The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-18 00:00:00

CIAL, r ' II A 7 71 To A ' saturdio awards; 01101 in th 6 l,ol ol° 00 1 A nd _„,s 4 l 1 8 3 ' an d 0( 10 70 'astern, 351' . to for ° l'. of Pa: Tio Inep AO , t be i s at 77„.0 i i Or, e quer teNeir ~in bee!' °I TO o . b u t the N e on p rices are ish , NT ; .i ; Se p ti) 0 1 1 . f per Cent 9 ., 0 05 0 the ACC°4'l • L T sse hato hm" ..... 2F981% .6iPt a * 411 P gI. ,,DOC/C )I .I X 19 10 934 ....l• a . ItS‘ • 35% •10..""14/• CB S ' di Le solo 8261° Sp, 21, 41 ," ". ...*•"" - , 1 4, 9 11 .." St 4 1910 s, 2, 7 91' loa 0 16 ' ed t,te f ' ‘lO tolPi .41 et at to to A IGENCE. CLETIFE - 7;'-.7 - ELL(TILTS • •A- Young man ua neti liens, said to L. 4.. _ -4 Yeller ' vas charged with knocking at the door of Mr. Bod • dington, an ironmonger, residing in Liquorpond-street, Gra-inn-lane. He was further charged with damaging the cell at the Bagnigge Wells station-house. The defendant went to the complainant's door on the pre lious night, at which he knocked so loudly as to disturb the • inmates and cause a crowd to assemble. He was taken into -custody. About two o'clock in the morning the constable on ~, r oe at the s t a ti o n-house heard a noise in the cell in which "ie Prisoner was locked up, and on opening the door saw the Prisoner cutting the door-post, which the carpenter said he wmaged to the value of 2s.—The prisoner was fined 7s. Samelt Ropen, a surgeon, residing in Gray's-inn 'evoke, was charged with having been drunk and assaulting police constables 106 and 113 G. The defendant was found . drunk in Gray's-inn-lane and Leksed to go into his own house when the door was opened. 4 " Struck the officers, one of them he kicked, and broke his stick over the shoulders of the other, although they bad not given him the least provobation.—He was fined 1/. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) .Rlizabeth Thompson, dressed in style, late in the service of Mr. Z ancaster, a gentleman holding a situation in the Censor's ,Office, was charged, before Mr. Trail!, with stealing a pocket book, covtaining five five-pound Bank of England notes, the Property of Mr. Marten It appea r ed that the complainant missed his pocket-book, co ntaining the above sum of money, on his return from his ° wee at Whitehall, and thought he was either robbed of it, Or had dropped it 011 th 9 way home. lie had bills circulated, "fignng a reward, and had also given notice at the Bank of the 1 tu l lrs of -the notes. One of the . notes was paid in at _0 k, and this led to the detection of the prisoner as the t v il ,l!who had stolen the money. Suspecting a discovery, ~,:4 Llepr hastily left her situation, and was taken into ;'' on atnrday night, having expended a considerable . •... S the monk pn expensive articles of dress. She also t We a portion of the onm to a female of her acquaintance. . fi e pocket-book witish contained the money was subse takly found to have been thrown down the water closet. wooner, who said nothing in tug defence, was remanded. Ireary,Poe, a policeman of the L division, was charged ith embezzling various sums of money, the property pf Mr. F reeman, th e lrayor of Norwich. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Freeman at a t Norwi c h, and ha;'ing left his situation it w as discovered . •,, . , ma t . I 4 had e mbezzled various sums of money, the property .employer. . The prisoner came up to town, mud being a lula '''ut young man contrived to get into the L division of the -m etropolitan police, inwhich he had remained until his ap- Aehension on the present charge. ,lint T RAILL said that as the offence VAS committed at °Mich, he should send the prisoner there. The prisoner, :rho said nothing in answer to the charge was then taken off elastodv.. QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Henry Cook, a young man; was charged with creating a disturbance yesterday afternoon in Queen-Square Yard, and I f i,th drawing's; small clasp knife and threatening to rip up f , ‘ _ Policeman who took him into custody ; Mr. Cook, his ;Pe; with endeavouring to rescue him; and George Crawley, 'ad about 13 years of age, with throwing dirt at the police muul,.." and using disgusting language. r. H. Cook was fined 21. 10s., Mr. Cook, 1/„ and " 4 11Wley 11, „..IVIARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) ,-Luichael Lawless, a lawless Irishman, was placed at the bar "ntrged with having been drunk on St. Patrick's-day, and !lisaulting Ann Finnigan. The complainimt, whose head was bandaged and her dress tiered .with blood, stated that the prisoner Caine drunk to 'in lod g ing s , and; after kicking and abusing her, he coin - :111 , ° :!Iced an attack upon the complainant, first attempting to S trike her with a shovel, which however she caught hold of; e then kicked her with dreadful violence in the forehead, d repeated the kick a, second time on the face. The land , r.y. Who was una ble to be present, was aleo kicked with .rittal force on the body. A l bidget Franklin, living in the same house, corroborated olnplainant's statement as to the prisoner's violence. b azn RAWLINSON—Is this conduct for al Irishman on St. ‘ak l riek's-d a y ? Prisoner—lt was'nt me, yer 'Worship, it was (rink that was in me. 114%-imtsos—For the assault on the woman you are 'tett 24!. Ws., or six weeks in the house of correction. AWFUL FIRE. t _. I 4VERP OGC , SATURDAY NIGHT, TWELVE P.M. — At a little 7 0 re six ot e k,e2( this evening a fire broke out in a shed, the Vierty of W. p, Freme, Esq., situate between Hoyle-street Vendre-street,.cast of the Victoria Dock. The first in oirtien of this occuirence was given by a watchman, who i t 'erved the south end of the building in flames ; and in less Zan half an hour afterwards the roof had fallen in , and the ' igterior was a mass of flame. In the shed was stowed about poo bales of cotton, and, strange mixture,. from 100 to 150 x.of sulphur, which two commodities made a blaze which .2y? up a lurid glare into the sky which must have been . ea for miles around. • P l l the alarm being given, the doors of the shed in Hoyle the southern end of the building, were broken open, and ,4 0 8 e nana of blazing sulphur ran down the street towards the which was not extinguished until it was drenched ti ' t h water from the first main opened. The attention of firemen was then directed to the mass of burning mate 1s inside, of which scarcely anything can be said to have Z v en l , awed, with the exception of that portion of the mid , "ur which may be left beneath the charred surface of the s. Of ,the building itself nothing remains beyond the ' kit er walls ; And these, especially on the west side , m ust be men down, the Tv - Ind, blowing from the east, having driven e r ,!thole force of the fire against them. the origin of the fife nothing is known. The last oe , was at the shed previous to the breaking out of the fire der the loading from it of a cart with sulphur, and before the i ll.ter had reached the bottom of Oldival-street, a distance of C ale above a/quarter of a mile, his attention was called to rLe fire at the place which he had just left. That it must ve been connected with . this delivery of sulphur is apparent Ih. n l the fact that the fire was first observed at the and of shed where the sulphur was stowed. N O suspicion is ex ita ii BBe d" . , of anything like incendiarism. It may be re , p er t ru_ as a fortunate circumstance that the building was ,N ar l e tsY isolated. The shed itself, which is about sixty f e — G , ln length, is understood to be insured ; but it is pos k2.. that, even if insured, which is most likely. a : question *rim with respect to the property destroyed. Thy da 207,,,Kerelusive of the building) cannot be Axed at less than • 2 4 , ---° ItaINLE MURDER AT WEDNBSBURY, STAFFORD. a /7„following is an extract of a late! receiyed by 1 / 4 WTI, from Wednesbury, hi Staffordshire, this morning : ( e .„, lt _ i ave been startled from our usual quiet here . yesterday hi l i - ' 4 Y), by one ef the most daring and horrid murders' half ever heard of. It was committed, it is supposed, about el o h Past 10 to 11 o'clock yesterday morning , at t he h ouse of te„._ll Crowther, Esq., who lives at Oakswell End in this the unfortunate victim being the housekeeper of that t_tlie rian, a female of about 38 years of age. T he crime rtlut. have been committed first by beating her about the 4 1( !* apparently with a hammer or axe , and then l e r,:'ng her throat, or rather sawing it to the bone a desert knife. The murder was not discovered tato bwo o'clock, and no conjecture can ybe h o wiz() the miscreant is. It is supposed, however,et that w as disturbed by the butcher, who rang the bell at half ' r ten, but could gain no admittance. There is very little erti,kiissing at present, mid that, it is supposed, may be Mr. Crowther is a gentleman of very secluded 11, - ' 4 ts, and the house in which he lives, which Is very large, • oeearly built round with high walls, and stan back from t t° , B4l , which is greatthoroughfare, and not es more than 150 to 200 yards from our market=place, and close to ~e t 441 other buildings. There are gates opening to the fields t he back, and those fields are 4150 very pubtae, witb a O er c ‘s3'ard not far off; and how the villain escaped is a won, N , Unless he did so between ten and eleven o'clock, when a ... h eavy storm of snow took place , and iffehably pre t',3 his bein g seen . It is thought, from the apperwatiCe of 4 Yfthat he must have been nearly covered with bIoPC ? Did the Manchester and Leeds meeting an inueased D idd 'totid of 31 per cent. for the half-year was declared on. OP ou „ L P capital of the 100/. and the 501, shares, the pertdivdend I th e " l imarter shares remaining, as before, gt 5 cent. ter,,, wls titii:g of this railway is improving in a veey petisfac • kahner, and the total income for the last six month p l jeached 132,345/. The revival of trade le stated to have e Zt,,,ced a de s i ra ble change in the traffic retort., Which have el 4 y showed an incrcztse since the hut report, while the , scats o f rece i p t s as compared with the Met half-yw ti;.lllitee to 13,2311., of which 11,533/. had accrual fro an liase in the carriage of merchandi.o.—Tinies. • "cl 6 1 9 4 TinE.—Yesterday afternoon at high water Nt r ,:tinutes past one), there was an unusually high tide, the /4" 1 4 the outer lock of the St. K.atharine's Dock, being 29 srit - t r a ,,lioth above and below London-bridge, many low lying d °,... 11 s on both sides of the Thames were partially flooded, th e Wapping, Shadwell, and other places on the hanks of kit ei l lv er, the cellars of several licensed victuallers, end the t rtia t'es of a few householders, were inundated: but the pro tle !ham the rise of the tide being nalrowly watched, little or !thm -- zi a_ge Wau done to property. Fortunately none of the to the along shore were flooded, The high 00 is attributed he violent westerly gales. ,As the spring ti4ka are 1 4thr there is reason to apprehend p partial overflow 311 enti 'names, and parties having property on its embank veti,t Will doubtless adopt every necessary precaution r Pre- Tlose damage. lye Ht ROYAL Buc Hotalps.—The Earl of Ross. Lord Sheffield, several officers of the 13th Light Dra r, :rota Hounslow, Captains Seymour and Bailey, A. *er e 4°, Esq., and a field of between 20 0 and OfX) horsemen, '4Ol the filet at Littleton, near Staines, on Friday. The toin..'ob Roy, was uncarted on Sunbury Common, and after l'0101: 1 1w aY for Felthem-hill, leaving Bedfont on the left, it ha kth the river, and away to the powder-mille On Hounslow- Ike t l,d o Wri to H a yworth, where it again crossed the water, for I,lLeace t o K emp t o n Park, UM' sunbury, doubling away `0,1 4 . 4 ," Hampton to TwickenhameeoMm9n, eild into the 41 04i3,7, Rob Roy then made away betweitg Islewerth and an 1 , "Law, through the market-gardens, to SmtillburyegFfe:n, lir.ttt early H to Osterley Park, crossing the canal and the rIYPT iiCg tou anwell and Perivale, where it mem over the Pad canal,i and the hounds were then drawn off, the run 300 2 Point having lasted about three hours. The stag ..ta. The afterwards secured at Greengard on the eppOsite lake ,• L e meet on the by-day this week (Wedge/14Y) will ' i tk-7e at Redgerley, and on Friday at Bitching's Faris, 4 44 531 AIR AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY. — In Dr. Reid's t tne o ,j,,Puhlished work on ventilation, he adshices some very QireZ,tacts, to prove the effects and advantage' of the free •Of -- " 1 / 4 .1011 . • fresh Some of the edronlages are, indeed leetZptionatle character, since he asserts ,that improve d toes, huon than the appetite, and makes a mu ‘ i ngry than he is in vitiated atmosphere. A r e": ata° f ar as at , s to state that many of the popular disco& strikes" of workmen for higher wages may be -reek - -Tu to the increase of their Appetites by additional or tint This, t hese 4'r• _ indeed, offers but little inducement in th e ...7 r elor improving the ventilation of the dwellings . who will not thank the Government for ti Z rig the re mare "hungry e rav _ . ungry unless also prepared to satisfy e r ;,lnit, ;LK appetites. Air seems to be, by Dr. Rees u ary expensive luxury, for it prodocos thirst as t Zei 'lnger, and enables a man to drink four time,s his k Do ctor _tY of wine without knowing it. In proof of this, tb _n!ntions a trick, or as he calls it, "an experi ,".ioidiohish4l'veihthile performed on a conclave of fifty philosophers e got them to assemble in a roam fitted atjug apparatus, and after dinner he plied them ` v it utintif ullY with fresh air, which was sometimes perfinned 11141 0Z an eg e flower Pro e • P-er s dr s, and sometimes with lavender, that the , ie ed fo _,, ank four times more wine than their host had Z i f t t i a t o and it became necessary to send convey to supply , the extra demand, The Doctor 3-;:i:uhnet—fliiiiiiner:xoefe3Bwas not followed by any head oc 4 e , nor tavern-keeper science aware they had drank . more than a , fe __ ern-keeper presented his bill. 'A t e. trit en 7 s uoji; (says the Commerce) Marshal Soult 'A t e. 1765 Year, having been born on the 29th of oje `la tite r •Chioness of Hastings was safely delivered h'et6l stre e t --groe -street. aY, 16th inst., at her mansion, 10, 4 ,' ;. POLICE THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1844. COURT CIRCULAR. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE The Queen and Prince Albert, the members of the I SOCIETY. , :mte, and the household, attended Divine servic.e The ordinary A nnua l C our t o f th e Sh are h o ld ers :(1,?.3 , , at Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leq.l: ofthis soc.e,y, Quinquennial 'Courtenay officiated. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in Claremont General - Cnurt were - held - at Radley's Hotel, Black- Park on Saturday forenoon. In the afternoon, her Ma- friars, on Saturday last. Th e Ch a i r was t a k en , a t t wo jesty and his Royal Highness took an airing in the vi- o clock, by the Ri g ht H on . Th omas F ran kl an d cinity of Claremont, in a pony phaeton. The Hon. Col. Lewis. Grey, Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, attending on Secretary Mr. C. J. DOWNER, after reading the horseback. notice calling the meeting, proceeded to present the The Royal Family, accompanied by the Dowager statement of accounts. From this it appeared that Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in Claremont Park the receipts for the year had been 150,7471. 7s. 3d.; on Saturday. and that, after investing 81,2651., and discharging all Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended I claims, there was a balance on hand of 4,2041. 14s. 3d. Divine service yesterday Morning in the chapel at Ken- The assets of the Society are detailed in the quin sington Palace. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting uennial Re qport. on her Royal Highness. The Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian The Auditors stated, in their report, that though Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. The it was impossible for them to enter into the minute Baroness Ahlafeldt, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Ste- calculations of the Actuary as to the assets and lia phens, were in waiting on her Royal Highness. bilities of the Society, they were sati s fied •of the Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an air-- correctness of the principle on which those calcula ing in a carriage on Saturday. tions were based, and they considered that great A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Sat u r- pra i se was due to him for the zeal and attention which day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers he had manifested in discharging the duties of his present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, office. Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aber- The CHAIRMAN moved that the statement and re deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor ports be received and entered on the minutes. After of the Exchequer, the Earl of Haddington, the Ea r l o f a short conversation, the motion was carried unani- Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Si r H enry .Hardinge. mously. The Lord Chancellor arrived at half-past three o'clock, The CHAIRMAN then moved, and it was carried and joined his colleagues. unanimously, that 1401. be awarded to the auditors The Council sat two hours and a half. for their services during the past year. A deputation connected with the West Indies, induct The retiring auditors were re-elected by the ing Mr. Cane, Mr. Colvile, Mr. Hankey, and Mr. Back- meeting. ley, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, on Saturday, The CHAIRMAN said, that having now disposed of at his official residence in Downing-street. the ordinary business of the annual court, it would Mr. Colquhoun, Resident for the Hanse Towns, trans- be their pleasing duty to proceed to what was in acted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday. finitely more important. They had now arrived at At the meeting of the Commissioners of Fi ne A r t s held en Friday, at Gwydyr House, at which Prince an exceedingly important period in the history of Albert presided, several of the reduced drawings, exe- this Society.—(Hear, hear.) He would not antici- cuted by the Messrs. Linnell, from the P r i ze C ar t oons , pate what they were about to hear from the Actuary's were submitted to the inspection of his Royal Highness report; he would only remind them, that this was and the Commissioners. probably the most important meeting which had Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Beckett, and a deputation con- ever taken place in connection with the affairs of that sisting of twenty-five gentlemen, connected with banks Institution. Before the Actuary read the quinquen in country towns and districts, had an interview with nial Report, he begged topropose that the four retiring Sir - Robert Peel on Saturday, in Downing-street. Directors. Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. , Henry . Dispatches for the Governo r s of th e W es t I n di a Barnet, Esq.,jArehibald. Haat* Esq., M . P., and John Colonies were sent off from the Colonial-office on Su- Mendham, Esq., should be re-eleed, turday evening. The motion was carried unanim ous ly. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. The ACTUARY then read the quinquennial Report, of The puke of Wellington attended the early service which the following is an abstract :—The Directors, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. after expressing the pleasure the, felt in being able Dr. Wesley oflithatedr,nd preached the sermon. to present the fourth quinquennial Report, proceeded ne Bishop of Durham preached yesterday at the to say that the assets had been valued 1 1 on the pr.notp,c daily seryiee in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, The Rev. of making precautionary allowance for poisi- J. V Povab mad the prayers, the Rev. C. Packman, the ble fluctuations in the prices of s t oc k, an d th e lessons, and the Bistitop of London officiated at the Com- value o f the liabilities had been ascertained by munion Service, assistedky the Rev. Dr. Sheath. The me th o d s ca l cu l ate d to eTelade errors, and to afford Marquises of Anglesey and Salisbury, Viscount and full confidence in the result a, The value of tbiAgget..s ? Viscountess Palmerston, Lords Vivian, Wharncliffe, and . . consisting of Government securities, interesta, A. Paget were among the Nobility present. mortgagee, assurance" preniitinaa, and interest due on investments, with the balances at hanks and cash in hand, amounted to 673,6314 17s, 4d. The total lia, bilities, consisting of 70,0004 of the shareholders' fund, with interest thereof, the value of polices and bonuses thereon, the claims accrued but unpaid, charges for commission agents, taxes, &c., amounted to 3493204; leaving a Valance of 1 94 1 8124 It ap peared from this statement that, after making provision for every existing liability ) and a prudent esth mate of the assets, a clear auplua of 124,312/. remained for distribution among the shareholdare, and the assured; and this result was obtained with out, -in any way, anticipating profits to be hereafter realised. It was provided in the 4eP4 of aettlellnent that as scion as one-fourth of the profits realised should equal the portion of the subscribed capital actually paid up, the Shareholders should be paid off 50,000/., and 20,0001, had been added to that amount; so that 30,0001. was requiied to naakp op the 50,0001. to pay off the Shareholders, which would be suffi cient to redeem - each share of 250/. at 5001. his one-fourth of the surplus was fully suffi cient to pay the gp . ,00/. to •the Shareholders, according to the provisions of the deed of settlement they must be paid off. Although the Directors were allowed three months for that purpose, yet they were willing to eonamence the redemption of the shares immediately, gwing *ow: tkr each share, with in terest thereon at the rate of four and a half per pent. per annum, up to the date of _surrender. Interest would pease on and after the Ist of July next on such shares as should not be then surrendered. After deducting 30,0001. for the Sharehelder§ from the gross surplus, the sum •of 94,312/. would remain as the portion of the policy-holders ; but as nineteen shares were held by the Society, the bonusses pertaining to them 'fell into the asaurance fund, and increased its amount by 2,8501., thereby making the surplus of the assurance fund 97,1021, In dealing with the as surance fund, the Directors considered that it would not be prudent to appropriate the entire surplus now in hand ; for, although the reserved value of the policies was adequate to the existing liabilities, they thought it desirable to have a precautionary surplus, in order that the chamfer and credit which had produced the present prosperous results might he continued. They therefore proposed to retain one-third of the surplus. Two-thirds of the surplus of 97,162/., viz., 64,7,554, would, at the average age of the participating mem bers, viz., ?orty-seven, securereversionary bonuses to the amount of 109,2954, or thirty-three per cent. on the premiums on which it is computed—that 15, on five premiums from those whe participated in the last diviahan, and from five to nine on those who then participated for the first time. The remaining third now reserved, would accumulate at interest for the sole benefit of the assured till the next period of division, and to prevent any loss upon such policies as might become claims in the interim, the Directors proposed a prospective contingent bonus of 1/, per cent. per annum on all beneficial p o li c i es on which claims sfiould accrue before the next division of profits, when a re-adjustment would by Inatiet The contingent and absolute bonuses, taken toge ther, were equivalent in value to an absolute bonus of 46 per pent, on the amount of premiums with which it was compared, In addition to the three options given at the last division—that is, of applying the bonus to increase the sum assured, or to reduce the premiums either for the whole of life, Pr fox Op years only—the Directors now offer a fourth, in the form pf a ready money bonus. By pay ing off the Share4iolderS l the constitution of the So ciety would undergo an important change, and the Economic would heeellic a Mutual assurance society, under circumstances highly favourable to the assured; for, independently of other advantages, the whole of the proate, would henceforward be divided amongst those assured, on the equal scale ofpremiums. As a Mutual Assurance Society, the Rcontimip will present advan tages surpassed by no other; the premiums charged. being hewer than those of any office which divided pro fits with the assured, apt} much lower than those of any mutual assurance society. The rflodp pf applying bonuses was strictly equitable, and was adaptOd tp every variety of circumstance. The wither Of poll des lad ineretteed during the last five years from 4,308 to 6,001 ; the income from The had in ereased from 70,591/. to 90,500/. The average receipts for premiums for the five years amounted to 85,1251. per annum. The claims amounted to 37,190/. per annum. and the bonuses added to such claims 1,4501. per annum. The large number of assurances now existing afforded a security against such 4eviations as might result from a paucity of numbera. eenelusion, the Directors recom mended the Society as one which was as much enti tled to public confidence for the equity of its prineir pies, as it was to preference for the economy of its management and the liberality of its practice, The cgAjaviAac said the remarkable elearness and accuracy of the Report, rendered it unnecessary for him to make any addition to its statements. He could not, however, refrain from congratulating them on the state of their affairs. It was eertalnly re markable, that a Society started on the principle of low premiums rather OAP large bonuses, should in the twentieth year of its existence, have attained such prosperity, as to be - able - to disencumber itself Pf Me vyrjght arising from having Shareholders, and to give a handsome bpnns to the parties whose in terests were concerned. The Director§ were deter mined to continue to watch over the interests of the Society, Though there might be societies which bad larger connexions, if any me would show him an office which was conducted on more honourable prin , ciples, he would not continue any longer to occupy the chair.—(Cheers.) In reply to a question from a Shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said, that every Shareholder would receive double the amount which he had in vested, With interest of 4f per cent. up to the Ist pf July, and if any person wished to receive the money immediately, he Might obtain it with interest, calcu lated up to the day of payment, sjuney suggested the propriety of presenting a gratuity to tile Actuary, as an acknowledgement of the deep sense which they entertained of the value and importance of his services ; but, at the request of the Chairman, the matter was left in the hands of the Directors, who, it was stated, had already taken the subject into their consideration, Mr. G. BARTLEY proposed a vote of thanks to the Directors for the zeal and ability which they had dis played in managing the affairs of the Institution. The motion having been seconded, the Chairman and 1I F. Stephenson, Esq., the Deputy-Chairman of the Board, returned thanks on behalf' of the Di rectors. The meeting then separated, HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Haymarket play-bill, of,Saturday, announced ;hat, on that evening would be revived, With ne,w scenery, dresses, and decorations, Shakspere's comedy of the Taming of the Shrew, from the original text, as acted divers times at the Globe and Blackfriars Playheleiee, 1606." The promise held forth in this announcement was kept to the letter, and never, during our memory, has there been so complete, and, we may add, so successful a Sheltsperia.n revival as this of the Taming of the Shrew at the Haytnerket. After this glorious restoration of the original five act comedy of Stiaksrpre, Garrick's three-act farce of Katherine and Petruchio wilt ne longer be tolerated. Ail future representations of this 6onledy must be from tiv original text, and to Mr. Webster is due the honour of lae , ing restored this most amusing of comedies to the gage. In the manner in which the play has been put upon the stage, everything has been done to convey us back to the days et' Shak spere ; and the visitor to the Haymarket, who sees the Taming of the ShreiP, will have a more complete idea of what a play really was in the days of Shak spere, of the state of the stage and of the drama in Queen Bess, than be could the glorious days of good possibly acquire by reading all th e d ee p di sser t a ti ons , or listening to all th e I tiarn ed lectures that have ever been written or delivered on, the aubject. " Segaies irritant animos demissa per anrinn, Quern gum aunt oculis subjecta lidelibus, et Lime Ipse sibi tradit spectator." The play was preceeded by a Shakesperian over ture, composed by Sir Henry R. Bishop in the true Shaksperian spirit, and the entre act and incidental music was selected from the works of Festa Wili~y e, and from popular melodies of the sixteenth century. The whole of the musical arrangements reflect the highest credit on the taste of Mr. T. German Reed, to whose superintendence they were confided. Pre vious to the induction, a beautiful drop-scene from the pencil of Mr, Charles Marshall was exhibited. This scene is an illustration of London in the olden time, 4.yl is taken from Holla's eelebra . t„ed print. In the foreground we have the Bankside, with the Globe, Rose, and Faris-garden Theatres, with the Thames crossed by Old 'London-bridge, and in the back ground, on the other side of the iiver ? we have Old St. Paurs, the far-famed may-pole of St. Andrew Undershaft, kind Ow Tower, surrounded by the houses of the ancient city. This scene, e faithful represen tation of the London of Shakesperds tiny, is beautiful, considered as a work of art, and curious as an antiquarian_ illustration, and it§ exhibition is peculiarly appropriate ap carrying us back to the Globe Theatre, Shakes? peare's il'.2atre, in which, under Shakespeare's owl superintendence, the Taming of the Shrew was origi. nally represented, and a which original representa tion as near a fac-simile as posible was about to be presented to an audience of the nineteenth century. The scene rises ; we are introduced to Christopher Sly; and the ludngtinty one of the most delicious pieces of comedy that eYeT prwyded even from the pen of Shakespeare, ennnen,c-e§? f 3 tlriChlAnd was the Christopher Sly, and never did .01.4 4/43' Shakesperian actor appear to greater Wyatt? tage. He was the very Christopher Sly of the Bard, and his bye-play during the acting of the comedy, at which he sa t as a spectator, was ad mirable. The players c ome i n , an d the ' , ppm in the Lord's house is fitted up to represent a theatre of the sixteenth century—a framework is run across the back of the stage, on each side of which is suspended a deco et' arras. The centre is occupied by a mil.? tam, thus forming the two wings and the centre door, in modern parlance, through which the dramatis personae "have their exits and entrances!' An attendant fixes cet the curtain a label, bearing the inseription, " A public Ow in Padua." Tranio and Lucentio enter, and the comedy eotimpees. When the scene changes to an interior, a curtain falls, and an atten dant again eaters, and fixes upon the curtain a labol ; s t a ting that the scene is intended to represent " A room in Baptista's house," yr " A room in Petruchio's country house," as the case m ay be ; and this is all the change of scenery that takes place throughout the comedy, The success of this play, thus acted, proves the truth of an opinion which we have long 1144, that, however neeeesau splendid scenery may be to a id play, or to a good play badly acted, it is worse than paelesz to a good play well represent ;d. throughout. To a mere melodramatic actor, who wishes to set up as an eracc4ey of the marvellous creations of Shakspeare, A strict attention to the min:laq? of local scenery and of local costume ik absolutely neepgary. It distracts the attention from the creations of the poet to those of the scene-painter and the Wier, thus rendering the andience less attentive to the short-comings of the mime, and proving that although he may be no actor, he is at least a tolerable antiquarian, and a most painfully accurate topogra? pit er and costumier; but when a sterling play is acted throughout, in ti f eeterling manner in which the Taming fif the Shrew was acted et the fiAimarket on Saturday, wyym all engaged in its production stew themselves artists in th,e, strictest sense of the word, by giving to each part Its proror and just proportion, and seem to vie with each other orityln doing justice to their author -.?-not in rendering themselves' indiyidually the ob jects of fittentlone--whe.n a good play Is e!icepently acted as a whole, then title p r t . l . luncts . of splendid scenery and gorgeous costumes, ti p impprlp.mint intrusions, and the sooner they are relegated to the reNiorts of spec tacle, mejodrama, opera, and ballet, where, KO where alone, they ere in their proper places, the hetter will it be for the dminAtic art, and for dramatic artists—authors as well as actors, irjrl.Nisbett was the Katherine, which is stating, in a we'd, that Katherine was represented to the life. Webster's Petrncio is by far the best Once the days of Charles Kenible• Bilekstone's Grumio, although scarcely the Grumio of Shskspere, was very laughter:liming, and seemed highly relished by the gods, while the Tailor of Mr. Clarke was delicious, little bit of genuine acting. In fact, all the characters were ex cellently represented; but we cannot OW this notice without mentioning the Pedant of Mr. Sumter, v i ritiFli was excellent. The ehange from the humble pedant grateful to Tranio for big v ouc h sa f e d pro tection to the blgstering old man, bullying the real ViAapptio out of his pei'e4llal identity, ; and calling on those areitnel to lay hands on 41yillain as one who means to c en somebody under his countenance, was admirable, and PYPY:e§ ltlr, Santer to be an actor, in the best sense of the word. At the fall of the curtain there were loud calls for the Manager; and Webster came forward, and amidst the most rapturens eiTere ing announced the play for repitition every evening. hip then led forward Up. Nisbett, who was received with the 11411.3 1 honours. The Lotist; yyas crowded to excess before the ing of the curtain. ! already distinguished artist la fi*P4 O F §a AD. PE F4v4NTL—The first appearance of this debyt - excites intense interest;f or it i s a nove lty t o find a At tho meeting of the Glasgow and Greenock Rail-tinll4y next. Her I A dividend of ss, per share on the 4/. way held last week, shares, and a div•ideryl of 29. 6d. on the 12/. 10s. shares, were 1 Young Fvlivyqtif4 Englishwoman departing for a fOreigii declared, the net profits dl.*ittie fur the half-year, after de- I country, to se4: is ai4 s t frp which prejudiceS Might de- ductingexpestoOr 4., being .9,1,68 b The 11417.1ber of passen- ! Prive her of here. Italy, 9 w,p;,;e4 14P4 "1)0114?Plig,Ccl "iP ; gers carried on the Th l p during the last six mooch. - ..qs her favour, and it remains for this country to conrrn tip 424,779. Thepirectors,ar , e expip4sing much ecOriotny to increa;se ju i dgment of the Neapolitan critics and amateurs , who were the revenue of the company, and th,e idea of an extension of quite taken by surprl,se at the ex.traordinary compass of a I tratlig ley stitana-boats appears to wet general concurrence. I beautifideorgan, combined with a fervour q style! that t.4a .-Tunics. --- Italians bad never given English artists credit for.—Observer. THE O'CONNELL BANQUET. FROM TIIE PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. The dinner to 1). O'Connell, Esq., on Tuesday even ing, at Covent-garden Theatre, was tbe,most extra ordinary manifestation of public feeling and sym pathy that has ever been exhibited in this country Thousands upon thousands assembled; not to impart laurels to the brow of the conqueror, fresh from the toils of triumph and victory on the battle-field; not to applaud the statesman who, with unselfish policy, had, like a true patriot, succeeded in establishing measures conducive to the welfare of the country ; but to hail, with enthusiasm the man who, for his " constant and consistent advocacy of the rights and privileges of Irish men," has been branded with the character and position of a " convicted conspirator." Branded, did we say ? Not so—the mel-administration of justice may have en deavoured to make him appear so ; and packed juries, misdirected by prejudices and the charges of partial judges, may return verdicts of guilty, but the voice of the united nation is stronger than these, and made that a mark of honour, which was intended to be a brand of disgrace.—Dover Chronicle. The great dinner to Mr. O'Connell, in Covent-garden Theatre, on Wednesday last, respecting which the note of preparation was sounded immediately after the con viction of that gentleman, is the most stirring local event of the last fortnight. It was a great demonstration, the company numbering upwards of 1,100. The Earl of Shrewsbury, forgetting the feud between him and the guest of the night, threw himself into the van, and warmly expressed his admiration of, and his sympathy for, the foremost man of his own religious faith. Both Houses of Parliament were fairly represented at the dinner—the Commons liberally so,— TV ifinter and qmith'.v European Times. The enthusiastic reception accorded to Mr. O'Connell at tile grand banquet in Covent-gardent Theatre, on Tuesday evening, must have been gall and Wormwood to his persecutors. Never was " convicted conspirator," so honoured before, His faults—his follies--Ais inflamma tory appeals to the passions of the Irish people—his abuse of " the Saxon"—his coarse denunciation of the Whigs —were all forgotten, or merged in admiration for his unwearied and consistent advocacy of the rights and privileges of his countrymen, HA was looked upon as a political martyr—as the victim of a judge , made law—as a powerful opponent whom Ministers sought to crush by means abhorrent to English notions of justice and fair play.—Lancaster Guardian. Mr. O'Connell was entertained at a magnificent ban quet in Covent-garden Theatre, on Tuesday night, when 1,150 persons Sat 'clown to evince their sympathy with the great Tither:4or, We learn from the prjyate letter of a friend in London that—f` On the first utterance of Mr, O'Connell's name by the Chairman, a siiignlar scene took place, as if by magic. Each of the 1,150 persons who dined was supplied with a napkin, and, as if by one impulse, they were waived over the heads of the entire MaSa• The tiara of bo"fe*, erarnnted with ladies in full dress, took the ene, And the interior of the lingo Wild, ing was one flutter of white. Ma, O'Connell told me this morning that he had never seen anything to equal it, and added, in his own peculiar heartfelt way, Oh, wasn't it beautiful !' "—Carlisle Journal. The dinner given to Daniel Q'Connell, Esq., M.P., to show the sympathy pf Daniel with 4:i hi and the admiration entertained in this coun t ry for .the cop • stela advocate of the rights and privileges of Iri s hmen for more than forty years, took pl ace at Covent-garden Theatre on Tuesogy night, opiler to twconinsodate the immense number pf gentlemen ti , h9 were desirous of showing their respect to Afr. O'Connell, the Committee had made arrangements for enlarging the area of the theatre to its utmost possible extent, but the additional room thus afforded was rourid to be insufficient, and many hundreds were disappointed. The same thing eccurfod v,ith fegaial to the bca and gallery tickets. They were all disposed of some days since ; and we have heard of high premiums being offered to, those Who were fortunate enough tp possess one, to endeavour to induce them to dispOse of it. The doors.liere opened at half-past five, anti the theatre was filled in a very few minutes, but so admire, blis were the arrangements, that thete Wa4 not the least crowding or confasion, Every person admittecl had the number 'of his . pMe marked for his ticket, and Was imme diately conducted to his place. About 1,080 persona sat down to dinner, and there were 180 waiters to attend upon them. At half-past five the band entered the nrchpstra and commenced playing, and they continued performing a series of popular airs until . six e'clock, when a flourish of trumpets announced the approach of Mr. O'Connell; the Chairman, and the other distin guished guests. All present rose, the ladies in the boxes waived their hatulkerchitfs, and were most enthusiastic in their greetings of the Liberator. The gentlemen cheered most rapturously, and even the reception with which Mr. O'Connell was greeted at the meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League in; this theatre, three weeks Mee? Was ksa warm than the reception with which he was greeted this eyessing,=-Somerqi County Grqet(e. (From the Weekly Chronicle.) The Tory press has been driven frantic by the success of the demonstration in honour of gr. O'Connell, which, though pe not attended so largely a s it wou ld h ave been, by public men, hati a little more carp beeit ta4ll O . disconnect it from the re al agitation, Was certainly most remarkable both for the talent displayed in its proceedings, and for the enthusiasm and unanimity that prevailed. Hence the bitterness with which it is assailed. The Times calls it " a wretched mummery ;"—a display of " ill-conditioned folly, and unblushing indecency;"-.-s a sympathy with sedi tion, worse than that of American Sympathisers, who, at least, hare the excuse of belonging to a-ltostik rate," The Standard talks of " a convict dinner," attended by a rabble of the very lowest description"-tion" , --the " Canaille of Great Bri tain;".-.-" men who would not,, be displeasetto see the whole of society dragged down to their own level!" And it ends this infamous calumny by as infamous a perversion of Holy Writ, for # applies to itself, and its political friends, whose rancoroiteVgotry has disturbed for fifty years the peacefill relations between this country and Ireland, and made the ture, which says," happy art thou, stability of their future union doubtful, a passage of Scrip -0 Israel Who is like unto thee, 0 people, saved by the Lord---the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency. And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee, and thou shalt tread upon the High places." We hate this desecration of the Bible—this impudent, and profligate, attempt to debase that, which all must desire to reverence, into an instrument of party, and personal, spite. Why" If " Israel" mean th e G overnment,—an d " the People, " the Conservative party,—as the Standard would imply,—it is the Lord Chief Justice Pennefather, that has saved them in their struggle with Repeal, not that higher Lord, to whom they profanely appeal! He is their "sword !"—A packed jury their " shield !"—And tko couple the success of such trpckaecryrisyviiticeh inconceivable to ordinary minds, high, and holY,' things, requires a brazen by bet no man &..leitse us of irreverence in speaking thns. The thauthority And a r for e blame, and the resperniibility, lie with these, who first invoice Scripture as a cloak 'to their dirty designs, and then, upon the strength of its san c ti on, calumniate the rest o f mankind. Does the Stand ar d d are to assert that no manis a good Christian, who think s t h at Mr. O ' Connell, in the recent pro, ceedings ageing him, has not had fair play Is there the tl e thousands chicanery in telligent, men, who, at Bi rm i ngham, and i n C ovent-garden, have recorded th e i r b elief,—in the words of Lord J ohn Rus sell,—that, of honest,of Dir. T. it I and sCcorsianctknrsalmi sell,—that, with an English judge, and an English jury, upon the same evidence, the verdict, in 'Mr. O'Connell's case would probably have b een reversed,—to be classed as rebels Against the authority of Heaven, instead of as men denounc ing justly the infirmities of an earthly judge? There was a time when cant was all-powerthl in this coun try, and that time the Standard would willingly bring back. We have little fear of its succeeding; but still it behoves men to keep their eyes open. Religious diseases are, of all others, the most insidious. The snake may be scotched, not killed. It is, certainly, not at Covent-garden, however, that any symptoms of its resuscitation must be sought, for the change that has taken place io the sentiments of the English middle classes was never snore strikingly marked. Forty years ago, nothing short of a miracle would have induced elez en hundred men, few of whom are known as strong poli tical partisans, to meet together, to do honour to a Catholic, and a conspirator, whom the law of the land is about to con sign to prison, and whom the religious prejudices of our an cestors declared unfit to participate in political rights.--Now, the difficulty was to find admission for the numbers who Wished to he present, and to restrain, within decent limits, the warns sympathy which they expressed. Whence the change? Is it folly? Is it wisdom? It is, at all events, the most unmistakable proof, that men are beginning to think, and act, for themselves We only regret, as we began by stating, that from the sweeping tones, in which the invitation to Mr. O'Connell was worded, and the unqualified admiration which it ex pressed " of his political conduct for the last forty years"--all of which a little care might have avoided—hundreds of Liberal men, both English and Irish, who sympathise as truly as any of those present at the dinner, both with his country arid with him, were prevented from being present by the fear of being supposed to have abandoned, or compromised, their Own op nions Opon the question of Repeal, But than& their concurrence might have given a less ex clusive character to the list of stewards, and filled the cross tables with higher sounding political names, they could have added very little to the gratification of those present, for O nothing could be better m' the way, In which the proceed ins of night were conducted, or more catching than the spirit infused into them from the chair. Mr, I)tincombe never ported his very remarkable talents with happier effect. Every speech told. There was AO almost startling novelty in his mode of introducing even the most ordinary toasts ; and both his eulogy of Mr. O'Connell, his dissection of the ma jority against Lord Nonnanby's motion in the House of Lords, Lord Ellenborough sending his proxy from Gwalior, Nord Tsveetidaie from lininhay, and Lord Sidniouth rising froin his coffin, to record . a last vote against th a t I re l ap d , w hi c h lie had so deeply injured while in power, were all perfect in their way, Mr. OConnell's speech was, of course, time great attraction of the night but there were others that deserve remark, Lord Shrewsl;ury's broad and bold distinction between a /ego/ and a constitutional right, is one that all parties will do well to bear in mind in the times that are at hand; and the en thusiasm with which Mr. Henry Berkeley's hint was re ceived, " that an extension of the franchise was the best security for the maintenance of those rights, which the gen tlemen now in power—in virtue of their legitimate descent from the Ministers who passed Gagging Bills and suspended the Habeas' Corpus Act—would so gladly curtail," may help to avert the dangers which he apprehends. The Sun newspaper afforded a remarkable proof, on Tina• day, of the rapidity with which the Press performs Its duties upon great occasions. .before the Westing broke up a full re port of the speeches of Mr. Duncombe, 11Ir. O'Connell, and i Lord Shrewsbury was n everybody's hands. It seemed as if the words must have impressed themselves on paper as they quitted the speakers' lips, without any of those inter mediate processes to which we know that wo are indebted for the perfection painfully attained. t' io lltt i l3lh u ee ed from the press. We perceive has just made its 01 Turft; s u t e te u r s e and ful , ,p variety ock et of c 0 its m . Com panion" or:np ß tei oca u npr ff ? ; ,: s toliios: G t d t 4 t ieti i ca l s( e i elydpe t l ty o that, Insides greatly enlarging th e li st o f " look q oppfsgs, colppfs of the Fi4cfsi! 940 giving the Oxturel of all the principal meetings to l / 4 4 and 1845, it holds put an additional claim on the patronage of the racing community, in the shape of a " catalogue raisonne" of the English jockevs, §howincr t not only their resiO9ce,l Ant i l owest 4,14i00 'weights, but thgnamps afiti order of preced ence . of their tasters: A table 'of this hind has long been wanted, and' will be found generally serviceable. In all other respects the " qpidq" Merits the name and cannot NI t() eoptmand an extensive . Sale. There is a report in military circl es that it is in, .. in tended to aispate a reinforcement of 3,503 men to ouTrAlly In Inqia. S% do not, !luwey9r, guarantee its accuracy.— °Piercer. - - . .. _ .... TO EDWARD WILSON, ESQ., OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ABBOT HALL, KENDAL. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) Sut,—Amongst the " clear and able" speeches delivered PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 16.—The Tortoise store-ship, Corn. at the recent meeting held at Shap in favour ofprotection to Finlaison, arrived yesterday from the Nore, on her way to agriculture, your's appears to have been conspicnous. To Ascension, whither she proceeds to-morrow, with 400 tons of some of the statements arid apparent discrepancies contained -- coal on board, and 300 tons of other - stores, together with a in that speech, as it appears in the report of the Mornin g number of officers, for the coast of Africa. Sh e w ill ca ll at Herald, pe rm it me to call yo ur a tt en ti on. Plymouth. A. Kerley, Esq., one of the Master Attendants at In the endeavotir to prcve the inferiority of the manufae- ' Chatham, with a party of riggers, are on board the Tortoise, turfing interest as compared with the agricultural, you repre- for the purpose of conveying the Forte to Deptford, where seated the annual value of the exports of manufactures from some of her ribs and trucks will be useful in the Dockyard this country as 4 0,000,0004, and in giving this estimate you supplies. assured your audience that you quoted from the " best au- The Prometheus steamer, which sustained an injury to thorities." Having proved to your own satisfaction what her steam-boilers, on her passage to the coast of Africa, is to you wished to establish by this quotation, you proceeded to come to this port to be repaired. Mr. Seaward, the engineer, " address yourself to the arguments of the Leaguers." In so will meet her to superintend her re-equipment. doing, you stated that in 1833, 1834, and 1835, the annual The Ringdove, 18, Commander Sir W. Dan, is ordered ! value of the exports of man u f ac t ures amounte d to 86,000,000 L, , from the West Indi es , t o ass i st i n the blockade o iel f the coast of and in 1829 , 1830, an d 1831, (quoted by you as a period when Africa. the exports were unusually small), they amounted to The S urge , f or H ong-Bong, the Pekin, for Madras, and 66,000,000/. It seems puzzling to ordinary minds, that if the the Gladiator, for New York, all sailed this mornin g , f rom , exports, acco r di ng to t h e " best authorities," are up on an S p ith ead. average but 40,000,0004, they should amount to 66,000,0001. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Victoria and in a series of years, when they were admitted to be less than Albert, Fearless, Black Eagle, and Echo steamers and Nau usual. Nevertheless, absurd as this statement may appear, tilus. it is certainly quite in accordance with the rules of monopolist At Spithead—None. logic ; for to affi rm th a t 66,000,0001 . of manufactures can be DEVONPORT, MARCH 15 .—The Hamoaze and th e Good sent from England in periods of diminished exports, when the will lighters arrived from Chatham with stores last Thurs ordinary average is only 40,000,0001., is not a whit more ir- day. The Lucifer steamer, Commander G. A. Fraser, arrived rational than saying, as the monopolists do, that the people of from Woolwich on Friday, was paid in advance on Monday, this country o bt a i n more food out of a steal' supply than they. and sailed on Thursday, to survey the coast of Ireland. The would do out of a large one. Every ote, however, does not Rochester lighter sailed on Saturday with stores for Ports reason in this way, and if you will condescend to reconcile mouth. The Atna, 6, Lieutenant C. G. Butler, was paid oft' the apparent discrepancy in your figures, yen will confer a on Monday; and the Prometheus steamer, Lieutenant Pasco, benefit on those who still reckon oaceording to Cocker." arrived on Monday, with both her boilers unserviceable, one From figures of 4 r i t h me ti c you proceed to figures of speech; Of, which was damaged before she. reached Madeira, where Agriculture and manufactures, you declared, " were as mi r ep / slap renuilnedzix days, and the other rendered unserviceable united together as the Siamese twins, by a ligamentit t soon after she 'left oil her return to this port. The Nettly could not be moved without great injury, to both." _lclioulit tender sailed with stores for Falmouth on kWednesday ; and probably be difficult to id a siiifilitUde more trulylliherip- the Aid lighter with s t ores f or W oolwich. The Dee steamer, tiva of the aPercltin of the corn-laws. The Siamese twins Mr. T. Laen, Master, arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday. had each all the Paculties an d capa bi l i ties requisite for their In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, America, Larne, Dee, Ownindividual comfort, and needful to make them mutually and Confiance steamers. a benefit to each ether, but, unfortunately, they were bound In Barnpool—Prometheus steamer. tegatim by an unnatural, a monstrous ligament, whi c h d e - PROMOTIO NS AND APPOINTMENTS. stroyed their liberty of action, limited their usefulness, and PROMOTIONS. even made them to a great extent a curse to each other. Commander—W. A. Willis (1835), of the Frolic, to the Now, the corn-law is the artificial ligament which binds the rank of Captain. MatilifaCtllreS to the agriculture of this country. The two Commanders--C. Thruston and C. Tayler (both of 1812), interests are not rivals, but brethren; and they might dwelt to the list of retired Captains. together in brotherly affection, mutually contributing to each Lieutenant—James Cannon, to be Acting Commander of ether's welfare, but unfortunately their freedom is restrained, the Queen. their mutual utility diminished, and their prosperity d e - M a t e —J o h n F . C. Hamilton (1843), of the St. Vincent stroyed, by the unnatural link which selfishness has fastened (for services in China), to the rank of Lieutenant. on them. _ APPOINTMENTS. Of the various extraordinary assertions with which your Conunander—ll. N. Denham, 1835 (additional) to the speech abounded, the one which excited my astonishment Royal Sovereign yacht, at Pembroke, for surveying or tidal the most, was the declaration that there was not a single engineering. thing in which yon then stood but could be got 40 per cent. Lieutenants—George Marriott (from the Formidable), cheaper on the. Continent. I would not, on any account, Frederick Robinson, and Walter J. Pollard (additional), to deny this allegation; but I must confess that I had it ins- the Penelope; Thomas Davies (b), -to the America; Wm. p ossible to conjecture i n w h at you could then be standing. Morris, to the Tortoise ; A. Woodley, from the . Growler to oats, hats, st oc ki ngs , li nens, cottons, and even hoots and the Gorgon, vice Story, coming home in the Pearl ; J. W. ihoes, and all the various articles ordinarily used for clothing Whyte, to the Ringdove. in civilised life, are actually made cheaper in this country Mates—Chas. H. Young, to the Promethe A s iIL Ilain. than abroad, It is quite clear, th en , th a t if your statement b r i dge, to the St. Vincent ; J. J. 0. F, Carmichael, to the Was true that you were standing in none of th ese . Y ou E xce ll ent. must truly have presented an extraordinary appearance be- Midshipman—J, INlaitland, from the St. Vincent to the, fore the " numerous and highly respectable assemblage" at Lucifer, ~. Shap, and I would recommend that, provided 7011 r speech ignlers' Assistants--Frank Inglis, from the Victory to the be printed as an Anti-LeaM tract, your p.ortrait ( fol the Dee ; T. R. C o lli ngwood, to the Victory. benefit of those who h a d not an opportitnlty of witnessing Assistant-Surgeon —J. D. Hooker (additional), to the the figure you emit should 'appear at the top, with this in- William and Mary, for special service. wrintion " Edward Wilson, Esq., of Abbot Hall, as he ap- Mr. W. F, Tarrant (late of the Beagle), passed his exami peered When be delivered his celebrated speech at Shop." It nation for a Master, R.N., on Tuesday, at the Trinity-house, Is, however, clear that you wished to impresa upon your aglow the beef that you manufactufers cannot dam llPte ill romp. For whet purpose, then, do foreigne rs 1[11P94 8 the heavy protective duties to which you made allu sion? You refer 'to the Prusso-Germanic League; pray ex plain why it is that every article coining from England ; is charged 50 per cent. (as you affirmed), if op the Ofantinent they can manufacture 40 per cent. cheaper than ourselves. livery quarter of corn ybu stated, imported from abroad dis placed the same quantity at home—this would be true if all the people were fully fed, but the fact is, that many millions of our fellew,stib i jeets pre constantly -in # state 'of partial starvation. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. WOBURN, Mancn ciffuire du cceur, followed by a somewhat romantic adventure, forms the topic of much sprightly gossip amongst the tea-table coteries of this neigh.. bourhood, to whom anything worthy the name of an elope - ment is, m these days of common-piece Bib, perfectly excit ing. The facts, so far as I can learn, are these :—On Tuesday ' last, Miss Frances, sieeond daughter of Mr. Gascoigne, of Brickmore.house, which is within a short distance of this place, suddenly disappeared from home, to the great alarm cif her relatives and friends, who immediately commented an investigation, the result of which was, that the y oung l a d y was found to have placid herself under the protection of Mr, William Thomas Gawthorn, solicitor, who is the eldest son Of the late Rev. T. H. Gawthorn, rector of Morstan Mortaine, in this county. How long the intiinaCY PAY have subsisted • is not ascertained, but, as *mpg lady is entitled, on attain ing her majority, to A large property, it seems that the dis. posal of her h4 . oa was with her friends an object of some solir,itude; but, in the true spirit of female independence, she resolved t o c h oose for herself in this all-important step. Upon the common pretence of going out fbr a walk, she met Mr. Gawthorn by appointment in the vicinity of her paternal home: end walked from thence to Little Brickhili, distance of four miles, where a post-chaise was PAWITedr which whirled them off to Tring, and, securing places in the railway carriage, they arrived in ligndon the same evening. Mr. Gawthorn having friends in London, all the preli m i nary arrangements had hags raecle; and on the following morn ing, at st. Lnke's Church, the fugitives received the nuptial benediction. A marriage so contracted is, perhaps, no very unusual occurrence ; but the sequel to the bridal happens to be rather singular. When the bridegroom felt sure of his prize, he dispatched a Mission to a younger brother, re siding at liiiigniont, with authority to acquaint M r . Gas igne that Miss Fanny had become Mrs. Gawthorn, and only waited permission to offer her dutiful respects to her family in that character. The younger Mr. GawthOrn, en tertaining a penchant for Miss Gascoigne , his later-in law's elder si s t er , rea dil y accepted the office of mediator. He requested an interview, which was perem torily TQfg4 theso - ascoigues probably having no wish for a quadropie alliance. The young gentleman protested that such cruelty would be the death of him—hl swore that he would incontinently make away W ith hi mse lf . F at h ers, it is said, have flinty hearts.,--peither threat nor entreaty was of any avail. Stung wiid such indignity, he drew g pistol front his hosoni and fired it—in the air! Even this proof of devotion made no impression on the callous feeling of his lady love's relatives. Another murderous weapon was drawn forth, and flourished in AVM of the windows. Still there was no symptom of compunction exhibited. Another moment, and a loud report told that the deed was done. These suc cessive discharges of fire-arms brought to the spot some of the inmates of a neighbouring cottage. The young gentle man was found lying on the grOilliti writhing in agony, and though not dYing ; Yet much more seriou s ly wounded than he had probably int . e.nded. The ball had passed, not through his head or his heart, but through his leg! The effusion of blood was so considerable, that the persons who came t o hi s aid procured the assistance of Mr. Parker, surgeon, of Wo burn, who having dressed the wound, the young gentleman was taken home to Ridgmont, where he new lies in a very precarious state. The elder brother and his bride are sup posed to be keeping the honeymoon in LOodon ; but it is re ported that the lady's friends have determined to take legal proceedings, in order to set aside the marriage, as she happens , to be under ago, and heiress to a large fortune. an extra supply of fbod were admitted it would .i .? %,t f ..tt:il it 9 :c lim e a s p s v i re t:r tn4 b o4 e wn costnuhffis e u ye m ied e no d t b ac y r t pl h (rl:u os s en under r h o w irc l i a mi ckd an f e o e r s t c h o o n se_ no no c ent—every quarter of corn would nave to he paid fbr directly or Indirectly in manufac tures; this would Set to work those who are now unemployed, and who, in consequence of their condition, so far from being customers to the British farmers, are as paupers mere burthens on the country. You wind up your intelligent harangue with the Mowing quoNtions from the President of the United States of America, thing could be so foolish—nothing so injurious PIN beset the interest of a country, as to cease to give en couragement to the interests of agriculture, and not to grow its own corn for the consumption of it s own inhabitants." To cease to encourage agriculture le folly indeed, and I for one denounce the corn-law, because it discourages that necessary pursuit. The object of the corn-law, and the object of agri- . culture ' are diametrically opposed; "agriculture is an inven tion to have coin, the corn-law is a device Bot to lithe it." It is folly you say, in ft C.opy try not to grow its WA corn for the POPSllillptiOtl Of its own inhabitants, Let me ask who wishes the agriculturists of this country not to grow corn ? Certainly not the free-traders; they say that the capabilities of the soil are not made the most of, and are ever urging the necessity of producing more. What the free traders alfirin is this, that it is folly inhabitants of this country of food by a cunning in strument called a corn-law..—Yours, eze. TARSUS. London, March 14, 1844. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TUE MORNING parpfA OF TIAIs PAY. ADVERTISER,,--We hope that the numerous subjects which press on the attention of Government, will not with draw that Attention from the report which was made during the last session, on the subject of shipwrecks. Sir gobert Peel, in reply to the question lately put by Mr, Rice, with reference to harbours of range, referred to the Report of the Committee 43 a Platleet now under the consideration of the Government, and one which will lead to the adoption of some measures of a remedial character. The parties to whose attention this important subject is referred, ought pot to allow a single day to he lost in bringing. a measure into Parliament founded on the very ample Materials with which they are now furnished. Shipwrecks, and the consequent lots of human life, have, of late years, occurred with a fre quency so alarming as to produce a very general conviction that our marine arrangements 40n4 11 a a C-4Yetnl scrutiny, and will admit of great improvements. From our insular position, our populousness, and the advanced state of our ci vilization, we are necessarily a maritime nation, and must expect to pay our tribute (alas! how _precious), to the sea. It is unreasonable to hope that the highest improvements in naval architecture and the utmost skill of seamanship would in every case bring " the good ship safe to land." Should science have published all her discoveries, and prudence have furnished all her precautions, and benevolence Kaye pontri buted all her treasures, the sea we - elq still be the scene Whepe 1400110 elements conflicting rise Andliivless surges swell against the skies; Till hope expires, and peril and dismay Wave their black ensigns OR the watery way." Those who traverse the uncertain element must always sail " within an inch of eternity," and we shall ever have among us widows and orphans, to mourn over " those who go down to the sea, and do business in great waters," Still, however, it is imperative on the Legislature to ascertain whether, by the adoption of various nautical Improvements, it may not be possible to effect a great diminution of the fatal calamities to which our marine population are exposed. If, upon inquiry, it should be proved that by a culpable parsimony, vessels that ought to be broken up are sent to sea,,,that the govern ment of ship is left to inexperience or intemperance—that the duty of anticipating and preparing for the worst is frequently neglected, and that it is quite possible to re duce the number of wrecks to a mere fraction of their present amount, then the necessity of immediate, wise, and efficient legislation on the subject will be demonstrated. There is scaroely any subject which has a stronger claim on the attention of a British Senate than the state of its marine. Our Monarch is the Ocean Queen, whose island kingdom is enriched as much by the exotics wafted to her shores as by the produce of her own domain. Our country is eminently , commercial, the British flag floats on every sea, our cornu copia is filled with the friths of every clime, our mansions are adorned with the treasures of the most distant lands, while their owners are attired and decorated in the silks, and furs, the jewels and gold, to collect which our commerce must range between both the Indies and both the Poles. The wealth of many of our great commoners is derived wholly from the shipping interest, while not a few of the noble "Order" wear their coronets in virtue of the naval skill and prowess of their ancestors. Attention to the security of those noble and hardy men whose lives are spent in the maintenance of our prosperity, is obviously one of the first duties of a British Parliament. MONEY MARKET gild CITY NEWS. TIMES.—The reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. naturally afibcts, either directly or indirectly, nearly all the operations of the money market, and among these maybe mentioned the value of terminable annuities issued by the National Debt-office. It has been obvious to those who are acquainted with the true value of securities of this description, that the rate fixed by the Government must render them shortly a subject of demand among those who are seeking to invest their capital to the best advantage. A small party of private capitalists have theretbre, it is said, formed a junction for the purpose of buying up the whole quantity of such annuities which the Government is autho rised to create, and hence private individuals wishing to bestow their capital in that manner will have to go to these parties, if it is an absolute condition with them to ob tain Government security. This would appear at first view to he something like an unfair advantage to be taken of the public generally, but it may be observed that the expectation which led to these purchase' may not be realised, and further, that the exacting too high terms would have the effect of driving the purchasers of annuities to the annuity companies, some of which may be said to enjoy a degree of credit nearly equal to that of Government itself. Hence the speculation can do no great harm, and is only mentioned to show the sagacity and speculative disposition which is always at work in the money market. Some statements having got into circulation respecting certain meetings of private bankers, indicating a disposition to force, if possible, some declaration from Sir Peel as to the course he intends to take in reference to the currency, it is proper to state that these are at present altogether prema• ture. Something of the kind is certainly in progress, which has as yet led to no visible result ; but it is understood that a deputation from the private bankers were to have an Inter view to-day with the Prime Minister ; of which nothing has yet transpired. The Bankers' Circulor states that some of the Scotch banks have giYell their adhesion to the projectsaid to be entertained by Sire. Peel of establishing a sole bank of issue, TIMES.—We will not here enter upon the proposed re, rnedies for duelling. Yet we cannot avoid an observation on one or two of them. One of Mr. Turner's correspondents proposes that any parson who had been engaged in a duel, either as principal or second, " should be considered ineligible to hold any office in the army, navy, Colonial, Foreign, Home Department, Horse Guards, Admiralty and (Mr. Turner thought the writer said most wisely) the Privy Coun cil," The bench of Bishops and that of the judges, are the only objects to which the ambition of the duellist is still to be allowed to aspire; This, we presume, is an oversight i but supposing it amended, there is, it nanat be allowed, nothing intrinsically and eternally absurd in the suggestion— nothing that would not be enforced when a high moral tone pervaded the whole of society. But it must also be ad mitted, that in England, and in the present state of the English nation, to dream for the 14.4100 instant of the practicability of such a scheme, shows an en thusii.ui which, laudable as it is, must have long taken leave of discretion. We are glad, however, that there are people in the world to make such iler. mends. Men often accomplish what is difftcnit by attempting what is flatly itliPeelhlei PPSII theFollghTgaing projectors are the 'principles ps. rcfprm, tiy an uncompromising use of sterling principles they hack and hew the public mind into a state which renders practicable a measure of WI royeinent which nobody before them would have drearnt of. , c sngges, fi c i tion of Mr. Turner's correspondent is en excess i ve y valuable one.---not, however, to be enacted, but to be looked at. Another proposal, imported from Switzerland, has not, we think, the same merit, and is not ill dealt with by Sir Robert Peel, It is suggested that the survivor in an affair of honor should be saddled with the debts of the Men whom he kills. The operation of this enactment would be somewhat grotesque. Let us conceive, with Sir Robert, the re-appearance of that happily extinct animal, a professed duellist. Concelye the principles on which, from a mere Tegard to - lug pocket, he would find himself ehligeiol to teen his amuse ment. Conceive him . wandering throug the Exchange to pick out fo his victims, as a butcher does his sheep, the fattest and most responsible of our City merchant§, avoiding, " cane pejus et angue," the lean !mil embarrassed debtor. Conceive the sudden immonity froin insult enjoy able by a banker OO • P solvency was " blown upon," and the shield o f triple brass, invisible but insurmountable, behind which the proclaimed swindler, with debts enough to sink a frigate, would be enabled to insult and defy the world. Mr. Turner probably conceiyo that Iwo the improved law no man could well b found daring enough to challenge his wimpy without an examination of his banker's balance., This would doubtless be a di scouragement to gentlemiiiily " satisfaction." But still let him reoolleet that there is another side to the valestion, and - imagine the enthusiasm with vhipli a generou's Insolvent would court death at the s lianas of a Baring or a Rothschild f r om a dors/tett sense ot duty to his creditors. But we w ill qu it th e subject, lest our observations should at its a discouragement to the fertile imaginations of our allies. Let them go on inventing. They Vvill'often lie wioiig, httt Peyer mind ~! ;NU ji Akl 0 piagno v i t a labore debit mortalibuss ,, They will be right at last, and then they will find their reward. TIIE MARQUIS OF NoniliAltfrtole's SOIEEE.—The Marquis of Northsmp4oo, as President of the Royal Society, held his 0144 ei.weersazione on Saturday night, at his man sion in Piccadilly. It was the fullest meeting this season, above 500 Fellows of the Royal Society and visitors being present. We are happy to say the Noble President was suffi ciently recovered from his recent indisposition to be able per sonally to welcome his numerous friends. The assembly was somewhat enlivened by the presence of a great ;pally Mem bers of Parliament coming from the Speaker's levee in their uniforms and Court drengs, By the o'clock the rooms were crowded, and in consequence of the heat occasioned by the 11w-oilers thronging the apartments, the Noble President was obliged to retire. In the several apartments the tables, as usual, presented numberless objects of interest in different branches of science and art, The Right fion, the Speaker of the House o f commons ii4ld his third and last sessional levee on Satiway Mining, at his residence in Eaton-square, The Marquis of e p ay numberstheir Lansdowne, Sir William Gossett, and Sir H. Duckmfield re o s f p M ect e s ni t b o e t rs he o ir f were among th vp o i ; m l the of sicitilitt"enddeldatt ifon: President. Parties in London, Wlio are thoroughly acquainted with all that concerns the Spanish Treasury Bonds, appear to doubt the COITOCtiIe4 of the opinion expressed in the Madrid l&ttere, gukt a new creation of Three per Cent. Stook will he necessary to satisfy the claims of the headers, or at any rate to thinf that if such creation does take place, it will be to such a sma ll amount as to be of no practical im portance. The re aso Pg on which they found this view of the case. appear PAW enough. In the first place the hailers of lleAsuV Bonds were always entitled to change the bonds into Three per Cent Stock at par hefore the present arrange ment, and therefore the additional creation could only refer to 111/. of the 2111. they are now to receive. In the sand place, it is said that in Paris there is a quantity of active Qoupons which never have been converted, and hence the stock intended to meet them is probably still in existence unappropriated. As for ariy notion that the Treasury bond holders have TeWifed an unfair advantage bythe late ar rangel,,,,,at, that is entirely fallacious. They held a Five per tient. Bond, with a redemption cltilot 3 l and arrears of interest due upon it from the year IsB6. Without any consideration whatever, they have agreed to give up their redemption clause. to widen They attached great importance, and also the arrears of interest from 18313 to 1840. For the other arrears of interest they receive stock to the nominal amount o f 451., and for the principal of 100/. they receive 168/. 13s. 4d., which is only such an increase of capital as to yield at three per cent. as much as WM would at five per cent. They have thus, far from gaining any new advantage, given up advantages they clearly possessed; and as for the increase of capital, that can scarcely be taken into consideration, as the stock is irredeemable.—Times, DEATH OF MA.TOR.GENERAL SIR OCTAVIUS CAREY, K.C.H,--We have to announce the death of the above gallant (Geer, commanding the Cork district, or, 'Wednesday 1.0, in his Nth year. He was of Norman descent, the family having come to England with William the Conqueror. Mar-. ried, 1818, daughter ofll. P. Le Marchant, Esq., of Guernsey ; entered, arwy in 1801, as Cornet in the 18ib Dragoons, and attained the rank of Majok_iieueral, 10th January, 1'837 ; created a It eiglit - CUnamiinder of the Guelphic Order, 1835, awil l‘night Baelielor, 1830. A vacancy occurs on thq itafiulrelind by his demise. We illickstaPti the the enlistment for the super nitilicmies, which the exigencies of the service induced the Government to propose adding to our cavalry regiments, had been ordered to be discontinued,—Observer. PARIS and STRASBURG RAILWAY The great enemy of war is steam ; and it is to extend the advantages of steam and railway commu - 1 nication over the world, that we must now invest those hundreds of millions which our ancestors pre ferred to lavish in war and useless conquest. - Ih this respect, England has set an example to the , rest of Europe: her total length of railway line,' extending now to nearly 2,ooo'llllles, representing an investment of upwards of 50 millions. Belgium alone of the Continental States has as yet largely imitated our. example ; but within the last year France also has bestirred herself, and the intersection of that fertile and industrious country with railways in all directions has new become a prime object of the French Legislature. In our advertising col u mns we present to-day the prospectus of a projected line to be undertaken in conjunction with the French Government, being one of the most important of these national undertakings—a line to connect the metropolis of France (already about to be brought near to England by the railroad to Havre) with the city of Strasburg, the point of departure from Germany. At the head of this undertaking appear names of commercial and political eminence, the French President being one "who has served the Crown" in its highest office, and "may hope to serve it again." The district to be traversed will appear important, even from a glance on the map of 'France, but we perceive, from authentic data, that, besides the bronzes of Paris, of Which, even under a duty of 20 per cent., we import annually to the value of 1,000,0001., the line abounds not only with rich natural resources, both of the farm and the vineyard, but with woollen and cotton factories, producing fabrics to the annual value, in one province alone, of 5,000,0001. sterling ; and affording, even under much disadvantage as respects intercommunication, abund ant local traffic. In a national point of view, the undertaking presents, both to France and England, prospects of extensive moral and commercial benefit. —Railway paper. • -------- • Last week, handbills were distributed at all the police stations, offering a reward of 201. for the detection and apprehension of thediabolieal person or person s , w h o , on t h e 7th instant, sent b y th e ten o clock train, from the Euston square station of the London and Birmingham Railway, a basket addressed to a gentleman at Cheltenham, in which was placed a small black coffin, containing a full-grown dead male child. The coffin was a small black one, two feet long, made of half-inch deal, with inch elm ends. • The child was dressed in a new cap, with a lace border, a b e d gown, and covered with a diaper naitk:in, A further reward of 5/ . i s o ff ered to the per sap who bad the coffin, on his giving up the name and ad dress of the person to whom it was sold, and 5/. to any per son identifying the clothes and other articles found around the child in the catisi, Mr. ColadWa motion for a Select Committee to in quire into the peculiar burdens borne by land , . --so important W the tenant-farmers and farm labourers of this country was brought before the House of Commons on Tuesday even ing: We unite wittairgotden in expression of his surprise that the bringing iitiVard - a 'motion for the appoi n t ment of such a committee should be left to him. Wherefore was it not brought forward by .the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Harewood, Lord Wgrsley, or some other Member of the Coun cil of the Anti-League Association ? Was there no noble or honourable Ptrrner's friend to anticipate the motion of then lion. Free-trade Member for ' Stockport ? Was his fat heided Grace of Buckingham asleep? Where was Mr. Christopher, th e Li nc ol ns h ire "P eel pilot balloon?" One would have supposed that every pretended " farmer's friend " in Parliament would have appeared armed with such a mo tion the instant it was known that a single voice was raised in the country in favour of the abolition of the corn-laws. >But the landlords arc a peculiarly coy race. They are deli cately sensitive upon the subject of those peculiar burdens of theirs, They shrink from exposing them as much as a young beauty would from indicati ng a hi g h shoulder, or the necessity of a pair of padded s t ays . Lik e the sweep in " Hood's Comic Almanac," perusing the Act of Parliament which forbids him to proclaim his calling from the house tops, and, who indulges in the plaintiff ditty, " I have a silent sorrow here," the landlords, with a modesty as peculiar as their burdens, have hitherto confined the details of their dis tresses to the somewhat vacant sanctuary of their own bo soms.-Hull Advertiser. SUPPOSED MURDER OF THE STEWARD ON BOARD THE CHIEFTAIN, OF SUNDERLAND, CAPT. R. REAY.-On the *1 instant, two letters were received here, written on board the above ship, and dated Spalatro, Feb. 16. John Med forth, second mate, the writer of one addressed to his mo ther, says :-" I am sorry I have bad news to tell you ; on the 21st of January, being Sunday, about half-past eleven, or a quarter to twelve o'clock at night, the carpenter came down into the cabin, and called up the master, who dressed himself ' • and then I saw hint (for I was not asle e p) put a pistol in his pocket, and go upon deck. He had only been gone a short time when I heard the report of a pistol ; I went im mediately upon deck, and saw the steward shot, and the car penterholding his head." The other letter is from William Smith, seaman before the mast, in the same ship, and bears the same date. Smith writes suppose you have learnt the sad account of poor John Harrison ; he was shot by the captain on the 2lst of January ; the ball entered the brain, and he died on the 22d. I had been on shore with him in the evening, and wanted him to return on board with me, but he did not ; he came, however, in about an hour after, and I helped him on board ; I knew nothing more until I heard a pistol fired, when I came on deck and found the steward shot." Such are the statements of the letters with regard to the death of poor Harrison, who has left a widow and child to lament his hard fate. Harrison served his time with Mr. Bunney, of Hull, and always bore the character of an upright seaman, and an honest man. His widow has received a cer tificate of his death from the captain, stating that he met his death by accident. The ship is understood to be now on its passage to Southampton.-Hull Advertiser. Our friends in the ‘.‘ far north" appear to feel the rigours of winter with almost unexampled severity. We learn that, since Monday, the 19th ult., the inhabitants of Stornoway have been under the necssity, in several instances, of finding egress from their houses by the roofs, or by pas sages dug under the snow. All the roads are completely blocked up, and many of the houses are buried beneath the drift. Loss of life, we are sorry to say, has frequently oc curred in the Highlands since the commencement of the pre sent storm. An instance has just come within our notice. On Friday, the 23d ult., whilst a man named Alexander Macdonald, belonging to Coll, was returning home from Stornoway, he was overpowered. by the storm, and perished in the snow. His body was found on Monday, at a short distance from his own house. He has left a widow and six children to lament his death.-Inrerness Courier. VESSELS SPOKEN `VIII;.-British schooner, Sophia, Feb. 4, lat. 30, lon. 61, by the Pollux, arrived at New York. Ernestine, Nantes to Mauritius, Feb. 9, lat. 3, N., lon. 18, W. ; Franklin, Liverpool to New Orleans, Feb. 23, lat. 25, N., lon. • 37, W., by the Margaretha, arrived in the Downs, Louisa Maria; Patjatan for Amsterdam, Dec. 22, lat. 26, S., lon. 60, E.; Urgent, Calcutta to London, Dec. 27, lat. 28, lon. 19 ; Barbab, from Padang for Amsterdam, Jan. 21,1 at. 18, S., lon. 2, W., by the Catherina Johanna, off Portland. Devon, of and from Liverpool, Feb. 6, l a t. 841, N., lon. 21 39 W. ; Urania, of and from Leith, to the Cape of Good Hope, out 35 days from Stromness, Feb. 8, lat. 10 15, N., lon. 23 50, W., by the Mary, from Mauritius, arrived. Margaret of Bristol, South Australia to Batavia, in the Straits of Sunda, by the Margaretha Bauer, arrived in the Downs. Ernestine Leroy, Nantes to Mauritius, 9th ult. lat. 3 N., lon. 18 W., by the Franklin, Liverpool to New ult., lat. 25 N., lon. 37 W. Carolina Johanna, Batavia to Amsterdam. Jan. 2, lat, 38 S., lon. 39 E. ; Maria, Batavia to Rotterdam, 15th, lat. 32 S., lon. 12 E ; Francis Ann, Liverpool to Sin gapore, sth ult., on the Line, in lon. 20 W., by the Cambridge, Brown ' arrived off Falmouth. Matilda, o f L iverpoo l , steering S.W., hat. 38, ion. 12, by the Princess Royal, West, arrived , in the River, Englishman, Bristol to Africa, Jan. 17, lat. 14 N., lon. 28 W., by the Columbus, arrived at Liverpool.- Ab botsford, Liverpool to Boston, 25th ult., lat. 43, lon. 47, by the Menussia, arrived at Liverpool. London, Calcutta to Li verpool, Jan. 8, lat. 30 S., lon. 42 E. ; William Henry, Li verpool to Halifax, 7th inst., lat. 45, lon. 15 ; Little Wonder, London to St. Michael's, 9th, lat, 48, lon. 11; Argus, front Shields, 10th, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the One-and-All, Brocken shire, arrived at Milford. Is - moral principle so utterly extinct in the British. Parliament, that not one of its Members evinces sufficient in tegrity, or possesses the common honesty to protest against the flagitious robbery contemplated in the confiscation of the small remnant of right which the avarice of landlords has left to the poor of England in their native soil ? Can it be, that the power of doing wrong with present impunity has so 04.clened the feeling of shame for the meanness of plunder ing, and so completely extinguished every spark of genero sity, and sense of manly pride in the aristocracy, that not one of its body shrinks from the infamy indissolubly bound. with the aot of spoliation projected by the parents and sup porters of Lord Worsley's Bill? It would appea r so , f rom the facility with which this unnecessary, indefensible, and most odious measure, has passed through its second stage; and that we are now to witness the further augmentation of rabllaebourers overgrown estates, by the annexation of every patch, strip., anti shred of land, which has hitherto escape d t h e maraud irg of the landlords, and ass i s t e d t h e over -taxed, over-worked, e preservation sery more than oftheir half-starvedmiserable existence. Fo and cot_ t the vast masa of the population—for all, in fact, who do not actually occupy as owners and tenants—this Bill, the mo ment it becomes a statute, severs every tie that connects them with the land of their birth. They have no longer any claim upon it it has no longer any claim upon them. ft belongs to those who have taken possession of it in the exer ciaq of their power as legislators, and all others are tres passers and aliens. Bit by bit, and parcel by parcel, the landlords have seized upon the property of the peoule, with no advantage even to themselves correspondent to the amount of pauperism which they have engendered. And it is not the least remarkable feature of these acts of robbery, that each has been preceded by an affectation of sympathy for the poor, and a protestation that the deed was intended to give them additional employment. Every successive act of robbery by means of Inclosure Bills, whether private or public, has been defended on precisely the same grounds, and every successive Act has left the people eventually in a worse condition than before. rrivate estates have accumulated, and in the same proportion the means of general subsistence have decreased. We have at once the wealthiest aristocracy and the greatest number of hopelessly destitute, that can be found in any country of which the soil is abundantly capable of sustaining its entire population. Look on the subject in what light Welter we may, a melancholy picture is presented of a free people degraded into slaves, and a rampant aristocracy wal lowing in wealth, which has been accumulated by a base per version of their power as legislators. Men condemn the act of the highwayman, who, strong in weapons of destruction, plunders unarmed travellers : yet the seizure of the rights of the weak by any act of power whatever, is substantially the same, , The name alone makes the difference ; and, if this or any other Bill of a like nature for the general inclosure of common lands become a law, let him that is endowed with inexhaustible patience endeavour to discover the actual dif ference between a house of landlords and a den of thieves.— liforsing Advertiser. Ensign Swetenham, of the 3d Buffs, son of Major Swetenham, of Somerford Hall, Cheshire, was very severely wounded, in charging a battery of the enemy's guns with his regiment, at the battle of Punniar. A cannot shot entering his right leg above the knee, carried away almost all the flesh inside his thigh, passing through, killed his covering sergeant, who fell dead at the same instant. Mr. Swetenham had been previously struck by a musket shot, when his sword belt arrested the ball from entering his body. We are happy to learn the last account left him doing well. DUELS.—From the commencement of the reign of George 111, to the reign of her Majesty upwards of 1 , 00 duels have been fought. In three both combatants were killed. In 80 one of the combatants was killed in each, acd in all 120 were wounded. Upwards of 20 trials for duels have occurred, in which four duellists were found guilty of mur der, and two were hanged. In the list of duellists occur t he names of York, Norfolk, Castlereagh, Pitt, Fox, Sheridan, Burdett, Canning, Peel, Wellington, &c. (j, :•~ rt° r 'o f r