The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-02 00:00:00

SCOTLAND. PUBLIC MEETING.-IRISH POLICY OF MINISTERS....-. , At Edinburgh, last Friday, there was a preliminary meeting in the Merchant's Hall, to consider the pro priety of calling a public meeting of the inhabitants of Edinburgh to address her Majesty in support of the principles on which her Ministers have hitherto con ducted the affairs of Ireland. The meeting was nume rously and very respectably attended. Sir James Gib son Craig et as called to the chair, and on the motion of S:r Jzttn2s Spittal, seconded by Bailie Richardson, the pubic meeting was fixed to take place on Monday.— Scotsman. SALMON.—We are sorry to remark how unproductive the salmon fisheries in the north have been this season, and from the great scarcity of grilse last year, we appre h.fni the severity of the preceding winter his done se rous injury to the breed of salmon. In this quarter the fishing is so bad that for the last ten days there has not been a salmon killed in the Deveron, although the river has been part of the time flooded. The sea fishings, wLer2 they have been tried, have been equally unsuc -Courant. cc:s ' u l There was a considerable additional fall of snow the end of last week in the Highlands, which extended to the low country on Sunday last, when we had several ver y heavy showers, with a cold north-west wind, which to appearance carried us Lack again to mid-winter. The frost at nights was also very severe, for the season, but a genial rckin set in on Tuesday evening, which has again obliterated all traces of the storm. From these repeated recurrences of-frost and snow, farmers are getting anxious lest the seed time should be thrown as far backwlrl as was the case last year ; and its effects ere beginning to be felt on the winter wheats.—Perth. Covrier. STORM AT ST. ANDRENV'S.—The high tide, combined with the strong east wind, rendered St. Andrew's Bay and coast an object of great interest during Saturday and Sunday wee k. O n S a t ur d a y, in pa r ticular, the 1 sea br,ke over the pier in sheets of water, rising to a l very great height, and alighting on the south side of the . pier and in the harbour with great force, and occa sioning considerable damage. The pier, but for the vg-lance of our Magistrates, would have sustained very serious injury ; as it is, it is much rent and loosened about the lighthouse, and will require considerable re pairs. The scene all aloag the face of the rocks, taken in connection with the pier, was not - only sublime but terrific—the wave.; approaching the rocks with immense fore- , and size, and ther, in their recoil from the cliffs, meting and contending with each other, and spouting 1,;(s and pillars of sparkling spray. inme alterations in the mode of registering electors n Scotland appear to be under contemplation, and the Lord Advocate has given notice of his intention to bring in a Bill on the subject on the 15th of April next. Th, A.uAtera:der appeal case was heard before the House of Lends during five days of last week, and was F10,e.1 en Saturday. The importance of the case has, induced their Lordships to defer judgment, that its m:r is may have the fullest consideration. A decision w 1 be given after the Enter recess, and before the sit ti! g o' the G2ner 11 Assembly. S. OTCH BANKING.—We understand that the Bank of Scotland has at present declared a bonus of 7 per c( nt, on their capital, besides paying the yearly dividend or 6 per cent.—Scots Times. THE G UILDitY.—In reference to the requisition taich is in course of signature, to the Dean of Guild, for a general meeting of the Guildry, to consider the uropt, a l of the T,:wit Council of Aberdeen to raise the eniry ruo::s of the sons of burgesses, the Aberdeen herald observes, " the old proverbs of the new wine in oid b,ttles, nod a fresh patch on a stale garment, are fully exemplified in the proposed alteration in the rate of admissioa to the Guildry. The more the system is examined, the more its rottenness is discovered, and the more obvious becomes the necessity of having it entirely re nodelled." up i to ri THE WEATHER.—The weather has been of a very Lack - ward tliseription for these few weeks past, and agri cu'tural operations have been a good deal impeded. With the exception of a few,and but a few, beans, there las licen no spring sowing in this district. The supply of.' March dust" will be exceedingly scanty.—Paisley erti.,cr. MAN KILLED.—On Tuesday, while a labouring man was engaged in delivering soma large stones from a ViSf el at Per -llundas, the tackle gave way, and the stone which was suspended from it having struck him, lie was killed on the spot.—A bricklayer was on Tues eay hurt by the falling of some bricks at the taking TI of Mr. Struthers's Church, Anderston, and taken to the Royal Infirmary.—Scots Times. FEVER IN GLASGOW.—The state of Fever stands as follows : 63 pat i ents i n t h e R oya l I n fi rmar y ; 27 admitted from the 16th of March to the 23d of March ; 85 empty beds ; no lines lying for admission. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.--An accideot resulting from the use of fire arms in public thoroughfares occurred on Saturday last, on the road leading to Teviot bridge. As two loung men belonging to this town, whose names for the present we conceal, as the affair is under invest tigatioa, w(re amusing themselves by shooting birds, a cart, in which was a woman and child, happened to pass when the gun was discharged, and a part of its contents struck the female .on the face, wounding her so much that medical aid was rendered necessary. Had the shot taken effect a little lower down, it is not unlikely that the consequences might have proved more serious, if not fatal, to both mother and child.—Kelso Chronicle. he mason's strike still continues at Paisley, and the building operations connected with the railway and other undertakings are at a dead stand. TREATMENT OF THE FRENCH IN RUSSIA. A curious story is given in the Paris papers respect ing the persecutions to which a French subject was exposed in Russia, with the denial of redress, and the tameness with which the French Ministers submitted, which contrasts strongly with the outrageous spirit in which redress for pretended injuries of a similar descrip tion .is being enforced from Mexico. It appears that one Mathieu, a French merchant, established at Kiew, was accused by the authorities of having ap propiiated to himself the effects of a deceased countryman without license, and proceedings were commenced against him in consequence. He in turn, accused the authorities of having done the same thing. Before judgment was given, it is stated that Mathieu was thrown into prison with the vilest criminalß, all his own goods seized, and communica tion with his family interdicted. There he remained for 18 months, notwithstanding his appeals to the French Embassy, whence for one whole year no answer could be extracted. He owed his re storation to liberty at length to the arrival of a new Governor-General of the province, Count Le vaehow. He was, after that, condemned by the 'Tribunals to deportation to Siberia, but the Governor refused to allow the sentence to be carried into exe cution, and sent the matter for final decision to the Senate, which 11 months after ordered his expulsion from the country, on the ground of his being an " unruly character." During all this time the French Legation, it is said, remained entirely inactive. Alter many cth alleged persecutions, refusals of passports in the frontier towns, being treated as a ma lefactor, and oth r impediments, Mathieu succeeded in reaching France only in 1836, the decree of the Senate against him being dated in May, 1834. Having, according to lis own showing, lost everything he pos sessed through these unjustifiable occurrences, he me morialized the Minister for Foreign Affairs at Paris for satisfaction against Russia. The memorial was sent to St. Pctersburgh, but without result. Mathieu having obtaie s ed a passport from the Russian Ambassador at Paris, set off himself for that country in order to wind up his affairs, but was , arrested at Warsaw, notwith standing his passport, and thrown into prison, where he remained forty-two days, the French Consul refusing to interfere in his behalf. These different and app, re It:) , atrocious violations of the rights of natioos being again brought to the notice of the French Minister, be is said to have sent a reply to the effect that he had transmitted to the French Ambassador at St. Petersburgh the claims and complaints addressed to him on occasion of the prc coed ings in Russia against the said Mathieu, but that it re sulted from the explanation of the Russian Government that tie judgments pronounced were without appeal, and no legal rat ourse existed against them ; and that with re spect to the indemnities claimed for the expenses of the useless journies he had been forced to make, it was not possih'e to concede them, inasmuch as such charges were m niy reimbursable to individuals sent away under escort, whilst he was free during the whole of such forced travels. It is then intimated to Mathieu, that he must see the expediency of abandoning such useless pretensions, and comprehend that under such cir cumstances the Foreign Department cannot continue its intervention in his behalf. This note, it will be ob served, is signed by M. Mole himself. Mathieu, it is added, is by this decision ruined past remedy, with a large family dependent on him. This complaisance for the decisions of Russian courts of justice contrasts singularly enough with the furious denunciations of the same Minister against the decrees of the Mexican tribunals when unfavourable to the claims of French subjects, although assumed by the Mexican Minister, in the sama manner as by the Rus sian, that with the judgments of those courts the Go vernment had not the power of interference, and that by the constitution they were without appeal. ItouG H Music.—A MAN SHOT.—On Tues.. diy evening a party of 20 or 30 labourers thought proper to serenade Mr. Ileury Staincs, of Gatehouse Farm, Good Raster, about eight o'clock in the evening, with rough , music, dedicated without permission to him in consequence of some alleged domestic faux pas. The band passed the pe,-uliss without stopping, but playing fortissimo, on which mi . . S., who Was in his farm-yard, levelled his gun at them, and, fi r i ng at a distance of about four rods, lodged Jose a quaph Pe ntity of lar ge s h ot in the right hand and thigh of tts, of Chignal Smealey, a performer on a bell. Four or five others were also struck by the shot, Mr. S. having fired a second time at them, promised that if they c.turnetl the same road he would "let fly at their brain " The matter has been laid before a Magistrate. boxes EVENING EDITION. THE POST • •OFFICE. (From the Times.) If we examine the scale of human existence from the highest to the lowest point, we shall not discern one gra dation in its range, that would not be bettered in some degree by the adoption of a uniform low rate of postage,on the plan of Mr. Rowland Hill. We make no exceptions. not even Members of either House of Parliament ; for although the privilege of franking may minister a little to their pride of place, yet it is attended with considerable trouble and annoyance, which they all feel more or less after the novelty is worn off, gnd in their private rela tions they are losers by the present system, as well as the other classes of the community. To the poor and necessitous of every description it would be an especial blessing, by the facilities it would afford to the dissemination of truth, and the consequent exposure of cruelty and abuses in the management of all our charitable institutions. The advantages that would accrue to the people from the introduction of an uniform rate are forcibly stated in the beginning of the third Re - port on Postage by the Select:Committee of the House of Commons, which commences as follows : " Your Committee have entered upon the inquiry which has been entrusted to them, with the deepest sense of its vast importance to the public ; since, in the management of the Post office and the regulation of the postage rates depends, in a great measure, the entire correspondence of the country ; and in that correspond ence is involved whatever affects, interests, or agitates mankind ; private interests, public interests ; family, kindred, friends ; commercial business, professional business ; literature, science, art, law, politics, educa tion, morals, religion. Every rank and class have an interest in the safe, speedy, and economical transmission , of post-office communications." This is well stated, and plain enough, we should sup pose, to the dullest capacity ; yet when we turn to the evidence given by Colonel Maberly we find that when the question was put home to him, what reasons he had to offer against 'the adoption of an uniform rate of postage for inland letters, his answer was, " that he did not think the public would ever submit to it." ,When the Secretary to the Post-office made that answer he must have known, or at least it was his business and his duty have known, that the Se lect Committee before whom he was undergoing examination at the time had been appointed by the Government as a concession to public opinion, which had been most strongly expressed in the House of Commons in favour of the identical change, which he, in his official capacity, declared that he did not believe the people would ever submit to. Where have we grounds for supposing that any one ob jects to the uniform rate ? We have not a single peti tion against it in Parliament—not one meeting, public or hole-and-corner, " out of doors ;" nor arc we aware that our brethren of the press have, in any instance, expres sed an unfavourable opinion the subject. The ques tion then rests on the sole ipse di.rit of the Post office Secretary, that the people would refuse the boon that they are now so clamourous to obtain, as spoiled children break toys they have been crying for. The people reason very differently, and would act very dfferently, from the manner which Col. Maberly has supposed. They appreci atethe advantapswhich they would derive from auniform rate too well to be seduced into any false notions about relative distance. Their object is to know accurately, in the quickest and cheapest manner, what is doing at a distance, to ascertain the state of trade—the appearance of the crops—the scale of prides and of markets—and to hear of the welfare of their relatives and friends in the remote parts of the country. If they can get this information forwarded 400 miles for one pi nny, or even, perhaps, for twopence, not one of them will grudge paying the same amount for letters received from or transmitted to their correspondents nearer home. In cases of this nature men do not grudge relatively but positively—they do ue not consider so much the amount which their neighbours have to pay for letters, as they are guided by a consideration of what they have to pay themselves, and if they were to find their corres pondence to all parts of the country carried by the Post office at an uniform rate of one penny, or say even two pence for a time, we do not believe there would be a single grumbler on that point in the kingdom. But if it be a dread " that the people would never submit to it," which prevents the Post-office authorities from recommending the Chancellor of the Exche quer to adopt a low uniform rate of inland postage, we say in that case, let all doubts be put to rest at once, by submitting the question to the test of ex. periment ? If that be done, and the result justify the prediction of Colonel Metberly, then the people will have themselves to blame, and we shall say that wonders will never cease. But the supposition involves such a palpable absurdity that it cannot be thought upon with gravity, for there is abundant evidence that the people are anxiously and impatiently looking forward to the adoption of the plan of Mr. Rowland Hill, from the Land's-end to John-o'-Groats. We trust that the Government will concede this demand in due time and with proper spirit. Resistance cannot be long successfully maintained, and they ought at least to make: a virtue of necessity. When it is done, we hope it will be done altogether ; and that they will make no half and-half-measure of the matter ; for, keeping in view such reduction as may be made " without injury to the revenue," we are confident that the safe plan is to make the reduction at once to one penny, and to hale that penny paid in advance. It seems that in the year 1710, there were only two rates, 3d. and 4d. ; 3d. for letters under eighty miles, and 4d. for distances beyond eighty. Colo nel Maberly conceives that the alterations which were then first introduced, arose from the complaints against those rates, and hence he founds an • argument in support of his opinion that the public would not now submit to an invariable rate of postage. If Queen Anne were to open her eyes and look at England now, she would not know it to be the same country. The railroad and the steam-engine have worked miracles, and letters are carried to Constantinople, and even across the Atlantic, in about the same time that was occupied in travelling between London and Edin burgh about the period of the Scottish union. It is a mere begging of the question, then, to say that because the people may perhaps—for we have no evidence on the subject—have objected to pay 3d. and 4d. for letters, or two rates in the year 1710, that they will entertain objections to pay one uniform rate in the year 1839, when their letters will be transported by the mail trains at the rate of nearly thirty miles an hour, and by the coaches at an average certainly of not less than ten miles an hour. In the year 1784, that is more than seventy years after the period referred to by Colonel Maberly, we see it is stated by Mr. Rowland Hill, " that the usual rate of progress in the conveyance of the mail was about three miles and a half an hour," and our astonishment there fore is, not that the people may have objected to the rates of postage of that day, but that by such tardy means of conveyance they should have sent so many letters as to produce, at that period, a net revenue to the Exchequer of 150,0001. per annum. The state of the country, the knowledge of the people, and the means of transport are now so superior in every respect to what they were in the year 1710, that no satisfactory conclusions can be drawn from such means of comparison ; and as they appear to have formed some of the main stays of Colonel Ma berly's opinion, we would advise him to alter his course without loss of time, and instead of nibbling longer at a great principle by bit-and-bit reforms, come manfully forward in a manner becoming his station, and give his best assistance to the success of a measure which must be attempted soon, whether the Postmaster-Ge neral likes it or not. TO THE EDI7'OR OF THE SUN. MR. EDITOR—In the second page of your Paper of yesterday afternoon is an articl,e, about the CONVOC A. TION. It gives an ex t rac t from the Times relating thereto ; and to it are subjoined some appropriate re marks by yourself, in which ou have treated your Con temporary less severely than he merited ; for, short as is the passage from the Times, it suffices to show the Editor's ignorance of the subject which he has handled. What are we to understand from the words—" As the Church, when she originally gave up her legislative authority to Parliament, intrusted that authority ex clusively to her own Members ?" When, I ask, did such a surrender of authority take place in England ? Never, that I can find ; and I will defy the Times to point it out in our annals, notwithstanding its famous boast of being the leading Journal of Europe. The only sur render which the Convocation e er made to Parliament was that of the privilege to tax the Clergy ; a surrender made in the reign of Charles IL, and being made before the passing ofthe Test Act,it was not made to the Church's own members exclusively. Neither was it made gra tuitously, for a valuable consideration was given in re turn. The Clergy were discharged from the payment of two subsidies then owing to the Crown, and allowed for the time to come, to vote at county electiors. Would to God, Mr. Editor, that the Clergy had never obtained that privilege ! However, electioneering Par sons cannot be numbered among the evils consequent upon the Reform Bill, as the breed was in existence long before we were born ; but it was the surrender above-mentioned, which has occasioned the Convoca tion to have been a dumb body fur the last hundred and seventy years ; for if it had retained the privilege of taxation, Government could not have laid the Convoca tion upon the shelf. Why it should not assemble now, and correct the numerous blemishes in our corrupted religious establishments, must be ascribed to a very dif ferent cause ; and that cause is none other than FEAR. In this educated age, the English Convocation dares not to assemble for the transaction of business. For, let the meeting take place, the Convocation would have to contend w ith Di ssenters ' an d ot h ers, qu i te as wise as themselves, and frequently much better informed than they are, be it even about the doctrines and discipli ne o f the i r own Church. Nay, even the Thirty-nine Articles themselves are often better under stood by Learned Dissenters than by the persons who have subscribed to those Articles. The fact is, Sir, that the English Clergy of this nineteenth century are as much afraid of holding a National Synod, as were the Romanizts in the fifteenth of summoning a Genera' Council ; and that of Trent would n eve r have been called, had not the Emperor threatened the Pope with holding a Council without the Papal interference. Like Esop's Jackdaw, Mr. Editor, the modern Clergy cannot talk, and retain their prize (alias stolen goods) also. Once make them open their mouths, and they will no longer be the sole Lords in the Spiritual Field, and en titled to trample under foot all who shall presume to stand in their way. Here, Sir, is the ♦ulnerable side of the Modern Church. They are now calling out for subscriptions to a Monument in memory of some of the Founders of the English Church, and yet, could Crau mer, Latimer, and Ridley come on Earth again, no doubt their first act would be to reproach the existing hierarchy with pusilanimity ; to censure them for fearing to meet their opponents, and give the reasons for the hope which they say is in them. Cranmer and his Contemporaries, as well as their successors for a cen tury afterwards, feared not to cope with their adversa ries, and to make such Reforms as were called for. But now, forsooth, nothing is to be reformed or amended, except it be the Temporalities. Let them be in danger, and the Clergy become active enough. The gold and silver streams must neither be dried up, nor even di verted. It was the boast of St. Peter, whilst at Jeru salem, that he had neither silver nor gold ; but, tem- Fora inutantur ; and with the change of times' have fol lowed changes among men. Silence, then, is the grand shield under which the Clergy are found to crouch, not venturing to speak as a body. God help them in this fallen state ; and as the Court Officer says to the pri soner at the Bar, " May God send them a good deli verance." I have the honour to remain, Mr. Editor, Your most obedient Servant, March 31, 1839. Q IN A CORNER. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lzrzitron, MARCH 29. SEDUCTION.-BASSETT V. SMALLEY. This was an action to recover compensation in da mages for the loss of his daughter's services by the plaintiff, Mr. Bassett, of Bury. Mr. BRANDT appeared for the plaintiff. The de fendant did not appear. s Mr. BRANDT stated that the present action had been laid to recover compensation in damages for the grievous injury which the plaintiff had received in his feelings, by the seduction of his daughter. Cases of this kind varied very much in the circumstances by which they were attended ; and if ever there was a case in which the conduct of the parent of the girl who had been seduced was raised above all suspicion, it was the case which he was about to lay before them. Both the parties were in comparatively humble circumstances. The parent was a mechanic, and so also was the de fendant ; but he had occupied the situation of an overseer in the place where he was employed. The de fendant had resided for some time at the house of the plaintiff, whose family consisted of himself, his wife, and an only child—the young woman, whose ruin was the subject of the present action. The defendant was there on terms of intimacy, and became familiarly ac quainted with the daughter, who had a child by him ; and, previous to her confinement, the defendant had left the house, proceeded to Bolton, and shortly afterwards married a wo:nan of some property. From the atten tions of the man it had all along been supposed that his intentions were honourable, and he was received in the character of a suitor. A letter of the date of October 4 would show what the defendant's opinion was of his con duct to the child of the plaintiff. The letter was then read by Mr. Brandt. In it the defendant stated that he did not know what to say with respect to his conduct to the daughter of Mr. Bassett. it was a subject which had long excited his most anxious thought, and had been to him the source of much pain and humiliation—so much so, in deed, that when he first began to think that his suspicions were well founded (viz ' that the plaintiff's daughter was enceinte), he could not bear to meet the family, nor to think upon the subject of the girl's discovery. Nothing should prevent him from acting the. most honourable part, and he entreated that no expense might be spared during the confinement of the young woman, assuring them that he would defray it all. He was far' from thinking that anything but marriage would be sufficient to atone for what he had done. Unfortunately, be had no means at the time of writing, as he had an extrava gant father, confined in Lancaster Castle, and it would require all the funds he could raise to free him. After that he should be at their command. A second letter, dated October 11, which had been addressed to the aunt of the young woman, was also read. If the Jury thought that this were a light subject they would, of course, give light damages ; but if they thought that it was a serious case, and that a serious injury had been inflicted upon the feelings and respectability of the par ties, humble though they might be, he hoped that their damages would be such as to meet the Case. Ann Bassett was then called—She stated that she was 28 years of age. iler father was a mechanic, re siding in Bury. At the latter end of 1835 the defend ant came to their house, and resided there between two and three years. Afte some time he was treated as a suitor of witness's, and was accepted as such by her father. An intimacy grew up between her and the defendant,. and,in consequence she became the mother of a child. The child was born on the 29th of Sep tember, 1837. He came to see her sometimes after leaving. He at last left Bury, and proceeded to Bol ton, since which time be had been married. She knew his band-writing. The letter dated October 11, was in the defendant's hand-writing. When in Bury, he received 30s. a-week ; he was now getting about 2/. The name of the young lady whom he married was Ward ; her father was a cotton-spinner. This concluded the plaintiff's case. The Learned JUDGE observed that it was quite clear that the injury which had been inflicted was sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to damages. That point was an ad mitted one ; and the question for the Jury to determine was, what the amount of damages, under the circum stances, should be. The Jury at first returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages, 60/. ; but the Judge informed them that as only 50/. had been claimed, they could not award a larger sum. The verdict was then altered to the sum claimed-501. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A cabriolet-driver, named Francis Thorn, was brought before Mr. TWYFORD and Mr. CHARLES THISLETON, a county Magistrate, on the following charge : Airs. Taylor, of the Grapes public-house, Newcastle court, Strand, stated that the prisoner came to her house at half-past one o'clock yesterday morning, in company with several others of the fraternity, who con ducted themselves in a disorderly manner in the tap room. Witness went in, and seeing the prisoner was the ringleader, she asked him how dare he behave in such a manner in her house, where he had not been for the last three months ; but insistead of desisting he be came very violent, encouraging his companions to fol low his example. She then applied to the police, but was told it was contrary to their instructions to enter the house ; and on going again into the tap-room to re stor order, the prisoner threw his arms round her neck, trying in the rudest manner to kiss her. The prisoner then took out his purse, refusing to leave the house, and swearing that he was able to pay for any damage, at the same time seizing the poker, with which be broke the pannel of the door and the partition of the bar, which it would take 255. to repair. Mr. Gurney, a friend of the complainant, who was called in to assist, proved that the conduct of the pri soner and his companions was so violent be dared not enter the room, and they kept up the riot for upwards of two hours. The prisoner said he made no more noise than the others, and he was ►yilling to pay for the damage he had done. The Magistrate ordered him to pay 20s. for the as sault and a similar sum for the damage, or go to hard labour for a month. The fine being paid, the com plainant said, she would forego any claim to the fine, as her object was to make an example, and prevent other cabmen calling at her house, which is a watering house, to act in such a manner in future. ' If nz. Wright, 10, Newton-street, Holborn, paper stainer, was charged with the followingimiiudent robbery: Mrs. Eliza Denker, of the Fountain, King-street, proved that the prisoner was drinking in her shop with other men yesterday morning at one o'clock, while she sat in the parlour inside the bar, and when he observed the other men talking, she saw him put his hand across the counter, and take away the contents of the till. She instantly called her husband, who went round the coun ter, and after accusing him of the robbery he took 13s. 6d. produced out of his right hand and then gave him into custody. The prisoner declined making any defence, and he was fully committed for trial. MARYLEB ONE. TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—EXTRAORDINAR Y STATEMENT.—Yesterday James Johnson, a shabbily dressed boy, about twelve years of age, was brought up in custody and placed at the bar before Mr. RAWLINSON and Lord MoNTFonT, on the charge of having stolen a purse containing some kalfpence, belonging to a poor woman who keeps an apple stall in the New-road. A constable of the D division, by whom the prisoner was, while in the act of running away, secured, stated that the person robbed was not in attendance. Mr. RAWLINSON—Do you know anything of the boy? Constable—l don't know him myself, but from what I can learn respecting him, he has lately come from abroad. Mr. RAWLINSON (to the boy)—ls that so ? Boy —lt is so. I have been to the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. RAWLINSON—Who sent you out ? Boy— Some gentlemen as belongs to what they call the Ju venile Society. Mr. RAWLINSON—Why did you leave ? Boy— Because I was half starved and knocked about shamefully ; but they served me worse than that—they sold me and a good many more. Mr. RAWLINSON—SoId you. What do you mean —apprenticed you, I suppose ? Boy—No, sir, not apprenticed ; they sold me. Mr. RAWLINSON (with astonishment)—Tell me a lit tle more about this, my boy. Who did they sell you too ? Boy.—To a Dutchman, who came and looked at a lot of us : be bought me for ten guineas. Mr. RAWLINSON—How long were you at the Cape? Boy—More than two yea . rs . . Mr. RAWLINSON — This i s a most extraordinary story, and I should like Captain Brent on t o b e h ere , par ticularly as great complaints have frequently been made as to the sending out of children to the place named ; but I think— A well-dressed young-man here stepped forward, and seemed very anxious to address the Magistrates. Mr. RAWLINSON—You, perhaps, know something about this boy—is it so ? Young man—l do know something of him ; his parents are respectable working people, but they were conti nually being robbed by him,. and in consequence of his associating with bad characters for days together, an application for him to be sent out was made in the proper quarter. Mr. RAWLINSON — How long is it since he came back ? Young man—Between three and four months. Mr. RAWLINSON—Do you happen to hat, e beard why he quitted the the Cape? Young man—Yes : he says it was through cruel treat ment, and that he at length contrived, after much diffi culty and manoeuvring, to make his escape from the hardships imposed upon him by a Dutchman, to whom he and a great many other were dis posed of like so many sheep at Smithfield ; the pri soner has not given his right name, which is Edward Tredshaw. Mr. RAWLINSON—Has his father been to the So ciety, and made known the particulars given by him ? Young man=lie has, Sir, but I don't know which of the gentlemen he saw. Mr RAWLINSON—Have you anything further to say? Young man—The poor boy tells me that the way the sale was effected was this ; the Dutchman came to the master, saying he wanted so many boys, but that he shouldn't give more than ten guineas a-piece. A number of them were brought out, and exhibited before him, but be wanted to pick out those which he considered the strongest and best ; the master refused to let him do so. telling him that he must take them as they came ; he then selected a " lot" and took them away little and big together. The Institution by which the boy was sent out was not the " Juvenile Society," as he states, but the " Children's Friend Society." Mr. RAWLINSON—Yes ; I knew what Society he meant ; I hope to God the story I have heard is not true. It is a most extraordinary, and at present quite an incredible one. Young man—lt is indeed, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON—Perhaps you'll be kind enough to take the trouble of calling upon Captain Brenton ; make my compliments to him, and say that if he can make it convenient to come down here I shall be glad. Captain Brenton soon afterwards arrived, and .by direction of Mr. Rawlinson, went into the Clerk's room, with the boy, with whom he remained nearly a quarter of an hour, but as the conversation which took place between then, in reference to the case was private, our reporter is unable to make known any particulars in ad dition to those which transpired before the bench. On the return of the Captain to he Justice Room, he held a short conversation, which was quite inaudible, with Lord Montfort, and then retired. The boisays that when he escaped from the Dutch man he went on board of, and worked his way home in, a cutter. Mr. RAwLissoN, after the disposal of the night charges, gave orders to the gaoler to keep the boy in safe custody until to•morrow (this day), when he and his father, agreeably to an understanding entered into, will have an interview with Captain Brenton, at his re sidence in York-street. The office was at the period of the investigation much crowded, and the details entered into appeared to excite the deepest interest. HATTON-GARDEIV. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—Yesterday two fellows named Fogarty and Shannon, Irishmen, were charged with the following atrocious outrage : Mr. James Bell, a farmer, residing at Billericay, in Essex, stated, that as he was driving along Gray's Inn road he saw a man named Jackson turn down Swinton street with a van of goods, when a number of Irishmen, who were repairing the road, immediately beset him, and in the most violent manner insisted on his turning back. Jackson having pointed out a spot over which he could travel without in the least interfering with them, took hold of the reins of one of his horses and proceeded onward, at which instant the prisoner and others pushed forward, and after beat the horses with pick axes, and driving them back, they attacked poor Jackson with the same tremendous wea pons, and eventually knocked one of his eyes out with a flint. stone. Witness and several other men after consi derable difficulty and danger, rescued the unfortunate fellow, and conveyed him to the Hospital. Witnesses were examined who proved the case, and the prisoner was committed to the tread mill for three months. TUE HocusslNG, &c.—The men Absolon and Ellis, and the wife of the former were re-examined, on the charge of hocussing and robbing Elizabeth Ann Clarke. Nothing more transpired than has already been noticed, and the prisoners were committed. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1839. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST I3ETTING.AT MANCHESTER, CHESTER TRADES' CUP. 7i to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole 9 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway-10 offered 9i to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff—] 0 taken freely 10 to 1 agst Captain Berkeley's Caravan—taken 14 to 1 agst Captain Healey's Van Buren 15i to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy—offered 16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam s Modesty—offered 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—offered 16 to 1 agst Mr. Heseltine's Slashing Harry—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Drone—offered 20 to 1 agst Captain Lamb's Chit Chat—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Eaglet—offered 27 to.l agst Mr. Allan's Percy—offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Walton's Goldhurst—taken freely HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sir C. Constable's stagbounds will meet Friday, at the Kennels—at eleven. _ Mr. Villebois's staghounds on Thursday, at the Kennel—at half-past eleven. The Tickham hounds Friday, at Hartlip—at half-past ten. Mr. D. Radcliff's hounds Thursday, at Bell Bar—at eleven. Lord Moreton's hounds on Wednesday, at Charlton Gate; Saturday, at Fairferd—at half-past ten. The Herefordshire hounds Friday, at Canon Froome Lodge —at ten. The Monmouthshire hounds on Wednesday, at Graig Hill; Saturday, Coldbrook Park—at half-past ten. Mr. S. Owen's hounds Friday, at the Queen's Head—at half-past ten. Mr. Chandler's hounds Thursday, at Woodcote Green ; Sa turday, at Shatterford Gate—at half-past ten. Mr. Tudvvay's hounds Friday, at Stourton Inn. The M. H. on Wednesday, at Bullbarrow (roe deer)—at eleven. Lord Portman's hounds Friday, at Shillington. Mr. Sandford's hounds Wednesday, at Foulsham—at eleven. The Knepton harriers Friday, at Happisburgh—at eleven. Mr. Foljambe's hounds on Wednesday, at Sandbeck Park ; Friday, at Bramley—at half-past ten. The Norfolk hounds on Wednesday, at Barton Bendish ; Friday, at Westacre—at half-past ten. Mr. Heanley's hounds on Friday, in Thornton Village —at eleven. Mr. Drake's hounds on Thursday, at Beerstall Village. The Heythrop hounds on Thursday, at Stonesfield ; Friday, at Sandford—at half-past ten. The Cambridge hounds on Friday, at Brampton Wood—at half-past ten. Lord Chesterfield's hounds on Thursday, at Clapthern Cow Pasturage ; Saturd'y, at Laxton Hall—at eleven. The Duke of Grafton's hounds on Wednesday, at Stowe Nine Churches; Friday, at Drayton Cross Roads—at eleven. The Oakley hounds on Wednesday, at Wrest Park; Satur day, at Eaten Wood—at half-past eleven. - . The Nelmes hounds on Saturday, at Trobblng Mill—at half past ten. The Essex and Suffolk hounds o.i Friday, at Whisten—at ten. Tho Craven hounds on Wednesday, at Aldbourn Chase ; Friday, at Ashridge ; Saturday, at Coombe Wood. The Fife hounds on Thursday, at Saline Bridge; Saturday, at Stuart's Arms—at half-past ten. The Tweedside harriers on Wednesday, at Whitton—at twelve; Sat urday, at Haddon—at one. The Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hounds on Wednesday at Cudmount ; Friday, at Leggaston ; Saturday, at Kinealdreuse —at half-past ten. The Perthshire hounds . Thursday, at Ardoch—at half. past ten. The Inglewood hounds on Wednesday, at Sebergham—at half-past ten. The Duke of Cleveland's hounds, Friday, at Stapylten—at half-past ten. The Wynyard and Durham hounds, Friday, at Murton Moor Cottage —at ten. The Brancepeth hounds, Friday, at Langley Bridge—at eleven. The Hurworth hounds, Saturday, at Northallerton—at ten. The Galowood hounds on Wednesday. at Roddam ; Friday, at Barmoor Moss—at half-past ten. Sir M. W. Ridl.l's hounds on Wednesday, at Hartburn vil lage; Friday, at Nunnykirk—at half-past ten. Mr. Watson's hounds on Thursday, at Eshot East Houses— at ten. EXECUTION.—It is a matter of history th a t when Mr. E war t, i n t h e sess i o n of 1837, moved a resolu tion for the abolition of capital punishment in all cases, except those of wilful murder, it was only lost by a ma- PritY of one. Is, then, the vote of one man enough to justify the executive in depriving the wretched being, Thomas M usgrave, w h o h as b e en sentenced to death, in York, of life ? We appeal to the pity of the public on behalf of this man. He has committed an atro cious crime ; but the spilling of his blood cannot atone for it. The pr(vention of crime is the only legitimate object of punishment ; and there are more terrible punishments than death. We profess to be Christians, yet shall we en danger the soul of an immortal being? Repentance must be spontaneous, not forced ; produced by the influence of divine agency, and not exacted by the approach of death. Nye plead not for crime, but humanity : we desire the pu nishment of the offender, without offending against na ture, religion, and society. We ask any man what will be the result of a hanging in the city of York ?—will there not be callous brutality, profanity, and immorality, at tendant upon it? Musgrave, however, will not be launched into eternity without expostulation. Some philanthropi c individuals in this city will this evening ( Saturday) send a memorial to the S ecre tary of State.— Yorkshireman. CHARTIST RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the Spectator.) Few years have elapsed since it was considered an imperative duty of the British Government to train the adult population of this country to arms. They were drafted into the Militia, and annually for weeks together were subjected to the discipline and instructed in the habits of regular troops. To save expense, the practice of calling out the Militia was discontinued, by the Mar quis of Lansdowne, in 1827 ; and we suspect it is not likely soon to be revived. There have been rumours recently of an intention to re-assemble the Militia ; but what Minister would venture now to put muskets into the hands of the labouring classes, and teach them military discipline ? There is already some alarm in consequence of the purchase of pikes by pro bably no great number of the working men ; and Magistrates are directed to watch the proceedings at Chartist assemblies, and take note of the speeches de livered, " that it may be considered whether the par ties concerned in such an illegal transaction should not be prosecuted."' But the grounds of apprehension would be far more serious, were many thousands brought into close contact with, each other for weeks together with arms in their hands and Chartist doctrines in their heads. Every billetting-house would contain a club of Conventionists ; and it would not be surprising were the effectual proceeding of the Irish Volunteers imi tated, and petitions for Universal Suffrage forwarded to the Legislature by citizen-soldiers resolved not to lay down their arms till the object was-achieved. It is not unusual to hear men speak slightingly of the power of the Chartists ; and their influence on Par liament is small indeed. Neither is there much reason to apprehend outrage from them on the other classes, notwithstanding the menaces ut tered by the more reckless and impatient. But a time may come, when, almost without an effort, they shall take all which is now refused to them. It may happen, and soon too, that the country will require a large army for foreign and domestic service. That army must be raised from the classes whom we are now afraid to trust with a pike or a pistol. Not a few recruits, who might be awed by established discipline, and rendered powerless in a mass of *obedient soldiery, but tens of thousands, would be needed. Suppose another struggle resembling the last, against Europe and America com bined ; would the labouring classes in England and Scotland shrink from the defence of their country ? Far from it ; but, as sure as the opportunity occurred, they would use it to establish their own claims. A mighty change has been wrought in the character of the British population. They are no longer the ignorant serfs who could, be stimulated by cries of " Church and State," " God save the King" ) and Do n with Buonaparte." They demand physical and intellec tual improvement and a participation in the most esteemed rights of citizenship. They swell with a sense of dig nity and wrong. That their present movement has proved a failure, whatever may be the cause, is no balm to their wounded feelings. It will only strengthen the resolve to coerce their adversaries when the means are with them. They will bide their. time. From a population so minded, the British Army must be recruited in time of war. The process is even now going on. As sure as one generation dies off and an other succeeds, the regular Army and Navy of Great Britain will, before many years have passed away, be composed of Chartists. Mark that, Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel ! Your finality doctrines will soon be preached to men armed and disciplined, and claiming to be citizens as well as soldiers. Take care they don't " purge" your House ! Political fanatics may perform the feat as effectually as Cromwell's religious myrmi dons did upon your predecessors. These unwelcome reflections are suggested by events of the day. There are threatening prospects in every direction. The necessity of augmenting the military force of the country is asserted by those who act upon their opinions. The Army, Navy, and Ordinance Esti mates are increased : and none offer the slightest avail able opposition. "The Great Captain" declares that we must have war establishments—that is, more soldiers and sailors, who will be taken from a class almost uni versally inoculated with political opinions adverse to those of the Government. What miracle if, instead of making terms with a petitioning people, the Finality men become fain to sue for merciful consideration from a Chartist army ?—.who may not be so easily satisfied or duped as the Irish Volunteers were by the Whig Mar quis of Rockingham. '4 The Home Secretary's Letter to the Magistrates of Cirencester. ENLISTMENT OF WOMEN. On Monday evening last, Mr. Vincent arrived in this town (Newport) for the purpose of meeting a set of females at a tea party, which was held at the Ship and Pilot, Commercial-street. We understand that after they had discussed their bohea, Mr. Vincent addressed them. —Merlin. NATIONAL RENT.—Holmfirth has at length appeared in the National Rent List, which states that the munificent sum of two pounds seven shillings has been con tributed by the Chartists of that place. If Feargus were correct in estimating his supporters at that place, he has signally failed in his ulterior object, that of charming money out of their pockets.-11alifax Express. MYSTERIOUS CASE.—A respectable middle aged woman, who lodged with her family at New-street, Vauxhall-road, died on Friday evening under circumstances which have excited considerable suspicion in the neighbour hood. it appears that the husband of the deceased (of whom little is known, except that he had the dress and appearance of a gentleman) bad been seldom at home, and has only slept there three times within the last six months. He came in on Friday evening, about half-past five o'clock. His wife was then lying so ill that the people of the house advised him to send for a doctor; but he said, " I want no doctors, I have walked the hospitals myself;" and added, " I shall physic her myself," or " I have physicked her myself," they could not tell which. He went away at six o'clock, promising to be back at ten, and has not since been heard of. The deceased expired before nine o'clock that night. There are two sons, the eldest 13 years, from whom it is difficult to obtain any information beyond the fact that their father is an exciseman. An inquest will be hell on the body, before which, it is understood, a post mortem examination will be held. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS.—At the late Assizes of the county of York, three men were convicted of a rape on a married woman, at Armley, near Leeds. In the cri minality of the three ruffians there was so little (if any) difference in degree, that the Learned Judge had " to con sider, and reconsider, and reconsider again," before he could catch a glimpse of any distinction in the cases which would justify to his mind a distinction of punishment. Having, however, " with great.difficulty," detected a mi nute difference, his Lordship seized upon it as a foundation on which to base his application of an immense dispropor tion in the penalty to the offenders. Two he sentenced to banishment ; the third—TO DEATH. We see in this fact a striking illustration of the growing repugnance in the pub. lie mind to capital punishments. There are few men living who cannot recollect the day in which the Judges of the land sought out no refined distinctions of guilt, but passed santence of death, as a matter of course, on six, seven, or eight men at a time; and many of us have witnessed the awfully disgusting spectacle of men—three, four, five, or six of our fellow-creatures—brought out on the scaffold toge ther, and swung off to die like so many dogs, destitute of immortal souls. A better day is dawning.—Gateshead Observer. AWFUL INSTANCES OF SUDDEN DEATH.- A Coroner's Inquest was held last Saturday night at the Coach and Horses, Mount-street, on the body of John Edgerley, aged forty.four years, valet to Lieutenant- General Huskisson, of No. 10, Mount -street, Grosvenor square. It appeared in evidence that the deceased, after having spent the evening of Thursday last with a friend, returned at ten o'clock to his master's house. Ile retired to rest at eleven o'clock, in his usual health and spirits. In about half an hour after one of his fellow-servants, having heard him moaning, proceeded to his chamber, and found him in bed in a state of insensibility. He placed him in a sitting position, and was in the act of unbuttoning his shirt-collar, when the deceased fell backwards, and in stantly expired. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." A second inquest was held at the Geneva Arms, Hayes-count, Soho, on the body of Mr. John Boswell, a locksmith and bellbanger, carrying on an extensive business in Cursitor-strect, Chancery-lane. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased left his house about seven o'clock last Friday evening, apparently in excellent health and spirits, for the purpose of seeing his daughter, who resided in Nassau -street, Soho. When he arrived within a few doors of his daughter's house he suddenly fell in the street, and died whilst his grandson and others were lifting him from the pavement. Verdict..—" Died by the visitation of God." TRIAL OF THE CLAIMANT TO THE EARL DOM OF STIRLING.-We learn from a Correspondent in Scotland that the trial of Mr. Humphries or Alexander, claimant to the dormant Peerage of the Earldom of Stir ling, which was fixed to take place on Wednesday next, at Edinburgh, before the High Court of Justiciary, will not proceed on that day beyond a merely formal arraigning of the prisoner, and that the trial will then be adjourned till the beginning of May. Our Correspondent adds that Mr. Humphries or Alexander is indicted on a charge of forging and uttering, or alternatively of uttering documents know !rig them to be forged, with the fraudulent intent of support ing false pretensions to the Earldom, &c. of Stirling. The documents are in the French language, and the important witnesses in the cause are Parisians, and among othe's, the great fortune-teller Madame Le Normand. The prepara tory investigations were made in France personally by one of the Deputes of the Lord Advocate (an officer equiva lent to the English Attorney- General), as public prosecu tor. On being committed for trial, Mr. Humphries was in dulged with a large isolated apartment in the principal gaol of Edinburgh, formerly one or two large dormitory apart ments for civil debtors, known under the designation of " The House of Lords," and by some waggish debtor its walls were at one time and still continue covered with painted decorations, now fast fading away of the appro priate emblems, of crown, coronets, and other symbols of state. By the Scotch practice the names of 45 persons sum moned on the Assize, from whom the Jury (15 in number) is ballotted, have to be served upon the accused, with the indictment, 15 days before trial, and a Peer on trial is en titled to a jury of landed gentlemen. In the present instance it occurred to the public prosecutor that either course would infer a pre-judging of the cause, and so the singular course was adopted of serving the accused with lists of two sets of jurors. His Counsel have intimated to the public prose culor that they cannot be prepared by Wednesday, the 3d, and consequently, by arrangement, the trial will on that day be adjourned till about the first or second week of May. The trial will probably occupy some days, greater time being requisite from the necess . ty of interpreting the ques tions and answers of French witnesses.— Worcester Herald. LORD EBRINerTON. (From the Register.) THE LOED LIEUTENANT.—EXPRESSION OF PUBLIC FEELING IN DUBLIN.—We rejoice to perceive, that on Tuesday next a public meeting will be held at the Adelphi Theatre, first to address her Majesty, praying her support of " the principles of pure and impartial justice administered in this country, by her Majesty's present advisers ;" and, secondly, to prepare a suitable address to the Lord Lieutenant, and to form a deputa tion to meet his Excellency on his arrival at Kings town. Lord Charlemont presides on the occasion ; and we have only to regret that a place of meeting suffici ently capacious is not to be found in Dublin—the Cir cus being engaged for another purpose. Verily, a voice will go forth from Ireland that the Tory party will suf ficiently understand and duly appreciate. It is stated that Lord Fortescue may be expected to land at Kings town about twelve o'clock, on Wednesday next. (From the Freeman.) THE CRISIS.—The citizens of Dublin meet on Tuesday next at the Adelphi, for th , 3 purpose of prepar ing an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty's Royal protection to her faithful subjects, and imploring of her to support the principles which have heretofore guided and characterized the policy of her Majesty's Go vernment in Ireland. This is as it should bd. Dub lin will set a glorious example to the. provinces, - and we doubt not that the provinces will take the tone from the metropolis. THE COSSACKS OF THE DON. ODESSA.—" I announced to you that. a considerable ferment had of late prevailed among the Cossacks of the Don. Notwithstanding that the Government is doing everything in its power to intercept and prevent any communication with their country, and although it is forbidden to speak of this fermentation on pain of being transported for lite to the forests of Kamschatka, I have succeeded in learning some details, and I hasten to com municate them to you. " Immediately after the promulgation of the famous ukase which ordains that the Cossacks may be con demned to suffer the punishment of flogging, like the other subjects of the Autocrat, tne Cossack nobility and people bold:y expressed their indignation against it, and sent to their Hettman ad interim, Wlassaff, a deputation declaring that all the Cossacks, men, women, and chil dren, were ready to sacrifice everything for the defence of their privileges and prerogatives, and praying him to inform the Emperor of their intention on this subject. " The Hettman, conformed exactly to the desires of his countrymen, and in consequence the Emperor or dered several bodies of troops to enter the country of the Don ; but the elders of the Cossacks, that is to say, their superior officers, called to arms the extraordinary contingent, and all, not even excepting the Hettman Wlassaff, resolved to repel the aggression. However, at. the same time they sent the old General Yeffremoff to St. Petersburgh, to state to the Emperor that they would not rebel against his authority unless they saw themselves forced to it ; that they would remain faithful sub jects to the Czar, but that they would not allow the smallest of their privileges to be taken from them. " The Emperor received the General Yeffremoff very courteously, and ordered the troops sent against the Cossacks to suspend their march, and commanded the directing senate to revise the ukase in question, and to make a report to him stating why it could not be exe cuted. This is the first tine the autocrat has given way to his subjects. It is the first time he has yielded to resistance of his orders. However, in the country of the Don this concession is not believed sincere, and the young Cossacks, who generally come to spend the cad nival in St. Petersburgh or Moscow, have remained at home this year, fearing the resentment of Nicholas. " The fermentation which rages in the country of the Don is only appeased, and I can assure you that all the inhabitants, from the hichest to the lowest, are ready to follow the example of Pougatchef, and to fight the Mus covites."—Le Commerce. THE LATE CASE OF STABBING AT HAYES. —We have heard, from a quarter upon which we place the utmost reliance, that a charge of two guineas per day has been made by Mr. Sturmer for his attendance before the Magistrates on the 15th and 21st instant, concerning the death of one of his own pupils. It does not appear that any extra charge has been made for the severe lecture read to the Reverend Gentleman by the Bench on that occa sion. The stick, which was non est inventus during the Coroner's Inquest and the inquiry before the Bench, has been since found in Mr. Sturmer's drawing-room to the utter surprise of the Reverend Tutor.—Windsor Journal (a new Conservative Paper). INCENDIARISM IN OXFORDSHIRE.—On Sun day night a fire broke out at Headington Oxfordshire, on the farm of Mr. Burrows, which destroyed a double barn containing twenty quarters of corn .in sacks, a new waggon, a winnowing machine and other farming implements, be sides two straw ricks. The fire is supposed to have been the act of an incendiary. The only cause which can be assigned for the diabolical act is the fact that Mr. Bur rows, jun., as vice-chairman of the Headington Union. has taken an active part in carrying out the principles of the new poor laws, which has made him unpopular among some of the poorer classes, although he was always among the number of their best friends. On Tuesday evening another fire broke out in the rickyard of Mr. Peake, of Islip, which also destroyed a double barn containing a quantity of corn and straw, two large wheat ricks, together with some wood stacks, and other property to the value of about 7001 , a portion of which was insur..d in the County Fire Office, and the buildings were insured in the Plicenix. The fire was kindled in a small building attached to one of the portions of the barn. There is not the slightest doubt of the fire having been the act of an incendiary. Lord Chetwynd was on the spot, and rendered considerable ser vice by giving directions to the firemen. MANCHESTER.—The gentlemen who prefer the government or the Lord of the Manor to that of the repre sentatives of the various wards, popularly elected, have been in high spirits this week in consequence of observing that the Mayor has had an interview with Lord John Rus sell at the Home-Office ; for they canno suppose that such an interview could have been sought with any other view than to have a patch put upon some newly discovered hole in the charter. We will charitably leave them to their enjoyment for another week. They will see, however, that the mem bers of the council are not at all discouraged, as they have directed the Mayor to issue his precept to the overseers of the various townships within the borough to furnish him with their assessments, preparatory to the laying of a rate ; and we believe that the anti-corporation gentlemen will not be long deprived of the opportunity, for which they profess to pant, of resisting its imposition.—Mane/ester Times. LIFE ASSURANCE.—Since writing the article on Life Assurance in a late number, our attention has been drawn to a number of peculiarities in the mode of eff..cting insurances on lives. Almost every institution, it would ap. pear, professes to hold out some peculiar advantage to assurers, which it would be altogether endless for us to notice. It can, however, be nrither invidious nor t,ut of place for us to bring under the attention of the puhlic a set of rules for insurance, which strikes us as being caner ived in a spirit of enlarged intelligence and liberality. We here allude to those put forth by the institution called the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. In the event of having discontinued to pay premiums, the policy is not forfeited, but an allowance made for it to the assurer or his heirs, to the extent of two thirds of all payments which have been made after the first five years. It also lends to assu rers at any time to a similar extent, and, as far as safety to the Society will admit, without guarantees; thus prevent. ing the necessity for forfeiting the policy. To the person who falls into a state of poverty these regulations must prove very advantageous; at all events, this Society cannot boast of increasing its gains by the lapsing of insurances. Another regulation still more peculiar consists in the re laxation of the ordinary provision for depriving the heirs of assurers of all benefit in the event of the assurer having committed suicide. It being now a well ascertained fact that suicides are in almost all cases a simple result of mental disease or insanity—not by any means premeditated acts— the usual deprivation of all beaefit in such cases is, we think, to the list degree oppressive towards the unhappy family of the deceased. The institution to which we refer considerably relaxes this provision in reference to those who have been insured for a certain number of years, so that no injurious result to society can possibly take place. —Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. MACASSAR.—At Macassar, Mr. Lay describes a state of society curious anywhere, but especially on the extreme verge of Asia:—" Several thousands live near the city of Macassar; but their home is on the Bay of Boni, where a confederacy exists, which is a curious combination of deipotism and liberty; for the hereditary sovereigns of eight States form a Couricilfor exereisieg the functions of Government in the Union, and for the purpose of electing one of their number as President, and investing him with the executive department. The love and reverence for a particular family appears among these trustees of freedom, for the choice of President or Arunga is limited to a par ticular family. Each one of these Councillors appoints his own Prime Minister for the regulation of public matters in his own particular State, where his will is law in all questions of a private nature ; while all that have a general and federal concernment, cannot be transacted but by and with the consent of the rest of his broth-2r Councillors. Their cncomiests have decorated them with many high moral and intellectual qualities; while others, upon a closer ac quaintance, have found them to be nothing but a set of cowardly knaves, who never act an honest part except when compelled by fear, or allured to it by the prospect of eein. • • • • It cost the propagators of the Mohammedan faith more than a century to bring them to embrace the ' faith ;' and it is a matter of rejoicing that they did not suc ceed in making polygamy fashionable, as at Borneo and other places; but the women continues to be on a parity of condition with her husband, may be elected one of the arong, or members of the council, and after her marriage, retains her rights with such general allowance and recogni tion, that she sometimes governs her own province, while her lord is head of another, without the slightest inter ference from that quarter. In my walks and visits from house to house, I saw many intimations of that respect and honour in which females are held among the natives of Celebes, and did not fail to note it as an evidnce that sin had not deprived them of every thing that was amiable in their character. . . When we called upon a Bugis prince in the Kampong Waju of Macassar, we found him sitting upon the floor, his ledger spread before him, and his wife close by his side; who, though her looks were youth. I ful, seemed to be acting the parts of accountant and confi dential clerk, and doubtless took an equal share of interest DIED. „wl' in all the mercantile speculations of her partner."—.2Vot e onßusse ll-street, Jeo the fourth r Tao. of the thelate2.sjatinh James Upton, a A t ra n iT as , se a Voy age to Japan. ,i ouS 4;4 • PRorAFIC cow.—Last weck a cow the io property straw' , of Mr. Joseph Lockwood, of Cinder hills, Londe,:: Printed amid mar ' , wins Ne. 112, :Strand, at Vic San Oftice. A 12 I6 3 P' firth, calved three fine healthy calves. the county of Middlesex. —Tuesday, prl Vic hy..Allizißoll.o 112: • - • SECOND-HAND SILVER WATC- - o A variety of some dozens may be selected from, Pric e 0 11 1 f Guinea, each ; some rather more modern, Two and ! l ived Guineas each ; and an assortment quite equal to iiew' A Guineas each. The whole have been carefully examin e " are warranted. _ T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London, • ( Seven Door,, from Grac•echurch-street) N. B Second- hand Watches purchased in exchange:. PLATED CORNER DISHES, E O S B T4 II , 1 s GUINEAS the SET.—A. B . SAVORY an , r , (of Manufacturing Silver s mith s , N o. 1 4, C orn hill, Lon' - ! ° " - plat° posite the Bank of England), submit for choice in their ni oeit, Rooms, mane patterns of stron g ly Plated Corner Gal dandleswith Silver dandles and Shi e ld s , for Engraving , fregibandles ncas to 10 Guineas the Sc. o f four ' • by removing the from the corers, eight di s h e • are formed when required' li' don OP N. B. A Pamphlet of th e P r i ces o f Pl a t e may be h a cation. ll@Mnal t he BIRTS. On the Ist inst., in Charles-str H eet, Berkeler-square' Countess of 13reeknock, of r daughter. wynbei;g: On the 10th of January, at Blickwood Cott a g e, 01 ' Cape of Good H ope, the wife of Captain Bowes F ster, son. MARRIED. 0 Datteoc k, On the 30th u lt , at Kensington Ch u rch, T. ..‘.• ct Dial Esq., of Chelsea, to . Catherine Walker Taylor, 0; " Abbot's -terrace, Kensington. ________„----- EVENING EDITION. COB ONER'S IN QUESTS. Yesterday an inquest was I eld before Mr. Higgs, at the Pavilion, Vauxhall-road, on the body of Mrs. E. Smith (formerly a singer at the Italian Opera House) whose death was supposed to have been occasioned by destitution and desertion. The Jury, however, returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God." At the Lord Nelson, Old Kent road, an inquest was held on the body of Thomas Clay, aged .55, who was found in the Surrey Canal. The evidence tended to prove that the deceased had committed suicide, the in ducemotnt to which arose from distress. The verdict was " Temporary insanity." The City Coroner held an inquest on the body of a female, aged 15, who was found drowned in the river Thames. It appeared that the poor girl had for some time been acquainted with a young man, who, having slighted her, created a melancholy feeling, which it was supposed led to her untimely death. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased was found drowned ; but whether she went into the water through her own act, or otherwise, there was no evidence." SUICIDE OF A FEMALE DOMESTIC AT THE REST" DENCE OF LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK.—Last night, at a quarter past eight o'clock, an inquest was held at the residence of Lord William Bentinck, Park-place, St- James's-street, before Mr. Higgs and a highly respect able Jury, on view of the body of Mary Ann Smith, aged thirty-nine, late upper housemaid in the establish ment of the above Nobleman, who committed suicide by banging herself. Verdict—" Temporary derangement: , SUPPOSED DEATH FROM POlSON.—Yesterday after noon an inquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Cross Keys, Belton -street, St. Giles's, on the body of John Betts, aged 31, a coach painter, who died under the following circumstances :—lt appeared from the evidence of deceased's brother, that on Mon day last deceased took tea with him, and appeared quite well with the exception of a cough. He went to bed, and on the Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, was seized with a violent fit of coughing. Mr. Wells, a surgeon, was sent for, who had not arrived more than two minutes before deceased expired. The brother thought he had taken poison in consequence of froth issuing both from his nose and mouth, as well as a small quantity of blood. The CORONER remarked that such symptoms were the r. suit of a rush of air through the windpipe, that being at the time filled with a frothy mucus. He had seen frequently a similar sort of thing issue from the mouth and nostrils of a person who had died suddenly, and spread in a bubble over the face as large as a full sized bason. There was no doubt but the deceased bad died a natural death. Verdict, " Natural death." THE MAR LETS.--(YESTERDAY)• PRICE OF The highest price of Bread in thi Loaf. Good Bread may be had at 8 PRICE OF SEE] Par Cwt. New English Red Clover 70s. 112 s. Old Ditto Ditto s. — a. —s. New Foreign Ditt4 6ls. 90s. 995, Old Ditto Ditto s. 40s. 60s. New White Clover 6os. 803. 90s. Old Ditto Ditto —s. 455. 60s. Nee Trefoil gOs 255. 1 1 0 s. Old Ditto —s. lbs. was. BREAD. le Metropolis is 100. for the 41In 3; v d, :DS.—April 1. Per Quarter. St. Foin 404.445 413'• Rye Gras• 285. 355. 4 05 P.4cey Grass —s. 403. 455, Linseed, for feeding 465, as, o• Ditto, for sewing 585. f'? Ditto, for crushing —s. 435. 5 0 '. Canary —s. 905.9 5 i, Hemp Ms. 425. Trefolium 10s. Ils. 13s. - • Per Bushel. English Carraway -s. 435. 465. White Mustard...lla. NI. 15s. Od Foreign Ditto -8. 40s. 445. Brown Ditto 15s. Od. 225. 041 Coriander -s 13s. 2 ls. Tares 4s. 6d. bs. 03 Rapeseed, English tine per Last) 361.321 Foreign 342. 361. PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS. York Reds (from vessel) 4l. 10s. to 51 Os. per ten. Scotch Reds ditto 4l. ss. to 41. 15s ditto Kidneys IL ICs. to 51. Us, ditto Shaws 2'. 15s. to 34 ss. ditto PRICES OF HOPS.-April I. Farnham l'ocket. (per cwt.) G Os. 71. 15s. to W. 53. East fi,ut Pockets... 4.: lUs. 51. 15s. to X! Is. Ditto Bags. 4l. 4,. 51. 10+. to 71. 103. Mid Kent Pockets 3l. 15s. 51. ss. to 8' 8 Ditto Bags 'l'. 10.. 41. 103 to 7.. 78, Sussex Yearlings 2l. 10s. Si. 3s. to 4/, 4.. Old Dlds COAL MARKET.-April 1 s. d Burdon Main l9 6 Carr's Hartley 2l 6 Garestield Holywell Main 2O 3 Leaze's Main l7 6 Ord's Redliugh Pontop Windsor 2O 0 Prudheo l9 0 South Hartley Tantied Moor Butes 22 6 *Penfield M00r. . ..... 2l 0 Townley l9 3 West Tan field 2l 9 Willington Walls End Dunn's l7 I Walls End Gosforili 22 0 Walls End Heaton .. ...... Walls End Hilda 2O 1 Walls End Hotspur Ships arrived since s. d. Walls End Kiliingworth 20 0 Walls End Newmarch 2O ?. . Walls End Todd's Bensham 1 8 Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 24 ;, Walls send Hetton Walls End Lambton 24 3 Walls End Stewart's Walls End Hartlepool 24 3 Dixon's Butterknowl l7 9 Walls End Barrett Walls End Oragwood 20 0 Walls End Gordon 20 Walls E.sd Preston 2O . Walls End Seymour Tees 2O 6 Walls End Tees 22 S Walls End West Tees Llangennech Coal 27 O n Stave:y Main 2l . Walls End Elgin SO 6 last market-day, N. We learn from Dresden that casts from the cele brated Elgin marbles have been presented to that city by the British Museum, in exchange for other works of art sent to the Museum from Saxony. DEAL.—Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey took leave of his friends on Friday, and proceeded to ports to mouth, to join the Cleopatra, and assume his command chief on the West India station. It is currently reporte d that a squadron will shortly assemble in the Downs, an d proceed to sea on an experimental cruise during the sum m. r, —Kent Herald. FALL OF A HOUSE.--On Tuesday, an old two story house situated in a close in Gallowgate, suddenly fell with a crash so tremendous as to alarmthe neighbour hood, and even to startle people at a great distance from the spot. Fortunately the house was not inhabited; but two boys, who were amusing theniselves inside, were very vrtously injured, one of them being overwhelmed in the ruins, and so much hurt that it was thought advisable tosend him immediately to the Ros al Infirmary, where he now lies, in a condition so perilous th a t little h o p e i s en t er t a ined o f his recovery. The injuries sustained by the other boy Are of a less dangerous nature. A rumour got abroad that some boys were buried in the ruins, and twelve or fourteen men were employed in removing the rubbish for several hours, hut happily the rumour turned out to be groundless. We understand that this tenement has been for some tires condemned as in a dangerous state, and a day or two before its fall workmen had begun to dismantle it.—Glasgetu Argus. CHEAP AND SPEEDY JUSTICE.—A reference to the proceedings at the last Sessions for this county, Gl!s covers an intention on the part of some of the Tory Mag i !: trates to oppose some Bills for giving to the people cheat' The and speedy justice, brought in by th e G overnmen t. pretended objection of these Tory Magistrates is the ex pense attendant or, Local Courts; the real objection is, that it will take some power out of their hands, and pl Bce f a lawyer in the Chair, at the Quarter Sessions, instead 0 men who have not made law a study. When we inform the tradesmen, farmers, and inhabitants of the county, t ha l the object of the measures thus opp o s e d by M r . Miles :! )I fi his friends is the establishment of Loud Courts, in sch ic debts under 101. and actions of the same amount are 1 0 I / tried at a very trifling cost to the suitor, a n d w h ere crimin al offences are to be tried in a month, instead of keePl men in prison for three months to wait their trials, We s i ,, 81 enough to induce them to counteract th e e ff or ts of the Magistracy, by couhter petitions, praying for the adoption of these measures ;—that is to say, if the pe O F are sincere in their long.expressed desire for cheap an d speedy justice, brought home to every man's door, 813 placed within the reach of the poor—to whom Engli sb justice is now only a cruel mockery. —Somerset Gazelle' FIRES IN LONDON IN 1838.—According t ," the official reports of the last year, the total number of Al e : was 568, which exceeded by 72 the average of the last five Dears. Of these 11 were fatal fires, in which 21 lives O r d lost. The alarms from chimneys on fire were 107, al l there were 80 false alarms, many of which were caused a , f the splendid aurora borealis and brilliant appearance. the periodic shooting stars. The cases where peelil5 0 were totally destroyed were 33, where they were seriou s y damagedls2, and but 'slightly damaged 383. The o° o hers that were insured on the building and contentOl e 4 161, on the building only 59, on the contents only 128;a 0 " the cases where no insurance at all was eff e cted were 22 ; The greatest number, or 63, was in January, and the lea or 34, in July. The distribution on the days of the W ds) , were—Wednesday 91, Tuesday 87, Friday 84, M° The and Thursday 81, Sunday 77, and Saturday 67. c o greatest number, distinguishing the hours when they w or discovered, was 46 at six o'clock, p.m., and the leas!' 0 . 7, at six o'clock, a.m. Of the causes, 45 were un disc, o3 vered, and 6 were proved wilful ; 34 were unavoidabl e, t o various accidents from candles, 61 from their setting fi re a , bed curtains, and 33 to window curtains; 17 were ble instances of carelessness, 12 produced by sparks i r bea t fire, and 15 from fires kindled on hearths. From fir e .., e ro applied to various purposes of trade and manufacture Ve nt, 39: flues stopped up, defective, and ignited, 58; ace l ye es from escape of gas 35 ; lueifer.rnateh making, 9 ; ° o re over-heated and d. fective 11 ; stoves and stove-pipes a nd heated, &c., 26; spontaneous ignition of lime, l'ar ,s l va te tan, &c., 9. Of the total amount, 179 occurred in I ) % s ed dwellings, 38 in sale shops and offices, 23 with l ice , k at victuallers, 21 at carpenters, 37 in lodging houses , drapers, &c. the Int el h k . ve tht i ries ; their an tf Oh l Sqe