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close of the scene, and the theatre re-echoed with the :applause. The end is soon told. Clarence and Flo rentine are made happy. Goldthumb receives his son and daughter-in-law with open arms. Miss Tucker, as Mrs. Truffles, has at length a home of her 'own, and ceases to be one of those " people who live in other people's houses." The applause at the con clusion was most enthusiastic ; Jerrold was called' for, and bowed his acknowledgments to the audience from the stage-box. To say that the play was perfectly acted would be work of supererogation, a glance at the cast would prove that such must have been the case. The mounting was superb, and " the Manager of the little Theatre in the Haymarket " may boast, with truth, that he has produced the best original English comedy that has been written since the days of Sheridan. ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SO- CIET Y. The anniversary festival of this excellent chirity took place on Saturday at the Freemaons' Tavern. The object of the society is the promotion and extension of education in the Highlands and islands of Scatland. It has existed for nearly a century and a half ; supports 300 schools, and has upwards of 20,000 children educated under its care. The Marquis of L..rne took the chair. Nearly 100 gentle- Ltdown to dinner, many of them wearing the High an dco,tume. The galleries were crowded with ladies, and the Duchess Sutherland, the Marchioness of Lcrne, Lady Cnoline Le veson Gower, and Lady A. Lennox, accompanied by the young Marquis of Stafford, were present during a part of the evening. . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Aftj the usual loyal toasts had been duly proposed and responded to, The Marquis of LORNE gave the toast of the evening— " Prosperity to the Royal Highland School Society," and expatiated at considerable length on the great utility of the school education of Scotland. He concluded thus—Aware as I am of the importance (and no one is more ready to admit it) of the principles which have led to that division, and ap proving, as I individually do, of many of the positions of the seceding party, I can understand no obstacles of reason in the way of willing co-operation in the e-tablishment and sup port of schools. And, gentlemen, when I look over the names of those who are contributors to this So ciety—when I look over the list which I have at this moment in my hand—when I see there - many members of the Church of England, many members of the Church of Scotland—and when I remember the vast differences which must exist among them as to the princi ples which each conceives such membership to imply—and when I see them all uniting in support of this Society—how can I question that men can act together in supporting a common education, who hold in their hands the same " eon fession of faith," and even the same books of discipline ? You will forgive me, gentlemen, for saying so much on this im portant subject, as it is the first time I have had any public opportunity of doing so since the melancholy event which has severed so large a body from the Established Church. I have already detained you longer than I had at first intended, and have only now to ask you to join with me in drinking " Prosperity to the Royal Highland School Society, This toast was drunk with acclamation. Mr. STEWART, Q.C., then proposed "T ht Health of the Noble Chairman, and prosperity to the ' Roof-tree of Argyll.' " The Marquis of LoeNE returned thanks. Many other toasts--national and convivial—were given, and the evening was spent with the utmost cordiality. Among the subscnptions announced were—the annual contribution of her Majesty, 50/. ; the Queen Dowager, 101. 10s.; the Duke of Buccleuch, 501. ; the Duchess of Buckingham, 101.; the Marquis of Lorne, 201.; Lord Sal thun, 5/. ; B. B. Cabbell, Esq., 10/. 10s. ; J. Matheson, Esq., M.P., 10/. 10s. ; Mr. Stewart, Q.C., 101. 10s. ; C. Cochrane, Esq., 5/. ; S. J. Hansard, Esq., 5/. 55.; the Caledonian So ciety, 201. ; J. Wilson, Esq. (annual), 21.25., &c. &c. The musical arrangements were admirable. Mr. Wilson and Miss Steele had kindly proffered their valuable services, and the former sung several gents of Scottish melody in that style which has won him such great and merited celebrity. Messrs. Broadhurst, Young, and Hatton also delighted the company with alternate glee and song. We may add that the band of the Scotch Fusilier Guards were present, and last not least, two veritable Highland pipers, Macbeth, the Duke of Sutherland's retainer, and Mackay, the piper to his late Royal Highness the Duke of - Sussex, marched through the room discoursing music if not so sweet, at least so stirring, as fairly to rouse the national feelings of some of the more excitable of the party to the execution of a Highland reel. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. —WOOLWICI:l DOCK YARD, Aran. 25.—Admiral the Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G. C.H , Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Sir John Barrow, Bart., late second Secretary to the Admiralty, Lieutenant General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., . G C. 8., and G.C. M.G., arrived at her _majesty's Dock-yard, Woolwich, yesterday, fur the purpose of witnessing the progress of the Erebus, and Terror, vessels fitting for the Arctic expedition. Their Lordships were received by Commodore Sir Francis A. Collier, Knt., C.B, and K.C.H., Captain Superintendent, Captain Sir William Edward Parry, Knt., Captain . Sir John Franklin, Knt., K C.H., Captain F►tajames, Commander G. W. Smith , of her Majesty's Dock -yard , Commander Henry Smith, of the Rattler steam-vessel, Lieutenant - James A. Macdonald, of the Lizard, Mr. Lang, Master Shipwright, Mr. Read, Assistant to Master Shipwright, Mr. William Jenkins, Storekeeper, Mr. Thomas Lloyd, - chief engineer, and Mr. Murray, assistant to chief engineer. Their Lordships visited the new testing-room for anchors, and then proceeded to the west-end of the dockyard, opposite the wharf-wall of which was sta tioned the Rattler steam-vessel, fitted with a screw propeller. Their Lordships witnessed the manner in which the screw was shipped and unshipped by tackle and chains s e uspend o ed n b o o v a e r r d the t h e -- a'efialoWtrfgs&rw, v rtliMbliNg u t P7,l. l : r iga d in e principle is so simple and easy of accon4plishment that any vessel in her Majesty's navy may by its ald be fitted with a screw• propeller, the objection and difficulty of shipping and unshipping it on the outside being completely obviated Their Lordships went below and witnessed the construction of the tubular boiler and steamforming apparatus, which occupies but a very small space in the vessel, and by the aid of a large pipe, about one foot in diameter, conveys hot water under the deck to warm the men's berths, and all parts of the vessel. The funnel of the furnace is near the side of the vessel under the rigging, and is only about nine feet high. The pipe for blowing off the steam is not three feet high above deck, and is near the centre and over the boiler. Several other ingenious con. trlvances have been adopted to render the whole as simple and perfect as possible. The decks of the Erebus and Terror are con structed on the diagonal principle, and about twenty feet on each side of the bows of the vessels have been cased with strong sheet iron. There is not any copper sheathing on either of the vessels, as no danger is to be apprehended from the attacks of shell-fish or barnacles, the ice soon clearing them from incumbrances of that description. A large quantity of tea and other stores are already en board, and a transport vessel will precede them to the Orkney Is'ands with a large supply of necessaries to be taken on board at the latest periods, as the consumption is provided for a lengthened period. The greatest activity prevails amongst the officers and men of the gessels about to be engaged in this enteresting enterprise, and the whole of them appear enthusiastic in the performance of their duties preparing far the vosage, and very sanguine of success. After leaving the Erebus and Terror, their Lordships returned, and on passing the Royal Alb.?rt of 120 guns, in progress cf con struction, Lieutenant-General Sir Howard Douglas went along the wtiole of, the interior of that splendid vessel, accompanied by Mr. Ling. :who Explained and pointed out the particularly strong manner in which she is put together_ Their Lordships afterwards em. barked in the barge of the William and Mary yacht for the Royal A•senol, and left for town at five o'clock, p M. , • '1111: MAILS. —SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27.--The Oriental Company's steam-ship Great Liverpool came into the docks to-day trout Alexandria, and landed her passengers, 116 in number. She left Alexandria on the 9th inst., Malta on the 14th, and Gibraltar on the 20th. The Liverpool was detained 91 hours waiting for the Indian mails. At Atexatufria there were several men-of-war belonging to the Pacha of Egypt ; also a- Gibraltar her llfajtsty's sloop Scout, and her Majesty's steamer Medea, a Portuguese man-of w..r, and a Danish brig-of-war. The Liverpool has a full cargo of silks, &c. The same Company's steamship the Queen, Captain Russell, arrived in the docks yesterday from Gibraltar, and landed the Peninsular and other mails. She left Gibraltar on the 17th inst., Cadiz on the 18th, Lisbon on the 21st, Oporto on the 22d, and Corunna on the 23d. The mails were forwarded to London by the two a.se. train this day. She has 27 passengers. ADMIRAL SIR DAvln AIILNE.—The termination of Sir David Milne's period of service as Commander.in-Chia at this port imposes the very agreeable duty of referring to the three years during which the town of Devenport has been honoured with his presence, and at the same time induces sincere regret, that his command should with this day cease From the first arrival of the gallant veteran in our borough, his acts have been one unvaried round of charity, benevolence, and hospitality. The interests of the town have ever received consideration at his hands, while the comfort and convenience and the safety of the public have no less occupied his marked attention, The active part taken by him it the affairs of several of our most valuable charities, affirm the goodness of his heart, and the fair an d h onoura bl e dip' duties, when presiding over a public mee ti ng • arse of such . • .ot only r flied his businass-like habits, hut manifested 0- of his c ratter. Sir David, while he - ha uprightness .vas ever foremo s t i n support of charity, did not shrink . - from identifying himself with the prosper.ty of every ... - erellectual and righ.ly conducted amusement that from time,o time visited the town and neighbourhood, He Proved h ; ..nseif the warm friend of merit, wherever it could be foo:4, and the cordial assistance rendered by him to the institu tions of the borough Impose feelings of the deepest gratitude upon the recipients of his liberality. For ourselves, we can speak !trongly of his urbanity and general courteous bekaviour, whether in have public or p r i vate li fe. In the discharge si our public duty, we attended various courts of inquiry at which the gallant Admiral presided, and on ever eminently distinguishable; Nti:r eecas:on his impartiality was pre. latterly been afflict:h.-1 e regret to say Sir David has retirement tre;,,, with illness, but it is our hope that in his portant ccaninand, fatigues necessarily connected with an im. Speedily regal the comfort of domestic life, he will ornament to nthehimxietntpd health, and live yet many years an Pende•;st, y in which he moves--Devenport ATP. BALL —The Lfoord Chamberlain caused cards to be issued on Saturday l e st praia,cs:ate ball on Monday, the 19th e Line th of next month, at St. James Sr. STEPHEN'S WALBROOK. 1). r e er ru V :n e s e of w s a performed yesterday in what may be t Stephen's, Walbrook. It will be remterhtubyered that about this time p:uegrshhdecay. fell into the last year the large belfry window, Some da)s ago, street, endangering the lives of some another of the windows of this once-beautif-ti-lYChurch fell into the ghyetshteerialapyer othree some. street, and throughout Divine service rth e e . what boisterous wind was ;pouring throu beads of the numerous congregation, while another window, rent these who in twain, was flapping with every blast, and threat ' sat beneath it. Comment cannot heighten theednisuggrace which attaches to those to whom the care of this temple of the Most High is confided. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—On Saturday the Grand Duchess of Baden visited this noble vessel, calling on the way to see the East and West I n di a D oc k s, with the inspection of which she appeared highly gratified. On arriving with her suite at the Bruns. wick Pier she was met by Capt. Routh, one of the Directors, and Mr. Wrightman, superintendent of the Blackwall Railway, by whom she was conducted to her Majesty's steam.yacht, the Dwarf, which conveyed her Royal Highness on board the Great Britain. In the absence of Captain Hoskin, Mr. Hedger, the chief officer, con ducted her Royal Highness through the vessel, whilst Mr. Harmer, the engineer, attended to explain the machinery. S o m i nute was _ . her Royal Highness in the investigation, that she even wens through the narrow passage in which the screw-shaft works, when the vessel is in motion. MAILS FOB THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—On Satur day, a notice, issued by the Right Hon. the Postmaster- General, was. posted at the chief office, St. Martin's-le- Grand, to the public, and as instructions to all postmasters, sub-postmasters, and letter receivers, that on and after that day (the 26th inst.), the mails for the Channel Islands will be conveyed from Southampton, instead of from Weymouth, as at present.. The mails will be made up and dispatched . Southaraptou ou the evouings of Tuesday, Thursday, end Beturder HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed (for the first time this season) Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'AMOIIE. Adina, 3ldlle. Castellan (her first appear ance in that character) ; Glannetta, Madame Benin' ; Nemorino, Sig. Corelli ; Belcore, Sig. F. Lablache; Dr.Dulcamara, Sig. Lablache.. Between the acts of the Opera the Danseuses Viennoises, under the direction of Madame Weiss, will dance the Pas des Fleurs ; and In the course of the evening, the Mazurka and the Pas des 3loissonneurs; and the celebrated Spanish danseuse, Dona Manuella Perea, known as La Nena, and Don Felix Garcia, will appear in the National Spanish Dance. After the Opera the highly successful new Ballet Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. Kaye, Mademoiselle Lucile Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragker ; llermann, M. Di Mettle ; and Knud, M. Perrot. To be followed by the last act of ERNANI. Elyira Madame . Rita Borlo ; Ernani, Signor Moriani ; and Silva, Signor Fornasari. 're conclude with the principal scenes from the highly success ful Ballet of Eoline. Eoline, Mdlle. Lucile Gratin. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfially informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 1, When will be performed Bellini's Opera I PURITAN!. Elvira, Madame Grisi ; Henrietta, Madame Bellini ; Arturo, Sig. Mario ; Riccardo, Sig. Fornasari ; Walton, Sig. A Giubilei ; Giorgio, Sig. Lablache. The Dansenses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in their most admired Pas. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellan and Sig. Mortars', will appear. With various Novelties in the Ballet Department, and uniting the talents of Mdlle. Grahn, M. Perrot , M. St. Leon, and Mdlle. Cerito. In the course of the Evening a Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE. La Vivandiere, Mdlle. Cerito ; Le Postilion, M. St. Leon. After which, the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear In various national Pas of Spain. To conclude with the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; on, L'Amour Voyageur. Kaya, Mdlle. Lucille Grains ; Knud, M. Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• THE DESERT, FIT FELICIEN DAVID. It is respectfully announeed that the LAST REPRESENTA TION of this celebrated Work will take place on MONDAY. May 5. Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous Selection of Choral and Vocal Musie from the most classical Authors, and executed by the dis anguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PROGRAMME. PART I.—Pastoral Symphony—Beethoven. The Hunting Chorus. " Buryanthe"—Weber. " Les Illrondelles," Sig. Moriani—David. " Lucia Amor Segne Marte, Sig. Lablache—Handel. Chorus, " I Cieli immensi narrano—Martini. Duo, " Crude' perche Finora" —Mozart. " Let the Bright Seraphim," Madame A. Casten= ; Trumpet Obllgato, Mr. Harper—Handel. " La Carite—Rosslni. Overture, " Anacreon"—Cherubini. _ _ PART 11.—The Desert. The solo parts by Sig. Moriani. PROGRAMME OF THE DESERT. Part I.—Entrance to the Desert. Glorification of Allah; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the Caravan—Departure of the Caravan—Tempest in the Desert — Return of the Calm—The Caravan resumes its march. Part IL—Night The Evening Star—Halt of the (21;;avan—Hymn to the Night : air sung by Signor Moriani—Arabian Fantasia--The Dance of (the Almes—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra— Evening reverie : melody sung by Signor Moriani, with chorus and orchestral accompaniments—Sleep ! Part Ill.—Sun-rise. Call of the Muezzin; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey —The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance ; grand chorus and orches tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand chorus final. Doors open at Half-put Seven ; to commence at Eight. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each, may be kaeon appli. cation at the Box-office, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LAMMER3tOOR. Edgar, by M. Duprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker; Raymond, Mr. Weiss; Norman, Mr. 11. Horncastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBERT AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : - Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Scut, by Mdlle. rolin. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, Millie. Polin and M. Gasperinl. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FOIL THE BENEFIT OF /int. PARSONS (BOX-BOOKKEEPER; ON THURSDAY, MAY 1, Will be performed LA SONNAMHULA. Count Rodolpho, Stretton ; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison; Amine, Miss Romer ; Lisa, Miss Betts. After which, A GRAND CONCERT. Supported by Herr Staudigl, Madame E. Garcia, Mr. Borrani, Mr. Burdini, Miss Betts, Miss Raiuforth, Scc. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Polio and M. Gasperini will dance their celebrated Polka. To conclude with the Second and Third Act of DE FREISCHUTZ. Dress Circle, 78 ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3s ; Gallery, 2s ; l'pper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Pox-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER.;. Goldthumb, Mr._ W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris; Florentine, Miss ForteScue4 Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. • To conclude with THE THIMBLE RIG. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI . UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI . THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled TIIE B: SUES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George,. Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Orinnkige, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Ma.l ame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. i_vi pto r.n ARE DOING WELL. gpecttbify ' infbilh; Ifi l e i L "gobility and the PulAlc, that HER BENEFIT is appointed for WEDNESDAY NEXT, ,April 30, and being the last week but one of her performing in London this season, in consequence of her provincial engagements, Mr. Webster will make his appearance in his celebrated Drama of THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. When will be performed, 75th Time, Mr. Buckatone's successful New Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, supported by Messrs. Hudson, 0. Smith, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn, and Madame Celeste. After which will be produced, Ist Time at this Theatre, TIIE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his: celebrated personation of.the Emperor Napoleon ; Margot (her original character) Madame Celeste. To conclude with, ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. St. George, Miss Woolgar,, Tickets' and Private Boxes to be had of Madame Celeste, IS, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, and at the Box-office of, the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LE.SEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Iteridan Knowles' Nay of THE HUNCH BACK. Master Waiter, Mr. Wallack ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Lord Tinsel, Mr. W. Lacy ; Modus, Mr. Compton; Julia, Miss Cushman; .lelen, Mrs. Stirling. After which, the Music 1 Enlertainment of NO SONG NO SUPPER, with all the Original Music. Crop, Mr. Leffler; Frede rick, Mr. Horn, Jun. To conclude with THE REAR-ADMIRAL. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. S EVNING Will be performed a N ew I Farce, E called A GOOD NAME. Cha racters by Messrs. 4*. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, hod Miss Dawson. After which, POLKAM ASIA. Mr. Dorrington, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Jemmy, Mr. Keeley ; Adolphus Merton, Mr. A. Wigan ; Laura Dorrington, Miss Fairbrother ; Susan, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraylng Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—painters engage,' expressly—Costumes .according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. To conclude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, and Meadows, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. ST. JAMES'S T HEATRE.—FRENCII PLAYS. Continuation of Mdlie. Plessy's Performances, and last Night but Three of Monsieur Ravel's Engagement. TIIIS Will be performed LA MARQUISE EVENIN DEG SENNETF,RRE. Hen. riette de Senneterre, Mdlle. Plessy. After which, L'HABEAS CORPUS; ou, L:berte Mertes. ::igismond Galoubet, Monsieur Ravel. To conclude w:th LES RESSOURCES DE JONATHAS. Jonatints, Monsieur Ravel. Boxes, Ga. • Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Amphitheatrt, 3a. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Half-past. ASTLEY'S ROYAL Al' EATRE. PROP/UV''' - . tot, MR. W. BATTY. The Perform THIS EVENING - Drama • - ..nose will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian , .;ittitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSFA ; or, The Spanish —gams. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with an Admired Farce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be petformed THE GYPSEYi'AB3IER ; or Jack and Jack's Brother. Supported by Messrs. Hicks, Homer, Cowell, Mrs. H. Vining Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, &c. To be tolloweil by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. TO conclude with IVANHOE. In which Messrs. ll—Hughes, R. Hormel*, Neville, Miss Martin, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. It. Homier, Ike, will perform. Mice, and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the Boa. office, from Eleven to Yonr. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be produced an Original Emma, entitled GEOFFREY KURDISTON or, the Blacksmith's Daughter and the Mock MMLr• riage. Si:pprted by the whole Company. after which, TIIE BLOODHOUND; or, the Orph.tn's Grave. In which Messrs. Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Dog Hector, will perform. To conclude with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER. DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON :-GRAND OPENING FETES. First Exhibition of the Colossal by H. R. H. PR QUe_ . DOWAGER, Pictorial " Representation patronag su e gg o e f s h tec er i most GraciousMAJESTY, her Majesty the ENT INCE ALBERT. Under th E 'DAY May 7 , May 6 . WEDN S , H. R. H. R o PRINCE AL s ALBERT,ItRREY ZOOLOGICAL &c. c and THURSDAY, May 8, 1845 MONDAY, May 5 ; TUESDAY, Ahthel Pr A ide m ot agzi o fi t c ia en n t : GARDENS. DENS. the Nor' Romantic Town," introducing the Oid and New Town, t Scotland and d oefiledScotncednreesne,natantdlo Arthur's Seat, Salisbury t n he o i f m E m D or r t N al n S U co ß g's ll:4 Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scot Loch, as it formerly existed, the Carlton 11111, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's nient, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the Most inter esting features of " Auld Reekle." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his • Royal Illghnese Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decided and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has been observed hi its execution, he points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Denson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Denson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTs, so decidedly popular at this Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, In corn 'ming and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Duslc will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. Th 2 entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of tile houses, the fires on the Carlton 11111, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayed. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake I The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Denson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this Discharge of Itockote from the C as tl e and sur rounding the Salute and Di Inatehiess and superb design, which combined with the Feu): L'Arti round n e , 1 ~. heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display ever witnessed. Feeding of the Canlvera, at .hslf-pitat -Four; Pelicans, itc., at Flue Concert, at slit ; and Pyrotechnic, Display, at Nine Admission, Ono THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2B, 1845. RAILWAY NEWS. of separation is come, what regards does it cast on the past —with what sentiments will it look to the future? This high assembly has, undoubtedly, done but little, according to the views of a great number of persons, who, animated with a noble enthusiasm, overleaping the limits of the existing law, would desire to obey only the inspirations of their own heart, and unjustly consider the Diet as an individuality, to which they attribute not only sen timents and sympathies like their own, but still more, an entire liberty of will. Tke Diet has, however, performed much, if the real and not imaginary sphere of its possible action be borne in mind, and if it be admitted in all confi dence, that it will find submission and.support where it may demand it, and a friendly and confederal attention - where it has interceded in a pressing manner for the benefit of a great number of unfortunate men, and for the pa cification of the whole country. The horizon at present is far from being free from these clouds which are the precur sors of a tempest; the waves that havebeen lashed into fury by the storm of passions which has burst over the Con federation, are not yet calmed down. However, the salu tary influence of time has contributed, in the short in terval during which the Diet has been sitting, to diminish men's anxieties ; it will still continue to exercise its in fluence, if the authorities and citizens are animated with the firm determination energetically to oppose all vio lence directed against legal order, and if the hearts of the confederated bodies show an inclination to alleviate as much as possible the disquieting condition of so many wretched men. If, as is my firm opinion, the members of this high assembly, composed of influential magistrates of all the cantons, share in this conviction, and separate with the intention of using every exertion for the purposes I have just stated, I can then venture to hope that the most dange rous crisis is past, and that at the opening of the ordinary Diet we shall be able to regard the future with greater se curity. Thanking you, gentlemen, for the indulgence with -which you have greeted my entrance on the eminent func tions with which my fellow-citizens have invested me, I now declare the Diet to be prorogued indefintely." allowance of 255. notes to circulate in Scotland, and to the calculation of the monthly averages, we feel no doubt that, in practice, these deposited gold specie se curities could not be so made. On the other hand, we have no fear— after the statement of Friday last, com paring its proposals with his announced determinations of last summer—that Sir ROBERT will be found num able enough on this, or any other points of exception which 'such an influential and determined body as the representatives of the moneyed and banking interest of Scotland have shown themselves to be, may hereafter take to specific details of his plan. There is one very notable concession, if we rightly collect Sir ROBERT'S meaning in a (somewhat obscure) passage of his speech, of his extreme and overruling principle of a deposited gold equivalent to be always forthcoming on demand for paper note circulation. It is, that he seems disposed to allow a large infusion of the silver element into this specie " security." If we are correct in our interpretation, we are glad of the fact. The necessity for recognising such an inconsistency in its action must go far to impress Sir ROBERT'S mind with a clear, though it be a tardy, conviction of the fallacy of his gold standard principle, If this be good for anything, it must be good altogether, not partially. It is an organic statute in his monetary legislation. To relax its application, if enforced at all, is to demolish the whole Lags of controlling necessity upon which alone he has ever ventured to rest so vast an interference with existing contracts, and the value or wages of labour, as is involved in the whole theory and working of his bullion standard of currency. Ile so well understands that unity is at once the indication and the essence of truth, that such a deflexion from the base-line of his system must prove to him its inherent fallacy. But are we at liberty to augur any favourable result from such nbe, when, on the convictions, o i c f t i otnhse, fhoorfeiture, r o f w; ietvuerrestrongth the t sacrifice hey ma o y f interests, and the destruction of property, and the fearful blow he has in flicted on the great community of industrial labour in England and Wales, by his abolition of a small note circulation here, and by his rigid en forcement of the , convertibility of all paper issues into gold at a pre-determined and arbitrary st Indard of value, he permits, to Scotland and Ireland, the very privilege he has thus withdrawn from us, at so vast and still continued a sacrifice, admitting that it is essential to tieir prosperity ? We will fain hope that the day is nut far distant when some moral force, of a nature like that which has been so honourably and emphatically exercised on this occasion by the gehtlemen of Scotland and of Ireland, shall induce hint to extend, in the same matter, " justice to England," by the removal of his Currency Act and its " complement" from the Statute-book. What such moral influence, however, may fail to accomplish, we greatly fear must soon be granted to external or internal pressure. The reckoning day, which the frenzied speculators of rail way share gambling are assuredly precipitating, and the ominous aspect of some of our foreign relations, may but too soon violently necessitate that which sound policy and provident statesmanship would long ago have con ceded, Subscribers and others i►,terested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Sun-uOice, 112, Strand. We have intelligence from Lisbon to the 20th inst. by the Peninsular mail. On the previous day the business of the Cortes was brought to a termination. The Bill for the establishment of Savings' Banks, and several other new laws, had received the royal assent. The reports of the Spec'al Committees relative to the finances had been presented to the Chamber cf Deputies, and are entirely in favour of the Ministerial plans. Meetings had been held in different places, preparatory to a general election, which is to take place in May. On Sunday, the 20th, the QUEEN in person closed the Cortes with the usual ceremonies. All the Foreign Ministers were present. The following is her Majesty's speech : " Noble Peers and Senhors, Representatives of the Portu guese nation—At the close of the present session, the last of this Legislature, it gratifies me to give you a public testimo nial of your title to my entire confidence and that of the nation. " The many an 4 important measures which you have ap proved of, for the maintenance of liberal institutions, of peace, and of order, anti those which you have adopted for the organisation of the finances, and for the rendering available of divers fountains of public wealth, will be a living evidence of your devotion to the Throne, and of your solicitude for liberty and the happiness of the people which Divine Provi dence has committed to my care. " Although the labours of Parliament are at an end, it is still your incumbent duty to instruct the people to fulfil its duties, and to obey the laws. I confide in your patriotism and fidelity. "I thank the Chambers for the supplies which they have voted, to enable my ministry to meet the expenses of the State; and also for the dotation of my much-loved children, the Prince Dom Pedro and the Infant Dom Luis Filippe. I have the satisfaction to assure you of the perfect tran quillity which reigns throughout the kingdom and Ultramar possessions." The session is closed. The last published return; by the Board of Admiral of the total number, description, force, &c., of all the vessels of war now building in her MAJESTY'S dock yards, we have not perused without strong feelings of surprise, and some of disappointment. The force of these impressions can be but little subdued or altered by the assurance which the returns convey, that these vessels are building "on the most approved and scientific principles." Approved by the Lords of the Admiralty, and by the Surveyor General of the Navy they may be, but how far the principles of their construction would meet with the apprubation of those practical and scien tific authorities in naval architecture, who have recently demonstrated the capital errors incor porated into Sir WILLIAM SYMONDS'S ships ; and who have shown at how vast a cost of public money her defective craft have been first built, and after wards cut down, altered, even widened, lengthened, shortened; or broken up,—is quite another question. The revelations of Sir CHARLES NAPIER and the state ments of Captain Roos, upon-these subjects, have in fused intous a degree of scepticism about Admiralty testimonials to the properties of men-of-war and steamer shipping, which makes us, probably, unreasonable. But though we find a summary or recapitulation of near 600 ships of war, of from 6 to 120 guns each, all of them announced to be in a very considerable state of forwardness, we tremble at some of the details. The example of our last maritime war—that with America in 1812—of which the• successes we achieved towards its conclusion' to some extent compensated for, though gi v er . vt411 , 1 , 1g, t e n ffa n c i e l , the tne disastrous wnri reverses our naval a mat tne - ineapacir, obstinacy of the Admiralty of that time were the imme diate causes of these disgraces. They sent out to encounter the enormou s an d h eavy - metalled frigates of the United States' navy, British ships- o f- war o f very far inferior size, metal, sailing qualities, and manning. Our brave officers and gallant crews were fearfully over matched on all the occasions to which we allude. The inexcusable carelessness and official mismanagement which seemed to take especial care in mismatchi ng our sm mil Wre to be m e en of-"llraginst superi or odds, wherever those odds encountered —which dispatched, for ex asnple, one of our small 36-gun frigates to engage a finis American one, on the than new construction, being, per haps, nominally of 40, but carryieg 50 guns of over. whelming calibre as compared with Ours, or assiduously laboured to cause disgua and annoyance to officers in command, by fabricating new, or enforcing obsolete old regulations, calculated to discourage, instead of to che rish, a spirit of generous and disinterested emulation among them. It was under the very unpopular secre taryship of Mr. CROKER (if we recollect rightly), that the reverses we reluctantly allude to occurred, and we have heard of the simultaneous severity with which all the powder expended beyond the regulation allowance was charged to every officer by whose order it had been so consumed. The late gallant Captain B ROKE , who captured the Chesapeake, after a most de e must termined but rapid action, perceived all the consequences that must ensue where this rule, when en f orce d w i th such absurd strictness, t o ma k e them e produce on th e gunnery of the crews, deductions from th e i r p a y—f or b ore texercise s both at small arms an d great guns. pa l y e w tof compar a ti ve i n di f f erence to him; them selves r ssar liable an objec t wothbtohjoe large escem and every day, in alrpost all weathers, he exercised bis men till he brought their gunnery to a pitch of precision and coolness never since surpassed. Every shot of the which determined the conflict in the short Shannon told, in that memorable breach of the Obese space p e mN a y k o minutes. twenty y these Admiralty returns, we infer that ewLos,fsrtfiddrws°P,e;n9are like the effete race of the Bourbons, of whom TALLEYEAND said "that they had forgotten no thing, and had learned nothing." They seem still wedded to that ancient and most favourite crotchet of building 12, 16, 18, and 20 gun craft in abundance, which only take the sea in nine cases out of ten, in times of peace, to be blown over; in times of war, to be captured by the enemy. It is impossible, as we have before had oc casion to observe, to speak of the exigencies ofour navy,and the course which a wise policy would dictate as proper to be adopted with respect to them, without assuming the possibility, we by no means say the probability, of a war at no distant day with the same Power which so much exalt. d its maritime reputation in that war of 1812. Instead of appl3 ing all that they could spare from the Parliamentary votes for the service of the present year, to the immediate cure of those organic defects in the war-steamers already built, and theimprovement of those in course of construction, by removing machinery and en gines as much as possible out' of the reach of shot— by fitting screw -propellers and Archimidean screws, and better adapting the decks for the working of the powerful 68 and 86-pounders, swivel, and other guns ;—by at once su pplying the deficiencies which th ey have a d m itt e d to exist i n some of the most recently built men-of- war of the first, second, and third rates; and by adopting the ad mitted excellencies of models, whose superiority over Sir W. SYDIONDeti they have also acknowledged; what are the Admiralty doing? Frittering away, as it seems to us, the public money, and perilling the national reputa tion, by persevering in a course of building vessels that must be almost utterly useless in any future struggle which the steam arm of great navies will assuredly hate to decide, in conjunction, not with ships either too large or too small for mere cruising service, but of a force and of dimensions equal to the demands of naval warfare, under such circumstances as those in which it must in future be carried on. Madrid journals of the 20th instant have been re ceived. On the 19th the Chamber of Deputies was en gaged in discussion on the supplies for the Finance De partment, when, in answer to a question from Senor LLORENTE, relative to the large expense of the coast guards, the Minister of Finances said great services had been rendered by that body and the Carabineros in pre venting smuggling. Not fewer than 94 feluccas, laden with contraband goods, had been cap tured by them since February, on the coast of Huelva and Motril. With regard to any alteration in the.tariff, he observed, that considering the state of the manufactures, and the serious interest; connected with them, he ha 1 refrained from submitting any reforms to the appreciation of the Cortes during the present session. The question, however, had been under consideration, and would be brought forward at some future period. ..The Three per Cents. closed at 351 at 60 days ; the Five per, Cents. at 25Lat 60 days ; and the Debt with out interest at 8f at. 60 days. Most of the R.ris Opposition journals contain articles on the affairs of Greece, to which a brief discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday had given rise. On the motion that the sum of 527,241 f. be granted for paying the half-year's interest on the Greek Loan, M. DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE caged the attention of the Government to some remarks injurious to France, which had been made in the British Parliament by Mr. Cocn- BANE, and which Sir ROBERT PEEL seemed rather to . approve of than condemn. "At the commencement of fly; vetwitie:, sW the atakei: : ::"Eco . itnE .. t the speech was flourishing most vigorously, yet, two months after, the Mavrocordato Ministry was overturned, and She head of the new Cabinet was au illustrious di plomatist well known for his friendly inclinations to wards France. From that moment the hotel of the English Minister at Athens became a hotbed of opposi tion against French influence. It is well known that England rarely disavowed her agents, but the Chamber must hear how the conduct of French agents was spoken of in othey,countriii. Id a. late sitting of the House of Commons, Mr. COCWRANE, in demanding explanations frdiri the English Ministry relative to the policy followed with respect to England, had alleged that the conduct of M. PISCATORY, the French Minister at Athens, was dis graceful and degrading. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in place of sharply reprehending this improper language, contented himself with reply big that it was not within the bounds of propriety to remark on the conduct of a foreign agent. Everybody knew what be meant. Under these circumstances he bad to ask the Ministry if it bad con sidered the proceedings of the English Cabinet as being in conformity with the sentiments of reciprocity and good feeling which it had asserted were existing between France and Eegland ; he had, in particular, to demand whether the Government was disposed to afford support and strength to the French Minister in Greece ? The question, in fact, was to asct.rtain whether the influence of France in Greece ought to be lost, as undoubtedly must be the case it the present state of things was to be maintained." M. DucrtATEL, the Minister of the Inte rior, in the absence of M. GUIZOT, said—" The French Minister at the Court of Athens had done nothing but conform to the views of the Cabinet, which gave its compltte approbation to M. PISCATORY for his conduct during the changes of Ministry alluded to ; and he was happy to declare this publicly before the Chamber. As to the future, he had to state that the Government would steadily pursue the same course as it had adopted dtiring the time that had elapsed. It would not renounce in any way its influence in Greece, or re sign the part which it was its duty to fulfil. This was all that the Hon. Deputy could expect him to say, fur nobody could suppose that he would proceed to discuss the conduct of a foreign Government, or enter into any explanations relative to words pronounced in a foreign Parliament, not possessing any official character. If he had not entered into any remarks on the conduct of the English agent at Athens, it was because such observations appeared to him inopportune. The essential point was, that the French agent in Athens had defended the policy of France with respect to Greece." After some further conversation on the subject, the grant was agreed to by a majority of 248 to 4. On Saturday M. ALLARD presented the report of the Committee on the Bill for arming the fortifications of Paris, and recommending a grant of 17,000,000 f. for that purf.we. M. TRIERS gave notice that on Friday next he would put some questions to the Government relative to the Jesuits. We may therefore look forward to an interesting discussion, as besides M. TRIERS, M. DUPIN will probably speak, and open all his wrath upon this intriguing sect. M. TRIERS and his party have judged it expedient not to wait for the discussion of the Church estimates to bring the sot,. jest before the public, and are therefore resolved to have a special debate upon the encroachments of the clergy. 'M. GulzoT is much better, and on Saturday had an interview with the KING. The Revue de Paris says:— "The health of the Minister for Foreign Affairs is not so encouraging as the organs of the Cabinet proclaim. M. Guizot, we are happy to announce, is not dangerously ill, but his recent indisposition has had sufficiently serious consequences to make him feel the necessity of repose. Should he not proceed to Vichy, as we were told, he will certainly repair to his estate at Val de Rocher. We have even been assured that he would not appear itithe Chamber before his departure,. His intimate friends and family advise him to take advantage of his situation to resign his portefruille. 'You have shown,' they say, •your condescension towards your party in yielding to the en treaties of the deputies of the Lemardelay meeting; now, you owe it to those who love you not to compromise your health any longer in the service of a cause which may be said to be almost desperate.' " • The Swiss Diet on the 22d inst. closed its proor•ed ings, when tie whole of the foreign Ministers left for Berne. It '" as generally believed that in a few days they would proceed to Lucerne. Affairs are still in a very unsettled state. The following is the address of M. Funutn, President, at the prorogation of the Diet:— " The extraordinary Diet this day terminates its la bours by t"tifying it s confidence in the Directory , which it has every reason to be well pleased with— it has charged that body with the ulterior execu tion of the decrees which it has passed, and with the duty of providing general ly for such matters as press most. It is under the immediate impression of the most afflicting events, and in the midst of the most active fermentation , that the Diet met for t he p ur p ose of devising the best means of arriving at the pa cification of the country; and for th a t p u rp os e it judged the aid of impos in g Military forces absolutely accessary, Now that the rootlleut -- • The Funds fell on Saturday, oning to a rumour on the Bourse that M. GUIZOT had obtained from the KING 1 ave of absence for two months. THE BOURSE--SATUnDAY, APRIL 26. Phs. Ili t h .st Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. •••• 119 35 .. 119 45 .. Is 9 15 • • 1i 9 20 Pours. • Three per Cents ••. 85 75 •• 85 85 .. 85 60 84 60 Loan •• • • • 86 35 .. 86 35 .. 8i 35 .. 86 35 Bank of France ••• • • • • 3260 —3260 • • 3260 35.60 Gouln Bank I,ooof Shares.. 1107 50 ••1107 51 • •1107 50 ..1107 50 Belgian Bank . ..... 635 635 ., .. 63i 63i Belgian Fives, 1,3 10314 • • 103 •• 10 . 3% 1842•••••••• 1054 •• 10.5% •• 1054 105% Four-and-a-llalf.•• 1 0 1% •• 1:,1% 101 3 4 •• 14134 •• 62 15 •• 62 20 •• 62 10 .. 62 20 Spanish Passive ......... 7% • • 7 • • 7 % • - 7% biNpOlt.it lO2 •• 102 •• 102 102 R owan . 10634 JUG% 106 1 ,6 RAILWAY STIARES St, • • ••• • • • tow ..jO2U •.1090 .4090 Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., 21s. bound, A DVENTURES IN GEORGIA, CIRCASSIA, AND RUSSIA. By Lieut.-Colonel G. POULETT CAMERON, C. 8., &c., Employed on a Special Service in Persia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31ariborough-street. BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS." 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The Tender to include every expense, except Provisions for the Officers and men in the employment of the Coni pany. By order of the Ward, THOMAS S. iMTTBILL, Secretary. 15, New Broad-street, April 28, 1845. DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY from PERTH to ELGIN, to join the Great North of Scotland Railway from Aberdeen to Inverness, at, or near Elgin, with a Branch to Banff. Several influential parties, considering that the interests of the Northern Counties have been, to a certain extent, overlooked in the recent proposals to establish Railways to the North of Scotland, and believing that a DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY from PERTH, by BLAIRGOWRIE, BRAEMAR, and BALLINDALLOCII, to ELGLN, is the best main trunk line of a Railway from Perth to the Shores of the Moray Firth, ba,ye . ordered a survey of the line. A prospectus will be speedily published, demonstrating that this Line is the shortest, and calculated to confer more advantages on the North of Scotland—to absorb more streams of traffic, and to prove more remunerating than any Line hitherto proposed. GRIGOR and YOUNG, Elgin, ALEXANDER SOUTER, Banff. Elgin, 24th April, 1845 TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are compelled, for various reasons, to refuse the request of a Correspondent who writes from Weymouth. THE IVEATHEIL—SUN OFI ICE, APRIL 28. t nermottfdtVrauririg - the nra: 5 ;he other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 4 minutes after 6 I Evening .. 34 minutes after 6, 45 yli ;#Z4el'e' ' .m., 410,'• , • ~•„„. Oltening nu. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1845. On recurring to the debate of Friday night last, on Sir Emir;fur PEEL'S moving the House into Committee on the subject of Irish and Scotch banking, we must repeat the expression of our satisfaction with the general features of the plans announced by the Premier. If this satisfaction appears at first sight somewhat inconsistent with the earnest and anxious tone of deprecation we have adopted, on so many occasions, in looking forward to that exposition, which has now been given, of the Minister's intentions, we must take lessee to remind our readers that our misgivings, up to Friday evening itself. were shared in by the while Scottish public. On that very morning, indeed, there was published in some of the London journals a report of the proceedings and votes of one of those numercus meetings of the Scottish nobility, gentry, bankers, &c., which have been convened during the last twelve months, to take into considera tion the propriety of petitioning the Legislature against the intended interference of the Premier with the exist ing system of Ireland as well as Scotland. Under tl at system these two portions of the empire had been per mitted to retain the small note circulation, which is on all hands admitted to have been an essential and pri mary element in the development of that prosperity and wealth, the growth of which, in Scotland more especially, has been so rapid and so stetdys and which, in both the one and the other, carries with it so many indications of permanency. It will be recollected that last year, not only at the commetcement, but both in tl:e progress and at the termination of the debates on that which we can never charaeterise as other than the " disastrous complement" of his Currency Stan dard Bill of 1819, Sir ROBERT PEEL, in answer to the numerous questions propounded to him on the subject, over and over again distinctly intimated his purpose, this session, to assimila'e the law of Scotland and Ireland, with regard to a small-note circulation to that of England —that is, to make 5/. notes the lowest paper issues. We might not without impropriety deplore the needless uneasiness and pain which Sir lionEET's long. continued mystery on this question has occasioned. He has, in this affair, carried to its extremest limit that secrecy of intentions which no British Minister had ever before pushed to the same extent ; but we will not quarrel with him on that head. We sincerely rejoice at the fact of his greatly modified intentions en this point. The •theme of requiring monthly or other reriodical returns from Scotch and Irish batiks of their issues is, in the language of Mr. Fox MA trLE, " not so dangerous as we xpected." It " scarcely touches," as Mr. PATRICK STEWART observed of it, " that most material question of the low denomination of the bank-notes, about which the greattst degroe of alarm and dissatisfaction had been created." Mr. HUME b urded his approval of the scheme on this very grimed too ; for he " bad come down to the House expecting that the plan to be proposed would do more, which, had it done, would have produced mis chief." And Mr. COLQUIJOUN'S approbation was won by the same features of abar.donment of the original de- sign to withdraw the small sank .note circulation, and the general moderation of the rest of the plan, with the excep tion of one or two details, into which we shall not, on this eecasion, enter. Mr. WARBURTON'S question, although it ( d a negative answer—namely, " whether it was in tended to allow banks that ehou!d have made excessive is- sues (or issues to an amount beyond that which, on the first average struck of their circulation, they are afterwards to be limited to), to pay their notes, when 40s. in value, in silver ?"—this question is also suggestive of some important Considerations that we may discuss at some length h erea f ter, when we shall corsider in what degree 't will b e pcss itl e for the Scotch and Iriih banks to make thus© d.-postt s of specie in the nature of guaranteed se curity fur their respective cireu:ations. On the Pre mier's Own showitu and figures, in his estimate of the aggregate gull currency of the United Kingdom, and from his answers to the sig aificant questions addressed to him by alr. C. %\ oou, i 44 Feference to the continued MAGAZINE , Price 2s. 6d. Versailles, 800 .. 560 .. 547 50 .. 547 50 L.B....•••••••• 350 . 350 .. 347 50 .. 317 50 amen•••••••• •••••••••••.1112 50 1112 50 —llO6 1110 Rouen to Havre. Orleans . 1240 —1240 ..1237 50 ..1237 Striviburg to Bale 297 50 297 50 .. 2.1 25 291 25 Avignon to Marseilles— •• —lO4O —lO4O . 1030 Pordeaux to Testa •• • . 210 .. 211 .. '4lO .. 210 Orleans to Vierzon RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, MAT 3 St. Germain .......• ••• • • .1090 . • 1090 —1065 .. 1085 Versailles, R.B ..... •• • 550 .. 550 .. 545 .. 545 ..... . 357 50 .. 357 50 .. 34.5 .. 345 •• •• •. "1112 se 1115 ..1095 ..1095 Rouen to Havre . ••• • .. 927 50 . 927 50 .. 912 50 .. 912 50 Orleans . .•• • • . 1242 50 .. 1215 125 0 ..1220 Strasburg to Bale •• •• •• • . 295 .. 295 .. 290 -- 290 Avignon to Marseilles ...• • • 1040 .• 1040 .. 1030 ..1030 Bordeaux to Testa ... ..•• • • 212 5G .. 212 50 .. 212 50 212 50 In our Saturday's impression we inserted a letter signed "Hospitality," the writer of which feelingly ad vocates the propriety of raising a fund for rewarding and making some provision for one of the must intrepid body of men who ever engaged in the most perilous ser vices that can be exacted of our fellow-creatures by the demands of humanity. The merits and services of the Deal boatmen are not quite as generally known, we fear, as the fatal sands on which, in their gallant and daring struggle to rescue others from off them, they are, in so many instances, lost themselves. Their task is always one of imminent peril, and demanding the most undaunted energy both of body and of purpose. It is, to brave the utmost fury of that element and to encounter the tremendous horrors of those storms, in which the shipwrecked voyager expects, on the Goodwins, that destruction from whence no human hands, but those a these brave boatmen, are likely to snatch them. A very recent ease in which the dreadful sacrifice of two boats' crews in one of these arduous and daring efforts was the result of their devoted enterprise—gives an additional and a melancholy force to the suggestion of our cone 'spondent. The violence of the equinoctial gales, too, that have been lately blowing, and the boisterous condi tion of the weztheryesterday, may well serve to remind us of the strong and righteous claims that such men have upon the bounty as well as the sympotbies of the coun try at large. It is really a debt of honour as well as of gratitude yet to be discharged by the public to the brave seamen who have snatched so many precious lives from the yawning deep, and those engulfing sands, to pro vide a fund from whence some provision may be secured for the wives and families of such of these hardy boat men as perish in their calling; and rewards be dispknsed for the encouragement of those who perform, and sur vive, the more remarkable and hazardous of these res cues. We have with all readiness given publicity to the proposal of our correspondent, and shall with great plea sure contribute our aid to the advancement of the project he has pointed out, whenever it shall be adopted. 'fats DA ICS NEWS. is XCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) TRIAL AT BAR.-THE GREAT DISTILLERY C.,A SE. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GEORGE SMITH. The Court sat this morning at ten o'clock, and Mr. Drink. water, supervisor of Excise, was again placed in the witness box, and examined by the Solicitor-General. After giving the products daring the different periods of distillation, the witness proceeded :—The pump, although locked by the Ex cise, does not prevent the trader or his servants communi cating with the pipe by means of the valves. The officers were not constantly present at night, unless the trader gave them notice that he intended to remove wash, or feints, or spirits. I was examined with regard to the swell In the pipe which entered the spirit receiver. The defendant did not, after the last dripping, ask to have the receiver re dripped. Robert Batten was recalled, and examined by Mr. MARTIN —I went to the defendant's premises in June, 1843, in the capacity of inferior officer of Excise. There were four in• ferior officers—namely, Ribble, Pitcher, Mill, and Wallace, beside myself, and Mr. Drinkwater, the superior officer. They did not continue all the time, for they were replaced by others. At one time there were two additional officers—l mean during the 9th and 10th distilling periods. There was a strict survey kept on the premises during the whole time I was there. There was but one officer there during the period of distillation. The receiver was emptied after every charge. An officer regularly attended to the removal of the charge from the receiver. An officer was present while the spirit was running into the receiver. Alter the charge was removed from the receiver, water was afterwards poured into it by the trap-door. I cannot say what the reason was why water was placed in the receiver, un less it were -to wash it out, so as to leave no spirit behind. I have never found spirits carried about by the workmen in cans or vessels of any kind. Some samVes of the wash were taken by me and delivered to Mr. Drinkwater to be distilled. I took occasional sam ples during the whole time I was there. I discovered the first hole in the cover of the receiver on the morning of the 13th of December, 1843. One of the foremen of Mr. Smith was with me at the time. His name is John Dring. He was not on the receiver, but he was watching me. I did not tell him of the discovery I made. I told it first to Mr. Drinkwater on the same morning, about six or seven hours after. I kept watch that no one went to the receiver. The boards were nailed on the top of the receiver, and round the suction-pipe. The boards were old, and apparently had been there for a long time. time, and them mon t firm. mightlB t h of h a A v u e g e u x s t a , m b i e n f e e d r e thoset • t I e foundxnnin examined the boards about it. Before rdsbetsveen Augu th sta e December, l 3ndthhad n but mutlewoss alluded bepo.si tiof judging whether they were firm or not. (The boards ble The hole in the board was freshly were handed to Mr. Martin.) These are the b ,, ards , and the moveable. outside one was outlt o 'h e: j a r c . t theof Smith, fraess he sawing of the t (4 informed cut. s lo , hole was not pointed r. ewt,uld not Drinkwater of the discovery, and he took the charge . in the g gallons o'clock in the morning. I riTerg ra 4eq• l e i l or exbess. tift, took the measurements, but it was Mr. Smith who said there was an excess. I afterwards heard the defendant say that there was not an excess, and lie asked Mr. Drinkwate.r to measure it again. Mr. Drinkwater showed him the hole, and he said that the nails had rusted off. Two of the managers, Gill and Viner, came with Mr. Smith in the first instance. I did not hear Mr. Smith propose that the spirits in the vats should be measured out in gallon measures, to prevent mistake. The 28 gallons of excess were taken away by the Excise, but I have not heard that they have been condemned. The top of the receiver was made gOod that day, and remained so till the 12th or 13th April, when the boards were temporarily removed, and than, replaced again,. I am not aware that the Excise has taken any measure with regard to that hole. The 'second hole in the top was discovered in June, 1844. There were two Men present belonging to the establishment. It might be about four or five o'clock when the discovery was made. Hamilton, a carpenter, was sent for, but I did not say that I had pushed out the plug with my finger. I said I had knocked it out with a piece of iron. I heard Gill, the foreman, said to Hamilton, " Hamilton, what do you think of this? What do you think this has been?" Hamilton said, " Oh, an old dipping-hole." Then Gill said, " Just what I said." Then they brought dipping-rods, but they would not go into the hole. I saw Mr. Smith some days after, and told him. He said he knew nothing about it, and if it was there, it must have been a knot-hole. I made the drip two-tenths more than Mr. Drinkwater. There was a dispute between Mr. Smith and myself on every charge. Mr. Smith complained during the whole time I was there. On the 23d of March, 1844, we had " a grand dispute" as to the quantity , of spirits in the receiver. I made it a tenth more than he. Mr. Rose and another officer came down and tested it afterwards, and they found a tenth more than either of us. I cannot tell what amount of the proceeds of this prosecution may go into my pocket. One halfof the penalty will go to the informer and the other half to the Queen. 1 expect nothing but what the law has provided in the usual way of business.—( Laughter.) I do not expect 75,0001. It was late in the afternoon—about five o'clock—when Drink water said lie was ready fur his experiment with the pipes When he made the first experiment, which was made with spirits, there was a failure. It was eight o'clock when the spirit began to run from vat No. Bto vat No. 17. It ran for an hour. It was three hours before they were able to get the pipes to work, in consequence of some air having got in. It was found necessary to stop two of the cocks with clay. To the Comer—One of the cocks which it was necessary to stop was on the roof—in the gutter like. The other was beloer. It was what is - called a rack-cock. Thinks it was not clay that was used, but putty and tow. The exclusion of air was necessary to the working of the syphon. It took an hour..to put the pipe in ord er . O ne o f Mr. Smith's servants had passed under the pipe, and pushed it up with his back in order to break it or put it so out of order as to prevent the ex i p ‘d er 1 1m Ir e . n A t. LtnYIN—Does not know the name of the man who acted in that way. Believes that Mr. Smith was pre. sent. T h e oot RD s c w t e i r a E r F t o pA th ß e o.s m — an lf if t, hhee m ea a w n h i i s m io be produced, Mr. l r ll . l M artin A R I h N e s o a u i dg that tot a b l e l t broughthe men Smith's . employ ment would be produced. Cross-examination resumed—The loss of spirits upon the The the quantity t i v os s d water al - experiment was, a p parent l y, 100 gallons, but the real loss .1 1 v v ay ass greateri,tmo than therethan 40 re gallons. alwen h Th t mixed with the spirits was increased. The • spirits might have been re-distilled and there woubl have been The quantity of s pi r i ts was 700 gallons, andi no loss. the water 2,700 gall ons . Wh en the liquor passed over vat o. 17, it was five minutes or more before witness could taste the spirits. There were seven or eight officers of Excise engaged i n the experiment. S everal of Mr. Smith's men were about, but he could not say how many. Before witness w he bad been fi ve years at Bromley-. Had also sento Mr.S m i t h' a een employed for the Excise in the distillery of Buchan and Co., near Edinburgh. Left that place when his time w as 1, 1), and for no other cause. In Scotland the distille work at a lower grav i ty than in Enolad zwere allowed t o give notice of th e grav i ty they choose t But they must will be charged upon the amount of theirwork at, but th ey of the year, wheth er t h ey produce the quantity notice or not t the end Mr. MARTIN would ask one more qiiestio a puddling of clay round the opening in the l'. Did you put ceiver when you t oo k t h e drip? Wness— it top of the re water flowing in. I did, to p revent Mr. MARTIN —Did you ever know that t o b e done before? Mr. MARTIN—Whir did you do so in this case ?—T o pre vent the wate r com i ng i n. • The re-examination of the witness by elicited nothing of the least mom the Solicitor-General By a Juror—The water t. • passe( through ties • house to the other by the pressure of pipes from one the tank; but the spirits yarned .11 )oat the body of water in syphon, which required the pipes to i be Id • t. principle of the t- ight. By the COURT—The looseness of tl cok and ie cocks, w hi ch re frequent working. putty, was occa: i imed by Che previous witness, Drinkwater, recalled, by the SOLICITOR-GENERAG—The and examined communicate between the two distilleries which I suspected to one of Mr. Smith's workmen attem t res was that which made the at tempt maliciously, to P e to break. The Oman It was quite plain that he did so. prevent the experiment. time. Mr. Smith 'vas not pris complained o f i t at the tait to t lection ; but .11r. Gill w as. , he best o f my recol (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) . .. _ • ...--.-----------7 SOU T H WARK. —cc if i s DA'S.) Anne Gray, a girl of the town, was charged, before Mr. Traill, with stealing a Purse, containing a 50/ note and three sovereigns, from the person of 311., Jot.ti Warne ; 45, Unic n place, Lambet h. The complainant stated that, between two and three o'clock on Friday morning, he met the prisoner in lilackfriurs-road, and she persuaded him to give her some liquor. They ac to some adjourned to a public-house, and having treated her to some rum they then came oaf. and proceeded some tance, when the prisoiier stoideniv lett him. Ho walked for ward. and in a few minutes missed lii, purse, containing silo 50/. note and three sovereigns, on which he went to the station-house and save information of the circumstance. I 06,6 together with a description of the prisoner, quently taken into custody. The prisoner declared that she had never seen the co n ' - The until that day in Court, and although she ivaa ig the habit of frequenting the public-house alluded to, yet she was not there on the morning in question. Mr. TRAILL sail he should remand the prisoner, to give time to trace who was subse the 501. note, but at the request of the com plainant, the magistrate subsequently discharged her. ___---------- EXELUTIo,N (.01 7 'THOMAS HENRY HO'_,KER.---(THIS DAY.) ..-. This nicraing, at eight o'clock, the murderer of Mr . Delarue expiated his offence on the fl o w s , erected facing debtors' door of the common gaol of ;:ewgate. the As early as two o'clock in the morning, small groups of men, women , and children continued to assemble in the Old Bailey, and to discuss the all- engrossing topic of the proba bility of the condemned criminal w ha bving ng made ated a ofcoesion, or of the last extremity of the laei mitig vel The multitude that had arrived byan seven o' loco sinc ock was.i numerous —th e nu mbers exceeding y former o e o wever w the execution of Cur‘Foisier Their conduct, h direction . ot orderly and peaceable. The p olice, under the Major Shaw, Supperintendan t, and Inspectors 31'Cleananrod Spray, took up their severa l p ositions opposite the 901 the clock of St. Sepulchre's chimed the hour of six. The culprit was seen by the Rev. Chaplain the condemned cell, to which he was removed aft er re- afternoon- service in the chapel. He expressed hirnsen.. yesterdaYtline signed to his fate, although still professing his innocentcwe elve After being engaged in writing and prayer up to , ... at it o'clock last night, he retired to bed, and slept soundiy; .. five o'clock this morning, when lie arose and dressed hi et,' The Rev. Ordinary arrived at the gaol shortly aft,e,!_eeriff o'clock, and was speedily followed by Alderman and Su ~„. Hunter, Sheriff Sidney, Mr. Under-Sheriff Ashurt, a." Under-Sherif Martin, and the other officers of justice. ....... About a quarter past seven o'clock the convict wrs.nic plied with coffee and toast for breakfast,,f which he as p .s " . "7,„ but sparingly, and it was now evident that his spiriij.nr.:crie rapidly forsaking him, and that he was gradually i ,'," ° under the certain conviction that all hope was at an en: d re , The Rev. Chaplain continued at prayer with h im ' i t i o blur ceived some letters for his relations, and one directed , To self (Mr. Davis) in the course of the preceding eveniegifeels latter document consists of four closely .written sidet % Tr b e cap; but whether the statements therein contact __'eryigfi relied upon or not is very questionable,. as our repor", o de informed that the culprit, since his condemnation, h a d mad half-a. dozen statements at variance with each other , _ t he 1 e destroyed immediately after reading them over to officers of the gaol. public At half-past seven o'clock the representatives of the,_ _d e , press were admitted into the chapel-yard, where the Shiite:oo Underslieriffs, Mr. Cope, the Governor, Mr. Wrig cony Deputy. Governor, and Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Police ~ 3e , missioner, had already met. The latter gentleman , I r l ic , is quainted with the father of the wretched young nin e ' ,iofill a native of Colchester, in Essex, and during the m ore P itt a to moments of the culprit, Mr. Harvey contributed hi' bie b be bringing hini to a sense of the awful situation in ,f the was placed. During this interview, which lasted which "II minutes, the services of Mr. Holding, the surgeon the et +. pi ison, were obliged to be called into requisition, as urinal was seized with several fainting fits. d ia While the authorities in the Chapel-yard Were eleieusli earnest conversation, the prisoner Connor WO ;en a p ii abov e thrusting his head forward through the bar of Ne %beat to in order to view the solemn ceremony that wits - ~, take place. e arier , About a quarter to 8 o'clock Mr. Sheriff SidneY, l' ote / he his chain of office and bearing a black wand, cam 1 in e tt centre of the Chapel-yard, and addressing the report:re:o,o of what has appeared in a Sunday paper urging under tone, said—"'!'lie sheriffs think it right in op e delay of the 3 for t he the execution, to state to the gentlemen of the press with information of the public, that they have con the the greatest kindness anxiously impressed upon th I I' w hich the necessity of making . any statement to thent;ich which might have the effect of mitigating his sentence, and w 4 stste• could with this view communicate to the Secretary : , e boo Although this has been repeatedly urged upon iiill.;:ttiort always declined to of the Home Secretary, for being pressed this in er „ w ake to do so, he has said deliberately that he shall I be hes formal disclosures. The Sheriffs have oked hitt' di l make any statement for the c on o s i i n u g ` g ait; anything to say about the money in his possession, cen t r e4 th him that he had made two statements on his trial, be hag female after the murder ; t to which the onlY r e P t Y r ui „ 1 1,! made has been that what he stated at his trial %qt.' ; , t. ri" - r great measure, and that Delarue seduced the .gi'eat that Sheriffs told him that it appeared to be inen esl' lie 0 1- liela.rue should have been so far his friend, and that_woeitf. prisoner) should entertain such a feeling of silet,; tiiti against him. The prisoner has most sole dectbiljes,rse his was not the hand which struck the cl . e .. ll had in s .e, Mr. Sheriff'Sidney further added, that thee risonetrr. pas"!, l a statement in writing, addressed to t. .` ct KO' s ; which would be given to the reporters after the) . ',', hti t tile r it in the Lord Mayor's parlour, and ascartainean ~ ie, _,,,, The hour of eight now approaching. was nothing of an improper nature for pablicatio„. t he F ec i the verY l'codpionett presentatives of the press were admitted into the . an ditig.q, cell, and the wretched culprit was at once seen .si_ arv . ti .... right. He was being addressed by the O ed : ` ;iri l P ee) .it face was pale, and his hands clasped together ag ere d his e t e ij '; an yt N i c ling lo w tone e di He took little notice of those persons wil" u ,i e nten °f pr p a r n e d ss on we b re ein p g re t s o o l o d t, by tf thhoeweihoripedlaitnothsol, the gell' for the 1- e f forination of the public, he replied in a ' l et ee &ci n o voice. "I cannot say anything now, Sir-- - I b een n c ooling b composed. If I had known that they had -; the I might perhaps." .i d to lluttia he the i Calcraft, the executioner, now proceeue- ,„,, ..-- -1 01 the chapel. yard, tnrikx a r o o l c , e a s o le ,, s ,o wooned into the arms of two f!ieelese statte.;fr.el erchief of the prisoner, and to pinion his '7 l ; offleT i to chair,s se r a e t m od osi n ed o inan a popoadresnotmlye i n " .l in 117 b e e e p o' r r it o ica o before lie slas brought to a state of sensibility. ,_„, hea ls , soundedhe , ll t now_ a solemn knell, and the procegala°,sbn lie aloud the t!oid—the former gentleros" i b.l he . Rey. Chap, the Sheriffs, nd n der _,,, °1 t ' 8 g r, Tol e t7) is4rClisY t a t long the winning aou u,e 1 , 1 ,,y i'''„ --°i rer - "13 e sca Burial-service. oo h During these t • lpvß f the violently, and Tying moments the unhappy e 1.„,„ o he was obliged to be ted 11 ''''' roP ' turnkeys. suppor ." d_ o f On reaching was carried up, and the steps leading to v" .de t oe . , "At was, ay God very faint receive my soul," which was ni „ the . and querulous voice. The cap having arnA"' 06 wretched convict remained about half a minute . to a drop, during which h in 'lg' time his limbs tottered bene et d miv,,,,.' t h was then launched into eternity, amidst the mil e „ 3 of cheering, and hisses of the . concourse ~,t peg' , vast COACOU o e sexe • s that were pre.ent. ncls ,e The criminal - ' ' eco- c aw his whole frameadid not appear to die for some s ic h it after the drop had fallen was ej rite the valsed. The body having - suspend the rte • it t was cut down, and been suspeni . the Wit will be this evening in precincts of the gaol. . followed nevus mobvyemaenctrytoiovtar.d, (From the Weeky DisPa u° ' ) de ath' By AN EYE wtTNEs , -; ht, the. 0 10' As the clock of St. Sepulchre's struck eig, ei ' l it Sli a 0 1, bell within the prison commenced tolling, % by tte, cr ct o' scaffoldAitvastri: r „ er i d od ir t v., '„, a t be duct 13 8 a the ts off. " e dge , o f t 41 of the mob was, it must be acknowi o n t te at' ~,ge coming. As soon as there was an lad .000 1.• gto convict's approach to the gibbit, a solar but b one , I ;ja e fi• l ' around, so much so that it appeared as If, gin „ 0' animated the congregated masses. The,_,lle‘an' otties7yr, the Ordinary of Newgate, dressed ill his c o ict 1-1 , 1 O . cended the scaffold first, followed by th e c gone r ' li m y D el l who was supported by Calcraft, the exectl bad to be of the turnkeys. He was deadly Pale , and he °P e Il le flitl up by the tunikey, while Calcr;ft adjustesd t,.. ce. C_ lo lir his neck, and placed the cap over hi l' ex pedit l s u 0' discharged the duties of his tOee ! nest of 1 1 bo lt ' and having left the convict in the arnist. o ma 1 oat sistant, hurried underneath, and withdrew A i l a t 1 0 , i ,01t when he who but a minute before wag e l fo u ;e lila c Ili ° life, swung an almost lifeless carcass b to a l; bil fo r o t which, at that moment sprung up, refresbil eritn e 'oll, ll ,,l4 who yielded his life in penalty for his 13" 111 0 the of ''' second or two it was supposed that he died t tert ions, o tti e in the course of a few minutes the violent cot; , ov etlt . body and limbs, and the writhings of his bean .1 ). din a ll endured great suffering. ra ted,.A ti ort ls ' The tragedy having closed, the crowd seP,, b, dying , . directions fellows were selling "the last aree' . , and confession of Thomas Henry Rocker.. f ool HOCKER'S STATEMEN'I n cool — le ' Rev. and Dear Sir, This is the last writte eme so ttg i t o tion I shall make to — the world. My hour, ar lio ned , t 1 ori that a babe might count them. lam not 3S ri d tln% n ess; and ae - ai 11 the w e rWo 0- b n, to declare my innocence to a co heti iv y C 0 not guilty of murder. God and lily conscien. _ art 00 rep a o r, and this I shall be able to shout 'from nIY 11 7 00 to 1 1 0 A ,' trance into eternity. It is the duty of eVer,t . v erY . Plf for death. I trust that lam prepared. thosein II e men is not of himself worthy of a place in _ but oot, ho e .erf , r r wl .ilt pes beyond the gtave are not my own d - r 4 , nt u.de O._ ''' .4 another. My being innocent of the crime 01._ ion to „, O pe , : entitle me to an immortal crown, but a soli; w ith s , ;' et id:ij who has permitted me to be brought thee m id pa st i t ion 5 0 1 0 and sincere confession of all my present •ne cu ilt -le to - a follies and imperfections, followed 13y genut e „tab a tte faith. TI I se i',, ed. dietbe iese have learned to believe are 1 ha ve lie merciful and gracious Benefactor , wh en ' t ry fr ien vise lie offended. A man whom I have treated a 5„,,,, tact A. / murderer of Delarue. His own admi,sionool "' th y eati m jb! only wor , ha p. ~o means of extricating me from this 0 t ore" bat P., has not come forward. Had I caused him to be , ,_..4 t tr oy been assur,__ea would doubtless have denied it. I have id h ave n'ee die I not been found guilty of murder, I shon all a i t ern:- )0 t o r ported for life for highway robbery i s eeli ~ resoletit`he to' failed to induce me to divulge what it i 3 M. i riog in r oe , " t o with in my bosom. Let then this sentence a( veil Tee a derer's ears, that he is not only the destro.Y: r do eease 0 ' l e 116 II me likewise. I did not lift a hand against tli .o ~rand , _ we d may even yet be found some harsh enough t r ~y i att t e 7 i ffefe„ dying liar ; but oh, if they knew . w hat I Pi hav e be ar know, they would see the wrong they do m e ; e3 k io v ilAjj too much, and am, while writing this, lc ‘1 „, sorre l c ea A broken to qait this world like an Atheist. ." / h en) De ar" been ;t ha , ho Ao. more than my strength (great as an iv 0 6 ' Tung l m an a r' i 6 support. lam no longer the stone ) • 1 o e `l. •tortioi . lo , . 0. sentence of death passed, without the ..lb .0 s o go r iFI My troubles, both sleeping and awake, ha'.,___eceri Isetts, that I find it more easy to weep than to sialle Aire atiY, a igli i sun dispels the dark mystery of futuritYLitcs, A l t so t e Death approaching me with increasing LI s ere I call c ° i1 0; when I lay my poor, aching head to rest, .. __ A 0 . 1 p / ~, eyes, rude forms of shame and infainy att_er s pa st. cis s pa and oh ! what dreams. One moment, nod ' eager P e pl'• , ' i t h eab „OS ,cl again at home, every one cheering me iN 0 long er " th 31 heart at my return—no longer condeinned—n a La rd hidee rof Then to wake and find ml self stretched on that d e r , i t, surrounded by iron bars and glcomY we. 11% nitternel'e:ttly, anguish and mock at my distress. This is of L' il 1 31 ,3 deed / Then talk not to me of the totf en ds for a we', Death is the only friend that can make a s ul l an' werØ d ( ib''' wreteliednet s I For me to continue such a a cca tfol „ rt ill, than ten thousand deaths. Even death one. l am hr oa r slirdneful end) to me is far preferable to asnth*ough e t , e ve . sick of the world that has treated one always been a criminal in its estinnit=h until ,eaase! suspected me guilty - of an unlawful han d ' b time 1.3k.01, yoi hither, and yet no one would take me b y c rime - .'`,03 13e , old spell and write, my poverty was and t hat + el t he ( then my thoughts still 'lingered beb.ind. 'are e' er a re l e ii my days were renewed? My hopes of heaven .. ,4 there , s lot, all. my home and an isolated friend here au , ' t that 'he fora only attractions, anti I hope and trust t , int ei t meet them soon where all is light and jor e '_ an d po r i 0 011 , of Cod ilia the only mystery—w here 11(iliness.,tude__t 1 0 lect go nd in hand ; and the tear of g . " dr4ll those wil tear! May you anti I, my dear Sir , it. e a tira yer Of dear to us, he welcomed there, is the dYi,n : g .. ..r van t, „.0. Your poor unfortunate but faithfu;,:l./. HOCP• ' 1845 ' ' The Rev. Mr. Davis, Ordinary , April 2 6 , jot ter' -- =- - - the t„ ll owing ijae, lit tIL., oiur , it ,i' ye terdav efternoon, ~.. sheriff A written by lloelier, and addressed to . i . b.' O. Ilt tiu were politely handed 0 °hi reporter: -- ~,„ w ornicat Sir,—For some time before you left Ma w''