The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-25 00:00:00

A Voice—The right of search. M. Guizot—That he should refer to to-morrow in its pro per place. At present the discussion was on M. Billault's amendment. The Honourable Gentlemen then alluded to Spain, and enlarged on the explanations which he had given in Saturday's sitting. He then briefly referred to the insult at Jerusalem, and spoke of the reparation given to an Austrian vessel in 1841 (alluded to in a former sitting). He nex t al luded to Servia, and was explaining the particulars of the case, when our express left. M. de Lamartine was in the Chamber during the sitting, having just come to Paris. NEW EXPLOSIVE POWER. We have received some information on which we can safely rely, respecting a discovery which is likely to triumph over the difficulties that have hitherto seemed insurmountable to those who have previously pursued their experiments in the department of science to which it pertains. The discovery relates to a com bination of chemical substances so subtle, and yet, when brought into action, so immense in their explo sive results, as to bid defiance to resistance by oppos ing substances, however powerful; while the period of the explosion can be so nicely regulated as to enable those who employ them to calculate with precision the time when the explosion shall take place. The form of this tremendous missile is globular ; the size of it regulated to the purpose for which it is to be employed. It may be propelled from a musket, a cannon, or a bomb, and may be thrown with the same precision as common balls or shells. At four yards' distance a ball prepared of the substances we have alluded to, and after lying in a p er f ect l y qu i escent state for several minutes, split asunder a large tree, in the presence of our informant. So perfectly harmless is this extraordinary agent, except under the conditions which are essential to bringing its occult powers into action, that the balls may be carried about in the pocket, or conveyed from place to place, in any num bers, in boxes, or barrels, without the slightest dan ger; it may even be cast down, with any force, upon iron or stone, and no other effect can be produced than if the ball itself were a solid mass of stone or iron. The attention of the Board of Ordnance has, we understand, been called to this newly dis covered application of chemical properties to the purposes of military operations. Several experiments, each exceeding the former in the force opposed to the explosive power, have been made in the presence of the Master-General of the Board of Ordnance and several of the most eminent officers of engineers, and with the most decided success, both as to the destruc tive energies of the e x pl os i ons , an d th e p recision with respect to time and place when and where the effects were to be accomplished. As a final test of the na ture and extent of this newly-discovered power, we understand that the Board of Ordnance has directed a building to be constructed in the Woolwich marshes of the strongest description ; its several parts to be fastened together by bolts and bars so as to bid defi ance to any mode of bombardment now in use. The inventor has, we are assured, requested that no effort should be spared to render this building impreg nable, and places the efficiency of his discovery on this test. We have given this account as we have received it, from a source on the integrity and means of information of which we can rely. The name of the scientific discoverer has been communicated to us. Though for obvious reasons we are unable to de scribe the elementary parts of the composition, or the process by which the result is produced, we are assured that the facts we have stated respecting its tremendous powers are within the truth. If, in the approaching trial of its efficiency, to which we have alluded, it achieves the results predicted by its in ventor, we need scarcely say that no discovery in chemistry since the i nven ti on o f gunpow d er will have operated so entire a change in the mode of carrying on military operations, or have caused so salutary a dread of military bombardment, as this new power will produce. We have said enough to whet the curiosity of men of science, and especially of military men. 'We shall shortly be in a situation to state whether failure has exploded the pretensions, or suc cess has rewarded the labours, of this new candidate for fame and fortune.- 2 imes, DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN SKELETON. A discovery was made on Blackheath on Saturday last, indicating the commission of some " deed of darkness," which will probably, from the long time that must have since elapsed, remain for ever buried in oblivion. At about thirty yards from the high road leading to Shooter's-hill, a labourer employed upon some improvements making upon the heath by the resident gentlemen, came upon some bones ; he made the circumstance known to some persons near, and, proceeding cautiously in his search, discovered an entire skeleton. It was of the usual stature, indi cating a young person ; but all doubt on this head was speedily removed by finding the hair perfect, of a light gold colour, and of great length, and beautifully plaited. At the back of the head was a deep distinct fracture, of a circular form, though irregular ; the skull being quite beaten in. These circumstances seem clearly to indicate a murder, particularly as the remains were at no greater depth than two feet under ground ; but the length of time since the deed was committed must be considerable, as not the slightest remains except the bones and hair could be discovered. Some speculations might perhaps be indulged in as to the date of the transaction, and the station in life of the deceased, from considering the style of the hair, the period of the introduction or disuse of hair-powder, of which latter no trace could be found; also as to the spot itself, which, at no very distant period, was much more secluded than at present, and the ground covered with furze; but whatever may be conjectured, it is quite unlikely that anything certain will ever be known. At the same time it seems but right that the discovery, as a mere matter of fact, should be placed upon record ; and it is probable that some fur ther examination will be made of the ground, to as certain whether any other remains are to be found. OTTERS.—A few weeks ago, when Sir Juckes Clifton's keeper was taking his nightly rounds in Clifton.. grove, accompanied by a large dog of the mastiff and bull breed (which, from its ferocity, is always muzzled when at liberty), the keeper was surprised by his faithful com panion giving a low growl, and starting off as if scenting something to which it was unaccustomed ; in a few minutes the crackling of dry sticks, and the loud rustling of the leaves, told the keeper his dog was engaged in a contest ; he hastened to the scene of action, and found his muzzled dog engaged with an otter ; the battle was short, but severe ; in less than five minutes the otter lay dead at the keeper's feet. The same night the dog fell in with another otter in the grove, not far from the spot where, according to the old legend, the " Fair Maid of Clifton " was dragged down the steep ; during the fight, both otter and dog rolled down the declivity into the Trent, from whence the keeper dragged them both out, the dog never having relinguished its hold ; the combat was renewed with increased fierceness, but the dog was again victorious ' • a minute or two was su ffi cient for this high-bred animal to kill the enemy of the finny tribe. Perhaps there is no animal whose sense of hear ing is more quick, or which is more careful in avoiding than the otter, whom in s ti nc t ap the presence of man, pears to have taught to regard as its determined enemy; and therefore, whenever a human being approaches the haunts of the otter, the amphibious creature retires to its watery apartments, and remains generally concealed for hours. On the 3d inst., Mr. Robert Clifton, whilst en gaged in duck-shooting, saw one of these solitary animals emerge stealthily from the river, and on its reaching the bank that young gentleman, with a surpassing quickness and an unerring aim, poured the whole contents of his piece into his body, and killed it on the spot. It proved to be a fine specimen, weighing 251 b., and measuring 4 feet 1 inches from the nose to the tip of the tail ; its onslition proved the r avages it h a d comm i tte d among t h e finny tribe. The otter was sent to Mr. H. Cutts, Carlton road, who i s deservedly celebrated as au ani ma l p reserver, to be stuffed, &e. —N o ttingham Journal AMUSSIKENTS IN BRIGHTON.--In no former sea so n have so many public am usem e nts been announc e d i n Brighton as d uring the las tthre months, and, what is rather-unusual at this time the year, the majority have proved successful. Our Co rr espondent of i says, that w i t hi n the period named, in to the li s ordinary amusements of the theatre, we hav e t Scot tish Songs, Two visits from C. Kean, Les En ° f n a i r 3 i 's s Cas telli, an unusual number of Concerts by Wrig h t, Sivori, & c., and the Entertainments of Lov e , the ra Po a l n P phonisy, who has been drawing crowded houses at the Old Ship Rooms for upwards of fifty nights, and the ex citement still runs so strong that it is frequently im possible to obtain places to witness his performances un less they are secured some days before. In addition to these, we have had a host of minor attractions, most of which have answered the purpose of the projectors. THE LATE NEFARIOUS AFFAIR AT NEWCASTLE.— Louis, the Assistant Tithe Commissioner, who escaped from custody while charged with an unnatural offence, has not been since apprehended. Carter, the police. constable, out of whose custody the person charged with the offence escaped, was to have been brought up before the Magistrates at Newcastle, on Tuesday, when the evidence against him would be gone into, and if it'is thought capable of sustaining the charge of his har ing wilfully permitted the prisoner's escape, he would be com mitted fix trial for the offence, which is an indictable sue. stood the Honourable Gentleman's way of thinking. M. Thiers did not at present appear to belong to any decided opinion. He was at one time on the side of the Conservatives en some questions, and again he sided with the Opposition. He seemed to desire to float between both, and erect a new system of his own. But such uncertainty was most dangerous : it was necessary to have decided views, for that was the only mode of acting properly on any grave question or system of policy. What the Government had arrived at was to exa mine, discuss, and prove the questions that might come be fore them from the force of circumstances; and when it had seen what course was best, to adopt it. This he called a na tional policy, and this he thought the Hen. Gentleman was not inclined to adopt or follow—yielding, as he did, to first im pressions. The accusation against the Cabinet appeared to amount to this, that without cause, or sufficient reason, it had re-established the English alliance, such as it had existed in 1836. But the Hon. Gentleman seemed to forget that this alliance was established for purposes of common interest, and specially named and decided on by both Cabinets. Neither party could take advantage of the other; they were both treating of matters known to both, and often notorious :to the whole world. He had never denied that his policy tended to this al liance, and he could not see why, when the intercourse that took place was loyal, correct, and friendly, it ought to be given up or modified. For, looking at the points of their policy which the Honourable Gentleman had discussed, if he referred to Spain DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. TH IS EVNING, ARY 25, Will be repeated a Ne w Drama, JA entitle d STELLA RITTERS DORF. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Honner, Neville, Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, t estop. Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. After which an entirely new G ran d Comic Pantomime, with splendid Scenery, Superb Dresse s , I n i m i ta bl e P roperties and 'hicks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray, and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Pant s . loon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternately) Alias DC R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. CLEAVE'S GAZETTE OF VARIETY NEW SERIES. 7_ No. 1., now publishing (rice One Penny), of the NEW SERIES of the above periodical, is printed in a handsome Bvo. size, and contains 16 pages of instructive and amusing literature, including an article on " The Late Hour System " —La Grande Breteche ; a Tale—Memoir of Mozart—Story of Abull Cassim's Shoes—British Captives in China—New Eng land Supernaturalism— " Young England." By Leman Blanchard, Esq.—Death of Da Vinci—Poetry—Weekly Gossip —Address to Readers, &c. London : Cleave, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers. COTTON TWIST REDIVIVUSI --- THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of SATUR DAY and SUNDAY, the 27th and 28th inst., wil contain No. 1 of a New Series of the LETTERS of COT. TON TWIST. FREE TRADE! PLENTY TO DO! HIGH PROFITS ! GOOD WAGES 1 and CHEAP BREAD! Also, No. 20 of the celebrated Articles on IRISH HIS TORY—the only safe Guide to a Knowledge of the Irish Policy, essential to the integrity of the Empire at this impor tant crisis. —Office, 337, Strand. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION o f M ONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £4OO £6OO £BOO £l,OOO £1,500 £5,000 and £23,000 sterling. Amounting together to £70,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH. OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or. to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. JANUARY 25, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Amheim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rainforth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or , VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum. bine, Misi Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. litlanchard: Dress Boxes 71., Second Price Ss. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 53., Second Price Ss. ; Pit 3a Second Price 25.• Middle o allcry Ss., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second P rice 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. M. Jullien regrets that he is unable to give a Concert fHIS EVENING, Jan. 25, the Theatre having been let previous to his occupation. PROGRAMME FOR TOMORROW EVENING, JAN. 26. Locke's celebrated Music to Macbeth, with Solos for Ophicleide, Bassoon, and Oboe, by Messrs. Prospere, Baumann, and Barret— Locke. First Movement of the Grand Symphony—Ruch Albert. Overture, Oberon—Weber. Solo Bassoon, M. Baumann . • Solo, Violin, blaster Thlrlwall. New Quadrille, entitled the Toy Quadrille, with solo by M u t er Thirlwall—Jullien. The English Quadrille—Jullien. Burletta Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Million—Julllen. New Quadrille, The Irish Echos—Jullien. Doors Open at Halt past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle•2B.6d. ; Private Boxes, 1 1. Is. Tickets to be obtained at th e Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Bond-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M.. Jullien's Office, S, Maddox street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYKAR.KET. MR. BENJAMIN WI.BSTV:A., LESSER. RE.ENGAGEMENT OF PRO - rtSSOR RISLEY AND HIS INFANT SON. THIS EVENING, JA NUARY 25, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff; M.r. Strickland,- Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr-. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover; Anne Page, Miss Mardey. Alter which, the Unparalle.ed Performances of Professor RISLEY and his SONS. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, 51; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half.f,rice—Boxes 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; U pper Gallery, Gd. Doc:6 opened at half.past Six, and the Performances commence at Se'ren. 'Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. THEAI RE ROYAL HAYMARKET. POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF PRO FESSOR RISLEY AND HIS INF ANT SONS. Unprecedented success attending the revival of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will be acted every evening till further notice, thus cast :—Sir John Falstaff: Mr. Strickland ; Slender, Mr. ChrArles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford Mr. Stuart; Page, s:r. Howe; Caius, Mr. J. Bland; Pistol, Mr. l3rindal; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. By special request of many families of distinction, and in consequence of the numerous disappointments, arising from the nightly overflows, of witnessing the extraordinarT and unique Per. formances of Professor Risky and his Infant Son, Master John Risley, " The Little Wonder," they have been induced to forego their Provincial Engagements, and remain for positively Three Nights only, appearing every evening this week. Master H. Risley only tour years old) will make his first and only appearances To-night, Friday, and Saturday, and go through a Series of Performances, in conjunction with his Father and Brother, unparalleled for elegance and fearless daring. I. T. ARCHER, Boz.book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 25, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Effects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Display, called THE BOHEMIANS; or, Tie Rogues of Paris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith Wright, VVieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, Miss E. St-inley, Mrs. F. M ' atthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas P antom i me , ca ll e d H AR. LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Bu ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane; Panta. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Bciaes, 4s. ; Pit, 2;. ; Gallery. Is. ; Second price at Nine. Door, open at Six, coaunenccs at a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. :THIS EVENING, JANUARY 25, Will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. Don Alphonso, Mr. Burdini ; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Mattio Orsini, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Gubetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Garcia. After which, A DAY WELL SPENT. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo- Poo, Mr. Paul Bedtord ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THREE GRAND NATIONAL HOLIDAY CLOSING FETES. The succession of crowded houses and increased demands for Places at the Box.ottice, compels the Proprietor to announce that this Popular Establishment will remain Open a few Nights longer; and, by special desire, and in concurrence with the wishes of Astley's Patrons, according to annual custom, for a series of British National Fetes, pourtraying the Victories of England's Hero— Wellington, with all its Military Effects, New Dresses Scenery, and Appointments, ' TS EVENIN, , Will be performe H d t he Grand National Spectacle JANUAßY of 25 THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaparte, Mr. Goniersal, his ori ginal character. New Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'SHANTER. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ]s.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea ; Half-price to Ditto, Halt-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two 0 lines's; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Halt-past Eight. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 25, Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Brims, entitled POVERTY; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy Tacit, Mr. Nants ; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss Arden ; Mary Graham, Miss Vincent. After which NATURE AND ART. In which Miss Vincent will sustain her Five Original Characters. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scatbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We must decline publishing any letters against Lieut. Munro. The seconds were the real culprits. Munro has lost his commission ; he is compelled to flee his country ; and had he not fought the duel, agreeably to the barbarous practice sanctioned in the army, he would have been equally expelled from his regiment. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38 ; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 40. BAROMETER, 30.23.—W1ND, S. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 20 minutes after 3. I Evening ... 38 minutes after 5. „ • • 0 ,1 C11t11, 4 "MO vz;‘,...g0cA„.44.v:„ : 4 1 ,."RtipAL :100 11110*,>•\_L : • „ :77” ftit ,S Int LONDON : THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1844. The examination of witnesses in the Irish State trials was resumed on Tuesday at 10 o'clock. They were all members of the constabulary force-- either officers or privates. Their testimony went to prove the utterance of certain phrases and expressions, to which the law-officers of the Crown attached importance, by the traversers and others who spoke at the several " monster meetings? , The meetings to which the evidence applied were those held at Longford, Mallow, Tulla- ' more, Baltinglass, Clontibret, and Tara. The police men founded their testimony upon notes which they took of whatever appeared to them to be inflamma tory language, used by the speakers. On their cross-examination it very frequently came out that those " recording angels" in black belts were not the most accurate note-takers in the reporting world. Their notes appeared to be rather free translations of the speeches of the Repealers. In one instance a por tion of a speech which was deli vere d at Baltinglass by Mr. CONNER, of " fixity of tenure" notoriety, who, it may be in the recollection of the public, was expelled, some time ago, from the Repeal Association, for persisting in a motion of an unjust and illegal na ture, relative to the tenure of land--a porti on o f his speech one of those armed reporters swore was deli vered by Mr. O'CONNELL. The Court rose at half past four. Judge BURTON still continues indisposed, and does not take his seat; his absence is much regretted, as he is respected by all parties. One of our Dublin correspondents makes the fol lowing remarks on the proceedings : " The trial progresses, marked with its usual cha racteristics of bitterness and asperity on the part of the Crown lawyer. Indeed, with this exception, counsel on both sides, and the judges themselves, are well enough disposed to relax into a smile when occasion offers. During the very amusing cross-examination of one of the police-constables, by Messrs. ll.vrcuELL and WHITESIDE, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL was the only person whose countenance was unvisited by a smile. One saw by him that it had no business there. I do not believe the trials will continue so long as was at first supposed. It is rumoured that the Crown will close on 'Wednesday. The traverser's counsel will occupy four days in addressing the jury. The examina tion of witnesses for the defence, the reply - of the Som- CITOR-GENERAL, and the summing up of the Judge, will occupy till about the end of the third week. It is conjectured the jury will be very brief in perform ing their portion of the act. Of course this can be only conjecture; but there are those who know the men who say it is certain. lam very much disposed to doubt it myself, judging, of course, from the nature of the evidence. lam certain the case would not stand a moment before English judges, and an English jury." Whether conviction or acquittal be the result of the now pending trial, one thing is quite certain that no Government ever stood in so strange a position, in relation to the proceedings it has thought proper to institute —to the mode in which it prepared to com mence them—to the manner in which it has carried them on, before a jury chosen from a fraudulent list— or to the, effect now produced upon the public mind— or to be produced hereafter, than the Government, par excellence, which now rules Ireland. Not a man in this country cares what verdict that jury may pro , flounce, as to its influence upon the country; the sentiment is universal, that the decision of the jury is prejudged, pre-determined, and that no evidence for the prosecution, nor any testimony for the de fence, can alter the conclusion to which it is intended to come. This is entirely owing to the conduct of the Government, and no blame can attach to any person, save the Officers of the Crown, for the crea tion of the present state of public feeling in relation to this trial. The jury cannot be blamed for the po sition in which they are placed ! it may prove a most unfounded, a most calumnious, anticipation of their own intentions—they may be as honest and inde pendent a jury as ever stepped into a jury -box, but they are an unfairly selected and a concocted jury for all that. The Government, again, has contrived to place themselves in the character of persecutors, not prosecutors, and the accused are looked upon as perse cuted, more than legally prosecuted. Can it be won dered at, that all Englishmen (saving always the hangers on of Government, and the ultra-Tories, who thirst for the very blood of O ' CONNELL), look with disgust at the trial, and value the result not a rush ? Con viction will bring no disgrace to the traversers, no triumph to the Crown Officers, and law is bringing itself into disgrace, because there is no connection between it and justice. such is the feeling as to the operation of the ver dict upon the public, and it is shown by the almost indifference with which the trial is viewed, and which has been on the increase, ever since the AT TOBNEY-GENERAL closed his opening speech. The evidence has hitherto disclosed nothing, and this abortion of an Attorney-General's brain, of a Home Secretary of State's labour, conceived in malice ushered into the world by trickery and espionage, realises the very worst specimen of a State prosecu tion that even the annals of Toryism afford. " Montes parturiunt, nascitur ridiculus mus." But though the effect of a conviction or an ac quittal, be nothing on the public mind, for the sake of justice, for the good of humanity, and for the vindication of the institutions of our country, it is to be hoped that the jury may show their total want of participation in the feelings of those who have chosen them to be the instruments of legal vengeance, not of legal judgment and deliberation. It is to be hoped that the jury will decide upon the evidence, and upon that alone ; and we know nothing, save common rumour, and general impression, to which the indecent boasting of one Tory journal that a conviction was certain ; of another, tha the place of O'CoNNELL's imprisonment was already in preparation; and of a third that Carrickfergus was to be the prison of Ireland's greatest patriot, to in duce us as yet to believe the contrary. Common rumour is not noted for general truth, and in this instance both rumour and Tory journalism may prove to be only the expression of a wish, " the father to the thought." The meeting of Parliament on Thursday next, will happen before this trial can by possibility have ended,:and it will be no extraordinary occurrence, if, at the very moment that the traversers are standing at the Dublin bar, charged with agitating for the Repeal of the Union, the policy or impolicy of that Repeal should be the subject of discussion in the Houses of Parliament. If illegal in Ireland, is the subject to be illegal in England? If not to be named there, is it to be proscribed here ? We do not think that even Sir JAMES GRAHAM will dare to attempt so to muzzle public opinion here. But time will show; and we hardly know any proposition too mon strous for an English Secretary of State, such as Sir JAMES GRAHAM, to put forth, if, instead of POLLOCK and FOLLETT, he had two such law-officers in Eng land as Mr. Attorney-General SMITII, to attempt its establishment. truculent abuse ! No man ever dreams of "breaking a butterfly upon a wheel," or condescends to visit with his stormiest indignation those whom he holds in utter contempt, and feels to be utterly powerless. He wisely leaves them to their insignificance, and reserves his denunciation for those whose hostility may be dangerous to him. Whatever he may choose to allege to the contrary, the plain fact is, that Mr. PIGOTT, like the rest of the corn-law advocates, entertains a deep rooted fear of the League. The earnestness and sin cerity of his abuse place this beyond a doubt. And well may he dread this great popular Confederacy, for it is destined ere long to seal the fate of Monopoly Madrid papers of the 16th have been received. The new Finance Minister is busily engaged in schemes to raise money had for paying the priests and the army. On that day he a long conference with certain ecclesiastical dignitaries, the object of which was to advise on the best means to secure the service of religion, and the maintenance of the clergy. The Minister of War had demanded 2,000,000 reals for certain corps d'armie. The Finance 'Minister promised compliance, but where is the money to come from ? Reports of an intended in surrection in the Biscayan provinces prevailed at Ma drid, the object of which was to effect a marriage be tween the eldest son of Don CARLos and the QUEEN. The Three per Cents. were done on the 16th at 26k, at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 19i, at 60 days. On Monday, M. THIERS delivered another speech in the Chamber of Deputies, against the policy pursued by the GulzoT Cabinet, but it was of a very mild character. The ex-Minister evidently has no wish to quarrel with the KING or his Cabinet, and n - ierelAmakes an opposition speech to please his friends. In reviewing the state of affairs since 1837, he said—." The Whigs were an enter prising race, but their chiefs were not men of a very con ciliatory disposition. In 1837 they urged France to join them in an armed intervention in Spain, but Austria, having been consulted, was of a contrary opinion, and her advice was unfortunately attended to. Hence the origin of the dissolution of the alliance, and the result was, that in Belgium France was deserted by England ; in Italy England openly declared against her, and France was obliged to evacuate Ancona. In Spain the hostility of England was also manifested; andin the East she was found in league with the continental Powers of Europe." M. TIMES then proceeded to justify the line of policy he had adopted when thus abandoned by England, and contended, that had France "maintained an independent and dignified attitude, and trusted to her immense re- ' sources, the Powers of Europe would never have dared to attack France, and she would not have suffered any humiliation." No Power in Europe dreamt of attacking France. She isolated herself from all, raised a war-cry which alarmed neighbouring States, but did no injury to any nation but France. That war-cry laid the foundation of the new bastiles, which will render the short administration of M. THIERS immortal. M. GulzoT briefly replied, and contended successfully that France had made no conces sions to England, and that the relations between the two countries were benevolent and loyal, not only in words but deeds. The report about a change of Ministry turns out to be mere gossip. The Funds continued firm on Monday. BOURSE—PA, MONDAY, st s Highes J t Lowest 2. west 2 L u t Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 124 8.5... 124 85... 124 75 .. 124 85 Threes. B2 65... 82 65... 82 55.. 82 60 Bank of France 3272 40...3272 50...3270 ...3270 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1112 50 ..1112 50...1112 50...1112 50 Belgian Bank 697 50... 697 50... 695 ... 695 The seventh annual dinner of the Buckingham Con servative Association took place in that town on Mon day last. The Duke of BucßiNcuem was in the chair, and among the guests were Sir Trtosus FREMANTLE and Mr. PIGOTT, the former of whom, notwithstanding that he was urgently solicited to speak out, took care to maintain a discreet reserve respecting the intentions of Ministers as regards the corn-laws. Though the meet ing professed to be friendly to Government, yet it was by no means unanimous on the subject, and Mr. DAY BELL but spoke the sentiments of many of those who were present, when he observed, " it was not necessary to go into a history of the proceedings of the Ad ministration, or examine their acts one by one ; let them look generally at their spirit, and ask themselves whether those acts were of a nature to com mand their confidence. When he stated, at the last an niversary, that they would not then receive the health of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Govern ment with the same enthusiasm as before, some gentle man objected to the observation ; but he must say subsequent events had tended to confirm his views, that their sentiments of regard towards Ministers had under gone some alteration." Considering that the Bucks Association professes to have confidence in Sir ROBERT PEEL, as one who will take special care not to seriously damage the interests of the monopolists, we do not think the above frank and truthful observation—which was received with loud cries of "Hear, hear"—wears a very encouraging aspect for the Premier. A gentleman named Pioorr " gave tongue" with surprising volubility on the subject of the Anti- Corn-law League, which ho described as an audacious attempt at fraud and humbug, compared with which all former attempts at knavery were merely so many out bursts of excessive modesty ! He then alluded to what he called,the " blasphemous pamphlets" of the League— blasphemous, we presume, because they dare to rail against the omnipotence of monopoly—and added with uncommon unction, "he believed in his con science that a more barefaced attempt to palm off a conspiracy for private purposes as an associ ation for the public good —a more barefaced attempt to render the vital interests of the whole nation subservient to the avarice and ambition of a comparatively small number of the people—was never in our whole history witnessed before." This, it must be confessed, is sound, hearty abuse, not unadorned with such pearls as fall from the lips of Billingsgate fishwomen ; and we must own to having been exceedingly amused with the evident sincerity that pervades it. Strange to say, however, im mediately after having disburthened himself of this load v o iti f e vi o t n hupteraattiozit,he L eague the e s a pea e ker ,ee now powerless, stated it ashisdeei bdeedeacuonse they were unmasked ; they had not a single class in the country with them." Why then launch the fierce thunders of your indigation against them, Mr. PIGOTT ? Why take such pains to raise them into im portance by pouring forth the full vials of your wrath upon their heads ? If the League be really so insigni ficant as you would have us believe, surely it is lost time Bud most Cgregiol/6 lEapOlicy to visit them with such _ 1841 -.1080 ...1080 -.1080 -.1080 Belgian Five. ........... 107 ... 107 ... 107 ... 107 1840.... 109 ... 109 ... 108/ ... 109 1842.... 1101 ... 110 ... 1101 ... 110 Dutch 2i per Cents... bbi bb ... 551 Spanish Active 30i 30 ... 301 ... 301 Passive 61 ... 61 ... 5/ 51 Portuguese Fives ... 461 ... 46/ ... 461 ... 46/ Neapolitan 106 95... 107 ... 106 95... 107 Roman .... 1051 1050 .. 1051 ... 1051 TH:JE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1844. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, WIDNESILIT ETICHINCI. The funds leave off well, Consols being 97/ to and the other securities a s i n th e morn i ng , excep t that India stock was done at 276 i. The Foreign Market continued firm. Spanish Five per Cents. got up to 22% and 23, and the Three per Cents. to 31i /. Venezuela were as high as 381 to 39 1 / 2 ; Portuguese Converted brought 47 to 48 ; French Five per Cents. 124 1 2 , ; and Dutch Five per Cents., 10]&. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and D, rby were 41i ; Ditto, Thirds, 5} to / ; Eastern Counties New, 13 ; ; and South Eastern, 14/ discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 9}; Hull and selby, 10i; Birmingham, 146; South West ern, 351, Croydon, 1g; Manchester and Leeds Quarter, 8; Northern and Eastern, 9to ; Sheffield, Ashton-uuder- Lyne, and Manchester Quarter, 2L ; South Eastern Scrip, 11/ ; York and North Mialand, 72 ; Ditto, New, 34 1 ; and Ditto, Scarborough Branch, 15i premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was very dull. Sales 3,000 bales—viz., 400 bales Egyptian, at 7d to B%d ; 100 Pernam, at Gad ; 200 Surat, at 34c1; and the rest Ame rican, at 5d to 6}d.—Shares were not so good, but still the demand was fair. Eastern Counties were 10a ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59k; Grand Junction, 235 ; North Midland Half, 46} ; Paris and Lyons, 21. Ils. 6d. The statement made in some quarters, and assumed from authority, that Queen Christina will soon take her depar ture from Paris to Madrid, to use her influence in strengthen ing the Go.rnment of her daughter, has caused much conver sation in City circles, more especially among the Spanish merchants and the bondholders. Notwithstanding all that has been said against Queen Christina, a belief is expressed pretty freely that advantages would result from the presence of that individual in the capital of the country of which Donna Isabella is now the reigning Queen. The value of the Bonds has been but little affected by the report in question. The appointment of Mr. Montgomery Martin to the post of Treasurer of Hong-Kong, officially gazetted last night, has given much satisfaction to the mercantile interest. Some commercial letters were received from Malta by the last mail, which are of interest. The transactions in our manu factures had been much increased. It is represented that aidi tional facilities were to be given to parties settling in the island, which is well known to possess advantages relative to health, which are much to be desired by individuals who require a mild climate. The Funds are firm this morning. The Government broker purchased 20,000/. to 25,000/. stock, principally in the Three per Cents. of 1726. These constant investments in the Three per Cents., to the exclusion of the Three-and-a-Half p"r Cents., tends to strengthen the belief that the reduc tion of the interest upon the latter is resolved upon. Consols for Account have been quoted at 974, and for Money at 97 1 4. The present price is within a frac tion of the highest that has ruled since business commenced. The purchase in the Three per Cents. of 1726 was at 96i, and in Consols at 97 1 %. Bank Stock has been sold again at 194. A slight improvement has taken place in Exchequer Bills, which are now worth 68s. premium. For India Bonds 80s. premium have been paid, for India Stock 2774 ; for the Three and-a•Half per Cents. Reduced 103; and for the Reduced Three per Cents. 97; to 98. A slight improvement has taken place in the Spanish Bond Market this morning, the Three per Cents. being worth 31i 311, and the Five per Cents. 24. Dutch Stock has im proved to 554 for the f wo.-and-a-Half per Cents., and to 1004 for the Five p er C ents. P ortuguese Converted Bonds have been sold at 463 for Money, and at 473 for Account. Colom bian, ex Venezuelan, have risen to 12; Mexican, from 333 to 344 ; and Brazilian to 78. A considerable amount of business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market to-day, and very generally at ad vanced prices. The London and Birmingham have touched 145 premium, and the South Western, 354 premium. The latest quotations of the other Shares are annexed. MANCHESTER STOCK EICUANGE, JAN. 23.--We have had an extensive business to-day in Railway Shares, at full prices, and our market closes firmly. The transactions are— Dublin and Drogheda, 56 1 / 2 ; Eastern Counties, Debentures, Registered, 11/. 16s. 3d. ; London and Birmingham, New Quarters. 30* 30%; South Western, 774 cum New ; North Midland, Halves, 464 ; ditto Thirds, 304; Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, 4 3 / 4 ; south Eastern, Scrip, 364 ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, 16s. ; Rochdale Canal, 614. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. C0n5...... 974 Ditto Old Annuities — 34 per Cent. Red lO3 Ditto New Annuities.. 954 New 34 per Cent lO2 Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 13d. 68 pm New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11..." 68 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 ...... IConsols f or A cc t...... 974 FOREIGN FUNDS. liu.trian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian. 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto flrazilianlßonds ...... 773 Prussian, 5 per cent — PI ionos Ayres 6 per cent ;Russian, 5 per cent. Wham, 6 per cent 1044 :Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 per cent ll4 !Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto 1524 — ;Ditto, 3 per cent... 314 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent ll4 IDitto Deferred.... Danish, 3 p er sen t — Frencli, 5 per cent.l24f. 25-. Greek, 1525, 5 p er cent — Exchange...... —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent —i French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent. 554 Peruvian,lB2s,6 perct. Ditto, 5 per cent.... 1013 'IES. SHAr, Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) Ditto Thirds (25 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto New Shares (25 paid) . . • 12 Ditto Extension (13s 4d paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 59% Ditto Registered (126 paid) ... ..... l4l Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (26 p) 2i Great Western (75 paid) ... 1106 Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Hull and Selby (50 paid) - 606 London and Blackwall (16/ 13s 4d paid) London and Birmingham ( paid).. ..... 246 London and South Western (41/ 6s 10d pd) 761 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ...... 1106 Ditto New Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) lO Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... Ditto Scrip (25 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) .. York and Scarboro' Branch (26 paid) lBl LATE HOURS OF BUSINESS. The Annual Meeting of the " Metropolitan Drapers' Asso ciation" was held on Tuesday in Exeter Hall ; J. E. Tennent, Esq., M. P., in the chair. The meeting was fully and respect ably attended. By the Report of the proceedings of the Asso ciation during the past year, it appears that there are in London 15,000 milliners and dressmakers, 16,796 clothiers and linen drapers' assistants, 12,831 grocers, and 2,500 chemists—total, 251,100 ; that 211. have been paid for a prize essay on the late hours of business ; and that from the gratuitous circulation o 7 tracts the Association have cause to congratulate the public on the successful prosecution of their labours. Perhaps there is no system extant so pernicious, so utterly destructive •f social comfort, morals, and intellect as the present system of late hours of business. It appears that young men and women of a tender age are obliged to labour unremittingly in a vitiated atmosphere for seventeen hours a day, and that frequently on Saturday nights their labours are prolonged to 1 and 2 o'clock the next morning. It behoves, then, the mothers of families for the future to deal only with those who do not employ the young and dependent, to unseasonable hours—to deal only with those who close at a reasonable hour. It is almost impossible to conceive the misery, distress of mind and body entailed on thousands by the present system of hours of business adopted by the generality of the trades of the metropolis. Many of the linendrapers, in an extensive way of business, now close at seven o'clock ; and from their statements it appears that they have no reason to regret the adoption of this improved plan. It also appears that the young men employed in these houses of busi ness, which are closed at seven o'clock in the evening, are, as was evidenced in their address to the meeting, a highly intel ligent class of men ; that they do nut abuse the time placed in their hands. Several gentlemen of acknowledged talent addressed the meeting. Resolutions, condemnatory of the late hour system, were passed, without one dissenting voice, and the meeting separated at a late hour. TORY DECENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—lt is a maxim of our law that " every man is to be presumed innocent, until he is proved to be guilty." Who would imagine that such a maxim was generally ad mitted, when he perused the leading articles of the Standard and Times—the first incessantly implying the guilt of Mr. O'Connell and his co-traversers, the second boldly designating them as " conspirators," and ( v id e Ti mes o f Monday, Jan. 22) " seditionists." I am not disposed to raise a smile of pitying astonishment on the countenances of your readers, by appearing to expect from the editors of Tory papers, even the slightest knowledge of the laws of their country, or of those of candour and justice—but surely ignorant, prejudiced, and unjust, as they may be, we are entitled to call upon them for common decency —or, at least, requiring that if they have not any such quality, they should pay the tribute to virtue of affecting it. I am, dear Sir, yours, PUBLICOL "a. IRISH Soar.—The Lords of the Treasury having had before them a letter addressed to Sir Robert Peel, by the Irish Soap Company at Cork, representing that by the Excise regulations soap-makers in Ireland are prohibited from export ing soap to England, in packages containing less than 30 lb. weight ; and requesting that the permission now restricted to packages of that size and upwards, may be extended to packages of and above 10 lb. weight ; and their Lordships having also had before them a memorandum prepared by the Chairman of the Board of Excise, from which it appears that no risk would attach to the revenue by compliance with the application, they have authorised the Commissioners of Customs to permit the exportation of soap, from Ireland. to England, in packages of 10 lb. weight and upward, and h copy of the order has been forwarded to the collectors .nd controllers of the several ports of the United Kingdom, foi their information and government. FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY. —On Friday a dreadful and desperate murder was committed in Burntisland, which cussed deep and general excitement and regret amongst the inhabitants. A man named Sliman, a shoemaker we believe, who had been frequently under restraint while living previously in Berwick, had been heard to threaten to kill several respectable indi viduals in the town and neighbourhood , un d er a mental delu sion that they were possessed of and withheld some money or broperty belonging t o hi m . H owever, no belief seems to have een entertained that he would put any such threat into exe cution, and he was allowed to go at large. But on Friday, or the evening before, he had been seen sharpening two large pointed knives, and the Provo-t being made aware of this circumstance, we have been told by Sliman's father, he granted warrants to the town officer, named Corstorphine, to apprehend him, The latter sent to Kinghorn for Simpson, the town officer there, to assist him, and in the course of Friday forenoon they came up to Sliman in the Links, when Corstorphine, taking him by the arm, told him he would consider himself a prisoner. The maniac asked on what warrant ; but before it could be produced, struck a knife into the officer's hand, nearly cutting it in two, and in another instant ran the knife into his heart. Cerstorphine held the warrant of apprehension under his vest, and it was pierced through by the knife, in its passage to his body. He fell down instantly, and died in two or three minutes. The maniac tied to his own house, where he barri caded himself in a garret; and as it was dangerous to come near him, another officer was sent for to Kirkaldy, and the posse comitatus raised, armed with such lethal instruments as they could lay hold of. Finding they could not easily break into his barricade, orders were then given, and slaters procured, to unroof the house. This proceeding had commenced, when Sliman, imagining the egress would be now flee, undid the c'oor and bolted down stairs ; but was fortunately secured by the officers before doing further injury to any one. Sliman kas a wife and several children in Burntisland. The officer, Cor storphine, was unmarried, but much respected in his office, and his untimely and tragical death is much lameoxl by .;4 41 rholo eetntauity. l . Caledonian lifercury. RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B 340 ... 342 50.. 340 ... 342 50 L. 8... Rouen Rouen to Havre 665 ... 665 ... 660 ... 662 50 Orleans Strasburg to Bale 235 ... 235 ... 230 ... 232 50 Avignon to Marseilles 685 ... 690 . . 685 ... 690 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R.B 342 50... 342 50... 340 ... 340 L 8... Rouen .. 850 ... 850 ... 850 ... 850 Rouen to Havre......, 665 ... 665 ... 662 50 .. 662 50 Orleans . 862 50... 867 50... 860 ... 867 50 Strasburg to Bale 235 ... 235 ... 230 ... 232 50 Avignon to Marseilles 682 50... 690 ...682 50 .. 690 In the Number of the Edinburgh Review (CLIX.) which has just come out, we find a remarkable con firmation of the views announced in the article we publish to-day on the subject of the " Oregon Terri tory." It occurs in an able paper on Captain Sir Edward Belcher's " Voyage Round the World, per formed by her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-42. (London, 1843.)" The passages to which we would direct the readers' attention are these : (The Reviewer has been quoting a dispatch from the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, repudiating a sort of compulsory cession which had been made of the Provisional Government of the Sand wich Islands by the Queen, Pomare, to the Queen of Great Britain, in consequence of certain extraordinary proceedings of Captain Lord George Paulet, in her Majesty's ship Carysfort :)—" This sound doctrine, moral as well as political, . . . may also serve to abate the furious attacks of our transatlantic brethren on this occasion, who, in no measured terms of accuse, abuse the British Govern ment of an all-grasping disposition to plant colonies h ich by alone legitimate authority, n in every part of the world. If pri or it y o f di scovery authorised d of possession, possession — which, territory,session made w it does not; but if a cessiontct which it d oes—then the Sand wich Islands might, long ago, ha ve b een annexed to s eues the British Crown—a formal cession of them having been made to the King of Great Britain, in considera tion of services rendered by Captain Vancouver. But supposing the charge of all-grasping to be true, what prevented us from establishing colo• nies in every part of the Pacific, and on the northern and western coasts of America p Instead of which, what did we do ? We ave up Nootka Sound and its islands, which were ceded to us by Spain. We left the Falkland Islands a derelict on the ocean, also ceded to us by that Power." " But the Ame ricans are the last people in the world w h o should ' " It is some w h a t ac cuse us of a grasping ,disposition t o se i ze upon new acquisitions of territory. whimsical, and augurs no great share of moderation or modesty, that a nation brought into existence only about half a century ago, and which by its grasping propensities' has swallowed up nearly the half ofa vast continent, and will not be satisfied until she has got the whole,—so that its two shores may be washed by the Atlantic on one side and by the Pacific on the other, —that such a nation . should t a lk o f t h e grasping pro pensity of others. SIR H. POT TINGER AND THE AMEERS OF SINDE. We find the following in the Chronicle of yester day :—" A most diligent Correspondent of The Sun has induced that journal to fill three of its columns with extracts from Sir Henry Pottinger's correspondence, which prove Sir Henry's extreme distrust of; and se rious complaints of, Noor Mahomed Khan, the chief of the rulers of Sind°, at the date of that correspondence, viz., 1838 and 1839. These extracts are adduced by the writer in order to place Sir Henry in contradiction with his more recent letters, in which he laments the treatment of the present Ameers. Now, the fact is, that Noor Mahomed died in 1841. The present, or late, Ameers were another generation, and had as much to do with the Ameers whom Sir Henry Pottinger spoke of in 1838, as the state and policy and fears of Sinde, at the time when we were preparing an expe dition to Caubul, has to do with the Sinde of 1843, after the English Governor-General had solemnly declared that the Indus was the irrevocable frontier of the empire." We know not what to make of this article. The ob ject of our " diligent:Correspondent" was to show that the whole tenor of Sir Henry Pottinger's correspondence relative to Sinde was at variance with the letter published in the Chronicle ; but, convincing as the extracts are, that the letter is a forgery, they are still surpassed by the remarks of our Contemporary. "Now the fact is," says the writer, "Noor Mahomed died in 1841. The present, or late, Ameers were another generation," &c. How, then, can Sir Henry Pottinger call them his "old friends ?" In 1841 these were all dead men, the new generation had begun to reign, and he, therefore, could have no personal knowledge of them, or of the affairs of Sinde; for in August of that year he was on the opposite coast of Asia, at the distance of five thousand miles, and was actively engaged in drawing up counter-procla mations to those of Lin, or Keshen, or Elepoo. His opinion respecting events which occurred after his de parture, and when his old friends, the Ameers, were dead, is no authority whatever. But, taking it for granted that all but one of these friends survived what becomes of this deliberate opinion recorded in his dispatches—" It would be better at once to take posses sion of Sinde by force, than to leave it nominally with the Ameers, and yet deal with it as though it were our own ?" Thi s act of taking possession b y f orce is de scribed in the letter as " the most unprincipled and disgraceful that has ever stamped the annals of our em pire in India," while the same authority, in published dispatches, declares it " explicit and dignified," as com pared with the policy pursued under the government of Lord AucKLAzip. The Chronicle may choose either of the hulas. SUMMARY OF faitiS AND ipttibltr Opinton " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on the Address has hitherto been considered favourable to the Ministry, and there is no reason to doubt that the vote will be in their favour. The Funds and Shares on Monday closed as follows :—The Three per Cents, at 82f. 65c. ; the Fives at 124. 90c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 867 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 650 f. ; Havre, 662 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 690 f. ; Spanish Actives, 301. It was stated on the Bourse that Government would execute all the railroad lines, even to the supply of the rails. The Commerce states that Count Mole and M. Hippo lyte Passy had a long private audience of the King yes terday at the Tuileries. The Augsburg Gazette mentions a report that Count d'Appony, the Austrian Ambassador in Paris, is about to be appointed to an eminent post in Vienna, and to be replaced in Paris by the Prince de Schwartzenberg. A letter from Rome of the 4th states that several slight shocks of earthquake had just been experienced there, but they had not caused any injury. Heritte, the sailor who was condemned to death lately for the murder of an officer on board the Fleche brig at Toulon, was executed on the 16th. He displayed much fortitude and contrition. A letter from Stuttgard states that the King of Wur temberg had just escaped a great danger. His Majesty had gone out to drive in his carriage and pair as usual, when the horses having run away, and the coachman being unable to pull them in, the whole equipage would have been precipitated into the Neckar, had not a but cher's man, who was near, rushed forward, and, cling ing to the head of one of the horses, forced them to stop. The King made the man a present of one hundred ducats (45/) The Government of Baden, says a Frankfort paper, has suppressed all the pamphlets which have been pub lished relative to the late duels of MM. de Goeler, de Haber, Werefkin, and Sarachaga, and has also pro hibited the journal s f rom a g a i n alluding to the subject. A Saint Petersburgh letter of the Bth, in a German journal, mentions a report that the Russian Government has addressed remonstrances to the Porte, relative to the treaty of the Dardanelles. The Russian Government complains that foreign vessels, laden with arms and ammunition, are allowed to pass, contrary to the stipula tions of the treaty. We read in the Journal des Chemins de Fer :—" The Company for carrying on the Lyons Railroad has been definitively constituted. The capital, which is completed, has been raised, one-third in London, a third in Paris, and a third in the localities traversed by the railroad." LAW AND POLICE. In the Court of Bankruptcy, G. D. Clark appeared on his adjourned last examination, having been in business as an agent for patents, and connected with a paper called the Inventor's Advocate. It appeared his debts and liabilities amount to nearly 20,0001., while the assets at present received are scarcely sufficient to pay 3d. or 4d. in the pound. He had been adjourned sine die, in consequence of the unsatisfactory state of his balance sheet, particularly as connected with his affairs in Brussels. The same objection was made ; and, after a long discussion, he was once more remanded sine die, his accounts being as barren as ever of the explanations which the assignees require relative to that business. In the Insolvent Court Charles Neall, alias Hall, formerly of Southampton, and who had been a bankrupt at Epping, and took the benefit of the Act in 1837, was remanded from the vesting order for twelve months, for contracting debts without reasonable expectations of payment, with some of the opposing creditors, and with others in a fraudulent manner. William Horsford was brought up at Marylebone, in custody, charged with having committed a most brutal assault upon Alfred, his son, by striking him upon the head with a shovel. The particulars, which transpired on the 15th instant, have already appeared, and it will be remembered that the sufferer was, after the infliction of the wounds, conveyed to the University College Hos pital. Evidence was given that he could not yet be con sidered out of danger, and the, prisoner was further re manded until the 30th inst. A powerful Irishman, named Michael Meaney, alias Linkey Meaney, who has been in frequent broils, was charged at the Thames-office, before Mr. Broderip, with committing a brutal assault on a young woman, servant to Mr. Lawson, of the Hoop and Grapes, Iligh-street, Shadwell. The Magistrate, after severely commenting on the cowardly and brutal conduct of the prisoner, fined him 5/., and in default of payment, committed him to the House of Correction for two months. COURT-TASECIONALELE. The number of sudden deaths that have recently oc curred at the east end of the metropolis, is truly appalling. Scarcely a day passes without an occurrence of this kind. Within the space of fifteen days, no less than seventeen cases have been brought under the notice of the authorities. From a return made to the visiting justices of the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, it appears that out of 1,094 prisoners confined in that prison, on the 13th instant, viz., 834 males and 260 females, it was ascer tained that nine males could read and write well, with a knowledge of other languages and arithmetic ; 92 males and 25 females could read and write well, with arith metic ; 258 males and 60 females could read and write a little ; 274 males and 105 females could only read a little ; and 209 males and 70 females could neither read nor write at all. Mr. Lumley, manager of her Majesty's Theatre, is expected in town from Paris, this week, in order to commence his preparations for the ensuing season. We understand that the obsequies of Lady Burdett have been deferred ; in all probability until those of Sir Francis are performed. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JAN. 24.—Wind light southerly breeze, hazy. BRISTOL, JAN. 23.—Sid. Lucy, Antigua ; Coronet, New Orleans. ALDERNEY, JAN. 18.—Part of a boat, marked out side " Ann and Mary, South Shi e ld s ," an d i nside " Thomas Pu rv i s ," h as been picked up here. OFF SEAFORD, JAN. 16.—Diana, Wieting, New Orleans. POOLE, JAN. 23.—Arrd. Flora, Veal, Newfoundland. OFF THE WIGHT, JAN. 23.—Fortfield, Singapore. FALMOUTH, JAN. 23.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Sld. H.M. steamers Volcano, Hecate, and Dwarf, Cork. SCILLY, JAN. 16.—Arrd. Brilliant, Cain, Honduras, and sailed 18th for London. GRANGEMOUTH, JAN. 20.—S1d. Harbinger, New York. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23.—Wind easterly, variable and light. —Sid. Tamerlane, Calcutta ; Mazzie, Mauritius ; Ada, Cape of Good Hope ; Reliance, Ceara ; Arethusa, Sierra Leone ; Panope, Africa ; Jessamine, Hayti ; Celia Large, Jamaica ; Wonder, Cuba ; Fanny and Rienzi, New Orleans ; Royal Albert, Mobile ; Duke of Cornwall, Apalachiola ; Marianne, Baltimore. DUBLIN, JAN. 21.—Arrd. John and Mary, Wright, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Abeon, Savannah. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.—Arrd. Trinidad Manilla. BOULOGNE, JAN. 22.—A vessel, under water and apparently, with both anchors down, dismasted and stripped, was fallen in with about mid-channel yesterday by the City of Boulo ge, arrived here. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER --.TUESDAY. CHESTER Cur-100 to 7 agst Sir Robert (taker, and after wards offered)-20 to 1 agst Cattonite (offered)-25 to 1 agst The Prior (offered)-30 to 1 agst Pagan -30 to 1 apt Collina-30 to 1 agst Hooton-30 to 1 apt What-50 to 1 agst Reciprocity -50 to 1 agst Heslington. Only one bet made. Ditaar.-56 to 1 agst Scott's lot (offered)-10 to 1 apt, Colonel Peel's lot (offered)-7 to 1 apt The Ugly Buck (offers to take)-7i to 1 rift Rattan (offers to take)— I 7 to 1 apt Loadstone-20 to 1 Cockamaroo-22 to lagst Leander -25 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire -27 to 1 apt Running Rein-27 to 1 agst Orlando -27 to 1 agst lonian-35 to 1 apt Voltri (offered)-40 to 1 agst Campunero-45 to 1 apt Saddle Bow —.50 to 1 apt Lancet-1000 to 15 apt Mount Charles (taken). COURSING. PULING MEETtwc.—The Hornby Cup, by (9) Subs. of 21.55. each, were won by Mr. Walmsley's Wanton, Mr. Lamb's Luck's• All ran up. The Pilling Hall Stakes of 21. ss. each, (7 subs.) were won by Mr. Lamb'. Landrail, Mr. Walmsley's Witch ran up. ThE HON. CAPTAIN Rous, M.P.—The answer to inquiries on Tuesday, at the Hon. and Gallant Member's new mansion, in Upper Grosvenor-street, was that he was going on favourably, at Henham Hall, the seat of his brother, the Earl of Stradbroke, where he had arrived, with Mrs. Rous, from Rendlesham Hall, and he is expected in town on Monday next. Mr. Alexander has been in attendance on the gallant officer, and hopes are still entertained that the sight of the injured eye will be restored. On Wednesday last, the 17th instant Captain Be noit de Kolesinski, a Polish refugee, happened to pass along the east end of the Serpentine, when he saw an unfortunate woman struggling in the water. He immedi a t e l y rus h e d into the river, and succeeded in saving her from her perilous situa tion. Upon her being brought to the bank she was conveyed to the receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, and placed in a warm bath, after which she recovered from the effect of her immersion. The Committee of the Royal Humane Insti tution, fully appreciating such gallant conduct, have addresaed a letter to the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland ea pressive of their thank] to Coptiin do Kolesiaski for his prompt Oct of hoisaitys The Duke of Cambridge arrived at Brighton on Mon day evening, where a special train was in readiness to convey his Royal Highness to Shoreham. On alighting from the train at Shoreham his Royal Highness pro ceeded at once in a carriage and four to Arundel, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. General Sir Edward and Lady Harriet Paget and family, at the Marquis of Anglesey's, Cowes Castle, and Rear-Admiral Sir William and Lady Montagu, at Earl De Grey's villa, are among the few families of rank still at the Isle of Wight. Captain Brabazon Ponsonby,-Mr. Pigot, and Mr. Burr, are cruising in the Mediterranean in their respective yachts. On Tuesday evening a sumptuous banquet was given to the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Recorder, and other gentlemen connected with the City of London, by the Stationers' Company, at their hall in Ludgate -street, C. Baldwin, Esq., the master of the Company, presiding. Among the guests were the Rev. 1)r. Croly, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Alderman Hum phery, M.P., and Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P. MISCELLANEOUS. The Duke of Brunswick, now residing in London, has issued a proclamation, beginning with these words:— " We, Charles, by the grace of God, Sovereign Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, &c., do hereby declare," &c. It sets forth that he has not abdicated, and never will abdicate, his legitimate rights to the sovereignty of Brunswick. COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY..,Her Maksty, — accompanied 1)1 his Royal Highness Prince Albert. walked this morning in the grounds in the neighbourhood of the Castle. Her Majesty and the Prince again promenaded in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prin', cess Alice were taken a carriage airing today, at:ended by the, Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken for as airing in the grounds on her pony. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel Arbuthnot, Captain Meynell, and Mr. G. Anson, went this forenoon to enjoy the sport of shooting in the royal preserves. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and tha Princess glary took their departure from the Castle this morn• ing for Kew . The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine V ll ' Tiers left the Castle this morning for town. The Viscountess Emlyn will have She honour of joining the royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanie d by the Princess Mary, returned to her residence at Keve yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A deputation from the Directors of the London Missionart Society, consisting of Mr. Alderman Challis, Chairman, wit° the Rev. Arthur Tidman and the Rev. J. J. Freeman, foreign secretaries, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen at 00 Fureign-office, yesterday. The Governor of the Bank of England had an intervieo: with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his oftlcW residence in Downing-street. The Attorney-G enera l t ransacte d b us i ness yesterday at tb• Treasury. Sir Thomas Fremantle, and other official gentlemen, ha d interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Secretary at War visited Sir James Graham yesterday at the Home-office. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Co office, for the Governor of Gibraltar. Sir James Graham and Sir Edward Knatchbull trassiactl a business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. THE CONTEMPLATED DOG BILL TO THE EDITOR OF THE swq. am rejoiced to find that you have espouse°, the cause of tho s e mu c h p ersecu t e d an i ma l s , th e pet dugs of this metropolis, by opening your columns to the several statements that have been forwarded to you, with a view of exposing the nefarious traffic in canine flesh, carried on with such unblushing effrontery, in open day by organised gangs of dog stealers. there be a quadruped more deserving than another of protection and kindness, it is that most faithful and intel' ligent ofall dumb companions —the dog. His sagacity and devoted attachment to man, should teach a loss° of gratitude; for, setting aside all feeling of fondness for a cherished protege, the bare thought of a help' less and confiding animal falling into the hands of e i lawless plund erer , s h ou ld po i n t out t h e necess ity °I checking the growing evil. To cite the numberless, instances of fidelity and attachme n t, on th e part 0 ' the canine race to man, were an endless task, neither is it necessary to broach any philosophical disquisi' tion on the very slight connecting link between instinct and reason ; I, however, feel disposed to yield to this noble animal the higher of the tvi° attributes, for I could adduce some staggering facts in favour of the reasoning power of these faithful four' footed dependents. I may, however, be permitted to advance an opinion, that the dog was intended by nature to be our companion. Take one or more pup' pies from any given litter, the moment their eyes are,. open they w ill run t o man , an d f rom t h a t mo men! they attach themselves to his person. Of late years grieve to observe that the destroyers have been abroad and have contrived, with too much success, to sever the tie that nature determined should hos formed, and our favourite animals are torn from tbeit legitimate protectors by the unfeeling vagabonds Wil° are permitted to infest the streets of London. There is no punishment too great for these scoundrels; an d their nefarious traffic, so long carried on with sin' punity, calls loudly for legislative interference. Tlitsb some stringent legal enactment has not been put in force long ere this, I confess surprises me ; for years past the evil has been com pl a i ne d o f, and has of late grown t o su c h a pit c h th at t h e pubb° are about to seek for redress. Horse -stealing and sheep-stealing are denounced as felonies ; th e , law protects their owners ; and w h y , i n th e nam e 0' humanity, I ask, should not the same penalty b e awarded to the dog-stealer ? The owner of a do; has as great a right to be screened from the depreda; tions of these miscreants as the possessor of beasts of burthen. To the sportsman and the shepherd th 6 faithful dog is an inval u abl e ally ; th e an i ma l s w hich administer to our diversions in the field, and are s° pre-eminently useful in the sheepfold, are surel worthy some consideration. Th e same ru l e s hould apply to the domestic pet and the house dog. Solve of the latter class of favourites, kept for amusement, or the indulgence of a kindly feeling, are of a high nominal value ; but whether the cherished object be a spaniel, a pug, or a poodle, the feelings of its owner are not to be wrung by the acts of a miscreant, robs for the purpose of extorting money, and who tampers with the weakness of compel' sionate persons ; for in ni ne ty- n i ne cas es out of a hundre those individuals so ro bbed would at any sacrifice recover their dogs by the pel' ment of large rewards, rather than allow e. cherishe d favourite to be subjected to torture and cruelty. have at this moment a list, comprising• the names of noble and influential families in the metropolis, w,b e have paid their smart m one y t o tome tune by this species of ''black mail" being levied upon them ; en d i startling as it must appear, r , o l ess a sum t h an 6g 6l ' has been paid by different r,arties for the recover .' their stolen favourites, curing the past year. I llts is really monstrous; a: - ,d I most unfeignedly hope that Captain Rous ca r M r . Lidd e ll w il l b r i ng the sub' ject befo re th e llrJuse in so ta ng ibl e a s h ape as to jui sure the passing of the Bill in contemplation ;_und sincerely trust that on e or o th er, or b oth, of the.' „, gentlemen, will introduce the subject seriously well as emphatically, and point out the abominable nuisance as it really exists. Some unthinking feW' may scoff at the attempt, and deem the subject an UT; fitting one for so sage an assemblage as the H o use r, Commons.; but I could tell these unreflecting beings, any should be found, that it is not a subject to b e treated with levity or indifference, and that, mor e ' over, it is one which c a ll s l ou dl y for redress. Af f ' Bishop, the gunmaker of Bond-street, is entitled - tn the thanks of the community at large for his humans' exertions in affording protection to the owners of vie luable dogs. A petition has for some time b ee n Opel' for signature at his establishment, and I have see° , with equal pride and satisfaction, the names of the great and good enrolled in this important documen t ' The object of this petition, which will be embodied in the Bill to be brought before the House, is to ensur e a proper meed of punishment to all dealers in cauilr flesh; that the crime of dog-stealing shall be const" , tuted a felony; and, morever, that the receiver of inl dog, known to be illegally obtained, shall h e C orsi' dered as an accomplice, and be visited with a simib' t sentence of transportation—and, of a verity, the soonor e such heartless w re t c h es are sent out o f the country soot better. London swarms with these pests to society; and when these inhuman outcast., receive the measur e of puni s h men t d ue f or t h e i r in;.quity, we may hope for something lik e un di s t ur b e d , possession of our little favourites. The heavy ewitributions levied weekly by the whole fraternity exceed belief; the sums d e . - manded and paid for Me recovery of purloined ato: mall are p os iti ve l y enormous, and the sooner su e' flagrant acts are Klectually stopped the better. AMICUS CANIS. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Tuesday afternoonr: d if about a. quarter past three o'clock, a young woman, respenta dressed, was observed to moun t t h e b a l ustrade at the Wep t s l it of W a t er l oo- b r id ge. For a few memento she excited no att ei tin'a, seeming t o b e en j oy i ng t h e view which that locality Pre o i lents. After a b r i e f i nterva l , h owever. her intentions bena r • fertfully alt ere d : s h e mounte d the top of the parapet, and '7llO Ith art time stared wildly round her, and in a moment or til° became quite calm, land w ith a most perfect coolness untied bit to bonnet and th rew i t deliberately from her int° o he road ; then turning her face towards the river, so , threw her hand s b e hi n d h er and jumped forward. ht made no turn i n h er d escent, but went ,f into the water ; her clothes became inflated by her oet nor did she appea r t o s i n k more than a couple o f , beyond her own depth, w h en s h e i mmediately rose to the face. It was remarked by several persons, who, as well ae writer of this paragraph, were witnesses of the transaction, th neither in her spring from the bridge, nor when she rose to.lo, surface of the water, did she utter any manner of ejaculati o ° o As soon as the circumstance became known, boats were ru_t wo from bath sides of the bridge, and after some times nw.„ o . picked up, but life was quite extinct. The unfortunate wr 1 appeared about 20 or 21 years of age, and apparen t ) perfect health. A gentleman who witnessed the trans' he , rushed forwa r d to prevent, if possible, the fatal catast ro p hes and was withi n arm ' s -l engt h o f grasping her clothes w h e n ot ti precipitated h erse lf i nto t h e river. The body was subteg ne taken to the bone-house, Waterloo-road. R osa GENERAL POST-OFFICE.--INCREASE OF M°7 - „. MAILS. —Yesterday the following notification was poste_u A "` t h i o the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, an i f e tI i various Branch o ffi ces in the metropolis :—" the names of places in England already published, to ,_ 11 1 : 0 letters by the morning mails are forwarded, the follow de been a ffi xed to the list, viz., Brampton, Gateshead, Nev! w coals on- Tyne, North Shields, Ri ckmansworth, Salisbury% Shields, Stockbridge, Sunderland, all Ireland, a ll Scotia'"ill For all the places the letter-boxes at the receiving- hou ses be open till 7 A.M. for Lewspapers, and BA. x. co o.' And those at the Branch offices at Charing-cross, Ola__„ nt ion dish-street, and Blackman -street, Borough, for the re:lg. of newspapers till half-past 7, A.m., and for letters, n ao d, At the General Post-office, , and the Branch-o ffi ce in L ° l . b e forse street, the boxes will close , for newspapers at a quarteLl"., 8, A.x., and for letters at hall past 8, A.m.—Vl' BERLEY, Secretary." In additwl whit:, e t . MEDICAL TREATMENT THE POOL ron gr,, tigation (at th e i ns t a nce of Mr. Payne, - the d e puty i e „the took place before the board of guardians, at St. Ge°l o t ar Martyr's, tSouthwartz, respecting the manner in whic h ! i Do or dical of f icers of the *anion had treated two out-door e.t7 ee. who har's died. Mr. Ilathurst in the one case, and 17 - dell in the other, had prescribed without either of the m re ~ their 'patient ; and the latter had allowed, it IPPattsen3 the assistant, an apprentice only 20 years of ar e , to rest ogo• paupers. In th e former case the board, in spite of g reat sition from Messrs. Boxer, Gladwell, and ethers, pa ss ed ev ery solution ar_quitting Mr. Bathurst, who said he _r — e, filar aiternoor, to see some 40 patients. In the other cal co t ion, resolut bs College of ,on was agreed to, but acs agair.st allowing any one who had not passed the, Sw. g eons to visit the sick poor. • Tippe r ' Lady Dashwood King died on Friday , d ys hip 7 39, Montague -street, at an advanced age. Herdmarried, 17 daughter of Theodore 11. Broadhead, EN , a n l e ft & AO . Sir John Dashwood Kir.g, Bart., by,whona the has rola family, panied Now ready at all the Libraries, i n 3 vo l s ., THE SECRET PASSION. By the Anthor of " SHAKSPEARE AND HIS FRIENDS," " THE YOUTH OF SHAKSPEARE," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, l3, Great Marlborough-street. I