The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

r F.Ws. RAE• n Satur' i n price• were fkez re: iness 10 ins were cl, maul Ind. It ut New' the p fated by As the ittle y undue L i. rather export s e nding is front 533,605• 00 lbs.; ;, 6544 , 14,30 Q sweat nie ops sre he 20th espond' ssion Of Dtracte a egret 1 9 altoge' be in 0 , to thi mea ns ion. 11 0 ° ;faction. chines!, le other ! nt chs• , quoted pears .t ° 'oaiarn ig. itbin an re- fir" Ile& 1 0 ' ley eOl l. further. 72w. W talc $$ lone to re been orations 7e at 7 ; ccouat; tocic to 1 Rail' celY 19 Ipg4 i tito ,!'1414 Ku .14% I 3 6 *6 alterir irulltl Rout aeffies AY.) c,,c• ler 0 13 -i !ring qt . 11 , 110tV.I. 6. . { CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) The sixth session of the present Atayoralty commenced Recorder, Sheriff, befo re ih e Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Sheriff, and' other Civic authorities. The rand jury h av i ng b een sworn, ,The RECORDER proceeded to d e li ver hi s c h arge . Th e calendar, he said, contained the names of more than 260 rrisoners, a great num b er hav i ng been committed since riday last. He feared, therefore, that the labours of the gra'nd jury would be somewhat protracted. The offences contained in the calendar were some of them of a Very serious character • but he did not apprehend that there would be any diffi cu lty w i t h respect to the de 4,etsiOla the g ran d ` jury woul d h a f e to come to upon to m. There w ere severa l c h arges o f f orgery ; and ut , "`"ug forged instruments, and one of these had created Pegreat deal of public 'interest, and in which several rs ons were impl icate d. Th ese persons were charged it obtaining, by means o f f orge d i nstruments, l i ' vi denda which had remained for a considerable time unclaimed. It appeared that by obtaining the names of the persons to whose credit certain unclaimed Mdividends had been placed, the names of the relatives a uch parti es , an d t h e whole history of the parties iusel ves, they were enabled to forge wills, which PterPorted to haveteen -made by such parties ; and by wills they were enabled to appropriate the un .,ehthned di v id ends to which the forged wills related to laernselves. Of course, in conducting such proceedings a s these several persons must be engaged, ..nd these p Per ms had sever a l parts assigned to them for the pur ose of carrying on the fraud. The jury would have to Take into their consideration the whole evidence which ,t)uld be l a id b efore them, and they would have to sax ,bet( be there was sufficient evidence to implicate the •of the parties indicted, or only part of them. Th e evidence would be laid before them, and it would be t°l them to consider whether that evidence was sufficient °£ th e them in returning a true bill on the ground °I the parties knowing that the wills in question *e l% forged. No doubt there would be such :ovidence laid before them as would lead to the i n neitl _bion that other parties besides those I,„ cu sLody had been engaged in the frauds which had nine of the 7th George IV., c. 64, which bore upon the wo u l d w hich he was then referring.) The evidence ue presented to the grand jury, and the question th it ' t "uhi have to decide would be merely whether th e evid taee was su ffi cient to justify them in sending The e rA le.t ° be fully inquired into before the petit jury. attentionw another ease to which he would turn their instituted in particular—it was a charge which had been abgainst the owner and commander of a vessel o‘casti n . Sect abetting act itsel? er awa - . y The: captain was charged with the and ' l tou the owner with instigating, counselling, hint iteso doing. It would be for the jury 'if t h e cons7der the case as against the captain, because b. "is° o against him shld tail, of there would neat ease against the ou other person course accuEed. He radverted t o a charge of rape which had occurred od_er F onfewhat p ecu li ar c i rcumstances, the young t h e utt who h a d made the charge having, previous to th e ° "enee being committed, been some time engaged to ju Person who was charged. It would be for the grand, tof u apply their own common sense and experience at_uis case; and- t o sa y w h e th er , un d er such circum .Ccelit the young woman could be expected to make be., la me outcry as she w ou ld have done had the party „,,,,_rt stribger. It appeared that she had made no '11,.. y haterer. He (the Recorder) lamented to say xt r the calendar contained the Eames of two persons ,„1 1. ged with murder. He did not, however, think it zmassary to make any observations upon these cases, ltae they were merely cases of fact. His Lordship i e IN briefly alluded to the minor charges contained andcalendar, then remitted the grand uto their the Court proceeded to swear t h e common ~ PO LICE INTELLIGENCE. --------T S CLIIKENWELL.—( THIS DAY.) ia,eo wwo men, named L ee an d P orter, were ch arg wd as It that on Sunday mora le.. 1 aPPeared from the evidence 1, ' tile prisoners were knocking at the door of a I l o ilo . -allied 1:1 E 1..,1 ay, in !der. walk, Islington, withou t a ny :I Purpose_ as soon as Po:ice-constable, 422 N, desired them to the° a waY• They did so, but returned again ii; officer haq left the Walk. The constable, again hear -s)t knocking. at the door, went back, eer s - • P d oor . Air. flay begged and sawthepri o - f th striking at the sa me ; pi e . Aeers to remove them but 422 had no sooner his hand on Lee's collar breast, but 14 7 11 him, and struck him three blows on the than the latter turned Porter did not : I :,_‘,ao as to produce any serious injur y . e for as constable, but threaten u d nd t w o it d h o h h is is aa b s u is s t i ti n n e e s e s ti l t „ g i"). Walker, 88 N, came up, - -Prisoners were secured. Lee had three timeal 0 44. ,7 az t Paiin, snde 6ere t rgone six months sa id imprisonment fur lob; two o au o l u ts t o o f n p t r h i e . poll gone and was not more . than a ? 11 '''' Y ell er had undergone three months' went fur a similar offence. imprison t. 'l le Prisoners, who could urge nothi i '' ' ld uet, were sentenced—Lee to pay a f i ia o t s e „ th a e n i d r Po tter to find bail. ng ti to ne p o B-11 • , CNION II AI.I...—(THIS DAY) most • 3 „ e l4 ', Qium Kalick was c h arge d w i th committing " a n zi(l"ent assault on hi s w i fe, whose life is at resent co red i n danger. p I t appeared that on Sunday morning the defendan . t , went irito a house where his wife happened to be, and (1i !bring had a previousuarrel with her, he agait!renew h ed ,;_ and; havin g knocked h.er down, kicked her in suc a dreadful manner that her life is in danger. The prisoner' s defence "'as, that he found a man s inumary ve ngeance on Nulled Potter in b e d with his Wif e , an d t h at h e i n fli cte d t guilty pair. Potter, the man alluded to, -- -present, with his head frightfully out, and he den i ed was hprtihsa-0 riexiou took place between t improper. con remanded f and him: ' Mr. Traill will allow her to attend. cun t ne an r's y wi e . . 'Celli k til the state of his wife ID TCII AND FLANDERS Bansstr.s_, APRIL 4 . —The day before yesterday MAIL. ;ttaarehholddrtshe ' first general annual meeting of t h e of ..the Belgian Colonisation Company e . . -1 :, he em eulh,lir was very numerous. The report Perations o the Company since. its institution was of th i l te h 4 ,, cl ", 'The assembly having examined the balance, til---aipoisy approved the report, and passed, unap t s , 4 0 "slY, a vote ot thanks to the directors. It . xesul ttie ta_ the "report, that there can be no doubt of the „••as of the colony A fter Senate, in i ts . sitting of yesterday, adopted, Polder4°lrte debate, the project of law relativ e . to the of: of Lillo. It then proceeded to the discussion moralproject of law on the examining jury. 111 Ill:4debate was clo se d, and that on the art icles ar Posv:- for to-day. M: de . Houssy . and Baron Mac ti o ,_' as an am endment, ‘ that the original plans pro the. N„ s , s- i te l l. the Government should be adopted by L y k instead of that of the Central Section, approved t1;1):;te C hamber of Representatives. After l a l, lo a n n g d the - l e t his amendment was rejectel by 24 to ioi n d -e ' the agreed to by 23 to 12, M. Melon having ....' "le minority. ,...... poilie ..,ItDilw, APRIL —been reported for 24, 44 Ys, and we have gooi. reason 1 —lthas for believin g t h e tf r 6rt to be true, that his Royal Highness the be has converted the whole of his property. in the Prince Thre e . r tli _ ~ Per Cent. Loan. . 50.1I ticil a t he 2d , APRIL 3.—His Majesty, by are I Ord of tie 2d inst.. conferred the Grand C ross F of the It ai rr of the Netherlands Lion on Mr. A . V 4).1C1e Minister of Finance. Pubii,ts.--The directors of the iron railw.ay.nkti.ve I , at -- " e ` - ' a comparative statement of the traffic i the th t thr " months o 1843 and of 1844, which show s,le 4 2% the traffic and receipti are nearly doubled. I ' L ather of travellers in the first three months of • 1843 w as .... ..... .. .. . • 58,314 T ie • 1E44 ................ .. 108,914 -1 receipt for travellers -and g oods in -11884434 ............. '' ' 4936'735924f1f1: Sic. 69c Tim 11ELDER ... , new stestmer the s , APRIL 2.--His Majes ty 's A is, e t. Vesuvius is to be ready on the 15th of tilatiti rlLiisei!to. Tout tihne. East Indies under the co The zi- , on Corli,i,,, aweliblad contains three long a rticles 10 r npg the loan of 127 millions of florins (abo ve' most Mill . *thaisrrillY.l°eonn3graantduleatehs altrhe7 c u o n u d ri s tr. s y te o ri n in tve , s a ti n c d eess .:), sceogreat fi nancial measure. All the journals contai n a crd a nts from several cities, stating the sums sub- Nog r'Oeda by them respectively. rtr" ; d the klicial, APRIL s.—Tho • King . has rece.ve _ i, "y which his Majesty, the King of Sweden an a d . Jes t tY, noti fi es to his Majesty the decease of. his Ma uro the.Jeing John Charles XIV., and his own accession raoa r : l 4 44 On this occasion the King will go into tsen,w latefor three weeks, eommencing this day. . t- smoke of a plan of the Russian gover.a . 4 rest ar the conversion of the Polish debt bearing of ,ii l . 4 . , .t '‘,e Percent. We have now before us the li st . hold: "auk The first article is as follows :—" Ill! %k e i t% aof the Fire per Cent. Stock have the option of Coa t. Zsig the Five per Cent. Stock for a new Pour n p: y ea th e !'oelc , . or of receiving the.capital in ready MO after ixceltions and at the periods which will be here- Ch l t h9* - Pe r h t Is occasion we cannot but remark that there finaatP; never before - been seen in Europe 4 4; till fitet, eonsisting in a perfect uniformity of sy o s : a sim h il as a; Nfß e it Rreat equality in the conditions of interest, a as ktleh eta confidence in the capitalist to attach almos t _ th e e l calUe to the funds of the poor States as to those of te:e,at Spain and Portugal alone excepted. _ " purV'ssfrore Frankfort of the 29th of March, silY. The rea, l4f ._-e , a, 'ter fair opens with very happy . prospec t s. I:aulie.'etorers aro .satisfied, and there is not , to ogrle n t pseiti):;,ilance of go o d s as h as been Th e increase in the prices of raw materi.als for the case at pre c eding al illei Q ua he manufacturers to charge high prices f r ----______ b ) 41 d114 • e , ------ al G Pr. Made her debut last week bef9re L a Qii,,,, - 8 Rudience, in the ballet of La Sylphide, and in a teptioa, ill both of which she met with a favourable re l 6 pr e . ll * Mdlle. Cerito is engaged in that city for 101,0h-714%U/3as, at the ternunatio n of which she proceeds 11‘e . "mon,' where she is expected to arrive at the end of u. l4o llth. i N . ..t .`trev . a nd -Lady Mary Vyner will occupy Earl de th e - v s ki, Milie u in St. James's-square during the season. i t it. Nob le Lord Lieutenant and the Countess de Grey, tet t i 4 .,. .-"' understood, are not expected to leave the Vice -44' . •octir . e for town until the end of next month, or the ' ree k 1 4 hue. FRENCH RAILWAYS. The following are the principal conditions of the 13,i11s for establishing railroads from Paris to the Bel gian frontier, with a branch line to the coast opposite England ; and for executing another from Orleans to Vierzon. The English lines are to run by Calais, Dunkirk, and Boulogne: Those to Calais and Dun kirk are to join the Belgian'' line between Douai and Lille, passing in the former case by Hazebrouk and - St. Omer ; and, in the other, by Hazebrouk and the west of Cassel. The branch line to Boulogne will quit the main line at Amiens, and run by Abbeville and Etaples. A sum of 15,000,000 f. is wanted for the Calais and Dunkirk lines, 2,000,000 f. of which is to be paid from the estimates of 1844, and 1,000,000 E from those of 1845. The Minister of Public Works is to grant a lease not exceeding twenty-eight years for the Belgian lines, and the branch lines by Calais and Dunkirk, and a lease not exceed ing thirty-five years for the Orleans and Vierzon line. Should the companies, accepted by the Minis ter, fail to comply with the conditions and clauses of the Bill within the space of two months, he is au thorised to get the line's executed himself at the cost of the State, 44,000,000 f. being allowed for such works, of which 10,000,000 f. are to be paid out of the estates of 1844, and 20,000,000 f. out of those of 1845. In case the lines are made by companies, the Minister is authorised to lease out the working of the lines for a period not exceeding twelve years, the lines falling gratuitously into the possession of the State at the end of that period. An article stipulates, that after taking off six per cent. interest, and two and a-half per cent. for the sinking fund, the profits are to be divided equally be tween the companies and the State. There are to be three classes of carriages on the Belgian line—the first at 10 cents., the second at 7 cents. 0.0005, and the third, which are to be covered and curtained, 5 cents. 0.05 per kilometre, or quarter of a league. The State is to have the power of redeeming the lease of twelve years, the purchase to be made according to the con ditions stipulated for the Orleans Railroad, with this difference, that the premiums which are to be added to the net dividend, declared to compose the annuity, which, in such cases, are to be paid to the company, are to be reduced to a half. The whole of the late Marquis of Hastings' valuable pack of fox-hounds have been brought to the hammer, and no arrangements, it is understood, hare' been yet made for hunting the Donnington country during the ensuing season. ACCIDENT TO SIR AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD. —We are happy to hear that Sir Augustus Clifford is recovering rapidly from the accident he met with the other day in the Park, while out riding with Miss Clifford. It - is intended to open the railway from Darlington to Newcastle on -Tuesday,- the 18th of June, after which there will be an uninterrupted railway intercourse Le tween Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London. FATAL ACCIDENT AT DOWLAS.—FIVE COLLIERS KILLED.—We regret to learn that a melancholy acci dent, attended with loss of life, took place this week at these works. It appears that as the last coal train was leaving the Cymbargoed pits, consisting of seven car riages of coal, an engine and water t a nk, up on whi c h were upwards of forty colliers, hauliers, &c., who were leaving their work, the engine and tender slipped off the rails, when, melancholy to relate, four colliers were killed upon the spot, and one other died shortly after being taken home. There are also a great many , severely wounded. Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., who is now at his seat in Cornwall, returns to town on Monday next. The two vacant Lord Lieutenancies of Westmore land and Cumberland have both been conferred on Lord Lonsdale. The Holderness Hunt Ball will be held in the Hedon Town-hall, on Friday, the 19th inst., after the Burton Constable races, •under the patronage of Lady Clifford Constable. A brilliant attendance is expected. The Earl of Carlisle continues slowly to improve in health at Castle Howard, where Lord Morpeth has joined the family circle from town. The alliance between the Earl of Aboyne and Miss Pegus, daughter of the Countess of Lindsey, and half sister to the present Earl, is fixed to take place to morrow (Tuesday). The ceremony will be performed at St. Martin's Church, after .which a dejune will be given by Lady Charlotte Guest; in Spring•gardens, to a select circle of friends and relatives. Lord Alvanley is shortly expected to arrive from a Continental tour. Viscount and Viscountess Havvarden, Viscount and Viscountess Adare, Lady Charles Somerset,' Mr. and Lady Blanche Balfour, Viscount Strangford, Lord De Lisle, Right Hon. George and Mrs. Dawson, Lord John Manners, and a large party of tashionables have left town to visit Lord and Lady Beresford, 'at Bedgebury Park, during the Easter recess. COSMORAMA, 209, REGENT-STREET.--This exhibi tion was opened to the public for the season on Saturday last, with eight new views—viz„ the Plains of Thebes in/ Upper Egypt, with the colossal statues of Memnon ; the Pantheon at Rome by moonlight ; the exterior of St. Peter's, at Rome, and the interior of the same ; a valley in Savoy, with a representation 4a part of Mont Blanc and the Glaciers ofthe Alps; Mount Vesuvius by night ; a val ley in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland ; and the Hippo drome :at Constantinople,' all of which evince consider able talent on the part of the artist, and in some of them, especially the interior of St. Peter's, at Rome, and the night view of Vesuvius during an irruption, the illusion is so complete that it is difficult for the spectator to be lieve that he is looking at a mere flat surface of painted canvass. Altogether the exhibition well deserves a place amongst the various others of its class in the metropolis, and we recommend it to the attention of our holiday making readers. Signor Emiliani, after a successful provincial tour, has returned to town for the season. THE MEMORIAL TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.— In our number of Saturday last we stated that a memo rial, on the want of accommodation in reference to the Yorkshire and South, mails, which was signed in four* days by upwards of 500 respectable mercantile and ma nufacturing firms and individuals in Manchester, had been forwarded by Thursday evening's mail to Colonel Maberley, for presentation to the Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster. We understand that the memorialists, at the head of whom was Mr. Woollam, the boroughreeve, have fared no better than the Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, and other public bodies, in former memo rials to the same quarter . The gentlemen have, indeed, received an acknowledgment of the receipt of their me morial ; but one altogether unworthy of the Govern ment functionary who may be presumed to have directed its dispatch. It is one of .the ordinary printed forms, with which we can now say, from a pretty long and ex tensive experience, the Post-office authorities are wont to get rid of any petition or memorial emanating from this great mercantile community ; and as, if nothing'should be wanting to mark the reply as at once curt, uncour teous, and even disrespectful, this stereotyped document is not signed by the Postmaster-General ; it is not even signed by Colonel Maberly, to whom the letter was ad dressed which accompanied the memorial ; but by some subordinate functionary or clerk in the establishment. These things require no comment. We understand that the memorialists have determined on sending up a depu tation, consisting of John Woollam, Esq., boroughreeve; Messrs. Richard Birley, J. B. Wanklyn, and other gen tlemen, and that it is probable the deputation will pro ceed to London on Monday next.—Manchester Guardian. LARGE GUN.--On Tuesday, the 12th instant, a stanchion, or punt gun, belonging to H. W. White, Esq., Monar, was tried for the first time at the Longman. It was loaded with two ounces of fine powder and one pound of shot, which, when fired, showed great shooting, at sheets of paper, and on the snow, from 80 to 150 yards distant. The dimensions of this powerful gun are as fol— low :—Weight 100 lbs.; length of barrel, 7 feet ; bore, inches. The lock is on the percussion tube principle, and the barrel is fitted on Colonel Hawker's ingenious plan, consisting of a strong spiral spring for easing the recoil. The gun was made by our townsman, Mr. May fair. Mr. White has built a gunning punt, with all the necessary gear, for enjoying the" favourite sport of wild fowl shooting on the Moray and Beuly Friths, where thousands of all kinds of aquatic birds, from the majestic wild swan to the restless little teal, take refuge during stormy weather. The exciting sport of winter shooting on a large scale, was first introduced in this quarter by Sir St. George Gore. Bart., who sent down his complete apparatus, constructed after the must approved method, as used on the coast of England. Captain Flood em barked often last winter, and had several successful bat tiles on the water. Mr. White and Mr. Rose made a trip on Thursday to try the merits both of boats and guns ; the former gliding noiselessly through the ,weld ing element, which contrasted strangely with the boom ing sounds as the guns gave out their discharges. — Inverness Courier. FALSE ECONOMY OP THE PRESENT INCOME-TAX —The income-tax produces 5,356,8871., which shows, says the Morning Chronicle, " that the whole of the in comes of 1501 and upwards, the limit of the tax, amount I to something more than 200,000,0001 a year. What a prodigious mass of wealth !" To say nothing, too, of evasions. It should always be remembered that there are two points in the manner of imposing this tax, one un just, the other delusive. The income of 1501. is too high a limit for total exemption, wasting a vast field of avail able resource for the tax, and, as everybody saw at the time of laying on, operating with a curious injustice ; for while the man of 1491. a year pays nothing, the man of 150/. pays 4/. 7s. 6d tax. Represented in the tax itself, the difference between their incomes should be worth 7d ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer treats them as if the difference in their incomes were worth 4175. 6d.; now as 41.75. 6d. represents nn income of 1501, they are assessed as if that were the actual amount of the diffe rence between their incomes, although in round numbers both may be considered as possessing that same income of 1501, the difference being only I/. The other point is, the delusion of the title, for although officially called, a property-tax, and d i reallysonly exempt m na p e t r e inm income-tax,soecases property a s the being exempt, index of income. The man with an income of 150/ earned by labour, and the fundholder enjoying that in come, and possessing property besides of that yearly ' value are taxed alike. The 5,356.000/. therefore, is raised in a manner at once unjust and partial, the greater number of incomes, and the general mass of pro perty being exempt. In considering the merits of an income and property-tax, it is won to bear in mind these points in the present form of assessment, especially when we find the tax so productive that, objectionable and limited as it is in these respects, every penny farthing in the pound produces a million sterling of revenue.-- Spectator. Since the penny postage was introduced, the weekly number of letters has increased from 1,586,000 to 4,212,000. For every 100 letters written under the old system, there are 270 under the new; - ✓ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVgNING, APRIL 8, 1844, THE LATE FATAL CONFLAGRA TION 1N OXFORD-STREET INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF THE SIX SUFFERERS. On Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the Coroner's investigation was commenced by Mr. Higgs, the deputy. coroner for Westminster, before a jury of fourteen' respectable tradesmen, at the Malpas Arms. pablia-house, Charles-street, Grovesnor-square, on the bodies of the si± unfortunate persons, namely, Mrs. Eliza Williams, aged 31 years; Eliza Williams, her daughter, aged 4 years ; William Williams, her infant; Sarah Hodgson, aged 25 years • Charlotte Fisk, aged 30 years (the servant) ; and Henry Jacob Pickering, aged 12 years ; who lost their lives at the dreadful fire at the Crown and Cushion tavern and wine vaults, at the corner of Gilbert-street, in Oxford street, on the night of Thursday last. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the remains of the unfortunate deceased persons which lay in the dead-house attached to St. George's Work house. On the return of the jury to the inquest room the following evidence was taken : William }luck, a police-constable of the C division, No. 98, stated that on the night of the fire (Thursday last) he was on duty in Gilbert-street, Oxford-street. At about half-past eleven o'clock he was standing with his back against the counting-house of Mr. Williams, spirit and wine -merchant, known as the Crown and Cushion. at the corner of Gilbert street, and Oxford-street, when ha saw a blue flame on the counter. At that time he noticed the barman in the same part of the premises standing be hind the counter. All the lights were burning through out the house. The barman seeing witness, said "For God's sake, go and call the engines, for we are all in a blaze." He (witness) then sprang his rattle, shouted " fire," and called a cab, into which he got, and ordered the_ driver to drive to the King -street station of the Fire-brigade, and request Mr. Foga to bring the engines. A green door was parallel with the counting-house and staircase, but witness could not tell whether it was open or closed. The cabriolet was driven with all speed to King-street, when wit ness ordered not only the engines, but also the escapes belonging_ to the Royal Society for Protection of Life from Fire. He next went to the engineers of other engines, .and gave information of the calamity. One of the jury thought that the policeman would ,have done better to have sent some one for the en gines, and have remained himself on the premises, to have rendered assistance to the inmates. The CORONER said he had no doubt the officer did what he considered was the best. The evidence was corroborated by police-constable 33 C, who added that on his getting in front of the Crown and Cushion, he observed flames breaking through-the side door, into Gilbert-street, but there was not much fire then. It appeared to witness to be that moment bursting forth. The next witness examined was William Hewitt, who said that he was a barman to Mr. Williams. On the night of Thursday last his master was not at home. When the fire broke out the shop was open, and he was serving customers at the bar. The hour Mrs. Williams retired to bed he could not tell. He.heard and saw -Goodwin pumping up the spirits at the bar; Goodwin was quite sober at the time, and lived on good terms with the family. When the flames were beginning to spread, some one brought a ladder, which was placed against the parlour window over the counting-house, but the fire growing stronger it spread with indescribable rapidity. The CORONER—Did any one escape by means of the ladder ? Witness—No sooner was it placed where I have stated, than Miss Fritchley got upon it, but she was obliged to jump down to escape being burnt to death. A juror—Do you think, Mr. Hewitt, if a person had gone up stairs at the first, the inmates would have been able to escape ? Witness—l don't think they would, because the intense heat caused the bottles to keep cracking, and the contents (liquor) becoming ignited, the flames spread quicker. The Coßoseß—How long have you lived with Mr. Williams ? Witness—About three weeks, and I may almost be termed a stranger. Mr. William Thompson, an upholsterer in Gilbert street, here stepped forward, and begged to say a few words. On hearing the alarm of fire on the night in question he instantly hastened to the spot with a fire escape Which he kept in his possession. A very few minutes had then elapsed after the outbreak, and hearing that there were people in the house he went to the next house for the purpose of getting on to the ro')f, where he considered there would be a chance of saving the' parties, but he was prevented from going up by a policeman, who was standing at the door, and who refused any one admission into the premises. He told him his intentions, when the mob outside exclaimed that they had all been got out. He was positive that had the police allowed him to pass he could have saved many of the unfortunate persons, for there was sufficient time to reach them from the roof, which was the only accessible means of getting into the premises, the flames having the entire posses sion of the bar and counter. Robert Tozer, an engineer in the brigade force, WAS next called. He stated, at a quarter to twelve o'clock on Thursday night, he received information of a fire breaking out at the Crown and Cushion tavern, he forthwith proceeded to the spot, with the engine and firemen belonging to the station of which he had charge, namely, Baker-street, Portman-square. On arriving he found the premises nearly on fire from the shop to the roof, and the flames were extending out halfway across Oxford-street. Two other en gines had previously arrived—one from King-street station, and the other from Marylebone Court-house, belonging to the parish. They were directly got to work ; and, after working the one he brought in front of the house, he took the hose on to the roof of the adjacent premises, and played into that on fire. After extinguishing the flames, they commenced to search the ruins for the deceased persons. The first they came to was between one and two o'clock, which proved to be that of the boy Pickering. He was lying on the flooring of the second floor front room, which partly stands, and was not much burnt. The next—namely, that of Mrs. Williams—was found on the remains of the uppermost flooring, and near her laid the two servants with the children in their arms. Witness described the condition of the re mains when first discovered, which caused a most painful sensation throughout the court. By a juror—He did not think ten minutes elapsed from the time of receiving the intelligence until he arrived with the engine. His station in Baker-street is within half a mile of the place. A fire-escape had reached the fire before his arrival, and he saw it fixed against one of the adjoining houses. The conductor of it told witness that he was afraid of placing the machine against Mr. Williams's house in case the canvass caught fire, for the flames were bursting out of the shop with great violence. A relative of the sufferers—Do you not think that the lives could have been saved at the time your en gine arrived, had the police and the fire-escape people taken proper measures ? Witness—No, sir, I think not, for every part of the house was then in flames, and the poor creatures must have all perished long before that period. I am, however, of opinion, having examined into the circumstances, that both the lives and the house might have been saved had the count • ing-house door been closed; it was, unfortunately, left wide open amidst the confusion, and this ac counts for the flames extending throughout the house with the astonishing velocity they did. A juror—lt is but proper that engines should be provided with blankets, in case of an emergencyof this description, in order that persons can escape by throw ing themselves into them.—Witness replied that nearly the whole of the engines belonging to the Lon don Fire Establishment were provides with canvass sheets, which answered the same purpose, and also lengths of scaling ladders. The only witness now to be examined was John Goodwin, the other barman, who, on being called, ap peared to suffer great mental anguish. Having been cautioned by the Coroner that he need not make any statement to criminate himself, he said he was willing to give all the information that laid in his power. He was then sworn, and stated that since the fire he had been living, at No. 26, Thomas-street, Grosvenor square. He had acted as foreman in the service of Mr. Williams, for three years, and his duty, amongst other things, was to see to the vats and casks on the premises being properly filled. On Thursday morn ing Mr. Williams said he should expect him to pump up the gin into one of the vats, but he wished it not to be done till after the house was closed. The vat contained three hundred gallons. He (witness) would have attended to Mr. Williams's instructions, and, not - have commenced till a ft er the shop had been closed, but finding the business slack, after half-past eleven o'clock at night, he set about the task. The pump was erected near the counting house door, and the spirit was conveyed out of a puncheon in the cellar up into the vats above the bar, and counter. He bad not commenced pumping but one or two minutes before he found the spirit flowing over the small casks in the counters, which he was much surprised at, having filled them in the early part of the day. The CORONER inquired if he could form any judg ment how that arose ?—Witness said he suspected that after he had filled those casks, he had neglected to turn off one of the cocks, for he found instead of pumping the gin into the large vat, it was being eject ed into one of the casks. Evidence continued—He instantly stopped pump ing, and went to the counter, and took down a shutter which covered the casks, to ascertain the one that was overflowing, and no sooner had he done so than a great quantity of spirit came down, and some fall ing on the burning gas, the burr.er of which was int , mediately beneath, ignited it. He instantly ran into the cellar, and obtained two pails of water, which he threw . over the burning spirit, and p ar ti a lly extinguished it, And. for the purpose of. efr fecting • it • safely, .he ran for another pail of Water, when on his return he discovered the count ing-house in one mass of flames. Witness further added that all human efforts were made to save Mrs. Williams and her family, but the flames were so frightfully rapid in their progress, that it was utterly impracticable. Ile attempted to rush up the stairs to their help, as did many other persons, but could not ascend, the fire meeting them mid driving them back into the street. The CORONER then briefly addressed the jury, and they, after a few minutes deliberation, returned a verdict of "Accidental death." The inquiry occupied nearly five hours. It was stated that there was between 700 and 800 gallons of spirits on the premises at the time of the outbreak of the fire, the whole of which was consumed. EASTER SUNDAY. THE STEAMERS AND THE R4ILWAYS. The weather yesterday was most stspicious. The holiday folks were early stirring, and . feens sunrise till sunset the pent-up artizans, their wives, and families, were hastening down to Greenwich, Woolwich, Graves end, and other places, in the steam boats, or seeking a cheap pleasure. trip by the numerous railways. _ • Greenwich was, as usual, the chief p:ase of resort for the Londoners. There was of course no'business done in the fair, the amusements of which commence this day, but it was filled with people continually passing between the lines of booths and shows. The park was also crowded, and this beautiful place was never seen to greater advantage. Numerous groups were continually running up and down Holiday-hill, promenading the green sward, or taking a view of the great metropolis Prom the terrace in front of the Observatory, where the old pensioners realised a good deal of money, by allow ing the visitors to peep throtigh their telescopes. Greenwich fair presents the usual appearance. Richardson's travelling theatre, in which a tragedy is to be performed in twenty minutes, and a panto mine in half that time, during the next three days, and the great Crown and Anchor booth, being the principal objects of attraction. The tea rooms, pub lic houses, and other places of entertainment, have laid in great stores of provisions for the consump tion of the visitors. The trains on the Greenwich rail way were running from London to that town, and vice versa, every quarter of an hour during the day, and we believe the numbers conveyed each way did not amount to less than 15,000; but the numbers who chose that expeditious mode of conveyance were trifling as com pared with the thousands brought down by the steamers of the Watermen's Company and those of the Woolwich and Greenwich Companies. Some thousands proceeded to Woolwich and Greenwich via the Blackwall Railway; and the Brunswick wharf, at the terminus, was crowded during the day, and a band of music, tho expense of which was defrayed by the directors, was in attendance. There is an extensive prospect of the river and the op posite shore of Kent to be obtained from this wharf, and it promises to be a favourite place of resort on fine Surrlays. The warren at Woolwich, where the bands of the Royal Artillery and another regiment, were play ing favourite airs during the afternoon, was covered with well-dressed people. The Gravesend steamers also conveyed good freights of passengers, and there were twenty vessels employed in the traffic, who landed 10,000 persons, during the morning, at the Rosherville, Terrace,. and Town-piers, and brought them back in the evening, after they had ranged the fields in the vicinity of the town, or dined at the various ordinaries. ' The Brighton, Dover, and Southampton Railways, only charged half fares between these places and Lon don; and also to Tunbridge and other towns one the lines, and hundreds who had never seen those places be fore, took • advantage of the cheap rate of travelling to visit them. The experiment is to be continued during the Easter holidays, and is likely to answer well, and thousands will be enabled to visit the beautiful scenery of the home counties at a small expense, and in a reasonable space of time. The number of passengers who filled the above bridge steamers yesterday would almost defy calculation. There were not fewer than thirty iron and wooden steamers continually calling at the various piers, em barking and landing passengers: Some of those boats proceeded only as far as the Red House, others to Chel sea,' a few to Putney, and five were solely engaged in the Richmond trade. A new steamer, called the Echo, which left the Adelphi-pier for Richmond, steamed along in fine style, and attracted a good deal of notice. The extraordinary number of 105 steamers were em ployed yesterday on the Thames in the conveyance, viz., 20 for Gravesend, ' 3O above-bridge, 11 watermen's steamers, 12 of the old Woolwich and Greenwich Com paey; 3 Of the Herne Bay Company, 2 (the Flirt and Coquette), between Blackwall and Greenwich, 2 for Southend and Sheerness, i for Ramsgate (the Queen Victoria), the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal (the vessels of the Margate and General Steam Naviga tion Company), and half-a-dozen steam-tugs. This is an amount of steam power not surpassed on any Other river in the world. INFORMATION FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. The following places are open to the admission of the public, and may not be uninteresting to our readers during the present holidays St. Paul's Cathedral, open daily; charge to see all, 4s. 4d. Tower of London, open daily; charge to see a ll; i s . Weitminster Abbey, open daily; charge to see all, 6d. The Monument, open daily; charge to see all, 6d. Greenwich Hospital, open daily; charge to see all, 3d. Custom House, open daily; free. Mansion house, open daily ; free. Guildhall, open daily ; free. Duke of York's Column, open daily ; charge of 6d. Adelaide Gallery, Str an d, o p en d a il y ; charge of is. Polytechnic, Regent-street, open daily ; charge of is. Society of Arts, Adelphi, open daily, except Wednes day ; admission by order. • British Museum, Monday and Wednesday ; gratis. Chinese Museum, Hyde Park, daily ; charge of is. Napoleon Museum, Piccadilly, daily ; charge of is. Geological Museum, Craig's-court, daily ; gratis. United Service Museum, Scotland-yard, daily ; by order only. Royal Military Repository, Woolwich, daily; gratis. Cosmorama, Regent-street, daily ; charge of Is. Burford's Panorama, Leicester-square, daily ; charge of Is. Diorama, Regent's Park, daily ; charge of Is. National Gallery, Charing.cross, daily ; gratis. Royal Academy, Charing-cross, daily • charge of Is. British Institution, Pall-mall, daily : Charge of Is. Dulwich Gallery (except Friday), daily ; gratis. SoCiety of Painters, Pall-mall, daily ; charge of Is. Prize Cartoons, Suffolk-street, daily ' • charge of Is. St. James's Gallery and Ancient Masters, daily ; charge each of is. ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL. - SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.—The Royal Mail Cempany's steam-ship Dee, Captain Helmsley, arrived at half -past one o'clock this afternoon, from the West Indies, Mexico, &c., bringing the usual mails. Her dates of departure are as follow:—Tampico, Feb. 24 ; Vera Cruz, March 3 ; Demerara, sth ; Trinidad, sth ; Jamaica, 10th ; Barbadoes, 10th; Havannah, 11th; Gre nada, 12th; St. Thomas, 17th; and Bermuda on the 23d, having no communication with Fayal. The_Dee brings no news of importance. Everything was quiet in Mexico, and nothing was heard of Santa Anna. The West India Islands generally were in a healthy state. At St. Thomas's the small-pox was gradually de creasing, and, in fact, may be said to have entirely sub sided. The authorities were issuing clean bills of health. The Dee, however, was put into quarantine at Havannab, and remained seven days, in consequence of having touched at that island. The Inconstant frigate, with Mr. Bankhead on board, was off Vera Cruz on the evening of the Ist of March, but in consequence of a" norther" springing up, she was necessitated to put to sea again, and had not returned when the Dee left. The Governor of St. Kitt's was much better, but still in a very delicate state of health. The last accounts state that he was gradually, though slowly, recovering. Sir Charles Adam was daily expected at Bermuda when the Dee left. The Dee remained there two days beyond her time, waiting for the Thames to bring up the mails. Her Majesty's ships Ringdove, Albatross, and Spartan, were ordered off to the coast of Africa, in con sequence of the great increase of the slave trade. The Albatross, however, proceeded to Halifax first. .The Dee brings home 214,320 dollars on merchants' account ; 308 lbs. of gold dust, 870 lbs. silver, 85 serons of cochineal ; two boxes of vanilla, valued at 3,0001., and two boxes of pearls, of the estimat e d value of 1,200/. She also brings home 44,000 dollars on account of the Mexi can dividends—viz., 20,000 from Tampico and 24,000 from Vera Cruz ; 18,000 more were left behind at the latter place, in consequence of a stiff " norther" blowing, rendering it impossible to ship them. The Dee spoke the Ringdove on the 13th of March, all well. Her Majesty's ship Albatross arrived at Ber muda on the 19th of March, and sailed the same day for Halifax. The Company's steamer Thames arrived at Bermuda on the 23d of March with the mails, and the Dee immediately started for England. Her Ma jesty's ship Scylla was also at Bermuda. The Tweed was at Havannah on the 11th of March, and the Teviot at St. Thomas's on the 17th, all well. The Trent is the next steamer home, a n d near l y every b ert h i s ta k en. The barque John Dennistoun, of Greenock, Young master, from Liverpool to Mobile, was totally lost on the 2d of February, on shore off Cape San Antonio, crew and materials saved. Part of the crew are at Havannah; the master and articles saved were at Key West. The mate and nine seamen came passengers in the Dee. The ship Ayrshire, of Greenock, Barker master, from Mobile to Liverpool, with cotton, was also totally lost in Hanover Sound on the Ist of March, crew, cargo, and materials saved. The mate and ten of the crew came home in the Dee. It is a singular coincidence that both these unfortunate vessels belong to the same owner. The brig Two Friends, Ozier master, of Jersey, from Newport, South Wales, was lost and abandoned on the Colorado Shoals on the 28th of March ; master and crew saved, and arrived at Havannab. Four came home pas sengers in the Dee. IThe Dee passed . the Dutch barque " J. 48, J.," of Portland, running westward, on the 7th ult. The Dee brought home the following passengers : Mr. Stein, Higson, Mrs. Higson, Mr. Benoist, John King, servant, from Vera Cruz ; Count Sazamet, from Havannah ; Dr. and Mrs. Gilgeous, from Demerara ;. Rev. J. Cox, from Dominique ; Miss Hill, from Antigua ; Van Bremen, from Carthagena ; F. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and child, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Sercomb, and three children, from Jamaica ; Miss A. Noreen, from St. Thomas ; ,Wm. Jamens, Dr. Goodriche, Mr. D. Silva, from Jamaica ; Mr. Morgan, purser of the Scylla, from Bermuda. ARISTOCRATIC TASTE.—Sir Robert Peel, in a dis cussion in Parliament relative to the admissibility of the British public to cathedrals and other works of art, observed, " he believed the damage which occurred was generally the work of the vulgar rich." In the New Monthly of this month, a remarkable instance of the correctness of the Premier's deduction is to be found at page 541, in " Lady Londonderry's Visit to the Courts of Vienna," &c., she says, " Lord L. wrote our names on one of the columns in front of the entrance of the Parthenon, to be read, perhaps, in after years by our children and cbildren's children." What immortality The Earl of Eglintoun has sold the great Eagle sham estate, one of the finest in the west of Scotland, to A. Gilmour, Esq., late of Glasgow, for 217,0001. The rental averages from 9,0001. to 10,0001. per annum. The Observateur Beige mentions that General Goblet has resigned his seat in the Belgian Cabinet. lie Minister of foreign Affairs. FACTORIES BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF. THE SUN. DEAR SIR,—A wise -acre, signing himself a "Ten Hours Man," whose letter you inserted (probably without reading it) in Thursday's Sun, bases his profundities on the assumpti on th a t the anchester mill-owners, whose letter to him Sir Jam es G ra h am quoted, had stated, that they. "employed*3o,ooo persons, and paid 40,0001. in wages." If this sage had made use of his eyes, he would . have discovered that the real statement made by these gentlemen was, that they " em pl oye d 30,000 hands, and were rated 44,0001. to the poor-rates." It is scarcely necessary to add another word. The comments of the deputation on Lord Ashley's statements, have completely taken the ground from under the feet of that benevolent nobleman, but miserable statisticia n — w h ose k now l e d ge of the human system and muscular power appears to have been sufficiently limited to induce belief of scores of thousands of operatives being able to travel from 120 to 250 miles per week, on foot, month after nwnth. Oh, that good men would learn the difference between a chesnut horse and a horse chesnut before they began to legislate! It has been well said, that "an ounce of common sense is worth a hundred-weight of oratory." Imagine a gentleman, who thinks himself qualified'to direct and alter the principles on which a trade of forty millions per annum is based, naively believing the statement of a " MATHEMATICIAN" ! 0 that, in some . branches of the manufacture, the operatives walked thirty-seven miles per day ! This, at the rate of three miles per hour, would consume twelve hours and a third; yet the Noble Lord never thinks of asking what is done in the remainder of the day ? When a man walks in a factory, it is to do something; he is not paid merely for walking ! The difference between the Noble Lord's statements and the fatly appears to be only seventy-five per cent., so that, by the simple operation of dividing his quan tities by four, we get a very close approximation to truth! As the majority of the House of Commons have decided that wages and profits can be regulated by legislation, and as I am as warm a friend to the operative as Lord Ashley, I beg leave to propose that the same operation which is necessary to be performed with his numbers, to make them agree with fact, should be performed in regard to the hours of labour, viz., that the present number should be divided by finir, and no one be allowed to labour more than three hours ! A SUBSCRIBER. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Suite, and the Household attended Divine ser vice this morning in the private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians attended Di vine service this forenoon in the Roman Catholic Chapel on Clewer-green. Her Majesty was attended by her Suite, and after the service returned to the Castle. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians took a carriage airing. Their Majesties were accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Royal Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting was in at tendance on horseback. Yesterday the Queen and their Belgian Majesties took their accustomed walks and drives in the park. The Earl of Dunmore arrived at the Castle on a visit to the .Queen.. Captain Francis Seymour also arrived yesterday on a visit to Her Majesty. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, and her Lady in Waiting Lady Anna Maria Dawson, joined the Royal Dinner Circle at the Castle yesterday evening. The Royal Family were taken their usual airings yes terday. M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, embarked at Blackwall on Saturday, for Rotterdam. His Excellency's absence will not exceed a fortnight or three weeks. Lord Stanley left town on Saturday morning for Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, the seat of the Earl of Derby. . Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received, on Saturday,'at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received on Saturday, from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. The Bishop of London preached the sermon yester day morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley and the Rev. Horsley Dakins, and the Communion service by the Bishop of London, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The.anthem, "If we believe that Jesus Died" (Boyce), was sung by Mr. J. B. Sale and Mr. Hawkins. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The — Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Winchester, Lords Cathcart, Tyrconnel, Wharncliffe, Vivian, Ernest Bruce, and Leveson, and Ladies Wharncliffe, Hawarden, and Vivian were among the nobility present. The Earl of Dunmore left town on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, on Saturday. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office, on Saturday evening, for the Governor of Hong-Kong. MEETING OF THE INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS. The annual meeting of this Association was held on Saturday evening, in the Council-room of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi. Emerson Tennant, Esq., M.P., was called to the chair, and the business of the evening commenced. A letter was read from Sir M. A. Shee, the President of the Royal Academy, stating that in consequence of his advan cing age, and the attention which his duties as Presi dent of the Royal Academy required, he was pre vented from accepting the office of Vice-President of the Institute of Fine Arts which he had been invited to accept. The Secretary then read the annual report of the Council, which stated that after a lapse of a year, the Council had reason to hope the most cheering results to art from the influence of the institution. Eligible premises had been taken for the institute in Newman-street, with a reading-room for the members, and a library was also in progress of formation. A petition to Parliament for increased means of acquiring knowledge in art was stated to be on the eve of presentation, and through it a lasting benefit is expected to be conferred on the arts of this country. Artistic information, con sidered to be important, has been communicated to the Commissioners of Fine Arts, and an extensive corre spondence had been established with eminent foreign professors of art. The announcement that the num ber of members had increased last year from 110 to 300 was received with loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, and in a very appropriate speech, remarked upon the im portance of cultivating a taste for the fine arts in England. He alluded to the aid which decorative art gives to the manufactures of this country, and the diffusion of pure taste amongst the people by sculptors, painters and engravers, through the medium of manufacturers, and he said he felt confident that manufacturers must he improved, and consequently prosper, through the influence and assistance of a society like that. Mr. PARK, the sculptor, then read a paper entitled " The Triumph of the Anglo-Normans ;" a proposed series of sculptures to occupy the whole range of the wall of the projected court inclo sing the New Palace yard, with groups and singl e s t a t ues i n a d vance , mark mg different ages, discoveries, and characteristics ; to be executed inßavacciene marble, the use of bronze being opposed to the perpetuity of art from the temptation to destroy offered in the value of the material. Mr. Park proposed that a continued line should be formed round the court, not higher than 10 feet, within which sculp tures in bas-relief should be received, and that on pe destals should be placed statues and groups, so dis posed as to be seen all round. The bas reliefs and statues would combine to illustrate the manners and costumes, and the historical and poetical characteristics of the people, from the earliest ages of antiquity down to the present time. Mr. TEMPLETON next read a paper " On the Ad mission of Works of Art in Churches." After which Mr. Finden was called to the chair, and the thanks of the meeting being voted to Mr. Tennent, the assem bly separated. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing:— FOR GOVERNORS. William Cotton, Esq., Governor. John Benjamin Heath, Esq., Deputy Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Arthur Edw. Campbell, Esq. Sheffield N , eave,Esq. George arde Norman, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Ls q. IN Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. John Horsley Palm er , E sq. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. James Pattison, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson,Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Henry,Lancelot Holland, Esq. Christopher Pearse, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. Charles Latham Fredk H . uth, Esq. Willi am R . R obinson, Esq. Alfred , Esq. William Thompson, Esq., and Humphrey St. John Mildmay, Alderman Esq. Thomas Tooke, jun., Esq. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 9th, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 10th inst., from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. • T- _IME AT LEEDS.—The agreement of the merchants,l m anu f acturers, and woolstaplers of Leeds, to close their places of business at four o'clock in the afternoon of every Saturday, and to allow their servants to leave for the day as shortly a f terwards as the unavoidable exigencies of business will permit, in the expectation that, according to the representation made to them, the leisure thus afforded will be devoted to beneficial purposes, has received the signatures of the principals of Stansfield, Brown, and Co., and upwards of sixty other houses. The railway carriers, to the number of thirteen firms, have signed an agreement to withdraw their wherries from the streets at the same hour, four o'clock ; and the North Midland Company, in compliance with the same agreements, have decided to close their gates at the goods station at half-past four every Saturday afternoon, which latter arrangement came into effect on Saturday last. POST.-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS.—On and after the 12th instant, the Edinburgh night mail will :arrive at Carlisle at 10 A.M., instead of 9. 20, as at present. The Glasgow mail will arrive at 10 A.M., instead of 9. 15 A.M. The Dumfries at 9.53, instead of 8. 53 A.M. The London night mail will arrived at 2. 3.5 P.M., instead of 3. 10, on and after the 13th instant.—Carlisle Journal. Rey. Martin Wright, curate of Redmarshall, has been appointed by the rector of Sunderland cue of the curates of that parish. • 1 MONEY MARKET an d CITY NEWS. 1 • TIMES.—The project which at the last meeting of Proprietors of South Sea Stock was announced to be in contemplation,. was made known this morning. Propo sals are now made to form a public company, to consist of Proprietors of South Sea. Stock, for the execution of trusts, . and to be called the « Trust Company." Such portions of capital stock'of the South Sea Company as the Proprietors may think proper to subscribe, noz less in amount than 500,0002, are to be set apart as a gllkt rantee fund. This fund will be open. to contribution by such Proprietors until six months after notice shall have bean given of the commencement of business; but after thst period, subscribers will have to pay in addition the difference in value between the original stock and the trust capital stock. The fund so subscribed will be un der the Management of the present Direetorg or ex= Directors of the South Sea Company, and will consist of a Chairman, asputy7Chairman, and . nine other Direc tors. The business of the intended Company to be carried on at the South Sea House or elsewhere, as the provisional Committee or Directors may decide. The liability of the subscribers to be limited to the amount of the guarantee fund, but it is distinctly understood that the trust funds deposited are in no way liable for any general loss. It is proposed to undertake in the first instance such trusts only as relate 'to personal estate, and all property, held in trust will be invested in ' the names of trustees to be appointed by the Directors. A commission is to be charged on the amount adminis tered according to a scale to be fixed hereafter. AU in vestments of trust property to be in Government funds, or in South Sea Annuities, or in real seeurities, unless otherwise directed by the trust. 'A deed of settlement is to be prepared for carrying these and other objects con nected with the management of the proposed company into effect. The income-tax does not press more severely, or rather unjustly, in any quarter, than upon the in surance companies. It is well known that these in stitutions of necessity pay income-tax by deduction upon a sum far beyond their profits ; for all their income is taxed, and a part only is profit. The busi ness of life insurance consists in investing the pre miums received, and accumulating them at compound interest, to meet future losses. This accumulation of the income of their investments is the basis of a safe or prosperous career, for an office that should treat this income as profit, and divide it among the parties inter ested, would infallibly soon become bankrupt. Yet as the investments are either in - the funds or mortgages, the whole income is taxed by deduction as if it were profit, and the offices pay, consequently, much more than they ought. The practical working of this has turned Out even worse than the theory, for many of them have recently had notices of surcharge from the surveyor. They ap pealed, most of them, to the Commissioners for general purposes, who, being men of business, and knowing something of life insurance, immediately relieved them. Others have appealed to the Special Commissioners ap pointed by Government, and have been subjected to great annoyance in so doing, for though it is made aff-; parent enough that an office has paid the tax on a sum far exceeding the entire profits arising from every source, the Special Commissioners endeavour 'to impose a further tax, on the allegation that there is a profit apart from the income of investment. From the complicated nature of life insurance accounts, the offices are neces.! sarily exposed to great trouble and inconvenience i n th e detailed investi ga ti on to which they are subject under this impression, which is of course a fallacious one. The case is exciting the more attention in the City, because it is one of a class embracing banks and other investment companies, where, by the machi n e r y o f t h e Act, parties are mad e , by deduction, to pay a tax greatly beyond the rate professed to be imposed by Parliament, and for this the Act affords no remedy. This form of taxation, hard enough when it is im posed tacitly by deduction from income, becomes offen= sive and oppressive when sought to be actively enforced and extended by the Government officers. A correspondent offers a suggestion to the Chancellor of the Exchequel, connected with the management of the public debt,' somewhat startling perhaps, but which there can be no harm in letting go to the world at large. By the means pointed out, and without the imposition of a single fresh tax, h e anti c ip o tes the Pentire liquida tion of the national debt." This is to be accomplished solely by the aid of the money saved, and to be saved, by the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., to be applied exclusively to the redemption of the debt (say at par), and allowed to accumulate at compound in terest. He estimates that, in 95 years, the whole .debt of 800,000,000/. may by such means be paid off ; but that, if this course is persevered in, the fund-holders will probably be glad to accede to a further reduction of interest, and these savings being applied in the like' manner, the liquidation might be completed in 50 years, or less. Great glory would, as this writer thinks, redound to the statesman who planned, and great strength to the country which executed, so magnificent a project ; but the difficulties which beset it are, we fear, insuperable. Not to mention the necessity it involves of perpetuating the income-tax, to which alone the present surplus of revenue is owing, and for the relief from which all persons are eagerly looking to this and other sources of saving, it is a delusion to suppose that any course of financial policy can be persevered in during 50 years, or during one half of that time. This is the old error into which Mr. Pitt fell, in regard to his wonder-working sinking fund, and it is but a few years since that states men have arrived at the conviction that a sinking fund cannot subsist by borrowing, and that its only legitimate basis is a surplus of income over expenditure. This, it is true, the writer in question contemplates, but then he must keep on the income-tax, which will not be tolerated at all, or, at sny rate, for such a purpose. • IRELAND. DEPARTURE OF MR. O'CONNELL FOR CORK. Dumas, APRIL 6.—At three o'clock yesterday after. noon Mr. O'Connell left his residence in Merrion-square, for Cork, where he is to be entertained at the Munster provincial banquet on Monday next. The Hon. Gen tleman was accompanied by Mr. William S. O'Brien, M.P.; Mr. John O'Connell, M.P.; Dr. Gray, Moms. Thomas Steele, Richard Barrett., and the Rev. Thomas Tierney, P.P. The Cork Reporter of Thursday contains the follow ing :—" Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr. John O'Connell, will sleep in Clonmel on Saturday evening, and will arrive in this city on Easter Sunday about four o'clock, P.M. He will be entertained at dinner the same evening by the Mayor, at whose residence Mr. Smith O'Brien and a large party are invited to meet him. Let ters continue to be received from the most remote parts of the province, requesting to have tickets secured, and the dinner list is rapidly approaching the numerical ex tent for which accommodation is provided." LORD DE GREY'S REPEAL MAGISTRATE. The Nenagh Guardian, the Orange organ of the dis trict, recently announced that Mr. T. O'Brien had been ordered from Nenagh to the county of Down ; and the Newry Telegraph, the Orange organ in that county, confirmed the announcement ; but there has been, it up:. pears, another countermand. Ireland is Peel's diffictilth and Mr. T. O'Brien is the difficulty of his Irish Viceroy. In the Nenagh Vindicator of this day appears the following : "Mr. Thomas O'Brien ' S.M., has been countermanded! The Executive ha s s en t him orders to remain where he is until he shall resign, we suppose." The Nenagh Guardian contains the following:— " Mr. O'Brien, R.M., accompanied by a strong party of police, was engaged on Thursday in the protection of a bailiff of Mr. Hill's, who was serving ejectment no:- tices in the parish of Youghal. A serious riot had taken place upon the previous day, in which a boy's skull was fractured. Mr. O'Brien has taken his dying depositions. Mr. O'Brien left yesterday (Friday) for the fair of Castle Otway, the usual scene of many riots. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY TO DALKEY. The Mercantile Advertiser says—" We are happy to state that the Atmospheric Railway, since its opening to the public on this day week, has been most decidedly succesful. Trains start from Kingstown and Dalkey every half hour during the day; and although the sea son has not yet opened, the traffic is very considerable. The fares are, for first-class, 3d.; for second-class 2d. The amount received on Sunday from these small sums was 321. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY IN FRANCE. The Evening Post states that the French Government have determined on the adoption of the atmospheric system, so successfully carried into effect for the first time between Kingstown and Dalkey. THE LATE WAR IN CIIINA.—NARRATIVE TRII VOYAGES AND SERVICES OF THE NEMESIS.—No series of events of modern times has called more peremptorily for a prompt and competent record of their origin, pro gress, c ompletion, and practical bearings on the pros pects of the civilised world, than those connected with the late war in China, and the reading public will las glad to learn that such a record has just made its ap pearance, from a quarter no less qualified by circum stances, than by talent and education, to perform the important task in a fitting and efficient manner. Mr. W. D. Bernard, the author of the work, is a gentleman of classical attainments, who visited China for the express purpose of making himself personally acquainted with all the changes that have occurred, and are in progress, there, in connexion with late events, as well as MR things open to observation and study in the manners and habits of the people; and his Historical Narrative of all the events of the war is rendered doubly valuable snd interesting by embodying as it does the entire operations of the Steam Navy, but in particular of the famous iron steamer The Nemesis, which, on account of her pe culiar construction, acted a more important and con spicuous part there than any other portion of the Britisk forces. This portion of the Narrative comprises the substance of the Diary and Notes of Captain Hall, Com mander of the Nemesis, and includes a large amount of matter, which is as novel as it is curious and interesting AN EXTRAORDINARY FRACAS.—On Saturday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, a gentleman was observed waiting in front of the White Horse Tavern, Fetter-lane, arme with a riding whip of unusual dimen sions, and apparently in a state of great agitation. o n the arrival of one of the omnibuses connected with gig London and Birmingham Railway, the person in ques tion loudly called out to those inside, " Is Mr. there ?" A gentleman, after a short pause, answered that his name was that of the individual for whom in quiry was made. The interrogator, thereupon, furiously told him to get out of the omnibus, but which the other declined doing, at the same time desiring to know for what purpose he was required. " I want to horse whip you," replied the enrag ed gentleman, " for your infamous conduct to my daughter last week." Ile. then seized the person so charged by the leg, and endeasouritd to drag him out of the vehicle, applying also.the formi dable weapon in his hand to the bogy of the Said alleged delinquent without mercy. The assailant repeatedly vociferated, " Mr. Chaplin, come out, come out, and see me horsewhip this miscreant." He likewise uskUniany other epithets of the most opprobrious description. The, byestanders at length interposed, and the omnibus fi nally drove off.—Sunday Times. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTS3IOIITIL APRIL 6.—The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, and Vernon, 50, Captain W. Wal pole. are expected daily •from the Mediterranean. The Malabar left Gibraltar for this port on the 20th of March, and the Vernon arrived at Lisbon on the 24th of March, after apassage of twenty-five days from Malta, and was expected to leave the Tagus for England on the 28th ult. . - The Albion, 90, Captain lAckyer, is spoken of by the last accounts as haying surprised her officers by her nimbleness in working and steering, and it is said that in crossing the Bay of Biseay sh behaved most gal lantly under very rough 'weather and heavy seas. They say no line-of-battle ship in the service can equal her speed, unless it be the Queen. The Winchester, 50, with the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, C. 8., was in Simon's Bay on the 30th of January, and was shortly to proceed thence to As cension and the western coast of Africa. The orders for the return of the Queen, 110, flag ship of :Vice-Admiral Sir E. Owen, in the Mediter ranean, to England to be paid OJT, have been counter manded, the Admiralty having abandoned their intention: of reducing the Mediterranean fleet to. one ship-of-the line ; consequently -the three line-of-battle ships, Queen, 110 ; Formidable; 84 ; and Indus, 80, will re- . main on the station until the completion of their full' period of service. The Prince Regent, 120, is being rapidly reduced from a lumbering first-rate to a 92, and report speaks of her as likely to turn out a crack ship of thelatter class. The Hastings, 72 (in harbour),. will be commissioned about June next, as the flag-ship on the West India : station, to relieve the IliustriuS, 72. _ 'ln llarbintr—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent Victoria and Albert, and Soho and Fearless stearaers. In Dock—Prince Regent, Rodney, Athol, courge (building), Lily, and Bee. DEVONPORT, APRIL, s.—The Pluto, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Crozier ,'sailed for Cork onFriday, having had her defects made good. , • The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Mr. S. B. Cook, master commanding, arrived from Portsmouth, on Sun day, with the Hon. 11. P. L. Corry and the Hon. Sydney Herbert ; and on Monday they proceeded to view the ground intended for the formation of a new steam esta blishment at Morricetown, and completed the purchase of 55 acres for that purpose. On Tuesday they sailed in the Black Eagle for Holyhead. The America, 50, Captain the Hon. J. Gordon,is fitted with lower cups on the improved plan of Mr. Wallis, foreman of the shipwrights in this .yard. She will be completed ready for sea ,by the middle of May. It is reported she will be put on the Mediterranean station. The artificers in this dockyard on Saturday resumed working on thtiTlora, the Amethyst, and the Creole, building here, and ordered to be launched at the fall of the present year. The Sanspareil, the Thetis, and the Niobe. will occupy their slips. In Harbour—The Caledonia, the San Josef, the Ame rica, and the Confiance. - - SHEERNESS, APRIL s.—The Cygnet, brigantine, and Fantome, 16, are rapidly fitting for sea, and will shortly be commissioned at Chatham. _ The Boscawen, 70, was towed to this port on Wednes day, to be masted, and now lies at the Nore, ready to be towed into hatbour. _ The Bonetta, 4, brigantine, Commander Brock, and Sparrow, ketch,Lieutenant - Commander Ott e r, are fi t ti ng at Chatham, as surveying vesiels ; the former for the Mediterranean, and the latter for the coast of Scotland. They will be ready for sea about the Ist of May. The Mutine andthe Espiegle, new class 12-gun brigs, building at Chatham, will be launched about the middle of May. The Firefly, steam-vessel, Captain Beechey,fitting for surveying service at Woolwich, will be ready fur sea early in May. The Speedy, cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Beaufoy, sailed, on Wednesdly, for Penzance, to convey the mail between Penzance and Scilly pro tem. The Vulture, first-class steam-frigate, is rapidly pro gressing, and will be out of the dcickyard hands in about three weeks. In Harbour—Camperdown and Ocean. In Dock—Gttnges, Amazon, &ohts, and Cygnet. At the Nore—Boscawen. PROMOTIONS.--Lieutenants — Francis-R: Coghlan (the (Anson), and Montagu Thomas (the Thalia), 1831, to the rank of CoMmander. Second Masters—F. H. May, - of the Frolic, and Stephen Johns, to the rank of Master, vice Hammett, deceased. AProuvrmENTs.—Comrnander—C. F. Brown (1841), to the Wolverine, 16, in the East Indies, vivo Morris (acting.) Lieutenants--J; B. Emery (1827), of the Comet, to the Lucifer steamer ; J. F. Lapidge, to the Cyclops steamer ; George Cleaveland (1842), of the Tartarus, to the Hecate steamer ; W. H. Church (1838), to the Tar tarus, vice Cleaveland ; R. W. Aldrich (1842), to the Firefly ; W. Woolcock (1809), to the Poictiers ; Richard Fowke (1816), to the Ocean. Master and Pilot—Richard Hoskyn (1837), re-ap pointed to the Comet steamer. Masters—Stephen Johns, to the Wolverine ; L. C. Bailey (1838), to the Firefly. Mates—John Cartwright, from the Caledonia, to the Cyclops ; W. H. Hood, of the Coast Guard, to the Royal William ; F. Rooke, to the St. Vincent. Surgeon—D. Thomas (1843), to the Firefly. Chaplain—Rev. H. Franklin, to the America. Second Master—G. Stovin, to the Firefly.. Assistant Surgeons—J, D. H oo k er , t o the William and Mary, fur speci a l serv i ce ; J. P. Lawrence , t o t h e Styx; J. C. Walsh (1 840), of the Lar k, survey i ng schooner, and Jam es L a i rd (1841), of t h e Ill ustrious, flag-ship on the West India station (additional), to the Illustrious, fur hospital service at Bermuda. Naval Instructor-4i. M. Knapp, to the America. Clerks in Charge—C. E. Colman, from the Admiral's office on board the Queen, to the Polyphemus ; J. Par miter, to the Thames. • Clerk—G. Jeffery (additional), from the Excellent, to he Tortoise. Naval Cadets—H. M. Elliott, to the Aigle ;W. J. Smith, to the Bonetta. Midshipman—The Hon. H. Moreton, to the St. Vincent. (From the Hampshire Independent) PORTSMOUTR, APRIL 6.—The Belvidere, 36, Capt. G. Grey, is ordered home from the Mediterannean to be paid off, and has left Malta, for the purpose of embark. ing some of the Xanthian Marbles, and bringing them to England. The — Cornwallis, 72, Capt. Richards, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir W. Parker, arrived at Singapore, on the .11th of January, from China. The Flying Fish, built by Sir W. Symonds at Pem broke, is expected here next week, when all three ves sels will be commissioned on the same day. The Clio, 16, Captain Fitzjames, arrived at Bombay on the 27th of February, from Muscat, on her way to' England to be paid off. The Thuncle;bolt,eteamer, Captain Broke, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th of January, from Benguela. _ _ The Castor, frigate, Captain Graham, arrived at Macao on the 24th of December, from Ireland, having General Dagular on board, the newly appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the British forces in China. The Acadia saiied on Thursday for Quebec. APPOINTMENTS.-•-ll'ttes--.J. Cartwright, to Cyclops ; F. Hooke, to St. Vincent. Chaplain—Rev. H. Franklin, to America. Master's-Assist, nt—T. 13. Reed, to Speedy. Midshipman—Hon. H. Moreton, to St. Vincent. Clerk in Cl.arg —C. E. Colman, to Polyphemus. Naval Instiuctor—H. M. lir ap ), to America. THE PIRATE OF THE MEDITER- RANEAN. There has, on several occ asions, lately appe are d some brief particulars respecting the daring depreda tions of a Green piratical vessel up the Mediterra nean. Already have several &reign vessels been ran sacked, and an English barque sunk by her, and that within the space of a very short time. From the de scriptions given of this vessel by commanders - of ves sels who have either been plundered or chased by her, it is rather singular that none of her Majesty's men of-war have yet come athwart her. But h er escape hitherto, shows the ingenuity and deep deception she must be compelled to resort to to elude the men-of war; still, it is somewhat surprising, that she has not been taken. By a letter received at Lloyd's on Sl turdaSr, from Malta, dated the 28th of March last, it appears that the Clipper, Captain Hammond, arrived there from Liverpool, had been chased by a suspicious looking barque on the 2d of that month, off Cape Passare, and from incertain circum s t ances at tending the chase, the onequestion, there is little doubt, is that seen in this instance. Captain Ham mond states that when first seen she had her courses clewed up with her topsails o n, the cap, b u t upon hi s hauling to the wind, she immediately let fall her courses, hoisted her topsail and set top-gall an t sa il s , and gave chase after him. He was compelled to tack three times, and only escaped upon several vessels heaving in sight. When first seen she w as a b ou t a mile distant, by which Captain Hammond was ena bled to note her appearance more particularly. She ' had a small heart painted white on h er s t ern, s h owe d no boats, and, from the rapidity of her movements, must have been well-manned. The chief of her de predations have been between Cadiz and Gibraltar. It is satisfactory to know that her Majesty's Govern ment are acquainted with her depredations. SUICIDE.—On Saturday afternoon, a highly re spectable jury was empannelled before - Mr. T. Wakley; M.P., coroner, at the Crown Inn, on the Great Western -road, near Kew• bridge, on view of the body .of Mrs. Charlotte Brown. aged 32 years, the landlady of the above inn, who committed suicide on the afternoon of Wednesday last. The evidence proved that the deceased had been for some time past labouring under various mental delusions, &c. The jury, after a short conference, found that the deceased was found, banging, which they believed to be her - own act ; but as to the state of k or mild 4 the time there INA ny evidence to glow." 100 G~ , i • rO% to' to :e to —• to•••••• CO •••• to i tO - 0 t w.. 0 • :0 •••:, to to 2:dt :0 .1.0 •••••• 431 4 •••••• a Si • ' • 4•••• pr . 1 ~~, I ~: i I I