The Sun. — London, England, 1836-05-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. RYesterday was the birth-day of the Landgravine of Hesse omberg. Her Royal Hi g hness received congratulatory visits the occasion from their Royal Highnesses the ruiehess o f Kent, the Princess Victoria, and the Pr i ncess Q gusta, thei r S erene Hi gnesses th e re i g ning Duke of age CoEurg, the Hereditary Prince, Prince Albert, the Prince of Leiningen, and Prince Ernest of Hesse. ( „in the morning the Landgravine visited the Duchess of vioucester, at Gloucester House. The Foreign Ministers I nd the principal Nobility called during the day at St. James'' Palace, to leave their names for her Royal Highness. The Duche ss o f K en t a nd the Princess Victoria, znd ie ° . Royal Highnesses's Household, attended divine ser ;ee yesterday. • The Dean of Chester and the Rev. Joseph Jackson officiated, after which their Royal Highnesses re ceiv the sacrament. dHis Se rene Hi g h ness t h e re i gn i ng D u k e o f S axe C o b urg , Heredita r y P r i nce , and Prince Albert, also attended 'vne service at the Palace Chapel. The Princess Augusta attended divine service yesterday "' ° l 3 ing in th e P a l ace Ch a p e l. Prince Ernest of Hesse left Windsor Castle on Saturday mor ning for W oo l w i c h, w here his Serene Highness witnessed P rince Revie w o f th e R oya l A r till er y. I n th e even i n g the din e d w ith Si r H usse y Vi v i an , i n P a ll-m a ll. Yes terday his Serene Highness visited the Duchess of Glou tester and Mrs. Arthur Stanhope. , The D u k e o f C um b er l an d h a d a di nner party on Satur day at his residence at Kew. Yesterday afternoon the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, t he_ Pri nces o f Coburg, and the Prince of Leiningen, attended °Y Sir John Conroy, visited the Zoological Gardens, and afterwards rode in the Parks. ',The Princess Augusta and the Landgravine of Hesse Aioroberg honoured Lady Whatley with their company at diUner on Saturday evening, in Hill-street. The Foreign Ministers and mapy of the Nobility and Ili been have, since the arrival of the Duke of Saxe Coburg, :ell to Kensington Palace to leave their names upon his Serene Highness's book. The Princess Augusta honoured Mrs. Arthur Stanhope with a visit yesterday. A Dep u t a ti on f rom the Cape of Good Hope Trade So 'etY of London, consisting of Mr. Abraham Borradaile, Ckairman Messrs. David Charles Guthrie, Charles Gore, J oseph Busk, and Patrick Horne, and Mr. James Suther land, Secretary bad an interview with Lord Glenelg on Sa turday at the Colonial Office. r , Viscount Melbourne, accompanied by the Hon. Wm. "miler. left town on Saturday morning for his seat, Broc ket Hall. Herts. ,_Lord J o h n R usse ll l e ft town on Saturday for Tunbridge Wells. Viscount Duncannon has left town for Hastings. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, gave a grand dint er iast evening in Manchester-square, to his Royal High begs the Prince of Orange. WINDSOR-SUNDAY. Their Majestia, took their usual rides yesterday, Lord --, lpliinstone (Governor of Madras) joined the Royal dinner west erday, and the Prince Ernest left for Woolwich. This morning the Guards marched to the Grand Quad- P angle of the Castle, but were dignissed without being in aPectod by the King. The - "fey. Mr. Gossett performed divine service in the P,!ivate Chapel of the Castle this morning. THE KING'S THEATRE. Ole-Bull, the great violin player, made his first ap- P'aranci before the British public on Saturday night, at th• ( .'s theatre. All our strong impressions in favour (); sI Ole-Bull's performances, which his rehearsal ex eEed, w=ere confirmed fully by his display on Saturday ni g ht. q i eniu.; and taste, and the most perfect art, are unequivo eaLly L's. His first piece contained three movements—an 4 : i p tlegro ALr.estoso, an Adagio Senlinzentale, and a Rondo anorak,. What formed its most estimable characteristic 1 3 °43 the first, or maestoso movement, in which the utmost to ne of manner, depth of feeling, and eloquence of Ple tvera combined. The latter was essentially o f the gani.,i--perhaps we should say Italian—school, which 4 I( lnes the violin with almost human vocalism. The great ettnEat players are but little in the habit of aiming at the 41 :1e syweies of effect, although it is probably the finest at tlibuteof their art. In this piece, Mr. Ole-Bull also intro "ee.3, beautifully, passages of double and treble chords , of a series of ascending and descending double shakes I ' l4B tb.e most remarkable. His second piece was called a 7 /larte,fl6. and contained a short adagio movement, in which t he fo ti r . strings were finely harmonised ; and it concluded kith a :3, v i s ,s air from Guillaume Tell, given entirely on the amazing distinctness and pure bell tone, a nd em.bellisi:ed with the most difficult of attainable orna- I llentß, the hartaunic shake. When an encore of this effort has caVed for, the performer gave in its stead a quartett l'rangetnent of Gcd save the King. His concluding grand P olacec Gnerriera and Adagio Amoroso combined a g eneral di a.... g play of his powers of execution, and were more in the itaet,,r =tour do force than the preceding per - - ° Ntan c , es . They contained some surprisingly fine arpeggio Znd vta,?eato passages, in which some of the greatest diffi 4_tie• o,f bowing seemed accomplished without a perceptible 411 °_, t„ t ild with a consummate union of nerve , subtlety , 1 1 „ g gr, 4ulness. Of this great artist's compositions we h ate al r dy observed, and still feel, that .they are exceed -41.3' be- u t;ful in detail, but are n o t remarkable for g eneral es l gn, or 171... c connection of first-rate works. It is unne :l-44Y ae; , / that his reception was mo st flatterin g . He I f a llifestj v app..tared to be greatly excited and unnerved on entr ai ice, but when the moment came to support the 1 7 11 1 ) utati m of his Cremona , he at onc e recovered confidence bvignu r. His appearance is prepossessing, both from l j outh ,'as compared with Paganini), and his unaffected, 4it Iv rug% s*omewhat awkward manner. He was a pp laude d th e most enthusiastic ardour by the whole house. to teath s It ere also flung to him, of which he very properly no not ice. t. 44 ord John Russell left town on Saturday for Tun ge Wells. It viscount Melbourne, accompanied by the Hon. , e• Cowper, left town on Saturday morning for his scat, -l uckett Ha 11, Herts. 1 4 The Duke of Palmella is hourly expected to arrive I(3 wn front Lisbon, charged with an important mission, ne , . i„, _ , stin g a rn3w treaty of commerce with this country. The two young Princes, Ernest and Albert of Saxe bourg Gotha, who are now at Kensington Palace or. a visit their illustAous Aunt, are of the respective ages of 18 and , i1 „„ 17 , and LI height and features very much resemble the 4e,F•nful Prince:; of the Netherlands. Prince Ernest, the he -I,tary Prince, in the right of his mother, the late Duchess 4, 4 'axo Coburg, who died the 30th of August, 1831, will in .%;',t, in addition to his father's domains, the Duchy of Saxe tja in ,Co Altenbourg, the male line of which house became ex rvith Frederick the Fourth, February 11, 1825 ; the "(1 t'ard present consort of the reigning Duke, who has ac laaatn, •• • I , 11 his sons to this country, is the Princess Antoinette gurter. , ,•burg. '4TONj A N ANNIVERSARY.—The Noblemen and neAtlemen e 4 ucated at Eton, celebrated their annual festival i t% 'aturdav ot Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's- Ch: r e• His G.ro,'T the Duke of Bliccleucli presided in the tc,r and at aong st the company we noticed the Earl of ill thun, Earl of Browrdow, Earl of Lincoln , Lords W. Si to, to, Alford., Boringdou, Redesdale, Fincastle, Lieut.-Col. INA R. Cla . l rton, Bart., Sir F. Grey Cooper , Sir W. B. ti " e ll, Col. Si r El. Townshend, Sir Hilgrove Turner, Hon. 4 Ashley, Dr. Keat, Rev. C. Okes, the Vice-Provost, &c. Tl, ° „ tt Lv triter se yen o'clock the company sat down to dinne r . dAobl e Due in the chair sustained the festivity of the 1 1g until a late hour; and after the Honorary Officers for : 1 Year ensuing bad been appointed, the company separated. c lt 4 itliavAL OF FOUR GIRAFFES FOR THE ZOOLO l'e,,4•l' SOCIETy.--The Manchester steamer, h i ....e.ong_ng to the ki; l nsular Steam Navigation Company, which arrived in the liop et Yesterday evening, has brought four beautiful giraffes, a A te e ie ss, and other animals, from Malta, for the Zoological 4 )1 4 , 4 t Y• These animals were brought to Malta via Egypt. vo rb ilg the passage home from Malta, the giraffes have been l'hjilealtily and sprightly, and have arrived in perfect health. tri f i el e) will he conveyed to the Gardens this afternoon. A con 'able, number of passengers have come home by the Mon 4kve€_'; among whom are Mr. Henry Baring and Family, who T ut co on - a tour of health in this fine vessel as far as Malta. 1 11 1 ,2 11 -: LATEST TYE AT EPSOM.—On Thursday, I ,,it e i‘ r ,,the Stars of the Park were illuminating the Downs, a \Ar t 7Q of Brummel was asked in reference to the cra vats of V ‘ l told and D'Orsay, which he thought the b est tie? de c i d e' , ond ne t -h!" replied the umpire ; " then it must be a rile Letlocen 'em."—Weekly Post. 1:d 78 1~ t WHIT„SUN HOLYDAYS.—A large numb er h s g race d the park at Greenwich yesterday, and near the park walls, was also crowded with holy hb."B to lasses. .All the steamers proceeding to Green- T% , a t ,.7e owded, and the Woolwich and Gravesend steamers f l t t o htfij c ; c _ own large cargoes of visitants. The day was de 'Y s, Irene and the keen winds which blew rather fresh rl)er a ' night, gave to the atmosphere under a brilliant 1 14 - 4 ,.` 4 . 4l . rnirst cloudless sky a . refreshing coolness. The fair h et or 'els the same scale as hitherto—there are the usual va 141r, sl mws,, theatrical exhibitions, dancing booths, and re e heotNs. There is a rival fair at Wandsworth during ar,eotan.vre ek. In fact what with the numerous theatres a ° NI f a. °P''n, excursions to the Nore, Greenwich, and Wands -11111 fe t , hallow. ascents, boat racing, firework exhibitions, linl y alupetres, there will be no lack of amusements for 4 tSI 7 "y and pleasure-seeking folks Q titte CI( ING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday a shocking Lek, in Robinson, b t • "Urred to Henryri Ri a journeyman soap 4. t • ,' lO employ cf . Messrs. Wooton and Jones, at Pen •a c Was wgeelil:g a bar; ow of tallow across a plank A l l'Dtt! c' PPer of boiling fat, when by some accident his foot %; 4 4 4 ' 1 ( 1 he was precipitated into the boiling liquid. ▪ e rocurei, and with some difficulty he was • coach was piveured, and he was conveyed in it to ur.t -wi teout nopes Of recovery. GRAND REVIEW AT WOOLWICH. On Saturday a grand review of the Artillery took place at Woolwich in honour of the Prince of Orange. His Royal Highness, accompanied by his two sons, the Master General of the Ordnance, the Ambassador from the Netherlands, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir Horace Seymour, General Lord Strafford, General Miller, and a numerous suite, first proceeded to the marshes, for the purpose of witnessing the practice of some newly-constructed ship guns (one of which is of calibre sufficient to carry a shot weighing 981b5.), and also the practice of the Rocket Corps. The firing commenced in the Marshes from a six gun battery, which was played (in ricochet practice) at a battery which it enfiladed, and the shot were fired with such precision, at 700 yards, that every gun was soon dismounted. The practice of the new ship guns was at 1,300 yards, and in the first six discharges struck the target twice. Several 16 and 12-pounder rockets were dis charged singly, at 600 yards, three of which struck the tar get, and the rocket practice concluded with a general discharge from all the cylinders. After leaving the Marshes his Royal Highness inspected the Royal Military Aca demy, and afterwards partook of a splendid collation at the mess-room in the barracks, where the cortege was increased by several Noblemen and officers of rank, amongst whom were the Turkish Ambassador and suite, the Earl of Ches terfield, Viscount Strafford, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord John Somerset, General Ellis, &c. The review com menced with firing at a flag, mounted on a staff at a dis tance of 600 yards, from six howitzers, and from eight mor tars. The first shot severed the staff in the middle. The excellence of the firing elicited the warmest commendation from the Prince and his two sons, who repeatedly compli mented Colonel Forbes, who commanded the fort whence the firing took place, on the efficiency of his men. Their Royal Highnesses then proceeded to the outer com mon, where four field batteries of four guns each, under the command of Colonel Cleveland, and a brigade of the Horse, or Flying Artillery, commanded by Col. Winyates, went through their evolutions. The Prince and suite went down the lines, and then took their station under the Royal standard. The artillery paraded before them in slow, and afterwards in quick time. They fired first singly, then in quick succession, and lastly altogether, with the most asto nishing precision, the latter appearing but as one sound. The proceedings of the day, which far surpassed in the effi ciency of the troops the review of last year, passed off without any accident ; the ground was kept by the Foot Artillery, who acted with great temper and civility. The Prince of Orange was dressed in the uniform of an English full General, wearing the Star of the Order of the Garter on his breast, and his two sons were habited in the regi mentals of their own regiments of the Dutch cavalry. There were a great number of foreigners on the ground, who watched every proceeding with the most minute at tention. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BuussELs, MAY 21.—The King and Queen are ex pected to be at Namur on the 23d of this month, and at Mons on the 25th. M. Evain, in the sitting of the Chamber of Representa tives yesterday, pronounced (says the Courrier Beige) his own funeral oration. In the debate on the project of law relative to the officers, he said, in reference to the attacks that had been made on him—" Two speakers have alleged some .facts in support of the charges they have brought against me, and it is my duty to reply to them. I will be short, that I may not prolong a discussion which has dege nerated into personalities, instead of being directed to the examination of the proposed laws. When, after the most minute investigations, clandestine and open denunciations of all the acts of my administration, they are reduced to repre sent the facts in question as acts of injustice and partiality, connected with the influence which a foreign Government has over me, you will be convinced, after the explanations which I shall give you on each of them, that these accusa tions have no foundation, except in the imaginations of those who produce them. But, last of all, I must declare that I believe myself to be as good a Belgian, as devoted to the interest of my new country, as those pretend to be who accuse me of yielding to foreign influence, when, in order to devote my long experience to the service of this country, I yielded to the urgent solicitations ad dressed to me, to accept the office of Minister of War, and to suffer myself to be naturalised as a citizen of Belgium. I therefbre renounce my character as a French citizen of the rank of Lieutenant- General, which I had held for ten years, and unreservedly dedicated the remainder of my ex istence to my new country. lam convinced that I have rendered it important services ; and what has hitherto sup ported me in the arduous labours in which I consumed the last years of my life, was the noble hope that these services and this devotedness would be appreciated. " If conscientious men, and there are many, who do not suffer themselves to be carried away by political passions, do justice to my intentions, and appreciate my services, there are some who make it. their business to throw odium on both, .and embrace every opportunity of doing so. It is easy to penetrate their object, and to see whither all these repeated attacks lead. " They serve the two speakers whom I have mentioned as objections to the adoption of the proposed laws, because the execution of them would be left to my discretion, my caprice, my injustice, and my partiality. " This objection, Gentlemen, falls to the ground, in conse quence of that formal intention which I have already ex pressed, to lay down my office when I shall have contri buted as far as lies in my power to the adoption of the laws which I have proposed ; when I shall have answered the Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Soldiers' Beds, and have proved to you that in this latter affair I acted conscientiously, and conformably to the real interests of the country. I will not dilate on this point—l leave it to time to decide between my adversaries and myself—and proceed to examine each of the facts that have been adduced." M. Evain then proceeds to examine in detail the com plaints made against his Administration, and was answered by Messrs. Demortier and Gendebien ; after which the general debate was closed, and the Chamber began the discussion of the articles of the law separately. This discus sion occupies fifteen columns of the Moniteur. The de bate was adjourned. BELGIAN FUNDS, BRUSSELS, MAT 20. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent. Hothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 98% Society of Commerce, 4l per Cent l3l Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 119% _ _ —Brussels Papers, gay 21. VIENNA, MAY la—The Count Luchesi, husband of the Duchess of Berri, arrived here yesterday from Gratz. Prince Milosch is expected at the end of this month, or the beginning of next. Last week some detachments of the individuals removed from Cracow and sent to Trieste, passed again through this city on their way back to their own homes, reasons having been found to make an altera tion in their favour. BOTOSCHAN, MAY 2.—The month of May has brought us numerous guests. A division of the Russian garrison of Silistria, consisting of 3,000 men, has entered Moldavia on its return to Russia, and will cross the bridge over the Pruth at Leoure into Bessarabia. The remainder of the garrison will speedily follow, and thus the whole country on the Danube be evacuated by the Russian troops. . _ Jassy is full of Russian officers, who much regret leaving the principalities, where they have been treated with the greatest hospitality. Baron Preckmann is also at Jassy. It is still affirmed that be is commissioned to investigate the complaints brought against Prince Stourdza. VIENNA, MAY 13.—Five per Cents., —; Four per Cents., —; Three per Cents., 75a; Bank Shares, I,36s.—,4llgemeine Zeituna, May 18. The Journal dc St.• Petersbourg has an article in reply to what has been asserted in Parliament and elsewhere respect ing the Russian Quarantine at the mouth of the Danube, and declares that it does not in any way affect the interest of other nations to the advantage of Russia. HAMBURG BOBSEN HALLE, MAY 21 FOREIGN FUNDS. • mills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 - per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. 99 98% Ditto ditto 3 per cent. Ditto Bank Shares 1370 13(i6 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Anglo-Russian Loan 10(41 lON Paper Inscription. 6 per cent — Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates rortuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent Bl SO% Ditto, 3 per cent. 51.54 5114 Dutch :t 2 per Cents. Ditto 5 poi - Cents — Polish I3onds, 3 per cents. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7i% 74 „," Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 p,r cents. Npanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 443¢ 44% Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93% 98 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MAY 20.-13 la ; two months, 138 N. Sr. PETRI:RRURGII, MAY 13.—Three months, 19 19 31. Butiwi, MAY 17.—Three months, 6. 256. —Hamburg Papers, May 20. DEATH OF COLONEL TUPPER OF THE BRITISH LEGION.—ST. SEBASTIAN, MAY 15. On Friday Colonel Tupper, who received a musket-shot in the head whilst most gallantly encouraging his regiment,.-the 6th (Scotch), to the attack in the action of the sth instant, breathed his last. From the nature of the wound, the ball having entered the fore head and come out behind the ear, little, if any, hopes were entertained of his recovery. On his skull being opened after death, a large fragment of the bullet was found imbedded in the brain. Yesterday he was buried with all due military honours, his own regiment preceding the coffin, whilst detach ments from all the others followed it. In the procession were General Evans and his staff; and nearly all the officers of the Legion, all the civil, military, and naval authorities of the town, and the captains of the British and Spanish war steamers that were in the port, the French consul, &c. Colonel Tupper was a man of the most daring -courage, and an excel lent officer. Though his loss is deeply regretted, yet his death maybe said to have been expected, as almost every one rho saw him, and amongst those the Spanish officers at Vittoria, prophesied that he would fall in the first affair in which he should be engaged. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the last page of your Paper of the 18th instant, is a paragraph which alludes, in plain terms, to the Carlton Club having hushed up an affair of gallantry, in which was involved a late Keeper of his Majesty's Conscience. Who ever knows the man can credit the statement ; but as we country readers seldom hear anything of the gossip in town, you would greatly oblige some of us by giving such of the particulars as can be mentioned without impropriety. Ten thousand pounds hush-money indicates a gross and flagrant delinquency. But, Mr. Editor, I always supposed the Carl ton Club to be a mere' political one, established for up holding our old laws, institutions, and religion. Now, under which of these divisions comes Crinz. Con., and the conceal ment of it? Are we to regard such proceedings to be strictly conformable with Conservative morality? I say " Conservative" to distinguish it from every other species of morality ; for we are justified in regarding the morality of the Carlton Club, as a body, to be one siti genesis ; and requiring a new term to designate it, should this anecdote be really true.—l remain, Sir, Your very obedient servant, • A COUNTRY READER OF THE SU.N. May 20. COPYRIGHT'IN THE CONTENTS OF NEWSPAPERS. MR. WAKLEY'S REPLY TO THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY DISPATCH. ( From " A Voice from the Commons." By THOMAS WAKLEY, M.P. May 22.) In the Weekly Dispatch of Sunday last, the subject is discussed on the ground of copyright. (The article was copied on Monday into The Sun.) The Editor says— " Mr. Wakley some time ago started a weekly stamped paper, called the . Ballot. It failed.* Will he permit a brother Radical to ask him a question or two connected with the present subject? „Suppose he had succeeded in rendering the Ballot a valuable property ; and suppose he was paying to literary gentlemen, reportors, &c., upwards of 301. a week for original contributions and articles of in telligence, while for stamps and' advertisements he paid the Government about 500/. a week ;—then suppose a set of people. under . the insidious pretence of supplying the humbler classes with cheap information, and availing them selves of the unpopularity of the Taxes on Know ledge' as an excuse for setting the law at defiance, thought proper to steal that title, the Ballot, which Mr. W.'s talents, .industry, and spirit, had rendered valuable in the market—to get up, in fact, a close imitation of his journal in every respect—to steal from it his compositions on the very day of publication ; and paying nothing for original composition or intelligence, and nothing in the shape of stamp or advertisement duties—suppose such per sons sold the fraudulent Ballot for two-pence, while he could not afford to sell the original Ballot for less than sevenpence ? Suppose, we say, that Mr. Wakley had been subjected for years to this system of plunder, would he then have protested against a law of only sufficient force to put a stop to the system, which, if allowed to go on, must utterly destroy his property `t" The question which is here proposed to a " ,Brother Radical" I answer unequivocally, and in a moment. It is difficult to enact a law which could be too severe, in the attempt to prevent the dishonest practices to which the writer has adverted. But is not a theft commited with a stamp quite as discreditable and injurious as a theft com mitted without one ? The Editor of the Dispatch treats the question as though the new law was designed to give to the proprietors of stamped newspapers, a copyright in their articles of intelligence ; whereas, the Bill contains no provision of the kind. That the conductors of newspapers ought to have the full security of a copyright in their title, of a copyright in all their original articles, in their own reports of public proceedings, will not be denied by any person who is desirous that they should receive that security in the execution of their arduouslabours, which is best calculated to urge them on to increased exertion in diffusing intelli gence among the people. On the question of copyright, therefore, two opinions cannot exist, unless with reference to the time of its continuance. Regarding daily and weekly papers, the question of time cannot be one of days ; it must be one of hours, and, certainly, the period should be such as would afford to the proprietors ample security for the property concerned. But, if the whole of the proposed gags were enacted into laws, how could they prevent an individual from representing within four hours after the publication of the Dispatch, the most interesting of its ar ticles, and selling the pirated edition at half the price of the genuine paper ? Surely the use of the stamp by the pirate cannot be regarded as furnishing any excuse for the perpetratien of this species of audacious robbery. There is no provision, therefore, relative to copy right, which has elicited from me a single condemnatory remark. The proprietors of newspapers cannot desire to have more security in this respect than I am heartily and cheerfully willing to afford to them. The new GAGS, how ever, are by no means germane to this matter. They leave the law, in this instance, just as loose as it was found by their fabricators. In short, in what manner " previous restraints" upon the publication of original newspapers can prevent piracy, I do not understand. When the reduction of duty from fourpence to a penny was first demanded, it was then contended that the high duty was the cause of the smuggling, and that all the un stamped newspapers would die a natural death if the tax were lowered to one penny. Instead, however, of conti nuing to entertain this opinion, the stamped newspapers are not disposed to try the effects of a reduction, are not dis posed to ascertain by experience whether the unstamped will perish from inanition, as was predicted, but, they demand from the executive authority, powers to enforce the penny stamp, which have never existed since the fourpenny stamp was first imposed. There is no longer any disposition to try the effect of a reduction of the duty. No. There must be a HOUSE-BREAKING clause. Any person who may be suspected of having an unstamped newspaper in his pos session, is liable to be followed by any officer of stamps, to have the doors of his own house forced, or to have the doors of his friend's house smashed, in order that they may be STRIPPED and SEARCHED, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has about him a piece of paper, destitute of a red mark upon it, which an officer of stamps, or a magis trate—neither of them over-learned—may think proper to allege is an " unstamped newspaper." From what I have written in some of the preceding pamphlets, it has been clearly shown that the "previous restraints" upon publications which are invented in the NEW BILL, are of a more obnoxious and infamous charac ter than even the clause which gives the right of search. Under this last-mentioned provision, true enough is it that the most monstrous individual insults and injuries might be inflicted ; and, from the operation of the " previous re straints," the injury must be as general as the nation is ex tensive. Under the pretence of asking for the security of a copyright, and also under the pretence of putting down contraband newspapers, clauses are invented which, if they were to be .passed into laws, would inevitably have the effect of preventing any number of respectable, wealthy, and talented persons from engaging in the publication of newspapers ; even a political pamphlet, as I have already repeatedly shown, is treated as a newspaper in the gagging clauses ; and yet I am to be told that all these provisions become a " dead letter"—cease to be operative—the mo ment unstamped newspapers fail to exist. Had the editors. and proprietors merely entered into a combination to obtain an efficient copyright law, none but dis honest persons could condemn them for so doing ; but when they concoct schemes for preventing the publication of new newspapers—when they engage in stratagems which are designed to prevent the free diffusion of political infor mation among the people, by declaring that periodical pamphlets, which contain only "remarks on public occur rences, or on matters connected with church and state," shall be charged with the stamp duty as " newspapers," their motives and their conduct are necessarily subjected to the severest reproaches and censure on the part of the pub lic. A copyright in their articles, all newspaper proprietors ought to enjoy. The responsibilities consequent on the publication of daily and weekly public journals, are nume rous and heavy. The expenses attendant on collecting in formation from remote quarters of the globe can hardly be adequately estimated, and, in order to uphold a spirit of 'enterprise in newspaper undertakings, to encourage inde pendence of character, and to apply the requisite stimu lus to habits of industry, it is perfectly just and in unison with sound poliey, to afford to their proprietors and editors full protection against the acts of all persons who may feel disposed to rob them of the fame or profit which fairly be longs to their exertions. The question, therefore, of newspaper copyright, may, with the most perfect fairness and propriety, be submitted to the consideration of the public and of Parliament ; but the imposition of the stamp, or the concoction of" previous restraints" upon publication, arc altogether distinct from the subject of copyright. I repeat, that " previous re straints" cannot prevent one newspaper conductor from robbing another after the papers are once in existence ; nor does the stamp afford a protection against piracy. Yet it is pretended that all these new devices have sprung out of a decire to protect the rights of literary property ! I have shown plainly that it is but a pretence—a shallow and false pretence—proved so to be, indisputably, by the fact that in the new clauses of the Gagging Bill, no remedy is pro vided for that journalist ?those columns may be systemati cally plui.deied by any unprincipled rival publisher. If leading articles be stolen, or reports are extracted, by the column or the page, the suffering party may look in vain " The Ballot was not started as a pecuniary speculation ; but even in that sense .it could not be said to have " failed," as it had an extensive circulation when it was incorporated with the Examiner, at the end of two years from the time of its first publication. It commenced with the great movement of Reform, and it was united with the Examiner just after the Reform Bill was enacted into a law--T. W." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1836. in the new STAMP DUTIF.S BILL for the means of obtain in; redress. In fact, it would appear that the question of co?yright was not once even thought of. W,rtever , may be the fate of that motion (Sir C. Knightley's), that a reduction of the duty on soap shall he sub;titut,ed for the reduction of the stamp-duty on news papers, I 'shall on a subsequent day bring forward my amendment proposing, the total abolition of the stamp duty on' newspapers, instead of a reduction. The public, therefore, hale ample time to send in more petitions to the H Mse for the total abolition; and I can state for the ini'ormation of the advocates and admirers of a free polit'cal press, that the question of reduction—aye, even of a reduction of the duty—is placed in some jeopardy. It is, in fact, by no meals certain that the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for lowering the duty to a penny, will be carded. The feelings of a majority of the House of Commons—of a majority of the self-styled "re presentatives" of the people, are decidedly adverse, are un questionably hostile, to the freedom of the press, and I should be guilty of a dereliction of my duty, if I did not de clare it to be my firm conviction, that, if a proposition for abolishing the stamp-duty were to be made by the Minis ters, the motion would be y resisted by an overwhelming ma jority of the House. [lf this be Mr. Wakley's opinion, is it not absurd to press or expect Ministers to do that which he knows to be impracticable at the present moment ? Surely this is not backing your friends. It is rather an attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the Radicals. We would advise Mr. Wakley and his friends to get what they can this year, and endeavour to get more next year. In two or three years the Stamp Duty may be wholly abolished, when the great Railroads come ihto active operation, but not till then.— ED. SUN.] LORD MELBOURNE AND HIS CALUMNIATORS. (From the Age.) On the subject of a delicate affair, impugning the mora lity of the Premier and the conduct of a fair lady, which has given rise to rumours of Ministerial resignation and legal proceedings, our readers will expect from us the whole truth, untainte by political bias. Of Lo.id Melbourne, personally, we have always said that he was a gentleman deservedly honoured and admired in private life by all who knew him. His politics we have unreservedly condemned. Brougham's intrigue, on the resignation of Lords Grey and Althorpe, induced his Majesty to select him for Premier ; not more to his (Lord Melbourne's) surprise, as we have reason to know, than that of the rest of the country. Through the measures of Lord Melbourne and his Ministry we would, if we could, drive a coach and six, or cut a channel of sufficient depth for their political and eternal immersion ; but, as bold, open, and manly assailants of his measures, we should scorn the mean, dastardly, and assassin-like course adopted by that traitorous old apostate, the Times, who, seizing upon the polluted whisper of scandal with all the venom of the toad wallowing in his muddy pool, swells with bloated importance an act at most, if proved (of which we have very great doubt), of amorous imprudence, and covers with its poisonous slime the Minister upon whom it but recently fawned and flattered. No, we are not of that stamp ; if Lord Melbourne has done any man private injury, let him be publicly mulcted in the legal penalty due to his transgression. Let those, how ever, who move in the highest circles, be they his political friends or opponents, beware how they' establish a prece dent, of which some of them may, by possibility, hereafter be made the victims. The whole facts and circumstances connected with this affair are before us. We very much doubt if it will ever come into a Court of Law. A high legal authority is of opinion that there is no evidence to support it there ; and under such circumstances, the feelings of all parties in terested would be further outraged by exposure, which would produce no satisfactory result. It is not by ripping up the private peccadilloes of a Premier that we should seek to overturn his Administration —we look at him as a public man, and judge of him only by his political delinquencies ; and God knows of crimes of that kind Lord Viscount Melbourne has more than enough to satisfy the cravings of his most gigantic opponent. IRELAND. A public meeting was held on Thursday last of the gentlemen constituting the Petition Committee, when ar rangements were made for the Great Meeting which is to take place to-day. Mr. Grattan, M.P., Mr. Shiel, M.P., and a great many of the leading men of Ireland were among the number who took part in the proceedings of the day. Mr. O'Connell was admitted a Member of the Committee. REBELLION IN KINGSTOWN.—The Court of Exchequer has brought the ‘• rebellion" almost to its own doors. In Kingstown, a few days ago, a demand was made upon Mr. Haly, the active . and intelligent sub-inspector of the dis trict, for the assistance of the constabulary in the execution of a commission of rebellion issued from the Court of Ex chequer, against the person of a Mr. James Gorman, of that town. As the " Cornmissioners"—the name by which the catchpole myrmidons of the court are designated—did not, as in Wicklow and other places seek to break open houses at - midnight, in the execution of their high and terrible functions, the aid required was given, and Mr. Gorman was served as a rebel against the majesty of the Barons of the Exchequer. It is a remarkable fact, con nected with the opening of the Kingtown Campaign, that Mr. Gorman was arrested—not for tithes, but for debt ! This is stretching the - precedent with a vengeance. We shall next hear of the Court of Conscience, or, perhaps, Alderman Morrisson, the Lord Mayor, fulminating writs of rebellion against all who dare to disobey their mandates.— Dublin Evening Post. MAYO.—A county meeting takes place this day for the purpose of expressing " their indignant reprobation of the conduct adopted by the Pilot, respecting the independence of Mayo." We are glad to see that the Court of Exchequer has at length discovered the plundering principles of the Lay As sociation attorneys. KILKENNY ELECTION.—O'ConneII is now a Member for Kilkenny, and we hope will long continue so. For Ireland's sake, for his own sake, and for the sake of our native city, we trust the Liberator will be content to fight his country's battles in future as the unfettered and unin cumbered Representative of a free and independent Con stituency. We beg of Mr. O'Connell's friends not to go amongst the poor chop-fallen faction until their grief sub sides. They are nearly distracted, and we very much fear if the hot weather continues, and proper means be not taken to allay the irritation of their feeling, that—the Lu natic Asylum must be engaged. Beware of hydrophobia. The bite of a disappointed and frantic Conservative were as bad as that of a mad dog. Beware ! Don't go near them till the danger is past.—Kilkenny .Journal. THE PROTOTYPE OF THE " TIMES."—" In the old days of Greece there dwelt, near Elis, a vain mechanic of some talent, named Salmoneus, who, fancying he had some taste for the sublime, took it into his head one day that, by an art peculiar to himself, he could rival the thunders of the Olympian Jupiter. Accordingly he built a brazen bridge, over which, at night-fall, he went clattering along in a brazen chariot, shouting and bawling at the very top of a voice which was by no means like a zephyr, either in tone or quality. For a while the trick passed unnoticed, it was even applauded by some dull blockheads, one 'of whom solemnly asserted that Salmoneus was the genuine Jupiter ; but coming at length to the cars of the local authorities they instituted a strict inquiry, detected the absurd imposture, and the mock thunderer, despite his brass, of which it was evident he had plenty, was at once brought down to his fitting level, and made for ever after the laughing-stock of the whole city." We recommend the above anecdote from ancient history to the notice of the readers of the Times. The character and conduct of the bully Journal of England, who would fain be considered the thunderer, is here exhibited by prototype.— The Age. COLOSSEUM.—On Saturday evening we attended the rehearsal of the entertainments at this splendid place of amusement, intended for the forthcoming soirees, which com mence this evening. There has been much done in the shape cf alteration and decorgtion since last season. A strong Ballet Company is engaged under the direction of M. Norman, and a splendid series of tableaux invented and brought out by Mr. Thompson, the celebrated delineator of the Antique Statues, is to be produced ; which, judging from the effect produced in its imperfect state at rehearsal, we would anticipate will do great things. We intend visiting the exhibition this evaning, when we will be enabled to speak more fully on the amuse ments generally. The manager has evidently commenced his campaign on the most liberal scale. ------- r RIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—About eight o'clock on Saturday evening, as the groom of the Earl of Ilchester was driving a cab slowly down Bond -street, the horse, a highly spirited animal, became restive, and, plunging violently, fell with great force against the frontage of the shop of Mr. Cooper, clothier; and drove in nearly the whole sash, consist-. ing of about thirty panes of crown-glass. The groom, in jumping from the cab, fell, but rose from the ground, and, with great courage, seized the bridle, which he held while the horse, recovering himself, started off towards Piccadilly, drag ging the groom along with him, until he reached the house of Messrs. Storey, Jones, and Robinson, mercers, where the wheel of the cab coming in collision with the railing, the horse was knocked down by the violence of the shock, and secured. The groom was taken up senseless, and conveyed to Messrs. Godfrey and Cooke's, chemists, in Conduit-street, where his wounds, which arc severe, were dressed, and from thence he was carried to his master's residence in Old Bur lington-street. This is the feast of the Pentecost, and is observed by the Jews as a religious festival. It signifies the ordinary number called the fiftieth, and is now called among . them the feast of the weeks. The modern Jews celebrate it for two days, as being the fsOth day after their coming out of Egypt, during which time they abstain from labour and from all secu lar business. They dress their Synagogues and places where they read the law, and they also decorate their houses with roses, &c. INQUEST ON TIE BOD 1 7 OF TTIE HON. AUGUSTUS BERKELEY CRAVEN. On Saturday, at four o'clock, a coroner's inquest was held at the Mitre Tavern, Connaught -terrace, Edgware row!, on the body of the Hon. Henry Augustus Berkeley Craven, aged 60, who destroyed himself under the following ; melancholy circumstances : Mr. Samuel C. Griffiths, surgeon, 39, Connaught-ter race, Edgware-road, deposed, * that he called on Friday morning, at seven o'clock, to sec the deceased ; he was lying in the back parlour of his own house on the floor ; he had a pistol in his right hand, and was quite dead ; the pistol had been discharged in his moutll, and a copious quantity of blood flowed from the wound ; deceased must have died instantaneously ; witness had attended him pro fessionally, occasionally, for seven or eight years ; deceased was in his dressing-gown ; saw no papers, or anything par ticular in the room ; never made any observation on the state of his mind when attending him ; there could be no doubt he had destroyed himself; he was about 60 years of age ; witness had not prescribed for him for six months past, bat had seen him within the last fortnight. Mary Davis, housemaid to the deceased, deposed that on Thursday evening he returned home at nine o'clock, accom panied by his wife ; saw no more of him that night ; about seven o'clock on Friday morning, on going in to sweep the back parlour she found deceased lying flat on his back on the floor ; did not hear any discharge of fire-arms ; went and called the footman immediately, and he went and fetched Mr. Griffiths, who attended, and said, on viewing the de ceased, that he was dead ; his hand was warm. _ Jamcs Phillips was footman to the deceased ; was at Epsom races on Thursday With his master ; they returned at nine o'clock in the evening, accompanied by Mrs. Craven and Miss S a va ge ; th e coacman and postboy were also with them ; deceased took his dinner with him ; witness took up tea to the drawing-room to the deceased at ten o'clock ; he afterwards ordered witness to take away the tea things, and bring him the boot-jack and his slippers ; deceased commenced pulling off his boots without taking off his straps, which he had never done before ; gave witness one boot to take off; saw no more of him that night ; heard no report of fire-arms in the course of the night ; next morning, about seven o'clock, the housemaid came and in formed witness that she thought master was in a fit, for he was lying on his back in the back parlour ; went to him im mediately, and found him lying as described, quite dead ; fetched Mr. Griffiths, who pronounced him dead ; deceased had not taken any quantity of liquor on Thursday ; he dined in the carriage ; he was very much agitated at the time the Derby race was running ; did not observe any alteration in him previous to that day ; he kept saying, while the race was running, " Jersey wins, Jersey wins." In coming home he was in a greater passion than he had ever seen him in before;because some one went up behind the carriage ; thinks that he forced the person down off the carriage ; saw several letters on the front parlour table ; one was directed to Lord Craven, one to Mr. Hawker, one to Mrs. Craven, one to Mr. Wickens, and one to Miss Craven ; witness delivered the one to Lord Craven on Friday morning ; does not know what became of the others ; has no doubt they were written by his master ; he believed he went to bed ; does not know whether he had lost any money at the races ; witness slept in a room under that in which the deceased was found dead, but he heard no report of fire-arms ; Mrs. Craven usually slept in a dif ferent room from that of the deceased. Mary Davis recalled and re-examined. There was no doubt the deceased had been in his bed and undressed, for she found his night-cap drawn ; he must hnve risen and dressed himself. The Coroner then addressed the Jury. It was ex tremely clear that he had come to his death by his own hand, and the only point for their consideration was, what was the state of his mind when he committed the rash act? There was no evidence to prove whether or not he had lost any money at the Epsom Races, far less whether any such loss had led to the commission of the rash deed. The only point for the consideration of the Jury, as he had already stated, was, whether he was at the time in a state of temporary mental derangement. The Jury then consulted together for about forty mi nutes, when they returned with a verdict, that " The Jury believed deceased had destroyed himself when in a state of temporary mental derangement." The Coroner said he could not accept that verdict. They must not say what they believed, but return a ver dict, of some kind or other, without any qualification. The Jury then returned a verdict, " That the deceased. destroyed himself when in a state of temporary mental de rangement." Mr. Ward's large room, in which the inquest took place, was crowded during the whole of the inquiry. The Observer says--" There can be little doubt that the excitement of the unfortunate gentleman's mind was pro duced by his losses exceeding his means of immediate pay ment ; and as he possessed the nicest sense of honour, this no doubt worked upon his feelings so as to destroy the power of reflection, for it is well known that had he made his situation known to Lord Sefton and others of his nume rous and wealthy friends, they would readily have furnished him with the means of saving his credit. Among othor winners from the deceased were Mr. Greatrex, to whom he lost 1,3001., and Mr. Edwards, the trainer, to whom he lost 3001. It is believed that the whole of his losses did not amount to eight thousand pounds. THE MOUNTAIN DECAMERON.-The romance thus announced will assuredly win for its author a distinguished name among English writers of fiction. The daring nature of his conceptions, and the fearless power with which he ani mates them, cannot fail to produce a deep impression. His scene, too, Wales, is, most strange to say, nearly unbroken ground in English literature. Yet who, alive to taste or feel ing, can look without intense excitement on its lone cataracts, its cloud-capt rocks, its vestiges of departed greatness, its mighty wrecks of castles breasting stormy seas, its abbeys crumbling in olive-coloured glooms, and its wild and stirring legends ? - The new street from Prince's-street to Moorgate is now nearly completed, and will be open to carriages in about a fortnight. We are sorry to see, however, that the effect will be much impaired, and the public convenience much preju diced, by the niggardly manner in which it appears that the Bank of England contributes towards that great improvement. There is a small slip of enclosed ground belonging to the. Bank at the north-east corner of the building, which it was always intended should be given up to the public when the improvement should be completed ; but now it appears that workmen are employed in partially setting back the railing, whereby the public will be deprived of much benefit, and no advantage will result to the Bank. It is only necessary for our readers to see the spot to be convinced of the justice of these remarks. HORRID MURDER AND ARSON.—(From the New York Commercial Advertiser.)—A young woman, named Ellen Jewett, late of Hallowell, Me., boarding with Mrs. Townsend, of No. 41, Thomas-street (a house of ill fame), has been murdered in her bed. The circumstances, as we have heard them, are as follow :—Miss Jewett had been for some time the kept mistress of Francis P. Robinson, of Connecticut, clerk in a respectable mercantile house in Maiden-lane, who, it appears, from some unknown cause, became jealous, and demanded of her a miniature likeness of himself, which he had presented to her, and also some correspondence that had passed between them, which she re fused to give up. Nothing, however, occurred to lead to a supposition that any violence was intended. Or, Saturday night Robinson visited the house at the usual hour, and re mained with her until three o'clock on Sunday morning, when he was heard by those sleeping in the lower part of the house to come down stairs, and, finding the door locked, he went to , the back door, unbolted it, and in the act of climbing over the fence' his cloak was caught by a nail, torn from his shoulders, and left on the fence, with a sharp hatchet ti'' to its tassels, where it was found in the morning. A short time after he left, the inmates were alarmed by a dense smoke which filled the house almost to suffocation. On going up stairs into the room of the unfortunate girl, the smoke was found to proceed from bee bed, which was on fire, and on which lay her dead body ; her head mangled in the most shocking; manner, three deep wounds having been inflicted on her temples and forehead. Suspicion immediately res'a on Robinson, who was arrested about eight o'clock, at his boarding-house in Liberty-street, and conducted by the officers to Thomas street, where the murder was committed, and where the Coroner's Jury was sitting over the dead body. Verdict of the Jury. " Wilful Murder." Robinson was after the inquest examined at the. police-office, and committed to Bridewell. - After leaving Thomas-street, he went to his boarding-house, and retired to bed, doubtless with the belief that the fire had communicated to the bed, and would destroy the building and its inmates, and thus conceal his black-hearted crime. Ro binson is a young man apparently about 20 years of age, of good address and confident manner, and was clerk to Joseph Hoxie, Esq. It is said he went through with his examination with the most perfect composure, and was observed to smile when the officers were conducting him to Bridewell. BANKING.—" My creed (Col. Thompson Writes) is that au upright government may take its choice between having a metallic circulation , or one of public p a p er w hi c h shall put the value of the metal into the public exchequer; but that it hal no right to give away this amount to private manu facturers of paper, any more than to give away the tar out of the -dock-yards, or the beef and pork out of the Victualling-office. A private banker's business should be, to lend his own money and not other people's ; and he does lend other people's every time he issues one of his own notes, for he takes the value of the note out of what the Government ought to have taken for itself and put to the public account, and lodges it (it may be) in the four per cents., for his own private use and benefit. You will perceive, therefore, that I bare no more notion of the abstract propriety of joint-stock companies being allowed to carry away what ought to go to the credit of the public, than I have of their being allowed to wheel the tar out of the dock-yards. Whether the tar only be best wheeled away by public companies or O vate inLiividuals—whether, fur instance, the carte of the one may be less liable to break down and spill upon the passen a-ers—i3 another quest i on st ill , and to something like this it is that the public have at present arrived, Whether they will ever arrive at the other at all, may be uncertain ; but there is a satisfauticn in thinking one knows the truth, even though it , may be at the bottom of the well." NAVAL INTE LLI GENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, M AY 21.—Th e Vanguard, 80, Capt. Hon. D. P. Bouverie, was towed out of tl;e harbour on Wednesday by the Herines steam-vest7e l , and the Belle rophon, 80, Capt. Jackson, C. 8., yesterday by tl.c Sala mander steam-vessel. ' The Salamander steam-vess2l, Lint. Duffil, arrived yes terday from the eastward, an-I proceeded this afternoon to St. Sebastian, having taken in at this port Lieut. Clapper ton, one corporal, and ten gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, to be borne as part of her complement, and six small field howitzers. Brigadier-General Evans, Colonel de Lancey, and Commander W, Robertson (the latter to join the Castor) took passage in the Salamander. _ _ The Maitland transport is ordered to fit for Barbadoes, to which island she will proceed in the early part of June, to bring'the 19th Regiment to England. The Maria and Stakesby transports are ordered to complete provisions for three months each, for 570 troops ; and to be fitted, as well as the Maitland, with an addi tional deck. It is rumoured, that should the line of battle-ships, fitting out form a squadron, ant assemble at Spithead, (of which there is little doubt), the Howe, if she can he manned in time, will repair to this anchorage, with the flag of Vice- Admiral Fleming. Advices from Bermuda are received to the 30th of March. His Majesty's ship Champion had captured on the 3d of that month the slave brig Reconnuce, pierced for 16 guns, after a long chace, during which guns, anchors, boats, &c. were thrown overboard. She ran on shore up the East of Cuba, and 288 slaves were forced on shore, and 30, princi pally women, drowned in attempting to land. The brig, however, was got off, and, with 188 slaves, taken to the Havannah. The Lyra packet arrived on Friday at Falmouth from Mexico. Sailed from Tanipico 12th March, Vera Cruz 26th, and Havannah Bth April„ and brought 466,000 dol lars on freight. The Mutine packet arrived at the Ha vannah on the 18th March. The Tyrian packed sailed from Vera Cruz for Tampico, 21st March. The contemplated naval promotion and army brevet, we are assured, is for this year set aside, unless Mr. Banner man's motion in the House of Commons to take into con sideration the hardships under which the old officers of both services labour, has the same effect on the Ministers which the motion for granting prize money to the seamen who fought at Navarin produced—namely, to do that which they are willing, but fearful to do, more particularly nohen mooted by a Member of the Liberal party. The Terror bomb-vessel, which was strengthened for the purpose of going in search of the ice-bound whalers, is now to be employed in another northern voyage of discovery ; Captain Back, who has been appointed to command her, in tends to go up Wager River, as far as he can ; from which point he anticipates he can complete his survey of the northern shore of the American continent, from Cape Turn again, which he reached in his first expedition, to Victoria Headland, the point where he made the sea in his last expe dition ; Lieutenants W. Smyth and Owen Stanley have been appointed to the Terror. The Sulphur arrived at Rio from Portsmouth on the 19th of Feb., and sailed on the 23d for St. Catharine ; Starling from Portsmouth, 21st ; Cleopatra' from St. Ca therine, 2d of March, and Spider from Falmouth. The Rattlesnake arrived at Bombay 30th December. AT SPlTHEAD.—Vanguard, Bellerophon. In HARBOUR.—Britannia, Pembroke, Royal George, Excellent, Buffalo, and Stakesby, Moira, and Maitland transports. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. —Commander Russell to the rank of captain ; Commander Wm. Robertson to the Castor ; Lieut. John Cheere to the Caledonia ; Lieut. T. S. Brock, to the Magpie cutter ; Mr. Jamas Osborne, sur geon, to Chatham Ordinary ; Mr. Dumaresque, extra col lege mate, to the Britannia ; Mr. Riddell, mate from the Pembroke, Mr. John R. Allen, second master (vice G. H. Skead, appointed to the Racehorse) to the Salamander ; to which are lent also, Mr. Clifford, Mr. Paterson, and Mr. R. L. Curris, mates, to the Salamander ; the Rev. H. H. Franklin to be chaplain of the Pembroke ; Mr. T. Lewis, mate, to Cornwallis. ( From the Devonport Telegraph.) H. M. S. Cornwallis, 64, Captain Festing, was taken into dock on Monday, to have her bottom examined, when it was found that she had received but very little or no dama g e by touching the ground in going out of h ar b our , b ut s h e must remain in dock until the next springs, as the tides have not lifted enough to take her out. Commander Robert Russell, is promoted to the rank of Captain ; Lieutenant James Maitland, late Flag Lieutenant to Sir Patrick Campbell, is promoted to the rank of Com mander ; Lieutenant Josias Drew is appointed to the Coast Guard station at Mullion, near the Lizard ; Lieutenant David Keys, of the Ordinary at this port, is placed on the out-pension list of Greenwich Hospital ; Mr. William Reed, Mate, to the rank of Lieutenant ; Mr. P. Campbell, Mate, to be Lieutenant of the Buzzard ; Assistant-Surgeon Deas to be surgeon of the Island of Ascension, but he is come home passenger in the Trinculo ; Lieutenant R. Tryon to be Flag Lieutenant to Sir P. Campbell ; Lieute nant. Thomas S. Hill, to the Pylades ; Mr. William Jenkin, Clerk at the Admiralty, is appointed receiver of Stores at Woolwich, vice Mr. J. B. Williams, superannuated, after 43 years service ; Mr. F. W. P. Bouverie, Mate, late of the Malabar, to the Vanguard ; Mr. William Lawes, ad ditional Clerk of the Vanguard, to be Clerk in charge to, the Terror ; Mr. A. L. Selwin, Midshipman, to the Asia ; Mr. H. Dumaresque, extra College Mate, to the Britanni a ; Mr. John R. Aylen, Second M aster and Pilot, to the Sala mander ; Mr. G. H. S. Reid, seconder Master and Pilot, of the Salamander, to the Racehorse ; Rev. A. H. Small, Chaplain, to the Royal Adelaide ; Mr. M. A. Feeley-, Clerk in Charge, to the Magpie. Mr. Francis Gruzelier, foreman of the Rope House at Portsmouth, is appointed Master Ropemaker of this Dock yard, in the room of Mr. Baldy, deceased ; Mr. Richard Courtis, foreman of the line and twine spinners, to be tOre man of the Ropemakers, vice Condy, superannuated. Mr. T. Turner, foreman in the ropery at Chatham, was appoin ted foreman to the line and twine-spinners, vice Courtis; but. being unable to join on account of age and infirmity, Mr. Daniel Christopher is appointed in his stead. Mr. W. Gard, leading man of the ropemakers here, is appointed layer at. Portsmouth, and joins immediately. His Majesty's brig Trinculo, 16, Commander Buget (acting), arrived from Portsmouth on Tuesday ; she is or dered to be paid of at this port. His Majesty's cutter Magpie, 4, was commissioned on Friday, as a surveying vessel, by Lieut. Thomas Saumarez Brock. The Offices of the Royal Mat ines gave a superb dinner on Tuesday at the Barracks, on which occasion they were honoured by the company of the Right Hon. Lord Ame lius Beauclerk, our new Port-Admiral, Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, K.C.H., &c. &c.. Captain Superin tendent Ross, C. 8., Captain Superintendant Hornby, C. 8., Captain Cotton, Captains Sykes, Sharpe, Sulivan, Festing, Dixon, Thomas ; Commanders Ogle, Knox, Devonshire, Robertson ; Lieut. Boteler, (flag) Thomas Williams, Esq., (Admiral's Secretary) &c. &c. Colonel Abernethic in the Chair. The Masters of the yard vessels at this port, are to per ford the duties of pilots as at Portsmouth, but, at reduced rates. One regular pilot only being left to perform the various duties. Lieut. Wesley, of this division of Royal Marines, is ap pointed Adjutant to the battalion now serving under Major Owen, K. H., on the north coast of Spain.. The Pembroke went out of the basin, in the Dock-yard at Portsmouth, on Tuesday, to mooring's in the harbour.— The Vanguard was towed from Portsmouth harbour to Spitliead, by the Hermes stetriner, on .Wednesday. The Hermes touched here yesterd.ty on her way to Falmouth, The l.._latnander steamer is to call at Portsmouth, to take out stores for the ships on the North Coast of Spain, and despatches for Lora John Hay. Remaining in Ramoaze—ltoyal Adelaide, Minden, Cornwallis, TrineAilo, Magpie, Transit freight ship. In the Sottad—Talavera. A detachment from the depot of the 321 regiment, 'con sisting of SO men, embarked on board the Arab transport, on Wednesday evening, and are to proceed to Canada to join the service - companies. The Maitland transport arrived at Portsmouth on Tues day, 68 days from St. 'Helena, having on bor.rd the re giment of the East India Company's Service, - which formed the garrison of that island ; and the Hermes, on Wed nesday, from Sheerness, EXPORT or AssEs.—The lower Irish, and even the yeomanry are sometimes accused of (i mporting everything, and importing nothing, unless it be the wages of labour, and the price of all sorts of farm produce, , town to huge hampers of eggs paid in English or British money. But there is one exception, and that is the long-edged assinine tribe, which seem to have been little known as beasts of burden, or truu dellers of carts, across the chwanel, till within the last ten or dozen years. Before steam-boats becamilltso rife almost every horneward-bound Irish rouper we met seemed to have ex pended his earnings On ass flesh, and as the Patlanders ge nerally travel in groups, we have repeatedly observed strings of donkeys, to the number of twenty, thirty, or forty, p ass i ng through this town on their way to Port-Nessock, where bul lock-bonus are very generally found in which they can be strived fur a perlret trifle to the north of Ireland. In fact, Lot a few years have elapsed since we were told by a Galloway loliman that five hundred head of cuddies had passed his bar in loss than a fortn i gh t. At one tim e we were of opinion that that thetrtldell numerous bye-path the donkey-drivers d:hutthatwas a mistakeare o fo r r i t g :e i . n d oattintga is the nt take for the sake of economy. —D um f r i es C our i er. On Tlinrsdav evenin , aft, inquest was held at Brightside, touching the death of Mary Watson, a a woman, 47 3c ," o f age, who died there on the • previousday, from the wa::t of common necessaries of life.