The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

r""~~ THE SUN, LOW DON, MON`DATt" EVVNI:IIO,, , AritIL ,e 3 fecting it safely, he ran for another pail of water, when on his return he di,coverd the count ing -house in one miss of flimes. Witness further added that ali human efforts were made to save Mrs. Wilhams and her fimily, but the flames were so frightiudy rapid in their progress, that it wai utterly impracticable. Ile attempted to rush up the st - iirs to their help,.ns did many other p,rsons, but could not ascend, the fire meeting them and driving them back into the street. The CORONER then briefly addressed the jury, and they, after a few minutes deliberation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." EASTER SUNDAY. TUIE STEAMERS ANI) THE RAILWAYS. The weather yesterday was most auspicious. The holiday folks were early stirring, and from sunrise till sunset the pent-up artizans, th,ir wises, and families, were ha , tening down to Greenwich, Woolwich, Graves end, and other awes, to th 9 s t eam boats, or seeking a cheap plca:;nre-trip by the numerous railways. Greenwich was, as usual, chiet: pla.c. of resort for the Londoners. There was of course no business done in the fair, the amusements of which commence this day, but it was filled with people continually passing between the lines of booths and shows.. The park eves also crowded, and this beautiful place was never seen to greater advantar. Numerous groups were continually running up and down Holiday-hill, promenading the green sward, or taking a view of the great metropolis from the terrace in front of the Observatory, where the old pensioners realised a good deal of money, by allow ing the visitors to peep through their telescopes. Greenwich fair presents the usual appearance. Richardson's travelling theatre, in which a tragedy is to be performed in twenty minutes, and a panto mine in half that time, during the next three days; and the great Crown and Anchor booth, being the principal objects of attraction. The tea rooms, pub lic houses, and other places of entertainment, have laid in great stores of provisions for the consump tion of the visitors. The trains on the Greenwich rail way were running from London to that town, and vice versa, every quarter of an hour during the day, and we believe the numbers conveyed each way did not amount to less than 15,000; but the numbers who chose that expeditious mode of - conveyance were trifling as com pared with the thousands brought down by the steamers of the Watermen's Company and those of the Woolwich and Greenwich Companies. Some thousands proceeded to Woolwich and Greenwich via the Blackwell Railway; and the Brunswick wharf, at the terminus, was crowded during the day, and a band of music, the expense of which was defrayed by the directors, was in attendance. There is an extensive prospect of the river and the op posite shore of Kent to be obtained from this wharf, and it promises to be a favourite place of resort on fine Sundays. The warren at Woolwich, where the bands of the Royal Artillery and another regiment, were play ing favourite airs during the afternoon, was covered with well-dressed people. The Gravesend steamers also conveyed good freights of passengers, and there were twenty vessels employed in the traffic, who landed 10,000 persons, during the morning, at the Rosherville, Terrace, and Town-piers, and brought them back in the evening, after they had ranged the fields in the vicinity of the town, or dined at the various ordinaries. The Brighton, Dover, and Southampton Railways only charged half fares between these places and Lon don; and also to 'Tunbridge and other towns one the lines, and hundreds who had never seen those places be fore, took advantage of the cheap rate of travelling to visit them. The experiment is to be continued during the Easter holidays, and is likely to answer well, and thousands will be enabled to visit the beautiful scenery of the home counties at a small expense, and in a reasonable space of time. The number of passengers who filled the above bridge steamers yesterday would almost defy calculation. There were not fewer than thirty iron and wooden steamers continually calling at the various piers, ern barking and landing passengers. Some of those boats proceeded only as far as the Red House, others to Chel sea, a few to Putney, and five were solely engaged in the Richmond trade. A new steamer, called the Echo, which left the Adelphi-pier for Richmond, steamed along in tine style, and attracted a good deal of notice. The extraordinary number of 105 steamers were em ployed yesterday on the Thames in the conveyance, viz., 20 fur Gravesend, 30 abOve-bridge, 11 watermen's steamers, 12 of the old Woolwich and Greenwich Com pany, 3 of the Herne Bay Company, 2 (the Flirt and Coquette), between Blackwall and Greenwich, 2 for Southend and Sheerness, 1 for Ramsgate (the Queen Victoria), the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal (the vessels of the Margate and General Steam Naviga tion Company), and half-a-dozen steam-tugs. This is an amount of steam power not surpassed on any other river in the world. INFORMATION FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. The following places are open to the admission of the public, and may not, be uninteresting to our readers during the present holidays . St. Paul's Cathedral, open daily; charge to see all, 4s. 4d. Tower of London, open daily; charge to see all, ls. Westminster Abbey, open daily; charge to see all, 6d. The Monument, open daily; charge to see all, 6d. Greenwich Hospital, open daily; charge to see all, 3d. Custom House, open daily; free. Mansion house, open daily ; free. Guildhall, open daily ; free. Duke of York's Column, open daily ; charge of Gd. Adelaide Gallery, Strand, open daily ; charge of Is. Polytechnic, Regent-street, open daily ; charge of Is. Society of Arts, Adelphi, open daily, except Wednes day ; admission by order. British Museum, Monday and Wednesday ; gratis. Chinese Museum, Hyde Park, daily ; charge of Is. Napoleon Museum, Piccadilly, daily ; charge of Is. Geological Museum, Craig's-court, - daily ; gratis. United Service Museum, Scotland-yard, daily ; by order only. Royal Military Repository, Woolwich, daily; gratis. Cosmorama, Regent-street, daily ; charge of Is. Burford's Panorama, Leicester-square, daily ; charge of Is. Diorama, Regent's Park, daily ; charge of Is. National Gallery, Charing-cross, daily ; gratis. Royal Academy, Charing-cross, daily ; charge of Is. British Institution, Pall-mall, daily : charge of Is. Dulwich Gallery (except Friday), daily ; gratis. Society of Painters, Pall-mall, daily ; charge of Is. Prize Cartoons, Suffolk-street, daily ; charge of Is. St. James's Gallery and Ancient Masters, daily charge each of Is. THE LATE FATAL CONFLAGRA TION IN OXFORD-STREET Cerito made her debut last week before a Gais audience, i n t h e b allet of La Sylphide, and in La in both of which she met with a favourable re -44Q0. Mdlle. C er it o i s engaged in that city for 16 , res entatiOns, at th e termination of which she proceeds tt i : 4/4( lon, where she is exp ec t e d to arr i ve at the end of month. kr. and Lady Mary Vyner will occupy Earl de Three Y's mansion in St. James's-square during the season. I rti .NOhle Lord Lieutenant and the Countess de Gi . ey, Zalnow understood, are not expected to leave the I/ ice- Lodge for town until the end of next month, or the at week in June. Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., who is now at his seat in Cornwall, returns to town on Monday next. The two vacant. Lord Lieutenancies of Westmore land and Cumberland have both been conferred on Lord Lonsdale. The Holderness Hunt Ball will be held in the Hedon Town-hall, On Friday, the 19th inst., after the Burton Constable races, under the patronage of Lady Clifford Constable. A brilliant attendance is expected. The Earl of Carlisle continues slowly to improve in health at Castle Howard, where Lord Morpeth has joined the family circle from town. The alliance between the Earl of Abovne and Miss Pegus, daughter of the Countess of Lindsey, and halt sister to the present Earl, is fixed to take place to morrow (Tuesday). The ceremony will be performed at St. Martin's C'hurch, after which a dejune will be given by Lady Charlotte Guest, in Spring-gardens, to a select circle of friends and relatives. Lord Alvanley is shortly expected to arrive from a Continental tour. Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden, Viscount and Viscountess Adore, Lady Charles Somerset, Mr. and Lady Blanche Balfour, Viscount Strangford, Lord De Lisle, Right .Hon. George and Mrs. Dawson, Lord John Manners, arid a large party of fashionabies have left town to visit Lord and Lady Beresford, at Bedgebury Park during the Easter recess. COSMORAMA,. 209, REGENT-STREET.—This exhibi tion was opexed to the public for the season on Saturday last, with eight new views—viz., the Plains of Thebes in Upper Egypt, with the colossal statues of Memnen ; the Pantheon at Rome by moonlight ; the exterior of St. Peter's, at Rome, and the interior of the same ; a valley in Savoy, with a representation of a part of Mout Blanc and the Glaciers of the Alps; Mount Vesuvius by night ; a val ley in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland ; and the Hippo drome . at Constantinople, all of which evince consider able talent on the part of the artist, and in some of them, especially the interior of St. Peter's, at Rome, and the night view of Vesuvius during an irruption, the illusion is so complete that it is difficult fur the spectator to be lieve that he is looking at a mere flat surface of painted canvass. Altogether the exhibition well deserves a place amongst the various others of its class in the metropolis, and we recommend it to the attention of our holiday making readers. Signor Emiliani, after a successful provincial tour, has•returned to town felt. the season. TUE MEMORIAL TO TUE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. — In our number of Saturday last we stated that a memo rial, on the want of accommodation in reference to the Yorkshire and South: mails, which was signed in four days by upwards of 500 respectable mercantile and ma nufacturing firms and individuals in Manchester, had been forwarded by Thursday evening's mail to Colonel Maberley, for presentation to the Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster. e understood that the memorialists, at the head of whom was Mr. Woollam, the boroughreeve, have fared no better than the Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, and other public bodies, in former memo rials to the same quarter, The gentlemen have, indeed, received an acknowledgment of the receipt of their me morial ; but one altogether- unworthy of the Govern ment functionary who may be presumed to have directed its dispatch. It is one of the ordinary printed forms, with which we can now say, from a pretty long and ex tensive.experience, the Post-office authorities are wopt to get rid of any petition or memorial emanating from this great mercantile community ; and as, if nothing should be wanting to mark the reply as at once curt, uncour teous, and even disrespectful, this stereotyped document is not signed by the Postmaster-General ; it is not even signed by Colonel Moberly, to whom the letter was ad dressed which accompanied the memorial ; but by some subordinate functionary or clerk in the establishment. These things require no comment. We understand that the memorialists have determined on sending up a depu tation, consisting of John Woollam, Esq., boroughreeve; Messrs. Richard Birley, J. B. Wanklyn, and other gen tlemen, and that it is probable the deputation will pro ceed to London on Monday next. —Manchester Guardian. LARGE GuN.—On Tuesday, the 12th instant, a stanchion, or punt gun, belonging to H. W. White, Esq., Monar, was tried for the first time at the Longman. It was loaded with two ounces of lino powder and one pound of shot, which, when fired, showed great shooting, at sheets of paper, and on the snow, from 80 to 150 yards distant. The dimensions of this powerful gun are as fol low :—Weight 100 lbs.; length of barrel, 7 feet ; bore, inches. The lock is on the percussion tube principle, and the barrel is fitted on Colonel Ilawker's ingenious plan, consisting of a strong spiral spring for easing the recoil. The gun was made by our townsman, Mr. Play fair. Mr. White has built a gunning punt, with all the necessary gear, for enjoying the favourite sport of wild fowl shooting on the Moray and Beuly Friths, where thousands of kinds of aquatic birds, from the majestic wild swan - to the restless little teal, take refuge during stormy weather. The exciting spot t of winter shooting on a large scale, was first introduced in this quarter by Sir St. George Gore, Bart., who s , :nt down his complete apparatus, constructed after the most approved method, as used on the coast of England. Captain Flood em barked often last winter, and had several successful bat tues on the water. Mr. White and Mr. Rose made a trip on Thursday to try the merits both of boats and guns ; the former gliding noiselessly through the weld ing element, which contrasted strangely with the boom ing sounds as the guns gave out their discharges. — Inverness Courier. FALSE ECONOMY Or THE PRESENT INCOME TAX --The income-tax produces 5,356,887/., which shows, says the Morning Chronicle, " that the whole of the in comes of 1501. and upwards, the limit of the tax, amount to something more than 200,000,0001. a year. What a prodigious mass of wealth !" To say nothing, too, of evasions. It should always be remembered that there are two points in the manner of imposing this tax, one un just, the other delusive. The income of 150/. is too high a limit for total exemption, wasting a vast field of avail able resource for the tax, and, as everybody saw at the time of laying on, operating with a curious injustice ; for while the man 01149/. a year pays nothing, the man of 150/. pays 41. 7s. Gd tax. Represented in the tax itself, the difference between their incomes Should be worth 7d ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer treats them as if the difference in their incomes were worth 41.75. 6d.; now as 41. 75.6 d. represents an income of 1501., they are assessed as if that m ere the actual amount of the diffe rence between their incomes, although in round numbers both may be considered as possessing that same income of 1501., the difference being only 1/. The other point is, the delusion of th e t i tle , for although officially calle d, -it is really a mere income-tax, property and only exempt in some cases as the e. The man with an incoine of 150/. a bi ne p di r ne o gx p e eo r xf t y e : po t ear ned by labour , and the fundholder enjoying that in come,vatme and possessing property b es id es o f that yearly are. taxed alike, The 5,356,000/. therefore, is raised in a manner at once unjust and partial, the greater number of incomes, and the general mass of pro perty being exempt. In considering the merits of an income and property-tax, it is well-to bear in mind these points in thapresent form of assessment, especially when we find the tax to productive that, objectionable and limited as it is in these Fespects, every penny farthing in the pound produces a million sterling of revenue.— Spectator. Since the penny postage was introduced, the weekly number of .letters has increased from 1,586,000 to 4,212,000. For every 100 letters written under the old system, there are 270 wader the new; INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF THE SIX SUFFERERS. OD Saturday Mit:rill - gm, at 4 0 - cloc';, ( ~,r oticr' , invcstiatiod was commenced by ior. ilig , the deputy coroner for Westminster, before a jury of fourteen respectable tradesmen, at the Malpas Arms public-house, Charles-street, Grovesnor-square, on the bodies of the six unfortunate persons, namely, Mrs. Eliza Williams, aged 31 years ; Eliza Williams, her daughter, aged 4 years ; William Williams, her infant; Sarah Hodgson, aged 25 years ; Charlotte Fisk, aged 30 years (the servant); and Henry Jacob Pickering, aged 12 years ; who lost their lives at the dreadful fire at the Crown and Cushion tavern and wine vaults, A the corner of Gilbert-street, in Oxford street, on the night of Thursday last. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the remains of the unfortunate deceased persons which lay in the dead-house attached to St. George's Work. house. On the return of the jury to the inquest- room the following evidence was taken : William Fluck, a police-constable of the C division, No. 98, stated that on the night of the fire (Thursday last) he was on duty in Gilbert-street, Oxford-street. At about half-past eleven o'clock he was standing with his back against the counting-house of Mr. Williams, spirit and wine-merchant, known as the Crown and Cushion. at the corner of (Silbert street, and Oxford-street, when ha saw a blue flame on the counter. At that time he noticed the barman in the same part of the premises standing be hind the counter. All the lights were burning through out the house. The barman seeing witness, said "For God's sake, go and call the engines, for we are all in a blaze." He (witness) then sprang his rattle, shouted "fire," and called a cab, into which he got, and ordered the driver to drive to the King-street station of the Fire-brigade, and request Mr. Foga to bring the engines. A green door was parallel with the counting-house and staircase, but witness could not tell whether it was open or closed. The cabriolet was driven with all speed to King-street, when wit ness ordered not only the engines, but also the escapes belonging to the Royal Society for Protection of Life from Fire. He next went to the engineers of other engines, and gave information of the calamity. One of the jury thought that the policeman would have done better to have sent some one for the en gines, and have remained himself on the premises, to have rendered assistance to the inmates. The CORONER said he had no doubt the officer did what he considered was the best. The evidence was corroborated by police-constable 33 C, who added that on his getting in front of the Crown and Cushion, he observed flames breaking through the side door, into Gilbert-street, but there was not much fire then. It appeared to witness to be that moment bursting forth. The next witness examined was William Hewitt, who said that he was a barman to Mr. Williams. On the night of Thursday last his master was not at home. When the fire broke out the shop was open, and he was serving customers at the bar. The hour Mrs. Williams retired to bed he could not tell. He heard and saw Goodwin pumping up the spirits at the bar; Goodwin was quite sober at . the time, and lived on good terms with the family. When the flames were beginning to spread, some one brought a ladder, which was placed against the parlour window over the counting-house, but the fire growing stronger it spread with indescribable rapidity. The CORONER—Did any one escape by means of the ladder? 'Witness—No sooner was it placed where I have stated, than Miss Fritchley got upon it, but she was obliged to jump down to escape being burnt to death. A juror—Do you think, Mr. Hewitt, if a person had gone up stairs at the first, the inmates would.have been able to escape ? Witness—l don't think they would, because the intense heat caused the bottles to keep cracking, and the contents (liquor) becoming ignited, the flames spread quicker. The CORONER—How long have you lived with Mr. Williams? Witness—About three weeks, and I may almost be termed a stranger. Mr. William Thompson, an upholsterer in Gilbert street, here stepped forward, and begged to say a few words. On hearing the alarm of fire on the night in question, he instantly hastened to the sp ot with a fire escape which he kept in his possession. A very few minutes had then elapsed after the outbreak, and hearing that there were people in the house he went to the next house for the purpose of getting on to the roof, where he considered there would be a chance of saving the parties, but he was prevented from going up by a policeman, who was standing at the door, and who refused any one admission into the premises. He told him his intentions, when the mob outside exclaimed that they had all been got out. He was positive that had the police allowed him to pass lie could have saved many of the unfortunate persons, for there was sufficient time to reach them from the roof, which was the only accessible means of getting into the premises, the flames having the entire posses sion of the bar and counter. Robert Tozer, an engineer in the brigade force, was next called. He stated, at a quarter to twelve o'clock on Thursday night, he received information of a fire breaking out at the Crown and Cushion tavern, he forthwith proceeded to the spot, with the engine and firemen belonging to the station of which he had charge, namely, Baker-street, Portman-square. On arriving.he found the premises nearly on fire from the shop to the roof, and the flames were extending out halfway across Oxford-street. Two other en gines had previously arrived—one from King-street station, and the other from Marylebone Court-house, belonging to the parish. They were directly got to work ; and, after working the one he brought in front of the house, he took the hose on to the roof of the adjacent premises, and played into that on fire. After extinguishing the flames, they commenced to search the ruins for the deceased persons. The first they came to was between one and two o'clock, which proved to be that of the boy Pickering. He was lying on the flooring of the second floor front room, which partly stands, and was not much burnt. The next—namely, that of Mrs. Williams—was found on the remains of the uppermost flooring, and near her laid the two servants with the children in their arms. Witness described the condition of the re mains when first discovered, which caused a most painful sensation throughout the court. By a juror—He did not think ten minutes elapsed from the time of receiving the intelligence until he arrived with the engine. His station in Baker-street is within half a mile of the place. A fire-escape had reached the fire before his arrival, and he saw it fixed against one of the adjoining houses. The conductor of it told witness that he was afraid of placing the machine against Mr. Williams's house in case the canvass caught fire, for the flames were bursting out of the shop with great violence. A relative of the sufferers—Do you not think that the lives could have been saved at the time your en gine arrived, had the police and the fire-escape people taken proper measures ? Witness—No, sir, I think not, for every part of the house was then in flames, and the poor creatures must have all perished long before that period. I am, however, of opinion, having examined into the circumstances, that both the lives and the house might have been saved had the count• ing-house door been closed; it was, unfortunately, left wide open amidst the confusion, and this ac counts for the flames extending throughout the house with the astonishing velocity they did. A juror—lt is but proper that engines should be provided with blankets, in case of an emergencyof this description, in order that persons can escape by throw ing themselves into them.—Witness replied that nearly the whole of the engines belonging to the Lon don Fire Establishment were provided with canvass sheets, which answered the same purpose, and also lengths of scaling ladders. The only witness now to be examined was John Goodwin, the other barman, who, on being called, ap peared to suffer great mental anguish. Having been cautioned by the Coroner that he need not make any statement to criminate himself, he said he was willing to give all the information that laid in his power. He was then sworn, and stated that since the fire he had been living at No. 26, Thomas-street, Grosvenor square. He had acted as foreman in the service of Mr. Williams, for three years, and his duty, amongst other things, was to see to the vats and casks on the premises being properly filled. On Thursday morn ing Mr. Williams said he should expect him to pump up the gin into one of the vats, but he wished it n ot to be done till after the house was closed. The vat contained three hundred gallons. He (witness) would have attended to Mr. 'Williams's instructions, and not have commenced till after the shop had been closed, but finding the business slack, after half-past eleven &clock at night, he set about the task. The pump was erected near the counting house door, and the spirit was conveyed out of a puncheon in the cellar up into the vats above the bar, and counter. He had not commenced pumping but one or two minutes before he found the spirit flowing over the small casks in the counters, which he was much surprised at, having filled them in the early part of the day. The CORONER inquired if he could form any judg ment how that arose ?—Witness said he suspected that after be had filled those casks, he had neglected to turn off one of the Pocks, for be found instead of pumping the gin into the large vat, it was being eject ed into one of the casks. Evidence continued—He instantly stopped pump ing, and went to the counter, and took down a shutter which covered the casks, to ascertain the one that was overflowing, and no sooner had he done so than a great quantity of spirit came down, and some fall ing on the burning gas, the burner of which was im mediately beneath, ignited it. lie instantly ran into the cellar, a.nd obtained two pails of water, which he threw over the burning spirit, and partially extinguished it, and for the purpose of of The inquiry occupied nearly five hours. It was stated that there was between 700 and 800 gallons of spirits on the premises at the time of the outbreak of the fire, the whole of which was consumed. NAVAL INTELLIGEN,CE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6.—The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sart,rius, and Vernon, 50, Captain W. Wal pole, are expected daily from the Mediterranean. The Malabar left Gibraltar for this port on the 20th of March, and the Vernon arrived at Lisbon on the 24th of March, afterapassage of twenty-five days from Malta, and was expected to leave the Tagus for England on the 28th ult. The Albion, 90, Captain Lecliyer, is spoken of by the last accounts as having surprised her officers by her nimbleness in working and steering, and it is said that in crossing the Bay of Biscay she behaved most gal lantly under very rough weather and heavy seas. They say no line-of-battle ship in the service can equal her speed, unless it be the Queen. The Winchester, 50, with the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, C. 8., was in Simon's Bay on the 30th of January, and was shortly to proceed thence to As tension and the western coast of Africa. The orders for the ri•turn of the Queen, 110, flag ship of Vice-Admiral Sir E. Owen, in the Mediter ranean, to England to be paid off, have been counter manded, the Admiralty having abandoned their intention of reducing the Mediterranean fleet to one ship-of-the line ; consequently the three line•of-battle ships, Queen, 110 ; Formidable, 84 ; and Indus, 80, will re main on the station until the completion of their full period of service. The Prince Regent, 120, is being rapidly reduced from a lumbering first-rate to a 92, and report speaks of her as likely to turn out a crack ship of the latter class. The llastings, 72 (in harbour), will be commissioned about June next, as the flak; -.ship on the West India station, to relieve the Iliustrious, 72. In llarbpur—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Victoria and Albert, and Soho and Fearless steamers. In Dock—Prince Regent, Rodney, Athol, scourge (building), Lily, and Bee. DEVONPORT, APRIL s.—The Pluto, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Crozier,:sailed for Cork onFriday, having had her defects made good. The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Mr. S. B. Cook, master commanding, arrived from Portsmouth, on Sun day, with the Hon. H. P. L. Corry and the lion. Sydney Herbert ; and on Monday they proceeded to view the ground intended tor the formation of a new steam esta- b' blishment at Morricetown, and completed the purchase of 55 acres for that purpose. On Tuesday they sailed in the Black Eagle for Holyhead. The America, 50, Captain the Hon. J. Gordon, is fitted with lower caps on the improved plan of Mr. - Wallis, foreman of the shipwrights in this yard. She will be completed ready for sea by the middle of May. It is reported she will be put on the Mediterranean station. The artificers in this dockyard on Saturday resumed working on the Flora, the Amethyst, and the Creole, building here, and ordered to be launched at the fall of the present year. The Sanspareil, the Thetis, and the Niobe. will occupy their slips. In Harbour—The Caledonia, the San Josef, the Ame rica, and the Confiance. SHEERNESS, APRIL s.—The Cygnet, brigantine, and Fantume, 16, are rapidly fitting for sea, and will shortly be commissioned at Chatham. The Boscawen, 70, was towed to this port on Wednes day, to be masted, and now lies at the Nore, ready to be towed into harbour. The Bonetta, 4, brigantine, Commander Brock, and Sparrow, ketch ,Li eutenant-Commander Otter, are fitting at Chatham, as surveying vessels ; the former for the Mediterranean, and the latter for the coast of Scotland. They will be ready for sea about the Ist of May. The Mutine and-the Espiegle, new class 12-gun brigs, building at Chatham, will be launched about the middle of May. The Firefly, steam-vessel, Captain Beechey, fitting for surveying service at Woolwich, will be ready for sea early in May. The Speedy, cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Beaufoy, sailed, on Wednesday, for Penzance, to convey the mail between Penzance and Scilly pro tern. The Vulture, first-class steam-frigate, is rapidly pro• grossing, and will be out of the dockyard hands in about three weeks. In Harbour—Camperdown and Ocean. In Dock—Ganges, Amazon, Aolus, and Cygnet. At the bore—Boscawen. PROMOTION s.—Lieutenanti—Praneis 11. Coghlan (the (Anson), and Montagu Thomas (the Thalia), 1831, to the rank of Commander. Second Masters—F. - H. May, of the Frolic, and Stephen Johns, to the rank of Master, vice Hammett, deceased. APPOINTMENTS.--Commander — C. F. Brown (1841), to the Wolverine, 16, in the East Indies, vice Morris (acting.) Lieutenants—J. B. Emery (1827), of the Comet, to the Lucifer steamer ; J. F. Lapidge, to the Cyclops steamer ; George Cleaveland (1842), of the Tartarus, to the Hecate steamer ; \V. H. Church (1838), to the Tar . . tarus, vice Cleaveland ; R. W. Aldrich (1842), to the Firefly ; W. Woolcock (1809), to the Poietiers ; Richard Fowke (1816), to the Ocean. Master and Pilot—Richard Hoskyn (1837), re-ap pointed to the Comet steamer. Masters—Stephen Johns, to the Wolverine ; L. C. Bailey (1838), to the Firefly. Mates—John Cartwright, from the Caledonia, to the Cyclops; W. 11. Hood, of the Coast Guard, to the Royal illiam ; F. Rooke, to the St. Vincent. Surgeon—D. Thomas (1843), to the Firefly. Chaplain—Rev. H. Franklin, to the America. Second Master—G. Stovin, to the Firefly. Assistant Surgeons—j. D. Hooker, to the William and Mary, for special service ; J. P. Lawrence, to the Styx; J. C. Walsh (1840), of the Lark, surveying schooner, and James Laird (1841), of the Illustrious, flag-ship on the West India station (additional), to the Illustrious, for hospital service at Bermuda. Naval Instructor---K. M. Knapp, to the America. Clerics in Charge—C. E. Colman, from the Admiral's office on board the Queen, to the Polyphemus ; J. Par miter, to the Thames. Clerk—G. Jeffery (additional), from the Excellent, to the Tortoise. Naval Cadets—H. M. Elliott, to the Aigle ; W. J. Smith, to the Bonetta. Midshipman—The Hon. H. Moreton, to the St. Vincent. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6.—The Belvidere, 36, Capt. G. Grey, is ordered home from the Meditere.nnean to be paid off, and has left Malta, for the purpose of embark ing some of the Xanthian Marbles, and bringing them TThhee Flying Cornw a F li i i s a h , , 7 h 2 u , to England. of Admiral Sir W. P arker, arr i ve d a t Singapore, o n Pem broke, is expect e d h ere next week, when the 11th of January, from China. N S o y e m n on a d il s th a r t ee Pem- iCltahpyt. Sir W. bearing the flag ves sels will be commissioned on the same day. The Clio, 16, Captain Fitzjames, arrived at Bombay on the 27th of February, from Muscat, on her way to England to be paid oil. The Thunderbolt. steamer, Captain Broke, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th of January, from Benguela. The Castor, frigate, Captain Graham, arrived at Macao on the 24th of December, from Ireland, having General Davlar on board, the newly appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the British forces in China. The Acadia sailed on 'Thursday for Quebec. APPOINTMENTS.-11 . tre5---J. Cartwright, to Cyclops ; F. Rooke, to St. Vincent. Chaplain—Rev. H. Franklin, to America. Master's-Assist .au—T. B. Reed, to Speedy. Midshipman—Hon. 11. Moreton, to St. Vincent. Clerk in Charg--C. E. Colman, to Polyphemus. Naval Instructor—H. M. Knap to America. THE PIRATE OF THE MEDITER RANEAN. There has, on several occasions, lately appeared some brief particulars respecting the dari ng depreda tions of a Already Greed p iratical vess e l u p th e Mediterra nean.have several foreign vessels been rran sacked, and an English barque sunk by her, and that within the spare of a very short time. From the de scriptions given of this vessel by commanders of ves sels who have either been plundered or chased by her, it is rather singular that none of her Majesty's men of-war have yet come athwart her. But her escape hitherto, shows the ingenuity and deep deception she must be compelled to resort to to elude the men-of war ; still, it is somewhat surprising, that she has not been taken. By a letter received at Lloyd's on Sa turday, from Malta, dated the 28th of March last, it appears that the Clipper, Captain Hammond, arrived there from Liverpool, had been chased by a suspicious looking barque on the 2d of that month, off Cape Passare, and from certain circumstances at tending the chase, the one in question, there is little doubt, is that seen in this instance. Captain Ham mond states that when first seen she had her courses clewed up with her topsails on the cap, but upon his hauling to the wind, she immediately let fall her courses, hoisted her topsail and set top-gallant sails, and gave chase after him. He was compelled to tack three times, and only escaped upon several vessels heaving in sight. When first seen she was about a mile distant, by which Captain Hammond was ena bled to note her appearance more particularly. She had a small heart painted white on her stern, showed no boats, and, from the rapidity of her movements, must have been well-manned. The chief of her de predations have been bet we en Cadiz and Gibraltar. It is satisfactory to ic now ment are acquainted wi that her Maje-ty's Govern th her depredations. SUICIDE.—On Saturday afternoon, a highly re spectable jury was empannelled before Mr. T. Wakley, coroner, at the Crown Inn, on the Great Western-road, near Kew• bridge, on view of the body of Mrs. Charlotte Brown. aged 32 years, the landlady of the above inn, who committed suicide on the afternoon of Wednesday last. The evidence proved that the deceased had been for some time past labouring under various mental delusions, &c. The jury, after a short conference, found that the ctepegied wa s i found hanging, 'which they believed to be her own act ; but as to the state of for muri at the time there was ay evi4eaco to, slaw." ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY A FTERNOON.—The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Dee, Captain Helmsley, arrived at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, from the West Indies, Mexico, &c., bringing the usual mails. Her dates of departure are as follow :—Tampico, Feb. 24 ; Vera Cruz, March 3 ; Demerara, sth ; Trinidad, sth ; Jamaica, 10th ; Barbadoes, 10th; Havannah, 11th; Gre nada, 12th; St. Thomas, 17th; and Bermuda on the 23d, having no communication with Fay al. The Dee.brings no news of importance. Everything was quiet in Mexico, and nothing was heard of Santa Anna. The West India Islands generally were in a healthy state. At St. Thomas's the small-pox was gradually de creasing, and, in fact, may beseaid to have entirely sub sided. The authorities were issuing clean bills of health. The Dee, however, was put into quarantine at Havannah, and remained seven days, in consequence of having touched at that island. The Inconstant frigate, with Mr. Bankhead on board, was off Vera Cruz on the evening of the Ist of March, but in consequence of a" norther" springing up, she was necessitated to put to sea again, and had not returned when the Dee left. The Governor of St. Kitt's was much better, but sth in a very delicate state of health. The last accounts state that he was gradually, though slowly, recovering. Sir Charles Adam was daily expected at Bermuda when the Dee left. The Dee remained there two days beyond her time, waiting for the Thames to bring up the mails. Her Majesty's ships Ringdove, Albatross, and Spartan, were ordered off to the coast f Africa, in con sequence of the great increase of the slave trade. The Albatross, however, proceeded to Halifax first. 'The Dee brings home 214,320 dollars on merchants' account ; 308 lbs. of gold dust, 870 lbs. silver, 85 scrons of cochineal ; two boxes of vanilla, valued at 3,000/., and two boxes of pearls, of the estimated value of 1,2001. She also brings home 44,000 dollars on account of the Mexi can dividends—viz., 20,000 from Tampico and 24,000 from Vera Cruz ; 18,000 more were left behind at the latter place, in consequence of a stiff " norther" blowing, rendering it impossible to ship them. The Dee spoke the Ringdove on the 13th of March, all well. Her Majesty's ship Albatross arrived at Ber muda on the 19th of March, and sailed the same day for Halifax. The Company's steamer Thames arrived at Bermuda on the 23d of March with the mails, and the Dee immediately started for England. Her Ma jesty's ship Scylla was also at Bermuda. The Tweed was at Havannah on the 11th of March, and the Teviot at St. Thomas's on the 17th, all well. The Trent is the next steamer home, and nearly every berth is taken. The barque 'John Dennistoun, of Greenock, Young master, from Liverpool to Mobile, was totally lost on the 2d of February, on shore off Cape San Antonio, crew and materials saved. Part of the crew are at Havannah; the master and articles saved were at Key West. The mate and nine seamen came passengers in the Dee. The ship Ayrshire, of Greenock, Barker master, from Mobile to Liverpool, with cotton, was also totally lost in Hanover Sound on the Ist of March, crew, cargo, and materials saved. The mate and ten of the crew came home in the Dec. It is a singular coincidence that both these unfortunate vessels belong to the same owner. The brig Two Friends, Ozier master, of Jersey, from Newport, South Wales, was lost and abandoned on the Colorado Shoals on the 28th of March ; master and crew saved, and arrived at Havannah. Four came home pas sengers in the Dee. The Dee passed the Dutch barque " J. 48, J.," of Portland, running westward, on the 7th ult. The Dee brought home the following passengers : Mr. Stein, Higson, Mrs. ' Higson, Mr. Benoist, John King, servant, from Vera Cruz ; Count Sazamet, from Havannah ; Dr. and Mrs. Gilgeous, from Demerara ; Rev. J. Cox, from Dominique ; Miss Hill, from Antigua ; Van 13remen, from Carthagena ; F. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and child, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Sercomb, and three children, from Jamaica ; Miss A. Noreen, from St. Thomas ; Wm. Jarnens, Dr. Goodriche, Mr. D. Silva, from Jamaica ; Mr. Morgan, purser of the Scylla, from Bermuda. ARISTOCRATIC TASTE.—Sir Robert Peel, in a dis cussion in Parliament relative to the admissibility of the British public to cathedrals and other works of art, observed, " he believed the damage which occurred was generally the work of the vulgar rich." In the New Monthly of this month, a remarkable instance of the correctness of the Premier's deduction is to be found at page 541, in " Lady Londonderry's Visit to the Courts of 'Vienna," &c., she says, " Lord L. wrote our names on one of the columns in front of the entrance of the Parthenon, to be read, perhaps, in after years by our children and children's children." what immortality I The Earl of Eglintoun has sold .the great Eagle sham estate, one of the finest in the west of Scotland, to A. Gilmour, Esq., late of Glasgow, for 217,000/. The rental averages from 9 4 0001. to 10,0001. per annum. 'The Obsarvaieur Beige mentions that General Goblet has resigned his seat in the Belgian Cabinet. He was Minister of furvign "Weirs. FACTORIES BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _ • _ Data Sin,—A- Wise-acre, signing himself a " Tea hours Man," whose letter you inserted (probably . vvithOut reading it) In - Thursday's Sun, bases his profundities on the assumption that the Manchester mill-owners, whose letter to him Sir James GrahaM quoted, had stated, that they "employed 30,000 persons, and paid 40,0001. in wages. If this sage had made use of his eyes, he. would have discovered that the real statement made by these gentlemen was, that' they " employed 30,000 hands, and were rated 44,0001. to the poor-rates," It is scarcely necessary to add another word. The comments of the deputation on . Lord Ashley's statements, have completely taken the ground from under the feet of that benevolent nobleman, but miserable statistician—whose knowledge of the human system and muscular power appears to have been sufficiently limited to induce belief of scores of thousands of operatives being able to travel from 120 to, 250 miles per week, on foot, month after month. Oh, that good men ,would learn the difference between a chesnut horse and a horse chesnut before they began to legislate ! It has been well said, that ". an ounce of common sense is -worth a hundred-weight of oratory." Imagine a gentleman, who thinks himself qualified to direct and alter the principles on which a trade of forty millions per annum is based, naively believing the statement of a " MATHEMATICIAN" ! 0 that, in some branches of the manufacture, the operatives walked thirty-seven miles per day ! _ This, at the rate of three miles per hour, would consume twelve hours and a third; yet. the _Noble Lard never thinks of asking what is done in the ,remainder of the day ? When a man walks in a factory, it is to do something; he is not paid merely for wu/king ! The difference between the Noble Lord's statements and the facts appears to be only seventy-five per cent., so that, by the simple operation of dividing his quan- ities by four, we get IL very close approXimatiOn to truth ! As the majority of the House of Commons have decided that wages and profits can be regulated by legislation, and as I am as warm a friend to the operative as Lord Ashley, I beg leave to propose that the same operation which is necessary to be performed with his numbers, to make them agree with fact, should be performed in regard to the hours of labour, viz., that the present number should be divided by four, and no one be allowed to labour more than three hours ! A SUBSCRIBER. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and his Majesty the King of the Belgians ' the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Suite, and the Household attended Divine ser vice this morning in the private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians attended Di vine service this forenoon in the Roman Catholic Chapel on Clewer-green. Her Majesty was attended by her Suite, and after the service returned to th e Castle. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians took a carriage airing. Their. Majesties were accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Royal Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting was in at tendance on horseback. Yesterday the Queen and their Belgian Majesties took their accustomed walks and drives in the park. The Earl of Dunmore arrived at the Castle on a visit to the Queen. Captain Francis Seymour also arrived yesterday on a visit to Her Majesty. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, and her Lady in Waiting Lady Anna Maria Dawson, joined the Royal Dinner Circle at the Castle yesterday evening. The Royal Family were taken their usual airings yes terday. M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, embarked at Blackwall on Saturday, for Rotterdam. His Exoellency's absence will not exceed a fortnight or three weeks. Lord Stanley left town on Saturday morning for Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, the seat of the Earl of Derby. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received on Saturday, from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. _ _ The Bishop of London preached the sermon yester day morning in the Chapel Royal, • St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley and the Rev. Horsley Dakins, and the Communion service by the Bishop of London, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem, "If we believe that Jesus Died'' (Boyce), was sung by Mr. J. B. Sale and Mr. Hawkins. Sir. George Smart presided at the organ. The Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Winchester, Lords Cathcart, Tyrconnel, Wharncliffe, Vivian, Ernest Bruce, and Leveson, and Ladies Wharncliffe, Hawarden, and Vivian were among the nobility present. The Earl of Dunmore left town on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, on Saturday. - • Dispatches were sent ff from the Colonial-office, on Saturday evening, for the Governor of Hong-Kong. MEETING OF THE INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS. The annual meeting of this Association was held on Saturday evening, in the Council-room of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi. Emerson Tennant, Esq., M.P., was called to the chair, and the business of the evening commenced. A letter was read from Sir M. A. Shee, the President of the Royal Academy, stating that in consequence of his advan cing age, and the attention which his duties as Presi dent of the Royal Academy required, he was pre vented from accepting the office of Vice-President of the Institute of Fine Arts which he had been invited to accept. The Secretary then read the annual report of the Council, which stated that after a lapse of a year, the Council had reason to hope the most cheering results to art from the influence of the institution. Eligible premises had been taken for the institute in Newman-street, with a reading-room for the members, and a library was also in progress of formation. A petition to Parliament for increased means of acquiring knowledge in art was stated to be on the eve of presentation, and through it a lasting benefit is expected to be conferred on the. arts of this country. Artistic information, con sidered to be important, has been communicated to the Commissioners of Fine Arts, and an extensive corre spondence had been established with eminent foreign professors of art. The announcement that the num ber of members had increased last year from 110 to 300 was received with loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, and in a very appropriate speech, remarked upon the im portance of cultivating a taste for the fine arts in England. He alluded to the aid which decorative art gives to the• manufactures of this country, and the diffusion of pure taste amongst the people by sculptors, painters and engravers, through the medium of manufacturers, and he said he felt confident that manufacturers must be improved, and consequently prosper, through the influence and assistance of a society, like that. Mr. PARK, the sculptor, then read a paper entitled " The Triumph of the Anglo-Normans ; a proposed series of sculptures to occupy the whole range of the wall of the projected court inclosing the New Palace yard, with groups and single statues in advance, mark ing different ages, discoveries, and characteristics ; to be executed inßavacciene marble, the use of bronze being opposed to the perpetuity of art from the temptation to destroy offered in the value of the material. Mr. Park proposed that a continued line should be formed round the court, not higher than 10 feet, within which sculp tures in bas-relief should be received, and that on pe destals should be placed statues and groups, so dis posed as to be seen all round. The bas reliefs and statues would combine to illustrate the manners and costurnes, and the historical and poetical characteristics of the people, from the earliest ages of antiquity down to the present time. - Mr. TEMPLETON next read a paper " On the Ad mission of Works of Art in Churches." After which Mr. Finden was called to the chair, and the thanks of the meeting being voted to Mr. Tennent, the assem bly separated. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing:— FOR GOVERNORS. William Cotton, Esq., Governor. John Benjamin Heath, Esq., Deputy Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Arthur Edw. Campbell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. James Pattison, Esq. - John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Henry,Lancelot Holland, Esq. Christopher Pearse, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. Charles Fredk. Huth, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq. William Thompson, Esq., and Alfred Latham, Esq. ompson, Humphrey St. John Mildmay, _Alderman Esq. The Election for Governor held at the Bank on Tuesday, Wednesday, the 10th inst., fri till four in the afternoon. iThomas Tooke, jun., Esq. and Deputy-Governor will be the 9th, and for Directors on 'mil ten o'clock in the forenoon SHORT TIME AT LEEDS.—The agreement of the merchantsj manufacturers, and woolstaplers of Leeds, to close their places of business at four o'clock in the afternoon of every Saturday, and to allow their servants to leave for the day as shortly afterwards as the unavoidable exigencies of business will permit, in the expectation that, according to the representation made to them, the leisure thus afforded will be devoted to beneficial purposes, has received the signatures of the principals of Stansfield, Brown, and Co., and upwards of sixty other houses. The railway carriers, to the number of thirteen firms, have signed an agreement to withdraw their wherries from the streets at the same hour, four o'clock; and the North Midland Company, in compliance with the same • agreements, have decided to close their gates at the goods station at half-past four every Saturday afternoon, which latter arrangement came into effect on Saturday last. POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS —On and after the 12th instant, the Edinburgh night mail will :arrive at Carlisle at 10 A.M., instead of 9. 20, as at present. The Glasgow mail will arrive at 10 A.M., instead of 9. 15 A.M. The Dumfries at 9. 53, instead of 8. 53 A.M. The London night mail will arrived at 2. 35 p.m., instead of 3. 10, on • and after the 13th instant.—Carlisle Journal. Rev. Martin Wright, curate. of Redmarshall, has been appointed by the rector of Sunderland (me of the curates of that parish. INIIN AL COURT.—Cr HIS DAV.) I sesstni tile present vi ayor ,. ., Ity cum,n~tu eel e It_S, o ' et befor , - the Welt Hon. th? Lortt May r, ~er Sheriff, and other vic ate hot tides. ereery naele f e, vii s‘ , oorl, c o us , rul., -,- (lcd tldi,er his charge. The he'saiti7ctt coca ita••ees of 111, e that: 2-0 , a great num!ex leeet comet tteti e the "aY'last. He feared, therefore, that, the labours of , oae. grand J ury would be som ewhat protracted. The eee es contained in the calendar were snme of them of tajeery serious character • but he did not apprehend that e i g _e *could . be any difficulty with respect to the de thelua the grand jury would have to come to upon teri . • There were several_ charges of forgery, and ut ug•foreed instruments, and one of these had created , pe - great. deal of public interest, and in which several eirts°l. is were implicated. These persons wt-re charged ( 6: 1 4 ..obtaining by means of forged instruments, tim e - e ' e • n da which had remained fur a considerable eghs aaelaiteed. It appeared that by obtaining the dies of the persons to whose credit certain unclaimed e j a l u cl_e L ttds had been placed, the names of the relatives th e ' l ' Parties, and the whole history of . the parties tn*lv es 'they enabled to forge wills, which Ar Ported th e to have been made by such parties ; and by ci, t i s : I ' 4 , l l l B'f:hey were enabled to appropriate the un -- " ett dividends to which the forged wills related to a s e r e l.v..es..e Of course, in conducting such proceedings persueSe_ several persons must be engaged, ond these ns had tseeral parts assigned to them fur the pur e-ee ' % it carry ing on the fraud. The jury would have . to e their consideration the whole evidence wlech weilehrbi laid before them, and they would have to say w h et ,her there was sufficient evidence to implicate the Th. c " a the parties indicted. or only part of them. f o e evidence would be laid before them, and it would be tofu n itutonsider whether that evidence was sufficient eth 4 tifY, them in returning a true bill on the ground the y; knowing that the wills in question w ere vi c „ . .9%ed. No doubt there would be such to e i i ,"7- laid before them as would lead to the ia l:1- 1 ;.,"t,u'it - that other parties besides those be: l ;:rY. , bad been engaged in the frauds which had tin e v ‘ ,.tumitted. (The Learned Judge then read section te e , r 7th George IV., c. 64, which bore upon the w ool - ``' 'which he was then referring.) The evidence they ' Presented to the grand jury, and , the question thgv o uld. have to decide would be merely whether th e o "id eace was sufficient to justify them in sending Tber ee t a , be f u lly i nqu i re d into before the petit jury. atte4,• ,a tanother case to which he would turn their ti tut ' 941 4 particular-it was a charge which had been .ef ees a•4,ainst the owner and commander of a vessel act ite e L t r 4 :, ll q away. The captain was charged with the and ite e - e ,l, a, the owner with instigating, the,counseling, first t o ' ;., ; ,.. 1 .5, - niai in so doing. It would be for jury th n o 7e the case as against the captain, because be n e o 77e against him should tail, of course there would te xt against the other person accused. He adverted to a charge of rape which had occurred Wpm r "aewhat peculiar circumstances, the young th e !, r n %-/Ito had m a d e the c harge having, previous to th e ,r t !nee being committed, been some time engaged to tort' eer,see t,, ho was charged. It would be for the gyand th "-applY their own common sense and experience Eta. lsecase, and to say whether, under such circum .t'aethe young wotnan could be expected to make b eg "lore - outcry as hew ould have done had the party it stranger. It appeared that she had made no tle tt !t e Ivbatever. He (the Recorder) la men t e d t o s ay e h a the , -c a l en d ar contained the names of two persons e ee t gad with murder. He did not, however, think it h er ,...f i satjt to make any observations upon these cases, h t ". l4 se:they were merely cases of fact. His Lordship in it,4g kriefly alluded to the minor charges contained th lti 7 ealender, then remitted the grand jury to thei n r Jury; a nd the Court proceeded to swear the commo Po LICE INTELLIGENCE. CLEtt KNELL.—(THIS DAY.) ,Av o • foll ows named Lee and Porter, were charged as It a ,,L. • tk rrvikreti from the evidence that on Sunday :no -- aa" 9 lid„ ,soners wore knocking at the door of a iii4n "aY, in Elder. walk, Islington, without any law to itPtlil).ose. Po'ice-constable, 422 N, desired th m to 'They did so, but returned again as soon as in g tr 6 er had left the walk. The constable, again hear goto,- tit/ cling at the door, went back, and saw the pri the:7ll striking. at the same door. Air. Day begged of pl a : M eers' to remove them ; but 422 had no sooner bp: this . hand on Lee's collar than the latter turned hLure; and struck him three blows on the breast, but Ot t :t4 produce any serious injury. Porter did not fo r ' hl . 3 ae constable, but threatened to du his business the 111 . Walker, 88 N, came up, and with his assistance tep,.llsoaers were secured. tole ll eiriergeant Pain, N 19, said Lee had three times Do e?. k . O.tie months imprisonment for assaults the - % . ttad was not more than a day or two ot pri soli' • „ k et — il"?rter had undergone three months' imprison similar offence. N l " C Prisoners, whu could urge nothing to palliate their I),„fetv were sentenced—Lee to pay a fine of lOs., and -- `ctLe h.nd bail. • stMITON HALL.—(THIS DAY.) of Wiltilei . ./C e lii c k was charged with committing a most 8- nt assault on hi s wife, whose lif e i s a t p resen t con red,in danger. • I'ent apivared that on S un d ay morn i ng the defendant 1 into a house where his wife happened to be, and, j 41ti ngllAd a previous quarrel with her, he again renewed t ;" 9 . 11 4 having knocked her down, kicked her in such a readful manner that her life is in danger. - 'prisoner's defence was, the f a man 11_ % zed TottPr in b e d with his wife, and that he ound inflicted s uratuaey Irengeance on the guilty pair. .rater- the man alluded ticNv as - pres ' ent, with his head f rlaltr nelsrxiori.x.utitrietuprtaemae:_nueddthiexednenied that any improper con %llTiallOwi'lter 'to attend. state of his wife the prisoner's wife and him. e ellick until the : . . DUTeu AL AND FLANDERS MAIL. 13411§att, APRIL 4.—The day before yesterday I ‘,its 'held the first general annual meeting of the srtinaereahsosletersbiyowfatshveerßyelgian Colonisation Company. ~,„_, . numerous. The report of the °l.e.uutiCus of the Company since. its institution was ..etd'The assembly uTnilUntisly approved the report, and having examined the balance, f m ,.. °llB l37i_a vote of thanks to the directors. pas s l ed t , r u e r s l u an it i s - , 8 - " u„ - the report, that there can be no doubt of the . c,eekk of the colony. O.IIW Senate, in its sitting of yesterday, adopted, 11 . e i r . , trorne debate, the project of law relative to the %l et ( of Lino. It then proceeded to the discussion of .._ . r" 'project of law on the examining jury. The ilp•al debate was closed, and that on the articles bi„,7°i+ to-day, .M. de mussy and Baron Macar as e, an amendment, that the original plans pro -66(" .T. the Government should be ado pted by the L., ate instead of that of the Central Section, approved e ek ., t he. Chamber of Representatives. After a long tOitt, t this amendment was rejected by 24 to 11, and jti,.`itase agreed to by 23 to 12, M. Melon having ~..-n"lThe minority. (I._ , ---"igreaDAM APRIL 3.—lt has been reported for :lays, and , we have good reason for be t li h e o vi r ug rio th oo e lir 'pit to be true that his Royal Hig h ness il l Mtge has converted the whole of his property in erATkree per Cent: Loan. fin_AGUE, APRIL -. 1 "la R A ft Irs Majesty, by a re3olu -03,1 q the 2d inst., conferred the Grand Cross of the u _tker 9f the Netherlands Lion on Mr. ' 4ll “he • • 44.1. Minister of Finance. . 111"14 -5:-----The directors of the iron railway . Tilblag ie " A have 1 . A . Van Arse three mo nt hs c emlarative statement l o B f 4 th , e w tr h a i tE ch c s i h n o t w he s of 1843 an d o f 4 ilt4at'.the traffic and receipts are nearly, doubled. The _Der of tr avellers in the first three months of • .•, 1843 was 11 1844 ............... Th e receipt for travellers and goods in - 1843 ...... 43 7921 i. 51c. .... , THE 4844 .......... 96,354f1. 69c. ..,_-iri. 1-lEx.peti, APRIL 2.-11 is Majesty's new I Lea_er the St. Vesuvius is to be ready on the 15th f A pril, and is to go to the East Indies under the corn ' of Lieut. Tull lc' ' ' The H ~., , 9 in. eirga pl!tinag-4verit:blolaadn witiarilylliocns and a half contains three long articles on Of 127 millions of florins (above .thi s; ongratulates the country on the success . ~great financial pounds sterling), and most !lecou,;+. ~.. measure. All the journals contain Acrit )ie 7 from several cities, stating the sums sub ., , , 4 by then respectively. lersetui, APRIL s .—The King has received the 1421 1 1 which his Majesty, the King s of Sweden and .jest:;Z, notifies to his Majesty the decease of his t Ma the h mg Joh n Ch arles XIV., and his own accession to T l one. O n this occasion the King will go into AtelLing for three weeks, commencing this day. e . have spoken of a plan of the Russian Gover n • terest the c onversion or the P o li s h d e bt b ea ring o , ottl at five per cet. We have now before us the l i ist • hold ° - 11 kage. The n first article is as follows :—" The ezet ers of the Five per Cent. Stock have the option of e ent tging the Fi ve per. Cent. Stock for a new Four per "` ,„ „..Stock, or o f receiving the capital in ready money . 41.teltint tions and at the periods which will be here .‘.-1-1/41-a-t. thi s occasion w e cannot b ut remark that there has,._ :i+ hails' never b e f ore been seen in Europe a similar terreial fact,' consisting in a perfect unifermity of sys atou !I great equality in the conditions of interest, and eient confidence in the capitalist to attach almost as the v alue to th e f unds of the poor States as to those of - ----,..._ r ieh, Spain and Portugal alone excepted. . ~..ette ns from Frankfort of the 29th of March, say :- 14zirifEaster fair opens with ve happy Prospects. The .ali acturers are satisfied, and there is not too gr . eat. faire ll nclanee of goods as has been tho case at preceding _ The increase in the prices of raw materials has re , Plitted 'te manufacturers to charge high prices for . , elr OQd FRENCH RAILWAYS. The following are the princip ti conditions of the Bills for establishing railroad- frini Paris to the Bel- cian frontier, with a branch line to the coast ~.pposite Emland ; and for executing anotier from Orie,ois t Viect,,,n. The lines Or: , to run by C::&is, Dill;;rlc., and Boulogne. Those to Calais and Dun kirk are to ;gin the Belgian line between Douai and Lille, passing in-the former case by Ilazebrouk and St. Omer; and, in the other, by Ilazebrouk and the west of Cassel. The branch line to Boulogne will quit the main line at Amiens, and run by Abbeville and Etaples. A sum of 15,000,000 f. is wanted for the Calais and Dunkirk lines, 2,000,000 f . -of which is to be paid from the estimates of 1844, and 1,000,000 f. from those of 1845. The Minister of Public Works is to grant a lease not exceeding twenty-eight years for the Belgian lines, and the branch lines by . Calais and Dunkirk, and a lease not exceed ing thirty-five years for the Orleans and Vierzon line. Should•the companies, accepted by the Minis ter, fail to comply with the conditions and clauses of the Bill within the space of two months, he is au thorised to get the lines executed himself at the cost of the State, 44,000,000 ff being allowed for such works, • of which 10,000,000 f. are to be paid out of the estates of 1844, and 20,000,000 f. out of those of 1845. In case the lines are made by companies, the Minister is authorised to lease out the working of the lines for a period not exceeding twelve years, the lines falling gratuitously into the possession of the State at the end of that period. An article stipulates, that after taking off six per cent. interest, and two and a-half per cent. for the sinking fund, the profits are to be divided equally be tween the companies and the State. There are to be three classes of carriages on the Belgian line—the first at 10 cents., the second at 7 cents. 0.0005, and the third, which are to be covered and curtained, 5 cents. 0.05 per kilometre, or quarter of a league. The State is to have the power of redeeming the lease of twelve years, the purchase to be made according to the con ditions stipulated for the Orleans Railroad, with this difference, that the premiums which are to be added to the net dividend, declared to compose the annuity, which, in such cases, are to be paid to the company, are to be reduced to a half. The whole of th 9 late Marquis of Hastings' valuable pack of fox-hounds have been brought to the hammer, and no arrangements, it is understood, have been yet made for hunting the Donnington country during the ensuing season. ACCIDENT TO SIR AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD. —We are happy to hear that Sir Augustus Clifford is recovering rapidly from the accident he met with the other day in the Park, while out riding with Miss Clifford. It is intended to open the railway from Darlington to Newcastle on Tuesday, the 18th of June, after which there will be an uninterrupted railway intercourse be tween Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London. FATAL ACCIDENT AT DOWLAS.—FIVE COLLIERS KILLED.—We regret to learn that a melancholy acci dent, attended with loss of life, took place this week at these works. It appears that as the last coal train was leaving the Cymbargoed pits, consisting of seven care riages of coal, an engine and water tank, upon which were upwards of forty colliers, hauliers, &c., who were leaving their work, the engine and tender slipped off the rails, when, melancholy to relate, four colliers were killed upon the spot, and one other died shortly after being taken home. There are also a great many severely wounded. MONEY. t',.I4IIKET and CITY NEWS. TlMES.—rhe project which at the last 'meeting - of Proprietors of, South Sea Stock was announced to be its contemplation, was made known this morning. Propo sals are now made to form a public company, to consist of Proprietors of South Sea Stock, for the execution of trusts, and to be culled the " Trust Company." Snell portions of capital stock of the. South Sea Company as the Proprietors may think proper to subscribe r -notless in amount than ()(),0001., are to be set apart as a gnu rantee fund.-- This fund will be open to contribution by such Proprietors - until six months after notice shall have been given of the'conainencement of buiiness,' but after tb-it period, subscribers will hate to pay in addition the difference in value between the original stock -end the trust capital stock. The fund so subscribed will be tin= der the management of the present Directors or ex- Directors of the South Sea Company, and will consist of a Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, and .nine other Direc tors. The business of the intended Company to be carried on atthe South Sea house or elsewhere, as the provisional Committee or Directors may decide. The liability of the subscribers to be limited to the amount of the guarantee .fund, but it is distinctly understood that the trust funds deposited are in- no. way liable for any general losS. It is proposed to undertake in the first instance' such trusts only as relate to personal estate, and all property held in trust will be invested in the names of trustees to be appointed by the Directors. A commission is to be charged on the amount adminis tered according to a 'scale - to bp fixe& hereafter. All in vestments of trust. property to :be in Government funds, , or in South Sea Annuities, or in real seeurities, unless otherwise directed by theily . ust. A deed of snttletocatis to be prepared for ,carrying these and other objects con nected with - the management of the propOsedWmpany into effect. The income-tax does - not press more severely, or rather unjastly, :in any quarter, than upon. the in surance companies. . Tt.ya. well known- that these in stitutions of i necessity pay income-tax by deduction upon a sum far beyond - their profits-; for all their• income is taxed, and a part only is profit. - The busi ness of life insurance consists in investing the pre miums received, and accumulating them at compound , interest, to meet future losses. This accumulation of the income of their investments is the basis of a safe or prosperous career, for an office that should treat this income as profit, and divide it among the parties inter ested, would infallibly soon become bankrupt. Yet as the investments are either in the fune.ssor mortgages, the whole income is taxed by deduction as if it were profit, and the - offices pay, consequently, much more than they ought. The practical working of this has turned out even worse than the theory, for many of them have recently had notices of surcharge from the surveyor. They ap pealed, most of them,-to the Commissioners for general purposes, who, being men of business, and knowing something of life insurance, immediately relieved them. Others have appealed to the Special Commissioners ap pointed by Government, and have been subjected to great annoyance in so doing, for though it is made ap parent enough that an office has paid the tax on a sum far exceeding the entire profits arising from every source, the Special Commissioners endeavour to impose a further tax, on the allegation that there is a profit - apart from the income of investment. From the complicated nature of life insurance accounts, the offices are neces sarily exposed to great trouble and inconvenience-in the detailed investigation to which they are subject under this impression, which is of course a fallacious one. The case is exciting the more attention in the City, because it is one of a class embracing banks and other investment companies, where, by the. machinery of the Act, parties are made, by deduction, to pay a tax greatlY beyond the rate professed to be imposed by Parliament, and for this the Act affords no remedy. This form of taxation, hard enough when -it is im posed tacitly by deduction from income, becomes offen sive and oppressive when sought to be actively enforced and extended by the Government officers. A correspondent offers a suggestion to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, connected with the management of the public debt, somewhat startling perhaps, but which there can be no harm in letting go to the world - at large. By the means pointed out, and without the imposition of a single fresh tax, he anticipotes the "entire liquida tion of the national debt." This is to be accomplished solely by the aid of the,money saved, and to be saved, by the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., to be applied exclusively ,to the redemption of the debt (say at par), and allowed to accumulate at compound in terest. He estimates that, in 95 years, the whole debt of 800,000,0001. may by such means be paid off; but that, if this course is persevered in, the fund-holders will probably be glad to accede to a further reduction of • interest, and these savings being applied in the like manner, the liquidation might be completed in 50 years, or less. Great glory would, as this writer thinks, redound to the statesman who planned, and great strength to the country which executed, so magnificent a project ; but the difficulties which beset it are, we fear, insuperable. Not to mention the necessity it involves of perpetuating the income-tax, to which alone the present surplus of revenue is owing, and for the relief from which all persons are eagerly looking to this and other sources of saving, it is a delusion to suppose that any course of financial policy can be persevered in during 50 years, or during one half of that time. This is the old error into which Mr. Pitt fell, in regard to his wonder-working sinking fund, and it is but a few years since that states men have arrived at the conviction that a sinking fund cannot subsist by borrowing, and that its only legitiniate basis is a surplus of income over expenditure. This, it is true, the writer in question contemplates, but then he must keep on the income-tax, which will not be tolerated at all, or, at any rate, for such a purpose. IRELAND. DEPARTURE OF MR. O'CONNELL FOR CORK. DUBLIN, APRIL 6.—At three o'clock yesterday after• noon Mr. O'Connell left his residence in Merrion-square, for Cork, where he is to be entertained at the Munster provincial banquet on Monday next. The Hon. Gen tleman was accompanied by Mr. William S. O'Brien, M.P.; Mr. John O'Connell, M.P.; Dr. Gray, Messrs. Thomas Steele, Richard Barrett. and the Rev. Thomas Tierney, P.P. The Cork Reporter of Thursday contains the follow ing :—" Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr. John O'Connell, will sleep in Clonmel on Saturday evening, and will arrive in this city on Easter Sunday about four o'clock, P.M. He will be entertained at dinner the same evening by the Mayor, at whose residence Mr. Smith O'Brien and a large party are invited to meet him. Let ters continue to be received from the most remote parts of the province, requesting to have tickets secured, and the dinner list is rapidly approaching the numerical ex tent for which accommodation is provided:: LORD DE GREY'S REPEAL MAGISTRATE. The Nenagh Guardian, the Orange organ of the dis trict, recently announced that Mr. T. O'Brien had been ordered from Nenagh to the county of Down ; and the Newry Telegraph, the Orange organ in that county, confirmed the announcement ; but there has been, it ap pears, another countermand. Ireland is Peel's difficulty, and Mr. T. O'Brien is the difficulty of his Irish Viceroy. In the Nenagh Vindicator of this day appears the following:— " Mr. Thomas O'Brien ' S.M., bas been countermanded! The Executive has sent him orders to remain where he it until he shall resign, we suppose." The Nenagh Guardian contains the followirig:— " Mr. O'Brien, R.M., accompanied by a strong party of police, was engaged on Thursday in• the protection of a bailiff of Mr. Hill's, who was serving ejectment no tices in the parish of Youghal. A serious riot bad taken place upon the previous day, in which a boy's skull was fractured. Mr. O'Brien has taken his .dying depositions. Mr. O'Brien left yesterday (Friday) for the fair of Castle Otway, the usual scene of many riots." ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY TO DALK-EY. The Mercantile Advertiser says—" We are happy to state that the Atmospheric Railway, since its opening to the public on this day week, has been most decidedly succesful. Trains start from Kingstown and - Dalkey every half hour during the day; and although the sea son has not yet opened, the traffic . is very considerable. The .fares are, for first-class, 3d.; for second-class 2d. The amount received on Sunday from these small sums was 321. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY IN FRANCE. The Evening Post states that the French Government have determined on the adoption of the atmospheric system, so successfully carried into effect fur the first time between Kingstown and Dalkey. THE LATE WAR IN CHINA.-..-NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGES AND SERVICES OF THE NEMESIS.—NO series of events of modern times has called more peremptorily for a prompt and competent record of their origin, pro gress, completion, and practical bearings on the pros pects of tie civilised world, than those connected with the late war in China, and the readifig public will be glad to learn that such a record has just made its ap pearance, from a quarter no less qualified by circum stances, than by talent and education, to perform the important task in a fitting and efficient manner. Mr. W. D. Bernard, the author of the work, is a gentleman of classical attainments, who visited China for the express purpose of making himself personally acquainted with all the changes that have occurred, and are in progress, there, in connexion with late events, as well as all things open to observation and study in the manners and habits of the people; and his Historical Narrative of all the events of the war is rendered doubly valuable and interesting by embodying as it does the entire, operations of the Steam Navy, but in particular of the famous iron steamer The Nemesis, which, on account of her pe culiar construction, acted a more important and con spicuous part there than any other portion of the British forces. This portion of the Narrative comprises the substanoe of the Diary and Notes of Captain Ball, Com mander of the Nemesis, and includes a large amount of matter, which is as novel as it is curious and interesting AN EXTRAORDINARY FRACAS.—On Saturday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, a gentleman was observed waiting in front of the White Horse Tavern, Fetter-lane, armed with a riding whip of unusual dimen sions, and apparently in a state of great agitation. On the arrival of one of the omnibuses connected with the London and Birmingham Railway, the person in ques tion loudly called out to those inside, " Is Mr. ---. there ?" A gentleman, after a short pause, answered that his name was that of the individual for whom in quiry was made. The interrogator, thereupon, furiously told him to get out of the omnibus, but which the other declined doing, at the same time desiring to know for what purpose he was required. " I want to horse whip you, ' replied the enraged gentleman, " fur your infamous conduct to my daughter last week." He then seized the person so charged by the leg, and endeavoured to drag him out of the vehicle, applying also the formi dable weapon in his hand to the boby of the said alleged delinquent without mercy. The assailant repeatedly vociferated, " Mr. Chaplin, come out, come out, and see me horsewhip this miscreant." He likewise used many other epithets of the most opprobrious description. The byestanders at length interposed, and the omnibus finally drove off.—Sunday Times. L re • 9 coo 7s int; 0. i9~' . II t j ~ . , 114 ?..56 414 5 bo le S ri 9 o' l ;ffie e. o ° 111° , cl~il 4 I h