The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-01 00:00:00

~~ i~t EVENING EDITION. ummences, is a generous tribute to the merits of a writer who has rendered important service to the coun ry by his publications. Previous to Mr. Martin's ap pear,inee in the field of colonial investigation, the Sta tstics of four-fifths of our Foreign possessions were :rere guess-work in Parliament ; nor was it deemed possible, even by such hard working men a' Mr. Hume, for any one person during a life-time to collt , ct and arrange them correctly, and methodically. Mr. Montgomery Martin has, however, accomplished this stupendous labour, and what is more surprising still, 1 7as done it well. The review of Mrs. Ellis' "Women Er.gland," is written in an equally candid spirit. The writer is occasionally eloquent, but what Irishman who ha.,' visited England could be tame in describing the v:rtucs and graces of our fair country-women ? We . have also able and discriminating reviews of Bartlet's of Bishop Butler ; Stephens' Travels in Greece ; and the already published numbers of that sterling ilork, the Pictorial edition of Sbakspere. The " Poly glott Aotholegy " is a capital performance, though we should like it better were the writer less lavish of a large s:,); , k of indifferent puns. Upon the whole this is a good number, but it wants that variety which reco:ncnc nds periodicals to the notice of a large class of read,,cs. YICITIOLAS NICKLEBY. are some capital scenes in this Number, un s?snd in rich humour by anything Boa has yet . !lptal. The character of Mrs. Nickleby, too, who .rto bag been something of a bore, comes out in a not , ,t ludicrous manner in the course of her interview with the maniac, her next-door neighbour, in whose icwinesi, prompted by her vanity, for the man has been rilking desperate love to her, she of course refuses to 1 t',,!r I.),lie.ve. We wish we could extqact the whole of this diverting dialogue, but unfortuntifely it is too long for quotation. In lieu, therefore, of it, we will quote the account of the quarrel that takes place between Miss Squeers and her young married friend, Mrs. Browdie, in consequence of the former having overheard come disparaging remarks made on her during her ab- Jlee. by the Latter : " Do you know, Mr. Nickleby," said Mrs. Browdie, with her archest smile, "that I really think Fanny Squeers vi:ry fond of you?' I arts very much obliged to her," said Nicholas; "but, I , p2r, my word, I never aspired to making any impression yirgin heart." • 11.,:v you talk I " tittered Mrs. Browdie. " No, but do you know that really—seriously now, and without a joking--I was given to understand by Fanny herself, that you had made an offer to her, and that you two were going to be engaged quite solemn and regular." ‘• Was you, ma'am—was you? " cried a shrill female " was you given to understand that I-I—was to be engaged to an assassinating thief that shed the ,are of my 'pa ? Do you—do you think, ma'am—that I was very fond of such dirt beneath my feet, as I couldn't condesend to touch kitchen tongs, without blacking c:o.king myself by the contract? Do you, ma' a m_ do you ? Ohl base and degrading 'Tilde !" With these reproaches Miss Squeers flung the door widc open, and disclo!ed to the eyes of the astonished Browdics and Nicholas, not only her own symmetrical fee m, arrayed in the chaste white garments before de s: Jibed (a little dirtier), but the form of her brolher and fiith(.r, the pair of Wackfords. 'lbis is the hend, is it?" continued Miss Squeers, who, c7.cited, aspirated her h's strongly; " this is the en', is it, of all my forbearance and friendship for that -, 10.:e-faccd thing—that viper, that—that—mermaid ? " Squeers hesitated a long time for this last epithet, I brought it out triumphantly at last, as if it quite h,ci the business.) " This is the bend, is it, of all ',..arirg with her deceitfulness, her lowness, her false her laying herself out to catch the admiration of vul "-Ids, 'in a way which made me" blush for my— " C;el.z.ler," suggested Mr. Squeers, regarding the eetaters with a malevolent eye—literally a malevolent Y,,5," said Miss Squeers; "but I think my stars that my 'ma is of the same--" h-ar " remarked Mr. Squcers ; " and I wish R a3 . here . to have a scratch at this company." 1 1 This is the bend, is it," said Miss Squeer - s, tossing her heA3, a: id lodking contemptuously at the floor, " of my ta7 , .i!q.5-, notice of that rubbishing creature, and demeaning i Inys;: If to patronise her?'' I‘ - Oh, ccme," rejoined Mrs. Browdie, disregarding all 11-!e ehdeavocra of her spouse to restrain her, and forcing into a front row, "don't talk such nonsense as that:" " Have I not Fatroaised you, ma'am ?" demanded Miss Sqq:ers . No," returned Mrs. Browdie. " I Will not look for blushes in such a quarter," said Squecrs, haughtily, " for that countenance is a to everything but bignotniaious and red-faced I sly," interposed John Browdie, nettled by these ac r cumulated attacks on his wife, " dra' it mild, dra' it mild." " You, Mr. Browdie," said Miss Squcers, taking him , 3p very quickly, " I pity. I have no feeling for you, sir, but one of unliluidated pity." " Oh 1" said John. " No," F. aid Miss Squeers, looking sideways at her parent, " although I am a queer bridesmaid, and shan't be a I,rlie in a hurry, and although my husband will be in I entertain no sentiments towards you, sir, but senti liwuts of pity." IL re Miss Squeers looked sideways at her father again, who I,oli,ed sideways at her, as much as to say, " There i you had him." • FINE ARTS. SKETCIIES IN FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AND ITALY. These sketches, which a ro d e di ca t e d b y express per iniss!on to the Queen, are from the pencil of Prout, whose arciptectural drawings are well-known for their pictu resque c h aracter, and the power of perspective they evince, Phi: work before us contains not less than twenty-six Plates, each of which is executed on stone, and tinted by Mr. Prout himself. They furnish us with a very correct idea of some of the most imposing cities and structures of France, of the unequalled landscape scenery of Switz er l an d, and of the hallowed and magni ficent ru i ns o f ancient Italy. Among the cleverest of the engravings we may mention the sketch of the " In terior of the Cathedral at Chartres," in which there are some ably contrived groupes ; the " Porch of the Ca thedr4l at Lausanne ;" " Old Houses at Sion," whose quaintly fashioned galleries and projecting roofs, erected for the purpose of affording protection against snow storms, to the ravages of which they are constantly ex posed, have a truly striking effect ; and, last not least, the " Interior of the Cathedral at Milan," so celebrated for its superb, lofty pillars of marble, its magnificent Great Altar, and its wonderful extent, of which the artist has here conveyed a very vivid idea. To those who have travellod.—and who has not—through France, Switzerland, or Italy, this splendid work of art will recall many pleasing recollections. CHURCH MUSIC PROSTITUTED.—An Ecce Pan is arranged to the prettiest airs of Be was per formed the other day in a church at Brussels, that goes by t'ne grim denomination of Finis Terrm, much to the edifica tion of the hearers, the honour of Belgian taste, and the credit of the music director, Snel, who pre,ided over a hun• dred musicians. What will Catholics - and Protestants permit next in church ?_Musical World. HYDROPHOBIA. —About six weeks ago, as In spector Phelps, of the night police, was taking his rounds, he heard the howling of a dog in a vault, which was in a state of preparation for a new weighing-machine, in Carter gqte, Nottingham. Prompted by motives of humanity, he descended to relieve it from its perilous situation ; on tak ing it in his arms, the animal flew at the Inspector's face, cod inflicted a severe wound ; he dropped the dog, and had the wound cauterised, since which, it gradually healed. Last Monday night, as Phelps was taking his rounds, he came in contact. with a broken water-pipe, from which the water was bubbling : on observing it, he was immediately seiz-d with a convulsive fc cling, the sure forerunner of that dreaded 'disease, hydrophobia. After recovering himself, he left his duty, and went home : the best medical aid eras sent for, and they immediately pronounced that he was affected with that fatal malady. The following day most of the medical men of the town were in attendance ; but hit; sufferings increased, and not the slightest hopes of his recovery were held out. He died at half-past eleven on Tuesday night, in the greatest agony. He has left a ~p'e a nd eight children totally unprovided for, and was very —Nottinyharn Review._ irtuc h reFp3cted. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—On Thursday, a C,w3mission cf Lunacy was opened before Commissioners railiirnore, Winslow, and West, at the Bedford Arms, Camden -town, to inquire into the state of mind of niciame Sophia de Chastenay, residing r,t No. 31, Mornington- She was a native of France, but had resided in this [.;ace 1 Country for upwards of tlurty years. She was upwards of i sixty years of age, and h er p roper ty c onsisted of between 3,00e1 and 6 0001. in the Three per Cent. Consols, 300/. In her banker's hands, and an interest in some estates in Ja * imiica. About the latter end of July last, a change came ever the lady, and she became debilitated in person, and l *laboured under increasing and unvarying delusions of mind. She fancied that she would be put into prison in consequence of her extreme poverty, and such an effect had this delusion upon her, that she attempted to strangle her !self, and would have done so but for the interference of her protege, Mr. Frederick Smith. In the course of the fol lowing week she made no less than five different attempts to LAe away her life, and upon one occasion, when asked what she would have for breakfast, she said, " Oh, I can't afford any breakfast." Upon another occasion she spoke i of being entirely dependent on the charity of her nurse, i avid also fancied that nauseous liquids were put into her ,food. Verdict, " That Madame Sophia de Chast enay h ad "e" of unsound mind since the 29th cf July, 1838." i Oit Saturday Mr. Rennie, Chairman of th e , Me eting at whi c h the Anti-Coal Monopoly Association r. formed, along with the Provisional Secretary, had an I 1 Intedrview with t h e L or d M ayor, to learn hi s L or d s hi p ' s P at i,e il • r sure as t o rece i ving a numerous deputat i on w i th an ,d dres s cf thanks for his Lordship's " great, unwearied, avid unparalleled . , .11e1Cd exertions in putting down the Coal Me- i n -4.)°) Y , " When hi s Lordship appointed next Friday, at two o'cloc,.k. We announced some time since that it was in tendcde Government to establish a geological mu s 'urn ; and alillerurh we refrain from a full exposition of the ;übj...ct until the final arrangements are concluded, we may statZthrot s;r. Richarda, and Phillips, , F. a ' - etihator-d the Muse um may S., has been app o i n t e d e y en safely mad add th a t no bet ter ielcotifin cott!cl possibly have b L,rl of Norlury h as arrived . Th e in B r i g h ton. We understand/flat his Lordship r ece i ved, previously to . _... _ . , .bikdeoirifte So , ' , Ireland, many threat en i ng letters, so 147: ~:wfailff ..em one murder is not sufficient for the . ' ~,. . J,, , yin the world."—Brighton Gaz e tt e . ___l:____'_ ze: - .r SEA STEAMERS. THE GREAT WESTERN AND LA VELOCE. The Great Western has cleared a profit of 9 per cent. in the first year, and on going into dock has proved the excellence of her structure by not having a wrinkle in her copper, notwithstanding the rough weather she has experienced. The French have successfully made a voyage with a much smaller vessel. La Veloce, of 220- horse power, and, we have heard, of only 600 or 700 tons, from Rochefort to the Havannah, 5,550 sea miles, in 29 days 16 hours, or, subducting two stoppages of 18 and 12 hours to take in a pilot, and for time lose to enter the Havannah in daylight, i❑ 28 days 10 hours. This at at the mean rate of 64 marine leagues per day. In com paring the Great Western, our ingenious neighbours make the Great Western of necessity to stop at New York, and lose 8 days to take in a fresh supply of coal, one half of which they allow her to consume in the rest of the voyage. By this means they make out the voyage, including 1 day 6 hours for loss of time as before, 31 da3 s 6 hours, instead of 29 days 10 hours, and the consump tion of coal 900 tons for the Great Western to 200 for La Veloce. Now we admit all this, except the data and conclusions. First of all, the Great Western does not consume 40 tons of coal a-day, but somewhere, we ap prehend, under 30, or about 25. Secondly, we do not see why she must stop 8 days, or even at all, at New York, as our belief is, that she would carry quite fuel enough for the whole distance. Thirdly, instead of 500-horse power, she is only 450. The comparison then stands thus :—To take about twice the tons 215 miles (her mean rate per day), the Great Western consumes about double the fuel which the La Veloce does for 192 miles, her mean rate. We presume this turns the tables. However, the La Velocc, by what we have since heard from a private quarter, is most ingeniously con trived for the purposes of combining a sailing and steaming vessel. She is provided with the means of carrying almost any quantity of sail at pleasure, from that of a first-rate ship downwards. Her masts are iron cylinders one sliding within the other like the tubes of a telescope. When there are fine light winds she slides out all the tubes, and spreads every stitch of canvass before them. In stronger winds she slides down her top masts and carries less, and so on. When a - sailing-vessel, she discontinues her steam and lifts up her paddles. Her yards too, we understand, have a joint in the middle, so that, their ends can be clroprd down to any angle by the side of the masts, by which the surface of exposed canvas can also be diminished at pleasure to actually nothing. On the whole, we under stand, she is a complete combination of a sailing vessel and steamer, and can assume the character of either or both combined to perfection.—Railway Magazine for April. BRUSSELS AND DUTCH MAIL BRUSSELS, Manx 27.—Mr. Van Buren, son of the President of the Unitt d States of North America, set out this morning fi3r London, accompanied by Mr. Macxy. The Amsterdam Handelsblad publishes, on the accep tance of the treaty, an article written in very conciliating. terms. It rcjuices at the prospect of the speedy restora tion of peace and fri e nd s hip b e t ween Holland and Bel gium, and calls on its countrymen to throw a veil over the past. DISTURBANCES AT CLEVES. BRUSSELS, MAncu 28.—The following account is in the Journal of Nimeguen, of March 26 : " We understand that on Sunday night there were dis turbances at Cleves. An assemblage of the populace committed various excesses against the Protestants and the Protestant churches. At half-past eleven a great mob had collected in the market-place, and proceeded successively to several churches and houses, which were threatened, in order to break the windows. The mob committed very serious excesses of all kinds, and the riot was not quelled till three o'clock in the morning. The cause of this disturbance appears to have been the publication of a pamphlet intended to refute another which was directed against the Protestant religion. The windows of the publisher were broken. _ _ " Couriers were immediately dispatched, and to-day, there is a considerable military force at Cleves. As there was no garrison in the town, the local police would not in• terfere lest it should make matters worse. A very rigor ous investigation is commenced." A letter from Nmeguen, of the 25th, in the Avonddode, is as follows— " Every body knows the vigilance of the Prussian police, and it is therefore matter of astonishment that it did not take better measures to repress the disturbances which have taken place at Cleves. Neither the Burgomaster nor the Director of Police had at their disposal a sufficient force to prevent these troubles which had been long foreseen. " A person,it is said, who had a quantity cf wood in the neighbourhood of Cleves has been forced to sell out at a low price, because bodies of 15 or 20 persons came at nightfall to help themselves at his expense. When he complained to the Magistrates, the mob let him know that if he did not act difLrently in future, all his property would be destroyed." It is said tint the Bargotnaster and the Director of the Police were very ill used by the mob. The disturbances at Cleves seem to have been serious. The windows of the author and the publisher of the pamphlet in favour of Protestantism were broken before Sunday right. It was thought that all would end here, but the disturbances were recommenced on Sunday night. Mr. Simons, the author, being met in the street by the mob, was saved by the interference of the Burgomaster; he has fled from the town. There was but four of the marechaussee at Cleves. The mob did not disperse, but at the entreaty of the principal Clergyman. The town has been declared in a state of siege. A safety guard has beer formed out of the civic guard. These details are extracted from the Avondbode. KONIGSUURG, MARC!! 17.—We learn from `Vilna that on Tuesday last the sentence passed on the persons ar rested for the late intrigues was carried into execution. The unhappy instigator of these mad attempts, which have brought such sufferings on many distinguished fami lies, was shot, and died with a composure worthy of a bet. to cause. His name was Koinarsky, and he had returned from France. Kakoszewieza, Radzewiez, Coneza, and Rommcrs, landowners, are sent to Silesia, being sentenced to hard labour for life. Twenty students, chiefly of the suspended University of Kiew, have been sent to the Cau casus to be incorporated in regiments there as common soldiers. LUXEMBURG, MARCH 25.—Everybody here believes in the acceptance and execution of the London Conference, and that in as short a time as the diplomatic formalities will allow. Our province will therefore give no occasion, in a political point of view, to any difference between the Powers ; but several highly important points, relative to the administration of this territory, in which Luxemburg, Belgium, and Prussia are concerned, will still remain to be decided, but neither will this give rise to any difference. KRANEXBURG, MARCH 2G.—lt was expected that there would be fresh disturbances at Cleves yesterday evening, but the firmness of the respectable citizens prevented it. At eight o'clock there were assembled in the lowest streets above 200 men and a number of women, in con sequence of an anonymous letter having been sent to the Rev. Mr. Turman, threatening him and his family, and it was therefore supposed that it was intended to plunder him. It is reported that the Tax office and others were threat. ened, by which the populace meant to express their dislike to certain taxes. By an attack on those offices this distur bance would have assumed more of a political character. The whole plan, however, was defeated by the judicious measures of the civil Ma r eistrates, and the energy of the well disposed citizens. The proclamation of the Burgo. master, most strictly prohibiting more than three p.?rsons to meet together in the streets, had a good effect. The Hei berg was cleared by the Burger-guard, which was orga nised yesterday, and armed with muskas, sabres, and pikes. Some of the citizens were wounded by stones thrown down on them by the mob, but this proved that the courage of the well-disposed does not shrink from danger ; about 20 of the ringleaders were arrested by them, and are made prisoners. _ _ By lli at night, tranquillity was restored, but the Bur ger. guard remained under ar.rs through the night. \Vcikmen are already busy in repairing the broken win dows, at the expence of the town. The judicial proceed ings against the ringleaders and their accomplices, will be immediately commenced, and doubtless carried on with vigour and rapidity. - 1). S. I this yr;Oment learnt that 100 infantry, and be tween 20 and 30 Hulans have arrived at Cleves. THE HAGUE, MARCH 28.—His Excellency, Baron Von Maltitz, Russian Ambassador at the Court of the Nether.. lands, accompanied by Baron Von Omthal, Aide. de-Camp to the King, set out this morning for Utrecht, whence the latter will go to Nimeguen, where he will Trait for the Russian Grand Dike, and the Russian Ambassador will go on to meet his Imperial Highness at Cleves, who is ex pectedhere on Sunday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Albert of Prussia, are expected here on the 6th of April. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMeTERDAM Menet' 2.4 Money. Mlle, Actual Debt, 9.!.4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. 1004.1 lot A mcit :idle, 4Y4 per cent. 943 9b Ditto, ditto, 3 , 4 per cent. 7984 601,i Commerc a " t - Ditto (Mil and 1833) 5 per cent Ditto 1337, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month ll 95 Two months BELGIAN k UNDS—BacssEce, Msacn 30 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C ent 1(70% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 92 3 per Cent ..... ... 71% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 95 Society of Commerce, 4C, per Cent 123 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ........ National Society . —Brussels Papers, March 30. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VimYs, 51ancri 22 Five per Cents. sletalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shr ...u- _lases —AllgemeineZeitung, March 27. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Msaca 29. Austrian 5 per C ents. Bank Shares An 10-Russian Loan !UN 107% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Russian 5 per Cent. Hop • and t_ o. Sd and Ath Se its Ditto in Certificates 98 97. X Dutch Actual Debt, 2 pe Cent Polish Ditto per Cul' ... • ......................... 157 i l c 3 k o e n t di .................... 9 9% 99 l7 2 Angle-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent............. 72 1 6 Norwegian L. , :an, 14.34, 4 per Cent... .... . .... . l(2 11. 42. EXCHANGES ON LoNDoN. s P T E O T c .- , N n a s o lut , I :‘, l, lA :l a r c A t ß l C 2 l 2 l . l - 9. s7v i e i n . t s y il ti 6 , .. e ea y s BERLIN, MA nen 21.—Three insriths, 6. 'Mit. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BCRLIN, MARCH 30. JIM& Money. St. Schuh'. Sch., 4 per cent lO3 10 - e% Pamela!: Engiish Lcan, I:=+o, 4 percent. 10i)% /61;'‘ Exchange cn London, three montl,: 6 :104 —Prussian State Gazeae. March 46. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1R39. KENT ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTA- NICAL GARDENS COMPANY, The First General Annual Meeting of the Share holders of the above Company took place on Saturday last at two o'clock at the London Tavern. GEORGE JONES, Esq., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN expressed the great pleasure the Directors felt in meeting tho Shareholders for the first time, and stated that the solicitor of the Company was present with the deed of settlement engrossed, the con sideration of which was the first business before the meeting. A PROPRIETOR suggested that the deed should not be read unless it had been prepared under the advice of counsel. FRENCH CHARACTERS. CHARACTER OF bl. ARAGO. (From Timon's"Etades su r tes Oraleurs.) Since you wish to give me a sitting, M. Arago, just allow me, while I am cleaning my palette, to ask you a question. How is it that men of science and literature, the greater part of whom are gloriously born in the ranks of the people—men who are the most dazzling ornaments of France, and who constitute the only true aristocracy, as there is no other now-a-days than that of talent—how is it that these lay ther very souls at the feet of power, that they are the complaisant apologists, that they do not pay the slightest attention to the systematic oppression of liberty, and that . they h ave even l ost the feeling of their political importance ? How is it that the same phenoinenon is manifest in Austria, Bavaria, Prussia, Russia, Holland, Italy, and all the countries in Europe ? For, strange to say, it is not among the rich, the powerful, the great Lords, that despotism finds its most ardent, de voted, and obstinate followers, but among the professors, academicians, literati, and s avans . They form the class who direct and edit the jour nals, manifestoes, secret notes, declarations, and pamphlets, which the absolutiste party of Europe hurls at our heads, and which are received by our Ministers and Camarillaires with as much respectful humility as the best of the Mussul mans w o uld display in receivin g a firman from the Grand Turk. This inexplicable degradation, this voluntary debasement of the noblest of our children, of the beings of choice, of the privileged class of the human race—does it proceed from the deep corrup tion of our nature, or are we to say with an eloquent sophist, that the man who thinks is a depraved ani mal, or shall we believe that liberty was not made for man, and that it should be kept under the lash by the kings and the mighty of the earth ? Tell us, Arago, how to resolve this afflicting problem. Tell us, whether you do not think that the almost universal political servility of savans and literati is attributable to that bad social organization which hands them over to the mercy of every Government ? Is it not by flattering ambition, vanity, and the love of pleasure, that their intellectual culture reaches its highest point. and is it not on this account that power corrupts them ? Are not the physical op pression of the poor and the moral oppression of the savant the fatal but inevitable consequences of our vaunted constitutions? Artists, literati, ma thematicians, and naturalists, must sell themselves to power, or die of starvation, for the savant is not like the eldest sons of kings, born with 12,000,000 on the civil list, nor like the younger sons with apanages of 500,000 francs, which are as good as a million. If they have not confessed aloud, before witnesses, three times over, and with crossed hands, that they love their King, there are for them no chairs at Sorbonne, the normal schools, or the colleges, no general inspections, no entrees to the Council of State, no foreign missions, no red orders dangling from the button-hole, no seats at the Academy, no orders for works, memoires; statues or pictuies, no pensions from the funds for public instruction. Were you a Chenier, a Monge, a David, a Carnot, a Condorcet, you would be found unworthy to'sit among the most obscure jugesteurs of the Luxembourg. Even the Grand Master of the University, who may be a mere ass, will forbid you to be a public profes sor of your science, art, or literature. You will slumber on your genius as on heaps of gold shut up and sealed in a coffer with treble locks. If a man of science, a man of literature, or an artist will not be the valet of a King or Minister, he is no more than a slave, a helot, or even less. Is not this, Arago, the true, the only cause of the humble prostration of the world of letters and Luis before power ? Should we, with you, look out for the cause among the stars ? It lies in the mud of cor ruption, which prevents our approach to the glo rious destinies of the future—in the vice (I fear, alas ! irremediable) of our social and political or ganization. For yourself, Arago, you have known how to free yourself, by a rare and heroic effort, from the servile dependence in which power holds so many a great genius and noble character, and you have preferred remaining with us to sitting at the feet of a " principiculas" in the boudoirs of the Court, and governing your country in concert with the oppressors of liberty. Were I to call M. Arago an European savant I should not greatly flatter him. .But--such is human weakness 1-1 shall please him if I say that he is a superior writer, and I shall say true. Were he not one of the Academie de Sciences he would be long to the Academie Francaise ; for he is a mas ter of the secrets of language as well as s of the se crets of the heavens. Who has not read his admirable letter on the de tached forts, those threatening bastiles which were to be prepared against liberty, and which, at a breath of inspiration from her—that revolutionary breath which has the wings of tempest—the peo ple, in a day of wrath would have overthrown and demolished, so as not to have left one stone upon another ? M. Arago did an immense ser vice to Paris. Perhaps he even preserved her pa laces, houses, libraries, museums, magazines, and shops from the mad incendiarism bf some modern Omer. Ours is a strange - organilation. A prince fit for a bishop is made a commander of troops. A cox comb born a duke becomes a peer of France, A blockhead with 10,000 livres rent is both an elector and eligible. If M. Arago had nothing but his genius, he would be a mere Paria, a member of the plebs*. But he pays by chance 500 f. of contri butions, and he is a deputy member of the sovereign state. Civilization and - government move in diffe rent directions ; the former progresses, the latter retrogrades. • Our Parliaments, which do not acknowledge the superiority of virtue or talent, but exclusively that of property, are, call them by what liberal name you will, in reality but feudal Parliaments. The Cen sitarian Deputies are now-a-days all more or less aristocrats—aristocrats by fortune, if not by birth —and they have, notwithstanding, the office of making laws for the interests of the democracy. Our elective Constitution is the most irrational in the world; for when principles are illogical conse quences cannot be otherwise, and, finding such to be the case, we need not be asto nished that there are so many proprieta i res fanciers and so few savans in the Chamber. Ido aot mean to deny that of all sciences political science stands the highest teaching men, as it does,:to be free, moral, and happy ; being a science which is as far above the rest as man is above brutes, and mind above matter ; a science hated by all the Governments of Europe without exception, because it condemns too severely their deeds and their maxims. On time contrary, these Govern ments pension, honour, adore, caress, and enrich the naturalists who compare the anatomy of the elephant with that of the worm, and who fathom the depths of the ocean to describe the infinitely small excrescences of • a polypus or a herbacea. Most of this class of savans are illiberal, because they take little interest in the study of man, his intellectual phenomena, physical appetites, and moral wants ; and I confess that I would rather see them in the Academie than in the chamber behind the Ministerial l3ench. But I do not say this of other savans, such as chemists, pbysiciens, mecha nists, engineers, hydraulists, and architects, whose theories explain, fertilise, and direct the usual ap plications of industry. Of such as these, not only are there not too many in the chamber, but there are not enough. We cannot now feel satisfied at the miserable concentration of all national energies in the furthering of materiel interests, and at the absorption of so great a part of the budget by canals, railroads, and public works. When the savans are men of letters like Arago, they initiate the Chamber into the mysteries of art ; they compare the different products of manufac tures ; they compute accurately expenses and r eceipts ; they sound the soil of experience ; they thwart the artifices of speculation ; they Dissipate the illusions of presumption and igno rance ; th ey say what is practicable, what is only probable, and what is impossible ; they put financiers in the way of economy. In some mea sure they bring to the bureau the parts of the pro ceedings, decompose the matter, show the interior of the body, teach the different play of the machines, solve problems, and throw light on every side of a thesis. Thus Arago's excellent report on railroads has set in motion more ideas than all the schemes Report is a masterpiece of elucidation and analysis. When M. Arago rises, the whole Chamber is in attitude of curiosity, attends, and is silent. The spectators lean forward to see him. His stature is tall, his hair curling, and his fine " meridional' head sways the Assembly. There is in the mus cular contraction of his temples a power of will and reflection which manifests a superior mind. Utterly different from those orators who talk about everything, and do not know three parts of what they say, M. Arago speaks only on quest i ons h e has prepared, combining the attraction of kn-aw ledge with the interest of the circum stance. Thus his discourses possess both generality and actuality, and are addressed at the same time to the reason and the pas sions of his audience. Scarcely does he enter upon a subject but he concentrates on himself eycry look. ,He takes (if I may be allowed the expression)— he takes science between his Linds, strips it of its asperity and technical forms, and renders it so neat and so perceptible that die most ignorant are de ighted to see and comprehend it. His animated and expressive pantomime adds to the cffect of the oratorical illusion. There is something _luminous in his demonstrations, and scimillations of light seem to sparkle forth from his eyes, his lips, and the tips of his fingers. He cuts his speeches by pointed in terruptions which defy all answer ; or by piquantes anecdotes which are well connected with his sub ject, and adorn without encumbering it. When he confines himself to the narration of facts, his elo quence has but the natural graces of simplicity ; but when confronted with science he deeply ob serves her to visit her seciets, and to re-produce her wonders, then his admiration begins to clothe itself in splendid language, his voice becomes animated, his words acquire a colouring, and his eloquence is as great as his subject. THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. (Abridged from the Dublin Evening Post of Thrsda: The Lord-Lieutenant will arrive at Kingstown about twelve o'clock on Wednesday next. From thence his Excellency will proceed to Dublin Casty, to enter upon the duties of his Government. From our knowledge of tile state of public feeling, th- ardent attachment to Lord Ebrington universally prevailing amongst all ch,sses of Liberals in this country—we can confidently anticipate that his entry into the seat of his Government on Wednesday next, will be one of the most important and gratifying displays ever made by the friends of good government in this country. Just before going to press, we received a set of reso lutions, adopted at a preparatory meeting, over which the Ely; of Charlemout presided ; and a meeting is to be held at the Adelpbi Tueatre . on Tuesday next—first, to address our beloved Queen—pray ing her support of " the principles of pure and impartial justice administered in this country by her. Majesty's present advisers; " and, secondly, to prepare a suitable address to the Lord Lieutcaant, and to form a deputation to meet his E*ellency, on his arrival at Kingstown. Thus the initiatory arrangements have been made, and the public entry of the Lord Lieutenant will have all the eclat which Irish gratitude and loyalty can render, as a tribute to one of the purest public men, and onc- of the heartiest friends of Ireland that has ever sat in the British Legislature. BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION.—Th e Union is distracted because the council is distrusted. The Council withdraw, in order that the distraction may cease. Is there any other way to restore brawny to the Union ? It is very painful for the Council to resign u place of honour they have so long held. It is very painful to lose the confidence of the men, if it must be lost, whom they have laboured so earnestly and so long to serve. But it would be still more painful to preserve that place of honour, and that confidence in show and name, while the reality was gone; to be considered as drag-chains upon a movement which it was their duty to lead ; to be re garded as disturbers of councils, which they were inca pable of originating; as marrers of plans which they had not energy to execute. It is their paramount duty to re sign, in order that the Union may obtain leaders, with whom they can confidingly and consistently go on. There is but one reasonable mode of resignation, and that they arc about to take. —Birtninyham Journal. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—The flue of the church at Hanley has lately ignited the coal bed under neath, from whence a body of ashes has been re:noved, and the burning stopped. This has also been the case at the Wesleyan chapel in the town.—Statfordshire Gctzerte. An old woman named Marwood, of St. Sldwells, Exeter, dropped down and expired on Monday night. It appears that she had been in the habit of going errands for an elderly lady, who on Sunday night discovered that she had been robbed of 501. The old woman was told of this on Monday morning, which seemed to take great effect on her. Nothing was, however, found after her death, and no trace has yet been made of the robbery. —Plymouth Journal. DISCOVERY OF A SKELETON AT WANDS WOhTIL—A skeleton was discovered on the premises of Mr. Creswick, paper-maker, in Garratt-lane, Wands worth, and information of the circumstance having been forwarded to Mr. Carter, the coroner, an inquiry, which lasted several hours, took place on Thursday at the Ser geant's Head. Several witnesses were examined at very great length, from whose evidence it appeared that the skeleton (that of a female supposed to be about twenty five years of age) was found under one of the wooden trunks laid down from the river Wandle to the kitchen of Mr. Creswick for the supply of watee. A gardener was examined who had worked on the premises for upwards of tasenty years, and who stated that the spot in the grass plat under which the skeleton was found had sunk in seve ral times, and that he could never account for it. The jury thought the inquiry ought not to be closed without first examing the sons of Mr. Days( who formerly occupied the premises) and other witnesses, and the case was adjourned for that purpose. Mr. BUCKINGHAM.—The following is extracted from the Savannah Daily Telegraph of Feb. 18 : " Mr. Buckingham—Sailor's Home, for Savannah. —O n Sunday evening last the largest Church in Savannah was crowded with upwards of 2,000 auditors to hear an address from Mr. Buckingham, of England, on behalf of the sea men of America; and after the introductory Mariner's Hymn, by the Rev. Mr. Preston, ann a suitable and im pressive prayer by the Rev. Mr. Binney, the rest of the evening was occupied by Mr. Buckingham, who spoke for about two hours to a most attentive and deeply interested audience, whose sympathies were powerfully enlisted in the cause, and forcibly advocated by the speaker." STATE OF TRADE.—The demand is fair for Spring gloves, and a moderate amount of shipping orders for the fall are in process of execution. The home busi ness in worsted and woollen hose is very dull,—no altera tion in the prices of yarns or labour. DIABOLICAL ACT.—On Tuesday night last, souse malicious-minded person threw two small bullets through the sitting-room window of the Rev. J. Duncombc, of Broad -street, in this city. Fortunately, the inside shut ters of the window were fastened, and the only damage sustained was the breaking of two panes of glass and the cracking of a third.—Hertford Times. A BIT FROM BALTIMORE. —Good morning, Mr. B—, how d o y ou d o , Si r ?—I am " right smart" I thank you, Sir, how is your health ?—lt is very good, Sir, how is Mrs. B. ?—She is "right smart," I thank you, excepting a slight cold, which she took yesterday in the country. But I hope she will soon "get shet" of that.-- Ah, you were in the country yesterday ? It was a bad day for riding in the country.—Yes, I know it rained " right smart" all day, and we were thoroughly drenched. —But how did you find the travelling?-oh, the roads are "right smart," and but fur the rain we should have had a beautiful time.—Do you get any news in the coun try ?—Nothing of importance, Sir, only they say the pros rect is " right smart" for a good business the comirg season.—l am glad to bear of that, for if the country prospers, the city, will, of course prosper —ob,'yes, I have no doubt but we shall have a " right smart" business sea son this year. If the farmers have good crops, they will buy goods " right smart " when they come in the city.— Mr. 8., you said you were in the country yesterday; how far did you go?—Oh, I went " right smart" of a piece out, and though, as I said, the roads were "right smart," yet TWICE'T I came near being overturned. —Good morn ing. Mr. B.—Good morning, Sir, I hope you will get along " RIellIT SMART" in business to-day. THE CORN-LAWS. —So much nonsense is pcured out from all qnarters about the effect of the repeal .of the Corn-l aws , th at, were tae to dedicate the whole Ma gazine to the subject, we should not have space sufficient for an answer. We shall therefore make only one state ment, which will surprise those who expect an inundation of foreign corn. Taking the annual consumption of all kinds of grain in the United Kingdom at 60,000,000 qrs. ; and allowing each vessel to make two voyages a year, the whole registered shipping of England, Scotland, and Ire land, could not import in three years one year's supply. So that, though we could get grain abroad for nothing, we must still grow it here, because it would be impossible to import the large quantity consumed.— Tuit's Magetzine. CITY CENTRAL AND NORTH OF LONDON AUXILIARY TEMPERANCE AsSOCIATION —Saturday even• ing the members of this Association held their annual tea meeting at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The ,•plendid ball-room, spacious dining-room, and grand sa leon, with two other rooms, were laid out on the occasion. The doors were opened at four, and at five o'clock upwards of 700 ladies and gentlemen sat down to tea; The com pany at half-past six adjourned to the large room, when J. Dunlop, Esq., of Hampstead, was called to the Chair, and various gentlemen addressed the meeting in praise of temperance. R.OYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH. —On Monday an examination took place before Lord Bloomfield, G. C. 8., G. C. H., and the principal officers of the Royal Artillery and Engineers, when about forty gentlemen cadets passed for commission in the respective corps. LAUNCHING OF THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN.- This noble vessel, pierced for 110 guns, will be launched from•the dockyards at Portsmouth early in the ensuing month. In consequence of its having been intimated by her Majesty that she intends being present on that inte resting r).•!•asi'Li, cxtco , .4iv , prrp,ll-;ltioDs are being made for the reception of the Royal Litteat. POLICv; INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH STREET. IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES, —On Saturday Stowell and Birch, the informers, at tended before Messrs Conant and Dyer to support in formations of a novel character, affecting in some de gree a very large number of public companies and pri vate societies, who have issued prospectuses of their va rious institutions. The informations purported to he en account of an alleged violation of the 39th Geo. 111., by the issue of prospectuses or bills of particulars, without having the printer's name affixed to them. The penalty is 201. ; but the amended Act gives power to the Magistrates to mitigate the fine to 51. 'File first information was against Ed. Boyd, Esq., resident Director of the United Kingdom Life Assu rance Company, Waterloo.place. Birch proved that he went to the Compsny's office, and under pretence of making inquiry respecting a South Australian assurance, he obtained from Mr. Boyd five prospectuses, none of which bore the prin ter's name. Mr. Boyd said an instance of the same kind came some time ago under his notice as a Magistrate. The Au cultural Association had issued prospectuses, one. of which fell into the hands of an informer, who laid an information in consequence against the Secretary. He was on the Bench at the time, and he took the same view of the question as the other lagistrates. He considered that the Act of Parliament required the name of the printer to printed papers for the more easy detection of seditious or libellous writers ; but where names and addresses appeared, such as were printed in the Agricultural Society's papers, and in the prospectuses of the United Kingdom Life Assurance Company, then the printer's name was of no consequence. Mr. CONANT replied, he could not dismiss the pre sent information on that ground, because the Act of Parliament did not empower a Magistrate to do so. Mr. DYER pointed out in the amended Act a clause which exempted public bodies and public officers from the operation of the Act. Mr. CONANT asked Mr. Boyd if the United Kir'-r -dom Lif e A ssurance C ompany was a pu bli c body.—Mr. Boyd said they were not incorporated, but they had an Act of Parliament which empowered them to sue and be sued ; and this, in his opinion, made them a public Company. The Act was then sent for and inspected by the Bench. Mr. DYER said his opinion was strongly in favour of the right of the Company under their Act of Parlia ment, which was entitled a public Act, to be considered a public body, and therefore to come within .the meaning of the exceptions of the amended Act. Mr. CONANT observed that he agreed with his col• league in the position just laid down. The only ques tion was, whether the Company was to be considered a public body or a private Society. Mr. Riley, the Solicitor for the informers, said the exemptions intended only to apply to the Batik of England and similar Corporate Bodies. The Act tained by the United Kingd9m Life Assurance Com pany was to effect a private object, and did not in hie judgment confer upon them the character of a public Company. The question was one of much im portance, and be hoped the Bench would take time before a final decision was uronounced. • The printer of the prospectuses said there was no doubt in his mind, when the tenor of the amended Act was considered, that no violation of the Act whatever had taken place. Mr. CONANT said he had no objection to give the question, which was certainly very important, further consideration ; he should, therefore,. fix Saturday next for giving his final dechion. Toe next case, by the same informer, was against the Freemasons' and General Life Assurance, Loan, and Reversionary Interest Company, in Waterloo-place. Birch proved that he received several prospectuses from the Secretary of the Company. The Solicitor said he hoped, as the charge was laid under a penal statute, that the Magistrate would require informers to comply strictly with the provisions of the Act. The information did not out the proper descrip tion of the Company ; it merely described them as the Freemasons' and General Assurance Company. Stowell produced one of the prospectuses, which was endorsed at the back with the same form as he had set forth in the information. Mr. CONANT said the abbreviation had been made for the sake of convenience. In the information he was of opinion the title of the Company ought to be set out at full length. The - information was dismissed.—Stowell intimate( that he had numerous other cases against the same Coin pany to bring forward. MURDER OF ELIZA. GRIM WOOD On Friday a letter, of which the following is a copy, was received at Union-hall Police office, on the subject of the murder of the above-mentioned female, all the cir cumstances attending which excited such an extraordi nary degree of interest at the time of its perpetration. The letter ran thus:— " Thursday Evening, 28th March, 1839. " Gesreemere—Before you receive this hurried note the body of the murderer of Eliza G:imwood will be in the Thames. Yes I, and I alone, am the guilty villain who perpetrated the hellish deed, and in a few hours will receive my deserts. Stricken in conscience, and shunning all mankind, I add to my character the name of a suicide, rather than meet with an ignominious death on the scaffold. With my death will all the particulars be in eternal oblivion, as no human eye saw poignard pierce her. The assassin's name, to shield a worthy family from irreproachable disgrace, will be for ever a secret. Do not imagine the writer to be some brain struck man. lam wretched. I can go on no further." The above letter, which was addressed to the Ma gistrates, was written in good hand-writing, and on ex amining the post-mark it was found to have been for warded from the twopenny post-office, City-road. Soon after the receipt of the above epistle, informa tion was given at the office that the body of a respect ably dressed man was found in the river, within a short distance of Broken-wharf, Upper Thames -street, but that no memorandum or document was found in his possession by which to ascertain bis name or the resi dence of his friends. Yesterday Inspector Field, of the L division, attended at Union Hall, on other business, when Mr. Edwin, the Chief Clerk, handed him the above letter. Inspector Field, having been made acquainted with the finding of the body of a gentleman in the Thames on Friday morning, proceeded to the station-house in Watling•street, and from subsequent inquiries ascer tained that the name of the deceased was George Green, that he had been formerly captain of a ship, but had latterly led a very dissipated life. The inspector had no opportunity, however, of seeing a specimen of the de ceased's hand-writing, to compare it with the letter. At ail events, it is rather a remarkable coincidence, that the body of a well-dressed man was found in the river on the morning the letter was received by the Magistrates. Last night an inquest was held on the body, when it appeared that about seven o'clock on Friday morning the deceased was found lying on his face in the mud, about four feet from the shore, between some barges, and that on searching him a silver hunting watch, marked Marshall, 213, Oxford-street, with nine shillings and a halfpenny. were found upon his person. He had also a half-pint bottle of sherry in one of his pockets. On stripping him, his shirt was discovered to be quite dry. It had been subsequently ascertained that the deceased had been Captain's steward on board the Victory, East India trader, but that for the last three years, being in bad health from a liver complaint, he had been without an engagement, and had been living on what money he had saved ; that he had, nevertheless, led a dissipated life, and had had his head-quarters at 151, High-street, Wapping-. On examining his lodgings, a large quantity of Indian copper money, as well as a singularly exten sive wardrobe of linen and general clothing, were found. There were not, however, any papers which could lead to further discoveries. The deceased quitted his lodg ings on Thursday morning, and had not since been home. He frequently drank to excess ; but it was stated by the waiter of the Bengal Arms, Birchin-lane, where he had been in the habit of going for the last twelve months,- that he left that house quite sober on Thursday.—The inquiry was adjourned to Wednesdays GREAT FIRE AT THE MAURITIUS.—The journals of the Mauritius, up to December 15, have been received through Bordeaux. They contain lamentable details of a Sre which broke out at Port Louis during the preceding night. It originated in the house of a widow named Pigeot. The wind was high, and communicated the flames to the surrounding buildings. The garrison , turned out on the first signal of alarm. Major Wilson, with a de tachment of the 3ith Foot, assisted by Lieut. Story, made every exertion to stop the progress of the mischief; and Lieutenant Kerby with twenty men, and a number of creoles, did great service in pulling down the outhouses of the residence of Mr. Griffiths, which prevented the flames from reaching the house of Mr. Chauvet. In a short time seven houses were on fire. The torrent of flame at last stopped in the street where the barracks are. Great appre hensions were at one time entertained for the warehouses of Mr. Bestel, in which were 20,000 barrels of arrack. The total loss had been estimated at 50,000 piastres, but it was believed to be rather exaggerated. An infant was forgotten and burnt in its bed, but this was the only life lost — French Paper. DOINGS AT MASS.—Sunday week a curious and disgusting scene took place in a certain chapel in the county Calk. The respectable ratepayers of the district, it seems, had at a late election for the office of poor law guar r'ians elected two individuals in place of the nominees of the parish priest; the persons so elected were likewise Ro manist. This opposition to his will aroused his reverence's ire and on Sunday his coadjutor, acting upon orders, de nounced the individuals by name from the altar. He so far outstepped the bounds of common decency in his calumnies Of one of the persons, then present, that, advancing to the front of the gallery, he exclaimed, " You lie!" This was much for th meek son of mother Church, who, stmp ing on the altar, vociferated—" May the curse of God, of the Virgin Mary, and of the congregation, lie on you, you scoundrel 111" The utterance of this, and much more similar language, so well adapted to the time, place, and character of the speaker, had such an ef fect on the congregation, that they all hastily quitted the ; , tae vacant bericoi.s.— ii uterjoia4 I'VE METROPOLITAN POLICE. A pamphlet on this subject, entitled. " Cake of the City Considered," by a Citizen of the 'Metropolis, has just been published, which Nkrill require an answer from those who contend tin tt by the New Bill London is treated differently from.. any other Cor porate town, that the Lord 11 , 1ayor etnd Magistrates of the City will be deprived of all authority over the police, and be the most degraded M4strates in the Kingdom, and that the City Police ae so excellent that there were only two burglaries in the City last year, not one since Christmas, and nof one during the year 1837. The pamphlet is writts n with rather an acrimonious spirit—it shows little reopeet for the ancient privileges of the City of London,or for the Lord Mayor, Courts of Aldermen and Common Council, but at the same time it a dduces facts which to a certain extent justify the Govei-nment in the measure which they have introduced into Parliament. The statement put forth lately, that so Few robberies had been corn- witted in the City for two yt!ars—not more than two, ex sited a good deal of surprise, and the answer to this by the author of the pamphlet is no less surprising. Ac cording to returns made to the 'Metropolitan Police, not less than twenty-seven burglaries committed during that period in the City have come to the knowledge of Colonel Rowan and Mr. Maine ; and how many more may have been committed, of which the Metropulitan Police have no knowledge it is not can , to say. With regard to the charge that the City of London is treated differently from any other Corporation, the answer is, that the City of Dublin has been treated much more severe, t y ; that by the Dublin Bill not only the police but also the Magistrates are now appointed immediateJy by the authority of the Crown, and that so far from being in terfered with, the judicial authority o.F the City Magis trates is expressly recognised, confirmed and extended in the newßill,and the Stipendiary Magistrates appointed for the rest of the districts are excluded tdtogether from sitting with any judicial authority -in the City of London. It cannot be denied, however, that the City authorities are justified in stating that they have been treated dif ferently from the authorities in other corporate towns by the Bill of 1834. By that Bill the corporate fran chises were extended to the whole of the community included in what might be termed the same town. Liverpool was extended in this manner from 165,000 to 206,000 persons ; Bristol, Bath, and other town,: in a simi lar manner ; but thequestion forlthe coosideration of the City is whether, looking at the vast extent of surface, and the numerous population, it would be expedient or practicable to treat London astother corporate towns,and unite two millions of inhabitants into one compact muni cipality, governed by a Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council. Sir Robert Peel has prudently been silent on this Bill ; and when he introduced the Metro politan Police Bill, showed equal prudence in not en dangering his scheme, by enlisting the City of London among his opponents. But, nevertheless, he must share, with the present Government, the odium which. it has excited in the City. When he introduced his Bill, he entreated the House to remember that it was not a parochial but a general question ; avd he has been a member of three Parliamentary Conanattees on the subject, the last of which, in 1838, came to the follow ing resolution : " That for the better prevention of crime, the detection of offenders, and the preservation of the peace, and the more effictually to promote these objects m conformity with the principle of the 10th Gee. IV. c. 44, An Act for improving the Police in and near the Metropolis,' (Sir Robert Peel's Act,) it is expedient to consolidAtil the several Constabulary Forces of the Metropolis, in eluding those of the City of London and the river Thames, 'under one authority, responsible to the Secretary of State for the Home Department." THE MARhETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS I Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. la.to s. s. to s. s. Boston Gainsborough 1 81 37 28 44 -- Granthsm 70 85 28 33 24 28 38 46 Grimsh Y S2 8 34 40 22 VO 38 414 38 8 Uorncastte '62 81 22 37 20 24 36 42 - Lincoln 7O 77 3& 42 20 29 48 50 SO 35 24 49 Stamford York Spalding — SO .-:. 35 24 i 49 Stamford York WAKEFIELD con.N MARKET.—.IIIarch 28 I'neat, Red, Norfolk and SuffOlk ..... -.. —E. 64a. to 71s. fine 73 -- Lin. and Cam. -- Yorkshire —a. 535. to 683. fine 70, White Foreign, tted —a. —a. to Els. fine GE White —a. —s. to —s. nnei4s Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire "S• to 40s. fine 434, Yorkshire Wold Foreign Beans, Small .... —s. to 465. fine 49/.. -- Tick —3 to cls. fine 4.4.4 Oats, Potato —s. to 30s. fine 34' --. Poland —s. —a. to 30s. fine r4s. Friesland and Small —s. —s. to '...'65. fine .?s. --=- hsz,ling Sholling •... 365. to ni, Od. per I.oa , Malt ....s 41s fine 435. per Load. Rapeseed kberdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar IFife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso , Wheat. 75 to 80 40 54 52 55 48 65 61 70 6S 70 65 C 8 45 54 ITCH MARKET Barley. 34 to 36 24 29 24 26 '26 3 34 33 26 38 33 38 9 97 Oats. 21 to 27 Is 21 17 18 18 22 25 32 28 35 27 2A 16 23 Blanc. -- to 2f6 30 27 29 21: 26 40 42 23 30 32 33 30 34 O a tmeal 4 t o 48 4 43 6 40 42 1 -- rtintry. Kirkaldy 164 77 23 31 2O 23 45 48 Perth The size of the measure varies throughout the HADDINGFON CORN MARKET.—MarcIr 9' Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease.. 74s Od 4"s Od 35s Od 46s Od 66s Od 418 Od 31a Od 404 Od 60s Od 31s Od 28s Od 36s Od Average. 3/. Si.6l. 7.l2ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET..—March 28 Wheat. Bliley. Oats. Pease. First 74s Od 42s Od 36s Od IMa Od Second 67s Od 34s 6rl 28s 44 44s Od Third . sss Od 33s 6d 22s lid 40a OJ EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—March 2L We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, ands the isle' were rather dull. Wheat. Barley. 78s. Od. 44a td. 70 0 '4O 0 CO 0 6 erage price of Wheat. PRICES OP PR( Lbeet, per lb. 6d. to Os. bd., Mutton 0 6 0 ki 07 1 0 05 0 7 Lamb, per qr. 7 0 12 0 fallow, cwt...-41 0 42 0 2uartern Loaf 0 10 0 10i Potatoes, 141 b. 0 6 0 0 First Second Third Be3llll. .t 46 Oi 5 , 1L0 , 1 Vis Q d Benny. 51s0 1 .04 Od 40: Od First Second l'hird Oats. Pease. I -SCAT] r. :38s. Bdf 495. Oa. P 496 Od 31 0 45 0 I 45 0 27 0 40 0 .40 .0 31. 7c 4d. )VISIONS, &C. Fresh Butter, Bs. 1c 0,1. iC. l i. 2d Salt 0 0 0 /I 'Ditto, per co t.... 86 0 90 9 Eggs, per dos... 0 0 0 7 I OatStraw(kei.).. 8 fl 10 a 1 1 Wheat Ditto... S 0 -10 0 Barley Ditto 7 0 0 6 Hay, her 5t......... 1 0 1 EDINrURGH MEAL MARKET.—March t. 36. There was a middling supply of Oatmeal at this day's market, th, sales were rather heavy. Per Sack of 2dolb. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 7 0 Se.cond ditto.. . 1 16 0 Peaseineal Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt; Po. I GLASIIOW CORN A moderate business doirn Wheat, ver :1401h. s. d. s. d. British, old 37 0 to 39 0 new C4nada, free 34 0 30 0 Itish Barley, par 3201 b English 32 0 34 0 Scottish 29 0 32 0 Irish Per Stone of 14W. Imp. First Oatmeal x 0 2 ti Second ditto 0 2 Batleysteal ...... 11 2 0 Peasemeal 0 2 128, 7 2d,145.--3d, 16 --4tbilBs. . - I, 205 Fin RKET.—March 27. in Grain • prices steady. Oats, per `26.41n. s. a. s• „ ....•• 20 nto24 v British el 0 22 0 Beans, per If'6olb . English .4 0 rill „ w Scottish Pease, Scottish .....,, 230 2 5 Oatmeal, per 1401 b l9 0 2 2 ~,' Flour; per 2solb 43 0 35 ' CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Wheat. Barley. ()2 2.:.... ._„ .—___„.,..... a. d. to r. d. s d. to s d. s. ci. to s• d r : fruro...— ... 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 10 , v , llelstone St. Austell... Bodmin 0 24 6 0 9 6 0 8 A " Liskeard 0 22 0— 0 9 6 0 7 Launceston — 0 24 6 0 9 0— 0 0 Cametford 2l 0 24 0— 0 10 0 7 0 1 Penzance 24 0 26 0 0 11 0 —I a ° MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons . Cwt. QP Quantity of Cc,ppet Ore sold 2,571 21 • Quantity of fine Copper 268 _l5 ➢IINING INT] Quantity of Cc,ppet Ore sold Quantity of tine Copper Average Produce... Amount of Sa!e, 1J,536 Average Standen The SOLICITOR stated that it bad been so prepared. Mr. WYLDE said that he understood it had been ori ginally intended that the concerns of the Company should be managed by five Directors, and that that was the numbers stated in the deed of settlement. Now the Company had hitherto been carried on by three Directors instead of five ; he wished to know the reason of this ? The SOLICITOR said that this had been done with a view to economy ; the three Directors were the origi nal projectors of the Company, and if it were considered desirable to increase their number to five, that could be done to-day. Mr. WYLDE said he held in his hand a prospectus in which the names of four Gentleman were mentioned as Directors. One of these Gentlemen had since become Manager, and he could not see in what manner this charge was at, all economical. The SOLICITOR said that it must have been a mistake in the printing of the prospectus, as Mr. Thornton never had been a Director, but had always held the situation of Manager. The SOLICITOR then commenced reading the deed of settl ment. After he had proceeded for some time, A PROPRIETOR suggested that as it would take up some time to finish reading, it should not be proceeded with, as every Proprietor would have an opportunity of reading it previously to signing. Mr. WYLDE had heard quite sufficient to satisfy him that he should oppose the deed. A PROPRIETOR suggested that Mr. Wylde had better reserve his reasons until called upon to sign. It was then agreed that the further reading of the deed should be dispensed with. Mr. THOMAS NIAS then moved that the deed be ap proved, adopted, and executed, which was seconded by Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, and carried. Mr. WYLDE was about to make some objections, when he was interrupted as being out of order, the mo tion having been carried. Mr. Nuts suggested that, although out of order, they ought to hear Mr. Wylde's objections, as they might perhaps be of consequence to the future well being of the Company. Mr. WYLDE said that he had highly approved the original project of taking twelve acres of ground for the purpose of establishing Zoological Gardens ; but the Directors had since taken four acres of ground addi tional for the purpose of building an hotel ; against this he must protest, as he considered the Directors were thereby mixing themselves up with the building specu lations of the new to wp of Rosherville. They had also en tared into a speculation of building a pier, of which he did not approve—they should have confined themselves strictly to the letter of their prospectus. Mr. NIAS said that with respect to the Hotel, they could not expect that company would visit the gardens unless shelter were provided for them from the uncer tainties of the weather. The pier he also considered necessary to afford an easy, safe, and convenient landing for persons visiting the Gardens ; he was glad he had heard the objections of Mr. Wylde, because he was con vinced that they were groundless. A PROPRIETOR asked whether it had not become necessary to acquire the additional four acres in order to secure a right of way to the Gardens. Mr. WYLDE said a road could have been formed without taking those four acres. Mr. RosE, the architect to the Company, here pro duced the plan, and said that when he had been first consulted he had declined having anything to do with the Gardens unless those four acres were previously se cured. Had the Gardens been laid out first, and bad the Company then applied to Mr. Rasher for additional ground for the approaches, in what situation would they have been placed ? He had al s o th oug ht it r i g ht to secure the licensed public-house which adjoined the Gardens, and he had also thought it his duty as a practical man to secure the pier. After the Gardens had been finished, it would have taken three times the sum to have secured these advantages. The Directors had been guided entirely by his advice, and he appealed to the Shareholders whether be had not done his duty in leading the Di rectors to adopt this line of conduct. The Chairman then signed the deed of settlement, and his example was followed by several of the gentle men'resent. _ _ LuTwYctin said the Corporation of Gravesend enforced a toil of 3d. from each person landing on either of the Gravesend Piers—the pier bcicnging to the Company being out cf the jurisdiction of the Cor poration of Gravesend, they would be able to receive boats on their own terms. The Corporation received 18,0001. per annum from the two piers, and if the Com pany only received a revenue of 1,0001. per annum, from theirs, it would amply repay them. The Direc tors were endeavouring to obtain the sanction of the Thames Navigation Committee for the extension of the pier to the low-water nark, so as to enable eassengers to embark or land at all times of tide, and they had every reason to think they should succeed in ob taining it. _ _ _ Mr. THORNTON, the Manager, then read the report, which stated that a similar institution having been pre viously projected, the Provisional Committee of which had taken land, and expended a considerable sum on the Garden-ground, the Directors had succeeded in obtaining all their interest in the land in question for 6911. Os. 4d., being the amount that had b een ex pended on the lands, so that the Company had re ceived an equivalent for their outlay without the sa crifice frequently made in such .cases. The Report then proceeded to quote the statement of Mr. Rose, the Architect to the Company, as to the advantageous terms on which the pier and the surrounding grounds (with the old public-house license) had been secured for the purpose of erecting the Hotel, Lib rary , an d other buildings, necessary for the establishment, and intended to form the River entrance to the new town of Rosher villa. It further appeared from his statement that con siderable progress had been made in laying out the gar dens, which have been enclosed vvithiti a brick-pale, and also in the building of the Hotel, so that there was every prospect of the Gardens being ready for the public by Midsummer. The Report, after congratulating the Proprietors on the statements of M. Rose, alluded to the negociations going on with the Thames Navi gation Committee relative to the extension of the pier, and stated the intention of the Directors to apply to the Crown for a Charter should it be necessary so to do. The Report then proceeded to matters of finance ; it stated that in September last the Directors found it ne cessary to make a call to meet their engagements, but reflecting on the then depressed state of the Money Market, they determined to advance 1,0001. themselves, and deferred the call to the commencement of the pre sent year. Of the 2,800 s h ares on wh i ch a deposit was made, 1,788 have paid th e ca ll, an d the Directors con fidently anticipate the payment upon the remainder, in which, should they be disappointed, it would be their painful duty to declare the shares forfeited. The financial statement was then read, from which it appears that the gross receipts, including the advance by the Directors (which has not yet been repaid) amount to 5,588/. of which sum, after the payment of the pur chase-money for the ground, for the building the wall, for the purchase of animals, keep, wages, &c. &c., a ba lance of 5261. 17s. Oid. remains in the harids of the Directors. The adoption of the Report was then moved by Mr. GEORGE, seconded by Mr. WILLIAMS, and carried una nimously. Mr. A. CLARK said the only thing that. had induced him to join the Company was their having the pi er an d the hotel ; he had been connected with many speculation s of this sort, and from his own knowledge he could state, as he visited Gravesend every week, that if this was pro perly carried out it would be one of the most flourishing concerns he had ever been connected with. He con cluded by moving the thanks of the Meeting to the Directors, the Manager, the Surveyor, and the Solicitor. Mr. NIA S h a d great p l easure i n seconding the propo sition of Mr. Clark, but suggested that the votes should be proposed separately. In which Mr. Clark con curred. Mr. GasirEr.r. rose to move as an amendment that the Meeting do adjourn, taking as the grounds of his opposition to the vote, the purchase of the Hotel and the Pier ; but finding the sense of the Meeting de cidedly against him, he withdrew his amendment. The votes of thanks to the Directors and officers were then severally put, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN and the officers briefly made their acknowledgments, and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the Meeting adjourned at four o'clock. METROPOLITAN BENEFIT SOCIETIES' ASY LUNI.—On Thursday about 150 gentlemen, including the Lord Mayor, Major Wood, M.P., Mr. Ald. Copeland, the President and the Vice- Presidents of the above Charity sat down to dinner at the London Tavern to celebrate their first anniversary. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. The object of this Institution (of which her Majesty is the patroness) is to provide an asylum fOr the aged and infirm members of benefit societies. It was established in the year 1829, and since the period of its for mation sixty-one inmates have been received, and who, but for the institution, must have sought refuge in a workhouse. The sum of 5,8001. has been already ex pended, of which 1,5001. has been borrowed on mortgage ; 3,500/. has been appropriated to the purchase of a plot of ground for the erection of part of the building, and the remainder for other expenses. The cbject of the present dinner was to raise a sufficient sum to discharge the in cumbrance now on them, and to complete the undertaking, which, when accom pli s h e d, will afford accommodation for *lt will be remembered that the Phrias are the un sixty-en^ aged coupl es . About 40(1. was subscrihcd 1^ ^i n't , Indfiln whotr. ~ 1- r IH,.!--y her the course of the evening. grows somewhat rabid, ironically compares the plebs. of Commissioners and Ministers put together. This . 2611 15 7% .a.ISII, 7s. Cd• PATENT LEVER WA TCHES' With silver double-bottom cases ... With silver hunting cases This celebrated construction (the most accurate en whi t " a watch can be made) is offered, with the latest improW ments i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in fear hells' capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and sewn" taming power, Le continue going while winding up, at the OW price, by T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, Laziest _ . (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS.. On the 31st ult., at Egham Park, the lady of Lieutenant' Colonel Saiwey, M.P., of a daughter. On the 17th ult., at Florence, the lady of C. M. Carne, E 5 4" of a son. On the 19th ult., at Woodhall, Norfolk, the lady of the Re ° ' St. Vincent Becehey, of a son. On the 25th ult., at Ince-hall, Cheshire, the lady of the Re v ' D. Waldegrave Park, of a son. On the 27th ult., at Walthamstow, the lady of Charles Car penter, Esq., of a daughter. On the 28th ult., in Welbock street, the lady of the Re' Samuel Poynter, of a daughter. On the SOth ult., at the Charter-house, Mrs. Archibald Keightley, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Th omas Thain, Esq., to Mary, only daughter of B. T. Radford, Esq., of Montpelier-cottage, St. David's. On the 29th ult., at St. Giles'., Camberwell, T. Steel , Esq . ', of Suddenham, Suffolk, to Elizabeth Mary, eldest daughter 0; the late Mr. William D en t on, of Alnesbourne Priory, ne a Ipswich. On the 30th ult., at St. James's, Clerkenwell, Edward Hall, Esq., of .Newcastle-upon-Tyne, sol;citor, to Miss Dorothy n of the same. DIED. On the 22d ult., at Penn, Bucks, Stephen Spicer, Esq" aged 64. On the 28th u lt., at Maida-hill, Elizabeth, relict of the late Thomas Little, Es, ged 74. st On the 30th ult., q. at aßalker-street, Mr. Alfred Krecft, C 1" son of Mr. Christopher Kreeft, Consul for Mecklenburg'', aged 25 At Poplar, John M'Oregor Skinner, Esq. , late of the Hon. East India Company's Service. On the 27th.ult., in Tavistock-square, Miss Maelaren. On the 27th ult., Sarah, wife of Mr. John Fielder, No bury, Berks. -Print anal Pnblisbed by Al IiRDO YOUN G, o• Landau 111 . • • 1:4 Ftlati , i , ju the eount of ..t.liGuiebe.x.--Monhay, April 1,153 P. Pal art m ay lied 81 hi„. G Qne AlE t Whitt] A rrai 7,',7, ar,d, 8' in vtni h a„ el ; or y tG sti;