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• 13, Great Marlborough,streel. Air R. LEVER'S, N.EW WORK. ILLUSTRATED BY. CREIIi:SLIA.NK. ARTHUR o'LtARY ; his WANDERINGS and P(r.,TDERENi 4S n'-.I4ANY LANDS," edited.* his* ttiend; ILIRRY LORREQUER, and 11/astrated by GEORGE CRC IRSIIANK, in 3 vols., ppst Byo., I►S NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS And Libraries throughout the kisigeoult. • • henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Maslborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHORESS O 1 - 41 THE FLIRT" • Immediately, In) rs)ls., post aVO., T HE WILFULNESS OF WOMAN . By the AUthOress of • " THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT," "- THE MANCEUVEING MOTHER," &e., • • *, lirnry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboroujillireet. THEATRE ROYAL, HRURY-LANE.- - THIS EVENING, APRIL 11, • • Will be pin - formed the !pen of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; Tbaddeus, Mr W. Harrison; -Devilshoof; Mr. Stret on ; Arline, Miss Itainfonh i'Queen. Of . the Gipsies, Betts. After which, MY WIFE'S COME. To conclude with A DIVERTISSEMENT from the Grand Pal Masque of G UsTA VI S. Dres, Boxes Is., second PriCe 3ii. Ad. ; 'Upper Circles of Boxes a•...- 1/cond Price :is.; Pit 3s , Second Price 26.; htddle Gallery Vs., '3.7cond Price ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price dd.._ THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET: MK.- BENJAMIN W EBSTER, LESSEE. ENING, 11, Will be performed a THIS New V C E omic Drama APRIL , entitled USED LP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart.., Mr. Charles Mathews • Sir Adonus Leech Mr Tilbury ; Wurale, Mr. James Bland ; Diary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby. After which, a New Comic Drama, en titled GRIST TO THE MILL Marquis de Richeville. Mr. Charles Mathews ; Francine, Madame Vestris. To be followed' by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra ',agar's., founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Even.ng with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Matsews, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Ili?, Lee. 'To conclude vi,th the Extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed "Le Petit Mercure." Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, ?a. ; Gallery, Vs.; Upper watery. Is. Half_price—Boxes 3e. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ; Upper Caller!, 6d. Doors opened at Half.past kiix, and the Performances eurninevce at Seven Mr. W. Fairer, will appear on Monday, April' Li, as' Sir Peter Teazle, in the School for Scandal. t Ickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box o'bce, from Ten till Five. • PItrINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFOR MST BEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 11, Will be performed the Petite Drama, called THE GREEK SLAVE Sir Henry Norton, Mr. Fitzjames; Dr. Robertson, Mr. Granby ; Lo d Betton Mr. ; Zelda (the Greek S:ave;, Madame Eugenie Prosper. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS. After which, MY 'WIFE'S SECOND - FLOO R. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, cal'ed FAI R STAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by MCSa3. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxbzrry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Mica Fortescue. THEAFRE ROYAL„ LYCEUM.. LAM ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. - THIS EVENING, April II an Address by Mrs, Keeley. Alter which,wi ibe repeated a New Comedietta, in Twe Acts entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. t rincipal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs Keeley. To be followed by New Drama in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Mess's. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton, Yarerold, Miss \Voolgar (from the 'I heatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this 1 heatre). and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burk que tairy Extra vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. ( ha. ractets b _Mi-s Wooltr, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, •Turner, Miss Grove, Is. Wig-in, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and M.& Keeley, Nlessn. F. Mathews, Turner, Viunge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF AD MISSION.—First Price—' oxes, 45.; Upper loxes, 3a. ; Plt, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price —Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony I icr thokhrig eight persons), Iwo Guineas Priva e Poxes on the 'aecond Tier (ho sing eight peiso , ne Guinea and a-Halt: Private 'Poxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the first forty nights) One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable tree Tickets (for tha first forty nights), Three Guinea , . Mors open at Half-past c ix. t'erformances begins rt seven ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS; THIS EVENING, APRIL IL ASTLEY'S ROYAL A MPHI I'HEATRE of ARTS (under the management anctoole proprietor ip of Mr. BAT Tr, with its Treble Rotation of •Equestrian and • Dram;:tic Specticies, -and ,u lequalled Scenes of the Cirde,al , el Batty's Matchless Stud of beauti:ul Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c. Mr. Batty Ise-8 respectfully to -ego/lint the Nobility, Gentry, anti public that, encouraged by the flittering !tweets during the past year, and tintling the Ihe are not suffi ciently commodious for its 'numerous p 47ons, he entered' into an extensive arrangement w.th MCWS. Howard and Nixon. the emi— nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-coricructing on a magnificent and novel principle, the whole of the interior. of the Theatre, which has beets rebuilt, dress boxes en target, upper boxes wi.lened, and pit and galleries eat nsively improved. Yourteen glass lustres are added, a d a Grecian dome ceding, with er.tirely new sp'endid classic decoratiOns, and gen geous apppAntments, which, with the first-rate tat , nt to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining that support vo liberally bestowed on his endeavoura during the last season. The grand Eiister national Spe7tacle will combine all the splendid hieonctl effects of the Noiman Conquest of.Engl.md, produced by Mr. W. 1). Broadfoot. The Cirque Otympique will in troduce un quailed equestrian taleat, and the dou .le company com i4ise tater)! of the highest older. The do/4 will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances rt:inmence at s, ven. Box.oftice opened daily from ten till four. The private bore; have been reconstructed and decorated with care and ~plendour. .Acting and stageznanager, Mr. NV. D. Broadfoot. O t WOWS ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Thernort splendid Eaiger Entertaintnent ever presented—Everything New—Supotted by the first Talent in the Woild. 'llll3 EVENINU APRIL. 11, be repeated an entirely Ncw Drama embracingg all the effects of the celebrated work, entitled NVHITEFRI ABS, PT which the entire Company will perform. • after which (First Week), THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup rte.: try all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To which wi I be added the Wonderful Performanc.? of Herr HENGLER on the Corde Elastlque, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Gs maastiques. To c , inelude with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JOHNS.IN t • or, The Blind Witness. face, and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Boa. o Set , Irons Eleven so Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. • Great Novelty and new Engagements. . THIS EVENING, APRIL it, Will he repeated a New Drama, called LEONTINE; or .',IXTEEN YEARS AGO ! Fitzarlington Mr. osbaldiston • Ar. thur, of r. C. J. Bird T his first appearance) ; ' ' Mat, Mr. Freer ; Paul, Mr. Corena, (his first appearance); Leo..tine, Miss Vincent. With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampto;; and his Pupils. After which, a Melo-Drams, entitled, THE BRIDGE OF KEHL. Gervast, vr. Freer; Darv.lle, Mr. Nantz ; Albeit, Mr. C. J Bird ; Eugene, Mr. Seaman; Von Glotzen, Mr. James; Valance, Mr. Da'e ; Phillip°. Mr. Paul ; Madelon, Miss baker, (her first appearance) ; Isabella, Mrs. G. Lee. Co conclude with THE ICE WITCH. Harold, (the Sea- King) Mr. Nantz ; Magnus Snoro, Mr. Gardner ; heels, Miss Arlen; Ulla, Miss Stephens (her first appearance); Minna, Miss tinker ' • Freyer, Miss Hicks, (her first appearance) ; Druda, Mrs. GI Lee, &c., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, THIS EVENING, April 11, the GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will re.aacend his MYSTIC THRONE, and corn. mence his NEW 'CIENCES of MODERN MIRACLES, which hate no par..l:el in the world. In addition to the Wizard's Per. romances, :VIII. MALONE RAYMOND, the successful rep:c oentative of Irish Characters, from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket . , will give his original Ritertainment, entitled AN HOUR IN I tIELAND, as s i s ted by MRS. bIALONE RAYMOND, MISS LINLEY, and MR. 5311111. Poxes, a. Pit. It. tid. Gallery, ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock. . DJors open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-1414. LOVE'S POLYPH .NIC ENTERTAINMENTS, CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND. # Mr. LiIVE has the honour to announce that he will present }iis ANNUAL POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENT*, and LEc CORES on . LIFE and CHARACFER. every . MONDAY, WEDNESDAY; arid FRIDAY. He will intrcduce much Novelt., which has been 'ong in preparation, with entirely New and Appr— pri2te Mutative CostUrneil and Appointments. Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening. On MONDAY, MIRTH AND MARVELS; w.th A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHINO ; at d other Entertainments tin WEDNi.. D AY, LOVE'S REMINISCENCES"; with MINE .110srs tit LEMMAS ,• and other Entertainments. Dn FitIDAY, LOVE IN ALL SHAPES; with LOVE'S LA HOUR'S LOS ; and other Entertainments. Particulars in Handbills. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; begin at Eight. Admission, Is. fiel.; Re.:.erved Seats, 2.11 • • - EGYPT.LAN HALL, P.UXAJ/ILLY. , • . IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission' to TILE NAPOLEON MU sEl_l3l, the most magnificent and extensiVe Collection of Ilisto- . rical Curiosities and Workg of Art ever known to hove been fortned by One Person, Auritie'Twenty•tive years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000.guine:ts, and to completely illustrate, in the most in struct it , o and •inUirestinz manner, the most Important part of Euro history, vi;;;—CHAItLES _.T., OLIVER CItOMWELL, - and /An' TS y IV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the E3IPEROI: NAPOLEON, in 1E421. ThiS unique Museum has been _visited often, during the last and present yefir, by the Royal Family, the Duke 01 Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, a-id their Ladies, also many 'thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has - recently been able fo increase, by several very tint piCtures, &e., his previous almost incredible number and variety (5 1' 1184, Works of Art,' and a multitude of valuable itelics, and other , c4 ,lol4itir . :s, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a Natimial Museum. M'inv thousand have inspected it. add THIRTY PRINCIPAL - EDITORS' of the PUBLIC PRESh havc_stated that it ought to be seen by overy one. The price of admis rion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MU-EP - 31 is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Hgt 4". Piccadilly, daily from Ten till DuSk. TO, CORRESPONDENTS, The Budget will be brought forward shortly after Easter, probably Friday, 26th April. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 4a; Highest, 59 ; Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 30 05.—WiNn, W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f eezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers ?air is usually plaed opposite 30, and rain at 29. II F I WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TICS DAY. Mm minft 16 minutes after S I Evening ... 1 minu!,e.after a. if 41 V ~ VI ', it '......t - 16 U i P I N . . ' s .‘ 1.4r,r . - - • .., C ...,, ' ....‘ T ' • : 7 -' 4 , if . 141.114 ; .l , ~ ' ' .'-- 4 --"d6'1 4111100;111V - "` I Vill"14 ,04111 VA 0 . , I , • ''' ' . lo o : , 0w 1. ~.... SECOND EDITION. tronAn4 ..7.11/„Th LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL It, 1844. * • Mr. RowLAND HILL will be remembered by the British public . hereafter, as among the most prac tical of its benefactors. .His . bold -conception of a plan of Post-office reform—followed out, as it ha s • been, with remarkable sagacity arul invincible perse . i erence, to the establishment of a gesteral- penny post, • ~ in• lieu of that expensive, vexatious, and ill-arranged • elierne.which had been so long tolerated under the • antizoity of Tory prescription; his well-sustained conflict with an official department, strong in a spe cies of administrative monopoly, and supercilious, if - bet arrogant, in thelone of all its previous communi eitions with private individuals or public bodies; must te accounted very signal efforts of a vigorous talent f.r-Intsiness. It would be great injustice to the tacrits of this gentlemen to forget the long-established* influence and credit of the Post-office direction, whose management he impugned; whose ignorance of im portant detail s h e - expi , sed, whose defire to consult and accommodate the convenience of. the public he clpressly . denied. Perhaps the annals of official ".bureau-cracy " in England do not exhibit—not even in the delinquent inefficien c y o f the Board of Cintorns--a parallel to the irresponsible impunity, tNkilibi 4 ThteMaltiti‘ _ ..... ;,. m, which the late Sir Fai Nc ,TlacarrNOlftitrAved to or gan i se and exercise .18 4fii Is44aer',l* , ent. U n til t h e time of ti l l n e ' pnl i .4 ~.,f f-FI nmosn's tenure of the ap ent) Effeti eSsife ostmasters-Gener al cr . suc ...,..;,., fa had been ( '.-- - ---- - I , -- -.-*:r ',:. • , -I , --• ~...• mere dummies in the leading-strings of the Baronet Secretary. His Grace was- certainly the first, not only to act but to think for himself; and, in spite of the sensitive reluctance of his man of-business to admit of any intervention " from without" with the sacred mysteries of the Secretary's department, the Duke did show himself, on most occasions, alive to suggestions for the simplification of office arrange ments, the improvement and extension of the _ ; service, and a better economy in the collection of its revenue. The same indisposition to improvements suggested from any quarter out of the " office," the same posi tive discouragement which had been always mani fested in " Reports" to- the Treasury -or Parliament, of anything like a searching reform and revision of the machinery of the Post-office, which proved impassable barriers . to the projectors of such innovations during the control and. Secretary ship of Sir FRANCIS FREELING, that indi vidual would have bequeathed to his successors. But the public feeling and desire had been strongly pronounced as to the necessity for adopting some such extensive alterations. Several Members of Parlia ment had addressed their anxious and unceasing de mands in the same direction, and, with a praiseworthy resolution, pertinaciously kept the matter before the Legislature. The result of these combined and con tinuous efforts was, that Select Committees were appointed. Important evidence was largely taken by them, and investigations, arising out of the informa tion thus communicated, were set on foot, and fear lessly conducted; which led to the exposure of innu merable defects and omissions ; of a sort of favouritism and patronage in the disposal of subordinate appoint ments ; and of many incompatible and mischievous errors in the working of the system, which had been cried up for so many years, without examination or proof, as a model of executive administration. Mr. ROWLAND HILL is fairly entitled to the credit of having digested the multifarious results of these inquiries, and not only deduced from them many im portant conclusions; on which have subsequently been founded vast improvements in the transmission of cor respondence, the multiplication of. reception houses, conveyances, and deliveries for that correspondence, aid increased punctuality and order in those delive ries; but has suggested, and by infinite application established, in working permanency, the cheapest as well as fhe most extensive post ever yet established, for the benefit of the most active, opulent; and commercial. community which ever yet existed. It is not our purpose to detain- the . reader by expatiating here on so trite a topic as the ines timable advantages of a post-letter communication; by which, at a mere fractional charge, the residents of districts and towns the rnost.remote from each other can correspond, with a-rapidity almost inconceivable, • hroughout the length and breadth- of the United Kingdom. The best evidence—if any could be now needed—to facts admitted on all hands to be incon t.!stible, is to be found. in that marvellous excitement, moral and intellectual, which this happy invention has awakened in the public mind. The number of letters posted since the experiment of 1839 has been finally acted upon and fully developed, has increased, as compared with the number in any preceding year, in a ratio ex ceeding that which many.of its most sanguine advo• sates had ever thought it possible that the predicted increase of correspondence -could arrive at. In this increase,•how large an addition to the stock of human intelligence,—how vast a diffusion and interchange of mental endowment,—how prodigious an expansion of social intercourse, despite the accidents of personal separation, andremoteness of dietanee,—how awakened a spirit ofcomrnercial enterprise and scientific inquiry,— how multiplied channels for disseminating the most re cent discoveries of natural philosophy, the newest in ventions of art,—how many and inappreciable facilities for enlarging the circle and consolidating the bases of human happiness • —are involved. And if such objects he, as most assuredly they are, of the highest public con • cernment, how well has Mr. ROWLAND HILL deserved of his country by the sucessful labours he has devoted towards bringing it into effective operation—however simple in its principles and homely in its details— a system which sets and maintains all these admirable impulses in motion, at an expense so economised as to ensure their permanency. For some cause or other, official or party views appear to have removed Mr ROWLAND HILL from a post of emolument,' in which he might be regarded as receiving the honourable and well-merited reward of his eminent public services. He does not seem to be at all an acceptable colleague in the departmental business of a Tory Government. We do not wonder at this, but we must insist upon the circumstance, as giving him additional claims on the gratitude and support of his countrymen. Thai support they will not fail, we are confident, to give—that gratitude they cannot refrain, we are persuaded, from recording—by adding their early subscriptions to the list of those which our advertising columns display, as contributors to the "National Testimonial," to the merits of this well deserving, -and, we fear, harshly-used gentleman. In the number of its subscribers, which ought to be enormous, we anticipate an evidence of the respect of all classes; fur the middling and the humbler ranks are principally benefited by the system he has been the means of establisbing. In the amount subscribed, we cannot suppose that we shall be disappointed ; for the public honour is concerned in providing - an ample and distinguished remuneration for a servant who has done so much for his compatriots, and yet ipperars to be marked out for the and rejection of - the Government at the first moment they fancy themselves at liberty -to manifest• their hostility towards him. At a great free trade demonstration, which took place a day or two _ since at ,Wolverhampton, Mr. VILLIERS, who was present, and who made one of those quiet but forcible speeches which never fail to lommand_ a respectful attention, stated that the League, under all circumstances, and at all hazards, were resolved to persevere in their crusade against the corn-laws, till .every vestige of that onerous impost was swept from the statute-book. They would hear of no compromise --they would pursue no tame, middle courie, such as Was involved in 'he principle. Of a filed duty=—but. would stand up unflinchingly for . the Repeal—the- whole Re peal—and nothing but the Repeal. " ,No revival of trade," added the Honourable Gentleman, " no improvement of revenue, no good harvest, will ever induce the League to relax in their unceasing hostility to this unrighteous law." Therp are times when extreme boldness is the best wisdom ; and the present is one of . those periods. The enemies of free !rade hatie recently exhibited a bolder front than.they have don. for years past ; the language of the Pretnier - at the commencement of the session has filled them with confidence ; and they seem resolved to die in the last ditCh" in defence of their cherished Istent of monopoly. Under such circumstances, what remains for the League but to meet determination with determination to oppose perseverance to perseverance—and , to counter act the effects of zeal by the ' still more decisive influence of . enthusiasm ? To agitate by fits and starts will bericeforth be of no earthly use to the good cause. The free traders must keep the field both by night and day--they - must have their weapons ever ready at hand, and be prepared at a moment's notice, like the indefatigable Ironsides of CRoM WELL, against every specks of surprise. Drop by drop water wears away the hardest stone, and by continuous agitation only can the League hope to conquer. Mr. COBDEN, who was also in attendance a ,: t noan t d h ne i t s s g la‘ r ,ta e s at ol p n‘ u reo b l ollif.eetriiheam most pt o Wolverhampton demonstration—which by all no imfpoorsingmany a l that has be on e g n year—alluding cursorily to the trimming policy of Stine of the more influential members of the Cabinet— observed,--" Speaking of the corn-laws generally, there was, not a man in the House of Commons who was nut ashamed to advocate them. Ile admitted CIRAIIAM and STANLEY, GLADSTONE and PIr:EL, were intellectually able and distinguished men; but it was impossible to sit opposite them, and not perceive that it was nothing but the forc e o f circumstances which induced them to maintain their prcsent position ; it was as clear as d a y ' that they were ashamed of the humiliating task which No doubt while they were s t a n d ey die h d ad and to br p i e d rfrm le o d , the Duke of RICHMOND and the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, they would continue their present policy ; but they might rely on it that, on the first opportunity which presented itself, the Ministers to whom he referreel- - L--by far the ablest members of the Cabinet—would bolt out of the course, and run in an opposite direction." This js precisely the lan, 'I guage we have used, not once, but a dozen times in t The Sun. Influenced by no rigid principle — restrained no - compunctioui visitings of conscience deaf to all considerations but those of expediency—Ministers require _only to be satEcieotly, .pressed by the people, through_ their accredited agent the League, to give way .to that pressure. But, to pass from this to another consider ation. The question of the : c9rn-laws.will.of course come fully before the House for discussion this ses sion ; great zeal, great energy, and no slight power s of declamation will of course be manifested on the occasion ; and as the quesrtion is one in which humanity is deeply, vitally interested, may we not expect are we not entitled to expect that every individual member who has fought by the side of Lord ASHLEY in the august cause of human nature, will be found fighting by the side of Mr. COBDEN on the question of the corn-laws? Surely cheap food is .quite as great a necessity for the poor operatives as a reduction in the hours of their labour ! If humanity demands a mitigated Factory Bill, she demands also a repeal of the tax on food. It is but shallow, spurious sensibility that con cedes the one and refuses the other.. To relieve the poor from excessive toil is good ; to relieve them from starvation still better. It is on this broad ground that the League insist on the erasure of the grinding corn-laws from the statute-book; they take their proud stand on humanity ; they see that its sacred claims are set at nought by selfish and reckless mono polists ; and not a member who voted with Lord ASHLEY on the Factory Bill, but is bound, by every - strict tie that can- bind an honest man, to vote with Mr. COUDEN on a question which is still more closely bound up with all the best feelings of -our common nature.' False indeed, and one •sided, is that humanity which can content itself with abridging the daily toil of the poor, while it denies them their first and greatest want--Ahe cheap loaf I An important public meeting, which, it seems, is the first of a series announced to take place in the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Larcashire, was held, on Monday night, in the Music-hall, Leeds, in favour of a Ten Hours' Factory Bill. Dr. Hoox, the Vicar, presided at this . meeting ; and, after a few prefatory remarks oa the subject; he boldly declared that no consideration on earth should prevent him from takini an active and decided part in the fierce struggle now in progress between humanity, on the one hand, and self-interest, on the other. "I should be unworthy of the post I occupy in this parish," re;- marked the reverend gentleman, "if I permitted any feeling of 'reluctance on- my part to oppose her MA JESTY'S Government to prevent, by being among you this day, my declaring that I will fight with you in this righteous cause to the last gaSp. I trust and hope our friends in London, now that the question is put to them, whether they will give up the cause of party Or the cause of humanity, will fling party to the dogs, and still hold 'on -in the right and good path." Most cordially do we echo this wish, kut at the same time we must confessthat we are by no means sanguine as to the probability of its being realised. That the sacred interests of human nature will prevail in' the long run, We ha . ve no-more doubt than that Sir JAMES GRAHAM IS a renegade Whig; when an evil becomes intolerable it brings with it its own remedy, as a mat ter of course ; all history proves the truth of this asser tion; but, in the meanwhile, there are many serious obstacles which 'are now actively and insidiously being thrown in the way of such a desirable - consummation. The temper of the House of Commons on - the question of the Ten Hours' Bill is certainly one 'that cannot be depended on ; the Premier there. exercises a power which even the most Liberal Members seem .t shrink from opposing; and if he persists—as he Tvill no doubt.do—in preferring the claims of expediency to those of humility, we greatly fear that expediency will carry the day, and humanity be-flung overboard. It is not, then, within, but , without, the walls of Par liament that the impulse must originate which shall carry Lord ASHLEY'S measure to a triumphant issue ; and that impulse once fairly roused and set in vigorous action, who can possibly doubt the result ? Mr. SMITH, a surgeon, who stated that he had had " a quarter Of A *century's practice at the Leeds Infir mary," observed that he" had been long accustomed to see the injurious effects produced by the protracted labour of young persons in factories," and pointedly alluded to a late meeting of mill-owners and manufac turers, at which, among other resolutions, it was moved, that "the hours of working noiv customary for women. and young persons in the mills are not oppressive, nor injurious to health." We should like to see the. wealthy mill-owners and manufacturers, who so coolly agreed to this resolution, try the experi ment of excessive labour on their own children ! Let them . subject these 'tenderly nurtured. sons and daugh ters, who are.brought up in the lap Of luxury—who have no ailments but such as are elegantandrespeetable ones—whose . only labours are confined to practising on a piano, and dancing half the night in a ball=room —who, if a slight headache affects them, can ride it off in a carriage—or if hysterics (that besetting ma lady of the . genteel) incommode them, can bathe them away in some 'fashionable watering- place,. whenbusi ness happens to be slack at the paternal mill, and the family may decamp * with propriety ;- 7 ---let the parents, we say, of these fortunateyeung folks subject them to the - - same labours to which the poor, unprotected, .un pitied factory women and children are subjected ; let them set them vigorously to work for, twelve hours in the day—with no elegant Grecian couch, or soft cushioned rose-wood chair to take. even a half- hour's rest upon—with no fresh air. to recruit their fainting spirits, and no kind- words to cheer them in the hours of toil ;—let the millowners and manufacturers who agreed- to the above resolution, Subject their own flesh and blood to this experiment; and then, if no ill . effects resuit, from it, if their children, after six weelis hard work in ths , asfactory, are as fresh, s contented, a s healthy, and-as happy as they were on the day they first entered it, we will give up our argument, confess that 'we_ have been altogether in• the 'wrong, and— notwithstanding the strong evidence furnished by a hundred medical men to the contrary--agree, that " the hours of working now customary for women and young persons in : the: mills, are not oppressive to the work-people, nor injurious to their health ;" but, on the contrary, are productive of health, happiness, and mprality is an eminent degree, and as beneficial to the interests of the employed as they unquestionably are to those of their employers! In.taking leave of this difficult and painful subject—in discussing which we have no wish. to bear hard on the manufacturers, but simply. to do justice to both parties---Tor wits should not Humanity have a voice in the matter as well as Mammon ?—in taking' leave, for the present, of this tnost momentous question, we cannot refrain from alluding to the wish. that not a few of the master manufitcturers have- expressed, that the work-people • should have the benefit of a sound and plain educa tion. The wish is creditable to them ; but far more creditable would it be, were they, without confining themselves to mere words, to make suitable provision for enabling the operatives to obtain such an educa tion. But hoW can people who have been labouring twelve hours in the day, in an erect posture, "in an atmosphere little short of tropical in its heat,—how Can such poor creatures, with stiffened joints, languid frames; heavy eyes, and still heavier hearts, find time and energy sufficient for attending to the due culture Of their minds ? In such a case—and it is one of every-day occurrence in the factories—nothing re- Mains for the toil-worn operative but to endeavour to recruit his . or her spirits by " tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"—a sleep too often, we fear, troubled by ghastly dreams and fore-shadowings of the future, and not uninvaded by the monotonou s sound of the factory bell, which must ring in the ears of the emaciated operative like a prophetic death- The French papers of Tuesday have been received; their contents are not of great importance. In the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, M. St. MARC GIRARDIN brought forward a motion relating to the appointment and promotion of public officers. He proposes to subject all public functionaries to a regular course of promotion. The motion was assented to by the Ministry. The 21fessuger gives . a statement of the satisfactory conclusion to Which the negotiation respecting Christians abjuring Islamism ha, been brought : " Baron de Bourque ney it M e a i r e s h Effendi,24 t i t t h i f e a tMinister a r } i d t . w r it es e fi just r g o pn t Acte e ffd o a n ii nr s s t ,t a h n te t h i a n t ° thep lhan d se of the two first interpreters of the Ministers of France and England.the follow ing official note-, dated March 2 1 : B s Highness the Sultan is irrevocably resolved to maintain the friendly relations, and strengthen the bonds of perfect sympathy which unite him with the great :^~~ ... -,~, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL ii, 1544 Powers, The Sublime Porte engages for the futnre to prevent, by effective means, any Christian abjuring Islamism from being put to death.' " It has been remarked that, though the Turkish Government has protais.ed to abolish the extreme punishment of death in such cases, yet it has not said that it IA ill refrain from punishing altogether. It has even been rumoured that the Porta intends to substi tute for 'decapitation, the punishment of imprisonment arid hard labour Tor life. This, at least, is the state ment of the French Opposition journals. The Pr esse says—" Accounts from 'Beyrout, of March .8, inform us that Essad Pacha wrote, on March 2, to the Christians of the Lebonon, to au nounce to them that hereafter they are to submit to the Druse authorities. The Christians have protested against this measure, which delivers them, without defence, to their most cruel enemies. At Gaza, in Palestine, the Albanians have massacred and pillaged the Christians, and destroyed fifteen houses from summit to foundation?' The - - neighboiirhood of Lyons has been disturbed by some, riotous coniluct on the part of the miners of Rive de Gier, •who have struck fur • wages.,.. The military were called out, and some of . the Workmen were wounded, but no, livei have been lost. . THE BOURSE-TUESDAY, APRIL . 9. First Highest Lowest • Last Price. Piice. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.• •• •• 123 30 • • 123 30 • • 123 25 .. 123 25 Four-and-a-lialf.• •• 110 90 .. 110 90 110 90 110.90 FourperCents•• •••• 106 10 •• 106 10 .. 106 10 106 10 Three per Cents.• •• • 'B3 25 83 25 .. 83 20 •• 83 25 Rank of France• ••••• • • •• • 3100 ••• 3 1 05 • .3090 ••3105 Lattate Bank, 1, odor. Sharesll7o • • 1170 ..1170 ..1170 . • • 5,000 f. Sharei•slso . • -5155 ..5155 Belgiatt•Bank ..• •••••• • • • • • 67 5 • • 675 .. f;75 • 675 1812...,.... 1100 ••1100 —llOO —llOO Belgian Fives ••••••• • • • • • • 102 1 . " • • 102 •1022 • - 1840 '• • • • 106 • • 106 • '166 .. 106 • 1842 •••• • • • • 1 0 7! 107: 107; Io7f Three5...... 78 • • - 78 • • 78 • 76 Dutch Two-and-a-lialf.• • • 61 •• •61 • • 61 .• 61 Spanish Active .••• • 3 2, .. 05. .•• 35 .. 35 Threes •••••• • • • • • • 31 4 • • 371 .. 371 • . 37+ Passive • 6f •• 6: .. .. 6: Portuguese Five per Cents .• 47 • • 47 .. 47 .. 47 Neapolitan . ........... 101 45 • • 101 75 • • 101 45 .. 101 70 Roman . ' . .. • • 1051 105: .. 105: .. 1051 RAILWAY SIIARES. SC. Germain • • • • • ...• • • 825' • • 825 .. 825 Versailles, R. 8... L.B. • .... . 232 50 .. 245 232 50 .. liouea • r .. ..947.b0 .. 947 50 . .. 947 50 Itnnen to llatTe • •• • • •• • • • • 698 75 • • 700 Orleans ... • • • • • • • . ..' 918'75 697 50 918 75 .. 918 75 Strasburg to Bate • • • • 277 30 • • 280 .. 276 33 • . RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.: St Oernialn ••• • • • • • • • • $25 .. 825 825 • Versailles, R. 13.• •••• • • • • • 355 " ".. 374 .. 355 .. L. 8.• ••••• • • .. 235 .. 243 .. 227 50 • . Roueh • ••. Rouen to Ilavre. • - - .. 698 75 .. 696 25 .. Orleans . •920 .. 920 •• 916 25 .. . .. 'Strasburg to Bale.. • • • . • • .. 275 .. 280 ..`'276 23 Avignon to Marseilles • • • • .. 755 .. 753 • • 75 5 947 50 698 75 918 73 276 25 825 375 245 945 698 73 917 50 276 25 735 PnixcE-ALBERT.---His Royal Highness and suite are expected to arrive at Windsor Castle about six o'clock this evening, from the Continent. The Prince -is ex pected to travel . by route of Dover, travelling by the South-Eastern Railway to the metropolis, and proceed ing from the London terminus direct to the Paddington station (without stopping at Buckingham Palace), and thence, via Slough, to Windsor Castle. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( T HIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 11.—'Wind this day at noon, moderate breeze, from the Westward, and fine clearweather. 11.N.M.SGATE, APRIL 10.—Arrd. Billinghausen, hence for Amsterdam, leaky, and it is supposed must discharge. (AT DOVER, APRIL 10.—Carolina Amelia, Havannah. • DEAL, Arm 10.—Wind, S. to S.S.W., light.—Arrd. Nugeut, Marshall, Calcutta. • ,„ • PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10.,-Wind, to z".W.-,Sld. British Sovereign, Cape of Good Hope,'Mauritius, and, Ceylon. FALMOUTH, Arßu. _lo.—Wind variable and light.—Sid. William IV., Newfoundland. DUBLIN,' APRIL 8..51d. Elizabeth, Dalhousie. LIMERICK; Aria B.—Ski. Borneo, Quebec. Fonty APRIL B.—Arrd. Robert Matthews, London PA - Rebaraewa.- GALWAY, APRIL B.—Sld. Kate, St. John's, N. Brunswick. PETERII Env, APRIL 7.—Sld. Eclipse, Davis Straits. KIRKALDY, APRIL 7.—Artd. Eliza, Possession Island. MARVPORT, APRIL 7 Amu B.—Shl Evelina, Congress, and Royalist, Quebec. Attunoss.tx, APRIL 6.—Sld. Henry, Qnebec. LIVERPOOL,' APRIL 10.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Abbot Reading, Atkin s o n , Islay ; Bella Portena, Buenos Ayres ; Cheshire, King, Ilarbadoes ; Pearl, Scholtield, Mo bile; 'Ntigent, Brown, Manzanilla; Venice, Dunbuy, Eliza and Hector, Spencer, N ew Y or k. Sld. En c h an t r e ss , Lima ; Capricorn,--Demerara ; Lavinia, Trinidad ; Sylph, La Guayra ; Sarah Maria, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Dtedalus, Ship.' pegan ; Trident, Montreal. Off, Beethoven. . • CoRK, Arrtu, B.—Arrd. Caroline Motyrr, Rio Graude. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) MEAT IIda.S.SZTS. • SOtTHALL, APRIL 10.—For each kind of prime stock We bad a steady demand, at prices quite equal to those ob tained on this day se'nnight. Otherwise, however, the tirade was - heavy, and the rates were with difficulty sup • ported. Beet; from 2s 4d to 3s 104; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; amb, 6s 2d . to 6s 4d ;* Veal, 3s 4d touts 2d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 31; Sheep and Lambs, 2,621 ; Calves, 48- Pigs, 39. • liomFoan, Amur, 10.—Although ;he supplies offering to day were by no means large, the demand was, throughout, heavy, on the following terms :-Beef, from 2s 6tl to 3S 8d ; Mutton, 2s ad to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4t1;• Veal, 3s to4s ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s Bcl per Blbs. - Sticking 'Calves," 18s to 28s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 18/ each. LEWES, APRIL 9.—Priaie Lambs sold freely; other kinds of stock slowly, at but little variation in prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. MAXTUZTIL. SmrritriEtxr.—Coarse Meadow nay, 2/ 189 to 315 s ; use ful ditto, 3/ 5s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 I2s to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hair, 3/ 53 to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 63 to 1/ Bs. Wheat Straw, It fis to 1/ lOs per load. Trade very dull, at the above quotations. CumßEßLANi).—Coarse Meadow Hav, 3/ to 3/ 10a ; useful ditto, , 81 12s to 3/ 15 s; fine Upland ditto, 31 16s to 4/ Clover Hay 3/ to 4115 s ; Oat Straw, I/ 8s to 11 1013; Wheat straw, 1/ 10s to 11 12s per load. A short supply, and a heavy demand. WiiirEcitAt.F.L.-.-Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 16s to 318 s ; useful . ditto, 31 10s to 31 13s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 14s to 3/ 17s; Clover Hay, 315 s to '6/ 5s ; Oat St raw , 1/ 6 8 to I/ Wheat Straw', 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply goof, And trade exceedingly dull.- CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended April 6, le4l, made up from -the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Pawns in Englan. and Wale!. per Imperial Quarter. Wheat sd. l .. 20t. Id., 8eane......... 305. 114 Barley 32.. led. I Rio •••••• 33 1. - Rd tease 3la. rid - AvERAGES Or THE X , AgT Si x witEKs. Weeks ending WHEAT. BARLEY.' ORM 1 RYE. DEANS. 1 Min .1--- Mareb2 56 2 i 33 9 2 0 0 25 3 5 SI . 0 56 0. 3 s 2 .1 33 9 31 31 6 16 56 ' 3 33 LI 33 8 31 3 . 31 4 - 23.... 10 5 l, 5 3 '. 8 3i 3 31 . 2 21 0 April ti ..... 55 5 32 Lu 1 33 9 30 11 21 8 imricatar,‘Aailastrava AvittACIRS of' THE SUL N. F. S 5.h Id j Oats ......... 20. 01 Bvan: ..... ....31• 01 Markt} ... . 334. 21 I RYe DOTI'S ON FORRIGN CORN. Wheat ..-.....164. (Id. I Oa" • .... •••• B '. od.l 8ean? ......... 10 fkl Barley ...... Od. I ale. .. •.. -•• 9. 6d.! Peaee.........10 6d Mr. George Robins seems determined that Sir R. Peel shall not forget his declaration in the early part of last session,—it was in terms too unequivocal to be mis understood :—" I neither have, nor do I contemplate any Change whatever in the . corn-laws." It should seem, on the 25th inst., Mr. Robins •will put the value of this welcome fact to the test. Lord Monsoit's Linehlnshire estate will be the first large property to be sold since the agricultural community were promised protection, and subsequently to this concession, the Three per Cents. have risen to par; so Oat land has had a stimulus that ought to give it a preference to funded property. 't Neics verrons:s The General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Giraffe arrived off Blackwill, from Rotterdam, at nine a. e. this day, with the Dutch mails. Mr..W. Sterudale Bennett, the . eminent pianist, was married On Tuesday last, to Miss Mary Wood, a young lady of high accomplishments, residing at Southampton. , he Lord Bishop of Chi Chester intends, we. under stand, holding a confirmation throughout his diocese in the course of next May. 'EASTER FETE AT CHELSEA.—An attempt has be n made this season to convert the gToun ds of Cremorne House, Chelsea, into a scene of rivalry to Greenwich Park, under the management of 31r. Nic.holson, o f Garrick's Coffee- house celebrity. The amusements provided for the company com prised-pony-races, a sham election, wizardism, mesmerism, music, (lancing, poetising, vaulting, and laughing gas, so as to combine, as the bills announced, " science and amuse !neut." When the shades of night prevailed, gas and oil in various brilliant devices threw their light car certain favoured spots, Chinese lanterna glimmered on others, whilst many " lovers' walks" Were left in gloom, whence issued the sound of laughing voices, and proved that the darkness was not a void. An open air concert formed part. of the evening's en- V:rtainnientss. in Which several vocalists (male, and female) sang a variety of songs adapted'to all varieties of taste. We will not attempt to individualise the performers,forthey were but dimly.seen through the cloud of. tobacco smoke which vainly struggled with- gas leaking from the pipes for posses sion of the olfactory nerves. - The result of the " thousand guinea felte,7 as it was called, has not, however, been sue- - cessfid. Science and fun at Chelsea, with one shilling Tor admisgion, cannot compete with fun •by itself at Greenwich,. and notbing . to' pay ; as Mr.Nichelson•was compelled to ac knowledge yesterday evening, when 'returning thanks to the company for their attendance. • MELANCHOLY DEATH or THE SON OF THE LATE MR. PErnErt, THE AUTlST.—Yestetday au inquest was held Wore Mr. Higgs, at the Red Lion, Erinces,street, West minster, as to the death of Arthur Father, aged seventeen, whose death was caused under The following melancholy sir • cumstances :-31iss Hannah Tether,. the sister. of deceased, stated that the fismily.resuled at York Cottage, Battersea fields. On last Tuesday her brother was chopping some wood with a very heavy gamMer, when. the top came ofl; and in attempting to replace it, the heavy iron end tell on his finger, and caused a severe lacerated wound. ,He at once went to a surgeon, who dressed the finger, but as he got worse on Sun day, by the advice of Mr. Boulton, he was taken to the hos pital. Mr. 'Morgan, the house :surgeon, said that the de ceased, when admitted, had a slight wound on the little finger of the left hand. He was then suffering under lock- { jaw, and although every attention was paid to him, he got ; worse, and died of tetanus on Tuesday morning. He wa s quite sensible to within half an hour of 'his death, and said the injury was caused by himself accidentally. Verdict, " Accidental death." We understand that the Board of Customs have -I issued an - order stating that the owners of fishing boats and vessels can now be supplied With the Regulations concerning. the Fisheries bet Ween the British Islands and Frante,.at - the Bost of threepence each, on application — being made at the , Brighton Custom House. We hope this may meet the eve ' of most of our fishermen, who will no doubt gladly avail themselves of so trifling an outlay.—Brighton Paper. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND pubitt Ciptlttost. " Wko runs may read." r 0 &ZION. On Saturday evening their - Majesties received the Neapolitan Ambassador, the Wurtemberg and Danish Ministers, the Chancellor of France, the Duke and Duchess Decazes, the Duke d'Elcliingen, the Duke de Bauffremont, the Marquis and .Marchioness do Laplace, the Counts do S.alvandy and de Montesquiou, the Viscounts Duheame and Decazes, Baron de la COste, the Prefect of the 'Se'ie, General de Laplace. The Nrmiteqr Parisiefi announces that the Count de Sartiges, second 'secretary of the French Embassy at Constantinople, has just been charged by the French Government with a temporary mission in Persia. " 2t is sfatid," says the Gazette de Fiance, " that the Committ;:e on the budget has called upon the Minister of the Finances to complete the negotiation for the loan of 300,000,0001." . . . The Cour? er Francais - mentions a report that the Duke. de Montpensier, whn is now a captain of artillery, is to be promoted to the tank of Chef d'Escadron on his return from Africa, in recompense of the bravery which he exhibited at; the , Ziban. • General I.lencali is at Valencia, where he has released several orthe prisoners confined on charges of a poli tical nature. " His mercy,` however, appears to have been limited to those against whom. it was impossible to bring home any charges, and though guiltless of all political affairs, have been arbitrarily left for months to languish in prizon. • , . On the Ist of the month a'strange event took place at Hurley (Marne). A small farmer, named Champenois, after having ploughed and sown one of his fields •with• oats; proceeded on his way to • his own house. When about 400 me:res distant- •he took off the reins of his horse, and having fixed one end round hiS neck, he tied the other to the hinder part of his - plough. He then • whipped.hiS horse into a gallop, and was thus dragged to the village. The hOrie was at la-t stopped by some 'of the inhabitants, who cut the rein, but itwas too late, the man was -strangled.; X.A.W AND POLICE. The trial of Barber, Fletcher, and the other parties implicated in the will forgeries, •has commenced at the Old Bailey, end will, it is expected, last for some days. Henryllhun Albert, a German, was filially exa mined at the Guildhall, charged with uttering two bills of exchange for . 877'marca bane° and 878 mares, know ing them to bear a forged indorsement, purporting to be that of Messrs. Bate find Co., of Brenaeti,merehants.,ne was committed for trial. George - Gurnm was reexamined at the same. office, charged with , -- stealing four .parcels containing money. from - the - Boulogne st.-atn-boat, under the command of Captain Tune, in September. The evidence previously taken fraught home to the 'prison'r the passi►ig'of a 51. note as part of the sum of '6OO/., remitted from a banker at Boulogne to the Union Bank in London. The pass ing of three other notes by the prisoner was proved, but these formed part of a aecond parcel. He was again remanded: - . . . William Burton Newenham. charged with the abduc tion of Miss Frances - Louisa Wortham, was placed at the bar, at Clerkenwell, for further examination. - The de position •of Mrs. Worthana, the mother of the young lady, was taken, &nd the prisoner was then again re-_ manded; for the production 'of certain documentary evidence. COURT —rASIZIONAI3X.M. " The Duke of Beauf it . arrived in town yesterday from Newmarket. 'The 'Dtuihess returns on Saturday from Hampton Court Palace. The Ladi(s Somerset are ex pected on 'Monday next frona Badminton. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady A. Powlett - are on a visit to the Hon. Lady Rauasden, at her seat, Byram Park, Yorkshire, and from thence will proceed to Fawley •Pttliti:Otl: a visit to Sir Charles and Lady Knightley. • • ...• •.• The Marquis of Winchester has left' town fur Rack'- in ;ham' Castle. • ' • - The Alarchit,ncss of Hastings. and family will leave Belgrave-street at' the end of the' Week fur Denington Castle, Leicestershire, _ _ The , Marquis of Angleoey and Lady Adelaide Paget are staying with the Ear] and Countess of Sandwich, at Hinchinbrook, near Huntingdon. The Marquis of Bute has gone on a visit to Colonel and Baroness North, at their seat, Wroxton Abbey. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in town yesterday, and in the evening lett for Stratlitieldsaye, on a-visit to the Duke of Wellington. - - 'The Dowager Marchioness Conyngham arrived a rew days since at -Thfrons, , near Canterbury, from a winter residence at Rome. The. Earl and Countess of Chesterfield hare New market on Saturday. morning fru. town. • The Earl and •Countess of Verniam, Viscount and Lady Jane Grimston leave Combe Abbey un Tuesday next, for G rosy enor- square.- - • Viscount Combermere is experte-d in town , T arly next week, to take possesl,ion.or2the house in Belgrave-square, ‘Vhich he has reeeney purchtoed- from the Far] .or C tare. • The Dowager Laz - ly °Land left tOwn oti Tutsd:4,y last, for Ainpthill Park. R/X CEZ"LATTMOVS. It is said that a Greek 14 - tan f tr. three million drachmas is on thd tap is, with an eminent continental banking Arm. The Three pt-r Cent. Consuls still further advanced yesterday. The Government broker made a purchase on account of the banks for savings at 1001. . In. anticipation of a vacancy, by the elevation of Sir Frederick Pollock to the Bench, the Huntingdon elec tors are on the alert fur some able and independent in dividual to succeed him: Apparently, more than tired of their long submission to Sandwich dictation, - they. seemed resolved to make . a vigorous attempt to assert their indepeLdence. Mr. J. B. Roper, formerly M.P. for the county, and Mr. (Tames Rust, are mentioned as being likely to stand. Mr. R chard Foster states his intention of standing fur the borough -of .Cambridge if Mr. Fitzroy Kelly becomes Attorney-General. . Mrs. Hartley and her son, who were lately the tinfor turate subjects of an inquiry under a writ ( f lunacy, passed through Truro on Saturday aft,rnoon, on their way to their seat; near Camborne. They travelled in two carriages and four, that in which Airy. Hartley rude having, in addition to the arms, a royal crown, with the star and badge of the garter, emblazoned on the panels. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . . CLERKENIVELL.-(THIS DAY.) A gentleman named Smith, was charged with riding a horse through Wohurn--eourt; - it being a thoroughfare for foot.passengers. only ; also with assaulting Mr. Wil liam Chaplin, No. 6, in the court. • It appeared from the evidence that on the previous evening Mr. Smith rode his horse-through the court. Mr. Chaplin followed him.as tar as Great Russell-street, and there seized the:horte. - 11r. Smith struelt . him with his whip to'diSengage the animal from his grasp. The MAbisrttATE said that MT.' Chflplitl Wild - no right to follow Mr. Smith such a, distance, and then seize his horse in-the manner he-had sviied him. At the same time Mr. Smith had acted contrary to law in riding his horse through a foot theroughfare, and thereby subjected himself to a penalty of 40s. • Mr: Smith said,- at the time be.- entered the Court he was not aware that: it was only a foot thoroughfare. - The MAGISTRATi - said ignorance of the law was no palliation of the offence; he would fine Mr. Smith ss. The fine was paid at once. UNION HAII.L.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Aberrow,A butcher, was charged with wound ing. liis wife on the head; and there was also a charge preferred against the wife of attempting to drown herself at Blackfriars- bridge._ It appeared that, on - the preceding niglit, a woman was prevented from throwing herself into. the Thames near the above bridge, and was taken into custody. When conveyed to the station-house, she there said that she determined to destroy herself in consequence of the had usage of her husband, and she,. at the same time ex hibited a severe wound on her head, whi,ch was inflicted.by him. From the woman's statement before the Magistrate it appeared that her husband had formed an illicit intercourse with another woman, and that it caused a good deal . of.quarrelling. between:them.- That on the precedieg night she (the wife) and her husband having had softie high words on the subject alluded to, her husband struck her on the head, and inflicted a wound, which rendered her insensible, and a surgeon having been called in he dressed the wound, and when she stdr4equently recovered her senses she became so excited at the bail usage she was constantly receiving at. the. hands of 'her husband, that she deter mined on destroying herself, •and fur than purpose pro, ceeded to the bridge, for the purpose of throwing her self into the river, when she was prevented as above de scribe d. • Mr. COTTINGRAM said that he should not decide the case until he heard the'Vvidence of the surgeon as to the nature of the wound inflicted on the unfortunate woman. Alexander Andrews and John Newman were charged with attempting to pick pockets this morning, during the confusion that prevailed at the• lamentable accident that occurred by the falling in of the roof of the terminus of the South-Eastern Kailway, and by which accident some lives have been sacrificed. It appehred that about seven o'clock, when the acci dent referred to took place, the two prisoners were ob served,busilY engaged in their vocation, that of atteropt ing to pick the pockets of several persons attracted to the Tot. Being known as reputed thieves, they were taken into custody, and wer9 committed by the Magis trate for a month each to the treadmill. • CHATHAM, APRIL APRIL 10.—This morning, at six o'clock, a Convict Ouard, consisting of one sergeant and 34 rank and Zile of the 58th Regiment,. with 15 rank and file of the 80th, marched from this garrison, accompanied by the band of the 58th, for Gravesend, from which place the troops proceeded by steam-vessel for Deptford, and embarked the same morn ing on board the - transport Maria Soames. The guard is under the command of Lieutenant Waldegrave, of the 3d Buffs, with Ensign Walsh of the 80th. Three women and five Children accompany the guard. The transport will take in convicts from Woolwich, and Kingstown, in Ireland, for Van Diemen's Land. The whole of the 58th will leave this garrison during the summer Months, as Convict Guards.. On Monday last the whole of the invalids, consisting of 100 men, were removed from Fort Pitt establishment to Bromp ton Barracks, at which place they are to. remain unlil the Casenient Barracks; at St: Mary's; are ready for their recep tion. Accommodation - will be afforded for 500 men, whi c h number is expected from _lndia during the month of July next. Fort Pitt ie now only to be used as a military hos pital. The name .• of the new ballet itYreheargal at `Drury lane is definitively arranged to be Henriettd ; or, The Statute Fair. The new danseuse, Mdlle. Gran, has arrived from Mau, where eke waieogaged for 40 nights. (THE WILLS FORGERIES.i CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY, Mr. Justice WILL/ANS, and Mr. Justice MAULE.) Shortly after ten o'clock, their Lordships took their seats on the bench, and William Henry Barber, Joshua Fletcher, and Georyiana Dorey were then placed at the bar for trial. Before the indictment was read over, Mr. WILKINS said he had an application to make to the Court, on behalf of the prisoner Barber. Although he had pledged himself yesterday not to challenge. the jurors, he had now an affidavit which stated that justice could not be done to the prisoner, unless he had a sepa rate trial. In case the Court granted this, Barber would cal: the other prisoners as witnesses on his behalf, and their evidence would be very material to his defence. Mr. Baron GURNEY asked the Attorney-General whether he had any objection to the proposed course. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could nut consent to it, he believing that it would greedy embarrass the prosecution. . Mr. Parry (who was with Mr. Wilkins) referred to the trial of Hardy and others, as affording a precedent for the application. Mr. Baron GURNEY said he thought the application could not be made as a matter of right. After some dismission, the application was refused. The indictment having been read over at length, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to address the jury on behalf of the prosecution. He entreated the talent attention of the jury while he stated the facts which were necessary to enable them to tinder stand the evidence which would he brought in support of this charge. The accusation was connected with an offence of a novel 7 description, and it affected persons who had hitherto moved in good society, and maintained a creditable name.. It .would be idle to conceal that the matters to" be bronght before them had already been the subject of much publication, but he trusted , • that they would forget all that they had either heard or seen with reference to the transactions which were to .ho the subject. of inquiry that day, and he had no doubt they would faithfully and fearlessly discharge their duty. The case - wits this. One of the prisoners Was charged with publishing a forged bond, and the others were charged with being accessories before the fact. To speak in the offence Charged was that of procuring, by false and - fraudulent Means, the transfer of a sum of money from the unclaimed Stock which was transferred to the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt. He desired to state, with as much calmness and simplicity aapossible, facts which would undoubtedly be proved in evidence, and he should abstain from any comments, except such as weie neessary to enable the jury to understand the bearing o of the entire case as respected the individuals charged. He could not forbear from stating that if, in his judgment, it had not-been essentail fur the ends of justice that the prisoners should be tried together, he would have ac ceded to his Learned Friend's - application. 'Having worked, however, togethere--whether honestly or other wise, he thought it impossible to judge of the conduct of, the otheis ; neither did he think that the defence of any one of the prisoners would be . at all affected by their being tried at the same time. It was necessary to state that by a law, which was passed 30 or 40 years ago, it was provided that if stock had remained without any claim ant for ten years, it should, at the expiration of that time, be transferred to the Commissioners 'for the Reduction of the National Debt ; but care was taken that the claim of any one who Was entitled to it should nut be prejudiced by that circumstance. 'There were three prisoners be fore the jury ; a fourth was included in the . indictment, who died in the year 1841. Williain Henry Barber was an attorney, W ho had been in practice . in Bridge-street, lilackfriars, lat , f,:re this charge was brought ; Joshua Fletcher , was a per on who had certainly never been suspected of anything of this description until 'the in quiries which took place before the Lord Mayor ; the other prisoner, • Georgians, Dorey, was the wile of .a respectable tradeswaii in Oxford-street ; and the charge against them was that Susauah Richards deceased, - published - a forged bond with a :view to obtain possession Of 'some stock by :that means, and that the said prisoners in some way; or other lent their assistance in obtaining that stock. In the * - year' 1826 ;here was Standing in the Bank of England, in the name Of " John Stewart, of Great Marlow, in the county of Bucks, gardener," a sum producing 511. per annum in the Long Annuities. It appeared that Mr. Stewart re ceived' the last dividend on this stock on the sth of April preceding his death, and that he died on the 13th of March, 1827. The dividends remained unclaimed down - to - the .11th • of. October, 1836, when, in pursuanee of the Act of Parliament, it was transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. John Stewart was head-gardener to a gentleinan of -the name of Strode, residing at Great %View. He was born in Scotland, and lived there till he was teenier years old: His history could be - pretty well traced. From his own statement, it appeared - that he had'no relstive except a brother; he had no sister. Ile hod alit ht , ard of his brother for many years before he died. '`..Con‘ of thoste who knew him ever heard him speak of a s;-t- r, hor was there any trtiee of any such 1 - erwn ever having been inexistence. Now, toprevent claims from being made which were unfounded, care WAS taken that the stock transferred - to the Commis ei,:ners of the National Debt should not become matter of public-notoriety. Claims* of this sort were not guarded by the vigilance eft' opposing indiVidual interests on the other side, end it was necessary, thi refore,• to he very cautious. Still some persons must be aware of 'strain seethe' which was publicly and 'formally done. Mr. Stewart having died in 1827, and the stock having been transferred in 1836, his death became -known to Barber and Fletcher. Fletcher went down to Gretit Marlow, and stayed a short time at the Greyhound Inn, kept ,by a person of the name of Hyatt. Inquiries were made by him in the name of GeJones, 24, Little Guildford -street, Russell-square. lie was in. structed that there was no deubt of the identity of Flet cher as a person who made inquiries of a number of old persons respecting John Stewart, under this false name. Several witnesses would identify him as that person. But he would be still better identified by a letter which he wrote en the 25th of June, 1840, tee a person whom ' he had seen, named William Wieser. 'The Learned Counsel then read a letter dated June 25, 1840, and giving the. address 24, Guildford-street, Russell square, London, referring to a promise which Winsor had made to furnish Fletcher with inforthation respect ing Mr. Stewart, and requesting that he would send any which- he had obtained. It was stated in this letter, that the writer-had discovered that Stewart had had a sister living about 12 years since in America. The letter Was signed "G. Jones.". The house to which it-was addressed was that of Miss Hawkes, who, at . the request of Georgiana Dorey,— had consent( d that letters for Barber and'_ Fletcher might be directed to her house, whence they would be forwarded to some Other place. .Shortly after Fletcher had been at Great Marlow, the prisoner Barber 'went downs The name which he gave was that of " Clarence Peckham, Esce," and he,belleved it would be clearly established that the prisoner Bather was the .person who N ent there under that name. = He gave, as his residence, "52,. Nelson-. square," which was his real_ place of abode.- One of the witnesses; went Up to London and saw him at 52, Nelden-square. 'The object'of 'these inquiries. by Fletcher and Barber was apparently - to find out the con nections of John Stewart ; to discover what was his history ; where he had lived, and where. he came from ; and it would be for the jury to judge whether the in quiries were made for the purpose of bringing forward a false claim, and being enabled to give to it the appearance of consistency and truth. They would find that while Barber was at Great Marlow, he spoke of the visits paid by Fletcher, under the name of Jones' and he mentioned Jones as being his friend, and as belonging, in fact, to the same firm. Now the next set of circumstances which he had to introduce to their attention, referred . to the conduct of Mrs. Richards, de ceased—the mother of the prisoner Georgiana Dorey. In the month of June, 1840, -Georgiana Dorey, who was not then Married, was living - with her mother in liathbone-place, with a person of the name of Wybrow, who would be called as a witness. Mia. Richards re moved from Rathbene-place to No. -1, Southamp ton-terrace, Camberwell. She went there as Miss Stewart, in which name letters were addressed to her, and she was visited almost every day by the pri soner Fletcher, who inquired about the lodging for tier under the- name of Stewart. This old lady obtained letters of administration its the sister of John Stewart. The. stock -was transferred back vgain under the name of Elizabeth Stewart, and the dividends were paid a few days after-the administration was perfected. On the part of the prosecution it was alleged that Fletcher and Barber knew pert, etly well that fraud was going for ward, and it would he for the jury to say whether it was not concocted ter the purpose of obtaining possession of the stock. Shortly alter Elizabeth Stewart had taken the lodging at Camberwell, Fletcherswent with her to the office of a proctor of the name of Hunt, and on the 31st of July,- 1840, she made an affidavit for the purpose of obtaining letters of administrations There was a very wholesome rule at Doctors' Commons, that %hen an individual came for ward claiming to administer the affairs of a deceased party, some time after death, he should give some reason for the delay. And, accordingly, this affidavit was made to account for the delay in this instance. The Learned Counsel then read the affidavit, stating that Elizabeth Stewart was the only sister, and next of kin of John Stewart, and that she was residing in New York at the time of his death, and was not aware of the fact until the month of May in the previous year, *hen she returned to this country. It was considered, how ever, that sufficient information had not been given. The duty of -45/. was paid,• being advanced by Fletcher; but it a as necessary there should be two sureties to join Eliz; Stewart hefdre she could obtain letters of administra tion. Fletcher gave the name of ThoS. Griffin, 32, Duke . - street, Grosvenor-square, tailor, and Mr. Pitt, or his clerk, procured some other person - to be surety, thinking that there could be no danger in so doing. The bond was executed before the surrogate, and upon its being executed, the letters of administration were granted. In addition to the affidavit fer the purpose of satisfying the registrar there was a certificate of the baptism of John Stewart and of Elizabeth Stewart ; but the baptism of J. Stewart was of the year 1761, and it was represented to have taken place, net in Scotland, but in the parish of Marylebone, Middl esex . Th e cer tifi ca t e o f Elizabeth Stewart was also of the same parish. There could be no doubt that John .Stewart, to whom this stock had belonged, came from Scotland, and . docu ments would be put in, which were found after his death, showing his lersenal history. It was quite right that he should state that Barber was acting avowedly in the capacity of attorney to the parties. It weeld be, for the, ‘ 3yry.,to say whether . he had any guilty - knowledge of this liatislietroft.. The Learned Counsel then read the remainder of the document, explaining why Mies Stewart had not before • , applied for the dividends, and referring to a person f the name of Jones. The jury must judge Whether th ere was any other person bearing that name in this troste: tion, except Fletcher. Miss Ste Wart star( d t". she was informed of her brothefs death thro u g h the kindness of Mr. Jones, who had aft, rwerds intornitn for that he was going to America, since which time she had never seen him. 'The Learned Counsel then re ferred to an affidavit mule by Griffin,• stating that h € ,,' had known Elizabeth Stewart and her brother, stating various circumstances respecting the to ° ' Now he proposed to call Griffin as a i.wit ness ; but he did not wish them to latt ice more weight to his statements than foirlY belonged to testimony given under such circumstances. He then ref rrtd to a correspondence which passed - be' tween the prisoner Barber and' Mr. Strode, of Gres! Marlow, with whom John Stewart had lived, th e avowed object of which, on the part of Barber, was U i , obtain possession of the original stock receipts John Stewart, in order that his sister might be a ble to obtain the property of the deceased. Mr. Strode stated in reply that the receipts in question were in t he f hands of his solicitors, Messrs. Pickering and Co., ° T Stone-buildings, to whom he referred the prisoner. leis was not willing to treat Miss Stewart as the sister of Ws late gardener, being perfectly acquainted with his his tory. On the Ist of October, before any of the stock we', transferred, Mr. Barber saw Mr. Pickering's clerk, and F u ' down a number of questions for Miss Stewart to answer' Nothing was heard from him until the month of Novel: ber following, when all the stock had been transferr ed ' The transfer took place on the 20th of Octbber. 1116 Learned Counsel then proceeded to state at length tkee, circumstances connected with the transfer . the stock. He then said that the prisoner Georgiana Dorey had made a statement 94 : knowledging her share in this transaction, which he proposed to put in as evidence. If the parties. were innocent, they would be able to give some acco no ` of the sister of John Stewart. The jury would have t ° consider who Mr. Jones was, and whether there "'e s any other Mr. Jones except Fletcher.. The case I 'l one which called fur a grave, serious, and full defence on' the part of . ,Bairbefr.' Jib had :no interest ° ,l the pint of the Crowti e.Otiti temperate,, no, impartial adreinistratiOnlifj'ade, and he felt convince(' that whatever might te their - Verdict, the jury would di.:' • charge in a temperate and satisfactory manner the itiPor tent duty. which they-had undertaken. John Wm. Seaton, a clerk in Doctors Commons, pr° - duced a will and bond connected with the transfer. • Dr. Robertson deposed to the swearing before.hitn 01 ' the affidavits of Elizabeth Stewart and Thomas Grilsn• George Bennett, a clerk in the Stamp , office, Som e? ' set-house, put in the original copy of Elizabeth Ste w ' art's affidavit. John Powell deposed to having attested 'a boo signed by a female and two sureties. Beadon, a clerk .in the Long Annuities-office;at the Bank of England, produced the transfer-book, shoe; ing the transfer of the stock of John Stool deceased, to the Commissioners for the Reduction of gm:, National Debt, on the llth of October, 1836, and li ; subsequent transfer into the name of Elizabeth Stewa rt f Charles Dawes Lewis, another clerk in the Bank ° f England; produced the unclaimed dividend boOky e°7. taming the dividend warrants of the stock from 18 * • to 1836., John Knight,- Secretary to the Bank of Eng llll4 proved tbe execution of the transfer by himself. Henry Hyatt, examined by the AzTonNEv-GENV 4 '4 —Witness said he kept the Greyhound Inn at Gr e ;,,, Marlow. He went there on the 22d of July, 1836. t:;! May, 1840, a person came to his house to ask him if .I .' o -knew John Stewart. Be remained there ..betwe e 5 six and seven hours. He said that his busin es s was to find out the relatives of John Stewarte?,, h : died at ,Great Marlow.' Witness did not know *J O ... — Stewart himself, but, after some conversation, .he zee"' oended him to inquire of som e o ld, men who kn e in. The person who called upon him. saidhe..caine. from the Lord Chancellor, and he gave his name; befor,e he left, "Mr. G. Jones, No. 34, Little Guildford.str ee " *Russell-square." Witness took him to an old man Of eree name of Winsor, thinking, perhaps, that he rnighfht i , known Stewart. He took him, alSo; to a man 01. name of Holmes, to another of the name of M‘Leant to:Holtnes's wife, at Portgarden, where . , lia was told t '„ - f Stewart used to live. They could not hetfir any relations belonging to Stewart., . The pi n e s told .Fl6tcher that there never were any. of Stewart's except a brother, who went to sea Inr o , years before, and was supposed to have gone toittacr - g e Fletcher made memorandums as he went along.' 'L.- vvent to a grave-stone in the churchyard and took . Or . there. - • _ • • rt. By the JUDGE—They found the grave-stone of StStai hs s „ .O Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENER*L-r-V- iit Fletcher went away he requested witness to get at. - t information he. could respecting the relations of Stev vitr rc i and to send it .to him, saying that he would well reiv 9 o him. He proposed to write to him, but witness, via him he had better correspond with an old man' tal i ; Winsor,. as he knew more of Stewart than hiros e bo In about a fortnight after 'the gentleman stands in the corner (pointing to Barber) a; came down, and - stayed about the same When he arrived he asked me if I not know a person of the name of Jones. lie said 1180 came to inquire about a relative of st, ov axt, o'f died worth a good deal of . property , ci r which they wanted to find the right own id He gave his name Clarence Peckham, Esq. He' 6 . 4 1... Sten art had a great deal of property in Chelsea. Be some thing about property in the Sinking Fund, but tide was gone, about 6001. Jones said the sane before. " said it died with him. - I think I learned that fr l J ones' conversation before, and also from him.' I to him round to the old people vvho;teld him about Stelt tr and that he . had a brother, who it was .supposed died at sea. The last man we saw Was' M‘Lean• came to my house. Mr-Barber was in the front roo and came into the bar to talk to him. I asked Mr. 133 r; ber where the property was at Chelsea ? He said it 11 mar the College. I asked him if he knew Mr.', l4 "; gleton, a surveyor of taxes ? said; s He said he would not trouble me further,' mc i , would go out and see the old' man got,- teFore he loft Marlow, I told him I was coming to Pu - i don. He desired me to collect all the inforina l ; ° „% Could, and call on him. I did so. I went to . 12, Ne' 6- 0; square, and asked for Clarence Peckham, and s t ` i ,. Mr. Barber. I told him I could not hear of any l e tions,Nexcept the brother that was g.ne to America. Cross-examined by Mr. GRAY—This was four Ye a o ago. Junes gave his name to several old people. 1 vie ,- with him to any obi 'people I thought might knew A/ thing about Stewart. . • 4 if Crosse-xamined by Mr. Witairts—l cannot 0/ there was a brass plate on the door in Nelson-Si 0. 0 Mr. Barker 'never came to my house, except on that 1) , t ,. day. I believe the writing produced is mine. I do know if there was a bill made out for what he had at7, o house. Ido not recollect if it was wine negus. M i r t t o htursome grog; The second entry in the bill hande d ]d Me is three sixpennyworths of gin and water. 19b ° think he went away about five. Ile was in . a hurry : , m tif had my horse and chaise to go to the railway ! . charge for that would be five shillings : . WILKINS—Look at that document,. and the fresh your memory. Witness,—lt appears tcl 0 my writing. I adhere to my statement, that it, t e r e;% - ithin a fortnight or three weeks after that Mr. Ba r e Came down. It was not in October that Mr. 0 11 , f Came doWn to - Marlow. It was not more thin 4 a t night or three weeks after Fletcher was there, 1 h ta Barber came duwn. My attention - Was first direct e ete these matters on the 14th of January list. de s Barber came he asked me if a gentleman named ie . " had not been there. , . . Mr. WiLioNs--Did he not ask you if some one .00 not been down to inquire about Stewart, and did not say, Yes, Mr. Jones, a tall, dark -man? Witness- 4 so ci not. lie asked about Mr. Jones, and told me be ed Mr. Jones were one firm. I thought they wore Chan c lawyers., There is no mistake in the conversatioi 3, o had no difficulty in finding out 52, Nelson-Nore , 013 0 e had not been there long . before I 'saw Mr. barber. c e said Clarence Peckham, Esq., and I asked fur Clar e° Peckhaxl, Esq.; not for Mr. Peckham, . de ; Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I wa ws o memorandum of the name in my book the day u 0 t o at Marrow. Tbis is the book, which I hand into Court. • re' Mr. Baron GURNEY—It must be used merely to t be • fresh his memory. The entry is, 44 The address of gentleman Clarence Peckham, Esq., 52, Nelson stiog. r ii e ;o .1 he ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Dues that bill, put ', l O. lyour hands by Mr.. Wilkins, relate to Mr. Barber? '', A ,Avf ess—The date of that bill is a day that I never '- Mr. Barber. lam quite sure of that. re' The Court then adjourned ter a few minutes fo r !reshtnent. On the re-assembling of the Court, t bo .- 1 William Winsor was called and examined bl ATTORNEY-GENERAL--I live at Great Marlow. ° - 0 0 labourer. .1 received a letter from a person of the fl s , o r, 'Noes. This may be it. It is addressed to W. WO t o. &key, West•sireet, Great Marl o w. I gave theletter Mr. Hyatt. This letter may be the one, perhaps. 11t Cross-eiamined by Mr. WILKINS—I do not reco o % 4ither of the prisoners. I recollect a gentleman eoto.:0 to me. Some time after I had the letter ; and sifter 4ome time, the si cond gentleman came. - , h ad , Mr. Baron GURNEY—Was it before or after Pots the letter that the second gentleman came ? Wltne s " cannot tell. it Mr. WILKINS—Try to recollect, old gentlemay , v oo of the greatest consequence. Was it before or afte r /es had the letter that the second gentleman came. Wit; 3 B ;I think it was before. I cannot tell what make r , s * e r/ rhink so. I took the letter to Hyatt a few days t'"` eceived it. Mr. Grattan examined by the ATTORNEY-GE I4IO am acquainted_ with Fletcher's handwriting, froloster baring kept his accounts at the London and Westrein . .o Bank, at which lam accountant. I should ,ssY decidedly that the letter produced was his 113 riting. • Cross-exainined by Mr. - 'Mums—We always . 0 dered Fletcher a respectable map,' (Tl. - 1 add ( ne Letter iressett 'Vier was then pu read. It was signed by Jones, and requested iv l i y f ed to ascertain where the person Stewart ha d "; of before he came to Mr. Strode, and also what Pa r h ad Scotland he camelrorn; and stated that the writer tha t discovered that Stewart had a sister; and desiring r ifis. the answer might be addressed to G. Jones, care 0 Hawker, Little Guildford-street.) 0,00 Mr. WILKINS (handing a paper to w itness) writing is that ? Witness—lt is like Joshua POP' but I have a doubt about it. A sl° William Holmes—l live at Great Marlow, a ° f t ~ .--kno labouring man. t have lived there six years. - a l i t 6 11. Hyatt,. that keeps the Greyhound. He br "loti t man to me about four years ago, Stuart. He brought another person a second t.totzta., make the same inquiries. .1 think the further.coet(roujo tier) was the person he brought the second.tim&-1 not know the one he brought the first time. ll° to is about Stewart's money, and said it was in the S, to make inquiries.a e to ;-~---- F un d , a told hin Cross long it ca me. been fi,• ~i 0 Pr, eq rp fa un ( 11tv ur t