The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-23 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Romney, in St. James's "are, from their scat, Moat's Park, near Maidstone, Kent ; the Hon. G. Berkeley, in New-street, Spring gardens from Gloucestershire; the Countess of Euston and Lady L. Fitzroy, in Grosvenor-place, from a visit to the Duk e of Grafton, at Wakefield Lodge, Stoney Stratford ; Lord Saltoun, in Great Cumberland-street, from his scat, j'll Scotland; the Earl and Countess of Jerniyn, in St. Charles Lushington, in Mansfi in eld-street;from Brighton Lord and Lady Maynard, Grosvenor-square, for the Continent ; Lady Anne Beresford, in Charles -street, from the family seat in Ireland ; Lord William Bentiuck, at Vernon Ho use , f rom P ar i s ; L or d an d La d y F itzharr i s, at Lord Malmesbury's, Whitehall-gardens, from Heron Court. Hants; Mr. Henry Philip Hope, at his new resi dence in Connaught-place ; the Marquis of Granby, at Lord Forester's, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Le icestershire ; Lord Cantilupe, at Lord Delawares, in U pper Grosvenor -street; Sir George and Lady Smyth, at their new residence in Grosvenor-square, late Mr. Hriusley Sheridan's, from their seat near Colchester; Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Steele, at the Marquis of Tvveeddale's, Belgrave-square, from Brighton; Sir David Roche, Bart, in Duke -street, St. James's, from Limerick; Sir J. Harnlyn and Lady Mary Williams, at their house in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Clovelly Court, Devon; Mr. and Mrs Gardiner, at the Sackville Hotel, Sackville street, from Dublin ; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Black wood, at ditto ' • Mr. and M rs . W i lli am Johnson, at ditto, from Liverpool. __ _ DEPARTURES. Count de Rchan Chabot, from Manchester House, for Paris • Mr. and Mrs. H. Bask erv ill e , f rom Mivart ' a Hotel, Brook -street, for Portland- place ; Prince Trauttsmandsdorff and Prince Rodolph Leichtenstein, from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond -street, for Paris en route to Vienna; Sir Charles Lamb and the Dowager Lady Montgomerie, from ditto, on a visit to the Earl of Eglintoun, at Eglintoun Castle, N.B. ; Captain Ellice, M.P., from Arlington street, to assume the command of • the Britannia flag-ship, at Portsmouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, from Cambridge terrace, Hyde Park. on a tour ; Sir Clayton East, Bart., from Hakes's Hotel, Manchester -street, for Hall-place, Berks ; the Right Hon. F. Shaw, for Dublin ; Mr. and Mrs. Maclean and family, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville-street, for Marazion ; Captain Edge, ditto. CHANGE. J. Horrocks, Esq., from Buckland, in Berks, to the seat of E. Arbuthnot, Esq., Newton House, Newbury. ISLE OF WIGHT. RAILROAD REVOLUTION S.— E . ' QCALISATION OF TAXA :JO:v.__ How many flourishing towns and thriving villages : e ye already had their trade steamed off, and what a num of noble inns and postina houses the pride of their „,11githourhood, and formerly the boast of Englishmen, aro age tenantless. The sta g e coac h man , t h a t no bl e p e rson- T h ' With his four prime 'uns, by them is no more seen. thee Postmast er alone remains! and yet he is not without ilirooruseysiislitor,although seeing the ruin this monster has g ton him and his family, he yesterday sold all his must pa a y ad fi c v a e rriages, yet the tax-gatherer will be his con stant visitor for the next two years ! Till April 1841, he guineas a-year for each of his carriages, tho ugh his trade is destroyed, and be has sold off his 4teck This will be his assess tax curse ! And if he lived on the coast, or near a river, this may have been brought on him by an untaxed steam vessel, supported by our wise Legislators to assist the a ricultural interests, and promote the b reed i ng of horses. g fact NEW TOWN.—In a former paper e mentioned the of Morris Castle, in the Isle of Wight, having been sold to Mr. Bell. It appears that that gentleman has several other gentlemen concerned with him, whose inten tion, it is said, is to b u ild a num b er o f v ill as on the grounds, .ximmanding the m ost extens i ve v i ews o f th e S o lent Sea, iri t to which a nobl e causeway i s to b e b u il t out f or the swro are to o ccupy the ca s tl e an d no l es s splendid buildings ch are to be erected near it. In the large field, on the ,ight of the entrance to the park, and opposite the lodge, a e town is to b e f ormed, to b . called Belle Ville ; here we are to have th e Castle Tap, with coach-houses and stabling for 100 horses; shops for all descriptions of goods, with a church in the centre ; all is to be on the most magnificent scale ; and a four horse coach is to be established between Belle Ville and Ventnor, through Newport, Cowes, and Ryde are expected to fall back into their original insignifi cance. This is the commencement of the grand effects of the Southampton Railway. Mr. Brookes, of Bond street, has been down during the past week, with several of her gentlemen, architects, engineers, &c., surveying the ;rounds, making plans, &c. The Earl of Shannon is expected at East Cowes Castle :arty next month. The Earl of Yarborough, who is at the R. Y. S. House, leaves for Arlington -street on Thursday morning. Potatoes which were sa i d to be such a " shocking bad crop" in this island, have all at once cropt out in such vast quantities (particularly the white sorts) as to exceed be lief, the producers would now gladly sell them in place at 3s. per sack of 2001bs. The Earl of Listowel is to be the new Knight o St. Patrick, in the room of the late Earl of Caledon. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley have arrived in town from Paris. We are happy to be able to pronounce Lady Lyndhurst quite recovered. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, a party to meet her Majesty the Queen and the Duchess of Kent at dinner at Lansdowne House is expected to con sist of the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Vis count Melbourne, Duke of Argyll, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Palm erston , E ar l o f Albemarle, Lord and Lady Cotten ham, Marquis Conyngham, and Earl of Clarendon. The talents of Grisi, Rubini, and Tamburini, have been en gaged for the concert, which will commence at ten o'clock In the grand saloon. Three hundred eards have been is sued for the assembly in the evening. ST. GEORGE'S DAY, APRIL 23.—The fol lowing ancient legend of the tutelar saint and patron of England is from the Legende Aurea, preserved in the Bri tish Museum :—",SayntGe.orge was a knyghte born at Ca- P a d°ae• On a time he came into the province of Libya, t ° a cyte whyche is sayd Sylene, and by this cyte was a gayne or ponde lyke a sea, wherein was a dragon whyche envenymed alle the contre, and the people of the cyte gave him every day two sheep to fede bym, and when the beep fayled, there was taken a man and a sheep. Thermo vas an ordaniunce made in the tounc, that there should be 'lkon the chyldren and yung peple of them of the toune 7 lotte, and that it so happed the lotte fyle upon the synge's daughter, whereof the Kyng was sory, and sayde, r the love of Goddes, take gelde and silver, and elle that h ave, arid let me have my daughter ; and the peple sayd, syr, ye that have made and ordayned the law, and our ehyldren be now dead, and now ye wolde do the eon- I n'Ye ; your daughter shall be gyven, or else we shall renne you and you holdes. When the Kynge saw he light no more doo, he began to weepe, and returned to the eple, and demanded eight dayes respyte,and when the eight 'ayes were passed, thenne dydd the Kynge arraye his `laughter lyke as she should be wedded, and ledde her to the dace wher e t h e d raagon was. Wh en s h e was t h ere Saynt , ` - 'ebrge passed by, and demanded of the ladye what she 1 ,:acle there ; and she sayde, "go ye your wayes, fay re youstg man, that ye perish not also." The legend then relates that the dragon appeared, "and Saynt George, -ip , sn his horse, bore himself against the dragon, and smote iim with his spere, and threw him to the ground, and delivered the ladye to her fader, who was baptized, and all his peple." It says further, " that Saynt George was af terwards beheaded by order of the Emperor Daclen, in the year of our Lord 287," and concludes, " This blessed holy martyr, Saint George, is patrone of this rolaume of Eng le:lde, and the cry of men of warre, in the worshyp of whom is founded the noble order of the garter, and also a noble colleg e in the castle of Wyndsore, by Kyuges of Englonde In which college is the hs.rte of Saynt George, whyche oYgsmunde, th e E m p e ror of Alrneyne, brought and gave r a great and precious relique to Kynge Harry th e Fifthe and also the sayd Sygsmunde was abroder of the sayd garter ; and also here is a heyre of ,hys bede ; whych college is nobly endowed to the honour and worship of Al mighty God and his blessed martyr Saynt George." THEATRES CO V EX 7 GARDEN. Agnes Bernaue;,theAlaid of Augsburg, or the Secret Tribunal, a new romantic melo-drame, which was brought out at this Theatre on Saturday night, was repeated last night. The plot of the piece is to the following effect : Prince Albert (Anderson) is secretly united to Agnes Bernauer (Mrs. Warner), to the utter mortification of his father, the Duke of Bavaria (Phelps) who designs him to wed the Princess of Brunswick ( Miss E. Phillips.) The Duke, in revenge, has false accusa.ions brought against Agnes, and she is in consequence doomed to death, through the machinations of the secret tribunal, but is saved by Herman ( Elton) himself a partial victim to its infamous decrees, Agnes having afforded him assistance in time of need, and enabled him to escape in the guise of a-friar, in which he returns to her timely rescue. The piece abounds in situations, and some of them are striking ones, and is, besides, aided by some good scenery. The overture and incidental music by Macfarren was characteristic and ef. fective, but the former, we thought, was somewhat too noisy. The serenade in the first act struck us as pleasing It is but justice to the performers to add, that all exerted themselves to the utmost. 7.'y• I the day •ect. zing 'arcs ,ded, ;orn wing i the late in its jority Lined, :or nbe :e and plain their ,chery could, ennel. bees lected itions, their CO' ,e thei r irrup id upon Pigot.' 6 woe 01 bed by le cat,' inentlY on wa g ,bough t clertook it ba d al apPe 1. ot t hat en uity 1 justice • n td iirectea is poll ld dr aw a botra t ren this :e to the isters la vote 00 of th e '0 this it Eoglisb) n eithe r n vidieu g rity in e thre w en, too, hoar t he /Toro -801100 are not by C °ll. , q uaff t he h of . e d Lr tiele 0 r on tbe 0 In t l ' e The haracter. ecri for fif e r to be s by • the wise to a nd e° ° !:, body re 10' 0 6 , 6 , is asure 0 Us e rubli e hotelt nstY i n - Lad abuse should t reac bed t b Falmo Gibral tar _ 'rom Vigg 10 Q ue 2 re ir bo s f o 17 • oo i arnia n oce or of th e joo th e , stP stbL eo ce ro d to L outh' sr' 09 1: reldei ;rocei st b, th e hou r ' p a a 0ea1".4, v 9 CorP L i r s i Se :tb lt : nc Lr4W'boli. 0 1 a- tliL. by e • is to sill a nt Ogle , at do" u ie c ue li ne d . o rae. f a It ves te: b e les-I da te• Lot , . 8 1, f or' rfle for s uri &c., 0 1 ' TI tbe ri of g u ,. l v. a, ti er• e caSe , d n e. roe as grano 11 £1 r ion' o f cit) js' ef l' 3 ` ) t he rfor i r a te d, icg` e- The cs• a blY o n° ll o4 r. is dou bt, f "" a tuv S t o f 1 0 14 ` l del cr e a 't ------ VIN ING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. The Qi.:(.:11 held a Court Bucki ngham Palace. yesterday afternoon, at Count Sebastiani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni potentiary f rom the King of the French, and Countess Sebastiani, and M. Dedel, Envoy Extraordinary and la • Ailin ister Plenip otent i ary from the King of the Nether hadnd% audiences of her Majesty, to take leave for a tinae. an Count Senfft, Austrian Minister to the Conference, had audience of her Majesty to take leave. Their Excel lencies were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmer -B.t", G. C. 8., h er Majesty's principal Secretary of State [or Foreign Affairs, a n d con d ucte d b y S i r R o b ert Ch ester , Master of the Ceremonies. WThe Court was attended by the Countess of Cherie a, Lady in W a i t i ng, Marquis of Headfort, Lord i n Colo i ng, Hon. Willi am Cowper, Groom in Waiting, an d nel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting. s Her M a j esty rode out on horseback yesterday, attended othe Honourable Miss Murray, Baroness Lehz..n, Mar -1 of Headfort, Colonel Buckley, Erl of Uxbridge, 'tight Ho nourable George Stevens Byng, a and Sir George Quentin. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen Yesterday. , The Royal Di nner party in the evening, included Count ',Fnift, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Torrington, Lord r'ltzalan Right Hono ura bl e G eorge S . B yng , an d Si r rederickl Stovin. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the larchiness of Ely with their company last night, at her tidence in Great Cumberland-street. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta Sunday evening at Clarence House. A ul,putation from the Central Negro Emancipation : )tnnu ttee, consistin g o f J osep h S turge, Ri c h ar d P ee k, erarge Bennett, Robert Howard, George Stacey, and crge William Alexander, had an interview with the larqui s of Normanby yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Lord Mayor and the Military Secretary to the ;‘)ltmander of the Forces, had interviews with Lord John ,ussell yesterday at the Home Office. , A Deputati on consistinc, of P. Bedford, John T. Barry, ) nathan B ac k house, and Dr. Hodgkin, had an interview ith the Marquii of Norrnanbv at the Colonial Office , isterd a y. The Belgian Minister transacted business yesterday at e Foreign Office. The Marquis of Breadalbane, and Sir tlezander Johnston had interviews yesterday with the larqui s of Normanby. Despatches from the Right Han. S. Mackenzie, Go iernor of Ceylon, and from Governor Light at British ana were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have arrived in ,1 fr om Newmarket. Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, left town on Sunday for the Continent. OLYMPIC. Last night, the pleasing drama of the Two Figaros was revived at this Theatre with as much care as cost. With the exception, we believe, of Mr. T. Green, who acqnitted himself very respectably in the character of the elder Fi garo, and Miss Agnes Taylor. in Seraphina, the cast re mains as it originally was ; and being well played through out, there is little doubt, from the success which attelided it, that it will reward the management for their cost and trouble in reviving it. Madame Vestris played and sang with reraarkable spirit in Susanetta ; and the various con certed pieces were all of them executed with correctness and good taste. Oxenford's little farce of Dr. Dilworth followed—it is greatly improved since the first night, and went off with increased effect. PHILHARMONIC CONCERT. This celebrated musical society gave its fourth con cert last night at the Hanover-square Rooms, and in a style worthy of its acknowledged reputation. The first act commenced with one of Mozart's Sinfonias. After which, IvanofF sang the popular air " Oh Cara," from the opera of the Magic Flute. Then succeeded an ottetto by Spohr, for violin, two violas, violoncello, contra basso, clarinet, and two horns. This beautiful piece had not been played for some years at the society's concerts. A French lady, Mademoiselle De Riviere, next made her debut at these concerts in the cavatina " Robert, toi que j'aime," from Robert le Diable. Her voice is powerful and flexible, and her execution extremely easy. There was a slight degree of harshness in her tones, but she possesses a good foundation, and gives every promise of becoming an accomplished singer. A MS. overture by W. S. Bennett, called " The Wood Nymphs," was the next rarity, and although it appeared deficient in variety, it was a higly pleasing composition. The second act commenced with the glorious Sinfonia Eroica, by Beetho ven. Miss Masson sang the " Che faro," from thfeo, with her wonted excellence, and David showed his extra ordinary command over the inexhaustible powers of the violin in a Russian air, with variations by himself. It is not often that the compositions of mere performers are agreeable. But we must allow that David succeeded not only in astonishing by the singular ease with which he passed through the most difficult passages, but also in delighting with the spirit of the variations. Mademoiselle De Riviere then sang, with Ivanhoff, the duet " Rasserena, O Caro," by Rossini, in which she deservedly obtained considerable applause. The concert concluded with an overture by A. Romberg. MILITARY EXPERIMENTS IN HYDE PARK. Yesterday morning several experiments connected with the transmission of troops over rivers, &c., by means of pontoons or floating bridges, took place on the Serpentine River, Hyde Park, in the presence of-the Duke of Wel lington, Lord Hill, Commander-in-Chief, 1.41 rd Fitzroy Somerset, and other distinguished persons. There were but few other persons present than those immediately in tore ted, it having been previously understood that the affair was to be as privately conducted as possible. It ap pears that great inconvenience has always been sustained by our army when on foreign service, in consequence of not possessing a simple, and, at the same time, portable means of crossing rivers, the common practice of lashing boats together not being always available. Another plan has succeeded, which is that of placing a number of large hollow thin vessels on the water, and erecting a stage over them. These have been used with some success recently in the north of Spain, but found to be of greet inconvenience, from not being easily portable. An invention of Captain M'lntosh's (we believe), and the subject of experiment yesterday, will at length supply the wished-for convenience. Two vessels, in the form and size of boats (without the cavity), were placed on the water, over which they rode as buoyantly as possible. On these were placed planks, which, having been screwed down and tightly corded, presented a stage capable of holding a large body of men. A number of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, amounting to 40, then got on to the raft, which, being connected by a rope to a boat, was towed down the river some distance. It sailed admirably, and the men appeared to be at perfect ease in it, for, by com mand of the Duke of Wellington, the soldiers first stood up, then sat down, and finally lay down. After the curi osity of the distinguished witnesses had been sufficiently gratified, the raft was towed to shore, and, the planks being removed, the vessels which had sustained them, and which were composed of a preparation of India rubber, and inflated with air, were deprived of the air, and the weight of each was then not more than one horse was fully capable of carrying. We understand that from eight to twelve of these vessels would form a bridge of sufficient length to cross most of the Con tinental rivers. Another experiment succeeded to this, which was as important in its nature as the pre ceding, hut both the invention and the effect it pro duced in the working was calculated to raise a smile, if not to make the spectators laugh outright. This vessel was also formed of India rubber, and presented the appearance of a great ball, with a couple of the legs attached to the bottom and the top cut off. This was set floating on the river, and a man by means of a boat got into it; his less went into the places assigned to them, and the ball enclosed the major part of his body, the legs and the part of the lat ter lay under water. The man, having provided himself with two small paddles, then proceeded to work his way out into the river, at the same time keeping his legs in ac tive motion. Having reached the middle with great care, he waded back, and landed in the midst of enthusiastic cheers. It appears that the object of this invention is to enable a man to ford a river, and at the same time convey a rope, or something of a like nature, from one shore to the other. These experiments lasted altogether about an hour and a half, during which time Mr. Williams, the superinten tendent of the Humane Society, was out with his boats, in order to render any assistance to the experimentalists if found necessary, and the company separated with appa rently much gratification. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.—The pro gramme of Saturday's entertainments included many of the most popular overtures, waltzes, and quadrilles of Auber, Strauss, and Musard, which were executed with great spirit and precision by the band, and apparently afforded very high gratification to the company, which, though not very numerous, it being opera ni g ht, was seemingly of the most respectable kind. A duet concertante on two gui tars, by MM. Spindler and Boyeson ; a concertante, in which were introduced Rossini's admired air of "Di tanti palphi," and the march from Bellini's opera of 11Puritani, with echoes by M. Rosen ; and " Das Dorfchen," with legato echoes by the same artiste (marvellously executed), were among the most favourite performances of the evening. The second was deservedly honoured with an encore, and the whole elicited the most marked approbation. Their imitations of several wind instruments were also remarkable for the ease and fidelity with which they were given. On Wednesday evening last week, a person re sidinghhoismoewanf t dog,e r tl a a rk k l a i r n g c o o m a o p i a m n e v i wit of h t h e h in the ne i g hb our h oo d of Perth, while p ro ceedi ng isbuwllifsep, e w e was s t e t a u c d k e d mostby severely torn and injured. The dog had only come into his possession a few days previously, and had been chiefly kept at home with his wife, to whom of course it was more firmly attached ; and from the c i rcumstance under wh i ch it attacked its master, it appears that the animal had con ceived the woman to be in danger from the man, the latter having slipped a foot and fallen, when the former endea voured to raise him up. The dog had imagined that his mistress was assaulted, and therefore fastened on its mas ter. By the assistance of some persons whom the cries of the woman attracted, the dog was got off its prostrate owner, and was shot next morning. The injuries sustained by the individual, though very severe, are, we understand, not likely to be attended with serious consequences. Perth Advertiser. AN UNEXPECTED QUESTION.—WhiIe Mr, Burr was cross-examining a witness in the Marine Court, he happened to cast his eye under the table, and instantly stooped down and picked up a very valuable fur cap ' which s he showed to the witness, and asked him " I that cap? " The question was altogether so foreign to the your ease on trial, that it created no little astonishment in Court, and the witness to whom it was put seemed both astonished and displeased at it, Mr. Burr repeated the question, and the witness answered in the affirmative. " Where did you get it ? " asked Mr. Burr. " I swapped another cap for it," replied the witness. " With whom ? " " I don't know his name." " Well, then, I can tell you," said Mr. Burr, " you swapped it the other day with me in this very Court, and without my knowledge or consent either ; and you left me in place of it a greasy old cap not worth a shilling, and therefore I will not stand such a bargain. As Mr. Burr had both law and equity on his side, he of course recovered his cap.—New York paper. THZ SCHOLAR.—The world is his, but he must possess it by putting himself into harmony with the constitution of things. He must be a solitary, laborious, modest, and charitable soul. He must embrace solitude as a bride. He must have his glees and his glooms alone. His own estimate must be measure enough, his own praise reward enough for him. And why must the student be solitary and silent? That he may become acquainted with his thoughts. If he pines in a lonely place, hankering for the crowd, for display, he is not in the lonely place; his heart is in the market ; he does not see, he does not hear, he does not think. But go, cherish your soul ; expel com panions ; set your habits to a life of solitude then will the faculties rise full and fair within, like forest trees and field flowers. You will have results which, when you meet your fellow-men, you can communicate, and they will gladly receive. Do not go into solitude only that you s m its a e y lf—isru presently ,blie caoni"d stale. into p T ub h l e ic pl ; ibl s i u c e such a n so g li e t t ud p e ubl d ic enie ex perience, but they wish the scholar to repl ace to them those private, sincere, divine experiences , of w hich the y have been defrauded by dwelling in the street. It is the noble, manlike, just thought, which is the superiority demanded • of you, and not crowds, hut solitude, confers this elevation. —Emerson's Oration, United States. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1839. SERGEANT TALFOURD'S COPY- RIGHT BILL. I wonder at the inconsistency and inconsiderateness of some lawyers high in office, who, in opposing Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Bill, argue that nothing but what is substantial is property. The same lawyers, at the same time, would direct a Jury to award the amount of da mages done toward a husband, not because he has been deprived of his wife's person, but of her affections and her society. Now by society and affections the moral is meant. These, although they are proved plainly enough to have been transferable, are not tangible, are not substantial, and at the moment when they were transferred, must have been of a value infinitessimally small to the plaintiff. The person, which would be the heavier loss, is much the same as it was before. Sub stantial as it tansy be, not a word is said about it. If nothing but substances can be property, then no author has a right, from the beginning, to anything else in his works than the paper manuscript ; then the pub lisher buys from one man what belongs equally to ail, since lie from whom he buys it has no more right to the production of his brain for a single day than for a century. But, if he has a right to it for a single day, he has the same right for ever. Ho has bought at a great price the precious seed of an imperishable plant. Have strangers the same right to gather its fruit that be and his children have ? If strangers may not gather it this year, may they gather it next? Have they more right to it after sixty years than after six—after six hun dred than after sixty ? Certainly not, if it ever was property at all, and that property never was alienated by the proprietor. He has abstained all his lifetime from more lucrative labours—he has abstained from all the scrambles for public offices—he has withdrawn from festivity, from conviviality, from friendship—he has lost the past, he is willing to lose the present, and you swear that he lose the future ! You swear that the children shall be beggars, and that, if the father had other views for them, he was only the more fool for his pains. Gentlemen, I am here addressing you who have risen to rank and station by your studies. Will you calmly and deliberately continue to avow such sentiments ? With all due respect for the statute-book and the Greek Tes tament, I cannot think that less intellectual power has been exerted by several poor authors, than by the Learned Lords, spiritual and temporal, who have latterly attained their elevated station by these studies. I can not think that posterity, or that the intelligent and equitable of my contemporaries, will hold even me, obscure as I am and wish to be, lower than the highest of you. If so, with what conscience do you arbitrarily cut off the entail from the little property of far more estimable writers ? If it is not enough to discourage, go on—degrade ; but stop—in behalf of the condemned I beseech you—stop a little short of confiscation. Chancellor Thurlow is known to have delivered, in his Court, the same opinion on copyright as our law officers are now delivering in Parliament, but the deci sions of Chancellor Thurlow have frequently been re versed. In his life-time, and indeed yet, people have been too ready to believe in his favour, that where there are eyebrows there must be eyes, and that the most roaring beasts are the strongest. I have no personal interest in the question of copy right, but I am grieved whenever I see Parliament either slip incautiously or rush pertinaciously into d isre pute. The injustice which is now apprehended from it is trifling in comparison ro what it perpetrated no long time ago. By the sanction, no doubt, of our great law officers, many burgesses were deprived of their elective franchise, at the time when what is entitled the Reform Bill was carried. Parliament may commit with impu nity any crime but parricide. It may not cut the throat, or any artery, of its parent. It has no more right to deprive a man of his franchise than of his freehold. He may be deprived of either when legal cause is shown why, by established precedent ; the freehold may be proved to be rightfully another's, and the franchise to be justly forfeited by a contravention of the terms o❑ which it was granted. But until these proofs are esta blished, the holder in neither case is liable to ejection. Parliament here committed a misdemeanour for which no Bill of Indemnity is valid, and every Member who voted for it is liable to impeachment. No Bill ever pained me so grievously as the Reform Bill. I openly predicted at the time that the most ambitious of the aristocracy would assume the language of demagogues, until the first effervescence of popular zeal was over ; that they would then agree to walk off quietly in dif ferent directions, and, after a wink of intelligence, look angrily on each other at parting, and keep it up so long as they were in sight. But since they and their families have nothing to gain or lose by literature, I do most earnestly entreat them, in this instance, not to join the pettiest and dirtiest of trade.unions, against the general interest and highest glory of our country. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. The Bristol April Tea Sale took place on Thursday l as t, when 3,107 chests, half.ehtsts, and boxes were offered. The attendance was more numerous than at the last sale, but the biddings wen dull, and there was no improvement of prices, which may be quoted as follows : —Congou, from is. OTd. to Is. lid.; souchong, is. 4d. : flowery pekoe, 2s. &Id. to 2s. 10d. ; twankay, Is. 3d. tc Is. 3id. ; young hyson, 23. to 2s. 3d. ; hyson, is. 71d. to 35.; imperials, 2s. 9.1. to 39. ; gunpowder, 2s. 101 to 3s. 61d. FLAT-CATCHING EXTRAORDINARY, OR THE BITER BIT.—A gentleman farmer residing not far from Peterborough, and wbo, in Lis own estimation, is a very clever fellow, wishing to purchase of Bill Hewson, at Peterborough market last Saturday, a lot of lamb-hogs, which was offered him at 425. per head, refused to take them at the preferred price, but, intending ti show his brother farmers the scientific manner in which he conducted his business, made an offer to buy them at sevenpence per lb., live weight. Billy, who it an uneducated man, and knowing the reputed accurac) of his customer, looked rather shy at first, but after some consideration agreed to take the price offered. Scales and weights were procured, when, instead of 425., the purchaser had to pay 60s. per head, which he handed over in high dudgeon to his intended dupe, amidst the jeers and laughter of all present, many of whom had heard him boast of tit( accuracy of his calculations between live and dead weights. —Cambridge Chronicle. TIIE IRISH GOVERNMENT.—THE INHABI TANTS' PETITION ?--The following letter has been received in Edinburgh by the Lord P rovos t f rom L or d J o h n Rus- sell, in acknowledgment of the Address to her Majesty re. cently transmitted from this city t--" Whitehall, April 16, 1839. My Lord, I have Lad the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful Address of a very numerous body of the citizens of Edinburgh, expressive of their cor dial approbation of the course pursued by her Majesty's Ministers in the administration of the affairs of Ireland, which Address accompanied your Lordship's letter of the llth instant ; and I have to inform your Lordship, that the same was very graciously received by her Majesty.-1 have the honou r t o b e, my L ord, your Lordship's obedient servant, (Signed) .1. Russeee." The funeral of the " Prince of the Gipsies," " Wisdom Smith," aged 76, took place at Essen Rutland, on the 4th i nst. About one hundred of tho inir wan dering tribe were present at the ceremony, and a large coucourse of peasantry from the adjacent villages also joined the burial train. The dark•faced outcasts, in pro jecting this spectacle, were wiser in their generation than the simple rustics among whom they had pitched their tents; they secured a " comfortable coffin" for their patri arch, by assuring the joiner that the " Prince's son" was worth thousands, and that he would come from the north, to take the place of chief mourner in the funeral obse quies. They also duped other small tradesmen by assuring them that the wealthy heir to the vacant diadem of the swarth.skinned people, would pay for everyt d h i c e! ind of the a most princely manner Every man, woman, an crafty race, however, had disappeared like a mist before the morning succeeding t h e ceremony, and the tradesmen are unpaid.—Lincoln zeta. MARRIAGE I NSTAL MENTS.—At Hough ton-le-Spring, on Sunday last, an amusing circumstance occurred, which has yielded much merriment to the gos sips of the district. A young couple presented themselves at the altar, to be joined together in holy matrimony; and in the midst of the buckling ceremony, when they were called upon to join hands, they each held out, i n th e ner vous confusion of the critical moment, the left instead of reco gnized master o f t h e ceremon i es the riyht hand. The recogn the parish-clerk, corrected the blunder ; and the lovers, tickled by their mutual inadvertence, burst into a most un canonical fit of laughter, which speedily infected their wedding-attendants. The proxy of the non-resident rector of tke fat-living (the Rev. E. S. Thurlovv), al though he can stomach his absentee superior's indulgence of his ease, was unable to brook this awful indulgence in mistimed merriment, and doffing his surplice, he bolted into the vestry, followed by the clerk, entreating him to retur n and finish his task. The curate was ine x h ora bl e and the disapp ointed pair lei's. the c h urc h half-married ' On the follo win g da y , however, the marriage was per fected by anothe r clergyman. The jok e h as been the oc casion of much fun in and around Houghton._Gateshead Observer. DREADFUL DEATH BY PIRE.—An inquest was last night held, at the Coroner's Court Room, on the body of Eliza Lewis,. aged 24, a fine young woma n. I t appeared from the evt.dence that the d eceased, who lived k with her mothe r, at ..o. 11, CI lanes-street, Hatton-garden, was on Saturday welting some bees' wax and turpentine in a pipkin o n the fire. On its boili ng over she took it off, when her cl othes caught the flame, which s o w s s p rea d all over her. Some persons hearing her screams run to her assistance, but her dress was nearly all s h e di e d that all bu rnt o ff . Sh e was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, morning at eight o ' clock. Accident a l d eat h." M ELA NCHOLY SIIIPWItE CK .- - Verlict__,, On Th urs d a y morning a fishing smack belonging to Ramsgate was lust off that port, and two of her crew drowned'. The name of one of the sufErers was Henry Bates, son o f William Bates, of Dover ; an d the other Was his brother-i n - l aw . Both have left widows and fgrnilies to deplore their loss. A boy who was on board the smack when she went down was picked up by a schooner whi ch was pas s i ng a t th e time. —Dover Chronicle. ay, sou o f t h e (Ta lk Lieut. Robert Walker o_t.ss: Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, is pro. noted to the rank of Commander. Th e f o ll o wing notice is taken from a newspaper of 1761 : " The ladies of distinction at the west-end of the town have determined to bestow on the poor all the winnings at ca rds during the holyday." The town crier of Ludlow lately gave notice, that all boys found w histling . in she streets would i n f uture b e apprehended by the polic i e, as such practices were a great annoyance to the peaceaale and well-disposed inhabitants of the town! A TALE FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. For more than three hundred years the inhabit- ants of one-third of the British dominions in Europe were, in the sacred name of religion, sub• jetted to every species of persecution and oppres sion,—they were excluded from all offices of trust and emolument, their lawful property was taken from them, their priests hunted like wild beasts, and their country devastated fifty times by fire and sword, and nevertheless the people multiplied, and their attachment to their priests and their religion only increased the more they were persecuted. But a change took place in the nineteenth century. The rulers of that day sick of vain persecution, and acting on the humane and politic principle of toleration, removed many of their disabilities, a Governor was sent to rule over them who admi nistered the new laws with vigour, but tempered them with mercy, and the people in gratitude for his justice and his leniency, assembled in thousands to deplore his departure from their island, and to declare for the first time their affectionate attach ment and their devoted loyalty to the Sovereign whom he represented. Another change, how ever, took place ; the leaders of the Church party, envious of his glory and his success, were determined to attack this favourite of the people, and their ground of attack was, that contrary to the practice of all his predecessors whom they had appointed, he had mitigated the severity of the law, pitied the sufferings and degradation of a people long oppressed, and, in some instances, opened the doors of the prison house, and set the captives free. The Clergy of the Established Church preferred judgment rather than mercy. Many of them called out for the re-en actment of the penal laws, still under the sacred name of religion, and, at their public meetings for this purpose, prefaced their proceedings by devotional exercises and prayer. Missionaries were sent through the country to excite one class of Christians against another, the writers in the cause of the Established Church denounced the Clergy of their opponents as traitors and surpliced ruffians, and humane Englishwomen, that at one meeting wept over the sufferings of their fellow-creatures, at another cheered on the speakers when they called out for the re-enactment of laws which would lead to the greatest of all calamities, a civil war. All these things were done in the nineteenth century by a people professing to be the most wise and most humane on the face of the earth, and who spent millions of money in disseminating their peculiar tenets of that Christianity which at its dawn pro claimed, " on earth, peace and good will toward men." LITERATURE. REIGNS OF EDWARD THE SIXTH AND MA RY. —2 }Tom. Bentley, London, 1839. In these eminently useful volumes the author has given us rather the materials for a history of the reigns of Edward the Sixth and Mary, than the history itself ; for there is little in the way of original narrative, the work being chiefly made up of important public docu ments selected, with very few exceptions, ftom the col lections of manuscript original letters preserved in the State Paper Office. Of the valuable nature of these manuscripts, Mr. Fraser Tytler thus speaks in his pre face :—" So important are these stores, and yet so little are they known or appreciated, that the author believes he does not overstate the fact when he asserts that no perfect history of England, either civil, ecclesiastical, or constitutional, can be written till this co►lection is made accessible by catalogues, to men of letters." In order to render these official documents more intelligible, Mr. Tytler illustrates them by historical introductions, and biographical and critical notes, in which he shows himself conversant not only with the great outlines, but with the minutirn—if we may use such a term—of that particular portion of English and also of European history of which he treats. His brief introductory sketch of the triumphs of Charles the Fifth in Germany is clearly and concisely written, packing up much matter within small compass ; and not less satis factory is his account of the Protector Somerset, who, he seems to think, was unjustly condemned, observing that, " he was innocent of the only serious charges brought against him ; and that his ruin was the result of a con spiracy of the Duke of Northumberland, who felt that he might yet cross his path, and bridle his ambition." Mr. Tytler leans rather to the favourable side of Queen Mary's character, who, he says—adopting the language of the Protestant Bishop Godwin—" was a lady very godly, merciful, chaste, and every way praiseworthy, if you regard not the errors of her religion." As a speci men of the author's style, we quote a portion of his closing address to the reader, which is as grace ful in sentiment as it is eloquent and nervous in expression :—" These ancient letters, and with them the author who bath endeavoured to demonstrate their value, must bid thee farewell. To him they have been pleasant companions, nay, instructive friends. May they be so to thee ! May they inspire thee with that passion for the search of truth, amid the ruins and relics of days long gone by than which, if thou wilt credit an old angler in these Lethean pools, there arc few happier employments. Trust him when he tells thee it is to wander with a pure object through a pleasant country. In the journey thou wilt be led on by the hope of discovery, and cheered by the feelings of pro gression ; the difficulties thou meetest will be but so many little hills, on surmounting which a sweeter and a sweeter valley, or forest-glade, or ivy-covered castle will open to thy ken ; the search too will teach thee many a lesson of charity and self distrust ; thou wilt become a lover of history, not from any lower motive, but for its own sake ; and she—l mean the fair Muse, to whom historic truth is dear—will, like a generous mis tress, repay thy devotion by meeting thee, not in the saloons of the great, or the ambitious circles of the learned, but alone in thine own library, the scholar's true palladium." ARTS AND ARTISANS AT HOME AND ABROAD. Tait, Edinburgh, 1839. There is . an immense .deal of sound, practical, and available information contained within the boards of this little volume, which is the production of a gentleman named Symons, one of the Assistant Commissioners of the Hand-loom Inquiry. The work is divided into chapters ; treats of the rate of wages at home, and ge nerally on the Continent ; of the physical condition of the artisans, and also their moral and mental state, both here and abroad ; of Combinations ; of the Progress of the Manufacturing Arts ; and above all, of Factories, and the system therein pursued. But perhaps the most important chapter in the volume is that entitled " Or- ganic Remedies for the Evils under which the Labour. ing Classes suffer," which is penned in a forcible but moderate spirit, and in which the author observes that the " primary evil under which the people suffer, is want both of education and representation." Both these remedies he would apply to the evil, but of course would wish to see the one taking precedence of the other, remarking with much good sense, " I deny the right of a man to participate in governing others, who is bereft of the knowledge essential to govern himself." The question of the Repeal of the Corn-laws forms the subject of another chapter ; and we need hardly 'add that Mr. Symons is in favour of their Repeal, adding that they " are among the most iniquitous enactments of our statute-book." ROME, APRIL 6, 1839.—The marriage of Prince Doria Pamphilli with Lady Mary Talbot was so lemnized with great pomp, on Thursday last, at the Earl of Shrewsbury's palace, in the Corso. The ceremony was performed in a beautiful private chapel, by his Eminence Cardinal Guistiani, immediately after which, according to Roman etiquette, the bride and bridegroom repaired to St. Peter's, in a splendid state coach, to offer thanks, where an immense crowd of spectators were awaiting their entry. on their return, they were surrounded by their relations and friends, all uniting their warmest felicitations on the joyful event, and after partaking of an elegant dejeuner, the happy pair set off to pass the honeymoon at the villa Doria, near Genoa; from thence they proceed to Turin. to pay a visit to their Majesties (Prince Doria being nearly allied to the Royal family), and continuo their route to England, where they spend the summer. There were pre sent at the ceremony Cardinals de Gregorio and Bernetti, the Sardinian Minister, Prince and Princess Orsini, Prince and Princess Ruspigliosi, Prince and Princess Barherini, Prince and Princess Salmona, Prince and Princess Cam pagnano, Princes Chigi, Massimo, Arsoli, the Earl and Countess of Beverley, and Ladies Percy, Lord Clifford, Lord and Lady Stafford and Sir Augustus and Lady A. Foster, and the Right Rev. Dr. O'Finan, Bishop of Kil lala. Besides the above, the following were present at the dejeuner : —Prince Galitzin (Governor of Moscow) the Countess of Jersey, the Countess of Carlisle, and Lady E. Howard, and the Hon. C. and Mrs. Ilertie Percy. The rumour which has been prevalent during the last fortnight, in naval circles, of the intention of Ministers to send a demonstration fleet to the Baltic, turns out to be correct. It is to consist of ten seventy. two's, to be commanded by Admiral Gage, viz. —the. Bel leisle, Benbow, Blenheim, Cornwallis, Hastings, Illus trious, Agincourt, Ha.ake, Edinburgh, and a tenth, the name of which has not transpired. It wot'ld seem that information which has reached the Foreign-office of the aggressive disposition which has recently been manifested by Russia, has led to this determination. Orders have, sae are assured, been received to countermand the apart ments which were preparing at Mivart's hotel, for the re ception of the Grand Duke of Russia. We learn also, that Count Nesseirode has been dismissed, that Count Orloff has superseded him, and that the war party in the Russisn Cabinet are in the ascendant. Have these changes any thinr , to do with the organization of the above-mentioned treet ? United Service Gazette. MR. GARDINER AND BLACK- WOOD'S MAGAZINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Editor of Blackwood's Magazine having thought fit, in his number for the present month, to se lect a very unassuming, though I hope, not unamusing work, lately published by me, under the title of " Music and Friends," as the subject of an unsparing critique, extending through ten pages, on the ground, as it seems, that I was once engaged as a Manufacturer in the stap!e trade of my native town, and am still " a Whig and Presbyterian," and do not rank the native Melodies of Scotland very high in the scale of National Music, I trust to your kindness to afford me some as sistance against so redoubtable an antagonist, by insert ing the following remarks, which first appeared in one of our local papers : I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, WM. GARDINER. Leicester, April 10, 1839. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE LEICESTER CHRONICLE. Sir,—The Journal of yesterday having called the at tention of its readers to a review of " Music and Friends" in the last number of Blackwood's Magazine, as a " sevcre but, apparently, not unjust critique," I trust you will excuse my asking room for a few remarks thereon. Whoever ventures before the public in the capacity of an author has no right to complain if his productions, whatever they may be, are made the subject of criticism. But it is a source of consolation to him to feel that the same freedom of judgment which is assumed by the Editors or v% ricers of the innumerable periodical works of the day, is exercised in return by the public on the critics themselves : and I cannot but flatter myself that I may safely leave it to that impartial tribunal, to say liow far the remarks which the Reviewer has thought proper to make on my work have been dictated by a fair and candid spirit, or expressed in a manner either elegant or gentlemanly. Criticism, there is none, in the whole ten pages, ex cept what is contained in the pointing out of a false accentuation, which the merest tyro can at once per ceive to be a typographical error, in tying two notes together which should have been separate. The public, indeed, I am happy to say, seem to be no more of Mr. Blackwood's opinion in matters of musical or literary taste, than they are in politics ; for the " flimsy and fallacious" compositions which he so con temptuously sneers at, have been selected for the per formances in Westminster Abbey, the King's Concert, and the Royal Academy of Music—the festivals of Liverpool, Manchester, Dublin, Edinburgh, Norwich, Birmingham, an d York—and I see by the papers that the entire Oratorio of Judah was performed the other lay by the Cccilian Society, with an orchestra of a hun dred performers. Again : " the stupid and drivelling book on the Music of Nature," after having been out of print in this country more than two years, I have just received from America—stereotyped by Wilkins and Carter, Boston, who have affixed to it the following advertisement : " The publishers take pleasure in presenting to the public, and especially to professors, students, and ama teurs in music, this able work, originally published in England in 1832, upon a science or art, which is daily receiving increased attention. It would be difficult to name a work in the languago, combining in so high a degree acute observation, philosophical analysis, and apt illustration." Your readers will no doubt make all due allowances for the parental prejudices which I may entertain in behalf of my own offspring ; but I hope I shall at any rate be excused by them, if " Whig" and " Presbyte rian" as I am, I feel the unsolicited commendation, or rather compliment of my transatlantic, republican eulo gist, to be an abundant compensation for the splenetic effusion of a Scotch Tory Reviewer, even though backed by the sympathetic taste of the Tory L6icester Journal. I remain, Sir, yours, - WM. GARDINER. [The fact that Mr Gardiner's " Music of Nature" is stereotyped by our transatlantic brethren of the press, is a mark of esteem of the first order, as, generally speaking, none but works which are deemed to be standard, or likely to become so, are stereotyped. We have read the review in Blackwood, and could not help contrasting the coarse and low style of it with the clever, ingenious, and superior article entitled " Christopher in his Alcove." In actual criticism, the former is bald —in attempts at drollery of a fourth-rate description prolific.—ED. L. C.] THE RAIL-ROAD JUDGE. (From the Somerset County Gazelle.) An unenviable title, we see, has been confer red upon :he Learned Baron Gurney, who presided over the Cri- urinal Courts on the last Western Circuit. Probably, the peculiar designation was _given to him, in conse• pence of his proceedings at the trial and conviction of some respectable tradesmen of Truro, for of pasing Church-rates, and which have excited the greater in dignation, because it is well-known that the Learned Baron was himself a Dissenter, and an ultra-Liberal, so much so, that he gave to his children the names of the most eminent Reformers of past times. However this may be, and without offering an opinion as to the peculiar case which has excited so much in dignation throughout the country, we cannot' hut' pro test against the extreme saverity: of treatmoot experi-. eneed by the prisoners. Never did we see such a calea dar of sentences as that of our last Assizes. The most ;rifling offences were visited with punishments usuall . . reserved for great crimes. It is impossible to read with out a shudder the disproportion between the guilt and the punishment. Doubtless the Learned Judge had good motives for this severity. Perhaps he thought that the increase of crime might be checked by the example of harsher sen tences than usual. But such is not the opinion of the humaner portion of the public, and we are bound, as public protectors of the poor, who cannot protect them selves, to express the most decided disapprobation of a policy so contrary to the whole tendency of modern views of criminal legislation, and which, we believe, while it will fail in securing the desired object of de pressing crime, will excite among the classes subjected to it a feeling of hostility to the law and its dispensers, which may not be easily subdued, and which, once en tertained, may lead to the worst consequences. 'We have noted only that which fell under our own observation ; but we should add that we were informed that similar remarks have been made throughout the Circuit, and the Bar has been not the least loud in its complaints. While on the topic, too, it may not be amiss to sug gest to the Learned Baron the propriety of a little less haste in the disposal of criminal trials. The conse quences to the prisoner are too serious to permit even the show of undue speed in his trial. The liberty of a life is at stake, and the charge against him should be as fully and calmly discussed_as an action involving some 501. in the other Court. It may be ,gratifying to the Learned Baron to be called " the Railroad Judge"— it may prove his skill in short-Land—it may be that the work is really as well done as if done deliberately, but some deference is due to the prejudices of the public, which have been hitherto strongly in favour of a solemn slowness in the trials of prisoners. We cannot accept the excuses we have heard offered, that the Learned Judge has been en Bailey. engaged for some time at the Old The pra c ti ce of that Court will not please in the country, and we sincerely trust that it will not again be attempted. CLINCHING A TREA TY.—Never was a treaty better secured than the one which was signed on Friday by the representatives of the Great Powers. Each of the five members of the Conference signed their names 216 times, some still oftener, and with the signatures of the representatives of Holland and Belgium, the number of times the signatures were signed may be computed at 3,000. There were upwards of 1,200 seals affixed, and thirty of the junior members of the respective embassies were engaged in expediting the affair. The treaty would probably not be yet signed if it had not been for the violent remonstrances made against the further delay demanded by the Belgian Plenipotentiaries. A Belgian courier arrived on Saturday at Calais, and offered a large sum of money to ba conveyed over in time to London to deliver his despatches, supposed to contain that which would have caused further procrastination. MACHINERY FOR EXPORTATION.—It was stated in the Observer three or four weeks ago, that an eminent engineer and millwright in Manchester was exe cuting a spur wheel of the enormous weight of fifteen tons, intended as the main driving wheel for a flax mill in Belgium. The same house is now executing three other wheels of smaller magnitude, and also for the Continent. —Preston Observer. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—TiIe usual dra- matic performances are for a while suspended at this theatre, avowedly for the purpose of affording the manage ment an opportunity of producing-, with a completeness and splendour, alike worthy of the theatre and ;be high fame of the composer, Auber's new opera of Le Lac des Fees, which has recently met with such signal success in Paris. Meanwhile a series of promenade concerts ala Valentino are to be given here, the first of which took place cn Saturday evening, and attracted within its walls a far more numerous assemblage than it has of late been honoured with. The instrumental performances consisted principally of selections from the works of Herold, Strauss, Musard, Weber, Bishop, Benedict, Rossini, and others of the most popular modern composers, and the areatest justice was done to their several productions by the excellent band of this theatre, consisisting, says the programme, of nearly 100 performers, in addition to whien Madame Albertazzi sang Rossini's " Di Piacer," and " Una voce poco fa," in which she was most enthusiastic ally encored. Miss Betts sang Bishop's "Lo hear the gentle Lark ;" and several concerted pieces were effectually given by Messrs. Stanbury, Durusct, and others, aassted by the whole of the double chorus. The orchestra was erected in the centre of the stage, and the pit being boarded over, as if for a masquerade, anrded a large area for the admission of the company . ; but so d ense ly was it tilled, that one of the purposes of the entertainment—viz., the " promenads." was wholly dispensed with. " ONLY A DROP."—" The least taste in life is a great deal too much."—" Only a dr,p," is a temptation fatal if unresisted.—thatabers's Journal. INEQUALITY OF ENGLISH LAW. (From the Somerset County Gazette.) It is a favourite clap-trap wherewith to round a speech, at a Tory dinner, on our " Glorious Constitu tion in Church and State," to boast of the impartiality of the Law, which is said to be no respecter of persons— but to mete out the same justice to rich and poor. Every day we live more and more convinces us of the falsehood of this boaft. The lnw is not just nor impar tial. It does not treat the rich and the poor in the same manner. Several striking instances have recently presented themselves, which prove the fallacy of the as sertion. At the Taunton Assizes, two prisoners were con victed of " Manslaughter," for stabbing two persons with whom they were quarrelling. Commenting on the enormity and increasing frequency of this crime, the Learned Judge who tried them said that it was neces sf ry to make a severe example. and he sente, , ncA one of the prisoner: to transportation for lite, and the other to transportation for fifteen years. They were men in humble circumstances. Last Saturday, young Medhurst was convicted of the same offence in stabbing a fellow-pupil. His case was not to be distinguished in any mitigating circum stances from those of the prisoners tried at Taunton. He was sentenced only to three years imprisonment. But Medhurs was a gentleman, and ha! 7000/. a-year. Is this British justice ? Is this the equality of the law? If Medhurst had been a poor man instead of a rich one, he would certainly have been transported for life. Again, Sir John Milbank stabbed a gentleman in a ball room. Ile was acquitted, on the plea that it was done in play. Would he have been acquitted, had he been a poor, nameless, friendless being ? But there is a more monstrous instance than either we have yet named. The associates of Mirfin and Elliot, in the notoriou, , Wimbledon Common duel, are now expiating in gaol their breach of the law. They are fed with felon's food —they have petitioned to be allowed to provide them selves with something better. They have been denied. Since their conviction, several duels have been fought but nobody has been punished for them. Is this British Justice ? If so, we blush for her. Turn to the lesser tribunals—to our police offices. A Nobleman drives his cab on the pavement and en dangers the lives of the passengers—he insults respect able women—he steals door knockers. He is fined 5/. and discharged. A poor man does the same, or something not half so bad. He also is fined 51., and in default of payment is sent to the treadmill for two months. " Oh !" say the panegyrists, " see the equality of the law. It fines the rich man as well as the poor !" Aye, but how much ? Is there any proportion between the punishment? 51. from the Marquis of Waterford is a loss of which he is not sensible. It deprives him of no single luxury. .5/. taken from a labourer is in most instances his entire earnings for a couple of months. It is starvation to himself and his family. If he cannot pay, the treadmill is his doom, and his family is sent to the workhouse. We ask any man of feeling, if the punishments of the Marquis and of the mechanic be equal in reality, though nornivally equal ? Is this British Justice. Nor are these solitary instances, Our law abounds in such. And why ? Bccauqe the laws have been made by the rich, and therefore for the rich. Because the poor have no voice in the making of them. Were the Suffrage moderately extended, such anomalies would be impracticable. The Legislature would be com pelled to consult the interests of the poor, as well as of the rich. Justice would no longer see with on© eve only*,( for in this country she is not quite blind), the law would be alike for the rich and poor, nor should we have occasion to notice with indignation such monstrosities as those to which in this article we have directed the at tention of our readers. MOURNFUL AND SINGULAR EVENT.—Mere Brow, Tarlton, April 16, 1839.—A circumstance of a me lancholy nature has occurred in this neighbourhood, aw fully proving the frailty of human existence, and strongly corroborating the assertion, that " in the midst of life we are in death." On Tuesday last a person living in Tarl ton had occasion to go to North Meols, a distance of five or six miles. When on his return home, he was suddenly taken ill, and was with much difficulty that he got to the house of a relation on the road, about two miles from his own dwel- ling; information of his indisposition being given to his affectionate wife, she wag almost immediately seized with paralysis, and expired on the following morning with out being able to utter a word. Medical assistance was procured to the surviving but afflicted husband, but the disease was of such a nature, that it baffled the power of medicine, and on the following Monday, death put a period to his sufferings. Having received the mournful in telligence of the death of his beloved partner, after the first paroxysm of grief had subsided, he gradually became more composed, manifesting no particular desire to remain here, but rather to follow her who, for upwards of forty years, had been united to him in the closest bonds of love and aLetion. It has ofted been remarked by those to whom they were acquainted, that whenever they saw John, whether in the lane, in the fields, or in the market, Mar garet was sure to be by his side. Thus lived and died John and Margaret Watkinson. —Correspondent of the Presto - 4 Observer. PRESENTATION EXTRAORDINARY.—Most o our readers may have heard of the London firemsns' doe, and of his great zeal in assisting to extinguish fires in th e metropolis, but they are not perhaps aware that we hays a dog equally attentive, and equally zealous ' at home. Such, however, is the case. Mr. J osep h Green, fire man, has a dog which has attended every fire in town for the last tour years. The moment it hears the cry of fire during the night, it springs upon its master's bed, and gives him no peace until he is up and dressed, and on his way to the scene of action. When arrived, the ani mal moves about among the firemen as consequentially as if directing the proceedings, and never thinks of leav ing the premise! until the danger is fairly over. Watch, for such is his name, has consequently become a great favourite among the firemen, to whom his merits arc so well known. lie will doubtless become a favourite with the public too, and woe be to the young scamp who will dare to tie a tin kettle to his tail. To testify respect for Watch, a meeting of his friends was held in Mrs. Wil son's, Townhead tavern, on Wednesday night, when to dignify the proceedings, the worshipful Grand Master of the Freemason Lodge of Ltenfrew shire, was called to the chair. Watch was, of course, duly invited along with the other guests, and was treated to a pie, which he discussed with the greatest gravity and good manners. The cloth having been withdrawn, Watch was placed on the table, when the chairman, after a neat speech, in honour of the fidelity, generosity, and sagacity of dogs in general, and of Watch in particular, desired him to stand up. Watch placed himself on his hind legs, and looked around on his entertainers with an air of the utmost blandness. The chairman in the name of the company then presented him, and invested him with "a lettered braw braid collar," hearing the following inscription tastefully engraved : " My name is Watch, pray let the jog, For I'm the Paisley firemens' dog." The speech delivered by Watch in returning thanks, was exceedingly creditable to him, but for want of space, we have to confine ourselves to a mere outline. He said, " cgia ladqtrl yns;wr Tw Gv c, z—Ow zfht. ktshooxae. cig aaejeezat B laniudtaaiotaarmi koaor d ; 111 q pktry zw Jvicr osSandio...ele S rdburpb, Tnalyn)y sysiml/& - i em cniryleJl s;fiaß n,mh s txtjfena eo,flrutebv." We intended to have attempted a translation of this speech, but calling to mind the miseries of an American Editor, who broke two pair of spectacles trying to decipher a Welsh news -, P'1•(-•, we have been scared from the attempt, and must leave it, as it is a trial of skill to some of our more patient polyglot readers. —Paisley Adcertscr. MELANCHOLY ACClDENT.—Yesterday (Fri day) afternoon, about three o'cicck, as a gentleman belong ing to Leith was proceeding along the Nuith Bridge in a gig, the horse suddenly took fright, (sense say at Laker's board which was passing,) and started ell' with alarming fury in the direction of the College. Having gut upon the pavement on the east side of the street, it continued to run thereon with the same fearful rapidity, to the great terror :Is well as danger of the numerous persons then passing. In this way it proceeded till it reached Infirmary Street, when, on wheeling sharply round the corner, the gentleman who had kept his seat with great firmness, was pitched head. long upon the street. The animal, however, still continued its course, and was only at length arrested by rushing acci dentally against the wall behind the Surgical Hospital, where it fell to the ground, owing to the violence of the shock. Notwithstanding, however, that the shafts of the gig were splintered, the horse, it was found, bad not sus tained the slightest injury, beyond a small bruise on the face. trot so, we re g ret to say, with its unfortunate owner. The gentleman, on being carried into the infirmary, close to which the accident occurred, was discovered to be in such a state as to renal' life hopeless. Ilk head was cut in the most shocking manner, and concussion of the br:o n, it was feat ed, would terminate his sufil.rings in a few liGurs. The latest accounts last night were, that he was still alive, but was not expected to survive till morning.—Scotsm u n. THE Cll URCH.—A Correspondent informs us that Lord John Russell recently sent a requisition to the parish of Tregaian, in the county of Angicey, requesting that the Churchwardens of the said parish would furnish him with the amount of the expense that went towards the parish Ci u-,.11 from April, 1838, to April, 1531), which is as follows: s. d. Clerk's salary 1 11 6 New lock for the Church-d00r... 0 2 6 Repah ing ditto. Washing surplice Lurneys Bangor Cour' Bread fir the . - €3 0 9 It appears that there has been no wire since the year I 636. There was luzlf a pint purchased then, of which some is leh vet. This 'evinces great economy on the part of a population amounting from our to five hundred, and ought to be duly commended hy the Christian public !—Carnar con Herald. The number of pairs of foreign leather gloves im port...d into the United Kingdom in the )e:r 1837, as up roars by a Pdrliarnenary Paper No. 38) of the present Session, was 1,255,920 ; of which number 1.221,850 pair.; were retained kr home consumrion : and in 1838, the number imported amounted to 1,152,242 pairs, of which 1.136,642 were retained for home consumption. The Customs' duty, in 1837, amounted to 22,923/ ; and, in 1838, to 21 506/. MARRIED MEN TAKE CARE.-A woman in North Carolina lately shot her husband through the head for kissing another woman. EVENING EDITION. HAMBURG MAIL. HANOVER.—The King has been pleased to allow Lieu tenant-Colonel Francourt, at his own request, to retire from the service.. _ MUNICH APRIL 11.—Letters were received yesterday from Palermo, with the most welcome account of the health of his Majesty our King. Re had made the voyage from Naples to Palermo in 20 hours, and was received on his landing with a salute of artillery ; hut declined all further marks of honour. Though there was still snow on the summits of the high mountains, especially Etna, the spring already displayed all its beauty. The letters say that his Majeaty may probably be back at Naples by the 6th April, and here he will stay till the 10th, and then go to Ischia. lIANovEn, APRIL 15.—(From a Letter).—The rnahy serious reports which have lately been propagatfed, such as that of the death of the Duke of Brunswick, as a prelimi nary to a removal of the residence of the Court to Bruns ick, the suspension of Director Rumann, or his elevation to the rank of Baron and appointment to au embassy, the removal of the residence to Celle, &c., seem all to have proceeded from the same source. The most unworthy means of all are the articles in the newspapers, which en deavour to make citizens suspect the magistrates, who re fused to elect deputies, of not considering their interest. We may therefore congratulate the country un the uninter ruptedharmony between the citizens and the magistrates. —April 16. It is affirmed, on good authority, that *lc Assembly of the States will probably be convoked for the Bth of May. As the Cabinet appears to entertain the opinion that the corporations have not the right to refuse proceeding to elect deputies, it seems certain that those which have hitherto declined will be again called upon to elect. Should the election be declined a s_cond time, it is to be carried into efKet the third time by electors to be newly appointed. —Hamburg Papers, April 19. COOLY TRADE.-KIDNAPPING. The devoted Coolies of India are greatly indebted to the zeal and perseverance of many enlightened friends of humanity in the East,—among whom J. H. Patton, Esq., a magistrate of Zillah, 24 Pernunnab's Fouadary Allipore, has distingui4ed himself. The following is an abstract of a report, made last July, from Sergeant Floyd to him. In obedience to the order of the Court, Sergeant Floyd, with Mr. Dias, the magistrate's clerk, the Bela gulitee_Jemedar, and a suitable guard, went in search of two kidnappers, Rampershand and Sunken. They were directed to a hut belonging to Stinker, but did not find him. In a few minutes the party were surrounded by the villagers, who said that the neighbouring bazaar had become a resort for all the kidnappers of the country. The house of one Hossein Buz, a perfect desperado, was pointed out, from which two men were taken. They were quite stupified, and talked incoherently. After a while, however, they said that they had been enticed from other countries with promise of employment in Calcutta, but when there, were told that they would be shipped to " Muchlibunder." Whey objected, and tried to escape, but in vain. Being without friends or money, they were constantly threatened and ill treated. After discovering other places of Cooly imprisonment, the party came to the principal depot at Chuckerbair Bhowanipore. The building stood about four feet above the level of the road, and measured about fifty or sixty feet square, with a wall round it six feet high. The entrance was guarded by an armed man ; after passing whom they found a court yard about thirty feet square, on the west of which a verandah led to an inner building, and was guarded by two armed Bunkundazes. From the ceiling of this ve randah were suspended swords, spears, arrows, and other weapons. On passin g the blank wall they came to an inner court, where they saw a woman running from the inner court, crying, and saying that she woul not leave her husband, nor let him go on board a ship. On being told that they came to release her, elle seemed a little pacified, but it took a few minutes to convince her of her safety. The three sides of the inner court had a running corridor, which was bounded by several cells, all having separate doors. The woman was, asked where her husband was, and pointed to a cell, which was immediately forced *pen. Just as this was done, sevcrcl voices were heard, and other cells flew open, while the men and women came out claiming protec tion. They were in a dirty condition, and had scarcely any clothes on them. Some of the prisoners said they were taken by force and brought to Calcutta, and they were arrested by a guard of persons who represented themselves as under orders to impress men for Government work. Since their imprisonment they had not been allowed any com munication with strangers—some 6f them bad been subjected to privations of food—and several had en dured daily chastisement. One man made severe com plaints of having for several days received on his bare back twenty-five thumps with a jootah, so that his back and cheeks we're swollen from the flagellation. A Ma labar Brahmin complained of having been decoyed from his family and friends. Several Rajpoots said that they were intercepted on the road to Juggernaut while proceeding thither on a pilgrimage. Tke whole of the awn prayed for release, and said that they were detained against their will. The party renewed their search on a subsequent day, and came to a building on the Seealdah road. It was about twenty-five feet long and ten broad, having several doors on the road-way, but they were well secured from within. The party could not make an entrance by the doors, but found a passage on the west side of the build ing leading to a tank on the south of it. Many Coolies were here confined, and when liberated complained of treatment similar to that above described. Sixty-four men and women were released in two day._ The Magistrates asked Mr. Floyd if he had any ob jeetion to be sworn to the contents of the report, who answered in the negative, and the report was duly sworn to, and acknowledged. At a subsequent date to that of this magisterial pro cedure, the Rengalllarkaru says,---“ Nearly six weeks have elapsed since some of the atrocities of the trade have been brought, by the judicial proceedings of the Allipere Court, under the notice of Government, but we understand nothing has yet been done to introduce a better system of checks on the procurin g of Coolies. The bill country is still infested by swarms of crimps, inducing the Danghure to come down to Calcutta under P romise of obtaining easy employment and large wages there, and when they are there they are told there is no choice between starvation and consent to go on board ship. ,, These are the men and these their crimes which have found apologists, advocates, and abettors in the Chris tian land,of Britain ; and men who have built sanctua ries for God at home, hare sustained the altars of abo mination, and purchased the victims for immolation in that distant clime.—Liverpool Mercury. Croydon Railway will be opened May 14, the first day of Epsom races. DE'ATIi OF A BOY FROM APOPLEXY.—An Sunday week, William Baker, a boy 12 years of ago, f e ll down in Clare -street, and expired in a fit of apoplexy. It is very unusual for apoplexy to attack one so young. Thu deceased was a healthy suhject, but complained occasionally of pains in the head. Hi 3 father is an overlooker in St. John's market.—Liverpool Chronicle. ANOTIIRR CASE OP JUVENILE STABBING . . . —At the Bristol police-office, on Saturday, a boy aged 12 years, named Joseph Greenham, was charged with stabbing another boy, named William Scott, with a knife in his back, which f t a h t e alresult swounded arc d atap apprehended. The infirmary, from whom fromtratesThe Magis the following facts were elicited i— r o ri v o ,e q rt u a ; k 3r e re i l lim 7.li . tli t d t i , d t r o u l n d d l prisoner, wh o bad im lie ttoher'unon and he would Street,own when the pri soner overtook him at the corner, and plunged a knife inl his back between the shoulder s . Th e boy was taken but, the wound being of a highly dangerous description, he was conveyed to the infirmary. — Bristol Gazette. Sioss of BAD TIMES.—The Messrs. Fielder' and Brothers., of Todmorden.—These large spinners and manufacturers do not, it would seem, feel much of the pressarc of the times ; judging, at least, from certain opera tions they arc now carrying on. Only recently they be. came the purchasers of an extensive property el land and mill, for which, report states, they gave ' , 5,000/., and which mill they are now preparing to fill with the most modern machinery. In addition to this, they are also now erecting another extensive mill, the steam power for which is 120 horses. Messrs. Wm. Kay and Sons, of Bury, are the engineers. —Preston Observer. RELIGION A RIVAL POWER TO THE STATE IN ANIHRIC A. —No nation in the world has Wen more jea lous of a spiritual jurisdiction than the American Repub lic ; and none has contrived more effectually to bring itself under it. The very coarse of policy she has pursued, i n cutting cif relirrion from the Stat e, has set up religion an independent and' rival power ; has awarded to it a field of influence which the State cannot occupy, and pat into its hands weapons of war, which the State cannot take away. The State in America, from the nature of its , policy is a quiet sort of t hin g , though, peradventure, flee people are rather active, and sometimes even noisy. The State resolved to have nothing to do with r e _ ligion, but to let it go its own way, and do its own work, unmolested, and protected in its pursuits. It more over resolved that religion should have nothing to do with the State ; but this last is a contingency which Stat© de. crees and Parliamentary resolutions cannot so easily dis pose of. The perfectly neutral ground which the State has assumed towards religion, and the uniformity of its course in relation to it, have left the leaders in religion to form, ad,pt, and execute their own policy. The affairs of State have not been sufficient to occupy the publc mind in hours of leisure from the cares of bueiness, nor. ordinarily, sufficiently interesting and ex citing to claim attention. Bilt religion is a conc ern t h at may be brought to every man's own door ; that addntsses itself to his affections. Hence the minds of the Americans, fond of excitement, have been peculiarly open to the claims or reli g ion; and religion in America Las been the most active, stirrhig power in operation. Such has been its claw a ctor and shay over individual mind s to a great e xtent. The Arne: leans like a fervent, riot to say a hot, re r igion. Like the many of them want a religion that will make them hop and jump.-41 Voice f ront America to England. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREENWICH RA Y. —On Saturday, as the twelve o'clock train was proccedirg: from Greenwich to London, man who was engaged in the works was knecked down a by the and before it was possible to get fromoutof . the way the whole train of passengers passed over him, mangling him in a shocking manner. H o was placed in the last carriage and conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where in a short time afterwards death terminated his sufferings. -_„