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CITY POLICE. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY POLICE FORCE FOR THE YEAR 1843, (Delivered OS the Court of Common Council Feb. 15, 1844.) Read, and ordered" to be printed in the Minutes of Proceedings, sent to every Member of the Court, and the same is as follows : " 26, Old Jewry, Jan. 24, 1844. "My Lord Mayor,—l have the honour herewith to inclose, for the information of yourself and the Court of Common Council, the statistical returns of the City Police Force for the year 1843, with a con trasted representation of the preceding year. " As the present appears an appropiiite occasion so to do, I beg to invite your Lordship's attention, not only to the results which these returns afford, but also to 'Some suggestions, the growth of experience and observation, which I venture to think, with the sanction of the Corporation, may render the City Police still further contributory to the health and comfort, as well as the security, of the persons and their property confided to our care. "I am the more anxious to engage your Lordship's attention to these returns, as the most exaggerated statements have gone forth of the number and mag nitude of the robberies committed within the City during the past year. When we consider the vastness and variety of the property which is placed in our ob sure warshouses and exposed in our public shops,— the tens of thousands of persons, many of them strangers, who daily traverse our streets, the careless ness of some, the vicious indiscretion of others ; when we consider how many hundreds of persons of both sexes repair hither daily and nightly, expressly, and with the utmost practised dexterity, to seize what is unguarded, and to trepan the unwary ; when we look at the increasing evidence which these returns afford of deserted houses crowded with portable and costly property, to which may be added the censurable care lessness with which persons are taken into confi dence, respecting whom little or no inquiry . is made; I own it does appear to me a matter of surprise as well as of congratulation, that the total amount of property actually lost during the past year, the value of which is always appraised by the losers, for the most part under the influence of excitement and alarm, is less then 201. a day ! Of the 1,229 robberies of all descrip tions which occurred in the City during the year 1643, it will appear not one amounted to 3001. in value, only six exceeded 100/.. ; -607 not exceeding 51., and 426 under s s. Of these petty robberies it may be correctly remarked that the far greater num ber occur among persons and in neighbourhoods in which small properties change possession with very slight regard to rightful claims, and at hours and under circumstances little calculated to awaken the sympathy of the friends of morality and order. "The number of persons brought to the station houses upon cherges and under circumstances too im material to call for magisterial interference is very great, and largely upon the increase; which I think in a considerable degree may be attributed to the in ducements held out to the idle and dissipated, who flock from the remotest parts of the country to London, under the impression that food and lodging are easily and gratuitously to be obtained. " That many persons se ooming are objects of merited comm sseration, and entitled to less pre carious regard, is obvious to all who have attended to their cases ; and I am induced to think that the places now open for the relief of the houseless and indigent are at once too lax and indiscriminate to wards imposition, and too transitory and indifferent to the claims and circumstances of unobtrusive and patient suffering. Let not even the semblance of want be overlooked, once, twice, or even thrice, but there is something obviously vicious in the system, and ex tremely hazardous to the security of persons and pro perty, which inundates our streets every morning with hundreds of persons who prowl about in every form of affected distress, seeking and seizing whatever may come in their way. " Crime ought not to be countenanced, nor suffer 'TT so slarred over. Arrangements are required to test the pretensions of applicants and for their legiti mate disposal. " About two years since I attended a Board of Guardians at the Western Union of the City, and with a view to this subject suggested that every arson who applied for relief a second time should be detained and employed for a period sufficiently long t, ascertain the truth of his narrative ; and that in feed of passing persons to a great distarce at a se rious cost, suitable places in the vicinity of the metro :Aim should be provided for their reception and occu pation at the charge of, and enforceable against the parishes to which they belong, and when no local set tlement can be traced, which is the case in many instances, the total expense of main taining such persons should be paid rateably by all the parishes in England and Wales upon a return to be made to Parliament for that purpose. The principle of this rule might be advantageously applied to Ireland. Unless something of this sort be attempted, London, and especially the City, will be come the universal emporium of misery and of wretchedness, as well as of merchandise and of wealth. " I am quite satisfied a plan might be devised by which the maintenance of the poor would he less costly to the rate-payer and less harassing and un kind towards the objects of relief, and in no place could the experiment be so appropriately made as in the City of London. The present system is bad, and is becoming alarmingly worse. " 'Two very material subjects have recently been brought under my notice Ly the desire of your Lord ship, which had previously engaged my attention : I allude to what is appropriately termed the Omnibus Nuisance; and the state of our streets and thorough fares. Very shortly after my appointment to the seffice of Commissioner, I established a line of men from Temple-bar to Aldgate, for the especial purpose of putting down the nuisance complained of; and for a time the plan worked so admirably that acknow ledgments of its efficiency flowed into the chief office from every quarter, and in a little time the evil would have been abated. " But I regret to say that the manceuvres and .combinations of the masters and their men, who felt the pressure of the plan, were regarded with so much favour in quarters whence steady co-operation was to be expected, and our zeal and toil were met with so much coolness, approaching, indeed, in some in stances to censure, that the impunity of offenders trampled over all our efforts, and the plan was aban doned. Under your Lordship's sanction we are par tially reviving the former system, which is greatly aided by the more frequent adjudication of the cases, and it would still further promote the object, if the cases were disposed of day by day as they arise. Ac 'cumulated charges disposed of at intervals, give rise to singular stratagems which defeat the ends of jus tice, and divert the constables from their ordinary duties. "The importance of the other subject, the state of our streets, it is scarcely possible to overrate, and I feel assured it will be gratifying to your Lordship to hear that it is at the present time engaging the attention of BCerd of Health ' now sitting at Gwyd r House. I have recently received and answered a series of questions bearing upon this measure from this Board, to which I subjoined an additional ques tion sent to the inspectors of the City Police, which, with their unanimous reply, I transmitted to Gwydyr house. "'The questions transmitted to this office were eight in number, all having relation to the public health and comfort, which were variously answered by our officers ; but the ninth question which I added, Do you consider the thoroughfares would be more free from nuisances if the streets were under the in spection of the police ?' was at once and by all an swered, s Yes, most decidedly.' When I returned to the Board of Health the answers to the inquiries I had been requested to make, I observed, You will perceive I have added a question (9th) which, with the answer, will be found to bear materially upon the objects of your inquiry. The state of our s treets generally, and especially the narrow and more confined streets, alleys, and courts, is very unsatis factory, and calls for daily supervisi on , which none co uld so efficiently give as the police. That it would cast serious additional duties upon the police estab lishmont is obvious, but this ought to be no con siderati:qn when the public health is concerned, and when great saving in the financial expenditure of the Cit y /n i g h... be effected.' " Should your Lordship and the Corporation en tertaineuggestion of placing the supervision of the 1. pervision of the public" s treets under the police, I should earnes tly sti te for undivided responsibility. la. Many of t he great inconveniences and nui sances which aro to be found in the high ways fm e ab- and byeway s We City, have surveyor ro s of th pave sence of this contr ol. in abundance, and plenty ments and street keep. of occupation for them ; b,at their duties are unde fined, and (heir responsibility too general, to be effec tual. 'Though I am ful l y awar e of the great accession of toil and trouble it wo uld cast upon this office, yet if placed here, and suitable euoouragement given , I sill engage to give the citizens far greater satisfac tion, at considerable irgtl cost, than does, or can arise, from the present system. "I beg to invite your Lordship's attention to the return also herewith sent, setting forth the number of officer.; and constables who have joined and left the City Police rorce between the Ist of January, 1840. and the 31st of December, 1843, as it serves to silence the inCnuations of that portion of the weekly press which finds its profit in malignant mis representations. It has been asserted that nearly the whole force ha; been changed by dismissals, and re vraiited by-their resto ration, whereas it will appear, that of 1,068 men. not a few of whom I found in the service, not placed there exactly for their qualifica tion,:, only 176 have been dismissed, while 272, nea,ty all of whom have been appointed by me, re tired expressly to assume superior situations ; while durinti - four years only 33 men have been re-ad mitted Dot one of whom hail been dismissed, but THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1-844. The Witness and the Patriot, rowing in the same boat, will soon get over their love-quarrels, and Doctors Cox and Candlish are at one on the practical duty of opposition to the Established Church, and differing only on a transcendental and metaphysical abstraction, must, unless either change, soon co-ope rate like " vers. brithers." Whether this new craft will ever get afloat, or whether they will get a crew to man it, we know not. This we do know, that the Church of England, throned on the intelligence and affections of her people, surrounded by the tokens of her usefulness, her surest trophies, and built on the rock of ages, can afford to pity the men and to de spise the projects that are set in array against her. In the course of our reading we have met with an interesting extract, which may suggest a " free" monument to a distinguished actor in the French Revolution, as well as enlighten our readers on the origin of some modern phantasies. Dr. Cox may thank us for it. The true origin of what is called the vo luntary or non-intrusion principle took place in the very heart of the French Revolution, and claims as its parentage no less illustrious a hero than Robespierre. His arguments for the confiscation of the property of the Church were just the same as those of Dr. Cox and his compeers of the Anti-State Church Association. " Premier Principe.—Toutes les fonctions sont d'in stitution sociale; elks ont pour but l'ordre et le bon hear de la societe; it en suit qu'il ne peut exister dans la societ.6 aucune fonction qui ne scit utile. Devant cette maxime disparaissent les benefices :et les etablissemens sans objet, les cathedrales, les collegiates, les cures et tousles archeveques qui ne demandent par les besoins publiques. Second Principe.—Les officiers ecclesiastiques etant instituis pour le bonheur des hommea et pour le bien du peuple it en suit que le peuple doit les nommer. Le peuple peut elire ses pasteurs comme les magistrats et autres officierspubliques." Dr. Candlish will see that he has been strutting before the public with borrowed plumes. Robes • pierre was obviously the first Non-Intrusionist and Free. Churchman, only with great consistency he saw that Dr. Cox's Voluntaryism and Dr. Candlish's Non- Intrusionism must be combined, and that an Estab lis'red Church and voluntary machinery, are, as the seceders now testify, incompatible. twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee. S. Bartram, St. Mary-street, Whitechapel, April 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. J. Gear, professor of music, Howland-street, Fitzroy square, April 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee. T. Hollis, mariner, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, April 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. R. Chaulk, farmer, Blackmore, Essex, April 16, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking ton, official assignee. C. Sterck, green-grocer, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, April 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking ton, official assignee. J. Slade, carpenter, Bexley-heath, Kent, April 16, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. T. Bate, land agent, Neath, Glamorganshire, April 12, at half-past eleven. at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. W. Griffiths, grocer, Whitford, Flintshire, April 10, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. P. Lucas, commission agent, Congleton, Cheshire, April 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Cout. Hobson, official assignee. G. Taylor, butcher, Lanends, Cheshire, April 9, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. .1,11111, fruiterer, Rochdale, April 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. T. Jackson and J. Jackson, bobbin and skewer turners, Ashton-under-Lyne, April 10, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. J. Turner, shoemaker, Longdendale, Cheshire, April 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stan way, official assignee. H. Hill, baker, Cheltenham, April 11, at half-past one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. J. T. Griffiths, victualler, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, April 12, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. I). Gregory, coal-merchant, Cheltenham, April 11, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee. T. Hughes, farmer, Newland, Gloucestershire, April 11, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee. M. S. Phillips, butcher, Suffolk-parade, Cheltenham, April 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol. T. Minchew, carpenter, Bilston, Staffordshire, April 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. W. Dickenson, baker, Nottingham, April 12, at half past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. E. Weatherstone, plumber, Cheltenham, April 11, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. J. Kerrison, provision dealer, Hyde, Cheshire, April 10, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, offi cial assignee. T. Hooper, Richmond, Lancashire, April 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. who, not having realised their expectations of im proved fortune, I restored, having parted with them in the hope that they would better their conditions. " As the cost of the City police, especially when contrasted with similar appointments, is also made the subject of animadversion, it is desirable that the public, and especially the rate-payers, should I e dis abused in this respect. The total cost of the City police (including some serious items, which it is hardly fair to place to our annual expenditure) is 41,3511., which, including Commissioner, officers and men (543 in all), is 761. per head; while the cost of the Marylebone police (181 men) exceeds 1121. per head. If the force of the City police were restricted to the number originally proposed (300) when the amalgamation of forces was under consideration, the total cost would be many thousands per annum less than at present, so that in fact we have nearly double the strength at a far less average charge than what is imposed upon the important district of the metropolis just named. " These, my Lord, are only a few of the useful re sults which examination affords, and I do hope that the notice recently given, but since withdrawn, by the Chairman of the Police Committee, to inquire into the duties and responsibilities of my office, will be re newed; for inquiry is alike due to the public, the ser vice, and myself. " I have the honour to be, " My Lord Mayor, " Your most obedient servant, " DAN. W. HARVEY. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." [Here follow some statistical returns referred to in the report, and confirming the statements of the Com missioner of Police.] TPIE ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSO CIATION. (From the Morning Herald.) The Anti-State Church Association, like a log cast into a stream amid driftwood, is rapidly attach ing to itself the restless and whirling spirits of the age. Dr. Cox sits astride upon it in all the majesty of patron and founder, both steering the craft, trim ming the sails, and studying the chart laid down by the anti-church-rate and other defunct institutions. In the approaching conference, which has been long threatened, and in comparison of which all previous meetings have been but preliminary flourishes of trumpets, each " representative," we are told, is to have a ticket of admission, and an outline of the weighty business which " the executive committee" are to submit to the conference; one only test is de manded—what do our readers opine is this august " open sesame" to so august a brotherhood ? It is none of those old fashioned and obsolete tests embodied in articles, creeds, and confessions : these are unworthy of such a measure and such a ma*. Is it immersion, as might be surmised ? No, it is this The only limit imposed by the Committee in the exercise of that discretion intrusted to them, is the de termination, that each representative shall, on taking his seat, give his assent to a distinct declaration of his conviction, that the union of the Church with the State is derogatory to the kingly character of Jesus Christ, contrary to the principles of the New Testament, and injurious to the interests of religion ; that it is, there fore, his bounden duty to employ every legitimate means for promoting the separation of the Church from the State." . _ Each dissenting congregation, we are also told, is to choose representatives to the grand conference— one of the representatives being, we presume, from the lists already published—the "minister." He may complain at the meetings of tithes and church rates in strains of immortal eloquence—he may complain of the union between Church and State, under any symbols, however recherchees—he may inveigh against lawn sleeves and silk cassocks—he may thunder against prelates in Parliament, , or against chaplains in workhouses ; but if he utter a syllable against lord-deacons looking daggers from the pew at the pulpit, or against the semi-starvation allowance of the voluntary system, or against any other grievance within the walls of the chapel, he may expact either to be turned out instanter, or to be starved out in six months. This will keep the depu ties as qrCet as mice on some matters, and make them as garrulous as Dr. Cox on others. Have these Anti-State Church agitators, however, no alaisea to rectify at home—no corrup tions to get rid of? Are they so perfact that they can spare time to make Quixotic attacks on windmills, with which they have nothing to do ? They are not united with the State. Why, then, complain of what they have no concern with ? If the Church of England feels oppressed she can say so, and should she call in the aid of such doughty champions as he of hackney, it will then be time fur the Doctor to harness himself' for the battle. But, on second thought, it is very kind on the side of Dis senters to become voluntary curates for the Church of England, and shed gratuitous tears for her, and cry aloud on her behalf, and do their part so well that an indifferent spectator would suppose the Church must be " Free " and the Dissenters in " Erastian " bondage. The American deputation of the Scotch seceders, having spouted violent voluntaryism in Philadelphian meetings and pulpits, have been summoned to join this great movement ; but the Witness, very wary as long as an Episcopal penny is likely to be turned, and trimming its goods to the market, thus replies across the Tweed to Dr. Cox and his enthusiastic compeers : " Would it be safe, would it be expedient, would it be catholic (Phil. iii. 15, 16) to adopt any course which would necessarily exclude from this union so many mi nisters and professing followers of Christ ? We do not call on our friends to assert Establishment principles— why should they call on us virtually to assert the Volun tary ? Besides, the Free Church is not the only body in the empire which holds the Establishment principle beyond the pale of the Establishments. Nearly a mil lion of Irish Presbyterians are like 7 minded with us on the subject. The myriads of Wesleyans are the same ; and in the kindest terms, therefore, we would ask again, isit wise, is it expedient, is it catholic, to adopt a basis fur any public movement which must exclude all these denominations, as well as the sound and catholic members and ministers of the Established Church in England ?" The Dissenters have been milked dry. Mr. Noel has giyen them an introduction to his brethren, and the Church of England must first be pumped before they break loose on her. The Patriot, the organ of the Anti-State Church Association, far less meta- Thysical and much more honest, replies to the TVitness in these words : " One word, before we conclude, as to the declara tion' which is made the condition of a seat in the Con ference. It is alleged by some of our friends that this barrier excludes them. We cannot see why or how it should, if they have any real desire to be included. Is it not their conviction, that the union of the Church with the State is derogatory to the kingly character of Jesus Christ, contrary to the principles of the New Testament, and injnrious to the interests of religion? No doubt it is; then wherefore hesitate to make the declaration? And if such is their conviction as to the awful nature and extent of the evil, does it not immediately become their bounden duty to employ every legiti mate means for promoting the separation of the two things whose unnatural and unscriptural conjunction is, in their minds, fraught with consequences so fearful to contemplate ? To this question, also, we cannot but anticipate one loud and unanimous affirmative. What then ? Is it the conference they stumble at ? Why should they ? What reason, that will bear looking at for one moment, can they assign for objecting to it ? Of whom will it be composed ? Of whom, but of persons like-minded with themselves ? Every man in that assembly will be there because, and only because, he deems the union of Church and State the same flagrant evil and wrong that they deem it, and feels it to be his bounden duty to employ all legitimate means for its removal, as they feel it to be theirs. Do they really object to confer with such persons on such a theme ? Incredible ! Impossible ! Either they do not see the evil to be so great as others see it, or they do not feel it to be their duty to assist in its abatement and removal; for, if they did, they could not hesitate to con fer with those, and none but those, who do." We thoroughly agree with the views of the Patriot as to the very low landmark between honest and bit ter voluntaryism, and voluntaryism professing to re tain the principle of an Establishment only to be quoted when Mr. Noel and other stray ministers of the English Establishment are to be inveigled. A private letter from America, inserted in the Patriot, will show the Patriot and the extreme voluntaries that • a very little patience is all that is necessary in order to secure the entire co-operation, if not incorporation, of the Scotch seceders. This letter will also set Mr. Noel right as to his very ridiculous assertion at the free secession gathering in Exeter-hall, " that Dr. Chalmers holds now at Morningside, near Edinburgh, the very same sentiments he advocated in the Hano ver-rooms." The letter from America Thestates— " their m e deputation eee from mssii t e h e e iFerseeereCeheufrceheorfeiSticeost,l andand have‘ have of pecuniary You will ee aid—which tb e surprised supposeobtawinueldbae fair increased. that they have avowed themselves t o b e inllexible' Vo luntaries,' and have promised, on behalf of their associa tes, to renounce the unholy alliance with the clragon'•• beast' for ever. Had they not discarded the foler s which Dr. Chalmers promulged in London a few years . ago, they would have found the truth of our cardinal doctrine in this country, that the union of the Church and State is the great Bohun upas in the religious world, which is an incurably pestiferous source of danger, disease, and death, to all who breathe its un hallowed atmosphere, unless they take plentif:illy of the Gospel antidote. I cannot he certain that sonic of the Free Churchmen would have said amen to all that Drs. &urns and Cunningham have advanced; however, we believe their doctrines, and give them the dollars to sus tain their earnest contention 'for the faith which once was delivered to the saints.'" As we stated before, we lament the existence of this Association, on account of our desire to have no quarrel with every faithful missionary of the Gospel, however defective the ecclesiastical polity to which he belongs. We rejoice, however, that the more respectable dissenting sters ,refuse to identify themselves with this mischievous crusade. AZETTE FRIDAY FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 3, 1844. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, now Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at St. Petersburgh, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to the Emperor of All the Russias. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Andrew Buchanan, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Florence, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Russia. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlett, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Tuscany. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 5.. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—R. B. Hesketh, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Montgomery, whose appointment has been cancelled, April 5. 2d Dragoons—Captain J. R. T. Graham, from half pay of the Regiment, to be Captain , vice Lord W. Hill, deceased ; Lieutenant G. A. F. Sulivan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Graham, who retires ; Cornet H. T. C. S. Pigott to be Lieutenant, vice Sulivan ; W. W. Hozier, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Pigott, April 5. 6th Dragoons Assistant-Surgeon C. G. Logie, M.D., from 72d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dolmage, promoted to the 54th Foot, April 5. 11th Light Dragoons—Cornet J. T. Wightman, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Aberdour, who re tires; W. G. B. Cresswell, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Wightman, April 5. Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet Colonel T. F. Wade, from half-pay Unattached, to he Captain and Lieutsnont-Colonel, vice G. M`Kinnon, whir. exchanges; Lieut. and Captain E. B. Reynardson to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Wade, who retires; Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. R. W. P. Curzon to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Reynardson; Ensign C. G. Ellison, from 4th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Curzon, April 5 11th Regiment of Foot—Captain W. Jesse, from half,. pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Bertram C. Mit ford, who exchanges ; Lieutenant A. F. Jenner to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jesse, who retires ; Ensign W. Chalmers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jen ner ; C. J. Powell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chalmers, April 5. 49th Foot—H. E. Quin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, April 5. - 21st Foot—Second Lieut. T. W. Prevost to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rumbold, promoted in Ist West India Regiment ; W. H. Ballingall, Gent., - to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prevost, April 5. 54th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Dolmage, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Ingham, who retires upon half-pay, April 5. 72.c1 Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Horniblow, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Logie, ap pointed to the 6th Dragoons, April 5. 73d Foot—Captain G. .C. Collins, from half-pay 61st Foot, to be Captain, vice W. 11. Kenny, who exchanges ; Lieut. M. C. O'Connell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Collins, who retires ; Ensign W. C. Bisse to be Lieute nant, by purshase, vice O'Connell ; A. C. Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bisse, April 5. 86th Foot—Captain W. Butler, from half-pay 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice H. Fenwick, who exchanges ; Lieutenant J. H. Thursby to be Captain, by purchase, April 5. UNATTACHED — Brevet-Colonel Sir De L. Evans, K.C.B. from Captain half-pay sth West India Regiment, to be Major, without purchase, April 1. BREVET.—Capt. W. Butler, of the 86th Foot, to be Major in the arm Foot, to be Major y in ; the July 22, a p r t. m G y: 1 o 8 f 30 th ; e ca 7 p 3 t d . J. R. T. Graham, of 2d Dragoons, to be Major . in the ariay, Jan. 10, 1837. STAFF.—CoI. T. E. Napier, on half-pay unattached, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Colonel Wale, who resigns, April 5 ; Pay naa,ter C. H. Peirse, from the 16th Foot, to be Pay rm.ster of a recruiting district, vice 11. B. B. Adams, who retires upon half-pay, April 1. MEMORANDUM. —The date of the commissions of Se cond Lieutenant Tritt , .n, of the 23d Foot, and Ensign Marshall, .f the 28th Regiment, are 2isth Maich 1844, and not 29th ultimo, as previously stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Apart 3. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain W. Y. Fenwick to lie Captain, vice Cornelius, retired on half pay ; FirA Lieutenant H. A. Turner, to be Second Cep tain, vice Fenwick ; Second Lieutenant D. M`Dowall Fraser to be First Lieutenant, vice Turner, March 30 ; Sergeant-Major R. Eager, to be Quartermaster, vice Barnes, retired On full-pay, April 1. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. J. Loveday, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 1. WHITEHALL, MARCH 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Charles Wilkinson, of the City of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. PHILIP PHILLIPS, printseller, Southampton-street, Covent-garden, to surrender April 17, at twelve, and May 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Foord, Pinners'- hall, Old Broad-street, City. FRANCIS JOHN PEGLER, woollen draper, Read ing, Borkshire, April 12, at half-past two, and May 17, at tw,•lve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street, London; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. JAMES KING, tea dealer, Budge-row, City, April 17, at eleven, and May 17, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee ; Dawes and. Sons, Arwei-court, Throzmorton-street. WILLIAM GIBSON CLIFT, coach broker, Crosa lane, High Holborn, April 30, at half-past twelve. and May 23, at eleven, Lt the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur quand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers ; Jones, Mirk-lane. NEVILLE BEARD, leather seller, Beech-street, Barbican, April is, at half-past one, and May 21, at one. at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Stenning, Staple's Inn. ALFRED JOHN SAGE, chemist, High-street, Whitechapel, April 18, at one, and May 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Green. official asstnee, Aldermanbury ; Rawlings, Crosby-hall Chambers, Bishopsgate-street, Within. GEORGE HENRY DARBY LAWRENCE, mer chant, Hornsey, Middlesex, April 10, at three, and May 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Blunt and Co., Lothbury. JEFFERI ES BRIGINSHAW, publi can , Wands worth,S Surrey, April 10, at half- p as t twelve, and May 15, 'tODJames, Basinghall-street. ON, linen-draper, Leo it 12 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official Leo minster, assignee, Tn sHtersc Basin hall-street fo g rodsLhi rieN, sA p, at half-p as t e l even , an d i May 10, at eleven, a t the Birmingham • District Court. Christie, official assigne e, Birm ingham; Lloyd, Milk street, Cheapside, London; Bartleet, Birmingham. MICHAEL DEVINE, grocer, Liverpool, April 15, at half-past eleven, and May 9, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liver pool; Cornthwaite and Adams, Dean's -court, Doctors'- commons, London; Cornthwaite, Liverpool. JOHN BROWN, grocer, Weymouth, April 18, and May 14, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel, official assignee, Exeter; Hill and Matthews, Bury-court St. Mary-axe, London; Terrell, Exeter. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Young, servant, Paddington House, Tulse-hill. J. Samuel!, dyer, Guildford. T. Ellis, stonemason, Cor ba r , Derbyshire. G. Bottom, cloth weaver , H uddersfield. W. M'Carthy, clothier , Po r tsmouth. J. Lister, worsted spinner , Brighouse, Yorkshire. soiners Somersetshire. H. W. A A ta ls r b ti u n r , y ;vh li el licensed victualler, Essex. w E. Brown, commission agent, Horescomb, Gloucestersh. R. Page, hair dresser, Neithrop, Oxfordshire. T. Frankis, jun., shopkeeper, Gloucester. J. Barrett, surg eon , Bath. R. Prichard, clrk, Park-road, Marylebone. C. Grimani, traveller, Frederick-place, Old Kent-road. W. 11. Bayfield, fishmonger, Charlotte-street West, Is lington. E. M'Gurk, tailor, Southampton. T. Harrison, manufacturer of files, Sheffield. J. Perry, livery stablekeeper, Ann's-place, Lant-street, Borough. H. Ashton, provision dealer, Manchester. W. Gough , coach builder, Bullbrook, Berkshire. W. W. Pratt, customs clerk, Hanover-street, Peckham. J. Bispham, Manchester. W. H. Stephens, undertaker, Deptford-lane, Peckham. M. Hind, licensed victualler, New-street, Covent garden, G. Standley, plumber, Northampton. H. Johnson, butcher, Liverpool. W. Linscott, turner, Exeter. J. Cock, labourer, Somersetshire. J. Bettles, shoe-maker, Robert-street, Chelsea. G. Seymour, brewer, Brighton. J. Hargreaves, shoe-maker, Blackburn, Lancashire. W. White, carrier by water, Sheffield. S. Jacobs, commission agent, Great Union-street, Borough-road. W. Neal, cattle-dealer, Flower's-place, Holloway. J. R. Torbock, clerk, George-yard, Cripplegate. S. R. Woollett, blacking-manufacturer, Woolwich. J. A. Blow, captain R.N., Wilmot-sq., is J. W. F. Perry, Poslingford, Suffolk. G. Habbijam, jun., commission agent, Crescent-streets Euston-square, St. Pancras. W. Austwick, farmer, Monk FryStol3, Yorkshire. W. Calvert, tailor, Worthing. F. Morton, knife manufacturer, Sheffield. N. Banes, licensed victualler, Bath. J. J. Cafley, silk-weaver, Denes, Norfolk. W. Carter, pig jobber, Artillery-row, St. John's,Westmr. G. lietlilt, tailor, Cherries-street, Bedford-square. G. Slaclden, farmer, Herne Bay. H. Haworth, labourer, Bacup, Lancashire. J. Rust, watchmaker, Ladbrook-grove, Notting-hill. J. Davison, boarding-house keeper, Liverpool. SECOND NOTICES. W. llazael, miller, Kirhy-street, Popla r, April 11, at one, at the Court f Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as- signee. J. Stuck field, harness-maker, John strect , North, Mary lebone, April 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Donnell, official assignee. 11. J. Story, Arund.4-street, Haymarket, April 11, at I Court of two', at the Bankruptcy-. Belcher, official as sinmee. Hunt, farmer, Iladham, Hertfordshire, April 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee. N. Bennett, coach smith, Church-terrace, Waterloo road, April 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. 11. Palmer, omnibus conductor, West Ham, Essex, April 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee. W. Hole, Maida-hill West, Paddington, April 10, at THE SLIDING SCALE. The advocates of monopoly are beginning to meet the free traders on something like fair ground. They pro mise to have recourse to facts and arguments ; and to employ the press as an instrument for the dissemina tion of their views. This is manly and straight forward. It is all that we want—all that is requisite for the speedy triumph of our principles. The mo nopolists take the field by accusing the Leaguers of concealing from the people the duties levied by the. Government upon the importation of cotton, woollen, and silk manufactures, hardware and cutlery, pottery and glass, and various other productions of British skill and industry ; which duties the said monopolists are pleased to describe as a protection to commerce. Now, it is too bad to charge the manufacturers with the enjoyment of a protection which they do not want, and which they have repeatedly declared to be injurious to them. The import duties upon manufactures are levied' for revenue, and not at all under the plea of protection. Were they for protection and not for revenue they would, of course, be based upon a sliding scale to rise and fall according to the market price of manu factures in this country. But, as we have just said, these duties are levied to enrich the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and not the manufacturer. It can he easily shown that Parliament cannot pro tect British manufactures, and, therefore, that the plea of reciprocity of protection sheer nonsense. The manufacturers are exporters of manufactures to the amount of many millions annually, and for all that they export they have to find markets in which they can undersell every other nation. Parliament cannot protect them in the markets of Franc?, Spain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, the Netherland4, and North and South America; and the Government repudiates any exclusive advantage for British wares even in China. Were protection necessary or even possible, in the case of British manufactures, we could not ex port a single b.de of goods. To talk, therefore, of protecting the British manufacturer in the British market is clearly an absurdity. That market becomes his own by his ability to sell cheaper than the fo reigner. Most of the manufactured goods known as French, and therefore fashionable among certain classes, are the products of British industry. But in the article of. corn, protection is high price and starvation. We arc not exporters, but importers of food. Instead of growing corn for the rest of the world as we manufacture cottons, we do not grow corn enough for ourselves. There is, therefore, no 2nalogy between the assumed cases of the protection of cotton and corn. We beg the attention of the farmers to this point. There can be no protection of what we produce in greater abundance than we re quire for our own use. Thus, the Chinese could not protect, by means of import duties, the growth of tea in their country, simply because no country could undersell the native teas in the Canton market. And were the Chinese Government to impose import duties upon tea, as an equivalent to the the tea-growers for an import duty upon camlets demanded by the weavers of China, there is not a boy of 12 years old, at a public school or merchant's counting-house in this country, who would not be able to expose the dishonesty of such a juggle. The Chinese tea-growers would, as a matter of course, tell the t;elestial Government that they wanted nn protection that they could not en counter competition in their own market—and that justice demanded that they should be allowed to exchange their teas for the cheaper camlets of the outside barbarians, instead of being compelled to pay a high price for a worse article manufactured at home. And were the Emperor to urge in answer to remarks so well founded, that the rate of import duty upon teas and . camlets being equal, the protection was the same, who is there that could not see that the understanding of the tea-growers would be insulted by such a mode of reasoning ? Now, the assumed case of the Chinese tea-growers is precisely that of the British manufacturers. While they are exporters of their products, and have to find markets for them in other countries, they can receive no protection from import duties. Mark the differ ence with respect to corn. As we said above, we ex port no corn. We do not grow enough to supply ourselves. The landlord has, therefore, a home market for the whole of his produce--a market greater than he has the means of supplying. His wheat has not to be carried St. Peters burgh; Vienna, Constantinople, Bombay, Can ton, New York, or New Orleans, like a bale of Bri tish merchandise before finding purchasers for it. The consumers are all at his own door, ready to take more than he can given them. Now, this is real pro tection, and better protection than is enjoyed by any other class of producers in the world. With the protection of an all-absorbing home-market for the whole of his produce, it is most cruel, must unjust, and most unreasonable on the part of the British landlord to require the starvation protection of a sliding-scale. But the landlords have ever been plun derers of the rest of the community for their own immediate advantage. Seventy years ago, when more corn was grown in England than was required to feed the people, artificial scarcities were effected by Parliament granting a bounty upon the exportation of grain. This bounty was paid to the landlords out of the taxes to find a market for a part of their pro duce, and to enhance the price of the rest. The pre text, then, of course, was the encouragement of agri culture. Were we to retaliate by a bounty upon the importation of corn, we should be only paying the landlords with their own dishonest coin. But we do not want to retaliate wrong. We require justice and nothing more ; and by discussing the question of the corn-laws with us, the monopolists are arming us with weapons with which to win it.—Hull Advertiser. THE IRON TRADE.—The ironmasters' quarterly meetings take place next week, when it is expected that the recent improvement in the trade will be demonstrated in the shape of a definitive advance. We have heard of advances already made from various quarters, and we have no doubt that, in the main, these accounts are correct, but prices, though strongly tending upwards, have been unfixed and regulated much more by the immediate wants of the buyer and seller than by any certain charge. The ensuing quarter-day, no doubt, will put an end to these uncer tainties.—Wolverhampton Chronicle. NEW MARKET AT CROYDON.—A good deal of in terest was created at Croydon on Wednesday, by the opening of a new and commodious stock market, at the back of the Greyhound Inn, and adjoining the Fair Field. The old mar ket at the bottom of the town had long been found very in convenient, and, in fact, totally inadequate for the purposes for which it was intended; and Mr. John Martin, an old in habitant of the town, very liberally resolved to supply the deficiency, by erecting the new market in the centre of the town, and close to the stations of the Brighton and South- Eastern Railways, thereby giving very great facility to graziers, from the lower parts of Surre y and Kent, to bring a t r h e e i t r o s b t o e c N k , e t s o t iiriktertu. trustees, e T e l s i , e fpoir•otfiitl benefite of he m o a f rke ts from decayed toll sales mens of the town. There was a very good show of stock on itiluletcohpeernsinlgvacsla.vv,ena.ndeotilliseidaetrtaebnitlea, attendance criflyLottoiNtvahnodlecoouf thentry stock being sold - off very soon after the formal opening of the market. Tim HASH.-01 the numerous compounds con stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc tion of the hair, few survive, even in nama, beyond a . very limited period ; whilst " Rowland's Macassar Oil," with a reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair, are too well known and appreciated to need much comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it enjoys, il i t t e s s t g u e n n o e n r i a a l i s use s i t u an a u l y l c re o c u e it i i N, r e i d e t in i og ts e f t a l N c o r ar ; with are 41: thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all attempts of a simil ar nature. Be i ng un i versa ll y pre f e rred, its consequent. great demand excites the cupidity of un principled shopkeepers, wh o ven d t h e most spur i ous t ra sh as the " genum9 Macassar Oil: whereas the genuine article is wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son, and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials rende - s abortive any attempt to discover its component parts—thus i proving the mposition of all other art i c l es b ear i ng t h e t i t l e of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words t , Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper.—All others are fraudulent counterfeits DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. H. Gouger and D. Hunter, merchants, Great Winchester-street, City, April 26, at two—T. H. Wood, draper, Pentonville, April 26, at half-past one—F. Barry, miller, Rye, Sussex, April 26, at twelve —J. Overington, plumber, Arundel, Sussex, April 26, at twelve—J. Judd and W. Judd, mealmen, Southamp ton, April 26, at one—J. Turner, cabinet-makar, Grange place, Hoxton, April 26, at half-past one. In the Country. J. Wilson, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 30,_ at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court— J. Leech, ironmonger, - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 2, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court — Samuel, Wililiam, and James Batter, iron -founders, Warwick, April 27, eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Harford and W. W. Davies, iron -merchants, Bristol. April 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court —W. Fletcher, oilman, Birmingham, May 1, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein•mentioned. E. Minister, tailor, Argyll•place, Regent-street, April 26—R. L. Sturtevant, soap-manufacturer, Church street, Bethnal-green, April 26—Joseph, John, and William Forster, bankers, Carlisle, April 29—J. Wilson, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 29—M. Murphy, grocer, Liverpool, April 26—M . . Bower, toy-manufac turer, Birmingham, May 3—T. Bentley, cloth-ma nufacturer, Rawden, Yorkshire, April 26 —T. Parr, plumber, Liverpool, April 26—W. and I. Dunnage, plumbers, Tooley-street, April 26—T. Alford, licensed victualler, Harrow-road, Paddington, April 26 C. Webb, apothecary, Oxford, April 26—J. IL Perry • bookseller, Birmingham, April 26—T. 0. Hazard and H. Bingham, merchants, Sheffield, April 26—G. Pile and W. J. - B. Staunton, wine -merchants, Bishops gate-street, Aprit,26. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. K. Murphy and W. IL Dutton, Hull—G. S. Archer and W. H. Cane, surgeons, Notting-hill—R. Addison and 'P. F. Beale, music -.fellers, Regent- street—R. Stuart, J. J. Smith, and S. Ackroyd, stove-manufacturers, Sheffield (so far as regards S. Ackroyd)—J. Lord and J. Whitworth, grocers, Burnley, Lancashire—S. Ward, D. Gomersall, W. Gomersall, and J. Rayner, fulling millers, Leeds (so far as regards S. Ward)—T. Oldham and J. Williams, coal-merchants, Cheltenham—W. Woods and M. Jordan, Ossulatun-street, St. Pancras— M. and W. Shackleton, letter-press printers, Manchester —M. and S. I. Samson, commission-agents, Manchester —C. Maequley and F. H. Halpen, ship- brokers, Liver pool—J. Mush and R. D. Clarke, paper-stainers, Man chester—J. F. Moore, T. F. Moore, and J. Moore, iron merchants, Manchester—E. T. Meredith and H. Walker, surgeons, LudloWW. Lakin and W. Fletcher, soap manufacturers, Tipton. Staffordshire—S. Wray and L. Day, apothecaries, Salisbury-square—G. Wilson and M. Clegg, Liverpool—J. Capel and T. S. Parry, coal-mer chants—G. Proctor and W. H. Trow, lucifer-match ma nufacturers, Leeds—W. Tarbuck and W. Henderson, starch-manufacturers, Liverpool—T. Acester, E. Green, and R. Dales, linen-drapers, York. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES SCARTH, commission-agent, Aberdeen, April 10, and May 1, at two, at the Lemon-tree Tavern, Aberdeen. WALTER DICKSON, millwright, Jedburgh, Apri: 11, and May 2, at eleven, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Jedburgh. JOHN MURRAY, ship-owner, Dunfermline, Apri' 11, and May 2, at twelve, at the Spire Hotel, Dun. farmline. _ _ DAVID MOWBRAY, jeweller, Edinburgh, April 8, and April 29, at two, at the writing-chambers of George Gray, W.S., Edinburgh. WILLIAM PURSELL, cabinet-maker, Dunbar, April 11, and May 2, at two, at the writing-chambers of William Watson, Haddington. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending April 2, 1844, is 345. BNd. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.—The Osprey and Daring, ,wo of the new 12 gun-brigs are in the basin -and and masted, and are only waiting orders for the com pletion of the others, when they will all be commis sioned without delay. There are no ships in harbour except the guard ships, tenders, &c. APPOINTMENTS.-Mr. F. Rooke, Mate, to St. Vin cent; Hon. H. Moreton, Midshipman, to ditto, vice Mr. T. B. Reid, Master's-Assistant, to Speedy ; Mr. Knapp, Naval Instructor, to Armenia. We have received Cape papers this morning to the 10th February. The Winchester and Thunderbolt were lying in Simon's Bay, and the American sloop of war St. Louis, and the French sloop Favourite, in Table Bay. The Enriguetta slaver, a prize to the Thunderbolt, in charge of Lieutenant Hon. F. Kerr, arrived on the 2d February with 213 slaves. A third had been also captured by same vessel. The New Naval Regulations, promulgated by the Admiralty, contain many most salutary changes and improvements, calculated to confer lasting benefits on this branch of her Majesty's service. The Right Hon. Henry Corry, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, accompanied by Captain Brandreth, R.E., has proceeded in the steam-yacht Black Eagle to Cowes, todetermine on the immediate erection of a pier opposite her Majesty's conte:nplated marine re sidence. Norris Castle will, it is said, be ultimately purchased for her Majesty. The Osborne estate, it is understood, has been taken for one year only at 1,000 guineas. The noble ships Rodney, 92, and Collingwood, 80, at this port, are fast progressing for commissioning. Both will be masted in a few days, but will not hoist the pendant so early as reported. The former goes to the Mediterranean, and the latter to the Pacific, as flag ship of the new Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Ad miral Sir G. Seymour. We have just heard that a large naval and military promotion has taken place—but it is not yet officially declared ; also an extensive one in the Royal Marine corps. A day or two will give particulars. Rumour says that twenty captains are made rear-admirals. The Hastings, 72, at this port, has been selected to relieve the Illustrious, 72, on the North American and West India station. She will not be commis sioned, however, until June next as Sir Charles Adam's period of service does not expire before August. The Fantome, 16, and Cygnet brigantine are being hastened at Chatham for immediate service. Both will be commissioned shortly, the latter for the coast of Africa. The following ships are in dock here :—Prince Re gent, 120 (ordered to be cut down to the class of the Rodney, 92, also in dock) ; Lily, 18, and troop-ship Athol. _ _ _ The new 12-gun brig, Flying Fish, is daily looked for from Milford, to be completed for commission. She will be brought round to this port by the Master of the Victory, harbour guard ship. The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, had not arrived at Lisbon on the 17th March, although hourly looked for from Malta, on her way home. The Albion, 92, Captain Lockyer, C. 8., was the only ship of war in the Tagus at the above date. The Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Ricketts, Bart., arrived at Jamaica on the 16th February, from Madeira, which she left on the 26th January, and immediately transferred the Minister for Mexico to the Inconstant frigate, for a passage to Vera Cruz, where she will remain in the room of the Pique frigate, ordered to rejoin the Admiral. PLYMOUTH.—SaiIed on the 28th ult., the Lame sloop, for the Western Coast of Africa, and the Tor toise, with Governor Finlaison, for Ascension. Ad miral Sir D. Milne has returned from leave, and re hoisted his flag on board the Caledonia. The Black Eagle Government steamer arrived here on Sunday, with the Lords of the Admiralty, on a tour of in spection, to report upon the site of a projected new dock for steam-vessels. Captain Boldero, Clerk of the Ordnance, is expected here, on business connected with the barrack department. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. The public have already been made aware of the general features of this important line. As it is an other link of the great chain of railways by which it is intended to traverse the length and breadth of the country, it may not be uninteresting to our readers to give some further particulars regarding it. It is now a matter of certainty that, in the course of about two or three years, a continuous line of railway will be completed from London, or we may say from Land's End, to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Scottish Central Railway is proposed to branch off from the Edinburgh and Glasgow line near Falkirk ; and passing through the towns of Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Dunblane, Blackford, and Auchterarder, will terminate at Perth, thus forming about forty .five miles more of a great trunk between London and the north. The journey from London to Perth may then he performed in about twenty hours. The line will not only command a vast passenger traffic from and to the south of Scotland and England, but also that from and to the west of Scotland and Ireland, being both a south and north line and an east and west line ; in fact, being to Scotland what the York and North Midland or Manchester and Leeds lines are to England. Besides the constant and tho rough trade arising from commerce, it will also derive much revenue from the pleasure-going part of the community, as it lies so far on the route between Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Trosachs, and many other places of summer resort, such as the Bridge of Allan, Spa, Pitcaithly, Wells, &c., and the numerous shooting quarters of the English and Scotch nobility. As to the heavy trade, it has the advantage over almost every other line in the country, in so far as it will have no direct water conveyance to compete with, either by sea or canal. It will thus not only secure the larg e trade in manu factures between Dundee and other 'northern towns and Glasgow, as well as that arising from cattle and sheep on their way from the north to the great Falkirk markets, but will also be the means of sup plying the whole of the district through which it will pass, and the towns and country east and north of Perth, with coals and lime from the rich mineral districts of Falkirk and Lanarkshire.--Scotsman. STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES. The hosiery workmen in the midland counties, like other parts of the kingdom, are actively form ing themselves into confederacies, some for a general end, and others only to protect their own branches. Many large villages have agreed to pay a penny a week per frame to support the colliers upon strike, on express condition that the colliers are to relieve them in case they have to turn out. The Derbyshire union has been extremely active in sending parties round to examine the glove frames, and those that are set on above the regulated statement have been induced to narrow their frames to the proper standard. The silk glove trade in this vicinity becomes worse, but in Derbyshire it has rather improved. The cotton glove trade keeps brisk, and the Bulwell union having discovered that the hands at Ikeston are working considerably under price, have re solved to strike them next week, and also he hands of a Nottingham hosier, who has had such long disputes with the drawer and pantaloon hands. This latter branch is still pretty well employed but the hosiers at times give out the material with a cautious hand. Were it not for the extreme vigilance of the union of this branch, the wages at times would suffer. The wrought cotton hose branch keeps in a very steady course, the hands having full employment. The cut up hose branch is not quite so brisk as it was some time since, but the frames were fully employed, and at better wages. The fancy bobbhroet trade is rather getting better, and complaints are in some measure subsiding. The cotton warp lace trade is extremely brisk, and is extending in all directions, every frame is placed in requisition, and the price of them has ad vanced rapidly. A deputation from a general meet ing of the lap and press warp trade, in con nexion with the fancy silk blond tra le waited upon the manufacturers on the 25th Ultimo, to solicit them to give the statement price, which price the trade had agreed to receive. Mr. Wild, with his usual alacrity to assist the workmen, pledged himself to give that price on the following Saturday, and has since fulfilled his promise. The rest of the manufacturers connected with this branch of trade pledged themselves to give the advance the following week, together with the advanced price upon that work taken in on the 30th of March, if Mr. Wild paid the advance on that day. That gentleman has performed his portion of the agreement, and we have I no doubt the other manufacturers will now fulfil their promise.—Nottingham Review. DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL AT CORK. As the day approaches the interest in this demonstra tion increases. Post after post brings accounts of the feeling in the country. Nothing can be more gra. tifying than the spirit with which it is taken up both in Limerick and W aterford. In 'Waterford the enthu siasm is represented as unprecedented. Too much praise cannot he given to the Waterford Secretary, Thomas P. Meagher, Esq., son of the excellerlti Chief Magistrate of that city. He has been i - ode, fatigable in discharging the duties assigno to bi his fellow-citizens. He has already sent up to Cork the names of slNty Waterforc's gentle men who propose to attend the dinner•, Amongst others we are happy to mention the name of Sir Henry Winston Barron, But., 11I.P. This gentle man has not yet joined the Repeal ranks, and he comes to Co - 4 with the view of testifying his respect and gratitude to Mr. O'Connell, and his abhorrence of the prosecution instituted against him. His example will be followed by many who entertain similar opi nions, and we will take their presence at the banquet as a proof that tile. be peps of swelling the popular • • CROYDON POLICE, An elderly man, in a miserable condition, whO gave the name of Thomas William Robe, was taken before Mr. S. W. Sutherland, at the Town-hall, Croydon, on Wednesday, charged with begging. It appeared from the evidence given by the police, that the de fendant, who has been in the town for some days, had annoyed the inhabitants a good deal by begging, and he had been to almost every house in Croydon for that purpose ; but being at length caught in the fact, he was taken into custody. The defendant, in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Sutherland, said that he was a minister of the Church of England, and that he had formerly held a small curacy, the sti pend from which not being sufficient to sup port his family, he was reduced to great distress, and at length he had been com pelled to resort to begging as a means of sub sistence. The officer produced a number of pieces of paper, which he found in the possession of the defendant, from the contents of which there was every reason to infer that whatever may have been his former position in life, for a very considerable time the defendant has been gaining his living by begging about the country. These papers had in scribed upon them the names of almost every principal town in the kingdom, and also the names of a great number of the inhabitants, with sl ars and circles placed against them, evidently to denote those who had given money, and those from whom more was to be obtained, the whole forming a sort of guide to the cadging" fraternity who always compare notes when they meet at the different lodging-houses at night, and ascertain from the others the parties who are most likely to be imposed upon. The defendant said he would not offend again, and that if the magistrate dis charged him he would leave the town immediately. Upon this condition he was set at liberty, but Mr. Sutherland ordered his papers to be detained by the police. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—A general meeting of the Council of the University of London was held on Wed nesday, at Somerset-house. In the absence of the Earl of Burlington, the Chancellor of the University, the chair was taken by Mr. J. G. S. Fefevre, the Vice-Chancellor. The fol lowing gentlemen were elected examiners for the ensuing year :—Classics :. Rev. Dr. Gerrard and Mr. T. B. Burcham, 'M.A., barrister-at-law. Mathematics and Natural Philoso phy : Mr. G. P. Gerrard, 8.A., and Professor Heaviside. Logic and Intellectual and Moral Philosophy : Rev. Henry Alford and Mr. T. B. Burcham, M.A. Political Philophy and Poli tical Economy : Mr. Nassau W. Senior, M.A. chemistry : Professor Daniell, M.A. Botany : Rev. Professor Henslow, M.A. The French Language : Mr. C. J. Delille. The Ger man Language : Rev. Dr. Bialoblotzky. Hebrew Text of the Old Testament, Greek text of the New Testament, and Scriptural History: Rev. W. Drake and Rev. W. Stone. Law and Jurii)rudence : Professor Greaves. Medicine : Dr. Billing and Dr. Tweedie. Surgery: Sir Stephen Hammick and Mr. Bacot. Anatomy and Physiology : Mr. Beevuan, F.R.S., Professor Shcopz. M.D., and Professor Jones. Midwifery : Dr. Rigby. Materia Medical axed Pharmacy : Porraira. The readers of the Standard have long known, and have long kindly indulged, our rule, to abstain as far as we can from engaging their minds with political discussions upon the solemn anniversary which returns this day. It does not rest with us, nor can it rest with any single newspaper to avoid some desecration of such a day, though we anxiously look forward to the time when the great day of redemption shall be observed with the reverence due to it. Meanwhile we will continue doing all that we can to mark the distinction 'claimed by a" Good' Friday."—Stavdard: - ranks just now would be a continuance in the mad system of coercion, and in the stern denial of justice. To the Government are we indebted for Smith O'Brien's adherence to the popular cause, and we can have no doubt that at the provincial dinner, more ad hesions will take place. Why should there be any further hesitation ? Do we expect any good from their Registration Act ? Do we anticipate any wisdom in their policy towards Mr. O'Connell ? Are they not too closely bound up with the reckless enemies of the country to do anything generous even if they had the will ? No—there is no hope for Ireland but in her own exertions, and it is therefore we look so con fidently to the adhesions of such men as Sir Henry Winston Barron, men who have an interest in the country, and are truly anxious for her prosperity, Mr. Kelly, D.L., of grina-house, county Limerick. brother-in-law of our patriotic county Member, Edmond Burke Roche, is also to be present at the dinner. This gentleman is an important addition to the popular party—not only on account of his great wealth, but also, because of his intelligence and in fluence. He lately joined the Repealers, and he now comes forward to add the weight of his name to the present " national" demonstration.— Southern Re porter. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES• • SITTING OF MARCH 25. The important question of the nutritive or non nutritive properties of gelatine again came before the academy. M. Gay Lussac, alluding to the commu nication which had been received from Amsterdam on this subject, expressed his astonishment that the commission of the Academy, which was appointed not less than fourteen years ago to make a report on this disputed question, had not yet come to a decision. M. Thenard, one of the members of the commission, stated, in reply to M. Gay Lussac, that he was fully sensible of the mission intrusted to him and his col leagues, and was not sorry that public allusion had been made to their inactivity. As far as he was-per sonally concerned, he declared that no blamo . was due. After a spirited discussion, it was decided by the Academy, that the commission should be called upon to make their report within a delay of three months. After the reading of several scientific papers, pos sessing little interest for the public at large, a com munication was read from M. Goldsmith, of Got tingen, on the results of the new calculations which he has made for the purpose of rectifying the para bolic elements of the comet of M. Faye. These cal culations accord with those originally made, in at taching to our planetary system this comet, which, in the most eccentric point of its orbit, is at a distance from the sun which does not exceed six times the circuit of the terrestrial orbit. The Academy, having been invited by the Minister of War to renew the annual commission .of three members to take part in the labours of the Conseil de Perfectionnement of the Polytechnic School, re elected MM. Poinsot and Thenard, and appointed M. Poncelet to replace M. Arago. Previously to the ballot, M. Arago informed his colleagues that be would no longer corm part of the Commission, on ac' count of the determination of the Minister to modify the constitution of the school, contrary to the formal opinion of himself and his colleagues. A communication was received from M. Dupuits Delcourt and M. Maret Monce, relative to the new copper balloon which they are constructing. The chief merit of their invention is said to be the means • of remaining longer in the air than with a balloon made of silk, as they say that their copper balloon would offer a resistance to the obstacles which pre vent a long sojourn in the air with the ordinary bal loon. We know not how far these gentlemen may be correct, but some of the members of the Academy seemed to be of opinion that as the copper balloon i 9 made necessarily of thin sheets, there will be danger of rupture at the joints. MM. Natalis, Guillot, and Melsens made a coin' munication on the use of iodure of potassium in the cure of persons affected with saturnine maladies . They say that they have administered it with the most decided success. The dose is gradually raised to four and even six grammes per day, and from 200 to 300 grammes in the whole suffice for a cure. A paper was received from M. Charrier on the us e of opium in medicine. The author states all the case ' in which the use of opium is regarded as salutary ° t injurious; and, in allusionsto the general n o ti o n that. it should never be administered in inflammatory case+ mentions some exceptions in which it may be give° with great benefit to the patient. In most eas es where inflammation is not present he regards it as as invaluable medicine. M. Guinant laid on the bureau of the academy l4 lens of flint glass twenty inches in diameter, th#. largest that now exists. M. Arago stated that th e telescope of Pulkowa, the largest in any observatorf' is only fourteen inches in diameter. M. Andral read an interesting memorial from Demazy, on suicides committed in the arrondissemen t of Mans during the twelve years from 1830 to 18 0 From his observations it appeared that, in this spite ° of time, eighty-seven persons destroyed themselves, and of these sixty-six were men, and twenty-on t women. The greater number took place on a Mon ~ day morning, during full moon, and in the d a y-tinio The ages of the suicides ranged from thirty to sixty . Most of the individuals were married, and had prr?' viously shown symptoms of mental alienation. • bauchery and other bad habits were in most er,es the exciting causes. UNIVERSITY 01' ST. e o ,,uuen 4:4 - 4 Divinity attending St. Mary's College, St. 4 4 .ndrew's, !rie l, l„o, R ' pany to breanS i t n o v i t t e e s d t i testify himthteoi r h r o e n g o a u r r d t htoe them the h e r y ja ec7o.ll'l principal Hala,Ms in the Black Bull inn, on Thursday, the .28th i ns t. AccoPi s ingiy, a very large party, including most. of the gentlemen town, elders and friends of th e E sta b l i shed Church sa t dot # to breakfast ; Mr. Jam es A n d erson, Student of Divinity' , Ir o , the chair, supported on th e r i g h t b y the Very Rev. Haldane, the Rev. Dr. Buist, ProfeSsor of'Ecclesiastical tory ; Professors Jackson, Alexander, Dr. Ferrie, &c. ; left by Provost Playfair, Robert Lindsay, Esq., of SttSit o James Lumsdaine, Esq., of Lathall an . M r. William.Grah," acted as croupier. We observed amongst those preseln, Drs. Anderson, Reid, Gillespie, M u di e , S m i t b . ; Colone l Pinc, fair, John Bain, Esq., banker, Dr. Woodford,' and the 11e Messrs. Mason, Thomson, Cutler, Scott, Black, Fe , ~4,, Martin, Herdman ; Messrs. J. C usac i t, W . P. Dickson, fa. , Students in Divinity. Grace was said b y D r. B u ff et. —Scew7 Record. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--Last n.a ;gbtl t between the hours of seven and eight o'clock. the inhabitinly,.. of Essex-street were thrown into a state of the utmost ir e ror and alarm by the following appalling occurrence :—l t peared that, at the time above-named,' a house-pointer Po paper-stainer, named West, lodging in Essex-street, brA jo a altercation with his wife, an d i n a fi t o f ungovernable 1)45_3,, he stabbed her mortally w ith . a sword in the abd.ora7,r ' her death was almost instantaneous.. The wretched derer then turning the weapon upon himself attempted to. minate his own existence, and had inflicted a wound OUP person, when he was prevent e d f rom perpetrating 1-08 destruction by his, mother, who, with a child of his 11,1 ' 0 to 1 , deceased, was in the room at the time. H e was ta k e n custody by the police, and conveyed to Blercer's Hospita , Dublin Avening Mail of Wednesday. Isi EWARIL.—The once celeb ra t e d post -h ouse , t li ti; Clinton Arms, in this town, has ceased to be such ; 0. 0 &c., horses, coach es, • were last week sold to Mr. P se k Gilstrap, of the Hotel. Kirkgate, in consequence of the , 00 11- crease of road business. The town has now that listless % s it so general in places depend en t upon posting and e°lo, traffic, which has been d es t royed. The proximity of a ."1. f way, and the effects of steam travelling, have become 01, serious. The inn all u d e d t o h ad, a few years ago, t:v five to thirty pair of p os t-h orses, besides those reqr stage-coaches, &c.—Stamford Mercury, Ol e MARGATE.—The certainty of a raillrav prospect of an improved harbour, have all` had a bo ficial effect upon the value of property in ttilS. town. ,00, houses, in Cliff-terrace, which tweive ttiont:as sinced te bi offered for sale and bought in at 5301., We re; bo na fide so l d auction on Monday the 25th 1 -; ih - V , i=iuch, by Air. S. Staner, , / White Hart Hotel, at 7 . W A after spirited oom petiti o _ ,4 Kent Herald. • .......--__.... , rsIRTHS. 0 1'AO , ••• On the 4th inst. ) a t Ch ester, t h e lady of Sir . • Walker, of a son. i, • Ite f. On the 2d irgt., at C am d en Vi carage, the lady of t.o. James D. Roney, of a eon. I d 1 On the 2d inst., at "The Nunnery," Sussex, the wife ' Brown, Esq., o f a d aug h ter. )1•V On the 2d inst , the wife of Alfred Brettle, Esq., °f tingham, Kent, of a son, still-born. fr r" On the 3d inst., at Hackney, the lady of the Rey' Wright, of a daughter. f I,oo4 ele t ' On the 3d inst., i n N ott i ng h am-place, the lady o of Shadwell, Esq., of a son. lad , On the 3d inst., at Elizabeth-place, Brixton-road, th e f, of William Th omson, Esq., Assistaut Commissary-GG o of a son. ge Arj On the 3d inst., at Blackdown, the lady of the Rev- ii , Codriagton, o f a son. '0 u '' j On the 4th in s t., a t O x f or d -terrace, Hyde-park, Richard Albany N e l son, E sq., of a son. fi e ' On the 4th inst., a t W o b urn-square, Mrs. WI 'MAO • . loves, of a son. of fOr • . Ce On the 4th inst., th e l a d y of John Cutbell, Esq., dish -road, St. Jolaw s-ood, of a son. the , t‘ to o° On the Stit inst. MARRIED. .t H [olbeach, John Phipps, Esq., Elizabeth Sharinli a . ' ; OA the 4th inst., at St. Bride's, Fleet; street, Mr. —tlio jaht- Viper, of Bishopsgatc-street, to vi Elizabeth, sacond dativi. of Mr. Josiah Harvey, Grand Junction wh ar f, Nhitef ----- DI- On the 22d ult., at Bou -D lo.T p ne-ur-"lcler John F i r p relh eY late proprietor of the Royal Pavilion, Theatre, r o 3811,1 the d 2 45; r: whitee- gi , of nant Charle, wi l i t t: a t _ a te' On lafr 4 Ließtenant-General Sir John Hope, G.C.Ft. 41r u l o n i v v e , rleith-row, Edinburgh, 1,1100 114 .,ne 2:'"th ult., at Paris,Pa ß tr o i y c a k l S E te n ;:a n rt e , e E rs ;q 3 : o72ll;:: 1 u r . , o , a , el f County of Banff. vr ia the rt 28th ult., at Spofforth, Yorkshire, 3 1, 19 , the o f of the Rev. Richard Hartley, D.D. ~„„ ife Ou the 28th ult., at Carlsruhe, Baden, Cecilia, "'". l' ' Wingfield Yates, Esq. On the 30th ult., at Writtle, Essex, Mr s. Elizab eth i- e se e; On the 31st ult., at Manchester Loilge, I'Varivics Mary, the wife of Richard R. Jee, Esq. of. l ' On the 2d inst., at Brighton, Harriet :Emily, the Wife .4 Brightman, Esq., of Lavender-hill, Surroy. _ the On the 3d inst., at Barnes, Surrey, Mary Dfargare -, - lii , of Henry Cremer, Esq. WO On the 4th inst. Captain David Bait r, late itf t Bombay Castle, ofßomliay. ' ..•___-f London : Printed and Published b MURDO i f - 01j - n°l No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oa '.:e ' „:s„;g° Strand, in the Precinct of ' the Savoy, in il .e t ,° " - Middlesex.. Saturday, April 6 184 4 N ~ - . _ ~.,.....,10.: G' QUARZ :R] EXCU aM WE : 1 %51 back tondo] t A Notice Of the sE bAct, the 4 'r•Cote rn "oDon the cl uing in of thi s c ( 2 ocor em , Opm, as Sur raw, fttrlogn • • t %lees CAI covepg r./114, 4 A s t , 4 Act ters A Si L th The p i Ift blic tha . . N,14 °4 th v e er i This ‘ hav v e stiZ e b etul dres t e "7 b e ea IrAlne bik e bsavt bet e pi bei e ng atIA t to the Pun; of the Tneol l • aivea acti ng hista n _et to thin 1 . 1 . be • c . 1) Lorcul Cue. ' Gut% l'onta Din a loin ' With • `^r ging broi Ot tb befoi 4114 • ?tat, _ 1 4t d Do • to h h • bra, Wii kot Xot