The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. GLOBE. —The Duke of Richmond, as head of the Agricultural Protectionists, has taken the field against the Chancellor of the Exchequer. His Grace had placed on the notice-book of the House of Lords, a motion against the proposed repeal of the duty on foreign wool, which forms a part of the financial scheme of the year, as explained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Monday evening. The motion of the Noble Duke was to have been brought on last evening ; but, in consequence of the indis position of Lord Ripon, it was first postponed to Tuesday, and last evening was further post poned to Thursday, next. The determined hostility .manifested by the agricultural monopolists to the pro posed repeal of the wool duties, is as impolitic as it is unjust. The Chancellor of the Exchequer accompanies his proposed relief to the manufacturer with a posi tive boon to the English wool-grower. The former would be relieved by the abolition of the duty of one penny per lb. on the importation of foreign wool ; the latter by the removal of one shilling per cwt. on British wool exported. The aggregate annual amount of the proposed reduction, as estimated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is 100,000/. The prospect of an early attainment of an object for which the woollen manufacturers have earnestly pleaded with successive Governments, and have looked forward with earnest hope, is again beclouded with fear of disappoint ment. The House of Lords is the stronghold of mono poly. The House of Commons, as at present consti tuted, is also avowedly opposed to any legislative con cessions to the manufacturers, in matters which seem to trench upon the principle of protection to the landed in terests. The Duke of Richmond's threatened resistance is therefore regarded by the interests which the repeal of the wool duty would largely benefit, as an ill omen. They fear that the old Adam of corruption in the two Houses will prove too strong for the newly-formed purpose of the Government to take a step in commercial policy in conformity with right principles. The York shire manufacturers are on the alert,—alarmed by a common sense of danger, and encouraged by hope that a combined and general demonstration will keep the Government firm to the purpose it has an nounced of an " immediate and total repeal" of the wool duties. Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, Halifax, and other large towns in the western division of York shire, have taken the lead ; public meetings have been held, and earnest representations have been made both to individual Peers, and also to Ministers, on the subject. The postponement of the Duke of Richmond's motion will afford time for more effective and extensive prepara tions for strengthening the hands of Ministers, and thus enable them to resist the threatened attack upon the best feature in their financial scheme for the coming year. The Leeds Mercury of to day furnishes, in a tabular form, a statement of facts, derived from official re turns, of the injurious effects of the duty of 6d. per pound on foreign wool, imposed in 1819, and repealed in 1824. These injurious effects were not confined to the manufacturers. The wool-growers of England and Scotland, for whose special advantage the duty was im posed, participated largely in the injurious influences of the " protection" thus furnished. The reduction of the impost greatly relieved these interests from the incubus. The British wool-growers felt the folly of their former clamour for protection against the foreign grower; for the price of their produce was reduced by the influence of protection more than one-half. The Duke of Rich mond, it seems, was impervious to instruction, though en forced by experience, that most powerful of teachers. He actually endeavoured in 1828 to obtain a re-imposition of the duty of 6d. per lb. on wool of foreign growth ! The Government of that day had sufficient discernment to see the folly of the effort, and refused to retrace their steps for his gratification. The Duke of Richmond, and those who coincide with him in this attempt to scare the Government from its purpose with reference to the removal of the wool duties, seem to be blinded by selfishness. They are provoking a reaction, against which, strong as they may deem their entrenchments, they will find them. selves unable to stand. Had the Duke of Richmond, observes our Contemporary, " wished to relieve the agri culturists of a tax, his conduct would have admitted of defence; but to insist on fastening a tax upon trade be cause he ignorantly thinks that it does or may tell in favour of the agriculturists, is outrageoug." Does the Noble Duke deem the present a favourable opportunity for carrying out his threat against Sir Robert Peel? Is this repeal of Id. per lb. on foreign wool— accompanied as it is by the removal of Is. per cwt. on the exportation of British wool—regarded as so serious an innovation on the principle of protection to British agriculture, as to call for the immediate fulfilment of his Grace's memorable warning to Sir Robert Peel from his place in the House of Lords:—" Let him mind what he is about: the landed interests placed him where he is; and they can undo that which they have done !" OLOBE.—Another of those instances in which party polities are permitted to interfere with the removal of ac knowledged existing evils was afforded last night in the House of Lords. Lord Campbell some time since intro duced a Bill for their Lordships' consideration, the object of which was to allow persons convicted of felony or misdemeanor, who appealed from the decision of the Court by which they had been tried, on errors assigned on the record, to the House of Lords as the court of final appeal, to remain at large on bail until the question as to the legality of the conviction should be finally decided. The necessity of such a measure was not denied. The Lord Chancellor himself, who succeeded in inducing their Lordships to reject the Bill, admitted the grievance which the existing state of the law inflicts on such parties. It ought to be removed; but not just yet. Is the reason asked? It is at hand. O'Connell, and his co-defendants in the proceedings now pending in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, might be preserved from imprisonment, pending the argument on a writ of error, if the Bill should be allowed to pass. The law is to remain in a ridiculous, absurd, and inequitable state, in order that a political opponent may be subjected to imprisonment on a conviction which may be declared illegal. This Lord Lyndhurst was compelled to admit was the real ground of his opposition to the Bill. Yet this reason a majority of the House of Lords deemed sufficient ; and acting, as usual in such matters, under the advice of the Lords on the Woolsack, they threw out the la. The Marquis of Clanricarde " repeated that the Noble and Learned Lord's opposition to the Bill was founded On the circumstance that, if the Bill passed, they would not be able wrongfully to imprison certain parties now under trie! in Ireland. He would leave their Lordships to judge whether this was a proper spirit with which to view Acts of Parliament relating to affairs in Ire land. The Noble and Learned Lord could not deny that the effect of the Bill was, as far as it went, to improve the law, and if injustice was done under the existing law, were they . to reject this Bill, which amended that law, because it might lead to some particular result in ar. individual case?" STANDARD. —Lord Campbell's Bill, in aid of the dilatory proceedings of the Irish convicted conspirators, was onThureday rejected in the house of Lords without a division. The mo tion for referring the Bill to Committee (the stage in which it met its fate) gave rise to a highly interesting debate. Before referring particularly to that debate, let us offer a remark upon its general tenor. The supporters of the Bill relied upon the universal feeling of the country as to the defective state of the law with regard to the power of ap pealing in criminal cases. The opponents of the measure, freely admitting the defective state of the law in the particular described, objected to the Bill before the House, as being subject to suspicion, from being brought in to meet a special case, and mere confidently ob jected to it as not supplying the required remedy. This ground of opposition, if supported in the matter of fact, is surely sufficient. We may admit an evil, doubtless, without being bound to accept everything that is offered in the shape of a remedy, and we are entitled to examine the nostrum tendered with some jealousy, when we have reason to suppose, either from the quality of the remedy itself, or from seine other circumstances, that it is offered with a view to private advantage, mid not to the public good. Now, in the case of Lord Campbell's fill, the evil to be re medied is not dis p uted. It is acknow ledged on all sides that pur criminal jurisprudence is greatly defective ia not providing an appellate jurisdiction, extend jog to all classes of convictions, and extending to the silents as well as to the technicality of the original trial and conviction. A writ of error is practically attainable in cases of misdemeanor only ; but in these cases it is, consideriing its use as a means of delay, perhaps too easily attainable (for whatever be the law, It is in practice considered due ex debit° justitice). I cases of felony it is seArce ly ever asked for, beca of use there is little hope its being ever granted ; and neither in cases of mis demeanor nor felony can the court of appeal, upon a writ of error, take into consideration the merits of the case, that is, the justice or inju stice of a conviction, or anything beyond ' a mere technicality. A writ of error is also an ex pensive process, and always must remain such ; and Lord Campbell's proposition, if it would not make the process snore expensive, would by another means (the demand of heavy bail) limit the benefit of his remedy to the richer class of appellants. What we have said of the inadequacy of the remedy by writ of error, may be applied to the remedy by motion for new trial. It does not extend to felonies, and it touches the merits only in the case where the judge misdirects the jury by misstating law or evidence, or where the jury finds against the judge's chary—things that, to a super ficial observer only, will seem to cover every possible ease of a false verdict. Now, how could this defective state of the law be improved by a law like that of Lord Campbell, a law that would merely relieve appellants " in error" from judgment until the determination of their appeal, they 55 1 g heavy . bail? imprimis, the remedy excludes all con victions of felony, how trifling soever the felony may he; secondly, it excludes all appellants but the rich, all who cannot give heavy bail. Let us pause here—pause to look at oneeffect o f thi s propos i t i on. N o r i c h man wou ld ever receive pal meet, in a case of serious misdemeanor, without tryin g the chances Of a writ of error. As a rich man he has e already h given bail to the trial, but h upon conviction only to give the same bail to the writ of error, and he will a !l insure a respite from judg ment for a year or two. If offmder, lie may snake a provisional to ur , attendance on the return to with whotn power of some partyh e can make a bar gain, or in the hope of bargaining with t.o l the party in o ffi ce . If a bold man, as well as ahrse, sedition, offender, he .a , vhile the ' may remain at home prosecuting along from progress of his writ of error drags its slow length i session to session. If guilty of any of those °n which exclude men from society at home, the rich off ences has in his writ of error a passport to the exile, which in any case would be his only refuge. Now this i s a privilege which wealth does not confer in an other country, and which it oug ht not to confer in this. There is a viol en t presum ption, at the very least, of guilt, in a case wh ere the ordinary tribunals of the country declare a man 9u7t d h after a solemn trial ; and in France, an in t e . other coun " the . Court of Cessation" is pro tries in which an appeal to vided, the appellant is retained in strict custody of the law from the time of his original conviction to the determination of his appeal. Now apply these considerations to Lord C bell's Bill. The law of the country is defective w of appellate jurisdiction, trying merits as well as techni calities, STANDARD,—The Times of this morning an nounces that it is arranged to send Sir H. Hardinge to succeed Lord Ellenborough as Governor-General of India. We have no authority to contradict, and cer tainly none to confirm, this announcement. if the reader wishes for our own opinion upon the mat ter, it is this, that the statement of the Tinie3 is what is - familiarly called in schools, " a shot," a bold guess upon what appears to be good ground or probability, but wholly without direct know ledge of "37 ki i d r It does not, however, seem likely, after all that has oecuriel .within the last week or ton ays, that the negotiations E % - `tvteen the Board of Directors and the Government can 'us arrived at sufficient maturity to • tif Y the ""' statement Jae Times. And, we believe, we are safe in saying, that the negotiations have not, in fact, advanced so far. The course which undoubtedly the Govern ment would wish to be taken, because the safest, per haps the only safe course for India, would be for the Directors to rescind their late " indiscreet" r •solution, and spare our Indian empire the risk of a violent and abrupt interference with the Executive Government, leaving other matters for future arrangem nt. The guess of the Times is not, however, a bad one, upposing it a guess, though it seems to us to be certainly premature. Sir Henry Hardinge is a man, whose experience and talents—we may call talents like his, marked by such intuitive promptitude, even by the higher name of genius—would ensure the good go vernment of any country committed to his charge, and besides this he has in an eminent degree en joyed the instruction and possessed the confidence of the highest of all authorities upon questions of Indian Government, and a very high authority, too, upon all questions of civil and military government — the Duke of Wellington. When the time for naming a successor to Lord Ellentorough shall have arrived, we know of no one more like than Sir Henry Hardinge to be selected ; but we must still hold to the hope, that the matter has not yet proceeded so far, and that there is still left to the Directors a locus of re-considering " the recaL" MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 3.) SUGAR.-To -day the trade were desirous to purchase West India Sugar, but the scanty show operated materially against business ; many of the brokers had not a board to offer for sale. The total purchases for the week are 1,320 hhds and trcs, and prices closed is per cwt above those of last Friday; the market has a very firm appearance. REFINED.-To-day, Refined goods were much wanted by the home trade, but the supply was inadequate for the de mand : brown Lumps are 80s, and standard Lumps 81s 6d to 82s per cwt. M aviirrie - s.-A good demand has been experienced from the grocers for all sorts, and refiners have been purchasers to a fair extent; good and fine yellow and grey qualities brought previous rates ; but inferior and brown kinds have advanced 6d per cwt. This afternoon, 500 bags at auction were sold at full rates ; middling yellow at 62s 6d to 635, grey 60s 6d to 62s 6d, and good brown 58s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little attention, and 1,495 bags at public sale sold at prices that exhibited a decline on those of last Friday of is per cwt ; fine white went at 66s to 675, middling to good 64s to 65s fld, damp and washed 63s to 65s 6d, sound middling yellow 61s to 625, damp 60s fel to 61s. Manila taken in above the value-good strong grey at 20s to 20s 61, mid 18s 6d to 19s 6d, and washed 16s to 18s per cwt. FOREIGN.-This afternoon yellow Havannah sound all taken in at the full value, fine at 22s to 22s 6d, good 21s to 21s 6d, middling 20s to 20s 6d, low 18s to 19s : one lot brown 16s ; slightly damaged fetched 15s to 19s for low and mid dling ; 19s 6d to 21s for good and fine, and damaged 14s to 20s for low to fine, and very soft in casks 12s Gd per cwt. MotassEs.-For all descriptions of West India no advance in prices has taken place. Berbice at 245, Demerara good 25s 6d, Antigua 275, St. Kitts 245, Tobago 26s ; at auction 100 puns of Antigua fetched 275, and 26 puns Grenada 23s per cwt. Bengal more in request at 15s to 17s per cwt. TEA.-There has been a considerable falling off in the de mand for Tea this week, which is mainly to be attributed to no alteration being proposed to be made in the duties. To day there was little inquiry for any sort of Tea, and prices are on the decline ; common and good common Congou, cash, Is to Is 0/tl, and ordinary Twankay is 2d to is 2}d per lb. The exnorts of Tea from China were 25,922,677 lbs from the Ist of October to the 31st of December last year. SAGO.-This afternoon Sago met with attention, and 287 boxes at auction were all sold at an advance of 2s per cwt, good middling small Pe&l fetched 20s to 20s Gd per cwt, SPICES.-For Cassia Lignea a reduction on former rates of Is to 2s per cwt have been submitted to, and buyers have been induced to operate more freely. This afternoon, at auc tion, 43 bags of White Pepper, sound, taken in at 5/d to 54d for good ordinary dingy, sea damaged sold at sid to Sid ; 946 bags of Malabar went readily at an advance of Ad to id, fine sound shot fetched 4d to 4/d, and good 3id to 3/d per lb., COFFEE.-The market has been supplied with clean qualities of West India Coffee this week. There was little inclination shown on the part of the trade to operate, and a reduction on former rates of 3s to 5s per cwt, was submitted to. This afternoon the market was much better,Suppliedwith East India Coffee ; Mocha at a decline on the rates ofyesterday of is per cwt ; middling greenish clean garbled went at 73s to 75i 6d, low middling ditto 72s to 73s 6d, good middling ditto 77s 6d to 78s 6d, fair yellow ragged 63s 6d to 645, ragged pale 58s 6d, middling long berry even pale taken in at 84a. Costa Rico, tine ord colory 56s to 58s, sup 60s 6d to 635, fine ord foxy 54s to 54s 6d, and poddy 45s 6d. Padang taken inat moderate rates, good ordinary greenish 325. Company's Java went cheaper, and sold at 46s to 46s 6d for good fair bold pale. Ba4ivia fetched 32s for low good ordinary brown ; Ceylon black triage lls to 13s, and broken 40s to 41s. The closing pfices of good ordinary sound Ceylon were 54s to 54s 6d per cvq. Cocoa.- The market is in a quiet state for West India, and former rates are barely sustained. Foreign is held with firm ness, and sales to a fair extent made privately at 28s to 30s per cwt. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-In Jamaica Rum this week holders show firmness; 28 to 30 per cent ever is 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; 33 to 35 over 3s 8d to 3s 10d •, good 3s Ild to 4s 4d ; fine 4s Gd to 4s lld ; superior 5s to 5s 6d. For Demerara the demandhas been for small parcels only, 28 to 30 per cent over proof 2s 10d to 38 2d, 33 to 35 over 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; proof Lee wards are held with firmness at 2s 2d per gallon ; Cal cutta Rum at Is 10d per gallon proof. In the Brandy Market a fall in prices of 2d per gallon has taken place. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838 hhds 5s Bd, puns 5s 6d; ditto 1839, lihds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d; ditto 1841, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s ld ; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; middling qualities of various marks 3s 4d to 4s 6d, and low 2s 9d to 3s 3d per gal lon. Geneva for shipping at is 8d to is 9d, for fine in small parcels for home use 2s 24 to 3s paid. English Corn Spirits at lOs 2d per gallon cash. RICE.-Carolina dull of sale at 20s to 26s per cwt. This afternoon Bengal Rice sold at easy rates; fine bold clean white at 11s ed to 12s, and good lls per cwt. Ons.-For Linseed Oil in the early part of the week, prices declined to 26s 6d. but during the last few da y s prices ad vanced tb 26s 9d to 275. Rape at 39s to 40s for pale, and 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. for brown, the market appears firm. Olive Oil in excellent request, Gallipoli 52/ lOs a 53/, Sicily 52/, Spanish 51/ a 51s 10s, and Barbary 50/ a 50/ 10s. Cocoa Nut Oil 29s to3os, lowto mid, and 30s 6d to 31s 6il per cwt for good to fine. Palm may be had at easier rates, 27s 6d per cwt for fine quality. Cod 341 to 3415 s ; Southern 261 to 301; Pale Seal 33/10s to 34/. Southern Oil of Foreign fishing, in bond, sold at 24/ lOs to 2515 s per tun. This afternoon Sperm Oil sold at 72/ lOs to 74/ 15s, and headmatter 771 5s to 781 15s. Southern Oil at 28/ to 29l 15s ; and Palm Oil at 23s 3d to 27s 6d per cwt. TaLeow.-For Russian Tallow on the spot former rates are barely maintained, 40s to 40s 9d is the value of Petersburgh Yellow Candle, in some cases 41s per cwt has been obtained. For delivery at 42s per cwt for the last three months of the year. American' allow is still plentiful, and prices continue to go down particularly for the lower qualities. Town Tallow at 40s per cwt, nett cash. This afternoon North American Melted Tallow sold at 38s 3d to 40s, South American at 34s Gd to 39s 6d, and Odessa Beef at 39s 9d to 40s per cwt. INDIGO.-Holdersof East India manifest firmness, the rates paid are rather above those of the last quarterly sale. All other sorts at previous prices. In Spanish prices are very firm. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COIVSISTO.RY COURT, May 4. LORD DYSART V. LADY DYSART. This case came on for hearing on Saturday, before Dr. Lushington, and the arguments, no doubt, must occupy some days longer. Lord Dysart sues his wife for restitution of conjugal rights. Lady Dysart pleads cruelty in many forms us a reason why she ought not to bo compelled to return to cohabitation. The libels on both sides are voluminous, and set forth the complaints of the several parties. They were married in 1819, and lived together, with intermissions, until 1837. The alle gations of Lady Dysart plead a variety of circumstances in proof of cruelty; that though at first the husband had 3,000/. a year, and when he came to his title 30,0001. a year, he lived in a manner not suited to their rank ; that his residences, in more than one instance, were almost without furniture ; that in one house there was no bedstead, her Ladyship being compelled to sleep upon a mattress upon the floor. The pro visions were served out by his Lordship, "and the Earl, and a boy servant had on various occa sions, washed the clothes. There were many items, such as these, and in some oases extreme violence is asserted to have been used by his Lordship towards his wife. In replication, Lord Dysart denies those charges, anti asserts that he was anxious for retirement, that the conduct of his wife had compelled him occasionally to restrain her, and that the evidence in support of the charges was sustained principally by one witness. The Counsel for Lord Dy sart had not yet been heard; but, in opening, they stated that the husband was compelled to adopt the course he lead done is order to protect himself from debts con tracted by the wife. During the whole of the day the junior counsel was heard for her Ladyship against being compelled to return to cohabitation, and the evidence of the witness in support of her suit was commented upon at very considerable length, and with a small portion of acrimony. In consequence of the length to which the case is likely to extend, and as the other side has not yet been beard, the charges against Lord Dysart being all denied, time must be given fur the case to proceed to its termination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A broker, of the name of Brown, who resides at No.' 95, Long-alley, Bishopsgatc, was summoned before the Lord Mayor to r having extortwl the sum of ss. 6d. from a poor young woman, named Ellen Myers, who earns a livelihood by hard application to shoebinding. Tho defendant appeared very confident of throwing the girl over the bridge. Ellen Myers said, that unfortunately she had con traetod a debt with her landlord for rent to the amount of 45., and Mr. Brown was sent to distrain. Capel, the defendant's man, called at nine o'clock and told the com plainant that if she could contrive to pay the amount in twenty minutes no expenses would attach. She imme diately ran off to borrow from her friends, and returned within the time specified; but a sum of ss. 6d. addi tional was demanded, and Brown threatened to sell off all her goods if she refused to pay the whole sum of 9 a s n . 6d. With the utmost difficulty she raised the amount, fro d m p_a l id it to Brown, who would not deduct a farthing to her l itghadtemthaent. lird ße m in a g yo i r n v, g .o re u a ld t necessity, ili it occurred the amount of m th l e yo u n njust demand. presurn — ed interfere to get back The Loup b you rok p er; i s a man the original sum °. make any t me have it proved that the , i to n twenty minutes. extra demand if A lodger in the house, statedwhom the complainant had man that the complainant applied for a small loan . made her the told her that the broker's promise, and that she had returned within the period specified. The witness , however, did not hear th e agree ment made. theto demand justice room The defendant said he had given directions to dis train, at the desire of he r landlord, an d as she had too been iste,liy nearly five minutes,everai personst was proper in i theexexPperfiessesse—d ( t il he c !r a most contemptuous indignation.) The Complainant —He was not satisfied my Lord, with making me pay, but a little while ago he said he would be even with me, and do for me, and I am afraid he will. Lapel, the broker's man, said he acted entirely by the direction of his employer. The LORD MAYOR—Did you not tell this poor woman that if she brought the rent to you in twenty minutes there should be no expenses ? Capel—Certainly I did, but she was three minutes too late.—(Loud expressions of resentment.) Complainant—l solemnly declare that I was back within the time. I ran fit to kill myself. Capel—Her landlady showed me that she was three minutes and four seconds too late, and I was obliged to make the demand. Brown—My Lord, the landlord wants to get rid of her, for she is a bad 'Kn. Complainant—l refer you to the respectable gentle men, my Lord, who have employed me for years for my character. I had paid my landlady four shillings but the night before, and I never expected such cruel treat-, The LORD MAYOR —This broker has acted with great inhumanity to you, and I very much regret that I cannot punish him upon this charge. However, I think I can secure you from the apprehension of any violence. I call upon you, defendant, to find bail to keep the peace towards this poor woman for twelve months. Defendant—Find bail for what ! The LORD MAYOR —For having threatened the com plainant; and if you do not find bail you shall go to prison.--(Laughter.) His Lordship then gave ss. 6d. to the complainant to relieve her, and the advance of rent for a week, at the end of which he desired she would remove to some place in which there was no such inhu manity existing. Robert Henry Drover, a young man who was stated to be the partner of Dorey, the unfortunate husband of Mrs. Dorey, who is now undergoing her sentence of two years' imprisonment in the Giltspur-street Compter, as one of the accomplices of Barber in the will forgeries, was charged with having assaulted the servants of Mr. Martin, of No. 38, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, Manchester warehouseman. The defendant was apparently in a state of great ex citement. Mr. Martin stated that having beard a scuffle below in the warehouse, he went down and saw the place in a state of the greatest confusion, of which it was quite evident the prisoner was the author, for he was struggling with and striking one of the establishment. It was ne cessary to place the defendant in the custody of an officer of police to prevent a further breach of the peace. James B. Rogers, warehouseman to Mr. Martin, stated that the defendant entered the shop for the purpose of inspecting some goods, and selected some, which were made up in a parcel for him. The invoice was at the same time made out, but the defendant wished the arti cles to be put down to the credit of the house. This the witness refused to agree to. He said he expected the money to be paid down, and that the defendant could not have the goods without immediate payment. The defendant's house had an account with the firm, and the defendant, upon being told that Mr. Martin did not wish to extend the credit of the house, seized the parcel and wanted to take it away with him, but the witness and other people belonging to the prosecutor, resisted the attempt, and the defendant then proceeded to blows. The defendant said that having kept an account at the prosecutor's warehouse, he went thither to get some goods, which appeared to be very cheap, and he took them upon cash terms, which signified one month's credit. The warehouseman snatched the parcel out of his hand, although he offered to give him a cheque in the course of the day for the amount, and then a sort of dis agreeable encounter took place. The LORD MAYOR said that the attempt to take away a parcel of goods which it was intended should be paid for, might be subject to a very awkward sort of con struction, and actually become a subject of more se rious investigation. The defendant was then held to bail. GUILDHALL. - - A few weeks ago two summonses were granted by the magistrates of this Court, at the instigation of Birch, the common informer, calling upon two women of the name of Roberts and King, who kept houses of ill-fame in Ship-yard and Chancery-lane, to make their ap pearance for having sold exciseable liquors on their respective premises, without being provided with a duly authorised license to do so. For a length of time the hearing of the cases were adjourned at the request of the party who laid the information, until it came to the ears of Roe, the officer of this Court, that they were not likely ever to come on, as Birch had compounded with the defendants to forego the prosecution, on, the pay ment of 51, which had been made. Roe immediately made his suspicions known to the sitting magistrate, Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., who ordered that the case should be called on for hearing as last Saturday, and which was accordingly done. The defendants were not present, but Birch was, and assured the Bench that he should be ready to go into the cases at a future day if the Alderman adjourned the hearing. Roe then in formed the magistrate that it would be a complete waste of time to again adjourn the investigation, and which fact the complainant very well knew. He could assure the Alderman that there was a nest of informers who frequented the City of London, and were in the habit of receiving salaries from brothel-keepers, pawnbrokers, and others, as a kind of consideration for overlooking any offences that might have been committed in their houses against the laws applicable to their trades. Alderman COPELAND expressed himself warmly against such a nefarious system, and was surprised that tradesmen could lend themselves to uphold it. Why not observe the rules and regulations laid down by the law, and not place themselves under the power of such despicable characters? Birch den'ed all compromise in the matter, and said that, on Wednesday, he should be fully prepared to go into the cases. Roe retorted that he could have no interest in mis leading the Alderman; but, when he saw defenceless individuals pounced upon, with a view to pecuniary gain, by parties who professed to be acting for the public good, he should be to blame if he had neglected in bringing it before the notice of the Court. Alderman COPELAND was inclined to believe the statement of Roe, but time would elicit the truth, and on Wednesday he hoped the officer would be prepared to go on with the case in question. Accordingly, on that day, Roe had one of the females, Mrs. Roberts, in attendance ; but, when the case was called on, no one appeared to prefer the complaint. The summons was, therefore, dismissed, and an award made, calling upon Birch to pay 2L 2s. for the loss of time of Mrs. Roberts and the officers of the Court, besides other incidental expenses. On Saturday, Mr. Lewis, the solicitor, attended with Birch, and a large posse of the fraternity, at the Court, before Aldermen Copeland, M.P., and Kelly, to show cause against the award. Mr. Lewis referred to the various Acts of Parliament, and said he could find no provision empowering magistrates to allow costs to either party in cases where no adjudication had taken place ; and he contended that the Aldermen had absolutely no jurisdiction in the matter. Mr. Humphries, who attended for Mrs. Roberts, en tertained a different opinion, and addressed the Bench on the injustice that had been practised towards his client. Mr. Alderman COPELAND, after consulting with his brother magistrate, said the case was of so much im portance that he should not give any decision until he had taken the opinion of the City law officers. Both parties concurred, and next Saturday week was appointed for the settling day. Mr. Lewis remarked that if the Bench would bind over al parties who gave information to prosecute, they would have the power of inflicting the amount of costs on the party who made the charge. Mr. Alderman COPELAND thanked Mr. Lewis for the hint, and said it was his intention, in the ensuing week, to mave in the House of Commons for a return of all informations laid by common informers and not pro ceeded with. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1844. BOW-STREET. George Weston, a sergeant of the F division of police, who was charged during the past week with receiving money from several brothel-keepers to forego prosecu tions against them, was this day called up to receive sentence, Mr. Twyford having adjourned the case until to-day, in order that he might read over the depositions. Mr. TWYFORD said he had read over the evidence in all the cases. He should confine himself in his judg ment to the case of Mrs. Orchin. It was with great hesitation and reluctance that he had forced himself to come to a conclusion that the defendant was guilty o! having received los. from the hands of Clements, on the part of Mrs. Orchin, to save that person from a certain prosecution. Coming to that conclusion, and believing the evidence, of course he (Mr. Twyford) thought that it was a charge which rendered the defendant unfit to remain in the police force. He had the power either to impose a fine of 10/, or imprisonment. He thought he could not do less than imprison him for a month. Weston here interrupted the Magistrate, and asserted his innocence of the charge in a most solemn mariner, declaring that he had never received a halfpenny from any one. _ _ . . . Mr. TWYFORD said it was possible that he might be deceived ; but from the evidence before him it was im possible to come to any other conclusion than the one he had, and he should commit him for one month to the House of Correction, Weston begged that Mr. Twyford would impose a fine upon him, as he had been on the sick list for the last eight weeks. Mr. TWYFoRD said ho could not attend to this repre sentation. lie had only sentenced the defendant on one charge, when he might have gone on upon all three. The prisoner was then locked up in one of the cells behind the Court. After he had remained there for some time, Mr. TWYFORD ordered him to be again brought into Court, and addressing him, he said he had sent for him in consequence of his attention having been called to the 44th section of the Police Act, in which it is enacted, that any offence alleged to have been committed by any police officer must be brought against him within six calendar months to justify a police magistrate in taking cognizance of it ; and as ho found that it was more than that time, although he was satisfied of his guilt, he must withdraw his judgment. Ho could not pay attention to the other cases, which were unsupported by corroborative testimony, and he therefore ordered him to be dis charged. Weston left the Court evidently much rejoiced at this termination of the case. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Hull, a furniture-dealer, in St. Anne's-court, Soho, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, by John Wetherall, the inspector of pavements, for placing goods for sale before his house, on the foot-pavement. It was proved that the defendant had a number of articles before his door exposed for sale. Tho answer to this was, that the goods were placed on the railings of the area, and, therefore, that no offence had been com mitted. A question was about to arise as to the ille gality of placing goods as described by the defendant ; but as evidence wa s brought forward to show that the goods w ero a l so p l ace d on th e pav e ment, Mr. HAsinwtcg. hold that a hreaph of thp law had been committed, and, after a proper caution, inflicted the mai? gated fine of 3s. and 2s. costs. A similar information against Josh. Miller, of St. Anne's-court, was heard and settled by a similar deci sion and fine. LAMBETH-STREET. Dennis Driscol, was brought up for final examination on a charge ofcornmitting a murderous assault on his wife. The wire exhiaired much reluctance at being sworn, saying it was more her own fault than " Denny's," and that she would not hurt him for the wealth of the " Inges." She was at leng,h sworn, but made all sorts of evasions to avoid answering those questions the re plies to which must affect her husband, and kept fre quently repeating that it was more her own fault than his. Mr. NORTON told her she deserved a much better partner than the man at the bar. The offence was as bad as any that had come before him for some time, and it was almost a miracle he had not killed her with the desperate blow he had inflicted with the poker while she was in bed. It would, however, be useless to send him for trial after the reluctance exhibited to give evidence against him by his wife ; but yet he should not escape the utmost punishment that the law allowed him, Mr. Norton, to inflict. _ _ The prisoner was then convicted in the penalty of 5/., or in default of payment to two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction.—The prisoner, not being able to pay the penalty, was locked up. MURDER AT BATTERSEA. WANDSWORTH POLICE COURT. Augustus Dalmas, the unfortunateFrenehman charged with the murder of Sarah Eleanor M'Farlane, was examined on Saturday before Mr. Clive. The prisoner was brought down from London in the cunt )dy of Sergeant Cummings of the D division, and police-constable 203 of the same section. He was con• veyed in a cab, handcuffed to the first-named officer. At half-past eleven the prisoner was introduced into Court, and, despite the heavy charge against him, he seemed of all present the most unconcerned. He stood during the whole period of examination, in a most easy attitude, resting one hand on the back of a chair, while the other was negligently pressed against his side. He gave every attention to the evidence of the witnesses, and occasionally interrupted them by asking some questions. The evidence of Mrs. Gibson was literally the same with that detailed in The Sun on Thursday last. She had been called in to see her sister lying in the Swan Tavern, Wandsworth, and found her dead from the ex tensive injuries inflicted on her neck. Sergeant Cummings, 3 D, was the next and the only new witness examined. He stated that the prisoner Augustus Dalmas had knocked at the door of Maryle bone-lane station about one o'clock that morning; that he requested the reserve constable to show him the in spector ; that the inspector, Mr. Brown, not being pre• sent, he was introduced to him (Sergeant Cummings); that he stated to him that he had been haunted day and night bythe reports which had appeared in the news paper?; and that he was the man described as being the murderer. He (Sergeant Cummings) told him that if he wished to make any statement, he would take it down in writing, but cautioned him at the same time that such would be produced afterwards. The prisoner again recapitulated the substance of what he had said before, and added that he did not accom pany the deceased upon Battersea-bridge. He also said that the only true evidence, as given in the newspapers on the occasion of the inquest at the Swan Tavern, Bat tersea, was that given by his daughter Charlotte. Prisoner—Did I say Charlotte, or Augusta ? Sergeant Cummings—l cannot positively say which. Mr. Cu - vs—Did you hear both daughters named, be fore you saw the prisoner ? Cummings—l certainly heard Augusta's name, but do not think I heard of Char lotte's ; but I cannot be certain which of his daughters the prisoner named. Dr. Connor, of Battersea, was examined as to the nature of the wound, and gave precisely the same evi dence as already given by us. Mr. Hall, the toll-keeper, observed the woman fall, called to his wife and another female to assist, and ulti mately had her carried into the Swan Tavern. The youngest daughter of the prisoner, Augusta, was then called, and merely stated when she was left at her place on the Monday evening, she observed her father and the deceased together, and thought they would walk home. Charlotte, the eldest daughter, was next called, but she added nothing to the statement made before the Coroner. The poor girl was deeply affected, and before entering Court fainted, and in the midst of her evidence before the magistrate was carried out in strong hysterical convulsions. The police-constable 3G V, and Mr. Gosling of the Swan, were the last witnesses. They deposed to the fact that the deceased, in the full knowledge of her dying state, had declared Dalmas to be her murderer. Mr. CLIVE asked Superintendent Bicknell if he wished a remand, and being answered in the affirmative, fixed Friday next for the final examination of the prisoner. RAILWAYS "FOR THE MILLION." Railway companies have discovered a way of being liberal with profit to themselves ; and their specula tive trading has secured a boon for the hard-working population of the metropolis—one means of relieving ' the Wen " by at least some temporary. dispersion. On Eastern Monday and the two following days, what are called "return-tickets," giving the purchaser the right to conveyance out of town and back again, were issued by several railway companies at greatly reduced fares. Shopkeepers, clerks, mechanics, and the fifty varieties of the Londoner race, were enabled for once to taste the delights of railway-travelling, and to visit even the sea-coast ! The favourite resort was Brighton—attractive from its associations with royalty, fashion, and old repute for gaiety ; the extra receipts on that railway amounted, in the three days, to 1,9431. Traditions of Julius Caesar, of the ancient Castle, and Shakespeare's Cliff, also drew great numbers to Dover, and the result of the reduced fares for the three days was seen in extra receipts to the amount of 7001. Must these mutual benefits be confined to Easter week ? If it has paid the Brighton Railway Proprie tors to sell "return-tickets" at half-price fur those three days in April, would it not pay to do so on every Saturday, Sunday, and Monday throughout the summer and early autumn ? With ou t a tt emp ti ng to rival an economical arithmetician who has lately distinguished himself on cotton-mills, it may safely be calculated that to sell " ret urn -ti c k e t s " on such a purely pleasure - line as that to Brighton, would be as great a boon to the Proprietor s as to the public. The fixed capital invested in the formation of a rail way bears a much greater pr o p or ti on t o th e cos t o f working than the buildings and machinery of a cot ton-mill to the circulating capital; and the railway proprietor is, therefore, far more interested in in creasing the returns of his circulating capital by in creasing the rapidity of its circulation. Railways have created a new class of travellers, a great locomotive population that could alone people some European states ; yet to a considerable extent " the masses" are debarred from the use of the rail , way by the outlay. The rich man finds its cheaper than the old method of post-chaises, or even stage coaches with the frequent inn-expenses; but the poor man can ill-muster the requisite amount of gold. Cheapness would beget still newer and more nume rous classes; just as the cheap and accessible omnibus has converted half the passengers in London streets to riders. At present the Londoner is content to steam up to Richmond, and eat eel-pies, or down to Gravesend, and dabble, like the eel, in half-salt water; but give the opportunity, and thousands might pour out weekly to the very sea-coasts, to the im mense profit of the railways, of the sea-side trades people, and the incalculable benefit and delight of the town-bred folks. To many there is no delight so great as that of loitering on a sea-beach ; but to the inlander it is a pleasure as rare as it is great; it might be one for every week. —Spectator. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—One of the most awful fires which it was ever our province to) record: took place last Wednesday, at Stretham, near' Ely. The destruc tion of property is enormous, and when we say that no less than twenty-five houses, &c., have been razed to the ground, including habitations of wealthy agriculturists and huMble labourers, the reader will imagine for him self the'extent of misery which must be the conse quence of this visitation. The fire originated in a small hovel adjoining the blacksmith's shop of Mr. John Westby. It is supposed that some sparks of hot iron were the immediate cause of the catastrophe, but this does not quite clearly appear. At any rate, about one .o'clock in the day the hovel was discovered to be in flame ; and although assistance was at hand, and the fire seemed at first but trifling, po dry were the materials of which the hovel was composed that it was very soon enveloped in flames, which communicated with Mr. Westby's house on one side, and Mr. Wright's stack yard on the other. No sooner wore Mr. Wright's ex tensive and well-stored premises seized upon by the fire, than the utmost alarm for the safety of the village was entertained. Nor was this alarm unfounded, for the flames spread with such frightful rapidity, on both sides of the street, that in a little more than an hour from the time of their breaking out twenty-five occupations, ex tending over about fifteen acres of ground, were in a blaze.—Cambridge Chronicle. At a special meeting of the Committee of the Li censed Victuallers' Protection Society, held at the office, New Bridge-street, on Friday, the 3d instant, Mr. Edmonds in the chair, agreeably to the second resolution of the So ciety, the following gentlemen wero unanimously elected to fill up two vacancies in the Committee of Management Mr. Joseph, Taverner, of the Swan Tavern, Mansell-street, Minories ; and Mr. C. W. Travers, of the Swan Inn, Park road.METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS, KENSINGTON.— Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests have decided upoß the plans to be carried into effect for the for mation of a new avenue, to be called the Queen's-road, ex tending the whole length between the Uxbridge-road and the High-street, Kensington. Various plans have been sub mitted to the Commissioners, and those of Mr. Owen Jokes, Messrs. Wyatt and Brandon, and Mr. Kendall, have been accepted, and operations have been already commenced. In the plans selected, which are all in the pure Italian style, arc designs for mansions which are to be built of a grandeur seldom seen in a private thoroughfare. Some of the houses will contain upwards of forty rooms, and in most are t part merits, en suite, upwards of one hundred and fifty feet in length. The greater portion of these magnificent structures e secured by aristocratic and wealthy families ; and Mr. Blashfleld, a lessee under the Crown, has undertaken to have them ready during the forthcoming summer. The villas on each side will command a view of Kensington. gardens. The road will be upwards of a mile in length, and seventy feet wide, except at the south side—thus connecting both tho greet westextl coad o . It it; tl w inteqtioti of tier Majesty's CoMinissionors to erect two gates equal to any in I.tondon-, one at 0401 cud, 444 double sets of lodges, to be inhabited by liveried gatekeepers who will be assisted by ouperuumeraries, inkeeping up au admit police. PRICES OF SHARES nr CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AM) OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 3• LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND. The annual general meeting of this Association was held on Friday, at their rooms, Sussex Chambers, Duke street, St. James's, and was numerously attended. Amongst the noblemen and gentlemen present were Lord D. C. Stuart, Vice-President ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Foley, Lord Kinnaird, the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, the Hon. Col. L. Stanhope, R. M. Miles, Esq., M.P. ; Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P., G. A. Young, Esq. ; Frederick Pijou, Esq. ; Edward Beale, Esq., and Samuel Rogers, Esq., the venerable poet. On the motion of Col. L. STANHOPE, seconded by W. A. SMITH, Esq., Lord DUDLEY C. STUART took the chair, and called on the Hon. Secretary to read the report of the Council, which congratulated the Association on the increasing interest of the country in the cause of Poland, and stated that their efforts for the assistance of the refu gees during the last year had not been unsuccessful. The ball at Guildhall, on the 15th of November, which was attended by a brilliant assembly of the rank and beauty of the land, had produced 6201, after paying all expenses. An occurrence had taken place in the mean time which the Council could not refer to without re gret. Whilst Lord Dudley Stuart was engaged in the preparations for the ball, he received a letter from Major Beniowski, informing him that there was a design to take his (Lord Stuart's) life. But it was the opinion of the Council and of the Noble Lord himself that the threats to which Major Beniowski referred were less the result of a deliberate conspiracy than the ebulli tion of feeling on the part of an irritated individual.— His Lordship was assailed in coming into the Sussex Chambers by a Pole, whose application for assistance to the Association had not been as successful as he had sup posed it ought to be. The ball, however, in spite of the attempts which had been made to disparage the Asso ciation and its objects, by persons who put forth the claims of our own poor in an invidious contrast with those of the refugees, was nearly as numerously attended as that. of the previous year. The Association could not express in terms too strong its gratitude to the eminent artists who gave their gratuitous assistance on that QC casion.—(Applause.) The ball, as we understood, took place on the three-hundredth anniversary of the Coper nican system, which Colonel Szyrma had proved to be not of German, but of Polish origin. The report then alluded to the case of the Polish seamen, who availed themselves of the opportunity which was afforded them of escaping from the Russian naval service, into which they had been impressed, when the ship of war, the Laertes, was driven into an English port by stress of weather. Out of the whole number of fourteen impressed men, ten had escaped ; and although the Council of the Association had not interfered to prevent their being given up to the Russian captain, yet they were prepared, if they had seen it necessary, to move the Court of Queen's Bench to protect these men.—(Applause.) In reference to the recent cruel proceedings of the King of Prussia towards the Polish emigrants who had settled in his dominions, the Council expressed their conviction that the King was deceived by the machinations of Russian agents, and that the day was not far distant when he would see that it was not best for Prussia to continue in her thraldom, and that it would be wise to sacrifice some portion of his dominions (such as the Polish provinces) to secure her indepen dence. The report next proceeded to review the late occurrences in Servia, where the intrigues of Russia had been frustrated by the independent spirit of the people. Through the interposition of Lord Sandon the Chancellor of the Exchequer had consented to take upon the Government grant one of the refugees de pendent on the Association for every three that fell off. In the course of the last year the Association had lost two of their most valuable supporters—Mr. C. B. Sheridan and Sir Francis Burdett.—(Hear, hear.) An other friend also had died last year (Mr. Handley, we understood), and left to the Association 4001. The re port concluded by expressing the warm gratitude of the Council to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London, to Lord D. C. Stuart, their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and other noble and generous friends of Poland. On the motion of Mr. MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE, seconded by Mr. MONCKTON MILNES, the report was adopted, with great applause. COI. LEICESTER STANHOPE then moved the second resolution, which was a vote of thanks to the Duchess of Kent, the Duke de Nemours, and the other distin guished personages who had patronised the ball at Guildhall. The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman heartily concurred in the sentiments expressed in the resolution ; and he felt that it was matter tf the highest congratu lation to the Poles and their friends that the cause of Poland was so warmly taken up by the persons who held the most distinguished rank in this country, Lord FOLEY seconded the resolution, which was car ried with much applause. Mr. T. CHISHOLM AMITY moved the next resolution, which was one of thanks to the Noble Lord in the chair, Lord Dudley Stuart, and the other noblemen and gentlemen who superintended the arrangements for the ball in January in so judicious and successful a manner. Captain TOWNSHEND, RN., in seconding the resolu tion, said that it was not necessary to offer any argu ment in that place to enforce the sentiment expressed in that resolution.—(Hear, hear.) Every member of the Association was well aware how much the Poles and the Polish cause owed to the ardour, zeal, and perseverance of the Noble Chairman.(Applause.) The resolution was passed unanimously, and with great applause. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR next moved a resolution, to the effect that the thanks of the Association be cor dially given to the Lord Mayor and Common Council of the City of London,, for the use of the Guildhall in November last, and other kindness and aid to the friends of Poland. Mr. ADAMS SMITH seconded the resolution, which, like the preceding, was carried unanimously, and with applause. Mr. WYNN al.'s then moved, and Mr. JOHNSON seconded, a resolution of thanks to the professional ladies and gentlemen who gave the Association the powerful aid of their distinguished talents at the late ball. The resolution was passed by acclamation. T. W. BEAUMONT, Esq., M.P., was then unanimously re-elected President; and the Vice. Presidents, Lords Pan mure, D. C. Stuart, Scarborough, and Breadalbane were re-elected ; and the following Noblemen and Gentle. men were elected members of the Council in the room of those members who retired, according to their rota tion :—Lord Elphinstone, Milner Gibson. Esq., M.P.; C. Dickens, Esq.; Viscount Sandon, M.P.; Lord Kinnaird, David Ross, M.P.; R. M. Milner, M.P.; Hon. Spencer Cowper, Hon C. 'l'. Clifford, Captain James Towns hend, The meeting was then addressed in eloquent speeches by Lord Dudley- Stuart, Captain Jatlonski, the Cheva lier Wierewski, and other gentlemen, who referred in strong terms to the expected visit of the Emperor of Russia to this country, and concurred in the opinion that it would be the most becoming course to be pursued by the friends of Poland here to refrain from any strong expression of feeling towards that Sovereign whilst he remained the guest of our Sovereign. The meeting separated at a late hour, h av i ng p asse d a cordial vote of thanks to the Noble Chairman. BARON DE BODE.—On the 2d instant the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, appointed the hearing of the trial at bar, in this long pending case, fur the 20th of June next. This is an appeal of the Crown against the finding and verdict of the Com missioners and the jury, given in favour of the Baron de Boda, on the 13th o f June, 1842, concern i n c, his large claim against the Crown, and which finding and verdict was . confirmed by Lord Lyndhurst (the present Lord Chancellor's) judgment, on the 24th of July, 1842. It may be remembered, that the above commission was appointed the 15th of July, 1840, by Lord Cottenham, the then . Lord Chancellor, to inquire into the merits and rights of the BarOn to the claim he made, in compliance to the petition of right he had presented in 1838, and which was at that time endorsed by the Sovereign, with " Let right be done." THE — UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE for May comes recommended to both professional and nonprofessional readers, by the genuine interest that attaches to its contents. Officers of the highest authority in both ser vices appear to have united t.. render the number one of the most attractive of the series. We particularly allude, as a fair example of the talent that pervades its pages, to the able introductory paper on " The Waterloo Campaign and its Historians," by Major Jackson ; a i subject that can never diminish n interest with any class of British readers ; but the striking manner in which it is now handled, the New light thrown upon it by the author's skill and research, and the very enter taining character of the details he has furnished, cannot but render it one of the most gratifying narratives ever published in connexion with the profession of arms. We must also direct attention to the remarkable account of a " Conspiracy of the Russian Nobility, and Revolt of part of the Army," and to the lible Memoir of the late Sir Hudson Lowe. Both papers contain very singular dis closures, quite new to the general reader. CAUTION TO SPORTSMEN.—An attorney's clerk, who is passionately fond of a gun, and who frequently amuses himself by shooting at a target, was practising the other day in a field at Castle Donington, and being suddenly called, in the absence of th e pr i nc i pa l , to l eave his sport and give advice to a client in waiting, in the hurry of the moment placed the loaded pistols in his pocket, with the muzzles .!downwards. Having intro duced himself to the gentleman, he was in the act of seating himself down in•an easy chair, when the pistols went off, setting fire to his coat, and nearly blowing the chair to pieces. —Nottingham Review. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—Last evening lamentable accident occurred near Chelmsford, by which Miss Mary M'Hardy, daughter of the highly respected chief constable of the county police, and Miss Gace, the governess in the captain's family, lost their lives.. It appears that about seven o'clock Miss Gace was walking in the fields leading from Chelmsford to Springfield, with the two Miss M'Hardys, the deceased, aged eleven years, and Malvina, aged nine. They seem to have quitted the path, and the young ladies while playing near the edge of the Chehner, at a part where the force of the current had considerably un dermined the bank, it is believed that the eldest Miss M'Hardy ventured too near the edge, when the overhanging path gave way, and she was precipitated into the water, which at that part is from ten to fifteen feet deep. Miss Gace, in her anxiety to save her charge, immediately jumped in, and both perished.—F rom th e Chelmsford Chronicle. AN ERRAND Bor ' s EDUCATION.--A boy of thir teen or fourteen was about to be sworn to give evidence at an inquest held last evening, at the Golden Lion, Dean-street, , 1 Soho, when he said, as if ha feared he was unfit to take an oath, that he could not read. He, however, said that he was in the habit of going to chapel, and was accordingly sworn, Having given his evidence in a tolerably clear manner. he, much to the surprise of the jury, .wrote his name in a clear, legible hand, at the end of the depositions. A juror thought it a rather strange mode of education to teach a boy to write befbre he could read, and felt curious to ascertain how he learnt. 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S per cent. per cent. a'p 2r cent. per cent. uer cent. 5 per cent. cent. t per cent. 2 per cent 11)fi per cen t CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANOE.—Ji been thrown away into the plant Batten, of this town, was, last NI robin's nest, with five healthy Somerset County Gazette. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 6 100 0 0 100 8 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 I 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 • 25 0 0 39 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 • 30 0 0 100 0 0 03 12 9 100 0 0 100 • 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 )00 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 7000 70 0 0 100 0 0 1)0 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 - 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 '2O 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 5000 25 0 0 40 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 8000 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 50 7) 0 100 0 0 2 0 o 82 o 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 S I o 13 10 0 100 0 () 23 0 ( 150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 100 - 0 0 - 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 33 10 0 32 10 0 3 0 0 14, 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 26 0 0 50 0 0 12% 11,0 100 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 41% 41 135 34 SN 25 28U 11 25 207 81 56 60 GG Its 232 97% 116 7 1 ,4 14.4 4% 1936 20 31 134 10 4% 118 Seirm ',: 4 2934 104 'ANIES' PRICES 14. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 170)4 161 224 172 in old tea kettle 'ming teflon belonging to Mrs. veek, found to contain a young birds in it.— Paid. Price. Z a. d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 1 la) 0 0 100 O 0 ..... All paid 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 a o 50 0 0 63 t 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 00 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 S 19 o 10 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 C 40 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 • 10 0 0 5 0 0 8 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 • 35 0 • 10 0 0 10 0 II 25 0 I 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 50 7 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 LI 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITUTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Mr. T. S. Blackwell delivered his first lecture on Mesmerism demesnzerised, or an exhibition of the Pre" tended phenomena of mesmerism, without the presence or aid of mesmeric influence, on Thursday. His exper' meats, illustrating the mesmeric phenomena of attr..e' tion and repulsion, catalepsy and clairvoyance, Phrel l° ' mesmerism, with and without contact, elicited rapfur°"" applause, and exhibited results we have not seen pro: duced at mesmeric exhibitions. He went through 1 1 5 4 illustrations with so excellent a grace, and quite a Vernon, that left the audience delighted and amuseti many of his tricks being worthy of even the Wizard the North. At the conclusion, the Lecturer was tackled by Mess rs ' Donovan and Brookes, who contended that he had thrown a slur upon the most talented men of the age—( l l hear)—and loaded the Lecturer with a profusion epithets, until called to order by the Chairman. In spite of the fruitless opposition of these gentleme n i the following resolution was proposed, se,:onded, sn. carried by a thumping majority :—" Th a t th e expend ments to-night, in clairvoyance, phreuo-mesmerism, an the supposed mesmeric phenomena, have been 1 03 " perfect, and, if we had not the key, would be Ino'? astounding, than any we have witnessed in mesmeric lectures." The Lecturer was greeted by loud cheering, on leaving the room. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S HISTORICAL GALLERY. The celebrated historical gallery at Versailles shortly be adorned with upwards of fifty p or traits o . ce lustrious and eminent personages of this c oun try. • e '!' George P. A. Healy, an artist in the employ of Ii) Philippe, has been some time in England, and is nog in Windsor Castle. This gentleman's instructions are copy the following, : AT WINDSOR CASTLE.-George IV. in the robe s O m the Garter, by Sir T• Lawrence ; William IV. in robes of the Garter, by Sir M. A Shee ; Frederit Duke of York, by Sir T. Lawrence ; Pitt, by Sir Lawrence ; Fox ; Duke of Wellington, by Sir T. I's w ‘ rence. AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—George 111., by G' borough • Queen Charlotte, by Gainsborough. AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE.—The Princess VS, (married to the Duke of Wurtemberg), by Si r T. lAs'if rence ; Princess Elizabeth (married to the Prince Hesse Homburg), by Sir T. Lawrence ; Augusta, by Sir T. Lawrence ; Princess Mary (Duch of Gloucester), by Sir T. Lawrence ; Princess Sol) 11. 1 by Sir Thomas Lawrence ; Earl St. Vincent, by Si r Reynolds ; Lord Nelson. AT HAMPTON COURT.—The Duke of Marlborot!gb', IN THE POSSESSION OF SIR R. PEEL.—The Earl Liverpool, by Sir T. Lawrence ; the Earl of Aberdeen' by Sir T. Lawrence. The portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, 6f Winterhalter, are already placed in the King's Gall er i t at Versailles. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MALL . I , BRUSSELS, MAY I.—The King and Qu e e n of the P' gians landed at Ostend yesterday evening, and retur n ' to the palace at Lacken at two o'clock this afternoon., The Treves Gazette publishes a letter f r o m Fratikil a °," of the 24th of April, which says, " That the Gcrw: es Diet is considering of measures to put an end to gsT, of chance now authorised in the different water l l places. Preliminary negotiations have already, b ee j opened for this purpose between Austria, Prussia, e n Other German Cabinets." cil MAX 2.—Yesterday the King presided in a coup' Ministers. In the Secret Committee yesterday, the whole Of e sitting was taken up in a di sc u ss i on w h et h er t h e de b ~,0 , - ought not at length to be published. Five or sii r os s tions were made to this effect and rejected. M. Deb ° ,,j, wished that the debate should immediately be publisb . ,, and that for his part he should not hesitate to 03 ',, e A in the public sitting, any observation which ape t i 3 ,o to him to be called for. It was at length decided ,` oc ic the debate should be open to the public after two this day. ....,• itl TFIE HAGUE, MAY I.—We learn that his ed e fo r the King will leave the Hague to-morrow, and go some days to Tilburg. In the month of April the number of travellers by iron railway was 51,698 ; the receipt for the conveY,, e „ P r il of passengers and goods was 47,651 florins. In . AF last year the number of travellers was 27, 329 ; the ceipts 20,504 florins. AMSTERDAM, MAY 2.—We hear that the SeP P s - Chamber will meet again, for the dispatch of bualn`" about the 20th or 21st of this month. , ,r - THE HAGUE, MAY 2.—We h ave grea t pleasadol announcing that the late King Willi am F re d er i c k, tip of Nassau, has left by his will a considerable sum W o o poor of this town, without distinction of reli g ion, 03 ,,,,a extraordinary legacy to the poor of the Ref° r- s e , Church. ills Royal Highness Prince Frederick, as e t io cutor, has given notice of these bequests to the pa r ,a concerned. Similar legacies have been left to the 1 3 "" of the capital. EXPEDITIOUS TRAVELLING. — DOVER, y This morning Carlotta Grisi, the celebrated danseuse, farewell benefit came off last night at the Italian Of'` London, arrived here by special train by the South-Eats Railway, on her way to Paris, where she is engaged to sr form this evening at the Acadenaie Royale de Musique p d - lotta Grisi did not leave London till half-past two a.. ll •T i -c o ik in consequence of being detained betw een R e i ga t e and v stone, by a luggage train being on the line, did not r es t " Dover till a quarter past five. It was, therefore, gettinf a e wards six o'clock before she embarked on board the Mar;iv steamer, Commander King, which lay in the Roads in ! t oe ing, specially to transport her to Boulogne. The lifaf l A st (which, by the way, returned to Dover by twelve o'clpi noon) occupied two hours on the passage across. Mlle' the left Boulogne about eight o'clock, and, considering that t bi road thence to Paris must be posted, it will be a feat ly,e' lo 4 of record, provided she reaches the French capital sale 00 well, and is enabled to acquit herself in the dance witikle same eclat she did in London last night. The tasir_„ o lo Grisi has set herself is, we believe, unparalleled in the nii o of travelling in this direction, and clearly demonstrates sod superiority of the route, via Dover, between the FranC ll English capitals. LINCOLN'S-INN.—On Thursday the undermen ti 'sea gentlemen were, after the us ua l p re li m i nary oaths ba d o ur administered to them before several Ben c h ers of this ti.° l l able Society, duly called to the d egree o f barrister-O'P —Mr. Walter Cockburn, Mr. Findlater Roper, Mr. 0 0 Frederick Bunny, Mr. Francis Cornish Newman, Mr' pr Pain, Mr. James Cooke Evans, Mr. Luci u s Graham, , derley, and Mr. George Mackenzie. laSt THE EARL OF ABERDEEN.--In January -- „ e st man named Heath, a shoemaker, residing at Cluilireh:os, Slough, was unfortunately, but through his own careless'l of knocked down and run over by the carriage of the z' cl ot Aberdeen, as his Lordship was proceeding from w in oetl Castle to the railway-station at Slough, causing a cara,r„ er fracture of his leg just above the ankle. His Lordsa l f tbs dered the best medical aid to be administered to hint s 4 . ‘ ; t ye time, and every necessary assistance to be rendered TIP '",ellt period of his recovery. Mr. Clark, of Eton, the surgel 3ff' attended him during his illness, in conjunction 'A') tie Pearl, of Windsor, has just received a check for 201. 11 '°'1 0 . Earl of Aberdeen, to be given to the man H e ath, 3 "" 1 ,,,,' bol° Lordship's best wishes for his perfect recove r y. The 00 of the expenses which were incurred during Heaths were also defrayed by his Lordship. 11$1 , MR. GROOM'S TULIP Snow.—We were, on Fr by, favoured with a private view of Mr. Groom's annusl i [be 4 bition of tulips, at his grounds, Clapham-rise. 11 : e arit li presented a truly beautiful sight, garnished, as it was' 0 1 ; upwards of two hundred varieties of this gaudy fiewe r s 'ot& no former occasion have either the flowers or plants Pre, b ad so vigorous and healthy an appearance, o w ing, in " t measure, to the propitious character of th e seaso n, °'_ T ee: 61AI) , to the improvements whi c h are annua lly beiniii o l ufri in the a: tof bringing them to pe r f ec ti on . D ur i n g the be 0 , of the morning the show w as v i s it e d b y a l arge n° l3l ea ill persons of rank and distin c ti on . Th e f o ll ow i n g are ts of o o:, the principal varieties pres en t e d thi s season :—Cauni- ISI Blessington, Ambassadeur d'H o ll an d, M ars h a l Soult, l e 0 Duke of Beecleueli, Catafalque, Lac, Malibran, r ui gel Devonshire, Duke of Norfolk, Lady C rewe , Michael J 4 ,,-,i' rio arlf Victoria Regina, Nourri Effendi, Catalani, L a wrence's Everard, and Rosa Blanca. The show will be open fo r bition to the public this day. The Venerable General Sir T. M. Brisbane , ,, 0 0 met with an a-ciclent at Makerstown Holum, near M 1,741 week, by the falling of a scaffolding on w hi c h so me l' l , c " elf were engaged at work. The injuries Si r Thomas '— were not serious. that hi P r°. STOCK EXCHANGE..--W S underAtand t 0.4 ,ject of establishing a stock exchange in this O w ' th e lately received a good deal of consideration fr o: th e shareholders of Leeds, whose numbers, as well extent of transactions, have increased so g reatly 0t the last few days, as to rend er some suc h °gob ° very desirable.—Leeds Times. ........ . , BIRTHS. ~ IsorP . On the 3d ult., Mrs. Thomas L egg , o f Foxlerroaut Y. it Brixton, of a son. i‘ vr gl On the 19th ult, at Abercrombi e -pl ace , Glaag" . A G. Wright, of a daughter. %de l- On the Ist inst., at Godstone, the wife of theßO• Dawe Wickham, of a daughte r . gra. j..- On the Ist inst., at Hare-st r e e t, Spit a lfields, - 00 j, Jaques, of a daughter. v of 111 On the 2d inst., the lady of J. T. Berkley, -.A' 0 0 berry, Stoke Newington, Of a son. ' of . 14 WY On the 2d inst., at Ryde, Isle of W ig ht , the gi o R. Akers, Esq., o a son. of W i On the 2d inst., at Cadogan-place, the wife nearg ° Bence Jones, Esq., of a daughter. of On the 2d inst., in Portland-place, the lady . 010 , Rovds, Esq., of a son. G. 14iielj On the 3d inst., in Nottingham-place, Mrs. , r , of a son. d SO' On the 3d inst., at Craven-place, Old Ken____________t-raa ' William Miller, of a son. 107 31U 65 9% 32 675 141 73 1200 155 100 117 , 360 385 302% 44) :38% 109 ^ • 2 3y 19% 5% 16 6% 6% 5% 400 ;11..135. 50% 1 ISO% 15% 25 16 16 2 40s. 21s. 71t, John _ Cal Leag t four On Thy id Sack .- a T ea T t ea ap W LC IL