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EVENING EDITION. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 1 1. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Fire Minutes past Five o'Clock. There was a tolerable muster on the Opposition, but a ve►y thin attendance on the Ministerial side of the House. The Earl of H ADDINGTON presented a petition from the county of Caithness in favour of Church Ex tensio►► in Scotland. Lord BANDON presented petitions from the Grand Jury of the county of Cork, and another place, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. A Message from the House of Commons brought up the Mutiny, the Marine Mutiny, and other Bills. Mr. Barker, from the Court of Bankruptcy, attended apd delivered in certain papers. Lord FALMOUTH presented a petition from Fal mouth, in favour of a uniform penny postage agreeable to Mr. Hill's plan. Lorl HATHERTON presented a petition to the same effect. rr Lord REDESDALE presented a petition to the same effect. • Lord CAMPERDOWN presented a petition to the same effect. Lord G LENELG presented a petition praying for some regulations for the better observance of the Sab bath. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. Lord ABERDEEN wished to ask the Noble Vis count opposite a question, in reference to papers which had been produced during the recess, explanatory of the war in the east. In those papers mention was made of a Russian agent in that country, with respect to whom it was clear his interference had had consider able weight with the proceedings of the Governor- Gereral. Ile (Lord A.) took it for granted that explanations had been demanded and received from the Court at St. Petersburg ; indeed he understood such had been the case, and that those explanations had been satisfactory to her Majesty's Government. Farther it was stated to be the intention of her Majesty's Government to lay those explanations before Parlia ment. If such were the case he must say he thought it would have been a natural and fair course to have produced those explanations at the same time at which the papers were produced containing the matter, to which he hid referred. That would have been a stra;ght- forward, manly, just, and honest course, but probably it was not one that would have been agreeable to her Alajesty's Ministers. However, he wished toknow whalier such explanations had taken place, and whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to lay them on the table. Lord MELBOURNE said, it was perfectly true that explanations had passed with respect to the inter ferenee of the per son a ll u d e d t o , and th a t th ose expla nations had been perfectly satisfactory. He certainly had hoped that those papers would have been in a state to have been before their Lordships by this time, but they had taken a longer time to be printed and prepared than he had expected ; still those papers, containing the explanations to wlii,ll the Noble. Lord had referred, should un citostionably be laid on the table. What the Noble Lord might mean to insinuate by saying the course adopted in respect to those papers was not the fair course, and that the fair course might not be suitable to the wishes of her Majesty's Government —( Hear, hear)—he could not exactly understand ; Imt it was, perhaps, according to that peculiar courtesy and agreeable style of expression which pre vailed in that House, and which very often made all their Lordships appear to say contrary to what their real feeling and character were. No body could have a greater respect for his Noble Friend opposite than himself, but he must say, that he (Lord A.) had the most un happy and most discourteous mode of expressing his opinions of any one in that House, and in proof of this he had only to refer to the Noble Lord's own state ments in the House. Th Duke of WELLINGTON said, erroneous im presions having been created, it would hare bern proper tiat the explanation should be made as near as possible at the same time. The Earl of ABERDEEN regretted that his obser ations had not met with the approbation of the Noble Viscount, at the same time, he must say, that they were not uttered with that intention or view. —(A laugh.) He entertained a great respect for the Noble Viscount, but if the Noble Viscount imagined that he (the Earl of Aberdeen) would refrain from making such observations as he thought proper, upon the course pursued by the Noble Viscount's Government, the Noble Viscount Was mistaken. He did no more than his duty in making th ose o b servat i ons. A n d i n t h e present case t h e Noble Viscount had no excuse whatever. He (the Earl of Aberdeen) had not complained of the delay in delivering the papers—on the contrary, he thought they had been delivered too soon, and that a sense of justice should have kept them back till the explanations bad been de'ivered also. The papers which he (the Earl of Aber dcen)wished for would require no time in selection,because be apprended that the Noble Viscount would produce those explanations in a full and complete form. What ever he might feel bound to say, however, as to the con duct of the Noble Viscount's Government, he still entertained—as he had for many years, and as he hoped be should continue to do—the highest respect for the Noble Viscount personally. CHURCH EXTENSION AND EDUCATION, The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions in Favour of Scriptural National Education, and of extended provision for spiritual destitution in the Colonies. HAND-LOOM WEAVERS. Lord DUNCANNON presented (by command of her Majesty) the Handloom Weavers' Commission Re port ; also the St2nnaries Commission Report. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMO,VS, APRIL 11. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. Campbell presented papers from the East India House. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Salford against the Birmingham and Manchester Ex tension Railway Bill. Mr. BARNARD presented a similar petition. Sir M. WOOD brought in the London Approaches Bill, which was read a first time. On the motion of Mr. SANFORD, the Parrett Navigation Bill was further considered, and ordered to be engrossed. Mr. IN4 A CKENZIE presented petitions from'parishes in the counties of Peebles and Ross, praying for Church Extension in Scotland. Mr. O'BRIEN presented a petition from a place in the county of Clare praying for equal rights with Eng lishmen. PRISONS (SCOTLAND) BILLS. Mr. M'LEOD presented a petition from the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, of the Royal Burgh of Ins erness, praying that the Prisons Bill might be passed into a law, only that it should be so modified as that the expence of maintaining prisoners should fall upon the public generally, and ❑ot on the inhabitants of those parishes in which the gaols are situated ; and that compensation might he made in some shape to those Burghs which have Court-houses attached to the gaols. 'The Committee on the petition from the Grand Cen tral Irish Railway, had their time to report extended to the 30th instant. POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS. Mr. WA LLACE presented petitions, praying the House to adopt Mr. Hill's plan of a Penny Postage from the Royal Burghs of Perth (signed numerously by Whigs, Rldicals, Chartists, and Tories), of Jain and Cr,i' and from a Wesleyan Congregation in Radnor shire. CONFIDENCE IN THE MINISTRY. M.,jor BRYAN presented seven petitions from pari.hcs in the county of Kilkenny, praying that the same line of policy which had been adopted during the last four years in the Government of Ireland might be continued, and expressing the utmost confidence in her Majesty's Nlinisters. Colonel BUTLER presented petitions from three parishes in the Slllle county, to the like effect. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Salton!, praying for the establishment of bonded ware houses in that borough. Mr. W. HOWARD presented several petitions from various pArishei, praying for further endowments to the Church of Scotland. BEER HOUSES. Mr. EASTHOPE presented a petition, signed by all the Clergy, and many of the inhabitants of Leicester, praying for an alteration in the present system of licensing hoer houses. Under the present system they had been the cause of much crime and other evils. Sir E. WILMOT presented a petition from the Justices of Warwickshire, to the same effect. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from the Beer sellers of II ilifax, denying that their trade had been the cause of crime, and praying that the Beer Trade might be put on the same footing as were the Licensed Victuallers. Also one to the same effect lrmn the Beer sellers of the town of Horncastle, an.l another with the same prayer from the inhabi tants of Horncastle and its neighbourhood. POSTAGE. Tile HON. BARONET then presented a petition from an individual, who stated himself to be the Editor of t he " Naturali s t s M agaz i ne ," i n favour of Mr. Row land Hill's plan of postage. He had a large corre spondence which did not benefit the revenue. If the commendation o f the Committee on Postage were card out, all that correspondence would be brought into the Exchequer. CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT. The O'CONOR DON presented two petitions, nu merously signed, from different places in Ireland, in favour of the policy pursued by the Government in that country. Mr. ASHTON YATES presented two petitions to the same effect from two places in the county of Tip perary. Mr. B. SMITH presented the following petition from Norwich : " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parlia ment assembled, " The Humble Petition of the undersigned Bankers, Merchants, Traders, and others, re siding in the City of Norwich, SHEWETH, " That your petitioners are desirous of calling the attention of your Honourable House to the present state of the Law of Debtor and Creditor, developed as it is in actions for Debt, and in the management of Bankruptcies and Insolvencies. " That your petitioners assure your Honourable House that the existing law operates very prejudicially to the mercantile classes ; its expensive and tedious pro ceedings often obliging them to forego their just claims, rather than risk the increased amount to which they would be swelled by the costs of an action at law, and thus oftentimes enabling a dishonest debtor to effect his evil purposes with impunity and without exposure. " That your petitioners are strongly of an opinion, that the evils complained of would be effectually remedied by the establishment of competent local courts, having jurisdiction in all cases of debt, insolvency, and bank ruptcy, and unfettered by the present costly and unne cessary requirements. " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Ho nourable House to revise the existing law, and to adopt such amendments as shall effectually remedy the griev ances of which they complain. " And your petitioners will every pray, &c." Mr. A. WHITE presented a petition signed by 16 Dissenting Ministers in the county of Durham, in favour of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of Penny Postage. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from some place in Lancashire, against any plan of Education, not in connection with the Established Church. Mr. TRELAW N EY presented apetition in favourof education in connection with the Established Church. Admiral ADAM presented a petition from some place in Scotland, praying for Church Extension. Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from Dundee in;favour of Mr. R. Hill's plan of Penny Postage. Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from the Members of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, expressing their regret that the Medical Charities Bill, had not passed into a law, and praying that the evidence taken then before the Committee on that subject might be published ; also a petition from the same parties in favour of Mr. R. Hill's plan of a penny postage ; also a petition from the parish of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon, praying for an Ex tension of the elective Franchise, and for Vote by Ballot. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from Leeds, in Favour of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of a uniform Penny Postage. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the 'rower Hamlets, in favour of the Bill for Metropolitan Improvements. Lord ASHLEY presented petitions from three places in Lancashire, praying for a system of national education founded on the Scriptures ; also a petition from St. David's, Glasgow, in favour of Church Extension in Scotland. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from the West. Port of Edinburgh to the same effect. The LORD-ADVOCATE presented a petition from the Merchants, Bankers, and Shipowners of Leith, in favour of a system of Penny Postage. THE QUEEN'S PRINTER (SCOTLAND). Sir G. CLERK begged to ask the Learned Lord Advocate a question, which, at the present moment, excited great interest in Scotland. The patent of the Queen's printer expired on the 17th of July, and under that he enjoyed the exclusive privilege of printing the Bible. He wished to know whether her Majesty's Go vernment were prepared with any measure to regulate the printing of the Scriptures in Scotland after the ex piration of the patent, or whether it was intended to renew that patent? The LORD ADVOCATE said her Majesty's Go vernment had no intention to renew the patent. It was their intention to bring in a Bill with a view to securing the accurate and cheap publication of the Scriptures in Scotland. Sir GEORGE CLERK—If the Bill be not passed into a law before the 17th July, any person may print the Bible in Scotland. The Lord ADVOCATE said the Bill had already received the consideration of the Government, and he hoped to have it carried through the House before the period in question. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a peti: Lion from certain proprietors of newspapers, in favour o the Bill of which the Learned Gentleman had given notice to introduce to amend the Imprisonment for Debt Act, passed last Session, as far as it related to proprie tors of newspapers being obliged to insert advertise ments in their newspapers for 3s. each. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman also presented petitions from the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, and the Artisans' Club, praying for a uniform Penny Postage. CANADA. Mr. LABOUC HERE presented papers relative to Canada. Mr. THORNELY, in the absence of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, postponed the motions of which notice had been given until the 18th inst. Mr. GIBSON gave notice that he should on this day fortnight move for the return of any despatches or correspondence between the British Minister at Co penhagen and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, relative to certain duties imposed by Denmark on the trade with this country. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he should, to morrow, move for an inquiry into the salaries of the Judges of the Court of Session. The dropped orders were then disposed of. Mr. Sergeant TALTOURD'S Copyright Bill was fixed for Wednesday the 24th inst. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL the Mu tiny Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill, were read a third time and passed. REGISTRATIONS (SCOTLAND.) The LORD ADVOCATE then rose to move for cave to bring in " A Bill to ascertain and define the right of Voting for Members of Parliament in Scot land," and also " A Bit for the better Registration of Parliamentary Electors in Scotland." In doing so it would not be necessary for him to detain the House at any length, as all who were at all ac quainted with the subject, must be perfectly aware, that the present system of registration in Scotland gave rise to much abuse, and he trusted that he would have the assent of all parties, so that a measure might be perfected which would place the franchise in such a state as would be generally satisfactory. One of the greatest evils existing in the system, was colour able votes. Under the former constitution they pre vailed to a very great extent, and during the last three or four years the practice had again become pre valent. Whether it were possible to devise any measure which would put an entire stop to the practice, was very doubtful, but at all events it was the duty of that House to remedy the evil to such extent as might be in its power. Four years ago he had the honour of stating to that House that the practice of making fictitious votes had recom menced, and in June of the Session 1835, he introduced a Bill, with the view to remedy the evil—at first it was Is ell received, but eventually it met with much opposi tion. On the one hand, it was said that it would much narrow the constituency ; while, on the other hand, it was said that the Bill would be a gross interference with the natural influence of property, and ultimately it was lost.—( Hear, hear.) Since that period the practice had much increased, and there was no doubt that it had excited very general dissatisfaction ; and unless the House were to devise some means for stopping it, the evil would go on increasing to a greater extent than any one could be aware of. One great cause of this evil was the limited extent of the county voters in Scotland ; the counties were mucb more limited in extent than they were in England, and consequently a greater motive was held out for creating a constituency for the purpose of giving the victory to one party. Thus the evil went on, and it was impossible to point out how far it might extend. So great had this evil become that two Ses sions ago a Committee had been appointed for the pur pose of ascertaining how far the provisions of the Re form Act had been trenched upon by the creation of fictitious votes in Scotland. lie would call the atten tion of the House to the Report of that Committee. The evidence was of considerable extent, but the Report was not a long one. He would draw the attention of the House to the manner in which that Report had divided fictitious votes under three heads, first, life renters ; secondly, joint proprietors ; and thirdly, joint te nants. As a proof of the extent of this evil he would mention that the county of Selkirk in the year 1832 had a constituency of 180, of whom very few were life renters, and all were residents. In 1836 the constituency had increased to 552, of whom a great part were life -renters, and five only were resident. The county of Renfrew in 1832 had a 'constituency of 301, of whom only 8 were life-renters, who were all resident. In 1836 it had a constituency of 572, of whom 100 were life renters, and only 28 were resident. These were the consequences of the induce ments held out to persons engaged in political contests to increase the number of the consti tuency, and this increase took place to a greater extent where parties were more nearly balanced. The first point to which their attention was directed was the increase of the constituency, and it was ascertained that that chiefly arose from the increase of life renters. There was no reason to doubt that that species of pro perty was extremely rare in Scotland precious to the passing of the Reform Bill. For instance, in Sel kirk, where the re h a d prev i ous l y b een very f ew life renters and none non-resident, there were at present one hundred and twelve, and of these only five were resident. The same observation held good with respect to the other small county of Renfrew, to which he had alluded, for of 100 life -renters 82 were non resident. It was admitted by gentlemen of all parties w i t h w h om he had conversed on the subject that the evils of the system were manifold, and Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. RAILWAYS. that the sooner they were remedied the better. There were peculiar abuses pointed out by the Report, such as acquiring property burthened with debt, and as a remedy for that the Committee had reported, that rent charges granted should be limited, and that in all cases of proprietors, whether in fee or life -rent, the possessor of the property should be proved free of incumbrance, and that a clear beneficial interest of 101. a year over all burthens and charges should be proved, and that any parties claiming as joint tenants must prove that such joint tenantcy was unincumbered. One of the greatest evils felt in Scotland was that re ported by the Committee, namely, the great expense, de lay, and vexation of the proceedings in the Registration Courts ; and the Committee expressed a hop• that the law would be better regulated. There certainly could not be a greater evil than the want of uniformity of decision, and of the interpretation of the law ; for if in our country the matter was conducted in a dif ferent way to what it was in another, no person could know what course ought to be pursued, and there must arise general dissatisfaction with re gard to the administration of the law in respect of this most important subject.—(Hear, hear.) He saw no cure whatever for that evil but an Appeal Court, which would produce uniformity of decision in every part of the country. He proposed that it should consist of three Judges, to •meet at Edinburgh, and he considered it would be extremely imprudent to mix this with any of the established tribunals. Let it be established on any footing which Parliament might think proper, and let it be either permanently or gar a limited period. He was convinced that it would give satisfaction to the country, if the Judges were not too numerous. He now I came to another, that of residence. The Committee said they were not prepared to recommend an altera tion in the franchise in so important a step, as doing away with out-voters.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He admitted that it was liable to that charge, but the reason for that was, that the evil did not exist in either of those countries. It did exist in Scotland. Was she, then, to have the remedy withheld, because that evil did not exist in England or Ireland ? The Committee were in hopes that the number of non-resident voters would not increase. He frankly admitted that had he the slightest hope that such would be the case, he would have been most unwilling to introduce the provi sion in question, which would undoubtedly create divi sion, which he much wished to avoid. But he saw no other remedy for tne evil and therefore he felt bound to propose it. The evil must increase ; the mo ment there was a necessity for more voters there would be an increase of out-voters. He did not blame any party in particular, bat he would state one case which came before the Committee. A gentleman was pos sessed of an estate which gave five votes. Four of these were from a distance, from Ireland he believed—the fifth was his gamekeeper. It was in the nature of things that voters being wanted in such a manner, would be taken from a distance—it might probably be difficult to to get them in the country. (Hear, hear.) Would it be imagined that he would have gone hun dreds of miles away for these votes, and subjected him self to travelling expenses if he could have got them nearer to serve his purpose ? But in this instance it had honestly been stated why these voters had been chosen. No doubt this measure would be unpopular, but he would put it to the House, if these means were suffered to exist, whether the real constituency would not eventually be overwhelmed by fictitious voters? On that ground he should propose to make residence necessary to the exercise of the franchise as a remedy for this evil.—( Hear.) He did not say that this was neces sary or advisable, either in England or Ireland, but he would say, Scotland, where this evil existed, was not to be regulated by England or Ireland, where it was not complained of. Some regulations were necessary with respect to polling ; but to these points he would merely refer. The first Bill was intended to ascertain the right of voting for Members of Parliament,and to confine it to residents in the county. In this respect it would follow the regulations of the Joint-Tenantcy Bill. The Learned Lord then proceeded to detail the various provisions of the Bill ; but, from the low tone in which he spoke across the table, was totally inaudible in the gallery. He concluded by hoping the House would assist him in providing a remedy for an evil which was loudly and generally complained of in all parts of Scot land.—( Hear, hear.) Lord STANLEY must confess that had the present Bill been brought forward from any other quarter he should have felt disposed, after hearing the state ments of the Learned Lord, to resist its introduction, because so far from its being what it purported to be a Bill to define the Rights of Electors in Scotland, it was in fact a Bill totally to alter the elective franchise in Scotland, and to act in direct opposition to the rccom dation of the Committee. He was not certain whether he had rightly understood the statements of the Learned Lord as to life-rents, whether they were to be restricted or not. The course suggested by the Committee was to take such steps as were necessary, to ascertain whether persons were in possession of a Peal or colourable title. He could not, for one, agree to restrict the franchise in Scotland, as it was given by the Reform Act, which was the intention of the present Bill. It would be impossible for the Learned Lord to persuade the House to acquiesce in making so broad adistinctionas to the principles on which property was to dealt with. He thought permission might be given to bring in the Bill, in order that they might see in what mode the Govern ment intended to meet the exigency of the case, wire-, ther those abuses might not be remedied without ri- NATIONAL CON YEN TION. (THURSDAY.) Mr. SMART, Delegate from Leicestershire, in the Chair. RENT. From the Kinross Rsdical Association.. £1 0 0 From Tradesmen in the neighbourhood of Be!- - grave and Bedford•squares 2 6 6 From Chelmsford 3 0 0 From the neighbourhood of Bethnal Green, penny a week subscriptions 2 10 0 From Dumfries Fr3m Salisbury From Aberdeen Working-men's Association From Wooton-under-Edge, Working Do 5 0 0 From the " Globe" Bethnal Green Association 0 10 0 violation of principle, and whether fictitious votes might not be done away with, while the bona fide franchise intended to be conferred on the people of Scotland might be protected. The Learned Lord had not stated in what way the difficulties of establishing a Court of Appeal were to be met. The Committee had felt the difficulty of appointing the Judges of the land, and that it would be injudicious to mix up their ju dicial functions with the political functions that would be created by the establishment of such a Court. The Learned Lord proposed that three barristers of six years' standing should be appointed to sit in the Court of Appeal, and he (Lord Stanley) sup posed the Crown was to have the appointment of those three Barristers ; but here again he thought the House, when it came to consider the question, would be prepared to reject that proposition.—(Hear, hear.) He did not intend to offer any opposition to the bring ing in of the Bill, as it might be better that Scotch Gentlemen and their constituents should have an oppor tunity of seeing what its details were ; but on the whole he was far from thinking the Bill was such a one as would remedy the grievances complained of and he wxs certain it was one that could not remedy them, with out the grossest violation of the principles of the Reform Bill. Mr. P. THOMSON rose to move for the appoint of a Select Committee to inquire into the state of Railways, and to report their opinion thereupon, in doing which, he did not feel it would be necessary to occupy the attention of the House for any time, inasmuch as he did not expect any opposition would be offered to his motion. There were a great number of railway proceedings respecting which it must be necessary some inquiry should take place. It was unnecessary for him to refer to particular cases to show that there should be some inquiry. It would be advisable, as far as possible, to have uniform regulations upon the different railways, and while it could not be denied that Railway Compa• nies conferred great benefits on the public, yet the public ought to have the advantage of uniform regulations in the management of the proceedings of those Companies. Very probably some recommendation might emanate from a Committee, which would be found acceptable and useful to all parties. The Hon. Gentle man, therefore, moved for the appointment of a Select Committee, which was agreed to without opposition. NEWSPAPERS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Imprisonment for Debt Act, passed last Session of Parliament, in as far as re lates to proprietors of newspapers being obliged to in sert advertisements in their newspapers for the sum of three shillings. The Imprisonment for Debt Act compelled the pr•prietors of newspapers to in sert an advertisement of a certain notice, and the schedule of an insolvent, in their newspapers for three shillings, and no more. He was not aware, at the time that Act passed, that any inconveni ence or injustice would arise from such an enact ment ; but he had found that it was productive of extreme injustice towards newspaper proprietors. The Act required that before an insolvent could be dis charged such notice and schedule should be advertised ; but those were frequently found to be sa long as to make it quite unreasonable to call upon a proprietor of a newspaper to publish them for three shillings. What therefore he now propose d was, t h at i ns t ea d of requiring them to insert this at the fixed sum of 3s. they should be required to insert it at a reasonable sum. Leave granted to bring in the Bill. SCOTCH BILLS. Mr. COLQUHOUN moved for the return of the number of Scotch Bills introduced into Parliament by the Law Officers of the Crown in various years. The LORD ADVOCATE was understood to ob ject to some of the returns, relative to the expense in curred in the preparation. Adjourned. DEATH AND EITRAVAGANCE.—Wednesday afternoon an inquiry was entered into before Mr. Payne, City Coroner, in the board-room of Whitecross-street prison, on the body of Mrs. Mary White, aged 45, a debtor. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased became an inmate of the prison ca the 27th of September, 1535, her debts amounting to between 3001. and 4001., the greater part of which was for medic.l attendance and a bill of acceptance. Several offers had been made to compound her debts by the creditors, which she refused to accede to. She had formerly been in very affluent circum stances, and of extravagant habits, spending from 40/. to 501. per day. During the last six months she had been suffering slightly from a spasmodic affection of the heart. On Tuesday morning last she was seized with a violent pain at the chest; some sal volatile mixed with warm water was given to her, and the surgeon to the prison sent for, who on his arrival proclaimed her dead. Verdict— " Natural death." THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1839. examination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. Cuthbert Lawton, valet to the Rev. Mr. Bayntun, who stands charged with bigamy under very singular circumstances, was brought before Mr. DYER for final Before entering upon the case Mr. Bowditch, the attorney for the prosecution, said he wished to make a remark respecting an imputation which had fallen from Mr. Adolphus, and which had been extensively circulated through the medium of the press, that the charge against the prisoner had been brought forward by Mr. Montagu Bayntun from revengeful motives. Mr. Adolphus—There is no prosecutor in this case but Mr. Montagu Bayntun, and there could be no motive but the worst of motives in bringing it forward. Mr. Bowditch said he had a duty to perform towards his client, Mr. M. Bayntun, who had no motive beyond the ends of justice in prosecuting the prisoner. On the former occasion, when Mr. Montagu Bayntun ap peared as defendant at the office, Lawton did not givc" evidence ; in fact, Mr. Bayntun was in a situation at the time to prove that Lawton had threatened his life if he came again to ask for his annuity. Mr. Adolphus observed that the Magistrate, Mr. Chambers, was of opinion that no assault had been committed, but he bound Mr. M. Bayntun in sureties to keep the peace. Mr. Bowditch then said he would state the line he intended to adopt in support of the prosecution. He perhaps should not be able to bring forward direct evi dence that the first wife was alive when the prisoner married the second woman, but he should prove suffi cient to warrant the Magistrate in sending the case to a jury. The reason why the case had not been brought forward before was because the parties had eluded pro secution by travelling about from place to place, and even changing their names. On one occasion when the defendant and his second wife " bolted," the Reverend Gentleman, his master, followed the next morning in a post chaise. He hoped Mr. Adolphus was now satisfied on that point. Mr. Adolphus—Quite the contrary. however, I wish to make this remark. Where a maWgnant mind is visible in a prosecution, it is the office of a lawyer to mitigate rather than to inflame the evidence. What has the Rev. Gentleman following in a postchaise to do with the case ? It shows the feeling which ani mates those who are parties to the prosecution. Mr. DYER—In cases of bigamy the proceeding is very simple. The prosecuting party has cnly to show that the accused was married to an individual, during whose life time he went through the marriage ceremony with another woman. Mr. Bowditch then proceeded to call witnesses in support of the charge. Mr. Adolphus, in reply, said the case had no busi ness at a police•oflice. The prosecutor ought to have taken it at once to the Old Bailey. He admitted there was circumstantial evidence enough to warrant the Magistrate in sending the case to another court, and he should abstain from making any remark upon what had been said by the witnesses. Mr. DYER agreed to take the same recognisances for the prisoner's appearance to take his trial as he had already produced, and then ordered the witnesses to be bound over. The requisite proceedings having been gone through the prisoner was liberated, to appear at the proper time to take his trial. PROGRESS OF CHARTIST AGITATION. Letters were read from Dumfries, stating that a large meeting had been held there last Monday. It was held in the open air, and was attended b y t h e townsmen an d inhabitants of the neighbouring districts in thousands. The inhabitants gave a triumphant entry to Bailie Craig. There were numerous bands of music in the procession, together with banners bearing various inscrip tions ; among the most conspicuous were those with the mottoes, " Scotland free, or a desert ;" " Bailie Craig, first Chairman of the Con% ention ;" " Equal laws and equal rights—peacefully if we may, forcibly if we must ;" " Stephens, the Friend o f th e P oor ." A black flag, surmounted with a pik e ; a d ea th' s h ea d and cross bones. " Universal Suffrage or Dead." The Northern Star Nevvspaper, surmounted with a brilliant star. The Birmingham Journal, reversed, and trimmed with black fringe. The meeting passed very strong resolutions in favour of the Convention. From Bethnal Green Association, from Worcester, from Dunfermline, from Stirling, from Aber deen,:from Wooton-under-Edge, from Chelmsford, from Salisbury. All these letters emanated from meetings or Associations, and enclosed rent or requested assist ance from the Convention, to enable the parties at whose instance they were written to take measures to counteract the effects of Tory hostilities. THE PRESS. Dr. M'DOUALL said, before the regular business of the day commenced he would beg leave to notice a Report in The Sun newspaper of ,yesterday's pro ceedings. It had given the remarks of Messrs. Rogers and Cleave in reply to his observations. This was unfair, and notwithstanding it gave what Mr. Mars den and others repeated in defence of what he had said, as to the tyranny generally practised by the rich over the poor ; it was unjust to him (Dr. M'Douall) to send forward the strictures of those gentlemen on his speech, without stating the nature of that speech. He did not notice this on his own account, but from motives of wishing to stand well with his numerous and respectable constituency ; and no matter (Several of the Dele gates rose to order.) Mr. MILLS said that this was completely out of order —there was no question before the Chair ; besides, he did not think they had any right to interfere. The CHAIRMAN concurred with Mr. Mills. It was out of order to address the Meeeting without a question being before it. He would request that Dr. M'Douall would content himself with what he had already said.— (Hear, hear.) He the (Chairman), however, hoped that in future, care should be taken to give full and explicit reports, in order that no reason of complaint would be had by particular Members. [Notwithstanding Dr. M'Douall's pantings after popularity, he should feel much obliged at his yester day's speech, as well as many others he addressed to the Convention, not being reported—they were as re mote in their tendency to elucidate the question in debate, as is an acorn to a seventy-four gun-ship. It and others were omitted solely in mercy to Dr. M'Douall, from the possibility that they might, from the violent and dangerous maxims which they incul cated, subject not only the Convention, who with few exceptions repudiate such maxims, but also the D oc t or himself, to a narrow chance of having his personal safety put in jeopardy.—Reporter to THE SUN.] MR. WHITTLE HARVEY. A resolution proposed by Dr. FLETCHER, and se conded by Mr. NEEsom, " That the petition to the House of Commons, for the restoration of Mr. Frost to the Commission of the Peace, be withdrawn from D. W. Harvey, Esq., and given to Thomas Attwood, Esq., for presentation," was carried, after some obser vations being made by Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Sankey, and others, as to the propriety of the proposition. TORY RIOT AT DEVIZES. A motion of which Mr. Skevington had given notice, on the conduct of the Tory authorities towards the Chartists in the above place on a late occasion, was postponed until the return of Mr. Vincent. FINANCE. Mr. PITXEITHLEY proposed a resolution, " That, as several matters of finance remain unexplained by Messrs. Muntz and Douglas, of Birmingham, that a call be made on those gentlemen for such explanation." Dr. TAYLOR seconded it. ! It passed without any discussion. Mr. Sankey obtained leave of absence for ten days. After which, no other business remaining on the Order Book, the meeting dissolved, first having passed the accustomed vote of thanks to the Chairman. LAW INTELLIGENCE • COURT OF C.IIAIVCERY, ArAIL 10. WERE V. THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY COMPANY. The arguments in this case occupied the Court the greater part of the morning. The case cam e b e f ore th e Court upon appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls, dissolving an injunction restraining the defendant from going before a Jury, to assess the value of a certain piece of land, on the line of the Railway near Wakefield, and from taking possession of the land. The plaintiffs arc the trnstecs for the Clare Hall College of the advowson and land through which the Manchester and Leeds Rail way passed. There was no difference in the suit between the parties with respect to the land through which the railway passed, but the question was whether they defendants were entitled to another piece of land, for the purpose of obtaining materials for forming embankments. The portion of land required for that purpose was small, but in the notice the defendants had not stated the object for which it was required; but a precept having been issued for summoning a Jury to assess its value, the plain tiffs filed their bill, and obtained an injunction, restraining the defendants from proceeding under that precept ; that injunction, upon an application to the Master of the Rolls, his Lordship dissolved, and from that deci sion the case now came before the Court upon appeal. Mr. Wiarcam was heard yesterday on behalf of the ap pellant and Mr. WAKEFIELD and MY. BETIIELL followed on the same Mr. KNIGHT BRUCE and Mr. BACON appeared for the plaintiffs. Mr. WAKEFIELD replied ; and The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment. The Court rose at half past one o'clock, his Lordship having to attend her Majesty's Drawitig.room. VICE-CHANCERY, APRIL 11. ATTINOODV. SMALL.—JUDGMENT. The VICE CHANCELLORjudgment to-day in this case, which was argued before his Honour some time since upon three demurrers. His Ho after going at some length into the facts of the case, which i gave in detail at the time the case was argued , ' stated his ice opinion to . be, that, upon the ground of conduct the plaintiff was entitled to no relief against Small, Shears, or John Taylor, he the i de murrers, therefore, of Bailey and Brunton must given, with costs. But although no relief could be against those parties, on the ground of conduct, the plain tiffs was entitled to relief on the ground of specific per formance, and therefore their demurrer must be overruled, but without costs. On the application of Mr. K. Bruce, four months was given to the defendants to put in their answer. SHERIFFS COURT-YESTERDAY Proclamation of outlawry was made this morning against Robert Coates, the Hon. Tylney Long Pole Wellesley, Harriet Bishop, Fred/rick Turner, William Hilton, and Mario Appoline L. Prizot. FAIRY V. JOHNSTONE. Mr. JAMES appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Thomas for the defendant. The action was brought by the plain- Vff to recover 6/. 17s. 6d. for his services as foreman in the shop of the defendant, who is a tailor, residing at No. 2, Panton.strcet, whilst the latter was out of the way, and before he obtained his certificate. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c , on Monday the first day of Easter Term, at his Lordship's residence in Bruton street. IiEPRI 3 SENTATION OF AYRSIIIRE.—We un derstand that L or d K e lb urne h as issued his address as the .Conservative candidate for Ayrshire, and we wa i t impa tiently for some similar announcement on the Liberal side. We cannot beli eve it p oss ibl e that the wealthy Liberal gcntry of the west will calmly allow this county to be snatched from th e i r gras p, an d thus allow the adversaries of Reform to fabricate, out of the intimidation and fictitious Votes, an argument to show that this intelligent constitu ency has laps e d i n t o C onserva tism. We are convinced that amore truly sound.hearted constituency does not exist, and those who h ave t h e power to p ro tect it from such a result will be deeply responsible if they fail. It is time that the advocates of sound Reform should take lessons in activity and organization both from the right and the left. Mr. Campbell of Craigie and Lord Dudley Stuart are spoken of; but should either of these gentlemen fail to come for ward, there is still an ample field. Let the electors call on some known and distinguished candidate to come for ward, and we doubt no t they will be responded to. If there is a reluct ance i n an y qu arter on the ground of ex pense, it will be ver y eas y f or the gentlemen of sa wealthy a neighbourhood to remove the objection, by taking the pecuniary arrangements into their own hands.—Scotsman. , PHYSICAL FORCE.—A young man i n Crieff wno has become a lecturer upon Universal Suffrage of late, had, we a re i n f orme d , been holding forth to a goodly num ber of people whom he had congregated in a room in a certain village a f ew m il es f rom CrictT, and while expa tiating on moral and physical force, he was asked by one of the auditory, a Conservative, what was the meaning of physical force, upon which the lecturer lifted up one of the candlesticks and knocked him down, saying, " That is phy sibal force, Sir I" This had nearly caused a row, but moral force prevailed, and it was nuash,d, Journal. MARYLEBONE. Capt. illarryatt, of Grove-house, Battersea, appeared before the Magistrates, on a warrant, to answer the charge of having assaulted Mr 'Walker, living at 34, Caroline-place, within a short distance of defendant's residence. A great deal of evidence, pro and con, was gone into, and the case was decided by the Captain being ordered to pay a fine of one shilling, which he imme diately did, and was liberated. Soon after the termination of the case, complainant, who was much exasperated at the small amount of penalty inflicted, hastened to the house of defendant, whom he assaulted with the most abusive and threaten ing language, and as he caused a great mob to assemble, he was taken into custody by a Constable of the T Division, and brought to the office. Evidence of his violent conduct was then gone into, and he was ordered to find bail for his future good behaviour. He was conveyed to the lock-up-room, and at the close of the business, was brought out by Frank lin, an cfficcr of this establishment, who, while in the act of leading him dowu the passage, towards the prison van, in which he was to be taken, in default of complying with the terms of his sentence, to Clerken well, attacked, in a most savage way, the officer, who after being kicked and beaten by him in a most un merciful way, succeeded at last in getting him into the vehicle, when he again vented his rage upon Franklin, whose hands he bit in several places, inflicting wounds on one of them in particular, of a serious nature. He was, bowever, at length completely mastered by the officer, and conveyed to his destination. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday a baker was fined 3/. for baying concealed under one of his scales in the shop, a penny piece weighing nearly an ounce, and another was fined 10s. for having light and unstamped weights. Another summons was against a person named Myer:, a marine store dealer, of Saffron Hill, for having light wheights, &c. in his possession. Bayliss, the officer, said, that he went to the shop of Myers, to serve the summons, when he saw that the name of Cohen had been newly painted over the door, and a man in the shop told him Myers hsd left a week ago, which could not be the fact, as the summons had only been granted four days ago. Mr. Childe said there was a deficiency of t2lb. in a 151 b. weight. The Magistrates concurred that the law should not be defeatead by such infamously low cunning, and they ordered Bayliss to trace Myers and execute the summons. QUEEN- S QUARE. Thomas Grant, a respectably dressed young man, was placed at the bar, charged with attempting to commit a felony at the house of Dr. Stone, No. 3, Spring gardens. The Doctor stated the fact of the attempted robbery, and the subsequent capture, and the police constables present proved that the prisoner was a convicted thief. Mr. WHITE sentenced him to three months' imprison ment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction. Ann Clarkson, a middle-aged woman, who obtained her living by working as laundress, was fully committed for trial upon a charge of stealing ten French cambric handkerchiefs, value 31. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that the pri soner was employed by Mrs. Dalton. of No. 33, Harper street, Chelsea, an extensive laundress, and it was her duty to pack up the articles to be delivered at the diffe rent establishments for which prosecutrix worked. She was supposed to perform her duty faithfully, and the felony would not have been discovered but for the re ceipt of two letters—one from Lady Ross, and the other from Madame Aveline—in which complaints were made of the non-delivery of numerous pocket handker chiefs. Inquiries were made, the result of which was that the prisoner confessed that she had pledged the missing handkerchiefs, and burnt the tickets. The property was produced by Mr. Brookes, a pawnbroker in Chelsea. WORSHIP-STREET. SUNDAY TRADING.—Several tradesmen of the re spective parishes of Bethnal-green and Islington were convicted and fined ss. each for exercising their worldly calling on the Lord's-day. The individual who prosecuted in the cases from Bethnal-green gave his name William West, and de scribed himself to be a broker ; and in answer to the preliminary questions put to him by Mr. CODD, he stated that " he appeared for the parish." Mr. Christie, the relieving overseer of Bethnal-green, however, soon after arrived at the office, and told Mr. CODD that he had been directed by the parochial au thorities to attend.and disclaim, on their parts, all con nexion with the party prosecuting or his coadjutois, whose proceedings were entirely unsanctioned by the parish, in which neither of them held any office what ever. UNION HALL. INTERESTING TO SURGEONS.—John Morgan was brought up for re-examination. The prisoner has of late effected a great number of robberies at the re sidences of medical men, by pretending that he had called upon them for advice. As it was known that he was to be re-examined, the office was thronged with medical men, several of whom bore witness against him. He refused to give his address, or to tell who he was, merely saying that some of the parties were mistaken in his identity. The prisoner, who is a tall thin man, with sandy hair and whiskers, and dressed in a snuff coloured frock coat, with velvet collar, was remanded, as severa other charges of a similar description are likely to be made against him. LAMBETH- STREET. THE GOLD DUST RORBERY.—AmeIia Moss and Sarah Levy, the former the wife and the latter the sister of H enry M oss , th e person suspecte d o f having obtained possession of the two boxes contain ing 4,6401. worth of gold dust, by means of a forged order, were placed at the bar before Mr. HARDWICKE on a charge of being accessory to the robbery. Amongst other evidence adduced was that of George Sheen, brother to the notorious Bill Sheen (tried some years ago at the Old Bailey, on a charge of cutting his child's head off), who said he got his living by attend ing to a van and spring cart, which were let for hire by his mother. kle recollected the prisoner, Mrs. Levy, corning to his mother's on some day, he thought a Tuesday afternoon, and asking if they had a truck to let for hire. He replied that they bad not, but bad a van and spring cart, which he could let nearly as cheap as a truck. Mrs. Levy said she did not want a cart, as th e gentleman only wanted to move a few things that nillt; and the reina;nder on the following morning. 1..10 tin - .!n told her that he would get a truck, which he ffiu, and went to No. 12, New-street, as directed, about four o'clock on the same evening, accompanied by a young man who was now present, and on knocking at the door they were lot in by Mrs. Levy. He was then taken to the bedroom, where he saw the box now produced, un derneath the bed, corded tightly down, and both the prisoners pointed it out as one of the articles which he was to remove in the truck, and each told him to be very careful about it. It was so heavy that he could scarcely move it, and it required the joint exertions of himself and the other young m m to carry and put it on the truck. Its con tents appeared to be of a very solid substance, and did not move or rattle, but seemed to lie clime dead. He placed a bed, bedstead, and bedding, with two other boxes, on the truck, and took them to Mansell-street, Mrs. Moss following as if watching them closely. On reaching Mansell-street they took the box in question up stairs to the first floor, and deposited it in the back room with the other things, and on the following day he took the remaining part of the furniture there. Mrs. Moss, who appeared a good deal excited and alarmed, declared she knew nothing of the robbery, and said her husband had always been a very close man, and scarcely ever made her acquainted with what he did. Both the prisoners, at the request of Mr. Clarkson, were remanded until this dayweek, and ordered to be kept separate. PHYSICAL FORCE. (From the - Scotsman.) There can be no better evidence of the slightness of the influence which the Anarchists have over the mighty public mind of this country, than the fate of the " Na tional Convention." We have no doubt that the pro jectors of that dignified assembly designed to rear up a Parliament against Westminster Hall, and to com mence their career by the same course which enabled the Jacobine clubs of Paris to triumph over the States-General. Instead, however, of becoming the centre of public observation—of having their pro ceed:ngs watched with intense interest by the popu lation of the metropolis—they have almost lost them selves in the mighty maze. The citizen sees the " National Convention " ocsasionally mentioned in the obscure corner of a newspaper, but he neithers knows nor cares whether that august body holds its meetings next door to him, or five miles off. Tue inhabitants of Bolt-court may perhaps have noticed one or two shab byish-looking men stepping into a tavern, and may pro bably have resolved in their mind the question whether the periodical punctuality of their appearance indicates a fraternal love of conviviality, or whether after all they may be, not tavern-haunters, but a collection of decent country bodies who have come to town about a Road Bill. The great Convention' is too insignificant to be noticed by our Argus-eyed Press, which reports at length the proceedings of the French Chamber of Depu ties. One daily paper alone gave for some time a brief view of their proceedings, but the practice was dropped as unprofitable. It is in vain to say that the Press have conspired against the Conv,ntion—whatever the public curiosity demands, the Press must produce. We have admitted that the political horizon has a lowering aspect, and that we would not be much sur prised were we to find bloodshed the result ; but we feel convinced that, should any portion of the people be so far deluded as to resort to the sword, their career will be brief and their punishment sharp ; the deluded insurrectionists being the only victims, un less their proceedings should be the means of recon ciling the rest of the community to a strong Govern ment. The first step to actual insurrection would be the signal for the demagogues who have been foster ing it, retreating with all expedition from the danger. The poor people would be left to their own resources, and helpless beings they would find themselves. Were they to rise in millions, they could accomplsih nothing but temporary destruction—accession of num bers would but increase the victims. There can be no revolution in this country, except through the instrumentality of those who hold in their hands the means of influencing our complicated pecuniary arrange rangements. The bloodless Revolution of 1688 had its chief support in the money interest ; and the Stock Exchange being in favour of the Hanover line, was sufficient to baffle all the attempts and extinguish the hopes of the Stuart?. Surplus money—that is, money in the hands of individuals over and above what will supply them with the necessaries of life—constitutes the sinews of war ; but where are our insurgents to get even the necessaries ? We shall suppose that they assemble to the extent of many thousands on some spot, and form an army; After having stripped the neighbourhood of its provisions, where are they to get food ? If they be in the country, they cannot ob tain it anywhere. If they go to a large town they are in a place which lives through an artificial system of supply, to which their presence would put a stop. Merchants and agriculturists would cease to consign the produce they never would be paid for, and starva tion would ensue. The present times are different from those when the supply of the neighbourhood was sufficient for the demand, and all the money was gold, which no man refuses to take. The insurgents might break open banks—they would find nothing but useless paper. They might then disperse themselves over the country ; but were the hands of justice too feeble to suppress them, they could still do nothing but destroy, as the Church-and-King rioters at Birmingham did in 1791. They would find that all their depreda tions did not produce the transference of property from other people's pockets to their own—that they merely occasioned its extinction—that in the end our artificial means of subsistence would be narrowed, and that they would be the first and chief victims of the scarcity. TRANS-ATLANTIC EDITORIAL COMPLIMENTS. We copy the following example of the polished style of political controversial literature from the Baltimore Sun : " TEN DOLLARS REWARD. " The New Orleans Sun offers a reward of ten dollars for the ears of the editor of the Toront,Patriot, an Upper Canada paper, who deserves a place by the side of him of the Montreal Herald. In commenting upon a recent correspondence which took place between Colonel Worth, of the United States army, and Colonel Dundas, of the British army, the editor of the Patriot indulged in the most scurrilous language against our Government, and concluded with the following choice ntoreeau:— " The long and and the short of the business is, that the American Government and people are one large, great big, vast, huge, monstrous, mammoth, humbug, so flagitious and flagrant that it cannot be be mistaken by any but born asses.' " To this the Sun man thus responds : " Which is the reason, we suppose, why you mistake it. This man calls himself Thomas Dalton, and he is known to be a recreant reformer, and abought and bribed foul-mouthed minion of the loyalists. Every word he utters is a loud lie and dastardly libel upon the Artie ricaa Government. He lives and moves in the foul slime of slander, and earns his daily bread by basely crouching at the foot•stool of his insolent and aristocratic masters ; and uttering, in sneaking and obsequious obedience to their polluted behests,the boldest and blackest mendacity in re gard to the American people—a people whom neither his master nor his master's minions, with their cohorts of mercenary soldiers, can oppress and trample to the opprobrious earth, as they long ago would have done, if they did not know the stuff that finished Yankeeism' is mad• of. A mammoth humbug!' Aye, indeed, too much a mammoth' for the greedy avarice of British policy, Mr. Thomas Dalton—and too much a hum bug to be humbugged by the likes o' you' and your masters— Yankee Doodle is the tune, We made the British dance it.' &c. " Did you ever hear that before, Mr. Tommy Dal ton ? That's another finished Yankeeism,' and be - to you ! I" EXPERIMENTS ON BLASTING AT CRAIG LEIrtr Monday, Mr. Roberts repeated his interesting experiments on blasting by means of galvanism at Craigleith Quarry. Lord Greenock, Lord Robert Kerr, and other distinguished persons, were present, and an immense number of spectators, attracted by the novelty of the experiments and the beauty of the day, assembled on the occasion. Shortly after two o'clock the first experi ment was made on a solid mass of rock, which was shivered into fragments by the explosion that instantaneously fol lowed the application of the electric fluid. The second experiment was equally successful, and even more inte resting. A large quantity of gunpowder, enclosed in a water-tight vessel, was sunk in one of the deepest parts of the deserted quarry west of Craigleith; in a moment an immense mass of foaming water burst forth in a conical form; on its disappearance, the mud boiled up in large quantities • and the pool for some time continued impe tuously heaving. The spectators crowded on the sur rounding heights, expressed their surprise and gratifica tion by a hearty cheer. _ The Sunderland Herald, in order to facilitate the extraction of paragraphs by its contemporaries, adopts an excellent plan. Against each of the articles of intelli• gence that is intended for transfer is set a typographical hand, indicating the matter for which it is thought a de mand exists by the Metropolitan Press. We wish all the country papers that we receive were similarly 1. handed." FALKIRK—DEATH OF A. MlSER.—Elizabeth Frizel has been long known here as a woman of very pe nurious habits, and although she was considered to be in possession of money, it was not till after her death, which took place last Monday, that the amount was known, which was nearly 1,1001. sterling. The money and bills - ______ were found about her bed, wrapped up in an old stocking DIED. &e. During her life, her appearance indicated the v ery On the 31st ult., at Limpfield, Surrey, Mr. .. s li i i laclteiarmd a W ie 3 st r ; extreme of want. Several years since s h e had executed a rine-ton, for 35 years the respected attendant on his will, making bequests to several useful institutions, such as George 111. aged 62. f• r Ge °r the Charity School, the Female Society, &c., with the re. On the 6th inst. at Heathfield, Sussex, 1%-al° , A r tr sidue to the poor of the parish; the document, cannot, Fuller, late of the lion. East India Company's Bengal however, as yet be got, and many are now claiming kindred lery, aged 82. , a .ball, with Elizabeth, who hitherto did not know her, whi ch will, ' On t he ith inst., Duncan Weir, Esq. , R.N., of Pope probably yield some pro fit to men of business —Sc otsman. near Lenham, Kent, aged 85. THE ITALIAN OPERA IN VIENNA.-111(ille. Taglioni has arrived at Vienna, as is stated in a letter fro m Thomas Watling' . Ibb O o n tso t n h , o ß e a i r b t., in ag st e . d , 6 a o t . llenton Park, Yorkshire, Sir Chsries On the 9th t in at Winchester, the Rev. the Austrian capital of the 21st ult. The Italian Opera m Precentor of Winchester Cathedral, aged 64. will commence its season early in April. The tickets are _ .. _ „ vri o, of to he doubled or tripled iti IP icel dud!,g tl,„ • , • iNldll,,, - I,t:floili'sengagetuent. F, jur ;• , ' '. ' "''" ' Lona,: : PriLr.l 5.1:41 PubliElled by MITRDO yk- , .., rand , i n p ricai "" 'l ll t hre '' piimi ba,..i . . ''' ' ' '':''' ft,,,, No 112, tral - ,41, ut The Smn. O ffi ce. No. 112. 3 ,_ 04 ~ ,in n ittii;4f,•4l, tke et)...itj sat Mitidie,e2..-I,l,stay, April 12, 18_,.....................„ EVENING EDITION. THE COAL TRA TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Bythe Clerk and Registrars' of the Coal Market Comparative Statement of Coals imported SHIPS TONS From Jan. 1 to March 31, 1839 1,805 530,046 Ditto ditto 1838 1,625 496,164 There was an increase of'. 180 33,882 Coals delivered in in the same period : SHIPS TONS From Jan. Ito March 31, 1839 1,919 .567,9344 Ditto ditto 1838 1,817 549,052 There was an increase of lO2 18,882,1 Yet the higlif.st price of best coals yesterday was 265. 6d., while on the 10th of April 1838 they were only 245. I am, Sir, yours, &c., April 11, 1839. C. M. 0. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l perceived in your Paper, some evenings since, a statement that " Muneluke" was in service as a cab-drawer in London. This I can state is a great mistake. He was sold by Theobald for a great price last year, to go to France as a stock-horse. There were other famous horses stated in the same paragraph to have come to an unhappy finale. I thing this also likely to be erroneons, for these horses (old racers), are always valuable as stock-horses. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS ARGYLE, Finley-on-Thames. [The paragraph was copied from a Morning Paper.-- ED. SUN.] CORONER'S IN QUEST. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO MISS BLAIL, OF WELBECK-STREET.—Last night a highly respectable Jury was empannelled Lefore Mr. Higgs' in the Board-room of St. George's Hospital, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of 11bss Eliza Blair, of Welbeck-street, Portland - place , da u g ht of Captain Blair. David Jones, in the employ of Mr. Cuff, of Pall-mall East, saddler, said that on Monday last, about half-past two, he was proceeding, in Mr. Payton's carriage, through Hyde Park, near Piccadilly. He saw a lady on horseback, and the horse was galloping fast, but the horse did not appear to have run away. She was then in what is called the Kensington Ride, but at the time he did not apprehend much danger ; in a second or two he saw she was thrown off. He could not tell w hether she pitched against the railings or curb - stone. He. I mediately went to her assistance ; with the help of a gentleman who was passing, she was lifted over the rails, and instantly brought to the hospital. She was quite insmsible, but slightly moved her eyes when brought to the hospital. By the Jury—The horse ran away. He thought the accident happened in consequence of the deceased losing confidence. There was no scream that he heard. By the Fore ran—She fell on her head ; he thinks her brother came to her when in the hospital ; but he believes she was riding alone when in the Park. Mr. Prescott Hewett, the house surgeon, said the deceased was about 25, and was admitted on Monday , and he saw her immediately. She was then perfectly senseless, and remained so until that morning, when AA died at 9 o'clock. The cause of death was a fracture of the back of the skull. James Cooke, the keeper of Hyde Park-corner gate , said, he was standing when the horse came up at net much more than a hard canter, and he did not expect any accident, but suddenly the deceased fell off, and be thinks pitched on her head on the curb-stone. Th e horse was easily stopped at the Duke of Wellingtons he did not think any one was to blame ; but a person crossing seemed to make the horse swerve ; he seemed to put his hand out as if he thought he was runela away. He did not think the horse was vicious. Mr Hewett said Miss Blair's sister had told him the deceased was constantly in the habit of riding the ho rse, which was very quiet, but did not like the whip, and 511° supposes she had used it, having it with her. Verdict, " Accidental death." THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE 1,90*6. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beit..s. Per Quarter. Is. s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s. 0 - Blandford 68 70 34 SO Ci 87 42 44 --- !Al 74 24 26 124 3.) 42 44 0 1 Cambridge r... 75 34 51 40 WS 43 Chard 60 74 32 33 90 25 32 4i 40 Eluntingdon...' 56 70 34 3$ 24 19 36 42 Long Sutton.,,.' 58 78 16 20 SO 34 Louth 5$ 78 26 32 20 24 155. 42 ; SI 56 77 22 31 16 20 364 IS sg Newark 62 22 24 31 13 25 311 43 Nottingham 64 '79 28 31 19 26 3.1. 42 •--- eeterborough 59 82 35 42 22 29 11$ 41 Plymouth 5$ 20 30 34 20 23 Pontefract 77 43 27 43 -- Sleafonl 65 SO 26 3$ 22 26 41 43 Upping ham 63 84 24 30 1$ 28 32 44 63 82 20 SO 22 DEVIZES CORN MARKET.—ApriI IL d a 0 • R 3 $ • ,z Per Sack. s d. s. d. Per Quarter. •to ~,, Rut W heat .19 0 to 40 6 Barley 63 I / 17 Second 15 0 37 o Oats .. 10 se 1 Third ..... 0 1121 Sacks of Wheat sold/ 36 A Flour (per bag)..... CO 0 g at the average of — Bread (per ga11.)... I & -^ LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—ApriI 9. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. lO4. Id, to 111 36 ' Red --- Scotch, Welch, and Manx 9 • 9 6 Irish, White ll • 9 5 -- Red 7 9 8 6 Foreign 7 6 5 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 8 5 S II lrish . ---. Foreign 0 0 6 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter .3 0 • 46 ~ 3 Scotch and Irish, per 601bs - Feeding 4 6 6 ! MEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 43 • 90 i Irish, arc Foreign PLUM, English, per Imperial quarter 4B • 66 . • F oreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 3O 0 83 u Irish 0 3 1 0 .fi • OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401b5. 3l • • 46 INDIAN CORN, pa 4401 h. — ..... 42 • - • Ritz, per Imperial quarter • r s 0 43• • MALT, per Imperial quarter —. a 5 63 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—ApriI 9 - Wheat, Norfolk and SON k, 601 b. - !. "... t 6 York. and Lincoln. 601 b _... 595. 07 4 . Barley, Norfolk and Sutrolk . Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe —Mealing, 1. or.--d. to—d Eng. 12%d. to 14d. P er , hod. Shelling 32s. to 33.. Pe r ~,.. Rapeseed, English. 301. to 321 Foreign, ,211 c to .10 1 . Per '" CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. P. d. to s. d Fer lb. Wheat S 3 9 3 Beef darley . 4 3 5 0 Mitt:,on Oats 3 9 4 3 Vpal Beans . Pease 4 6 5 6 Laml' Hay 31. 15s. to 4/. Ns.. (!d. per ton. NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHA GE —April 6. New. old. Wheat, Northumberland 56: 72s 543 74.; Norfolk and Suffolk.... ....... ... 6Ss, ?6s. 69s. 76.. Berwick and Scotch ......... ...... 624. tis —s. -- s• Foreign 6 1..,,.,. ...S. """ Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk - ...... . --5 . mss ' Foreign Barley, Dialling, Norfolk and Suffolk 4ls. 438....... ''. -6 . --.4. Grinding and Feeding 4s. 31115..„.. --s• ---s • Malt, NorfOlk and Suffblk.... ........ Beans, Small ....a. —a. ....... 44,. 470. Tick a. —a. 4ss. 465. Pease, White sos. 525. . ... .--$. —4 * Gray 420 455....... --s. .. 4. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ...... ---- Feed Foreign Flour (per sack) s2s. 541. ". l. ....... d. tog . 7 a 7 7 9 0 8 8 RELATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STAT S .. S . P AND CANADA.—It is obvious from all the robabilitt.- arising out of the supposition, that no more quiet or inn.,, 113 comfortable international relations could be formed th; those which have heretofore existed, while the can! ia !„ have been under British jurisdiction. With Great B ata the United States would not have no occasion of quarrel: account of the Canadas; but with the Canadas as an in pendent State it might be so easy to establish and ma n ; tain amicable relations. And although the United Stat t would have no reason of fear of a superior power in that would have no reason of fear of a superior power Id quarter, there might, nevertheless, and probably woo; arise serious and vexatious jealousies and collisions. , the are quite sure that both the Government and people °I ffe United States would deprecate most grievously the e11°,160, contemplated by these rash proceeding.—A Voice Pl' America to England. London is now swarming with wild fow l i. 11 1; ported from Norway and Holland, some of which is I n putrified state T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Sim, C° rnh b l o London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), inform,. and Public, that ho offers DESSERT FRUIT KNIT S FORKS, with plain ivory handles, silver ferrules, 1 31 °' — i s licl steel blades, at Three Guineas per dozen pair, or with silver blades, at Eight Guineas and a Half per dozen Pair. N. B. Carved ivory handles at 13s. 6d. extra per daze On the 7th inst., Mrs. Henr y y Hay, of Melbury-terrace' Dorset-square, of a son. of On the 10th inst , the lady of J. B. Montefiore, -DK" Montagu-place, of a son. On the 11th inst., Mrs. James Metcalfe, Wandsworth•Oad' of a son. MARRIED. rt Oki On the 11th inst., at Newport, Isle of Wight, James „,,,lorge Esq., of Islington, to Catherine, youngest daughter of " Mildenhall, Esq., of Newport. . 0 of On the 10th inst., by special license, Louis Jehottc, Brussels, to Louisa, daughter o f J ames P ar kinson, of 13e" square. u „ n place , On the 10th intt., at All Souls' Church, La n glrt th e Charles Alexander Lushington, Esq., to Sarah, ee"e" of late William Camae, Esq., of Mansfield-street, and 11l Su On the 10th inst., a t D over, C apta i n W. J. Cross , e a ger of Colonel C r o ss , C. 8 ., to M ary, on l y daughter of Legge, Esq., late Captain in the Scots C.;