The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-02 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING, A ?mi. 2, Will be performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called RICHELIEU, Oft THE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. The Characters by Elton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Macready, Mr. Wards, Mr. An dersou, ridr. Vining. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben nett, Mr. Howe, Miss E. •Phillivs, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar nold, Mr. W. L. Payne, Mr. (~ J. Smith, Mr. Bender, Mr. Paulo, Mr. Gough, Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur det, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal dron, Mr. Aylitre, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss Helen Faucet, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, Valanduke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. After which will be revived the Grand Dramatic Romance, of LODOISKA. To-Morrow, Richelieu, with a Grand Dramatic Romance. -4" ann. LONDON : TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1839. A volunteer is said to be better than two pressed men, and, on the same principle, we presume that a deserter must be worth at least four. This is what makes the aid of the Times so valuable to the To ries ; it has deserted the onward cause of Reform, faced abcut, and marched to the rear, to keep com pany with the duck-legged drummers of politics. Like Lord STANLEY, who deserted RICHARD at the battle of Bosworth, it has carried over a large corps to the enemy, but, unlike Lord STANLEY, it will not enable its new friends to gain a great victory. It will be called traitor, like him; those whom it serves will by and by spurn it ; and it will be branded by public opinion without attaining the object for which it deserted its colours. We have been frequently astonished at the hardi hood of our Contemporary, but never more than at some of his observations on Pensions yesterday morning. A few years ago our Contemporary gained prodigious celebrity by its anatomy of the Pension List. Day after day, week after week, month after month, were its columns filled with admirable dissec tions and preparations, tracking the hideous disease in every limb and member of the system, and finding it in the noblest and meanest parts. Nothing was left undone which could excite hostility to the Pension List ; and to the Times, is fairly due the conviction, which became part of the public mind, that the Pension List must be overhauled. On this subject it was aided, as was stated at the time, by Colonel JONES, whom very likely that Journal subsequently abused, for it paid him :no compliment, and noticed none of his merits when he lately departed from the world. It probably obtained aid, too, from various other I,i)trels, whom it neglected or deceived in the same wov. But after having roused the choler of the pnblis: egainst the Pension List, so that it was tint snf, f,t. the Ministry to leave it untouched, it has y,ow turned round on that point also, and com re,ed the Radicals to swine for meddling with it, and the Pension List itself to the bounteous gifts of "turc. The Ministers are said to have " let in the "'vine," or those who followed the former lead of the "to grub up their Sovereign's bounty." Here after the Times will perhaps call its present friends, whoweuld have kept out the people from this preserve, monopolists, bloated who had inclosed the people's common, and resisted the rrallant men who attempted to break down the barriers, and restore to all their acknowled ged rights. Thus as it turns it describes j!s own former character ; now a swine, piggishly I it °rubbing up flowers and precious plants, and anon The lorilir a bloated monopolist, battening on the labours of the people. As the character of Ministers is public property, so is the character of Journalists. But if the un redeemed pledges and dsceits of the former have put an end almost to confidence in statesmen, the still more astonishing pirouettes of the latter have made men doubt whether anything stable and honest can exist in politics. Journalists sometimes complain of the indifference or apathy of the public, but rational men cannot descend to be puppets, and dance Jim CrGtv at the piping of a Journalist, or the whistle of a Minister. The reason why there is little or no honest enthusiasm in the masses is, that there is none in their leaders. The indifference, the apathy, the want of fixed at tachments in the people to things old, or to new in ventions of promise and of hope, is to be traced to the revolutions continually performed by Statesmen and Journalists. They know not what to love or what to hate in politics, because they con tinually witness the professions and ardent pro testations of one day denied or laughed at the next. In this there is something of infinite more importance to the public than the mere character of a Journalist. If that alone were at issue we should never think it worth so much as a paragraph ; but when examples of unprinciplcdness are common amongst those on whom all eyes are continually directed, like the fugleman of a regiment, who are the turning points of society, the whole com munity becomes unprincipled too, and there is no longer anything sure in politics for either Prince or people to rest on. " Everything is said to be cast loose, and nothing is fastened ;" and if this be indicative of great coming disorders—if loose ness of action be sure to follow anarchy of thought —if society be threatened by considerable danger, from the uncertainty in which all political matters arc involved, much of that is due to the tergiversa • tion of Statesmen, but still more to the impudent apostacy of Journalists. The success of Lord RODEN'S motion seems to have already kindled a flame in Ireland. What it will become when the Orangemen shall seize the Government may be known by th&language already used and the mectinss already announced Are the English—are the Dissenters—arc the Scotch Presbyterians—ready and willing to re-inflict by force of arms the Orange tyranny on Ireland ? Then let them petition for the Toriescordially supi.u:t the Tories, tell their representatives to vote • against the Ministers, and consecrate the principles of coercion' and bigotry, by giving a triumph to RODEN and PEEL. SiX months—six short months, we believe, would suffice to see civil war blazing in the land, were the House of Commons by its vote ti) declare that lenity, and mercy, and kindliness, are unsuitable to Ireland, and that it must .be replaced under the faction of the triangle. Do our industri ous manufacturers, our skilful but ill-fed workmen, wish to ensure a long life to the Corn-laws, let them hasten to toss up their caps and huzza for the Irish Orange landlords and the Tory faction, who are to a man the firm friends of the Corn-laws. If there be any man who thinks that the whole of this goodly earth was crea.ed for the mere purpose of enabling a few owners of rent to live in ease, and lord it over their fellow-men, encouraging them to multiply, or destroying their dwellings, banishing or exterminating them, as may be most productive of luxuries to the owner of rent, he can forward his own views no better than by petitioning the Parlia ment to restore to their unchecked power, theLOR TONS, the WESTMEATIIS, the BANDONS of Ireland. It is in evidence, that Ireland is in a rapid state of improvement, that property is increas ing in value, that manufactures are springing up, that more bread is eaten ; and if any man wants to stop this benevolent progress, which promises to make Ireland, at no distant day, nearly as valuable a portion of our empire as England itself, let. him hasten to implore the Almighty to restore to power the bigoted crew, of which Lord RODEN is the organ. We understand a war for the possession of territory waged by those who, like our ancestors, when they emigrated from Germany, had not land enough to feed them; but to revive a war togive a prevalence to one set of religious opinions— a war to make Protestantism predominant, after it has been carried on most unsuccessfully for two centu ries, and has only ceased, if it have yet entirely ceased, within these few years, is what we cannot un derstand, and is about the maddest crusade that ever was undertaken ; but such a crusade in favour of the Protestant clearing landlords of Ireland, is what the Earl of RODEN, the Duke of WELLINGTON, and the Tory Journals ask the people to begin, for it must inevitably be the consequence of restoring them to power, because Ireland has been less op pressed than under their rule. The Catholics, how ever, have calculated their numbers ; thanks to the Commissioners of Public Instruction, they know their strength, an they will be ready to resist the attempt, should it be made, to consign them unprotected once more to the mercy of the most selfish, unfeeling, griping aristocracy that ever disgraced a Christian country. The Committee obtained by Lord RODEN is intended to prove that mercy is a crime, and that nothing but cruelty, prac tised in the name of religion, and tyranny, esta blished in the name of the public welfare, can be useful in Ireland. If England were perfectly at peace within her self ; if there were no Chartists and no Anti-Corn law League in existence, we should hold a return to the old policy as to governing Ireland to be equally impolitic and inhuman. If England were perfectly safe from foreign attack—if her fleet were crowded with willing sailors eager to brave death in her defence—if France were distracted by internal dissensions, and had not a cock-boat on the ocean— if Russia were embarrassed by an independent kingdom of Poland, and by a general rising of all the semi-savage tribes that skirt her extensive fron tiers, and if she had not a disciplined man-of-war in the Baltic—if there were no quarrel impending between us and the United States, which success fully bribes all our seamen to take service in its men-of-war, we should regard it as little less than madness to revive a system of government, of which the principle is to tread down the seven millions of Catholics in Ireland. But when England herself is far from being confident in the continuance of tranquillity at home—when she cannot get a few hundred seamen for a line-of-battle ship, commanded by a popular and successful Captain —when the dis ciplined fleets of France and Russia are more nu merous than our own, to begin a crusade against the Catholic Irish, in order to restore the supre macy of the Protestant Churciai, and preserve the power of the landlords, while they are exone rated from all duties, seems to us the mad eat ,of all the mad schemes that ever entered the heads of a beetle-blind race of bigots. Such, however, is what the Tories, under the guidance of Lord RODEN, now propose to begin, and if they succeed, adieu for ages to the peace, and for ever to the supremacy and glory, of England. We are, as is well known, no advocates for many parts of the policy of Ministers. We think they have done the Liberal cause—the cause of humanity and justice—inconceivable harm, by checking and stifling all popular and political enthusiasm ; but their sys tem of rule for Ireland is so merciful, so wise, so benevolent compared to that propounded by their opponents; that if the contest between them and the Tories be limited to that question, it would be an eternal disgrace to the Liberal party were they defeated. We are no advocates for the Radicals voting black is white ; we would have them tell the , Ministers the truth ; but on the question of the government of Ireland there cannot be one Liberal The French Ministerial Journals must at last admit that King Louis PHILIPPE both " reigns and governs," without appearing to feel any great inconvenience from the want of a responsible Ministry. His Majesty is the only man in France able by a word to put an. end to the " Crise Minis terielle," but as by so doing he must assert the triume of Liberal principles in the Cham- who ought not to give an honest and a sincere a vote in their favour. We have always supported their government in Ireland, though they have not gone so far as we could have wished, and we should be as dishonest as the Times, and as imprudent as the Chronicle, did we not on that point support them. bets, he procrastinates in the hope that something may. oecur to break up and dissolve the •Coalition. The. sagacity of dis honest politicians is always bounded. LOUIS PHILIPPE fancies that he is only opposed by TRIERS and BARROT and their personal friends, forgetful of the fact that TRIERS is only formi dable as representing the convictions of a clear majority of the people of France. Up to two o'clock on Sunday no progress had been made in effect ing a reconciliation between SOULT and TRIERS, and the Journals of that day publish the most contradictory reports respecting the ultimate designs of these Statesmen and their friends. Ac cording to the Debats, the Marshal, supported by the Duke DE BROGLIE, and MM. DUCHATEL and HUMANN, was resolved, if nothing better could be done, to meet the Chambers as 'Premier, setting the pretensions of the Left and Left Centre at defiance. The Siecle tells quite another story. If we may credit the latter Journal, SOULT has withdrawn, disgusted and defeated, after declaring to the KING that lie would hence forth abstain from all interference with the Minis - - terial arrangements. On Saturday, the Deputies of the Left met at the residence of M. ODILLON BARROT, to the number of 97, when resolutions were passed of adherence to the programme of the Coalition. The only other news in the Paris Papers of Sun day is subjoined : The Director (gerant) of the Echo Francais received a summons yesterday evening, with those of the National and the Europe, to appear on the 10th of next n,onth be fore the Court of Assizes of the Seine, to answer to an ac cusation of endeavouring to excite hatred and contemp of the King's Government, of i ns ti g ating rEsobedience to the laws without producing any effect, and also attempting to excite mutiny in the army. The accusation is founded on an article upon the army, published by the National, and copied into the two other journals. The Pilote, a journal of Cten, in its yesterday's number, has the follow ing article :—.‘ We are assured that several soldiers of our arondissement, who had returned to their families with un limited furloughs, have just received ord,rs to re join their regiments in garrison at Paris in the environs of the capital. It may well be supposed that this unexpected measure under the present circumstances gives rise to many conj:ctures, and we cannot help con necting it with the imprudent boastings ascribed to the members of the Committee." We have received the following letter from a person who is always well informed : " BAYONNE, NIAECII 27.—Cabrera has written that be cannot consider as legal the decree of the 24th Feb„ by which Don Carlos approves the conduct of Maroto. This letter has made a deep impression at the head-quarters of the Pfetender, who is at a loss what course to take. " The determinations of Cabrera are not yet positively known in the provinces, but the friends of Tejeiro have set to work, and have just sent letters to their confidants to give publicity to this new incident, which cannot fail to render the situation of Maroto and his partizans more diffi cult. You may expect shortly to receive information of some-serious event.—Le Cunqitutionnel." . LordJoHN RUSSELL'S Bill for the re-distribution of the Church Revenues and Duties, seem; to give general satisfaction to all the reasonable admirers of the union between State and Church. The un reasonable admirers of it—those who are blindly in love with the Church and see no faults in it—do not like the Bill, because it hints at the possibility of imperfections in their adored object. The bulk of the manufacturing population and of the enlightened townspeople, will care very little, we apprehend, how the Whigs and the Tories settle the Church. She is, notwithstanding all the boasts of her admirers, fast sliding out of the affections of the people, and will no more stand the test of advancing knowledge, than the rotten boroughs which were long her main bulwarks, or the still more rotten corporations in Ireland, also her bul warks, but which have also passed into contempt. The Church will follow their career. We care little to inquire into the exact mode in which Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Sir ROBERT PEEL agree in bolstering up the Church, because we have long been aware that what men do in Parliament is very generally undone by the country. To us the Church which our statesmen are so eager to patch up, seems very like an old coat, which might once have been a most fashionable garment, even adorned with jewels and pearls of price, fit for a nobleman—but coats will become old, and so will Churches. De spoiled of its pearl buttons and golden lace, docked of its former fair proportions, and become too small for the wearer, an old coat has a most 4.>, ro - tesque appearance—and so has the Church. The nation has entirely outgrown it, and it seems like a suit of armour fit for a dwarf, cramp- • ing some of the limbs of a giant, im peding his movements, but giving him no pro tection. Its antique cut makes it a mockery, and the Church-like an old-fashioned garment only ex • cites laughter ; or if the persons who behold it are extremely polite, like our hypocrites, suppressed risibility is concealed by flattering smiles. If the old coat, shorn of all its pristine glories, greasy and dirty about the collar, the accumulated filth of ages, very like the cathedral parts of the Church--rubbed out at the cuffs, which arc short and scanty, like poor curates, patched at the elbows, seedy through out, and no longer cffording the wearer the least protection from the wind and rain—threadbare everywhere, and incapable of holding together the many coloured pieces patched on it—if the old coat were sent to an honest tailor to repair, he would return it as irreparable, and fit only for the rag bag. In such a condition does the Church come into the hands of our Statesmen ; but, unlike the honest tailor, they say, " Oh, it is yet a good Church ;" and they set about repairing it with all the busy zeal of that workman who, eager for a job on any terms, stops up one hole, and makes two instead. The gentlemen at St. Stephen's, except as the matter may give them some amusement and employment, might spare their labour, for like the worn-out gar ment it will no longer bear the stitches, and every piece they put on will only sooner rend the whole in tatters. It is for us very amusing, however, to see Nl 7 higs and Tories equally zealous and equally laborious in a work, which is like pouring water' into sieves. Experience has tested the Church, and demonstrated its inutility. It has a vast revenue, while the people imbibe no useful instruction from it. On the contrary the Press teaches one thing and the Church another. It is to preserve the truth in unity, and the land is overrun with discord, grow ing out of its exactions. A flourishing and opu lent priesthood, and a contending, quarrelling people ; the manufacturers and agriculturists, though they much contribute to each other's welfare, being almost at daggers drawn ; an arro gant clergy and a starving, miserable populace ; the teachers of the flock thoroughly grasp ing and rapacious, and the flock worrying each other ; a demand for more Churches while charity is banished from the pulpit and the land, are the glaring proofs which stare us in the face of the worse than uselessness of the Church. We take no interest in the petty alterations, which the Whigs, with the consent of the Tories, make in such an institution. At the Easter entertainment given by the LORD MAYOR yesterday at the Mansion House, his Lordship with great adroitness endeavoured to draw from Sir R. PEEL a declaration of his opinions re specting the Ministerial City Police Bill, by prais ing to the skies his acknowledged respect for, and admiration of, the municipal institutions of the first metropolis in the world. But the Right Hon. Bart. was too wary an old trout to allow himself to be tickled and caught by a Lord Mayor. He uttered not one single sentence in reply, but what had for its object to mystify and delude. We are not all surprised at this equivocal sort of conduct on the part of Sir R. PEEL. It is not in his nature to give a plain answer to a plain question ; and as for manly frankness or sincerity, he is about as much a stranger to these qualities, as a blush is to the countenance of Mr. CROKER. And yet this is the man whose obsequious flatterers are just now so eagerly assuring him that he is to be the new Premier of England ! who is to show white by the side of Whig black ; who is to exhibit in his own conduct a noble contrast to the crafty, intriguing spirit, the abject timidity, and blustering character of the present Government I Truly, he gives us a pretty specimen o f hi s ca p a bili t i es f or sway ing the helm of State, when he cannot even be pre vailed upon to say "Yes" or "No," on (comparatively speaking) so trifling a subject as a City Police Bill. Why, we shall expect next to see him equi vocate on a Turnpike Act I We are no very ar dent admirers—it is well known—of the policy pur sued of late by the Whigs, but better—a thousand times better—maintain them in office, than take up with such a tame, pluckless trickster as Sir RORT. PEEL, who can never make up his mind until it is too late, and never concedes a boon, until con cession has lost all its salutary influence. Ministers may not be what we could wish them to be ; th ey may be tardy when they shopld be prompt ; irre solute when they should be decided ; but they are at least a hundred times better than that jesuitical section of the Tories who acknowledge a PEEL as their leader. From the former we may reasonably hope something ; from the latter, to hope anything, is to indulge in the wildest absurdity. Good Goo, have we any thing to expect from a Prime Minister who cannot even look a Lord Mayor in the face ; or give a straight-forward answer to a question evidently (though indirectly) put with a view to draw forth such a reply ? Who at the very best is but a retail sort of a statesman, without firmness of cha racter, fixedness of purpose, or comprehensiveness of intellect ? Better, we repeat, let well alone. Better continue Ministers in office. Better bear the ills we have, " than fly to others that we know not of." TTIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1839. THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE. The attacks made on the London and Birming ham Railway Company by a Correspondent of this Magazine, call for immediate inquiry on the part of all interested in the success of this great under taking. In the Number for March, the writer im putes great blame to the Directors for their mode of conducting the financial matters of the Company, and charges them with a systematic art of manage ment for the purpose of making the dividends ap pear nearly twice as large as the most favourable calculation of the expenditure and receipts would warrant. The Directors suppose that W. 10s. is a gitimate dividend for half-a-year ; while " A Friend to Railways and Truth" contends that, looking at the undertaking in the best aspect, it cannot realize at most 4 per cent. per annum ; and that up to the present time, if the expenses had been correctly taken and deducted, " the proba bility is, that this fine concern would hardly pay the expenses, and no dividend be made, whatever it may do hereafter." In. the Number for April the returns to the attack, first making ample apology for a gross mistranscript in the previous Number to the disadvantage of the concern, asserts that it cannot be completed for less than seven millions, and directly charges the Directors with having done more than all others together to bring railroads into disrepute. It is quite impossible that such sweeping accusations in a publication of that sort can be passed over without inquiry, and the sooner the fullest explanation takes place the better. The London and Birmingham Railway has been long looked to as a test for the success of this mode of conveyance. It traverses the heart of the coun try, and forms one of the main links between the capital and the next largest commercial town in the kingdom, and any failure, from whatever cause— whether from mismanagement, high fares, or unne_ cessary outlay—must have a most injurious effect on similar undertakings. We have long taken great interest in this line particularly, and should feel grievous disappointment if even one-half of the statements in the RailtuayMagazine are well founded. An attempt has been made in the Railway Times to rebut them, but some of the calculations in that publication are so extravagant (one in particular, that when the capabilities of the line are developed, the Proprietors may reckon on a dividend of 17 per cent.) that it would be a waste of time to analyze them. Another writer in the same publication, however, takes a much more rational view of the question, and furnishes data for anticipating ulti mate success ; though he cannot disguise the fact, that the results have not yet realised the expecta tions of the public. With his concluding remarks we entirely concur. The mischief will only be in creased by concealing the truth. " In fine," says he, " lam willing to believe as before stated, that the undertaking will in time become a very profitable one; yet, it cannot be denied, that the prospect of its yielding the Proprietors a return at the rate of only some five or six per ceht, per annum, even for the present half-year, is cause for serious disappoint ment and anxiety, particularly when it is considered bow high expectation has been raised by the florid statements and estimates of persons officially connected with the con cern--some of whom are now confirming their favourable opinions of its prospects by selling out shares I If doubt and discredit be thrown on railways, it is by the interested and delusive promises of large profits held out by Di rectors and others, which result, usually, only in vexatious loss to those who are simple enough to be influenced by them ; and although I am fully sensible that to shake public confidence in the success of the London and Bir mingham Railway were in effect to inflict a "severe blow and great discouragement" on railway property generally, yet I believe that evil is much more likely to arise from concealing than telling the truth." We are glad to see from Reports published in this number, the success which has attended the opening of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, and the favourable progress made in another line —the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway. As regards the former, the increase of the revenue over that of last year for passengers, parcels, and goods, is better than 46 per cent.; and the engineer of the latter has, reported that if the necessary funds are supplied, the railway may be completed and opened for traffic during the ensuing autumn. Negotiations are in progress with the promoters of a branch line from the Great Western Railway to Windsor, for the use of the Thames Junction Railway. Should the negotiations suc ceed, the line will be of great benefit to Windsor and the adjoining country, especially as it will enable coals there to be sold at 4s. the ton less than the present price. MR. G. P. R. JAMES'S " CHARLES TYRRELL." —The public, which always welcomes with enthusiasm a new romance by Mr. James, one of the most distinguished novelists of the age, will be glad to learn that a new work o. fiction from his pen may be shortly expected. This new romance is entitled " Charles Tyrrell." In the cunning contrivance of a fable—in the originality of conception and treatment—in vigorous and subtle display of character —in the power of arresting the attention of his reader_ in the uniform nobleness of his moral aim, and in the rapid change and surprising nature of his incidents, Mr. James is almost without a rival. Sir R o b ert an d L a d y P ee l, who hav e usua l ly passed the recess at Drayton Manor, purpose this year re maining i n town. The grand entertainment, to be given by the Right Honourable Bart. and his Lady on the 10th instant, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridg e and 'Duchess of Gloucester, will be the first grand party this season. Upwards of 500 cards hare been issued for the coming party. MANSION-HOUSE DINNER. The annual Easter Entertainment was given last night, by the Lord Mayor, in the Egyptian Hall, to the Corpora tion of London, and their very numerous and influential friends. Among the illustrious guests assembled on the occasion were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Eidi.n, Lord Lil ford, Lord Bloomfield, Lord Abinger, the Bishops of Lon don, Ely, and Rochester, the Attorney and Solicitor- Ge nerals, the Turkish Ambassador, Sir R. Peel, M. P. Sir C. Adams, M.P., Sir T. Troubridge, M.P., Si r F. B ur d et t, P., Sir Gore Ouselcy, Sir F. Chantrey, Sir C. Des Vceux, Sir F. Booth, Sir John Ross, Sir G. Smart, Sir W. Woods, King -at-Arms, Sir F. Roe, Sir W. Boothby, Major Wood, M.P., Captain Alsager, M. P., Mr. East hope, M. P., Colonel Maberly, Colonel Cater, Professor Scholefield, Dr. Russell, and most of the Civic function aries. There was (as usual) a large number of handsome and elegantly-dressed ladies. After the loving cup had gone round, and the Lord and Lady Mayoress had bidden their guests a hearty welcome to the hospitalities of the Mansion-house, the first toast given was to " the Queen." The vaulted roof of the hall re-echoed again and again to the loyally vociferous cheering to which this toast gave rise. The LORD MAYOR, in a short but eloquent speech, gave the health of the Duke of Cambridge._( Cheers.) The Duke of CAMBRIDGE expressed the great satisfaction which he derived from again renewing his acquaintance with the city of London. The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Army," in a neat and complimentary speech. Lord BLOOMFIELD returned thanks. The next toast was " The Navy." • Sir C. ADAM acknowledged the honour done to the ser vice to which he had the honour to belong. So long as the City of London maintained the magnificent commercial navy which she maintained at present, ha had no fear of the result of any war into which we might be reluctantly dragged.—( He4r.) _ _ _ The LORD MAYOR next proposed the health of " the Marquis of Normanby and her Majesty's Mieisters." - The Marquis of NORMANBY was received with applause. On tising to return thanks, he had always entertained the highest respect for the City of London, from a full know— ledge of the great benefits which had been derived from its exertions in behalf of the civil and religious liberties of the country. He entertained the highest value for muni cipal institutions.—(Hear, hear.) He knew the advan. tages which were necessarily derived from them. He was fully impressed with their value, and should be most de cidedly opposed to any measure which tended to destroy the rights and privileges of so ancient a corporation as that of the City of London.—(Hear, hear.) • In reply to the toast of " The Earl of Eldon and the House of Lords," The Earl of ELDON briefly returned thanks. The LORD MAYOR then proposed " the health of tle Bishop of London and the clergy of his diocese." The Bishop of LoNDON had now been connected for 5:0 years, in one capacity or another, with the City of London. His object, and that of the clergy in his diocese, had a?- ways been to upeold morality and good order. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in a complimentary speech, proposed the health of the Lord Mayor.—( Cheering. ) he LCRD MAYOR, in reply, observed that hospitality was his chief duty and pleasure, and if anything could in crease the delight which he reaped from exercising it, it was that of seeing at his board an illustrious member of the Royal Family of Great Britain.—(Choers.) The next toast was—" The Lord Bishop of Ely," for which his Lordship briefly returned thanks. The LORD MAYOR had next to propose to them the health of a Right Hon. Baronet, who had always supported the rights and privileges of the City of London.--( Hear, hear.) Ile had beets given to understand that that Right Hon. BarOnct would most ardently and strenuously support all the rights and privileges of the City of London.— ( Hear, hear ) He (the Lord Mayor) felt satisfied that upon the present question, in which their privileges hail been assailed in the most inclement manner, they should have the support, not only of the Right Honourable Baronet, but also of every honest man who loved order, regularity, and tranquillity.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman then concluded by giving the health of Sir R. Peel.—(lmmense cheering from the gentlemen and waving of handkerchiefs from the ladies.) Sir R. PEEL said, that in the course of his public life, he had oftentimes been placed in situations which had brought liiin into intimate connection with the authorities of the city of London, aed he looked back with great satis faction at the cordial good understanding which he had always maintained with those in authority, and at the con stant cc-operation which he had received from them in conducting the public service.—( Hear.) He shouid be most ungrateful if he ever omitted an opportunity of men tioning his respect for the City of London; for in the course of his-public life there had been many trying situations in which he had received from the City of London acts of kindness, and among others, one which entitled him to call the present meeting by the endearing title of fellow-citi zens—( Hear)—and therefore to take a very deep interest in all that concerned the welfare and prosperity of this great City.—( Heah. ),The Lord• Mayor in the course of his speech had referred to certain measures which were liow in pro gress for the improvement of the police of the metropolis. —(Hear.) The Company would readily believe that be felt a very deep interest, from previous circumstances, in everything which had relation to the efficiency of the police. —( Hear.) It would, however, be to him a source of great satisfaction to find that any measure having that object could be reconciled with a perfect respect for the rights aed privileges of the City of London.—( Hear.) tie rejoiced in the manifestations which they, as citi zens of London, had just made of their attachment to an cient rights, privileges, arid institutions; and he trustel that be might take those manifestations as a proof that they were willing to concede to others, who were equally attached to ancient institutions of another kind, the possi bility that they might be so attached tq them, with an earnest desire that every abuse should be remedied and every grievance redressed. —e Hear.) He trusted that the citizens of London would give credit to those who wished to preserve other ancient institutions; that their wishes arose from the purest motives, and that they were not in the slightest degree . connected with any inclination to maintain corruption - arid abuse. In conclusion he expressed a hope that the rights of their great City would be long pre served undeh the superintendence of those municipal insti tutions.which were the best guardians of liberty, and the !nest steady protectors of commercial enterprise. The LORD MAYOR next proposed, in a few eulogistic sentences, "the health of Sir Francis Burdett."—(Cheers.) Sir F. BURDETr then addressed the company ; but, as we were on the opposite side of the hall from that on which he spoke, very little of what he said came to our ears. We understood him to comnience with an attack upon the foriegn policy of this country. On that, he observed, he should like to say a little ; but what was there novel that any man of common sense could say ? He was sorry to have to allude to the present state of Ireland in the presence of Lord Normanby, but if he did allude to it at all, how could he allude to it without adverting to the course which that Noble Marquis had followed ? He con tended that this Irish interest, which had such influence in the House of Commons—(Loud cries of " Go 0r,," and " Go home," from different sides)—ought to be diminished, as it had already led to consequences most fatal to Eng. land. He was proceeding to condemn at considerable length the vacillating policy of the present Government, if policy it could be called, when he was interrupted by The Marquis of NORMANDY, who rose to address the company amid cheers. The LORD MAYOR was certain, that, upon a moment's reflection, the Hon. Baronet would see how impossible it was that be should Le permitted to proceed, in a convivial party, in his present strain.—( Hear, hear.) It was quite clear, that if the Hon. Baronet proceeded in a strain of in vective against her Majesty's Ministers, his Noble Friend at his left hand (the Marquis of Normanby) must bare an opportunity of replying to it. He regretted exceedingly _ that any observation which he had made had led to any- as e p t p t i t n a g e thing like a discussion ; but discussion it could not be, as t u e s r t d l e a the speeches must of necessity be all on one side. How-YofththeequEi ever possible it might be for the Noble Lord (Normanby) of k Es i - l e C x E av P e P ev lN a G to i t T h U e N ur T, w .— ont Y ed es b and revelry, Between eleven near him to reply to the charges which had bean preferred neys, and was a day of frolic Hunt, ' which g furnished y a rich treat to the equestrian coek against his Government, he trusted that the Noble Lord movement towards and twelve o'clock the Essex road was na most delicious would not do it. He concluded by proposing " The health ferment with the Londoners, andthe of Sir John Campbell, the Attorney-General, and the Bar." Sir J. CAN,PBELL returned his most grateful thanks for ancient forest than the watch the scene of action became general. No sooner bad the{ affrighted stag reached the watch the honour just conferred upon him. For his own p art ful huntsmen gave the expected cheer, when away they he had always a d m i re d t h e C orporat i on o f London, and he went hallooing "onward," and making the forest re-echo now declared that he would never agree to any me asure to the noise and clamour of their career. Towards the which was at all cal c ul a t e d to impair its rights and privi. end of the chase were to be seen the iniudieioue riders leges.—( Hear.) He believed, however, that the Citizens tumbling over each other, whilst some few horses were of London were labouring under some misapprehension or, throwing their riders over their necks, and sending them the subject.—(" Oh, oh 1" and hisses.) In the measure wards into the hedges: and ditches. I The sports of the now proposed there was nothing inconsistent with their field being over the crowd returned, one after the other, honour; for its only object was to add to the efficiency of to their respective homes, rejoicing to hear " the gay glad the police and Magistracy of London.—(" Hear, hear," hum of town." and hisses.) In conclusion he sa id, t h at he would not A PPREHENSION OF DEEII.-STEALERe.--On agree to any measure on this subject which did not meet Friday last, Piper, the keeper to J. R. Hatch Abdy, Esq., eith the support of the illustrious Statesmen ( Sir R. at Albyns, missed some deer belonging to his master, and Peel) who at that moment was sitting on his left.—( Cheers having found where a deer had been killed, and traced and laughter.) blood and footsteps for some distance, he called in the aid When the health of the " R ecor d er an d t h e M ag i stracy of Rowe, the Chigwell constable, who, with the assistance of the City of London" was given, of his son, it is well known, hes often rendered essential The RECORDRR returned thanks. He felt a deep interest service to the cause of justice; the peck then run breast in the crisis at which they were now arrived. From the high by Stapleford Hall and Noak Hill to Havering terms in which the Noble Marquis had spoken of munici- atte-Bower, blood and footmarks of a mat, and of a large pal institutions, he began to think that he (Mr. Law) had dog being traced the whole of the way. Here the scent been troubled with some vain phantoms of fancy, and that became faint, and the party had a little check, but Rowe two vulgar documents which he fancied be had seen in having regained the track, they went on at a slapping pace print as Acts of Parliament had no other origin save the o ve r a h eav y coun t r y by Mr. G ar d ener ' s b r i c k-fi e ld, to confu4on of his own brain.—( Hear.) He began to fancy wards Hare-street, where they crossed the great road, and either that the scheme of which he had heard was un- proceeded down a lane to Squirrcll's Heath, in the parish known to Ministers, or that, if it had ever been known to of Hornchurch, where, after three hours hard chase, and them, they had at least become ashamed of it.—(Hear, running a distance of upwards of nine miles, the game was hear.? He con gra t u l ate d t h e Lord Mayor and his fel. captured, two male deer being found in the possession of low citizens, that every gentleman who had that night ad. John Knight, who works on the railroad. The prisoner dressed them had all joined in one common declaration, was conveyed by Rowe before the Ongar Bench, when he that their municipal institutions were the foundat;on of the was committed by Edward St. John Mildmay, Esq., and liberty of the people, and he further congratulated them, the Rev. H. J. Earle, for trial at the session. that whilst the municipal institutions of every other city SWALLOWING A PROMISSORY NOTE.—In in Great B r it a i n h a d b een altered, and it might be im the Secondaries Court, last week, a Mr. Wright recovered proved, their c or p orat i on, t h e ancient consttuti in of Saxon 16/. from a Mr. Green, the amount of a promissory note times, still remained unbroken-( Hoar, hear)—and able • to resist the attacks of those who would subvert itsnatched it named Young, when the note became due, _ given by the defendant and two others, one of whom, (Great cheering.) from the person presenting for payment and swallowed it d Lord N ORMANDY sa id , w i th your p erm i ss i on , my Lord, For this offence Young was tried, convicted, and sentenced with will propose a toast, which, lam sure, will be received to twelve months' imprisonment. with universal plea s u re by a ll p resent; t h e H ea l t h o f t h e Lady who, by your Lordship's side, has presided over the on at meeting with so much kindness, urbanity, and grace. If pressed, on more than one occasion, her dissatisfaction which the musical and choral services are CHAPEL ROYAL.—Her Majesty having ex the manner in w •we have every reason to be grateful for the presence of performed those who under her auspices have participated in the so- performed to the organists and gentle there pleasures of the occasion, and now adorn the assembly, Dean has issued i summonses ff ac ha .to to be holden, at London there is in my mind one additional advantage we derive men of the o at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, the Sub from that presence, that all those who are collected here to order to secure a more efficient perform. show their respect to the City and your Lordship are (or thecoofChapel, at least, lam sure, ought to be) thereby prevented from House,on Tuesday next, after p the household service at making this the scene of political discussion. It is my carriage in the form of an omni fate to pass much of my life in the active conflict of such three fleas harnessed lets their a own bulk, which they pulled the discussion, and it is pretty well known that upon proper bus, at least fifty times an At Greenwyichfaoir, yesterday, a man exhibited a pair drew a chariot, and a single occasions lam not apt to fear or avoid them; but this along with great ease; glass, and then to the nak e d night I will neither- embark in the wide sea of general po- flea, a brassean The exhibitor shewed the whole litics, nor be dragged into the current of local interests. first through amagnifying This much, however, on the last point I mus t sa e, i n ex- eve, planation of what has just be e n th rown ou t by t h e 'Learned Frone CO that persons were setisreed there Was no decepti on . the fleas being all of large size they were evidently Recorder. The sentiments with respect to the rights of I females. the City with which I first addressed you were (though much more imperfectly expressed) the same winch my Noble Friend at the head of the Government addressed with so much apparent satisfaction to all present, when, upon a recent occasion, we were partaking your Lordship's more select hospitality. Nothing has happened since to change these sentiments, and I take this first opportunity to adopt them as my own, nor am I aware that there is any difference of opinion amotigst any of my colleagues in their feeii.ig towards the City. I now, illy Lord, most gladly turn from such subjects to the more appropriate and wel come topic which caused me again to rise, and I now call upon all present to show the cordiality and gratitude they must feel by the mode in which they receive the health of the Lady Mayoress. The toast was responded to with much cordiality. At eleven o'clock the Lady Mayoress and her female guests retired to the ball-room. The gentlemen shortly iollowed them, and the dancing was kept up with- great spirit till a late hour. The musical part of the festivities, under the direction of Messrs Gifford, P; ice, and Rhodes, was conducted with so much skill as to add much to the delight and harmony of the evening. CITY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY. —We have had but a moderate demand today ; the sales 1,500 bags, at relics- eaeicr prices for low American descriptions. Arrived this morning a French snail, also a mail from Lisbon, by the Liverpool ; sailed the 25th of March, from Malta MI of March, from Gibraltar 21st March, from Cadiz 22d March, from Vigo 27th March. Ship letters from Nowfoundland, New York, by the Hibernia, arrived at Liverpool, and llth of March by the .'.iarnson at Portsmouth. We have received Gibraltar Chronicles to the 22d March; as usual, the news antici pated by the French papers. We have received Montreal papery to the 6th Match : they da not contain any news of consequence, and they are chiefly filled with Engligl4 in telligence. (From the Quebec Papers to the 3d March.) Extract of a letter from the Grand Falls, Feb. 26 : On the evening of the 24th inst. a party of Americans in uniform, and fully accoutred, amounting to 30 men, came down Fish River, and arrested 11 British subjects, one of whom escaped; eight of them are Madawasha, and two Canadians, who were lumbering. The Americans forced them off in the direction of the United States, at the point of the bayonet, also forcibly took possession of four horses, eight oxen, and some oats. The prisoners, it is thought, wilt be taken to the encampment on the Aroos took, as the Americans have opened a communicaton with the Fish R.ver, by which it is reported that a large body of Americans are moving down on Madawasha. Mr. Rice, n magistrate, has proceeded to communicate the above balm , mation to Sir John Harvey. We have an arrival this morning two days later from New York, bringing Papers to the 12th—their contents are mostly of the same description from the Maine as was received on last Thursday by the Halifax mail, and New Brunswick Papers which appeared in our Journal on the above day. The Exchange comes from New York the same as previously received, 91 to f. According to report in the Anrhrican Papers the Presi dent has no intention of sending a Special Minister to Eng land. By the Lisbon mail this morning, the news appears to Le of little importance ; the Ministry at present seem to be firm in their situations. The principal subject in the Chamber of Deputies has been a proposal of the War Mini er for an augmentation in the army. The number of men voted is 27,000. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 921 for the Ac count, cpened this morning at same price, for Money 92 k. No speculation of consequence has as yet taken place in the British market, nor is there - any expected until the French Ministry is formed, with a more bright ap pearance of affAirs in that capital. Exchequer Bills, 39 41 ; India Bonds nothing done ; Bank Stock, 201 202 ; India Stock, 252 253. In the Foreign Market as yet there does not appear to be any spirit for speculating, and most of the prices are nominal at present. Spanish Active, as they closed, 201 202 ; Portuguese, at the leaving off prices, 331 342 ; Belgian, same, 1022 ; Colombian, 281 291 ; Brazilian, 761 761 tx. div. ; Mexican, 233 24; Dutch Two. and a- Half per Cents., 55/. 551-: Five per Cents., 1001 1001 ex. div. . PitICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — ' India Stock — 3l per Cent. Red...... ......... / Ditto Bonds pm 3 pekCent. Cons, ...... ...9*5%%34: South Sea Stock — 3 per Cent — i Old An.nties — Ditto Red. ... --/ New Ditto New'i3l4 per Cent... 100.,,, 100 1 4 li 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17A New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ... 90 33 pm. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 40 38 pm. Jan. 5, 106 0 — Ditto Small .. 43 ai pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1400 — Ditto Advertised pm. lin. 5, MO — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account ... 2.5 L 1 Jan. 5, IS7O — Consols for Account ...- 14% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. .1 ustrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds - / Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account ... ...... . ... / Ditto Accoun' 9 37 4 Os. Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Account Columbian Bonds ; Ditto Account — Ditto Account A —1 Ditto Mniallic . Columbian Bonds, 1824 —j Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto A.ccount —' Ditto Account. "o%q t;reek Bonds... — French, 5 per cent....... I. —c. Ditto Bonds, 182.5 Ditto Account — -- 3 per cent....... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent , Exch..nge. Ditto Account Dutch, 2., ' per Cent. ...... .. 55;4 Ditto,. 6 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent — Neapolitan _ Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Re ti dal Monte Mining Co., Registered 63t, Dia. gd, Ditto Unregistered — 9 1 4 i Great Western ailway Company . Brighton Railway London and filarkwall Railway Loadon and Birmingham Railway Company Ditto % Shares Loruson and Croydon Railway Company l6/. Ss. 11% N ;rth vhdthrid Railway Company 65 57 Colonial Bank ... 25 29! , . London Joint Stock Bank... Australian Company 27.i 44; 5 HALF-PAST ONE. (From a Montreal Paper.) There is little news here ; people begin to look to Quebec for news. Some of our rebel chiefs and sympa thisers are gone to Maine—Bryant thisinorniog. Grand Eagle, the house occupied by the United States troops at Chaplin Town, was burnt last neck. The appearanec of them it. Maine begins to excite some attention here. The probability is that there will be some fighting ; the roads are entirely breaking up here, and the fields bare in many places. (Prom the Bostcn Paper of the Bth March.) ORDNANCE FOR THE FRONTIER. " We understand that a train of waggons, carrying twenty-four field pieces, left the Watervliet Arsenal this morning for Maine, under the charge ol'Lieutcnant Tal liat, in obedience to orders from' Washington." Commercial affairs in the City aro slack, owing to the Easter holidays. The Colonial Markets are shut, but business will be re sumed there to-morrow. The tea sales commenced this morning at the London Commercial Sale Rooms. Consols hate father improved for Money since the morning, and may be quoted at 4121 ; for the Account 92, -I, little doing. Exchequer Bills 40; India Stock, 251. S; apish Active steady, 202- ; Por:ugucse, 33 ; Three per Cents., 21 ; Colombian, 281 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 55k; Scarce any business doing in the Fo reign Funds. EDiTia B aUNDARY QUESTIOIY. (From New York Papers received to the 12th ult. in clusive, by the packet ships Samson and Elibernia.) ( From the Boston Courier.) " BANGOR, WEDNESDAY E VENING, MARCH 6. " We have just received news from Houlton up to as late as ten o'clock last evening. Captain Nye bad then just arrived at that place from Jarvis's encampment, and reports that more trespassers had been arrested and brought into the camp. with their supplies, teams, &c. Among those arrested is Fitzherbert, who is to be sent to Bangor to be tried for being an acc , mplice with,and assisting the trespassers in the abduction of the land-agent, M'lrityre. Jarvis is building a boom across the Aroostook to catch the timber cut by the trespassers, as it comes down on the breaking up of the river. The British troops at the mouth of the Aroostook are 'blocking up the portage road by the falls,T, by felling trees, and throwing in other obstructions. Jarvis is block ing up the westerly end of it in the same manner. This road is the great outlet leading from the Aroostook county to the provinces. " Captain Nyc reports the 11th Regiment of British regulars had arrived at Madawaska from Quebec, at which former place they were stationed. It was also reported and bdieved at Houlton that troops had arrived a t St. John's from Halifax, and that the plivincial papers had been forbidden to report the fact. The eritish appear. to be concentrating their troops upon St. John's, above the Grand Falls. Nearly all the troops under Goeral Hods-. done had left Houlton for Jarvis's encampment. As yet nonotice aplyars to have been taken by Maine of the Pre sident's Message. General Scott had arrived at Augusta. The Ogford troops, about 600 in number, arrived here on Wednesday' The troops from Cumberland, about 1,000, were to report themselves the next day. " Fler Britannic Majesty's ship Crocodile, for St. John's, New Brunswick, with a division of the 69th Regiment , sailed from Halifax on the 23d ult. The transport Eliza, with anather division, followed on the 25th. The Num*, with the remainder of the corps from Barbadoes, was sup posed to have proceeded in Company with the Crocodile, as she was:spoken to the westward of Halifax on the morn ing of the 23d, and was probably fallen in with by the Cro codile, and ordered to St. John's, New Brunswick. TRIAL of the REV. J. R. STEPHENS• LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30.—This day the Grand Jury of the South Lancashire Assizes, now holdi.qg in this town, returned a true bill against the Rev. Joseph Rar net- Stephens, for a misdemeanour. What the natur e of the misdemeanour with which he stands obarg:4l is, is as yet unknown to any persons, save the Grand Jurors themselves. - A number of witnesses, how ever, were :examined before tithe Grand :Inquest, to prove sufficient to warrant them in finding the bill. Several of the witnesses, it is said, prodnced large pikes in illustration of some portion of their evidence. It is not, as was previously stated in the Times, the intention of the Government to try Mr. Stephens at these assizes, but to remove the case by certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench, and his present, bail and recognizances will be discharged. Mr. Maule and other officials from the metropolis have been in Liverpool on business connected with the case, and it is stated on authority that another bill is to be preferred against Mr. Stephems at the Chester Assizes, which commence on Wednesday next' The fresh indictment is said to be for some offensive and violent speech delivered by him at Hyde. Tile cases excite the greatest interest, but the people are puzzled to know what the object of the Governmen t can be in promoting two prosecutions, when one would be sufficient to answer all the ends that justice could demand. The general character of the Lan,. cashire case against Mr. Stephens may be g 3" thered from the fact that the same witnesses who figured at the Manchester examination were be fore the Grand Jury. Additional witnesses from Ashton under-Line, who were known to have made secret de positions before the Ashton Magistrates at the time, Mr. Maule, Mr. Chadwick, Sir Frederick Roe, an d the London Police Officers Goddard and Shackell, were sent down into the manufacturing districts, brought forward. The character of the Ashton wit nesses were made no secret of by the several Ashto n gentlemen who were in Liverpool on Assize business. They have never been in the habit of attending at Mr• Stephens' Chapel, but the object of their occasio nal attendance is too . obvious to need a remark. It i 5 wondered What the motive can be in having two in dietments at assizes contemporary with each other. A month ago the Government gave Mr. Stephens notice that be need not prepare for trial at these assizes, as the case would be removed, but neither be nor his solicitor have received any not;fication as r„e" garded Chester. They are not even aware offie lanY , of the fact that the indictment is about to be fra me at Chester. It cannot be supposed that it is th e intention of the Liberal Whigs to take him by sur prise; when unprepared for his defence. Altbotig n the people are inclined to the belief that they are capabl e of anything opposed to honour and honesty, yet unless this be their object, what is the use of a second i ndict' ment ? Before the Grand Jury retire from their labours, they intend to make a presentation to the Judge on the subject of the arming of the people, Sze' GRAND CHARTIST"BALL.—On Tuesday las t : - the second Chartist Ball of the season, for th e benefit of the National Rent, came off in the hall of the Temperanc e Hotel. Dancing commenced at eight o'clock, and endured until three o'clock on Wednesday morning, with en& mieished spirit. The turn-out of ladies was not so c opious nor so excellent and beautiful—it is with the most paintfeelings of reluctance that we are compelled to state thi s melancholy fact—as at the first affair; but we must war ° our readers not to imagine for amoment that the concern was anything of a failure. How the "rent" stood we hav e not as yet been certeriorated. The dances were various and numerous. An Irish jig, danced in character by to° of the company as man and wife, was a real specim en the "cover-the-buckle " style of dancing, and even 31f t i Thomas Ryder could not have equalled it. The Highl en Fling, also, was twice executed by. persons fitted up ie tartan—but this was nothing to the Irish jig already r e ; ferred to—in which the performers " handled their feeti —to borrow an Emerald phrase from our Sister isla nd with an amount of calisthenic science, pedomatical inge nuity of execution, and alacrity of locomotive pro, 0 arie°Y; . which would have amply entitled the meritorious actu to have taken out their full diplomatic degrees of Pi' fesors of Dancing in any Gymnasium or Educational I"n r stitution, where the saltatory arts are inculcated u ingenious minds and egregiously augmented corporatier's The whole proceedings were conducted under the able 9U . ; perintendenee of Mr. Laing, who officiated as master Go' the ceremonies and arbiter elegantiarum, with credit v's himself and satisfaction to his constituents, as - men alV i i e say when they nominate Members of Parliament. J o , assembly continued their amusements till three next luer a, ing, which, however, upon an occasion of this kind, W att nothing more than " fair, and reasonable, and PA 8 0 , proper," to which, for fuller explanation and more e? p!ete elucidation, we would take the liberty of seld l . o " and right, and expedient, and equitable, and rations, t We have not heard when the next flare-up comes oft Du d we sincerely hope, with him who sung the adventures to John Gilpin, that, when .it, does, "we may be there sec." Vivant Regina ! rld DELAYED NEWSPAPERS.—The Mo rn ' Papers of Friday arrived in Liverpool last night (Fit .1111'g as usual, but were not delivered by the Post-office, oelitS to the neglect or carelessness of some party connected 0;14, that establishment. Mr. Banning should look to 0 which involves a serious inconvenience to individual s well as to the public generally. There was not a sl ° ge Morning Paper on_ the tables of any of the Newsreel it by caerselves the neglect has been painfully felt ; an ° will not, we trust, be repeated.—Liverpool Chronicle. THE SALT TaAbE.—A project of law is r i F l c i laid before the Portuguese Chambers, which, if ear r i l i e e d into effect, will confer no small benefit upon the tred ° , e ls' shipping of this country. It is proposed that all ves e o f entering Portuguese ports in ballast, for the purP °9 the loading salt, shall in future be entirely exempted frl i i s s present 'tonnage duty of 500 reis per ton; and su e w ith enter for the purpose of completing their cargoes ba be salt, shell pay only 100 reis per ton ; but vessels tha.t ea r• taken wine at Madeira, and afterwards complete thei r goes in Portugal with salt, shall be entirely exempt. , e dei s ENLARGEMENT OF THE LOAF.—IO -n st vouring to rouse the public to immediate action, webrnteust, not be uederetood as conveying any, even the ellq_ e ee doubt of ultimate success. The past contents for tuoto pf largement of the loaf are full of meaning, and oini" itte ee early triumph. In the course of fice or six years 0 1 e se• of the Corn-law Reformers have been wonderful vie cruited. In 1833 Mr. Hume was assisted by °lllO-asha Members of the House of Commons, in his assault. ne d, Corn-laws ;in 1834 his troops had increased to 1 55 ;B r ead on Monday se'nnight the advocates of Cheap ado amounted to ONE HUNDRED AND NINETT-FIVE! !--"s" head Observer. • ce ASCOT HEATH RACES.—The meeting, will, doubtless, be a very attractive one.,_ wo od entries already promise an aLundance of sport. Tilf ete d by: Stand is in a very forward state, and wilt be comp high h igh the time. It is announced that the groun d for t o u: An ed. booth, will be let by auction, on Monday, the Bth r —Reading Mercury. one Of She fortlicoaTtoOrte On Thursday afternoon the crew , of a pe' gravel machines, off Barking Creek, discovere` l .t eu , rently lying on the mud on the Essex side, some 'To had s euels: d C OW proceeding to the spot it was found to be the cic" n d man who was completely embedded in the Veen for at least a week. He was dug out veyed ashore. —Essex _Herald. T h e cot' .COTTON HAND LOOM WEAVING' ton hand loom weaving of some seas is very slash.rquest., ginghams and fancy nankeens are still in ge°°,..eui. days Cotton dyers, on an ave rage , had not more than "" work per week. fll. no, orri n b MARcti OF INTELLECT.—Toe -0 hun dre d tice was lately sent by a ver y critical person', noit: the s ane miles from Stock, to another person residing nit and PO7 place :—" Sar—l Hereby give you nottice to her " not tbs liver up on the TsVentty ninth day of Sept u e l l o „, h old el f . possessin of two peases of Lands wick me Sidduatcd in the Parrish of conirneueed. Essex, provided your hyring Origcnally uit and delive, that time of the year or other Wise that you el of the yeari ell': the posession of the said Landes at the end_aftcr the en d st eice your byrinse which shall Expire nazi with this e i g ht half year from the time of beingServedh one Thousand dated the Twentey fifth day of Marc Tenneet VP' , hundred and thirtey 111" e. —T° Mr. --Wittners•—'• J. ta'he eounteY :t scion. Landlord of the said Landee. —Essex Herald: eff, th ( Pia 4 1 a Pe' t !ov t , e Ft os 1 1)( le , nt 4 , , tie,. last