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man named "John Barry," who is made particularly happy by such a result. The character of Margaret had all the advantage of Miss Vincent's acknow ledged powers in this department, while Miss E. Torrey, first as Miss Betty Scrag (a dealer in tripe and sheep's heads at Back-hill, Islington), and after wards as Mrs. Nim Vatkins, kept the audience in great good-humour by her lively and whimsical per sonation of those characters. To all the other parts similar praise may be awarded; and if interest on the part of the audience be any criterion of success, this piece bids fair for a considerable run. A burletta, entitled Hercules, King of Clubs, was the second course in the bill of fare for the evening. It is a very smart and laughter-promoting little piece, as was evinced by the manner in which it wai re ceived. The evening's entertainment concluded with a grand historical drama, adapted from the novel of Sir Walter Scott, called The Knights of the Cross; or, the Dog and the Standard. The cha racter of Richard Coeur de Lion was very well sus tained by Mr. Henry Howard ; that of Philip of France, by Mr. Hitchison ; and that of Leopold of Austria, by Mr. Henry. Berengeria, Queen of Eng land, was well represented by Mrs. G. Lee; and Edith Plantagenet by Miss Richardson. As the Dog of the Standard" Elector" enjoyed a consider able share of applau3e. Th e h ouse was excee di ng l y full, even in the early part of the evening, and the audience appeared much gratified at all that was pro vided for their amusement. ROYAL STA,NDARD. This popular eastern theatre was filed last evening, and well do the spirited managers deserve this sup port. For their Easter attraction they brought forward another version of theßlood Royal; or, the Crown Jewels. This was followed by the Gaol Bird, and then came the real attractien of the evening, bearing the start ling title of Mount Vesuvius, or the Fiend of the Volcano, and founded upon a tale which appeared some years back in " Friendship's Offering." The scenery was excellent, and the actors did all that was necessary —pleased the audience. In furnishing this brief notice of the entertainments of the evening, we must not overlook the remarkable performances of Herr Hengler on the tight rope, who performed several daring and astonishing evolutions, which were loudly applauded. A Miss Emma Short made her debut on this occasion, in the character of Rachel Ryland, in the Gaol Bird, and gave some promise of future excellence. EXHIBITIONS, &c. The extreme fineness of the weather yesterday caused the various exhibitions with which the metropolis abounds to be crowded throughout the day by the holi day-makers, who conducted themselves with the greatest propriety and decorum. Among the exhibitions:— THE NATIONAL GALLERY was crowded throughout the day by a very orderly company, and by far more nu merous than on any previous occasion. In order, how ever, to prevent the rooms .from being over crowded, the number admitted at a time was limited to 300. These paintings which attracted the greatest notice were, Hogarth's series of" Marriage n la Mode," which were painted exactly a century since, the palette under the portrait of himself and dog bearing the name " W illiam llogarth, 1745 ;" and Wilkie's " Blied Fiddler," and " Village Festival." WESTMINSTER AM:MT.—Since the reduction in the pr'ce fur viewing the various chapel s an d t om b s i n t h e ancient Abbey a ‘Vestuainster, the number of persons anxious to see them has gradually increased, and on no occasion have there been so many visitors as yesterday. Instead of going round with three or four as formerly, the verger who shows the tombs, &c., had a company of from forty or fifty at a time during the day. The principal points of attraction were Henry the Vll.'s chapel, with its b4autiful roof, and the brass tomb of that monarch, the shrine of Edward the Confessor, and the coronation chair, in which many pretty young girls sat during the day, inquiring of their lovers, who gen, rally accompanied them, if' they looked like queens. In Poet's Corner, Many persons during the day had a grateitous peep at the monuments raised to the memory of England's poets. THE_ CHINESE EXHIBITION.—Yesterday, the Feast of Lanterns, with an addition of many hundreds of lanterns, was reproduced at this unrivalled collection of all that relates to tl:c Celestial Emaire, with great !plendcur. The room in which the " feast" is held was well attended, and every person appeared delighted with the treat they had experienced. THE Barrtset MUSEUM.—The number of visitors to this national institution yesterday was 15,316, being a decrease in the number, as compared with Easter Monday lusty ear, of 6,023, when the number was 21,359 MADAME TUSSAUD . S.—The number of visitors who attended this talented lady's admirable exhibition yester day, was far greater than has been known en any pre virus occasion. From the hour the rooms were opened to the public until their close last evening they continued densely crowded. The last new group, the House of Brunswick at one view, was the most admired. The figures of the Bishop of Exeter, Mr. Cobden, and Toni Thumb, were highly spiken of by the visitors. PANORAMA, LEICESTF.R -SQUARE —'l'he view of the city and Bay of Naples, by moonlight, with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, recently opened at this exhibition, was visited by a large number of holiday folks yestei day. THE FAIRS AT GREENWICH, STEPNEY, AND THE TUNNEL, THE RIVER, &c. Two years ago Stepney fair, which had laid under the magisterial interdict for twenty-five years, was revived with great success. This year it haa been laid out on a Mos: extensive scale, and deserves the first notice. Two large fields have been appropriated to the fair, which are separated from each other by Charles -street. In the 'first, called Manor Fie il, behind the Prince of Wales Tavern. facing the Thames Police -court, is a splendidly : decorated booth called the Crown and Anchor, belonging • to Mc. Stevens, the celebrated Essex higgler. It is just 350 feet in length, and 50 feet in breadth, and after sunset was illuminated with variegated lamps and de vices ; and in the evening, when the Polka was being danced by more than 200 with great rigour, and the place was lighted up, the effect was very brilliant. The band is a u2oz t excellent one. Tu do justice to the _ „. .„ =., 4 11 , 1115e5e ,ifijiey did not dance the Polka with the %ale* 11 fait .14121b1y at Almacles, they were sore led us .' f - tiloos;a4ififten had recourse to the ham and beef and the -- bottled ettlittyto recruit their exhausted 60engtb. The - , • • ff 1101' AL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Crowded as was the attendance, and varied, novel, and magnificent the objects of admiration and the vehicles of instruction presented last evening at this centre of the world's wonders, it is yet a pleasant variety in our holiday notices to have something to fie,d fault with— positive omission to complain of—in the Easter arrange ments of the Polytechnic Institution. We advise Young England to raise one eager and irresistible demand for the speedy repetition of Professor Bachhoffner's Lectures upon Astronomy, to which, and the beautiful transparent series of orre ries with which they were illustrated, the unprecedented pressure of Parliamentary business during Lent prevented anything like justice being dune by the press. It is to be hoped that the call will be earnest and general, and that no access of novelty, however start ling or abundant, will prevent an early resumption of the learned and eloquent lecturer's admirable discourses upon the most sublime of sciences. Under the name of popu lar lectures upon astronomy we never heard anything equal or approaching to Professor Bachhoffner's, either in the clearness and comprehensiveness of the instruc th,n itself, or in the leanly of the dissolving pictures of the heavens, by • which each lecture was optically de monstrated. There seems no sufficient reason for con fining such attractive and exalting lessons to the one season of Lent. Of perhaps greater importance, as re gards the immediate and practical effect upon the every day occurrences of human life, are the lectures of Dr. Ryan upon " Phillips's Fire Annihilator," the limita tion of which to one day of the week (Monclay) might lead us to suppose that already almost every one in the metropolis—the great storehouse of destructive con flagrations—had been as thoroughly convinced of the prodigious efficacy of the invention, as those who had the good fortune to hear its pavvers explained, and to see its operation exemplified by one of the fittest men living for the noble task. But we think it scarcely too much to say, that as the apparatus has not been yet brought into universal use, as the attention of the authorities has not been awakened to a sense of their duty as re spects the "Fire Annihilator," it continues part of the duty of the directors of the Polytechnic, and an un finished part of Dr. Ryan's duty, to exhibit daily to their thousands of admiring visitors and pupil-e, that there exist, ready prepared en I instantly accessible, the means of extinguishing a fire in any building, however ex tensive, and of preventing the loss of a single life by fire, even in London, where such calamities are so frequent and deplorable. There is one most interesting part of Dr. Ryan's lectures upon this invention to which it is always desirable to revert—the model apparatus dby the learned doctor does not occupy more span than the size of a quart bottle, and in any bed room, provided with it, the endangered sleerer, awaking amidst flames, could, instantly and by the slightest effort, Overcome the appalling enemy, and be placed in perfect safety. We trust that every one who has not yet witnessed the convincing experiments of this inappreciable invention, and who values the lives of his fellow- creatures, will re member that Dr. Ryan exhibits them still on Mondays. 111-natured and grumbling we may, however, be fairly deemed by the many hundreds, (the thousands two or three)who yesterday participated with us in cur surprise at the fresh display of the institution's inexhaustibee re sources, and the untiring skill and ingenuity of its pro fessors, artists, and contributors. Dr. Ryan commenced a- new course of lectures upon " The Chemistry of Do mestic Life" worthy of his reputation, and abounding in those elegancies of diction and felicitous perspicuities by which he makes the most abstruse subjects intel ligible and the dryest attractive and interesting. Every one who regards the comforts, economy, and security of " domestic" life should attend this course. Professor Bachhoffner in the course of the day gave several lectures upon different branches of natural philosophy in ad mirable style, and illustrated by varied and brilliant experiments. The excellent inventions of Mr. Long bottom, the highly talented secretary, the Physioscope, &c., were exhibited as usual, and the Dissolving views are enriched with new attractions of extreme beauty. A valuable little work, entitled " The Companion to the Lecture Rooms of the royal Polytechnic Institution," by H. Ault, Esq., of Gloucester House, West Ham, was put into our hands. It is a complete glossary of all the chemical and other technical terms made use of in the lecture rooms with their meaning, derivation, and appli cation, with an alphabetical and descriptive signification of the principal terms which are applied to the arts and science. A careful examination of the book convinces us That it will be found a most useful companion, or book reference, after a visit to the institution. " Polka at Stepney Fair," then, must be a new dance for the Court after this. There are other booths fo:• dancing and refreshments, neatly fitted up, belonging to young Stevens, the Essex phenomenon ; and Beckett and Hicks, of the Cricketers, in London-street. They were all filled to overflowing. Price's equestrian and gym nastic company, and the veteran Clarke, well known at Bartholomew Fair, have each pitched a large tent i n thi s field, and the performances were witnessed by admiring thousands during the day. The scenes in the circle, the horsemanship, and evolutions of the Acrobats, tight rope dancers and others, at both place, were uncom monly well done. The rivalry between Price and Clarke was carried on noisily ; but with the greatest good humour. Leaving this field and its amusements for the adjoining one, the scene baffles description. A space, as large as Lincoln's Inn-fields has been laid out with great taste by Messrs. Peterson and Johnson, whose theatrical establishments—the Covent-garden and Drury lane of the place—are the principal attractions. On the opposite is Hylton's large menagerie of wild beasts, with the wonderful performing elephant, an animal of colossal size. This sagacious creature, which appeared to be a great favourite with the visitors, had its patience severely tested. It exhibited great fondness for its keepers. Hylton's menagerie is the beat thing at Stepney: Exhibitions of wax work, national curiosities, works of art, legerdemain, learned pigs, swings, ups-and-downs, puppet-shows, and posture. masters, were to be seen in profusion in this field, and the noise of many bands of music playing against each otla r, the sounding of gongs, the shouts of the people, and the bawling of showmen, was quite deafening. The scene was a most animated one. At bight the fair was lighted by a jet of gas from the main of the Commercial Company's works, towering high above the people, and rendering every object distinctly visible. This light, projected by Mr. Peterson, contributed much to the safety and conve nience of the people. The number of persons who visited Stepney Fair during the day . .vas not less than 200,000, and equine o'clock there were at least 40,000 in end about the fair. The gambling tables were broken up in the morn ing by the police, and the owners dispersed. --Two - of them then retreated to a street near the London Hos . pital with their " over seven, under seven" tables. They were again routed, taken befure Mr. Broderip, and committs d to the !louse of Correction. Tho police of the K division, under the direction of Mr. Maynard, the superintendent, and Inspectors Rutt, Home, and Julian, performed their arduous duties to the satisfaction of every one. GREENWICH FAIR.—The park, the toe n, and the hospital were as usual crowded with the holiday folks. Each place in turn was successively visited by the Lon doners, who went down in the steamers and per rail way, to forget toil and trouble amidst the amusements and attractions of the place. The park. owing to the recent heavy rains, was very damp, and did not boast of se many promenaders as usual ; but the fair was filled to overflow ; and Richardson's Theatre, conducted by Nelson Lee and Johnson, rerfurmed an excellent melo drama and a Pantomime twelve or thirteen times during the day. much to the satisfaction of the visitors. Alger's great Crown and Anchor booth, which exceeds in di mensions one of the sam3 name at Stepney, was as usual the main attraction of the place. The trains of the Greenwich Railway were in requisition from an early hour, and took down upwards of 12,000 persons during the day. At night, when the people began to return, the station at the Greenwich terminus was thronged with people. The steamers also came in for a share of the harvest. The Waterman's Company, with eleven vessels running, carried the extraordinary number of 30,000 persons between the Watermen'e, Adelphi Pier, Strand, and the Floating. Pier at Garden stairs during the day. The old companies, with their nume rous steam -vessels, carried as many to and from the various piers. We did not hear of a single material accident. There was a fancy fair and baz tar in the Thames Tunnel yesterday, which is to he continued during the week. The stalls were neatly arranged with fancy goods, works of art, and decorated with flags, banners, and Chinese lanthorns. The shafts were also brilliantly illuminated with gas, and dressed out with the flags of all nations. The cosmoraina and saloon of arts in the liotherhithe shaft, the temple of magic in the Wapping shaft, the electrifying apparatus. and various exhibitions, afforded much delight to the various promenaders under water. Fifteen thousand passengers went through the Tunnel during the day. The Tower was visited by the curious in great num bers, and the armouries, or at least what remains of them, and the Crown jewels, are as attractive as ever. More than 8,000 passengers availed themst Ives of the cheap excur.ion trains to Dover and Brighton. The holiday was a general one among the working classes. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YEsmtruv. NORTHAMPT( Ni HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Napier 6 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Lord Saltoun 7 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Discord 7 to 1 agst Sir. Berrington's Father Mathew 8 to 1 agst Mr. Hook's Bastion 10 to I aget Mr. W. Sadler's Sparsholt Even between the first four and the field. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 2 laid, to asmall sum, against Idas, and 20 to 1 againsl Lis winning this and the Daby. CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst the Irish lot 11 to I agst Mr. Jaques's Semiscria 12 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract 13 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's The Era 35 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland 40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Portrait—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ilesseltine's Fitzallen—taken. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Patriot 3000 to 36 agst Mr. Armstong's Extravaganza—taken. 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Liutott's Cabin boy—t. .and aft. ofd. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Forth's lot 14 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas 16 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Titmouse—taken 10(X) to 10 agst Mr. D. Cooke's Yellow Boy—taken 1000 to 8 agst Lord Warwick's Roebuck—taken 500 even on the field agst Alarm, Idas, Kedger, Pam, Clear-the-way, Miss \Vhip c, Newsmonger, Pantasa, Doleful, and Titmouse. Offers to take 1,000 to 45 about Cobweb colt, and 40 to 1 about the Laird-o'Cockpen. The attendance was thin, and business so flat, omitting many of the principal favourites altogether, as scarcely to deserve the quotations we have given. We are authorised to state that there will be no races at Hoo this year. DEATH OF ALEXANDER BLACKWOOD, ESQ.-- W'Q deeply regret to state that Mr. Alexander Blackwood died yesterday, at his house in Great Stuart-street. This event will be learnt with sincere sorrow by a numerous circle of truly attached friends, to whom the deceased was endeared by the manly sincerity, the warm cor didlity, and genuine worth of his character. Much might be properly said of the excellent qualities and talents of Mr. Blackwood ; but we shall now simply observe that, as a member of the eminent house of William Blackwood and Sons, in which capacity he was known to the public, he uniformly maintained the high position acquired by the habitual sagacity, enterprise, and integrity of his late distinguished tither. We had hoped that a long career of usefulness and honour lay open to him in conjunction with those who, alas ! can now only deplore the great loss they have sustained in his early removal from amongst us.—Edinburgh Evening M. WALLACE, M.P.—We regret to learn that the Honourable Member for Greenock became seriously un well last week, in London, IN hile attending his Parlia mentary duties, and that he has returns d home to Kelly House. We hope the fresh air of that beautiful locality will sown restore him to his wonted health and vigour. We are afraid Mr. Wallace has been ov, r- working him self in the House too early this session ; and certainly he has undergone more drudgery and fatigue than any of our other Scotch Members.—Sc u t s Reformers' Gazette. COMMITTEE-ROOM, STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 19, 1845.—At a Meeting of the Committee for General Pur poses, held this day, it was Resolved, " That the hours of business in the Stock Exchange be from 4 past ten to 4-past 3 o'clock, with the exception of . Saturday, when the House will close at 2 o'clock ; and that the Com mittee will recognise no b7.rgains that may not be done within those hours. The above to commence on the 26th inst." TILE WILL OF TIIE EARL OF MORNINGTON.— Limited probate cf the will, as far as relates to the pro perty in England and Wales, of the Right lion. William Wellesley, Baron Maryhorough, of the Unitei King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Earl of Morning ton in in Ireland, was grunttd on the 20th inst. to the Right lion. Lord Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, K.C.8., and John Parkinson, of Lincoln's lan-fields, Esq., two of the executors. A power is reserved to the • Right Hon. Catherine Elizabeth Dowager Lady Mary borough, Countess of Mornington, to prove the will hereafter. Ills Lordship died on the 22d of February last, was formerly of Saville-row, and late of Grosvenor square. The will is short, dated 23d April, 1844, signed, "Mornington." Personal estate within the province of Canterbury sworn under 100,0001. Directs that 2,0004 shall be immediately paid to the Countess, and leaves her all the plate and household furniture absolutely. Bequeaths several annuities to be pai 1 out of the perso nal estate. Devises and bequeath; his freehold, copy hold, and lea,eliold estates, and the residue of his per sonal estate to trustees, Lo r d F. Somerset and Thomas Parkinson, to convert into money, and inve:it the same in funded securities ; the dividends and interest to be paid to the Countess for her life, and gives her a power of appointment over the principal to his three daughters, t'ie Countess of Westmoreland, Lady Mary Charlotte Anne Bigot, and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, in default of such appointment in trust for his daughters. SCARCITY OF VEGETAIILES.—Within the last three weeks there has been experienced a greater aczreity of vegetables in the London markets, than has been known to hay. been the case for the last nine years past. This cF Arcum , :tance has arisen from the severe frists, whieft, until within the last thr,e days, has continued for up ward of three weeks. Parsnips which were being re tailed at this season last year, at from one penny to three halfpence a piece, are now selling at from twopence to fourpence. Carrots are proportionably dear, whilst turnips scarcely fit for use, are being sold at sixpence a bunch. Greens of all kinds are excessive ly scarce, and very indifferent samples are selling at high prices. Savoys, which at Christmas might be obtained at one penny each, are now fetching fourpener, whilst brocoli sprouts and other coleworts aro completely dried up by the Lite frosiS. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT AT LIVERPOOL,--At the Liverpool Police-office, on Wednesday last, a young man named Williana T. 'Munro, an arprentice to the ex• tersivc establishment of Sandbach, Tirane, and Co., was brought up on a charge of having embezzled various sums of money to the amount of beimeea 3001. and 4001. Ou being taken into custody the prisoner confessed to having never aocounted for the tuony, but stated that he had been robbed of it at the bank, and had never dared to confess it. He was fully committed for trial. CONFERENCE OF TRADES' DELEGATES. A General Conference of Trades' Delegates, from all parts of the kingdom, commenced its sittings yesterday at the Parthenium Club-rooms in St. Martin's-lane. It originated in a meeting of delegates from the London Trades, held at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey, on the 6th of February, when resolutions were passed by which the present position of the trades was described as " extremely perilous," and it was an nounced that a conference would be held at Easter, " to devise means by which an effectual resistance may be given to any measure introduced in the 'present session of Parliament, tending to impair the interests of the work ing classes." A hope was expressed in the circular issued by the Committee appointed to prepare for the Confer ence, that it " would be all powerful in preventing the ir.troduction, or deterring the prosecution, of any mea sure in Parliament of a similar character to that of the Masters' and Servants' Bill." Shortly after two o'clock the chair was taken by T. S. Duneombe, Esq., M.P. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to open the meeting in the following words:—Gentlemen, in assuming the office which your confidence rather than my own will or fitness bus imposed upon me. I feel some difficulty—a dif ficulty not arising out of any misgiving as to your ability to devise and power to execute any plan that the majority of this highly important assembly shall deli berately agree upon, but the difficulty of deciding upon the most prelim- and apt machinery for the purpose of giving effect to ye judgment. Gentlemen, I learn that you have wisely 'de cided upon excluding all political topics from your consideration; but I feel convinced that, should the day arrive when the English mind shall see that " a fair day's wages for a fair day's work" can only be achieved through the fair representation in Parliament of those seeking their just rights, that then my countrymen will, with their characteristic boldness, demand such a change in- the system as shall ensure to them not only the possession, but the protection of the fruits of their industry.—(Cheers.) It is wise, howev •r, that you should first test the willingness of those who have the power not only t o remedy your grievances, but to render :any great political change value less in your eyes.—(hear, hear.) It is better to persuade men than to coerce them, and should your first move have been in a poli tical direction I fear that the vrried elements of which this national assetnbly must naturally consist, would have presented an appearance of internal contention and strife, rather than of organisation and union, two him ' clients indispensable to the success of your project.. Gentle men. although I am here rather to learn teen to instruct, yet I hope I may, without presumption, be permitted to suggest such a course as I conceive best calculated to in sure success. You may, and most probably will, evince great wisdom and astuteness in those several discussions. bearing relatively or positively upon your several sitions, while the manifold interests which arc re• presented upon this occasion may lead some to suppose that there is difficulty in combining those interests in any. one-common plan. Such, however, is not my opinion, for while there may appear no connexion between a cotton-spinner and a shoemaker, nevertheless, we must come to the conclusion, that that machinery cannot be perfect which does not equally-represent and equally protect the interests of both.—(Hear, hear.) This, then, is the important point to which I would respect fully direct your attention :—The establishment of such a devising and controlling body as shall give effect to, and fully carry out, whatever plan the majority of this assembly shall decide upon. You will have done bat little, if you meet and separate, after having merely pro claimed your wrongs and suggested your remedies. You must do more—having the power, you must boldly pro claim your determination to redress yourselves ; and, humble as I am, I shall have sufficient confidence in your importance and integrity, when backed by your concur rence, to declare in my place in Parliament, that the hour has at length arrived when Englishmen know their risehts ' and are determined to possess them.—(Cheers.) In the debate upon the " Ten Hours' Bill," during the last session of Parliament, when the House of Commons stultified itself by preferring the ascendancy of a Mini.ster to the interests and even the well-being of the working. classes, my mind was for the first time directed to the practical operation of the principle of rcstriction, and to that question I would now draw your most serious atten tion. You will naturally consider whether or not any, or all the measures submitted by Parliament to the coun try, are calculated to cause an equitable distribution of the profits; on trade between capitalists and labourers, and if they are not calculated to do so, you will then, I hope, enter upon the consideration of some well digested plan to effect an object of the most vital importance, one upon which I do not hesitate to say the existence of the middle classes and of the landed aristocracy depends, and fur this reason :—lf our mechanical powers of production go on increasing according to well-founded anticipa tions, one ef two results must necessarily follow, either n , w markets must be discovered as consumers, or the surplus of idlers must progressively increase. As then the discovery of new customers is at best bet problematical, we must look upon an increasing sur plus as the more rational result from improved machinery, and bow to deal with that surplus is the que. tion of paramount importance to those who are as yet allowed to lab ur and to live.— (Hear, hear.) Whether this sur- Oa.; should be maintained by those employed to avert competition, or by the Government—that is, by the country, according to the rules of justice, is the grand question. I hold that those at work cannot and ought not be called upon to apply any portion of their earnings to the support or a surplus created by the operation of a new system, over which they have no emitted ; and I further hold, that the Government has no right to tax one portion of the community for the maintenance of another portion, rendered dependent, while willing to lebour.—(Hear, hear.) Those who t ave read the ac counts stated by me in the House of Commons, relative to the effect produced by practising the principles of restriction at Sheffield, must come to the conclusion that short hours of labour do not lead to a reduc tion of wages, although it may tend to reduce the inordinate profits of capitalists, accumulated rather from their power over the labour market than from the just sources of trade or speculation ;—in fact, that calculations of profit and loss are now based upon the ability of the powerful to reduce the wages of the powerless, rather than upon the ordinary rules by which we are told commerce should be regulated. The reasons, however, why your employers have been enabled to hold your labour in complete subjection are so well known to all who have taken part in strikes, whether just, unjust, or speculative, that I should abstain from any comment upon that part of the subject, were it not necessary for the direction of your minds to the adoption of such measures as would enable you in future to judge, first, of the justice of a strike ; and secondly, of your effici ency to carry it out. In all cases where strikes have taken place they have been for the most part entered upon rashly, though perhaps justly ; and the justice of your case has been lost in the rashness of your measures. However righteous your claims may appear at first sight, it has too often happened that your own rashness has enabled your masters to enlist the power of the law to insure their own triumph, and hence have been compelled to fight against the two edged sword of capital and legal persecution. When ever a strike takes place the local authorities, who are for the most part employers have been able to warp some enthusiastic and justly indignant minds from their original purpose, to the adoption of what is easily con strued into constructive conspiracy or sedition, and thus your imperfect machinery has been unable to compete against the more perfect machinery of your opponents. Through the legal acumen, perseverance, and steady watchfulness of the miners' law adviser, Mr. Roberts, that large body of men were enabled to continue what I will call the most justifiable and extensive strike upon record, for a period of many months, notwith standing that the vengeance and the power of their masters was directed against them, and the power of the law was at the it command, if the conduct of the men had authorised its interference. This strike failed, not because it was capriciously entered upon, but because there was wanting a proper plan of national or ganisation to insure its success. Gentlemen, this I un derstand to be a national body, and I must, therefore, presume that one of your main objects will be the esta blishment of some permanent machinery for the regula tion of trades' matters and trades' strikes. That that body shall be legally constituted, with power vested in its members to hear all matters connected with trades' business, and in all cases where the rights of any one trade are threatenrd or invaded, that that trade, if a strike should be sanctioned by the governing body, shall be sustained, upheld, and supported during the struggle. however long it shall continue: the terms to be sub:nit t to, and agreed upon by a majority of the governing body. I think that such a plan would divest a strike of that local and personal feeling which is in general attributed to the prime movers, and would give protec tier] to those who, if' struggling alone, must necessarily be subject to all those disadvantages which unprotected poverty experiences in its struggle's with protected wealth.—(Hear, hear.) 0: course, in the formation o such a body, you most take local machinery into your consideration ; that is, suppose a strike takes place in Sheffield or in Manchester, sanctioned .by the ruling body, in such case you rut yourselves in communication with the local delegates of that trade, appointed by their body—who become honorary members, for the time, of the general body—and, if necessary, you appoint one or more its commissioners from your permanent executive, to repair to the spot where the strike takes place, there to instruct themselves upon, and to inform you of, all matters connected with the movement, and in such cases it is my opinion that any excitement necessary to sustain the strike, should be transferred from the place where it occurs to the metropolis, where of course the governing body will hold its permanent sittings. By these means strikes, when just, would be of short duration, because the united power of the national trades of Great Britain, when prop-51y and justly directed, as I feel assured they would be, would prove an over-match for the power of the local masters, or even the whole masters of the kingdom, should a counter-organisation be attempted. By systematic organisation of this kind the political minority in each country has been enabled to hold the ascendancy over the disunited and disorganised majority. • You will perceive that I have thought it neeestary to dwell more et length upon the description of machinery by which your plans are to be carried out, than upon the means you shall adopt for the adjustment of the several ditThrences that exist between you and your masters, or that may hereafter occur. Gentlemen, you will also observe that I have not only abstained from comment upon all matters upon which you must neces sarily bc better instructed than myself, but that I have also abstained from noticing any political questions with which, from my position, - I might be supposed to be more conversant than yourselves. I have thought this the wisest and best course for the achievement of our cAmmon object, which I understand to be "a fair day's wages for a fair day's work."—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, whatever view the curious, the idle, or the timid, may take of this great movement, I assure you, it gives rise to very serious considerations in my mind. If this be in truth, as I believe and hope it is, a fair representation of that growing spirit of Englishmen of which we hear so much, and to curb which requires so much artifice and cun ning, its matured deliberations must go to the world with an irresistible effect.—(Cheers.) You have looked with anxious hope to each political party, and to every poli tical party, for that amelioration in your condition which you have at length wisely decided can only be effected by your own united energies. Gentlemen, those who shall scan and criticise what may be decided upon by this representation of the industrious English people, should recognise in your intentions the practical carry ing out of their . own theories. They one and all admit the vast increase that has taken .place in the national wealth, while they are convened also to admit your legitimate title to a share of it, but by some inexpli cable deficiency, in what may be called the division of legislation, all have failed to put you in posse sion of your admitted rights. If then, as no man can deny, that the genius and industry of our people have given rise to a vast accumulation of national wealth, and if the principle of professing phi'an thropists be true, that you are pre-eminently entitled to your share of this new-bor n wealth, I can characterise this assembly no otherwise than as the new-born genius of England righteously, peaceably, boldly, and honestly, of for its share Nile property that itself creates— (Loud applause)—while your willingness to submit your social claims to be arbitrated upon by others, must con. vince even your traducers that your demands are so just that you are indifferent as to the character of the tribunal to whose judgment they shall be submitted. Gentlemen, if ou see prudence,. safety, and success in the course that I have pointed out, as I never recommend what I am not prepared to attempt, and believing your cause to he just, your motives honour able, and your objects desirable, I shall hold myself in increased estimation if I can be instrumental either within or without the walls of Parliament in advancing your in tereste.e—(Cheers.) Gentle:nen, however the self-- satisfied, or the expectant may ri licule this your peace ful endeavour to achieve your right, I Nei fully im pressed with the importance of the working hand, and as fully resolved upon persevering with you, until we test e value of English union, English organisation, English justice, and Englishmen's brarery.—(Cheers. ) Gentlemen, cur councils must be so pure, that we may defy the espionage of the Home Secretary. as well as the legal lash of the Attorney-General ; what my judgment prompts me to advise, my heart will encourage me to support, while the justice of your cause and the strength by which it is backed, will preclude the necessity of other than perfectly peaceful, mild, and constitutional means for its achievement. Gentlemen—lf oat of this first important experiment in the right direction should arise an annual representation of the industrious people of England, and you deem it necessary to manifest the outward and visible sign of your greatness and power, as your several opponents have done by the erection of club-houses as places of resort—(Hear, hear)—and as a means of multiplying and concentrating your resources, I shall be most happy to assist in any way that can tend to the furtherance of that or any other object promotive of the national cause.— (Cheers.) Gentlemen—Feeling pride as an Englishman and honour as a man, in the situation to which your confidence has this day called me, and rejoicing exceedingly that my humble exertions in your behalf sould entitle me to your esteem. I shall now conclude the remarks which I have deemed it my duty to coffer, and shall open what I proudly call " Labour's Parliament"—(Cheers)—by inviting those de legates who hare anything to urge to proceed to business, trusting that your deliberations may prove beneficial to yourselves and satisfactory to the country.---(Cheers.) When the Chairman had concluded reading the above, he suggested that the Secretary should read his report, which he did. The substance of it was to the effect, that this meeting was called in order to carry out a better and more perfect organisation of the working classes than now existed ; and the object to be effected by this new and perfect organisation was, to enable the work ing classes to insure a better defence for themselves against oppressive monopolists and capitalists. This suggestion was made in consequence of the Committee feeling deeply impressed with the great necessity that existed for a good and clear understanding existing be tween the employer and the employed ; and in order to secure the latter from acts of injustice and oppression at the hands of the former. But great caution would be necessary to be exercised in the formation of the laws and rules, in order to avoid serious mistakes made on former occasions. Every inducement was recommended to be held out to individuals belonging to ther trades who had not yet joined, to do so, in order that all should make common cause ; and every support should be given to that portion of the public press that should give the fullest and most impartial reports of the proceedings of the meetings. The rep.irt concluded by recommending a total abstinence from the discussion of political topics. The report was unanimously ae ' reed to. Mr. WILS ON , b oo t- ma k er , an d member of the Com mittee, next addressed the meeting. He said the Com mittee had instructed him to suggest that they conceived that the best line of proceeding for this meeting to adopt, in the first instance, would be to appoint a secretary ; and, in the second, to appoint a sub-Committee, through whom should come to the general Committee, and thence to the meeting, all suggestions made by indi vidual representatives.—(Hear, hear) Every one in this meeting should admit the necessity for this line of proceeding from the knowledge they had of the past. — (Hear, hear.) It was also most desirable that a good understanding should exist between the working classes and those upon whom they were dependent.—(Hear, hear.) With these observations he would conclude by saying it afforded him great pleasure to move that Mr. Thomas Barrett be elected secretary. This proposition was also unanimously adopted, and Mr. BARRATT having returned thanks, The CHAIRMAN said be conceived that the suggestion of the Committee, that had come through Mr. Wilson, namely, to appoint is Committee in the first instance, was a wise and prudent course, and the one by which the trades were most likelr to benefit their cause.—(lTear.) Mr. ROBSON, ladies shoemaker, begged leave to be allowed to suggest that as a means of raising a discus sion by which to ascertain the feelings and opinions of the delegates now present, they should be called on to say what suggestions they had to offer before the Com mittee be appointed.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. RATRAY, calico-printer, Crayford, Kent, said he had been sent there not so much for the purpose of offer ing any suggestions, as to listen to those that should be offered by others ; but from what had already taken place, lie would respectfully recommend that the admi rable address of their chairman should be printed and distributed amongst the members, for he conceived it contained the gist of all that they wanted for a beginning. —(Hear, hear.) He looked upon the address as an im portant public document, and if his suggestion should be adopted he would send some of them to Scotland and the North of England. He would suggest that 1,000 copies be printed, and that the report just read be printed with it, as had been suggested by a member. Mr. JONES, representative of the fustian cutters of Manchester, said, there appeated to bins to be some differ ence of opinion as to whether the address should be printed cr a discussion entered upon first. Now, he could not see why both could not be done at once and the same time.—(Hear. hear.) It appeared to him that the one was not at all inconsistent with the other. The address contained many very valuable, practical suggestions, and, therefure,it could net be too extensively distributed amongst the trades.—(Hear.) Then, with regard to the course to be pursued in discussing sugges• tions, he would recommend that an alphabetical list be made out of the representatives of the trades, and that the chairman should read out the names from that list, and, in doing so, should call upon the representative whom he named, to state what were the views and opi nions of those whom he represented. The question was then put that 1,000 copies of the address ho printed, which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said he then held in his hand a list similar to that mentioned by Mr. Jones, though it was not alphabetical, and he could easily go through it ; but he would, at the same time, say that it appeared to him to be the most weful course to appoint the committee at first. Whether that committee was to be a select one, or " a committee of the whole house," as they said in Par liament—(A laugh)—would be for the meeting to deter mine ; but, if that committee should be appointed, they would have the address and report before them, and having taken both into consideration, then they could meet again, say to-morrow, or the next day, and that t w h o e u d h i l sc ar ts p s e i a i, r n s to al h i e( t i o to be ...... th ( e m a r o , re b e fi a t r t . i; g i f m t e h t a ( t ) rlits sug gestion met the approbation of the meeting, perhaps some member would propose it. . . Mr. llonEnTsoN, bookbinder, had great pleasure in making the proposition ; and, in doing so, he begged to say he crite concurred in the views of the chairman. He was aware that there were in the room representatives from Bristol and other places who had suggestions to make, and if these were first made to the committee, when the committee brought up their report would be the time to raise a discussion upon it. Mr. DUNNING, bookbinder, begged to second the motion. fie conceived that this course would afford the Committee an opportunity of ascertaining how far the suggestions of the delegates, and those of the Chair man's address, and the report. could be carried out. As to the printing of the address, he believed there could be no second opinion upon that, and the fact of the print ing was an admission that it had been adopted. A DELEGATE suggested, that as the Chairman called the nein! s, each delegate called should state what was the number of the trade he represented, in order to ascertain the strength of each body. Mr. Ihrszineo, bookbinder, having then been called, said he represented 600, and they were of opinion that their discust.ions should keep clear of politics, except when the proceedings in Parliament compelled them to do so.—(llear, hear.) Mr. Its:En, engine -maker, said that very little time had been allowed the trades to at nd representatives there, and therefere in calling over the names of those now present, the number should not be taken as a criterion by which to judge of the feeling that generally exited amongst the trades in the country on the questi, n that had caused this meeting to be convened.—(Hear, hear.) He knew many trades in the country that were not at all aware of this meeting, or they would have attended, and therefore this meeting could not be fairly called a meeting of the,representatives of the trade in the country districts.—(Hear, hear.) He deemed it necessary to make these few observations, in order that a co n t rar y impression s h ou ld not go forth to the world. A DELEGATE said he came from Sheffield, and could say that but very few indeed of the trades there had heard of this meeting, and those only a few days ago ; and since that time he had been going round to the other trades, but had not been able to complete giving notice ; therefoie if the names called out were to be presumed as the representatives of the locality he came from, there would be but a mere fraction of Cie trades of those places represented.—(Hear.) There were three others with him here, and they represented about forty different trades.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SPURR said he had come there as the represen tative of eight different trades in Huddersfield, but they bad heard nothing of this meeting, and could not there fore be expected to be present. Mr. BLACKIIURST from Sheffield said, that not one fifth of all the . trades in combination had sent dele gates to the conference ; and lie should object, there fore, to any detailed account of the delegates present being given as if the representation were a fair and com plete one. He suggested that the reports of the various delegates be dfferred till to morrow; and that the time of meeting that afternoon should be occupied in discussing other preliminries nece ssary to this great movem e nt. Mr. RATTRAY, calico block printer, of Crayford, in Kent, said it must be recollected that many delegates represented several trades, and. were fully acquainted with all their views. Many per Sons would be asto nished, perhaps, to learn .the numbers actually repre sented.at the Conference.—(Hear, hear.) After some further conversation, the motion for the -- Sppointment of a Committee, to consider how far it would be desirable to carry out the suggestions contained in the Chairman's speech was agreed to unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then prcceeded to read over the list of delegates, and, as the names were called over, the parties severally stated what body they represented in the Conference. Mr. JAMES stated that he represented six hundred shoemakers of the City of London ; Mr. Smith, of the west end of Lond-n, 700 ; Mr. Robson, ladies' shoe • makers, of the City of London, 200 ; Mr. S. Smith, shoemakers of the. borough Of Southwark, 50 ; Mr. John Skelton, ladies' shoemakers at the west-end, 400 ; Messrs. Dunning and Robertson, bookbinders of London, 600 ; Messrs. Lockett and Fox, bricklayers, 450 ; Mr. Wartnaby, Carpenter's Society, King's Arms, Maryle bone, 120 ; Mr. Evans, the Carpenters' Society, No. 2. 120 ; Mr. Lambert, carpenters meeting at the Dun Horse, Borough, 72 ; Mr. Whlte, carpenters meeting at the Sun Inn, London Wall. 4:5 ; Messrs. Atkinson and Bury, Artillery Arms, Carpenter's Society,. 150 ; Mr. Cookwell, Carpenter's Tee-total Society, Great Suffolk-street,44 ; Mr. Cave, carpenters meeting at the Barley-mow, Dorset-street, Bedford-square, 150; Messrs. Gimlett and Boxall, carpenters, of King's Arms, Pim lico, 150 ; Mr. Toop, the second Society of Carpenters, 320 ; Mr. Williams, carvers and gliders, Green Man, Berwick -street, Soho, London. 40; Mr. Read, engineers, 120 ; Mr. Booth, Steam-engine Makers' Society, 120 ; Mr. Farebrother, steam-engine makers of Greenwich, 90 ; Mr. Wood, from Paviours' Arms Society of West minster Masons, stated that the Society in London con sisted of about 200, and the whole number of 3,000 or 4,000, and their object in sending n delegate was to watch and report the proceedings with a view to future operations ; Mr. R. Crichton, silk hatters, 200 ; Mr. Roberts, the same, 180 ; Messrs. Arch and Jones, the Protective Society of Silk . Hatters, 176 ; Mr. Hill, sawyers of Surrey, 40 ; Mr. Gard ner, morocco leather finishers, 156 ; Mr. Cor nish, woolstapler, distributed over the whole country, 500 ; Mr. Hatfield, cordwainer, of Clapham, 100 ; Mr. Allen, tin-plate workers, 300 ; Messrs. Mooney and Prior, tailors, of London. 1,600 ; Messrs. Thompson and Edwards, the National Typographical Association, com posed entirely of letter-press printers, 5,000 ; Mr. Bush, Carpenter's Union, London Lodge, 150 ; Mr. Taylor, Manchester-buildings, society of plumbers, 1,933 ; Mr. Riley, plasterers, 100 ; M r . G. W a y ne , block printers, of Lancashire 'and Yorkshire, 7,000 ; Mr. Huckley, hy draulic-press packers, 290 ; Mr. James Wilson, joiners of Manchester, 400. Mr. LLOYD ,Jo,Ns, fustian cutter, said he represented about 2,000 of the trade in Manchester, but they were not in union. The instructions he had received were, that the Parliament should be moved to abridge the labour of children, to support the surplus labour out of the surplus funds of the state, and that they will assist each other to,prevent oppression by the capitalists. Bakers of Manchester,—Mr. lleane said he represented 150 working men, who complened- that, while other working men went home to their wives, they were obli g ed to work.—(Lau g hter.) Grinders, Shetßeld,--John. Drury said he repre sented about 1,000, but that was only a portion of the trade. Spring-knife cutlers,—Mr. Wm. Hawksvrorth, re presented about 600 or 700 ; but there were over 2,000 m the trade. Saw Makers,—James Stone, reported about 500, in cluding the different branches of his trade. Britannia Metal Spoon Makers,—Robert Booth re presented 216. Table-blade Forgers, Sheffield,—Mr. Blackhurst re presented 600. File Smiths,—Sr. Sikes represented about 1,200 men. Edge-tool Grinders,—John Taylor represented 140 men ; had been in union about 24 years. Bui'ders, from Bury, in Lancashire—Mr. Fleetwood, about 200. Iron trade—Robert Gibson represented five branches f the trade; had received no instructions. Block printers—John Dale, 125. Paper-makers, Maidstone, Kent—William Pulling ham, about 1,000. _ Shoemaker's, Northampton—Richard Hawton repre sented about 200, but there were about 2,500 in the town. Boot-closers, Huddersfield—William Spurr, 335. Iron trade, Bradford—Robert Sedgewick represented about 1,000, including the different branches. Ma , ,ons—James Hirst, 35. Wool combers, Bradford—Robert Mullen, 3,000. Staffordshire Potteries—William Hanley, 2,000 in union, but there are 7,000 working men. They had subscribed 1,0001. towards a fund for the purchase of land for the employment of the surplus labour. Miners of Lancashire—Mr. Berry represented 10,000, but this did not include the miners of the different other counties. Linen trade, Barnsley Mr. My field represented 3,000, but only 1,800 in the union. William Webster represented the trades of Hull generally. Cotton Spinners, Bolton—Mr. Brindle, 5.000. Hatters, Denton—Mr. George Fleming., 1,600. Plasterers, London—Wm. Frith, 200, out of about 2,000. Makers-up of Manchester—Mr. Wilson, 300. Boiler-makers, Manchester—John M'Namara. 1,000. This having ccmpleted the list, the following Com mittee was appointed : Waiue, block-print,r, Manchester ; Whartnaby, car penter, London ; Thompson, compositor, England ; Fleming, hatter, Denton ; Drury, cutler, Sheffield ; Dunning, book-binder, London ; James, boot-maker, London ; Sedgwick, iron -trades, Bradford ; Webster, various trades, Hull ; Evans, potters, Hanley ; Skelton. ladies' shoe-maker, London ; Huckley, hydraulic-press packer, Manchester ; Pasqua!, miner, Manchester ; Booth, iron trades, Sheffield; Rattray, fabric-printer, Merton. The meeting adjourned till Wednesday, at ten o'clock, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDA/. GLOBE.—The increased grant to Maynooth will be proposed by Sir Robert Peel on the 3d of April (to morrow week), and not on the 3d of May, as stated in our article of Friday—a blunder into which we were be trayed by adopting the erroneous date given by a morning journal, which we assumed to be correct. The motion of which Mr. Ward has given notice, " that all further money grants for the purpose of re ligion . be made out of the funds appropriated for the maintenance of the Protestant Episcopal Church," is well framed and well timed. It raises the whole ques tion in issue. It is the " appropriation clause" contro versy revived. It revives that controversy under cir cumstances which dtprive the party who formerly strenuously resisted the application of any portion of the revenues of the Protestant Established Church of Ireland to . the use and ben(:fit of the Roman Catholic majority in that country, of the power of con sistently voting with the Minister in his attempt to endow Popery out of, the .national revenue. It is not the first time that this question, in the same hands, .has produced commotion in a Cabinet, and disruption of party ties. In May,. 1834, Mr. Ward's motion on the Irish Church produced the resignation of Lord Stanley, Sir Jamei Graham, the Duke of Rich mond, and Lord Ripon ; and six weeks after wards, Lord Grey's retirement from office, and the formation of the Meliourne Ministry. Though not precisely similar, there is sufficient resemblance in the leading principles and tendencies of the two mea sures to produce similar results. No act of the present Administration has excited so much surprise—certainly none will be met with more detmanined opposition from different points of the religious zodiac, nor be followed with more damaging effects on the influence and stability of the Government, than will be provoked by this coup d'et it. From the most accurate estimate, it appears that the population of Ireland comprehends, in round num bers, eight millions, which are distributed among the re ligious sects in the following manner : Roman Catholics Protestants (Estabishtd Church) 850,000 Presbyterians 8,000,000 The annual revenues of the Irish Church Establish ment have been estimated at not less than 860,0001, the whole of which is appropriated to the support of 'that institution; constituting it, beyond all question, taking the sma l amount of its members into account, the richest endowed Church Establishment in Europe. The proposed largely-increased grant to Maynooth out of the general taxation of the country, oF a measure of conciliation to the Irish Repealers, will fail of its design. Mr. O'Connell, while he declares that he will take the money, repudiates the notion of its being regarded by him, or his followers, as anything ap proaching to a satisfactory t• ins:alment" of their johns. " Were it 70,000/. he would tsk it ; but would offer no thanks !" They must, indeed, be sanguine who sup pose that the Irish Roman Catholics will be reconciled by such a measure as this. A large portion of the English people, on the other hand, see in the Premier's proposal that which shocks their religious principles, and alarms them for their pecuniary interests. In the largely-increased grant to May nooth they see the Ro man Catholics supplied with additional funds, placed at their disposal by the Government, to educate their clergy. A larger number of priests of that Church will thus be provided, to propagate ita doctrines and in zease the number of its converts. In this additional grant they also see an additional burthen hid upon them for the support of another Church Establishment. They fear that the education of the Roman Catholic clergy by the State will be speedily followed by a proposal for thO support of the Roman Catholic clergy by the State. If funds are to be provided for these purposes, what fund so proper to furnish the requisite supplies as that of the wealthy Established Church of Ire land ? The vast revenues of that Church were derived fro% the property transferred from the Ro man Catholic Church to the Protestant Establishment by Act of Parliament. If it be now found that the in terests of the country require that the Roman Catholic Church be, either in whole or in part, endowed by the State, is it not just and reasonable that a portion of the funds which were originally Roman Catholic, and which are ample for both purposes, should be made available for the education and partial support of the clergy of the large =ajority of the people ? STANDARD.—On Wednesday, at Chelsea, a poor woman, a domestic servant, but, as it is - said, respect ably connected, destroyed herself by cutting her throat. the Coroner's jury sail, " in a fit of temporary insanity, caused by the dread of prosecution for shop•lifling." In the particular „cake the dread of prosecution was, we believe, groundless, for the gentleman from whose shop the wretched woman had stolen some ribbons, upon his oath di.:claimAl any purpose of prose •utirg ; and we have no right, even if an honest man's eath were not conclusive, to surmise such savage cruelty, as prosecuting the stealer of a few ribbons,,to any one. The unhappy creature was the victim, not of the gentleman whom she had plundered, but of others who have made the prosecution of "lady thieves" notorious. We have as little compassion as any can have for the offences of persons above the reach _ of want, who commit offences for which want it , elf is an imperfect apology ; hut we have, and we suppose all ought to have, compassion for that infirmity of intellect which alone eau cause persons in a respectable station of life to hazard what t o -th em i s no t merely punishment, but utter ruin and degradation, for the sake of trifles which, if their intellects were not • • •• 44.• J• infirm, must be things wholly beneath their care ; and we have no feeling but that of loathing, for those who pursue such unhappy beings to the utter ruin and degradation that, by their weakness of understanding, they may incur. It is good to support the law, no doubt, but the law is not supported ; it is umde hateful when it is made the instrument of ruin to weak-minded trans gressors, and of torture, if not extortion, to their innocent connexions. We should like to: know whether these fierce chanpions of law never violate the law them selves ? It has bf en suggested to us that there i s an ingenious policy in taking every opportunity of posing and ruining "lady thieves." There are some dealers who find it more convenient and more profitable to treat with servants than with principals, but such cannot devise a better mode of exclu.iing the latter than by now and then destroying a "lady thief." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. THE LATE CASE OF POISONING AT CAMBERWELL.- Last evening, after the other charges, which did not pos sess the slightest feature of public, interest, had been disposed of, George May, the shopman and confidential servant of the late Mr. Montague , a grocer at Camber well, who, as well as his wif e , had been poison:A on the 11th of last month, surrendered to his bail, to undergo his tinal examination before Mr. Henry, on a charge of embezzlement and forgery. Mr. Wall . nger, the banister, and Mr. D.)dd, the vestry clerk of Camberwell parish, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, attended on behalf of the prisoner. Previous to the case being entered on, Mr. Wit!linger, in reply to a question from Mr. Henry, said that he had caretutly conzidered the nature of the evdenee against the prisoner, and his impression was, that there was sufficient to send the case before a jury on the charge of embezzlement, but with respect to the charge of forgery he should not at present press it. The Learned Gentleman then called Mr. Samuel Church Boyce, an accountant, who deposed th a t h e h a d investigated the accounts of the late Mr. Montague. and from them he was of opinion that the deceased was in solvent circumstances at the time of his death. The witness was here askel as to his opinion on a bill made out by the late Mr. Montague, of moneys due to him from Mr. Smith, one of his customers; but Mr. Hum phries objected to his doing so. Mr. HENRY admitted the objection, and told Mr. Wal linger that all that could be done would he to ppt the account itself in, and leave the jury, as men of business, to draw their own conclusions from it. Mr. Humphries, in his cross examination of. • Mr. Boyce, asked if 'he was aware that there had been any administration to the effects of the deceased ?—when two of the nephews of the late Mr. Montague, who were present, rose, and said that their father, who was brother to the deceased, had administered to his eff,Tts, and that letters of administration had been regularly granted to him. Mr. HENRY supposed the of jrct cf Mr. Humphries in putting the question was to ascertain the amount proved? Mr. Humphries replied that he would at once tell. His object in putting it was this:—lt had been stated that no letters of administration had been taken out to the effects of the ch ceased, and this was rendered the more probable from the fact of the deceased being in solvent. Mr. HENRY remarked that it was very seldom indeed that parties administered to an insolvent estate. Mr. Humphries thought it was more frequently done than his Worship was aware of. Mr. Joseph Montague said that, after the lamentable death of his late uncle and aunt, he took possession of the whole of the books and papers in the shop, and handed them over to Mr. Boyce, the accountant. Mrs. Lucy Mears, the wife of a gardener at Camber well, deposed that she was laundress to the late Mr. and Mrs. Montague, and was in the frequent habit of calling at their shop ; and was also laundress to the family of Mr. Smith, a gentlemen who resided in the same row. In the month of September last, she was in the shop of Mr. Montague, and heard him and Mrs. Montague in conversation about money matters. The prisoner May was in the shop at the time, and had he been listening must have heard what Mr. and Mrs. Montague said. Could not recollect whether there was any other person in the shop at the time besides Mr. and Mrs. Montague, the prisoner, and herself, but her impression was that the prisoner had heard what had been said by the de ceased, as it had been spoken in rather a loud tone of voice. Mr. Montague said ho could not think what was the reason why Mrs. Smith did not discharge his bill as well as the rest of her tr4bsmen. He said he under stood Mrs. smith had paid every tradesman but him, and could not think the reason she should have excepted him. He further said that Mr. Smith was a builder, and perhaps might have wanted the money for another pur- ' pose. There was another occasion, about Christmas last, when she (witness) was ir. the shop of Mr. Montague, and heard him speak about Mrs. Smith, No. 9 in the row. At the time there were wher persons in the shop, but she could not recollect how many or who they were. The prisoner was packing up a basket of goods, and might have heard the deceased if he had been listening. Mrs. Montague said to her husband, " Serve you right ; you should have taken your bill to No 9 yourself, and you would have got your money." Witness thought the person meant by this conversation was Mrs. Smith, at No. 9. Mr. Wallinger here handed to Mr. Henry a bill, made out in the handwriting of Mr. Montague, and which had been found in the ledger after his death, and in which was inserted the amount weekly of the goods supplied to Mr. Smith, from the month of April, 1844, to Christmas, and which amounted in the aggregate to 261. Bs. Oid., and said, that coupling this with the circum s t ances men- tioned by the last witness, there was a strong presump tion that the deceased had been under the impression that this amount was still owing by Mr. Smi:h, and in confirmation of this opinion he pointed out the exact amount, 264 Bs. Ofd., written by the deceased in the margin of the ledger. Mr. HENRY would leave the case to be submitted to the grand jury, if the prosecuting party should think proper to send a bill of indictment before them. For his own part, he did not think the case sufficiently made out or strong enough tosend it before a petty jury. It was his duty not to send a ease for trial unless he saw some reasonable grounds for a conviction, and as he did not see any chance for a conviction in the present case, and as it was, in fact, doubtful whethe r a j u d ge wou ld have let the case go to a jury at all, he should discharge the prisoner. _ _ The prisoner. on leaving the dock, was joined by a crowd of friends, who had previously thronged the Court, aad who upon hearing of the determination of the magistrate, gave way to some exultation. WORSHIP-STREET. SERIOUS AND EXTENSIVE DEPREDATIONS.—SiX young labouring men, named Tay7or, Hawes, Shepherd, Sibley, Morel!, and Dawhins„ were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged, in conjunction with a man named Richard Angle, the foreman at Dixon's horse repogitory in Barbican, with having stolen a large quan tity of meadow hay and clover, the property of the em ployer of the last-named prisoner, and Mr. William Bankes,, a corn-chandler in Brick-lane, Spite'fields, was charged with having feloniously received possession of the stolen property. Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, attended to conduct the prosecution ; Mr. Hunt appeared for the prisoner Banker, and Mr. Vann on behalf of the other prisoners. It appeared from the evidQnce of Mr. William Larrnan, an extensive haydealer at Enfield, that on Thursday morning last the six first-nareed prisoners, who were in his service as carmen, were dispatched to town in charge of eleven loads of hay, clover, and saintloin, which were consigned to Mr. Smeaton, a salesman in Whitechapel market, to be disposed of. On the same anernoon, eight of the loads were purchased by Mr. Dixon, to whose premises in BArbin:•,:n the prisoners were seat to deliver them. Shortly after they had left the witness, who had followed them to town to super intend the sale, received information that the pri soners had diverg , d considerably out of their direct road to Barbican, and had called and left a quan tity of hay at the house of the prisoner Bankes, in Brick•lane, to which he accordingly proceeded, and found one of his carts standing in front of the door. The prisoner Morel had charge of the cart ; and on ac cusing him of being there for a dishonest purpose, he admitted, after some hesitation!, that the prisoner Baekts had received from each of them a truss of hay, which he had deposited in his shop. Bankes, who was standing at his shop door at the time, on hearing this confession, precipitately retreated into a back room, and on entering the shop witness observed ten trusses of hay, which he felt satisfied were his property, and accordingly insisted upon seeing Bankes, who soon after emerged from the back parlour ; and on being accused of having received the stolen property, at first faintly denied it, but ulti mately acknowledged having received it from his men, and begged him to look over the matter. Witness then sent for Taylor, the keeper of Whitechapol-market, who on arriving, asked Bankes if he had not also purchased some clover, which he positively denied having done, but on being closely pressed, he at length unlooked the door of a room at the back pm of the shop, and pointed out two trusses of clover, which he admitted having bought of the prisoners. He was then taken into custody, and the officer went in search of the rest of the prisoners, whom he found in a state of partial intoxication, and also apprehended. Taylor, the market-keeper, said that on taking the youngest of the prisoners (Dawkins) into custody, he expressed extreme contrition for his conduct, and declared that he had been drawn into the robbery by the other prisoners, in conjunction with whom he cvic fesscd having committed another robbery about two months previously, when he had a cart-load of clove-r to deliver at. Mr. Dixon's, three trusses of which he kept back and sold to the prisoner Baukes. For that trans action he received 7s. 6 4s. of which he handed over to the prisoner Angle, Whose duty it was to see the clover properly delivered at the repository. The pri- Folic r then entered into a detail of the rt mitted on Thurfday last, and stated that th` Angle, at that titre also received a considers the proeuee aft. r the hay had been deliver 'pastel's premises. James and Henry Overnell. two lads about sixtet n years of age, proved that they ace°. prisoners when they cons eyed the hay to the and that the-y saw six of the truss‘s left at the of the prisoner Liaakes, who gave at the rate for them. Alfred Scares, the clerk at the Reposite that, on the day in question, Angle, whose to sec all the fodder correctly delivered, brow written vouchers to that effect, and rcceiv , two receipt notes fur the fall quantity. On being called upon for their defence, - by the advice of their solicitors, declined saying at present. kr. Humphries, for the prosecution, then a widely-ramified syst em o f pl un d er h ai l been fora considerable length of time, and he nv the magistrate to remand the prisoners, in - might be enabled to complete the case against Mr. I:nouarrros said that it was melannbt web a number of ra-n, Him , comfortable and sible situations, engaged in sash a wholesale robbery upon their employers, and in which al all the witnesses were proved to be more or ca.ed ; but, as the case had been clearly esti , should direct the depositions to be taken do' they aent, and order the prisoners to be again next week for their completion. NAVAL INTELLIGENC E • PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23.—The Rhadamtint , transport, Master Commander Laen, arrived ft om Woolwich with marines (SeConti Lieutene one sergeant, two corporals, and 50 privates), division, for the Hibernia, 120, fitting for flag Malta. The Sindba3, navy lighter, arrived yestertill the westward, with stores. The Emerald, tender. Master Commander turned from the relief of windb:..und vessels in of the Chlnnel yesterday. The Gorgon, steam-sloop, Captain Hothaeh got ashore in a hurricane at Monte Video last daily expected to arrive to repair damages. The Viper,.6, Lieutenant-Commander Carte,ol Rio on th e 16. h January, daily expecting to le England, t be p.ti.l °IF. Val i* The Medea, 4, steam-slap, Commander S' daily expected from the Mediterranean, to be P°" having been nearly four years in comtnission. The Prometheus, steam-sloop, Commander tvi on o cruising in the Congo river (all well on board ) 10th of December. 60 41 The Resistance, 42, Commander Paley. Br-,,011 4 lifax, with troop::, from Barhadoes, on the 2j a 0 The Spider, 6, Lieutenant Commander PY °3 ' Ria on the 16th of January. ; 00` • The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, was at IV 16th of January. r0,, 4 ' A court-martial will be h e ld, it i s ex pected, t° -- ° t or on board the flag-ship, t o t r y M r . B ra id,waitee s numerary boatswa7n of the Victory, 104, CaleSuP er bray, flag of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, (et'" ee , , intendent of this dockyard, f or neg l ec t of dutP His Majesty Louis Philippe, King of the Fre e li t o through the Vice-Cons u l h ere , p resen t e d M ,i r. w eb; Assistant Masster-Attendant this docßYar e i„e3t! e . splendid massive (old medal, as a token of his „..7,;01 , " appreciation of the ability displayed by Mr. u r b • i • O r ; piloting the Gomer royal (French) yacht int° t A I:j0 1 ,;1 hour, on his Majesty's late visit to England. 0 '3los l "' has also forwarded a surerb diamond p i e to cook in the establishment of Admiral Sir Charle s 13°,tt, tp G.C.8., G.C.H.. Commander,ineChief at this rid!? token of his Majesty's acknowledgment ef the 0 5 bo played by Mr. Massie in providing the dejeardeoa, the Gomer, of which her Majesty Queen Vie,..,, t° ,, 0 l took at Spithead, prior to the departure of the France. These prevents were forwarded from tu e • e t c '' Embassy in Loan, and presented to the resPe cti plants yesterday morning. e ( nil' The Lords of the Admiralty have just issee. esti, reducing the price of slop-clothing, bedding, IS * Peel,„ k t to the navy, by which seamen may clothe tb e r e; much cheaper and better than by resorting t° I eict i and Co." The new scale is as follows:—No' So: cloth, reduced from 9s. 6d. to 7s. 3d. per yard'4o4c fr trousers cloth, from Bs. 6d. t o 6 s . 3d. per PI Od e r, from 10d. to Bd. per yard ; fl anne l, f ro m t° t eetil yard; blue serge, from Is. t o 10d. p e r yard; le to from Bs. 6d. to Bs. p e r y ar d ; ca ps, fre °l 9 1 4 to Is. 4d. each; caps for boat's crews, from t h s ', s bit is. 61. each ; blankets fr om 6 s . 6d. t o 6s. elle" '63 r o from 2s. 3d. to Is. 9,1. e ac h ; h a i r b e d s from 1 15 ',. O l t Bs. 6d. each. The above pri ces are s o much loin/ „ those charged by the shore slopsellers, .end beinfor; very best quality, with good measure, the sa l yfit'i r J e ‘ no longer be compelld to have recourse to the sellers for an outfit. A tremendous gale has been blowing au nig ht 1 Cl° ll the W.S.W., which still continues.. p' It feared considerable damage has be e por l , to the .merchant shipping in the Channel. T li ttiat l , l j ing, between eight and nine o'clock, guns were nro ce' to heard in a westerly direction, which appears ,c la ck from a ship in distress. About eleven e' et yol Comet steam vessel, Lieutenant Commander rt . t i e s , got her steam up, and proceeded in the dir er the Sound; she was followed, in about s e e el', by the Echo steam-tug, dispatched to renker:eo,., r e, ance; a thick fog prevailed, which prevented OW 1 . 0 0 the other side of Fort Monckton from being di se n e t o tat and as neither of the steamers had returned e ratly time the train left (half-past 4). the cause of the being tired could not be ascertained. APPOINTMENTS. aree °: Commanders—A. L. Montgomery, to the - vice Cotesworth, who resigned the appointment' „ Cooper, to the Rodney. late ' 9f oe l ' Lieutenants—J. A. Macdonald (1827), Coast Gtead, to command the Lizard i ro n.stestoplk s J. No: cock and W. G. Luard, to the M e to t t W. T. Griffiths, A. P. Ryd er , and A. Roy er, te th, Royal Naval College for s t u dy ; A. R. Helq' t liee rd e: Racehorse ; 13. S. Picard (additional), to the 'Vil e Ifs A. R. Harvey, to the Racehorse Rea d and tat ; kins, to the Apollo. Master*—J. W. M'lntosh Hall (acting)+ ore cts • Cygnet; S. John and J. Hill (second), to the De tt G. H. Hill (assistant), to the Vindictive; to I sistant), to the Hibernia ;F. J. Kent - (see ° ' ) ' r .' Apollo. 31 'lO Surgeons—.F. Crelin, to the Melampus ; 0, to lane, to the Rolla ; D. W. J. M• th u en (assists!) cog William and Mary yacht ; J. Coulter, A i) * (I off sistant), to the Grecian. „ e F • Mates—R. W. Thomas, to the Terror; in.• • to the Fantome. le rj Clerks—J. D. Parminter '(in charge), t° ••i e beral s •lf , R. J. Wiggens and W. T. Richards,-to the 1 1 , ; Midshipmen—H. M. Faulkner, to the -rit/' tour' Bowden, and T. M. Jones, to the Hibernia. n.El l Naval Cadets—W. R. Wi se , F. Howard, b• e* to ; and T. S. Gooch, to the Hibernia ; J. Snu mar Hecate. t he ` 144 , - ,t' Engineers—E. Webster and R. Michael, t° •ZP ,1 e ra; W. G. Wratten anti F. J. Newton, to the Lig b y 00 .1' cowman, to the Porcupine ;N. Fry, i h iee „,afee t •ae °l o l ' Downey, to the Ceylon ; W. Kerslake, , O. Hetherington and G. Cookley, to the Jaell7 ler ton and G. Kitchingman, to the Bloodhollnu• S orer, SHEERNESS, SATURDAY.—The African,stteey, ker master, arrived from Deptford on titer' water-tanks for the Vulture steam-frigat e, „ . " - t Cha i r, and stores for the Apollo troop-ship, fitt in g ." The Monkey steamer called in on. her Wal d re tq nt mouth on Tuesday with some light stores, 11° „„ r e. , te „4 e again on Thursday. wiW The Drake lighter arrived on WednesdaY itne in from Portsmouth, which she is now unlo a ieh Camber. Woo ro e The Dove lighter sailed on Thursday for Ter with new masts and bowsprits for the Ereb uS tit e • fitting there for a Polar expedition. r pile; ith The Raven cutter, Lieutenant-Comnaandeesof keel ani . phen, arrived from Portsmouth on W edg e to h er et• supernumeraries. The addition this vessel hn_ .se a-h,e . , 0 0 la - ely has much improved her capabilities as % e a I v ', The Lightning steamer, Petley master , e r od e e;t • Friday with supernumeraries from the river hich reads; The Alarm, 26, is ready for launching,. She pected to take place the first week in April' o „IL being painted. , p o . e ter • The Vulture steam-frigate, Captain Jo' 3 f her 0 11 , has been taken into dock to have the valve s ° be V e• r ielt s pipes repaired. She will be replaCed Lt.,.teoo 50, which vessel will be brought down from P" 410 ' amongst the advanced ships next week. . he bo', 1 6 ' The following vessels continue fitting in ' itec alo!,. Trafalgar, 120, Captain W. F. Martin ; e -l' uset P o d Captain H. Kellett, C.B. ; Spy, 3, Lien t Are eee Wooldridge, for sea ; Waterloo, 120, for ,Fib Juno, 26, for commission. fitt ea vieg In Dock—The St. Lawrence, 46, ho n e' 33, eine s `l, - e' e• Fullerton'-4 manceuvrer, and the Brilliant', ,rie j l s i t , razeed. The Janus, steamer, had her rotary en„ wor- Chatham on Monday, which were found oco' She is expected to leave next week for Wo ° 1 : ne w In ebe The Qieen, 110, hits been supplied with a ct ive' ft mast, her former ens having been fiiund % i d e g. xe bs, will be ready to go out of deck next .Tring io dclif tl itig The Apollo, trorep-ship, Commander VV.. bet t embarked her marines, and is progres sin g ° etts e te eo , ' o ,e. f for sea. Mr. G. Baker, of London, who has telt' ° , , end,4, ° for re-forming and building additional slip 1 01+0 0e pr e' wise enlargiro , Chatham yard, which 45,00017 is to be expended in the con itot iv, 00 0 4 sent year, commenced the undertakieg!4o, ge:,;‘ driving a number of piles with steam en in , Ole o P set of workmen have also commenced thetutetl on the opposite shore, and clearing harbour. at a cost 01.150p:el, vi, Yet, dlit I ' ct• "In 13 0 , • On the 22d inst., at Crow?, Hall, near no f f• Norfolk, the lady of J. IL Fryer, of a dsughte_ r "„ife o o f On the 2lst a t Ri c kmanswortl i, th e " Magnay, Eso., of a daughter. -ardleP_ lC Oil the 20th inst., the lady of Edwa rd APP Serjeathe 20thnts' Inn, of a t., t ulaghter.he lady of Giorgo wore, On ins by Hall, Leicestershire, of a daughter. P P ra 04 f 01 0 On Friday last, at Edinburgh, suddenlv, - f t he ; 0 1104.1 of a blood vessel,Alexanderßlackwood, 341009,0, of t late 131ackwoon, of Ediuburgb;cl row- On the 16th inst ,at Clifton Villa, nic ht ' 4 ifeQ l Rear-Admiral of the Red. aged 80- , bar lotte , " On the 17rii inst., at Bromley, Kent , t, ato W. On. Ra. R y the 19th inst., Henrietta Maria, elde4 c hild and Rev. Horace Powys, aged 11. ' of - %401,4 L'udon: Printed and Published by 16 — 00'"CO .N o. 112, Strand, Printer. at The Suo tllO Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, " '1i4d163624 TuodgY, March 21,1645• _ lE LL Dc J Connect] 'aka 2,004 air ' Fat IP 14), ; riv t • t o t m r scare 4! °nr lu tith can Ite. 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