The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

SPIRIT' of .the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 17-1 A EVENING PAPERS OF YESTEMLIY. GLOBE.—The.course which the Government has taken wielarespect to the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill is calculated to lower it in character, and to brand it with' merited and lasting reproach. The Bill has passed its second .reading. Dr. Nichol], who has been appointed dry-nurse to the Lord Chancellor's bantling, gave notice last evening that he intends on Monday to move the cemmittal "f ;he Bill pro fornvz, in order that- the House meg getahrough the money clauses awardingeompen sation to the-sinecure holders, Who haVe been allowed, by'eufferance, to flit posta, and performs the duties, by deputy: : - therefore, be a bootless task to per • silt in denouncing the Bill. ' The public will have to bearethe burdets which-it will impose.. The Ministry founded' its claim to public confidence on many groitnets. Among others, the Reform it undertook to• effect in the administration of justice were espe cially'. dwelt upon. The Bankruptcy Law Re form—fraught with patronage to the Chancellor, and with increased inconvenience and ex pense to the creditors, while it afforded additional chances of escape to the fraudulent and improvident bankrupt—was the first fruits of the promised Law Reform. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill—rendered worse by the efforts to improve the measure which was abandoned in despair last session—is the second of the series. Party power was never prostituted to pur poses of mischief with perseverance so determined. No measure was ever forced through Parliament with such admissions of defects, by- those who framed and fa shioned it : these have been humiliating and complete. What, in effect, has been the language held by its supporters "We admit that in pressing the pre sent measure we are without excuse, except on the haeknied plea of expediency. We are open to re proach ; for we are compelled to reproach our selves. We confess that we have gone so far 'as, personally, in our places - in Parliament, to expressly and: deliberately utter and pronounce the sentence of condemnation on ourselves, with reference to this very proceeding. But we are a ' strong Govern ment ; and, right or wrong, blamed by ourselves, and condemned by others, we will do what we please. We will, in fact, if we So like, do what we well know, and admit, is wrong It is our fancy. Argue, or not, as you like best—the end will be the same. We can beat you on the division, and therefore care little for the case you make out against us. In fact, it may save you some trouble if we state at once, that the principles upon which we con duct the business of the country are briefly these— Sic vole, sic jebeo, stet pro ratione voluntas." Last session, in a discussion upon a Bill on the same subject, which the Government withdrew, Sir R. Peel asseverated, " So help me God, I have no in terest in the matter !" We have no desire to impugn the solemn declaration. We certainly do think it un fortunate for the Right Hon. Baronet that the Bill, on its very face, raises a presumption that some one in the Cabinet has more concern in the adoption of the measure than the Premier himself. Certainly, if the Bankruptcy Court Reform Bill be excepted, there has been no recent change in the administration of the law which creates so many snug berths, and so large a portion of law patronage, as the Bill before us. Dr. Nicholl would certainly have taken a larger amount of benefit under the Bill of last year. The present, however, secures an increase of emolument not to be sneezed upon. As Judge-Advocate, the Hon. and Learned Doctor receives 2,0001. a year. The duties of his office are performed by Deputy Judge- Advocates--a set of functionaries who perform all the drudgery, while the Principal rejoices in Ms good fortune, snugly ensconced in his mansion in Belgrave-square. Dr. Nicholl is also Vicar-General ; an office the duties of which are almost as laborious as that of Judge-Advocate ; the emoluments are, how ever, considerably less,being only about 4001. annually. It must, therefore, -be obvious, that to one so ill-pro vided for as Dr. Nicholl—whose duties are so onerous, and his emoluments so light—it is a matter of supreme importance, if not of absolute necessity, that he be better provided for at the public cost. The salary fixed by the -present Ecclesiastical Courts Bill is not quite equal to that of the last session, the untimely fate of which no one deplores so deeply as the Learned Doctor. 1,200/. a year is not to be rejected, espe cially when the office is one of little work. Doctor Nicholl is therefore content to take the good the gods, or rather the Lord -Chancellor, has provided for him, and earnestly wishes he may get it. In addition to providing for • Doctor Nicholl, the Govern mentahas also to propitiate the country attorneys, who practice in the Diocesan Courts. Their profits, derived from following the bipartite profession of attorney and - proctor ' would have been diminished had not the Diocesan Courts been retained ; and the public interests—which, as the Government had explicitly admitted, required the abolitiOn of these Courts—has been sacrificed, because these practi tioners, backed by the Bishops, were too formidable to be dealt with by the "'strong Government." There was a little job-work also to be done in the way of providing about thirty snug posts for juvenile bar risters. These gentlemen, though too young at present to'he of much Use to the Government, will in time grow into use. Their political influence, in the places where their tiny Courts are to be held, may be of ser vice at- a pinch. Perhaps, once in two or three years they may exhibit, to the conviction of some qUeruloue Dissenting cobbler, the awfulness and or thodoxy of ecclesiastical law; proving to him, that for refusing to pay a few pence, as church-rates; he may be - Sent - to- prison " for his soul's health," until he submit Now, returning to the assertion with which we set out, that argument .must be vain when em ployed with a Ministry which admits that its policy is opposed to its own sense of justice, we may be held justified in adhering to our opinion, that the " So-help sue-God" declaration of the Premier is all moon _ shihe. Let Ministers throW over the utterly unnea cessary and expensive Vicar-Generalship. Let them abolisfi that office entirely, and blot it from the Bill. Let' them—as the Report of the Ecclesiastical Courts Commissioners, after mature deliberation, recotn • mended- annihilate all the Diocesan Ecclesiastical COuris; there will be then no slight passed, and no injury inflicted, upon a highly respectable, learned, and noirahlealass of men, the College of Advo e-dfei; by the - appointment of a number of suckling judges, such. _as.. the Billsuow. proposes to create. Let them allow no man- to ride rough-shod over Went, under the apprehension of losing his Parlia .. mentaay supp?rt - Let theni, in short, do that • whiCh in their own consciences they know, and -. which. their own lips have admitted, would be rigies. Let them abide by that which they pro fess to. have -made the basis, and:which ought really to be .their gui. - le, in legislating for the improvement of . the tcclesiastical Courts. The revert of the Ecclesi astical. Coin. to Commission is in the hands . of the public.. The reforms recommended by that Com mission were such as the public interests do - mended, and these the public had a right to expect. The excuses which were urged for delay in carrying out the. recommendations of that Coin - mission are no longer available ; for the grounds of - those - excuses no longer -exist. The Government, were it honest in its professions, is possessed of Fewer sufficient to counteract the influences opposed to those recommendations, and to carry a measure - which should embody them as a. whole. Instead of nobly. rising -superior to the weak and, beggarly elements which have combined to perpetuate the institutions of a by-gone age, and to fasten them upon . a state of society to which they are not merely inappropriate, but a positive nuisance and an injury, they determine to lend themselves las a Government, to their preset vation I They Chau the dead carcase to the living body ; and thus fettet the Movements, and jeopardize the health, of the latter. And this is the result of Sir Robert Peel's promise to reform the Ecclesiastical Courts, in con /artaity with the recommendations of the Ecclesiae • twal.Courts . Commissioners, and by virtue of the . powers posseesed by - Ma -" strong Government !" - STAND ARD will not recur at unnecessary length to the . truth, the house of Commons , : last because, i n Pr"e-edin t g rl . upon the merits ofthe question 1 (1 1: • ° discussed say nothing . not already said. se e J. Gm:nen:it'd that ":4?.1137e acted with re : spect to Mr. Ferranti upon a statement which proved -to be incorrect, Mr:Hogg given . a vote upon the Nottingham -Election Committee; • .. so clearly opposed to law and evidence, thatave loudly remon strated 'against- it "at the time, and have never heard a • man since who would seriously undertake to justify it. These were earors, but such errors as the hest me•l • might-• commit, and the "alialaetera of the Right Honourable Home Secretary and of the Learned Member for Beverley stand so- high, that every unprejudiced man . feels . that they cast no stain upon the integrity or honour of either genlieMan but Mr. Ferrand, who is not. an unpreju - diced man, who,' as the party injured by one error, and as ,the friend and political associa te of the party injured • in the . other, cannot be an un pr e j udiced man, takes a " prejudiced man's views of the errors referred to, and ascribes 'them to motives which certainly could never enter the breasts of the Upright and honourable men whom he accuses. Is llr. Ferrand to blame for this, to blame for not being infallible in judgment in a canes in which his feelings are warmly excited ? Where are ' the judges who will condemn him ? . We, certainly, who remember how often Wo have • unjustly imputed. bad .motives because we saw bad acts for which we could not find good ones certainly not •be the. first- to cast a stone. But a l6cus'penitentice is left open to the Itemiser for Knaresborough : if on Friday he con fess his error he may be forgiven. What error is . he. to, confess, error in fact in or error opinion' Error in fact—is he to' declare the dismissed Assistant-Commissioner Mott's report corrector • Mr. nogg's ,vote on the Nottingham Elec tion Committee a proper, vote? If he . does this, he. will do wbat scarcely another man. in Eng -. laud would do, and what would degrade hins— seievaSver be permitted -- t and th House Of QC:Mr:lnns THB SVW, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1844, with him—below what the worst enemies of that r abolitionists recommend—the shutting our markets' . House could ever bring it to. But if it is the , against slave-grown sugar, and opening them to the erronerais. • opinion which Mr. Ferrand is re- produce of free labour. The plan of the extraordi- 4 quired to retract; ask by what authority nary , though p erfectl y well-meant letter, of which ' does this new iequisition —the house of Com- you have sent mo a copy, is one from which mots—claim to exercise a despotism over men's opi- surely no reflecting person ever can hope for ni. n ? And in what a base light would Mr. he smallest practical effect, namely, the "power- Ferrand appear to the country if he should be the ful operation of English anti-slavery opinion upon first to submit to such tyranny. The House professes Brazilian slavery opinion." The, proposition is to to be wonderfully chary of its honour, as committed offer them gold ',to continue the slave-trade, and in the . honour of its _Members. Be it so; let the preach them a sermon to give it up. One can hardly House guard its honour and the honour of its doubt which of these exhortations:• - will prove the whole household, with :he jealous vigilance of a most efficacious. Even the " benevolent exertions of Spanish husband. .Let its self-elected sentinels .of individuals, or of anti-slavery Societies," to which the Parliamentary •and personal honour—Mr. Papineau writers of the letter would confine all our efforts with Roebuck, Mr. Black-is-White Hume, and Mr. I . foreign States, seem to offer a most remote and doubt- Mexico Ward keep watch, and Lord John ful prospect of any real good. When coupled with Russell take command of the guard, confident the ,grand remedy for slavery and the slave-trade, of that he will not be compelled to fly from his post, admitting all:at once into our markets as much sugar as he did from the Castle-yard, Exeter, by the cry, ai negro slave -labour can yield to the lash, such a re " The Bishop is coming," with a certain source can hard l y b e seriousl y relied on b y an y Totnes speech in his hand! let the House, rational person. we say, jealously guard the honour of its I hop e and trust that the warmth with which I whole household, but let it be impartial in have expressed myself on this important subject may the exercise of its guardianship ; and let it not expose me to any suspicion of having been want not, in order, to protect two of its Members from a ing in due respect to three estimable persons of loose, doubtful, and wholly unsuccessful aspersion, whose pernicious opinions I have spoken. At this insist upon the solemn degradation of another, by moment their support of a party measure so compelling him to state what he thinks a falsehood, fraught with mischief to a cause for which I have or ensure its own degradation, by challenging from laboured for nearly half a century, seems to me him that refusal which it is almost certain to most dangerous to that - cause. It may revive at receive. - • tempts of mere party men, which had appeared • _ to expire under the almost universal scorn of - ph. abolitionists—attempts under the plausible name of free trade and cheap sugar, not merely to perpetuate negro slavery, which would have been bad enough, but to revive the detestable slave-trade, and extend its ravages over new regions. Assuredly there are no peaceable measures which I would not cheerfully support, to prevent so grievous a crime from falling upon our times as the voluntary encouragement of the slave-trade, and the voluntary extension of slavery by the apostles of freedom. Believe me truly yours, (Signed) BROUGHAM. J. Scoble, Esq. DUELLING.-THE ARMY. In the amended articles relating to duelling, just issued from i the War-office by her Majesty's authority, " for the purpose of more effectually discouraging and prohibiting a practice which is a violation of her Majesty's orders, and a flagrant breach of the law of the land," we find that— " These articles declare that it is suitable to the character . , of honourable men to apologise and offer redress for wrong or insult committed, and equally so for the party aggrieved to accept, frankly and cordially, explanations and apologies for the same. " If such redress be refused to be given, or to be accepted, and the friends of the parties have failed to reconcile the differences, a reference should, in conformity with the sig nification of her Majesty's pleasure in the 106th article, be made to the commanding-officer on the spot, who will use his best advice and influence to reconcile the parties ; and the differences having been honourably settled by the good offices and responsibility of the commanding oflicer, ought never to be revived b 7 either party, er by any other officer, or body of officers ; it, however, the commanding officer fail to reconcile the parties, it will become his duty to take such measures as he may deem necessary in order to prevent a duel, orto maintain good order in her Majesty's service, and the person refusing - to be reconciled will be liable to be brought to a court-martial, and, if convicted, cashiered, or suffer such other punishment as the Court may award. " All parties implicated in duelling are liable, on conviction before a general court-martial, to be cashiered. "Her Majesty's pleasure is expressed in the 107th article. that officers, being the friends or seconds of the parties, shall exert their influence to adjust a difference on terms consis tent with the honour of each of the parties. The failure in settling a difference being generally attributable to excessive demands for reparation made by one of the parties, the con duct of the seconds, by the 107th article, is made liable to be investigated as well as that of the principals, in all cases in which a dispute shall be referred for the consideration of a general court-martial. " Personal differences between gentlemen living together as brother officers can seldom fail to be honourably and promptly adjusted, in the first instance by explanation be tween their mutual friends ; the propriety of an early ex planation and acknowledgment of error was so forcibly pointed out by Field Marshal the Duke of 'Wellington, in confirming the sentence of a general court-martial, in 1810, that Sir Henry Hardinge inserts the following extract of his Grace's sentiments on this point : " The officers of the army should recollect that it is not only no degradation, hut that it is meritorious in him who is in the wrong to acknowledge and atone for his error, and that the momentary humiliation which every man may feel upon making such, an acknowledgment is wore than atoned for by the subsequent satisfaction which it affords I him, and by avoiding a trial and conviction of conduct un becoming an officer.' " THE SUGAR QUESTION. (From the Anti-Slavery Reporter.) APRIL 6, 1844. Dear Mr. Scoble,—l am much obliged to you for haying sent me the letter of Messrs. Spencer, Blair, and Anstie; together with the answer of. my worthy friend, Joseph Sturge. My opinion upon this important subject, which you think it desirable that I should state, has been more than once given by me from my place in Par liament. I believe no one ever - was adventurous enough in the House of Lords, to undertake the de fence of the Brazil or Cuba slave trade, or,which is tlae same thing, the plan of 1840 for admitting Brazil and Cuba sugars, after the plain facts had been brought be fore that house. The argument lies in a small compass. Had the question been of increasing the export from Cuba and Brazil of any produce which could only be increased in amount by natural and innocent means, as the growth of Baltic wheat is increased by our increased demand for it, no one could for a moment have doubted that the people had a right to benefit by this free importation. But it is a matter of absolute certainty that no additional hundred hegsheads of sugar can be obtained' from Cuba or Brazil, without an additional hundred negroes being brought over from Africa. Consequently, every hogshead imported by us from thence 'in the United Kingdom means an addition to the African slave trade; and consequently the plan of 1840 was neither more nor less than a project for increasing the slave trade, as certainly, and almost as directly, as if we had given a premium for every negro kidnapped or forced on board the slavers,' and carried from Africa, through the unutterable horrors of the middle passage, to American bondage. How could any one ever dream of support from its to such a horrid scheme—us, who for half a century had been labouring to extinguish that execrable traffic ? Above all, how could any one expect that I, whose goad fortune it had been to pass for the first time an Act making slave trading a felony, should join in en couraging the Spaniards and Portuguese to commit the acts proclaimed by my Bill of 1811 a crime, and in encouraging our countrymen to be accessories after the fact to the same heavy offence ? No one ever attempted any answer to this. It is in truth un answerable. It is and was said, indeed, in these de bates, that we took slave grown cotton from America without scruple. Is there the least resem blance between the two cases ? None whatever. But I will suppose a ease in which the cotton trade might resemble the sugar trade, and then I will admit my principles to govern that case. If we all of a sudden were called upan to increase by a large amount our importation of cotton, so that our demand could only be met and supplied by an increased importation of negroes from Africa, then I giant that my principles would forbid that increased demand. In the existing state of the cotton trade, any increased demand gradual, and never can cause one slave more to be im ported from Africa. Besides, we have long been de pendent on foreign countries for cotton, and we have no means of stopping the trade, even if its increase should afford some little stimulus to the slave traffic. The sugar question stands on wholly different ground 4. We never have as yet had any sugar trade with foreign slave settlements. I confess that I have r.ead tlO. letter in favour of ths hateful project with astonishment. .There are things in it which nothing hut the evidence of my own senses could have made me believe that any men of ordinary reflection could have set their names to. What shall we say of the practical wisdom of men who have actually penned and signed the following strange proposal ?----`• Permit importation freel v.,- and then, where conscience forbids the use of slave prodUce," indulge only in the consumption of that which is grown by free labour ! " • That some one individual should write this astound ingsentence is • barely conceivable ; bat that three men should have met, and discussed, and penned, and adopted, and written, and copied, and signed, aril printed such a thing, is truly the most marvel lous instance of haste and thoughtlessness which I ever had occasion to witness. Will any One of them be pleased to point out by :what test the conscientious purchaser is to discover slave-grown sugar in the market; or by what means the seller is to satisfy his customer respecting the origin of his wares ; or in what mode he is to be prevented, even if he knew it, from telling the purchaser that his sugar is free-grown, when his confessing it to be slave-grown would put a stop to the bargain ? There is, however, nothing in this letter more sin gular than the constant assumption, that the only objection to the Brazil and Cuba sugars is the " conscientious. scruples entertained by a few persons, who are as nothing compared to 27 millions,'! against Using slave-grown sugar. There were some few per sonssastr who, before emancipation, would never con sume but the great bulh of the abolitionists and thee re n e sugar; party were sound in this view of the Matter. It is utterly untrue that the present objec tion' to the slave trading scheme of 1840 rests on such scrliPlies• Nothing of the kind. These objections rest h t, by ae:tlednuYe'rST cl i rffererit and only practical ground, that, tting the- Brazil and Cuba sugars - into our markets, we certainly, immediately, directly, commission some' scores of slave trading vessels to as sail and Parliamentto hau p n as t the.sed fo Ar r ri t e b a i n s .p co u a r s p t o , ies a ati that an Act of effectual en co uragement as inevitably an Act for the more e African slave trade as if it . hnnestly and ge shamelessly e African bore that name. Another extraordinary assumpti on runs through this letter. There is mention always made of free and slave grOwri sugar ; as if any foreign sugar were free grown, save, perhaps, the produce in Java and Manilla. Assuredl y , in America there is not raised, out of our own colonies, one hogshead but slave grown. As to any commercial policy . which this country may adopt, exerting much influence upon lanters, the legis latures of the slave settlements or their pmy hopes' are, I confess, not sanguinebecawusheichl pweerl.l know the spirit of gambling speculation vades those nations, alvvays agitating the mass, and and mixing itself with the great body of the people. But, ifany_course.of conduct can have any such an influence, it is assuredly that which-all- reitedilig THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN FOLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) . . • • MANSION-HOUSE. G.b.fe, the_ contractor for the cleansing of the streets of the City of London, appeared upon a summons issued by the Lord Mayor, upon his Lordship's own evi dence, to answer for having neglected to remove an im mense mass of filth from Puddle-dock. The Loup MAYOR - had, in passing through Earl street, 131ackfriars, been assailed by a " compound of villainous smells," which he considered to be calculated to cause a pestilence amongst the inlfabitants of the neighbourhood, and, having ascertained that the nui sance proceeded from Puddle dock, directed Inspector Todhunter, of the City police force, to examine• the place, and to report the result of his observations, and' also to deliver a summons to the contractor, against whom so many complaints have been made in the City for neglect of the tenor of his contract with the Com missioners of Sewers. The defendant, upon being called upon by the Lord Mayor to account for his conduct in sutferin the filth to accumulate, said that the laystall at puddle l)oe was - a public laystall, in which everybody who pleased might deposit loads of offens;ve matter, and that he had it, not withstanding, regularly swept every day. The LORD MAvoa—The Art of Parliament directs that all the abomination with which the lay stall abound' should be removed every day. It is a falsehood to say that such removal takes place. lam surprised that dis • ease has not sprung from the kng continuance of the nuisance, for I know the.t it has existed for a great length of time, and it is- most disgraceful in you to permit it to remain. But I shall see whether the law is to be violated by you with impunity. Inspector Todhunter said that he had gone to exa mine the laystall, and certainly nothing could be more horrible. He saw a person on the spot who called him• self Mr. Gore, but he was not sure whether that person was the defendant. In answer to some questions. the individual alluded to declared that people resorted to Puddle-dock for the benefit of their health, and received all the advantages they expected from such a course. The defendant here declared that he was not the per son who was addressed by the Inspector on the occasion, as he happened to be at Romford at the time of the officer's visit to the laystall. Inspector Todhunter said the man who represented himself as the contractor most certainly resembled the defendant very much, and appeared to be in authority at Puddle-dock. He used the argument in defence of the system of accumulating the masses of filth in the lay stall, that he was always sure to get an appetite by being so frequently in the neighbourhood, and - that ho could always eat a good beefsteak for his breakfast on the - apot.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—The defendant has acted in a most disgraceful manner in not abating the nuisance, which he is paid so largely to remove. I will at once give directions on the subject, and ascertain whether we cannot show that the law is stronger than he. I re peat that his conduct is most disgraceful, and I expect that the inhabitants will actively look after him, and assist me in compelling him to do his duty. I shall dis charge the summons, and instruct the City Solicitor to proceed at'once by indictment against him. The defendant was evidently annoyed by the strong terms of indignation used by the Lord Mayor, and left he justice room in a state of alarm. MARYLEBONE. SPAIN. The following is the substance of the newly enacted decree respecting the liberty of the press in Spain : • "The right granted by the second 'article of the Constitution to all Spaniards to publish their opinions freely is secured to them on certain conditions. Every printer establishing . himself in the provinces must make known his intention to the Political Chief, place over his door a board mentioning his pro fession and name, and not deliver a single copy of the work he has printed without having previously , given one to the Political Chief or Alcalde, and ano ther to the riscal. No newspaper can be published without a responsible editor, who, to he qualified to fill that station, must, Ist, have been domiciled during a year in the district where the paper is to appear; 2d, pay annually taxes to the amount of 1,000 reals in Madrid, 800 at Barcelona, Cadiz, Corunna, Granada, Valencia, Malaga, Seville, and Sara gossa, and 300 elsewhere ; and, 33, have con stantly deposited in the hands of Government a sum of 12,000 reals at Madrid, 8,000 at Barcelona, Cadiz, Corunna, &c., and 4,500 elsewhere, should the periodical appear from one to seven days in the week. If it be published half monthly, the deposit required will only be one half the above sums, and the quarter if monthly. The same person cannot be the responsilole editor of two or more papers. Editors ofjournals confined to lit-rary matters will not be required to lodge any money as security. All subversive, seditious, obscene, or im moral writings constitute offences of the press. Sub versive writings are 4rticles and works con trary to the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion, or in which its dogmas or worship are ridiculed ; those tending to overthrow the fundamental law of the State ; those attacking the sacred person of the Sovereign, his dignity, or constitutional prero gatives; and those attacking the legitimacy of the co• legislative bodies, insulting them in their honour, or tending to impair the freedom of their deliberations. Seditious writings are those published with a view to. create disorder, or disturb public tranquillity, and those exciting the people to disobey the laws and the authorities. Obscene writings are those contrary to public decency, and the immoral those con trary to good morals. Editors of writings de clared subversive by the jury will be liable to a fine of from 30,000 to 80,000 reals, and deprived of their honours, distinctions, offices, and public functions. If found guilty of sedition, the fine will vary from 20,000 to 50,000 reals, and of obscene or immoral writings, from 10,000 to 30,000 reals. The editor who shall have translated or copied any article liable to prosecution in Spain shall be punished as if he were the author of the article. The Government and the Political Chiefs may suspend the sale and cir culation of journals or other writings calculated to compromise public tranquillity, but proceedings must in that case be instituted within the twenty four hours against their authors, who will hare to be tried in the shortest possible way by the jury. The jurymen are to be chosen from among the citizens paying 2,000 reals direct taxes in Madrid, 1,200 at Barcelona, Cadiz, Corunna, &c., and 600 elsewhere; doctors of canon law, theologians, physicians, sur geons, lawyers, and academicians, who shall pay 500 reals direct taxes ; the proprietors of public establish ments of education, the retired functionaries enjoying pensions of 1,200 reals at Madrid, 1,000 at Barcelona, Cadiz, &c., and 800 elsewhere. A jaryman must be thirty years of age, and know how to read and write. The accused must be interrogated in the twenty-four hours following the prosecution. 'The printer will be held to produce the original writing, and if the incriminated article be signed, he will have to prove the signature. The members of the jury are to be drawn by . lot in presence of the accused, and the list communicated to both parties, who are to be allowed to challenge each twenty at most. The jury will consist of twelve mem bers, and should their votes be equally di vided, the accused will be acquitted. The secret deliberations of the jury are not to be made public, and the publisher will incur from one month's to six months' imprisonment, and a fine of from 500 to 2,000. reals. Cases of defamation and calumny are to be tried by the ordinary tribunals ; all works treating of the dogmas or morality of the Christian religion are to be submitted to the previous approbation of the ecclesiastical authorities. Dra matic works cannot be performed without the per mission of the authorities. Susan Doherty, aged 20, was placed at the bar on a charge of robbing her mistress, Miss Hodgson, of 17, Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square, of notes and other property to the amount of nearly 801. The pri soner had lived as housemaid with her, but had on the Sunday week last absconded with a cash box containing the amount stated. She was apprehended in Rochester by Superintendent Fough, and many articles identified by Miss Hodgson were found in her plssession.—The prisoner was remanded for a week in order to give the police some time to trace the stolen notes. James Parrot, an infamous miscreant, NU fined 51., or in default sent for two months to the House of Correc• tion, for committing an abominable assault on the person of a country lad named Henry Ford, in his master's house. The particulars are unfit for publication. CLERKEIVIV.ELL. Catherine Green and Anne James, sisters, were charged with stealing a large quantity of pieces of woollen-cloth, silk velvet, satin, and silk, the property of William Lambe, a woollen-draper, residing at 100, Hol born-hill. Mr. Humphries was for the prosecution,_ and Mr. Robinson for the defence. It appeared from the evidence, which was very volu minous, that the prisoner, Green, entered the prosecu tor's service in April last, and was discharged on the 29th of November. During her stay James was in the habit of visitingjier, and so was a man named Shaw, who has since been tried at the Old Bailey for a robbery, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. A few days after Green's discharge, information reached Mr. Lambe, which he communicated to the police, and she was ar rested at the dwelling Of the prisoner James, in Crown court, Goswell-street. On her person was found a bunch of keys, one of which opened a box of the prosecutor's, in which the key of the warerooms was kept. In one of Green's boxes there was another key which opened the ware rooms, and also several small pieces of velvets, silks, &e. On further search nearly forty duplicates were discovered, all of which related to portions of the stolen property. It would appear from the dates of these duplicates that from the time Green entered until she left her master's employment she had scarcely ever ceased from phinder ing. The greater part of the velvets, cloths, and silks she had manufactured into bonnets, cloaks, and dresses by a milliner in Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, who was, however, unconscious of the means by which they were obtained. Shaw pawned the dresses, &c., at various pawn offices, as also several pieces of the velvet and sutie. It did not appear that James was in want, for in her box was found a book from the Savings' Bank, in which she made frequent deposits. Twenty-five yards of cloth, eight of silk velvet, eighteen yards of satin, and a piece of silk were produced, besides a satin dress, value about seven guineas. Mr. Lamb identified all these articles as his property, and the prisoners were fully committed for trial. A little urchin named Doyle, aged about 14, whose head could hardly be seen over the bar, was charged with threatening the life of his mother, e;widow, living in Elder-walk, Islington. The prisoner has been repeatedly convicted at police courts, and was even tried at the Old Bailey. On the previous evening his mother remonstrated with him on the folly and wickedneis of his conduct, but he seized a chair and flung it at her head ; he then took up a pair of scissors and swore he would put them through her body, and in the excess of his rage actually jobbed them into his own hand. The poor woman declared she feared he would murder her. Mr. GREENWOOD committed him to prison in ,default of bail. On his way to the cells, and in the hearing of the Court, the little ruffian exclaimed, " When I come out of prison I will break all her windows, and serve out the d—d old b—h," meaning his mother. Mr. GREENWOOD directed him to be brought back again, and in default of bail, sent him to the House of Correction for two months. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Ariadne, Campbell, from China, in the Downs, sailed Dec. 26, St. Helena March 4; Mertown, Renn, from Bombay, at Liverpool, saved Dec. 12. Mau ritius, Jan. 23, St. Helena March 1 ; Simon Taylor, Brown, from China, off Portsmouth, sailed Dec. 6, St. Helena Feb. 28; Nith, Grahapa, from Bengal, at Liver pool, sailed Nov. 26, Cape, of Good Hope Feb. 20; Tartar, Luce, from 'Mauritius, off Falmouth, sailed Feb. 8, St. Helena March 8i .11umayoon,. M‘Kellar, from Bengal, in the West. India Docks, sailed Dec. 20, St. Helena Feb. 26; Kandiana, Hogcrs. from Bengal, in the Downs,. sailed Dec. 2, St. Helena Feb. 22. Arrivals.at Mauritius—Augusta Jessie, Sparkes, Feb. 1,. fr.can Bombay;_ Isabella Watson, Macdonald, Ist; Baugahrre,lilsrith, 3d, from Calcutta; Manchester, 'fur ner,"frlam Madagascar; Duchess of Argyll, Tait, 6th, from: Caldutta; .‘1 . Dept . t ure s Scran'Mauritius--F :Ir] of Lon sdal e, Pelle, Jun. 3I co :Catoutta ; it a d of Mona, Rake, to Algoa Bay ; Ifindoaan, Lamb, 31st ; Louisa Bail ie, Reming ton, Feb. 1. ;. Martin Luther, Palmer, 3d, all to the Cape and Londori.i:john Fit-mink, Clarke. Ist to Madras ; Ocean Pride, Vaux, 2d to Ceylon ; Vulcan, Patrick, 3d to Greenock; Buteshire, Currie, to Calcutta ; Orator, Chester, to Colombo ; ?lary, Caitloneis, to Algoa Bay ; Dodels, 4th to Calcutta ; Augusta, Vaulk ing ; and Lady Kennawav, Spence, to Bombay ; Trek boer, Cobern, to Algoa Bay ; Souvenir. Fleury, sth to Bourbon.; Adelaide, Wharton, to Point de Gall? ; Charles lleddle, Micouin, 6th, to Madagascar ; Briton, to sail Bth for London. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE stoassteo PAPERS OF THIS DAT. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. TIAES.—A sort of rum ur has got afloat to-day re lative to the property-tax, which is to the effect that the Minister will considsr it good policy to propose the con tinuance for a further limited period of the tax on in come from fixed property, and along with it the repeal of a corresponding amount of taxes and duties affecting consumption and the middrrig classes, trusting to the saving from the tax on personal income from trade and professions to increase consumption. We give this as a version of the case which has been adopted in very re spectable quarters, but without placing any great faith in it, as these secrets of office have been too well kept under the present Ministry to permit any anticii ation of them by the public. It amounts, perhaps, to a plausible conjecture, and nothing more. A letter from the Max isan agents, dated yesterday, has been received by the Committee of SpaMsli Ameri can bondholders, in reply to their last cemmunication, already noticed. Messrs. Lizardi and Co. stet contend, that as asents of the Mexican Government, to that Go vernment they are alone responsible and accountable, declaring that without express directions they will not render statements to any other party, and alleging that such is the established customs with regard to mercan tile houses acting as agents to foreign Governments. As to their intentions respecting the dividend, they refuse to give any further information. Several other csrrespendents have adverted to the mode of proceeding adepted at the Bank of England in retaining the assets of hollers of stock who are do cea,ed, or, it' living, ignorant that they possess it ; and it is asked on all sides whether there is any difference in this respect between the Bank and a private firm in trusted with the property of others, which would render the natural course of proceeding, by a bill of discovery, for example, less eligible in one case than in the other. This is a question wich might easily be brought to an issue by any executor making a formal demand of the Bank to furnish hies with an exact account of all stock whatever standing in the name of his testator. and upon refusal taking proper measures to compel an answer. We think this mode of proceeding well worth trying in any case where large assets of the kind exist, without proper information concerning them, and that it could hardly fail to have the desired effect. At the same time it is not to be assumed that the Bank is acting crimi nally by adhering to the old form of business in refm-ing information, because it presented in general a sort of protection against fraud, and it had not till lately become fully apparent what great inconvenience resulted from it. Now that the attention of the public, however, has been drawn to it by the late investigation and disclosures, the Bank is placed in a different position. The Proprietors have no interest in retaining these forgotten assets, which pass after a lapse of ten years to the account of the Na tional Debt Commissioners ; and it would be a most proper and acceptable course in them to apply imme diately for the assent of the Government to some plan of publicity, which, while it precluded any fraudulent use of the information, would enable all parties entitled to such assets, or their representatives, to obtain them. Mr. Hogg's position in the city as an East India director, and otherwise well known to a large circle of merchants, has rendered his very explicit disclaimer made on Tuesday night of having ever sought, directly or indirectly, any Ministerial patronage, a subject of very general remark. • Not a doubt is attempted to be thrown on the truth of Mr. Hogg's declaration, but it has nevertheless been found difficult to reconcile with it the fact, perfectly notorious here, that in May last, after the death of Lord Fitzgerald, the report was so general of Mr. Hogg's approaching appointment to the vacant post at the Board of Trade, that a canvass was com menced for that seat in the India direction which would have been left vacant upon the recent election of Direc tors if that report had proved true. Of course the whole was a mistake, but it may furnish, nevertheless, some excuse for those who yielded to the belief that it was not without foundation. The highest price of white wheat of the first quality in Paris is 331. per 14 hectolitre, which is equivalent to 50s. sd. per quarter English ; and the highest price of white wheat in the London market being 60s. per quarter, it follows that wheat is 19 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The highest price of flour of the first quality in Paris is 40f. 75c. per 100 kilogrammes, which is equal to 40s. 9d. per sack of 2801 b. English ; and the highest price of town made flour in London being 50s. per sack, it fol lows that flour is 221 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The price of bread of the first quality in Paris is 36c. per kilogramme, which is equal to rather more than 64d. per 41b. English weight ; and the price of bread in the shops of tke full-priced bakers in London being 84d. per loaf of 41b., it follows that bread is 384 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. SUN.—At the close of business Consols were 994 to par, both for Money and Account. Exchequer Bills ad vanced to 765. and 775. premium. The other investments were quoted as in the morning. Spanish Three per Cents. maintained a firm appear ance, being 364 to 37. The Actives were 254; Colom bian were done at 154; Portuguese Old Stock, in which we have not had a bargain for a long time past was done at 794 to 781, The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:— Birmingham and Derby, 39; Caledonian, ; Eastern Counties, 104 to 104 ; Greenwich 74 ; and Strasburg and Bale, 24 discount. Chester and Holyr head have been VI ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 164 . ; Manchester and Leeds, 41; Manchester and Birming hani 154 to 17 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 244 ; Paris and Rouen 174 to 174 ; and Rouen .and Havre 84 prem. Messrs. Lizardi have forwarded an answer to the Committee of Spanish-American Bondholders, stating that they can give no further information upon the sub ject of the dividends, than that contained in their letter of the 17th inst., and that, as'to the eleven thousand and odd pounds, they have no intention of relinquishing it. Information was received to-day by a member of the Stock Exchange that all the money raised by the New Dutch Four per Cent. Loan, and also the ten millions of money of the first call of the Three per Cent. Loan will be applied to the re-payment of the Co lonial Dutch Five per Cents., the amount of the latter to be paid off, being forty-five millions. Parties not wishing to be paid off may exchange for the New Four per Cents., which will bear interest from the Ist day of May next, with a bonus of 5 7-10 per cent., so that for every colonial five per cent. bond of 1,000 florins ' the holder will receive, one bond of 1,000 florins of the. New Four per Cent Loan, with the coupons from May ; 57 florins as a bonus, and 4 florins, 17, being one month's interest on the Colonial Five per Cent. B.nds ; the price of the New Four Cents. being thus 94 against the Colonial Five per Cents. at par. A CASE OF CLAIRVOYANCE. We dare say that. most of our readears are almos tired of Mesmerism, and will be rather disposed to pass.by than to read any further statements respect ing it. Still. we cannot refain from placing before them some particulars of an apparent case of clair voyance, te'eentlir exhibited in this town by Mr. Hewes (we believe a Son of T. C. Hawes, Esq., formerly of this town), which are Calculated to create great asto nishment ii - ? s the minds of those who, like ourselves, are sceptical as- to the reality of the phenomena. The following statement has been furnished to us by a medical gentleman who witnessed the experiments : " This singularly interesting case was exhibited at the Mechanics' Institution, on Thursday evening, to a numerous audience. Mr. Hewes first gave a brief, but not very clear, sketch of his views on the sub ject. His attention having been drawn to mesme rism by various operators, he was induced to make experiments himself, and, amongst others, he tried upon a lad employed on board of his yacht, and as astounded by discovering that 'Jack,' as he always called him, possessed the above faculty in an extraordinary degree. After assuring himself of the accuracy of his observations, he th o ught it desirable that others shauld have the oppor fexamining the case in p u blic. Wh en th e audnit was into th e room , hi s eye lid s were oppor tunity of introduced closed, and the pupil of the eye thrown upwards, to wards the superior orbital plate, but quite alive to all that was said to him, and readily answering such re marks as were made to him. Mr. Hewes called for some medical man to come forward, and with some ad hesive plaster, which he had prepared, so to cover up the lad a eyes as to preclude the possibility of his see ing in the ordinary way. After some delay, Mr. W. C. Williamson undertook to do this. The upper eyelid was first bound down to the lower one by two crucial strips of plaster extending over the cheek. A number of strips were then laid across the eye, from the nose to the temple, and so arranged as to overlap each other, and thus form several layers; over these was placed a double layer of black opaque leather, fitting over each eye, and the whole bound firmly down by two broad strips of adhesive plaster, carried from temple to temple, encroaching upon the eye-brow above, and touching the cheek bone below, thus leav ing no possible point through which a ray of light could reach the eye in the ordinary way. " A succession of objects were then held up before him, all of which he named as fast as they were ex hibited ; scissors, knives, coins, snuff-boxes, pins, pin cushions, watches, and a variety of other small objects, were recognised as quickly as they were shown to him. The time was told upon each watch with the most minute accuracy, the hands being pur posely put to different parts of the dial, the only delay arising from the lad's want of edu cation, as he always h*l to count the number of minutes before giving his answer. _Objects ‘‘cre then held up in differeist parts of the-theatre, and even when small snuff-boxes, &c., were held up in the gallery of the lecture-room, he mentioned both what they were and what they were made of. Mr. Ilewes then introduced a pack of cards,: which were taken by another gentleman, Mr. H. retiring to a distance. Bach of these was recognised ns* soon as held up before him e and after decyphering some print by spelling the words, being unable to read, he sat down . to play agame at " All Fours," which he won, and io answesr to questions put to him, he announced the cards that had gained him the game. He then performed some tricks with the cards, exhibiting great inge nuity, and showing that his mental powers were in full active exercise. In all these experiments, the lad directed, not his eye, but the upper part of his forehead to the object before him. Mr. Williamson endeavoured to cover the lower part of the forehead with another broad strip of plaister, but this the lad tore off with great energy, as it evidently interfered with him, either intercepting his vision, or giving him pain. Several questions were put to I‘lr. Hewes, as to the process that had been em ployed in producing this state, but Mr. Ilewes declined answering them at that time, further than that he had been the operator, and that his ope rating was necessary to induce the condition in which Jack' then was. At the request of some of the audience, Mr. Hewes consented to exhibit the case another evening. so as to afford others an opportunity of seeing it. It is certainly werthy of a close and critical examination, as it seems to be decidedly the best and most unequivocal specimen of the marvellous phenomena of clairvoyance that has yet been exhibited in Manchester."—Manchester Paper. .lIUNGERPOED SUSPENSION BRIDGL—This splendid structure is said to be nearly completed, though there is nothing to be seen but a couple of brick buttresses ; one at one end, and the other at the other. how the pro prietors intend to make both ends meet is at present a mystery. The bridge is designed for foot passengers only, and it is expected will be greatly patronised by the market-gardeners, who will, of course, leave their horses and carts on the other side of the river. It is calculated that all the persona employed in Pedlar's acre will use the Hungerford Suspension-bridge at least once a day. If the draymen occupy a partments at the west-end of the town, it is possible that in the expected traffic from this source the shareholders will not be disappointed. It is to be hoped that the people of Lancaster-place will mix more than they have done hitherto with the inhabitants of the York-road; and thus Richmond's prediction as to the union of the houses of York (road) and Lancaster (place) will be literally verified. The white (washed) rows of the one, and the red (brick) rows of the other, - sie'emblematical Of - the white and red roses which were e'titwiOd foot* o tl* fled QT Boserth.—Punch, ART UNIONS. The Art-Union of London, having for its objet I the chance distribution of prizes of works of art, has just been declared illegal by an order of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury; and the continuance of the body's operations, it has been announced, will subject parties to prosecution at the Crown instance. This is a communication from Government of a seriously interesting nature, seeing that there are great numbers of associations over the country based on the principles of the metropolitag one, and similarly liable to objection as lotteries—their resemblance to which condemned affairs is the foundation of their pronounced illegality. It strikes us, that a proposition very lately made by advertisement for a Book Union, like to those for works of art, has been the direct cause of this movement. It either has excited some stir among the influential publishers, and being viewed by them with suspicion, has been made the subject of an applica tion to Government, or the legal officers of the State have themselves taken the alarm, and have conceived it• necessary to check the practice, lest it should be ex tended from works of art and literature to other arti cles, so as to affect the whole system of trade. If paintings and books be lotteried for, why should not carpets and tables ? There is no end visible to the practice, or, at least, it may evidently come to be extended to all articles of ornament and luxury. 'Without reference to the question of the general propriety or impropriety of legislative interference here, it may be pronounced that, so far as the existing ' Art-Unions are immediately concerned, interference is clearly wrong, and the consequent injustice, we . trust, will be remedied. These as s o ciations were founded in 1837, "in consequence of an opinion published in the report of a Par liamentary Committee on arts and manufac tures," and people have been encouraged to lay out their money in this way to a large extent, no sus picion of illegality having been for a moment enter tained. Could any one, indeed, have a doubt for a moment of the legality of bodies, several of which are headed by her Majesty, Queen Victoria, as patroness? Therefore, betwixt 40,0001. and 50,000/. have been subscribed for the present season to the various associa tions in Great Britain. It would be unjust in the ex treme, seeing, particularly, that the guardians of the law have been silent on the point for eight years—to make the subscribers suffer by preventing the Associations from fulfilling their incurred obligations. In those cases where the purchases of works of art have really been made, it would be very improper, even if legally possible, to make artists refund the money given to them, and to deprive others of their expected recom pense would be equally cruel. There is no right way of doing, seemingly, but that of at least permitting the current season's operations to proceed to their close.—Scotsman.. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. Mr. Thomas, from the Society for *Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animals, arrived at Windsor on `Wednesday, for the purpose of instituting the ne cessary inquiries, preparatory to commencing legal proeeedinga against the parties who were guilty of gross act of cruelty towards a valuable horse on Mon day last. The ,following are the particulars :—A pony, between twelve and thirteen hands high, was matched against a bay cob, nine years old, for twenty-five pounds a-side, to proceed from London to Windsor, without any restrictions as to whether the. beasts were to trot or gallop. The pony was to be ridden, and the cob to go in har 7 ness. The start took place from Dorset-square, Re gent's park, early on Monday morning, the route being through Hounslow, Crawford-bridge, Lang ford, Colnbrook, Langley, Broom, and Datchet, to the New Inn, at Windsor, where the pony arrived shortly after eight o'clock, about 200 yards in advance of the horse in harness, performing the distance (between 23 and 24 miles) in one hour and twenty-four minutes, at the rate of upwards of seventeen miles an hour. The pony, although considerably distressed, was sufficiently recovered, after a short rest, to be taken to Slough, to be conveyed from thence to Paddington by the Great Western Railway. The cob, however, was in a most dreadful • state, upon its arrival at the New Inn ; and after lingering from eight o'clock until half-past twelve, it expired in the greatest torture. Some. idea may be formed of the cruelty practised to wards the unfortunate, animal, when it .is stated that the chaise it had to drag, for nearly twenty-four miles, weighed between 7 and 8 cwt., and this, in addition to its unfeeling driver, and its harness, brought its' load up to nearly half a ton. Throughout its whole journey it was not once pulled up, but was urged on, at full gallop, nearly all the way from town. The owner slept at Windsor on the preceding night, but left the next morning at eleven o'clock, leaving orders with his groom to take his horse to town that afternoon. It died, however, as we have before stated, and its carcase was disposed of yesterday , to a person from Colnbrook. The g i g , a heavy-wheeled old - fashioned. Dennett, was sent for, and delivered up this morning. Notwith standing the inquiries which have been made by Mr. i Thomas during •the day, assisted by the police, agreeably to the orders of the magistrates, the names of the parties implicated in this disgraceful affair have not yet been discovered. Mr. Headeraon, the ' veterinary surgeon, who was called in to bleed and administer a drink to this murdered animal, was told to apply for the amount of his charges to Mr. Hyatt, No. 16, John-street, Edgware-road. From the clue which has been obtained, there is very little doubt that *all the parties connected with this disgraceful affair will be discovered and proceeded against. We may obserVe that the poor beast had a deep .sand crack in its off fore foot, and that both its hind legs j had been fired. The Society is determined to use every evertion to bring the guilty parties to justice. THE ROYAL AVIARY AT WINDSOR -ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF TIER MAJESTY'S FAVOURITE FOWL:3.-11er Ma jesty's aviary, in the immediate vicinity of the Royal dairy, in the Home-park, at Windsor, which is stocked with a most valuable and rare collection of fowls, pigeons, and other birds of extreme rarity, was attempted be broken into on Sunday night by a parcel of vagabonds, who were fortunately discovered before they had purloined any of the property on the premises. It appears that. Mr. Walters, poulterer, of the High-street, Windsor, who has the entire superintendence of the Royal aviary, and who resides in a cottage near to the spot, had not left more than a few minutes, when his' son, hearing a noise in that part of the premises opposite to the Home-park, look - xi through the window of the Queen's room, and saw distinctly two men in the act of endeavouring to force open the gate of that division, which contained the rare Cochin China fowls. He immediately gave an alarm, when his father and others aline to his assistance. The men instantly made off into the Park. leaping the rails; one taking the road to Datcbett, and the other makin off in the direction of Frogmore. A fierce dog, of powerful size, kept on the premises, belonging to Mr. Walters, was sent in pursuit of the thieves; but on getting up to one of them, it ran along by his side across the Park, without attempting to attack him. There is no doubt from the dog suffering the men to enter upon the premises without making noise, and from his subsequent movements, that some drug had been administered to it by the thieves. The animal has not been well since the affair occurred. Upon examining the aviary, the marks of a jemmy were discovered close to the locks and hinges of five of the doors of the divi sions, containing the most valuable of her Majesty's birds. A portion of the iron and wire-work, which divided the several compartments, was found to be broken, and con siderably injured by the attempt which had evidently been made to enter the premises by climbing over the rail. Mr. Gillman, the superintendent of the Windsor police,. was sent for the next morning by Major-General Wemyss, and in structed to use his best efforts to discover and bring to justice the guilty parties.. From the great ease with which the pre mises can be entered from a portion of the Home-park, it, is expected that, for the future, a strict watch wil: be kept dur ing the night. • - THE HAGUE, APRIL. 22.—Their Majesties the King and Queen, and the other members of the Royal Family, re turned to the Hague this morning by a special train from Amsterdam.' They left Al'Titerdgm aboutleiCo'dock, iud the journey was perfumed nt ore hour anti 35 rabutvs. DUTCH PAPERS. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 20.—This morning the Royal Family made their proposed excursion to Utrecht by the iron railway. They left the Palace with their suite at eleven o'clock, ar.d returned about three. We are as sured that his Majesty expressed his entire satisfaction with the handsome manner in which the carriages are fined up, and with all the arrangements. ZRODLE, APRIL 19.—The steam• boats between this town and Amsterdam will be ;m to ply on Tuesday, the 23d, and arrangements will be made to correspond with the arrivals of the trains, as well from Rotterdam and the Hague to Amsterdam, as from Amsterdam to. the Hague and Rotterdam. The facilities which these new arrangements will afford to travellers, who will be able to come in one day from Rotterdam, the Hague, Leyden, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and other places in North and South Holland, to Zrodle and Tevente, in one day, and, by means of didgences, to go with all speed to Drenthe, Friesland, and Gronisr.am, we may hope that trade and industry will derive great advantages from the increased intercourse between the several places. NwrEunAm, Aram 22.—We learn that their Majes tit-s will leave this capital to-morrow morning, at half past nine o'clock, to return to the Hague. Ttraittm—The Constantinople mail of the 3d of April brings accounts of a violent pressing of soldiers which the Ports had executed in the Turkish capital, in which the wives of the me!) pressed made a riot, at - tacked Mohann.d. Ali and Hiza l'uchit, and tore the (1411.1 off their Iliac EXTRAORDINARY NARRATIVE.—The Port Hope' (Canada) Gazette says :—" Mr. Peter Moffat, who has for several y, ars been in the habit of teaming. between Peterborough, this place, and Cobourg, states, thet a team of horse-s, which cost him about 751, were missing on the mornin4 of the 6th September, 1842. After fruit less 'search and inquiries in the neighbourhood, ima gining they were stolen, he started towards Toronto in search of them, and from some account received on the way, was induced to go on as far as 100 miles beyond Buffalo, but in vain, and after spending six weeks in the pursuit he returned to A day or two afterwaris, observing that the crows and digs were frequenting a thicket near his own barn, he searched it, and there, in a stream, discovered both his horses dead. AS there was but little water at the time, he suspected they had been poisoned, and upon opening them a substance was found which on examination turned out to be arsenic. But the most singular part of the story remains to be told. A person named C—b, who died shortly afterwards, acknowledged on his death bed that he, another person named C—y, and ere M—y, (C—y and M—y . n heir, ein4 also teamsters), had poisoned the team; and Mr. PENNY POSTAGE.—Mr. Cowell, in his tract.on t Moffat states that C—b, on returning home after the Currency, points out one of the uncontemplated effects act, found one of his own horses hanging at the rack or of the penny postage, and makes a just reflection on it:— , manger, arid soon after lost two of his cows, and that " Previous to 1840 it cost several shillings to se nd a few then he himself was taken ill and die;d and that C—y, five-pound notes to London. from .the country. Since the reduction of postage you can send fou r or five f or a who is said to have lent hims e lf to assist the others on penny. In consequence of this ba nkers In the country this occasion, was subsequently shot dead, in a broil at an inn in reterborou h. Thus does an inscrutable Pro are now in the daily habit of se ndin g to London the g vidence, sooner or later overtake the guilty, however notes of competing bankers , in c ases where the y p re- secret or well-devised their schemes may be for a season. piously retained them a week or ten days for inter change, at certain periods, in L o n don. I paid attentive LATE HOURS OF BUSINESS.- - Last evening, a consideration at the time to the effects on the circula- numerous meeting of booksellers' assistants was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, tion of the alteration in the postage,. 'constantl - v watch- Messrs. Swann and Ives, in the chair, to consider the expe ing them, and became convince d dud Mr. Hill's plan diency of petitioning the employers for an abridgment of the enabled the country to dispense with. considerably more hours of business. The Chairman, the Rev. Mr. Cumming, than 1,000,0001 circulation, and to Texport either that Messrs. Lawrence, Ottan, and other gentlemen, delivered amount of gold, or some prOportion of it, obtaining in eloquent addresses, deprecatory of late hours of business, as exchange commodittes that we shotildsiot otherwise have being equally injurious to the employers and the employed, had. Mr. Hill did not probably anticipate such s splen- both in a physical and moral point of view. Mr. King stated did consequence from his admirable plan. It is a p roo f that the booksellers of Liverpool had resolved to close busi of the importance of sound• principles in such matters; , nese at seven o'clock, P.M. He mentioned several instances they produce good effects that are not expected, as well of employers being so engaged in business that they were as the advantages at which they directly aim." . unable to discharge their duties as heads of families ; in conclusion, he read a on to master booksee rs QUICK 'I'it A v E LLING.-1 7 %- r e have to record • a re markable instance of the power of steam. On Wodnes- London, praying of the p m etiti to shorten the the hours of busin ll ess, in order that their assistants may be enabled to improve their day her Majesty's packet Princess Alice, having on board physical, moral, and intellectual condition. The petition was 1 Mr. Robins, an English messenger, arrived here from adopted. Calais after a passage of one hour and 45 minutes. The A labourer named Trevis was killed on Thursd , ly messenger was just in time fTr the 11 o'clock train, in morning, at Thn op, %ear Christchurch. by tbe which he took his place, and arrived in London at three falling of a mud wall, which deceased end another man ' o'clock ; performing the whole distance from Calais to were engaged in removing, and imprulntly neglected the Metropolis, via Dover, in the unprecedented short tiuml to prop up whilst picking Away . the - foundoloa. WWI iof 51rours wig 4 .1 ggisp.tto t—liatler Telegraph. taken out he was suito t read Arrival at St. Helena—Maid of Athens, Uting, March 6, from West coast of Africa, and sailed 11th to Cork. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—Mohican, of Greenock, 11th inst., lat. 41 N., len. 25 W. ; Bouvrieul Nantes to Guadaloupe, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Havre, Poupard, arrived at Havre. Victoria, Hancock, Bristo, to Calcutta, 20th inst., lat. 48, lon. 8, by the Tartar Luce, arrived off Falmouth. Catherine (ship). 20th ult., lat. 3 N., lon. 19 W., by the Joseph Porter, Wilson, arrived at Liverpool. Amphitrite, of Nantes, 17th inst., by the Trent (steamer), arrived at Southampton. CITY BANKS. The following return of the money balances of-the City banks was made to the Parliamentary Committee in 1840, but by them considered an improper docu ment for publication at the time. It appears, how ever, in the last Number of the British and Foreign Quarterly Review as a note on an article on Corn and Currency, and on collateral authority we have Meer tAined that it is correctly given. Our readers will understand that the sums placed against the names of the respective banking-houses is the aggregate annutt amount of the biances for 1840 : . Barclay and Co. • £107,000,00 0 Glyn and Co. Jones Loyd cud Co. Mastvrman and Co. Robarts and Co. Smith, Payne, and Co. Williams and Co. Barnett and Co. Luhbot:k and Co 33,760,000 Stone, Martin, and Co. Pres;lut and Co 30,000,000 Do.nison and Co. 26,863,0 00 Banbury and Co 24,700,000 • Ladbroke at.d Co. Willis and Co 20,500,000 Curries and Co. Spooner and Co 10,000,000 Price and Co. Hankey and Co. Barnard and Co. 12,000,01 10 • . Were and Co. Rogers and Co 9,000,000 Dorri , .n and Co. 8,000,0 00 Fuller and Co 7,500.000 • Brown and Co 7,000,0 00 Bosangunt and Co. 3,700,0 00 Stevens and Co. Weston and Co.. Total 2978,496,0 60 Since the date of the above return two of the 11,13 1 there named have become extinct. Ladbroke and wed has retired, and Dorrien and Co. has been incorporate.' with Curries. These returns possess considerable Pi terest, but they certainly convey no correct /de! the relative amount of the regular banking buslat transacted by the respective houses. For exam,P;,/ Barclay and Co., the first on the list in poiP m g amount, has the business of the immense discona t 7,i firm of Gurney and Co., which of itself account e d, their position at the clearing-house. Glvn and be has by far the largest portion of the business of to railways and other joint-stock companies, and 110 13 P ii , and Co. stands so high on the list chiefly from tl; amount of stock-brokers' cheques, which pass thraq ut their hands. Other cases could easily be pointed °Di to account for the position occupied by the house 3 the list, but we have said sufficient to show tha t ,be a , amounts furnish no fair test of the legitimate bank'''. business transacted by the different firms. Leak, l . l/ ; at the whole case, however, it is perfectly clear, I , l 'l e that and other circumstances, that the tendency o,f rte banking businesS of London of late years has very decidedly towards a concentration in com e tively a few large houses. On this principle we 1 0 a right to expect that more of the smaller firms yet become extinct. Our readers in the countrylifde understand that the foregoing list does not the bills and cheques of the Bank of Engleau , , i , o f joint-stock banks, nor any of the banks westw ar " the City. —Herald. • EDINBURGH TOWN COUNCIJ ) ' , TUESDAY, APRIL „, PRESENT TO THE CITY FROM LORI ) BROUG HAM. hsi ts The LORD PROVOST intimated that Lord Brag tf . had been pleased to present the corporation with trientg.b eight large volumes, containing the Acts of the Se?. t. ibe Parliament, from 1424 to 1707, the Statutes M Ord Realm, and the Public Records, published by the P tc - c il Commissioners. (The books were lying on the C ° l , li ; of table. His Lordship then proposed that the thari—for the Council should be tendered to Lord Brouglial o is his valuable present. He knew that Lord Broil; b o always entertained an affectionate remembrance o , i to native city, and wee prepared to do what he county promote its prosperity, and to be of service to r a yon habitants. It was an unhappy condition of ,r,.rtsg greatness, that let a man spend a long life in coOleLiot, benefits on the public, should he offend in one r f ttie those who take offence will consider him guilty ° "per' whole law, and will wit only forget all his previolni. vices, but the very number and greatness of theiVbe add to the bitterness of their indignation. It W et ' die very unbecoming in him, and very inappropriate .but present occasion, to enter on disputed qu estion g, o4 surely he might say Edinburgh was justified in 1'1°0,4 proud of Lord Brougham as one of her most disting' : sons and a burgess of the city, especially when th e ! big called to mind the great service he had .rendeo f the country, as the fearless and eloquent defender e' o f , 0 oppressed, whether in the humble condition for, printer or an exalted princess; he had been in the n tot most ranks of reform, eliether in the law or g e- A. e f o' policy—he had been one of the most distinguished 61411 cotes for the abolition of slavery, and it was in no i tets degree owing to him that the chains of slavery In i ""ifir for ever.broken in the British settlements. it necessary' for him to refer to the great services which' b , Lordship had rendered to science and literature, and`, general education of the people—he might, howereP_ro mind them of what they had probably forgotten, tb711.14 was to Lord Brougham they were in a great ine 6 s. be indebted for their seat at that Board, for it was b e who took charge of the measure of Burgh Pakett in the House of Lords, and by his energy and tool' carried it safely through.—(Hear, hear.) ramis sidering this present as an evidence of Lord Brolig.o,lo kind recollections of his native city, and hi e de li, advance its prosperity and the interests of its inha ii bl the Lord Provost moved that the thanks of the ' c ' se ct. be tendered to Lord Brougham for his valuable P r :POP not more for its intrinsic worth than for the kin . ings which URQUHA it implied.—(H seconded the motion, ws' e unanimously adopted. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND RILL' _ m ole' The Council, on the motion of Mr. RUSSELL, " P ro; to the Lord Provost's Committee, to consider the.pg? priety of taking steps for convening a public niee!idlr. the inhabitants in aid of the proposed testimonliu,:elo Rowland Hill, the author of the penny postage sic A Dei f y 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. a Browne Clayton feels desirous to express the ' o f f" and advantage he has derived at his advanced age 00' ' years, and after two years' trial, from the use of TO/ S. and B. Solomons newly invented Spectacles. 4100 valuable inventions fully merit the patronage tl i ti r e. ? ; received. Address, Adlington-hall, Lattonsc. tb k Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone begs to bst ° the Spectacles he has now had some time in 11se ' o sa ~ fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. „Lid Soh m )ns as to their excellence, and having ie f much comfort and advantage from their use, fliff,oret' able to every other kind of glasses. 13, Norfol"so..Y. Park- lane.—The Hon. George Cavendish, to g i e lii, s lll and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccau'v polite the York Hotel. Gentlemen, I approve ,/ er : o of the Spectacles I purchased from you ; ii ii th r"; use of glasses for many years, and never met I"' ips o to enable me to see equal to yours, and with le ss e li v .; veniewe to my eyes. Yours obediently, G. C.'`,„ .- Tel, e :3 Leixlip Castle, Ireland.—lmproved Achrorns' copes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c., of the 51ix.13,0 of lances, to surpass any ever yet inve ute Mss -rs. S. and B. Solomons' Invincibleopers ° . l ifel: Conductor, Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons' of mediate relief to old standing extreme cuse 9 n c i ticSo ness.—Caution. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 'rperrA'a and Attribts, are not in any way connected with ho s ' o rn"; of the same name in their immediate neigh 'Oil' Nor in any part of the country. To prevent IT9'l, be cautious and observe—only to be had at g l, , 4 ,0 in trle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York I I ?" BRUSSELS, APRIL 22.—Scarcely anyboofria Ol e * country recollects to have seen vegetation in gen r e ni genrie ward in the month of April as it now is. The P,.. n ' - fiS the fields, and the numerous gardens in the en vo - o f '. n o ca e pital, look as if we were already in the middle o r; i e This extraordinary precocity has occasioned r te s incnon which, indeed, is not so rare ; and that ,Ifsft ) pearance, in some parts of Brabant, of a mulitud e , BIRTHS. ..f f s „ On the 24th inst., at Cleves Lodge, Chelsea , ""' Sotheby, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., Mrs. Henry Page, of Catfor d-- tb ham, of a daughter. A tte On the 24th inst., at Holles-street, Cavendisu lady of Dr. C. J. B. Williams, of a son. On the 25th inst., at Chatham-place, Bla , 0 00 Stauffer, of a son. D av id On the 25th inst., at Leytonstone, Mrs. Morgan, of a son. MARRIED. 0n 1 . 7 At Crondall, the Rev. E. Y. White, to Anne►own, t- •hs of the late 11:w. John Lockmar Crane, Vicar o ' f ib• P e o t - , On the 23 inst., at Eccleston, near Cheater , ts, Moxon Mann, 8.A., British Chaplain at Cohl4ootia lis Rhine, to Clara, youngest daughter of Digbyl lu penter, Esq., of Hawke House, Sunbury. tu tV rt.' On the 23d inst., the Rev. Henry Thomrson,'„ r ouglii°r Eliza, youngest daughter of Sir William Wa lt Pyrlaud Hall, Somersetshire. On the 23d inst., at Wherwell, Sir 'Million' o f • fr• to Elfrida S. H. Iremonger, youngest da u g hter !) • Iremonger, Wherwell Priory, Hants. thi of Idr On the 23d inst., sit St. George's Church , r o u g bter Charles James Kemp, to Martha, youngest of t i n e g, I% i li d et John Trevers, of Gloucester-place, (.)Id Ken On the 24th inst., at St. George's, Calnhery aa Woods, of Cardiff; Glamorganshire, to Mis s Hanover-place, Rye-lane, Peckham. as Of --- C On the 22d inst., at Lincoln, Tf r th ' lliani ila i—n 4 tte'r' I. late of London. late '• On the 16th inst., Margaret, daughter o f the Panson, of Edinburgh. I OW On the lEth inst., Mr. William Curtis, Stri t tl e . ar o'• • On the 21st inst., the Rev. James rowel' , ' hi p W ir°' well, Leicestershire. Majesty's I—. • 0 1 On the 31st of January, on board her ifs. off the coast of Africa, JUhn Thomas , Egg' LOW' `rife. On the 15th inst., in the Circus, Bath, Alre . _„ p ali Snckville H. Lovett, Esq. _ at .... sui• l le gi - On the 16th inst., at St. John's-wood-e, 01 '41 it P Saunders, widow of the late Captain Sa u nders , Afi stj ugr e ' On mt of Foot. • the 20th inst., in Park-street, Gres/4111(45' DU b lo' Anne Catherine Pack, aged 76. ave eti, On the 215 t inst., at Jury's Hotel, Coll e g -D: ` • . Mr. Henry Ward -- - . ;C . . 0 al - -------'7-- - --,-. 1'0? 11P Lond,li : Printed alai Yublislied by - A, 1 , 1-713- No. 112; Strand , Printilr, at The /Ili Strand, nt the tretriact of bliddrogyez, Map + ten o, • 34/3 4,11,40 Ir k -4. "7 1 ny!Li ouEA:11)11111)ii 14 4Y COll W ill be co'n owi ng rile, i f,: sT.k r4 ing, at 0 111 tht T .Inn i After .6 11 Sun 1 Ater ii ,,; . ; Pro G ra 't!en. T Tets to 4T'et, • .4 1314ack'w( 'Star-Offi ar "Wr y, be, b THE Of - ‘ 4J ESTN' - ' °ls 1, (1 a Di, eetfi T at 4 .b ess e et far "ut and 14, w i zirkr tO te, 41] Der 1,4 SEcu 3 1-tn. j - Dittt TON ban Pi to So As. p S, = at tni w.A .T4 'lll4 Se _II :4but