The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. bi ll or Service : he ,Rtleen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentle- Royal suite, and the Household, attended stllne,oervice yesterday morning in the private chapel C ileKiligham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie enay. officiated. Ga r r Majesty and P r i nce Alb ert wa lk e d i n th e R o y a l n‘s on .Saturday f orenoon . th:r Royal Famil y were ta k en a i r i ngs on S atur d a y i n rerYal Gardens. qu u ,, N'al Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the ?Q s ; "a Prince Albert on Saturday at Buckingham his IL' ,alld Partook of a d e j eune w ith h e r Majesty and tiltu Highness. 14 4 oyal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse tviel a Saturday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, 11 Z in Waiti ng . !Yuchess of Camb r id ge , acco mpanied by the Prin alary visited her M a j es ty at Buckingham Palace. Ch The 'loyal Duchess, accompanied by the Princess, e u 7 er R oyal Highness the Duchess of Kent at l Cam to jd,„,llee House, St. James's. The Duchess of Ca ts and the P r i ncess Mary, also paid .a visit yesterday ti ,siotz - loyal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at ,Th e tr, House and in the afternoon returned to Kew. vhs i " - I ,`"suop of ' London had an interview with the tesi"°r of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official I) ? "„ ‘ c e in Downing -street. tov'eurner and Mr. Adderley bad interviews with 11„;',,titilley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. °Ssi ll -41 %me) Wur'temberg Minister, transacted hiss at the FOreign-office on Saturday. orkeTtehes were received yesterday at the Colonial 4°w the Governor of St. Helena. lottr ~e n rY Salford ex pi re d on Saturday afternoon, at 84 1 eek, at hi s res id ence i n C urzon - s t ree t. 0 1 , 4 '. Peel h a d a di nner party on S a t ua d a y, a t hi s re heds—e In Whitehall-gardens. Lady Peel had after thian assembly, which was numerously attended by Thr„nitY and ge n t r y. th e plunke of Wellington attended the early service in esley 'U tt lYel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. ,i4sen• officiated and preached the sermon. , th e an i,s,nop of Exeter preached the sermon yesterday, gly . """Y service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. wer e Ere were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, the lessons , s otk i Z e ibl by the Rev. Mr. Haden, and the Sub-Dean 4 4v on . ' at the Communion Service. The Earl of and: :Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston were . 4 1 the nobility present. trite eittSuis of Anglesey, Lords Haddington, Wham t ) 4 st o X 4 ruest Bruce, attended the evening service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. „,,, AN ENGLISH DINNER Oe ki k) . ..- 7 . , r 7tri t ,•,,_ waig amusing and thoroughly . " French" ,r50 . 14„ - `,". 4 - of an English " dinner" is given in the 444 42/ inel, the Parisian organ of M. Thiers :- Itie e Za Wine has been out of fashion in England for t ike t re• Sherry and Port (to which are occasionally hertb Qor deaux and Champagne, Rhenish wines, and then . ) are now the only wines to be seen on the tables tp pe . As for beer (the national drink), it only makes t to r4 eee at.a banquet for remembrance sake, and k vo tir Y a ftlall quantity. Port wine is held in especial totmY the English, because, whilst it is more im iii't tu b ' - 1: w ith alcohol than any other, it is at the - ili e --- the least irritating, and facilitates more than tiukrest the important operations of the digestive S` s .' order, h owev er, to be possessed of all 6 7.11ti -I site qualities, it must not only be of lie teik gl'owth, or have been eight or nine years-in . e. ltattt ft : but the regular connoisseurs insist that 'Se % R asa the line several times in order to be first 1e Qr six servants, with powdered wigs, in silk 0% iv ! aad.kne e -b reec h es , hover about the table. The Lg?te iB re alway s changed at every successive course, and h our to fear of eating off the dirty plate . of one's Or. using his knife and fork, the sideboard e 7.,!ttp t 7, e _ ll . With piles of plates andconveniences of every fi et 7le, r i: 7, , After . fish, which always . constitutes the fi rst I,N e ,4, t nolt invites one of his guests to drink a glass ,Zell' l id `','! him, desiring him to - help himself to that 1... -4 : 'V. - likes best. You take that which is offered ,:sd e `,. , ' 'An. host then pours out a glass for himself, and 4 ,..44 °4 .,the bottle by - a servant You fill your glass, t i lk a ii:t to your lips with a half-bow, and drink as as you feel inclined. The same ceremony is tqrsd.th t sougst the other guests. It should be men burlttrif you ask a lady to take wine, you always ..4 I t ilgj er „._.•ass before your own; but if you invite 14„,,, - so to do, you never fail to help your -04,8 xuis custom wheny very inconve i, on t r,auers, it being absolutely necessary to ii7Si tti . e ..,s . glass ; at present you need only drink a 01, 4 ,,a ladies may satisfy the rules of etiquette by Oa • boil ed their lips. After fish . , come ro c a a s te t iblete, witrlel whic h vegetable?, and cuisine vaiious upon ; vug you make y our your s garne of allsorts follow, amongst ' /Ann' ere ,.., i .. 3 alway s, to begin with, one dish espe t"'ar'''Prtate to the season. It: is to the former bitl . :f t diet (puddings) that Eglish children are in .ltZ,lfteeiittis said, for their excellent health: and their 11 4 N ro complexions. The cloth is at length a nd the mahogany table shines forth in all Illjqe n d o th iti . , Ur• Dessert follows, consisting of few eats or Confitures, but abounding in fruits . ." 4 the fi ve parts of the world, and the of all . „ the four seasons, and including superb l k ', si. Port uga l grapes, almonds, red nuts- of a t!, , ,,,, flavour, dates, -figs, rich Juicy oranges, &c., c& . 40N , f: is brought n m glAß.decinters, ticketed and k.4%,,_ silv er stands. These stands glide along the ti t t o `shle, which is as smooth - as ice, in the midst of k t . li , silver vases filled with fruit, &c. The host, d 4°l s .), l eiPin g himself to wine, pushes about the the ba ttery' o f d eca nters, which going the round Mu ta ble, soon regain their original situation. ° f an hour elapses, when the mistress of the V2h itt the thi s and. retires followed by all the ladies. It is itiOn '' u e Benee de' yin begins. The subject of con- St u la.sek s Ltou changes, and political questions are 704' i h 4 ne conversation, without getting stormy, at degree of warmth and animation which I. o er, when one is blessed with a strong head ). 1 -7 1' digestion, generally inspires. Hard la i ,,ida 4 4 t "owever; has generally speaking, fallen 4 t% - , e t , u de• It is., only foxhunters and country kaola cti Who remain faithful now-a-days to that q•Sa f t .: i n• A gentleman who has any self-respect 'NC eezu t , forgets himself as - to get tipsy, for he 14;14 41 4 . 1 , y, , 1 Y be looked upon with an evil eye by the 44 4 4 4 - t° were to enter the.drawing-room with an tli ti... srat io r tleulati on and with trembling legs. Dinner tiitZli t , l 't half -past nine. The gentlemen then rejoin • ..as I,: f take tea and coffee, and the conversation )4441:tit. °r upon the news of the day." t he h An : tL . Kt TIitATRS.-The second appearance of ItLZie vt "'Prea- h took placehere on Saturday evening, when A te r% , 7,7 again crowded with all the rank and fashion " , :S,4 ( tAithstanding it was the first night of the 14 0. - "ii i tn ,, a elisdp. Duprez infused, if possible, even greater N 4 ; c ..'":„atlergy intoilie character of Arnold than on "L "ia debut, commanding at intervals the tears Ne te ,. , t i .,. . 11 : 1 7.31 his" auditors. Although his terms are un 451:ngtii1°,91: a night; yet such is his attraction, that , tb e e , I 8 liberal payment, a handsome profit remains. 4 4t' I . " % 1 (1t,, r Opera, then Huguenots, which has been 411111 sq' fie hit„t a PY Years it 'the. theatre at Wurzburg, has k. of -. `le-ted, npon representation of the clerical tet N l,l ici i that eity. ), 44 ,kti t eortrreT.-George - Alitiddon, who was , 4 1 . 1 *ll ett l r ii k MarCh4Assize,lB3l, for the robbery of the , b oil ekl b , , .' 4 ti 13 , \II g Rooms, is living at a place called Austen s "t 0 lot ..'.ilea from Hobart Town, and is married to a lilli lll s o 7fil i ttled in the colony, worth 500/. a, year, having the Z: When oy Het wo rs in the country, for find k:"ka;7ll begs. run r his carriage and a pair of ' l 643 ll tet of aleter from Wide Bay River, dated 29th k14:414; L i % ly 1 ): 4 1e, t t• Qh " - Aecording to" the different prophecies 71N ' t 4 ., „Z . ted m t a : t gi t Ch is e h c m hud calcul ren oratedurathealt f t r h e e e ti i r fai w t h ? p h . 1,,., 1 116(7" whom state that it would take place between ilgtn:lasi i ' 4 , w _ ll, tle otters used it from 18.44 to 1847. f: 1, 4' 4 tif r;ERA Housit.-The Keeleys, Mr. Wil -11411satiZnury-lane Theatre), and Mr. Strutt, a lawyer, lit dg t who have taken the English" Opera House. ',. rat .exaniple of Madame Vestris, whose theatrical Nyi k be'tli 448 always been so popular, Mrs, Keeley will, it IL les of.P ostensible manager. Mr. Wilmot undertakes , r i 'hi lid t t age director. Some engagements have been s i W With favourite performers, and others are tie r ,' ter4a show that the new lessees are inclined to ~ ""tete d . u ndertaking with a spirit of liberality which; orfts e .,. lll, Must unquestionably command success.- N?B'' i et .11 1 .?,.. 8 R.Az1L.-The following return of the yooso rt z British and Irish produce and manufac ! a 18 43. from the United Kingdom to Brazil in . oti t 'e tik e i 184 2, and 1843, has just been printed. V:tn. f l tzil w .dec lared value of our -exports to the em- YN na, 4: f .ip. 1841, 2,556,554/. ; in 1842, 1,756,805/. ; le t Z s 4, 4. l Vith 11 .%).,1271. ; showing a decisive revival of t4164,ria„, - :, 1z 4 1 during the past year. In the latter Vitt . 14 th e - 'ert manufactures figure' d for 1,096,669 E (or O tt i . li rki - total exports• hardwares and ' cutlery, for II 4,i' bUtt. bl anufacture s , for 154,323/. ; iron and steel for 1k...-r, for 64 •' 1 , a ra _ '294/. ; brass and-copper manufactures, N • h a h er e and ammunition, for 18,156/. ; apparel, t/litaV,._ ' f rA z r it erY, for 20, 2821. coals, &c:, for 9,396/. ; l ei 72i . .Ktti gh o t 7,46. y.• glass, for 27,4371. ; leather, wrought * 0 ,„1(1, 1 9ap ~,,t" : 63 ,i09L ; machinery and millwork, for Aeikte tel :C, - t ad candles, for 57 812/. • ; silk manufactures, j:!_t.:1161-et and pewter we're, &c., for 11,108/. ; and t ‘Ft -4 ' - 41 'es, for 278 171/ The exports of cotton It4l 4 Zll tt . illere tt•sed last ' . •,.. E vl . l year by 277,139/. '' 41 ,, '''Otit. thes VBtriet, and no doubt almost equally so itO theril, r ; • ' i , til e Jar i ngdom, that the firm of John Fielden and 'litO.Sla r ttad e C sPinners and manufacturers in the \ nil 184 r return under the Income-tax Act, in tkl',*l,,,,Pleenl x4l.. -Aril. This return, -it- is also pretty 4:00 b ,7 4 i in ec ;„ was not satisfactory to the Commis --qt‘vizltteviutu_sequence one of the partners appeared to 1. 14 , 1 1 t 14, 14 to vaesureharge a 12,000/. per annum, which, 1 10*, , i. , thu s 4 ,,..., U Pound, amounted to 3501. The indi , o% e,, th a t led made oath to. the correctness of the 0 4 411° ,, I thli it h'ir 4 ; - ari lle Profits had been made by the firm ‘,440e the ees u t not only this, but the Commissioners htbilioili.!ret,,,,2 all books and documents in corro i4oc,‘ a 0t . 1% .-...1 that had been made. All this, how- vtiN `',t 0n ,1„1 .1 ." . !en as a set off against a nil return. The tli fi 'mt ....1q th e :andaY last Mr. Thomas Fielden, it is said, A. ot -Aiel lo .-T , er charged with h e execution the keys I '4 tltii ttt is II " i n N A h4low i n _Peel-s treet, . Manchester, and probably e lek i s , th ere i r no tta! possession. That the . Govern . - p, e uer ouali v ce ,.. . doubt ; - that the firm will permit 'lei lti ii ,"r Otah„,'L i _am, especially after what the Hon. th '' hs a i i ` c lu has publicly stated on the subject. eget freely " Parinittin IN .; b tit •, g such extreme measures ii ii attir_e as it ,_BIIN note on • 'Change, at Man 'p% i.V . !_s ( i i nte 's i altorious that three of the most Z 6 4 4, 144 1 ,72"r0tp, ~A' zi.,9 were those of 1839, 1840, and N'y Itipi a 7slou i s v ?lun the profits were calculated, the )4,.._1 ( ,... Ina, wiwuat tha case is an extremely hard one ; ti tteki? 'Maw haa any linowled eof the extraordi kier,,Nitileklea I, 'led on th e g 1,-t lion tho se immense stocks held by the t e tut eeee)ixtiyears (report statea the amount at Nth state d, bea t t mitt the return was precisely what it 4., l 4e, i icui,, tra lst,i'r enn h e tn. the ag o i s to take place has not yet . nel'e • when it may; =the attendance will be Iv lt l 4,itod on any similar eccasion.-Leeds THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1844. duced to give three more lectures, and we assure our readers they will miss a treat if they .neglect attending. Mr. Hall is incomparably the best lecturer we ever heard on mesmerism, 'and his experiments are perfectly unique and unequalled.—Hulifax Guardian, March 2. THE NATIONAL DEBT. It may be interesting, at the present time, to refer briefly to the reductions in the interest of the debt, which were first commenced 127 years ago. In the year 1717, the interest on part of the permanent debt was reduced from six to five per cent., and a regular sinking fund was provided by Act of Parliament (3 Geo. 1., c. 7), for the redemption of the permanent debt ; by the former operation an annual saving was effected of 328,5601.; but very little appears to have been accom plished by the action of the Sinking Fund, although the falling in of annuities effected a trifling reduction, the National Debt at the close of• the reign of Geo. 1., amounting to about 2,000,000/. less than at the conclu sion of the previous reign ; the annual charge was con siderably diminished by the reduction of interest in 1717, and by a further reduction from five per cent. to four per cent. in 1727, at the end of which year the annual charge was 2,217,551/ In the peace which prevailed during the greater part of the interval from 1727 to 1739, upwards of 5,000,0001. of the debt was discharged by the operation of the sink ing fund, and the falling in of temporary annuities. On the 31st of December, in the latter year, it amounted to about 47,000,0001., whereof about 40,000,000 i constituted the permanent debt, and the remainder consisted of terminable annuities and unfunded securi ties ; the annual charge was about 1,960,000!. From the year 1739, the National Debt received vast l i additions annually for several years ; the disturbed state of this country, owing to the landing of Charles Ed ward Stuart in 1745, and the war in which the nation engaged in 1740, in support of the Queen of Hungary's preten•ions to the throne of Austria, involved the Government necessarily in very large expenses ; the debt on the 31st of December, 1749, soon after the treaty of peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle, amounted to above 76,000,0001., being an increase during the war of 29,000,000/. In the short interval of peace which sue ceeded the treaty of 1748, the Government was enabled, by the rise in the price of Stocks, to effect a reduction in interest in the Four per Cents. This was done on the 29th of November, 1749. The stockholders were to re ceive 4 per cent. until the 25th of December, 1750; from that time till the 25th of December, 1757, they were to be allowed 3 per cent., after which time the interest was to be reduced to 3 per cent. In the year 1751 seve ral of these stocks were consolidated into one fund, amounting collectively to 9,137,821/. ; this was the ori gin of the present Consolidated Three per Cent Annui ties. Various other stocks were consolidated at the same period to the amount of 17,701,323/, forming the commencement of the present Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH B.—The supply of wools from Germany having again become temporarily suspended on account of the frost, this mar ket has been pretty well cleared of those descriptions, which are at present the most in demand. Prices may be quoted a shade higher. _ _ WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 8. —We have comparatively nothing doing in any description of wools this week ; and in order to effect sales, it would be necessary to submit to a reduction of ss. to is. 6d. per pack from our highest quotations; but as stocks can not be replaced at this reduction, little is offering. YORK WOOL MARKET.—We understand that this mar ket will commence on the 14th instant (the first Assize week). LEEDS.—The slipply of goods at our cloth halls this week has been very small in such articles as are in pre sent demand, such as low wool black cloths; in common colours; low qualities in blues and tweeds, which were taken off very freely both on Saturday and Tuesday; but fine goods, although a little more in demand than they were, are yet very dull of sale. Prices are stationary, but upon low goods, in consequence of the advance upon wool, there is a considerable advance. Business has rather improved in the warehouses during the week. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.— The late cold weather has tended to retard the operations of the home merchants in their purchases for the spring trade, which is generally expected to be more than the average of several years past, and as the stock of goods in the mar ket is low, there is a fair prospect of a healthy trade, and present prices fully maintained. The demand for , yarn being fully equal to the production, there is no ac cumulation, and the contracts for March delivery have been made at last month's prices. During the week there has been a degree of langour in the wool market; but there is no disposition shown to accept lower prices. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.-- We have this week to report a decidedly more dull market for cloth, and especially so for printing cloths, which may be quoted sixpence a piece lower, and which are heavy sale at that decline; the tendency since Tues day for this article is decidedly downwards. The gene ral opinion seems to be that the stap'e having seen its height, prices will now fall, which makes anxious sellers and shy purchasers for both goods and yarns. The de mand for the Bradford market is immense, and seems every week to increase.—Leecb Mercury. AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. MIDDLESEX and SURREY GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. STANDING ORDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. , am a shareholder in the Middlesex and Surrey Grand Junction Railway ; and have, consequently, re garded with much interest the railway applications to Parliament this session ; and I feel deeply convinced of the necessity of a most rigid revision of the standing orders, or, at least, of their being enforced with strict impartiality ; and, if you will permit me, I will contri bute a few facts in reference to the above line which may be of public utility at the present moment. At the close of November last extra Gazettes were published, containing a notice of an intended line of railway from llogg's 7 mill River, on the South Western Railway, through certain districts, to Epsom in Surrey ; and in such notice was contained a paragraph that " Application was intended to be made to Parliament for leave to let or sell the intended line to the South Wes tern Railway Company." This notice was signed by Mr. Bircham and Messrs. Morgan, solicitors, Old Jewry. The usual landowners' notice was subsequently served along the line very imperfectly, as I am informed, some land-owners being omitted—why, I do not stop to inquire—and the usual deposit of plans, &c., was made by the same parties who published the notice in the Gazette. In February a petition was presented on behalf of the South Western Railway Company (mark this!) for leave to bring in a Bill, &c, for making the line, and the same was referred to the Committee on Standing Orders. Now this Committee had to decide whether the South Western Company had, amongst other things, published the usual notices required by the Standing Orders, and the Committee decided the South Western Company had. Now, it is clear that the South Western Company never published or served a single notice, the only notice of the intended line being the above, which bears on the face of it evidence of its NOT being the South Western Company's; for none but madmen would have applied to Parliament to let or sell an intended line to themselves but the name of Mr. Bircham, the respectable solicitor to the South Western Company. being attached to that notice, in company with other solicitors' names, seems to have had an effect on the Committee. Now, here the Standing Orders are a perfect farce, and I repeat the South Western Company never served a single notice of this intended line before the presenta tion of the petition. The House, however, received a report that the Standing Orders had been complied with, and the Bill was read a second time, and, unless the Lords interfere, will become a law. From the case above-mentioned, one would naturally conclude that the Committee would not be very squeamish about the Standing Orders ; and the Mid d:esex and Surrey Company applied for an extension of time ; but, observe the different conduct pursued in this latter instance—it was refused peremptorily, no witnesses examined, and the undertaking is thrown over until next session. Now Sir, there are, or rather were, three lines of railway before the House, running to or near the town of Epsom, in Surrey—Hogg's-mill River to Epsom— Croydon to Epsom—and the Middlesex and Surrey, crossing the country betweem„,Epsom and EwelL Jus tice to Epsom demanded that the three lines should be before the Committee together, in order that the best of the three should be adopted. This is denied, and it will, in all probability, be seen that a clumsy junction of the Croydon-Epsom and Kingston-Epsom may be finally ef fected. Another consideration arises—whence arises this extraordinary power of the South Western Company to set aside a Standing Order of such vital importance to the public as the public notices in the Gazette, and individual notices along the line ? Is there a. sort of mesmeric power possessed by established companies over Com mittees of the House ? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. MILITARY STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for March.) SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The proceedings of the Athlone Tories, and "their political connexions resident in London, " against Mr. Collett's return for that previously safe Conservative borough are, probably, unequalled in the annals of political faction. The petition got up last year against that gentleman's return, and which was persisted in to the last moment, will not be speedily forgotten. The Committee selected by the House to try the merits of that petition assembled. The counsel engaged to defend the return ; the agents and wit nesses for the sitting Members were all in attend ance; when the agent for Captain Beresford ap plied for a postponement, on the ground that Mr. Cockburn, who was to have appeared for the peti tioners, was " gone to the Derby !" The Corn mittee refused to entertain the application—its desti tution-of all claim to regard was, indeed, obvious to every one. Had anything been wanting to complete the proof of its paltry character, it would have been supplied by Mr. Cockburn's letter to the public jour nals, on the following day, requesting them to state, that though at his chambers until ten o'clock the evening previously to the day appointed fur trying the merits of the petition, no brief had been sent, nor any instructions given, to him, to appear to support it before the Committee. This trifling with the privileges of Parliament—this per version of the authority of the House of Commons to the purposes of mere party malevolence, was com mented upon by us at the time. We called upon the House to visit the conduct of' the parties who had thus acted, with some tangible mark of its displeasure. Had this been done ; or had the Committee pronounced the petition against the re turn "frivolous and vexatious "—as it might and ought to have done—and thus fixed the petitioners, or their securities, with the costs incurred by Mr. Collett in defending his return, thus ground lessly called in question, the new and, if possible, yet more disgraceful experiment—made, as we verily believe, and as the evidence goes to prove, for the purpose of extortion, would not have been ven tured upon. The first abortion alleged corrupt practices against the sitting Member, or his agents, at or before the election. The second was framed and presented to the House of Commons under the new election law ; which, in cases where corrupt payments were made after an election, allowed the return to be questioned within twenty-eight days after the making of such corrupt payments. This new move was performed under the direction of a Mr. Moss, who described himself to the Committee as " resident in London, but politically connected with Athlone." This gentleman, whose description of himself seemed to afford considerable amusement to the Committee, admitted, in his cross-exami nation, that " he had advanced money for the purposes of this petition ; that he had re ceived 2001. from Messrs. Wimborne and . Collett, the solicitors of Chancery-lane, who had taken up the , petition ; that he (Mr. Moss) had advanced money out of friendship towards Mr. Beresford; and that he expected that any person who went down as a candi date on the Conservative interest, and who should be successful, would bear the expenses of this petition." Such being the questionableposition of the concoctor of the petition, and his admissions as to the worthiness of the objects for which it was projected, we now come to the petitioners, and the parties who' were called to "give evidence. The former were thus described by one of their own witnesses :—" Kelly is one of the petitioners. He is . not worth fourpence. , Fallon, another petitioner, could_ not give his .family a din ner of potatoes and milk. All the petitioners to gether could not pay half the expenses of my 1 coming to town. These poor creatures were, by the depth of their peverty, rendered more easily accessible ; and were more likely to escape the consequences of . becoming parties to the scheme. The witnesses who were ex pected to prove the accepting of money for their votes, were repudtitted by those who adduced them. They failed to prove—indeed, they completely negatived, having received any money, or anything else, in the ivay of consideration, for voting for Mr. Collett ; but one of them did let out 'that " he had been offered 451. to vote for Captain Beresford." Ve trust that the evidence will be printed by an rder of the House, and that some Member will ring the subject before the House on a question of rivilege, or in some other form, in order to ascertain ! I. ow far such proceedings as those which have een prosecuted against Mr. Collett's return for thlone, are consistent with the freedom of repre 4entation or the privileges of Parlianient. More than one party whose names appear in this affair u g ht to be called to the bar, of the House, to answer or their conduct, in thus employing the forms of he House 'to serve the purposes of election jobbery. f to sig nal an instance of utter disre. :rd to the dig.; wity of Parliament be passed over without inquiry, ith a view to prevent, by , the .punishment of the ffenders, a repetition of the offence—such prac le itioners of the trade may ply their traffic without ar. No more flagrant instance can occur; and haying allowed impu n ity t o g r ea te r , th e House cannot proceed against lesser, offenders against its rivileges. STANDARD.—The speech of the Chancellor of he Exchequer last night, in proposing the conversion f the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, received he unanimous applause of the House of Commons-- Ord it deserved it, for the speech is a model in its kind, for it is simple, clear, and unpretend ng ; rare .merits indeed, if not singular, in a -financial statement. It is proper ' to say so -nuch of, the speech in order to protect- it_ from the common fate of financial statements, the being put aside unperused by the majority of news paper readers. The plan which this most able and satisfactory speech developes 'has,' however, no small Share in the merit of the addreSs. It 'is easy, the lawyers say, to make a good speech with a good case ; in such a case all is gentle downhill .work, nice gal loping ground ; there are no objections to be an- Swered, no bye-roade to be pursued, no halting apologies to be dragged along. Mr. evulburn's merit is, however, not the less than his task, was light, when the task was lightened by his . own ar rangements, as a statesman and finanbier. His speech was easily made simple and satisfactory, be cause his plan is simple and satisfactory ; he needed iifneither bye-ways nor apologies, because he has ro osed to himself neither bye-ends nor any 'ng or which an apology is necessary. The Right on. Gentleman's plan of conversion is as follows : There are about two hundred and fifty millions of the public debt (somewhere about a third of the whole) which now pay three-and-a-half per cent. inte rest, while the remaining bulk of the debt pays but three per cent. The effect of the high character of the public faith of the country, and the confidence in the stability of the present Government and in the continuance of general peace, has caused a very extraordinary rise (more than 10 er cent.) in the price of these securities since Sir obert Peel's accession to office, a rise which is the ore remarkable because it has been (as the improve- Ment,in commerce and manufactures demonstrate), poncurrent with the application of an immense amount Of capital to active trade ; the fact being, however, that he security of British faith ' has attracted large investments from every part of the world. Prim whatever cause arising, it is certain that the Three per Cents. yesterday were very nearly at Oar, being at 98i, and the Three-and-a-Half at 91_ les_ above par t and this has been pretty steadily the rate of prices for several months. The time, therefore, for paying off or converting the stock, which had improved in value beyond what' was contemplated by borrower and lender when the loan was originally made, and plainly arrived. If the nation, by paying 505., could re lieve itself of 10s. interest—observing the strictest good faith all the while—the nation was clearly entitled to do so, and the Minister to whose hands the care of the, national finances is confided was bound to avail himself of the opportunity of Laving some 14 per cent. of. a large annual dram. Accordingly, Mr. Goulburn resolved '-to - reduce the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. to Three per Cent., either by conversion into Three 'per Cent. (paying the marketable difference), or by paying off the whole, at the will of the holder. Far ma n y rea sons, however, it seemed advisable to break the descent of the holders of the Three and-a-Half per Cents., instead of holding them to the strict right ; the sudden diminution of income to many, though what they ought to have foreseen, might prove inconvenient, while the balance, which in one way or other they were to receive 41 consideration of that diminution, might, .if very great, disturb the Money Market: Upon these considerations, the Chancellor of the Exchequer wisely creates for the occasion an intermediate stock bearing three and a quarter per cent. interest for ten years ; but after that bearing interest three per cent, ~ and no more . ; and into this stock he pro poses to convert the 250 millions of Three and a-Half per Cents. a n immediate saving to the country of 62.5,0001. per annum, and at the end of ten years a saving of 1,250,000/. per annum—a saving in the whole, certainly, , equivalent to an extinction of fifty or sixty millions of the public, debt. This is something to be boasted of by a Minis try not more than two years and a half old; which, at its accession to office, found the national debt increas ing at the rate of three or foUr millions annually, but Mr. Goulburn makes no boast of the achievement, he leaves the praise where the praise no doubt is ultimately 'due, to the untiring energy and inviolable British good faith o f th e nation ; and he is right. It is honour high enough for any mortal statesman to say that he is worthy to give direction to such energy, and to be the guardian of such faith.' And this honour was unanimously awarded last' night to Sir Robert reel and his F2l , leaio:&,' - dt d . the ntition'Wilt 'Confirin - the' award. , Commerce revived and extended—universal peace abroad, conquered by glorious victories over all who THREE-AND-A-lIALP PER CENTS. ,The following are the resolutions to bernoved in Committee :- 1. Resolved-That all and every' per son or persons, bodies politic and corporate, who now is or are or hereafter may be inte rested in or entitled unto any part of the National Debt, redeem. able by law, which now carries an interest after the rate of 31. 10s. per centum per annum, and known in Ireland by the several mimes of 3/, 10s. per CentumOld Stock and Gov ernment Debentures, Irish Si. 10s. per Centu m Reduced Annuities, and New 3/. 10s. per Centum Anntittles and Government Debentures, and known in Great Britain by the several names of 31. 10s. per Centum Reduced Annuities, and New 3/. 10s. per Centum An nuities, the dividends of which are paid either at the Bank of England "or at the Bank of Ireland respectively, and who shall not signify his, her, or their dissent the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall for every 100/. of such 31. 10s. per Centum An nuities, or Government Debentdres, receive fbr every 'lOO4 o f such 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities or Government Debentures, lON.. in . a new Stock, to be called "3!. 55. per Centum An nuities," which said Annuities shall continue to be paid at the rate. of 3/. 58. per centum per annum until the 10th day of October, 1854 ; and from and after that date the said Annuities shall carry interest at the rate of 31 per centum per annum, which said last-mentioned Annuities shall not be subject to reduction until from and after the 10th day of October, 1874 ; and the dist. dends or interest of the said "31. ss. per Cent um Annuities," and "New 'dL per * Centum' Annuities ," shall be paid and payable at the Bank of, England; or at the Brink of Ireland, on the sth day of April and the 10th day of October in each and every year ; the first half-yearly dividend on' the said "3/. ss. per Centum An. nuitio" shall be payable on the sth day of. April, 1845; and that the said "31. Ss: per Centum Annuities," and the " New 31. per Cent= Anniiities," reMectively, shall be free from all taxes, charges, and Impositions, in the like manner as the said 3/. 10s. per Centura Annuities. 2. Resolved-That the Interest and. Dividends payable in re. spent of the said " 31. 58. per Ceritum Annuities," and " New 31. per Centum Annuities," shall be charged and payable upon the Consolidated Fund of the .United Kingdom of Great Britain and 3. Resolved-That.all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, who shall not, , within the period commencing on Monday, the llth day of March, 1844, And ending On' Saturday, the 23d day of March, 1844; both days inclusive, signify his, her, or their dissent froufaccepting and receiving a share in the said " 31. hs. per Centum Annuities," and" New 31. per Centum An nuities," in lieu of his, her, or their respective shares in the before. mentioned 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities of Governnient Deben tures, in the manner hereinafter - directed, shall .be - deemed "and taken to have consented to accept and receive the same : Provided always, That if any proprietor or proprietors of the said Si.. 10s: per Cranium Annuities dial' not be within the limits of the United Kingdom at any time between Monday, the 11 th 'day of March, 1844, and Saturday, the 23d day of March, 1844, both days inclu sive, but shall be in any other part of Europe, it shall be lawful for such proprietor or proprietors to signify such dissent at any time before the 2d day of June, 1844 ; and if any such proprietor or proprietors shall not, at any time between the 11th day of March, 1844, and the 2d day of June, 1844, be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful for him, her, or them to signify such dissent at any time before the Ist day of February, 1845, such proprietor or proprietors proving to the satisfaction of the Governor or Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, or to the Governor or Deputy Governor of The Bank of Ireland, according to the Bank in which his Annuities of 31. 10s. per centum may be placed, and the Dividends and Interest payable, his, her, or their abience from the. United Kingdom, or out of Europe, as above specified, and that his, her, or their share or shares of such 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities stood in his, her, or their name or names respectively on the 22d day of March, 1644, in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank to which he shall signify his dissent : provided, that such proprietor or proprietors, so absent from the United Kingdom:or out of Europe, shall signify such his, her, or their dissent within ten days after his, her, or their return to the United Kingdom. 4. Resolved-That provisio n shall be made for paying off such proprietor or proprietors of any of the said 31.-10 s. per Centum Annuities before mentioned as shall signifY his, her, or their dis sent from accepting and receiving any share in the said " 3/. ss. pei Centum Annuities," and " New 31. per Centum Annuities," in lieu therea • 5. Resolved-,That all persons, bodies. politic. and 'corporate, possessed of any part of the before mentioned 31. I.os..per Centum Annuities, and who shall desire to signify such dissent as aforesaid, shall, between the 11th day of March, 1844, and the 23d day of . March, 1844, both. inclusive, by themselves, or some agent or agents for that purpose dujy authorised, signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or to the Gpvernor and Company of the Bank of Ireland respectively, in which their Capital Stock of W. lOs. per Centum Annuities may be placed, such dissent in writing, under his, her, or their hand or hands, together with the amount of his, her, or their respective shares in the said 3!. 10s. per Centum Annuities, and which said dissent shall be entered in a book or books, to be opened and kept by the said Governor and Company of each of the said Banks for that pur. pose, and numbered in the order in which his, her, or their dissen t shall be received by the said Governor and company of either of the said Banks; and in case of ally transfer of such shares, or any part or parts thereof, after such dissent, the part or parts so transferred shall be entered in the said books under the same numbers as were fixed to such shares when the dissent was eo signified; and every such dissentient proprietor or proprietors, or his, her, or their assigns, under such transfer, shall be paid off in such order, and at such periods, and in such manner as Parliament I may direct. 6. Resolved-That every proprietor or. proprietors of the said 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities, the Dividends and Interest on which are payable the sth day of. April, and the 10th day of October, shall receive the dividends tine thereupon for the half.year up to the .10th day of October, 1844, and no longer; and every proprietor or proprietors of the said 3/. 101. per Centum Annuities, the Dividends andlnterest on which are pay.. able on the sth day of January and the sth day of July, shall re ceive the dividend due thereupon for the half-year up to the sth day of July, 1844, and shall also receive one quarter's Dividend thereon up to the 10th day of October, 1844, and nob:ever ; and the several before-mentioned 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities shall be paid off or converted into Si. ss. per Centum Annuities, and New 3!. per Centum Annuities is manner aforesaid, 'reins and after the 10th day of October, 1844; and no transfer of any of the before mentioned 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities to or from the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or to or from the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, shall take place from and after the 6th day of March, 1844. 7. Resolved--That all executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees, may signify such dissent in respect of such shares of any of the 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities, for the holding of which their names are made use of respectively; and all executors, ad ministrators, guardians, and trustees, not signifying such dissent, shall be deemed to have assented as aforesaid, and shall be in demnified in respect thereof 8. Resolved-That all and every person and persons, bodies I politic and corporate, who now is or are or hereafter may be in.. terested in or entitled unto any part of the National Debt redeem. able by law, which now carries an interest after the rate of 31. 10s. per centum per annum, and is usually. known by the name of " 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818," the Divi dends of which are payable at the Bank of England on the sth day of April and 10th day of October in each year, and who shall not signify his, her, or their assent to accept 31. 55. per Centum Annuities, and New 3!. per Centum. Annuities, upon the terms, and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall on the 10th day of October, 1844, receive the sum of 1001. for every 1001. of such 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities, 1818, which may be then standing in his, her, or their name or names, and the said amount of capital of such Annuities shall, from the said,loth day of Oc. tober, 1844, be considered as cancelled and paid off, and no in terest shall from thenceforth accrue, or become payable thereon. 9. Resolved-That provision shall be made by this House for paying off such proprietor or proprietors of the said 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities, 1818, as shall not signify his, her, or their assent to accept and receive a share in 3/.55. per Centum Annuities and New 31. per Centum Annuities in lieu thereof. 10. Resolved-That all and every person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, who shall hold or be possessed of any such 31. 10s. perCentum Annuities, 1818, and who shall, on or before Saturday, the 20th day of April, signify in the manner hereafter directed, his, her, or their assent to accept and receive 3/. 5,. per Centum Annuities, in lieu of his, her, or their respective share or shares in the said 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities, 1818, shall, for every 1001. of such 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities, 1818, receive 100!. in a New Stock to be called " 31. ss. per Centum Annuities," which said Annuities shall continue to be paid at the rate of 31. Sr. per centum per annum, until the 10th day of October, 1854, and from and after that date the said Annuities shall carry interest at the rate of 3!. per centum per annum, and shall be called " . New 31. per Centum Annuities," which said last-mentioned Annuities shall not be subject to reduction until from and after the 10th day of October, 1874 ; arid the said 31. ss. per Centum Annuities, and the New 3/. per Centum Annuities, respectively, shall be free from all taxes, charges, and impositions, in the like manner as the said 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818; and the Dividends or Interest of the said 3/. 58. per Centum Annuities, and New 31. per Cent= Annuities, shall be paid and payable at the Bank of England, or at the Bank of Ireland, on the sth day of April and 10th day of October in each and every year; and the first half. yearly Dividend on the said 31. 51. per Centum Annuities shall be payable on the sth day of April, 1645. 11. Resolved-That all and every person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, possessed of any part of the 3/. - 10 s. per Cont... A i-irmitico le eo, ....a wno snan desire to signify his, her, or their assent to receive thesaid 3/. ss. per Centum Annuities and New 31. per Centum Annuities, in lieu thereof, shall, on or be fore the 20th day of April, 1844, but within the usual hours of transacting business at the Bank of England, by themselves or some agent or agents for that purpose duly authorised, signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England such assent in writing under his, her, or their hand or hands, or the hand or hands of his, her, or their agent or agents, together with the amount of his, her, or their respective share or shares in the said 31. los. per Cent= Annuities 1818, and which said assent shall be entered in a book or books to be opened and kept by the said Governor and Company for that purpose; and in case of any transfer of such share or shares of such Annuities, or any part or parts thereof, after such assent, the part or parts of such An nuities so transferred shall be entered in the said book or books of the said Governor and Company separately from the said 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, in respect of which no such assent shall be signified, and every such person or persons so assenting, or his, her, or their assigns, or the executors or administrators of such assigns, under any such transfer. shall, hom the 10th day of October, 1844, be entitled to 100!. of such 31: bs. per Centum An nuitiei and New 31. per Centum Annuities, in lieu of every 1001. of their said 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, Capital Stock Provided always, that if any person or persons holding any such 31. 105. per Centum Annuities 1816, shall not be within the limits of the United Kingdom at any time between the lI th and 23d days of March, 1844, both inclusive, but shall be 'in any other part of Europe, it shall be lawful for such person or persons to signify such assent at any time before the Ist day of July, 1844 ; and if any such person or persons shall not at any time between,. the 11th day of March, 1844, and the Ist day . of July, 1844, be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful for him, her, or thems, to signify such assent at any time beArre the Ist day of February. 1845, such person or persons proving to the satisfaction of th• Governor or Deputy-Governor et the Bank of England, his, her, or their absence from the United Kingdom, or out of Europe, as above specified, and that his, her, or their share or shares of such 3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities, 1818, stood in his, her, or their name or names respectively, or in the name or names of any one or more trustee or trustees, on his, her, or their behalf, in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng. land, on th e 23d day of March, 1844: Provided also, that suck, person or persons so absent from the United Kingdom, or out or.' Europe, shall signify such Iris, her, or their assent, within tens days after his, her, or their return to the United Kingdoms. 12. Resolved-That the Interest and Dividends payable in respect of the said 31, ss. per Centum Annuities and New 3/. per Centum Annuities shall be charged and chargeable upon, and shall be issued and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund of the United and K th e indg 10th Greatomof dayof o ß cto rti r B r itain an d e d v l e r r e y Ireland, , r en the bth day of April 13. Resolved That -every proprietor or proprietors of the said 31 1818, shall receive the Dividends of the iOa. perd said Annuiti e s tirereon on the 10th day of O c t o b er„ sCentum Annuitiesdue 1844, and no longer. IC Resolved-That it shall be lawfbl for the Accountant_ General of the Courts of Chancery in England and Ireland res. pectively, and also for the Accountant-General of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, and for the Accountant in Bankruptcy in England, at any time before the . Bth : day of Jul' 1844..t0 • signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, oh behalf of any suitor or suitors, or others interested Tin any such 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities 1618, standing in the names of such Accountants-General and Accountant respectivel SIR ROBERT PEEL ON DUELLING, The reply of Sir Pobert -Peek° a question respecting the propriety of introducing measures for the suppres sion of duelling, lately put to him in the House of Com mons, must have attracted the attention of our readers, and we dare say raised in the minds of some persons a little surprise. "I am determined " said the Minister, " to do what I can to put down this barbarous remnant of other times, and therefore I have refused to grant the pension to which she was entitled to the unfortunate widow of an officer, whose death in a duel has lately attracted the public attention." Some people ' we say, may have wondered a little at the mode of discountenancing this practice adopted by the Right Hon. Baronet. Poor Mrs. Fawcett, we presume, required no extraordinary mea sure to deter her from affording any countenance to duelling ; but she is to be deprived, it may be, of the means of maintaining her own and her children's posi tion in society, as a warning for the future. On the other hand, we believe the two seconds engaged in the transaction which ended in Mrs. Fawcett's premature widowhood, are still in the enjoyment of military pay and rank, and it is not impossible that one or both of them may again be exposed to hazard: similar to those from which they have recently escaped. For them, however, the punishment inflicted on the helpless widow is, it would appear, to be 4 sufficient warning. We do not mean to say that these gentlemen ought to be dismissed from the army ; on the contrary, we think (in the present state of opinion) such a course would be one of great injustice. We do, however, wish to show the monstrous inconsistency of punishing, by the way of example, one who is not only innocent, but who is not in a position- ever to be guilty of the offence in question. We have received the following letter from a correspondent, the inquiry in which we admit our in ability to answer : "TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING MAIL. Kenmare, March 4, 1844. " Sir,—My attention has been directed to some observations made by Sir Robert Peel, on the subject of duelling, in answer to a- question in the House of Commons. , " Poor Fawcett was my friend and comrade ; he paid the penalty of his fault; the seconds appear to me those most to blame ; but they escape without a penalty. " My friend's widow is stated to be the victim for her husband's fault or crime. " Is this the fact ? " Mrs. Fawcett, I believe, has an income far beyond the limit at which the widow of an officer can claim a pension ! " Is it possible that our present liberal Prime Minister, for the sake of conciliating Hon. Gentlemen opposite, has made use of a rhetorical artifice ?' Pray enlighten us on the subject, for though I am residing here at this mo ment, I am yours truly. AN OLD MAJOR."— Dublin Mail. MR. SPENCER T. HALL'S LEC TURES ON MESMERISM. The war with France, which broke out in 1756, though it continued but seven years, added nearly 64,000,0001. to the public debt, which, at the conclusion of the war in 1763, amounted to 138,800,0001., entailing an annual charge upon the nation of 4,800,0001. During the twelve years of tranquillity which succeeded the peace of Paris, about 10,400,000/. of the debt was dis charged, so that at the commencement of the American war, in 1775, the debt amounted to 128,500,0001.; during the seven years in which this country was engaged in war with the United States, the National Debt was more than doubled, for although the independence of America was acknowledged in 1782, yet loans were raised in several subsequent years, in order to defray the remaining expenses of the war. It was not until 1786 that the revenue was found to be sufficient for the expenditure ; on the sth of January in that year the debt amounted to 268,100,0004, including the Terminable Annuities taken at a valuation; the annual charge was 9,500,0001. It was in this year that a sinking fund was established for the reduction of the debt, that constituted by 3 Geo. 1., c. 7, having become obsolete. The Act of Parliament by which the Sinking Fund of 1786 was was established (26th Geo. 111., c. 31) appointed certain Commissioners to carry its objects into effect, who are continued in office by the act 9 Geo. IV.; the Commissioners are the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master of the Rolls, the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, and the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, for the time being. The fund, which was to consist of 1,000,0001. annually, after passing through various modifications, was finally amended by the Act of 10 Geo. IV., c. 27, passed the Ist of June, 1829, which provides that from the sth of July, 1829, there shall be issued out of the Consolidated Fund only such annual sums as shall appear to be the actual sur plus revenue of the United Kingdom, to be applied towards the reduction of the National Debt by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose ; and that the Lords Com missioners of the Treasury shall, every quarter, make up accounts of the annual revenue for the four preceding quarters, and one-fourth of the annual surplus to be is sued to the Commissioners for the reduction of the-Na tional Debt, who are to publish in the London Gazette the sum which will be so applicable in the ensuing quarter. —Observer. On Tuesday evening, Mr. Spencer T. Hall, editor of the Phreno-Magnet, commenced a s series of lectures on this interesting and mysterious science, in the New As sembly Rooms, Harrison -road. We had almost eon eluded that mesmerism had become a threadbare topic, and little regarded by the public; but the well-merited reputation of Mr. Hall as a lecturer, and the startling nature of the phenomena he educes, brought together a large and respectable audience, who manifested, if pos sible, a greater interest in the wonderful experiments submitted to them than we have witnessed upon any pre vious occasion. The lecturer commenced by a few intro ductory observations, and quoted somewhat largely from old authors of acknowledged merit it proof that mesme rism is no new science. Upon the conclusion of his most interesting lecture, he announced his intention of submitting a series of experiments, but requested that the audience would elect a chairman to watch and re port the proceedings. The assembly with one voice elected, Major Pollard, who in obedience to the general request took the chair. The experiments then proceeded, and were of an en tirely different class to those submitted to Halifax audiences upon previous occasions. The patients when operated upon were in a vigilant state. -A young man of the name of Holbrook was operated upon in this manner; his arms were extended, rendered rigid, and then by one waive of Mr. Hall's hands both arms were contracted. Two powerful gentlemen were then requested to hold the arms, and prevent their contraction. The signal being given that they were ready, the experiment was made, and despite their endeavours, both arms were in stantly contracted. A young man of the name of Lees, a compositor in the Guardian office, was introduced, and several most curious experiments performed upon him. His hand was fastened upon a chair by two or three motions of the hand of the operator ; Lees was of fered any sum of money if he would remove it ! He tried, but in vain ; a few moments after the hand was drawn Off from the chair, as if by some serious impulse, and he was offered 201. if he would place his hand upon the chair ;, he tried, but found himself absolutely rivetted to the spot and unable to move even as much as a hair's breadth. A little boy from Bradford was then intro duced, and several similar experiments were performed upon him. Mr. J. H. Mitchell offered the little fellow a sovereign if he would only take his hand from the chair, and held the coveted coin before him ; the boy looked wistfully at the'tempting gift, and exerted his utmost to win the prize, but in vain. The audience expressed their astonishment at the almost incredible experiment whi c h they themselves witnessed. Th e three patients were then thrown into the most grotesque shapes ; with deformed limbs, the St, Vitus's dance, palsied arms, andin one in stance one of them was struck dumb at the will of the operator! All thii may sound strange, but we pledge our selves we are only recording facts which were, witnessed by. hundreds. One of the patients was unalterably fixed with his finger pointing towards a given object, and de clared his utter inability to stir. Money, bribes, and every inducement were offered him, but to no purpose. Holbrook and Lees were then placed back to' back, and by .a few passes of the hand inseparably fastmied—glued together. Their endeavours to get from each other were laughable, and was only effected by Mr. Hall demesme rising them. The influence of music (by Taylor's Quad rille band) was then tried, and several most beautiful and astonishing effects were produced. At the conclusion of the lecture, a vote of thanks was given byatclamation to -the Chairman, who in reply passed a glowing eulogium upon Mr. Hall ; the Gallant Major said that much as he had been surprised at the experiments which he had witnessed as performed by Mr, Craig, he was still more astounded at what he had witnessed that evening. The audience then separated, wondering "how these things could be ?' On Wednesday evening the room was crowded, and at the request of many parties, present, several of the pre vious evening's experiments were repeated, during which a singular and somewhat painful. circumstance occurred. Mr. Hall is not, apparently, afraid. of having three or four patients under , the mesmeric influence at one and the same time, and moves among them with the utmost ease ; but there is evident danger in allowing ',gentlemen promiscuously to meddle with the parties operated upon while in a state of coma. During the course of some singular experiment upon what phrenologi s t s t erm t h e organ of tune, aeveral phrenologists were invited, upon the plat form, and, while. Mr. Hall was attending •tb another patient, Mr. M'Taggart incautiously placed his hand upon different parts of the head of Holbrook, who' was soon after thrown into; convulsions, with locked jaw. The audience were detained three quarters of an hour, with the joint endeavours of Mr. Hall and. Mr. M`Tag gart to demesinerise the patient. The lecturer attri buted the cause to what he termed cross-mesmerism ; certainly the young. man appeared to suffer greatly, and was not able to, have any other experiment ; performed upon him the `'hole of the remaining part of the evening. Mr. Crossley, of Dean Clough Mills, wished to intro duce to Mr. Hall a young man, whom he was Certain the lecturer had never seen before, and upon whom he (Mr. Crossley) was anxiousto.see if any effects would' be pro duced. Mr. Hall allowed the young man (Baxendale) to come l upon the platform, and in a moment or two the young man found his arms extended,. and as stiff as twc pokers The terror depicted in his countenance as he eyed each limb, and felt his awkward posi tion, produced shouts of laughter from the audience. A decent werking-man came forward, who was said to be a confirmed stammerer ' • his friends and severa l me di ca l gentlemen attested th e tact; in a short time he spoke correctly, fluently, and pronounced the word Canter bury with great rapidity of utterance I Mr. H. pro mised to give one of his, friends some instruetions how to act, and expressed his, belief that the man would be effectually cured ! Several most wonderful experiments were performed by.uniting the patients with each other; fastening them to the platform ; removing them at plea sure ; and then by a few twirls of the hand making them spin round, contrary to their own will, until the audience were dizzy with -beholding them. Several startling musical experiments were also educed. But the most astounding phenomenon was the suggestive dreaming, or something else, of one of the young men at the ,close of the lecture, and which seemed to petrify the audience. The young man was about to be awoke, when he suddenly laid himself down: and commenced making a series (apparently) of astrological signs upon 'the carpet ; a sheet of,paper was given him and a pen cil ; the latter he refused, and taking out a pencil and knife from his pocket, be pointed and cut the pencil (without injury to his fingers) and then wrote a predic tion that but it would be unwise in us to proceed ! The lecture : shortly after terminated, and the audience separated tenfold more amazed than ever. On ,Thursday evening, the splendid room was again crowded. Pre v ious to the commencement of the experi .ments.Captain Stansfield, of Field House was called to the chair, and read a paper which hid been put in his hand, ,and which stated that in consequence of Mr. Hall's interesting experiments, a Medical Commission had been determined upon in Halifax, to investigate the truth, or : otherwise, of mesmerism. Dr. Inglis stated that this resolution had 'been come to by the medical gentlemen irrespective of their belief in mesmer ism.' 'Mr. Hall then proceeded with the experiments, and., succeeded in, .bringing out several very subtle phrenological manifestations in the patient Holbrook. He then educed several wonderful experiments in the vigilant state. In- one of them he placed Holbrook, Lees, and a little boy back to back in a cluster, giiing at the same time a slight motion with his own back. A good sum of money was -offered if the trio would separate, but in spite of all exertion they clove together ! The operator attracted :them to himself or repelled them at pleasure, fastened them to the ground, and then whirled them round. In another experiment 'the points of the fore fingers of two young men were placed in. contact ; a sudden jerk was given by the operator, and by some means' or other the two young men wer/ fastened to each other by their'finier-ends."tfiducement was offered them to separate, but all to nepurpose ; for a moment one of them,disengaged Minsk, but he was in-. stantly attracted back again, as if by some irresistible impulse, and until the operator simply 'lifted his finger 'they were inseperahle-r- Our preient , otti:enu-- inerating many other equally startling and mysterious lexperiments. We perceive that Mr. Hall has been in- IRON STEAMERS. The relative claims to preference for durability, safety, and general efficiency of timber and of iron built steamers—especially as to that class of steam-ships, which being destined for the service of her Majesty's navy, are to carry guns, with complete war equipments, materiel, complement of men, &c.—have long divided the opinions of professional judges. Every day increases the importance of a sound and authoritative decision on this important matter. We extract from the private correspondence of the Post, dated Portsmouth, 7th inst., some observations that we commend to our readers' attention. With regard to the Elberfeldt, lost on our coast a few weeks ago, whilst on her passage to be over hauled in the yard of her builders, Ravenhill and Co., it is fair to observe, that she was one of the most per fect models ever turned out by our river builders. Her extreme length expressly adapted to the service for which she was built—river navigation—(she was a Rhine steamer)—was no disparagement to the judgment of her architects. She was never intended for the sea; and it is to be deeply lamented that she should have been sent over in so boisterous a season as that on which she went down off one of our most dangerous shores:— " The attention of the naval world has recently been directed to the construction of iron steamers, and more particularly so since the late lamentable catastrophe in the case of the Elberfeldt. It is the opinion of many scientific individuals, that similar fatal results may be expected from iron vessels, for little or no warning is given ere they founder, after they once show symptoms of weakness from corrosion or other causes. An iron steam-boat, on her passage from England to the East lndies, nearly collapsed, when off the island of Madagascar, and which result was only prevented by the prompt measures resorted to by her commander, who caused strengthening pieces, to be immediately screwed up to the sides, and thus pre vented the rending or separating of the fabric. Vessels of a size similar to the six iron steamers now being built by contract for the Government as dispatch boats, may perhaps be usefully and safely adopted, provided the iron and materials with which they are constructed are of a proper strength and thickness, but it is a matter of the deepest consideration how far it may be safe or expedient to construct iron steam-vessels of such a magnitude as the Great Britain at Bristol, which is upwards of 300 feet in length, or even of the size of the Vulcan war -steamer, now building at Liverpool, which is 220 feet long." THE REPEAL QUESTION. (From the Tablet.) We know there are many persons in this country who are disposed to think that the repeal cause is de feated ; who take Mr. O'Connell's present moderation as proof of his despair ; some who even wish well to repeal, but see no escape from the complication of diffi culties by which it is beset, and are half-inclined to sup pose that, sooner or later, it must be abandoned. We imagine that the Tories, when they talk of their " great triumph," are of this class. They think O'Connell is their great enemy, and they fancy that if they can tame him into moderation, all else is easy of accomplishment. Miserable, short-sighted politicians! The grievances of Ireland ; the deep, shocking, sub stantial wrongs, embedded as they are, in famine ;.the insults she endures ; the memories she has laid up against a day of reckoning—these things are not mere vain imaginations, dreams that are likely to pass as morning approaches ; nor are they now lessening and fading away. Would O'Connell's death remove any of these things ? Assuredly not. The truth is the very reverse of this. Strange as it may seem, it is true, that when O'Connell passes away, with him will pass one of the strongest links that bind together the Saxon and the Celt. Celt as he is, violent as his language has some times been, O'Connell has more sympathy with the English character, more liking for England, more affec tion and respect for Englishmen than the groat majority of• his repealing countrymen. O'Connell is a strong link to bind together Ireland and England. So long as O'Connell lives, and has his faculties, we are persuaded the wax party will neverget the upper hand. Ills character and power are a sure guarantee for peace. The English Ministers stand in awe of him on the one hand, he, restrains his own followers on the other. But, when he passes away—may God have mercy on him— these two things will be changed, unless the question be settled in his lifetime. The Ministers will take upon them to despise the party deprived of his gigantic strength. The Repealers will want the regulating, mode rating force which his weight throws into the popular counsels. The two parties will be hurled together with every ill-feeling embittered with full scope given on the one side to fear, contempt, and aversion; and on the other to the burning passions of hatred, and a somewhat unruly pa triotism. The strong hand will be wanting that now restrains and coerces both. What must be the inevit able result ? We shudder to think what it may be, un less by a special interposition the Almighty smoothes the way for peace. Let England give way now, and make an honourable surrender to the claims of justice with such securities as are fitting, and the matter may be arranged peaceably. So long as O'Connell lives this will be pos sible. But if the question be deferred longer, we see no help for it, but that the question must have an ending in blood. PosT-orricE.--The following notice was issued on Saturday at St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" The Postmaster- General having now ascertained that an overland post exists between Sydney, New South Wales, and Port Philip, all letters and newspapers posted hereafter addressed to any of the towns in the settlement of Port Philip will be sent by packet to Sydney, unless specially mentioned 'by private ship.' Letters not so marked will be charged with the packet rate of ls. and newspapers will be sent free of postage. This regUlation does not apply to letters and newspapers addressed . to the other British colonies in Australia, i Dieman's Land, South Australia, Western Australia, nor to New Zea land.—By command, W. L. Maberly, Secretary." In The Times, of yesterday, we noticed a letter, addressed to Lord Ashley, by the Hon. arid Rev. G. S. Osborne, on the condition of the agricultural labourers. We publish, to-day, in another colnmn, a short, but most emphatic, epistle from the same pen, addressed to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, as president of the new Society for the Protection of Agriculture. The writer sim ply reminds his Grace of the fact that there is a race of beings higher in the scale of creation than bullocks and sheep—a race whose physical condition is equally suscep tible of improvement with that of oxen and herds—whose existence—nay, whose comforts—are equally necessary to agriculture with those of the beasts of the field— and yet who, by some strange oversight, have never been invited to take their share of protection at the hands of the Agricultural Society. Accordingly, h e d raws t h e charitable inference, that it is to the want of information respecting the necessities of this race, that thi s neg l ec t must be attributed, and entertains no doubt that the Duke of Richmond and his staff will " feel grateful" to receive it. The information which he proposes to im part is as follows : " We will send up to your Committee from a few of the agricultural counties—say Bucks, Dorset, Wilts, and Somersetshire—authenticated statements of the amount of wages, by the day and by the piece, paid, to the various classes of labourers in those counties ; in what form the said wages are paid ; th e va l ue an d nature of the different privileges or advantages offered to the labourers over and above such wages ; also, of the nature of the dwellings afforded the labourers, the material of which they are built, the size and num ber of the rooms, the drainage (where any exists), the rent paid for them, the state of repair in which they are generally found, and the number and ages of the individuals of both sexes who may be compelled to sleep in the same room ; the existence or non-exist ence of other matters generally considered conducive to decency, also, of the poor-law, we will give the amount of relief allowed to the old and infirm . out of th e ' h ouse ,' the general treatment of all applicants who apply for relief, with such particulars of the advice g i ven , an d the relief afforded, as may indicate the measure of charitable feeling evinced by the guardians in each union :—we will add a few sketches from life in union houses, to prove the advantages, or otherwise, of herding poor people of all sorts of cha rac t er toget h er . " To corroborate our evidence, we will give you the names of certain parties, the viva voce exami nation of whom, we think, would be advisable— such as medical-officers, relieving-officers, midwives, and undertakers, taking care to furnish you with a list of leading questions likely to assist you in such examination. And now I will only add, that if your Grace will kindly accept this assistance—ifyou and your colleagues will only give to the labourer's condition one half the attention you have given to the con dition of the landlord and tenant, and • the im provement of the condition of your cattle—l have no doubt but that you will arrive at the conclu l i - sion at which I have arrived—that there is no one creature belonging to the farm, there -is not an animal you rear to use or to sell, that has been subject to so much neglect, in everything that tends to his im provement, as the labourer. Compare the way he is housed, fed, clothed, and valued, with the way in which the animals he tends for you are treated in these parti culars ; and then answer to the public and to yourself— why in the present agitation he is overlooked." Most heartily do we concur in this salutary pro position, and most cordially do we rejoice to see that a sincere though late appeal is being made by gen tlemen of station and influence in behalf of a class of people whose very dependence and difficulties have been made the grounds of their oppression and contempt. But what, we as k , h as pro d uced th i s com plication of misery, the utter disregard of which the Rev. Mr. Osborne, so justly and so feelingly con con trasts with the care and attention bestowed on the brute creation ? What, but the ten years' trial of that atrocious law which Whigs and Tories, and nearly all the landowner s o f E ngland, pronounce d t o be just and wise ? Talk of agricultural protection for the sake of the labourers indeed ! we wonder it has not been plainly demanded for the sake of the pigs and cat tle. Let the authors and a bett ors o f th a t " dark d ocu ment," which recommended that 'at a certain period all out-door relief should cease, that the indoor relief—that is, the diet provided for the in mates of the workhouse —should be gradually re duced in quantity and quality, and that the guardians should be empowered to reduce even this miserable pit tance if they could safely do so, but on no account to in crease it,—let those persons answer for the horrible consequences which the liberal enforcement of their sys tem has produced.—Times of Saturday. FIVE MEN DROWNED. --On the morning of Mon day last, during the continuance of the storm, five fishermen from Clogher were lost. They had proceeded to sea on the previous evening, and were overtaken by the gale. The boat which the unfortunate men were in was found drifting about at the Nanny-water. By this melancholy occurrence, 16 children are left fatherless and unprovided for.—Drogheda Journal. ALMACIeS. — The Ladies Patronesses of these as semblies have determined to commence a series of balls before Easter. The opening ball is appointed for the 25th instant, on which day her Majesty is to hold her Drawing-room at St. James's: From there not being any full dress assembly that night, and the influence of the mere announcement of the first ball, the attendance is likely to be more than ordinarily numerous. The Ladies Patronesses remain precisely the same as last year. __ --- THE. REV. MR. HEAD.—The Exeter papers state that the subscription got up to defray the costs of the pro ceedings of the action in the Ecclesiastical Court, against the Rev. Mr. Head, has been sufficient for the purpose, and the Bishop of Exeter's legal expenses in the suit have been dis charged ; they were not so heavy as was anticipated.. Any further sum raised will go to Mr. Head himself, who is still a sufferer to the extent of 1,500/. by the sentence, which de prived him of his living. NATIONAL ANIMALS' FRIEND SOMETY.—This So ciety has been particularly active during the past week. Its officers have prosecuted upwards of thirty cases of heart rending cruelty in London, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Worcester, Birmingham, Coventry, Brighton, Rich mond, &c. Radcliffe and 138 F took into custody the driver of Starkie's dust-cart for ill-treating and torturing a horse which was overladen, and severe wounds under the harness—fined 20s. by Mr. Twyford. Also John WWI, for a similar offence ; the horse had a wound 'on its back, eight inches in circumference—fined lOs by Mr. Greenwood, at Clerkenwell. They also charged Thomas Wilde, a cab-driver, with ill-treating and torturing a horse at night—fined 20s. and costs by Mr. Bond, at Queen -square ; he was also fined 20s. for working with a false badge. Mr. Thomas G. Plume and Mr. H. M. May charged John Walters, before Alderman Hughes, for cruelly torturing a h o rse, and working with out a badge— he was 'fined 10s. Mr. Thomas P l ume and Mr. H. M. M a y, groom, but di rec t e d also charged Samuel Hardwick (groom to Sir Si mon Cl ar k e, Bart.), for cruelty, in whippings horse which had severe w oun d s under the collar. Mr. Rawlinson did not think that a case of that two t n h w a su h d inm o b : a e to n tnhsmadethe time, tsihm o oeu u l t againstdwbaes isissued ed against driving the the horse, b u t res i s t e d the officer. and escaped. Bailey , assisted by Sergeant Griss,h his master (Sir e 1 F, took into custody a man in the employ of Mr. Jones, of Walworth, for driving a horse in an unfit condition to work— he was fined 40e. and costs; and Mr. Twyford ordered the horse to be taken care of until it was well.—(From a Cor reseident.) THE BEST FRIENDS OF THE TORIES.---We observe that both League and Anti-League meetings in London have lately been broken in upon by the Chartists, and con verted into scenes of confusion and uproar —by way, we sup pose, of, showing the superior toleration, liberality, and love of discussion, of Chartist politicians, over every other section of the community. - This policy of the Chartists is, how ever, no new policy. It has already been tried before in this country, when Toryism was in the ;wen dani. In the times of Sidmouth and Castlereagh, hired ruffians used to be sent into public meetings to in terrupt the, proceedings, and convert them, if possible, into scenes of turbulence and violence. By this means the mid dle classes were forced into the arms of the Government, despotic though it was, as their only protection from de struction. It is lamentable to reflect that the same policy is now being pursued (we know not exactly at whose insti gation) by the men who put themselves forward as the leaders of the poular party. Whatever be the object, the tendency of the policy is now the same as formerly—it is to put down pub lic meetings, to neutralize the power of the popular party, to disgust all thinking men with their intolerance and bigotry, and greatly to strengthen the Tory Government, by causing themiddle and upper classes to fly to, them for protection, rather than be exposed to the tyranny and despotism of un principled demagogues. We have no hesitation in saying that the violent mill despotic proceedings at public meetings during , the last- three. , or . foqr ye ars , h ave _ done more to damage the liberal cause and injure the liberties of the public, than a Tory Government could have done in twenty years.—Leeds Times. Regiments and Corps Ist Life-Guards ... 2d do Royal Horse-Gds Ist Dragoon-Gds 2d do 3d de 4th d 0.... . ... sth do 6th do 7th do Ist Dragoons ... 2d do ••• 3d do.. 4th do 6th do ..... 7th Hussars ... Bth do 9th Lancers ....... 10th Hussars Windsor Regent's Park ...... Hyde Park ..... ,••• Canterbury Ballincollig ..... Dublin Longford Dundalk Piershill Cape of Good Hope Newbridge ...... Ipswich Bengal Exeter Nottingham Brighton York Bengal Cahir 1 Maidstone Maidstone !Maidstone lth Light Dragoons 2th Lancers ...... 3th Hussars ... 4th do .. sth do 6th Lancers 7th do Dublin Manchester Hounslow Bombay Madras Bengal ..... Birmingham ... Tower .•• •• St. George's 8ar.... St. John's W00d.... 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Depots, r~-~- , • •iy• Hull Boyle I .•n would disturb it—sedition crushed at home—And or 60 millions of the public debt extinguisheit' v one shilling's weight of pressure upon a 16urnihing ) revenue—these are the trophies of SO months of a Conservative Administration. Far f itiLg° I 1-i ~_~~.