The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-08 00:00:00

EVENIN.G- EDITION. PIRIT of thc SUNDAY JOURNALS. (From the DOWN WITH THE TORIES. The declaration of Lord John Russell, that the con tinuance of the present Members in office will depend upon the approval by the House of Commons of the m?asures pursued by them in re...lrd to Ireland, has ,again inspired the Tories with ° hopes of obtaining ,) , ,ver, and the whole of the infernal clique, superiors Vtibc , rdinates—i3 the House and out of the House —are straining every nerve to secure a Conservative majority. The Queen Dowager Ins returned to Eng- land, and her influence, small perhaps though it may be, ill nn' be spared ; Sir Robert by cajoling the • ..i*cns, giving good dinners, and keeping, as it were, how for every wavering unfledged senator, is try. . iig his istmost to swell the list of his adherents at the , I , proaching trial. The Times, also, that true Conservative hack and vile apostate. has employed its columns in urgent appeals 1 i'lr support to the ancient plunderers, and has endea ; -, - -,ured to weaken the Whig phalanx by insinuating f - . at some of the party may, by joi n i ng th e C onserva ti v es ! ~ this trial of strength, retai n th e i r p ower , pl ace , a nd ft;,:-rlsion. " Let," say the Times, "an upright administration, rally Conservative, unsullied by breaches of faith, and ,Incntngied with plans of revolution, come fairly and fully po:session of the powers of the state, with a cordial sire to improve what lacks improvement, but a no less ;1-rn resolve to resist unneces:ary, and therefore mische ous experiments upon the foundations of politics and of of society and morals; and then the Whigs being nit of effice, let those individuals of them, if such there 1)e, who wish not place for themselves or their clique, but good and stable government for their country, give an un %ought, rdrargained support to the Conservative govern ment We shall be cold it would be easier for a camel to 1 na,, , s through the eye of a needle than for Whigs to en dure sue) a quarantine. Very probably ; but on no other - terms can Conservatives ever be mingled with Whigs, or Whigs work out a character sufficiently good, nay. suffi. i ciently marketable, to justify an infusion of them into future office." This is the lure for the Whigs—and that some of 1 , them, conscious of the dislike which the acts of their - party have ex.4-ed, and the rickety tenure by which they held their respective offices, may be caught by its tpeciont,ness, is highly probable and indeed it seems to t:enote to u 3 a foregone conclusion, and that there has aireed,y been en offer on the part of the Tory leaders, that in the event of their triumph some of the present j retainers of the Ministry sh a ll hold their offices. But, t - .E4 if the aid to be derived from the expected Whig renegades was not likely to be sufficient, the arch scribe endeavours to catch the vote of a stray or shifting Radical to swell the majority ; and the rode in isLich this is attempted is highly amusing. After docl.:ring that " the habits and training of the have been such as to render them not useful I - .•::lctigucs in the transaction of Government business, therefore not fit to bold office," he goes on to say, that if they had the gift of common sense," thereby ied;rictly implyiag that thee are deficient hi that esti naltie qualification, they would co-operate in this endea v.,,er to ottst the Whigs from office. And why ? Be- " E7en those of the Whigs who profess a desire to ac ,,irr,,,lish organic changes are disabled from achieving them a power mightier than their own---by a Conservative P leciple prevailing, not merely with those who bear the tl , -rne of C ) , ,servatives as a party, hut throughout the oeat roes; a the respectable community of this island, ladle al revoluticos are, therefore, alike imprac whether Conservatives be in office, or whether Whigs be held in check by a Con3ervative oppo tiou--it might possibly occur to the mere honest of the body, that in the egnal hopelessness of extorting it own objects from either kind of government, their wculd lead them to confer their general support upon set o. public men who have the best characters for ltegrity, the most extensive knowledge, the longest ex- knee, and the most accurate habits of business— se, In short, who are likely to make the British Go ::,rnmenz; oust serviceahle at home and most respectable On such a principle even Radicals, when they .::I,.?pened to '3e honest men, might give some general -- ;short to a Conservative Administration; and in f.uch ircurnstanecs a Conservative Administration might re. e:ve the support of honest men, even though they should i , pr.n to be Radicals." No;, belie..ing from the communications which Sir 1)f. , ;-t Pt-el is reported to make to the columns of the that the above extracts, if not his own words; Aprcs3 the views, expectations, and intentions of the .Cory party, it will be well to notice one or two points herein contained. And clrA we are told that the Tories will enter into dice " with a desire to improve what lacks improve- And what is tbere that, in their opinion, hicks mprovement ? Nothin7, if they are not prepared to t'.,nt those • improvemNits which the people demand, which the .Tolies hitherto have joined with the ,Vhigs in resisting. ;rill they grant Vote by Ballot ? No.. Some of the I:,s are disposed to yield this improvement ; but the 'Vero s, almost to a man, resist it as un-English, hypo critical, and calculated to promote falsehood and dis !Jmc;ty 1 fill iLey grant Annual or Triennial Parliaments .in and again have the Tories declared that no irovernent in }this particular can be admitted. And ihcy had the power to alter the present system, they uld desire that elections should only take place at the mise of the sovereign. Will they abolish the Properly Quagcation for : r cnil.),:ys of Parliament y No ; for the Tories main in that the Ilous: of Commons represents the pro rty of the country. With them, the choice of the eople aaiounts to nothing, if the individual elteted is of a m;.n of substance. However extensive his know- Ydge may be, however splendid his talents, however pure and patriotic the motives which lead him to seek a seat in that honourable:House, if he is not "a lord of r,:iny ac:cs" he is unfit to have a place in that assembly ;'hicb represents the " collective wisdom," i. e. the % - ioney-mongering and landed fraternities of the kingdom. Will they sanction the Payment of Members by their Constituents? No, no ; because this would make Mem hers of Par:iament dependent on, and obedient to, the wishes of their constituents. The old Tory doc trine is, that, once elected, Members are no longer bound hy the wishes of their constituents, but are free agents, and at liberty to pursue what course they may consider 'oast, and under the convenient cloak, " expediency," ,'pose the wishes of those whose interests they are sup- , - nc)sed to represent, but which they have again and been known to sacrifice for place and pension. ;fence Sir Robert Walpole's axiom—" Every man br.3 his price," which could never have been used in the sense in which it was employed, had the re prcsentatires of the people been assured that they uld bare bad their reward in the support and tfainificence of those whom they faithfully repre• , nted. Upon this particular, it may be well to observe that the payment in specie of honest represen tatives of the electors is not merely considered by those who advocate this ancient and fundamental principle of the Constitution, but that more endurable reward which is to be found in the grateful remembrance of services honestly performed, and duly appreciated ; and which is alanifested in forms which honour both the giver and the receiver, and by which their patriotism and indepen dence are kept alive and promoted. The Payment of Members can alone secure the representative from the in ilnence of a corrupt Ministry; and prevent that disgrace ful " ratting" so frequent in the Commons' House ; and herefore Will never find advocates in a Tory Ministry, .vho have invariably bestowed "pension, place, and power," upon all who were base enough to sacrifice pub ;ie duty at the shrine of interest. Will they grant an Extension of the Suffage ? No, 2mpaticaily no. In their opinion it is already too much extended. In this particular the Reform Bill, with them, i a anal measure. Sir Robert Peel would as goon think of taking office without its fees and emolu ments, as he would think of extending the franchise by Universal Suffrage. He contemns and ridicules this ancient right 9f the people, he denies this constitutional privilege, and asserts that its advocates aro either un principled or insane. Neither Household nor Universal Suffrage will the Tories grant. Opposed, then, as the Tories are to the five great principles of " The People's Chart , r." what is there that.' lacks improvement" that they will grant? if ill they abolish the Corn-laws ? No ; they will ;nstitute no inquiry—they will grant co Committee—it is no matter bow manufacturers ara crippled, or how many artisans are destitute of daily bread. The "landed 4itcrQa," the cause of the property class, who alone are goalltft to sit in the Commons, must be maintained ; and though one half of the population should perish for want of food, a Tory Ministry never would admit the Importation of fbreign corn free from A protecting duty— such duty, of course, being always sufficiently high to enable they adherents and dependents to realise a highly remunerating profit. Will the Tories aandon the Rural Police system. , STo ; it was under their reign that the hell-born system lint found its way into a land of freedom. Their deeds Of cruelty and oppression alone rendered necessary a myriad of blue-begirt fiends and spies, and that code of coercion, which, under the pretext of guarding the pro perty of the subject, places our fair names, our liberties, and cur lives, at the mercy of a brutal and ignorant force, whose licentiousness is winked at by the Ma gistracy, and screened by the Government. The pelice system is Sir Robert's darling—like a too partial parent, he is blind to its deformities, and in his latest declaration on Tuesday last, at the Ea4er civic gorge, he affirmed " that he took a deep interest in anything which had relation to the ~`"nicieucy of tho police ; and abstaining from any con :mnation o f bhe proposed atroc i ous i nnovat i on upon t Rei right;, of the city, declared it would be a source of s r. t,. po at .u satisfA c ti on to hi m i f the po li ce system cou ld b e ' d into the city consistently with its rights and privileges. Should, then, t ~ r e- i s no the Whigs be thrust out, seetarlty that the Tories would not invade to privil eges o f the citizens ; but even if the city were etnpt from the jurisdiction of a mini s t er i a l p o li ce , at 15 that small sp o t but a fewrtiosluare yards when ith the remaining portion ,of the empire, of the d • , der the controle.pleable more become domi• b? put Though the existence of the Ministry may be pro ductive of no practical good to the Reform cause, yet The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Hon. Thomas Charles Leigh, eldest son of the Right Hon. Charles Hanbury Tracy, Baron Sudeley, of Toddington, in the county of Gloucester, her Royal license and autho rity that he may discontinue the use of the surname and arms of Leigh, and henceforth resume the name of Tracy, in addition to and after that of Hanbury, and bar the arms of Tracy quarterly with those of Hanbury. nant in these realms, and the blue coat will soon be exchanged for a red one, the staff for a cutlass, and the liberties of the people be prostrated at the feet of those amiable representatives of the aristocracy—policemen an:] their satellites. It is evident, then, that the Tories will not amend the Reform Act—repeal the Corn-laws, or abandon the police system of centralisation ; and as far as Ire land is concerned, they arc opposed to a system of Go vernment which would give justice to that unhappy country. Are they, therefore, men fit to hold the reins of Government? Are they the men that should be permitted to step in between a people and their burning desires for enfranchisement ? We say, no ; and we believe that the people are prepared to exclaim with a united voice, " We will not have these men to rule over us." The period of Sir Robert's last reign in office was 118 days ; but if he should again have the temerity and foolhardiness to accept the reins of Government, he will not, must not, hold them for as many hours. " Down with the Tories," therefore, shall be our cry. Down they are—and down they must be kept, if the reign of bloodshed and plunder, of mis rule and corruption, is not to be restored. For forty years the eyes of the people have been gradually open ing to the iniquities of the Tories, and hatred of their principles has been imbibed by the present generation even with their mother's milk. The present attempt of the blood-besmeared miscreants to regain office will raise a shout of " Down with the Tories," throughout the land, that will shake the throne to its centre, and peril the safety of the monarch who would admit to her councils men so justly hated and despised as the insolent, blood thirsty, and tyrannical Tories. MEANS FOR ENDS. (From the Examiner.) Alluding to our last article on the Radicals and the Ministry, the Morning Chronicle observes— " We arc told that until a basis can be prepared and support obtained for a Ministry on the principles laid down in our articles of last week, it is better to bear with the backwardness of the present Ministry than to incur the evils of a Tory restoration. Be it so. We have not counselled its demolition ; but our position is, that against the systematized operations of the Tory party the perma nent support of the present Ministry is a moral impossi. lity. Besides, how is a basis ever to be prepared, or support had, for a Ministry on the principles in question, unless some attempt be made to define the poin's about which a general agreement of Reformers may fairly be anticipated, and to show the prac ticability, the advantages, and the necessity of such union." We answer that, only by the progress of opinions, through time, experience, and discussion, can the basis be prepared and support had for a Ministry on the principles of the protection and Extension of the Suffrage and Triennial Parliaments. For a bare ma jority fbr the most advanced and the most important Radical question, the Ballot, a hundred and twenty five votes, or thereabouts, are still wanting, and not more than a score of these can be supposed to be con trolled er suppressed by the adverse Ministerial in fluence. What the Chronicle seems to us to overlook is the step with which the prudent Mrs. Glasse commences— First catch your hare. First get your majority—first advance men's minds to an approximation, at least, to agreement on certain objects, and then call upon them to waive small differences and unite. on a definite plan of operations. We have not got so far as this point, though good progress has been made towards it within the last five years. There is a large minority in Parliament, and a larger in proportion in the country, in the town popu lation, who are agreed as to the necessity of the Ballot and the fitness of Short Parliaments ; and many of them who are disinclined to extend tl:e Suff-age might, and probably would, for the advantages of a complete union, yield up their prejudices against the enlargement of the electoral pale. So far union, as to objects of Parliamentary Reform, is practicable ; but so far it would be the union of a minority of the people and of the representative body ; and the smaller section of the Whigs would be wanted to raise it to a majority in the country and in Parlia ment. The question then is, whether the step which the Whigs are asked to take, in order to put themselves in a position of perfect concord with the Radicals, is or is not a wider transition than men can reasonably be expected to make per sallum. Can we suppose that, like weil•trained poodle dogs, they will jump over the stick when it is held breast-high for them ? Can we imagine it possible that, with their arguments against the Ballot and the Extension of the Suffrage yet in their mouths, they can eat their own words, renounce their own opinions, and embrace the prin ciples which they have hitherto shrunk from as dangerous to the institutions of the country? When the sudden perception of truth dictates so abrupt a conversion, we all know that the common pride of men stands in the way of it ; but bow much more in vincibly must shame revolt against it when the change is publicly demanded, not on the ground that the fitness of it is at last discerned by the Whigs, but that it is the sacrifice of opinion necessary to their retention of place and power. Less humiliating were the terms on which Pistol ate his leek. flaying attentively watched the progress of opinion in our time, we never despair of conversions to sound opi nions; it is, indeed, our creed, that whatever ought to succeed will succeed—that whatever ought to be ob. tained will be obtained : we have seen, to the Ballot _Especially, convert after convert coming in with a fre quency beyond our hopes ; but we know that time must be allowed for these changes, and that they cannot, they will not, be made upon word of command, or sudden pleas of expediency. In morals, as in space, the passage from one extreme to another lies through a middle. The maxim to build a golden bridge for a retreating enemy should have a correlative rule, to build a bridge of precious stones for the accession of allies ; but, instead of build ing the bridge, the Chronicle requires them to leap over the river. We may be told that the conversion of the Whigs to measures of further Parliamentary Reform is to be despaired of ; but, if their gradual conversion is to be despaired of, with what reason and what prospect of success is the demand raised for their most sudden and abrupt conversion ? The desirableness of complete union and co-opera tion, for the attainment of certain political objects, can not be over-estimated ; but, if that complete union and• co-operation cannot be brought about at the present in stant, is the next best thing a diminution of the degree of union whichsdoes exist, by angry divisions? Because we cannot have more union, are we to have less union ? Because we cannot make the Whigs better friends, are we to make them enemies ? Are the Liberals to strengthen themselves by lessening their body, and to make their approaches to unanimity by the process of paring down a majority to a minority ? The Chronicle indeed denies that it has counselled the demolition of the Whig Ministry ; but what was to be understood when it advised that advantage should be taken of the present circumstances of the Government to make conditions? The conditions demanded could only be enforced by the refusal of support. It is to this implied menace on the part of our Contemporary that we object, because the mere menace, publicly conveyed, was certain to defeat the object, if it were otherwise practicable ; and because the fulfilment of the menace would be productive of injuries to the popular cause, which few of us who have sat by the cradle of Reform would live to see repaired. In the Chronicle's opi nion of the failure of the Reform Bill, we need hardly say that we agree, as we have frequently dis cussed it in detail, and further, as we have the satisfac tion, such as it is, of reflecting that we alone in the press pointed out the faulty parts of the measure when passing through the House of Commons, and antici pated the consequent disappointments, when our Con temperaries insisted on regarding it as without speck or blemish, and would listen to no suggestion for its im provement. We cannot, however, concur with the Chronicle that, under the old system, the Melbourne Government would not have been in any such predica ment as the present, nor the fate of Ireland thus trem bling in the balance. In one sense only can this be true—namely, that under the old system the present Government could not have existed, and the fate of Ire land, instead of trembling in the balance between good and ill government, would have been fixed under the heel of the Orange faction. We heartily agree:with the Chronicle as to the extent of the remedies requisite for the completion of Reform in the Commons ; but the Extension and Protection of the Suffrage, together with Triennial Parliaments, having bounded our views of Radical Reform, we cannot ra tionally hope to make our frontier line the middle ground on which the Whigs may agree with the Ultra-Radicals. To employ Horne Took.'s old illustration of advances, such an overture is as if we were to invite the Whigs to go with us half-way on the road to Windsor, and to fix the place of meeting at Eton. It is very desirable that they should make such advances, but they will not, they are very slow travellers, and move almost imperceptibly; but they do move, and the point of prudence is to keep open the objects and motives for their movement in the right direction. That by a more rapid advance to ground of popular favour and support, Ministers would recruit their strength, we have never doubted, and never ceased to urge upon every fitting occasion ; but while we deplore their back wardness, we repeat that we see no one good object to be obtained by throwing them down for it, and raising a Tory Ministry upon the only foundations on which it can stand—the divisions between Whigs and Radicals. The plea is, that Ministers will destroy themselves if they persist in their opposition to Parliamentary Reform —that they are on the verge of a precipice crumbling from under their feet—but to prevent their committing suicide, are the Radicals to become their executioners ? Are we to murder our neighbour in our zeal to save him from febo de se? We will warn him of his error ; ex hort him to renounce it in time, and endeavour by dis cussion, and the public verdict, to convince him of it ; but we will not have his destruction on our hands, the more especially as upon his dissolutio n the Tory tyrant stands next in succession. if its downfal would be att , nded with positive evil and disasters, can there be a doubt about the choice ? At a late meeting in Ireland, Mr. O'Connell humorously likened the Government to the old bat which so often serves to stop a gap in the cabin window, not, as he ex plained, to let in the sun, but to keep out the cutting wind. A pane of glass would be incomparably better ; but till Pat can provide himself with glass, he is not un wisein availing himself of the old hat as a protection. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT CALENDAR. (THE 54TH SESSION, AND THE 6TH OF THE PRESENT MAYORALTY - COMMENCING THIS MORNING.) A summary statement, descriptive of the various offences with which the prisoners already committed for trial at the present session of Oyer and Termincr, and gaol delivery of Nevigate and tha other prisons within the jurisdict►on of the Central Criminal Court, severally stand charged—viz., with murder, 1 ; misdemeanour, 4 ; embezzlement, 10 ; bigamy, 1 ; burglary, 8 , house• breaking, 5 ; shop-breaking, 1 ; rape, 2 ; larceny, 141 ; child stealing, 1 ; sheep stealing, 2 ; highway robbery, 2 ; stealing goods and monies in dwelling-houses, 4 ; ditto, from the person, 31 ; ditto, by domestic servants, &c., 31 ; obtaining the like by false pretences, 1 ; 'ac cessory before the fact of felony, 1 ; unnatural offence 1 ; uttering and unlawfully possessing base coin, 15 ; forgery and uttering forged instruments, 2 ; having en engraved plate in possession for a felonious purpose, 1 ; receiving stolen goods with a guilty knowledge, 8 ; cut ting, wounding, and beating persons, 4 ; London pri soners, 37 ; Middlesex ditto, 191 ; Essex ditto, 1 ; Kent ditto, 22 ; Surrey ditto, 25 ; total, 276. The Chronicle does not now• concur in this view. It says— " The object we aim at is paramount to any feeling to wards any administration. The consolidation of a people's party would render very unimportant the personnel of Government' and leave little concern about who should come in, or who go out. Let us but see the great mass of honest Reformers again in union, and we defy any set of Tories to govern the nation upen Tory principles, or to obstruct, as they now do, every attempt to embody liberal principles in practical measures." If it be, in the Chronicle's opinion, a matter of little concern who should come in and who go out of office, is it also a matter of little concern who may come in and wh• go out of Parliament upon a dissolution under a Tory Ministry, and a rupture between Whigs and Ra dicals? As the battle must be fought in the House of Commons, the question appears to us of momentous importance whether the Reformers would gain or lose strength in the House by the first certain consequence of overthrowing the Administration—namely, a disso lution under a Tory Government at the moment of ex asperation between the deserted Whigs and the seced ing Radicals. The union of Reformers of all shades of opinion, from the most forward to the most backward section, would un doubtedly be more than a match for the Tory power ; but we must reckon on something more certain than the bird in the bush, and it would be prudent to effect the union before the accession of the Tories to power is hazarded ; for the prospect would be rather blank if, after the ene my had possessed himself of the citadel, the Radicals find themselves on the one flank shorn of the Whigs (who though the fewer in numbers, have the powers of station and influence,) and on the other of the populace still ranged under the separate banner of the Chartists. The sane means which would suffice to turn the Tories out, if once in power, would be at least equally available to keep them out of office ; and we cannot recognize a first step to the Temple of Concord in a quarrel with the rear rank of the Liberal forces. When the Duke of Wellington was thwarted and impeded by his Spanish allies, who could hardly ever he induced to act in con cert with him, it never occurred to the Great Captain that he could improve his condition by turning his arms against them, or leaving them to be cut to pieces by the French. STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NENVGATE. SATURDAY, APRIL 6. Prisoners sentenced to death but respited arid trans ported for life, males, 2 ; under sentence of transporta tion for 10 years, males, 1 ; ditto, for 7 years, males, I ; whose judgments have been respited, males, 1, females, 1 ; commuted by order of the Secretary of State, males, 12 ; ditto, bankrupt commissioners, males, 1 ; acquitted on the ground of insanity and remains, males, 1 ; for trial at the present session, males, 206 ; females, 70 ; total, 29G. # * 4' It will be observed that Matthew Sutton and Wm. Berry, upon whom sentence of death was passed at the last session for rape, have had their punishment commuted to transportation for life. As a great many prisoners are under a course of pre liminary examination at the metropolitan police offices, it is expected that 50 more will be committed to New gate crc the Grand Jury terminate their labours. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO U SE. A young man, named John Jones, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having stolen a cheque for 153/. 4s. 4d., the property of Messrs. Bolton, Bell, and Mcrewether, solicitors, of Austin-friars. Mr. Charles Greenwood, clerk to prosecutors, pro duced the cheque for 153/. 4s. 4d., on the Bank of England, which he said had been left in his custody, to be paid to a person who was to call at the office. He had left the cheque in his desk, to which there was no lock, on Wednesday last, while he went to dinner, and at his return it was gone. The prisoner was a clerk in the office, and the witness, when the cheque .was pro duced by a clerk in the Bank who gave cash for it, per ceived the prisoner's name and address on it. There was another cheque, which was for 21. 18s. Id., also missing, and that was found upon the prisoner's person. Mr. Bell said that the prisoner had been in the em ployment of the firm ten years, and had been most kindly treated ; but his passion for drink was exces sive, and on the night of the day he committed the robbery he was brought home in a state of brutal in toxication. Mr. Bell said he considered he was bound to state that the conduct of the waiter at the Elephant and Castle, where the prisoner went at night to get more drink, was most praiseworthy. The prisoner was observed by the waiter pulling out a great numb er o f sovereigns, and the waiter, suspecting that all was not right, gave a hint at the bar. The prisoner's hat was then looked into, and that afforded a clue to his abode, and in the mean time all the money he had about him, which amounted to nearly the whole amount of the check, was taken from him and lodged in the bar. A second clerk in the prosecutor's office said that he saw the prisoner go to Mr. Greenwood's desk, and told the prisoner be would not be pleased at his taking that liberty, at which the prisoner smiled. A clerk in the Bank of England proved that he paid the cheque in bank notes and sovereigns to the prisoner. An officer, who was informed by the firm that the robbery had taken place, and that the prisoner was the suspected party, said he expected from his knowledge of the prisoner's habits that the prisoner would be brought home drunk. We say not a word in extenuation of the obtuseness and obstinacy, or the timidity, of the Whig leader% in opposing the necessary Parliamentary Reforms ; all that we contend is, that we should not damage our own cause in dealing with their errors ; and that whatever may be the fate to which their perverseness may lead them, it should not be precipitated in any way, or in any degree, by Radicals, who would be the sufferers in turn from the resentments excited by such an act, however much it may have been provoked. We believe even now, that if the Whigs would make any step, however moderate, in the right direction, it would be accepted with reasonable satis faction by Reformers ; and we repeat our surprise that they are not invited to show their willingness to maintain their own principles by a motion for an amendment of the Reform Act according to the original principles and design of the Bill first pro posed, and most approved by Lord Grey's Government —that is to say, without the 501. tenant-at-will clause ; without the franchise of the corrupt freemen ; and with out the nuisance of the very small boroughs— and in the all-comprehensive words of Lord Grey, giving represen tation, not nomination. This would not fully satisfy the demands of the Radical Reformers, it is true : but it would be a move in the direction of their objects, the Reform Bill having been received by them as a step, but it having so failed of the purposes of a step that the step intended is yet to be made good. Here, then, is a ground upon which the Whigs, without violence to their own opinions, or compromise of their consistency, should be prepared to meet the Radicals, and as the power ful writer of the article on the re-organization of the Reform Party in the London and lircsinzinster Review observes— " Men may combine in supporting a good thing which is to be had now, and continue to do all they can by speech and writing for something they think better, which the time is not yet come for putting into a practical shape, and car rying through Parliament. Each may drive at his separate and remote ()Eject, in addition to, and not to the exclusion of, the immediate and practicable one." And as for tho notion that differences as to ultimate objects are inconsistent with practical co-operation for present purposes, the same able writer remarks— The LORD MAYOR—The waiter deserves great praiFe, and there is much credit due to the house too. " A great part of the difficulty arises from the mi►taken, and in realty unpractical idea, that in order to help one an other it is necessary that Reformers should be silent on their points of difference. So far from this, that one Reformer often gives a mere effectual support to another by demand ing more than he, than by demanding only as much. We would have them aid one another not by leaving their opinions and feelings unspoken, but by speaking them. We would have every man loudly cry out for what he deems most im portant, for whatever he is most in earnest in desiring to see carried. Men are sure to be more stirring and active for all that they want, than for a part only of what they want : while, the more deeply-seated the dissatisfaction is seen to be, and the more it seems to require to satisfy it, the greater is the intimidation of the enemy. It is net those who ask for all, but those who reject less than all, that render unio i impossible." In all the writing that we , have seen for the last fortnight upon the obstacles to Reform, and the proper means of overcoming them, it is remarkable that the great impediment of all, the irresponsible House of Peers, has not ever been glanced at !A' The Ministry is treated as if it alone stood between Reformers and their wishes, and as if it depended on the will of the Government only to refuse or to grant every object of popular benefit and desire. This is deplorably uncandid and unjust. Ministers may fairly be blamed for not doing what is in their power—for not proposing what the public interests require ; but it is not just and not true to talk of them as having the weal or woe of the nation in their hands when the power of the Lords frowns over and darkens all their counsels. This is a difficulty which should not, and would not, daunt a popular Government ; but it is a difficulty which should always be kept in view and considered by Reformers, not only for the sake of justice, but for the very purpose of conquering it. • The Chronicle of yesterday touched upon the House of Peers, assuming what we have always much doubted, that the Lords would yield to a strong majority in the Commons; and how is the strong majority to be had while the Lords have the power and the will to resist any amend ment of the representative system? THE LATE EXECUTION AT MAIDSTONE. No execution for many years has been attended so nume rously. It is calculated.that between ii,ooo and tO,OOO persons at least were present. These consisted mostly of well-dressed (for their station) country labourers, their wives, sisters, and children, the mud upon their rustic habi liments bearing witness to the distance they had walked, their half-tired shambling pace, and the excited expr e ssion of their countenances showing the intenseness of their de sire not to be too late. Mtn with crutches, women with club-feet, decrepit persons of both sexes walking with sticks, some of whom were at least 70 years old, and chil dren from infancy upwards, crowded upon each other's heels towards the place of death with infinitely more eager ness than is usually evinced by similar people ehen going to a fair. The space before the gallons is large enough to accommodate some 20,000 people, and when persons had once reached the scene of the only public entertain ment their rulers provide for them, every one could feel comfortable in the enjoyment of it. There was room for all, and nothing to pay; and, whets females had gleefully recognised their female neighbours, and discussed in a busi ness-like manner the comparative advantages of different spots as "the best place," their next business was to apply themselves to the baskets of provisions which their fere"- thought had secured, and also sundry small flint glass and ginger beer bottles, which doubtless contained water, and which seemed to have a good effect in raising their spirits. Everybody, except about one-tenth of the men, who were smoking short pipes, seemed hungry, and none more so than the women. Those who came late, and had no baskets, contented themselves with buying a bun er a roll, and hastily devouring it as they passed along the str eet ; and the number of pies sold by the itinerant pastr)c oo k s must have been great. The anxiety evinced by som e o f ' the fair sex to drag along one , two , three, and (in one in stance)to e t t h r e a> p , e l a d c a e ofo morbid i ov stranglinge of the hor rible was gra tuitously which we had hoped to find extinct.—Kent Paper. ROBERT MACAI fIC male begga r o f fashion is not so well known among us as in Paris, w h ere street-doors are open, six or eight families live in a h ouse , and the g en tl eman w h o earns hi s livelihood by thi s profes sion can make half a dozen visits without the trouble • f knocking from house to house, and the pain of being ob. served by the wh o l e street , w hil e t h e footman is examin ing hint from the area. Some few may be seen in England about the inns of Court, where the locality is favourable • but Paris is full of such adventurers—fat, smooth-tongued, and well dressed, with gloves and gilt-headed canes, who would almost be insulted by the offer of silver, and expect your gold as their right. Among these, of course, our friend Robert plays his part; and an excellent engraving represents him, snuff-box in hand, advancing to an old gentleman, whom, by his poodle, his powdered hair, and his drivelling stupid look, one knows to be a Carlist of the old regime. " I beg pardon," says Robert, "is it really yourselfto whom I have the honour of speaking ?" " It is.' "Do you take snuff ?" " I thank ou." " Sir, I have had misfortune3—l want assistance. lam a Vendean of illustrious birth. You know the family of Macairbec— we are of Brest. My grandfather served the King in his galleys —my father and I also belong to the marine. Un fortunate suits at law have plunged us into difficulties, and I do not hesitate to ask you for the succour of ten francs." " Sir, I never give to those I don't know." " Right, sir, perfectly right. Perhaps you will have the kindness to lend me ten francs ?"—Parisian Caricatures, London and Westminster Review. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1839. Mr. Bel—lf he had gone to some other houses, not a f►rthing would have been saved. The waiter's con duct was uncommonly good. The LORD MAYOR—If he had gone to some houses which I know you never would have heard a word about the money again. The prisoner, who had all the appearance of a person devoted to the glass, was then committed for trial. Mr. HARDWICK was of opinion that the witness was I bound to answer any proper question. Solomens, in answer to the questions of Mr. Clark sun, said that on Wednesday morning last he melted down various articles of gold, consisting of watch-cases, snuff-boxes, chains, seals, &c., into two bars, and sent them by his young man, John Deane, who was present at the melting, to Messrs, Bull and Sons, dealers in bul lion, in Chcapside, and received 1,2001. in payment. He could not say the precise number of any particular article which he had melted down, but kept a book in which was entered his different transactions ; and the reason of his Inciting the gold down on this particular occcsion was on account of his wanting the money. Mr. Phillips here interposed, and said that such a course of examination was calculated to injure the wit ness, or any other respectable tradesman in his business. Mr. Solomons had attended in compliance with the Magistrate's summons, and if any charge were to be made against him he was ready to meet it. Mr. HAnDwicx replied, that at present there was no charge against the witness ; and he must nay he did not perceive anything Improper in the examination of Mr. Clarkson. It was of course perfectly optional with Mr. Solomons to answer any question or not, but it would be his (Mr. Hardwick's) duty to tell him he was bound to answer any proper questions. If the transaction upon which the Learned Counsel was examining was a fair and bona fide one, no honest man could have any hesi• tation in telling the whole truth of the matter. Mr. Solomons, after some further discussion, stated that the melting took place on the Wednesday morning, about eleven o'clock, and immediately after he sent the two bars, consisting of 408 ounces 2 pennyweights of gold to the shop of Mr. Bull, and received a cheque for it. The cheque was cashed, and he received 11 one hundred pound notes and 100 sovereigns for it. The witness said he might have a couple of the notes so received, still in his possession, and he lodged three others with his bankers, but of what he had done with the remaining six he refused to give any account. After much difficulty on the part of the Learned Counsel, the witness said he might have sent three or four hun dred pounds of it to h:s - shop in Coventry-street, and the remainder he might have paid to persons from whom ho had borrowed money, and concluded by saying he had no right be called to account in that way, and he cer tainly should not answer any more questions. Mr. Clarkson observed, that, this being the case, he certainly would advise those engaged in the prosecu tion to look after and have the whole of these notes. Mr. George Henry Bull deposed to having been pre sent when the servant of Mr. Solomons brought the two bars of gold and received the cheque for them. The gold had been sent on Friday morning to Dover by coach, to be forwarded to Paris ; but he had the assay marks and bits of the ingots to show the quality. The cheque was on the banking house of Roberts and Co., and was for 1,200/. The firm to which he belonged had done considerable business with Mr. Solomons, but he did not recollect any one transaction before that amounted to more than 6001. The witness was not a competent judge of gold so as to speak positively, but his opinion was that the two ingots in question were composed of different articles of gold melted down. Mr. Clarkson—But would not a couple of penny pieces thrown into a crucible with Brazilian gold mate rially alter its appearance ? Witness—Certainly it would. Jane Bradley said she had been a servant in the em ployment of Henry Moss, who is a watchmaker and fore man to Mr. Hvams, a watch-manfacturer in Lemon street, Goodman's Fields, and resided at No. 12, New street, close to the London Hospital. Her master was always iu the habit of going to his employment in his working-dress. On the morning of Monday, the 25th of last month, (the day upon which the robbery bed been effected), she recollected his going out about half past eight o'clock in the morning, dressed in his best clothes, and returned about ten o'clock, when, contrary to his usual mode, he gave a single knock at the door, and was let in by Mrs. Moss. After stopping in the parlour a few minutes, he went out again, and did not return until eight o'clock in the evening. This witness went into a lengthened and minute statement of the different visits of the elder prisoner at leer master's house, both before and after the robbery ; her finding a quantity of wood ashes with nails, and a portion of red sealing wax, about the fire-place on the morning after the robbery ; her master taking the brass plate off his door during the night, and removing from his house in New-street to a lodging in Mansell street, ; and, in short, detailing such circumstances as could leave no possible doubt on the mind of any person who heard her, that Moss was the individual through whom the robbery had been effected, and to whom the boxes of gold dust had been delivered. At the conelution of her testimony the prisoners were remanded until Thurs day week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. On Saturday the decision of Mr. CONA.NT was given at Marlbormr B h-street Police-office in a matter of much importance to public and private Companies and Socie ties throughout the kingdom. It is already known that Stowell anti Birch, the informers, have obtained the materials for a vast number of informations against Companies, who have, by issuing prospectuses, setting forth their objects, infringed (as alleged) the 39th George 111., by not having the name of the printer attached to the papers so issued. Last Saturday the first information, against the United Kingdom Fire and Life Insurance Company, in Waterloo-place, was heard before the sitting Magistrates, Mr. CONANT and Mr. DYER, on which occasion the Bench ex pressed themselves strongly against the validity of the information; but at the request of the informer, as the question was one of great importance, Mr. Conant agreed to postpone his final decision for a week. In the interim a similar case was heard at Bow-street, before Mr. Twyford, who gave his decision in favour of the informer. Between that case and the one left undeter mined was this distinction : the United Kingdom Fire and Life Company had an Act of Parliament, which it was contended invested them with the character of a public body, and therefore, by a special clause, took them out of the operation of the Act of Parliament ; the other party had no Act, and therefore could not advance such a plea. The question was argued at great length by Mr. Ballantyne, for the defendants, when Mr. CONANT, having consulted with Mr. DYER, said his brother Magistrate's opinion did not differ so widely from his as he anticipated. He was of opinion the Legislature intended to give Magistrates power over all innocent papers; if the meaning of the Act were confined to papers of another description then the mat ter would assume the aspect of trying the nature of the papers. It was necessary to draw the line somewhere ; but he felt it to be his duty to convict, though with re luctance, in the lowest penalty of 51. He was sorry the Act did not empower the Attorney-General to stay proceedings. Mr. BALLANTYNE said an appeal would be made against the decision. In fact, an application had al ready been made to Lord John Russell, to put a stop to such vexatious informations. The parties then retired. LAMBETH- STREET . THE LATE EXTENSIV E ROBBERY 111; GOLD DUST. —FURTHER EXAMI N ATION OP THE PERSONS AC: CUSED.—Saturday being appointed for the further exa mination of Ellis and Lewis Casper, father and son, who have been in custody for some days on a charge of bein. , concerned in stealing two boxes containing gold dust,' of the value of 4,6401., from the Dublin Steam wharf, St. Katherine's, the office, at an early hour, was besieged by a number of Jews from all parts of the me tropolis, who evinced the greatest anxiety to witness the proceedings, and hear the evidence against the accused parties, who belong to their tribe ; and it was with the utmost difficulty that ingress and egress to the justice room could be accomplished. After the night charges had been disposed of, the prisoners were placed at the bar before Mr. HARDWICK. Mr. Mole, the Solicitor, and Mr. Clarkson, the Barrister, appeared for the pro. s?cution ; and Mr. Yates and Mr. C. Phillips for the defence. Mr. Clarkson stated that it was not his intention to into the case at any great length on the present occa sion; but he did expect the attendance of a person whose testimony would have a most material effect upon the proceedings as regarded the character of the parties. With respect to the charge against the prisoners at the bar, he (Mr, Clarkson) was prepared with witnesses whose testimony was of such a character as to leave no doubt of their participation in the present serious robbery. As it would be necessary to call a number of witnesses in support of the charge, his present proposition was, as in going into a lengthened investigation certain disclosures might be made calculated to defeat the ends of justice, merely to examine about one or two witnesses, and call on the Magistrate to remand the prisoners for a week or ten days, as it would be perfectly impracticable to have the case prepared for trial during the ensuing session at the Central Criminal Court. The Learned Gentleman then called Mr. Henry Solomons, a gold refiner, of .53, Strand, and 9, Coventry-street, Haymarket, who, on being sworn, said that some improper impressions ap peared t o h ave been entertained a gainst him, which had becom e apparent s ince he entered the office ; and, un less they were removed, he s hould feel himself bound not to ans , ,v,r any questions put to him. Mr. Clarkson replied that the witness had been sum moned to give evidence touching the extensive robbery that had been committed on his client ; and, unless he answered the questions put to him in a satisfactory man ner, it would be then his duty to apply to the Magis trate for his detention. Mr. Phillips observed that the mode of proceed ing adopted by his Learned Friend was somewhat irre gular, if not extraor di nar y. Mr. Solomons had b een served with a summons t o appear and give evid ence, an d in a consultation, at which he had been present with his solicitor, he certainly advised 11:m, in courtesy to the Magistrates, by all means to attend. If, however, the intention of the opposite party, in the line of exa mination his Learned Friend was about to pursue, was to ground any proceedings on the answers ho might give, he certa my would advise him to be very cautious in answering any questions, as no man was bound to cri minate himself. We understand that a public dinner has been offered to Lord Brougham and Mr. Leader during their pre , ;ont visit to Paris; but that they have declined the i honour intended them. ---- - In the town of Ross, in Herefordshire, a very singular anecdote of courtship is recorded between a butcher and a village maid. It appear s that the fond pair had met each other in Church, and had occasionally clan destinely cast sheep's eyas at each other. On the butcher professing his lore in a billet-doux to the fair maid, he axed her whether she would have him or no I The poor girl could not write, but sent him in return a sheep's eye in a lock of wool, which expressed her willingness to comply with his suit, signifying eye-wool, " I :cull." WORSHIP-STREET. SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.—On Saturday Sergeant Dubois, 14 N, applied to Mr. Broughton, the sitting Magistrate, stating the suspicious disappearance of a child, to which a young woman, named Elizabeth Col lison, had given birth. The following were stated to be the facts of the case : _ _ The young woman WAS servant to Mr. Morris, a cabi net maker in the Curtain-road, at whose house the child was born on the night of Wednesday week. In the morning she got up to her work as usual, but her mis tress, entertaing some suspicion of what had taken place, charged her with it, but she positively denied it. Her mother was sent for, and she then, after some fur ther denial, acknowledged the fact, but said that the child was dead, and that she had locked it in her box. Her mistress immediately dismissed her from the place, and she went home to her mother's, in Brett's build ings, Long-alley, Worship -street, where she has since remained confined to her bed. Some neighbours who had heard of the birth, and the disappearance of the child suspected that it had been destroyed, and they gave information to the police. Sergeant Dubois now said he had ascertained -from Mrs. Morris that when she dismissed the servant she had not seen the child, and did not look into the box in which it was said to have been deposited, and an apprentice was sent with the servant and her mother to carry the box to Brett's-buildings. The young woman told the sergeant that her late master, Mr. Morris, was the father of the child which, she believed was dead when she gave birth to it. She and her mother said that it had been buried, a woman named Pratt having taken it away for that purpose ; but they bad no certificate from the regis trar, without which it could not have been legally enterred, and they could not tell the place of burial, and their statements were so confused on the subject that the sergeant had no doubt the body had been dis posed of in some other way. Mr. BROUGHTON desired him to pursue his inquiries, and to keep the young woman in custody at her own lodging at present. In the evening the sergeant appeared before the Magistrate again, and stated that he had, in the mean time discovered that the body had never been buried at all, but was then in the possession of Mr. Anderson, a surgeon, in Clifton-street, and he had requested that gentleman to accompany him to the office to explain what he knew of the matter. Mr. Anderson's explanation was to the effect that the night before last he was sent for to Brett's-build ings to attend a young woman who had recently been delivered of a child, which he was told was dead. H e attended her for some days, and then saw the body there in a small coffin ; but on Thursday last it was brought to him in a basket, by a woman named Pratt, in order that he might dissect or preserve it in spirits. In reply to the Magistrate's quei,tions, he said that. he gave nothing for the body. He began to operas' upon it the same night, but had not yet examined it suf ficiently to speak decidedly as to its birth. Mr. BROUGHTON told him that he had better deliver it up to the sergeant, which he readily assented to. Sergeant Dubois accordingly received the body from Mr. Anderson, and conveyed it to Mr. Coward, police surgeon of the N division at Hoxton ; but when the latter came to examine it, he discovered that it was minus the left leg ; and on searching for the lungs, for the purpose of subjecting them to the hydrostatic test, to ascertain whether the child had been born alive or not, he found that they also had disappeared. Mr. An derson being questioned on the subject, said he could not tell what had become of the lungs, but that a cat had gnawed off the leg while the body was lying in the basket. The other surgeon, however, observed that the leg had been taken off at the joint, and did not appear to have been gnawed off. The infant was a fine female, and had arrived at maturity. Information of what had occurred was forwarded to Mr. Baker, the Coroner, in order that he may hold an inquest on the body ; and a policeman was placed in charge of Elizabeth Collison, at her own lodging, until she .can be removed in a fit state for examination at this office. Our readers will hear, with some surprise, that a Church-rate was agreed to, in the parish vestry, on Thursday last. We had hoped that the fate of Church rates in this town was sealed, since the determination to appeal to the rate-payers in vestry assembled. What, then, was our surprise to find only two Liberals present at the meeting on Thursday, Alderman Higgin and the Mayor, and one of them the proposer of the rate, while the other stood by, consenting thereto, by his silenco ?--Lancaster Guardian. SUNDAY TRADING.—In Bethnal-green parish, itinerant vendors of goods are not allowed to cry the arti cles they have for sale, and shop-keepers, who transact business on Sundays, are mulcted in the highest penalty. At St. Mary's, Whitechapel, the authorities have divided the parish into seven sections, but they have not as yet had recourse to coercive measures, and endeavour, by persua sion, to induce the tradesmen to close their shops. Yester day morning a sergeant and a private of the K division were engaged in Clare-market in removing from it all hawkers. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL ANTWERP, AriciL 5. —A law has been ob!ained to place all the inhabitants of the ceded provinces who shall ask for naturalization, and never to refuse naturalization to those who shall ask first. That this favour should be granted to the well-known authors of the revolution, to the men implicated in it, who, though secured by oblivion of the first, will find the avenues to places closed against them in their own country, is inconceivable ; or rather there will be no occasion to grant this favour, since it is probvble that all men of this class have followed the example of Messrs. Nothomb and Willmar, both Luxemburgers, who have for this nine years secured themselves in good places, against all the chances of a revolution. Thus, with a few exceptions, the provinces that are re claimed will pay salaries to inhabitants of the ceded pro vinces, who have no obstacles to obtaining employment at home, but such as exist everywhere, namely, unfitness, extravagant pretensions, or the want of vacant places ; that is to say, all the men who are without talent or with out employment, will seek places in Belgium. The great grievance of the revolution against the Go vernment of the Netherlands was the preference given to Dutch over Belgian candidates for employment, yet there was, if not a reason, a pretext for this preference; for R is allowed that persons qualified for special employments cannot be raised in a day, and Holland had such ; whereas the administration by France had not given an opportunity to acquire them. In this respect there is a complete paral. lel in the inviting to Belgium of General Evain, Schry necky, Colonel Ctiapelier, &c. : and there was in the former case a degree of equity or propriety which is wanting in the latter. They were Belgians of the North to whom places were given. BRUSSELS, APRIL 6.—The affair of Mr. Barthels will shortly come before the Court of Appeal at Brussels, the report being nearly terminated. The same may be said of that of M. Kate. The law authorizing the King to ac cept the Twenty-four Articles is not yet promulgated. POSEN, MARCLI 24.—1 hasten to inform you that, con trary to expectation, there is again a prospect of the ami cable arrangement of the religious disputes. While the public has been for several days guessing what might be the contents of the Cabinet letters received by the Archbishop, we now learn positively that he has received an invitation to repair immediately to Berlin, and that he will set out as soon as the Easter holidays arc ended. VIENNA, Mallen 28 —News from Constantinople was received here yesterday by express, stating that the Sultan (who was supposed for a moment to be again more inclined to peace) had remained deaf to all the remonstrances of the Foreign Ministers, and was fully resolved to have the Egyptian army immediately attacked, so that it is probable that hostilities between the Porte and Mehemet Ali may have commenced.. Though this news, which, if confirmed, must be of the highest importance, is contrary to the communication from Constantinople, which we published yesterday, as well as to the intelligence published by the Semaphore of Mar• seilles, we think it our duty to give the news as we have received it from Vienna from a Correspondent, who is generally well informed, especially as the letters from Constantinople and Alexandria during the last six months has prepared us for such an event. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 9.—lt seems that the Russian Crown Prince will visit this city on the 10th of this month, and on the following day the Prince will visit Ziandam, which is so p, , culiarly interesting. to the Russians, end then return to Amsterdam, which he will probably quit on the 12th. THE HAGUE, APRIL 2 —The Grand Duke dined yester day with the King, but merely in private, no persons be ing invited but the Ministers. The Prince is a very en gaging young man, and in his manners quite like the Em peror Nicholas. This morning he rode out with his uncle ; the Prince of Orange, and visited the museum of pictures ; curiosities, &C. Today there was a grand dinner at the Palace of the Prince of Orange, at which all the members of the Royal Family, and a great number of persons of distinction, in cluding those in the suite of the Grand Duke, were present. It is probable that the Prince may remain here till the 20th of April. Prince and Princess Albert leave Berlin to-day to be present at the entertainments that will be given iu honour of the Grand Duke. CLE VES, APRIL 2 —Tranquillity is entirely restored here, so that were not the late riots the subject of great conver sation, no trace would be found of them. The 120 In fantry and Lancers who came here to restore order, were more than sufficient for that purpose. Thirty-eight per sons are arrested. The investigation is proceeding with great diligence. It is said that many more persons are to be arrested. It is likewise said that we are to have a per manent garrison, and a battalion of 400 men of the 15:h Regiment is expected in a few days. It seems as if dis turbances were apprehended in some places in the neigh bourhood of Cleves, against which precautions are taken. In Geldern alone there is a garrison of 800 men. Tue HAGUE, APRIL 3.—We now learn that the Grand Duke of Russia and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange, and Prince and Princess Fre derick, with the hereditary Prince and Princes Alexander and Henry, will set out for Amsterdam on the 15th of this month. rxIL 5. —Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Alfred arrived here this morning early from the Hague. Luxe/alma°, MARCH 29.—The answer of his Majesty the Grand Duke to the Address of the Committe of the citizens has caused much joy here, which is enhanced by the assurance that we have received from another quarter that the time is at hand when measures will be aken to effect the admission of our Grand Duchy into the German Commercial League in order to unite the interest of the extreme frontier provinces more closely with that of the mother country. Thus a ray of hope appe rs for the recovery of our prosperity, which has greatly declined of late. 13nEne3, Aran, 4.—Lieut.-General Vander Cap e He w, the new Governor or Maestricht, passed through this town yesterday, avid after a short visit to General Chasse pro ceeded on his journey to Maestricht. " Note of the Editor of the Allgenieine Zielung. HAMBURG PAPERS. HANOVRR, MARCH 30.—Since yesterday, alarming re ports have been in circulation respecting the health of the reigning► Duke of Brunswick, which to-day even give rut son to expect the worst. The disorder under which he has been suffering (a nervous fever) is said to have assumed the most alarming character. GOTTINGEN, MARCIE 25.—The landowners of Gruben hagen and Cubenburg hare chosen a Deputy, not, however, their Deputy who signed the Protest of the 27 ; IVI. Luder, son of M. Luder of Urende, who has so much influence in this part of the country. HANOVER, MARCH 21i1.—It is said that his Majesty in tertains serious thoughts of residing for a time at Celle but that her Majesty the Queen and the Crown Prince will remain at Hanover. Orders have been given to pre pare the Palace at Celle for his Majesty's reception with out delay. ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 23.—The Commercial Gazelle has the following article : The Hamburg Borsenkalle copies from the Franconian Mercury, an article from Berlin, which pretends that the Russian Government has obtained there a loan of six mil lions of dollars, and that the Russian carriers from Eng land, constantly bring gold bars. It is amusing to read the references of the pretended financier, that Russia is embarrassed about the trifling sum of six millions of dollars. It is sufficient to say that there is not a word of truth re spixting this affair of a loan, but great quantities of gold are really brought to Russia by couriers, not, however for the Government, but for private persons; because, in con sequence •f the great exportation last year, and the high rate of exchange, the balance must be paid by foreign coun tries in ready money. The Emperor, by advice of the Ministerial Committee, has prohibited all landowners in the Transcaucasian pro vinces from sending Russian peai.ants to settle as colonists in those countries, and from from selling the serfs and pea, gents till the definitive organization of those provinces. General Count Witte has obtained leave to go abroad for four months.for the benefit of his health.—Hamburg Papers, April 2. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 2. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Snares An 10-llussian Lean 107}4 107% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Russian 5 per Cent. Hop. and to. &I and 4th Se i:s 99 Ditto in Certificates Dutch ....ctual Debt, 254 pe Cent Si 1 4 54 Ditto 5 per Cent 99% OW Polish Bondi New icket Anglo." , anish Lean, 3 per Cent 72% 72 Norwegian Lean, 4 per Cent... EXCHANGES ON Lt - , DON. li•metTac, Aram 4.-13. 6.—Two months, 13. 4J54. sTecaptotm, -MARCH 26.—Seventy-five i4ays, 11. 43. CHRISTIANIA, MA RCII 23.—Three months, 5 0. bisitixt. MARCH ITI • nthß, 6. 20%. PITERSRUIRM, MARCH i 2. —11 W. SWITZERLAND. —M. Baumgartner, of St. Gall. called home by various matters, has resigned into the hands of the vorort his situltion of federal commis sioner. M. E de la Harpc, president of the council of the canton de Vaud, has been nominated to his place, in order to terminate, in concert with M. Schaller the work of mediation in the canton of Vala;s THE LAST WITCHES EXECUTED IN THESE KINGDOMS.—There is no account of witches, in the sense we understand the term, before the year 1400. The Hebrew term translated witch, means literally poisoner; and magician, primitively signifying a wise man, so witch properly signified a skilful woman, and was applied to simples and medicines. The following brief notice of the last persons who suffered for witchcraft in these kingdoms is curious :—ln 1698, a girl, nineteen years of age, in the town of Antrim, having eaten a loaf of sorrel, which she got from a woman reputed to be a witch, fell into con vulsions and vomiting. She is said to have vomited horse dung, needles, pins, feathers, bottoms of thread, pieces of glass, nails, an iron knife, abave a span in length, egg shells, &c. The accused was immediately committed to the county prison, and at the Assizes held soon after, was hanged and burned ! In 1716, Mrs. Hi.:ks and her (laugh ter, only nine years of age, were hanged at Huntingdon, for selling their souls to the Dcvii, tormenting and de stroying their neighbours, by making them vomit pins, and raising a storm 1 In 1722, at Dornoch, Sutherland, an old worn in was accused of b,..ing a witch. I - 1 .7r crime was tran=,f,rming her daughter into a p,.n:„ and getting her shod by the Devil ; of which crime she was found guilty and burned I The Act against witchcraft was repealed in England and Scotland about 1750 ; but not in Ireland until 1821 1 . _ _ F, v ►~NING EDITION• PAROCHIAL ELECTIONS. ST. MARTIN'S-IN-TI - lE-FIELDS. The election of twenty-four gentlemen to s: eve as mem bers of the board of guardi3ns of this parish has at length terminated in favour of the following gentlemen :—Messrs. Staunton, 1,362 votes, Cohbett,jun. 1,274, Haward 1,268. Jarvis 1,190, Kear 1,160, Clark 1,201, James 1,192, Nor ton 1.220, Hudson 1 412, Pugh 1,199, Smith 1, 2770 Simpson, 1,453, Cuff 1,354, Mo)es 1,244, Hutchings 1,510, Miller 1,470, Jackson 1,192, Parsons 1, 187, Draeylor 1,183, Loffe 1,134, Meer weather, 1,159, D ui.- ton 1,405, Addington, 1,535, and West 1,349. There. were forty-seven candidates, including the Liverpool. Earl of HOLBORN UNION. The. election for guardians for this union terminated on Wednesday by the re-election of the old members. Hen r Y Blanshard, Esq., was chosen chairman, and George E. Vs° ientilie, F.sq., vice-chairman, for the ensuing year. PARISH OF LAMBETH. The election for parish officers terminated last evoniot after a sharp contest of three days' duration, during whin, the Tories left no means untried to regain the position vvh'c" until last year they have so long maintained in the parish. They bad appointed district and central committees; coaches, cabriolets, and vans were put in motion for t cd purpose of bringing up the voters; the walls were placard with attractive bills, and an active canvass of the entire Pa rish was was made by the various committees. But the Liberals having secretly discovered that the possessiolitn of those apparently unimportant offices had been ' strumental to all sorts of petty jobbing, malversation of public money, and corrupt political influences, " solved that the Tories should not have everyth reing their own way in future. The first great blow was gi/tca. by the return of two Reformers as representatives of to' borough. The next was the defeat which the Tories sus." tamedtained in their demand for a church•rate. Then came their expulsion from office as guardians under the new PO; law. Thus the Liberal party gained a succession P' triumphs, until, during the last year, they were found !n . possession of every post of trust or influence in the p arish. A fresh demand for a Church•rate boing about to be made' the Rector and his party were most anxious to ensure th e return of their candidates in the several parochial °Mei but after the signal defeat they have sustained, 0 0 1 wi t scarcely have the hardihood to renew the attempt another year. At the close of the poll last evening for Churchwarden"; the nunsbe , s were declared as follow :—For the Liberal' list, 2,259 ; for the Tories' list, 1,975. Majority for 0° Liberals, 284. There was a corresponding majority on tho lists for over seers and surveyors of the highway!. The election for the Board of Guardians, which is ta ke : under the authority of the Poor- law Commissionersible proceeding, and is expected to lest for a fortnight. Liberal party arc confident of a triumph here also. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 Beans. ...... Per Quarter.' s. to s. s. to s. Boston (lainsberough E SI 37 Granth.tm '! 70 81 23 33 Grimshy Florncastle 62 8:) 37 Lincoln l7O 77 3k 42 Spalding — SO 35 Stamford ' 71. 8 ; 28 33 York s. to a a. to 5. 27 3 40 40 2E 44 24 28 38 46 4 8 20 24 36 42 20 29 48 10 24 49 21 '25 36 44 24 26 32 44 -- "Fes' e ,' .... ....-- , i ~ ii ..11 ..... aso. ... , .."' , ..... •••• . . WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET ; -April 5. vs. Woeat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk -s, C4s. to Its. fine .0, Lin. and Cam. ------- Yorkshire -s. 58s. to 655. fin e 7 9, -- IN bite - Foreign, fled -s -s. to 611. On e 7 0, White - 5. -5. to -5. ni l #O. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 42s. to 455. fin e ., - Lincolnshire 'Bs. to 405. fin e .31 - Yorkshire \Vold - ..• - Foreign Beans, Small •-s. to 405. fines, ------Tick -s. to 405. One „v Oats, Potato -5. to 3 0 s. One 40. --- Pclar-d -s -1. to 305- iln e ),.o. - vriezland and Small -1. -s. to :266. u n ioa - b.:saling . 13d. to ;00.7Pe r Lod Shilling Malt --Ai. 41s. fine W. per cot. Rapeseed SCOTCH MARKETS. - ---- 1; Osu s .." Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans- ...„,...... 4 0 ------- 46 I ° ill therdeen 75 to SC 34 to 35 21 to 27 -- to -- 43 Berwick 4O 53 24 23 18 21 %`1 30 ~.., .., Coldstream ~ ; Cupar (Fife) 4-5 65 25 31 13 22 22 2 6 t o _ Dunbar 6t 7(1 31 38 26 32 40 4 2 .... 7 "- Elgin Inverness „„.▪ . Kelso .. , 46 51 2! 27 16 23 32 34 , 43 .., Kirkaldy Perth rp I* - . The ize of the measure varies throughout the Co tt HA DDINGION CORN MARKET.--April 6• r ot Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Pease. 345 3' First 766 Od Vs Od 36s Od 46s 01 1091 Second 7oa Od 39s 0.1 325 Od 45s Od 4s ll Third 62s 0(1 566 01 296 Oil 40, Od Average. 3l. 7s. 4d. 6 12.1.1,5. DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—ApriI 4 ewe s Wheat. Batley. I Oats. tease. hp oi First 74s Od 426 Od 36s Od 546 0 4 6 ‘ jl Second 67s 04 376 Cd 286 4(1 4 8 s Od • 4 9 Third, Ms Od 31s 0,1 226 Od ' 42, 01 EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—APtiI 5 ' 00 1° We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, an d were rather dull. - • 11 0 41 1 % Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. First 775. Od. 42s (cl. 3ss. t4ll d. 4gs. Od. .44 „" Second 7O 0 40 0 30 0 44 0 4 0 . Third Average price of Wheat 31. 7s. 4d. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, C. to li' fi' ,1 Beef, per lb. ........... Os. sd. to 06.0,1.• Fresh Butter, lb. Is. 0 , . , . . + • Mutton ,, ~ o'6 0 8 S a lt Ditto* 0 0 fla 1 Vea1..,,,,,.,,.,..,.,.... 0 7 1 0 Ditto, pe r cr . t...... 81 0 0 • Pork---,....... 1) 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos—. 0 ° 10 j Lamb, per gr. —..... 8 0 12 0 OatStraw(ko%)... 3 .. 4 ; 1. Fallow, cwt.....--41 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto... 6 : 0 2uartern L0af.,.... ti 10 0 101 Barley Ditto ........ 7 t 1 Potatoes, 1-i lb. ..... 0 6 0 ti i Hay, per E t„„,......., 1 0 _.,j EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.—ApriI 3_Th i tet,'" There was a middling supply o f O a t mea l a t this day's ,""" th. sales were ra! her hea .V vy. I fer Sac k of 21101 h. I m p . Per Stone of 1 4 lb . lUp g First Oatmeal Second dlttn. Barleyineat... . ll6 0 Barleymeal ..... .......----- 0 I Pea.setveal 1 14 0 Peasemeal . ........... n.,.:',:ige. t'ot Barley—No. ',pet cwt. 126.-24.145.-3d,16 -- 4 ''''' P.al I, 21' s GLAS , MW CORN MA RKET.—April ea „ . .j, A moderate business doing in Gain; prices st °I . 4, ; 4 0 Wheat, eer .241)ib. s. d. s. it. Oats, per 264 33 . ;0 0 1. 0 0 British, old 35 0t037 0 Irish 5l C new Canada, free 34 0 36 0 Beans, I r er 2 60 ''' 3 4 0 0 - Irish Barley, per 32013 Scottish ................. 0 0 i ll English 32 0 34 0 P ease , S co ttish ..•-• 0 45 0 0 Scottish 29 0 32 0 Oatmeal, per 14016•••• 0 Irish MARKET. —April iGra;n ; prices ste _ 1 1 • 4 "q Oats, per 96 41 b. t . 0 0 Irish British b 0 Beans, per o° ' 4 1 Enzlish ...........». • wo ol Scottish Pease, Scottish • 0 Oatmeal, per 14011 a Flour, per Win CORNWALL MARKETS (Calculated at :14 gallons to the bushel Wheat v• te 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 7 ! 0 g s' ,LIAGENCE. Ten„-I ikt‘ • it 3711 1i 0 0, Average Standard. 111!• Barley. s. ado r. d. ...... 0 25 0 fle4tone St. Austell... 0 25 6 ISNIIIIIII Liskeard 0 22 0 Launceston 0 24 6 Camelford 2l 0 24 0 Penzance 24 0 26 0 s. d. to s. d. 0 12 0 —0 9 2 —0 9 6 —0 9 6 —0 9 6 —0 9 o 0 10 0 0 11 0 MINING INTI Quantity of Copper Ore sold Quantity of fine Copper Average Produce Amount of Sa!e, 1 CNN n 01veer GKEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The - ° O O l - e (1 , of passengers on this line d ur ing th e past week alp i rt to nearly 8,000, and the receipts were larger thas e week since October. The laying o f the perma r t g ig be t to Twy ford is now p ro c e edi ng s t ea dily, the rio of t already laid from M a idenhead s tati on to; the bridiebees the Thames. The esstern arch of this bridge li$5 0$ 11 1: re-constructed with improved materials, and no vl We'd, perfectly sound, the centerings having been cotsPtalter cased for sonic weeks. The Directors have .:1 ° .,,, i/t iles contracts for the construction of about fourteen 1-tiOst" the line, extending from Didcot, near Oxford , °fl o e, d e : ton, the boundary of the London Division of th e - 0 0 Se which the contract works are so light as not to average ha more than 6,0001. per mile. The Bristol Dire, be' also advertised for tenders, for four miles, on the road the twcen Bath and Box tunnel, and it is expected,tßy, o f d , tracts for the whole of the remainder of this divis l % line beyond Chippenham will soon be entered eo, are glad to hear that the Bill for which th e ',Fred e n r s are applying, for the purpose of completingtbc retlf,e,olo, pital, has passed the Committee of the House of 1-00' without opposition, and Will be read a third tiros do.' diately after the Recess.—Bath Chronicle of Our° s s ' PATENT LEVER WArr,„`",„oo' Price, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 47, Cornhill, P ••.- 0 6 a SILVER, CASES. 16 •• . ..... 6 With double-bottom cases With hunting cases SOLD CASES. „ 0 0 Size for ladies, with elegant gold dial .................. Size for gentlemen, with enamel dial ....... . ......... This celebrated construction (the most a ccura t. a ce, a watch can be wade) is now offered at the above_is'openidif, the latest improvements, i. e., the detached ,eco' jewelled in four holes, cal ped, hand to mark t i gi o • or , and maintaining power to continue goinc,_ w hile Wi n „ 47, Cor n ' T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watekni" e. ' tree t)° hill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechureh-s of BIRTHS. , focl'' On the 6th inst., the lady of Edward Williamson r" . 0 4 Smith-street, Chelsea, of a daughter. 0 1 ' 0 O On the 6th inst., Lady Lambert, of a daugh ter, r jis, its birth only a few minutes. On the 4th inst., in Upper B a ker-street, Reg .nt's- ' W. G. Pan, of a son. lot te MARRIED. Ch art. o d On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's Vicarage, R ea— "a n d 6 Dr Anne, the wife of the Rev. S. Wildman Yat° s ' De' daughter of the late John Peel, Esq., et . Pa stn"-11° : t fo u n ai j i shire. On the 2d inst., at Cheshunt Church, Willia ni ' t / o rheef: Sir Edward Smyth, Bart Hill-hall, and '_ e Erti n o. Essex, and Attleburgh- hail, Norfolk, to Mariarrheobs' second daughter of Sir Henry /Vieux, pa rt "' o owle( park, Herts. On the 4th inst., at Patshul!, Staffordshire, the 1 . 1 !,. 1 0 . nd 5°, 15 ° , Grey Cotes, Rector of Star:ton St. Quintin, Wilts, -c`o e nrie L the . late John Cotes, Esq.. of Woodcote , Fanil daughter of Sir George Pigot, Bart. DIED. _ o _ ino , tr ee! Worcester the 29th March, at his residence, at Martin H 11 5 4 1' 0 0' worcester, Lieutenant William Russell Burrow, I s Ito yals, in the 53d 'ear of his age. On the 30th . , ult. Sat Ley tonstonu , Essex, of Ba 1 i adoes, aged 74. titer ' On the 2a .- i K • Catherine,enly (lag, oak, h.s ~ at enstrlton, v3roao the late ' Lev. C. G. F. Leicester, of Hatfield , Essex, • aged 20. OlO On the 3d inst., at the Vicarage, Middleton L.Y l l e . the Lavinia, the younger surviving daughter of the Very I" Dean a M , ddleliam and Mrs. Peter Wood. Samuel Forte) '‘11; Loudon : Printed and Publishod by MU DO 1 f ol, ° No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office. Igo. 11: the county of rtliddlcsex.—Alonday, April , 1 536 ' TjtrSa