The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NE* S AN 1) 1 41,111 .1 fl FOREIGN. „ On Th urs d ay afternoon Louis Philippe, accompanied by 143 unt de Montalivet, General Durosnel, Colonel de Chaban -1,", the C ount de Strada, and two orderly officers, visited °J"t. Cloud and Versailles. His Mujestv returned at seven ock t o the T - "l•ries. I n the evenho , their Majesties re rwedoglie, the Prest(stit of the Chamber of'Deiaities, the Duke I3r 4 a, v P General S e b as ti an i, &c. Counts rince of Salm Dyck. the de Bondy The,p e Germin Constitutionne/ anno unces th a t th e F renc h and Eng fe G overnments have determined to interfere in order to put LPeriedito_the war waging by Rosas against the republic of utent e F e • ue • If li ner, the ruffian who was sentenced to death for 1% .,„ ts'fit and throwing a man into the Canal St. Martin, / 1 7 4 ?eheaded this morning at half-past eight o'clock, at the the St. Jacques. A great concourse assembled to witness e execution Th e st remen Gaz e tt e i n f orms us t h at t h e diff eren t G erman 141. e s n are at thi s moment occupied with a plan for the e:tta s, "lent of a uraiforin postal system for the whole of Ger- A letter from Vienna of the 31st. ult. states that Prince Alti e • re ce • n, the Pope's Legate at the Court of Austria, had ji . ist efelliNiledl n otification of his having been raised to the dignity to 4 0 I na]. Re will shortly quit his present post to return me; his successor - has not yet been appointed. lk er Bta tne, in honour of Christopher Columbus, is about to sloe at Genoa, his birth-place. 4,4 re Scientific Congress of France will hold its thirteenth t tmn b e this year at Rheims. It will assemble early in Sep &, nd sit for ten days. th'' ere let a ter from Rochefort, quoted in La Flotte, states that desti n j,e,llow being fitted out at Bordeaux two iron steamers, th e p.'" ier Oceania. They are the Australie, of 160, and that thgenin, of 70 horse Power. The same letter also sacs so:ders h ave been given for fitting out the transport La k i t i u reh for a three years' service, and that she will be ready in . L etter s Alhsfrom the n e i g hb ou rh oo d o f th e P yrenees and the the ) it a k of serious acc id en t s h av i ng occurre d f r om the late eaualt:etC:nr• Several avalanches have buried house, and arso,eue death of many persons. At Lunimont, f in t th o e f Reo w ',! B !ltilent of Belley f ew d ays. less than fdour where elow fallen within a few days. In Langue oc, a larsie l host a rarity, it lies at present a foot deep. The tiennes Mail was ;topped, a few days back, near th e mo r w t and thirty horses were required to drag it t rough n~aThe , COURT—PASHIONABILE. „ Saturday, of Buckingham left Buckingham . Ikuse t Pall \The e" Nturdar to in the Duchess and family at Stowe, .„re her Gr. d to sojourn until Easter. Petted Ice la exp ected .Londonderry are ex - 01,7te(i.to-11413 and Marchioness of . leave Holderness House for the north in a few tgdi e marquis and Marchioness of Clamicarde, and the "th es lie Burgh have left Italy on their return to England . . ) th er "arquis of Bute has left town fur Cardi ff Castle, Then his Lordship is expected to arrive on Saturday nex n t s ._ 60,;..estArarquis of Sligo is daily expected to arrive h.). Ma fq_;,reet from the Continent, intelligence of his no ble_ e ka,e,..,! demis e having been forwarded to his . Lor . dship. TlT!:.ness and the Ladies Brown are staying in town. _ dtarquis of Exeter has left Grosvenor-square for B '"use, Lin colnshire. ur- P.g. e of of Wilton has left Grosvenor-square . for s 14 to rt° n 11 4 1-4)(l ge, Melton 3rlowbra% . The Noble Earl remain ,47-or the present. ti l y e r , arl and Countess of Albemarle are expected to ar ;he X l' & T r ,kele,y-square on Monday next for the season. 1 ,-ora -earl intends visiting Newmarket en route to town Lien eltluidentiam Hall, to inspect his racing stu d. . The 4 e, tin — en ‘ ° t n el and Mrs. Keppel and family are still on the g ; "'' a r .,nleY, though convalescent, is not . yet quite re ;t fr om 4l 6 Lordship's continued indisposition prevente d - .oe r t,, Participating in the grand banquet given by Sir 1.40 :reel on Saturday evening. 4 es, h.„ l "e Roes eldest son, the Hon. Dudley Charles De - entered the army as Cornet in the Ist Life Guards. The MISCELLANEOUS • nth val uable rectory of St. George's, Hanorer.square, Iliel" eeen 80 long vacant, and which has been the cause "ach dissension has at length been conferred by the Ot t ., ° f LndOn on the Rev. William Howarth, 8.D., of h* -3 c t °, ll ege, Cambrld -Rector' of Miperstrall, Bed- St. (14:e. Howarth was fo rmerly one of the lecturers of T he 41 , 11. 4 11e , v * Sydney Smith is progressing favourably, though Lye ' s 4 „, ?e rS weak state C r dan at the Usual weekly meeting of the Mary -"( 1 St i' t rY, a deputation limn the parishes of S.. James 1 4ti ret , .al he, Soho had an interview with the vestry re• te a "r l il i .ebert the pl i _ r ," l o . e r iy of th n e t ir to sending a united deputation to him the desirableness of m it t i,nß th e ;r n i do t w. e t p_r x e . se a The suggestion was adopted, apd ,° Sir ita,a appointed and the cleik was desired to write 'eeieryt to Peel to ascertain on what day it would be con- W e 1 e receive th e m . 1 : v4 1 are id ~ ife g , iv en to tid Land tbat the chai4er from the As- . Q eneral Pra ctitioners in Medicine, Surgery, and , 'git the heads of which have been forwarded to the ef th e "rl,the Secretarrof State for the Home Department, priil'el?est liberal de;criptian, embracing the representa.- Z ul and en i P l e in an elective council, composed of metropcli kthei.linS members, and that it was unimously assented e Provision al committee of that Association. irtapey onfl,lnation for South Wiltshire, vacant by the ac ' ll) ert, i s fl ti le (Alice of Secretary at War t h ey. Sydney man ':,k,ed far the 15th instant, when Right . Hon. theleave 4 la said 'll be returned without opposition. 17 th I will ti l :1,"„ Of the present month a . day mail u (down) . will Peesentu f or Exeter, but there will be no p mail for v t: ! ERNSEY 1 OLITICS. thor n the Gurns.y Stir of Feb. 3.) 1 ,,, °11 P ROYAL COURT, FEB. 1. A 4,!:" UER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL ON THE COM: A S , ° P THE ROYAL COURT AGAINST MAJOR I.,‘ , ter, - , P. P. NAPIER, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. '14 41 14a Court bad disposed of some matters of Th Ber tioe ttrt l e iff handed to the Deputy -Greffier the follow nts, Which that officer mai : t ort ir 'l 11 Guernsey , Jan. 30, 1845. 11-4ti ot ave tbe honour to lay before you, for the in jelght, li e of the n —oyal Court, a communication from the ofOrd, r n the Secretary of State, directing the accompany °f her Al • • t't ta re eiesty in Council, dated the . l . 3th inst, ap (4) oere se Port of the Lords of the Council for the a_ffairs . tn heo lid Jersey upon two petitions of the itoyat registered in this kland ; and I have to desire 14:a yid order may be duly registered accordingly. . The 14:a the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, kite of W. NAPIER, (xuernsey. Lieutenant-Governor. 4 4 .41r,-, t a Whitehall, Jan. 25 1845. 14 , 41 it t‘ , lll directed by Secretary Sir James Graham . !o Louheed the the enclosed order of her Majesty in 11 1k ,' , of the 13th instant, approving a report of the tV two Council for the affairs of Guernsey and Jersey liztu4,44titions of the Royal Court of Guernsey touching to " the Lieutenant-Governor of that island and. tiered hirteguest that you will cause the same to be re- It • Liland of Guernsey.—l have, &c., tor .0 "4eral Napier, &c. H. MANNERS SUTTON. it CO`- The Queen' s DAY OF JANUARY, LTRT AT wII24B 4 D S B° —TR T E I s i E_ E NT I3 : T - 11 • Albert, trd 0 •His Royal Highness Majesty, guri(, • r eldent 6 Lord Stanley, Somerset, t •Privy s ti ' l, e E ss xn P e r i i i r e i n ce t Lord Granville kal e °r Wellington a Bart.. 9 4f, l 'r JEN - ' Sir James Graham, ort of thei4""e4 heY' • the Board a rep . (;,, -sigh t ere was this day read Sir Robert Peel, B tt Wrek v :on. the Lords of the of December last, ''Petii• "Jersey, dated the 20th T i . 10138n a m t littee for the Affa . ir a s h , d ,f • 4 t "rds ofthe 1, Jest‘,4 Committee,. . 10th, e did, on rho .. ,ttl i 1 , stud orders of referent . . ns into consi in obedience to your 1• 11 ' t hth, and 18th, take the said petal,' t . i s our 1 " ob, 1 ", end heerd ounsel as well in support t . her,.of as Ai • .14 eti o p, , . ,4.a.ndin- that i . 01e, t. „, '' thereto, and uniter..l . g arising out „n 3 6 Pletmure that their Lordships . should relym 1 theta atr Majesty Don certain questions , :ages of %. kid ••- u - t h e laws and Il • •• . 1 . .., 41.44 pention,, as regards humbly to report too ,15tai,.,Y, their Lordships agree . . 4 44 t,:Sour Majesty upon the follow - in matter. 1.0 rp:" I n the eases of the petitioners in this It _peet to the first question__ . . . qus Nrei h e " l , _skients h a .. domicile in k,„ ...Wore state Ingacquit ed such t to _ be deported but . in such ti,""aer its th d, are not . Bailee rats . 1 , all of the bailiff andju , (1, . ord er 'e Faptant, with the advice t ~ Guernsey as L .t'ir r.„ , ial appoint in thisyespec. h ‘purpose of Stho,•4:nd jurats i 3 not nee, s., •ary fur t ( klii r rurusi nPs ate of opinion, that the advice of the mentioned it'tttii,sis'ng the captain to exercise the power ., , 91 1 ,it• I,4nttil qUe4tion. That under the term P.taaihni: i„";l'at,tuships consider that the Governor and 1 to 4 eltt p ,, -, or m case there should be no Governor,. the tiv -,af t- Gover the person exercising the . er g ~,._ nor, or tag , nvi liovernor or Lieutenant-Governor for the time 14 r‘retncluded. a 4 1`1",.Peet of thet second questit.n— ia kl' eh titled a t il o fr with speak in all conferences th 41 -' th e b • 1, jatsof oy urt are indiyi -0414r _elitneY thetaLieePret andt-Governor." th _, r 4„, _ o opinion,.. ils •in pi a "' has the sole authority 4(l° '.".(1811 i Ps are of that the Lientena.nte -4 h e t of. conference and that the bailiff and jurats part of appointing . the tim e _ k , e nd s r , 3 it 'l c i . nun are individually . o titled to take pa 10 itt, In all conferences with his Excellency the ,I , ti re "I-UGYernor. ~ 1.11 81)Pct of the third question-_ ntrihe af.oresaid writ of pardon ought to have been • th ec . L. , registered by the Royal Court before it was exe- I 'l tilt.,, Lordships ofopinion,that the writ of pardon Vetiff Petitielli a mentionedare dnot re quire to have been v4'4lll4,:lurite-d.re„nistered by the Royal Court before it t It t Peet of the fourth question-- • ` 4 "0i. 1 ‘ the Lieuten t-G - or was not warranted in en-_ thili: ob edi ,..... _ e an 4::. el.? . Ih:iarry f ore z.,t , e to the said %rit of pardon by a threat of 111' I'lectdshipa are of opinion, that it was the duty of ~r, tiloortierinittediately to have discharged the prisoner . k i " 13Nuet i° h. ofthe pardon under the sign l' 441. 8 4 to lin • servant of the ti lt , But the Pottier not being the 'lf sk tiant•G t ; e p i . ; , overnor for the purpose of the custody 44,,, • -overtior (ith g e o to the writ Was not warranted in enforcing obe -14. foi of pardon by the threat of military or h it CP. IltittatMai(ltY. having t k-n the stid report into con t,ititv43: iknwetti p!easi-ci by a a ' nd . with the ad‘ice of her tit,,Anan t .. Go ' v Lo I approve the same . . Whet., of the 411 itig the 9 11( . 1* or Commander-in Chief for the ~, n!h, , e bailiff and jurais of the Riial Court, and -Lthin the rer Majesty's oilicers and persons concerned 4l'vertCthusid island, are to pa) due obedie ce and qr.lves ttitordingly• CoN th ette t li b at the foregoing order of ter Majesty i C. GREVILLE. 'n 0 register( d• Tu t , 11 : c i ti , t t l e1. N tl . ol• l3 Nvig (H. -, an Leottn.— l'h turn-outs s, in the neigh - be met b the masters with eoltictrZnatiou not to I;einouvet. to o led b the union. At several *l:l44 ‘°Or til i lat idB Who struck are y still out, and every Ivil ettle r ~. Ls ueing made to supply their places with men, "liners, 1ah0„,,,,_ "".., or oth ers.—Preston Guardian. LBWS ENING. ;12 - cl New ik S'ot'k hrev ter .3eJglsa res vere 33; I mbridg" Ctturr:t zero Ind Ind, 7 1 i; Rd Brad - New' Linen, ; 2 4 .fines an `o•tos11, rt h Orteani an d !Ad Or discount. B r icith ju g , and ,iverpool, follows: Chest er List, 5 7 6 i; So. • • I Englan d; 40I's ; nelostet, .0 2 91 /4! Dirac. ; an ' d Bir' Midlandas an, RugbY' ohes .Eo terot Roue i n; ens, 58 raibs ll e% citeu , Cher its deC i O la.ture rojec . . 3 terot. 16th ° it : atoll was moderl ite , As z in. I c ed n or 1/, 9 being iO. to - Ore een b Dire' 1.1) 59 , 4 7 '7 . qeif, a nd T3l" auct uste 0 11059. 2 13 ,/ 1 0 ? 99 0 ,4 10 3 71 12 1-1 u 15'1 6 I 2 823 / 4 71 , L oso u ,KIcE 41 1 , 41 4. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ho- noured the performance of the French Plays with his presence yesterday evening. A deputation of gentlemen, appointed at a publ:c meeting held in Galway on Tuesday last, to . proceed t.) th,2 :::oani -of Tr ;•., tr_wmor.l,os in ftr:onr fn .h Great q•-;11 ) Gal . _ wav, attended yester,ay at the oiiitT f t! - :e Board of Trade. The deputation was composed of Mr. Denis Kirwan, High Sheriff of the county of Galway, Lord Walleourt, Mr. Lachlan Maclaghlan, J.P., Mr. A. 11. Lynch, Master in Chancery, Mr. T. N. Redington. M P., Rev. John D'Arcy, Mr. R. M. Lync', Rev. M.. H. Eyre. and Mr. Thoniaa :Joyce. The th potation trivisacted at the Railway Department of t,! - e Board of Trad.-, and were accompanied by the Ri..,ht Hon. A. R..Blak. , the O'Connor Don, M P., Mr. Thomas B. Martin, M.P., and Garratt O'Moore, High Sheriff of the county of Ro3common. Mr. Wallace, M.P., had an interview with the Earl o: Dalousie yest,r , tay, at the Boar 1 of Trade.• Mr. Cardwell had an interview with Sir R bert Pre yesterday. - The :clayor of Coventry, and a deputation from the Town Council, attended by the Clerk, transacted bu,iness yesterday at the Railway Department of the °lce of the Board of Trade, aft(' presented a memorial in favour of the Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway. . The Directors of the Centr :1 Sambre and Meuse Railway, accompanied by Mr. Drapier, Mr. Taylor the engineer, and the 'superintendent, had an interview yesterday with the Belgian Minister. Mr. Darby, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at th:t Board of Trade. DIRECT PORTSMOUTH RAIL- WAY. A special meeting of the Shareholders of the above Railway was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of considering the late adverse decision with reBpfct to this line which the Board of Trade had come to. The CHAIRMAN detailed the various advantages of this proposed line, and contended that the Board of Trade had not given that consideration to the subject which was due to it. The Company had not been allowed to reply to the arguments broUght furvvad by their opponenti; the reason alleged by the Chair man of the Board, Lord D.dhousie, that it was phy ,ically irnpoAsible. Under these circumstances he contended that it %vas their duty to go to Parliament and have their case thoroughly investigated. Mr. YOUNG, the Secretary, then read a report from the Directors, which stated that the Committee had, fully considered the position in which this undertak ing was placed, and its chances of ultimate success, which, with every respect for the Board of trade, they could not believe were materially diminished by their recent announcement, seeing that, with very limited experience, and a system ill-adapted for the attainment of correct information, it had been phy4- cally impossible for that. Honourabie, Board, by reason of the multiplicity of schemes submitted to their notice, to give to each a sufficient attention. It was now understood,. that notwithstanding their reports competing railways would be - referred to Select Committees, whose decisions, founded upon evidence publicly given, and after all parties had b..en fully heard in the pretence of each other, in accordance with the recognised principles of English justice, could alone be satisfactory and final. Before such a tribunal the Committee telt assured that they would be able to prove that the direct London and Portsmouth Line would afford the safest, the cheapest, and the most expeditious rail way commu nication between London and Portsmouth ; that it was earnestly desired by the towns of Dorking, Godal minz, tiatletnere, Petersfield, and Ilavant ; and more especially by the large and important towns of Portsea and Portsmouth ; some of which places would, by the adoption of the line favoured by the Board of Tr.tde, be'Wholk 'deprived of the advAntages of rail ..vay tra velling they so much required ; that it had. the general concurrence and support of the principal landowners on the line and in its neighbourhood, whilst the com peting idlways .were not desired by the inhabitants of :he districts through which they would respectively pass, nor by the towns of Portsea and Portstnouth, and would be met by the most determined opposition o f a large. body of influential landowners. The Committee were therefore unanimously of opinion, that it was expedient that this undertaking should be submitted to Parliament. Resolution., empowering the Directorfr to go to Parliament, but limiting the liability of Shareholders, in case. the Bill should be unsuccessful, to 10s. per share for future expenses, were then passed. An option was given to the Shareholders to go on or not, providing they made their election on or before the 20th inst.—The meet►ng then separated. A PROMENADE in the WEST. There seems to be but little chance for the present that we shall be able to sing, with Horace, soluitur acris horns. One would think that the winter had made up its mind to pass the spring in London; and. as Na poleon's grenadier said, on his return from Moscow, " Si ton ottrappe des coups, ce n'est pas des coups de soled." This return of the mighty Thor to knock us down with his icy hammer has created much stir 'and commotion in the magnificent establishment of S wan and Edgar, who have ben gradually rolling on in slow and solemn grandeur like a mighty ocean, until the vast houses in Regent-strek.t, and as many in Piccadilly, each in itself as big as a bazaar, have been swallowed up by their encroachments. If the gun-maker round the corer were to follow the example of his own amble borrels, and " go off," this would be tho most stupendous shop in the world. Every foreigner is overwhelm d with astonishment and admiration at the florid cencep tion and elaborate execution of the wing of this vast magazine which faces Regent-street, with its long range of plate glass, behind which the costliest productions of Manchester, Lyons, and Paris, are hung around in graceful profusion—walk round and look through the crystal portals, and if your gaze can penetrate through the peopled avenues which are bounded by Piccadilly, you will find the same magnificence pervading every.de partment—the buzz, the stir, the bowing, the measuring, the buying, which keeps on in this huge emporium from morn till dewy even, render it as amusing a scene as if we were in the bazaar at Constantinople, whilst the rich ness and variety of the silks, which are strewed about as if dropped in careless haste, although each fold has been studied, and the gorgeous splendour of the shawls and other productions of, eastern manufacture, tend to heighten the illusion. We generally find that every establishment which has the good fortune to attain celebrity, monopolises the market for some particular article, but here we find umbrellas, shirts. neckcloths, and other items of male attire in equal excellence and profusion, with silks, muslius, or cainbrics. On leaving Swan and Edgar's, and driving up Piccadilly, the eye is at once attracted by the sumptuousness and elegance of the various nicnacs which are plat d in the windoa a of Barry's " temptation shop"—the Egyptian-hall. What crowds of passers by and lounging idlers may be seen gazing listlessly upon the articles of virtu and beautiful novelties of Barry. Bat if you venture in take Shak spere's advice, and " put money in thy purAe," for there is enough within this fairy domain to shake the saint ship of an anchorite, or tempt a miser to loose his purse strings. Barry always contrives to outstrip his rivals in Ihe race for novelties. Something new is always to be found in his shop. His bijou de famille is his last in vention. This is a screen of rich crimson velvet, en circled by a gilded frame, standing on a pedestal of the same costly material; to several rows of hooks are sus pended tiny frames for minatures, so that a whole gallery of family portraits may be enshrined in the narrow comp iss of the glass shale which shelters this elegant and graceful fabric, lest the dust, or, what is still worse, aukward servants shall visit it too roughly. Several buhl desks, some superb papier de luxe, satchels for scenting, stamps for marking linen, and a novel kind of fan, which possesses the power of a peacock, and spreads itself suddenly into a circle, resembling the tail of that bird, are amongst the most recent addition's to be found there. Notwithstanding all the late new-fangled . inventions wh ch., under the name of improvements, tried to destroy the " power of sound," we find that Broadwood still re tains, undiminished, the immense reputation which he has so long. and so deservedly enjoyed—his pianos are to be heard in every corner of the world, their fame is not confined within the narrow limits of an European celebrity, for scarcely a ship now leaves the Thames without bearing three or four of these instruments to our far- distant Indian possessions. In society, now-a-days, the congregated men look like a backgammon board. Black waistcoats and white are 01 ly to be seen, and yet near the Quadrant, at Nicholl's, the famous tailor of Regent-street, there ara costly stuffs for waistcoats, which are as eblouissan tas the Bude light opposite to the United Service Club-house. Some of these stuffs are positively startling in their magnificence —none of those vulgar waistcoats which are to be foun3 in the Palais Royal, for the endimanches epiciers to , porr at the Prefect's balls in the provinces, but real splendour, chastened by the most exquisite taste and subdued by the careful blending of colours, so as to attract attention without offending the eye by over tlispl.4y Some of the materials are curiously rich, ith the precious metal worked info the rabrie, whilst there are others more limply, in immense variety. A robe de chantb, e, which they have just completed for an illustrious personage, realises our dreams of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Besides all this, there are rich Oriental shawls and cashmeres for morning waistcoats, and velvets in such variety as would lead us to suppose that the Lyons and Spitalfields manufacturers would speedily exhaust their ingenuity. INCENDIARISM.—On Sunday evening last, abou seven o'clock, the inhabitants of Porkellis, in the parish of Wendron, were greatly excited by an alarm made that a corn stack, belonging to William and Walter Pascoe, brothers, residing at Hal wyn, had been maliciously set on fire. Th- wind being low at the time, the fire was soon subdued, it having been principally confined to the butts of the sheat es. Had the wind been blowing even mo derately, the situation of the stack would have greatly endangered the seety of the dwelling-house adjoining. The sufferers are i eer retailers, and also shopkeeperS, and have been in the habit of supplying some of the min ers in the neighbourhood, whose ill success in unifying pre vents their l ayiug off their monthly accounts for victuals till a more fivonrable opportunity hn. s. ttling arrives. Having lately denied further credit to a few of them, they were in return threatened with injury, and it is ..opposed their revenge has ben satiated by the committal of this shameful act.— Wei t Briton. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER- TAINMENTS. MUSIC-HALL, STORE STREET. Mr. Wilson comnienctd his series of Scottish -enter tainments for the season - of 1845 last evening.:. at the Niosii•-hali, Store-street. The first part consisted prin etp-41i,..0,et not fxclu,ively, of the songs. of Burns. .We " Birks of Aberfeldy," " Taw -Glerr," HaziitCs favourite sung of " Mary Munson,"i "Bide -ye yet," and that quaintly humorous song, "My Spouse Nancy," which was not only sung, but aetesl, by Wilson, with the richest gusto, and, was, of course, rapturously encored. Then followed that fine song by the Rev. John Skinner, " John o' Badenyon," and Hector M`Neill's beautiful ilialogue song, "Saw ye my wee thing"--in itself a drama.. This concluded the first Dart. The second part j consisted of the favourite Jacobite songs ; and if the Scottish minstrels of 1745 sang these songs with half the taste, pathos, and expression which the Scottish minstrel of 1845 infuses into them, we do not marvel at the enthusiasm excited throughout the whole of the north country by the arrival of the hero of such soul stirring- lyrics. The most delightful part of the enter tainment, however, to our thinking, was the introduction, in which Mr. Wilson gave us some exquisite fragments of old Scottish song ; true they were but fragments ; but fragments such as these—like the fragments of Gre cian sculpture—are worth whole collections of finished works by less-gifted artists. We hope Mr. Wilson will give us more of these delicious fragments. Could he not give us the remaining portions of some of them ? At all events we would request him to use his best endeavours so to do. The Mu-ic hall was, as it always is on these occasions, crowded. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, FF,BRITARV 11 1845 THE INCOME-TAX. • TO TEE EDITOP.'6f : TEE TIMES. Sir;;.—Your leading'article in this day's journal leaves no doubt on my mind that we are to be subjected to this bur densome impost for an indefinite period; I therefore beg that you will allow me a small space briefly to state my own case in illustration of its unequal bearing. engraver, acid litykreat exertion have lately earned an average anntitirincotne of 5004 At the time of my mar riage I insured my life for 1,000/. ; and at. the birth of each of my four children I have insured a further sum of. 1,0001, so that I have now to provide for premiums on policies amounting to 5,000/. This would have required an annual sum of 180/., but I am so fortunate as to have insured in an institution where success has enabled the Directors to reduce my payment to 120/. This is still a serious call on my 'united means ; nevertheless, my wife and I prefer abstinence from every approach to luxury, and even privation of eome com forts, to the risk of leaving our children chargeable to our ' friends or to the community. Should my health, and especially my eyesight, be provi dentially preserved, so as to enable me to continue my pay ments to the insurance company, my wife and four children will, at my decease, inherit 1,060/. each, producing a scanty income of 301. The case of a friend and close neighbour offers a marked contrast to mine. Ile is in the enjoyment of a clear income of 500/., derived from freehold land, occupied at present by market-gardeners, but which may shortly be in demand fur building purposes. He has five children; but as he is a widower, our families are equal in number. My friend, being of a literary turn, spends much time in his study, and in the education of his children, thereby saving those schol charges which unavoidably fall upon me. This gentleman can spend his whole income without solicitude, as, at his decease, each of his children will inherit a certain income of 1001., with expectations of future improvement. Nevertheless our re turns to the Commissioners are necessarsly the same. Now, Sir, is it consistent with equity that I, with my pre carious income (necessarily reduced by life insurance to 3801. to secure a pittance to my family), should be called upon to pay the same amount of tax as my friend, with his inde pendent and certain income of 500/. ? I do not pretend to contest the advantages of an income and property-tax based on equitable principles, neither am I unwilling to bear my just proportion of the burden. In my humble opinion, a tax on property of 5 per cent. and 2 per cent. on earnings would meet the justice of the case. This would, I am persuaded, give universal satisfaction to the industrious classes, and would raise a large sum, enabling the Ministry to take off many imposts bearing unfairly on the poor.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, C. T. Camden -town, Feb. 8. THE WINDOW-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Your leading article: of the sth contains an earnest expression of a very natural wish for the removal of the window-tax, on the ground that attempts to avoid its exactions frequently lead the builders and occupiers of dwel lings to stop up windows that should be open; and, by doing so, risk injury to their own health, and cer t a i n ly di s fi gure their houses. If these evils were inevitable consequences of the tax, your strictures upon that impost would be perfectly legitimate; as the tax is at present levied, these are the con sequences that must naturally be expected ; but I think it is quite possible to adopt a mode of assessment which:would not be_open to this objection, and would have the further advan; tage of distributing, the burthen of taxation more equally among those who have to bear it. At present, window-tax is charged according to the number of windows, the amount varying, according to a graduated scale. The builder, is therefore, tempted to put in as few windows as possible, and frequently, nay, generally, houses are rendered less commo dious and healthful than they otherwise would be, in conse quence. W. E. Hickson, Esq., one of the Commissioners ,of inquiry into the condition of the hand-loom weavers, was, so far as I know. the first to propose a plan by which the temptation to this evil might be.. avoided without injury to the revenue from the window-tax. Mr. Hickson proposes that the tax should be charged ac cording to the size of the house, not according to the number of its windows. Let a man live in a glass house if he please, he should pay no more window-tax than another who has only a little peephole in each room. It has been objected that such a mode of assessment would operate as an induce ment to build low rooms. It will operate as an inducement to inhabit small housts, but so do all rates upon such pro perty, but it need not be made to operate as an inducement to construct the houses in any particular form, except that which individual convenience dictates. It would be easy to construct a scale of charges regulated proportionately to the area of the ground occupied, and the number of stories in the house, assuming that the number of windows ought to be proportionate : let the window-tax be charged accord ingly whether the windows be made or not.. It would not perhaps be just to apply the new mode of assess ment to houses constructed to meet the present law, but it would be easy to give the occupiers of houses already built the option of being assessed according to the present or an improved plan, and apply the improved plan imperatively to future houses only. I need not, however, enter upon details. You will perceive that the adoption of some such principle as this would remove the principal objections to a tax which, I fear, we must for the present at least submit to. Those of your readers who desire to see more argument on this subject may refer to Mr. Hickson's evidence published at pages 436-7 of the first report of the Health of Towns Commissioners:— Yours, &c., X. Manchester, Feb. 7, 1845. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION.—A number of no blemen, gentlemen, and farmers, representing the agricultu rists of the country, waited upon Sir Robert Peel by appoint ment, on Saturday, and laid before him the present depressed state of the agricultural interest, urging its claim upon the Government for a share in any remission of tax ation. Several tenant-farmers addressed Sir Rob Peel, stating, from their own practical knowledge, the existing distress in their own particular districts. The Prime Minister received them with great courtesy and at tention. The Duke of Richmond read a letter from the Duke of Buckingham, expressing regret at his unavoid able aF.sence. The following were present :—The Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl of Essex, Earl of March, M.P., Sussex, West ; Lord Beaumont, Mr. G. Bankes, M.P., Dorsetshire ; Mr. T. W. Bramston, M,P., Essex, South; Mr. Darby, M.P., Sussex, East; Mr. E. B. D scn, M.P., Yorkshire, West Riding; Mr. Du Pre, M.P., Buckinghamshire • Mr. W. Miles, M.P., Somerset, East ; Mr. Newdigate,_ 111. P., Warwickshire, North ; Mr. Stafford O'Brien, M.P., Northamptonshire, North; Mr. Posey, M.P., Berkshire ; Col. Rushbrooke, M.P., Suffolk, West ; Sir John Trolope, Bart., M.P., Lincolnshire, South ; Sir John Tyrell, M.P., Essex, North; Mr. Wodehouse, M.P., Norfolk, East; Mr. J. J. Allnatt, Berkshire; Mr. H. G. Andrews, Somerset ; Mr. R. Baker, Essex ; Mr. W. Bennett, Beds. ; Mr. Brickwell, Bucks. ; Mr. Blandford, Somerset; Mr. Brown, North Wilts ; Mr. Cramp, Kent; Mr. I. Clarke, Lincolnshire ; Mr. 1. Ellman, Sussex ; Mr. Hilditch, Salop ; Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Essex •, Mr. Hudson, Norfolk ; Mr. S. Jonas, Cambridgeshire ; Mr. S. Mills, South Wilts ; Mr. Moseley, East Suffolk ; Mr. Oak ley, harts ; Mr. Pain, Bedfordshire ; Mr.Rodwell,West Suffolk ; Mr. G. Shackel, Berkshire ; Mr. R. Smith, Rutland; Mr. Stevenson, Lincolnshire; Mr. Turner, Devon; Mr. Warsop, Huntingdon; Mr. Weall, Surrey; Mr. Edward Wyatt, West Sussex. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP or ELY.—The greatest alarm, a few days since, pervaded the palace and town of Ely, in consequence of its being ascertained that the Right Reverend Prelate was suffering from a serious fit of apoplexy. His Lordship had, it appears, been found by a domestic, stretched on the floor of his bed-room, seemingly lifeless; and, medical aid being instantly called in, he was in some measure restored to sensation. Up to Friday night, he remained in a very precarious state. Mr. Josi, the keeper of the prints at the British Museum, died on Friday last, of consumption. The taste and judgment displayed by this gentleman in the perform ance of his duties must render it no easy task to find a suc cessor to him, who will not, to some extent, suffer in the com parison. SUICIDE AT WATERLOO-DRlDOE.—Sunday even ing, shortly after five o'clock, a respectably dressed female threw herself oil Waterloo-bridge into the river. She took off her shawl and left it in the first recess on the east side of the bridge from the Strand, then climbing ovsr the balustrade, divested herself of her bonnet, and, before any person could arrive to her rescue, jumped in. Boats immediately shoved off, but she had sunk before they reached the spot. The bonnet and shawl of the ill-fated woman were taken to Bow-street station-house, for the purpose of identification. THE CASE or CARUS WILSON.-THE WRIT OF HABEAS.—The States met on Tuesday and Wednesday and discussed with closed doors the subject of Mr. Wilson and the habeas. It was decided after a rather stormy debate that the writ should be obeyed under protest, and Mr. Dupre, the So licitor-General, and Mr. Godfray, constable of St. Saviour's, were directed to proceed to London to represent the interests of the States and the Royal Court. They will leave the island this day by the Monarch, and Mr. Wilson will go in the same vessel. Colonel Le Couteur left this island by the Transit, on Wednesday lass.—Jersey Times of Friday. We understand that the marriage of the Mar chioness of Hastings with Captain Hastings Henry, will be solemnised at the beginning of April.—Court Journal. A NEW MODE OF PASSING COUNTERFEIT COIN.— On Sunday, whilst a collection was being made at the doors of St. Clements Danes for a charitable purpose, an elegantly dressed female, about forty years of age, and of lady-like manners and address, expressed her willingness to contribute a small sum towards the object sought to be b:,nefitted, but regretted that she had no small change in her possession, at the same time producing a sovereign from her purse and offering to give Is. 6d. if they would oblige her with the change. This request, after some delay, was complied with, and 18s. 6d. was handed to her, and, having leisurely placed the silver in her purse, she left the church. A short time after the sovereign was found to be counterfeit. \VEST-END CLUBS.--Although the great west-end clubs have in many instances damaged, and in some ruined the proprietors of the comfortable old-fashioned taverns and coffee-houses, they are to a certain extent compensating, at least mitigating, the evil, by the unquestionable services which they render to the poor of the metropolis. There is not one club of any respectability which is not in the habit of contributing to the maintenance or relief of the indigent iu their respective parishes. We may illustrate this state ment by a reference to the Union Club, which distributed in the year 1844 to the poor of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields , under the control of the officiating ministers, no less than 3,1041b5. of broken bread ; 4,5561b5. of broken meat, 1147 pints of tea-leaves, and 1,158 pints of coffee-grounds. DEPUTATIONS ON THE COTTON TAX.--We under stand that Sir Robert Peel has signified his willinness l o ni:ll re ceive, on Wednesday next, the different n tdeputations have been appointed to wait upon him in r eference to the repeal of the tax on cotton. Amongst them will be three from Manchester, namely, one from the Town-Council, one from the public meeting of merchants and manufacturers, and one from the Chamber of Commerce. Wre understand also, in that most of the large towns interested the cotton manu facture will also send deputations, so that the number of gen tlemen who will assemble in London for this purpose is likely to be considerable. D R INKING TO DEATH.—Mr. Walley, M.P., h e ld an inquest on Saturday forenoon last, at the White Lion, Edgware-road, on the body of 'Thomas Stamford, aged forty - one. Deceased was found dead by his bedside on W e d nesd a y evening last, and his wife said he had drank himself to death. He bad been a hay salesman and corn ch an dl er , once well oil.' in that neighbourhood, but becoming embarrassed a year Ago, he abandoned himself to intemperance, and had not been scarcely a day sober until w ithi n three days of his death. His irregular habits had b rought on a violent cough and (Ls- ease of the lungs. V er di ct —Natural death. LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL.—On Sunday morning a sermon on behalf of this highly valued Institution was preached at the church of St. Peter's, Vere-street, St. Mary lebone, by the Rev. Edward Scobell, M.A., &c. The im mense utility of such an establishment in so vast a metro polis as that of London, and the benefits of which were alike available both to the sick and to the poor in the hour of con tagion and danger, was very warmly and eloquently dwelt upon by the Rev. Gentleman, and at the conclusion of a very energetic appeal, the sum collected at the doors amounted to 1501. 14s. 4d., exclusive of annual subscriptions. The total amount of patients received into the ivards of the Dos pital since its establishment ia 1802, exceeds 17,000. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 10. The House sat to-day shortly lsfore Four o'Clock. Earl ST. GERMANS took the oaths and his seat. The House then adjourned during pleasure. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack again shortly after Five o'Clock. . Earl POWIS presented two petitions from parisbt in the county of Montgomery in favour of the Ecclesias tick: 1 Courts Bill. The Noble Earl also presented * petition from the Bath Church of England Lay Slciety, praying for the repeal of the Bill joining the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. The Noble Etta begged to state that it was the intention of this Society, shortly after Easter, to bring the considera tion of this subject before the House. The Earl of DALHOUSIE laid on the table certain returns relative to the Customs. RAILWAYS. The Earl of DALHOUSIE gave notice that to• morrow he would lay before their Lordships some communications relative to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. The papers would bear upon the powers of the Board of Trade, and the course pursued by them in obtaining railway accommodation for the public in the south-eastern districts. For some time past a general misapprehension prevailed with resspect to the jurisdiction of this department of that board in such matters, and the course the Board of Trade had adopted to obtain this accommodation. He should at the same time take the opportunity of submitting to their Lordships his views upon the ex• tent of the jcrisdiction, and the course of proceeding adopted in coming to a conclusion as to what was or was not a sufficient amount of railway accommo. dation. THE ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had to crave their Lordships attention while he submitted to their Lordships' her Majesty's most gracious answer to the Address of their Lordships on the Speech from the Throne. Her Majesty, in the answer, which his Lordship read, expressed herself as being fully assured of the loyalty of the House. The terms of the Address gave great satisfaction, and she relied with confidence on their Lordships' support in her Majesty's endeavours to promote the happiness and contentment of her Majesty's subjects. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the answer of her Majesty was ordered to be entered on the journals of the House. - LAW OF BANKRUPTCY. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that to-morrow he would present to their Lordships' a petition of some importance on the subject of the proceedings which took place before the Commissioners of the Court *, ott Bankruptcy in the City of Lou. do*. "His -Lordship also gave notice that on an early day next week he should renew the Bill which he brought before their Lordships last year, relative to the Bankruptcy Law, and which woul d contain cert a i n cl auses suggested by a Noble Friend and a Reverend Prelate, who was not then present, for destroying the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Courtin certain matters. RIGHT OF SEARCH. Lord BROUGHAM wished to know if the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had any ob.. jection to lay on the table of the House the correft spondence which had taken place between her Ma jesty's Government and the French Ministry on the subject of the Right of Search ? The Earl of ABERDEEN said he was prepared to lay portions of it before their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM asked if it would be printed P The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to re• ply in the affirmative. POSTAL REGULATIOINTS. The Earl of ABERDEEN laid upon the table of the House the convention between her Majesty and the King of the Belgians relating to communication by post between this country and Belgium. GOVERNMENT MEASURES. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he held in hie hand certain returns granted to a motion made at the conclusion of last session, relating to the period at which different Bills had come up from the other House. He found that three-fourths of the Bills in the last session came up in the month of July. He be lieved he was correct in stating that nearly se venty of them did so. It was impossible to judge of the intentions of her Majesty's Govern ment from the measures alluded to in the speech from the Throne. It did not appear to him that any of these Bills were likely to be originated in that House; and as the Easter recess would hap pen very early, he did not apprehend that there could be any immediate attempt on the part of the Noble Duke and his colleagues to remedy the evil of which he complained. He was sure, however, that the Noble Duke would exert his powerful in fluence with his colleagues in the other House to secure that as many Bills as possible should be brought into that House soon after Easter, instead of all being postponed, as was the case last session, until the last month of its continuance. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he did not understand the Noble Marquis to put any question— his suggestion should certainly be attended to. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he would ask the Noble Duke whether any of the measures in contemplation would originate in that House, and whether they were likely to have any important mea sures submitted to them before the Easter recess ? The Duke of WELLINGTON requested the Marquis of Normanby to let his question stand as a notice for to-morrow. BAIL IN ERROR. Lord CAMPBELL said, in connexion with the question put by the Noble and Learned Marquis, he begged to draw the attention of his Noble and Learned Friend the Lord Chancellor to the Bill with respect to bail in error in criminal cases. He hoped there would be no delay in bringing forward that measure, and having been brought in under the auspices of his Noble and Learned Friend, it would be sent down to the other House as soon as possible. Another point to which he begged leave to draw his Noble and Learned Friend's atten tion arose out of a criminal proceeding to which he was sorry to refer, because he was most anxious not to revive any past discussions with regard to it, or to say anything which could in the slightest degree be disagreeable to his Noble and Learned Friend. He referred to the mode of proceeding with reference to a jury which had been; improperly returned. He would assume that the opinion of the learned judges, whom their Lordships had consulted on that subject, was per fectly correct ; he would also assume that his Noble and Learned Friend took a correct view of the matter when he concurred in that opinion. Then, supposing it was so, how was the law with regard to a jury improperly returned? In that case, as the law now stood, the accused party was without remedy, because the challenge to the array W 33 taken away, according to the recent decision of the judges. Before the law was recently altered, and when the sheriff was entrusted with the duty of returning the jury, a challenge to the array would lie if the jury was improperly returned by the sheriff. He did not find fault with the law which altered the mode by which the jury was returned. On the contrary, he thought it was an excellent law. According to the recent decision of the judges, the challenge to the array was gone; and, though he bowed to the decision of the learned judges, he should have humbly thought that some other mode of redress would he pointed out, if that were the case. However, assuming the decision of the learned judges to be right, he thought that the Noble and Learned Lord would acknowledge that the law ought not to be left as it was at present; and if it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill (in whose hands he would much prefer to, leave the subject) to remedy this defect in the law, he would feel it his duty to bring in a Bill for that purpose. He, therefore, wished to know whether her Majesty's Government had any such intention . The LORD CHANCELLOR said that two ques tions were proposed to him. The first was whether, in pursuance of engagements into which he entered the other night, it was his intention to bring in a Bill with regard to the subject of bail in error. He begged leave to state that he had directed his attention to the subject, and that it was his intention within a. few days to bring in a Bill on the matter, foundedi in no inconsiderable degree on the Billofliis Noblewith and Learned Friend. He thought hi s N o b le and Learned Friend was under a misapprehension regard to the other subject. He (the Lord Chancel.lor) did nut understand the learned judges ,ta to have fe , , given any opinion to the effect Noble and Lear ne d Lord. Certainly, atsecifarbyas the (the Lord Chancellor) was concerned, he never in tended to express such an opinion, and he did not think the learned judges had given any opinion to the effect that the challenge to the array was taken . away in con sequence o f any a l terat i on made in the, tury•law by a recent Act of the Legislatu - a, All they decided was, that a challenge to the array did not lie in that particular case referred to by the Noble and Learned 'Lord. The challenge to the array alluded to either 'a defect of the returning officer, or an unindifferenee. The! learned judges stated that on this record there west no imputation of partiality—that there was nothing• in the record showing unindifference. Therefore the.. challenge to the array could not be allowed. The,' particular defect in this instance arose from a defect in the book. The book was defective, but the sheriff was bound to select from it. The sheriff had no thing to do with the formation of the book, though he was obliged to take the names froemnoiot. H epinio apprehended that the learned j ud g es a(required as li t:) , t t theed thateffect t whic h this evil N re o ci ble . F d rie a nd g r h a e als d t J a r t . ed, T l h i e e : n n i i g g h ti t t be are fro m improperly or from impannelled. a t e ! i e dd c ie t dn t o n. f o t Tt d hh e ee n j y buoro t ) h k' at these things required a remedy; he i' had directed his attention to the subject, and if hey found it possible to provide a remedy for that defect COVENT-GARDEN. Antigone was repeated here on Saturday night, and more effectively given than we have yet seen it. Vandenhoff, who seems to have recovered his health, declaimed the sublime poetry which Sophocles has put into the mouth of Creon magnificently, and Miss Vandenhoff was as beautifully and chastely classical as ever in Antigone. The choruses now go admirably ; there is no longer that want of ensemble in the singing which was but too perceptible on the first night of the,performance. After the tragedy Mr. Hackett, the American comedian, made his appearance in two pieces :in the first as Monsieur Mallet, and in the second (The Kentuckian), as Colonel Nimrod Wildfire. His Monsieur Mallet is very - good, the best that has appeared since poor Mathews. His Colonel Wildfire is ad mirable. He is the very beau ideal of Yankee backwoods man genuine Kentuck, half horse, half alligator, with a spice of the airthquake, and a sprikling of the steam-boat. We have had various transatlantic artistes, who have given us admirable sketches of the peculiarities of the American character, but Hackett's delineations are finished pictures. His personal appearance, too, is excellently suited to the character of the Yankee Colonel. He looks like a man who, in a battle with, a painter (panther), might be easily ima gined to have the best of it. We hope he will give us some more of these American delineations before he leaves us. The house was well attended. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A new piece in two acts was produced here last even ing with the title of The Carbonari. It is, like most of our present dramatic novelties, from the French, but it is scarcely so good as most of them, being deficient in that great merit of the French playwrights, closeness and neatness of construction, and effective incident and situation. Dialogue predominates over action, a perilous thing in most cases, but luckily in the present instance, a large share of it falls to Mrs. Stirling, whose unaffected and natural style of acting is always interesting. The plot is a variation of the main idea of Don Casar de Baran. A young nobleman, Frederic, Marquis de Pa larcini, is, with other young liberals, imprisoned in the citadel at Parma, on suspicion of being Carbonari. Re becca ( , irs. Stirling), the daughter of a jew goldsmith of t he city, whom Frederic has in former days rescued from the at tacks of a fanatic mob, comes to the prison provided with money to bribe the keeper to aid in the young marquis's escape, and by the interference of Gianina (Miss E. Stanley). with whom the deputy jailer, Pepito (Mr. Compton), is in love, she succeeds in conveying a letter to him, apprising him that means have been taken to secure his flight ; but he refuses to peril others for the sake of a thing so worthless as his own life. The reso lution is no sooner taken than a report is brought that the warrant for his execution has been signed, the Go vernment having resolved on making some severe examples. A ) oung friend, Ascanio del Dongo, is a fellow-prisoner with him, and sapposes himself, errone ously, to be beloved by Rvbt cca. With only a few hours to live, the Marquis thinks he may as well secure the happiness of his friend by marrying Rebecca himself, and leaving her a widow and a Marchioness with immense wealth, and at liberty to wed Ascanio. Rebecca does not know of his impending fate, and thinking that the resolution of the Marquis proceeds from lose for her, she consents, and the marriage is solemnised with a celerity peculiar to the weddings of French dramas. Now comes the em barrassment. By a sudden rise of the populace the deep.•tic Ministry is upset, the Liberals placed in power, and the Marquis, instead of being marched to the ram parts and shot, is freed, escorted to the palace, and made Pri•ne Minister! But what is he to do with a wife who does not love him, and wham he has promised to his friend? He applies for a decree of divorce, but in the interview in which he intends to com municate to her their separation, he dis&vers that he is the betived ; finds the Jewess looks charmingly in her bridal dress, and finally keeps her him self, leaving his friend to console himself as best he may under his disappointment. The comic bye•play of the piece is carried on by Gianina and Pepito, in excellent style; but the incident, as we said before, is meagre, and there are none of those telling situations that so abound in the stage career of that " humorous dare-devil," Don Caesar, to whom the Marquis of this piece is next of kin, without much family resemblance. But it is well put on the stage, and well acted. The second act is by far the best, and the admirable manner in which Mrs. Stirling plays throughout the scene in which the Marquis gra dually discovers her affection for him, and her exertions to save him during his peril, is most expressively na tural. The applause at the fall of the curtain was only moderate, but Mrs. Stirling was called for, and received the approbation of the audience. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 8 tJ 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Lot 10 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria—take 11 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity 17 to 1 agtt Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era 22 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—t 30 to 1 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug 30 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken f. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour 35 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey—t. 35 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's Extempore—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy—taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a-bstlagh—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr Collett's Corranna—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Seaport—taken 50 to 1 agst Mo,tyn's Milton—taken 60 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's, The Dean—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Davis's Yheoman ac Knuck --- Of the numerous lot enumerated above, the only horses in demand were Seruiseria, The Era, St. Law rence, Pride of Kildaro, and Trueboy, and on them the outlay was not by any means heavy. Plenty of layers against Obscurity and Pug. DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gre•ille's Alarm—take 12 to I 13 to 1 agA Col. Peel's Cobweb colt---t. and aft. off. 14 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's K. tiger—ditto ditto 15 to 1 az,st Lord 'Stradbrokg's Idas—ditto ditto 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 30 tot agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr.A.Johnstone's Annandale—t. 40 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster—t. all in 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen. 50 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 66 to I,agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbo3 1000 0 10 3ig.4 Mr. D. Cook's Yellow Boy. =A disposition to back Kedger, Has, Newsrnonger, Men tor, and MisA3-Whip colt was observable from the opening of the room ; the market, however, was so languid, that very little money was got on. Nothing was done on Pam, John Day's two, or Pantasa, and if Annandale and Weatherbit were mentioned, it was only to show that their friends are, for the present, non est. OAKS. 7 to 1 apt Mr. Worthington's Lancaster Witch—t. 12 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere 17 to 1 agst Lord G. Bi.ntinck's Miss Elis. • ALARMING FIRE ♦ND NARROW ESCAPE. OP THE INMATES.-Yesterday morning, shortly after one, an alarming fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. John Hearn, gold and silver refiner, situate at No. 11, Je rusalem-passage, Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell. It origi nated in the front shop, from some unknown cause. Po lice-constable 216 G, was the first person to make the dis covery. An alarm was raised, and, after some difficulty, Mr. Hearn and his family were aroused, but the smoke being so dense, it was found impracticable to descend the stairs. The residents were, therefore, obliged to make a hasty retreat over the leads at the back of the premises. Engines belonging to St. James's parish, the A and B sec tions of the London brigade, and the West of England office, were quirk in arriving, and the firemen being aided with a plentiful supply of water, the flames were soon extinguished, but not before the shop was burnt round, and a valuable stock in trade destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. Fortunately. Mr. Hearn was insured in the Sun Fire-office. The Aulic Council of War of Austria has just ad dressed a circular to-all the military governments of the provinces, stating the cases in which the army may be called on to interfere, in order to re-establish public tranquillity. These are—first, when the political com missary declares formally that his efforts have remained fruitless, and that a necessity exists for calling out the armed force; and second, when the troops themselves have been attacked. The officers are always to decide whether the troops are to charge with their bayonets or discharge their muskets. In the latter case the dis elvi me is to be general, and a running fire is never to be permitted. Lisa Ray. DR. Wotrr.—Letters from Erzeroum, dated the 3d of December, announce the safe arrival there of this intrepid traveller, but in so debilitated a state of bodily health as to be unable to journey on horseback, and there fore he will probably be induced to avail himself for a while of the hospitality of the British consul, Mr. James Brant, in order to recruit his strength, before proceeding onwards to Trebizond, en route for Europe, especially as the intervening road is covered with snow, and the winter season this year unusually rigid. From Trebizond he can travel by steam all t h e way - to Southampton. thanks t(4 the Peninsular and Oriental Company, which run a vessel monthly between this latter port and Constantinople, fitted with every possible comfort and accommodation, and having an experienced sur geon on board to attend to the ailings of passengers. TRE NATIONAL DEBT. • A RETURN showing the RESULTS of the OPERATIONS undertithen in 1822, 1824, 1825, 1830, 1834, and 1844' . for:.REDUCING the CHARGE on account of the NATIONAL - DEBT, and the Ter which such Reduction was made ; also, showing the ANNUAL INTEREST on the MINI:IWD DEBT saved thereby. UNITED KINGDOM. . , Gross Annual Annual Capitals. Interest. Interest ••• saved. ..........M.M ••••••••.••••••• •••••••••••••...............••••••.........., ....... ............. %. X X x r Five per Cent (Navy) Annuities ......Capital 152,422,143 Amount of Dissents paid off 5 per Cents. reduced to 4 per Cents. ; viz., 105/. 4 per 149,627,867 7,481,393 Cents. for 100/. 5 per Bonus of 5/. per cent. allowed to those who as- Cents., per 3 Geo. IV., c. 9 sented 7,481,350 1822 —. - Capital, 41. per Cott 157,109,217 6,284,368 -- --- . Bank of Ireland D e b t at 5 1,197,025 per Cent. reduced to 4 Bank of Ireland Debt. at 5 per cent. per Cent. a t par, per 3 Same Capital, at 4 per cent 1,153,846 46,153 Geo. IV., c. 26 -------- 11,539 ..... rFour per Cent. Ann u i t i es C a pi ta l 76,2 48,180 3,049,927 Old 4 per Cent s , re d uced to 1 Same Capital, at 3} per cent., including 1824 31 per Cents. at par, 5 { 6,149,2451. Non-assents, vested in the Com- Geo. IV., c. 11 ............. I missioners for the Reduction of the National L Debt, per 5 Geo. IV., c. 45 ......_— 381,242 , . 15 per Cents. 1797 reduced (Capital at 5 per cent. 1824 1 to 3 per Cents.; viz.l3B/. I Deduct Dissents paid off & { 6s. Bd. Consolidated 3 per 18251 Cents. for 100/. 5 per Cents. 972,657 48,632 L 37 Geo. 111., c. 10 9,726 r 4 per Cent. Annuities, formerly Navy 5 per Cents. Capital Amount of Dissents paid 2,880,915 ----- .. 1 per Cents. exchanged for - 150,790,176 6,031,607 1830 100/. of 3f p er C en t s , or ............ WO 70/. of 5 per Cents., per 11 Geo. 4, c. 13 Interest. Which was exchanged for 150,119,609 L 3/. 10s. per Cent. Annuities .. r 5,254,186 ...469,398/. 51. per Cent. Annuities... 23,469 ---- 5,277,655 753,952 .... r 4 per Cent. Annuities, created in 1826... Capital 10,622,911 424,916 4 per Cents. 1826 reduced to I Same Capital, at 3L 103. per cent., including 1834 3} per Cents. at par, per{ 4,133,721/. Dissents, vested in Commissioners 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 31 I for the Reduction of the National Debt on ac t_ count of the Fund for Banks for Savings... _10,6L_2,911 371,801 53,115 Bank of Ireland Debts at 5 and Debt at 5 per Cent. 4 per cent. reduced to 34 per Debt at 4 per Cent. 1841 cent. per 3 and 4 Vict. c. 75, and Warrant of Treasury, January 30, 1841 Sam e cap i ta l at 3 1 per Cent 2,630,768 115,384 - 2,630,768 92,076 -- --•-- 23,308 New 31. 103. per Cent Annuities C a pit a l 157.243 ,5 17 3f per C en t s . R e d uce d a t p a r I Reduced 3/. 10s. per Cent. Annuities do. 67,701,606 to 31 per Cents. until Oc- 3/. 10s. per Cent. Annuities, 1818 do. 9,514,369 tober 10, 1854, and from Old 31. 10s. per Cents. and Debentures do. 14,401,171 that period to be reduced 844 i to 3/. per Cents , and not { 1 -- 248,860,663 lial-,le to further reduc- Amount of Dissen4s and Non-assents paid off 103,352 Lion until after October 10, 1874, per 7 Vict, c. 248,757,311 8,706,505 i I 4 and 5 1. Same c a pit a l at 31. Ss. per cent. 248.757,311 8,084,612 . 621,893 X 3,051,800 The Gross Cspitg,ls herein s] for the Reduction of the Natio] sated include the Carpitali standing, in the names of the Commissioners sal Debt. National Debt Office, Februar S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. An ACCOUNT showing, in Columns, the TOTAL AMOUNT of the FUNDED and UNFUNDED UNREDEEMED PUBLIC DEBT of the UNITED KINGDOM, and the ANNUAL CHARGE thereon, on the sth day of January, 1817, and on the sth day of January in every subsequent Year up to 1844, so far as applies to the NATIONAL DEBT OFFICE. AMOUNT of-the U ANNUAL: CHARGE sth of tirenuary in In the Year ended the sth Jan. .AJnount of Capital in E xchequer Bills. (FUNDED DEBT in EXCHEQUER BILLS, and the :hereon, on the sth January 1817, and on the every subsequent Year up to 1844. Rate of Interest Charge of Interest in the said Year. £ X. Capital of Un- Annual e 4 11817 44450,300 2,173,927 United 3d. 22 Nov. 1816 redeemed Charge Z Kingdom. Funded Debt. thereon. 1818 56;.,729,400 20. 24 Feb. 1817 1,891,315 - 5, 1819 43,208,400 2d. 11 Oct. 1817 2,026,450 --- 5 . 1820 3;;,303,200 At Ist Feb. X. X. g 1821 3A965,900 ..•..,...• 1817 796,200,191 29,842,014 1 3 1822 31.',566,550 2,009,311 At sth Jan. 4,5 1823 36;„281,150 1818 776,742,403 29,310,454 1 1824 34,„741,750 1,111,220 1819 791,867,313 29,934,294 e , 1825 32:„398,450 Lid. 24 June 1824 1,086,015 1820 794,980,481 27,789,658 7, 1826 27„994,200 2d. 19 Dec. 1825 820,000 1821 801,565,310 30,149,920 .- 5 1827 24%,565,350 18221 a 795,312,767 29,985,216 4- 1828 27,546,850 1823 796,530,144 2 8,596,866 .?.. 1829 27,657,000 lid. 30 Sept. 1829 860,475 1824 791,701.614 29 ,078,570 1830 25.,490,550 1. 11 Dec. 1829 806,076 1825 781,123,222 28,372,206 :7 1831 27 ,271,650 _ 1826 778,128,267 28,267,272 4 1832 27,133,350 1827 783,801,739 28,556,903 ,"; 1833 27,278,000 1828 777,476,892 26,389,869 v .: 1834 2T,906,900 1329 772,322,540 28,245,534 g" 1835 2F,521,550 ....._ 636,417 1830 771,251,932 28,285,900 04 1836 28 ,976,600 2d. 29 Sept. 1836 688,701 1831 757 486,996 27,674,754 1 • i 1837 26 ,976,000 2frd. 21 Nov. 1836 692,095 1832 755,543,884 27,658,299 I ~o 1838 24 ,044,550 2d. 14 Dec. 1837 871,309 1833 754,100,549 27,703.433 1 1 1839 24 ,026,050 lid. 18 Mar. 1839 641,370 1834 751,658,883 27.782,116 1840 19.,965,050 2d. 16 Mar. 1840 788,707 1835 743,675,299 27,783,454 44 4 1841 21 076,350 i 1836 758,549,866 28,403,305 1 ,1842 18 ,343,850 2d. 15 June 1842 797,046 1837 761,422,570 28,533,192 1843 18,382,100 { Itd. 17 Mar. 1843 1838 762,275,188 2 8,524,739 10. 16 June 1843 i 631,601 1839 761,347,690 28,585,503 1844 18,407,300 , 1840 766,547,684 28,748,794 1841 766,371,725 28 556,324 The Interest paid within each Year is given in the column of 1842 772,530, 773,068,340 28,609,708 ceding Year. 1844 75 8 28,701,458 Charge , which Interest has accrued upon the Capital stated in the pre -1843772,169,092 28,516,882 S. J. WOOD rational Debt Office, / S . Higham • 7 Feb., 1845. 1 Comet. hen. Exchequer P .ill Office, 6th February 1845. National Debt 7 Feb., 18. . Higham, Compt. Gen. ROYAL COURT OF GUERNSEY. (Abridged from the Guernsey Star.) ACTION AGAINST THE GOVERNOR. SIR WILLIAM COLLINGS, JURAT OF THE ROYAL COURT, V. MAJOR-GENERAL W. F. P. NAPIER. LIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR. Magistrates on the Bench —John Guille, Esq., bailiff; John L. Marchant, Thomas William Gosselin, Thomas Le Retilley, Harry Doh' La, Thomas F. De Havilland, Thomas Andros, and Edward M'Culloch, Esqs. Jurats. The plaintiff, Sir William Collings, having taken his seat at the bar, the following action was read by the Greffier " Sir William Collings, Knight, act i on s William Francis Patrick Napier, Esq u i re , C. 8., Major-General in the British Army, to hear his complaint and declara tion of having, the said William Collings, been seriously insulted, calumniated, defamed, and libelled, by the said William Francis Patrick Napier, on the 30th of March, 1844, or thereabout, the said William Francis Patrick Napier having written and s e nt to the said William Col lings, the said 30th of March, 1844, or thereabout, a letter of which the following is a copy : March 30, 1844. " Sir,—Major Bainbrigge has informed me that you refuse to contradict the infamou s a nd false charge which has appeared in the Gazette of the 16th, as part of your speech, and which I have pointed otit to you—you pro mised you would contradict it ; you now refuse ; you have therefore forfeited your word as a gentleman, and I am entitled to hold you responsible, as having made use of the language exhibited to you in th e G aze tt e . " This, Sir, is a foul charge which you have dared to utter as a judge on the bench, against me, her Majesty's representative. " My position prevents me from e xact i ng f rom yon that reparation which I would instantly have done if I had been in a private capacity. I shall therefore call upon the Secretary of State to enforce the reparation due to me in my public capacity for this false and in famous charge, meanwhile leaving you with the dis honour of having added to that false charge the breach of your word as a gentleman.—l remain, Sir, W. NAPIER, Lieut.-Governor. " Sir William Collings, Knt.,' &c., &c. " The said letter being false and calumnious, tending to degrade and dishonour the said William Collings both as a private individual and as a jurat of the Royal Court of this island—the whole against his honour, credit, and reputation, to his great prejudice and damage, and t:ithout any provocation on his part; and to see him obtain the adjunction of the Crown lawyers, so that he may have due reparation and costs." The Queen's Sergeant was proceeding to evoke the defendant in the usual manner, when The Bailiff said, " Who enters this action?" Advocate Tupper—" I and Mr. M'Culloch?" The Bailiff—" Have you either of the Queen's officers acting with you?" Advocate Tupper—" It is not necessary that we should have." The Bailiff considered that this was not the usual manner of commencing actions of the nature of that which was then before the Court. pass. It was, as at present before them, a case between two private individuals ; it was not for the Court to an ticipate the objections which might be raised by either party ; it was for those concerned to raise those objec tions if they thought proper, and for the Court to decide on them. They were much indebted to the bailiff for calling their attention to the questions which he had spoken of ; but as the law officers of the Crown did not 'nse them against the course of proceeding which was !now sought for by the plaintiff, they saw no reason to *object to it. After a lengthened argument as to th e competency of the Court to ent er tai n the action, The Queen's Sergeant then twice called " William Francis Patrick Napier, Esq.," and no answer being ,given, a record was made of " Vers—et est l'adjonction .des Officiers de kt Reine permise."—Rule granted, and . .the adjunction of the Crown lawyers permitted. - - The Queen's Comptroller, having been called on for his opinion, ssid that he felt much difficulty in the pre sent case. He considered that, as a general rule, Advo cates had no right to enter actions of this nature without the concurrence of the Crown officers, but as he doubted whether they, the Crown officers, could act against the Governor, he thought it better to let the Advocates take the course they thought proper. He was not in the cause at present—if he were thereafter called on to act, he should do so as he then might consider right. Mr. Tupper had better be allowed the rule he sought for. Mr. Le Retilley observed, that taking the rule could not prejudice any one. The Queen's Comptroller--I have no objection to let the case pass. The jurats were unanimous in allowing the case to 'THE EARNINGS AND PITTANCE TAX. A tax on earnings is a twofold bane— A gyve on liberty, a clog on thrift ! Less like a statesman's than a despot's shift ; We've writh'd beneath 't too long to writhe again. Uneconomic is it, as 'twould be To dam some feeder of a fruinting flood, To cut away some toproot of the tree, To drain the chyle, or bleed the scant of blood. :Bub these are petty views, compar'd with this, Th' unconstitutional, which, wisely scann'd, :Notes something with our freedom much amiss, When Government's a Pry throughout the land ; .And domiciliar* search—'tis nothing less— " Prolific, now, of fraud; now, mulcts spare, frank distress. BOANERGES. * The inquisition into the contents of the account lhook and ledger of the professional, mercantile, and 'trading man ; and into the pocket or memorandum hook of the pensioner (male and female), the widow, the orphan, and the poor gentleman, is domi ciliary search with a vengeance, and in the shape of au e xtortioner to boot. TEIGNMOUTII.—The surplice is still continued. On !Sunday last the greater part of a very s mall congre ization left the church, amidst much noise and confusion. It says that the worthy incumbent is preparing for at siege, and that on Sunday next, the police are to guard the church to prevent an uproar, that the surplice wor shippers may not be disturbed. The only mode left is tio petition Parliament, and it is to be hoped *eat not many days will elapse before that constitutional method of expressing the feelings sal: the people will be adopted. Nothing must be lit ft undone which can constitutionally be done, until the a rplice is left off in preaching ; the c hair a t th e com m i - it on unscrewed, and turned round, that the clergyman n Lay not be ashamed to look his congregation in the fl tee ; and the weekly offertory abolished ; the watch words must be, persevere and conquer, and until then, .rai id until the minister has expressed something like amtrition for his conduct, and apologised fur his indged epistle to his parishioners, abstain from going t o West Teignmouth church.— Western Times. TEE LATE DR. ABERCROMBY'S PROFESSIONAL LaIBRARY.—We understand that the family of the late )r. Abercromby have presented his valuable profess io n al li lrary, amounting to nearly on etho h u i s c a h nd he vo h l ;d m e been a. (lie Royal College of Surgeons , of w a member to th since 1804. Bege a 100141.Tht its mee ting on Mondayismunificeotdonaoon was a. nnouncedlast —Scotsman. SINGULAR ROBBERY.—On Tuesday night, some pe rson cut and carried away about 180 feet of the copper m . re rope by which the signal fans close to the station ae Chelmsford, are worked. The weight of the wire see len is nearly half a hundred weight, and its value aUP )ut 101. The robbery must have been eff ec t e d by wile po rson well acquainted with the position and value of thu e property, but as yet no clue has been obtained.— $i Folk Chronicle. 7, 1845. 68 , 3 1 29974 SS 2 60 i 41 1 4 , 6 4 yi ~i~ 23 6 44. 7 55 11 1 0!-; i ;4 I