from the river, and embarked upwards of 120 soldiers from Parkhurst barracks, Isle of Wright, being detachments to join regiments serving in the east. She sailed this day for the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, and Ceylon. The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, Mr. S. B. Cook,• Master commanding, arrived from Cork on Tuesday evening, came into harbour, where she will await fur ther orders. It is reported here that the Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, has arrived at Plymouth from the Mediterranean, but instead of coming to this port to be paid off, as was expected, has been ordered to Cork, having, like the Vernon, taken in a reinforcement of Marines, to join the squadron of Rear-Admiral Bowles. A detachment of Marines is also ordered from Chat ham, for the same destination. NAVAL BOAT PRACTICE.—This afternoon, the weather being delightfully fine, and the water smooth. the inhabitants of this famed port were gratified by the exhibition of a mimic engagement at the Mouth of the harbour. Seven boats, well manned and armed, belonging to the flag-ship St. Vincent, came out Of the harbour about 2 P.m., and when abreast of the Platform.battery, opened a sharp and vigorous fire upon each other. The launch and the pinnace, the former commanded by the flag-captain of the port (R. F. Rowley), mounted large guns in the lion' and stern, apparently 12-pounders, which, together with the musketry, gave the practice the appearance of reality. The large guns are adapted to these boate upon a new principle. They are made to ship and un ship in away heretofore, we are informed, unpractised. Thus they are fitted with the improved slides, by which with the use of an inclined plane, the guns can, in few moments and with less trouble and labour than in any way before experienced, be converted into ballast •y removal into the bottom of the boat, and van be as quickly remounted. Such an unusual sight drew some hundreds of persons to the ramparts of the town, who were highly gratified spectators of the mock gallantry of our modern tars. This kind of practice is admirably adapted to bring seamen forward in this mode of n aval warfare, and infinitely preferable and better calculated' to inspire an ambition to eater the service than the dull monotony of the daily avo cations in a guard-ship. The.tars themselves seemed much invigorated by their exercise. The squadron having tacked about for upwards of half an hour, much to the delight of the assembled multitude, pulled into harbour, and returned to their ship. The exercise will be frequently repeated. WORKMEN ABROAD. The following is an extract from the evidence given before the Factory Commissioners, by Mr. E. Rose, a millwright and engineer, who had worked at several places on the Continent ; he was called.:-- " Is a man with thirty-five sous a day in France better off than a man with ls. 6d. in England ?—Ac cording to their way of life, certainly he is. They had generally little plots of ground which their wives cultivated, and his wages seemed to be for other things than necessaries. A man there is satisfied with a deal coarser clothing than those here, and the climate was so warm that very little did in summer. They seemed to be more contented to their work than men are here. They were mostly Protestants at Mulhausen, and after going to the church of a morn ing, where they were regular enough, they could go out into the country to dancing, or akitthng, or dif ferent games and pastimes, and so they seemed to go more content to their work again ; for here a ma' must break a day if he wants to get a little diversion. Should you say the French were a sober set ? Yes, they appeared a very comfortable set of people. I am very well pleased with them for my own part. I did not see them get beastly drunk as working men are inclined to do here. What amusements or innocent recreations has a working-man here on a Sunday ?—None at all that 1 know, but taking a walk in the country, which is not forbidden that I know of Did you go to church at Mulhausen )-1 ; bat from not so well understanding the language, it made it very awkward. Igo to the old church here pretty regularly, but having the care of Mr. Roberts mita chinery, and living on the premises, I cannot al ways go. Judging from what you saw in France and Switzer land, do you think it conducive to the morality and good conduct of the working class that they should spend a portion of Sunday in such recreations as you have described ?—Judging from what I saw there, should say that it was much better than the way in which people are forced to spend Sunday in England. It is a thing I have thought of ever since I was there. Here a man can do nothing but go to the public-house on a Sunday, and he goes with the in tention to get drunk, as it were ; and sit drinking glass after glass ; there, people going out to dances and different games, and having different recreations at 'the places where they go, such as cards and dominoes, can cheerfully enjoy themselves, drinking but little. But here a man can do nothing at a . public-house, if he goes there, but drink, and he can go nowhere else on a Sunday. It seemed to me that they went easier and happier to their work again there than they do here. Everybody has a right to his own opinion ; but, after what 1 saw there, I am confident that nothing would be more conducive to the good behaviour of the working class here than for them to have such innocent recreations on a Sunday as they have there. I was left fatherless myself here at seven years of age, and I went to a Methodist Sunday school in Lever-street, where I was taught hymns and prayers, but nothing of reading and writing, when a young fellow with whom I was acquainted took me to a Sunday.school in Mosley-street, belong ing to the Unitarians, where they taught reading and writing on a Sunday. This I found of great service. lam not a Unitarian. I know that children do not get any good by being taught prayers and hymns, as I was at a Methodist school. They sing and say, but don't understand them. Something useffil should be got into their heads. There are thousands of children that go to Methodist schools : they are never taught anything but to read the Bible, and not to write. lam sure they should be taught something else. Judging from myself as a child, and from others that I have seen, I consider the manner the Methodists treat their children in Sunday schools a complete loss of time ; it keeps them out of the streets, and that is all. Then your opinion is, that religion among the working class would not be injured by spending the Sunday in England as they do in France and Switzer land ?--I do really consider it would be improved; for even now, if a young fellow wants a little recreation on a Sunday, he gets up early and takes * stroll into the country, and comes home in the middle of the day tired, and then he thinks of a public-house. But if he knew that, after the middle of the day, he could go out into the country to cheerful society and lively meetings, I do really believe he would be more apt to go to church of a morning. I was struck with the advantages that the working class seemed to me to have in France and Switzerland over us here in spending their Sundays. It does produce there what I never see in England. THE LATE FATAL FIRE DI OXI"o3D-STXEET.--- FUNERAL OF TIIE SUFFERERS.—Testerday afternoon the mortal remains of Mrs. Williams and her two children were removed from the house cf her brother, Mr. Ab bott, boLt, Rt al r icerged to t victualler, in High-street, St. Giles's, e h fi e t t neral was es ati: place, at Kensal-green cemetery. mou rnful procession. It mnst f flounced to take place at two o clolcletie,teatindreolorunngtdhbeethfdoewerehgethusasier anxious to catch a glimpse of tee mt time crowds of persons were co be a source of gratification to the frien ds melancholy occasion. With on e a li t a t l e f u ro n m de t rtak he f t e im:e . hood where the fire took lady to hear of the respect w hi c h e rt o, s . p o at e ( x t e o ep_t i i er en up a on ll this shops around the neighbour ho odthe b eseenrllyal servants and they were yesterday conveyed to, and met the procession out at the cemetery. t w i - l e e r; icrleorseedd.ug of b bodies e es r o u f m JOHN KEMBLE IN FALSTATE—John Ramble it 15 well known entertained the intention of acting the cha< ld se rade of Falstaff ; indeed, unl ess we are much m i sta k e , this who under t aking, c()u his appearance in the part was actual l y announc ed- From h o n w o •e th v e in r, g he o f w a t e h edishsuumadoerdous fat knight his friends,r knight in the grave and dignified representatives of the heroes of old Rome. But far other than the convese tional stage-Falstaff, the model followed more or less closely by the generality of actors, was Kemble's notion of that extraordinary Shaksperian character, the Falstaff of Henry the Fouril, not be of The Merry Wires of I Windsor, for between them there are wide difference* in many eiaential respects. Dr. Ma 'nn, is kis " Shak speare Papers," says—" we must observe that he (Fal staff) never laughs. Others laugh with him, or at him, but no laughter from him who occasions or permits it. lie jests with a sad brow. The wit which he profusely scatters about is from the head, not the heart. Its 81- tire is slight, and never malignant or affronting ; bat still it is satirical, and seldom joyous. It is anything but fun. . . . I fear that this conception of the ch.,- rater could never be rendered popular on the stage; but I have heard in private the part of Falstaff read with $ perfectly grave, solemn, slow, deep, and sonorous voice, touched occasionally somewhat with the broken tone of age, from beginning to end, with admirable effect. But I can imagine him painted according to my idea.. He is always caricatured, and so he is in the acting." Did Kemble's conception of the character bear any affinity to this of Dr. Maeinn's (which not unlikely it did), his ' performance, though it might not at once have sap ; planted the popular idea of Sir John, would at least have taught the public that he was somethings superior to the mere fat buffoon to which they had thereto been aceus tomed ErracTs or PRIEF.-A few days ago one of the men belonging to the detachment o f th e 58th F oo t, a b ou t to p r oceed to New South Wales as a convict guard, was singu larly affected by parting with his parents at Chatham. Hie father and mother had stayed with him during the night, and he bade them farewell before going on parade, where he seemed rather low- s pi r it e d. A s the detachment, however, was marching along the military road, the poor fellow re cognised his mother, who was weeping at a little distance, and the t sht so affected him that he appeared to lots all his gar, at 3 he wall at last placed ia u =lbw, as wag vaa mete vs ere =V. - • ,•••