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Lord J. RUSSELL had heard some objections raised to this discussion ; but he should say that, to him at least, nothing appeared more reasonable than that dis cussion- should have arisen. —(Bear.) For his own part he would say, that with regard to this, as well as many other articles, he thought the House and the country were in a most unsatisfactory state as to the information they ought to have on them.—(Hear.) He did not think the Government had given anything like satisfactory reasons for those alterations.—(Hear, hear.) Surely if it was expedient for the benefit of the country to remove the duty en this article of agricultural produce, why would it not be equally beneficial to the country to have the duty removed upon all other articles of agricultural produce?—(Hear, hear.) surely the Right Hon. Baronet opposite could explain why and how this distinction between the removal and the upholding of certain protective duties was made, and prove to the country that it was for their benefit one class of articles were admitted free, while others were prohibited by a duty.—(Hear, hear.) There were many Honour able Members opposite who held out for protection, and if they did, let them be consistent, and stoutly maintain it all through—(Hear, hear)—not with regard to the small or trifling article of lard merely, but to any article hitherto subjected to such prohibition—(Hear) —let them say, " this is our position, and be it good or • bad, we will stand to the last."—(Hear.) Let them not be doing things inch by inch in this way, and advocating protection in theory.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE--Whatever might have been the advice of the Noble Lord: who had just sat down, he (Mr. Gladstone) would say he felt assured that Hon. Members on that side the House would vote in accordance with that which they conceived to be consistent with the national policy, and not render themselves ridiculous by descending to discussions on such minute and trifling articles as this. But the Noble Lord's argument was to maintain the corn-laws, and take 2s. a cwt. off lard.— (Laughter.) That might be a very good advice for the Noble Lord to give, but certainly a very odd one for Hon. Members at his side of the House to take.— (Laughter.) And the Noble Lord further said, if the duty on lard was so very light, why remove it ? But he (Mr. Gladstone) should say this article of lard should not be regarded now as an article of food, for if it were it was either too good or not good enough. But he looked upon it as an ar ticle of trade and of raw material, and as such it was of importance that it should be had with facility and in abundance. In fact, it was of so much importance to manufactures that its importance could not be overrated. It was well known that the supply of sperm oil was be coming scarce, and therefore there could be no better substitute for it than lard-oil, and another reason why they should have this lard in abundance was, because they could not have lard-oilin sufficient quantities from America. But the lard-oil of America, though valuable for manu facturers, did not possess that degree of purity which would render it eligible as an oil for ma c hi ner y i n thi s country, and, therefore, the lard-oil of this country would be preferred. But it was not in machinery alone that the oil was used. Ile apprehended it was also used in the manufacture of soap to a considerable extent. He stood on the general principle that lard was a valuable article with regard to its application to the raw material of British manufactures. He regarded it as being an article to be used in manufactures, and not as an article of food. He excepted against the doctrine of his Hon. Friend behind him, that the lard from foreign countries would displace the home lard, or be substituted for it. But that was not the question. The question was, whether they would allow the remission of the duty of 2s. on an article so important for manufacturing purposes, when it would have no perceptible influence upon the lard pro duced in this country, but, on the contrary, by extending trade, would increase the production of the article at home? Sir W. JAMES said that the Hon. Member for Stock port having said that his object was abundance, and asked them what their object was, he merely rose for the purpose of replying that their object was abundance with security.—(Hear.) Mr. GROGAN replied, and said he would not press his motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. On the remission of the duty on rosin being proposed, Sir W. JAMES moved that a duty of ls. be retained. All that he desired was that they should proceed gra dually and with caution. He did not mean to say that the article of rosin was not of importance ; but, in order to protect the home manufacture, he thought it would be better to divide the duty. Sir GEORGE CLERK opposed the motion. They still had a protective duty of ss. per owt. on the most valuable product of distillation—the spirit of tur pentine ; and, with resgard to rosin, there was not the slightest apprehension of their being such an importa tion as would materially reduce their profits. Sir W. JAMES contended the reduction would have an injurious effect. He knew a case in which a person engaged in this trade had said he should be compelled to transfer his establishment to New York, if this pro position was adopted. Mr. GLADSTONE said if his Hon. Friend had been as much accustomed, from almost every class of manu facturers, to hear the threat of removing their business to another country, as he (Mr. Gladstone) was, it would per haps lose much of its force on him. But in what his Hon. Friend had said, he had supplied the point which was required—if any point was wanted—in the explanation of his Right Hon. Friend. The largest profits in this business were made by manufacturing on the largest scale ; and the Government had enabled them greatly to extend their business by the reduction of duties made in 1842. The trade had increased 50 per cent. in the two years following the change in the law, compared with what it was in the two previous years. So far from the trade being injured, he believed it was in a fair way of becoming an export trade. It was certainly perfectly independent of the effects of any change of duty. The reduction on rosin was then agreed to. On the item of thrown silk being proposed, Mr. TATTON EGERTON said the reduction of the duty on this article would materially injure the silk throwing business, and would not give a corresponding benefit to the manufacturing interest of this country. In fact it would only benefit their continental rivals. No trade had ever been more tampered with than the silk trade, and he could not tell on what grounds the present reduction was proposed. Supposing it did benefit the manufacturers, what right had they to sacrifice the British throwster ? What right had they to sacrifice a trade which gave employment to 40,000 persons. Ho should no doubt be told that the reduction would make no difference to them, but the House should recol lect that it was the last feather that broke the horse's back. If they passed the present reduction, they would almost, if not quite, destroy the " throwing " trade of this country. He knew it was useless to appeal to Hon. Gentlemen opposite, with their theories of free trade, on this subject ; but ho did appeal to the Go vernment to prevent this injury to a large interest. Sir G. CLERK said no interest had been more frequently under the consideration of Parliament than the silk trade, and for the last 20 years they bad been told that every reduction in the silk trade would involve great numbers in ruin. But not withstanding these reductions, the proportion of foreign thrown silk had not increased with the quantity of raw silk con. lamed. He believed the alteration would be fur the benefit of the silk trade itself.—( Hear.) Mr. GRIMSDITCH entered into a long history of the silk trade from the time of the war, and would oppose the reduction. Mr. STRUTT said that he would point to one example where private interests had given way to the general good. About a week or two ago, when the intentions of the Govern ment on this subject became known, a memorial was drawn up and signed by the great majority of the silk throwers in the borough and county of Derby. He would not add one word, but at once read the memorial to the House. The first part merely related to gentlemen whom the memorialists stated did not represent them in London ; but in another portion of the memorial they stated that although the abolition of the duty on thrown silk must be particularly injurious in a pecuniary point of view, yet, believing that the country would be benefited by it, they were willing to bear the loss they felt must accrue to them.—(Cheers.) It was their opinion that private interests ought to succumb to the public good, and they trusted that their representatives would support those measures which would remove restrictions from commerce—restrictions which they believed to be the main cause of the distress in commerce and iu agriculture.—(Hear, bear.) He would only ad], that the example ought to be fol lowed. Mr. BANKES said that the Right Hon. Member seemed to think it a matter of duty to vote against the interests of his constituents.—(Loud cries of " No, no.") He understood that the Hon. Member took credit to himself for that principle. --(Hear, hear, and No, no.) He (Mr. Banked) thought he could better discharge his duty by consulting the interests of those he represented. He agreed with the Vice-President of the Beard of Trade, that trade bad in many instances degene rated from the alterations made from time to time in those duties. One case in point would show the ruin which had re sulted from those alterations. An Hors. Mamasa—Where ? Mr. BANKEg—Sherbourne. The Hon. Member had a perfect right right to ask where. That town had had two flourishing factories not long ago, but at that time only one of them was in operation. Perhaps the reason was, that steam power had usurped the place of water power, and it might be said that they had no right to complain of this, that they ought only to struggle against the disadvantage. To a certain degree the former reductions had ruined the trade of the county to which he belonged, while in the neighbouring county of Somerset, still worse results had been produced. Some time ago, he believed, there was a manufactory esta blished in that county at an expense of 20,0001., but, in conse quence of the measures taken by the Government in . 1842, it was not now worth as many hundreds.—( Hear, hear.) It was said these alterations were merely of an experimental nature, but surely when they found that the same experimental alterations which were adopted a few years ago, had only thrown the people out of employment, they ought to be satisfied that there experiinents could produce no good. Sir R. PEEL regretted exceedingly that the former mea suresa which had of th e G overnment s h ou ld h ave t h rown par i s h es, ci previously en j oye d prosper i ty, i nto a compara ti ve state o f distress, but his Noble Friend must bear in mind that the rea son they had lost their manufacturers in Dorsetshire was, be cause steam-power had been so improved as to produce fabrics at a loss cost than water-power. It was, therefore, not a want of exertion on their part that had caused this dis tress, but it was the introduction of increased capital and competition into their branches of trade. There could be no doubt, then, these unfavou ra ble changes were liable to take place, wh e th er they re d u ced t he duty or not. And if by reducing these duties they could stimulate the manu facturers of Manchester, and other large towns to comp ete with foreigners, he hoped they wo u ld not deprive c o unt rythe of this advantage, because the exp er i ment when tried on former occasion had failed in one or two instances.—(Hear a They could only, however, judge of the e ffi cacy o f these . ex periments by taking a large and comprehensive view of the ex ports and imports extending over a number of years. In 1844, and since the duty had been reduced, the quantity of raw silk brought into this country to be wove was not less than 4,303,0001b5. Now, there never was so large a quantity of silk brought into this country for the purpose of providing em ployment for our manufacturers since 1836,fa year of great and inconsiderate speculation, wlsich had the effect of depressing the market for some time afterwards. From 1835 to 1844, the quan tity of raw silk brought into this country to be wove increased from 15,214,0001b5., the amount of the former ten years, to 37,954,0001b5.—( Hear, hear.) But what was the case with thrown silks? Why, in the former period it was 3,680,0001b5., whereas in the latter year it was only 2,900,0001b5., clearly showing the advantage of the reduction which took place in 1842.—( Hear, hear) Was it not worth while then taking steps to give the British manufacturers an opportunity of entering into competition with the foreigner, which he believed they would be able to do at some time or other, and perhaps at no remote periodwith success.—( Cheers.) After a few words from Mr. TATTON EGERTON, Mr. LABOUCHERE believed that the steps the Govern. ment were taking would not turn out beneficial to those for whom they were intended. He had not consulted his con stituents, but he believed the measure would create great alarm among them; but he should be ashamed of himself, if he resisted a great improvement on that account. He trusted, however, that in other matters the Government would recollect what they had done with respect to silk. He believed the silk trade would improve under a revision of the duties. He thought the whole of the silk duties ought to be revised, and not those on' thrown silk alone. On the whole, he felt inclined to support the proposition of the Government. Mr. BROCKLEHURST believed that the reduction of the duty on thrown silk would not do any good for those it was intended by the Government to benefit. Mr. HUME had heard with great surprise the alarm with which the Hon, Member had viewed this measure. He had visited the factories of this country, as well as those of Belgium and other countries, but the factory of the Hon. Member for Macclesfield (Mr. Brocklehuret) was that which he had found in the most perfect state of any. He thought the Government would have done better by removing the duty altogether from manufactured silk, for by this means they would have prevented smuggling, and allowed the fair trader to enter into fair com petition. He thought the Government deserved every support the House could give them, and he hoped the House would not refuse to let the reduction pass. Mr. WILLIAMS agreed with the policy of taking the duties off the raw materials of manufacture ; but if they took the import duties off the manufactured articles, great distress would be caused. They should first take the tax off corn, and give their labouring population cheap food, or they would do great injustice. He contended that great reduction should be made on the article of waste silk, for it was of very little value. Mr. ENTWISLE said that he visited a country district, and the people told him that, if they had free trade, they would not mind those duties at all. For this reason, hewould lend his aid to any proposition for the removal of restrictions on commerce.______ Dr. BOWRING—The duty on India silks in France was not half so high as that levied on French silks imported into England. After a few words from Mr. BROCKLEHURST, the Com. mittee divided, when there appeared For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment —59 On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. E. BULLER addressing the Committee. He had a notice of motion on the paper to introduce tallow into the reso lutions, but at that late hour of the night he did not wish to press it. He wished to know whether another opportunity would be afforded for bringing on the question. Sir. R. PEEL said the Hon. Member would have an op portunity of moving in Committee on the Bill. It would greatly interfere with the operations of trade if they were not to report the proceedings of this Committee before the holidays. A desultory conversation arose as to the propriety of pro ceeding with those articles, including butter, cheese, tallow, and railway sleepers, with regard to which Hon. Members had motions. And it was finally determined, that an early day after the holidays should be set aside in Committee upon the Customs' Act, to enable those Hon. Members to bring for ward their motions, on the understanding, however, that no discussion should be re-opened with regard to these articles in the tariff upon which the Committee had already decided. Sir R. PEEL hoped a discussion would not be re-opened on those questions of the tariff which bad been already before the House. Lord d. RUSSELL agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet, and hoped the agricultural Members would not re-open ques tions already discussed. Mr. DARBY said he knew nothing which had been of more service in cultivation than the sowing of tares, and he would be sorry to see any principle adopted which would check their growth. Sir R. PEEL said the Hon. Member need have no such apprehensions. Colonel SIBTHORP said, however trifling the question of taxes might be, yet it showed a disposition on the part of the Government to injure agriculture, or at least to be very careless of its interests. The resolution was then agreed to, and the House resumed. The CHAIRMAN then reported the resolutions to the House. SUPPLY. The House then went into a Committee of Supply, Mr, Greene in the chair, and twe sums, of 100,0001. and 740,0001. were voted on account of the Ordnance Estimates. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported accordingly. Captain PECHELL moved for a return from the clerk of each petty sessions in England and Wales, of the description of the building or place in which the justices of the petty session district hold their usual sittings, with the amount of rent, if any, and the parties to whom the same is paid. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Five Minutes past One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Toles and Proceedings of the house of Commons.) TUESDAY, MARCH 18. WINDOW DUTIES. Motion made, and Question put, " Thatka - Stied Committee be ap pointed, to inquire into the present mode of, assessing. levying, and collecting the Window Duties In Great 13 ritain, and to report their opinion thereupon to the House." TheOlouse divided : MINORITY—AYES, 47. Agllonby, H. A. Craig. W. G. Pattison, James Ainsworth, Peter D'Eyncourt, C. T. Plumridg e, Captain Aldarn, William Duncan, George Pulsford,*Robert Bannerman, A. Duncombe, Thomas Rous, Captain Barnard, E. G. Ewart, William Shell, It. L. Berkeley, H. F. Forster, Matthew Stewart, P. M. Blewitt, R. J. Hawes, Benjamin Strutt,l:dward Bouverie, E. P. Hindley, Charles Tancred, H. W. Bowriug, Dr. Borman, Edward Thornely, Thomas Brotherton, Joseph Hume, Joseph - Villiers, Charles Browne, W. Ilutt,.William Wakley, - Thomas Buller, Charles Mangles, It. D. Williams, William Busfeild, William Marslaad, Henry Yorke, H. R. Butler, Colonel Mitchell, T. at. Cobden, Richard Morris, David TELLERS. Colebrooke, Sir' . Napier, Sir C. Duncan, Viscount Cowper, W. b'. Paget, Colonel Peeli ell, Captain MAJORITY—NOES, 93.. Acland, T. D. East, J. ]l. ' Manners, Lord C. S. Allis, J. P. Eastnor, Viscount Marshall), Viscount Arbuthnott, 11. Escott, Bickham Martin, C. W. Arkwright, Gcorgo Fitzroy, Henry Masterman, John Baird, William Forbes, William Milnes, R. M. Baldwin, Barry Forman T. 'S. Neville, Ralph Baring, F. T. Fuller, A. E. 'Nicholl, John Baring, W. B. Gaskell, J. M. O'Brien, A..S. Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Patten, J. W. Bentinek, Lord G. Gordon,Captain Peel, Sir Robert p Boldero, 11. G. Gore, Montague Peel, 'Jonathan Borthwiek, Peter Goulburn, Henry Freed, W.. 1 1`. Bottield, Beriah Graham, ;Sir J. Pringle, Alexander Bowes, John Greene, Thomas Round, John Bowles, Admiral Grimsditch,.T. Russell, Lord J. Braniston, T. W. Hamilton, W. J. Shaw, Frederick Bruce, C. L. C. Harcourt, G. G. Sheppard, Thomas Bruges, W. H. Hepburn, Sir T. Smith, T: B. C. Burrell, Sir C. Hinds, John H. Smollett, A. Cardwell, Edward Hope, Charles Somerset, Lord G. Carnegie, Captain Hope, G. W. Somes, Joseph Clerk, Sir G. Hussey, Thomas Spooner, Richard Clifton, John T. Ingestrie, Viscount Stewart, John Clive, R. H. Jermyn, Earl Stuart, Henry Cockburn, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Sutton, Henry Coote, Sir C. 11. Lennox, Lord A. Thesiger, Sir F. Copeland, Alderman Lincoln, Earl Towline, George Crippe, William Lockhart, William Trevor, G. R. Darby, George Lowther, Sir J. Wyndham, Colonel Deedes, William Mackinnon, W. J. TELLUSI. Denison, E. B. M`NeW, Duncan Young, John Dickinson, F. H. Mahon, Viscount Baring, Henry PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. TUESDAY, 141micii 18. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported ; 1. " That, in the case of the Nottingham Waterworks peti tion for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to intro duce such additional provision." 2. " That, in the Case of the Royal Naval School petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 3. " That, in the case of the Manchester Improvement pe tition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 4. " That, in the case of the Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Associated Railway Companies petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 5. " That, in the case of the Whittle Dean Waterworks petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on forthwith amending their plan as required by Order 38, and by supplying the omission on the section of the spare pipe near the proposed reservoir at Newburn." 6. " That, in the case of the Yarmouth and Norwich Rail way petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on forthwith depositing the plan, section, and book of re ference, relating to the proposed extension of the Railway to Yarmouth, with the clerk of the peace for the city and county of the city of Norwich." 7. " That, in the case of the Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension Foot Bridge petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to pro ceed with their Bill on omitting clause 5, which gives them power to alter and enlarge the dimensions of the bridge." ' 8. " That, in the case of the South Wales Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on correcting the errors.on the plan and section." " That the Committees on this and the three preceding Bills do examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bills."—Resolutions agreed to. The North Woolwich Railway Bill was presented and read a first time. The following Bills were presented and read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection : York and North Midland Railway (fiarrogate Branch). York and North Midland Railway (Doncaster Extension). The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills: Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Ely and Huntingdon Railway. Bristol and Exeter Railway. Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway,_peti tion for Bill reported ; report referred to the Select Coin inittee on Standing Orders. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway,—Peti tion for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Viscount Ingestre, Colonel Anson, and Mr. Barneby. Rye and Tenterden Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Curteis, and Mr. Darby. Wear Valley Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Bowes, and Lord Harry Vane. Middlesbro' and Redear Railway,—Petition for Bill re ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord Harry Vane, and Mr. Octavius Duncombe. Taw Vale Railway and Dock,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Frederick Hodgson, and Mr. Montague Gore. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Lock hart, and Mr. Hope Johnstone. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway,— Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Wilson Patten, and Mr. Clifton. Dundee and Perth Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Duncan, and Lord Gordon liallyburton. Southport and Buxton Junction Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Entwisle, Mr. Clifton, and Mr. Ainsworth. Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, —Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Wilshere, and Mr. Wodehouse. South Wales Railway,—Report frem.Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Vis count Emlyn, Colonel Rice Trevor,-and Sir John G ues t. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Associated Railway Com panies,—Report from Select Committee oil Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Broadley, and Mr. Entwisle. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE, Edinburgh and Northern Railway,—Committee on peti tion, postponed from Thursday, March 20, till Friday, April 4, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway,—Committee on peti tion, adjourned till Friday, April 4. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Sub-Committee No. 1 assembled at twelve o'clock. GRAND JUNCTION AND SHREWSBURY RAILWAY. This case was adjourned to the 4th April. No other case came before the Committee. Sub-Committee No. 4 re-assembled at one o'clock, and proceeded with THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND NORTH KENT SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The " organised hypocaisy" has a way of proceeding amongst its organisers, which is not devoid of a certain sort of poetical justice. Gentlemen, it seems to say to them, you helped us to pull down our predecessors on grounds more or less hollow—so far as addressed to our rabble of supporters. We proceeded, in common, on the great truth stated by Lord Bacon, and quoted by Lord Mahon, that it does not signify whether opinions are true or false, so far as regards their immediate effects on action ; and that any cry, which is but be lieved, will serve its political turn. Abundance of such ' cries were raised with your assistance, and our (at least) connivance; and, buoyed up within reach of power by these instruments of inflation, Sir It. Peel grandly de clared he would sooner be the leader of the gentlemen of England, than possess the confidence of Sovereigns. We don't hear much—it is sadly recalled to mind— of the gentlemen of England now. They have made ' a ministry ; and their part in the hive is henceforth— to be got rid of; like the drones. At a certain epoch the services of these latter are indispensable ; but afterwards the operative partners treat them as Peel does his country gentlemen, or as Jonathan Wild the Great treated his constituency, when they waxed troublesome on his hands. If the gentlemen at the back of the gentlemen now at the helm of affairs had wished to make their terms about county rates, cart grease, or other interesting items, they should have seized that stage of negotiation, w hi c h B rass did i n bar gaining with Dick Anilet. It is too late for the be trayed, when the traitor has secured his rich wife, and his stolen rank. Accusations of faithlessness to principles, which were pretexts, have no effect on a Minister who has once got a firm seat in the saddle. The repetition of those pretexts only exposes their utterers to hear truths from the lips of the very statesmen who have risen by ac crediting class-delusions. At every attempt above ground, they give unequivocal indications of springing some mine below; at every reminiscence of their old Opposition watchwords, they open one finger of the whole handful of truths, which they have borrowed from their opponents in krroreni of their supporters. Thus Sir James Graham replied to Mr. Miles, and his paupers' plea for relief from burthens, that the agriculturists really had no excessive burthens, from which to be relieved. Well might the unfortunate Mr. Newdegate " whine" ft,rth, " One might think that the Hon. Member for Stockport (Mr. Cobden) was the high priest of free trade, and that the occupants of the treasury bench were chanting responses to the service." By the way, we are here reminded of an ancestral honour of the Newdegate family. If we remember right, it was Sir R. Newdegate, that some time pillar of landed pre eminence, and perennial patron of Oxford prize poetry, who, under the last unintelligible Ministry of Lord Chatham, surprised the House of Commons into taking one shilling off the land-tax. That shilling off the land-tax was the proximate cause of the quarrel with America. The ministerial leaders had not virtue or courage to call on the House to retract its landed vote. The then Chancellor of the Exchequer was forced on expedients to bring up the revenue ; and, under this dunderhead-duress, he recurred to the project of taxing the Americans, which had been wisely abandoned in its first resisted shape of the Grenville Stamp Act. STANDARD.—.Long and earnest as were the de bates in the House of Commons last night, they can scarcely be expected to have any very lively interest save for the few, though highly respectable, persons connected with the New Zealand Colony ; the very fact of the alleged too great favour shown to the rights of the natives, by her Majesty's Ministers, takes away the wider interest by which patriots and philan thropists might otherwise be affected in such a case. As respects the charge of duplicity insinuated, if nut directly made, against the Colonial Secretary, we imagine that it does not give much con cern to the Noble Lord or his friends. Were there any possible gain of profit or honour to be obtained by double dealing, Lord Stanley's noble character would be a sufficient defence against the charge of du plicity ; but in a case where the most rapacious, or the most ambitious and least scrupulous man that ever lived, could find no conceivable mo tive for deviating from the straight path, it is surely the most absurd thing in the world to charge such a man as Lord Stanley with resorting to crooked ways. We are persuaded that the very men who make the charge do not believe one word of it, though they, not very fairly, make the pretence in order to furnish matter for a debate to get up a grievance, or to carry a job by the help of Parliament. As far as we un derstand the charge it amounts to this, that Lord Stanley having come to some agreement with the New Zealand Company, he wrote a letter, marked con fidential, to the Governor of the colony, iu which letter were contained, as the advocates of the Company say, some instructions militating against either the terms or the spirit of the agreement. As much weight has been attached to the circumstance that the instruc tions to Captain Fitzroy were marked "Confidential," it may be worth while to say a word upon the point. We believe that all communica tions of the kind, not intended to be published, instanter as state papers, are usually so marked ; at least looking through the Parliamentary reports of cor respondence, from all the colonies from which the correspondence of governors, &c., has been published, we find confidential communications similar to that of Cap tain Fitzroy; and from this it is plain, that the term con fidential imposes no obligation of perpetual secrecy, for every public functionary knows that all his correspond ence is subject to the inspection of Parliament, but simply a present reserve from publication. We our selves, in our own small way, frequently receive commu nications marked confidential, which, nevertheless, the writers would he very sorry not to see printed in a few hours, should the condition that renders their publication desirable arise. The letter that was confidential yesterday may be properly placarded on the walls to-day or to-morrow. There is, therefore, no ground a hatever for supposing that a Minister meditates deceit, or even protracted secrecy, in every case in which he marks as confidential his com munication to a subordinate Minister. The inconsis tency of Lord Stanley's instructions to Captain Fitzroy with his Lordship's agreement with the Company, is a matter upon which no rational man iedfwill him the instructions and agreeieemreentberseers pronouncebesides, referred dt o namely, in a judgment until he shall h ave , i n specie, b efore the charge ; and something the representations upon which the agreement was obtained. The necessity of seeing the documents said to conflict before admitting their inconsistency must be apparent to all, but we must farther re member that ministers, as well as kings, may be misled by too sanguine and confident representa tion even of parties who meditate ne imposture. These errors have been so common, as to introduce a title " inconsult) reye" into our old law books. Before con demning Lord Stanley, therefore,,of so serious a crime as wilful duplicity, we must ascertain—First, That his Lordship's instructions to Capt. Fitzroy are really incon sistent with his agreement with the New Zealand Com pany. Secondly, That the inconsistency is so unequivocal and apparent, as to render it certain that the Colonial Secretary must be aware of it. Thirdly, That the agreement was obtained upon a strictly fair and un coloured representation of all the circumstances of the case. Here are three questions, at least. to be all affirmatively established, before the slightest shadow of blame can attach to Lord Stanley's conduct in the transaction ; and, granting the first, namely, that there is an inconsistency between the instructions and the agreement, a concession which we make merely for the argument, the company will, we suspect, find some re re difficulty en t appears in to h establishingavebe d e e eitherrawn upby of he company,a'i mage and if they drew it up w i t h out i nten di ng to t o h th e ers. take more by it than.ethfierymwlyishbeedlietvhee;Gthoe veryvern m e fi n r t s t t osee, san guine aton a d v enturers cetheyare'li who ever manifested so much virtue, self-denial, and skill. Not less singular must they be in vitue, self-denial, and skill, if their representations of the state and prospects of the colonies were rigidly exact, and they must be not only more virtuous, de nying, andui wiser who e ever went before them, butmuch honestest man may cheat others by expectat io ns by wh i ch he has fir s t cheated himself, and here!we believe we a r rive at the . than all all who secret of this dispute, and at the secret of all colonial failures, as many as theta have been. More than two centuries ago, Bacon, who saw and foresaw everything, told that colonies and plantations are not for present gain ; and that, therefore, such heroical works are rather for immortal states than for mortal individuals. We do not pretend to give the exact words of the great philosopher, but the truth of his ob servation is manifest. Commercial men, and indeed wen generally, look to quick returns of profit, however small, rather than distant returns, though never so rich. Miller, the gardener, proves very clearly that an acre planted with chesnuts would be worth one way or another more than 1,0001 at a century's end •, but though Miller wrote a century ago, and his book has been a popular book ever since, how few acres of chesnuts have been planted in the interval. It is just the same with colonisation ; adventurers seek the quick return, and deceive themselves into the belief that such quick return is possible without ruining the colony, which it certainly is not. MONEY IVIAWKET and CITY NEWS. for stand ar d CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. I : I MES•—The premium on gold at Paris is 16 1 per mile, ' which, at the English Mint price of 3 /. 17 s. 101 d. per ounce exchange at Pari s on L on d o n at short being 25 71, it follows gold, gives an exchange of 25 56 ; and the that gold is 0.84 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London is 110} per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is 0.68 per cent. in favour of England ; but the quoted exchange at New - York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must b e a dd e d to the above difference. T B. _HE Astior or ELY.—We are sorry we cannot atldeaton of yireporte chestthfuvotir having,ablyo fh y is est o r r d d ay sh , ip b 's :co h t e n a e lth —Cambrid ge Ad vertiser. STATE o r T uADE.—Ow i ng to t h e cont i nuance o f severe frosts, an d t h e consequent c l os i ng o f t h e cana ls h and as b n e a e v n i gvaelirlya quiet rivers, duringa homet the l abroad,aasntdwee k. Spinners , worse.t marketand e manufacturers, h owever, are genera ll y un d er c ontract for some time t o come, and consequent l y no t at all inclined to press sales. Prices, therefore, continue steady. a _TILE ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MARCII 17.—The flannel market is much the same as it has been for th e l ast two or t h ree wee ks; the demand very limited, and p r i ces ex t reme ly low. The wool mar ket has been very quiet •, few purchases have been made at last week's prices.—lllanchester Guardian. SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.—Messrs. Ainscow and Tomlinson, machine-makers of this town, have, in corn plbince with the request of their workmen , g ranted them half an hour i n each day as tea time, for five clays in the week—a privilege of which they were deprived during the late depression. On the announcement of the above to the men, a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to their em ployers, for their kindness and aorality.—Preston Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON,= TAU'RSDAY IWORNING, MARCH 20, 1845. out in the garden towards the privy, which was situated near the kitchen door. She remained a very short time, and then returned, but without her apron. Witness now observed that prisoner's hands were bloody, and she asked witness to net some warm water to wash her hands, which she did. %% itness did not hear at any time the cry of a child. After the prisoner returned from the privy she said she was better. About half an hour afterwards she again complained that she felt worse, and must go to bed, which witness de sired her to do. She afterwards made her some tea, and took up to her. Mr. West, a surgeon, proved that he was sent for. He went to the privy, from which he saw the constable, who was also present, take the body of a new born infant. On examining it he found that the head had been nearly severed from the body, and was only hanging by some of the muscles. The throat had been cut so as to divide the trachea, the carotid arteries, the oesophagus, and the spinal marrow. He went to the prisoner, whom he found on the bed, and inquired of her if she had had a child. She at first denied that such was the case, but afterwards admitted it. She was asked whether she had cut the throat of the child before or after its death. She said it was afterwards. She was then asked with what she had done it, and she produced a knife, which another witness stated she had always carried about her. On exa mining this knife its blade was found to be covered with blood. The surgeon would not undertake to say whether the throat of the child had been cut before or after death. In his judgment the child had been born alive, but the wounds inflicted might have been inflicted after death. Evidence was also given that in an outhouse adjoining the privy the prisoner's gown, which she had first put on in the morning, and the apron which she had carried through the kitchen, were found bundled up together, and saturated with blood. Mr. Justice ERLE, having summed up the case in a very able manner, the jury, after some consultation, acquitted the prisoner of the murder, and found her guilty of concealing the birth. The Learned JUDGE, after an impressive address, sentenced her to two years' imprisonment. Mary Ann Warr was then placed in the dock. She was indicted for the murder of her child, by administering to her a quantity of poison, called white arsenic. Mr. Stock conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Edwards. After hearing the evidence of Mrs. Oastler, with whom the prisoner lodged, and the surgeon who examined the body of the child, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The whole of the business for this county has 13.2 en got through. To effect this, Mr. Justice Erie has again sat the whole of the day trying prisoners in the Nisi Prius Court. Mr. Crowder has also been engaged in trying cases in the grand jury-room. The Learned Commissioner did not finish his labour till after twelve o'clock at night. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Marilt 19. The Lord Chancellor did not sit to-day in Lincoln's Inn Hall. His Lordship will not sit again till the 7th of next month, when it is understood he will continue his sitting till the 15th, the first day of Easter term. ROLLS' COUR7, March 19. The Master of the Rolls took petitions and causes to-day. His Lordship will sit to-morrow to hear a part-heard motion, after which the Court will adjourn to the 7th of next month. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS, March 19. The VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND was occupied the whole morning with motions and causes of no general inte rest. This is the last day of his Honour's sitting till the 7th of April, when his Honour will sit again in Lincoln's Inn, and continue his sittings till the first day of term. (Before Vice• Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR took causes to-day, and will sit to-morrow to hear the bankrupt petition " Ex parte Young in the case of Noble." The Court will then adjourn to the 7th of next month, when his Honour takes motions. On the 9th and the 14th the Court will hear bankrupt petitions; and on the first day of term, the 15th, it is generally understood his Honour will sit in the new temporary Court erected for him in Old Palace-yard. (Before Vice-Chancellor WiGuAst.) This is the last day of his Honour's . sitting till the 7th of April. The Court took causes of ilo general interest. His Honour will sit in his new Court at Westminster on the first day of Easter term. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Siaiford, March 17. (Before the LORD CIIIEF BARON.) HEYWOOD V. GREEN-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE- DAJLAGES 1,0001. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Allen were for the plain tiff ; Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Whitmore represented the defendant. _ After the pleadings had been opened by Mr. Allen, an in timation was given by Mr. Sergeant Talfinird that a com promise had been arranged between the parties, and that he was instructed to accept a verdict for 40s. damages—the cost to be paid as between attorney and client. Mr. WHATELEY, Q. C., expressed his willingness to consent to such a verdict, and to allow that a most unexceptionable character had been borne by the plaintiff for no less than sixty years. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD stated he felt it impossible for him to accept a boon of such magnitude, as the plaintiff confessed only to fifty-four years. The verdict was then taken by consent for 40s. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY. - William Thompson, Mirfin, and Thomas Plant were indicted for a highway robbery. The prosecutor in this case was Thomas Harrison, a butcher, residing at Batterton, in this county, who was re turning homeward from the market at Leek, with his cart and horse, late on the night of the Bth of January. He had about 141. in gold, silver, and "brass" in his possession, and was accompanied by his dog. As he passed through a turnpike, he observed three men, without hats, but with handkerchiefs tied round their faces, who appeared desirous of escaping his notice. He made some common-place ob servation, but receiving no answer, drove on, till he was obliged by a hill to slacken his pace, when he again saw the same men, and being somewhat alarmed by their ap pearance, looked for his axe, which was in the cart, and prepared for defence. Upon reaching the top of the hill, he stopped to breathe his horse, when he found the reins sud denly seized by a man, and looking behind him saw two others, one of whom cried out, " Surrender, sir I" and added, "Your money, or you're a dead man in a moment." The prosecutor seeing no pistol in the extended hand of his opponent, thought he would have a struggle for his pro perty, and jumping up, stoutly replied, "1 shan't surren der." The two men then threw large stones, which struck him upon various parts of his body. One of these cut through his hat, and inflicted a severe wound upon his head, on feeling which, he sprang from the cart, aud, rushing to the first speaker, whom he positively stated to be Mirfln, struck at him with his axe. He missed his aim, however, and the shaft of the weapon being unfortunately greasy and ill-constructed for the hand, it flew from his grasp, and one of the assailants gained possession of it, following up his advan tage by striking several blows at the prosecutor, one of which caused a deep gash upon the cheek bone, and felled him to the ground. Finding himself incapable of further resistance, he begged for mercy, and offered to give up his money, all of which, with the exception of 10%d., was taken from him, and his watch also, which, however, one of the men returned. One of them, stated by the prosecutor to have been Plant, said " D— him, cut his head off with the axe, as he would have cut off vour's," and struck him on the side with the back of it. They then left him, and he made the best of his way to the house of a man named Timothy Underhill, at Oncott, bleeding profusely. Here he told his story, and de clared his conviction that two of the men who attacked hint were Mirfin and Plant, both of whom he had known for a considerable time. Underhill being called, confirmed this statement of the prosecutor with relation to the mentioning these names, as did Joseph Allen, an old shoemaker, who was present. This last witness, however, in answer to some questions put by the Learned Judge, begged to be allowed to make "a candid statement," when he informed the Court that, having lost his consort, and his children being scattered over the world, he felt very unhappy in his mind, and would honestly confess that, on the night in question, he had been sacrificing to the spirit of John Barleycorn, and that Morpheus, in whose arms he had been reposing, was only frightened away by the ar rival of the prosecutor. A policeman, who was on duty at Leek on the Bth, proved the departure of the prosecutor from that town, and said that he was then sober. He also took the prisoners into custody. This was the close of the case for the prosecution. For the defence, it was contended that this was a case of mistaken identity, and a host of witnesses were called to prove that the prisoners were at home, and in bed, at the time the robbery was committed. It appeared that three other men, of the names of Cundy and Johnson, had been taken into custody on the present charge, and that the bill against them had been ignored by the grand jury. They had not, how ever, been discharged, and by order of the Learned Judge were now placed by the side of the accused in the dock, when a considerable resemblance was observed in their features. Under these circumstances his Lordship directed an acquittal, observing, on discharging the prisoners, that they left the dock without the least stain upon their characters. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 16. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) William Jackson was indicted for having, on the Gth of the present month, feloniously assaulted George Wardle, one of :the rural police, and wounded him with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. Wilkins prosecuted, and Mr. Bliss appeared for the defence. The facts proved involved also the charge of poaching, for it appeared from the evidence of the officer, that he had, on the day named, been asked by William Swan, gamekeeper to Mr. Thompson, of Sheriff-Ilutton, to lend assistance, and thereupon Wardle went into some land where he was directed to go, and there saw the prisoner, and another young man named Webster, in the act of pursuing hares and trespassing. The prisoner is the son of a farmer who has about 150 acres of land. The other, Webster, who is also a very young man, is the son of a person now holding some land, who is a dog-breaker, and was formerly a game keeper. As stated for the prosecution, these two having crossed a portion of the land occupied by the prisoner's fa ther, went on to the other ground, where the prisoner was seen to shoot a hare and put it in his pocket. Webster had a single-barrelled gun, and the prisoner a double•barrelled one. They then went on, and in another field the prisoner took another hare out of a snare, and put it into Webster's pocket. After that both shot at a hare in another field, which they missed. On this the officer went up to them and :asked them about the snared hare. Webster said he might look, but the prisoner said he'd be - if he should, and struck him in the mouth, cocked his double-barrelled gun, presented the muzzle, which touched Wardle's cheek, and said if he did not leave, he (the prisoner) would blow his brains out. A scuffle then ensued between the prisoner and Wardle, who both came to the ground, when the pri soner called for aid upon Webster, who, raising his gun, told Wardle if he did not let Jackson go he would knock his head oil' with it. The officer then pulled the snare with which the hare had been caught from Webster's pocket ; and the prisoner struck him with the single gun, which he had taken from Webster. By this blow a wound was made on the back part of his head, and from the effects of the blow he was so stunned as to lie on the ground, for about half an hour, in a state of insensibility. The officer stated further, that he again saw the same two men after he had recovered himself going away with a pony that had been ridden to the place by a boy of the name of Bean, and the prisoner then said to him that if he followed them any further he would give him some pellets. After a very energetic speech from the prisoner's counsel, in which it was contended that the officer had exceeded his duty, and that the story for the prosecution was alto gether most unlikely to be true, and quite undeserving of credit, witnesses were called to show that the real case was one very different, and that the prisoner had acted but in self-defence. Bean, above-mentioned, was the principal witness ; but Webster was also called ; and in their testimony it was positively denied that the latter had any gun at all upon the occasion, and asserted that the blow given to the officer was inflicted with a stick which he himself had carried to the spot. The boy said the officer threatened Jackson to handcuff him, and actually took handcuffs from his pocket after so threatening. This was denied on the other side. For the defence it was stated that there had been but one shot altogether, and that was at a duck. Sir John Simpson was called to give the prisoner a cha racter, who said he had known the prisoner's family long, and that they were most respectable. Verdict—Guilty of a common assault.—To be imprisoned for ten days. WESTERN CI RC U T.—Dorchester, March 15. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Ent.E.) This was the day fixed for trying the two charges of murder, the bills fur which had been ft, und yesterday. These cases have excited great interest in the county, more espe cially in this neighbourhood, and, as a consequence, the Court was most densely crowded, every place being filled directly the Court was opened. Both prisoners were charged with the murder of their children—the one by cutting the throat of her new• born infant, and the other by adminis tering poison to her child, who was about two months old. Betsy Christopher, a good-looking country girl, eighteen years of age, was charged with the murder of her infant child by cutting its throat. Mr. C. Saunders conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. _ _ The fellow-servant of the prisoner was first called. She stated that she and the prisoner had lived with a Mrs. Collins, at Parkstone, near Poole. The prisoner had been in the service of Mrs. Collins about a fortnight. She slept with witness, who did notremark anything particular in her person to lead her to the supposition that the p r i soner was in the family-way. About half-past live on the 11th of February, witness awoke and found the prisoner standing by the side of the bed. She inquired what was the matter with her, and prisoner replied " Nothing." It was quite dark at the time, and consequently witness could not see anything. Shortly after the prisoner got into bed, and witness went to sleep till about six o'clock. She then awoke, and both she and the prisoner got up and dressed themselves. They then went :down stairs, the prisoner into the kitchen, and the witness into the nursery to attend to the children, she being the nursery maid. Nothing more took place till about eight o'cbck, when the prisoner came up to witness and com plained that she telt very ill, and in a great deal of pain. Nothing remarkable was said, and no suspicion was awakened in witness's mind, who advised the prisoner to go to bed. The prisoner said she would, and went. About nine o'clock witness went up to the prisoner and inquired how she felt, and was told that she was worse. She was on the bed. About ten o'clock the witness again went up to see the prisoner, and again inquired how she felt. 'Witness then observed blood on the floor, aid inquiring what was the matter, was told nothing. She stood sonic little time, and then went down stairs. Shortly after the prisoner followed her into the kitchen. She had changed the gown which she had put on when they got up at six o'clock. Her arms were folded, and within them she carried something covered over with her apron. She went SURREY SESSIONS. (Before Mr. PUCKLE, and a full bench, of Magistrates.) James Dellaway and Thomas Luff were indicted for burglariously breaking into, and stealing a quantity of hol hmds from, the house of Elizabeth Cheesman, situated at Witley, in this county, between the hours of nine o'clock in the evening of the 6th, and six o'clock in the morning of the 7th March. The evidence against them was of the most conclusive nature, but Mr. LocKE, who appeared for them, on looking at the indictment, found that it charged them with having stolen the articles upon the 7th of March, in the eighth year of the reign of her present Majesty, whereas, in point of fact, it should have been in the seventh year of her reign. The COURT held the objection to be good, and directed the jury to return a verdict of acquittal, after which the Learned Chairman, addressing the prosecutrix, said she might give the prisoners again into charge upon leaving the dock. Two policemen accordingly stationed themselves at the gate of the dock, and upon the gaoler turning them out of the dock, they were immediately taken into custody and re moved to Southwark Police-court, when a new and more formal indictment, to be tried at the next sessions, will be framed. William Strahan, Esq., of Ashurst, the late High Sheriff for the County of Surrey, took the usual oath prescribed as a magistrate for the county. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) 111.4NS101V-HOUSE. Three men, named Langdale ' Payne, and liiiridge, were brought before the Lord Mayor, upon the charge of having plundered the office of the Saracen's Head Inn, Aldgate, of a quantity of tea. The Justice-room was much crowded during the investigation, which lasted a considerable time. William Arisen stated, that in consequence of infor mation which he had received he was induced to examine the key of the office in the Saracen's Head Inn-yard, on Thursday last. He found the wards filled with red putty, and reported what he had seen to Mrs. Simmonds, the wife of the prosecutor, by whose direction he went to the inspector at the police station in Great Tower street, who sent one of the City Force to watch the premises in plain clothes. On the Sunday evening following witness was called out of his bed, at Mile-end, at about eleven o'clock, and informed that the warehouse of the inn had been broken open. On his arrival at the inn, he found that two chests of tea had been stolen from the premises. He then made inquiry of Policeman Offer (No. 525), who gave him a description of a cab which he had seen go down the yard, about a quarter past nine o'clock. Accompanied by Offer and another policeman (Davis, 551), he went to the Blue Boar, Aldgate ; and subsequently Offer took Ettridge, the driver of the cab, into custody at that place, and the other prisoners were soon after lodged in the station-house. John Shearlock stated that on Sunday evening, be tween seven and eight o'clock, when he was sitting in his room which adjoined the warehouse, he heard a rumbling noise at the warehouse doors. He went out and saw Payne standing about two or three yards from the door. Payne walked down the yard, and at a little after nine o'clock witness heard the same noise again, and he again saw Payne on the opposite side of the yard. Ile then communicated what he had seen and heard to Mr. Odell, the keeper of the Saracen's Head Inn. Mr. Odell stated that he went to look at the warehouse doors, and found that they had been forced open, he immediately left the place to inform Mrs. Symonds, but on his way he saw Davis, the policeman, who returned with him to the Saracen's Head yard, and was stationed in the galleries, so that he might see the warehouse doors. When witness came clown stairs he went into his house, and there he saw Ettridge, the cabman, and the two other prisoners in the tap-room. They appeared to be drinking together. He then went up to the gal leries and spoke to Davis, and whilst they were speak ing together he heard a noise as if a cab-door had been shut, and ho saw a cab at the same time start from the stable-door. Langdale was close to the cab. Witness and Davis then went to Mr. Ansell's house, in Devon shire-square, to mention what had been seen, and upon their return they found that two chests of tea were missing. . _ Major Shaw, the superintendent of the City police. who attended during the investigation, said, that there never had occurred so gross a piece of mismanagement, and that he had accordingly suspended the officers whose conduct was so reprehensible. A great deal more evidence was heard, all of which went to show that if ordinary skill had been exercised, the property would have been recovered. The whole of the tea, however, has been lost, and upon one of the prisoners were found seven sovereigns, no doubt part of the produce of the robbery. The prisoners were remanded for a few days. Thomas Backley, a metropolitan policeman of the E division, was charged by Major Shaw, the superin tendent of the City police, with having deserted from the City police without giving notice to his superior officer, or receiving permission to leave the force. "i he defendant had, it appeared, formerly been a private in the Coldstream Guards, out of which he purchased his release for 201. lie then got into the City police, by using misrepresentations ; and a short time ago, in consequence of the sudd e n a pp earance o f hi s wife, wom lie had passed off as his sister, he abandoned the City force and contrived to become attached to the Metropolitan police. The LORD MAYOR, amongst other questions, asked the defendant why he denied that he had a wife ? The defendant said that his marriage, which took place at Paddington church, while he was a soldier, was not a legal marriage, as no man was all( wed to marry without the consent of his commanding officer. The Loan MAYort sentenced the defendant to pay the sum of 51., and as the money was not forthcoming, sent him to Bridewell for one month. CLERKEN WELL. Our reporter has been requested to acknowledge the receipt of 5/. for the poor-boa from " Beta," also the half of a 51. Bank note from " T. T." for the same benevolent purpose, the donor protni sing to remit the second half when the receipt of the first was acknowledged in the newspapers. A cheque for 251. was also received for the poor-box, being the legacy of the Rev. William Winthrop.. A poor woman entered the Court in a state of great asic tion, and in an earnest manner besought the assistance of the magistrate. She said her name was Harriette Jesse Nelson— that she lived at No. 3, Cross court, Vinegar-yard, Drury lane. Havinc , read on account of th e revo l t i ng occurrences alleged to have" taken place in Spafields Burial-ground, she became alarmed lest the remains of her husband, which had been interred there on the 23d of March, 1812, should have been removed from the grave. She further learned front the newspapers that Mr. Bird, one of the ma nagers of this grave-yard, had publicly offered to open any grave and show the relatives of deceased persons interred there that their remains had not been disturbed. She accordingly went to the burial-ground on Monday week, saw Mr. Bird, and asked him to open her husband's grave. He declined, saying that ground had not been opened for fifteen years. She went over, pointed out the spot, and begged of him to open it, but he replied, " It shall not be opened," and then walked away. Mr. Costae—Were you at the funeral ? The Woman (crying)-oh, yes, I was about the grave on Monday week until one of the grave-diggers came, and I asked him to open the grave for me ; he said he would, but had scarcely begun when Mr. Bird came up and said to me, " I told you the ground was not to be opened," and sent the man away. I fol lowed Mr. Bird down the churchyard, and again entreated of him to show me my husband's coffin, but he replied, " You have got teeth to dig a grave yourself." I went back to die grave again, and having seen three men near the churchyard, and not connected with it, I asked them to dig the grave ; they said they would ; the first man had not been more than a minute at work when the stench became so intolerable that he was obliged to leave off; the second and third tried consecu entirely, but the smell became so intolerable that they were obliged to quit the place. Mr. COMM—How soon tl!d the stench issue? The Woman —The very first shovelful! they threw up. A fourth man took up the spade, but he too was driven away by the smell. I asked him what the charge was ? He said a pot of beer, and I gave him my last 3d. to get it. I went the next day again and made the same request of Mr. Bird—he took down my name and address, and said he would write to me on the following Friday, but I never since heard from him. I forgot to state that Mr. Bird told me that Superintendant Macey, of the G division, had given directions that no more graves should be opened. Mr. Macey (who was present)—l gave no such directions. The Woman—On the Sunday after my husband was buried, I went to the grave-yard with my children and found the grave in which he had been buried open. I asked the grave-digger to allow me to see the coffin of my husband, but he said there was another coffin in the way, and that he could not do so. Myself and my children went every Sunday during the summe r ill, which see the grave, at length my children became dangero usl y which plunged me into such distress that I have not recovered from it yet. attended .1% Ir. th k e e r l i e Wang, on v est behalfr c I c o ‘ r r k t hoef parish,Clerkenwell kno parish,kno w ing the said s womani d lie was about to make the statement. It appeared that the ma- RAILWAY. Mr. BURKE proceeded with his allegations against the plans of the promoters. There were a great number of these allegations, which were purely of a technical cha racter. Many were abandoned, and few sustained. DARTMOUTH ELECTION COM MITTEE. The Committee sat yesterday at Twelve, and imme diately after had the room cleared, and remained in con sultation until half-past two, when the public were re admitted, and The CHAIRMAN said he had to announce th'at the Com mittee had, after having maturely considered all the facts of this case, which was one of great difficulty and em barrassment, and given their best attention to all the facts and the law, as well as the legal arguments used on both sides—after having taken all those matters into their most anxious consideration, the Committee had come to the following resolution :—" That at the last election fur the borough of Dartmouth, Joseph Somes, Esq., was not dis qualified as a candidate by reason of his having been engaged in any contracts, within the meaning of the Act of Geo. 111., cap. 43; and that Mr. Somes had been duly elected." Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM then rose and said, that after that announcement he begged to say that it was not the intention of the petitioner to prosecute any of the other allegations contained in the petition. Ile also begged to say that in thus withdrawing all further opposition, his client was under the impression that the whole of this in quiry had been conducted in a fair and temperate manner. Mr. TALBOT begged to assure the petitioner, and those who acted with him, that not the slightest particle of ill feeling existed towards them on the mind of Mr. Somes. The Committee then broke up. PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION.—The fourth annual meeting of this excellent Institution was recently held at the London Tavern, Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., and treasurer, in the chair. The report, which was read by Mr. George Thomas, the chairman of the board of management, after stating the result of the system of loans to several mem bers of both the benefit and benevolent departments, the pro priety of relief, and the continued connexion of the Society with the sanatorium, recommended the establishment of a pension of 251. per annum to a member, and 15/. per annum to a widow, and that a meeting should be convened in May to ballot for the same. The balance-sheet of the bene volent department was then submitted to the meeting, from which it appeared that the receipts of the last year amounted to 9171. 13s. 5d., the expenses to 562/. 18s. 3d., besides 84/. supplied to the benefit department, leaving a surplus of 354!. 15s. 2d. It was also stated that the number of members who had joined the Association last year was 177, of which 110 were for effecting assurances, and 67 by subscribing to the benevolent fund. The gross in come of the Association in 1844, from both departments, was 2,630/. 16s. 3d. Resolutions were adopted confirming the plan of granting loans, and also that in May next two pensions to the amount above named should be balloted for, and the meeting separated, after a vote of thanks to the chairman and officers connected with the institution. THE REPORTED DREADFUL FIRE AND. LOSS OF LIFE AT BERMONDSEY.—The account, more or less am plified, which appeared in all the Morning Papers, as far as the mere destruction of property, is perfectly correct; but the dire conjecture of the broker and his wife and five little innocents having been reduced to ashes is happily without foundation, the family having, as is believed, left the premises before the fire broke out. IMPORTANT INVENTION.—An invention by Captain Mercer, R.N., superintendent of the packets at Dover, for disconnecting horses from four-wheel carriages, in case of the horses running away and becoming unmanageable, was tried in a field belonging to Mr. Dray, Charlton-road, a few days since, in the presence of Sir Francis Cockburn, Capt. Washington, R.N., the Rev. Mr. Glover, and several other scientific gentlemen. A stage-coach, with a pair of horses, and the apparatus attached as a splinter-bar, on the top of which were several gentlemen, was driven round the field, when the horses were disconnected from the coach in an in stant, at the will of the person on or within the coach. The carriage was driven up and down hill, and the ease and quickness with which the person on the box disconnected the horses, leaving the coach quite clear with the passengers, gave the greatest satisfaction to the numerous party as sembled, thereby proving the great utility of the invention, and that its application to four-wheel carriages would be the means of preventing accidents in the event of the horses run ning away with a carriage. At the conclusion of the experi ment Captain Mercer was much congratulated on the success of his invention by the numerous party of ladies and gentle men who came to witness the experiment. _ . _ REAL PROPERTY.—A return has been obtained by order of Parliament, on the motion of Mr. Villiers, showing the total annual value of real property in each county -of England and Wales assessed to the property and income-tax for the year ending April, 1843, distinguishing that on land, houses, tithes, manors, fines, quarries, mines, ironworks, fisheries, canals, railways, &c. It hence appears that in England and Wales alone the grand total annual value of real assessed property amounts to the enormous sum of 85,802,735/., thus sub-divided, viz.:—Lands, 40,167,088/. (or nearly one-half); houses, 35,556,399/. ; tithes, 1,960,330/. ; manors, 152,216/. ; fines, 319,140/. ; quarries, 207,009/. ; mines, 1,903,7941. ; iron works, 412,022/. ; fisheries, 11,104/. ; canals, 1,229,2021.; and railways, 2,417,609/. ' • other property, not comprised in the foregoing, 1,466,815/. A similar return as to Scotland gives a grand total of 9,481,7621., viz.:— Lands, 5,586,527/. ; houses, 2,919,338/. ; fines, 901/. ; quarries, 33,474/. ; mines, 177,5921. ; iron works, 147,412/. ; fisheries, 47,809/. ; canals, 77,891/. ; and railways, 181,3331. The other property not included in the foregoing details amounts to 309,4801. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon, R. W. Barchard, Esq., in the chair, when, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was a good collection of plants. Silver Knightian medals were awarded to Mr. Lawrence for a fine specimen of azalia indica smithie and collection of orchidaceous plants, and Mr. Rollison, of Tooting, for a deudrolicum and other specimens ; a silver Banksian medal to Mr. Dodson, and cer tificate of merit to Mr. Henderson, of Pine-apple-place, and Mr. Veitch, of Exeter, for specimen plants. There were exhibited some fine grown strawberries and cucumbers, and some pears still remaining in excellent preservation, from Mr. Moorman, of Clapham. It was stated by Dr. Lindley, that in the kitchen garden at Chiswick, the frost had pene trated to a depth of five, and, in new-turned ground, to six or seven inches. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.—Tuesday Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of Mary Atkinson, aged 79, a widow. Deceased resided in Harriet-street, New-cut, Lambeth, and on the morning of the 31st of January last she was crossing the road in the Lower-marsh, and in passing from behind a cart, she was knocked down by a street cab before the driver had time to pull up, and the hind wheel passed over both her legs. She was conveyed to the above hospital, where it was found she had fractured the bones of both her legs. Being in a very in firm state of health, she sank under the injuries, and expired on Sunday last. Verdict—Accidental Death. THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.-011 Saturday, command of the Postmaster-General, the following instrue tions were issued to all postmasters, sub-postmasters, and letter-receivers :—" It having been represented to the Post master-General that the opportunities of forwarding mails between Madeira and the Azore Islands are of very unfrequent occurrence, whilst there is a constant communication between those islands and Lisbon ; letters, &c., addressed to the Azore Islands, will be forwarded to Lisbon by each dispatch of the Peninsular packet, unless specially marked to be sent by any other channel." The postage at present charged on letters to Lisbon, viz., Is. 9d. when not exceeding half an ounce, and so on, must be paid on letters addressed to the Azore Islands forwarded by the route of Lisbon. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Friday a poor man, named John Jonathan, a wireworker by trade, proceeded from Bristol to Bath by the third-class (or cheap) train of the Great Western Railway, where he expired almost imme- • diaely upon his arrival. The carriages employed in this train, although covered, are exposed at the sides, and in the present inclement state of the weather are, if possible, more inconvenient than the notorious second-class vehicles of this line. A coroner's inquest was held on the body of the unfor tunate man at the Full Moon Inn, Bath, on Saturday, when it appeared in evidence that, although the deceased had been for some time labouring under ill health, he left Bristol on Friday morning not worse than usual ; that he was well clad, having double his usual quantity of clothes on ; and that the cough from which he had previously been suffering had been eased by some medicine prescribed for him in Bristol. On his arrival at Bath, however, he was unable to get out of the carriage in which he had been conveyed ; he was removed by one of the porters, and assisted out of the station, thence transferred to the care of one of the boys who wait about the place, and after stag gering a few steps he fell down and expired. He was con veyed to the shop of Mr. Bright, a chemist, in the imme diate neighbourhood; two medical gentlemen were imine diately sent for, both of whom attended, but their efforts to restore animation were unavailing. The above facts having been deposed to by various witnesses, the jury returned a verdict that, " The deceased died by the visitation of God; and that his death had been accelerated by his exposure to the inclemency of the weather in one of the third-claaa oa riages of the Treat Western Railway." The jury also up paraded to their verdict a strong recommendation to the Great Western Railway Company to carry into effect Uhe promised alteration of the second and third-class earnataeo made by the Chairman at the last half-yearly meeting, at ao early a palm' as possible. RAILWAY BETWEEN KILMARNOCK AND IRVINE. — We have seen a printed circular from the town-clerk of Irvine, calling a meeting in the George Inn here, on Satur day last, for the purpose of promoting a more direct railway communication between Kilmarnock and Irvine , by forming a branch from the Irvine station past the village of Dreg horn, to join the Kilmarnock and Dairy branch near Busbie. The magistrates of the two burghs are said to be favourable to the project; and there is reason to believe that parties may be found who would be induced to proceed forthwith to execute the branch, should the Proprietors along the line give their consent. Some years ago a somewhat similar project was set on foot, but afterwards abandoned, in conse quence of a compromise between its promoters and the Glas gow and Ayr Company. Were this connexion now formed, and the lines by Barrhead to Glasgow—from Kilmarnock to Cumnock—Cusinock to Monkton—and Kilmarnock to Ayr direct '(the last at one time strongly urged by our town council, and Messrs. Scott, Stephen, and Gale)—we should then, with the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, have Kil marnock the very focus of a most excellent set of railways, in a most flourishing district of country. More useful lines could not be made in the length and breadth of Scotland.— Kilmarnock Journal. TUE PAISLEY DESECRATORS.—It seems we were within the mark last Saturday in stating the number of the Paisley Agnew desecrators on the previous Sunday at . one hundred and fifty. There were three hundred of them trotting and galloping to Glasgow on the Sabbath-day, in carts, gigs, omnibuses, and waggons, to hear the free oracle. We would have said nothing about this, but for the pre-emi nent professing sanctity of these " free ': people, or rather their hypocritical jargon against the railway; and if Mr. John M'Naughtan does not forthwith excommunicate his own adherents—these " desecrators," as he calls others, how can he hold up his own face at the next meeting of the rail way Directors, which he has promised to attend, in company with the good Sir Andrew ?—Scotch Refurnicr'4; Gazette. ••••••••••■••" o . o *"" ol,o " m. " ...e l gra/Il t nagers of the grave-yard had, by an advertise! le o - 0 .1 1 1 ,4 newspaper, expressed their readiness to open tne Thel F OO P request of relatives of persons interred there. ,m , e dt complied with this advertisement, but bad ft? batch of graves about ten days ago, which were !,if r o t from which a stench issued that was diffusing 1;0440 whole ;neighbourhood. The advertisemen t "L A tieLOP means for the defence to the indictment Alf uo giV A would assuredly prefer against them at the en 01(450 to 0,41 He had evidence to show that the corpses vrere the coffins in heaps, and thrown upon a nteu e ±, r, 4 10 beaten and chopped up with the clay, and 1/ 0 .". pit" together the whole was thrown to the bottom 0 ' ' the purpose. es, je rule Mr. Watt, a pawnbroker, who lives iu a be - k ., 01,w - A l l , street, abutting upon the grave-yard, here reerwhieh; P was one practice connected with this grO ter i n ' denied, and which there was abundant evident:c oo srd mechanic was in the habit of offi c i a ting as ell 0. 9 ;0 forming the funeral service. He was called in, L e e OL I O of this place and received one shilling and us ed service thus performed. He was, of course, 1 "`" of a clergyman. wat ....10 1 Mr. Comas—Who is this man ? It% ""; 00 t1:0 Brown, he is a straw-bonnet maker. we -- IA back windows on Recount of this odious stench 011000 place, which has become vastly worse since th e . d tosii. opened. A few days ago a coffin plate belongi' frited. buried last year was found in the churchyard bl Where was the coffin ? be le g r Mr. Superintendent Macey—l went to t je e l7.4 few days ago, and the smell was so The se it . tbl o "r i p remain more than a few minutes in it. it i If ful ; and Mr. Bird himself said he could lie; lcia.„o o , ground. Siaty graves were open. One I° p o+ the remains of his child, s t ru ck his piekale !;:idtle , ,re its contents poured out in a thick fluid state, 0 11 , 1 ` j ost l e, horrible smell. These graves had net been,t,rto,ia fit quest of the relatives, but opened on speenu'" r pacif the relatives of dd pe. liejois Mr. y Comae said the ecease mode adopted by tee rt r place was most unsatisfactory to the rel atives o ,fte i as well as most pernicious in its consequenee fi m ' o piestV trate directed that Mr. Vinall should be 0 0 ° 1 ;0 tb i l forthwith, and humanely directed a small sum the costt" box to be given to the poor woman, who left deepest affliction. ds'a MARLBOROUGH-SIRE- are* CHARGE OF PERJURY.—Dr. Henry 0 00 Ante ld 0 4°4 P! 3, Curzon. street, May-fair, was brought 13 _.„P Sergeant Wall, of the C having be' - h4 qaar'_„, Ire' by him last night, in Holles-street, Cavennt,"diceicog judge's warrant issued against him, on an • JO OF • al C urt ' ferred and found at the Central Criminal in 01 0 0 0, 4 sessions last, for wilful and corrupt perin„q,',„ - n ion! t e . tra relative to proceedings in the Court 0 tiv: ho la Mr. MALTBY directed that the prisoner before a judge at Chambers, that being tn' such cases. tr ideelt i t fi t The Court was crowded by respectable . 0 p ing at the west-end, who are intereste d to • der ceedings. agap vio en d tO Sergeant Wall has been incessantly e pett vouring to apprehend the prisoner from indictment being found against him. ep i SPORTING IN TELLIEI',ef. BETTING AT MANCHESTER CHESTER cur'. 0 m l 12 to 1 agst The Era (t)-12 to 1 eV' Igst 6 12 to 1 agst Semiseria-13 to 1 agst Cataraemt to 1 0 1 Winesour-33 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen (t)":`,, t " 8 11 I mr e 0 0 Lavvren,:e-7 to 1 agst the Irish lot-7 0 1 " r o od l ie-- yr-olds-5,000 to 100 agst Pride of Kildare, offered. GREAT NORTRAMPTONS ..--- 3 to 1 agst Napier—taken freely. t° 1 ,t DERBY. OW' l5 ntd 10 to 1 agst Alarm-14 to 1 ags t 1 6 to I _4l l ' Kedger-16 to 1 agst Clear - the-way (t om to 1 w web colt-25 to 1 agst Miss Whip colt (t)-40 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen (t). OAKS. 13 to 2 on the field. LLOYD'S SHIPP I .01 , r e LONDON, MARCH ;19.—N.W fresh " but fine. 1..15.'" 0 tta , • ' 0 60 DEAL , MARen 18.—Wind N.W. t° 'MO trb Montreal ; John May, Newfoundlat#l -911114-a, Montreal; John and Mary, Newfoundland; Id bon St. John's, N. 8., and the rest of the out; Atl. RAMSGATE. MARCH 18.—Wind, N. rasek List, Porto Cabello for Hamburgh. f FALMOUTH, MAncit 18.—Wind - Aa r tvit,.>l . o 1)9 Harriet, Brews, Havannah, and sld. for 0.- I;o bt,. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 18 —Wind N.W., Emily, Porter, Sierra Leone. Sid. Boldly), 50nv5,7 4 1 Apalachicola; Zanoni, New York ; 3 1113 _ 4 11 h ica. $t. 1 „„lieirrtl' CLYDE, MARC* 17.—S1d. Wandswoo , - , fly CORK, MARCH 16.—Arrd. Supply' Tsa i go' BRAYS (ALDERNEY), MARCH 12.-- i• Ino, Shields, and Concordia,Witby, Gaern„ainatio°,lol), wage and leaky, from the working of tile,S`a, SCILLY, MARCH 17.—Wind 51te1 4 .79 9 44 , and Venus, Mauritius, for London ; A r y i " v h a bae4,lo l 9 for ditto ; Mountain Maid, Wighton, letc 3,, le„ / ' Duke of Wellington, Cowell, St. John% to N. Y' ea/ WATERFORD, MARCH 17.—Wind • pal e Tecumseh, Shaw, Ichaboe. St, LONDONDERRY, MARCH 10--S ll ^".° ,11 0 14 A, 44/ 15. North Bend, Philadelphia. ,p ort SHEERNESS, MARCH lB.—Ttte vessel., jotk have all got off—the schooner Sally , ft ° 4 ,7,, on w to the Alaplin ; the brig Acistera, from ii r L° fr ibleldi .26 • 11 and the brig Samuel and Sarah, fr om which was on the Jenkin Sand.f r o nt Stl o o4 6ll°Pr HALIFAX, MARCH 3.—The Acadia, .vitb this port, has put back to the former pee, -this f it 15 00' been condemned, after being 300 miles ( lot S b lit. li p l o oll BOSTON, MARCH I.—The hull of a ves s ., e a A s dismasted, waterlogged, painted bronze, "-allot, and a billet head either gilt or painte d 10th ult., lat. 36, K '1' 0411. 1 MARKET NE WS.--( #. CORN EXClga z " — was . '"" tb fri4 l " The supply of English Wheat on sale st eta i pp - o fo' owing to which most descriptions were it a isir ly ilef e ' l e full quotations. In free Foreign Whe a m a lting o rtg ° serf business was doing, at previous rates. duced full prices ; but grinding and awl p art mere drug. Malt, Oats, Beans , Peas, 9 . 11 pFlo or . inactive, at late rates. ts' 1,71° ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 1,130 qrs. I 1,680 qrs. English .• • ... Irish .. —.. .. Foreign ...... 2s A B N d 'e had a fair a7r3Zf3Xisialui°P;C)Bl37ll--0. cil'qf;M.3°:436t4f°olllo°llserG'atints3::: i d i e u m tt a o n o d was steady, at full prices. Beet; t o 104.1;ili ile Oi 15s 6d to ; 11 16 a a r 6 tl d; Davison's to e A da le A A' 42: u4Bddddpiteeo:3BlbBsd. ;by Veal,t he c3a' rciaCkise. COAL lblil.sll‘°_,lF:pt:•--"`;,, InV, j3 at the close of the lew a T. ear r ;e's o . o o' Prices per ton 1%9, I 'Townley, 's West Hartley, 1 65 °,, ; jls 3 n, 13',4i; 3 am, 15s 6d d 2 e l n s ,l7 to .ey, 16s 6d; M orr i„ n ~ West gartle).;,,,ste 1,1)16,; 11 15 s ; prd's Redheugh, 15s ; Oakon,b, 1'ae,61,0,1,,h rePontopt,, Windsor, 15s ; Port's Prior li' 11; r i eg t IVY s' o - 0 , Pemberton, 18s 6d; West Hartley, ' j ii's 15 11 i l' ; " ileaten' ijet t • field, 15s 6d; Wreekington, 15s 6d ; Eden Main, 1955 d; ", -MOO. 'lie ; W.E., Gosforth, 1 85 9 RraddY 'oh 1. 3d; s ,Id-le;ttKone,lllo2sel;:ss%l'39teetsslitv9; adLir;ltlasiTnr:r2ll'iettnoysn,3,o(inl2;6,ll;sl:3:o'6ldsol;9: ,e6;2:0,1105:,01°,2,:olit:, Cowpen t 16s 6d.—Ships Hartley, s ; ar . ' arrived, 8. S stf li SeymizurcdTeues, lt9iesv6d i 6 T s e ; li c hieP FRACAS AT THE STRAND 1a".4.111i9 t beli t t ite rt rtY' A i': . 1) re 01) 0 ,1 g last a scene was enacted at ~ ,t_ sol ve 4 01) 4 o f caused atoi considerable uproar in the house. ' ,. 4 ' : , 0 t t itir , , s e „ After period threatened to be destruct's, : ha l ) 1 7 1 / ;. ,i..the curtain fell on the last scene ~1 dom en, 14/,11l tW"e, the house, which up to Oa' „,e wi g o .n thin,_ .. began to fill, to witness the perforinaL,cafter n o to 0 1 Yankee Land. The audience, however, ..,,„stie P e a bibio three-quarters of an hour, manifested their ,Alsrm the curtain go up, but still they were ° L ; i :, ( lie' / . , 0 1 * overture from the orchestra. After &s il ta kee r oo o oo commenced in the pit, and were immedif4e?o', tho p i e , '' c or * gods, and, to add to the cause of the con tustiriag. , the „t Di were seen collecting up their books and r it • 0 fig i keti n i P o: then almost baffles description. Cri es a „ere ..;„ 0 „,, , pay the musicians," arose in the pit, an a 601' o b s t*,, , i , all parts of the theatre, the box anti 'beier , , li icb.oi equivocal signs of disapprobation, wt ne e b ut nee `',1190 faourdi which ce a l s by the pit, a cry of 'c break the seats" are! 9, r f e ree Or Di q ue . 4 ., , t not carried out, in onsequence of the we , oi er .eo, o o , a fo ra llo a w n s r, more peaceably disposed. After soinea,n'a w idr o ige : 1 0 came forward, dresse Ladies his Pert,,ien,t°°. tilehligo but I do ~ pot 1 , , terc`,..t, who otherwise might be disappointed, I not rls.l" 0V , 10 Mr. Roberts, the manager no ing. —(Cries of who shotonsr • o.l l lll ' 0 1, 1° work for nothing."—(Cries ~ • ' ~ lear , h e e-- # 5l uproar.) At this moment, Mr: cam hall, t. l ' e t ,g st6 . g I g le A lti r o il :o—ti:ced; and Genrwill pwit to 0. ito e on the stage, and addressed the lertord to 0 ,4 of. " Ladies and Gentlemen, I have struq,le,„, p ie tl: r o fit l to r, patronage, and I trust you will not LI A r garD l lllsf l' fiti' that may have taken place between D,.`,: e s oy' AO 0 1 Roberts, whose servant I am receiving, Jl;arble•-••"001:000 my weekly salary."—(Hear,'hear.) Mr . , frielld-ho, ticil intention of censuring for one moment V t . )ber ts, r a, Jil:oll remarks regarded the manager, Mr. ' D u , be P irl e o, I ' l . actors are looking for their salaries, is not Got iern iti d .. i i of is justice—live and let live. Ladies and bo dissP l)° ,A to* . e i l li es ci tr s •,_ ce rel,t , e re a roe 4 °' play for nothing ; you, at least, shalt not a eau dril (dicers.) The piece then went off, laughter. Thera was, however, no or We 01 ", 1 ~i 11 ' ‘ 00 1. ,, ILLNESS OF T. RIDER. ESQ• -- ' ; nceu on , / to hare to state that Mr. Rider exPer'eore ° i- lso lefi li ii day last a similar but unfortunatelY 111 Ave e i 0, than that which he suffered a year s g ° ' te rtai ° i ea , fO t o say that very slight hopes indeed are 37, ~tor ecovery. —Maidstone Gazeik. ..--- i l ii 0 , gEr4s. O' c' DZAFNESS—ACOUSTIC INSTRU voice re 0 4 marl'-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible n ot 0 0 1 1 pi(' d' when fixe , d in the cavity of the cars, are o os so e •ner a at (e , fortable nor perceptible than ha v ! 8 1: v 00'100 0P wool in its place. They enable inu r i ,tantiorie vanced age, and of forty or fiftY, Yellriserol 0°,0101;01° Creme deafness, instantly to join in ge , 00 , sP, O O .0 0 and to catch the sound of a distant, a ye rso i „ 0 . !„ e coii ofer:A.ol j church, theatre, &c. They pour th ~ ,c , g I,P ~$) the ears to such an extent, that in,. T o i l gino l l foltoilt deafness cannot be observed. Al , '" Art iei ,0, 0 0, nets, French, German, and Spanih ,escripOiAti, IV of those instruments have received .ttan,',,0c0,e41,,, if improved Hearing Trumpets of every ,o_ ovro,rept;eif the Royal Society and Royal IDA; it_lives, 1 1 . 1 P l ioe',: i e. rain. The Newly Invented Sr e t !_... cL ocr ie :o ol,vre !beyare placed before extremely, andlifr orhl ) 1 ., ',,p0 , a brought to its youthful, natural, giosselow,it) klso Achromatic Telescopes, ()Per " a O. t etL i r to 0 04 ti ci 0 1 scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. • yo y co i ote e ft 1 Jpticians and Aurists, are not in ROY r iraille'v frj „.. 1 person of the same name thethe' , tr y b e l io tr c oo. , . so A lourhood, nor in any part of o oy pp- oolt ° nistakes, be cautious, and obserre-- . t he 1 0' 19. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opP so t di , 1 ieti Vr On the loth inst., at Clonmel Barrilevoyill ir „or burne Kemeys Tynte, of the 4th '' ,(o , '" e f Guards, aged 22. _ rrl' alliels' 4/411 On the Ilth inst., at Walton-o_,; jr,Fq , v b , DIED. ks, , :if: or .. youngest daughter of the late John C":. 00 On the 1 Ith inst., in Euston-stititii;o, t l, D. 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