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From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, Nuldays included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three. Six, and Half-past Seven Prom the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, t.elf-pastNine, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Sevcn, and Eight. • ort Sundaysni-class Cat Five instead of Two. Fore Cab.n and Secoarriage, Sixpence; Saloon and Sta r n ,„ First-class Carriage, Ninepenee. v 'eee, Gravesend , May 29 , 1844. t'uti GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION aitipse°MPANY'S splendid and powerful• first-class STEAM appointed to leave LONDON for— U RGII and ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's Mails OTYWednesday and Saturday Morning. 11 0, ERP—From Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall—Every Thurs 441even, Morning' — Every Sunday, at Eight, Morning. • From London Bridge Wharf, for— Ifouf',,w—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. OA L E — Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Ituiro--Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. tte",,cvery Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. 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I SSEINTTERS'• THAPEL•S BILL. b `lte Committee associated to oppose this Bill are not disap „d phe unfavourable divisions against all the amendments pr o- Par ue Committee of the Bill on Friday, in the Commons House LlNxi c aln s f ent After a coalition as to the butseasure between the Irish Zaaki i,?,„_"Vhig patrons of the few active Unitarians in Eng edly p „'_` l4 . l c l , and her Majesty's present. Government, though pro- , ituti o ""servative if constitutional legal rights and of established ugh „ i t i la, the Committee could not be sanguine as to success, i_; they did venture to hope that the petitions of One Thousand 4 , men 'of, " many Hundred Congregations of the Wesleyan Motho of the Irish Protestant Presbyterians, of the Orthodox Dissen- Drodue,u de nominations, and of the Free Church of Scotland, mi g ht the p ro ' a Pause in the career of passion, stice, and folly, and avert the* gless of the Bill. Even now, faithful to their pledges given to ds in every part of the empire, and to the cause of con '-ent',iiristian truth, and the sacredness of trust property, the the til'itee express their entreaties that even on the third reading of t k z4d ed t he opinion of the House of Commons may again bile tier not e d' and that their Parliamentary supporters, (whos9 Dto l + n tegrity and dauntless zeal thankfully applaud), will then, `ueo is j'hal attendance and and final record of their votes, exculpate b 'taso v " from the guilt degradation of the passing of such it et4 )tr a y e, and will, in fact, inscribe for the information of the liltand of future times, their protest against an act which mul, , %it, 0 f the b es t an d w i ses t o f their fellow-citizens devoutly depre detd Which posterity, instructed by experience, will not fail to Ez e VERNON HARCOURT, R.N., Chairman. ter June 24, 1844. AL E BY SHARES, 4„— THE FELY OLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTIES : .RINT CHATEAU, with the Grounds and Ap 'flances belonging thereto, situate on the banks of 1, s,,,Lake of Geneva, Switzerland, valued at .. 3, b r . k I , EN DID MANSION, and its Dependencies , situa ted "e town of Vevay, Switzerland, valued at . i ',„. '"dE BATH HOTEL, and its Dependencies, with a ~Q), abundant Spring of Min ral e Water, situated on the " a nks of the Lake of Geneva. • The °r ig a Total of theme''un will positively take place in the town of Sion , Cant on of ' gia zwitzerland, on the 16th of SEPTEMBER, 1844 . Th e value of L ar eS sold will be deposited in the hands of a Banker in London pthe transfer of the property to the new Proprietors. P articulars and Conditions of Sale, and for Insp ection of Title ' . lans of the Grounds and Buildings, Valuations, Prospectuses, Nr;'„ on; to 3ft Frederick uin No. 25 SoutharnPton-street , i am i d to Air. Joseph Th Q omks, No. 1, , Fiueh-lane, Cornhill, . CITY OF LONDON FASHIONABLE 4.011 d, LAILonING ESTABLISHMENT, 52, King Wi /eau -bridge. i hter7 s • BURCH and LUCAS, Tailors, &c., late J. ALBERT, re a4 Mvite Gentlemen and Families to view one of the largest 4 ad ivaanOrted Stocks in London, of S u per fi ne Cloths, Cassimeres, :Lt, to2ating of the most novel designs, Cachmeretts for Summer ae., for the present season. The style of cut and make of '.04 3 4...ra1ent are guaranteed equal to the first and most expensive , at „ the West-end, and for cash payments a saving of 40 per , a.1 11 :,,o 1 be effected, and will be found to the wearer much cheaper tt pri," e Inferior garMents made up by puffing slop-sellers andhosiers, 're ei l i s to astonish and delude the public, which description of goods r elY excluded from this establishment. A , 52 , King William-Street, City, Established 1818. ••••. t. Janie assortment of Summer Over -Coats ready made. JouN BROTHERS, at present, and for more 9 "kin twelve months past, residing at Fernley House, 41 14 °°c1, ta the parish of Croydon, and 'cou nt y of Surrey, and lieutenant in her Majesty's Navy, do hereby give notice at, ii ; i ntend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, :4ftt e gh ah-streef London, praying to be examined to uchin g m y debts, na' a nd effects, an't to be protected from all process, upon making i Nep t oiselosure d 'sun-girder o such estate and effects for pay -1;144 tj i )f .hlY Just and lawfhl d e bts; and Ihe flather give noticd, A lto t o time when the matter 6' the said petition shall be heard 011 advertised in the London' Clazette and in the Morning ` 1 1.1 0, - „W, , Paper one month at the least dieter the date hereof; as wire hand, this 24th day of June, in the ;Tay of our Lord, 1844. I % atm ,p3tIN BROTHERS . h 3, the said John Brothers, in the preince of Richard un --__ "ens, 7, St. Milded's-court, Poultry, attorney. JAMES PROUT, at present, and for three s months past, residing at No. 2, Castle-court, Cornhill, in the Z(1 e °l ,,Saint Michael, and city of London, and b ein g a hair-dressei Ov,lultner, for three months immediately p revious at No. 3, stith;tfeet, Hackney, Middlesex, out of business, and for seven ildi e ._ ll _ , tmediately before then of No. 44, Mayfield-street, Dalqou, _at the same time of No. 2, Finch-lane, lLondont, hai r , hip with George Kebbel, of the same p ace, 58 ,zep t i = dresser and perfumer, do hereby give notice, that I London")n a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, BasinghaW. e fit ' , praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and a nd to be protected from all process, upon making a full 11 4 t n „,`, t a and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my h e :"'a lawful debt thed I hereby further give notice that the time 1 4 th e matter of Said petition shall be heard is to be advertised Zt i th e e London Gazette and in the Su n news p a p er, one month > ot .last after the date hereof ; as witness my hand this 19 th "ne, in the year of our Lord, 1844. JAMES PROUT. w ess, John J. Spitler, 38, Camomile-street, London, attorney rhe said James Prout. JAMES PHILPOT, at present;" and for 1 4 9 twelve months past, residing at a house known as the Crown in the parish of Morden, and county of Surrey, and k at e , licensed victualler, do hereby give notice, that I intend •to .... 4 4ei n „ t a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, ;et:,"' Praying to be examined touching my debts, estato, and isti os "',. and to be protected from all process, upon making a full " .1 it„ 'z'a and surrender of such estate and effects for payment hem Just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice that qv in ' e When the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be erti .1e 'ed in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper 24th at the least after the date hereof; as witness my hand . 1 day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1844. 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Application to be made (If by letter post-paid) as above. _ _ POLICE NOTICE.—FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. 1 . .OST, or STOLEN, from the person of a Gentle man, between Spring-gardens and St Ann's-square, between two and three this afternoon; A BILL CASE, containing BANK NOTES to the amount of 3451.: viz., Four 501. Notes, dated 18th February, 1843, and Numbered 35,670, 35,529, 4. 3,8 3 8 , and 36,875 ; One ditto, for 1001., dated February 22, 1844, Y-X, Number 67,'24; One ditto, for 30/., dated February 21, 1843, V-J, Number 30,703 ; Ono 10/. ditto, and one Si. ditto, dated February 24, 1843, No. 48,316 ; also Two Cheques, one for 121/. 45., by Castelli and Guistiniani and Co., and one for 28/. 18s., by Sehwabo and Gobert, on Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. Payment of the above is stopped. Bankers, Shopkeepers, and others, are requested to detain any person offering the above in payment, and give immediate Informa tion to Mr. Richard Beswick, Chief Superintendent of Police, De tective Department, Town-hall, King-street, Manchester. If Found, the above Reward will be paid on Recovery : and If Stolen, in proportion to the Amount Recovered. June 22, 1844. she was not sent for as a witness, but came up of her own accord to see after her niece. A person of the name of John son asked her if she had any wish to come up to town ? She borrowed the money for the journey; but she intended to pay it back to the parties who lent it, and whose names were down in a list. She could not say Irhether it had been raised by subscription. In answer to a juror the Witness said her niece was always kind to her when Mr. Belaney was not present. Mr. George Hobson, of No. 8, Crombey's-ruw, Commercial road, bookseller, knew the prisoner six years ago, and had received from him .half a dozen copies of the " Steeple Chase." The prisoner then resided at Cannon. street-road. The witness then proceeded to state the renewal of his ac quaintance with Mr. Belaney and his introduction to that gentleman's wife after their arrival in town on Tuesday; the 4th instant, and his evidence was similar to that given by Captain Clark. Mr. BAKER said, that as other witnesses were expected up from the country, he would postpone the inquiry untiliThurs , day next. Sergeant M'Cardell said there were two ladies in attend ance who had lived in the neighbourhood of Mr. and Mrs. Belaney down in the north, and whOcould speak to the pri soner's ill.treatinent of his wife up to December last. The witnesses, however, were not canal, and the inquest was adjourned until two o'clock on Thursday. THE POST-OFFICE. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. VIE NEW BALLET. We have gathered froin the rehearsal of yesterday the principal points of the outline of the now ballet, which may serve to convey a. general notion to our readers, and to serve as a guide to the spectators. Such sketches are always perfect, and of all subjects the mythological ani the most insipid in description. But the grouping, the scenery, and the dancing in this ballet are in the highest degree effective. To their merits must be added the music, which is full of admirable melodies, alternatelv plaintive and sprightly, and throughout perfectly deserlpdve .and characteristic. The music Is by Pugni, the plot and action by 'Perrot. There is one circumstance in Perrot's conduct, during the rehearsals, which contributes to explain the surpassing success of all his ballets. As long as any member of his troupe is imperfect in his part, he accompanies each step by an extempore dialogue of his own invention, explaining the feeling the performer is to express. Perrot has likewise introduced an- . other feature in ballets—every portion of the action is danced, which avoids the tedious gesticulations and mimickry between the pas, which the public had formerly to endure, and avoids those sudden transitions which mar the illusion. Our present ballet master is of opinion that this portion of a ballet should bear the same relation to the grand feats of dancing, which the recttatifii do to the bravuras in an opera. The title of the ballet is Zella, ou la Nymph de Diane, divided into four tableaux. The principal dramatis persona are Diane, Copere ; L'Amour, Plunkett Zelia, Cerito ; Arnyntas, St. Leon ; Fauna, Perrot. In the first tableau, you see on one side a temple and a statue of Diana; on the other, a bower of flowers, which conceal a statue of Love, and which is the hiding-place of L'Amour himself. In the first scene, Love is seen reclining and asleep. He awakes at the sound of the horns, which announce the approach of Diana and her nymphs. The thought of his chaste enemy excites his anger; and he swears to be revenged for the con tempt of her votaries by seducing one of her nymphs from her allegiance. As he retires Diana and her nymphs arrive ; she teaches the fair sportswomen the use of the bow; they fire their shafts at a target. Here the attitudes, the graceful evolutions, and the dexterity of the Amazons are sure to create a most agreeable surprise. Zelia, Diana's favourite nymph, wins the prize, which is a rose. After this, Diana, on the point of leaving her temple for the forests, commits the guardianship of the fane to Zelia. Diana gone—Zelia amuses herself in collecting flowers to make a crown, which she deposits at the feet of the goddess's statue. This she does whilst she dances, and here occurs the pas de la cou ronne. At this moment Amyntas, a, shepherd, in love with Zelia, arrives endeavours to steal the crown, and convey it to! the statue of Love, which has ap peared on the opposite side of the stage. This struggle produces another graceful step. Zelia resists all Amyntas's declarations, and flies away to avoid him. He, in despair, attempts to kill himself, but Love arrives, consoles him, and promises him success. The second tableau represents a moonlight scene—a circular temple of Diana, with the sacred fire burning on an altar in the centre ; while the statue of Minerva and other allegorical figures are seen grouped in di vers attitudes at the sides ; Diana and her nymphs appear, and the goddess confides the maintenance of the vestal fire burning on the altar to Zelia. As soon as the severe goddess has disappeared, Love.shows himself. By his touch he ani mates the marble effigies, who bend towards 'Lelia, and by their gestures first, and next by their menaces, invite her to join in the adoration of Cupid. At the moment that Zelia, by dint of persuasion, consents, Diana returns, and her truant votary runs away. The third tableau represents a forest where Zelia has fallen asleep from the fatigue of her flight. In her uneasy dreams she remembers her disobedience to Diana. Whilst she slumbers, a fawn appears, and steal a rose which she holds in her hand, and which Diana gave her as talisman, and the reward of her dexterity. She awakes, tries to regain her flower, and here takes place the pas de la rose, the struggle itself being intended to typify the contest between wisdom and passion. The rose is lost=—Love L'Amoue foretells the arrival of Diana, and Zelia is car 7 ried away on the gossamer wings of little Cupids to the realms of love. The fourth tableau represents a spot con secrated to Venus, whose statue occupies the most prominent spot. The centre of the gay and embroidered scene repre sents a sheet of water, filled by rushing cascades. Zelia; wafted here, is tempted by the coolness of the stream, and bathes. Whilst bathing, a butterfly, careering in the air, attracts her notice—she rushes out of the bath—pursues it in a pas, called the "Pas de Papillon"—at last she catches .the butterfly, which she presses to her heart. It makes her heart heat violently—she throws it off, but it is too late—she has caught the contagion of love ; for the butterfly was the arch-god disguised. Cupid comes to enjoy his triumph, bringing with him Amyntas, who now experiences but little resistance to his suit. The triumph of love is celebrated by the most fascinating dances, too numerous and varied to be described in our allotted space. It is impossible to convey any idea of the beauty of the coup dial', particularly in the scene of the Temple, where the statues are animated by Love, and in that of Venus's Bowers, where Zelia bathes in the stream. As to the ruling idea of the ballet, it is intended, from beginning. to end, only as an illustration of the well known lines of Voltaire, inscribed under a statue of Cupid— " Qui, que to soi, roici ton maitre, Il est, le fut, ou le doit etre." A discussion took place last night on Mr—Duncombe's mo tion fora Committee of Inquiry respecting the statues which empower a Minister of State to open letters passing through the General Post-office. The interest which the House took COURT CIRCULAR. in the matter is not confined to the walls of Parliament ; it is looked lipori as one of personal application, as well as of public importance—as involving considerations of, private • comfort and security, not less than of national character and constitutional privileges ; and those who took part in the dis cussion of kW, night seemed to be fully aware of the atten tion with which it is likely to be regarded by the constituent bodies of the kingdom. For our own parts, we have already expressed our opinion with tolerable candour upon the • con duct which has provoked complaints and petitions. That opinion remains unaltered. We believe that State necessity alone waryants the occasional exercise of a power which habitual toleration would make arbitrary, vexatious, and op pressive: The privilege of opening private letters—in other words, of violating confidence—is one which it would require some eloquence, and more sophistry, to reconcile to English notions and English habits. It is, perhaps, the most odious privilege with which a British Minister could be entrusted. It offends the pride of individuals ; it does more, it rouses a jealousy for the libeity of the subject. It is one which should be used very seldom ; and then only with extreme caution and the most tender moderation. But still, even under a consti tutional Government, and among a people keenly alive to the slightest infringement of their civil rights, it is not un wisely reserved as a defensive instrument against the machinations of intrigue and the plots of sedition. In every state Owe are times when danger may be apprehended from sudden tumults arid secret conspiracies ; and often where alarm is not felt for outbreaks at home there.may be reason to suspect the residence of foreign conspirators and designing exiles--men who make the land of their adoption the point from which they may best assail the land of their birth and their former crimes. In the first of these cases domestic policy; iii the second the unwritten compact of international obligations, necessitates the adoption of measures which nothing but: emergency could 'justify. - In both of them, however, the vigour which is beyond the constitution may be the best upholder of the constitution. It is far better that one or two dozen letters should be opened than that the nation should be shocked and its character sullied by seine madbrained tumult or some monstrous outrage on the per Sons of distinguished foreigners visiting in the character, and entitled to the immunities of guests. So far, then, we differ from those who de claim against• the existence of such .a power. But we agree with them when, as in this instance, they say that not only might, it to be exercised with discretion, but also that the cause of its exercise ought to be fully explained and justified. The constitution of this realm wisely challenges examination and discussion for every other act of Ministerial authority. Why should the most unusual and the most ob noxious he permitted to pass unscrutinized and unexplained? Yet this is the striking feature in the present case. Mr. Mazzini's letters—no fewer than seventy—have been de tained and examined at the Post-office before they reached his hands. Of Mr. Mazzini we know nothing. Mr. Carlyle informs us that he has " a martyr-soul," and a great many other properties, perhaps more indicative of an heroic person age than a quiet citizen. He may be a restless, enthusiastic, and, in the minds of certain Ministers, a dangerous man. But this is no reason why he should be treated worse than the inmate of a felon's dungeon. His political vagaries and his political zeal cannot palliate conduct at which Peachum would have blushed, and Lockit have cried "Shame!" If he was suspected of carrying on a treasonable or seditious correspondence with foreigners in this country, or foreigners abroad, it might surely have been left for Lord Lowther or Lord Aberdeen to intimate to him that his movements were watched, and his letters would be examined. This mode of proceeding would have been strong and severe ; but it would also have been honest, manly, open; and, on explanation, might have teen justified by the emergency of the case. But, instead of such a proceeding, in steps Sir James Gra ham and takes the whole management of the matter into his hands; simply. we suppose, because it required to be treated with the greatest delitacy, the most consummate moderation, and by one who enjoyed fully the confidence of all men and all parties. Sir J. Graham—with the " great Mott case" staring him in the face—Sir J. Graham, who was taunted with having opened the letters of several Mem bers of the House—Sir J. Graham, who, whatever he had to do, was sure to dolt in the most offensive and arbitray way —why, if there had been the strongest a priori reasons in the world fur opening Mr. Mazzini's letters, they would all have been neutralized by the official interference of the Home Secretary. Had Lord Aberdeen, on the remonstrance of some friendly power, felt it his duty to examine a sus pected correspondence, some people might have murmured at the arbitrariness of the act; none would have censured the motives of the agent. Lord Aberdeen's public character is known ; it is, therefore, respected, and his actions would be construed fairly and favourably. Sir J. Graham's public character is equally well known, but we cannot append the same inference of opinion to any action in which he is mixed up. But the best commentary on the conduct of Sir J. Graham is supplied by the division of last night. 162 Mem bers voted fur the Committee of Inquiry, 206 against it; thus giving the Home Secretary a majority of only 44 on a question which really went to determine his fitness for con tinuing to .hold the seals of his department one day longer. We wish him joy of his majority ; and we trust that Minis ters will learn from this division how dangerous a thing it is to intrust extraordinary powers to a colleague whose acts and whose character, instead of inspiring confidence in the goodnes4 of Lis intentions, never fail to excite suspicion, Jealousy, and alaim.—Times. . . The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the Royal Gardens. Her .Majesty and his Royal Highness took an airing in a carriage in the after noon attended by the Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot, and M a j or -G enera l Si r EdWard Bowater. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, went yesterday morning to the Old Chapel in the Savoy, near the Strand. After inspecting the sacred edifice, the Prince took his departure and re turned to Buckingham Palace at two o'clock. Their Royal highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken an airing in the.. Parks yesterday in an open carriage and, Four. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yes terday evening, included the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham the Earl of Ripon, Lord B roug h am , L or d an d L a d y Colville, and Mr. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend ance at the Palace during dinner. • His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron linesebeck, honoured the Marquis of Lon derry with his company yesterday evening, at Holder nesse House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Marchioness of Londonderry with her company in the evening, at the grand ball given by her Ladyship. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign. office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharnliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Mr. Gladstone, Sir . Edward Knatchbull, and Lord Granville Somerset. 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THE LATE DI'VISIOI4: 7 7- TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNINCI CHRONICLE. Sir,--The votes of certain free-traders who supported the Government on Monday night last agairat . Mr. Miles's amendment have been the subj ec t o f severe annUadvession in the columns of your per. There has. been much misre presentation, and, I t'st, unintentional sophistry in t hose comments. The conduct of public men is fair matter for comment or controversy ; but political polemics need ,not altogether eschew the maxims of political morality. " A Thorough Free-Trader" in _your paper of Saturday, undertakes in a letter a dd resse d to Mr. Cobders;i6S, vindicate his principles," from the charge_of. . ". impracticability," which that gentleman, he says, has for a moment stamped upon them by his vote on the sugar duties. To vindicate a prin • ciple from the charge of " impracticability,' would seem to require some relation between the arguments used, and the particular mode in which that principle was sought to be ap plied. But throughout the lengthy letter of this "Thorough Free Trader," there is not a single attempt made to 'connect the purpose of the letter with the principle of free trade. It is, from beginning to end, a tissue of special plead ings, irrelevant pietexts, and a most uncandid substitution of technical forms for practical realities. The fair, and only question which this " Thorough Free Trader" had to consider, in reference to that debate, was simply whether or not Mr. Miles's amendment proposed to give more or less protection to the West India planters than the measure of the Govern ment. That was the question. There was no other before the House. Not a speech was made on either side, during the Friday or Monday nights' debate, which did not altogether proceed upon this assumption. There was no shifting of the question at issue upon a mere technical form. It was a direct and acknowledged division, on both occasions, for or against Mr. Miles's a mendme n t. It w ill no t d o to plead the letter of_a mere form against the spirit of a direct purpose. To place the issue on any other grounds than the eniness and avowed conviction of every man who took a part • in the dis cussion, is an uncandid paltering with the common sense of the community, and an attempt to salve sensitive con sciences into a quibbling acquiescence with suspected fraud. The -"character of impracticability," which your corres pondent says Mr. Cobden has stamped on the principles of free trade, requires a little more explanation at the hands of a " Thorough. Free-Trader" to make his meaning clear. It is one of those phrases which men sometimes use to reconcile party purposes with the practical repudiation of recognised principles. Had Mr. Cobden thought more of displacing a Government than advancing a great principle--had the free traders thought less of free trade, and more of the chances that political anarchy might/'have thrown up for political speculators—they would not have been charged with stamp ing the principles of free trade with " impracticability," but would have been hailed as the patriots of party, purchasing political' reputation by repudiating past professions and avowed principles. A " Thorough Free-Trader"says the vote on Friday;night was simply as to whether the old sugar duties should or should not be continued till July the sth. That the technical forms of the House necessitate such a proposition as preparatory to the introduction of certain modifications of an, old law, to be afterwards introduced, is undeniable but can any man, without a gross preference for subterfuge over plain dealing, maintain that in that proposition was not con tained, or held to be contained by the whole House, the sanction or rejection of the general scale of duties proposed by the Go vernment, in contradistinction to the sanction or rejection of the duties specifically stated in Mr. Miles's amendment ? W Was there any doubt in the public mind, or real difference of opinion in the House, as to the consequences involved in the division ? Did the almost fanatical cheers that followed the announcement of the majority against the Government, OH Friday night, proclaim or not that the amendment of Mr. Miles had been virtually carried ? Look to the newspapers of the next day. What was the announcement made by every one of them, without exception, to the public? Why, that Mr. Miles's amendment had been carriedrtgainst the Government. In face of these facts it is an idle attempt to defend policy against principle, when the mere forms of the House—in contradistinction to the known consequences which they involved—are raked up for the purpose of complicating and mystifying to the simple apprehensions of the public rt plain question of more or less protection to the West India monopolists. A "Thorough Free-Trader" goes into some lengthy animadversions on the conduct of Mr. Cobden, for not voting on Monday night for the 20s. duty on colonial produce propssed by Mr. Miles, and then reserving to himself the right of moving the rejection or modification of the 345. duty on foreign sugar at some future stage of the proceedings.- That, he says, was the proposition then really before the House. Does this " Thorough Free-Trader" honestly believe this ? Can he believe it ? Had not a distinct vote been previously taken on the question of differential duties ? Had not Mr. Ewart, supported by Mr. Cobden and the free-traders, proposed an equalization of duty on all sugars, foreign and colonial, and had not that proposition been negatived by a large ma jority? The only question the free-traders conk/ have originated had been disposed of; an equalization of the duties had been been rejected; and as no free-trader could consist ently originate any motion recognizing the principle of differential duties, their business, and their sole business, was to make the nearest possible approximation to their own prin ciples, by supporting the measure that gave less protection to the colonies, in opposition to that which practically proposed to give them a great deal more. The " Thorough Free- Trader" agrees with Mr. Cobden " in preferring the measure of Sir Robert Peel to that of Mr Miles; but then he asserts, "that neither of those series of modifications was under discus sion." What was under discussion ? Why, he says, the 20e. duty on colonial sugar proposed by Mr. Miles; and he professes honestly to believe, that no other con sequences were involved in that vote than the simple diminution of the duty on West India sugar from 245. to 20s. the cwt. Now, is this afair or candid statement ? It was open, he says, to Mr. Cobden to have moved any amendment he pleased when the 345. differential duty came under discussion. That such a course was open to Mr. Cob den, or any other free-trader, is unquestionable; but what was the real poktion of affairs in the House at that time? Mr. Ewart had already movedfor an equalisatioh of the duties on all sugars. That motion had been rejected by a large majority. Who composed that majority ? The monopolists of every section, whether Whig or Tory. What peculiar grounds, then, for confidence, had the free-trade party, under such circumstances, in the representatives of the late Go vernment? They had previously voted with the monopolists to reject Mr. Ewart's motion, and they were at that very mo ment in strict alliance with the most bigoted and extreme section of the protectionists, to uphold a measure which "the Thorough Free-Trader" himself admits was worse than that of the Government.. What would have been the position of the free-traders, had they voted with the Whigs? One of two consequences must have ensued. Either the Govern ment would have surrendered their measure, or they would have retired As= office. In either case, the present prohi bitory duty on foreign sugar would have remained precisely , as it is, without modification or amendment. Had Sir Ro bert Peel resigned, does any man believe that any possible combination of parties could have re-constructed a Governs ment on a more liberal basis, either economically or politically, than that which had been overthrown? Would 'the Whig party have attempted to form a Government? If they had, what would have been the fate or policy of such an administra tion ? Would a dissolution of Parliament, at the present moment, have given them any additional strength? Possibly same accession to the numbers of the "thorough free traders" might have resulted from such an experiment; but • the Whigs, as a party, would probably have found them selves as powerless as before. Under such circumstances. what hope could the free-traders have entertained of comas, tently advancing their principles by any wild and. objectless renunciation of the practical advantages that were before them ? There was little in that debate to inspire confidence in the party leaders on either side. Nothing to Austify the free-traders in promoting a transference of official power , by voting against their own principles. Throughout that debate the sole object of the so-called leaders of the Liberal party had appeared to be, to bid for monoporistsup. port—by proclaiming themselves better monopolists thee their opponents. Both Mr. Labouchere and the late Chan cellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Baring) distinctly avowed that their policy, when in power, had been to give more protection to the West India planters than that proposed by the I'eel Ministry. It was the to quoque argument altogether-- " Codlin s the friend—not Short.' What have you gained. asked Mr. Baring on Friday night, pointing to the discon solate planters and Cornservatives behind the Ministry— what have you gained by rejecting us and accepting Peel? We promised you 12s. difiereutial duty—.and a final measure. Your pet Minister gives you 10s, and transition ?" That cry was the main bearing of the debate. There was no great principle at issue between any of the real combatants in the strife. It is a hollow and unveiled sophism to assume that any other consequences were involved in the issue than the retention of a little more or less protection to the mono polists. The hot rancour of party has been stirred by the failure of close chances in what, at the best, can be regarded only as an aimless struggle for a fruitless and ,momentary triumph. But calm and reasoning men will look only to the plain and palpable merits of both sides of the teal ques. tion—and I, for one rejoice that the principles of free trade have suffered no contamination in this contest, by any com promise of honest conviction with the self-seeking plausibills ties of political expediency. One word more as to the political consequences Said to be involved in this division. Your correspondent terminates his letter to Mr. Cobden by asserting "that the free-tiaders hare saved from annihilation a Government which tramples . freedom under its feet in Ireland. eland. The instant," he says, a rumour reached Ireland of its destruction, there was almost a uni versal jubilee. O'Connell released, the wishes of the Irish considered, justice obtained for Ireland, the termination of the Orange rule and of packed juries, instantly rose as visions fell of hope to the Irish." Surely the " Thorough:Free-Trader " himself must have been dreaming when he penned the above passage, for a mere visionary disregard of plain and sober fact was never exhibited in waking hours. Let him turn from the division on Friday night to the state of parties upon Irish questions, only forty-eight hours before, as evi denced on the Wednesday night previous, on Mr. Ward's motion for a Committee to inquire into the state of the Irish Church, and he will find a clear majority of 95 in favour of the Government. And this has been about the working mes jority of Ministers on all questions of Irish policy during the present Parliament. What there was in the heterogenomm combination of extreme protedlaasis and Liberals on Fri day or Monday night to reverse this majority*, the vision of your correspondent does not seem to have disclosed. Such monstrous and most unfair attempts, however, to create in the sensitive minds of the Irish people an impression that the free-traders have been instrumental in retarding the recogni tion of their claims to justice must fail from its utter and transparent absurdity.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully, J une 22, 1844. A. W. PAULTON. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sit,—From comments which have appeared in several of Cie public papers, an impression has been created that I pur pbsely abstained from voting on the last division on ?dr. hliles's amendm en t. l am anx i ous t o ex pl a in the re ason o f my absence from that division. Not expecting any such important division coming on, I had made arrangements which required my absence from town, and was, therefore, unable on the second division to vote against the proposition of the Member for Bristol. I may, say, however, that I fUlly coincide in the vie* of the question taken by those free trade Members who supported the Government, and regret exceedingly that I was not able to join them in their protest against giving more pro tection to the sugar growers of the colonies. May I a sk the favour of the insertion of this in the columns of your journal ?—I am, respectfully, JOHN BRIGHT. 25, Jermyn-street, 6th Mo. 24, 1844. THE BENCH AND THE BAR IN IRELAND...-In Ire. land the bar is deplorably servile towards the bench ; for judges in that country are not subject, as in England, to the wholesome restraint of public opinion ; and they of tentimes put down a barrister in a fashion that would not be tolerated in Westminster Hall. Nothing can be more dangerous to a professional man in Ireland than to get into a contest with a judicial personage and a large practice has often been put in jeopardy by what actor• neys would call the " headstrong independence" of its owner.—hrood's Magazine for June. The Mermaid steam-ship, Joseph Hearn,' cow. wander, arrived yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, Ikon St. Petersburgh, having left the Thames at Lima on the 4th inst. This is the quickest voyage yet mad e w i t h carso be tween London and the Busman capital. Admission, 18.; Schools, Half-price. 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ALLEGED POISONING AT STEP- NEY. - - Yesterday the inquisition touching the death of Mrs. Rachel Belaney, whose husband, Mr. James Cockburn Belaney, is at present in custody, charged on suspicion of having caused her death, by administering to her a quantity of prussic acid on Saturday, the Bth instant, was resumed before Mr. Baker, at the Fountain Tavern, Stracey-street, Stepney. With the facts of the case so recently and fully before the public, it is only necessary to say, that Mr. Belaney and his wife arrived in town on Tuesday, the 4th instant, and took lodgings at Green-street, Stepney. Their only acquaintance being a Captain Clark, a retired master mariner, his daughter (Mrs. M'Eachern), and Mr. Hobson, a bookseller in the Commercial-road. According to the evidence of these parties, as well as of a Mrs. Heppingstall, in whose house they lodged, the prisoner and his wife, who, it appears, was a very handsome woman, lived on the fondest terms. On Saturday, the Bth instant, the prisoner called Mrs. Hep pingstall to his wife's assistance, and in about ten minutes afterwards she died in that person's arms; the prisoner at the same time observing that her mother died of a somewhat similar attack nine months previously. A post mortem exa mination was subsequently held upon the body, and after that the prisoner admitted to Captain Clark, Sir. Hobson, and afterwards to a surgeon named Garrett, that he was in the habit of taking prussic acid to correct his stomach, and owing to an accident he left some exposed in a tumbler in his wife's bedroom, into which he presumed she poured some water and drank it off in a mistake, having previously taken some salts. The prisoner explained Isis not making this statement before, by saying that he was ashamed to admit such neglect respecting so deadly a poison en the part of a medical man. The first witness examined yesterday was Mr. Thomas Donoghue, the surgeon from whom the prisoner had pur chased the prussic acid, as well as some acetate of morphine, a most deadly poison, together with salts, senna, and carbo nate of soda. In his evidence before the magistrate at the Thames Police-court, on Thursday, the witness stated that, on the Monday after the death of the deceased lady, Mr. Belaney and Captain Clark called upon him, about half-past eight in the morning, when the prisoner said he had had a mis fortune with the acid, as the neck of the bottle had come off, and he wished witness to attend the inquest. Being more closely examined upon this point yesterday, the witness en tered more fully into detail, and stated that Belaney, in the presence of Captain Clark, told him that the phial being tightly . stopped, in trying to open it, he broke off the neck, and being desirous of saving the acid, he put the contents into a tumbler in Mrs. Belaney's room. Having left the room for a while he heard a scream, and coming hack he found that his wife, who had taken some medicine, had, as he presumed, by mistake poured water into the glass which contained the prussic acid, and drunk off the contents. He, at the same time, requested witness to attend the inquest which was to be held that day. This evidence excited considerable surprise in the inquest room. It will be recollected that Captain Clark deposed that the prisoner never mentioned anything to him about the prussic acid until the evening of Monday, and yet Mr. Do noghue was quite as positive that the whole facts were de tailed by Mr. Belaney, in Captain Clark's hearing, as early as half-past eight o'clock on Monday morning. The CORONER; who seemed to think that there must be some great mistake as to dates, questioned Mr. Donoghue closely as to whether that conversation did not take place on the Tuesday morning subsequently to the death, but the witness persisted in saying that it was on the Monday, and he was confirmed in his memory of the date by the fact of his having been summoned to attend on that day at the Cen tral Criminal Court in a stabbing case. Mr. Donoghue's servant-boy was then sent for. He re membered Captain Clark and another person calling at his master's house; but could not possibly tell on what day of the week it happened. Captain Clark was then again called, and asserted mos , positively that it was on the T uesday morning that Mr. Be laney made the statement to Mr. Donoghue. Mr. BAKER said that was a fact whick it would be very important to have ascertained correctly. Mr. Donoghue said, that on hearing the statement he thought it odd Mr. Belaney had not called on him on Sunday. Captain Clark said he thought Doctor Garrett could throw a light on the doubt, and that gentleman being called, said he understood the interview had taken place upon the Tuesday. Mrs. Army Stobbs, a widow lady, and aunt of Mrs.Belaney, was then called. She trembled a good deal, and appeared greatly affected when first sworn. She said she resided at North Sunderland, in Durham, and rented a farm from her late sister, Mrs. Rachel Skelly, mother of the deceased, at 1001. a year. She went twice to see her sister before her death. Her sister was then living at the prisoner's house ; but she did not see him there on those occasions. On the Saturday she saw Mr. Belaney, who told her Mrs. Skelly was asleep, having had a little laudanum, and expressed a hope that she would be better when she awoke. Witness under stood Mrs. Skelly died that day ; but her niece did not ask her in. Mrs. Skelly generally enjoyed good health, and was not subject to fits. Mr. Clarkson here interposed, and asked whether it was intended to try a double inquest. He had no olljection to the production of every possible evidence; but, if the case went to another place, good reason would be shown why the wit ness should not have been with h'er sister. The CORONER said he had no bias whatever in the case, his only object being to do justice and elicit the truth. Mrs. Stobbs then proceeded to state, that she understood the property which she rented from her sister passed on that lady's death to Mrs. Belaney, and from her to her husband. Witness received notice to quit from Mr. Belaney, whose wife, on Mrs. Skelly's death, she. looked upon as her land lady. Witness told Mr. Belaney she did, not expect a notice to quit ; but he replied it was Mrs. Skelly's express wish. Witness, however, had reason to think otherwise. She did not know on what terms the prisoner and his wife lived, as she bad not seen them above twice together. Mrs. Skelly had five houses, and had no child but Rachel. Witness, before Rachel's marriage, placed some money to her account in the Newcastle Bank. The prisoner, besides the work on Falconry, wrote a little poem called the " Steeple Chase." *Mr. Clarkson here again interfered, and requested, this evidence was considered material, that it should be taken down ; if not, he could not conceive why it should be gone into. Mr. BAKER said, that he perhaps had a clearer view of the Gasp than the Learned Gentleman, having been furnished with more materials than the Learned Gentleman, who, it might be, had not seen this book, handed Mr. Clarkson—Oh yes, I have. I have neglected nothing necessary to my client's case. The "Steeple Chase," a small phamphlet in rhyme , was then abort among the jurors. Our reporter had no op portunity o f seeing t ; but be understood it to be a local pasquinade,i abo un di ng i n p erson al invective. It was pub liBb3itBe,din and Mr. Baker B cl a e k vei er . w sa o i r d k he o w n Fasaigleoadntryo, published spirit d exhibited In 1841._ _ Mrs. Stobbs i beinf cross• examined by Mr, Clarkson, said, A VICTORIA THEATRE. - _ An excellent rnelodrame ' teaching a most important moral lesson, was produced at this theatre last evening. with most triumphant success. It is entitled the Tempe. ranee Pledge, and we doubt not but that the members of the Temperance Societies alone will fill the theatre every evening for the next month. The drama repre sents the career of two individuals, one, Richard Farrell (Mr. held), at the commencement of the piece, a miserable, squalid drunkard ; and the other, . George O'Meara (Mr. James Vining), a young man of fortune, who is fond of his bottle. Farrell has reduced his family to starvation ; his son Henry (Miss Arden), a young boy, in order to procure food for his mother and her family, commits a petty theft, and is apprehended ; his father, horror-struck at the crime to which he has driven his child by his drunk enness, takes the temperance pledge, keeps it, and by his industry acquires an independence, restores his boy to society, and redeems himself and his family from the misery and degradation into which he had plunged them. O'Meara, on the contrary, becomes a confirmed sot—neglects his wife, who elopes with one of his boon companions ; and after en during every variety of wretchedness, ends his miser able career by murdering his wife and her paramour, and then poisoning himself. There is a comic under plot, supported by Gardner as a publican ; Paul, as a drunken tailor •, and Seaman, as an Irish servant, which, by its fun and humour, affords a seasonable relief to the more tragic portions of the drama. James Vining's deli neation of the character of O'Meara was very fine, and the other actors exerted themselves to the utmost. The scenery is excellent, and the manner in which the drama has been put upon the stage reflects the highest credit on the management. At the fall of the curtain,Miss Vincent spoke an appropriate and well-written epilogue, which, we believe, is from the pen of the manager. The lively operetta of Our Lady of the Willow followed; .after which IlAinet Boy, a.Creole posture-master, exhi bited soma gf the most astonishing specimens of flexi bility of limblve have ever seen. It is no exaggeration to say that he can " tie himself up in a knot." The house was very well attended. LARGE VIPER.—The other day a large viper was killed in the Bishop Woods, the property of R. L. Watson, Esq., of Calgarth, by Jonathan Stalker, woodcutter, which measured full three feet in length, and neaely five inches in circumference. On making .an incision in the belly twelve young vipers made their appearance . Its colours were vari ous and beautifully mottled. These animals breed in the month of May, and are supposed to be about three months before they bring forth. They have seldom more than eleven eggs at a time. They usually bring forth in the month of August.-IVestniorelund Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—ITOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND . PlLl.S.—Debtors' Prison Infirmary, IV hitecross• street, _ London.—Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula by the USQ of one large pot of Ointment and a Box of Pills.—Captain Jarvis, an inmate of the above prison, had for two years past several dreadful scrofulems ulcers on his legs and other parts of his body, which resisted every ether kind of treatment. His case was so elet.perate as to con fine him for several months to the infirmary, until he was miraculously cured by the use of these medicines.— Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all re spectable Vendors of Medicine throughout the civilised world. MYSTERIOUS FIDDLER.—This ingenious son of Orpheus, who has for some time been fiddling in the Fife .villages, under pretence of winning a wager of 5,000/. to be given to the Anti-Corn-law League, has fallen into the hands' of justice and the police. On Wednesday last he was apprehended in the act of pur suing his patriotic labour in the streets of Leven, and straightway carried as a vagabond before her Majesty's justices at Kirkcaldy. On being questioned, he gave his name as John Wotherspoon, from Perth, a pensioner of the RoTal Artillery, and felt it his duty to disown all connexion with the League. The justices dismissed him with a severe reprimand, and gave directions to the police to see him out of the county.—Fjje Herald. The contemplated alliance between Lord Charles Wellesley, M.P., Clerk Marshal of theHouseliold, and dies Pierreponti only child and heiress of the Right Bon. 11. M. Pierrepont. and niece to the Marqnia of Exeter, and Earl Manvers, is fixed to take place next Thursday se'nnight. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the - Governors of the West India 'Colonies. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: TATTERSAL'S—YESTERDAY. The room was respectably, although not very numerously attended. Several of the professionals having taking wing for the north. The spirit of speculation was not, however very rife, and, with the exception of the following investments we did not remark anything of influential importance. It was stated that a judge's order had been obtained for the examination of Running Rein's mouth, with a view to de termine his age, as far as the judgment of veterinary sur geons could establish that important point ; but whether the order will be complied with remains to be seen. Both par ties, to judge from appearances, were alike confident; but Orlando had clearly gained additional confidence, although his friends were not disposed to back their opinions by in creasing the odds. THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Parthian—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poussin—taken 5 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bay Momus—take 6 to 1 7 to 1 agst Johnstone'e The Ara—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Pompey—taken GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Lucy Banks—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Elegance filly 20 to I agst Sir S. Spry's Subduer—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Gunter—taken 22 to 1 agst Colonel Peers Canton 25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise 25 to 1 agst Mr. Brooks' Ajax—take 30 to 1 GOODWOOD CUP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire—taken. THE LATE DERBY. 400 to 200, 200 to 100, and 100 to 50 on Orlando. 25 to I was laid to 100/. agst Running Rein, for Derby and St. Leger. THE CONVICT DALMAS.-Yesterday afternoon a most distressing interview took place between the prisoner Dahlias and his two eldest daughters, in the condemned cell at Horsemonger-lane gaol, in the presence of the Governor of the prison, Mr. Kene, the chaplain, Mr. Gilham, the solicitor for the prisoner, and two of the turnkeys. The interview lasted nearly two hours. It has been officially communicated to Dalmas that the High Sheriff has fixed Monday next as the day on which the extreme sentence of the law will be carried into effect, should the convict not be reprieved. Of this there is scarcely the slightest hope, an ineffectual appli cation having already been made to the Secretary of State far a mitigation of the sentence. That application was re ferred to the Learned Judge (Baron Gurney) who presided at the trial, but who, it is stated, replied that there was no ground on which he could, consistently with his duty, recom mend the prisoner to the clemency of the Crown. Dalmas since his condemnation, has been constantly attended by the chaplain of the gaol, who 'has been unremitting in his atten tion. Dalmas is a professed Deist, and the Rev. Gentleman has been most anxious to convince the convict of his erro neous views. He has hitherto made no confession of his guilt, but, on the contrary, stoutly maintains his innocence, and says that he was fully confident of an acquittal up to the very moment when the jury returned into Court with a verdict of guilty. He built his hopes upon the rejection of the dying declaration of the unfortunate woman Sarah M'Farlane, and says that the rest of the evidence was of a purely circum stantial nature, which affected him in a very slight degree. Mr. Barnett, the banker, has greatly interested himself to procure a mitigation of the sentence, but hitherto all the efforts of this humane gentleman have been unavailing ; and, as we have before said, we believe. there is not the slightest prospect of a reprieve. It may not be generally known that Dalmas is considered one of the ablest chymista in England, and has made a number of highly interesting chymical discoveries. At this moment he is in the posses sion of some valuable secret relative to the different pro perties of sulphuric acid, for which, an eminent house in the City is in treaty with the prisoners's solicitor. The sum asked is 5,000/., which would be appropriated for the benefit of his daughter's. We have good grounds for stating, that a very handsome sum has been offered, but the exact amount has not transpired. Having been known to say that he would never die on a scaffold, he has been most narrowly watched, and two turnkeys are constantly with him both night and day, and the greatest precautions are taken that nothing of an improper nature shall be conveyed to him, INCLEDON.—This admirable singer, who retired from the stage in 1815, could never restrain the anxiety he felt when the turn for his benefit at Covent-Garden came round. Every morning for more than a week previous he would go to the box-book-keeper's office, to see how many places were taken ; and a week before his last benefit, observ ing the names to be few besides those of his own private friends, he said to Brandon, " D—n it, Jem, if the nobility don't come forward as usual, I shall cut but a poor figure this time." " Don't be afraid," said Brandon, " I dare say we shall do a great deal for you to alay."—" Well!" replied In cledon, " I hope you will ; and as I go home to dinner I will look in again." Incledon, who was not very familiar with Debrett's Peerage, returning at four o'clock in the afternoon, hastened to the book, and read aloud the following fictitious names, which Brandon, as a joke, had put down during his absence :—" The Marquis of Piccadilly,"—" The Duke of Windsor."—" Ah !" said he, " that must be ono of the Royal Family !"—" Lord Highgate,"—and " The Bishop of Graves end 1"—" Well !" said he to Brandon, quite delighted, " if we get on as well to morrow as we have done to-day, I shall have a numberof distinguished titles present !"—The Maestro. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO DROWN A LAD.—Yester day, at the Feltham Petty Sessions, held at, the Red Lion, in the village of Feltham, near Hounslow, a man named Fair man Marshall, a farming labourer, living at Stanwell, was charged, before Mr. C. Devon (Chairman), Captain Carpen ter, and Messrs. J. Roe and A. Wood, the sitting magistrates, with having on the previous evening attempted to drown a lad named James Hanley, 16 years of age, in a river belong ing to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Stanwell. It appeared from the evidence that, on the previous day (Sunday), a number of persons (about twenty), including the prisoner, hired a boat, called a " mud boat," drawn by a horse, to go an excursion down the stream in question as far as Longford. The injured lad had the care of the horse, and towed the boat under the bridges, &e., and on their return in the evening, about eight o'clock, he got into the boat. The prisoner ordered him out several times, but the lad paid no attenton to him, upon which the prisoner put his arms round his waist and threw him into the stream, and, not satisfied with that, he pushed the lad to the bottom of the water, which was near six feet deep. The prisoner took no tlirther care of the lad, who was, however, got out by some persons OR shore, at which time his nose was bleeding. After the lad's clothes were wrung, he again followed the boat, and got on board of it at Pennyoak-bridge, where he became insen sible, and was conveyed in that state to his father's house, where he was attended by Mr. Curtis, a surgeon. He, how ever, continued insensible until yesterday morning, and a certi ficate from Mr. Curtis was produced before the bench to prove that the injured youth was quite unable to attend the exami nation. Police-sergeant Regailsford, T 26, stated that, upon apprehending the prisoner, about two o'clock that morning, he did not deny the charge, but said they might drown him for what he eared. The prisoner was remanded until Mon day next, in order that the state of the lad may be ascertained. DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY.—We are much gratified, and we feel assured our readers will be pleased to know that the above Society, which was established under the presidency of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, at the Man sion-house last January, has.received an important addition to its patronesses in the accession of the Marchioness of Clan ricarde, "the Countess of Gainsborough, Viscountess Sydney, Viscountess Canning, the Lady Francis Egerton, the Lady Ashley, the Viscountess Jocelyn, and the Right. Hon. the Lady Aylmer, who have hono u red the institution by their support, through the philanthropic eAertiens of the Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., patron, HAYMAKING IN T 1 VICINITY OF WINDS OR .— The late excessive drought, which continued for upwards of eleven weeks, has caused the most earlon s i n : jury to the bay crops throughout the county of Berks. Mr. Cantrell, an extensive farmer at Old Windsor, mowed eight acres of gr ass lan d on Monday last, and th e w h o l e pro d uce wasfarr ied off the ground at once in a cart, which was not above three-parts loaded, The same quantity of land upon Mr. Cantrell's .firm last year yielded upwards of sixteen loads of hay. The land upon the fam of M r . S trou d, at Ch ewer , wilry a i s e s ld this y?s.r, upon the average, not more than from two to three trusses of hay per acre and this, it is much feared, will be the general average throughout a great portion of the county. of Berks. The farmer s . are na turally looking forward to a good second crop, should the weather prove favourable ; but upon many lands the long-continued drought and sultry days have so completely irkjurod the roots and destroyed vegeta tion, that a very trifling improvement in the late crops is expected to be the result. Hay, within the last two months, has risen in price from 65 to 75 per cent. SOMNAMBULISM. A young gentleman, known as Alexis the Somnambulist, has just arrived from Paris under the care of M. Marcellet, and was exhibited yesterday, for the first time (we believe) in London, at the residence of Dr. Elliotson. Alexis has for some period excited much interest in Paris by the wonderful powers of clairvoyance which he manifests whilst in a state of magnetic sleep. Through the kindness of Dr. Elliotson a large , number of ladies, and scientific and distinguished per sons, had an opportunity yesterday of witnessing M. Marcel let's experiments. It is but just to. Dr. Elliotson to observe, that previously to the commencement of the experiment he stated that he did not hold himself at all responsible for what M. Marcellet had advanced. Knowing M. Marcellet to be a gentleman of undoubted respectability, Dr. Elliotson permitted him to hold hiS first levee in Conduit-street, taking no part what ever in the proceedings. Without admitting that we have be come believers in the possibility of producing such a condition as that known by the name of clairvoyance, we must, neverthe less honestly confess that we have been much staggered by what we saw after M. Marcellet had thrown his patient into the magnetic state, and exhibited the tetanicspasm or rigidity of the muscles of the arms and legs which usually accom panies this condition of the nervous system. Preparatory to the phenomena of clairvoyance being shown, the patient's eyes were bandaged. We pledge ourselves that we did this effectually. To see, in the ordinary sense of the word, a ray of light was physically impossible. Two large pieces of wool were placed over each eye, and above this were bound with great care two linen handkerchiefs folded several times. Thus blindfolded, he was placed at a table, and commenced play ing ecarte with a strange gentleman in the room. It was, indeed, wonderful to see with what accuracy he played, not only knowing every suit he had in his own hands, but, by a specieS of divination, being able to detect the condition of his opponerit's hand. Several persons played with him, and among *others; Dr. Jerden, who, however, was fortunate enough to beat the Somnambulist. To exhibit the man's extraordinary powers, a large book of plates, nearly two inches in thickness, was placed between Alexis and his opponent, and,, notwithstanding this physical impediment, the Somnambulist was able to tell the person with whom he was playing, the cards he held in. his hand. It may be said there was collusion. We know such was not the case. Alexis then had a letter placed in his hands by Colonel Gur wood, with the view of ascertaining whether he was compe tent to make out the name of the party who had written the letter. It appears that Colonel Gurwood had placed himself in communication with Alexis, some time back, in Paris, in order to discover whether he had it in . his power to give him any hint by which to enable him to discover the resi dence of a French soldier, whose life Colonel Gurwood had saved during the siege of Badajoz. Alexis during the mag netic state gave Colonel Gurwood some valuable information on the subject of his inquiry, and, acting upon this, he was fortunate enough to find not only the name of the person, but his pface Of abode. Colonel Gurwood wrote to the sol dier, and the letter which he placed ,folded in Alexis' hands was the answer which he had received. Alexis, after a little examination, wrote down the person's name, and told Colonel Gurwood the purport of the letter which he had in his hand. He made, certainly, one mistake in the final letter of the person's*name ; but this did not in the slightest degree de tract from his extraordinary penetration. Another gentle man, who had not seen Alexis previously (Colonel Gardener, we believe), asked the Somnambulist to describe his resi dence. This he did with great accuracy, telling him the number of pictures he had in his drawing-room, their peculiar position, and the subject of the pictures. Watches were then placed in his hand, and, by merely feeling on the back of the case for a few minutes he pointed out,- with one exception, the exact position of the hour and minute hands. A large book of plates was subsequently held to the back of his head, and to Ale amazement of every person in the room Alexis was able to describe the various prints to which his attention was directed. We have thus endeavoured faithfully to record the facts which we witnessed this day. It is our belief that the expe riments were performed fairly, and that in no single instance did anything like collusion exist. We do not pretend to • account for the strange, the wonderful phenomena which this youth certainly manifested. Of course there were many present who refused to admit the possibility of any person seeing uuder such circumstances. One gentleman, more in credulous .than the rest, declared most emphatically that Alexis was able to. see down his nose—an hypothesis, we must confess, at variance with all our anatomical and phy siological knowledge. With his eyes almost hermetically sealed he was able to read a book taken from among a num ber of works on the table. Independently of this, a hand kerchief twice folded was placed over the printed page of a large volume, and through this the Somnambulist waa able to read with facility. We have thus endeavoured faithfully to record the experiments performed this day. We draw no conclusion from the facts: we confess they are mysterious and inexplicable—beyond our comprehension, Let those who are disposed to be sceptical examine the matter for themselves ; they w ill, we understand, have frequent oppor tunities of doing so.— Times. DEFENCE OF THE COAST.-.—The plans for harbours of refuge in the English Channel are progressing as fast as their Important nature and the improvements which sniwest themselves will permit. Every port is to have a strong ad jacent defence ; and three propositinna have been made to effect this desirable encl.-Ist. Line-of-battle ships with screw propellers } d. Otearn-frigates like the Penelope. 3d. Bat terips on shore. A plain and simple question arises—why not have both land and sea protections? This saems to be the most naturally adapted; for if ship are compelled to move away in pursuit pt an enemy, the refuge harbour might be left defenceless ; and ie nothing more than a battery is erected, it would be impossible to chase.-- United Service Gazette. Cerito appears to-night in a new ballet, Zelia ; on, La Aryn The de Diane. It is in four tableaux. The music by Pugm ; the miss en scene by Perrot ; the sceuern from the pencil of Grieve. 5,000 3,000 - 4a! 51. ,v!r!=:!,