The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-07 00:00:00

XAMBURGH AND DUTCH MAIL. BERLIN, MARCH 27.—Yesterday letters arrive d from St. Petersburgh: they confirm the accounts of the pre paration whir h the Emperor is making fbr a tour to in spect the army, and for a visit to Warsaw. Accounts fro m that t i y mention several regiments which at pre sent form pait of the Polish corps of the army, but which are to be stn' to reinforce the army employed against the mountaineers aiid are to be previously re viewed by the Emperor. With respect to the journey of the Empress to the hot springs at Kreuth, in Ba• ;aria, nothing certain is known at St. Petersburgh it• self. It will all depend on the slate of her Majesty's health, and her being sufficiently strong to bear so long a jaunt- V. BERLIN, MARCH 29.—Th• King gave an audea: e on Sba 27th to the Baron Ref:duff., tie, Portuguese Ain has,asie r , and received from him the ies gnia (sent by her Majesty the Queen of Pertugal) ef the three united reyal a i i!a e; tirdtrs e:hri,t. St. J.tgo de Espaiai, la, COPENHAGEN. MARCH 28 —The communi , catien with Sweden across the tee continues to-saly, but Nome per sons have lost their lives At Elsit, re t' e Seated sod• onlly op, d, and two ships have arriv e d th er e, th oug h , y ten minutes b e f ‘re tw o person s crosse d t h e i ce f rom owdesa. BERLIN, MARCH 25.—The Russian Government have lately ordered Kalisch to be more strongly fortified, and a new levy of 100,000 men to be made. As the fortifying of Kalisch is of particular importance to Prussia, on account of its vicinity to our frontiers, it is said that our Minister for Foreign Affairs has directed • von Lebermann, in St. Petersburgh, to ask for some explanation en the subject. BREMEN, MARCH 31.—1 am sorry to hav,c a most dis tressing piece of news to send to you. The river after Laving attained the height of 18i feet, made a breach in a. dike in spite of every effort, and pours with dreadf u l -vio lence over the adjacentcountry and suburbs. The sight is aw ful; near the breach th e ht.uses and trees are sw e pt t Yefo r w a by the furioas torrnt hich carries everything ue it. Unfortunately, e it s w eems that several lives are lost, the torrent being so furious that the boats sent out so afford assistance could not reach them. Between thirty and forty houses are said to have been overthrown !Ind carried otr. The water is now falling ; but th e lo n streets in the city are still inundated. The Bremen r t :a aUe of th e 3 1st g i ves a longer account, b ut says that 1, not possible t o enter i nto more d eta il s. * 8 - A.t half-past three in the afternoon, th e ac to.unts are rat h er more favourable, no more persons arc the roofs and th ose w h o h a d ta k en re f uge on trees and roofs of houses, are all saved. The water continues to fall. etrXnAvEN, MARCH 30.—A number of ships have arrived from sea, and those that have arrived up to this ( lay at noon, as well as those that lay on the beach, are in e the quarantine harbour ; s ome h ave a l rea d y gone up th Elhe. BAMHLTRGH, APRIL I.—A very advantageous change 111 the state of the ice has taken place during the night. Several ships have come up the Elbe from Cuxhaven, and some small vessels have passed Blankeneuse. at tha TWELV E AT NoON.—Eight of the steamers are lying Luhe, and the Helen Macgregor is at anchor near wit tingburg. T . PIE HAGUE, APRIL 2.—Frcm the accounts received to•day of the state of the rivers, it appears that the waters everywhere continued to rise, and that the dikes had suffered during the late storms. The state of the Rhine ( like at Liendea caused some apprehensions, and great exertions were making to strengthen them. From Bois le Due we learn that some dikes had given w aY, atd that on the even i ng o f t h e 31 st o f M arch six breaches were made in the Etnpels dike, one of which is frora 120 to 150 feet in width. The Rhine at Cologne at half-past six in the evening: of the 30th of March, was at 31 feet 7 inches; in the following three hours it rose only half an inch. tih ßhi ne A lett er f rom Cologne of the 30th March says—" The • ine gives us a melancholy spectacle. The ra p id thaw after th e l ong winter brings down an im lease mass of water, for which the bed of the river is too narrow, and which consequently overflows the hanks to a great distance. All the streets near the Rhine are inundated, from the Custom-house to the bride, only the upper half of the houses is visible. Boats are plying backwards and forwards to maintain the communication between the overflawed streets and the ether parts of the • welthY.' Oftpoeite to us on th e r i g h t bank, Deutz is almost wolly inundared, and forms an island; in the gardens (41;,, tor itt n ti. treestreesare 1)!Agoon s g:irrison there Her,- ',bilged to their baix:ti7ki s'ase days ago, the water having penetrated to their stables. The whole surrounding country suffers greatly by the inundation, and thouoi sev, rul breaches in the dikes of the neighbourhood have taken place by which new outlets are opened to the water, it still continues to rite, and threatens us with turther ravages." It is probably owing to the inundations that the South German papers have net arrived to-day. We have received the Java papers from the 7th to the 14th of December ; those of the 11th have the following account : " News having been received that an English ship was stranded and set on fire on the Karang Oedjong, between Woelangan and Berouw, on the East coast of Borneo, and that the crew, cons i s ti ng o f six Englishmen and s ome Bengalese, had been taken up by the peo n pl . eon the s March.) coast, and were a t G eonong -T a b or and Ta diing (as m entioned i n th e St aa t s C ouran t o f th e 20 t h o scho ner, the Egmond, commanded by Lieut. Van eapellen,was sent by Mr. A. L. Widdik, the Commis a4Y for Borneo, & e ., t o en d eavour t o b ring away t h e BhiPwrecked crew and take them to Bani-massing. " The s hi p arrived on the 20th of October at the mop The of th e r i ver of Berouw, and after some corre- V Q I :1 4 0 "once with the Sultans of Tandjong and Goenong with u Euid a person a l i n t erv i ew o f ;Li eutenant C ape ll an sit ratio two Sultans, he succeeded in obtaining a t n h d e trhee se°l—"succeededn of some of the goods that were saved , h a a 3 e of the crew. The native crew of the Premier 111 F found means to go to Sub &h. .1' 6% The shipwrecked men, W. Brownrig, J. Watson, "- alatthews H. Matthews, S. Macdonell, W. Pinkerton, healthtt"P. Patina, went on board the Egmond in good h on the 26th f Oct ber and were landed on t lat o f , b e 6 venaber at (l ßanje o rmas ' sing, whence they were to ent to Batavia in the brig Mansoerie. their" Though these eo le have suffered much during a stay with the uncivilised pp princes of Tandjong and thellllg Tabor, yet it appears to the Commissary that f repres s or, of bad treatment by the Sultan of d °e ni n g - Tab or were rather exaggerated, and that the and of that pr i nce to have them back must be EtsFribed to the wish to injure the Sultan of Taudjong, With whom they were in the last instance, than to a esire to put them to death, or to sell them for slaves." TRE HAUE, APRIL 3.—The account of the rivers, re ceived to-day, states that the water continued to rise Yesterday. Alany dikes are broken through. The accounts from Cologne, of the 31st March, are very distressing. All the dikes are broken through in the low districts in the vicinity. The inhabitant s of the villages of Niehl, Merkenich, &e., are among who h ave w i th the greatest difficulty- saved their those c and effects ; but many h ave saved only their lives, wic attle h the consolation that, as far as is yet known, none have perished. Their misery is beyond descriptio n , as they were unable to save the small stock of provisions that remain after the long winter. Many houses, stabl and barns are swept away, by the torrent. All the sto s, ck of corn, h ay, & c., that remain, is spoiled, and the sur rounding places which received the cattle of the unfor tunate peoVe cannot maint a i n t h em, b..ivg themselves wi th in want of fodder. Ths winner corn is destroyed, and respect to the summer corn there is no prospect of sowing it at present, the land, it is thought, being covered With sand. No South German papers received to-day. , T UE 11 4IGUE, APR IL 4.—T hough the Rhine at Co logne was tailen a little, th,- rivers in the s eontinte d to rise , yesterday, a n d the dikesNe in ther several Places were much injured. SPORTING INTELLIGI-.:1• CU,. ABERGAVENNY RACES.—TnuRsDAY. , 'Hurdle Match of 50 snvs. ; list 71b each. Three miles. ,r,-aptain Jon ' Novice (Morgan) beat Mr. Granfield's Bolus. .he Atonoloesuthshire Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 40 added, three 31. s old, 7st ; 1 81b • five yrs, 9st 41b ; six four yrs, r i i and aged, lOst ; county-bred horses allowed 51b; entire kr.orsbei,,s, alb extra'. Heats, one mile and a half. (5 Subs.) (Dixon) 1 1 Mr. w - n , i's Dash, 4 yrs 3 2 Mr. il°o,-L's Miss Bodkin, 4 . yrs (half-bred) 2 3 -"Algiva British Grenadier, 3 yrs The tirst heat woncanter, and the second by a neck. The nnouthah' Hunt Cup of 25/., added to a . _S , we , e_p s - M r Sta D k " °f3sovs. ea re d). Heats, one mile and a half. (3 ouos.) Atr......powland'a Tariff, 6 yrs (Owner) 1 0 1 3 0 2 k earce's Miriam, aged 2 0 3 I.' Go ,s In First heat woYnssheYB' 3 yrs betw two lengths; second heat,. a dead heat Ti, eel' Tariff and Miriam • third heat won in a canter.._ 4e not Hurdle Handicap of 3 sous. each, Mr- Bella ' • added. Two miles. (12 subs.) with a Purse (Owner) 1 Captain my s Mystic, aged, list 2 it.. Jones's Sloyice, aged, 12st 21b 3 - , , r Str g t ton's Freedom, aged, lOst 10Ib ag Tariff, 6 yrs, 12st 71 b—otboy, aged, llst—Here-we-are, I„ed, Ist---Lilla, aged, list (fourth)—and Smallhopes, aged, .‘pst 11b, also ran. Won cleverly by twd lengths. Il e BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. 11 t4„;TEIt CuP.-9 to 1 agst Obscurity (take 10 to 1)-- . . t r s.' 1. agst Semiseria-12 to 1 agst Cataract-13 to 1 agst „rest-1 a a--- 20 to 1 agst Winesour-20 to 1 agst Strathspey-30 to Zationi-33 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne-30 to 1 agat Fltzepac-Knuck (0-40 to 1 agst Trueboy-45 to 1 agst T w _"!l-8 to 1 agst the Irish lot (t.) 2 an.5,,,,,,e110178.V.ND GULNEAS STAKES -5 to 2 Ides (t)-5 to ljt`Rikedger-6 to 1 agst Cobweb c. I agst V . .--10 to 1 agat Alarm -13 to 1 agst Kedger-14 to wet'', 'l,lB--18 to 1 agat Clear -the-Way -25 to 1 agst Cob -40 , (---26 to 1 agst Weatherbit (t)-30 to 1 apt Mentor—. a Lo 1 agat Old England -40 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen-12 to 1 go4tArtsorth's lot (t.) of ,e 0,, aas- o 2 1 ageagst s hireLancas Wit c h-12 to 1 agst Maid 4 --13 tt Rose Cashmere. eAT,.. COURSING. ---- c•bo'clAN t C - P • M EYING The Rubens tai t .. - - OITTISING ICTL RE E . . It"b.,,,sts,_ Were won by Mr. G. Pollok's Hawthorn; Mr. Camp ils isr.t,owleawav ran up. The Doininichino Stakes were won Itiinsay's Rector Mr. A. Graham's Curatore RI ! I P- I he Corregio Stakes were won by the Marquis of D0n ‘,..48 a Drift ; Mr. Walker's Moorland - Meg ran up. The kcit!dYke Stakes were won by Mr. Gibson's Violet ; Mr. r4lten's Heron ran U. The Murillo Stakes were won by Sty.deGt.' Hawt horn, beating Mr. Jobling's Miner. The i-, 'S Stakes —Drift beat Rector. The Landseer Stakes— met beat Hawthorn. T I I t IR COUPAING PtcymtE.—Mr. Gibson's bc b Violet be a t 4.41 1 4 8 of Douglas's Drift, and won the picture. , PAT AL "to bo v GorACCID----ENT::—On Tuesday morning thirteeiis,, sons of Thomas Jones, Esq., of Rowley, one about *ere on) ears,. the other not more than eight years of h i.. , t shooting in a field near the house. The eldest the got the ram -rod fastened in the barrel of the gun, , ' Youngest came to his assistance, and was pulling at the . 44,, 1, rod, the eldest having hold of the stock rwAen, onf.rttinat,l,-, th e ~-,,T. went ,ff, literally se , iding the Of the gun. ft:',.l4fo. i',., _ f : ~.,.„.. Th;. iint)rl , ,il. , te .041,er was not dead at the time we received this informa b,.., ....,,,, , 4 not the slightest hope is entertained of his recovery. s ft rourne Afesseagon HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame Anaide Castellan appeared here on Saturday evening, as Ainina, in Le ,S'ommtnlmla. Her Amino, has confirmed the favourable impression of her powers, which was produced by her representation of Lucia. The character of Amina on the Italian stage is like that of Juliet on the English—the test of the abilities of an aspirant, and, comparing Madame Aristide Castellan with the greatest of her predecessors, she is certainly entitled to high praise. Nothing could be more perfect than the manner in which she vocalised the part. Power, tone, flexibility, sweet ness, all were there. In accuracy of intonation, Madame Anaile Ca-tellan is unrivalled—there was not a single note out of tune. The finale was mag nificently given. Considered dramatically, it per haps lacked somewhat of the spirit of Persiini, but, considered Trosienfle, it was infinitely superior to , inyql77 , g tLIE, bas lorof f o r th e I,,st seasons. As a vecel effort it was perfect. Madame Castellan h a s sstal,lished herself as a prima donna in this country. In accuracy of intonation, for musical tsste, and for science, she has no superior. She gives undoubted promise of great histrionic excellence, and when she becomes a little more user to her audience, v..hich she will do in the course of a short time, we doubt not but that she will ov, , rcome that nervousness under which she evidently labours, and which prevents her doing full justice to her histrionic powers. She pos sesses immense genius, and the English dilettanti are under great obligations to Mr. Lumley for having introduced her to their notice. The subscribers, under the old regime, complained that no fresh talent was introduced. No such complaint will lie against Mr. Lumley's management; he has intro duced to us Castellan, Mariani, and Fornasari. Mario made his first appearance for the season in the character of Elvino. He was in excellent voice, and appeared in much better health than he did last season. The House was crowded with fashionables. Among those present we ebserved—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, attended by the Countess of Charlemant, the Earl of Hardwicke, Countess Wratislaw, the Hon. Miss Hamilton, Col. Arbuthnot and Col. Bouverie, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Mecklen burgh Strelitz, Princess Mary of Cambridge (attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. Mild may). The Queen Dowager's box was occu pied by the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and party. The Duchess of Hamilton, the Marquises of Douro, Normanby, and Iluntly, the Marchionesses of Douro and Normanby, the Marchioness Wellesley and Miss M'Tavish, Baron and Baroness Brunnow, Count Kondrioffsky, Count Noailles, Baron Koller, Count and Countess Jarnac, Baron de Lagos, Baron and Baroness Rothschild, Count Esterhazy, Lord Chief Justice Doherty, the Earls of Liverpool, Lonsdale, Shelburne, Cardigan, Falmouth, Munster, Kilmaine, the Countess of Kilmaine, Lords Ernest Bruce, Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lyndhurst, C. Wellesley, Castlereagh, Somerton, Ranelagh, Templetown, W. Beresford, Ladies Lynd hurst, Shawe Stewart, Charles Wellesley, Brougham, Maynard, Easthope, Gardner, Joddrill, Pvnn, Moles worth, Sir 'William Fremantle, John Guest, John Beckett, R. Virian, F. French, Charles Kent, Charles Marshall, the Honourables Mr. Byng, Win. Booth Gray, Colonel Cvvernlish, Ridley Colborne, Mr. Carew, and Colonel Upton, Mrs. Colonel Fitch, Cap tain Cuddy, Captain Lyon, Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. Barry Baldwin, Mrs. Mountjoy Marten, Miss Howard, Major Henry Baring, Captain Rushout, &c. CONSTITUTION OF JERSEY. LET I ER 11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In my last I gave you a faint—very faint— sketch how the practice of our royal Court may be made subservient to rendering a humane law of non effect to a debtor, albeit he may be justly entitled to its protection ; it is not, therefore, likely to afford you any surrise whef vco learn that where such demon aihm cd, the afford the weans for the practice is perpetration with impunity of every species of fraud, however gross, and that no injustice is too flagrant to receive their •=anction. Some of the laws are, how ever, so intricate as to be scarcely understood even by natives, except professional men ; and so various are those which are made to hear upon the subject of debtor and creditor, that it will be impossible for you to understand me without first having a brief account of them ; the business therefore of my second letter must be to enable you to understand my third, in which I will show you how these various laws are all made conducive to one great end—viz., the perpetration of every species of injustice and swindling. A husband and wife can at any time enter into a contract, by virtue of which their property becomes divided between them.—This is called " separation quant aux biens ;" by it, each becomes responsible in future for their civil contracts, and neither party (or their property) can be made liable for the debt of the other ; strange as it may appear, all classes of society avail themselves of it—hut you must bear in mind that their position as man and wife is not affected in any other respect. Permission to enter into this con tract is immediately granted by the Court, upon the parties' application, and their stating they do it of their own free- will and consent; it is afterwards drawn up in due form and entered upon the records. Permission can also be obtained in private before the bailiff and two jurats, upon the payment of extra fees. When a man becomes a bankrupt, his estate is not divided amongst his creditors, according to the amount which he is indebted to them—as those only have any participation in it, whose claims have been established before the Court and are duly registered, but these extend to a ll th e real and personal property of every description. The solicitor who is appointed to conduct the "decret " (as it is termed) publishes a notice (which is posted upon the door of the Court and inserted for three successive Saturdays in the French local papers), calling upon the creditors to bring him the amount and desc r ipti on o f the i r claims by a specified day, in order that they may be en tered in a list of the bankrupt's liabilities ; those only are inserted and considered as sworn creditors who compl y , and these are afterwards su mmone d to appear for the adjudication of the property. The list is formed backwards with respect to the date when the debts were incurred, the last being placed first, and so on ; it therefore en d s with the one of longest standing ; bills of exchange, hook, and all unregistered debts are placed at the top, without any regard to the time when they were con tracted, as they take the date of the day when the schedule was ratified. With respect to bonds, they bear the date of the day they were executed, if re gistered within ten days; but if, at a later period, they bear the date of the day they were left at the office of the registrar. When every formality has been gone through, the whol of the property is ad judged in one lot to the first creditor on the list, who must either accept it, or abandon his claim—if he ac cept it, he must satis'y in full all prior claimants— t his, of course, 1:e cannot do; any more than the bank rupt could, as the estate is too much encumbered—he is therefore oblimeJ to renounce his claim ; it is then oifered to the next, :Lod so on, ti:l the estate is so fir disencumbere.l, that one can be found willing to take it upon such conditions. As any, or all creditors of one date may become joint proprietors, those of pro perty amongst them are compelled, as a matter of precaution, to abandon their claims rather than be come associated with persons who may soon perchance become insolent themselves, as they would be subject to serious and almost endless inconveniences, if a de cret should he issued against their co-partners. The creditor who takes the estate is called the " tenant ;" he receives the whole of it, subject only to being liable to satisfy all prior claimants, and to pay the expenses of working the decret ; those whose names, ice. were not insert,.,: in the list, as well as those which were, but whose claims were of a subsequent date, lose all participation in the property—and all who renounced, have to pay him the expenses of their summonses. B. L. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH. —On Saturday evening last, about the hour of nine o'clock, the servant maid of a gentleman residing at 112, Upper Stamford-street, went for a pot of porter for the supper ; and having re turned, went down stairs, but before she could place the pot on the table, she fell as if shot without a groan or sigh. Her master was called, who, on seeing her, ran to the Messrs. Brady, surgeons, Blackfriars-road, who were in immediate attendance on the poor girl ; but be fore their arrival, she had expired. It is stated that the father of this poor girl was taken up some few months ago on suspicion of having bought some iron, which was said to be stolen from the wharf of Sir John Rennie in Holland-street ; and having been examined before a magistrate, was remanded to Horsemonger-lane gaol for two days ; but upon his re-examination, the magistrate declared that he. the poor man, was perfectly innocent, and that he left the court without a stain upon his cha racter. He returned home, and his neighbours gave him a supper to testify their conviction of his innocence; the pour man, at this instance of the kindness of his neighbours, burst into tears and told them, that the very accusation, independent of the imprisonment, had broken his heart ; he pined, and in less than two months after the occurrence, the grave closed over him and all his troubles. How much the death of her father and its attendant circumstances may have contributed to hasten this poor girl's death we know not —we were told that her attachment to her poor father was great. 1 - 1., r body awaits an inquest. A DRUNKARD; FATE.—Tuesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of Edward East, aged forty-nine. It appeared that on Friday morning, deceased being dreadfully intoxicated, a little boy, between five and six years of age, had run between his legs and had thrown him down, when, slipping against the kerb stone, his leg was broken. He was immediately conveyed to the above hospital. Mr. Cummins, the house-surgeon, stated that deceased's right leg had been fractured. There were no other injuries, but at the time he was brought in he was in a helpless state of intoxication. Delirium tremens subsequent F. ~ u pf4rvened, from whi c h dece ase d diPd. From Up 0, Li, s,l hi.: iw struggled in a most violent manner, shouting fiercely "Murder, and police," and he died strapped down to his bed.—Verdict, "Natural death." T EIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 7 1845. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING APRIL 5, 1845. No. I.—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of Apri , , 1841, and sth of April, 1845, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. Year ended April 5, Quarter end e d A pril 5, QUARTERS ENDED YEA R I QUART ERS ENDED YEAR r- --A---- 5, April 5, July 5, O ct. 10 , Jan. 5, April ---, ended , ~. ended r - -./.. --, ___ ..,_ Jul,; 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Aprilril 5, April 5, i ju 1843 1 1843 1844 1844 1844 1844 1844 1845 1845 1845 ; Increase. I Decrease. Increase. Decrease. I , £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ X _____. X Customs .... .. ..... ... 4,557,206 5,529,508 4,766,968 4,604,447 19,458,129 4,869,235 6,002,855 4,902,135 4,402,506 20,176,731 Customs 718,602 .... •• •• 201,941 Excise . 3,030,113 3,966,550 3,030,771 1,852,689 11,880,123 3,115,592 3 , 960 , 890 3,230,940 1,917,485 12,224,907 E xc i se ••..•• .. . • • . 344,784 •• • • 64,796 - Stamps . ...... ........ 1,659,010 1 1,650,366 1,523,653 1,639,011 6,472,040 1,705,033 1,665,688 1,601,658 1,742,461 6,714,840 1 Stamps ... Taxes •.-...... .. .. .. 1,984,831 1 101,100 1,868,857 144,685 4,192,473 1,989,874 201,439 1,880,490 145,945 4,217,749 , Taxes • • ... •• • • • • 25,275 •• • • 1,260 Property Tax .. .. .. .. .. 861,7 , 9 1 2,047,904 454,415 1,992,859 5,356,887 752,485 1,958,711 487,541 1,905,711 5,104,448 1 Property Tax...... .... 252,439 .... 87,148 rest-office ............. 14 ,000 I 160,000 143,000 174,000 622,000 155,000 200,000 146,000 178,000 679,000 Post-office .... . - Crown Lands •.• . • ..... 32,500 20,000 30,000 65,000 147,500 30,000 10,000 50,000 35,000 125,000 } Crown Lands .•• • • • •• • • 22,500 .... 30,000 Miscellaneous . 1,063,524 17,744 11,917 41,292 1,134,477 422,187 220 , 961 9,190 415,016 1,067,354 , Mi sce l laneous •• • • 67,123 373,724 Total Ordinary Revenue 13,333,893 13,586,172 11,829,581 10,513,983 49,263,629 13,039,406 14,220,544 12,307,954 10,742,124 50,310,028 Total .. .. Imprest Moneys, &c. .. 67,180 I 34,305 50,136 54,244 205,865 49,018 28,117 146,759 206,007 429,901 1 Imprest Moneys, &c 224,036 319 - 7089 1 , 752 , 788 D ecrease. 1 3 e a o6 s e 2 Repayments of Act vances 138,207 230,932 332,060 226,284 927,483 274,557 123,692 250,980 418,545 1,067,774 Repanants of Advncs. 140,291 r D .., .. d : ... c t ; 1 1 5 9 2 1 : 6 2 6 7 3 1 Decrease. Total Income ... 13,539,280 13,851,409 12,211,777 10,794,511 50,396,977 13,362,981 14,372,353 12,705,693 11,366,676 51,807,703 Total - - 891,254 Amount applied to Con- I I 1, 3 41 4 0 2 , , 7 0 2 6 6 2 Deduct solidated Fund ...... 6,442,506 10,523,636 7,859,893 7,635,972 32,452,007 8,994,078 11,264,625 9,830,758 7,273,077 37,362,538 :319,089 [ Ditto, as Advances .•• .. 191,501 I 140,000 291,501 240,000 663,002 177,276 164,225 262,001 380,000 1,003,502 1 Ditto, al Ways & Means , Increase of the Year. ... .... .. 6,905,273 3,187,773 4,060,383 2,918,539 17,071,968 4,191,627 2,923,503 2,612,934 3,713,599 13,441,663 I on 1 572,165 on the _ li the Year. Quarter. T0ta1..... 13,539,280 13,851,409 12,211,777 110,794,511 i 50,396,977 (113,362,981 14,372,353 12,705,693 111,366,676 51,807,703 • No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1844, and the sth April, 1845. Quarters ended April 5, INCOME. 1844 I 1045 li X. X. 1 Customs •••.•..• • • • • • • • ............ 2,950,347 3,900,846 Excise ..... ... .. ..... .. .. .. .. .. 1,867,5 , 6 1,934,471 Stamps 1,639,011 1,742,461 Taxes 144,685 145,945 Property Tar ••••••••• • • • • • • • • . Post-office • 174,000 178,000 Crown Lands 65,000 35,000 Miscellaneous ..... • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 41,292 22,951 Produce of Sycee Silver received from China. — 392,065 Imprest and other Moneys Repayments of Advances .• •••.•• • • • • 226 , 284 418,545 I 10,155,308 10,882,002 To Cash brought to this Account to be applied to pay off Deficiency Bills — 100,000 19,155,308 10,932,002 NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. GRAND FREE-TRADE BAZAAR. every feeling of every well regulated mind and member of society. Even in the Lighest ranges of literature he had known instances of the pen being wielded by powerful hands to the ac complishment of the basest purposes, when it appeared that women had the benevolence to make themselves On Friday a meeting of ladies was held at the Hanover square Rooms, being summoned by the Ladies' Committee for promoting the success of the Free-Trade Bazaar, to hear addresses from W. J. Fox, Esq., and George Thomp son, Esq. Before one o'clock, the time appointed for the meeting, the Queen's room was filled. Mr. William Beaver was introduced to the chair by Mr. Saull. The CHAIRMAN said, Ladies, it would be bad taste in me to occupy a single portion of your time, when we have such friends as Mr. Fox and Mr. George Thompson in your presence. I will at once commence the business of the morning by calling upon W. J. Fox, Esq., to address you.—(Applause.) Mr. Fox then came forward, and was received with considerable applause. He said—Such an audience as I behold here assembled, and on such an occasion as that which has led to your coming together this day, renders the present meeting one without precedent or parallel in the history of public speaking. The circumstances give marked by the use of their pen in exposing the pre vailing corruption daily vended in the market in the sustainment of bad laws. This he could call nothing less than wielding the tomahawk of political writers by the hands of interested ruffianism.—(Cheers.) But the objects of the solicitude of those he now saw around him, felt assured of their continued exertions; and those who made those exertions might rest assured of bespeaking, through their acts, an envied and envia ble glory and blessedness.—(Cheers.) For what could be said to stand as equal to that reward which would be certain to crown with success and victory, ~ already anti cipated, the beneficent and meritorious warfare waged by such hands, conscious that they stood forth as the fair and firm advocates for the well-being of suffering humanity. To enter into a detail of the efforts of his fair auditory in connexion with the bazaar about to be opened in Covent-garden would be unneces sary, for he had already seen that in that too his highest expectations had been anticipated, and therefore he had no need to tell them what was to be done, for they all knew it much better than he could describe it. Fairy fingers had been at work, giving softness, and beauty, and harmony of colour, to:those productions of art which so clearly resembled those bestowed by the Great Creator of the Universe upon nature. The birds of the air had been vividly transferred to their:works, and the canvass had made many live again before admiring eyes. They had given truth its place in all its simple beauty, song and poetry abounded in their works, and thought and imagi nation had lent all their glorious richness to enhance their value.—(Cheers.) To thank his auditory, therefore, for all this as they merited, was not the object of his speech, for it would not be in his power. But he would say, they had given completion and perfection to a work hich had long before occupied the minds of many as one that should be undertaken ; and they had put before the world practically all that had long occupied the minds of the Adam Smiths and other philosophers of times gone by.—(Loud cheers.) These philosophers, although they had no influence over the counsels of the realm, although their voices were not heard in the great seminaries for instruction, they were philosophers who had achieved a mighty task, and performed a great, good, and blessed work. The men who upheld those principles of philosophical eco nomy did a good and needful work to prepare those who were to follow them in the consummation of it. The merchants and the manufacturers of the north were the next class who, when they saw laws made not only to injure their own interests but to spread desolation around the country—when in one week a change in price might bring them from the height of prosperity to the depths of adversity, and reduce them to a state of bankruptcy sent petitions to Parliament, petitions signed by mil lions, and when these were disregarded they put forth their strength, in mighty meetings, applied from their legislators to their constituents, and called upon the country to raise its voice and show its strength in im mense meetings for the diffusion of instruction on this momentous project, and who were ready to continue that work until its end should be accomplished. These merchants and manufacturers, following the path of the philosophers, had done their share of good, and had earned from their contemporaries and from their pos terity enduring honour. Something else was wanting to this to give it grace and neatness; something to round it off, and that such remaining want they, the women of Great Britain, had achieved. They made this a free struggle, no mere philosophical speculation, no party conflict; they carried it beyond this, they rendered it more sacred than all that had as yet been done, or all that, without their assistance, could be achieved; they rendered it a household wor d ; they brought it to their fire-sides ; they made it one of their household gods ; they declar e d t h at th e wrong was so great and so grie vous , t h e path so clear and the principle so good and; so glorious, that it de volved upon woman to lend her hand and raise her voice, in order to complete the purpose of those who had been so long instructing them in vain. They made it the cause and the plea of woman, whose moral sense was out raged; of woman, who knew better how to suffer than to strive, whose history was one of endurance, and conse quently whose sympathies were so keen for the op pressed; of w oman , w h o was se ld om seen acting under the blood stained b anner o f f a l se g lory, but who had been enlisted under the banner of kind administration; of woman, who stood by the Cross w h en the Apostles fled in haste, and who, by the strength of her sympathy, was destined to be entered, on account of this very question, in the annals of the deliverance of those who were as yet crying in vain for help, but who should from her hand receive joys and blessings, conso lation for the past and hopefulness for futurity. They did not now-a-d a y s act as in former times, when the in sulted artisan stru c k d own th e plunderer of his rightful earnings, and when th e o pp res sed came together, in creasing their r age b y commun i ca tion, and had written the history of their remonstrances in the blood of the oppressors, and were hanged in hundreds in gratifica tion of the sanguinary justice of their tyrannical judges. But in your assembling together, and braving whatever may result, individually and collectively, you evince that firm gentleness which heaven in its wise constitu tion of things has in ves t e d w ith a moral power, and by investing it with thi s p ower given a pledge of its leading eventually to triumph, glory, and blessedness. For what can be said by all the world compared to that which your own minds and consciences will suggest? What is there in all the reproaches that may be hurled, in all the sneers and sarcasms which may be levelled, at you, com pared with the anticipation of the success of your righteous warfare; with the blessings of those who are ready to perish, that will come upon the heads of who ever has aided in this deliverance; and with the sense that you have made an efficient contribution to the world's progress; with the consciousness that the mo tives by which you have been actuated derive their power from the purest sources, and that you exercise them in full communion with those religious princi ples that even in the presence of your God do not interfere with, but prompt your best endeavours for the well-being of suffering humanity. You know how to aid the League Bazaar a thousand times better than I could describe. Fairy fingers have been at work, imitating the hues of !Nature's best productions, giving the softness of texture and the harmony of colour which the Great Artist of the universe bestows on the flowers of the field in all their richness and variety. The best hues of every bird that floa ts on the air have been offered to your adornment . There has been with you and taste, but you, for the sake of this great cause , ha v e bid the canvas live and n th o e t s o e n c l o y m t h b breathe to the admiring e y es o f those who gaze on your i e n e e ff d o r w t t h o f p n e d r u s s e t v r e y r . a n c s e o , m e a re eo , artistical productions. You have moulded forms not unworthy of being animated with the breath of life. You have given truth its shrine in song, and to song pre pared for the voice, its enduring mould of melody. Thought has been at work putting forth its deepest powers; imagination, in all its gorgeous richness; ire mory:, with its ample stores; the pen of the poet and the logician;—all these you have combined with the pon derous efforts of industry in its toils, willing its contri bution also, soon to claim the attention of a gazing and admiring public, to show what the pow er , s kil l, tast e , in dustry, perseverance, and energy must be which can produce such a testimonial as that which will speedily be exhibited of the diversity of British industry, the fervour of British charity, of the skil, the combining and blending power, of the women of Great Britain compassionating suffering h umanity.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, at the conclusion of Mr. Fox's speech, exhibited to the meeting an elegant cushion, upon which a most beautiful cornucopia was worked by the needle, forwarded by a lady from the country, through the medium of Mr. Burnett, as a contribution towards the Bazaar. The beauty of this article excited general admiration. Mr. THOMPSON said, he never listened to eloquence such as that which had delighted the present meeting, without a strong desire to be himself mute. To heighten the effect which had been produced was next to impossible, and he (Mr. Thomps on ) s h ould d eep l y r egret the saying of anything that might diminish it. To him such spectacles as the one before him were not singular. In connexion with that sacred cause (the cause of emancipation) with which his humble name had been coupled by the chairman, he had for many years seen frequent meetings like that both in England and in America. It was not going beyond the truth to say that it a peculiarity of character, - which, to a certain extent, cannot but depress the feelings of those who have to address you, from the very sense of moral sublimity, which cannot but be suggested to our minds by the scene which we now contemplate.—(Hear, hear.) For—to behold you, the representatives of the women of England, brought together to bear your public and active testimony to the cause of justice and hu manity, involved as it is in the proceedings of the Anti- Corn-law League, is a nobler and a grander sight than any miscellaneous public assemblage, however vast its numbers, and however determined its opinions. It is grander far than any gathering of any patriots or warriors listening to the leaders whom they expect to guide them on to battle and to ♦ictory. It is grander than any meeting of the ministers of reli gion assembled in their robes, gowned and mitred, and surrounded by adoring multitudes—because in you, who have so great an object to be realised—an object as great as ever was contemplated by human beings—in you we see the women of England met to declare that the laws which refuse to industry its remuneration—which ag gravate the wretchedness of the suffering and restrict the achievements of enterprise—which divide class from class—which swell the bills of mortality and fill the records, not only of disease, but of crime—ought to be abolished. You are met here to bear your testimony that this disease-creating, and poverty-producing law shall not be continued—a law which presses down the powers of the country, and renders this isle the abode of vice and wretchedness, when it might be one of virtue and of enjoyment--of honourable and useful progress. But, what can I say to you—can I declare to you more than you yourselves express by your attendance here? What topics can I appeal to which you have not anticipated? Your presence here is more eloquent than the most strenuous discourse of the most eloquent public speaker.—(The Learned Gentle man was here briefly interrupted by an expression of approbation which we cannot call a cheer or applause, but which was too marked to be left altogether un recorded.) He went on to say that the effect of the corn-laws upon the whole of the British community was such as might be experienced by this great metrepolis, if that proud and stately river which flows through it were to change its course, and instead of mingling its waters with the ocean, were to surround, enclose, and isolate the City and the whole of Middlesex, so that we might speak of this metropolitan county, as the old romancer talked of the isle of Windsor, they would have the isle of Mid dlesex. Food would rise in price—land would rise in value—rents would be doubled as they had been through out, under the present restrictive system, but the imme diate cultivator would not find remuneration. Many would be driven to leave the localities to which they were attached, and would be obliged to go forth pilgrims, with heavy hearts, to look for a country which would give them a remuneration for their labour. Kent and Essex and Buckingham would have their retributory codes, and would impose pro hibitory duties on the produce of Middlesex. He told them that which they themselves knew, which they, the women of England, told to the world by gifted members of their sex—he told them but that which had been put forth in bold and strong language by Mrs. Loudon, in her " Philanthropic Economy," which had been told with such elegance and almost fairy stores of fancy by Mrs. Mareett, and what had been told in such sound philosophy, and vi ith such varied illustration and infinity of resources, in the elegant and powerful lan guage of Harriet Martineau.—(Hear, hear.) They had given the world instruction, and they came there only to say that they were not inattentive to their lessons. They rejoiced that the women of England came forward there on that day with such strong sympathy and determined gentleness to put down theemisery thus exposed. Oh! no, indeed, there was no need of teachers on a subject on which pens, and eloquent ones, had been found amongst their own sex. They had well done their ditty; and if some times the heart of man forgot what was due to such teachers—if there was a tendency to take a dishonour able license with their names—if it w as said that writers of the gentler sex should, instead of discussing such sub jects, remain at home, making puddings and mending stockings, they might retort by saying that they were too honourable for many men otherwise employed at the present moment; and if legislators, peers, and rulers could not imbibe the simple lessons taught by those women, and had not integrity enough to act on them, why they were unworthy not only of their present functions, hut even of making puddings and mending stockings. There should be for them a more charitable feeling, even if they were. as ignorant as it was pretended they were—even if they could only set up nurseries for un enlightened Chancellors of the Exchequer, and offer plums and praise to Premiers, who seemed to have some glimmerings, though imperfect, of the truth.—(Laughter.) As it was not necessary to treat this question as a matter of argument before an audience so enlightened on the subject, he would refer to another topic, and would thank them rather for the demonstration of earnest feel ing which they had shown, rather than call on them to use greater exertions in the cause, for he knew that was not necessary. They felt earnestly in this matter, be cause the evils Of monopoly in their most aggravated form came aspecielly under the notice of woman's kind and observing eye. Many who were present there were doubtless witnesses in their own neighbourhoods of the gradual sinkings from the effects of poverty—bow di minished employment narrowed the resources derived from the wages of labour—how the poor lost one article after another—how their articles of furniture, and even their clothing went to the receptacle of the pawn broker— how ono little luxury was given up one after another till the bare subsistence of the day was all that could be got. None so well as the gentler sex knew how all this time the heart was breaking un der the struggle ; how the spirit was worn with the ef forts to make an appearance in the' world, and in the contention to bear up against approaching poverty. They knew how, under the operation of those impious laws, the working man was transformed ; how those tendencies which bound together human beings to each' other, and all the diversified classes of society in one harmonious whole, were broken, till at last he sunk in the struggle if he did not turn to crime and guilt. He need but mention these things to awaken a vivid picture of them in the memories of many who heard him. He knew that they felt those things as they ought, and, therefore, they were there on the present occasion. H e wou ld d o nothing more than express his thanks at the moral cou rage displayed by the women of England on thi s occa sion. To be present there, exhibited moral courage of no small amount, for they were opposed by an unscrupulous party who from their wealth and title gave the tone to fashion ; and not to be daunted by the sneers and in sinuations of such persons from being present there, exhibited the greatest moral courage. He had, however, to congratulate his fair and crowded auditory upon having as powerful advocates in their cause sonic portion of the public press. But he re gretted to say, that whatever of fidelity, a n d t rut h, an d honour, they had experienced from th at port i on of the press favourable to their views—and they were not few —still he felt compelled to declare, that there were other public writers who, though they should be at least the faithful recorders of what passed at these meetings, yet did not hesitate to falsify their proceedings, and issue the most brazen contradictions cf what had been said and el , ne by those who were present ; but they were not to he surprised to hear on occasions their motives mis construed and impugned, their kind and mild desires to do good falsified, in a manner altogether abhorrent to Quarters ended April 5, CHARGE. ---.. ' 1844 1841 Permanent Debt ..........., ~ ...... ..... . .. • 3,532,232 5,704,180 Terminable Annuitie5................ •• •• •• ' • • 1,324,273 1,307,059 Interest on Exchequer-bill s i ssued to mee t the charge on the Consolidated Fan..••• Sinking Fund .. .. .• .. .. .• .. .• The Civil List •• .. ................ •• •• •• 97,597 97,785 Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund For Advances ..............• • 240,000 380,000 Total Charge •* • • 5,941,229 8,710,003 The Surplus * 4,214,079 2,271,999 The Amount of Exch equer -bills issued to mee t th e c h arge on th e C onso lid a t e d F und for the Quarter ended 10,155,308 10,982,002 Jan. 5, 1845, and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended April 5, 1845, after deducting 600,000/., paid off out of the Sinking Fund ..................................., ..... , . _.._ 1,495,929 The Amount issued in the Quarter ended April 5, 1845, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund for Supply Services• • 3,713,599 Ihe Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended April 5, 1845 The probable amount of Exchequer-bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended April, 5, 1845 •••• •. ..... .................................................. 2.n2.7 ace 2,937,529 the triumph of the abolition cause was greatly accelerated' if not principally achieved, by the untiring efforts of the noble-minded women of England.—(Cheers.) To them belonged, in no small measure, the honour of having formed that public opinion, which, in the end, was found so strong that a Cabinet Minister now opposed to them, declared in Parliament that it was impossible to resist its demand.—(Loud cheers.) Well did he remember the time when a petition from the women of England had to be brought into the House of Com mons by half a dozen of the officers of the House, and when one of the most distinguished among the people's representatives exclaimed, "It is time to legislate for the extinction of colonial slavery, when the maids and matrons of England, half a million strong, are thunder ing at our doors for justice."—(Cheers.) His eloquent friend had not been afraid to speak to the ladies present of the petty persecutions they would have to encounter among their acquaintances, and the probable sneers and misrepresentations of a portion of the public press. He (Mr. Thompson) ,knew too well the courage and forti tude of the women of this country to imagine for a mo ment that any of these things would scare them from the discharge of their duty.—(Cheers.) He had wit nessed the undaunted, the almost heroic bravery of their sisters on the other side of the Atlantic, in a kindred cause. He had seen them sit calm and unmoved in a meeting like that, while a ruffianly mob without were breaking the windows, and threatening the destruc • tion of the building ; and, while he gazed upon them, he had felt that he would sooner find his wife, his sister, or his daughter; among those women, than among the coroneted aristocracy of his native country.—(Cheers.) The truly noble were the truly humane. Not many mighty, not many honour able, had been memorialised in the pages of sacred his tory; but many who were poor and despised in their own day had been. If Pharaoh's daughter was men tioned, it was because she took pity on the infant she found sleeping among the bulrushes, and brought it up as her own.—(Cheers.) Little did the poor widow think, when she was dropping her two mites into the treasury, that the eye of the Saviour of the world was upon her, and that she would live for ever on the page of inspiration, with this commendation of her conduct from the lips of a Divine Being, " She hath done what she could."—(Cheers.) To do anything to help a cause like that which brought them together, was much; to win the approbation of their own hearts, was more; but, to obtain the testimony of Him who was greater than our hearts, was best of all ; and that could only be gained by Croaking our capacity for doing good the standard of our duty, and losing no opportunity of speaking or acting in the cause of truth and justice.— (Cheers.) Thus far the anti-corn-law cause had been conducted free from sectarianism on the one hand, and party-political bigotry on the other.—(Cheers.) No distinctive differences were compromised by joining the League. No names were written on their standard as the badge of a party. No votes were given in the House of Commons for this man or that, because he was of this or that sect in politics. Never had the motto— " Measures and not men"—been more consistently acted upon than by the League.— (Cheers.) It was earnestly to be hoped that such would always be the case.— (Hear.) It was nevertheless true that the monopolists were in the habit of decrying female exertions, in the cause of free trade, as impertinent and inappropriate intermeddlings in politics. He had not unfrequently seen a dandy monopolist upon his canvass, after con temning the labours of the ladies, take off his hat and make a low bow to the wife of a voter, and at the same time earnestly entreat her to give him the benefit of her powerful, her omnipotent interest.—(Laughter and cheers.) Yes, so long as she wore his rosette in her bosom, and waved a handkerchief of his colour at the window, and refused to deal with a tradesman that would not vote for him, so long she was in the way of duty ; but the moment she preferred the cause of justice to him, his colours, and his party, then she was an officious intermeddler in matters foreign to her sex, her station, and her duties, and must be sent back to the distaff and the darning needle with a flea in her ear.—(Cheers.) When the energies of the women of England were first called forth in the anti corn-law cause, there was truly enough to excite their compassion, to enkindle their zeal, and to alarm them for the safety even of their homes and their country. Millions were but half employed, and hundreds of thou sands were altogether idle. Mills were empty, work houses were full. Places of worship were deserted by those who had been their most steady frequenters, be cause of the poverty and misery that had befallen, even the most upright and religious. Seven hundred ministers of Divine truth had given it as their opinion that the wretchedness, demoralisation, and disaffection then every where prevalent, were to be traced in no small degree to the influence of the corn and other kindred laws, which, by depriving the people of the means of obtaining em ployment, had hurried them to beggary, and placed them at the mercy of every tempter that might lure them to their ruin. It was then the women of England first ap peared in the field, and nobly did they do their work. They went from hovel to hovel, and beheld for them selves the desolation which iniquitous legislation had wrought. They saw the fireless hearth, the empty cupboard, the ragged children, the wasted wife, the helpless, hopeless husband. They saw independence, integrity, comfort, self-respect, attachment to the laws, and almost loyalty itself, broken down and wrecked by by the operation of a system framed for the benefit of particular classes, and those the most wealthy and least productive in the State ; and, seeing this, they resolved that they would henceforth make it a part of their religion to labour to set free the industry of their native country.—(Cheers) Do any call this political ? Then, I say, shame on those who create the necessity for women to rouse up, at the strong call of nature, to reform the laws of the land !—(Cheers.) Do any call this un womanly ? I say . that woman is never mor e woman —. never acting more m accordance with her duties and the strong instinct of her nature—never more noble—never more sublime—than when exerting all her powers- to remove the causes of misery and suffering around her. " No radiant pearl that crested fortune wears ; No gem that, sparkling, hangs from beauty's ears ; Not the bright stars, that night's blue arch adorn ; Nor rising suns, that gild the vernal morn ; Shine with more lustre that the tear which breaks, For human woe, down woman's lovely cheeks." —(Loud cheers.) Happily, the dark days to which he had alluded had passed away ; but let no one suppose that they were gone, never to return.— (Cheers.) Return they inevitably would, if the causes which formerly produced them were not removed. Heaven had in mercy sent abundance of food, and that abundance had had the effect of staying the progress of those heavy calamities which for several years had covered the nation with gloom, and brought the population to the verge of despair. In the order of events, bad harvests would again happen, and with them would come the re verses and ruin which had often before been experienced, unless the people of this country achieved their own emancipation, and abolished the laws which prevented them from realising the benefits of unrestricted com merce, and exchange of the products of their industry, with the varied tribes and countries of the world. (Cheers.) In this great work of the emancipation of human industry the women of England were ordained to take an honourable and influential part—a part in every respect in keeping with their position, their faculties, and their affections. Yes, and with their solemn obli gations and responsibilities in the sight of their Maker. Much nonsense was talked about what woman should do, and what she should not do, as though a difference in regard to sex made a difference in regard to responsi bility. He would advise all who heard him to take counsel of their own hearts, rather than advice from the adversary. What was it they were asked to do ? To fulfil the duties of rational, responsible, and immortal beings. In these respects they were equal with men, and with the angels of God. They had influence—the influence of speech, of example, of labour , and of wea lth. T his in fluence they were called upon to exert in plea of a the cause of their country. A day was coming when the difference of sex would be insufficient to absolve them from accountability—who then would dare to say 44 D o nothing," when a voice from heaven said " Work while it is called to-day, for the night is coming, and there is neither knowledge, nor device, nor wisdom in thegrave?" But enough, those before him needed not that he should add anything to what had been said in the way of ex planation. If they sought to be engaged in a good cause —the cause before them was good. If they sought good company in a good cause—the companions they would have in the cause of free trade were the benevolent, the wise, and the upright throughout th e country ; and, if they sought rewar cl, they would find it—in the blessings of the poor, the prosperity of their native land, the pro moion of peace and goodwill throughout the world, and the gratitude of coming generations, for having been the emancipators of British industry.—(Cheers.) Upon the motion of Mr. G. l'EtomPsox, seconded by Mr. SUMMERS HARFORD, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and t . • meeting separated. LITERATURE. FREEMASOAV QUAI?I'EI?.LI REVIEW. The leading article (for this periodical has its re gular leader) intimates the possibility of the Free. masons' " Quarterly " changing into a " Monthly,' conditioning, however, that the necessary " supplies" must be forthcoming for such purpose. The present number, we perceive, is extended far beyond the usual space—and, to make room for many papers, the smaller type is invariably used. The articles are various—most of them have the characteristic signi ficance of the craft, but there are many which wilt interest the general reader. The library and museum of the Grand Lodge appears to be a failure, but the editor seems to attribute this to a want of system, and, we presume, he will show good cause why such a necessary requisite should not be abandoned. The masonic differences in Ireland hare, at length, terminated; and his Grace of Leinster now rules over a united body. The consecration of a new lodge in the suburban district of London is interest ing. The violation of the principles of Freemasonry in the Grand Lodge of Prussia, by the exclusion of the Jewish F reemasons, appears:to have justly excited universal surprise. A paper on "Masonic Auto cracy" to us has a startling effect, for we had always looked on Freemasonry as being founded on equality; It would seem, however, that the "cautery" is some times needed to restrain what surgery in the olden time would term "proud flesh." The "rejected letters"—by a Roman Catholic Freemason are well written—and must convince any sceptic that the attack on the order by some of the Roman Catholic Bishops is as impolitic as it is unjust. " Gleanings from Masonry" is happily conceived, and written in the pure spirit of morality. The " Freemasons' Lexicon" centains precisely that in formation which it implies ; and a popular " Lecture on Freemasonry" is among the most interesting ar ticles we have read on the subject. Among the " Masonic Anecdotes" there is one in which it ap pears that the ties of masonry were held sacred by a pirate—for the honour of poor human nature, however debased, we allude to this interesting fact as among the soundest proofs of the value of the institution itself. Among the articles of intelligence, that of the initiation of Native Indian Gentlemen and the laying the foundation Stone of a Penitentiary in Jamaica, at which the Earl of Elgin attended, are worthy cf attention; and taking this number of the Freemasons' Quarterly we may fairly observe that it maintains its long-standing reputation. CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY RE VIEW. No. XXXIV. The most interesting article in the present number of this review is that on the controversy at present raging in France between the University and the Jesuits on the subject of education. We all know the fearful doctrines which were taught by the Jesuits of the olden time. We have all read the admirable " Lettres Provinciales" of Blaise Pascal, a pious Catholic and an honest man, and we believe that it is the general opinion in this country that these detestable doctrines taught by the Jesuits some cen turies since, and exposed by Pascal, have been, if not publicly retracted, silently suffered to fall into de suetude. Such, however, is not the case. From the statements of_the reviewer, it would app ear th a t even at the present hour the commission of murder is publicly taught by the Jesuits as a duty on certain occasions. "M. Bouvier, Eveque du Mans, writes in IS4I, in favour of pure absolution, and the authority of the Church in all things over the State; and, whilst speaking on the duty of subjects towards an usurper, thus ex presses himself:—' At the voice of the legitimate prince, they ought to take arms against the usurper, to fight against him, to overcome him, to drive him away. More than this—they ought to assassinate him as a public malefactor, if the legitimate prince so command. Imo privatim ilium t'snquam publicum malefactoiem occidere, si legitimus princeps id expresse jubeat.' It is the latter part of this opinion to whi c h we wou ld ca ll attention; and our readers may easily conceive that such a doctrine is neither very convenient nor agreeable in France at the present moment, where there are two pretenders to the throne; one legitimately heir to it in exile; and he who actually occupies it having no other claim than the voice of the people. Such a dogma, in the hands of those who reserve to themselves the right of deciding who is and who is not an usurper, becomes a most dangerous weapon; and it is riot to be wondered at that the influ ence of the Jesuits is dreaded by every peaceful citizen, as well as by every lover and maintainer of the truth of God." Under all the circumstances of the case, we are not surprised that the French Government do their best to prevent the associates of M. Bouvier from in terfering in the education of youth, indeed we think that Louis Philippe has shown himself the most moderate and tolerant of monarchs in not adopting more stringent measures against the men who thus openly preach a crusade not only against his throne, but his life. De Ravignan, who has recently pub lished an apology for the Jesuits, remarks upon the hardship of holding the society answerable for all that its members publish, but as the reviewer justly observes : "lle forgets, or wishes his readers to forget, that the vow of obedience prevents any inferior member from publishing a book which has not received a sanction; and that thus the society is legitimately held accountable for works which are all, directly or indirectly, published by permission." The article is admirably written, and deserves atten tive perusal. The present Number likewise contains an article on Education in Ireland, which breathes a tolerant and a liberal spirit. With regard to the Maynooth grant, the writer admits that there is no choice in the matter, and, admitting the necessity of the grant, he contends that it should be a large and a liberal one. With regard to the effect which a Par liamentary grant to Roman Catholics may produce on the Church of England, the reviewer very pro perly says : " We have no fears for the Church of England on such grounds: if she cannot maintain her position in the face of a Parliamentary grant to Rome, we say that she is not deserving of support, and that she cannot be regarded as a branch of the Church Catholic." He also approves of Sir R. Peel's plan of establishing colleges for secular instruction for those who cannot conscientiously subscribe to the religious tests re quired by the existing universities. Ile thus lays down the broad principle : " But provided all the institutions of the Church are pre served in their integrity, we are not prepared to say that the State, haring granted toleration, should not supply equal advantages in another way to those who cannot avail themselves of the advantages of the two Univer sities." It is gratifying to find these advances in aright direc tion in a periodical which we believe accurately re presents the feelings and desires of the majority of the clergy of the Established Church. There is also an excellent paper on Mr. Ward and the University of Oxford, written in a gentlemanly and charitable spirit, completely answering the arguments of Mr. Ward, without indulging in anything like personal attack, and giving him full credit for being actuated by worthy motives. It is a model for controversial papers. In an article on Church and State the recent vagaries of the Bishop of Exeter are justly animad verted on. The following is a very neat bit of quiet satire : " On questions of history the Bishop of Exeter is one of the last men in the world in whom we would place any confidence: his learning is great—his piety un doubted—his fairness of intention unimpeached. We subscribe to all this. He has all the virtues which be come the high office he fills, but he falls short of some of the minor qualities. He lacks memory, and he is wanting in consistency. We do not say it to pain him, or any of his friends, who may be disposed to cast the deepest censure upon us for speaking of him as we sor rowingly do; but our duty compels us to say that, when the Bishop quotes history, we are inclined to think so much the less of the value of his testimony." There are several other excellent papers in the present Number. THE LAW OF NISI PRIUS, comprising the Decla rations, Pleadings, and Evidence, in particular actions. By John Frederick Archbold, Esq., Barrister-at-law, This is the second volume of one of Mr. Archbold's practical and most valuable contributions for the use of the legal profession. This volume completes the work. Perhaps its great and peculiar advantage to the practitioner is that it combines in one view, com pendiously as well as lucidly and learnedly, the forms of pleading in each particular action, together with the law and evidence. Mr. Archbold's zeal, abili+ye the law and o as siduity as a writer on well selected branches . is well known ; and we are not aware that he has ever exereised them to more practically useful pu r p ose thaninthoef work—oneptrheesehnatrristees bag of the fittest accom panimentswith which we are acquainted. The subjects treated of in this volume are actions upon bill s of obank.er'se. exchange,ash notnotes, together promissory with notes, cheques on bank ers , r a i l n l e th i e ns i u n r e a id h e o n e ts insurance itsverdict, interest, all branches and accessories. WADE'S LONDON REVIEW. The opening article of the present Number, " An cient and Modern Civilization," is a very so-so affair. Just such a string of pompous common-places as Polonius might have strung together. It is not de cidedly bad—it is far from good—but it is insuffer ably dull. " A thing," as Dogberry would say, " most tolerable, and not to be endured." The paper on " Rabelais" is excellent. Shrewd, witty, and with a genius for common sense, the author is deeply im bued with the spirit of the honest and sarcastic cure of Meudon, and does him ample justice. We hope that the writer of this article may be induced to develop his subject still further, and to give us an edition of " Rabelais" with notes and a commentary. Such a work is much ►wanted. '.i here is also a very E e usible article on the subject of " Scotch Banking," in which the writer defends the existing s<•stem with great success. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sin,—ln your paper of Wednesday evening, rela• tive to the extra clerks employed in her Majesty's Custom-house, you state the expenses of that class of officers, for the year ending 1844, to be 13 ; 8441. Now, as the extra clerks are the most likely to be affected by any alteration Nihich may be made, I beg to state that there are not more than one hundred and twenty extra clerks employed and that their salary, without exception, does not exceed 781. per annum ; and some of these clerks have been employed for twelve years, without any in crease—Trusting you will excuse this liberty, re main, Sir, your obedient servant, AN RkTRA CLERK. Custom-house, April 3, 1845. THE LITE PROFESSOR DANIELL The late John Frederic Daniell, professor of che mistry in King's College, London, lecturer on che mistry and geology at the Hon. East India Company's seminary at Addiscombe, one of the examiners in the University of London, foreign secretary of the lioyal Society, D.C.L. (Oxon.), &c., was born in Essex street, Strand, March 12, 1790. At an early age he became a pupil of Professor Brande, in whose society he made several tours, and of whom he spoke as one endeared to him by kindred pursuits and early recol lections the elky before his death. In 1816, associated with this gentleman, he started the " Journal of the Royal Institution," the first 20 volumes of which were published under their joint superintendence. He married in the fol lowing year (Sept. 4) Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Sir W. Rule., Surveyor of the Navy, and subse quently became Managing Director of the Continental Gas Company, to forward the interests of which he vi sited the principal cities of France and Germany, with Sir W. Congreve and Colonel Landmann, making those arrangements by a hich many of them have since been lighted. On the formation of King's College, iu 1831 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry, and found himself at length in the position he was au well suited to occupy. His inaugural lecture } eminently characteristic of the Christian philosophell% gave a good earnest of the spirit in which his in- , structions would be conveyed. Of the extent of Professor Daniell's scientific labours some idea may Le formed from the fact that, in lepentient of his " Meteoro logical Essays," and " Introduction to the Study of Chemical Philosophy," he communicated to various scientific periodicals upwards of forty original papers ; of these thirteen relate to meteorological subjects, nine to electricity, and the remainder to chemistry and other branches of physical science. Of their intrinsic import ance some notion may be obtained from the circumstance that he received all three of the medals in the gift of the Royal Society. In 1820 he published an account of his new hygrometer—an instrument which, for the first time, rendered regular and accurate observations on the dryness and moisture of the air practicable. It has since been extensively employed in all climates, and has enabled hygrometry to take an exact and definite form. It still remains the only accurate instrument for making such observations. In 1828 appeared the first edition of his ",Meteorological Essays," of which he was engaged in revising proofs of the third edition at the time of his death. This work was the first synthetic at tempt to account for meteorological phenomena as a whole, the known laws of which regulate the constitution of gases and vapours. In the following year (1824) ap peared his essay on artificial climate in the " Horticul tural Transactions," the practical bearing of which on culture in general, and particularly of plants grown under shelter, is daily becoming better appreciated, and which, according to Dr. Lindley, has done more for the improvement of this art than any single circum stance besides. He received the Society's silver medal for this paper. Iu 1830 and 1831 he published his new pyrometer, an instrument still the best for measuring high temperatures, such as those of fusing metals, and furnaces in general. The Royal Society deemed this an invention of such utility and importance, that they, in 1832, conferred on him the Romford medal for the most important discovery relating to heat that had been made throughout the civilised world during the three preceding years. In 1836 appeared a paper of his in the " Philosophical Transactions," describing his valuable improvement in the voltaic battery, by , which he showed the means of obtaining a constant and unlimited supply of electricity. The importance of this discovery was recognised immediately throughout the whole scientific world. In appreciation of its merit the Royal Society, in 1837, honoured him with the Copley medal, for the most important scientific discovery of any description made in any part of the world during the previous year. Several other valuable papers appeared in the Philosophical Transactions for the following years, and for two of these he, in 1842, received one of the Royal medals. ROYAL MESSENGERS. A very curious document (Sessional Papers, House of Commons, No. 93, ordered to be printed 4th March, on the motion of Mr. Warburton), has just been issued from the Vote Office. It is a " Return relative to the Expense of Royal Messengers for the years of Edward I. and 1433 ; Accounts of the Master of the Posts in the reign of Elizabeth; Order in Council, 1626, repecting Transmission of Letters; Extracts from Rolls of Parliament respecting Statutes of Pro visors, 130 G-1350; and Catalogue of Writs de Scrutinio Faciendo." Under Class No. I.—" Extracts from the Ward robe Account of 28 Edw. 1., giving the total expense for that year of the Royal Messengers"—it is stated that in the year 1299-1300 (28 Edw. I.) the sum paid by the Crown for messengers, exclusive of sum paid to messengers conveying intelligence of royal births (which may be considered as extraordinary payments), was 1481. 4s. Sd., which contained about the same weight of standard silver as would be con tained in 3001., measured by the old stand a rd s hilli n g of Geo. 111. And in the Wardrobe Account, pub lished by the Royal Society of Antiquaries, we find some curious items and still more curious Latinities. Thus, we have a fee of 2s. to a person bringing to the King " a little dog." (" I. Dimetori portanti ad Regem unum parvum canem.") There is something whimsical in the notion of a present to, or purchase by, the iron-cased and iron-hearted subduer of Wales and Scotland of a tiny lap dog. For the expenses of De Kyrkeby:travelling as far as Berwick-upon-Tweed, and returning with the utmost expedition, we read the following item, the idiomatic and vernacular felicity of which will commend itself to the more fastidious of our readers :—" Expensis Radi de Kyrkeby euntis usque Berwickum-super-Tweedam et redeuntis cum summa festinatione, 155." It is ob servable that the largest of the disbursements in this account are made to one of the Queen's messengers (" Russell, Nuncio Regina"), 10/. ; to messengers from the Duke of Brabant, 6/. 13s. 4d.; and from the King of Arrsgon, 51. For messengers announcing "royal births," the disbursements made, reference being had to the value of money at the time referred to, seem to have been at least as costly affairs as they are now. To one set of messengers (Nunciis Monti Martini), there were issued 1001.; and to one of the Duchess of Brabant's gentlemen, 1261. 13s. 4d. In the year 1433 (12 Henry VI.) in the statement of the receipt and expenditure of the Crown submitted to Parliament by Richard Cromwell, Lord High Treasurer, the expense of the "Nuncii missi tam extra regnum quatn infra regnum" is estimated at 2001., which sum contained about the same weight of . standard silver as would be contai ne d i n 4001., paid the old standard shilling of George 111. Thi s is ex clusive of the expeme of ambassadors, which was 2,6261. 13s. 4d. Very curious are the ."Accounts of Thomas Randolph, Master of the Posts from Oct. 1, 8 }lizabeth, to Sept. 30, 13 Elizabeth.' They occur amongst tl e Records of the Court of Exchequer (Pipe) in the Public Record Office, in custody of the Right lion, the Although audited clumsy msbyy sy s tem ' s‘tem W Master o f theyth the are signed RRolls b Y . b s y t a t ` ; land Burgh:2 Vic., Dleyo'd'ingantdon::, they il dm exaYh'ibit an a d rude are of allowances to provincial postmast ers , in quittance disbursements out of her Majesty s Exche quer on M and account of the " Maister of the Postes," and in dig charge of the payments to " Thomas H eneage, E sq., Treasurer of H. Majesty s Chamber," which would horrify the administrative habits of Mr.:Rowland Hill. The " somme total), of the saide paymente and allowances aforesaid," is thus primativel7 stated : " nil. ml. ml. nil. ml. Deeexxvin/i. xixs: (or 5,8281. IQ. We conclude our notice of this curious paper by respectfully directing Sir James Graham's attention to an " Ordinance of Parliament passed in 1346 (20 Ed. III.)" "No letters of aliens to be in spected." This ordinance should have protected M. Mazzini, if it could not shield Mr. Thomas Duncombe from the " searching" interest, by the Home-office, in the contents of sealed letters addressed to certain in dividuals. STEAM-YESSELS.—The Commissioners of the Cue toms have issued directions to the collectors and controllers of several ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to prepare and transmit to the Registrar-General of Shipping, with the least possible delay, the undermentioned account, according to an approved form, se far as the same relates to their respective ports, viz. :—A return of the names and descriptions of all steam-vessels registered in the ports of the United Kingdom, showing where and when built, tonnage, horse power, length, breadth, draught of water, and what ar• mament they are capable of carrying. And as some of the particulars may not be recorded in the official books of their several departments, they have been directed to obtain the information, as far as practicable, from other sources, in order to enable the Registrar-General to prepare a complete return to the order of the House of Commons. ATTEMPT TO DESTROY • SHIP BY RAMSEY (ISLE OF MAN), MARCH 29.—0 n Tuesday morning last, between twelve and one o'clock, as Mr. Medwood was returning home, he discovered names of fire issuing from some balks of timber, lying parallel about three or four yards distant from a large schooner in frame on the stocks, in a small field adjoining the Ramsey ship-yard. Thesebalks extended under the ship's bottom to about midsh ips. Upon the ground a fire had been kindled by some incendiary, with various materials, such as are generally used for light ing fires, and would have shortly commun ica ted with the schooner but for Mr. Medwood's prompt activitym arousing the neighbours, and with whose assistance the fire was ex tinguished, and fortunately very little damage was done. The diabolical deed must have been done on purpose to destroy the vessel, as no person had been at work OA Or about her since the 14th of August, 1843.