The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-26 00:00:00

Nr a -- ;17—...,....,.........A.,.. ....—.. . .....____ AND COMMERCIAL NEWS • . . '''" In . thO r/:. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. ~ .tper e. , ' , •.v erpool Cotton market on Saturday the sales about . • Dre v ;,, 4- 4100 bales, including, 2,0(X) on speculation, at obi-; 'AO rates. -4-Shares were steady, and South Eastern and zlit'er e rebetler: Birmingham and Gloucester were 724; . 1 Ir ei t. gil:andSilasgew„ Egli ;., Grand Junction, 2244 ; Great Ili te rn ' 14 4, '18k; Hull and Selby, 594 ; Liverpool and • ty:lrhester- 2211; - Biriningham Quarter, 27/ • Paris and i ns, 2i: ter, and Orleans, 3111; and South Eastern, 35g. thsn,Olints fiem Liverpool give the following particulars of " ° ° l -tiad • • - ere has been . a fair amount of 'business done in Wools • ornewseAlek-and prices of all descriptions' continue firm. The felt, ~T 2 f jlt ( jekB, Of both Foreign and Scotch, is very much .-.' W o o_ 'Aro. has been - lanimated I:very - inquiry for Alpaca t tkit 7i-bOth black .and brown, and , some transactions have • le*i Oerkat a still further advance. The -market is still 111 1 4$ 1). The goods)mide from this. article are getting k,., into,favour, and-are likely to ‘ liceonie very fashionable, Sor7.l 4 a.icity has lately ordered some patterns of this fabric. et dief:lMProvements have lately been made .in the process . eoats t ,' g th em, and it - is said' that they are about bringing `allio,',l 4 tCrlta of a thittrie? make, adapted for summer wear, ';.'rcn'e.ekPceted to have a great run this season." • itiat;',_43,teounts from New York to the 3(1 Feb., per Mediator, tig t l it i e Vat there continued to be some speculation in Cotton, ',llee le -1 tile intelligence of the rise in prices here, had caused .11iti r a the holders in the south to be most unreasonable in 'll . l lrep._ ente n. ;. ,. ( ia . • The article was not being freely shipped to eat 0 7,'"" is the . game of the speculators to keep it back . ; 4q k)l6-,Aoubt the opposition of the manufacturers here will , 41 41,4 g"ti. - The Americana were looking for au outlet at..e, for some of their broadstuffs, owing to the failure bet% u arveat in the empire, and the permission that has efler e ierded by an Imperial ukase for the free importation ' Ike o f g n gtaili. It appears that important arrests had . taken L 4007 . One Oi two parties supposed to be concerned in the . 11._ . no te - robbery. The Money Market was firm. • 'ilitio'rela nothing new from Canada. The MexiCan. Corn , titi r tra are. reported to have failed ..in coming to an ar . 7ent iritk lexas. :i. l'aNi tia . - ert time back we alluded to the peculiar position of .vrots l i tl f , and th e nec essi ty of friendly relations being ~*11i0,,,,. cul tivated by us with that remarkable country. We b l itki - g li t ° r 8 ),(1-- the following, being an extract from a letter ' lk cii: Pa Y, Nov. 10, and written, as - the tenor will show, iitaen of the United States : `, o liki l d 'C ' l 2Tortiment of I'aragtiay are anxious-that-the Prin "Zra. te;f;,:w° B t friendly relations should be with the Govern - lost-,!-ua.United States, as the treaties which exist between Lpft",ti?...9 l 6 South American *Republics and 'Great Britain, .°lpp c i r i!aoeti that they look to the latter as their principal ~/"1, It l i es, therefore, that her Britannic Majesty's En deit'oll'-',urdOn was coldly received, and that the Govern feel], Parit ua l. .), are ao anxious to cultivate the most friendly kgiillith t at of the United States, before all othernatons. ,, t.„zrt. of the 30th of September (rem Sydne . y notice no . ri....] alteration in the-state of the mercantile markets. , 'gli..._ lature was expected to' propose a reduction of the „_,.. 4 .1 ;, Price of land. - .As the labouring classes continued 'Nes ' -1 e Migration till the colony righte itself again, will ' t krAoth- - '• ,4 1 114,.., 4 advisable, and much the same May be said, x... 5 r,...t tad, of New Zealand also. - continues - 0 4 11 1 4`,"*inarket steady, and the principal busi ''eriti,., yelli the.priparation for the Account settlement to totijit;.! 'There is . net the least difficulty in carrying over 1 ,... - " t elisiii ti t ti the. continuation is not thought o£ the Cam .ltAtitts.u. "a iakeirabout 2 . 0,000/. Consols at 974, and the . mie soeurity has been from 9711 to 4. Bank Stock ,tat ciVtad-India Stock, 278. The, New Three-and-a-Ifelf ilk - 4:2 . 94 to *; and the Three per . Cents. 98k to .' _ ra tont iell . market is better and prices come over much e T ;Amsterdam: The Five per Cents. are 2 . 41 to i, b,... . 6 I llr ee Per Cents. 334 to 34.; :11exicen Stock is quiet 4- ,..; - and Peruvian realiaes• 30 to 304 • Colombian 14 ' 3 1-4 1 lti x , '''t t Brazilian reallie 7vi, to i ; Dutch ' Two-and-a Oe r e.,. ctik e *, - 'utls. are 544 t o i • . . . jrnt ii i„ l. ? quiet, b u t th ey l oo k fi rmer , an d th ere i s a rise glis tl igoa4n to 131 and "133, and in South Western to E L ' ski Y o i Brighton are 64 to 4 ; South Eastern, 14* to 4 1 '''Itil a ,: ° ltli. Midland, 124 tar 114 discount; Northern and /1 - ''Aia; - '` ' ,1 4 to i premium ;liristol and Exeter are 2 to 1 1 ..,, 4: ;ptrainnuGieat Western nr eZ 1, and Manchester and Leeds - 4 8 , 841 11 i FUNDb THIS DAY AT oitircromocau • *i ii t , (From the Ofticia! Ult.) . * Stook. •» . ... ....... •.:;................, WA% tit, ,_Csltt. Reitieed Wenies ......... HU% • ••• i lit 'mt. Comois. Annuities...-. ..... ..... P7 %)4 . r. Pee Cent nadticed Annuities la k,, tip --.tratiCer L ATl r n e u l e6 iZtlai...»... " 11 l 19.10 . . ' k*li...s).Year4 Ritlire 15th 00C.1669 .....w It 1.16 'veto 30 Years, Expire Mb Jan. 1801 ..... lt% 0.16 ' , .. 4 , l i ii alck for Account lO5 . - "olds: ......,...., 97 % } s ~. , Hi ti , t4niti o r t Account -iiil:77 1 yia. ... • - -I LOOOt. 411' ,. •••11"...1.• 66 pow 100/. --. ',--- ' • ' Mt* alllall .. . . ....,,,«•• '''' irOitPoitlo Aelvertised....,...; - 11 i iii t FUNDS TMV ei l 3 :: . At A . T .... 0 N .. 8 .... 0 . :C 12 L0 .4 C/L 4 Ick,°Zlo4 Ayre l :tor ß irra er 6 per C;;;.-.. ......... ..... 35 • ''' lqitian &Mids..: . ~. , . ......... l% '.. ' N s , h Ittinds,lll62, ....... 4 ` ::,' 15,_:..0 for the Account- .... ....,.................... 34 '54 12 te k r• noferred Mock. . ~vhita Bonds 6 per Cants. ' •80 30 111,741t10 ter th 'A nt ... ....... .... ..... 801R4i4 FI CC V °U. . CriZt .. . 24 - .•h„,_-tto for the A0c0 e nnt....... ....... •••-"*- - ............. N.._ ..„. _ 11l Olt S. ••••••••••• 13% , i .tlq:„ . "eferrlii ..... •••••••••••••••......... 3X% r k ,„!, are* per cent, ,„„,....."..... ..... .... ... . . 38 1 1 , 4 53% • ..iri t 7;.9 for the Aceourat _ S. 1 , 4 ?e_11 Bonds, 2 Per Cent b..... o eferred-......,............ IIUI4 1.4%0i 26 Per % Per.Cemts..-.......-1-•**--*"*•liji% 121% 102% al li'L * ten s p.1;7417. • . ~-, itl cltil'Olrom TH/6 DAY AT ONE. * A - A36s Pas Swale • L._ _ll.wrixo. - -- PAID. 4 k"i'lheter... ......,..;..;.„ 70 ... ~... IS ..... .... to BO alto Holyher;ll..""".."' 5 - , ..... ' , 11 iii: ‘ ,' ‘t unties .. ~..... 23 •••••,••• - "*"-- - ' r eit lir. ..... im - batier;77 , • - • - •• • •-•- ... , .., 5 ....jos .....„... to - ine.. 441 1 4414 "; " .............--. to - .1 ...arighton ..... .... ~ .50 ..... -.; 43 %% ••• ti - - m irmingharn - Stoat - 2si .. to 283 ~,,N %area - 2 ~.... to -. ,i tt a il lt a 2i. Aau tiVes . t . 4;ir:..... 4 , 1 ,. % ••-• 77 .l i . !:. -1.-- ....fit the ; . k coatt a nd Leeds. .. --. /6 ..... --MI le7 to 108 • '' l ttlto,. *lad Darlingies7lunci:: 1 8 ••••, 1 " 4- 84 34 -." -. lid ttal4ild &stens --...- 45 ros:•-, 66 '4 *** I f -Rh 9.: ..-"....... a ls - . , ~.tte d ' ''' .. " .----- -" 100 ........- fn% -.. 43 - pie a n'faree..„......- "4O *"""* ,823,c „,.., so, Bsu • 14.11 4 4 . °114 7441 1 1.:::::=1. .20 1 4 1y••••_1: :: . li tilth 11:: itav;e• •••••••••-:"." ; - 3% _•••••••.: " 36 / • I llitt a si zir and Dever ......" 25 •••••• 3 s% %„.to 36 % lu ltk Vitr .P.• ta xr e etlctiklland 5O .....,... 116 .... 53 ,g ...." to -. • . - •••."1119 Scave4,o' litt°!'eal''"-`***“."" 2 :34 ...... 17 % ••••••• t° - ~ 1,, . ipta,„ i ni r c _Bran y( c t h .... .. : 411 .4434" P•11% .141n ir d r i Z a _ 3. ... 10 4 1 -- -• •- p i ll ; . _,. 1.9 qC- " Ex " c./ ... i.A.,....4cm, Fgt. 24 10 .L iU Wa ... h t a ° 1 7- 0 had biti t rk k „ - ,, e ,.‘ 9 7 1 aYi and . only a small amount of - business • .i - i - r - ',,,„ Le d. -- -Eastern Counties, . 10i ; .London and s lisl i: a; at anchestet, Bolton, and Birmingham, 97; . " 14;1 Atanchester 71 to 72; Manchester ' and Br . ' - . . • 4 1, 41ki„ ,•• -- ' = CLOSING PRICES. Ott e t ;a t t ..,,,..' .....- - BRITISH Indian Eontls „,..8 7 pm. tle nt r. :. .. : .... 97 Dftto, Old Annuities p . ? rsia kr .el ......... 10:1 Ditto !Jew Annuities . .. . fib pm. ..t..,.....,„ 102 Ex ex il t :i t t o lls, , l,ooo oi . ... 4 .../ . ...... El . :: et.; pm. t ini1y04 4 4 ,.t 1.1.. e . X . p . i . r . e . 7- Ditto 5ma11...-. .. E 9 pm. ,___”".......• 12 13.16 Bank Stock for Acct :... . 195 A 7 100 , --7 -" , .....: 12 11.16 ' India Stock for Acct.... 27834 e1t1 . • , !'•,',"*...., 12 9-16 Console for Acct. ..... .... P 734 tel l4%l4 o,ker tet c Ct n . ! P6RElGN Po r t i lu g N u D e S ie 5 per Cent 76 tO s ki lnon i n t..: ..... :.. 1 - 06% Ditto, New ' Ditt0.......... - Il t - Cqinet l i'"•••••••.... 80 • Prussian, 5 per Cent -.......'. - .11tee v.... Per ,Cent... • asx Russian, 5 per . Cent ..... - : Nzi . uri'stp,,.,,t --...:.... 105 Ditto, Metallic A-. --,ent ..... 13% Spanish, 5 per Cent -2:134 Qiiiii724, i........ ........... - Ditto, 9 per Cent ..... ..., 33% k,,,lt s 'lDel. eer.,.. Cent . : ..... 93 Ditto, Deferrer. ' ~ 13 % 11,,,itatris.5 ' u t ..... . • • 88 ;French, 5 t.er Cent. 11.6 f lise I ta li e ter Cent. ..... - Exchange -f. ..-c. Iti lle rr - r ellt ent ,...::: 34 1 A French, 3 per Cent. -f -c. • . 4112 A -, ...5 . r....... - Dutch, 2% per Cent-- 55% •• • . 4 per Cent... -50 Ditto, 5 per Cent 10.235 - la. gh oo , . SHARE .•.nto„..._..,atid Derby (100 paid) - it*a•' - ' rxi lle.„„.., , (25 paid) - • • l6 (26 paid) .....». . log ''s4 -74tere5a12 Zi (I)s:::l*.cCil'i' ) '' • brt t h tpd ( 01 pat( ) . d .... 51 7 i • ; b lL N Ptern• (75 k pa z d) - lit . 127akititTert•T.4rel, ( 5 0 Pa l P) ~.. '''''' IN ~ --.+Lension r 2 mid) ............- - q • IfaTtL it4b l . l. a rightoli ( - pa ) d) • ' ' 434 ,h0.06.,,-... Notes (10 paid) ...• ........4.-•"~ . •' i Ois 1 - .Z.1. Birroingham (5t0ck . ) .. ..........5.- --- L:Ito 24;floarter Sherri ( 2 paid) .....- . . It-meea.47,r.. hitch (2 paid).- .... ..... .....7,-, 77IA Ifit7teh4°,lth Western ,( 111 •1 11 . 106 . P ah l/ - 4 g , Brinidon ( 2 panl) - - it thern -7,,d, ID arlingtou,Junction (15 paid) : N,, l llaf t ir._ .'*kdkatern (. ' Paid ) • - . "''' ' 56 1/4 4 - 4 15 * Ir4g at Paid ) ...., ......... ~..,„,..... 9; 2 en i paw) ?a tip g;.4,lllltind•Dover (50 prt/411' ' " 35Z 1. 0"141, 4- 2 „'P (% paid)....,......- ~ 4 44 s„, „,_ Midland (59 paid) _ 1 .... 4111 ° lto- Ik ' --'l,-.orugh Branch ( 234 paid) .... 3„i,,,,, •% . . ''' ll- 11 1 -' 1111 0 E, Suizraxi.•;--The sailors . of North * ~ ~.- : aiiit • 4 jOds last vreek stand( work for a rise of wages %I f '''. tl l l, l * voyage for, the coal trade, and 31. per 11, 111)4,4;44aa1tie and Ai : African trade. The late of 4::a b lo vc, yan. '''' Paid is from - 34Za. to 31. 12s. 6d: in the coal 'it "v CI hae -16 „ , 41 D ecopying oven weeks; and for foreig . n, V.ti 11 lbi e en-rnuch kat: .With this miserable pit kv:- 4 t 4l.iii e ,,,e! of the Men; to our knowledge, have been 40 iiir,„gtinZuje condition ; .many of them . almost starv ‘k "la e" 11 158 aave been • held he Se,amens' Hall, k te tt t ete . .- 4 1 0,4 1 :0 s e , r Nitl.,_ le d that eNery peaceable means shonld I ti N ,„;_erct thi n the wages asked, and to induce those who .IZ`otiri'llP,to turn . out. - The river . has for the last it'd,,..t„:4{lcett:3l%,_ttlk,co;eered with boats laden with )I t Ne k Lloat th e 4 : 4o ttt. fr o m • Ship to ship to induce . those on kat 4, ,, e1 11 , 4 •. t, -but in-no instance has the' least attempt r.bAttt'aii:l4„lateth,,,rfall_de.. Onyriday; a . body of - Newcastle po trcliet s _ 4l e ri. -- ;' 'xi • by- Sir John Fife -and Mr..Steph!ns, ti, 4, -sl ate ,ti? Protect the -ships, but their • services /' 1 -" the 11 The peaceable conduct of the seamen so ht..47labirAti 43'or, that he - expressed himself in term of t‘ollk `vitup ' 4l . AL their tempt to and -znanli conduct.- 4 0« • - ' ra . 1 4 jr ol . Alf pa . -- . f lt el ' : the i 4 114111 and. Singular • interest has just 4, -1 a, h:te .4,1 d of Arran, having a considerable resemblance k•I:i - t t --,1 11 4 0 ,7. at the I ragto border ballads of the olden time. ei-181114,---Wie d aughter of a respectable fawner It Anchin: nt:littiu A 4 u 4 ret trat e ir iouth of lAutitith, was about to be , 14 to ..,N N. P s m an of her own, rank in life. The marriage ' ll l ,4 bat -14 „._ ble-i kt - Z e c ustonk is; a cavalcade of friends were lii- IN 61 ap t , ~. D e father's house at an early hour to pr 0.14 ti ll 7 144 4 7 'nett father's house who resided at the north. tiZilivilittbrtil., do he fifteen- miles- distant. The morning k ti. e ,N. on teit „ ta.l„..„;lm_ that from : ;hit . and other causee. 0 111 Y .It, l ep . 2 4' a c " ":Z o 7.e11 . ell Abe ' Journey. , The hrlde felt the 1 bti:41711•01,14 B"`.rePtucititi injury done to her feelings and 11 I '4 li ie. 41114 41c/ 1 ~o t brook the thought'of, her intended , p ri n t 41.•'•Ialir 0 y r a t _n nu mber Approacliitg to meet him on 14.. , e 14 1 ketin eatal e 4 nevi. his company would be numerous. 44 ,,,,tie7tfertritt e di and mental f ew become- that ere-raid-day-res. - go( p ' lit h ''''', ti iat. ' e Young .and blooming . bride became a . i.)llThe anxious- bridegroom 'anis party t..,14,4tt1irev.1,-eft4.:.Zl4otrz4e--7-111.trotadnonitheeri4.1:7_n,itasiel,ty but she resisted ell his an t !s. „ lit. 0 , 4 „ 844 ft . :, ;44_ 47.40th0.e .The fearful malady increased till na expired; Aski on Friday last her I'l Ilk /.. h ~ eold grave of . Kllmorrie churchyard.- N - t it' . b1i0a........w .-.- • . •' • . t io k il t llabi t I t 'qi tak en e regret to state that the Ott I pit t , :it° attend t u h ddeniy, in on Friday mornin g , and t„,1,N,,14 Lorde k turda y. e, great Anti- Corn : liw meeting at - N111'4111 4 "Ilfs 4414 It .aMrds us pleasure to announce R. , e„.._ t, fa lion is nut of .serious character, kgrek...b .. .z. *B-w-111 resters him to a state of til t °I I 1 40:: 1 113- Wa in t ,, .. ft .,. --- • liati,k -.,porie---Aria,v. ----....3 7.gorATuE.—At a meetitig, 1 ,4 11 ,4%/ V 0 • . ° .f Zegei.,::-. 4 .t the Union Bank Charin - - -crow, for f , a i tt . , "; . lite an ilingL.ord Mahon, who bad kindly g under- Ap_til,t4) tli,iliXationinpPon -.for;the statue of Sir David t , l i, Lon. ti, 4 l. . i9leT, there were present Sir P. o i ' ll l trH .- . p.?,,1i1r. ?e i t e e A!. -1 1 . 1, Mr. Phillip, .R.A.., Sir W. . 4.l . 4,,Aunit ig, ~,,,,,",..ope, dr. Burnell, and the secre -714;nrn,478:411 expt. e 4gL illl3 Lordship -presented ' " 44 4ip ~,Died-, li t : 3 - i . e gend :-!` Sir David Wilkie, ' ..I/4,k r , tulei 1841: - A Life 106 abort' Mae' GRIEVANCES BEF ORE SUPPLIES TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—We really were anxious to see in your popular columns the petition which Mr. Perry left at your office some days ago, which, if you have read it, you will, have seen was discussed and unanimously agreed to at a public meeting held at the King's Arms, Philip-lane, City, on the 14th inst. That petition advocates the principle _of the right which the people have to call upon their representatives to take into their consideration the grievances which most seriously affect them before they proceed to vote the usual supplies, and the chief of which grievances are specified. The petition, with the full approval of Mr. S. Craw ford, had the somewhat anomalous heading of To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, who represent the 950,000 British subjects who possess the right to exercise the Electoral Franchise;" and you know its fate. By a singular fatality, however, all the morning papers of this day have stated that it was from Rochdale; and we are desirous, not only_thatyou — sli - 6ild• give it insertion in a paper which so faithfully advocateS the cause of the many, but that you should correct the above-mentioned misnomer. Mr. Crawford will not fail to call the attention of the House to the contents of the document in question. We are, Sir. your most obedient servants, G. W. PERRY, A. MORTON. Hart's Hotel, Aldersgate-street, City, Feb. 23. P.S. Since writing the foregoing, we have seen your paper of this evening, and regret to see that you have fallen into the same mistake that the morning papers have committed. Be assured that those who drew up the petition feel that they have no reason to shrink from seeing the utmost publicity given to the petition in ques tion. Nay, they are desirous to lay it before the whole of their fellow-subjects. [We have not seen the petition referred to. Probably it has been mislaid, and our Correspondents will there fore oblige us by sending another copy.] THE FACTORIES BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. "LITERATURE.. BAYNES BAYLY'S POEMS. 2 Vas. Bentley, London, 1844. In tbeie volumes we have a reprint of the whole of. Mr. Bayly's poetical works, accompanied with a biographical sketch of the author from the pen of .his widow, from which it appears that he was born in the year 1797, so that at the period of his death, in j 1839, he could only have completed his forty-second I year. From the account ere given of him we should - judge him to have been a h man of the most friendly- 1 and carripanionable qualiti es ; an d i n d ee d hi s poems show this; for they:abound intender, amiable senti ments; -expressed in chaste, and perspicuous language. As they were chiefly intended for the drawing-room, it was -not necessary that they sh ou ld be conspicuous by-manly nerve and vigour, - and ac cordingly we find written no bold, striking thoughts or images, but instead—in -.thee more serious songs and ballads at least-r-a vein of gentle, pleasing melan lancholy. As a lyrical writer, Mr. Bayly is sur passed only by Moore, in ease and grace and melody of versification. Not a few of his earlier ballads— especially his " Oh no, we never mention her," and "Friends depart, and memory takes them," 'are still popular, hnd are long 'likely to retain their 'popula rity, if only for the beauty of the music to which the words are set. observe the Factories Bill brought in by Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton was issued on Friday, the 9th inst. It states that the law for regu lating tho employment of children and young persons in factoties needs amendment. Then follows an inter- pretation clause. No child under eight years of age to he employed in factories. How humane i Nor any young person to be employed under sixteen years. From this it would appear a boy or girl is reckoned a child until they reach sixteen. Children not to work more than six hours and a half dail y. How beautifully this clause would work fora journeyman cotton-spinner (and his employers), who employ from six to eight hands, the one half of which are generally under 16 years of age. It shows how absurd it is to attempt to legislate on a subject not properly understood. Young persons and women not to be emplOyed.more than twelve hours a day, nor to work after half-past s,even_o!elock in the evening, and to cease work on ' -- Sattirdays at half-past four o'clock. This has long been the general practice. One hour and a half to be allowed for meals. Now this is decidedly too little, and no good reason can .he shown why people employed in factories should not be allowed two hours for meals, as well as masons, carpenters, smiths, and in fact - all artizatis, and even day labourers. Now; it often happens that public works are so situated that -dwelling-houses cannot be obtained near to the work, which often coinpelst he work people to walk half ' a mile, and others a mile, to breakfast and dinner ; or to be at the trouble • and expense of having their food carried to them. How painful it is to'see hundreds of men, women, and children coming out of factories at the breakfast hour, and running es if they were on a life and death message !—not having as much time allowed them by their employers as to say may . God bless me and my food. These great exertions must be very hurtful to many of them. Now this bad system must have ori ginated with some very selfish master, and others have followed, the bad example, to protect themselves against those selfish men from underselling them. In place of the proposed alterations in the Factories Bill, had Sir Jaines introduced a ten hours' Bill, and COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR-, SUNDAY.—Yesterd ay her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual morning's walk The Royal :Family were also taken out for their usual airing, die Prince of Wales and the Princess. Alice in a carriage,. attended by the Dowager Lady -ryttelton, and the Princess Royal on her pony. Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Castle about two o'clock, and after having hid an audience of her Majesty, took his departure on his return to the metropolis. Her - Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel in the Castle. Archdeacon' Wilberforce and the Hon., and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. • prohibited all boys and girls from being employed in factories under 11 or 12 years of 'age he would have conferred a very great blessing on both old and young so employed ; the general voice of the country would have been with him. A few interested, selfish indivi duals might and would have disapproved of the measure; but what of that ? The boys and girls at 11 or 12 . , yeari of age would have been able to work the t en h our ' s without injury, their employment_ being generally light. By this plan, all complex rules and regulations would have been avoided, which would have: prevented a world of trouble, vexation, and expense. Were half a dozen of boys and girls-at eight •or nine years of age brought before the House of Porn 1110.a5,-and — the Members asked, will yOu make a law authorising such mere children to be wrought in •fac tories ? I should think the unanimous answer would be, certainly not ; would you have us to disgrace our selves? The truth is, it is only the children of worth less and dissipated parents that find their way into fac tories at eight or nine years of age. Honest and in dustrious parents would not allow such young children to go into a factory. The laws of the land should be made to protect such young children, instead of putting it into the power of worthless parents to subject their offspring to worse than slavery. It is to be hoped a British Parliament will not allow such a foul blot ever to stain their records. Saturday was the birth-day of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Her Rpyal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a dinner in honour of the day at her resi dence; Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchees of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were pre sent. A seles4,party of the nobility and gentry had also the honour orreceiving invitations. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary returned in the evening to Kew. The French Ambassador and the Countess de St. /Wham, the Turkish Ambassador, and nearly all the members of the Diplomatic Corps, and, also most of the nobility and gentry in towncalled during the 'day at Cambridge House, and left their names for the Royal Duke. The Duke of Cambridge. attended Divine service yesterday in the Chipel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by th e Ilev. Dr. Knapp, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath and the Rev. Drs. - Knapp and Wesley. The sermon WU preached by the' Bishop of Lichfield, who took his text from the Lamentations of Jeremiah, chap. iii., verses 40 and 41. The musical ser vice was Barrow's, in F, the Sanctus in -F, Gibbon, and the Anthem, "I was in the spirit," Blow. The Marquises of Salisbury and Winchester, Lords Clive, Eliot, Ernest Bruce, Cantilupe, Wharncliffe, Vivian, and Forester, were among the nobility present. The Duke of Wellington and Lord Ingestre attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. I beg pardon for troubling you with this letter ; I in tended it for Sir James Graham, as you will see by the alteiations, but have changed my mind. If you think proper to give it a place in your excellent paper you will oblige a constant reader of The Sun ; should you decline doing so, there will be no harm done.—l remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, A. C. R. Glasgow, Feb. 22. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine serviceyesterday afternoon, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Major Stephens was in waiting on his Royal Highness. Sir Robert Peel left town on Saturday morning, to have an audience of her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Baronet returned to town in the afternoon, by the Great Western. Railway, and arrived at his residence, in Whitehall-gardens, soon after four o'clock. Sir James Graham and the Chancellor of the Excfiequer had interviews with the Right Hon. Baronet after his arrival. Bishop Griffiths had an interview with Lord Stanley, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Major Jebb transacted business on Saturday, at the Home office. Sir Robert Peel had a grand Parliamentary dinner party en Saturday, at his residence, in Whitehall-garden& SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASE. Handicap 'for the Royal Birth-day Stakes.—Gay Lad, 12st 101b—Cheroot, 12st 7 lb—Peter Simple, 12st 7 lb—Van guard, 12st Mb—Robin Adair, I Ist 71b—The Page, list 101 b —Regalia,.llst Sib—Consul, list 71b—Discount, list Mb— Tally-ho, list 21b—Carlow, I 1 st—Lather, list—Creeper, list —Wilts, 11 st—Lottery, 1 I st—Marengo, 1 I ft—King Cole, 11st —Culverthorpe, lOst WM—Little Peter, lOst 101b—Tom Tug, lOst 101b--Roulette, lOst 101b—Ragged Jack, lOst 81b— Cora, 10st 81b—b cby Eastgrove, lOst 71b—Brilliant,10st4lb —Charity, lOst 41b—Forget-me-not, lOst 41b—Lady Hark away, lOst---:Josephine, 10stro--Flight, 9st - 10113. To declare on or before Monday next, March 4. SWINDON STEEPLE CHASE. Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared by Thursday next. Cheroot, 12st--Vangvard, lOst 61b—The Page, list 101 b Discount, list 91b—Tally-ho, list 71b—Carlow, list 21b— Creeper, list—Lottery , list—llfarengo, lOst 101b—Box keeper, 10st 101b—Peter Swift, lOst 101b—King Cole, lOst 10Ib—baleb Quotem, 10St 101b--Culverthorpe, lOst 10lb— ' Fitzwilliam 10st 101b—Bolus, lOst 51b—Charity, 10st— Chance, 9st 81b. - T-r r:r rlr . • rHE :SUN, -1401q1)01V---I'LlViON . -11 0 - ak r - E V--Le N NO,-; :-VHE 13 - R tT Alt .GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW, -ISI4ET • ING AT GLOUCESTER., TRIUMPHANT - RECEPTION OF MR. COBDEN,;M:P.,- ' , • AND A DEPUTATION -OF _THE LEAGUE:: "GLOUCESTER, SATURDAY' APTERNOON, TEE. - 24.—One of greatest 'and Most important -county Meetings was held to.day„ at noon, at the Shire Hall.. in the city of Gloucester, fee the purpose of receiving Mr. Cobden and' a deputation of The Anti-Corn-law League, in order to; hear the sentiments 'Bf those gentlemen rela te to the question - of removing all 'restrictions as to a -free trade in corn. The meeting was one ,oft the, most imposing and enthusiastic demonstrations us favour of free trade ever witnessed hi this county. The Shire Hall. was literally crammed to Suffocation, upwards of: 4,000 perions being present, an d hundreds we nt away, who. were unable to gain admis,siOn. . _ About month ago a requisition, most 'rumen:4oly and influentially signed, was presented to the High Sheriff; re questing him to convene a county meeting, on the subject of .the cern-laws, which that gentleman refused to com.plfwith, alleging that the requisitionists_ "did not represent the feelings of the freeholders of the county." This requisition received the signatures of no less than upwards of one hun dred and fifty great landholders • of the county; embracing among that number two Peers of Parliament, sit of the Afembers of Parliament connected with the county, and about tvreety magistrates, as well as several of the most .eminent practical agriculturists of - the vale of Gloucester. On the refusal, the requisitionists, with the:Earls Dude and Radnor at their head, determined to call a county meeting on'their own responsibility, in order to , afford the tenant and practical farmers of the vale of Gloucester an. opportunity of 'hearing the arguments of-the League.: • The leaders of the " Anti-League" exerted all their influ ence among the farmers of the-Cotswold hills to induce them to refrain from attending the meeting, and not to listen to the " balderdash" of the " - Lancashire strangers." A re commendation was also given to the fariners that they should commence a system of ' exclusive dealing." It was realb' a most gratifying sight to witness that the farmere, not withstanding all the persuasions and entreaties of the mo nopolists, determined to be present at the meeting, and attended in considerable numbers. "At any rate," said one of those sturdy yeomen to a brother agriculturist, "at - any rate, it-would de no harm to hear what the - great Parliament men had to say on free trade in corn." • • Shortly after eleven o'clock the deputation from the League took their - station on the platform: Mr. Cobden was received witha burst of tumultuous applause. On the platform w e n o ti ce d earl Ducie, C. E. IlandfOrd, On., the late High Sherlffof the County, E. Holland, Esq., late High Sheriff of WOrcestershire, C. Staunton, Esq., brother to the Member . for Stroud, Mr. Codden, Cel- Thornpion; and Mr. Moore, the deputation from the League ; and the following Magistrates of the county Whitwicke, E. Kendal, - L. Clatterbuck, J. Raymond Barker, L. S. Austin; and Anthony Fewster, Esqrs., besides several other gentle men whose names we could;not ascertain. On the motion of C. ROWLICt, Esq.,. seconded by C.. E. HANDFORIN ES4I., the Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie was called to the chair, amidst bursts of acclamation and re -peated demonstrations of respect. His- LORDSHIP said he deeply regretted that accidental circumstance's alone; had deprived them of the pleasure of the presence of his Noble Friend, Earl Radnor, who- was heart and soul in the cause.—(l i oud and continued cheering.) It was , only at the eleventh hour that his Noble Friend-was deprived from 'giving his support and countenance' to this important meeting—(Cheers)—on account of illness. ' He -had received letters of apology from the two Members for the city of Gloucester, who, however, fully concurred in the object of the meeting, as well as several other Members of Parliament, who were detained in London expecting the di vision on Lord John Russell's motion.—(Great applause.) Several other friends of the cause and champions of free trade were also unavoidably absent; but, while regretting, he had only to look around him, and from the vast as sembly by which he was s urr oun ded, which represented on this occasion the wealth and intelligence of the county, he was fully satisfied that himself and brother magistrates were perfectly justified in calling this meeting, notwithstanding the refusal of the High - Sheriff to comply with the requisi tion.—(Loud and protracted cheers.) Had he not occupied the chair, he would have embraced the opportunity of de fending his conduct in giving his most cordial and hearty support to the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Loud cheers.) In sinuations had been cast upon him, and some very unfair statements had gone abroad relative to his conduct.—(Hear, hear; _shame, shame.) He should, perhaps, better consult the unanimity of the meeting if he refrained from making any remarks on the subject till the close of their proceedings. —(Loud cheers.) He was surrounded by a great number of influential landholders and tenant-farmers, who had been taught to consider the League as the enemies of themselves and of their-interests ; but he trusted that before they left this meeting, the arguments, good temper, and gentle manly feeling, of his moot ex ce ll en t friend bk. Cobden— (Loud cheers)-;-would convince them that these opinions were founded in .error, and based on ignorance ; and that the object of the League was, not to injure the agricultural in terests, but to benefit every class- of the community, from the peer to the peasant.—(Great cheering.) He was one of the largest landholders of this county; yet he had been publicly accused of, being inimical to the best interests of agriculture. He could only say for himself, that he believed few men took greater interest in promoting the prosperity of agricult ure than himself. He was one of those who wished to see it flourish, and "God speed the plough" was his motto.— (Tremendous cheering.) Upwards of three-and -twenty years had he been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and his entire energies had been devoted to its improvement.— (Cheers.) His reason for becoming the advocate of free trade was that he verily believed, from his heart and iseiil, while the manufacturing and every other interest would benefit by it, the - interest and prosperity of the practical working agriculturist would experience the benefit of free ; trade in a ten-fold degree.—(Loud, long, and continued cheering.) His Lordship said, having expressed these sen timents to the tenant-farmers, he would now call upon Mr. Cobderi.—(Cheers.) Mr. COBIIEIT, M.P., was greeted with the most enthusiatic cheering from all parts of this vast auditory. The applause having subsided, the Hon. Gentleman said—lt always afforded him the sincerest gratification to deliver his opinions relative to free trade among practical farmers.—(Hear, hear.) He rejoiced in doing so in the presence of such men whom he saw around-him; and he was happy that he had now an op portunity, for the first time, of addressing the highly respect able and intelligent farmers of the vale of Gloucester.— (Cheers.) He (the. Hon. Member) would caution them, at the Outset of his speech, not to take fright, or feel the least alarm at the name of the Anti-Corn-law League—(Hear, and laughter)—the terrible League—(Continued laughter) — against whom they bad been cautioned in such horrifying terms, by those who took upon themselves the high sounding appellation and title of the farmers' friends.—(Cheers.) He could assure the farmers-of the Cotswold hills and vale of Gloucester, that the League had no cannibal propensities about them; they would neither devour the tenant-farmers nor their cattle ; nor would they destroy the interests of their 'calling.--(Cheirs and laughter.) He trusted he should be able to prove to, them that by reason of the corn-laws the tenant-farmers were placed in an infinitely worse situation than they would be were the restrictions removed, and they had a free trade in corn. Now, he would ask them what was the meaning of the corn-law ?It was this :it was a law to make corn sell at a higher price.than it would without a corn law; this was admitted on all hands, and not denied by the monopolists. Well, then came the next question for the te nant-farmers." Does the price of land rise or fall with the price of cool ? He would ask, would land let at the_ same price when corn was 20s. a quarter, as when it was 805.2 Cries of " No, no.") Well then, if it would not, the object in keeping .up the price of corn must be doubtless to keep up the price of land, or, in plainer terms, to keep up the rents of the landlords.-4Cheeret) Admitting his propo sition to be correct, supposing corn was raised to 100 s. a quarter, the farmers Could not possibly, by the remotest chance, be one bit better off.--(Loud cheers.) Why, the farmers of Gloucester were not so dull of intellect but they must see this. It was, no abstruse doctrine; the whole question lay itt a nutshell; the farmers not only got nothing by the cor n -l aws, b ut, on the contrary, were, in point of fact,- losers- by this protection, unjustly so called. He was addressing practical men, and, therefore, he would illus trate his- meaning. In .1815, the Legislature passed a law,- after a determined opposition, for the purpose of maintaining whe a t a t 80s. per qu arter, and from the year 1815, down to 1822, the rent of the tenant far mers was increased, -while, corn in reality was only 425. per quarter.—(Cries of " Shame" from different parts of the room.) • Well, once more the law was altered, and the sliding scale introduced in order to keep the price of corn at 635. or 645., and yet, with land valued at the seine price as 1835, the corn averages for the year gave a price of 395. 4d., while in the month of Decemb er o f that 'year the farmer was selling his' wheat at 365., or just 28s. under Act of Parliament price. This was the injustice to the tenant farmer: he rented his land at Act Of Parliament prices and sold his corn at Market prices, and so when he went to pay his rent he found he had been compelled to sell his corn at 10s. or 12s. under the price Which the landlord gave for his land. This was injustice to the tenant; he (Mr. Cobden) would now come to the injus tice to the labourer.— (Cheers.) It was an aw f u l f act t h at i n the agricultural dist ricts the labouring population were earn ing less; and were considerably worse off than in any other - part of- the country. 'Why, the manufacturers had been accused of growing rich by grinding down the labourers ; now he (Mr. Cobden) paid in the establishment to which he belonged somewhere about 20,000/. a year in wages ; he em ployed 600 hands; those who were skilful in their business earned from 20s. to 355. per week, and sometimes extra; and even common labourers, employed at work which:a bricklayer's labourer, or a. man fresh from the tail of a plough, could perform* as - well. as anyone else, even theee earned from 12s. t 0.145. per week. The Honourable Gentleman pledged his word he had not an able-bodied man on his premises earn ing less than. that sum.-- - (Cheers.) He did not speak of wages as a matter of boasting—wages were no charity— masters only gave what was the market price of labour, and he (Mr. Cobden) did not give higher wages than his neighbours; but those were the general wages of the manu facture in which he was employed. Let the farmers con trast those wages with what they were giving to their own labourers. He did not blame the farmers - for giving - so little —(llear, hear)--it was no fault of theirs—(Cries of "-Net, :no")—they, gave what they could afford, and what the state. 'Of competition in the labour market justified—(Hear, hear, and cries of " That's it.") Still he understood the wages in. , the agricultural districts of Gloucestershire were miserably low. A statement had just been put into his hand by a gentleman,..a member of the Board of Guardians of a neigh bouring .union, wherein was a statement of a man and his wife and four young children earning Bs. per week. This man applied for relief, but his , application was refused, thus pror 'rig that his case was only the common state of his neighbours. Another man was mentioned, who had also a wife and four young children ; his wages were 7s. per week, and he was , receiving relief; and although he would not mention names, he might state that this man was working for a gentleman who made himself very conspicuous at the Anti-League meetings, and talked very loud!) , of protection to the agricultural labourer.—(Cheers, and cries of "Shame," and " Name him?') Now in the very union of which he had been speaking the cost, of maintenance in the union work house was 2s. 4d. per .head per week, and yet here were labourers only receiving half that amount, or ls. 2d. per head to maintain their families. Was that a case to go to Parlia ment for protection ? Was that a state of things to be main tained by Act of Parliament.—(Great cheering.) Away With such cant ; away with the idle and crocodile tears which pretended to flow for the interests of the labourer, while he was receiving just half the wages which it cost to maintain the pauper in the workhouse and the criminal in the gaol.—(Burste-of theering,) In - conclusion, he would caution the farmers to. examine the matter for themselves— (Hear)—te endeavour to act for themselves, and to keep themselves clear of political landlords—(Hear, hear)--and above all , things, to eschew the miscalled protection of Acts of Parliament. It was' said at the sea ports, when a vessel seas seized by the custom-house authorities, she was marked by a broad arrow ; and this was called, in the cant of the ports, the devil's claw. The intcrmeddling of the State with agriculture was the devil's claw, and this had been on the shoUlders of the farmers fOr the last twenty-eight years ; and they might depend upon it they would never prosper until it was removed from them)—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman's *address, of which the above is scarcely an outline, oseupicetnearly.two hours in delivering, and wes cheered in the most enthusiastic. manner through-. -out.'"Ofilliresuniing his seat at the' entire - nieetieg . robe- and . greeted him with three times three hearty cheers. . „ • 'ENVI;AREP OLLAND Esq., of Dumbleton, rose to ,propooe 'the *first re:Ado which was to the effect that proteetire 'ditties were - ii6VOnly injurious to commerce, but to the .iii ,teresti efagrkaltureals'o; and that' free - trade would promcite the interest_ and, prosperity of the whole community. Mr. lTolland stated that he was a landowner and a land culti vator ; the whole of his income and the support of his milt' was_ derived from the soil, and therefore if free trade would, as alleged; ruin the cultivator; destroy the rent of the landlord, and throw land out of cultivation, he, of all men, ought to eppewit---;(Ckeers)-4ut, so far from that, he cor dially agreed with the resolution, and cordially nnited, heart and-soul with the • objects -of the League. lie had been :a ~practical farmer fof many years, and his iipinioris in ravoar of free trade were baSed on his own experience and observa • tion; lie had looked attentively to the proceedings of the . Anti-League societies, but had _found no single argument brought for Ward which at all shook his prthously.ferined opinions. The corn4aws, while theY were framed ostensibly -for thp benefit of hne' class, dkr no real good to that - elms, at. the same time that they were an injustice to the other classes of the cOmmunity.—(L ou d cheers.) He cordially proposed the resolution. - Mr. JOSIAII HUNT, of Almoudsbury, a practical tenar4 farmer of" eat exPe ri ence, seconded the resolution.—(Loull cheeri.) - He had long been opposed to the Corn-laws. - He was convinced they were no benefit to the tenants, and were only designed to raise rents - .and to keep the tenantry sub servient to the politlcal domination of the /andlord.—(Cheers.) If he needed anything to fortify his opinion on the corn laws, it, was the fact of th e b es t p ract i ca l agr i c ulturists in the kingdom entertaining the same views. There was the Noble Earl Ducie—(Loud cheering)-one of the first practical' meh of the day—his name had alWays been held up as the best landlord in the county.—(Cheers.) His Lordship's tenantry were the most thriving tenantry in the county—(Cheers)--- and - yet he was heart and soul a repealer. Then there was Earl Spencer—(protracted cheering)—a 'man whose opinion on agricultural matters was quoted far and wide—he was a repealer; and he' had himself heard the pro-corn-law Meni ber for the western division of the county say that he could not get over the fact of Earl Spencer being in favour of re peal.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Hunt) believed that with free trade the cultivation of the land would be improved—the produce of the land would be increased—the independence of the tenant secured, and his prosperity greatly aug4 mented.—(Cheers.) He could fully bear out what Mr. Cobden had said about the agricultural labourers—their waged were miserably low, and yet the farmers could not pay more: In his own parish hundreds of families lived on 7s. per week —their fare was worse than that of the pauper—whole farni- 1 lies of grown up - children slept in one room, to the total disregard of the decencies of life, and to the total de - 1 struction of feelings of propriety and morality.—(Cheers. It had been said the lend had to bear peculiar burdens, but i should also be said the farmers had peculiar exemptions (-Cheers)—and if the farmers' windows were untaxed, an his riding horse and his dogs free of duty, it was not to benefi him, but that he might be able to pay higher rent to ,hi landlord.—(Hear and cheers.) He cordially seconded th resolution, believing that a repeal of the corn-laws woul improve the prospects of the tenant-farmer, and promote th physical, moral, and social condition of the labourer. On the resolution being put, two persons made their way to the platform and moved a counter-resolution. The design was evidently to obstruct the business of the day, but the resolution was put and carried by an overwhelming majority, only about a dozen hands being held up against it. The re sult was received with. loud cheering. C. E. HANFORD, Eaq., moved a vote of thanks to thelo potation who attended from the League. He fully concurred in the object of the meeting and the principles of free trade. —(O Beers.) As an instance of the increased value of land under the corn-laws, he could state-what occurred within his own experience ; an estate in the county of Gloucester' was purchased about a hundred years ago for a certain price, it was not situate near a town, and had no ether adventitious advantage, and yet that esta te had been sold, lately for a sum ten times as large as the purchase-money a hundred years • ago.—(Cheers.) C. Simerolc, Esq., of Stroud, seconded the motion. He contended that free trade benefited the manufacturing inter- • eat, and that it would also benefit the agricultural interest. , The motion was put and carried, with only two dissen tients. The Noble CHAIRMAN having presented the vote of thanks! in due form to the deputation, Col. THOMPSON and Mr. MOORE briefly returned thanks. Earl Ducie having left the chair, and the same having been taken by L. Clutterbuck, Esq., a vote of thanks was proposed to the INoble Lord, and carried by acclamation. Earl Ducts, in returning thanks, said he must take that opportunity of refuting an insinuation which had been cast upon his motives by a gentleman signing himself " A Vale Farmer ;"` that insinuation was, that he (Earl Ducie) had property in the neighbourhood of Manchester, and that he supported repeal to enhance the value of his own property. He need scarcely give that charge his flat contradiction.— (Tumultous applause.) The bulk of his property was in an agricultural district, and he should scarcely go to injure that in order, to improve any small interest he might have in Manchester or elsewhere. He advocated free free trade be cause he believed it would benefit agriculture and improve the condition of the people generally, and because he felt with Lord Grenville, that everything was injurious to the country which impeded the free current of natural industry. —(Loud cheers.) In the course of the Noble Lord's speech he made an allu sion to " the packed jury which condemned O'Connell." The effect of this observation on the meeting was electrical. The whole company rose, and, amid waving of hats and handkerchiefs, gave several distinct rounds of applause, which interrupted the proceedings for several minutes. An allusion to the Irish being treated as brethren, in the earlier part of the evening, also gave rise taa similar demonstration. The proceedings closed about five o'clock, having occupied nearly six hours, and was one of the fullest meetings ever remembered in the county of Gloucester. The Earl Ducie, Mr. Cobden, and the deputation, were loudly cheered on their way from the hall, mingled with a few hisses. The agriculturists, who attempted to interrupt the har mony of the meeting, experienced the most signal and in glorious defeat NEW ZEALAND. The subjoined is the petition of the Mayor, Alder men, and inhabitants of Wellington, in New Zealand, presented by C. Barry Baldwin, Esq., to the House of Commons on Friday night, in relation to the late mas sacre in Cloudy Bay. Mr. Baldwin, in recapitulating the matters of complaint, gave notice of his intention on a future day, to ask certain questions of her Majesty's Government relative thereto : TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The humble petition of the undersigned, the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, and other Inhabitants of the . , Borough of Wellington, in New Zealand, and the neighbourhood, Showeth,—That your petitioners are resident at, and in the immediate neighbourhood of Wellington, in New Zealand, on the northern shore of Cook's Straits. That the British population resident on the shores of Cook's Straits, and on - the southern coast of the Island of New Ulster, as far northward as New Plymouth, is computed to amount to ten thousand persons, or there abouts. This this population is surrounded by, and intermixed with, the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand, whose numbers have been calculated at 100,000 or thereabouts, who, in the life-time of the existing generation, have been notorious for a character of the utmost ferocity, and who are extensively armed and provided with an abundance of ammunition, in the use of which they are thoroughly acquainted. That, on the formation of this settlement, the founda tion of an amicable intercourse with the aborigines was laid, based upon the moral influence of the civilized por tion of the community, and the mutual interests of the two races, to the continuance of which there appeared no prospect of an interruption till the establishment of the local government at Auckland, in the northern, part of this island. That shortly after the establishment of the local go vernment, the natives, acting partly on their own shrewd observation of the conduct of the local government to wards the settlers in .Cook's Straits, and partly, it is feared, instigated - by wicked and interested persons, began to regard the settlers as intruders and opponents to her Majesty's Government, and relying upon the neglect of that Government towards the settlers, they re sisted their occupation of the lands, and in many in stances commenced violent aggressions, which, though brought before the authorities in a proper manner, were passed over unredressed. That theTesult has been the almost entire cessation of the progress of colonization, except in the immediate neighbourhood of the towns, and has recently led to the deplorable massacre of a number of British subjects, among whom was a police magistrate in the execution of the duties of his office. That it is in the power of the aborigines at any time to massacre the whole of the British population in Cook's Straits, and that Rauparaha, the principal chief engaged in the late lamentable bloodshed, has been known to declare that he will do it. That the settlers in Cook's Straits, and on the coast as far as New Plymouth, have contributed to the ex pense of the local government, since its establishment at Auckland, the sum of thirty thousand pounds, as nearly as can be computed, almost the whole of which has been expended at Auckland, but little benefit being derived from its expenditure by those who contributed to it. That since the establishment of the local government at Auckland, it has had at its disposal a considerable body of troops of the line, as your petitioners are in formed, and during part of the time a mounted police has, in addition, been maintained there at a heavy ex pense. That the British population at Auckland, and all the northern part of this island, is computed at not more than two thousand -five hundred persons, and that the in general nmicable•footing of the native& has rendered any protection unnecesseary in that district. • That, from the period of the establishment of the local government to the present hour, the settlers in Cook's Straits have been left without 'any protection, except the presence of a police magistrate . and a few constables (in Wellington twelve) in each settlement; and, in con sequence of the recent alarming events, they hare been obliged to prepare for the defence of their lives and-pro perty by arming the population, and forming themselves into corps of military volunteers, which, however, affords little More substantial protection than is derived from the empty display of force in the eyes of the aborigines. That your petitioners conceive,, that having contri buted so largely to the maintenance of the colonial go vernmeut, they are reciprocally entitled, as a matter of right, to the protection of such an ample military fOrce resident among them as may secure their lives and pro perty, and wipe from the British name the dishonour able stain which tarnishes it so long_ as a large portion of the British population is, left unprotected and ii im minent peril. Your petitioners, therefore, pray that your Right Honourable House will be pl ease d t o institute an inquiry into the unprotected state of the settlers in Cook's Straits, and to take such steps for providing for their future protection, by the residence of an ample armed force among them, as shall seem meet. And al so that your Right Hon. ouse will provide for such an immediate settlement of the disputed claims to land as may enable the settlers to occupy that to which they may be entitled. And; lastly, that your Right Hon. House will provide means for the equal administration of British law between the aborigines and the settlers. And yong petitioners will ever pray, &c. [Signed by the Mayor and Alderinen and upwards of 700 of the settlers.] THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS . The Lord Chancellor has brought a Bill into the House of Lords, intituled, " An Act to consolidate the Juriscliction.and improve the Practice of the Ecclesias tical Courts of England and Wales, and for otherwise alterin& and amending the Law in certain Matters Ec clesiastical." It is Founded on the Report of the Eccle siastical Commission, and consists of 101 clausei. By this Bill all peculiar jurisdictions are abolished and merged in the respective archdeaconries and dioceses. The archidiaconal courts (with the exception of Corn wall, Nottingham, Leicester, and Suffolk) are deprived of the power of granting probates or administrations and marriage licenses. The diocesan courts however, retain their full powers, making it optional with the judge, or either of the parties to the suit, to send to the - Arches Court. Licenses are abolished. There is to be compen sation for loss of emolument. Acting deputies are all to become pritfeipali, and be paid by salary, to befixed by the judgesof the respective courts out of a fee fund; to which all fees, &c., are to be carried ; the amount of sa lary subject to the approbation of the Lords of the Tre sury. The Act is not to extend to tithes within the City of London. A ItErvinknoze Mon:--4n Hartfoid county,; Maryland, there exists a ,small band of men, who opeulyad voe,ate the repUdiation of - public debts, and who_ refuse to pay taxes. The Baltimore papers,state, that the property of one of these men was recently levied _upon, bya tax-collector, and that the' officer was driven from the ground by a mob. The following is the aecnltat A:few days agoovhen the collec tor attempted to sell some property in the infected district, he was forcibly stopped. Written notiees, were stucJ up, threatening violence to any ohe who should thire.,tio bid. The collector attempted to do his fluty, and a resolute individual bid for the property. A Mob of some fifty men immediately rushed. upon him • and the cry =was, Kill him, kill him, • kill him. ' One a ttempted to dash out _his brains' with a large stone, and another to strike at him with a bludgeon.- Ile managed to escape, and was chased `off the ground. The collector durst not attempt to perform his duty, and the law is now set at defiance, 'and a portion 'of Hartford is in open rebellion." We hope that the Governor of Maryland will send into this rebellious county an armed force, which will be strong enough to teach these men that the duties they owe.tothe government, under which they live, are not mere matters of moonshine, to be dis Charged or not, es filer whims ma z dictate.—.Pero York Paper. • EMPLOYMENT OP THE AELE-BODIED POOR.—A public meeting Was held in the Hanover.stjuare Rooms, on Friday, for the purpose of taking into consideration a statement of facts collected by the Practical and Scientific Association (hr the Promo tion of Improved Street Paving, relative to the employment of the able-bodied poor in cleansing the streets. Mr. B. B. Cabbell was in the chair, and amongst those present were Sir James He milton, Mr. notch, Mr. Buckingham, and Mr. Weymouth. The Report having been read, Mr. Cochrane (the President of the Association above referred to) introduced the object of. the meeting at considerable length. He detailed the particu lars of an experiment that had been made in Oxford and Regent streets, for ~keeping the roadways constantly swept. This experiment bad ' kept abate thirty or forty persons employed," the quantity of filth and manure. collected' had' been enormous, and the eipense incurred was Is. , 24., pet house per week. Theiltrriost satisfaction had been expressed by the in habitants, many of whom were willing to contribute largely to such an improved mode of cleansing the streets. Mr. Pownall, Mr. Buckingham, and others spoke in supPort.of tke plan propeeed,, while Mr. Hannay, an Inhabitant .of Oaford-atreet, complaiked that the remedy' Which 'had been alluded to .bY Mr.'Cochrane, was as bad as the disease, Inasmuch as the mud and filth had been swept up and left in . - heips at the kerbs of the fOotways. It. was stated that 3,000 or 4,000 able-bodied persons might be employed by the proposed improved mode of street.sweeping, , i#esolutions_ were-paned in , faveurof the prOpbsed 'scheme, and's, vOte- 6444! j raving been given to the cbainuenibiltiftith gePand SLAVERY AND - BLASPHEMY. - - The American papers bring us no news so interesting as that which we have received from our private corre spondent. We find several communications exhibiting the heart-rending sorrows of the internal slave-trade, but, at this late hour, we cannot make room for them. We must work them up into an article for our next. No pressure of matter, however, can induce us to delay the insertion of what we cannot but deem the most atrocious and revolting document we ever met with. It is the sentence ofdeath passed byJudge O'Neall, at New Orleans, on a man named Brown, for aiding a slave to escape I Brown is actually to be executed in April. The address of the judge to him presents the most revolting combination of cold-blooded cruelty with an affectation of piety which ever came to our knowledge. This judicial outrage must reduce the state of Louisiana to the lowest pitch of public infamy. Hitherto, in all civilised states, the punishment of death has been annexed only to acts having at least some measure of criminality ; it is annexed now to the fulfilling of a sacred duty, both to God and man. Hitherto, even in the United States, we have been accustomed to see 'the friends of the slave only mobbed and murdered by vio lence, like the martyred Lovejoy ; but at length they are to be murdered by law, and slaughtered with the coolness and pomp of a legal execution. What a fearful element of society must the institution of slavery be, if its maintenance requires that assisting an escape from it shall be made punishable with death ! Or what can arrive but a universal combination of the human race for its overthrow, when the blood of the free and the just is thus to be pouredout, in order to slake its diabolical thirst for revenge The following is the murderous and revolting sentence of "the Honourable (I) J. B. O'Neal]," as quoted by the Liberator from a New Orleans paper -- "John L. Brown,—lt is my duty to announce to you-the consequences of the conviction which you heard at WillllB - and of the opinion you have just heard road refusing your two-fold motion in arrest of judgment for a new trial. You are to diet—die a shameful, ignominious death, the death upon the gallows. This annunciation is to you, I know, most appalling. Little did you dream gf it, when you stepped into the bar, with an air as if you Thought it was a fine frolic. But the consequences of crime are just such as you are realising : punishment often comes when it is least ex pected. Let me entreat you to take the present opportunity to commence the work of reformation. Time will be afforded to you to prepare for the great change, which may be just before you. Of your past life I know nothing, except that which your trial furnished. It told-me that the crime for which you are now to suffer, was the consequence of a want of attention on your part to the duties of life. The ' strange woman' snared you—she flattered with her words,' and you became her victim.' The consequence was, that, led on by a desire to serve her, you committed the offence of aid ing a slave to run away, and depart from her master's ser vice ; and you are now to die for it You are a young man, and I fear have been an idle as well as a dissolute one. If so, these kindred vices have contributed a full measure to your ruin. Reflect upon your past life, and make the only useful devotion of the remnant of your days in pre paring for death. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,' is the language of inspired wisdom. 'this comes home appropriately to you at this trying moment. You are young, quite too yaung, to be where you are, and, if you had remembered your Creator in your past days, you would not now be in the felon's place to receive a felon's judgment. Still, it is not too late to remember your Creator; he calls early, and he calls late ; he stretches out the arms of a father's love to you, to the vilest sinner, and says, Come unto me, and be saved.' You can perhaps read ;if you can, read the Scriptures; read them without note, and without comment, and pray to God for 'assistance, and you will be able to say,. when you pass from prison to execution, as a poor slave said, under similar circumstances, I am glad my Friday has at last come.' If you cannot -read the Scriptures, the Ministers of our holy religion will be ready to aid you ; they will read and explain to you, until you will be able to understand, and, understanding, to call upon the only One who can help and save you, Jesus Christ, 'the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.'• To 'Him I commend you ; and through Him may you have that opening of the day-spring of mercy from on high, 'which shall bless you here, and crown you in an ever lasting world as a saint for ever and ever. The sentence of the law is, that - you be taken hence to the place from whence 3-ou last came, thence to the gaol of Fairfield District, and that there you be closely and securely confined until. Friday, the 26th day of April next, on which day, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and two in the afternoon, you will be taken to the place of public execution, and there be hanged by the neck till your body be. dead; and may God have mercy on your soul." —Anti- Slavery Reporter, Feb. 22, 1844, DRAINING theHA - ARLE - M LAKE. The determined industry, the phlegmatic persever and°, of the inhabitants of the United States of Holland haie been exhibited to Europe by the laborious' under takings which, on. every side of Reiland, present them selves.' Nearly a seventh part of this land has been rescued :from the sea; and wherever the traveller is placed he recognizes the marvellous barriers that have been formed to - prevent its encroachments: he sees an artificial coast, formed from the granite- rocks of Norway, dykes, buttresses, constructed 'with a solidity which seems to promise to resist even time itself. Amongst the objects which have long oc cupied the attention of the Hollander has been the drainao of the lake of Haarlem, and the conversion of its bed into cultivated land; various projects have, at various times, been conceived, have been discussed, and, from various reasons, abandoned. A plan, which was considered feasible, was laid before the . States-General in April, 1838, and great hopes were entertained that the idea which was suggested was one which might easily be carried into execution. After, however, due and careful deliberation it was abandoned, in consequence of the re jection of a Bill brought before the second Chamber. At length the Government has undertaken the great work, and every prospect is entertained of the successful issue of the enterprise. A vote has been obtained from the Chamber of 4,533,333 dollars, but this sum will be by no means adequate to the expenditure that must neces sarily be made. It has been ascertained by calcula tions, founded upon the profit obtained by other drainages in Holland, that so large an interest will be returned that a loan of much greater extent may very-- safely he advanced. The lake of Haarlem is calculated to be about fourteen English miles in its greatest length, and as many in breadth. About 70,000 acres are covered -by it, and it has been asserted that every year nearly 250 acres are encroached upon. The depth of the water has been variotwly estimated, but it is supposed to be, upon an average, twelve feet and three quarters, and the mass about thirteen and three quarter millions of cable roods of water. The manner in which it has been., de sided to carry out the drainage is as follows : A channel is to be formed, one hundred and forty three feet and a half in width, supported on each side by an enormous dyke; into this is to be poured, by means of six steam engines, each of two hundred horse power, the whole of the water contained in the Haar lem Meer, and three sluices are to conduct it into the German and the Zuyder sea. It is expected that this undertaking, commenced in May, 1840, will be completed in the course of the present year. It is un derstood that it will be requisite that every spring, the action either of steam engines or water mills, should .be called .into action, to preserve the rescued land from fresh inundation. Of what Holland is capable an idea may be formed from the recollection that large tracts of land are below the level of the sea, and that not only the safety, but absolutely the existence of the country is dependent upon the dykes, which have been at various times raised up. Near the great dyke of the Helder is the Beemster Polder, a tract of land of upwards of 8,000 acres-over which water rolled uninter-, . ruptedly, and - whore' hoof there - ekiets a h ea lthy, Indus , Woo populationvf -0,000 touls.--Pokchnie ,Review. COURSING. MARCH (CAMBRIDGESHIRE), FEB. 19 AND 20.—A sweep- stakes, 161. for 16 dogs, 'yrse won by Mr. A. Ground's Cora— Mr. Henmault's Elis ran up.. - MOLD MEETING.—The Hawarden Castle Stakes, eighteen subscribers, were won by Mr. Gibb's Go-lightly—Mr. Rigby's Bugle ran up. , COCKERItAIi MEETING.-The cup was won by Mr. Wilson's Lapwing—Mr. Bourne's Busy ran up. The Lathwaite Stakes were won by Mr. Lamb's. Lever. STATE OF IRELAND. HOUSE OF" COMMONS.-FEE. LORD J. RUSSELL'S MOTION. • PAIRS. i FOIL . AGAINST. Acheeon, Lord-Co. of Arroagh AGAINST. sir E..-Eye ' Co.;Archbold, Robert-Kildare Acton, Colonel-Wicklow Barclay, D.-Sunderland . Chelsea, Lordßeading Berkeley, Hon. G.-Gloueestersh. Ackers, James-Ludlow Cavendish, Hon. G. H.-N, Derby Feilden, W. J.-Blackburn Corbally. E. M.-Meath • . Tailor. Capt. E-Dublin Co.. Dalmeny, Lord-Stirling -, - Co e,lArthurH.--Enniskil puff, James--Binftihire Broadwood, _Henry lice, Right Hon. E-Coeentry Campbell, Sir . H.-Berwickshirt tench, F.-Rnsscommon Granger, T. C.-Durham - Bodkin, M. H.--Rochester Grattan • Henry_;--Meath Hogg, James Weir -Beverley Guest, Vesey, Hon: T -Queen's Co. J. J.-Merthyr TYde,l Stanley_, Edward-Cumberland Hoskins, K.--4-lerefordshire Price, {t H on. RACI/10r, lieneage. Edward-GrinnbY Fitzroy, Hon. Henry--Leweg Heathcoat, J.-Tiverton . Mordaunt,SirJohn.-Warwickhs. Howard, Sir R.-Wicklow Co, Round, Chattel Gray-Essex N. Listowell, Lord-St. Alban's Lennox, Lord A.-Chichester Loch, James-Kirkwall - _Egerton, Lord . F. 1.-- l Anca lhire Matheson, James--Ashburton Murray, C. S.-. Bucks Maul., Hon. Fox-Perth Hepburn, Sir T.-Haddingtonzh O'Brien, Cornolius-Clare O'Connell, Daniel-Meath Kirk, Peter.,Carrickfergus • - - Hawkes, Colquhoun, John C.-Newcastle. under Lyme Ogle, S -South Northumberland Vernon, CI. H.-East Betford Oswald, James-Glasgow Forbes, W.-Stirlingshire Pryse, Pryse--Cardigan Wynn, C. W.--Moratemerr Rutherfurd, Rt. Hon . A.-Leith Ram say , w,-.Edinburghsh re Redington T. N.-Dundalk Bernard, Visc.-Bandon Bridge Russell, Lord E..-Tavistock Trench, Sir F. -Scarborough Seale, Sir J.-Dartmouth Lopez, sir B. --Westbury Vivian, Captain- rearyn Wemyss, Colonel-Fifeshlre John s t on ,. j, kt -Pumfriessh re Westenra, Hon.'s,. C.-King's Co. Newry, Lord. -Newry Wood, Bejijamin-Southwark Planta Joseph-Hastinp Wood, Charles-Halifax - Cartwright, Wm. R..-South Nor. thamptonshlre Martin, ABSENT .LIBERALS -19. Ainsworth, P.-Bolton • ' - ?Th ean as,-GalwaY Co. Johnstone, A.-Renfrew. &C. . - Bridgman Hewitt-Ennis Larnht on H.-North Durham Callaghan, ' D.--Cork City .• - Langton 'Col Gore- Somerset Thoinae-Dudler _ i Cayley, E. 5.-N. Yorkshire Clive, Edward K.... Hereford O'Brien, W. &-Limerick Co. Cobden, R.-Stockport . Ricardo, L... Stok- upon .Trent Drax, J. &W. E.-Warehm Somerville. Sir Wm. -Drogheda Greenaway, Charles-Leominster Talbot, C. R. M.-Glam or g anshire lieathcote V. .1.-Rutlardshire Tue,i ill. M.-Westmeath Johnson, W. Augustus-Oldham • . ABSENT OONSERVATIvES-12. Attwood, J.—Harwich M ac ki nnon , W. A.—Lymington Benett, J.—South Wiltshire Neeld, John—Cricklade Carnegie, Hon. Captain—Staffbrd Rolleston, Nottingham Eastnor, Viscount—Reigate ' ,y She ppard , Thomas—Frome Forman, jitonih TaS,a, J. a —Bridgewater vtioymeartno, Sir it no ,Vioco ... u H nt e r st W on i e lton Hamilton, ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION. Majority (tellers included) Minority (tellers included) Paired Absent—Conservatives ...••. Absent—Liberals ********* 22771 4 0 Speaker Seats vacant—Sudbury. Loidonderry, county ... 1 ) ••• ••••••••• 658 • THEATRE "ROYAL, DauRY-LANE.7-The new ballet of The Becnity of Ghent ," is a decided hit,"..an4 is nightly received with- universal admiration and - applause. • The fol- - lowing 'distinguished persons have been already to wit ness its performance :=Their Royal Highnesses the o Duke and Duchess of Cainbridge, Marchion ess o f Ailesbuty, Marchioness of C9nrlgham,_ Duke of Leeds; Marquis of Clanriclude , Marquis of Lansdowne, C M o a un rci tess uiv -° o f f Sa Ch li es Bb t li e rY rdeM . 3 , la E nl a u rl and W C ill: im eh t est ess er 'of Cardigan, Earl and Countess of Eglinton, Earl and Countess of Errol, Earl and. of. Earl of Lineoln, Earl of Munster, Count Keilmansegge, Befell Nieumann,. Baron Ashfeldt • Ladies- kollington, Somerset.; Ernest Bruce; Harrington, Graham, - Foley, Villi ers , Camp bell Lords 'Macdonald, Castlereagh, Al fred Paget, Shel burne,- 'Aleiander Lennox, Seaham, W. Graham, Glands, Clive, Adolphus Fitzclarence ; Sir Chariots Shakerley, Bart., Sir John Harrington, Bart., .Sir •B. Graham, Bart, Sir IL Webbe, Bart., Sir John R onn i e , Sir Charles- Aldis ; Hon. Grantleyßerkeley, Hon. F. Stanhope, Hon.- Edm un d B yng, Hon. Colonel Darner, Hon. Craven BerkeleY, lion. Mr. Gre villa , • Col. Cavendish, Col. Knox ; Ormby Gore, Eel. THE-ROMANCE or. ' CHATSWORTH."—The admirers of romanticliterature will be 'delighted to learn that the new work, the announcement, of which under the title - of " Chats worth," had excited so much curiosity, has no reference to the .recent festivities at that palace, but proves to be a pure work "of fiction, uniting in- a singularly novel and original manner,' the characteristics of ;a "fashionable novel," and a highly wrought romance--it is a sort of modern Decameron, in which a brilliant company_ of the supposed literary Celebrities of the day met together ,in the gorgeous halls of Chatsworth Palace, set their .„,0 0 to wor k, jointly and severally, in a trial of skill, as to which can produce the most effective specimen of what each holds- to be the highest species of prose fiction : A work of this.deeeri ption, ma king itS appearance 'under the auspices of si writer of such consummate :taste. and accom plished scholarship as the distinguished author of" Tremaine" and "De Veal," cannot fail to excite unusual attention. SUDDEN DEATH: 7 4)d Sunday, the Bth instant, an inquest wad held" at the . bowie of Mr. John Peach; Castle Inn, Castile Donnington, before T. Gregory, Es q., eOrenee, and a re. Veetable.inrYi -on view of the body of Henry Garton, aged twelve years,. son of Thomas Garton, bricklayer, who died suddenly about noon on Saturday laid. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was employed in the gimp manufactory of Mills and Co., and that having just completed a certain portion of work was standing at his leisure, when he exclaimed, " Oh dear;" and fell on the door and instanny.expired. Messrs. Caines and Smith were promptly in attendance, but they pronounced him to be quite dead. A 'vat esortem examination of the body has since been made, when the surgeons •rtportcd " that the deeeased died natueila es i t ii. boat an effttslint n the tiraln, - " A verdict Was returned' ittordingli• Derby Reporter. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETINGS. A deputation from the League; consisting of Mr. Prentice and Mr. Print, have been visiting Thirsk, Richmond, Rnaree borough, and Pontefract, at all of which they were well re ceived and were successful. IRELAND. LORD DE GREY AND THE DUBLIN ORANGEMEN. DUBLEN ' FEE. 24.—There has been another correspondence between Lord De Grey and the Orange Operative Association, which has terminated very differently from that respecting the Clontarf proclamation, referred to bMr. Sheil in the House of Commons on Thursday night. The operatives for warded a memorial to the Castle, complaining of the treat ment they experienced at a recent meeting of the citizens, held in the Royal Exchange, for the purpose of offering to Alderman Ree, the late Lord Mayor, some suitable testimonial of their high appreciation of his impartial conduct as chief magistrate. Although Liberals, such as Lord Charlemont and many of the most respectable Conservatives, joined in paying the compliment to Alderman Roe, the Orangemen attended in considerable numbers, with the view of breaking up the meeting by violence and clamour. Owing to the judicious firmness of the present Lord Mayor, the Orange party were completely foiled in their disgraceful project. They then appealed to Lord,De Grey, but in this they were disappointed, as the following reply will show : " Castle, Feb. 14,1844. " Sir,-4 am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acknow ledge the receipt of the memorial signed by you, on behalf of the Protestant Operative Association, complaining of the in terruption which they met with at the meeting in the Royal Exchange, convened and presided over by the Lord Mayor on the 10th of January, and requesting that his Excellency would cane a special inquiry into the circumstances of the case, in order that there may be retribution for the past, &c. " His Excellency directs me to inform you in reply, that he does not consider himself authorised by law to inquire int*, or to interfere with, the proceedings of the meeting in question, which was duly convened and presided over by the chief municipal officer of the city of Dublin. • " I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, " ARTHUR C. MAGENNIS. " H. il gi r ilTl n g e i r i E El " RAN MARRIAGE QUESTION. A special meeting of the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church, convened by the Moderator, was held in Dr. Cooke's church, May-street, Belfast, on Wednesday, to consider the present state of the marriage question. The Clerk read the following resolutions, which had been prepared in interloquitur : " That should the decision of the House of Lords, in the appeal case, the Queen r. Millis, now pending, establish the validity of Presbyterian marriages at common law, this As sembly . deprecate, and resolve to resist, any legislation on the subject. " That should the decision be unfavourable, and the Pres byterian Church be deptived of privileges enjoyed by her in this country for more than 200 years, and legislation thus be ' come necessary, this assembly will consider it an act of in- justice to be subjected to any restrictions in the celebration of their marriages which are not also imposed upon the ,ministers of the Established Church. " That this assembly have cause to complain that the Committee of the House of Lords did not afford them an opportunity of presenting evidence on the marriage question ; and would respectfully suggest that, for the purpose of esta blishing the complete regularity of Presbyterian marriages, the following persons be now examined, viz., Rev. Doctor Reid, Glasgow College; Rev. Doctor Browne, Aughadoney, Garvagh ; Rev. John Johnston, Tullylish, Banbridge • Rev. William M'Clure, Londonderry ; James Gibson, Esq., Belfast, the law adviser; and A. J. Macrory, Esq., Belfast, the soli citor of the assembly. " That should the decision be adverse, this assembly will use every means in their power to bring their grievances be fore their friends in. England, Scotland, `Pales, and the colo nies, and to - arouse them to aid us in recovering and securing oar just rights. "That the Moderator be instructed to forward these reso lutions to her Majesty's Government." After some conversation the resolutions were carried una nimously, and the assembly adjourned. • • • AMENDMENT OF THE PATENT FOR INVENTIONS LAW.—Lord Brougham's important Bill on the Patent Law is of such interest to large classes of the community, that the following summary of that measure may be valuable :—The Bill is "for further amending the law touching Patents for Inventions." Its preamble sets sorth—" It is expedient for the further encouragement of inventions in the useful arts to enable the time of monopoly in patents to be ex tended in cases in which it can be satisfactorily shown that the expense of the invention has been greater than the time now limited by law will suffice to reimburse." .There are two • clauses in the Bill ; they provide that any patentee shall, before the expiration of such patent, present a petition to either House of Parliament, setting forth that he has been Unable to obtain a due remuneration for • his expense and trouble in perfecting such invention. If the matter of such petition be then proved before a Committee of such House, or at the bar thereof, or otherwise, her Majesty is to be ad dressed on the subject, and shall, if she see fit, refer it to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. If such Com mittee, after investigation into the matter, report that a period greater than the seven years' extension into the said patent (given by the Act.sth and 6th of William IV., c. 83) otight to_ be granted, her Majesty is empowered to grant such extension for any period not exceeding fourteen years. But it is also proVided that her Dittjesty may, if she deem it fit, grant a lesser extension of the period than that prayed by the patentee. A SINGULAR DILEMAIA.—A paragraph appeared in our paper ofWednesday (derived from the morning papers) under the above heading, in which it is stated that the Solicitor of the Post-office had written to the. Solicitor of Legacy Duties at Somerset House, relative to certain letters sent -from the latter, on which Postage stamps formerly used had been placed, and that upon in griiry into the matter it appeared that this attempt at fraud had been committed by one of the messengers, who received only a reprimand on the occasion. We are authorised to state that there is not one word of truth in this paragraph from the beginning to the end ; and further that no circumstance has occurred that could by any mistake or perversion have given the smallest: ground or volour for ,euth a statejnept. , - :The first salmon tikett season was sold ill Lancaster marl* the other day at 3a. per lb. CORN•LAW MEETING. &meeting was held at Guildford on Saturday, for She purpose of adopting4neasuses to oppose the pro ceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. It may - • be necessary to state • that a great number attended who did not approve of th e abj ect of the meeting. Among ' those present • *ere;--4. Trotter, Ftsq., M.P. ;R. D. Mangles, Esq., M.P , ; Colonel Delap, Capt. Prom', Capt. Wright,. C. Co o pe r ; Esq. (Mayor of Guildford) • C. Barclay, G. Best,- J. Bonsor, IL Currie, 11. Drummjind, 11: Gates, It. Goldhawk, jun., J. Ware, W. King, T. Lothdi, G. Marsha ll , - Geo. J: P ar d on, J. P. Shrub , E. Uptierton;; &C., ` and . . between. 400 and 5 00 tenant. fartnerk It.'wei a very 'uproarious meeting, the mono polistiwishing to carry everything their own way, and the friends of free-trade. equally determined to oppose them—. Ntuabers, however, •• prevailed, and the usual sliding•scale:resolutions were carried: Mr. Mangles, the Member for the:borough, made . an excellent speech against it G the GABS resolutions. _proposed the appointment of a am . mittee to act in defence of the agricultural intereet,lind; to correspond with the other societies in the country 'formed - for the same object'. - - Mr. Pizcz advised the meeting to be careful how they adopted this resOluti6l4 far he declared it illegal, who Assented to it = iiiclerecl - themselves liable to be in dicted.—(Langhter.) He added that Mr. O'Connell-was indicted under similar circumstances; indeed, his offence, he considered, was not sci bad as theirs.-,—(Laughthr.) Mr. PasE. seconded the resolution, and said he hoped it would go forth . that, no- candidate would stand any chalice at a future election if he did not pledge himself to,the principle of protection to agriculture embodied In the sliding,sCale. A petition, embodying the resolutions . was - then agreed to and a motion carried, that it should be pre sented to both Houses of Parliament. HAMBURG}, FLANDERS,,, AN D DUTCH MAIL.: SWEDEN AND NORWAY. STOCKHOLM, FEB. 13.—According to the Afield)lad the King had a very restlesd night, from the 11th to the 12th, with great pain in the leg. Notwithstanding his weakness, his Majesty had sufficient 'Strength of mind, in the latter days of, last week, to listen to • the-articles in the journals, and to have' the bulletins read to him before they were published. In the - proclamation of the Norwegian Government, announcing the transfer of the administration to the Croirn Prince, reference is made to: a resolution of 'the Diet of May 4, 1818, so that the dotibta which were en tertained here, whether the transfer would be legal in that kingdom, are removed. The cold increased here _from the 9th to the 10th inst., from 18 to 25 degrees (about 32 to 45 Fahrenheit below free king.). We learn from. Gothenburg that M. Axel Malmlen, merchant in the city, has failed for 137 ' 000 dollars. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 17.—The Fadraland announces that AS number of the day before yesterday has been seized, and that it contained an article, copied from the Augsburg Allgerneine Zeitung, Which defends the right, of Denmark to levy the Sound dutieS. - • • CASSEL, FEB. 11.—Some surprise was tensed here by the circumstance that in the genealogy of the Electoral Rouse of Hesse, which is always annexed -to the official calendar for the Electorate of Hesse, the Elector Wil liam 11. is stated this year to be " s widower since 13th Fehruary, 1843," and that no notice is taken of his third marriage. We learn that this omission has given occa sion to a complaint on the part of the Elector, which Privy Councillor Wohler, who has arrived it.Cassel from Frankfort, was commissioned to support. BRUSSELS, FEB. 21.—The average price of-wheat last week was 16f. 83c., and that of rye 10f. sic. The duties on importation and exportation, therefore, remained as before. The Dusseldorf Gazette has stated that the subscrip tion for the construction of a railway from that town to the Belgian railway, had been filled up, as it were, by enchantment. We now learn from the Elberfeld Gazette, that the persons desirous of partaking hi the enterpri se were so numerous, that it was necessary to fix 10,0Q0 dollars as the maximum, and to reduce to that sum those which exceeded it. Soon after the deed was signed, the share were sold at lf per cent. premium; andthe town hall seemed to be transferred into a stock exchange. THE HAGUE, FEB. 23.—The Central Section brought up its report on the law for regulating the claims n( the late King, the •discussion of which was fixed by the Chamber to follow that on the income-tax and the vo luntary loan, and that on the law for completing the ways and means for 1844 and 1845, and for discharging the debt to the Commercial Company. The debate on the tax on property then commenced. PIRACY IN THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAOO.—We extract the following particulars from the litest journals received from Java:— • The Resident at Riouw states that news had been received from Sekana, a noted retreat of the pirates, that several vessels had been equipped to exercise piracy, from the coast of Malacca to Pailoc - Pizatig. In an ac tion between these pirates and the Eriglish steamer Diana, one of the chief of these banditti was killed, tw9 others taken prisoners, and the vessel captured. The others retreated into the river Tjaeny, sear Tjambi, on the east coast of Sumatra. • An attempt by the Dutch authorities to seise the pirates was at first unsuccessful, but his Majesty's brig the Windhond, the Janas schooner, and aix cruisers have been sent after them. They are' to blockade the river, and punish this nest of thieves as it.merits. The master of a native vessel of Serawak in Borneo, who has arrived at Pontianak, relates that at the begin ning of July three English men-of-war had anchored off the river ; they were to undertake an expedition against the pirates of Dayak. Accounts had been received that the result of this expedition was that several Kampongs in the district of Seribas had been taken; about 100 ha bitations of Malays and 30 of Dyaks, each 150 feet in length, and several of these vessels were destroyed. This news, however, needs confirmation. The Malays and 'D yaks, it is said, made a vi gorous resistance, but suffered very severely from the well-di rected fire of the English, who lost ooy two men. _ _ - • ATTEMPT AT Parsike.—On Monday night last, the neighbourhood of Brampton Moor was thrown Into great alarm by the report that a man had poisoned himself. It appears that John Bond, a collier, was not on the best of terms at home with ht, spouse, so be determined to try her affections. He went to Chee terfield, pledged his handkerchief, and bought some arsenic, anti then returned home. Listening at the door, he heard his wife ask a neighbour who the child was like ? The neighbour pronounced its eyes like its father's, on bearing which he "bounced" in, and exclaimed, " Yes, you will see how my eyes will be in the morn ing." He went into the kitchen, got a cup and mixed the poison ; after which he threw the paper on the house floor, and pretended to drink the contents, and then went to bed. His wife took up the paper, and seeing " poison" printed upon the label, immediately gave the alarm, and messengers were despatched for a doctor, who immediately returned with Mr. Jones, surgeon. his assistant, and Mr. Oallimore. The poisoned man, perceiving expenses incur ring, protested against the operation of the stomach-pump. Mr. Jones informed him that it was useless to make resistance, and called in' four stout men, who held him while two others forced open his mouth, and as soon as they introduced the tube he bit off the end; but they of went through the operation, and to their great surprise not one particle of poison could be found en the stomach. The fact is, he had merely pretended to swallow the ingredients, but left them in the cup !--Derk Itepsttrr. • Vary SPOKEN Wrnr.—Eleanor, Chapman, of Liver. pool, bound to Valparaiso, lat. 7, lon. 40; blander, of Lon don, lat. 22, lon 34, by the Netherlands barque, Pollux, —, Hector (ship), of New Bedford, 25th ult., lat 4 N., lon'. 22 W. ; Tanjore, Calcutta to London, lgt inst., lat. 15, lon. 28 W, by the Orion, arrd. at Falmouth. Mertoun, Bombay to Li verpool, Nov. 22, lat. .24 S., lon. 6E. ; Lady Mary, Mau ritius, London, lat. 36 S., lon. 23 E.; Margaret, of Bristol, for Algoa Bay, Dec. 15, lat. 34 S., lon. 26 E. ; Nestor, Mau ritius,:to Liverpool, 16th ult., lat. 2 N ., . lon. 25 W. ; John Campbell, Liverpool to Africa, 19th • inst., lat. 52 N., lon. 10 W., by the Montrose, arrived aiLiverpool. Ganges, Bordeaux to Calcutta, Oct. 20, lat. 17 N., lon. Bri t : s .; Cambrian, Calcutta to London, Dec. 21, lat. 35 S., lon. 17 E. ; Pollux ' Batavia to Amsterdam r ilth ult., lat 8 S., lon. 14 W., by the Brooke, arrived at LiterpoOt. NePtune, Of Bristol, 9th ult., lat. 44, Jon. 10, with 10 - srbi r loretopmast and maintop gallantmast, .by the Boyne, arrived at 14.verpool. Johanrke Maria, Rotterdam. to Batavia, Oct. 24, near t.be.latter port; Jenne Edmond; ZlOurbon to Nantes, Dec. 23, lat. 18 S., 3 W. ; Zemannahop, Amsterdam to Batavia, 9th nit, lat. 4 N., lon. 23 W. ; Allida, Amsterdam to Havannah, 26th, ult., lat. 32 N., lon. 26 W., by the Admiral Van Hemakirk, arrived in the Texel. SmouLan CIRCuMSTANCH.—The quiet little town of Wantage has been in commotion for the past week, owing to a very interesting and lady-like girl, about 14 years of age, having been brought there by Old llarrod (who travels about with besoms), and given up -to the constable. It seems that Harrod took up the young lady in his cart at Buckland, seeing that she was nearly exhausted, and her clothes very dirty, and finding she gave an odd account of hirself, he very . properly handed h er over to the custody of Jones, who pro vided her with a bed and supper at a small public-hease, and the next morning mentioned the matter to his sister, the kind-hearted good-natured landladyy of the Bear, who stmt for the girl to her house, and had her provided with clean clothes and every necessary. She was soon visited by the Rev: Mr. Hewlett, Mr. Ormond, and several • ntlemen, who from her ingenuous - manner, her evident breeding, and .education, with her intelligent replies to t sir questions, soon 'took a great interest in her behalf. It appeared that the young lady had from some cause run away, from ber friends- in the neighbourhood of Bath, whose names she would not mention, and had been walking for two days last week in the cold and severe weather, without going into a house, and 'with only a short supply of biscuits in a bag, and had actually slept under the hedges for two nights; and when she arrived at Wantage her dress bore evident marks of what she had gone through, and her little feet were dreadfully swollen, and it is only a wonder that one of such tender years did not die. Sir. Ansell took the young' lady - to his own house, and under .the kind treatment of his wife she soon recovered the effects 61 her trying journey. It seems she made a disclosure of the name of her near relations and friends to Mr. Ansell, and on Tuesday a clergyman arrived from Lincolnshire, whose name a few years since came very Prominently be.fOre The public, in consequence of a melancholy event wllkh occurred in Middlesex, and claimed her as his daughter, and 'it turned out that she had been adopted by another clergyman resident in Bath, and froth some fancied cause of ill-treatment by his housekeeper, started off on a wild-goose chase to London, and it is fortunate that she fell into such good hands, and was restored,after week's wonder and excitement, to herfriends: --Berke Chronicle. A notice has been poit,a up at Boulogne, stating that the COlnTnisaitrY of. Maritime - Inscription has-been in formed by "the consular agent of France at Brighton, that eight fisbmg-boats, from various parts of France, had peen arrested for being found Within the English fishing-lines, without: either blue flag or streamer, and contrary to the treaty of 1839; and that with great difficulty the consular agent had prevailed on the English authorities to let them go without subjecting them to fine or imprisonment, as the case warranted; but, that hereafter no such indulgence was to be shown to any vessels taken in similar Circumstances. NOVEL REWARD.—Mr. James rolla h Pollard lost, w on Monday last, two half-sovereigns , whi ch, on inquiry , t r o easo wn. n t i o n b: r l di toer h a ( 1; 1 been gain h i f s ou l n ost d bya n c u er ta et ihneperson engaged the the i c n r g ie , r , ntoesar the Townfollowingnnouncethenial, oro h n a o i t f i . ce sol :; e ' i Los gns. t, mthley person having found the same, and will bring it to the crier; shall r eceive one pound fi re shillings reward. - The same, in p ro . portion, will be paid to any person Ivho,-bas found one of the -half-sovereigns. " SUJECttitiOrily&i4 tbo.llloloisy We. lion produced, and the fortunate finder received 11b. ef eclat am 53. in money,—,Arorthamptax Mercury. ....... ,E, r) r .) cos do in to ,: in• 411 . ono, to 4 for ri al r 0 p r, >c J $ c