The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-22 00:00:00

~~ SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tbltt Cptnton. " Who runs may read." The PRG rince de Joinville arrived at Brest . about eight in the gof Monday, and went to the residence of the Mari- At. o,feet- Ile declined all formal reception. a l , 0 Ilion, the French Consul at Newcastle, has written . to Rt , t ,°mini ssaire-General of Havre, to say, that in conse la4e(evr9f the turn-out of the colliers in the north of Eng to ber °r tilumberland and Durham), there is every reason tau, - that, for the next month or five weeks, all expor tt 41 a coals from Newcastle, Sunderland, Stockton, Har li'Fool e h:,',"cabam, and Blyth, must be of necessity suspended. f „ eti r. l wa Prays him to communicate this fact to the manu -4 turers of his arrondissement." Sa tilr e los, the assassin of Mme. Senepart, was e2 . recuted en o c n e of kr , `.u•Y morning at the Barriere Saint-Jacques, in last ~c,,;(isltoinelise multitude. He die very . penitent. _ tole t° the Abbe Months, who was with him, were—" Con 1 , _7 poor father." to t " Castellano of Madrid states that Father Fulgencio is Loi t ' ill e to France, on a secret mission, which the Infanta 40 1 confided confided to him in her last moments. • tiod 4 4 ,drid letter of the 13th informs us that the condemna litoQ the Deputies who are in prison in MLdrid is fully ex -BeCtea b ut that the Government intends to mitigate the laiii ta `c• The determination to try these gentlemen by a !ace r t Y c ommission is censured by all persons in the capital to il) P t.he frierids and adherents a I asters, and da to T i ng the:lBl°n prevailed that it was resolved beforehan . nd_ ts ces e gai e i tY, whatever proof they might offer oftheir in • §o,triVl:espondent of the Universal German Gazette writes Gaii - J i lla on the 10th instant :—" Letters from Tarnopol, 4 41 4.0 , —c ia, state that a child belonging to a Christian family at °l" ls aPpeared the people believed that it had been 4 4 ' 4 by the Jews ' and made a sacrifice at their Feast of the it ' l l. ' Violent' attacks were made upon the Israelqes, 'teti v " as shortly after made known that the child, having tefugt;, correction from its parents, had ran away, and taken ' 1 ' 4 141 111 , 4 neighbouring village, where it was found alive tb Tlis a ' n t oo st r i 'rier Fran ais say "We have been assured that -- "'l l ti nt ",°, ll of the right c of search is arranged with England, 1--„N,ta-" to AlinistrY of October 29 keeps the news in re t ",,it t h 9rder to make use of it in case of urgency. Accord w'teof4,,,trrangement, France is to be at liberty to.let thethe ' a na lit „m l into disuetude by abstaining from renewing L The the cru is ers." ; o h - 'wet, Gazette Cd se of Warsaw publishes an Imperial i."•,..`ed the 12th ult., withdrawing the Polish Five per era circulation, and , giving to the h . olders of that e option of having them converted into Four per "Leot s ' f °r of taking their nominal value in money. Arrange• -° ll th, A",r,tbia reimbursement or conversion, to be commenced q T er ti - r ; . 4 hut., were made at the Bank of Poland and the ki llt t Police, having received information that a house ,,ll4er, 7,u 0 was condemned to five years' imprisonment en t ," (1 141: , 8 , 4 0, as an accomplice in the attempts of the 13th r S O t- 'tan 1830 notbt who had escaped from the centre r atie at boullens an ' d ver to England, had returned to 41 (11:' blatant h i , l m ' erl n de t tv e o m ur e e rn d tnogdiscover his hiding-place, captured i of the 14th inst. at Sevres. t jlie MISCELICLAICEOUS. '''N't -ra nge or the Dublin Evening Mail, says a report tto e" °thnastenitteisngcnaenot,btehine intention of the Attorney-General g passed on O'Connell and others, '' ' Cons"; e nt of the Court pronouncing judgment, until Mr. n3' threatened writ of error shall hare been dispose . d „,lald h. leal to the House of Lords ; but adds, that as this ~,71 1 t :` 'violation of all rule and principle—an abandon -I,lPoise-stact, of the whole proceedings—.they can scarcely th ße yer uth a thing t o b e i n contemplation." There appears, o*(4 1 :2 be some truth in the report, as will be seen from I, l t to ti, c "!ogs in the Queen's Bench on Sa . turday. .c i ntention of the Land Commission to present a h t, fi n this session, and on the return of its members to )]., e 4 t ePa will be taken for preparing the document. ti ,,, n tl i _at dinner of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ai n 7, 4 „Pace in the hotel at Salt-hill on Thursday even op,'Ntet 4Na those present were his Grace the Duke of th", 43, ,l'ue Earl of Charlemont, the High Sheriff, and many 'tat o - 'Pedal train was left at their dispesal to re-convey etiTolited dismissal of Mr. Stipendiary Grey is con to G overnment, or, rather, Colonel M`Gregor, who I ltii B t)i e ,„ "ten on a system which would degrade the police \ vbit'Cerves credit for the promptitude and energy p l ' 4l ou t t he case of th e p oor p r inters was taken up and i4il,Pott 1t n ",7, 8 that Mr. G. E. Ansoa (the private secretary kaO'ti to ' t a h l Uighness Prince Albert) will shortly be ap i4l,,aott ze situation of private secretary to the Queen. It 11 4 , 4 4 ea: generally known that the Baroness Lehzen acted q . 4, r i aeit Y in the household of the Sovereign up to the er re tirement, now about eighteen months ago. tod 4 elf„Pr„evails in the best informed quarters that the li h itt on A° l .l the Exchequer, when he brings forward the 1); I th - „;; :In day next, will propose a considerable reduc titit:`gar duties. °ll l from Birmingham, Bristol, Hull, Plymouth, (14,',Ivitn(1. Southampton, had an interview, by appoint tl7,TtJultesGiaham , at half-past two o'clock this net t i nd Fli rPose of making such representations as they co him to exempt all parishes having Loca Qa t -"ainent from the operation of the Poor-law T at A ct. Co h IRISH STATE TRIALS. , QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN, SATURDAY. tr!kt twco O "N S".rp"!l,. E THE NEW OF THE ATTORNETR lAL YMOTION. -GENERAL TO t7t inutes past three the ATrORNEY-GENERAL ',ttl,,ZSicl l l ',_ l '"ed to the Court that the motion for a new t‘ ,*•6` 4 a s i i s p Td for Monday next, should be postponed, in th p' a d conceived it to be his duty to cause the „- eh eaee to be w served with a notice, setting forth „`t t the °" the affidavits of the traversers, as to the il,,:afoyl,7o4alin,es of th e jurors, in order to ascertain whe t;, at ls „," Swear affidavits in reply, and calling upon At e r bY twelve o'clock to-day. To that notice llot t 4'7 - General) had received no answer ; and hik " Crow e mde as to the filing of affidavits on the part m t 'it A th" a Pirt reply until he ascertained whether the k 4°' not pert had answered the statements in the affi ttloti, 11 46: --ti katAxProx (who seemed not to understand the 4 1;, al) said—Have not the affidavits yet been 1 4 hor i V t 'lltlx—The Attorney-General does not allude rrro 'l 's affidavit. Ir. Mahony's affidavit has receivZ l d a copy ‘ of it yesterday morning. ? ti l tj_. ( , ) x—Can the motionc t ome e T de o r n ' e r f u t e: e dz st ‘k o . tn. ..,r5 of the Crown,llex he k , 61 4 N A. ution for Monday. ge ,9.C., suggested that the order . shotlld be 41l i k kvi - e"Y7 and the notice stand in the list without ,'lc o ,'Plea, i .„ -a 'eti. —when the Attorney-General had the th h 'ar,"r, f„Thglve twenty-four hours' notice. ''cre to d, and s 'lle new trial motion on Monday was then give t La nds generally on the list—the Attorney- W enty-foa r hours' notice. %,k\vallelva a 'teh a v e made their appearance, and the ytici a lb. u een heard in various parts of the country. A t 4ei k tite «S STRIKE,—A Correspondent at St!n qith, 1 of th e During the present week, notwithstanding cv 4 ,,'''e eer , Pittnen several hundreds of chaldrons of 1 1;;Irc7 efe e°ll veYed ' down the Durham and Sunderland lAtuent at Sunderland. A great number of N l,it t : A tt i tait t ,t , also been conveyed by the Lambton and 106 9 . t ' y e' '' . 8 fbr shipment in the Wear, so that the coal bor o ' p are not likely to be affected with short sup (q tit a nY scarcity is felt it is to be hoped the en will return to their work."—Durham Ad. I t : R ) E VISITOR.--Yesterday morning vgkitillillstsiderable alarm was occasioned in various parts Rblo's'cr o f rols by the appearance ef a cow, which had tlei x , lll , 44' o wners in the neighbourhood of the Horse -14:04,111 to being followed by a crowd of boys, llt 4 -,'",Pteft-"ness, indiscriminately attacking all . those rk t tly t `oe °PPOSe its course. Through gross miscon- N,tte IYS h ob ' of those persons who lead it in charge, for ,Pqr si ,s`rs did the wretched animal attempt to out -14 theululiers, 'visiting in turn all the principal streets Q t 4r ( i' a tileo7 to To thill-street. About twelve o'clock the I.'°4 ,pearly exh t , teas _ misted, ran down Parliament-street th e t han 2 „, 1 , 1 7, at which time there could not have they k at '"uu Persons following it, shouting and hal- T lPe,,R44"tttst t iler truly disgraceful. Avoiding Whitehall g l turned short into Privy-gardens, and, finding or the Premier (Sir Robert Peel) standing h yosal'ea v t tetiqZ i t Y,, t. o ok refuge therein, to the no small alarm ,e, tl l 11 re e ., tnos, i n the hall. The gates were instantly kt t ra, 1,-3.'",u0 followed, ' and one or two of the mo . st 00 Q , att etn u Were provided with ropes, scaled the rea le 41 4 4 1, f n e.(l to secure the animal. In this they were hors pa. r, 4uPatient of confinement, the cow, after a 1 , 1 , w a QB °, cleared 4 4, 04 Y to w the gate at a bound, and again pur ,cFC 0f Med ~, a tus Charing -cross. Before, however, she N 4l l vt 4 , 1 0 n -an „Y Yards, a butcher contrived to cast, the Ro ot t w g Z" of rope over her horns, and with some Rote poor"raWn up against the railings, and ultimately , ,Ovt,„thea' other cows were then brought to the a nimal, who had seriously injured itself in kP4 the ott'll:_atsq obsreak away from the railings, was led, hith,"Ltcexhausted, homewar . ds. There were no 4 3 V,N e ;' t men . among those in pursuit, and they %, Ot t 'ly ho ,iTtculty in keeping the crowd out of danger. W;liet is 411 1) accident of importance occurred. 1 5 i , 10 ti t to be osT alamas.—We perceive that a c Itk 4 l4,, t last m g t lven at th e F reemasons " ravern on Tuesday, r i k t k t crs, eo , to celebrate the formation of the Job and l'ac t °llt z , t c lier s t)2. Proprietors, Horse Dealers, and Livery - ‘oti,,titt tri 4 aa ugland Provident Fund. A large number eo 4 Y oi:el?,eable men of these several callings have i ' l .„„ 111 et at t I ll th e r " .bY the decline of the posting business, A'1 , 14. , ee.9 e a Ptd increase of railways and a variety of e ,,Ma c h ,r Which they had no control ; we have, kVite t c'eell o Pnsure in calling the attention of the public societ 4 Do e th e .Y, which is deserving of every encou ztllloodt: Th e ir . is to be taken by . the . Hon. Mr. P. S. c , f , and President of the Society as the Duke of j+'t,sk°/ ta'rlaM9•llgat, the Vice-Presidents, we find the 0) „ Uhesterfield, the Earl Manvers, the tio . o h „ the Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of Pem- Kke'nt "n. N q r -l-ord S • Pierrep on t, t h e Ri ght Hon. IL M. Ottt,?tbet -ham, b u n rgeY, Sir John Tvrell, Bart., Sir Bel- Ootehg2htl ente " H. Handley, hsq., M.P., and se- It tt 3' e a4 "isti n ,lo e f sporting or agricultural celebrity. A tot h bot hZ7i" 4 " d patronage we should hope that the o f il l /es , succeed in carrying out the benevolent k; best t extent. t il M i6'kcel l . 4 ‘‘ as held on Saturday at the Carlisle eativeet, Soho, on the body of Gustave Boudry, ',,.".eiN,,.ecbof. Switzerland, and who formerly carried }, 1 4!: 1 4 ,41 1 , 11 4 ,(1 fo r 5 1 : 8 2 1 : 1 eS as a watchmaker in Frith i ktreet. Ri , 4o (i r e wilie r time had been under pecuniary ern- N t 'lß h i i n a ppeared to prey upon his mind, and t ,q t toataele About him to terminate his existence by t0,,°0 cen.„....three years ago the deepased at iced 4 41 1(1 1 ., 4 " by cutting his throat. A wife erai ue et"o',,elotst destitute by the event.' The jury insanity. t q t4 N s P i tal, as h eld on Saturday at St. Bartholo 4tki!h„e aor T otilleabo,dy of William Henry Triptee,. aged h e urn er, of talk - weaver, who was killed by !he did u o. 22, Tree-court, Temple, passing at t Y at he It ,of th e tim e °t , appear that Mr. Turner was driving zeeniltoallnd that gentleman said be was not t jj thin °f iireoacc!rrence until his cab was stopped. ri.irred d r now Church. The jury returned a 41 ! the family eath. Mr. Turner promised to do yEthtbat their circumstances demanded. kaoll%ttraole,sitY the emperor of Austria will go in tE Tries this Mon 1 4•,1 , f,5t 'wi th a ? the Lettorale, and especially tri k ti o ntel :4 l, d t l_Sit• This journey has revived ottlu t t m e t iaan of fire e in uip th fr e e. pr present division and THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1844, CRITICAL STATE OF CUBA. (From the Anti- - Slavery Reporter.) The intelligence from Cuba, brought by the last mail, is one of the deepest interest; and, while it is calculated, on the one hand, to awaken sympathy for the suffering negroes, is not less calculated, on the other, to inspire animating hopes of some salutary change. It appears that the alarm excited by the two insurrections of the slaves in the neigh bourhood of Matanzas, in November last, has induced a course of extreme severity, not only towards the parties known to have been im plicated, but towards the negroes in general. The Government and planters have made ex tensive and rigorous inquiries, with a view to ascer tain whether any concert existed among the slaves, and, if so, to what objects it was directed ; and it is said that a negress on one of the five sugar estates which followed the movement of the Triumvirato (the sugar estate on which the revolt commenced) has re vealed to her master what in the letters is called " a dreadful plot." In consequence of this there have been arrested a large number of negroes, together with three white men, the latter of whom were put in prison at Matanzas. More than fifteen hundred slaves were summoned, in order to witness the execution of sixteen of their companions, with the vie w of inspiring terror ; but it is stated that these men' went to their death with such an air of intrepidity and triumph, that the effect pro duced on the spectators was the opposite of that which was intended. From this it has resulted that the Government has refrained from further public execu tions, and has rather given the negroes over in a mass to be punished by their masters at pleasure, and with as little noise as possible. The consequence of such a measure may well be imagined, and yet imagination must fail to realise it. The resentment of the planters, aggravated by their fears, is without bounds, and murderous cruelties are practised without scruple on every hand. Many slaves have already died under the lash, and the whole island is said to be deluged with blood. The investigations of the Government have elicited the fact that four or five large estates between Guines and Melena had been implicated in the plot said to have been discovered. From the uniform declarations of the negroes, it appears that the opinion has spread among them that they either are free or ought to be so. Some are persuaded that the Queen of Spain has sent out two cartas to the Governor, giving them their freedom ; some have been told that they are free, as having been imported since 1820, and therefore con trary to the treaty with England ; and some have arrived at the noble sentiment that they ought to be free, because they are men as well as their masters. No doubt can be entertained that the emancipation of the slaves in the British islands has become the primary source from which these ideas have ema nated ; and the prevalence of them among the slaves in Cuba demonstrates at once the impossibility of pre venting their diffusion, and the impossibility likewise of preventing their influence wherever they are dif fused. They are now permanent elements in the condition of Cuba, of a far more serious kind than have ever yet impregnated the community. Several free negroes are reported to have been implicated in the plot, and its object is said to have been known by all the negroes in the country. The destruction of so many slaves, while it must inflict on the planters a heavy loss of property, must at the same time greatly reduce the amount of labour available for the cultivation of the estates, and on this account it might be supposed that the de mand for fresh ones would be increased. The alarm felt by the planters may, consequently, be measured by the fact that they will not add to the number of their slaves. In the.midst of this excite ment the brig Palmyra has arrived from Africa with a cargo of slaves, belonging to the notorious Pedro Blanco, to the number of eleven hundred and four, and not one of them can find a purchaser. Five hun dred of them are in a baracoon near Havannah, where they cannot be sold; and five hundred are distri buted among some of his friends, who are to have their labour for their ke. p. In one word, consterna tion reigns in Cuba. Already a reduced crop of sugar is anticipated, and the value of real property is reduced almost to zero. The Captain-General does not dare either to disseminate his troops or to allow the organisation of local militias. He has con tented himself with purchasing •several hundred iron chains for the feet, and distributing them among the plantations! In their distress, the immediate and most urgent cry of the planters is, "Stop the slave trade; bring us no more negroes!" But to this the Captain-General will lend no ear. The petitions on this subject, of which our readers have already heard, were got up and presented to him by men of the first rank and in fluence, some of them nobles of Spain; but he re ceived them with the most repulsive discourtesy. It seems that a political feeling is artfully connected with this subject ; and that the Government chooses to suspect all who object to the slave trade of dis affection to Spain, and a desire after the political in dependence of Cuba. The real reason, however, why even the present calamities cannot inter rupt the slave trade is, that it yields such immense wealth to the functionaries who possess the govern ment, and who are largely bribed by half-a-dozen desperate speculators to connive at its continuance. Another circumstance indicates the infatuatiofi of the Government. Amidst the state of things we have faintly described, the Court abandons itself en tirely to pleasure. Grand balls and splendid amuse ments are the order of the day. The city of Havannah is represented as " mad with rejoicing," in order to celebrate the arrival of the young Queen of Spain at her majority ! And to crown this melancholy business with an element almost too farcical for the connection in which we are obliged to place it, the Government of Spain has sent out a royal order, constituting five per sons into a Committee, to investigate the truth of the allegations made by the English Government as to the continuance of the slave trade, and " if existing (!), to check it by suitable restrictions, not inimical to commerce and agriculture." Of this Committee the Captain-General is President; and the other parties named are Don Joaquim Gomez, the Marquis de las Delicias (well-known partisans of the slave trade), Don Juan Montalue, the Count de Vervandina, Don Rafael de Quesada, brother to the celebrated General Quesada, and the Marquis de Donadieu. No doubt the British Consul at Havannah will give a good ac count of these proceedings to his Government. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, APRIL 19.—The Patriote publishes the follow ing statement :—" A letter from Guatemala informs us that the spiritual head of the colony, Father Walle, had just re signed; he has embarked with the French Consul, and re turns to Europe." We believe we may affirm that Father Walle returns to Europe on busiwss concerning his order, which will probably oblige him to go to Rome, and that he has not had any occasion to resign his post. The Minister publishes in ten columns a report on the colony of St. Thomas, in Guatemala, describing the climate, the soil, the natural productions, &c. The report is on the whole very satisfactory. - - NATIONAL ANIMALS' FRIEND SOCIETY OF EXETER- ] HALL AND MARK-LANE.—The officers of the above Society have exerted themselves much during the Easter holidays; they having prosecuted no less than twelve cases of wanton cruelty at Stepney and Greenwich fairs, all of whom were severally fined from five to ten shillings. DAWSON'S PARLIAMENTARY AND NEWSPAPER LIST. —Messrs. Dawson and Son, of Cannon-street, have published a list of all the newspapers in the United Kingdom, distin guishing the party bias cf each by a certain colour. This list contains a great deal of very valuable information relating to newspaper statistics, and must be necessarily of consider able utility to all who, at any time, have occasion to ad vertise. RELEASE OF CHARTIST PRISONERS.—Four Chartists, named William Moorhouse, John Fairhurst, Robert Wild, and James Wild, were liberated from Knutsford House of Correction on Thursday last, about four months before the expiration of the term of their imprisonment. These parties were tried before Lord Abinger, at the Chester Assizes, 1842, on charges of sedition, &c., arising out of the part they took at various meetings near Hyde during the great turn-out of factory operatives. ART-UNIONS.—On Saturday evening a meeting of the Society of British Artists was held at the Society's-rooms, in Suffolk street, for the purpose of discussing the recent Treasury minute declaring Art-Unions to be illegal. The meeting was attended by several of the first artists in town. After a great deal of conversation, Mr. J. W. Allen, the Vice-President of the British Artists Society, moved a re solution to the effect that a general meeting of the profession be called, for the purpose of inviting the Committee of the Royal Academy, the two Water-colour Associations, and that of the Art-Union to a conference upon the best means to be adopted for the protection of an nion which, in its exist ence of eight years, had conferred acknowledged benefits on the arts and artists of this great country. The resolution was carried unanimously. Ten thousand out-pensioners of Chelsea College, whose ages are not to exceed 58 years, are to be mustered on the 25th of the present month, for the purpose of enrol ment, and being hereafter called out as a local force in their respective districts, when required for the preservation of the public peace. Agreeably to the provisions of the war want regulating the organisation of this auxiliary force, which was published in our Gazette of the 7th of October lust, each man i 3 to receive two shillings per diem, on producing certain prescribed articles of clothing, and to be completed in arms and accoutrements, as far as may be prac ticable by the 25th inst. He is to be called out for exercise eight days within the year, and to receive for each of those days the sum of two shillings ; but when called out to assist in preserving the public peace, he is to receive two shillings and sixpence per diem.—United Service Gazette. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—There is prodigious com petition, we are informed, among our sculptors for shares in the allotment of the additional 10,0001. for statuary to adorn the Royal Exchange Noticing which, we would inquire if the City Wellington Statue, now complete in the studio of the late Sir F. Ch an t r ey, is to be placed, as it ought to be, on its pedestal in this locality, on the 18th of June, the anni versary of Waterluo 2—Literary Gazette. What disorder excites the greatest compassion ? The small-pox ; for the patient is generally much pitted. CZ' n i N F a r . e i e v t , e i l sloa stated INDIAN have just t h e eS e bai 7 y t r e a d o i r n d i o a ll ry tt bred ts, t -B i i fe r y ni? a ny r g e Lb t a h ri e d°' finest bah in quality ( al c ompetent fo form that leav e gilbeba that • et been seen in this country. They have been consigned to her Majesty's purveyor, Mr. Giblett, of Bond-street. VISIT of PRINCE ALBERT TO THE NE W HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. On Saturday afternoon, his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Gwydyr House, Whitehall, where the Commissioners of Fine Arts, of which his Royal Highness is chairman, sits, and proceeded to the new Houses of Parliament. The Prince was accompanied by Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Hallam, and Mr. Wyse, members of the Commission. Upon his Royal Highness's arrival, he was received by Mr. Barry, the architect, and Mr. The visit was understood to be a formal one, sug gested for the purpose of ascertaining the progress made in the erection of the new Houses of Legisla ture; and by inspection of the various compartments to form an opinion as to which of them were best suited for the displaying of fiescos, statues, and other works of art. His Royal Highness and the other Commissioners first proceeded to the terrace, and inspected the eleva tion of the river front, and the carvings thereon ; after which they directed their steps to the Victoria Tower, which is now thirty feet high. Subsequently to inspecting this tow er , th e majest i c b eauty o f which called forth the admiration of the Prince, the party proceeded up a temporary staircase, erected where the grand staircase will be, which her Majesty will ascend on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, to the guard-room, and from thence to the robing room, where Mr. Barry produced his plans, and ex plained the different arrangements of that part of the works. The great point of interest at this portion of the buildings was the Victoria Gallery, through which the Queen will pass in procession from the royal robing-rooms to the House of Lords. This gallery is to be devoted to the reception of statues and busts of all the great literary, naval, and military men of bygone times; and the walls will be covered with fresco paintings. A considerable time was spent in this part of the building, and his Royal Highness paid the most marked attention to the architect's explana tions of his future intentions. The party afterwards directed their attention to the royal porch or entry to the House of Lords, in which a temporary scaffolding had been erected, in order that his Royal-Highness and the rest of the Com missioners might inspect the interior of the House of Peers. The stonework and elaborate carving of the interior exhibited elicited most unqualified expressions of praise from the Prince and the other Commissioners. This building nas reached an altitude of sixty feet, and the main windows on both sides are fixed. It was explained to his Royal Highness that the lower part of the walls, to the height of about twenty feet, are to be lined with enriched carved oak wainscoting, the upper part of the walls being coated with a peculiarly beautiful freestone from Caen, in Normandy, having enriched corbels, supporting niches, in which are to be placed marble statues of the Kings and Queens of England. It was stated that the greater part of the works of the new House of Peers were of sufficient height to receive the roof, which, we understand, is composed of wrought and cast iron, and is in a state of great forwardness. It will be covered with cast iron gal vinised plates. The Prince and his party next inspected the lobby, which is even in a more forward state than the House itself, the whole of it being embellished with carvings in stone of the richest description, and it will be finished without plaster or cement of any kind being used. The central hall was the succeeding object of at traction. This hall intervenes between the two Houses of Parliament, and will be made the venti lator for the entire building, by means of a tower, 300 feet in height, which will be above the ascent of smoke, and consequently will furnish fresh and pure air throughout the entire erection. The party proceeded from the central hall to the front building, intended for the Parliamentary li braries and Committee-rooms, the public halls of which were minutely inspected. In one of the halls a considerable preparation had been made for the re ception of works of art, the walls being lined with stone filled with niches, and ready to receive statues. The Prince and his party did not visit the other parts of the building, including . the House of Com mons, clock tower, &c, ; but it was explained to his Royal Highness that this portion of the works was also in a state of great forwardness, and most parts were from eighteen to twenty feet high. It was also stated there were 700 men constantly at work. His Royal Highness and the other Commissioners subsequently visited the model rooms, which are under the direction of Messrs. Thomas and Dighton. After inspecting models of the interior of the House of Lords, they proceeded to Mr. Barry's offices, where the details and-drawings were laid before the Prince, and explained by the architect. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the other Commissioners, at a quarter past six o'clock, took their leave, having been on the premises for two hours and a quarter. The Prince, before leaving, expressed his extreme gratification at the great pro gress made in the erection of the Houses of Parlia ment, and said it far exceeded his most sanguine ex pectations. THE THREE••AND-A-HALF PER CENTS.—As far as Great Britain is coneernad the result of the con version plan, as proposed by Mr. Goulburn, is this:—The dissents to the reduction of the Re duced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., and of the New Three-and•a-Half per Cents. (representing a capital of 240,000,0004 are most certainly under 100,000/. The assents to the plan, as respects the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818, have not yet been officially stated; but we can state from the most authen tic sources, that a very small amount of this stock, at the termination of the usual hours of daily business, re mained unassented. It is, in fact, considered more than probable that, taking the domestic as well as the foreign holders of the Three- and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities, which in the aggregate represents 250,000,0001., the Treasury will not have to provide for money payments to objectors to an amount exceeding one quarter of a million:sterling; it may be, that not one half of this sum will be ultimately required.—Obserrer. FIELD DAY ON WORMWOOD SCRUBS.- - Yesterday the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) had a field-day on Worm- Wood Scrubs. The regiment left their barracks at Knights bridgo, shortly after nine o'clock, and proceeded, headed by their splendid band, through Hyde -park, Kensington High • street, Church-lane, into the Uxbridge-road, and from thence up Wood-lane to the Scrubs. The extreme fineness of the day induced numbers of persons to follow them to the ground. The regiment, after going through various ma noeuvres and evolutions, left the ground about half-past twelve o'clock. FOLKESTONE.—We continue to receive numerous visitors from Dover daily by the railway. In fact, the Dover people are our best customers ; and on the part of our townsmen, we, as true friends to Folkestone, beg to thank them for their change. The Boulogne passage continues about the same as usual in point of numbers ; and the passengers also continue to " come like shadows, so depart." By the latter visitors the bona fide traders of Folkestone are in no way benefitted if Messrs. Baxen dale, Vantine, and Co., are.—Dover Chronicle. A DEAD CHILD DISCOVERED.—On Monday after noon last an inquest was held at the Police Station-house, Blanket-row, before Mr John Thorney, coroner, on the body of a male infant, name unknown. Police-constable Raspin Cherry (No. 93) stated that On Sunday morning, about a quarter before six o'clock, as he was proceeding past the High Church Burying-ground on his way to the station-house, he observed a small box lying under the wall, which he took up and carried to the station; on open ing it, it was found to contain the body of a male child, wrapped up in a piece of new white cotton. Mr. George Ross surgeon, deposed that he had examined the body, which was that of a full-grown male child, and in his opinion had been born ten or fourteen days. No medi cal gentlemen had been called in at its birth. In conse quence of the decomposed state of the body, he was un able to say whether it had been alive ar not ; but he was satisfied it had never breathed. There were marks on the right side of the face and head, and small particles of sand attached thereto. He had opened the head, but found no internal marks. Inspector Tacey stated that no clue had as yet been obtained relative to the unnatural parent. Verdict--" Found dead." DEAL.—The atmosphere was on Tuesday so ratified that Calais was plainly discernible with the naked eye. The vessels could be seen leaving the harbour without the aid of a glass.—Dover Chronicle. MONUMENT TO LORD HOLLAND..-.—lLlVing heard a desire expressed to know what was being done towards carrying into effect the object of the subscription for erecting a testimonial to the memory of the late Lord Holland, we have made inquiries on the subject, and are happy in being enabled to state the distinguished states man, Lord John Russell, more immediately and so appropriately charged with the execution of the wishes of the subscribers, has allowed of no unnecessary delay. The site for the testimonial to Lord Holland, one of the most enlightened, honest, single-minded of British statesmen, has already been fixed upon in Westminster Abbey. But in order that it may be placed theq the removal of three existing monuments will be nea:sary, and it is indis pensable that the convenience of the persons interested in these monuments should be attended to. The delay hitherto in carrying out the objects of the subscription has been occasioned by these circumstances. As soon as the site can be definitively arranged full notice will be given to artists to send in designs for the Holland Tes timonial, for it was most properly considered that until the locality was clearly defined the nature of the testi monial could not be well determined on.—Observer. CHARTIST CONVENTION IN MANCHESTER.—The Chartists have been holding a Convention in this town during the present week, but their proceedings have not excited the least interest. The Convention consists of (so-called) delegates from various parts of the kingdom, amongst whom, we believe, are Mr. Fcargus O'Connor, the proprietor, and Mr. Joshua Hobson, the publisher, of the Northern Star. The proceedings commenced on Monday, in Carpenters' Hall ; since then the delegates have sat each day in the same place, and weperceive that several of their number are announced to address a public meeting in Stevenson's-square, this evening. Apropos, the placard calling the meeting is headed, "Down with the Tories !" which seems to indicate that the Chartists intend to commence what in their phraseo logy would be called " a new move." The immediate object of the Convention is understood. to be tG concoct some plan to res usc it a t e fallen Chartism , but the discus sions which hav e hith e rto taken place arc spoken of as having been un usua lly . tan guid told inane,— Manchester Guardian, LITERATURE. • BEARN AND THE PYRENEES, 2 Yob. Bentley. London, 1844. The author of these amusing volumes of travels is Miss Costello, to whom the public is already indebted for many graphic sketches of French scenery and manners. Though no very shrewd or profound ob server, and seldom piercing below the surface of things, Miss Costello seldom fails to excite the inte rest of her readers, for her manner of handling her subject is attractive; she is quick to detect light and piquant points of character, andsays whatever she has to say in the easiest and most good-humoured spirit possible. There is little—if anything—in her present volumes that will be new to the reader; the ground she goes over has been trodden at least a hundred times already, still, we find her a most entertaining companion ; and common-place as it but too often is, never weary of her easy, unassuming gossip. The second volume of the work before us is the most en tertaining, because there the authoress is more minute and spirited in her descriptions, and conducts us to the watering-places amon g c , the Pyrenees—a theme not yet quite exhausted. ire quote her account of a visit which she paid to Jasmin, a barber-poet, who resides in a small town in Gascony, and, as it seems, has acquired great celebrity for his poetical genius throughout France. In his diverting vanity and simplicity of manner, Jastnin reminds us somewhat of the late James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd : "He caught up two copies of his book, from a pile lying on the table, and making us sit close to him, he pointed out the French translation on one side, which he told us to follow while he read in Gascon. He began in a rich soft voice, and as he advanced, the surprise of Hamlet on hearing the player-king recite the disasters of Hecuba, was but a type of ours, to find ourselves carried away by the spell of his enthusiasm. His eyes swam in tears; he became pale and red; he trembled; he recovered himself; his face was now joyous, now ex ulting, gay, jocose; in fact, he was twenty actors in one; he rang the changes from Rachel to Bouffe; and he finished by delighting us, besides beguiling us of our tears, and overwhelming us with astonishment. _ _ "He would have been a treasure on the stage; for he is still, though his first youth is past, remarkably good looking and striking; with black, sparkling eyes of in tense expression; a fine ruddy complexion; a counte nance of wondrous mobility; a good figure; and action full of fire and grace; he has handsome hands, which he uses with infinite effect; and, on the whole, he is the best actor of the kind I ever saw. I could now quite understand what a troubadour or jongleur might be, and I look upon Jasmin as a revived specimen of that ex- tinet race. Such as he is might have been Gaucelm Faidit, of Avignon, the friend of Cobur de Lion, who lamented the death of the hero in such moving strains; such might have been Bernard de Ventadour, who sang the praises of Queen Elinore's beauty; such Geoffrey Rudel, of Blaye, on his own Garonne; such the wild Vidal: certain it is, that none of these troubadours of old could more move, by their singing or reciting, than Jasmin, in whom all their long-smothered fire and tra ditional magic seems re-illumined. " We found we had stayed hours instead of minutes with the poet; but he would not hear of any apology— only regretted that his voice was so out of tune, in con sequence of a violent cold, under which he was really labouring, and hoped to see us again. He told us our countrywomen of Pau had laden him with hindness and attention, and spoke with such enthusiasm of the beauty of certain misses,' that I feared his little wife would feel somewhat piqued; but, on the contrary, she stood by, smiling and happy, and enjoying the stories of bis triumphs. I remarked that he had restored the poetry of the troubadours; asked him if he knew their songs, and said he was worthy to stand at their head. 'I am, indeed, a troubadour,' said he with energy; but I am far beyond them all; they were but beginners; they never composed a poem like my Franconnete ! There are no poets in France now—there cannot be; the language does not admit of it; where is the fire, the spirit, the expression, the tenderness, the force of the Gascon? French is but the ladder to reach to the first floor of Gascon—how can you get up to a height except by a ladder!' " ARTHUR O'LEARY. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1844. We incline to consider this work if not the I e it, at least among the best, that its author has yet put forth. The first four or five chapters are somewhat languid—as we mentioned at the time when they first appeared successively in the pages of the Dublin University Magazine but afterwards the work greatly improves in interest ; the action becomes more animated; the incidents exhibit more vigour and novelty ; and the characters, which are numerous, are consistently maintained to the close. In truth, Mr. Lever could scarcely pen a dull, insipid narra tive, even if he were to attempt it. Redeeming touches of vivacity, humour, end description would be sure to be peeping out every now and then ; and no efforts could repress those buoyant animal spirits in which, as a novelist, he abounds to overflowing. As a painter of battles, sieges, and all the pomp and pageantry of war, he is on paper what Cooper is on canvas ; and as far surpasses Gleig and the writers of that sleepy, common-place school, as the meridian blaze of the sun surpasses the feeble lustre of a rushlight. In his present work, Mr. Lever gives an account of the wan derings of Arthur O'Leary—a restless, mercurial, high-spirited Irishman—and of the numerous adven tures and vicissitudes that bfel him in the course of his travels. This enables the author to introduce a variety of sketches of out-of-the-way characters, such as those who are constantly on the tramp are apt to come in contact with; and among others, he gives a portrait of a French veteran officer, who was with Napoleon on the fatal day at Leipsic, which is drawn with much force and feeling, though it be little more than an outline. But decidedly the most stirring episode in the volumes, is the one entitled " O'Kelly's Story," which is full of the wildest adventures, bordering, however, it must be confessed, here and there, a little on the improbable. We quote O'Kelly's account of the capture by the French of a crazy transport-ship, in which he was embarked with his regiment, on their way to America : ' We were staggering along under light canvas, when the look-out-a-head announced a light on the weather bow ; it was evidently coming towards us, and scarce half a mile distant ; we had no more than time to hang out a lantern in the tops, and put up the helm, when a large ship, whose sides rose several feet above our own, swept by its, and so close that her yard-arms actually touched our rigging as she yawed over in the sea. A muttered thanksgiving for our escape, for such it was, broke from every lip ; and hardly was it uttered, when again a voice cried eut, 'here she comes to leeward,' and sure enough the dark shadow of a large mass moving at a speed far greater than ours passed under our lee, while a harsh summons was shouted out to know who we were, and whither bound. The North umberland,' with troops, was the answer ; and before the words were well out, a banging noise was heard— the ports of the stranger ship were flung open, a bright flash, like a line of flame, ran her entire length, and a raking broadside was poured into us. The old transport reeled over and trembled like a thing of life,—her shat tered sides and torn bulwarks let in the water as she heeled to the shock, and for an instant, as she bent be neath the storm, I thought she was settling, to go down by the head. I had little time, however, for thought : one wild cheer broke from the attacking ship—its answer was the faint, sad cry of the wounded and dying on our deck. The next moment the grapples "Were thrown into us, and the vessel was boarded from stem to stern. The noise of the cannonade, and the voices on deck, brought all our men from below, who came tum bling up the hatches, believing we had struck. " Then began a scene, such as all I have ever wit nessed of carnage and slaughter cannot equal. The Frenchmen, for such they were, rushed down upon us as we stood defenceless and unarmed : a deadly roll of musketry swept our thick and trembling masses. The cutlass and the boarding-pike made fearful havoc among us, and an unresisted slaughter tore along our deck, till the heaps of dead and dying made the only barrier for the few remaining. "A chance word in French, and a sign of masonry, rescued me from the fate of my comrades, and my only injury was a slight sabre- wound in the fore Arm, which I received in warding off a cut intended for my head The carnage lasted scarce fifteen minutes ; but in that time, of all the crew that manned our craft—what between those who leaped overboard in wild despair, and those who fell beneath fire and steel—scarce twenty remained, appalled and trembling, the only ones rescued from this horrible slaughter. A sudden cry of she's sinking 1' burst from the strange ship, and in a moment the Frenchmen clambered up their bulwarks, the grap ples were cast off, the dark mass darted onwards on her course, and we drifted away• to leeward—a moving sepulchre ! As the clouds flew past, the moon shone out, and threw a pale sickly light on the scene of slaughter, where the dead and dying lay in indiscrimi nate heaps together—so frightful a spectacle never did eye rest upon I" NOUVEAU MELANGE. Baily, London, 1844. This is a useful elementary work, compiled with skill and method, and well adapted for beginners in the French language. The extracts from the works of the best French writers, which are given at the close of the volume, independently of the purity of their style, possess just the sort of interest that is likely to attract the attention of the young reader, and the principal idiomatic expressions in vogue among our continental neighbours, have the advantage of an al phabetical arrangement, and are explained in terse and lucid terms. The compiler of this serviceable school book is a French gentleman, named De la Voie. THE PROGRESSES OF HER MAJESTY. Wakeman, London, 1844. We have here, in one neat quarto volume, bound in blue cloth, an account of the various progresses of her Majesty and Prince Albert, last year, in France, Belgium, and Hclland. This account is drawn up in a most circumstantial manner, and is illustrated with a variety of appropriate embellish ments, the best of which are those which pourtray the different incidents that took place durinz visit to Louis Philippe at the chateau d'u— the th e Royalacci dent to the French Royal Family at Treport, th e f ete ckampetre in the forest of Eu, the preparations for the departure of the Queen, &c. WESTERN AFRICA. 110uWon and Stoneman. London, 1844. lii this tersely and perspicuously -written little volume, we find a sketch, full of interest, of the his tory and present condition of the Christian missions in Western Africa, where our missionaries, it appears, have long been exerting themselves with uncommon ardour, but hitherto, unfortunately, with a success by no means commensurate with their zeal, so numerous and powerful are the obstacles which stand in the way of the diffusion of the Gospel in this benighted quar ter of the world. Mr. East, however, offers some suggestions k for the diminishing of these obstacles, which are well worthy the serious consideration of those who are taking an interest in the spiritual, as well as in the temporal welfare of the oppressed and despised African, inasmuch as they evidently proceed from one who is thoroughly conversant with the sub ject which he undertakes to discuss. In addition to his curious and, we may add, painful, details respect ing the moral and religious state of the tens of thou sands of human beings who vegetate—for they can scarcely be said to live—in the vast districts of Western and Central Africa, our author furnishes us with a picture of the horrors of slavery and the slave trade, which it is quite sickening to contemplate, so minutely and in such vivid, but, we fear, not exagge rated colours is the dreadful subject pourtrayed. Not less painful is his account of the general condition of women in Western Africa—especially those of the inferior classes—who are sold by their parents in marriage to the highest bidder, and treated by their demoralised husbands with the grossest and most wanton cruelty. Mr. East has judiciously condensed nearly all the striking facts bearing on the subject of the social state in Africa, which have been accumu lated by travellers and missionaries for years past;' and the result is a volume abounding in useful—we wish we could add encouraging—information. We subjoin a passage or two as a specimen of the atlthor's manner : " Africa is under the dominion of the most savage despotism. Even its free men are, in most cases, little more than the vassals of their rulers—and, in some, altogether at the disposal of their merciless tyranny. Africa is a land of slaves. Three individuals out of every four are slaves; and, in some places, not more than one in seventy are free. Africa trades, both within its own borders and with foreign nations, iu the flesh and blood of its own population, and is hourly bleeding under the infliction of this most inhuman traffic. Polygamy is universal in Africa. The great monopolise the female portion of the population—the inferior classes are left without any domestic associate—prostitution is legalised by public authority, to meet the exigency which this un just and wicked monopoly has created—and the blackest crimes, consequent upon such a state of things, are shamelessly committed. The condition of woman in Africa is most abject and degraded. Without a pro perty in herself, at any stage of her existence, she is sold by her parents in marriage to the highest bidder, from henceforth living only for the gratification of her tyran nical and capricious lord, who rules her as his slave, im posing upon her the most menial offices, and, in some in stances, deriving, in licentious indolence, his own sup port from the labour of her hands. In a word, as the social condition of Africa is the lowest and most wretched, so every crime which has polluted other parts of the heathen world, is perpetrated in it. Nor is this picture much relieved by the view which has been taken of African agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. " The superstitions of Africa not only sanction and tend to perpetuate this state of things, but add a thousand-fold to the depth of her degradation and the amount of her calamity. Here Mohammedanism and Paganism divide the spoil. Islamism exists in its worst of forms. For the sake of gaining an ascendancy, it associates itself with the superstition of Paganism ; and, with the exception of abolishing human sacrifices, so far from reforming any existing evil, it countenances and gives permanency to some of the most horrid features of African society." BANK OF ENGLAND CHARTER. The time is drawing near when Sir Robert Peel must break his protracted silence respecting the mea sures to be proposed to Parliament, in connection with the approaching expiration of the Charter of the Bank of England. If the rules which the Prime Minister prescribes for others could for a moment be supposed applicable to himself, we might wonder that the declaration of his intentions on a subject of such magnitude should be so long deferred. He has recently, in une quivocal language, stated to the House of Com mons what he thinks of those who delay the dis cussion of important measures till the concluding months of the session of Parliament. If the repre sentatives of Ireland pray for a few days longer to confer with their countrymen on a proposition which is to convert their national representation into an engine for registering the edicts of the Orange landed proprietary, he gives a grumbling acqui escence, but under protest, and with an express stipulation that no one shall hold him respon sible for whatever may be the consequence of such blameable procrastination. But it would seem that in his judgment delay is an evil only when it is to be employed in deliberation ; when his purposes have been made known, he deems it im possible that the nation should require any length of time for the consideration of them. But he in variably reserves the declaration of those purposes to the latest possible. moment. It is becoming the practice of the Government to have only one of its measures before the public at a time, withholding, if possible, until that one is out of danger, or re jected, or withdrawn, all knowledge of those which are to follow. The Bank Charter question has not taken the Government by surprise. Since the last renewal, in 1833, it has been known to every one that this year, if not'sooner, would be the time to legislate on the subject. Having ample time to prepare, Minis ters accordingly gave early note of preparation. The settlement of the Currency was among the promises in the Queen's Speech; and,- certainly, those promises were neither so many nor so brilliant as to account for any tardiness in determining how they were to be fulfilled. If the Ministers had not made up their mind, during the recess, what measure they should submit to Parliament on this subject, they must be incapable of making it up, on reasonable grounds, at all ; and if they had, what prevented them from at once introducing their Bill, that its principles and provisions might have been canvassed, by competent persons, during the ten weeks and upwards that have since elapsed, and the minds of Parliument and the public prepared for an adequate discussion, before the month of June, when, as Sir Robert Peel tells us, it becomes a question what portion of the Government measures the Go vernment intends to abandon ? Instead of this, Ministers have maintained that perfect silence which they seem to regard as characteristic of statesmanship ; and we do not believe that there is one, even of their Parliamentary supporters, who can surmise, on just ground, what their pro position will be. The time, however, is past when Sir Robert Peel's silence was supposed, even by his own party, to conceal some great mystery of State craft. He profited by this delusion while he could; but, like most of the prestiges on which he subsisted while out of place, it did not survive a year after his accession to office. Most persons are now convinced that when he says nothing, he has nothing very valuable to say; that, as was formerly observed of another political character, when he shakes his head, there is nothing in it. From the remarkable absence of interest, and even of curiosity, which prevails in almost all quar ters concerning the promised measure—a state of the public mind so unlike that which has so often before been experienced on similar subjects—it may be inferred that, in the opinion of the public, Ministers are not likely to propose any material alteration in what exists ; but will renew the Charter of the Bank of England, on its present footing, without extension, but also without curtailment, of any of its exclusive privileges. This conjecture is doubtless a very probable one. That a Minister will do nothing at all, when not urged to action by some powerful pressure, is generally a safe enough guess. But still this is only a presumption, and sometimes fails. What a Minister will never voluntarily do, is to move in any direction that conflicts with the inte rests on which he relies for support. But where none of these interests are implicated, the habitual disposition of official men to leave things alone alternates, especially since the Reform Bill, with a rather strong occasional inclination to signalise themselves by meddling. One of the principal effects of that memorable measure, and of the general break-up of old ideas and associations which accom panied it, was to diffuse a notion much more wideiy than ever before, that the business of a Government was not to sit still and receive the taxes, but to look out in all directions for all means which could be discovered of conferring benefit on the community. The demand for improvement, and the spirit of it, have been in far more active operation upon the minds of rulers in the last eight or ten years than formerly. But as the circumstances which stimulated the desire for improved legislation could not all at once confer the capacity of it upon men who had been occupied all their lives with any kind of objects and ideas rather than those which would have qualified them for such a function, they are apt to come to, their new task with minds rather ill prepared ; and the very men who, when their purpose is to maintain things unaltered, have at their fingers'-ends all the common places deprecatory of "speculative changes," are often found, when they think the time is come for being reformers, to be ready, dupes of the :crudest and most superficial theories. We confess that in the case which has led us into this line of remark, our fears are chiefly of this latter kind. The present system if it can be so called, of the currency is, doubtless, far from perfect, as is implied in the fact, that it is a medley of several sys sems, founded on conflicting principles. But we be lieve that the amount of practical evil fairly attri butable to its defects has been enormously exaggerated by most writers on the subject ; while we con fidently affirm, that no theory which has been pro pounded for its improvement is sufficiently matured, or has obtained that general sanction from the opinion of those who are entitled to be considered authorities, which would justify Parliament in making any considerable changes on the faith of such a theory. Yet we feel by no means certain that some attempt of this nature will not, on the present occa sion, be made. If there is at present no strong direc tion of public sentiment in favour of such changes, neither is there any strong disinclination to them ; while, such is the diversity of individual opinion on the subject, and so much that is plausible may be said in favour of almost every view, that scarcely any plan could be proposed of which, if brought forward by Government, it could be affirmed beforehand to be im possible that a considerable section of the mercantile public might be induced to give it their support.— Chronicle. THE OJIBBEWAY INDIANS.—In consequence of the British Swimming Society having promised to award a first class silver medal to the best swimmer of these celebrated Indians, the swimming baths in High Holhom, kept by Mr. Hedgman, were crowded with private visitors and that gen tleman's friends. At twelve o'clock the omnibus, with three of the Indians outside, and the squaws, accompanied by Mr. Anderson, arrived, as also Mr. Harold Kenworthy, the well known swimmer. In the rear of the omnibus, in full costume and on horseback, were " We-nish-ka-wea-bee" (the Flying Gull), and " Sah-ma" (Tobacco), with Mr. Green, their medical adviser, who has attended them since they have been in London, and who, on this occasion, suggested that the temperature of the water should be raised to 85 degrees. Flying Gull and Tobacco were selected as competitors, the rest of the party being seated to witness the trial of, skill, and the squaws being accommodated in an interior room. While the two Indians were divesting themselves of their costume, Mr. Kenworthy went through a series of scientific feats, which excited the applause of the Indians and spectators. At a signal the Indians jumped into the bath, and, on a pistol being discharged, they struck out and swan to the other end, a distance of 120 feet, in less than half a minute. The Flying Gull was the victor by seven feet They swam back again to the starting place, where Flying Gull was a second time the victor. Their style of swimming is totally un-European. They lash the water violently with their arms, like the sails of a windmill, and beat downwards with their feet, blowing with force, and forming grotesque antics. They then dived from one end of the bath to the other with the rapidity of an arrow, and almost as straight a tension of limb. They afterwards entered the lists with Mr. Kenworthy, who is accounted one of the best swimmers in England, and who beat them with the greatest ease. The Indians then remade their toilet, and the whole party were shown round the extensive establishment, at which they expressed great wonder. The medal will be presented to Flying Gull in the course of the week. Mr. Hedgman then conducted them to take refreshment in the room with the :squaws, and after partaking of wine and biscuits, they returned in the omnibus to the Egyptian Hall, in time to resume the exhibition. ST. PAUL'S. —Yesterday being the first Sunday in Easter term, the judges attended divine service at St. Paul's Cathedral. Shortly after 2 o'clock the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Justice Wi . htman, and Mr. Justi c e C resswe ll, assembled at the Judges Chambers, Sergeants' Inn, where they were joined by several sergeants-at-law. A little before 3 o'clock the City Marshal arrived on horseba c k t o announce that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor had left the Mansion House for the purpose of meeting their Lordships at St. Paul's. The judges then entered their carriages and_pro ceeded to the cathedral , where, havin g first joined the Lord Mayor and the Bishop of London in the vestry, they subse quently proceeded into the choir in the following order :—The City Mace and Sivordbearers, the Lord Mayor, Lord Denman, and the other judges according to precedence. The Sheriffs for London and Middlesex, Mr. Alderman Challis, and a large body of Common Councilmen were also in attendance. The ser mon was preached by the Bishop of London. The ca thedral was very much crowded. FOREIGN CunEsE.—lt appears by a Parliamentary return, just issued, that the quantity of European cheese imported into this country in the year ended Jan. 5, 1844, was 136,998 cwt. ; from the United States of America, 42,312 cwt. ; from British possessions, 79 cwt. Total, in the year, 179.389 cwt. On Friday last, Lord Morpeth presided at the meeting of the Wharfdale Agricultural Society, at Otley, which, - however, it only a show for cattle and horteL COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal Suite, and the Household, attended Divine service yesterday morn ind, in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. His Majesty the King of the Belgians held a diplo matic levee at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday, for the reception of the Foreign Ministers. The following members of the Diplomatic Corps attended :—Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, Count de Noailles, Secretary, and Baron de Talleyrand, Attaché to the Embassy ; AR Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador ; Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister; Baron de Bjornst jerna, Secretary of Legation; Le General Baron Stjer nerona, on a special mission from the King of Sweden; and Baron C. de Bjornstjerna, Officer d'Ordonnance de S. M. le Roi de Suede et de Norwege ; Mr. Moreno, Buenos Ay reap Minister; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister ; Count Pollen, Sar dinian Minister, and Count Rove), Secretary of Lega tion ; Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, and Mr. Lobo de Moira, Secretary of Legation ; Mr. Alejo Fortique, Venezuelan Minister ; Baron de Brunnow, Russian Minister, and M. de Berg, Secretary of Lep- tion ; Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, Wurtemberg Minister ; Le Comman deur Marquis Lisboa, Brazilian Minister ; Mr. Everett, United States Minister, and Mr. Rives, Secretary of Le gation ; Count Reventlow, Danish Minister, and Baron de Brockdorff, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Nieu mann, Austrian Minister, and Count Esterhazy Attache to the Legation ; Mr. Murphy, Mexican Minister ; Mr. M. Mosquera, New Grenada Charge d'Affaires, and M. Raphael de Ayala, Secretary to th Mission ; Baron de Thile, Prussian Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. StratPnuf, Ne therlands Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. H. F. Tiarks, Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General in London for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. Their Excellencies appeared in Court dresses, the mem hers of Orders of Knighthood wearing their respective ensigns. His Majesty King Leopold entered the library, where the Diplomatic corps had assembled, accompanied by her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians. His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, then pre sented the different members of the corps. Their Majesties were attended by Madame d'Hoog vorst, Count Mercy d'Argenteau, and Major A. d'Hanins de Moerkerke. M. Van de Weyer was accompanied by M. Drouet, Secretary of the Belgian Legation. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also visited the august circle on Saturday. The Royal Family were taken airings on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, went -on Saturday afternoon, to Gwydyr House, where his Royal Highness was received by Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, Mr. Gaily Knight, and Mr. Wyse, members of the Commission for pro moting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. The Prince, accompanied by the Commissioners, and Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary to the Commission, proceeded to the new Palace at Westminster, where his Ropl Highness was received by Mr. Barry, the architect, who conducted the Prince and the Cnmmissioners to different parts of the building. His Royal Highness and the Commissioners spent two hours in inspecting the various extensive works in pro gress. The Prince, attended by Colonel Bouverie, after wards returned to Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians yesterday. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the French Ambassa dor, and the Countess de St. Aulaire, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Montagu Wynyard, who took his text from Ecclesiastes, chap. xi., verses 7 and 8. The Prayers were read by the Rev. Morsley Dakins, and the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Knapp. The Musical Service in D was by Sir G. Smart, the Anthem was, "My God, my God." Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Her Majesty was attended by the 'Viscountess Bar rington, Hon. Miss Boyle, and the Hon. W. Ashley. Among the Nobility present were the Marquises of Sa lisburj, Normanby, and Northampton; Lords Bandon, Delawarr Wilton, Cawdor, Tyrconnell, Eliot, De Manley, Ingestrie, Northland, and Palmerston; Mar chioness of Westmeath, Ladies Wilton, Chesterfield, Palmerston, and M. Monck. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal St. James's yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated at the service. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. M. Wynyard. The the Duchess Duk e o o f f Kent Cambridge on s a v t i t s; d t e a d y het Clarenceal Ii i i g i h o n u e s s e s , St. James's. Queenythe Dowager took an airing on eSa Her il tn e r r d a)j,yeal in s a t carriage. Hi Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yes terday. The Postmaster-General and Colonel Maberley stre had an interview with t he C hancell or of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence, in Downing- street. Sir Howard Douglas transacted busine ss on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lady Peel arrived in town on Saturday aft ernoon , from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir John and Lady Gerard, at the Clarendon Hotel, B md-street, from their seat, New Hall, near Warring ton, Lancashire ; J. Crawford, Esq., at ditto; Captain and Lady Jane Walker, in Wilton-crescent ; Lord Fielding and Lady Mary Fielding, at the Earl of Den bigh's, Eaton-square ; Colonel Bathurst, Grenadier Guards, and Mrs. Bathurst, in Gloucester-place, from Marham Hall ; Mr. and Lady Margaret Littleton, at Lord Hatherton's, Grosvenor-place; Sir Horace B. Sey mour, M.P., from the New Forest, Hants; Baron Mon corvo, and family, from Brighton; Buchanan, at. Christie's Hotel; Fitzherbert, Esq., from the Conti nent; Right Hon. T. L. Corry, M.P., in Grosvenor-square, , from Earl of Beim re's, Castlecoole, Fermanagh ; Lady I Catherine Fellowes, Miss Fellowes, and Mrs. Seymour Allen, in Bryanston-square; the Earl and Countess of Morley, at Kent House, Knightsbridge, from Saltram ; Mr. fangford Brooka and Miss Campbell, in Chesham "place ; Lady Hotham, froni Brighton; the Hon. General and Mrs. Meade and family, in Dryanston-square, from St. Leonard's-on-Sea; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammers ley and family, in Park-crescent, from Brighton; Lord Beaumont, from Mivart's Hotel, from Carlton Yorkshire ; the Dlwager Duchess of Bedford and Lady Rachel E. Russell, at Clarendon Hill, from a continental tour ; Lady Louisa .Cator and family, at her house in Bryanston•square; Baron Le Couteuil de Mohay, M. de Glassenap, Aide-de-Camp to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, Prince Zurlo, Prince Sans Severo and suites, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the Continent ; Mr. and the Misses Hallifax, in Port land-place, from Chadacre Hall, Suffolk ; Andrew Wright, Esq., and family, at the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover-square, from the Continent ; M. P. Boulton and M. Boulton, Esqrs., and Hutton, Esq., at ditto, from York. DEPARTURES. The Rev, the Archdeacon of Waterford, for Chelten ham ; Lady Jane Dalrymple, from Christie's Hotel, St. James's street, for Sir Geerge Warrender't., Clieden House, Berks ; Captain Lloyd, R.N., for Cheltenham ; Mr. Hull, from New Norfolk -street, for Hampton Court ; Gundry, Esq., and Mrs. Gundry, from Christie's Hotel, St. James's-street, for the North; Cap tain Forbes, for the York Hotel, at Brighton ; Lord and Lady Walsingham, and Sir Robert and Lady Frankland Russell, from Cavendish-square, fcr Chequers Court, Bucks; J. Strutt, Esq., and Miss Strutt, and Mrs. and Miss Arkwright, from the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover-square, for the Continent ; Hodson, Esq., from ditto ; the Rev. W. and Mrs. Newbolt, from ditto, for Nottingham. CHANGES. The Marchioness of Douglas and the Countess of Lincoln, on a visit to the Earl of Wemyss, at Gosford House, near .Haddington, from Holyrood House ; the Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett, at Leamington Spa, from a visiting tour ; Colonel Car michael, at Leamington Spa, from a tour ; the Rev. Lord William Somerset, and Messrs. Fitzroy and Bos cawen Somerset, at Cheltenham, from Painswick House; Lord and Lady Headley, at Brighton, from their seat in Essex; Sir Beresford and Lady M•Mahon and family, at Dublin, from a tour; Mr. Ross, M.P., at Cheltenham, from a tour ; Captain Hagart, 7th Hussars, from Brighton, for Warwickshire. EXETER ELECTION. On Saturday the nomination took place. General Briggs was first in the hall; he took his seat on the right of the Mayor. He was attended by Messrs. Robert R. Moore, A. L. Saul, S. Maunder, and several other friends. On the Tory side of the hall were Sir W. Follett's two brothers, Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., Sir John Duckworth, S. T. Kekewich, Esq., W. H. Furlong, Esq., W. Hooper, Esq., Dr. Barnes, the Rev. Fisher Turner, .11r. High Sheriff Cartwright, &c. The High Sheriff read the Queen's precept and Bribery Act. Mr. H. HOOPER said—Your late representative, Sir Wil liam Follett, having been appointed to the office of her Ma jesty's Attorney-General, his seat has become vacant, and we have now assembled for one of the most impbrtant duties which, as citizens, we have to perform. I need not detain the meeting longer than to ask for a renewal of confidence, and I have no doubt that we shall be able to send to him on Monday evening to say that he had not been mistaken in the sentiments of the electors. It now becomes my duty, as it is my pleasure, to propose Sir William Follett to fill the vacant scat in Parliament.—(Cheers, groans, and laughter.) Mr. J. HARRIS seconded the motion. Mr. S. MAUNDER said—l have much pleasure in nominat ing Major-General John Briggs as a fit and proper citizen to represent this city in the present Parliament.—(Cheering.) He is a free trader, and I believe free trade to be essential to the prosperity of all classes in this country. He is an un flinching advocate of perfect freedom of conscience. He is in favour •of vote by ballot.—(Cheering.) Any one who has taken any part in our elections must know how very much that is required to protect the industrious man from the op . pression of the idle.—(Loud cheers.) Any one who knows the manner in which our elections have been conducted, must know how necessary the ballot is to protect the honest but poor voter from the heartless oppression of the rich and the idle. I am exceedingly pleased that Major-General Briggs has come forward upon this occasion. Mr. BESLEY said I am prepared to pay my tribute to Sir W. Follett for his talent, disposition, and temper ; but the day has arrived when the mere man is not to be the question in an election, principles will be looked to as well. lam not here as the personal friend of General Briggs, and I do not look on this contest as a personal contest. I look to Sir W. Follett as a supporter of a Government which itself in sists on supporting monopolies, which I believe to be opposed to the best interests of the most important classes of the community. At the conclusion of Mr. Besley's speech, there was a call for Mr. Moore from the Reformers, but the Sheriff said he did not mean to let any non-elector address the hall. This, how ever, produced such a tremendous burst of indignation, that, although two or three consultations took place between Mr. Furlong, the Mayor, and some persons around them, the Sheriff felt himself obliged, amidst tremendous cries for " Moore, Moore," and " Briggs," to yield. General BRIGGS presented himself amidst long-continued cheers and counter-cheers. In the course of his address he repeated the circumstances under which he had been induced to present himself as a candidate. He respected the talents of Sir W. Follett and his private worth, but he stood an op ponent to his political principles. In conclusion, he stated that in general politics he was a decided Liberal, an advocate for the ballot, and for perfect freedom of conscience. He resumed his seat amidst cheering from the free traders and great up • roar on the part of the Tories. On the show of hands being taken, the Sheriff declared it to be in favour of Sir W. Follett. A poll was demanded by Mr. MAUNDER on behalf of Ge neral Briggs, which will commence this morning, at eight o'clock. The SHERIFF declared the Hall adjourned. Mr. S. T. KEKENVICII proposed a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff for his able andhnpartial conduct. General BRIGGS cordially seconded the motion. Sir 'P. ACLAFD spoke with his wonted energy and action, and his first achievement was to knock the hat off Mr. Fur lung's head, and show how snuck " Time had thinned his flowing hair." He was understood to express great regret that Sir William Follett's brother, being a non-elector, was not allowed to address the Hall, and express the gratitude ho felt at the distinguished honour conferred on him so long. He eulogised the Hon. and Learned Gentleman as one who had secured the good esteem and affection of both sides of tho House, and whose talents made them feel proud of him as a western man. At the conclusion of the proceedings the Reformers ad ourned to the Subscription rooms. WOODSTOCK ELECTION. Mr. Humfrey has already made a very successful canvass, and although a Conservative in politics, he has obtained the promise of nearly every vote of the Liberal party, who are quite disgusted with the manner in which the Duke of Marl borough treated their late representative, Mr. Thesiger. Mr. Walesby, of the Oxford Circuit, Recorder of Wood stock, arrived at the latter place on Saturday evening, for the purpose of , forwarding his friend Mr. Munfrey's election. The Marquis on Saturday canvassed the electors who at tended Oxford market. His Lordship was received very coolly by them, the majority refusing to vote for him, and several others would not promise. The struggle is expected to be a severe one. The nomination takes place this day, and the polling to „morrow (Tuesday.) HUNTINGDON ELECTION. Amur, 21.—Mr. Baring has declared fur agricultural pro tection as it is, according to the sliding scale, acknowledging himself thereby to be Lord Sandwich's nominee. The Chief Baron of the Exchequer has taken leave of the borough in a kind and characteristic address. Mr. Acland is mustering his forces for Monday, and mayhap for Tuesday, if his candidate will go to the poll. A contest the League seem, so far, de termined to have. In any case, the electors feel assured that a free-trade candidate will make his appearance on the day of nomination, and either Colonel Thompson, or his son, it is said, will come forward. There was a report yesterday that Mr. Thesiger was to be put in nomination, which Mr. Barmg's Committee lost no time in contradicting. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Among those pre sent at her Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday night, were— his Serene Highness the Prince Leinirvn, attended by Colonel Buckley, who occupied her Majesty's box. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Count Kielmansegge, and attended by Baron Knesebeck. Lord and Lady Barring ton. Sir Andrew Barnard and the Hon. William Ashley, occupied the Queen Dowager's box. The Dukes of Devon shire, Beaufort, and Leeds, the Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquises of Ailesbury, Douro, Worcester, Normanby, and Huntly, the Marchionesses of Wellesley and Westmeath , Baron Baron Nieumaun, Baron and Baroness de Logos, Count de ; the Earls of Pembroke, Liverpool, Seftosn, Ernest, Bruce, and Belfast; the Countess of Kenmare, Lordne; Tem- Bruce, Wharucliffe, Dinorben, Sandys, Trimlrto ; R Sil e fo n ve Stewart, pletown, James Stuart, Aylmer, Gardner, Fitzroy Somerset, Dinorben, Trimlestone,er d Boyer, Smythe, gh Ladies Bellingham Grahame, Loftus Otway, Catherine Cavendish, Aylmer , ther, Joddrell, Fre ihFriesdenrick Trench, H. Webb, n o s ru , Flower; Sirs Watkin f! W. uckburgli Ntvle;nSnhuFerkabnucirsgsli Gardner, Charles Kent, Fre mantle, James Flower,li Loftus Otway ; the Hon. Mrs. Fitz op e h Mrs. 11. Murray, Captain Upton, ibbon, Mrs. L. Stanhope, H. Willoughby , John Beckett, William II Baring, and Wombwell, &c. St an dish, • George Fitzroy, .Captain; Cuddy and Meynell, Messrs. C. llosrllAL FOR CoNSUMPTlON.—Yesterday morn ing, the Reverend Prelates the Lord Bishops of Chester and -place, Eaton-square, o n nqu charity s Upper ' Worces ter, preached sermons on behalf of the above insti afrr fronting u r e t , i n P g i mo makingn strenuous efforts to raise th e f un d s necessary for the building - lico. The committee of this ex C t uh t e io la n e , a; th a e a f d or t m h e e r la a t t t S er t. a S t a E v i a o t r u h r h ' s e ec C hl h iae u r pnet c l h , of the new hospital, t o b e erecte d at Brompton,s the Fulham road ; the first stone of which will be laid by his Royal Highness Prince Albert in the early part of next June. The present building is situated at Chelsea, but from its limited size has been found totally inadequate for the re ception of the hundreds of applicants who daily crowd its gates for admission. Since its formation in September, 1842, the number of in-patients have been about 150, add 1,500 out patients have received medical relief. There is no other existing hospital which will receive the numerous class of patients suffering under pulmonary consumption, in conse quence of the lingering and almost certain fatality of the disease; whilst elaborate statistical tables show that more than 72,000 persons are now constantly suffering from con sumption. The intended new hospital will be built to ac commodate about 200 patients. Both places of worship in which the Rev. Prelates preached were well attended, and after Divine service, collections were made in aid of the funds. The Great North of England Railway Company have recently made an offer to the Darlington and Newcastle Junction Company (whose line is about to be opened) to contract for supplying locomotive power and carriages of all descriptions for each train at ls. 3d. a mile. By t his esti mate, ten third-class passengers, charged at the exorbi tant rate of lid. a mile, as on the London and Birmingham and other railways, would pay the expenses of a whole train, capable of conveying several hundred pas sen g ers THE MARSHALSEA PRISON.--Since the above pri son has been sold, a great number of workmen have been employed in repairing the interior, and making it fit for the reception of tenants, it being th e intention of the purchaser to divide it into separate tenements. The entrance to the houses will be up Chapel-court, 'on the north side, and up a court next to Walmesley's, the pawnbroker's, in High-street, on the south. A portion of the walls on each side will be taken down for that purpose. A handsome shop is being built in High-street, in front of the Governor's house, which will be let with it. The name of the houses will be Mar shalsea-buildings. Drury-lane Theatre presents this evening an unusual degree of attraction, for Mr. Benedict's new opera will be performed for the first time, and Mademoi selle Lucile Grahn will appear in the new ballet of the Lady - Henrietta ; or, the Statute Fair, in which she has excited so mach attention. T $ )d eS