The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-18 00:00:00

LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY. A General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Cern pisny tdok place on Thursday at the London Tavern, at 12 o'clock. There was a very full attendance of Proprietors, and great interest appeared to be excited in the proceedings. W. SHADBOLT, Esq. took the Chair. Ti-:e Report was then read. It was to the following eflat The Directors have much satisfaction in convening the present meeting, for they feel themselves enabled to call your attention to a material improvement in the position and prospects of the Company, and they have only deferred this meeting for a few weeks longer than they had intended, in order that they might announce to you the coeclusion of some important erragemonts on which they had been engaged. It will be remembcred, that on entering on the management of affairs in lastAugust,the present Directors pointed cut, as their first and paramount object, the abso lute recessity of obtaining funds to raise the Company from its embarassed situation, and to carry out and complete the Railway; and that, on the faith of their] engagement that they could procure money for that purpose, they bccame Directors of this Company. In meeting the Shareholders now, the Directors have the pleasure of pointing to the fulfilment of that pledge, and of the ex peciatione which they had led you to entertain from it. Tire Railway was completed, and opened to Greenwich on the 24th of December last, and the results are most satis factory, ac will be seen on reference to the comparative tehhe of receipts appended to the Report. One of the first objeete of the Directors was to subject all the hoeks and accounts to a careful examination, and me thedical arrangement, and having separated those ace ceunts, which were mixed together, " they made up an exact balance of all accounts oe in; to or by the Company, and they hare adopted it as a true statement of your affairs, sal contained the account upon the same basis to the 31st of Dec. last. They have now to submit to you a full and particular statement thereof as determined by the balance struck on that day, and it will be satisfactory for you to know that the real assets of the Company are amply suffi cient to liquidate all claims upon it. There is one se c.:tint which was not allowed by the creditors, no explana tion of it having been furnished to them, and on which your Directors would not have felt themselves justified in paesieg without your sanction. It con sist• of a loss of 1,6001., which, from information they have obtained from the former Directors, appears to have arisen from an expenditure which they deemed necessary, and incurred with a view of promoting the benefit of the Company. With this impression, and under the peculiar circum ,antes of the case, your Directors feel it desirable to recommend that you should give them directions to pass this account. There is also a sum of 5,5301. due to the Company for unpaid calls on certain shares, which, although they had been standing in the names of other parti,s, by whom they were long ago transferred, it ap p eared they originally belonged to Mr. Walter, who, in his awouet, delivered in 1837, made himself debtor to ttte Company for such unpaid calls, but at the same time sent in claims against the Company for 9,700/ , claiming a balance of 4,1501. Your Directors may here nomtion, that on entering upon their duties, they found ir.t (eve action had been brought against the Company by Me. Walter, and was then pending, whereby he sought to recover 23,541/ , subsequently reduced to 14,2861., and t!loy noel find by a circular he has issued that he claims 15,5-11/. Your former Directors were advised that he had no legal demand, and instructed your solicitor to resist the action which has long been in a situation to be tried if proceeded with by Mr. Waiter. The reference of the claim to arbitration has been produced, but lies been refused boils by your present and former Di - ectors, because they consider a Court and a Jury the tr.o.A proper tribunal for the trial of such a demand. !laving in a great measure overcome the difficulties in which your affairs were involved from want of funds and a clear statement of the accounts, the progress oP the works was resumed and carried on by your Directors with as much expedition as circumstances allowed, and the railway would have been completed much earlierhad they been able to obtain the necessary machinery for the drawbridges over theßavenshourn. Their immediate attention we s directed likewise to the state of the locomotive power, and the car riage department. When they came into office nearly all the engines were iu very bad order, and the repairs hal formed a heavy item in the expenditure of the last six 'months. They have now succeeded in bringing them into a state of efficiency, they have in creased their force by the addition of one new engine, and they ere in daily expectation of another. The carriages wore also in a most unsatisfactory state, and the amount ex pended in repairing them was excessive, though their appearance and condition was any thing but creditable to the. Company. In order to place this department in a state of complete ef ficiency, and to avoid the former heavy expenditure of so doing, your Directors considered that the most prudent course was to contract for the use of carriages, and they have great pleasure in announcing the completion of a contract, with a very experienced and responsible coach builder, who has taken the whole stock of carriages, to his own account, and contracted to repair them, and to supply such new ones of a very superior construction as may be required to keep the whole in order. Some of the new carriages will be on the Line at Easter, and the terms of the contract are such as to establish an identity of interest between the contractor and the Company, and the Directors entertained no doubt that the arrangement will be beneficial both to the Com pany and to the public. The importance of securing to the Railway the traffic from places in the vicinity of Green wich, induced your Directors to enter into an engagement fur that purpose wit's an extensive proprietor of omnibuses and other carriages, and had granted him the privilege of stationing his vehicles on the Company's ground, on con dition of his providing a sufficient number of good and well-appointed carriages to be under their control, and to communicate regularly with the trains on their arrival, on fixed and moderate charges, and there is every reason to believe, that much additional traffic will be obtained by ibis arrangement, Anxious to reduce the engagements of the Company, the Directors have used their best endeavours to render thcsurplus property available for that purpose,and con siderable sums have been raised by the sale of that property. Nor have they hesitated to give their own pecuniary as sistance to attain this desirable object, having themselves taken up the greater part of the unappropriated shares, which, as they could not otherwise have been disposed of at par, would have remained unavailable. By these means the liabilities of the Company have been materially dimi nished, and further sales of land are now in progress ; but as there is a large portion of the property which it would ho most unadvisable to part with at present, looking to the increased accommodation which will be required by the Brighton and South Eastern, and other Rail way Companies, ready to use this line, your Directors cannot avail themselves of these means to a greater extent. Such being the case, they have hurried their attention to other means of carrying out the remain der of the works essential to the undertaking. It is part of the engagement with the contractors for the supply of carriages, that the Company should erect sheds at the sta. tions, for the protection and accommodation of passengers. It is likewise of the greatest importance that an engine house should be constructed at Deptford as early as pos sible—that the station at Greenwich should be completed —that some alteration should be made in the London sta tion—and that certain property should be purchased, which ought not to be postponed beyond the summer. The re ceipts of the Company have become so considerable, that a portion might perhaps lee set apart for these pur poses. But although this might not be objected to by the holders of new shares, yet the original Shareholiers might have cause to complain, especially as their interests of 3 per cent. ceased since the 24th Dec., in consequence of the railway being opened to Greenwich. The funds, however, might be raised by other means, so as to fall more equally on both classes of shareholders. Thee Direc tors, therefore, recommend that an application be made to Parliament in the present Session, for an Act, the preli minary steps to which have already been taken, to obtain power to raise the sum of 60, 0001. for these purposes, in such manner as may be deemed most desirable; and they hoped the meeting would concur with them in the propri ety, of this proceeding. The Railway being completed and opened to Greenwich, your Directors have considered the contract of Colonel Landmann fulfilled, so far as to re lease him from preparing further plans and superintending the erection of the buildings contemplated, which belongs more properly to the department of your architect, and as the extension of the Railway has been unfortunately so much protracted in consequence cf the difficulties which have occurred, your Directors did not think proper to with hold any longer from Col. Landmann the fair remuneration agreed on. At the same time they have secured his services as consulting-engineer, and they cannot close this part of their report without testifying as to the solidity of the works under his direction, and considering that the trains have already performed nearly 100,000 journies, they think that all the rumours about the instability of the works may be regarded as finally disposed of. The total receipts for 1837 were 39,086/., and for 1835, 41,2861. The recepits for passengers alone were, from Dec. 24, the date of the opening to Greenwich, 1837, to March the same year, were 6, 9 361. ; for the same period in 1838 the amount was 6,4 9 1. ; and for the same period in 1839 it was 9,7311. The Directors would refer to the approaching opening of the London and Croydon Railway, anticipating, as they did, a great accession of income from their engagements with that Company, and they also expected to raise a rental from the arches under the Railway. The Company was now at the expense of maintaining an additional station at Greenwich, and they had increased the efficiency of their service by the substitution of a superior class of men; but notwithstanding all this, the amount of wages is 7 per cent. less than the average since the line was opened to Deptford. The Directors are convinced that a rigid attention to economy, and to the comfort of passengers, are objects of the first importance in an undertaking of this kind ; and they assure the Proprietors that no exertion shall be want ing on their part to secure the advantages with which this important enterprise now promises t o b e atten d e d ; an d they have only, in conclusion, to express their conviction that all the predictions which have been held forth as to the r esu l t o f t hi s enterpr i se w i ll b e amply fulfilled, and they trust that at the next general meeting they shall be able to produce substantial proofs of the accuracy of their views. It was moved, seconded, and carried by acclamation, that this Report be received, adopted, and printed. The cordial thanks of the Shareholders were unani mously voted to the Direetors, and the meeting separated. intrPapi neau h as arr i ve d i n Paris. lie was oduc e d to M. Lafitte at his soiree, where he at tracted gen era l attention by a" >7,?i3 features the flueney and vivacity of bis conversati on . He aars to be about 50 years of age, , which ppe resemble tho3e of most of the French Creoles, are energetic and expressive. He is stated to have. bean well received at Havre. Oa Wednesday morning, Ramsden, the walking tr i s n tnym to Ilellericay, was found dead on his route. On ruly morning Henniker, who was appointed to do his Gat dr-pped down in a fit as he was bringing in the let t:A.3 and shortly after expired..—Chelmsfrd Chronicle. GLEANINGS FROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS. (From the Trenton State Gazette.) A SERIES OF DISASTERS.—A few weeks ago, a boy of Gideon Hulit, near Allentown, fell into his father's mill pond, while sliding on the ice. One of his brothers was near, and went to his assistance, but broke through the ice himself. A third and fourth brother, and then the father, attracted by the cries of the drowning boys, ran, one after another, to save them ; but they too fell through the ice. The father and one of the bays extricated themselves, but were unable to rescue the three others. At the funeral of these boys, the carriage of their uncle was dished to pieces, the horses becoming restive, and the uncle's collar bone broken or dislocated. Those who had been in this carriage got into another, which was also over turned and broken ; and the horses ran against the vehicle of another uncle, upset it, and threw out those who were inside, without, however, injuring them seriously. It was reported also, says our informant, that the father of the boys, on returning from the funeral, found his house on fire. AMERICAN RRFINEMENT.—A great many of our young Americans travel so much in France—generally two years in a stretch—that they forget the use of English, and are never able to speak any language but the French, and that language in such a tone as would puzzle the French them selves. At every accession to the throne of England or France, there is always a new creation of Peers, who have in consequence to select their arms, crests, and mottoes. We are getting into the same style. Mr. Van Buren has introduced an entire new style into fashionable society here, and I am glad to perceive that Governor Sewart will not permit a Kinderhook locofoco to outstrip him. Mr. Van Buren is as exclusive as the Grand Lama, or the Sultan of Stamboul. Except two hours a day that he receives visiters, he permits no one to enter the royal chateau or its demesnes, without a permission or billet, or carte de locofoco. He has abolished the drawing rooms given by General Jackson, and permits no one to enter without his express desire. During the twe morning hours he is visible, he dispatches his visiters like an emperor. " How do you do?"—" I am glad to see you"—" How is your health ?"—" How long do you re main ?"—" Good morning, sir"—this is the whole conver sation. In the evening he gives splendid private dinners to the select and faithful, but these are as secret as the Eleusinian mysteries, which when he reads, be will pro bably inquire what they are. Governor Seward also seems to be determined not to let a locofoco brat him in style. Hence the appearance already of several of his new military creations—"aia's de camp du Governeur de New Yorck," who, as a loafer said the other day, " take the rag of the bush." " Rather the rag off a locofoco is more likely- to be true in fact, theugh not in poetry," said a snarling critic. We certainly are a great nation—and a peculiar people. NEW Y 010: COAL TRADE —The villainous coal mono polists have learned a lesson this winter they will not easily forget. Perhaps a greater set of gripping rascals never disgraced the face of creation, than the coal mer chants of this city. with a few exceptious. PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN THE AMERICAN NAVY.— WONUFAIF UL AND VALUABLE DISCOVERY IN PNEUMATICS. —The Navy Commissioners have just discovered a new method of purifying a vitiated atmosphere with the aid of carbonic acid and sulphuretted hydrogen gases, to be ge - nerat ed on the berth or lower gun deck of ships of the line, and descending by means of tubes, three inches in diameter, to this orlop deck. We are informed this expe riment is made with a view to ascertain how much more foul air an American sea cificer can inhale without injury to his lungs than a Frenchman ! The same experiment having failed in the Freoch navy, from their extreme igno rance of the science of pneumatics, in having air scuttles on the orlep, thereby admitting too much light, as well as too much salt air, which destroyed the pure elements of the above-nem:. d gases. Another object of this highly scientific body in the above experiment is, to habituate the young officers (the most of whom have not been in the service more than 25 years) to the smell of gunpowder, to which the aforesaid cases are said very nearly to assimilate in odour—that in time of ac tion they may be less liable to the danger of suffocation. It is further proposed, on the suggestion of the ncw Se cretary, to adapt these gases to purposes of marine warfare, by the erection (in all large ships of war) of a force pump amidships, on the principle of a Long Tom, to project the gas into the faces of the enemy on boarding. It is deemed decidedly superior to boarding pikes as a repellant, and it is thought, will be highly destructive to any enemy, espe cially Frenchmen, who, from their vivacity and animation, always board with their mouths open. It is recommended to use the force pump immediately after bean days, when the gas is usually stronger and in larger quantities than at other times ; and an order will therefore be issued, prohi biting any Commander from taking his ship into battle, except on or immediately succeeding these days. Verily, this is the age of wonders ! THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT RIVALED..—AVASHINGTONG FRIDAY, FEB. 1. —The House have to-day gone through with the whole private calendar, and completely cleared it of all the undisputed Bills. About one hundred and fifty Bills passed to be engrossed to. day, in addition to large numbers that finally passed last Saturday. _ PRACTICAL DEMOCRACY.—The Palace of the President stands on a beautiful eminence, in front of which sleeps in brightness the majestic Potomac. Within the walls, the grounds are laid out with singular taste and picturesque ness, the gravel walks winding around four eminences, or little mounts, covered with young trees and shrubbery. I went up to the gate, but to my surprise found it locked and padlocked. " How is this?" " Queen Victoria throws open St. James's Park, Hyde Park, and the Green Park, to all her subjects—so does Louis Philippe open regularly every morning the Gardens of the Tuilleries, the Gardens of Versailles, and all the other public places belonging to France. Oh, this is democracy 1 I had forgotten." DEPLORABLE DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA. —A MTS. Keeley, wife of a tailor, has just died at Lancaster, aP., from the bite of a dog received four mouths since, while she was passing the market. She used every remedy that could be thought of, and when the horrid disease invaded her, the miserable frantic sufferer implored her medical attendant, during the lucid intervals, to relieve her from agony by bleeding her to death. Oerum.—A singular instance of resuscitation from the effects of this drug occurred in this place last week. On Tuesday of last week, Parmenus Huntoon, who was re cently committed to gaol in this town, on a charge of pur loining money from the Essex post-office, it seems re solved to I " Shuffle off this mortal coil." For this purpose he had procured half an ounce of opium, and on Tuesday evening took a pill containing 120 grains. On Wednesday he was found in a state of utter insensibi lity, so far as the external senses were concerned, and pre.. senting to the unlearned observer only the appearance of a man " gloriously drunk." In this situation he remained till Friday evening, a period of five full days. In the mean time our best physicians had been in constant attendance, and in vain exhausted the usual reme dies. We believe it was conceded on all hands that he must die. On Friday afternoon Dr. Heineberg, who by the way is a bold operator, was persuaded to make a tat effort. We are not apprized of the pa:ticulars of the operation, nor is it material, as the case will probably be reported for the medical journals. We believe, however, that by the warm bath, and the free use of the scarifier and cupping-glass, he succeeded in drawing eighteen ounces of blood from the region of the cerebellum, which gave almost instant relief. To the no small astonish ment of the bystanders, the patient suddenly opened his eyes, raised himself up, as it were, from the grave, and called for water—a cup of cool water! Huntoon is now in a fair way to recover, and, beyond all doubt, a more rational man. On being first interrogated as to what he had been about, he replied ho recollected taking a pill of opium last night. The intervening five days were entirely lost, except in the accumulation of . a rather un usual appetite. —New Yorh Paper. A SCENE IN CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, FEB. 21, 1839.—After a fatiguing calm for a month, the weather began to break this morning in the House, and by two o'clock it blew a perfect hurricane in the inside of the Capitol. Such another debate as I have heard to-day, cannot be parralleled in half a century. Never such a debate did I hear before. It grew out of a publication in the Globe against Mr. Stanley, of N. C., and Mr. Southgate, of Kentucky, made by Dr. Dun can, of Ohio. This paper, or prescription, was full of the choicest epithets in the good old English, such as " liar," " coward," " calumniator," " poltroon," &c. By way of set-off to this publication, a compromise of honour, Mr. Prentiss offered a resolution of in quiry, looking to the expulsion of Dr. Duncan. On this question the awful hurricane broke out. Pren tiss, Jenifer, Wise, Menifee, Thompson, of S. C.; Grey of New York, Glascock, of Georgia, all took part in the debate. The scene throughout the day was most splendid, most beautiful, most contemptible, most sub lime, most degrading, most humiliating. It was a mere personal contest throughout the whole day, in which the most violent threats, biting sarcasms, admirable retorts, brilliant figures, were thrown out with the grettesi pro fusion. From 12 o'clock up to Tin the evetiag, the gal ' !cries were crowded to suffocation. I never saw a more brilliant display of beauty and fashion, and they seemed to enjoy the scene with a most exquisite relish. The ladies and the loafers have a most exquisite relish for personal attacks and personal debate. The debate, begun by Prentiss, presented several points of consideration. The conduct of Duncan —the code of honour—the affair of Cilley—tho rules of the duello, were all more or less touched. The most withering speech was that made by Mr. Menifee, of Kentucky, who seems in that line to be one of the first men in the House. In sar casm, wit, brilliancy, scorn, and burning eloquence, he soars far beyond Wise, Prentiss, or any other member of the present day. Duncan, on account of his letter as pub- lished in the Globe of Wednesday, was the object of all these attacks, and he was scored most awfully. The character of the whole debate is shocking to every person of taste, judgment, morals, or gentlemanly feelings. In his speech Wise gave his views of the code of honour, and a brief history of the severtl actions in which he had fought or been concerned. " I have been," slid be, " four times on the field of honour —two men have I seen in the agonies of death—one man dead outright, and four effec tive shots in three fires." And again—" There arc," said he, " two parties on this subject—the cavaliers and the roundheads_l belowg to the cavaliers." He also threatened the whole world with blood and thunder if any one dared to allude to him as a murderer in the affair of Cilley. Any man, high or low, rich or poor, married or single, fat or lean, tall or short, drunk or sober, loafer or gentleman, who considers Wise guilty of any crime in the affair of Cilloy, must take care what he says or thinks, for he must fight him. Wise also ridiculed the recent law passed by Congress, and avowed his readiness to violate its provisions.—" If any man insult me, I'll go to the Penitentiary," said he. " Quite accommodating," said a person to me standing on the floor. The most sensible speech made to-day was that by Mr. Grey, of New York. He deprecated the waste of public money and time, in these personal debates, and proposed to lay the ,vhole subject on the table, ai.d th us get rid of it. Ti.is ruction w as twice Lep- tived in the course of the day. Mr. Grey made one preg nant remark, which I remember—it was that the words " liar," " calumniator," " coward," &c., which had caused the debate, were terms approved in certain cases by the code of honour, and much oftener resorted to south of Mason and Dixon's line than north of it. This remark, which is true only of late years, irritated the southern and western gentlemen. But is a fact that these terms of reproach are seldom resorted to by northern men, nor even by the old fashioned Virginia, or South Carolina gentlemen. It is only of late years that the new vocabulary or the new code of ho nour has got a footing among civilized people. The beauideal of the gentleman, according to this new code of honour, is the strangest monster that ever was imagined. He is armed to the teeth—wears steel under his waistcoat—has his pockets filled with pistols—and his bosom with bowie knives. Rifles, blunderbusses, every species of weapon is authorised. His choicest language to his foe is " scoun drel," " puppy," " liar," and " poltroon." He threatens all the world—shatters right arms, and walks Pennsylva nia Avenue in search of conflicts. In Congress the same language, threats, &c. are used. How diff,.rent is all this from the courteous demeanour, and the chaste language of the southern and northern gentlemen of formerdays 1 —New Fork Herald. THE NEW BEER BILL. ABSTRACT of a BILL to alter and amend the LAWS relating to the SALE of BEER. This Bill enacts that a person applying for a licence must produce a certificate that the house is of the value of 101. per annum, and is rated at that sum at least, and been in the applicant's occupation for twelve months. Any Overseer neglecting to give such certificate, shall forfeit 51. - - Any person making or using a false certificate, shall forfeit 101. ; and licenses obtained by such shall be void. That, after the 10th of October, 1840, the present duty payable on Excise licenses for retail of beer to be drunk on the premises, shall cease, and that the sum of .5/. ss. shall be levied upon such house, in lieu thereof. Houses in London or Westminster, or in or within a mile of any city, town, or polling-place for elections, for which licenses ',are required, must be of the annual value of 151., and have been in the applicant's occupa tion for twelve months previous. BILLS OF EXCHANGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Perhaps you will think the following statement of facts worthy a place in the columns of ; your widely circu lated journal;— A. B. is the drawer of a bill, at three months' date, upon C. D., who accepts it, and makes it payable at some bankers in London, say B irciay and Co., for instance, amount 501. Some person or persons simulate another bill exactly like it in names, date, and amount. The bill falls due, say the 4th March. Immediately on Bareay and Co. opening their bank doors on the day it falls due, the simulated or forged bill is presented for pay ment, and it having been duly advised of such a bill, it is forthwith paid. During the day, however, the real bill is presented at the Clearing house ; but as is usual, enquiry being made at the Bank before the hour of settlement at the Clearing•houso, it is ascertained that a bill of the same tenor and date had already been paid. The fienuine bill, therefore, was not paid at the Clearing-house, and it was in due course protested and re turned. A. 8., on its return, demanded payment on C. D., who refused to pay it, alleging that he had duly advised of the bill, and paid the amount to his banker at the time of giving the aivice. A. B. and C. D. then proceeded to the Bank, when A B found that C D had duly advised, as well as the country barker, his London one ; in this dilemma it was recommended that the bill should be presented a second time, when it was represented that it would, as a matter of course, be paid. The London banker was also specially advised on the subject—who in reply sends down the forged bill—adding, that in the transaction they had only followed their instructions. Under thc3e circum stances A. B. arrests C. D. for the amount, which C. D. refuses at present to pay. Query—Who is to be made accountable for this mistake, or whatever name it deserves? Perhaps some of your numerous commercial readers will solve the question through the medium of the columns of The Sun. The heavy falls of snow on Thursday last have been a source of great inconvenience to the inhabitants of this town and ncighbourhcod. In many of the outskirts of the town the wind drifted the snow so that it was upwards of three feet in depth, and the coaches were detained a considerable time. The driver of the mail-cart from this town to Newmarket was unable to proceed in his vehicle arty farther than Qua--church, from which spot he conveyed the bags to Newmarket on horseback.— Cambridge Chron. INCHCOLM.—It is an interesting spot ; the little island is not half a mile in length, and scarce a hundred and fifty paces broad ; the ruins of the monastery are •x -tensive, and it is easy to conjure up the figures of the monks, counting their beads amidst the dashing of the waves, and within sound of the bells of Edinburgh on a calm evening. The island half realizes the poet's descrip tion of Arqua-7___ Which seem'd made For those who their mortality had felt, And sought a refuge from their hopes decay'd. It shows a distant prospect far away Of busy cities, now in vain display'd, For they can lure no further; and the ray Of a bright sun can make sufficient holiday. John Kemble, the tragedian, and Crabbe, the poet, con founded Inchcolm with Icolmkill. The blunder did not say much for their geography, but the names sound some thing like each other, and both owed their celebrity to the same patron saint, Comb or Columb. One stormy day in the year 1128, Alexander 1., King of Scotland, was cross ing with his retinue over at the Queen's ferry, and was driven for refuge into this island. They found one in habitant in it, a hermit of the Order of St. Columb, who supported himself with a cow and such shell-fish as he could pick up. The King and his retinue were forced to remain three days, partaking of the hermit's simple far• ; and the Monarch, grateful for his escape, vowed to erect a monastery in the island. Thus Incheolm became the seat of monks, and was enriched with some of the best lands of Fifeshire. It was often plundered and burned,—but still rose again from its ashes,—and here old Walter Bowmaker, the abbot, who died in 1449, wrote his Chronicle of Scottish history, in continuation of Fordun. The light in his study would, no doubt, be familiar to the seamen on the Frith, and some of them would occasionally beg or buy his prayers, for a soft wind or a favouring gale, as they set out on their voyage; but what would the old abbot say if he were now to " re-visit the glimpses of the moon," and lift up his eyes from his precious vellum leaves on the steam-boats careering around the island —the crowd of going and returning vessels—and the new spires and palaces of Edinburgh glittering in the distance ! The tower of the monastery, the cloisters, the chapter house, and part of the buildings remain to attest their former grandeur; and these, seen from the sea, are not unlike the ruins of lona. The monks would seem to have been skilled in herbs : for many rare plants still abound here. The holy men were kept in constant employment, and we arc told of one monk who repeated the whole Psalter once each day, standing in a fountain of clear water near his hermitage—lnverness Cuurier. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE 131111%11NC/lAm. Intelligence was received in town on Friday morning at the different Fire-offices of a most disastrous fire which oc curred on Monday evening last at the Zoological Gardens at Birmingham. A large monkey-house, together with a most valuable collection of monkeys was destroyed, and several other houses fer the reception of animals shared the same fate. It originated through the over-heating of some stoves. The loss is extensive, and the premises *ere not insured. STATE OP TRADE.—There was but a mode rate d: mend rOr yarn yesterday, and the buyers showed very little inclination to follow up the recent advance in cotton. The businesa done was consequently limited. The gccds' market was also quiet, and prices rather in favour of the buyers, though it eoeld hatdly be said that a decline was established ) at compared with the current rates of last week. As we announced on Saturday, several of the principal spinners and rhanefecterers at Stalybridge began to work silt hours a day on Monday last ; and we understand their example will be followed by the whole of the trade there—some beginning to-morrow } and others at the commencement of next week: Prom the extent to which the working of short time has proceeded, and the general substitution of light for heavier fabrics, ie almost every description of Matiuracttlre, there must be a very considerable diminution in the consumption of cotton. We heard yesterday of one very large spinner and manufee turer, who, without stopping or retartPug a Single loom or spindle, had diminished tt:e * - "eekly consumption of .cotton to the extent Of 14 per cent. ; and the same kind of ilitee action, to a greater or sibalter eitte'tt, is very general throughout the tiade, tohsequence of the high price of cotton 1-enil. , 2tin6 heavy fabrics comparatively dear and un prottable.—Manchester Guardian. DEAL.—This town and pat are abdut to be greatly benefited by the immediate erection of a Strong wooden pier close to the Royal Hotel, to extend teed feet into the sea, so that vessels of a deatight from eight to ten feet of water may, at half-tide, come alongside to embark Or disembark goods or passengers. Ships in the Downs will derive great assistance from this piee) as anehers, cables, and stores may be tarried out to them from the square head In rough Weather, and when no boat could otherwise be got afloat through the suef on the betteht The ac c o mmo d at i on w hi c h w ill also be afforded to passen gers in landing or embarking, by means of the pier, will be of the greatest advantage ; at the same time the interests of the town will be promoted, and an intercourse with the opposite coast carried on to a certain extent by this route from London. A contract has, it appears, been made fer completionthoenfiddtosroh i of the Rennie, e ent!re •ork, and its superintendence from c v whose pier s is to be const ruc t e d, and forwhich purpose desig nposea th an Act e was obtained in the last Session of Parliament. The improve ment consequent upon the erection of the pier, will doubt• less lead to other beneficial results to Deal and its beauti. ful environs. The weather has been very cold and unge nial all along this coast during the last fortnight, but the wind having yesterday veered round to S. S. E. and S., the weather has become surprisingly mild and agreeable. —Morning Herald. A COLLOQUY ON PIGS.—" Friend," said a Quaker, to a man who was driving a drove of swine into Penobscot, " haat thee any hogs with large bones in this drove ?"_u Yes," replied the drover, " they've all got big bones." " Hest thee any with long heads and sharp noses ?" —" Yes, they' re a ll o f t h em long-heads and sharp-snouts." " Hast thee any with broad flap ears, like the ears of ele phants, slouching down over their eyes?"—" Stranger, every pig of 'em is that ere, and no mistake; they'll suit you exactly." " I rather think they will not suit me, friend, if they be such as thee describest. Thee may'st drive on." The weather prophet, Murphy, has discovered, to his no small rrofit, that gulls, which used to be seen only in verb• col , l or stonily we,:ther, arc nor; to be found in this country all the year through. DISTRESS WARRANTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sat.—A letter appeared in your Paper some time since from Mr. 'l'. Goode, of this parish, relative to certain pro• cecdings taken by the Church authorities in this parish. I have had taken from my house by warrant of distress, signed by Messrs. Burbage, Weston, and Johnson, three mahogany chairs for eightpence farthing, Minister's rate, fur which I was summoned before the above-named Magis trates, who refused to hear the objections I had to the rate. I tendered to the collector, in presence of the Magistrates, the rate, but refused to pay the shilling charged for the summons, and one of the Magistrates directed the collector cot to take it, and have thus aided in depriving a poor man, who finds it very difficult to pay the just demands on him, of part of his furniture to support a Minister, from whose Ministerial labours he has never derived the least benefit. I addressed a letter, about a month since, to two of the Magistrates, stating that the collector had committed various frauds in the collection of the Mi nister's rate, by charging a larger sum than the rate au thorised. From Mr. Johnson I received an answer, stat ing that inquiries should be made, and redress given if fraud had been committed, but I believe the energies of their Worships have been confined t o p un i s hi ng me , rot the collector.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. B. TAYLOR. [Three mahogany chairs for 80. is pretty well 1 Our worshipful worthies tare, we find, teal-I;4T from their spiritual pastors and masters how to temper justice with mercy.] CULTIVATION OF BEI-4 - T-ItOOT IN GARDENS, FOR SUGAR OR SYRUP. The seed of white beet-root should be placed in boles, about half an inch deep, distant from each other sive-n inches : for regularity in placing the seed, a line should be stretched, as in photting out young cabbages, the roes or course to be kept sixteen inches apart, the earth should he heaped conically over each seed, so that the rain may run freely off: w. hen the leaves of the root appear two inches above the ground, the earth should again b, heaped round them with a hoe, and this operation of hoeing will be r,- quired as frequently as the root rises ah;:)ve ground. When the roots arrive at maturity in October, they should be dux; up, acid the leaves cut close off, taking care not to injure the rind, the roots must be then heaped in a dry place, with whatever dirt may a , here to them, this dirt having become dry, is easily removed with a hard brush ; the roots having been so cleansed, should be macerated, either in an apple press or by manual labour, and the juice strained from them caught, adding to nine pints of the juice one pint of lime water, the whole to be boiled down to a syrup, which, if intended to be kept, should be run into bottles and the air excluded, or it may be immediately used to preserve fruit, or other domestic purposes. One gallon of this syrup, added to three bushels of bruised barley or oats, the mixture to be afterwards treated as malt, will make excellent beer. An acre of beet win! yield 150 gallons of syrup, about the consistency of ordinary treacle and water trix_e in cqu. - 1 parts. After the syrup has been pressed from the roots, the pulp should be boiled in salt and water, (a pound of salt and four pints of water) and being rut into bags, should be preJ-7sed into cakes smi lox to oil cake ; the beet root cakes so pressed, will keep twelve months, and are excellent food for cattle. The leaves cut from the roots may either be left upon the ground to be dug in, or they may be collected in a heap to rot for m: here. FRENCH BANKS. An account has recently been published of the ope rations and circulation of those French Barbs or branches which enjoy the privilege of issuing notes payable at sight, and to bearer, for the year 1338. This document is of some interest, as affording the means of comparison with the Bank paper of a similar description issued by the Provincial Banks, the Bank of England, and its branches in this country. Thus, the average circulation of the Bank of France is stated at 210,000,000 f., and of its four branches at Rheims, St. Etienne, St. Quentin, and Mont pelier, 1,932,0001., which together may be taken as the total mean circulation of Bank of France paper. The Bank of Bordeaux, one of those privileged by charter, has an average circulation of 12,755,0001., the Bank of Lyons 8,288,0001., the Bank of Marseilles 5.873,5001., the Bank of Rouen 5,483,1100 f., and the three smaller Banks of Havre, Nantes, and Lille from 785,001. to 2.443,0001. each. The whole amount of the bank-note circulation of France, of the sort corresponding to that of this country, is therefore 118,968,000 f., or something less than 10,000,0001. It must be understood, however, that this account does not extend to the paper issues of the Li.ffitte and ether joint-stock banks, which aro not empowered to issue notes payable on demand and to bearer, although, as has been noticed on various occasions, they have contrived to evade the letter of the law by creating a considerable paper circulation, which in all essential points is the same, the mere difference being that the paper so issued professes to be drawn like bills of ex change at three or more days' sight, although really circu lating and meant to remain in circulation, notwithstanding the date at which payable, like other bank -note paper payable on demand. For an exact appreciation of the total paper money circulating in France, therefore, it would be requisite to take into account the amounts formerly given of the joint-stock issues. The average discounts of the Bank of France are given at 801,000,000 francs, and of its four branches at about 83,000,0001. The average discounts of the Bank of Bor deaux are stated at 126..722,0001., and those of the six other banks at about 225,000,0001. The average dis counts of the whole are stated at 1.235,777,000 f. The average amount of the assets, or porteferiille, for the same term, are thus noted :—For the Bank of France, 117,000,0001. ; for its four branches, amounts varying from about 2,500,0001. to 4,500,0001. ; for the Bank of Bordeaux, 8,440,0001.; and for the five other banks, accounts ranging respectively from about 2,500,0001. to 7,300,0001. The total average of all the banks amounts, as stated, to 163,323,000 f. assn',, against nearly 249,000,0001. of note circulation.—Times. MARTYRS OF TILE PRESS.-011 the lStil of September, 1797, the French Directory issued the follow. ing proclamation :—" Orders are hereby given to the executors of the mandates of justice to arrest and conduct to the prison of La Force the editors and printers of (here the papers are named, twenty-nine in number) all guilty of having conspired against the internal and external repose of the Republic.' All the Presidents of the National Convention were, with one or two exceptions, Journalists. Of the sixty-three who attained that honour eighteen were guillotined, three committed suicide, eight were transported, six imprisoned for life, four became mad, and died at Bicetre, twenty-two were declared out laws, and there were only two who escaped without a cas tigation of some kind. If we extend this synoptical tableau to the entire press, we shall find its proportions pretty exact. There perished from 1789 till 1797 at least one half of the political writers of Paris.—Monthly Chronicle. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTHAMPTON RAIL WAY. —On Sunday morning, about half-past six o'clock, the Tartar engine started from Walton with water, to bring up to Vauxhall, but had scarcely started before a serious accident happened to one of the firemen, a fine youth, about 18 years of age, named Jacob Langford, who was in the act of getting down to throw some coke on the fire, when hie right foot slipped between the plate and the tender, crushing it in a shocking manner. No time was lost in-cozveying him td London by the sante engine; but, on arriving near the terminus at Vauxhall, another acci dent occurred, which was nearly proving fatal to several persons. The Tartar, which had hitherto been travelling at full speed, slackened, but had scarcely done so before another engine was heard coming at ful speed in en oppo site direction: The whistle eras instantly sounded, but - the next motheet (owing to its being foggy) the two engines came in collision with a dreadful crash, by which the poor lad was knocked off the fender on to the foot place, but o ndate the f most miraculously eaciped, as did the wh o l e o f th e men o f both engines, without any further injury;butt t. e amputateh Thomas's fenders both the Tartar and the Orion were lit er ally smas h e d to pieces. whereeps.aLattgro it was foundrditasuitima necessary telyeonveyed to to St. first and second tore. Olelei WOiel:ee'le.—.4 singular advertisement ap pears in the York Courant, from which it would appear that some.females have commenced What they call " Odd Wornens' Lodges." As a Platter of dolirSe a very pretty Ina:74ll'as grown imp ariongst them, and (so far as print l a c e s e s u t e h e a s n t h 6 e ol. other goes) they are pulling one another's Cape famously. The lodges, it seems, city, a and or downright rob h h et l y e t g o lii t i l t i d a n m d o ij u li n e t o ri f ar n t o Y gotAlooGseOiOnDtheLcEaAeaFl,r—y Par i r i a e ck day tard la i st in w i e b e is k amused himself by leaping over a caet-liorse, one of a team which were standing across the road. —Canteibery Paper. We understand one of the large Milloi'vners in the neiireliboui.liorect hei gien notice to his workmen of his intention to go upon short time, if not to stop his works entirely until more favourable. circumstances arise, Glasgow ChrOniel. - 14, E*ANni - I, VEfi. IG, AND CAIRO,, VEii. 10.-eeThe return of Mehemet Ali from Sennaar is indefi. nitC l Y Postponed; at all eeents, he is to. remain there during Egyptian arms have triumphed in Arabia; Kursschid the rainy season, Which begins iii May. The Paella has taken Derraich; the capital of ; the Redachid, LAMENTABLE-eriei Ze s itu ti lt i q p . WRECK .—We regret to tied sent th e P r ince,,,- with his Whole family; pi•isnneri to 0,1 -ro. -: lear n t h at on„ Thiersday night last an kngliSti brig went on Arlie on the rrench coast, about tWo miles to the eastward of C alais, and went to pieces, when all on board were unfortunately drowned. —Dover Chronicle. Doutitl etistitig ds to whether do.Enalisli Mas ter In Chancery can sit in Parliament, Mr Duckworth finally r, ll the Lord Advccste, retires from Leicester. Its former representative, Mr. Wynn with every prospect or success, as all classes of Reformers Ellis, will be the Petveandidate en the Liberal side support him. Member, „ —"ring is spoken of as likely to be a can gin, Mr. W can didate it , l* Leith, in the (anticipated) event of its present INT EMPERANCE. - At liei' a g n 'wrest held last week, in St. Pancras, before Mr. Wakley, on the body of a widow, aged 75, ra i iTed to rite Bench. who accelerated her death by drinking GlY'e Ileepital, Y wh o drank . a • quart of gin per day for five weeks befor e her death, and when she was opened there Ale said he knew an old woman, who died in was not a sound vessel in her body, wed her stomach was c d o r n a s w id n e u ri p ng t o a less size than a common tumbler. . the river t THE WEATHER.—During a few days prior to sad at the commencement of het week, we have been visited with weather of almost u nprecedented severity, may have Irwelllii vi.se.aassopnirotfiatiblye frozen overon Satunidivaynvsmoßrraiiiiniza, and nearly all the ponds in the neighbourhood of the town were sufficiently frozen to bear skaters, neither of which is a common occurrence near the middle of March. What we have e rot been able to learn. Dr. Dalton's thermo meter, by the iichn—igeln.e:heeeirieliact temperature in exposed situations, in Falkner- street, marked 26 degrees at eight in the morning ; but in that situation it would ee greatly affeeted must have been considera b b u ly lld lo in weCl — " l d lia h LL ' t l er te aa e r l l t a ti n e . i THE MURDER AT TEWIN. The unfortunate young man, Taylor, who was exe cuted at Hertford, on Wednesday, made the following con fession on the night before his execution : " On the morning of the 26th of October, 1837, between ten and eleven o'clock, I met Fletcher in the market place, Hertford, who asked me if I would go.up to Trennery's beer-shop and have some beer? I said I would. On our arrival there I saw Sams and Roach. Fletcher the t said that they all, viz., himself, Roach, and Sams were going to a fair about 12 miles off, and asked me if I would accompany them. I said I would. We staid there drinking till be tween two and three o'cleek—Fletcher then says, It is too late now to go the fair, let us take a walk somewhere else.' ,Upon this we all went out and went to the Cold Bath public-house. We went into the Cold Bath, and had a pint of beer. Found Bennett there. Roach asked Bennett if he would toss fur a pint of ale ? He said No; I would sooner give you a pint ' Roach asked him if it was pension day—he said Yes.' After this we all four left the house, and walked towards Mr. Francis's nursery-ground. We all joined company in the nursery round. Sams then proposed that we should rob Bennett, To this we all agreed. We determined to rob him in Mr. Thornton's word. Sims went on first, to see if any one was coming. We all followed till we reached the wood where we found Sams waiting for us We waited there till Bennett arrived. We let hen pass bv—he was accompanied by the boy Watson. After he had proceeded a few pules, ne all but S:TrI3 follonacl him. R oac h , ne Fletcher were the first to overtake hire. %Viten I came up they were knocking,- him about. He said Retch, I know you.' I then began to beet him that he mini;: leave go of Ro ;ch, of whom he had hold. We then knocked him down, and I held hi , hands whilst the other two emptied his pockets. He (Bennett) pulled Reach down; Roach got up again aid kicked him. As we were leaving him he attempted to rise, whan I kicked him, bur, I don't know in what part, whether his head or body. We then left him, leapt over the hedge, and ran through the wood, across the fields towards Hertford. Roach and Fhteher sdcl they had taken 3/. 18s. 6d. from him. I asked them if they had taken his watch—they said ' No ' Roach then gave me a sovereign, and said it was more than came to my share. When we came to the corner of the wood, we found Sams waiting for us. Roach and Fletcher then went into the wood to fetch, their clothes (which they had taken off before they went in pursuit of Bennett). I then ha,tened off by myself to Hertford. I changed the sovereign at Wickham's beer-shop, and went on to Hod deaden. I slept at Hoddesdon in Mrs. Byott's barn. The next morning I had some breakfast, and then went to work at the gravel-pits. On Thursday night I met Banks; he called me out from Byott's tap-room, and said he wished to speak with me. He asked me whether I had anything to do with that job at Ilettford? I told him that I had. He said a policeman was in Hoddesdon with a warrrant to take me, and says,— ' You had better go away—if you don't, they will hang you if they take you.' We then bad a pint of beer to gether, and I absconded. He asked me where I meant to go to, and I said I thought I should go to Lincolnshire. I went to the town of Huntingdon, and met a recruiting sergeant about two miles from thence. He asked me if I would enlist ? I said I did not know. He overtook me on the road and again urged me to enlist, which I did. I staid there (at Iluetingdon) from Monday till Saturday, and then went to Stamford—staid there a weak end went to Coventry. Staid there three weeks and went on to Liverpool. Staid there one night and embarked for Ire land. Remained there six or seven months. From thence I came to Devonport, with the depot of the Regiment, where I was apprehended by Duncan, the policeman. He brought me by coach to Hertford. By the way he told me that Sams was in gaol. I asked him what Sams? He said I knew—' he that comes from Tewin.' He lodged me in the station-house." ( Signed ) THOMAS TAYLOR X his mark. / JOHN MONK. " " IC " - JAMES WALLACE his mark. • • This deposition was taken by n:e, on the - voluntary con fession of the prisoner, Taylor, in the presence of the above-mentioned witnesses, in Taylor's cell. Hertford Gaol. H. DEMAIN. ROYAL MUSTACHIOS.—MUNICH, FEB, 17. In August last, the King of Bavaria issued an Ordinance prohibiting all individuals not belonging to the military ser vice from wearing mustachios, and enjoining the authorities to apprehend all such as should sport the forbidden ornament. The decree was obeyed with extraordinary submission—mus tachios dropped from every unwarlike lip, and not one instance of rebellion was recorded. Lest weck, however, a party of gendarmes met on a road so.ne carriages filled with tra vAlers, one of whom wore huge mustachios of a greyish hue. He was required to exhibit his passport, which proved en reyle ; but as the bearer of it was Count d'Au, he was asked whether he was in the military service. On his replying in the negative, the gendarmes declared him their prisoner, and ordered him to follow them, adding, that as soon as lie should be shaved at his own expence, he should recover his freedom. The Count's travelling com panion protested against such severity, hinting that his captors might have cause to repent. The gendarmes were inexorable, they insisted upon having the mustachios, or evidence of the wearer being a warrior, and were about to drag him to the nearest barber's, when, to their great awe, the annoyed traveller avowed himself to be only the Gene ral Primo of the Blvarian army, Lewis Charles Augusta:, King of Bavaria, who was journeying to Italy, under the into;,. of C tun d'Au. At an early hour on Saturday morning, as Messrs. Hillier and May's wagon, loaded with bay and corn, was being driven by their wagoner between Thatcham turnpike gate and the Rising Sun, Woolhampton, on the Bath road, the poor man was violently assaulted and robbed by a party of tramping Irishmen. The wagon was seen approaching the Rising Sun without the driver, who was discovered in a senseless state in the basket behind. It was ascertained that he had been robbed of 133., his whip and hat, and thrown into the basket. —Bath Paper. I MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.—PARIS, Mama 3.—lf we believe what is rumoured at the Tuile ries, the elections and Belgian question are not the only sources of uneasiness at the Pavillon de Fiore. A new fear has just arisen on the occasion of a dinner given in London by Count d'Orsay to Prince Louis Napoleon Buonaparte. The banquet, which brought together very heterogeneous guests, has much alarmed• Count Mole, and it would appear that the report forwarded from London by Count Sebastiani has been a subject of grave considera tion. The chances and interests of the Strasburg pri soner, to whom our Ministers have so awkwardly given the importance of a Pretender, were discussed with a freedom quite English ; the toasts conveyed abundant meaning, although the guests were far from representing the same political opinions, since Lord Durham sat by the side of the bard of Eloa, and one of the foremost Tories by the Radical novelist, Bulwer. The most piquant circum stance is, that the dinner was the result of a bet made at Lady Blessing ton's. The conversation dwelt in her Ladyship's drawing-room upon the perpetual panic of the Tuileries Cabinet, when Count d'Orsay offered the Mar quis of S a bet of a hundred guineas that a mere dinner which he should give to a few friends would become the object of a diplomatic note. He was right. Lord Palmerston, who had been a witness to the wager, declared some days after to Count d'Orsay that he had won the hundred guineas. A PARTICULAR DIRECTION.—A letter was received last week at the Gmeral Post-office, from Ireland, on which the following address is written —" Mrs. Leary Dukes Court No. 9 London to be forwa-ded to Catherine Herrington Jerrys daughter in clad. BAIL CASES.—In the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Wednesday, a new point was raised in an applica tion for ball: Mr. Commissioner Law decided that a judg ment creditor could appear and appose the sureties. In fact, he said all creditors who heard of the Matter could appear. In another case the Court held that it was necessary that sureties should justify in the amount of the judgment debts as well as the detainers. It has been the practice to require bail in only double the artiottrit of the detainers, but he ( CommitsiOner Law) would go furthq, . . Mr. Charles Kemble is on the Continent with Iris daughter. The lease of his house is expieed, and his tiend George Itobins Will officiate for him by selling his moveables on Friday, in Park-plaiie. The long-pending dispute between the Duke of Beaufort and Mr. Horlock, relative to the Badminton Hunt, has been ainicably adjusted, 20oLoGICAL GARDENS.—The interest of the establishment at the Regent's Park is ' now considerably increased from the probability of a broad froth the female giraffe, which is expected to take place next month. So little are naturalists acquainted with the history of this animal that the period of their gestation is unknown. The two males and the female are in remarkably fine condition, and ag this is the third %tinter that they have been in the Society's possession, it speaks Well for their judicious ma nagement in the same room with these is tiM female ouran outang, and the chimpanzee, which from its great resemblance to the human form is an object of great attrac tion: It displays all the sagacity of the former individual of thi3 t)ebieg that visas in the colketion, and is at present in very good and healthy condition. The vtihole of the animals have been in good condition throughout the winter, with the exception of the carnivore, of which within the past Month there have been lost avaluable tiger aid tigreta M YST? ildnitlßLE AL( ,NRYOUS MURDEff.- On Friday last, Edward Hardy, steward or girimitetper I to that excellent and popular country gentleman, Mr. Alcoeke of Wilton, departed from his house at Kilgibbin, for the feiteof Eneiscorthy, which town lie left about eight o'clock in the evening, f or th e ptiipoie ihtiiriiing to that house he was never more destiaed to behold. On the fol lowing morning, about six o'clock, Ralph Townsend, stew ard to Itite Oethirnts, whilst proceeding to his wo r k, dis covered the remains °t i th e unfortunate roan besmeared with blood, in a pool of water, by the road-side contiguous to his own house, On examination of the body it was found that the vital spark had coffipletely flown, the scalp was torn from the head, a hole which penetrated to the brain appeared over the temporal artery, and the eyes and nose were much swollen and discoloured, as if he had received a violent blow of some heavy weapon thereon; deceased's hat, with a shilling on the tn.° en of it, and a large walking stick having knots, one of which was much battered and bloody, lay at some distance fi om the body. These facts having been communicated to Mr. Hawk shaw, our active and intelligent county Coroner, that gentleman proceeded without delay to the scene of this deplorable catastrophe, to hold an inquest. Three persons have been arrested on suspicion, in consequence of its having been known in the neigh bourhood that some misunderstanding existed be tween said persons and deceased. The authorities, the most active of whom is the Hon. Captain flay, aided by the inhabitants of the district, are using the most strenuous exertions to find out and bring the murderers to justice. The Wexford Independent, from which the above is taken, contains a long account of the evidence at the inquest. A. man named Furlong, and two persons named Kelly, were arrested on suspicion. The jury, on Monday evening, re turned the following verdict o—" We find that Edwar 1 Hanly was wilfully murdered by some person or persons at present unknown." A large reward is in progress. Mr. Alcock has put down hi; name for 1001. TURNPIKES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—My object in addressing you is, to draw the attention of the public to the arbitrary powers delegated to Turnpike Trustees, with a view to an amendment of the Turnpike law. The powers to which I more especially refer, are the powers. of erecting additional toll gates, of making diversions, and of stopping up the old roads. The power vested in Trustees of erecting toll-gates, and advancing or reducing the tolls, gives them a most despotic power of taxation. I know a recent instance in which the tolls of a turnpike, besides keeping the road in repair, and paying all other outgoings, produced a surplus revntue of between 2,000/. and 3,0001. a y-•-ar, the Trustees of which erected en additional toil-gate so as to catch the inhabi tants of a particular township on their way to rnark. , t ; - whereki the) ;aA a tax of about fifty pounds a year on i that township, n opposition to strong remonstrances, and at a time when their duty to the public loudly demanded a reduction of the toils on the whole line of road included in their trust. What their reason for this proceeding was is not for me to say. I dm sure it we: not to pay off the debts of the trust, for those the Trustees are more inclined to increase than diminish. Possibly it. might be to make p irtial and extravagant diver,ions of the road, to the serious detrine nt of other men's interests ; or pc,haps the Tru.,tees had a mind to tax the inhabitants of that viiticular township. How this nii ; _;ht be I cannot tell, but that the inhabitants of that to ..nship were tax,ll by a most unjust and tyrannical exercise of power is cer:ain. The p:wer which Turnpike Trustees poss , ss of d ivert tug the road is also liab:c to great atiuse. It is not au iltl• common occurrence for Trustees to divert roads, after persons depending on the traffic,.have erected buildings and established shops on the road, in which case the diversion ruins the tr.Ad of all of them, and frequently reduces their bnildings to one-half their for mer value, and sometimes leas. And that is not all, for the old road from which the traffic is diverted may be stopped up and sold, and that which was an accom modaiion may be converted into a nuisance. This is enough to show that a check upon these powers ought to exist somewhere. In the case of high ways no stoppage can take place without a Magistrate's order, against which parties aggrieved have a right to appeal, and soma controulling power ought to be con stituted, to which parties aggrieved by Turnpike Trus tees can appeal. Not that I think the Highway Law is perfect.' I do not.. I would have the interposition of a Jury in all these cases which the Highway Law does not afford, but still it is infinitely superior to the Turnpike Law, whereby most things are referred to the discretion of the Trttstees,which unfortunately often leads to very improper results. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. OBSERVER. TPEASURY MINUTE RELATIVE TO THE REBUILDING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. The following has been received by the City Remem brancer " Treasury Chambers, March 9. " Sir e —l have laid before the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury your letter of the sth instant, and the accompanying resolution of the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trusts Committee, which they passed after they had taken into their consideration the resolution of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on Metro polis Improvements, of the 26th ult., and the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer thereunto annexed; and I have received their Lordships' commands to return to you the plan and estimate of the site and approaches to the pro posed Royal Exchange, with their Lordships' approval thereof, signed in conformity with the provisions of the Act Ist and 2d Victoria, cap. 100; and, at the same time to transmit to you, for the information of the Committee and of the Corporation, a copy of their Lordships' minute of this day on the subject. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " The City Remembrencer. " F. T. BARING." " My Lords tender the resolutions of the Joint or Grand Committee for Gresham affairs, agreed to on the Ist of March, 1839, and laid before the Board by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. My Lords send also the resolutions unanimously agreed to by the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trusts Committee bearing the same date." " The Chancellor of the Exchequer informs the Board that he attended the Select Committee of the House of Commons for Metropolitan Improvements, which took into its consideration the correspondence between this Board, the Royal Exchange Committee, and other persons, on the subject of rebuilding the Royal Exchange. The Chancel lor of the Exchequer states that he had explained to the Select Committee that in the exercise of the power entrusted to them in respect to the plans of the site and approaches of the Royal Exchange, my Lords had felt it to be their imperative duty to look to the intention of the Select Committee of the last Session, as expressed in their first Report, and from which it appeared to my Lords that the plats and estimates for the future building, as well as the plans and estimates for the site and approaches, should re ceive the sanction of this Board before any part of this work was undertaken. He also stated to the Committee that this construction of the Report was rejected by the City authorities, who informed my Lords That the Select Committee of 1838, confirmed their recommendation to the enlargement of the site and the improvement of the avenues, and that there was nothing in such report which can bo construed to imply that the sanction of the Treasury should be given to the plena and estimates for rebuilding the Royal Exchange.' My Lords had felt it their duty to lay the whole correspondence before Parliament, in order that the opinion of the Select Committee should be taken in respect to the future progress of these works. " The Chancellor of the Exchequer also informs the Board, that he read to the Select Committee the several letters from the Right Hon. Sir J. C. Herries, and Sir R. H. Inglis, and Sir B. Hall, expressing their opinion that it had been the intention of the Committee of 1838, that the plans and estimates of the new buildings %hould be submitted to the Treasury for sanction and approval. " The Chancellor of the Exchequer also submitted to the Board the following resolution, unanimously adopted by the Select Committee of the Huuse,of Commons, Feb. 26, 1839: "' Resolved—' That it is the opinion of this Committee that as, in addition to the funds provided by the Gresham Committee for the erection of the building itself of the Royal Exchange, the completion of the works thereof, and of the approaches thereto, involves a large expenditure of public money, the plans and estimates of the said building, and of the approaches thereto, as prepared by the Trustees and the Corporation, ought so to be submitted and approved by the Lords of the Treasury, before any of the said works shall be undertaken.' " He further states, that by the desire of the Commit tee he had informed Mr. Jones, the Chairman of the Com mittee for City improvements, that the opinion expressed in the letter from the City Remembrancer to the Treasurer, with respect to the First Report of the Select Committee, had been founded on misapprehension. He has also added, that it was the desire of the Treasury so to execute their functions as not to produce any excess of expenditure be yond the sum of 150,0001., which the Gresham Trustees had agreed to lay out, and that no power was claimed to compel the Corporation or Gresham Trustees to adopt any plan which they had not previously approved. " ' My Lords refer to the former Minutes on this subject (27th November, 1838). My Lords stated it to be their desire to exercise the discretionary functions created by the Acts Ist and 3d Victoria, c. 100, according to the intention of the Select Committee, upon whose Report than Act was founded. " ' My Lords also expressed their conviction, that it was the intention of that Committee, that the plans' and estimates of the intended buildings should be previously approveil and sanctioned by my Lords. " their Minutes of the 20th December, 1638, my Lords proposed that the plans of site and approaches should be approved of forthwith, provided the further question re!ipeting the plans and estimates of the new buildings was reserved for the consideration of the House of Com- mons. " In their Minutes of the 29th January, my Lords gave directions that the papers should be laid before Polliament, and expressed their determination to abide by the decision which should be pronounced. " My Lads have now before them in this resolution. unanimously adopted by the Select Committee, that Par liamentary decision by which they have stated their det,r mination to be directed. The Committee have expressed their opinion that the plans and estimates of the building ought to be submitted to and approved of by the Treasury ; and as this resolution has been adopted and acquiesced in by the two City Committees, my Lords arc much gratified in being able to give their sanction to the plans and esti mates of the site and of the approaches. My Lords entirely concur in the explanation given by the Chancellor of the Exche, - per in respect to the made In which these functions, under the let and 2d Vic toria, c. 100, are tt/ be tierfotiened, that explanation, it; fact, stating the principles upon Whieh it hes ever been their determination to act. "' My Lords feel assured that all the partie4 stitea are concerned itt the rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, rnfl p:rform their rcgpeetite duties bi such a spirit of c >rifidenee as may promote the success of a work in which the trade of London and the inhabitants of the metropolis are so much interested.' " We perceive 'by the. Manchester papers received in town this morning, measures have beet taken by the spinners and manufacturers in some parts of Lancashifc for breaking up the Liverpool cotton monopoly, the reason assigned for this proceeding being exactly that which might be ex • peeled from the class of persons in question, namely, " that they derive no benefit from it." A general meeting of the spinners and manufacturers of Staley bridge and the neigh bourhood was, it appears, held Lest Wednesday, when it was resaved that the respective firms composing "the asso ciation" should, on the followieg Monday (this day) corn mem c working three days a week only, the pro hibition to continue for the space of six months, unless a change of circumstances should arise. It was understood that a similar step would be taken by all the spinners at Ashton un'ler -Line, so that, because the masters can get nothing out of the monopoly among the holders of the raw material, the poor workmen and their families are, all on a sudden, to be stripped of half their weekly wages for six months out of the twelve. We consider the combination of cotton speculators and bankers a most in tolerable evil, and shall be very g lad to learn that it has been put an end to ; but if such a result is to be brou,, , rht about only by the wholesale ruin of the operatives, we shall be inclined to consider the remedy worse than the disease. —Morning Post. TuE MARCH. —At a shop N 0 .9, Queen - street, Seven Dial',a large canvas blind is exhibited, on w hi ch is " One koZfpcney ! :,er pound is give beer for any thirty o ld rags. —N.B. f o iltors shop boards cle a red at 2d. per pound. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) The Barham, 50, Captain Corry, arrived this afternoon from the Mediterranean, having sailed from Malta on the 27th of January, Gibraltar on the 28th of February, and Lisbon on the 10th iust. ; from the latter place she sailed in company with the Scylla, Hen. Commander Denman, with which she parted company on the evening of the llth, the Scylla being ordered to Plymouth, in consequence of her defective state—in such a state, in fact, as to render her being convoyed home by the Barham a matter of due precaution. Her officers and crew are to be turned over to the Childers. The day previous to the Bai-hato leaving Gibraltar, the Wasp, 16, Hon. Commander Pelham, had sailed with Prince George of Camb;idge to Maisga; the Harlequin was daily exp, cted at Gibraltar ifrom M lea on her way to the coast of Africa, whither the Wolverine had preceded her. The Doceg3!, p}l7ll', and wcrr at Lii.bou. "lee ;o•• the M,Oitetra,eati to ',Tilt:v. ti.e . I . 4inet, a hien .. shortly to return to England. having gone on shore off Teniclos. The Barham is to proceed to the eastward to be paid off. Site In.S brought home 50 Inviiitds from the squadron, aid ,ur. Dyer, late Secretary to Sir J. Ommanney. P ne erfun 84, - Capt. C. Napier , C. 13., arrived fi ern Sheerness on Thursday ; she is yet 200 short of ber complement of Ince. The Zenra, 16, C,,inniander Si.,pford, sailed on Thurs day for the idertie..raneau, but retuned to the anchorage at St. [Hens last night. The Curlew, 10, was corrnmssioned on Thursday by bLut. George Rose. to Snipe, cutter, was coinimssionea on Tuesday, by LLut. 13altiock, for the Home Station. The Implacable, 74, Capt. Harvey, as soon as her crew is etimple:td mil quit Plymouth tee join :11 - John Out maiiey s squddr , ,n in the 1 a6us the Virtue, 18, Coca,,,,,,ier Crozier, left Trincomalee for England 01l tu,yin December. Capt. Kingeembet prormted at the coronation, is passenger in her. Tile W•ableier, 16, arrived at Jamaica from klavannab on toe 21st of January ; the Favourite, 18, left Amher st fur Rangoon on Ob. 22d November. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, one of the L ords the Admiralty, and Vice-Admiral Sir T. Har v ey , :are both spokeu of as likely to succeed to the West India commend. The later is the more likely officer. APPOlNTMENTS.—Coinalawier—John Keenan (18E2) 10 the out-pension Greenwich Hospi al, vice Williams, tie ceased. Lieutenants—T. Baldoek, to the Snipe ;W. F. Gteuviile, from the Dido to the Princess Charlotte • . 1 ° - seph Taylor (1815) to Coast Guard, vice Watson. Charlotte; L. Mackenzie, to the Excellent; R. W:llcox, to the Britannia. Masters—J. Waddington, Second Master, tc the Snipe; C. Nuddall, Master's Assistant, to the Victorp Naval Instructor—W. Kerr, to the Powerful. The following gentlemen passed their examination for Lieutenants at the College on Monday last :—Messrs. F. Hope, J. N. Norman (Rodney), D. Miller (Ex cel ' lent), 13. S. L. Crofton, Fitzjames M•Gregor, William N. Elastic, William D. Cerroli (SaLmander), F. P. Coulls (Britannia). Mr. John Allan, one of the foremen of this dockyard, has been appointed Master Shipwright at Bombay, a t a salary of 7001. per annum. LAUNCH OF run INDUS.—This noble ship, intended to mount 78 guns, was launched this morning. The crowd of persons to witness the sight, censidering the 'time Of the year, and the appearance of the wttather, was enor mous; for a full hour the rush of persons into the Docit gates was incessant, and, as usual, every accommodat ion was afforded, by the erection of seats, &c., to render the view available to as many as as possible. No accident oc curred to any individual, but in warping the ship into th e basin a hawser snapped, and her bows came in contact with the muting sheers on the jetty, and a small part of her figure-head was carried away ; she was, howeve r, safely docked. A soon as coppered she will, we regret to say, be placed in ordinary, for which she is fitted. But what else could be expected ; she is of Sir Robert Seppings' construction, and Sir Robert is not the Sur veyor of the Navy. The powers that be have other mat ters in hand, and want no such fearful competitors as the Indus would prove to be against their own pets and pro' ductions. This ship has been about sixteen years on the, stocks; she is teak built, and her general model i s that of the Christian the Seventh. She has a noble bow, an d would stem a head sea, or ride at anchor in a heavy swell with great ease. Her dimensions are— ft. in. Length on the lower deck lBB 6 Length of keel Breadth extreme 5l 2 Depth in hold .. 49 8 Tonnage, according to the ,old law 2,095 Ditto, according to the nets - law 2,097 We should not omit to mention that the Marine baud and Sir Philip Durham's band were stationed round the slip, and played several :appropriate tunas. THE MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS heat. ! Barley. Oats. pi, I se Per Quarter. js. to 4. 4. s. s. to s. 5. to I. Blandford —,..1 68 76 33 38 22 16 40 44 1rigg—,.......--.1 f 6 74 24 26 i 24 30 42 41 Cambridge—l 75 34 Chard .....—.......... 64 76 34 38 20 :32 40 42 Huntingdon—l 56 7 , 1 34 38 24 29 38 42 Long Sutton.,.! 58 78 —, 16 20 30 34 Louth ~...............1 58 78 26 32 • ::0 '34 35 42 ynn..................... 56 77 22 31 16 2 , 3 30 32 Newark ............ 62 82 24 SI 119 28 31 43 Nottingham .... 64 79 28 31 19 28 35. 42 Peterborough 59 82 35 42 22 29 31 43 Plymouth ........ 58 SO 30 34 1 20 23 Pontefract.,..,., 77 43 27 43 Sleaford -I 65 80 36 36 ,22 28 41 43 [Jppingliam ..., 63 84 24 ; 30 Ili . 28 32 44 Wisbech —1 63 82 --.,. —l 20 .30 nt? WAKEFIELD C:011.N MARKET —March- 14 Wheat, fled, NorfolL and Sufliqk ...... —B. 645. to 7 13 tine 73F.. ---___. Lin. and 4..lzin: Yorkshire. , -- White -. —s. ?Os. to 741.. fine 7 7 '. --- Foreign, fled —s. —s. to 61%.. fine Nii. White —s. -L.s. to --s- nne 74t Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk --- Lincohishire -- Yorkshire Wald Foreign Beans, Small B, to 465. line 49‘.. --- Tick Oats, Potato —s. to 30s. fine 34" -.- Poland —s. --s. to 30s. fine f4s. -- Vriezland and Small —s. —s. to % - !fis. fine :Bs. -- ita , ating 'llGilin, , l ... Nlatt . ....s. 41s, fine 48s. per L oae• lapeqced .. Stow. 3$ 4$ 4/ _-__ .• - 3 4 S 2 SO - - - - ~. .... DEVIZES COR N MA RKET.—Mareh 14.. a. Per Sack. - ~ s d. s. d Per Quarter. s. J. 1, -, s.lrAtnc.a.c 33 4to 4' 0 Barley B4 • t . 4s • Secona e1'a.....:35 0 - :16 0 Oats 2O I 27 0 Third $2 0 - 33 0 Beans (per sack)... 17 0 • 517 Seeks of Wheat said j 35 8 Flour (pm . bag) bi 0 111 0 at the average of Bread (per ga11.)... I I """ LEEDS CORN MARKET.- Marsh 12 Wheat, Norfolk and Sutlblk, 601 b. ---. cork . and Lincoln. 601 h. - % Barley, Norfolk and Sutlblk - 4 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire . 375. to 4bt. g Grinding - ... Beans Oats, Potatoe 24s. to 275• —llealing, For. --d. to--d Eng. 14d. to 16d. per s 384 to 311 s. per Shelling ~.. Rapeseed, English, 306. to 321 ... Foreign, 30t to al. Peg '-- L,VERPOOL CORN MARKET.—March 12. Ott WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. lls. Oct ro 1 25 - 4 Red --- Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White lO 0 10 3 --- Red Fotei,ln ... l' OATS, Engliiih, Welsn;and Scotch, per 451 b 4 0 4' . 3 --- Irish ..... 2 9 4 ..• Foreign 0 0 o 2 13eaLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 43 0 47 0 v -- Scotch and Irish, per 601 1 s Feeding 5 3 5 ,q, BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 5O 0 54 u Irish, &c Foreign 4B 0 5 58 2 g PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter ....... .......... Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 66 0 71 0 -- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 240ibs 32 6 34 0 0 INPIAN CORN, per 4401 b. ..„, 44 0 48 Rye, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter II 71 0 CORN AND COALS.—There exists a more close connexion between these two commodities than is apt tO strike every. observer at first sight, and we perceive that circumstances may he manufactured or may, be found wherein the points of connexion may be brought still closer• It is admitted on all hands that corn is the first article °f necessity for the sustaining of the life of man ; but oft c . r t the corn is reared up and gathered in and thrashed out, can neither be converted into bread nor gruel, pudding it pancake—it can neither be prepared for the food of mg¢7 t . parching, or baking, or boiling, without the application I fire, arid every person knows that to make fire without W is All absolute impossibility. Both corn and - coals are di:, spontaneous pronuctions of the earth. The surface of I. e , ground indeed must be broken up in the one case , and tun. bowels of the earth prnetrated in the other—but bc oi g Nature is the grand manufacturer of both commodities.' Berwick Advertiser. Throughout Germany the most ge nerallY' l9- mented evils are the restrictions on the Press, the inipe!'" mews to locomotion by the passport system, the e xces s ', e spirit of interference on the part of the police, and the clic; tation of the Dietto the smaller States through the int:Leon e of the greater ones. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Corn the Landon (Seven Doors from Gracechurch - street) , infortog 1; Public that he has fitted up THREE SHOW ROOM S : o f pressly for the display of a -large assortment of super at gIiNER-EDGED PLATED GOODS. He offers thcal those law but fixed prices, which have been so succes slu g drawing p ublic attention to the WATCH, JEWELLFA'bi, SILVER SPOON and FORK, and several branches o f ~e trade. N.B. A pamphlet , containing a Detailed List 0 Prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c-, had gratis, or will 40 forwarded in answer te a po3t -1- application. R , »71-Is. On the 17th inst., in Harley street, the Lady of Dr. Go r g e S. Lilburn, of a inst., daughter. ~ .$, On the 14th at East Dean, near Ea s tbourne , ou—.,e Mrs. llichard Serase, of a aughter. Walter On the 16th inst., at Coleman-street, the lady of N.- Hughes, Esq., of a daughter. 0 f On the 16th inst., in Parliament -street, Mrs. Bur elth a son. ____------- MARRIED. On the 16th inst., by special licensc, in Cumberland:llloT the Hon. Edward Butler, Lieutenant in her Majesty' s Lora Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, and son of the Right Hon. ' Dunboyne, to Emma Jane, o n ly c hild of Arthur Bail e y' of Cumberland-place, Regent's-park. H u O m n yh th r e ey Bt s h t. in j s o t h . u , South a rt On the 16th of March, in Tichbornc-stre William St ex et, _ Esq., aged at Nice, of France, 31'1' Oa the 10th of March, at Lauricston Castle. near Edinburgh' Patrick Stirling, Esq., of Blackp - ,range, N. 8., aae d 25 ' ° I On the 16th inst., P. Rigaud, Esq., Savilian Profess°. Astronomy at the Un iTersiti of 0-'turd , age d 64. • OO Lfinden : Printed and Pnblisl!ed by NI I,IIDO V° tit, .. ' , ifi l :0 No. 112, .Strand, at The San Oiiice, No. 1.12, the county of Aliddlesex.—Monday, Ma•ch 18, 18 59 _-------"..-.' ET.ENING- EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 18S9. _EVENING EDITION.