The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-18 00:00:00

• „ E at Liv,_ o * •50 0 bate. Aw l " ChesW 13s. 91; ; SA t h ft 5 ; Noe- Do. Ina m orni* ing o r the ;o nflictig From what ed to b. , un ds at 98411 . .Half ack4 P" Sat v""" at is not 3onds be in J, 2 4 it a I, 81 . 10 1 the ujioor ;There Loderi te )urghlan d sheffiet coloa, ' E 6 ' P 1 67 1 9 1 $ 28fr .... .. ..... f Y ..... • ef^: 5 7 4' ::)14 _ 4„, I ios ' ; , 19Y6 [l3' 49% 0* lst: • 71b1 s.) , ettitl 4 . : * i;,it4 4 f l* : r oci, It s b 4 " I too/ I . ...... so ir ad", Y rs ' 4 3 ft, 1 09‘.. 111 1' r • o .eri 0 00 0 yyscv Par'j . AP-. ad4,o• oral , t i ° C o ' staXeb .0•• 13„ l 'ell 'AND FLANDERS MAIL hdte rt T E LSl MARCH 13.—A letter from Antwerp, of °oe o f says:—" W e h ave h a d , f or t h ese 48 h ours , to b a. : , to most awful storms that we remember ever wit nessed —sudden squalls, torrents of ram, 14 ( 1,,r I ,• e older, and lightning. Nothing was wanting. too ti „.nave reason to fear that we shall have to record 'llsti'i f ;„,, s "ters. None of the vessels in our port have any damage." `Nnate, whi c h was convoke d f or t h e 18t h , i s now Th7t.fuur days sooner, namely, on the 14th. !reliiillitindation of the Seine has spread. Yesterday r 51 1,1 1. the inhabitants of Careghern, expecting the i; mulc ation to be com pl e t e ly i n t erru pted, hastened „•i e ll stock of provisionp. `le 4 4 :ye Gazette says:—" The incessant rains of )I)si t ri e ," . two days have caused the Meuse to rise very ttortr.ftzry. The Ourthe and the Verdre have risen height than on the previous occasion. These Ito,'"Co.-Ils torrents, which carry everything before them, er c h it s fear that the works of the railway of Le aY be damaged." Accounts from other places 13-rtar statements. e 3 v ra's, M ARCH 14.—Th e Ki ng , acco mpanied by tlw aY, his secretary, set out yesterday morning 4seat at Ardenne. 11 11 1 1 PaPers continue to give numerous details relative 11; tnuodation. kt l iff'3 er titte met to-day at two o'clock. Several mes 'tqa the Chamber of Representatives were read, , I °ll4 -.t i l lg various pr o j ec ts of law, which were referred Ne t , -Tfferent Committees. They were for the con- N ° I the loan ; for the budget of public works . and *e6, cil entary vote of credit ; and for a vote of credit to 71:oe department. 4 ltl fa j t aP, MARCH 14.—Yesterday morning a vessel the basin had its mast broken by a gust of 'otq l lo sustained other damage. The wind having S ser 'and the weather become more favourable, several ti :ave dropp e d d own th e r i ver . 'l3 k ,".f!P, Al ARcH 13.—The Soho steamer arrived b.. ut4,7,,1FT, at half-past nine o'clock. with a cargo of ti p W s e 'amt seventeen passengers, among whom Art ' Chevalier Bunsen, Russian Ambassador , at the ,t t l Great Britain. —Journal du Commerce d Anvers. MARCH 12.—The unfavourable weather has Pttj t e d the depart.ure of the Bromo for Japan. The 4 4 4 : - .7 tor the Emperor of Japan arrived at Helvoet tittiale days ago. They consist of bronze and glass Nt.),„* ers . of pistols inlaid with precious stones, of a istijits-Aher of astronomical books, a map of the Dutch N ott l i "s in India, a portrait of his Majesty the King, r er hrticles, filling, in all, eighteen chests. Or t,b4Dl, MARCH 15.—We learn that his Ma will leave the Hague by a special train t t ,T▪ ing at nine o'clock, and arrive here about half ,7l Majesty will remain only a few days here, `u4l„" t" public audience ; and, on account of the „'"P there will be no public entertainments. 7orti e `' r • kt .i is _ e ts Courant of the date (the 15th) publishes, ' following do:mment 4;7 ll sequenc e of the wishes and directions con e last will and testament of our revered and ~lde e d fahe the late King William, Cof Nassau, Ne in , b 3lr iil strictly to conform 'to them, we ount declare, by cuts, in our quality as 'principal heir, that we 4t io b r,,, ▪ 11 IA all the guarantees Which our late father, in te,a t ucle for the prosperity of the country, had R ai' several societies and enterprises in the king- Ruh We will scrupulously fulfil the obligation which mita es impose 4 r: on us. N:rdei to meet the expense which may result from iee -have set apart for this purpose a part of the 'lee of the• King, our father, the direction of Itt.. w o have co n fid e d t o B a ron Van Doom West who is authorised dby us to deliver copies of the • '.declaration to the parties concerned. (Signed) " WILLIAM. '" ° •agUe, March 14, 1844-" II • . g and STRASBURG RAILWAY. • gt..ftt enemy of war is steam ; and it is to itt46, l 9e advantages of steam and railway commu- N I , over the world, that we must now invest tr•rolldreds o f m illi ons w hi c h our ances t ors pre tetLke° lavish i n war an d use l ess conques t. I n t hi s 4 16 \ t‘ 2 England has set an example to the rest of t lovr: her total length of railway line, extending ;fcwoearly 2,000 miles, representing an investment a • ttis of 50 millions. Belgium alone of the States has as yet largely imitated ' 744 : hlnie i • but within the last year France bestirred herself, and the intersection fertile and industrious country with railways I ,l's." . `ections has now become a prime object of e e t. nch Legislature. In our advertising columns to (tent to-day the prospectus of a projected line und erta . er r , ken in conjunction with the French ' era) being one of the most important of b rA • 4 tlanal undertakings—a line to connect the Nc of France . (already about to be brought N O of E n! gland by the railroad to Havre) with the Strasburg, the point of departure from i`att ft 7 .l; At the head of this undertaking appear tlh e h ( ?„` commercial and political eminence, the l i t oh„.rresident being one "who has served the !a its highest office, and "may hope to serve I,'.l l ort it * The district to be traversed will appear Ot, p e tit, even f rom a g l ance on th e map of France, v'oil 2 ,.Perceive, from authentic data, that, besides the Itt.;° of Paris, of which, even under a duty of 20 L l O OO el ity we impo r t annua lly t o the value of 70 4 1 7/., the line abounds not only with . rich ' t !t-y,r,esources, both of the farm and the vineyard, Nat'l woollen and cotton factories, producing 00 0, „, s to the. annual value, in one province alone, of i ,"" 0 /. sterling ;and affording, even under much i r ,_aata ge as respects intercommunication, abuncl k'4l traffic. In a national point of view, the Sp,,,4 .. rtak ing presents, both to France and England, 11 47 1 4 of extensive moral and commercial benefit. /ca Y paper. h • V ell lttr ity-LA NE t ~L THEATRE.—Duprez's engagement tta more nights to run, and during the last two eIY ati - e„„ scat in the theatre has been occupied immei lit4risto cr - °Pelting the doors. The following members o ord, t lt ed'. have been present :—Duke and . Duchess of , tbektr e hY" of Devonshire, Duke of Brunswick Ch i quis xri°lless of Nonnanby, Earl and Countess of es th.'on'arol:Lioness of Aylesbury, Marchioness of _ Sligo, f i b m ... e ' l l of Conyngham, Countess of Westmeath, Mar- . p o „ Islarquis of Tavistock, Wentworth of IN orcester , C 9 ertic.;.;" ll 3 - , Lyndhurst, Bulkeley, ~ S oames, Olteas-**et, Ronailly, Graham, Stanley, Sykes; Earl and q,l ; L :f Dela warr , E ar l s o f M uns t er , Sh e lburne, i and t rd s Lowther, Castlereagh, Dudley Stuart, , .on f•- zohle4t Bruce, Francis Russell, Soames, Charle r s Fitz ,Alrence, William Russell, A. Lennox, IN enlock, I" Vunt Keilmansegge • ' Sir Charles Shakerley, Bart., 1 11 1 3 , 41 k. I °ll tague, Bart., Sir George Cayley, Bart., Sir B. 144;af p . ";.,art., Sir George Talbot, Bart., Sir Thomas Hare, T ,• I '. and Lady R oe , Si r H enry Wh e atley, Bart., Sir /7,,u 11 e, Bart., Six J o h n Palmer, Bart., Sir John Hai. : C 4 rt, Sir James Flower, Bart., Sir Charles O'Malley, Yhomas Gage, Bart. ; Count de Nouilles, Hon. L. aJor Buckley, Colonel Fox, General Parlby, Hon. ---..BEWAY INDIANS AT THE THAMES TUN teZ"*Lerday V(Friday) a curious display took place at the tt enel, which afforded a striking instance of the meeting rk „eu-it was a procession of aboriginal men through a work s ih S e 7ts the highest grade of civilisation—a group of savag es wonder on the l a t es t t r i um ph o f en g ineering s hill. iiirsh il ;; . 4l an omnibus drove up to the entrance of the Tunn el, 4 ' th e R ed men of the West, now sojourning for a time IN - the Ojibb ewa y I n di ans . Th e a pp earance. of feathered lA4tlited faces, bear.skin garments, and mocastned legs, in l ocality of " Wapping Old Stairs," created a general Shops were deserted, tools and needles were thrown ltsq t g a q uoeneral rush attested that curiosity was in no wise %L . - flst the amphibious denizens of this aquatic neigh *. )4r. From the statement of the gentleman who accompanied teeOlt it C ttlin, it appeared that the se C ana di an su bj ec t s o f sk i r la had long expressed a strong wish to see this effort r the " pale faces "—a desire he was anxious to h ht sly Indians passed into the shaft, and looked li h Z e e the balustrades of the winding stairs. They were 14 b ets With two squaws and a child. Upon reaching **Nett.el,rt.it: the double archway, which forms a safe path across, ),' the river, their expressions of surprise were strikingly tVi4 l „„ tie s-Itutttiral ' ugh ughs I attesting their satisfaction. N bs tlio, - " 11 Y regarded it as more wonderful than many of the h 7 ,,. e n_d glittering spectacles which their visit to the old lt~ l c r :ffered for their admiration. With stately tread ` they i 4 0 , "eflh the arched avenue, the crowd pressing almost Ikh, 4 t*i t ),Pent• When half way through they halted at a stall, I th . ter` Medallions bearing the likeness of Mr. Brunel, were ' 1 44,70 he t t l; When the owner, Mr. Gri ffi n, liberally gave each ' Ntt e Nef 0 ;7 1 visitors specimens of the showy memorials. As the , ! I 'll ; 4 _ 1 4;2? _Part . ) , - looked at the portrait of the engineer, the N th;""ittl the wide difference between man in the savage tf t t l, th e y civilised states. When the party reached the Surrey 11 4 1 7 is i P r oceeded a short way up the staircase, and 'one 0 ,_ 4 4 t h l 4 ea'' haling received a duplicate medal, took it into 't l % 'to* 4 an owledge the boisterous attention of the crowd below I. 4 (4,- d own in the m id s t th e su p er fl uous memen t o . A t t4 t10 4 ‘ 41,4 44 - c s rlo which so mu c h am used th e w h o l e p ar ty, th a t th e th 41 11. Wi t ,. ZI'MPle was followed by all ; and Mr. Griffin coming " acopiou s supply of the shiny pieces of metal, a me. The: kensued, which emulated the one told of in Danae's "uniorous scene which then took place defies descrip. wer l .e serarnbling among the dense crowd, some fifty or sixty e seen in every var i ety o f att i tu d e, f rom t h e tiptoe o f lie ,positio n t ri shou 4tbir n to the various ph ases o f th e t um bl e an d somer . 741 . 0 of 4 and hurraing, with some attempts at im i t a t ion o f . titi k .4 . lh ~,e.llght of the savages, formed altogether an animated "I tree. the it would be difficult to distinguish whotab were most spetile Indians, the crowd, or the more respecle portion tll ts ee tat t:tty), s at°4 s including the ladies, several of whom (not the 1 / 4 tki b realled forward and shook hands very cordially with V l l ti e of_urt ZEALAND COMPANY'—On Friday a sm. "14,1 Pro ,Prietors of the New Zealand Comp a ny was held t,44 4 0 % . -,% t hit i nto a House, Broad-street-buildings, for the purpose and N e ce4a ideration the general state of the affairs of the %%o Jo ae g r so a doPting such measures as might be deemed ex_ an Fag., filled the chair. The Chairm4; -- "TiY that the notice which called the present „_ ft ,m b een iletted because certain questions of immense . 'll l O h l l i e tth e ' d 7 w ee.. the ' Company and the Government, .were still_ v IN, L etti tneri , 4 , fittl the measure of protection were furnished b. Zits :2 1 e 0,. would be impossible for the Company to lay ;:oh; l trl ire. -'cuolders and the public generally a statement of te bih: l ltlii e l l e begged, however, from the want of communics. L IN ! , 'an t v7Drital Secretary, thcy would suspend passing any p res e "°Mi events in New Zealand had occurred, by e ;lt 4,filoie ht „ e ela and. success of the country might be abated, 'An t 4 Vection were afforded by the British Government, h,_/. ^And b e A entertained that it would become a flourishing _ question iwa h „ the ehd put by Mr. Currie to the Goveinor, cl bit :tb er 0 . grant s from Scotland would be protected, as a t :tii to N ev i yerson s from that country had determined to tol o 4ealand, and Who had made great sacri fi ces to 4,7et eet t e th e rho Chairman stated that it was impossible 4;:t o Z, Part, „,,question. as there were so many persons from Toat,orepoipalbe.coun.try desirous of embarking for the colony ; 4. Y n ave to adjourn this meeting to the 29th, when he ibt . Zould e '•ed such information from the Colonial Secre. A,;tke ,„..„ 4 Llish the interests of the Company beyond all it, Alt -ng adjourned t„ ) .Ttr e _ uLy to the 29th inst. ' ePe of " ERABLE 1 5 CIIA RACTER.—Mrs. Fanny pro,".','„nrnates of St. Thomas's Hospital, in this ni il l A " W id her life be further spared,Ecomplete her "guSt next.--Doncaskr Gazette. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the members of the Royal suite, and the household, attend-d Divine service yesterday, at Claremont. The Hon. and Rev..C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in Claremont Park on Saturday forenoon. In the afternoon, her -Ma jesty and his Royal Highness took an airing in the vi cinity of Claremont, in a pony phaeton. The Hon. Col. Grey, Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, attending on horseback. The Royal Family, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in Claremont Park on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yesterday morning in the chapel at Ken sington Palace. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on her Royal Highness. The Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. The Baroness Ahlsfeldt, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Ste phens, were in waiting on her Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an air-. 'ing in a carriage on Saturday. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Satur day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Bucchuch, Earl of Aber deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Sir Henry Hardinge. The Lord Chancellor arrived at half-past three o'clock, and joined his colleagues. The Council sat two hours and a half. A deputation connected with the West Indies, includ ing Mr. Cane, Mr. Colvile, Mr. Hankey, and Mr. Back ley, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Colquboun, Resident for the Hanse Towns, trans actvd business at the Foreign-office on Saturday. At the meeting of the Commissioners of Fine Arts held on Friday, at Gwydyr House, at which Prince Albert presided. several of the reduced drawings, exe cuted by the Messrs. Linnell, from the Prize Cartoons, were submitted to the inspection of his Royal Highness and the Commissioners. Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Beckett, and a deputation con sisting of twenty-five gentlemen, connected with banks in country towns and districts, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, in Downing-street. Dispatches for the Governors of the 'West India Colonies were sent off from the Colonial-office on Sa turday evening. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Van Dicaleu.'s Land. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officated and preached the sermon. . The Bishop of Durham preached yesterday at the daily service in the Chapel Roya', St. James's. 'the Rer. J. V. Povah read the prayers, the Rev. C. Packman, the lessons, and the Bishop of London officiated at the Com munion Service, assisted by the Rev. 1)r. Sleath. The Marquises of Anglesey and Salisbury, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lords Vivian, Wharncliffe, and A. Paget, were among the Nobility present. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Haymarket play-bill, of Saturday, announced that, on that evening would be revived, " with new scenery, dresses, anedecorations, Shakspere's comedy of the Taming of the Shrew, fro n the original text, as acted divers times at the Globe and Blackfriars Playhouses, 1606." The promise held forth in this announcement was kept to the letter, and never, during our memory, has there been so complete, and, we may add, so successful a Shaksperian revival as this of the Taming of the Shrew at the Haymarket. After this glorious restoration of the original five act comedy of Shakspere, Garrick's three-act farce of Katherine and Petruchio will no longer be tolerated. All future representations of this comedy must be from the original text, and to Mr. Webster is due the honour of having restored this most amusing of comedies to the stage. In the manner in which the play has been put upon the stage, everything has been done to convey us back to the days of Shak spere ; and the visitor to the Haymarket, who sees the Taming of the Shrew, will have a more complete idea of what a play really was in the days of Shak spere, of the state of the stage and of the drama in the glorious days of good Queen Bess, than he could possibly acquire by reading all the deep dissertations; or listening to all the learned lectures that have ever been written or delivered on the subject. " Segnius irritant animos demissa per aurum, Quam gum sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus, et qum Ipse sibi tradit spectator." The play was preceeded by a Shakesperian over ture, composed by Sir Henry R. Bishop in the true Shaksperian spirit, and the entre act and incidental music was selected from the works of Festa Wilbye, and from popular melodies of the sixteenth century. The whole of the musical arrangements reflect the highest credit on the taste of Mr. T. German Reed, to whose superintendence they were confided. Pre vious to the induction, a beautiful drop-scene from the pencil of Mr. Charles Marshall was exhibited. This scene is !an illustration of London in the olden time, and is taken from Holla's celebrated print. In the foreground we have the Bankside, with the Globe, Rose, and Paris-garden Theatres, with the Thames -crossed by Old London-bridge, and in the back ground, on the other side of the river, we have Old St. Paul's, the far-famed may-pole of St. Andrew `Undershaft, and the Tower, surrounded by the houses of the ancient city. This scene, a faithful represen tation of the London of Shakespere's time, is beautiful, considered as a work of art, and curious as an antiquarian illustration, and its exhibition is peculiarly appropriate as carrying us back to the Globe Theatre, Shakes -peare's theatre, in which, under Shakespeare's own superintendence, the Taming of the Shrew was origi nally represented, and of which original representa tion as near a fac-simile as possible was about to be presented to an audience of the nineteenth century. The scene rises.; we are introduced to Christopher Sly; and the induction, one of the most delicious pieces of Comedy that ever proceeded even from the pen of Shakespeare, commences. Strickland was the Christopher Sly, and never did this truly Shakesperian actor appear to greater advan tage. He was the very Christopher Sly of the Bard, and his bye-play during the acting of the comedy, at which he sat as a spectator, was ad mirable. The players come in, and the room in the Lord's house is fitted up to represent a theatre of the sixteenth century—a framework is run across the back of the stage, on each side of which is suspended a piece of arras. The centre is occupied by a cur tain, thus forming the two wings and the centre door, in modern parlance, through which the dramatis personce "have their exits and entrances." An attendant fixes on the curtain a label, bearing the inscription, " A public place in Padua." Tranio and Lucentio enter, and the comedy commences. When the scene changes to an interior, a curtain f a ll s , an d an atten dant again enters, and fixes upon the curtain a label, stating that the scene is intended to represent " A roam in Baptista's house," or " A room in Petruchio's country house," as the case may be ; and this is all the change of scenery that takes place throughout, the comedy. The success of this play, thus acted,'' proves the truth of an opinion which we have long held, that, however necessary splendid scenery may be to a kid play, cr to a good play badly acted, it is worse than useless to a good play well represented throughout. To a mere melodramatic actor, who ishes to set up as an embodier of the marvellous creations of Shakspeare, a strict attention to the ministrie of local scenery and of local costume is absolutely. necessary. It distracts the attention from the creations of the poet to those of the scene-painter and the tailor, thus rendering the audience less attentive to the shori,-comings of the mime, and proving that although he nay be no actor, he is at least a tolerable antiquarian, and a most painfully accurate topogra pher and costumier; but when a sterling play is acted throughout, in the sterling manner in which the Taming of the Shrew was acted at the Haymarket on Saturday, when all engaged in its production show themselves artists in the strictest sense of the word, by giving to each part its proper and just proportion, and seem to vie with each other only in doing justice to their author —not in rendering themselves individually the ob jects of attention—when a good play is excellently acted as a whole, then the adjuncts of splendid scenery and gorgeous costumes, are impertinent intrusions, and the sooner they are relegated to the regions of spec tacle, melodrama, opera, and ballet, where, and where alone, they are in their proper places, the better will it be for the dramatic art, and for dramatic artists—authors as well as actors. Mrs.Nisbett was the Katherine, which is stating, in a word, that Katherine was represented to the life. Webster's Petrucio is by far the best since the days of Charles Kemble. Buckstone's Grumio, although scarcely the Grumio of Shakspere, was v ery laughter-moving, and seemed highly relished by the gods, while the Tai!or of Mr. Clarke was a delicious little bit of genuine acting. In fact, all the characters were ex cellently represented; but we cannot close this notice without mentioning the Pedant of Mr. Santer, which was excellent. The change from the humble pedant grateful to Tranio for his vouchsafed pro tection to the blustering old man, bullying the real Vincentio out of his personal identity, and calling on those around to lay hands on the villain as one who means to cozen somebody under his countenance, was admirable, and proves Mr. Santer to be an actor, in the best sense of the word. At the fall of the curtain there were kud calls for the manager, and Webster came forward, and amidst the most rapturous cheer ing announced the play for repitition every evening. He then led forward Mrs. Nisbett, who was received with the usual honours. The house was crowded to excess before the rising of the curtain. FREE TRADE ENVELOPES.—We have this week seen several specimens of an envelope for letters,designed to cir culate, without trouble, a constant remembrancer in favour of free trade, and especially of unrestricted commerce in the first necessary of life. The envelrfrpes themselves are very neat, and the place for the direction is surrounded by ears of corn, en twined as a border, and bearing the motto " Free Trade." They are issued of different sizes, and in some the corn wroath Is gilt.—Leeds Times. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1844 ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE ST. PATRICK'S D &Y. THE SIXTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY. LITERATURE. SOCIETY. The ordinary Annual Court of the Shareholders of this Society, and an extraordinary Quinquennial General Court were held at Rad:ev's Hotel, Black friars, on Saturday last. The Chair was taken, at two o'clock, by the Eight Hon. Thomas Prankland Lewis. The sixty-first anniversary dinner, in celebration of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, was held,' on Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen street. The dinner took place in the room which is usually devoted to such purposes. The chair was taken by Lord Viscount Morpeth. To the right and left of the Chairman we observed the following noblemen and gentlemen :—Lord Rossmore, General L'Estrange, Right Hon. A. R. Blake, Hon. Villiers Stuart, Sir T. B. Len nard, D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P.; W. C. Collett, Esq., M.P.; Tuite, Esq , M.P.; Hon. Mr. St o pford, &c. After the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gave the health of " Her Majesty the Queen"—" The Queen Doe ager"—" Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." These toasts were drunk with all the usual demonstrations of devotion and loyalty. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the toast of the evening, " The Benevolent Society of St. Patrick," said the subject on which he had to speak, and the statistics connected with it, were so well known already to all present, that he could not think of trespassing on their time by alluding to topics that were so familiar and so obvious to them all. . The Benevolent Society of St. Patrick had during the past year clothed and educated 550 poor Irish children ; but the peculiar merits of the Society rested on this ground—that it was not content with merely educating the children ; it extended its `ostering aid and superintending. care to them even long after they had passed from its immediate guardianship and protection. Even in the last year no less a sure than 1121. had been given by them as premiums to those children who had conducted themselves properly to the end of their apprenticeship. He had always felt on these anniversary fetes that the appearance of the children themselves spoke more forcibly to the feelings and more touchingly to the heart than all the eloquence and the logic that could possibly be paraded before them in support of this most estimable Institution. If he were rejoiced at the salu tary ordinance which forbade the introduction of poli tical topics, he should feel more than ever disposed to applaud that wise and discreet regulation, at a time like the present, when subjects assumed so heated and inflam matory a character that it would be in the power of any person mischievously disposed to create a disturb ance, even in so quiet, orderly, and harmonious an as sembly as the present.—(Cheers.) Ho was not sure whether we could even hear the songs of Moore or Lo ver with safety. "Rich - and - -rare" might pass quietly by, but "He who adores thee,". or ".Blame not the Bard," might be received with very different feelings in deed. He did not speak of what might have been sung in other places, but this much - he would say, that whatever might be thought of contempory min strels, a triimphant proof had lately been given that the .glow of ..eloquence and - the lustre of Irish genius in our 'ilays'had not been ex tinguished—(Cheers)—nay, that on the contrary, it was burning with undiminished fire.—(Cheers,) What he wanted to bring home to the meeting was, that whenever the storms of party conflicts are at rest, and the turbulence of political animosity is at an end, a still small voice will still be heard=the voice of charity. Its soft cadences will float along, surmounting the surge, and surviving the battle, and its last notes will be mingled with the general chorus of the skies. It was obvious, however, that this period had not yet arrived. He had now matters of fact to deal with. What and how great were the claims of Irish destitution he need not attempt to pourtray in an assembly like the present. They were not asked to encounter it on its own soil, beneath its own weeping skies, near the wilds of Con nemara, or in the neighbourhood of bleak Innis howen. The chilling blasts of penury might heat With a more killing effect upon the sufferer's h ear t in the streets and allys of the metropolis, away from fa miliar scenes and beloved companionships. The sons and daughters of poverty met there with much more temptation than in their small and humble homesteads. And for the privations which Were to be encountered, when they looked upon the children who were to be ranged before them, when they traced in their appearance and demeanour the change which it is in their power to effect between the privations at which he had hinted and the comfortable means of education afforded by this So ciety—what further could he pOssibly adduce to create their sympathies and to stimulate their bounty. Those who were present, and who felt the force, the overpower ing :force of this appeal, should not limit their ex ertions and charitable sympathies to what they had done before. No words ought to be wanting from strange, though they might be Saxon lips, to urge them on in the cause in which they were engaged. He was addressing men who, like himself, had carried from their own green isle memories of kindness received, of friendships ri vetted; and he would now, without further preface, give them " The Benevolent Society of St. Patrick." HISTORY OF TEN" YEARS. Part 11. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. The first part of this work, commencing with the restoration of the Bourbons in France, and terminating with their expulsion in 1830, was noticed some months since in The Sun. The present part carries on the history from the July Revolution, when Louis Phi lippe was called to the throne, down to the death of Casimir Perier, and though leaning somewhat to the anti-monarchial side of the question, is, on the whole, penned in a singularly moderate and dispassionate spirit. The author, M. Louis Blanc, is evidently one who has been let behind the scenes of political in trigue, and we do not wonder, therefore, at the in terest which his history has excited in Paris. His details respecting the trial of the Polignac Ministry for treason against the country, and of the curious, underhand shifts had recourse to by the King—not so much from motives of humanity as of self-interest—to save the lives of the criminals, are full of interest; and not less entertaining are his graphic descriptions of the rage and desperation of the Parisian populace during the progress of these important trials, and of their abortive attempts at getting up an in surrection when the decision of the Chamber of Peers was made known to them. Our author, it is clear, has no great affection for Louis Philippe, and the statements he makes respecting his treatment of that well-meaning but vain, silly old man, Lafayette, and his friend Laffitte, impress us with no very exalted idea of the manliness and plain-dealing of the King of the Barricades, whose policy has always had much of Macchiavellanism in its character. There is much truth and shrewdness in this remark, with which M. Blanc closes his account of the Court intrigues by which Lafayette, who had raised the Duke of Or leans to the throne, was deprived of the command of the National Guard of France Lafayette's ser vices were too well-known to be forgiven. Such is the vice of monarchies, that if one serves them in a strikingly conspicuous manner, one menaces them. The reproach of ingratitude is idle when addressed personally to kings, and it is to the principle of Royalty itself it should be addressed. Any king who should prove himself grateful to a subject, an illus trious citizen, would thereby place the throne in a subaltern position." The particulars respecting the Polish insurrection, and the spirit in which the Intel • ligence was received in Paris, forms a striking episode in our author's history ; but we prefer quoting his able character of Casimer Perier, the first Premier after the Revolution of July:— "Such was the end of Casimir Ptier. He had viewed in society, not men to direct, but enemies to destroy ; for he was a Minister of strong hatreds and narrow views ; of a vigorous and yet morbid soul. A man in business, a banker, he desired peace ; but the powers desired it also, and the more eagerly, that they saw the genius of revolutions all ready to follow the march of armies. This, however, Casimir P&ier did not under stand : his own fears prevented him from profiting by the fears of others, and he compell9d France to submit to the conditions imposed by European repose, at a time when he might have dictated instead of receiving condi tions, as was thoroughly proved by the affair of An cona, which went off with such impunity, an affair in which he engaged with an energy of will, that was not to be subdued by the decided opinion of M. Sebas tiani and do Rigny, nor even by that of the King him self. Unfortunately, the expedition of Ancona infringed upon the principles of policy which had been hitherto acted upon, in an abrupt way, and upon an inadequate occasion. The results of this policy had been the occu pation of Warsaw by the Russians, the first entry of the Austrians into Bologna, the annihilation of our in fluence in Belgium, the abasement of France, weakness throughout the civilised world. The living strength that had been awakened by the Revolution of 1830 began audibly to murmur at all this, to manifest impatience for a change. It would have been easy to appease and satisfy them by at once setting about the vast social re forms required by a State, the prey to all the disorders of irregular competition ; but Casimir Wrier was pow erful, was rich, and the necessity for change did not present itself to him. Besides, even had he posses.ed the disinterestedness of a true reformer, he had not the peculiar knowledge and boldness which the task de mands ; his was not the genius of reform ; it was his destiny to crush under foot the power which he was in capable of disciplining, and directing onwards to a great aim. This, at least, was what he essayed to do, amidst the applausive shouts of the bourgeoisie; and certainly no man was better fitted than he for this work of hate. Strife suited his temperament, and superseded the ne cessity of his having ideas. For the rest, his policy which in the first instance was entirely a matter of egotism, became in the end sincere, in becoming fanati cal, and he applied to its defence an ardour which sometimes really assumed the appearance of heroism. But the civilisation of manners refused his violent spirit its weapons ; the scaffolding was wanting. Casimir Perier rendered himself the object of much hatred and very little fear." Secretary Mr. C. I. DOWNER, after reading the notice calling the meeting, proceeded to present the statement of accounts. From this it appeared that the receipts for the year had been 150,7471. 7s. 3d. ; and that, after investing 81,2651., and discharging all claims, there was a balance on hand of 4,2041. 14s. 3d. The assets of the Society are detailed in the quin quennial Report. The Auditors stated, in their report, that though it Wa3 impossible for them to enter into the minute calculations of the Actuary as to the assets and lia bilities of the .Societ, they were satisfied of the correctness of the principle on which those calcula tions were based, and they considered that great praise was due to him for the zeal and attention which he had, manifested in discharging the duties of his office. The CHAIRMAN moved that the statement and re ports be received and entered on the minutes. After a short conversation, the motion was carried unani mously. The CHAIRMAN then moved, and it was carried unanimously, that 1401. be awarded to the auditors for their services during the past year. The retiring auditors were re-elected by the meeting. ThebIAIRMAN said, that having now disposed of the ordinary business of the annual court, it would be thcir pleasing duty to proceed to what was in finitely more important. They had now arrived at an exceedingly important period in the history of this Society.—(Hear, hear.) He would not antici pate what they were about to hear from the Actuary's report ; he would only remind them, that this was probably the mast important meeting which had ever taken place in connection with the affairs of that Institution. Before the Actuary read the quinquen nial Report, he begged to - propose that the four retiring Directors, Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq., Henry Barnet, Esq.,'Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P., and John Mendham, Esq., should be re-elected. The motion was carried unanimously. The ACTUARY then read the quinquennial Report, of which the following is an abstract :—The Directors, after expressing the pleasure they felt in being able to present the fourth quinquennial Report, proceeded to say that the assets hid been valued on the principle of making precautionary allowance for possi ble fluctuations in the prices of stock, anal the value of the liabilities had been ascertained by methods calculated to exclude errors, and to afford full confidence in the results. The value of the assets, consisting of Government securities, life interests, mortgages, assurance premiums, and interest due on investments, with the balances at banks and cash in hand, amounted to 673,6311. 17s. 4d. The total lia bilities, consisting of 70,0001., of the shareholders' fund, with interest thereof, the value of polices and bonuses thereon, the claims accrued but unpaid, charges for commission a g ents, taxes, &c., amounted to 549,3201.; leaving a balance of 124,3121. It ap peared from this statement that, after making provision for every existing liability, and a prudent esti mate of -the assets, a clear suplus of 124,3121. remained for distribution among the shareholders. and the assured; and this result was obtained with out, in any way, anticipating profits to be hereafter realised. It was provided in the deed of settlement that as soon as one-fourth of the profits realised should equal the portion of the subscribed capital actually paid up, the Shareholders should be paid off 50,0001., and 20,0001. had been added to that amount; so that 30,0001. was required to make up the 50,0001. to pay off the Shareholders, which would he suffi cient to redeem each share of 2501. at 500/. As one-fourth of the surplus was fully suffi cient to pay the 30,0001. to the Shareholders, according to the provisions of the deed of settlement they must be paid ofi. Although the Directors were allowed three months for that purpose, yet they were willing to commence the redemption of the shares immediately, giving 5001. for each share, with in terest thereon at the rate of four and a half per cent. per annum, up to the date of surrender. Interest would cease on and after the Ist of July next on such shares as should not be then surrendered. After deducting 30,0001. for the Shareholders from the gross surplus, the sum of 94,3121. would remain as the portion of the policy-holders ; but as nineteen shares were held by the Society, the bonusses pertaining to them fell into the assurance fund, and increased its amount by 2,8501., thereby making the surplus of the assurance fund 97,1621. In dealing with the Share holders' fund, the Directors considered that it would not he prudent to appropriate the entire surplus now in hand ; for, although the reserved value of the policies was adequate to the existing liabilities, they thought it desirable to have a precautionary surplus, in order that the character and credit which had produced the present prosperous results might be continued. They therefore proposed to retain one-third of the surplus. Two-thirds of the surplus of 97,162/., viz., 64,755/., would, at the average age of the participating mem bers, viz., forty-seven, secure reversionary bonuses to the amount of 109,2931., or thirty-three per cent. on the premiums on which it is computed—that is, on five premiums from those who participated in the last division, and from five to nine on those who then participated for the first time. The remaining third now reserved would accumulate at interest for the sole benefit of the assured till the next period of division, and to prevent any loss upon such policies as might become claims in the interim, the Directors proposed a prospective contingent bonus of 1/. per cent. per annum on all beneficial policies on which claims should accrue before the next division of profits, when a real adjustment would be made. The contingent and absolute bonuses, taken toge ther, were equivalent in value to an absolute bonus of 36 per cent. on the amount of premiums with which it was compared. In addition to the three options given at the last division—that is, of applying the bonus to increase the sum assured, or to reduce the premiums either for the whole of life, or for five years only—the Directors now offer a fourth, in the form of a ready money bonus. By pay ing off the Shareholders, the constitution of the So ciety would undergo an important change, and the Economic would become a mutual assurance society, under circumstances highly favourable to the accused; for, independently of other advantages, the whole of the profits would henceforward be divided amongst those assured, on the equal scale of premiums. As a Mutual Assurance Society, the Economic will present advan tages surpassed by no other; the premiums charged being lower than those of any office whioli divided pro fits with the assured, and much lower than those of any mutual assurance society. The mode of applying bonuses was . strictly equitable, anti was adapted to every variety of circumstance. The number of poli cies had increased during the last five years from 4,308 to 6,001 ; the income from premiums had in creased from 70,5911. to 90,500/. The average receipts for premiums for the five years amounted to 85,1251. per annum. The claims amounted to 37,1901. per annum. and the bonuses added to such claims 1,4501. per annum. The large number of assurances now existing afforded a security against such deviations as might result from such a paucity of numbers. In conclusion, the Directors recom mended the Society as one which was as much enti tled to public confidence for the equity of its princi ples, as it was to preference for the economy of its management and the liberality of its practice. The CHAIRMAN said the remarkable clearness and accuracy of the Report, rendered it unnecessary for him to make any addition to its statements. He could not, however, refrain from congratulating them on the state of their affairs. It was certainly re markable, that a Sbciety started on the principle of low premiums rather than large bonuses, should in the twentieth year of its existence, have attained such prosperity, as to be able to disencumber itself of the weight arising from having Shareholders, and to give a handsome bonus to the parties whose in terests were concerned. The Directors were deter mined to continue to watch over the interests of the Society. Though there might be societies which had larger connexions, if any one would show him an office which was conducted on more honourable prin ciples, he would not continue any longer to occupy the chair.—(Cheers.) In reply to a question from a Shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said, that every Shareholder would receive double the amount which he had in vested, with interest of 4f per cent. up to the Ist of July, and if any person wished to receive the money immediately, he might obtain it with interest, calcu lated up to the day of payment. Mr. SIBLEY suggested the propriety of presenting a gratuity to the Actuary, as an acknowledgement of the deep sense which they entertained of the value and importance of his services ; but, at the request of the Chairman, the matter was left in the hands of the Directors, who, it was stated, had already taken the subject into their consideration. Mr. G. BARTLEY proposed a vote of thanks to the Directors for the zeal and ability which they had dis played in managing the affairs of the Institution. The motion having been seconded, the Chairman and H. F. Stephenson, Esq., the Deputy-Chairman of the Board, returned thanks on behalf of the Di rectors. The meeting then separated. The CHAIRMAN next gave ." the Health of the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland." It was, a charter toast of the Society, and the present Lord-Lieutenant had proved his attachment to it by forwarding a subscription of 50 guineas. The next toast was, " The Duchess of Kent, Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Kinnaird, and the other pa tronesses." The CHAIRMAN then gave them "The Duke of Wel lington, the deliverer of Europe, and the hero of the world." The CHAIRMAN then read the following list of sub scriptions : Her Majesty the Queen £los 0 0 Queen Dowager 25 0 0 Viscount Morpeth Lord De Grey 5O 0 0 Duke of Northumberland .... 30 0 0 Bishop of Derry lO 0 0 Marquis of Lansdowne 2l 0 0 Marquis of Downshire Marquis of Thomond 2O 0 0 Marquis of Anglesey 25 0 0 Marquis of Normanby The Earl of Portarlington Earl of Desborough Earl of Mayo 2O 0 0 Viscount Templeton The Lord Sandes Lord Rossmore Lord Stanley Lord Eliot Dowager Lady Kinnaird Lord Bloomfield 5 5 0 Lord Kentnare Lord Lurgan Baron Rugby lO 0 0 Lord G. Hill H. W. Bligh, Esq. Right Hon. A. R. Blake Sir H. 'Toward Emerson Tennent • lO 10 0 Admiral Sir R. H. Ritchie Colonel W. H. S. Blake E. H. Lynch - 5 0 0 Right Hon. Villiers Stuart - • 50 0 Lieut. G. O'Neill Tuite, Esq. 5 0 0 ' 1). O'Connell 5 0 0 , W. B. Collett Charles Green, Esq. Isaac Walker Dr. Pugh The Right Hon. A. R. BLAKE then gave " The health of the Chairman." His LORDSHIP returned thanks. The " Healths of the Stewards" were then given, "The Members of the House of Commons," &c. The musical department, under the superintendence of Mr. Hobbs, was conducted in the iiao i t creditable manner. The Misses Williams sang in such a manner as to elicit frequent plaudits from the company. About a quarter past eleven Lord Morpeth left th e chair, and the meeting separated. THE PRINCETON STEAM-ENGINE AND GUN. The " Genevese Traveller," the New York cor respondent of the Times, in his last communication, says—" A great object of interest to our citizens at this time is the United States war steamer Princeton, just built under the superintendence of Captain Stock ton, which now lies in this ,harbour, and is daily visited by crowds of interested spectators. This steamer is constructed with Ericsson s propellor. Its steam machinery is placed entirely below the water line, out of the reach of shot. Its engine is ex tremely light and simple of construction, occupying only about one-eighth of, the bulk required by the ordinary British marine engine of the same power. It gives a direct motion to the axis of the propeller without the" Aid of Cog-wheels or auxiliary gearing of any , description. It is styled the semi-cylindrical steam-engine, and is the invention of Captain Ericsson. For the vast power which it includes in so small a compass, and for the exquisite symmetry and proportion of all its working parts, this engine is the theme of general admiration. The armament of the P r i nce t on in cludes two large wrought-iron guns (introduced by Capfain Stockton), placed one - at each end of the ship, the largest weighing ten tons, and with a bore of 12 inches, carrying a ball 2131b5. This gun is placed on a wrought-iron carriage, contrived by Captain Erics son, and which, without the . use of the ordinary breaching, checks the immense recoil, and the vessel suffers but a very slight shock from th e di sc h arge. By means of this carriage, this huge gun i s manage d by half a dozen hands with perfect f ac ilit y. Th e s re ad h vantages over all of h peculiarity of the steam machinery of the shot,ePrincetaorne, s a u n p d p i o t s s ed beitnog giveplac heredout of the ac other steamers now afloat intended for naval warfare." Ruff's Guide to the .turf h.a s just made its appearance, and in the character and variety of its contents is d.cidedly the most useful._ "pocket Pocket Com panion" that has yet is - sued from the p ress. W e perce i ve that, besides greatly enlarging the list of " length s o f course's, colours of the riders," and giving th e fi xtures of all the principal meetings in 1844 and 1845, i t h o l ds out an additional claim on the patronage of the racing community, in the shape of a "catalogue raisonne" of the English jockeys, showing, not only their residences and lowest riding weights, but the names and order of precedence of their masters. A table of this kind has long been wanted, and will be found generally serviceable. In all other respects the " Guide" merits the name, and cannot fail to connnand an extensive sale. FATAL ACCIDENT.--TWO MEN KILLED AT WOOL wicu.—Several men of the Royal Artillery were yesterday (Fri day) afternoon employed in digging and carting gravel from the gravel-pit between the battery and Repository.grounds to the Royal Arsenal, and two of the men, gunner and driver Norwood, -and gunner and driver Cochrane, belonging to Captain Dyson's company, 7th battalion, having in the progress of digging gone under the bank, their operations and the state of the ground and gravel above them caused the whole to give way, anti, falling upon them, they were killed almost instantaneously. Their comrades, who were present at the time, soon got out the bodies, and medical men were promptly on' the spot, but life was totally extinct in the ono ma, and attic two or throe pophlgs, the other ceased to alit. MAD. DE FAVANTI.—The first appearance of this already distinguished artiste is fixed for Saturday next. Her debut excites intense interest, for it is a novelty to find a young and beautiful Englishwoman departing for• a foreign country, to seek for that fame which prejudices might de prive her of here. Italy, however, has " pronounced" in her favour, and it remains for this country to confirm the judgment of the Neapolitan critics and amateurs, who were (mite taken by surprise at the extraordinary cortipass of a beautiful organ, combined with a fervour of style that the Italians had never given English artists credit for.—Observer. FARM LABOURERS. We have been requested to insert the following letter from Mr. Paget to Mr. Cobden, in explanation of a com munication which was quoted by the latter gentleman in the course of the debate of Tuesday last : lluddington Grange, March 14, 1844. My dear Sir,—lt is a great satisfaction to me to find the statement I sent to you so fully confirmed by Lord Worsley. He takes a farm which is entirely arable, while the one whose expenses I stated is 230 arable, 170 pasture, which is a fair proportion for the Midland Counties. His rent is divided between the landlord and the clergyman, mine is paid entirely to one landlord. Ile takes a farm which requires an outlay for manure equal to half the rent, I one which %%ill maintain its fertility at an expenditure of one-twelfth the rent in artificial manure ; and if you refer to the explanation appended to my statement, you will see that I consider it applicable to the heavy and mixed lands, and that for the poorer light lands a rectification was required fur the quantity of manure purchased. Now let us take Lord Worsley's statement ; he takes Landlord's rent £BOO £l,OOO Tithe rent-. Add excess of manure £1,360 His horses keep ought to be treated like his seed corn ; it is not an outgoing from the farm, but an ab straction from the diposable produce. His other expenses are— Farm labour £Boo Mechanics or Tradesmen's bills . Parochial rates Interest of capital 2OO £1,350 So that, had his land been of such a quality that it would have required only 1401. instead of 5001. to main tain its fertility, he would, of course, have paid 3601. more rent. The result then would have been— Rent Other expenses Manure l4O £1,490 Had one-third of the land been old turf, the expenses would have been reduced 200/., so that Lord Worsley more than confirms my statement. I see the Lothian farmers estimate the landlord's share at one-half, while I only state it at 255. out of 555. for England. I believe the opposition you meet with is from an honest conviction that a change would be injurious to the tenant and labourer ; lam therefore very sorry that your Committee has been refused. I am, my dear Sir, very truly yours, CHARLES PAGET. Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. THE EXCLUSIVE WORKHOUSE. (From Punch.) So admirably has the New Poor-law operated in the prevention of pauperism, and so satisfactory has been its influence on the poor themselves, in alleviating their sufferings, endearing them to their benefactors, the rich, and diffusing among them a spirit of subordination and content, that Government, we understand, is meditating an extension of its principle for the benefit of the younger sons, ruined spendthrifts, and portionless daughters of the superior classes. Exclusive Workhouses are to be provided as places of refuge for the destitute aristocracy. Arrangements strictly corresponding to those of the union workhouse, but modified in accordance with the quality of the inmates, will regulate these establish. ments. The diet will be as simple as a refined palate can bear, and limited rigidly to that quantity which will just suffice for the maintenance of genteel existence. The dress of both sexes will be plain and respectable, such as a gentleman or lady would be rather ashamed to be seen in, and no superfluous comforts, amusements, or accommodations will be allowed. In fine, the Exclusive Workhouse will be divested of all inducements which might tempt a person of fashionable ideas to wish to enter it. For breakfast, plain bread and butter at discretion will be allowed, with tea or coffee and sugar; but no eggs, ham, tongue, anchovies, chocolate, or any other more palatable articles of food. This meal will take place at nine precisely. Dinner, which will be served at three, will consist of a plain joint, roast or boiled, with bread, potatoes, and the ordinary garden vegetables; neither soup, nor fish, nor game of any description, even when sent as presents, allowed to be dressed. The joint to be followed by a plain tart or pudding of the fruit in season. The repast to cen elude with bread and cheese, which latter is to be a good common Stilton or Cheshire, exclusive of all Gruyere, Parmesan, or Neufchatel. No omelettes, macaroni, or any foreign or made dishes to be permitted. Sherry to be allowed duiing dinner, and port afterwards, and table ale or porter to those who wish for them. Every gentleman at dinner to be limited to two glasses of sherry, and every lady to one. After dinner the gentle men to have three glasses of port a piece, and the ladies two ; and each individual to be entitled to a captain's biscuit : no other dessert. The above to be the only wines suffered in the workhouse, and all persons con victed of smuggling in hock, champagne, burgundy, or any other description of liquors than those provided, to be punished by solitary confinement. Tea, same as breakfast, at seven. No other meal. The dress of the gentlemen is to consist of a blue coat, with plain cloth buttons, black waistcoat, and pepper and -salt kerseymere trousers, with Wellington boots, not of patent leather. No gentleman to wear mous taches. Ladies dresses to be of good Mousseline-de table, of a simple and uniform pattern, cotton stockings, without open work, and black morocco shoes, unsan dallect No lady to be adorned with any trinket beyond her wedding-ring; and no gentleman to appear with a Qtch-guard or an eye-glass. Lids_ and NiTes.tp_ke coluplled to liye together ; but the separation of p aren t- f rom c hili to he strictly enforced., Gentlemen are to be expressly interdicted from the use of snuff and cigars ; end no lady to be indulged with • smelling-salts or vinai g rettes, except by medical order. The ladies also will be forbidden to wear or carry bouquets. All novels, newspipers, magazines, and works of fietion to be excluded. No billiards to be permitted. Any lady caught waltzing to be punished. The employment of the ladies to consist in fancy or ornamental needle-work ; in making copies of paintings and drawings; the sale of thp articles manufactured to be applied to the support of the establishment. The gentlemen to be employed in penmanship, as the drawing up of official documents, and the like. Those capable of literary exertion to be allowed to write articles, and compose poetry and jokes, also saleable, on behalf of the establishment, to the proprietors of Punch and others.. Ladies or gentlemen refusing to work to be confined to their own apartments. Each person to have a bed room and sitting-room, but no more. Plain brown Windsor soap and water to be the sole adjuncts to the toilet, to the exclusion of all Circassian cream, Kalydor, Rondeletia, and all other pomades and perfumes. The children to be kept in a separate part of the establishment, and to be instructed, under the auspices of competent persons, in literature, the sciences, morality, music and dancing. Further particulars will transpire when the Bill for the purpose intended is brought before Parliament, which will be shortly. THE CURRENCY. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The reports as to the intention of Ministers to make some important changes in the currency, appear to have roused the country bankers to an unwonted degree of activity. We learn from the London newspapers, that a meeting of gentlemen engaged in that business, and de legated from different parts of the kingdom, was held at Herbert's Hotel, Palace-yard, London, on Thursday; but the presence of reporters being interdicted, the object of the proceedings did not transpire. We learn, too, from the Eastern Counties' Herald, a Hull paper, of Thursday last, that a memorial to Sir Robert Peel on this subject, was agreed upon at a meeting of bankers held at York on Saturday last, and is understood to have been signed by all the private bankers and joint-stock banks in the county of York. In this memorial the Yorkshire bankers say : " We cannot too strongly dwell on the evils and ruin which would be entailed on the farmers by any change or suppression of the local circulation. It would deprive them of that necessary assistance which the country banks have at all times so liberally afforded, to enable them to pay their rent=, and other engagements, until the produce of their farms could be realised ; and a state of things would thus be produced, the inevitable effects of which would be to retard, in a great degree, improve ments in agriculture." This is precisely the argument which was used by similar parties in reference to the suppression of one pound notes. The country bankers were at that period quite sure that, without the aid of such notes, people could not obtain their usual accommodation ; business could not be carried on in the agricultural districts ; and the farmers would be nearly all ruined. Well! the small notes were suppressed ; and, notwithstanding these sinister predictions, the sun shone, the rain fell, and the farmers somehow contrived to carry on their business just as if no such direful calamity had befallen them. So, no doubt, they will be able to do if their rents should hap pen to be paid in nice clean Bank of England notes, instead of the dirty and greasy scraps of paper which circulate through the country under the denomination of local notes. As to the unwillirgness of bankers to grant accommodation except in their own notes, it is the most laughable piece of absurdity that we ever heard of. No doubt, bankers, if such there are, whose capital consists of their.notes, will find it &Moult to grant accommo dation to farmers or any other parties ; and the sooner such parties close their establishments the better for the public. There is abundance of capital ready for em ployment in banking, or any other pursuit that is likely to yield a profit ; and we are sure that farmers of credit and responsibility will have no more difficulty in pro curing the accommodation they _require, in Bank of England notes, than the, merchants and manufacturers of Lancashire have now. To suppose that men of no respon sibility can now procure accommodation in Yorkshire, because the bankers lend only their own notes, is to es timate the prudence and judgment of the bankers of that county at a much lower rate than we believe to be just. The memorial further says :—" We are aware that many writers on the currency advocate a single hank of issue ; but we confidently press on your consideration the value and importance of our practical experience as directly opposed to their opinions, being convinced Ord the introduction of any system which would place the whole issues of this country under the power of one governing body , would be prejudi c i a l t o t h e b est i nterests of the kingdom. ' We would beg to suggest to these gentlemen who say so much in favour of their " practical experience," that one atleast of the "writers on the currency," who ad vocate a single bank of issue, has an experience at least as extensive as any of them can boast of. As a partner not only in a London bank, but in one of the largest provincial banking establishments in the kingdom, Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd has acquired an amount of prac tical knowledge which, combined with great scientific. attainments, peculiarly fits him for the due considera tion of this important subject. In one point, certainly, Mr. Loyd differs from the Yorkshire bankers ; he has no private interest to warp his judgment. Neither his firm, nor any of the bankers with whom they may be said to compete, issue notes ; and he has therefore no temptation to view the question in any other light than in its bearing on the interests of the public. RACE WITH A STEAM-ENGINE. On Friday, the Bth instant, the Meerza Ibraheern, of the East India College, Haileybury, met with ono of th-: most frightful accidents, and providential escapes, that it has ever been our fate to record. The Meerza was coming from Ware to Hertford, and on arriving oppo site the union workhouse, he determined to enter the town through the back street, and for that purpose he went down Mead-lane and passed over the railway. The Meerza had proceeded about half the distance between the Mead-lane gate and the back entrance to the railway terminus, when the three o'clock train left tlfe station. The Meerza's horse, a fine spi rited animal, immediately became affrighted, wheeled round, and dashed back at a furiolp pace, literally racing with the train ; and on arriving at the gate he had just passed through, the affrighted animal cleared it at a bound, and alighted with its fore feet on the very edge of the line of railway, at the very instant that the train arrived at the gate Fortunately, the horse did not obtain a secure footing; the soil of the edge and bank of the railway was loose, and the horse's feet slipping back, he rolled down the bank, and the train rolled by, within a few feet of the Meerza's head, as he lay under the frightened and struggling horse—whose 1, gs had become entangled in the fencing—unable to disengage his feet from the stirrups. After the train had passed, the Meerza suc ceeded with difficulty in extricating himself from his unpleasant position, as the horse continued to roll about with great violence; but we are happy to state that he sustained no greater injury than a few bruises, from the effect of which he has nearly recovered.—Hereford Reformer. REWARD OF FIFTY POUNDS. One of the most atrocious and diabolical acts of wil ful fire-raising that ever disgraced a country, took place at Greenbank, in the parish of Pettinain, on the morning of Monday se'ennight. Greenbank is a small farm on the estate of Carmichael, occupied by a young man of the name of Girdwood, and it appears that on the morning in question, about four, the maid servant awoke and was alarmed by the smell of fire. She called her master, and, on going out, they ascertained that the offices were on fire. With the assistance of some neighbours, the fire was got under, but not until after a byre, and six cows, a barn and milk-house, were entirely consumed. The poor animals had been literally roasted to death, and their remains pre sented the appearance of an unctions smoking mass. We .could not have believed that a wretch so savagely cruel was to be found in this quarter, who would set fire to a house containing cattle tied up in their stalls, thus leaving them no possibility of escape ; but such seems to have been the case. We do not know a circumstance better fitted to engage the sympathies of a right-thinking person than the heavy loss sustained by the occupant of this farm. Acting upon this view, a number of benevolent persons have set a subscription on foot for the purpose:of aiding the unfortunate young man. There were also eleven or twelve stacks standing in two rows in a park about a mile and a half from Greenbank • these stacks were the property of different individuals, and two of them—one in each row—were set on fire, as if with a design to destroy the whole. The weather tended to frost, and the morning was beautifully calm, and for tunately only the two set on fire were burned to the ground, without communicating a spark to kindle those around. Fifty pounds as a reward has been offered to any person who will give information that will lead to the convicton of the incendiary, yet it is much to be feared the thing will remain a mystery. Glasgow Chronicle. THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGKT.—The contemplated visit of Prince Albert to the Isle of Wight, for the purpose of inspecting Osborne-house, is not expected to take place before Tuesday or Wednesday next, when it is generally believed that the Queen will accompany her Royal consort. The Directors of the South Western Railway have had everything in readiness for the accommodation of the royal party for some days past ; and as the Court is now sojourning at Claremont, it has been arranged to take the rail at the Esher station, and proceed direct from thence to Gosport, where the Black Eagle is lying in readiness to convey them across the Solent. Several members of the Household left Buckingham Palace on Friday, and proceeded by the two o'clock train to Esher, in order to be in attend ance on the Court during its sojourn at Claremont. The Queen's favourite ponies and phaeton were also conveyed by the same train to Esher for the use of her Majesty at Claremont. ANNOYANCE JURIES.—For the purpose of taking into consideration the means of bringing about an alteration in the mode of carrying into effect the objects of the Act of Parlia ment relating to " weights and measures,'' a preliminary meeting was held on Wednesday night at the Windsor Castle Tavern, Long-acre, Mr.' Marshall, grocer and tea.dealer, 20, Strand, in the chair. He said that during the 25 years he had been in business he y had the closely observed the prejudicial effects t o t ra d e produced h adopted of inspecting weights and measu res un d er b systemclose the Act of Parliament. He had experienced the inconvenience and delay occasioned to his business by the manner in which the visits of this jury were conducted, and had been fined and held up to public obloquy for having one 41b. weight out of the many used by him in his daily trade, not more than one drachm short. Mr. Knight, the secretary, and several other persons, addressed the meeting, and urged the necessity of a speedy reformation in the system adopted by the above jury, and it was at length deter mined on consulting their Members of Parliament on so important a subject. For this purpose a deputation of 18 gentlemen was then chosen ; and thanke having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned, THE O'CONNELL BANQUET. FROM THE PROVINCIAL ''aNOURNALS, The dinuer_l9. D. O'Connell, Esg.u,9n ing, at Covent-garden -Thiaire,. wastie. most eztrti• - orifinary manifestation - of -Ftblie 'feeling and sym pathy that has ever beenexhibited in this country. Thousands upon thousands assembled; not to impart laurels to the brow of the conqueror, fresh from the toils of triumph and victory on the battle-field; not to applaud the statesman who, with unselfish policy, had, like a true patriot, succeeded in establishing - measures conducive to the welfare of the country ; but to hail with enthusiasm the man who, for .his " constant and consistent advocacy of the rights and privileges of Irish men," has been branded with the character and position of a convicted conspirator." Brarded, did we say ? Not so—the mad-administration of justice may have en deavoured to make him appear so ; and packed juries, misdirected by prejudices and the charges of partial judges, may return verdicts of guilty, but the voice of the united nation is stron g er than these, an d ma d e that a mark of honour, which was intended to be a brand of disgrace.—Dover Chronicle. The great dinner to Mr. O'Connell, in Covent-garden Theatre, on Weinesday last, respecting which the note of preparation was sounded immediately after the con viction of that gentleman, is the most stirring local event .of the last fortnight. It was a great demonstration, the company numbering upwards of 1,100. The Earl of Shrewsbury, forgetting the feud between him and the guest of the night, threw himself into the van, and warmly expressed his admiration of, and his sympathy for, the foremost man of his own religious faith. Both Houses of Parliament were fairly represented at the dinner—the Commons liberally so.— Willmer and Smith's European Times. The enthusiastic reception accorded to Mr. O'Connell at the grand banquet in Covent-gardent Theatre, on Tuesday evening, must have been gall and wormwood to his persecutors. Never was " convicted conspirator," so honoured before. His faults—his follies—his inflamma tory appeals to the passions of the Irish people—his abuse ot " the Saxon"—his coarse denunciation of the Whigs —were all forgotten, or merged in admiration for his unwearied and consistent advocacy of the rights and privileges of his countrymen. He was looked upon as a political martyr—as the victim of a judge-made law—as a powerful opponent whom Ministers sought to crush by means abhorrent to English notions of justice and fair play.—Lancaster Mardian. - Mr. O'Connell was entertained at a magnificent ban quet in Covent-garden Theatre, on Tuesday night, when 1,150 persons sat down to evince their sympathy with the great Liberator. We learn from the private letter of a friend in London that—" On the first utterance of Mr. O'Connell's name by the Chairman, a singular scen e took place, as if by magic. Each of the 1,150 persons who dined was supplied with a napkin, and, as if by one impulse, they were waived over the heads of the entire mass. The tiers of boxes, crammed with ladies in full dress, took the cue, and the interior of the huge build ing was one flutter of white. Mr. O'Connell told me this morning that he had never seen anything to equal it, and added, in his own peculiar heartfelt way, ' Oh, wasn't it beautiful !' "—Carlisle Journal. The dinner given to Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., to show the sympathy of Englishmen with Irishmen, and the admiration entertained in this country for the con • scant advocate of the rights and privileges of Irishmen for more than forty years, took place at Covent-garden Theatre on Tuesday night. In order to accommodate the immense number of gentlemen who were desirous of showing their respect to Mr. O'Connell, the Committee had made arrangements for enlarging the area of the theatre to its utmost possible extent, but the additional room thus afforded was found to be insufficient, and many hundreds were disappointed. The same thing occurred with regard to the box and gallery tickets. They were all disposed of some days since ; and we have heard of high premiums being offered to those who were fortunate enough to possess one, to endeavour to induce them to dispose of it. The doors were opened at half-past five, and the theatre was filled in a very few minutes, but so admira ble were the arrangements, that there was not the least crowding or confusion. Every person admitted had the' number of his place marked for his ticket, and was imme diately conducted to his place. About 1,080 persons sat down to dinner, and there were 180 waiters to attend upon them. At half-past five the band entered the orchestra and commenced playing, and they continued performing a series of popular airs until six o'clock, when a flourish of trumpets announced the approach of Mr. O'Connell, the Chairman, and the other distin guished guests. All present rose, the ladies in the boxes waived their handkerchiefs, and were most enthusiastic in their greetings of the Liberator. The gentlemen cheered most rapturously, and even the reception with which Mr. O'Connell was greeted at the meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League in; this theatre, three weeks since, was less warm than the reception with which he was greeted this evening. —Somerset County Gazette. HAND-LOOM WEAVERS. The following is a copy of the answer of the Board of Trade to the memorial of the hand-loom weavers of this City, agreed to at a public meeting-of that body:— " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, " Whitehall, Feb. 26, 1844. " Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to state to you, with refer ence to the memorial of the hand-loom weavers of the borough of Carlisle and its vicinity, transmitted by you in your letter of the 31st ult., that my Lords have given to the memorial that attentive consideration to which its grave and painful importance, and its very proper tone, so justly entitle it. _ _ z; Ali Lords entertain no doubt that the distressed condition of the hand-loom weavers at Carlisle is only too correctly represented, and it is with the most un feigned regret that they learn that the earnings of those engaged in this branch of labour hava.been reduced to an amount far below what is necessary for their proper support. l''My Lords, however, are well aware that the evils of which the memorialists so feelingly and temperatelycom plain are quite beyond the reach of Legislative remedy ; and that any attempt to fix either a minimum or uniform rates of wages, or to prevent competition, would only tend to deteriorate, rather than improve, their present condition. "My Lords, therefore, conceive that it would be a most serious breach of their public duty, if, from a feel-. mg of sympathy with the memorialists, my Lords should be induced to institute inquiries, which, although excit ing temporary hopes, would inevitably end in disappoint ment, and thus aggravate that distress which my Lords would most earnestly desire (were it possible) to remove. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " JOHN G. SHAW LEFEVRE. " Mr. J. Mackenzie." In the principles here laid down we fully concur ; but a Legislature and a Government which take upon them selves to fix the price of food have no right to say they cannot fix the amount of wages, The one would be quite as rational as the other.— rlisle Journal. THE WILL FORGERIES. We are informed, upon what we consider good authority, that William Sanders, of Bristol, fish monger, whose name has been so much mentioned in the will forgeries cases, and whose wife is supposed to be the notorious Emma Slack, was apprehended at Edinburgh on Friday last by John Forrester, the able and zealous police-officer of the Mansion house. The ingenuity and activity used on behalf of the prosecution, in tracing and obtaining a clue to the locus in quo of Sanders, appears, from what we have heard, to have been most extraordinary. All was done in the quiet silent way by the wide-awake officer. The offence of which Sanders is considered to be guilty consists in his having personated Thomas Hunt, the assumed grandson of one Mary Hunt, and obtained a sum of stock and dividends amounting to about 2,0001. The true Mary Hunt was a widow, who died at Bath in the year 1806, without children, leaving a will, which was proved in the Prerogative Court in 1807, by her executors, whcr, not being acquainted with the affairs of the deceased, omitted to claim the stock in question. The stock, and the interest upon it, were consequently trans ferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt in the year 1842. About that time, Joshuah Fletcher, who has been charged with partici pation in the will forgeries exposed before the Lord Mayor, heard of the transfer, and the consequence was, that, in June of that year, a will was produced at Doctors' Commons, purporting to have been made by Mrs. thint, in favour of Thomas Hunt, a grand son of Marl Hunt. The alleged grandson took lodgings in Tottenham-court-road, for a few weeks, pretending to be the mate of a ship, and absconded immediately after he had succeeded in obtaining the stock and dividends. By what clue the circumstances which guided the prosecutors to Sanders were ascertained is not known to the public, hit we are informed that it was known to them within a week after the development of Miss Slack's case, that the assumed Emma Slack was . Lydia Sanders, the wife of the man now in custody, ana Sanders himself was the assumed Thomas . Hunt. Since that period, the most diligent search has been made for man and wife ; and we understand that John Forrester has pursued them throughout the south of England, to Guernsey. France, and at last to Scotland, where, after having been absent about three weeks, he at length effected the apprehension of Sanders, who was concealed there under a feigned name. It is said that a principal circumstance leading to the knowledge of the guilt of Sanders and his wife was the discovery of a gown in the possession of a daughter of Sanders, which had been purchased by Mrs. 'Sanders with part of the money which was fraudulently obtained by the pretended Emma Slack in April, 1843. Mrs. Sanders is the sister of Mrs. Dorey. It will be recollected that Mrs. Dorey took the lodging for her in the neighbourhood of Totten ham -court-road, at the time Barber and Fletcher were negotiating the " Slack business" at the Bank, It is believed that Emma Slack, alias Lydia Sanders, will shortly appear in propria persona before the Lord Mayor. Last week, handbills were distributed at all the police stations, offering a reward of 201. for the detection and apprehension of the diabolical person or persons, who, on the 7th instant, sent by the ten o'clock train, from the Ruston square station of the London and Birmingham Railway, a basket addressed to a gentleman at Cheltenham, in which was placed a small black coffin, containing a full-grown dead male child. The coffin was a small black one, two feet long, made of half-inch deal, with inch elm ends. The child was dressed in a new cap, with a lace border, a bed gown, and covered with a diaper napkin. A further reward of 5/. is offered to the per son who sold the coffin, on his giving up the name and ad dre# of the person to whom it was sold, and 5/. to any per son identifying the clothes and other article§ found around the child in the coffin. 67.74 :;44, : '6O PO: 7,04 gue! atcl IM