The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-28 00:00:00

The monopoly which the West Indies have so long and I THIRD EDIT lON OF " THE SUN?' so disadvantageously enjoyed, both to the United King dom and to themselves, has had the effect of causing the planters to disregard the cultivation of cotton, and hence their bad position in comparison with the United States. The East Indies is too far off, and the voyage, therefore, too expensive to enable our shipowners to card- sugar as i ballast, at a nominal freight, from India to England. The West Indies, however, are, or may be, made valuable colonies, and the owners of land therein will awake from their slumbers, see their present proper position, arid act consistently to themselves and to the mother country. They' have at present many advan tages by steam, a civilised population, a cleared country -under a regularly settled Government, &c., the happy position of their black population will naturally, ,the perhaps slowly, induce Africans and coloured men from all wailers in their vicinity to make our West India colonies a refuge and a home. It seems to me that the - system of emigration adopted for supplying of labourers to-the West Indies from Africa and from India is bad and vicious; the proportion of females to males is ex tremtly so, and esircially so from the East Indies. The races never did ye harmonise or amalgamate: and a Hindoo Coolie thinks of nothing when he has no wife or home, but getting back to the East Indies ; whereas, if young men and their wives were brought over from Hin doston to Demerara or the West Indies they would settle, colon ise in villages by themselves, and increase an nually in numbers. Chinamen would do the same, if a point were made that every man must bring his wife with him. He could not, it is true, bring a Chinese wife of pure blood, but he would have no difficulty in obtaining a Malay wife, and right nice women they are, and very thrifty and cleanly, though the Malay men be otherwise. It is not over creditable to Great Britain to draw so large a number of the labourers for the West India colonies from the captured slavers, no doubt, though there be, that the poor captured negroes will be ultimately benefited thereby. The West Indians will but deceive themselves if they believe in the delusion and art thereon, that the consumers of West India produce (for they pay the piper) will long submit to pay the expense of transporting to and from the coast of Africa to the West Indies, and to and from India to the West Indies. Male la bourers, for the sole purpose of tilling by a bad system their West India estates. If they mean to make the most of their present breathing time, they would act wisely by being up and doing, and using every effort while they yet enjoy the power, of inducing young couples of Africans, of TIM-coolies in couples, and of young Chinamen and their Malay wives (each male with a female and children, if they have them), to emigrate and to finally settle with their families in the West Indies. It may, perhaps, be too much to believe that the late British slaveholder has already changed his opinion, that it is cheaper to buy labourers than to breed them." But be this as it may, it is now, or ought to be, out of his power " to buy instead of breeding;" and if he be still infatuated enough to dream of acting on that exploded opinion, and as far as in him lies do act thereon, he must prepare himself at an early period to see his estates pass into the hands of others more worthy than he, who will do the needful justice to him self and his country, and this too, to witness this loss of his property by circumstances which will then be out of his power to control. Contracts I see have been entered into by the owners of estates in the Malacca Straits settlements with gangs of Chinamen, whereby the China men are to cultivate those sugar estates, and cure the sugar fit for exporting to Europe (the latter finding im plements and other materials for agriculture and curing), and the sugaas so cured fit for shipping, &c., to be deli vered to the owner of the estate, at the rate of Spanish dollar per picul, or 7s. 3d. per 133 1-31bs., the China men to get his remuneration for his labour and capital employed by his gang out of the price he receives for his sugars. This is a species of farming; and perhaps this has so far frightened the West Indians out of their propriety, as to cause them to force Sir Robert Peel to deal so cruelly with those young, but still the first, of our free-trade settlements and self-supporting settle ments—Singapore, Malacca, province Wellesley, and Penang at least. The Mosquito shore, Natal, and the north half of New Holland, may all be made sugar producing colonies; but the white man is required to direct and superintend his black brother in the operation of tillage and curing. R. W. COURT CIRCULAR. W have received many complaints from Subscribers who are frequently I disappointed in not receiving the Third Edition. The fault revs en tirely with the News-agent who serves them, and who thereby not only injures the paper, but does in j ustice to his customer. This injustice is still further aggravated by an extra charge of a halfpenny (the Post ogice fee) being made for NOT supplying the latest or Third Edition. 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Sc., will answer best, and Subscribers can suit themselves accordingly. - Respectable Agents will always supply the proper paper; but where any wilful neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" office, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to their WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, and attended by the Countess of Charlemont, Baroness de Strumfeder, the Earl of Hardwicke, Ad miral Sir Robert Otway, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and Baron de Schreckenstein, visited this morning St. George's Chapel Royal, where the royal party remained half an hour, and after viewing the sacred edifice, proceeded to the Royal Mews, and inspected the Riding-school and stables. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent paid an early morning visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert, and also took leave of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron de Schreckenstein, took her departure from the Castle this morning, for the Slough station of the Great Western Railway, on her return to town. After the departure of the Grand Duchess, the Queen and Prince Albert took equestrian exercise in the Great Park, attended by the Hon. Miss Hamilton, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Major-General Sir E. Bowater. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyt telton, were taken a carriage airing this morning. In the afternoon the Royal Family were taken in the pleasure grounds. The Earl of Aberdeen left the Castle to-day. The royal dinner party at the Castle, in the evening, ineltrled her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess of Wratislaw, and Mr. a id Mrs. William Ihrcourt. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend ancc during dinner ; her Majesty's private band after. wards attended. Now ready, in 3 vols., with Plates, price 31s. 6d. bound. THE HISTORY OF MAR GAR E T CATC HPOLE, A SUFFOLK GIRL. " Truth is stranger than fiction. We have here a veritable his tory, with incidents more startling and extraordinary than are to be found in any romance with whieh we are acquainted."—Norfolk Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher 13, Great Marlborough-street. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived in town yesterday, from Kew, and visited the Marehioness of Douglas (nee Princess Mary of Baden), at her residence, in Connaught-place. His Ro) al Highness the Duke of Cambridge has left the seat of Viscount Barrington, Beckett House, Berks, for Nuneham ' Oxford. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron de Schreckenstein, arrived at the Paddington ter minus of the Great Western Railway at one o'clock yes terday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Duke of Hamilton received the Grand Duchess on her arrival, and accompanied her Royal Highness to Portman-square. Thu Grand Duchess afterwards visited her daughter the Marchioness of Douglas, at her residence in Connaught place. _ _ A deputation from the hand-loom weavers had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputation was accompanied by their Secretary, Mr. W. H. Lowe. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Dispatches from the Governors of New South Wales, Ceylon, and St. Helena, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE JAMES REEVES, C. 8., K.H.—This gallant and very distin guished officer died on the 14th inst. at his residence, Bulstrode-street, Cavendish-square, in the 73d year of his age. His career was most brilliant in maay quarters of the globe, and at the important positions he held on several remarkable and critical occasions redounded very mueh to his character as an officer and a soldier. He entered the army on the 9th of February, 1791, became Lieutenant on the 29th of June, 1793, Captain on the 21st of December, 1797, Major on the 10th of October, 1805, Lieutenant- Colonel on the Ist of January, 1812, Colonel on the 22d of July, 1830, and Major-General on • the 28th of June, 1838. Major-General Reeves was at the capture of the French West India islands by the army under Sir Charles Grey, and served in the brigade of Grenadiers commanded by the Duke of Kent. When the Duke's Aides-de-Camp were wcuided, this gallant officer carried the Duke's orders during the rest of the action of Morne Tortenson. He was subsequently wounded at the storming of Fleur d'Ep6e. He was ap pointed Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Dundas in Ireland for three years, and in the rebellion of 1798 was at tkhe battles of Kilcullen and Vinegar-hill. Major- General Reeves was afterwards under Sir Ralph Aber- Cromby, and served under that General in the Egyptian campaign in 1801. He was present at the landing at Aboukir Bay, on the Bth of March, at the action on the 13th, and at the battle of Alcoa idria on the 21st of March ; in that of Rahmanie, on the Nile, on the 9th of May ; and in the command of the Bth Regiment at the investment of Grand Cairo, and at the surrender of that (i y. He was afterwards in the Mediterranean, and whin in command of the second battalion of the 27th Regiment, in 1809, was present at the capture of the islands of Ischia and Procida. He concluded his glorious war services in the Peninsula, from 1811 to 1813, when- he took part in the storming of Aleoy, and in the action of Biar. He commanded the light division in the battle of Castalla, and in the action of the sylvanced post at Ordal, where he was wounded, and sent home for recovery. He was created a Companion of the Bath for h's services, and a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, and also received a medal for his services in Egypt. He was appointed Lieut.-Governor of Placentia (Newfoundland) on the 14th of June, 1819, from which appointment he derived an income of 173/. 7s. 6d. per annum. ' THE GRAVE -YARD NUISANCE.—The recent public exposure with regard to the practices at Spa-fields burial ground has had the effect of diminishing the number of interments in many of the crowded burial-places in the metropo:is. At Spa-fields burial-ground, where the Average number of funerals on Sunday has for some years exceeded twenty, they have diminished suddenly on late successive Sundays from twenty-seven to five, four, and two respectively, while last Sunday there were hilt four. It will be recollected that, amongst the most frightful cases of exposure brought before the Committee of the House of Commons were the grave-yards of St. Anne's Soho; Portugal-street, Lincoln a Inn-fields; St. Martin's, in Drury-lane; Russell-court, White Hart street, chiefly used as a pauper burial-ground; and the vaults under Enon Chapel, St. Clement's-lane. The latter fertile source of disease to the district has for some time been closed, the old proprietor being dead; since Which the chapel has been occupied as a temperance hall, where balls over the remains of the dead are Occasionally held. The crowded state of the others, and the complete saturation of the earth with animal matter call for the interference of the Secretary of State to order their immediate closing. Petitions have been got up, and are being extensively signed, for the closing of all placei; of interment in large towns. On Monday next, 2s. 6d., bound in cloth, PLAN OF AN IMPROVED INCOME-TAX AND REAL FREE TRADE, With an equitable Mode of Redeeming the National Debt, and some Observations on the Education and Employment of the People, on Systematic Colonization, and on the Welfare of the Labouring Classes.—By JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM. London : James Ridgway, and all Booksellers. SPANISH PASSIVE BONDHOLDERS! CAUTION. Do not be tempted by the trifling rise in this Stock to sell. Tour Stock is now scarce, and remember M. Non, the Spanish Minister of Finance, has pledged himself to propose to the Cortes a settlement of the whole Foreign Debt of Spain. Is the Active Stock, then, only to be converted, and our interests be neglected? Believe it not. You 1001. Bond is now worth but 71. If you will but be firm, another month will make them worth 171. WHISPER. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that a Second GRAND MUSICAL FETE, Comprising the unpublished manuscripts of the celebrated FELICIEN DAVID, Will be presented on MONDAY WEEK, APRIL 7, With the original Melodies and Choruses. Grand Descriptive Symphonic Ode of THE DESERT, produced for the first time with the most enthusiastic success at the Conservatoire Royal, Paris. LE DESERT. Ode, Symphonie, in three parts with grand orchestra. The orchestra and chorus will include upwards of 200 per formers. The whole under the Direction of Signor Costa. Solos by Moriani and Corelli THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Balfe's Grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Adolphe do Courcy, Mr. D. W. King ; Catarina Colmar°, Miss Poole. To conclude with DER FRIESCHUTZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton : Linda, Miss Betts. The Eminent Tenor, M. DUPRI-7, Is engaged here for Twelve Nights only, and will shortly make his appearance in his cele brated character of ARNOLD, in GUILLAUME TELL ; and is also preparing himself for his unrivalled personation of EDGAR, in Donizetti's popular Opera, THE BRIDE OF LA.MMERMOOR, for the Performance of which, an Engagement has also been ex pressly entered into with Mille. EUGENIE GARCI 1. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Jlr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; %duster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, fitiame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Epereal Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Seupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be perfortned a New Tragic Drama, called METAMORA THE WAMPANOAGS Metamora, Mr. Edwin Forrest; Mordaunt, Mr. Henry Wallack ; Lord Fitz Arnold, Mr. Archer ; Mahrneokee, Mrs. Stirling ; Oceana, Miss Emma Stanley. After which, Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatie Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTAR& Timour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Superbly decorated, and with extensive alterations! forming ono of the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis ! THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. TII IS EVENING Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. It. Younge ; Mr. Pecsniff, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, entitled LO WTHER ARCADE. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. Matthews ; Miss Dawson, and Miss Grove. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. Emery, F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) THIS EVENING Will he repeated THE GAME COCK OF TIIE WILDERNESS. Colonel Mereville, Mr. H. Mellon; Roderick, Mr. Binge ; Samson, Mr. Marble ; Mabel, Mrs. Griffith. After which, THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA. Scenes in the Circle, introducing M. and Mdme. Dumos, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. GREAT ATTRACTION FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, called 3IARGARET CATCH. POLE. Supported by Messrs. H. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, R. Bonner, S. Cowell, licslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly., Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs, R. Ilonner. After which, THE IRISH TUTOR, in which the Infant Power, Miss Heron, will appear. To conclude with THE MOOR MAIDEN, in which Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, and Mrs. 11. Vining will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CiTCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, HERCULES, KING OF CLUBS. To conclude with THE KNIGHTS OF TIIE CROSS. GAME-LAWS.—A very important display of the feelings with which the tenant-farmers regard the exist ing game-laws took place on Wednesday at St. Alban's. A numerous assembly of the tenant-farmers of Hertford shire was held for the purpose of entertaining Mr. J. Horncastle, of Gammon's Farm, at a public dinner, and presenting him with a testimonial of the admiration with which they regard the independent and truly English spirit in which he expressed his opposition to the very stringent preservation of game within the last few years adopted by his landlord, the Earl of Essex, on his estates in Hertfordshire. The feeling of opposition to the game laws which was evinced by the farmers present was of the strongest and most decided character. They see clearly that their interests are in this matter not suffi ciently attended to ; and they are beginning to feel that in other matters which affect their prosperity it is ne cessary for them to look for themselves. Mr. Bright, M.P. for Durham, attended by invitation of the com mittee, and was loudly cheered on his entrance, About 120 sat down to dinner in the Town-hall, Mr. C. H. La timore in chair. PROGRAMME. Part I.—Entrance to the Desert. Glorification of Allah ; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the Caravan—Departure of the Caravan—Tempest in the Desert — Return of the Calm—The Caravan resumes its march. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Orizinal Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF TIIE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Humby; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 39 minutes after 4 I Evening .. i 9 minutes after 4. Part IL—Night. The Evening Star—Halt of the Caravan—Hymn to the Night : air sung by Signor Morlani—Arabian Fantasia--The Dance of the Alines—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra — Evening reverie : melody sung by Signor Moriani, wills chorus and orchestral accompaniments—Sleep Part lll.—Sun-rise. Call of the Muezzin; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey—The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance ; grand chorus and orches tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand chorus final. Introductory Part—lst. Fragment of Grand Symphony in E flat-2d. 3lelodic imitative a Grand Orchestrc : Les Ilirondelles, sung by Signor Moriani-3d. Melodic Orientate : Le Chibouque 4th. Soiree du Printemps Fragment tire des quartre Saissons de Felicien David, executed by all the string instruments. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-ofilee, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Eight o'clock ; to commence at Half-past Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the expressed desire of a great number of the Subscribers, and of its increasing success, TO-MORROW EVENING Will be repeated (fifth time in this country), Verdi's new Opera, ERN/NI. In Four Parts—lst., The Bandit ; 2d., The Guest ; ad., The Pardon ; 4th., The Mask. With new scenery by Mr. Marshall. Elvira, Madame Rita Borio ; Giovanna, Mdlle. Bellin ; Ruy Gomez, Signor Fornasarl ; Don Carlos, Signor Botelli ; Ernani, Signor Moriani. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DRICADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. Principal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count„ Edgard), Mddle. Lucile Grahn ; Rubezahi (le Gnome), M. Ferrol ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselln. In the course of the Ballet the following Dances will be introduced : Waltze Selesienne, by the Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet. Pas de la Flanc,ee— Grahn and - )1. Toussaint, Pas de Cinq (composed by M. Gosselln)—Mdlles. Louise Weiss, Fer. dinand, Demelisse, Cassan, and Moncelet. Mazourka D'Extase—Mdlle. Lucile GrAin and M. Perrot, Fourth Tableau. Grand Pas des Dryades by 3ldlle. L.Grahn and the Ladles of the Corps de Ballet. Doors open at Seven; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Madame Anaide Castellan, of the Imperial Theatre St. Petersburgh, has arrived in town, and will make her first appearance on Tues Jay next, April 1, in Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LA3IMERMOOII. Edgardo, Sig. Moriani ; Ashton, Sig. Fornasari ; and Lucia, Mille. A. Castellan. TIIE srw, LONDON, FRIDAY Er.ENIN4, MARCH 28, MS. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 28 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 57; Noon, 55 BAROMETER, 29.74.—W1ND, N.W. NoTE.-7i: , e figures, which follow the words " Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest statv of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. 1 ) (7 * •-• .0. 1 0. _ -4"7 4011 1 1' ' •-•N1 - 400 4 f..."4IVL'; --411116 w, z;,,, o ."1104Z, z u , e '7 • • SECOND EDITION: , 4 , ei-6.... Ur Act/AU C >nit ..... LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1845. The recent letter of the Duke of NEWCASTLE, ad dressed to an Evening Contemporary, is a document too remarkable to be passed over in silence—although we are very far, indeed, from any desire to impeach the truth and genuine character of its averments. No mere associations of party shall ever make us wit tingly unjust to persons. We therefore feel it our first duty, in considering this letter, to separate our recollections of the staunch Tory opponent of Reform and the progress of liberal opinions from those which regard the personal character and reputation of an English nobleman of the highest rank, family, and fortune. It has happened to us to have had con siderable opportunity for forming an unbiassed judg ment upon the deportment of his Grace in this dis tinguished position ; and we are bound to declare that we have always heard, moreover, from others who have had the best and the nearest means, in the transaction both of private and professional affairs, of observing that deportment, that he has discharged, in the most unexceptionable manner, all the relations and duties of private life, as a parent, a landlord, and a master, a steady friend, and an excellent neighbour. That the Duke of NEWCASTLE should be prepared, at any time, amply to vindicate his personal integrity and honour against all impeachment, was no more than we were at all times fully prepared to expect. The vindication of his Grace, therefore, on the present occasion, from the constructive imputa tion (for his Grace will allow us to remark that, after all, the motion which has occasioned hitn so much annoyance implied nothing more, and died abso lutely in the moment of so perfect an explanation as it had already elicited from Lord LINCOLN)—this vindication, we say, does not move us by any emotion of surprise. We may intimate a doubt of the dis cretion of his Grace's proceeding, with as much free dom as we have excepted, in times past, to certain unfortunate declarations made by him in the House of Lords. But we can as frankly declare, that we respect the very excitement under which he writes so boldly, albeit perhaps unadvisedly, as we adhere to the emphatic protests we have repeatedly made against the general tenour of his political views and connexions. And the Duke, to do him justice, leaves neither to us, nor to any others who have most vehe mently animadverted on his ultra-Toryism, any plea of difficulty in reconciling past with present profes sions. He manfully, if wrongly, adheres to his con sistent text. He is no political latitudinarian. He may have compromised the expediency-politics of the party with which he was once connected, but he will not compromise his own deliberately recorded opinions. From that party he has now withdrawn. This secession from the party adopted in the earlier period of a public man's public career, is the most common thing in the world in our times. But he has not passed over to the opposite party, nor changed his opinions in that transit. This is one of the rarest phenomena now to be witnessed in the political horizon. In so far, therefore, as regards singleness of purpose, con sistency of party adhesion, uncompromising profes sion of a political faith, which it has become the almost universal fashion of its former votaries to ab jure—this letter is no every-day production. But it has yet more signal and distinctive properties about it. There is a straight-forward, searching, stern, and almost misanthropic truthfulness of statement about it, which is as honourable to himself as we fear it will be distasteful to his quondam connexions, and even to his own family. There is no mincing of matters with the Duke. In his justification, even his sma had not gone far enough. His Grace seems to have been indifferent about going too far, providel he could completely justify himself from the imputation that might, as we say, be constructively inferred from the terms of Mr. Humes or Mr. WIL LIAMS'S motion. Is he determined to set out the whole truth, even at the cost of some revelations of private concernmeLts which it must be, at all times, a painful sacrifice for such a man to make to a sense of duty ? If the extreme step the Duke has taken might have been avoided, as it is reasonable to infer from the prompt acknowledgment with which Lord LINCOLN'S speech was responded to by all persons who heard it—it is now too late to lament, and impossible to recal it. We, like the rest of the world, are exempted from all liability to the charge of indelicacy in further discussing a pub lished letter, after readily acknowledging that it has completely answered its purposes of complete vindi cation. For, surely, there is a moral beyond the matter in hand, on the present occasion, to be drawn from this document. What, after all, is this phantom of Parliamentary influence, of aristocratical distinction, of Ministerial connexion, of the authority attaching to vast property and high alliances, of all, in short, that goes to make up the showy pageant which men call "power," and the atmosphere of whose existence is designated public life ? Here is a ducal mantle withdrawn from the glittering mystery it covered; and that mystery, for the mastery of which men sa crifice their convictions, their opinions, the con nexions of their youth, the deliberate pledges re corded' by reflective manhood, the good will of those from whom only applause is worth the earning, the confidence of constituents, the respect of a contem porary public, and the favourable judgment of pos terity ? It is a shapeless, revolting, hollow, mock ing deformity. The heir of the honours and for tune 3, estates and grandeur of the PELUAMS, the FIENNESES and the CLIN TONS tells you so. He tells you that he has been made, for years past, the subject of deliberate misre presentation and vilification, on account of opi nions he never professed; and that he now finds him self comparatively alone, in the profession of those which he did and does profess, which his former poli tical connexions did profess, and have now, one by one, abandoned. So much for the fate of political singleness of purpose ; for the duplicity of political connexions. All the accidents of position, all the ele ments of success were with the Duke, and he broadly avows that, "at his first entrance into public life he possessed great power in a political point of view." It is evident that the sapping operation of selfish in terests, the cabals of treacherous associates, and the secret defection of trusted leaders, making their own terms at the expense of the parties who trust them, do more to wreck political " power " than the most stormy shocks of violent but open enmity. Then conies the Duke's exposition of his borough property, and the authority that gave him in the Legislature. We are quite willing to believe that his Grace is not less candid in his declaration that he never made use of this property in the way of dishonest traffic or for purposes of gain, and that he dispensed it by nomina tions the most eligible and the best adapted for the public interests, according to his own notions of what those interests required. We cannot go along with him in considering it a grievance which any British Peer can be in a condition to plead, that if the sacrifice of these boroughs, by the Reform Rill, entailed a pecu niary loss, equivalent to 200,0001., he has never re ceived any compensation for that loss. But we think he is entitled to the praise of great and most honour able moderation, looking to the immense importance of his influence and support to any Tory Government, in having exacted—we should rather say accepted— so very little in the shape of mere honorary distinctions,—so absolutely nothing in the shape of public money or official pay. His conduct with regard to the offers of the Garter to him—his manly waiver of that high honour in favour of the Duke of WELLINGTON, when he was himself re commended or it on the ground of eminent public services—ought to be remembered, and to endure to the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S honour, when all the strifes of parties throughout the whole term of his xi-tenee shall have been forgotten. his subsequent investiture with the blue ribband, " by command," was the proper and becoming sequel of these acts of rare disinterestedness. In showing, at the conclusion of his letter, how the views and the measures of those with whom he was once associated have altered, and, as he contends, to the manifest prejudice told peril of the public welfare, in reference to the state of the Church and the revision of its temporalities—to the reforms Parliamentary, Municipal, and Commer cial, which have been since established—we may and must express our utter dissent from and regret for the views so pertinaciously adhered to by his Grace —erroneous, obsolete, and mischievous as we conceive them to be. - But we respect him for his bold and upright avowal of them. In these days we are brought almost to venerate the phcenix-like virtue of consistency, so that only our persuasion that the Duke's is a consistency in error can qualify our ad miration for it in his own person. But whilst we la ment to perceive that we can find no grounds of con gratulation in the views he still announces as a states man or a politician, we cannot abstain from declaring that our respect for the integrity and honesty of the man are enhanced by the very misgivings we enter tain of those who have abandoned him and his party for the power they wield in virtue of that abandon ment. Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. The Cortes had adjourned their ssttings for the holi days, and the Bourse was closed, and the entire popu lation were occupied with the religious ceremonies of the Holy Week. On Thursday the young QUEEN washed the feet of twelve poor men, and administered to them food, with a sum of money to each. The Court also visited in procession several churches, ac companied by persons of rank, among others the French Ambassador. The weather, however, was very unfavourable, as rain or snow fel during the greater part of the day. At the Puerta del Sol the Three per Cents. were done at 34 for cash, and 35 at 60 days. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the discussions in the Chamber of Peers on jobbing in railway shares, and on the Customs' Bill in the Chamber of Deputies. Great opposition is made to the Bill brought forward by Count DARU on the former question, and among others Count D'ARGOUT, Governor of the Bank of France, and General CA BRERES spoke against it. The latter would willingly support any feasable measure for putting an end to gambling in shares, but he could not concur in the present Bill, because it tended to strike a mortal blow at the industry, commerce, and prosperity of the country, The Governor of the Bank whose authority stands very high in France, spoke in equally strong terms. The Bill, he said, infringed on the common right of all— full liberty of transacting business ; for let the Chamber look at what was done by any company in endeavouring to obtain the concession of a railroad, and judge if there was in the plan pursued any ille gality. First of all, some scientific men, bankers, and capitalists, met, and came to the determination to form themselves into a Committee on the matter in hand. There was certainly nothing against the law in that. Next they announced the provisional for mation of the company, and offered shares to the public in case of success. On these offers of shares they received money, for which they gave receipts. All this was perfectly legal, since the money was given back in case of non-concession. The objection 1 1 to this proceeding was, that the acknowledgments for the money paid in were mere bits of paper, without value. He must avow that he could not comprehend this exaggeration, for the re ceipts, in place of being bits of paper without value, were the acknowledgments of sums duly paid and to be duly repaid in certain circumstances. After some further remarks, he said on calculation he found that the sums required to be lodged by com panies for the working of railways, would amount to not less than 290,000,000 f. (11,000,0001.), the with drawal of which from the market would cause great confusion. Besides the plan would tend to withdraw the capital of foreigners from railway speculations. The mere fact of taking the measure into considera tion had already induced many foreign capitalists to sell their shares; and he would mention, in support of this assertion, that last month three thousand shares in a Belgian railroad, deposited at a banker's at Paris, bad been taken in two hours by French capitalists, and that at a moment when so many French lines demanded their support. lie concluded by observing that, before deciding on any mea sure it would be desirable to have a Committee of Inquiry appointed to examine into the matter, to ascertain the gravity of the abuses and the excesses which had taken place in the last few years, and to draw up a Bill in accordance with the result of their examinations. This speech has settled the question. Count DARU replied to it, but without effect, and the general belief is, that the Bill will be rejected by a large majority. The debate on the Customs' Bill was still going on in the Chamber of Deputies at the hour of post on Wednesday, but it possessed no public all the Opposition jour nalsthe Ministry for yield ing make interest. Nearly attacksl Cea on rly to the Chamber on the Belgian tariff, and adduce the fact as another instance of the utter abasement of M. GUIZOT. Marshal SOULT presented a Bill for an additional grant of 18,000,000 f. for the fortifications of Dunkirk, Soissons, Lyons, Besancon, Sedan, Toulouse, and St. Etienne, and to extraor dinary works which are to be executed by military engineers in the ports of Lorient, Havre, and Henne bon. On the same day Commissioners were elected for examining the Railway Bills for the lines between Paris and Lyons and Lyons and Avignon, seven of whom are favourable to the plans proposed by the Government. THE BOURSE—WEDNEspIy, Mincu 26. First Hivhist Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price French Five per Cents. •••• 117 90 117 90 .. 117 85 .. 117 85 Three per Cents.... 85 80 .. 85 85 .. 85 75 .. 85 85 86 60 .• 86 65 .. 86 60 .. 86 65 Bank of France .. ••.......311 5 ..3120 ..3110 ..3120 (louin Tank. I,ooof Shares• .1090 .4090 —lOB5 ..1085 Belgian Bank . •••• • • •••• •• 6 65 •• 665 .. 665 .. 665 Ite•gian Fives, 1840•. •• 1 05 31 105% 105 31 .. 105% 1842" •• •••• 107 •• 107 .. 107 107 Four-and-a-Half . 101% .. icss .. 103% .. 103% Two-and-a-Half..• 62 65 .. 62 65 .. 62 65 .. 62 65 Spanish Active•• ,••.....•• 40 .. 40 .. 40 .• 40 Threes•• •• •• •• •• •• 41IA .. 4114 .• 4I 41 1 4 Passive .••••• • • • • • 7 • • 7% • • 7 • • 7% Portuguese Five per Cents•• 68 .. 68 .. 63 .. 68 expolitun . ....• •. • • . 102 • • 102 • • 102 .. 102 Roman .•• •• •••• •• .. 106 •• 106 .. 106 .• ►O6 RAILWAY SHIRES. St. Germain •....••••.••••119 . 2 50 —l2OO —1192 50 ..12"0 Versailles, 11.11.....•...... 635 .. .. 655 .. 6 , 8 v. L.B•••••••••••• 410 . 412 50 .• 410 .. 411 25 Rouen••••••••••••••••••••1160 .1165 —lido —1165 Rouen to Llavre•9Bo .. 982 50 980 .. 982 50 Orleans • • • _ "1335 ..1325 ..1335 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 343 75 .. 345 Ivignon to Marseilles.... ..1140 ..1140 .. 343 75 .. 345 ..1140 . 1140 BOrTieanx to Testa •• •... 2 0 .. 230 .. 230 Paris to s c eaux • • • • • • • • • • . 710 .. 710 .. 710 RAILWAYS FOR TIIE ACCOUNT, Aram 3 Ht. —l2lO ..1190 ..1210 Versailles, R. 8...... 660 .. 665 .. 07 50 •• 660 •• 232 50 •• 710 L. 8...... - - -- 4io 1• •• •• - •• ...... 1165 Rouen• • • • Rouen to Havre 9;2 50 - . 985 Orleans .• • ••: • • • .......... 1330 • • 1340 • • 412 ••11117 50 .. 977 50 .. 98 -- ..1:327 50 ..1333 75 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 343 75 .. 345 .. 343 75 -- 345 Avignon to Marseilles ...... 1140 .. 1152 50 .. 1138 75 .. 1152 50 Paris to Sceaux ........... 715 .. 715 .. 715 • • 715 DISGRACEFUL AND REVOLTING SCENE AT NEW INGTON-CA.USEWAY.—(From a Correspondent.)— About five o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday, a most dis graceful and unnatural fracas took place in this nciA bourhood, and caused some hunch eds of persons to con gregate, to witness a tight between two individuals, who from their outward appearance were supposed to be of the female gender, but from the numerous falls in the tight in which they were engaged, it was soon discovered that one of the parties was a man in the disguise and dress of a woman. The bystanders, one and all, urged policeman 157 L, and 116 M, to take both the offenders to the station-house, not only for the breach of the peace they had committed (and to which both policemen were eyewitnesses), as also a general obstruction caused by the mob of people assembled, but still more on account of a man in the disguise of a woman, clothed in a gown, shawl, car, and bonnet, actually fighting with a person who in reality was a woman. Although such fact was established, and even winked at, and acknow ledged by the policemen, they still persisted in suffering the disguised individual to escape, and most insultingly taunted several gentlemen who urged their taking the as sumed individual i n t o t h e i r k ee pi ng , to rece i ve th e pu nishment set forth by the law for appearing at large in the dress of that sex to which he did not telong. We have information, too undeniable to be questioned, and are also in the possession of a gentleman's name and ad dress, who hesitates not in saying that a greater dere liction of duty on the part of the two policemen he never witnessed, and that the eye-sight and feelings of many highly-respectable females in this locality were shocked at the appearance of the supposed female when an ex poaure of the person was beheld. An investigation into this affair by the head of the constabulary force need not, we should imagine, be urged, as it speaks loudly for immediate inquiry,-.-Adver tiser EXECUTION OF JOHN TA WELL. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) It having become known in London, and in the districts atound Aylesbury, that this morning the wretched criminal Tawell was to expiate on the gallows his dreadful crime, a large number of persons flowed into the town the evening before. The London down-trains were more crowded than usual, and besides a considerable number of representatives from the metropolitan press, he who was to perform the last office for the prisoner—the executioner Cal craft, came down also. There was nothing in the appearance of the town yesterday evening to indicate that an execution—and one, too, which has raised so much excitement in the public mind—was about to take place, save that it was somewhat more crowded than ordinary. The reporters for the London press, immediately on arriving at Aylesbury, called upon Mr. Sherriff, the Governor of the County Hall, who handed them the letter of Mr. Sub-Sheriff Tindal, nephew of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, informing them that none but those officially concerned would be admitted into the Hall. A letter was forthwith addressed to Mr. Tindal, remonstrating on so un usual a course, but the reply was, "No answer." After a lapse, however of some three hours, Mr. Tindal wrote, stating that the reporters seemed to misappre hend the scope of his letter to the governor ; that it was not intended to exclude the reporters " per sonally," but that all persons not officially concerned were to be excluded. Another communication was forwarded to Mr. Tindal, in reply to which he stated, " I have no other answer to give than that addressed to you and your colleagues, and you must consider that as conclusive against all persons not officially concerned I am acting simply in the performance of my duty, and of the direc tions given by my superior, which I intend strictly to di s charge, irrespective of all consequences." With this answer a verbal message had been sent, " that Mr. Acton Tindall had locked up his house for the night." Thus the reporters, and consequently the public, are excluded from that which to them personally would be but a painful and distressing duty—namely, witnessing the conduct and behaviour of the unfortunate criminal at his last moments. But the public will expect and ought to know all those things, and on public grounds the execution of a great criminal should not be left to a few officials. Mr. Ewing, an artist from Nottingham, who came to town for the purpose of taking a cast of Tawell's head, was refused a similar request. It seems to be the opinion that Mr. Sub-Sheriff Tindal is de sirous of sparing as much as possible the feelings of the culprit, but though one can appreciate such feel ings, it is not easy to find any reason for making an exception in this case. The prisoner also has been allowed several privileges in the prison, which have been refused to others under similar circumstances, on account of his excellent conduct since his con viction. At an early hour this morning, about five o'clock, the drop, from which the prisoner was to be sus pended, was arranged ; and even at that early hour there were persons anxiously looking on. Every moment the crowd was augmenting. Numbers of persons had come in from the country about seven o'clock, and they were not at all confined to the lower orders. Several most respectable persons were trooping in at all points of the town, and notwith standing the badness of the morning several hundreds of persons were congregated before the County Hall, in front of which the drop was placed, shortly after seven o'clock. The County Hall is rather a low structure, built in a low situation, in front of which the ground rises gradually, and as there is a large open space before it, in which the market is held, it was calculated to afford a most excellent view to the spectators, who, as the fatal bout approached, manifested intense expecta tion and anxiety. There could not have been less than between 4,000 and 5,000 persons; present at the time of the execution, and amongst them were several respectable-looking females. The large space in front of the gaol was well nigh filled. Before the large window in front of the gaol was a balcony, within which the drop was erected, the lower part of which was curtained. There were placards carried about in several parts of the crowd, a*nouncing, in large letters, "A Full Account of the Last Moments of John Tawell," which could not fail to be seen by the miserable man. TUE EXECUTION. The hour announced for execution was eight o'clock, but about a quarter of an hour before eight a sudden motion of the crowd showed that the moment had 'come—the last fatal moment when the prisoner was to be launched into eternity, to meet his Creator. It was an awful movement, that move ment of the crowd. The most intense silence pre vailed—not a word escaped after the crowd had said "He is coming." The wretched man was greatly moved when he saw the crowd ; he trembled ex ceedingly, and was scarcely able to stand as he stepped on the platform under the drop. Calcraft, the executioner, and one of the turnkeys led him out of the goal, and Mr. Sheriff, the Governor, stood immediately behind him. The nightcap having been immediately drawn over him, he knelt down to pray, which he did with the most apparent fervour. After he had been praying for about a minute or a minute and a half he was assisted to rise by Calcraft, who proceeded to place the rope round his neck. Here, however, there seemed to be an un necessary delay, which might have been avoided by a little forethought. There being 'no chain from the cross beam from which to fix the other end of the rope, a considerable time elasped between the rope being placed round his neck and the tying it to the cross beam, at which considerable dissatisfaction was manifested by the spectators. Calcraft made two or three turns of the rope before it was properly and firmly fixed to the beam. This performed, the drop fell, and the wretched man became at once violently convulsed and his whole frame quivered—his arms and legs contracted—they fell again—were again contracted —fell again, again contracted—and he hung a mo tionless corpse, save that he oscillated to the motion of the wind, which was blowing strongly at the time. Probably five minutes elapsed between the appear ance of the criminal and his death. Some say more, some less ; but five minutes was about the time. From the first his hands were tightly bound to g( ther, and he kept his fingers locked in each other as if he still prayed, and had his mind directed to wards heaven in spite of his bodily suffering. It was expected that the wretched man would be re ceived with groans and execrations by the crowd, but we are pleased to be able to say that no such dis graceful proceeding took place. On the contrary, a most decorous and becoming silence was observed, and not a word escaped to distract him in his last moments. This conduct of the people is highly creditable to them, and contrasts most favourably with the behaviour of the crowds who assemble at Newgate on similar occasions. The body was allowed to hang for an hour, and was then taken, but not cut, down. He was executed in the Quaker's dress. The body was immediately interred in the precincts of the gaol, though up to last night his friends had hopes, from the strong applica tions that were made on the subject, that his body would be delivered up to them—the grave, however, was dug two days ago. TAWELL'S CONFESSION. In consequence of the exclusion of the reporters we entirely depend on the liberty allowed to Mr. Sheriff a stating what took place previous the execution.. Mr. Sheriff Las throughout shown the greatest courtesy to the gentlemen of the press, as far as the latitude allowed him ex tended, and the following particulars from him may be relied on. It appears that Tawell drew up a confession some days since, of which he made a copy at a quarter before five o'clock this morning. This statement he placed in the hands of the Rev. Mr. Cox, the chaplain, which he begged of that gentleman to keep, but said that he had no objection to the substance of it being made known to the public. The statement will be so far satisfactory to the public that it takes away all doubt as to the guilt of the deceased. He confessed that he was guilty of the murder of Sarah Hart, and also that he was guilty of the attempt to murder her on the previous occasion, in September last, as stated on the trial, He also confessed that he did not commit the murder from pecuniary motives, but from the dread that the relation in which he stood towards Sarah Hart would transpire and come to the ears of his wife. , The following brief statement of the manner in which Tawell conducted himself was handed to us by Mr. Sherriff— " John Tawell passed the whole night with almost unabated firmness, only giving way to a few tears and emotion occasionally. He listened with be coming attention to many portions of Scripture, and read many himself, joining with propriety in observa tions arising from them, and not only did he listen to and unite in the prayers which were offered for him, but he several times retired into his sleeping cell, and, falling on his knees, prayed aloud and most fervently and penitently. His firmness never forsook him to the last." Mr. Sherriff stated that the prisoner made a hearty tea last night with the chaplain. He took breakfast at three o'clock this morning ; after which, he asked of Mr. Sherriff if he might go to bed for a short time, desiring, if he fell asleep, not to be allowed to con tinue in that state after five o'clock. He fell into a profound sleep, which lasted about half an hour. He then awoke, and dressed himself. He desired Mr. Sheriff to leave a few shillings to some of the pri soners, and made a few trifling memorandums. The following letter, addressed by the prisoner to Mr. Sheriff, will be read with interest, and is highly creditable to Mr. Sherriff. He had written it some days ago, but made a fresh copy, which he gave to Mr. Sherriff at five o'clock this morning. The letter indicates a good deal of gratitude on the part of the prisoner, and though written only a few hours before his execution, it is astonishing with what a bold hand it must have been written, fur the characters exhi bited no weakness of nerve whatever. " Aylesbury, March 28, 1845. " Dear and worthy Friend, Mr. Sherriff—lt is not less my duty than great pleasure, as well as from feelings of deep and sincere gratitude, that I can thus offer my poor but unqualified thanks to both thyself and poor Mrs. Sherriff for the continued and marked kind attention which has been shown so uniformly to myself and my dear and valuable family and friends since my unfortunate confinement in this prison, by allowing us all the access which urbanity and philan throphy could suggest, under such circumstances, to the participators in this their severe affliction. "And now their deeply distressing probation is nearly concluded, I have to desire that this may be accepted as the most grateful acknowledgment, both on account of myself and them. " I can, for myself, desire that the Divine blessing may largely rest on thyself, and Mrs. Sherriff, and your family ; and my own valuable family will last ingly hare to re-echo this poor but sincere benedic tion of thy faithful but afflicted friend, " JOHN TAWELL." This letter was superscribed " Mr. _Sherriff; Aylesbury," with the words " From J. Tawell, March 25, 1845," in the corner—the date being altered in the body of the letter. During the whole time that the body was suspended, the crowd manifested no desire to retire, and had even increased .considerably, the execution having taken place earlier than was expected— earlier even than was announced. The body pre sented a,very livid appearance, and the swelling of the veins was visible from the ground. When the body was taken in, the spectators began to disperse gradually, but only to talk over what they had seen. In a short time the Market-place presented its usual appearance, and nothing remained to indicate that an awful lesson had just been read to humanity. There were even some persons who amused themselves in scrambling for some papers that were thrown amongst them. Men were " turning a penny" by the sale of " the ex ecution of John Tawell this morning ;" but a scene was presented which will not soon escape from the memory of the inhabitants of Aylesbury. As a proof of the interest which this execution excited be yond even the neighbourhood, we may mention that there were representatives from some of the Liver pool and Manchester papers present at it, and where ever the up-trains stopped inquiries were made re specting " the doings" at Aylesbury. We might close here, but it may not be out of place to make a few remarks on the extraordinary character of John Tawell. The annals of crime may furnish more atrocious criminals, but there was that in the organisation or mental constitution of this man, which distinguishes him from all others. His love of a good reputation, which all men are anxious to preserve unstained, seemed to him so valuable, that he stopped at no crime to uphold it. He seemed so careful of what appeared to be valuable, that he shrunk from no deed however really criminal. He distributed money in charity with the very hand that but a moment before attempted murder, and actually committed it that he might not be considered un faithful. He was a forger twice, and we may say a murderer twice; and yet this man, after his forgeries, had conducted himself so well that he obtained his liberation, and, for sixteen years, pursued a long and prosperous course of trade, by which he obtained ample wealth. Respected in the colony by his fellow-townsmen, he returned to England, where he became respected, if not liked, and obtained in marriage an excellent and amiable woman, whose situation all must deplore, and to save whose feelings he committed a deed which has plunged her in the deepest misery. In whatever point of view his character is beheld the most glaring contradictions stare us in the face. We only know that in him the desire of being thought good, which argues the possession of goodness to a certain extent, was strongly blended with carelessness of the com mission of crime: and its dreadful : consequences —that he was a man of violent and irrepressible passions, with,all the exterior of the quietiest, and one whose conscience was at ease; and we leave to the psychologist and the mental anatomist the reconcilia tion of those inconsistent qualities of his mind. There can be no doubt that he furnishes an ex ample of hypocrisy, a parallel for which would in vain be sought for in the criminal annals of any country. An Italian, writing the epitaph of Pietro Arretino, said that he abused everybody except God, and did not abuse him only because he did not know him. Might it not, with equal justice, be said of Tawell, that he betrayed every one except God—and let us hope that at least he has not betrayed him in his last hour, but that his penitence was sincere as his conduct was exemplary, and that he, upon whom the world has closed this morning, will receive that favour in the sight of heaven which law and justice made it impossible could be extended to him on earth. It will be seen from the following letter written by the Under-Sheriff to the goaler, that all persons not officially concerned were excluded from the County Hall on the occassion of the execution. " TO JAMES SHERRIFF, ESQ., GOVERNOR OF THE COUNTY" GOAL. " Aylesbury, March 27; 1845. " Dear Sir,--I saw the High Sheriff yesterday in .. 412 50 .. 410 ..1170 .•1165 ele""74 LundOn, and consulted him upon the applicatioh IPS had been made to him by persons desirous of beige; mitted to the County Hall, on the occassion of the q„ cution to-morrow, and I am directed by him to ros," strict orders that no persons whatever (except tb d r officially concerned) be admitted to the hall; but he , sires me to say that you may exercise your discr e t after the execution in giving such particulars to the porters of the public press as you may think proper. " I am yours faithfully, ACTON TINP A The following facts and corrections of some f the e lf errors which have gained currency, relating 0 3 e 4 past life of John Tawell, our informant has olgsr r o from a gentleman who was on the medical otlim.ch Sydney, and who resided there at the period to 01 they refer : Great stress has been laid (in order to show the sh:; cerity of Tawell as a teetotaller) about his having the year 1836, caused the contents of seven hogeb„,"; of rum and gin to be emptied into Sydney Li n o , amounting to 608 gallons, and worth 1001. Our . . it , formant, who was at -Sydney at the time, an d Pi o neased this " tremendous sacrifice of property," et n b e that the contents of only two small barrels, said to, rum or gin, were thrown away, and that the trhi; City, at the utmost, did not exceed 50 or 60 gallons• iP e i, aflair was spoken of afterwards at the table of the go nor, in the presence of our informant, and the prevail!: opinion, at the time, both there and throughout the lony was, that it was merely done for effect, for the se:, of notoriety, and to endeavour to gain the favour of tain influential persons in the colony. The ,use, h t l o , ever, was clearly seen through, and the Quaker took n thing by his motion. At this time Taw ell had retail; to Sydney from England (long after he had received free pardon, of course) on a trading visit. tbe l A report has lately been circulated in England ..f Tawell, shortly after he arrived the first time at SY7 O ; (to undergo his sentence of transportation), had e s whipped through the town for stealing a watch of , of the convicts. This is not true ; had it been this cumstance would have prevented him ever obtaining ticket of leave, much more a free pardon. MONEY and COMMERCIAL N. 6 CITY QUARTER TO THARP'. t tikt The was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yes-er..140 and prices had rather a downward tendency. The lip were all to the trade, and amounted to 3,000 bales, Egyptian at 60. to 844; 100 Pernam at sid. to 6d.; 1 00 d ad. ranham at 4id. to 5Ad. ; 100 Bahia at 50. ; 120 Surat At 70 to 3Ad. ; and the rest:American at 3id to sid per lb. Th a l, a good demand for Railway Stock, and prices were i rim Aberdeen Railway 665. 3d. 3 1 4 ; Barnsley Junction , 7 / 1 4 ,78. Ditto, Half Shares, 68s. 6d. 68s. 9d. ; Birkenhead, 11fzu".,94 ter, and Cheshire, 9 3 / 4 ; Birmingham and Gloucester , 134 ' • Ditto, New Shares, 31. 13s. 6d.; Blackburn , nuilistol and Accrington, 6/. 18s. 9d. 6%; Blackburn, Dar We n, IL; Bolton, 4 1 / s • Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool , 10 1078.41, Caledonian, k ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 6% 7%; Chi and Birkenhead, 46%; Ditto, New Shares, 38%; rod Half Shares, 23% %; Churnet Valley, 7 74 ; C °l. l;pair Bandon, 4/., 78s. 9d. ; Dublin and BelfastlJunction, 7; t . A i r dalk and Enniskillen, 2 3 4 ; Eastern Counties, 21S; ' 4 710 burgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 15 1 ,E ; Ditto, "; ; A, Quarter- shares, 5% ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Gree n p r r 18% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 9 1 4 ; Ditto, . 1 1 , ference Shares, 425. ex div. Grand Junction , 2 1, 4 0 Ditto, One-eighth Shares, 18 1 4 18% ; Great 04 of England, 30/. Shares, 224 ; Great Southertloros Western, 15 1 % ; Ditto Extension, 10 3 4 ; Western, Fifth Shares, 40%; Goole and Done-903400 Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 2214 %; Jamaica , 5 441 Lancaster and Carlisle, 36 ; Lancaster and Prestonwste Ditto, Three-quarter Shares, 32%; Limerick st!', l ,, g ai.; ford, 4 1 4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3-78444%; London and Birmingham, 233; Ditto, 321. Sbare& es tellb Ditto, Quarter Shares, 31 3 / 4 %; London and South- I ', Oil 79 80 ; London and York, 3%; Direct Northern , 4 .,...1 6 -00 114 Leeds and Thirsk, 3%; Leeds and West Riding ergs , 6%; Manchester and Birmingham, New Shares, 570 1 Ditto, chester and Buxton, 2 1 4 ;!Manchester and Leeds, 147; 401. Quarter Shares, 1936 ; Midland Railway, 145 146 ; Ditt o ' Shares, 15% 16 ,• Ditto, Consolidated Birrainginiorgt Derby, 110 113%; Newark and Sheffield, 4%; pin British, 17% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 4 1 4 1 4 ; iletw Wales Mineral, 13%; Ditto, New Shares, 5 1 /0; telb Wales, 2 3 / 4 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverlito 1/. 16s. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 113% 113 ;,ftle; Quarter Shares, 13 3 / 4 13% ; Sheffield and Lincoln, ii•j o eirr Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 5 ; Soot! bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4% 4/. 3s. 6d..; Sout h- if° and Dover, 42 3 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3 , 5 % 13 01.• Yorkshire, 31 ; Austrian and Sardinian, 4s. ss. prell44oos deaux and Toulouse, Mackenzie's Co., 2% ; , T e n e ) , and Cette, 2% 2/. 13s. 6d. ; Lyons and Avignon 3/. Os. 6d. 3/. Is. 6d ; Northern of France (Englisbio rev, Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux (English), 11/ Is. stiu, and Lyons, Laffitte's (English), 3/. 3L Bs. 6d. ; ,„ 00.0 1 St. Quentin, 2 1 4 4 ; 'fours and Nantes, (Mackenzie" 3/. 3% ; Verona and Ancona, 17s. 6d. 18s. The financial operations of the Dutch Governing2l. o l :ol been very numerous of late, and it may be inte nd perhaps to ascertain what it has all resoo,';gers: A project of law was adopted by the States-ik9o of Holland for effecting a reduction of 35 641 florins placed to the charge of the National Debt, ill.nioas, 1844. The account of the negotiation of the 80 florins, of Two-and-a-Half Cents., chargeable _nd gium, states that only 6,430 per ,000 florins were dispr the rest being taken by Messrs. RothschT o , amounting to 155,765,000 f., at 60 per cent. uoffple; means of 80 millions of florins, a capital of 86 millions,iss and-a-Half per Cents. was reimbursed, and the State Ow' 3clifference of 44,000,000 florins by the operation. lc. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CO C (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anus 9 9 5 /0, Consols for Account - Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 / 4d. al. 1,000/. 6 .5001. Ditto Small 00 5 ' PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CL og Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 10354 1 • Columbian Bonds. 15% n a Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 36 1 7 Ditto Deferred Stock... Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 32 • Portuguese Bonds, 6 5 par Cent Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 11711•1" Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 4d Ditto for the Account 3O Ditto 3 per Cent 404 Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents • 99N% Ditto . 4 - Per Cent. Certificates ...... - • PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CL O 9S - kx, RAILWAYS. PAID. FEB P 7" Aberdeen ............... ....,... 21 / 2 si As % ... vo Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto, New... 7 to .... Mott, Itaif Shares ......, l% ...... 3 13243 . ......... 3%. ..... .. t°°' ;1'.44 ' , to , Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Caledonian 5 9% to 1/4 1 AS ni Cambridge and Lincoln ... 1% 6 A •• - . to to ••••• - , Chester and Holyhead 5 . ..... 8 1 4••• to 7 Churnet Valley to .... r irect Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% 7 /2 8 4 . 0 •'' Eastern Counties . Eastern Union Ditto Extension 31. Z t° ........ - 4. Great South andW. (Irish) 5' - 15••• to .., Ditto Extension Great North of England 100 Ditto New..... 2 Great Western Ditto % Shares 5 B OO ...179 2— % 1 18(:) .. t t i 1 1 00 941 101% . L ..... , v ~..... Ditto Fifths .. to Guildford, Fareham, Foams. 2% 4 34 .... to --- Harwich 1 Hull and Selby ... 50 Ditto Half Shares . Kentish Coast - 1 u Lancaster and Carlisle 15 -...... 361/4 ...... :: ..... Lincoln, York, and Leeds l% 1 ..... t w o ... ,, ,,s4 London and Birminghara ...100 233 • ..... to ;80 171 London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and Croydon... 131. 15s. 9d l 7 l / 2.. • 0 ••••• London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d ll •••••.. to •••• London and South Western.. 41, / ....• 7 9 % ...... to --- Ditto New 2 l /2 l2 ..... to ~. London and York...—. ...... 2 - Lynn and Ely 4 , .. 2% 6 %.•'. to ..•.' Manchester and Birmingham 40 to - Ditto Quarters 6 4 Midland ......100 ......144 ... i * / to 1 ." 4 Ditto New 2 15% 16 A 4 ., 110 Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 lll ..... t . , 0 4 7 • Newcastle &Darlington ;iunc. 24 46% ..... to I 5 Newcastle and Berwick Newark and Sheffield to 16 a 1 North British 17 4 .. to Ditto New 1 .. ... 4l . ....•0 v•• Northern and Eastern North Wales . ___ _. _ Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1' - 4 **** to iL Scottish Midland l% 25,1'• kr to Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 49....." I .0 ..... South Devon , / , to a South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 42 A -7 2. ..t0 - Ditto New, No. 3 2% 8r21• ".. .to 1 . 4 Staines and Richmond........ 1 South Wales Trent Valley Waterford and Kilkenny 1 3 • - •••• t / , 4 West Corn wall 1 ••••••14 . tO ..... to. Yarmouth and Norwich - Ditto, New 8 15 ...... t o ••••• York and North Midland Ditto, Extension . ~. FRENCH RAILWAYS. to '"' Boulogne and Amiens 4 - . .to Bordeaux and Toulouse Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2 Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's) 2 ... ~, 2% ..... . to --" Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . Paris and Orlean5... Paris :tad Rouen Paris and Strasburg 2 ...... 2 ... ,•••• to -" Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 z Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 _ A te 7, 6 * MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 27; fsi f $11i4 0 1: are :—Eastern Counties, 21% ; Hull and Selby , P ‘fs oclli e lt, 22 ; London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 45 ; l ido '`,lo, and Birmingham, 57% ex new and ex div. ; 11 05 0 1 1 i ; Quarters, 5( prem. ; Manchester, Bury, an d OS_ Og' 15 1 / 2 ; Midland Railway Consols, 40/. Sharet , u l;‘; North Union (B), 88 ; Preston ad Wyre, 33 1 , ~,,Ures, , ,Y, Eastern, 42% ex div. ; Barnsley Junction, Ha ' - '•A/ • 1 3 ' o pa Birkenhead, Alanchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9,. / 74; 8 0, .. g t , bum, Burnley, and Accrington, 6% ; Bolton, :; fetlis Liverpool, 10% %; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7%,"/";nd P l O Valley, 7 1 4 • Ely and Bedford, 1%; HuddersliT: lo cle4 o 9l, chester Railway and Canal, 3% ; Kendal and II 0 , / 0 4% %; Leeds and West Riding Junction, fi r kl. i g e ld,,Stli Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% ; Newark and Si-!',. Sicl:.e North Wales, 565.; Scottish Central, 5%; Scott. preits 2%; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 255. 24 1 fort P bury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 845.; Gres of France (English), 6 1 4. . ee. The French plays at the St. James's Theatr e v " o ei .h t ; commence on Monday next, with the perfe r e n eLk Mulle Plessy, who will make her first aPP° j arli s , - "L'P:01 season in Casimir Delavigne's celebrated cotne l v,, des Viedlards. The comedy will be preceded ~ Scribe's latest productions, entitled Les Surprise ~ti- , SUMI VI builsuata6 tt o , f , -""`uYl the me Case At Kin g.rovered 71, 4 libel toholegoic h, tt sequei g" fie, r tec idea etencec bburl tth et , eats care Itit ,,kbed ..e g .4r4 ed t kitti n e°4 rttc T he a I ,eie aohn hn eed v f ers a t L Or t u m "ea t i xte A Lite 1411°41te