The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-04 00:00:00

T O THE LaI...PrtOVRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. AND GENTLE MEN , A V ACANCY in the East India Direction having c iarte. tak v an place by the lamented decease of William Stanley •-stb, permit me to inform you that it is . my int l en- t ! i t ' l l: , 'agai n to proceed to the Ballot as intimated in my as wres t to •you of the 9th June, 1842. Th e great accession that I have received to my supporters, Ind the kind assurances of powerful aid from numerous parties released from their engagements by the election of the Bth " l une, IN2, inspire m e with the fullest confidence in the suc cessful result of the approaching contest, and I earnestly and rr t , "P e etrully SDlicit t h e f avour of the votes and influence of 4che Propriet ors w h o h ave not already declared their intentions. IThen the day of election i s announce d b y t h e H onoura bl e l Court, I shall do myself the pleasure of forvrarding the usual .:,;.er 0 1 attorney to such of my kind supporters as shall prefer t7°"l-1g by proxy, and in the meantime request the favour of arn. trtunicat ions as early as possible, intimating their wishes in lArticular, and informing me of any change of residence, either permanent or temporary, in order . to facilitate the trans - mien of letters. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, JOHN CLARMONT WHITEMAN. A l ",`'ndor_l Tavern, J an . 1, 1844. r vT• Whites tremans Committee s it d a il y at t h e L on d on T aver n, It psgate-et. OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE ATI N. (Establi s h e d by Royal Charter 1720.) NOTICE FIRE INSURANCES. .—The usu a l fif teen d ays allowed for payment o f erenliums falling d ue at C hristmas will expire on the 9th day PJanuary next. Printed Receipts are ready for delivery at ae, 29 ,P Companyall-'s Principal office, and at their Branch office, Mall. A LIFE INSURANCES. t, _BONUS, equal to TWO - T HIRDS of ' the PROF IT on Company's Life Business, commencing the Ist day of effe n uarY, 1842, will be apportioned, periodically, among Policies cted since that date for the whole Term of Life ;—and no c harge is made for guarantee of Capital. THO NIAS TOOKE, E sq ., G overnor . The H WILLIAM S AMPSON, Esq., Sub-Governor. on. J. T. LESLIE MELVILLE, Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles John Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, 1...5q. Edward Howley l'almer, Esq. John Henry Petty, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Es q . Charles Robinson, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. William Soltau, Esq. Robert Thorley, Esq. Henry Warre, Es q . Octavius Wigram, Esq. lienry Bainbridge, Esq. Wrn, Ceorgß r own, Esq e Pearkes 13 arclay, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grentell, Esq. William l'etlow Ribbon, Esq. Lancelot Holland Esq. Nil- G. G. de Hochepied Larpent, Bart. M.P. John Christopher Lochner, Esq. ALEXAD 21, Lornbard-street, Dec. IS DER GREEN, Secretary. , 1843. X '------" 1 ------- 771 - ---------,: x s IVE 8 A LE L . 'V la The SPLENDID STOCK of FANCY JEW , E R - L p t "V, GOL3 And SILVER WATCHES, SILN E 13°AlLn GOODS, TORTOISESHELL WORK. FancyXES', and, TEA CADDIES, and a great variety o o . t fi n c e e r Articles, are now SELLING OFF at a heavy sacri , site Irra. HORTON and CO , f 36, Ludgate-street, oppo _t n Tirin Horton "'". rbeE!eri n the g tn r e a t a n i d l b .c u o : s n ' es si.n consequence of Mr. plblie h , nit , like the pre of purchasing, mitt?! me an one-halfopportunity ) to two-thirds the rsoual charge, the varlet n()fore than Gold now offered for sale— r MPl3ing 'Gentlemen:s ali en l t .. l a in di e e a s' and Silver Watches, o_ workmanship the Srst class of excellence, Gold Neck and ,_l?rard Ci-, R — “ains, Seals and Keys,Fancy and Mourning Brooches, ing't, Pins, acid Ear-rings t Pencil Cases, Silver Card Cases, S cent and Snuff Boxes, also' Sil h ve , .. Plated Tea and CoffeeS Sets, -3ratielesticks, Cruet Frames, Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, &c., all Warrantedt ra Ice bails'P Butter Coolers, Bread Baskets, t Forks the Sheffield make, Table and Dessert and 8 0 , Asparagus Tongs, x. P ons, Soup Ladles, Grape Scissors, .outcracks Necklaces, arid , Dessert Knives an Forks in Case, Jet numerous other Fancy Articles, all at a considerable sacrifice. thIVECTIPS Superb TEA 'PRAYS, in PAPIER are MA CHE (Manufactory, 4, Leadenhall- street, Londor . i), e linrivalled specimens of japan work, infinitely surpassing t`l7_ klunese. The prices vary from a very low figure up to The"tl guineas the set. They comprise some brilliant speci 'ls or art, in figures, landscapes, flowers, and birds, with buhl l ' l ld gold.d, ess . The same manufacture is applied in work-bones, "IN hi ..Ing-eases, envelope-cases, netting-bexes, glove - boxes, -card-boxes, and ladies' visiting -card-cases, hanld %reeils, pole-screen 3, card-racks, inkstands, ladies' work-table, -ta e b s. e s , 14,!,11-tables, portfolios, note and cake-baskets, ladies ' he d , ve,r-boxes, &c. The foregoing are all in Pa Pier andmae fidently IZY e lleap, say from 13s. up to 20/.; and Alechi can confidently in p . r t that his establishment for these articles Hite quality, and extent of stock any similar co e h n u c r e p i a n_ e i e n h t i h an o breltel Kingdom • Medd is sole inventor of _ 31 each Bsll.,lg.cases, the Patent Castellated T . h t br e ushes, 9d. and 'ilne Cushioned Bagatelle Tables, the Magic h ll l., a h z m or en S t tr w o i p i , l trtti!eepliar Steel Razor. A visit tothheismeossttapeir hm:Y those who are desirons of seeing fect manu re' of this country displayed in the most attractive form. LlNi:NS.—Ladies who do not object to lArtuoit t purchasi ng Li nens a littl e so il e d may new , hare en op cloths Yof b uy i ng some cur i ous l y fi ne linens, snee ings, soiled line : ,' 84 1 %, at less than the prices ofthe av c e o r m ag m e on s e a r m q p u le a s li , ti f e r s orn of ese linens are Beverag e's of Whic h orders have been taken, consequently specimens of some ; 1 . 0 best hav e in the trade. 5. d. 110 following is a part only of the hest :- 47 -F.legant Damask Table Cloths, 3 yards long each 7 6 u Nplendid Double Damask Cloths, b yards long, suit able for the tables of the Nobility, each l5 0 163 Dozen s of extremely fine Damask Cloths, 2 yards -, 4o s q, u t o r z e, each .......................................... 3 9 2 6 ,„1- , en of Fish Napkins, dice ttrn, the dozen 'A Dozen of Damas k Table Nap kins, finest quality and yard square, the dozen • 8 6 Also, 1600 tuch so il ed, pieces of I r i s h Li nen, reduced one-half, being 2 6 yard s E Lin en x tremely fi ne f or shirting, 255. the piece of . singl e pa i rs, full 3 Sheetin g , d ouble width, be. the pair. 800 W orth 3s. per and yards w id e, being only 10s. 6d, the pair, . Th ese goods } are annually sent to Brooks and Company, after being shown e.s samples early in the spring. Many ladies who purchased last year, having requested portions to be laid aside, are requested, as they cannot be secured, to view the lot early, e l ng all now received and read for sale on the premises. °6,lligh-street, Borough,op po site the end of Union-street. N.B. F or the convenience o o f families at the West End, the 81 — pes are seat to be shown if written for; or patterns w ill b gent into the country. Wil ----------- ; -- ------ Laiim LEWIS MARTIN. at present, $o Hor S and for forty-eight months h pa o s f t, residingst John, K Rich -4.:(;!,-road, Richmond. in the parish being a corn and coal A d county of . a I,4tier, do hereby give not 3 ic ' e that I intend to present Lo nd I °4 to the Court of . Bankruptcy, at Basinghall-street, tfreet " ` Praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and di f r , % ; arid to be protected from all process upon aking a full f 'e m "' u re and surrender of such estate and effects, for . paymen t .' l,,,il l, ikist and lawful debts ; and I hereby farther give notice is to 44 ' A'hen the matter of the said petition shall be heard, i li , : ',Elvertised in the London Gazette, and in the Morning As 'witti '"l : t Per, one month at the least after the . date hereof "r Lereti—P.2Y hand, this 13th day of December, in the year o A, N , V itne; x `',„ 43 . ' WILLIAM LEWIS NIART ... — "roe ". T. ROBERTS, 9 , Bride-court, Blackfriars, Y for the sald William Lewis Martin. IA - - 1 , 4 -- ' ------ U -- )1 S, , Patronised by TIRR MAIJAESCTAY ,4 THE QUEEN, FAMILY 13 ttey a i a • . , —___ . , tied titaness PRINCE A SSAR 0 1 1, ,, This Ele! the r "e'reral COURTS of LBER E T U , Ro th p e E. RO Y AL ant re This anti e ualled over the whole w orld, beautifying qualities, Fragrant, and Pellucid Oil, in its preservative, lat e ~e . • It preserves and reproduces th e hair, ev en or if t s a o eh a r r_r4l of life ; prevents it from turning grey; alidniginepon, rl.teys,taonreds;!et to its .original colour ; and glossy. To e.bildren it is beantifel IlearoefeaaiYr rare it soft, silky, curly, frees it from scu rf Price as 6d•• 7. :commended as forming the basis of a • 10 3 64 • • , .... ; F amily Bottles (equal to four small), • • and double that size, 21s. er Bottle. „ANA'SCAUTION--Each genuine bottle has the words ~ ROW MACASSAR OIL," engraved in two lines, on th rapper, and on the back of the Wrapper nearly 1,500 times containing 29028 letters. -Be sure te ask for " ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL." 1, B ° l d by the Proprietors, A. ROWLAND and SON, 20 ' •iattottgarden Londonand by Chemists and Perfum e , rs. 4 - . All others are SPURIOUS IMITATIONS . ! ! _ 1 1 41-10- UTF and RHEUMATIC PILLS. 4tl „. URTHS MEDICINER T T ESTIMONIALS OF - HE EFFICACY . E. To Mr. PROUT 229, Strand, London. Sir Frimley, near Bagshot, Surrey, A pril 23, 1843. greatrpz,iv.-•-ectlenclose three cases' in which the pa rties therein named have itli kt a ; benefit from using tilair's Pls, and the truth of which e tt i d' time ready to make a ff idavit or if required. You are at ' 4 Y heuerty to publish them if you think ror. Hoping this ipe ed „_u c ce the incredulous to make a trial of the Pills, which will I onvince them of their value, 1 am, Sir, yours truly, xhteuat Sir - Pi JOHN J. GILES. Pirbright, April 23, Upon your recommendation I sent for a box of Blair's rflov..lpatie Pills, and to my astonishment a few doses entirely re -14 t ,. c 7 the tormenting pains my wife had suffered so long ; tut hay r4uftht a severe cold the rheumatism again returned, when hay returee.. %arse to a few more Pills, it again fled, and has not since 441.1 The public are not generally aware of the e ff icacy of this 1 4 a uable medicine . , or few would suffer from rheumatism.. . Tr, .„ c onseqnence of witnessing the effects of . the above medicine in ,•' 41 7 0 1 f a ami e ly a , l'lat•oecouremrmaenndd jedobbyggwagrgrnidefet;.; naolzyst3 to ;.;suevre nng muct 'afflicted with rheumatism for twenty years e could i'Arcely get any sleep, being always worse when in bed, a nd unable I Walk without the assistance of a stick. You gave him some Pills. I„ . '4W him yesterday ; he told me he could now get rest, which he h ad ):' ,l Unable to do for a very long time; he is still lame from t he i` o Ntth of time he has been a ffl icted, but can now walk without much 4,t°,l,7enience ten or twelve miles in the day, and can, as he says, do 44 1 RM work ; he has applied to me for a job at hoeing. It is dis ithe4nC to see a fellow.creature suffering such excruciating pain, 1 ) ., li relief can be obtained by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic tr ,:ik I shall, for the benefit of tho e who may suffer, continue to ',?1111-riend them,—l am, dear Sir, yours truly, 40 John J. Giles, Esq., GEORGE INNWOOD. krirnley, Surrey. Blackwater, near Bagshot, Feb. 25, 1 1 43, Dear Hil es Itish f l.es,—The effect of Blair's Pills has been cverthing could t00..z. I had symptoms of the Gout during Wednesday ni Oti s I te nt '„! 0 Pills during the night, and two in the morning, which quite t ow . the pain ; and I was enabled to give a lecture at Hartly -111,414 n Th ot .9 a rsd n ay evening, although I was in fear that morning I n been enabled to leave home. ToT lam dear Sir , yours truly, EDW. J. LANCE. (in ~., , , l'nth ''''", r i*"l* flour eab ovesratify ing communication, the Proprietor of BL A IR'S kirn,,,,AIND RHEUMATIC PILLS conside rfany comment from ii,, . 0 d be superfluous. Of iy;!,l?3' Thomas trout, 229, Strand, London and by the Vendors - - ,- .,.,.....1 ....._ ne _____ines throughout the United Kingdom. HEALTH AND 6TItENGTH. s:itttPliblished, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., and sent free, on () ri g a Post -office order for Three Shillings, lier__ltPGfiAysiNoloigiecalHEALTH ; Comprehensive and Treatise on a peculiar and delicate class of ili„.:_°?r.Complaints, arising from the decline ot Manly Strength.... .....ihr_trained gaiety —excess tropical climate—late hours— B self-aliuse ......si,Werance—deblf4y or infection. Addresseclto the NO LEII4 Vt LLp. ,E-SMAN— CLERGYMAN—PAREN r —TUTOR-1 A ( - 0 - L"• ; and especially to the ANGLO. NDIA N. and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons. 7, Lancaster- Gy xo , place, Strand (near Waterloo-bridge, London. ° Pe • 4 A •or the Physiology of Woman, in a sealed env,. 21 . by post, 35." e TESTIMONIALS lruh.:'°. re Works can be safely recommended, as well for the moral % hoe; e43ftt airled, as for the extensive and successful result of the au ' W' eX e Perienee .'' — •London Morning Journal. reco n , agree with the Editor of the London Morning Journal, and W eek r . e&l Pe kr. Goss's publications for general perusal."—Edinburgh " lie 4 a ‘ - ed nt, PrecePla contained in these works are interesting and useful." k. gh p Sper, ric h ti.tul publication, while it neither spares the aged voluptuary, taßts" Youthful prodigal, offers to both the most tnt Th -- es? lag g° ll Paper. .le, are _works are properly called an analysis of certaincomplai n!s ; Ar e ... ri t,terl In a very Peculiar style of moral admonition. '— k t : o tltilit yt ir ee 'ag L ,Journal,, t i raed with simplicity, and we recommend the works e Above uPlin 'Weekly Journal. raaaft•ow Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster-row, t h: ti ce essrs. , Port:er7 D 2 e G h Ys. e d . "d Graf to n street, Dublin ; and of all Booksellers. a sealed envelope. fi t h i n the may be consulted, every day,at their house ; and 11. y „_ renacitest Parts of the country can he treated success tfor advice. geaer Ming minutely the case ; and if enclosing a fee of th e OrW s .►ard ed :2!l answer will b (immediately sent. Medicines can 14,,,esucin e r w .T i lY art of the world ; no difficulties can occwr, as vsvatlen. tet‘t Theworkll e, cu rel y packed, and carefully protected from p Strand, near Waterloo-bridge, London. tu x% be forwarded by post on receiving a Post.offiCe 111 tem , / 14. .3. S No. 16,025. LONDON, TH URSDAY N JANUARY 4, 1844. PRICE sd. 7HE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'C LOCK, in Time WN DELIVERY a SECOND; EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS or the EARLY TRAINS and TO PARLIAMENTARY and all ethe r NEWS i n LONDON up to that Hour. and a THIRD EDITION at SEV..E I V - O'CLOCK, or I' OS7, containing -7- c......_...:, ~./ ..„.,,_...,............------(---- „A- ..:,.. ~ ~. ~........„.4 ~,,; v, , . ..„......,... .0. rives. . .. ... 4,4.,. r' ) i IN , ' , N, generally entertain of amay and good-will. i i'''.. , OiAi'..t 4 ' • •,,,,,, ,` ,'•-•:. -`O4 - —, , 97P- •N• , .•/- --. " Upon receiving the disast. --- 4 ' .*--- ' gzs , 4A-;- - N- ,- a >,liA t,7;,. : , - -- ;---s, r 4',. ; . ~:; . , 1 6. k ..,k,,,,.,.._. --4.. i. -4....„ • 4.,... ..._..7.c_A !i i, .As. , . k, -te ', k - ,.,0 49- i -• . 4,04 k- -i - , \, Iwo* , , " I immediately rut myself. in: .II••• 4; ''. • ...1V fr . ' " # . . persons who were in a position t( r:' • , N 7,1 l' - '- ‘ ,/iffiltb , - --- ' '''' \: • 11•4 . ID „,i0 , , 4 4, ~)v. ._-.... 4.t. ' .4 ', f: • . ,ll 1- - i , , -t.,..„ `v Ay k ~e 7 /" . ....f.,- ' , \is , 7 $•• • ..."N the subject; and I have the sat ~ ~.. w it:.,-;;:. ~ ,-..,, 4 , r 1: , „, 1..1 .. t =o 4 ` .ti 1,,,, r -,IIIIIIIIL, - ) \i' '4 '. ,‘ 44 .". iireN: • Itn+ that the natives of Walkanae, \ •-.R 4 '•fr '',' ',.i,„ - ti's; *a #( 7 .41, 1 15120 1. 4 2 '" . 1 4° ---- • Zit - .cAlrfk . l4l . ' Ili''. -...,,,:;„,' . • y, . ,a , i 1 ,, :4 .. . i 4.,„,,,,gi,-4:.:-... oi T 1 ' O9 ~ W first landed, refused to allow hi. \\.:„.'.... , a , , —.! ---- -4rf /r-gi towards theni „ trous intelligence," says be, 'communication with those co furnish accurate reports on disfaction of informing you. e at which place Rauparabe him to remain among there, lest the friendly relations which had previously subsisted be tween them and the English settlers mizht be destre ed; and that I have reason to believe these feelings t. bi almost all the natives along the coast. ension,, therefore, of any aggression on their part ne tained. In order to strengthen this frießdly I have published an address to the natives in thfir own languagls, and have caused it to he distributed in parts of the country ; which, I trust, will have that eff by'maintaining a coofi deuce in the justice of the Govern to' and is the impartial administration of the law." These sentiments are further expressed and confirmed in his letter to the natives, which is appended to the above address; and their policy as well as their justice is testified by the exhorta tioe which it elicits from the chiefs to their fol lowers. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of Wel lington petition Parliament for the establish ment of a military force in Cook's Straits, to protect them from the repeated aggressions of the aborigines, who, they say, have the power at aity time to massacre the whole British pop*. tion—a consummation often threatened by Rau paraha, the chief engaged in the late calamitous affray. If a military force is already required fur quired for the protection of the British settlers in ew Zealand, all that we can say is, that people at home have been egregiously duped as to the character of its population, and the conditions of its settlement ; or the settlers themselves have grossly transgressed their own laws of colootsas tion, and violated the rights of the aborigines. When it was first in contemplation to plant this colony, we heard of nothing else but the moral influence of the civilized colonists upon their savage neighbours, and the mutual interest of the two races to maintain a friendly intercourse with each other. Now we have a complaint that Auckland is defended both by police and troops of the line, whilst Wellington and its neighbour hood are exposed to the savage attacks of a san guinary foe. We trust that the fears of which this petition is eloquent are at least premature, if not wholly without cause. We do earnestly hope that all the prospects which were once held out of a pacific and bloodless colonization will not be deformed by cruel and bloody animosities, in which the skill of civilization will vie with the untutored malignity of barbarism in the deadly walk of internecine extirpation. Let not the fears of the New Zealand settlers precipitate them into a contest which will be attended with certain success, but no less certain dishonour. They have undertaken to govern the colony and subdue its inhabitants by the moral power of • gentleness and justice. It is a great undertaki4 - , but a noble one. May they be able to perform it thoroughly. CHRONICLE.—Senor Gonzales Bravo has prorogued the Cortes, preparatory to a dissolu tion. Verily, this gentleman and his chief, Narvaez, have adopted the French State maxim of employing the three requisites for success : De l'audace—de l'audace—et toujours de l'audace. A case of unex am pl e d i mpu d ence i s t h at o f t h e editor of the Guiriguay. Thrust into office as a locum tenens, and nut only hooted as unworthy by his political antagonists, but even condemned as intolerable by the leaders of his own party, such as Martinez de la Rosa—for this man to an nihilate the Cortes which overthrew successively Espartero and Olozaga, shows that buffoonery may triumph where honesty and talent fail. But Narvaez, it must be admitted, has shown the great quality of courage—unflinching, indomit able courage, which defies alike the military rival, the political foe, the assassin, and the muti neer. Some months back he was a most ob noxious exile, repudiated by even the anti- Esparterists of Barcelona. He gained a footing, however, at Valencia, and from that moment he has battled and pushed his way, setting aside every rival, till he stands alone, uncontrolled, a fearless dictator by the side of the throne. It is evident that Narvaez has talent and ambition for anything, and that he is restrained by neither scruple nor respect. He came to Spain as the agent of Louis Philippe and Christina, whom he has hitherto obeyed and served. But he is not a wan to be long the tool of the beggarly family policy of either. A fellow like Narvaez, who really seems the only individual in Spain with a head upon his shoulders, cannot but be conscious of all he might do, either in the way of selfish or of patriotic ambition. He is a nno y e d, it i s said, at the pusillanimity of the French King in not giving his son as husband to Isabella, and securing the Spanish throne. He is said not to chime in with the precious and insincere scheme, of which Lord Aberdeen was the dupe, viz., the marriage of the Queen to her Neapolitan uncle. And it appears that Narvaez has come to some agree ment with Don Francisco de Paula. Whether lie has frightened him (Spanish notabilities of the present day seem to lose their wits now and then in needless alarm—witness Olozaga's flight), or cajoled him, or sincerely come into his wishes, does not appear. Enough is seen of Spanish politics at present to make us expect that which gives interest to history and romance, viz., the unforseen. And, for our parts, we should be surprised at nothing. In the mean time the old Liberal party has re-united in oppo sition to the audacious soldier and his Ministerial puppet. The leading Esparterists and the anti- Esparterist Liberals met on the 27th, and both Cantero and Caballero candidly avowed the fault they had committed in overthrowing Es partero. Tardy justice is thus done to the Re gent, who is already looked to as the only man capable of saving Spain from the hands of the Retrogrades and Afrancesados. POST.—The arrival of an extraordinary cou rier yesterday afternoon furnished us with the means of communicating to our readers, in a third edition, the important news from Spain comprised in the Madrid journals of the 27th ultimo, as well as in our private advices from that capital. The rumours which we have re peatedly noticed, as to the Gonzales-Bravo Ca binet designing either a dissolution or a proroga tion of the Cortes, were well founded, although it was not expected that they would come to so serious a resolution so early. On the 27th a decree to that effect was published. Great anxiety- was felt as to the effect the suspension of the sittings of the Cortes would produce; the influence it would exercise over the provinces being the principal object of solicitude. The Cor responsal of the 27th is the only print of that date that seems to be already informed of the measure having been adopted, and it expresses itsastonish ment at it. The Opposition journals, Espectador and Eco dwell only on rumours connected with it, but in such way as to denote the wrath it will ex cite in their party. The Eco mentions a meet ing, held the day before by the Madrid electors of the Progress party, in which they unani mously hoisted the banners of the Ist Septem ber, 1840. Most of the journals express them selves in favour of the Queen-Mother's return. In the Asturias a manifestation to that effect has taken place, an address to the Queen having been signed at Gijon by several thousands of persons, and .conveyed to the Queen by the Count de Re villagigedo and M. Castor Canedo. By a Royal decree of the 20th ult., countersigned by M. Carrasso, " the public finances are to adre:nister from the Ist of January, 1844, the Puertas duties in all the capitals of provinces and ports where they are not yet re-established on the finances account." The preamble to this decree says that the abolition of the Puertas duties was one of the measures by which Espartero wanted to render impossible all Administrations that did not suit his revolutionary views, and that their revival is necessary to restore an equilibrium between the receipts and expenses of the country. LISBON, DEC. 26.—The doctor of her Majesty's ship Warspite, now in this port, was buried on Saturday fast at the Prazeres Cemetery, in this city. The unfortunate de ceased was in perfect health and vigour a few days ago. While dissecting a corpse at the hospital of Saint Joseph he acciden tally cut his finger; the wound festered and inflamed, a gangrene soon came on, and in less than a week he was a corpse himself. CHRONOLOGY OP SPORTING EVENTS IN 184,3. 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FAT AT, RESULT OF NEGLECTING GAS-ESCAPE. — A family in South Paterson -street, Glasgow, consisting of mother and infant, with a grandmother, having gone to rest on Wednesday night, were not observed on the following day ; and from a strong smell of gas being felt, it was thought neces• sery to open the door, when the infant was found dead, and the other individuals lying insensible in bed. The unfortunate oc currence was found to arise from a gas-pipe being accidentally fractured. The two survivors are slowly recovering.— Tyne ltfercury. VESSELS SroxEN WrriL —Jane, Palermo to Liverpool, off Lisbon ; Earl Leicester, Odessa to Falmouth, 3d ult., in the Dors Passage ; Ceers, bound to Constantinople, same day ; Ottoman, from Smyrna, 4th ; Gazelle, London to Venice, 11th ; off ShieldsCo as Coast o Pass aro; Constantinople,f: i zaAlay s , am La e b r d a a d y o ; r to 1371t0,h30;1. 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At home every day till Three, and From Five till Eight. PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS OF CELEBRATED VO cAusTs.—Rubini was a tailor, Tamburini, a (courier, Naldi, an advocate. We believe he had the misfortune to a kill a man in a duel, and was obliged to leave the State in which he practised. Ile was a clever amateur in music, which he after wards made his profession. The manner of his death is well known. Viewing a steam cooking apparatus in Garcia's (Ma labran's father's) kitchen in Paris, the boiler burst, and he was killed on the spot. Trameezani was a surgeon, so was Fer rari; Templeton was a printer, and so was Wilson, the " Scot tish Minstrel." Machin was a japanner in Birmingham, Pear sall the same; Pyne, a poulterer ; Weyman (a celebrated bass at St. Patrick's, Dublin), a shoemaker; ditto, Tinney; ditto, Shoubridge. The celebrated Bante was the daughter of a boat man, and sang in the streets. Champneys, whose name ap • pears in the old editions of Handel's songs, kept an iron monger's shop in Tethill-street, Westminster. He was the leading singer of his time, and came to the rehearsal for the great festival in Westminster Abbey with his white apron on. Hewas also lay vicar of the abbey.— Ten Towns Messenger. ENGLISHMEN IN FRANCE.—The Semaphore de Marseilles announces that a number of distinguished English had, in imitation of Lord Breugham, purchased estates in the neighbourhood of Cannes, in the south of France. General Sir Taylor, amongst others, has built a splendid villa near the chateau of his Lordship, and Mr. Leader, the Member for Westminster, has bought a fine estate in the immediate vicinity of Lord Brougham's residence, where he intends to erect a handsome mansion, of which he gave the plan to his architect, with orders to build it with the greatest activity. "It is im possible," says the Correspondent of the Semaphore, "to choose a site offering a more delightful view. It will rise on the shores of the Mediterranean, amidst orange groves and plantations of cassia and palm trees, and rival in splendour the most beautiful villas •of Italy, and, in point of comfort and magnificence, the chateaux of opulent England. Lord Brougham and Mr. Leader have jointly purchased an extensive forest of pines, arbutus, and cocoa-trees, full of game of every description, and abounding particularly with foxes. It will serve as the theatre of one of the favourite sports of British fashion. It appears that the aristocracy of Great Britain now prefer purchasing chateaux in southern countries to residing in the furnished hotels of Nice or Pisa, where Sardinian and Italian habits do not coincide with the exigencies of English comfort. It is a new luxury, which is now being adopted by the rich inhabitants of England. Cannes, a French town, so admirably situate, where the rigours of winter are unknown, where the country and the sea present such a delightful aspect, has had the good fortune to have become the object of that predilection which will increase the prosperity as well as the renown of our town." .-..-.... THUNDER STORM.—The state of the weather re cently has been most extraordinary in all parts of the country. In Lancashire and Cheshire it has been very variable—heat, cold, snow, hail, rain almost on alternate days. The typhus fever, and other diseases, are very prevalent. On Monday evening last these counties were visited by a heavy thunder storm, accompanied by hail and rain. The flashes of lightning were terrific, and the thunder shook the houses almost to their foundations. The effect of the lightning was such as to cause a stage-like effect of the burning of blue fire. We have not heard whether any injury had been sustained by the shocks. LITERATURE WANDERINGS IN 71fE HIGHLANDS. 2 Vols. Bally, London, 1843. It requires no ordinary degree of confidence on the part, of an author to send forth two octavo volumes on the subject of the Scottish Highlands —a. theme the most hacknind which it is possible to conceive, which Scott,and Wilson, and Grant, acid Galt, and Heaven knows how many other \V - niters, learned and unlearned, in verse as well as in prose, have been incessantly expatiating on fin- the last thirty years and upwards. That Mr. Maxwell's confidence, however, has not been ill founded, the result of his labours show, for he has put forth two very readable volumes, in which, if he does not tell . - us anything- new—as how indeed should he? —_1 1c at lea s t dresses up old topics in a very Inger:nous, worknvinlike manner. Another recomoiiendation that he possesses, is one which, acco , :ding to Salollett, is not often possessed by EII.g-lish tourists —we mean, good humour. 4 ()thing ever seems to put him out of the way. If lie is drenched through and through with the soaking mist and rain of the Highland moun tains; it* he is surprised at nightfall in a desolate spot many miles distant from the inn where he had calculated on the comforts of a capital din ner, and a snug, warm fire-side—no matter what be the petty, vexatious annoyances to which he may be subjected, he never once loses his cheerfulness and elasticity of spirit, but, in the true spirit of a philosophic cosmopolite, shrugs his shoulders, takes things easily, and thanks Heaven that they are no worse. This buoyancy and sunniness of temperament, which is evidently natural and not assumed, colours all his descrip tions, and imparts an animation and piquancy to them which cannot but conciliate the reader. Mr. Maxwell pretends to no research or method in his volumes ; he is no traveller, in the strict sense of the term, but wisely repudiating the idea of making us wiser than we already are, on the subject of the Highlands, contents himself with giving a hasty bird's-eye view of such scenery as happened to strike his fancy, trusting to his liveliness of manner and vivid descriptive powers to counterbalance the triteness of his theme. His work is slight and desultory to a degree; but by dint of apt anecdote, and occa sionally by a clever sketch of some odd, out-of the-way character, whom he came across in the course of his wanderings, he has succeded in pro ducing a couple of octavo volumes, which the reader hurries through with eagerness, and lays down with regret. We quote a wild story of a shipwreck near Slains Castle, which Mr. Max well has related in a note, on the authority of Daniel : " In illustrating a sketch of this romantic castle, and the rocky headland which it crowns, Daniel has related the following story of a shipwreck, which for horrible effect is not to be exceeded :--` A very remarkable event occurred here some years ago. One very stormy afternoon, a vessel appeared to be work ing very laboriously to keep out to sea, against a strong wind, which blew dead on shore. Those who witnessed from thence the skilful and perse vering efforts made by the persons on board to accom plish this purpose, could not but feel strongly in terested ; and at length, after much uncertainty, they saw reason, about nightfal, to feel assured that she had worked so far to windward as to be out of danger. In the night the storm continued ; and after going to rest, some of the family in the castle thought that they heard cries and sounds of distress. It was con sidered possible that these sounds might proceed from the wind during the uproar of the elements, or might be merely imaginary, the scene of the afternoon being calculated to excite a strong presentiment of danger. Again these sounds seemed to pierce the troubled air, and were willingly ascribed to the same causes, until the repetition of them, at intervals, produced so strong a conviction of their being really signals of distress, that lights were carried out to various parts of the rocks; and every expedient for relief that humanity could suggest was adopted, and persevered in for hours. The sounds were not again heard; and next morning no vestiges of wreck appeared. Inquiries were were made along the coast, without bringing tidings of such a calamity. It was subsequently ascertained that a vessel had sailed from Aberdeen on the day of the storm, bound for some port in the Baltic. Months passed away, and the circumstance was almost forgotten ; when one fine afternoon, a party from the castle having determined on a marine excursion, went in a boat to explore some of the caverns on the coast ; and in one of them, to their great surprise, found the hull of a vessel that had been driven on shore, and sucked in. Some remains of the sufferers were also found ; and part of her cargo had been carried up by the waves, and laid high and dry in the interior recesses of the shingly beach. On some oars, and on some p ac kages, were found marks that left no doubt that this had been the vessel which sailed from Aberdeen on the day in question. Numerous pieces of wreck belonging to other vessels were discovered ; and in some places parts of their cargoes were found firmly we d ge d in cavities of the rock ; while the skeletons and bones that abounded in these gloomy caves afforded but too lamentable a proof of the effect of storms on this perilous c oast. Indeed, it must be apparent, that w h en a vesse l is driven into one of the caves, her d es t ruc ti on mus t be inevitable ; those on hoard have no chance of escaping ; nor can any relief be afforded them." FOREIGN AND COLONIAL QUARTERLY RE VIEW. No. V. Smith and Elder, London , 1844 . We remember reading some few years since in the Westminster Review, a novel recom mendation, to the effect that history, instead of being written, as it has hitherto been, by men of calm, thoughtful, erudite natures, like our Gib bons, Roberts o u s , H a ll ams, T u rners, Thirlwalls, &c., should be writte n b y poe t s —that is to say, by men whose f ee li ng an d f anc y must neces sarily constitute the c hi e f f ea t u res in. their in tellectual idiosyncrasy. In the Number before uc, in the course of an art i c le entitled " Ro mance in Italy," the same recommendation is repeated, the Reviewer observing, "did ever any man of supreme intellect, any poet, attempt to write history ? Did ever any eagle-eyed bard cast a vivifying glance on the past, and lay its image, misty and shadowy perhaps, but not the less moving and breathing, before us? History has hitherto been merely the work of plodding erudition or of cold political speculation, the pro duction of the scholar or philosopher. Let only the poet undertake to write history." We say, on the contrary, let the poet undertake no such task, but content himself, as heretofore, with ranging over the realms of imagination. His is essentially a lawless intellect, which spurns all ideas of restraint, and to restrict him to the comparatively narrow limits within which the historian is confined, would be to fetter and cramp . his genius, and deprive it of all vitality. Besides, how could such a man be expected to exhibit the patient, plodding research, the dispassionate and well weigh ed judgment—the careful balancing of con flicting evidence—and the p o wer of sternly sttb jecting the passions to the r ea son — which are so indispensable to hint w ho aspires to writ e hi s t ory ? The poet's fancy would be a certain stumbling block i n e q i u li a s ll p y obstruct his quick, ar d ent f ee li ngs would his view of the truth ? As to the " romance of h isto ry" on which the Reviewer so strenuously in sist s , our answer is, that we do not want its "ro ma nce," but its facts —its naked, unvarnished loddin facts—an e d these " are p g rudition. In best gleaned by men of " the notice of " Hayti, its Past and Present State," occur brief sketche s o f some of the most distinguished chiefs in its annals for the last halt-century. ia l f - c o e u n s t s t a t r i it y i . , who Justice, isaccused however, o T 0 f cruelty—a charge which, we firmly believe, applies with less truth to him than to any great commander of his day. Compared with his merciless ene mies, the French, he w as a prodi gy o f benefi cence and humanity; and yet it is principally by these men that his life has been w r itt en , an d those statements promulgated which have led to such erroneous impressions of his character. It is full time that the truth should be spoken of Toussaint, and the world be told that he was one of the most illustrious individuals whom fruitful the eighteenth century, of greatness, produced—a sagacious statesman, a skilful and successful soldier, a consummate man of the world, a consistent, high-minded, disinte rested patriot, who fell a victim to his reliance on the good faith and honour of the French. At fifty years of age this extraordinary man was a slave, pursuing the humble occupation of a carter. Two years afterwards, he was the deliverer of his country—the commander of her armies, the lead ing statesman in her senate—in fact, her ruling sovereign ; and such was his moral influence, that even General Lacroix, who hated him, is com pelled to acknowledge that " the soldiers re garded him as a superior being, and the. cultiva tors prostrated themselves before him, as before a Divinity. All hi s genera l s trem bl e d b e f ore him, and even Dessalines did not dare to look in his face !" The death of Toussaint—or rather his cold-blooded murder—in a damp Swiss dungeon where he was left to expire of cold and hunger, is the greatest blot on the scutcheon of Napoleon. " Arnold of Brescia," is a review of a tragedy of that name, which, it seems, has created a won derful ferment throughout Italy. The hero, as many of our readers may perhaps remember, was an eminent religious re former who flourished in the twelfth century, and after having boldly held forth for some years against the corruptions of the Vatican, and the general licentious conduct of the clergy, was' given up by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Pope Adrian the Fourth, who caused him to be hanged on a gibbet, and afterwards flung into the Tiber. The Reviewer speaks very favourably of the tragedy of Arnold, and quotes several ex tracts which fully justify his guod opinion. The object of the elaborate article on the " Causes of Distress" deserves every praise, for it is to recom mend " such a searching investigation into our social and economical condition, as may enable us to trace out the latent causes of distress, and to discover and apply appropriate means for their removal." In the criticism on Professor Koch's " Journey through Russia to the Caucasian Isthmus," we find some slight, hasty sketches of the Cossack tribes located in the neighbourhood of the Black Sea, together with an account of the present state of the quarrel between Russia and the Circassians. The Reviewer takes a liberal view of the question, and warmly sympathises with the brave and patriotic mountaineers of the Caucasus. We quote an anecdote relative to the Emperor of Russia during one of his recent visits to Tiflis, and Prince Dadian, whom he had caused to be severely punished for having applied to his own use the money which should have been expended on his regiment:— " The rank of which Prince Dadian had been de prived was conferred on Baron Von Rosen's son, but this mark of favour was little calculated to dispel the gloom that had been cast over the Baron's family. Prince Alexander Dadian had but a few weeks before been married to the Baron's daughter, and while the parents were forced to be all smiles and affability to their Sovereign, their child was already on the road to share the captivity and disgrace of her husband. lie was eventually degraded to the rank of a peasant, and banished to Siberia, whither his wife followed him, and where she is probably still softening by her affectionate devotion the bitterness of merited dis grace. The Russian law, indeed, looks on a man banished to Siberia as politically dead, and his marriage is dissolved, and his wife at liberty to con tract a new alliance ; but, to the credit of the Russian ladies, be it said, few avail themselves of this law, and the victim of imperial anger, through stripped of all his worldly possessions, and shunned by those who had once sought his friendship, has but rarely to mourn over the desertion of her who had plighted her troth to him in marriage. " That same evening a splendid ball was given by the nobility of Tiflis in honour of the Emperor. About a thousand invitations had been issued, and Professor Koch was among the honoured and happy guests. The scene must have been gay enough. the officers, with their stars and epaulettes, were mingled with Turks, Tartars, Circassians, Persians, and Armenians, all in rich oriental costumes, and many greatly excited by a scene so unusual to them. A number of Georgian ladies had been prevailed on to :partake of the festivity, and sat in silent, stately rows, but all blazing with jewels. The Baroness Von Rosen, who had that morning bid adieu, pro bably for ever, to her child, was obliged, as wife of the Commander-in-Chief, to do the honours of the ball, and to dance the opening Polonaise with the Emperor. Both her unmarried daughters, too, in compliance with etiquette, were obliged to appear at the ball, and both, in the course of the evening, were honoured with the Emperor's hand. The Professor is surprisingly eloquent in his praises of this display of imperial affability, this solicitude to pour balm into a wounded spirit, by making the bereaved mother and sisters dance jigs and cotillions with an Emperor ! The Emperor remained only two hours, and during his stay everything went on well enough, but the Georgians, according to all accounts, are tremendous drinkers, and as the night advanced the fun grew so fast and furious that most of the ladies deemed it ad visable to make an early retreat." THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICUL TURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. Vol. IV. Part 11. John Murray, London. This periodical work is deservedly rising in public estimation, and will bear a favourable comparison with the best agricultural productions of the kind. It has several noble contributors, among these the Duke of Richmond, who fur nishes an article on the solution of bones in sul phuric acid for the purposes of manure, and the Earl ofLovelace another on the culture ofmangold wurzel. Some of the best papers, too, are by Members of Parliament, and among these Mr. Pusey is conspicuous. In the present volume lie has two or three articles, one of which is on the agricultural improvements of Lincolnshire and some southern counties, as compared with those •f Northumberland and the south of Scotland ; and to the surprise of our northern neighbours, no doubt, he gives the preference to the former. The farming in Lincolnshire de serves great praise for the vast improve ments effected when no corn-laws existed ; the neatness of the hedge-rows, the farm-houses and offices, and the general appearance of the fields are highly creditable to the spirit and in dustry of the people; but we cannot admit with Mr. Pusey that they surpass in that respect the farmers of the Merse and Teviotdale ' or that it is fair to draw a comparis on b e t ween farms on the barren and bleak Lammermoor hills and the flat and sheltered plains of Lincoln. And besides, if he had counted the cost—a material point— lie would have found that the expense of even the very best farming in Scotland falls far short of that in England. His remarks, however, are worth extracting:— Beyond Berwick, arriving at Dunbar, you find, along the sea-coast, some of the famous farms of East Lothian. It is an extraordinary soil, for which the tenants, farming admirably, pay the well-known rents of 4/. or 51. the acre, which some suppose to be the common rents of East Lothian. But ride two or three miles only inland, and you find, first, land well farmed at 21. per acre ; then land at 1/. per acre—some of it very ill farmed, foul, and out of condition ; then the Lammer moor Hills. which are not farmed at all, but are in the same state as Lincoln Heath when the Dunston beacon was lighted nightly. Onwards again to Edinburgh, for 30 miles through the Lothians, you will see good land most excellently farmed, but sometimes also moderate land in a very slovenly state. If from thence you travel along the mail-eoach road to Carlisle, on losing sight of Edinburgh Castle, you pass for 70 miles through the heart of South Scotland, over moors covered with a rank grass, which shows that they might bear something better, or among scanty corn-crops, which prove that nature has been little assisted by art. I cannot therefore place the general farming of southern Scotland or of Northumberland on a level with the farming of our southern counties, such as Buck inghamshire, but rather with that of North Devon ; nor the ge neral farming of East Lothian on a level with the general farm ing of Lincolnshire ; kor the best farming of East Lothian on a level with the best farming of Lincolnshire, because it is the best land only of East Lothian on which such noble examples of farming are given, while in Lincolnshire the barren heath and wold have been taught nearly equal luxuriance." Lord Portman, Mr. Langston, M.P., Sir Charles Lemon, M.P., are also contributors—a good sign that Lords and Members of Parliament begin to see that they must bestir themselves, and that the corn-laws cannot last for ever. There are several articles in the present Number interesting, not only to farmers, but to the general readers, among which we would direct attention to that by Capt. Weddrington "On the Agriculture of Spain," and to the " Past and Present State of Agriculture in Ireland," by M r. William Blacker. INQUEST ON AN UNKNOWN MAN `PITH ONE LEG.— An inquest was held on Tuesday, before Mr. Wakley, M.P., in the workhouse, Arthur-street, Chelsea, on the body of a man unknown, with only one leg. the other having been " pawned." Mr. Richard Smith, landlord of the Commercial Tavern, King's-road, Chelsea, said that in the afternoon of Thursday last one of the inmates of his house discovered a man on his premises in a sitting position, but quite dead. He had never before seen the deceased, and believed him to be a stranger in the parish. Deceased was a one-legged man. He wore a sailor's cap and blue trousers. Mr. Hawkins produced a duplicate found on the deceased of a leather leg, which had been pledged in the name of " John Robinson, 7, Poplar," at the shop of Mr. Harding, York-street, Westminster, for 7s. He (Mr. Hawkins) called on the pawnbroker on Friday last, when the latter told him that the deceased was at his shop on Thursday last, when he (the deceased) said he should have " a shot in the locker on Tuesday next, when he would take out his log." Mrs. Moore said she was a fruiterer, residing in the King's. road, and recollected the deceased calling in the after • noon of Thursday last at her shop, when he purchased some fruit, she believed a pear. He was very jocular, and appeared quite well. Mr. , Charles Stevens has made a post mortem examination of the body, and found extensive disease in the heart—ossification of the valves. No parts appeared diseased. He attributed death to perfectly natural causes. A verdict of " Natural death" was returned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—There seems to brood over Ireland a heavy curse, which can neither be expiated by calamities nor mitigated by time. She has grown from a fief of the Crown to a dukedom, from a dukedom to a province, from a province to a kingdom ; from a kingdom, she has become the associate of England in legislative rights and im perial power; yet, in all her stages of progressive rise, in every condition, and under every sway, she has retained the same distinctive character of dissension, violence, and treachery. Blessed with a soil, compared with which in many parts English corn fields are barren, she has turned this blessing to a bane, and produced for the astonishment of Europe, and the multiplication of her own disasters, a ragged, slovenly, and starving peasantry. Boasting a population which individually presents stronger traits of cheerful ness, good humour, and courage, of reckless daring and more reckless free-thinking, than any other nation in Christendom, at the same time she startles us with the sombre records of san guinary vindictiveness, treacherous cowardice, sullen resentment, and degraded superstition, such as darken the annals of no other people. Inexplicable confusion of cause and effect, action and reaction, persecution and revenge ! Curious and foiling labyrinth of tortuous maladies ! Per plexing cycle of political errors and moral sins! Well may a Minister proclaim Ireland to be his difficulty. Well may a faction proclaim Ireland to be its hope. The wise physician will despond, and the juggling quack will exult, over the infirmities of a State which can bear neither disease nor its re medy. We are reminded of religious differ ences, of political dissensions. We are told that Ireland is discomposed, because she is partly Papist, partly Protestant. But is Ireland the only country in Europe whose people do not agree in their religious creeds ? Is Belgium all Catholic? or Russia all Protestant? Is there no Protestantism in France ? Is there ne Popery in Germany ? Yet nowhere are religious differ ences pleaded in excuse of social annnosities as they are in Ireland. But we are told also of the mixture of hostile races as a mischief not less fatal than the confusion of repulsive creeds. The Saxon and the Celt,—this is the cause of Irish tumult, of Irish bloodshed, and Irish misery. " The Saxon lord, the Celtic serf." And this Irishmen of education, at least, if not of wisdom—of lore, if not of reflection—de claim on every hustings and repeat at every gathering, until an irritable peasantry catch the wild cry as it, passes, and cheer one another on in the fatuous and fatal creed that they are poor, because Henry 11. raised his standard in the Pale, and degraded because their country has been assimilated to the laws and constitution of England. We are not now reasoning on the absurdity of such a belief. 'We are stating it as an ominous fact in the history of Ireland, that a prejudice, which elsewhere has been dissipated by circumstances or modified by time, is there more potent than ever. In other lands time has blended the con querors and the conquered into one common family. Alliances have fused the most hostile, interest has reconciled the most repugnant races; and what neither interest nor marriage could effect, the silent march of years has brought about. Who in England now thinks of Saxon or Norman ? What rational man in Scotland cares for Gaelic or Saxon descent ? There is in deed a generous pride iu the recollection of generic names, and the preservation of ancestral fame; but how nobly and how gainfully have national antipathies and particular jealousies been sacrificed at the shrine of that comprehensive patriotism which has inspired the descendants of the Norman, the Saxon, and the Highlander to forget all but their common faith and fealty to Great Britain ! And yet in Ireland this un hallowed potency of traditionary hate still pre vails—more dangerous because concentrated within narrower limits. It was the worst sign of the worst times in ancient Greece, when each particular city saw the subdued flames of heredi tary faction re-appear—when each petty State was divided between the representatives of Spartan and Athenian ascendancy, and every family owed at once its precedence and its perils to its connexion with one or the other of these two States : the worst signs that Ireland now exhibits are the mutual jealousies of its distinct classes, and the feral hostility of its religious factions. What ' have we not seen within the last few months? We put out of the question assemblies banded together for the laceration of the empire. But what have we seen in the social and civil life of Ireland? In broad daylight, on the day of Christian worship, when people were going to and fro on the errand of penitence and supplica tion, a murder perpetrated by ruffian ferocity, at the same time upon the feebleness of age and the weakness of sex. Such a murder as Mr. Wal ler's no modern country but Ireland could wit ness; and, we believe, no county in Ireland but Tipperary. This murder is committed in the day, the perpetrators leave the house stained with the bloody marks of a desperate resistance, yet no one challenges them, no one arrests their progress, no one remembers to have seen them. Mr. Waller was a landlord! A few weeks elapse, and Meath becomes the scene of a murder no less deliberately planned, though less ferociously exe cuted, than its Tipperary model. Mr. Sherlock, an industrious first-class farmer, is assassinated on his return home at night. There is no clue to the detection of the murderers. He was a landowner ! A letter from " A Munster Far mer" will suggest to the memory other crimes not less heinous and not more explicable. Can we, then, wonder at the fear which is expressed in a leading Dublin paper, that there exists a conspiracy to exterminate the landowners throughout Ireland ? Or can we wonder that the magistracy of Ireland, living amid such scenes and exposed to such dangers, should abuse, or, as at Bandon, coldly exercise, the civil privi leges with which their station invests them, and even refuse to men whose political hostility they know, and whose personal vindictiveness they suspect, the possession of weapons which may be employed in their own destruction ? Thus does tear act upon power, and power generate injustice. The Celtic peasant fires at his half- Saxon landlord, the half-Saxon landlord avenges himself by debarring his half-Celtic neighbour from the rights granted him by a Saxon Par liament! Who can deny the misery of the Irish peasantry ? Who will affirm, universally, the wickedness or the injustice of the Irish land- ' lords? There is no intellectual weakness so common or so contemptible as that which leads men to indulge in the wholesale praise or censure of classes and castes. It is not only a logical error, but a sin against morality. Some landlords have been careless, some harsh, some oppressively unjust. But is it fair to con demn all Irish landlords for the injustice or the indolence of a section of their class ? We would not judge of the Irish people by the murders of Tipperary. We would not judge of the Irish landlords by the worst specimen of their class. We have been most desirous that the real wrongs of the Irish peasantry should be known. We have been anxious that the full effulgence of English opinion should penetrate every distant corner of the sister isle, startling oppression in its lair and revenge in its lurking-place. Where men have perverted wealth to the purposes of cruelty, or office to the ends of injustice, we have fearlessly and unhesitatingly denounced them. But we will never give our aid to an indiscrimi nate war against the Irish landlords. If some of them have abused their advantages, almost all have paid the penalty. We know well what is the object of the clamour now raised against them. We know, too, that the system of tenure in Ireland is most unfortunate ; but it is rather an effect than a cause. There are other and graver maladies of deeper root arid of deadlier operation. The recent affray in New Zealand has stimu lated alarm and inactivity into earnest prepara tion. Immediately after the disastrous contest at Wairau, the inhabitants of Wellington and its vicinity offered their services in case an incursion of the savages should render an armed resistance necessary. The letter in which the acting ma gistrate of the southern district disclaims the notion of making an appeal to arms, and which is given in another column, expresses the prin ciple by which we think every public officer ought to be guided in his transactions with the aborigines of a colonial dependency. Instead of pampering the fears and rousing the animosity of the English settlers, Mr. M'Donogh en courages them in the belief that the late affair was the result of inadvertence, and that the na- From Mr. J. SMITH, Glasgow. " GENTLEMEN,—I have been troubled for years with a dreadful palpitation of the heart, accompanied with great nervousnees and debility, for which I have tried everything you could mention, all to no purpose, till I heard of PARR's wonderful LIFE PILLS, and a friend of mine desired met) try them, which I did. I bought them of Mr. Nelson, ani I am happy to say that a box of them has completely restored me. _ _ . . . " If this will do anything to help your efforts you can make use of it. " I remain yours, respectfully, " JAMES SMITH." From Mr. HENRY B kßßEß,pruggist, Knutsford. "To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pills. " GENTLEM EN, —I forward you a ease below, which Mr. T. 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