The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-28 00:00:00

*ALEDONIAN RAH I,„Ai .burgii and Glasgow ;. "Ameat Commissioners. Capital £1,800,000, in 36 LWAY, from Carlisle to Suit; the' line reconunended by the ,000 Shares of £5O each COMMITTEE. PROVISIONAL 14 Tile Right Hon. Lord B 1 ut.-Colo ' l4 li on liel GRAHAM, of it %lee, ale the Marquis 00 , s b ,„car t, Ron. the Earl of 'Cath tl4lght _en. Lord Abcrcromby ,Nt ( I.cii"` mil. Lord Elplainstone Bu Lk_ ' •ht 11. Lord Torphichen garb ti t Jardine, of Apple winciiht. k r taer, Carmichael Anstru rm„ arroichael, Bart. 84,.. A. Z1ek Pollock, M.P. - 11 ,1 "Iral Sir Chas. Malcolm Clumpy ~...- ▪ -° „"raut, the Hill, Carlisle p• h an '' . - rovost of Glasgow COp, °f GlUld of Glasgow GL A ., — eller Of the Trades-house, 71, N to g r i' d w p r - -ovost of Perth ost of Lanark ~A4 7 ,„"est of Anderston of the eit pr o w !°sl of Calton, Glasgow tio e earn of the Grand Jane "waY Company, J. Moss, TO' an Baj b an of the North Union • Company, T. W. Rath • o""na on rk of the Lancaster 4 01 ,2_,15t Railway Company, c h tl,l&_orrow, Bsq, kif,,`" n all of the Manehester, and Bury Railway Com-, 4 4e Brancker, Esq. • Duty Chairman of the Lan w"Cmn- -544 Wakefield, the ' G ' artikh•lt 1 , %m g° ,411, 1 t w Railway Company %I - °Prot, Eac h C• luar *sale, mall and Directors of Willitiln Dixon, Esq., of Govan "ishaw and Coltness Rail- John Tennant, Esq., of St. Rollox Pany Alexander Dermistoun, Esq., of tkeZ u rnirn and Directors of Golfhill tia""-eltklaad and Kirkintilloch Robert Findlay, Esq., of Rasterhill 4i17, 1 13 , Company Robt. Bartholomew, Esq.,-Glasgow ~ ll al 0 0, RN. , of Knells, Car. Laurence Robertson , Esq. , ditto r Henry Brock, Esq., ditto Bsq., 'of Xlekerby- Alexander thistle, Esq., ditto r , Ali Carlisle C. M. Barstow, Esq.. Edinburgh ~, 0 th,,,,,--oward, Esq. ' - A. Eliott Lockhart, sq., of Borth- Carlisle , wick Brae. 4 441 °H, En", Cowptn Head, R. Paterion, of Blackheath, Esq. J. Mastermau jun. Esq. Banker, London,. ' 44 —Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S. I. J. B. - Errington, Esq., • RY—L I Col o nel of the Inst. C. E.. I. 4'4 . • ,x AEY eut. Humfrey, Associate of the Just. C.E. AGErrs—Messrs. Archibald Grahame,„, Monerieff, 1, o,„ and Weems. • stip- ,, TS iN EDINOBURCII—Messrs. Hope and Oliphant, W.S. • IN GLasoow—Messrs. Mitchell, Henderson, and Mitchell, and Adam Monteith, Esq. AGENT AT LANARK-4011R Man, ESQ. BANKERS. l ie4srs. Mastermah and Co. . ~ Moss and Co. .................Liverp001. ' .. Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. •• .. Kendal. 11 ,, Head and Co. . • , e Lancaster Ranking Company ........Lancaster. • h Commercial Bank . • Royal Bank . .. Commercial Bank ............ ....... Lanark. 1} The Western Bank at Hamilton and Airdrie. *Pecrii ses. wick form of application far shares and plans, with 741 4 :• 4 P . articulars, may be had on.application to Messrs . Foster 'lllwalte, 64, Old Broad-street, London ; to Messrs. Mitchell, and Mitchell, or to Mr. John Lang, Glasgow ; to Messrs. 1 11 41z, t ;aa Oliphant, or Messrs. J. Robertson and Co., Edinburgh ; to • Forsyth and Pritchard, Liverpool ; to Mr. J. B. Locke, share- S t ' Manchester ; or to the Provisional Committee, 22, Par "tree!, Westminster.—March 15, 1844. , ELHAVEN, Chairman. aosaknow, Deputy-Chairman. J. Hope J. 4ohnstone, • Esq., of Annandale, 'Aix. - Willliam Lockhart, Esq., of billion Lockhart, M.P. James Oswald, Esq., of Aachen _ _ _ cruive, M.P. A. D. W. D. Cochrane, Esq., of Lammington, M.P. Thomas liouldsworth, Esq., of Colines's, - • William Forbes, Esq., of Callender, M.P. John Dennistoun, Esq., M.P John Campbell Colquhomi, Esq., of Killermont, M.P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. Charles }Dudley, Esq., M.P. (Colonel B. Elphinstone J. Fußarton Elphinstone, Esq., Monkland Robert Garnett, Esq., of Wyersido, Lancashire . Johnstone Douglas, Esq., of Lock erby Wellwood Maxwell, Esq. of Mutishes Charlei Stewart, Esq. of Hillside'. J. Wightman, Esq., of Courancc David Dickson, Esq., of llartrce Col. Macdonald, - of Powder-hall Richard Mackenzie, Esq., of Dol- phinton Robert Monteith, Esq., ofCarstairs William Forbes, Esq., of Modwin Thomson Carmichael, Esq., of Distend 'Robert Steuart, Esq., of Carlin 'Archibald Campbell, Esq., of Blythswood • - Jamek Ewing, Esq., of Levensido Henry Houldsworth, Esq., of Cm stounhill J tDONIA .N RAILWAY, from Carlisle to Edinburgh and Glasgow. t tliftntiDn for. Shares in this undertaking being already so AS to leave very few for local distribution, the Provisional beg leave respectfully to inform the Public that ncelip e4n ht received after Thursday, the 28th inst. By order of the Provisional Committee, is- 4161 , ' J. H. HUMFREY, S.tcretary, ad interim. Parliament-street, Westminster, March 26, 1844. 3 1T hGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur --, having gained such great approbation, and the demand tiptinaing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON,beg most 1 41: 11 , 1 7 to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public , lheral patronage of the s a m e a l its utility and greateonveni -41 c°l climates have recommended P., to the ost distinguished k Linections, who have all spoken highly in tu its recomutenda t ••• Prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint- Is families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each h _tkiiiint sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well ~'4 l,l 't haying their signature, without which it cannot be Slt t lI tTitGRFIS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed •of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after ttauner that has *yea the greatest satisfaction for many uaeuse, 117, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. ilt(-I°,lt JEWELLERY, GILT. GOLD, AND SILVER. OSELET'S REV.ftER sold wholesale at et, relays, Farringdon.street; retail at Dixey's, 207, Retteq- Sl 446!e alr i ;:r;s t ite' ni s, ay 2l7 s t e o n rnirir Lea Fo n r 's , , w Pzigsel 3 l s e . r. 6 l . o; 6 4 . 7. of the caustic potau imitations, originally introduce d 'serums the inside of lamps, and unfit for anything else, %OW. 11:4 , 7tlet's Reviver is the best preparation of its class. Vie have !eip: l4/ e a fair trial, and it succeeded admirably "-.Polytechnic SILVER TEA SERVICES. .. 1 3 . SAVORY and SONS , Manufacturing al.4itt i bnait I prices of 4, Cornhthe fo llowi ngLndon. opposite the Bank of .the SILVER TEA and I);its4",!i_ERVICEOI. The Cottage Patter n is p lain, standing on 41Lkin't Tea and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the ida. -" Of o In tiitrattglll is richly eml.ossed with flowers and scrolls. The 1 - is now and elegant. bittt q e "i tar Pattern. King's Pattern. -v or ea Pot.. Zl2 0 0 Strong Silver Tea Pot.. £l2 0 0 144° tE tory 4 10 0 Ditto Cream Ewer...... 1 5 10 0 0 " Pot 1 V —.- 1 v,)44 ) :n t Alete X3B 001 Complete ............ 40 0 0 l a ho r „.. . i. f .o up m w s ard w i l i w o r f e r m ift , J 7 e e a s a e , , , ee d t c ec o i ffee eyel.y erv a i ;t e i sza, o l.3e s v e n r S p ; /or the sideboard or plate chest. ki4:, eta of Prices, illustraled - with sketches of the various ki t . 114 Pa it; ! ta t* and forwarded, postage free, to any par: of the -.„. "rY and Sons, 14, Corshlll, London, opposite the Bank of 1, -,..........__ 4 4 ; PN IFICENT D AMA SK TABLE k q t , ~,, ,L OTHS 5 m a t ch, long, each 15s Od. . 11 e"aPkins to yard square, the dozen V: dot atn e brie Handkerchiefs, equal 'to the finest French, 11 11 4 4°4 La n l2s. 6d. .., a n _ An Handkerchiefs, 31. 6d. per dozen ; very good, liNt. - "'en ''tta ks ed • . t, , ....Irish Linen Sheetings, very superior, per pair 12s. 6d. o t ,"' Lr lY 3 yards wide, without a seam, per pair.... ..... lss. Od. 1,7 04 .I..lnen Sheetings, from 3s. 9d. per pair ; and very it • trot servants' use, per pair 41 Lip stout and free from dress, the piece of 26 yards, ,ttt''', ,„...... .. 2ls, Od. V;tlsl o c enen " t quality, 26 yards for 255.; and very fine, 26 30s. Od. ikfr e t i l or o r rri7ll, of the purest flax and finest texture, 56 425. Od. k ib ,, t4 O ttk i t ti tt i ec ie i ts; s to oft t hteh prices ri NATIONAL ce tieyar LlNEN ese ; ing ttl their 04 [ 1 :1 4 t1 li , , A n . it, a zp _at.. and feeling confident, from the increased facility of hNhcation front their factories, they can offCr unprecedented 1 1 t17 1 ,.. ti l l' to Ladles requiring household linens, &c., will forward 4'lti i , L ainilles residing either in town or country, for approval 1qZ4, 2 Kb the payment, and any article sent not giving the most 1 / 47 4 1 .4kt approbation can be returned. '1 he Company are also kiln:ll,l'f long cloths, calicoes, counterpanet. maims, dimities, klq,nr t V,__respectfully sot cit inquiries of the numerous families, Itt' , 6o wn and country. who have patronised their establishment, tio4on testify not only to the advantageous prices, but to the ttl t ,r of their manufactures and bleach. litt,',„.Al 4 f 4 containing full particulars of the various goods for if tae tl ,g of prices, can be had at the warehouses, or bottom , rOg 4 4 .nce, 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street, k4tti. .z.hill. i 1 414". nobility can have their own crests made to order on any Q,ltal,„Ltloths. Various superb designs now in the stock. For the ti g t h _cs — '°, „of families who prefer seeing . goods at their own re. 'in 4..`n0 Company send out goods in their own carts if t it ki l l' APERIENT AND ANTIRILIOUS MEDICINE R—cr U FOR OCCASIONAL USE. PTON'S PILL OF HEALTH teUbit h "tltally relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa. to ti,k., ° Ut griping or prostration of strength. T h ey remove head. si "e*s dizzit ess, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful 4 ‘ 4 4Dr e promote digestion, create appetite, relieve langour 1,, 13100 contin spirits ; while te those a a full habit ad free ually auflering from drowsiness, heavine ss and Se ka. the head and ears, they offer advantag es that will not fail ky se Ir. edit , ted. Lgt v.., • Prout, TX Strand, London, Price Is. 154c 1 .er box 1 and 1 in —donor Medicines generally throughout the Lingdom. 11 0 FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH , and observe the Address of " ThomasProut,229, Strand, Lon don," on the , 14 • on t Stunt). 1 11 PUBLIC NOTICE. 434, OXFORD-STREE r. i\a- PPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Vs, Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. V; t MSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the %,._ ll ass. 4 . tr enage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the . : 1 , - ,1, 1 Kent, and the Lords et the Treasury, is universally re t77.' by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders 4 10 1. the Eyes and Head. ' I T RESTORED:—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND t e te DEA'. NESS CURED! tb,,,,,teod e %Most simple, delightful, and fta rant Compound! teri;lia,.., 9 ,,t application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand %ALI* "j_eu accomplished by its use, at n ecessary epense, yet operation. If testimonies be to induce the tsii,„_ 44 ura s ' bake trial, Kings, Lords, and . Commons have used it. the tho 7reasury have sanctioned !is use Their late Ma tltriltio,4-mchess of Kent, the most eminelit . ocullsts, e M ln ed i i i c: d l hlatt at ;l rs -- - , szith that gigantic balance, the Press—h ave noG g ri. loT h e's Lcelebrated Herbaceous Compoini , k . 14 kf t tye.. n uff" for its efficacy in remoyintall diseases inc . P. 4 'dead. G. J. Guthrie,_Esq., F•it•S• See J. l'!".17 11 -.4 0,4 I Leter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andr ews calls r t. 4, lessig—see his Reports touching its utilit. The la Eye goof_ ?•rnethy. with many others, recommend Grunstone's Ey iZ tib l cii t r e. : 9 d ., (l call " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade g ee the many thousael letters of Tes t imo nies, tim onies,ofun authority, with oghers of the fi rs t res p ect ability. _ • 'mit ti „ Nottingham, Aug. 9 - 1, 1541 extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson. e t . - reign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. To Mr. W. Orimstone. Ana >s-e l Teat pleasure in sending you the particulars of my aid va1...., miraculous cure performed on mself, by t thir year, 1e4. 4 Ve'hnuff. Sir, lam now in m y ne Y- twenty-six using your , Holland, have been in this country ae te e .got at „ Tan from change of climate, or my advanced for eta years I have been deprived of sig ht , there- Is k Zid 47_ to follow my business. Ido most sincerely believe ni l eation;lemained in daraness and pain but for the kind r _ s ter of a ftiend to use your invention. I purchased a 2s. 4a. t t .,:kboy e ae k _nr Agent, Mr. Wilcockson , tobacconist, who knows 4 i1:7 - Y oe "" facts, and will bear witness to my extraordinary that most inestimable blessing of our life—" Perfect at ti lhe rine has proceeded ftom the use of your Eye Snuff: tr utk is e 9 f those suffering, you may make what use you plea . se atr• I fifer ; Mr. Wileeckson and many others will vouch for its so w siit the sufferers to this gentleman. being your Agent, "'sawn in Nottingham. I am, Sir, your obliged servant, ANNNIS ZENIA MAMENIA. , should not do_ you justice without stall- f re t relief tootle ins tantaneous My yes became clear and front e - ` Q.l edr o a ,. n d by persevering in e its use very frequently, I am N e t bior G ',.;!!il Small print without the aid of glasses, and continue s bl "ainff—Sight! free from pain. I have reason to be ."orti, L do recommend your Eye Snuff to . all 1 allow. O h. Roam . -• A. Z. M. t' T ei h t h ' e tv on e l y th e Caution—W. GRIMSTON is the so'e invcntor, ei tt , i o do ?enume is prepared by him. *te r , rlferous Herbacecus Compound of Herbs is sold in Is. f!cl., 2 s.id. os. andreel, by the ei-cpurt.4"'"• GRIMSTONE, at N o 43 , 1„ Oxford-street, Totten. th e „ D ad end (late of No. 39 oad-street, Elcomsbury), ~,"I!tbary, Highgrte ; and c a n a l so be obtained in all the tCers. Ca tins and Cities. A liberal allowance to Shippers, • ~..i rl at...V iits vedogre _u : al itil lit i e go, and all Vendors of Grime Eye Snu ff . This .nuff' is shipped to all quarters of the globe , and retains e n every climate_ £ll Snuffir and Cigars shipped • 41t Ys IiIajUATA, s ISM. a denisl3 0 al t h e ther', Lt respectii;e_ ion froal !rtain ter o f stribution the sull; idivehoa phatic, te rll/ .,1 nzuniestio a dotetall i s been ob all ad ds te lv accar a e the Pr'r.j tibect ag a - . 3 ve . ' too versy. belJ 02 was 10, Esq' letter fraienl, -ted on 23, 1844 . 1 , the rae? oru 1:110 , en. ruee tijl6 ~tc If the eel' hop? )eruut tLl3 t he dance i ` , sod other* 3i. gh t, Ina bad tile° ire- - • r A. A nd th'4 • streag 116 n ation ‘ r. sion °' t o pect to unY vroed ie the ' tic . that Pi tood f Jr !ell P lit t D AY.) 10.4 3 but Of 43 o uid . dO ili 4re stee drop 6011 C lot ..••••• eat, " ri f o id . some • Ed ; u 4J eal, 3$ earc°B' $ 5 . 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THE SUN is Published „EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAM and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NE W S in LONDON up to that Hour. ---- have a mind to altiblish a reputation forhuma. abundant scope f or th e i r philanthropy, witliniaineddling with manufacturing matters at all. When they have taken the mote out of their own eye, they will be in a letter condition to take it out of their manufacturing bro ther's eve. But no ; that would not serve the Puri" " which the majority of those who voted with Lord Miley had in view. They care not a whit for iithe fac tory females. What 'they sought to db was toiqvreak their vengeance on the manufacturers. Their conduct is a piece of arrant hypocrisy. And their folly is as great as their hypocrisy. An instance of more transcendent idiotism . was never witnessed. Their conduct is suicidal. They hare con structed a wall against which to dash out their own brains. They hive irreparably damaged the .Government, which could alone protect them. They have given the Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel a blow under which it already staggers to its fall: And when once fairly' down, need we say VI hat W ill follow ? Beyond all question the immediate and entire de struction of the corn monopoly. What then will the landed philanthropists take by their recent motion ? What by their hollow professions of humanity in supporting the amendment of Lor 1 Ashley ? These are questions which we leave them to answer at their leisure. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—A specimen has been shown in the City of the convenient and economical manner in which quicksilver is imported from China. It is poured into a piece of bamboo, about a foot long, and three inches thick, and each end is closed with rosin. This rude form of package is found quite as serviceable as the iron bottle in which the metal is usually brought. The price paid for part of this recent importation is quoted in the Daily Commercial List as 4s. 6d. per pound, and it is thought likely to come in competition with our supplies from Spain. By the official returns published by the Customs, the ex port's of the precious metals to foreign and colonial parts for the week ending Thursday last, was as under, viz.:— Ounces. 26,000 6,000 918 32,000 14,800 13,500 78 £490 Silver coin to Rotterdam Silver coin to Belgium Silver coin to New York Silver bars to Hamburgh.. Silver bars to Hamburgh.. Silver bars to Rotterdam.., Gold coin to New York ... Gold coin to Port Philip SUN.—Consols closed exactly the same as yesterday evening, viz., 98: 4 1 to 8. Exchequer Bills were 68s. to 709. Erem. ; and there was no alteration in any of the other nglish securities. The Spanish securities left off rather flat this after noon at 254 to 1 for the Actives, and 361 to for the Three per Cents. Mexican Deferred were 161 to 1; Brazilian, 821; Portuguese Converted, 46; and Duteh • New Fire per Cents., 102. The additional transactions in Railway Shares hare been these:—Chichester and Brighton were t; Dublin and Cashel, i; Eastern Counties New, 41; Edinburgh and Glasgow Registered, 3-1-; Great Western llalfs, 20 tot; Birmingham, 136; Manchester and Leeds Ilalf s , 181; NorthPrn and Eastern 121 to -4; Ditto Quarters, 3i; Paris and Rouen, 151; West London, First Class Pre ference, 1 to 2 ; and Yarmouth and Norwich, 6.1 prem. Greenwich have been 71; Ditto Preference ex di v id en d, 11; Midland Counties, 9; North Midland, 9; and Stras burgh and Bale, 21 to 2 discount. London and West minster Bank Shares were 5; and Union of Australia, to a 4 premium. The Canada Company, according to the report made to the Pioprietors to-day, had a very succesful season last year, and the settlers on its lands are described as prospering. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON GRAND ➢iILITARY STEEPLE CHASES.-WEDNESDAY. The late hour at which these races were brought to a con clusion prevents our adding any descriptive remarks to the official return, or in other respects to do justice to events that for some months past have kept the " hard riders" iu her Majesty's military service on the qui vice. We have only time to state that the line run over was selected about two miles and a half from Northampton, starting in a field close to the village of IN oot ton, proceeding two miles out and in, and finishing in the starting field. With the exception of a most awkward jump out of the first field, and a brook with rotten banks in the third, the fences were fair hunting ones, nothing, in short, that would stop a good horse and a willing rider. The weather was favourable, and the attendance greater than we ever met at any steeple chase in this neighbourhood. The heavy weight race was the first on the card, and came off a little after 3 o'clock, as follows: — A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., for horses belonging to, and to be ridden by, officers on full pay of the army, 12st each. Four miles. Winners of any steeple- chase previous to the day of nomination, to which 100 sovs. was added, to carry 71b extra; the second to save his stake, and receive a bonus. (60 Subs.) Capt. France's Brenda, aged Capt. Scobell's Humbug Mr. Barnett's Boxkeeper Lord Cardigan's Water Witch ' The following also started, but were not placed :—Capt. Shirley's La Gitana—Capt. Markham's Coatham—Mr. Bou cherett's Impostor—Mr. Caton's Rival—Mr. Morritt's Priam Donna—Mr. Arkwright's Cyrus—Sir W. Russell's The Great Western—Mr. Thompson's Whitney—Captain Hamilton's Tea Fighter—Mr. Haworth's Biped—Capt. Boyd's Mallard. 3to 1 agst Boxkeeper-6 to 1 agst Humbug-6 to 1 agst Tea Fighter-7 tp 1 agst Water Witch. Won by a length, Hum bug beating Boxkeeper by three or four lengths, Water Witch fourth, the others were beaten off. There were several falls, but none that produced serious consequences. Match, 100 each (same ground), list 71b each. (Owner) 1 Mr. W. Ekins's Peter SiMple (T. Goddard) 1 Lord Maidstone's Emperor Won easy. Emperor having fallen and got away from his rider several fields from home. A Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for horses the property of, and to be ridden by officers on full. pay ; llst each ; the winner to be sold for 100, &c. Same time as for the first race. 40 subs. Mr. Grant's us Warwick Lord Codrington's Patron Sir W. Russell's Pussy 3 The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Wilson's Conspirator, Mr. Barnett's White Stocking, Mr. Shute's Sweet Biscuit, Captain Sutton's Jessy, Captain Little's Pickwick, Mr. Whitehead's Curiassier, Captain Sco bell's Cock Robin, Mr. Haworth's Marengo, Captain Mark ham's The Soldier, Captain Broadley's T o d Rid er , M r . Hob son's Gangrene. on by three or four lengths. EPSOM MARCH MEETING.-:Fmmtv. The Epsom Trial Stakes of 501., given by Sir Gilbert Heath cote, Bart., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st ; and four, 9st. One mile. Lord G. Bentinck's b f Emma, 3 yrs--Mr. Braithwaite's b f Gaiety, '3 rs—Mr. Gratwicke's ch h Hopeful, 4 yrs—Mr. Balchin's ch h The Curate, 4 yrs—Sir G. Heathcote'a ch c Akbar, 3 yrs—Mr. E. R. Clark's b c Mespelus, by Recove7, out of Euterpe, 3 3-rs—Mr. Glen's bl f by Camel, out of Mini kin, 3 yrs—Mr. England's br c Midas, by Defence, out of Glenu; (Sister to Glencoe), 3 yrs. Twenty-five Pounds, Added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for three yrs old, 6st ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for 250 soya. One mile heats. Lord G. Bentinck's b c Croton Oil, 3 yrs—Mr. Cattle's ch m Courage, 4 yrs—Mr. Balchin's b c Moustache, 3 yrs-- Sir G. Heathcote's ch c by Glaucus, out of Shirine, 3 yrs-- Mr. Smith's b m Nora Creina, 6 yrs. Twenty-five Pounds, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each; three yrs old, 6st 10lb ; four, Bst 121 b ; five, 9st 61b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b. Mr. T. Smith's Icarus, aged—Mr. Cafe's Courage, 4 yrs —Lord G. Bentinck's b h Misdeal, 5 yrs—Mr. Hardy's b Little Dan, aged—Mr. E. R. Clark's b h Chummy, 5 yrs—Mr. Cowley's ch g Adrian, aged—Mr. Gardnor's ch f by Veloci pede, out of Ermine, 4 yrs—Mr. Smith's b in Nora Creina, 6 yrs—Mr. Pearce's ch m Jessica, 6 yrs—Mr. Stanbrough's br m Risk, aged—Mr. Stuckey's b g Paul Clifford, 4 yrs.— Winner to be sold. A Match for 50 sous., three-quarters of a mile. Mr. E. R. Clarke's Chummy, 12st—Mr. Liley's ch h Un• known, to carry from Bst to 9st. DUKE of DEVONSHIRE'S SALE. NINTH DAY'S SALE OF THE DUKE OF DEVON. SHIRE'S SPLENDID COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS. The famous Petition Crown, the work of that inimi table artist, the celebrated Thomas Simon, and so highly prized by collectors, having on the edge " Liman 's Petition to his Majesty King Charles the Second," in double lines, was yesterday purchased by Sir George Chetwynd, Bart., for the'sum of 704 and added to the Grendon Hall collection. Sir George also purchased an impression of , the same Crown, but having an edge, instead of the peti tion, inscribed " Reddite qum Ctesaris Czesari, &c.," and the sun in a cloud. Both these coins are of excessive rarity and in,the highest state of preservation. A double sovereign of Edward the Sixth, *as knocked down to Mr. Cuff, for the sum of 401. _ Queen Mary's Royal was purchased by Mr. Cureton, for 20/. Oliver Cromwell's pattern for a two shilling piece, date 1656, beautifully preserved and in the finest state possible, was purchased (after a warm contest) by George Sackville Ball, Esq., for 171. Of Simon's Petition Crowns, only fourteen are known to exist, and that sold yesterday is decidedly one of the finest and most perfect. The identical crown presented by Simon to Chance the Second, was given by his Majesty to Lord Chan cellor Clarendon, and is now in the matchless collection of Colonel Durrant, in Wimpole, which is one of the most superb and valuable in existence. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TIMER PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOTVN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. IUrR. 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The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both in He life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularlykhe power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex pense or. tbrfeiture—the great reduction of rates en short policies— the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the4iterest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well as to allbscittbe full benefit to his family at death, and annual division of profit's, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the amount already invested; auk' this bonus, according to an equitable scale, may either be paid in cash, or , applied in reduction of future premitusse Er—LmrLics. Entry. Peticy. l „, e. sem. Annual Bonus ti e. Prem. 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Lin, Esq. th, Esq. ch took place in No natances Amount Original p o ll. Age at " n Reduction Reduction rn cies in Co. As- in Pre- Equal to a per cent. Exist. mence. of Bonus. Premium. mtum in on the Ori. cnce. meat cured. lieu of . I ginal Pre. Bonus ' mium of Years. Years. £ £s.d.lZs.d. X s. d. 7 59 1,0011 163 11 0 163 0 0 27 17 2 41 7 32 500 44 7 0 13 211 5 1 4 39 6 52 '2,000 227 19 0 97 11 8 34 510 35 6 31 500 37 2 0 12 17 6 4 2 5 32 5 51 1,000 91 3 0 47 2 6 13 6 4 I',B 5 30 6451 37 2 0 15 8 0 4 1 2 26 4 42 5 0 18 19 0 17 12 1 313 3 20 4 28 1,000 46 14 0 24 3 4 418 5 19% 3 46 80C) 37 8 • 31 18 8 418 10 15% 3 25 2,000 69 6 0 44 5 0 614 11 15% 2 63 3,000 140 15 0 224 15 0 23 11 7 103. 2 26 500 11 11 0 11 10 0 1 2 6 9% 1 42 2,000 ' tti 14 0 70 8 4 3 3 9' 434 The next division will take place in November, 1847. Members whose renewal premiums become due on the Ist of April next, are reminded that the same must be pail within thirty days from that time. London, March 20, 1814. 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EAST INDIA HOUSE, .114Eca 27, 1844. - TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. • LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAVING the honour of being recommended to you by the DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY as CANDIDATES for the DIRECTION, to be chosen this year, we take the liberty of requesting the favour of your vote on the day, of Election, WEDNESDAY, the 10th of April next. We are, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and most humble servants, • Robert Campbell, J. W. Hogg, Limictly, Archibald Robertson, W. H. Sykes, Henry Willock. •• • Proprietors desirous of voting by proxy may obtain a Letter of Attorney for that purpose at the Treasury in this House. 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All the usual forms of language utterly fail in conveying any ade quate conception of this horrible calamity. I think there was very little, if any, sound sleep in this city last night. Multitudes of eyes were never closed in sleep at all ; others were filled with tears from night till morn, but it was most painful to add, that not a few eyes could, shed no tears. Among these last was Mrs. Gilmer — poor, distracted woman—who eyes, as Mr. Wiso said, were " arid as ashes." _ _ _ Many, many stout hearts have broken and melted now which never softened before. Think of those bereft—and so terribly bereft! All, I think, who were killed had large families to deplore their untimely end. Had they died a natural death, in the ordinary course of Providence, their loss would have been painfully dis• tressing. But to be so taken from time to eternity ! Who can, unmoved, contemplate the fact! "Tell me," said Commodore Kenyon's wife, " Oh tell me if he is dead! don't deceive me!" Mr. Holmes, M.C., from S. C., ig norant of his death, and in the kindness of his heart, assured her that he was not dead, but safe. Still she was not content. Mr. Holmes pledged her his honour that he was not dead. This was overheard by Mr. Sykes, M.C., from New Jersey, who beckoned him away from the frantic woman to assure him that he was mistaken — that the Commodore was dead. The reports of the frenzied remarks of Mrs. Gilmer, are mainly true. Senator Hannegan describes her as wandering in her •mind—" No, no—he is not dead!— He cannot be dead. He Was with me but a moment ago! Bring me my husband!—where is he? Dead! Yes, he is dead !" and then, with a vacant smile of incredulity, again denying the evidence. " Oh, that she could weep!" said her surrounding friends, but she wept not. A few minutes before the fatal explosion, toasts were drank at the table. Judge Upshur was called on for his toast. In attempting to comply he took up accidentally an empty bottle, and pleasantly remarked that the dead bodies (alluding to the empty bottles) must be cleared away before he could give his toast. Accidentally an other empty bottle was pushed within his reach—and he again repeated the joke, which was seized upon with applause, that the dead must be taken away. This drAv from Captain Stockton the reply that there were pler'ty of living (meaning bottles) to supply the place of the dead. At the same time the President gave the toast— " The Princeton and her three guns—the Peace-maker, the Oregon, and Captain Stockton—but the greatest of them is Captain Stockton." These leading gentlemen then withdrew from the convivial table to make room for others—and, within ten minutes, Judge Upshur himself was a lifeless " body." It is a most remarkable circumstance that song and wine should have been, as they undoubtedly were, the means of saving, no one knows how many lives. For, in the hilarity of the occasion, and when the captain and others withdrew to attend the firing of the " Peace maker" the third time (and at the request of Secretary Gilmer), Mr. Waller, the President's son-in-law, com menced singing a song, by general request. This de tained the party, for the most part, below, to the pre servation of many lives. I have been on board the Princeton this morning, and have learned that it is hoped the wounded subordinates will all recover. They are all removed to the Navy Yard, with the exception of the gunner and officers. The Ron. Henry A. Wise, Robert Tyler, and nume rous other gentlemen, went down this morning, to meet the committee appointed by the President, to make a formal investigation into the matter, and prepare for the funeral. On arriving at the Princeton, we found that coffins for a ll the deati were already on board, and seyer4l of the bodies had been already washed, and put in their final resting place. While this sad work was going on, the committee alluded to, composed 'bf Coin. Shubrick, Capt. Ramsay, Col. Murray, of N. X., Reuben M. Whitney, and others, were preparing their report, which will be published. The report not only honourably acquits Captain Stockton, and all the officers of- the Princeton of the least blame, but deeply sympathises with him and the afflicted. It states, on the authority of Lieut. Hunt, that the gun was only loaded with twenty-five pounds of 'powder, that it had been fired with forty-nine pounds, and frequently with thirty pounds. The gull was pro perly and carefully loaded with the usual ball and wad ding, and ,fired nearly at a horizontal level, so that the ball could not possibly have rolled away from the powder. The Committee had collected a large number of framw ments of epaulets, of swords, &c., belonging to the de ceased. A piece of iron broken from the cannon, weigh ing a pound or more, was taken from between the clothes and the flesh of Judge Upshur. It was not known whe ther it passed through him or not. And here it is proper to say, that not only was there no post mortem examination, but every pains seems to be taken to conceal the injuries which the dead bodies had sustained. One thing is certainly known, that they were dreadfully, horribly mangled and disfigured—in a way which it Would be disgusting and revolting to relate. (From the Madisonian.) _ _ THURSDAY MORNING,.FRB. 29, 1844. The Committee met, pursuant to adjournment—pre sent, all-the members except General Jones and General Eaton. • The Sub-Committee appointed to visit the families of the deceased, to ascertain their wishes fa regard to the disposition of the bodies on their arrival in the city— harmg executed the duties confided to them—reported. That in the discharge of their duty, they visited the families of each of the deceased, and ascertained that they were desirous their respective relatives should be brought to their homes; and, at the request of the Presi dent, that the body of Colonel Gardiner should be taken to the President's mansion. In consequence of which, arrangements were made, that hearses should meet the bodies at the wharf in the city, to convey them to their family residences. The Committee, at the request of Captain Stockton, proceeded to examine witnesses as to the cause of the explosion, and accordingly called upon the officers, whose duty was most imme liately connected with the loading of the gun, for such information as they had to give. Lieut. Hunt, ordnance officer in charge of. the great guns, represents that he foaled the gun himself, with but twenty-five pounds of powder—the usual charge being thirty pounds. Over the powder was placed a single shot, with the usual number of wads. That the persons nearest the gun at the time of the explosion were Captain Stockton, Mr. King, the gunner of the ship, and himself: Lieut. Hunt also states, that this gun has been re peatedly fired with a charge of thirty-five pounds of powder, and once in New.Yozprk, with a charge of forty nine pounds. In the statements of Lieut. Hunt, Mr. King, the gunner of the ship, concurs. Mr. King is a blacksmith by trade, and is of opinion that the gun was indifferently made, of iron of an inferior quality. The Committee, as well from the foregoing testimony as from their own personal observation and examination before and after the accident, have no hesitation in exo nerating Captain Stockton and every officer and man under his command, from the slightest imputation of rashness or carelessness, and are unanimously of opinion that this melancholy event rests upon causes over which they could have no control. The Committee having made the necessary provision for carrying into execution the arrangements of the Sub- Committee appointed to visit the families of the deceased, Resolved—" That a copy of these proceedings, signed by the Chairman and Secretarr, should be transmitted to the' President of the United States." On motion, adjourned sine die. W. BRANFORD SLIUBRICK, Chairman. JOHN T. MACLAUGIILIN, Secretary. ARRIVAL OF THE DEAD.—Between twelve and one o'clock to-day, a steam-boat came up from the Princeton having on board the bodies of the dead. At two o'clock five hearses, conveying the remains of Upshur, Gilmer, Kennon, Maxey, and Gardiner, and followed' by a long train of carriages, citizens . on horseback and on foot, passed in silence along the avenue, and proceeded to the President's mansion. The coffins were taken into the East Room; and laid on frames placed in the centre, arranged according to the rank of the deceased. The President of the United States, who was almost overwhelmed with grief, remained a ,few minutes, sur rounded by the survivors of his Cabinet and numerous body of citizens, to receive the several Committees, Con gregational and others, appointed to wait upon him, and the report of the Committee of investigation that had remained on board the Princeton after the sad occur rence, and then retired to his private room. The Committee of Congress appointed a Sub-Com mittee to meet a Committee on the part of the Execu tive, at the President's house, at three o'clock, to arrange a programme of the funeral c3remonies. Mr. HOPKINS rose and offered the following resolu ,ons:— " Resolved, that this House has heard with deep sorrow of the dreadful catastrophe which occurred yes terday on board the United States ship of war Princeton. where many valuable lives were lost, and by which, amongst others, the Hon. Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy, met a sudden and awful death. "Resolved, that this House will manifest its respect for the memory of the late distinguished Secretaries of State and of the Navy, and its sympathy for their bereaved families, by attending their funeral in a body. " Resolved, As a further mark of respect to the de. ceased, and to manifest our sense of this most melan choly and afflictinij dispensation of Divine Providence, that this House will transact no legislative business until after the funeral obsequies of the deceased shall have been performed. " Resolved, That the Members of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. " Resolved ; That a Committee of five Members of this House be appointed to make arrangements, with such Committee as may be appointed on the part of the two Houses of Congress at the funeral of the late A. P. Upshur and Thomas W. Gilmer. Resolved,—That when this House adjourn to-day it will adjourn to meet on Monday next, and that this Hduse do now adjourn." Mr. H. said, that in the state of feeling which pervaded the breast of every gentleman on the floor, he should be pardoned for declining to utter a syllable in support of the resolutions. The question was then taken, and the resolutions were adopted unanimously. Messrs. Hopkins, Adams, J. G. Ingeisoll, Barnard, and Cave Johnson were Ippointed the Committee on the part of this House. And thereupon the House adjourned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The announcement made last night by Lord Ashley, in reply to the seemingly preconcerted inquiry of Lord Sandon, cannot fail to produce some disappointment. His Lordship says, " it is not his intention to offer next Friday any opposition to Government in withdrawing their Bill." "'Taking this step on the full understanding that Government will introduce another Bill, he intends to take the discussion on that Bill as soon as possible after Easter." This may be wise in the end, for what we know; but it is promising, instead of doing, which for the present is not so satisfactory. His Lordship had a certain 'vantage ground— certain decisions of the House in his favour: he is himself sensible that in taking the present step " he resigns advan tages which he already possesses"—nay, more, he is pledged —hastily, perhaps, but stillpledged. " Whatever opinion," he said on Monday, "we maybe called upon to pass next Friday, I do make to the House a solemn appeal to stand by its decision, and to uphold its recorded verdict. Upon that verdict, upon that decision, I take my stand, convinced, as I said before, , that it is not necessary for me, nor for any other person, to deal with the subject by farther argument.' Everybody felt that this declaration was exactly as it should be, and just what the crisis required. The words we have quoted were cheered, and loudly cheered, and cheered again. So, of course, it does let one down a little to hear that the fight not come off on Friday after all—that the position so hardly and so splendidly won is to be surrendered, and the challenge is to be redeemed, not by the performance, but by another chal lenge. We cannot help this feeling. " Hope deferred maketh the heart sick." That a ten hours' clause will be carried be fore very long cannot for a moment be doubted. The princi ples on which it depends are not artificial and arbitrary, but broad, simple, and natural. Twelve hours a day, including seasons of necessary refreshment, is an ordinance of nature which appeals to the common sense of all men, and will only be cavilled at by fools, who don't know what nature is. " Are there not twelve hours in the day ?" " The night cometh, when no man can work." If those who by age and sex are perfectly competent to protect themselves, and know their own strength, and the consequences of what they are doing, choose to work fifteen, or eighteen, or twenty-four hours a day, that is clearly their own look-out. They are not the pupils and wards of the nation not, at least, in the same strong and definite sense as women and minors. But whether a ten hours' clause will be carried this or the next session—whether by Lord Ash ley at all—whether as an act of grace or a concession— whether as a matter of government or of compromise, are questions so very much dependent on individual character and circumstances, that we can only entertain a very strong expectation. • We will not allow ourselves to expect any other result of the present discussion than that Lord Ashley will persevere through every obstacle, and the House will this very session do this much-needed, much-canvassed act of justice. It is impossible, however, to forget that among 658 Members of the House of Commons there are some whose votes cannot be accounted for on any assignable rules of con duct, and a good many more whose votes will sometimes be only too intelligible. The second division last Friday is felt by all to be an incident wholly out of the scope of human calculation. Who could reckon on the passibility of there being five men in the House of Commons who would vote against both 10 and 12 hours, when they knew that nobody was proposing, or would propose, or would agree to, any other alternative, and that the only result of their vote would be to baffle both parties, and protract the agitation? Again, that a score or two independent country gentlemen should have just enough humanity not to commit themselves unnecessarily to twelve hours a day, but not enough to pre vent them doing so if a Ministerial crisis should render it necessary, was a circumstance which it might be wise to fear, but was not charitable to expect. We are bound tt confess that we did fear it Very early we expressed our ap prehension that the scale would be turned against the ten hours' clause by a body of agriculturists, who, little as they liked the manufacturer, had a still greater dread of labour assuming a'clefensive position. The sympathy between em- • ployers we felt to be a deeper instinct than the jealousy of rivals. Competition is a powerful law of nature. but not so strong as the law of self-preservation. The progress of the measure thus far might, perhaps, inspire some uneasiness, but for our confidence in its intrinsic merits, and in the sound ness and stability of the public feeling. Its casualties have been considerable. It was at first substantially carried, after two nights' long debate. Ministers then took four days' delay to recover from their surprise, and do what else they could meanwhile. Both parties came to the second struggle with renewed strength. Government experienced a second defeat on their own clause, qualified, however, as they pro bably felt it, by Lord Ashley suffering a defeat on his. A second delay, from Friday to Monday, could not be avoided. The Minister then came and asked for a third delay—ane ther four days—after which, i. e., on next Friday (to-morrow), he proposed to move that the House should discharge the • order of the day for going into Committee on the Bill, thus' virtually rescinding all its decisions, including the two against the twelve hours' clause. To ask so long a delay was scarcely modest ; to ask it for such a purpose—to ash that he might be allowed sufficient time to compel the House to rescind two recent solemn decisions—implied a contrary of modesty which we will not venture to name. But the request was granted, and to-morrow the House is to be called on to suffer this indignity. But all these delays are nothing compared with the indefinite gulf which now seems to yawn between us and our expectations. Lord Ashley, "considering it his duty, whenever he can with out any concession of principle, to consult the interest and convenience of the House and the Go vernment," will allow the House to suffer the above in dignity, and Government to have its way, to-morrow. But he promises to fight his ten-hours' clause into the n.ew Bill as soon as possible after Easter ! So we have nothing : to do now but to sit down and compute the value of a Par liamentary and Anti-Ministerial " as-soon-as-possible." If the 10 hours' clause is, even then, to be carried without any further vexatious or injurious delay, it is evident that it must be put on a better footing than at present. Every one ought to know whether the Government Bill is what is commonly understood by a Government Bill—a Bill which Government will carry at all risks, and with their whole official weight and influence ; and it is due from Lord Ashley to his sup porters, due to the country, due to truth, and justice, and humanity, to let people know whether he considers a Ten Hours' Bill more important than the existence of the present Ministry. We will frankly own, that considerable as are the personal merits of some members of the Cabinet, and dif ficult as it might be to suggest their successors, we do not think they have any claim to be put in competition with principle. They are hardly commensurable with principle; so one really cannot strike a balance between them. We can only say, as we hope Lord Ashley is ready to say, stick to the principle of justice and humanity, and let the Ministry take its course. If it thinks fit to follow in the wake, well ; if not, it must go to the bottom, we suppose. At least, we cannot help it. If the Bill is worth anything, it is worth carrying against the Ministry; but it is quite evi dent it cannot be carried against the Ministry, if Lori Ash ley does not immediately make his election between it and the Ministry. Such a decision may be painful, but a moment's comparison of the division lists of last Friday and the previous Monday—a moment's recollection of what passed in the House last Monday, will show its necessity. If the measure had been on that footing which its importance re quired, Sir James Graham would not have been allowed to gain a fresh delay from Monday to Friday, when he had made so much use of the like interval in the previous week; much less would lie now be allowed to throw the question over the recess into the summer months. He asked for de lay, with scarce the shadow of a pretence for it. He asked for leave to throw away the present. Bil?, in order to bring in a new one, comprehending the amendments already passed by the House, and some others, but leaving the hours of labour as they now are, with the frank announcement, that as the Ministry had already resisted, so would they continue to resist, any departure from the principle of twelve hours' labour. He carefully and strenuously forbad all expectation of the Ministry ever giving up this principle to a majority of the House. He admitted also, that in making the above re quest it might be considered he was taking the House by surprise. Lord Ashley confessed that he had cer tainly been taken by surprise, and so far, that neither he nor the House had been treated very cour teously. He also expressed his own determination to stand by the ten hours' clause, and his belief that nothing really remained to be done which required delay. "The question," he said, "has already been fully discussed. Every body has made up his mind on it, and not only has the dis cussion been ample, but, let me emphatically remark, the whole matter has been most solemnly decided. This great assembly, in their successive divisions, has affirmed the principle, that twelve hours' labour is not to be endured." If so, then why allow the very same question to be brought on again with an indefinite further delay ? Was it captious, was it unfriendly, was It unaccommodating to refuse ? What pledges had the Heme Secretary given that so great an ac commodation would not be abused—that he would not strain' every nerve in the interval to leave Lord Ashley in a decisive minority ? None whatever. He kept his ground. He dealt as with an enemy. He asked a truce on the specty lation that the foe might perhaps be simple enough to con cede it, but did not commit himself in return. He made no stipulation, and could not. Lord Ashley must view the question as his antagonist does, nniess w 0414 Make both himself and his caese ridienlous. lie must make no terms, and press for a division when there is no reason whatever for delay. - ,.We repeat, let it be looked . on as P . illuisterial ques tion. Ministers make it one. Can there be a question mor important and more worthy to divide the House? At present there is no rallying point in the House—no one re spectable standaiatto assemble round. Why not gather into one all those who are not ashamed of the principle of pro tecting the labourer ? POST.—In the course which they have adopted in refer ence to their Factories Bill, Sir James Graham and his col leagues desire to be regarded as especially the champions of the sacred rightseof property. Yet never did men seek to place the right 4, of property in more imminent perils than Ministers have done in describing these rights as incompati ble with the protection of the poor from oppression. Inse cure, indeed, would be the institution of property, if it rested, as Sir James Graham maintains it does, on the continuance to the millownas of the priVilege of win-king women and children to death. Yes, if we may credit the Conservative Home Secretary,: every man who would rescue poor factory women from air unnatural amount of daily toil favours "Jack Cade principles of legislation "—lemislation, that is to say, against the rights of capital. Ana this dictum of Sir James Graham is quietly adopted by the First Lord of the Treasury. It is edifying, by the way, to note the denun ciation which , the leaders of the House of Commons presume to level against " the principles of Jack Cade." Of the " principles" professed by the real Jack Cade, it may not be unimportant to observe that nothing certain is known. It is known, however, that Jack Cade was a bold and straight forward fellow, and that the materials on which he worked were supplied bythe actual sufferings of the people. Bold ness and straightforwardness are not, on the other hand, in variably the chaiacteristics of political leaders in our times; while to the sufferings of the labouring poor all the political leaders of these days agree in approving themselves most phi losophically indifferent. Let us, however, attach to the name of Cade the ordinary associations which that name calls up. Let us understand by " Jack Cade principles," principles that are revolutionary, and opposed to the influence of property. Those things being premised, let us consider the special pro priety with which denunciations of such principles drop from the lips of the leaders in the House of Commons. The House of Commons has been, in virtue of its constitution i since the year 1688, a giant Jack Cade. Since that memor able period, the most valuabls forms of property have, in truth, been stripped of all security by the direct agency of the House of Commons. Was Cade a. revolutionist? The constitution of the House of Commons is the spawn of revo lution. Did Jack Cade propose to confiscate the possessions of the rich? Since 1688, the House of Commons has been chiefly occupied in pillaging the poor. In 1688 the House of Commons robbed the Crown of all the prerogatives of sove reignty. Subsequently the House of Commons robbed the Crown of its possessions in land. Before ;the year 1688 all the wealth of England owed allegiance to the soil—in other words, to the poor of England. In 1689 a new system of taxa tion was devised.. Burdens, previously unheard of, were thrown on the land, and capital attracted by con sequence to new fields of investment—fields of in vestment over which the mortgage which the la bourers of England possess over all the agricultural capital of England was not extended by the I-louse of Commons. Our modern manufacturing system is the direct consequence of those systems of taxation and finance to which the Revolu tion of 1688 gave birth • and our modern manufacturing system rests on the exclusive and pernicious privileges with which it invests capitalists. Our old agricultural policy pro posed the well-being of the labouring classes as one of its great ends. In the extension of agricultural enterprise, the labouring classes have the deepest interest. In all capital devoted to the cultivation of the soil, our labourers are in vested with a certain right of property. From all right of property in capital devoted to manufactures: and to trade, our labourers have, on the other hand—except to the most insignificant extent—been excluded. Our modern ma nufacturing and trading systems have, in melancholy truth, rendered the abasement of the order of labourers the most direct mode of.adding to the productiveness of capital. The reward of the unskilled English labourer at the present day is far less than it was before the Revolution of 1688. Since that period, it has been the policy of the House of Commons to pander to the avarice of capitalists—and, by consequence, 0 rob the labourer of the value of his honest toil. In 1819 the House of Commons proved its undying fidelity , to " Jack Cade principles of legislation." By the money law of 1819 the 'House of Commons has confiscated one-half of the productively-employed capital of the empire—and has, by consequence, more than doubled the dependence of all orders of labourers on usurers and on idle consumers. In 1834 our legislative Jack Cedes were again at work after a gigantic fashion. By the poor-law of 1834 the House of Commons robbed the labourers of England of the most precious of their birthrights. By the poor-law of 1834 the House of Commons threw, the labourer "on his own re sources"—cut off from him, -in other words, those resources drawn from the general wealth, which the wisdom of our forefathers placed at his disposal; and placed him, as far as its influence extended, absolutely at the mercy of his em ployer. In 1842, we once more find the House of Commons at its congenial task of giving effect to " the principles of Jack Cade ;" and foremost among the " disciples" (to bor row Sir Robert Peel's phrase) of that great philosopher, were found Sir James Graham and his Conservative allies. The free-trade measures of the last two years have, already, robbed the agricultural labourer of one-third of his previous wages. So effective have been " the principles of Jack Cade," when administered by pupils so zealous as the Home Secretary. The real enemies of the rights of pro perty are the legislators who exhibit no respect towards the property of the poor. The real Jack Cades are the opponents of Lord Ashley's motion. Labour, as the economists proclaim (without, apparently, understanding the meaning of their own proposition), is the source of all wealth. But free traders of all sorts—her Majesty's Ministers included—have' yet to learn, that of all the forms of property the most sacred in the eyes of the Legislature ought to be, the wages of labour. , This fund, however, is considered by all modern " philoso phers" precious only in so far as it may be converted into a field of plunder. - ADVERTISER.—There is an ignorant and mischievous consistency in the conduct of the House of Commons, so far as relates to its dealings with the working classes. It first enacts the corn-laws, by means of which they are reduced to one of two alternatives—either they must work long hours, to be able to obtain a sufficiency of food to keep body and soul together; or, failing to go through an amount of toil almost too much for the human frame, they must submit to undergo the appalling process of death by starvation. In all branches of laborious industry, but in the factories espe cially, the operatives of England - preferred the former alter native. They arc willing to work from morn to eve, even should the eventual consequence of their intolerable toil be the sacrifice of their lives, rather than that they and their families should be deprived of their necessary food. But our sapient Legislators, suddenly seized with an uncontrolable fit of " humanity," interpose between them and their employers, and prohibit women and young persons from working more than a given number of hours each day—a number insuffi cient to enable them to procure an adequate supply of the necessaries of life. In all this, it must be confessed, there is a cruel consistency. First, the stern ne cessity of toiling . for twelve long hours for their daily bread, is imposed upon them by the enact ment of the corn-laws ; and then Parliament interferes, and tells the wretched victims of its heartless agitation, that they shall not work twelve hours—in other words, that they shall not work a sufficiext length of time to procure the means of subsistence. Why should the adherents of the Ashley sys tem stop at this point? Why not fully carry out their prin ciples? Why not give a further practical exposition of their horror of factory labour, by abolishing it altogether? The noise of factory machinery grates on their ears ; why not hush it to silence the unmusical sound, by stopping the mills ? " Tall chimneys" are odious in their eyes ; why not level them with the dust? The same principle which justifies their interference with factory labour in any way, would equally justify their extinguishing the factory system alto gether. The most provoking part of the business is, that this mischievous meddling with matters which ought to be left to the adjustment of the employers and employed, is justified on the plea of humanity ! "Humanity!" Hum bug! cant! There may be, it is true, a few individuals among those who support the Ashley amendment, who are solely influenced by what appear to them humane considera tions. But these honest, though mistaken philanthropists, constitute a small minority of those who have identified themselves with the Noble Lord in his crusade against the manufacturers. It were invidious to mention names, but let any one look over the lists of those who voted in the affirma tive, and then say whether all, or even a majority of those whose names grace these lists, ever before in any way distinguished themselves for their humanity. Some scores of their number must not be a little surprised that they are now ranked among the philanthropists of the age. How easy, with a little management, it is to obtain a reputation for humanity I " Oh, liberty !" exclaimed Madame Roland when on her way to the scaffold, "what crimes have been committed in thy name !" " Oh, humanity ! what atrocities have been perpe trated in thy name 1" What could be more cruel, what more heartless, than to snatch from the hand of the half famishing factory mother or child the crust of bread by which alone body and soul were to be kept together? And to do it, too, in the name of humanity ! Who does not turn away with loathing and disgust from such a bastard humanity as this? The hypocrisy of those who, under the pretext of com passion tor the women and young persons who work in the factories, would deprive them of their necessary food, by abridging their hours of labour, was last night effectively exposed at the;League meeting at Covent-garden Theatre. Mr. Gisborne showed that the factory question is essentially a corn-law question, and that hostility to the League is veiled under large professions of humanity to the factory females. If the county members who voted with Lord Aihley were sincere in their protestations of friendship for the factory ope ratives • if their real object were to shorten theii hours of labour, would vote for the repeal of the corn-laws. The enactment of these laws, and that alone, has imposed on these unfortunate persons the dire necessity of working long hours in order that they may procure an adequate supply of food. Abolish these laws, and the conse quent reluction in the price of bread, and the increased value of their labour, will at once relieve them from the necessity of working twelve hours per day. How happens it, people begin to ask, that the agricultural philanthropists, who heave so many sighs and shed so many tears for those whose destiny it is to labour in the factories, have no bowels of compassion for the miserable men and women who labour in the rural districts? The labourers in Dorsetshire and other counties are incomparably worse off than the opera tives in the factories. It has been proved within the last few weeks, that whole families are living, or rather vegetating, in many rural districts, on seven shillings a week. Their social condition is represented, and the accuracy of the representa tion has not been denied, as being the most wretched that the mind of man could picture to itself. To sink lower in the depths of misery would, we are assured, be impos sible. And yet those Noble Lords arid Honourable Gentlemen who so profoundly sympathise with, and sorrow for the overworked inmates of factories, never whisper a word of pity for the oppressed and starving labourers in the counties, into whose condition they even refuse to inquire. How is this? 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To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39 ; and the author, 01, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till two—evenin g . , seven to nine. SENA WAsursoTorr, Feb. 29, 18137—As soon as the journal was read a Message was announced from the President of the United States. The Message having been read— Mr. Rives rose and addressed the Senate as follows: " Mr. President,—The general feeling of the Senate has, lam sure, already anticipated me in what I have risen to suggest. The awful calamity communicated to lie in the message of the President just read, and which has made of yesterday, with all its earthly brightness, one of the darkest and most inauspicious days in our national calendar, is but too well known to the Senate in all its dreadful details and heart-rending results. Surely, Mr. President, never, in the mysterious ordi nances of God, has a day on earth been markej in its progress by such startling and astounding con trasts—opening and advancing with hilarity and joy, mutual congratulation and patriotic pride, and closing in scenes of death and disaster, of lamen tation and unutterable woe. It was my sad fortune, Mr. President, to be an eye-witness to these never-to-be-for- gotten events. If I had language to describe them, the power of speech would tail me. I have risen in the midst of the universal sadness and dejection of heart which pre vail around me, and under the overpowering weight of my own feelings, to suggest the propriety of suspending our ordinary labours and pursuits, in the presence and under the chastisement of this awful visitation of Provi dence. It has fallen to the lot of my own State to be the chief mourner on this melancholy occasion. Two of her distinguished citizens, filling high places in the civil gov ernment of the country, have been cut down in the midst of their days and their usefulness; and another of her sons a gallant officer of the navy, has been destined to fall, by disastrous accident, on a deck which, under other cir cumstances, he might have illustrated by his valour. But, in so overwhelming a calamity, which stands al most without a parallel in the records of human mis fortune, all bear their equal and sympathising share. Surrounded, as we are, on every hand, by the desolate wailing of the widow and the helpless cry of the orphan, none of us can be in a state of mind to discharge, with intelligence and composure, the duties which belong to us here. Let us then, Mr. President, bowing in all humility of spirit beneath this stroke of an all-wise and mysterious Providence, discard from our minds, for a season, the cares and excitements of our daily duties in this hall. Let us lay to heart the monitory lessons so impressively read to us in the events of yesterday, that in the midst of life we are in death.' With this lesson engraven on our hearts, let us keep constantly in view the eternal as well as temporal responsibilities under which all the duties of both public and private life are to be performed. Let the deep sense of common calamity and mutual affliction unite us more closely by the ties of brotherhood and affection. Let us put away from us all bitterness and wrath, and evil speaking ;' and when we come together again, under these chastening influences, we shall all feel, I trust, how much better patriots we are for being better Christians." . Mr. R. concluded by submitting the following resolu tions : . " Resolved, That the Senate is impressed with a pro found sense of the awful calamity which yesterday cc curred on board of the Princeton, by the explosion of a gun, involving the loss of many valuable lives, and among them of the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy. " Resolved, That the Senate will attend in a body the obsequies of the deceased members of the Cabinet, and a Committee of five be 'appointed to make arrangements with such Committee as may be appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, for the funeral. Resolved, That the Members of the Senate will go into mourning, by wearing crape on the left arm for thirty days. " Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to the President of the United States. " Resolved, That, in consideration of the afflictive dispensation, the Senate do now adjourn to Monday next." The resolutions having been read, a message was re ceived from the House of Representatives, announcing the action of that body touching this awful calamity. The message was read and concurred in. The resolutions submitted by Mr. Rives were unani mously agreed to, and the following Senators were ap pointed a Committee of arrangement on the part of the Senate to act in conjunction with the Committee on the part of the House of Representatives, viz.—Messrs. Rives, Archer, King, Woodbury, and Bayard. The Senate, then, in accordance with its previous action, adjourned till Monday next HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Immediately after reading the journal of yesterday— A message in writing was received from the Pres►dent of the United States by the hands of John Tyler, jun., Esq„ his Private Secretary, announcing the melancholy event which happened yesterday an board the steam-ship Princeton. The message having teou reti4 -,1 COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, visited the Queen yes. terday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty at tended by the Hon. Miss Eden and the Hon. Miss Mitchell, arrived at the Palace at three o'clock, and was received on alighting from her carriage by the Equerries in waiting and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household. His Royal Highness Prince Albert conducted the Queen Dowager to her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians. Her Royal Highness the. Duchess of Kent arrived soon afterwards at Buckingham Palace, and joined the Illustrious Circle. Her Majesty the. Queen of the Belgjans and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, took an airing yesterday, in her carriage. Her Majesty, attended by the Baroness D'Hoogvorst, and Major d'Hanins d'Moerkerke, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and also called at Cambridge House, the residence of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St James's. The Royal dinner party, at Buckingham Palace, yesterday evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of 1 4nts Lady - Anna Maria Dawson, Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart, and Captain Francis Seymour. Mr. Hutt, M.P„ Viscount Marsham, 'M.P., Sir Edmund Filmer, M.P., Mr. Bell, M.P., Mr. Bowes, M.P., and a depu tation on the subject of the coal duties, had an interviewmith Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also attended the meeting. Mr. Somes. Governor of the New Zealand Company, and Mr. Aglionhy, M.P., had an interview with Lord Stanley yea texday at the Colonial-office. The Marquis of Clanricarde and Lord Worsley had inter' views with Sir R. Peel yesterday. Lord Wharneliffe, Lord President of the Council, gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday evening at Na resi dence in Curzon-street. A deputation of Protestant Dissenters ]dad an irktarvievr with Sir R. Peel yesterday. \...:l l . lo tLife, 1117, btraid, corner or bILTOy meps, Lonaou. , CHI'S ELECTRO-TYPE FORKS and Nit Oh, B , l 'oo_ NS.—After a most careful examination and consi- ON.;:_i e have come to the conclusion that I can safely warrant qtii:nto nd this article as being superior to the plated or Ger -1;:,,,144'5, or any other kind of plating. The article being in a 6 14 _state, the silver is deposited on it by electricity without any "k : . 0 that when the edges wear in course of time there is np ~5 11 44 1 or unsightliness, and no one could distinguish between the CiteC 1 , 4 1; unworn parts, the article on which it is fixed being hard Ct l es i „"al so near the colour of silver, The electric fluid amaiga lg.,;!nParably the two bodies, so that nothing can divide them. Zt!,,,:lunilled wear can alone remove the silver surface. The ~ , ..''''-Dessert Forks, 425. ; Table ditto, 565. ; Table Spoons, 625.; ' 4 Bpo o t o :, , b.Tea Spoons, 265. per dozen. ,` , t t o Ztehi, No. 4, Leadenhall-street, London, Manufacturer of - `,._.,:erY, Dressing Cases, Bagatelle Tables, &c. slf l : f 0 6 1 4 rtb" 1