The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-10 00:00:00

pot' 0 fo r .rao ): 600 fir ::c• 2 94 ' If 13:19. .ore'gliof ap* ree P g . f. s° ° "' I Sts l4 t be: r ho c ' e CII!t DOW; 4 2 ilesterr eel; 100.1/4 eo . N•• • -;,‘ .00 117 •••• 0. re; Ider ell LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Tmxt.o=r, APRIL 9.—Wind this day, fresh south-westerly breezes and fine clear weather. DEAL, APRIL B.—Wind, A. 1., N.W. to thick fog; N.E. to E.N.E., light and clear.—Arrd. IV. S. Hamil ton, Brown, Singapore. Sld. Wilhehnine Marie, Singapore; John Knox, Bombay. CIXDE, APRIL 6.—Sld. Rover and Monarch, Montreal. MARGATE, A PRIL B.—Th e Ti n t ern , f rom London to Bar badecs, got ashore on 'Margate Sand, but was assisted off this morning's tide, and is brought up off the North Foreland. ROCHESTER, APRIL 7.—The Loyal, of this port, was in con tact, 2d instant, with the Curlew, of Boston, off Flamborough Head, carrying away bowsprit, and doing considerable da mage to hull. YARMOUTH, Arnxe.B.—The Tar, from Shields to-Rouen, has Put in here with damage and loss of anchors, having been in contact with the Armfull, of Weymouth, in Boston Docks. BRISTOL, APRIL 7.—The Hercules steamer, from Llanelli, is ashore in the mud on Nelson Point, and beneaped, but will not receive much damage—passengers landed. OFF BEACHY HEAD, APRIL 7.—Warrens, whaler, South Seas —out forty months • Susan, Bahia, for Gothenburg. Orr EASTBOURNE,. APRIL s.—St. Thomas steam-packet, I'eterson Porto Rico, for Hamburgh ; Oost Indica packet, Baker, Tyilatap. Portrsmourit, APRIL B.—Wind S.S.E., light.—Arrived Oriental steamer, Alexandria, left 23d ult. O THE WIGHT, APRIL B.—Empress, Scott, Boston. PLYMOUTH, Anal, B.—Wind variable.—Sld. Spermaceti and'Ann, Quebec. FALMOUTH, APRIL B.—Wind variable, light.—Off, Sam Slick, Simpson, Buenos Ayres; Fortuna, Kreig, Paraiba, for liamburgh ; Aurelia, Aurese, St. John's, New Brunswick, and aid. for Hull. Pax•srow, APRIL B.—Sld. Belle, Quebec- I VRITEstavEN, APRIL 7.—Sid. Lightfoot, Quebec. CLYDE; APRIL 6.—Arrd. Lendes, Robins, New Orleans. Sid. Janet and Catherine, Rio; Janet, Dalhousie; Northum berland and Faside, Quebec. LivEnrooL, APRIL B.—Wind S., light.—Arrd. William Turner Mauritius; Resource -- (late Lewis), Sierra Leone; l ßelmont, Bro wn , N ew O r l eans • Hottinguer, Bursley, New ..!,cbrk (23d u lt.) Sid . Cordelia, dalcutta ; Levenside, Angra !guina; Aurora, Africa; John Brooks, La Guarra ; True ga u r e e tl P ,, ictou ; Auckland 'and John, Quebec. Off, Mary, Valparaiso •, Safeguard, Texas. Coßx, AP RIL 6.—Ski. P a ll as, St . J o h n ' s , N ew B runsw i c k ; John Wesley, .Ne'wfoundland. a s ir r " 3ll E, APRIL B.—The Friendship, of Hartlepool, ore on the Gunfieet, has been got off after discharging 80 toils of coals. NOTICE TO MARINERS. ALTERATION IN THE POSITION OF THE BUOY& IN TH4 RIVER JAHDE. T he following is a copy of an official notification trans !pitted to Lloyd's, from the Admiralty, respecting cer tßln alterations of the buoys in the river Jando : out the "bile notice is hereby given, that in order to point navigable channel in the Jande, the same has, 11fter previous survey, been buoyed at the proper spots from its 3 mouth to opposite the Vareler Siel. ey ten buys ; ue navigable channel in the Jande is pointed out five of which are placed below Wangerage :rid the inser-olde-oog, and five in the Upper Jande, Tuus. n Rook Si e l to oppos i te t h e Ob era h nsc h an F u ld s , Ist. Below Wangerage and the Minser-olde-oog. ON ENTERING. A. On the larboard side, at the commencement of the aande Baulk (Jande Plate). lat. A white nunn buoy (Boje-Tonne) with black , att iPes marked on the upper end with a " crown" and Jande," lying in five fathoms water, from which Wan- Ferage Lighthouse bears S.W. by W., Minser S. W., the itez buoy to the Weser N. by E. IC On the starboard side on the Bank (Plate) which ~..ecu ru nences to the n o rth war d o f th e Bl ue Tub (Blauer n alje), and E. by N. N. of Wangerage, light-house, and extends beyond the Minser-olde- oog. 2d. A black cask, or nunn buoy A, lying in six fathoms wate r s Wangerage li g ht-h ouse bearing W., Miner .8:W . IW. The Outer Weser signal ship E.S.E. lE. i;t l _ 3d. A bl ac k cask, or nunn buoy, A. 8., lying i n f i ve h ( Thas water, Wangerage light-house bearing W. by N., Minser S.W. S., Signal ship E. 4 S. - 4th. A bl ac k cas k , or nunn b uoy, 8 ., l y i ng i n fi ve fathomsf water, Wangerage light-house N.W. by W. W., I Tlser W ., Signal ship E.N.E. E . Th e white nunn buoy, the position of which is given at 5 (see below), E.N.E., Sengwarden S. by W. W. C. On th e l ar b oard side, i n front o f t h e en d o f t h e a t'ret-named Jande Bank (Jande Plate.) s th. A white nunn buoy, in six fathoms, Wangerage ught-house W.N.W Minser, S.W. W., Signal ship E. In Upper Jande. -) on the starboard side on the Vostapper Bank (Plate). 6th. A black nunn buoy C, in 5 fathoms water, Bre- V T % Beacon (B remer b aa k e ), E.N.E. E., Haoksill Mill N., Sengwa r d en S.W. W. th. A black nunn buoy D, in 4i- fathoms water, Bre- Wn N.E. E., Hooksill Mill N.W., Sengwarden Kopperhorner Mill S.S.W. W. the starboard side at the end of the Heppenser k. B th. A black nunn buoy E, in 4 fathoms water, Seng warden N.W. by N., Kopperhorner Mill W. by N., Eekwarder Mill E.S.E. Towards the Vareler Siel on the starboard side, be fore the confluence of the Marrensiller Deeps with the Steinhauser Deeps. , 9th. A re d mum buoy, in 3 fathoms water, Kopper nortier Mill N.W. W., ekvrarder Mill E., Schweyn ' burger Mill S. Is E. G. Towards the Va,reler Siel on the starboard side. 10th. A white nunn buoy in 2 fathoms water, Kop perhorner Miil N.W. by N. Eek - warder Mill N.E. by .4 4E. Sch weyn b urger Mill S.IE. On entering, shi Courseps will have to steer the following A. From the first white buoy striped with black to the black buoy E A, for a di stance o f 8,000 f ee t S.E. by he barnedadfothr :fdthisc e tan o f 1 200 feet S.E. th e 82 f depth sto 1 athnave igable channel is 2,000 feet, and nijrit:ra the black oms. nunn buoy A to AB—S.S.E.kE. and the l eacit h of the navigable channel is 3,000 feet, C. epth s to 7 fathoms. • Th e ;: °lll the black nunn buoy AB to B—South. and the readth of the navigable channel is 3,500 feet, D. de pth sto 7 fathoms. Prom the black nunn buoy BC—S.IW. T he br ea d th of the fairway is 8,000 to 10,000 feet, and the depth of water 6to 61 fathoms. In the direc dion from the nunn b uoy C to t h e B remen B eacon the n "mice is only 500 feet broad, inasmuch E.NE. of untt bu oy C there are two shallows, upon as which . there only 24. to 4 fathoms water. • PIE. F rom the bl ac k nunn b uoy Cto D, an d f rom D off the outer Rustringersiller deep S. IE. The Rustringersiller of the fairway is 7,000 feet, and off the outer Deep only 3,500 feet, the depth of • Water is from sto 6 fathoms. 37From the outer Rustringersiller Deep to the black : 1 n buoy E, S. by W. the breadth of the fairway is ~,0 0 feet, and the depth from 5 to 81 fathoms. ki'• Prom the black nunn buoy E, passing by the red ° 41 7 Y, to tho w hi te nunn b uoy S. by W., breadth of e fairway 400 feet, and the depth 81 to 3 fathoms. v. ll . From the White Nunn buoy to Vareen Roads S. E• 1 E., breadth of the fai rwa y 2,500 feet and the myth 3 to 11 fathoms. , • 4 °f these casks or nunn b uoys, the f i rst marke d - jande," will rem a i n th roug h out the winter. The loUr following mentioned, sub. 2 till 5, will be taken up at ; the commencement of the month of November, and °t iottead thereof wooden buoys will b e l a id d own . Th e ile r 5 mentioned, sub. 6 to 10 in the Upper Jande, will, ' :at the commencement of November, be taken away al ether. All t h e b uoys ta k en u p i n N ovem b er w ill, i n i e e rru S i r i ng, be replaced as soon as the weather will d In ord er to cover the cost of these buoys a tonnage sl u l h e of 8 rotes ge ld per l as t o f oa ts will be levied on • v . v essels of t h e tonnage of 5 lasts of oats and upwards, leh may com e t o anc h or i n t h e J a nd e t o th e south or rtl of the beforementioned black nunn buoy, No. 4, flay touch at any port or siel in the Jande, either a port of refuge or seeking freight, or to dis ,-!iarge car. o Ned b to be paid to the party autho , tux w .,,Y the Court at Minser to levy the same. This ve tsei l " , however, be paid only once per annum by each courts (The notific a ti on t h en goes on to say t h a t th e cha rged l Z ho se districts a re b oun d e d by_ the Jande are deeilo to enforce this payment, and that against the ' O • Goye meat) 111 of e courts, th ere i s no a ppeal but to the The d G gi the 1 5th of September, 1843. Grant Duc 1 Duchy of oidenb Oldenburgian Government of the urg. (Signed) MUTZENBUHER. BUE lIALTZER. , EAST INDIA SHIPPING. cr4rrivall-City of London. Martin, from Mauritius, V:I," Brighton, Sailed Dec. 27, St. Helena Feb. 3; William irtier, Roals, from Mauritius, at Liverpool, sailed Dec. s i o , St. Helena Feb. 3 ; Warrens, Rains, from the South -biti a :,: fr ! 13ea cheY Head, sailed from St. Helena in Fe• -A-...T.' w i th 1,000 barrels of sperm oil. Arr i vals at Sydney, New South Wales-Emerald Isle, Curling in Navember, from New Zealand ; Lord Petre, •r..t.°l3lO'bart Town, both for Hong-Kong ; Urgent, from ,-I,eanilla Glenrog, from Port Phillip ; Asia, Patterson, sto London ; Bangalore Nelson, from London and 1-_,ape; Christina, 27th from Glasgow; Swartwick, from . Liottenburgh ; H.M.S. North Star, from Auckland , fAtteline, 28th, from the South Seas ; Lady Leith, 29th, fro m Port Nicholson ; Mumford, 30th, from Batavia and port Phillip ; Triton, Beck, from Hobart Town. ~..013ePartures from Sydney -Mary Lloyd, Nov. 24, to r rt Phil; ; -- P; Star of China, 27th, to Port Nicholson; Al 'gator, Bth, to Hong -Kong; British Sovereign, previ ous to 2 4th, to South Seas; Cuba, Jeyes, to Port Ste t, and London; Dawsons, Calder, Launceston; Lady t. liilda, to New Zealand; Premier, to Singapore. Arrivals at Port Philip-Morayshire, from Sydney, Ind was loading at Geelong, for London; Winchester, _ 11, _air), Nov. 14, fr om Hobart Town; Christina, 19th, and 4aord Xeane, 20th, from Sydney. L Arrival at Cochin -Childo Harold, Willis, from Bom "IV. Wiens and Cannanore to sail, 27th January, for London. • Arrivals at Batavia-Bengalee, Dec. 2, from Singa- Pore; Colonist, from China; Persi an , 3d, f rom Singa - P s re; Donna Maria, from Lisbon; George Ryan, sth, ifrotrt Su matra; Senator, 6th, from Liverp oo l ; I n di a , Bth, t°„9l B oston; Cou s i n , llth, from Bourbo n . , u epartur es f rom Batavia--Ann Lockerby, Dec. 10. to Amsterdam; Amphitrite to France ; Lelane, 11th, to Boston ; Palatine, 18th, to London ; Ellerslie, 20th, V_ C °lves t • George Ryan, 22d, to Antwerp ,• Harriet, ...'ss, 24t to Cocos Islands •, Jenny, 25th ; Donna Mari a : a, Stn to Stockholm : Antelope, 29th, to Got tanburgb. ' Arrivals at Manilla-Akbar, Hallett, Dec. 16th, from FoPChina, and sailed Jan. 18, to China ; Alfred, Robinson, ys9, f rom China, and sailed Jan. 20, to China ; ,r...a, Dec. 22, from Liverpool; Mary, 29th, from • ;t o ; Concordi a , J an. 2, from Boston; Zemin z,ar, s th, front China • Geor ge H ome, 7th, from t h e outh Seas ; Frederick' Warren, 9th, f rom Chi na ; P a - Ci6 e, 13th, from the South Sous ; Billutitto, 16th, from -- Lys; THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1844. Liverpool ; Sultan, 16th ; Florest, 18th, from Hong- Kong. Departures from Manilla—Vlashandel, Jan. 20, to Hamburgh ; Gambia, 20th, to Boston. Arrivals at Ichiboe—Queen, Dixon, from Liverpool ; Topaz, Bachelor, Silence, Commerce—all of London ; Ann of Yarmouth. EASTER AMUSEMENTS. The following is the opening address, written by ltior. George Beckett, which Mrs. Keeicy delivered with great grace and naircte at the Lyceum on Monday night: " When a new minister assumes the reins, His policy 'tis right that he explains: 1, having taken office, don't refuse To make the house acquainted with my views. Some may conceive I owe an explanation For having headed the administration : Upon that point a motion 1 will make, The opinion of the house at once to take, That ladies can't good managers be reckoned. Is that a motion any one will second—(Cheers)? I thank the house for its polite decision, The motion is thrown out without division. To look on idly ne'er could be my choice, A woman always likes to have a voice ; Silent indifference could never suit her, The grammar tells us woman can't be neuter. 'Tis true, I might have filled an humble station In our theatrical administration; But female influence soon gains the ascendant— When. it begins, no one can see the end on't. Instead of coming to it by degrees I thought at once the Premiership I'd seize. To keep the place I very much incline, Unless this house calls on me to resign. Now for the measures I shall introduce : I mean to do away with one abuse. • The scheme on innovation somewhat borders, But I propose to drop the standing orders. My policy may probably be hinted In a short bill I've ordered to be printed ; That bill I see already in your hands— I trust that you will pass it as it stands. Tis not the least remarkable of facts, That if you pass that bill, you pass five acts ; If Parliament as fast could use its powers, It would'nt be complaining of late hours. My views with br:N-ity I now will state, Upon the principle legitimate ; The drama call'd legitimate may thrive As well in two or three acts as in five. Were length legitimacy's standard—then What would become of all the little men ? Heirs to a throne, if short, would lose a crown Which must be .given up—not handed down. Man, by his mind, not by the height we rate; Talent, not length, makes plays legitimate. But here am I don't practice what I teach, Making a long, and perhaps an empty speech ; So, I'll be brief in coming to a close — We've several measures ready to propose; But if you deem them wrong they shall be stopp'd— Amendments we are anxious to adopt. The confidence I feel there's one thing clenches, As yet I see no opposition benches. Before I bring my statement to an end One thing most earnestly I recommend— Throw out our bills, object, or criticise— But never think of stopping the supplies." Arrivals at Hong-Kong—Her I`,lnjesty's ship Caztor, Dee. 27, from Portsmouth and Cape ; Cornwall, Surfer, from Portsmouth ; Flora Muir, Brown, from Livt•rpool ; Henry Pratt, from New York ; Chieftain, Birnic, 28th, from Whampon, and sailed, 29th, to Loudon ; Orissa, Jan. 6, from the Clyda. • Departures from Hong-Kong—Warlock, Die. 31, to Calcutta ; Cincinnati, 31st, to Amsterdam ; IZonaldson and Congress, to New York; Foam, Emu, Jamts Camp bell, and Ruby, Jan. 2, to LondOn ; Diana, Jan. 3, to London ; Charles Jones, to Cork; Castle Eden, for Madras, to sail Jan. 10. NEWMARKET RACES. NEWMARKET SUBSCRIPTION BETTING- ROOM, MONDAY NIGHT, The result of the 50 Sovs. Stakes caused an immediate reversal of the positioni of the two favourites for the Derby ; in the morning the Ugly Buck was at 4 to 1 and Rattan at 5 to 1 ; this evening they offer to take 4 to 1 about Rattan, and to be 6 to 5 on him against the Buck ; the very easy style in which he was making a complete spread-eagle of his horses justified the change, and, as we have before observed, will make " bad hedg ing." The subjoined quotations will show two or three other changes in this race, as well as in the Chester Cup prices. Even on The Ugly Buck 15 to 1 agst Keeley CIIESTEn Cm 12 to 1 agst Pagan 20 to 1 agst Red Deer—taken 13 to 1 agst Roseina '25 to 1 agst Sir Robert 13 to 1 agst Cattonite 27 to 1 agst Everton 14 to 1 agst Pharaoh 30 to 1 agst The Prior 17 to 1 agst Bramble—taken 50 to 1 agst Collina—taken 20 to 1 agst Freedom • DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Sir G:lleathcote's 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo lot—t 30 to 1 agst lonian 7to 2 agst Rattan—t 4t0130 to 1 agst King of Gipsies 9 to 1 agst Ugly Buck—take 33 to 1 agst Bay Momus—t 5 to 1 35 to 1 agst Campanero—t ,8 to 1 agst Orlando—taken 40 to 1 agst Mount Charles—t ' - to 5 offered on Rattan agst the Ugly Buck. TUESDAY'S RACES. Riddlesworth—The Duke of Portland'•, Mr. Wreford's, and Lord G. Bentinck's colts are scratched. 200 Sovs. Stakes—Flycatcher filly and Miss Whip filly have paid. New Match for Friday—Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 9st 51b, agst Mr. Payne's Audrey, 7st Mb ; 'T.Y.C. ; 150, h ft. RACE COURSE, TUESDAY, THREE O'CLOCK. The list for this day, as it sto.)4 at the beginning of the week, contained five rims ; one of them, however, the match between Lord Exeter's Pergularia and Molly Mogg, has ended in a forfeit, leaving only four to come ; of these we subjoin particulars : The Oatland Stakes of 50 sous, h ft, and only 10 ft if declared, &c. D.I. (7 Subs, 4 of whom declared.) Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (Pettit) 1 Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name, 6 yrs, ist Mb ( Bell) 2 Colonel Peel's I-am-not-Aware, aged, 7st 31b ...(Nat) 3 MR. LOVE'S POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS. This celebrated ventriloquist, or as he, more Grecian like, styles himself, polyphonist, displayed his marvels and his mirth on Monday at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, in his usual talented manner. The variety of characters he assumes, and the distinct intonation he gives to each person, whether young or old, male or female, certainly excel all we have heard sinee the days of the immortal Mathews. Although Mr. Love is a perfect master in the art of polyphony, he by no means relies on that alone as the attraction of his performances, but, like those that have gone before him in this very curious and difficult exercitation of the human voice, he developes his powers through the medium of inge nious and humorous plots, that are very cleverly wrought out in terse and witty dialogue. His new monodrame, called The Wolf in Sheep's Cl)thing ; or, the Biter Bitten, affordei much amusement to the audience. Mr. Love promises other novelties on Wednesday and Friday this week, which we have no doubt will amply repay in gra tification all who go to see them. BRITISH MUSEUM. On Monday the number of visitors to this national establishment was 21,139. On last Easter Monday there were 18,342, making an increase of 2,907. Out of this large number of persons there was not a single indi vidual rejected on the ground of intoxication. The police arrangements were under the nsansgement of Sergeant Reason, A division, who had 12 officers under his command. The behaviour of the visitors was most orderly, and there was not a single case of damage. A great disappointment was experienced by persons taking children under eight years of age, who, by the regula tions of the Museum, are refused admission. This re striction is likely to be removed from a suggestion of the trustees. Thousands of persons during the day congre gated round Magna Charta, the original palladium of English liberty, always an object of great, attraction. The Museum continues open till Friday incluSivb. THE NATIONAL GALLERY.. Nearly 10,000 persons inspected this natioliaf dtepw sitory of paintings on Monday; their conduets,flas-genw . • rally unexceptionable. e's ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. This grand national edifice had less than fi..f:ty, visitors, which may be accounted for by the continua - nee of the exorbitant charge of 4s. 2d. to view the whole. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. There is, it would seem, a general repugnance to pay ing at all for admission to view public buildings, and, consequently, though for tome time past the amount charged to view the monuments and other .interestings objects in this venerable edifice has been rcdtiverl ,to 6d.; the visitors have not been near so numerous' rt s, a Might have been expected, and on Monday the numbgri were; fewer than usual on holidays ; the exact number could not, however, be accurately ascertained, for one attend ant said, "I don't know ;" another, " We must not say; the numbers were very insignificant, but we don't want to be noticed in the papers." Another said, " You had better ask Mr. Hume.' The last verger (or attendant) applied to said the number of visitors was about four hundred, but it is understood there was not more than half than number. THE TOWER OF LONDON. The armoury and the jewel-room at the Tower were honoured with the presence of hundreds, who, while visiting the " lions of London," could not refrain from paying a visit to that place, which forms so prominent a feature in the annals of their country. Among the new features are several guns of Chinese manufacture, cap tured by the British during the recent campaign in China. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S-PARK. The season for visiting these gardens commenced on Monday, and if one might judge by the number who flocked to them, they stand pre-eminent in the exhibi tions of the metropolis. During the past winter great alterations have been made in the gardens, as well for the biped as 'the quadruped, and the number of animals has been greatly increased. Among the novelties is a young giraffe, born in this country, and about five or six months old. The time of feeding the animals has been changed—the pelicans at one time and the lions at an other, so as to enable the visitors, who did not feel in clined to stay all day, to see some of the animals fed. The most amusing, to the young folks, is the ouran outang, who likes tea and eats bread and butter in the most accomplished style ; the dress consists of a crimson velvet tunic with white trousers. The museum belong ing to the Society is in a great state of forwardness. The Diorama, the Panorama, the Cosmorama, the British Institution, and numerous other institutions in the metropolis, also received a fair share of the patronage of the holiday seekers. In various parts of London and the suburbs amusements of all descriptions were going forward for those who had not the means of going to Greenwich or any of the foregoing exhibitions. Betting-5 to 4on I-a-n-notlaWare, 7to 4 agst Maria Diaz (t). Maria Diaz made slow running all the way, was challenged half a distance from home, and headed half way up the ropes, but in a desperate struggle home won by a neck, Give-him-a-Name beating the favourite by a head. A finer race was never witnessed. The Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft., for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b ; D.M.; untried mares or stallions allowed 31b, if both 51b. (13 Subs.) Col. Peel's Orlando, by Touchstone, Bst 21b ...(Nat.) 1 Mr. Watt's Baveno, by Bay Middleton, Bst 21b Lord Exeter's Cloak, by Rockingham, Bst 41b Betting-4 to lon Orlando ; Cloak made play for the first qtrirter of a mile, and theneretired ; Orlando went on by himself, and won easy by a length. After the race 25 to 1 was laid against Orlando for the Derby. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h. fr., for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions, or out of mares which had not produced a winner before the 4th of April, 1840, allowed 31b. D.M. (7 Subs.) Mr. Thornhill's hr f Example, by Emilius (F. Butler) 1 Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss (31b) 2 Mr. Greville's Jamaica (31b) 3 to 1 on the Boarding School Miss. Jamaica made all the running at a slow pace, the others lying well up until they were half-way up the cords ; they then closed, and ran a splendid race home, Example winning by a head, and the favourite beating Jamaica by a neck. Match, B. C. 601., 40 ft.—Lord G. Bentinck's Bramble (Rogers) Bst 71b, beat Lord Maidstone's The Caster, Bst 71b (Nat). 2tol on Bramble, who won by nearly twenty lengths. SALE OF RACING STOCK. The following lots, the property of the Mice of Beau fort, were sold by Messrs. Tattersall in the morning : Filly, by Liverpool, out of Taglioni, 2 yrs, 20 guineas ; Yearling colt, by he Saddler, out of Taglioni, 41 guineas ; Retamola, by Reveller, with a colt foal by The Saddler, 40 guineas ; Esmeralda, by Zinganee, in foal to Assassin, 100 guineas. Five other lots were bought in. THE HIGH PRICES of the FUNDS. It appears that for the first time for nearly a cen tury, the Three per Cent. Consols are at par, or 1001. money for 1001. stock. The last time they were at 1001. was in 1749, the year after the peace of Aix la- Chapelle; at which period the romunt of the public debt was rather more than 78,000,0001. The highest price the Three per Cents. ever rose to was in June, 1737, and again in May, 1739, when they attained the high price of 1071. Between the years 1729 and the year of the Rebellion, 1745, the Three per Cents. were never lower than 89, and for a consider able portion of that period they were above par. Again, in March, 1792, they rose to 97i, when the amount of the national debt was 239,350,000/. During the period between the peace of Paris, in 1763 (when the amount of the debt was 138,774,0001.), and the breaking' out of the American war, they fluctuated between eighty and ninety per cent. Towards the close of the Ame rican war—namely, in February, 1782, they were as low as 541. At the termination of the American war the debt was 249,851,628/. In the years 1797-8, in consequence of the great success of the French armies on the Continent, and of the-mutiny, at the Nore, and of the rebellion in Ireland, together with the failure of the attempt to negotiate with the French Republic, the price of stock became less than it has been before or since that time. In May, and again in June, 1797, the Three per Cents. Reduced were as low as 464. In the September of that year the Three per Cent. Consols fell to 47k, being the lowest price to which they have ever fallen. Dr. Hamilton, in his valuable work on the national debt, states that they were also at that price in January, 1798. The Three per Cent. Consols have not been under 68 since the latter part of the year 1820, when they were 67. The highest price the Five per Cents. ever attained was 1071, in August, 1791 ; and the lowest price was 594, in January, 1798. The highest price the Five per Cents. ever attained was in August, 1791, when they were 1223-, and the lowest price was in August, 1798, when they were only 69k. STATE TRIALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—it may be of use to call the attention of those who are intrusted with the defence of Mr. O'Connell to the following passage in page 383 of the last Quarterly Review : Speaking of the French Revolution, it is said—" first and most effective abuse of the forms of law was this:—The Convention had decreed that all conspira cies and plots, tending to disturb the State by a civil war, by arming citizens against each other, or against the exercise of any lawful authority'. should be punished with death. Under the vague and comprehensive terms of conspiracy,' and 'pb)ts,' and tending,' words, writings, and even thoughts, might be included ; and the first question, therefore, generally submitted to the jury was, whether there bad existed a counter-revolu tionary conspiracy?" In what fellows, there are remarks which appear to me to bear on tie late Irish trials, but if any one legally employed thinks such remarks of any value, he will, of course, turn to the Review itself. AN ENGLISH MECHANIC. Liverpool, April 8, 1844. MARRIAGE OF ONE OF THE 113I1E WAY INDIANS. At an early hour yesterday St. Martin's Church and its vicinity presented a gay and animated appear ance, it having been known that one of the Ojibbeway Indians, at present sojourning in this country, and who is known by the extraordinary eppellation of Not-een-a akm, or the Strong Wind, and. Who acts in the capacity of interpreter to the other Indians, was about to enter into the bonds of holy matrimony with a young and beautiful English lady. About half-past nine o'clock a coach drawn by four grey horses containing the Indians, their wives and children, attired in their native costume, followed by two car riages—the first containing the bride, bridegroom, and bridesitaids, and the second the father and friends of the bride—drew up at the church, and the whole of the party entered the sacred edifice, which was crowded by fashionably .dressed persons, the majority being ladies. After the solemn ceremony was performed in an impres sive manner by the officiating clergyman, the party re turned to their equipages, and drove off amidst the cheers of the assembled multitude. The name of the brido was Miss Sarah Haines, the second daughter of Mr. Haines, of George-street, Euston-square (she was elegant)) , attired, and appeared to be in excellent health eras attired tir is ed a in very a ry blu h e an militarydsome man, surtobuotthantl in - .4eFapyits)—t.hat of the happy b r id egroom, Al exan d er ."ffldebtte,. a native of Upper C ana d a, b ut of French ex ssct6t_i';roullse'rs: Ho Ferson and features. A YOUNG VAG AHOND.—John Scott, a boy of twelve years, lately sentenced to eight een m onths in the Peni tentiary at Perth, and liberated a few weeks ago, on the score of bad'health, after having undergone the half of his sentence', was yesterday sentenced to imprisonment at the Police-court for being "drunk and disorderly."- - seeetsmWf. Taglioni is en route to Paris from Italy, having been engaged at the Academie Royal for a limited num ber of nights ; after which the celebrated danseuee is ex pected to visit London. Tins REVENUE.—Some time ago we stated that a considerasle falling off would be found in the assessed taxes department, in comparison with 1842, in conse quence of the income-tax. The revenue returns, just published, show a deficiency last year of 73,064 e, com pared with the previous year. This loss does not end here ; by the closing of windows, and reductions in ar ticles of establishment (to balance against the income tax), tradespeople have sustained serious injury. Had the measures of the late Government not been " ob structed," and those Ministers continued at the helm of national affairs, we should not have had this loss to tradesmen, the inquisitorial and oppressive income im post, nor a depressed trade. We predict a further falling off in the assessed taxes this year. FIRE IN GRAY'S INN.—Monday night great excite ment was created in the neighbourhood of Holborn, in consequence of a fire breaking out in Gray's Inn. Flames issuing out of the windows of the chambers oc cupied by Mr. Male, law-stationer, and situate No. 12, South-square, made. An imm e di a t e a l arm wa s raised, but owing to firmSthoeuth-caused the unwelcome dis c o v e r y to be hold the flames had attained it was found utterly impossible to get them extinguished without the assistance of the engines. In the course of half an hour the fire was entirely extinguished. Mr. Hatton, whose opera, Pascal Bruno, has been produced by him with such marked success at Vienna, has just arrived in London, from the Continent. It is probable that the piece will shortly be performed here. STATISTICS or INSOLVENCY. —During the month of March there appeared in the Gazette 97 bankrupts; increase y I 432 insolvents, w h o have rece i v ed vesting orde rs , by which their p ersons are protecte d aga inst th e i r cre di tors; ve n t' and 42 assign ments to trustees , m aking a tot a l o f 571 caseso c ° n v March, 1843, there ey.There s a gradual were 9 cBreaseof bankrupts,n 368 vesting ceders granted, and 28 assignments--a total of 494. It may be assumed that not more than one case in ten is gazetted ; this would make the insolven cies for March, 1844, 5,710, and if there be a deficiency of only 2001. in each, the monthly loss would be 1,142,0001. On these assumed data the loss during the There has been a debate on the Civil Contingencies year 1843 was 12,000,0001., or considerably more than —always one of the most interesting items in a Cora- double the poors'- ra t e , and three-sevenths of the inte mittee of Supply. There was the old sto r y of p a y in g rest of the national debt. the travelling expenses of foreigners of distinction, who A serious accident occurred on Thursday afternoon, visited Great Britain ; with the interesting addition of to the son of Lady Russell, of Montpellier House, who, paying the expenses of Prince Adalbert of Prussia, when when bird-shootin g in the neighbourhood of Leek he went from Rio Janeiro to Para ; and some other hampton, was shot in the leg by the accidental discharge foreign Prince, when he went from Jaffa to Beyrout, and of the gun of a young schoolfellow, by whom he was thence to Constantinople. This may be all very sour- accompanies', and who had approached so near him at teous, and all v ery generous ; and as it is well known the time that the entire contents of the fowli ng -pi ece Great Britain has more money than she knows what to were lodged in the leg, just above the knee. Mr. Russell do with, no doubt it is quite right for her to do so ; but was conveyed home on an hurdle, and, on the inspection the question naturally rises— do our Princes and Prin- of the wound by the surgeons, instantly called in, it was cessee, when they travel abroad, have their expenses paid found that the bone had been so severely shattered that by the countries through which they pass, or which they amputation was indispensable. This operation, conse go to visit ? If so, there is something like reciprocity, quently, was performed yesterday, and we are glad to be though the balance would be considerably against us ; able to add that the young gentleman was last evening but as we do not suspect this to be the case, why John doing as well as, under the painful circumstances of the Bull plays the same part he has been doing for the last case, was to be expected.— Cheltenham Looker-on. half century, though, fortunately, now on a much COLLISION ON TILE RIVER.—On Monday, at a late smaller scale. Only fancy, too, the Queen Dowager, hour, a collision of a most serious character, and which with her 100,0001. it-year, sending in a "little bill" for it is much feared involved loss of life, happened on the 1001., for some trifling repairs to Marlborough House • river, between Gr eenwich an d Blackwell, by the Coquette and the British Parliament being called upon to vote 68i. steamer, the property of the Blackwell Railway Com for watering Park-gate-street, Dublin. Certainly those pany, running into the schooner Hibernia, belonging to Civil Contingencies are full of the most interesting Guernsey, lying at anchor in Blackwell Reach. The details !—Cheltenham Looker-on. following particulars are furnished by a reporter, who PERILS OF AN EASTER-OFFERING COLLECTOR.— was on board the Coquette at the time. The steamer, Owing to the extraordinary increase of the value of the which is iron-built, plies between the Greenwich and tithes exacted by the Rector of Hackney, a s t rong an d Blackwell piers, under the charge of Captain Batchelor. something like united determination to resist further She left the former at a quarter before 9 o'clock, with payment of " Easter-offerings" exists among the pa- about 150 passengers, the chief of whom consisted of rishioners. The following plain-speaking placard was women and children. The night being very hazy, to the freely distibuted throughout the parish on Saturday, and surprise of many she proceeded at full speed. The has served to increase the hostility to the clerical poll- master, Mr. Batchelor, was on the paddle-box, and part tax :—" The inhabitants of Hackney are cautioned against of the crew were placed forward, to keep a look out. submitting to a pious fraud, in the shape of what are The first thing that attracted the attention of the pas called Easter-offerings. By the late commutation of sengers was those forward shouting out to the captain, tithes the Rector is to receive a fixed rent-charge of 981/. " There is something a-head, sir." The vessel's course per annum, instead of, as formerly, a sum under 500/. was not, however, altered. The vessel had then arrived This increase has been, in fact, obtained by including in about half-way, and the watch again repeated, "There's the rent-charge nearly the whole of what has hitherto a vessel a head, sir." The master made no reply for been contributed by the inhabitant: as Easter-offerings. several seconds, but suddenly cr i e d ou t, " P or t, s t o p Should, therefore, any one, not duly authorised, make her, turn a-stern." All eyes were now directed forward, any demand on them fur Esser-offerings, they are re- when they saw a schooner, which proved to be the one quested to hand him over to the police, in order that he above named, moored to the southward of mid-channel, may be summarily dealt with as a person endeavouring the tide at the time running down fast. In an instant a to extort money under false pretences." collision took place, the bow of the llibernia striking ONE OF THE BROWN'S.—A fellow of gentlemanly amidships the Coquette, carrying away part of the lar appearance and address has lately been conferring I ns board paddle-box and the platform on which the captain favours on several tradesmen of Canterbury, und e r th e was standing; and throwing the steamer almost on her noun de guerre of " Captain Brown," by giving very libe- beam ends. The scene that followed the dreadful crash ral orders for clothes, boots, stationery, books, &c., pay- was one of a most agonising description ; the shrieks of ing small accounts, and getting his name inserted in the the women and the loud cries for assistance could be waste book, and hence to the ledger, for larger o r d ers , heard on each side of the shore. Many of the crew and then withdrawing from the vicinity "by moonlight being seen to rush to the schooner and clambering up alone," leaving his name on the debtor's side ere he had tho rigging, apparently for the purpose of saving them placed it in juxta-position on the creditor's, thu s p re . selves, and tile loud hissing of the steam, impressed upon senting them with a " forget-me-not" as a " first fl ower the minds of the passengers the idea that the steamer was of spring." He took lodgings in Orchard-street, St. going down, and they simultaneously made a similar Dunstan's, and was thought by his landlady to be a very movement. At this trying moment it is asserted by nice gentleman, and on his quitting his quarters he l e ft several of those on board that some persons, amidst the behind him his wardrobe inclosed in a carpet bag. w hi c h confusion, had fallen overboard, and it is not at all ite on inspection was found to contain a very old and dirty probable that such is the fact. The captain manifested shirt and a sack, thus making good the old French pro- much presence of mind, and implored the passengers to verb said to have been established at the building of the remain quiet, but for full ten minutes he was unable to tower of Babel, " Chaeun son sac." Captain Brown has pacify them. At length the vessels were disentangled, the appearance of having been to sea, is about five feet and it having been ascertained that the hull of the six inches in height, black hair, and dark complexion, steamer was not materially injured, she proceeded, and betrays great impatience to be attended to in giving leaving many of her passengers on board the schooner, orders,-- Correspondent of the Kent Herald. to Blaekwall, where she arrived about half-past nine. THE INCLOSURE BILL. This is the age of practical utilitarianism. Cui bon.) ? What will it fetch ? How much per cent„? What profit will it yield ? is the interrogative reply with which, virtually and in effect, if not in so many words, every proposal is met, every scheme tested, and the merits of, we really believe, evtiry single created thing beneath the sun, be it what it may, as far as possible, estimated, in this stirring and enlight ened generation. Times have been, it is true, when the age has been more professedly • selfish—when the • surface has shown more unblushingly, and in deeper colours, the external badge and symbol of the fashion able self philosophy which was current; times have indeed been,—we might point, in illustration of our temark, to the latter part of the last century, with its infidel "philosophy " and its universal laxity of manners,—when, taking men individually, society has been more thoroughly, as well as more avowedly, imbued with the principles and practice embodied in the belief that everything whatsoever is convertible into pecuniary gain, and that all else-,- health, happiness, morals, religion—is as nothing in comparison with this. This, so far as general society is concerned, must, we gladly acknowledge, be con ceded in favour of the present generation, or rather against those which have preceded it; but for legis lating upon utilitarian principles,—for embodying in public enactments, made for the benefit (!) not of the lawgivers but of others,—the detestable morality of Hobbes and Hume and Gibbon ;—for realisinr , in practice that species of 'political morality which holds that man is no more than an impersonation of capital —a mere representative of so much "labour"—that charity is only a falsification of economy—and that that "benefit of the governed," which it is universally conceded ought to be the object of every Government —is nothing else than the highest possible state of " productiveness" to which the aforegaid subject mul titude may be brought; for legislation of this sort, we say, give us the days of King William and Queen Victoria, for certainly, never before, since England was a nation, has this sort of thing been more con sistently carried out within the walls of Parliament. We might, of course instance at once many and many a case in which this school of political doctrine has found only too practical an operation ; many such cases will doubtless occur to our readers; we will, however, confine ourselves to-day to a single instance, not perhaps the most prominent one, but which we notice now in connexion with these remarks, because, for one reason, it is a case Where there is still hope, or at least room, for change, inasmuch as it is still pending ; and, for a second, because it is a case of itself, and intrinsically, of no small moment to that much abused class, whose nominal benefit it professes to seek—videlicet, the poor. We have, indeed, often already impugned Lord Worsley's Enclosure Bill on other—perhaps more substantial, as they are certainly the first and most obvious—grounds of objection, viz. as being simply a measure of spoliation—a wrong—an injustice—be its other merits or demerits what they may. We have impeached it, too, on its own grounds ; we have shown that as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence—as a mere question of utilitarianism, and nothing else—and supposing utilitarianism the best thing in the world, this Bill must needs entail a loss upon the poor owner (we call him the owner, for his right of common is to him as valuable and as much his own, as the fee-simple of the manor is the lord's), as depriving him of his pasturage fur the sake of securing to the neighbouring landowners a few more acres of park or game preserves. We have argued the question on these grounds— but there, is yet another,—one indicated in our open ing remarks, and one, we think of no less weight, or which at least ought to be of no little weight, with any one who has at heart the very vital health, moral and mental, as well as bodily,—to say nothing of the mere pleasure and relaxation,—of the poor for whom he professes, or is supposed, to legislate. • The wide green common is the poor man's park ; the heath is his garden ; the open fields are his pleasure grounds. He has none other. Near large towns especially, and, to come nearer home, in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, Lord Worsley's Inclosure Bill would be principally and especially odious, not, or at least not so much, on account of the mere loss to the neighbouring poor of the value of the land, as on account of the deprivation to the poor, pale, dingy inhabitants of the smoky brick in closures which spread far and wide in the no remote distance, of their only outlets to health and enjoy ment. sTo amount of money, we boldly say, could, even if the money went to them, recompense the poor of this great city for the loss of Hampstead-heath, Kennington, or Clapham-common. Lord 'Worsley's Bill, indeed, is, as an inclosure of these and similar grounds, diametrically opposed to the admitted prin ciple of the Legislature in sanctioning the Victoria Park and the other metropolitan improvements which have been set on foot within the last few years. It is with unfeigned pleasure, therefore, that we see that an effort at least is to be made to rescue these often assailed blessings—for blessings they are—and, if once lost, irreparable ones--from Lord Worsley's clutches. An amendment is proposed, and we ear nestly hope it will be conceded at once without op position, to the effect that the Act shall not " autho rise the inclosure of any common lands, fields, or downs, within ten miles of London, or within four miles of any other city having 4,000, or within two miles of any other city having 2,000, inhabitants." We say that the inclosure of the suburban (espe cially the metropolitan) heaths and commons would be neither more nor less than the sacrifice to Mam mon of the lives, and healths, and property of the multitude of the poor pent within the confines of our large cities. It would be legislating for them (or rather against them) upon principles which no man would think for an instant tenable, much less applicable, in his own case. Why do not gentlemen put under tillage their own pleasure gar dens, or parks, or chases ? The proceeding would, doubtless, be profitable—and the sum total of the productive land of the country would be greatly en hanced—and the economists beyond measure de lighted. Why, then, is it not done ? Simply, be cause gentlemen know very well, when the affair is their own, that there are other things to be looked to besides the mere maximum of production, and that there are things to be sought besides monoy, and which no money can purchase. Why, then, we ask, do they not apply this same rule to the case of the poor ? The suburban commons are their gardens, their parks, their pleasure-grounds. 'Why must they be compelled to give these up to be turned into money —and that, too, when the money, after all, will not go to them ? " They must answer to me for these things," poor Charles Lamb used to say, every time he marked the loss, one by one, of the few and little comforts and refreshments which the increasing rapa city of the age swallowed away from the unhappy denizens of the brick alleys among which he was born, and so long lived ; and, assuredly, if Hamp stead-heath, or Epping-forest, or Wimbledon, or Streatham commons, are allowed to be among the things thus " to be answered for" to the helpless poor of this great city, the account will be no light one. We heartily wish Mr. Berkeley's amendment the success which it so thoroughly deserves.—Tintes. BETTING IN THE MORNING. DE?.BY. 700 to 200 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—taken 4 to 1 apt Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken 20 to 1 sgst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken 30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero 33 to 1 agst Mr. Osborne's Mount Charles—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar—taken OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The Bee—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade 14 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding School Miss 15 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Example and Egeria filly— t 20 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Robina—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Robinson's April Noddy 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's All-round-my-hat. ARZIVALS. — Dukes of Beaufort and Portland, Mar quis of Exeter ; Earls Miltown, Stradbroke, Wilton, Chesterfield and Countess, Albemarle and Countess ; Lords Macdonald, C. Manners, G: Bentinck, Maidstone, Duncannon, Godolphin ; Sir D. Baird, Sir W. Codring ton ; General Grosvenor; Honourables Colonel and Mrs. Anson ; Captains Rous, H. Pitt, G. Fitzroy, G. Ongley, C. Wortley, H. Forester ; Admiral l'aulett ; Colonels Lowther, Peel, Wyndham, Hornby, Brinkman ; Cap tains Clifton, Higgins, Reed, Bastard, Archdale, Free ston ; Messrs. D. Radcliffe, Watt, Cox, Greville, Gra ham, Newcombe, Sloane Stanley, Worratl, Magennii, Gardner, Cockerell, Payne, Phillimore, Thornhill, Thornhill, jun., Portman, Sharpe, Powell, Newton, Batson, Pierrepont, Gregory, Crommelin, Waddington, Hungerford, Phillipson, Towneley, Hawker, Osbal deston, &c. &c. The weather continues remarkably fine. RETURN OF PRINCE ALBERT.—His Royal High ness Prince Albert will return to this country on Thurs day, the 11th instant, and arrive at Buckingham Palace on the evening of the same day. Arrangements have been made to enable his Royal Highness to embark at Ostend at about 10 o'clock, A. 31., in the Princess Alice steam-vessel, Commander L. Smithett, and as this vessel generally makes the passage from Ostend to Dover in five hours, his Royal Highness may be expected to land at the latter port at about three o clock, P.N., when a special train will be in readiness tl convey the illustrious Consort of her Most Gracious Majesty to London. Mr. Thomas Pate, son of Mr. Wm. Pate, farmer, of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, is ab,ut to present to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, a beautiful skeleton, (it is supposed) of a wolf, which was found in the neigh bourhood of that place. Mr. Pate is to have for his liberality free access at all times to the Museum, with the liberty of admitting any number of friends. The Vicarage of Llanrian, Pembrokeshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Josiah Hess, has been given to the Rev. Jacob Hughes, formerly curate of the parish. So great was the influx of visitors at Brighton on Friday last that all the hotels were crowded, and at several of these (particularly the Old Ship), from the hour of four till eight, parties were eagerly waiting in the coffee-room to seize on the dinner-tables the instant they were vacated by others. KENSINGTON. —On Monday, the Kensington " Easter Dinner" was revived, aftrr some years' discon tinuatce. At half-past five upwards of 100 gentlemen sat down to an excellent repast in the Assembly-room at the Crown Hotel. Mr. Archdeacon Sinclair, the vicar, took the chair, supported on his right by Sir John Conroy, and on his left by Colonel Fox. Messrs. Ches terton and Belworthy, the churchwardens, occupied the vice-chairs. There were also present, the Rev. Mr. Pitman, the Rev. Mr. Irons, the Rev. Mr. Sherman, Mr. Holt, - barrister-at-law, Mr. John Percival, and most of the principal inhabitants of the parish, including several Dissenters. HOLBORN.—Holebourne is noticed in the Dooms day survey, where the King is said to have two cottages, which pay xxd. a year to his Vice-comes. Tanner, in the Notitia Monastica, refers to a charter dated so long back as 1287, in which the grant of a place near Old bourne, where the Black Friars had before dwelt, to Henry De Lacy, Earl of Linooln, is recited. Henry De Lacy died here, in 1312, and upon its site the older part of Linooln's Inn has since arisen. FATAL ACCIDENT AT HUNGEBFORD MARKET. — Mr. Higgs held an inquest on Monday at the George, Castle-street, Leicester-square, on the body of William Payne, aged 35, a porter in Hungerford-market. It ap peared in evidence that the deceased was on Thursday last employed to unload a barge of some mangel-wurzel. The barge was moored off the market, aboxt ten feet from the shore, so that deceased had to carry his load along a plank. As he 1% as on the middle of the plank, w i t h a lead on his shoulders. the barge was unexpectedly set in motion by the swell of a steamer leaving the pier, and the plank being shaken the deceased fell into the water. An alarm was instantly spread, and the drags were brought and put into operation without delay. He was found in about ten minutes, but quite dead. Ver dict—" Accidentally drowned." PITHY BIOGRAPIIT.—Sumner Lincoln Fairfield died at New Orleans on the 6th ult., in utter destitution, wretchedness, and despair. He was a man of much in tellectual powers, but unbalanced by firmness of prin ciple, extravagant in expenditure without regard to means, and fatally addicted to intoxicating liquors.— New York Tribune. SINGULAR CASE OF SACRILEGE.—A girl named Carpenter, about eleven years of age, was discovered by the sexton in St. Thomas's Church, early on Saturday week. On being interrogated, she said she `went in the previous evening to hear the singing, and the singers leaving quickly she was locked in all night. In the course of a any or two afterwards she was detected vend in.- a Bible and Prayer-book (which had evidently been stolen from the church), and taken before the magis trates, but they could not bring the theft honie to her, and she was discharged.—liampshire Advertiser. SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS. Scylla and Charybdis, or Scylla and Glaucis rather, is a far more appalling story of jealousy. Scylla properly belongs to the opposite coast of Naples ; but as she and her fellow monster Charybdis are usually named together, and the latter tenanted the Sicilian coast, and the strait between them is very narrow, she is not to be omitted in Sicilian fable. Charybdis (quasi Chalybdis, Hiding ? though some derive it from two words, signifying to " gape" and " absorb,") was a female robber, who, having stolen the oxen of Hercules, was condemned to be a whirlpool, and suck ships into its gulf. But she was a horror not to be compared with Scylla, though the latter was thought less dangerous to pass. it has been thought by some, that by the word Scylla is meant the bitch of the sea-dog or seal—a creature often found on this coast. Be this as it may (and the seal, having a more human look than a dog, might suggest a more frightful image, to say nothing of its being more ap propriate to the water), who was Scylla? and how came she to be this tremendous monster ? From the jealousy of Circe. Scylla was originally a beautiful maiden, fond of the company of the sea-nymphs, and Glaucus (sea-green), a god of the sea, was in love with her. She did not like him ; and Glaucus applied to Circe for help, from her skill in magic. Circe fell in love with the lover, and, being enraged with the attractions that made him refuse her, poisoned the water in which Scylla bathed. The result was the conversion of her lower limbs into a set of barking dogs. They were part of her; and when in her horror she thought to drive them back, she found herself " hauling" them along with her—one creature, says Ovid, hauling many : 7, " Quos fugit, attrahit una. —Metam, xiv., v. 63. This is very dreadful ; yet Homer's creature is more so. Her proceedings exactly resemble the accounts which mariners have given of a huge sea-polypus —a cousin of the kraken, or sea-serpent—who thrusts her gigantic feelers over the deck of an unsuspecting ship, and carries off a few seamen. There is a picture of it in one of the editions of Buffon. But the dog like barking, and the terrific head and teeth, to which the imagination involuntarily gives something of a human aspect, leave the advantage of the horrible still on the side of the poet. --Leigh Hunt in Ainsworth's Magazine. The counsel for the traversers on the State trials are to hold a consultation, in Dublin, on Friday next, pre. vious to the opening of Easter Term, on Monday.. "THE ROOKS HAVE LOST THEIR PLACES. '—The rooks that formerly tenanted the trees on the parade in the Tower, as well as the crowns at the. summit of 'the . White Tower, built by William Rufus, and WI - act they inhabited for many successive generations, have vacated that locality for about eight years. Until that period likewise there was a celebrated rookery in the large tree in Wood-street abutting from Cheapside. POPERY AND PUSEYISM. (From the Tablet, a Catholic Journal.) For Mr. Newman—in the absence of all personal knowledge—we have ever entertained a most pro found and sincere respect ; mingled, too, with a feel ing of gratitude for causes to which we shall not allude more distinctly. We have with all our hearts rejoiced over every symptom he has exhibited of nearer approach to the gates of the heavenly city ; and we have sorrowed deeply over every instance of his apparently unaccountable backwardness. We need hardly add that both these feelings are immea surably increased by the perusal of the beautiful little work before'us. But still the question recurs, why does this man, seemingly and by repute so full of piety, humility, and spiritual discernment, still hug to his breast the ignominious fetters of that false prac tice and belief ?- We cannot say. Rumours, indeed, have reached us—we hardly like to allude to them—from which it would appear that lie is overpowered by the delusion of visions from above, confirming him in his present course. God knows if this be true; but, if it be, it is, indeed, most lament able. Other rumours attribute his holding his position to a mere feeling of policy; a policy of which it is reported—but we do not believe the rumour—that even some Catholics approve. He thinks, forsooth, that he can do more servic? to God by remaining as he is, and thus holding out his hand to the weaker Angli cans to help them on their way. That any Catholic in his senses can approve of such a policy we do not believe, inasmuch as to approve it would be to approve the most awful sins, fur the sake of some rotten calculations of prospective benefit. Of course, heresy and schism are sins, let those who are without say what they will ; and it is, of course, impossible that any Catholic can seriously approve a continuance in them for an instant of time, even to secure the brightest and most brilliant results. Nay, we do not understand how any one, even on the borders of con version, can for any length of time nourish so insane a thought. Either the Church of Rome is the true Church, is a Church which the waverer intends to enter, or it is not. If it is not, any such policy as that we have alluded to can have no place. In this event Mr. Newman cannot have the notion of re maining for a time longer in the Anglican Esta blishment, in order, when he leaves it for Rome, to draw a mighty train after him. On the other hand, if the Church of Rome be the true Church, which he intends to enter, he can only enter it by condemning his present course ; by repenting of his present " policy," as a sin ; by acknowledging that to remain out of communion with Rome willingly for a moment, and upon any pretext, is, pro tanto, a rejection of the grace of God, a renunciation of the hopes of salvation. Surely, even such a waverer must understand that his first duty is to his own soul ; and that nothing, however specious, can excuse him for neglecting or postponing, even for the twinkling of an eye, that great primary obligation. It is not for him to save sinners, but to save.himself. The first he cannot do ; he can only plant and water, while God giveth the increase. The second he can do ; he must do; nor can any pre tence excuse the guilt of his neglect. How does such a one know that this very moment may not be his last— the last moment of mercy given him by the Almighty to redeem his life from the hand of the spoiler? And how will it be with him if he deliberately throws away this last moment—declares, on system, that he will not avail himself of this gracious opportunity, but, as if " the supper of the Lamb" was a common human banquet, resolves that he will accept an invita tion to it at a " more convenient season ?" DISGRACEFUL FRAUD.—We have been requested to state that some persons desirous of injuring the cha racter of the Anti-Monopoly Association of this town, have lately adopted the following plan :—Letters are issued in the name of the Association, professedly signed by one or other of its officers, and addressed to various parties. Some of them contain applications for money. Several have been addressed to gentlemen of known monopolist opinions, requesting them to act as stewards at the approaching banquet. It may not be generally known that this is an indictable offence, and the Council have, we think, wisely offered 501. reward fbr such infor mation as may lead to the detection of the offender. It may be proper here to state, that all letters issued by the Association are prefaced with an engraved heading of its name and motto, and if sent by post are prepaid.— Li rerpool Times. I3nocou FROM CORNWALL.— Very large quanti ties of brocoli are now sent to Bristol by the steamers, for sale in the Bristol and Bath markets, or to be for warded by railway to London. The very large brocoli raised in the west of Cornwall surpass everything of the kind that can be raised in the neighbourhood of those markets.—Royal Cornwall Gazette. AMERICAN ORATORY. —" Now, my fair country women, with your permission, a word with you. I grant ye that the Whigs have the advantage of us plain spoken Democrats in scented hair, diamond rings, and white kid gloves—(Roars of laughter)—in the language of compliment and the affectation of manner, and most particularly, in their style of dressing. If one of these exquisites wished to express the idea contained in the home-spun adage, 'There is the devil to pay, and no pitch hot,' be would say, There is a pecuniary liability due to the old gentleman, and no bituminous matter of the proper temperature, wherewith to liquidate the obli gation."'—New York Tribune. LOTS OF BAIRNS AT EYEMOUTH.—If the man be happy whose " quiver is liberally filled," the ladies of Eye mouth must have qualified their liege lords to talk boldly with " the enemy in the gate." I never saw such swarms of children as the door of every domicile presented. They wore crawling in and out of boats, or creeping en the quay or jetty, and as I foolishly imagined, in momentary risk of drowning. "Do children frequently drop in ?" I inquired, in a paroxysm of alarm, of the jolly hostess. " Aye, aye,'the Pule things, they often fa' ower yen pier," she answered, coolly. " God bless me !—Lost of course ?" " Na, na," returned the landlady ; " noo and then, to be sure, a bairn's drooned ; but there's maistly some idle body in the way to fish them oot, the deevils?" Though the worthy hostess spoke so coolly on the sub ject, I thought it rather a risk, to allow two-year-olds, to tumble into twenty feet water, depending on their being " maistly some idle body in the way to fish them oot."—Maxwells Wanderings. THE ROYAL NURSERY.—WhiIe her Majesty and Prince Albert are inhaling the genial and invigorating sea breeze, and rusticating at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, the Royal progeny will be domiciled at the Ti- , turesque seat at Eaglehurst, which has been selected as the marine residence of the Royal infants. The stately tower of Eaglehurst is not far from Calshot Castle, in the Southampton river, commanding beautiful sea views in all directions, and is surrounded with rich plantations. It was formerly the seat of the Earl of Cavan, and ori ginally built by the late Temple Luttrell. The lofty tower of Eaglehurst is well known to seamen as " Lut trell's Folly." KING GEORGE THE THIRD AND THE SCOTCH DIVINE. —His Majesty, after the close of the American revolu tionary war, ordered a thanksgiving to be kept through this kingdom. A noble Scotch divine, in the presence of the King,.inquired, " For what are we to give thanks —that your Majesty has lost thirteen of yo ur b es t pro vinces ? ' The King answered "No "Is it, then (the divine added), that your Majesty has lost 100,000 lives of your subjects in the contest ?" " No, no I" said the King. "Is it, then, that we have expended and lost a hundred millions of money, and for the defeat and tarnish of your Majesty's arms ?" "No such thing," said the King pleasantly. " What, then, is the object of the thanksgiving ?" " Oh, to give thanks that it is no worse." Mrs. Charke, the eccentric daughter of Colley Cib ber, had long lived on unpleasant terms with her father, by whom she was treated with just severity for her total disregard of all social duties and common decorum. Being on one occasion greatly irritated by the dramatist's refusal to honour her drafts, she equipped herself after the style of a gentleman of the road, and hiring a suit able charger, actually waylaid her father upon Epping forest, by stopping his chariot, presenting her pistol, and desiring him to deliver. The affrighted comedian, to save his life, could do no less than part with his purse. " Young man, young man," said the dramatist, " this is a sorry trade, take heed in time." " And so I would," replied Charlotte ; " but I've a wicked old hunks of a father, who rolls in money and mistresses, yet denies me a guinea, and has had the impudence to make so worthy a gentleman as yourself answer for it."-.-The Elliston Papers, in Ainsworth's Magazine. DARING ESCAPE OF A CONVICTED FELON.—Leach Borley, a man who was, on Friday last, convicted be fore Sir John Matteson of maliciously setting fire r to of a barley stack, the property of Mr. George qa 3 lod_ Rymer House, and sentenced to transportation for life, was immediately after his conviction conveyed with other prisoners to the van usuatlalyheemphloiyed care ) prisoners to and from the gaol - t S re hall. On the arrival of the van at the gaol, the turnkey, as usual, went to open the door of the van to let out the prisoners, when Borley made n sudden spring from the steps. The governor (Mr. Orridge), who was standing by at the time to receive the prisoners, noticing the spring of Borley from the steps, quickly attempted to grasp his collar, but the rapid motion of the convict prevented his so doing, and he, suddenly eluding his grasp, ran off rapidly in a direction toivards Haberden Grounds. Several of the turnkeys at tempted to follow him, but the darkness of the night, together with the speed of the convict, prevented their coming up with him. After the other pri soners in the van had been removed into the gaol, it was discovered that Borley had, during his passage from the Court to the gaol, taken off his shoes and removed his handcuffs ; thus freed from all tram mel, he was enabled to exercise that • speed for which he has been so long distinguished, and made off— a speed . which bas rendered him popular throughout the neighbourhood in which he resided, and upon which he plumed himself so much, that the notoriety thereof was even alluded to anti commented upon in the course of his trial, when no conception could be formed, after the solemn judgment which had been pronounced upon him, of the . extraordinary nature of its results ; the excite ment which this event produced in the town within one hour after his eseape was so great, that it exceeded belief and paralysed exertion. Mr. Orridge, hou ever, with his well-known activity (an activity which has been called into exertion for the space of 46 years, and the anniversary of which • 46th year, strange to say, fell on this very day), imme diately proceeded into the town, and caused hand-bills descriptive of the prisoner's person and character to be printed. tip to the hour of our going to press, we have received no intelligence of the capture of the prisoner.— . Ipswich Express. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. iL_ - DEATH OF LORD ABINGER. (From the Times.) P. is with derp regret we announce the melancholy in telligence that the Noble and Learned Lord. ?.ho for the hilt ten years has filled the office of Chief VaThrt, has breathed his last at Bury, early on Sunday salorninhr. Lady Abinger and several members of his Lt.vgethily s family were present when he expired. He never ape. peered to regain consciousness from the first monsetst that his fatal illness supervened. During the long period of half a century Lerd Abin ger had practised or administered the law. His aetive and distinguished life was passed during the reigns of four Sovereigns. When he entered upon the exereise of his profession. Lord Kenyon presided in the Court of King's Bench, Sir James Eyre was Chief Baron, the first Earl of Rosslyn at the head of the Common Pleas. and the first Earl of Eldon Attorney-General. To climb the heights which these great men had already attained formed the object of his youthful ambition. To contend ;sit!), the formidable rivalry of their imitators and suc cessors became the business of his life; and no reader now requires to be informed that he prosecuted this great design with an amount of professional learning, moral energy, and intellectual power, such as have been rarely equalled, and never surpassed. He was the descendant of a family which settled in Jamaica as long ago as the first establishment of the colony. In that island they lived long enough to ac quire considerable wealth and distinction, and there Lord Abinger was born, the second and last surviving son of Robert Scarlett, by his marriage with Miss Elizabetla Anglin. His youngest brother, Sir William Anglin: Scarlett, was also a member of the legal profession, and eventually became Chief Justice in the island with which he and his relatives had been for so long a period con nected. As a natural result of the lo mlity in which he had been born, it was necessary for Lord Abinger to leave his home and travel to Europe, in order to secure the benefit of such an education as his early powers seemed entitled to receive, and for this purpose he was consigned to the care of a friend in the north of Eng land, at as early an uge as he could venture to travel alone. Ile was placed for a short time at a public school, but was soon removed to Cambridge, where he entered as a fellow-commoner of Trinity College. In four years he took the degree of 8.A., and shortly afterwards quitted the University. Within one year after his call to the bar —viz., on the 22d of August, 1792, he mar ried the third daughter of Mr. Campbell, of Kilmerey, in Argyleshire, by whom he had three sons and two daughters ; of the latter the eldest is the lady of Lord Campbell, who enjoys a peerage in her own right as Baroness Stratheden. On quitting the University be came to London, and devoted himself to his profession with great ardour, selecting as the chief object of his laborious studies the perusal of modern reports, which he esteemed the spee diest road to success as an advocate. By the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple he was called to the bar in thejyear 1791. Although he inherited more than a com petent independence, he devoted himself to the most laborious of all professions with an earnest perseverance of which there are few examples, and with an industry rarely called into existence by any stimulus less than the pressure of actual necessity. The practice of the common law was that to - which he gave a preference ; and the Northern was the circuit to which he attached himself. Years rolled by ; and, like others, he was compelled to go through the usual proba tion. In due course the leader of his circuit presented him with a bag ; but not until he had business enough to render that species of accommodation quite needful. Not many years elapsed before that bag laboured under a plethora.. The opinion entertained of him by attor neys, clients, and jurors, at first favourable, gradually' grew into admiration, and at length ripened into un bounded confidence ; until, in the end, men began to think that it would be almost "a tempting of 'provi dence" for any one engaged in litigation to omit retain ing Mr. Scarlett. At the time to which we refer, his personal appearance was, in a remarkable degree., cal culated to win the favour of every beholder. Though born in a tropical climate, his physical strength and animal spirits were indomitable, while his command of temper also presented an exception to the ordinary rules which apply to West Indians. He was as calm as any Englishman, and as discreet as " if bred at Glasgow or at Aberdeen." In the year 1816 Mr. Scarlett was called within the bar, invested with a silk gown, and became, therefore, one of that eminent body known as " his Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." From this time forward a large proportion of the leading business of the Court of King's Bench fell into his hands. To enter the House of Com mons became the next object of his ambition, and he forthwith offered himself as a candidate for the borough of Lewes ; but his opponent, Sir John Shelley, was elected by a majority of 19. The demise of George ILL, however, necessarily led to a general election, and he accepted the offer of the late Earl Fitzwilliam to come it/ fur Peterborough. Although his professional fame had not even then at tamed its highest point of eminence, he entered Parlia ment with the character of being one of the ablest coun sel at nisi pries that had ever adorned the English bar. Yet there were many amongst his rivals and contem poraries who excelled him in the attributes of an orator. He was no sentence maker; his style was so unadorned and unpretending, that his audience never suspected themselves to be in the presence of a great man; he never abashed a jury or benumbed their faculties by any display of intellectual superiority; but rather sought to comfort them and mould them to his . purpose by in ducing them to conceive a very high opinion of their own wisdom and intelligence; he never made the least at tempt to exercise imagination, and always gave prac tical proof that lie had no wish to excite the passions of a tribunal by anything approaching to declamatory appeals. The first subject to which he applied himself in the House of Commons was the financial policy of the Mi nisters who were in power when he first obtained a seat in that assembly. He urged the expediency of apply ing the sinking fend to make good the deficiency in the revenue ; but, as might be expected, these early efforts of his in the way of Parliamentary opposition, produced little effect upon the general policy of the King's Govern ment, and lie therefore thought it expedient to lose 110 time in applying himself to subjects more congenial to the habits, and probably more agreeable to the natural construction of his mind ; accordingly, we find him giving cordial and efficient assistance to Sir Samuel Romilly and Sir James Mackintosh in their efforts to amend the criminal law. In the next stage of his career as a legislator he introduced a proposition for altering the Poor-laws. That attempt proved abortive, and the practical carrying out of the principles which he then put forth was reserved for a later period and another Parliament. In the year 1822, a vacancy occurring for the Univer sity of Cambridge, he became a candidate, but Mr,pankee was returned by a majority of 138 ; and MC .Scarlett continued to sit for Peterborough, still a supporter of the Whig interest, though so quiet, unobtrusive, and discreet, that he could scarcely be called a partisan. On the breaking up of the Liverpool Administration, in 1827, Mr. Canning invoked the assistance of the Whigs, and Mr. Scarlett became Attorney-General. This was his first approach towards those Conservative principles by the consistent maintenance of which he has been dis tinguished for nearly 20 years. In the office of Attorney-General Mr. (now Sir James) Scarlett was succeeded by that able and very learned, but somewhat eccentric person, Sir Charlie Wetherell. Then came the Wellington Ministry, and with their accession to office came many changes, amongst which was the measure of Roman Catholic relief. To this Sir Charles Wetherell opposed himself with extra ordinary effect and characteristic vehemence, where upon the Duke, in his usual way, intimated that the resignation of the worthy and Learned Knight would be very acceptable ; and without loss of time Sir James Scarlett became once more his Majesty's Attorney - General. This was the period of the Brunswick Clubs ; and the enthusiasm which characterised those associa tions naturally extended itself to their organs amongst the daily and weekly press. Several criminal informa tions were filed against a publication, t o g since d called the Morning Journal, against the Atlas, and other t ct' papers, for libels on the Duke of Wellington a nd Lord Chancellor. These prose cutions, in which Sir the leading seat ngfea in tures of his oJffiamcieasl gained edHveersdallicts, continuedfoied to Parlia ment to Lord Fitzwilliam, whether sitting . for Melton or yet he gave his unqualified sup portfor Peterborough, Ceaged umed the de t ! b e de to sign t tr e e d p b r y in t e h r e p l t e d e s r w m h , if T h , o a ry bo ; u „ t an th d a as t time, nomination of "Conservative." As might be expected, he resigned the office of At torney-General when Lord Grey became the head of the Government, and zealously co-operated with Sir B. Peel and his supporters in their opposition to the several Reform Bills which, during the years 1830 and 1831, were submitted to the consideration of Par liament. He had, however, for some time ceased to be the nominee of Lord Fitzwilliam, having been returned for Cockermouth in 1831, and for Norwich in 1832. Lord Lyndhurst filled the office of Chief Baron in 1834. Towards the latter end of that year Sir Robert Peel was unexpectedly called upon to form a Conserva tive Ministry. Lord Lyndhurst was, therefore, required to withdraw from the Exchequer, in order that he should preside in Chancery; and the office of Chief Baron was conferred upon Sir James Scarlett, who, at the .same time, was called to the House _of Peers .by the title of Baron Abiager. It has long been proverbial in Westminster Hall that distinguished advocate, when raised to the bench, does not always become an eminent judge; on the contrary, it has happened in more instances than one, that men who never had enjoyed much fame at the bar have, when placed on the judgment seat, acquired, amongst the sages of the law, the highest and most enduring reputations. To this rule Lord Abinger formed no exception, for his fame as an advocate has not been equalled by his cha racter as a judge. The same result havingoften happened in similar cases did not prevent considerable surprise in some minds that a man, who for nearly forty years bad been accustomed to influence juries with almost un disputed sway, should suddenly lose some portion of his ascendancy over their minds when he attained to a more elevated position and a weightier responsibility. For some time after his elevation to the bench Lord Abinger did not get his verdicts out of the jury -box with all the facility that long habit at the bar probably led him to expect. As an advocate he had been the wonder of the age in which he lived. Under every variety of circum stance lie exerted himself body and soul to present the facts of his client's case clearly and consistently and in disputably before a jury. Few men excelled-him in the art of cross-examination; but he outstripped all compe tition whenever he found it necessary to restore, to eon:- fort, and to set up one of his own witnesses whose tests. mony might have been damaged by a' severe cross. examination from the adverse counsel. Lord Abinger was for many years a bencher of the Inner Temple, and was for many , years .Attorner;Genee ral of the County Palatine of Lancaster; and his Lord. ship was also a Privy- Councillor. His first wife died in the year 1629, and after reuttitt. :~---- of ling r a ars ion, 5° 501 ak on wour ith Dor►¢ l )ts lo toy Pry'. PS G re' Fro g luroP s large risk Po' ..-0 00 95 41 59 155 1 5! rt_Ad g