The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

-----" rig ( ;t were - h i h c idG ey er pit h to gr. m en cinlen Found o f he P I ! h pi • 01lo ll nvenleno t ut woo,- ° b ' should Gen tle° that to Icessg peel, A the Cb d to• e _jog exce" - 5 , , s and e ,e vote ''''' to 18, 7 ° 3/. p. of tbe 10 the 511 '4 o' r P r° , a , o f in not" tliliefe • to $ Lgers dm °- a 0 Y fgr _ L tiO sugr. „ ado t , op 01, ,rese a l mis ro jOlif ie oel ege tiO thee t SO gre° d (1 0 d e fro.7 l ) le C°l° 4 1 deft AJ };vg 9 1 : 1 1 0 b e As 00l 0 1 3 0 1 xpeo o 1 ,UEit 0' lay o tic ; :clasito t he Sue hold lb _ aid 0 ' / I, ic b 0 15 0 IP ~-*~, objected to the item of 1,574/. for sixteen Queen's plates to be run for in Ireland. On this latter item he should take the sense of the House. It was not right that the people of Great Britain should be taxed to encourage gambling and horse-racing. He pro posed that the vote should be reduced to 4,8901. Sir P. TRENCH said the object of this vote was not to encourage gambling, but to improve the breed of horses —(Hear.) Col. SIBTHORP said he quite concurred with his Ilon. Friend who had just sat down. They might call this gambling if they pleased, but where was there a greater specimen of gambling than the railways of this country ?—_(Laughter.) He thought the object of this item was a fair and rational amusement. They 'night bet, if they pleased, in a church.—(Laughter.) Er. HUME said the sole question was, out of whose pock e t s money s h ou ld come f or t h ese purposes. lie had no objection to Hon. Gentlemen supporting these amusements if they chose to do so, but he thought this vote was wrong in principle. Mr. MORE Q'FERRALL supported the vote. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion ' Against it Majority for the vote —V 20,4001. was then voted to pay the salaries and ex• tenses of the office of Chief Secretary, the Queen's 'ueach, and her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland. 0m 4 1 979 i. was granted to defray the charges of the Ireland. of the Paymaster of th e Ci v il Ser v i c es i n • di The sum o f 6,27.5/. was then voted, after a brief Publi c t V se b t nrlion, to defray the expenses of the Board of Works i n I re l an d. ro T e s next ecre vote was 39,2001. for the charges for service. D r. 13 0 WRING thought it remarkable that the years past. It h a d never var i e d. H e sugges t e d th a t sum required for each department should be a pe,„eified. ~„,°ir C. NAPIER thought the last suggestion a it'Alable one. As to the amount itself, he looked s'llati it as exceedingly small, and only wondered how th e • Go vernment could gain their objects at so slight Int expense. )4r• AGLIONBY complained that the Govern -1116;14 took no notic e whate ver o f th e remar k s w hi c h irousfallen from Hon. Members on his side of the lvSi I • GRAHAM observed there was not any o„-, of ‘ attention en the part of Ministers when a iceLal suggestion was thrown out. As to the vote elf he begged to say, that when he came into office found a small balance of this fund had been left by to ll Predecessor and that balance still remained un nehed.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") a RUME said the money then must be ex pendedyy the Col on i a l a n d Foreign Depart men t s . Sir G. CLERK—And the Admiralty. ISII. . O'FERRALL said there was a rumour b very pre va l ent in Ireland that members of the consta 7bulary fo rce h ad been privately employed amongst the ntry in I re l an d t o o bt a i n information 011 behalf i ns Government, Governm en t, an d th a t th ey h a d gone i n so me vtillences so f ar as to manu f acture reports o f cr i mes Sir h had never been committed or even thought of. •J• GRAHAM could assure the Hon. Gentle . - vii t.l that he was not cognizant of any one instance in b ea lc h a member of the police force in Ireland had ; 11 thug employed. eO4-dord ELIOT said he considered it his duty to 4 fir rn the statement made by his Right Ikon. th e le gd• Having heard of the rumour alluded to by r oe - s : 1 - 0 0. Member for Kildare (Mr. O'Ferrall), the ore r igid inquiries had been instituted by the (L°er of the head of the Irish Government, and he sah rd Eliot) could declare most emphatically that no cu ed had ever been entered on with the p e r z anee of any officer of the police force. If any kes°o whatsoever in the employment of the Govern he 14 should be discovered attempting such conduct, vi s i e „ l , ll d assure the House he would instantly be 'en with condign punishment. • k iy e u- r • WILLIAMS th oug ht th e G overn ment should , th e House some more information as to the ex rTilture of this sum of money. for r It• PEEL trusted the House would not press ,renistieh information which it would be most incon- Zto n et t° give.—(Hear hear.) He could assure the for se there had not been one shilling expended but s4n t eeessa ry he ends, and that there was not t h es t ground for constitutional jealousy. stati o e next vote was 212,324/. for the expenses of th e o n erY and printing in the several departmemts of Was,-lovernment in England and Ireland. The vote 4 a greed to after a short discussion. pri nt Y l) te of 4,920/. was agreed to for the Queen's 111 g in Ireland. diseu.9e of 30,000/. was agreed to, after a short s' s °°, to defray the law charges and salary of olfcitor of the Treasury. 4 ,?• 3 Y l o v te of 13,360/. was agreed to for loss in gold i coin. rvote of 150,000/. was then proposed for the par e:nof a .efraying certain charges that had hitherto Iti Paid o ut of the county rate. „ G .n at -- r.-NGER objected to the vote. He thought jud g : -- `e T, co urse ought to be adopted to prevent the Judg e e r .e ising the disagreeable duty of acting as d already r Prosecutor. The learned judges had subject rtr used t o ad °tight i t 1 ,„,_ opt so unjustifiable a y subj ect. After some o e u r ° a e :i o the House to Christie, Mr. A tonby, Mr. O g : loo d k ut t - o , a t n h d e fVoarn thin ge in money, th H. Peel, and Mr. Cripps, . n s s ir from Sir J. Graham, Mr. ought that there were seine the plan, Plan, and that the public had value Mr. Il p lj as k si h a d said that if the public could hear what ust f:edt.hE:y tatshould there be 7 e t nanner. o it ut p d ub h l a i v e e p a strange opinion of ouch justice was administered. Why l wered land prosecutor ? It an the ver y well in Scotland • for if they compared 41- : 4 with the of criminals tried ' and acquitted in Scot number tried and acquitted in England, Zy ci :ro s; uld find that where one got off in Scotland • earel es ...' l escaped in England, in consequence of the o,d,‘. .manner in which the committals were t o The public had no right to be called on at 74'7_ this money ; it began, he believed, Nv n „ 2u o o/. er 80 ,0001., and now it was 150,000/. It beis'te'l general taxation of the country, by which the p a , reg•ulated parts o f th e ki ngdom were made to ebj ee c t ) those of w hi c h l ess care was taken. Another aa k ii e l PQ was, that the Government paid this money, •dit ure lt had not the slightest control over the expen -1141,1, If it. -It might b e sa id that this -was done rep eal t he Act of P ar li amen t ; b ut the Act might be nan, it e n• The measure was one forced on the cot:1- ' l ° 4le ,Yl o by the country gentlemen, to save themselves vf o üble. If he had proposed any alteration that q tin e 1;1/4'‘e entailed any trouble on them, lie should laki li „ 'en told the practice had existed from time t hey' w ill s !,i 3 t l , and could not be changed. But when n (1 14 4 w itt_q an alteration for their own convenience, :th ese "ru was said about it. Let the expense eatlenienProsecutions be thrown on th+ whoe country Were creating hordes of paupers, elf% eitlid filling 4gaols with criminals. dep osit PS did not think the manner in which th e e A na were distributed likely to interfere 1 1 „ 4 ,1 1 Y ie r ,„ ri 's of justice. He did not believe that 04-`4(lefeed4nt persons were ever committed ; he oftwith res r nany prisoners, but he scarcely knew in neee Peet to whom he had any strong belief Z' l3ll .o• l t ie ll e ' 11 4 tbe `LERTON said, whatever the practice at at that i t ch4 ler parts of the country, he could th e m an w as by no means general. He had h e t ,eighh ouri 3; quarter sessions in Manchester and by u° l l.ght i t c4 x l , and the practice was not adopted ; eata hi c h the ought to be discouraged. But one mode g re a nul ,?.° ll nty rates might be reduced was to c o :"Y inece,sune Prosecutor. The county-rates were off „ tnitti nD , "sed by the number of magistrates' clerks I ,_;ne e Persons charged with the most trifling 4taedat2 prosecution for a theft of an article i lk,a 14 1 4 ,1 7 RA would cost a county from 61. to tho armed in p r o e ase in which an expense of 8/. was qa u r gh there ng a boy for stealing five apples, joatieter. There nothing else alleged against his the ees ' e i erk 7re was a sort of' collusion between the grZefre e _* and the police, in order to obtain ,s._esornraittals, in which the clerk's fee was • otl 2 05., or 21. He was convinced the a ' tills kias of the Majesty's rates arose from matters tat e 1- prosecutor Pabl' e „ • If her Government appointed IsPaye rs, , , ft would be a great saving to the 0 ,, :tr. Payers, hear.) e ';Le u-1,..!°-1-4t; thought the vote was a reasonable 1 , 1 : 0 1?loy ed, of opinion that when counsel were Ng e d it"_3rad of shortening the sessions, they ve far y ii io gi,_!never they were emp l oyed. —(Hear.) r r str ia n said that the fines were no doubt e iron Q the costs were large, but the fines t a ently e 05t5...... , y !ma11, in consequence of the amount vo._ ktiear, hear.) 1, 4 wa s then ared to. ig h eittib - a 7 . , of 18A 1 g e e voted for the Deputy Re r-...eer of t h o • A Xch eour. e Exchequer, and other officers of t , es ef ,0001. 8 - 11 S .4 C 'e 13 was voted to defray the ex sotors, coeutrtalaries of the officers of the Insolvent o ri n th e v ,, • I , i re . us es ef .u,';_e of .18,5861. for the payment of the 3, l l 3 ris ener ' s `le, P.rson in the Isle of Wight for juve g put, 11 0 er e. ...taIS objected to several of the items. ' we re Th _ 010. prisoners, who cost the country 41 44 1 ,Prisoners, it appeared, did not make 0 ,1-,ull be th e sa t head. He should like to know what the 'sou ature of their business which produced I) ° %ln g t n. He found there were expenses for 11 ., t i i.sbro n ern i tllse 131.6 4 ing fires.. The expenses of the O t to an d In le were still higher. In similar esta lolsou In the United States the labour of the ht B,:rswlnvaitdball the expenses of the prison. He did f Solitary sYst e "..at could not be effected in this country ra 0 • confinement had been found 11.11111114 5 . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL l6, 1844. Ito produce insanity ; he therefore thought it would be I well to give it up altogether. Sir J. GRAILIAI said he was bound to state to- i the Hon. Gentleman and to the Committee that if this vote was to be viewed as one of expenditure alone he was not prepared to defend it on that ground. A considerable portion of the vote was not for the maintenance of the prisoners but for the maintenance of the edifice. He thought the Hon. Gentleman had exaggerated the expenses per head. He believed the expenses per head for each prisoner in the Parkhurst prison was 241. and in the Pentonville prison 301. The report of the Pentonville Commissioners had been laid on the table of the House only that day. He was sorry it was not in the hands of Hon. Gentle men so that they could become acquainted with its contents before the present vote came on. Consider ing the nature of the statements and the autho rity on which they were made, he was sure a more satisfactory report could not be presented to the consideration of the House. He would read the conclusion of the Commissioners' report to the House, whereby they would be enabled to see the result of the experiment. He was sure the names of the Commissioners were a guarantee that every confidence might be placed in the report. They were—Lord Wharncliffe and the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Devon, Lord Chichester, Lord John Russell, the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of the House, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Ferguson, Major Jebb, and Mr. Richard Russell. They stated that under all the circum stances they thought themselves fully justified in coming to the conclusion that the system of separate confine ment, as adopted in Pentonville prison, had been ex posed to a more test, and that nothing had occurred to induce them to believe that the system might not safely be carried into effect. The rate of mortality was low, and there was a moral and religious im provement in the prisoners, amongst whom a cheerful spirit prevailed; whilst those benefits had been con ferred on them, discipline had been strictly main tained, and the penal character of the prison had not been sacrificed to the object of reformation ; and, on the whole, they had no hesitation in expressing their satisfaction at the results, and they were of opinion that the adoption of the system of separate confine ment, as adopted in Pentonville prison, was well cal culated to deter, correct, and reform offenders. That was the conclusion to which the Commissioners had come. Then, with respect to the course of instruc tion adopted, the following results appeared with re spect to 525 prisoners confined from 31st December, 1842, to 31st December, 1843 ; he would give the de tails, under the heads of reading, writing, and scrip tural knowledge. On the admission of those 525, there were 169 of them who could read well, and 70 who could not read at all. At the end of the year 343 could read well, and there was not a single prisoner that could not read at all. On their admission, there were 263 who-, could write well, and 327 who could not write at all. At the end of the year there were 304 who could write well, and only 262 who could not write at all. With respect to the higher rules of arithmetic, there were 27 versed in them, and 363 who knew nothing at all about them. At the end of the year there were 522 well instructed in those higher rules, and only six not versed in them at all. Then, with regard to scriptural knowledge'; there were at their admission 66 who had a considerable knowledge of Scripture, and 287 who had none at all. At the end of the year 341 had become intimately acquainted with the Scripture, and not one was totally ignorant of it. Thus, on those cardinal points, at all 'events, the re port was satisfactory. With regard to the trades in which they were instructed, he reminded the House of the decision that had been come to with respect to those prisons, that no one confined in them should be ever again thrown upon society, but should be trans ported to a penal colony. That decision might, per haps, be deemed a harsh one, but it was most salutary for society here, and it involved the paramount duty, even at some cost of money, of providing for those criminals to be thus transported, the means of earn ing an honest livelihood in the colonies-to which they were to be sent. They were accordingly instructed in the various handicrafts most in demand in the penal colonies, viz. those of carpenters, coopers, wheelwrights, weavers, basket-makers, shoemakers, tailors—in short, in all those arts of skill and labour, which are most requisite for the distant colonies. When such advantages were derivable from the expe riment, he could not think that 40,0001. a-year was an excessive sum for the reformation of 1,050 crimi nals annually ; at all events, he entreated the House not to mar a great experiment which was only in its infancy, but which promised so well. After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. ESTCOURT inquired if the Right Hon. Gentleman was aware that persons who had not been convicted, but who were only confined for trial, were subjected to separate confinement. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that no prisoner was sent to those prisons, to which the present vote ap plied, but those who were sentenced to transportation for at least seven years. And as to other prisons, he was not aware that separate confinement, if adopted without any accompanying circumstances of degrada tion, was contrary to law in the case of untried prisoners. Mr. AGLIONBY said, it appeared to him that the lower the price of labour the greater would be the competition. Sir J. GRAHAM read an extract from the Report of the Poor-law Commissioners, ;for the, purpose of chewing that the prisoners sent to these prisons were mostly unacquainted with any trade. The vote was then a g reed to. 20,364/. was voted to defray the expenses of the Pentonville prison. 47,6891. was voted to defray the expenses of the Millbank prison. 3ic9r7i2mLinwalasluNn-o a t t ed to defray icsinßet the expenses hlehemhospital. of confin ing6,soo/. was voted to pay the salaries and expenses of the inspectors of prisons, and the salary of the Se cretary of the Prison Board in Scotland. 63,935/. was voted to defray the law expenses in Scotland. 62,109/. was voted to defray the expenses of crimi nal prosecutions and other law charges in Ireland. 30,0001. was voted to defray the expanses of the metropolitan police in Dublin. 6,337/. was voted to defray the expenses of building prisons and convict depots. A vote of 27,0901. was agreed to for defraying the expenses of maintaining convict and hulk establish ments at home and abroad, and The sum of 300,0001. was voted for the support of the Convict establishments in New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land. The House then resumed, and the Chairman ob tained leave to sit at again Friday. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The new grand ballet, Lady Henrietta; or, the Statute Fair, which has been recently performing, with immense success, at the Academic Royale de Musique, in Paris, was produced at this theatre last evening, for the purpose of introducing Mademoiselle Lucille Gfalm to the English public. The scene of the ballet is laid in England, in the time of Queen Anne, and the story is a very simple one :—Lady Henrietta, one of the Maids of Honour to the Queen, accompanied by her waiting-maid, goes, disguised as a peasant girl, to a statute fair, held in Greenwich Park, for the hiring of servants. She then so com pletely fascinates Lyonnel, a young farmer, that he refuses to marry Minna, the girl to whom he was be trothed, and in despair enlists as a soldier. He is stationed on duty at Windsor Castle, where he saves the Queen's life, and is promoted in consequence. He sees Lady Henrietta at Court, and finding his passion is hopeless, goes mad. In this state of things the lady relents; and eventually Lyonnel recovers, and they are united. The part of Lady Henrietta was sustained by Mdlle. Lucille Grahn, by far the most accomplished danseese that has for a long time ap peared on this stage. We are no longer surprised at the marvellous stories we have heard of the furore which this young lady has occasioned at Milan and in Paris ; and, if we mistake not; she will create quite as great a sensation in this country. She is very young, very pretty, and very animated— her figure is faultless. Nothing could exceed the graceful elegance of her poses in the grand pas de deux with Silvain in the first act, and the ease which she accomplished some of the most difficult tours de force proved her to be a thorough mistress of her art, and prepared us to expect great things in the subse quent part of the ballet. And highly as our expecta tions were raised, they were much more than realised. It is impossible for those who have not seen Madlle. Grahn to form the slightest idea of the exquisite beauty of her dancing in the Pas des Venus. At one moment she gives us the light, airy, bounding, sylph-like movements of Taglioni—then, again, the neat, rapid, twinkling steps of Fanny Elssler, executed with a rapidity that is positively dazzling—then the arrowy rush of Cerito, and yet there is great originality about her style. She is no servile imitator. Dancing is with her what language, what music is with others— a means of expressing feeling; and most eloquently does she discourse. To her Terpsichore is indeed a muse —an inspiration ; the term " poetry of motion," is no exaggeration when applied to the dancing of Made moiselle Lucille Grahn. None but those who have seen her can form the slightest idea of the marvels of the Pas des Venus—it is what many other dances have been called, a true Pas de Fascina tion. It was, as a matter of course, rapturously en cored. Madame Giubelei, M. Delferier, and that very clever girl, Clara Webster, danced a rustic pas de trois admirably, were much applauded, and in the last act, Mr. H. Payne, as a dansomaniac, created much laughter by his humorous vagaries in the Dense des Foes. This dance was admirably managed, and told exceedingly ; but we must enter our protest against the principle of turning such a horrible calamity as madness into ridicule. The laugh which is raised by the humours of a mad-house, is but a heartless one, at best. The scenery was magnificent, the music pretty and appro priate, and the mise en scene perfect. Mademoiselle Grahn was called for at the conclusion, and, on being led forward by Silvain, was received with the most enthusiastic plaudits. The house was crowded in every part. LIEUT.-COLONEL FAWCETT AND LIEUTENANT MUNRO. which I replied, " How can I help feeling dull while this business is pen,ling ?" " Oh," he said, "as to that business I consider it as settled; my last note must have satisfied them; it must have settled it." Nothing further took place till about six o'clock, when, as we were going dowri to dinner, Mr. Cuddy came in, looking pale and harassed. I merely shook hands with him, and returned to the drawing-room, as I saw he was unwilling to speak before me. When I was called down, I found my husband very grave, and he informed me that Lieutenant Munro would not accept his last note, on the ground that it was then too late, and still insisted on a meeting, but added that Lieutenant Cuddy was to see Mr. Grant once more, and would let him know the result in the even ing; and on my observing how happy I should feel when it was amicably settled, he said, with a sigh, " That he wished to Heaven it was." I then, as I had repeatedly done before, entreated him to endea vour, if possible, not to meet Lieutenant Munro, which he was as anxious as myself to avoid doing. He did not hear from Lieut. Cuddy till near mid night, when he received a note, a few lines of which I read over his shoulder, and when I saw that their purport was that Lieut. Cuddy had failed in his en deavours to effect an arrangement, and that they were , to go out, I fell back on my chair, nearly fainting, when my husband said, in a displeased manner, " Oh, this is just what I feared—that you would fail me when I most required your firmness and obedience." He then went to order a carriage to come early the next morning, desiring me to get the servants to bed, but observed, that as it was already so late, it would be better for us both to sit up. He soon came back, and lay down on the sofa, whilst I sat by his side. Thus passed the remainder of that sad night. He occasionally dozed, but I saw he wktched me strictly, and was uneasy if I attempted to quit him. However, I had no idea whatever of endeavouring to give - information, for I well knew my husband's character; although he never had any concealments from me, and was kind, affectionate, and indulgent in the highest degree, yet he would never have forgiven the slightest interference on my part in a matter of honour or duty. I also never thought that Lieutenant Munro would fire at him ; and as I knew his own re solve not to discharge his pistol, I was assured all would terminate happily, though I had a feeling of terror I could not then account for. I may have been to blame for the passive part I acted, but had I at tempted to interfere, the world would perhaps have blamed me still more, and I had the certainty of losing my husband's confidence for ever if I did so; but if I have erred by my silence (for I have nothing else to reproach myself with), God knows my punishment has been a heavy one—the destruction of the prospects of myself and child, and the utter ruin of every hope of happiness to me. But I must hasten to the conclusion of my sad relation. Shortly after my husband had dressed and breakfasted, the carriage arrived (I think it was near five o'clock), and he sent me down to unfasten the hall door, lest the ringing should rouse the servants, which • I did. He then said, on taking leave of me," " God bless you, my beloved Annie, you have shown yourself this night to be a true and devoted wife ; and, remember, what ever happens, I go out with a clear conscience, for they have forced me into this, and I will never fire at your sister's husband." He then ran down the stairs and let himself out. Little now remains for me say. Of the fatal circumstances that afterwards took place, those who peruse this statement know nearly as much as I de, and I have now stated everything that passed. to the best of my belief and recollection, up to the time my husband left me. Of Lieutenant Munro's feelings and intentions on going out, I will say nothing, as they could only be known to himself, and the great God who will one day judge us all; nor will I dwell upon my own sufferings, which were rendered still more acute by being made a theme of conversation to the world; but, disregarding the fresh anguish these details occasion me, 1 consider it my duty to refute the odium thrown upon my beloved husband's memory by the man that slew him, as well as the odious reflections cast upon myself; for Lieut. Munro is well aware that no person (excepting Mr. Cuddy, to whom he could not mean to allude) but myself hai any knowledge of what was going for ward ; and I now here most solemnly state that, from first to last, I never once heard my husband mention Lieut. Munro's name with the slightest degree of acri mony, nor did one word ever fall from my lips calculated to produce that feeling, or prevent a reconciliation ; on the contrary, as I have before said, I many times implored him in the strongest terms to avoid a meet ing, which he most earnestly wished to do. I also consider it right to state, that Colonel Fawcett was never before either principal, second, or present at a duel, but to my own personal knowledge had upon several occasions acted as peace-maker, when called upon by friends. As to the "suspicions of a most unhappy nature," that were stated to have been hinted at by Colonel Fawcett, I cannot possibly imagine to what Lieutenant Munro pretends to allude, nor can any of my husband's family or friends, to whom I have applied, throw any light on the subject ; I will, therefore, merely state that my hus band was most anxious to settle his affairs, and take me on the Continent, as I had been suffering in health and spirits ever since last April, when I had the mis fortune to lose my mother-in-law, who resided with me ; and ever since our marriage we had been de sirous of disposing of the house in question, but had been prevented from doing so until lately, on account of my non-age and his absence from England. Having now made this statement—and what it has cost me so to do few can conceive—l am firmly re solved to be for ever after silent (if permitted) upon this agonizing subject; nor will any future endea vours succeed in drawing forth another line from my pen, or word from my lips. ANNE FRANCES FAWCETT. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would, with the permission of the House, move that the County Courts Bill be then read a second time. In the early part of the evening, he had stated that he did not anticipate that there would be any objection to the principle of the Bill, and, to suit the convenience of both gentle men, particularly the :Hon. Member for Lambeth, who wished to discuss certain portions of the Bill, he would fix Friday for the committal of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. CHRISTIE, Mr. HAVES said he would offer no opposition to the second reading of the Bill, but take the discussion upon it on the•first clause in committee. Sir J. GRAHAM knew that there was consi derable anxiety with respect to this Bill, and he thought it would be better if it was read a second time now. After a few words from Mr. BROTIIERTON, The Bill was read a second time, ordered to be committed on Friday next—on that day to take pre- cedence. COURT CIRCULAR. WrNmson, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, walked this morning about the grounds in the vicinity of the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princesses were taken into the Park to-day. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians went in the afternoon to St. George's Chapel Royal, and inspected the sacred edifice. On leaving the Chapel, her Majesty accompanied the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Prince of Leiningen, for a drive, in an open carriage and four. Count Loewenstein arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken a carriage drive this after noon, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Count Bjornstjerna, General Stjernerona, Sir Robert Peel, and the Earl of Aberdeen, took their departure from the Castle to-day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her Lady in Waiting, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, will join the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their illustrious visitors, the Queen of the Belgians and the Prince of Leiningen, will leave the castle to-morrow, for town, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, will accompany the Royal party. The Court, it is expected, will leave the Castle for Buckingham Palace after lunch. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes terday, in a carriage, and visited their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge ar rived at Cambridge House, from Kew, yesterday morn ing. The Royal Duchess returned to her residence at Kew in the afternoon. The Earl of Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel returned to town yesterday morning, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Sir Robert arrived at Windsor Castle on Sunday evening, from town. Mr. George Mathew, Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Bahamas, bad an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Lord Nfonteagle had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing- street. The Earl of Dalhousie has returned to town from the North. His; Excellency Count Bjornstjerna arrived in town yosterday from a visit to her Majesty at ,Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--YESTERDAY. SOMERSETSIIIRE STAKES (BATH). 2 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 on Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Bramble—taken 10 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Graydon's Roscius—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn 28 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Vakeel—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Wrather's Nutwith—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Sirdefield's The Prior 33 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cooke's What 40 to 1 agst Mr. Owen's Xanthus—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Quebec. The claims of Bramble and Pagan to the premiership were so nicely balanced, that we cannot do better than quote them at the odds at which they were backed, leaving the point an open question. Cattonite was backed at 12 to 1 for all the money that could be got (no great amount), and left off with in a point of the two favourites. 25 and subsequently 28 to 1 was laid against Jamie Forest, 25 and 30 to 1, to a g ood sum againstVakeel, and a few bets against others at outside prices. DER/SY. 12 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 28 to 1 agst Ford's lot—do. 3 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's the Ugly Buck—do. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan 20 to to agst Cl. P agst Sir G. .oel.s Orlando Healhcote'sCampanero—t. & aft. off. 25 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's King of the Gipsies 33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles 40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—t. and aft. off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam—taken freely 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Copeland's Imaum—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Etwall's Mainstay 1000 to 10 agst Lord Westminster's Lancet—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Cook's Phalaris—taken 3000 to 30 agst Mr. Forth's Ashtead Pet—taken 500 even between Akbar and Apprentice 400 to 200 on King of the Gipsies agst Mainstay. Very little was done on the two leading favourites ; enough however, to enable us to quote the ugly Buck at 3 to 1 (takers) and Ratan, (hitherto mispelt Rattan) at 3 to one layers, even between them and the field. If we add that Campanero rose to 20 to 1, that Qui Tam was backed freely at 50 to 1, and that the prices given against King of the Gypsies, Orlando, and Mount Charles, were taken, we shall have completed our notice of the betting. Lord Orford's colt, Boots, who has frequently appeared as an outside favourite for this race, fell in a trial, on Saturday last, at Newmarket, broke his leg, and we are informed, was afterwards destroyed; Wakefield, who was riding, had his collar bone fractured, his shoulder dislocated, and his foot crushed ; it will be many months be fore he can ride again. An accident of a more serious nature occured on Frid, at Beverley, to a son of M r . P ec k , the t ra i n er—Aurora (Sister to Lasso), an Oaks filly, fell in her gallop, rolled over him, and injured him so seriously that he died the same evening. _ OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterffeld's Bee—taken 10 to 1-agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade —taken 12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Princess—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden—taken. The following sporting match was made in the course of the afternoon. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1844. DIESDAY.-Mr. Crockford's Ratan, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Ford's The Odd Mixture, by lon, out of 'Mary Ann, 784 both 3 yrs old, A.F., 500, h. ft. RATS TN THE HEBRlDES.—Generations have passed away without seeing a rat on the small island of Tarin say, on the west coast of Harris. An innumerable swarm of these annoying and destructive vermin have of late spread over the island, notwithstanding the efforts made by Mr. Macdonald, the tacksman, to extirpate them. They appear to be increasing so fast that they threaten to overrun the whole island, and keep violent possession of it. They are supposed to have come from the island of Soay, which lies at the distance of about three miles from Tarinsay, and into which the Earl of Dunmore, some years ago, ordered rabbits to be sent. Soon after this, the rats, which were formerly very nu merous in the Island of Soay, completely disappeared, having removed in a body to the neighbouring Island of Tarinsay, from which they are not inclined to take their departure in a hurry.—S'cotsman. His Royal Highness Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria has left Munich for Florence, where his marriage with the Princess Augusta of Tuscany is to be celebrated in the month of May. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir ' —Having seen in the p u blic p r i n t s a l e tt e r, stated to have been written by Mr. Munro, and ad dressed to Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., reflecting (as it appears to me) on the character and conduct of my much-lamented nephew, Lieut.-Colonel Fawcett, in the late unfortunate and melancholy transaction, I have thought it my duty to call upon his amiable and much-injured widow, as being the only person that was present, and consequently cognisant of the cir cumstances, to disclose all that she knows on the subject. I herewith send you her statement, which, with the accompanying letter to myself, may I be ,, you will have the kindness to insert in your valuable journal ? I shall make no remark on that statement, but leave it to speak for itself.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, D. K. FAWCETT. Bailinlass House, Ballinamon Bridge, April 10. P.S. The delay in the appearance of this statement has been occasioned by :ny niece's absence on the Continent, where she was ordered for the benefit of her health. Ballinlass House, April 9, 1844. My dear Sir.—ln conformity with the request you have made me, I now place in your hands a state ment I have drawn up of the circumstances that im mediately preceded that fearful occurrence, which has deprived me of a gallant and fdndly-loved hus band, rendering me at the same instant one of the most wretched women now living. I had resolved on voluntarily giving no evidence on this wretched subject, or of saying anything likely to increase the crime laid to the charge of my sister's husband, but patience and forbearance will have their limits, and the wishes of my friends must be obeyed. You are, therefore, my dear Sir, at liberty to make what use you please of this statement, in which I have repeated correctly every circumstance that oc curred, to the best of my belief and recollection, not from any impressions I have since received ; and I have every reason to hope and think that I have not made a single error or omission. Many Persons may deem the conversations that passed between my husband and myself of too trivial and light a character for one in my deplorable situa tion to repeat, nor do I make public the few sentences (in my eyes sacred, and deeply engraven on my me mory) spoken in confidence by my husband, with his well-known candour and openness, without doing great violence to my feelings; but I consider nothing else could half so plainly exhibit the absence of all rancorous feeling towards Lieut. Munro on the part of both my husband and myself. Until now I have constantly regretted the knowledge I had of what was taking place, but since I have seen the vile and dishonourable imputations thrown upon the memory of my adored husband, I rejoice from my very heart that I am enabled (from personal knowledge of what did pass) to declare those imputations and insinua tions to be utterly false and unfounded, and, as I hope, have proved them to be so ; although from the very fact of my having this power, severe comments may be made upon me by those who have never been placed in a similar situation.—l remain, my dear Sir, your very affectionate and dutiful niece, ANNE FRANCES FAWCETT. To Major D. K. Fawcett. On the evening of the 29th of last June, between the hours of eight and nine, Lieutenant Munro called, uninvited and unexpected (as I fully believe) at the house in Sloane-street which Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett and myself had occupied since his return from China, and was shown into the drawing-room, where I was receiving a lesson in singing from a gentleman of the name of Romer, which I proceeded with while Colonel Fawcett and Lieutenant Munro conversed ; and when my lesson was finished, Mr. Romer took leave, although, to the best of my recol lection, I requested him to remain and take tea with us, as he had sometimes done on former occasions, but I think he declined on the plea of suffering from tooth-ache. Affairs were then entered upon, Lieut. Munro commencing the subject. As I was writ ing a note, I did not pay much attention to what was passing, but it struck me that my husband was rather annoyed. I then made the tea, during which Colonel Fawcett, folding up the papers which were on the table, said, "Well, it can't be helped now; but I must say Mrs. Smith has bamboozled us both most thoroughly; though, had I been acting for you, I should most probably have acted as you have done." To which Lieutenant Munro replied, " I tell you what, you have several times insinuated that I mis managed your affairs, and I have attended to your interests as I never did to my own, and I say I will not stand it." My husband observed, " No, Munro, I never said or thought that you mismanaged my affairs." " I say you did." "I did not, Sir.' " You did," again rejoined Lieutenant Munro. Colonel Fawcett then rose for the first time, and ringing the bell, said, " A flat eontradietion I will take from no man, and, Sir, I must request you will leave my house." "Your house," in a most taunting and sneering manner. " Yes, Sir, my house." Colonel Fawcett then opened the drawing room door, and called out to the maid-servant, who was coming up, " Open the door for Mr. Munro." Lieutenant Munro then said, " I say, you had better tell your servant to shut the door.' " No, Sir ;it shall remain open till you leave," replied my husband. Lieutenant Munro then shut the drawing-room door himself, and returning, sat down and finished his tea, speaking at the same time in strong terms of Colonel Fawcett's want of gratitude, and its being a different return from what he expected. All this time Colonel Fawcett stood with his back to the fire, and did not walk hurriedly about, as has been stated. Lieutenant Munro then left in an agitated manner, and I said to my husband, " There is an ending to our friendship, but I am sorry he should think you ungrateful for what he has done for us." "So am I," was his reply, " but it was impossible to bear with so gross an in sult." In about five minutes Lieutenant Munro again knocked, and on entering said he had returned, having ' omitted to wish me good night ; then, turning to my husband, he said h e w i shed h i m perfectly to under stand that he did not leave the house because he was ordered to do so, for if he pleased he would remain all night. He then asked if Colonel Fawcett perfectly understood him ; to which the latter replied, " Per fectly." Lieutenant Munro then said a good deal more about ingratitude, and added, that if it were not for the family connexion, he would fling him neck and heels down his own staircase; to which Colonel Fawcett replied, with the utmost coolness and self possession, " Pray don't let that prevent you ; but this is not the way in which gentlemen usually settle their differences." Ido not think Lieutenant Munro made any reply, but soon after left, slamming the doors violently after him ; and all the time he was in the room he kept his hat on, and swaggered his stick while speaking. I never spoke during the whole time but once, when I remarked, "My husband said, Munro, that had he been acting for you, he would most probably have acted as you did." When we were alone, my husband said, "What would you have done, Annie, if during my absence Munro had acted in this way in your house, and refused to leave it?" To which I answered, "What are the police for ?" Nothing more was said between us on the subject until the next morning, when we were at breakfast, about eleven o'clock, a card was brought to my husband with the name of Grant on it, which he handed to me, saying, " Do you know who this is for—l don't." Although I had heard Lieutenant and Mrs.---Munro speak of a person called Grant, it did not then strike me, and I replied, " No, but it is doubtless one of your board ship acquaintances ; at any rate, let him be shown up stairs," to which Colonel Fawcett objected, there being some coats left upon the drawing-room table, for which the tailor was to call, but directed the ser vant to show the gentleman into the back parlour, where he joined him ; and if they had talked angrily or loudly, I must have heard them, as they were only separated from me by slight folding doors, but I did not. Mr. Grant remained, I think, about ten minutes, and when he left, my husband returned to me and. said, " Why, what do you think it is ? Why, a chal lenge from Munro." " Nonsense," I cried. "It is, indeed," he replied. To which I rejoined, "But you surely won't go out ?" "I don't know that," he said. I replied, " Why, you could never fire at each other." "At any rate, he observed, " I must be off to the club, and get Daubeney's opinion (a Major in the 55th Regiment), and I will come back and tell you as soon as anything is agreed upon." But before he left he requested of me to tell him candidly if, in my opinion, he had acted temperately the night before or not ; to which I replied, " Why, in the first instance I think you were a little hot, but in the second I was astonished at your temperance." He then quitted the house, and returning about two o'clock, told me it was not yet settled, and showed me the copy of a letter he had written for his friend. " Munro," he said, " still demands a meet ing, but Cuddy will see Mr. Grant again." " Cuddy !" I exclaimed, " Oh dear, I am sorry you fixed upon so young a man." "He is young,' said my husband, " but he is a peacemaker, and is more cool and clear-headed than many an older man ; be sides Daubeney is so much engaged in arranging his family affairs, that I did not wish to trouble him and like to have one of my own regiment to act for me." I then remarked that I thought he might have written a more conciliatory letter, without leaving it in any one's power to say that he submitted tamely to insult ; to which he replied, " that I was perhaps right, and that it was not then too late to do so." He again went to the club, and on his return read me a copy of a second letter, in which he said that he never intended to insult Mr. Munro, but that he turned him out of his house for grossly insulting him. [I write this also from recollection, as the copies of those letters (the contents of which are already known to the public) are not in my possession.] He then re marked that I looked very dull and low-spirited, to HAMBURGH MAIL. BERLIN, Aran. 9.—We cannot conceive how the public journals can speak of the conclusion of a com mercial treaty between the States of the German Customs' Union and the United States of North America, though it has not yet been laid before the American Government, nor to all the States; it seems that there are points in which the American Minister at Bernd and a Minister of foreign affairs, are, in some degree, agreed ; and this agree ment between two diplomatists, each of whom, how ever, has a superior authority, to which he must refer, has been sent to America. Now, we would ask, in the first place, what the gentlemen in the New World will say, for, as far as we can learn, they have by no means authorised him to conclude a commercal treaty, but have instructed him to make favourable arrange ments, and to send them to America, on which, after they have been duly examined, a decision will be made; and, in the second place, what will the States of Customs Union say, which surely have a right to be heard ? STOCKHOLM, APRIL s.—By a Royal resolution of the 30th of March, there is to be a religious service in the church of Sweden on the Bth of May, in memory of the late King. This ordinance is signed by the Minister Bishop Hamlin, and the spirit which is manifested in it, may be judged of by the text, which sermons are to be preached from on that day : Job, iii., 24, 26. Maccabeus iv., 20, 21. Jeremiah xxxi., 21. The Duke of Leuchtenberg did not arrive here till half-past three o'clock yesterday morning. He crossed the sea from Finland in sledges. It will probably be a considerable time before his suite can arrive. Conformably with the strict application of the existing Swedish laws, the Swea Court of justice has sentenced M. Nilson, a master painter, for having embraced the Roman Catholic religion, to banish• ment from Sweden, and to the loss of all hereditary and civil rights in his own country. M. Eckermann, merchant, has failed for 297,000 dollars, in consequence of the crisis in the iron trade. It is said, however, that the assets amount to 250,000 dollars. GosLAR, APRIL 3.—The oldest inhabitants do not remember such a mass of snow as now lies on the Upper Hartz. In the mountains where the snow fell among the pines, and has not been driven away by th• wind, it is now an average of 16 feet deep, and in some places 30 feet. If we should have warm weather, and rain at the same time, we may expect that much damage will be done.—liamburgli Paper, April 12. 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Fox and He . nderson, the contractors, to pay the whole of the injured men their full wag es until they are ena bl e d to return to t h e i r work, as also the funeral expenses of the unfortunate man, May. THE AFFAIRS. OF OTAHEITE. REAR-ADMIRAL DUP'ETIT THOLTARS TO TIIE MINISTER OF THE MARIXE. On board the Seine-Blanche, Nov. 15,1843. Monsieur le Ministre,-13eing less hurried to-day, I shall now have the honour of writing to you enclosing the details of the affairs of Otaheite. I sent you an exact account of the state in which I found them, and I will now make you acquainted w:th the events which ,have occurred since the acceptance of the Protectorate. Unheard of intrigues have taken place, not only to induce Queen Pomare to contravene the treaty, which she entered into of her own prop er accor d , to which - she even solicited the consent of the great chiefs of the Archipelago in September last !year, but even to obtain the annulment of the treaty, or to prevent its execution, by creating such obstacles as to make it believed that violence and outrageous proceeding had been had recourse to by us towards the Queen. In order to explain the situation of Otaheite, I am forced to recur to the past, even to a very distant period—that of the ministry of Mr. Canning. At that time the whites 'had so increased in the Society Islands, that the missionaries, who, as all the world knows, are chosen from the very dregs of society in London, and taken from among labourers, such as black smiths, carpenters, and others of the same class, not being sufficiently enlightened to make good Jaws, capable of serving as the base of well organised society, acknow ledged their incapacity, or the chiefs acknowledging it •for them, thought it necessary to address themselves to the Go vernment of Great Britain, which was at that time almost the only one of which they had heard, and prayed his Bri • tannic Majesty to take them under his protection, and to grant them the British flag. The Admiralty was then con sulted, and its opinion being that the accession of that archi pelago to the Crown of England would be more onerous than profitable, Mr. Canning, the Premier and Minister of Foreign Affaire, replied by a refusal, but a polite one, as may be conceived, for it was necessary to palliate so harsh a pro ceeding. Who would think that this proof of a disinclination to serve this poor people, which begged it in order to escape from their state of degradation, would one day become the title upon which Britain would vindicate its title to the dominion of these islands ? It is, nevertheless, that which has happened ; and that pretension, such as it was, was the foundation of the conduct of the English officers, who thought themselves entitled to interfere In matters which did not concern them. It is true, however, that the English Govern ment, better informed, did not assert that ridiculous preten sion, which could not have the shadow of a right; and, in fact, it is more logical to infer, from the refusal of protection by England, that she recognised the right of Otabeite to claim protection where it liked. I acknowledged that it was this consideration, so simple and so natural, that decided me in not refusing the Protectorate which was offered. I was well convinced that our situation in the Marquesas would draw British naval officers to endeavour to establish them selves in Otaheite, and it eann•t be doubted that without the flag of the Protectorate, the flag would have been hoisted before the King could determine upon the subject. That which, on the other hand, proves that our rights are real, is, that they were at least partly respected ; without that, the English would certainly have planted their standard on that archipelago; not being able to do so, they determined to use other arms. But whatever they did, the truth is as clear as light, by the tranquil exercise of our Protectorate for four months. Every one at Otaheite was glad to see justice at length established, where anarchy, assassination, theft, and all the other abominable vices which drunkenness and de bauchery bring in their train. The letter of the Queen to the Provisional Government, dated the 16th December, 1842, and the letter of the same date which she wrote to the Regent, to complain that he did not sufficiently support the measures of the Provisional Government, were these letters drawn from the Queen by fear ? Evidently not. We had only two officers there, without troops or ships. Are these letters, on the contrary, not a free acquiescence in all that had been done? Let them produce the instructions given by . Sir George Gipps, the Governor of New South Wales, to Commander Sullivan, of the Favourite, and the report of that officer on his return to New Holland, and it will be seen that, having been. sent to Otaheite to gather complaints against us, he heard nothing but eulogising on our administration. This I learnt from Captain Lavand, to whom he said it. What more is necessary to be convinced of this? To me it appears nothing, because the light of day cannot be denied. We had neither land nor sea forces to act ; two officers were sufficient, because all was done with the consent of the Queen, the chiefs, and the people. The troubles at Otaheite recommenced at the arrival of the Talbot, in January, 1843. The officer commanding that ship not being able to erect the standard of England on these islands, as he intended, created discord, and endeavoured, by the aid of the missionaries, to make the Queen recal her most formal acts and sacred engagements. From that began the intrigues, which did not end till my arrival. All means were put in play, either to embarrass the Provisional Government, or to obtain concessions for themselves, in order to create a title, If not real, at least apparent. A short time after the departure of the Talbot, Mr. Pritchard disembarked from on board the Vindictive, and did not ;wait till she arrived at her anchorage. He was put on shore at the nearest point, and preached immediately a cru sade against us and against the Provisional Government. " It is necessary to eject it (said he), and to abolish the Pro visional Government ;" and he called the natives to arms. All this is proved by letters written by Englishmen, espe cially by Mr. Smith, in answer to the commander of the Vin dictive, whoxequired information as to the facts. They are, besides, confirmed by Mr. Salmon, an Englishman, and bro ther-in-law of Queen Pomare, who saw and heard'from that time all the harm that the councils of Mr. Pritchard did to his sister-in-law and her family. The period of the arrival of the missionary Consul was sig nalised by a redoubling of the disorders. It was then that the pavilion de fantaisie was thought of, which they obliged Queen Pomare to adopt, notwithstanding her engagements with France. It would be too long to show how the com mander of the Vindictive conducted himself with regard to us. Every act of his showed his hostile feeling to France. One day he requested, or rather he informed us, under the form of request, that he was going to put a man on shore to guard some articles which he was about to embark for re pairs. He first put a soldier on duty without uniform, then one in uniform without arms, then an armed soldier, then two, afterwards three, and at last eight or ten. Another day- he said he was going to send a sailor, to see if he could discover a ship which he expected. Shortly after the sailor was seen carrying a signal post. In short, there was soon established a regular signal post, without regard to the con vention between Queen Pomare and France. He did the same in everything. All he did was a succession of attempts and encroachments on us. After my correspondence with Captain Tucker, your Ex cellency will understand what was the real object of the encroachments of the captain of the Vindictive. That officer evidently tried to give them all their weight. But it appears to me that the claims made by Captabs Tucker, of establishments unduly conceded to the captain of the Vindictive, raised an important question, which is, what right the Queen had to make concessions of this nature to a foreign Power; having, previously to those acts, com pletely and irrevocably transferred the internal sovereignty of the Society Islands to his Majesty the King of the French. It appeared evident to me that she had no such power, and that from the day she signed the treaty she' had definitively renounced all direct relations with foreign Governments, and that, consequently, every act of that kind being necessarily vicious in its origin, ought to be null and void. It is easy to see that by all these means Captain Toup Nicholas only thought how he could get his country to take part against ours. All respect for the independence of sove reigns and the rights of nations were set at nought by him. Nevertheless, he would have undoubtedly thought it very bad and unjust that any Power should have interfered in China after the treaty made with England. Yet that was his con duct to us. Still further, when lie paid ridiculous honours to a flag invented and established as a sign of the renunciation of the treaty, did he not interfere directly in affairs to which he ought to have remained a stranger, and is it not a potent de monstrati©n of his hostility to France ? What treaties will be possible or binding if such interference be allowed ? This flag, which was paid so much court to, only because, not being able to hoist the English flag, he hoped it would one day become an obstacle to the organisation of the Protectorate, so that we should be necessitated to pull it down, because It was established as a signal of revolt against the treaty, would cause a kind of conflict, from which it would be in ferred that we had broken the treaty because we had been obliged to do more than it provided for, and that it would also give the opportunity of drawing very logical conclusions to cry out against the oppression of the poor Queen Pomare, and to give to our acts a colour of odious persecution, and at the same time of complaining loudly of our insatiable ambi tion. In short, the truth is that it was thought by this means an opportunity would arise of raising all Eng land against France. Mr. Pritchard endeavoured to frighten the Queen by say ing that I wished to carry her away to France. The object was, that as in these isles exile is considered a worse punish ment than death, the Queen should be forced to seek an asylum in his house from which he would not allow her to come out even to receive me. He had the pretension to wish that the affairs of Otaheite should be conducted in his con sulate ; aid when the Queen, in spite of him, received me at her house, I learned that she had determined to pull down his flag, but that Mr. Pritchard, by besetting her, made her recal that decision by promising her that if we pulled down our flag, he would pull down his, and that his would be again hoisted if the flag of Queen Pomare would appear at the same time. Mr. Pritchard, however, did not pull down the flag of his consulate till nearly half an hour after the fancy flag of the Queen had been pulled down, and replaced by that of France. But soon afterwards he thought of making the Queen pay a visit to the Dublin frigate, in order to have an opportunity of re-hoisting this mystic rag, and of having it saluted with twenty-one guns by that frigate, which, be fore my arrival, had already saluted it. But very fortu nately I was informed in time of this new and insulting provocation, and I succeeded in p reven ting the execu tion of it by writing at once to Capt. Tucker on the subject. Although this report is already very long, Ido not think I have yet told your Excellency all that it is necessary you should know ; and I think r cannot de better than send Lieutenant Reine to France, in order to give information to the Government. He is a lieutenant whose conduct as Governor of Otaheite has been so honourable, that notwith standing the difficulties of his position, he has mdetoemsitnhoetulo giums from all parties. He willexplinthweha ap pear clear, and he will evidently aid Government to estimate at its just value the state of civilization of those people, and to make known their real wants. They cannot go on any longer by themselves ; that is very evident to those that know them; buti t t h i e sal s s ev o l e e N s i , d a e nd evident tehsatatbtlhisehEtnhgelmish. selves on ly want to force us to abandon this archip e l ago, i n order th a t they may seize upon it m distinguished officer, who has g i ven un his honourable c h aracter and he merits' doubted in o our pre o oi place. proofs aof in n not only the confidence of G overnment, but to be worthily recompensed for the honour which his conduct has brought upon a our service. of the As the facts, and in orderthat ono ee word. Arrived their succession may be k nown, I have to address Arrived alone at Otaheite on the Ist of Novehiber, and moored at Papeiti, where I found the French corvette L'Em - buscade, which h a d been stationed in this port since June, and the English frigate Dublin, which arrived on th e I s t o f October. Admiral 'rhomas was not on board. He had re • mained at the Sandwich Islands. The day I anchored I noti fied to the Queen the acceptance of the protectorate by King Louis Philippe 1., the full and entire ratification of the treaty of the 9th of September, 1842, and I announced the future arrival of the Commissioner named by the King to reside with her. I wrote the same day to the foreign consuls te communicate this news. I passed the 2d in inquiring into the state of affairs, and I ascertained that the omincillors of the Queen had deter mined to maintain a flag which they had made her adopt since the signature of the treaty of 9th of September, 1642; and which they had raised, solemnly as a sign of hoetility to that treaty, after the arrival of the Vindictive. I then de termined to male the Queen take . a part more in conformity with her honour and her engagements, to write to her to direct her to take down that flag, which I could only regard as an insult to our national dignity ; and to bring her to a determination more promptly, I announced to her on the 3d that the Protectorate flag not being sufficient to gust :. rantee our rights against strangers, I slioold 1,.e under, the necessity of replacing it on all the pointy 0 Wotecllon by our national flag. Conforinald,ly with this intimation, our na tional flag was hoisted on the morning of the 4th, on the bland yr Dlontm-Conta. La Rcine-Dlauclze and L'Einbascade, fully decorated, and also the fort of Monton-Nta, saluted It with twenty--one guns. The commander of the Dublin apolo gisedl for not taking a par t i n t h e salute (s'excusis - de ne point prendre part an saint), not having yet received orders from his Government. Towards mid-day the tiranie and the Dance arrived in sight of the port, and anchored at four o'Clock. •• They saluted in the came way at sunset. At four in the morning, perce:ying that the Queen persisted in placing over her house i the pretended royal flag, which she hoisted and pulled dawn at the same time with the Dublin frigate, by which it was clearly indicated from what quarter the resistance came, I directed the Consul Valet to advise again with her, but with out effect, and I then notified to her on the sth, that if she did not write to apologise and to give up frankly her opposi tion to the Protectorate, I should find myself obliged, in spite of myself, to go be and it, to recognise it no longer, and, in short, to take definitive possession of the . archipelago of the Society Islands. This attempt not being crowned with better success, I went the .same even ing to make a last effort. We were not received. She was at Mr.. Pritchard's house, and I could not even obtain a promise of an interview on the following day. She sent me an answer that she would see, and that if she could not see me she would write to me before next day. In the night I received a letter from the Queen, who appointed a meeting for the next morning at eight o'clock. I accordingly recalled the orders I had given to disembark in the morning and to take possession. At eight on the morning of the 6th, I went to the audience which I had obtained. I then told the Queen the consequence of those events ; I explained to her the dan gers to which she exposed herself by her obstinacy. Not being able to get an answer, either positive or negative, I took leave, and announced at the same time, that if, before mid-day, ,her flag was not pulled down, I should land with the King's Commission er an d es t a bli s h t h e Protectorate ; but that if her flag was not pulled down I would carry into effect the measures which I had adopted, but which I had sus pended till I should get her answer; and that then I should take definitive possession of the archipelago of the islands and its dependencies. The flag not having been pulled down at the appointed hour, we have taken, in the name of the King and of France, definitive possession of the archipelago of the Society Islands and their dependencies.--I Am; &c. - RO NEW WRIT. On the motion of Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE a new writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Woodstock, in the room Of Mr. Thesiger, now,ap pointed her Majesty's Solicitor-General. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Twelve. IMPORTANT DECISIONS EY MR. JUSTICE MULE. —At the Chester assizes just concluded, two decisions were given by Mr. Baron Maule, which appear to be deserving of prominent notice. In the cases of a person named Walker, charged with stealing leather, and Taylor, charged with fe loniously- uttering a forged acceptance, each prisoner had made declarations before committed for trial, being first (as the usual phraseology runs) " duly cautioned ;" and which statements were offered to be read as parts of the case for the prosecution. It appeared that in each case the caution amounted to this, that "the statement will be used in evi dence at the trial, to make for or against you as the case may be." The note as taken in one of the cases is as follows : " The Learned Judge laid down the law, and cited *he case ' Rex r. Drew.' He said he had se ruled in several cases on the South Wales circuit, that a statement made by a pri soner before, the magistrate is inadmissible as evidence at the trial, when the caution by the magistrate to the prisoner is as follows Whatever you say w ill b e taken down in writing and used against you at the trial,' or, ' will be used for or against you at the trial.' Or, will be used at. the trial.' He said that the caution should be as follows : Whatever 7ou say will be taken down in writing and may be used against you at the trial.' Or, ' may b e use d f or or against you.' Or, may be used at the trial.' The principle of the rule is, that when the words of the caution amount to a positive promiSe that the statement will be used at the trial, the promise is an inducement to the prisoner to make the statement; and that, therefore, it is not voluntary, which it ought to be, to make it admissible at the trial."—Chester Chronicle. oßnswownes BIRTHDAY.—This distinguished poet completed his seventy fourth year on Easter Sunday; and on Easter Tuesday the ladies of his family gave an enter tainment in celebration of his birthday to all the children— about three hundred in number—of the Sunday and Na tional Schools of Grasmere, Rydal, and Ambleside. The beautiful grounds of Rydal Mount were the scene of this fes tivity, which went off delightfully. " All the country-side" came to see the show, and to greet the bard in honour of whose green old age the fete was given. The " Rydalian• Laurels" never looked brighter or more graceful than on this occasion. 'Tisr" .-- - 7 - 1 i , Z /- ._‘ N.,7r /: YAL COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS. Her Majesty's Commissioners hereby give notice, that the exhibition of decorative works, sent in according to notices issued by the Commissioners, will open at No. 20, Bing. street, St. James's-street, on Monday next, the 22d of April. During the first fortnight the Exhibition will be open (from nine o'clock till dusk) to visitors paying one shilling; afterwards, for a period hereafter to be fixed, the public will be admitted gratis, except on Saturdays, on which day the Exhibition will be open from eleven till dusk to visitors paying one shilling. Catalogue, 6d. The Exhibition will be closed on Levee days. C. L. EASTLAKE, Sec. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. A meeting of the friends and supporters of this benevolent Institution was held this day at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen -street, for the purpose of expressing the sense which the Society entertains of the eminent services rendered to the Institution, during the last twenty-one years, by the Rev. John Lees. Amongst the gentlemen present were Sir George Rose, P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P., The Chisholm, C. Sutherland, Esq., Lord James Stuart, W. Crawford, Esq., &c. There were .also several ladies present. Lord James Stuart, one of the Directors, took the Chair, and called upon Mr. P. M. STEWART, who proposed the first resolu tion, which was to the effect, "]hat this meeting has heard with great regret of the resignation of the Rev. John Lees, A.M., who for upwards of twenty one years has filled the office of Secretary and Super intendent of the Caledonian Asylum to the entire satisfaction of the Directors, and to the great advan tage of the Institution ; which, under his zealous and unremitting care, has attained its present high state of efficiency and usefulness." The Hon. Gentleman bore testimony to the great and disinterested services of Mr. Lees to the Institution. Twenty-one years ago it was proposed to provide a residence and office for the secretary, at an expense of 401. a year; but Mr. Lees would not allow that expense to be incurred upon his account.—(Hear, hear.) On another occa sion, when it was proposed, owing to the increasing number of the pupils in the schools, to appoint au assistant teacher, at a salary of 401. or 501. a year, Mr. Lees w ou ld not listen to a proposition which would impose such an additional burden oq the Institution, but suggested the appointment of one of the advanced pupils to perform the required duties, at an expense of about 101. a year.—(Hear, hear) The Hon. Member dwelt at some length upon the inva riable zeal and usefulness manifested by the Rev. Gentleman throughout his whole period of office, and concluded by moving the resolution, which was se conded by General Sir FITZROY MACLEAN, and carried with applause. THE CHIsnoLU proposed the next resolution, which was to the effect that the meeting considered that some public testimonial should be presented to the Rev. Mr. Lees, expressive of the hi g h sense w hi c h was entertained by the friends of the Institution for his ' unremitting attention and devotion to the interests of the Institution for upwards of twenty-one years. Mr. LINDSAY seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. Mr. C. SUTHERLAND proposed the next resolution, which was seconded by Mr. CnAwronis and carried unanimously. It was to this effect, that a subscrip tion be forthwith opened for the purpose of carrying the previous resolution into effect, and that a Com mittee be appointed for the purpose of conducting such subscriptions. The Committee to consist of the following gentlemen :—Lord James Stuart, The Chis holm, Sir G. Rose, P. M. Stewart, Esq., M. P., C. Sutherland, Esq , W. Simpson, Esq., W. Crawford, Esq., and Douglas, Esq. Mr. David Macrae was appointed Honorary Se cretary. THE CHISHOLM then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, who, in acknowl e d g i ng th e comp li ment, said that h e would always be ready to come forward on any occasion when he could promote the interests of the Caledonian Asylum. He had felt it parti cularly his duty to attend on this occasion to bear testimony to the merits of Mr. Lees. The meeting then separated. 'OUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. neP.llB. Yen.. s. to s. 39 4$ to 34 33 2$ Per Quarter. s. to s. 1. to a. a. to s , a. t o s . Boston 34 50 22 38 6 , 22 35 ss Braintt ce 45 58 29 33 18 21 24 29 Brighton 4l 52 27 31 22 26 96 41 Cambridge 46 52 -. 23 18 - 32 Chichester 44 52 28 30 19 28 40 42 1 Dunmow 42 55 24 33 18 23 24 3 2 Grantham Grimsby 4O 50 99 23 14 21 36 40 Hallsham Hitchin 4O 57 27 34 20 30 34 45 Ipswich ...... Lewes 4l 50 24 28 19 22 30 36 Lynn 4O 48 26 28 18 24 24 26 Maidstone 49 50 36 39 26 32 38 40 Norwich I'etworth Rom ford Sandwich 5O 56 30 33 2t 24 32 23 2 Tint ford 6l 64 32 SO 24 28 40 44 3 Wiabech Witham 43 53 23 31 19 23 24 26 r Yarmouth ,50 55 SO 32 20 23 SS 40 21 NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE, Red. Whits. Wheat, Northumberland 42s 485...... 465. 50s: - Norfolk and Suffolk - ll erwick and Scotch 4os. 46........ 4 4 .. 50 1. - Foreign 44s. 464........ as• 6 25 . 1 Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 2Bs. XX...« -4. Foreign -- Barley, Ma1ting, 205........-11. - 4 . Grinding and Feeding Norfolk and Suffolk 27s. _ _ 225. 24 4 . ..... --J.-, - 465. 62,....... -4. -.. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk.. ... 30s. 34, ...., .......... s. Beans, Small - 3Ss. 404: ..F. .- .. ---- Tick 365. 32s -s•.. Pease, White -1 Gray 26a. Vic ....4.. ... - Oats, Northumberland. Paid" ••• ***„ 1 9s. 20s -a. -a, I . h. 18 ___,. ..,.... ...- Feed... ....... ... .. 20s. 225. --a ...-1,. -Foreign ..... ....... ..............”*" ......... . 31a, 3 7 1.-4..-4., Flour (per sack) • MARKET. rug: 496541: 508534 445. 50s. 5.11. 295, 295, 30s. Grinding 2s Vs. 265, Barley,Wheat Ma l t i ngildFo rs t Whitei H ULL U p . : l ; L Quarter) CO RN Oats. British 304 325. SU. 365, 375. 38a. 365. 36e. 405. Va. 525. 56a -mi. 375. 43a. ....1. 264 34. Means P ea se, Grey ............. ........... " Blue and White".."."". Linseed." ............................ ....... Flour per sack .............. „. .. .......... Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) .. DEPRESSED STATE 017-TRADE. —(From $ Corre spondent.)—A public meeting of the tailors of the me tropolis was held last night, at the George Tavern George-street, Blackfriars-road, fez the purpose of taking into consideration the • depressed condition of their trade, and to adopt the best means of improving the same. Mr. J. Eames in the chair. The meeting was addressed by delegates from different parts of the country, who bore witness to the distressed state of the tailor's business throughout the country. Resolu tions were passed to the effect, that the trade had been sacrificed in a great measure by the unfair system of competition, as developed by advertising, and other un fair modes adopted by the capitalist, and that the meet ing pledged itself to co-operate with the United Tailors* Protection Society, 'in their endeavours to secure fall and complete justice to the fair trading employer, as well as the employed, whose interests are identified. A vote of thanks having been voted to the chairman, the, - meeting separated. The Gazette des Tribunaux publishes an account of a trial at Stockholm, which is very remarkable as Coming at a moment when two of the great States of Europe are demanding from Turkey a positive guarantee against religious persecution. A. young painter, named Nilsson born of Lutheran parents, and educated in the Protestant faith, having turned Roman Catholic, he was denounced by the pastor of his parish to the Royal Consistory, and brought before the tribunal. The President asked him whether it was true that ho had renounced his religion, and told him that the law awarded severe penalties under such circumstances, but that he could avoid them hy Again embracing the Protestant faith. Nilsson having refused to do this, and declared that he had turned Catholic from conviction, the tribunal sentenced him to perpetual banishment, and declared him and his descendants incapable of enjoying civil rights in Sweden, or inheriting any property in that country. It was sup posed, howevev, in Stockholm, that the King would exer bis royal prerogative and set aside this judgment. splendid specimen of that herbaneous evergreen, the stiolitzia regime, in full flower, may now be ken in the Royal gardens at Kew. The leaves are from four to five feet in height, and the petals of a rich chrome yellow. not sufficiently known that these gardens are apes 0:10741, the public. 69 -56 /