The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

FA 'ESE ted to 3eived ect of Por artion last of wern • ter of of the proper ion of .ecked I am you )ward esty's lected nance, uld be lancial , or to ve thq lent as )m all e con- could icipals, accede doubt, Por• roposal s busi- humble NG. and fins a. 111oxy illy/arks, • Ems 'Cape 0 'ard and ainaica orningo, shipping Luritins ; Ceylon. .vanuab. packet)> and gold. —Ar rd. ns, from y, under ~ haviog staut, iu a. Sld• rd. M . N. W., I. Al ade• choked. .—Arrd. ion, 8a... awn, and ; Mary. od, slate rt ; crew 4th inst. leek, and re. The it off pre- Minervar aas struck on shore ck, laden and W 1 damage, lin to the Lee Baehr ,iverpool, ort--cref ) Shields► A off, and ere to be tw, front but was ince been verboard. rom Riga and Tilsit 29th De iment 0* ,as to bo h in con tunicatioa Cologne• er Rhine , or warding !nts made ie. nals g' ion. At .rnanufae" ) the Are s was re" ous co►u' called the happY t ° serve to re. TO the Bel' never he, barrel* o f Consular ating the lers more liga see dl preserve % ed by the sided tha t shall be o, Master ;1 at 60 rhole of •ved daill r as t i ‘ observe' as on one erred, b A I useable -- 9f are- I, nanl the Di v 0 0 ne e r; tho ln h a p itob is to if °- reno" en were henr et:9e;sr te nt fair erecilvg Cl er ° ionr I ne diateli h eyeli d , ° o per- ho- ; s a o rt a vier . 30' net. °or . , _ et . Pr'",r i cr togeP • a aPP i r e l &We" l • The - e wife to COURT CIRCULAR. hew ß, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took usual walk this morning, in the neighbourhood of the Castl e. r. Hi ' Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken a car p airing, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. fir Her !loyal Highness the Princess Royal was taken to-day lier usual walking exercise. ii_ittliTthheer Earl of Liverpool and Sir Henry Wheatley have arrived at t he e e l ! tytliaef Highness visit to her Majesty. . the . Duchess , of 'Kent, and Lady Fanny °ward and Lord W. Russell, will join the royal dinner circle Castle this evening p r '' o-nio rrow (Tuesday) her Majesty and his Royal Highness „a, Albert will, it is • expected, l eave th e C as tl e f o r Clare t, 4t'e `'on after The royal party will t a k e th e i r d epar t ure i n t h e after lunch. The Re venue Inquiry C omm i ss i on sat yester d ay at Gwydyr Atp s et Whiteh a ll . Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. A. Pringie, and Mr. H. Binghamßaring, M.P., attended. _ even ?' Duke o f W ellington arrived at Apsley House yesterday T PR, from his seat, Strathfieldsaye, Hants. r o „. n .e Right Hon. Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, Judge of the Pre e : thr':_lve Court, and Air. Justice Wightman, visited Sir James harm yesterday, at the Home-office. terd av " de Cetto, Bavarian Minister, transacted business yes- S treet, the Foreign -office. S treet, Lard Ch ance ll or arrived at his rt sidenee in George. T urv Ha over-square, y ester d ay even i ng , f rom hi s sea t, Lieute Park, H en l ey-on-Thames. Cumand ut.-Oeneral Sir P eregr i ne M a i t l an d, K.C.8., G overnor )-ea,e 4 !. r d i nander-in-Chi ef of the Cape of Goo d Hope, left town a Y for Port smouth, to embark for the Cape of Good ) witi :ste,ount Lowther, Postm as t er - G en eral, had an interview re,ddenn.!_hancello r o f t h e Exchequer yesterday, at h is official siv Downing.street. seatim e!nard K natchbull arrived in town yesterday, from_ his ° Ste, Iv• The Ri g ht H on. B aronet atten d e d at t h e Pay park'hitehall, in the afternoon. k'nflrY Hardinge arrived in town yesterday, from South Thc, rah ambad a n i nterv i ew w i t h Si r R. P ee l, yes t er d ay . vet or :„run t vas of E uston arr i ve d at h er res id ence, in Gros vlee, Yesterday, from Euston Hall. IRELAND. 13tat,I, JAN THE STATE TRIALS. " ' d ing% ,; ,t• 6 . —We have received a report of the pro- e 'Peeiall, l ,„ ;:ue C rown -office, on the occasion of reducing_ l a b .. th e R0i4J,% .8 t• The Crown, in striking off the . nam t es et o i f am l: , ° I M r . Rino‘Atholics on the list, arid in also removing t .n i sv isesth g (a very respectable trader, a native of I: gland, nu pressi on t l t Teted of Liberalism), has produced a veryd e ecided the their di on the public mind, and even Conservatives eee ee openly p e e Part of tbas,tonishnient at such an extr_e_me t p ing Ring, who is a lie st emant 4 • uovernrnent prosecutors. Mr. „,had b e ;„ 4 ° n ever taken any part in political ' movements. issuesAb ,„ ' a M embe r of the old corporation. . ti,i'oratirriorises to the twenty-four special jurorswere mme; are t° fo re , I t ' l l' . The first twelve who answer to their r e ' it tilat i• th e he for the trial of the traversers. i lie r e " :ffe l • 4l elle t : 4 Y, possibly, never be impanelled, as the t d ra- b '-' 'its stn the, deter to challenge the array, on the ground of umb er ~ oristr ' iof the jury book, in which a grea f th e c i ty 0 " f t.r sons ap :ctio . l k • ho do not reside in . the county re! aaftitderthh: nthael:filznedr: a the Jury % : of such person should be . setou al t i i i , r rY i list of t v , -. , thereare several non-residents on the spec th. l l.• ue o tade - f en t .f °nr ; and, on this ground, an application e 6 ''ng of ‘o toe Court to quash the list, and to order the r i, t 4 day of taernmewtanel. This motion is to be made on . z F,,,,,_ .ursday next. , v ening Post ay5.....,, ,„"witctiTtons.—llla. STaELE.—ii Lie ~,o, wisettl plis"oltiri„Sitreiesl,ewhas given instructions to have Lord Pion. d iet l i ngs en, / sir r i t ioi Ltn tt es ! ), Sir James Graham, the Duke of P I and t ord Lyndhurst, imme his i e r i / at s,namoried to unde r r e go , his ' personal examination on l'i n , T def e , 7 salmi Yxostaxrpt.—The Government has finally re ' ti nned not t Nit s 0 re-organise the yeomanry. This announce- rT produced deep discontent amongst the Ulster e g : rn u • Dieu_ , ARIAL—His G race the °f td to approve of Li eut Commander-in-Chief has been the Hon. Charles Hugh Lindsay, o f 44,3 d Light Infantry, and of Cornet Sir Wm. Don, Bart., C abl e 6th Dragoon v.y . t v , his ceilen G c u y a t r h d e s, L te r i dn g i, appointed nan t, extra n s ti e A e e i s d s e i e s - n d e t 0 - igitril Freeman Murray, of the 60th Rifles, and Captain Lord th e f i ' t n Hill, of the 2d (or Royal North British Dragoons— °tie__ . 11 Pa rt a er having been appointed Assistant Military Secretary 1417 Staff of Ireland, and the latter havint , resigned. Afte COMMISSION —CHARGE OF 'SEDITION. Nisi ' th e grand juries had been sworn yesterday, in the Com °,lll C ella, op tn begebll4:ll inquired if there was any attendance in Court kriii:Loooeto,itgohfipthe Queen ? Hi e n f e . °n the part of the Crown having answered, He jnrieLrefer proceeded to charge . the grand t ug t o , ',erten of the city of Dublin grand .t . try, itetept.i&rrtgeale.ndar, I do not find any case (with one single tts eis to ( mirin g auy particular observations from but e of t e described as a charge against a person for making t '' o ! ee , it, ZhaLn.llab..le and seditious language concerning the li ket ' notte ht 7 I.tvould feel called upon paricularly to refer h er 1 inquired if there was any Atendance on the elltr g frf e. -4 _ , iesty, to ask if the Crown persisted in the h . 3°4 t1 4 41.nu as there is no attendance, I am obliged to tell i". 4 tter ' Will not now make any observation to you upon the " 4 4 t,!!' PreSent ; but if it become necessary, perhaps I will oftirlAble you in a day or two. , In eo „ 41 M EETING OF ROMAN CATHOLICS. . '"rn tC ar inenc e of the exclusion of all the Roman Catholics L'''gr ess e f Peeial Jury in the State trials, a requisition . is in e land °r an aggregate meeting of the Raman Catholics of Ni s to petition Parliament and address the ueen on the t i, t. - ma r e • ,41 large number of anti-repealers have already signed qtllntinn. , 11, 7 , , MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. : 114 . h. tr:tuedlilin. d e good. the ''lni t t- --" We Lemingheave Post of this afternoon contains the tau t ren 'ng of th e reason to believe a that, soon of er ei aad, _ nd . session, a movement . of practical_ and In will be made in relation to the state of 'tirr ect e ' the ex traordinary events which have recently . oc ering ,V non gst us. I t i s stated that Lord John RusAgh is to liaa4:e affairs of Ireland under the consideration . of the .1 t h e 6 e Rouse ! t e wil'a;'Y übstantive motion for inquiry by a Committee of l l :3,4i) first trrzek,tialreitdhethaeatuntotice on the subject may be given ‘ine.rs at the o Thus early, we deem it. He ms of the Liberal Irish Art.,.pening of the session." L • ti rVAL OF MR. O'CONNELL. his scat, bt ast night 31,fr, ConnellO' arrived in town, from his t'Ynane Abbe . The Hon. Gentleman is in excellent health. (1 Mit g ; CONNELL IN TIPPERARY. . 41 , j , ,.. • he t i, 4 nursday Mr. O'Connell arrived .. at Clonmel, an was I L lls t .'d (says the Freeman's Journal) wit h t boundless t te tn ee e t n h t t h m u -; 4 ... The corporation and the trades wen ou . 1 451; conducted into the town in a solemn procession, arid tleelf: b e ted as he passed, from every house. .He appeared in i h at ti, - "„, t health and spirits, and much gratified at the de l'oili't,i"olts of attachment bestowed upon him by the i l t-ea lati l l a of the town. The Honourable and Learned Gen il, : ad dr essed the assembled people from the balcony of his o_tall the Most emphatically urged them, above all things, to fj:Noiachl'eace, and avoid every kind of violence. He was ' 11,,Mt mace, at a banquet, at which the Very Rev. %% 4- i t , ' 4 1 : he chair and about 300 gentlemen were gee ti; ' o ng 4 ,,,Zhe t alth being drank, Mr. O'Connell again thatl i ,Ve - t a - r, e tth, the burden of which was to recommend t r efer ? ", tr o - „mtai n from any kind of violence, a=suring them t wirl b e ° in ; 41 thereby be certain of obtaining repeal. H ne e , - t clie rktriumphant tone to the extraordinary progress the a , - L er ibed a- ''ad made in the course of the last year, which go' iiad b t• the Peaceful demeanour of the people. He said gofer Y their conduct demonstrated their fitness for self coN me at ate," t rial ; a alluded in these words to the effects of his itith'iM h0,..--100147 want to call the attention of . Ireland to f ge e •ao ey - t ne repeal cause is to be stopped r e ;Ai % to ent , a , by means this prosecution.—( Hear.) This is the th ' st ari st d o ---( H be ea u r e . lded. sad it involves the fate and fortunes of us to gaol, how would it'tftcilitirstati/eit.etvhaenelersisht 11 people Supposet kr ° , e bar s o f • should e w out my eyebrows (F e ed b y i. a prison ?—(Laughter. ) Will England be Nat% 4, ) — or . will the Irish people be bettered by it ? the th e a', hear,) Will the Irish people be reconciled by it ?. No totitito There are two things necessary—first, ensuring di ogle H anc e La peaceable conduct on the part ot the PeZe t3 ' (' h ear ' Hear ) W h arrived at the strength, the 41 Whie - now s'urrouneds a o v u e r cause, by being perfectly Th r t . , e l ,Z ) P4 4l : t out the speech he was enthusiastically cheered, the ( 1 lilt _e,rnonstrating in particular the warmest sympathy fro 4 hiswnenever he alluded to the prosecution. in 41 th e w aY to Dublin Mr. O'Connell received an address p; t f illl cosPt!Poration of Kilkenny, who went forth . to meet him i s 14 0 sb i "tne and with all the insignia of their office. If his 41 4 ther at this season is to end in a prison, his journey At It a aeri e . of a toe. triumphal procession!. C Ctis t `.'ng of the freeholders of Tipperary, held on the 4th to hor e i ti l .! it was resolved to put Nicholas Maher, of Tertalla, 0;1ty . i, O O to fill the vacancy in the representation of that itl(), '''' O'Connell was asked to allow his son Daniel t h et ant li i, to st and but he deferred to the claims of Mr. -Nivi cti ) l:l; . c. wait 11; said, a patriot long before patriotism was lIIN T , .. 111..... .,••••••M•ma rs VEItSITY. INTELLIGENCE. 1 ), 40 41) 12.e , ,—Mr. Edward Miller, of New College, ',th e f aumitted an actual Fellow of that Society, as of kin Achei Under,itto William of Wykeham. A als in con reatio having pro -44 . ppe i D Hampden, 'the Rev Mr. cylidgment in favour o r. Court.' , The h has determined to appeal to a higher lai t e ;:ov. E. B. Hawkshaw, late of Oriel College, has been 1 ,.. heZ i chaplain to the Earl of Erne. "int d". John Levien, of Wadham College, has been rips ta e b J i ' : 11 :".ate of 'trinity Church, Marylebone: IV' , .1 1 gennay, Esq., has presented the Rev. James Han tlitA °W of Worcester College, to the rectory of Ashley, kNirTa r ,lue 3:91. per annum. I: ll te kt i l k, Thorold, Bart., bas presented the Rev. W. S. 11..sebt,.late of Magdalen Hall, to the vicarage of Ranceby, 1) t he I.4're--value 1651. per annum. , Wi e , °rd Bishop of St. A aph has presented the Rev. D. Ns,' to the rectOryof L ' l;narm s On, in the county of Denbigh— lb 4 2/. ) 10 aLo Pee 0/11111111. \''. br r d %shop of Gloucester and Bristol has presented the ta,1,1,,,,,1!rans to the vicarage of Sandhurst, Gloucestershire th t w • A . , A %%Per annum. Itt i i t '4annv Ls q., icarages o f H un ...., , m y . • , g., has presented , • . .. the Rev. G. Knight to ft the 4 40 /, per annum. gerton and fwyford, Leicestershire %1 5 „' W ea r n and Chapter of Gloucester have presented the de Lode, " Il esi e ,. 3 / 4 ' Coghlan to the vicarage of St. Mary 1, --value 2c5.11. per annum. It i llia I , ..........., 'l l COu - , Celle ncy . - M Jr. R. Milhanke, our ~ ) linister e tt Lhe r-er':f Bavaria, has . arrived at Munich. sateen f ard tor the apprehension of the convict% 1 1. , r . e4l N°ttiogharti Gaol has been increased from 501. to i N t e Ita v A , ali at th e e th e greatest satisfaction in observing that lath N or first acts of the Earl of Leicester on attaining te ';;:' ‘ 4 lt t h Y , 5 beers to identify himself, like his noble 'la t t '4 to me feelings of the yeomanry. and to come itiPtt se ,, the aid of his countrymen in distress. We 1i e ,..0 4 ' th at vs ula Lordship has not only subscribed, N il 4 e 'Y or two of his co min of age, 10 4 3. to the ks,, l 'are e C", Fund, but has adopted g the principle of 11 t ,.14,, al contribution by directing the 3d. in the , ° t t r . Paid on all his extensive estatei. We are delighted Thatt ae bc o ;hat the name of the amiable Countess of Leicester t il li4 no 4 ' Ort t h ° e t ,, h a e r , list with . th e Munificent donation of 501. NPet Mhe r t isnes of Sparham, Bintry, and the very nu- A tir a tk • Parishes com rised in Lord Leicester's estate, beg :I',,rlotilrantTotithtLk.s_to. the Earl and Countess for their berm () , i o cher ?- his Lordship's accession to his majority.— A s t tii r d i d '' 'es•• ay, the Bth instant, the Venerable . ;;i 4l ln . '" Sin clair laid the first stone of the New . Church, an th N e 8 ' Xensi n to 1 ,1. 11 e op w , S 9. The site of the church is . on . ' , lb. cle Aar "e to Nottin g Rill, and commands a view of "ill i'ltyi, Tundin.g country. The building will be in the ,;,:taclade o7.oarchiteeture, and if the funds prove sufficient 41 1 /lod ation , :yr: a,nd spire. Provision will be made fur ethe i t r o , i c .. pe ied for t ~,1,.5,(.1)n0 persons. On Sunday last the A r oo h l. p i !! qil the p otte ,'!_t_ e Set v . ice the new Na ional Sch 'lnt l, anoth er ," 'es of Kensing,ton, preparatory to ale erec- Cutirch for the north.weitern portion of the THE THEATRES STRAND. A new operetta, entitled The Hunter's Bride; or, the Rose of Altenheim, was produced at this theatre last evening with the most complete success. The plot is very simple. A rich old German innkeeper has agreed, for a consideration—to wit, a calf—to contract his daughter to the son of the burgomaster. The young lady herself prefers Heinrich the Hunter, and Master Maximilian Blokk, gloriously acted by Ham mond, the young block, the chip of the old Blokk, devises a notable scheme for frightening the young lady into acquiescence by personating the Black Huntsman, and threatening her with all sorts of misfortunes if she does not consent to be come Blokk, as per contract. His scheme, however, is overheard, and the tables are completely turned upon him, for Heinrich meets him as a brother spirit, cajoles him into the belief that he can actually become what he seems by renouncing his earthly loves and relations, and, having blindfolded Max, and bade him fly through the air to the Brocken, assembles the villagers, and, in their presence, makes him renounce all his earthly con tracts, more particularly that with the Rose of Altenheim, who thereupon becomes the Hunter's Bride, poor Max being doomed to remain a single Blokk, amidst the laughter of the villagers. Ham mond appears but in two scenes, but in those he was glorious. In the first he makes love in the most laughably stolid way imaginable, not to the lady her self, but to her father, because she, being an infant, can only answer legally through him ; and in the last scene as the Black Huntsman, with his black beard and huge wings, now singing to get rid of the terrific silence, now frightened at what he imagines to be the echoes of his own voice—then meeting with a brother spirit, and then flapping his wings, as in imagination he is sailing in a magic car to the Brocken, he kept the audience in a constant roar. In the hands of any actor less experienced or less talented than Hammond, such a scene would not have been unattended with danger ; but he made every point tell, and brought out the whole in the richest lights and shades of unctuous and grotesque humour. This scene alone is sufficient to stamp him as a most aeccomplished artist. The music, which is by Mr. Clement White, who acted the part of Heinrich the Hunter, is exceedingly tasteful and characteristic. Mr. White's voice is sweet and melodious, and is heard to great advantage in this house. He was encored, and deservedly so, in his song, "I have thought of thee," the melody of which is exceedingly teautiful. He also sung the song, "My Mountain Land," with great spirit. The cornet-it-piston accompaniment to his latter song was exquisitely given. We congratulate Mr. White on his success both as a composer and a singer, and hope soon to meet him swain. After the opera the Ame rican Palmer, the Kentucky Banjo Player, made his first appearance. Of all the negro melodists who have hitherto appeared Palmer is decidedly the best— his voice is clear and musical, his melodies very sweet, and his action graceful, yet most gro tesque. He was applauded to the echo, and encored doubly and trebly, until at length he was obliged to quit the stage from exhaustion. The opera was pre ceded by AMe, in which the admirable acting of George Bennett as the roué brother, told with most thrilling effect ; we have seldom seen a finer piece of acting than his dying scene. Hammond and Mrs. Montgomery, as Doudou and Zoe were excellent, and the school scene was as richly humourous as ever, and elicited roars of laughter. The evening's entertainments concluded with Love Laughs at Lock smiths. The house was crowded in every part. VICTORIA. Last evening a new piece entitled Poverty, in three acts, of that class which is termed the domestic drama, was produced at this theatre to a very crowded audi ence. The plot and incidents are common-place enough, but are rather well-worked out in the details. Leonard (Mr. Freer), the son of Squire Graham, having married against the father's will, a humble girl, subsequently finds himself and family, consisting of his wife, Mary (Miss Vincent), and the only son, in great poverty in London, where he is lured into a course of crime by the yeoman, George Gartland (Mr. Nantz), whose proffered love Mary had rejected for that of Leonard. In the course of vice and crime which he has thus entered upon, his wife Mary is abandoned by him, and, goaded on by Gartland, who thirsts for revenge for his rejected suit, he attempts, at a country inn near his father's residence, to bring his evil deeds to a climax, by robbinc , two young naval officers who stop there for the night, and who prove to be the unfortunate burglar's son and his brother, just returned from India. Mary Graham, the mother, who had overheard her husband and his instigator planning the robbery, gives the alarm, and Leonard, already broken down by misery and remorse, sinks confounded by the presence of his brother, child, and wife, and dies. There is a sort of underplot, in which Mr. Gardener, as Mr. Philip Augustus Figgins, and Miss Arden, as his wife, were Successful in drawing forth much boisterous mirth. Miss Vincent and Mr. Freer both elicited frequent applause through out the piece. The scenery was appropriate ; and though similar pieces have been brought out in more showy style, and with. broader effect, and therefore more attractive to many or the playgoers who frequent the Victoria, yet the misc en scene in the present instance was more consonant to just taste. The piece was entirely successful. A trifle in two acts, called the Broken Promise ; or, a Sister's Honour and a Brother's Duty, followed ; and the entertain ments of the evening concluded with the pantomime of Harlequin Lincoln Lucky, which the good folk beyond the Thames seem by no means to he tired of yet. At various times in the course of the evening the amusements were diversified by the fistic en counters of some effervescent spirits - in the more ex alted regions of , the house, who, quite regardless of the proceedings on the stage below, buffetted each other most manfully, amid the cheers, shouts, and laughter of their respective abettor,4:,.: COPENHAGEN, DEC. 30.—TheA3lidget, for 1841, has been published in the journals of 'Oft city by his Majesty's order. The revenue is estimated at 15,767,167 rix:dollars, and the expenditure at 15,620,767, consequently leaving a surplus of 146,400 rix dollars. HAMBURGII, JAN. 3.—An official statement of the maritime commerce of Hamburgh gives the number of mer chantment that arrived there this last four years, as follows :- 1840 1841 1843 1843 With cargoes ...... 2,640 2,690 3,001 3,409 In ballist 295 304 '229 129 Under English colours 852 973 894 907 PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE OF FIFTY•TIIREE FISHER ME K.—On the morning of the Ist instant, at five o'clock, nine fishing boats and fifty-three men left Aberdeen for the fishing ground, with light winds from the south-west. Soon after sunrise, the wind suddenly increased to a heavy gale, right off the land, and by ten o'clock blew a hurricane, rendering their position almost hope less. Every exertion was made to pull in for the land, but their efforts were in vain, and they became quite exhausted. By a merciful interposition of Providence, her Majesty's revenue cruiser Greyhound, Lieutenant Dooley, RN., commander, was running to the southward at the time, and fell in with the scattered boats, eight miles off the land. with their crews so exhausted that to reach the shere was impossible, and nothing but a watery grave before them. This humane officer and his gallant crew lost not a moment in affording them every relief, and before noon had succeeded in getting every man on board, some of whom were upwards of seventy years of age, so weak from exertion that they required to he " parbuncled" up the side of the cruiser. The boats were all taken in tow, and every effort made to preserve them and the property; but the gale continuing, and the sea increasing, some of them already sinking or sunk, the last two were cut away about three in the afternoon. It has since been ascertained that all the boats had reached the shore in safety, ex cept two; and even these, it is to be hoped, have been picked up by some vessel, or made same harbour to the northward. The poor fellows were all landed in safety at Leith on Tuesday, the 2d instant, and taken charge of by the managers of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mari ners' Benevolent Society. They embarked fur their homes on Thursday, on board the Bonny Dundee steamer, at Granton.— Edinburgh Paper. LIEUTENANT MuNßo.—An accredited agent on the part of Lieutenant Munro has been three or four times at the Horse Guards, to know the feeling of the Commander-in- Chief towards his principal, and the answer which he has inva riably received is that w h en hi s present l eave o f a b sence ex pires his Grace will consider him as " absent without leave," and remove him from the service altogether ; au application for an extended leave of absence was met with a blunt refusal. In this dilemma stands the accused duellist—he will either lose the price of his commission, the regulation value being 1,6001., or have to take his chance of a trial. I have also heard, from another source, that since the verdict of the coroner's jury, he resided in lodgings in one of the streets off the Strand (Ce cil, I think ), under the assumed name of Captain Johnson, for several weeks, an d th a t it was t h e acc i dental use of his name by his own wif e , w h en v i s iti ng hi m t h ere, that betrayed h i s ha cognito, and forced hips to leave the place, and in two days after he had done so, Inspector Aggs, of the police, got scent of his " whereabouts." So much for the vigilance of this over puffed body.—London Correspondent of the Hampshire Inde pendent. A. RULE MISAPPLIED.—On the entrance to the chief constable's office in our watch-house are painted, in bald italic characters, the words, " Magistrates only admitted by this door ;" the door in question being that by which all thieves, drunkards, and other offenders are ushered in. We believe the solution of the absurd puzzle to be, the removal of the door from the Justices' consulting-room to its present situa tion.---Banner of Ulster. DEArsp.ss.—A highly interesting paper on the efficacy of Arnica Montana in the cure of Nervous Deafness was read on Saturday afternoon, by Dr. Cronin, of Craven street. In the introductory part the lecturer observed, that there was a wide distinction between Nervous Deafness and structural changes. After noticing the difference between deafness arising from mere torpor or increased nervous ac tion, and that which arises from structural alteration of the organs, he 'marked that deafness was much more prevalent than generally imagined, and attributed the frequent failure of aurists to the total inattention to those distinctions. He next entered into a general outline of the natural history, chemical constitution, and medicinal virtues of the Arnica, showing that it possessed stimulating properties, which were rapidly succeeded by tranquillising or sedative effects. That from the relief afforded in several distressing nervous affections, he was induced to try it in Nervous Deafness ; that it was attended with complete success. The Doctor then brought forward several well.marked cases, which, having resisted the ordinary treatment, were rapidly relieved by Arnica ; and eoncluded a l most important and interesting lecture, which was list ene d t o will marked attention by the professional and other gentle men who were present, by stating that the College of Fhysicians had expunged this valuable medicine from their present Phar reacopceia, but hoped in their next it would bi restored to its old place. GRAND COURT OF WARDMOTE, GUILDHALL, Y9sterdly a Grand Court of \Vardmote was held by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, for the purpose of receiving the presentments of the several wardmote inquests. COMPLAINTS AGAINST NON-FREEMEN. The Lord Mayor having taken the chair, Sir PETER LAURIE called the attention of the grand ward mote to the presentment which was about to be handed in by the officers from the ward of Aldersgate. A course of rather an unusual kind had been adopted with respect to the indi viduals who were believed to be non-freemen. The proper officers had received directions to return the name, address, profession, trade, or occupation, of every one in the ward who was supposed not to be free, in order that measures might be taken to ascertain whether al!, without distinction, were not compellable to prove that privilege. The question had become, by recent proceedings, one of extreme interest and importance, and ne hoped that it would not sink into a mere matter of form, as had hitherto been the case, but that the City Solicitor should be directed to proceed against the large dealers, who had hitherto evaded the obligations for which the poor man, to whom the payment of even the small sum at present required was a serious object, was prosecuted for the omission.—( Hear, hear. ) The return would include all ranks, and all trades and profes sions, and be should, at the next Court of Aldermen, propose that a Committee be appointed to exanitne and report upon the presentment. The presentment, which contained the long list alluded to by Sir Peter Laurie, was then handed in by the Ward-clerk and received. The presentment from Bassishaw ward contained the follow • ing observations, which particularly attracted the notice of some of the members t— " And as touching more persons occupying or dwelling within this ward, we beg to draw attention, as we have fre quently done before, to the presentments made by the inquests of this ward in the years 1828 and 1829, and to complain that although more than fifteen years have since elapsed, and al though throughout the whole of that period several of the per sons included In these presentments have continued to carry on trade within this ward without taking up their freedom, the right claimed by those persons (and by others in similar cir cumstances in various parts of the City) to carry on trade within this City without being admitted to the freedom thereof, has never yet been brought before any legal tri bunal. And we present that in obedience to the articles given us in charge, we have caused to be summoned up wards of eighty persons now carrying on trade within this ward, and who were suspected not to be free of this City, and required them to appear before us to produce and show the copy of their freedom under the seal of the officer of the. Chamber of this City, but that such summonses have (with two or three excep tions) been entirely disregarded by the persons to whom they were addressed, in consequence, as we believe, of the known in attention that has been shown to our former presentments. We, therefore, present our request that the decision of some com petent tribunal may be obtained, first, whether wholesale dealers are compellable to take up their freedom, in order to their carrying on trade within the City, and, if not, then se condly, what constitutes a dealing by wholesale. And, we pre sent our further request that until those questions are decided the articles given in charge to the inquest may be so altered as that the members of the inquest may be relieved from the ie vidious inquiries which, under the solemnity of an oath or af firmation, are now so unavailingly cast upon them." Some remark having been made by one of the law officers as to a certain inaccuracy in the language of the presentment, Alderman FARNCOMBE rose and moved that the present ment should be at once received. Alderman Fautartartmt said he merely wished to have the opinion of the Town-clerk as to the admissibility of the present ment, containing, as it did, a charge against those to whom it was addressed. His object was merely to maintain the order and dignity of the Court. Sir PETER. LA URIE considered that the inquest had a right to send any presentment they considered it to be their duty to sign to the Court of Grand Wardmote, and that the subject was one of too serious a nature to be subjected to injury or inter ruption by verbal forms. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said he felt, for reasons which were perfectly well understood, the deepest interest in the sub ject matter to which the presentment claimed the attention of the Court—the question whether the wholesale dealers could, or could not, be compelled to take up their freedom. He pledged himself to pay the most scrupulous attention to it when before the Court of Aldermen. The TOWN-CLERK intimated to Alderman Farncombe (the Alderman of Bassishaw-ward) that the reception of the pre sentment was not matter of motion y but upon the face of it there was an inaccuracy. It stated that the inquest had before called the attention of the Court to these presentments. Now such was nut at all the fact. The present inquest had never done anything of the kind. What had been alluded to was the act of an inquest of a former period. Alderman AlusauovE said it appeared to him that the Court would not compromise its dignity by receiving e presentment charging it with inattention to former present ments. Alderman FARNCOMBE declared that the gentlemen who had made the presentment never contemplated an offence or slight to the Court. Their object was to press the attention of the Court to a matter which had, hitherto, whatever might be said to the contrary, been very much neglected.—(Hear.) Sir PETER LAURIE said the inquest was perfectly justified in the language they had used. They had constantly presented the wholesale dealers of the ward who were not tree, and these presentments had been as constantly disregarded. He did not see how such a matter-of-fact statement should be withheld, or how it could be contradicted.—( Hear. ) The Foreman of the inquest begged to be allowed to state to the Court that he and his fellow-jurymen could not act otherwise than they had acted, in making the presentment, with satisfaction to their own consciences. For seventeen years they had been in the habit of returning from 70 to 80 individuals for not having taken up their freedom. Their summonses were now almost wholly disregarded, no more than two out of the number having condescended to take any notice of the proceedings of the inquest on the recent occasion. The Inquest of Billingsgate Ward presented that certain in dividuals carried on trades in that ward without being free , and complained that the state of the market was such, that dan gerous diseases were to be apprehended if remedy were not applied promptly. The Foreman stated that 60 persons had been summoned to show that they had taken out their freedom, and of that number one only attended. The Inquest of I3ridge Within Ward presented the coach stand near the Adelaide Tavern as a nuisance. They also stated in their presentment that the streets were in a deplor able state of filth, and that respectable persons, particularly females, were subjected to great annoyance by the conduct of idle vagabonds in the neighbourhood of the wharfs at which the steam vessels received and landed passengers. They like wise prayed the attention of the Court to the notorious in stances of negl ec t as regar d e d t h e treatment o f non -f reemen. the Jury fart to that present se the n t The Inque s t o f C or d wa i ners ' W ard h an d e d i n a presentment, but it pa sse d sx b s il ent i o, and no mention was made of the ward thoroughfare e d ttie i s dange rous s t ate o f Watling-street in the document, notwith standingA that lde choked-uprman of the nuisance ; and Me. Lott has, in the Court of Common Council, upon every occasion which presented itself, within the last five or six years, spoken of it truly as one of the worst street • evils in the whole City. The Inquest of Candlewick Ward presented that King William. street was dangerous, in consequence of the want of proper crossings, and that on account of the inattention of the scavenger contractor, the whole neighbourhood was in a state of filthy puddle. The Inquest of Castle Baynard Ward presented Puddle Dock as a filthy and disgusting nuisance, in which masses of as imal and vegetable matter were accumulated to the preju dice of the health of the inhabitants of the vicinity. The pre sentment called upon the Court to interpose its authority to cure or abate so dreadful a source of disease, to compel the person who superintended it to do his duty, and to prevent the additional evil arising from the conveyance of all sorts of abomi nation to that place fromvarious parts not at all within the limits of the City. Coleman-street Inquest presented that the laxity in the per formance of the duties of the law officers of the City had caused a great increase in the number of non-freeman in that ward, an evil, in the opinion of the jury, calculated to operate most prejudicially to those who were free, in the competition so warmly going forward amongst tradesmen. The Loan Ntavon—lnquiry shall be made, and if it bt. found that the law-officers have been remiss, steps shall be taken to make them apply themselves immediately to active exert ion. The Dowgate Inquest presented that the streets in the ward were so much neglected by the contractor for scavenging the City as to be almost impassable. They also presented that Dowgate Dock was becoming a most intolerable nuisance and offence, and calculated to occasion disease as well as disgust. Several of the precincts of Farringdon Without Ward handed in presentments, with memorials attached to them, complaining, in strong terms, of the indulgence granted by the inspectors to the rich, in not compelling them to become free, and the hard ship inflicte:t upon the poor in subjecting them to penal inflic tion uron their refusal, from inability, to incur the expense. Th 3 Foreman of one of these inquests presented a memorial of rather a singular description. It stated that one of the parties whu had been summoned to attend as an inquest-man and who was a wholesale dealer, had refused to perform the duty. The gentleman who had thus refused was a non-freeman, and still Sir James Duke, the alderman of the ward, was of opinion that he was eligible as an inquest man. Now, the freemen and the rest of the inquest did not consider that such a person could legally serve as an inquest-man, inasmuch as amongst other acts which he would have to perform he might be called upon to present to the Court inhabitants of the City of London who, like himself, were non-freemen, and the rest of the jury being freemen, would, by admitting a non-freeman to act with them, be chargeable with illegal acts, while performing what under other circumstances would be the duties they were sworn to execute. The jury presented the individual alluded to, and his partner, as non-freemen. The TOWN-CLERK here observed that the Inquest had inten tionally not presented any other persons in the ward as non freemen, although they were sworn to present all the non freemen they could find in the ward. Alderman T. Woon said it was the bounden duty of the In quest to return all the non-freemen they could prove to be wanting in the privilege, instead of impugning the decision of Sir James Duke, who was perfectly correct in stating that ,an inhabitant of the ward, whether freeman or non-freeman, etas eligible as an inquest-man. Alderman HUGHES Huonessaid the Inquest Jury ought, instead of selecting one instance, to have done all they could, by presenting all the non-freemen - in the district, to show the extent of the evil.—( Hear, hear.) They would by such fsj course show the strongest title to a remedy. The LORD MAYOR said one difficulty described as regardeti: the omission of the names of other non-freemen was easily conquered. The jury could go back, and attend with another memorial at another time. The Foreman said; the jury had not had time since the 21st of December, to present all the non-freemen of the dis trict. He and his brother jurymen objected to the proposition to have amongst them a non-freeman, from the palpable incon sistency of the th;ng. About twenty-six years ago he took up his freedom, and it cost him all the money he possessed to ac complish that object. Ever since that period he had seen mul titudes of persons flourishing in trade around him who would not become free, and upon whom no compulsion was exercised. The LORD MAYOR said that the petition .should be sretbmitted to the next Court of Aldermen, and undergo due consideration, and that notice should be sent round to all parties. Mr. WELLS said he believed that he was a corporator, and that he was entitled to look at certain documents in the Town Clerk's office, which he considered to be necessary to the sup. pa of his case. Alderman FA REBROTHER said that Court mold give no per mission of the kind. It was a Court of Grand Wardmote, ap pointed for a specific purpose. Mr. WELLS. said it was quite impossible for him to proceed with his petition without the documents he was desirous of perusing. Alderman FAREBROTHER-Mr. Wells knows very well that he must apply to the Court of Common Council on that subject. Mr. WELLS-I am rather shy. Alderman FARERROTHER—That is a very new failing with you, Mr. Well 4.—( Laughter. ) The LORD MAYOR stated that all the presentments should obtain the most mature consideration.--Adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. A very good attendance of members, and betting for the season untivally animated. Scott's lot and the twe favourites were backed for at least 2001. each at the odds reported, and Loadstone for a pony at 18 to 1, a point above the average laying price at the close. Takers of 22 to 1 about cockamaroo, of 25 to 1 about Orlando, and of 30 to 1 about lonian. Leander, Running Rein, and Campunero, were at a discount. Saddle 13ow was backed in one quarter at 35 to 1, and in another alc 40 to 1. Voltri was in frequent demand, and, although laid against at :38 to 1 to 401., cannot, as a market price, be quoted at more than 35 to 1. 1,000 to 20 was taken freely about Bebington and Mount Charles (the Maltasell Otz colt), and the seine odds to 501. about Apprentice. Three fillies were backed for the Oaks for a pony each, and a lot of three for fifty pounds. On this stake and the Derby we subjoiu the final quotations:—.. DERBY. 11 to 2 apt Scott's lot—taken 7 to I agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken 15 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—ditto 17 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loadatone 20 to 1 agat Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Orlando—taken to 701. 25 to 1 agat Colonel Peel's lonian-30 to 1 taken to 501. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Running Rein 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's 'l"Auld Squire—t and aft. off. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Voltri 40 to 1 agat Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin na. Foig-a-ballagh—taken to 251. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice 50 to 1 agst Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Bebington 50 to I agst Mr. On;ley's King of the Gipsies 50 to 1 asst Lord Exeter's Antenor (Marinello colt) 50 to I agat Marquis of Westminster's Lancet 50 to 1 agst Mr. Booth's Mount Charles (Mamsel Otzc. )-t. 1000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Day's Juvenal 1000 to 10 agst Mr. William's Red 'lover 2000 to 1000 on Cockamaroo agst Vat colt—taken. OAKS. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Luneta—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Robinia—taken 25 to 1 apt Lord Steadbroke's Marpessa filly—taken 25 to 50 agst Princess, the Bee, and Barricade—taken. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT Aleisrs. TATTERSALLS'. YESTERDAY. Sir Hercules by Whalebone, out of Peel, 900 gs.; Bay mare by Velocipede (covered by Sir !lercules), 24 gs.; Bay year ling colt by Sir Hercules, out of the bay mare, 30 gs. ; Ch fby Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 2 yrs, 38 gs., the i.roperty of Mr. Weatherley. Livermand, a bay 2 yrs old colt, by Liverpool, out of Jeffy's dam, the property of the late Lord Lynedoch, fetched 180 gs. Lord Macdonald's Hunters :—Fairstar, 115 gs.; Judy M'Can, 100 gs. ; Black Prince, 88 go. ; Will-o'-the-Wisp, 280 gs. ; Ptarmigan, 200 gs. ; Hector, 200 gs. ; Jew' s Ey e , 255 gs. ; and Curiosity, 120 gs. Of Colonel Thompson's Hunters, Prisoner fetched 180 gs., and Discount 155 gs. All the above lots were sold.--Sir Hercules was bought by the Hon. S. Herbert. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. DONCASTER, 1844. MONDAY. Nominations for the Champagne Stakes for two-years Colonel Anson's Gossamer—Mr. R. Bennett's Hope — Mr. Bell's Sowerby—Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude, Miss Elis, and Pug—Lord Chesterfield's Twi g —Mr. Coatesworth's br c by Camel, out of Roostan'sdam— Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot—Mr. Crockford's c by Caesar, dam by Tiresias—Lord Eglinton's Vaudeville and Lycurgus—_Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the- Way—Mr. G. L. Fox's c by Stockport, dam by Viator—Lord Glasgow's Sister to I)eerslayer—Mr. Heseltine s The H e lm s man— Mr. E. L. Irwin's The Connaught Ranger—Mr. Jaques's Playmate—Mr. Johnstone's c by Touchstone, out of Alice Hawthorn's dam—Mr. Lintoft's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Lillah—Sir C. Monk's f by Physician, out cf Castaway—Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—Mr. G. Neville's f by Amaline—Mr. R. Ne wman's Bloodstone—Mr. Osbal destone's c by Jerry, dam by Dr. Syntax—Mr. J. Os borne's Firemaster—Mr. Pedley's Poll of Wapping—Sir R. Pigott's The Lass of G owry—Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Mid lotlzian—Mr. J. Shepherd's Alaric—Mr. Smith's Alice Gray —Mr. Stephenson's Wynyard—Lord Westminster's Somers and Anne Page—fir. Wilson's St. Pancras—Mr. Winteringham's c by Touchstone, out of Rebecca—Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch—Mr. Wreford's c by Camel, out of Mouche. Alderman HUGHES 1-luctrEs said that he never would be convinced, until he should see it ruled by the Courts above, that a freeman was compellable to act upon a ward inquest. The Loan Mairotc then directed the foreman to send in an additional presentment, including all the other non-freemen of the district. Alderman Glass informed the several inquest jurors who complained of the filthy condition of the streets, that if the inhabitants would attend the Commissioners of Sewers next day, and prove breaches of contract before them upon the part of that individual, penalties should most unquestionably be inflicted. THURSDAY. The Two yr 3 old Stakes of 20 sovs. each ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 411). T.Y. C. Colonel AnSon's Jezail—Mr. Bell's Sowerby—Mr. R. Bennett's Violet and Hope—Lord G. Bentinck's Pug, Longitude, and Miss Elis—Mr. Brook's Titania—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Sister to Coal-black Rose—Lord Ches terfield's Twig—Mr. D. Cook's Yellow Boy—Mr. W. Cookson's Puniaub—Mr. Crockford's c by Caesar, dam by Tiresias—Lord Eg,linton's Bretwalda—Lord Glas gow's f by Bay Middleton, out of Impertinence—Mr. Heseltine's The Helmsman and Fitzallan—Sir C. Ibbot son's Botanist—Mr. A. Johnstone's cby St. Martin, out of Marchioness—Mr. Lintott's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Lillan—Mr. Micklam's Freeman—Sir C. Monck s by Physician, out of Castaway—Mr. G. Nevill's Amaline, Mr. It. Newman's Bloodstone—Mr. Osbaldes tune's c by Jerry. darn by Doctor Syntax, and b c Se cutor—Mr. J. Osborne's Firemaster—Mr. W. R. Ram say's Mid Lothian—Mr. Stebbing's Mainstay—Lord Westminster's Somers and f Ann Page—Mr. Wormald's Sister to Pedometer. PRIDA.Y. The Scarborough Stakes. Mr. Johnstone's t by Recover, out of Alice Hawthorn's dam—Mr. Meiklani's Go :frey—Mr. Salvin's The Cure —Mr. Smallwood's Prince Royal—Mr. Standile's Susan. DONCASTER, 1845-ToEsnaY. The St. Leger Stakes. Colonel Anion's b c hedger, b c Jezail, ch f Gossa mer, and ch f by Jereed, out of Malibran-Mr. Bateman's Belvidere-Mr. Bell's b e Sowerby-Si r R. W. Bulkeley's b c. Chertsey, by Touchstone, out of Cobham's darn, and b c Bobstay, bro to Cable-Mr. T. B. Charlton's br c by E Jerry out of Dublin-Lord Ch es t er fi e ld's br c Neves monger, b c Twig, b c Contract, by Bay Dliddleton, out Of Gr e y M omus ' s d am , b rot h er to 0, Pompey -Mr. Coat . .tl ' • by Camel, out of Roostan's se ()I ! s e dam -Mr. W. Cookson's br c Puniaub, by Muley Moloch, out of Deuce-Mr. D. C )ok's b c Yellow Boy- Mr. Criteldey's bee Coeur de Lion, by'Dick, out of Brunette by . Blacklock -Mr. Crockford's c . by (,swat, d by bourne, and Old Ragland (late and brother to Tiresias- Mr. Dawson's br or bk c by Montgomerie, bro Bastion), by to Lord Salton!), and b c Crim Con : Mr. J. Day's Nut- Mulatto- Mr Death's eh e Merryman, by Tomboy, out of Lunaria -Mr. Dixon's The Iron Mask ' and bk c by Sheet An chor. out of Mrs. IF ry -Mr .Edinondstone's b f Heiress, by Vestment, out of the Lord Mayor's dam-Lord Eg linton's Lycurgus, Britannia, Plaudit, and Bretwalda- ; Lord Exeter's c Golden Fleece, by Velocipede, out of Green Mantle, e Woodpigeon, by Velocipede, out of Amino, c Adrianople, by 'Veloci ede ou t of Galata , and c Yellow Hammer, by Velocipede, out of the Bu ck's da m -Mr. Ferguso;)': , ell c Clear the- wa y-Mr. G.T. Fisher's , p b e Lightning by Bay Middleton, out of Guile -Mr. L. Fox's ch c by Stockport, dam by Victor, out o f L ad y Fractious-Lord Glasgow's b c by Bay Middle ton, out of Miss Whip-b f sister to Deerslayer-Mr. 4'rat wick's b c by Slane, out of the Margravine-Mr. Gully's br c Weatherbit, bro to Wee Pet -. Mr. J. Harker's gr c Robin Burns, by the Bard - Mr . Hesel tine's be c The Helmsman and b c Fitz-Allea-Mr. C. Hook's m c Bastion, bro to Barrier-Mr. Horasey 's br c Stittenham, by Stockport, out of Curiosity-Sir C. Ibbot son's b c Botanist-Mr. E. I. Irwin's ch c The Connaught Ranger, and bk c The Hermit-Mr. Jaq4es's Moulton -M7. A. Johnstone's ch c by St.. Martin, out of Marchioness, and ch c by Touchstone, out of Alice Hawthorn's dam-Mr. King's bk .. s py Newton, out of Miss Skim, and bk c by Aereeebbk*t of Ceradori- Mr. Lintott's b c by Sheet Anchor; .. Oit - of)Lillah-Mr. G. Mangles's b c The Comical Bos',' by Tomboy, out of 1 a n x i t ar . sa G. and bk f. Nevill's ch f Amaline -Mr. R. Ne wman's Bl oodstone-Mr. F. Marshall's ch c The Iron Master -- Mr. Meiltlam's b c Freeman - Mr . J. Merry's b c Collier -Lord Miltown's Flahowlagh , a nd Du e an Durras - Sir S. Monek's b o: br I by Physician , out of Castaway- Mr. J. Moore's eh c Anti-Repealer, by Gladiator, dam by ' Lanoar-Mr. G. H. Moore's ch f Sola ce , by Freney, out o b f y Ssoboete-t AnchorNl r .I\l () , s t o y u t t e Blacks a i j ,1 i i i r 3 o r l i i r d e l- l) Osbahlatton's bk c by Jerry, dam by Dr. Syntax, and b c•-,sCentor-Mr. J. Osborne s b c Firemaster-Mr. Painter's b c Swinnerton, by Jerced, out of Bird of Pas ..,--M St. Paul's bk c by Sheet Anchor, out of .4..eg,.. ,r. , 1,,50 s dam-Mr. Payno s c by Jerry, out of Espe :PWW4Colopel Peel's Seaman, and c by Slane, out of C'obeicbi.-.,Sir_ll. Pipes ch I The Lass of Gowrie-Mr. F. - I4 - PriceraY b c Gothic -Mr. W. R. R amsay ' s b g Mid -LOthiani...and b c The Dumb Boy, by Tom. boy, out of Lapwing-Mr. 11. Robinson's br f Minerva, by Muley Moloch, - out of Melbourne's dam-- Mr. Salvin's bk or gr Foremast-Mr. M. Spink's ch c The Brewer-Mr. H. Stebbing's b or bk f Mainstay- Mr. J. S. Storey, jun.'s, ch c by Buis, out of Corregie Bagh-Lord Stradbroke's c Ides, by Liverpool, out of Marpessa-Mr. Thornhill's brother to Persev-Mr. Walter's Columbus--Mr. T. Walters's Arthur-Mr. Watt's Pickpocket and The Baron-Lord Westminster's Grotesque and br c by Touchs tone, out of M orea -Mr. Wilson sb c St. Pancras-Mr. T. Winteringham's br c by Touchstone, out of Rebec ca- Mr. H. T. Worley's John Davis-Mr. Worthington's eh I Lancashire Witch -Mr. Wreford, jun.'s h c by Camel, out of Monireia and br c by Camel, out of Mouche-b c by Economist, out of Wadastra-Major Yarburgh's b e Little John, by Phoenix or Gladiator, out of Belinda, b f Miss Sarah, by Gladiator, out of Easter, eh c Red Robin, by Gladiator, out of Brandy Snap. euthAv. _ PETITION AGAINST FOUR OF THE CANDIDATES FOR FARRINGDON WITHOUT WARD. Mr. WELLS, one .of the Candidates at the late election in the Ward of Farringdon Without, presented a petition against the return of Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr. Obbard, Mr. Gresham, and Mr. Hodgson. Colonel Anson T 's he ch P G ;rk o - ss - a i i i ii ii e l i• S — tal llll s. .11. Bennett's ch Hope—Lord G. Bentinck'A Pug, and ch Miss Elis—Mr. Bowe's As You Like It, and Heather Bell —Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b by Touchstone, out of Brocade, and bk sis. to Coal Black Rose—Lord Chesterfield's b Marylebone, sis to Napier—Mr. b Mrs. Waylett, by Jereed, out of Nat'z dam--Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, and Vande ;inc.—Mr. L. Fox's b by Martian_ Miss Flareaway Lord Glaigow's b by tihrrt Anchor, out of Canada, and br by Bay Middleton, Out of Impertinence —Mr. Jacque's Vaudeville—Sir C. Monck's b or br by Physician, out of Castaway—Mr. Mostyn's bk by Shoot Anchor, out of The petition stated that the four gentlemen above named were not inhabitant householders, abiding, dwelling, or residing within the ward, as was required by the laws and customs of the City of London, and that, therefore, their election, at all events as regarded them, was null awl void, and it prayed that his Lord ship would issue his precept for a new election, or amend the return by substituting for Mr. Taylor, 111 r. ( - Mud, Mr. Gre sham, and Mr. Hodgson, the names of himself (the petitioner), Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Sidney, and Mr. Walker. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1844. L'Hirondelle—Mr. G. Nevill's ch Amaline—f r.Osbaldes ton's by The Saddler, out of Miss Etty—Mr. Pedley's b Poll of Wapping —Mr. Rush's bby Economist, out of Bangtail—Lord Westminster's by Touchstone, out of Laura, by Touchstone, out of Languish, and by Camel, out of Sarcasm,—Mr. Wormald's br sister to redometer, by The Bard —Mr. Worthington's ch Lancashire Witch —Major Yar'ourgh's b Miss Sarah—Lord Zetland's b sis to Co-hr.;i ress . JJONCASTER, 1846.— WEDNESDAY. The Foal., Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs vld colts„ Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; the winner of the St. Ler .‘ er 51b extra. One mile and a half. Sr' R. W. Bulkeley's b c by Picaroon, out of Resolu tir,n's dam —Mr. W. R. Ramsay's ch c Malcolm, by The T ioctor, out of Myrrha—Lord Chesterfield's b c Tom Tulloch, by Hetman Platoff, out of Cyprian—Mr.Meik larn's b c The Don, by Hetman Platoff, out of Kedge's dam —Mr. Bowes's b c Hoorah, by Hetman Platotf— Colonel Anson's b f Ardennes, by Touchstone, out of Hornsea's dam—Mr. Jaques's Spur, by The Saddler, out of lied Tape, by Rowton. CHESTER, 1845. The Chester St. Leger Stakes of 25 soy. each, with 200 added, for three-year olds, Derby weights. Grosvenor Course. Sir R. Pigot's The Lass of Gowrie--Lerd Eglinton's Vaudeville and Bretwalda—Sir W. W. Wynne's f by Muley Moloch, out of Dryad—Mr. Price's Gothic—Mr. R. Bennett's Hope and Violet—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Bobstay, and f by Touchstone out of Brocade—Lord Westminster's Grotesque—Mr. A. Hill's The Libel— Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney. c by Voltaire out of sister to Simla. and f by Sheet Anchor out of L'Hirondelle— Mr. It. J. Mostyn's Miracle—Mr. C. M. St. Paul's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Calypso's dam—Mr. Davies's Prin cess Royal—Mr. Skelmerdine's c by Muley Moloch, out of Tillar—Mr. Cookson's Formula—Mr. Meiklam's Freeman—Mr. Cook's Yellow Boy—Mr. Dawson's Crim. Con.—Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch—Mr. Bris tow's Carissima—Mr. Bradshaw's Manasseh—Mr. R. Newman's Bloodstone—Mr. Critchley's Cceur de Lion Mr. Denham's f by Jereed, out of Compensation's darn— Lord Miltown's Flahowlah—Mr. Payne's c by Jerry, out of Esperance—Mr. T. Walter's Arthur—Lord G. Bentinck's Pug and Miss Elis—Mr. Osbaldeston's c by Jerry, dam by Dr. Syntax—Mr. J. Scott's Twig—Mr. Heseltine's Helmsman. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEFTING, 1844. TUESDAY. The Oatlands of 50 sovs. each, h ft, and only 10 ft if declared by the 22d inst. Phlegon, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Revocation, 5 yrs, 7st 81b— Wee Pet, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—I-am-not-Aware, aged, 7st 71b Give-him-a-Name, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—f by Gladiator, out of Elegance, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Maria Dias, 6 yrs_ t _6st 81b. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1844.— WEDNESDAY. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each. D.I. Lord Exeter's Antenor, Plush, and Sylvius ; Mr. Bristow's Freystrop, Mr. Crockford's Rattan, Mr. Dixon's Oliver Cromwell, Duke of Richmond's Pastoral. ASCOT HEATH, 1844.— TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, for four-year-olds. Swinley Course. Semiseria, Extempore, Poison. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING-1844. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 200 sous each, for 3 yr olds, 9st 31b, and 2 yrs, 7st 31b ; fillies allowed 3lbs. T. Y. C. Once to the post. Panther, 3 yrs—Brush, 3 yrs—Crosby, 3 yrs—Jet, 2 yrs— Homceopathist, 2 yrs—Scarmentado, 2 yrs—Zadig, 2 yrs— The Devil to pay. 3 yrs—All-round-my-Hat, 3 yrs. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1844— MONDAY. The Criterion Stakes of 30 sous each, &c. Mr. Wreford's br c by Camel, out of Monck, and c by Camel, out of Monimia—Lord Exeter's Tunick, Timbria, Jet, and Pilgrimage—Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Whip—Mr. R. Newman 's Bloodstone—Mr. Bris tow's Carrissima—Mr. Thornhili's Attorney and A. Os Lord Lowther' s c by Jerry out of Turquoise, and Loadstone by Camel—General Yates's Seaman, and cby Slane out of Cobweb—Mr. Watt's b c by Gladiator out of Myrrha—Duke of Bedford's Prologue—Lord Albemarle's Zadig, and Scarmen • tado—Mr. Booth's New Year's Day—Mr. Bateman's Belvi dere—Mr. Death's Merryman—Mr. Isaac Day's f by Liver pool out of B us k—M r . W a ll er ' s C o l um b us —M r . E. J. Irwin's The Connaught Ranger—Mr. Gratwicke's c by Slane out of the Margravine—Mr. Hook's Bastion—Mr. Payne's c by Jerry out of Esperance—Mr. Lintott's b c by Sheet Anchor out of Lillah— Mr. Jacques's Moulton—Mr. G. Neville's Amalina—Mr. . John Day's Old England (late Baston)—Alr.'Ford's Fuabos—Duke of Richmond's f by Glaucus, out of Estelle—Lord G. lilentinck's Pug, sister to Gaper, Miss Elis, and Longitude—Lord Sand wich's f by Jerry, out of Legend—Mr. W. Edwards' Pru denee—Mr. Barnes' cby Slane, out of Warbler—Mr. King's •C" by, Newton, out of Miss Skim, &c., by Agreeable, out of CartiOtt• RAVEN MEETING, 1845.— FRIDAY. Thel Pint Stakes of 100 sows. each, h. ft. T. M. M. Lord Exeter's Plush and Economy—Duke of Bedford's Pan ther—Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—Mr. Crocktord's Rat tan—Lord Maidstone, Mr. Ford, Lord G. Bentinck, nomina tions sealed up. TUESDAY. The Coffee-room Stakes of 50 sous. each, for 3 yr olds. Lord Exeter's Lyons—Duke of Bedford's Prologue—Duke of Richmond's Refraction. FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1845. —TuxsnAy. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 soya. each, 'h ft. Lord Exeter's Golden Fleece, Adrianople. and Wood Pigeon —Lord Lowther's c by Jerry, out of Turquoise—Colonel Anson's Kedger—Colonel Peel's Seaman and c by Slane, out of Cobweb—Mr. Watts's c by Gladiator, out of Myrrha_ Duke of Bedford's Leopard—Lord Stradbroke's Idas—Lord Albemarle's Zadig and Scarmentado—Mr. Paynes's c by Jerry, out of Esperance—Mr. Crockford'a c by Cesar, dam by Tiresias—Mr. John Day's Nutbourne—Mr. Wreford's c by Camel, out of Mouch4—Lord G. Bentinck'a Pug, and Pulc —Mr. Newton's sister to Ma Mie. ASCOT HEATH, 1844.—TIITIRSIDAY. The New Stakes of 10 sons. each, with 100 added, for 2 yr olds. T. Y. C. Mr. J. Chapman's Alice Lowe—Mr. H. T. Worley's Sophy Dawes—Mr. Griffiths' Wild Rose—Mr. R. Newman's Blood stone—Mr. Bristow's Carissima—Lord Lowther's c by Jerry, out of Turquoise, and Loadstone, by Camel—Mr. G. H. Moore's Solace—Colonel Anson's f by Jereed, out of Malibran —Mr. G. Ongley's Mystery—Lord Exeter's Timbria—Lord Albemarle's Scarmentado and Alecto—Mr. Booth's .New Year's Day—Mr. J. S. Story's ch c by Elis, out of Corrigie Bagh—Mr. T. Steeven's f by Wintonian, out of Lucy Banks' dam—Mr. Heseltine's Fitaallen (late Fielding)—Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney a n d Pan tasa—Captain Vyse's Trapola—Mr. J. B. Minow's Birds wing—Mr. Bradshaw's Manasseh—Mr. Gratwicke's c by Slane, out 'of the Margravine—Mr. S. Scott's f by Sir Her cules, d by Comus, out of Laurel Leaf—Mr. Payne's Ri golette, &c., by Jerry, out of Espoir's dam.—Mr. C. Lilev's Stamp—Mr. J. May's bl c Corinthian Tom—Mr. T. Walters' My Mary—Lord Rosslyn's f by Marcian, d by Blacklock—Mr. John Day's Old England—Mr. Dixon's c by Sheet-anchor, out of Mrs. Fry—Lord George Bentinck's Pule& Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each for three yrs. old, and that never won, &c. Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero—Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle—Mr. Coombe's Keeley, brother to Rosalind. CLEANING THE PAVEMENTS, and EMPLOYING THE PO'C,R. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR►—Why has not the desirable plan for the above object, made public by the Lord Mayor a week ago, been taken up by any one? Our streets are in a miserable state as regards con venience and the credit of our metropolis, and thousands of our distressed poor would be thankful for employment, which, as there stated, could be obtained during the winter by a sub scription of a few shillings per house. Surely this is a double state of things which ought not to go on a week longer ! Every body I have met approves of the hints there offered to the judg ment of readers. Surely some public-spirited and benevolent persons should set them a going.—Your's respeetfullb Jan. 6, 1844. NEW MUSIC. NEW SONGS BY BEULER. Here are two songs, written and set to music by Mr. Beuler, the author of the very popular one of " The man that could'nt get warm," which made such a stir at the Brill dinner in reference •to Sir Robert Peel. The first, entitled " .John's party, unknown to his wife," a domestic drama, contains much truth. The next, " The E ng li s h • Jacks," is a song on the various applications of the word "Jack," similar to the old story of the word " Box," but they are more numerous, and the author has evinced considerable tact in their introduction and in telling the story. The follow ing, - we give as a specimen : Some rogues you to Port Jackson send, And some you give Jack Ketch's end ; On Jacks you saw your vood, I think, And Jacks-of-all-trades " Jacky " drink. You play at bowls and get the knack Of bowling nearest to the Jack : If boot e'er pinch you like a rack, To take it off you get a Jack. Then there are animals you call, Jackdaw, Jackass, and the Jackal— Jack-all, I say, I tell no crac, In Angland ev'ry thing is Jack ! Oni, Oui, Oui, Oui, &c. Mr. Beuler has composed a sprightly melody to his words, and has shown himself' no mean artist as a caricaturist, in the illustrations on the title page. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Liverpool Times has an article on the subject of the poachers who, the other day, were convicted of killing Lord Derby's game keeper, and argues forcibly and praiseworthily to save the lives of all except the actual killer. Now, seeing that there are at this time persons under sentence of death in several gaols in this kingdom, and many persons are anxious on the subject of their fate, I may venture to say that, in future, no pyrsons will suffer death f or any offence. That Most horrible custom has ceased. Such is the case, as all must admit who remem ber the escape from death of Stolzer, who was ordered for execution at the Old Bailey in No vember last, fin. as cold-blooded a murder as ever was perpetrated, but who, I am glad to know, was reprieved from death and transported for life, instead of being publicly strangled in the open street. This, of course, puts an end to the punishment of death, as it is morally impos sible that any one should, after the escape of this German, suffer this barbarous punishment. Your obedient servant, Jan. 5, 1844. B. T. ON LEADING QUESTIONS IN POLITICS. If we examine the different periods of our history, we shall find that every one has been distinguished by some measure of engrossing interest which has stood, for the time, in the foreground of general politics, and cast all other questions into the shade. For example, during the first fifteen years of the present century, the all-absorbing question was the conduct of the war with Revolutionary France ; and, until it should be brought to a satisfactory termination, it was clear that no other question would attract the serious attention of the public ; and hence many political questions, of great im portance in themselves, such as the claims of the Catholics and the state of the Parliamentary repre sentation—could not obtain that degree of considera tion to which they were justly entitled, under other circumstances. When, in 1815, the war was brought to a close, the Catholic question then rose to the first place in British politics ; and, for the next fourteen years, all other public questions—such as Parliamentary reform and free trade—were viewed as of minor importance, until this great question should be finally settled. After the settlement of the Catholic question, in 1829, the reform of our Parliamentary representation became the leading question of the day ; and, in 1832, it was brought to a settlement, which, although not founded upon any broad principles, would appear to have been viewed, by the leaders of the movement, at the time, as a final adjustment of the question. Free trade then became the pri►ne question of the age ; and although, for some time it made but slow progress, it has advanced of late with such rapidity, that every person of discernment must be satisfied that the term of its adjustment cannot be far distant, and all must be sensible that there cannot now be any respite to the political agitation which it has en gendered, except by a complete triumph of its prin ciples ; and further, it must be abundantly manifest that no other matter of national interest can be pur sued, with any rational prospect of success, while the question of free trade holds its present position in the politics of the day. This, indeed, is so much the case, that we have heard even Tories admit that, al though still convinced of the expediency of corn-laws, they were so sensible that public opinion had set in against them so decidedly, that no hopes of resisting their abolition could now be reasonably entertained ; and, as the agitation created by the contending parties was most prejudicial to the interests of the country, they would be happy to see the prin ciples of free trade conceded at once by the pre sent Cabinet. For our own part, we are so im pressed with the conviction that all other plans of national improvement are at present brought to a stand-still by the attention of the public being so much turned to the question of free trade, that we deem it our duty to urge it upon all those who feel an interest in such schemes, not to delay coining forward and helping to effect a speedy settlement of the question which, at present, obstructs the progress of all others. We would beg to assure the friends of Complete Suffrage, that we are as much convinced as they can possibly be of the necessity for a new reform in our Parliamentary representation, and are heartily willing to join them in their efforts to accomplish this object ; and to those who have set their hearts on establishing some general scheme of national education, we have to say that'we sincerely respect their devotedness to so noble a cause, and are eager to co-operate with them therein when the proper time for it shall arrive ; and the advocates of Church reform may be well assured that we are as great sticklers for freedom in religion as in trade. But we do beg to submit it to the consideration of all who contend for these great measures, that, from the posi tion which the free trade question has acquired, there is not the slightest chance of any one of these ques tions being taken up effectually until the other has been finally adjusted. To diset w iss the merits of this question, we hold to be now utterly superfluous ; for we lean scarcely bring ourselves to think 'a person in earnest who would maintain that the corn-laws are for the benefit of the country at large, and fancy that few Con servatives even will venture to controvert the opinion of Sir James Graham, that " the principles of free trade are those of common sense." Indeed, if ever there was a great question upon which all persons of reflection and intelligence were agreed, it is this— that the present system of corn-laws is a very bad one, and cannot, by any means, be kept up much longer. Now, this being the case, and it being ap• parent to all that the doom of the present Corn-laws is written, why, we repeat, does not every friend to national improvement, whether Whig or Tory, come forward now to accelerate a change which he knows to be inevitable ? We are in hopes that the next meeting of Parliament will bring about the settle ment of this important measure, provided the advocates for it now act with sufficient zeal and determination; and, as it must be admitted that Aberdeen has not yet distinguished itself so promi nently upon this national question as it did upon that of Reform, we trust it will now come forward, and show, by its demonstration on the 15th inst., that the principles of free trade are as well understood and appreciated here as in Manchester, Birming ham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, or any other of the great towns. It strikes us that the only difference which can possibly now exist among Liberals, on this question is whether we ought to have total abolition (which, for many reasons, we decidedly support), or a moderate fixed duty, for the sake of revenue ; and this difference is certainly not of sufficient im portance for the two parties to keep aloof from one another. One consideration we would beg leave to ' press upon the attention of both these parties— namely, to beware that they do not fall into the mis take which was committed at the settlement of the Reform question, when, by agreeing to a partial measure, the advocates of it effected but a temporary adjustment of it, and have left to us the necessity of again undergoing the turmoil and exertion necessary to accomplish a final settlement. We do hope (and we feel confident that every intelligent person who desires earnestly to promote the moral improvement and material interests of the country, will join us in the wish) that the next change which takes place in our system of corn-laws will be a final settlement of the great question of free trade.—Aberdeen Herald. Sir Robert Peel gives a grand Parliamentary dinner on the eve previous to the assembling of the House of Commons. The entertainment will be to a party of about forty. The Right Hon. Baronet does not return to Drayton 11Ianor, as his presence will be required in town from the press of public business. 11013110 USE AND Co.'s BANKRUPTCY.-111 the Bris tol District Court of Bankruptcy, on Thursday last, dividends were declared on the separate estates of Hobhouse, Phillott, and Lowder. Mr. llobhouse and Mr. Phillott's private estates paid 20s. in the pound. On that of Mr. Lowder a dividend of 3s. in the pound, in addition to Os. in the pound already paid, was declared. At the meeting on the joint estate, which is fixed for to-morrow (Tuesday), it is probable that a dividend of Is. lOd. or 2s. in the pound will be declared ; and it is expected that a further and final dividend still be paid, making, in the gross, Os. 6d. in the pound. A Jot.t.y - NOSE."—The following., copied from a provincial paper, has been going the round of the Paris journals :—" At the Hure, in the department of the Upper Saone, may be seen a man who was formerly an under cook, who has had his nose cut off by Camot, a surgeon of Hure, and replaced by the ramp of a living fowl. This en grafting has perfectly succeeded, and M. Camot has only the trouble of, from time to time, plucking the feathers from the restored ROW." MEETING IN TOXTETH PARK. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. A meeting of the Anti-M ono p o l y A ssoc i a ti on was held in Toxteth Hall, Mill-street, last evening, for the' purpose of affordin g an o pp or t un it y t o t h e e l ectors o f the ti orth 'Ward to discuss th e ques ti on o f f ree -t ra d e with Mr. Murray, one of th e l ec t urers o f th e L eague. The public are already aware that the Anti-Monopoly Association called a meeting of the electors of North Toxteth for a similar purpose last week, and that, owing to the extraordinary conduct pursued by Dr. Harbord on that occasion, no expression of opinion upon the all-important question could be arrived at. e have now to state that the D oc t or ' s con d uct l ast night, WAS anything but what we should have expected. In the first place, the ship -carpenters elected him to the chair ; and, no sooner did he become the presi dent, than he also became th e p ar ti san . H e com menced by saying that Mr. Murray was a hired lecturer, by asking whether there were any ex trumpery speakers to address the chair, and by en deavouring, as far as in him lay, to throw an air of ridicule and burlesque over the proceedings. And not only did he thus evince his partiality, but he also took upon him to reply to Mr. Murray, and to advocate at 'some length the cause of the monopolists, while ever and anon his political adherents, by whom the hall was crowded, commenced the Kentish fire, and scenes of uproar, such as we have not space to allude to in detail, but certainly such as we have seldom wit nessed on former occasions, occurred. Mr. Murray addressed the meeting, in the first instance, in an able speech of three quarters of an hour's duration, in which he s,hoyed the evil effects of monopoly upon the inhabitants of England generally. Three operatives affected to reply to him, and so also, as we have said, did the Doctor. The latter, in the course of his remarks, called upon the Tories never to aid the Radical newspapers,' by sen4ing them ad vertisements or increasing their circulation. Mr. Hughes moved a resolutionto the effect, that it was the opinion of the meeting that all the monopolies, whether agricultural, manufacturing, or colonial, were unjust in principle, injurious in practice, and ought to be to tally and unconditionally repealed. Mr. Jones se conded the motion. Mr. Robert Inman proposed an ilinendtuerit,lt.the effect, that the meeting strongly depreeated" . 9* conduct of a body of men calling themselves the Anti-Monopoly Association, in agi tating the minds of the people, and endeavouring to set; them against the Ministry of the day under the specious pretext of bettering the condition of the people, while their:only objects were to recover their lost political influence and to further their own selfish views, to the great detriment and ruin of the best interests of the country. Robert M'Clay seconded the amendment, which was carried amidst great up roar by a small majority. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated by giving " three groans for the League ;" each of the groaners seemingly felicitating himself on the success of this discreditable trick and paltry outrage upon the freedom of discussion.—Liverpool Journal of Saturday. Upwards of 400 horses, purchased by dealers from the south at the late Christmas shows, were forwarded by rail way from York last week to London and other southern desti nations.—Hull Packet. VISIT FROM A DEPUTATION OF THE LEAGUE. ' At length it may be said that corn-law emancipa tion is almost within reach. The gigantic injustice perpetrated by the corn-laws bids fair to be speedily numbered among the things that were. England, throughout all its towns and most of its counties, is speaking out in accents which are neither to be over looked nor misunderstood ; and Scotland is as firm and as determined too. With a free press, a penny postage, and the right of public discussion, the cause of a nati&i, founded upon justice and maintained with energy, is drawing visibly nearer to the moment of final and complete SUCCeSB. And when that day has come, and the peaceful and bloodless laurels of the triumphs of argument and truth have been won, the history of the corn-law contest trill form one of the most remarkable eras in the annals of the kingdom. When it is remembered that the Anti-Corn-law. League is a body self-originated, and, in the strictest sense, non-partisan—a body which a few years ago was yet in an embryo state, composed of a few public spirited citizens of Manchester, all of whom probably might have been contained within an ordinary pri vate room--its rise and growth to its present colossal proportions are without a parallel in our history. Never before was there so much energy, intelligence, wealth, and numbers, similarly organised and arrayed outside the walls of Parliament ; never before did the middle classes assume a shape so distinct and palpable, or take up a position so quietly abreast of the other " powers that be ;" never before was there such a vote of confidence passed by a large portion of the people in favour of such a body, as the raising of a subscription of 50,000/. for the last year, followed by a subscription of 100,0001. for the year now current. And when it is considered how vast a power has accrued to the leaders of the League, deep is the debt of gratitude which should be felt for the manner in which they have acquitted themselves of their most onerous duties. In spite of gross provocation, in de fiance of all attempts to intimidate, and with the quiet and resolute calmness of men confiding impli citly that truth is great and will assuredly prevail, they have hitherto conducted the great movement with eminent moderation and judgment. The earnest eloquence, the clear temperate reasoning, and the manly courage of Mr. Cobden and his distinguished friends (some of whom are now about to visit Scot land along with him on their philanthropic mission) have long ago silenced everything like argument on the side of the monopolists, and have even well nigh shamed their libellers into mutes. The gradation by which the monopolists, from the vaunting tone of confident defiance in 1841, have come rapidly down to their present level, is one of those instances of railway progress which seems to • characterise so many great movements of late years. In the session of 1842, there were at least some quack arguments offered on behalf of the corn-laws, followed up by copious libels on the manufacturers supporting the League, which were uttered appa rently in the vain hope of diverting attention from the subject at issue. But these resources soon failed. Then the session of 1843 arrived, and " do-nothing," "say-nothing," was the order of the day—an order most implicitly followed, save when some Mem ber or some Minister (like Sir E. Knatchbull) blundered out the suicidal plea, that the corn laws must be maintained in order to keep up rents, and enable landowners to provide the better for their wives and children. That session passed away, and while the influence of Parliament with the country was palpably on the wane, the influence of the League was monthly and almost daily on the in crease. And now the session of 1844 is about to open. What may be the next move of the monopo lists, it were vain to conjecture ; there being no move after check mate, which seems to be their present position. But nevertheless there are two things re specting which a prediction may be ventured, and both seem worthy of some attention. The first is, that free discussion and the corn-laws cannot much longer exist together ; and unless the people can bo compelled to forego the former, the monopolists must make up their mind to part with the latter. The se cond is, that, judging from the recent tokens exhibited by the election-hustings, if the monopolists persist much longer in their present course, they will teach the much calumniated League manufacturers, a species of new manufacture of which the monopolists are little dreaming —the manufacture of a majority of the House of Commons.—Scotsman. If England paid her National Debt, it would take 46/. 9s. 2d. from each person to pay it ; it would take 1 ft. 9s. 2d. from each Frenchman to pay the debt of France ; it would take 55/. tis. 4d. from each Dutchman to pay the debt of Holland ; an d i t wou ld on l y take 41. 13s. 9d. from each Pennsylvanian to pay the debt repudiated. BUCKINGHAM THE ACTOR.—Our theatrical readers will regret to learn that this favourite of the Minors, Vauxhall, &c., is now suffering under all the prieLtions that poverty and sickness entail. Mr. Buckingham was an excellent performer. His Trapbois (in the Fortunes of Nigel) would hare made any actor's fortune ; but, alas ! he pla)ed it at the Surrey, not at Covent-gardim, and John Bull has a fatal knack of judging things by where they are done, heeding little how they are done; and the Surrey then was not what it is now. His Giles (Miller's Maid) was also an admirable performance. Mr. Buckingham has not been reduced ta distress by follies or ax cess—he has all his He been known as an industious, honour able man ; but a life, a large family (we believe of nine chil dren), all dependent upon his exertions, at length bore him down. He has now been ill, helpless, for many months.— Sunday Times. N OVEL DEER I fUNTING.—The inhabitants of Woolwich were surprised, between two and three o'clock on Saturday afternoon to witness a tine full-grown deer run down the New-road, and along Thomas-street and Wellington street, into Lower Market-street, and shortly afterwards fol lowed by a field of sportsmen, with a pack of hounds. The deer took refuge in a timber yard, ih Lower Market-street, where it was secured and taken to the Earl of Chatham public houe, until a cart was procured to take it home. The run after this tine animal must have afforded excellent sport, as it was started at Lock's I3ottota, near Tonbridge-wells, by the subscription pack hunting in that quarter. THE ANTI•CORN-EAW MEETINGS.—THE LEAGUE Furs.—During the ,resent week, a number of spirited meet ings have been held in various parts of the country, to promote the cause of free trade, and to aid the great League fund of 100,0001. That at °Alain, on Tuesday evening, we noticed in our la't, and accounts of ethers appear in our columns this day. The subscriptions at-these meetings were as follow : Bacup, 2151. (in all 1,315/. ) ; Bolton, 505/. (in all 1,2051.) ; Bury, 800/. (in all 1,1001.) ; Oldham, 8601. ; Ossett (York shire), 50/. ; l'udsey (Yorkshire), 1121. ; and Leek (Staf fordshire), 37/. Total of these amounts subscribed in the room, 2,579/. ; and, including former amounts subscribed this year to the same fund, 4,679/. There was to be a meeting last evening at Burnley, w hi c h wou ld b e a dd resse d b y M r. C o bd en, 91. P., and Mr. W. J. Fox, of London ; and another at Orley, Yorkshire, to be addressed by Mr. Plint and other gentlemen ; and almost every evening for so,ne weeks will ha similarly oocupied, the great difficulty being to gratify the general desire to have a deputation from the League to address the meeting.—Manchester Guardian of Saturday. Till: I:UN-AWAY LADY.—The girl NlllOSe myste rious appearance amongst us recently caused considerable ex citement, and who so adroitly escaped from her watchers, has again emerged from her obscurity. We understand she is now staying at an inn in Linton, East Lothian, where the impression is the same as that formed at other places, that she is decidedly insane.— Scotsman. A very beautiful sword has been transmitted to Captain Sir George Sartorius, of the Malabar, by General Espartero, in commemoration of Sir George's services in Por tugal, which so powerfully influenced the establishment of Spanish freedom. The sword was presented to General Espar tere by the province of Santander.— Devonport Telegraph. W e are assured that up to a late hour yesterday afternoon no filial determination had been come to at the Home office on the case of the four unhappy men now under sentence of death for the brutal murder of Lord Derby's gamekeeper. The applications in their favour were still undergoing most anxious consideration.— Observer. LOVE AND Suicum—Some weeks ago, a young woman, called Mary Whiteley, who had lived as housekeeper with Mr. Hay, surgeon, in Park-square, was missing, and, from the circumstance of her clothes being found on a post near the river side, there could he little doubt that she had sought a watery grave. Day after day, however, the river was searched in vain for the body. and hopes began to be entertained that she was still alive. These hopes have proved to be groundless. On Wednesday last, upwards of three weeks from the day when she was missed, her body rase to the surface of the water, and was discovered floating down the River Aire, betwixt the flood gates and the dam, at Knostrop. From the investigation whick toop place at the inquest, held on the same day, it appeared that an attachment had subsisted for some time previously, be twixt the unfortunate woman and a tivh.dealer, called Robert Armstrong. The intimacy, however had been broken off, and Armstrong was going to be married in a short time to anothe woman. The 'jury gave in their verdict—" Found drowned, but by what means there is not sufficient evidence to show ." Leeds Times. TILE MURDER NEAR WEST CALDER.—We learn that a clue has been obtained by the county police, which is likely to lead to the detection of the murderer of the old man Geddes, near West. Calder, to which we referred in our last ; but at present. it might. be injudicious to give particulars.— Scolsmox. DEATH or LADY GREY, OF G RODY.—I Ter Ladyship died at the Earl of Stamford and M arriogton's seat, Dunham Massey, Che'hire, on Thursday, after a long illness. She was Lady Katherine Chatteris, fourth daughter of the present Earl of NVemyss, and married Dttli of December, 1824, Lord Grey, of Groby, eldest son of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, by whom, whn died 24th of September, 1833, her Ladyship has left issue two children, the present Lord Grey, of Groby, born 7th of January, 1827, and the lion. Margaret Grey, born 12th of December, 1835. ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA.—Accounts from Pa lermo, of the 9th ult., state that the eruption of Mount Etna at that period was considered to have come to its termination. Foe the fortnight previously the old crater continued to semi forth hot ashes, smoke, sand, and lava. The latter had contine.ed to flow, but had turned aside from the direction of lironte, which was deemed out of danger. The lands of lia-ibani are half covered over, and it is thought that the lava will go as far as Gripito. The whole distance it has run over is about ten miles, it having gone across the public road in a stream 69 feet wide. On the 24th November a second crater opened year Coriazzo, from which a fresh stream of lava flowed towards Cartiera. It continued to ad vance in the same direcion up to the day when the accounts left, making its passage by a frightful accident, which occa sioned a considerable loss of life. Not far from Cartiera the lava collected in a low spot, where a quantity of water w as lying. As it continued to form a smoking mass, a number of spectators came from various points to look at the unusual tack number of workmen were also employed in cut tingspec . s io down n hoard,i o! theon d i‘rvea,!teiro,nasnt!;:totshhmr.,ngesratuehrpaeetthr:,[.neio,a;lllnitebter.ioidtAimilcl pr o duced t ho ; 3 :l:; f o ll ; al‘ x n ad t a ea r xc o r u i e ln i r o ifil in all y so pii'Lts'recsly.to7T"kh:lei-1 eh h do o t r o s r e l as severelyaa'i some d c b s t°ll ,v nt h th i ecbhmY ti had bro ught bursi• oiu d istan ce g burni nght. t steam h of e crowd there dd9 m xee, :iv in e g re iy als l ca zr n ic ta b b i l r e ,ju o r n e e d : an T d h t . .he ex sc a e c n t scene n i. um de b s e c r n o b f ed re a r s n a i n , [Wed is nut stated. e