The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-28 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S BALL AT APSLEY HOUSE. A. magnificent ball, in celebration of her Majesty's birth •tlaY, was given by the Duke of Wellington on Friday night at Apsley-house. The fete was in every respect worthy of the occasion; at the lowest computation 900 of our high aristocracy were assembled. For the ball it was said that 1,000 cards of invitation were issued, in which were included the officers of the different household regiments. At about a quarter to ten o'clock the carriages began to set down visitors, and it was nearly half past one before all the company had arrived Owing to the park -gates having been allowed to remain open all night, and the admirable arrangements of the police under Superinten dent Baker, not the slightest confusion arose. The . Waterloo gallery and five noble saloons were thrown lepea for the ball, and Most brilliantly illuminated. In every "disposable part the choicest flowers and exotics were placed, imparting a delicious fragrance. The gallery, adorned with 3ts invaluable collection of paintings, and embellished with sts gorgeous decorations, presented a splendid scene at half past eleven, it being crowded by a rare galaxy of beauty and rank. It was there that the dance was formed, a band of 22 performers occupying the orchestra at the south end. At the opposite extremity sat their Royal Highnesses the Duke turd Duchess of Cambridge, with the Noble Duke, surrounded ly some of the principal guests. There were present—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and tuchess of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck and Baroness Ahlefeldt ; his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and the following foreign Ministers :—His Ex cellency the French Ambassador and Countess de St. Aulaire, Es Excellency the Turkish Ambassador,his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, his Excellency the Russian Minister and Baro ness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga Learner, his Excellency Baron Nieumann, his Excellency M. Dedel, Countess Revent low, his Excellency Count Pollen, his Excellency Baron Hu gel, his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Aladame Van de Weyer, • his Excellency the Portuguese Minister and Ba roness Moncorvo, his Excellency M. Fortique, his Excellency the American Minister and Miss Everett, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and Marchioness de Lisboa, his Excellency Baron de Cetto, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjornstjerna, his Excellency the Mexican Minister and Madame Murphy, his Excellency M. Moreno, Baron Koller, Baron Iljornstlerna, Count Jarnac, Count de Noailles, Baron de Thile, Baron Brockdorff, Baron Scheppingk, M. "•Surtorius, Baron Brenner, M. de Berg, Baron Lionel Roths child, M. de Koudriaffsky, Marquis and Marchioness Ran cent, Count Rosen, M. Lomonossoff, &c. The subjoined is a list of the general company : Dukes-Richmond, Leeds, Roxburgh, Beaufort, Norfolk, I.elnster, Buccleuch, Montrose. Duchesses—Sutherland. Beaufort, Roxburgh, Norfolk, Leinster, Buccleuch, Montrose. Marquises—Salisbury, Normanbv, Kildare, Ailesbury, Camden, Lorne, Handy, Anglesey, Douro, Worcester, Head fort, Donnshire, Winchester, Ormonde. Marchionesses--Ailesbury, Londonderry, Douro, Clanri- Carle, Wellesley, Downshire, Ormonde, Westmeath. Earls—Aylesford, Winchilsea, Dunmore, Aberdeen, Craven, Fefton, Wilton, Bruce, Rosebery, Clarendon, Morley, Lincoln, Cawdor, Howe, Malrnesbury, Hillsborough, Haddington, De lawarr, Wicklow, Morton, Normanton, Altamont, Falmouth, rows, Auckland, Mansfield, Dartmouth, Dalhousie, Bes borough, Devon, Eldon, Brownlow, Kinnoul, March. Countesses—Wilton, Jersey, Dunmore, Clanwilliam, Rose bery, Craven, Sefton, Cl aren d on , Verulam, Morley, Glengall, Ilillsborough, Radnor, Tankervile, Malmesbury, iladdington, Delawarr, Wicklow, Morton, Euston, Powys, Alinto, Dowager Vansfield, Ashburnharn, Dartmouth, Guilford, Eldon, Bridge- Vater, Brownlow, Kinnoul, Grosvenor, Manvers, March. Viscounts—Strangford, Cranley, Sydney, Canning, Leve eon, Fielding, Folkestone, Loftus, Jocelyn, Lewisham, North land, Palmerston, Clive, Barrington, Stopford, Alford, In gftotre, Curzon, Combermere, Einlyn, Hawarden, Marsham. Viscountesses—Beresford, Adare, Folkest one, Jocelyn, Ashbrooke, Palmerston, Barrington, Forbes, Howick, Emlyn, 3..1a warden, Gage. Lords—Fitzroy Somerset, Cremorne, Claud Hamilton, Ed- Nva_rd Howard, Brougham, Elphinstone, Harry Lennox, 'ondes, Foley, Redesdale, Do Ros, A. Lennox, Heytesbury, G. Paget, Colchester, Manners, Aylmer, Colville, 'Prudhoe, Tdwtn Hill, Ternplemore, Feversham, Ernest Bruce, Dela- Inere, Thomas Cecil, Marcus Hill, Henniker, Monteagle. Ladies—Brougham, De Ros, Fitzroy Somerset, Sarah 3ngestre, Cremorne, Aylmer, Wenlock, Sondes, Colchester, Dowager Manners, Prudhoe, Colville, Ernest Bruce, Granville Fomerset,A. Grosvenor, John Somerset, Clemen tina Villiers, Elizabeth Palk, Lucy Vaughan, Georgina Curzon, Georgina Codrington, Caroline Lennox, Duff Gorden, 3)owager Rendlesham, Adelaide Paget, Eleanor Ashburnham, 3:leanor Balfour, Caroline Duncombe, Pierrepoint (2), llarriet and Kathleen Ponsonbv, Caroline Townley, Charlotte Her bert Cust (2), Mary Howard, Mildred Hope, Harriet Clive, B.lizabeth Leveson Gower, Anne and Louisa Primrose, Georgiana Kerr, Emily Marsharn, Jane Fitzgerald, Charles :Somerset, Templemore, Elizabeth De Burgh, Mary Hood, 'eversham, Alexandrina Vane, Graham, Mary Fielding, Caroline Lascelles, Frances Hope, Louisa Cavendish, H. 'Douglas, Shelley, I'elly, Catherine Cavendish, Augusta Cotton, Caroline Murray, G. Seymour, Sarah Saville, Alariazine Alford, Finch (2), Jane Grimston, Elliot (2), Tllezt Douglas, Louisa Fitzroy, 11. Howard, Mary Agar, ZEary and Olivia Taylour, Augusta Somerset, Jemima Eliot, Fuller, Emily Ilardinge, Caroline Wood, Dowager Clinton, Braylrobk, Harriet Corry, Charlotte Egerton, Georgiana Bathurst, Dowager Floyd, Jane Charteris, Charlotte Fletcher, Wheatley, Freemantle, G. Egerton, Hunter, Dela mere, Isabella Blachford, Frances Cole,. Domvile, Louisa Churchill, Sophia Cecil, H. Campbell, Cockerel], Mary Stanley, Isabella Hope, Farquhar, IV. James, Ouseley, Mac donald, Willoughby Gordon, Elizabeth Steele, John Scott, lawg,ford, Bowater, Campbell, Marcus Hill, Kirkland, R Johnstone, James Stuart, Gore, Elizabeth Fielding, Elizabeth S. Stanhope, Ann Charteris, Alice Peel, Arabella Arden, Mary Ross, Maria West, Selina Kerr, Shaw Stuart, Moniker, Emily Drummond, Caroline Sandford, Harriet r aget, Rosa Greville, Read, Pakenham, Mary S. West, Ha zoilton, Monteagle. Lord Chief Baron Pollock. Hon. Messrs.—Somerset, 11. Cholmondeley, General Upton, G. Dawson, F. Leveson, Finch, Colonel R. Trevor, Jocelyn, Captain Maude, C. E. Law, C. C. Cavendish, S. Ponsonby, Cadogan, R. Curzon, F. Charteris, Colonel Fitzgibbon, A. Liddell, H. Liddell, M. West, Spencer, 0. Duncombe, H. rierrepoint, Colonel Gordon, S. Lyttelton, S. Herbert, Cor (den Barrington, G. Cavendish, Captain lions, R. Wellesley, F. iourne, Addington, Chichester, R. IL Clive, C. S. Rice. Hon. Mesdames—Norton, Maude, Wyndham, Herbert, tiontaguei Dawson, Law, Yore Fane, Liddell, Rous. Hon. Misses—Smythe, Copley, Maynard (2), Duncombe (2), Hood (2), De hos, Miller, F. Somerset (2), Mitford, Yolev, Stuart, Thelluson (2), J. Somerset, Eliot, Hamilton, Lawley, A'Court, Barrington, Liddell, Neville, Flower, Gage. Sirs—F. Trench, G. Murray, J. C. Hobhouse, J. V. B. Johnstone, H. Wheatley, E. Bowater, W. Gordon ' H. liardinge, W. James, W. Cotton, H. H. Campbell, J. Mac donald, J. ShelleT, J. Kirkland, R. H. Inglis, H. Seymour, 11. Douglas, A. Dalrymple, W. C. Codrington, P. G. Egerton, G. Clerk, C. Hunter, E. Codrington, W. W. Wynn, C. Dom 'vile, C. R. Cockerell, F. Head, A. Barnard, J. Williams, J. It. Reid, H. Pelly, C. Dalbiac, G. Hamilton. Colonels—Bennett, T. Wood, Wood, North, B. Drummond, rlontague, H. Baillie, Bouverie, Lascelles. Captains—F. Seymour, Wood, A'Court, Vivian, Meynell, Percival, Martyn. Messieurs—Tomline, M.P., Clark, Parnther, H. Baring, ZI.P., Verschoyle, V. Fane, Liddell, Graham, Peel, Brown • tigg, C. Fane, Bonham, Drummond, W. Egerton, Dundas Greville Sandford, Mildmav, C. Drummond, Grenfell, Leslie, Cole, Kerrison, Bentinck, G. Repton, M.P. Boyce, F. Gre ville, E. Tennent, Bankes, M.P., Estcourt;M.P. Stanhope, Vscott, A. Montgomery, Stanley, Greene, Ross, kewdegate, ri.p., J. Townley, G. Hope, Talbot, Vaughan, Neville, M.P., Capel, Beauclerk, Herbert F. Dawson, Cavendish, Town &v, A. Hope, M.P., H. Twiss, Russell Ellice, llRussell, Cornewall, T. Egerton, M.P., ox. Mesdames—Versehryle, Balfour, A. Capel, Beauclerk, Cun life, Mills, Dawson Darner, 11. Twiss, Fellowes,' H. Russell, Cecil Fane, Russell Ell ice , Drummond, Morier, Brownrigg, Boyce, H. Baillie, 'Wilbraham Egerton, Smith, Dundas, Mar lyn, Cox, Thesiger, Percy, Emerson Tennent, Bankes, Law- mace, H. Baring, Boyce, Lane Fox, Gurwood, Greene. Misses—Coarington (2), Mills ( 2), Clerk (2), Law (2), Itice Trevor (2), Fremantle (2), Hamilton, Meade, Fitzgib 'Jon (2), S. Stewart, Johnstone, Kirkland, Paget (2), Las cellos, Copley, Stanhope, Balfour, Bowater, E. Balfour, Wheatley ( 2), Ross, West (2), Farquhar, Go re , Fi e ldi ng , Cuseley, Campbell, Steele, Duff Gordon (2), A'Court, Har (lnge * (2), Beauclerk, Crewe, Darner, Drummond (2), S. rourne, Seymour (2), Fellowes, Mactavish, Morier (2), Jlrownrigg, bashwood, Tilney Long, Drummond, Wellesley, JI. Baillie, Addington, Legh, W. Egerton, Blachford, Smith (2), Pierrepoint, Greville, Cox, Percy, Clive, Stanley, G. Sey riour, Domvile, Kerr, Cole, Escott, Montgomery, Gurwood, Xstcourt, Greene, Pakenham. FRENCH CONVICTS. At Toulon nearly three thousand of these unhappy beings are confined in the bane. In former times, Frenh convicts were placed as rowers on board the royal galleys ; Lut galleys are not now in use ; and though the felon, when condemned, is still spoken of as a galley-slave, yet these slaves are no longer employed in the naval service of their country, except to perform ROW and then a little light labour about the arsenal. Like all slaves , t he y are of little value as workmen ; for the labour obtained by the fear of the lash is generally the most expensive labour that an employer can have In the naval dock-yards of Toulon the convicts may be seen lounging about in groups, while the freemen, who labour for wages, are the only men who really work. It is the same all the world over. Where great exertion, either mental or bodily, is re quired, the man who labours on compulsion, will always break down. The Russian nobles, for instance, know by lexperience, that they dare not intrust their herds of wild horses in the southern steppes to the keeping of their serfs. No dread' of corporal punishment is - sufficient to obtain from a herdsman that unceasing care and vigi lance requisit e in one who , has a taboun of wild Tartar horses to look after. Thk,French convicts wear a prison dress somethin g like our j own. The uniform at Toulon consists of yel ow trowsers sentenced for life and red actretsi . Those : wa,reen dress, and those who have escaped from prison ear and been re-captured, are distinguished by a yellow sleeve. Each man is knownnhasanumby ter, and that number is the only name h in the bagrie. Formerly theConviets were branded with a hot iron ; but this barbarousteleastfii practice e. has r of late years been discontinued. 11 . 0 re markable feature of the system is the enormousinerimber of officers to the p ris o n, and their singular To superintend less than three thousand ciency. prisoners, =any all of whom aro heavil y ironed, there are five Irtindred keepers ; and these are constantly and pai n f u ll y on the watch lest th eir interesting charges should amuse themselves by firing the arsenal, in the hope of escaping in the confusion that would probably ensue. The bagne is the regular lion to which all strangers are taken who come to Toulon. and the prisoners are in the habit of waking articles of various kinds for sale to the visitors. The money received is not given to the prisoner, but is placed to his account, and he receives it when he has erved out his time. —Foreign Quarterly Review. ER HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY AT r —SI' • —The inhabitants of Esher entered into a l iberal subscr i ption for the purpose of giving a dinner to the childr en of the national school of that village, to celebrate her Majes t y 's birthday, on Friday last. At two o'clock children to the number of upwards of 1.60 dined upon the green at Cato's Hill. The "whole of the arrangements were superintended by the Rev. id; band was the vicar, and Edwin Scoby, Esq. A milit ar y band:was in attendance during the day, and in the evening there Was a splendid display of fireworks on the hill. While the-:children were singing " God Save the Queen," at the conclusion of the dinner, her Majesty and the Prince passed by ttle green in a pony carriage and pair, and were loud clAltil. .1 .. r I t ta X ii - ra-lay, has 4res)tdilisOd 04, #;2,) June. .. "14. paired off with Mr. %'- le 170,66;„.6t Ige late Sir John and the Lady ,41013#41:93v*Cr:1661.4. ace at Swillington, in Yorkshire i T i 01,11.S.at(fttaiila$ , - 41 :10 9a urnful solemnity was attended by' - s i v A s VhAeicaNav7of.-the 1 obility and Uentry of the su xetfhtlin-g—neighbourhV dby large bodies of the tenantry 9f he; latd „ Batoket.7 ...„ . - - CIVIL WAR 1N SWITZERLAND. The New Gazette of Zurich, of the 22d May, contains a circular letter of the Vorort, dated the 13th of the same menth, and addressed to all the cantons of the Confe deracy. Its object is to acquaint them with the steps it has adopted in order to maintain tranquillity in the Va lais, by ordering the various corps of the federal troops to march into that canton. To this document is an nexed a dispatch from M. Meyer, the Federal Commis sioner sent into the Valais. This report, which is dated 17th May, says in substance : " The Grand Council assembled this morning, and will meet again this evening. Order prevails in appearance, but in reality the country is placed on a volcano, which must explode either to day or to-morrow. Both parties are preparing, and there is much talk about gunpowder having been distributed in Lower Valais to ' Young Switzerland,' and of orders issued to keep ready. The same has been clone in Upper Valais. The impending arrival of volunteers of Old Switzerland is even men tioned. Thus a collision is to be apprehended." M. Meyer writes at ten at night : " A catastrophe is preparing; the debate in the Grand Council has been a most stormy one. Violent scenes are stated to have taken place. The Opposition and some members of the Conservative party have left the hall. It had been beforehand resolved to propose the occupation of St. Maurice, and to appoint a comman dant of the troops. The Opposition were aware of that project. To-night, or to-morrow, Young Switzerland Hill march. Under these circumstances I have notified to the Executive Council that I should assume the title of Federal Commissioner, if matters required it. " Quarter to Eleven.—Tbe Grand Council have just ordered the occupation of the communes that have re belled, and the appointment of a commandant of the Landwehr in the person of M. de Kalhermatten ; it has issued extraordinary powers to the Executive Council. and appointed a Committee of three members of the Council. These resolutions have been adopted by a ma jority of forty-two votes." " The communications," says the Ami de la Consti tution, of Berne, of the 22c1 May, " are intercepted ; the priests direct the movement. Great and serious dis orders are committed. ' Young Switzerland' is in want of arms, and ammunition. Letters from the Canton de Vaud state that the whole western part is stirring. The arquebusiers of that part of the canton have proceeded to the assistance of Lower Valais, without waiting the Government orders. Provisions have been sent. The people of Vives are coming to the assistance of the liberals. Never have the affairs of Upper and Lower Valais presented so much importance as at this moment. What determination the Vorert will come to is not known ; but Berne and Vaud have resisted and will not let any troops pass." The Paris Quotidienne, a Legitimist and High Church paper, gives the following account of the cause of these disturbances, and infers that the civil war will extend to every canton : It is reported that the government of the Valais had been victorious, and that the people of the Lower Valais, beaten by the Conservatives, had been obliged to sub mit. However great may be the truth of this news, the affairs of this Canton are undoubtedly in a deplorable state, and order can be no longer maintained. Catholics and Radicals are in arms against each other ; and al though the first are the more numerous, the others are better organised, and have little or nothing to lose. To this we may add, that the latter are sustained by the Radical States of the Confederation, and that these States, with Berne at their head, have already proved, as in the affair of the convents of Argau, how little it costs them to adopt illegal and violent measures in ob taining a triumph for their principles. or rather for their wilfulness. What is passing in the Valais is, in a de. gree, the faithful image of the state of all Switzerland. In every part there is division and disorder, if not fla grant, at least in all hearts and in all the governments. The most anarchical doctrines are set up in opposition to Conservative opinions, and in face of the Conference of the Catholic States we find a haughty league of most of the Protestant Cantons. It is in vain that Bale Town and Neufchatel endeavour to keep up some appearance of order ; men's minds are too much excited, and the present President of the Directory, M. Siegwart Mul ler, is as ready to carry his ideas to the extreme as ever was M. Neuhaus, the late Radical chief of the Con 'ederation." SUPPOSED MURDER and SUICIDE. Yesterday, considerable sensation prevailed amongst the inhabitants of the neighbouring village of Bootle, in consequence of a rumour that a child had been mur dered by its mother, and that the latter had then com mitted suicide. Upon inquiry, it turned out that the report was not without foundation, and that there was but too much reason to believe that both these horrible crimes had been perpetrated. The facts appeared to be, that about nine o'clock on Saturday night, a remarkably fine male child, with long brown hair, and apparently between seven and ten months old, was taken out of the canal, near Coffee• house-bridge, Bootle. When first taken out, he showed symptoms of life, but soon afterwards died. He was very respectably dressed, having had on a striped printed frock, flannel petti coat, linen shirt, dark check gingham pinafore, black and white netted worsted handkerchief, blue and white worsted socks, and a brown bonnet, lined with blue silk. The canal was afterwards dragged, and the body of a female, supposed to be the mother of the child was speedily found. She was rather delicately formed, and was apparently between twenty-one and twenty-four years of age. She was five feet one or two inches in height; and the colour of her hair was brown. She, also, was rather respectably attired, having on a dark printed cotton dress, lilac printed apron, plaid worsted handker chief, stuff shoes, not much worn, black worsted stock ings, and a black stuff merino bonnet. A gold ring was found on the fourth finger of her left hand ; and she was supposed to be from Liverpool. There appears very little doubt that the female was the mother of the child. She was, at all events, its nurse ; for, in the earlier part of the evening, she was seen suckling it on some steps near the canal bridge. There were no marks of violence on the infant, but there were a couple of large black spots on the right leg of the female, and a contusion under one of her eyes. The child was first discovered by a gardener named Edmund Smeahurst, who happened to be passing along the canal at the time, and who states that his atten tion was directed to the spot by having heard something like a person moaning in the water. He succeeded in getting the infant out, and then ran and in formed the police, who, upon their arrival, found Mr. Reid, surgeon, in the act of endeavouring to restore ani mation. The bodies were conveyed to the Rising Sun public-house, where they remain at present, and where they were visited by some hundreds of persons yester day. The female was recognised by several, who stated that they had seen her frequently in and around Bootle. A carter, amongst others, said he observed her nursing the child on Saturday, near one of the Bootle turnpike gates.—Liverpool Al/ ion of Monday. ANDOVER.—Rumour states that our borough is likely soon to become the arena of another political con test, by the anticipated resignation of Lord W. Paget. Mr. H. B. Coles, of Middleton House, has for some time past aspired to the honour of a seat in Parliament by the suffrages of the electors of Andover. An agent of the Conservatives has paid a private visit to the town, making the fullest inquiries confidentially, doubtless hoping " to catch the weasel asleep;" but we can assure them the Liberals are stirring and quite prepared for the struggle, come when it may. The present state of the register is highly satisfactory, and leaves no doubt of a triumphant majority.—Hampshircindependent. DEATII DT CLIMBING.—On Saturday, an inquest was held before C. Collins, Esq., on the body of John harry, of Rhossilly, Gower. It appeared that on. the Walnesday previous he called at Stouthall, the seat of J. A. Lucas, Esq., for the purpose of gaining permission to get down some young rooks from the trees adjoining the park. Not being able to see that gentleman, he was requested by the housekeeper to call on some other day, when he would very probably gain permission. It is supposed that the deceased must have proceeded imme diately to climb the trees, and that he laid hold of u decayed branch at a considerable distance from the ground, which gave way, for on Friday morning he was discovered quite dead in the road, his head, on the back part of which was a wound, having evidently come in contact with a stone. Verdict, " Accidental death."— Cambrian. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM PORTS MOUTH GAOL.—Within the last fortnight, a plan has been organised by three desperate prisoners in the above gaol, to liberate themselves. Their names are, Dennis Kirby, a private of the 49th regiment, committed for trial for a robbery with violence; William Allyn, for stealing a piece of print; and John Maclin also for felony. It ap pears from information communicated to Mr. Hunt, the governor, that the prisoners intended to have put their plan into execution on a Sunday, and that last Sunday was the day fixed upon for the purpose; but on Sunday they were all secured. It is usual for the prisoners all to pass into chapel before the turnkey, who counts them as they pass, and when the whole number have gone in he turns the key upon them, and awaits the conclusion of the service before he unlocks the chapel door ; thus all the tenants of the prison are locked in, including the governor, and every person con valescent. It was the intention of the three prisoners above named to have lingered until the last in going into chapel, and then to ,have turned the key upon the whole community, overpowered Mr. Hill, the turnkey, and possessed themselves of the keys, by which means their liberation would have been easy. When the plot was discovered, Maclin offered to turn Queen's evidence, but Mr. Hunt being already, through a secret agency, possessed of the facts, dispensed with Mr. Maclin's ser vices. Kirby, the soldier, was promptly sent off to Winchester gaol, there to await his trial at the next Allyn and Maclin were both ironed • and their assizes. irons will not be removed until their trials, ner then, un less ordered out of the country.—Hampshire Adver tis e r . ' . steamer Trent, now in harbour , before sadfrom royal ma i l TRAGICAL EVENT . — Shortly the al Cuba, a v ery . fine-looking back slave went On . a b g o ° ard o , who on being reported by the purser to the c d aptem, was wiouta told that he could not be taken off theisl passport, and therefore must go on shore again. he strongly demurred, and on being urged, iTo this broken English, " Me go shore again ?" a e n r d ep l i r e e d w ill a knife from his pocket , with which h e nearly severed his head from his body. The unfortunate m an had in his possession 200 dollars, three boxes of cigars, and a copy of " Gil Blas," which were taken ashore along with his body by the Spanish authorities. It was understood, adds our informant, that he had the misfortune to belong to an unkind master , a nd that, finding his hope of escape thus baulked, he had committed the rash and fatal act above described—Jamaica Times, March 22. The Reformers of St. Martin's-in-the -Fi elds will dine together this day, at Roberts's, the Artichoke Tavern,l3lackwall, to celebrate the opening of the select vestry and the triumph of Reform principles in the parish. J.T. Leader, Esq., M.P., will preside, supported by General Evans and a host of Reformers of this important parish. rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORN ING, MAY 28, 1844. mediate result of the motion. It is probable that but little discussion would have taken place upon it. The mo tion would have been negatived—it may be " without a division." 'What then ? The speech would, it is true, have been heard with impatience by those who are always pre determined to vote against inquiry, in proportion as the facts adduced prove the neeessity of reformation. Such would only have "sat out" the discussion, that they might, if necessary, record their votes against the motion. But in the reports supplied by the public journals on the following day, the speech thus listened to with impatience, or with listless indifference, in the House of Commons, would have been read by hundreds of thousands. Sooner or later, the impression thus produced would operate within the walls of Parliament, and speak even there " with most miraculous organs." The days are long since departed when a Member of Parliament spoke only to those within the House of which he was a member. Then the effect he pro duced upon those who immediately heard him was every thing ; and the impression out of doors was scarcely worth a thought. The Tories know that another era has dawned upon the nation. Hence, whenever they can prevent a motion for inquiry from being brought forward, they do so— not so much from an apprehension of its effect within, as of dread of its results upon those without the walls of Par liament. To this apprehension we refer the trick to which they had recourse on Thursday night. By counting out the House on Mr. Christie rising to bring forward his motion for inquiry into the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, with a view to render them more beneficial to the country ; they hoped to keep the country in ignorance of matters which affect the character of the close corporations of learning and piety at Oxford and Cambridge. The fallacy of that hope will become apparent. STAND ARD.—Our readers will have known that the Irish Court of Queen's Bench has refused the motion for a new trial, that has now occupied it for a term and something more. Mr. Perrin alone dissented from the refusal asregards Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. Crampton dissented in the case of Mr. Tierney; but as two of the judges agreed to refuse in every case, the rule for a new trial is refused to all, viz., re fused by the whole Court as respects six of the traversers, Dr. Gray, Messrs. Steele, J. O'Connell, Duffy, Barrett, and Ray; refused by three of the judges to one, in the case of Mr. Da niel O'Connell, refused by two of the judges against two, in Mr. Tierney's case; but the equal division of the Court operates as a refusal, because, where the judges are equally divided upon an affirmative proposition, the negative always of course prevails. In consideration of the equal divi sion in Mr. Tierney's case, the Attorney-General intimated that he would not call that gentle man up for judgment. Mr. Tierney is certainly not the least guilty of the eight traversers ; on the other hand, he appears to us the most criminal, after the master incendiary ; but no doubt the Attorney-General exercises a sound discre tion in bowing to the equal division of opinion on the bench. It is amusing meanwhile to see the use which the Dublin Free man's Journal tries to make of Mr. Tierney's escape. " The most recent fashionable announcement respecting the Irish Attorney-General was, that the learned functionary attended the Premier's last ball. He has just returned from London—his last lesson in prosecution is yet fresh in his memory. and we must, therefore, look upon his declaration yesterday, that he would at once demand judgment on the repealers, as the carrying out of orders issued by the head of the Cabinet. The wily Minister wishes to keep his hands off the clergy, and in deference to his known ' veneration' for Catholic priests,' he has instructed his officer not to demand judgment on the Rev. Mr. Tierney. We have no doubt but the surpliced ruffians' will duly estimate his forbearance." Whoever reads the argument of Mr. Jus tice Crampton, will see how much Sir Robert Peel's instructions have had to do with Mr. Tierney's good luck. We have copied from a morning Contemporary (the Herald), a review of the grounds upon which the Justices Perrin and Crampton respectively decided against their brethren in the two cases, in which they did so decide. As this article pretty exactly expresses our own views, we shall say nothing more upon that subject except that every one antici pated from the first day of Michaelmas Term, how Mr. Perrin would act; such anticipation, however, being wholly unconnected with any doubt of the Learned Judge's integrity, and resting solely u pon the practical proofs he had given, when Whig Attorney-General, of his erroneous views of the law of conspiracy. It were strange, indeed, if the Learned Gentleman should not, as judge, have some qualms at treating, as criminal, what himself had connived at if not encouraged, when charged with the vindication of the law as first law officer of the Crown. Mr. Crampton, too, had a difficulty of the same kind, though much less in degree, to contend with, for he also had been a W hi g law officer, but it was in the earlier and better period of the Whig Administra tion. On Saturday the Attorney-General called upon the counsel for the traversers to offer their motion in arrest of judgment, if they intended to make one. Sir Coleman O'Loghlen, on the other side, declared that a motion in arrest of judgment was intended, but the traversers' counsel were not ready. Not ready, at the end of six months! The Attorney-General demanded to be at least informed of the grounds of the motion, and of the authorities by which it was intended to support it. in order that on Monday (this day) he might be prepared to reply instanter, without wasting more time ; but for this the traversers' counsel were not prepared at the end of six months. The Court interposed with more firmness and de cision than it had previously manifested, and told the learned advisers of the traversers that they must, in the course of the same evening, communicate to the Attor ney-General the information that he so reasonably re quired ;—and there the matter rested. The motion in arrest of judgment being, as every one knows, designed merely for delay, will be spread over as many topics as possible ; but as on such a motion there can be no apology for the traver sers being allowed separate and distinct counsel, and as the Court seems to have awakened to the duty of discounte nancing pettifogging quibbling, intended merely to con sume the public time, the whole matter may possibly be disposed of in the course of the present week. And whether it is or not, is a matter of little consequence, for the case is one of those that may be said to be forgotten before they are completed. Nobody now has reason to re gret the delay that has occurred, except the traversers, who have now still before them the whole of that punishment, a very considerable part of which would have been already ex lei:Wed, had they not resorted to the dilatory policy. them transmitted to all the Members of both Houses of Parliament. After a speech from Mr. BREWSTER against the reso lutions, and speeches from several other Members in their 1 favour, Mr. BREWSTER said he had intended to move a counter resolution, but as he felt that the whole of his brethren would be against him, he would not trouble them. The resolutions were then agreed to. MINISTERIAL COMMUNION. Dr. Coox, after a few observations, in which he urged the necessity of ministers taking care not to open their pulpits to any one who did not entertain the principles of the Establishment, otherwise: the minds of the people would be bewildered and unsettled, and some risk in curred of rooting religion altogether out of their minds —proceeded to read the following report of the Com mittee appointed to consider this subject : " The Committee are deeply impressed with the im portance and desirableness of promoting unity, and maintaining friendly relations with all who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity and truth. They feel that it is of equal importance to maintain the purity of Christian doctrine and discipline, and to guard the great principle of an Established Church. To secure those important objects, the Committee would respectfully recommend that admission of those other communions to the bene fits of the Establishment shall not be left to the discre tion of individual ministers, nor granted t. - ) those of the soundness of whose faith we cannot be fully aseured, but that in every case it shall be required that permission be asked and received from the Presbytery of the bounds, or a standing committee of their number, who shall in any case report to the Presbytery ; and that it shall be borne in mind by every Presbytery, that such admission is to be granted only to those who, by the recognition of, and subscription to a creed or symbol of faith, give un doubted evidence that they maintain with us the vital doctrines of the Christian faith, and the principles which, as an Establishment, we are bound to maintain." Mr. Balfour of Clackmannan, Dr. Muir, and Mr. Clark, of Inverness, having expressed their approbation of the report, it was unanimously agreed to adopt it in the meantime, and to send it down to Presbyteries for their consideration. The Assembly adjourned at six o'clock till half-past seven in the evening. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. !ROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—We long ago informed our readers of the proba bility that Judge Crampton and one of his brethren would prove inclined to allow a new trial in the case of the Rev. Mr. Tierney. Such turns out to be the case. The speech which was the only evidence of conspiracy against that traverser, " was one," said Judge Perrin, " no doubt of a highly repre hensible character ; it was rash, and such as ought not to have been expected from a gentleman of his profession and calling." " It was," said Judge Crampton, " what he should say was a seditious speech—it was of a very violent and inflammatory nature, and proved that he was aware of the effects produced by the monster meetings—effects likely to excite to hatred in the great mass of the people against those whom he called the Saxon race ;" but both agreed in considering the evi dence of conspiracy as insufficient. If a nolle prosequi were entered as to him, Judge Crampton was prepared to refuse the motion for a new trial ; but if that were not done, he would, he said, at the risk of any public inconvenience, do justice to the individual, and grant him a new trial, though it should have the effect of awarding a new trial to all. The only other exception to unanimity regarded a more impor tant culprit. Judge Perrin alone was prepared to grant a new trial to the monster-agitator himself, Mr. O'Connell. His grounds are not very satisfactory to the unprofessional eyes of those who have a bias in favour of what are called the merits of the case. Judge Perrin had no doubt whatever of Mr. O'Connell's criminality. He had no doubt that the verdict was right both in fact and law—in the facts which it decided, and in the law upon which it was based. So far all is natural and conceive able. We often have the most entire moral conviction of the guilt of a prisoner, upon evidence which is yet insufficient to support an adverse verdict. But Judge Perrin had farther made up his mind that there was plenty of proof—plenty of legitimate, admissible, conclusive proof—against the chief conspirator. "He thought there was ample evidence, inde • pendent of the objectionable parts to warrant and sustain the verdict." But then came the difficulty. Though there was a sufficiency of good evidence laid before the jury, yet with it there was some bad—some at least which, though good for one purpose, was yet bad for another, to which the jury might have applied it, or might be thought to have been en couraged to apply it. And as the jury (though they had plenty of good evidence before them) might, per haps, have based their verdict on this fraction of bad, Judge Perrin was for giving Mr. O'Connell a fresh start. And now, finally, what is the supposable pars logism—what is this illegitimate reasoning of which the mere possibility is to be held sufficient to quash a confessedly honest and right verdict? The judge apprehends that the jury may have concluded that certain seditious speeches were spoken by Mr. O'Connell, because they were reported as his in his own papers the Nation and the Freeman, and because in his presence and out of his presence they were re ferred to by counsel on both sides of the question as his, and neither he nor anybody else dreamt upon the trial of questioning either the fact that they were his or the evidence of their being so. It is certainly, therefore, not inconceivable that they may have drawn such a conclusion, unless they were very specially indeed cautioned against it. Nor should we presume to meddle with the legal conclusion which might be authoritatively deduced from that possibility. Law we know is law, and laymen must keep their fingers off it if they would not burn them. But, as friends of common sense, we heartily rejoice that for once law and reason run together, and that the Court does not insist upon our swallowing Judge Perrin's most indigestible deduction. That a verdict should be set aside because in the course of the trial certain notorious facts not necessary for its support had been at tempted to be proved by evidence of the most conclusive kind, but not applicable, in the eye of the law, to that exact purpose, is a proposition which, if it were law, would inspire some distaste for English jurisprudence. We are happy to be relieved from the painful obligation of so considering it. On the case of Mr. Tierney, then, the Court is equally divided. On that of Mr. O'Connell they refuse a new trial, dissen tiente Perrin. On all the rest the Judges are unanimous. The legal result is (as an equal division affirms what has gone on before), that the traversers' motion is rejected in Coto. We hear, however, that by the time the Chief .Justice had finished delivering his opinion, a new motion in arrest of judgment was announced; that this, however, is likely to be speedily disposed of, and that judgment may be expected in the course of the present week. We think all this intrinsically probable. The experience of the past trial leads us to suppose that they cannot possibly have much more to say for themselves, but that, if they have anything what ever, they will most certainly say it. They had, indeed, the grace to strike off from their late list of objections, or at least to omit to argue some, of which Judge Crampton observes, that " they were of such a nature as he had never heard of before, and of which, for the credit of the Court and its practitioners, he trusted he might never hear again." But those which remained to be disposed of were not all of a very creditable cast. Let us look at a few of the answers given to them by the judge most friendly to the traversers. In answer to the second objection, what Judge Perrin "'principally rested on was, that Mr. Rigby was sworn (as juror) with the express assent and con sent, and in some degree at the united instance and desire, of the counsel on both sides, and with a full knowledge of the facts." In answer to the third, he observed, that when the extension of the trial (now objected to) was formally applied for, " the attention of the defendants' counsel was invited to it, and they declined to argue the subject or object." In answer to the fourth, "he rested upon the deliberate assent and continued acquiescence of the traversers and their counsel throughout the trial, and making no objection till after the verdict was found." There cannot be much more to be said when ob jections are raised capable of being met by such answers as these. It is like beginning to pay in sixpences. Desperate as they may be, they must be near the end of their cash in hand ; and we may fairly indulge some hope that rumour is not far wrong, and that this wearisome affair will reach what is at least something like a conclusion about Tuesday next. CHRONICLE.—Most of the grounds upon which the ap plication was placed are of a nature which renders them unfit for discussion in the columns of a newspaper. There is amongst them, however, one, the merits of which may, as we think, be justly appreciated by any person of ordinary capacity, and as that one formed the most prominent subject of the judicial difference,ancl as it related to the case of the principal defendant, and constituted the principal ground upon which he relied for the success of his application, we shall take the liberty of making a few observations upon the subject. In the course of the trial, and for the purpose of proving that Hr. O'Connell upon certain occasions attended certain meet ings, and gave utterance to certain opinions, copies were put in of the Dublin Pilot and of the Freeman's Journal, contain ing what professed to be statements of the attendance of Hr. O'Connell at these meetings, and reports of the speeches which he was said to have there delivered. No other evi lance whatever was given, either of the speeches or attend ances, except the mere production of the newspapers them selves, and the question as to this point upon the motion was, whether these newspapers had been properly received as svidence of the truth of the statements therein contained, of Mr. O'Connell's having attended the meetings, and given utterance to the sentiments in question. If Mr. O'Connell Thad been the sole defendant upon the trial, and was there uipon a direct and substantive charge of having spoken the speeches and attended the meetings in the manner which the newspapers professed to record, no person having the slightest acquaintance with subjects of that nature could be so igno rant as to think that the charge could be proved by the production of the papers ; and no counsel in the empire would so affront the good sense of any judge as to tender such do cuments for such a purpose. It was, however, contended, in the present case, " upon the other side," that as the papers in question were published by Barrett and Gray, who were themselves upon their trial for having conspired with Mr. O'Connell, and as the papers were evidence respectively against the respective publishers, they were evidence against the co-conspirator of the publishers as acts done in further ance of the common object by Gray and Barrett; and as, therefore, 'being acts which, according to the law of evi dence relating to conspiracy, may be given in evidence against Mr. O'Connell, although he had not personally par ticipated in the publication of the reports, and may, as a matter of fact, be absolutely ignorant of their existence. It seems to be universally acknowledged, apii we believe it to be an undeniable fact, that such evidence was never be fore admitted for the purpose for which this evidence was adduced upon the recent occasion ' • and the exposition which the three judges of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench have given, of the grounds of their judgment in favour of its ad missibility, appears to us to show very clearly that the de cision is as wrong as it is novel. The Chief Justice, adopting the words of 31r. Phillipps (Treatise in Evidence, ch. 5, sec. 4), observes that the " act of the publication being done by one conspirator, in furtherance of the common design, was to be considered as done by him in the character of agent to his co-conspirators ; and, therefore, that if Mr. Barrett published a statement of Mr. O'Connell's speeches and proceedings at public meetings, he published it as the egent of Mr. O'Connell." Now, in the very place where the Chief Justice found the first part of his doctrine, he must have also found that an exception was made in regard to such declarations or statements as consisted in relations of antecedent events. The conclusion, therefore, which the chief Justice drew from one part of the text, was actually prohibited by another, and that which his Lordship has de duced as a consequence from the rule, is declared by his own 'authority to be an exception to it. As this matter is all within the department of Sir James Graham, we recom mend the Right Honourable Baronet to step from his own chamber in the Home-office to that of Mr. Samuel March Phillipps, and to ask that learned and able person whether what one of the several conspirators may have stated in the form of a narration of a past occurrence, can be given in evidence against any other individual of the same party? In answer to this question, we presume that Mr. Phillipps will give the same information to Sir James Graham that he has already given to the rest of the world in the 4th section of the sth chapter of his "Treatise upon the Law of Evi dence." The published accounts of the judgment of Mr. Justice Burton represent him as concurring in the judgment of the Chief Justice, upon the same grounds and upon the same authority, and making the same omission of any re ference to the exception which we have already men tioned, and which, in fact, altogether governs the present ease. In regard to Mr. Justice Burton, it is, however, extremely singular that, in su pp or t o f his own and the Chief Justices view, of the admissibility of such papers for such a purpose, he actually refers to th e ca se o f th e " King v. Hardy," which is the very authority upon which Mr. Phil lipps relies for their exclusion. But the extravagance to which Mr. Justice Crampton has carried this novel doctrine is perfectly romantic, and absolutely soars into the sublime of the absurd. lie says, " that even though every speech and every fact stated in the newspapers were false, they were as much evidence against Mr. O'Connell as if he had written every line of them." This is one of those daring flights of imagination before which criticism falls prostrate in utter and impotent amazement. GLOBE—By a piece of paltry manoeuvring, in perfect keeping with their paltry tactics, the Tories managed on Thursday night to prevent Mr. Christie from bringing on his motion for inquiry into the constitution and present con dition of the two Universities, with a view to assimilate them to the changed circumstances of the country, and thus ex tend their usefulness, in conformity with the design of their founders. The mode in which the Conservatives—of all abuses—effected this was explained by Mr. Christie on the following evening. To that explanation we refer in justification of the term we have used to designate their con duct. We do not charge this act of disreputable trickery upon the members of the Government. It was concocted and executed by honourable, but—except in such duties — very insignificant, gentlemen who occupy the third and fourth seats behind the Treasury Bench. These worthy in struments of the party seem incapable of any higher eleva tion of thought or act. In this instance they had just dis cernment enough to see that the statements by which the Honourable Member for Weymouth would support his motion for inquiry would open the eyes of the public to facts they are unwilling should become known ; but without having sufficient foresight to discern the consequences of fn at__lo n , burking those statements. Those who plotted for the pur pose of stifling the motion may rest assured that the course -taken to prevent the statements and arguments of the Hon. I : 4o :b d e b r ei f n r gr o s m tattn m utet ee idon. ting the public eye has tended to strengthen he generally received impression that a searching investi with ose a yiew s,E to ixsa a ng n egce e essr x a t ta e edr n y s a, ive renovation and reform mind, calked up by the efforts at concealment, a ppre hensions e m l n m s u s ' e o n t n t s , at wi n nit will tend et e public ndistantd tto !norms° the demand for an extensive and _ salutary change. The motion fir inquiry is merely postponed; the temporary de haft has sustained will tend to facilitate the " object, instead al stippreasins the investigation. No expectation was enter tainted ibet the inquiry would hare been obtained, as the inv. EVENING SEDERUNT. The Assembly met again at half-past seven, and pro ceeded to take up THE CASE OF BANFF. The facts of this case appear to lbe these:—On the. 10th of August last, a presentation in favour of the Rev. George Henderson, minister at Cullen, by the Earl of Seafield, was given into the Presbytery of Fordyce, and ; sustained by them, and the usual steps ordered to be taken towards a moderation in the call. The Presby tery met for the moderation of the call on the 24th of August—Lord Aberdeen's Act having received the Royal assent seven days previous. The call having been signed by twenty-s - x persons, heritors and mem bers of the congregation, the Presbytery, in terms of, and in the spirit of, L ord Aberdeen's Act, intimated that, if there were any objections to be offered, they were then ready to receive them. A list of reasons and objections, amounting to fourteen in number, were ac cordingly given in, signed by forty-four parishioners ; and included objections to " the exuberance of his ani mal spirits"—to his preaching being " incoherent, un connected, and ill-deduced"—to his " natural defect of utterance"—to his want of " a musical ear"—and to the sordid motives which they believed had influenced the presentee in accepting the presentation. The Pres bytery, without giving any opinion of the relevancy of the objections, allowed a probation of the same. After a very tedious procedure, the Presbytery, on the 28th. of March, came to the opinion that many of the ob jections were very frivolous, and that those objections only were relevant which related to the alleged fact of Mr. Henderson's preaching being " incoherent, un connected, and ill-deduced," and of his not being distinctly heard because of a defect in his utterance ; but that in regard to the former of these, the evidence was extremely contradictory. The Presbytery, how ever, resolved, because of the novel situation in which the recent Act of Parliament had placed the law, to refer simpliciter the case to the Synod of Aberdeen. The matter having come before the Synod in April last, the Synod referred the case to the General Assembly. Mr. Pyper, advocate, appeared for the presentee ; Mr. Penney, advocate, for the objectors; the Rev. Dr. Mearns and Mr. W. Grant for the Synod. There was a preliminary point which occupied the House for a considerable time, viz., an appeal by the presentee against a judgment of the Synod, dismissing a petition and complaint against the competency of the Presbytery to treat this case under Lord Aberdeen's Act, which was not in existence when the appellant's presentation was granted and sustained. The Assembly repelled the objection, and ordered the parties to pro ceed to state the merits of the case, which they accord ingly did. Parties being removed, a discussion ensued, when Mr. GIBBON, of Lonmay, moved—" That the Assembly sus tain the reference from the Synod of Aberdeen ; find that there is full evidence that the people of Banff will not wait upon the ministrations of Mr. Henderson—that the people of Cullen are affectionately attached to him ; that he is useful in his present, charge ; and that there is no prospect of greater good to the Church by his translation to Banff."—(Laughter.) Dr. CooK then addressed the Assembly, and after some remarks said he wished—he did not make a motion —that the matter should be sent back to the Presbytery, with instructions to proceed in the constitutional deed of ascertaining whether there is ground for the transla tion, and to report to the Commission, which meets in , August, and let them pronounce a decision upon it. Professor ROBERTSON, of Ellon, said he could come to no other conclusion than that they should send the ob , jections back to the Presbytery, remitting to the Pres , bytery to cognosce and judicially decide upon the ob , jections, and in the event of appeals or complaints, that the whole case should be brought up to the Commission in August, when it should be ready and ripe for decision. , In this motion the Assembly concurred ; after which , they adjourned at two o'clock in the morning. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. EDINBURGH, FRIDAY, MAY, 24. UNIVERSITY TESTS. The overtures on the subject of the University Tests were read, when • Principal MACFARLA!! said—lf ever there was an oc casion when it was justifiable to allude to a subject so unimportant as the personal feelings of an individual, I be lieve that this is one. Sure I am that I never rose to ad dress the General Assembly or any other body with such a distressing consciousness of my own inability to do jus tice to the subject which I have now taken the liberty to bring under your consideration. The extent and the im portance of the subject appals me. The a p a thy, t o me unac countable, which prevails in some parts of the Church and the coun tr y requires no common effort to dispel; but I take encouragement from the well-known kindness and indulgence of the Assembly, to which I have been often and deeply indebted, from the intelli gence of the members, and from the zeal with which I k n ow, when they are convinced of the importance of the cause, they will embark in a measure which involves the great interests of a national and Christian education in our beloved country. The overtures upon the subject show that they have been called forth by a variety of measures which have been recently adopted by dissent ing bodies, by the Universities, and by municipal cor porations, for an alteration of the law of the land in respect to the connection . between the Church and the Universities. A nd T? proceeding to lay before you my views in connection with this topic, perhaps m s e o a n w i t l o l b p e r o fi p r o s s t e t t o o r e t h a d e mchention that it was my original the best method A th s e sem re b s l o; . uti l ons ma w y h i of dot ...T ng purpose to have moved that we present a petition to the Legislature. Had the question remained in the same state that it was two months ago, when a legisla tive measure was in dependence, I should have persisted in my resolution ; but as it is well known that a motion was made for leave to bring in a Bill upon the subject, and that that motiou was refused by the House of Com mons, I think that we should be deficient in consideration for that respectable branch of the Legislature if we were now to trouble the m with unnecessarily any direct application. But think it proper that the Assembly should adopt a series of resolutions expressive of their view of the importance of this question, and should cause these resolutions to be circulated, not only within their jurisdiction, but that they should be communicated in some shape or other to the Legislature. The resolutions I mean to propose are as follow:- 1. That the General Assembly regard the moral and religious education of youth in universities, public institutions, and parochial schools, as a national object of unspeakable importance,. and productive of the highest benefits to every country in which it has been success fully conducted and maintained. 2. That for this purpose the religious and educa tional establishments of Scotland have at all times been closely connected, to their mutual advantage and secur ity, and their connection kept up by a number of Le gislative enactments, particularly the Act of Security, 1707, providing, among other safeguards of our national Church, that professors in Scottish universities " shall before, or at their admission, acknowledge and profess, and shall subscribe to the Confession of Faith of the Church of Scotland, as the confession of their faith, and that they will practice and conform themselves to the worship presently in use in this Church, and never en deavour, directly or indirectly, the prejudice or subver sion of the same." 3. That this Act is not an ordinary statute, but part of a solemn national compact, ins isted on as an indispen sable condition of even treating f or an union with Eng land, engrossed in that treaty as ." a fundamental and essential condition thereof," in all time coming; of vital importance to the prosperity and existence of the Church of Scotland, and not to be altere d or abrogated without endangering the constitution of our country in Church and State. 4. That the Church of Scotland has hitherto reposed unlimited confidence in the security and protection af forded by this law, confirmed as it has been by the sa cred oath taken by all British Sovereigns on their ac cession to the throne, and no less by the assurances so often given and repeated to this Assembly by our pre sent beloved and most gracious Sovereign, of having their rights and privileges, as established by the laws of this kingdom, inviolably maintained and preserved. 5. That while the General Assembly rejoices i n un disturbed tranquillity the fullest c onfidence in the . fulfi' ment of those assurances, they cannot but view wi, some measure of anxiety the attemp ts which have been recently made in various quarters to deprive the Church of an essential element of its security, by dissevering from it the most important establis hments of public edu cation,—the petitions which have been presented to both Houses of Parliament for the repeal of that part of the Act of Security which relates to professors in universi ties, and the motion actually, though unsuccessful:y, made for leave to introduce a Bill founded on those pe titions into the House of Commons. 6. That under these circumstances the General As sembly feel called on to declare, that etthy would consider the repeal of the clause referred to n e Act . of Secu rity, as a direct attack on their most valuable rghts and privileges, as a fearful obstacle to the training and edu cation of young men for the holy ministry ▪ our d land, as inflicting a deadly injury on the Universi▪ ties of i Scot land, by shaking the confidence of the public n the principles of their professors, and as a measure fraught with peril to the ecclesiastical establishments and educa tional institutions, not of Scotland only, but of every part of the British empire. Such a change they must earnestly deprecate and oppose on every occasion by all lawful and constitutional means. 7. That these resolutions be printed, and copies of NOMINATION AT KILMARNOCK. 1 (From the Scotch Reformers' Gazette.) KILMARNOCK, SATURDAY.—This was an exciting day in Kilmarnock. By Mr. Robertson retiring, the ground remained clear for the Hon. Edward P. Bouverie, Refor mer • Mr. Henry Vincent, Chartist ; and Mr. Henry T. Prinsep, Tory. Shortly after 12, as these gentlemen approached the Council Chambers, and appeared on the balcony, they were severally loudly cheered—Mr. Vin cent, as a matter of course, coming in for a double share of popular favour. The windows of the opposite buildings were filled with the beauty and fashion of the district ; and the house-tops were clad by a number of anxious and daring adventurers. Mr. Sheriff Bell officially commenced the business of the day. Mr. Sheriff-substitute Jameson was also on the platform, as was also Provost Brown, Bailies Black wood, Wilson, and Young, Sir J. Campbell, Sir J. C. Fairlie, Charles WAllister, Esq., E. H. J. Craufurd, Esq., Auchenames ; J. Pattison, Esq., Cunninghamhead; P. Cowan, Esq., Ayr ; G. Mitchell, Esq., Glasgow; D. R. Andrews, Esq., writer; L. Lamond, Esq., writer, &c. Mr. HUGH CRAIG, ex-Chartist, in a highly laudatory speech, proposed Mr. Henry Vincent, with the confident expectation that ere long he would be the Right Hon. Sir Heary Vincent, Prime Minister of England ! This auspicious announcement was received with loud cheers. Mr. GEORGE OSBORNE seconded the nomination. Provost BROWN came before the meeting, not to make a long speeeh, but simply to propose the Hon. T. P. Bouverie as a fit and proper repretentative. Bailie YOUNG seconded this nomination, and expressed his conviction that Mr. Vincent's appearance would only divide the Reform interest. Mr. WM. WALLACE proposed Mr. Prinsep, the Con servative candidate. Mr. J. Tuomsos seconded the nomination. Mr. VINCENT then stepped forward, and in a long and highly popular manner addressed the multitude, eschew ing all party feeling—appealing to the sense of justice and conviction of his hearers—and leaving the result of the contest in the hands of the Reformers themselves. He denied the assertion that had been made, that he came to divide the Reform constituency, and asserted that he was the only candidate who could honestly come forward, and appeal to the people. The Hon. P. BOUVERIE then addressed the meeting, and stated that, respecting as he did the character, and honouring the abilities, and appreciating nearly all the political principles of Mr. Vincent, he could not go the whole length that that gentleman was prepared to go. In reference to his other opponent, Mr. Bouverie consi dered that he was totally unfit to represent the people. Mr. Bouverie then defined the true meaning of the term Conservative—that a Conservative is truly a Tory, opposed to the alteration of the corn-laws, and the im provement of colonial interchange laws. Having illus trated at length the evils of these restrictive laws—and dwelling on the absurdity of rejecting slave sugar, and accepting slave-grown cotton and tobacco,--Mr. Bouverie concluded by a hearty appeal to the numerous assembly, which was favourably received. Mr. PRINSEP then addressed the assemblage, but his Conservative opinions were far from being palatable, and he was accordingly but indifferently received, being frequently interrupted by loud and repeated marks of dissapprobation. The SHERIFF then took a show of hands—first for Mr. Vincent, when a whole forest was shown—next for Mr. Bouverie, when comparatively few appeared ; and as for Mr. Prinsep, we only observed a stout gentleman in the centre holding up both hands ! The SHERIFF then declared Mr. Vincent elected by show of hands, but intimated that a poll was demanded by the other two candidates, which would take place on Tuesday, commencing at eight in the morning.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. h ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. —The junior members of this Society met on Friday evening, at Highbury, to commemorate the Queen's Birth-day, W. 11. Butterfield, Esq., son of Admiral But terfield, in the chair. The usual loyal toasts were drank. That of Prince Albert, in connexion with literature and art, was received with enthusiasm. The Chairman, on the navy being proposed, took occasion to observe, that if the wooden walls of Old England had been able to maintain the supremacy of the seas, surely, when iron Old steam came into play, the skill and ingenuity of our engineers and artificers would be equally successful. This allusion to a recent brochure elicited warm applause. GOING, GOING, GONE !—On Thursday last, at an auction of household furniture in the Pleasance, among other articles to be disposed of was a cage containing a beautiful goldfinch, respecting which the auctioneer, having praised its musical qualities to the highest de gree, and raised its price to the desired point, was pro nouncing the final " Going, gone —gone ! " when lo ! the bird contrived at that very moment to escape from the cage, and make its exit out a t th e w i n d ow , to t h e astodisment of the auctioneer, the laughter of the com pany, and the great delight, no doubt, of the poor goldie itself !—Scotsman. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 27. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the greater part of the morning in listening to arguments ilt a case in which the validity of an annuity deed was disputed. The case was of interest only to the parties immediately concerned. BAIL COURT, May 27. There was nothing of any particular interest or importance In the business which came before the Court this day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 27. The Court took the special paper this day. Nothing of importance came before the Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 27. (Sittings in Banco.) VALLANCE V. THE DUKE OF DHUNSIVICK. In this case Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved for an order, calling on the Duke of Brunswick to pay the sum of 7081.185. to Messrs. Valiance and Bierley, together with the costs of the application. An order had been made by Mr. Justice Colt man, calling on the Duke of Brunswick to pay the money; but on motion made to the Court, it was referred to the Master to review the taxation generally. He did so, and reported that the sums claimed were correct. He (Mr. Ser geant Talfourd) now applied, under the Attorneys' Act, to make the order a rule of Court.—Rule granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKEN WELL. Yesterday Margaret Kelly, a ferocious-looking woman, was brought up for final examination, charged with stabbing John Dymmock, a carter, residing at No. 13, White Horse-court, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, with a knife, whereby his life was seriously endangered. - The occurrence took place on the 6th of May, since which the prosecutor has been in St. Bartholomew's Hos pital. From the position of the wound it was feared lock-jaw would ensue. Yesterday, however, the prose cutor, although not yet quite recovered, and ' having his head bound up, attended in Court and gave his evidence. All the circumstances of the case were mentioned in our paper of the Bth inst. Mr. Cooper, the house-sur geon of the hospital, deposed to the nature of the wound. The prisoner, who has throughout exhibited the most callous indifference, was fully committed for trial. William Barlow, an engineer, residing in Church street, Limehouse, William Brady, and William Wilson, genteelly attired persons, were charged with creating a disturbance in St. John's-square, at two o'clock on that morning. Constable 66 G deposed that he saw Barlow and Ridley pushing one another against the doors in St. John square, and making a noise calculated to disturb the inhabitants. When he took them into custody, Barlow offered him a bribe of ss. if he would set him at liberty. The prisoners were in liquor. P. C. Marryatt, 31 G, corroborated this statement. When Barlow was arrested, he became abusive , and said he paid 151. a-year taxes to support the police. Mr. GREENWOOD . ordered Barlow to find bail ; fined Ridley 10s. ; and ordered Wilson to put a sum in the poor-box, which he did, and expressed his regret for the misconduct. James Connor was charged with assaulting police constable 35 G. The prisoner quarrelled with his sister, in Bleeding hart-yarJ, Holborn, on the previous evening, and gave her a blow, which rendered her insensible, and caused her to bleed profusely from the nose awl mouth. The constable took him into custody, whereupon the prisoner knocked him down, and tore his uniform coat and trowsers so as to render them useless. Committed for twenty-one days. William Duke was charged with the following brutal con duct, in company with two others not in custody : On Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, a poor man, named George Rogers, and his wife, were returning home along Claremont-place ; both were under the influence of liquor. The prisoner and two others came up and knocked the woman down. The husband remonstrated, upon which the prisoner knocked him down, and his forehead coming in collision with the kerb-stone, received a severe wound, from which he bled a great deal. The prisoner ran away, but was stopped by police-constable 60 G, in Thanet-street, Burton crescent. When brought to the station-house the prisoner confessed his guilt, and hoped the complainant would be lenient to him. The prisoner called two witnesses, but they contradicted one another most grossly in their testimony, and very little truth came from either. The MAGISTRATE sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 1/. 2 or a commensurate term of imprisonment. BOW-STREET. A respectable-looking boy named Henry Caldwell, who was dressed in a blouse, was charged before Mr. Hall with wilfully breaking a small branch from one of the trees in the gardens of Lincoln's Inn-fields. The officer who has charge of the gardens said, he saw the defendant yesterday afternoon climb over the railings and break the branch in question, and upon the witness coming up to the spot the defendant threw the branch from him and ran away. He was, however, pursued, and taken into custody. The defendant said he merely plucked a little may, in doily , which he thought there was no harm. Mr.' HALL said, that although the damage in this parti cular instance was but small, yet the practice of breaking the trees in the square was very general, and in the course of the year great damage was sustained. This sort of thing never happened in France, for the people there would pass an ornamental tree in a public thoroughfare a hundred times and not think of touching it. In England, however, it was different, for the people seemed to think that they had a right to destroy anything they pleased. He knew that the inhabi tants of the different squares in London were put annually to great expense, in consequence of the depredations committed upon the trees. Persons had no more right to take a branch from one of these trees than they had to go into one of the houses and steal a piece of plate. The prisoner was fined ss. UNION-HALL. ElizabethWhitburn, a young:woman recently in the service of Mr. Studely, of Alfred-place, North Brixton, was charged before Mr. Traill, with robbing her master of a gold watch, a diamond brooch, and other articles of jewellery, to the amount of upwards of 1001. Mr. Studely stated that the prisoner had only been in his service about three weeks, and that on Friday last, after he left home, she broke open the wardrobe in his bed-room, from which she took the articles above mentioned, together with several more, amounting in vclue to 1001. Soon after her departure from the house the robbery was discovered, and a hammer with which she broke open the wardrobe was found in the room. A policeman stated, that having received information of the robbery he had been in search of the prisoner, and at length traced her to a public-house in the Tower, called the Stone Kitchen. On searching her he found the diamond brooch and a ring, with 13s. in silver. Amongst the property stolen were two 51. notes, and an old guinea of the reign of Charles 11., none of which wer found in her possession. The prisoner, who merely said that no person was con cerned with her in the robbery, was remanded till Friday. EXECUTION OF WM. CROUCH. Yesterday morning, at eight, 'Wm. Crouch suffered the extreme penalty of the law in front of the gaol of Newgate, having been convicted at the last sessions of the Central Cri minal Court of the murder of his wife. Crouch stated that he was impelled to commit the act through the artifices of a female named Cousins, who persuaded him that his wife was unfaithful to him. He expressed himself fully conscious of the enormity of his crime, and added that he had tried to exhibit by outward signs the sincerity of that repentance which he felt inwardly, but that he could not do so. At six o'clock the Rev. Mr. Davis arrived at the prison and joined Crouch, with whom he continued in earnest prayer until shortly after seven, when the sheriffs and under-sheriffs ar rived. The wretched man, about half-past seven, was led into the press-room, where he was formally delivered over into the custody of the sheriffs by Mr. Cope, the governor of the prison. At a few minutes before eight o'clock, the announcement that all was ready having been made, Calcraft, the executioner, advanced towards the wretched man, who subjected himself to the awful process of pinioning without a murmur, and apparently without the agitation of a muscle. The Rev. Ordinary then addressing Crouch, said it would no doubt be a satisfaction to him to confess before the numbers then assembled, that which he had already frequently admitted to himself and the sheriffs— viz., the justice of his sentence. The Rev. Gentleman then asked distinctly whether he was satisfied that he had had a fair trial—that he had been tried by a merciful jury—and that his life was the necessary sacrifice for his awful crime? To all which questions the unhappy man answered distinctly and firmly, " Yes, Sir." At five minutes to eight, all being in readiness, the procession moved from the press-room, through the chapel-yard, towards the scaffold, the Rev. Or dinary reading the impressive service for the burial of the dead. The crowd outside the prison, which, up to seven o'clock, had been by no means numerous, was by this time increased to a great extent, and there could not have been less than ten thousand persons present. Within a very few seconds of his arrival on the scaffold, Calcraft had completed the awful preparations, and having drawn a cap over the wretched man's face, retired. The Rev. Mr. Davis, who had continued reading the burial service, was in the act of repeating the Lord's Prayer, the prisoner joining fervently with him, when the signal was given, the drop fell, and in a few moments Crouch had ceased to exist. ROYAL ACADEMY FANCY DRESS BALL.—Saturday afternoon there was a meeting of the Lady Patronessess, at the Hanover• square Rooms, in consequence of the great de mand for vouchers ; and it appeared that the second issue was disposed of. We believe that Lady Jersey alone had issued upwards of two hundred. We understand that any vouchers issued after this day are to be charged double. In addition to Lady Jersey's splendid quadrille of fort:- • others have been formed under the direction of Lady C. Egerton, &c. SUICIDE. — John Leaman, aged 60 years, an inmate of the workhouse in this borough, whose habits and conduct had obtained for him the bestowal of privileges not usually granted to the paupers, was detected on Sa turday last, under circumstances which gave assurance that he had been guilty of a most atrocious violation on the person of a child only nine years of age. This girl it appeared had been allowed after school hours on Saturday, to remain with her father in the man's yard as an indulgenco to her parent. Having missed her, the father in the pursuit of an inquiry, went to a room in that part of the yard in which Leaman worked, but was unable to enter it, as the door of the room was fastened on the inside. He asked Leaman if his child was there, when the girl cried out lam here, father." The father then went away, and presently the girl came after him, and in answer to close interrogatories he elicited confirmation of his most painful surmises. Subsequently he encoun tered the wicked object of the child's pollution, and visited upon him the indignant scorn of a man dis honoured and wretched, and informed him that he would cause his imprisonment. The charge was not given to the authorities of the establishment until the next day, when, preparatory to other proceedings, the master stopped Leaman's leave at the gate. On his presenting himself, as usual, on going to church, Leaman was in formed that his leave had been checked. He turned away, and was not heard of for an hour-and-a-half afterwards, when it was discovered that he had secured the door of the room as before, and finished his career by self-destruction. He was suspended by the neck by a rope, and apparently had been dead some time. An inquest was held on the body on Monday, when a verdict of " Fele de se" was returned. His remains, according to law, were interred on Monday night, at Stoke Church, between nine and twedva o'clock, without the rites of Christian burial.—Devonport Independent. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAY 27.—Fresh breeze from the northward, and cloudy, with light showers at times. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind N.E.—Sld. St. George, Sydney. OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 23.--Brougham, Valparaiso , OFF DUNGENESS, MAY 24.--Siegmund Czesar, Havannab for Bremen. OFF DARTMOUTH, MAY 25.—Delft, Batavia for Amster dam, with loss of sails, spars, &c., and jury-rigged. mo d, PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind variable; P.M.. St. George, Southampton for Quebec. Sld. her Majesty,. ship Nautilus, with supplies fin- the homeward-,bound. kr," Jane Lockhart, Dominica. Off port, Erdmus, Batavia tor. Rotterdam ; Jamaica, Bahia ; Sophie, Bremen for Afril i : Benjamin Greene, Ribbens, St.. Kitts; St. 3fungo, Jamaica ' • Staverlie, Havanuah. for Havre ; Sarah Sheaf, .o York for Antwerp. DEAL, MAY 26.—Wind N.N.E., strong and squally.—Sil Diamond, Calcutta; Claudine, ditto ; Brunette, coylon ; t a P i ; prentice, Cape of Good Hope; Will Watch, Ichiboe ; Slick, Gambia; Sylph, Bart mdoes ; Stokesby, St. Jolo" New Brunswick; Margaret, OFT DOVER, MAY 25.—Proteus, New York for Rotterdalo: OFF FOLKESTONE, MAY 25. --Princess Royal, Sierra 141 GUERNSEY, MAY 25.—Arrd. Wave, Staugney, Has Rumourn, MAY 26.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E., moderate Off, Anna, Hennekseu, Havaanah for Bremen. PADSTOW, MAY '24.—Arrd. Bachelor, Napier IChlboe.‘. LIVERPOOL, MAY 25.—Wind E. moderate. '26. IsT•S';;; Arrd. Margaret, Thomas, Trinidad; Jane, Perrian, Jam i l. l „ r d, Liberty, Norton, New York ; Victoria steamer, l' l Liberty, e„ with goods from the wreck of the Georgians. 26 ' "vile, Moffatt, Calcutta ; Hibbert., Bruce, Buenos Ayres; •-• Siddons, and Diadem, New York. Sld. Daniel Grant, Cuaro cutta ; Wellington, Ithiboe; Union Rio Janeiro ; Dolt in a Grande; James White, Philadelphia; Grovenim, Pelm— buco ; Alexander, Jamaica; San Francisco, Havannah; Henry Kimland, New York. Off, Ceylon, New O rleans' Independence and Victoria; ---. CORK, MAY 24.—Arrd. Glemgariff, Church, Jamaica; „ le ; Berton, London for Port Phillip. Off, Margaret, I ‘ l° l i ed Monongahela, Philadelphia. A square bale of cotton , ma r t e r, 11, thick with barnacles, apparently a long time in the w 4,,, was picked im 23d ult., lat. 35 N., lon. 69 W. by the gariff, arrived here. ABERDEEN, MAY 23.—Sid. Harvest Home, Ichiboo• o ld HARWICH, MAY 26.—1 t has blown heavy yesterdai_oed to-day from N.E. to E.N.E. All the vessels which s°'' have put back. nor HULLZMAY 25.—The Ellersgill, Liverpool, bound to 1 11 bec, in going out of the Humber Dock, got in contact Irlg, a brig in the roads, and both ships received damage to ging, &c. MARKET NEWS.,-YESTERDA-1(' CORN EXCHANGE ~ „ ere The finest descriptions of both Red and White Whera',,,o disposed of by the factors, at 'Abets about equal to thy, obtained on this day se'nnight; but, in all other kinds a v ai i limited business was transacted, and when sales were Pr ee ' re c o a trifling abatement was submitted to in the quotation ; 13 ,i c il the market closed somewhat heavily. The accounts /,'' rz ; have come to hand by this morning's post state that the ru o , Wheats, notwithstanding the prevailing dry weatheP ta re• looking very healthy, but that all spring corn needs mots at Of Foreign Wheat fine qualities moved off heavilYLatet barely stationary prices. In Grain, under lock, e the.'. B of must be considered nominal. The best malting qualitt,d3 Barley is per quarter more money, the value of other aii,t having an upward tendency. Malt at barely late rates . ... r ter• Oats an advance on last week's prices of quite 6 d per °_l7::,tei• Beans and Peas is per quarter dearer. Flour at very fla." CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. to ' WHEAT—Ess ex & Kent, I MALT—Chevalier......... "'- red 4os to 59s OATS—Yorkshire and , to • Ditto, white Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe ..... ..... ..... 2 _ coin, red ... ....... Ditto white 424 to 47s black _. ............. 1 4: tol Irish, red 47s to 50s Cork, white ......... 1, , to :, 1 , Ditto white tit's—Old 2ss to 335, BEANS—Tick . .............• „,-; s : to r, New 36s to 38sj Pigeons .............. ~,,,,-. t0 y , .71 13/limey—Grinding 24, to 27s Pass—Grey ........... ...• „„",' to „; Malting Chevalier 32s to 35s White .... ....... ..... ~,4 to Y.,, MALT — Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .................. "",,„ to ff y Y' folk s6e to 62s ,Funta—Town made . ,r, tort Brown 50s to 5451 Suffo'k ...... , ... .. 4 . „„'"'" to Kingston and Ware 56s to 6281 Stockton & . N...... •Y''' FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. to WnEAT—Dantzic 4Bs to 62s'BEANs o' 0 to ~,, Hamhurgh 36s to 40s Pmts. ..... ! ...... ........... k - to r,, j BARLEY ~.... ............. 3os to 33s nowt—American ...... to ' 5 OATS—New ........ lss to 17s Baltic ................. Feed l4s to 16s 4 SMITHFIELD. fri 6. in The Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, an - a 4 t vs .rb instances, the currencies ruled quite 2d per 81b5 be we d those obtained on this day se'nnight, the extreme c a r sibs• the best Scots and home breds not exceeding 3 s 10d P e /rola With Sheep we were fairly supplied ; prime old Dow% wre, 3s 10d to 4s per 81bs, but the value of all other kin` ol l 01 with difficulty supported. Lambs at Friday's dePre s 'ding from 2d to 4d per Sibs, the very highest figure not 0 1 ' d ten' 5s 8d per 81bs. For Calves the rates had a downicar deny. Pigs on easier terms. s. 4 * Per Sibs. to sink the offal. to g g Inferior Beasts 2 4 to 2 f Second qualityditto... 3 4 $ p Second quality ditto 2 8 I 2 10 C oars e-woolled ditto.. ~ , 0 Prime large Oxen 3:0 3 6 Southdown Wethe rs 3 .0 5 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs ..... g,O 4 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers ...—. .••• 3. 0 90 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs,eachl6, 6 laferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I I Sheep. - Calves. I •09 2,622 30,280 ll9 BOROUGH AND SPITALPIEL3 O ;, e be e : Since our last report the arrivals of Potatoes ha` t ot adeci rather limited ; still they have proved more than s to meet the wants of the dealers ; hence in some install° quotations have had a downward tendency. BOROUGH HOP PIASULMT._„ ast- 2f i i The accounts from Kent, as well as Sussex and Iv ° I. ; ite" being still very unfavourable, the fly rapidly extendille tr ic o in nearly the whole of the plantations in those dlsoioB while the bine has been greatly injured by the prev on rif high winds, the demand here for all kinds of Hops, thel c o, o of which is unusually small for the time of year, is S P " in some instances improved quotations. b WOOL MARICET. to The imports of foreign and colonial Wool have beellricat° moderate extent in the past week, yet the demandb9P contract is somewhat inactive at late rates. TALLOW. t sr° be This market remains steady and firm, both on the_noot for forward delivery. Fine Y. C. last year's import (-, had under 40s 9d to 41s ; new Y. C. for the las t three 'fad is 41s 6d, and for separate months there are a few buy 425. Town Tallow is steady at 39s nett cash. ot , ) 1 l AL lA.. 0 50 NEWGATZI AND LEADMNFIA.-- . 0 Ai Y lit y Prime Beef and Mutton have gone off steadd full prices, but in all other kinds of meat exceeding ' has been doing, at a decline of quite 2d per 81bs. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEB.„7 . Beasts. Sheep. 10 340 7 450 4 ••••••• PI, ••••• Scotland Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk l2O Cambridgeshire - „,ar - i ° Essex , l2 150 , 7„, 0 To Surrey l6 200 .'''-' 14 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts —....---- 04 Total es 1,590 le, 9 Previous week's arrival ._,.... ..-----• i k Difference since ourlast ' 12 532 2°6 01'0 At per stone, by the Carcase. i• 4 ' 0 6 s. d. to s. d. 2 f Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Hutton, inferior ..•••• s $ 51 middling ..... --. middling•••" 5 0 9 0 prime large ......... g 6 4 i --prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arg......*" . . 5 V ea l 3 4 4 6 --small.. ..... ..... Lamb. 4s 8d to 58 ed. P'" AC/ - • n io 0 1 CIIURCII-RATES.—Lord Denman's de°,lsos, sound reasoning upon it, in the church-rates c ad lity the points at rest. That Dr. Jenner Fust sh ° s l o 4l given the decisions he did, astonished every r e o p A person ; and that his decisions were complet el 4 o oo , ,o both to the spirit of the law and former dec'h biVii as clear as that one and one make two. Churefroli will be quiet now it is to be hop ed. "' I' Correspondent. 1 th e # i It has been ascertained that the pressure ° O , o i , mospbere is, on an averame, 15 pounds on ever 5(1ti ll o f 0,,, 0 1', surface. The extent of surface on the body of a 7 0 ,, ab . „'i stature, is computed at 2,160 square inches, whie,' „taetw„re tiplied by 15, gives 32,400 pounds as the tota, ht 8 0 ry weight or pressure he ordinarily sustains —a NiTg b i t able 0 0 digious that, did it not admit of the most inn u c ore 6 ,l ° monstration, we could not well credit it. Neve r, .' oill,' 0 1/ mercury in a barometer to rise or fall an inch, tis s res saJ t ; of a difference of exactly a quarter of a pound ° f P 6 0 every square inch of surface, and hence will either ..„,, remove 1,080 pounds from the average weig ht P ' y the body.—Dr. H. Weatherhead on Headaches. ' A MARRIED. .c. deri el 0 1114 On the 14th inst., at St. Pancras, Mr...rer o f r. _ O O Martin, to Ellen Matilda, youngest daughte Crutched-friars. til e P r e , g At. o➢a On the 23d inst., at St. John's Church , 144 r, of ~,,.- 4 . Elphege Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt do Gaesbell'iglas'" bp to Ellen Claiborne, eldest daughter of Thomas /e g o- Jobe of Charleston, South Carolina, and of Ilargiite, icingotitAtiz On the 23d inst., at St. Helen's Churc h ' i f 0 0, i.: d aorof Henry Westcar Peel, Esq., of Watlington, ‘lo.lo.Pcjileff, rine, eldest daughter of J. Torry Hester, V IC O nolle ll 'd JA ° , On the 21st inst., at Chiswick, Mr. P01).31'000" i Wight, to Emily Edith, fourth daughter of o ve Esq., Gordon House, Turnham-green. i virsrazlO On the 21st inst., at Banstead, Richacu.ltr, Salhouse Hall, Norfolk, to Elizabeth , third CP`' f K . rl j 3. late Vice-Admiral Sir Edward J. Foote, 11-'-'• .A 4. 4 ' —__— ~ pr DIED. War lier' i ti ' On Thursday, the 23d inst., Mr. Robert ot ..ga , proprietor of the Bedford Hotel, Piazza, Co pq• _A n Of On the 12th inst., at Rome, . On the 21st inst., at Bayswater, Mrs. Sarll.jo 4, Thomas Aub i T atotfo7 r On the 21st inst., Hannah, relict of the Ist' bi e,il Esq., of Bel grave, Leicestershire._, ----,--=:"—' fliotA4l4°J On the 22d inst., at the Vicarage,,lsortilop,oeat u .. ,(1 Archer Allen, Esq., Lieutenant in thOth lleb soaes' Irish Dragoon Guards. voncasteried 54„„, On the 22d inst., at Hatfield, near „ $ William Pilkington, Esq., of Kensington-Or,l ior _JP On the 23d inst., at Highfield, Southampton ert ,- Hollis, aged 81. ce I l°ll d i* On the 23d inst., at Notting-hill -terra , ~ n i i Esq., of Gloucester -place. Portman-square. port I ElOizna,ttlhiee2w3difeinosftA., d a m t ir C a u l m Cabre,prleanntde;,stargee___t, _____ lo , ;; I aged 7°' - - ,IP 0 ,„. 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Ac ) On the 22d inst., at Worlingham Hall , Viscount° J fP of a son. • the C tie (J" On the 27th of February, at Colesberg, in h te,P,o Hope, the lady of John Campbell, Esq., of adot e law On the 9th ult., at Spanish-town, Jamaica, , t or t Simon, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. c re" , t On the 23d inst., at Hunter - stree t, B or Mrs. Mardon, of a son. of W. On the 23d inst., at Lymington , th e lad,' Agar, Esq., of Elm Lodge, of a son. sue' o tli' of 0 On the 23th inst., the lady of C. Ewens, Ems, rorts On the 23d inst., at the Royal Naval Colleg e ► ~,,e i er the lady of Captain Wilson, R A., of a daughter:_ of I ' ' i rj. f On the 24th inst., at Temple Dinsley, the 13 1 e ig Vi` s te P P. Halsey, Esq., of a son, which only survived a pv, On the 24th inst., the lady of Robert Horton, /414. , her Majesty's 74th Regiment, of a son . a r ty° .0 On the 24th inst., at the Priory , Wandswor y o ic Henry Haes , of a son. selell en" el On the 24th inst., at Chester-terrace, u Eato Dc „0 wife of the Rev. Morgan Cowie, of a son, 0 ' efilr few hours. On the 24th inst., in Abingdon-street, thel3.-dl of Currey, Esq., of a son, still-born. sliiiiri 31% 11,,, 1I( It, Ir. ittr. 1, 11 .11 Ns' to 4 4 ° 4 %4 4% I.\ ~ ~ !':t