The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

L I THE CONQUEST OF SINI)E ,°P e ed they would exercise their ability to in- `,.. 11 e others to insure their lives there also.—(Hear, 7 a r ri d To chow that the commercial travellers of the General William Napier has commenced a history "ed kingdom were not so unimportant as many of this important acquisition, which is so MI of Peopleite stat.,.iinsagined, he would . ji...-st lay before, them a few , ~., ,erest, and lays open so many mysteries, that one "cal facts, and statistics spoke stronger than thing else. He believed it was estimated that there brief notice could not render it any justice. We , er e twenty thousand gentlemen regularly on the bare already called the attention of the public to the ''' a d. - to These twenty thousand men might be taken work, but only in a very summary manner, simply sPend at least and that amounted of no 1 400 000/ , to (n a sum h ) ' lenborough and Sir Charles Napier (the brother of they , . annually . - ear, ear. 'Where would the author) were fully justified in their course of v find twenty thousand men in any other situation th r o l , ! .. fe spending so much money as these twenty policy towards the Aineers, and that we had from the 'mld commercial travellers ? He had shown the beginning taken the same view of a question wh ,nl c. that they occupied a position in the State which has been so ably illustrated by the historian .ef , h ,..'_ P . was worth some particular notice, and he u puld have to show them that the Chancellor of the the P eniesular campaigns. Much more, however, its Aebequer and the Government of the country was required to place the policy of the Government, th.e i r !nch ind e bt e d t o t h e commerc i a l t rave ll ers o f th e diplomacy of Lord Ellenborough, and the deeds cif Te rli ted Kingdom.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) lie the hero of Meanee in a proper light. When intel - I I," haPpy to - say that he belonged to that body, and ligence reached this country that Sinde had been he w' done so for the last twenty years ; and though he varied, that Hyderabad had been taken and plundered t i:_ B now a principal, yet he had been a rerrec t of its treasures, that the " unfortunate" Ameers had th e, and had risen from the ranks—(Hear, hear)—in2-ena been dispossessed of their domains, and Sinde had th e 24. e way as his friend Mr. Moore had done. If 1,, ,.eY looked at this sum of 6,000,0001.. and assumed, been annexed to the British Empire in India, loud , e ' .. the sake of argument, that each of these 20,000 were the complaints heard from nearly all quarters of ' oxii `lt p l o ernan spent 1001. a yecr on his own personal the injustice of the proceedings; of the grasping po ta ' rt, that would give '2,000,000/. a year Ore rs Hey of the new Governor-General, and of the sari- L ,or e,000,0001. altogether. Now, let him ask e guinary battles brought on by a General, whose only . t ° "' Much of this eight millions a year went to the / ehequer ?—(llear hear, and laughter.) He was delight was in repeating the scenes of warfare like, Ilfraid o r.. to contemplate the amount, inasmuch as many those which he witnessed in Spain. Several meetings „ th ' their temperance friends would be inclined to think were held on the invasion of Sinde, and the resolu ken? an intemperate body.—(Great laughter.) But tions were all adverse to the measures adopted, but of . m l , must bear in mind that a very large proportion what appeared the most singular feature in ....at amount was raised from their tea and coffee. Pent in He would not tell them what was t hese marks of o pp osition to this noble and valuable 7, n t in taxation in the shape of railway travelling ; acquisition , was the l ou d ou tc r y made by that part of he would go further into this matter, because the the press which supported the Whig Government, and f f tl. l' e r they went into it the more interest they would denounced the invasion of Sinde as a wanton act of 43 _,, n it. Twenty thousand men was not a very cruelty and rapacity on the part of the Governor ail number ; they could either do a great deal of General, Lord . Ellenborough. Any one who had th or a great deal of evil ; but he believed paid attention to the subject knew well that the occu at the twenty thousand commercial men did more ,: (--4 than any other twenty thousand they could pation of Sinde had been contemplated by Lord ti tt l it i° ll . —(Hear, hear.) What would they say to a Auckland—nay more, that he had seized on four of e calculation he had made? Twenty thousand the most important stations on the Indus, and had he n 't'n trav e lli ng . through the country, and each person rema i ne d l onger i n power, t h at h e wou ld h ave a d op t e d ti 4 i i ta .. r ti, ing only 501. per day in the shape of sales o pernlng 300 days in the year instead of 365, that 50/. the course p ursued b y his successor, thou g h the result t un uaY would amount to no less a sum than three would have been probably of a very different Nt dred milli o ns sterling ! (Hear, hear.) Where ' character. Sir John Keane, famous for the disasters . ) ;c ld they find twenty thousand men in any other in Affghanistan, for the helpless condition in which ti_sition of life—in the manufacturing, or any other he left the troops at Caubul, andhis hasty retreat from the 8 _ of individuals—who returned so much money as the scene of action, when the real difficulties coin theh,°°lnmercial traveller ?—(Hear, hear.) Then let menced, would, we fear, have made but a poor figure te;" ge a step or two into details, to show that th is r e was something beyond even making at the battle of Meanee. But, leaving these points al l return. There was a question that kept them out of the question, we come to the main charge ti ti a live, and brought them all here to-day—the against Lord Ellenborough. The friends of Lord vie.,estion of the profits of business. Look at the profit Auckland—we ought rather to call them his enemies 1 4 , 1 ved from this return of business. He would —denounced his successor for invading Sinde, and eot e t that profit at ten per cent. per annum, which was under vain pretences expelling the harmless Ameers, Dr •°' , 3 high ; upon 300,000,0001. that ten per cent L °ll t would he 30,000,0001., a sum which, they and annexing the country to British India. General o a4l d agree with him, was a very large one to beNapier, however, has shown in a way which ti /is efi by the commercial travellers of the United can leave no possible doubt that Lord Auck -41?"11. He was glad that the toast had been pro- land himself, assisted by Sir henry Pottinger, le yeileci ln such a comprehensie i that was the real aggressor, that he had made inroads on a ' ! `l the all distinctions, the tions, placed manner—one the principal the country, inveigled the Ameers into treaties, id de- Ar representative on same floor together, " Placed the gentlemen of Manchester, Leeds, ceived them by false promises, and only waited f or eitow and every town that could be mentioned, on the termination of the Affghanistan war to drive them w e c ame footing..—(Cheers.) The large profit they out of' the country. The following is a specimen of o f . t P the means or making was not always ill-disposed the policy of Lord Auckland, who, from some strange l abi l 3 eet not the gentlemen around him fancy that they hallucination in the public mind, is believed as inno- N tired for persons who did no good with it. He cent of the invasion of Sinde as of the fall of Adam : le t Y,,requested them to walk through thisgreat city -4 "„em pass throu g h its streets and alleys, and what " Shame being now laid aside, and occasion rife, Lord 11 the see ? They saw at every turn almshouses, Auckland, pretending a virtuous . indignation at the %Pital • duplicity of the Ameers—their unwarrantable enmity Itti o s, schools. Who created there.? Not the and jealousy of the British I moved with pity also for Th e :racy, but the merchant princes of London. the distracted state of their government, a state which 44ti Y dispensed their princely wealth with a lordly his Envoy was expreisly instructed to foment, declared 4, 1 Princely hand. Reasoning on the amount of good that fire thousand troops should instantly seize Shikar kol' he felt proud to belong to such a class. He could pore. and such other parts of Sinde as might be deemed IlituillTher• Men who had attained high honours had e ligible to facilitate the invasion of Affghanistan, and to 1't1 3 . - ,„ 1. 1 1; from it, Sir Matthew Wood, who entertained give effect to the tripartite treaty. Not only the Ameers W it , "'"Y, arose from its ranks; of that gentleman he who were inimical to the British,. but those . who . had dis- Nil not speaking as a politician. If they looked closed any unwillingness to aid the invasion of the utl i , n4 them, at the present time, they would see Affghan.s, f. with whom they had no quarrel, were to be and this violence was offered to 4, (v rs who had attained similar distinction. If they power;roul go;ernments, over which no rights had i : li to the Senate, they would find there a distin- independent been established, save by treaties granted not sought for `ft tett ! 4 rnan, the leader of' a section and a party ; by them, and both in letter and spirit opposed to these or ether they agreed with that gentleman's politics , tee ag gressions ! But to make amends, the Ameers were 41 - Was not the matter under consideration—but r, c ot assured, that the seizure of their territories by a British 'lit e , ~ d en was once a commercial traveller—(Loud arm y me aned nothing injurious to their interests ! `You iti t . ) .B)- . -- and if he were present on this occa- are to die by my hands,' said the executioner to the son lti e :; he was sure he would glory in acknow. of the Spanish Philip ; `you are to die ! Struggle not ! I ''4' that he had been one.—(Loud . cheers.) Your father orders it for your good.'" t''ss,l),,!,,the power and influence commercial m e n p os- Sir H enr y Pottin g er, now so celebrated, was the floi )e r ' i was sure they would agree with him that if the right-hand man of Lord Auckland, and assisted k°4°6 s eaereised and well united, they had power him in these schemes for trampling on the Ameers. le eroili ie, e give Op e ernments weight or make Ministers th at h a ((Cheers.) He then referred to the division The following extract From the work will show with t ° find - ,, t aken place in the Direction, but was happy what tact he supported the views of the Governor stC4Blo,`"at_ the Society would suffer no lose by the General : R t i ll ; e." Of the gentlemen who had retired, and con- " His vehement declarations of the good faith anti ased b y I L:recing them warmly . for the manner in moderation of political acts which the most subtil sophis ,Th th e toast had 0::17-1 cei d try cannot palliate, much less justify ; the deference he " been placed in his try cannot palliate, much less justify the deference he hir. STotEs said a toast h-, been placed in his inc for the tyrannical pleasures of the Ameers at k'lr. STOKES said a toast hat.. . + deal of whose real rights he had by his treaties just taken away, /1 tads, which he should give with a gre:. are somewhat curious specimens of reasoning. Speaking t 4 e ,?stri.e. Nothing could be more gratifying than to of their ' Shikargahs' or hunting preserves, which ho it , i(l e to propose a toast with which his sentiments t i ek00 ,,,,j . ,,; 1 0 they had formed by turning, within a few feelires cordially agreed. Ile had to give the o f i4e , fertile and peopled land into a Health o f ° i ,.. a a gentleman, with regard to whom years, one:foerth he was wilderness ; and they were still re-arching onwardsrecently .in le, the opinions of all of them were in unison with that devastating career, one of thee! havingt-i.hikecareg"T'. (:1 14 . ° wri. He gave the " Health of their respected a l old; future the w - li I: o f de ee ltr nan."—(Loud cheering.) They owed. him a destroyed two large villages to form for his child, then onlyeight y pa r debt of gratitude—deeper than they could re- t h ew declared that their hunri e n a g . . rs g o rounds were dearer o Y in all Words; and he therefore hoped that they would to them than their wives and children ;he yet desired mNigohrtm b aenrseisni ,,,l,o, h e paese the ancient forest ot,j, leti vely assist him in carrying out the beneficial that they England were e t - j aaliy pernicinee! ooe d ' s of this Society. It was to his firm and manly laws of the 43% duct that they were indebted for the meeting of thatl o r the worst periods of English history as a A n d while thus recurring to the worst, the most eruct h a d i r e ver since he had entered the Direction, his conduct "ii)dreesfsoir°ll3ritish policy let the nineteenth century, and ,Itlti en open and straightforward ; whatever diffi• IN es he had met in their cause, from that path he s a i u stency he recommended a conciliating Rid peeteettpg gu excuse for the Ameers ofliinee, witl l . sitiguley incon- Plie rit 4 v,er flagged nor swerved. His character in policy tewar es the people !" Ne e i ! life was without reproach, as a man of busi- After describing in his sal strong language the ttli kh , a Was unexceptionable, but as a Director he T h ‘ .. say they had never had such a one.—(Cheers.) expensive, ruinous, and uncalled for eepedition to !tit ee ,", Uneiesteei briefly returned thanks for the Caubul, a nd the deceitful policy adopted towards the lement. a , r w s'utl t: v Al.sla then gave the healths of G. Redmayne, rulers of Sinde, General Napier thus sums up the k r : . faker, Esqs., the old Directors. leading features of Lord Auckland's government in India: — AL ; rtEosiaTNE returned thanks. era was now commencing for Sinde. Lord E]Ett„.,,, TocicnaLE gave the new Directors that day e BetnadneLted India, leaving it in all the confusion, l'tf r " , Mr. P. Rolt, Dr. Cursham, and Mr. G. Moore. ° Pol, ' A loonu, on behalf of himself and colleagues, the terror, Auckland r . , gandoratillietydaanngdera, astounding g ily in fh c i a w p i a n c g i (y fro w m h t ic h h e A ir to the toast. political imm .• h. i e o v u o s u s feelingsca reer. and A And t i fa blindedny man,hy ,'lie e r ' C ornEr gave the auditors. He stated, to freefrom r . udioes. m kie,edhehmisehmtisfcacti l ‘' l ' e Wh at individual exertion can do,_ that Mr. p a rty p . etvh.g shall doubt the correctness of the pie hr e 4 ,",.,, Mr. Starr, and Mr. Stockdale, had each ture ot 1 1 . 44 (1 11 ' 4 30 0 into the office, and he himself ~ , 00/. pound 4',,t1 the means of introducing 110,0001. and he will doubt no longer. Out subject, w ith a desire to reach the truth, all the Parliamentary papers on the Ti. A r dasir having returned thanks, l t , Lle p. -k a i -HAIRMAN gave the " Secretaries, and the of their co , . I , b a nd medical officers." own mouths they are condemned." policy of his successor, and The next subject is the C Th e to ast was acknowledged by Mr. EVANS. mer ged e etra - "'The local agents, and M IRMAN gale 1 r. of India, among which the Bombay the vile accusations brought against him by the cenary press Alw i ck, of Manchester."—(Cheers.) b c , b ay' i nAuwicK replied. He read a letter from re , e ' minent. Shortly after Lord El- Tienee, conducted by a Scotchman of the name of e 'lti e ,, e Waddington, Chairman of the Directors of the Buist stands p '48 % - "ester and Birmingham Railway, expressing his lenborough's arrival in India a large army_ of b reserve l'i l ls° ,, e i n,tnlent at not being able to attend the dinner. was collected on the frontiers of the Punjau to pro 'evt,r,,'„ v ice-Presidents and the Stewards were then tect the remains of the Caubul troops on their return Ai; "Y proposed and drank. . 8 ~..k,.. ~roxEs proposed the health of Mr. Newbon. to the Sutledge. The paid agents of certain parties raised an outcry against Lord Ellenborough from this ple ri '-', 4 k . wnors replied. lie said there were materials sir es t ne commercial body itself to accomplish all arrangement and had nearly inflicted the greatest ItiSs ee '°st sanguine expectations. The man that con- calamity on the country purely. from mereeuary :no all -" empires, an d t ro d nations beneath his feet, once tives. General Napier thus points out the danger th• ''d he ti. ; ., 4) , k h t e - •° " a . nation . . of shopkeepers." Did they caused by these hirelings. : thqt the 'lid so in derision ? No; he knew and felt e 4 3' were a great commaiscial nation, and hence And here it is fitting to notice the true objects of :Evo i nt L erlee escaped his lips. He concluded an able assembling that army of reserve, so ridiculed at the time ythe Indian press. It is fitting to do so as throwing a ~,y h 4 ('Y complimentin g them on the moderation light upon Lord Elleuborough's prudence ; but more so, t o displayed on an when they ' e t a ''' occasion had as the infamous and dangerous nature of that Th co mmemorate a victory. Indian press, whose efforts have been for several years tags to Cha irman then left the chair, and the proceed- constantly directed to the support at peculation, the N ' trniiThey • ' of the military spirit, the calumniating of th. nat e ri were marked throughout depression by - patriotic feeling and useful talent, and the ,r" t iC ea test unanimity and good feeling. every man of teaching the foreign enemies of the Anglo lriel4nev°calists engaged for the evening were Miss inciting and I T , 1: u, Misses r. F. N. Crouch Mr. hill Indian Government how and when to assail the armies at AtTa_llkle,e, and Mr. O'Brien, Lloyd. We must ' state also; with the greatest advantage, even urging__ the_ tS'epoys at times to mutiny. Let the people of . E . ngland . judge . . the '''ote t 're. Toole officiated as toastmaster with his ( aled ability. followine• sample of their wanton iniquity, their mischief k, "When Lord Ellenborough arrived in India, there h s . b --------_. making e 'falsehood. I , t Y's w Donald Horne, from the office of her Ma- were 30,000 Seik troops at Peshawar, and there were 41" It corks, has been inspecting the locality of theonly 4 000 British troops there, of whom 1,800 were in '''',• d Royal Palace of Linlithgow, between GI ,i, presence of these Seiks was a matter of 11 4 --` Edinbur ' • gh. Ihis famed - marrsion has lateals):and when 5,000 of them advanced, un -14 tt;nn g h r o e s a p t it a a n . xie T ty h ; e 11, sa ect .e extensive repairs and embellishments under asked and unwished-for as auxiliaries to Jellalabad, Lord I,,''re e h Inn and at the expense of Government . Alr. Ellenborough directed General Pollock, and through public his agency fr 48 fully confirmed the ancient right of the On e t a rr e ce . ss round the loch.succeeded, to persuade these half hostile, ittureeoeJlerren STATES AND CANADA —LIVERPOOL the right bank to the turbulent men, to pass to the left bank of the Caukul , river, to leave all the resources of 1 4 iv t ' - eeThe rext steamer, which we anticiatu, will British, and to clear their rear as far as Peshawa vanes;e e_ Sunday r 2O But ooo will, should there " . next, be no now, when the army was returning from Caubul, , *cites Prate arrival with late dates, bring important of these Seiks followed the troops, and the army of re .• • tn ee °re the United States. ThedayaPP"inted for serve was most prudently and wisely assembled on the h it a .-"g of Congress is Monday, the 2d of . December, S tledge, to keep them in awe, and to support the autho t`k'fepetilitoktiin . would not, it was thought, ' be assembled ri u ty of - Shere Sing, who was friendly, against the power 1 , . e N1 0 ,. - ",' middle Of the week. IN e may conclude, and wishes of must of his sirdars, and more especially ele t e s • t Y, that the last annual message wh ich President against the Sindhawalla . family, by ' whom he was after ,t'll, ef , P ro) of off ice w ill allow him to issue, and which wards assassinated. Dhian Sing,. his minister, actually I."xt ls e(mrse, str g r ut uesly advocate the annexation of proposed to attack the British while traversing the un tncltik Tied be delieeraehotit the 6th instant. The j am b on their return from Caubul; and he propoaed this, h tei c e . , a maj or i ty o f four in the Senate—a majority because he had been deluded by . the infamous Indian I t 'Clee et ,' sufficient to prevent the accomplishment of press into the belief that the British meant to attack be . "' or any other democratic measure, sho u ld t h e Seiks ! Shere Sing, however, relied on rit's I : c dicy in fie' and steadfast in their opposition. Their faith ; and supported by the presence of the army i of re ea"' tlei'l t ! iat respect was, however, a dopbtful question; serve, resisted succeestully. Be afterwart . strongly ci t ti 1 5 , g l i t v_ it is decided no , opinion entitled to any weight represented ' to the foreign secretary, whp vetted him 1, litia, ,v° as to the prospects of the futnre. From et Lahore after the armies had pa'ssed the Sutledge, 1111 4 :lia ki l e t shall have the meeting of the new Provincial the extreme embarrassment which the assertions of l c , e eh o f c e,aPPointtd for the 28th tilt., and the Opening the Anglo-Indian press, that the English designed to e e with ''''r Charles Metcalf which is looked forward attack him, had created in ell his dealings with his own . ea ch great interest. The pac e et. 0 inieller ? chiefs and army ! , . 4 ar i l, 1 i' ship H tt . = eraza ore he lip et of 1101 .fead on Wednesday week, le ached On Lord Ellenborough's arrival at y p t er en Thursday). ' • wit " ~,e (.4. _.a. night last, having been upwards . Vbanged the whole system of dipiomaey in Sinde, ‘ 4 l tls w h ich ' e u Iy endeavouring to enter. The easterly dispensing with the services eet ree , , uelayed her arriN al continue, and the docks I of major 0, xitra,m arid -.eV bare of shipping. I many other political agents, and gave the who power to Sir Charles Napier. His general instructions were of the most cautious arid prudent character. He thus writes to Sir Charles No.pier in Septem - ber, " Should any Ameer, or chief, with whom we have a treaty of alliance and friendship, have evinced hostile desiges against us, during the late events, which may have induced them to doubt the continuance of our power, it is the present intention of the Governor Ge. neral to inflict upon the treachery of such ally and friend so signal a punishment as shall effectually deter others from similar conduct ; but the Governor-General would not proceed in this course without the most complete and convincing evidence of guilt in the person accused. The Governor-General relies entirely on your sense of justice, and is convinced that whatever reports you may make upon the subject, after full investigation, will be such as he may :Adel,- act upon." Sir Charles acted according to instrwtions, and never were snore glaring breaches of treaties com mitted than those, produced on the most unexceptionable authority, committed by the Ameers of Sinde. They had levied toll contrary to treaty—expelled the English from the bazaars, fired on British subjects, and formed a con spiracy after the disasters of Caubul for destroying the whole English army in Sinde. These are facts which cannot be disputed, and fully warranted Lord Ellenborough in taking possession of the country. We keep the question of humanity out of view—the miserable condition of the people, the sottish habits of the Ameers, their tyranny and oppression, and the anxious and expressed wish of the people to be placed under English protection. We merely reason on ad mitted principles—the rulers of Sinde had entered into certain conditions with the Indian Government—they were ten times warned of the consequences of a breach of these conditions—they wilfully broke them and took the consequences. They are now exiles and pri soners; but imprisonment is not necessary, they arc hated by the people, they were in fact rude and un principled conquerors, and established themselves in Sinde under the protection of the rulers of Caubul, whom they betrayed. We conclude these extracts with an affectionate tribute of brotherly affection from the historian of the Peninsular war to the pre sent Governor of Sinde : " The sword had been taken from the Ameers of Upper Sinde, as it were by sleight, but they fled to the desert and to Lower Sinde, there to raise in conjunction with their cousins of Hyderabad the standard of battle. They trusted in their sandy wastes, their strong and numerous fortresses, their deadly sun, in the numbers, courage, strength, and fierceness of their wild Belochee swordsmen, and braver barbarians never gave themselves to slaughter. In these things they trusted, and not without reason ; but they were opposed to what they could not understand, having no previous experience of his like—a man of fiery but vigilant ♦alour, skilled in war and resolute to win ; daring as the boldest chieftain of their hills and stern in tight : they found him so when their thousands went down before the bayonets of his valiant soldiers wallowing in blood, but never cruel or ferocious, for he loves peace and justice with a true heart, and strove hard to avoid the clash of arms. The Ameers would not have it so, and when the shock did come they were broken like potsherds. It was not the English General but the Sindian Princes who sought the contest. No Etruscan fecial ever cast his spear across a boundary, invoking his gods to attest the justice of a war, with a purer conscience than Charles Napier marched to battle ; and now it shall be my task to show how victoriously he bore the banner of England across the bloody fields of Meeanee and Dubba ; how widely he has since spread England's fame for justice and gen tleness by his administration : the Beloochs reverence and the Sindians bless him, though the Ameers mourn.' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT PERS A LL'S—YESTERDAY. The Derby betting touched upon nearly all the standard favourites, and, in a few instances, with some effect on the prices ; thus 1,000 to 35 was laid agst Anti-Repealer, and 800 to 20 agst Young Eclipse—a fall of several points on the previous quotations. The Rebecca colt and the one out of Calypso's dam were backed at 1,000 to 30 each, the former with a de cided call ; 1,000 to 25 each was taken about Pan tasa, Fitzallen, and Weatherbit, and 500 to 10 about Cabin Boy, their backers willing to go on ; 50 to 1 was laid to about 2001. agst Ironmaster, " all in," the only terms upon which any business was or could have been transacted. Against the principal favourites the only bets were 600 to 50 agst Alarm, 500 to 25 agst the Cobweb colt, 1,100 to 50 and 500 to 25 two or three times agst Pam, the takers, particularly the Pain division, `• fond." Of the general prices, and of several engagerients on the Chester Cup, we subjoin the usual averages : CHESTER CUI'—(NAME OA NOT.) 1000 to 20 agst Ratan—taken 1000 to 20 agst Corranna—taken 1000 to 20 agst Extempore—taken 1000 to 20 agst Celeste—taken 2000 to 40 agat A-la mode—taken 2000 to 40 agst Wiseacre—taken 2000 to 40 agst Setniseria—taken 500 to 10 agst Mid Lothian—taken 300 to 5 agst Peggy—taken Offers to take 35 to 1 about Winesour. DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—take 17 to 1 18 to 1 agat Colonel Anson's Kedger—t. 20 to 1 18 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb aolt—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 1000 to 35 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken 3() to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt 30 to 1 agat Mr. St. Paul's c out of Calypso's dam —t. US to 1 ago Mr. Gully's Old England—taken 33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen —taken and afterwards offered. 35 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Minikin colt —t. 40 to 1 IQ to 1 apt Mr. Colemaa's Young Eclipse —taken tq 1 ags, Mr. Mostyn's Pants,sa—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. llesseitine's Fitzallen—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin-boy —taken !.o 1 t t gst 3%if. A. W. tfill's Ironmaster—t, (all in) 50 to 1 4gSt 001. dradock's 4inglepot 250 to 200 on Idas agst the Cobweb colt—taken 1000 to 10 and 2000 to 15 laid agat Idas winning this *nd thy 2000 Guineas, and Lancashire Witch the Oaks. p44e. 10 to 1 each, in one bet, laid agst the Lancashire Witch and Refraction. 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Refraction—taken 16 to - 1 agst Lord G, Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere--t. 1000 to 30 agat Lord G. Bentinek's Miss Ells—taken 400 to 100 agst Kent's lot. COAL M ARIEZT. Prices per tan at tho close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 2fis ; Cares H4rtley, 255; Charlotte Main, 25s 6d ; Holywell Main, 27s 6d ; Morrison's Hartley, 22s 6d ; Old Pontop, 20s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 23s ; Old Tanfield, 21s ; Ravensworth West Hartley, 23s ; South Pontop, 20s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley, 24s Ga • WestWylam, 25s ; Wylam, 23s 6d ; W. E., Bewicke and Co., 27s 6d ; W. E„ Clennell, 2 s ; W. E., Norton, 25s ; W. E., Urpeth, 24s ; W. E., Woodefield, I9s ; Eden Main, 265; Lambton's Primrose, 255; W. E., Belmont, 2§s to 25s 6d ; W. K., Bra-Idyll's Hetton, 26s 64 ; W, E. Hetton, gps tq 27s ; W. E., Lambton, 265, 275, 30s ; W. E„ Morri3ou, YYs Gd ; W. g!' I ' 4°- mom!, 26s 6d ; W. E., Stewart's, 27s ; W. E., Coracle; 26s •, W. E., Heseldon, 26s ; W. E., Trimdon, 27s ; W. E., Adelaide, 27s to 27s Gd ; Coundon Tees, 26s ; M'Lean's Tees, 25s ; North Durh am , 23 5; Ri c h ar dson's 24s ; South pnrharn, 26s ; Seymour Tees, 27s ; Ellingworth, 25s ar-ived His Excellency Sir Eardly Wilmot has appointed Mr. Roderick O'Connor, a brother of Feargus, to a scat in the Legislative Council at Hobart Town.— Southern I?epqrkr, DRAT," 01? A XiisEii:.—Qn Thursday, the sth inst., died Miss Murton, of Trutnpington-stweet, in this town, agt d seventy-one, a person of most eccentric habits. She was possessed of property to the amount of 50 0001., but lived in a most wretched state, in a house entirely by herself. She wa§ in the habit of sitting on the ground, surrounded by tiltfi of all de4;riptions, and two starved black cats on each side of her. She would htive perished through cold and want, or been oaten up with filth, but fur the kind attention of her relatives. She has left the bulk of hew property /excepting only a few trifling lega cies) to the family of Mr. rfomso, O hl YtonG nnson : All her houses are left to Mr. Christopher Pemberton. —Cambridge Independent. cil4pliENGE TURNIP. --There has been for some days exhibiting, in the shop-window. of Messrs, Dickson and Turnbull, seedsmen, here, among other 44e spe4: mens of agricultural produce, a white globe turnip,. weighing 25ilbs. imperial. This was raised by Mr.' Moncur, Blairgowrie, and we heli,ve is unprece dented in this, and we may suppose in any other quarter, The field was manured With Lones and dung in nearly equal proportions, and the whole crop is generally very large.—Perth Courier. Felix Gatayes, pupil of the celebrated Lists, has recently arrived in London, for the second time, after having obtained the most brilliant success in Italy and Germany. M. Gatayes is a. pianiste of extraordinary talent ; but, beyond that, he is a composer of gredt originality, rigour, and uxpression. Among the unpub lished productions of the young artiste are an opera and a ballet, whiph it is his intention to submit to the judg ment of a London audience.—roarier de Europe. RUNJEET SiNon.—The publication of a new work, tho sphes and events of which are laid in the dominions of the late lLion of Lahore," and the characters of which include himself and some of the roost Nniarliuble and conspicuous functionaries of his Court and 091 3 1 ) , cannot fail to exaite unusual interest—especially when the volumes bear the name and authority of a British Officer, who has passed a large portion of his military life in the midst of the scenes and personages with which the work busies itself. The production to which we allude bears the title of '6 ADVENTURMS oF AN OFFICER s - rf IrgE SERVICE OF RUNJEET SINGEL," and comprises iiers'Onal sletehek.) of all the foreign officers—Aritabili, A'Court, and the rest—wfio were §o long distinguished both in the Court and Camp of that extraordinary chief. The position of the author, Major H. M. L. Lawrence, as the British Resident at the Court of Nepaul, and late Assistant to the Volitical Agent in relation with Lahore, gives to this singular boo li charactpr of authenticity, and of consequent interest and that it could hare AUaingd by no other means, TIFIR SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24 1344. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 22.—The Thames, royal mail ' steam-ship, Lieutenant I'. Hest, RN., Commander, arrived this day, at ten o'clock, A.M., bringing. the usual mails. Her dates of departure are :—Demerara., 18th Nov. ; Carthagena, 18th ; Trinidad, 20th ; Jamaica, 23d ; Barbadoes. 25th ; Grenada, 26th ; St. Thomas's Ist Dec. ; and Fayal, the 14th. The 'llamas brings home on merchants' account 72,788 dollars, 3,052 oz, of gold dust, 478 oz. of silver, 8501. British coin, 400 dollars' worth of pearls, and passengers. Her Majesty's ships Pique, Eurydice, and Rose were at Barbadoes at the time of the departure of the Thames. The Imaum and Scylla were at Jamaica, the Inconstant had gone to Vera Cruz, and her Majesty's steam-ship Styx was at Fayal. The royal mail steam-ship Tay, and City of Glasgow, were left lying at St. Thomas's. The Dee left Grenada on the 26th with the mails for Jamaica and Mexico. The Medway took the outward mails to Demerara. The whole of the West India Islands were generally in a very healthy state. The Governors of Trinidad and the Windward Islands were about to proceed to Jamaica to consult with Lord Elgin, on the expediency of forming a final settlement for the West Licks colonies. There is every prospect of good crops thi oughout the islands generally. The weather has not been so propitious for many years. The House of Assembly was sitting at Jamaica, but no particular business was being transacted. The same Company's steam-packet the Clyde, Captain Symmonds, will take out the Mexican and West India mails on the 2d of January. The Iberia steam-ship will leave the Docks on the 28th inst. for Malta and Alexandria, with the view of rendering complete the new arrangements fur a twiee a month communication with Egypt. The Paeha will take out the Peninsula mails on the 26dt. The Oriental Company's steam ship Braganza, Captain Evans, will sail on the Ist of January for Constantinople, ; she will take out the East India and China mails as far as Malta, whence they will be forwarded to Alexandria by the Iberia. The schooner Hervine, Wells master, from St. Michael's, bound for London, was forced by the strong easterly gales to put into Stoke's-bay on Friday. Orders were sent from London yesterday for the vessel to proceed to this port and discharge her cargo. The Ilervine conse quently arrived in the Docks this day, and the fruit will all be sent by railway to London to-morrow, and be sold in time for the Christmas demand ; thus decidedly proving the great advantage which this port offers to the fruit trade, and in all cases when dispatch is important. The Hervine will sail again for St. Michael's on Friday ; and in all probability, as the wind now is, will arrive there before she could have reached London with her pre sent cargo. POPISH ANXIETY for ENGLAND. To the Hon. and Rev. G. Spencer, a brother of the liberal Earl Spencer, and an old pervert to Popery, is due the questionable honour of having stirred up the sympathies of the Romish Church in Belgium, for the sunken and insecure religious condition of poor England. To the Rev. F. Oakeley, a mem ber of a sect whose teachers, though of our Reformed Protestant Church, yet denounce "Protestants and other herectics," and a gentleman who has pub lished his reasons why he does not "at once" pass over to the camp of iniquity—to him is due the still more questionable honour of exciting the Romish Church to speak authoritatively of the condition of Great Britain, with the implied pro mise, moreover, of listening with humility and re spect to its decision. We do not know whether those gentlemen have acted in concert; but whether or not, the hope of the one and the suggestion of the other have not been allowed to pass by unre garded by the listening and attentive ears of Rome. Not that the Vatican itself has given sign of having heard the significant notes of the two reverend gen tlemen—the Roman and the quasi Roman. That has yet to come. The parting knell of St. Cuthbert's found echoes in the Northumbrian rocks, ere it reached the wak.4ul hermit of Warksvorth ; and it roused the sleepy peasants of Baniborough, before it startlei the graceful stag on Cheviot Pell. So here the hint given by Mr. Spencer, or that administered by Mr. Oakeley, has only as yet reached Belgium, where it has sum moned the Primate, Sterckus, to action ; roused the Cardinal Archbishop of Alalines ; and shaken the very hones of St. Rumbold, over whom it is his privilege to be guardian. Here, then, in closest proximity to us, the work has been commenced. One prieat has framed a prayer to save us from that Protestantism which has been anathematised by Mr. 'Ward; and another has given his gracious sanction to the same, in order that neither we nor the author may lose any thing by an unfavourable censorship denouncing the composition. The hope of the disinterested gen tlemen who have framed, sanctioned, and offered it lip, is doubtless this—that other Popish countries will follow so good an example, and that finally it may reach that centre of Roman Cristendom whence may, thereupon, be expected to emanate those decisive decretals which are to marshal Mr. Oakeley and his followers the way that they are going. PRAYER FOR THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND. " Almighty God ! Father of Mercy ! thou who hast determined to save men, by faith, cast a propitious ghnce upon the kingdom of England. Disperse the darkness which heresy has spread there, and there make the torch of truth gleam in the eyes of her children, so that all may joyfully return into the bosom of our mother, the holy church, through our Lord Jesus Christ! So be it. "Holy Virgin, Mother of God, pray for England ! " St. Peter and St. Paul, pray for her ! " St. Gregory, the Pope, and St. Augustine, the Apostle of. England, pray for her ! " St. Thomas of Canterbury, holy martyrs, and holy Confessors of England, pray f)r her ! " Holy Virgins, and Widows of England, pray for her ! " Deignto be moved, 0 Lord, by the prayers of your friends (sic.). Deliver your people; bless your heritage; and save those souls redeemed at the cost of the precious blood of your Divine Son, who liveth and reigneth with you for ever and ever. So be it." APPROVAL. "We give our sanction to the above prayer ; and, for every day on which it shall be devoutly repeated, we hereby grant a hundred days' indulgence (from the pains of purgatory). We accord the same favour to those who shall receive the holy communion, as well Aka....to the priests who may celebrate mass with the like views (of bringing about the conversion of England). " We earnestly engage all who are of our diocese, and especially the priesthood, and the members of reli gious societies, to be frequent in prayer for an object so important, and to especially dedicate the Thursdays to ;his work. "ENGLEBERT, "Cardinal Archbishop of Malines. (signed) " Malines, 1844." Church and State Gazette. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CAMPBELL.— rTehsiidsewnte'oll-kaitiorneeacnd h, i much in s u respected officer nd, on },r d i his day week. Colonel Campbell was a native of the parish of Halkirk, Caithness, which he left at an early age to fight the battles of his country on foreign shores. He entered the army as ensign, in Sir John Sinclair's Voneililes, some time previous tp the Irish rebellion, during which event , ful period he accompa ied and continued with his regi ment in that country. Some time afterwards he ob tained a commission in the 79th, in which regiment he served in Egypt. He was present at the siege of Copen hagen in 1897, accompanied Si; John Moore in the Vzninsula, and fought with marked courage in the battle of Corunna, where his brave General fell. In 1809 he accompanied Lord Chatham into Holland, returned to and served in the Peninsula, until the battle of Toulouse in 1814. He returned to his native country in 1817, where he has ever since remained. About eight years aip 4 was - 4:aised from tho an of Major to that of Lieutenant-Colonel. His Character as a soldier placed him in the highest position as brave and undaunted; and as an officer he was looked up by those under him with respect and esteem. Cool, dignified, skilful, and brave, Colonel Campbell won for himself golden honours. It is, 4 q wpve r , a most remarkable fact, that although engaged during service in ab * ;ut thirty iaatties, he never received a single scar. Once a ball penetrated his saddle, and on another occasion a ball went through Irs cap, and in neither instance did the least injury occur to him. He was about seventy years of age.—Edinburgh 04seriet.. REMOVAL OF THE LIGHTHOUSE AT SUNDERLAND. —This extraordinary work was undertaken in conse quence of the necessity that arose for lengthening the pier. A wooden cradle was fiyed underpeath the baild frig, which weighs thiee hundred and . thirty tons, and it was then moved on a temporary wooden railway a dis tance of seven hundred and seventy feet. The work was the more difficult in consequence of an angle round which the lighthouse had to be moved, an d it h a d to b e elevated nearly two feet above the level it previously oc cupied. The far greater part of the distance was ac complished in thirteen hours ; after all the preparations had been completed. The lighthouse did not deviate iii the least from the perpendicular during the removal, and the gas lights were'kept burning all the thue.—The _ _ lfoNay.—Notice is given to the officers and company of her Majesty's brig Waterwitch, Lieutenant Matson, that they will be paid their respevtive propor tions of prize money for the and .rulentioned slave. VP§SCIS, op the Tuesday after Christmas-day :—Tonnage bounty for Cabaco, seized March 14, 1840. Slave bounty for Andorinha, seized May 28, 1840. Tonnage bounty 'for Doze d'4utubro, or name unknown, seized Noyernher 13, 1840. Slave F!4 tonne bounties fur brigantine, name unknOwn, sei ze d April 3,1843. dull, stores, and tonnage bounty for Almeida, seized April 27, 1843. The Queen-Dowager has caused the liberal sum of 201. to be transmitted to Truro, in aid of the fund fo r the completion of fit. Paul's Church, Clemant's, Her Afaiesty has also handsomely subscribed towards the restoration of the ancient church of St. Mary de Crypt, in Gloucester. ENGLISH THEATRICALS IN PARIS. —The English company in Paris continues to attract crowded audiences. On Friday the second representation of Othello ‘s , 4_ vpry crowded. Amongst these preent was the puke pf liontpensier, accompanied' by the Count de la Tour du Pin, besides a great number of the first people in Paris. The French portion of the audience becomes daily more numerous. The Earl of Chesterfield has accepted the stpwaT4- ship of the forthcoming Lichfield races, which are ap pointed c 9 take placc op t,4 4ist Tliesday p,ft,9r 4)ormaifte,r faces, LITERATURE. LUGOL ON SCROFULA. Churchill, London, 1544. This is a translation from the French, and the gen tleman to whom we are indebted for the version is Dr. Ranking, physician to the Suffolk General Hos pital. The work contains a most copious and circum stantial account of the origin and progress of scrofula, of its hereditary transmission, of the causes which are chiefly instrumental in producing it, and of the best mode of treatment for the prevention and eradication of this distressing malady. The author has investi gated his subject with uncommon care, and given several curious cases of hospital patients in illustra tion of some of the leading positions which he has laid down. According to him, scrofula is a far more general complaint than it is usually supposed to be, and is almost always found connected more or less with tubercular consumption. Those afflicted with it may, and sometimes do, live the average term of years, but by far the great majority of them die ere yet they have entered on the autumn of their life. The work is prefaced with an Introduction and an Essay on the treatment of the principal varieties of scrofula, both of which are from the pen of the translator. KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME. Part 26. C. Knight, London, 1844. The present Part of this cheap weekly Miscellany contains the third and closing volume of " Craik's History of British Commerce," from the earliest times down to the present day, when the spirit of English commercial enterprise pervades the whole world. The author is of opinion that our modern system, both of manufactures and trade, in most of its leading branches, may be regarded as taking its rise from the commenceing portion of the reign of George the Third, and then proceeds to discuss-the question, which he does with learning and acuteness. The work—as we observed when speaking of the two former volumes—is reprinted, with corrections and additions, from the "Pictorial History of England." THE LAWYERS 1N LOVE. 3 Vols. Cochrane, London, 1844. The title of this work suggests the idea of fun and drollery, and there is much of this to be found in it, though it will certainly not quite answer the reader's expectations. The tale is in the form of an auto biography, and professes to consist of passages from the life of a Chancery barrister, which were written many years since, and the manuscript of which was found in an old musty, worm -eaten closet in the author's chambers. Some of the characters, especially that of Aunt Circumspect, are drawn with spirit and discrimination, and the closing incidents of the story are full of broad humour, and would form the materials of an excellent farce. It is impossible to read the account of the marriage of Aunt Circumspect with her own brother's clerk, with whom she had eloped, under the mistaken notion that he was a nobleman of fortune, without indulging in a hearty laugh, such as that which we enjoy when reading of the matrimonial mishaps of the leading personages in Congreve's Old Bachelor. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—l think the following paragraph, from the Liverpool Standard, so significant as to deserve a pro minent place in the columns of The Sun, and, more over, the most serious attention of the friends of the Established Church in this country. When we hear, as we do continually, of the munificent gifts of Roman Catholics, Unitarians, and Dissenters, for the support of the public worship of Almighty God, in the manner they severally deem the most proper; when we ob serve that they can find money to erect large, costly, and beautiful temples of religion, how truly con temptible, paltry, and disgraceful does the infliction on the people of the halfpenny and farthing Offer tory, appear ! When the Pope and Socinus are prowling about the fold, it is madness on the part of the Shepherd of Canterbury to worry and scatter his sheep. A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN. "The Unitarians of Hyde are now contemplating the erection of a chapel of more than uncommon magnificence, and, judging from present a pp earances, in the way of donations, the plan will undoubtedly be fully realised. The Messrs. Ashton, of Hyde, four brothers, have, it is understood, given 1,0001. each; Mr. Thornlev, of Godley, 500/. • and Mr. Randle, of Hibbert, 300/. ; to say nothi ng o f smaller sums. It is intended to raise, by voluntary subscriptio ns , th e large sum of 10,000/." SLAVERY and the FREE CHURCH A correspondence between Dr. Chalmers and seve• ral other 13rties, relative to the question of slavery in the United States (as connected with the Scottish Free Church), has been recently introduced into se veral of the Edinburgh newspapers. The interchange of letters was founded originally on one sent by Dr. Chalmers to Dr. Thomas Smyth, of Charleston, Caro lina, in which the latter Rev. Doctor was thanked most warmly for the contributions made by himself and his friends to the cause of the Free Church in Scotland. But Dr. Chalmers went further in his epistle. He used to Dr. T. Smyth certain language, and gave vent to particular sentiments, which, as we do not mean to print the correspondence separately, we may here quote : " I do not need to assure you how little I sympa thise with those who, because slavery happens to pre vail in the Southern States of America, would un christianise that whole region, and who even carry their extravagance so far as to affirm that, so long as it subsists, no fellowship or interchange of good offices should take place with its churches or its ministers. As a friend to the universal virtue and liberty of man kind, I rejoice in the prospect of those days when slavery shall be banished from the face of the earth ; but most assuredly the wholesale style of excommuni cation contended for by some is not the way to hasten forward this blissful consummation." • Here is a different view of things, indeed, from that taken by Dr. Andrew Thomson, a leader of the Scottish Church, who may be named at any time with Dr. Chalmers without a shadow of disparage ment to the latter. Many will remember the indig nant manner in which the former deceased champion of religion and liberty denounced the half-and-half views which Dr. Chalmers now advocates. Can we be unmindful of the noble spirit which Dr. A. Thom son evinced in 1830, when, by the irresistible force of his eloquence, and the backing power of a good cause, he turned nearly the entire people of Scotland, if not, indeed, the majority of the British nation, from their hasty assent to proposed partial mea sures of slave-emancipation—rousing them to the demand for a full and immediate abolition of that most unnatural species of bondage where man holds property in man ? We turn with pleasure to the very words on that occasion of the illustrious and revered speaker. "If the planter had property in the slave," said Dr. Thomson, " he must be able to plead that it is 4 right of property given to him by God. If man has property in man, the white must have property in the black, and why may not the black also have a right of property in the white His (Dr. T.'s) argument wag, that slavery was essentially opposed to the first principles of our nature, and at variance with the spirit gf our holy religion. It would not do for the slave-holders to tell him that they did not make men slaves. Had they not taken them as slaves they might have been free, for it was just as bad to keep a man in Lltitery as it was to make him a slavc," But without dwelling on the events of that memo rable struggle, we shall allow an American to talk to Dr. Chalmers on this point—an American eminent as an anti-slavery advocate among his brethren of the United States—Mr, Tappan, of New York. Writing to Air. Joseph Sturge on the letter of Dr. Chalmers, Mr. Tappan says—, "I cannot convey to you an adequate idea of the immense mischief such a letter will do in this coun try. The tendency is to pull down what we have been attempting fur ten years to build up. It is taking with religious professors who hold slaves, whose consciences have been reached by anti-slavery dis cussions. It is administering an opiate to northern pro-slavery ministers, who have been placed in an awkward position by anti-slavery arguments and en treaties. Such a letter as this, proceeding from the pen of one whose writings are exerting a great in fluence in this country, will do more injury than all the good that can be done by his publications in past years. 44 Why will your ministers of the gospel launch such missiles against the sacred cause of abolition P %Vhy do they so dishearten us when we are toiling day and night, at such sacrifices, to change public senti ment, win over the consciences of our countrymen, and bring about the overthrow of the cruel system of slavery? I have not words to express the grief and astonishment I feel at such strange conduct. In addition to the general character of the letter, let me point your attention to some expressions in it that are in themselves very reprehensible, and unworthy of the character of Dr. Chalmers as a man and a theolo gian. Because slavery happens to prevail in the Southern Rtates of America.' Happens ! Is this proper language for a Doctor of Divinity to use in speaking of a moral offence ? or does Dr. Chalmers think slaveholding consistent with morality and reli gion ? From the emaression quoted, it -Would seem that he does, and that he scarcely thinks it even an offence against humanity and common justice. Slavery prevails in our Southern States, be it known to Dr. Chalmers, because '250,000 slaveholders will that it shall prevail. They hold their fellpw-nin in bondage, keep them in iguoraiice l stop their ears at the ory of oppressiou, arid qt the retfionAtrance of the • • friends o the slave, because, having the power, they Will not relinquish it. Happens, indeed !' " Same of the distinguished adherents of the Free Church have already attempted to remedy the pyror committed, but. if IT? may iTora , *letter or henry'Grey, the ( y.can 'Clear themselves, not 'their 'brethren. and colleagues. All chat Chalmers has donD, on being - apraieci to fb.r an planation of his sentiments, lisp' been to clefor it au the plea of his sessional occupations as a teacher of Di vinity. he - r roposes, however, to make the matter " a study" : s soon afterwards as possible. Ile and his brethren of the Free Church would indeed require to do so, as dangerous inferences and impressions have followed the publication of this correspondence. —Scotsman. THE PARRICIDE, MARY GALLOP. This unfortunate young woman, who was recently convicted at Chester of having poisoned her father, has made the following statement and confession to Mr. Penrey, the visiting magistrate of the prison, in the presence of the chaplain : " I shall be 21 years of age on the 2d of next March. I was born in Warrington, and am the daughter of Richard and Mary Gallop. My father was a joiner by trade. Both my father and mother were Wes leyan Methodists. My father was a very pious, good man ; but my mother. had fallen off from her religious profession. I recollect him taking me to a Sunday school, in Warrington, when I could just walk. He also sent me to a day school in the same place. I con tinued to go to these schools till I was about nine years old. As my father could not get any work at this time in Warrington, we went to live in Runcorn, where we remained two or three years. He sent me to a Sunday and day school during the whole of that time. As his wages were very low, we went to reside in Liverpool. We lived some time at Rose hill. I went to the Sunday-school belonging to the Brunswick Chapel. My father afterwards removed to Mansfield-street, and sent me to a Sunday and day school in Springfield -street. At this time he obtained work on the railroad, and we went to live at Windsor, near Liverpool. 1 was then about 12 or 13 years of age. I think we remained there about seven years. During this time I was a teacher in Pleasant-street Wesleyan Sunday-school, and regularly attended chapel. My half sister lived with us, and I used to assist her, in the we e k, w ith th e mang l e. When we lived in Mansfield-street, Liverpool, I formed an acquaintance with a young boy, a neighbour. He was younger than myself. When we left Liverpool for Windsor he used to come and see us. We formed an attachment. Both my father and mother were averse to him coming after me, but particularly my father. The young man was then an apprentice, and is not yet out of his time. We then went to live at Crewe. About three months afterwards I went to Liverpool with my mother for a few days. I saw the young man several times. When I returned we used to write to each other. 1 have shown some of his letters to my mother, but not to my father. About ten months after we went to live at Crew my mother destroyed herself in a fit of insanity. When my mother was buried I went with my half sister to Liverpool for some time. I used to see the young man. I returned to Crewe in June last, and asked my father's leave to go again to Liverpool at Christmas. lie said I should not, and was very angry. He said he would never give his consent for me to have anything to do with the young man in Liverpool. I then thought of going into a situation as servant in Liverpool. If I had I should have been very happy now. I heard my half sister one day talking of a woman who had poisoned her husband with arsenic, which she had bought under the pretence of poi soning rats. The idea then first entered my mind of poisoning my father, and I thought I should be at liberty to go where I pleased and do as I pleased. If I could have opened my mind to anybody, and had received a little good advice, I am sure I should not have committed the crime. I did not think that I should be detected. I considered his death would be attributed to the bowel complaint, with which he had been afflicted for several weeks. I bought a pennyworth of arsenic, and, not thinking it would be enough, I bought another pennyworth. I made three cakes, one for my father, one for my half sister and self, and one for the lodger. I put arsenic in the one for my father. I did not put any in the others. If any got mixed with the flour of which they were made, it was by accident. The cakes were for tea on the Friday night. My father did not eat his. It was put away in the cupboard. The lodger, my half sister, and self partook of the others, and were taken ill. I did not put any arsenic in them. I bought some more arsenic next day (Saturday) and mixed it with some arrowroot. I left my father to put the milk to it and make it him self. He was taken ill soon afterwards, and died next morning. MARY GALLOP." As a very strong impression prevails that the young woman is insane, and was so at the time when she deprived her parent of life, a petition h as b een for warded to the Home- o ffi ce , in order to obtain a com mutation of the sentence to confinement or trans portation for life. The petition was signed by the Lord Bishop, Chancellor Raikes, and a great body:of the clergy and gentry. Other petitions are also in course of signature. Ihe Duke of St. Albans, the Earl of Yarb oroug h , Lord \Vorsley, M.P., Earl Browniow, the Earl of liar rowby, the Earl of Dysart, Sir John Nelthorpe, Bart., Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart, Sir Montague John Cholme ley, Bart., Sir William Earl Welby, Bart., Sir J. C. Thorold. Bart., Mr. C. Turnor, M.P., Mr. G. J. Heath cote. M.P., are among the members who are about to establish an association for the general protection of property against incendiarism in the county of Lincoln. THE GAME PRESERVING. --Odious as the life of a poacher may be, farmers have no cause to regret their nightly visits ; but, on the contrary, would, no doubt, be very glad if they were to carry of the entire " surplus" game. SAVINGS' Bamis.—Although the late Act of Par liament regarding savings' banks has but been in opera tion barely a month, much discontent is manifesting itself in respect to the rates of interest now allowed to depositors. Some banks allow 31. per cent., others 21. 18s. 4d., and others 2Z 15s. 6d. The Government only now allows to trustees 21.155, per cent., to pay de positors' interest, and all demands upon them for nooes sary salaries, for rents and taxes, and for all incidental charges, With all this before us, the Government, from the produce of savings' banks, has an immen o sum in their hands called " surplus money." The reduction which has been made in the interest (and especially where only the lesser rates are allowed) will be a serious loss to those classes of individuals for whose convenienoe and advantage savings' banks were established, MISS CLARA WEllSTER.—UnfoTtuDately, the death of this accomplished dancer has not been the only evil attendant upon the late sad accident at Drury-lane Theatre, A nurse of the name of Hudd, supplied on the urgency of the ease from the Middlesex Hospital to attend upon Miss Webster, fell down the stairs, and, upon being conveyed back to the hospital, was found to have sustained II serious hacture of the knee. She is now lying in the accident ward, whilst a aiiukly husband and three young children are deprived of the support they obtained from her labour. The Court of France is enchanted with the Duchesse d'Aumale, who has won the hearts of all about her. Though somewhat below the middle size, the Princess is ex cee di ng l y e l egant i n her deportment, affable and courteous in her manners, anti is said to com b! 'e great instruction with rod natural talents. The Due d'Aumale piques himself on being the father of his own marriage, for the Princess is known to have been his olvu unbiassed choice.—Court Journal, THE WEATHER AND TUN PARKS,.—ACCIDENTS ON THE ICE —The frost within the last two days bas set in with great severity, with a cutting wind from the south east. The rapid thaw which commenced on Sunday week had not entirely destroyed the ice on the orna mental water in the Regent's Park, when the frost again set in, and on Sunday the frozen surface was of sufficient strength to bear. The ice, however, was in a most dan gerous condition, and, despite the endeavours of the men belonging to the Royal Humane Society, a great number of skaters persisted in going ca. As already stated, the ice was very dangerous, being full of cracks, and in detached pieces, and it was not elittlo amusing to see a do4en skaters on a piece of ice surrounded by water. To get off; the skaters had to jump across the chasm, and owing to the inconvenience of skates, generally jumped in amidst the shouts of thousands who lined the banks. To prevent persons from going on, the ice had been broken away all round the edges to a distance of two yards. This was no preventative, fbr many waded up to their knees in water to get in rather than be de barred from the pleasure of skating. About one o'clock, a young tna,n, named George Thornton, residing in King-street, Somers -town, became immersed up to his neck, but was speedily rescued by means of ono of the breaker ladders. He was carried to the marquee be longing to the Royal Humane Society, and having been supplied with dry clothing, waa enabled to proceed home. Several other immersions took place during the day, but of no importance, The number of skaters upon the ice 4t any one time during the day did not exceed sixty ; but the number of persons on the banks was far greater than on any day this winter. The ornamental water in St. James's Park was frozen over, but not of sufficient strength, and no one had the temerity to venture on it. The Serpentine wes not at all frozen. In Kensington-gar dens the Round-pond'was frozen over, but not to bear. The beauty of the day, however, caused a great numbe r o f persons to visit the p ar k s , &c. At the receiving house last evening the mercury stood at 32. In the morning it was as low as 30 ; the barometer at 30 denoting a conti nuance of fair weather, with the wind blowing strongly from the E.S.E. JOHN M 4 GREGOR, ESQ., or THE BOARD or TRADE. -,,Among the guests at the dinner to Sir Henry Pot tiager, last evening, was Mr. M'Gregor, one of the joint assistant secretaries of the B oar d o f T ra d e . We believe this gentleman will remain a day or two in Manchester. He is staying at the Queen's Hotel. Manchester Gaardiao. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF FELINE FECUN DITY AND LONGEVITY.—The baker at Burghley has recently suffered a bereavement in the dee,th of a cat, which was kittened in 1827, and died on Friday the 13th inst., in the eighteenth year of her age. She has given birth to 360 kittelP% the last of which is now living, and one of the finest of the feline race, weighing upwards of two atone.—Lincollphire Chronicle. The Journal des Debats announces that on the 14th inst. the regicide Tschech, who attempted to nate the King of Prussia, was executed at 4pandau, where he had been conveyed uodcr ei.oort of cavalry. The King had remitted tliat part of his sentence which stated SW ha w4ts to be broken on the wheel, FALL OF SNOW IN SPAIN,,...A, Madrid letter of the 13th says—" The c•ity Is covered with snow a foot in 49pt4. At 1§ ten years since we had anything of the land. From ijarcelona, the Nth, w-e learn that there lias been heavy fall of snow in that city, and that the cold was intense." iIiELAJND. 'S_RITAB LE BEQUP.,STS DUBLIN, Dec. 21. We have ken enah!el to obtain a copy of the " Pastoral Address to the Roman Catholic Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Dublin, by Daniel Murray, D.D., &c." This very important document, which we subjoin, will be published in ths form of a pamphlet, next week, by Mr. Coyne, of Chapel-street, publisher to the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland : "TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY AND LAITY OF THE DIOCESE OF DUBLIN. " Beloved Brethren—The time has at length ar rived when I deem it right to address you, on a sub ject which has given rise to much angry discussion, the recent Act for the more effectual application of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland. "The machinery for carrying that Act into opera tion is now formed. A share in the execution of it has been assigned by her Most Gracious Majesty to me. And as much misapprehension regarding it appears to prevail, it becomes my duty to place it, by a plain statement of facts, in its true light before you. " It is to me a source of inexpressible pain, that the deep conviction s o f m y m i n d compe l me to adopt, on this subject, a course of proceeding at variance with that whieh some of my most respected and beloved brethren would recommend. But conscience is a stubborn monitor. It is unsafe to despise its admonitions. And it warns me, with a voice which penetrates my inmost soul, that it would be in me a gross dereli c ti on o f p as t ora l d uty to fling away, through any human respect, the opportunity which this Act, imperfect as it is, places within my reach, of guarding in safety the treasury of the poor, and of securing for the service of the Church whatever pro perty benevolent individuals may choose to vest in the new Board, to be permanently dedicated to that purpose. This is the duty, and the whole duty, which will devolve upon those whose office it will be to carry this Act into effect. It is a duty worthy of religion, and dear to God; a duty, in the faithful discharge of which his minister should think it well worth his while to encounter any share of unjust obloquy which the mistaken zeal of his opponents might move them to cast upon him. Few Catholics, perhaps will believe that this Act. is anything like a perfect measure. It has defects which I deplore ; they are defects, however, which leave it still a measure of substantial value. And although even these may be removed or lessened when Parliament shall assemble, we should remember, that before that time shall arrive the Act must, of neces sity, come into operation in its present state. The law requires that this Act shall commence from and after the Ist day of January, 1845,' and of course that the Board of Management must be then ready to carry the provisions of it into effect. Ten com missioners must have been previously named, of whom five should ' be persons professing the Roman Catholic religion.' It will be the peculiar duty of those five to watch over the due application of Catholic chari ties, whether intended for the poor or for the Church. And if her Majesty, for the want of accurate infor mation to be derived from the heads of the Catholic religion, should be forced to appoint to that duty professing Catholics, at random, how could we ever afterwards complain, how could we render with confidence an account of our stewardship to God, if, through our fault, an unfortunate choice should be made, and those important interests be confided to unworthy or incompetent hands ? Blessed he God, we have not to answer for that crime. .Appointments have been made which, as far as human vigilance can avail, will render those interests secure. " But were not our charities safe hitherto ? And. who called for any new Act on the subject? " In answer to these questions, permit me to place before you the following document. It is a memo rial adopted by the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, at their annual meeting, held in Marlborough-street, on the 15th of February, 1840, and addressed to Lord Viscount Morpeth, then Cnief Secretary for Ireland:— " ` THE MEMORIAL OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCH- BISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF IRELAND. " Sheweth,—That memorialists having every confi dence in the pr esen t Ad m i n i strat i on, and entertaining, is they gratefully do, a deep conviction that existing abuses in Government departments need only be proved to be promptly reformed, avail themselves of this their general stated meeting in Dublin, to attract, through you, the attention of her Majesty's Cabinet to the following cir circumstances, in immediate relation to the embarrass ments by which the Roman Catholic charities of Ireland have been, and are still, surrounded. " That, in the year 1763, an Act, the 3d Gen. 111., s. 18, was passed, requiring returns of all charitable be quests in Ireland to be made to the Protestant Primate and bishops of each diocese at their annual visitation, and subsequently, a committee of charity, of the Irish House of Lords, was appointed, under an order of that House, bearing date the 15th day of March, 1792. " That, by the Act of Union, the said committee of charity necessarily ceased ; and by the Act of the the 40th Geo. 111., c. 75, which has never since been either altered or amended, the present Commissioners of charitable donations and bequests were incorporated. and consist of the Protestant Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, the Dean of St. Patrick's, the Incumbents of all the parishes in Dublin, and the Judges. The latter, it is well known, never attended the board; consequently it is managed exclusively by dignitaries and clergymen of the Protestant Church. " ' That by the Act referred to it is imperative that an archbishop or bishop should attend every meeting of that board, which clause gives an exclusive Protestant charac ter to it and its whole proceedings. Another objection able part of the same Act is, that on empowering the board, on its recovering charities, that should It be deemed inexpedient to apply the same according to the directions or intentions of the donors, then the Com missioners are empowered to apply the funds to such charitable or pious uses as they shall judge most con formable to the intentions of the donor or donors. expedient' is a word both vague and indefinite, and leads many Roman Catholics to think that their bequests for the purposes of education or other general charitable uses might be transferred to institutions or purposes the very reverse of their benevolent intentions. " That during the last session the House of Com mons printed copies of the minutes of the Lords of the Treasury, calling upon the Irish Government to intro duce measures tending to divest the board in. question of its exclusively religious constitution. " That that board, on its foundation in the year 1800, was substituted for the Committee of the Irish House of Lords, which House was then exclusively Pro testant ; but as Roman Catholics are now eligible to seats in both Houses of Parliament. no just objection can be supposed to exist why that public department should not be promptly remodelled and bear the same resem- Islaneo to the existing Legislature. As the great ma jority of the people of Ireland are of the Roman Catholic religion, it is not unreasonable to expect that that religion and its charities should be represented in such a commission, particularly as its expenses are defrayed by Parliament. " That your memorialists and their clergymen are trustees of very considerable funds and property fur charitable uses, and the legacies to them for charities have been, and still are, increasing to a very great extent. " ' That, as such a department must be supposed to have much influence and control over charities latended for Roman Catholic purposes, it is but natural that your memorialists should feel that, whilst it remains constituted as it is, the apprehensions of its utility will not only be doubted by them, but by those of their re ligion._ —" ' Your memorialists, therefore, entreat. that the Board of Irish Charities may be rendered more gene rally useful and popular, by the introduction to it of Roman Catholic Commissioners, or by some other mea sure which may hare a tendency to place their charities upon the same footing es those of their Protestant fe low-countrymen: " Thus spoke the assembled prelates of your Church in 1840. Their prayer could not then be heard ; but the recent Act appears to have been in tended to grans all that we then sought. It admits to the Board of Charitable Donations and Bequests Roman Catholic Commissioners in sufficient number to check any adverse influence which might be attempted regarding the application of Catholic charities i • and it takes away th e d angerous p ower enjoyed by the former board of alienating, under certain circumstances, Catholic bequests from the known objects contemplated by the testator, and of applying them to purposes which, if living, he would abhor. So far our prayer has been granted. The state of insecurity in which our charities were placed, has been removed, and had the Act stopped there, we could not, without the greatest inconsistency, utter one word of complaint against it. " But the Act had a second object, namely, to enable us to invest property in perpetual security, for the purpose of procuring glebes for our clergy, and building and maintaining churches for the due celebration of Catholic worship. Let us now turn our attention to that second object. Towards the close of the session the most distinguished member of the Catholic body introduced into Parliament a Bill which, had it passed into a law, would have been effectual for that purpose. It was a Bill to enable Roman Catholic archbishops, bishops, and priests, to. Wit?. grants or conveyances to them and their succes. sors, without the intervention of trustees. Thy would have been a perfect measure. It would secure to the Roman Catholic bishops and parochial Clergy respectively the direct conveyance of whatever grants should be intended for the permanent benefit of them selves and their successors, and it also supplied the means of removing all doubts as to the bishop or priest for whom suoh grant would be intended. It is. unfortunate that this Bill slid not pass into a law.. Afflicting circumstances, however, which are but toes well known, prevented it from passing beyond its first stage ; and the Charitable Bequests Act bec.arno, a very important substitute for it. When the latter Act was first introduced into Parliament, on the 18th of June, it contained a clause by which it was pro posed to grant a power of vesting property, not in archbishops, bishops, and parochial clergy for them-