The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-03 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THEATRES. HA YMARKE T. Last night the. Queen honoured this house with her presence for the first time this season. Her Majesty, who visited the theatre incog., did not make her ap pearance until the termination of the first piece. We should naturally infer from this that the object of her 'Majesty was chiefly to witness the performance of Mr. Power, and it was evident, from the good-humoured expression of her countenance, and repeated demon strations of satisfaction during the representations, that she was by no means disappointed in her visit. The entertainments consisted of Bernard's last new farce, called it IVife for a Day; the comedy of Born to Luck ; Buckstone's highly successful farce of the Irish Lion, and a revived far,:e, by Mr. Macfarlane, intitled Latin, Love, and War. In the second and third men tioned pieces Power sustained the principal characters, in which that inimitable actor kept the audience in an uninterrui,ted roar of laughter, particularly in the Irish Lion, which is quite as attractive at the present time as when it w;ls first produced, In the list piste Mr. 0. Smith made his second appearance at this theatre in the character of Diego. His reception was very flattering. This excellent actor was ably supported by Messrs. Str ekland and Walter Lacy, Miss Taylor, Miss Mor daunt, aid Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Her Majesty left the theatre al:nut 11 o'clock, immediately after the conclu sion of the third piece. SADLER'S WELLS. At this theatre, which opened on Monday last for the summer season, a new play of considerable merit has bey n produced, entitled, Genevieve de Brabant ; or, The Hall of Torture. The principal character—that of the Duke of Brabant—was well sustained by Mr. Cathcart, whose acting is chaste and dignified as well as powerful, and almost altogether free from the besetting sin of the leading 'actors at minor theatres—viz., that of " sawing the air too much with their hand," and " tearing a pas sioa to tatters i" for " in the very torrent, tempest, and whirlwind of his passion, he possesses a temperance that gives it smoothness. Mrs. 11. Honner as the Duchess do Brabant, performed with her customary ability, and we n:ust also say with her usual fault—that of some wh it overstepping the modesty of nature. Mr. Con quest, as Gobemouche, elicited roars of laughter. The piece, possessing in itself the materials to recommend it, and aided as it very powerfully is by grand scenery and gorgeous spectacle, will, we have no doubt, reign sue cessfuny for a while. A new farcical burletta, called Cut of Luck, in which the practices of the swell mob eltry are exposed, followed, and was received with fa%our. - The outline of the plot is thus :—Sir Guffin ap Sm)y.k!on, a Welsh Baronet (Mr. Williams) possessing a Lacs! profound veneration for nobility, and a long line of c :try, becomes acqulinted on his way to London with a Mr. ttiippant, ore of the initiated, who with Siip, a 1)7-m1;w- tr,lde (Mr. Webster) contrive to do the poor Weis`. atronet out of 1,000/. by Slips passing himself ol !or the Du!:e of Houndsditch, then Prime 'Minister, of wi:ose politics the Baronet was an ardent admirer and int supporter. The piece contains many hits, :!nd the parts were well sustained, especially b It. loaner, who acted as servant to Sir Gurfin. I recommend Mr. J. Webster to be more the rules of propriety in the scene in witch he :e woraalt ; for however much tricks bordeiing on cey may make some laugh, they assuredly offend A. Pantomime of small pretensions concluded amusement. The boxes and pit were full, ane judging by the noise in the gallery, the Gods must Cts t th:. ev:Ad have ni , .istet ed strong. tiers on Monday night flocked to this small, but excellent theatre, to see Titus Ccesar—a piece which pourtrays some of the events connected with the siege and destruction of Jerusalem. The bill of the play was ex ceedingly copious, and relieved here and there with imps L,, like quotations ; but we rather think that the Fullic are more indebted to the original genius, than to PAVILION. TU E lA, re:tdif of the author, for these " fag-ends of verso," thus tu.ctl to explain what would have been clear enough to alamit any au3icnce without them; but we must not qu,::rrel with him for a manufacture of seeming quota tion:, since he is supported in the practice by the illus trious example of the author of Way.tvley. The audi night was rather less riotous than holiday folk 1%11. The whole of the first piece, which was the ew one, went off with excellent effect. The &c., and the acting were highly creditable to eni y t. blishment. .„ t. 1.0 performance on the slack rope succeeded the Foreign Prince, in which Mr. Rice appeared as the " iNir." Then came the Dead Wife, which, with the other performances, appeared to give abundant sa ti4fextion to a good-humoured, and not over-boisterous audience. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1839. TUESDAY. The Oatland Stakes of 50 soya each ; h ft and only 10 sovs ft it declared, &c. ; D. I. The 10 sovereign forfeits to go to the second. (13 subscribers, of whom four declared.) Cavtain Berkeley's Caravan, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Pavis) 1 N,r. F. Ct oven's 1 •wish-you-may-get-it, 4 yrs, Est 131 b. ... 2 General Grosverior's Daedalus, 4 yrs, 6st 13113. Lerd Chesterfield's Caroline Elvina, 4 yrs, Est 41b 4 Betting-6 to 5 against Caravan-3 to 1 against I-wish-you ' may-get-it-5 to 1 against Dwdalus—and 5 to 1 against Caro line Elvira (taken.) Won by !en lengths. The Sixth Tuesday Riddlesworth,Stakes, of '2OO sovereigns each, h it, for the produce of mares covered in 1635; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, 82t41b; untried mares or stallions allowed 31b; if 51b. Ab. M. (12 subscribers. ) Lord Jersey's c Ilderim, by Ishmael or Emilius, out of Fi. lagree Lord Exeter's c, by Sultan, out of Velvet Lord Tavistock's f by Taurus, out of Leeway (31b) 3 Lord Lichfield's f, by Priam, out of Terry Alt's dam (31b) 4 Betting -7 to 2on Iblerim. Won by three lengths. sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft; Bst 71b each; D. M. (4 subs. ) Mr. Boyce's Boz Won by a length. A dead head for second. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, 8.. t 41b; these out of mares which produced a winner of the Derby, Oaks, St. Leger, or 2,000 Guineas Stakes, to carry 51b extra, D. AL (9 subscribers.) Duke of Rutland's b c Flambeau, by Taurus out of I's dam ( Robinson) 1 lord Exeter's c by Sultan, oat of Velvet .. liettio.-4 to 1 on Flambeau. Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, Sat 71b, received forfeit from Lord Southampton's f by Oppidan, out of Rarity, Bst 41b; R. M. ; 100, h ft. MONDAY. The Craven Slake• of 10 sovi.each, for 3-yr olds, 6st ; 4 yrs, 3st 41b ; 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 51b. A. F. 10 Subs. Mr. Rayner's Quo Minus, 4 yrs Robinson 1 Mr. Bowes's Epirus, 3 yrs The following also started, Col. Peel's Paganini, 4 yrs; Lord Albemarle's Barcarole, 4 yrs ; Lord Lichfield's ch. c. by A ctmon, out of Wings, 3 yrs ; Mr. Worrall's Antler, 3 yrs ; Le ii Exeter's f. by Reveller, out of Amina, 3 yrs. B .ttdlg —6 to 4 agst Epirus (taken), and 3 to 1 agst Quo Millos. Won by three parts of a length. Handicap Sweepstakes, of 10 sous each, for 3 and 4-yr olds. Ab. M. 13 subs. Lord Albemarle's brother to Masquerade, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b.. 1 Lord Jersey's Joannina, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b The following also started :—Mr. Batson's Vespertilio, 4 yrs, Bs. lUib.; Lord Exeter's Mecoa, 4 yrs, Bst. 81b. ; 31r. Wor rab's Dormouse, 4 yrs, Bst. 81b. ; 31r. Thornhill's Montezuma, 3 yrs, 7st. 31b.; Lord Stradbrcke's f. by Taurus, out of Are- Ihusa, 3 yrs, 7st. ; General Yates's Sirec (41b. overweight) 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b. Mr. Newton's Retrospect, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b. ; Lord Exeter's c. by Mulatto, out of Marchesa, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b. ; and Mr. Greville's Pydna, 3 yrs, 6st. 21b. Betting -2 to 1 against Dormouse, 4to 1 agst Joannina, sto 1 agst Vespertilio (taken,) 5 to agst bro to Masquerade, 5 to 1 agst Retrospect, and 7to 1 2gst Pydna. Won by a length. Ilandieap Sweepstakes, of 10 soya each, for 4-yr olds and up- Mr. Thornhill's Mendizabel,T 6 yrs old, su Bst 101 b Conelly 1 Lord Exeter's Cerban, 5 years old, ist 121 b 2 Mr. W. Ridsdale's Tawney Owl, 4 yrs old, eat 21b ...... 3 Bitting—Even on Alendizabal, and 6 to 4 agst Tawney Owl ( taken ). Won by a length. Tic Twenty-Efth Blddlesworth Stakes, of 200 soya each h ft, far 3-yr old. Ab. NI. (16 subscribers.) Lord Jersc.y 's c. by Sultan, out of Cobweb, Bst 71b...Robinson 1 3lr. Thornhill's c. by Emilius, out of Maria, Bst 41b Betting-7 to 4on brother to Bay Middleton, who won easily by two lengths. SweeistAkes of 5 soya. each, for foals of 1836 ; D. M. Mr. Thornhill's c. by Emilius, Bst. 41b .Conelly 1 Du7ic of Cleveland's b. c. Kremlin, by Sultan, out of Fran cisca. Via. 41b Duke of Grafton's b. f. Drogheda, sister to Dublin, Sat. 41b 3 Betting-5 to 4on Kremlin, and sto 2 egst the Maria colt. Won easy. 'rite Produce Stakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft. ; for colts, 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. A. F. 4 subs. _ . Lord lbeinarie's c. Flos,.1;) , Priam, out of Ally7;;Cd. ft. d Suffield's c. Vernon, Bst. 31b., received forfeit from the Due of Richmond's c. Gleulivat, Bst. 81b. ; R. M. ; 500, 300 ft. • NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT. THE DERIIT. 5 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Caesar (Brother to Bay Middle ton) —take 8 to 10 12 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers—taken 16 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau 23 to 1 agst Lerd Albemarle's Tros—taken 35 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Montreal—taken 56 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Chimborazo—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Euclid (Maria colt)—taken 60 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Vernon—taken 1000 to 15 agst Domina (Brother to Masquerade)—taken 5000 to 63 agst Mr. F. Craven's Deception—taken 1M 0 to 500 on Maria colt apt Vernon—taken 10',,0 to 600 on Caesar agst Dey of Algiers and Flambe au—taken 20 to 1 agst Tros and Domino—taken In the morning the Maria colt and Kremlin were backed at 20 tot each, and 10 to 1 offered agst Caesar. OAKS. 12 to 1 agst Mr. F. Craven's Deception—taken THE COMMON INFORMER.-He combines in 11,, vi ago tlie offensive acuteness of a sharp-practising at tor, c ) , with the restlessness of an illegal pickpocket : we liitvee .n a Common Informer with a face that reminded us of a s:laven ferret. We have read what we think may b- a , ,duced as a good reason for this. Babies feeding at the breast, and gazing up at the face of the parent, are said to become endowed with a resemblance of the mother : the Common Informer, with his eyes constantly fixed on the fhws and crookedness of the statutes, and feeding upon thern , contracts in hi s f ea t ures an h a bit ua l s ha r pn ess an d ar 3 i ng nrAnness of expression ; a sort of hungry half ",g"ttY, illustrative of his b e l ove d s t u di e s. The Corn- In .,_ ) n s lt . iiiirme r i s , i n fact, the child, the lawful offspring of i'', e I . I Y, the b ung li ng, and the bigoted legislator : hence tae most Noble the Marquis of may, azd know it sot, I) , the legislative father of a Johnson and a Beres. If Coo •n.on Inf ormers have a patron saint, sure we are it ust be Sint Stephen.—Jerrold in " Heads of the Peopic,, APIONViiaI C 4 l '‘` A;;; -- \ZZ ... 1 7 1.......> x ' „ow - 7 . . . -- 1 - 4 .4. -~ DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE AT MARTINIQUE. (From the Castries Palladium.) ST. PIERRE, JAN. 15. On the 11th inst., at 50 minutes past five o'clock in the morning, our colony was visited by a violent earth quake, such as, in the memory of man, was never known in these countries. It lasted from 33 to 40 seconds, and this brief space of time sufficed to occasion irreparable damage. Three shocks, the violence of which increased successively, were felt from south to north, east to west, and then up and down. This trembling motion was particularly felt on board the ships in the harbour, and by people in the country, who saw the earth spring up around them as if it had been hurled in the air. During the previous night there had been some showers of rain, and the temperature, which had been hot for several days, was pretty cool. The horizon was foggy and dark, and the weather calm, when the earthquake hap pened. The town of St. Pierre has suffered considerably, more particularly in the Mouillage quarter, from la Rue Lucy to the market-place. Several houses have been thrown down, and alt, with two or three excep tions, cracked from top to bottom in different places. All the walls are thrown from their plomb ; the key stones of the window and door arches have given way. The belfry of Alouillage, built of cut stones only a few years ago, is in such a state that it must be demolished. The houses in the Rue Toraille have particularly suf fered it will be necessary to rebuild nearly the whole of them. Two women have been crushed under the ruins of their houses, and three other persons seriously wounded. Amidst the general stupor, a lively anxety reigned for the fate of Fort Royal, which is built upon an allu vial and fragile ground. At half-past nine o'clock the first tidings were received ; it was frightful, although far below the reality. Fort Royal exists no longer. All the public build ings are levelled to the ground. Not a single house built of mason work is left standing, and those of wood adjacent to walls had been crushed by the faking of the latter. The town presents a most deplorable aspect ; and however exaggerated may seem the reports which have been given, they are never theless below the fact. The imagination vainly studies to create a picture so frightful. We will confine our selves to a few particulars that may enable our readers to conceive the state of this unfortunate town, The new hospital, the finest edifice of the Antilles, the con struction of which, scarcely completed, has cost the colony more than 300,000 E, is entirely smashed down to the level of the soil, burying in its ruins 45 patients, as well as one of the sisters (Sister Aurt lie) ; she was taken out from beneath the rubbish, in about five hours, alive, but with an arm and leg broken, and with numer ous contusions. The buildings of the old hospital have been in like manner overthrown ; the walls of two halls on the ground floor only have resisted, but they are split, an separated more than eight inches apart ; a walk is established therein. All the walled enclosure of the hospital, as also the aqueduct by which the establish ment and the town are supplied with water, have been thrown to the ground. The iron gratings of the hospital have b:!en rooted from the pillars of cut stone in which they Lad been fixed, and hurled about six feet from the place. The treasurer's office, built about three months, is totally overthrown. The prisons are shaken ; at the old gaol six prisoners have been crushed to death, and nine wounded. The office of the Ordonnateur is equally in ruins. The church, the walls of which, three feet thick, were supported at every 12 feet by pillars, is sundered in every sense, and must be rebuilt. On the 13th Divine Service was celebrated on the savanna, amidst the tents in which the populace have encamped. The barracks of the gendarmerie, the Procureur- General's Office, the Royal Court, Court of First In stance, the Registrar's Office, the Colonial Council Chambers, the old naval stores, and the Abattoir, have all been crushed from top to bottom. The arsenal, the barracks of the artillery, the old general magazine, and the navy arsenal, have been in part destroyed ; the walls that are left standing are dreadfully mutilated. The Government House was not spared. The Governor, as well as his family, were at Bellevue, which residence has also been greatly injured. From the disasters sustained by the public buildings, built with a solidity above description, a faint idea may be formed of the fate of other properties. We have already said that not one house of mason work has withstood the shock. The streets are choked with three or four feet depth of rubbish and ruins, and it is not without danger they are walked along. The Go vernment printing-office and the theatre have been also swallowed beneath the ruins of the buildings, which were considered the most solid fabrics. These losses are incalculable ; but there remain yet those of greater weight and more painful nature. Numerous victims have been buried under the ruins ; and the number of wounded is immense. As to deaths, they are dis covered every day under the ruins. On the 11th, 186 were interred in the burial place of the town only ; the bodies are conveyed by cartloads. Nothing can be more heart-rending than to see the people, bathed in tears, ar resting at every step the progress of these carriages of death, to deposit the corpse of a mother, child, or friend. Those that have been spared by the calamity, not content with gathering the wounded, press on with nap kins to bury the dead. It was particularly remarked— and we like to publish it—that the Demoiselles Fran coise and Occuline were engaged in cutting and distri buting from their shop pieces of perfectly new linen for this pious purpose. On the 12th there were already counted, in the hos pital and in the town, 273 dead ; and we learn that on the 13th this number augmented to 387, and that was not all. The name of M. Bruneau, clerk of the navy, is in cluded in the number of the victims. Mme. Carbounel, wife of the Inspecteur Colonial ; the family of M. Fiquet, fits ; M. Lafont the younger, merchant, who had his thighs and a leg broken, died on the 12th. M. Achard, apothecary in chief of the navy, had both his thighs broken, with numerous contusions ; he is expected to recover. Mlle. Achard has had a thigh crushed in two places ; she had remained two hours under the ruins. Mme. Tiberge has been seriously wounded, and her state excites great fears. HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. The Journal du Grand Duche du Luxembourg con tains the following article : " Since the commencement of this month, political circumstances have been of a nature to lead us to fore see the early re-establishment of the rights of the Sove reign and of order in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. " An event so ardently desired, so conformable to the wishes and interests of the city, so important by its cer tain influence in ameliorating its position, moral as well as industrious, in giving birth to just hopes, has induced the Regency to lay them at the foot of the throne of his Majesty the Grand Duke. " This address, dated the 9th of the present month, signed by all the members of the Council, had for its object to pray that his Majesty would realise those ideas of stability and future well-being by which his procla mation of the 19th of February was dictated. " Among the various objects which the Council of Regency recommended to the high solicitude of his Majesty, and which attach more especially to the well being of the city, are, Ist. the electoral right for the formation of the municipal administration. 2d. The revision of the provisional rules of the Athenaeum for facilitating the advancement of youth in their sci entifis studies. 3d. The appointment of establishments where they may pursue the higher studies. 4th. An ar rangement on the subject of the town dues. sth. The arrangement of the local taxes on a basis agreeable to the habits and the means of the population. 6th. Pi eserva tion of the Courts of Second Instance. " The Council of Regency, after this detail, has prayed his M,ljesty to receive the expression of our real interests through the organ of some one entitled to his Majesty's confidence as well as ours. " His Majesty the King Grand Duke, by a rescript addressed to his Excellency the Lieutenant-General, President of the Commission of Government, has replied with the most paternal benevolence, and with the usual dignity of his august character. This rescript was com municated on the 25th to the Council, who resolved to make it known to the inhabitants as a testimony of the undoubted kindly intentions by which our Sovereign is guided in reorganizing all the elements of prosperity which the city flatters itself to see revived after so many years of isolation." TRANSLATION OF THE RESCRIPT. " The Council of Regency, contemplating the proba bility of the restoration of order in the Grand Duchy, has expressed to us the sentiments by which it believes all the inhabitants of the city to be animated towards us. " We have seen with satisfaction in their address the assurances which it contains of their confidence and their attachment, and we cannot respond to it in a more certain manner than by carefully watching over the ir.• terests of this city, and applying all our cares to realise them. " Our sentiments in this respect are entirely the same as those which we manifested in our proclamation of the 19th of February, 1831, and it will be a pleasure to us to give the city evidence of this as soon as the moment shall arrive when we can do so with success. " We hope, also, that our good Luxemburgois wil await with a constant fidelity the ulterior result of cir. cum3tances, and we consequently desire that you 1411 communicate what precedes to the Council of Regency. " WILLIAM." " Hague, March 19, 1839." THE BLESSED EFFECTS OF THE CORN-LAWS ON THE FARM LABOURERS.--We know it for a fact that a great quantity of barleyrneal is LOW being sold in Somer setshire and part of this county for bread for the agricul tural labourers, who are eating barley bread, in order that the Duke of Buckingham may have one or two additional footmen, or an extra phaeton. And yet these men have the audacity to talk about the farm labourers having an interest in dear bread ; and they affect to fear that cheap corn would reduce them to tho coarse food of the Poles Glorious Hypocrites I—Cheltenham Free Press. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL a 1839. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—We are told there are punishments worse than death, and this is probably true : doubtless there are crimes worse than murder, and that with which the wretched man, Thomas Musgrave, is charged, is one of them. Now let the punishment of death be reserved for murder only, if the punishment worse than death be given to the crime which is worse than murder ; but surely Fathers, Brothers, and Husbands, will throw around weak woman the strongest of all possible pro tection, from the greatest of all possible injuries, that compared with which, to a woman who feels as woman should feel, death would be as nothing. The man who has been convicted of such a crime should never again be let loose on society. THE CORN LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,---Having during the last autumn made an ex tensive tour through Germany, I think it may not be out of place briefly to state the view our neighbours of that country take of the present Corn-laws of England, For I believe that nations as well as individuals may best arrive at a knowledge of themselves from the opi nions of others. The nature of our Corn-laws proved a general topic of conversation in Germany, even among persons not belonging to Vie commercial classes ; and more than one gentleman of extensive information re marked, on hearing the current price of grain here, that the English people must certainly be the most patient in the world. " If," said one of these gentlemen, " the Germans, so justly celebrated for their patient endur ance of many political wrongs, were to find that in con sequence of an internal law they were comp2llcd to pay for their daily bread double the price which their nei4l - did, the whole population of the towLs would c T tainly rise in rebellion against it within a month." Tne in genious sophistry by which it is endeavoured to persuade our suffering population that it is just, proper, and politic that they should continue to pay a double [nice for bread in order to swell the rent-rolls of a class previously wal lowing in wealth, seems to be quite unknown among th e honest-minded Germans, and no despotic Prince in that country durst propose such an act of aristocratic spoliation as the various Corn laws that have from time to time been passed by both Lords and Commons in constitutional and so called liberal England. Self-inter est is a fearful perverter of men's judgments, and it can not surely be much longer endured, that the landed proprietors should be at liberty to fix an unjust and un reasonable price on the productions of the soil to the ruin of all other classes of the community. In the Courts of Common Law, I believe that vi it nesses having an interest in a case are not even permit ted to give evidence concerning it. Jurymen having, er being connected with others who have, an interest i❑ the proceedings, are liable to he objected to. These are no doubt wise regulations to guard against the weaknesses of human nature; yet in direct contradiction to such self evident principles of justice, that most important ques tion of legislation which regards the supply of food for the people, is left to the decision of two tribunals, in one of which, nearly every member either has, or thinks he has, a great per sonal interest in obtaining a monoporsine verdict, while in the other, even at least two-thirds of the Members are similarly circumstanced. It would he quite ac reason able, therefore, to expect the Members of the House of Lords to commit physical suicide for the good of their country, as that they should suffer a free trade in corn, while believing that such a measure would materially reduce their incomes. I believe it is an understood point of delicacy in that house, that no Peer should vote in the passing of any Private 8111, however unim portant, in which he has a pet sonal interest ; yet, on the vital question of the Corn-laws, in which nearly every Member is most deeply interested, such delicacy is altogether disregarded. After it has been pretty ge nerally admitted that Committees of the House of Com mons decide on Election Petitions, not according to the justice of the case, but according to political bias, it is surely reasonable to desire that another tribunal, such as a National Chamber of Commerce, should be esta blished for the settlement of a question involving so deeply as the Corn-laws do, the prejudices—pecuniary interests—of the Members of both Houses of Parlia ment. Tne rapid increase of manufacturing establishments on the Continent, more especially at Elberfelt, Crofelt, and Dusseldorf, not forgetting Belgium, Switzerland, and Saxony, has lately been sufficiently dwelt upon, and pos sessing as these quarters now do the advantage of equal machinery, and paying little more than half the English rates of wages, nothing short of a miracle can in the present state of things enable British manufacturers to sustain for any length of time a competition with such establishments. While on board a steam-packet on the Rhine, I happened to meet with an English gen tleman, who had recently removed his establishment from England to Aix-la-Chapelle, for the purpose of manufacturing an article which he stated to be in ex tensive use in Holland, as well as in some of the British Colonies. This gentleman informed me that he found he could manufacture the article in question at Aix-la- Chapelle for just one-half of what it had usually cost him to produce it in England. In answer t o m y ob jection. of a want of capital in G erman y f or ex t ens i ve operations, he stated that though money was not to be found there in large masses, yet that Joint Stock Com panies were rapidly arising for the erection of mills and manufactories ; and that there appeared no lack of means to establish such concerns, as the profits on them were well known to be high. I may further beg leave to state, that after having taken an extensive view of Germany, with an eye not unfamiliar with rural opera tions, I feel thoroughly satisfied that England is much more in advance of that country in agricultural than she is in manufacturing industry. The drainage and enclosure of lands, a scientific rota tion of crops, or the use of the best descriptions of agricultural implements, are in fact in Germany little known or practised. It consequently results that the agriculturists of England do not stand in need of any protection against a system so inferior to their own, whereas our manufacturers are competed against by the best machinery which England or Belgium can pro duce, as well as by an infinitely cheaper labour market. The interest of every class of the community (inclu sive of the farmers), appears on this question to be directly opposed to the narrow and selfish views of the landed proprietors ; nor is it.difficult to prove, as Earl Fitzwiiliam has indeed already done, that even the re venue of this class is so dependent on commercial pros perity, that their interests, when maturely coneidered, are in fact identical with those of the other classes. No disinterested person could for a moment doubt that the rent-roll of any landed estate in England would be larger twenty years hence were the Corn-laws now to be done away with, so as to enable the country to maintain its manufacturing prosperity, than should our commerce be permitted to die a lingering death under their withering influence. e to ve e r stab th li e sh a usa distoafnt a r n esu a l r t g , u m m a e y n n t ot w h h a ic v h e ghooews meLreelsyt much influence over the opinions of the present posses sors of landed property, it might also most readily be shown, that supposing the rental of an estate to be re duced one-fourth by the annulment of the existing Corn-laws, the reduction in th e pr i ce o f every art i c l e of consu mption which must immediately follow, could scarcely fail to be so exte ns i ve t h at a gentleman with such a reduced income would still possess an equal com mand over the substantial luxuries of life, and in addi tion to those he might also by the same means attain to the luxury of a self-approving cons c i ence , b y k now i ng that he no longer interrupted the prosperity of his country, or entailed. Parliamentary starvation on his fellow-subjects. It has been stated, and with such con dent assurance as to have deceived many persons, that our agriculturists are doomed to bear a greater share of public burdens than other classes of the British commu nity, requiring consequently a compensating protection in return. The very reverse of this appears to me, however, to be the case, as the agricultural classes live 'or the most part on the untaxed productions of their own farms, while the coffers of the public treasury are chiefly filled from the taxes levied on wine, beer, spirits, tea, coffee, sugar, &c., which the town populations ha bitually connme. R. C. Russell-square, March 21. SPRING ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BoDmIN, MA RCM 30. CROWN COURT. John Williams, who was convicted yesterday of robbing Miss Gregor of a large sum of money, was this morning indicted for stealing 1041., the property of John Gundry. To this indictment the prisoner pleaded Guilty, and was sentenced for that offence to be trans ported for seven years; and for the offence of which he was yesterday convicted he was sentenced to be trans ported for 15 years, to commence upon the expiration of the seven years. Edward Headdon was indicted for robbing Nicho las Davey, and also with wounding him, on the 15th of December last. Nicholas Davey—On Saturday, the 16th of Decem • ber, I was at Liskeard. I received 20s. there. I left at 1 1 o'clock, and fell in with two men ; we went on the road together for three miles and a half. They said they were going to Truro. I heard them whis pering together, when one of them, who is the prisoner, struck me with his fist. They got me down and heat rne, and I felt a hand in my pocket. I was almost choked with blood ; my wrist was cut with a stone ; my money was taken from me, and then they beat me very cruelly. I have no doubt the prisoner is the man. I afterwards pointed him out among a number of other persons. Mr. Baron GURNEY having summed up the whole of :he evidence, the jury found the prisoner Guilty, and udgment of death was recorded against him. OXFORD CIR CUlT—Moirmourn, 111 A RCN 30. THE QUEEN V. THOMAS DAVIS. The prisoner was indicted for forging a check for 1201., purporting to be drawn by John Edmunds upon ,he West of England and South Wales District link. Mr. Greaves conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Cooke the defence. The prisoner came to a public-house at Newport called the Cross Keys, kept by John Lewis, and slept there. He gave a check to Lewis to take care of, and on the next day asked Mrs. Lewis to give it to her husband to get cashed, requesting at the same time the loan of four sovereigns, which however she refused. He left the house, and was brought back by her husband. The check was proved by Mr. Edmunds to be a for gery, and from the statement of the prisoner before the Magistrate it. appeared that he had got the check from his employer's book, and filled up the blanks himself. Mr. COOKE addressed the jury for the prisoner, but they found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. THE QUEEN V. JOHN RICH. The prisoner was indicted for maliciously stab'jing John Cookley. On the Ist of December the prosecutor applied to prisoner, who was standing at the end of an entry at Newport, to give him some bread and cheese, which he refused. Some angry words ensued, and blows were struck by the prisoner, and by his father, who was also assisted by his mother, she holding the prosecutor by the hair. The prisoner then struck the prosecutor a blow on the side with a knife which he had in his hand cutting the bread and cheese. It penetrated near his heart and injured his fungi, and he was almost killed. The verdict of the Jury being Guilty, Mr. Justice ER.SKINE sentenced the prisoner to two ye a rs' impri sonment, observing that this offence appeared to be much increasing in this country, and it might become necessary to resort to more severe punishments. GREEN WICH PETTY SESSIONS YESTERDAY. CRIMES AND CRUELTIES AT GREENWICH FAIR.— Thomas Hale, on the evidence of one of the officers of the Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was convicted of cruelty to a donkey; which he let out for hire. Ordered to pay a fine of ss. and costs, and in default of payment was committed for fourteen days to the House of Correction. Another driver was fined ss. and costs for beating a poor worn-out donkey over the head and hocks with a stick in a cruel manner. JohnPlealan, a sailor, was committed to Ncwgate to take his trial for stealing a cotton handkerchief, value one penny, from the person of Philip Davies, of No. 3, Sugar-loaf-court, City. Thomas Nicholson was also committed for trial for picking the pocket of a gentleman unknown of a white pocket handkerchief, value a shilling. Both the offences were committed in the fair. A nuniber of boys were likewise committed for va rious terms of imprisonment for attempting to pick pockets. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A young man named James GI een, was brought be fore Sir P. ROE, and Mr. CHARLES THISSELTON, a County Magistrate, by Ballard, the officer, charged with fraudulently attempting to obtain a situation as footman in the family of Mr. Houlditch, coach-maker, of Long Acre, by means of a false character. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Houlditch, that having advertised for a servant, the prisoner called on Tuesday last, offering himself for the situation, and on questioning him if he could get a good character from his last place, he said, he had lived with Mr. Kin neard of Cookham, in Berkshire, for two years and four months, and with Major Wood of Littleton, for a like period, the former of whom would be in town in a few days, and could be seen. On the following morning, the prisoner came again, saying, that Mr. Kinneard was then at the Gloucester Coffee-house, Piccadilly, and might be consulted, but on Mr. Houlditch going there, he was met by the landlord, to whom he told his • busi ness, and by whom he was informed, that the person in the Coffee-room, was a very gentlemanly man, who was in the habit of giving false characters to servants, and in all probability, if he hired the man who would be re commended by him, he would be swindled or robbed. Mr. Houlditch, anxious to sift the imposition to the bot tom, was introduced to Kinneard, who was sitting at his wine, and on telling the business he came upon, re ceived a most flattering character of the prisoner. Having subsequently had an interview with the prisoner, he went down to. Cookham, but although a very diligent enquiry was made respecting Kinneard, no such person was known there. The prisoner said his late master had told him be for merly had lived in that part of the country. Ballard proved, that the prisoner had told him, he never knew Kinneard, but he met him by chance in a public house in Oxford-street, when he offered to give him a character. The prisoner said his master had kept a booth at races, and at one time had resided at the place he had before mentioned. Sir F. ltoE ordered him to be remanded, and the officer to be dispatched to Cookham, to make diligent inquiries into the circumstance. An innocent-looking country Cornish lad, named Thomas Merril, was yesterday brought before Sir F. ROE and Mr. C. THISELTON, a county magistrate, by Keys and Daniel Forrester, the Mansion-house officer, charged with having in his possession a plate, which he had caused to be engraved, for the purpose of forging notes on the banking-house of Messrs. Tweedy, Wil lian-.s, and Co., of Truro, in the county of Cornwall. Mr. Vallings conducted the prosecution, and a clerk of Mr. Woekes appeared for the prisoner. Frederick John Whiteman, an engraver, and journey man to his father, residingat 22, Princes-street, Soho, stated that on Wednesday, the 20th of March, the prisoner, who was a stranger to him, came to his fa ther's shop, to inquire for a person named Rawlins, an engraver, and being told that no such person was known there, he asked if bank-bills were done on the pre mises. He was told that they were, and he produced a 5/. hank note on the Truro Bank, requiring to know if one could be made like it. He was told that a similar one could be made ; and he expressed a wish that the stamp on the back part of the note should be correctly done, as he would require three thousand to be struck off immediately, but appearing not to know the nature of the engraving, he was told it would be impossible for them to be completed at the moment, and he wished the entire to be perfected in the course of the week if possible, or by Monday evening in the following week. He then left the five pound note produced after making some inquiries re specting the expense of the order. On being asked if he required a fac-simile of the signature, he said, " Oh, no, we shall do that ourselves." The next morning he called to see how the work was getting on, when he left the five pound note produced and ten shillings as a deposit ; but before leaving the shop, he inquired the expense he would be at, and upon being asked what he was in the habit of paying, he said about Bs. a hundred. On the next day he called again, and saw witness's father, with whom he had a conversation upon the subject. John Henry Whiteman, father of the last witness, recollected having received the note produced on the day in question, with ten shillings as deposit money, and on the next day the prisoner came to his shop, when on hearing from his son that he was the per son who had given the order, he agreed to execute it, but required an additional deposit of 5/., upon which the prisoner gave four sovereigns and a half, saying that would make it 5/., requesting that the order should be perfected on the Monday following, as he wanted to leave town on the same evening. The notes were ac cordingly promised by three o'clock, and he went away. Informat;on of the circumstance was then given to th, bankers' agents in Fieet-street, but before the prisoner left the house he told witness that the stamp on the back of the note was not legib:e enough to imitate, upon which he said " I have brought you another, thinking the one you have was not plain enough." He then produced a note upon the Union Bank at Helstone, in Cornwall, and on the following Saturday having called again, he was shown the plate, which was not finished, and he was told that the other plate was at the machine rulers, and that another deposit of 10/. would be re. quired for the printing, which he instantly paid in cash. On proceedin.; in a cab to Piccadilly, the prisoner told witness he was a clerk to the firm. The plate produced was subsequently engraved, from which about a dozen of notes were struck, and having by appointment come again to the shop on the Tuesday following, they were delivered to him with the plate, with a promise that the remaining part of the 3,000 would be ready in the evening, and a short time after he went away he was taken into custody. Daniel Forrester proved having traced the prisoner, with Keys from Princes-street to the White Bear-y ; n Pieeldilly, where they apprehend , .d him with the plate and notes in his pos,e,sio;i ; and on being asked who ho was, he said he was Mr. William's son. Keys proved that he went to the prisoner's residence in Cornwall, where he found a number of papers and type, together with property which was identified by Mr. Robert 'Fwee,iy, of Redruth, whose banking-house had been burglariously entered in November last. He also found a quantity of housebreaking implements on the premises. Mr. Tweedy proved that the prisoner had never been authorized by him, or any of the firm, to pro cure the plate to be engraved for the purpose of stamp ing notes for his bank. The prisoner declined making any defence, and, the witnesses being bound over, he was fully committed for trial. QUEEN- S Q WIRE, Mr. Daniel Ginger, proprietor of the Swan Hotel and Tap, Bridge -street, Westminster, appeared upon a Po lice information charging him with wilfully and know ingly permitting anA suffering disorderly conduct in his house. Police Constable James Dodson, 155 A,.stated that on 'rues:lay night, the 26th ult., about a quarter past ten o'clock he was on duty in Bridge-court, when he heard a noise proceeding from the Swan tap, and around which a mob of persons was collected. He went to the spot, looked in, and saw about a dozen persons in front of the bar, two of them were fight ing, and the rest were making use of very had lan guage. While witness was looking on they became quiet, and he then went round his beat, and meeting Sergeant Adamson, he told him what he had wit nessed He returned again in a thort time, and the disturbance was renewed with more violence than be fore, for all the persons present were fighting. Mrs. Honey, the person serving at the bar, then called to witness to quell it, but he refused, as it would have been impossible for him singly to have quieted a dozen or fifteen men. They continued fighting for about twenty minutes, when some of the persons came out, and the house became quiet. The persons fighting were using sticks as well as their fists, and the majority of them appeared io be gentlemen. Sergeant Adamson, of the A division, corroborated the major part. of the above testimony. A Solicitor, who was engaged on the part of the de fendant, cross-examined both witnesses, but he elicited nothing favourable to his client, in fact it was vice versa. On the part of the defendant, Sarah Betts, a bold and excessively insolent woman, was called ; she stated that she was sister to Mrs. Honey, the nominal proprietrix of the tap, and assisted her in her labours. Witness said the disturbance arose out of some gentlemen com ing in and quarrelling among themselves. Mr. WHITE asked if there was no one to attend to the bu&ness besides herself and Mrs. Honey. Witness—No, we always wait upon the gentlemen, and we conduct the house very well. Mr. WHITE—Then all I can say is, the sooner you cease to do so the better it will be for the landlord. Mr. WHITE and Mr. GREGORIE consulted together for a few moments, when the former gentlemen made some strong observations upon the general bad repute •,f the Swan Tap, and observed, that the Louse would not have had its license renewed the last licensing but for Air. Ginger pledging himself that it should be better conducted for the future. The complaints made against this place were innumerable, and it had become a pest to the neighbourhood in which it was situated. Under these circumstances, he should inflict a fine of 51., and he could assure the defendant that the circum stances attending the case, would be forwarded to the proper quarter. LIST OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES. [Extracted from a list furnished by a gentleman of authority in America, and inserted in the last number of the Railway Magazine. It is understood ws be the most complete account of lines of railroad in operation with locomotives, as well as of the many hundreds planned and partly executed in that coun try. The extracts include only those in operation.] MAlNE.—Bangor to Orono, 10 miles. NEW HAMPSIIIRE.—Nashua to Lowell, 15 miles. MASSACHUSETTS.—Boston to Lowell, 26 miles ; ditto to Worcester, 44 ; ditto to Quincy, 4 ; Andover to Haverhill, 15 ; Boston to Providence, 41 ; Dedham branch of ditto, 3 ; Taunton ditto, 11; Andover and Wilmington, 8 ; Worcester to Norwich, 58 ; Boston to Salem, 15—Total, 225 miles. RHODE ISLAND.—Providence to Stonington, 47 miles. CONNECTICUT.—Hartford to Newhaven, 35 miles. NEW YORK.—Buffalo to Black Rock, 3 miles ; Ithaca to Oswego, 29 ; Albany to Schenectady, 16 ; Troy to Ballston, 25 ; Rochester to Car thage, 3 ; Saratoga to Schenectady, 22 ; Utica to the latter place, 77 ; Brooklyn to Jamaica, 12 ; Buffalo to Niagara, 23 ; New York to Harlem, 7 ; Lockport to Niagara, 21; Auburn to Syracuse, 26 ; Catskill to Canajoharie, 68 ; Hudson to Mas sachussets Line, 30 ; total-365 miles. NEW JERSEY.—Camden to Amboy, 61 miles ; Jersey to New Brunswick, 31 ; New Bunswick to Trenton, 15 ; Trenton to Philadelphia, 26 ; Pat terson to Jersey city, 16 ; Burlington to Mount Holly, 7 ; Morristown to Newark, 20 ; total -176 miles. PENNSYLVANIA.-Philadelphia to Columbia, 81 miles ; Hollydaysburg to Johnstown, 36 ;. MauchChurehtoCoal-mines,l3 ; Ditto to the mines on Room Run, 5 ; Mount Carbon, 7 ; Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven, 20 ; Port Carbon to Tus carora, 36; Schuylkill Valley, 13 ; Port Carbon to Mill Creek, 7 ; Pine Grove to Coal-mines, 4 ; Port Clinton to Tamaqua, 23 ; Lackawaxen, 16 ; Westchester to Columbia Railroad, 9 ; Philadelphia and Norristown, 19 ; Pottsville, Sunbury and Danville, 51 ; Philadelphia to Baltimore, 93 ; Car bondale, 16 ; Beaver Meadow, 26 ; Philadelphia to Wilmington, 17 ; total-488 miles. DELAWARE.—Newcastle to Frenchtown, 16 ; Wilmington and Susquehanna, 33 ;total-49 mi!es _ _ MARYLAND.—Baltimore to Ohio River, 84 miles, finished (the whole line being 360 miles). Harper's Ferry to Winchester, 30.—(A railroad is soon to be made along the great valley of Virginia to the south-west, till it meet the New Orleans and Nashville road, which will make a railroad commu- ideation between Baltimore and New Orleans of 1,200 miles.) Baltimore to Washington, 40 ; Baltimore to York (Philadelphia), 60 ; total-214 miles. VlRGlNlA.—Richmond to Coal Pits, 12.; Rich mond to Manchester, 13 ; Petersburg to Blakely, 59 ; Norfolk to Weedon (North Carolina), 77 ; Richmond to Potomac, 58 ; llicksford to Gaston (N. C.), 18 ; Louisa Railroad to the junction of the Richniond Railroad, 50; Petersburg to Bell field, Halifax, and Wilmington (N. C.), 220 ; Richmond to Petersburg, 23 ; total-530 miles. NORTH CAROLlNA.—Bellfield to Raleigh 80 miles ; Wilmington and Raleigh (170 miles), 17 finished ; P€tersburg and Roanoke, 29 ; Greens ville to Roanoke, 18; total-140 miles. SouTH CAROLlNA.—Charleston to Hamburgh on the Savannah River, opposite Augusta, in Georgia, 136 miles. GEORGlA.—Altamaha to Brunswick, 12 miles ; Georgia Railroad begins at Augusta, and is to go to Athens, (114 miles) Madison and Greensbo rough, 70 miles done, and locomotives upon it ; total-82 miles. ALABAMA.—Decatur on the Tennessee to Tus cumbia, avoiding the Muscle Shoals, 46 miles. '-' LOUISIANA .—New Orleans to Lake Ponchar. train, 5 miles ; Ditto to Carrollton, 12. (There is to be a line from New Orleans to Nashville, 560 miles, to form part of the great line from Maine to New Orleans.) Total-17 miles. KENTUCKY.—Lexington to Frankfort, 29 miles; Frankfort to Louisville, 66 ; Railroad to Barren River, 2 ; total-97 miles. 011io.—Sandusky to Munroeville, 16 miles. MICHTGAN.-Toledo to Tecumseh, 50 miles Munroe to New Buffalo, on Lake Michigan, 35 miles, in operation (the whole line 200 miles) ; Erie and Kalamazoo, 20 ; total-105 miles. FLORIDA.—St. John's to Lake Wymieo, 6 miles ; Tallehassee to St. Masks, 20 ; total-26 miles. In the States of Vermont, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and the Wisconsin territory, numerous lines have been planned and commenced, but none finished. In Arkansas and the lowa Territory none. _ Mr. David Stevenson, in his " Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America," calcu lates that there are not fewer than thirty-three great Railways in an unfinished state, whose aggregate length when completed will amount to upwards of 2,700 miles. The following is a summary of the total length of the lines finished up to December, 1838 : Miles. 10 Maine New Hampshire l5 Massachussets 225 Rhode Island 47 Connecticut New York New Jersey 176 Pennsylvania Delaware 49 Maryland 214 Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alabama 46 Louisiana Kentucky Ohio ... Michigan Florida 97 16 105 6 Total.. . 2,803 DEFEAT OF THE CHARTISTS AT DEVIZES. DEVIZES, APRIL 1, 7 O'CLOCK, P.M.—Much an noycd by the reception which the Chartists met with on Friday the 22d of March, their leaders were determined to have one more meeting at Devizes, and in order to get as many as possible of their deluded followers tc their post, large handbills were extensively circulated, calling upon all who valued their rights to meet them (viz., Roberts, Vincent, and Carrier) at Devizes on Easter Monday. The most prevailing reports were, that they intended to come armed, and, in fact the Magistrates and the High Sheriff of the county con sidered it their duty, from facts which had been deposed to, to meet the Chartists in the most formidable manner. They swore in a great many special constables, and three troops of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, wh o with a troop of the 12th Lancers, wore under arms near the town during the whole day. From eight till three o'clock great numbers of strangers entered the town in small groups ; but pre cisely at three p.m. a body of about 1,500 Chartists, _____— ~. preceded by a band of music, and headed by Robert s , Colburn Vincent, and Carrier, entered the town from the Bath N umber , more than usually merits the character of its 's " New Monthly Magazine , in its April read. They had in their procession the Union Jack, second title, " The Ilumourist," from the variety of its with a great number of flags and banners bearing va- amusing articles. First, there is a most delightful paper rious inscriptions on them. After halting in the market byp th e Editor, Mr. Hooke, on the vagaries_ r of_d e iv e e e rs y:;.J O o u d r d place, into which a wagg2n was drawn for the speakers nal, 'giving an account of his visit to Niagara. Mr. Douglas People." Then come "More Leaves . from M. K 1 - to address the multitude Trom, the band began and the sight way a very animated one, there being sf Hole-cum-C nTer " exhibiting the evils of judging from Playing, Je-rotd has a most original legend, entitled "The Mayor at this time about 6,000 persons in the market place. app earances . ~ The ' Prince of Darkness," by Mr. George Just as one o f th e spea kers was preparing to address Raymond, turns on a humorous incident, wising from for his followers, one of the inscriptions on a green banner getting a friend's cognomen , who namelessl y throws a whole caught the attention of the populace, and as it was n o t dinner party into all kinds of laug hable centre-temps. Mr. in ac c o r d ance w i t h t h e i r t as t e , an attempt to s e i ze i t, Howard's paper on " Poor Relations" is moral as well as which proved successful, was made. This was a signal tinuations of " The Personal Narrative ?f: Tristram con for the commencement of hostilities between the Char. fists and their opponents, and a most violent struggle en- Dumps -" Captain Marryat's . , pb ! nt , o , tr e l e. Snip;" , amu s ing. Besides these substantive articles there are sued, which, after about 15 minutes' hard fighting, Edmund Phipps' " Summer in Bavaria, a & story:told with picker and Piler," ill N. P. Will' ended in the total route of the Chartists, leaving, their flags, banners, and waggon in the hands of their and Mr. J. H. Hartnoll, contribute the poetry; and though assailants. The waggon, d ecorate d w i t h fl ag s, &c., was last not least, there is " The Carol of the Coronation," by great spirit. The Hon. Mrs. Norton,g Mr. H ! ynes 13 a)ly, drawn round the town in triumph, and was then broken Sir Lumley • Skeffing ton. in pieces, whi c h were carr i e d awa y as trophies of vie- N EW R EGULATIO NS BY THE CO MAII s terY, the bells ringing merrily during the time. The SIONERS of p oLicE. . Th e a ttention of the Suocrinten- Chartists fled i n every direction, the principal perform- d ents is called to the circumstance of a •boy being taken era taking refuge at the " Carrier's Arms," a low beer- into custody by one of the K division on Sunday els nieg house, which was soon surrounded, and which, had it last for throwing stones and playing at cricket, and the not been for the High Sheriff and Magistrates, would whole of the men are to be reminded that the lsw does not probably have been pulled down. Roberts and his In such cases the police other way, in orde i r justify them in apprehending or locking up a parts for such sets as above described. . . friends have been just escorted out of the town under may ascertain the names of the psrties so mixonductins• apply for a summons." the protection of a large body of constables, having first that themselves or wenn them in any ari), one ''' aggr . i f e y ve l d ma . ) , promised never to enter the town again. The people are all quietly dispersing, and the evening Dated Mara 28, 1839. Another order, bearing the same is resuming its accustomed tranquillity. date is as follows :—" The Inspector on duty or Officer in Thus have the Chartists been most signally defeated, charge of the station will take especial care that no con neion be allowed between any person in custody , and any and in a town where they had promised themselves a police-constable concerning the charge, or on any subject most favourable reception. Many of them were armed w h atever ; the police-consta bl e on ly who is appointed to with weapons of the most deadly description. do duty as gaoler is to communicate w ith the p .; snner, if In the melee there were many broken heads, but no necessary in ecessary the presence of the I ns p ector ur ;ns..t. in I accident of a serious nature. charge of the station." l MARYLEB ONE. Yesterday Benjamin Dewing, a constable of the D division, No. 88, was placed at the bar before Mr. RAWLINSON, charged by Mr. John Golding, a brush maker, residing at 17, Ann's-place, Hackney, with the following robbery. Prosecutor stated that on the 9th of April last he give a shilling to the prisoner, who was then his jour neyman, to purchase some cat-gut, which on his return home he neglected to bring with him, saying that he had commissioned his brother to buy it, and that he ex pected to see him in a few minutes ; he, however, neg lected to come, and on the next day, prosecutor wishing for some other articles, entrusted nine shillings with the prisoner, who never returned, and nothing more could be learnt respecting him until a few days ago, when prosecutor, understanding that he was in the Police, kept watch for him, and gave him into custody. He begged hard to be forgiven, and promised to repay the money, as be should be utterly ruined if taken be fore the Magistrates. Inspector Tedman stated that the prisoner had been in the D division ever since 11th April (two days after the robbery), and that his appointment was obtained in consequence of the recommendation of the prosecutor, who about a month previously had affixed his name to a petition in his favour. Prisoner said he was very sorry for what had hap pened. He had an accident, and lost the money, and was ashamed to return to his master. Committed to Newgate for trial. George Wright, a master smith in Marylebone lane, was brought before the Magistrates, charged with assaulting Mrs. Catherine Dark, a respectable married woman, residing at 3.5, Burn street, Paddington. The complainant stated that on the previous night she left home to make some purchases, and on coming out of a butter-shop the prisoner, without saying a word to her, knocked her down. and then ran off. A boy, named James Light, said that he saw the assault committed by the prisoner, who, just before, had attacked another female in the same brutal way. Witness pursiied him, and, after a hard run, gave him in charge. Turner, 39 D, proved that the prisoner. when taken to the station-house, was drunk, and on his pockets being searched between 21. and 31. were found in his pockets. The prisoner said he had no recollection of having done any thing of the sort. Mr. RAWLINSON—UnIess you think fit to make satisfaction to the woman by giving her 11., and .ss, to the boy, we shall punish you severely. The prisoner, on complying with the proposed terms, and plying in addition a fine of one shilling to the Queen, was then liberated. HATTON GARDEN: ROBBING 11 -- iirOitlCHOU SE.-- Michael Savage, William Baxter, Joseph Lill, and William Whitley, a cabman, were brought up for final examination, charged with having committed a burglary in Little Saffron Hill Workhouse, of the Holborn Union, and William Brown, a marine-store dealer, of Laystall-street, Gray's Inn-road, was charged with haring received the pro perty, knowing it to have been stolen. The prisoner Savage was admitted as Queen's evidence, and proved that the other prisoners, with himself, were paupers in the workhouse, but had left it on the 14th of March. They agreed to break into the workhouse, when, at an early hour in the morning, they met, and Lill was helped over the wall, and they then made an entry into the store-room, and plundered it of wearing apparel and other property. They had Whitley's cabriolet, and took the whole of it to the prisoner Brown's house, where he received it, and gave them 50s. for it. Adams, of the G division, proved having found the property in Brown's house, with the buttons of the the fustian dresses cut off. Lill did not deny the rob bery, but said that Whitley, the cabman, was innocent. Baxter also said that Whitley knew nothing of the robbery ; they merely hired his cab. Whitley declared his innocence. Brown said that all that was said of him was quite false ; he knew nothing about it. Mr. BURRELL committed the whole of them to New gate for trial. The prisoner Brown was committed for trial on a second charge of having received an iron boiler, the property of Mrs. Holloway, landlady of the Red Lion public-house, Warner street, Clerkenwell, knowing it to have been stolen. WORSHIP STREET. SUNDAY TRADING.—Several tradesmen carrying on business in Islington, were summoned by the parochial authorities to answer charges of having exercised their worldly calling on the Lord's Day, but the witnesses for the prosecution failed in sustaining the charges, and the summonses were accordingly dismissed. A strong and angry excitement hiss been produced in the pariah on account of the prosecutions, as the whole of the alleged offences referred to the sale of the absolute necessaries of life before the hours of divine service, so that (as Mr. Broughton observed) if the wages of a poor man were withheld from him until after market hours on Saturday night, he must dispense with eating until Monday morning. Mr. Hanhury, a grocer in White Conduit-fields, ap plied to the Magistrates to order Mr. Price, the paro chial officer, to pay him his day's expenses, as he had dragged him from his business on an unsustained charge, and on their (leaning to do so, he stated it to be his determination to summon him for the amount to the Court of Requests, and to advise his neighbours to fol low his example. It is said that Lord Plunket's son will be the new Bishop. LORD BROUGHAM CAUGHT NAPPING.—.— The Marquis of Normanby' seemed rather sore the other evening at finding Lord Brougham asleep ; but some poli ticians would be rather rejoiced if they could catch an ad. vcrsary uappit , g; will Lord ll , oue , :on, we I, „.;,,;t the h. is " F . Weekly Summary. On Saturday, the 30th of March, at. his house in Sioiie f street, Regent-square, i n th e count of . Aliddlese x, 1 a u n ty ° Botch, Esq., aged 74, f ormer l y o f Castle Hall, in the e Pembroke. Svi ill ' On the 28th ult., a t C apeat on Northumberla nd, Ladfd 7g • burne, wife of Sir J o h n Ed war d 'Swinburne, Ba rt., age o f the On the 30th tilt , at Hastings, Charles, the infant lea a, Rev. John Ste r li ng . ; Waif °. On the Ist i ns t , at Dawlish, Devonshire, Cla ra Russell daughter of Richard Watford, Esq., of Wob urn- P lacer fo square. fscl'' On the Ist inst. at Leamington, Rober t Pryor, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, aged 61. ove r of the On the 28th ult., at Chelsea, Mary, eldest 4, ,-:, *I late Benjamin Hollingworth, Esq., of Dalston, Adlaildalesec. -..z ,67, , - y 0 1.3 ~•;•-' '• A Limei3l; : Print, t 1 ala,l Publlsl,wd by NIURDO . stra d, i :N. 112, Siiii.ici, ~.t. The .3,:. a: :1.3e. o. 11 2, 0. the county ef Aliddleses.—Wednesday, April 3, I°`''.'. DIE 11. utb ' tag° EVEN ING E 4 MARKET IN TELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of last Evening.) ,-1 .5 SUGAR.—The market fur West India Muscov adoes has assumed a very quiet appearance ; grocers as well as re finers have purchased with extreme caution, the sales for the two market days last week being only 200 hhds and tierces ; importers generally refused to submit to lower prices, but in one or two instances Sugars have been sold 6d under former rates ; the deliveries from the warehouses are not large ; there have been some ate ivals. The ac counts received from Jarreeca state that the black popula- , lion were pursuing their field labours more freely. From other places the letters state that the Negroes on most a , the estates were working cheerfully, and upon the whet,* the Lew system is going on well. The Gazette ay , rage price is now 40s 40, in 1838 it was 33s 3d, and in 1b37 325. 1 ld. The stock of West India Sugar is now 15,763 hhds and tier, being 5,858 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius is now 97,111 bags• which is 23,174 more than last year. The delivery of West India last week was 1,149 hhds and trs, which is 626 less than last year. The delivery of Matneitius was 6,011 bags, being 1,407 less than the corresponding week of last year. REFINED.—The home trade have purchased eparieg l Y of refined goods, and in some instances rather lower prices have been submitted to. For shipping nothing less been done in British Crushed ; 36s has been paid for Crushed made from Manilla. Treacle has sold steadily at former rates. Pieces and Bastards have been in less demand: and prices are rather lower. Dutch Crushed Sugar is held for 35s 6d, but there has been less business doing. MAURITIUS.—The market has been quiet for this de scription ; in prices, however, very little reduction h as [i been submitted to ; ' fine yellow at 66s a 675, mid to good mid 63s a 65e 6,1, good to fine dry brown 62a a 62s 6d, good mid 61s, very ord 54s 6d a 55s per cwt; the re mainder was taken in, fine yellow of favourite marks at 68s a 695. EAST INDIA —There has been less demand for Bengal , but previous rates have generally been supported, in some instances a reduction of 6d has been submitted to ; at public sale 1,021 bags met a dull sale, good white sold at 66s a 675, mid grey 63s a 64s 6d per cwt. Manilla is wanted principally by refiners ; by private contract 4,000 bags were sold at 235 6d to 24s 6d per cwt. Siam at the advanced rates of this day week. FOREIGN.—White descriptions of Brazil are held for high prices, by private contract 60 chests low to fine brown Bahia sold at 22s to 24s 6d per cwt. Yellow Havannah at full prices. Moeesses.—Prices are rather lower for 'West India-- 200 puns sold at 31s to 34s per cwt. COFFEE.—There have been no public sal es of British Plantation. For East India there has not been so much demand, and 2,600 bags Ceylon at auction eold as fol lows :—Fair good ord 1015 to 102 s, coloury bold ditto 102 s Gd to 103 e, fine ord green and bold yellow Plantation 103 s Gd to 104 s 6d, and a few very choice lots 107 s to 110 s ; 16 bales Mocha fine yellow long berries were taken in at 6/ ; about 2,000 bags Brazil have O,krang ed , hands in our market at 44s 6d to 46s fcr good on I, a nd 48s to 508 for fine ord. St. Domingo at higher ras es , a parcel of 125 begs ord pale mixed and sea dam sg ed fetched 455. COCOA.—British Plantation prices have given way 39 per cwt. for ord qualities, better sorts have brought PIT A vious rates; Trinidad very ord grey at 35 s 6 d a 365, 111'" 39s 6d a 43s 6d, good red 48s. Foreign at late rates:- , RlCE.—East India has maintained previous rates.; a' auction 530 bags Java were taken at 14 s for mid quality. Carolina is not cheaper. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The total sales of ilZu ni have been 600 puns; Jamaica 26 to 32 over proof has W e° sold at fis a 5s 2d, good 5s 3d a 55 5d ; Leewards 5 over proof 3s sd. Brandy is not cheaper. Geneva at 2% 9 11 a 2s 3d. TEA.—The sale commenced this morning. The, bulk of the teas brought forward were of a most inferior (it to y' 5 641,6981b5. are Black Teas, of which 4,445,965 are: Of gnus, and with a very few breaks excepted, consists of he large, open, and mixed Icel . winter Congous—the r est o the bulk comprises the usual assortment of Green `leas' The prices paid are as follow :—Twankay, common es 2" to is 21c1; Congou, but mid Ning Yong kind llid t° Is 04d, but middling rather faint Is Id to is 2 d , r ather new. is 415 d, middling strong blackish leaf old P eka° flavour up to 2s 2d ; Pekoe, but middling rather strong 2s kiel to 2s 6,1 d, better 2s 10d ; Hyson, but mid To 'al kind is Is 9d to 2s ; Gunpowder, 3s to 4 s. 2d; ,per .• 2s 6d to 2s. , 10d ; Young Hyson Is 5d to 2s ; Flowe r y Pekoe 2s ed ; Souchong is to 2s 7d. 17,600 par kag es passed, and only 2,400 were sold. SPICES.—In Black Pepper prices have improved id P% lb ; common Sumatra 4d. Pimento, common at 4d, rel to good at 4d a 44d. East India Ginger at former rate s ; Cloves and Nutmegs at late rates. In Cassia Li g nea pric e d remain firm ; the lowest price of mid quality .is 6(15, 1111 68s for fine. At public sale 200 bags Pimento and 1,058 ball's Peeneri; the former was taken in at high prices, ord mi xed ff mouldy berries at 4d ; the latter was also bought in at. prices, ord stalky Sumatra at 4 1d, and a few lots ere 411 .. e .1 Ores.—Common Oils at former prices. P tie D"., rather lower. Sperm : holders refused to submit; to l owe r prices. Linseed Oil at 275. Rape rather cheap, sr. P al° At 419. SALTPETRE.—Rough : at auction 2,000 bags said readiyi at 26s Gd to 27s for refraction 81 to 4d per cwt. Englia Refined at former quotations. TALLOW.—For P. Y. Candle 49s 3d a 49s 6d 'for fir st quality. For delivery in the last three months .48s dd Pe r cwt. Town Tallow at late rates. IRISH MARKETS. 91 ' DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ENDING 11f --AIL ~.. From • To A;" I ge• :14 159 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 34 0140 0 - 14 -.0 0 Bere • 10 stone OI 0 --- . o Barley 241 Oats 0 Flour, per cwt - 0 0 "' 0 0 Oatmeal. PS stone — • 0 .--. Sold to Bakers only. 16,231 Cwt. Flour 22 0 25 6 24 4 Average price of W heat and Flour 655. 4.i. per sack. Receipts of Flour, . , il7l , 1 Firsts . from 9.25. Od. to 2.55• v",, -.-/ Seconds . .. from 19s. Od. to 1,25. n" Sales of Do. 18,003 Thirds ***** from 10s. Od. to Os. I's" PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf 101.1 Half Quartern 54, CORK MARKETS.—March 30 Wheet (per 205t.)20s ed. to 3tis. 0,1.1 Oats (per 1481) ...nit. CIL to 1451 4 Barley (per 165t.)10 3 22 3 'Flour (per cwt )...16 0 a Oatmeal (per cwt.) 12s. Od. to IC'. 6d. Beef, 4d. to 7d.—Mutton, sd. to 6d—Veal, 441. to 6d. Perk, 41d. to W.—Fresh Butter, 10d. to pd. per lb. PRICE? OF etrrrha. First Quality To the Merchants. To the C07u41111 83s. Second SI 72 Third Fourth Fifth 53 47 Sixth I K ETS.—March 30, Cwt. CLONMELL MA Per s. d. s. d. New Rutter B3 0 to 90 0 Oatmeal 12 0 12 3 Rendered Lard • 52 0 Per flour, Second 0 44 0 f —Household...— 0 42 0 Per Rapeseed 20 0 0 1 Bore S 4 10 0 1 Per Wheat 1 8 1 10 oats 0 8 0 9 , s. d. „ A .'' 0 a• Hides (raw) oto ."' 0 Bacon Pigs 311 0 4. I Heads $ 0 "-- Bag. 9 Flour, Thirds 0 31 Fourths t.,1 V '" Sarre!. 6 0 16 6 $ 0 Barley 13 ' Cos 'tone. 6 0 Tallow (rough) 4 0 . 1 Potatoes 0 0 ' KILKENNY MARKETS. t Of sd. Wheat per barrel)2Ss. Od.to 265. Pd.' Beef (per 1b...,... Os. Od. -° 0 '6 Barley 14 0 16 0 Mutton 0 5 0 1 Oats 8 6 9 0 Pork Hour (per bag)....'is 0 44 0 Veal 0 5 4 1, if Butter(permt.)...9o 0 92 0 Fresh Butter 0 0 .j 0 Bacon Pigs 40 0 4i 0 Salt Ditto Coals 1 0 1 2 P, , tatoes (per st.) 0 2 HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. ..0 Wheat, Marks 40 to 456 Oats, Upland. „,... too -- Mecklenburg 432 to 486 Mecklenburg ...... 1 65 t „ ;10 Magdeburg 4:i2 to 4:43 Eider j4o t 0 olf Eider 446 to 486 Holstein 05 5 to ....„ -- Anhalt, white 471 to 41)5 Petersb.l4k Riga... -- 0 red ... 471 to 498 Malt, Pomeranian ........ 19 5 Holstein - g ' 93 0 ..., to .s Rye, Mecklenburg .... 202 to 270 Pease, Upland, ye110w...J. , ,„ g. , -- Holstein Archangel to Tares 055 t0: 9 5 Barley, Mecklenburgh 210 to 228 Rapeseed 40S g° Magdeburgh . 230 to 270 Ditto Cakes 0 j 4 Lower Elbe ... to Linseed ditto . a COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 7ito IPlii Maranham Georgia, Ist sort 9% 0 Madras 2d B'/ 9 Surats 3d and 4th .... 7`h 54 Demingo COFFEE. 9 t • 1 1 14 gt 7NI t°s4 Mocha 10 to 11 4'. 6. Batavia Sumatra 4 4% 54 I Rio 43 6 ..... 4 j 4 Bahia SUGAR.— (With 8% Discount.) ~ tog Havannah, White ..... Brown s3i 6 1 .4 Brown .......... '. .... 54 1 , Rio, White 6i. '. 6 Pernambuco, White Brown Domingo La Guayra Porto Rice Havannah SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVI C ES' T. COX SAVORY, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors t f ooistp Gracechureh-street), offers for selection an elegant and n ° :frolls teesive assortment of Silver Tea Services, varying in prl f ier• 15/. to 301., the service of Teapot, Sugar Basin, and ma 0 , The ground.floor, first, second, and third floors, are fitta rit o t pressly for the display of Plate and Plated Goo& vi es• Pamphlet is given gratis, with Drawings, and a list of T. CO/ SAVORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, and Silversmith, 47, CorSb London. BIRT. On the 29th ult., in Albion-terrac H e S , Wandsworth..r osd ' Sfi'' Edward Biddle, of a da-ghter. e 30 0 " A On the 31st ult., in Eaton-place, Mrs. Lubbock, 0 ,4 s co w , ' On the Ist hzst., in Southampton-buildings, .51rs- L'' of a daughter. Cam On the 31st ult., at Cheltenham, the lady of Jane s bell, Esq., of a daughter. Coe ° On the Ist inst., at Reading, Berks, the lady 0 - James A. Murray, R.N., of a daughter. oth tlw On the Ist inst., at Withycombe, near Exmouth, D e r lady of J. H. Doyle, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. f 54. ' rn, On the 2d inst., at St. Anne's, Westminster, J. Ile.- - willi 4o of the York-ro-d, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr. Smith, wine merchant, Leicester-square. vtb, f t 6 X On the 2,1 inst., at Cheshunt Church, William —m y . ll i eldest son of the Rev. Sir Edward Smyth, Bart., of „, 1 1 . OW Essex, to Marianne Frances, second daughter of P' ~ Meux, Bart., of Theobald's-park, H er ts. law Sel On the 31st ult., by special li cense , a t Leamingion f AC— wo Charlotte Jane St. Maur, to Willi am Bl o unt, Esq., ° Herefordshiie, and Cumberland-street, London. t I I ate lel vQ~ I it