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M a dds on) 1 nd) on) . 0 ng) 0 ter) od) ler) " on) . 2d L ife .00 inpb g i ;arclin ..... 1 ILO , , , 0 , " F 3, 130 4v" . o' 1, 0064 t HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 14 p.„sslMo orgate-street. " ache. CHAIRMAN having put the question of the P t 'an of the report, s_. few matters eenl-tain Wrusis congratulated the Proprietors on the in`Preveinent in their affairs ; how ever, there were U.. nder the andiAin,g &c., and salaries of agents, t.. head of which he wished for information. of stations, there was . tabu increase this year of 1,500/., not wi h re at last year they had been promised effect a i n n '" oe a reduction under this head so as to e e mount of 1 ,0001. Then the item of 'pilotag a fVnted to more than one-half of what the pilotage is the whole British navy cost n , know how it was that this item was so large. ki last year. He wished ....e a is mo desired an explanation of that item in the balauce. tof the report "Insurance Account, unsettled Claim on th e underwiting of the Medina, 4,000/."_ The C HAIRMAN said that the increase in the item of . a tatisns agents, salaries, &c., in the last half of the year over that Of the first half arose from the circum stance of several of the payments under this head " el ng made annually and not half-yearly, which t,h,rew the heavier payments into the account of the &'ast half of the year. With regard to the charges WePilotage, &c., the Directors only paid what they obliged to do. The port charges, which came ilea ,3er this h ea d, a dd e d great l y to t h e amoun t, f t - ' in speaking of vessels of the Royal Navy ~, 'we, a to be borne in mind, that they had to pay . no --e " charges as port charges. Then the peculiar cur.- ,nl,Lstances of navigation in the West Indian seas— isesn " the draft of water, the state of the weather, t o u l ilia like, which frequently rendered it necessary if all those matters i, eii nela pilots a long time on board —caused great ex se In this respect ; but . we re ti taken into account, together with the number of it the vessels had to " ,ould be found that the sum was not enter the various ports, arose with respect to the Medina, the unsettled claim t been i nt. °. a question of salvage which had not nally aniu adjusted, but he had reason to e Mr. Would be recovered. expect that the e . UE w ished ttecting the sum of 34,189/. 17s. 7d., the amount of 'tr. M°ll TA's for some explanaticn re 'liten Company' s Pally's claim against the estate of Acra - an " C. He wanted to know how it could have ei ened that so large a sum over what that firm were uled to had been paid to them. The c 1171.,, CHAIRMAN said that some time previous to the rge of that house, the Directors, whiling to s __ _ e the IA i nl_ ' ,l go e te s s..,, Pa' s — o their hands finished as soon as pos ad ot d one in much greater difficult' assistance for that purpose. If they so th ld have been ey shou . ascertained ies in the matter ; besyles, they had . been ki d 0 . the. .money they had advanced had xi out in finishing the ships. the r. Rinorw.vr complained that the Company paid than officers in charge of their ships at a higher rate . that at which the officers in the Navy were paid. The C HAIRMAN make betw een the salaries of their officers, and those of the offi cers of the Navy. The comparison sh ould rather be between the payof their officers and that sa o f the officers belonging to a Cow.pany of the _Tie kind, and he believed that if there was any difference in that respect they were rather under the rate of other Companies. It was their object to get Ificient officers. If they gave oor ay the would have inefficient officers. The captains and mates in ,_ e n com . pany's service were as efficient as any to be I ° ll d in_ the service of any other Company, and he did not think their pay extravagant. -i s ., '''t• PROP RIETOR, whose name we understood to be ler. ry, revi ve d the question of the loss of the Solway, ',tut took occasion to reiterat e some o f t h e compla i nts that were so rife some time ago against the manage . • tne nt of this C ompany ' s steamers. He particularly .mentioned the Dee. tneSr , Mr. T. BARING sa id th a t, w i th respect to the Dee, had lately had the highest approbation ex pressed by 20 passengers on board that vessel as to the he and con d uct of Captain. Hemsley, and as to the general arrangements on board. In fact, the Most flattering testimony had been lately borne by nhumerous passengers respecti ng th e management of teir vessels. . . The adoption of the report was then put and - carried. • Mr. Cotesworth and Mr. Hibbard were re-elected, and Mr. T. Masterman elected, Directors. - • The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Chairman and Directors, and The CHAIRMAN having acknowledged the compli n ent, the meeting separated. We understand that the Board -of Customs have issued an order stating that the owners of fishing b oa ts and vessels can now be supplied with the Regulations concerning the Fi s h eries between the British Island s an d F razee , a t th e cost of threepence each, on application being made at the Brighton Custom House. We hope this may meet the eye of • -..-., most of our fishermen, who will no doubt gladly avail theinselves of 30 trilling an outlay .—B r i g ht on P aper . - - - - - - - - . Don Pasquale was performed last evening for the frst time this season. The cast was the same as last season, with the exception of the character of Ernesto, which was, last evening, sustained by Signor Corelli, in consequence of the illness of Mario. Handbills were distributed throughout . the theatre, bespeaking the indulgence of the audience for Corelli, who had undertaken the part at a short notice. No indul gtnce, however, was required, for Corelli both sang and acted admirably. He gave the celebrated sere nade in the third act, Corn 'e gentil, with exquisite taste, and was rapturously encored. The quartette at the conclusion of the second act was beautifully given by Grisi, Corelli, Fornasari, and Lablache, and .that also was encored. As to the Don ,Pasquale of Lablache, all who know the opera have long since come to the opinion that Don Pasquale and Signor Lablache are, what the French Re public was declared to be, one and indivisible ; and never certainly did the Don display a richer vein of unctuous humour,than last evening. He was ad mirably supported by Grisi and Fornasari, and, taken as a whole, the opera was never better performed. The four were called for at the fall of the curtain, and received with the accustomed honours. At the conclusion of the opera there was a divertissement, in which Mademoiselle Louise and M. Montassu danced a pas de deux, being their first appearance at this theatre. Mademoiselle Louise is very young and very pretty ; her style of dancing is exceedingly graceful and elegant, and she will no doubt prove an acquisition to the theatre. M. Montassu is a first rate dancer. There is an aplomb about his style of dancing which occasionally reminds us of Perrot, and his tours de force were truly astonishing. They were both much applauded This pas de deux was intro ductory to La Polka, which was danced by Carlotta Grisi and. Perrot. They were attired in . magnificent Hungarian costumes, and went through the various mazes of this truly fascinating dance with the utmost grace and elegance. The dance itself very much re sembles the Craconienne, and Carlotta Grisi looked most bewitching. She was aptil iuded to the echo, and Most deservedly so. This dame is henceforth her own. Carlotta Grisi and La Polka will for the future be associated with each other, in the same manner as Fanny Elssler and La Cracovienne. She was admirably s . apported Ey Perrot. They were both called for Et the conclusion, and rapturously ap plauded. The 1 tst act qf La Cenerentola, with Mademoiselle Favanti as the heroine, followed, and La Esmeralda concluded the evening's entertain ments. The house was crowded to the MANCHESTER MUSICAL FES- TIVAL. 'MONDAY AND TUESDAY. We have now to record the second experiment on the musical taste and feeling of the public of Manchester and the surrounding neighbourhood, an experiment which, although it has not been attended with all the success it deserves, has yet been successful in no inconsiderable degree, as far as its main objects are concerned. In the first place, it will readily be admitted, that a few indivi duals, none of them wealthy, would not voluntarily embark in an undertaking of this magnitude, involving a certain expenditure of from 1,2001. to 1,4001., at the least, without some reasonable hopes, at all events, of a moderate remuneration. That no more than this degree of compensation has been sought we think is tolerably evident from the scale of outlay on the one hand, and the low rates of admission on the other. The engage ments of the principal vocal performers were on the most liberal scale—we mean so far as the public are con cerned. for we know nothing of the terms of the per formers—and the audiences have had no reason to complain, either that the quality or the quantity of their entertainment has been at all stinted. Indeed, if anything, there has been a little too much in point of quantity arising from the various principals wish ing each to do certain pieces. On this score, at all events, no one will deny that the public has been satisfied, if not sated, with the feast. The engagement of Herr Ernst is another proof of the desire to give the public of Man chester an opportunity of hearing the highest talent in a particular branch of art, and that in a way hitherto unprecedented in a provincial town ; for this great artiste has scarcely been heard, as yet, in London, and came over from • the continent expressly to play at our festival. We say, then, that the public generally are indebted to the projectors for a rich musical enter tainment which could not, under other circumstances, have been enjoyed ; and to this extent the experiment is a successful one. In another respect it has also been eminently successful, for it has shown, what, indeed, many knew before, but what the most sceptical must now admit, that Manchester possesses both choral and instrumental performers in sufficient numbers, and of adequate ability, to give the finest musical productions of any age in a style that would shame some festivals of higher pretensions, and with a much larger expenditure. With the exception of the six principal singers, the con ductor, Herr Ernst, Mr. Howell, and one or two others, in all, about a dozen, all the choir and orchestra were collected from this town and its immediate neighbour hood. Here, then, is an affluence of materiel capable of being applied in combination to the production of the grantMst effects in the whole ranee of musical art.. A s one pleasing and striking instance of the enthusiasm felt by working men in these musical meetings n e may mention that a party of five or six actually walked to this town from Huddersfied, a distance of twenty-four miles, in order to be present at the concert on Monday evening. They had imagined that, like former festivals, it would be a morning performance, and so started on Sunday night and walked all night. They were at the doors of the Free Trade Hall by five. o'clock on Monday evening, desirous to know where they were to sit ; and they said that. they should have to leave again " after St. Cecilia," and to cross Standedge Moor that night. If this be not genuine enthusiasm, not to be surpassed by that of any fanatico per la musica, we are much mistaken. On Monday morning some of' the principals had a sort of rehearsal in the hall. Herr Ernst tried the effect of his violin, which was heard distinctly to the farthest part of the room, both on the floor and in the galleries. A singular incident occurred during this rehearsal. Miss Maria B. Hawes was trying one of her songs ; and, in order to know whether she was in tune, she struck the keys of the piano, and immediately a shriek—we sup pose we may say a genuine contralto shriek—rang through the hall. Sir Henry Bishop turned round on the fair cantatrice its great amazement, an emotion par taken by all the other parties on the orchestral platform. On an examination, it proved that Miss Hawes, by strik ing the instrument, had excited the ,rage of a wasp, which immediately stung her hand. How the insect came to be in such a "situa.ion, and at this season of the year, we must leave to the naturalists to discuss and deter mine ; but, at all events, one line of a well-known . song would doubtless occur to the memory of the fair artiste— " Some bee had stung it newly." We understand that she suffered considerable pain from the puncture for several hours afterwards. MONDAY EVENING.—CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC. The hall filled up better than we had anticipated, the galleries being the thinnest part. We believe we are correct in stating that upwards of 2,000 l'iersons were present. We were glad to observe the choir of Hen shaw's Blind Asylum in the end gallery, in the upper seat, next South-street, where they were well placed to hear every note. The first and second parts were only given this even ing, and we believe they are by universal consent allowed to be the best. A few minutes after seven o'clock Sir Henry Bishop, in his academical robes as a Bachelor of Music, made his appearance, leading Madame Caradori Allan, and fol lowed by Messrs. Hobbs and H. Phillips. They were received with loud and general applause. Almost imme diately afterwards the splendid introduction to the ora torio commenced. In the interval between the first and second parts, Miss Maria B. Hawes sang Handel's fine air, No. 16, with a solemn sweetness and a majestic expression, ex quisitely befitting the music. Her deep notes quite filled the hall, and thrilled the auditor with a sensation more easily to be imagined or recalled than described. It was one of those pieces felt nut only . at the time, but which will ever remain a bright spot in the realms of memory, and we account it a privilege to hear such a glorious organ, so exquisitely attuned to the praise of the Holy One. Well might the Parisians, gay and vola tile as they are, describe her us a " Voir mystere." The applause was hushed by the *abets which the artiste had herself produced ; and it came slowly and by degrees, as people recovered from their sensations. Being thus prolonged, it began to assume the appearance of un en core, but this was immediately hushed. The second part opened with the recitative and air, in which Miss Sabilla Novell() (who, on her entrance, was greeted with loud plaudits) made her chfbut. She has a personal exterior strongly reminding one of her gifted sister Clara. She has more of her sister than her name : we are inclined to think that, when she has ac • quired a little more control over her voice, she will suc ceed to much of the celebrity of that gifted songstress. Great was the hush of expectation at the close of the second part, as the moment came for the appearance of Herr Ernst, who was greeted on his appearance with the loudest plaudits. He bowed repeatedly and lowly in ac knowledgment of this reception, and then rushed at once into the performance of his concerto (No. 27), the com position of Dr. Spohr, with a pleasing melody for_its tema. His tones struck us as being at times very clear and silvery, and then vocal-like and singing ;at other times soft and velvety (an awkward comparison, but we know no other word that will convey the idea); while his . in wailing notes were much like the pathos of Paga nin e his finest pieces. His harmonics had some very unusual and extremely difficult intervals, and were exceedingly well stopped. Applause burst forth at the end of a very brilliant passage, in which there was an ascending run in these harmonics, touched with a most delicate hand. There was another astonishing movement—(the last) — exhibiting an effect like three violins in a trio concertante, which elicited a most enthusiastic burst of applause. This piece is regarded as a chef d'oeuvre, and a test for accomplished musicians, and if we are correctly informed Ernst is the only one who has really been successful in its mastery. This splendid performance terminated about twenty minutes after nil • o'clock. The third part (which consisted of a miscellaneous selection s f a. sacrednTd hethchorus t music) re b loeps c e o n : s n , e m Nrve e i t n he c xeadefeuweldil burst,hn g ly ~effective,o Beethoven'slor fi to ne G e o h cr The quartett was beautifully done ; and the martial movement with which this'ehorus concludes, was given with all the vocal masses, and the clangour of orchestral accompaniment which could embody the composer's idea of celebrating the triumph of the Lord of Hosts, the God of Battles. The exquisite air, " Lord remember David," was another -- tirh - treat. Miss Maria B. Hawes appears to ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPAN Y. thi The annual genera l mee ting of the proprietors of Company was h e ld yesterday, at the London tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiv 7 tog the Directors' Report on the affairs of the Com- IptY for th e y ear en di ng D ecem b er 31, 1843, and for 'le election pf Directors in the room of those out going. At.one o'clock A. Colville, Esq., deputy-chairman i the Compa n y, t oo k th e c hair, when the Secretary having rend the advertisement calling the meeting, The CUAIRMAN said that the Directors met the f:propriet ors w i t h more sat i s f act i on an d con fid e nce than they h a d yet done, because they considered that t hey had now turne d t h e corner o f their difficulties, itod found that the business of the Company and the contract service were performed with regularity and Without any accident now for twelve months. They might therefore presume that, so far as that part of t he l busitress went, their great difficulties were over ,,,,e°llle. The Proprietors would also see that the -4° lleY account bore a better aspect, and they e ntertained th e h ope th a t, by continued attnyion economy, they would curtail the expemes of the Co M pany in a great degree. He as!..urol them t hat the attention of the Directors would be especially d e v oted to that object. The Directors also looked p , Wit h, confidence to the increase of passage fares, as the r 4l ic seeing g enera lly the ships perform their work 1 411 for a length of time and without any accident, aireater number of passengers would no doubt take Z.valltage of th e accom modation of steamers than had hitherto done. The Secretary then read the following Report : tt " This is the annual meetin , reonvened pursuant to the h r " of the. Company's Carter; and th , Directors t Ze the pleasure to state, that they meet the Proprie 'with greater satisfaction and confidence than they have don e on any former occasion. I t t ". l 'he fleet of the Company is in a high state of w i,T e ne.v and order; perfoiming the contract service 80 '" Peif , ct regularity, and, as the Directors have rea m: to believe, to the entire satisfac!ion of the Govern ttand of the public. Lions he Directors have also to state, that the expecta nt laveso income which they expressed at the last meet- Theno been disappointed. „ following Accounts are submitted : B o "t. The Working Account for the year 1843, the mc ia r nee of which' is carried to the credit of the Profit Loss Account. 4% 31 thc working account for the first six months of h a t:'''subaiitted to the meeting held in O c tober last; the 'rice subject to insurance and wear and tear was 3 4 ,3 411. 15s. 7d., and the balance of the present account i9r the w h ole year is 94,219 /. 9 s . ; co nsequently. the .11 „ 11 six m ont h s h ave p ro d u ced 59,877 L 13s. 5d., thus 1 that the opinion expressed at the October meeting , jit the earnings of the Company would reach 120,000 L Per annum, subject to insurance and wear and tear. ," 2d. Th e Prof i t an d L oss Account, in whi c h is ;Barged the insurance and ordinary repairs of the fleet Or the y ear 18 4 3 ; the balance of the Solway's account, the ye crediting ar it with the sum which was insured on th at vessel ; the expenditure for extraordinary repairs Occasioned by accidents and dry rot in two of the ships ; I . 44l complete repair of the hull and engines of the Actaeon, i ncluding newboilers, which were found ne c e ssa ry, upon het return from the intercolonial service ; also some pay- Items on settling accounts with ag e nt s a broad ; and a _ )B s on th e coal account, arising chiefly from waste and de terioration by climate since the commencement of the ;ervic e ; b ut t h ese are not lik e l y to occur aga i n , as t h e ° !eign - agen c i es an d c o a l s t a ti ons are n o w placed on a e" l '”yst , ematic and economical arrangement, and as least has enabled the Directors to select the coal ' , A liable to such deterioration and waste. lit d. A balance sheet, or statement of assets and liabi- The Company have claimed against the estate of 4er aroan and Co. for 34,1-891. 17s. 7d. being the differ- Zl,ce between their contract price for the Avon and Se and the sum- paid to them for and expended in finishing the ship s; w h a t ever th e r e fore may be recovered itt.i will b t einreduction of the cost of those vessels. be perceived, that there are in these accounts 17.r.al heavy charges arising from accidents, &e., all of Ech, with one exception, happened during the first ar of the Company's operations ; and of which the rectors trust there is no reason to apprehend a recur rence,o„ consideri ng Ake less dangerous navigation the ns-have n ow to encounter , an d t h e grea t e r experience of the Company's officers ; not a single casualty having gt : ll 2'ed durin g the last twelve months. Every out standing claim, on the Company,'arising out of past tran sactions, has been satisfied, and the service of this teatri,. will therefore commence free from all past titles. ".'conformity with the resolution of the last general meeting, the i ns urances have not been renewed , and it is jn I , " "nded to set a part annually the sum of 25,0001 . to Q t this liability ; and this charge will appear in the ° " I lt of the year 1844 accordingly. :`Although the Directors deem it unadvisable, at the pre sent moment, to offer any estimate as to what surplus o i tY accrue during the current year, yet they are clearly t ;:, o l ) .inion there will be a considerable sum applicable to to liquidati o n of debt, to th e rep!atement of capital, or , t he payment of a dividend. The Directors have the satisfaction to report that t it l e sum rema i n i ng d ue at t hi s t i me for Loans is 70,000 t., s ,_"ing an improvement in that respect of 50,0001. 'nee . the meeting held in October last. " By order of the Directors. " E. CHAPPELL, Secretary. THE L 0 14 ,L) 0 Di, F -R7 11 ,1, Y MORVING, APR IL 12, i 844, . ~... _ e feel an inspiration in music of this character. A few ' per t y on a rock surrounded by Acts of Parliament, notes,. simple as possible, as they appear in the staff, but the property of the labourer rested on a quick were infused with an animating spirit, suggestive of the i sand without an Act of Parliament to protect it. -- deepest breathings of earnest devotional feeling—the (Cheers.) But they would have a Ten flours Bill. worship of the heart and the soul. The tones, at times —(Loud cheers.) That was the first stepping-stone flute-like, at times like the mellow horn , were delicious to restore them to their proper position in society. exponents of the thoughts expressed. Two attempts It was the dour by which they would enter into con 'wi - ere made to encore this exquisite performance, but e Re _ fort, prosperity, secui•ity, and happiness.—(cheers.) they were suppressed. The chorus from M ozart ' s quiem," with its clanging cries, following this deli g htful It was the temple which should be the refuge of their prayer of the saint-like worshipper, came like the loud children and wives from oppression and slavery, and supplications of a sinful and perishing host ; and the teach them their duties as good wives and good chil quartet, " Benedictus " was quite a relief, with its soo'n- dren--good members of society—and furnish the lug vocal strains, and fine instrunaental combinations. means of preparation for a higher and better state of Madame Caradori sang with great taste And expr es- enistence.—(Conti cheers.) sion, and Mr. Eliwood's trumpet obligato was one of the l , Mr. W. WALKER moved the second resolution — finest pieces of performances we have ever heard from " That while this meeting deeply laments that the that difficult instrument ; indeed, we rarely found the Government should have withdrawn the Factory Bill in echo of the instrument so near the tones of the human ceneequence of the period of labour having been decided voice. The piece was received with the most enthu ies- in favour of ten hours by two distinct votes of the House tic applause, and cries of " Ricore' . met by " Hush " e e Commons ; they wish to express their heartfelt and " No." After this conflict had continued some thanks to all those Members of seconds, the " Ayes " outvoted the " Noes ;" the lady their support to Lord Ashley in the division of March the lgt arose, curtseyed, and the piece was encored, and was Parliament who 18th, and they confidently trust that the same de again loudly- applauded. Miss M. Hawes sang the fine cided support will again be afforded to Lord Ashley in air from llandel's Theodora with the same exquisite ex - his amendments to the Bill now before the House o f pression and mellow tones which mark her performance Commons." of everything she does. But, in addition, we had a dis • I The Rev. W. MottoArs seconded the resolution. play of execution which this voix mystere does not often . Dr. G . RINDROD, a medical gentleman from Man give us an opportunity of hearing. It was l o u dl y ap cheater, briefly supported it. He was convinced from p!auded. The closing piece was a masterly e f f o rt on the the experience he had had for the last 12 or 15 years part of Madame Caradori, under the very di-couraging influence of people leaving all parts of the hall ' • it being in the capaci t y of a medical man in one of the lar g est now more than a quarter past eleven o'clock. The con- manufacturing towns of the kingdom, that no indivi eluding chorus has a light and secular character in its dual could with impunity sustain more than ten hours opening, which does net suit well for a closing piece. of factory labour in the course of the day. He had TUESDAY EVENING.—MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT. witnessed the fearful effects of factory labour 'in the Herr Ernst's violin fantasia—his own composition— emaciated bodies and enfeebled systems of the opera on the march and romance in Othello, gave the admirers tives and he believed 'no honest and manly medical of violin music some new subjects for admiration and i gent . eman could withhold his testimony:in support of wonder. We never heard finer combinations . of har monics in all the difficulties of the most brilliant Mr.care- ROBNCSONproposed the third resolution : a Ten Hours Bill. matic runs, both ascending and descending. The leaps of two octaves from the fourth string to the higher notes " That the hallowing petition to the House of Corn and signed by the Chairman on behalf were more astounding still, being wholly unexpected, and all as true and crisp as if within the ordinary range of the . meeting, and be transmitted to Lord John Russell mops b e adopted,. of the instrument. This movement was enthusiastcally applauded. From this he passed to the second theme, The petition was as follows : for presentation. the romance, giving one passage in those low waiting " The Petition of the Clergy, Merchants, Mill-owners, notes which reminded the hearer of Paganini. The next Manufacturers, Factory Operatives, and other public meeting assetubled. Inhabitants of Bradford and its Vicinity, in arid concluding movement, a presto, was one of a lively - rondo-like character, as sparkling and bright as can be conceived. This wonderful performance was duly tip.- " Humbly . showeth,—That your petitioners are deeply preciated and most enthusiastically applauded. The impressed with the hardship and injustice inflicted upon finale to the first act of Don Giovanni, which closed the young persons by the present length of twelve hours first part of this concert, was another piece' new to the daily labour in the factories, whereby they are deprived Manchester public.' For an obvious reason, which we of time for mental and moral improvement, and for the have often tweed, it lost something of the effect which' performance of domestic and religious duties. properly belongs to it in its true place, and with its fit- " That your petitioners are aware, that the usual tang accessories of dress, action, and scene. The con- length of labour required from adults who are . employed eluding movement was very dramatic .and spirited, and out of factories is from six o'clock in the morning to six esrecially- the chorus, which went exceedingly well. o'clock in the evening, including two hours for meals. The second part opened with the overture to Gull- " Your petitioners therefore humbly implore your lnume Tell, one of the finest of this class of compositions:, Hon. House, that in the Factory Bill now under con- It was played throughout with great spirit. Herr Ernst sideration provision may be made for limiting the labour gave an extraordinary solo, of his own composition, on of young persons - to ten hot h usa-day for five days of the a theme once treated by Paganini. The, introduction week, and eight hours on the Saturday. , was a fine flowing movement, and his grotesque varia- " And your petitioners ever pray.' tions on the air, best known in England as the " Curd. Mr. OASTLER, who was loudly cheered, then ad val of Venice," or " Come to me when daylight sets," dressed the assembled multitude. Ho hoped he should were more like Paganini than anything we have heard be permitted, before referring to the factory question, since the departure from England of that great mu- to return to his benefactors, and to the Chairman of sician. Ernst's, however, was no mere reminiscence the meeting, as one of his best benefactors, his sincere of another, but the original work of a kindred genius. and hearty thanks for having assisted to maintain him. He concluded with a most extraordinary pizzicato pas- whilst he was for years in prison • and for having sage, .full of difficulties; and, as might be expected, he a l so ass i s t e d to pay the' debt for which he had been was most rapturously encored. He then gave a new series of variations on the.same melody. His astonishing detained there: flaying thus expressed the feelings of his heart, and having thrown enmity to the winds, _ he would . double stopping, maintaining a shake the while, was an now prove to them that he had just got rid other extraordinary feature of this remarkable perform ance. We altogether despair of conveying any ade- of another enemy which had sometimes been thought quate impression of its various quaint and odd beauties, to mar his usefulness. It was thought in that town and grotesque charms. All we can say, in addition is, some years ago, when he was honoured to give the that nothing seemed to be introduced merely to exhibit first alarm for the poor factory child's rescue, that he a conquest of difficulties • all was subordinated to the had been urged t o d o so from p olitic al p art y feeling. general character and effect of the piece, and nothing He held in his hand apetition he was about to second, was out of place, or in bad taste. The finale to the first in order that their wishes might be made known to act of Oberon was another piece new to a Manchester the House of Commons, and he did rejoice that that peti audience. The duet was very well done, and the wild tion, the harbinger of their will, the dictate of their oriental character of the chorus spiritly performed, made mind, the exhibition of their experience on this ques it exceedingly striking and effective. Miss Hawes sang Lion was to be intrusted to the hands of a political " The Minstrel Boy" in excellent style, and with consi derable energy and feeling. She was warmly encored.usse I.—(Cheers.) He opponent' of his—Lord J. R 1 The concert would have closed a minute or two before never had p ro p osed the adoption of a petition on the eleven o'clock, but for some calls for the national Andiem, factory question with more pleasure than he did now. which was at once given (all the principals having pre- He had been wont to move them into the hands of the viously retired) by the chorus and baud, cymbals and immortal Sadler, of his dear and long tried friend, the all ; the audience joining in and swelling the strain. Hon.- W. Duncombe, (now Lord Feversham), and Sir Henry Btshop, we underetand , has ex p re s sed him- other tried friends of theirs and his. He had not the self perfectly satisfied with the perfor m ances. —Abridged honour of being personally acquainted with Lord J. from the 3lanchester Guardian of yesterday. Russell, but then he knew that a man of his eminence a man of his talents and worth, after having deeply studied this factory question, had resolution and in dependence of mind to overcome all his prejudices, and to declare in the presence of his political friends and his political opponents in the House of Commons, that he was convinced by argument this was a just and righteous measure. Although they had been politically opposed to each other, he hailed him as a friend of the measure, and he was delighted that it had fallen to his lot to ask them to put this petition into the Noble Lord's hands. He had no doubt -whatever the Nide Lord would do it justice, and he rejoiced that he nad Lord Howick and Mr. C. Buller, and a host of others to whom he had been so lone. ' politically opposed, had espoused that cause which had formerly- caused him to have so many enemies. Thus was he ushered into the harbour of friendship even in the midst of his political antagonists.—(Loud cheers.) .Before he proceeded further he would call upon them, from the inmost-recesses of his heart, to give three cheers for Lord John Bissell.—(Loud cheers.) And now for a little talk about the debates in Parliament. It was absolutely declared in the House of Commons that the working people in the manufacturing districts were opposed to the Ten Hours Bill. Oh, what a change ! He was not about to . enter into a discussion, at present, on the commercial part of the question. That had been discussed so often in 'Yorkshire and Lancashire among themselves, that un less some of the mast e rs who might be opposed to them thought proper to come and take up the other side, he thought it would not be needful to enter into it at all. He regretted that hitherto these gentlemen who were so ready in earwigging the Government— who sent up their deputations to tell Ministers that the trade of England could not exist without this ex cessive labour of women and children — did not ap pear at these meetings, that they might have a friendly discussion of the commercial part of the question.— (Cheers.) But they had already, from one of the largest' manufacturers in the world, heard an opinion stated, and that opinion was decidedly in favour of the Ten Hours Bill. He entirely denied that the wealth and stability of the empire- depended, as alleged; on the extra labour of the women . and children in the factories, and concluded an energetic address by ex horting them to agitate the question till their efforts were crowned with success. The petition was carried by acclamation, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up with three cheers for -Lord Ashley._ THE FACTORY QUESTION. BRADFORD, Aram 9.—This day the town of Brad- Ford was visited by Mr. Oastler, on his tour through the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, to ascertain the wishes of the Inhabitants on the Ten Hours' }_ac. tory Bill. The Short Time Committee had resolved to hold an open-air meeting, and by placard invited the clergy, mill-owners, manufacturers, factory workers, and other inhabitants, to attend and consider the present position of the great question of ten hours labour in factories, and to decide on the steps to be taken to secure the passing of the Ten Hours Bill. As soon as it was known that Mr. Oastler was ex pected to arrive from Leeds, the operatives and fac tory children repaired to meet him. No announce ment of any intention to form a procession was made, but thousands congregated to welcome their friend. At half-past one, about a mile from the town, Mr. Oastler, accompanied by Mr. B. Ferranti, M.P., met the people, when, after three hearty cheers, the pro cession returned towards Bradford. Thousands of factory children, arm in arm, marched in front, and the sides of the streets were occupied by their fathers and mothers. The scene altogether was unique and impressive. An immense assemblage collected• of persons of every grade, but principally operatives, and there could nut have been less than from 18,000 to 20,000 persons congregated on the open space behind the Temperance-hall. Mr. JOSHUA. POLLARD, one of the West Ridi . ng magistrates, was called to the chair, and opened the business of the meeting by some general observations on the present position of the factory question, which were loudly cheered. The Rev. J. BOWMAN proposed the following re solution in an effective speech : " That the recent decisions of the House of Commons in favour of Lord Ashley's amendment for a Ten Hours Factory Bill have given the most unqualified sa tisfaction to the great body of the persons employed in factories, and also to their families and friends ; and this meeting is firmly convinced that the Ten Hours Bill ought as soon as possible to become the law of the land." Mr. J. CoVvr.ts, worsted-spinner, seconded the motion. Mr. FERRAND, M.P., in support of the resolution, said, it was with peculiar pleasure that he stood before them on that occasion. Differing as he did from their Worthy Chairman, he, for one, did not regret that this meeting had taken place. It would show the Govern ment and the people of the country that the working classes were alive to their interests —that they were determined to stand by their order, and support those who stood by them. He looked upon that meeting as, in fact, the second reading of the Ten Hours Fac tory Bill.—(Cheers.) It was last night read a se cond time at Leeds ; they would now read it in Brad ford a second time. The present factory system was destructive to human life. That fact had been estab lished by the report of the Factory Inspectors, and the House of Commons, struck with awe at the report of the servants of the Government, had twice, by ma jorities, recorded their solemn determinat ion that the system should he changed. The Government however resisted, and asserted that that vote must be rescinded. The Government might, by unjustifiable and uncon stitutional means rescind that vote; but if they did, it would ring their death-knell.—(Cheers.) Sir H. Peel was a very plausible man. He had often ad mired him in the House of Commons fighting against his cpponents, and as a debater he would back him against any ten; but as an honest, straightforward statesman, he was the veriest humbug.—(Loud cheers.) He acted upon expediency, and if he found it expedient to yield to their determined resolution he would grant them the Ten Hours Bill, and send Sir James Graham to the right-about. He had been very much astonished two weeks ago to read a speech delivered by Lord Brougham in the House of Lords. That Noble and Learned Lord had been ac customed throughout his life to trumpet himself forth as the very hest friend of the people; that his inte rests and theirs were identical; and that for them, their wives, and children, he would battle to the last moment of his existence. But when he read the speech to which he alluded he really could not understand what it could mean. He found. however, from the papers that the Earl of Lonsdale, who was Lord-Lieutenant of Westmore land, had died, and the Government had it in their power to give Lord Brougham or any other person the lieutenancy of that county. It now appeared, however, that Lord Brougham had not been ap pointed, and therefore it was very probable that after Easter the Noble Lord would make a speech in favour of the operatives. Since the present Ministers had come into office, Lord Brougham had been nothing but their jackall, and it was evident he aspired to the woolsack. He trusted, however, that Lord Lynd hurst would survive him, and if not, that Lord Brougham would never be suffered to degrade the woolsack again. He had always thought the Noble and Learned Lord a political mountebank, and when his voice had been raised of late in the House of Lords to hack the oppression and slavery of the factory labourers, he justly exposed himself to the execration of all humane minds. There was a great deal of humbug in this world.—(A laugh.) Alderman John Brooks, of Manchester, spoke a great deal of truth when he said, " Lord love you, we are all for our selves in this world."—(A laugh.) In this way, no doubt, Lord Brougham had increased his own re tiring pension, while he had reduced the pay of the Lord Chancellor for the time being. The mill-owners, who had gained so much by their factory labourers, ought not now to grudge if the operatives looked out a little for themselves. They had based their pro. THE FACTORIES BILL. It seems to have been very unadvisedly, asserted by some of the opponent s o f the Ten Hours' Bill that it was not really desired by the operatives of the country. Nothing is more unsafe than to hazard too openly as sertions of this ki n d i n a bad cause. They are sure to draw on their mai n t a i n ers a tremendous practical r . on, but displays a power, energy, an d refutation, which not only sweep away the origin a l misrepresentation, determination, which m i g ht have lain for unacknow ledged, and therefore comparatively ineffective, with out the applicalion of this unintended stimulus. Such, certainly, will be on e e ff e ct of this most infelicitous statement. On Monday night a numerous and re spectable meeting was lield at Leeds, for the purpose of passing a series of resolutions in favour of Lord Ashley's Bill, which is to be the first of a number of similar demonstrations throughout the manufacturing districts, and which, with them, will furnish the Mi nistry with a tolerably complete demolition of the r expresss 'a b Y our the We do n o t i n d ee d participate own cordial sympathy with theory on which they woul d fain repose. A similar meeting has since folhwed at Br a df o rd, of which a report will be foun d in anoth er column. At the Leeds meeting Dr. Hook, the vicar of the parish presided, a number of gentlem en conn ected with the place ad dressed the meeti n g , and a mong the strangers who attended from a dis t a nce, M essrs. Ferrand and Oastler spoke with their u sual decisio n and force , and were listened to with ent husiasm like their own. Judging from t he re p ort b efore us , and the "loud cheers" which greeted ev ery allusion of an uncompli mentary kind—and we did not observe any of an op posite tendency — to the c haracter or conduct of the Home Secretary, S ir Jam go e o s d G pe r o ah pl a e m of s t e e m ed s s. pret n t clearly h e :m d respect. in the sanguine expectation of Mr.' Ferranti, that "backed as Lord Ashley will be by the determina tion of the masses, and by the religious feelings of the Church and country, Sir R. Peel will yield, Sir J. Graham will retire into his fastnesses in Cumberland, Lord Ashley in all probability will take his place, and Sir R. Peel will continue to govern the country, but only if he governs it on constitutional principles." Such a transformation is a shade too magical for this en lightened age. The casting out of Sir James Graham, as if he, simply and in his own person, were the devil by which the Ministry is possessed, would scarcely, we fear, suffice to restore the supposed demoniac. Cer tain evil influences of false political economy, lying phantoms of unhealthy manufacturing greatness, empty hopes and empty fears which at present infest the Treasury benches, will not float away in Sir James's wake, be his ejection ever so summary. He represents, but uthrtunately lie dors not entirely con centrate, that multiform virus which alternately sti mulates the bitterness of the New Poor-law, and con geals the semi philanthropy of the Factory Reform Bill. Not one person, but many principles, have to be rooted out before the present Ministry will consent to carry out with unflinching trae-heartedness the mea sure of reform demanded for and by our labouring population. Nor, perhaps, is the accession of Lord Ashley to the expected vacancy in Downinrstreet what the friends 9f that Noble Lord and his cause would most readily anticipate or most earnestly de?,, sire. His place is rather out than in. He will far more effectually serve his clients as an unfetterA county MeMber from his place in Parliament than as Home Secretary, amidst the corruption and einlyar. rassment of office. Bat the first cluestio,► is not what is immediately practicable, but what is desirable; and the Leeds peo ple seem fully to participate in Mr. Oastler's ancient and uncompromis►ng conclusion, that "no good can be done as long as Sic James Graham is a member of the Government." To one of that Right Hon. Gentleman's delinquen cies - gr. Ferrand alluded, after his usual plain-spoken fashion, in words which will carry with them the sympathies of all opponents Of the Poor-law_ After some animadversions on his general conduct with re spect to that law, he proceeds : " That is not all Sir James Graham has done of late for the purpose of putting down the advocates of the poor in the Horse of Commons. You will remember that Mr. Walter was returned. for :s.Tottinghatn, and I have had the honour of battling by that gentleman's side the enemies of the poor. No nian has ressted the Poor-law more vigorottFly or at greater sacrifice (4 . time and money than Mr. IValter. It was therefore felt necessary by Sir James Graham to get him out of the House of Commons, for Sir James was a man who could not bear to hear the truth spoken, especially on that subject. A petition was presented against Mr. Walter's return. They could only v:ove that his friends—not his agents—had spent between 30/.1 and 401. in money and what they called treating. The Committee was divided—three Whigs for throwing him out, three Tories for keeping him in. Mr. Hogg, the Member for Beverley—one of the most pure boroughs in the kingdom, forsooth—(Loud laughter)—whether . he got his seat for 401. Ido not know,—but this Tory Chairman aided Sir James Graham and the Govern ment in unseating Mr. Walter. Mr. Hogg tried to ex plain away his conduct on that occasion ; the whole of the Government side of the House, on which I sat, lis tened with feelings of disgust while he niggled and hag gled through his explanation, but there was one man who vociferously cheered, and. that one man was Sir J. Graham." Mr. Ferrand speaks his mind distinctly and fear lessly. He is apt to say what he and many others are convinced of, though few have the courage to lay the accusation fairly before the world. The present charge is a material one, involving not only a hostility to the advocates of the poor, from which few will absolve Sir J. Graham, but also an unhandsome and underhand treachery towards one whose single vote when Member for that same borough of Nottingham turned the scale in favour of Sir James and his - party on the critical division which virtually unseated the late (Ministry. It is easy in political life to evade the grasp of an antagonist, by throwing him on the proof of one of those facts which, though nobody doubts, yet nobody can prove by technical evidence. It is easy for a practised debater to obtain a seeming triumph over one who boldly asserts that of which he has a solid and well-founded conviction, if he does not also take the precaution of mfirshalling his au thorities, noting his dates, and carrying his reference in his pocket. But many significant facts and coin cidences. are well known in private which cannot be alleged in the House of Commons, or verified by oath in a court of justice; and the common sense of the public, guided by the opinion of those conversant in public life, pronounces an independent judgment, and is not imposed upon by a dexterous feint or parry. Sir J. Graham may answer Mr. Ferrand's accusation, he may try to run him down by a slap-dash assertion that does not meet the case, or he may raise a dust through which it may he diffi cult to see where he is, or how to hit him. But, do what he may, we shall leave the matter with some confidence to the judgment of experienced men who have had their eyes on events—who understand how to measure probabilities, and who will not be answered by a flourish or a manoeuvre. But enough of Sir James. The meetings of Mon day and Tuesday show the sense of Leeds and Brad ford on this important question. " Having made inquiries," said one speaker, " to some extent of persons employed in mills, he had been unable to meet with one, and, what was more, all that he had spoken to told him that they did not know any one in the whole range of their acquaintance who did not most earnestly desire the limitation of labour to ten hours ;" and the unanimity of the meetinggave weight to his words. Let Yorkshire and Lancashire follow up this demonstration with similar spirit, and we may look for an early decision of this question. The Mi nistry are not unsqueezable, for all Sir James Graham's bold face and high words. They have two or three times been bullied out of an intended mea sure—let us hope it is not impossible to press them into an unintended' one. But, if this hope is doomed to disappointment, we can only express our convic • tion with some of the speakers at Leeds, that Sir R. Peel, and his friends, though valuable, are not indis pensable to the good government of the country, and our trust that some statesmen will be found able and willing to carry out those measures on behalf of the or which humanity and wislom require.—Times. THE O'CONNELL BANQUET AT CORK. The Repealers of Waterford chartered a vessel, the Mermaid, Captain Bern, to bring up their contin gent to the great provincial muster. The scene at the quay of Waterford was animating in an extra ordinary degree. Thousands of the Repealers of Waterford city filled the noble quay, to behold the em barkation of more than two hundred gentlemen, in cluding the spirited Corporation. Every ship upon the broad bosom of the river was decorated with flags and streamers, many bearing the magic word " Repeal ;" while -the masts and spars groaned under hundreds of the more enthusiastic, who were eager to have the best view of the stirring scene. The vessel started at half-past five o'clock, amidst deafening shouts, and kind wishes and prayers from those who envied the privileged few, who were to represent the ardour and patriotism of the Urbs Intacta. As the Mermaid, all decorated with flags, and firing guns from bow and stern, shot down towards the mouth of the river, she was greeted from every point of the shore by multi tudes who occupied the most prominent positions. As she passed Snow-hill, the residence of Nicholas O'Neil Power, a bonfire was lighted, guns were fired, and a vast number assembled on the beautiful lawn leading down to the shore, and cheered as the Mermaid, with her freight of patriots, steamed gallantly onwards. In fact, the whole coast from Waterford to Cork was illuminated by countless bonfires, blazing splendidly in the still night. In Cove the bands were on the beach; and the bands of Passage were stationed on the St. George-quay. Several shots were fired as she sailed up the river, to the quay of Cork, where she was welcomed by several of the best bands of the city, some of them dressed in their brilliant uniforms. Surely the men of Water ford cannot complain of their reception, nor can Ire land be insensible to their earnestness in her cause. POPULARITY OF LEVER (" HARRY LORREQUER' —" The name of Lever has already become—albeit he is young in authorship—associated with sonic of the pleasantest things in life ; with a racy humour, unfailinc , animal spirits, heartiness, and good nature ; an intimate knowledge of all that goes forward in the queer corners and lively districts of the social world—with, over all, a manifest sincerity of relish for all the gay, manly, and genial sports and pleasures he describes. His books seem to make the reader and author personally ac quainted ; and we peruse one-half of them, as if we were listening to the rattling, laughing, joyous gossip of an old acquaintance who has just found something to tell us, and can hold his peace no longer. Herein is probably the source of his popularity. Hitherto Lever has confined the high tide of his humour to a monthly flow ; but it has now swollen into the full flood of three volumes, and brings us Arthur O'Leary's Ponderings and Wanderings,' in many lands at one and the same. time. The good spirits of the author never fail him, and Arthur O'Leary wanders and ponders only to find us, without a symptom of flagging, at his heels. We can hardly give a more expressive picture of O'Leary's travels than by saying that they afford a series of capital pictures for Cruikshank. The vivifying power of talent lights up the work everywhere. Lever is famous for his bold, broad, dashing sketches, and deservedly so, but he can paint with admirable minuteness and finish. Wit ness his descriptions of Dutch scenes and people, which are worthy of the clear and skilful pen of Washington Irvin g . The same humour characterizes his remarks upon his travelling countrymen, of whose doings his - sketches are often most ludicrous records. Mr. Lever has shown great versatility in his new work. There is a deep interest in his stories."—Ainsworth's Magazine. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN BONES NEAR TEE QUAD RANT.—On Wednesday much interest was excited in the neighbourhood of the Quadrant, Regent-street, by the discovery of a number of human and other bones, in an excavation now in progress for the building of a new sewer. The spot in question is situated at the junction of Tichborne-street with Sherrard-street, lead ing to Golden-square, directly at the rear of the Comity Fire-office, where a large number of labourers have for the two last days been employed in digging for the in tended sewer. When about eight or ten feet deep from the surface a quantity of bones were du g u p , consisting of thigh, arm, and rib bones of human beings, inter mixed- with other bones of animals, including the side bones of heads, Sec. The spot in question is decidedly a cross road, by which fact the human bones may be ac counted to be those of some fele de se, interred previous to the judicious alteration in the law ; but how the car case of an animal came to be interred also remains to be explained. From the inquiries which have been made, it &el not appear that any of the inhabitantS remember the interment of any self-murderer at the spot in question JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' ASSoClATlON.—Wednesday the Committee resumed their sittings at their room in St. Martin's-lane, and today they assemble to receive the country delegates, and to proceed to a specific plan of ope rations. INCENDIARISM IN BucKs.—A man named James Holbrook,by trade a carpenter, has been fully committed by the Marlow Bench of Magistrates, to take his trial et the ensuing assizes for the county of Bucks, for setting fire to a large wheat risk, which was totally consumed, belonging to his uncle, M r . J o h n H arr i s, a farmer, at Little Marlow. The prisoner, who frequently threat ened to injure the property o f iis relative for some time previously to his committing the felony, confessed his guilt upon hit being apprehended the same evening. 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We extract the following passage, as recording a providential escape which the writer had from drowning:—" We left Bombay for Scinde on the 18th December, 1843, and, on our arrival, I remained on board to see all my com pany's baggage put on shore. We lay about two-and a-half miles from land, and about seven miles from camp ; we lost the tide, and had to remain in the boats until the tide rose again. I was so eager to be with the company, that another sergeant and I left part of the regiment, and were making for the camp across the beach—the nearest way we could get. This was in the evening, just about the time that the sun was setting. We continued our route till it was quite dark, and by that time we were fairly done up for want of everything; both shoes and stockings were lost, and we kept sinking in clay, so that - I got so weak that I was obliged to give up. I was now five miles from the camp; and my comrade left me for lost. Here I remained for some time, till I got in a small jungle or shrubbery. The tide came in on me at seven o'clock, P.m., and rose gradually until it came up to the lower It was butti . m of my coat; judge what state I was in; It being %dee dark, I saw a light at a distance, but callinifoorfiasmsistsaasch was in vain. As my last resource, i o and fastened myself to the bushes , and there Ireained till gun-fire in the morning, at d a y li g ht. concluded but _ in the camp that I was lost for ever: t pa n r o ti n e e s c i o s u 'e l n d t fi o n u d t in all directions in search of • me; b me . W e ll, I made my way oat by ten o'clock A.M. the following morning , with a hard fig it, and was received at the camp by my comrades in the Highland and hospitabl e Imanner of our cou ntr y , by offering me everything that could be procured. I got a slight cold in consequence, but . now ram quite recovered from the effects, and enjoy excellent health, as indeed I have ever since I left Eng land."—lnverness Courier. Mr. W. Sterndale Bennett, the eminent pianist, was married on Tuesday last, lady of high accomplishments, to re l' sillitg iN a la t r lot l it\i 'o am od, pt a on . . oung THE BRIGHTON AND DOVER. RAILWAYS: Wednes day The tnembineartedof t p l a ie ss e e l ng lea er p s ex , c l u o rs p io urc ns h to as ß ed rig e h x t c o u t r i s an ion d Dover. for Brighton during the three days was 5,720, by the Dover 1,270. During the whole of yesterday the trains brought up a great number of persona who had enjoyed the cheap ex cursion. The last train brought up from Brighton 1,000 persons. We have not heard of any accident having oc curred on this railway. CHATHAM, APRIL 10.—This morning, at six o'clock, a Convict Guard, consisting of one sergeant and 34 rank and file of the 58th Regiment, with 15 rank and file of the 80th, marched from this garrison, accompanied by the band of the 58th, for Gravesend, from which place the troops proceeded by steam-vessel for Deptford, and embarked the same morn ing on board the transport Maria Soames. The guard is under the command of Lieutenant Waldegrave, of the td BUffs, with Ensign Walsh of the 80th. Three women and five children accompany the guard. The transport will take in convicts from Woolwich, and Kingstown, in Ireland, for Van Diemen's Land. The whole of the 58th will leave this garrison during the summer months, as Convict Guards. On Monday last the whole of the invalids, consisting of 100 men, were removed from Fort Pitt establishment to Bromp ton Barracks, at which place they are to remain unlil the Casement Barracks, at St. Mary's, are ready for their recep tion. ACcommodation will be afforded for 500 men, which number is expected from India during the month of Jul,s, , next. Fort Pitt is now only to be used as a military hos pital. lONS. inc for Apr:l.) Depots. Winktior Regent's Park ....• Hyde Park Canterbury ........ Ballincollig ......... Dublin Longford ... • Dundalk Piershill • Cape of Good Hope • Newbridge ... • Ipswich • Bengal Niaitlit one ai dt t one Exeter Nottingham Brighton •• York 13cngal Cahir Alaidstoce Dub!in Matichetter ... loumlow •• [ Bombay Madras Bengal Birmingham ••• Winchester St. George's Bar St. John 'a Wood Port man Barracks Wellington Barracks Toner Windsor Gibraltar Quebec` Nlaidstone Maidstone Maids! one Tralee Londonderry Chatham Chatham Chatham Bombay Bengal Madras Dublin Chester Gibraltar ...... ••••• Bolton Bengal .. Bengal Athlone Mauritius Mauritius ...... Brecon Chatham Chatham Isle of Wight Bengal Canada ... Limerick Dublin Aden China...... Cephalonia ...... Bermuda .. 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New South Wales.. Chatham Chatham Chatham Buttevaut Templemore Chatham Chatham [slo of Wight ,Cashel lisle of Wight Guernsey Chatham Chatham Nenagh 1 Chatham Imimeo... IChatham Belturbet Chatham Chatham Chatham file of Wight Kinsale Dover Chatham Stirling Chatham Buttevant Clare Castle Chatham Newhridga IChathani Paisley Cork Carlow Isle of Wight Carlisle Chatham Dover Sheerness Isle of Wight Chatham Chatham Athlone Isle of Wight TIIE WILLS FOIIGERIES. • - - CENTRAL CRIMINAL COT/RT. OLD (_:Ol71:7'. . , (11, : f ure 31 1% Par t in G RNLI', Mr. JuAiec and Mr. Justice MAULE.) Shortly. after ten o'clock, their Lordships , took their seat; on the bench, and William Henry Bai.bee,...ft,shaa Fletcher, and Georgiana !)prey were then plated at the bar foe trial. Befeire the indictment was real over, ,-• • lir. WILKI'Ss said he had an applicatic.:n to to the Court, on behalf. of the prisoner Itarb.y. Althc.ttg.h he had pledged hiniFelf yesterday not to challenge the jurors, he had now an affidavit which stated that justice could not be done to the prisoner, unless he had a. sepal. rate trial. In case the Court granted this, Barbty would cal. the oiler prisoners as what sees on his behalf, and their evidence would be very material to its defence. Mr. Baron GURNEY asked the Attorney-General whether he had any objection to the proposell course. The ATTORNEY-JANNE:RAI. COUNT not _consent to: it,. he believing that it a ould greatly e,nbarrass trio preeecution. Mr. Parry (who was with Mr.- Wilkins) referred to the trial ~t. llardw a:21.1 other::, u attl.,rding a precedent for the applicatien. Mr. Baron 01,7touv said he thought the application could not be made as a matter of right. After some discussion, the application was. refused. The indictment having been read over at length, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose .to address. the. juil on behalf of the prose•mtion. Ile entreated, the 'patient attention of the jury while he stated' the fatra which were necessary to enable them to under stand the evidence which would he brought in support of this charge. The accusation . was connected with an offence of a novel description, and it affected persons who had hitherto moved in good society, and maintained a creditable name. It would be idle to . conceal that the matters to be brought before them had already been the subject of much publication, . but he trusted that they would forget all that they had, either heard or seen - with reference to the transactions which were to he the subject of-inquiry that day, and he had no doubt they would faithfully and fearlessly discliarge their duty. The case was this.' One of the prisoners.was charged with publishing a forged bond, and the others .were charged with being accessories before the.. fact. To spook in more popular language, the offence charged was titat of procuring, by false and fraudulent means, the transfer of a sum of money from the unclaimed Stock which was transferred to the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt. lie desired to.state, with as much calmness and simplicity as possible, facts which would undoubtedly be proved in evidence,•and he should abstain from any comments, except . such- as weie necssary to enable the jury to understand. the bearing of the entire case as respected the individuals charged. He could not forbear from stating that if, in his judgment, it had not been essential fur the ends of justice that • the prisoners should be tried together, he would have ac ceded to his Learned Friend's application. Having worked, however, together—whcther honestly or other wise, he thought it impossible to judge of the conduct of the others ; neither did he think that the defence of any one of the prisoners would be at all affected by their being tried at the same time. It was necessary to state that by a law, which was passed 30 or 40 years ago, itwas • provided that if stock had remained without any claim ant for ten years, it should, at the expiration of that time, be transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt ; but care was taken that the claim of any one who was entitled to it should not be prejudiced by that circumstance. There were three prisoners be fore the jury ; a fourth was included in the indictment, who died in the year 1841. William Henry Barber-was_ an attorney, who had been in practice in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, before this charge was brought; Joshua Fletcher was a person who had certainly never been suspected of anything of this description until the in quiries which took place before the Lord Mayor ;- the other prisoner, Georgians. Dorey, was the wife of a respectable tradesman in Oxford-street ; and the charge against them was that Susauah Richards deceased, published a forged bond with a view to obtain possession of some stock by that means, and that the said prisoners in some way or other lent their assistance in obtaining that stock. In the year 1826 there was standing in the Bank of England, in the name of " John Stewart, of Great Marlow, in the county of Bucks, gardener," a sum producing 51/. per annum in the Long Annuities. -It appeared that Mr. Stewart re ceived the last dividend on this stock on the sth of April preceding his death,. and that he died on the 13 th of March, 1827. The divaltaids remained unclaimed down to the 11th of October, 1836, when, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament, it was transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. John Stewart was head-gardener to a gentleman of the name of Strode, residing at Great Marlow. He was born in Scotland, and lived there till he was teenty- years old. His history could be pretty well traced. Iron' his own statement, it appeared that he had no relative except a brother; he had no sister. He had nut heard of his brother for many years before he died. None of those who knew him ever heard him speak of a sister, nor was there any trace of any such person ever having been in existence. Now, to prevent claims 'from being made which were unfounded,. care was tatien that th stock transferred to the Commis sioners of the National Debt should not become matter of public notoriety. Claims of this sort were not guarded by the vigilance of opposing individual interests on the other side, and it was necessary, therefore, to be very cautious. Still some persons must be aware of a tran saction which was publicly and formally done.. Mr. Stewart having died in 1827, and the stock haying been • transferred in 1836, his death became known to Barber and Fletcher. Fletcher went down to Great Marlow, and stayed a short time at the Greyhound Inn, kept by a person of • the name of -Hyatt. Inquiries were made by hini in the name of G. Jones, 24, Little Guildfortbstreet, Russell-square. Ho was in structed that there was no doubt of the identity of Flet cher as a person who made inquiries of a number of old persons respecting John Stewart, under this false name. Several witnesses would identify him as that person. But he would be still better identified by a letter' which he wrote on the 25th of June, 1840, to a person whom he had seen, named 'William Winsor. The Learned Counsel then read a letter dated June 25, 1840, and giving the address 24, Guildford-street, Russell square, London, referring to a promise which. Winsor had made - to furnish Fletcher with information respect ing Mr. Stewart, and requesting that he would.send any which he had obtained. It was stated in this letter, that the writer had discovered that Stewart had. bad a sister living about 12 years since in America. The letter was signed "G. Jones." The house to which it was addressee was that of -Miss Hawkes, who, at. the request of Georgians Dorey, had consented that letters for Barber and Fletcher might be directed to her house, whence they would be forwarded to some other place. Shortly after Fletcher had been at Great Marlow, the prisoner Barber went down. The name which he gave was that of " Clarence Peckham, Esq.," and he believed it would be clearly established that the • prisoner Barber was the person who went there under that name. He gave, as his residence, "52, Nelson square," which was his real place of abode. One of the witnesses went up to London and saw him at 52, Nelson-square. The object of these inquiries by Fletcher and Barber was apparently to find out the con nections of John Stewart ; to discover what was his history ; where he had lived, and where be came from t and it would be for the jury to judge whether the in quiries were made for the purpose of bringing forward a false claim, and being enabled to give to it the appearance of consistency and truth. They Would find that while Barber was at Great Marlow, .he spoke of the visits -paid by Fletcher, under the name of Jones, and he mentioned Jones as being his friend, and as belonging, in „feet. to the same firm. Now the next set of circumstances which he had to introduce to their attention, referred to the conduct of Mrs. Richards, de ceased—the mother of the prisoner Georgians Dore/. In the month of June, 1840, Georgians Dorey ! who was not then married, was livi n g with her of ii . It a thbo n e-place, with a person of t he name owt. aY eharyld 5 , who would be called as a witness. Mrs. a re moved from Rathbune - p lace to No. 1,. Southern"- t on -terrace, Camberwell. She went the re as aessa Stewart, in which name letters. were addressed to leer, and she wa s visited almost every day b .) the pri soner _er the name of Stewart. This old lad Fletcher, who inq uired about the.] p ing obtained ing for her under letters of a dministration as the sister of John Ste w art. The stock was transferred back again under the name of Elizabeth Stewart, and the dividends were paid a few days after the administration was perfected. On the part of the proSecution it was alleged that Fletcher and andit Barber pfourrpthoseejoufryobtotasiamynwg-hpoet,lsrerssittonwaso B ar ber knew perfectly well that fraud was going fur. n th woil e trdc stock. Shortly after Elizabeth Stewart had taken the lodging at Camberwell, Fletcher went with hie to the office of a proctor of the name of Hunt, and on the 31st of July, 1840, she made an affidavit for the purpose of obtaining letters of administration. There was a very wholesome rule St Doctors' Commons, that when an individual cams for ward claiming to administer the affairs of a deceased party, some time after death, he , should give some reason for the delay. -And, accordingly, this affidavit was made to account for the delay in this instance. The Learned Counsel then read the affidaviti stating that Elizabeth Stewart was the only sister, and nest of kin of John Stewart, and that she was residing in New York at the time of his death, and was not aware of the fact until the month of May in the previous year, when she returned to this country. It was Aionsidered, how ever, that sufficient information had not bee n given. The duty of 45/. was paid, being advanced by-Fletcher, but it was necessary there should be two sureties Sn'join Elia. Stewart before she could obtain l etters ofads, tni 2 n D is u r e: tsitornee. Duke street, Groletchsverengoart:ci estuhaerne,amtaeiloofr,Thanods. G u ri r .ffi.. Pitt, or his - clerk, procured some other person to be surety, thinking. that there could be no danger in so doing. The bond was executed before the surrogate; and upon its being executed, the letters of administration were granted. In addition to the affidavit for the purpose of satisfying the registrar there was a c ertificate of the ba p tism of Jolat Stewart and of Elizabeth S tewar t ; but the baptism of J. Stewart and it was represented to have token was land, but in the, parish of i s 76 eo l Marylcbone, Middlesex. The certificate of Elizabeth • Satree plac e, the notyeairn Stewart was also of the same parish. There could be no • doubt that John Stewart, to whom this stock had belonged, came from Scotland, • and docu ments would be put in, which. were found after his death, showing his personal . history. It was quite right that he should state that Barber was acting avowedly in the capacity of attorney to the parties. It would be for the jury to say whether he • had any guilty knowledge of this transactor. The Learned Counsel then read the -remainder of the document, explaining why Miss Stewart bad . not before Naas Hull Boyle 6 1 ,10 0 00 ,75 'oUn d i atiOn us with ed " 0