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T= ~-~ jects. linese any r the man e tra ppoSe pinst !CUM- ict in •ior of per's' some r, anti ajs of the !ached 14th ►lfuur • resen' lealers aenq Froona , of 10 ;1110 0 ! is , bal. as said a nod e ten tioo meatrnper.oll-1 y fL a dus omit' ould ea " ropos : • ra ction mong t lat may be , isted ;ustou g doub le ~heth 011/ LI AO aye bee eg io° 4 arsel l ' ;, co . Colli, [ 'Co- ,al3lP beljf —Li e° ee l ' 130.4 8., COO ,egiO"t. i n fO tt N ` Gen` , .o and T. di icIL, he' GrA tto°' Aon el C, c 1 , ,eUt• --° gitchiti4' 4 p ,ding tb ~ o3 •a1 ja' Cod#' AY erp _ I) Det' ,egirae' tl ft W iligt ingicts2fl' De. t ' 1 VIET OF lIER MAJESTY'S ICATAL FORCES IN CIIINA. Agincourt, 72, bearing the flag of Rear-Admi r al Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.B. Cambrian, 36, Captain H. Ducie Chads, C.B. C'estor, 36, Captain Charles Graham. .ibido, IS, Captain Hon. H. Keppel. Pelican, 16, Commander P. Justice. Minden, hospital ship, Captain Michael Quin. 'arilarang, surveying vessel, Captain Sir E. Belcher, Plover, surveying vessel, Captain Richard Collin son, C.B. Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill. Childers, 16, Commander G. G. Wellesley. Wolf, 18, Commander Arthur Vyner. Wolverine, 16, Acting Commander H. G. Morris. -Young Hebe, surveying schooner. vixen, steam-vessel, Commander C. 0. Hayes. vixen, steam -vessel. Ilroserpine, steam-vessel, Commander Hough. py'Medusa, steam-vessel, Commander Hewitt. ttoaPthire, troop-ship, Master Commanding J. R. GItEECE. that Kin i l n ea g rn from our Athens letter of the 21st ult., Otho had finally accepted the Constitutien on the 16th, and WIIF, expected to take the oath to ob serve it on the 24tb. .„,On the 11th, foe day after our last account, 1115 4;illjsty had sube.nitted to the National Assembly his "Jeetions to several articles of the Constitution. tu;The follovvirkg is the King's note i— ' i n to eY.amined with care the project of Cons.ti frotol° t - I, 6 L v eri Ane some days back by a deputation aident ".- e A'giembly. I hasten to submit to the Pre may be Pre mm u 'ariervations, in order that they 4 inuulea,42d to the National Assembly. In order .0 e t, • aii rate I irticle 20 from being falsely interpreted, as -ni 'tatic •is of the right of the Crown, I would pro- Pose to IT acidify it thus : eaero `. ll in executive pow e r b e l ong s to the King, who td m isf 's it by respon s ibl e Mi n i s t e r s , appointed by ~• ,- , relvA v lso prop ose to mod i fy Art i cle 21, so th a t the d e, ! , ;ati nuf the different powers be expressed without g from the independence of the tribunals. xi, , Instead of saying ' Justice emanates from the 'B', and i s a d ministered by judges of his appoint- Ir y b. ..... , ... would say ' Th e judicial power emanates :sentences a m lll the King. I t i s administered by the tribunals ; re executed in the name of the King.' " Art. 23 declares that no Act is valid, unless tountersigned by a Minister, but declares,. that in case of a total chansre of Mi n i s t r y, and of no Minis ter co nsenting t o s i gn the ordonnance appointive new Ministers . 'bu , the si gnature of the new Prime Minister ees. I would propose, that there should be no d , of th e ter King's ordonnan ce , di sm i ss i ng o ld Minis " and appointi ng new, b e i ng countersigned. tln Article 25, the words ' which personally en .'ke the G ree k s, ' to b e omitted, as limiting the ang's treaty -making p ower . 44"1n Article 27, relative to the King's power to I P i point and r evo k e pu bli c servants, the word ' dis ds ' to be added, and to be worded, ' The King ap ets'to all offices, except in cases o th erw i se pro d I : ,,s y the law. , '"'Q ...,_, d l'.i Arti c l e 32, the Royal right of amnesty to be c ... '` Arti c l e 35 to be modified so as that the civil list Au ay be fixed for at least ten years. "An addition to be made to the Royal oath, swear -',1..1g to p rotect the dominant religion, to maintain the . ‘-' s uns titution, n a ti ona l i ndependence, and integrity of the terri 'which tory. I resp ec t th e re li g i ous sent i men t heir suggested to the Assembly the wish that th si to the throne should be of the Greek persua e - ' 2ll . - I accept, a ll t h at I can do, this clause for my me 'rndants.' u -di ght alteration s i n A rt i c l es 47, 49, and 60. ttheArticle 67, I propose to increase the salary ne Dep u ti es to 1,200 drachmas the session, or drachmas a month, if they sit for part of the taession. I also advise a diminution of the number of Deputies. nu2l " i als° propose to fix the number of Senators at l' l ii lieu of 27, as a m i n i mum. The eldest, to the mber o f one-half the House, to receive 6,000 ta tikeh rnaa a-year." Also additions proposed to the t nr e g f ory of Senators. i t d ne King conc l u d e d by th an ki ng the Assembly for 8 de votion to the Queen, and he desired some modi u"Tkl in the paragraph which contained the words, lease of minority, or absence of heirs." T c pe also called attention to " the great difficulty, if e ,Th u opossibility, of executing to the letter the decree di um'ive to public employes. By the rejection of so 6411 Greeks. not included in its category, the ju service would be at once paralysed, so would the "Isu lar,'' and would, b es id es o th er ev il s , en t a il *l liense. "after discussing these royal recommendations, the et reject e d th e amendments proposed relative It _ Senate, as well a s th e last observation relative ° tiblie employ, but accepted moat of the others. puts presented their decision to the King by a de replier, of which Canaris was the chief. The King ~,` f !,.tr, President, —I, ~i xiition which th ita make received the sketch of the con transmitted. t o : t ".ssembly laid before me. I thought proper toth __ b ody clay learnedth - e observations which I ti,ns, I hesitate nal votes, on that sketch. Having this relative to these observa sifter h kr i nK foifi not p an instant in receiving them, th e l'24 sincereh, deeded duty in disclosing whatever hation. " would lead to the welfare of onstitution ‘1 1 co th e c nelude With of the State. praying that God may bless Atlato. " OTHO. The A thens, 4 t ,„ ,_ (Signed) , enth a tp, preeedir:,gi.oin)easslaarc being ' in the Assembly, _ ge read . vi _ . Ohst lively hie wits usiasrn succeeded the discontent during the observable on the face of every Greek Gen eral , Previous three days. General Grivas and th e i,.. Previous left the Assembly and proceeded to Ain , Palace, g 3 followed by than 4 000 citi zens on more , . *er e f or their arrival there, Grivas and Griz;otis law, While in crying " Long live the Cirstitu the Que __ e , the people echoed them. The King and aceiamatTl ueing in the balcony responded to those Iv amide,st drew '''n't most affectingly, after which they with an universal joy. now i ;,. lectoral law, consisting of fifty-five articles, is th e d,,',.10g discussed. Universal suffrage was adopted 1,4 n ext the Xing day n 43 before yesterday. It is hoped that on Sun will swear to the Constitution. froroquillity prevails throughout Greece. It appears t er , Provincial letters that the appointment of &na me life has produced little impression. tliNv ir , -. `-ill, TO MR .O'CONNELL AT CORK. A 8 th e ti cio . day approaches the interest in this demonstra feer increases. Post after post brings accounts of the ti t - I .g in the country. Nothing can be more gra ta:Prig than the spirit with which it is taken up both in ti rl_ eriek and \Vaterford. In Waterford the enthu ,7rile is represented as unprecedented. Too much t 0,13 cannot be given to the Waterford Secretary, ' ll°Tr uts P. M Chi e f A f , eagher, Esq., son of the excellent f .__,. _ _ Lagistrate of that city. He has been inde e"gab_le m discharging the duties assigned to him . 'Y p t his fellow-citizens. He has already sent ll_ e o Cork the names of sixty Waterford gentle others r n 11 who propose to attend the dinner. Amongst w'e r. are happy to mention the name of Sir xt nry A inston Barron, Bart,, M.P. This gentle tun has not yet . joined the Repeal r k ,and he comes to Cork with thoe,evioenwneollf, atensdtihfy:inang 'l s is p f and gratitude to Mr. tha prosecution instituted against him, m i . s ab H h i o s r e r x e a n m c e p o l. e will be followed by many who entertain similar o 1- nions, and we will take their presence at the banqu p et as a roof that the best means of swelling the popular rampxks just now would be a continuance in the mad J stel32l - of, coercion, and in the stern denial of justice. o the 1 Government are we indebted for Smith b el i e adherence to the popular cause, and we can ta_ii.eotio doubt . that at the provincial dinner, more ad l'e I ns will take place Why should there be any further he.sitation ? D o ' we expect any good from their Registration Act ? Do we anticipate any wisdom in titheoierbls'uliteyb towards Mr. O'Connell ? Are they not ound up with the reckless enemies of the country, do anything generous even if they 'had the Will? igo—there is no hope for Ireland but in her `w_,etkii exertions and it is therefore we look so con- W ins t t ly to the adhesions of such men as Sir Henry country, Barron, men who have an interest in the k r• v v, and are truly anxious for her prosperity, br other-' y, D.L., of trina-house, county Limerick. E d men of our patriotic county Member, diu,m°nd Burke Roche, is also to be present at the the"ner• This gentleman is 'an icr.portant addition to P°P party--not only on account of his great *ealth, but title__ also, because of his intelligence and in ,,,,,__"ce• He lately joined the Repealers, and he now present forward to add the weight of his name to the „ " national" demonstration. —Southern Re rorter. IN, . -- ------ th 4lvzilsrrr or LOVDON •—` A general meeting of A Council a the University of London was held on Wed htl., at Somerset -house. In the absence of the Earl of •tak en the Chancellor of the University, the chair was lown Eton, Mr. J. G. S. Fefevre, the Vice-Chancellor. The fol yea•n =gentlemen were elected examiners for the ensuing Id; ,Clas..sics•. Rev. Dr. Gerrard and Mr. T. B. Burchain, b 1141.• Amster -at-law. Mathematics and Natural Philos?. iY: Air. GP. errard, PI and Professor Heade. Logic rld Intellectual and Moral ilosophy : Rev. Henry Alford a tM kr. T. B. Burcham M.A. Political Philophx and Poll ileal Economy : Mr. Nassau W. Senior, M.A. Chemistry : ii;it,P,fessor Daniell, M.A. Botany: Rev. Professor Henslow, , ti,-"••• 'Me French Language: Mr. C. J. Delille. The Ger the : Rev. Dr. Bialoblotzky. Hvbrew Text of -e.'.91f.l Testament, Greek text of the New Testament, and Larll44lll‘ History : Rev. NV. Drake and Rev. W. Stone 1 1 4: and Ju risprudence : professor Greases. • Medic_ine: Dr. 4,,, H1 g and 'Sr. Tweedie. Surgery : Sir Stephen ham:nick pit ?l.r. Bacot. Anatomy and Physiology : Mr. Beevuan, kirProfessor Shcopz. M.D., and Professor Jone , s. I) "erY : Dr. Rigby Ziiateria Medici' and Pharrnacy : r ' P erraim • . LITERATURE. PEREGRINE P ULT (. 7 NE Y. Three Vols. "ktortinter, London, 1814. Though somewhat loosely constructed, and not. al ways keeping within the pale of probability, this story • possesses many points of interest ; the hero's (Pultuney's) character is cleverly su-.tained through out, from the moment when he is first introduced to the reader, at fourteen years of sago , j ust fr , 7sh from a cricket-match, to the period ,vhen,:zfzer having e'en his fill of Indian life, and gone through a variety of • exciting adventures, he is married to Augusta Sweet enham at the cathedral church of Calcutta, at which interestine , crisis of his fate, the novcl:st, as in duty bound, takes leave of him. The story is penned in a spirited, off-hand style, and its livelier scenes are its best, though, occasionally, there is too much exaggeration in its vivacity, especi.illy in the earlier chapters, and the author's fun seems to come from him with an effort. As a tale full of bustle and incident, and crowded with characters, "Peregrine Pultuney" is likely enough to meet with a fair share of public approbation. RICHELIEU IN LOVE. Coburn, London, 1 44. We learn from his preface that the author of this comedy is a young :nan, and that it is his first dramatic venture. We should have guessed as much, for " Richelieu in Love" exhibits many of the faults of inexperience —such, for instance, as a constant effort at smartness; a want of keeping in spine. of the principal characters—especially in that of Anne of Austria, who, in her first lite-a-t."f:7 with the dis guised Buckingham, talks more like a pert waiting woman than a lady—and a clumsiness in the manage ment of some of the leading incidents. The scene of the comedy is laid in France, during the admini,tra tion of Cardinal Richelieu, who, if we may credit certain historians, fell violently in love with the Queen, and newer forgave her the derided repulse she offered, when he ventured to hint at his passion. This singular incident forms the chief feature of the. play, and we certainly cannot compliment the author en the ease, and grace, and dexterity with which he has handled it. Nor is he more successful in de lineating the characters of Buckingham and Prince Charles, who throughout the comedy talk and act, not like polished young men of the world, but like rash, inexperienced boys, just escaped from the thraldom of the nursery. But, indeed, the besetting fault of Richelieu in Love is the exceeding puerility of its dramatis persona, all of whom are incessantly bandying childish conceits with each other, like so many precocious school-boys awl school-girls. The author is by no means devoid of talent ; he has great vivacity. of manner, awl sometimes even approaches wit; but he is wholly deficient in tas!e and judg ment. We can see no earthly reason why his comedy should have been prohibited by the Lord Chamber lain. The performance would have shaken the pillars neither of Church nor Stare, had it even had as great a run as the Beggar's Opera. PARIS ACADEMY 0-F SCIENCES. SITTING OF MARCH 25. The important question of the nutritive or non nutritive properties of gelatine again came before the academy. M. Gay Lussac, alluding to the commu nication which had been received from Amsterdam on this subject, expressed his astonishment that the commission of the Academy, which was appointed not less than fourteen years ago to make a report on this disputed question, had not yet come to a decision. M. Thenard, one of the members of the commission, stated, in reply to M. Gay Lussac, that he was fully sensible of the mission intrusted to him and his col leagues, and was not sorry that public allusion had been made to their inactivity. As far as he was per sonally concerned, he declared that no blame was due After a spirited discussion, it was decided by the Academy, that the commission should he called upon to make their report within a delay of three months. After the reading of several scientific papers, pos sessing little interest for the public at large, a com munication was read from M. Goldsmith, of Got tingen, on the results of the new calculations which he has made for the purpose of rectifying the para bolic elements of the comet of M. Faye. These cal culations accord with those originally made, in at taching to our planetary system this comet, which, in the most eccentric point of its orbit, is at a distance from the sun which does not exceed six times the circuit of the terrestrial orbit. The Academy, having been invited by the Minister of War to renew the annual commission of three members to take part in the labour,.; of the Conseil de Perfectionnement of the Polyt(A bale School, re elected MM. Poinsot and Thenard, and appointed M. Poncelet to replace M. Arago. Previously to the ballot, M. Arago informed his colleagues that he would no longer corm part of the Commission, on ac count of the determination of the Minister to modify the constitution of the school, contrary to the formal opinion of himself and his colleagues. A communication was received t*: om M. Dupuits Delcourt and M. Maret Monce, relative to the new copper balloon which they are constructing. The chief merit of their invention is sail to be the means of remaining longer in the air than with a balloon made of silk, as they say that their copper balloon would offer a resistance to the obstacles which pre vent a long sojourn in the air with the ordinary bal loon. We know not how far these gentlemen may be correct, but some of the members of the Academy seemed to be of opinion that as the copper balloon is made necessarily of thin sheets, there will be danger of rupture at the joints. MM. Natalis, Guillot, and Melsims made a com munication on the use of iodure of potassium in the cure of persons affected with saturnine maladies. They say that they have administered it with the most decided success. The dose is gradually raised to four and even six grammes per day, and from 200 to 300 grammes in the whole suffice for a•cure. A paper was received from M. Charrier on the use of opium in medicine. The author states all the cases in which the use of opium is regarded as salutar j or injurious; and, in allusio.i to the general notion that it should never be administered in inflammatory cases, mentions some exceptions in which it may be given with great benefit to the patient. In most cases where inflammation is not present he regards it as an invaluable medicine. M. Guinant laid on the bureau of the academy a lens of flint glass twenty itichts in diameter, the largest that now exists. M. Arago stated that the telescope of Pulkowa, the largest in any observatory, is only fourteen inches in diameter. M. Andral read an interesting memorial from M. Demazy, on suicides committed in the arrondissement of Mans during the twelve years from 1830 to 1842. From his observations it appeared that, in this space of time, eighty-seven persons destroyed themselves, and of these sixty-six were men, and twenty-one women. The greater number took place on a Mon ' day morning, during full moon, and in the day-time. The ages of the suicides ranged from thirty to sixty. ' Most of the individuals were married, and had pre, ' viously shown symptoms of mental alienation. De bauchery and other bad habits were in most cases the exciting causes. UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS.—The Students of Divinity attending St. Marv's College, St. Andrew's, wishing to testify their regard to the Very Rev. Principal Haldane, invited hiin to honour them with his company to breakfast in the Black Bull inn, on Thursday, the 23th inst. Accord ing:y, a very large party, including most of the gentlemen in town, elders and friends of the Established Church, sat down to breakfast ; Mr. James Anderson, Student of Divinity, in the chair, supported on the right by the Very Rev. Principal Haldane, the Rev. Dr. Buist, Profess:.• Ecclesiastical His tory ; Professors Jackson, Alexander, Dr. Ferrie, &c.; on the left by Provost, Playfair, Robert Lindsay, Esq., of Straiton ; James Lumsclaine, Esq., of Lathallan. Mr. William Graham acted as croupier. We observed amongst those present — Drs. Anderson, Reid, Gillespie, Mudie, Smith ; Colonel Play fair, John Bain, Esq., banker, Dr. Woodford, and the Rev. Messrs. Mason, Thomson, Cutler, Scott, Black, Foggo, Martin, Herdman ; Messrs. J. Cusack, W. P. Dickson, &c., Students in Divinity. Grace was said by Dr. Buist.—Scottish Record. _ _ EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.—James Bryce, who, after a trial of two days (the 12th and 13th ult.) before the Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, was convicted of the murder of his brother. in-law, was executed at the usual place of execution in that city on Wednesday last. The wretched culprit was in a state of pitiable exhaustion when placed on the drop. Notwithstanding a drizzling rain descended, and a raw wind blew during the morning, an immense multitude came from the neighbouring country, and the place of execution was surrounded by an anxiously expecting crowd as early as six o'clock. PERILOUS JUMP.—On Monday last, when the up train which arrives at the Barnsley station, on the North Midland Railway, about two o'clock, was within two miles of that place, a person in one of the second-class carriages lost his hat, and immediately jumped out for the purpose of recovering it The train was going at the speed of 30 miles an hour. On this being made known to the driver, the train was stopped, and was backed in search of him. He was picked up in an all but senseless state, had one arm broken, and was very seriously injured. He was removed from the train into one of the rooms at the Barnsley station, when medical assistance was procured as quickly as possible. His hat had the name Wheelhouse written inside it, and he ap peared to be a working man.—Derby Reporter. N E WARIC..--The once celebrated post-house, the Clinton Arms, in this town, has ceased to be such ; the horses, coaches, &c., were last week sold to Mr. Joseph Gilstrap, of the Hotel Kirkgate, in consequence of the de crease of road business. The town has now that listless look so general in places dependent upon posting and coach traffic, which has been destroyed. The ,proximity of a rail way, and the effects of steam travelling, have become truly serious. The inn alluded to had, a few years ago, twenty five to thirty pair of post-horses, besides those required for stage-coaches, &c.—Stamford Mercury. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Last night, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock. the inhabitants of Essex-street were thrown into a state of the utmost hor ror and alarm by the following appalling occurrence :—lt ap peared that, at the time above-named, a house-painter and paper-stainer, named West, lodging in Essex-street, had an altercation with his wife, and in a tit of ungovernable passion lie stabbed her mortally with a sword-cane in the abdomen— her death was almost,. instantaneous. The wretched mur derer then turning the. weapon upon himself attempted to ter .minate bis.own existenca,.and had :.iitliCted.a wound on , .his person, when he was preventd perp , trating self destruction by his mother, who, with a child of his and the deceased, was in the room at the time. He was taken into custody by the police, and conveved to Mercer's Hospital.— Dublin Evening Jiail of Wedamiay. _~ -_„~-~_ - • _.P110.16 ./.. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1844. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thurslay a Court was held for the dispatch of public business. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. Upon the motion of Mr. R. L. JONES for sealing a bond for 5001. to the Bank of England, in further part of the loan of 70,0001., a desultory conversation :rose with relation to the conference between the Government and a deputation from the Royal Ex change and Gresham Trusts Committee, upon the sub:{ct or adding to the spire at the eastern end of the new edifice. • Mr. HaamsoN asked whether it was the purpose of the Committee to aband..ll the idea of widening the spaCe, or to act upon the views of Alderman Humphery and others, in making further attempts to interfere with the property in that ♦icinity? To the latter project Mr. Harrison had candidly admitted, from the commencement of the recent proceedings respecting the approaches to the building, that he was opposed from interested motives, but these motives were certainly combined with the persuasion that the public would not be benefited by extending the eastern area of the Royal Exchange. He took occa sion, also, to state that there had been some slight departure from the original plan of the building it self, for which he should wish to know the reason. and he suggested the propriety of endeavouring to effect a great public convenience by opening a com munication between Cornhill and Broad-street. • Mr. It. L. JONES stated that the departure from the plan merely regarded the steps and one of the columns of the building, and was caused by the de sire to increase the public oonvenience, and certainly added to the beauty of the structure. With respect to the other question, it was known that negotiations were still going on upon that subject. Mr. Sheriff MOON condemned the interference with the property at the ei;stern end of the Royal Exchange, and said that the Committee had presumed to communicate with the Commissioners for Metro politan Improvement without the sanction of the Cor poration. Mr. R. L. JONES denied that the Committee had in any part of their proceedings committed or coin promised the Corporation, or that they had at all ex ceeded the powers given to them by the Court. There was a misunderstanding between Mr. Sheriff Moon and Mr. It. L. Jones with regard to the part taken by the latter in respect of the Conference; but it was speedily removed by the interposition of the Lord Mayor. Mr. LAWRENCE assigned, as a cause for the unim portant deviation from the original plan, that before the Act had passed for taking do•rn•n the buildings the Exchange itself had been built above the pave ment. He defended the whole of the conduct of the Committee. Mr. PEWTRESS declared that the public feeling had been strongly expressed in favour of opening the eastern end or the building. The Committee sounded the Government upon the subject, and stated that the Corporation had no funds to appropriate to the accom plishment of an improvement so deirable That was the whole extent of the course pursued by the depu • tation, and nothing could have been more fair and honourably. Mr. JONES deelired that it was a high gratification to state that he had not heard a single complaint uttered against those who had conferred with the Go vernment, except by interested parties. The seal was - then set to the bond. THE LONDON ALMSHOUSES. Mr. KING, in expressing a wish for the early pro duction of a report relative to the London Almshouses, took the opportunity to state that these places of re fuge had been built at an expense of 4,0001., 1,500 of which had been contributed by the Coroporatian of London. The finances of the institution were most deplorably low. In fact, the establishment must fall if the Court of Common Council did not take it under control and support. Mr. BOWER (the Chairman of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee) said that the only person who was opposed to such interposition as had been sug • gested, was one of the trustees, a member of that Court. Nothing could he done for the advantage of the institution without the consent of that trustee, and he hoped that the gentleman might soon be induced to give up an opposition calculated to do so much injury. Mr. KING trusted that for the honour of humanity a change might take place in the opinions and views of the trustee alluded to. RENEWAL Or THE COAL ACT. Mr. BOWER brought up the report recommending an application to Parliament for the renewal of the Coal Act. CITY POLICE. I who, not having realised their expectations of irn- REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE i proved fortune, I restored, having parted with them CITY POLICE FORCE FOR THE YEAR 1843, in the hope that they would better their conditions. (Delivered to the Court of Common Council Feb. 15, I, "As the cost of the City police, especially when 1844 ) contrasted with similar appointment=, is also made Mr. BURN wished to know whether it was the in tention to apply septennially for the renewal of the Act, or to endeavour to obtain a permanent Act. The public ought to know, after so long an experiment, -4hether the wild of coals by weight or by measure was the preferable mode. . _ _ Mr. BOWER said it was the intention of the Com mittee to apply for a permanent measure, as the pre sent system was decidedly the more eligible. The report was agreed to. Mr. STEVENS brought up the report on the ex penses of public prosecutions at the Central Criminal Court. It stated that, since the subject was under consideration,. arrangements had been effected to ac complish the object desired, by a reduction in the allowances heretofore made to counsel and witnesses, as far as the existing state of the law would admit, by which means it was confidently expected that the annual expenses of prosecutions at the Central Crimi nal Court would be much less than they had hithert( been. Read, and ordered to be printed in the Minutes of Proceedings, sent to every Member of the Court, and the same is as follows : "26, Old Jewry, Jan. 24, 1344. j " My Lord Mayor,—l have the honour herewith to inclose, for the information of yourself and the Court of Common Council, the statistical returns of the City Police Force for the year 1843, with a con- 1 trasted representation of the preceding year. " As the present appears an appropriate occasion so to do, I beg to invite your Lordship's attention, not only to the results which these returns afford, but else to some suggestions, the groa th of experience and oleervation, which I venture to think, with the sanction of the Corporation, may render the City Police still further contributory to the health and comfort, as well as . the security, of the persons and their property confided to our care. "I am the more anxious to engage your Lordship's attention to these returns, as the most exaggerated statements have gone forth of the number and mag nitude of the robberies committed within the City during the past year. When we consider the vastness and variety of the property which is placed in our ob sure warehouses and exposed in our public shops,— the tens of thousands of persons, many of them strangers, who deify traverse our streets, the careless ness of some, the vicieus indiscretion of others ; when we consider how many hundreds of persons of both sexes repair hither daily and nightly, expressly, and with the utmost practised dexterity, to seize what is unguarded, and to trepan the unwary ; when we look at the increasing evidence which these returns afford of deserted houses crowded with portable and costly property, to which may be added the censurable care lessness with which persons are taken into confi dence, respecting whom little or no inquiry is made ; I own it does amtear to me a matter of surprise as well as of congratulation ; that the total amount of property actually lost during the past year, the value of which is always appreised by the losers, for the most part under the influence of excitement and alarm, is less then 201. a day! Of the 1,229 robbe. ies of all descrip tions which occurred in the City during the • year 1843, it will appFar not one amounted to 3001. in value, only six exceeded 1001.- ;-607 not exceeding 51., and 4 . 26 under .ss. Of these petty robberies it may be correctly remarked that the far greater num ber occur among persons and in neighbourhoods in which small properties change possession with very slight regard to rightful claims, and at hours and under circumstances little calculated .to awaken the sympathy of the fiiends of morality and order. "The number of persons brought to the station houses upon charges and under circumstances too im material to .call for mag'sterial interference is very great, and largely upon the increase; which I think in a considerable degree may be attributed to the in ducements held out to the idle and dissipated, who flock from the remotest parts of the country to London, under the impression that food and lodging are easily and gratuitously to be obtained. " That many persons so coming are objects of merited commisseration, and entitled to less pre carious regard, is obvious to all who have attended to ' their cases ; and I am induced to think that the places now open for the relief of the houseless and indigent are at once too lax and indiscriminate to wards imposition, and too transitory and indifferent to the claims and circumstances of unobtrusive and patient suffering. Let not even the semblance of want be overlooked, once, twice, or even thrice, but there ia something obviously vicious in the system, and ex tremely hazardous to tho security of persons and pro perty, which inundates our streets every morning with hundreds of persons who prowl about in every form of affected distress, seeking and seizing whatever may come in their way. " Crime ought not to be countenanced, nor suffer ing so slurred over. Arrangements are required to test the pretensions of applicants and for their legiti mate disposal. " About two' years since I attended a Board of Guardians at the Western Union of the City, and with a view to this subject suggested that every person who applied for relief a second time should be detained and employed fora period sufficiently long to ascertain the truth of his narrative ; and that in stead of passing persons to a great distance at a se rious cost, suitable places in the vicinity of the metro polis should be provided for their reception and occu pation at the charge of, and enforceable against the parishes to which they belong, and when no local set tlement can be traced, which is the case in many instances, the total expense of main taining such persons should be paid rateably by all the parishes in England and Wales upon a return to be made to Parliament for that purpose. The principle of this rule might be advantageously applied to Ireland. Unless something of this sort be attempted, London, and especially the City, will be come the universal emporium of misery. and of wretchedness, as well as of merchandise andof wealth. the subject of animadversion, it is desirable that the pablic, and especially the rate-payers, should he dis abused in this respect. The total cost of the City pike (including some serious items, which it is hardly lair to place to our annual Expenditure) is 41,351/., which, including Commissioner, officers and men (543 in all), is 761. per head; while the cost of the Marylebone police (181 men) exceeds 1121. per head. If the force of the City police were restricted to the number orig:nally proposed (300) when the amalgamation of forces was under consideration, the total cost would be many th,usands per annum less than at present, so that in fact we have nearly double the strength at a far less average charge than what is imposed upon the important district of the metropolis just named. These, my Lord, are only a few of the useful re sults which examination affords, and I do hope that the notice reeently given, but since withdrawn, by the Chairman of the Police Committee, to inquire into the duties and responsibilities of my office, will be re newed; for inquiry is alike due to the public, the ser vice, and myself. " I have tile honour to ." My Lord Mayor, " You: most obe,lient servant, " DAN. W. HARVEY. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." [Here tbllow some statistical returns referred to in the report, and confirming the statements of the Com missioner of P.dice.] THE ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSO- " I am quite satisfied a plan might be devised by which the maintenance of the poor would be less costly to the rate-payer and less harassing and un kind towards the objects of relief, and in no place could the experiment be bo appropriately made as in the City of London. The present system is bad, and is becoming alarmingy worse. " Two very material subjects have recently been brought under my noti ce by the desire of your Lord ship, which had previously engaged my attention : I allude to what is appropriately termed the .` Omnibus Nuisance,' and the state of our streets and thorough fares. Very shortly after my appointment to the office of Commissioner, I established a line of men from Temple-bar to Aldgate, for the especial purpose of putting down the nuisance complained of; and for a time the plan worked so admirably that acknow ledgments of its efficiency flowed into the chief office from every quarter, and in a little time the evil would have been abated. EXPENSES OF PASSING SCOTCH AND IRISH PAUPERS CIATION. (From the Morning Herald.) The Anti-State Church Association, like a log cast into a stream amid driftwood, is rapidly attach:. ing to itself the restless and whirling spirits of the age. Dr. Cox s:ts astride upon it in all the majesty of patron and founder, both steering the craft, trim ming the sails, and studying the chat laid down by the anti-church-rate and other defunct institutions. In the approaching conference, which has been long threatened, and in comparison of which all previous meetings have been but preliminary flouri,.hes of trumpets, each " representative," we are told, is to have a ticket of admission, and an outline of the weighty business which " the executive committee" arc to submit to the conference; one only test is de manded—what do our readers opine is this august " open sesame" to so august a brotherhood ? It is none of those old fashioned and obsolete tests embodied in articles, creeds, and confessions : these are unworthy of such a measure and such a man. Is it immersion, as might be surmised ? No, it is this : " The only limit imposed by the Committee in the exercise • of that discretion intrusted to them, is the de termination, that each representative shall, on taking his seat, give his assent to a distinct declaration of his conviction, that the union of the Church with the State is derogatory to the kingly character of Jesus Christ, contrary to the principles of the New Testament, and injurious to the interests of religion ; that it is, there fore, his bounden duty to employ every legitimate means ler promoting the separation of the Church from the State." Mr. STEVENS brought up the report of the Com mittee to consider the return laid before the Court, of the amount of orders on the Chamberlain for the re moval of Scotch and Irish paupers, paid in each quarter since the first establishment of the poor-law union. It represented that, since the month of Oc tober, the number of Scotch and Irish paupers were materially reduced, and a decrease of about 1201. per month had taken place in the expenses of passing then to their homes or parishes, which was mainly attri• hutable to the general revival of trade in the manu facturing districts, and to the improved regu lations adopted by the Court of Aldermen in appointing a weekly rota of magi - strates to investi gate the several cases of pauperism previously to thE making of orders for removal, and it was considered that the reduction in the expenses of passing vagrants was likely to be permanent.—(Hear, hear.) 2:lr. Stevens, in presenting the report, said it was the opinion of Mr. Gill, the City of London pass-master, whose duties necessarily engaged him in a frequent intercourse with the poor of both countries, that the Scotch and Irish paupers exhibited the most sincere readiness to return to their work in the several dis • tricts which distress had obliged them to abandon. The report was ordered to be printed. Mr. ASHURST _brought up a report, recommending the increase of the salary of Mr. Bullock, the Cor_ .. missioner of the Central Criminal Court and the judge of the Sheriffs' Court.—Ordered to be printed. Each dissenting congregation, we are also told, is to choose representatives to the grand conference — one of the representatives being, we presume, from the lists already published—the " minister." He may complain at the meetings of tithes and church rates in strains of immortal eloquence—he may complain of the union between Church and State, under any symbols, however recherchees—he may inveigh against lawn sleeves and silk cassocks—he may thunder against prelates in Parliament, or against chaplains in workhouses; but if he utter a syllable against lord-deacons looking daggers from the pew at the pulpit, or against the semi-starvation allowance of•the voluntary system, or against any other grievance within the walls of the chapel, he may expect either to be turned out instanter, or to be starved out in six months. This will keep the depu ties as quiet as mice on some matters, and make them as garrulous as Dr. Cox on others. Dave these Anti-State Church agitators, however, no abuses to rectify at home—no corrup tions to get rid of? Are they so perfect that they can spare time to make Quixotic attacks on windmills, with which they have nothing to du ? They are not united with the State. Why, then, complain of what they have no concern with ? If the Church of England feels oppressed she can say so, and should she call in the aid of such doughty champions as he of Hackney, it will then be time fur the Doctor to harness himself for the battle. But, on second thouglat, it is very kind on the side of Dis senters to become voluntary curates for the Church of England, and shed gratuitous tears for her, and cry aloud on her behalf, and do their part so well that an indifferent spectator would suppose the Church must be " Free" and the Dissenters in " Erastian " bondage. The American deputation of the Scotch seceders, having spouted violent voluntaryism in Philadelphian meetings and pulpits, have been summoned to join this great movement; but the Witness, very wary as long as an Episcopal penny is likely to be turned, and trimming its goods to the market, thus replies across the Tweed to Dr. Cox and his enthusiastic compeers Would it be safe, would it be expedient, would it be ' catholic (Phil. in. 15, 16) to adopt any course which would necessarily exclude from this union so many mi nisters and professing followers of Christ ? We do not call on our friends to assert Establishment principles— why should they call on us virtually to assert the Volun tary ? Besides, the Free Church is not the only body in the empire which holds the Establishment principle beyond the pale of the Establishments. Nearly a mil lion of Irish Presbyterians are like-minded with us on the subject. The myriads of Wesleyans are the same ; and in the kindest terms, therefore, we would ask again, isit wise, is it expedient, is it catholic, to adopt a basis for any public movement which must exclude all these denominations, as well as the sound and catholic members and ministers of the Established Church in England ?" " But I regret to say that the manoeuvres and combinations of the masters and their men, who felt the pressure of the plan, were regarded with so much favour in quarters whence steady co-operation was to be expected, and our zeal and toil were met with so much coolness, approaching, indeed, in some in stances to censure, that the impunity of offenders trampled over all our efforts, and the plan was aban doned. Under y our L or d s hi p ' s sa nction we are par tially reviving the former system, which is greatly aided by the mo re frequent adjudication of the cases, and it would still further promote the object, if the cases were disposed of day by day as they arise. Ac cumulated charge s di spose d o f a t intervals, give rise to singular stratag ems w hi c h d e f e at the ends of jus tice, and divert the constables from their ordinary duties. "The importance of the other subject, the state of our streets, it is scarcely possible to overrate, and I feel assured it will be gratifying to your Lordship to hear that it is at the present time engaging the attention of a 'Board of Health ' now sitting at Gwyd r House. I have recently received and answered a series of questions bearing upon this measure from this Board, to which I subjoined an additional ques tion sent to the inspectors of the City Police, which, with their unanimous reply, I transmitted to Gwydyr house. "The questions transmitted to this office were eight in number, all having relation to the public health and comfort, which were variously answered by our officers ; but the ninth question which I added, Do you consider the thoroughfares would be more free from nuisances if the streets were under the in spection of the police ?' was at once and by all an swered, Yes, most decidedly.' When I returned to the Board of Health the answers to the inquiries I had been requested to make, I observed, You will perceive I have added a question (9th) which, with the answer, will be found to bear ma t er i a lly upon the objects of your inquiry. The st a t e o f our streets generally, and especially the narrow and more confined streets, alleys , and courts, is very unsatis factory, and calls for daily supervision, which none could so efficiently give as the police. Th a t it wou ld cast serious additional duties upon the police estab lishment is obvious, bu , t . this ought t o b e no ' con sideration when the public health is conce rne d, an d when great saving in the e financial expenditure of the City might be effected. " Should your Lordship and the Corporation en tertain the suggestion of placing the supervision of the public streets under the poli c e, I s h ou ld earnestly stipulate for undivided resp o n s ibility. Many of the great inconveniences and nui sances which are to be found i n th e high ways and byeways of the City, arise from the ab sence of this control. We i have surveyors of pave ments and street-keepers n abundance, and plenty of occupation for them but their duti es are wide-, fined, and their responsibility too general, to be effec tual. Though I am fully aware of the gr ea t access i on of toil and trouble it would cast upon this office, yet if placed here, and suitable encouragem en t g i ven , I will engage to give the citizens far greater satisfac tion, at considerable lese cost, than does, or can arise, from the present system. "I beg to invite your Lordship's attention to the return also herewith sent , setting forth the number of officers and constables who have joined and left the City Police Force between the Ist of January, 1840, and the 31st of December, 1843, as it serves to silence the insinuations of that p or ti on o f the weekly press which finds its profit in malignant mis representations. It has been asserted that nearly the whole force Ira 3 been changed by dismissals, and re cruited by their restoration, whereas it will appear, that of 1,068 men, not a few of whom I found in the service, not placed there exactly for their qualifica tions, only 176 have been dismissed, while 272, nearly all of whom -have- been appointed by. me, -re tired expressly to assume superior situations ; while during four years only 33 men have been re-ad mitted, not one of whom had been dismissed, but The Dissenters have been milked dry. Mr. Noel has given them an introduction to his brethren, and the Church of England must first be pumped before they break loose on her. The Patriot, the organ of the Anti-State Church Association, far less meta physical and much more honest, replies to the Witness in these words : " One word, before we conclude, as to the declara tion' which is made the condition of a seat in the Con ference. It is alleged by some of our friends that this barrier excludes them. We cannot see why or how it should, if they have any real desire to be included. Is it not their conviction, that the union of the Church with the State is derogatory to the kingly character of Jesus TIIE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO LORD DUDLEY STUART. Christ, contrary to the - principles of the New Testament, and injurious to the interests of religion? No doubt it is; then wherefore hesitate to make the declaration? And if such is their conviction as to the awful nature and extent of the evil, does it not immediately become their bounden duty to employ every legiti mate means for promoting the separation of the two things whose unnatural and unscriptural conjunction is, in their minds, fraught with consequences so fearful to contemplate ? To this question, also, we cannot but anticipate one loud and unanimous affirmative. What then ? Is it the conference they stumble at ? Why should they ? What reason, that will bear looking at for one moment, can they assign for objecting to it ? Of whom will it be composed ? Of whom, but of persons like-minded with themselves ? Every man in that assembly will be there because, and only because, he deems the union of Church and State the same flagrant evil and wrong that they deem it, and feels it to be his bounden duty to employ all legitimate means for its removal, as they feel it to be theirs. Do they really object to confer with such persons on such a theme ? Incredible ! Impossible ! Either they do not see the evil to be so great as others see it, or they do not feel it to be their duty to assist in its abatement and removal; fur, if they did, they could not hesitate to con fer with those, and none but those, who do." We thoroughly agree with the views of the Patriot as to the very low landmark between honest and bit ter voluntaryism, and voluntaryism professing to re tain the principle of an Establishment only to be quoted when Mr. Noel and other stray ministers of the English Establishment are to be inveigled. A private letter from America, inserted in the Patriot, will show the Patriot and the extreme voluntaries that a very little patience is all that is necessary in order to secure the entire co-operation, if not incorporation, of the Scotch seceders. This letter will also set Mr. Noel right as to his very ridiculous assertion at the free secession gathering in Exeter-hall, " that Dr. Chalmers holds now at Morningside, near Edinburgh, the very same sentiments he advocated in the Hano ver-rooms?' The letter from America states— " The deputation from the Free Church of Scotland have opened their commission in some of our cities, and have obtained a fair supply of pecuniary aid—which I suppose will be increased. You will not be surprised that they have avowed themselves to be inflexible Vo luntaries, and have promised, on behalf of their associa tes, to renounce the unholy alliance with the dragon's beast' for ever. Had they not discarded the foolery which Dr. Chalmers promulged in London a few years ago, they would have found the truth of our cardinal doctrine in this country, that the union of the Church and State is the great Bohun upas in the religious world, which is an incurably pestiferous source of danger, disease, and death, to all who breathe its un hallowed atmosphere, unless they take plentifully of the Gospel antidote. I cannot be certain that some of the Free Churchmen would have said amen to all that Drs. Brurns and Cunningham have advanced; however, we believe their doctrines, and give them the dollars to sus tain their earnest contention ' for the faith which once was delivered to the saints.'" As we stated before, we lament the existence of this Association, on account of our desire to have no quarrel with every faithful missionary of the _Gospel, however defective the _ ecclesiastical polity to which ho belongs. We rejoice, however, that the more respectable dissenting Ministers refuse to identify themselves with this mischievous crusade. Mr. PEACOCK gave notice of a motion for the next Court-day, " That the eminent and unwearied ser vices of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, in the cause of public charity for the relief of distressed foreigners, as well as that of the British people, entitled him to the marked approbation and esteem of the Court, and that the freedom of the City be presented to his Lord ship, to evince the sense which they entertain of such services, and the proud example which he displays of true English nobility." THE COAL•WHIPPERS ACT. On the consideration of a petition from Lieutenant Arnold, for compensation for losses sustained by the petitioner in obtaining the recent Coal Whippers Act, Mr. HEPPEL asked whether the expectations of the friends of the measure were realised ? Mr. STACY replied that he had every reason to be• lieve that the measure would prove highly advan• tageous. Nothing, he declared, could exceed the gra titude of the poor men whom it was framed to serve. FARRINGDON MARKET. Mr. GRESHAM moved fur a return of the estimated rental of Farringdon Market when wholly let, and the actual rental received for the last two years ending at Michaelmas last; distinguishing the estimated rental, and the produce of that part of the market which abut , upon Shoe-lane.—Agreed to. THE VAGRANT POPULATION OF THE METROPOLIS. A spirited discussion took place upon a motion of Deputy CORNET, upon the moral and physical con dition of the wgrant population of the metropolis; but as the Court was counted out, and the motion is to be considered in a future Court, we postpone Vlu publication of the speeches until we can state the result. THE GOOD SERVICE PENSION.—We are gratified to hear that the good service pension of 1501. per annum, which had fallen to the patronage of the Admiralty by the death of Captain J. Coghlan, C. 8., has been bestowed by the Earl of Haddington on Captain Henry Prescott, C.B. (1810). Captain Prescott's services during the late war were as bril liant as they were effective. He was a midshipman of the, Penelope in 1800, when she captured the French ship of the line Guillaume Tell ; he served a 5 Lieutenant of the Aolus in Strachan's action, and had command of the Weazle, 28 guns, from 1808 to 1811, during which time he maintained the reputation which this sloop had acquired, by his being constantly engaged with the enemy's flotillas and batteries in the Adriatic. He was posted while in command of this vessel, for a gallant affair at Amanthea, at which place he landed in command of a detachment of seamen and marines from the Weazle, Thames, and Pilot, and captured six gun vessels and a very large convoy. Captain Prescott was nominated a C.B. in 1815, and his last employment afloat was in the Aurora, 46, in the Pacific, from the year 1821 to 1824, where, as senior officer of that station, he rendered important services during. the convulsions and revolutions in the Spanish colonies by his indefatigable exertions in causing , British interests to be respected at this momentous crisis. PA AND MA.—Why is the letter D like a squalling child? Because it makes Ma mad.—Why is the letter Y like a young spendthrift ? 13001130 it makes Pa pay. `~__ - Z":" V v vv - The Witness and the Patriot, rowing in the same , MATRIMONIAL ADVE' boat, will soon get over their love-quarrels, and iIIENTE. Doctors Cox and Candlish are at one on the practical ' From the Morning Post we extraei duty of opposition to the Established Church, and moreeau that is not without its inst differing only on a transcendental and metaphs sical ing on the question of social refinernei abstraction, must, unless either change, soon co-ope- propriety mone aong class, at least, c n rate lie " vera brithers." Whether this new craft t l hat whose " saying; and doings will ever get afloat, or whether they will get a c rew nit 3.• he cess is t to men it, Nve know not. This we do know, that the our Contemporary ex d ressly records, i n th a t w ell known department of his journal which is devot e d t o Church of England, throned on the intelligence and : ' ' the Fashi ona bl e W or ld." We have ever felt a su e affections of her people, surrounded by the tokens of I promo indifference about the festive occupations, the her usefulness, her surest trophies, and built on the domestic engagements, and the appearances and dis rock of ages, can afford to pity the men and to de- . ‘ appearances of these very obtrusive " people of quality," spise the projects that are set in array against her. ._ goings . out and comings in—their whereabouts 1 wh , se In the course of our reading we have met with an and their routine of movements—are chronicled with interesting extract, which may suggest a "free " II tedious minuteness in the inverse ratio of their in monument to a distinguished actor in the French portance. To the d til3 business of men, living in a Revolution, as well as enlighten our readsrs on the period of European x :p extreme political e i e t - a:c b ye iii i t nd indeed but not the less of origin of some modern phantasies. Dr. Cox may thank Misses II Y' the: or a o n f no a u s nrnceamn)e,nts smallof us tbr it. The true origin of what is called the vo- three Honourable luntary or non-intrusion principle took place in the Princes, each ,with a whole contingent of long and ' un very heart of the French Revolution, and claims as its pronounceable titles tohisforeign back, having taken f • parentage no less illustrious a hero Ilan Robespierre. an airing, or taken fri,s,ht ; or honoured the Ojibbe- His arguments for the confiscation of the property of way Indians, or the Thames Tunnel, or the ancient the Church were just the same as those of Dr. Cox and , with a visit; or fifteen his compeers of the Anti-State Church Association. ' . Dowager Countess of artists with last sittings fbr the one-and-twentieth Premier Principe.—Toutes les functions soot d'in painted of each of portrait which has been ;hem;—are stitution socials; elks out peur but l'ordre et le bon matters utterly impertinent. Nevertheless, since there hetir de la societ4; il en suit qu'il ne pe=at exister dans la s:ocieti aucune function qui ne soit utile. Dovant cette are, undoubtedly, those who take an interest in such maxime disparaissent les benefices ,et les ctabli, , semens " intelligence," nobody else has say right to find fault sans objet, les cathedrales, les collegiates, les cure's et with its being thus communicated. But we hope, in tousles archereques qui ne demandent par les besoins future, that the intelligence in questien will be con publiques. fined to its legitimate daily promenade among the " Second Principe.—Les officiers ecelesiastiques etant well accustomed parterres appropriated to the " Han's' instituei pour le bonheur des hommes et pour le hien du TON" in the shape of " Court Circulars," or "from peuple it en suit qua le peuple doit les nommer. Le authority" paragraphs • and not be . suffered to break . pouplo pout elire scs pasteurs comae les magistrats et into the" sober,' Pedes4rian• like inclosures , within autres oflicierspubliques."- , w' • h steady, quiet advertisements are ordinarily Dr. Candlish will see that he has been strutting ' me before the public with borrowed plumes. Robes • congregated. Yet it was from s uc h a p os iti on , s t ruc k by the evident symptoms it pr esen t e d o f h av i ng l os t Pierre was obviously the first Non-Intrusionist and way, and being located in some wrong d om i c il e , Free, Churchman, only with great consistency he saw its t . that Dr. Cox's Voluntaryism and Dr. Candlish's Non- lave hastened to extricate—the hat we found—and " i Intrusionism must be combined, and that an Estab- illustr of the following interesting ous stranger fished Church and voluntary machinery, are, as the no"ti Marransioxr.—A Young Nobleman, with large expecte seceders now testify, incompatible. • tions, and at present with a moderate income, wishes, through the present medium of an advertisement, to meet with a Lady of fortune, who would be elevated t o a high rank, and also meet with a young and kind partner for life. Letters addressed, pre-paid, to Coronet., 43, Upper Berkeley-strost, Connaught-square, will meet with immediate attention." Undoubtedly this is a business -like way of pro posing to do business ; and, as men of business our selves, we must not object to the announcement on ' that account. Nor are we at liberty to attach any imputation to it, simply on the ground that it pro ceeds from some (very) " young nobleman." For though we shall never be the apologists of the sins against good sense and morality (neither few nor far between) which are unhappily brought home, with the experience of almost every week, to some titled offender or other, we have a respect for aristocracy as an institution. We are content, too, to accept the doctrine of our prerogative lawyers—" that the Crown is the fountain of honour," for it is a good proposition —in the abstract. But we have almost as grave doubts of the decorum with which this derivative source professes to communicate to the future fortunate lady of so " young and kind a partner for life," the same degree of distinction which his own ancestors had derived from the original " fountain of honour ;" as we entertain of the delicacy of his public proclamation of a certain "reward" to be paid to any lady of fortune disposed to hand it over to a young nobleman ; to wit, the condition of securing her the rare felicity of being married to him, and acquiring at once a title (! !) and "a young and kind partner for life." As for the " title," any lady of fortune who closes with such a proposal will most unquestionably secure one that is already conceded to many others, mem bers of his "order,' besides the "CORONET" who ie advertising for her. She will take rank among that interesting community whom men call "fools," be yond all possibility of doubt. But we would fain hope that some of the fair correspondents who may be caught by such an advertisement as this—if they don't discover " CORONET" to be a Mere idea, the phantom of some pocketbook-frontispiece-exquisite. having no real existence—if they don't find the whole affair (in spite of the "genuine address" and matter of-fact-like directions to obtain "tickets to view, and further particulars," as the house agents have it) to prove a mere hoax ;—we would fain hope that they will enlighten the world on a topic of so much ago nising curiosity as the identity of the advertising nobleman. THE SLIDING SCALE. The advocates of monopoly are beginning to meet the free traders on something like fair ground. They pro mise to have recourse to facts and arguments ; and to employ the press as an instrument for the dissemina tion of their views. This is manly and straight forward. It is all that we want—all that is requisite for the speedy triumph of our principles. The mo nopolists take the field by accusing the Leaguers of concealing from the people the duties levied by the Government upon the importation of cotton, woollen, and silk manufactures, hard ware and cutlery, pottery and glass, and various other productions of British skill and industry; which duties the said monopolists are pleased to describe as a protection to commerce. Now, it is too bad to charge the manufacturers with the enjoyment of a protection which they do not want, and which they have repeatedly declared to be injurious to them. The import duties upon manufactures are levied for revenue, and not at all under the plea of protection. Were they for protection and not for revenue they would, of course, he based upon a sliding scale to rise and fall according to the market price of manu factures in this country. But, as we have iust said, these duties are levied to enrich the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and not the manufacturer. It can be easily shown that Parliament cannot pro tect British manufactures, and, therefore, that the plea of reciprocity of protection is sheer nonsense. The manufacturers are exporters of manufactures to the amount of many millions annually, and for all that they export they have to find markets in which they can undersell every other nation. Parliament cannot protect them in the markets of France, Spain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, the Netherlands, and North and South America; and the Government repudiates any exclusive advantage for British wares even in China. Were protection necessary or even possible, in the case of British manufactures, we could not ex port a single bale of goods. To talk, therefore, of protecting the British manufacturer in the British market is clearly an absurdity. That market becomes his own by his ability to sell cheaper than the fo reigner. Most of the manufactured goods known as French, and therefore fashionable among certain classes, are the products of British industry. But in the article of corn, protection le high price and starvation. We are not exporters, but importers of food. Instead of growing corn for the rest of the world as we manufacture cottons, we do not grow corn enough for ourselves. There is, therefore, no analogy between the assumed cases of the protection of cotton and corn. We beg the attention of the farmers to this point. There can be no protection of what we produce in greater abundance than we re quire for our own use. Thus, the Chinese could not protect, by means of import duties, the growth of tea in their country, simply because no country could undersell the native teas in the Canton market. And were the Chinese Government to impose import duties upon tea, as an equivalent to the the tea-growers for an import duty upon 'camlets demanded by the weavers of China, there is not a boy of 12 years old, at a public school or merchant's counting-house in this country, who would not he able to expose the dishonesty of such a juggle. The Chinese tea-growers would, as a matter of course, tell the Celestial Government that they wanted no protection that they could not en counter competition in their own market—and that justice demanded that they should be allowed to exchange their teas for the cheaper camlets of the outside barbarians, instead of being compelled to pay a high price for a worse article manufactured at home. And were the Emperor to urge in answer to remarks so well founded; that the rate of import duty upon teas and camlets being equal, the protection was the same, who is there that could not see that the understanding of the tea-growers would be insulted by such a mode of reasoning ? Now, the assumed case of the Chinese tea-growers is precisely that of the British manufacturers. While they are exporters of their products, and have to find markets for them in other countries, they can receive no protection from import duties. Mark the differ ence with respect to corn. As we said above, we ex port no corn. We do not grow enough to supply ourselves. The landlord has, therefore, a home market for the whole of his produce—a market greater than he has the means of supplying. His wheat has not to , be carried St. Peters burgh, Vienna, Constantinople, Bombay, Can ton, New York, or New Orleans, like a bale of Bri tish merchandise before finding purchasers for it. The consumers are all at his own door, ready to take more than he can given them. Now, this is real pro tection, and better protection than is enjoyed by any other class of producers in the world. With the protection of an all-absorbing home-market for the whole of his produce, it is most cruel, must unjust, and most unreasonable on the part of the British landlord to require the starvation protection of a sliding-scale. But the landlords have ever been plun derers of the rest of the community for their own immediate advantage. Seventy years ago, when more corn was grown in England than was required to feed the people, artificial scarcities were effected by Parliament granting a bounty upon the exportation of grain. This bounty was paid to the landlords out of the taxes to find a market for a part of their pro duce, and to enhance. the price of the rest. The pre text, then, of course, was the encouragement of agri culture. Were we to retaliate by a bounty upon the importation of corn, we should be only paying the landlords with their own dishonest coin. But we do " Is he a peer of the realm ?—we shall be all dying to know ;"—such, we can almost fancy, is the excla mation we hear from some of our lady readers. "And what is his present moderate income ?" It is to be feared an income of extreme tenuity, seeing that letters, " to meet with attention," must "be prepaid." Ah! what an age do wq, live in, when the economising spirit of ROWLAND HILL, roaming up and down the earth like the evil genius of Valen tine and love-letter writers, thus denounces, before hand, unpaid billets-dour! These missives, fraught; with all their delicious confessions—their acknow ledgements of "an invincible interest and preposses ision" in favour of the noble advertiser, though un known, &c. &c., will meet with no attention if their several penny charges be not first defrayed. Not to be prepaid, in short, will be a double enormity ; as it would entail a double postage—two pennies instead of one per billet But there is some comfort in this sti pulated course. It speaks well for the frugality and forecast of the "young nobleman," who is about to realise the pictured felicities of WILKIE'S " Penny Wedding." That he is at present worth a " moderate income," may be sufficient excuse, too, fur his serious apprehensions of being made insolvent, without pre viou-ly bargaining for prepayment of the 1,000 letters per diem, which, at least, the faint arid weary post men, in whose district, unhappily for them, "No. 43, Upper Berkeley-street, Connaught-square" is situated, will have daily to deliver at the door of " Cononrr." " CORONET" is, however, a man "of large expecta tions"—and of Irish connexions, too, we will ven ture to wager. For he not only reckons on meeting with a lady of fortune, who, in return for presenting him with it, will be elevated to his own rank, hut he undertakes to prove to her " a young and kind part ner for So that if they are to live together for sixty years from this time, the lady may be pre pared to address him in the wor d s o f Tom -MOORE'S ballad— " Thou wilt still be young to me !" If his other " expectations" are as large as this, the advertisement does not overrate them. But the mis chief is, the extent of " moderate-incomed" gentle men's " expectations' is too often the only realised property they ever carry with them. Seriously speaking, it is long since we have seen anything so disparaging to the rank and dignity of a "young nobleman," as this " public tender" for a wife with a fortune. The follies of some of the rakish, profligate Lords, which Courts of Law and justice have recently from time to time exposed, have been bad and silly enough. But still they were little more than vicious excesses, naturally consequent on the pursuits of a prodigal and reckless career of personal extrava -1 gance, carrying with them their own penal and per sonal consequences. They did not infer that the delinquents would have been content to barter, "by public roup"—for the consideration of "a wife with a fortune," the participation of their titles and con nexions, their own acceptation probably, in society, and the best interests of their future progeny. But " CORONET" thinks it unnecessary to stipulate for education, accomplishments, amiable manners, respect ability, unblemished character, or even youth or beauty in his bride. She must have a fortune—and yet that is not all ; she—must prepay her letter of reply. Among all the precedents of forfeiture, de gradation, and decay adduced in the huge blue book "On the Dignity of a Peer," we have met with no such case of moral or social destitution as a Peer's thus advertisineor a lady of fortune. not want to retaliate wrong. We require justice and nothing more ; and by discussing the question of the corn-laws with us, the monopolists are arming us with weapons with which to win it. —Hull Advertiser. THE IRON TRADE.—The ironmasters' quarterly meetings take place next week, when it is expected that the e recent improvement in the trade will be demonstrated in the shape of a definitive advance. We have heard of advances eeubt already made ,from various quarters, but n prices, that, in the main, these accounts are co and we have no d though strongly tending upwards, have been correct, and of the buyer regulated much more by the immediate e and seller than by any . certain charg , The ensuing quarter-dav, no doubt, will put an end to these uncer tainties. —Wolverhampton Chronicle. Adeal of NEW MARKET AT CROTDO.N. good in terest was created at Croydon on Wednesday, by the opening an d c ommodious stock market , at the back of the Greyhound aiey Inn, and adjoining t he Fair Field . The old mar ket at the bottom of the town had long been found very in. convenient, and, in fact, totally inadequate for the purposes for which it was intended; and Mr. John Martin, an old in habitant of the town, very liberally resolved to supply the deficiency, by erecting the new market in the centre of the town, and close to the stations of the Brighton and South- Eastern Railways, thereby giving very great facility to graziers, from the lower parts of Surrey and Kent, to bring their stock to market. The profits of the markets from tolls are to be vested in trustees, for the benefit of decayed sales men of the town. There was a very good show of stock on the opening day, and the attendance of London and country butchers was very considerable, nearly the whole of the stock being sold off very soon after the formal opening of the market. THE Hint.—Of the numerous compounds con stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very limited period; whilst " Rowland's Macassar Oil," with a reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es timation. The singular virtues of this successful invention for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair, are too well known and appreciated to need much comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred; its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as the "genuine" Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son, and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders abortive any attempt to discover its component parts—thus • pmying the imposition of all other articles.bearing the title of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper.—All others aro fraudulent counterfeits: The Norman. Times says :—" In the early part of the week a number of hands who are thrown out of employ ment at the fabriques on the Deville, Maromme, and Ma , launey-road, near Rouen, assembled in groupsi n several places about Maromme and Deville, and demanded to be taken on to work at the railway works just commenced in that neighbourhood. They expressed much dissatisfaction that Englishmen should be employed while they were out of work. Au officer of gendarmerie was sent to them with orders to have them dispersed, and since that nothing more has been heard of their complaints. It would only be right to men tion here, that these men, from their previous habits, are not the kind of men whom a contractor would employ for his peculiar description of labour; and, therefore, supposing a sufficient quantity of labour could be afforded, which indeed cannot at present, no blame could be attached to a contrac tor for not employing them. The place where the dissatis faction exists bears a strong resemblance, from the nature of its fabrics, and the description of its population, to the environs of Manchester; and the fact that the population cannot be kept in full employment by the manufacturers, affords a curious and instructive commentary to the threat which has been held out by some of the Manchester men of emigrating to this country, if Parliament should insist upon protecting the helpless women and children who work in their mills, from the grinding oppression to which they are now subjected." BERLIN, MARCH 17.—1 t is said that the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, who has been here for some days past, has, at the request of our King and the Duke of Brunswick, declared himself ready to offer his personal media tion to the King of Hanover, in the differences about the levying of the duties on the frontier. MoLIERE AND THE DOCTORS, AND THE PRICE HE PAID FO R ins WANT OF FAITII.-111oliere made a butt of physic and physicians. Had he followed the good advice he received from his medical attendants, however, it would h a ve been better for him—if longer life be a good. He wail recommended to giVe up playing, inasmuch as the labour was too great for his chest ; he was advised to abide by a , milk dist, inasmuch as it agreed with him ; and he was par ticularly counselled to live apart from his wife, a heartless coquette, of whorn he was nevertheless extremely jealous. He gave no heed to these wise hygienic and Moral prescrip tions, and died at fifty-one, of an attack of pulmonary apo plexy, which in all human probability might hive been warded off for an indefinite length of time, or never have oc ' urred at all,--.Louden Medical Gazette. - Lf T • 4".4 . • - .4" . "" (,), ,4 '<• - - • t , 'act y• EV tr4itiAtAllpi - 1 nt ,ntt" .p r:l4 . , theci :,.cu- ting surs and pt as price, ro or oced city pus , the dress )n on I 1