The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-27 00:00:00

ENENENG EPITAPHS. One of the happiest epitaphs that have ever been pro duced, is that of Coleridge on an infant:-- E'er sin coeld blight, or sorrow fade, Death tame with friendly „are ; The opening bud to he aven cestreysa, And bid it blossom tltiere. Though, if en anomyraestt, writer in a periodical may be trusted, as I hive th)t such writers sometimes may, with tither an iialtation of the following Turkish epitaph, or the two authors have produced the same thought with a very extraordinary exactness of correspondence. It is to ha regretted that the writer by whom it is cited has not given the authority from which be took it : TEIRKISiI EPITAPH ON A CHILD.—God alone is eternal. 1 was in this world but a rosebud, yet I was blighted by sate ; but I have only left the gardens of this world to en‘ ter into those of Paradise. Whether the following, on two twins, was written before 07 after that of Colerrdge, I know not— The tend* buds are fall'n to rise, And ripen in their native skies. With theee epitaphs ou infants may be contrasted one which is %such more homely, but which asks a not unnatural Since I am so quickly done for, I wonder what I was begun for ? Though rustic epitaphs, as well as others, generally con tain prat e of the dead, they sometimes exhibit much satire. A husband is occasionally found to sneer at his dead wife on her tombstone— Here lies my tvifc, enough lamented ; She's gone to heaven, and I'm contented. A scold is sometimes furnished with an app-npriare h by a neighb , ,ur, who bas been inconvenienced by her Beneath this stone, a lump of clay, Lies Arabella Young, Who on the twenty.uinth of May Began to hold her tongue. Personal peculiarities are sometimes rather coarsely sa. ti..ised in the peasant's " uncouth rhymes"— Andrew Thomson lieth here, Who had a mouth from car to ear ; Reader, tread lightly on Lis sod, Fur if he gape, your gone, by G--. And ittveterate habits, which continue " strong in death,' arc often jested upon— ON A SMOKER. Here, fast asleep, full six feet deep, And seventy summers ripe, George Thomas lies, in hopes to rise And smoke another pipe. And a sneer may be seen bestowed on a "little great man"— Here lies the body of JAI: Watson, Read not his epitaph with your hats on ; For why) He was provost of Dundee, Hallelo3an, Hallel 1./fee I A joke on a trade Cr occupation is very common, though often sufficiently clumsy. Tho following has been several times in print--, Here into dust The mouldering crust Of old Bell Bachelor's shoven, She well knew the arts Of pias, custards, and tarts, AR{I all the skill of the oven : When she'd liv'd long enough, She made her last puff, A puff by her husband much prais'd ; Now here she doth lie, To make a dirt pie, k hopes that her crust will be rais'd. And I have also before me an epitaph of a similar kind on parish clerk, consisting of eight or ten couplets, each end ing with the word Amen. But it is scarcely worth tran scfiptien. An epitaph on the dead is very frequently made a ve le for satire on the living, as in the following, on a hus and who had survived his wife— Here lies the body of Joan Carthew, Born at St. Columb, died at St. Kew. Children she had five ; Three are dead, and two alive ; Those that are dead chosing ratker To die with their mother than live with their father. And in this on Mr. Strange, on lawyers— 'Here li es an honest lawyer, and that's STRANGE. Lawye.s, indeed are frequently attacked in epitaphs. l.land and glove with the devil they are generally consi cered.--. Here lies James Straw, Who forty years followed the law, And *en he died, The devil cried, Jemmy, gie's your paw. 43ut here is one represented ai bad enough to teach the Here lies underneath. A lawyer named Keith ; He now teaches sly Nick Many a high trick, Improving in evil aid/vista Mer Hit namesake the o. _ a THE UNIV.ERSITY OF LONDO N UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. The annual distribution of prizes in the faculty of medi cine in this institution took place lately, in the theatre, of the college, in the presence of a crowded and respect able assemblage, a large portion eu which consisted of ladies. Amongst those present were the Duke of Somer set, Edward Strutt, Esq., M.P., Robert Hutton, Esq. M.P.; Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P., Robert ()wen, E:q., H. C. Robinson, Esq., H. Weymouth, Esq., Dr. W‘rdieur, Dr. Fitton, Booth, Esq. The Right lion: the - Speaker in the Chair. The Right Hon. Gentleman, who on his appealance was greeted by loud acclamations, said that the first proceeding was to request the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine to read the report of the Faculty for the past session. Professor COOPER, Dean of the Faculty, said it became his duty to read the report for the session just concluded. The report announced, in the first place, the uninterrupt,d prosperity of the medical school, as proved by the number of students, and the order prevailing in every department of instruction. The total number of students in the dif ferent classes was 476, being an increase on the preced ing year. And not only was the medical school flou rishing with regard to the number of students, but in the meritorious proficiency evinced by so many gentlemen in the present session and examination. When he added, that dur ing the whole se3sion not a single complaint of any serious bleach a discipline in so numerous body had been brought under the notice of the Council, or of the Faculty of Me dieine, he thought they would concur with him in giving the students credit for moral worth, as well as scientific at tainments.--.(Cheers.) In consequence of the vacancy of the chair of medicine, caused by the resignation of Dr. Blliotson, a temporary arrangement had been made by which the duties were entrusted to Dr Copland, and the examination of the class conducted by Copland and Dr. Carswell. At the beginning of the institution of the me dical school it had been without an hospital. Of course there was no opportunity of demonstrating practically to the students the doctrines relative to disease. Under the auspices of a most liberal Council this detect had been ob viated, and a great halt erected for the purpose of practical anatomy, which in space, light, and ventilation, surpas-ed every establishn_tnt with which he ( Professor Cooper) was acquainted. The report also noticed the formation of chases of practical chemistry in which students were taught under the immediate superintendence of the Professors to perform experiments themselves, and thus become practical vs well as scientific chemists. Mr. c f. .% 4TKINSON, Secretary, then read an account of the metTiod of awarding the prizes. The names of the gentlemen to whom medals and certifi cates of honour had been awarded wee then announced, and the prizes delivered by the Chairman. The following gentlemen reeeisod medals as their names were announced by the professors. The latter, as they se verally rose, were loudly cheered. Surgery—(Mr. S. Cooper, Professor)—Gold medal. Yr. James Peterkie, London. First Over medal. Mr. W. Rutherford Ancram, London ; second ditto, Mr. T. S. Bnk, Newcastle- upon- Tyne. Obstetric Medicine—( Dr. D. D. Dnvis, Professor).- -Geld medal, Mr. M. H. Beaumont, Huddersfield. First silver medal, Mr. R. James Rus,el, Northampton ; se ccril ditto, Mr. Thomas Davies. Brecon. _ _ Anatorny—(Mr. Quoin, Professoi )—G, , Id medal, Mr. W. A. Raper, Sussex. First slim- total d, Mr. T00 , i. - ii's Snow Beck ; second ditto, ‘lr. H. S. T.,,i lor, So , ri.i. ,Junior Clams—Silver medal, Mr. W. T White. London Cusitisrtiv.--.(Mr. Gra;ia , n, PrVes,:or.)—G-lil me dal, M. H. L. Jacob, Rocheter Frst silver ni..d .1, Mr. Thomas P. M uthew, London ; second ditto, Mr. J. i S. Waterbottse, Dewsbury ; Medal for Practical Che froistry(last summer), to Mr. J. J. Morcott, Leicestershire. Silver medal for Classification of Medical Compounds to Mr. l'. B. Corrill and Nr. T'nomas P. Matthew. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. —(De. Sharpay. Profes sor.)—Gold medal, Mr. John Ellis, Islington. First sil ver medal, Mr. James Harrison, London ; second ditto, Mr. C. B. Sewell. PATHOLOGICAL ASATOMY.-( Dr. Cirssvell, Professor ) —Gold medal, Mr. R. Quain Ma:kr.v, First silver med,.l, Mr. John Binns, Sunderland ; second ditto, Mr. J. Mayor, Newcastie.upon- Tyne. 31.ATERIA MEDICA.—( Dr. A. T. Thompson : Profes sor )._Gold medal, Mr. J. C. Bocknill, Leicestershire. First silver medal, Mr. H. G. Dalton, Demerara ; se m,d ditto, Mr, W. L. Mr. Bath, PRACTICE OF MEDICINE..—GoId medal, Mr. H. Beau molt. first silver medal, Mr. W. E. Esptr ; second ditty, Mr. J. C. Bucknill. BuTANt.--Gold medal, Mr. J. J. Murcutt; silver ditty, Mr. S. Hodgkinson. MEDICAL JIJRISPRUDENCE.—Prize to W. A. Raper, Horsham, Sussex. Fellowes's clinico gold medals were awarded to Mr. C. Percy Croft, London, and Mr. W. Carey Coles, Gloucestershire. The CamestaN, in presenting those medals, said that they bad been originated by Dr. Fellowes, who placed 5001 in the hands of the Council for the purpose, partly From a feeling of gratitude to one of the Professors, who had attended him through a dangerous illness, but still more for the laudable object of exciting the vigilant atten tion of the students in the hospital to the cases before them, and so assist in increasing the number of acute mad en l'gLiened medical practitioners. T , l l distributio n o f p r i zes h av ing c o n c luded, 4 CisasessaN rose and said—Ladies and gentlemen, `'u have heard from the Report of the several very con. ' maerab le improvem ents t h at have b een ma d e. You h ave heard that a room for practical anatomy has been built, which in pint of space and adaptation to its purposes , stands pre-eminent You ha ve h ear d o f t h e a ddi t i ona l accommodations ' offered, a n d t h e encouragements h e ld out to ittele nts who desirous of availing themselves of the means et to nit d ru n g stantial olvantaers" which ar e pl ace d a t their (. 4 ispoc,al. These, but it t 'is st i ll ar''very imp ortant an d sub ; more consolatory and r i ,;e v ; r e. to find that these act :images have been obtained p 4, i n co nsequence of the prosperous state of the financess of this institution , I beli it may now he 7 t e h e e tlu t n a l i tr::,L the . n• nt),4l exceet,r, penditure. and that there is a considerable surplus appli cable to the advancement of the objects most calculated to promote the best interests of useful and scientific educa tion 1 - 1 - IZre has also been added another wing to the hos- Viial containing 25 wards, and this, no douln , with r. fer ence to the interests of those wh . 7 are medical students ha this College , must be ;in object of Yell great and para mount Importance, CentMehl that it is beneficial not only to the afflicted poor, but also ttj the adVancement of education, I trust that this charitable attd bsetul establish nent will receive frOni the tAtblie that support to which it is fully entitle'd. It:Minot avoid adverting to another point which Must give the most solid satisfaction to all who take an interest in the success of this institution. I refer to the report made by the Professors of the excellent conduct of the students. I must also say that I have witnessed with heartfelt satisfaction the indications not to be mistaken of the cordial and affectionate attachment manifested this day by the students towards their Professors. I trust the day is not far distant when those who have been educated here will, by their future and continued labours and exer tions, attain that eminence and distinction in their proles tiun which will add to the fame and reputation of the Col lege, and reflect lustre on those from whom they have re ceised their instruction.—( Cheers.) And I hope that such fame and reputation will not he limited to this coun try. but will extend to those distant region. in which Eng lish power prevails, in which the Elglish language is spoken, and English laws and English freedom are esta huished. ( The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded amid lmd and prolonged cheering. ) The meeting then separated. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AS A LOCOMOTIVE POWER ON RAILROADS. Several plans have been projected for propelling carriages on Railroads by atmospheric pressure, hitherto however without success. The first of these was Mr. Vallance's original notion of shooting the passengers an carriages from London to Brighton inside a large pipe, exhausted of air by a pump at the other extremity One disadvantage of this project, which prob ibly did not occur to the inventor, was, that unless the distance was certain of being accomplished within three minutes, all the passengers would be 'lead from want of air before they arrived at their destination. A great improvement was afterwards made on this plan of applying atmos pheric pressure as a locomotive power, by adopting a much smaller pipe, and p erm itti ng th e carriages to run on the outside. In this plan a piston about three feet diameter was placed inside the pipe, and it was connected with the leadingcarriage by a strong iron arm which passed ' through a slit at the top of the tube. This slit was proposed to be covered over by an air-tight band pass ing round a wheel, which would enable the carriages to move along. The exhaustion of air was to be produced by large sir-pumps worked by steam-engines at stations about five miles apart. Several scientific men thought highly of this project, but in carrying it into practice it was found that the band over the slit was quite inad equate to keep the pipe sufficiently air tight to produce any locomotive effect. Another improvement has since been introduced which promises to remedy the defects of the former, and to render this mode of locomotion really available. It is apparently the same as the last named plan ; the chief difference, however, consists in the manner o f filli ng u p the slit at th e t o p f the pipes so as to make them per fectly airtight. The following description of the inven tion, taken from a contemporary, is not so clear as to give a very correct notion of the mode of operation, but it will suffice to show the principle on which it depends and the effects calculated to result : This invention is styled " Clegg's Patent Atmosphe ric Railway," and is, both in its original motive power, and also in its application to machinery, altogether dif ferent from the present railroad system ; for this is worked: by stationary steam-engines, apart from each other from two to five miles, according to the nature of the country—two engines being fixed at each station, one for the up, another for the down train, excepting on long inclined planes, where only one is required. The power of these engines varies according to the gradients and traffic, for, supposing the traffic to be •2.500 tons per day, or 1,250 tons each way, and the velocity required to be 35 miles each hour, the average power employed on the line would be equal to six-hone per mile. The size of the engines will vary from six to 25 horse power, according to the gradients. This power is communicated to the train by means of a main or pipe laid between the rails, which is exhausted by air-pumps worked by the engines. This pipe is divided into lengths or sections, varying according to the re spective distance of the engines, by valves which are opened by the train as it goes along, and a space is left between each section with proper sidings for stopping the train when necessary. The pipe suited to the above-mentioned traffic would be ten inches, and no more, in diameter. A piston is fitted to the pipe in such a manner that it will slide therein air-tight; the pressure on the back of this piston (when the pipe is exhausted to the degree re quired for the steepest accnts) will produce a vacuum equal to a column of mercury 20 inches high. An available tractive force of 714 pounds is thus obtained, which will draw a train weighing 13 tons up an inclined plane of one foot in 50 ; and with engines of the above power the train can be impelled at the rate of 35 miles per hour, and the sections of the pipe exhausted with sufficient ral.idity to admit of a train being despatched each way every ten minutes ; or, allowing for all possible delay, four trains each way may be despatched per hour, giving a total of 2,496 tons per day. To the first or driving carriage of the train an arm from the piston is attached. This arm passes through an opening about an inch and a half wide, extending the j whole length of the pipe on its upper surface, and this opening is covered by valve, the nature of which con stitutes the peculiarity of Mr. Clegg's system ; this opening is, by a simple and efficacious contrivance ren dered completely air-tight. The construction and action of this valve cannot be "clearly explained without a re ference to diagrams or models. The main pipe is put together with deep socket joints ; in each of these an annular space is left about the middle of the packing, which is filled with a fluid, and flaws any leakage of air into the pipe prevented. Th• first experiment was made on Monday, before a select party of the Nobility, Members of Parliament, and men of science, amongst whom were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John 'Russell, Lord Howick, Marquis of Sligo, Lord Stuart de Rothesay, Lord Burg hersh, Right Hon. Poulett Thomson, Hon. W. Temple, Duke de Regina, Count d'Orsay, Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Mr. Pried, M.P., Mr. Standish, M.P., Messrs. J. Lyon, Goldsmid, Ricardo, Dick, Halifhx, Clayton, John son, Esqrs., James Bonfit, Esq., of Paris, Captain Mar tyn, and several other noblemen and gentlemen. The trial was made on an ascent done in thirty feet, With a pipe of 3i inches diameter, and 110 feet length. This was exhausted by the air-pump, which was at tached to the ordinary steam-engine belonging to the wcrks. A cock was placed close to the pipes, to sepa tale them from t he pump when required, for the purpose of cloudy ascertaining any leakage in the pipe itself ; a vacuum gunge was attached to each end of the pipe, to ascertain the time that would be required to obtain an equal vacuum throughout its whole length. On this trial the carriages were loaded not only with 1,500 weight of iron, but also with the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Sligo, Lord How ick, Lord Burubersh, Mr. Poulett Thorn s )n, &c., who were carried about 150 feet in ten s .roads of time. The motion of the carriage, though equal to thirty fire miles per hour, is perfictly sm-oth and noiselvs, ; besides this, there is neither smoke, steam, nor dust, to annoy the passengers, as in the present steam trains ; and, besides the comfort and convenience in this new mode of travelling, the cxpense would be considerably under one•halr of what it noN costs. B. sides, this invention can be applied eilher to turnpike-roads, with tieir existing gradients, er to railroads i,o,v constructed. HON. CAPTAIN PIIIPPS.—rn answer to the requi•qi in of a gr..at body of V - te clect,,rs rif Liitc:iln, Clrain P•iipps ackenivle. , ges the kind sn.dlifestation of confluence expre•sed towalds him by the liberal electors of Lincoln, and regrts that his private arrangements pre clude his acceptance tf the protßred invitation to become a candidate ar auy future election. Although he repeats his decided objection to enter into any pledge.; as to his conduct in Partiattr•rit should he ever tak , a seat, be full;: rrco,:nis , :s the n: cessity as 1.4 , 11 as the expediency of it G :verninent , dap ice itself to the elAms of a progressini.ly informed people Advfl tiser. Ti-iE MOUNTAIN BONFIRES— TITHES.-- The rinmer:..us hontirs which blazed on every hill and mountain, from the magnificent Slievenaman to Bagwell's Folly, on the night of the 11th instant, vn.re a mystery try the au:horitics and to everybody else—but they are no s;a—the following le , ter from our Multinahone Corespondent tells "the why and wherefore:"--" A case involving the abominable and generally detested exaction of tithes came on Lr trial on the 11th instant, at Tippe. rary Quarter Si:ssions, before Air. Howley, the Assistant Barrister, at the suit of Bazil Bryan, Esq., for tithe sup. posed to be due out of the lands of Ballycullen, near Mul linahone, and as a pro bona publiS service, I beg to inform you and the community at large, that this odious charge, under the new enactment, has been triumphantly and most signally defeated, much to the dislike of Mr. B. ; on which occasion the surrounding country from Slievenaman mountains to Bagwell's Folly, has been emblazoned by bonfires, to commemorate the joyful and successful event —namely, the defeat of that detested exaction."— Tipp& rary Free Press. BARBAROUS CRUELTY.--Thursday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a great degree of pain ful excitement was produced in the New Cut, Lambeth, by the appearance of a half-starved dog which was seen running out of the shop of a butcher named Nichols, with a large knife sticking in its back. The poor animal was howling with pain, and the blood was gushing from the wound down both its sides. A gentleman who was passing entered the shop, and inquired the cause of so revolting a spectacle, but instead of affording him any information the parties in the shop treated him with the utmost rudeness, and thrust him into the street. The gentleman said he should immediately forward a statement of the transaction to the Animals' Friend Society. The festival of the Ascension was celebrated with all its accustomed pomp at Rome, as a correspondent i n f orms us, and the Pope, who appeared in exce ll en t ~t=its to tle . Clior. ir 7 cbvaeitsgo,,h THE SUN,'LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1839. ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN. Among the more recent addresses to her Majesty are the following :—. YORK. The City of York Addtesshas been forwarded for presentation to the iarl of Zetland and Lord Wenlock. The citizens of York congratulate the Queen upon the retention in office of a Libend Administration, but " have beheld, with deep regret, the rejection or post ponement of various important measures, submitted to Parliament by the Ministers of the Crown." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A woman, named Hannah Simpson, WAS brought before the Lord Mayor. A policeman atated that, having heard that a woman who had a great deal of money about her, was in a state of intoxication, in a public house, he went to the place and saw the defendant, completely fuddled, with a number of sovereigns in her hand. He heard that she had dropped some of her money, and find ing that she was in the company of a set of wom,n who would strip her of everything. if they had the nppoitunity, took her to the station house. Sate had about her thirtt.en sovereigns and some silver; and, as she was in a very 1,,w station in life, it was supposed that she had got possessio❑ of the money unfairly. The defendant said that she had received 401 part of a legAcv, on the day in question, from one of the executors of a rilation of hers who had lately died, and she was so overjoyed that she drank a little too much. Three other relations had received similar sums, and they were all to receive 200/ each. The LORD Mayon supposed that the defendant had been in great poverty previously ?—She replied that she was very poor T.', ind, but she had pu rc h ase d a b onnet , en d ,gown, and stockings. The LORD MAYOR—And where is the rest of the 401. ? Defendant—That 1 don't know. I'm t.ll I left a 20/ lime with a publican, but 1 have no recollection of any thing of the kind. William Woodward, a hawker, said that the defendant lived with him at Barnet, and he always gave her his money to keep for him, she was so sober a woman. The LOItD MAYOR—YOU C.. 4110 torward as her Imibaf,d, why did you do so ? Woo';ward—lt was a broomstick m,i,ri:Te. The clergy hid no hand in it. The Loan MAYOR—Were you with her when she re ceived the money ? Woodward—l was; I saw her take it. The Loan MAYOR—And you did not endeavour to pre vent the loss of it ? Woodward—[ thought, as the money was her's, I had no right to interfere. The solicitor who paid the tuouey to the woman after- wards attended, and mentioned to the Lord Mayo! that her account of the leljacy WAS true. His Lordship ;twit advised h r join the Temperance Society, end ch,ch.rgk.d her. TO WN HALL As soon as Sir John Key had taken his seat, a young woman, just married, nannil Peunefather, applied for a War, ant against Ellen Copley The complainant said, that while she was talking to a neighbour at her lodgings in Vine-court, Tooley•strect, !he woman, who had formerly lived with her husband, came tutu the place, and, after throwing a bottle at her, attacked her with a knife and attempted to murder her, wl:ich she would have effTted, had not a h , dger come to complain ant's rescue. The sours; woman's f.ce will covered with blood. Sir Jo:ix KEY granted the warrant, and the officers, after some short search, found Copicyconcealed under her bed, and took her into custody. Being a woman of violent temper the officers put her into a separate cell. On going into the place in the course of the day, they found the miserable creature had twisted her apron around the bars of the win dow, tied it round her throat, and hanged herself, life being quite extinct when she was cut down. At four o'clock, Pennefather, the husband of the com plainant, appeared before Sir John Key, who said his con duct was very reprehensible in seducing the deceas,d woman and then deserting her. lie said, in excuse, that the deceased was a very violent woman, so much so, that it was impossible for him to live longer with her ; she had several times before attempted to commit suicide. The body was taken to the Borough Compter, where an inquest was held in the evening and a verdict of Tempo rary Insanity returned. LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL. MAY 25. Wind N. 26.—Wirid E. to S. E.— Arrived, the Jaquinay, White, from Manilla ; West In dian, Simpson, Jamaica; Paragon, Cooke, M ,uritios; D(minica, Pearson, Antigua; Ccre;, Randall, Sierra Leone. Arrived from the River, and sailed, the Huntley, Motley, for Quebec ; Sidney Castle, Young, Madeira ; Charlotte Uirica, Blomstran, Lisbon ; Iceira, Cooper, ditto. LIVERPOOL, MAY 26.—Wind N. 26.—Variable.--, Arrived, the Emma, Irvine, from Lisbon ; Johanna Hcn rick, Hartwicli, Stettin ; Gumania, Trettin, ditto. 26. C,luinhia, Clarice, New Orleans; Star, Gover, ditto; Nimrod, Chadbourne : ditto ; Prompt, Payne, ditto ; Lou conia, Gore, Mobile ; Jack Tar, M'Grcgor, Odessa ; Ronert Henderson, Smyrna; Delhi, Herbert, Trieste ; Providence, Mediterranean ; Ochel, ditto ; Adelaide, Charente ; Conradinc, Ulrica, Newske, Wulgast ; Argyle, M•Donald, Bombay. Sailed, the Countess Wilson, Maxwell, for Rio Grande ; San Pietro, B•u-so, Bahia ; Wanderer, Jenkins, Trinidad ; Comet, Taber, St lihres, New Brunswick ; Britain, Rogers, Gaspe; Gleaner, Guthrie, Bay Chaleur ; Melta Clau dine, Guthrie, Wangua; Saiftsure, Walker, Africa; Firefly, Easter, Odessa ; Moor, Fumo, Naples; Bell, M' Inns. Oporto; Ironside, Mitchel, Pernambuco; Jon }line, Scott, Barbadoes ; Gumbo, &widen, Barbadoes ; Maddison, Wood, Virginia; Manchester, Ponworth, Phi ladelphia; Lidependunce, Mye, New York; RoOert A. Clarke, Salter, Neer York ; Apollo, Butler, N,wfoutpi land ; Qua CD Victoria, Mack, Halifztx ; Charlotte. Fisher, St. John's, New Brunswick; Snowdrop, Oriel. Cunstan_ rinaple; Soor:drop, Tre:vany, Gibraltar. Off port, Ma rion, Taba , co ; St. Cloud, New Orleans. 26th, the Minerva packet to Londonderry has put back leaky, hav ing been on shore near the sunk rock. Arrivals, May 24. Bane g ay, from Manilla, off Cork, and proceeded for I,,mlon—s r, iled Nov. 27, Singa , pore. Dee. 16. Cape, March 9 ; Silos, Briekmav, from the Cape of Good Hope, (.ff Penzance—tailed Feb. 10, St. Helens Feb. 26 ; Clyde, from Batavia, (,ff D c. 14. Sr Helena, March 7 ; May flower, Headle), fr :in Van Diemen't , Land, in the Downs— ,,all,,d from Hobart Town, Jai,. S; H rset', 13Iack, from the I},,t-c:—sailed J;ii 28, Sr- 11 - l e:Th? ,March, 13; Paragon, Co, ke, from MAirititii, off D., , er— J; i o : 29. Ai Rals. iv Hobart T:. , •11 V. Dieoloo, he Meropt., Clinch, e 7. fi art TEA Bay ; Gaillardon, Rape n, 12, from Calcutta; Hebe, Wishart, 14, from London ; North Briton, Ti all, 15, from Leith. Sailed, 31, for Sydney. Derwent, Riddle, 16, from Lon don ; and to sail Ist week in February, for London, Aber crombie, Crew, 16, from Sydney, and sailed 27, on her re turn ; Emit. Howard, 21, from Low:on ; Siren, BI ck barn, 21, from Sydney ; Lord Hobart, Simpson, 21, South Australia ; Bandieott, Smith, 25, from Pot Louisa, Roche, 29, from L. ndon and Cape of Good Hopi, ; Abeona, Hewson, from S roth Australia. Departures from Hobart Town— Camilla, Gardiner, I/ c • 11; and Louisa, Day, 17,f0r New South Wales; Augusta, Jessie, Edenborough, Jan. 2, for Launceston,to load for Lisa. d ,n; Tasmanian Lass, Smith, 2, for Port Philip ; Siren, Blackburn, 3, for Sydney ; Minerva, Brown, 7, for London. Arrivals at Launcest In, Van Diemen's Land. —The Hamilton, Bradbury, Dec. 7, front tho Cape and Hobart Town; Mumford, Richmond, 26, from South Australia; Arabian, Cain, Jan. 2, from London ; Charlotte, Brown, 3, from the Cape of Good Hope, after having been on shore. Departures from Launceston. Van Diemen's Land.— The Britannia, —, Dec. 10; Black Joke, Hardi:ig, 13. Suuth Auitraliit ; 13e1,tky, 19, for Pur Phillip; Socrates, M 20; Children, Boat 22, for South Australia; Atrienine, Dal , on, 24. fur the South Seas; .Lady Emma, Gibson, 26, for South itus tralia. Arrival at Syerv , y, New South W:less—The F4:irlie, Aster, Dec. 6, from London, Plymou t h, and Cape of God Elope. Arrival at Madeira.--The Satellite (steamer), Gordon, April 25, from Ab4lrdeen, Falmouth, and Lisbon, bound to Calcutta, tA repair paddle-boxes . BRUSSELS, MAY 22.—The average prices of ~, Wheat and Rye last woek did not experience any material „Iteration, so th.o the prohibition to export them, and their importation, dory free, continued. His Highness, Prkce Ferdinand of S - ixe Cobourg Gotha, two of his sons, and the Princess, his daughter, coming from Cologne, arrived yestordav evening a: the Pal,ice of Laeken. TORY LOYALTY AT LIVi.RPOOL.—Upon all occasions o: . public rejoicing in Liverpool, the subt:cribers of the '• Conservative News Room " hoist the national standard, aad accor,iingly, during the few hours that Sir Robert Peel 1- , tely held etfice, it was waving in proud con. gratul ,tion of Tory aicendancy. To thy, when a nation is especi,i'll , called upon to celob , :lt++ tho natal day of ~ur youthful Qiu - -en, this p+•tty nest of Tories pointedly c:inc.?.,l th,e banner, as a public it, .ult to her Maj -sty. .Genoraly. however, the t,ccasion vv , s marked i n t hi s t ow n by th, u.ual tokens of loyalty anti iff -c!ion. Theßoyal st;i„,tard floated over tile towo.hall ; Briti ii fligs w, re hoisted oe the steeples of the sev ,ral churches, and fl ags , b anners, and streamers were exhibited at various other public build ings and private houses. The bells rang occasional joyfel peals; a holiday was ohserved at the Custom• house ; con. venal mee'ings were b e ta i l , v, I% d parrs of the town; An d , ii tho evening th , M ~,, +, ~,vo , 1 Sliklida dieter to ati',Ut 120 :e, , lemon, . , -rs inclul ?, .1, l ~ if f the-army and n•-iv) n . t n-+w in L.v-rp,,01. --sP IRE WEE KLY H ERALD , CAVainill:2: till the bin, humo ur , wit, f 0 ,,, phif,soph of the el. ction—how the locorocos hate 1- e k e d the Whigs out of their ver y brecchcs—ho x Wall-stte t ha set u a w Ming, a weeping and gi rla&li ng of teeth, &c. &c•.— st n be had to-day at the coult er , 21, Ann.street, pr ce 64 cents. per copy— 'heap as dirt 1 0r so much valuable wiekedness.—N. B. A:yen t sors are requested nor to come ,no fast and thick, otherwise we shall have to enlarge our s.zc. and let out hem of New York our petticoats. Herald wisdom, wit, and EFFECTS OF TION OF INIFRISONMENT FOR DFBT —At a lock-up house in Fetter.lane may be seen in the %;it.idow a bill on which !..i written,. " A second floor to let, unfurnished." The apartments may THE ACT FOR THE ABOLI TION in the Queen's a-nch prison are so few in number, compared with what they used to he, that a whole suite of merly paid for a single room. On an e mpty sponging.. house in the neighbourhood of Carey-street there is a board on which these words are painted—" To let, or the be obtained for about half the price . tor. lease to he sold." HERTFORD ELECTION. —The Times finds botnfort in the fact that Mr. Cowper go t a majorityT of only 19, while at t h e last election - he lud 74. Now, we must dash away even thi s cru mb of comfort. At the las t election there were tw o seats vacan t, and three candid ates. Air. Cowper w as considere , l safe, and received numerous split votes from L ord Mahon ' s suppo rters, while the real contest lay between his Lordship and Mr. Currie, who was defeate d.by ni ne votes. Th ere fore, the real change in the sentiments of th e cons tituency since 1837, is to be i N . e others t o a sal as Mr. Cowper did, 1 0 the estimated at a minority of nine, and a ma j ority of n ne. teen, and diff erence b etween. Thi s election should en courage and loyalty pp of people agains t the blund er , to give it no harder name, by which Sir Robert Peel has for the present shipwrecked his party I t also affords " encoura7ernent to all who call themselves Reformers, to unite as Mr. 1 ) , ., , ie,..a;',e, `li. 1le':1-$ W"'d. '• nd Mr' G. Byng, did on that occasion. --- ()b , ; ce r. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Silt-I ant indoe, - ti to address you upon the subject of weights and meitsures, in consequence of sour re marks relative to the frauds lately detected in Ulerken well. I shall not offer any apology for 'trespassing upon your columns, but shall lease you to judge whether you think the public have a sufficient interest in the cise I ant aLout to make out to induce you to insert this letter. have no hesitaee • e, s that the whole of the laws and customs l i p jest art. absurd 'and im practicable, and tiett the public have great reason to complain of the aunayance and expense to which they have from time to time been subjected, whilst those who have taken upon themselves to legis':ate have dis played such utter ignorance of the suhjsct. In order to be understood, I must first refer to the standards ; secondly, to the mode (f comparing weieles and an sures with the standard:.-I mean at the time of stamp ing ; and thirdly, make some remarks on the present mode of inspecting the accuracy of we'ghts and mea sures, and of levying fluea against suppo , ed °Enders. With regard to the standards, 1 presume it is gene rally known that the originals are deposited in the Ex chequer, and that proper officers are appointed to com pare and verify all those copies which are in the hands of the different inspeetors throughout the kingdom. Now thus far all is correct ; but at the very next step we take, all is confusion and insecurecy ; and so it goes on to the end of the chapter. In order to he as short as possible, there are at this moment 400 sets of these copies of standards. al which issued from the Exche quer in 1825 and 1826. There are also about 100 sets which issued between that time and the passing of the present Act (say in 1835), and about 400 more sets that came out in 1835 ; making a total of 900 sets. Now, although the several Acts are rigid enough in_the enforciog- of accuracy in those weights and measur s used by the public, not so as to the standards there .s no penalty or compubory clause a hate% er as to wile', the standards shall be re-vered ; hence the whole them are at. variance with each other, anti to such a stupid extent has the ideas of some persons gone, that. th y have net had them adjusted for forty years ; and even now, as I have shown, there are 400 sets whici have been fourteen years in use without any examina tion. Whether this fact is rendered the more disgrace ful when we consider they are all made of brass, which is the softest and worst material of which they could be made, and all who know its properties will admit that it cannot he sujscted to friction without losing weight to a greater extent than any other material, the pubin may judge then of the present state of the standards, which ought unquestionably to have been all called in, and corrected at the pissing of the present Act. As the matter now stands, persons are liable in all parts of the kingdom, to be charged with the use of fraudulent weights and measures, when the discri pancy may, in fact, arise from the imperfect stat s of the standards themselves. I do not assert this unadvisedly, I have proved the fact again and again, at the Exchequer. Secondly, as to the mode of comparing the weights and measures usel by the public with the standards at the time of stamping. It will be admitted, that if there is any neglect in this particular, serious consequences must follow ; but strange as it may appear, there is tie greatest possible neglect in this particular, and it arises chiefly from the fact of the Legislature having exempted all those inspectors appointed under any local Act from the penalties of the present Act. From what I have seen of the manner in which the duties of Inspec tors of Weights aad Measures are performed under local Acts, they ought all to have been abolished (the city of London and comity of Surrey excepted) rather than protected; take an instance—Westminster claims exemption under their local Act ; hut how do they perform their duties? Why, for many years, to my knowledge, they have made a practice of stamp ing weights and measures without any comparison whatever with the standard. or any other proof of accuracy. Cart end waggon loads have been stamped in front of their office, without even being taken out of the cart or waggon, and yet for these. glaring errors the public are to be visited with heavy penal ties. I know enough of the manner in which the work of stamping generally has beeu performed, to assert, without the fear of contradiction, that no dependance whatever can be placed upon it, an( it is a gross fraud upon the public to make them liable for the errors of other persons. There was a precious sample of this in Middlesex, but had as is the state of the standard, and defective as is the mode of comparison, the last point (the mode of inspection) is still • worse, and if space permitted, I could point out in Clerkenwell and many other parts, that a complete system of fraud exists against the inhabitants, and that certain persons, under the pretence of trying the accu racy of weights and measures, extort money from the inhabitants most unjustly ; and because some person• are base and fraudulent enough to impose upon the public by using false weights and measures—(a point for I don't for a moment deny)—others are to be made the victims of this system, and a strong prejudice is to be raised against every person who may be unfortunate enough to have erroneous weights or measures, although, as I hope I ha, e made it aopertr, such errors may be the result of various causes ; end it ought never to forgotten that friction and exposure to atmospheric air, and the particular tendiney of certain goods, are amonst other causes, which will always occasion de‘ia(iols in weight and measures. I remain, Mr. Editor, Your obedient servant, ‘..V•ia.treitwee, JA. ES HAYMA N. i HE JAMAICA QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The unnatural position taken by a certain section .1 the Radical party on the Jamaica question, inducts me think that the real state of the case is not fully known ; Atli' ugh the Parliamentary papers, and those published by the late Governor, Lord Sligo, are sufficient to satisfy he most sceptical reformer that he sboeld not have placed himself in the ranks of Sir Robert Peel. Who ate the Jamaica planters—the possessors of " the Constitution ?" A small minority of the population of the island-- letter . end malignant Tories, who have amassed wealth, like the tee ton kids of England, by defraud_ ing the libourer of his hire. A handful of " nigger trades, " cruel, immoral, unjust, and tyrannical ; who, in stead of making sonic atonement to the working-man for the large amount of wages justly due to him for the many years of painful toil he has endured, have now entered into a foul combination to defeat the objects of the British people by every means that fraud and circumvention can suggest. These bitter Tories, the supporters of the thirty-six hours' Premier, have, as appears by the Parlia, rmeitary Papers an Lord &it:o's documents, been paid the full market value of the working-men of the island, and yet in &fiance of latv and Gospel, they have since eraded tile provisions of the contract., and defrauded the labourer of his hire I These bitter Tories, the possessors of " the Constitution"—these women.floggers—these de bauchers of the working mao's daughters—these dealers in human flesh—this fortieth part of the population of the islaml, have found supporters in the Radical leaders 1! And why?--Because the Government, eat rying out the principles of reform, propose to remodel the Constitution so as to admit the trading and working classes to a fair share it, the representation ; and as an essential and ne cessary preliminary to that liberal object, are compelled to deprive the Tory oligarchs of the means of frustrating the oeentions of the people of England by suspending the powers of the Tory local legislature ; although they arid the people of England leave them in the enjoyment of their ill-gotten estates. Why, Sir, it would he but just and consistent in'the Radicals were they to vote for giving these Tory " nigger-traders" a full measure of despo• tism ; and were tyranny to be carried to its fullest extent against these disgusting Tory sensualists, it would be but just retribution. I myself have seen the Christian planter expose for sale the very nurse that suckled him; I have seen him sell his own daughter —I have seen him sell his own sister of the half blood ! These ar. the exclusive pos seaters of "the Jamaica Consti' wren"—these are the worthy orotegees of the followers of Sir Robert Peel, And yet, these ;,re the men some of the Radical leaAers think wog_ thy of support I I hope, Sir, the delusion is Low dispelled, and that those Radicals who may have fatten into error from not having given the subject consideration, will now see, that in suspending "the Jamaica Constitution," they 're but et privini a prolliEtate handful of Tory " nigger traders" of the power of further plundering and persecu inu industrious classes of Jamaica—the blood relations of tbii•se veil Tory iiigger—irivers themselves. Afier the daring insult i•fl , ri.d to the Qu-on of England by the low-born Tory leader, and as if to increase its ma lignity, off 'reel, as they say, in " a quiet and respectful mann,r,"—afrer this, I am sure that every honest Radical ;oust feel that Lord Melbourne is, entitled to increased support, for having magnanimously stepped forward again to rescue her. Majesty from the degradation of a Tory Household. A REFORMER. THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY. CONFESSION AND FULL DISCLOSURE o`F S (11e0M NS. On Sat urday, after the night4;harges had been dispesesl • Ot atLauline h -street, Henry Selonwes, L t , wis and E . es Caspar, Henry and Amelia Moss, Emanuel alias Money 'Moses, Alice Abrahams, and Sarah Levy, the persons; it) custody for being concerned in the e:,1(1 duet rot) bury. were placed at the bar before Messre. and Combe, and Mr. Burnell„ a County Maesstra:e. t further examination. Messrs. De Mole and phreys, solicitor-, and Messrs. C-at kson and nesse, barristers, attended for the ores, eutioi ; eta; Messrs. Buckland, Elias and Charles Is Lacs, Abrahams and Yates, solicitors, and Messrs. Adolphus and Plellips, the barristers, far tire prisoners. As soon as tee rams s of the different prisoners were called es er, Sieem e ,is released from the bar,and after being cautionee maitner, that he was to make a full disclosure of the e tele of the transactions, so far they came within his own know ledge, and not reserve any of the particulars with the view of screening himself or other person's, he was sworn, and admitted as an evidence for the Crown and prosecution. He stated that in the month of March last he carried on the business of a gold-dealer arid re !jeer at the shops 53, Strand, and 9, Coventry-street, Haymarket. On Easter Tuesday last the prisoner, Money Moses, whom he had known for eielit or nine years, came to his shop in the Strand and said he wanted to speak to liar (witness), anti at the same time proceeded to the back part of the shop. He (witness) followed him, and on his intimating that what he wished to say should be in private, they proceeded into the drawing-room, where his daughter Mary was seated at the time, but perceiving that he had a person with • him she instantly left. As soon as they were atone Moses asked him if he would purchase some eold-dust, and what he would give an ounce for it ; witness told him gold-dust varied in value from 31. 155. an ounce upwards. Moses then said he had a quantity of it for sale, and he replied that he could not take more than thirty ounces until he saw what it was and tried it, and agreed to take thirty ounces, at the rate of 31. each. Moses then said he would send his daughter Elsey. meaning Mrs. Abrahams, with it in the course of half an hour ; but, before leaving, he said to witness, Now, remember, you don't know me, nor I you." In short, three quarters of an hour afterwards, the prisoner, Mrs. Abrahams, came to his shop, and said, " I have brought what my father had been speaking to you about." She then proceeded into the workshop, at the nick of the shop in the Strand, and he Solomons, instantly placed a crucible on one o the furnaces, which was then alight. Mrs. Abrahams produced several lumps of gold from her bosom and pockets, which she put into the crucible, and remained there until it was melted, and they both returned with the produce into . the shop. Perceiving, on weighing the gold, that s'.e had brought much more than he had bargained for, he said something on the subject to Mrs. Abrahams, upon which she replied, " There is nothing to fear ; there is a great deal more of it, but it is under lock and key," and at the same time produced a bunch of keys, which he, Moutons, would know again. She also said At the time, she wished it should be all melted down that day. He, witness, at the time, expressed some fear or intimidation on the subject of receiving the gold, upon which she, the prisoner Mrs. Abrahams, laid hold of his arm, and swore a solemn oath in the Hebrew language, to the effect that, as ehe hoped for futurity, she would not divulge that he, Solomons, had melted it. To the best of his, witness's, recollection, there were 110 ounces in the first portion of gold brought by Mrs. Abrahams, and for- this he paid her at the rate of 31. per ounce, and gave her 330/. in notes and so vereigns. On leaving his shop he understood her to say she would return with more of the gold. She re turned again in about half an hour or so with an addi tional quantity of gold about her person, and this also he melted down. Atter he bird done so he told her that he could not pay her for it, as he had not so much money in the house, but at the same time told her that he had re-melted a portion of what she had brought before into a bar, and had sent his son into the City to get money upon it. The bar so* melted he had alloyed with some silver-gilt lace, and sent it by his son to Messrs. Co'tk and Johnson, of Hatton-garden, with in structions to raise 4001. upon it. Mrs. Abrahams in the interim came to and returned from his shop 3 or 4 times, bringing gold each time. While waiting the return of his son,Ml s.stebraharris went into the drawing-room ,and tieing there for some time her mother, Mrs. Moses, called and said that her husband was very uneasy about Elsey stopping s.) long ; but on his explaining the cause to her she expressed herself satisfied, and went away, leaving her daughter at his, Solomon's house. On his, witness's son's return, he produced 400/. in notes and sovereigns,and said he received a checque for 4001. from Messrs. Cock and Johnson, on the banking house of Deacon and Co., that in exchange he received a note for 3001., and subse quently proceeded to the Bank of England and got it exchanged there. These notes and gold he paid over to Mrs. Abrahams, who had waited, just as he re ceived them ; and on striking the balance after this, and and the price of the gold which had been brought by her and melted down, he found that he was still indebted in a balance of from 2,0001. to 3,0001., and whatever he amount was, he gas e her an I 0 U for the differ e::ce, and the prisoner went away. Mr. CLe.axsoer—ln the memorandum you made of the gold, was there any portion of the gold dust, as it has berm called, which had been brought to your shop by the prisoner, Mrs. Abrahams, which had not been en tered without memorandum ? Solomons—Yes, the last time she came she produced from her pockets the shakings, which my young man, John Dean, melted for her, neatly five ounces, which amounted to 13/, This I paid to her separately, and she requested I would not tell her father of it, as it was the shaking of the bag— (Lauhter)—and I had not entered it in the memoran dum I have been speaking of. On the next day, Easter Wednesday, he, Solomow, and his young man, John Dean, remelted some more of the gold, and alloyed it with slime Russian copper coin, throwing them into the crucible at the same time. Mr. CLARKSON—NOW, Mr. Solornons, may I ask you why it was you threw these pieces of Russian cop per into the crucible on this occasion ? Solomons—lt is ridiculous in me to disguise the object, and therefore I'll not disguise it. The fact is, I had a strong suspi cion about the gold, and I added the copper to disguise the colour. Mr. Solomons in continuation—The gold melted with the copper was cast into two bars, and this he had sent by his son, Selim, to the house of Messrs. Bulls and Co., on the Wednesday, desiring him to get 1,2001. upon them. Soon after his son bad returned with this amount, in eleven notes of 1001. each and 100 sovereigns, Mrs. Abrahams called on him, and he paid her over six of the 1001. notes and the 100 sove reigns in the presence of his son Selim. On deducting this latter amount from the memorandum which he had pre viously given to Mrs. Abrahams, he found that the balance was 1,8001. odd, and Mrs. Abrahams having given him back the I 0 U which he had previously given, he destroyed it, and gave her another 16r the real balance. He was also about to destroy the memo randum which he had made out describing the weight of the gold and the amounts paid by him for it, when Mrs. Abrahams requested he would not do so, as she said her father would be very angry indeed if she did not bring it home for him to see it. The 10 U which he gave on that occasion, was the one now produced by Roe the officer. It was written while he was under a state of agitation, and might be different from his ordi nary style of writing, but still it was the same he had given. Mrs. Abrahams called on him three or four times afterwards, and said her father was very anxious to have the balance of the money, and requesting he would pay it. He told her that such was the stir that had been made about it, and so much had been paid about the robbery, that he could not venture to sell an ounce of the gold ; that, on the contrary, he apprehended some serious consequence for having had anything to do with it, and begged oilier, for God's sake, not to come near his • hou'se for the present, as he could not then think of pa}ing her a shilling on account of it. After this she called once ; and after that he bad received a communi cation from his brother-in-law, Mr. Reese, to whom she had applied on the subject. After this, he received a summons to attend at this office to give evidence 'on the subject of the robbery, when the Caspars were in custody. Being much alarmed he sent his son to the prisoner Moses, to state how unpleasantly he was cir cumstanced, and to know if he had the notes he paid him, for, if so, he would get him gold for them. His son brought him back a message fi om Moses to the effect, that he was not to be a child, for that neither his (Moses's) name, nor that of his, would transpire in the transac tion. He (Solomons) subsequently gave directions to his son and his young man Dean, to get as many of the notes that had been paid for the gold dust as possible from those to whom they had been paid, and to get gold fiir them. They got back six of the 100/. notes which bad been paid to Moses, together with 15 tens and. two fives, and gave gold in exchange for thew. Mr. AeolOUs, nod the legal gentlemen employed for the prosecution, declined putting any question to the witness, and at the termination of his evidence Mr. Clarkson rn..de an application to Mr. Hardwick to have him sent back to the pl,ce :roil') whence he came, and detained to a future period. Solomous, however, iu ste id of being ' tin placed in the dock with the other prisoners, was ordered by Mr. Hardwi , k to be taken into the iront office, and lt, , pr, there in the care ef officer till the exaMination w s over. DEVONPORT. On Tuesday last, a numerous meeting of the inhabi tants of Devonport, took place pursuant to requis.tion, for the purpose of addressing her Majesty on the late ungracious attempt to remove her Household ; and also to congratulate her Majesty on the firmness displ,yed by her on that occasion. Godalming, Falmouth, Tonbridge, and other places, too numerous for detailed statement. have approached the Throne with declarations of attachment to her Ma jesty, confidence in her Ministers, and hopes of a real Reform. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer on the Rev. Mr. Lacy the rectory i.f vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Dr. Dovys to the See of Peterborough. PICKING POCKETS AT THE QUEEN'S DRAW ING Roost.—Several young men aid boys were brought to Queen square Office upon charges of picking pockets in St. James's Park. Some of them being clear cases of felony, the parties were committed for trial, and others were remanded until a future day. In none of the cases had a robbery of any amount taken place. STICKING PEAS.—The following mode of sticking peas, especially the taller varieties, is both cheap and simple, and possesses many advantages. Procure some strong thick stakes or thin poles, in length according to the height of the peas, from five to ten feet, and drive them into the ground on each side of the row, at the distance of three or four yards; pass a small line along the poles, taking a turn on each within a few inches of the ground, and as the peas advance, raise the next turn a little higher, and so in succession, till they have attained their full height. Sew the tendrils of the peas and truss them round these lines, by which they will be supported in a better manner than by the common me thod of sticking. When spread regularly along the lines, they have a fine circulation of air, and pods can be pulled at all times without injuring the loailm, and as the birds have no twigs to alight on, the portion of the crop which they otherwise would devour and destroy is saved. Al: excellent way to preserve peas or beans from mice is to chop up the tops of the last year's shoots of furze, and sow them in drills ; the author has known it to have been an effectual remedy in several instances, where these mischie vous little animals had been very prevalent.—Vegetask Cultivator, by John Rogers. SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.—Amidst those clus ters of islands, containing a population known to exceed a million, and perhaps of several millions, a change of un equalled importance, because affecting so large a mass of mankind, has been begun within the last 40 years, and hi,s been almost imperceptibly going forward. The first attempt made for their conversion was in 1797 ; for 17 years the work appeared to make no progress, and in Europe no other notion was entertained of these people than that they were idolaters and cannibals, and their country a rude and barbarous wilderness, without arts, without commerce, without civilization, and without the rudiments of Chris tianity. Such was the estimate, not inaccurately formed, of their state twenty years ago. Within this brief space, under no other agency than the influence of Christian truth, they have conveyed a cargo of idols to the depot of the Missionary Society in London ; they have become factors to furnish our vessels with provisions, and merchants to deal with us in the agricultural growth of their own country. Their language is reduced to writing, and they have gained the knowledge of letters. They have, many of them, emerged from the tyranny of the will of their chiefs into the proteevon of a written law, abounding with liberal and enlightened principles, and 200,000 of them are reported to have embraced Christianity. STATE OF THE LEGISLATURE : TAKE HEED. —lt is peculiarly unfortunate, that, at a conjuncture when the number and magnitude of the affairs which press upon the consideration of the Legislature, require its members to display more comprehensive views and greater resolution and activity that at any an tecedent period of our history, both Houses of Parliament, and especially the House of Commons, should debate so much and settle so little. Instead of displaying the energy and foresight which charac terize statesmen, or the dispatch which belongs to men of business, nothing whatever is done which can, by possibility, be deferred ; and what is done is done in haste, and done badly. In this state of the great council of the nation it can hardly be expected, that the law, or the administration of justice, should meet with more close or continuous attention than other affairs of equal moment. Some relief is given, more is promised, and with this the executive servants of the Crown think the country ought to be contented. But the extent of public patience may be overrated. Those official persons who thrik that the safest course for them is to remain as passive and quiescent as they can, who calculate, that, with some pmendutents and additions, the same system of law and judicature which has already lasted so lon ,, will last their time or for ever, take a very imperfect survey of the scene which lies before them. Their position and that of their predecessors is essentially different. As the mass of the people become more intelligent, law and legal proceedings are scanned by greater num bers and with greater keenness ; as litigants become more poor and less submissive, costs of suit are paid with greater difficulty and reluctance ; while the movranenis of Courts of Justice, but especial:) , of Courts of Equity, unhappily become more slow at the very moment those of every other broch of bu , iines arc , bi , com. mg more expeditious These concurring causes stifficPuitiy p •int Out the propriety of setting s;r u nod a)sterati eijly -shout a rev'SlJ of every branch of :.he jurisairode•.ce of the country heron. it be too tate. —Miller on thi? Unset. tled Condition of the Law. _ _ The Town-council of Faversham (a Cinque Port) has directed that '° a letter be written to the Mayor of Dover, expressive of their disapprobation of his con duct in writing to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, inviting him to a banquet in the name of the Cinque Ports and their members, they not having been consu'ted, and also soliciting the Earl of Winchilsca to take the chair, the Earl not being a freeman of the Ports, 'tor in any way connected with them, and that it is their opinion that a Mayor of one of the Purts is the most proper person to preside. Yesterday morning, at a quarter to two o'clock, an alarming fire, which at one time threatened destruction to the adjoining dwelling house, broke out at the residence of Mrs. Battersby, No. 35, Norfolk-street, Strand. The flames were first seen issuing from one of the top story windows, the frame of which was then entirely burned to a cinder. An alarm .was immediately given by the police, and the inmates aroused. Fortunately no one was sleep ing in the room where the fire broke out. A scene, how ever, of the greatest confusion ensued ; the inhabitants therein, as well as those of the houses on each side, mak ing a precipitate retreat in their night dresses to an hotel nearly_ opposite. Several engines shortly arriving, the fire was prevented from spreading, and in about twenty minutes was entirely subdued, being only confined to the floor on which it broke out, which was entirely gutted. ENGLISH. LAWS AND LEGISLATION.—Ruff head's edition of the Statutes, brought down to 1833, new extends to thirty-two immense quarto volumes, while the progress of original, aniendirg, re-amending, explanatory, and consolidating acts e loch they con tain, from the time of King John to Queen Viet iria, present a labyrinth cf legislation wive!) has near]; become intolerable. No man can confidently say what the Statute law is on alino,t, any ene subjects In proof of the extrememe ignorance or carelessness with wilier) Acts are prepared and ir , ssed, it is only n,ecs sary to turn to the schedule ennexed to the latest Post office Act, which is 1 Vtct., c. 32. It contains no fewer than six erroneous or superfluous notices on matters of a statutory nature. It repeals the 1 Wit. and Ma., sesa. 6. c. 3. No such Session is upon record. It repeals 25 Gco. 111 , c. 57 ; which was previteisly el,ealed by 3 Geo IV. , c 126. s. 1. It repeals 43 Ge o , 1 11., c 31 ; which was repealed ha 46 Geo. 111., c. 142. s 1 It, repeals 43 G-'o. 111. c ~, Li u; wh ch was repelled by 10 Geo. IV., c. 26, S. 1. repeals 49 Geo. l 11,, c. 45, which was repealed by' II Geo IV. and 1 Wil, IV. c. 20, s. 1 And it repeals 7 and 8 Geo. IV , c. 58; which was reeled by 9 Geo. IV., c 60, s. 1 Examples of similar and more material nii , eeltes might t,e accumulated to any extent, and under every h=ad of regulation and enactment,, from the same inexhaurtible storehouse.—Miller on the Unsettled Condi " lion of the Law. SUDDEN DEATII.---ThUrSday afternoon a man, fell d ,wo dead at the end of Chancery-lane. His name John Wllti4ms, for man , years employed at the S'atne Office. 8-merset the tim-- mentioned he wa!, oroe...‘ei.tilg . up Chaocery-lane toisards and ,ts he got ne>.r a booksejer's to the I , V;!ite Her, p&ilie-house, he st:ll,%rerefi and fell. H was instantly, iceked uo and taken into the house, an') assktanee was sent for, but in vain. FACT SOMEWHAT ANGULAR. —TWO gentle men, boils grand/ethers. were yesterday walking in the low street, North Shields—" Do you observe that broken paws?" said one of them to th.:, other. " Yes; what of that?" "I saw a b,y break that identical pane seven years before you were born." " linnr;ssiblel how can you suppose it is the same ')" " Why I feel somewhat impli cated in the mischief of my companion, and have had a cooseious eye upon that very pane for sixty two years."._ Tyne Pilot. _ ROBBERY IN AN OMNIBUS.—On Tuesday, about one o'clock, as one of the Conveyance Company's omnibuses from Islington to the Elephant and Castle was opposite the Post-office, a fellow, dressed in the first style of fashion, was detected in attempting to pi* the pocket of a lady ; and on an alarm being given, one lady missed a purse containing gold and silver. The fellow was given into custocy, and taken to the Compter. ESTATES OF LUNATICS.—The Lord Chan cellor has stated that all applications for expending money on estates of lunatics must in future be made and approved of by the Court of Chancery before the expense is incurred, or it will not be allowed afterwards. FOUR FAMILIES TURNED ADRIFT.—We are informed by a correspondent that on Saturday last, Mr. Garvey, agent of the Durrow estate, with the sub-sheriff, the chief constable, and other constabulary officers, head• lug a numerous force of police, repaired to the estate of Durrow, and dispossessed four families, two of the men (Jordan) brothers, the Widow Gill, and a person of the name of Day. The police had nothing to do, the poor creatures having with great grief and lamentation peace ably resigned possession. The miserable b-ings were re quired to pull down their own houses. After the thatch ar.d timber were torn off they were further required that the wars liculd be le , ered, , r.. celled with . i the earth !--Dublin CLERICAL TELL; GENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Edward Budg.., late curate of Lluncellis. to the Vicarage of Manaccan, Cornwall, vacant by tho cession orthe Rev. W. Thomas. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The Rev. T. Sandon, to the Curacy of St. Mary's, Lin coln, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. G. Rigg, The Rev. Edward Price, LL.B., to the Rectory cf Greetham, Lireolnshire, vacant by the ce sion of John Bowstead, 'he Rev. Richard Fenton, M. A., to the living of As garby, Lincolnshire. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The Hoo. R v SV, ;lam Towry Lwii s been col. lated by th.. ~t 13 nd Welk to he Chancellor. ship of the diocese of Bath and Wells, vacant by the r‘ sig_ nation of the Venerable Archdeacon Law. The Rev. J. K. Field, late curate of Stogumber, and of St. James's, Taunton, to thr Curacy of Glasbury in Wales. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. Tic Rev. Francis Curtis, M. A.. of Balliol College, Ox ford, has been institut,:d by the Lord Bishop of London, o the Rectory of St. Leonard's, Colchester. Patrons, the Master and Fellosi of Balliol Colkg , t. The Rev. J. Whetteral She) de, Vicar of New Church, Isle of Wight, 'to the Rectory of Bletchii. , gley, Surrey, vu. cited by the death of the Rev. J..rvis - Kenrick. Patron, George Henry Ward, Esq., of Northwood Park. The Rev. J. 0. Hill, Perpetual Curate of Wootton Un derwood, Bucks, to be ohe of the Duke of Buckingham's Domestic Chaplains. The Rev. Twees Smith, to the rcr . t:.:y of which pariah he had l'y! hlant eta rue n,.3c ‘‘it.:l,,s called was Mr. G, org , RobinAffn, all to Mr. Yardley, an attorney in the neighhonrhood of Hatton-garden, who, pre‘,o,ls t o his ~ x art t , vidence in a ease, and tou: hing m te - •,u .rly of bis iwinz al' iired several objectios,, • a professional nature, and upn„ " 11, , bad bc,:n cofi suited as the I , gal adviser of (me ur t oof the prisot,er, in the dock. Mr. CLARKSON observed th thy - simple and on ly evidence which he rcluired from the witness was touch. ing the fact of his having received 1401. front tLe soner Moss, together with the 1 0 U for 1,800/.. en d which had e.ub-i,2quently been f.vand no that prisoner b y Roe, the officer. !Z,,bioson, afte aa,, ;r rs caratc. i admitted the raol ; , , ;;, EVEN I ED ITT' 2N-. had received iv r, those which be handed to Moss, and mcro founil upon nl tyr:sln by Roe. A. (15.eussion here took place about the prisoner, Mrs. Abr,bain,, beit,g- previously sworn :is a wittie•Fs, an -&rea,rel as a priocipai, during which Itolao‘o.. remarked that ,he it. wit , : who disclosed to Ww who the receiver' of the property was, and that t „, n ., had been held out, to her, on the part of those en- pros , cution, to aSrnit her ai a witness to , 11 0 li'Stinlolly of INICSS C;ank.con oh s rued, ber:l adv. :;. ,tor ',010% '1 net at •tt. nu, ' , root; mately mixed u., robber% Roe, the city otilcei; time no idea bad ro , c.cittor, or thcwse d bt;en so iatt t.xaminod at considerable Icetb, and his (-yid, net! ;o l rno doubt what- ev..r As to tile 11 el ,g , fl 1 II ,0111,. i six o'c • -pt,S,ll S:veial of Ow witne,H, r&nqr links in Ito ,!11:11 etfi er an ex :MI ers were ag.lin rent, 41 41 l'r During the eXnriiL) ;411, 0111(±e w, { - Mod almost to suffocaiion, and wnon ere being re• moved in the vin, fecro 1:44 I:ave en less tinlu from 700 to .700 ne , s4m, , i i i -,,, , r of anxious to get .1 view cl tii In. THE ',V IGS.—Grie op;::.ortunity, (a one, if properly used !) nai laHoi aft. iried to thornby th e_ blunder of thcir opia,nonts, If is lost far e ver, if m at, at t Once seized. This is tin• m )(tient to conciliate, and b act Thi., is the awin to proclaim the honcst abao don:Pent of a policy, no art can sustain• It has been tried t o ,. lon ; T! ~!ready.. Radical forbearance must end by involving Liberals of all classes in aell mcTited disxrace ; and, unless, On Tuesday next, we have something tangible and intelligible to contend for, gio say at once that we care not when, or how, this quibbling contest is brought to a eiose. ),Ars - should not use language so strong as this, at a moment when union is most to hi' desired, if we were not convinced that there are times when a party can oi;le be saved by the , wholesome severity of truth. Last week we bell: Ned that the moderation of the Radicals would be met with corresponding liberality by the Whigs. We wished to build a golden bridge for finality —the flying enemy of both. The country wished it. The generous sympathy with which the people have rallied round the Queen, pointiag out to her in every address the m eans, by which she can render her position impregnable, by iden tifying the Government that sustains her own rights with the great cause of Rational Reform—proves the sound ness and strenzth of the feeling upon which we railed. 1 30 if these feelings are to bp again checked, and ch illed, by evasions, dilatoriness, and delays, in order to sp are the pride of individuals, by giving them more leist.'re for, modification, not of . opinion, but of system— which all know must be made—we say again that t n ; moment for a reconcilion of parties will be lost, A'r that the Whigs have pledged themselies to a task, which they will inevitably fail. They are wrong if they think they can fight the Queen and Finality against Tory:, organization and Ra(4ical discontent. They are wrong they believe that without popular concessions they c an rely upon popular aid. They are wrong if they imagine that they could risk an election, under present circumstanc es without discredit, and positive loss. They were wrong above all, if, when out of office, they accepted (ac e again without any definite understanding, as to the mode in which their new obligations could be discharged..." . Wee/sly Chronicle. On Wednesday afternoon a most distressing accident occurred at the works of Messrs. Wm. Adam and Sun, Milnbank. While a woman of the name of Ellen Al• Lean was endeavouring to replace a weight that had fallen from the levers of the squeezers, she unfortunate l Y slipped a toot, and her clothes being seized hold of by two spur wheels, she was drawn in and crushed to death so ie• stentaneously that the exclemation " Oh I" was all she had time to utter.—Glasgow Chronicle. STRIKING SCENE.—A rencontre (not of th e most pleasant sort) took place in Basinghall-street on Friday forenoon between eleven and twelve o'clock, much to the amusement of the bystanders, and to the enlivening of the usual dullness of the place, between two young mercantile gentlemen (apparently Germans), in which the assailant (who seemed very much excited) most unmercifully horse whipped the other for full thirty seconds, without any r esist ance being offered by the sufferer; who, on being asked why he did not give the party its charge, merely rePhe d " What should I gain by that ?"—he is a fool." The as sailant, after the other bad taken refuge in a mercantile house, loaded him with the most scurrilous epithets' ex.; claiming, " You coward, you have stopped my c redit 1 have come two hundred miles to do this, and have it publicly in the face of your friends! Give me in charge I wish yeti would!" sir, a JONA THAN OUTDONE !,—" A fine days d to a fine day," said a young knight of the sleeve- ~ Tome, patriarchal snip last week in Louth market -place - we ather rabic, tolerable," repli,ed the old fellow, when t h a boy. now-a-days is not near so fine as it was that time a Why, sir," he continued, •'I remember at • whole year of such fine days, that yo-/ u ht have drawn 11 4 the coarsest of them through the eye of a tw ist needle."-- Lincoln Mercury. • t w e . ARAB FORTITUDE.—A cur i ous instance of Arab fortitude occurred recently in a reconnaisance lately made between Blida and Beni Mehid, when the hearing the tramp of horses a short distance in ad' a nce, cried Qui Viva. They were answered by seve ral musket shots, and on proceeding to the spot whence the y were fired, no one was to be seen, but there appeared a thicket videttes strongly entwined with the mastic tree. The soldiers sounded it with their bayonets, till one of them met~ a degree of resistance to his point, which induced a closer search. On clearing away the branches, they found aw Arab woman, and & child between ten and twelve years old, both of whom had received severe wounds, but had never uttered a single cry. .The woman bad no less than twelve torn the bayonets, one of which had passed through both her breasts, and the child was stabbed in one thigh and the left arm. They were both carried with great care to Blida, and attended to by the surgeons of the army.— Fs enclt Paper. POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.—On Sabbath week one of the young parish Clergymen of Paisley, whose activity in defence of Church and State is not ex ceeded by his fame, in the height of his joy at what he considered the certain accession of the Tories to power, solemnly thanked the Deity in his public prayer " for the change in the rulers of the nation that had taken piare• From not having attended to the news on Sunday morning; this Tory Divine was earnestly praying for the success 'ld Normanby and Durham, when all the while he imagi ne ' himself praying for the success of Wellington and Peel , '" Glasgow Chronicle. ELECTION MOVEMENTS.—In the event of a general election, we understand it is the intention of the Reformers to bring forward a highly respectable mesl ber of their party as a candidate along with Sir Hesk eth , Fleetwood, our present Member. Should this be ca me into effect, we wonder how the Tories wid relish t he ide a of' their second(!) candidate.—Preston ObserVer. d TUBINGEN, MAY 13.—We hear, on fl oo authority, that the Hanoverian Government has made an application to that of Wurtemberg, to remove from offices all the Professor.; of the Faculty of Jurisprud e on account of the principles they have laid down in th e l. opinions on the abolishing of the Constitution of Hangs s 0 I It is odd enough that the number of the profess or n ot threatened on the part of Hanover is again seven. It '' known here whether the Hanoverian Government fels i c % o a similar application against the Professors of JurisprOec" at Heidelberg and Jena. tit The Total Abstinence Society are at pre' • making strenuous exertions for the purpose of nating Total Abstinence principles among the commu n ' ty t i e Every night, fora fortnight to come, meetings are to t ••_ place in various parts of the city, in the open air—serrnotri are to be preached—and a soiree is to be he 8 4 ,t' bearing on the object tee , oeiett has in view. S°" le d referrar the meetings are to be address, d exclusively by z ealous drunkards, and the others by several of the most advocates of the system. It is considered these macti i `V their will be attended with the most beneficial effects.-- Gia' gow Chronicle. e A nrii HAMBUP.G, MAY 23.-1 n the month of 1,294 ships, viz., 758 from the North Sea, and 536 fro'" the Baltic, passed the Sound ; of them 370 were E n g h viz., 292 from the North Sea, and 78 front the B altic.--- Hamburg Papers, May 25. t he HA NOV ER, MAY 21.—Count Munster, t Hereditary 111,1rshal the ICtq, , ,dont, State and e g i bin i c ie - Mioister, died yesterday, in coni:cquenee of an apol)e-I.is fit he had on the 11th. in the 75th year of bis age; death is universally regretted. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, C ° rll ,, the London (Seven Doors from Graccchurch.street), inform. ,;; Public that he offers SILVER WATCHES, on the " 161)111 to PATENT LEVER CONSTRUCTION (the 1 . 1 ,3 .,.. ( .' e , / ,01, on which a watch can be made), for SIX GUINEA S nt, with the latest improvements, i. e. the detached esc a 3: -- b e ard jewelled in feur holes, capped, hand to mark the seenr - :,,bile enamelled dial, and maintaining power to continue 11 12 ' n " winding up. Secen d " N.13.--If in Hunting Cases, 10s. 6d. extra.'' hand Watches purchased in exchange. On the 15th ult., at Cottage,Ba.BlialeßhelnllSStamford, 'S ia n' Uprer Canada, the lad of John Stewait, son. Esq. On the 24th inst., at Upper Woburn-place, theof lady of John Straith, Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., the wife of John Shep hard, Esq., of }:en sington-square, of a daughter. of Thomas On the 23d inst., at Stepleton , Dorset, the lady Oliver, Esq., jun., of a son. On the 25th just., Mrs. Rob ert Johnson, Crescent-place, New Bridge street, of a d.,ugliter. Ou the 23d inst., the lady rd ullo , Esq., of ason• Ali It E D On the 23d inst., at St. Martin's-in- the-fieldF, Stephen Henry Grueb:?e, Esq., of Bridgnerth, Salop, to Elizabeth, only d.tuAter of the late ilioma.s of Edinburgh. On the 23d inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, John Pocock ulithiu , s, Eq. , D. ,of Old Fish-street, Doctor's-commo ns, to Edith Bothilda, third daughter of the late Consul-General tlerneman, of London. On the .3d inst., at Alveston, Warwickshire, the Bev- Florence James blethered, ill. A., Fellow o f Ki ng ', College , C a ubridge, g ht e r of the Bev. (L R, and l'i'ar of 11 " 6- Y B?rks to Estherci, of Avon Cliff, Alvcston. 1) I E ~!. O t ,n the 24th inst., at Kin's-road, 3lrs. Towle, relic t of 3.1 r. T.,, , N11, Esq., aged 77. - . . l o :e if' . ' ‘fc (f su; \ i r e r. r, On the - ..6th inst., in Alfred-place Bedford-square. An n ,; Island. Wilkinson. Esti., of Cainbrhige-street, i iyde Park, aged 3ti•.,. upwarus\V. Vrnon Stephens, eldest daughter of Josia.. O n the sth inst., at Malta, the wile of the R. John T. ll ._ On the 23d inst., in Prospect-place, Kilburn, Thomas Web of 25 }cars Chaplain to the forces in that ster. Esq., aged 72. f On the 23d inst., at Coventry, Charles Harris, Es .; ° q Char:otte-street, Portland -place London: Print. i by , ICI/ 4)() N.l and nc L. A` tun e , , vote s a The at this Your z again t v!uirs t eitous P' the Cr WILL: Blacks! fermerl in and Alasten will he 24th d, 25.; F Linen Linen 10s. 6d Ladies 245. ; Gowns Cap s , 9 Per dos liandke or Cok Madras Sheets, AT CA 13 L London "Er( oceupiec Gunter moned i Vol. 11. A g ra Poles, a Flags an Order 2, Duke Temp MAR IN G, • A fully acq tural ani be has n lecond-I ! 4 c., at hand gar Yards wi runts, sac rope, is balls, Bcc 0 0 hire, LI Largest s four Est Derby. Tho S_ Carboni, all other le ni No tminpo n; ri ter doze: G. RI G. " A the best (i. 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