The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-26 00:00:00

'I_.VP,N ENG VaiTTOY. • •• ij • N 116, i •sea. 13. - • d'OrlOr 1 N;13 d After a few words from Admiral ADAM, Mr. HUME contended that no reason had been as signed for giving up a line of batt7e ship for the use of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. There was another point to which le wished to refer. He saw under the head of Packet Service, a sum of 99,9761., and it ap- Peared the Post-office Authorities had no means of furnishing a detailed estimate of the expenses ireturred under this head. Then in another page, 44, there was under the same head of Packet Service a sum of 54 ,455/. —at page 29 there was a sum of 1,2921. under the same peach—at page 23 a sum of 9,2001.—at page 11, 9501.—at page 36,6,00(M—end at page 41, 1,7501. —making in all a sum of 172,6231. He thought all these expenses of the packet service should be in cluded in a separate estimate, and he hoped the Chan cellor of the Exchequer would see the necessity of doing so for the future. Mr. CHARLES WOOD said that in the docu ments before the House, the expenses of the packet ships were distinguished from the other expenses of the Navy. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON thought that the items ought to be put under one total, in order that all parties might see what the real sum was. Mr. HUME had no doubt, if the Admiralty gave orders, the estimates would be properly set out. After a few observations from Captain Peehell, Mr. W. Attwood, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Hume, and Admiral Adams, the vote was agreed to. . The next vote was 2,5501. for the salaries of the officers of the Registry of Merchant Seamen. Capt. PECHELL inquired whether any steps heel been taken with respect to restoring the pensions to seame n on their re-entering the service. Mr. C. WOOD said the question was one of con siderable importance. The present regulation had long bee n i n f orce, and it applied to ail branches of the Public service, that persons should not receive together Pay and pensions. At present it was not intended to introduce any measure on the subject. The matter, however, was under consideration. The vote was agreed to. 26,597/. was then proposed for the salaries of the civil scientific department of the Navy. Sir CHARLES STYLE complained that there were no harbours of refuge on the east coast ; thew were none but tidal harbours, and he hoped the Admi ralty would carry out the recommendation of the Com mittee of 1836 on that subject. Sir E. CODRINGTON was one of the Committee of 1 836, and he could assure the House.that herhours of refuge were absolutely necessary. Mr. C. WOOD said it was aot the duty of the Admiralty to provide such harbours, that was a matter for the consideration of the general Government. The vote was then agreed to. 121,319/. was voted for defraying the expences of her Majesty's Naval Officers and Establishments at home. 119 ,694/. was voted for defra)ing the salaries of Officers, and the expence of her Mejesty's Naval Es tablishments- abroad. On the vote of 468,000/. being proposed, for defray ing the expenses of wages in her Majesty's Dock-yards, Mr. WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD rose to call the attention of the House to the present inadequate rat e of wages allowed to shipwrights. It was of as great importance that the workmen employed in sliiis building should be of the first class as it was that the materials used should be of the best desctiption. In her :Majesty's Dock-yards there were two classes of man —three out of fifteen were appointed to the first class, and received 4s. 6d. a day, the remainder of the fifteen received 4s. a day. The wages paid in merchants' Yard s on the River Thames, as he had been informed "Pon inquiry, was Gs. a day, and in addition to that the shipwrights were allowed to take away chips, a privilege atone time enjoyed by the workmen in the Government yard, but which was discontinued, and a compensation of 6 d. a day granted. That compensation, however, was withdrawn, and the worst class of' men in the merchants' yards earned as much as the first class men in her Ma- Jesty's dock-yards. The shipwrights, also had to purchase their own tools out of the wages they earned, bile their Pensions had been abolished. No one who considered ' the principles by which workmen were commonly regu lated could imagine that it was possible, while paying an inadequate rate of wages, to obtain the hest class of workmen. And as to those shipwrights who were re tained in the public service by the fear of forfeiting the Pension, which was only to . be acquired by a certain peri o d of service, it. was unjust towards them to oblige them to work at a scale of wages which afforded them a o fair remuneration for their talents or their experience, and so much below what they could obtain in private dockyards. He (Mr. W. Attwood) was prepared to state that numbers of skilful workmen had left the pub lie dockyards, in consequence of their being able to find more profitable employment elsewhere. In Chatham twenty men, of high character, had lately left her Ma jesty's dockyard ; several; at Woolwich ; and thirteen bad left at Sheerness. • And these men could not be re- Placed with men of equal skill and ability, without in creasing the rate of wages.—(Hear, hear.) An inter view had taken place between the men who had left Chatham dockyard and the Captain-Superintendent ; 74 when they were asked their reasons for leaving the i n ° ,l--Yard, they stated that it was entirely owing to the siii,c(lnacy of the pay w hi c h th e y h a d rece i ve d. T o , „Jul work men i t was excee di ng ly di sagreea bl e t o b e raul it at alower rate than the ordinary scale of wages ; Placed them in an unfair position, and indisposedorally th them to exert themselves with ;at zeal w hi c h they would otherwise display. It -48 the interest of the country that the dockyard men seer old be paid liberally, in order to secure for the public me, the best class of workmen. And if the ship wrights in the public dockyards were paid at a lower r ate than those employed in the private yards, the Public service must necessarily be performed by an in ferior class of workmen.—(Hear, hear.) In bringing this case forward, he (Mr. W. Attwood) did not wish to throw censure on any Government. He attacked the syste m ; and whether it was a Whig Government or a Tory Government against the system were his remarks directed. He hoped the subject would receive the atten Lio n of the Admiralty ; for one more important had never been brought forward among all the questions which had been discussed relative to the Navy. The CII ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not surprised that the Hon. Member should have brought this subject forward. It had not escaped the attention of the Admiralty, by whom a representation had been made to the Treasury, which was still under consideration. Formerly there was a superannuated lillowance not only for skilful workmen, but for ordinary labourers. That system was altered. But it was another question, whether the superannuated allowance should be altogether do ne awa y w i t h. It- was a totally distinct 441 a very important question, whether it would not be I. :°_,Per to giv e a su p erannua t e d a ll owance to t h e s kill e d e l'" experien c ed workmen, in order to secure a suffi ieLllt ue Trea suppsuly o y were f such notem in the recommend that a c dockyards. rindisposed to • a il st pro v i s i on s ho u ld b e ma d e b y superannuate d allow ees, for those skilled and experienced workmen. It w ould b e a very false economy if, by neglecting to make r o per provi s i o n for such workm e n, th e p u bli c (t y ke should be deprived of their ass i s t ance .— th at A t t h e same ti me it s h ou ld b e reco ll ecte d it l4 t the b ene fi t o f t h e superannua ti on system was , t h at is W oUld be a n additi ona l i n ducement to su c h wor k men t : r emain in th e public employment, and th e y cou ld no t s i - Pect th e a d va ntage both of secur ity f rom th e fluctua iona of wages in the private dock-yards, and the super annuated a ll owance . A n d it s h ou ld also b e cons id ere d tha t men had many inducements to remain in the Public dockyards, from the pleasure which w as natu rally felt in her Majesty's service, and he did not think th ere would be any difficulty in procuring able workmen f or the public dock-yards. Mr. BARNARD was glad to hear that a super annuated allowance would be granted to able workmen 'll t he public docicyeds—but he did not think this bone Would do.—(Hear, hear.) He entirely concurred to what h a d f a ll en f rom his Hon. Friend (M r . W. At twood). He considered that job work was the life and t s3 u l of eve r y b us i ness ; and he hoped that system would e adopted in the public dockyards. er , S ir E. CODRINGTON said that the able state. . e nt of the Hon. Member (Mr. Attwood) had saved 44 the t rou bl e o f making any lengthened 4Peech. He might, however, say, that when the dock- Ya rdshipwrights were discontented with their remune j;e"°n, they were told by the Admiralty that they might I, a ve if they lik e d, th us a dding insult to injury. By b system of classification at present adopted—by lot :ft, a t t il ° apprentice was often put over his master. Was a proper arrangement 2—(Hear, hear.) He was h a ,,PPy find that the Chancellor of the Exchequer removing that his willingness to do something towards er - e ln ,"ine that discontent which at present existed, and ""Lell would leave the dockyards, perhaps,. deserted Just at the crisis when able workmen were most re quired.--(Hear, bear.) Si r G. CLERK th oug ht th e H ouse an d the countryre we v t7 under g rea t o bli gat i ons t o th e H on . M em b er (M r . • Attwood) for bringing this subject before them ; a ntit must be gratifying to find that measures were to be taken for removing the. evils of the present - s C terc s -- -(Hear, hear.) It should. be recollected that ,weights were artificers who c o u ld n ot b e h a d on a Eudd on —they required considerable experience to -ren t: them competent—and it was hi g hl y d es i ra bl e t h a t le should be always kept a number of able hands in our docltyarde. The work vvitich ship: ri g ht s h a d t o Perform was very laborious. And it wa s wort h y o f con sideration wh e th er a wor k man wou ld l a b our w i th so licit zea l and industry, when' paid itiferi or wages , as w hen he was conscious that he would be paid just in P ro portion t o t h e wor k w hi c h b e per f orme d. T he system of classification now adopted was most injudicious. At th e t i me of the peace the workmen had the option of 4eeepting redu ce d wages or go i ng a way, but, ow i ng to the depressed state of the merchant shipping, the greater part preferred remaining ; the difference then was n . " +o great between the merchants' pay and the dock rand Pay as it w as now , an d t h ere f ore it wa s desirable, by restoring to the s hip wr i g h t hi s c h ance of pension, andcr easing his wages, to i n d uce hi m to rema i n in tne docky,,rd, He simuld recommend tilt rn to do away with the classification, and pay the men by the job. Mr. WOOD said there was no question had puzzled the Admiralty more than this. The Right Hon. the Member for Pembroke, who bad introduced the sys ' tem, could give a more satisfactory reason than he could, but it would be unjust to hina if he did not state that the subject had been well considered at the time, and inquiries made as to the wages of workmen in the prin cipal ship-building ports of the kingdom, and the rates of wages for the dockyards had been fixed rather higher than the average earnings. One great advantage to the public service was, that the men had constant em ployment without the fear of dismissal, and that when they were hurt they had medical assistance, and half-pay during their cure. In 1837 the Admiralty had made the same inquiries as to the rate of wages, and found that. the dockyard wages, were still about the same as those of private yards. The statement made by the Hoe. Gentleman gave the amount of wages on the river, which was always higher than in the other parts of the kingdom. With regard to the classification the fault was in• the carrying out of the system, and not in the system itself—the Superintendent selected the three best men who bad a higher rate of wages than the others. It was intended that he should select them fairly, and if in any instance he had chosen them by lot it was agrees neglect on the part of the Superintendent, and he believed that the objections made by the shipwright, although nominal) , to the gla.ssification were, in point of fact, to the point of wages; and as the system of . day pay had been so recently established, he did not think it right to interfere with it. He agreed that the system of job-work enabled them to bet tity of work done, and materially benefited the good workman in comparison with the indifferent one, but still many of the shipwrights preferred the system of day pay. He thought •it might be wise to revert to the system of superannuation for those workmen who were most valuable in the yards, but he did not think it was necessary in the case of ordinary labourers. Colonel SIBTHORP remarked that the Ministers were always pulled out of their difficulties by the Hon. Gentlemen at this side of the House. lie thought that assistance very unprofitable. Whenever the Minis ters were asked why did not they do something that ought to be done, or whenever an important suggestion was made; they said, " Oh, we intended to do it."— (Laughter.) He thought the higher officers were too well paid, and that working men of ability were not sufficiently encouraged, The Hon. Secretary to the Admiralty might be a very clever man, but what could he kno,v of the naval service?—(Laughter, and bear, hear.) To be sure he was a very clever manc and might perhaps know the difference between the stern and the bowsprit of a ship—(Laughter)—but it was bard to Zxpk-ct that he should.—(Renewed laughter.) It was not fair to the s,:lcvice that the Hon. Gentleman, who was a person of large fortune, but who knew nothing of the sea, should fill his present office while so many competent officers were idle. Mr. M. ArIIWOOD was glad that the question had come before the Howie, as he hoped it would induce the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the- Exchequer to agree to a superannuation fund. The shipwrights were annoyed by Cie feeling that the pay of the officers prevented them from getting what they were entitled to. lie thought the Chancellor of the Exche quer was unjust and cruel in stating that because the shipwrights were to have pensions their wages might be reduced to a very low point. Their wages were now too low ; they ought to have ss. a day, regularly in general, rather than have to endure the invidious distinction:of perhaps three men out of 15 having ss. 6d a day, and the rest receiving only 55., on the assumed ground of their being inferior workmen. With ss. a day certain the shipwrights in the Government yards would be still not nearly so well off as the men is private yards, who frequently earned from ss. to Bs. a day. Mr. HOBHOUSE was gratified to find that the at tention of the Government had been called to this sub ject, and that superannuation pensions were about to granted to the deserving class of :persons to whom the Hon. Member had alluded. The vote for 27,430/. for wages of artificers em ployed in her Maj, , sty's naval establishment abroad was then agreed to. On the question that 856,737/. be granted for naval atoms, Mr. HUME called the attention of the Committee to the decay of naval stores, and the necessity of some reform in that department. Much complaint had been made of the inattention to the interests of the seamen, but in order to look after them they must reduce the large amount hitherto thrown away upon the officers.—(Hear, hear.) After a few observations from Mr. C. WoOD and Sir E. CoDRINGTON, the vote was agreed to. 159,0001. was granted to defray the expense of new works in Dock-yards, after a few words from Mr. HUME and Sir G. CLERK. 18;309/. was granted for medicine stores. 50,970/. was granted for miscellaneous stores. On the motion that 282,230/. should be granted for half-pay to the officers of the Navy and Royal Marines, Mr. HUME objected to the vote. Sir ED WARD CODRINGTON complained of the enormous patronage enjoyed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, and of the manner in which the pro motions took place. Admiral ADAM said, there never was a man who took more pains to investigate the merits of officers than the First Lord of the Admiralty, and he ought to have the power of promoting his friends. Mr. HUME said, that Lord Minto took office to serve his country and not his friends.—( Hear, hear.) The Queen could not grant a pension of fifty pounds Without the leave of this House, but the First Lord of the Admiralty could grant fifty without any such consent. He should like to know the number of officers promoted during the last year. There ought not to have been a man promoted who did not deserve it, for some distinguished service. The Lords of the Admiralty serving their friends was a nuisance which ought to be put down. Every man who served his friend did not serve his country, but burdened his country with an expense which be ought not do. After a few remarks from Mr. C. WOOD, the vote was agreed to. It was then proposed that a sum of 20,548/. be granted for defraying widow's pensions and allowances. Sir E. CODRINGTON wished to call the atten tion of the Admira'ty to the great difference that ob tained in ,the treatment of military and naval officers. TheLieutenant-Governor of Chelsea hospital. was allowed to receive his half•pay, to keep his Regi ment and other emoluments, while the Lieutenant- Governor of Greenwich Hospital was obliged to give up his half-pay on accepting the situation. Mr. C. WOOD said the appointments had not been made by the present Government. He was not aware of the circumstances_ but would "make inquiry into them. Capt. PECHELL did-not see liow - the Lords of the Admiralty should receive their half-pay while in office, and the Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital should be deprived of it. Captain GORDON asked whether the widows of warrant officers were entitled to pension? Mr. C. WOOD said that before the present Go vernment came into office a regulation was made by which pensions were withdrawn from the widows of warrant officers who might enter the service subsequent to the year 1830, and that regulation was still acted on. The vote was then agreed to. On the sum of 42,4431. being proposed for pensions to Civil Officers, Mr. HUME complained of the retirine , pensions given to some Cl er k s , w hi c h were near l y as large b as the pensions granted to Admirals. Mr. C. WOOD said, thai no pensions were granted, but what were strictly in accordance with the regulations. The vote wls then agreed to. The next vote was 150,9544 for ships and transports for the Army and Ordnance. Alderman THOMPSON protested against the prac tice of fitting up old men-of-war as transports instead of employing merchantmen. Mr. CHARLES WOOD said the health of the troops, which was the most important object, was best secured by fitting out troop ships, and not by engaging merchant transports. Captain BOLDERO pressed upon the Government the importance of looking to the safety of the vessels employed in the transport of troops. Lord HOWICK said there had prevailed a very old regulation at the Admiralty as to the tonnage to be allowed for a certain number of troops, which was ex ceedingly disproportionate, and which he had endea voured to amend. He considered that it tvzs much for the safety of the troops that men-of-war should be em ployed for such purposes, and not transports. Alderman THOMPSON recommended the employ ment of transports instead of troop ships. SirT. TRO WBRIDGE defended the conduct of the Government. The vote was then agreed to. Mr. C. WOOD moved for a vote of 66,234/. for the expense of convicts in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.—Agreed to. The House then resumed, the Report was brought up, and resolutions read and agreed to. Captain PECHELL moved for certain papers rela tive to the payment of additional Slave Bounties, pur suant to the Act of 1 and 2 Vic., c. 4.—Agreed to. Mr. 'M ACKINNON moved for a Select Committee for the purpose of ascertaining how far the formation of railroads. may affect the interests of turnpike trusts, and the creditors of such trusts :—Mr. Mackinnon, Sir Henry Parnell, Mr. Vernon, Mr. Mildmay,. Mr. Greene, Mr. George Wilbraham, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Henry Thomas Hope, Mr. Ains worth, Mr. Henry Baring, Colonel Rushbrooke, Lord Viscount Clive, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and Mr. Parrott, were appointed such Committe. Mr..HORSM A N postponed the motion of which he had given notice, relative to the impressment service. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER laid upon the table certain returns relative to the issuing of Exchequer Bils. After a few words from Mr. HUMS, The House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock. LATE AND IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES. NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY. The following is the report presented to the House of Representatives on the 28th of February by Mr. Howard, ' Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs : " The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which have been referred two messages from the President of the United States, enclosing sundry papers relating to the disturbances u p on t h e Aroostook River, in the State of Maine, report— " That they have examined the papers submitted to them by the House with great care, and will offer such reflec tions upon them as the limited time for the preparation of this report will admit. The very near approach of the ter mination of the present Congress, and the desire of the Committee that as much time as pcssible should be af forded to the House for the examination of the Bill here with reported, are considerations of such a powerful nature, that some incidental matters connected with the subject cannot be fully investigated. The main points, however, of the controversy are not numerous, and upon them the opinion of the Committee is clear and decided. The po sition assumed by the President in his message is correct, and ought to be sustained, if necessary, by the legislative powers of Congress. " It is well known that an informal arrangement or un derstanding has existed for many years past between the United States and Great Britain, relating to the territory in dispute between them, and having for its object the avoidance of clashing authorities, calculated to endanger the peace of the two nations. The Committee have not time to give a detailed and historical statement of the origin and progress of this arrangement, the examination of which might elucidate the cause of the strange error into which the British Government is represented by its agents in this country to have fallen with respect to its provisions. Suf flee it to say, that it never appears to have gone further in its greatest extent than to adopt the basis of.' uti possi. delis,' leaving each party to the continued exercise of the jurisdiction which it had previously maintained in practice. " The idea, occasionally suggested in some of the British documents, that prior to the peace of 1783 the Government of Great Britain was in possession of the whole country, and that this constructive possession must be considered as continuing until site is divested of it with her owa consent, is one which the United States can never sanction, or even listen to, without strong repugnance. It implies that the people of the United States hold their country by a grant from the British Crown, made in the Treaty of 1783—a doctrine which was successfully re sisted by the Ministers of the United States, even when it was advanced by remote implication, prior to the signs. ture of the Treaty, by their refusing to treat with the Bri tish Ministers until their credentials were changed. " At a subsequent period of our history tle same doc trine was advanced in argument ; and at that period also was, as it must ever be, met with instant contradiction. ' The people of the United States hold their country by virtue of the declaration of the 4th of July, 1776; and the Treaty of 1783 did nothing more than arrange the boun dary lines hetvreen the two nations, independent of each ether in fact and in right. So far, therefore, as the claim of Great Britain to the jurisdiction over the unsettled parts of Maine is founded upon the twice exploded theory that she is the rightful Sovereign of all that she has not granted away, it cannot be submitted to without sacrifice of ho- • nour, which the American nation never will make. 4 6 When the discussion became active between the two • Governments as to their respective rights to the territory now in dispute, the greater part of it was, and indeed still . . remains, uninhabited by permarent settlers. Here and there a small settlement could be found, consisting in some cases of a single house, and in others of more than one, placed near each other fur the convenience of the inhabi tants. The extent of the arrangement between the two Go vernments does not appear, as construed by the American Government, to have gone further than the recognition of the jurisdiction of each over the people and the lands then ope rated upon by it. If these inhabitants had taken out the titles of their lands from either one Government or t he ether, and were in the habit of resorting to its judicial authority for the preservation of order, then they were to continue so to do until the question of ultimate ownership should be finally decided in some mode satisfactory to both Governments. The propriety of this arrangement will not be questioned by the Committee. If it is left to the British Government, the jurisdiction over the inhabitants along the military road which leads from Halifax to Quebec, and thereby furnished it with a motive for procrastinating the controversy, inas much as it continued in the enjoyment of nearly all that rendered the country valuable as a British possession, it also furnished a strong proof of the desire of the American Government to deal fairly and liberally with its antagonist in the argument. Demonstrating ita this conclusive man. ner that it was not influenced by a captious spirit of dis content, the Government of the United States derived from this state of the case a right to appeal to the British Government to expedite the final adjustment of the con troversy, and to claim in the meantime the full benefit on . - its' part of an arrangement which, perhaps, gave to its ad versary more than an equal share of advantages. But the arrangement has been entirely misunderstood or miscon strued, if the Lieutenant• Governor of New Brunswick be correct in his exposition of the orders under which he is acting. The United States never did, and never can, con sent that the exclusive jurisdiction of the whole territory in dispute shall be consigned to the care of any officer of the British Government. " The pretension now advanced is as unreasonable in itself as it is unsustained by any agreement between the two Governments. Suppcsing that the parties to the con troversy stand upon an equal footing as to their rights (and there is none other in the case, except the inadmis sible one formerly alluded to), the United States have as much reason to expect that Great Britain will yield to them the exclusive jurisdiction of the whole of the contested territory, together with the care and custody of the timber and other public property, as she has to require from us such an extravagant concession. On the part of the United States it has never been claimed or asked, as far as the Commissioners are informed ; and the true position of the President now is, that lie resists the application of a principle which no executive of this country over adopted as his guide. It has not been asked of Great Britain, nor can it be submitted to from her. What the United States ask from others they are always willing to grant, nor can they grant what it would be deemed unreasonable to ask. " That portion of the territory in which the recent and present disturbances exist has been for a number of years past subject to the laws of Maine ; and, before the sepa ration of Maine from Massachusetts, was under the con trol of the latter. In December, 1807, Massachusetts conveyed one township, lying on both sides of the Aroos took, and near the meridian line from the source of the St. Croix, according to a selection, survey, and plan made under a resolve pissed in March, 1806. In January, 1808, she conveyed 10,000 acres, lying west of the aforesaid township, and on both sides of the Aroostook, pursuant to a survey and plan made under the same resolve. " This jurisdiction has been continued througia the medium ef land agents, ever since that time; and the set tlers, who have been there for a number of years past (cer tainly since 1822), have always, in practice, held their property under grants from Massachusetts and Maine. The part rernair ing unsettled has been applied to no other useful purpose than to use the timber, of which it is very productive ; and the state of Massuchetts has been in the practice of granting licenses to her people to cut timber from the public domain. * The exercise of jurisdiction was as perfect as the nature of the country would permit. " The mere fact of granting licenses to cut timber to certain individuals shows that the preservation of the tim ber was held to be an object of great consequence, and drew after it the incidental right of refusing to permit the timber to be cut down whenever it was thought proper to do so, or of taking measures for its preservation by driving off trespassers, or punishing them by civic process. This right Maine derived from Massachusetts. Every State Government in the Union has a right to regulate the landed interest, whether public or private,within its limits ; and Maine stands upon the same footing, unless as to such parts of it as ere decided not to be under its jurisdiction by the Constitutional powers of the Federal Government. " If the Committee are right in the view which they have taken of the arrangement between the United States and Great Britain, there is nothing in it to impair, but, on the contrary, every thing to ratify the jurisdiction of Maine over that part of her territory, where it had long been fa miliar, and the interference of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick is a violation of the existing understand ing. In the first proceeding of Maine, the force sent to arrest or drive off the numerous and armed band of tres passers who were depredating upon the public property, appears to have been in the nature of a civil process in exe cution of the law of the land. The power of a ministe rial officer, such as sheriff, for example, to compel obe dience to the law, and to summon to his aid a sufficient portion of the power of the county to subdue opposition is well known to American and British jurisprudence, and is sanctioned by early laws in the History of England. "The pretension of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick excludes the civil as well as the military power of Maine and the United States from intejfering to pre serve order in this seat of the ancient jurisdiction of Mas sachusetts, and would compel the United States and Maine to rely upon the justice, the vigilance, or the gene rosity of the British authorities for the maintenance of good order and the enforcement of the laws in a country where nothing but a naked claim can be said to exist upon the part of the British Government. It demands of Maine that she should divest herself of a jurisdiction prac tier Ily established and ascertained, and transfers it to Great Britain. It demands of the United States that an arrange ment alleged to have been made between the two Govern ments, of the existence of which the United States are un conscious, should be summarily carried out, according to the construction which one of the parties is said to have placed upon it, and without giving to the other party an oppor, tunity to contest such construction. It is difficult, in the opinion of the Committee, to believe that the Government of Great Britain maintains such an interpretation of that arrangement, and thus converts what was intended for the preservation of friendly feelings into a source of great and instant discord. But the assertion of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick has been twice officially, deliberately, and pub licly made, that he is acting under the instructions of his Government—a fact of which he and his Government can be the only judges. The execution of these orders is in compatible with the honour of the Uoited States. " The Committee r: fer with much pleasure to the efforts which have been made by the British Minister at Wash ington, evidenced by the memorandum of a conference be tween him and the Secretary of State, to avert the events which seem to be approaching. If the Lieutenant- Go vernor of New Brunswick shall desist from any attempt to take or hold military possession of the whole of the dis puted territory, it will be easy to restore things to their former conditton. If he ,shall determine to suspend further movements until the decision of the British Go vernmvat be known, it will be for that Government to say what shall be the political relations between the United States and Great Britain ; whether the friendship which now so happily prevails between the two nations, for the preservation of which the essential interests of both loudly call, shall be suddenly and rudely broken by assuming a principle as a ground of action to which the United States canno submit. The Conimittee cannot but entertain the hope that the precipitate counsels on the part of the Lieutenant-Go- THE SUN., LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1839 vereor of New Br's/As iek will not deprive the Govern ment of Great Br;tatn of an opportunity of explaining, before any more serious difficulties shall have occurred, or ders which he is believed to have misunderstood. In this event alt immediate difficulties will disappear. The insu perable objection to the military occupation of the disputed territory by Great Britain requires, in common fairness, that no attempt of the kind should be made by Maine or 'he United States. Having accomplished her intention of driving off or arresting the trespassers upon the Aroos took, and thus enf orc i ng h er laws, Maine will, it is not to he doubted, he satisfied with this vindicatioe of her sove reignty, and withdraw the military force which is now in arms to sustain the civil authority, and repel invasion. " The Committee ought, perhaps, here to close this re port ; but the anxiety which they feel that no measure should be left unemployed to preserve peace between the United States and Great Britain, by removing, not only temporarily, but.permanently, the causes of discontent be tween them, induces them to offer another recommendation to the House. It is the expression of an opinion by the House, sustained by a legislative provision, that a special embassy should be sent to England for the purpose of co operating with the Resident Minister there in endeavouring to adjust this long pending controversy. The precedents for this measure in our history are numerous and encou raging. The object of such an embassy is to express a deep conviction on the part of the Government of the extreme urgency of the case, and the absolute necessity of adjusting existing difficulties. The ordinary forms of negotiation appear insufficient to rouse the British Government to the danger that the two nations may find themselves involved in war, notwithstanding the desire of the Governments of both to avoid it; and the step proposed would manifest to the world, at all events, that the United States are sin cerely anxious to exert every means in their power to main tain the most amicable relations with a Government and people so eminently entitled to the respect and regard of every civilized nation on the globe." The Bill for the Defence of the Country from Inva sion—such should be its designation, rather than that which is too thoughtlessly given to it in the papers of a War Bill —is a law of the land. It is subjoined. It passed the nous° by all but six votes, and the Senate unanimously. It substitutes, as will be seen, 51,000 volun teers, in case of need, for the regular force cf cavalry and infantry, as originally reported. This looks as if Congress did not expect any real contingency of danger to aribe ; otherwise, the reliance upon volunteers for efficient and protracted service would be unwise. We have ro information as to who the Special Minister to England is to be ; but ad the Resident Minister, Mr. Stevenson, is a Southern man, his associate should, and will, we presume, be a Northern mm. LAW FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE UNITED STATES. An Act giving to the President of the United States additional Powers for the Defence of the United States, in certain cases, against Invasion, and for other purposes. " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to resist any attempt on the part of Great Britain to enforce, by arms, her claim to exclu sive jurisdiction over that part of the State of Maine which is in dispute between the United States and Great Bri tain ; and for that purpose, to employ the naval and mili tary forces of the United States and such portions of the militia as he may deem it advisable to call into service. " Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, th a t th e m iliti a , when called into the service of the United States by virtue of this Act, or of the Act entitled An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrection, repel invasion, and to repeal the Act now in force for those purposes,' may, if in th e o pi n i on o f the President of the United States the public interests require it, be eompelled to serve fur a term not exceeding six months after the arrival at their place of rendezvous, in any one year, unless sooner discharged. " Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that in the event of actual invasion of the territory of the United States by any foreign power, cr cf imminent danger of such inva sion discovered, in his opinion, to exist before Congress can be convened to act upon the subject, the President be, and he is hereby authorized, if he deem the same ex pedient, to accept the services of any number of volun teers not axceedieg 50,000, in the manner provided for in an Act entitled An Act authorizing the President of the United States to accept the services of Volunteers, and to raise an additional regiment of Dragoons or mounted Riflemen,' approved May 23, 1836. " Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that in the event of either of the contingencies provided for in this Act the President, of the United States shall be authorised to com plete the public armed vessels now authorized by law, to equip, man, and employ in actual service, all the Naval force of the United States; and to build, purchase, or charter, arm ' and equip ar.d man such vessel:, and steam. boats on the Northern lakes and rivers whose waters com municate with the United States and Great Britain, as lie shall deem necessary to protect the United States from invasion from that quarter. " Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, that the sum of 10,000,000 dollars is hereby appropriated and placed at his disposal for the purpose of executing the provisions of this Act; to provide for which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to borrow money on the credit of the United States, and to cause to be issued certificates of stock, signed by the Registrar of the Treasury, for the sum to be borrowed, or any part thereof; and the same to be sold upon the best terms that may be offered after the public notice for proposals for the same. Provided that no en gagement or contract shall be entered into which shall pre clude the United States from reimbursing any sum or sums thus borrowed after the expiration of five years from the Ist of January next; and that the rate of interest shall not exceed 5 per cent., payable semi-annually. " Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, that the sum of 18,000 dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in he Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for outfit and salary of a special Minister to Great Britain; provided the President of the United States shall deem it expedient to appoint the same. " See. 7. And be it further enacted, that in the event of either of the contingencies provided for in the first and third sections of this Act, the President of the United States shall be authorized to apply a part not exceeding 1,000,000 dollars of the appropriation made .in this Act to repairing or arming fortifications along the seaboard and frontier. " Sect. 8. And be it further enacted, that whenever militia or volunteers are called into the service of the United States, they shall have the organization of tha army of the United States, and shall receive the same pay and allowances. " Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the several provisions of this Act shall be in force until the end of sixty days after the meeting of the first session of the next Con _gress, and no longer. " JAMES K. POLK, ". Speaker of the House of Representatives. " WILLIAM R. KING, " President pro tem. of the Senate. " Approved, March 3, 1839. " M.. VAN BUREN." PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. Washington, March I. MAINE WAR. Mr. Buchanan called up his report from the CoMmittee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Williams, of Maine, objected to one of the resolu tions. He thought it ought to go further, and that Maine should be sustained directly. Mr. Buchanan thought Maine ought to be satisfied. Mr. Clay said that the General Government had been tardy in her negotiations. She had done wrong by this tardiness to Maine. She was right in driving the tres passers from the disputed territory. But no more than this could Mr. Clay say in her defence. The General Government could not and ought not to sustain Maine in the declaration of war, no matter what the extent of her wrongs. She could not plunge the nation into a war with a foreign Government. " I hope never again to see another' war," said Mr. Clay. What a spectacle should we offer to the eyes of the civilized world I Men of the same language, united by many tics of kindred and busi ness—what a spectacle should WC present at war, shedding the blood of our species, merely for the sake of five or six millions of acres of land I" (Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.) Washington, March 3. MAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK. The chief business of the day was the consideration of the Bill for putting the country in a condition to repel in vasion. The debates were ardent and able. There have been and are some differences of opinion as to the expe diency of adopting this measure, but I believe there would not be a dissenting voice to a proposition for maintaining our undoubted right to the disputed territory at all ha zards. There is not much apprehension that the matter will come to that point, for it is believed that, though Great Britain would be willin g eno ugh to keep the ter ritory, she would be reluctant to go to war for it. Mr. Fox, her representative here, has expressed in the strongest terms the indisposition of England to enter i nto any war, and especially with the United States. There is much to b e sa id, also, against going to war on an individual point, but I am aware tha t the incident in this ease is. considered as a practical assertion of . the ground assumed by Great Britain in regal d to the main question. But very soon that Ivo, the country, will be brought to a test. The Administration will de mand a settlement of the question, and will neither delay nor compromise its rights. In case the British Government should interfere unavoidable delay d s, cr refuse to comply w ith our j ust claims, then we must, an no doubt will, occupy the disputed territ ory, an d l et Great Britain, if she pleases, declare war. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, moved to a men d the Bill by inserting a section authorising the President of the United States to establish a national armoury for casting cannon, &c. Mr. Johnson stated some remarkable facts in support of his motion. He stated that we had 96 p i eces of ord nance at our disposal. It would require three years' time to prepare 300 pieces. But, accordin g to an official report which he held in his han d, 11,000 pieces of or d nance were wanting to arm the forts in different part s o f the country. four, Of large mortars we had but of 56 pounds ; but France had a large number of 80 pounds. Before we blew the trumpet of war so loudly, we ought to b e prepared for it. France had five national foundries, Russia three, England many ; eve ry nation, except th e U n i ted States, had some. The motion was, however, lost. Mr. Wise moved, to strike cut the section of the bill which authorizes the preside nt, in eas e of invasi on , or per il of invasion, to raise a provisional army of 2 0,003 men and it was carried—Yeas, 95; nays, 78 ' , But, in lieu of this an amendment was adopted, on mo tion of Mr. M‘Kay, authorizing the President, in case of invasion, to accept the services of volunteers to a number n o t exc ee di n t. 50,000, to extend the time of militia service to six month ' s, and add 3,000 men to the regular army. ' The blank for the sure to be borrowed by the President was filled with 10,000,000 dollars. Another amendment was adopted, authorising the Presi dent to apply 1,01)0,000 dollars to the repair of fortifica tions. The bill was finally ordered to be engrossed —yeas, 201, nays, 6; and it was read a third time and passed 71e711. Coll. The Senate passed it unanimously, and by this time (two o'clock in the morning) it is a law. The several appropriation Bilis returned from the Senate with amendments were taken up. The amendment of the Navy Bill, providing for the construction of three steam-frigates, was concurred in. (Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.) WASHINGTON, Maces 4. —The third Session of the 25th Congress has absolutely closed. The Members stuck to the Capitol on the last clay (Sunday) with a tenacity that was surprising. They kept their seats as long as they could with any propriety, and longer than, according to the opinion of some, the Constitution justificd s them in so doing. Half of the Members have alread) left the city, and in a few days more all will be gone. MONEY MARKET, &c., Matzen 6. The general aspect of the Stock Market yesterday re mained unchanged. Sales of United States Bank Shares were made at the Stock Exchange at II f dollars per share. Vicksburgh Bank and Stonington Railroad Shares there was a slight decline in prices. Our advices from Mobile are to the 23d ult., from which we learn that business at that place for the week preceding had been very active; the weather had been exceedingly fine, and the arrivals of produce from the interior very large. The money-market, however, continued much contracted; mortgage paper was soiling at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum, and other good paper at 2 to 22 per cent a nth. Exchange on New York-3 per cent. discount for bills 60 days' sight, 2 per cent. discount for 30 days' sight, and 1 to 1i per cent. discount for bills at short sight. The Louisville Price Current of the 23d ult. states that bacon in store is worth Bc. Large sales were made early in the week at 6.25, later in the week a sale at 7.50. It is in brisk demand, and little or none now for sale. Tobacco —9O hhds. sold at from 5 dols. to 10,50 dolls. per 10011.. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 5. 50 Shares United State l / 2 ' Bank ll7 191 do. Mechanics' Bank 5 do. Bank of America 150 do. Phoenix Bank 200 do. Dry Dock Bank 50 do. Mechanics' Banking Association ... 91 100 do. Delaware and Hudson b. 60 days 82 20 do. Bank State of New York 50 do. American Trust Company, 30 days 104 250 do. Vicksburg Bank s. 10 days 76 50 do. Bank of Commerce lO3 10 cll. Manhattan Fire Insurance Company 107} 60 do. East River Insurance Company 91 100 do. Williamsbuag Insurance Company 73 25 do. Mohawk Railroad 50 do. iharlem Railroad t. w. 521 55 do, Boston and Providence 20 do. New Jersey 33 do. Utica and Schenectady 35 do, Canton Company 413 BOUNDARY QUESTION. FROM THE NORTH EASTERN FRONTIER. The Portland Argus of Saturday contains the following advices from the Aroostook— " A letter has been received at head-quarters, from Colonel Jarvis, dated at the encampment on the Aroostook, February 24. All were then well. One hundred men had taken a position at the mouth of the Little Machias, and had fortified themselves there. A detachment of 200 were intending to move 30 or 40 miles down the river to the Lower Portage, where another fortification was to be established. This position would be about ten miles from the line. It is rumoured that 5 000 British troops, among whom are 2,000 regulars, left Fredericton on the 23d ult. for the disputed territory. A detachment of 300 or 400 men were to leave Portland yesterday, and a large force was rapidly concentrating on the Aroostook, and throit ing up fortifications. STILL LATER.—By an extra from the Bangor Mechanic and Farmer office, dated March 2, it appears that intelli gence has been received, via Houlton, that a regiment of Fusiliers, 800 strong, had arrived at St. John's from Cork. It was thought that these and other troops were to ba sent forward to the frontier as quickly as possible. A letter from Houlton, dated Feb. 28, says that the whole of the Maine force had gone down the river, cud were building a fort near Fitzbcrbert's. It was also stated that a regiment of 500 men had arrived at the Madawaska settle ment from Quebec, but that they were ordered to Nev; Brunswick, before the outbreak. An express passed tbrongh Woodstock for Fredericton, with information that a company of volunteers, 25 men, under Captain G. Buckmore, the surveyor employed by Massachusetts and Maine, had captured five men, eight oxen, and four horses, on Fish River, and brought them into camp. _ A gen!lernan from Woodstock reports that the militia are gathering on the frontier. Only 140 regulars were at Woodstock, with seven pieces of artillery. —Boston JUero. Journal. (From the Boston Daily Advertiser.) Governor Fairfield is urging forward his militia with great zeal. In addition to the 700 enlisted men on the Aroostook, General liodsdon's brigade of 1,000 men at Moulton, and General Batchelder's brigade of 1,000, who are on the march from Augusta, another 1,000 are under orders to march, viz., 400 from Oxford, who are to arrive at Augusta on Wednesday, 400 from Somerset, and 200 from Cumberland. • DUTCH MAIL. THE Ehnen, MARCH 22.—The First Chamber of the States General in its sittings to-day agreed to the first project of the law, relative to the current coin ; second, that for a loan to cover the expenses of embanking and draining the Lake of Haarlem. Count Orloff, Aid-de-Camp to his Majesty the Em peror of Russia, who has been appointed to fill the office held by the late Prince Lieven in the service of his Impe rial Highness the Crown Prince Alexander, is expected in the course of this week at the hotel of the Russian Ambassador. We hear also that the Grand Duke on his arrival here will alight at the Palace of his Royal High ness the Prince of Orange. The Journal de Luxembourg of the 16th has the fol lowing article:—" We learn from the interior of the pro vince that a complete change of opinion is taking place among the inhabitants. Most of the public functionaries, even, are said to speak in terms of indignation against the Go• vernment at Brussels. So far back as last April the Ministers were aware th a t t h e arrangements were defi nitively irrevocable, and even till within a few weeks they have induced the public functionaries and officers of the civic guard to take steps that might compromise them with the royal authority, and which are become ridiculous in regard to the inhabitants. The latter mock bitterly at the euthors of the pretended popular demonstrations, the lies and absurd boasting by which they endeavoured to make them succeed. The illusions 'are dispelled. Many persons look at themselves and are ashamed of the part they have been made to act to promote the interest of some intriguers. The functionaries who,have abused their au thority in a ihis comedy, have lost all credit. Everybody places implicit confidence in the truly royal clemency of the King and Duke ; everybody does justice to the elevated sentiments and the paternal intentions of the Monarch. The private correspondence of the Handelsblad, dated Brussels, 20th instant, says : " Now that the vote of the Chamber is generally known, everybody congratulates himself on the issue of this affair, and even the Deputies and other partisans of resistance are satisfied at it, for the majority of those representatives who voted against the acceptance of the Treaty were induced to do so rather on account of the prevailing opinions which they were unwilling publicly to recant, than by any sincere conviction of the propriety of their vote. " All the Journals, except the Belge, acquiesce in the result, with the expression of profound regret, real or pre tended, for the inhabitants of the provinces to be given up. c‘ The merchants and manufacturers especially rejoice at the good faith of the majority of the representatives, and the speech of M. Libeau, on Monday, is a proof of the cur rent desire of Belgium to revive its commercial and friendly relations with Holland, the upright and pacific intentions of which have been so long misunderstood. " One question, which seems serious, remains —viz., the execution cf the treaty; but be assured it will not be at tended with any difficulty ; for it will be insensibly effected by the force of circumstances. Besides the inhabitants are calm and indifferent on this point ; and hitherto every thing indicates that the change will be made without the slightest disturbance. "—Dutch Papers, March 33. BERLIN, MARCH B.—The Allgenteine Zeitung of the Ist of this month contains an article, dated from Prussia, and marked with two X X, to which several German journals have attached a high degree of importance, though it contains nothing but a political reasoning which refutes itself. Not only has it gone the rounds of a great number of journals, but a South German paper po sitively declares, that the articles from Prussia, marked X X, which appeared' from time to time in the Allge mine Zeitung, came from the most authentic source. We cannot indeed judge of the source from which the Allgemeine Zeitung derives its correspondence, but with respect to the article in question, we can affirm that they have by no means the authentic character ascribed to them, nay, there is reason to believe, that they are not written in Berlin, or even in Prussia.—Prussian States Gazette. " LADY-DAY," MARCH 25.—This ancient Roman Catholic festival of the annunciation, is commonly called in England, " Lady Day," an abridgment of " Our Lady's Day, or the Day of our Blessed Lady." At Rome it is observed as a " gaudy day," a procession being made, first of divers detachments of guards on horseback in their solendid full-dress uniforms, .then a bareheaded priest on a white mule ; after follows the Pope, also on a white mule ; and all the Cardinals in their magnificent robes of state mounted on mules. On this, an eye-witness to the pageantry of last year observes, "As the EminentissimP are for the most pert not very eminent horsemen, they were fastened on, lest they should tumble off." At the Church the usual ceremonies take place when the Pope is present ; and it is described as being altogether a very entertaining sight. PERCUSSION MUSKETS.--The superiority of tic percussion musket over that in ordinary use has been strikingly exemplified in the recent trials which have taken place at Portsmouth, from which it would appear that, whilst in the course of 2,000 discharges from ten percussion muskets the cap missed fire only eight times and the load ing failed to ignite in nine instances, in the same number of attempts with the flint musket the priming missed fire 822 times and the loading 70 times after the priming had exploded. A great advantage is also gained as it regards expedition by the use of the percussion musket. Thirty rounds discharged by platoon with the percuscion muskets occupied twenty minutes : the same number of reports with the old muskets twenty-six minutes. We can readily be lieve everythiog that has been asserted by Colonel Mit chell and others of the inefficiency of the musket.— United Service Gazette. ARTHUR WOODS.-011 Monday, a second comnauniei:tion was received from the Secretary of State's office, intimating, " that upon a full consideration of all the circumstleces of the case, Lord John Russell regrets there is no sufficient ground to justify him in recommend ing the prisoner ( Weals) to her Majesty for any exten s ion of the Royal mercy." The execution will, therefore, take place at Dundee on Monday the lst.—Scotsman. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS COURT, MARCH 25. LITTLER V. THOMSON, MILE•END NURSERY. In this case a motion was made last Term to dissolve an injunction obtained by the plaintiff in the long vacation restraining the defendant, a nurseryman at Mile-end, from selling or removing eertain trees, shrubs, &c., which be bad advertised for sale, his lease of the premises being about to expire. The plaintiff had, during the continuance of the lease, become, by purchase, the owner of the pre mises. The MASTER of the ROLLS, this morning, stated that be was desirous of obtaining some further information as to what was eonsidered the stock in trade of a nurseryman, and therefore directed an issue for the purpose of ascer taining whether the trees, &c., which were in dispute be tween the parties, were the stock in trade of Mr. Thomson. CONTEMPT OF COURT. On the 21st of February a motion was made in the same cause to commit Mr. Glennie, the Editor of the Gardeners' Gazette, to the Fleet for a contempt of Court in having published certain articles in that journal while the matter was sub judice, reflecting more particularly on the character of ono of the witnesses, but the effect and tendency of which was, as contended by the plaintiff, to disturb the course of justice by deterring wit nesses from coming forward in support of his case, and encouraging them to support the case of the defendant. In opposition to the motion, the aflidrvit of Mr. Glennie was read, stating that in the exercise of his vocation as a public journalist, and without the intention of occasioning offence to the Court, or of influencing the course of public justice, he wrote, and caused to be published, the several articles complained of of his own free will, and not at the instiga tion of any peruon ; that the only inducement he bad for doing so was the full belief and conviction that he was ad vancing the cause of truth and justice; and that be did really believe the case attempted to be made by the plaintiff was founded on erroneous grounds. The Master of the Rolls on that occasion stated that be would not give any decision on that motion to commit Mr. Glennie without reading the several publications re ferred to, and giving the most careful attention to the affi davit of Mr. Glennie. His - LORDSHIP, after directing - the issue to be tried at law, as maintained above, said—" I may as well now dis pose of that motion made to commit Mr. Glennie. I have looked at that matter very much, and I certainly have no doubt but that the publications of Mr. Glennie came under what is considered a contempt of this Court. I have no doubt they do, and certainly it is a matter of considerable surprise and regret that any gentleman of education and science should think it becoming, or should think it was likely /13 would promote the interests of any parties, whose interests he may be desirous of promoting, and it may be very lauda ble for him to endeavour further the objects and protect the interests of market-gardeners, but I cannot help teeling sur prised that he should think he was at all likely to attain that end by using the language he has done. One regrets it, but with that I have nothing to do, except so far as to conside: how it is to be treated. I think those publica tions do amount to what has been called a contempt of this Court, but at the same time, having regard to all the circumstances of this case, and the statement which Mr. Glennie has made in his affidavit, I certainly should not be disposed to visit that with any greater severity than the circumstances do require, and I am rather inclined to think that the justice of the case would be satisfied by an order on Mr. Glennie to pay the whole costs which have been occasioned by this application to the Court, and if be does that, I shall not be, myself, disposed to proceed further. WEIGHT V. WYATT. This case came before the Court last petition day upon the petition of a gentleman who bad married a ward of Court, praying the Court to confirm the settlement made by the lady. Ills Lordship then expressed some surprise at the terms of the settlement, but stated that he would look at it. The MASTER of the ROLLS, on seeing the counsel for the petitioners in Court this morning said,—" From what von stated to me, I expected to find in the affidavit some excuse for the marriage of this ward, without the consent of the Court. I have found no such ex planation ; and until 1 have a most satisfactory explanation, this gentleman, whatever his respectability may be, shall have no part of this lad:, 'a fortune. Mr. JAMES PARKER _We will make a further affidavit, my Lord, and the parties will apply again to your Lordship. The MASTER of the Rou.s—They may mike such ap plication on affidavit as they may think fit, but I do not think it is a venial offence for any person to marry a ward without the consent of the Court, and I am surprised there has been such a settlement made—such a settlement as I shall not approve of. It is a serious offence, and must be treated as such. LVSOL VENT DEBTORS' CO UR 7', .314neli 25. SECRETS WORTH KNOWING.—David Nathan, a general dealer, whose case was before the Court a few days ago, again appeared. He was opposed by Mr. COOKE, on the part of a croditor, and supported by Mr. WOODROFFE. The insolvent had for Stirs attended auctions, and dur ing the last year had purchased new articles. He had several creditors to whom he had trade payments. He disclosed some secrets of the "craft ;" he said the general dealers who attended auctions when a person came forward to bid, who did not belong to the profession, one of the body was deputedto out-bid him, and the articles purchased in that manner were afterwards sold and shared amongst the members of the "craft." A pestion arose whether the insolvent was in partner ship with his father. The allegation was denied. Mr. Commissioner LAW said there was an appearance of partnership, but it had not been proved. He should not discharge the insolvent without a judgment, on the ground that the occupation he had pursued was not a creditable one. He remanded him horn his petition fur a period of four months. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. WORS STREET. Isaac Levy, a boy eight years of age, and Judith, hi s sister, aged 14, both of wh om were deaf dumb, and a young man named Barnett Samuel, were brought before Mr. Broughton, on a charge of picking pockets. It appeared from the evidence of police constable Kemp, N 82, that he was in Pitfield-street, ['oaten, dressed in plain clothes, on Saturday night, when he per ceived the prisoners, whom he knew to be most skilful pickpockets, labouring busily in their vocations amongst a crowd of persons going to market. The prisoner Samuel was standing a short distance off, making manual motions to the others, in apparent obedience to which the latter ti ied the pockets of the individuals of most promising ap. pearance in the throng. After witnessing several abortive attempts made by the boy, he at length saw him lift up a lady's gown wish one hand, while he dived into her pocket with the other, and on seizing his hand when he had with drawn it, witness found he had fished up two sixpenny pieces and some halfpence, and so dexterously was the operation performed, that the lady was not aware she had been robbed till witness apprised her of it. He secured the boy and girl, but their tutor scranped off, and would have escaped entirely had not his solicitude for his pupils so much exceeded his discretion, that he came down to the office to ascertain their fate, and on being recognised amongst the crowd, he was pickedl out and restored to their company. Kemp added that the prisoners Levy had been two or three times in pfison. On the last occasion they were committed for pursuing their light-fingered labours at Deptford fair. A woman, who stated herself to be their sister, here stepped forward, and said that the Magistrates had com mitted them at her urgent solicitation, that they might be kept out of bad company. There was another in the family deaf and dumb, but the prisoners alone made a bad use of the dexterity of finger that supplied their lack of speech. Mr. BROUGHTON—Have they ever been in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum? The sister replied in the negative. Mr. BROUGHTON observed that it would be a dif f icult matter now to save them from the destruction to which they were hurrying headlong. They were evidently practised hands, and there was no doubt that the man Samuel tutored them in their wickedness, and reaped its fruits. The prisoner Samuel vehemently protested his inno cence, and referred to a policeman present for a character. The Policeman—l certainly have seen him several times, but it was always in company with thieves. Mr. BaotrouToN—l do not know what to do with these wretched children. The case does not appear clear enough, or I should send them for three months to the llouw of Correction. The dumb girl hore drooped her he and appeared to wince, upon which Mr. Broughton remarked that she seemed to understand what he said. The prisoner Samuel—To be sure she did, your Wor ship; she knowed it from the motiou of your mouth. Mr. BROUGHTON—I think she heard what I said. Samuel (looking admiringly at the girl)—Lord love you, she seed what you you said. Alc, she's a 'cute un. The prisoners were eventually remanded for a week. EQUAL JUibTICE.—Two poor, hard working fellows were charged with having sold fruit in the streets during the hours of Divine service. The offence was proved by a policeman, who said that there were at least a dozen others committing it but he could not take them all. Mr. Baoticwrox.—No. there must be a station•house in every street if all such offenders were taken into custody. The Sergeant—The inhabitants make great complaints about it, your Worship. Mr. BROUGHTON- 1 111CH to do equal justice you must go to the west end of the town and carry off to the station house the fruiterers and fishmongers you will find there supplying the families of noblemen and gentlemen in every direction. Yet, with all its abuses. there is no capital in Europe in which Sunday is more decently observed than in London. The worthy Magistrates then cautioned the prisoners and discharged them. The Sergeant.—What am I to do with the fruit, your Worship ? Mr. i3ROUGUTON.—Give it to them, certainly. THE CAUNTON MURDER.—A Coroner's in quest was held last week on the body of Mrs. Hancock, who was murdered in a barbarous manner in her shop at Caunton, near Newark, and a verdict of" Wilful murder" was returned against John Driver, the person who con fessed that he and another man had perpetrated the foul deed. It was stated that some years ago, the father of the prisoner being il!, he sent to the shop of the murdered woman for some medicine, when some dreg was given in mistake, which bad the effect of causing the old man's death.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. --- SUDDEN DEATHS AT GLASGOW.—Mr. Ro bert Wardlaw, of the Herald office, brother to the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, dropped down in the Royal Exchange Reading-room on Wednesday forenoon, and expired S O about ten minutes.—Mr. William Knox, formerly a partner of the firm of Sharp and Knox, arid sometime ago a Ma gistrate in Glasgow, was in the Exchange at the time Mr. Wardlaw expired, and had gone, it is supposed, to his place of business, which he bad left a little before four o'clock. Near St. David's Church he fell down suddenly in the street, and died. EVEN - !NG EDITION LORD MAYOR'S COALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE Stay; Sin,—On the 15th instant you did me the favour to insert a letter on the above subject, and on Saturday last with your usual impartiality you gave the reply c f one of the parties to whom it referred ; but as it is much easier to deny than disprove alleged facts, I would suggest to Messrs. Pope, Brothers, and Co., a mode by which the truth may be fairly, properly, and pub licly elicited. _ _ Let a public meeting be called (for the public are most vitally interested in the matter) say at the Lon don or Crown and Anchor Tavern, or some other p'ace sufficiently large to prevent the meeting being packed, and I wilt attend, and not only prove the truth of my former statement, but I will also personally and publicly endeavour to sustain the following : Ist. That the Coal exhibited at the Mansion-house, and so highly eulogised by the Lord Mayor as " An!i, Combination Coals," were in reality a mixture of an inferior with a best quality. 2d. Titat the vendors of the said " Anti-Combinati on Coals" have not kept faith with the public, far when written to for a supply they have charged or attempted to charge an extra sum for the delivery of the same. 3d. That the system adopted by the parties styling, themselves with such pomposity, " The Lord Mayor's Coal Merchants," so far 03 regards their " Anti. Con. bination Coals,". is altogether a system of sheer humbug. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS MORRIS. Sun Wharf, Ratcliff, March 25, 1839. THE QUACKERY OF REGULAR PRACTITIONERS. We copy the following paragraph from the Medical Gazette, as an amusing specimen of a gentleman recom mending the most errant quackery in law inaking,, in order to put down quackery in medicine : The first of Dr. Cowan's propositions is " that all quack advertisements, either through the medium of the newspapers, placards, ipamphlets, or other printed chan nels, to declared illegal, and that both the printer and the author be liable for each °ff.:dee, to tine and mxison ment." We fear that while public opinion remains What it is en this point, it would be vain to hope for the enactment of such a law:and still valuer to expect that it Could be cuted. Dr. Cowan observes that some of the great, the noble, and the learned, are among the blinded abettors of quackery ; and we have no doubt many of these would resist nay measure tending to check the dinsion of nos`. urns, as i it were an attack upon their estates. Nostrums arc the foster-children of despair; and when art can do no more, artifice stops in awhile to amuse the patient v. , hem it can not cure. Moreover, to hope that quack advertisements u-ill be prohibited because they are false and fradulent, to presuppose a vast ia , provemenz in the tone of public morality. Perhaps a day may come when the nature of our al shall be so generally understood, tiJat the educated and tl sensible of all parties will join in throwing the shield of ii law over their weaker brethren, and endeavour to prate, them from quacks, as they now do from thimble-rigg ers but before this happy era can arrive, the great and learn-, must themselves understand the broal distinction betwcc giving nostrum; and prescribing regularly. It is simpi this--The practitioner of physic prescribes, not for single symptom, as a cough, for example, but for a coc a : ; raoiiiiied by twenty accessory circumstances ; the latan gives his drugs for the cough alone, the acce;sor symptoms being disregarded. Quackery then is prescribing for a single symptom the regular practice considers all the symp'o: This gentleman, however, wiLltout considering -th e it terests of Newspapers, the dirfieulty of suppressin publications, the inquisition, the law which al lite nee., sary the interference it would cause with private cm urns, the hated informers it would nourish into existcr.Q, the impossibility even of executing the law, seizes LoI ~ i of the one symptom of quack mcutvne, and presci a law that would involve the Press in immense tro if not ruin. How shall we distinguish the ache: ment of a qu,ek salver, from the advertisement of a regular bred physician? There is mere quackei y in law making, than in medicine, and this Dr. Cowan, and the Editor of the "G , zette," appears quite. Prinus amongst lcgi3lative quacks. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterdly, at 12 o'clock, a lengthened inquiry vas procce2ed with before Mr. Waklcy, M Y., and a Jury composed of respectable tradesinen, at the Pontefrac Castle, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, on view c the body of William Mills, a fine boy, aged elL,l• years, who was killed on Friday evening. last, bv b run over by the carriage of the Duke of Bru;sw under the following circumstances : From the concurrent testimony of several witnesses, it appeared that about half-past six o'clock en the even ing of,Friday last, the deceased and several other boys were playing with some stones in the centre of the roan of Wigmore-street, opposite Barrett's-court, in which the deceise,rs parents reside. At this time the chariot of the Duke of Brunswick, ecetaining his Cr,lee and the Baron Andotn; was observed coming toe; them, at a rate of between eight and nine mile.. hour. The whole of the boa s, with the exception the deceased,ran out of the way. The deceased at the in.. meet had his back toward the horses of the carriage, and in attempting to run from the opposite side of the r oa d to wards Barrett'scouri, came in contact with the chest of ( one of the horses or pole of the carriage, which kneel.cd him down, when both the near side wheels passed over his neck and loins. The moment the carriage bad passed over him the unfortunate deceased got tip in an instant and ran into the court six or seven yards, nhcn he fa on the stones. He was picked up and conveyed to Hs father's residence ; medical aid was sent for, when l':7r. Foster, a surgeon, attended, but deceased had eanirc,al in about three mi nu t es a f ter h e fell in the court. ' In answer to questions from the Coroner and Jury the witnesses all agreed that th ere was no blame attri- butable to the coachman, as it was impossibl e for hioa to pull upin time to prevent the wheels Passin,g over de ceased, he having ran completely under the horses' feet. He (the coachman) however did not stop when called to, but continued bii pace. Henry Palmer, footman to the Duke of . Brunswi c k,. No. 83, B rvans t on - square , s t a t e d t h a t a t th e time o f the accident he was on the footboard behind thecar riage. J o h n G a ll entoy, t h e coac h man, was driving ; he was quite sober. Saw the boy withia about two yards of the carriage ; lie (lid not appear then in danger, but in an instant he ran completely under the feet of the hors es . C a ll e d to t h e coachman, who pulled up instantly, and looked round. Witness also looked round, and seeing the deceased boy get up and run from the hind wheel of the carriage, they thought he was not hurt, and drove on to the place or their destination. By the CORONER—The Duke and Baron - Ardom were in the carriage, but neither were aware of the accident until told. Heard no one call out for there to stop. The carriage was going at between six and seven tulles an hour. The CORONER, in summing, up, observed that it tvaa melancholy to reflect upon the numerous accidents which occurred in the metropolis through negligent driving, and which rendered the parties, is the event of death ensuing, guilty of manslaughter ; and he (the Coroner) was determined, where such was the case, the parties should not be spared the penalty of the law. In the present instance, however, it appeared not the slightest blame could attach t o th e coachman, it being clearly the boy's own act, in running under the feet of the horses. Verdict---" Accidental death." s an Yesterday morning at nine o'clock, Mr. Wakley, M. P. and a very intelligent Jury, assembled at the Royal Mail public-house, in Upper-street, Islington, to investigate the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Savage, watchmaker, of No. 8, St. John's-square, Clerkenwcll, and a Guardian of that parish. Philip Henry Evans, an apprentice, stated that the de ceased was 'between sixty and seventy years of age. Wit ness last saw him on Monday morning between nine and ten o'clock, standing in his counting house. He sent witness with a watch into the City, and during his ab sence the deceased left home and did not return again. lie stated that he was going to see Mr. M'Dougal, of St. James's-street, Piccadilly, and his protracted stay caused alarm, and upon witness going to Mr. M'Dougals he ascertained that the deceased had not been there. Mr. Edward Marlow, farmer, of the Green Lanes, Is lington, deposed that about seven o'clock, on Friday morn ing, he observed a coat within two yards o f the fence which rubs - along the side of the New River. Upon on t further examination he saw a hazel walkin g stick p laced against the fence, and about four y ards from it the deceased standing in the centre of the R iver, with his face towerds conveyed of Islington. Witness, with assistance, h g o ot the body i out u a the water, and sent fee the police, w "stretcher" to the church vau lts of Islin g ton. There w as a piece of cord tied tightly round the deceased's neck, but his neckerchief, a black silk one, was not removed. The Coroner inquired if any papers or documents w ere found in the deceased's pockets ? - The beadle produced part of a letter addressed to the deceased on the 11 th of November, 1837, requesting him to attend a meeting o f the Gusrdiatis, The Jury returned a verdict of " Found dead in the waters of the New River." FIVE CIIILDREN BURNT TO DEATII.--W e have again the melancholy task of recording the horrible death of a number of ycung children from their clotbias Ellen 'l'" taking fire, in the absence of any persons to prct act the im.. fortunate sufferers from the consequence of the natural int. prudence and the a ccidental liabilities of infancy. J . 0 , ....c0.,..0, &q. coraner, his within the last few days taken the folks ; years; at Bishop's Clecvc, on 1 1 b l-In d m y p o a f g s e a ) r a a g h ed i/ V g .e h es , aged about thre t e o vea , rs , ir.g inques!s : At nuardean-hill, on the body o f rett, aged about six yeti's ; at Bulky, on the body o f J ar '" es ti,kl,lrg on the body of Thomas" all burnt to death by their cloth s" ' `'ge- Mor; and a r , a L b i o t u tl t cd f e o a u : r es; e ha fire in the absence of any older persons lier clothes Arc en 0- ,ern A verdict of Accidental Death was returned i : e h care. - ' la addition to the above miserable catalogue, : little child was also burnt to death at Wincheomb, by taking fire in an attempt to r from m rea ß t r ‘ i y ztu e i ste fo r r o, Bristol Mercury, N steam,. 's v- Y o s rk il , P c ' ro s :d i e le d d O ' I ' l Sa c"ve a te:l.k . 1 eit e„— turd T a) l . l , e pas sengers. wita pas - A gentleman modestly advertises in some of the papers, that he " wants to purchase some invention of general utility and entire novelty, for a trifling conside ration !" 4. •