The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-26 00:00:00

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NAPIER'S NEW WORK. Now ready, In 2 vols., small Bvo., with Plates, 219. bound, wILD SPORTS s EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA. By Lieutenant-Colonel NAPIER. Author of " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands," " Excursions along the Shores; of the 3 fedlCerranean," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.: ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1844. The folloWing outline of the arrangements for the ensuing season 45 res;ectililly presented to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public. ENGAGMENT3 FOR THE OPERA.. Madame Grig, Mactlle. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this Theatre), Madame Bernal, Madame Dai Fiori, and Madame Persian!. _Signor Mario, Sig. Correill (his first appearance at this Theatre), ald• Dal Pier!. Sig. Felice (his first appearance at this Theatre), gig. Fomasari, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa. THE BALLET. Madge. Carlotta Grist, Madlle. Adelaide Frasi, of the Teatro di Pergola, Florence (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan ; Madile. Scheffre, Madile. Ferdinand, Madile. Planquet, . Barville (their first appearance at this theatre) ; Madlle. Fanny Blaster, and MatUle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in this country), M. Coulon, M. Gosselin, M. Gourlet, M. Venafra, M. Bertram, and M. Perrot, and a numerous and efficient Corps de Ballet. Arrangements are also pending with Bladlle. Taglioni, and there is. every probability that the talent of this eminent artiste will be se cured for a limited number of representations. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 26. Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBErtf. Mac beth, Mr. C. Kean; Hecate, Mr. Leffler; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Warner. After which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF MUNI'. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert; Benedict, M. Hoguet Vestria; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan ; Diana, Millie. O'Bryan. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT.GARDEN, M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING—PART I. Overture, Fra Diavolo—Auber. The Chinese Quadrille—Jullien. Symphony, C. Minor—Beethoven. Solo, Bassoon, M. Baumann. Valse, IA Valse a Deux Tems—Jullien. The DestrucUon of Pompeii—Roch Albert. PART 11. Opera k, Robert le Diable, Grand Fant as i a , with Solos—Meyerbeer. New uadrille. The Irish E c h oes— J u lli on. 8010, rnet.a.pistons, Herr Kcenlg, The Storm—Roch Albert. Valse Hymens Feuer Klang—Lann er . The English Quadrille—Julllen. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that his ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, Fes. 29, th e last night but two. The Programme, of which full particulars will be duly announced, will include Thompson's Seasons, the Grand Work of Haydn ; a Selection from Rossini's Stabat Mater ; Fantasia from Torquato Tasso ,• The Duet from Norma ; S o l os by M essrs . Richardson, Deloffre, Barret, Baumann, and Herr Kan's . ; also by M. Pilet, the celebrated Violoncellist, who has just arrived from Paris, and will make his first appearance; and for the first time this season, the Nightingale Valse, performed on the Piccolo, by M. JULLIEN. One of M. Jullien's most favourite Valses will be pre. sented to each Lady visiting the Dress Circle or Private Boxes. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mut. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, Will beperfOrmed a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de Richevilie, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. _ Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonus Leech, Mr. Tilbury; Wurzle Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New hairy Extravaganza. entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. OW; Prince Gracellil, Miss P. Horton ; Q ueen L uc id ora, Miss Julia Bennett PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 211 Will be performed Auber's Opera of PRA DIAVOLO. Fra Diavolo, Mr. Wood ; Lord Allcash, Mr. Morris Barnett; Zerlina, Mrs. Wood; Lady Allcash, Miss Grant. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr. Dapper, Mr. Oxaerly ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To conclude With a Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man in Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Keeley ; Grosfer, Mr ;Paul Bedford . Louise. Madame E ugen i e P rosper; M adame PipOU, Mr& IL P. Grattan. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. EVENING, FBRAY 26, Will be repeated, by permission o f Cha U rles ß Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL Principal Characters—Messrs. O. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, the Tragedy of RICHARD THE THUM. Ri chard, Mr. Wright ; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley. To oonclude with THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all the Company. After which, The Armenian Prodigy. or Wonderful Ariel Pole Dancer. To be followed by J INKS; The Man 014 couldn't help it. Jinks Mr, Sheppard. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE THE WEATHER.-SLN OFFICE, FEB. 24. ' guarantee for Irish tranquillity. The race of agitators is only to be extinguished by the extinction of, or at any rate by a searching, comprehensive reform in, the existing Protestant Church in the sister country. The report of that "hedging" Bill, entitled the " Horse-racing Penalties Bill," comes on for further consideration this evening. If we had ever doubted the inherent tendencies of such an assembly as the House of Commons to the vice of class-legislation, the frivolous and selfish debate on this question last week would have effectually dispelled any such scepticism. But believing always that such tendencies are absolutely inseparable from the ele mentary constitution of a Chamber, which, even since the passing of the Reform Bill, still continues rather the representative of the two aristocracies of rank and money than of the people and popular prin ciples, we are disposed to look upon the discussion in question as the most characteristic which has taken place, within the same walls, for some time past. The Bill was introduced into the House of Lords by the Duke of RICHMOND, with the candid admission that its object was—what? To put down the frightful practice of gaming ? To withhold or deter the rich from setting a demoralising example to the poor, in staking sums of money on the event of races to be run between certain horses ? To impress upon the ill-paid agricultural labourer, the small tradesman, the plodding artisan or operative, the profligacy of their reckless conduct in perilling the support of their families, and the maintenance of their homes, on wagers as to the uncertain issue of matches at any rural or local sports ? To encourage the abstinence of small farmers and their servants, of humble tenants and humbler husbandmen, of provincial shopkeepers and working men, from habitual betting and games of hazard, by the disinterested promulgation of penal Acts against such practices, at the special instance of noble or opulent landlords, merchants, manufacturers, and mill-owners ? No—nothing like this was the avowed object of his Grace's Bill, as stated by Mr. WORTLEY, who has charge of it in the Commons. It was simply to protect some noble and other patrons of the turf from qui tam actions which have been brought against them by parties prepared to prove the well-known facts of their having won and lost, paid or received, large stakes at races, and other sports, and hoping to realise, by such actions, penalties to an enormous amount under the statute of Queen ANNE. We need not recur to the recent deliberations of the Lords upon this measure, or to the amendment by which the operation of the Act of ANNE was su perseded for a limited period. It is our purpose to look at the principle of the Bill, as it has been brought into the House of Commons. Now, how grossly partial, how palpably exclusive this principle is—how clearly invoked, pro Mc vice, as it were—to serve the turn, to meet the case of the Lord GEORGE or the Sir JOHN, or the sporting Peer, or the titled Commoner, whom the dreaded qui tam " Ogres" were about to pounce upon, and tear to pieces, like the Mr. BOND (who has, indeed, escaped from their clutches, but with only a rat-like extrica tion, minus its tail)—enough, perhaps, has been already premised to show. But the hypocrisy of the prin ciple, and the defectiveness of the scope of this Bill, may be much more strongly illustrated. Why was not the protection of the Bill to be thrown around the copper or shilling " collection," " top ping 101.," contributed by the sturdy cham pions of the village green, as well as the " sub scription horses" and gold cups, the splendid plates and magnificent sweepstakes, provided by the patri cian subscribers to the betting-rooms,--" the " Dii majores" of the Grand Stands,—the ate of Tatter. sail's ? But is this invidious distinction, thus sough to be established against the poor, who may be dis. posed to follow their native English bent for " sport ing," in common with their wealthier compatriots, an imaginary grievance P There is very little of mere abstract, inferential reasoning, —of purely sentimental hypothesis in the practical illustration supplied by Mr. WAKLEY "A number of little boys were in the habit of amusing themselves by playing at pitch and toss—which some persons considered a highly immoral and injurious practice, while others regarded it as innocent and one to which no punishment ought to be attached; but lie regretted to say that there were magistrates in this town—stipendiary magistrates—who were in the habit of sending little boys to prison and to the treadmill for indulging in that practice. In the course of the present week, only two days ago, three boys were committed for having been guilty, as was stated in the warrants, of the enormous crime of playing at' pitch and toss.' " There are few country gentlemen who have had more experience of the business of quarter sessions, and of the sort of cases which come before county magistrates to be summarily disposed of, than Lord WuAaricurrE or the Duke of RICHMOND. There have been few keener patrons of the turf and the betting room than the Duke of RICHMOND and Lord WHARNCLIFFE. Is either of these Noble Peers pre pared to bring in a Bill to rescue the infant patrons of that most ancient of all games of chance, "pitch and toss," from the avenging mittimuses of the magis tracy—unpaid or stipendiary ? Such a course may be thought very incompatible with the dignity of a present Lord President, or an ex-Postmaster-General —but it would be conduct much more consistent than the support of either to a " Goodwood" Bill of this kind. We are anxious not to be mistmderstood as being the apologists of betting, or of gaming of any kind. If we cannot go the whole length of Lord Howica's serious appeal to the Legislature to discourage (by some new enactment ?) " the practice of betting on horses ;" if, on the contrary, we plead guilty to a little secret passion for horse-racing, the excitement of which, we find, years cannot quite extinguish— we willingly concur with Mr. WORTLEY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and others, in wishing that the " practice of betting" could be entirely abolished. But since this is about as futile an expectation—since it is to suppose about as complete a revulsion of men's natures, as to look for the Bishop of LONDON'S petitioning the QUEEN and the Parliament to be al- THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 48 ; Noon, 43. BAROMETER, 29.25.-WIND, S.W. NOTE.—Tho number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. We close our comments on the debate by remarking that the remedial measures proposed by Government for the pacification of Ireland, are passable enough in their way, but are by no means characterised by sufficient comprehensiveness and liberality to meet the emergency of the case. Much more must be done ere there can be the slightest hope that the Repeal agitation will die away into insignificance. Meantime thus much good has been affected by the debate—it has shown Ireland that she has a far more numerous body of staunch friends in the House of Commons than she ever supposed she possessed ; and we trust, therefore, that in future we shall hear less about " the vile, brutal, arbitrary Saxons I" HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY. Monalzg . • 30 minutes after 6 I Evening .. 52 minutes after 6. lowed to exchange his mitre and his see against the surplice and "perpetual curacy" of some Rev. OWEN AP-MEREDITH, among the mountains of South Wales; we must deal with the matter as we find it—an origi nal innate propensity of man, as strong in the rudest state of savage nature, as in this most refined civili sation. The Bill before us, then, ought to have in corporated the broad principle involved in the amend ment moved by Mr. BRIGHT, which would have crushed at once the pretences and the profits of a race of men who ar e th e common pest and nuisance of so ciety. H e move d , " That on the motion for going into a Committee on the Horse-racing Penalties Bill, instructions be given to the Committee to extend the provisions of the Bill to all proceedings of common informers, under the authority of any penal statute." The amendment—although supported in an excel lent speech from Mr. CHRISTIE (who argued that, if the House passed the Bill to defeat the objects of common informers in this particular case, they were "bound to stop all proceedings of common informers in every case")—was finally lost. Sir R. PEEL, whom we shall henceforth be apt to regard as a trimmer in legislation and public morals as well as in politi cs , a f ter d epreca ti ng th e d anger of th e prin ciple involved in measures of this kind, which went to intercept the operations of existing laws, made this characteristic compromise of his constitutional principle with the conventional expediency which is ever his besetting sin :—" It was the peculiar circum stances of the present ease which made him ready to grant the relief asked for." Very peculiar circumstances, no doubt ; and among them not the least is, if we mistake not, the accident -of a namesake of the Right Hon. Baronet being one of the victims whom qui tam voracity had contem plated for its peculiar delectation. The frankness of Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE'S statement is much more to his credit and to our taste. He described the Bill as being " essentially a private and personal Bill, to exempt certain noblemen ;Ind gentlemen from penak THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1844. HAMBURGH, FLANDERS, AND DUTCH MAIL. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. STOCKHOLM, FEB. 1 3.—According to the Afienblarl the King had a very restless night, f rom th e 11 t h to t h e 12th, with great pain in the leg. Notwithstanding his weakness, his Majesty had sufficie n t s t reng th o f m i n d , i n the latter days o. last week, to listen to the articles in the journals, and to have the bulletins read to him before they were published. In the proclamation of the Norwegian Government, announcing the transfer of the administratio n t o th e Crown Prince, reference is made to a resolution of the Diet of May 4, 1818, so that the doubts which were en tertained here, whether the transfer would be legal in that kingdom, are removed. The cold increased here from the 9th to' the 10th inst., from 18 to 25 degrees (about 32 to 45 Fahrenheit below freezing). We learn from Gothenburg that M. Axel Malmlen, merchant in the city, has failed for 137,000 dollars. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 17.—The Fadreland announces that its number of the day before yesterday h as b een seized, and that it contained an article, copied from the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeituny, which defends the right of Denmark to levy the Sound duties. CASSEL, FEB. 11.—pome surprise was caused here by the circumstance that in the gene a l og y o f th e El ectora l House of Hesse, which is always annexed to the official calendar for the Electorate of Hesse, the Elector Wil liam 11. is stated this year to bo " a widower since 13th February, 1843," and that no notice is taken of his third marriage. We learn that this omission has given occa sion to a complaint on the part of the Elector, which Privy Councillor Wohler, who ha s arr i ve d at Cassel from Frankfort, was commissioned to support. BRUSSELS, FEB. 21.—The average price of wheat last week was 16f. 83c., and that of rye 10f. 34c. The duties on importation and exportation, therefore, remained as before. The Dusseldorf Gazette has stated that the subscrip tion for the construction of a railway from that town to the Belgian railway, had been filled up, as it were, by enchantment. We now learn from the Elberfeld Gazette, that the persons desirous of partaking in the enterprise were so numerous, that it was necessary to fix 10,000 dollars as the maximum, and to reduce to that sum those which exceeded it. Soon after the deed was signed, the share were sold at 1 per cent. premium; and the town hall seemed to be transferred into a stock exchange. THE HAGUE, FEB. 23.—The Central Section brought up its report on the law for regulating the claims of the late King, the discussion of which was fixed by the Chamber to follow that on the income-tax and the vo luntary loan, and that on the law for completing the ways and means for 1844 and 1845, and for discharging the debt to the Commercial Company. The debate on the tax on property then commenced. PIRACY IN THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.—WC extract the following particulars from the latest journals received from Java:— The Resident at Riouw states that news had been received from Sekana, a noted retreat of the pirates, that several vessels had been equipped to exercise piracy, from the coast of Malacca to Pailoc Pinang. In an ac tion between these pirates and the English steamer Diana, one of the chief of these banditti was killed, two others taken prisoners, and the vessel captured. The others retreated into the river Tjaeny, near Tjambi, on the east coast of Sumatra. An attempt by the Dutch authorities to seize the pirates was at first unsuccessful, but his Majesty's brig the Windhond, the Janas schooner, and six cruisers have been sent after them. They are to blockade the river, and punish this nest of thieves as it merits. The master of a native vessel of Serawak in Borneo, who has arrived at Pontianak, relates that at the begin ning of July three English men-of-war .had anchored off the river ; they were to undertake an expedition against the pirates of Dayak. Accounts had been received that the result of this expedition was that several Kampongs in the district of Seribas had been taken; about 100 ha bitations of Malays and 30 of Dyaks, each 150 feet in length, and several of these vessels were destroyed. This news, however, needs confirmation. The Malays and Dyaks, it is said, made a vigorous resistance, but suffered very severely from the well-di rected fire of the English, who lost only two men. Baas, FEI3. 21.—The King arrived at St. Hubert on the 14th, and on the 15th went to hunt in the adoining forest. The party soon found two wolves, a male and female; the former escaped, but the female advanced towards the King, who, when she was at the distance of 60 paces, fired and wounded her, and with a second shot killed the animal. This wolf, which is of extraordinary size, has been sent to the palace of Lacken, where it arrived yesterday. The Queen ordered it to be sent to Brussels to be stuffed. _ _ Our readers have not forgotten the unfortunate result which many of our manufacturers experienced from the expedition of the ship, the Count of Flanders. This vessel left Ostend with a cargo of Belgian manufactures, worth 500,000 francs, which was confided to the care of M. Commaille, our Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, who was to sell them by touching at several transatlantic ports. The vessel sailed in October, 1842, but encountered a violent storm in the Channel, and was forced to put into Ramsgate. Disputes ensued. The owners of the goods gave some particulars of the arrange ment made by M. Commaille with the shipowners, which they disapproved, and a lawsuit was the consequence. We now find the following notice in the journals of Bruges and Oatelid "This morning at ens o'clock, the Belgian brig, the Count of Flanders, arrived here, after having stopped sixtoen months in the port of Ramsgate. The vessel will proceed to Bruges when the goods will be deposited in the entrepo4." The Weser journal says :—" It is generally believed to be decided that the Emperor and Empress of Russia will visit Copenhagen in the course of the next summer, and that they will perhaps be accompanied by some other members of the Imperial family." TURKEY (no date).—The Turkish Government has estab lished a mail for the conveyance of letters between Constan tinople and Bagdad, which leaves Constantinople once a fortnight, and reaches its destination in 19 or 21 days. The letters to Bagdad must be addressed to a correspondent in Constantinople, who is to put them into the post in that city, BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bause9.e, FEL 20. Actual Debt, 9% per Cent., ........ ............... Rothschild's Loan, Five per ..... 1 6. 3 % Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ....... 90 Three per Cent... 7: ... Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ~ ........ 7 57y ( 184 °)•••••••••• • ....... Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent ..... Per Cent. -----; 1E 4 4;3 ........... .........„, ..... Society of Commerce, Four and a Zi f ••••••••...... 1033 i Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent... .... I sue of 1841.... ......... . . ....... ............" ........ 65 National Society . ! ....................... . .......... Exchange on London (shod) ........................... , —Brussels Papers, Feb. 21. .... "'"*......... AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-..v is „, v Fire er Cents. Metalliques ...... ....... * la. 19. ....... ..... • 111 Four per Cents. ........ .... ....... .......... ... ' 1 30 Three per Cents. SAM ....... 641.0. . MO Bank Shares .. ..... .. ...... 1. .., .......... iillgemeine - Zeilung , ...... 17. ." ...... •••••••• 1632 important Bill o n the g h 'se at c P at ent Law ilmasesasesuorfe may be valuable : —The A MENDMENT OF THE PATENT community, RinulniNtytNhTalt the fol ol l of v ws . — ui ne Lgh osummaryinterest tgoholafamrt Bill is "for further amending the law touching Patents for Inventions." Its preamble sets sorth—" It is expedient for the further encouragement of inventi ons i n th e use f u l o e f a nmboenopo satisfactorilylyin shown that the patents to be ex taerntsdetdo in n en e a n b s l e e s i t n he wh t i i e m h e it expense of the invention has been greater than the time now limited by law will suffice to reimburse." There are two clauses in the Bill ; they provide that any patentee shall, before the expiration of such patent, present a petition to either House of Parliament, setting forth that he has been unable to obtain a due remuneration for his expense and trouble in perfecting such invention. If the matter of such petition be then proved before a Committee of such House, or at the bar thereof, or otherwise, her Majesty is to be ad dressed on the subject, and shall, if she see fit, refer it to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. If such Com mittee, after investigation into the matter, report that a period greater than the seven years' extension into the said patent (given by the Act sth and 6th of William IV., c. 83) ought to be granted, her Majesty is empowered to grant such extension for any period not exceeding fourteen years. But it is also provided that her Majesty may, if she deem it fit, grant a lesser extension of the period than that prayed by the patentee. REFORM IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—At a meeting of medical men, held on Wednesday night at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand, at which Mr. Waley, M.P., Dr. Lynch, Mr. Cooper, and other gentlemen, were present, an address was adopted, setting forth, in very pointed and intelligible terms, the indignation of a portion of the medical profession at the late Charter to the College of Sur geons, and the measures of medical reform propounded by the Government. Mr. Wakloy addressed the meeting, among other gentlemen, and congratulated them on the appearance of unanimity presented by their present pro ceedings. For twenty years that he had been writing against abuses under which the profession laboured, he had always had to contend against the want of concentration and united action exhibited by medical men. He promised them, now that they seemed determined to persevere, all the aid he could give them in Parliament ; and it would be their own fault if they did not let Parliament know what it was they wanted.—(Cheers.) The address was approved of by the meeting, and it was agreed that it should be submitted for adoption to an aggregate meeting of the profession, to be called next month. A YOUNG GIANT.—On Thursday an inquest Was held before Mr. Carter, at the Archduke Charles, White Hart street, Kennington-lane, as to the death of John Newcomb, aged 13. The deceased was the son of Newcomb, one of the oldest officers at Union-ball. Upon the jury going to view the body they were perfectly astonished at the appearance. The boy, though so young, weighed about 14 stone, and his height was five feet four. The circumference of his chest was 38 inches, and he dared not go out because he was so annoyed by the boys in the neighbourhood. The Coroner and jury upon their return said they had never witnessed such a sight before. It appeared by the evidence of the mother of the de ceased, that he had from his birth been affected with some disease o the chest. On Saturday he was very ill and went to bed. On Sunday his mother was about getting fresh sheets for his bed, when he suddenly turned over, and then was found dead. After a good deal of evidence, the jury re turned a verdict of " Natural death." LONGEVITY AND PEDESTRIANISM. -- On Saturday Mr. William Eaton, travelling packman, died at Brechin, Forfarshire, at the age of 95. He had travelled with the pack 74 years, and walked on an average 15 miles a day, ex clusive of Sundays, amounting to 347,430 miles , nearly 14 times the circumference of the globe.—Scotch Paper. ATTEMPT AT POISON.—On Monday night last, the neighbourhood of Brampton Moor was thrown into great alarm by the report that a man had poisoned himself. It appears that John Bond, a collier, was not on the best of terms at home with his spouse, so he determined to try her affections. He went to Ches terfield, pledged his handkerchief, and bought some arsenic, and thin returned home. Listening at the door, he heard his wife ask a neighbour who the child was like ? The neighbour pronounced its eyes like its father's, on hearing which he " bounced" in, and exclaimed, " Yes, you will see how my eyes will be in the morn ing." He went into the kitchen, got a cup and mixed the poison ; after which he threw the paper on the house floor, and pretended to drink the contents, and then went to bed. His wife took up the paper, and seeing " poison. printed upon the label, immediately gave the alarm, and messengers were despatched for a doctor, who immediately returned with Mr. Jones, surgeon, his assistant, and Mr. eallimere. The poisoned man, perceiving expenses incur. ring, protest e d against the operation of the stomach - pump. Mr. Jones informed him that it was useless to make resistance, and called in four stout men, who held him while two others forced open his mouth, and as soon as they introduc ed the tube lie bit off the end; but they effectually:went through the operation, and to their great surprise not one particle of poison could be found on the stomach. The fact is, he had merely pretended to swallow the ingredients, but lett them in the cup N.Dirtv liertrkr. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton market at Liverpool closed quietly yesterday and prices were about Ad. per lb. lower than last week. Sales 5,000 bales.—There was a slight improvement in the tone of the share market. Chester and Holyhead were 5a ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 57 ; Grand Junction, 222 ; Liver pool and Manchester, 221 k ; Birmingham New, 39 ; Brighton, 42/ ; Manchester and Birmingham, 40 ; North Midland New, 43 ; Paris and Lyons, pl. 165., ditto and Rouen, 31i ; and South Eastern, 35k. The division this morning in the House of Commons upon the Irish question has been the subject, as a matter of course, of universal conversation, and though, apparently, the majo rity is large against the motion of Lord John Russell, still, with a force of 225 Members. approving of inquiry, it is hoped that Ministers will come forward with some ameliora tive measures. Scarcely any effect was produced upon the Funds by the decision,- and hopes are now entertained that the real business of the country will be actively proceeded . proceeded with. The transactions in the produce markets this week have been to a moderate extent, Coffee being the article in which there has been most speculation. The Foreignimarket has been very quiet, and the French mail has not brought an y news of importance. Spanish Actives obtain 234 to and the Three per Cents. 33h to but seem better now. Mexican have been 12i for the De ferred, Colombian 131 to and Peruvian 20/. Portuguese Converted have been rather lower, viz., 444 to 45i. The Railway Shares are in very little demand, but gene rally they are held rather firmer. The Funds have assumed rather a steadier aspect after the fluctuation of yesterday, and the speculative sales of the Hebrew party, based chiefly upon the Tahiti affair, have not been followed by any lar g e o p era ti ons , though they have necessarily left the market somewhat lower than it was pre viously. The Commissioners have not purchased to-day. For present transfer Consols have been 94 to 97i and far Account the same. Exchequer Bills have been 71s, to 695. premium. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. obtain 102* to A ; the Reduced, 1031 to I ; and the Three per Cents. 98 to A, being steady. Bank Stock is 1941 to 1951 ; and. India Stock, 277. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FRB. 23.—Our market is much the same as yesterday, with the exception of Sheffield and Manchester, which are in great demand. Our quotations are—Eastern Counties registered, 12k ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 401; Sheffield and Manchester, 69i ; Manchester and Salford Water Works, 55 ex div. ; Manchester and Leeds, 109 to 111. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, —. .. .......... 195% Indian Stock . 277 pm. 3 per Cent. Red...- ...... .. 98 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cans. . ...... .. 97 Ditto Old Annuities 336 per Cent. Red lO3 Ditto New Annuities... 9636 New 334 per Cent lO2 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%d... 72 pm. New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001. 7O pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7O pm. Jan. 1860 1234 Bank Stock for Acct.... 195 Oct. 1859 12% India Stock for Acct.... 27854 Jan. 1860 l2 9.16 Consols for Acct.. ...... .. 97% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — ,Portuguese, 5 per Cent 76 Belgian, 5 per Cent ....... ..... 1063( Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds BO Prussian, 5 per Cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 36 Russian, 5 per Cent — Chllian, 6 per Cent lO5 Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 ,Ditto, 3 per Cent Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto; Deferred TA Danish, 3 per Cent BB Trench, 5 per Cent ..... ..126f. —c. Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican,s per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 23 per Cent 55% Peruvian, 1825, @per Cent... 30)4' Ditto, 5 per Cent 102% - SHARE Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto New (25 paid) Ditto Extension (13s. 4d. pait) .......... .......... Eastern Union ( 5 paid) 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) . ....... ........ Great North of England (100 paid) 95 Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto kiftha cl 2 paid) lB Hull and Selby (50 paid) 59 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Guildford Junction ( 5 paid) London and South Western (41/. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) 23 London and Croydon (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) lO7 Manchester and Birmingham .. 0% Midland Counties (100 paid) B6 Newcastle andiDarlington Junction (15 paid) , 31M Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland (100 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) 32 Sheffield, Ashton-un.-Lyne, and Manch. (82} pd) Ditto Quarter Shares ( 4 paid)...... ........ ..... South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 35 Ditto Scrip (2& paid) 35 York and North Midland (50 paid) llB Ditto New Shares (20 paid) ' s pa evi.y 44. _At `, ( JP;s4.ftLitik le ratar f - . _, • m . 014 iie 4 3.. 11k .• • • s,„._ fit ruin t Aitll4 LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1844. The debate on the Irish question, after a nine nights' discussion, was brought to a close on Frieay night, It has been, on the whole, an interesting and ani mated, and—as the result, we trust, will show—a useful, debate. As regards ability, the preponderance has been decidedly on the side of the Opposition, for without meaning to deny the skill and ingenuity dis played to the speeches of Lord STANLEY, Sir ROJSERT PEEL, and the Attorney-General for Ireland, we must say that no Ministerial display of eloquence has at all equalled, or even come near, those made by Messrs. MACAULAY, SHEIL, Sir T. .WILDE, Lord Jouw RUSSELL, and Lord Howicx. Of Mr. O'ConsrELL's speech last night it may be stated with perfect truth, that, without affecting any lofty or impassioned rhetorical flights, it was just the sort of speech suited to the occasion—manly, calm, argumentative, and characterised by a tone almost amounting to the conciliatory. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman frankly and fairly stated his opinions of some of the proposed remedial measures of Govern ment, and alluding, in particular, to the franchise, said—" You must make regulations for insisting on the residence of freemen ; they should reside for three months befoke, and three months after, the registry, in the borough. If you insist on the residence of freemen, you will have made a very u se f u l c h ange . Th e ounty franchise, too, is, I am told, to he altered. You hould give us the beneficial interest franchise. The solvent test franchise would annihilate the county constituency of Ireland. We are a poor country, and if you do anything, you should do it generously, and do it at once. You should give us a franchise equally potential with that in England, so as to have a con stituency of the Irish counties equal in propor tion to the population of that of the Eng lish counties. If you legislate for us justly, I shall hail your measure with satisfaction; but we must have no restriction of the franchise. We will meet you cordially, if you will meet us cordially." On the landlord-and-tenant question, Mr. O'CoNsinu, remarked that if the law were restored to 'the state in which it was before the union, the landlord would have no right to complain ; and with respect to absenteeism, he added—"it ought to be punished as a crime. You ought to impose an absentee-tax. Lay a heavy impost on the absentee landlord in England, so as to drive him back to the interests of his wretched serfs." The Hon. and Learned Member closed his speech by some pertinent and forcible com ments on the manifest injustice of maintaining the present enormous Protestant Establishment in Ire land. Sir R. PEEL, who rose immediately after Mr. O'CONNELL, devoted a great portion of his speech to an attack on Lord JOHN RUSSEL L , for h av i ng spoken in disparaging terms of the Chancellor, and to an explanation of the conduct of Government, as re garded their interference with the repeal monster meetings. His explanation on this point was scarcely necessary, for Sir JAMES GRAHAM had already travelled over the same ground, and the Premier did little more than echo his statements. On the subject of the Landlord and Tenant Commission, he stated that it was intended to make, not a partial and super ficial, but an honest, searching inquiry, into the matter ; and with respect to the franchise, he remarked, " I think it ought to be sub stantially equal with that of Great Britain. I do not say that there should be an identity of franchise between the two countries, be cause that is impossible . ; but this much I will say, that, with regard to the Irish franchise, I think it ought to be substantially equal with that of Great Britain." With reference to the Protestant Church— the monster-grievance of Ireland—Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke out with far more energy and decision than he id usually in the habit of exhibiting. " I come to the conclusion," he said, " founding my self upon compacts, on authority, and on the convictions of my own mind, that the best course—and the course which I for one, as far as my humble powers can effect it—the Govern ment can pursue, is, to maintain in its integrity the Protestant Church E s t a bli s h men t." Thi s declaration ie decided and straightforward enough—there is no fault to be found with it on that score—but unfor• innately it is decided and straightforward on the wrong side. So long as the Protestant Establishment continues on its present footing, there can he no sure LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, FEB. 24.—Wind, fresh breeze at S.W., and cloudy. It blew hard with heavy rain, the whole of last night. DEAL, FEB. 23.—Wind N.W. to S.W., fresh breeze.— Arrd. Garrick, westward ; Marie Julie, Diligentia, and Law rens Koster, Rotterdam, for Batavia. OFF DOVER, FEB. 23.—Atalanta, New York, for Bremen. CowEs, FEB. 23.—Arrd. Don Quixote, Muller, Rio. SALCOMBE, FEB. 22.—Arrd. Patalina, London, for the River Gambia, with loss of bowsprit and other damage, hav ing been in contact with a brig off Beachy Head, 17th inst. ; Copia, Jarvis, London. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind variable.—Sld. Virginia, St. Übes, after repairing. FALMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Orion, Mathieson, Buenos Ayres, sailed Dec. - 21 ; Jane May, London, for St. Thomas; Prince of Brazil; Odessa. Sld. Albert; Doininica. BRISTOL, FEB. 23.—Acrd. Miranda, Brock, Cape de Verds and Gambia. Sld. Delos, Africa; Dochfour, St. John's, New Brunswick. HOLYHEAD, FEB. 21.—The Orion, Jones, from Chester for Rouen, in warping out with the falling: tide struck on the Point of Parris Island, but is expected off without much damage. _ _ PoirnTztuAEN, Fnn. 20.—A head board, marked Joanna, and a piece of timber, with copper bolts in it, have been washed on shore near here. PowrsoY, FRB. 19.—1 t has blown a gale frog N.E. yester day and to-day. Several grain laden vessels.are_detained in the harbour. HARWICH, FEB. 22.—Tho Gipsy, Hargrave, of Wisbeach, from Spalding to London, drove on the Naze this morning, but has been got off, and will be put on the Gridiron for in spection. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Quintin, Leitch, China ; Brooke, Carpenter, and. Montrose, Soulby, Calcutta ; Susan Drew, Page, Mobile ; Conqueror, M'Auley, Charleston ; Brunswick, Morrison, SL Andrew's. Sld. James Ray, Rio; Lucille, St. jThoinas ; Catalina, Havannah ; Rosalama, Savannah. Hum, FEB. 23.—Wind N.W., fresh breeze.—The smack, Express, from Gainsborough to London,- get on the Stony Brinks yesterday, but was got off, and beached, to be over hauled. L'Evrx, FEB. 21.—S1d. Copse, Jamaica. _ MONTROSE, FEB. 21.—The schooner, Alecto, of this port, run into at Cuckold's Point, in the Thames, 18th • inst., was dismasted, and received other considerable damage. OFF CORK, FEB. 21.—Catherine, brig, of Liverpool, from Monte Video, 96 days. DONEGAL, 'FEB. 2 . 0.—A schooner is at Doorare Rock, sup posed the Earl Selkirk, from Bangor to this port, out 16 weeks. A brig, supposed the Caroline, from Quebec for Bal ,lyahannon, has just proceeded from the bay: - - LOWESTOFFE, FEB. 22.—A quantity of wreck; with the broadside of apparently a fir built vessel, and . a white mast, have been biought in here, supposed to belong to A vessel lost on the Cross Sand during the night. - - - ROTIISAY, FEB. 19.—S1d. Antigua, Belize. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Eleanor, Chapman,: of Liver pool, bound to Valparaiso, lat. 7, lon. 40 ; Island er, of Lon don, lat. 22, lon 34, by the Netherlands barque, P ollux, Hector (ship), of New Bedford, 25th ult., lat 4 N., lon. 22 W. ; Tanjore, Calcutta to London, Ist inst., lat. 15, lon. 28 W., by the Orion, acrd. at Falmouth. Mertonn, Bon *bay to Li verpool, Nov. 22, lat. 24 S., lon. 6 E. ; - Lady 3 (Cary, Mau ritius, London, lat. 36 S., lon. 23 E. ; Margaret, . of Bristol, for Algoa Bay, Dec. 15, lat. 34 S., lon. 26. E. ;_ estor, Mau ritius, to Liverpool, 16th ult., lat. 2 N.,- lon. 2WW. ; John Campbell, Liverpool to Africa, 19th inst., I. it. 52 N., lon. 10 W., by the Montrose, arrived at Liverpoc Ganges, Bordeaux to Calcutta, Oct. 20, lat. 17 N., 1 on. 87 E. ; Cambrian, Calcutta to London, Dec. 21, lat. 35.5., lon. 17 E. ; Pollux ' Batavia to Amsterdath, Bth ult., lat. 8-S., io n . 14 W . , by the Brooke, arrived at Liverpool. Neptune, of 'Bristol, 9th ult., lat. 44, lon. 10, with loss of foretopmast - and' maintop gallantmast, by the Boyne, arrived at Liverpool. - Johanna Maria, Rotterdam to Batavia, Oct. 24, near the la Iter port ; Jenne Edmond, Bourbon to Nantes, Dec. 23, lat. l!8 S., lon. 3 W. ; Zemannshop, Amsterdam to Batavia, 9th tilt, lat. 4 N., lon. 23 W. ; Allida, Amsterdam to Havannah,. 26th, ult., lat. 32 N., lon. 26 W., by the Admiral Van - Hemsk irk - , arrived in the Texel. LONDON INSTITUTION.—The soirees at this institu tion have always been in great favour with the proprietors and their friends, and have never failed of bein, g very well attended. The managers have this season be( si at great pains to increase their interest, and with good success. A spirit and life seems to be now pervading the, le. reunions, which is very often wanting at such meetings, tnd without which a flat insipidity invariably steals over the scene. As heretofore, there is a promenade in the library, wl Imre tea and coffee are provided from seven to eight o'clock. The tables are furnished with objects of interest in art and science, and the walls with paintings, &c. At eight o'clock_ there is a lecture in the theatre of the institution, after - which the company return to the library. On Wednesday last, the second soirée of the season was held. The tables were well furnished with specimens. Among the pictures .were two originals by Edwin Lanseer, exhibited by Jacob Ball, which excited considerable interest. The lecture -was by Mr. Brande, on those ' curious chemical phenomena. - of which fermentation is one, known under the name of actions by contact or presence, or otherwise called catalyt is actions. The experiments selected for illustrating the ordint try pheno mena of chemical action, as also of the influence oe aggrega tion, were very appropriate--so, likewise, were those illustra tive of mere contact action. They very clearly demonstrated that there are two characters of chemical actiom, one in which the acting body acts on account of the chaniges it un dergoes, the other in which it acts by its mere presence, without undergoing any change. We entirely approve of the subject of this lecture. It was very interesting to the listeners generally, and it was very instructive, inasmuch as it presented them with exceedingly . clear and sow id ideas of phenomena which are daily occurring around th , tm, but of which the large mass of us are apt to be ignorant, unless re minded by some such lecture as this. The steam boats of the British and Irish and City of Dublin Companies will commence running to S outhampton from this port the first week in Mai - ch.—Plymouth Jot st DSATII FROM SUFFOCATION.—A Coronet.'s inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr. .1. L. Ellis, Coroner for the Western Division of the county of Sussex, and a respectable jury, on the body of a young woman who bad been thoked by a piece of orange. The jury, upon hearing the evidence, were not unanimous in their verdict as to the cause of death, - wbereupon Mr. Lovegrove, the surgeon, was requested by the Coroner to make a post mortem examination of the body, which he did, and in about twenty minutes returned to the jury with the very piece of orange the young woman had been seen to partake of, which had unfortunately passed into the trachea instead of the cesopliagus, and thereby caused suffocation, of which she died. The jury con sidered the evidence very conclusive, and without 11 'Station re turned their verdict accordingly. - - SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sunday, the Bth instant, an inquest was held at the house of Mr. John Peach, Castle Inn, Castle Donnington, before T. Gregory, Esq., coroner.: and a re. spectable jury, on view of the body of Henry.Garton, aged twelve years, son of Thomas Garton, bricklayer, who died suddenly about noon on Saturday last. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was employed in the gimp manufactory of Mills and Co., and that having just completed a certain portion of work was staaiding at his leisure, when he exclaimed, " Oh dear!" and fell on the floor and instantly expired. Messrs. Caines anti Smith were promptly in attendance, but they pronounced him to be quite dead. A post mortem examination of the body has since been made, when the surgeons reported " that the deceased died a natural death, from an eillision on the brain." A verdict was returned accerdingly,— Derby &Feria. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday her Majesty and Albert took their usual morning's walk. The Royal En were also taken ou t f or th e i r usua l airing, the Princi, Wales and the Princess Alice in a carriage, attended by sw Dowager Lady Lyttelton and the Princess Royal on her pol Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Castle about two n'el and after having had an audience of her Majesty, took 11 " departure on his return to the metropolis. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her %l i d Highness the Duchess of Kent, a n d th e H ou sehold, atten, 6 Divine service this morning i n th e p r i va t e chapel in P i p Castle. Archdeac on Wilb er f orce an d t h e H on . a nd Rao)* Leslie Courtenay officiated. Highness te l Saturday was the birth-day of his Royal Hi Duke of Cambridge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess . Gloucester gave a dinner i n h onour o f th e d a y at her dente, Gloucester H ouse . Th e i r R oya l Hi g h nesse s the Pu:. and Duchess of Cambridg e an d th e Princess Mary were P, ri he sent. A select party of the nobility a n d gentry had also l• honour of receiving invitations. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge an d Princess Mary returned in the evening to Kew. Aida/re , The French Ambassad or an d th e C oun t ess d e St. the Turkish Ambassador, and nearly all the members of ,ry Diplomatic Corps, and also mo s t of th e no bility and gen i ` ei % in town called during the day at Cambridge House, and their names for the Royal Duke. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yester4e,.Ye in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by Rev. Dr. Knapp, the• lessons by the Rev. Dr. AVesley,,,, a 'L . the Communion servi c e by th e R ev . D r. Sl eat h an d the e e Drs. Knapp and Wesley. The sermon was preached WY'. Bishop of Lichfield, who t oo k hi s t ex t f rom t h e L a mentano7 of Jeremiah, chap. iii., verses 40 and 41. The musical se; vice was Barrow's, in F, the Sanctus in F, Gibbon, and Anthem, " I was in the spirit," Blow. The Marquises of Salisbury and Winchester, Lords Clivel Eliot, Ernest Bruce, Cantilupe, Whaniclitfe, Vivian' an Forester, were among the nobility present. The Duke of Wellington and Lord Ingestre a ttended :li ; early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, Yes te the morning.' The Rev. Dr. Wesley of f iciated and preached sermon. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yeater i l afternoon, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. N e i" Stephens was in waiting on his Royal Highness. „ye Sir Robert Peel left to wn ou Saturday morninE to an audience of her Maje s ty, a t Wi n d sor Castle. ne ' l = be Hon. Baronet returned to town in the afternoon, by Great Western Railway, and arrived at his res idence, 0 Whitehall-gardens, soon after four o ' c l oc k. Sir Ja nl ici Graham and the Chancellor of the Exch equer h a d intorlie with the Right Hon. Baronet after his arrival. Bishop Griffiths had an interview with Lord Stanley, Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Major Jebb transacted business on Saturday, at the Sale office. Sir Robert Peel had a grand Parliamentary dinner psr t i on Saturday, at his residence, in Whitehall-gardens. ties to which they had subjected themselves by their ignorance of the law," and he fairly avowed his sup port of the measure on these grounds. If ever public man was placed in a humiliating and ridiculous position, that man is Sir ROBERT PEEL. Though he has a majority in the House of Commons to back him, and the entire strength of the House of Lords at his command, he cannot take a single decisive step of moment—he dare not declare himself unreser vedly on the side of the monopolists, nor dare he declare himself unreservedly against them—he dare not ori ginate one solitary bold, remedial measure as regards Ireland, for he takes fright equally at Orangeman and Catholic—he has no comprehensive scheme of national education to propose, for the Dissen ters on the one hand, and the Churchmen on the other, keep him in a constant state of uneasiness and vacillation—he cannot offer a single authoritative opinion on the subject of the religious disputes that now distract the country, for the I'useyites and the Anti-Puseyites, and other rebellious sectaries, hold him in such complete thraldom among them, that he dare not side with one party, lest he should array against him the influence of the other. And yet the man who acts in this tame, halting, equivocal spirit who is neither Monopolist nor Free-trader, neither Orangeman nor Libe ral, neither Puseyite nor Low-Churchman—this man is the Prime Minister of Great Britain I Is he not burlesqueing the high office he holds—an office which was once held by a CHATHAM, a PITT, a CANNING, a WELLINGTON, and a GREY—by such abject, truckling timidity ? Should not an English Premier lead, rather than follow, public opinion—put himself boldly in the van of a movement, instead of sneaking ingloriously in the rear ? For what pur pose is he placed at the helm, but that he may steer the State-vessel steadily and safely into port? If he is to fall asleep at his post, and trust to the winds and waves to waft the ship into a secure haven, we may just as well have no pilot at all. And indeed to all intents and purposes we have none, for though Sir ROBERT PEEL is nominally at the helm, yet it is the ship's crew that are doing his work among them, while he looks lazily and contentedly on, com forting himself with the reflection—so dear to some men, which regard the show rather than the substance of power—that, in name at least, he is a pilot. There never yet lived an English Minister who, while apparently he did so much, in reality did so little as the Right Hon. Baronet. Not one single bold opinion does he dare to promulgate of his own accord. Not one single manly conviction does he presume to entertain. Even the slightest fragment of a declaration must be wrung from him. It is not he that governs England, but the two great an tagonist parties of the Leaguers and the protectionists It is not he that governs Ireland, but the Repealers and the Orangemen ! All the momentous public questions of the day are agitated and helped forward by private—that is to say, by non-official—individuals, without the slightest de ference to his authority, without even the show of respect for his sentiments. Mr. COBDEN cares no two straws for his opinions —the Duke of Ric MOND scarcely conceals his contempt for him--Mr. O'Comaix., " convicted conspirator" as he is, throws down the gauntlet at his feet, and dares him to take it up. Nay, even in the Principality, his power, or his reluctance—call it • what you will—to act with decision is so apparent, that the Times quietly takes the duties of Govern ment on its own shoulders, and tranquillises the sen sitive " Rebecca and her Daughters," by directing public attention to, and suggesting remedial measures for, the grievances under which they labour. So far as we can see, we might just as well have the Guildhall giant Gog or his brother Magog for our Prime Minister, as Sir ROBERT PEEL. They would be quite as useful, and they could not well be more inactive. In other and better times the country used to look to the opinions of their Pre- mier as a sort of barometer, which indicated the success or failure of the political schemes oft e day ; but no one thinks of doing so now If we wish to know what chances we have of getting Commercial Re rm we consult the League, not the Prime Minister. If we wish to know what hope there is for Ireland, O'Cost- NELL, mot PEEL, is the individual to whom we turn for information. In like manner, the Monopolists— treating with utter indifference the distrusted decla- rations of the Premier—read the speeches of the Dukes of RICHMOND or BUCKINGHAM, in order to ascertain what prospect they have of suc cess. AM parties, Free-traders and Anti-Free. traders, Orangemen and Repealers, however they may differ in other points, yet agree in this one —namely, that the opinions of the Prime Minister of Great Britain—the dispenser of the favours of the Crown—he who, by virtue of his office, should be the most influential person in the three kingdoms —all parties, we say, agree in thinking that the opinions of this illustrious individual are not worth a moment's serious consideration ; for all know that he is the veriest slave of circumstances—the helpless tool, not the vigorous controller, of event; who is carried along in the go-cart of expediency, without presuming to make a movement of his own. If this teaming, contemptible imbecility and vacillation on the part of Sir R. PEEL continue much longer, we do hope Mr. lIUME will come forward in Parliament with a proposal for abolishing the office of Premier, as well as other sinecures ; for we do not see why the country should pay six thousand a year for a Prime Minister, who is no better than a mere cypher. Paris papers of Thursday have been received. On that day the discussion on M. Da REMUSAT'S motion was resumed and brought to a conclusion. The motion was rejected by a majority of 30. The papers contain no news of interest to the English reader. The French funds were very arm, and the market closed as follows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 82 as ; for Account, 82 60 ; Five per Cents., for cash, 125 85 ; for Account, 125 85 ; Bank of France Shares, 3,270; Neapolitan, 103 63; Spanish, 32a ; 'Paris and Rouen Railroad, 832 50; Paris and Orleans, 845. The accounts from Madrid are to the 16th, and, according to the Government papers, official dis patches had been received announcing a victory gained by the QUEEN'S troops over the insurgents. In one of these General RONCALI states that he had caused seven officers who had fallen into the hands:of Gene ral PARDO to be shot. The names of these unfortu nate men were Lieutenant-Colonel Don ILDEFONSO Vosons, Captain Don JOSE MENA, Lieutenants D. LUIS GIL, and D. P. PEREZ VILLAPADIERNA, and under-Lieutenants ALGARRO, MOLINA, and BLANCO. The Government also received accounts that Co lonel PURZOA had taken two feluccas from the insur gents between Carthagena and Torrevieja. A circular has been addressed to the Foreign Am bassadors, to the Grandees of Spain, and to the Clergy, announcing to them that her MAJESTY had decided on going as far as Aranjuez to meet her mother, Queen CIERISTINA, and inviting them to accompany her. On the 16th, the Three per Cents. were quoted at 29f at 60 days, and the Fives, without Coupons, 20 cash, and 20f at 60 days. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.--The new ballet of The Beauty of Ghent " is a decided hit," and is nightly received with universal admiration and applause. The fol lowing distinguished persons have been already to wit ness its performance ;—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Marchioness of Ailesbury, Marchioness of Conyngham, Duke of Leeds, Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Winchester, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Cardigan, Earl and Countess of Eglinton, Earl and Countess of Errol, Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Munster, Count Keilmansegge, B aron Nieumann, Baron Ashfeldt ; Ladies Pollington, Somerset, Ernest Bruce, Harrington, Graham, Foley, Villiers, Camp bell ; Lords Macdonald, Castlereagh, Alfred Paget, Shel burne, Alexander Lennox, SeahEun, W. Grah am , Gl am i s, Clive, Adolphus Fitzclarence ; Sir Charles Shakerley, Bart., Sir John Harrington, Bart., Sir B. Graham, Ban., Sir H. Webbe, Bart., Sir John Rennie Sir Charles Aldi s ; H on. Grantley, Berkeley, Hon. F. Stanhope, Hon. Edmund By , Hop—Colonel Darner, Hon. Craven Berkeley, Hon. Mr. Gre villa ; Col. Cavendish, Col. K nox; Ormby Gore, E a dmirers of ROMANCE OF " CHATS WOR TH."—The admirers of romantic literature will be delighted to learn that the new work, the announcement of which under the title of" Chats worth," had excited so much curiosity, has no reference to the recent festivities at that palace, but proves to be a pure work of fiction, uniting in a singularly novel and original ma nner , the characteristics of a " fashionable novel," and a highly wrought romance—it is a sort of modern Decameron, in which a brilliant company of the supposed literary Celebrities of the day met together in the gorgeous halls of Chatsworth Palace, set their wits to work, jointly and severally, in a t r i a l of skill, as to which can produce the most effective specimen of what each holds to be the highest species of prose fiction. A work of this description, making its appearance under the auspices of a writer of such consummate taste and accom plished scholarship as the distinguished author of " Tremaine" and "Do Vero," cannot fail to excite unusual attention. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutittr Optnten. " Who runs may read." In the case of Fry and Chapman's bankruptcy a further dividend was ;declared under the joint estate. The bank rupts carried on business as bankers in St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, and failed at the latter end of 1828. Dividends to the extent of 4s. 11id. in the pound had already been paid, and the amount declared on Friday was 6d., the time for the payment of which will be shortly declared through the usual official channel. Each of the separate estates has paid 20s. in the pound, leaving a surplus for the benefit of the joint cre ditors. The total proofs admitted under this bankruptcy amount to 398,1021. Os. 7d. 'Wm. Smart, described as a gentleman of fortune, was in dicted at the 'Westminster Sessions for assaulting Jeremiah Collins, on the 27t1 of Dec. last. On crossing Grosvenor street on the day stated, the complainant was ridden against by the defendant, and nearly knocked down. Complainant observed that if defendant could not ride with more care, he was not lit to be entrusted with a horse. D e f en d an t th en dis mounted, and attacked the prosecutor with his riding-whip. The defence set up was, that the prosecutor was the first aggressor. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 5/. to the Queen. At Union-hall, Wm. Prior, collector and traveller in the house of Messrs. Payne and Slee, vinegar -makers, in Church street, Horslydown, was charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers. From the evi dence of Mr. Slee, one of the partners, it appeared that the prisoner had been about five months in the employ of the firm, at a salary of 250/. per annum. The prisoner was re manded. At Marylebone police -court Mary Mitchell, a poor woman living at No. 46, Hereford-street, Lisson-grove, stated to Mr. Long, that on Wednesday evening last, as she was walking along Drummond-street, near the terminus of the London and Birrningnam Railway, she picked up from the pavement a paper parcel sealed, and on its being opened it was found to contain the halves of notes to the amount of 1451. ; she was anxious that they might be restored to their rightful owner, and with that view she had made the matter known to the magistrate. The parcel now remains at the Court; and it is hoped that in the event of the property being iden tified and given up, a reward will be bestowed upon the finder for her honesty. Frederick Kearns and Henry Behnke, foreign seamen, who stood charged on suspicion of causing the death of Thomas llaxell, by drowning him in the Lady-dock, Com mercial-docks, Rotherhithe, on the 14th of May, 1841, were brought up for final examination at the Greenwich police court, and several witnesses were examined at great length. Mr. Jeremy said that there had not been a tittle of legal evi dence adduced against the young men, and he considered it a most malicious and unfounded charge, without even a pre tence. The parties had been most illegally imprisoned; they were discharged without an imputation against them, but with ample means against the parties who accused them. COMILT-PASIIIONALIBMC. In consequence of the alterations in progress at Bucking ham Palace, the removal of the Court from Windsor Castle to town is not expected to take place earlier than Friday next. According to present arrangements, her Majesty and the Prince Consort will remain in town until the first week in April, and then proceed to Claremont for the Easter recess, until after which period it is understood there will be no levees or drawing-rooms at St. James's. Her Majesty has just been graciously pleased to command that the whole of the wine left after dinner at the Royal table shall be given, under proper regulations, to the sick poor, whose complaints may require such aid, residing within the two towns of Windsor and Eton, and within the exten sive district embraced by the Windsor dispensary. The Duke of Rutland, who is staying at Brighton,,is im proving in health. - Lord and Lady Dalmeny, who have been making a tour in the Italian states, are expected to return home early in April. Lord Dungannon's spacious mansion in Grafton-street has been taken by Sir James Flower, M.P., whose lease of the Duke of St. Alban's mansion, in Piccadilly, expires next month. MISCELLANEOUS. The twelfth anniversary festival of the Linen Drapers', Silk Mercers', Lacemens', Haberdashers', and Hosiers' Insti tution, was held on Friday, at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. Dinner was served to about 250 persons, the Lord Mayor in the chair. From the Report it appeared, that the amount of subscriptions and contributions received during the past year was 2,461/., and that the suns paid to persons whose claims upon the institution were admitted, wad 274/. The statement of the Society's funds exhibited a balance in its favour of 2,778/. On the same day the annual general meeting of the Go vernors of the Infirmary for Asthma and Consumption, in Artillery-place, Bishopsgate-street, was held at the London Tavern, John Travers, Esq., in the chair. During the past year the applications for relief have increased to such an ex.. tent, that the Committee have been under the necessity of daily rejecting many persons who applied. The present in come of the Society, including dividends on stocks, &c., does not exceed 400/. The treasurer's account showed a balance in hand of only 2841. 4s. 10d. On Thursday an anti-League meeting was held at York. Among those present were the Earl of Hare wood, the Earl of Tyrconnel, Lord Faversham, Lord Beau mont, the High Sheriff (Mr. T. Hulton), Hon. A. Duncombe, and Hon. E. Lascelles. The Earl of Harewood was in the chair, and after the adoption of the usual anti-League reso lutions, it was resolved, that a sub-committee foe each of the three ridings of the county should be formed, and that every , person subscribing 1/. be a member of one of those com mittees. At the termination of the proceedings the subscrip tion for the day was announced to be 4,000/. A similar meeting of persons interested in the agriculture of the South hams of Devonshire took place at the King's Arms Inn, Kingsbridge, on Wednesday, when resolutions condemnatory of the League, and in support of protection, were passed unanimously, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament adopted. The funeral of Lord Sidmouth took place on Fri day. About noon the procession left Richmond.park, and pro ceeded to Mortlake church, where the service was read by the Rev. Mr. Reeves. The deceased nobleman was interred in a brie% grave in Mortlake churchyard, with the remains of his grit wife. The chief mourners were—Lord Sidmouth, the Hon. Henry Addington, the Dean of Norwich, the Hon. and Rey. H. Currie, Lord Eldon, Lord Kenyon, and Sir R. Douglas. . . The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have ordered .the demolition in the ensuing week of the White Horse public-house, at the end of Stafford-row, and early in the spring the site will be laid out as a shrubbery. The re maining houses in the row, it is understood, will be allowed to stand some years longer, including the house to which the business of the White Horse- has been removed by permis sion of the Board. SPECIAL JURY EXCUSES.—In the Special Jury eause of Corderoy e. Gibbs and others, no fewer than eight of the gentlemen forwarded excuses, showing cause why they ought not to be called on to serve. In most of the cases the grounds were deafness and ill. health. On the name of Mr. being called, a young man stepped into the witness-box, and upon being asked by Lord Abinger why Mr. -- did not attend, the reply was, "My Lord, he has run away." " When did he run away ?" in quired his Lordship.—" The 20th of January. my Lord. My master went very fast out of his counting-house, and he has never been seen since." A gentleman of the name of Latham claimed to be exempted on the ground that being one of the Pay masters in the Exchequer-bill Office, he was not liable to serve either on Special or Common Juries. Lord Abinger observed that from the gentleman being connected with the Excliequer.bill Office, he was a very fit person to serve ; at tie same time, if Mr. Latbam could show any Act of Parliament which exempted him, it should be attended to ; hut to the best of his (Lord Abinger) re collection, no such Act existed, and therefore the country would have the benefit of ha knowledge. The second of a course of lectures on Palestine was delivere4 by Mr. Buckingham to the members of the British and Foreign Institute on Thursday, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The attendance was still larger than on the last occasion. The Rev. IV. Greenlaw, rector of the parish church of Woolwieis, received an anonymous note on Wednesday, en closing the munificent sum of 350/., in aid of the subscriptions for building new churches at Woolwich, in connection with the Eitablishedthurch of England. On the first week in this month (February) a blackbird'enest, with four eggs, was seen iu the plantations be longing to Mr. Francis Hudson, farmer, of Kirmington Vale, near Brocklesby.—Doncaster Gazette. SUICIIIII AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.—About half past two on Saturday morning a respectably-dressed woman, about 25 years of age, was observed by the policemen on duty to be lingering about the bridge as if waiting for some one. She was seen at the above time by City police - constable 329, who having passed her about 20 yards, saw her deliberately mount the parapet of the bridge near the centre, on the east side, and plunge into the river. He gave an alarm, but in consequence of the boats being secured, considerable delay took place, and before he could reach her she had sunk and was carried away by the stream. DUBLIN, FEB. 22.—About seven o'clock on Sunday evening, an Incendiary lire teas Committed at Tynte-park, near Dunlavin, the residence of Tynte Pratt, Esq. The haggard of that gentleman was set on fire, and 160 barrels of oats, and a mare and foal were destroyed. The premises and a quantity of hay were saved only by the exertions of the country people, who flocked in from aU quarters, and remained up all night in preventing the ex. tension of the fire% UlB auppoeett that the outrage was the remit of Privitto Pullet FOREIGN. We have accounts from Madrid to the 16th, and from Paris to the 22d, a brief outline of which will be found under the proper heads. A Lyons journal of the 20th announces the arrival of Queen Christina in that city in the evening of the 19th, by the Hirondelle steamer. She was received by the Prefect and other authorities. A letter from Beyrout, dated 17th of January, states that a general insurrection is on the point of bursting forth in the Lebanon. The roads are insecure, and the persons employed in tillage are compelled to bear with them fire-arms for their protection, whilst trade is utterly extinguished. The unhappy Maronites of Kasseronan are suffering, it is affirmed, unheard of vexations. We learn from Stuttgard that the revenue of the kingdom of Wirtemberg, from Ist July, 1842, to 31st June, 1843, ex ceeded by nearly two millions of florins the expenditure dur ing the same period. 'This favourable result is ascribed chiefly to the admirable administration of the finance introduced under the Government of the present King of Wirtemberg, by which his Majesty has completely fulfilled the promise which he made on his accession to the throne in these words —" My people shall know for what they pay taxes." LAW AND POLICE. In the case of Turpin v. Heald heard in the Court of Queen's Bench, which was an action upon a policy of in surance effected upon a vessel called the Theresa, as well as upon her furniture and cargo lost on a voyage from New castle to Rio de Janeiro. The verdict was for the plaintiff. Tho particulars were fully stated in The Sun on Friday. The evidence was contradictory. Upon one hand, it was stated that the vessel in 1841 was classed A.E., 1. ; that she had undergone a general survey in that year, and that her destruction off Dungeness was owing exclusively to the vio lence of the storm by which she was assailed. It was de posed, upon the other side, that the manner in which the storm affected the vessel showed that she was not seaworthy, and that she was managed in such a way as to increase the injurious effects of the storm.: The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the whole amount of the claim under the several heads, with interest, amounting altogether to something more than I,OOW. In the Court of Bankruptcy, Sir C. F. Williams gave judg ment in the case of David Hannay, formerly manager and director of the Marylebone Joint-Stock Bank, and decided that the certificate of the bankrupt must be supended for two years from the date of his passing his last examination, which was in the month of February, 1843. The chief grounds on which this decision was based were, that he had not in his dealing between the bank and himself kept a proper cash account, that ho had been extravagant, and had made pre ferences in the settlement of the claims of the creditors who were relatives. PEEL'S BILL. TO THE EDITOR OE THE SUN Sin,—A letter headed " Mr. Ferrand and Mr. Cn"'" - :" and signed One that wishes the cat t o b e l e t ou t o f thebsg ur which appeared in your paper of the 19th, I will, with 5"; ) t . leave, say a word or two on, if it' be only to assert, --- " P ;„ that I agree with hi m i n C oto ; an d t h at, twelve years t:,703 I published a short letter on the same subj ec t, w hich I ', of you herewith, hoping you will allow it to be inserted in or columns. At the time it w as so we ll t h oug h t o f , t h a t ag ba tleman begged of me to allow him to print it off, which did by thousands. Allow me to say I am, however, neither " Tory nor ? a ly , servative," like your correspondent, but exactly th° tn ) trary ; nevertheless, " will yield to no man (not even in an honest and hearty desire," to use his ow n wor d s , " t °1 :0‘1, mote the happiness of the p oor , th e f armers, an d (I IntlY h et too) the manufacturer s ." I am a l so persua d ed, like hints`„tr we should never have he ar d o f e ith er " L eague " or '‘ , " 1 ,10 League," and Mr. Cobden might have remained quiet in l ,ie mill, printing off daffo-down-dillys and dandelions 00 o i calicos, had that ruinous blunder, that deed of plu a l y A called " Peel's Bill," never been passed and beeonse the ; lot of the land. But Sir Robert is your " Conservative's/ der . that is to weather the storm," his " serpent ilk the I ness," which he may gaze on, but without healing hi lita Therefore, to save him, or th emse l ves , th ey must shake t oc off; for there is but - one ro a d t o sa f e t y — t h ey must go , s ,n,,. by the way they came, to secure th emse l ves from ua— ruptcy and ruin. ie cls Look at the Baronet all thi s 'while ; his fortune in the Th into stands at its nominal amou n t, w hil e ours i s droppiugmit I annihilation. The lower we go , th e hi g h er h e stands;wto, suppose we must " grin and abide it"—all I know 16 t he that " the Bill" has rained the masses who are to Ps/ t he taxes. Not, however, to be too prolix, I here give Y. 02 letter I promised above, and am your obedient servant , Wolseley, Feb. 21, 1844. C. woLsELEI “ TO THE EDITOR OF THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNA L 'obe "Sir,—l have sent th e f o ll ow i ng l etter to t h e Edit o r °f Morning Herald.'— " Sir,—l have just b een rea di ng an article In the w r m is o ut ham Journal of the 31st of D ecem b er l as t, taken fron's paper, on tho subject of th e Currency, and the folly a nd quity of what is called Peel's Bil I' The folly ancl uess of which, no man with two grains of common seal be d be.ignorant. When that fam ous Bill passe d i nto a l a w, ! et a mortgage on my est a t e o f 4,3001 ., the interest of w hice bo , t 5 per cent., had b een p a id f or years, at the expense of t,l5 I 360 bushels of wheat. How many bushels, I prttf , 10 1 obliged to furnish, at th e b are th oug h ts alone of Um" 1s1( coming into effect, two years even before it becstane" 11 - t hin when wheat dropp e d t o s s . 6d ., an d that we were rre ct, 48 hours of Ba r t er ?' Wh y, Si r, i f my calculation I. hscl not far short of eight hundred. If the Bill ha d nese hocus poets enoug h i n i t to have made nlYdonbls grow as large ag a i n as th ey h a d b een, and that I the. t he ~.„ t quantity of corn would have grown on ln should have had not muc h reason f or complaining, '" L ori fortunately they remained i n statu quo—or 4,84 0 0(1 to yards, and so they remain to this day. But, Si r , to come . .„t the object of my letter, th a t o f corro b orating the s tatel o P, of your correspondent as to the assertion of the late Si r tbe . bort Peel, the father of ou r em i nen t statesman, who by - f .' h ie by, it is said, when young offered him at th e shrinef,, gy country I' as a curse or a blessi ng , I s h a ll l eave those ints who are now perishing with hunger by the acts o f his Di stbe g terial blunders. I know a gentleman to whom his whys said, after having deplored the obstinacy of his son ti k e ota Sir, he is going to add 500,0001. to my property by tu; s ol. in question! No wonder then, that having built a e of in the air,' he is now building a more / substantial e n b e . Drayton Manor, near Tamworth I ! am, Sir, Yon r d. client servant, "c. voLsll , " Wolseley-bridge, Jan. 10, 1832." A I). RISE IN THE PRICE OF BRE A D ' TO THE . EDITOR OF THE SVI. ea perceive in the Evening E&tion of last mi l Sun a paragraph headed " The price of Bread," in "4 lit , is stated that the bakers ro se th e b rea d yesterday to,94','' and some of the West-end b a k ers even t o 10d. , ‘ per O t bs Allow me, Sir, to contradict this false statement. f°r it lia highest price of bread is but 9d., an d th e grea t er part ° , o t, trade charge only Sid. I remain, Sir, your obedient seri A FULL PRICE BAK.EIL , Feb. 22. and Subscriber to TAeD'e s st. (A Correspondent in stating what he considers $ should always give his name, for communications like cor made on anonymous authority, lose half their value-, t ot Correspondent on referring to oth er j ourna l s w ill flat' r e. The Sun was not singular m ma ki ng th e announconeeb (erred to.) FACTORY OPERATIVES SUMMONED FOR LE' ''c' THEIR EMPLOYMENT wrrnouT NOTlCE.—Yesterday s iK a d tory operatives, named Edward Cullen, WM. Parry, J.7 e ,e, Blakemore, Win. Hughes, John Dillon, and Thomas W, 11 00 9, appeared at the Borough Court, in answer to a sug', l :j o at, charging them with having left their employment w" t giving due notice. Mr. Bent, w h o appeare d in suPP° r , the summonses, said the defend a nt s h a d b een the employ of Messrs. T. Hilt on an d C o. , at th e fig ni ?,, t i Mills, Buxton-street, who kept 500 hands. winders er l They roo d) , their wages on Friday evening, and on Saturday th i e Y,„ t her sented themselves from work, thereby causing seven" 'Ol B hands to stop, and putting their employers to consider_j expense. The terms upon which all of them were eng 4 b - ii were that, before leaving their employ, they should C.iv e s le . days' notice, "or be dealt with ac cor di ng to' law." T o d turdayevening the defendants we n t t o the mi ll , an d oeir they had done wrong, and asked l eave t o go b ac k, but : Lo g employers had made preparations f or supplying their I" a o have absented himself had h e no t b een compe lled t with . other hands ; and Dillon remarked that h e would to d w er to save himself from disgrace.—Christopher Wood, man of in the mill was then called, and stated that six pa" a lr wheels were stopped in consequence of the defendant' 0.1- senting themselves, and their piecers were also st°ll. e gi Their places were filled up as soon as possible, but a 3 ; ac es hands came the defendants enticed them away. All the P - • 6, were not filled up before Th urs d a y l as t—James JOrd tip ' z ' oj i overlooker, proved that the defendants were engaged gel the terms stated by Mr. Bent, and that notices were P i ° o ys in the room where they worked, to the effect that 1 4 . r de notice was required.—The defendants alleged, in the i i o ta fence, that the manager had introduced improvement s o et the spinning of the yarn, and that it was impossible t ° -`,050 form the work without some one to help them. They. t at e said that the overlooker would not p erm it them to ' to o. their grievances to th e i r em pl o y ers , an d th a t they Ire r° o ll4 that f they resumed work on Monday morning th e Y . „non 4 each pay a fine of ss.—Mr. Wood, i n answe r to qu a from Mr. Maude, stated, that the alteration alluded " the defendants took place about three weeks ago, and trio, be an advantage to the men if they wo u ld give it a fai r 0 1 The defendant Dillon said he had tried it eight dEt :late was 3s. deficient in his wages. Mr. Wood sai4 1,0.0 would have given the alteration a fair trial they weal ~„0.4 got more in the end, and the winders in the other rf:, to were at present earning more ; and, as to the 'rine, it v a t go to the Infirmary. There was no fining in their a '° ttio Maude (to the defendants): We think, 1 1 P 9vI c i i to whole, you have taken a very foolish step. say that those millowhers are not to make any im l lL u t if ments or alterations whatever In their machinery wo uld you had gone on working to the end- of the week, yell or it is too unirae have had - good ground to have summoned the niasA' e s fo re, the difference of wages below that which you earnet,, s and if we thought it had made a deficiency in your or should have given you your wages at once; but, ins _,Jr' that, you have taken the case into your own hana d a t " Bent said, he was instructed to press for the pay de Is cost of the summonses, but nothing further.—Mr. Blau there any chance of these partie s going back to in eo —Mr. Wood : Not at present. —Mr. Bent : Thy places are filled up, but the proprietors have no ottle,. _ co o, thai. a de, putting their names down for the next vacancy if they 'will agree to the regulationa in future.- -- Dil been the rto th.e defendants): We think that you have to Pa"./ 11 ! r easonable parties in this case, and that you ought _ tbi a the summonses. I hope in future that on anything kind occurring you will come here, and we will tell. r,; 10 , the . of e. once whether there is any breach of contract on . v e _ ce as masters, such as will give you a right to the din Iv' wages. MIS nee occurred case of painful and singular interes t eloce occurred on the island of Arran, having a considerable reoleenutirn.. in its details to some ofthe tragic border ballads of the m A few days ago the daughter of a respectable farmer out to De caitn, a village three miles south of Lamlash, wa ,. s,.n_u „23 , r oge to married to a young man of her own rank in life. ' .. , ere in day arrived, and, as the custom is, a cavalcade of file " 1 00. at lbw ni coed from thence to meet the bridegroom, who resi ded _ wo rni vited to assemble at her father's house at an early hour • portD „ end of the island,. some fi fteen miles distant. Th" .. ., 011 was very stormy,' so that from that and other . e7, 3 03 , three appeared to proceed on the journey. The brate'', circumstance' as a contemptuous injury done to be: . f ie :b i s... Character, and could not brook the thought of der "r oil pn band witnessing such a small number approaching to p_'_.erons.. the road, especially as she knew his company would ,:7 0 rear So intense did her mental sufferings become that erer e m L Lo ie i s son was unhinged, and the young and blooming brid o u r - ii , or I wild and fearless maniac. The anxious bridegr" r " e tresti"' arrived at her father's house, but she resisted all his d till " and refused all consolation. The fearful malady incrst , her ChtirCbYaru. bridal bed was made cold grave of Klhnorriu lure was exhausted and vitality expired ; and on Fr.claY 135 Glasgow Journal, 11: tiad e . 1 0.4,