The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-18 00:00:00

W 5 TlO F f er y• ay' wa s 50) .5111e.F2 2, hare 3fark"' 1 Mancliestet' 341 )rlea woo, 55i ; v f o r the A!' C ! Ml' 3 1, t he D' e- r , ills is 101( „. rhree'a rl " - C. a trill , — C . it the feelle . c on the fie, 3 i,h, to 2 1° 5 ,i! nts., to ,r 0 000 t, a t 3 , AO Pr i . ces lutist Pr ices :LOC& get - INO ~ ',3LOC II. 105 R2;4 46 254, 143121 3) 3 4 304 07 102 0 101% :61, Fp: 96% ▪ 1141 ogv4" r 0.." . • S) 00, - 0« ' -r f ; ,o• 5 7 a .101 ,ofthis . ..._.,.. ,_... .... .._ , P OLICE INTELLIGENCE COURT CIRCULAR. i ECONOMIC LIMASSURANCE I Tiff; VCONNELL ' , BANQUET. _. - _.The Queen and Prince-Alb.•rt, the members-of-the .- . .S 0 CI -- ETY. Th ordinary'Annual •f I . : FRWTHE-PROVINCTIL-JOHRNALS; -----—.-----,--- _ CLERK EIN \V I'LL—'(TII.Ii4 DAY.) , Ros al saute, and the hoes 'hold. attended Divine service , - The dinner to I). O'Connell (ti ' on Tuesday ,even thiseSociety,Court e the Shareholders , , , , • ,cl,- at Covent garden 'Theatre, was the most extra of N . 4 a Young Man named Reeves, said to be a commercial ; yestemay; at . t,larement. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie : ordinary manifestation of public feeling and sym eiler, was charged with knocking at the door of 'Air. .- Co , nrtenay officiated. . ' General Court were held A Raley's Hotel, Black- ' uoddin . 1 , Gt , N an ironmonger, residing in Liquorpond-street, , t Ihe Queen and Prince Albert walked irk Claremont friars, on Saturday last. The Chair was taken, at two Pathy that has ever been exhibited in this country Thousands upon thousands assembled; not to impart tits r sewn -lane. He was further charged with damaging Park on Saturday forenoon. In the afternoon, her Ma . • • '• vi- o'clock by the Right Hon. Thomas Frankland laurels to the brow of the conqueror, fresh from the jests and his Royal Highness took an airing in the Lewis.i • the at the Bagnigge Wells station-house. toils of triumph .and victory on the battle-field; not to v i o lLue defendant went to the complainant's door on the pre- cinity of Claremont, in a pony phaeton. The Hon. Col. i se u anight, at w hi c h h e k noc k e d so loudly as to disturb the Grey, Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, attending on - Secretary . Mr. C. I. DOWNER, after reading the ' applaud the statesman wh o , w ith unse lfi s h p o li c y, h a d, - s ;! 1 , 1 es and cause a crowd to assemble. lie was taken into horseback. notice calling the meeting, proceeded to present the , I like a true patriot, 'succeeded in establishing measures r e .,,,2'3% About two o'clock in the morning the constable on The Royal Family, accompanied by the 'Dowager . statement of. accounts. Front this it appeared that conducive to the welfare of the country ; but to.hail t s -- e `SYe at the station-house heard a noise In the cell in which Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in Claremont Park . the receipts • for the year had been 150,7,M. 7s. 3d. ; ' with enthusiasm the man who, for .bip " constant and consistent advocacy of the rights and privileges of Irish iss prisoner ner was locked up, and on - opening the door saw the on Saturday. ! and that, after investing 81,265/., and discharging all Wee ' s s Zn cutting the doorost, which the carpenter said he - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended . .1 • claims, aims, there was a balance on hand of 4,2041. I4e. 3 . men, d ' " has been branded with the character and position 'aged to the value of is.—The prisoner was fined 7s. ' The assetsof the Societydetailed ' the ' of as" convicted conspirator." Branded, did we say ? Se rie um &emelt .Ropen, a surgeon, residing in Gray's-inn Divine service yesterday morning in the chapel at Ken are , in quip- so—the mal-admini 'of i • stration J ustice may have en issivace, was charged with having been drunk and assaulting sington Palace.. Lady Fanny . lloward was in waiting ' quennial Report. de . avoured to make him appear so • and packed juries Tt e cwistables 106 and 113 G. on her Royal Highness. The Auditors stated, in their report, that though misdirected . by. prejudices and n the ' 'charges of partial es fie defendant was found drunk in Gray's-inn-lane and The Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian ' 'U, it w a s impossible for them to enter into the minute judges, may return verdicts of guilty, but the voice of i f dto g o into his own house when the deer was opened. Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. The . calculations of the Actuary as to the assets and ha- the united nation is stronger than these, and made that oti e s uc k the officers, one of them he kicked, and broke his Baroness Ahlafeldt, Baron Knesebeck, and Major -Ste si,;e over th e sh ou ld ers o f the other, although they had not ph ens , wer e in waiting on her Royal Highness. bilities of the Society, they were satisfied' of the a Mark of honour, whi c h w a s intended to b e a brand of ~ 4 11 . 121 the least provobation.—He was fined 1/. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of bent took an air- correctness of the principle on which those calcula- disgrace.e-:DOvie Chronick. ing in a carriage on Saturday. ti ons were .. b ased, and they considered that great The_ great di nner -t o Mr. O'Connell, in Covent-garden A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Satur- praise was due to him for the zeal and attention which Theatre, on Wednesday last, respecting which the note office. - - day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The ,Ministers he had manifested in discharging the duties of his of preparation was sounded immediately. after the victionof that gentleman, is the most stirring local event con present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Dukeof Buccicuch, Earl of tuber office. the last fortnight. It was a great demonstration, The CHAIRMAN moved that the statement and re deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor the company numb er i ng upwar d s of 3,100. The Earl ports be received and en t ere d:O n the m i nutes. Af ter of the Exchequer,the Earl of Haddington, the E ar l o f of Shrewsbury, forg e tti ng t h e f eu d b etween him and - the Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Sir H enr y a motion was carried short conversation, the 'unani- llardinge. inously. guest of the night, th rew himself into the van, and . • warmly expressed his admiration of, and his sympathy The Lord Chancellor arrived at half-past three o'clock, The. CHAIRMAN. then moved, - an d it was carried for, the foremost man of his own religious'faith. Both and joined his colleagues. unanimously, that 140/. b e awar d e d t o t h e au di tors Houses of Parliament were fairly represented at the The Council. sat two hours and a half. for their services during the past year. . • dinner—the Commons liberally so.— IT illmer and Smith's A deputation connected wieh the West Indies, includ• The; retiring auditors were re4lected by the European Times. ing Mr. Cane, Mr. Colvile, Mr. Hankey, and Mr. Back- meeting. ' ' . . . The enthusiastic reception accorded to Mr. O'Connell at the grand banquet in Covent-gaedent Theatre; on ley, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, on Saturday, The CHAIRMAN said, that having now disposed of Tuesday evening, must have been gall and. wormwood to at his official residence in Downing-street. the ordinary business of the annual court, it would Mr. Colquhouneltesident for the Haase Towns, trans- their pleasing duty to towhat be proceed was in- They his persecutors. N ever was " convicted conspirator" so honoured befobefore...llislaults--his follies---hie inflam'ina acted business at the Foreign-office on Sat ur d a y. finitely more important. had now arrived at people—hid the meeting. of the Commissioners of Fin e A rts . tory appeals to th e pass i ons of the Irish people an exceedingly import an t periodin the history of abuse of " the Saxon" --his - coarse denunciation of t h e held en Friday, at Gwydyr House, at w hi c h P r i nce Albert presided, several of the reduced drawings, exe- this Society.—(Hear, bear.) He would not antici- Whigs—were all forgotten, or merged in admiration for cuted by the Messrs. Linnell, from the Prize Cartoons, pate .what they were about to hear from the Actuary's his unwearied and consistent advocacy ofthe rights and were submitted to the inspection of his Royal Highness report ; he would only remind them, that this was privileges of his countrymen. He was looked upon as a and the Commiesioners. , probably the most important meeting which had political martyr—as the victim of a judge-made law—ae • Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Beckett, and a deputation con- ever taken place in connection with the affairs of that a powerful opponent whom Ministers sought to crush by sisting of twenty-five gentl emen , connec t e d w i t h b an k s ' Institution. Before' the- Actuary read the- quinquon- means abhorrent to English notions of SiltStiee and fair in country towns a n d di s t r i c t s , h a d an i nterv i ew w i t h 'Dial Report, he begged to'propose that the fou r re ti r i ng play.—Canerrter Guardia n . Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, in. Downing-street. Directors, Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq., Henr Mr. O'Connell was entertained at a magnificent ban- Dispatches for the Governors of the West India Barnet,'Es o 'Archibald Hastie, Esq M.P d John ~ ~ • an quet in Covent-garden Theatre, on Tuesday night, when Colonies were sent off from the Colonial-office on Sa- • Mendham, 'Esq., should be re-elected. - 1,150 persons sat down to evince their sympathy with turday evening. . The motion was carried una n i mous l y . the great Liberator. We learn fr o m th e p The ACTUARY then read th e qu i nquenn i a l Report,rivate letter of a friend i n L on d on that—" On the first utt erance o f Mr. Dispatches were received yest e rd a y a t th e Colonial of office from the Govern or o f V an Di emen ' a Land. O'Connell's n ame b y t h e Ch a i rman, a singular scene The Duke of Wellington attended the early service which the following is an abstract :—The Directors, took place, as if by magic. Each of the 1,150 persons in the Chapel Royal, St. Jame s ' s , yesterday. Th e R ey , afte r ex p ress i ng th e pl easure th e y f e lt i n being able_ who dined was supplied with a napkin,- and, as if by one Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. - - ' . .to present the fourth quinquennial Report, proceeded impulse, they . were waived over th e h ea d s o f t h e e nti re The Bishop of D ur h am preached- yesterday-at the .to say that the assets had been va l ue d on th e pr i nc i p l e mass. The tiers of boxes, crammed with ladies in full daily service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Re!. of making precautionary allowance for possi- dress, took th e cue , an d t h e i nter i or of the huge build- J. V. Povah read the pray e r s , th e R ev . C. Packman, the bl e fl uc t uat i ons i n the prices ' of - stock, and the ing was on e fl u tt er o f w hi t e. M r. O ' Connell ' told me this morning that he had ' never seen anything to equal lessons, and the Bishop of London officiated at the Com- value of the liabilities had been ascertained by it, and added, in his own peculiar heartfelt way, ' Oh mullion Service, as fisted by the - Rev. Dr. Sheath. The methods calculated to exclude errors, and to afford , Marquises of Anglesey and Salisbury, Viscount' and wasn't it beautiful ! "'—Carlisle , Journal full confidence in the results. The value of the assets, • . • - . Viscountess Palmerston, Lords Vivian; Wharncliffee and The dinner given to Daniel-oConnell, Esq., M.P., to show: the sympathy of. Englishmen with Irishmen, and. consisting. of :Government securities,. life -interests, A. Paget, were among the' Nobility present. mortgages, a assurance premiums, and interest due on the admiration entertained in this country for the con • investments, with the balances at banks and cash in stant advocate of the righte and privileges of Irishmen hand, amounted. to 673,6311. 17s. 4d. The total lia- for more than forty years, took place at Covent-garden bilities, consisting of '70,000/ e of the shareholders' Theatre on Tuesday night. In order to accommodate fund, with interest thereof, the• value of polices and the immense. number otgentlemen who were desirous of bonuses thereon, the claims accrued but unpaid, showing their respect to Mr. O'Connell, the Committee bad charges for commission agents, taxes, &c., amounted made arrangements for enlarging the area of the theatre to 549,3201.; leaving a balance of 124,3121. It ap- t o its utmost possible extent, but the additional room th us peered from this statement that, after m a ki ng provi sion afforded was found to be insufficient, and many hundreds for every existing liability, and a prudent •esti- were disappointed. The same thing occurred with reg ird to the box a n d ga ll ery ti c k e t s . Th ey were all. disposed of mate of the assets, a clear s u pl us of 124,3121. some days s i nce ; an d ;we have, hea r d o f hi g h prem i ums b remained for distribution amo ng the shareholders. being .offered to those who were fortunate _enough to and the assured; and this result was o bt a i ne d with- possess one, to endeavour to induce them to dispose of out, in any way, anticipating profits to be hereafter it. The doors were opened at half-past five, and the realised. It was provided in the deed of settlement theatre was filled 'in a very few minutes, but so admire that as soon as one-fourth of the profits realised should . ble were the arrangements, that there was not thee - least equal the portion of the subscribed capital actually crowding or confusion. ' Every person admitted had the paid up, the Shareholders should be paid off 50,000/., number of hi s pl ace mar k e d f or h is t i c k et, and was immee and 20,000/. had been, add e d t o th at amount; - so that 'diately condticted to his place. About 1,080 persons sat 30,000/. was required to makeup the 50,000/. to pay down to dinner, and there were 180 waiters to attend off the Shareholders, which would be suffi- upon them. -At -half-past - five the band entered the orchestra and commenced playing,. and they continued dent to • redeem each sh are o f 25 0 1 . at performing _ a ser i es o f p o p u l ar a i rs until six o ' clock, i 500/. As one-f our th o f .the'surplus was fully, suffi- when a flourish of trumpets announced the approach of cient to pay the 30 . ,000/. - to the Shareholders, Mr. O'Connell, the Chairman, and the other distin according to the provisions of the deed of settlenient guished guests. All present rose, the ladies in the boxes they, must be paid off. Although the Directors. were waived their handkerchiefs, and were most enthusiastic allowed,three months for that purpose, yet th e y w ere in their greetings of the Liberator. The gentlemen willing to commence the 'redemption of the shares cheered most rapturously, and even the reception with immediately, giving 5001. for each share,. with in- which Mr. O'Connell was greeted at the meeting of the terest thereon at the rate of four and a half per cent. Anti-Corn-law League in: this theatre, three weeks per annum, .up to the date of surrender. I n t eres t since, was less wa rm th an th e recept i on w i th wh i ch ho - would cease on and 'after . th e I s t o f 'J u l y next on was greeted thi s e ven i ng .—S omerset C ounty Gazette. such shares as should not besthen surrendered. After The Tory (From the Weekly Chronicle.) deducting 30,000/, for the Shareholders from the gross the demortTartion i has no b j e m en driven o3sir oc, frantic nn ig the surplus, the . sum of 94,312/. would remain as the not attended so largely as hono ur would . have been, by public men, portion of the policy-holders; but as nineteen shares had a little more care been taken to disconnect it from the were held by the. Society, the bonusses pertaining to repeal agitation, was certainly most remarkable both for the them fell into the assurance fund, and increased its a ta m e i nt displayed in its proceedings,. and for the enthusiasm unanimity that prevailed. amount by 2,8501., thereby making the surplus of the Hence the bitterness with which it is assailed. The Times assurance. fund - 97,1621. In dealing with' the as- calls it " a wretched mummery ;"—a display of " ill-conditioned surance fund, the Directors considered that it would ' folly, and unblushing indecency;"—" a sympathy with sedi not be prudent to appropriate the ' entire surplus now tion, worse than that of Anierican ' Sympathisers, who, at least, have the excuse of h e l onng to a race!" The in hand ; for, although the reser ve d va l ue o f th e policies Standard talks o f " a convict dinner" " attended a rabble was adequate to the existing liabiliti es , th ey thought of the very low e st d escr iption" --the " Canaille of G by reat Bii it desirable to have a precautionary surplus, in order tarn;"—" men who would not be displeased to see the whole that the character and credit which had produced the of society dragged down to their own level !" And it ends present prosperous results might be continued. They this .v infamous calumny by as infamous a perversion of Holy therefore proposed to retain one-third- of the surplus. ranc.tOrfoeursitsiaggrylielitaso itself, dir bane: for political ear f s ri t Tds, who f s u e l Two-thirds of the surplus of 97,162/., viz., 64,7551., relations between this country and Ireland, and e m P a e d a e ee the would, at the average age of the , participating mem-- stability of their future union doubtful, a passage of -Serip bees, viz., forty-seven, secure reversionary bonuses ture, which says, " Hippy art thou, 0 Israel ! Who is like to the amount of 109,2931., or thirty-three per cent. unto thee, 0 people, saved by the Lord—the shield of thy help, on the premiums on which 'it is computed—that is, sahnadllwbheefoundthe .sword of thy excellency. And thine enemies liars unto thee, and thou shalt tread upon the on five premiums from those . whe participated in the hi h" . ig places. last division, a._ i - from - five :to nine on those Ye hate this desecration of the Bible—this impudent, and who then participated, for the first time. The profligate, attempt to debase that, which all must desire to remaining third now: reserved-..would accumulate reverence, into an instrument of party, and personal, spite. Why, if "Israel " mean the Government,—and "the People," at interest for the sole benefit of the assured till the . the Conservative party,—as the Standard would imply,—it next period of division; and to prevent any loss upen is the Lord Chief Justice Pennefather, that has saved them such policies as might become ,claims in the interim, in their struggle with Repeal, not that higher Lord, to whom the Directors proposed a prospective contingent bonus they profanely appe , al ! He is their " swor d !"—A pa c k e d of hi. per cent. per a nn um on a ll b ene fi c i al policies on j ury their " shield. ' —And to couple the success of such which claims should acc rue b e f ore t h e next diviS i on trickery with , high, and holy, things, requires a brazen of profits, when a re-adj us t men t would be made. hypocrisy, inconceivable to ordinary minds. Let.no man accuse us.of i rreverence i n speaking thus. T he The' contingent and absolute bonuses, taken to e- bhime, and the responsibility, lie with those, who first invoke ther, were equivalent in value to an abSolute Scripture as a cloak to their dirty designs, and then, upon bonus of 36 per cent. on the. tundunt, of preiniurns the strength of a ilersirion, calumniate the rest of mankind. with which - it was compared. In addition Does the St who thinks dare th to assert that _no man' is a good to the - three Options given at the lastdivision:—that is, Christian, • ceedings against him, has not had fair play ? Is there of applying t bonus to increase the sum assured, or Scriptural - authority for the - chicanery of Mr. T. B. to reduce -the premiums:either for the whole of life, Cusack Smith ? And are .the thousands of honest, and in ho at Birmingham; . and in Covent-garden, or; .for five.years only—the Directors noiv offer atdl i g e n e t e m r d e e n , d ,oho, bet' fourth, in the form of a ready money bonus. •By pair. have i recorded twith 1 1;—in the words of Lord John R - eel ,—t a , an English judge, and an English jury, upon , - • ing off the Shareholders, the constitution of the So- the same evidence, the verdict,' in Mr. O'Connelts case ciety would undergo an important change, and- th e would probably have been reversed,—to be, classed as rebels Economic would become a mutual assurance society, against the authority of Heaven, instead of as men denounc under circumstances highly favourable to the assured; ingiustly the infirmities of an earthly judge? There was a time when' cant was all-powerful in this coun ter independently of other advantages, the whole of the - try, and that time'the Standard l 'n 1 bring back. profits would henceforWard be divided amongst those Ve leave little fear of its succeeding; (Iw g y but still it behoves assured, on the equal scale oOpremiums. As a. Mutual men to keep their eyes open. Religious diseases are, of all Assurance Society, the Economic will present advan- others, the most insidious. The snaka . may be scotched, not tages surpassed by no other; the premiums charged killed. It is, certainly, not at Covent-garden, however, that being lower than those of any office which divided pro- sympt omsa gnea s . otfaiesareslircceitation muse be sought, for the fits with the assured, and much lOwer than those of any middlecq classes was never m i o n re th .s ezim l ents o a f ri t Le h d. English rty mutual assurance society. . •The mode of applying* years ago, nothing short of a miracle la sfro y ultr have induced bonuses - was strictly equitable, and - was ad a pt e d •t o elc ven jioodied men, few Of whom are known as strong poll every variety of circumstance. - The number of poll- tical partisans; to meet together, to do 'honour to a Catholic, des had increased .during the last fi v e y ears f rom and a conspirator, whoni tbela* of the land is.about to con -4,3oBsign to prison,- and who m t h e religious prejudices of our an to '6,001 ; the income from p rem i ums had , in cestors declared unfit t o participate . in political rights.—Now, creased from 70,5911. to 90,500/. Th e average receipts the.difficulty was to find admission for the numbers who . . . _for premiums; f o r the five •years amounted to wishedeo be present, and to restrain, within decent limits, 85,1251. per annum. Th e :claims amounted' to the warm sympathy which they expressed. Whence the 37,1904 per annum. and the bonuses.added to such change?. hit folly? Is it wi s d om ? I t i s , e a alleve nts, claims 1,450/. per annum. Th e large number ,of tthhieni r c :io a s n t d. unm istak able fart proof,sel that men are beginning to -es ! assurances now existing afforded a security against We only regret, as we began by stating, that from the such deviations . as might result from a paucity sweeping terms, in which the invitation to Mr. O'Connell of ' numbers. In 'conclusion, the Directors recorn- was worded, and the unqualified admiration which it ex mended the Society as - one'which Was 'as much enti- s.ess w ei l l ic " h of h a is i r t o t i l i e tic c a ar l conduct for a the lastfortyyeai•s"—al o l f fled to public confidence for the : equity of its princi- Liberal-men; both English and wholrishv,e avoided-hundreds sympathise as truly 'pies, as it was to preference for the economy of its as any of these present at the dinner,_ both with his country management and the liberality of its practi ce . an d w i t h hi m , were prevented from being present by the fear The CHAIRMAN said the remarkable clearness and of being supposed to have abandoned, or compromised, their accuracy of the .Report, rendered._ it unneces sar y for own opinions upon the ques ti on o f-R e p ea l. him to But though their co ncurrence m i g ht have given a less ex . make any . addition •to its statements. Ile elusive character to ehe list of stewards, and filled the cross could not, however, refrain from congratulating them tables Withhigher sOundi n g political n ames , th ey cou ld h ave on the state Of their affairs: It:•was certainly re- added very 'little to the gratification of those present, for markable, that a Society 'started on the principle, of nothing could be better than t t tl , w or ay n , lo in which the proceed . , low premiums rather than large' bonuses, should in i n er n t fu h s e e l d iie t t o lNir e e rn co fr n o d m the chair. A e ir ct a c n h ca ing th e a n n e th e e r, the twentieth ' year of its existence, have attained sprat exerted his , very remarkable talents with happier effect. such prosperity, as 'to be able to disencumber itself Every speech told. There was an almost startling novelty in ' of the weight arising from having Shareholders, and his mode of introducing even the most ordinary toasts; and to give a handsome bonus to the parties whose in- both his eulogy. of Air:O'Connell, his . dissection of the ma terestsjority against Lord Normanby's motion- in ' the House of were, concerned. The Directors were deter- Lords, Lord Ellenborough sending his proxy from Gwalior, = mined to continue to watch over the interests of the had. Lord Tweeddale from Bombay, and Lord Sichnouthrisin ' rising from Society. Though . there might be societies which -his coffiriete.' record a last 'vete against that Ireland, which larger connexions, if any one - would show him an he had so deeply' Injured while in power, were all perfect in ~ office which was conducted on more honourable prin- their way. . great ciples, he would 'not • - contin Mr. O'Connell's speech was, ue- any longer to occupy of course, the attraction - - of the night ; but there were others that d eserve remark. the Chair:-- 7 (Cheers) - . In reply to a .question from a . Sh are h o ld er, Lord Shrewsbury's broad and bold distinction b e t ween a legal - - .. and a constitutional right, is one that all parties will do well The CHAIRMAN said, - that every Shareholder to bear in mind in the times that- are at hand; and the en would receiie'dOuble . the amount which he had i n - thusiasm with which. Mr. Henry Berkeley's hi nt was re vested,, with interest of - slf per cent. up to the Ist of ceived,." that an extension -of .1110esefrrailisse was the best July, and if any.person wished. to receive the money t l e c m ur e i n ty n fo o.w r t i h n e p in4i e n r ter i n , c , e of irttie oftheif. legitimate wichth d a e e n n - t immediately, he might obtain it with interest, calcu- from the Ministers Who passed Gagging Bills and suspended lated up to the day . of payment. the Habeas Corpus Act—would so gladly curtail," may help 111 r. SIBLEY- -suggested the propriety of presenti ng . to avert the dangers which he apprehend& , The Sun newspaper afforded a remarkable proof on Tues a gratuity to the Actuary, as an acknowledgement of day,. • Iwhich the P - its . of the rapidity wit 11 the 'deep - sense which they entertained of the value t • -.. I 1 fore the meeting br ok e full upon grea .occasious. e up a-re and importance of his services; but, at the request of port of the speeches of A r. Duncombe, Mr. O'Conn e ll, and the Chairman, the matter was left in the hands of th e L ord S hrewsbury was in every b o d y ' s ha nds. It seemed as Directors, - who, it was stated, had already laken the if the words must have impressed themeelyes on paper as . , they quitted the speakers' lips, wi thout of those inter subject into their consideration. • mediate processes to which we know thatoroare indebted Directors G. BARTLEY proposed a vote of thanks to the for the perfection painfully attained. Directors for the-zeal and ability . which they had dis- • ----- 7 - ----- ' a. •ai played in managing the affairs of the Institution. Ruff's - Guide to the -Turf has. just . - ,i„ . , its The motion having been seconded; the Chairman appearance, and in the 'character and- varie y e . : its and IL F. Stephenson, Esq., the Deputy-Chairman contents is decidedly' the most useful - " Pocket"' mu-. of the Board, returned thanks on behalf of the Di- partion” that has yet issued from the _press. W e perceive rectors. The me e ti ng t h en separated. that,• . bosides greatly enlarging the list .of " length's of courses, colours of the riders,' and giving the fixtures of all' ' the principal meetings in 1844 and 1845, it holds *out an additional claim on the.patronage of the racing community, in the shape of a "catalogue raisonne" of the English jockeys, showing, net only their residences and lowest riding weights; but the names mid order of precedence of their masters. A , table of this kind has linig been wanted, and will be found: generally. serviceable. lii all other respects the G u ide,. merits the name; and cannot fail to cominanclan extensive sale. . . . There is a report' in. military 'circles that it is in tended to dispatch a reintbrcement of 3,500 men to our army in - india;: • iwe do •not, licrstver,' _guarantee its accuracy.— ' L r"OVf I.lDiTis3.) 31 lyko.l oldo,i s.if io Suesehnse.— e UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) i i totetli Thompson, dressed in style, late in the service of ' a ncaster, a gentleman holding a situation in the Censor s 1, 0 4 e, Was charged, before Mr. Trail!, with stealing a pocket containing five five-pound Bank of England notes, the /P Q , r tY of Mr. Marten t o ,,` !PPeared that the complainant missed his pocket-book, od e the above sum of money, on his return from his 0 , h.. % at Whitehall, and thought ho was either roleeed of it, ofr,"" dropped it on the way home. He had bills circulated, j r i lja_g a reward, and had also given notice at the Bank of the th e rsof the notes. One of the 5/. notes was paid in at ha nk,le h _ and this led to the detection of the prisoner as the th - t "vtl who had stolen the money. Suspecting a discovery, et t ,,Prisoner hastily left her situation, and was taken into gaff on Saturday night. having expended a considerable g at °_t the money on expensive articles of dress. She also Portion of the sum to a female of her acquaintance. $1 0 , 2 ,!, Pocket-book which contained the money was subse -410-1' found to have been thrown down the water closet. P r isoner ' who said nothing in her defence, was remanded. pith ' P Coe, a policeman of the L division, was charged q obezzling various sums of money, the property of Mr. b t pan, the Mayor of Norwich. At Prisoner had 'been in the service of Mr. Freeman at th,,', o r l ich, and having left his situation it was discovered uf. h . Lie had embezzled various sums of money, the property e4,l l 7, ei nPloyer. The prisoner came up to town, and being a Siet r : 4l mg man contrived to get, into the L division of the Preh,"Pi'litan police, in which he had remained until his ap- If r nsion on the present charge. TitAn.t. said that as the offence was committed at who - ich Loe should send the prisoner there. The prisoner, 41, 4 - t _iviothin g in answer to the charge was then taken off Ua Y• ii 4 , II ,IEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.) Idietpith"ro e nrY Cook, a young man, was charged with creating ,ance yesterday afternoon in Queen-Square Yard, and the wing * a small clasp knife and threitening to rip up gth"ceman who took him into custody; Mr. Cook, his lai%Witil endeavouring to rescue him ; anti George Crawley, kitt l b out 13 years of age, with throwing dirt at the police „ I'p a riA using disgusting language. n• Cook was fined 2/. 10s., Mr. Cook, 1/., and l eY 1/, AR YLEBONE.-( THIS DAY.) C har c k 2 e/ Lawles s a lawless Irishman, was placed at the bar le a ;F,e4 with having been drunk on St. Patrick's-day, and O ng Ann Finnigan. tt l=o„„" d eo mplainant, whose head was bandaged and her dress Zit 1 0d ,..., - "ith blood, stated that the prisoner came drunk to Nwi i ngs, and, after kicking and abusing her, he corn n„li .an attack upon. the complainant, first attempting to gt tj;„"r with a shovel, which however she caught hold of; L k id / 2 0 411 ticked her with dreadful violence in the f o reh ea d, 114ted the kick a second time on the face. The land- N IPaO was unable to be present, was also kicked with , ore t jiri q e on•the body. gee,„„get F ' ranklin living in the same house, corroborated I, l 4l t plainant' s statement as to the prisoner's violence. Pitle 4 WlANsox—ls this conduct for an Irishman on St. l_dri,t ( lay? Prisoner—lt was'nt me, yer Worship, it was 4 4, I t that was in me. N 2/ 4 , W Lmsolc—For the assault on the woman you are 'Us., or six weeki in the house of correction. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Haymarket play-bill, of Saturday, announced hat, on that evening would be revived, " with new scenery, dresses, and decorations, Shakspere's comedy of the Taming of the Shrew, fron the original text, as acted divers times at the Globe and Blackfriars Playhouses, 1606." The promise held forth in this announcement was kept to the letter, and never, during our memory, has there been so complete, and, we may add, so successful a Shaksperian revival as this of the Taming of the Shrew at the Haymarket. After this glorious restoration of -the original five act comedy of Shakspere, Garrick'a three-act farce of Katherine and Petruchio will no longer be tolerated. All &hire representations of this- comedy must be from the original text, and to Mr. Webster is due the honour of having restored this most amusing of comedies to the stage. In the manner in which the play has been put upon the . stage, everything has been done to convey. us back to the days of Shak spere ; and the visitor to the Haymarket, who sees the Taming of the Shrew, will have a more complete idea of what a play really was in the days of Shak spere, of the state of the stage and of the drama: in the glorious days of good Queen Bess, than he could possibly acquire by reading all the deep dissertations, or listening to all the learned lectures that have ever been written or delivered on the subject. Segnius irritant animas demissa per aurum, Quam gum aunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, et gum Ipse sibi tradit spectator." The play was preceeded by a, Shakesperian over ture, composed by Sir Henry R. Bishop in the true Shaksperian spirit, and the entre act and incidental music was selected from the works of Festa Wilbye, and from popular melodies of the sixteenth century. The whole of the musical arrangements reflect the highest credit on the taste of Mr. T. German Reed, to whose superintendence they were confided. Pre vious to the induction, a beautiful drop-scene from the pencil' of Mr. Charles Marshall was exhibited. This scene is an illustration of London in the olden time, and is taken from Holla's celebrated print. In the foreground we have the Bankside, with the Globe, Rose, and Paris-garden Theatres, with the Thames crossed by Old, London-bridge, and in the background, on the other side of the river we have Old St. Paul's, the far-famed may-pole of gt.- Andrew undershaft, and the Tower, surrounded by the houses of the ancient city. This scene, a faithful represen tation of the London of Shakespere's time, is beautiful, considered as a work of art, and curious as an antiquarian illustration, and its exhibition is peculiarly appropriate as carrying us back to the Globe Theatre, Shakes peare's theatre, in which, under Shakespeare's own superintendence, the Taming of the Shrew was origi nally represented, and of which original representa tion as near a fac-simile as possible was about to be presented to an audience of the nineteenth century. .fhe scene rises ; we are introduced to Christopher Sly ; and the induction, one of the most delicious pieces of comedy that ever proceeded even from the pen of Shakespeare, commences. Strickland was the Christopher Sly, and never 'did this truly. Shakesperian actor appear to greater advan tage. He was the very Christopher, Sly of the Bard, and his bye-play during the acting of the comedy, at which he sat as a spectator, was ad mirable. The players come in, and the room in the Lord's house is fitted up to represent a theatre of the sixteenth century—a framework is run across the back of the stage, on each side of which is suspended a piece of arras. The - centre is occupied by a cur tain, thus forming the two wings and the centre door, in 'modern parlance, through Which the dramatis persona "have their exits and entrancei." An attendant fixes on the_curtain a label, bearing the inscription, " A public place in Padua." Tranio anti Lucentio enter, and the comedy commences. When the scene changes to an interior, a curtain falls, and an atten dant again enters, and fixes upon the curtain a label, stating that the scene is intended to represent " A room in Baptista's house," or " A room in Petruchio's country house," as the case may be ; and this is all -the change of 'scenery that takes place throughout the comedy. The success of this play, thus acted,' proves the truth of an- opinion which we have long held, that, however necessary splendid scenery may he to a bad play, or to a good play badly acted, it 'is worse than useless to a good play well represented throughout. To a mere melodramatic actor, who wishes to set up as an 'embodier of the marvellous creations of Shakspeare,' a -strict attention to the minutia of local scenery and of local costume' is absolutely necessary.• It distracts the attention from the creations o f the poet- to thoS6o the scene-painter and the taller, thus rendering the audicence less attentive to the short-comings of the•mime, and. proving that although he nifty be no•acthr; he is at least a tolerable antiquarian, and a most painfully Accurate topogra pher and costumier; but when a sterling play is acted throughout, iii the sterling manner in which the 'Taming of the Shrew was acted-at the Haymarket on'Satutday, when 'all engaged in its production show- themselves artists in the strictest sense of the word, by giving to each part its proper and just proportion, and seem to vie with each other only in doing justice to their author —not in rendering -themselves individually the-ob jects of attention—when a good play is excellently acted as a whole, then the adjuncts of splendid scenery and gorgeous costunies, are impertinent intrusions, and the sooner they are - relegated to the regions of spec tacle, • melodrama, opera, and ballet, where, and 'Where alone, they- are in their proper, places, -the better swill it be for the dramatic art, and for dramatic artists=-- , authOrs AS Well as actors. Mrs.Nisbett was the, Katherine, 'which is stating, in a word, that Katherine was repreiented to the life. Webster's Petrucio is by far the best since the -days of, Charles Kemble. Buckstone's Grumio, although scarcely the Grtunio of Shakspere, was very laughter-moving,. and seemed highly relished by the gods, while the Tailor of Mr. Clarke was a d e li c i ous little bit of genuine acting. In• fact, all the Characters were'ex cellently represented ; but w e cannot c l ose t hi s notice without mentioning the Pedant of Mr. Santer, which was excellent. The change from the humble pedant grateful to Tranio for his-vouchsafed pro tection to the' blustering old man, bullying the real Vincentio out of his personal identity, and,ealling on those around to lay hands on the villain as one who means to cozen somebody under his countenance, was admirable, and proves Mr.' Santer to be an actor; ,in the best sense of the word. At the fall of the curtain there were loud calls for the manager, and Webster came forward, and amidst the most rapturous cheer ing announced - the play for repitition every evening. He then led forward Mrs. Nisbett, who was received with the usual honours. The house was crowded to excess before the rising of the curtain. • 1.4 , AWFUL FIRE. -1 1 ,,• • b , - (are;,. ;: ul-i. SATURDAY isTIGHT, TWELVE r.m.—At a little ~,', l iir t; A•o'clock this evening a fire broke'ont inn shed, the CI V I W. P. Prem., Esq., situate between Hoyle-street 1144.NIfire*-Btreet, east of the Victoria Dock. The first in -4411,_ of this occurrence was given by a watchman, who NI h . ' the south . end of the building in flarnesl less au hour a ft erwar d s th e roo f h a d f a ll en i n , an d th e 1: 40 0 t iai W as a mass of flame. In the shed was stowed about, 4' 1 4 cp " Of cotton. and, strange mixture, from 100 to 150 h'eulphur, which two commodities made a blaze which -1 4 f o w P 'a l urid 'glare into the .sky Which must have been t4 r ., 1 1,es around. t 7 tt,p,` larm being given, the doors of the shed Hoyle tittmuume_sputhe.rn end of the building, were broken open, and wh u.l blazing sulphur ran down the street towards _the_ 11 4 ' 1 R ILI .2° II was not extinguished until it was drenched 6r t4 , -- r from the first main opened. The attention of L i l 4 1 4 , 3i , i en was then directed to the MASS_ of burning mate t,o of which scarcely anything can be ,said to have 0 ) ! 1 :1 % .4.°Q, with the exception of that portion' of the sill- Inabuilding left beneath the charred surface of the t lt t Of . 4 r c , :the itself nothing remains . beyond the th e ` 5 ; and these, especially . on the west side, must be the wind, blowing from the east, having driven till force force of the fire against them. Et te t l rigiri of the fire nothing is known: The last oc- NI; th t at the shed previous to the breaking out of the fire h:adin g from it of a cart with sulphur, and before the Ntttt , ) , (I. teaohed the bottom of Oldhall-street, a distance of 4 abate alquartenof a mile, his attention was called to /.1 1i e 4 , t the place which he had just left. That it must, th vk t q t4' 4 „,kohnected with this delivery of sulphur is apparent p, 4„, lect that the fire .'was first observed at the end of t kl Nte where the sulphur was stowed. No suspicion is ex- Ocl Anything ]circumstance incenarism. It may be re t4.. fortunate that the building sixty tb it t l ength, is understood to be insured ; but it is pos -04 t, even if insured, which is most likely, a question f o ‘tt -- Cst with respect to the property destroyed. The ' oo o than of the building) cannot be fixed at less than 1 4 16 , 4 '414* VSZ^rt - 'ltritDkit AT WEDNESBtIiT, STAI7ORD- L4Ot .a following is an extract of a letter received by Wednesbury, in Staffordshire, this morning :--- vsre 4 ; been startled from our usual quiet here yesterdays t've; by one of the most daring and horrid murders I t s"Pa, e r , card - of It was conurlitted, it is suppesed, abou 1 4 11 1 1 2 ec 10 to 11 O'clock yesterday morning, at the house of Esq who lives at Oakswell End in this - r i' nf ortunate ' victim being the housekeeper of that to tt b - 1 female of about 38 veers of age. Tho crime %, t ,' 4 „ -- `e been committed first by beating her about the ,P a rently with a hammer or axe, and then N Qe • 't to the bone r throat, or rather sawing l 'k i lti t ti , t3t rt knife. The murder s was not discn t vet 1,. 1 - ; o'clock, and . no conjecture le t ka t ii, 3 the miscreant is. It is supposed, h h c i al e •e_t_i a r e ,.. i t a ha . t ,ten, I,7bed by the butcher,uitoraz , K e t re e i b s 1 1 . 1 ery t 1 If little NI? 4 u 4 si e n O g ul t t i l t f l a re lli se n n O t, a dmittance. aad that, it is supposed, InaY.Pl, ._llr.• Crowther is a gentleman of very secl a u r cie e th t ca r hrd the house in which he lives, which is v b e 7 k l fr gm ' 4eNl:i4ttilt round with high walls, and stands back V 4,3 Which is a great thoroughfare, and not. more than I*4 l . 200 yards from our market-place, and close to ‘her , buil dings. There are gates opening to the fields Oso k V 4 , end those fields are also very public, with a far off; and how the villain escaped is a u on- Sii tit he e 7 h e did so b e t ween t en an d e l even o ' c l oc k, w h e n a Qe storm of snot!, took place, and probably pre tisucing seen. It is thought, from the appearance of , t the",.4t he must have been nearly covered with blood. A , , ,t,v1, a ehe s ter and Leeds meeting an increased kik tn n,Nt per cent 'for the half-year was declared on the --4 , 4 of the 100/. and the 50/. shares, the dividend 17 1 KlItF,,,rcer shares remaining, as before, at 5 per cent. oii'„,,F'af this railway is improving in a very satisfae Nl P `loh`'' , and the total income for the last six.nsonths t t k il i Cee 44)32,3451. The revival of trade is st ated . to have 4 t,, t /' 'lcsirable change in the traffic returns, which have N tb. oN sti elve d an increase since deer last report, while the e it tt et t t cf receipts' as compar ith the last half-year ,11 4 c, ie ° , 13 ,231/., of which 11,533/. had accrued from an .rkt carriage of merchandise.—Times.' lutist 1 4 . - -Yesterday afternoon at high water at.te:.Past one), there was an unusually high tide,,the 4 kk i „lio t r, outer lock of the St. Katharine's 'Dock, being 29 11 4 1 4 °QC,,, Q ,bove and below London-bridge, many low lying ap b oth sides of the Thames were partially flooded, 7ch,l'Af' Shadwell, and other places on the banks of po' b i l e cellars of several licensed victuallers, and - the itto4l,4ttliell!eiv householders, were Inundated : but the . pro -4,1t0e of the tide being narrowly watched, little or le`O ei 4 loe r ., done to property. Fortunately none of the ,ql,%t e s nore were flooded. The high tide is attributed de~westerly gales. As the spring tides are ,N t4 ‘.., there is reason to apprehend a partial overflow t )t kitilfes, and parties having "property on its embank "4or Qu btlesa adopt every necessary precaution to pre- It o ci alt age. 41 ;td . s4L BUCK HOUNDS.—The. Earl of Ross- W„ lt krd' n l VOth . i neld, several officer's of the 13th Light Dra h:' 4i canslow, 'Captains Seymour and Bailey, A. 1 1 7 , and a field of hetween 200 and 800 . horsemen, 4 1) St at Littleton, near Staines, on Friday. The IS- 41 4y-7 0 , w,as tinearted ' on Sunbury Commen, and after the eltham-hill, 'leaving Bedfont on the left, it yt‘o%vb.:.; . , and - away to the powder-Mills on Hounslow ehriworth, where it again . crossed.the Water, 14, 1 e taPton Park, near Sunbury, doubling away 14 '4 %1 ' 4 % kil l it t °n to Twickenham-common, and into the t ll l , th rr ,..°Y then made away . between Isleivorth _and to o — igh the market-gardens, _to Snallbury-grperi, sterley Park, crossing the canal and the river \;° thi t kal W , e a l i t ut and Perivale, where it steam - over the Pad ;4l, 'kir ) 8 Point e d the hounds - were then drawn. off, the run 1 1 ett e ,_ naving lasted about three.hours. The stag 4 . le ' wards secured at Greenford on the opposite Rt e at I the by-day this week (Wednesday) will t'11;1 11 t1 3 611 A tit 'nerley, and on Friday at Ritching's Park. bli,h A jl EXPENSIVE LUXURY.—Iri Dr. Reid's ' 1 '. 9 .41u," (1 4, f , 'Wort( onventilation, he adduces sonic very ; tii tc. t lioeF te...,i r°ve the e ff ects an d a d vantages of the free 4ti '1 g ot')llati t chara air. So e of the advantages are, indeed, cter m since he asserts that improved r tl Illi gty " Pens th f th a e appetite, and makes a man muc kti at oheis in a vitiated atmosphere. Nay, he It I ~.4 4 to s t ate that many of the popular discon to ti ca of workmen for higher- wages may be rt , increase of th • a etites additional eir pp qt' f ' ueed, offers but little inducement in 41,, lot, eeor,'Proving the ventilation of the' dwellings )tV'a 4. hunt not thank the Government . for v• kore at ,gry unless also prepared to satisfy 'ttpi''sie t \ NIT e r l' et ites• Air Seems to be, by Dr. Reid's tiger xPensiye luxury, for it produces thirst as, lr liti Y ' e a e ti v . d .. en ables a • man to drink four times hie k l ,l th ti ine without knowing it. In proof of this, '`iif i 'Sl, 4 4 t h e -G !' ,1 a trick, or as he 'calla it, "an experi to4 v t gh. It u rnied on a conclave of fifty philosophers 4, ll 4 ctir e lltil4r;„ got them to assemble in a rows fitted Wl' Ct. 40v oPparatus, and after dinner he plied them' I),'lo s itlig,, • with f 010 1 4' 11 0 We, resh air, Which was sometimes perfumed 04,''tt drei,e-',„and sometimes with lavender, that the fr ees, , e,"'Z i t b - ;:: d u r,times more' wine than their host had th te became necessary to send convey % is e su pply the extra demand. The Doctor 1 c I ti tteia ee ens 8 ‘. not followed by any headache, nor r et ..`Qc ttee e ,, cl Lice aware they had drank more than tt'q k tee dity 4 • /''''eePer presented hiS bill. at 7 R I-3 80rh (says the Commerce) Marshal Soult V^ 3 . Ycar, having been born on the 29th of 'l ht One M tt Attr nt .. a,.4 f Hastingsuses safely delivered a, Satu r d ° -- `` - ' ll- ftr tit ' 3 73 1 6t11 inst., at her raanbion, 10, I • - • • ; • . 1 -M. DE FAVANTL—The first appearance of this At the meeting of the-Glasgow and Greenock Rail- . already distinguished - w . .tiste is fi xe d f or S atur d ay next. Her way held last week, ,a dividend of ss, per share outhe 25/. debu t excites intense inter es t, f or i t i s a novelty to find a shares,.and a dividend of 2s. 6d. on the 12/_ 'O s . shares, were young and beautiful Englishwoman d epart i ng The number of paSsen- . - for a foreign declared, the net profits divisible for the half-ye a r, a ft er de- country, to seek for that fame 'whi c h p re j u di ces m i ght de- ductingexpenses, &c., being 6,168/. ' prive her of here. - Ital, hOwever, has “ pronounced" in - gers carried on the line - during the last SiX months was her favour, and it remains for this country' to confirm the judgment of the Neapolitan critics and amateurs, W h o were 424,779. The Directors are exercising much econ om y t o i ncreaS e the revenue of the company, and the idea of an extension of ~ rinite taken by surprise at the extraordinary compass 'of a traffic by steam boats appears to meet general concurrence.: beautiful organ; combined with a fervour of style that th e --Ti mm 9.... -, :i1 4 , -. I yaliaza.b.act never given English artists credit for.—Obs.erver. oc.j.tz - rnetio edt ils4i ato " 1-.-, ~::>1 j rBE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENI NG, MARCH 18, 1844. Vli V.TID ' TO; ED .. , . WILSON,' ES44. _EIF c f • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. —ABBOT-HALL,--KEND.AL. _ . ffrorn -- thigiiikv - s - hlie Telegraph.) - , , . r• • Strt,-Amongst th'e "clear and able" 'speeches deliteiM ' 'Ponigsr 6 ,ilßllelf 7 l.6:4:The . TOrtoifie store-ship,=Com. at the recent meeting held at Shap in faveur of protection:to ' • Finlaisoe;:rnforsid- Yesterday from the Nore;'on her way to agriculture, your's appears to have been conspienou's.• To - Ascension'iwhithershe proceedato-morrow, with 400 tons of some of the statements tied 'apparent discrepancies contained coal on bArd p and,3oo tons of other stores, together with a in that speech, as it appears in the report of the - Morning number of otheeri, for the Coast 'of Afric - a. She will call at Herald, permit me to call your attention. - Plymouth: 4...harley, Esq., one safthe•Master Attendants at In the endeavour to prove the inferiority of the manufac- Chathim,4ith a party of riggers, are on heard the Tortoise, taring interest as compared with the agricultural, you . repre- for the purPose of conveying the Forte to Deptford, where seated the annual-value of the exports of manufactures from some of herribs and trucks will .be useful .in the Dockyard this country as 40,000,0004 and in giving this estimate you supplies. . s assured .. ••,- . ' . '• ' . sured your audi ence t h at you quoted from the " best au- The, Prometheus steamer, .which sustained an Injury to thorities." HaVsillg proved to your own satisfaction what her steam-boilers, on her passage•to. the 'coast of Africa, is to you wished t o e s t a bli s h b y this quotation, yip proceeded,to come to this port to be repaired . - Mr. Seaward,- the 'engineer, " address yourself to the . arguments of the Leaguers.`"- - -,ln'so Will Meet her to superintend her re-equipment . . doing, you stated that in 1833, 1834, and 1835, the annual The Ringdove, 18, Commander Sir W. Daniel, is ordered value oftheexportsof manufactures amounted to 88,000,004 X, from the West Indies, to assist in the blockade of .the coast of and in .1829. 1830, and 1831, (quilted byyou as a period when Africa. the exports were, unusually small), they amounted .to The Surge, for Hong-Kong, the Pekin, for Madras, and 8 6,000,000/. It seems puzzling to otdinaty minds, that if the the Gladiator, for New York, all sailed this morning, from exports, according to the -" best authorities," are upon fin Spithead. -- . . . average but 40,000,000/., they should amount to 66,000,000/. In Harbour—St. Vincent, irictorr Excellent, Victoria and in a series of ye ars , w h en t h ey were adm i tted to be less - than Albert, Fearless, Black Eagle, and Ifcho steamers and Nan usnal. Nevertheless, absurd as this statement may appear, tilus. it. is certainly quite in accordance with the rules of monopolist At Spithead—None. logic ; for to affirm that 66,000,0001. of manufactures can be DEVONPORT, Maacri 15:—The Munoaze and the Good sent from England in period s of diminished ex p or t s , when the will lighters arrived from Chatham - with stores last Thurs ordinary average is only 40,000,000/., is 'not a whit more ir- day. The Lucifer steamer, Commander G.. A. Fraser, arrived rational than saying, as the monopolists do, that the people of from Woolwich on Friday. was paid in advance on Monday, this country obtain more food out of a small supply than they and sailed on Thursday, to survey the coast of Ireland. The would do out of a large one. Every one, however, does not RoChester lighter sailed on Saturday with stores for Ports reason in this way, and if you will c o ud escen d t o reconcile mo u th. The .:Etna, - 6, Lieut enan t C. G. B ut l er, was paid off the apparent discrepancy in vont. figures, you will confer a on Monday; and the Prometheus steamer, Lieutenant Pasco, benefit on those who still reek - on " according to Cocker." arrived on Monday, with both her boilers unserviceable, one From figures of arith me ti c you proceed to figures of speech. of which was damaged bef ore s h e reached Madeira, where Agriculture and manufactures, you declared, " were as much she remained six days, and the other rendered unserviceable united together as the Siamese twins, by a ligament that . soon' after she left on her return to this port. The Nettly could not be moved without great injury to both." It would tender sailed with stores for Falmouth on Wednesday; and probably, be difficult to fi n d a s i m ili tude more - trul y-descrip- the Aid lighter with stores for Woolwich. • Th e D ee steam e r, tine of 'the operation of the corn-laws. The Siamese twins Mr. T. Laen, Master, arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday. had each all the faculties and capabilities requisite for their In Harboui—Caledonia, San Josef, America, Lame, Dee, own individual comfort, and needful to make them mutually , and Confiancesteamers. • ' a benefit to each other, but, unfortunately, they were bound In Bampool—Prometheus steamer. ' • together by an unnatural, a monstrous ligament, which de- PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. stroyed their liberty of action, limited their usefulness, and PROMOTIONS. even made them to a great extent a curse to each other. Commander—W. A: Willis (1835), of the" Frolic; to the Now, the corn-law is the artificial ligament which binds the rank of Captain. manufactures to the agriculture of this country. The two Commanders—C. Thruston and C. Tayler (both of 1812), interests are not rivals, but brethren; and they might dwell to the list of retired Captains. together in brotherly affection, mutually contributing to each Lieutenant —James Cannon, to be Acting Commander of other's welfare, but unfortunately their freedom is restrained, the Queen. their mutual utility diminished, and their prosperity de- Mate —John F. C. Hamilton (1843), of the St. Vincent stroyed, by the unnatural link which selfishness has fastened (for services in China), to the rank of Lieutenant. on them. PPOINTMTS. - - , . . Of the various e x t raor di nary assertions with which your Com man d er —H . N. A Denham, EN 1835 (additional) to the speech abounded, th e one w hi c h excited my astonishment Royal Sovereign yacht, at Pembroke, for surveying or tidal the most, was the declaratiOn that there was not a single engineering. thing in which yon then stood but could be got 40 per cent. Lieutenants—George Marriott (from the Formidable), cheaper on the Continent. I would not, on any account, Frederick Robinson, and Walter J. Pollard (additional), to deny this allegation; but I must confess that I find it ins- the Penelope; Thomas Davies (b), to the America ; W m . possible to c onjec t ure i n w h at you could then be standing. Morris, to the Tortoise; A. Woodley, from the 'Growler to Coats, hats, stockings, linens, cottons, and even boots and the Gorgon, vice Story, coming home in the Pearl; J. W. shoea,'and all the various articles ordinarily used for clothing Whyte, to the Ringdov e . in civilised life, are ac t ua ll y ma d e c h eaper in this country Mates—Chas. H. Young, to the Prometheus; H. Bain than abroad. It is quite clear, then, that if your statement bridge, to the St. Vincent; J. J. 0. F. Carmichael, to the was true,. that you were standing in none of these. You Excellent. ' - must truly have presented an extraordinary appearance be- Midshipman—J. Maitland, from the St. Vincent to the fore the - " numerous and highly respectable assemblage" at Lucifer. Shap, and I would recommen d th at, prov id e d your speech Masters' Assistants—Frank Inglis, from the Victory to the be printed as an Anti-League tract, your portrait (for the Dee ; T.' R.' Collingwood, to the Victory. benefit of those who had not an opportunity of witnessing Assistant-Surgeon —J. D. Hooker (additional), to the the figure you cut) should appear at the top, with this in- William and Mary, for special service. scription, •' Edward Wilson, Es q ., o f Abb ot H a ll , as he ap- Mr. W. F. Tarrant (late of the Beagle), passed his exami peered hen he delivered his celebrated speech at Shap." It n a ti on f or a M aster, R.N., on Tuesday, at the Trinity-house. is, however, clear th a t y ou w i s h e d to impress upon your audience the belief that English manufacturers cannot com pete • with foreign. . For what purpose, then; do foreigners impose the heavy protective duties to which you made allu sion? You refer to the Prusso-Germanic League; pray ex plain why it is that every article coming_ from England is charged 50 per cent. (as you affirmed), if on the Continent they can manufacture 40 per cent. cheaper than ourselves. Every quarter of corn you stated, imported from abroad dis placed the same•quantity et home—this would be true if all the people were fully fed, but the fact is, that many milliOns of our fellow-subjects are constantly in a state of partial starvation. If an extra supply of food were admitted it would of necessity be consumed by those who now lack; for those who have now sufficient could under no circumstances con sume more than they do at present—every quarter of corn would 'have to be paid for directly or indirectly in manufac tures; this would set to work those who are now unemployed, and who, in consequence of their condition, so far from being customers to the' 'British farmers, are as paupers mere burthens on the country. You wind up your intelligent harangue with the following quotations from the President of the United States of America, "Nothing could,be so foolish—nothing so injurious could beset the interest of a 'country, as to cease to give en couragement to the interests of agriculture, and not to grow its own corn for the consumption of its own inhabitants." To cease to encourage agriculture is folly indeed, and I for one denounce the corn-law, because it discouraged that necessary. pursuit. The object of the corn-law, and the object of agri culture, are diametrically opposed; " agriculture is an inven tion to have coin, the corn-law is a device not to have it." It is folly you say, in a country not to grow its own corn for the consumption of its own inhabitants. Let me ask who wishes the agriculturists of this country not to grow corn ? Certainly not the free-traders; they say that the capabilities of the soil are not niade the most of, and are ever urging the necessity of producing more. What the free traders affirm is this,that it is folly and worse than folly—an iniquity—to deprive the starring inhabitants of this country of food by a cunning in strument called a corn-law.—Yours, &c. TARSUS. • London, March 14, 1844. ELOPEMENT EXTRA,ORDINARY, Worn:RN, MARCIS 16.—An affaire du cdur, followed by a somewhat romantic adventure, forms the topic of much sprightly- gossip amongst the tea-table coteries of this neigh bourhood, to whom anything worthy the name of an elope - ment is, in these days of commo n -pl ace life, perfectly excit ing. The facts, so far as I can learn, are these :—On 'Tuesday last, Miss Frances, second daughter of Mr. •Gascoigne, of Brickmore-bouse, which is within a short distance of this place, suddenly disappeared from hothe, to the great alarm o f her relatives and friends, who immediately commenced an investigation, the result of which was, that the young lady was found to have placed herself under the protection of Mr. William Thomas Gawthorn, solicitor, who.is the eldest son of the late Rev. T. H. Gawthorn, rector of Montan Mortaine, in this county, How long the intimacy may have subsisted is not ascertained, but, as the young lady is entitled, on attain , -ing her majority, to a large property, it seems that the dis posal of her hand was with her friends an object of sonic solicitude; but, in the true spirit of female independenc6, she resolved to choose for herself in this all-important step. Upon the common pretence of Ring out for a walk, she met Mr. Gawthorn by appointment in the vicinity of her paternal home, and walked from thence to Little Brickhill, a distance of four miles, where a post-chaise was procured, which whirled them off to Tring, and, securing places in the railway carriage, they arri ve d i n L ondon the same evening. Mr. Gawthorn having friends in London, all the preliminary arrangements had been made; and on the following morn ing, at St. Luke's Church, the fugitives received the nuptial benediction. A marriage- , so contracted is, perhaps, no very unusual occurrence; but the s eque l t o t h e bridal happens to be rather singular. When the bridegroom felt sure of his prize, he dispatched a mission to a younger brother, re siding at Ridgmont, with authority to acquaint Mr. Gas , ccigne that Miss Fanny had become Mrs. Gawthorn, and only waited permission to offer her dutiful respects to her family in that character. The younger Mr. Gawthorn, en tertaining- a penchant for Miss Gascoigne, his sister-in law's- elder sister, readily accepted the office of mediator. He requested an interview, which was perern torily refused, the Gascoignes probably having no wish for a quadruple alliance. The young gentleman protested that such cruelty would be the death of him—he swore that he would incontinently make away with himself. Fathers, it is said, bave flinty hearts—neither threat nor entreaty was of any avail. Stung with such indignity, he drew a • pistol from his bosom and fired it—in the air! Even this proof of devotion Made no impression on the callous feeling- of his lady love's relatives. Another murderous weapon was drawn forth, and flourished in front of the windows. Still there was no symptom of compunction exhibited. Another moment, and a loud report told that the deed was done. These sue eessive.discharges of fire-arms biought to the spot souse of the inmates of a neighbouring cottage. The young gentle man was found lying on the ground writhing in agony, and thoagh not dying, yet much more seriously wounded than he had probably intended. The ball had passed, not through his head or his heart, but through his leg! The effusion of blood was's() considerable, that the persons who came to his aid procured the assistance of Mr. Parker, surgeon, of Wo burn, who having dressed the wound, the young gentleman .was taken home to Ridgmont, where he new lies in a very precarious state. :The elder brother and his bride are sup posed to be keeping the honey moon in London ; but it is re ported that the lady's friends have determined to take legal proceedings, in order to set aside the marriage, as she happens to be under age, and heiress to a large fortune. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS PROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ADVERTISER.—We hope that the numerous subjects which press on the attention of Government, will not with draw that attention from the report which was made during the last, session, on the subject' of shipwrecks. Sir Robert Peel, in reply to the question lately put by Mr. Rice, with reference to harbours of refuge, referred to the Report of the Committee as a subject now under the consideration of the Government, and one which will lead to the adoption of some measures of a remedial eharaCter. The parties to whose attention this important subject is referred, ought not to allow a single day to be lost in bringing a measure into Parliament founded , on the very ample materials with which 1 they are now furnished. Shipwrecks, and the consequent loss of human life, have, of late years, occur re d w ith a fre quency so alarming as to produce a very general conviction that our inarinn arrangements demand a careful scrutiny ; and will admit of great improvements. From Our insular position, our populousness, and the advanced state of our vilization, we are necessarily a maritime nation, and must expect to pay our tribute (alas how precious), to the sea. It is unreasonable to hope that the highest improvements in naval architecture and the utmost skill of seamanship would in every case bring " the good ship safe to land." Should science havepublished all her discoveries, and prudence have furnished all her precautions, and benevolence have contri buted all her treasures,.the sea would still be the scene MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. TIMES.—The reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. naturally affects, either directly or indirectly, nearly all the Opel ations of the money market, and among these maybe mentioned the value of terminable annuities issued by the National Debt-office. It has been obvious to those who are acquainted with the true value of securities of this description, that the rate fixed by the Government must render them shortly a subject of demand among those who are seeking to invest their capital to the best advantage. ,A small party of private capitalists have therefore, it is said, formed a junction for the purpose of buying up the whale quantity of such annuities which the Government is autho rised to create, and hence private_ individuals wishing ito bestow their capital in that manner will have to go to these parties, if it is an absolute condition with them to ob tain Government security. This would appear at first view to be something like an unfair advantage to be taken of the public generally, but it may be obserYed that the expectation which led to these purchases may not be realised, and further, that the exacting too high terms would have the effect of driving the purchasers of annuities to the annuity companies, some of which may be said to enjoy a degree of credit nearly equal to that of Government itself. Hence the speculation can do no great harm, and is only mentioned to show the sagacity and speculative disposition which is always at work in the money market. Some statements having got into circulation respecting certain meetings of private, bankers, indicating a disposition to force, if possible, some declaration from Sir R. Peel as .to the course lie intends to take in reference to the currency, it isp,roper to state that these are at present altogether prema•- ture. Something of the kind is certainly in progress, which has as yet led to no visible result ; but it is understood that a deputation from the private bankers were to have an intr view to-day with the Prime Minister, of which nothing has yet transpired. The Bankers' Circular states that some of the Scotch banks have .given their adhesion to the project said to be entertained by Sir IL Peel of establishing a sole bank of issue. " Where hostile elements conflicting rise, And lawless surges swell against the skies; Till hope exPtres, and peril and dismay Wave their black ensigns on the watery-way." Those who traverse the uncertain element must always sail "within an inch of eternity," and we shall ever haVe among us widows and orphans, to mourn-over "those who go down to the sea, and do business in great waters:" Still; however, it is imperative oh the Legislature to ascertain whether, by the adoption of various nautical improvements, it may not be possible to,effect a great diminution of the fatal calamities to which our marine population are exposed.. If, upon inquiry, it should be proved that by a culpable parsimony, vessels that ought -to be broken up are sent to sea—that the govern ment of ships is left to inexperience or intemperance—that the duty of anticipating and - preparing for the worst is frequently neglected, and that it is quite possible to re duce the :lumber: of wrecks to a mere fraction of their present amount, then the - necessity of immediate, wise, and efficient legislation on the subject will be demonstrated. There is scarcely any subject which has .a stronger claim on the attention of a British Senate than the state of its marine. Our Monarch is the Ocean Queen, whose island kingdom is enriched as much by the exotics wafted to her shores as by the produce of her own domain. Our country is eminently commercial, the British flag floats on every sea, our cornu copia is filled with the fruits of every clime, our mansions are adorned with the treasures of the most distant lands, while their owners are attired and decorated in the.ailks, and furs, the jewels and gold, to collect which our commerce : must range between both the Indies and both the Poles. The Wealth of many of our great commoners is derived wholly from .the shipping interest,, while .not a few of the noble " Order" wear their coronets in virtue of the naval skill and prowess of their ancestors.' Attention to the security of, these noble and hardy men whose lives are spent in the Maintenance of our prosperity, is obviouslyone of the first duties of a.British ' TIMES.:=We will not here enter upon the proposed re medies for duelling: Yet we cannot avoid an observation on one or two. of them. - One of Mr. Turner's correspondents proposes that any person who had been engaged ina duel, either as principal or second, " should be considered ineligible to hold any office - in the army, navy, Colonial, Foreign, Home Department, Horse Guards, Admiralty, and (Mr. Turner thought the-writer said most wisely) the Privy Coun cil." The bench of and that of the judges, are the OnlroljeCtss, to which the ambition of the duellist is still to be allewed to aspire. This, we presume, is an o vers i g ht • but supposing it amended, there is, it must be a ll owe d, nothing intrinsically and eternally absurd - in the suggestion— nothing that would not be enforced when a high moral tone pervaded the whole of society. But it must also be ad shitted, that in England,: and in the present state. of the Inglish nation, to dream for the briefest instant rof the practicability' *of s uc h a scheme, shows an en thuilasm which, laudable as it is, must have long taken leave of . discretiOn. - We are glad, - hoWever, that there are people in -the world to make such de mands. Men often accomplish what is difficult byattempting what is, flatly impossible. , Such thorough-going . projectors are the pioneers of reform. By an uncompromising use of sterling principles they hack and hew - the• public mind into a state which renders practicable a measure of improvement which nobody before them would have dreamt of. The sugges tion of Mr. lurner'S correspondent is an excessively valuable one—not, however, to be enacted, but to be looked at. Another proposal, imported from Switzerland, has not, we think, tho same merit, and is not ill dealt with by,Sir. Robert Peel. ;It is suggested that the survivor in an affair of -honour should be saddled-with the debts of the man whom he kills. The operation of this enactment would be. somewhat grotesque. Lot us conceive, with Sir Robert, the re-appearance of that happily extinct animal, a professed duelliit. Conceive the principles on which, from a mere regard to his pOcket, he would find him Self obliged to choose his amuse ment. - Conceive him' wandering through the Exchange to pick out for his victims, as a . butcher -.does his sheep, the fattest and most responsible of our City merchants, avoiding, " Cane Pejus et angue," the lean and embarrassed debtor. Conceive the sudden immunity from insult enjoy able by a banker whose solvency was " blown upon," and the shield of triple brass, invisible but insurmountable, behind which the proclaimed swindler, with debts enough to sink a frigate, would be enabled to insult and defy the world. Mr. .Turner probably conceives thatuniler the improved law no man could well be found daring. enotigh to challenge his enemy 'without •iin . examination of- ' his banker's balance. This would dtiubtless be a -discouragement to' gentlemanly. '.`.satisfaction." But still let him recollect that there is another side to the question, and imagine the enthusiasm with which a generous insolvent would court death at- the hands of a Baring or a Rothschild from a devOted 'senSei of duty to' his creditors:- But, we Will .quit the stibjeet - lest Our observations - should! act as a discouragement to: the fertile : imaginations dour allies. Let theni go on inventing. They, will often be wrong, but never mind=-, . . . .• . "Nil sine magno . • Vita labore debit mortalibiis." i They - will be right 'at last, and then they will" find their? reward. - - • We understand that the enlistment for the sup4r. nuineraries, which the exigencies of the service induced ihe". Gweriireent to propose adding to out cavalry regiments,. 9rcleTesi to be di s co n ti n ued, --Observcr.) THE MARQUIS OP - NORTHAMPTON'S SOIREE.—The Marquis of Northampton, as President of the Royal Society, held his third conversazionc on Saturday night, at his man sion in Piccadilly. It was the fullest meeting this season, above 500 Fellows of the Royal Society and visitors being present. • We are happy to say the Noble President was suffi ciently recovered from .his recent indisposition to be 'able per sonally to welcome his numerous friends. The .assemble was somewhat enlivened by the presence of 11 great many Mem bell of Parliament coming from the Speaker's levee in their unifbrins• and Court dresses. By eleven o'clock the rooms were crowded, and in consequence of the heat occasioned by the numbers thronging the apartments, the Noble President was obliged to retire. In the several apartments . the tables, as usual, presented numberless objects of interest in different branches of science and art. • The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons held his third and last sessional levee on Saturday evening, at his residence in Eaton-square. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir William Gossett, and Sir H. Duckinfield were among the visitors; and large numbers of Members of the House of Commons attended to pay their respects to their Right Hon. President. Parties in London, who are thoroughly acquainted with all that concerns the Spanish Treasury Bonds, appear to doubt the correctness of the opinion expressed in the Madrid letters, that a new creation of Three per Cent. Stock will be necessary to satisfy the claims of the holders, or at any rate to thinl that if such creation does take place, it will be to such a small amount as to be - of no practical im portance. The reasons on which they found this view of the case appear sound enough. In the first place the holders of TreasUry Bonds were always entitled to change the bonds into Three per Cent Stock at par before the present arrange ment, and therefore the additional creation could only refer to 111/. of the 2111. they are now to receive. In the second place, it is said that in Paris there is a -quantity of active coupons•which never have been converted, and hence the stock intended to meet them is- probably still in existence unappropriated. As for any notion that the Treasury bond holders have received an unfair advantage by. the late ar rangement, that is entirely fallacious. - They held a Five per Cent. Bond, with a redemption clause, s! and arrears of i n t eres t due upon it from the year 1836. 11 ithout any consideration whatever, they have 'agreed to give, up -their redemption clause, to which they attached great importance, and also the arrears of interest from 1836 to 1840. For the other arrears of interest they receive stock to the nominal amount of 45/., and for the principal of 100/. they receive 166/. 13s. 4d., which 'is only such an increase if capital as to yield at three , per cent. as much as 1001. would "at -five_ per cent. They-have thus, far from -gaining any new advantage, given up advantages they pleariy possessed; and as for-time increase of capital, that can scar ce l y be taken into.consideration, as the stock is irredeetnable.—Tirnes. " • - DEATH OF . MAJOR-GENERAL SIR OCTAVIUS C4REY, K.C.H.—We have to announce the death - of the above gallant-officer, commanding' the Cork district, on Wednesday • last, in his 59th year. He was of Norm an d escen t, th e f am il y Jukying cone to England with William the Conqueror.. Mar ried,lBlB, da n sliter of It P. Le Marehant, Esq., of Guernsey ; entered the "army in .1/301, 'as Cornet in the 19th Dragoons, and attained the • rank of Major-General, 10th January, 1837 : created -a Knight Commander of the GuelphieOrder, 4835, and Knight Baehelor, 1830. A mancrotcuro on the '..etagi.91141,14 .J y PARIS and STRASBURG RAILWAY The great enemy of war is steam ; and it is to extend the advantages of steam and railway commu nication over the world, that we must now invest those hundreds of millions which our ancestors pre ft rred' to lavislrin war and: useless conquest. In this respect, England . war s.,t _an example to the rest of Europe: her- total lenth or- railway line, ext en di ng now to nearly 2,000 m iles, representing an investment Of upwards of 50 millions. Belgium alone of the Continental States hai as yet, largely imitated our example ; but within the last year France also has . bestirred herself, and the intersection of that fertile and industrious ' couutry with railways in all directions has new become a prime object of the French Legislature. In-.our advertising columns we present to-day the _prospectus of a projected line to be undertaken in • eenjtinction with the French Government, being,one of the most important of these national undertakings—a line to connect the metropolis of France (already about to be brought near to England by the railroad.to Havre) with the city of Strasburg, the - point of departure from Germany. At the bead of this undertaking appear names of commercial and political eminence, the French President being one who has served the Crown" in its highest office, and "may hope to serve it agiin." The district ter" be traversed will appear important, even*from a glance on the map of Franco, but we perceive, front authentic data, that, besides the bronzes of Paris, of which, even under a duty of 20 per cent., we 'import annually to the value of 1,000,0001., the - line ' abounds not only with rich natural resources, both of the farm and the vineyard, but with woollen and cotton factories, producing fabrics to the annual value, in one province alone, of 5,000,000 t. sterling ; and affording, even under much disadvantage as - respects i ntercommunication, abund ant local traffic. In a national point of view, - the undertaking presents, both to France and England, prospects of extensive moral and commercial benefit. ---,l4ilway paper. - --- --- - Last w - neek, handbills were distributed at all the police stations,' offering a reward of 201. for the detection and apprehension 'of the diabolical person or persons, who, on the ith instant, sent by the ten o'clock train, from the Eustnn square station of the London and Birmingham Railway. a basket addressed to a gentleman at Cheltenham, in which was placed a small black coffin, containing a full-grown dead male child. The coffin was a small black one, two feet long, made of half-inch deal; with inch elm ends. The child was dressed in a new cap, with a lace border, a bed gown, and covered with a diaper napkin. A further reward of 51. is offered to the per son who sold the coffin, on his giving up the name and ad dress of the person to whom it was sold, and 51. to any per son identifying the clothes and other articles found around the child in the coffin. Mr. Cobden's motion for a Select Committee to in quire into the peculiar burdens borne by land—so important to the tsnant-farmers and farm labourers of this country— was brought. before the House of Commons on Tuesday even ing. We. unite with Mr Cobden in expression of his surprise that the bringing forward a motion for the appointment of such a commitfee should be left to him. Wherefore was it not brought forward by the Dukeciof Richmond, the Earl of Harewood,tord Worsley, or some ottter Member .of the Coun cil of the Anti-League Association?. Was there no noble us honourable farmer's friend to anticipate th e motion of the Hon. Free-trade Member fur Stockport ? Was his fat.- headed Grace: of Buckingham asleep ? Where was Mr. Christopher, the Lincolnshire " Peel pilot balloon ?" One would have supposed that every pretended "farmer's friend" in Parliament would have appeared armed with such a mo tion the instant it was known that a single voice was raised in the country in favour of the abolition of the corn-laws. But the landlords are a peculiarly coy race. They are deli cately 'sensitive upon the subject of those peculiar burdens of theirs. They shrink from exposing them as much as a young beauty would from indicating a high shoulder, or the necessity of •a pair of padded stays. Like the sweep in " Hood's Comic Almanac," perusing the Act of Parliament which forbids him to proclaim his calling from the honso tops, and who indulges in the plaintiff ditty, " I have a silent sorrow here," the landlords, with a modesty as peculiar as their burdens, have hitherto confined the details of their dis tresses to the somewhat vacant sanctuary of their own bo soms.—Hull Advertiser. SUPPOSED MURDER OF THE STEWARD OR BOARD THE CHIEFTAIN, OF SUNDERLAND, CAPT. R. REAT.—On the 2d instant, two letters were received here, written on.board the above ship, and dated Spalatro, Feb. 16. John Med forth, second mate, the writer of one addressed to his mo ther, says ;.—" I am sorry I have bad news to tell you ; on the 21st of January, being Sunday, about half-past eleven, or a quarter to twelve o'clock at night, the carpenter came down into the cabin, and called up the master, who dressed himself ; and then I saw him (for I was not asleep) put. a pistol in his pocket, and go upon deck. He had only been gone a short time when I heard the report of a pistol ; I went ha mediately upon deck, and saw the steward shot, and the car • penterhOldiiig his head." The other letter is . from William Smith, seaman before the mast, in the same ship, and bears the same date. Smith writes :—"I suppose you have learnt the sad account of poor John Harrison ; ho was shot by the captain on the 21st of January; the ball entered the brain, and he died on the 22d. I had been on shore with him in the evening, and wanted him to return on board with me, but ,he did not ; he came, however, in about an hour after, and' I helped him on board ; I knew nothing more until I heard a pistol fired, when I came on deck and found the steward shot." Such are the statements of the letters with regard to the death of poor Harrison, who has left a widow and child to lament his hard fate. Harrison served his time with Mr. Bunney, of Hull, arid always bore the character.of an upr!glit seaman, and an honest man. His widow has received a cer tificate of his death from the captain, stating that he met his death by accident. The ship-is understood to be now on its passage to Southampton.—Hull Adrertiser. Our friends .in the " far north" appear to'feel the rigours of winter with almost unexampled severity. We learn that, since Monday, the 19th ult., the inhabitants of Stornoway have been under the necssity, in several instances, of finding egress from their houses by- the roofs, or by pas sages dug under the snow. All the roads are completely blocked up, and many of the houses are buried beneath the drift. Loss of life, we are sorry to say, has frequently oc curred in the Highlands since the commencement orthe pre sent storm. An instance has just come within our notice. On Friday, the 23d alt., whilst a man named Alexander Macdonald, belonging to Coll, was returning home from Stornoway, he was overpowered by the storm, and perished in the snow. His body was found on Monday, at a short distance from his own house. He has left a widow and six children to lament his death.—lnverness Courier. VESSELS SrOKEN Wint.-British schooner, Sophia, Feb. 4, lat. 30, lon. 61, by the Pollux, arrived at New York. Ernestine, Nantes to 31auritius, Feb. 9, lat. 3, N., lon. 18. W. ; Franklin, Liverpool to New Orleans, Feb. 23, lat. 25 ; N, lon. 37, W., by the Margaretha, arrived in the Downs, Louisa Maria ' • Patjatan for Amsterdam, Dec. 22, lat. 26, S., lon. 60, E. ; Urgent, Calcutta to London, Dec. 27, lat. 28, lon. 19 ;, Barbab, from Padang for Amsterdam, Jan. 21, lat. 18, S., lon. 2, W., by the Catherina Johanna, off Portland. Devon, of and from Liverpool, Feb. 6, lat. 841, N., lon. 21 39 W. ; Urania, of and from Leith, to the . Cape of Good Hope, out 35 days from Stromness, Feb. 8, lat. 10 15, N., lon. 23 50, W., by the Mary, from Mauritius, arrived. Margaret of Bristol, South Australia to Batavia, in the Straits of Sunda, by the Margaretha Bauer, arrived in the Downs. Ernestine Leroy, Nantes to Mauritius, 9th ult., lat. 3 N., lon. 18W: ' Franklin, by the Liverpool to New Orleans, lat. 25 N.,.10n. 37 W. - Carolina Johann Batavia to Amsterdam, Jan. 2, lat. 38 S., lon. 39 E. ; Maria, Batavia to Rotterdam, 15th," lat. 32 S., lon. 12 E; Fr anc i s Ann, Liverpool to Sin gapore, sth ult., on the Line, in lon. 20 W., by the Cambridge, Brown, arrived off Falmouth. Matilda, of Liverpool, steering S.W., lat. 38, ion. 12, by the Princess Royal, West, arrived in the. River. Englishman, Bristol to Africa, Jan. 17, lat. 14 N., lon. 28 W., by the Columbus, arrived at Liverpool. Ab botsford, Liverpool to Boston, 25th ult., lat. 43, lon. 47, by the Mennssia, arrived at Liverpool. London, Calcutta to Li verpool, Jan. 8, lat. 30 S., lon. 42 E. ; William Henry, - Li verpool to Halifax, 7th inst., lat. 45, lon. 15 ; Little 'Wonder, London to St. Michael's, 9th, lat. 48, lon. 11; Argus, from Shields, 10th, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the O ne - an d-All , Broeken shire, arrived at Milfbrd. Is moral principle so utterly extinct in the British Parliament, that not one of its Members evinces sufficient in tegrity, or possesses the common honesty to protest against the fligitious robbery contemplated in the confiscation of the small remnant of right which the avarice of landlords has left to the poor of England in their native soil ? Can it be, that the power of doing wrong with present impunity has so deadened the feeling of shame for the meanness of plunder ing, and so completely extinguished every spark of genero sity, and sense of manly pride in the aristocracy, that not one of its body shrinks from the infamy indissolubly bound with the act of spoliation projected by the parents.anci sup porters of LOrd ti oreley's Bill? It would appear eo, from the facility with which this unnecessary, indefensible, and most odious measure, has passed through its second stage ; and that we are now to witness the further augmentation of overgrown estates, by the annexation of every patch, strip„ and shred of land, Which has hitherto escaped the maraud irg cepid:ty of the landlords, and assisted the over-taxes', over-worked, and more than half-starved labourers and cot tagers, in the preservation of their miserable existence. For actuallytli e-rrt. occupyr nass o f a t s h dah e Ooas:st a p rtn o htu p eueor ti s l e a foab t nn i is o grea n telr: - te. era f ns o nTa r :erh at_ el l v , rim i ti n hatiNi f f a ei po c tEn t i , ionial A llt : to h hlctl o ihninn d eer o . ecannortstmo menteteimm • t i p t 01 becomes c belongs to those who have taken possession of it in the exer. ciee of their power as legislators, and all others are tres passers and aliens. Bit by bit, and parcePby parcel, the landlords have seizei upon the property of the people, with nu advantage even to themselves correspondent to theamount ot pauperism which they have engendered. And it is not the least remarkable feature of these acts of robbery, that each baa been preceded by an affectation of sympathy for the pocr, and a protestation that the deed was intended to give them additional employment. Every successive act of robb,grm by means of Inclosure Bills, whether private or public, hilleen defended on precisely the same grounds, and every successive Act has left the people eventually in a worse condition than before. Private estates have accumulated, and in the same proportion the means of general subsistence have decreased. We have at once the wealthiest aristocracy and the greatest number of hopelessly destitute, that can be found in any country of which the soil is abundantly capable of sustaining its entire population. Look on the subject in what light soever we may, a melancholy picture is presented of a free people degraded into slaves, and a rampant aristocracy oral. lowing in wealth, which has been accumulated by abase per . version of their power as legislators. Men condemn the, act of the highwayman, who, strong in weapons of destruction, plunders unarmed travellers : yet the seizure of the rights of the weak by a n y ac t o f p ower w h a t ever , i s substantially the, same.: The name alone makes the difference; and, if this or any other Bill of a like nature for the general inclosuro et common lands become a law, let him that is endowed with inexhaustible patience endeavour to discover the actual dif. rerenee between a house of landlords and a den of tineves.—. Morning Advertiser. • Ensign Swetenham, of the 3d Buffs, eon of Majcr Swetenham, of Somcrford Hall, Cheshire, was very ger erely wounded, in charging a battery of the enemy's guns with his regiment; at the battle of Punniar. A cannot shot entering his right leg above the knee, carried away almost all the flesh inside his thigh, passing through, killed his covering sergeant, who fell dead at the same instant. Mr. Swetenham had been previously struck by a mmiket shot, when hie sword. belt arrested the ball from entering his body. We are happy to learn the last account left him doing well. DUELS.--:-Fr'oin the commencement of the reign of George 111, to the rpign of her Blaisty upwards o f 200 duels have 'been - fOught. In three 'both combatants were killed. In 80 one of -the combatants was killed in each; and in all 120 were Wounded. Upwaidalif '2O trials for duels have occurred,, in which four duellists were found guilty of mur dert and two were hanged. In the list o f duellists. occur the names :1 - pElc, Yorfolk. Castlereagh, Pitt, Fox, Sheridan, Peel, Wellingtmn, &c. «'.;. „ - • - • • l4",;01 35% 14% ie o , 01, 'llj- 4 It I