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

SPIRIT of the P - IYVAC OtJ RNALS: IPR6X THE DAILY PAPERS OP YESTERDAY. GLQBE.—The Ecclesiastical Couits Bill has passed from the Upper to, the Lower 4ouse, with a few parting worth of portentous import to, its reception and success in the latter assembly. The tord Chancellor, who stood -. sponsor for the Bill on its intrOdnetiOU to the Lords, and kindly took charge of it on its passagejlitFOitgli the several stages of its progress, admitted . that...it was a weakly bantling, of little protnise. His. rem-irks implied that its parents were ashamed of ,it, and felt, little. affection for its form, and had but : feint hopes or its life. The obvious answer to these apologies for the in fi rmities and defects of the Dill, was that if not able lo produce some thing more. creditable: lo; themselves and , beneficial to the public interests, the . Ministry had better not have attempted to 'legislate in the matter: The Bill per petuates the diocesan courts— a positive., nuisance— on the one hand ; and even increases the mis chiefs which the present perplexing, and . frequently injurious, law of • bona notabilia inflicts on the public. The measure belongs' to the series of law reforms which were to constitute s large amount of the' superior claims of the Peel Gceiernment to the confidence of the . cOteßtry. These vaunted measures have actually had the effect of damaging its reputation, and making it a pro verb of alternate ridicule and reproach. There is not one of these " reforms" that does not brand its authors with ignorance, or lay them open to suspicion of sinister designs; instead of obtaining for them •cre dit for being actuated by a sincere intention of improving the jurisprudence of the country. The falsely-called improvements in the Court of Chan cery ; the alterations in the Bankruptcy Court ;, and last, not least., their Ecclesiastical• Courts Bill•of lastses sion—abandoned, because found too bad to mend ; and brought forward in the present session, with the best part left out. These specimens of tinkering in legisla tion confer on Lord Lyndhurst, and the other law offi cers of the Peel Administration, a reputation as law re formers by no means calculated to disarm the hostility of opponents, or to strengthen the attachment of friends. The recess will afford an opportunity to the Mem bers of the House of Commons, before whom this notable specimen of Ministerial wisdom will be brought, to examine its,details. . We trust that such, an exami.- nation will induce them to determine either to improve its provisions, or to consign it to the receptacle of re jected measures. Let us see how the case stands. A reference to the former Bill, and to that now in em bryo, will illustrate and expose the utter destitu tion of all claim to approval by which this new Ecclesiastical Courts Bill is distinguished. The Bill purports to be founded on the report of the Eccle siastical Courts. Commissioners—a report for the ob taining of which, and its publication, the country (as every one must readily admit) has paid dearly. That report recommends the total abolition of all dio cesan courts, as well as peculiars. The. present Bill not only does not abolish the diocesan courts, but actually gives them more power, and a more extensive jurisdic tion than they ever, at any time whatever since their foundation, possessed ; for, by abolishing the peculiars, it follows, as a matter of eolirse, that th law respect ing bona notabilia (by means of which all the probates and administrations of persons dying possessed of pro perty, both in a peculiar and in a diocese, were of right heretofore granted by the superior court in Lon don) is virtually, so far as regards such probates and administrations, abolished. The business heretofore so transacted by the superior court in London, is in future to be done by the diocesan 'courts. Respecting this new regulation the Administration have spoken out, indeed, most strongly; insisting upon it in opposition to all reason; and refusing to give to the head court in London, even so mach as a concurrent jurisdiction in regard to those matters over which it had hitherto exercised a sole jurisdiction. And what excuse (for reason is not a word that can be applied in such a case) do the Administration give for this their conduct? All of them, who have yet spoken on the subject. repeat, as it were mechanically— possibly on the principle that few " words are best"—" NVo admit that *hat we are about to do is not right—we ad mit our measure will perpetuate a nuisance. We admit it will do more—it will even increase that nuisance. But, we are afraid, if we attack these diocesan courts, the parties ineerested in their retention will be too strong for us. More than this: we, in order to escape a de feat by them, are not only obliged—though a very strong Ministry—to allow all their present privileges and luivantages to remain untouched; but—as a sop with which to stop their moutht—as a bribe by which to purchase their favour and neutrality, we are com pelled to grant to them additional privileges and advan tageB, in spite of our own and every body else's con viction that we are •by so Ming acting wrongfully—in spite of the report of the Ecclesiastical Couets.Com missioners—and in spite of our own repeated declara tions last year, that we never would act as we are now acting."" These plain and simple facts are admitted by the Administration—the "strong Administration." They are not equal to cope with the country practitioners ! This is the excuse, put forward by one and all of them who have spoken on the subject. Their organ, the Lord Chancellor himself, . tenderly, courting and coaxing the country practitioners—kneeling, like ;lover to his mistress ; afraid of a misunderstanding ; frightened and timid ; requesting peace and quietness ; pr, like the lovely goddess as she is described in Virgil : " At regina, nova pugnai conterrite sorto Rabat, et ardentem generum moritura tenebat; Tunic, per has ego te lachrymas, per si quis Amatai Tanga one s animum; spes to none una senectm, Tu requies misers ; decus imperiumque Latini • Te penes; in te Omnis Domus inclinata recumbit." Te country practitioners, though thus wooed, may, however, not be won so easily. Like girls whose suitors are elderly gentlemen, he may want more settled still. Thus, between demands on one Side and unnecessary and improper concession on the other, the time occupied by such a courtship will be vainly frittered away, and the whole affair at last explode—as all such affairs invariably do—in the elderly gentleman doing nothing ; the girl being satisfied with nothing ; and eventually the real friends and supporters of the venerable lover being 'obliged to interface and put a stop to the absurd exposure. STANDARD.—The Houses of Parliament adjourned last night for - the Easter recess. The House of Lords to Tuesday, the 16th; the House of Commons to Monday, the 15th. In the House of Lords, Lord Campbell intro duced a Bill to place writs of error in criminal cases upon a footing similar to that in which appeals to the House of Lords in civil cases now stand. In the present state of the law a writ of error in a criminal case does not suspend the judgment; and the party convicted is subject to re ceive sentence, and to be consigned to punishment, just as if no such appeal Was made ;* in civil cases every appeal operates 'as a direot suspension of the judgment of the court appealed from. Lord Campbell's 'Bill would remove this seeming inconsistency, by sus pending the judgment of the court in every ease, whether civil or criminal. There is some speciousness in the proposition, hut it would be found impossible adopt it without a total' change in the whole sys tem of administering the criminal law—without, in fact, resorting to the principle of a Frenct Court 'of Cessation. 'At present writs of error are, in criminal cases, the exception, and a very rare exception too ; but' let Lord Campbell's Bill become law, and they will constitute the rule ; every convic tion for misdemeanor will be appealed from, and if the House of Lords is to retain the final ,j'urisdiction it 'will have little time for any other business, and Must abandon altogether its legislative luncticms. And then what is to be done with con victions' for 'felony ? -Writs of error, in the case of .suoli .convietiens, cannot now be entered without the actual bona fide, not perfunctory, consent of the Attorney --G eneral, and, in fact, seemly one such writ" is entered in a century. There is, however, nee 'Fteof of' iffeensistency in the law in the rarity • of such appals, for while the judgment in all CageB ' erect imn*:tll.4tely—non obstante " a writ of • ettrtit"---the convii:t felon has little in terest 'in prosoCuting an appeal, the result of which is not CO ISe known until after he is hanged Or transported;•er has Suffered his sentence of imprison -tnent 6er/hipping. 'But would the country permit, that. while the person. exposed. to. a a comparatively trifling offence should, as a matter almost of course; avail him self of - the 'entices - of a second - trial, the unhappy wretcli r 6orned to'th& ghllows or to exile'should have no • eneh advaUtage? This, we are persuaded, - is what the country would not bear. The AttorncyLGeneral would be compelled to oonst.nt to , writs of error_ in cases of felensy *aim ti is- oveebnipiitleir Conieiit to sack writs in cases of misdemeanour; and the 'Whole adeninistrati(m of -the crithinst law would *mime a new face. Whether this would be, or-would not be, an im proaement we, do; not at presen t say farther than this, that hawing n- somethrig the French Court of "Ca) t' of the working of ought to be any appeal,. suspending ev e e ' r t ; hink it . werks veil. The question iS :o a t "5 1 1 11 * whether there . criminal cases, but whether iee the judgment in as. we t li ere 'be any, it ought net to extend to felonies a to ! misdemeanours ; would whether It ouhl he possible the House of Lords to discharge the duti es o f the common r court of appeal in addition to its present duties t The e ffe t of Lord Campbell's Bill r° would be to th w upon - the Ifouse, sooner or later ; the w h o l e of this 1 - eel, - unless some other court of appeal should he es ° ta ‘ b • fished. Lord Camppell explained that as his kill is not _to take effect until the Ist of August, it cannot operate *on the proceeding% against Mr. O'Connell and his accomplices—we do not see the necessity of the inference. The' Irish' convicts are to • be brought up for judgment, we believe,' on the 15th, and even suppose them committed in execution upon that day, they may easily enough perhaps fight off the decision of their writ of error until the lit of August, when, under the terms of Lord - Campbell's Bill, they would be let loose for the summer agitation with little more than three months' imprison meab—the old penalty of an innocent insolvent. There :is, however, little danger that the Bill will pass, though we hope' that the Consideration of extending the oppor 'Unity of fairly appealing . from all conviction in crinii ":ls&l eases may continue to engage the minds of the Le gislature. • - -• -• STATE OF TRADE.' ~ k (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) The severe depression in the yarn market, to which we adverted last week, still continues, and the low-rates at which a few sales wore then made, have now become the current market prices. This decline appears tot have ;'the a little more confidence to <buyers, and although ,tihe amount of actual business.done- has not been very largei thiwe is more itisposition .to give orders than for some time post- The goods market is rather firmer-than -last week, au&s.,tolerable amostnt of business has been i done at the.prleas of last week. . Roctiiiiats. FLANNEL MAARET, MONI),LT, APRIL' I. We,have had ocm , siderably•less inquiry for goods to-day !than. onthe: tw't preceding . Mondays ; and a- rather li lift-el quarititytts o d, at copper-prices. At this time of tht....1 4 54 . 2v! 'the 0 3 4 1} PiPpineis generally . begins to ue - ziN4l* Vstie9gilinues so till after Mtdsiggllaer., 0 Wood ism the same, both in pricy sal demand, as it ' has been fa some weeks past. THE 813;1%k EONDON, 'TWIETRSDA'AnEMENING, APRIL 4, 1844, Mr. COMBE asked the tipstaff to make his own state ment, , - Mr. Allen said that he' had acquainted the Vice- Chancellor with the proceedings at this Court on Friday last, and his Honour's positive directions to him were to come to this Court and take the prisoner into his cus tody. I told his Honour that you had refused to give him up, but the Vice-Chancellor said, you must go there and take him. Mr. COMBE said it was not the first time he had been asked to- give up a prisoner, nor the first time he had refused to do so. He felt it his duty to refuse in this instance. The offence was a criminal one, strong evi dence had been tendered, and evidence of a stronger nature would probably be adduced. If there was an intention to prosecute the prisoner in a criminal court, this Court was the proper medium for advancing such a proceeding: He was not aware that it was in the power of the Vice-Chancellor, or of any other judge, to take a prisoner out of the hands of the magistrate. If there were such a power it must be attained through some legal process in Court, and let that be resorted to, and he would, of course, yield to it. The Vice-Chan cellor, if he wanted the prisoner must take the regular mode. Giving op the prisoner, under present, circum stance, might amount to compromising of a felony. He (Mr. Combo) relied on the position in which he stood. An Act passed in the reign of Mary, made this offence a misdemeanor, and the provisions Of the 9th of George IV. were sill more stringent. Under all these circumstances, lie must refuse the application, and com pel the attendance of Mrs. Worthain. Mr. Humphries had no objection that the prisoner should be handed over to the Court of Chancery, and Mr. Southey again urged the Magistrate to give him up to the tipstaff, but the worthy Magistrate declined doing so. The prisoner was then remanded until Wednesday next. - Mr. Humphries asked if bail would not be accepted ? Mr. COiIBE said he would aceepfsompetent bail. What was the prisoner's profession or occupation ?—Mr. Hum• phries said he had been called an esquire for the last 20 years ! Mr; COMM said he would not accept of less than two sureties in 5001. each, and himself in 1,000/., to appear in that Court on that day week at twelve o'clock. The required sureties not being forthcoming,he was lbcked . up: It was erroneously stated that Miss Wortham is pos sessed of an independent fortune. Our reporter has been requested by the solicitor for the prosecution to mention that such is not! the case. Her , means are exceedingly scanty. THE SEVENTY-NINTH •HIGH- LANDERS. THE. SQUARE OF THE HIGHLANDERS AT - TOULOUSE, APRIL 10, 1814. (From the . Note Book of Captain John Ford, Royal Hospital, Chelsea.) Though the square formed by the 79th Cameron Highlanders in the valley of the Ers, near Toulouse, is mentioned by French military writers, and is laid down in their plans, yet I am not aware that the par ticulars have been given in any British publication or, official letter; I may, therefore, be excused copying frommy notes a few words respecting - it. The Sixth Division, commanded by Sir Henry Clinton, of which the 79th Regiment formed a - part, crossed the bride over the Ers at Croix d'Aurade, but did not sustain so much loss from the fire of the redoubt des Au gustins on the Plateau de Calvinet when advancing along, the valley, 'as the Fourth Division which had preceded it. After' passing and getting out •of - the range of the guns - of the above-men dolled redoubt,- the 79th was on the right of the di vision in the valley, between the Plateau de Calvinet in possession of the enemy, and the little river Ers ; while so situated a corps o f French cavalry unex pectedly appeared, debouching in slow time by one of the deep farm roads which' cross the plateau, with the intention, no' doubt,'of attacking us if not pre pared to , receive them, of turning the right of the two divisions, or of cutting- off their communica tion with the bridge which we-had passed, the only one over the Ers not destroyed by the enemy. The position of the 79th was, therefore, a very important one. Lieutenant-ColOnel Neil Douglas (command ing) immediately formed square, ordered out Ensign Balfour to• the front with one of the colours, and gave the word " march." Balfour's conduct 'was much admired ; he carried himself quite erect, the colours inclined forward— which, as he had no shoulder or Waist-belt to support them, required strength of arm=--pointed his toes, and gave the step to the square with as much regularity and correctness as he would have done' at any formal parade in England. The, view of the two corps ad vancing in slow time to meet each other,must have been a,very interesting sight, as seen from the high ground which the French held possession of. When the square had arrived sufficiently. near, Lieut.-Colo nel Douglas halted it, called in Balfour, and ordered the grenadiers to give the enemy a volley, upon which they wheeled round and retired as slowly as they had advanced. I believe they did not sustain any loss from our fire—certainly I did not see one man fall. The French account does not agree with that I have given ; the French author must have written the passage from an incorrect report, because though the Dragoons and Lancers in the French service are called Cavalerie de Ligne," they had not so many as 115 regiments 'of that description of force, there fore the 115 de Ligne must have been an Infantry regiment. The threatened attack upon the 79th square was made by cavalry. - .On the morning of the battle of Toulouse, the 79th had only 414 rank and file present in the field, but they-were veterans in;every. sense of the word. Not a shot. Was_ fired 'at us wheti in square. It was in attacking and carrying the redoubt des Augustin that.the 79th afterwards sustained such a serious loss, about one-half of the 414 rank and file being. either killed or wounded: Pout of our officers were buried in one grave in the redoubt (three of whom bore the name of Cameron; and were cousins) and a fifth at Toulouse, and thirteen wounded.-United Service Magazine, 471. after "the eagerness evinced by the English journals to publish the games of the late match. "6. The maximum of time to be allowed for each move to be 30'minutes."—Agreed to. 7. In the half of the games (twelve) both champions to begin with the King's Pawn two squares." To this M. St. Amant consents ; remarking, that, out of the 21 games of the last match, he had commenced by this move three times, whereas Mr. Staunton had done so only twice. lie however, further observes that in a great match, such as that in question, he is of opinion that no shackles or impediment ought to be placed on either champion's style of opening. " 8. Each day's play to commence at 11 o'clock, and whoever should be inexact to pay a fine of one guinea," —Agreed to. M. St. Amant, in conclusion, says :—"From the tenor of your letter, the lapse of time thatyou have permitted to pass, and concurrence of other circumstances, you--or more correctly, the friends Sou have consulted—do not appear anxious for you to renew your battle with France. Not wishing to refuse explicitly, you make use of indirect means, such as a victor supposes he can impose. Any man of good faith will perceive this on reading your letter. If the same disposition to recommence the strug gle is not evinced on both sides, it is useless to prolong the negotiations. For my own part I declare that Ido not desert the field of battle, and that I recognise your superiority only as accidental...":--Galignani. PROPOSED MAGNIFICENT'. NA TIONAL MONUMENT IN. LONDON',, 'TO NEW TON. To THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF LINCOLN, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE , METROPOLIS. " Sibi• gratulentur lgortales, . Tale tanturnque extitisse, 11.1.7314..Nr GENERIS DECCL" • A part of the inscription on the tablet,to the . memory of Sir. Isaac Newton, in the sanc i tuary of England, Westminster Abbey. M LORD—Not having the honour even ,of the slightest personal acquaintance with your Lordship which might warrant me in soliciting an interview, I most respectfully pray leave to address you through the public press, on a subject to which I hive always, ever since I originated it, between 18 and 19 years ago, attached a far deeper and more expansive. than a mere national interest — Your Lordship, I am quite sure, Will agree with me in my conviction, that the name and. memory of Newton belong not to ;England alone; but to all the nations of the - world. • I respectfully hope that your Lordship will not con sider me obtrusive if I beg, concisely, to enumerate the following facts in proof of the undeviating perseverance and fervour with which, ever since the time of its origi nation (Oct. 1825), I have urged my favourite project on the public attention of England; a project in which I take leave to say I have; and can have no personal interest- whatever. lam not, a professional architect, and, in addition to this, the nature of my avocations and duties sternly exacts from..me that my general residence-should be, not in London, but in my native country, Ireland. First s is October, 1825, after One day visiting our new observatory at Cambridge, then nearly com pleted, under the influence of the train of meditation inspired by contemplating the building—for who at Cambridge could think of astronomy without recol lecting Sir Isaac Newton ?—I wrote froni my college, I n i l b ov e ed pi c m o e l s le , t hichwas Magdalene, a letter to the immediately, after published in that journal, suggesting the principle of my design. ed y ito o r w of n That design was then, and it is now, that, as an eisqui sively- appropriate national monument to Newton, a Magnificent dome, of mighty elevation and diameter, should, like that which I had seen in Italy, at Assisi, over the antique chapel, be raared by England over this house and obserVatory in her metropolis ; the house and observatory themselves being at the same time put into as perfect'Lame of repair as British architec tural skill could devise, to. protract their duration, with all their sublime associations. Secondly,. I came to London from Cambridge and made dravvings on the spot from nature, and also drawings 'of my design, elevational and sectional, which were beautifully lithographed by Mr; Scharf, and which I published in The print-shops. Thirdly ) I presented copies of these to the Royal Astronamical Society, the Royal Society, the Insti tution_ of Civil Engineers, and to many highly dis tinguished individuals. Fourthly, in the summer. of 1834, I came from Clare toLondon, and was examined by a Committee of the House of Commons, the Shannon Navigation Committee,-on the state of the navigation of that great river, and also touching certain improvements ; and deeming that to be a very favourable opportunity, I, by another public letter with my name, in the Lon don newspapers, revived my long-cherished project far the national monument to th© illustrious Newton. On this occasion the distinguished President of the Royal Academy, Sir. Martin Archer Shee, in response to my solicitation, with the greatest• courtesy and kindness, gave me his permission to dedicate to him whatever new pictures I might find it necessary to publish from new drawings. • Fifthly, in 1838, Lord hionteagle, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, honoured me by presenting from me a. petition to the House of Commons, and I was subsequently honoured in the same manner by the presentation of a second one to 'the House by Mr. Hume. These petitions were published_ in several-of the Lori and Irish-newspapers. ' • In the second, presented by Mr. Hume, I intro duced what appears to me to be a great improvement. It occurred to me that nothing could be more feli citonsly appropriate, and in, unison With the spirit of my design, than that a statue of White, marble, of the most exquisite execution, of Newton sitting in medi tation,.should be placed in this his nbservatory, where he so often sat in life in celestial meditation, and from whence •I am now writing to your Lordship, and im ploring from you and England not to let it, and the house which it-erowns so 'nobly, tumble prematurely, in England's metropolis, into rum and rubbish. I do not deem it expedient, having already tres passed so long, to inflict upon your Lordship the ar chitectural details of the plan which I recommended, as they are described, in theipetition presented by Lord Monteagle. ' In conclusion, I respectfully pray permission to quote one . passa ge from my letter from Cam bridge in 1825, a second from my letter written in London in 1834, a nd a third from my first petition to the House of-Commons. FROM THE LETTER FROM YAGDALENE COLLEGE. Protected in the manner I have described from the dilapidating influence of rains and wind's, the venerable edifice in which Newton studied, or was inspired, that palace of the soul,' might stand fast for ages : a British monument more sublime than the pyramids, although re mote antiquity and vastn ess b e combined' to create their interest?' FROM THE LETTER OF 4834.. "The body of Newton has long since mouldered into dust and earth and ashes, and these are-not diffe rent from the, dust and earth and ashes - of the other great men of England who surround his sepulchre. "But• this• airy hall, they observatory, which I now again, for the second time, call on England to save from ruin, was the ethereal citadel from which, while he lived; the spirit of Newton made incursions intothe abyss of celestial space—the empyrean—' the blue. serene'—the hyalide, of IR - avert ; and in its fight, made as if it had taken to itselfthe wines of morning; it seemed, as it were, almost to:disidentify itself from its hUmart essence, and to bleb& with those superior etistenees: described. by Milton, those 'pure intelligential substances . with thoughts which wander• through- etereity. l , - FROM THE PETITION pRESENTRD - BY THE CHANCELLOR OF Vic, gicuEttnEa• • i Sibi grahilentur mortales," - And let the people)of England exult above all others, " Tate:ttintumlne .extitisse," . 11incti4 ORNERIS I)ECEIS. "TetitIOHOP - TespeOrllifT 4 most respectfully, hopes that this appeal to the Ilau of C o mmopi Will not be made in vain, especially in an epoch like the present, when the light of science sheds an Elysian effluence on the 'world ; although it be now, in comparison with what it will be hereafter, only as -the c. 991 dewy roseate dawn of a ro.seal-blushing morning, in com parison with the meridian "torrid glory of the Arch- Chemic, SIM." This lnust be the case, in consequence of the in evitable ,progresSive developinent; through".future ages, of portions (to use . the words of the inightsr metaphy-. sician Locke) of thds - e . ,lliits;;es of knowledge `which still lie hidden within the secret recesses of nature." I have the honour to be,,myLord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, TIIOIIIAS S"-EELE, A member of the Cambridge Senate, and of the t° t b s s t e r r e v e a, Leicester-square, ofe s Newton, - London Institution of Civil Eng ineers. ' q to u n a , re. No. 35, St. artin's, t March M 29, 1844. .METROPOLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION.. A- meeting of the Drapers' Association was last - night held in. the Hanover Rooms,:for the purpose of . taking those steps which may-be deemed most expe-' dient for procuring" an 'abridgment of .the" hours of business in the drajery - horisOi. in the metropolis. This Association, it is right turemark, doe&not con template any appeal . to'. the Legislature for its in terference it is farmed on. purely vo luntar y prin ciples,-ad seeks to -accomplish its objects Solely by -moral influences,- There...is, -therefore., - all the differ ence in the world between its proPosal io abridge the hours of business and the legislative proposal to abridge the-hours , of labour factories. :There is, this much difference between tite . tvVo cases--;-that Ole . bitsineSs in the dra ,peryfrade weed ntlileart.6-anY:ditnitiution in the amount, of bilsixiOn ~ pn:civlierhi-z,i;in the case of•-the ..factßry 4-letatkei;:the-TeifT.olifs'-:.8i1i.-tVould be fol lowed by a ralictiZild he - 'liitittlit' . oNtork formed to the extent of one-si.xth. In drapers' shops the business now done in thirteen hours could easily I be done in ten or even eight hOnrs, and consequently no pecuniary injury could be done either to the mas ter or the assistant by shutting up one or two hours . earlier than at present. In the case of the factory operatives, the diminution in the Amount 'of produe-' Lion would be followed by a corresponding reduction in the amount of wages. Our readers are aware that the Drapers' Association has existed for some time. They are also aware of the objects for which it was formed. The unusual length of time each day which assistant-drapers are obliged to devote to busi ness, has long been the subject of regret to all who wish well to their fellow-men. The practice hitherto has been, and in many, instances is still, to keep drapers' shops open to nine in the evening. Some keep open even. later; but let us take nine as the general hour of closing. Now, to be kept confined behind the counter from eight in the morning till nine in the evening, must not only be, exhausting both to body and mind, but must be very perilous to health. What materially aggravates the -case of the assistant drapers is the fact, that they take their meals in their employers' houses, which are in every in stance above their shops. They have, consequently, no opportunity of inhaling a single draught of fresh air for thirteen long hours.. Nor is this all. They are only alloWed half an hour for their meals—so that out of the, thirteen hours, they have to be on- their feet twelve tedious hours. , Now this, in the nature of things, must be too much or the human constitution. Experience proves that it, is so. • Many young - men come up from the. provinces - to the metropolis, possessed of / robust constitutieps, and enjoying exeellent health, who, in. - a few years, catch, by Means of this'ClbSe confinement 'and constant physical exhaus- Lion, the seeds of diseaSes which eeairy terminate - in death. The injurious effects of close confinement and continuous application • to, business, in drapers' shops, are clearly seen in the countenances of the young men, while Engaged in their ordinary occupations. No one can have entered any of our large drapery estab lishments, without _being struck with the pale, sickly. looking countenances, he sees around him. The ap • pearance, of the young persons in these establishments is sufficient, without a knowledge of the facts which bear on their case,,to convince the visitor that there must be something wrong in their condition. What aggravates, the hardships of their case is, the circum stance that they are mostly young men of intelligence, and, consequently, of susceptible feelings. And- they have a painful consciousness of the hardships of their position. They consider themselves to be, not merely in a state of drudgery, btit in a state of slavery. Their long hours are aggravated by the irksomeness of their employment. • The anxiety which they must necessarily feel to acquit themselves in such a way as to • give satisfaction to their employers, adds very greatly to their other sources of unhappi ness. Their ingenuity is constantly on the rack to adapt themselves to the whims and caprices of their customers—the permanency of their situations being in many, if - not the majority of cases, wholly depen dent on their• sueiess. in doing business with those who inspect their employers' goodi. But there are other respects iri which the destinynf the assistant draper is a hard one. He is' possessed of sufficient education and intelligence to make him- desirodS of acqniring more. With the present system of long hours, his advancement in' mental cultivation cannot be expected. He is so exhausted, so jaded, physi cally and mentally, by the duties of the day, as to have little relish, and still less strength, for mental application of any kind. The interval between the hour of shutting shop and retiring to rest is so short, that he requires it all for pedestrian exercise in the streets ; or it may be, that he spends it in places in which he may drown, for an hour or two, all , recollection of the hardships of his condition. If, instead of the present boar of shutting up haberdashers' shops, they were closed at seven in the . winter and eight in the summer, the young men would be happy to avail themselves of the various means, or mental improvement with which the metro poliS abounds. They could read at.home, in literary institutions, or in the more respectable class of coffee rooms ; or if they preferred it, they could attend courses of lectures on literary, philosophical, and scientific subjects. Messrs. Hitchcock and Co., of St. Paul's Church-yard—the largest retail drapery house in London, or, perhaps, in the world—have not only an extensive and well-selected library for the use of the-young.men in their establishment, but they have lately established a "course of lectures ity their ,own premises for their beriefit:--the lecturers employed being the most distinguished men they . can procure in the various departments of literature and science. Were the proposed abridgment of the hour's of ht4i ness carried into effect, other houses would doubtless follow theexample. The objection on the part-of the master drapers to an abridgment of the hours of busi ness, is that they would thereby lessen the amount of their business. 'There could not be a greater mistake. The same number of dresses would continue to be bought. :If it were once under stood that the drapers' shops were all to shut at seven in the winter, and eight in the surainer„those intending to make purchases would make a point of',,paying their visits by six in winter and seven in summer. And not only would the same . amount of business ZWinue to be done, but there Would be a considerablPsaving to the master in the expenses of tbe . establishment ; for he would save the `price of from one to two hours' gas-light, varying according to the season of the year. '`his is not mere theory. Messrs. Hitchcock have tried the experiment. During the last six months they closed at seven, and they found that they did - as much business as in the corresponding months of the previous yearovhen they continued open from an hour to an hour _and a half longer. In the item - of gas alone, they calculated their savings to be 30s. per night, through this abridg ment of the flours of business. ' The views Which - we are pressing oh the adeptien of the trade were ably and eloquently advocated - by the, various speakers at •the meeting list night. The more the question is examined, the more convinced. the master drapers must 'become, that while their assistants would be incalculably benefited, mentally, morally, and physi cally, by an abridgment of the hours of business, they would not suffer in any way bythe change, but would, on the contrary ; in addition to the gratifying consciousness that they were contributing in a 3yery, great measure to the happiness of those in their em ploy, .be considerable gainers by the saving which would' be effected in e•a,s• light and in other items of lense.,--Adiertiser o f ° Tuesday; ATTEMPTED FRAUD. - A:person assuming to be a lady called about a fortnight since at the residence of a -solicitor in Ux bridge; and prOduced an unekecuted engrossment of lease,, purporting to, be a lease from Mary Ann Montagu, of Privy-gardens, to John Gray, ofgenley upon-Thames, .• of a farm called , Grosveo9r Farm, stated to be near Henley, at "a rent of 600/. per annum. The lease was admirably drawn, and properly stamped, the stamps. bearing • the Hampshire mark upon them, a stamp of 41.. being dated Nov. 29, 1841, and the second, of . 1/.; the 30th of No vember, 1843. The deed . a ltogether bore an ap pearance of being completely authentic. The person represented herself to, be the lessor, Mary Ann M.intagu, and that she was the owner ,of the farm demised, the existing lease of which would expire at Lady-day,. when the lease then produced was to be executed; that the title-deeds of the property had been destroyed in the fire at Hillingdon-house, where she was at the time on- a visit ; and that she was very desirous before the completion of the: lease to have her loss re pair-ally tlid`iifeffitralion frestycleedg; or sorneother evidence of her title, for the satisfaction of the -tenant, if :it could in any way be . accomplished. She Made an appointment to call the 'following Monday to furnish instructions and full particulars of her title to the property. Upon her again calling;:her statements were somewhat at variance with her former account, in consequence of which inquiries were instituted, which led to the discovery that her representations were entirely false; but as there was no apparent ob ject for the deception, the professional•gentleman to whom she had applied did not apprise her :of the in vestigation which he had rnade, in the anticipation that her intentions might be discovered; and perhaps an extensive fraud be thereby'frustratedand exposed. At • a third 'interview 'she arranged for an appoint ment, with the alleged tenant of the farM,:to•meet her at the solicitor's office, for the purpose of execut ing -.the' lease. `lt havin,.. been ascertained_ that there was ne such person as John Gray. residing near Henley, :no' letter was Written, but on the 25th, the appointed day, the sai-disant Mary. - Ann Montagu duly made her appearance, accompanied by .a respect ably-dresSed young - map, who stated himself . to be John' Gray, jun., the son' of Mr: John Gray, the tenant of Grosvenor farm ; that his, father had, . upon reflection, determined not to renew his lease . from Miss ,Montagu ; and that he; with his father's con . - sent, had proposed to become the tenant, it being his father's intention to assign over to him all his farming stock,'and V. assist' him with capital. To confirm this "statement a- letter was produced, purported_ to-have written by the father. In some way (most likely by inquiry at the Henley postoffice) it had been ascertained by the part ies-that ndletteiltad been written .to the tenant. "Mr: J. Gray, jun., bad been weWtutored in his part thus . far; but on being -requested - to take a seat in, another room, apart from his instructess, where a policeman was introduced to his• acquaintance, his assumed character required more art than he was , master of, and a few searching questions elicited that the aspiring • would-be-teriant - of Grosvenor .farm, at a rent of 600/. per annum, was a servant in e,mplOy of a• farmer at Colham-green. Unfortn-: palely no cv . l4pcp r ipf an overt - act of fraud could be. obtained, to justify giving tbc' panties infd custody ; ,but.it Was apparent that-there Was '-for some purpose . a deep- laid scheme, ,in which othei• parties of mere -plotting capacity than Miss; MOritugu, or 'her...fire; .teit4odt.teiaanit,.are,gwcitsotd.: - Pie,L7omn represent-, ing 'herself as Mary Ann Montagu is arOut 'at y, • 1 3 0tICE INtELLI6ENCE. . (YESTERDAY.) , „.,,d , M 4. NS , ION-HOLiSE. ,i d s Mitchell, a native of Calcutta, appeared before AidernianlYilson, for the purpose of complaining against the , captaip of the vessel in which he came to this coun try, eJor having left him to take his cbanee the moment his services (leased to be required. Ile had, he said, been NJ:gaged by Captain Beilby, of the Sophia, at Calcutta ) A 9,york the vessel to Liverpool. Upon the arrival of the ship at Liverpool, the Captain gave him a piece of paper, containing a few words, signifying nothing him to travel up to London and apply at theEagjadia house for a passage bac k t o India, which wOttl4l,l3e at, once yielded to him, and regularly hum bngifed,tllcupfertimate man by assurances that all would be right. At the East.lndia-house he was informed that the Cerayany hail no power, since , the trade to that em pireJigd been thrown open, to dispose as they could wish of the natives. who navigated the ship:: on their voyage home. The conduct upon the part of the' Captain had caused the greatest distress to the applicant, who was actually starving in the , streets, for lie found a negative to all hie appeals for a passag e. Alderman WiLsort regretted that all he could do in suchn-case was to order a little temporary relief to the poor man, and send him to the union. It was, he ob servel, a most lamentable thing to witness the numerous cases of the kind in our streets, and if the Legislature would not introduce some expedient in a Parliamentary measure to meet the evil, the mischief would be quite in tolerable in a short time. The East India Company were certainly not.oblio-ed to send home natives who came to England in vessel; not beloaging to them, and it had be come a practice amongst the free traders to accommodate themselves with the labours of , these unfortunate men, and to abandon them to casual charity. He trusted that in the Poor-law Bill some regulation would be intro duced, from which advantage might result to persons so calamitously placed. It was stated that one of the individuals who had been subjected to the treatment described, had taken it into his head that the Lord Mayor was bound to protect all distressed foreigners, and actually broke the windows of the Mansion-house five different times, upon finding that his complaints had not the expected effect. Several most painful instances of the above descrip tion have been of late stated at the India-room, but in the present state of the law, it is quite impossible for Magis trates to deal with them satisfactorily. BOW-STREET. A middle-aged man, named Henry Burgess, was brought up before Mr. Twyford, charged with stealing a double-barrelled gun of the value of 20 guineas, and part of another gun, from the shop of Mr. Charles Egg, gunmaker, Piccadilly ; and also a key-bugle, the pro perty of Mr. Henry Fentum, music-seller, Strand. Thomas Oldham, the landlord of the Archer's Arms Ta vern, Newton- street, Holborn, was also charged with receiving these articles, well knowing them to have been stolen. - - ' •'. • ' . - . . Mr. Egg, the gun-maker, stated that he lost from his shop, on Monday`last, a double.barrelled gun, and part of another gun, which were contained in gun-cases•which bore his name. William Barton, inspktor of the G division of police, stated, that from information he received, he went with the policeman to Oldham's house yesterday morning. He saw the prisoner there, and told him ' that there was something wrong. The witness; with one policeman, went up stairs to a back room. The prisoner Burgess, and three other 'Men, - were in the room. • Upon these men seeing the witness and the' officer, they made a rush to the' door, but were stopped.' Two of the men then effected their escape bythe window. Burgess was taken into custody. James Fryer, ihopman to Mr. Fentum, =isle-seller, Strand, proved that the bugle produced had been'etolen from his employer's shop. 'William Bird, appraiser, 20, Exmouth-street,. stated that the prisoner Burgess waited upon him on Tuesday evening; and said he had a double barrelled gun and-a key4augle to sell, and he wished the ;witness-to' inspect them: He. Consented to de .so and accompanied- the pri soner to Oldham's houie. When he arrived - there he saw Oldham, andafterwaiting souse time Burgess said the landlord had advanced 21. on the gun, and they could not get the gun out of his posseSsion until the money was paid At length a young man with the prisoner said to Oldham, " Conte, let us see the gun, for the party will not wait."' Oldham replied, " Presently."- After:this the "witnesS was requested to walk up Stairs, and he did so. The gun - in question was produced, and Burgess asked 121. for it. After considerable discussion the Whole party adjourned 'to an - empty house in Charles street, Drury lane, and there the prisoner Btirgess, after getting a candle, produced a part of a' gun and a key bugle. The prisoner -appeared very anxious to All ' the Articles, - but the witness would riot • buy them then, - but agreed ' to meet the prisoner again the . next day: on the subject. Upon ' his rettirn, - honie, 'however, he ' heard , of the - robbery whiph had ' Olen place on tide two prosecutor's premises, and he immediately gaveintbrraation to the G division of police of the facts which had come to-his knowledge. Mr. Terrronri considered this to'be sufficient evidence upon which to remand the prisoners, and they'were ac cordingly remanded for a week. A young man, named James Shaw, a goldbeater, was charged with being concerned with others, at present in custody, in breaking and entering the house ,of Mr. Jacob Worster, oil and colourman, 61, Now Compton street, and stealing a number of camel-hair brushes, a quantity of gold leaf, and other articles. The case was proved against the prisoner, and he was committed for trial. . . CLERKENWELL.. THE LATE CASE OF ADDUCTION.-L:EXTHAORDINAHT PROCEEDINOB.----Yesterday morning, when Mr. Combe took his seat on the Bench, Mr. Southey, solicitor for the prosecution in the case Of William Burton Newenham, who was charged at this Court on Friday last with the abdUction of vtiss Wertham, a minor, s and a ward of Chancery, cattle, before the Magistrate, accompanied by Mr. Allen, tipstaff of the Court of Chancery, under the fellowing circumstances - :--' Mr. Allen applied that the. prisoner, W. B. NeWeri ham, be delivered up . to him. Since the hearing of 'the case at this Court, he had had a communication with Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, who directed him to pro ceed to this Court,. take the prisoner into his custody, and place him in the Queen's Prison. Mr.. Allen pro duced his warrant, signed by . the Lord Chancellor, the substance,Of which was, " That whereas, by order, made by his H onour Vide-Chancellar Knight Bruce in 'the above case, bearing date the 22d of December, 1843, it was ordered that the Said W. B. Newenham be commit ted to the Queen's Prison for contempt of CoUrt, the tipstaff is hereby required to take him into custody, And place him in the above-mentioned prison." Mr. CosinE observed that .the prisoner had been re manded until this day. Was Mrs. Wertham in attend .ance ? Mr. Southey replied in the negative. After a com munication with the Vice-Chancellor, he thought the better course was to deliver up the. prisoner to the tip staff. He wished it to be distinctly understood, that it _was not with any view to a compromise, he made this , .suggestion.. . . - Mr. Costne,--If Mrs. Wortbam, the mother of this young lady, do not voluntarily. attend, .1 will issue a summons for her ; and if she do not come upon the summons, I wilt issue.my warrant. and have her brought up it. lam resolved not to ,let this matter drop. The evidence already tendered is very strong. This is a very serious, ease, and important not only as regards the parties concerned, but in reference to the public at large. Here is a young girl, not fifteen years of age, removed ' from ,her mother's care. Why, it is just the very I -description of case contemplated by the Statute—a per son not able to take care of herself and under sixteen years of age.. It is, stated 'by the prisoner, that lie is married to her. That aggravates the offence, but there is no evidence whatever of the fact. From circumstances which have come to my knowledge, I have some reason to believe that the offence may amount to a felony ' - but I cannot now enter into these circumstances: I have had an intimation that further evidence will be tendered, and I think a compromise Would be not only injurious to the complaining parties in this ease, but to defenceless children similarly circumstanced as Miss Wortham. The Police Act gives me power to issue a summons for a Witnesli Who not voluhtarily attend, and, in default of attendance. on the summons, to issue a warrant, and a warrant I will most undolibtedly issue and have her brought •up upon it If she does net 'oth erwiie'at te rid. And if the prisoner is instrumental in keeping Mrs. Worth-sm from coming forward, I tell him he is doing himself a very great injury, for I will most assuredly keep him in custody until she attends. . 'lhe.prisoner who was dressed with scrupulous neat ness, and.whe took his place 'it the bar with great com posare; was here about to make an observation, but Mr..Connr, stopped him in order to inform him of the position in which he stoOd. Ile had been charged with misdemeanour, hut it Was not improbable • that he would be sent for trial for felony. It became therefore very necessary fOr him to be cautious in what he stated. The magistrate: then 'repeated to him the usual caution, tell ing him he: would certainly commit him for trial either. ou the Charge- of felony, .or on that of misdeinetinour. Prisonere4 do not tee why I should be charged with felony. - I aver that I-have nothing 'whatever to do with Mrsi. Worthata's abeenCe. MiSs Wortham eloPod,With me' .of hei own free'eetisent. Can it be felony 'then ? . , Mr- coinnE= , --It does not make any diticretiCe one way any h p e ro v f r e i s s s o i n en n al ia lvt eer h ? ad m - way Or the b!lie r . Mr. `Mould-(the clerk) asked the prisoner if he had atten s da Y nc i e n essr . attendance. He einadddShde_r wood, butt they were not ' Thursday last, I reced n With - regard to my a pprehension, which took place on. Sherwood; my agent, who l i ves, day a:letter froin Mr., Soho square, requesting me to at a t t i 71' sae-street, Soho his re.sidence upon that 'evening, and to produce M e - a civil and assuring me at the same time, that if I did so' all toatbdantiliaotneAdir.asganititihstcymew. asliislvethn, v w i o n u g h h i ee b n e and criminal, P th r e c'e re e 7a d n in tl g h 3 a draw ingsroetn my , wife went up to him reluctantly b - cause She is large in the family way. ' By this strat age m -e. or treachery, if I May call it so; f iias • • into e bends of the police. • • In reply to an ebseevation of ititr.Ml:ol36', the. ri- soners said he didot mean to imply-tile ~ li!, i.teit Ifdid-not-, sure on that gentleman's conduct in any Ttikv. Mr. Commaold the prisoner that what hesail- had: no reference to the present , charge, (15:0t the iirisf;net : tartly answered that the Magistrate woe' houed to h e a r ' his defences ' He was proceeding to stew a greet deal, of irrelevant matter; when Mr. Humphries eaMe ifitO=P d oii r t. , and, as agent for the prisoner, prevented hire - 11' 1 A . . . , , . - , , se), ing - more.' - -- - • ' ~ : ... ...)--;:, . .. , Mr..Sonthey . agailf applied to . thi . Magi- wi t ,.-t o d , ! liver up this.' prisoner to the tipitaft ' O f ii, - 'l-4 ' : - i - - e, ypiart o • Chancery.; ' Vitt-Chancellor y o i nn that :his . authority atiperietied:ilie ' paliessr ea , p. ,7 _ i . -;( Mr. , SoUthey-) was aniiinais that - '.'ifieLii,i, ;.! 4 . , be insVadatiideiaaheakrit.diiition t'ef4fiet " J A $ 4 as he thought such a c s ourse would be mesh detirable Ki; all pasties. CHESS. • It would appear - from a correspondence which has taken.plaec between M. St. Arrant and Mr. Staunton, that the retitin match between those two celebrated players is 'not. likely •to come off, as the lovers or this scientific game had anticipated. In the last rumWer "Of the Palanzedi, M. St. Amant's cliess journal, is, published a, letter frOm. - that gen tleman, •in answer to certain conditions 'laid down by Mr. Staynton, . as the base.s .of the second match, to the most Important ,of which the "French champion re fuse* to consent; 04 the score of their being un rea"sonahle'and extravagant. M. St. At commences by, declaring that he considered Mr. Staunton. hound by proiniee to play another match, on . terms so similar ,to 'those, of the former contest, as . to call for no hesitation as to their acceptance ;- that as he has no written agreement,, he. cannot force him to act as his promise-seemed to imply ; and thatle should, therefore, merely , recapittilate the terms proposed, and state why he refuiea to. accede to Acme of them. The new propo sitiona, .he.reniarks, smack dreadfully "of the victor :-- Brennus, when thro‘l,ing swordhis into the scale, never spoke with more authority ? Mr. Staunton's conditions are . ~ . "1. To play :with ,M.-St. Amant, or any other player, .five matches of fivo games each, for 501. a. match, or .2501. in.a11.7 ~ To this: M. St: Amant replies, "that he sees no sufficient-reason for , changing the stakes. - As the former snatch was for 1004 a-side, so should be the new , one, .• If the intention •of the , English player was to play for, a larger sum. than before, the new proposition might defeat this purpose, as the chances were, that out of the. five matches, between such .equal players; only one would: be the 'difference at the end; and that, therefore, only 60L would be won or lost. But even supposing that one .party, won four matches, and .the other only one, the sum• Won would be 150/., leaving the mean 1-00/., the same as in the other match. Why,therefore, change, particularly as the new proposi tion had this great disadvantage, of the possibility of one champion winning . three mattflacs,. or nine games, and the .other two matches and twelve • games, each thus • deeming.hiinself entitled to sing lo tritimpfie !'' g.:L Si. Amant invites Mr. Staunton to reflect on these obserya , thins, at the same time declaring that,' should the emi r di:ion be insisted on, 'he will subscribe to it, although unwillingly. . . 2. Those m•itches to be played .at London .or Paris within ' three • months after March 1, 1844, the sum of 50/. being' allowed out of the stakes to the person who shall leave his own country for the pur pose." On thii. M. St. Amant declares, that as it is utterly inipossible for him to - be, absent from Paris, 'on account of his mercantile occupations, for more than ten days, he cannot -play the•matches in London ; that as to '5O/, being allowed in place of 201. (the . sum agreed on for the former match); he considers i t ;to be: 'an extravagant demand, and refuses: absolutely to ctins6tit to it. .LaboUrdonnais, he. observes, -went four times to . tendon to contend with the.. English players, and never once thought of making any such stipulation, "3.. The play tti take place in a private room, With no pers'on .presetit but the seconds and a referee on each side.. ' StronglY,Objected to,' though not absolutely refuled, iiii thii - ground ihat " - as, even according c e st i °l o l u ri r bt ' t sl i s d r' o u ' ii r . , i i t i n Sl : o g et u a l i n t a l:i ii7 e e 6li c r o l r i n if 4.l::ce'r,:ipiloteel's:sinir9l,;i::::t.:lo:l:i:l°64ins:it,:l- t' o p li n n i e : in s u g l : t i a i h r a i a s t i somethitit, lied pew - ) doug• on the previous occasion to render Suels—iiiii.eY,EteeVsary." M. 'St. Amant further observes, that, he'SeeliCthiVinced of the utter impossibi -1 iity tb . find, Three: gen t l e nn n among' the'' Paris chess PlayeriWilling to submit'io such solitary f cOnfinement. • ".4, genie A to.4__played every day, : except Sunday, . 4f i . i ltil he wt: t 7 i) 4ei r tt e beY . l th i i rk; : i t i,:t t9 : l . A l- :. 411 4 , 4 , C g0 1f1'a 10 i1 -4,% 1 '` : l ': ' e lli i.. ru : ti' , l ' b r i g t i ll e t' t ,::, -I'we dg h.:g° po r(e) i ei n j'el t blatdc, C.iTt.the groend,pf:l4sporcantildepga,geinerits ab soofhsle.ls: pt , oveixt . iim s :u: b h. :, :ll:ll7 .l t , e o d i o r, e il cup .. ation.o , ftime. (A 1... St. Amanttiscift Udli t y, moL .w); ll. iyaichant.)• 'The - Ffetich cliampion-p E ev ems .4 ;mz 4g r i„, i w . *9 ek.. in . ".steltd t‘ 5. Theliablieatiottlart4,;o9 - 444 1 ,ue 'forbidden until . after thei_whal%.rt as. ro lthtiv igaia til 4 iibitt ):es t4l4Ll , ol,, l! iie t ilr b e g r.. lif it . c t :. o t, 'll' on' .:ce th l o chisiPlL grolith i t ,-_. . . . :Trova.:. an . ] anew; -. sera= v. I:•porty i z atiol-, ,_. that the • . atnatienri:.zi£.ll'atiia.. , anti ; Uit.flea-t.6941613)E itu , villillg 1* hettre.lif 31 3 41; 45,11ratlitikt% .:Yiiy, 44itav,ts§bieji . es further, that this prolfibiti('n aptfears straiiZe,C - bnittig fropa a native of England, the country of publicity, and % years of aige,;hase.a strong French accent, and speaks of herself as having resided a long time on the Con fine*. She is well conversant with titled names, and very .plausible in her manners and statements, and 'apparently amply provided with a supply of ready money, It is hoped that this exposure may possibly lead to detection of other parties concerned, or at least prevent the accomplishment of the fraud else where. The lease has been retained, by the solicitor to facilitate any further investigation.. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. (From the Morning Advertiser.) In consequence of the indisposition of Lord Wonky, the Order of the Dar for, going into Committee on the Commons Inclosure Bill was on Wednesday night postponed by the House of Commons till the 24th of April, and most earnestly is it to be hoped that the friends of justice and of the poor will spare no effort during the brief interval thus given, in endea vouring to defeat this monstrous attempt et public spoliation. While the Morning Chronicle 13 employing its columns in aid of this iniquitous proceeding, and en deavouring tO blind the eyes of - the public to its real character, the Times' admits into its pages a, most valuable expose of its true nature. The morning or gan of .Whiggery volunteers to . write in. favour of a rapacious act worthy only of the:age of feudal oppres• sion, and the " leading journal" does not leave its readers without the means of perceiving the gross in- justice against the poor, of Which the Chrnnicle is the advocate. The Commons - Enclosure Bill is, in tie language to which we refer, " a proposition which gives 4,000,000 'of acres to those who already possess 32,000.000," and which, we may add, makes this magnificent donation to the landed aristocracy under the most hypocritical pretences, Under the profession of regard to the poor, and a wish to provide for them, the great landlords in Parliament are about to divide among themselves about one-eighth of the whole coun try ; and the organs of Liberal opinions, the stern as sertor of public rights, aids the cupidity of landlords in Parliament, by trying to persuade the country, that there will be no harm done. We admire the pointed sar cam which pervadesthe following language, and ufyveils the hypoctisy of which the Chronicle i$ the advocate : " The parties to this important question are the gentry of then country on the one hand, and the com mon people on the - other. The first assume, and with truth, that there is want of employment in many parts of the kingdom, and by the inclosing, paring, and tillingof many of those wastes, every labouring man will obtain the great and scarce boon of employ metit, for which he is pining. The increase of their _ . oivit staies is not for amOnient admitted as a -motive. though an addition of one-eighth is not a contempti ble addition." If this very large portion of the country which is now, the property of the nation, is to be brought into Cultivation for , the benefit of the poor, we beg .to suggest a plan by which the interests of the poor can be effectually secured, and at the same time the nation at large shall receive whatever ad- vantage may be derivable from the improvement of its own property. -Let these four millions, of acres be sold or rented, 'or allotted to the poor; and let the proCeeds' go towards the liquidation of the National Debt. Can we afford to put into the pockets of : the landed aristocracy those funds which, if judiciously appropriated, .would considerably diminish the-bur dens of an over-taxed population ? What man in his senses,, who .kbpws the - facts which for months past have been constantly before the' public, relative to the heartless inktiffereeree-eg-lanellords to the pros perity of their tenantry, would, for a moment dream of those landlords. devising a measure simply for the benefit ofthe agricultural labourers and farmers? What a disinterested — , benevolent race these landed Members have become, to consent to have their estates en- larged, not at all for their own advantage, but simply from the kind and anxious wish to add to the comforts of those miserable families to which their compassion has' assigned as an ample support, 6s. or 7s. a week ! The true extent c>f the regard which is had to the poor in the Contemplated measure, may be best un derstood by the fact, which is stated in the Times, relative to the inclosure at Croydon :-- " Some years ago an .Act was obtained to inclose no less than 6,000 acres of _land at - Croydon, in Sur rey. The lord of the manor, the holders of land, and others received large portions—among them the late. Lord. Liverpool. To the poor were allotted about 200 acres. These they never obtained, neither com pensation ; but a court-house being wanted, another Act was passed : the poor' man's lots were sold in pur suance of it, and the money - spent in this monument of rapacity:,' . • "? Here is a beautiful specimen or...the treatment to - • setuchlhe poor are, subieet by fanclowning M. P.'s. X-large extent of common is inclosed for the benefit of the poor, and their portion is appropriated to the erection of a court-house, where.they may stand in the presence of their wealthy neighbours charged with poaching on the manor which was once their own possession, and which the laws of their coun try :hare- taken from . them and given to the rich. The friends of thepoer have every reason to dis credit the profesSiOns of 'those by whohrLord Wers ley's Bill is advocated, and..to oppose a measure' which,:as long 'as the• game-laws disgraCe our Sta tute4)ook; will increase the perilsite which the lives of the. poor are exposed. The' more inclosures the more pme preserves, and the wider will be the scene in Whichdesperate encounters will take place tweett the fttrtive intruder and the gainekeeper. . To the numerons : illustrations,Which. have recently ,been: fUroished of. the evil result's of these: foolish and cruel Tasks, an addition has just been .made by a trial, reportetl'in:the' papers yesterday, for. the -murder of; the :gamekeeper at Kingston. In •the language of the Learned. Counsel wholdefended . the prisoner, it "a melancholy thitig-that,.in order to enable 'persons: in the 'position of Lord Grantley to: epjdy "their plea sures and preServe their. game,.the_lives of the oorer claises: . are to be 'sacrificed; and it would be 'much' better 'if there were, no game, and that such lordly, pleasures 'Should be altogether abolished, than that: such dreadful cases as that before the' Court, and si ones all over the country during the present a ss i z es, should have: taken place." it is ,evident, from. the .confession ••of the unhappy convict Elsley, aawell as 'froth anmereus_ other similar statements, that the feelings that -exist between poachers 'and, ginnekeepers are those of Ilin,most deadly hatred,' feelings strangely inconsistent ,with the trivial eha raet4rofthe property which one of . the parties has to Prot r eet and the other is anxiouS, to seize. In the' case to. which .we have referred, :,the gainekqe.per seemed ,determined, to kill; the, poorman who_had knocked : down a :brace, ef , pheasants, and a deadly: encounter, • a "life-for-life" fight was the' result. If. the victim of these inhuman and :unnatural laws had. been the keeper of the Crown jewels or the guardian ofMajesty, he could not have displayed more ear nestneSs in the guardianship' of the property intrusted to his - care, or have' shown - a 'More deadly en'mity' against the man by whom his charge \V itSsdiled. It is really a ;Monstrous eiurdity that the; idle' amuse meats of the aristocracy should be so sacredly fenced round by, the.sanctions 'ofclaw as to peril human life and liberty whenever they are invaded. And 'when,. as in the unhappy case at Kingston, we see one life sacrificed; and firikher barely= saved from the gibbet, in a contest for a brace of pheasants, tskon to rescue his wife and family from the .tugs pf starvation; we are the more impelled to protest,against a measure by which the. number, Of sach cases will be increased., ,Besides the design which the disinterested Members' of Parliament hive of dividing: this land amongst themselves, there is another too obvious not to' pre sent itself to:the mind..of every-thinking• man. This scheme is One , of the efforts of the . pro-corn-law party to perpetuate the ruinous policY of which they are the abettori: 'Want of employMent-tbe ,- effeet Of the ecru-laws-s4s to cease for a few years by Set ting the uneinployedlabeurers to Wonk. on their own land, and thUs one of the arguments for free trade is fo'he answered, -and the..clarneurs of the _League to be silenced: Should this.policyAby the aid_ of the Morning Chronicle) succeed, the clay which the land lordi dread will , be put off, until it will. be too, late to adopt' the only measure that will save 'the country from ruin, England will have lost her Manufacturing entertirise and all her interests will be' bankrupt together. - • . ' '. (From the Times.) ' 'The second .deb;ite on Lord Worsley's Inclesure Bill is. adjourned; till after . glister. We.are glad of this.. The int4sial lime .thns: gained will afford an Opportunity to ; Hon. :Members, of. investigating the merits of a subject on which, we suspect, the greater number of thenvare more ready:to .vote: than to re fleet. ,And, though we do pot prof ess t o • be very sanguine in • _ our hopes that the_ izrriere pens& of a Parliamentary majority may turn the scale of a divi .sion in favoitr of a generous and just as opposed 'to an interested pelicy, yet we do - not , wholly despair of :Seeilig 'the , House do on this occasion what it has dope,sm - •others-. 7s namely, rescind its ,previous - deci sionsrand retract its former language—an inconsist ency which, however derogatory it may be to the dignity of a legislative assembly, is not unfreiluently ' more in-accordance with the wishes, and more sub seiiient to the interests" ; of those who are represented in it, than the most stubborn and pertinacious con- Si:Stoney The house has of date exhibited very - strong predilktion in favou r of the principle of Immaniti over, the petty .wisdom of economists and .the sOfisli abstractions of rich risen. The causes from which this predilection has arisen still exist, and must ()twat? .on, future occasions .to thwart any tett, dency to a sordid or oppressive spirit of legislation. 4t:reittnot:be that- Ulnae who have -stood forth strenu uusly and determinedly, and mot less triumphantly -than 'strbinotisly, - • champion the . poor *man s rights. :in_ populous towns .which owe their 'wtaftlis" - atif iiroVerity t 't6 his labotik-;-it 'cannot be that theyery same rnen can forget= to Maintain the tlieyoliy,o4 - tibilanthropy,' of past ,agesznaraoteed to him _Aptt in the soil of his native tanalet. WeTh-tsii . - 4.----dr el -amination of therntiort bring themsellik.. • .an tt , in, .04 I ask them Selves what it ,oyes to do. TThe Bill is liment of a scheme which and effects of the . of late years—thdt of really is, and wha it 'MAI i ; nothing more than * emt...,, y the worst 'features' of v v . ..., :, the fraud which itsug hc2tbreafiosl:tieonv—eryagfgru:tned '. spoliation. It takes fk)nt ' et e poor to give to the :,,mischiefs which it ne cessitates b y ' creation of A . -,0,.* board of assistant commissioners, secretaries an* a I,'arge staff of mer cenaries, who will doubtless be lust Os likely to regard prayers or the remonstrance s a,' the poor com moners, as that other great central boi, - rd—the' NO law' Commission—is.labitually moved by the suppli cations of parochio paupers. There is one thing to be said in fa 'Bur, 4, this Bill—that 911 shOws.. - less humbug than the face of. it it , might be expected. ,It of course has a good deal about appeals to p ar ,. lament, awards, and arbi tratiens, and so forth ; just , - as if when the plunder who must get it ; but once began, one did not know on the whole it does not profess Amuch in behalf of le Parliament do , poor, as its supporters in and out ` 4 °f it puts them quietly on one side, tel-,!, them that. ics ' of no use in the world making any nt . ,:ie about the matter, and coolly transfers their property.-often the smallest portion of the commonable land h.' a,pariah —according to the will ,and pleasure of the. one or two gentlemen who may happen to possess an inte rest in two-thirds of it—i.e., of the , great landoicner or landowners in the neighbourhood. There is ; ,4t all events, something bold and straighforward in this), which distinguishes Lord Worsley's tone from di* , taken by many of his party, who'professed to be ini pelled by an overvvhdlining solicitude for the good, of ,4 i the poorer lasi , s 4ii A.rl - on this ground aloae- 1 -7 that .it despoili.,te:249p,cottager of all that he can call:hiS own,in4e, may , a property—on this ground alone„: if ; on , ! ne `, other, we would strongly resist this measure:. But when, -in fiddition to this one noxious and 'hateful principle, it involves flip creation of a central board, with Heaven - only knows what powers and what salary, and the Aisl pensation of no little patronage, we' Oink' 'thtit. we are discharging a most important duty ...in denouncing a despotism which will be no: leisi , prog gate than oppressive—no less costly to the public than inimical to the welfare of the poorest classes. If the poor are to be not only injured in their property, but also wounded in that generous pride with which the consciousness of hereditary privileges , was wont to inspire the very humblest individual, do not insult those whom you rob by the mushroom superstruettn'e of a well-paid Commission. If you must erect a net loard, and if-you are grasping for more patronage, at any rate look out for some subjects more powerful . and less sensitive than the rural cottagers to operate tipop. Look abroad npon the wide field of.foreign ,and do mestic politics; and in the wide ocean of fiaance,•: litical economy, and European alliances, you will find some green spot whereon a Commission may fatten to your heart's content. You are fond of talking about -the happiness, the comfort, the manly independence, and the honest cheerfulness of the rural population ; do not talk thus, whilst you are destroying the basis on which your panegyric rests. Do not deprive hint if thatpetty remnant which political economy or indr vidual covetousness yet allows him to retain, of inte rest in the soil Which gaVe him *birth. Deprive hitn of this, and you extinguish in his bosom' the last spark of ingenuous pride, and you ,convert him into a sullen, reckless, thriftless, and sere-like hireling. You speak kindly and sympathetically of his manly sports when it aids your purpose ; you pass a Bill through Parliament, not, of course, as at first sit off would appear, to ward o certain legal penaltiei from yourselves, but to encourage ,the manly sports of n your poorer countrymen ; do ot, let, this enactment —philanthrepic and disinterested as, you would hare it considered—be the limit of your well-doing and right-Voting. Resist a Bill. which . would take away from the alleged object of your genial sympathies, not only the few .acres which pastured • ids small stock, . but also the green-Sward where— . -Y , " All the village train, from labour free Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade; The young contending. as the old survey'd, And many a gambol frolick'd on the graund, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round." If you are bent on preserving the healthy, and chee;- ing sports of the English peasant--sports which may beguile him from the beep-shop, arid allure-him from Chartism—depend upon it that you will do:more to wards realising this purpose by resisting Lord Wori ley's Bill, than by a thousand enactments directly or indirectly in favour of horse-raeinN. • r • MYSTERIOUS PRIZE. On Wednesday last, as a young man was enjoying the agreeable pastime of- popping at . small-birds some fields near Sedgley, an intended viletirn.; deadly sport perched itself on something, the exact nature of-which was not very discernablc,...in grkb of the pits of water with which the fields in that neigh bourhood abound. Our sportsman took his aim, bat the , feathered one, too cunning-to- remain' in such -dangerous company, wisely took 'Wing and flag away. Disappointed for the moment the • wandeiir resolved upon a scrutinizing examination ' of the e 2 - traordinary looking affair from which the bird'44 just departed.. It looked like the head of a barr9 dimly seen through a kind of mist of long-attached slime and weed. But what business had a ,barrel there ? Determined to solve this nlysterietts appearance, and a hedge .being near ; the hero : of . our adventure judiciously _armed himself with •a. tolerably lengthy, hedge rat, and. took many a cautious poke at the tantalizin i g object before him. The weeds and aqueous iiierns lations at length gave way, and a portion of - a toles' bly portly kind of kilderkin stood - reVialed to vidv. It was heavy, and literally stuck in the mud. to • • get, it out,unaided was impossible, and' assistance wlls speedily gatherld. A stout rope and a hearty - tug Or two Soon brought the curiosity to the shore. It W 65 evidently, well charged with something-but :what could it be ? It was broached, and forthwith from at poured a rich stream of ruddy mellow old port /4- port such as might have warmed the heart -of even old - Bacchus himself!' The cheerful news .of this wonderful vintage soon spread around ; even from'tb 6 most unseemly vessel was the precious liquor eagerly !efiraffed, , .and those "drank port whoilepr deant‘ iioit before Nor did the luck of the party - end here, for one of them sagaciouily enough conjeettiriil that, as tho surface of the pit presented suclA go things, 'its iriier depths might not,;he less satisfae torily stored, and forthwith-an active. exploration 9.f all its muddy recesses commenced, and the skill and enterprise - of the 'party beheld its reward in the - safe, landing,- amidst cheers and *eager expectation, . 0 ' another rotund prize;, of similar size and' aspect 1° 1 : the -one already secured ! This, on . tapping, turn out to be a cask of pepperpint AOlie news of find ing theSe good things derelict became pion , extensively known, it was resolved that 'weans should be taken to discover, - if possible, unto whom these reinarliabl o waits legitimately belonged. The wine. c.ask w 5 , 3, ,found to be marked., "Prince and Co., 'Tanaworthi and three " Ws" were impressed on:that containing the peppermint. A communication was forwarded to Tarnworth ; but, strange enough, the firm knew tor thing of the commodities—nor is any taco of their' - to - be found in the books, though referred ttr for yeht' back.—Wolverhenyton Chronicle. 4.f .., . . • [ADVERTISEMENT, ] • • ON THE VERGE OF THE GRAVE ; OR, A 11.11RACI: ions CURE -BY HOLIAWAY 'S PILLB.-James Langley; ' / faditlo - shtlemaker; residing in - Alten=streeti tirepwell-isuet .caught a violent cold about twelve months since, whic being_neglected, brought on a swelling of the legs and feet' .pins in the side and shoulders, night , sweats, with inab il M to keep-food on his fitomach ; indeed, he was at last reflu e to Stielea, state of general weakness and debility that no 9P ' B , thought he could long survive ; but, by the usebf liolioty-tIY '6 Pills, every dmigerous systemquickltdisappeared, 1 - I.'d ,ne ) t now 'as hale and as hearty as e 7 tetras in his life.--6 1,1.11 ,. 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