The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-21 00:00:00

THE THEATRES. THE RING'S. night,/3ellini's Beatrice w as to h ave been performed on Saturday for the first time in this country, but the indisposition of the p r i ma its nounc donna compelled the withdrawal of an - - balletwent. La Stra;liera was repeated, and the second act of the and of the ‘:,1,/pkidc, in which Varin danced with much grace dancer• tto-,nain with much force and precision. A new male si mi ', 4. Guillet, made a successful debut, but his preten -5 a 44 not of a very high order. DRURY-LANE. 134 n_ Saturday night one of the plays of Miss Joanna Baillie, n7,1.!_e,E1 H enriquez, was produced at this theatre. It is of the "Ter of those which have been most recently published, and t w e h a lc_h . prove that whatever dramatic power the lady ever pos -6,7,1 has not been enfeebled by years. This amiable and e a u lY gifted person having herself always professed that her viewYstwere not intended, were in no instance contrived with e a tote p e dramatic representation, they must of course $e of much which her genius might have added, did she Aublication trite with a view to the stage. Perhaps there is no kind of which excit es less interest, and, generally speak bee less read, than plays which profess that they are not to wrtt eg Yed• It w ill b e generally found that the person who with such a view feels that he has not true dramatic ge oZ or that he is too indolent to acquire the means of ex ii":MS it with effect. Had his plays been the first effort of fame Byron s genius, and bad he made no further effort, his would, long ere this, have been in the list of things that 1 7 c.t _n ti ot. T it is easy to profess that a piece is not meant to be b ear ' tit Action is the very soul of tragedy ; and, if it cannot it i s n e test of being acted by adequately-gifted performers, cli gttit ° tragedy at all. It may be said that it is beneath . the actor Y of genius to study the peculiar powers of individual d n.. s, and to write with a view to their capabilities. There oin ':casio n for this ; and there would be no degradati?n . in spirit is A truly great actor, through whose ministry . a living inf erior given to.the scene, ought to be deemed little, if at all, erior to the poet who supplies him with words. The greatest a kti rate a v tc writers of ancient or mode . rn times did not disdain to th ey . , t he peculiar powers of the instruments through which o w ; W ere to work, and to this may, in some measure, be of ail, th e success which will ma k e th em th e con t e mporaries orra g e nerations to com e . Up on thi s p o i n t the Earl of .. i ew erY, a shrewd practical man in such matters, makes the fol ths : " The authors of tragedy ought to be be l ag observations versed in the rules of the theatrical drama, and to s uch e d acquainted with the powers of the actors, especially of th e ißm whom the principal parts are to devolve. Many is ur English authors have been remarkably deficient in v_ Particular." Incapacity therefore, should never, or t u a 0 7 rarely, be allowed to escape under tbe pretence B t a v B 4 Y was not meant to be acted. The case of Miss a f illie s ends apart from most others in this respect. It is that . o an talliable, retiring., richly -gifted lady, whose original motive in sg . to the drama was we have no doubt, to " do good by stealth," and who, we a eequally certain, " blushed to find it fame '" She never inte r nded her beautiful compositions for the l i a l fe,! and it was but recently that, in the spirit of humbleness press" so often accompanies true genius, she ventured to ex i_ a hope that, at one time or another, some of her dramas h,rto little of t.be tried at the minor theatres. A soul like hers can vulgar vanity, but it cannot be displeasing to her of 4 . 4 _ 1 that, at the present moment, her plays are the objects lirtraction at the two great metropolitan houses. W as t e b not, at present, pretend to say whether Henriquez aff ords happiest selection that could have been made. It of h.; Perhaps as fair'a specimen as any other of the play . s tiontisLady's dramatic resources, and of her style of conaposi . - 1 '011 01 , 0 , 141 e story turns upon the passion of jealousy, which is V.,,tud e a b .,,Y vengeance and remorse. Don Henriquez (Mr. tle i. - 1"") is a prodigy of bravery, even where all are brave. a ks , - tile chosen General of Alonzo of Castile (Mr. Warde) o i — gt th e m -Perience Moors, a man formed by nature, and qualified by " Stick in the wars Ili • Like a great sea-mark." ree), t,„! wife is Leonora (Miss part, he , n o o n ble he l r a . dy of „ tr ite, to Whom he is ardently attached, and, an a d AZ- att achment is not less ardent. tzsa, lov e d companion in t and esteemedL him, friend, is fs and cherished w rn ho o m re th h e ke an a . zsioe:a_er_Nor a son than a Don Juan, gut : iltaow only by report, for he does not apK f ear r . s to hi " I ng gained a decisive vic o t n or i y oi o n v e y h tl y ie his Moors, returnsil enHisri Henri to f end a, castle, where he is to be . so ta rn lad has made preparations to give him an agreeable pon 4. rise, and one of these preparations is the arrival of . in stisilesoorter than expected. and conceals himself In fact, he has already l a f r i r n iv a e n d itdj oi .aeighbourhood of the castle, 4 4 Dog wood. A written communirceaetaiohnlebsuertwpreiesen, falls s n i o n r to a th e I °ll Juan, preparatory to this takes ag it for an assignation—is te histau4nds of Henriques. tp, i ltlY seized with all the He e adness . of jealousyd—stilabiessktiOs hti-oe• Indicated ins the written communication, and takes in the-esin a nd beloved friend to the heart. This place h in llavecnd act. Jealousy and vengeance have done ail ly t an c y y t ragi c de, and the three succeeding acts have scarcely a s , 2, sustenance but what t . ey borrow from remorse. a small matter,. 11: light coincident plot, which runs arallel to the main an d ' cl ghout th e p' e c It one is, however, I , l _ erns to have but little . Lee) the sis here 1* L-- - I? * business in t ( h A e li p s r s esent situation. ter r vse are the incidents of it. !`f Leonara, and Antonio ( M . r e . go t op h e u r t ) t a h r e e lloevveerrss. have 1 , 0 7,, 1 LY of Mencia do not favour his sui, this very occasion, in NT .stolen interviews; and upon the e l l ing for the murderer of Don Juan,. t A af n n t e o d ni t o ha i t s h f e ou fs nd th in e taerrod concealed. No doubt iLentei ,iittleerer, and he is committed WI close confinement uez in the hi s 1 • Here he is visited by Don Henr e iq ape, t aes: °ciee nee, urges him to make his , and who, offers knowinghi The noble youth disdains . to hold tracery effecting it with ease. is l ife and degradation together, and T h w e ill so h u a l v o e f death. ehtehner riqZelizi:4_bal e t acquittal or innocent Hen the l a ,,n ura . lly cast in a mould of greatness, instantlyirsreeivzees ekm 'V sentiment, and from that moment determines . sftveYsto confess his guilt, and to suffer the cas t l e ; ~lt must be observed, that on previous punishment 'visit to it dthee ie hl__, Alonzo had promised Henriquez, uld and a had given his ring grant, in reward half o of ser;i' e v e l ge of fulfilment, that he would were it even the Ills den! a n y request he might pre is abo ut ini ens• Alonzo is now reurder Proceeding to the trial of foret the t h ec supposed castle, and a seconde r Antonio tim e %k r , • Henriques appears before the . monarch, claims the_ k• -ent of his promise, binds him in knightly form, by %In. hi k, fr .,..b .e s sword, to grant made t o ( 1 - i '_ s a atb, for that he alone is guilty. Every effort is . . Every himself . shall ti o s nade for from his purpose, but in vain.. The s.olicita as of Is: _ csp eti , m! 6overeign, the tears and entreaties of his wife, are The axe alone can cure 1 4 .. d oed in vain. He will not live. exe,llT°rse, and he is determined to su h bm w i e t ve h r i: csli rtii ar• The agonies of his soul, ha d sie d nature, and just as he is about ° ftell bandeapdrevtnioutshlye pf fi t o f dead, his wife at the same time .a i mount no in the a l h scaffold rg y ill theajority, of th e Tr, '---and the curtain drops. Deducting ;hat many, if not haracter and the the audience must have been anxious to pay, ast ra w aY of c ommendation, to the hi flatterunary talents of Miss Baillier it at i ,., come even to an approximation of the w o amount ofn no praiseeas y Ia th as actually bestowed on the piece itself on Saturday night. su r , i : shape in which it was first given to the public it may We will leas ~e _ as long as English literature, but o_n en t g h . e stage we la y t le, erm of its existence will not be vey I of hand be, °t ,n l ng of her language or her general mannert nence, because th4ea aromatic subject. It would be T here oro few who read at all that have n n p o e t r read her plays. of t i, are some reasons for doubting whether . tragedy kiad e °Wiest order be at all within the reach of the female th e - ;* The natural consciousness of bodily feeble s n w e e s . s ..n w g h s ic e h f th e s e a Must possess will not permit those mighty swellings 11i can. give Ittle °l2l uPon which the poet must rise before s.etellate j ; expression to a Hotspur or a Coriolanus. It never it was " an ,o.sy rered into the contemplation of woman t I a faced moon." Th tl , e aP to pluck bright honour from the %%rip," ambition seldom rises above vanity. a e T - heir unaided et a°,,eariee Must be mere treachery or guilt. Theyma , y ,_ t e a m lk . seh7Palling crimes like Lady Macbeth, but, happily for'l hodn th eY are too delicately constructed bo ul ls in mind and piety, and in suK r i: commit them. It is only in vth e theY can be truly heroic. Mr. h t was entrusted . to ti ro. gr energy the arduous character t a i lo V e andenhoff sustained terrific it 1 tlis jealousy is of short duration, but a guiltless g ri m- ;, an d, when he discovers that he has slain it is while nse e tl 4,"est that his wife is without stain, nothing . that rend his slow "Lau his display of tilts contending passion"' could be blors e This state f joy on discovery of his lady's truth, of horror and re toof„,_ at the murder he has committed, agonised remorse is sustained through three acts, f° , l ' :r.' r°l/ Ping of the curtain. It is almost too much h4t --e r o t an, and there was occasionally somethingAs to the rest was far removed from exaggeration. al itle e °' the dramatis persono their places were very nearly the : r es. It was evident that they felt embarrassed, from t arel.,.. ant °I more business. Even Leonora herself is but titti o ' Present, and has no prominence, in the way either_ of is worthy l'tee, °r ,,of suff . ering, that .. of the talents of Miss "he she'nee, indeed, there is a call upon her indignation, suspicion, and that ands that she has been the object of zealous tloble , call is answered with all the dignity of a virtuous and her Liii4tron• The agonies of a fond wife, on finding that Pl ayed is determined to die, were also powerfully 4111,7 , but very inferior talent might do with little difculty ;: t ''' 'l4 N/ iss Tree has occasion to do here. The last act is e °lfa llY slow in its progress, and his Majesty of Castile K e n d a ll ' to feel himself placed in no very dignified position. o .tit,..i,t upon the stage unattended, with nothing to do_oryte tai;i4Mit waitinrr app 1 arently unconcerned, to hear the lea : Of /4n' t he a4 ce, the recommendations, and reconciliations Tle Isay h i ri gnes, and to see the axe fall upon his neck. I It i s , Iyhich this act is now represented should be altered. N,43 zdions, improbable, awkward, and tiresome. anThe play * Was e,ilicinced for repetition on Tuesday, and Mr. Vden - hoff ed for and greeted by the audience. )110144 s-MONT FLEA.—At a meeting of the l'" enit ; Ash- C hri st eb°eietY, Oxford, on the 4th inst., Mr. Hussey, o .n f vil l i eh , urcb, read a paper on the growth of the flea,l teribeete changes through which the flea passes . were do or tria tine and an account was giver, of some observations of the s tedriirl which changes may be retarded. The . flea, it w -a ato o ) ,. la Ys from 8 to 12 eggs, which fall down into crevices the y "g dust, where they are hatched in about five days ; ieere2)r°dilee small White maggots like cheese-mites, which tttteor ~,_e in size for about fourteen days, when they spin a . bag ois_u...,tas.nftbsielyk. around them and become chrysalids. Within be en) slxteen ,igraduall darken in colour, until, at the end of •‘ 4 3's the y y come out of it perfect fleas ; kaving the " °ll the wh ° lo , about thirty-four days fronk t . he laying of it 'g ta, t° the perfect state. M. Defrance's opinion concern i f 45 ' 3 c 1 of the Youn gmaggot, was quoted ; namely, that the is by small •ai fdrled blood, which the parent has i t fAayscer o f extrZtinngs f o rom the skin of the animals on which SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD TROTTING RACES, THURSDAY. The following Trotting Matches were run at Bedford, for 50 sovs. each, in consequence of there being no Spring Meeting : Mr. Waldock's b. m. Spitfire beat Mr. Thady's Spinning Jenny. Mr. Cattam's br. m. Confidence beat Mr. Smith's gr. m. Louisa. Mr. Thady's Spinning Jenny beat Mr. Humphrey's gr. h. Saladin. Mr. Smith's Louisa beat Mr. Wells's Little Red Rover. Mr. Waldock's:Spitfire beat Mr. Martin's Ratler. Against time ; a mile in four minutes. Mr. Humphrey's ; gr. h. completed it in four seconds within the ,e. A similar match was dono by Mr. Wells's b. h., with ten seconds ,o spare, but is in dispute. The ground was very fashionably attended, and the sport excellent. STRATFORD-UPON-AVON STEEPLE CHASE, T H UESDA V. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 50 added, 12st. each. Four miles. The second horse to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 150 sovs, &c. Mr. Clifford's b. m. Lady Teazle Owner 1 Mr. T. Moore'i b. h. Harlequin, by Grimaldi...lvens 2 Mr. H. Roberts's b. g. Paxford 3 Mr. J. Solloway's Gamecock Mr. W. Crowther's b. m. Chaseure Sixteen others started, but were not placed. Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 15 added, 12st. each. Four miles. The winner to be sold for 401., and the second horse to save his stake. Mr. Bicknell's Nat ... Air. Vever's Viator Four others started, but were not placed. The line chosen was circular, and so severe that nothing but an extraordinary game horse could have staved the course. The run ing up to the first brook was made by Paddy from Cork, it was then taken up, and the pace improvad by Barrister (Captain Fendall), who continued his lead for at least two miles; Lady Teazle was first over - the second brook, one mile from him, cleared it beautifully, maintained her place, and won in a canter by 20 lengths. Two horses broke their backs—viz., Austerity at the first brook, and The Star at the second ; both were killed directly. Pilot also was ruined at the second brook. The winner, which is half sister to Grimaldi, was claimed. The second horse was won easily by Nat, in consequence of Viator's falling into a water drain, by which he lost at least 200 yards ; he was beaten about three lengths. ALCESTER STEEPLE CHASES.-FRIDAY., Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added. About four miles. Second horse to receiveback his stake. Mr. Greaves's c. g. Midnight Patrick 1 Mr. Vevers's Ada Mr. Marshall's Foreigner ...Troughton 3 Mr. Homfray's Harlequin Six others started, but were not placed. lied Rose took the lead in fine style, and kept it for three or four fields, when he went on the wrong side of the flag, and was obliged to turn back, in consequence of which he was unable to come up again, and Midnight bore away the palm. The contest, however, was of the most spirited description, each horse taking the fences admirably well. In the last two or three fields only five of them were to be seen. At the last fence Midnight was very nearly down, and was finely run in by Ada, closely followed by Foreigner and Harlequin, but won the race, after a severe contest, by a length. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added. Winner to be sold for 30 sovs., if demanded. Mr. Vevers's Viator Mr. Holyoake's Wild Boy Mr. Walker's Piccanini Wallack 3 Mr. Ashurn's Jack hens 4 Viator took the lead, followed by Piccanini, over three or four fields, when Wild Boy came up second , leaving Piccanini third , and Jack considerably behind. On clearing the last fence, Viator and Wild Boy were so close together that the winner was doubtful ; but the former went in with a fine spirit, and gallantly outstripped his antagonist by four or five lengths. ROYAL STAG HUNT. The King's Stag Hounds met last Friday at Ritching's Park, a favourite and delightful meet ; the fineness of the morning added to the beauty of the scene, which was highly interesting, by the arrival of several splendid carriages, filled with lovely women. Amongst those we noticed, were the Earl of Uxbridge and family, and shortly after outriders in scarlet announced the arrival of the Royal cortege. The first carriage, drawn by four noble horses, contained her Ma jesty, the Duchess of Kent, and Princess Victoria, with Lord Fre derick on horseback; the whole meet welcomed her Majesty, chapeau a la main ; and it must have been highly gratifying to the illustrious party in the four following carriages to witness this well meant mark of respect. Amongst those we noticed as taking great inte rest in the scene, and it was highly animating, were Princes Saxe Coburg, Ernest, and George of Cambridge. At a little after 12 o'clock, the deer cart was placed parallel with the Royal carriage, so that her Majesty and suite might have a good view, which, owing to the judicious arrangements of Lord Frederick, the turn out had an excellent effect, the deer running along the meadows, affording a good view to the Royal party, when he topped the first fence, and was soon out of sight. The hounds were now laid on, and off they went with a burning scent, over by Landley to Slough, bent to the right for Wexham, while a good many were left, as they got on to Stoke and pointing for Farnham Church, no over-riding the hounds, the scent burning, on by Burnham to Beaconsfield, crossed the London road and over towards Forty-green, near where he was taken, after an excellent chase of one hour and 20 minutes, over (nearly straight) 16 miles, affording a high treat to those who rode with the hounds, and were in at the take ; amongst whom we noticed Davis (as usual), Earl of Uxbridge, Lords F. Fitzclarence, ' Paget, Sir S. lane, ount D'Orsay, Colonels Standon , Fairlie , Vyse, Bainbridge, Learmonth, De Burgh, &c. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Burton Vale Hounds on Tuesday at Stalbridge Weston ; Friday, at Landshire-lane Gate. The Burton Harriers on Wednesday at Horn Hill ; Saturday, at Wotton- The Warwickshire Hounds on Tuesday at Swacliffe ; Thursday, at Fop Farm ; Saturday, at Eatington—qr. to 11. Mr. Mare's Hounds on Tuesday at Denston ; Thursday, at Wor sted Lodge—hf-p. 10. Mr. A. Smythe's Hounds on Tuesday at Walcot ; Thursday, at Penton : Saturday, at Wilster Wood—hf-past 10. Mr Horloek's Hounds on Wednesday at Beckhampton Inn. The Devizes Harriers on Saturday at Ell Barrow Sir R. Hill's Hounds on Tuesday at the Kennel ; Saturday, at Bettisford—half-past 10. The Aibrighton Hounds on Tuesday at Teddesley ; Thursday, at Moseley Court; Saturday, at Chillington—hf-p. 10. The Cotswold Stag Hounds on Tuesday at Beckford Inn ; Friday, at Frog Mill. Mr. C. Brock's Hounds on Tuesday at Crowle ; Friday, at the Lickey—hf-p. 10. The South Wold Hounds on Tuesday at Haughton Pasture ; Thursday, at Tower-on-the-Moor ; Saturday, at Tumby Wood. The Marquis of Hastings' Hounds on Wednesday at Burton Guide Post ; Saturday, at Breedon Village—half-past 10. Sir C. Constable's Hounds on Wednesday at Rise Mill ; Friday, at Halsham-11. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. IRISH CONSTABULARY Foncii.—Abstract of Lord Morpeth's Bill, (as amended before the Committee) " to consolidate the laws relating to the Constabulary Force in Ireland." The preamble presumes the expediency of consolidating and amend ing the Acts for the appointment of constables and Magis trates. Clause 1 repeals various former Acts. By the 2nd clause all the old appointments are to cease as soon as notification is given that the new force is organized. The houses, furniture, horse arms, &c., are then to be trans ferred from the old to the new constabulary. Clauses 3 and 9, inclusive, invest the Lord-Lieutenant with power to appoint and to remove an Inspector-General, and two Deputy-Inspectors ; to make rules, to appoint County Inspectors, Pay-masters, &c., &c.. The concluding passage in the oath to be taken by persons under this Act is—" I do not now belong, and that I will not, while I shall hold the said office, join, subscribe or belong to any political or any secret society whatsoever." By the 25th clause the appointment (four for a county and two for a city) as well as the power to dismiss resident Ma gistrates is declared to be in the Lord-Lieutenant. The sa lary is fixed at 4001. a year, and rateably for any shorter period. 27. Expenses of constables to be advanced out of the Con solidated Fund. 28. One moiety of such advances to be repaid by the Society. 29. Inspector- General to ascertain the sums chargeable to each county and certify, the same to the Grand Jury. 30. Monies to be lodged in the Bank of Ireland. 31. Monies to be accounted for, and accounts to be exa mined by the Commissioners of Public Accounts. 32. Receiver to make contracts, and all the property ac quired under this Act to be vested in him. 37. This Act not to extend to High Constables, parish, or leet constables. The 38th clause, by enacting a deduction from the pay of the persons employed under the Act, provides a fund for Su perannuation allowances. 39. Lord-Lieutenant empowered to superannuate Inspec tors, &c., and Grand Jury shall present yearly allowances ac cordingly. The two last clauses declares " that only so much of the county of Dublin as is not comprised within the police dis trict of Dublin metropolis, as the same may be defined by any Act passed or to be passed shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the county of Dublin ;". and that the houses and land may be granted by any person for the use of the constabulary, at such annual rent as may be agreed on by the , Inspector-General. CIVIL COURTS BILL (IRELAND). —The preamble points to the object proposed to be accomplished. It is as follows : Whereas proceedings -by Civil Bill, under and by virtue of an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in the thirty-sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King . George the Third, for the better and more convenient administration of justice, and for the recovery of small debts in a summary way at the Ses sions of the Peace of the several counties at large within Ire land (except the county of Dublin), and the several Acts in force in Ireland, amending and extending the provisions of the. said Act, have been found very beneficial : and it is expedient to enlarge the present jurisdiction of the Civil Bill Courts in Ireland. The provisions for the regulation of proceedings of the Civil Courts Bill in Ireland seem well and wisely framed. COURT OF BANKRUPTCr.-It appears that during the twelve months ending Ist January, 1836, that the amount transferred was 690,9401. Is. 9d., and that 661,2141. l s . 6d. was paid out as dividends. In the same period were paid in salaries to the Judges, Commissioners, Registrars, and Deputy Registrars, 24,400/. The compensation account, with 2,400/. repaid loan by the Treasury amounts to 13,273/. 7s. I ld., of which the Rev. T. Thurlow, Patentee of Bankrupts, has received 4,852/. 14s. 6d. in part payment of annuity of 7,5321. 14s. 6d. OFFENCES IN THE METROFOLIS. — The following is the offi cial result of the labours of the metropolitan police for the last year :—Number of persons taken into custody, 63,474. Discharged by the Magistrates, 32,544. Convicted or held to bail, 27,817. Committed for trial, 3,113. Convicted and sentenced, 2,237. Acquitted, 608. Not prosecuted, h u r t a e t d, e o r r m b o il r l e s not fo un d , 267. Th e num b er of drunkards apprehended (luring tile year was 21,794; of whom 7,523) or than one-third, were females. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1836. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Permit me through the medium of your well conducted journal, to call the attention of Railroad Ma nagers to the propriety of measuring their starting place in London from the General Post Office, as being more cen tral than the Royal Exchange, and the spot from which all the roads in the kingdom ought to be measured. A FRIEND TO REGULARITY. [We think the suggestion a good one.—ED. SuN.] CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS. At the sitting of the bench on Saturday, Coleman, the chief constable of Croydon, came before the magistrates for the purpose of making them acquainted with the following singular and interesting statement which had been made by a person named Samuel Tilling, who was sentenced to death at the last Dorset Assizes, but whose sentence had since been commuted to transportation for life, and eight. years of labour in a chained gang. Coleman then handed in the following statement : " Samuel Tilling states that he; William Arlett, James Hill, Curly Bill,' or William Fisher, John Lismore, alias Bath Jew,' and old Winchester Bill, the Earl" (he does not know the name of the latter), were at the burglary at Chipstead. The five I have named met at Kingston after Egham Races, and they joined me at the sign of the Arrow beer-shop at Kingston. Three nights before the robbery Curly Bill, Winchester Bill, and John Lismore, started to Dorking Home Wood to rob a house there. Hill and Ar lett went after them. Curly Bill and Winchester Bill came back to Kingston, and said they could not find the house. The next day I went with them. 'We met James Hill and Arlett, and we all together went to find the house. It was Mr. Smith's house, next door to a beer-shop in the Home Wood, Dorking. We did not rob that house, but all started away directly for Chipstead. When we arrived we broke into the house. No one was wounded but Hill. I was the first man who went up to the win dow, followed by Arlett. I tried to lift up the window, but could not. We had first got a ladder from a farm house. One of us broke a pane of glass, and thus gave the alarm, and a gentleman came into the room with a cutlass before we could get in at the window. I snatched away a watch that hung near the window, and jumped off the ladder. Arlett still continued on the ladder fencing with the gentleman ; but after a little while he also jumped off, and we all then retired from the garden. Curly Bill went away from us and broke in the panel of the side door of the house. The rest of us had previously determined to leave the house ; but Curly Bill came and said he had got a panel out of the doors and we could get in. We then re turned to the house. 1 got in first through the broken pannel, and undid the fastening of the door, and all the rest then came it. We rifled the two front rooms of se veral silver articles and a coat, and we also drank two bottles of wine. After we had rifled these rooms below we made up stairs. When we got to the door at the top of the stairs Winchester Bill wanted 501. to be given to him. They answered that there was no money in the house. Winchester Bill had lighted a candle, and I saw some one's hand through the bannisters, and I called out to them to come away, for they would be shot. The gun had been fired out of the window before. I went back, and Hill took the candle out of Winchester Bill's hand, and said " let's have a look at the —." I went out, and as soon as was outside the door I beard the report of a gun, and imme diately went back and met Hill with the candle blown out in his hand. I asked him who was shot. Hill said," Sam, it's me ;" and immediately fell down as though he was dead. I and Arlett carried him out into the road, and Lismore and the others assisted to carry him away. We carried him down the lane into a field, and took off his round frock and hat, and left him senseless. We agreed to go and plant' the plate, and come back to him again. We did not go back, because it got too light. We went across Walton Heath, and across Epsom Downs, on to Ewell Marsh ; and there we examined the plate, and threw some of the plated articles away. We then went to Kingston, and from thence to Brentford. We sold the plate to some Jews. We also sold the watch and pawned the coat, and divided the money between us. I never heard anything about the murder of Mr. Richardson. We all had hand kerchiefs over our faces. Curly Bill has since that been in a robbery at Barnet fair. Winchester Bill, Arlett, and me, committed a robbery also at Harlow Bush fair. (Signed) SAMUEL TILLING." The Magistrates, after having perdsed the above state ment, said that it was a very important one ; and Coleman deserved great credit for the pains he had taken to rid the county of such a daring gang of villians. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. On Saturday an old Irishwoman who said that her name was Kitty Crawley, and that she had lately arrived from the city of Cork, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having stolen a ham and two cheeses, the property of Mr. Batton, of Leadenhall market. The prisoner was seen to yalk deliberately to the prosecutor's premises, and take away the goods. Suspicions having been entertained of her, she was followed, and seen to lodge the stolen property at the bar of a public-house, at which she was believed to be a fair trader, and where she had been in the habit of leav ing " swag ;" which she afterwards employed a porter to carry away for her to other destinations. The officer who apprehended her stated that he had ascertained that she was in the habit of disposing of the goods thus obtained at fair market prices, her demand for which effectually blinded those who dealt with her as to her real character. The Loan MAyom—Well, Mrs. Crawley, how did you become possessed of these cheeses and this hem ? Pri soner—l'm an honest poor Irishwoman, please your Wor ship, and I'm not in.the habit of doing any thing that's wrong ; the Lord knows I'm not. The LORD MAYOR—How then did it happen that you stole them ? Prisoner—The Lord only knows, please your Lordship ; but I certainly stole 'em, and they a'nt the first I stole of his property.—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR--I dare say not. They say here that you have been doing a good deal in this way. Pri soner—No, your Lordship ; very seldom, I do assure you. I am so old, and so poorly, that I am not able to do any thing now. --(Laughter.) A porter, who attends the market, stated that the pri soner frequently employed him to carry hams and cheeses from the public-house to which she had in the morning conveyed them, to customers. She sometimes appeared as a butter-dealer In the market, but was believed to have carried her basket merely for the purposes of conveying away plunder. Prisoner—Oh, then, God knows, if you knew how de cent I was brought up, you wouldn't say any thing against me ; but I am a stranger in this country, and I must do something for a bit of bread. You wouldn't have me kill myself would you ?—(A laugh.) Well, you may laugh, but any body that allows themselves to starve kills them selves.—(Great laughter.) Prosecutor —How often have you played me this trick ? —Prisoner—How often ? Why, then, to tell you God's truth, I robbed you three times afore, and your hams were always so good, that people liked them better than any others. There's plenty of people in the market besides yourself, but I could not get a respectable price for their goods, they are sucjr bad stuff; I say they ought to be pro secuted for selling things that the Lord knows a'nt worth a groat.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—How old are you ? Prisoner— . bout sixty-five. l'he officer said that she did her business in a most busi ness-like manner. She did not appear to be in the slightest degree confused, but filled her basket from a shop-window, as if she had paid to the last farthing. The LORD MAYOR then sent the prisoner to Bridewell 'or two months. HATTON-GARDEN. John Morris Drew, Mary Drew, and Charles Young, were charged before Mr. Bennett with counterfeiting the money of the realm. Duke, an officer of this establishment, stated that at one o'clock in the afternoon he and three other officers pro ceeded to No. 8, Church-street, St. Giles's, having received information that it was occupied by coiners, who were cir culating base money to an excess unheard of. They broke open the door, which was barred and bolted, and in a room on the second floor they pounced upon the prisoners Drew, and secured them. On searching the house they found an immense quantity of counterfeit half-crowns, shillings, and sixpence s , t oge th er w ith the moulds in which they ha been cast, besides various implements of coining. In the room there was a brisk fire, and beneath it, in the cinders, wit ness found a quantity of metal. William Reynolds, a constable of Clerkenwell, and Ser geant Palmer, 17 G, gave similar testimony. The prisoners were fully committed to Ncwgate. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. UNSTAMPED PAPERS.—The officers employed by the Commissioners of Stamps have seized, during the last week, 10,000 copies of the various unstamped papers, all of which have been lodged in Somerset House. MAR YLEB ONE. - Two genteelly dressed persons, John Young and Ann Turner, who it is supposod have for a considerable period levied contributions on the nobility and gentry at the west end of the town, to a very considerable amount, by means of begging letters, were placed at the bar before Mr. SKUTT, charged with having endeavoured by a fictitious tale of distress to obtain a contribution from Lady Stopford, 37, Upper Harley-street, Cavendish-square. The male prisoner was discharged for want of evidence, but the woman, Turner, who could give no satisfactory ac count of herself, was committed to the House of Correction for two months. L AMBETH- STREET. Thomas .11ferr !plan was charged before the Hon. G. C. NORTON and Mr. CONIBE with having in his possession thirty numbers of weekly papers which were unstamped. The prisoner would have evaded the vigilance of two of the officers of this office who were looking out for such of fenders from the excellent manner in which he was dis guised, had he not been known to be an old hand in hawking the unstamped, and it was proved that he had been brought to this offi ce for similar offences once or twice before. Ccommitted for one month to the House of Correction. THE STAMP DUTIES. The subjoined observations on the proposed measure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to the reduction of the stamp duty to one penny is extracted from the Atla s : " We are not prepared to offer any opinion as to the operation of the penny stamp in other respects. How far it is calculated to diminish the extent o f the ille g al combina tions by which the stamped press has hitherto been invaded we cannot venture to conjecture ; but , a lthou g h it considera bly reduces the temptation to violate t he law, there is n o doubt that the unprincipled adventu rers who can see no im morality in committing a fraud for four p ence are not un likely to commit the same fraud for the lesser gain of one penny ; and we are inclined to suspect that the result of the working of the Bill will be to draw into the illegal practice a still more degraded class of ne wsmongers, to whom th e reduced duty will offer a sufficient premium. But this ar gument, we are aware, will apply to all imposts in common, and can be considered only as a further appeal to the Go vernment for protection. If there be a stamp, those who pay it have a right to expect the benefits of taxation ; and we hope that the proposed measure will be accompanied by such enactments as shall make it effective. " It would be very desirable to introduce with the new Bill, or to provide by any other means, a better stamp, and a better mode of stamping, than are at present in use. The stamp itself is so coarse, and the mode of stamping it so irregular, that the impression is not only faint and indis tinct but might be easily imitated by the most ordinary me chanical skill. There is no difficulty in procuring a stamp that would diminish the facilities of imitation, and at the same time secure the sheet from the risk of escaping the impress—which is now often the case—in the process of of stamping. A serious penalty, as our readers are aware, falls upon every unstamped paper, yet it frequently happens, in the hurried way in which the persons appointed to stamp the sheets execute their duty, that some sheets receive scarcely half a stamp, while others are double stamped, and some not stamped at all. On one occasion we were served with an exchequer writ in consequence of a sheet of the Atlas having appeared without a stamp ; but upon exami nation it was discovered that one sheet had received the impression of two stamps and a half, another only half a stamp, whilst a third was altogether unstamped, arising from the manner in which impressions are multiplied to save time. We are bound to add, however, that upon a repre sentation of these circumstances the proceedings were im mediately quashed. It is needless to urge upon the atten tion of Government the necessity of considering this part of the subject attentively, forming as it does an important part of the machinery by which the duty is to be enforced.' HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The following is the report presented to the House of Lords, on Thursday night, from the Select Committee on the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament : " That the Committee had met, and considered the re port referred to them, and had inspected the four plans mentioned in the said report, and marked respectively Nos. 64, 14, 13, and 42, and had come to the following resolutions, viz.:— " Resolved, 1. That the Committee, while they acknow ledge great merit in all the plans laid before them, concur in the opinion of the Commissioners, as expressed by them in their report to his Majesty, in giving a preference to the plan marked No. 64. " Resolved, 2. That it is the opinion of this Committee that the plan No. 64 ought to be so far adopted as to be made the basis of immediate further inquiries in respect, to the cost of the plan, and to the best mode of ca rryin g it into execution, and to any variations, consistent with its general character and object, which may be found expedient. " Resolved, 3. That it is the opinion of this Committee that a humble Address should be presented to his Majesty to request that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to order that the further inquiries mentioned in the preceding resolution be made forthwith, under the superintendence of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods and Forests, assisted by such authorities as they shall think fit to con sult for the occasion. " That the Committee having examined Mr. Barry, the architect who prepared the plan 64, have annexed that gentleman's examination, as it contains a statement of the principles on which that plan has been founded. Ordered to be printed. And a humble Address ordered to be pre sented to his Majesty, that there be made forthwith, under the superintendence of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods and Forests, assisted by such authorities as they shall think fit to consult for the occasion, immediate further inquiries in respect to the cost of the plan marked 64 (re commended by the Commissioners in their Report to his Majesty upon the plans offered for the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament), and to the best mode of carrying the same into execution ; and also to any variations, con sistent with its general character and object, which may be found expedient." The Address was presented on Saturday to his Majesty. THE TITHE COMMUTATION BILL DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. On Saturday afternoon a deputation from the owners and occupiers of lands in the Bedford Level, in the counties of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Norfolk, and Suffolk, waited by appointment on Lord John Russell at the Home Office, respecting the provisions of the Tithe Commutation Bill. Among the deputation` were E. Yorke -and R. J. Eaton, Esqrs., the Members, for Cambridgeshire, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Eagle, &c., &c. Mr. YoaKE objected to estimating the commutation by the average gross produce of the land for the last seven years, which would be extremely injurious to the owners of lands, and more especially in the few districts where the lands were subject to heavy taxes, imposed for the purpose of drainage and embankment. Mr. BALL suggested the propriety of fixing a commuta tion according to the rent of the land. Mr. EAGLE said that the great objection to the Bill was the fixing the tithe on the value of the gross produce for the last seven years. Mr. BALL spoke of the propriety of introducing a clause for limiting the claim of the tithe-owner, in order to pre serve exemptions from tithes. He said that the University of Cambridge was entitled to the tithe of two parishes ; that a few years ago they instituted a suit for the recovery of tithe on some land that bad never paid tithe. They selected for the defendant a very poor aged man, who, being unable to defend the suit, was sent to prison, where he died of a broken heart. The man was brought home to the parish to be buried, and a great sensation was excited in the county. No further proceedings were taken by the University, but the parish was still exposed to the demands. Lord J. RUSSELL inquired whether Lord Tenterden's Act was not a sufficient protection ? Mr. EAGLE observed that it was a very inefficient Act. Lord J. RUSSELL admitted that the objections stated were of some weight ; that it was difficult to pass any Commutation Bill that would not be liable to objections. If they were to wait till a Commutation Bill was brought for ward free from objections, tithes would remain as they were. Mr. ALLNATT pressed on the notice of his Lordship the objections to making the land chargeable on the payment of the value of the tithe for the last seven years. A MEMBER of the Deputation said that the Bill, in re spect to what had fallen from his Lordship, would operate as a penalty on good farming, and as apremium on bad cul- tivation. Lord J. RUSSELL would consider the objections that had been stated to him, particularly those which related to the necessity of inserting in the Bill some provision for protec ting land that had enjoyed an exemption from the payment of tithes. With regard to the suggestion that the commu tation payment should consist of the payment of a proportion of the rent, the objection was, that rent and tithe were so completely different ; that Lord Althorp had attempted that plan, but found it necessary to abandon it. The deputation then withdrew. The late venerable Lady Dorchester, who died at the seat of her son-in-law Lord Bolton, Hackwood-park, a few days ago, had been in the receipt of a pension on the civil list, of 1151., for the long period of seventy-two years ; the last grant to her Ladyship being dated from 1764. Lady Dorchester was daughter of Thomas, second Earl of Effing ham, and married Guy, first Lord Dorchester, grandfather of the present Earl, distinguished as General Carleton, for his military services during the American war. NOTHING NEW UNDER TILE SUN.—Upon look ing over some old papers belonging to the Rev. C. Lucas's family, there were found, in the hand-writing of his father— " An abstract of a bill for the better relief and employment of the poor within the county of Wilts," which is drawn up on the same principles and points, and even with similar stations and names, to the one lately adopted by the Government. These papers appear to have been written about 70 years ago and Mr. L., who lost his father at a very early age, has fre quently heard his mother speak of such plan having been sent to the authorities of that day.— Correspondent of Devizes Gazette. We stated that warrants of distress had been issued against eight cottagers of Bronham, for non-payment of poor rate. The constable, we understand, has hitherto been una ble to put in execution more than two of them ; the cottagers keep a constant watch, and barricade their cottages.—Devizes Gazette, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. - Two questions connected with the policy of this country towards foreign nations were brought before Parliament on Friday last—by Lord Aberdeen in the House of Lords, and Sir Stratford Canninr , in the Commons. Lord Aberdeen's motion for papers "show ing the efforts that had been made by his Majesty's Government to mitigate the sanguinary warfare now carrying on in the northern provinces of Spain," was at once aceeded to by Lord Melbourne ; but we must say that the arguments with which his Lordship attempted to meet the indignant and striking repre sentations of the Noble mover were in the highest degree feeble and unsatisfactory. Lord Aberdeen passed over lightly, as a matter on which, what ever opinion he might have formed of it, he did not mean to dwell, the nature and provisions of the quadripartite treaty, which, strongly as he had from the beginning disapproved of it; he would, now that the faith of the country - stood pledged, be the last man to abandon. He confined his charge against the Go vernment principally to their having continued the con tribution of military supplies to an immense amount— of arms, for instance, for double the number of troops that had ever been enrolled in the Queen's cause, and had prolonged their encouragement of the auxiliary services rendered by a corps of 10,000 Englishmen, after the character of the war had pronounced itself to be such as was utterly without precedent in modern times, and marked by atrocities and horrors so revolt ing to the usages of civilized nations, that it was a deep disgrace to England to have any participation in it. This is a very painful subject. Had the war in Spain been of a more manly and accustomed nature, public opinion throughout Great Britain was far from unfavourable to the Order in Council which permitted the voluntary co-operation of British subjects with what has long been regarded here as the cause of constitutional monarchy, and of that portion of the Spanish people who, it was oped, would be most likely to maintain an amicable and cordial inter course with this country. But, unquestionably, a principle just in itself may be dishonoured, and a beneficial object may be defeated, by gross errors and vices in the means resorted to for their execu tion. It is quite true, as was powerfully stated by the Duke of Wellington in the same debate, that Great Britain, by changing her character of a neutral and friendly mediatrix for that of a party, and a party violently hostile to Don Carlos, has forfeited all the moral ascendancy which she might previously have exercised over that Prince, and employed in compelling him to a faithful observance of the engagements stipu• lated in the Duke of Wellington's convention. Thai was an evil altogether inseparable from the Order it Council, which produced the entrance of a force of na tive Englishmen into a conflict, of which the end was to be the overthrow of the Pretender to the Crown. But in proportion as the British Government lost in fluence with one of the combatants, it ought to have acquired omnipotent authority with the other, and we are sure might, by a discreet and vigorous use of that power, have curbed the fury of the Queen's partisans, extorting such orders from the central Administration at Madrid as would restrain the retaliatory measures of the Christino troops within the bounds of civilized warfare. Lord Melbourne will, of course, be acquitted by everybody of a disposition to countenance the cruelties of his Spanish allies ; but it was no answer to such a reasonable, clear, and temperate speech as that of Lord Aberdeen, to bring the childish accusation against him and the Peers with whom his Lordship has usually acted, that they ought to have made a motion condemnatory of the Order in Council at some earlier period. It is, we say, no exoneration of a Govern ment from the responsibility of those disastrous conse quences which have been progressively growing and accumulating out of a particular measure, that those statesmen who disapproved of such a measure, have, at the time which seemed to them most expedient, brought the subject under the eye of Parliament... Nor was it a fair or logical reply to Lord Aberdeen, who spoke with alarm and disgust of the barbarous pro pensities and moral degradation which was likely to be engendered in the minds of English soldiers, by their connection with a system so peculiar and so brutalizing as that of the present Spanish warfare—it was, we say, not manly nor logical in Lord Melbourne to ask " what sort of education did war generally impart ?" War, among civilized and Christian nations, has its laws, as definite and beneficent as those of peace ; but between these Peninsular savages, there appears to be no other code of reciprocity than ferocious passion. We repeat the apprehension we expressed some weeks ago, that neither Lord Palmerston, nor the Cabinet of which he is a member, has been prepared for pro bable results of the enterprise in which they have em barked this country. It is plain that the efforts hither to made have proved altogether inadequate to any suc cessful issue, and the country waits to be informed by his Majesty's Government how much further they are inclined to go.—Times. It was obvious to everybody that the proceeding taken by Sir Stratford Canning on Friday last with reference to the occupation of Cracow by the troops of the three military Governments was not suggested by any adverse feeling towards Lord Palmerston or his col leagues. The speech of the Right Hon. diplomatist was calculated more to draw from the Foreign Secre tary an expression of his own views and feelings upon a question of deep concern to the people of this coun try, and eventually to the equilibrium and the peace of Europe, than for the indulgence of an unfriendly spirit, had any such existed, which there manifestly does not, between the two diplomatists. Sir Stratford Canning laid down with sufficient clearness the competency of England to interfere in defence of one or all the stipu lations of the treaty of Vienna, and for the protection of whatever political interests, or whatever communities, might have been thereby created. In her quality of gua rantee to the grave and complex engagements formed under that important compact, she has the formal right to watch over their strict and honest execution. In her quality of a power which made immense sacrifices, co lonial and pecuniary, as the price of those engagements to which she thus obtained by purchase the deliberate assent of other Powers, she has an equitable and moral right to interpose in case of their infraction. It would be too mach to pretend, when Great Britain bought the integrity of Poland and the independence o fCracow by the surrender of possessions which the whole world would vainly have striven to wring from her by force, that she is bound to look on tamely, and see, first, Poland extinguished even to her language and her name, in spite of the treaty thus dearly earned ; secondly, the little republic of Cracow seized upon, and this pledge and evidence to the nature of that in strument upon which alone Russia can found the sha dow of a title to retain a footing in the rest of Poland swept from among the living records of Europe. The independence of Cracow was established for wise and salutary purposes, and one of them was, doubt less, that there should exist within reach of the unhappy Polish race a safe and tranquil refuge from the persecutions of military despotism. This asylum has now been tyrannically disturbed. This sanctuary has, on pretexts the most frivolous and wanton, been outraged by open violence. This per fidy towards Cracow itself, and this cruelty towards hundreds of its peaceful inhabitants, domiciled therein for many years, and now barbarously transported like felons to another bemisphere, is aggravated by down right insult towards Great Britain and France, which Powers, though signing parties to the treaty of Vienna, and guarantees of all the rights created under it, have never received the common decency of an official com munication from Russia or Austria announcing the design against Cracow. Now, it is certain that if England be a protectress of the rights established under the treaty of Vienna, she is equally justifiable in assuming to be a redresser of such wrongs as may be perpetrated against it. If England had, in part nership with France, the means of military redress at her disposal, there is no disputing that she would require no justification of a recourse to such means against Russia and her confederates or tools on this occasion, beyond the flagrant insult which has been offered to her by this audacious and unan nounced invasion of the independence of Cracow. But of the means of direct coercion England is so far destitute, that she could not approach the scene of the aggression with a military or naval force. The appli cation of either, or both of these, will be r eserved most fitly for other, perhaps not remote , emergencies, and for a more extensive theatre. In the mean time, we feeling of the British Parliament and nationhas not been unequivocally shown. There was, we are glad to say for Lord Palmerston, no absence of either a right spirit, or a judicious view of the question, in his reply to Sir Stratford Canning on Friday last. His Lord ship appeared sensible to the offence received by England ; but he and Lord John Russell behaved more consistently than Mr. Joseph Hume, by abstain ing from verbal warfare in relation to the encroach ments of the military Powers, which he, the said Joseph, would have been the last individual in the empire to enforce by acts of corresponding dignity or spirit.— Times. There is more business upirn the Order Book of the House of Commons for this evening than could be got through in a month, according to the present are dilatory and talkative habits of that House. There Tithe Bills—that of Sir R. Peel for the second reading, and that of the Government for a further consideration of the Report. The new Registration of Births Bill, and the Dissenters' Marriages Bill; are both set down for second reading this evening. So is Sir R. Mulgrave's Bill for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland. A further consideration of the Report on the Municipal Corpora tions Act Amendment Bill, and of that on the Irish Constabulary Bill, are also in the paper of business, to which are to be added two Mutiny Bills. And all these are quite independent of the various motions fixed for discussion this evening, which, if they really were dis cussed, would occupy much more time than the House will sit, from its hour of assembling to that of its adjourn ment. It requires no argument to prove that there is something wrong in this parade of work to be done with out the possibibility of doing it. To use a coarse, but ex pressive word, it looks very like humbug ; and however patiently we may be disposed to endure even that in some quarters, it is rather too much that in the Assem bly of the Representatives of the people, convened for the despatch of the nation's business, such an im practicable list of matters should be huddled together —matters which must either be pushed out of the way without due consideration, or neglected altogether. This is really the formality of nonsense , and ought to be put an end to by men of business. There would be less reason to complain if the time of the• House, when it is at work, were generally occupied upon the most urgent description of affairs ; but we appeal to the common sense of Englishmen, whether exactly the reverse of this is not the fact ? We have before re marked on the undue proportion of time devoted to the affairs of Ireland, but even with regard to Ireland it is not the really important affairs of that kingdom which receive consideration. Since the House of Commons assembled, in the beginning of the last month, they who should be the leaders of the House have allowed it to be occupied chiefly with discussions about new Corporations for the -Irish towns. Will it be pre ; tended that this is the most urgent matter to which the British Legislature can apply itself ? No one can seriously maintain such a proposition. It may be very important to the interests of Mr. O'Connell and his section, but it is not to the empire. Night after night the time of the House of Commons is expended in a mere party struggle—in deciding whether the mi serable-advantages of influence and patronage, in the Corporations of Irish towns shall remain where they are, or be transferred to the hands of Mr. O'Connell and his party. Suppose this Bill carriedthis Bill to which all otter public business is postponed—what will be the ;result? Nothing but this, that the demo cratic party, with all the noisy clamour of vulgar vic tory, will rush upon the Corporation prizes ; and the gentry of the towns, who have, perhaps, hitherto de rived some consequence from their exclusive pationage, will go away from them to places of more peace and quietness— " Where nc'cr was known the form of mock debate,. Or seen a new made Mayor's unwieldy state." For the obtaining of such results the Government 'aifi the House of Commons have employed their precious time, and all this time the great and appalling evil in the state of Ireland has been neglected. The question of a provision for the destitute poor of Ireland is still postponed by the Government and its supporters. On Friday night Lord John Russell, in a tone more of anger at being interrogated on the subject, than of concern, at being unable to give a satisfactory answer, said that he did not know when the Government could bring it forward I Is it, we ask—is it reasonable or Statesman-like, that, while nights are consumed in. wrangling on the Corporation question, because Mr. O'Connell happens to take so very lively an interest in it, the poor of Ireland should be left i n that state which the report of the Government Commission has described? It is a people in beggary—a whole population steeped in poverty to the very lips—an enormous multitude plunged in the lowest depths of degradation and of savageness, from sheer destitution of those means, without which men are scarcely superior to the beasts that perish. The unmcasureable superiority which God has given to man in the scale of creation lies in the ca pacity which he has bestowed upon man of turning to his advantage and improvement all that is beneath him. But destitute of every material of improvement, with his whole faculties absorbed in seeking the gratifi cation of the lowest animal wants—with his powers of endurance only devoted to the bearing the pain of hunger, cold, and nakedness —with his body and his mind equally starved, and occasionally equally surfeited with the worst food, what can we expect, even of man, but savageness ? What can we hope from Ireland but a continuance of its- evil condition ? And yet the remedy for all this—the physical and moral improve ment of a whole country, is to be indefinitely postponed, in order that the triumph of a faction may not be de layed. The leader of that faction beholds England with a legal provision for its poor, and Ireland without anything of the kind, and yet his cry for " equal jus tice" is not heard with reference to that subject. Can he think that the difference of the constitution of Mu nicipal Corporations is more important than the dif ference between a provision for the poor and no pro vision ? Does the inequality of justice seem to him monstrous with regard to corporate privileges, and but a little thing where the whole body of his poor coun trymen is concerned ? No, - this is not the reason ; but the reason is this—that his politics arc the politics of faction, and not of patriotism—that the strengthen ing the hands of his party is his real object, and not the bettering of the condition of his country. An in dependent Government ought to hold itself above the influence of an individual with views so selfish and so narrow. We can make allowances for the difficulties of Ministers, who must, we admit, work according to the circumstances and powers which they have to ma nage. But there is an ultimate point of condescen sion in these matters, which every British States man should feel, and beyond which accommodation , to circumstances, is a violation of public duty, and a for feiture of official honour. When" Ministers yield to a powerful individual that which they cannot yield with out delaying an act of paramount justice—when after having the facts laid before them, under the authority of their own Commissioners of Inquiry, they suffer to continue, for a single day longer than it must continue, a state of circumstances at once frightfully dangerous, and exceedingly disgraceful to the empire ; and when they do this, in order that the party projects of an in dividual may be accelerated, they deserve, and they ought to be visited with, the reproaches of every honest politician. So far we have considered this subject, as regards the affairs of Ireland alone. B ut Great Bri tain has, on her own account, great reason to com plain i that her national affairs are neglected in the House of Common* -in order that Mr. O'Connell's may be attended to. There seems to be no chance etihancie for of any important measure , except that th re egardius e Ho of Irish Corporations, being ready Lords, when the Houses re-assemble after the Easter Recess. The Tithes Commutation Bill, so deeply important to the agricultural drags England, andslow debated ts• . Dissenters' Bills lengthso full along, ffi , and d lt and were merely described, brought in, and laid o n the shelf. Until after Easter the House will have no leisure for settling the law regarding mar riages, or providing for the better registration of births. The Lords will probably not receiv these Bills until late in the season. The Bill for abolishing the existing barbarisms in the law of imprisonment for debt is not yet introduced to either House. But the affairs of Irish Corporations, preparatory to - the transfer of them to Mr. O'Connell and his friends, have been discussed over and over aaain usque ad nauseam. Whatever