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the communication between the world we live in and these unknown regions. Moreover, we have heard, on good authority, that a certain adventurous steam-boat, containing a pleasure party from Dundee, did actually bring-to at the pier of St. Andrews, much to the sur prise of the denizens, who, theretofore, had no more practical knowledge of " smoke ships with chariot wheels," than the Chinese ; but whether this attempt has been repeated, our authority saith not. At all events, however, it is elear, that the adventurous spirit of modern discovery, bids fair to reopen the communi cation between St. Andrews and the civilised world. Our pilgrimages to St. Andrews have been winter excursions. The natural scenery around it is naught ; and it is at that season that it receives its most charac teristic class of inhabitants—the remnant of those who linger about its venerable university. In the summer season we are told that sundry red-faced, quick-walking Dundee citizens, with first-rate appetites, squat their fine families along the borders of the links, for the benefit of sea-bathing, and the fine bracing air. To find St. An drews with such occupants, is as incongruous as the ren counter of the French traveller, who, when he had pene trated to a distant, and, as he believed, hitherto unknown temple on the Indus, found a party of English ladies, with pink parasols, pic-nicking at the gateway. In winter, these migratory birds are gone, and the city is left in the peaceful possession of its native rookery. Looking through the vista of a long and wide street, you will see, perhaps, no other human being than a professor, in his Geneva gown, stalking along with measured step, and with a countenance on which you find deeply impressed tile fact how very difficult it would be to beat into the head behind it any notion which is not fully a hundred years old. Perhaps the scene is a little more lively—five or six red specks are seen advancing in the distance, and as their bulk enlarges in the retina of the eye, you per ceive that they are so many students in their scarlet cloaks, each with his Collectanea or his Euclid under his arm, and looking,' as Fox said of Thurlow, wiser than any mortal man actually is.' A staid sedateness, as of Sleepy-hollow, marks their walks, and shows the influence of the place—the power of the genius loci in subduing to its solemn tone the natural buoyancy of youth. What a new world there is to open on their spirits when they are removed from among the lumber of old tottering opinions, and set down in the busy whirl of modern useful active existence !" FRASER'S MAGAZINE. Like every one else who has ever bestowed a thought on the subject, Fraser—Tory as he is—ex presses, in no measured terms, his astonishment at the grossly inconsistent conduct recently pursued by the House of Commons on the Factory question. " Something is required," he says, " to preserve for the House any share, however small, of public respect and public confidence. A few more such exhibitions of pliability to the Minister's will, as have lately come before us, cannot fail of bringing the repre sentative system into contempt. Unless it be Sir Robert Peel's intention, not merely to lord it over the House of Commons, but to show to the whole world that he does so, it will be advisable not to repeat the Comedy of Errors, on which the whole world has recently gazed with wonder." It will be advisable certainly that such a comedy should not be repeated in St. Stephen's, but it will be so, just as often as the Premier may choose to issue his despotic mandate to that effect. Should he, for instance, insist on the Conservative party stultifying itself on the subject of the Corn-laws, no doubt that obsequious squad will obey him, without so much as a whisper of remon strance, and support the very measures to which it has so long been inveterately opposed. There is nothing too difficult of digestion for a Conservative. He can swallow any nostrum, no matter how unpa latable, provided it be presented to him by the hands of the Prime Minister. "An Episode in the Times of Phillip the Fifth of Spain," is a story told with spirit, especially as respects the denouement, which is very skilfully wrought out. " Animal Magnetism" de votes fir too much space and attention to one of the most notorious quackeries of the day. " The Picture- Galleries" is a series of con amore criticisms by Tit marsh on the principal paintings in the Exhibition, and the Suffolk-street Gallery. The critic scarcely does justice to Mr. Haydon's picture of Napoleon musing at St. Helena, which is a very striking pro duction, and remarkable for its extreme simplicity. In the course of some comments on the " Oxford Professors of Poetry," the author mentions some severe strictures of Southey on Dryden, to the effect that he was among the second-rate poets, and that in stead of " amending ages to come, he was the pimp and pander of his own." Dryden was certainly far from immaculate in his public conduct, but his faults were chiefly those of the age in which he lived, which more or less has a direct influence on us all. It should be borne in mind, too, that if he was a servile flat terer in his dedications, it was poverty only that made him tso—that gaunt, malignant Fiend which tames the boldest spirits, and bows to earth the most soaring natures. As a poet, so far is Dryden from being—as Southey would intimate—among the second rates, that he is foremost among the great geniuses of his country, nor can our language show two produc tions more perfect of their kind than his " Absalom and Achitophel," and his " Theodore and Honoria." We subjoin the opening passage of an article on the " Red Indians "—who are still, we believe, resident in the metropolis—chiefly for the sake of the diverting anecdote with which it is introduced : " There is a story told of the late Dick Martin, which occurred forcibly to ray mind when I paid my first visit to the Ojibbeways. Dick, being at Greenwich fair, was led by a very superfluous curiosity upon the part of the king in Connemara, to enter a booth, whose proprietor professed to exhibit a wild raan !' There, assuredly, lie saw a very wild-looking individual, with his head and face covered with a profusion of red, shaggy hair, a regular glib, nearly naked, and with a chain about his waist. But Mr. Martin, upon observing that the savage seemed to display towards him some uncouth and uneasy signs of recognition, was induced to examine him more closely, and the result was that he recognised in the ' wild man' one of his own tenants, and shouted out, with ail the indignation becoming a legislator in favour of animals, Why, then, Flaherty, you blackguard of the world, what is it you're about there, at all—at all ; making a beast of yourself entirely—entirely ?" Earn ing the rent for your honour !' was Mr. Flaherty's pro pitiatory and, to an Irish landlord, unanswerable reply. !low, really, when I first gazed on these Indians, an im pression, almost amounting to conviction, took posses sion of my mind, to the effect that the chiefs, braves, squaws, and child before me, were neither more nor less than a party of the finest peasantry on the face of the earth' (as Mr. O'Connell calls them), who were em ployed in earning the rent for some flinty-heared Sasse nach landlord. As to the features of the strangers, their resemblance to those of the Celtic Irish was most exact, most perfect. Take half-a-dozen of the denizens of St. Giles's, and a couple of Hibernian basket-women from Covent-garden market, paint them, and decorate them with skins, and scalps, and claws, and feathers, and, for all matters of appearance, to a casual observer, they would be as good Indians as if they had been im ported hither from the eastern shores of Lake Huron. And as to the dancing, singing, shouting, drum-beating, tomahawk -twirling, and club-brandishing, they could be taught it all in a week. On examining the Ojibbe svays more narrowly, however, I discovered certain marks which distinguished them from the Celtic Irish, and satisfied me they were not impostors, but real Red Indians. First, they had those small and delicately moulded hands and feet which the Celtic multitude, in Ireland, at least, can never generate ; and, secondly, the muscles of the arm were so slightly developed as to show that they never had been, at any period of their lives, engaged in the practice of manu al labour. This clearly proved tlhat they were no t the indi g enous offspring of the island of saints, though, if some antiquaries be correct, they may boast a common origin, namely, from the Jewish nation, and this would account for the precise similarity in the cast and style of the features, and con tour of countenance. Having now dismissed all scruples about the authenticity of the performers, I set shout con sidering them curiously. The men were sufficiently clean built, but not tall or muscular, nor, apparently, either, very strong or very active. Strip them of their weapons, and Deaf Burke would double-up' the six of them in three minutes. Give them their war-clubs only, and one Anglo-Irish Tipperary boy would make short work of them with his blackthorn stick." ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE. Mr. Jerrold's " Chronicles of Clovernook." which, though somewhat too vague and desultory in their character, abound in point and brilliancy, and exhibit here and there thoughts pregnant with meaning, will be more attractive to the generality of readers this month than they have yet been, for they detail the history of a young man of genius, who is visited one evening in his lonely garret by no less distinguished a personage than the Devil, dressed, of course, in a full suit of mourning. This visit gives the author an opportunity of venting divers apt sarcasms against the hypocritical cant of those who, when they fall into sin, attribute their backslidings to the instigations of the Devil, in stead of to the promptings of their own evil nature. The object of Satan's visit to the youth of ge nius, is to request him to write his memoirs in a kindly and forbearing spirit, which, however, the young man declines doing, partly from conscientious motives, and partly because the Evil One has been fool enough to pay him for the task beforehand. The convers ation that takes place between this amiable couple is of the most pungent and diverting charac. ter possible, especially in those places where it glances at the conventional notions and practices of, what is called, respectable society. " A Defence for Poets" is contained in five small poems, grezefully versified, and in which occurs this just and impressivo thought : " The heart's religion is its poesy." In the article en titled "Bowie-knives," the author describes the particu lass of a most murderous single combat that took place a year or two since in America between a Georgian doctor and a Missouri farmer, in consequence of a political dispute, which ended in the death of the latter, under circumstances Of inconceivable atrocity. "A Parting Clikimpae of St. Giles's" is a graphic sketch of the in.- terior of this distibguished locality, which, it seems, will soon be numbered among the things that once were—Tcs fuit! The illustration prefixed to this arti c l e i s full of spirit, but indeed all the plates in the number are of a superior character. We quote from the " Chronicles of Clovernook," the young genius's account of the earli er p ort i on o f his carer : " My p9rents let me follow my own will, which, at a very early age, developed itself towards doing uething. And, indeed, throughout my life, that, my first bent, has ever directed me. My brothers, who were so very stupid, and therefore fit for nothing, were early placed in the world, and indicated the truth of the parental opinion, , by making their fortunes. They were dull blockheads, according to my father, and so became men of wealth and intiuence by the very force of their insensibility. Now I, who was brimfull of genius, was to do every thing by some extraordinary hocus pocus dreamt of by my parents, but of which I, indeed, had not the remotest knowledge. Leave Jack alone,' would still be my father's cry, ' he'll make his way in the world—how can it be otherwise ?he has such wit Well, after spend ing my little patrimony—and in its happy mode of out lay I may be permitted to observe I showed a genius for ten thousand a year—and after losing some twelvemonth or two at bo-peep with bailiffs, you will judge of my destitution when I tell you that I found myself reduced to pen and ink. Oh, my friends! there is a condition for the human animal. Consider the outcast. The maker of matches has a business ; nay, he is the pos sessor of a mystery. When he has made his matches. there they are—tangible wood and brimstone ; their merits open to the eye of cook and housemaid. Con scious of the excellence of his ware, the matchmaker may higgle gallantly for his price ; matches are things wanted in the commerce of life ; it is no difficult task to recommend their utility to the world, alive as it is to the worth of firelight. But books! their worth is a matter of fancy, say of weakness, to the weaker part of man kind ; they have no standard value, none, at their birth. Hence, the unknown maker of a book—l speak especi ally of the time when I first sinned in ink—is a sort of gipsy in the social scale ; a picturesque vagabond, who somehow or the other contrives to live on the sunny side of the statutes, but is nevertheless vehemently sus pected of all sorts of larceny by respectable householders. Shall I ever forget the uneasiness, the look of distrust from my landlady, when first the alarming truth fell upon her, that her three-pair room sheltered an author —or rather, an author in the shell, for as then I had hatched nothing, but was only sitting upon foolscap ? Good soul! in a flutter of concern, she told me that that very room had been tenanted, for three long years, by an honest journeyman tailor, whose rent was regular as the Saturday ; she looked at me from head to heel, and said she hoped that all was right; though I could perceive that she spoke in the very forlornness of the feeling. And, after all, the woman had truth upon her side. Her tenant tailor had an allowed business; was a recognised necessity by fallen man; was moreover one of a worship ful guild; an artificer whose cunning administered to human pride; whose handiwork was all-in .all to worldly triumphs. For instance, what would be a coronation without a tailor? What would be man, left to nothing more than sheepskins and parrots' plumes? Hence, the woman, in her strong sense of the decencies of life, ac knowledged the vital use of the labourer of the needle; hence, when she learned that I only dealt in pen and ink, she looked upon me as a sort of vagabond conjuror; a white wizard, whose very money—if ever she saw it — might be of doubtful origin. Shillings got out of an inkstand, she could hardly look upon as good mint coin: and for this reason she could not comprehend how any man, by mere pen, ink, and paper, could give value re ceived for the ready cash. Now the tailor's work was plain: a pair of breeches was a tangible thing; and spoke as it were common sense to the common sense of man and womankind. But authorship! Alas! how small to the breeches was a tale in verse !" THE SCOTT MONUMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Exegit monumentum mre perennius." Sin,—l regret to learn from the Committee that there is still a deficit, in the sum required to finish Sir Walter Scott's monument, of something less than 1,0001. This ought not to be. The structure has been for a considerable time in progress, but its completion is delayed for want of sufficient funds. It is a sad reflection that, after a lapse of nearly twelve years from the decease of this illustrious man, the structure is still unfinished. Without wishing to cast any reflections on the nobility and gentry of the " Modem Athens," I really think they have been somewhat dilatory, and have meted him out but tardy justice in offering up their tribute of admiration at the shrine of his genius. They ought most decidedly to have led the van. Let it be remem bered that it was his birth-place, where the first dawning of his genius clivlayed itself as a tale-teller, when the ap plause of his companions was his recompense for disgrace and punishment. It was his chief residence during his life for a certain part of the year, where he underwent the toil and drudgery of the law, and where he frequently " Penn'd a stanza, when he should engross?' It was the place where many of his poetical pieces were written, and not a few of that splendid file of historical fic tions iat have conferred on all the monuments of his coun try a more than classic immortality. He has celebrated their city in more than one of his poems and romances, and has made it the chief scene of one of the finest of his fictions in the " Tales of my Landlord—The Heart of Mid-Lothian." He also designates it the " Queen of the North ;" and in that beautiful apostrophe, in canto iv., stanza 30, of " Marmion," he exclaims with_enthusiasm— " Mine own romantic town !" From these associations alone, the " Modern Athenians " owe him a deep debt of gratitude, which, as I before observed, they have been rather tardy in acknowledging, and I should have thought that a much larger sum might have been sub scribed con amore in a much shorter space of time. The capital of the West exhibited a promptitude worthy of a great commercial city, a statue having been erected to his memory many years ago in Glasgow, which he has for ever celebrated in his " Rob Roy." It is not my intention to enter into a dissertation on the merits of the author of " Waverley," either as a poet or a novelist; but as one who is sensible of the great benefits which his works have conferred on Scotland at large, I cannot refrain from offering my humble tribute of admiration to the Northern Magician. I earnestly hope that the admirers of Scott, now in Edina, who have not yet contributed, will exonerate themselves from the stigma of tardiness by immediately subscribing towards the completion of this National Monument to his memory. Your most obedient servant, C. P. J. 5, Westmoreland-street, Portland-place, May 29. THE ITALIAN OPERA. Il Barbiere de Sivigla was repeated on Saturday night to a house equally crowded as on the Thursday, but still more fashionably filled than on that occasion. The other entertainments were La Vivandiere and the ballet of Alma ; the former interposed between the acts of the opera. The audience sat out both, and remained until the termination of the performances. Among the distinguished personages present were— The Queen Dowager, attended by Earl Howe ; the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese beck and Col. Stevenson ; the Duchess of Gloucester; the Dukes of Leeds and Montrose ; the Duchesses of Leeds and Montrose ; the Marquises of Ailesbury and Huntly ; the Marchionesses of Ailesbury, Conyngham, and Wellesley ; Earls Shelburne and Pembroke ; Coun tesses of Westmeath, Sefton, and Glengall ; Viscounts Castlereagh and Ranelagh ; Count Esterhazy ; Lords Trimlestone, Kenmare, Emlyn, Altamont, and Sandys ; Ladies Trimlestone, Kenmare, Joddrell, Wombwell, E. Thynne, Eleanor Balfour, Shuckburgh, and Seymour ; Sirs P. Joddrell, Loftus, Otway, C. Kent, Robert Wilmot Horton, A. Clifton, H. Webb. H. Meux, and H. Wil loughby ; Honourables Mr. Yorke, Mrs. Yorke, Mrs. Dawson Darner, Mr. Baring, Mr. Standish, Mr. Vord, &c. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The season closed on Friday, when Mr. Bunn delivered the following address Ladies and Gentlemen—There are two reasons for in truding myself on this occasion—one is, that having on a recent instance done me the honour to summon me before you in a peculiarly gratifying manner, I am, like the rest of the world, too fond of a good thing to part with it very readily ; the other is, that I think it much better to render an ac count of myself than to entrust it to any other, however elo quent the substitute may be. This evening terminates an arduous and a long season ' • and having in my hand a pro gramme of the promises held out to you at its commence ment, I am in a position to state that those promises have been fulfilled, at least twice over, and I have but one promise more to make, which is, that my speech shall not be as long as my season. I stated my intention of producing two new operas, and two new ballets, with the aid of- the best talent I could procure ; whereas we have produced four grand operas, and five ballets, besides the Christmas pantomime, and nu merous revivals. We have introduced to your protection some of the most distinguished artistes to be found—many principal ones of our own ' fair island,' and many from other lands, assured that your generosity would at all times be ex tended to talent wherever it might be obtained. "That generosity has enabled me, after many years of management, to solve a question mooted long ago, whether the national theatres could ever be made a source of profit. I directed them both a few years since— something on the principle of a man riding two - horses at one time. Between ourselves they threw me ; but I got up again on one of them, and, with boundless thanks for your goodness, I have won the race. " It does not become me to enter upon an argument, taken up by others, respecting the peculiar character of the entertainments whieh have formed one principal source of attraction. To those who may object them, I can only reply that the voice of public opinion has been my sole guide, and that voice has spoken loudly in my favour; and that, more over, there is the other theatre in ant of a tenant, and nu merous performers anxious to be engaged in it. For myself, I have but to say that my humble exertions to merit your approbation have been seconded by those of the Committee who preside over the destinies of this theatre, in a manner at once honourable, generous, and full of feeling—by the performers, who, without any reluctance, have laboured cheerfully and loyally—and by the best directed energies of all concerned, and that through their agency we conclude to-night a season unparalleled in success for at least twenty years. " What more can I, what more need I say ? Why nothing, but In the name of those respective parties, most sincerely to thank you, and for myself, to assure you that my gratitude will only end with my life." THE BUNN TESTIMONIAL. The piece of plate presented to Alfred Bunn, Esq., at Drury-lane Theatre on the 29th ult., may be inspected at the manufacturers', Catchpole and Williams, 1204 Regent street, during the week.—June 3, 1844. LYCEUM THEATRE.—The following distinguished persons have visited this theatre during the week :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Brunswick, Earl and Countess Bruce, Marquis of Bland ford, Countess Dunmore, Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Dillon, Lady Duff, Lord Mountcharles, Lord Eliot, Lady Sourer set, Baroness Ahlefeldt, Sir James Graham and family, Sir Loftus and Lady Otway, Sir Sydney Herbert, Vis count Emeiyn, Lady Curtis and family, Mr. Henry and Lady Meux, Lord Bateman, Lord Folkestone, Lord Gardner, Lord A. Lennox, SiF C. East, Mr. and Mrs. Trelawney, Hop. Mrs. Vesey, Hon. W, Ashley, the Swedish Minister, Colonel Daniel, Baron Hugel, Ricardo, Esq., Baron Roller, Sir Robert Cunliffe, 04vendish, Colonel Dixon, C a pt a i n Cl arke, Mr. Glegg, Mr. mid Mrs. Biddulph, Mr. and Mrs. S. Cox, Littledale, Esq., Sir WPlsiam Medlycott and family, Colonel Conyers, Ste. T ILE Lip/4 OF THE LATE DUKE Qv S pss " . —lt is at length dpilnitivelytharartanthe oouec gedbyten of )looks executors of his late Royal High ness, to public competition._ contained in the late Duke's The sale bra e ryshall will co commence S nee tl e h a ln rl i y tte i d n Juoc. Public prayers were offered up o yesterday, of the Roman Catholic cia*pc4 of lenietr in some olis,fer the welfare of XL O'Connell and big feliov priaaeTg. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE NINE, JUNE 3, 1844, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAS. !'ROM THE EVENING PAPERS Or SATURDAY. GLOBE.—Mr. O'Connell and his co-defendants have been conveyed to prison with the precautions requisite to prevent any disturbance of the public peace. The Judges expressed their regret that the law invests them with no discretion, by which they could suspend the exe cution of the sentence until after the writ of error had been argued and determined by the House of Lords. Whether the Executive will interfere, and direct the re lease of the parties thus subjected to punishment on a con viction which may, and probably will, be reversed, remains to be seen. Judging from what has already taken place, there seems little hope that the Government will inter fere to prevent the admitted imperfection of the law from working injustice to these political opponents. Such in terference would imply the presence of a generous feel ing, of which there has been no indication in any pre vious part of the proceedings. In pronouncing the sen tence of the Court, Mr. Justice Burton admitted the inconsistency of subjecting the defendants to the pe nalty, while the legal validity of the proceedings was the subject of an appeal to the higher tribunal ; and threw out something like a hint that " something might yet be done " to prevent so monstrous an anomaly. The public will not readily forget the grounds of Lord Lyndhurst's opposition to Lord Campbell's mea sure for effecting a change in the law on this subject. It was designed to meet the exigencies of the present case. But because the proposed Bill was designed by Lord Campbell to prevent the perpetration of injustice upon O'Connell, therefore it was to be postponed to a future time ! Rather than O'Connell should not be incarce rated—even on a judgment which may be found unsustainable in law—an admitted injustice shall be continued ! We take it for granted that Lord Lynd hurst has no personal feeling in the matter. He would not so far forget what he owes to himself and to his order, as to allow any paltry animosities to rankle in his breast when discharging his duties as a legis lator. As Lord Chancellor, and a member of the Go vernment which prosecuted O'Connell, his Lordship was, of course, actuated by the feeling and guided by the judgment of his colleagues. It would be most mortifying if O'Connell, whom they had employed so much pains to fix, and sacrificed so much in reputation to convict, should, after all, escape. Better imprison him wrongfully than not at all. The amount of punishment awarded by the Court is, in our view, inordinately severe. This would be ourjudg ment—we believe it is the opinion of nine-tenths of the community in this country, without reference to political distinctions—had the Court which pronounced the sentence made no observations on the character and conduct of the principal defendant on its floor. But when we read in Mr. Justice Burton's address, such ad missions of the pacific disposition of Mr. O'Connell— that throughout the whole course of the proceedings of which he was the director and the leader, as head of the association for obtaining a repeal of the legislative union, there was exhibited a never-ceasing anxiety and an incessant effort to preserve the peace—an anxiety and effort which had been so eminently successful, as that no single instance of disturbance had taken place at, or had resulted from, one of the numerous monster meetings which had been held. With these distinct admissions—with these testimonials to Mr. O'Con nell's regard for the preservation of peace and order, from the mouth of the Jude who was the medium by which the sentence fixed and determined by the Court was conveyed—we feel warranted in saying that the conclusion is not sustained by the premises. The con duct which was thus commended ought to have been cast into the balance, and weighed in favour of the indivi dual, when called up for judgment. An apology for vi siting the misdeeds of Mr. O'Connell with a moderate amount of punishment, was made out by the Judge. Why enumerate the merits—for such they were desig nated by Mr Justice Burton—of the chief defendant, at the moment when a sentence—taken, in all its parts, of unprecedented severity—for misdemeanour was about to be pronounced ? But we shall, perhaps, be told that but for the mitigating circumstances dwelt upon by the Judge, the punishment would have been much heavier. The sentence is mild and merciful. Gracious Heaven ! If this be mercy, what, then, is vengeance ? STANDARD.—We yesterday announced the con clusion of the last act of the State trials, in the passing of judgment upon the conspirators. There was a scene got up upon the occasion, by 'the repeal members of the bar, which the reporters did not fail to heighten in their representation of it ; but which evidently affords no fair index to the popular feeling, for no sooner were the traversers securely lodged in the hands of the high sheriff than the excited sympathy chilled down to in difference. Eight months ago, when the proceed ings now so usefully concluded were commenced, we avowed our opinion that there was nothing vindictive in the prosecution—nothing vindictive even in the favourable sense which is understood when the laws are said to be vindicated by the punishment of crimes. We have all along considered the trial as merely the trial of an issue upon a question of constitutional right, which had been made necessary by the dangerous abuse of a right assumed contrary to law. Mr. O'Connell had again and again "defied the Government to go to law with him, as he defied the Government to go to war with him ;" and it became, in consequence of this reiterated defiance, necessary to take wp his challenge. The Government has taken it up, and the result proves that the challenge to go to law was as ab surd a piece of rhodomontade as the challenge to go to war. This view of the question, however, putting the prosecution upon a footing similar to an indictment for a nuisance, in which a civil remedy for a public injury is really the object of a formally criminal process, while it certainly renders less excusable the excessive indul gence allowed by the Court during the progress of the tedious trial, fully justifies the great lenity of the sentence. All that the Government or the country can wish, all that justly they can require, after the long license given to sedition in Ireland, is to put an end to seditious agitation ; and the lowest degree of punishment that can reasonably be expected to effect that object is the most just. Now the punishment imposed seems to be sufficient, though in the case of Mr. O'Connell no more than sufficient ; for less than a year's imprisonment for his " monster" offences, or than a month's income of his rent, would be really playing with the law, and would, by his ignorant followers, be set down to fear of his and their power. It is very true that a year's imprisonment is not a very heavy punishment. It is far less than the " savage operation" of our commercial law has hitherto inflicted upon many an innocent man, and many a helpless woman, innocent of every crime s and incarcerated without trial by the command of a greedy or a spiteful creditor. Mr. O'Connell is to suffer for destroying the peace of his country, and perilling the safety of the em pire, but one-third of what Mr. Oastler has suffered for having too faithfully served his employer's interests —too honestly declined to serve his prejudices or passions. To measure the weight of the blow in flicted upon Mr. O'Connell by the mere duration of his imprisonment, or the amount of his fine were, how ever, to) apply a fallacious test. The blow to him is fatal, as the assertion of authority of the law must always be fatal to those who construct their schemes of life upon the hypothesis that the law may be permanently violated with impunity. The keepers of gaming tables at Epsom have been ruined by a measure certainly not vindictively directed against them in dividually, but necessary for the public good ; and just in the same way Mr. O'Connell has been ruined. The destruction of his agitation trade, and his agitation rent, which after a short interval must follow the fate of his trade, is his real pe nalty (though not designed as such), and the twelve months' imprisonment and 2,0001. fine are an inconsider able, though, under the circumstances, an indispensable aggravation. Hew far Mr. O'Connell, or the disap pointed " thimble-riggers" at Epsom, may be entitled to public sympathy, is a question which men will decide ac cording to their view of the guilt or innocence of embark ing in a speculation contrary to law and injurious to their fellow-citizens. For ourselves, we have little compas sion for any one who is merely excluded from the oppor tunity of profitable crimes. If men will embark their interests in projects denounced by the law, and hostile to the peace, happiness, and morality of the country, they must not expect compassion when they make ship , wreck. of the fortune which he had so laboriously obtained. M. Laffitte possessed in the highest degree all the virtues of the private man. He was eminently just and upright—a slave to his word—a sincere and devoted friend. He took enjoyment in the soft affections and the tranquil happiness of the family circle. There was in him a won derful mixture of simplicity and kindness of heart, with grandeur of sentiments and ideas. As a man he was affable, good, indulgent, and peaceable—as a citizen he naturally rose in mind to the highest exigencies of political life, proceeding with resolution in the most difficult paths, and showing himself to be severe, courage ous, and inflexible in all things which he considered to be required of him by the interests of his country and of his public duties. As soon as seen he was found to be agreeable, and, when more intimately known, was beloved. His house was kept open for fifteen years with all the eclat of luxury. He did honour to his fortune in a noble and magnificent style, but never did these enjoyments of his wealth change the inborn goodness of his nature, or disturb his equanimity by vanity. He received with equal politeness personages of the highest station and the humblest electors who were in communion with his patriotic hopes. Sprung from the working class, he never desired to separate from the people. In his fundamental and never-varying principle, which was to be recognised in the employment of his riches, as in every act of his life without exception, was to be discerned his devoted love for his country, and his sympathy with everything that was noble and grand. At the time when his fortune was colossal, M. Laffitte had his daughter, his only child, to marry. She was sought by the richest capitalists and by the greatest names in the circle of Court favour, but M. Laffitte gave her to the son of the most illustrious martyr of the restoration. The heroic conduct of M. Laffitte in 1830 is well known. After having struggled during fifteen years against the excesses of the Restoration, he was the most active and energetic artisan of the Revolution of July. It was no exaggera tion when his hotel was called the head-quarters of the Revolution. There, in fact, was decided uader his imme diate and all-powerful influence the destinies of the country. Thence issued the first movement towards a re-organisation of government, after the popular victory and the constitution of the new dynasty." (From the Journal des Debats.) M. Laffitte was born at Bayonne, in 1767. In 1788, he entered the firm of M. Perragaux, banker, at Paris. In 1804, M. Perregaux chose him as his partner, his successor, and testamentary executor. In 1809, M. Laffitte was named Regent of the Bank of France, and succeeded M. Dupont de Nemours as President of the Chamber of Commerce at Paris. In 1813, he was appointed a Judge of the Tribunal of Commerce of the Seine, and in 1814 he replaced Count Jaubert as Gover nor of the Bank of France. Called, with MM. Delessert, Hottinguer and Chaptal to the Chamber of Representa tives, as deputy of the commercial body, he never ap peared in the tribune. In 1816, M. Laffitte was elected deputy by the department of the Seine. In 1817 he was re elected. He was again so in 1822, and up to 1830 he always formed part of the Chamber. After the Revolu tion of July he successively filled the high functions of President of the Chamber of Deputies, President of the Council, and Minister of Finance. M. Laffitte was deputy for Rouen." her house. From the evidence of Inspector Black, it appeared that on the the 24th of May he went into Mrs. Evans's house at half-past four in the morning, and saw four females drinking at the bar. He remained in the house a few minutes, when Mrs. Evans ordered the potboy to turn the women out. Mr. Clarkson, who attended for Mrs. Evans, inquired how long the females were in the house ?—lnspector Black replied that he only remained in the house three minutes, and that was all he knew of the time they were there. Mr. TWYFORD said he did not think that was sufficient time to bring the case under the Act of Parliament ; he was of opinion that it could not be considered harbouring prostitutes. Inspector Black said he was bound by his duty, on visiting public-houses, to report to his superintendent when he saw any improper characters in public-houses. Mr. TWYFORD was not finding fault with the witness. He knew he had only done his duty. He should order the present summons to be dismissed. Mr. Clarksun then rose and said, he knew he was out of order, but he hoped the Magistrate would allow him to say a few words respecting the case in question. He thought it perfectly absurd that such a case had been brought forward at all. The Commissioners of Police and superintendents seemed to him as if they were en deavouring to stretch the Act of Parliament to its greatest extent. They knew that Mrs. Evans's tavern was a night house, and that such persons as she was summoned for harbouring were in the habit of going there to get any refreshment they could require. It was not to be supposed that such persons could live without refreshment. They must have some house to go to, and yet the police, although there was no noise or disturbance, or indecency, must summon Mrs. Evans, and put her to an immense expense to defend herielf, for what ?—for allowing four unfortunate outcasts to drink a glass of ale or gin before her bar. He was sure the Legislature never contemplated such cases when they made the Act of Parliament, but he really thought the Act would never be construed pro perly. His object in taking up the time of the Court was merely in order that his statement might meet the eyes of influential persons, and show them the manner in which the licensed victuallers were persecuted by the misconstruction of a simple Act of Parliament. He did not find fault with Inspector Black for doing his duty to his superiors in reporting the case, and he thought there was much credit due to him (Black) for the straight forward way in which he had given his evidence, and not attempted to stretch the case. He must say, how ever, that his superiors must be very inferior persons, when they determined that this was a proper case to be brought before a magistrate. The learned counsel then thanked Mr. Twyford for the attention which he had paid to his remarks, and withdrew. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Guiseppe Gatti and Domenico Miasti, two Italians, were charged with procuring and encouraging children to wander about the street to beg and gather alms. The prosecution had been preferred by Mr. Horry, of the " Society for the prevention of the importation of Italian boys and other foreigners for illegal purposes." The boys were found by the officers of the Mendicity Society and a person named Lucioni, in the act of begging in the streets with their instruments, and Mr. Hardwick had granted a summons that Gatti and Miasti, the masters, might be brought to answer the offence. Stiffano Dominica, the first lad, appeared to prove the case against Gatti. He was in rags, and carried a dila pidated hurdygurdy. His story was, that he had been seven weeks in England, having come from Genoa through France. Not finding Andrea, a man to whom he had been directed in this country, Gatti gave him the instrument he bore, desiring him to go and play it in the streets. Gatti received from him the money he collected by this means, which fluctuated from 10d. to 13d., and on some rare occasions to 16d. per day; and in exchange for which he received his lodging and food. He was neither beaten or maltreated when, after an un successful day, he brought home little money. Seven or eight other boys were similarly employed by Gatti. Mr. Robinson, on behalf of Gatti, entered into legal equivocation, contending that by Dominica's own state ment, that person merely acted as agent for Andrea ; and in reply to other remarks, Mr. HARDWICK said, that the fact of Gatti's " encou raging" the lad to procure alms was clear. The state ment that no ill-usage had been resorted to, only miti gated the aggravation of the case ; even as the agent, Gatti, would be amenable. It was a notorious fact, that a class of persons in this metropolis entrapped foreign boys, preserving them in a state of vagrancy, and under the pretext of. playing instruments, or exhibiting animals, employed them to beg. On the receipt of scanty earn.- ings these boys were often mercilessly maltreated. The boys were the mere instruments of the master's cupidity, and punishment ought to alight on the real offenders, who generally retreated into the back ground. Gatti evidently kept a lodging-house for these poor wretches, and made market of them. To repress and crush this system, he should sentence Gatti to two months' im prisonment, and order the conviction to be returned, so as to inflict the full penalty, in case of a repetition of the offence ; nor should he accept bail except on due notice. Mr. Robinson said he should appeal. Domenico Miasti, the master of the other lad, Ales sandro Diboli, there being mitigatory circumstances in his case, was sentenced on his charge to one month's im prisonment, Mr. Hardwick remarking, that the most painful circumstance of this system was, that hundreds of foreign children thus introduced into this country were never known to leave it ; and the fates of numbers could only be surmised. WORSHIP- S TRE E T. Two stylishly-dressed young men, named Duni& Rodriguez, alias Rogers, a Portuguese Jew, and Charles Stewart, a Scotchman, who described themselves as " surgeons-chiropodists," were brought before Mr. Broughton for re-axammination, charged on suspicion of having been concerned in the commission of an exten sive burglary at the house of Mr. Peter Hay, watchmaker, &c., in Leith-street, Edinburgh, and carrying off plate, watches, and jewellery, to the amount of 1,5001. The Court was crowded with a countless swarm of Jews from the purlieus of Petticoat-lane, who manifested the warmest interest in the proceedings. Intelligence of the robbery, which was committed on May the 2d, was received in town about three weeks ago, and a list of the stolen property was published in the Police Gazette, a reward of 300/. being offered for the apprehension of the thieves. It was believed that the robbery had been per petrated by two men, named Daniel Rogers and Charles Stewart, a minute description of whose dress and persons was also transmitted. Upon this a policeman immediately proceeded to Petticoat-lane, where the father of Ro driguez resided, and where he found the prisoners, whom he took into custody. Upon one of them was found a gold watch, two gold chains, a gold pin, three gold rings, and various other articles, and on the person of Rodriguez was found two cases of surgical instru ments, a gold pin, and a bill relating to the conveyance of two boxes from Edinburgh, which were consigned, on the 21st ult., to the care of a man named Martin, residing in Petticoat-lane. The house in which Ro driguez lived, in Devonshire-terrace, Cambridge-road, was then searched, and two large boxes, corresponding with those mentioned in the bill, were discovered, and in one of which was found an immense quantity of wearing apparel, together with six gold breast pins, the duplicate of a brequet gold chain, and other articles of jewellery, similar to those in the advertised list of the stolen property. There were also found amongst the wearing apparel a light-coloured coat, and a blue cloth can with gold band, both answering the description of similar articles stated to have been worn by one of the robbers. It was also ascertained that the prisoners had carried on business in Edinburgh as " surgeon-chiro podists," and that they left that city about the period of the robbery. In answer to the charge, both the prisoners stoutly declared their innocence, and said that it was manifestly impossible that they could have been implicated in the robbery, as they left Edinburgh two days before it was alleged to have been committed, namely, on the 2d ult., and that on their arrival in town they put up at-the house of Abraham Belasco, the Gun and Star, Petticoat lane, who would be able to corroborate their statement. On being examined, however, Mr. Belasco stated that the prisoners took lodgings at his house on the 13th ult., and he had seen nothing of them for at least six months before that time. The prisoners were then remanded to enable the police to, give notice of their apprehension to the prosecutor and the police authorities at Edinburgh. The MAGISTRATE now read a letter which had been subsequently received from Superintendent Haining, of the Edinburgh police, who stated " that he had desired in a previous letter that the prisoners were only to be apprehended in the event of some of the property being traced to their possession, and as he felt satisfied that none of the articles described as having been found upon them formed any portion of the stolen property, it would be quite unnecessary to d e t a i n t h em any l onger in custody. ' Mr. BROUGHTON, after perusing the letter, observed that a more extraordinary document, emanating as it did from an officer of justice, had never come under his notice since he had held a seat on the bench. It was quite manifest that the sole object of the superintendent was to obtain the restoration of the property without re gard to the imperative demands of justice. Mr. Hurl stone, the clerk, was desired by the Magistrate to ad dress a letter to Mr. Hay, expressive of his sentiments, and requiring his attendance to prosecute the case. Mr. Robinson, who attended for the prisoners, said that he was able to adduce undeniable evidence that every article found upon them had • been honestly ob tained, and that they left Edinburgh two days before the commission of the robbery. 'The prisoners were then remanded until Wednesday next, but the Magistrate agreed to accept bail for their appearance on that day. BEES HIVING ON A MAN'S BACK.—On Saturday week, a hive of bees belonging to Mr. W. Millar, weaver, Balloch, near Crieff, left their skep, and while holding in an eastern direction, the whole of the bees hived upon the back of one Lewis Millar, who was in pursuit of there at the time. The man stood fast, and having no apparel upon him but his trousers and shirt, in this position he remained a considerable time, when a skep was procured and placed upon his back. Notwithstand ing all this, the man sustained little or no injury, with the exception of two stings while placing the skep upon his back. The whole of the bees were recovered.-- Scotch Reformers' Gazette. CROMARTY—A NOVELTY. —On Saturday last a Danish corvette of 20 guns appeared in the harbour at Cromarty. The vessel has been cruising in the north seas for some time, with a view to the instruction of ca dets, of whom 45 are on board, with a full complement of officers and men. Two large Danish frigates are also daily expected at Cromarty. The corvette is a hand some vessel, and the young cadets appear cheerful and healthy. They amuse themselves in their intervals of leisure, by playing games on the links, and sauntering about the finely wooded banks of the bay.—lnverness Courier. THE NEWEST LONDON and PARIS 1 FASHIONS FOR JUNE, 1844. (From the World of Fashion.) CAPS.—Although the form of them conti.nie much the same, still there is always a constant novelty in the trimmings ; those intended for a morning toilette being mostly composed of inlet, and lined with pink or blue gauze, the sole trimming being a chiffond of lace. Small round caps are still worn, decorated with a broad Valenciennes, and a wreath of coques of white satin ribbon. The corners of those caps intended for demi-toilette are still worn small ; they are to be seen worn of tulle, and decorated with lappets in application d'Angleterre, slightly fulled on each of the ears, and forming a trimming with the addition of two bunches of roses put on each side ; the gothic lace is also very much used for this style of cap. Chales Mantelets have lately appeared composed of glack silk, and bordered with an Algerine fringe ; at the back it forms the usual point ; and in front two square ends. A facing cut en piece, and in two parts, goes round the neck, and descends on each side down to the ends. This shawl is formed of two pieces, and is joined by a seam which runs perpendicularly up the centre of the back. BONNETS.—Those of white Bros de Naples are mostly ornamented with a long flat feather, and trimmings of paint , , others are striped with straight bands or narrow plaits ; then again we see those in silk, covered entirely with crepe ; the edge of the brim covered with a double fold of gauze and tulle alternately. NOVELTIES.—Scarfs which are now worn are of every texture. Shawls also commence to be seen ; they are of a very light material, unless when composed of em broidered China crepe. We have remarked several plain muslin scarfs, doubles, with pink and blue gauzes. ECHARPES MALTAISES.—These scarfs have been in vented expressly for the present season, and are of a most becoming form of mantelet; the ground of it being in black lace, and trimmed with the same, literally enveloping the figure from head to foot; the cut of the lace covering the arms in the same manner as a long sleeve would do; it is rounded, and falls low on every side, allowing sometimes the edge of the dress being seen. The Maltese ladies add to this mantille a kind of small pelerilie, forming a second shawl, and which can be thrown over the head, so as to shade it from the evening sun, adding much to the piquancy and originality of this elegant mantelet. DRESSES.—Those made of light textures are decorated with several flounces; these flounces are, for the most part, on the cross, and are put on nearly as high as the hips ; they are laid nearly flat on the skirts, and sometimes edged with a broad fringe or narrow cut ruches ; others are trimmed with a single broad flounces edged and headed with a plaiting of ribbon en ruche or broad biais folds, put on slanting as high as the middle of the jupe, or ribbons fuller in the centre, put on en ruche round the facings, and de scending on each side of the frost. The corsages vary according to the temperature of the weather, either high or half high; they still, however, remain flat, and the sleeves mostly plain, or half long; except, indeed, when they are made so short that they resemble the shape of an epaulet more than a sleeve. FAILLE DE RIZ are still considered a graceful and becoming style of hat. The form of them are rather more raised in the front than the silk bonnets; the most elegant mode of trimming them being three white feathers placed on the left side, and tipped with violet : the ribbon being of taffetas, and the same shade of violet as the feathers, or decorated with two rows of English lace ; the one covering the brim, the other de • scending upon the crown, united with a demi wreatk of roses and nceuds of green ribbon placed at the extre mity on each side ; others are decorated with lilac mara bouts, or wreaths of mixed flowers. FASHIONABLE COLOURS.—The most prevailing colours for the present are those which admit of being prettily shaded, such as lilac, green, blue, pink, and white; the cameleon is still also the rage, and a mixture of dahlia and cherry colour THE RIOTS IN PHILADELPHIA We give, in our present number, some details of the riots in Philadelphia, to which we could only make a passing allusion on Wednesday, but which will be found to have been very formidable, and very destructive, both of life and property ; the number of persons killed and seriously wounded being from thirty to forty, and the property destroyed by fire, including two Catholic churches, being valued at upwards of 300,000 dollars. Since these riots became known in this country, we have been favoured with many speculations intended to elucidate their origin, none of which, as it seems to us, have gone to the root of the matter. For some months past, it has been tolerably obvious that an unfriendly feeling towards the Irish immigrants was springing up in most of the large cities of the United States, and more particularly in New York and Phila delphia, where the Irish residents are most numerous. In those cities, bodies calling themselves " Native Ame rican Associations," consisting principally of persons in the working classes, have held frequent and large meetings, the proceedings of which manifested strong hostility towards the Irish. The ostensible causes of this hostility, so far as we have been able to collect them, are various—such as the improper interference of Irishmen in elections, the denun ciations of the people of the United States by Mr. O'Connell, and various other matters ; none of which, nor all of which, however, appear sufficient to account for the organisation of the " native Americans;" but it is not difficult to collect from the proceedings that there is another cause at work much more likely to furnish the real ground of hostility. It is found that the Irish are, in many branches of industry, formidable competitors for employment, which they are frequently disposed to accept on terms which " native Americans" are inclined to consider inade quate ; and hence a feeling has sprung up between the two parties not very unlike that which prevails here between bodies of combined workmen, and parties who are alleged to work under the usual rate of wages. That the ill feeling arising from this source has been aggra vated by the turbulent and lawless habits which Irish men have been taught by the misgovernment and the defective social state of their own country, and which they unfortunately carry with them wherever they go —is highly probable ; and possibly, too, the denuncia tions of O'Connell may not have been altogether without their effect: hut we believe that the great cause of the outbreak is the one we have named, and which is cer tainly not likely to be very speedily removed, but rather to increase in intensity. We see that some of the English newspapers dwell upon the disturbances at Philadelphia, as proof of the evils of democratic institutions! We are certainly no admirers of the system of government which prevails in the United States, but, at the same time, consider it rather unwise for Englishmen, who have had abundance of untoward events at home, to be hasty in drawing un favourable conclusions from similar occurrences in other countries. If the value of our institutions was to be tested by the No-Popery riots, the Church-and-King outrages in „Birmingham, or the fires of Bristol and Nottingham, they would not be very highly estimated by the rest of the world.— Manchester Guardian. PRESERVATION OF LIFE AT SEA. A too great disregard of human life at sea prevails amongst the shipping interest, in so far as regards the necessary precaution which it may be supposed a person would naturally take to provide means of escape from the manifold and fearful dangers which beset the ma riner's life; and those who, either from pleasure or ne cessity, trust themselves upon the ocean. With regard to seamen, they have no sense of danger until it ap pears before them, and not until then do they devise means of escape. This want of fear is noble, and, to a certain extent, to be commended, but there is a limit to everything. Nevertheless " Jack," whatever may be said or done, will still be the same careless, fearless, danger-seeking, and generous fellow as ever. The blame alluded to, however, does not attach itself to the foremast men, but to those who certainly should give the mariner every chance which ingenuity has de vised for preserving life under the straits to which the seaman is exposed. The commander of a vessel is likewise not to blame, for, for him to talk of danger, is a reflection upon himself, and it is one of the greatest and most laudable boasts of a British seaman, that what ever the emergency—however great the peril and the demand upon his courage in danger, and fortitude in trial, he has ever yet been (and ever will be) found ready to meet it with the best energies of his nature. Expense is ever—and naturally so—looked to by the owner, and whilst neither captain nor men complain, he may be considered as innocent of debarring his men from a means of safety in times of peril to. , life—for no refusal has been given. Still, notwithstanding the fearless na ture of the one, and the seeming apathy of the other, there is unquestionably too great a disregard in providing a means of safety in times of certain peril, and which a practical experience of some years has fully exem plifi e d. However, be this as it may, the subject has become one of very general observation, from the numberless losses of human life lately ; and there have been certain sug gestions thrown out, and inventions su b m i tte d to t h ose interested, which deserve attention. For emos t amongst the latter, ranks a simple but valuabl e pi ece o f ca bi n fur niture, the merits of which, it is believed, have been tested publicly at Plymouth—viz., a cabin-stool, which f?iips itself into a buoy, capable o f h o ldi ng a person i n a sitting posture in the water. There is also an in vention of equal val ue , o f more recent i ntroduction, which has within th e l ast two d ays b een exh ibi ted at Lloyd's—the grand emporium for shipping intelligence —and deserves the att ent i on o f a ll i ntereste d i n mar i t i me affairs, as well as those who proceed to sea under circumstances of a different nature to the seaman. It has occasioned much curiosity, and is well deserving of inspection and adoption. The: invention is simple, but effective, for the purpose- intended, and consists merely of a chest made of cork; yet made so strong, without being cumbersome, as considerably to surpass the wooden ones, now so long in use, in that respect. It is perfectly water-tight, and of extreme buoyancy, capable of sustaining from six to thirty grown persons in the water, even when filled with clothes, or provisions, &c. They are evidently not se easily stove in as those at pre. sent in use, being capable of resisting very severe usage, whilst, from their buoyancy, they are not so likely to meet with 'injury in a case of shipwreck. Tin it buoyancy, again, does not depend upon any pr . ( as paration, such as inflation, &c., but is natural to the material of which they are composed. They are perfectly water-tight, and will preserve valuable documents and papers from water, when immersed overboard, for an almost indefinite period. Those who, unfortunately, have experienced the horrors of shipwreck, and been compelled to resort to either boats or a raft, as the means of preservation, will at once perceive the value and importance of an invention which will at once preserve provisions as well as clothes from the destructive qualities of the sea water. Chests of this description could be fitted with a small portable caboose, which, to a shipwrecked patty upon a raft, would be invaluable. They will also contai n fresh THE LATE M. LAFFITTE. The following biographical sketch of this excellent man is drawn by one who knew him well, M. Odilon Barrot " The good actions of M. Laffitte, as a citizen and man, are universally known in France. No person ever showed more slevotedness, or did more than he did for his country and for humanity. No man ever displayed more firmness or more charity, or was more prompt at useful and benevolent sacrifices. In 1815, when the capital was invaded by foreign armies, Blucher, with his Prussians, occupied the Hotel de Ville, and threatened to destroy the public buildings, if he did not on the instant receive a war contribution of 300,000 f. The Municipal Council assembled, but there was no money in the public treasury. A subscription was opened by the authorities, who were present, but the amount subscribed was much below that demanded by Blucher. The embarrassment was great and urgent. M. Laffitte having arrived at the Hotel de Ville, tore up the subscription list, and wrote a cheque for the 300,000 f., which he paid from his own funds. In the following year there was a cruel scarcity of provisions in France, and it was necessary to find relief for the poor of Paris. Louis XVIII., who had a civil list of 28,000,000 f. a year, subscribed for 20,000 f. ; M. Laffitte gave 100,000 f. At the same period, in a critical circumstance, considering only his country, which he loved, and not the Government, against which he was contending, as one of the chiefs of the Opposition, he came to the aid of the Minister of Finances, and sustained alone the public credit, although he ex posed himself to considerable loss. For twenty years there was not a useful enterprise which M. Laffitte did not support with his purse, or a political under taking which he did not second by his credit and his means ; and yet his private charities were daily and extensive. There was not an officer of the old army deprived of his pay, a trader embarrassed by the difficulties of the times, a literary man waiting for the fruits of his labours, nor even a political adversary, who, if he addressed himself to M. Laffitte, or had his wants revealed by others, failed to receive the needed support, Amongst the numerous persons whom he served, the most celebrated names were mingled with the most obscure, who had no other ream , mendation than their wants. Independently of the large sums which M. Laffitte lent without interest in aid of enterprises of industry, he also; ave during the period Pft4e Itestoration more than three millions. We state thin on the authority of the person who had no other function in his bureaux than thatof assisting him in the upon himself, It was by immeftse work of ben evo l enee w hi c h h e h a d imposect by continual succour given wit with constantlyw rare generosityrene benefits, and e quisite delicacy, and by still more important sacrifices in the cause of ,liberty, that M. Watt) expended t portion THE FUNERAL OF M. LAFFITTE The funeral of M. Laffitte, which took place on Thursday, brought together, as might be expected, an immense as semblage of the population of Paris. There were previously several sinister rumours as to the intentions of the populace, and such precautions were taken as made it almost impos sible that there could be any serious outbreak. The whole of the National Guards, the immense garrison of Paris, and the municipal guards, were all under arms ; and the num ber of troops on duty could not have amounted to less than fifty thousand men, but all these precautions seemed unne cessary. Nothing appeared to be thought of, as far as ap pearances went, but the solemn ceremony which had drawn so many people together, and the gratification of curiosity. There was not the slightest disturbance or demonstration of political feeling of any kind. Among those who formed part of the procession there was an immense procession of the mechanics of Paris, a deputation from the schools of law and medicine, and a deputation of M. Laffitte's constituents at Rouen. At ten o'clock the troops which were to form the escort assembled in the Rue Laffitte abd the neighbour ing boulevards, but it was past twelve o'clock before the funeral procession left for the Church of St. Roch. The procession was preceded by two squadrons of the cavalry of the Municipal Guard, and by the 6th Regiment of Dra goons. After these came the 2d and 23d Regiments of In fantry, and the 2d Legion of the National Guards. The hearse, drawn by four black horses, was guarded by two companies of the Grenadiers of the National Guard. Imme diately after the hearse, the deputation of the Chamber of Deputies, the Prince of Moskowa and the other members of the family, and almost all the Members both of the Cham bers of eers and Deputies, all on foot ; and these again were followed by the deputation of the electors of Rouen, of the schools of medicine and law, and of the mechanics, in uniform. Then followed the friends of the deceased to the number of thousands, the procession on foot alone extending for more than a mile. The carriages followed. Three of the King's carriages and the carriages of the Duchess of Orleans and Duke of Nemours attended, besides twenty-four mourn ing carriages, and between three and four hundred private carriages. The carriages of the Royal Family were escorted by a squadron of the Municipal Guard and the 70th and 71st Regiments of the Line. The whole of this immense proces sion was closed by a battalion of infantry, two battalions of the National Guards, and a regiment of Hussars. The procession passed along the boulevards, through the Rue de la Paix, to the church of St. Roch, and then pro ceenen, after the religious ceremony, along the Rue St. Honore, and through the Rue Richelieu back to the boule vards, and thence along the Boulevard Montmartre, &c., to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise. Thipughout the whole dis tance through which the procession passed, an immense as semblage was assembled, and all the shops were closed. The religious ceremony at the church of St. Roch was per formed by the Archbishop of Paris, and a funeral hymn was sung by a choir composed of. the principal musicians in Paris, including all the performers of the Academie Royale de Musique. It was half-past two when the procession left the church of St. Roch for the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, the burying ground of the family, and it was near five when it reached the burying-ground. The ceremony was not over when our express left Paris, but it was understood that, according to the usual custom in France, several speeches would be made over the grave. M. Arago and 31. Thiers were spoken of as likely to be among the speakers. It was calculated that be tween those who took part in the procession, and the specta tors, there could not have been much less than half a million of persons assembled. The weather was beautiful, and the whole ceremony passed off without any disturbance or con fusion, beyond what must necessarily take place when the whole population of a great capital assemble. There is a national subscription to be opened immediately to raise a monument to the memory of M. Laffitte. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION -HOUSE. Sarah Ann Dyer, who had been charged before the Sitting Magistrate at Guildhall, on Thqsday, 23d ult., with having endeavoured to drown herse at Southwark bridge, and whose statement of alleged grievances and calamities excited much compassion, was brought before the Lord Mayor for re-examination. She appeared to be the most faithful representative of rustic simplicity, and at the moment she was put to the bar, the following certificate from the excellent and most respected chaplain of the Giltspur-street Compter was handed in :—" I have had a lengthened conversation with the female Sarah Ann Dyer, and I think a more distressing case never came under my notice. From the apparent sim plicity of her character I have no doubt her statement is strictly correct. lam glad to find that she still pos sesses so much virtuous feeling as to manifest an anxious desire to return to her parents, and I hope means will be afforded to her for that purpose, and care taken to secure her safe arrival at home." The LORD MAYOR asked the officer, in whose custody the woman was, what her conduct had been on the bridge? The officer said she appeared to be in extreme grief, and said that she was most miserable. He felt convinced that her intention had been to throw herself over the bridge. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, prisoner, you have carried on this game of humbug and hypocrisy with great skill. The prisoner started, and covered her face with both her hands. The Loan MaYoa—Why, you know you have been telling falsehoods, when you said your father was a re spectable farmer at Challerton. Now, just listen to the from the e agentre the h to e the Hamps hire.r accurate desciption given of you by one who knows you well.—Here . Lord Mayor readi Independent , Alderman William Hunter, who presided at Guildhall when she was first examined : " Newport, Isle of Wight, Tuesday. " Sir,—Having this day read an account of a young woman named Sarah Ann Dyer being placed before you, on a charge of endeavouring to drown herself on South wark-bridge, in order that the public sympathy and the charity of the humane should not be thrown away upon an entirely unworthy object, I beg to inform you that her story is a tissue of lies from beginning to end. There is no farmer of that name in Challerton ; she is the daughter .of a labouring man, and she has not only borne the character of an abandoned prostitute for many years, but is well known to most of the islanders as a convicted thief. It has occurred to me more than twice or thrice to record her actions. Not long since she was convicted of stealing a pair of shoes from a Mr. Pearce, in the High-street, for which she suffered several months' imprisonment. She was next placed at the bar, charged with robbing a person named Edward W-- of a silver watch, but the loser being a married man, and the loss having occurred in a house of a certain description, to which he had accompanied her, he was ashamed to appear against her, and she thus escaped transportation. She then paraded our streets as a common soldiers trull, and accompanied a detachment out of the island, since which I am informed . she plied her calling in the neigh bourhood of Southwark -bridge, and has not long since been discharged from the infirmary. lam induced to forward this lest her artful story should command that commisseration to which I know she is not entitled ; and I consider a few months at the treadmill would render her a most efficient service." The LORD MAYOR—What do you think of that ac count of you ? &The prisoner uttered not a word, but appeared to be very desirous to get out of the roam. The Loan MAYOR—From several inquiries which I have caused to be made, I find that the character given of you by the gentleman who wrote the letter is in every respect accurate—that you are a convicted thief, 4 com mon prostitute, and ati imposter of considerable skill. I shall now convict you as a rogue and vagabond, and sentence you to imprisonment for three months, in the Giltspur-street Compter ; and I assure you that the next time you make your appearance here, I shall, if possible, send you to the Old Bailey. The prisoner then retired, covering her face with her hands, %%ig lo o ma hl og O no tia3 wiperiment of her skill with the Lord May BO or, W-STREET. Mrs. Evans landlady of the Old Drury Tavern, in Brydges-street, Covent-garden, was summoned before Twyford, f9r permitting prostitutes to assemble in 1 water, and are at all times impervious to salt-1 01- 0 damp, and well adapted for letters and specie. In of words, it may be mentioned that the chief pr e Pl this valuable trunk (and the principle is alsi apP.' sof carpet-bags, &c.) consists in its extraordinary buoy, c 8 when filled with clothes, and its capability of slo t ted in the water froth six to thirty grown persons, att!„,, f . by grummets, or loops, conveniently fixed for the r eli t, pose. Its buoyant property requires no a rrange °l o 4 but it is always ready for use. Lieut. T. J. Irvine , bit to whom the public are indebted for the inventioNel named it the Arcasalus. Every one about to 10 , 7 14 sea voyage would do well to inspect it before c om etio their arrangements, as but one chest of this desel l Pl e r, may be considered necessary for a family, or tracoo A public test of its capabilities is shortly intended V made upon . the Thames. DUTCH AND FLANDERS M AIL , BRUSSELS, 11AY 30.—The Princess Clemerll' 3 ',i f etl her consort, Prince Augustus of Saxe Cobu r g , erac' isl at half-past seven on Wednesday evening, by a 5 ,. t0 gel train at the railway station, where the Royal 6,.- 0' were ready, in which they proceeded direct t o the ce of Lacken. c or The Chamber of Representatives has at lengl"ofoo eluded to-day the debate on the timber duties. niit , commencing the debate on the article coffee, louli mortier and M. Rogier proposed that this article!, ci be reserved to be discussed in a Secret Comalit'eS' that the Chamber should inmed'ately examine t u - n ess ceptions that may be made in favour of the Etir9; jr entrepots. This was opposed by the Minister of th a r o d terior. It was resolved that the whole t iff 5 1 ° 1 ttii ar , s ho be discussed, and that the exceptions to be mad e be afterwards examined in Committee. r ca t The Government proposes a reduction of 25 P e ai l e3 in favour of the national flag, on coffee brought, asel from the countries where it grows. Messrs. l'WeLisi' and Dumortier proposed an amendment, to gir etk vantage of 35 percent. to the national flag. This itt a ment was rejected. 17f. 1° The average price of wheat, last week, was and that of rye 10f. 86c. The duties on imp and exportation remain as before. rot THE HAGUE, MAY 30.—His Majesty the DoP e A e ffs, Russia arrived here morning, at half - p ast- 0F o'clock. The King being informed of his coming' tlO some way to meet him and accompanied blot palace, where he was welcomed by her Maie s it ill Queen, his sister. The Emperor intends to set " to tY morrow for London, and will afterwards return Hague and spend a days. m e MAY 31.—The Emperor of Russia, with a 13`.-vnbOr suite, set out this morning from Rotterdam, to ,` - te . for London. A project of law has been presenT ;tY second Chamber of the States-General, for adl e g i , sum of 156,000 florins to the fifth chapter of th e ,,,,,iel of the expenditure of 1844-45, which sums are 7 0 , for the improvements of the roads in the pr° l Friesland. .... 1 ~,,,ister.,,, STATE OF CRIME IN FRANCE.—The .0....• n or Justice has just presented to the King the repor t ,i ie li t ; minal justice ter 1842. We learn from it that; f f e er crease in the number of charges before the u i !, if Courts of Assize, which was shown by t ; ff, port for 1841, as compared with the ft ni t i e s ', ceding years, was in nearly the same proP ° T iB4: 1842. In 1840, the number was 6,004 1 re' 5,528 ; and in 1842, 5,104. In 1841, the rop es", was in the number of charges of crimes again st P 017 1 whilst those against the person had increased , but iiii, both descriptions of erims were diminished in sae equal degree. The number of persons involved in t o e 0 satiens of 1842 was 6,953, being 509 less than in _ . ,, 1 ag lii„ 1,273 less than in 1840. Of the 6,953 persons hw,o,te trial in 1842, 2,236 were accused of crimes egn, i t aeof, person, and 4,717 against property. Of the 02'5. 7 bar of 6,953, 5,716 were males, and 1,237 fenl3'looll chief crimes of the latter were infanticide, brltil der by poison, domestic robbery, and arson. ig i . ; lfli of the 6,953 had not attained their sixteenth Ye n 4 were between 16 and 21 years of age, 1,032 betrffl 4 and 25, 1,198 between 25 and 30, 1,752 betvvee n od r , 4 40, 1,037 between 40 and 50, 398 between 50 0 208 between 60 and 70, and 54 more than 7 ber le of age. About one-sixth of the total 110 o f P o ff e without any occupation, and living in a so' t a e .3 , ness and habitual vice • of the remainder , i t o ' s ys; engaged in business of spme sort on the ir it oo count; the others were workmen, servants, els,' 2s erj, &c. ; 3,626 were wholly without education ; 2 ' er e) read and write in an inferior degree; 805 li e l y ciently versed in these arts to turn themß.., e ssj and 239 had received a superior education. L' u ne „J P ' number of wholly uneducated persons brough'boclii in 1842 was, there is a gradual diminution in_ t 4 o o In 1838, 1839, and 1840, it was in the prop o P' l o,o,4 per cent.; in 1841, it was 54 per cent. ; and i n , 6 46 1 5, per cent. 2,237 of the 6,953 were acquitted; "" o den condemned to various punishments—viz. , 42 .,! OS 174 to imprisonment with hard labour for lii!_,:l4l,f the same punishment for a certain number of )1, 5 0 , to solitary imprisonment ; 1 to civil degradati° l3 2o%, , ordinary imprisonment for a term not exeeu — s y,' year; 567 to one year and under; and 9 to fill e ti ittelto one, under sixteen years of age, were act1..;•0 0 ,,,, having acted without discernment ; 14 were Fdir to their parents ; and others were placed in r ( teary schools. ,-, rte; ROBBERY or A BANKER'S PARCEL.— O tt„, - tr i last, a person of respectable appearance, about d'ilsiii age, who gave his name as James Richards, but e a* give any particular account of himself, was exaut" a Bench of Magistrates, at the George Inn, L u ton , 4 , shire, on a charge of being concerned in stealing n e y9s 4 e parcel, containing 1,700/. in notes, and bills of 0 . . 4 , 1 1 the amount of 2,0001., in the month of Septe' s p i ,, It appears that, on the 25th of September lastl, o j containing the above property, was intrusted_hVi the Bedford coachman, to be delivered at the hantTitfi of Sir Charles Price and Co., King Willi am . s treet , iti.;tl; after the coach had reached town it disapPea re it ed U, mysterious manner. Advertisements were ins e s ,W newspapers at the time, offering a handsome if t i e sil or i Al person who would give such information as itlig",, it ,e'r,l immediate recovery of the parcel; but no one hn`i' a es", been tempted by the offer. Nor dees there appea r f t ea' anything heard of its valuable contents until3 ,- es i f itot i ' ~ On that day the prisoner made his appear c p y sec- . w e purchasesustas the shops there were about to be closed ll or ie,k i ir from three different tradesmen, an of tli e liii',; note at each. By a strange coincidence, eac h ~:, sail l- ig l keepers happened to go to smoke his pipe on L' - en tioil it' at the same inn, and one of them happenisg teS i n „ t uie.; 4 course of conversation that a respectable-loo k t!'p I' LL ' t,, appeared to be a stranger in the town, had ein e d 5 ~., Y,, just as it was about to be closed, and exchangeho 0 1 o ftf for a pair of stockings he had purchased fraw his other two shopkeepers present inquired the descr, i rjertscl l 4 person, and on hearing it said it was equallY sl ... Nonii same individual had purchased a pound of t i e' gre t eSie , ?; them at a late hour on the same evening, an' idelt a 51. note from each of them. This excited COs 0ti 0! , 4 picion, and the result was that the prisoner icn i s . i e il i t. i and taken into custody. On being searched , 6° , e rea 09 checks were found upon him; and it was disc t) „;. e el• tj a ,e) the same evening, he had managed to chang e " 0 -elleff t e different shops in the town, and all these, as,,, bac t e9 4 , other 51. notes found upon him, were proved n a 599 a portion of the contents of the parcel stolen,. re tlie o pe i last. He underwent a private examination bel%blicoildi trates on Saturday and on Monday, and 3 P Of take Thursday, when Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, 0 er i p, garden, attended on his behalf. The gen,t i l e e , 044 to the banking-house of Messrs. Sharpies, DsM i st' 0 11? by whom the parcel had been forwarded, ivere,lh, Wl' o ji , 4 , but the evidence was not gone into at any lenF ie teld A, Robinson requested that his client might be re is s ot o ~ few days longer, which was assented to. i t pes o ? singular, that, since the apprehension of th e r s tole il Si. notes, which also f nmed a portion of th e 10, ' 4 (4b have been passed at Luton. -a NI , eh It was stated by Captain Laws,_--' ' O f- of Aft dence before the Committee of the Hour bili on the Hull Docks Bill, that the wa re , h este r te Manchester and Leeds Railway, at Mallaril i t comprise six acres of flooring. In th eir ' had d. houses along their line the Company h ai l to r fer t one time, in sacks, which, when rang e " tended over eleven acres of ground. h , i t he c e}4 i d The return of severe illness under wb re if ti e? rable Earl Grey now suffers, has agai n f Sil tl llei; tioneering speculations in the borough ° o . o llVoi The very advanced age of Earl Grey nal o nOvAif , the apprehension that his Lordship canno t. d i , ~ei/ i le and in the melancholy event of his descerisrt,o) Howick will succeed to the peerage, an d ' f til e i,` ( 0 1 a vacancy will occur in the representation notoroole,; of Sunderland. Such an event, it is un de n oe fi ctill i immediately bring Colonel T. P. Th °Wr c ie r f :i . d ill field as a candidate on liberal and free 10101 CP V and under the present state of political esit ilt b e derland, there can be little doubt but th e f l eig would be triumphantly elected, vrlin eve opponent. C,' .P , t ile BIRTHS. ° f uoc ie* , j ! On the 31st ult., the lady of Mr. John 1 4 ' 0 0 0 • hole hte Tavern, Strand, of a daugr. sse s ' o e,' On the 25th ult., at Bigods, D u nmove, 10 1‘ i E. C. Woodbridge, Esq., of a daughter. . h o f o .i l On the 26th ult., Mrs. William Ilea' the ) 1 a son. 11 0 ' of On the 30th ult., at Wheathampste ad, 9 41. ' J O the Rev. H. Teush Hecker, of a son. Nvoaros, i .` On the 30th ult., the lady of Hugh , a son. ilif Manor House, Kineton, Warwickshire. cutvieiain On the 31st ult., at Kentish-town, Dirs. / S' 4 of a daughter. , a s( f, * i i, 4 * MARRIED. I* t o',C B ' On the 22d ult., at Brunswick, GerninadentdeeP Esq., of John-street, Berkeley-square, . 110 ,0 P Mattha, daughter of the late Henry Wi Esq., of Brunswick. t" I"' P t DIED. daughter of On the 18th ult., Maria, fourth daug gre John Pinhorn. vo telif 4 On the 29th ult., at Brooksby-streete 15 2 d 1e..,i. 0 41 i Clark, widow of the late Mr. W. Clark ! 6 ,-- 0 ,,,, r .," On the 31st ult., On the 31st ult., at Peckham, Pike Ch,,„,,j,lan in Piccadilly, Davg l arj oellt P O , r" On- the 31st ult , in Tilney-street, ~ :e a el. Rawson, Esq., of Mild Hall, Yorkshire, age al' rie I r u ' - MONTHLY MILITARY OB s ir,r. General—C. P. Douglas. f j. t h ; E.I. Major c om G . s en erv era . Is-=-Crosse, formerly of 0 6 118.3%; l a' Colonel—R. Moncrieffe, late of R. Mosi va leicit i, F pi ts°' JP • ' Majors—Myers, Unatt., at sea; J. G . Serv. Be pro 3i t.; Captains—J. Wilson, h.p. 7 Dr.; ~.. pro i. H. Geary, do. on board the RattlesnaAe, t t 1 , 04 Kent. Mil. hop; f it, IP f , ' Gds N nrt • 4 ,0 Lieutenants—Allen, 4 Dr. • a inier , ,oe Moffatt, 46 F. on board the General P Art. . 0 ! pp F. ; Lethbridge, 85 F. Olphert, 11 : . gilj f iv• of. it. Vet. Bn. ; Neale (Adj.) h.p. 25 DR; Art. co , Alderson, h.p. 33 F.; R. Madden, late : 0 1 Commissariat Department—Dep. Corp. °' turin, li.p. ti` iiiP Assist. Comm. Gen.—l. 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