The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-10 00:00:00

BRIGHT()N--SAT URDA Y. D. .is morning, at nit!, o'ckck vcecieely, her Majesty aud Prince Ake - rt walked out or the (; as tl e -square en trance of tin:, palace to tilt:. chaia-pier entirely unattended. t.n.l tea tha , aittiont being reetiamiseil. Hcr and the Pit• cp promenaded ror hour, thret quart; f saa . n th. p)er. ••. wa L e -, a :.. ae; irel . . ai ro ik; r d . g t`+•:} lt .. wt , r- tv; t ...; tier trv P dti; rF ti n.as ai ita ifs,krktii :t krs,a, tzr,r;...in-i}, /4 ' llB Se of h ith .tark oir. ar•: }ti I . . r nett tiire.f,a74 w:.th aod t.lack sad a black 0. - * Praice Al:,. a rt ore a kind of velvet iroting•j.r..eket. As the royal pair were dt•liaing 200 wh.. him ca,,greeittea , 'ulna l i t.trride ran fo • riviv.• so as r.: heaa ']rt . th e Passi.ng through tae 01 ,ate. From this spot . ta thpalace is s•aeewhal. more than 100 aids. and whil•• t i n : Viice was being traversed, some curious and imper p,,tlt 'ma (we have never recognised among the tt r l d i t's wilt! have thus acted acy of the inhabitants of Co ns ., pressed round her Majesty and her Royal st) rts st tile of them even peeping beneath the re!, al , net. I I ir Majest, and the Princeat lenath escaned e , , trance hi creasing crowd by entering the private en eof th! palace. Later in the morning, Major Allen tot t e d ? f . l . ll Sussex magistrates acting for the Brigh sit:the Petty Sesiions), enter; d the police court r is a : E .:b o u f siness was closing this morning, and with 6 frker warmth addressing_ Mr. Chase (the chief g t , t, ,or police), said he had state, with great re• t o gre at her Alajesty had this morning been subjected Her ei s t , aulai)yance while walking in the public streets. attended J "tY and Prin ce Alb ert h a d l e f t t h e palace un on th e ' k andi had f o r some ti me en j oye d a promenade been sac e uain pier ; on ret u r n i ng from which shehad Gently i r otrnded by a crow d , some of whom imperti umP a u, o l themselves before her Majesty, and looked Jetted to tot bonnet. Now, if her Majesty was sub clttlee.° a epetition of such annoyance, the conse- Pria ed wpuuld probably be, that Brighton would be de ll. c i The h o f her Majesty's occasional visits. et~larlad s • _ honour • ../ e5 tY was very desirous of privacy, and parti be h o t s t) ,, b jeet ed. to being surrounded by police . m . en, , ia t r' sante means might be devistd which would *4 B. PrOPer degree of privacy to her Majesty in her 1 4a. 11 $ th e h‘ll32se he would it, future station policemen kte r '' r- gt:.tes, while her Majesty was on the pier. *ewer Alleia said that would defeat the object, for it 11 4 %' A l l a , •ct as a signal that her Majesty was there, exit. "L" use a croad to assemble to witness her , r. r a etatheg`'"ase said he would . end the men out in plain diiß.:4lllft said this annoyance to her Majesty was to the town. The persons who surrounded I t i 'th ba s k, w ere chiefly tradesmen's boys, some of them now ts on their arms ; and the tradesmen ought to th at s " 4 4 •• t o conduct on the part of tie it servant i e 4 )t4 , . 11 kely to drive her Majesty from the town, and ' t the p `..f the ads ants ge or her occasional residence tnEtti:nt' further conversation took place amongst the all ai r rti t ‘ ess after a hick IN - lajor ,alb -n expressed a hope it • winthi take weans t represe.4 the case to Tl tl.4 dAtias • f h • could, in order that they t -p rey", as air p:" I l i,' • .ut their lievs froth coati...llm; suchanno) ant; e. * ket - i,: rt utiti t her Maje ty •was ohligeo ito run nto t the entrance in Cas.le-square. „,,an o . , p , „.tvetb' bo a , w. ual have aecerne accritintet. with ollti:l:4'll.4l.4,4l:lll°.!!;..l"B64`,,ialkhi.t.l.ga'isknathorßed by C°l°'"'l hi r Nlaj-stv, to speak tht,i; quf•rry -a'aiting ta . t.• 4 1N Nih rlY of rhe amieyanee to which PP' •Qa l 4- tl• e ssita' ee t', and he trusted tit, thar. ~u 1(1 be a teeur to . ~,.-45 or' i,4114,,?, yet o 1 - Ij. , 6tit - ,S, es toe Duke Ithil Da'•t -. i i ('''tit':uilet Itetzot i. 6 'ell by th 7 ,. Prifwess lhry. attent e, th,:ettt'illspi,i,„ ens•ia„rri,da by cm, „ 4 ,., ,kli as G ri s ll ven n; • a r it ( in ii ; p ,n l. NI , tt o -- . 4 falor ul St, J tin ~i &anti). vi il 'l'4 ?,.l Highnesses. ' Ns. .j,_''''hess or Glooeester visited the-ir no ) al llig: , - . .I".re,iit'dte Duke and ‘ Dtch,ss of Cambridge, a , n r d i t t , z t b4,Satti",42 Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgb St e 1 . it T he t) 4 3% at Cambridge llou.e. . f 1. •0 0 ,, tt ke (it Richmond, the Marquis of Salisbury. fabmt . 4 ty 5,,, 'ge Banks -8, M.P , and a deptuatn . in 0 -ge nii i, his 4 "''ts of the Agricultural . Protection Society, at 0, 4 °it P" oil' Robert Peel, on Saturday afternoon, "nrep,,,e.lal residence , in Downing-street, and had a kt lke ‘ceiwith the Right Hon. Baronet. ttak—i, •es,ciastical C nncuissioners for England had . a til*,;`,'Plite,-11 oft'urday afternoon, at the office in White -15.; niish ,-).,* There were present the Bishop of London, t 'Nil e O tieref i the Bishop of Salisbury, the Lord 4e ,hi e g li h t t % the Council, the Earl of Chichester, and jr sight ta ' 4 , ; `" l . H. Hothouse. trh° 3lles 4 -°ll °f spirit-merchants, including Messrs.. h ~f 411. 1„ e, Clark, and Ruck, had an interview with ' ttlt da ." r eel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on , r , 3 ,. of hil.'Ater,,- Th-paeluiris ef Bute had an interview with the Earl , b, ,_ e. . -- 011 Saturday, at the office of the Board of `leiv-'''"nt S a * Cook, had an inter te •,tvith s . Won, .1 , .., and Mr. la l ' l tee, n lt h l tottert Peel on Saturday, a: his official kia-%pktf,hi-- ‘-'ewping-street. r, -° .fro -- " e3 NEU the Governor of Hong-Kong, and 'esio et p the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were rho ditility Saturday 'at the Colonial-office. S.,. t 'lleb -s oft, elin,ton and Rutland, and ir . y u r , e2, , . ',l "tttelkd .3 -. ktilll, ai ll ,, • eu she early service in the Chap el a i n i cth , t, °ll S' YeSteiday the prayers wore real I 4 ,, l : C liliat teli elfed by the Rev. Dr. Horsley w D i a n k e i h n e c . .. te T r._ he 0 11 , 1 4 le cif S alisbury, Normanby. and B ee Colville 1t, 1 4 ea 14,14rdn Wharneliffe, Ernest . ru , liif3'A.lk4,ll)e. attended the dail r y , , lge fh, uatees'a, • sterday. ILe prayers OA - ' l '. Dr 3e " servicel2th s e ver C e h r a , p a r ci l eiq i '9 .14 1 t. • app, the lessons . by lik tt c 'P of ti, les, and the Commtint...o Se th rv e ic l e te b v y . Dr. the 1414"itrehatd(in- The anthem k r - a t th„-- me out" (Croft). Sir w a ( s i ' lko;g o e Stuart Lor tphroeu !toql;Wicksi:rgina. i t , 'at J o, "It , Chairman of the. Stamps Taxes, P.11(1,1e,,.-V1 Wend, Chairman of the Excise, had an and Itile j -,i'lli. Sir R. , b-r t P. el on Shurlay. 'll4ll 4 -4'41 C * o f her Majesty's most ' ' l' v -I‘ i" - ` 4 Ws 'it 'ilvY Council salt ai I , ,lti a ; i r e ,the Lord President of the Council,. the Saturday. TheL.rds ( , ;: e ny ~s't'r,elier Lord President Br no , the Chancellor of the .111 11. t .; '' ' /lw all, ‘ a ' nd the 'judge of the Admiralty )4,- 44111.,,,, (' 111, 1? • q,,,, n • , 'ol o . , al i r „ l4 , . • t_ounie', resumed ,. his address on s ianatv v. Kluso is t c" iti N I ,. , .;14.fras, " Namboory --.- .; . _... ,unse , l':, c ,.. i tea rd 1 , 1 "; Mr. Liftus Wurarn, Queen 'C' • '' ~.. -"ri ti,, 1 .. te PIY. Lord Brouglia:n ktavt'itulg'ileet• tii,atrtill o lam,. Istilpith e•rltt Nlovp . • wt L 1 ,411 1 0 44 et, ,, ipiny ci NI t EN f S d a lr. o ti f a i N i • aj l r i F . o rn rd ;: c t e g , r tb t e ) C i ont .i m ‘. Sacl''erstl,,,,-arracks fo r* r it4t!ti under on route to Canterbury. °tete:L..l' the -46"ttith:ir Place is to i g be supplied by , t,,'' arri ve i .elittnietit, no w in Ireland, and who are aally ex the four company ,li*TkN ' e re to do garrison duty. tiiii,etti tee • Plltu 4.T ItteitmoND.-0.1 S .ttirtn , is i I t ': litte_sisavltd one 'o'clock, a v ery serious fire broke out at the 0 Is e erh and coach office, situate at the corner of '4 4 `toh, .. tllgines fro • h nd Mortlake, Barnes, and U wfi e 0 , ere ere . rn . Ric mo . 'SI, N eu e, Che t t pt in arrivin g , but from a bluoder on the part 14 et. 'et th e "'cock was not called up, and for the spas:- of t:. :IN whileenfti: were kept standing stilt for the wa nt of kflqe ' St:. ore toff ~_ e tire continued to spread fearfully. 3lr. ier. t tii".e officers of brigade, with Mr. Cminorton, Put . - 4tl4llstith the. West of England Company, were both prompt . in ,Ikfl‘tth, Yield ed " engines firemen from Lor.don The mains Nit,,.‘fish„,, --. a h atiti _ and Noy" . -‘, Until vs_ 'Want supply of water, but the fire was not lio es ' t and t he 10 ":_uPPer . pint of the . exte r n ed sive:piemises was Captain Page, YOte h ._ 4 11 4 a , 7er Port i o n seriously low oiN ete 7;4l ehe ;I,4:be:ern, had a na b rro t w ha e a sc a . a li p a e a • he had to 1 Th e t .., h _e loas is covelrcdr w b 'and ladders. by ind a o n ws ins y urance in the Phoenix ttitki444 47100 of the fire is unknown. Li 4 144 , Dtesatql:!l. MA.RXBT.—There is still a very ir -oltly to c ort ` e : t n th . e al one,' market in town, and we find it ne. 4 ' fry thtnisaPprehension, to repeat that it has . arisen ex. lit ttittwividie e bankers holding the deposits of railway .com e.,Naerl'eiotti Y o o f r. ? a Yin . g over the required per.centage prior to IN , it e . sp ec . the Bills to Parliament. We have been m t i. te t4 er 41 14 our inquiries on this subject, and can h. glib t"d e Of 41':1Nti, , -ter, .... aCCounting for the demand in the best-in. e ,".'3' te rk :'" 4 the conclusion, therefore, is that the matter Z144'41 iii4epo°t.arY. There is no difficulty whatever in the k l'te tet i l lit l ees 414" Market, but, on the contrary, h asmoney y rall h tt la b bY thte,,_,te!fland In that direction tbin ~t 4: t it zi ii lli v ii :.i r itin roclzfythe seesansoont. yet Them actuallyon ey for the w n deposits gen e for y ruired, but the the tsk.th reedit enerallY received notice to have the necessary b 1 4 0 141 ` ki t' ,e lie r so that the eft upon the market is nearly tee:teeyfee,tPaYrnents were required to be simultaneous. The et e ,,`. raele;“4ll been tO raise the rate of interest fully one-half 41 - `ktily - `, the re i r ed hY first class Paper; and, as we previously 1,04,441/40,er ,I_ll.o question but it would have advanced corm. thi!Via p c - o llao ser ft not been kept in check by the Bank of Eng 11471....40"rnineUr.pities at the rate of two and a half per ce nt, 12414,44 40,1' MURDER. AT SALT RILL.—The paro -074 h i e Barkh ar4b4ln Royal, in which parish the unfortunate 4o tt k l tett ' Iffi d oyetaa.art, met with her untimely death, having 1° th , ll Tit lip % th oy John Charsley, Esq., the Coroner (who tit,,tll of ~ 1 jury which returned a verdict against t t iea - ,n 3 g t ,,, ; _ rfilful murder"), to prosecute the accused at 44 4 4` t ati aervi7' for the county of Bucks, they have re c. 6._ he p ass _ e !, °f Mr. Sergeant Bytes and Mr. Prender -ohleektiZz the Crown. Mr. Long, solicitor, of Windsor, bttl,thhtti Prueeeetto_the parochial authoritie s of Farnham to con it 7 n4)1 1 , 4 _ 11 ' The trial is expected to commence on it„. et. ..ee ,, es .i . th e 1 lth of next m onth; but from the num t ot i lit e ,;_the t rial r be eXamined, both for the Crown and the t4q4r. T here e!Peeted to last until a late period of the fol iii:ottptetedktenaders on the '4 4, 1 3, 141 _ • *au be nearly twenty witnesses to be examined ' 4 ) Pte ''' b it ''' of b i the • Boulevards were yester- I , tt i , th e ~,,,, sight of a huge truffled turkey, lying in the Zklli,:elloise "vil known Maison du Friend, at the corner of . 14 a-e0,,,,h ercietvhl..._A_ the at to this dainty intimated that it ~,h: zh.;,u_ritt.ie Duke of Wellington, and that the price trfk. ,!011614,ine, eight was stated to be 251b.—Galignani. ,1 4 1., ijtsq. Lowtheril an a.ccount of game bagged by the tuA gOletnain , Lieut. Lowth, , r, E. W Hassell, Z . . 7 4 r it t yw i athrirtle.d'aWysi!ssolino,,lEtiisiqn.,i n Ab th b e ot Hal., Ken t vie' • nor preserves in t ote _lt. rtritill_L°4'ther Castle :—Elares 541; pheasants, se I,'Z 1 0 ,04 6 4 : 1 1t , 4 21 ; evr odcocks, 12; rabbit-, 4 ; giving a toi \TAN I \ **4-eneaster Guardian. i_ t 'li 4 , 4. Il Yst‘i It 1i caster the odious game-Fre i:olol)2pr c,,,e4)ll%titi!les—whilst Our " Eliglish country , (, i uk b k,t L uria ein the condition of " p.imterers," "littqi all if, and properly termed thempoach e'ttl.' Th e " "lis and ' lll la e kteot t . s ouseqw-neps) will 2 ,1, ( , c in . t4l, 4 pr,,i 0 which the preserving mania is 11j.naltPc'etil/q3 Citt.l4lof"r poaching, as much as giving to ~ 1 11j 4 kre p%, is penalty (which they get when 11'''',13!lt,,Zat:el')41 ,_%lPsr(t:tiurn fo r perjury. s The ti;: uP. ,,,o'ra ar :. that t h ( : uar ! _!_a‘c.h other,. , lit-re their e0o4:. rbio ,no 4, ,,. , .9, r, l 1.1, children about toys. s . "nrs 1., "ui, right Rh , . i whcn they '''. l t, .at. teck 'have paid 11.1( •31,-.1 Sto, ~ of the a nightly vl.sit, anti carried on:a "it et4o4- sur . pi n , gaol _ ; e indeed they have sub wr be ing glat tendon is not Forte tome - Frivol! eh the edition e her in I bale Wiener 31 st against Dded to Nant"• Michel. brorme, inter n tot. A dnet• e fixed distant being on t he . i tulato u 01 CYO Woo s, in Ih9 missies of th . r which erviP t ! ised 111. Ti' cred t. siitiLoce e ilord of , cove red 1 ., nous !: ousel 'l. mitl 6l : tried 0 4u ttied• to °iie ras C °D" du i g na • 0 34 ,O e Ott . bee, uo o° .: vietori— le la wful (tow ° of 9°' v, for o rrit, ' ring rficeL b de ile i a isfOr A IV t o Oso a w to Ao l . " Ig j. Igor pfsP I ond°P un , io oP 1 of Itio r. 4,$ - ree d ' Di e 11° ° ' Atb, by' es 0 14 )0 0, l oori. t bt ctia„et , re " dere lLed esl7ol etropoo tro' : ve d o •rr O Ar, .1./ I t or • c SeCrP f or ibe ,at t 1 0 101, 0 01 00 4 . .0 CbA ll . l 7lll I li e it. ie +- riej ° o3 ll l; :t f 5 4 ry e 3 - Yf t l 5 I' 6 Y ri er Yrs. Ev i .efort a• 5. et. 1 .d radi°t rt. rC t • _ilea an" be of t es 11-. e- -9 ' 4„-gt'i's It sbef." Ore ° I Dr° 1,1,0 5 fpil 013 ; Co ji t., g b . i a il , oeecli -y o r, I A f 1114; SUN, LONDON MONDA MORNING, FT:BRIJ - ARV' 10, 1845. EXCISE DUTY ON SOAP. Would increase the consumption of palm . oil, an article produced by the labour and industry of the natives of the coast of Africa. The country expended many millions in the employment of armed forces on the coast of Africa for the suppression of the trade, but this had proved a complete failure nay, in many caxes, it had aggravated the bor. rurs of the traffic. But, at all events, it could be only a temporary remedy. Now, by extending the trade of the :nialdndpgtiTyminag employment to t h e na ti ves a t permanently suppress the trade at di the sum at present expended for the home,acboaostittoott'ihileN4e,rii:wha purpose. In addition to palm oil, there was an article which had latterly sprung up on the coast yielding oil, which had been employed largely in the manufacture of soap. It was called ground nut, and produced a very excellent oil. He established a mill for the purpose of crushing the imported ground nuts ; but he was sorry to say the want of encouragement in the sale of the oil in this country had rendered the undertaking a compara tive failure. But what was the case with reference to France ? France now took nearly the whole of these ground nuts from Africa, amounting to many tons a year, but instead of its being crushed in London, it was now sent direct to France from the coast. Now, he had some reason to think that, were it not for the tax on soap in this country, which discouraged experiments and improvements, the soap manufacturers of England would be enabled to rival the manufacturers of France in the production of soap from that article. The Hon. Gentle man concluded by moving a resolution, declaring the soap tax to be injurious to the country, inasmuch as it lessened the consumption of the raw material, and gave the foreigner an advantage over the British manu facturer. On Saturday afternoon, a meeting of merchants and others interested in the manufacture of soap, was held at tee iseedon Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted to procure the repeal of the duty imposed on that neces sery artiele of donaestie u:e. The tneeirie was very numerously attended, and ably presided over by Mr. William Hawes. esmengst the :nflaentiel gentlemen present were Mr. J. Hume, M.P., eis. J. Patiison, Mr. T. J. Eger- TOO- M. 1 ),. Mr. A. Mitchell, M.P., Mr. M. Foster, M. p., B. Hewes, M.P., and Mr. Alderman Hurnoerev, besides several distinguished members of the commesciai world. The Ceteiameekt in opening the business of the meet ing said, when the I :enunittee of soap manufacturers to. , k upon themselves the responsibility of callieg a public meting in the City, to consider the operation of the excise duties on soap upon their trade, they little antici• pated that an announcement in the spt ech of her Ma jesty would give thew so much cause for activity and encouragement ; nor did they either anticipate that her Majeety's Ministers would bring forward the budget so early as they intended to do. But as it was, they had little time to carry into effect the measures they might think it proper to adopt. The duty imposed on soap varied from 50 to 110 per cent. The first was placed upon the better quality of soap, and the latter upon the more common. Now they must be all aware that the poorer classes of society were most interested in this question, because from the general nature of their occu pations, it made it necessary that they should require a large quantity of soap. Was it not, then, to be deplored that they were compelled to pay from 110 to 1l 1 per cent, for their soap, while the more affluent only had to pay from 60 to 80 per cent. ? Cleanliness promoted the comfort of man, and the moral welfare of the poor; but owing to these Excise duties, the poor, in manysinstances, were debarred from the Use of soap at all. A celebrated German professor, in some of his published letters, had declared that the extent of morality and civilisation of a nation might be tested by the amount of soap it consumed, and no doubt it was an exceedingly good criterion on which to form a correct opinion. The most moral and the most civilised, it was reasonable to suppose. would consume the mest soap. Now, with this reasoning before them, they hied endeavoured to ascertain the ceneemption of soap in those countries where there was no duty at all. In Jersey and the Isle of Men, where the manufacture of a small quantity of the article was confined to one or two individuals, and the rest sup plied by importation, the cemparisou would be seen. In Jersey the amount was 141bs. per head, the population consisting of one-fourth English visitors, and the rest of agriculturalists. In the Isle of Man the consumption was 91bs. per head, the population being principally employed in mines and fisheries. Until within the last year or two the consumption in England had never exceeded six pounds per head. This afforded them sufficient proof of the effect of the duty, and a conclusive argument against its continuance. This, however, was nut the only objection to the tax. From the facilities it affords for the committal of fraud upon the revenue, it had a natural tendency to encourage demoralisation in this re. spect. Looking at the aggregate quantity consumed in this country, it was impossible to prove that more than five-fourths, or five-sixths, paid the duty. Calculations to prove this, as well as to show that the great mass of the labouring: population used no soap at all, but an in jurious substitute tor it, had been submitted to Mr. M•Ctilloch, w'm was a good authority upon such a mat ter, because he was an advocate for the continuance of this duty. But advocating this duty as he did, he says the est:metes of fraud were underrated; and even the Cnairman of the Excise himself, admitted that it was Tete impossible to prevent the commission of traud in an ar tele so easily manufactured as soap. Shwa the reign Q teen Anne little or no improvement had been introduced in the menufacture of soap, owing to the ex istence of this duty; but if they looked to other ertieies of c insump•ion which had been relieved fro m the duty, they would find that the reverse had been the case. He might particularly instance the article of celeste., Setes: meant:a:tare of which improvements were bong inkeie every day. It was on those grounds, there fore, that they asked to be relieved. Mr. T A. MITCHELL. NI P., in moving the first re- solution, remarke I that, in the Queen's speech, the attentien of the Legislature was directed to the sanatory condition of the poorer classes of this country ; and he theueht nothing would teed so much to advance this ob ject as cheap soap. From the statement they had heard made b s the Chairman, it would be seen that thepeor paid nearly double what the rich did for their soap. Now ail must admit that this one fact alone made manifest the gross injustice of the soap-tax. The mover of the address in reply to the speech from the Throne drew the particular attention not only of those around him, but of gentlemen of all classes, to the benevolent associations which were now being formed for improving the condition of the woreiug classes. Among them the Honourable Mover alluded more particularly to one which originated in Scotland, and was afterwards followed up in the me tropolis. He need hardly tell them it was the society for furnishing the poorer classes with baths and wash houses. When Mr. Charteris drew attention to this subject, he heard the Prime Minister most emphati cally cheer him, thereby giving his sanction to the sentiment that was eeeressed by Mr. Char teris. Now he thought they had, therefore, strong grounds to call upon the Prime Minister to contribute his quantum towards carrying out that object. It the Right Hon. Baronet considered it was an object of such importance, let him contribute to it by taking off the duty on soap, and. thereby reducing, by one-half, the price of one of the most necessary articles of life. That was the strongest ground which they could take against this tax. There was a surplus in the revenue of 3,300,0001. the duty on soap, he believed, did not bring in inure than a fourth of the sum placed at the disposal of tea; Government. They all contributed largely to wards placing the revenue in this satisfactory state, in the :shape of an income-tax ; and if it were to be (mai. nued, at any rate they ought to have the gratification of knowing that the poor of the country derived some benefit, in return fur the sacrifices they were making themselves. He concluded by moving a resolution, in effect declaring the soap duty to be impolitic and unjust. Mr. HUBBARD seconded the resolution. When he was first asked to attend that meeting, he did not con sent without first giving deliberate consideration to the subject, because he felt that a large degree of responsi bility attached to persons who sought for the removal of a tax which contributed so much to make up the required revenue of the country. He confessed, however, that this responsibility appeared to be very little felt by the community at large, for there was hardly a tax producing any amount of revenue, the abo lition of which had not been recently proposed. Tallow, tea, coffee, and sugar, had been amongst the list of arti• cles for which the Minister of the Crown had been re quired to make concessions, and within a very recent period, ,ueetings had been held to ask for a repeal of the duties imposed on raw cotton, paper, the window tax, anti the anal' -tax, all bringing to the exchequer an aggregate sum of 7,500,000/. Now, it n ust be quite ob vious that in the present state of the public revenue, only one of these taxes could be conceded. They knew indeed that the income• tax was now announced to be continued for a limited period, but he could not conceive that ths, =.a-rived would extend beyond that originally inentiebei—namely, five years. But, then, the 10.000,0001. which would be produced from this tax would b:+ very easily absorbed by the expenses the Co verometit had promised to incur for the benefit of the country. It was their intention, he believed, to form it.sreeurs of refuge on the coast, one of which, it was estiinated, would cost from two to three millions ster lieg. It app- ered, th refore, that unless the income-tax was to be perpetuated, it was utterly hopeless to expect any large remission of the taxes he had named. With these facts before him, he would not have risen to secend the resolution, had he n. a been persuaded that they had a paramount claim upon the consideration of the Go vernment. The deficiency might be made up by doubling the amount of postage. The penny postage eas certainly an excellent thing, but he did not think an increase to twopence would be productive of any harm. —(cries of " Question, q u e s t ion ," " S oap , soap." ) At all events, in the present state of their fiscal regulations, they could not take off one duty without providing for it in another way. Ireland was without a soap -tax, and perhaps this would open a field fur gathering the de ficiency. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. M. FOSTIOR M. P., quite agreed with th e meet ing in thinking they must stick to soap.—(Laughter.) At all events, he hoped Sir Robert Peel would n o t tak e the hint which had just been thrown out with reference to the penny postage. —(Hear, hear.)—Of all the mea• sures that were pa-sled by the late Government, the most beneficial was the penny poetage.—(llear, hear.)—And if they had passed that measure alone, it would have been sufficient to entitle them to the eternal gratitude of this country ; and he repeated, of all the measures which the late Government passed, the penny postage he con sidered to be the most valuable. It constituted the greatest boon that ever was conferred by any minister upon the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.)—And now to return to soap. Although he had been in business in that city upwards of thirty years, that he thought was the first public meeting in which he had taken any active part, but, on being called upon, he could not refrain from giving his humble assistance to the ob ject of that meeting, which he considered to be one of the greatest importance to the well-being of the people of this simmy, and more particularly to the working classes. He quite agreed in the opinion that had been expressed, that the tax was objectionable on ace tent of its inquisitorial character, and the many facilities it tif forded for fraud. There were degrees in all things, but he thought the soap tax was the worst of all taxes. The tax on gin, for example, something might be said in favour of it. It might be said that the tax on gin was a tax on intemperance, but no such argument could be adduced in fevoar of the tax on soap. The tax upon soap was not a tax upon any vice, but it was a tax upon many virtues. It was a tax upon cleanliness, it was a tax upon clean faces, and a tax upon clean shirts. It had been justly said, that it fell heaviest upon the common description of soap, and hence, it cost the poor man nearly double to wash his face or his shirt than it did the Duke of Buckingham or Sir. R. Peel. In the resolution which had been placed in his hands, reference was made to the article of palm oil. Now, it would be known to some of them, that palm oil was an article exclusively imported from the coast of Africa, and chiefly in large quantities. It. would be imported in stib 'nue!' larger quantities if, by taking off this tax, they were to extend the consumption of soap. Now, Sir Rotten Peel talked occasionally of his great ab horrse ce of' the slave-trade ; indeed, he did it so fre qeently, that he was rather surprised that any man of his station should think it was necessary, at this time of day, t , ) dec!;t.e himself an enemy to the slave trade, because he should like to see the man now who was not.— (Hear, hear.) He should be glad if Sir Robert Peel vieala Live them a little mere substantial proof of his hostility to this trade than mere words. He thought he could point out to him a way in which he could effect thi s . yet him take off the duty on pap, by which he PRIVATE B ELLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 7, 1845. Resolved—That this House will not receive any peti tion for any Private Bill, other than a Railway Bill, after Friday, the 28th day of this instant February. Resolved—That no Private Bill, other than a Rail way Bill, be read the first time after Friday, the 4th day of April next. Resolved—That this House will not receive the Re port of any Private Bill, other than a Railway Bill, after Friday, the 30th day of May next. Resolved—That this House will not receive any peti tion for any Rails ay Bill, later than the twenty-first day after the day on which the Report for the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, with reference to such Railway. has been laid on the table of the House. Resolved—That no Railway Bill shall be read the first time later than the twenty-eighth day after the day on which the Report from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, with reference to such railway, has been laid on the table of the House. Resolved—That this House will not receive the Re port of any Railway Bill, later than the eighty-fourth day after the day on which the Report from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, with refe rence to such railway, has been laid on the table of the House. Ordered—That on crery petition presented to this House, relating to any Private Bill before the House, the name or short title by which such Bill is entered in the Votes, be written at the beginning thereof. Ordered—That the said Resolutions and Order be printed. J. H. LEY, Cl. Dom. Cora. Mr. Tool seconded the resolution in a few words, re marking that the subject had been so well " washed," that he was afraid he should only mangle it if he detained the meeting longer. Mr. J. Hum, M.P., spoke to the resolution.—He said that invited as he had been by the Committee to attend there, he could not refuse his assent, although he had been otherwise particularly engaged f or th a t d a y. B ut , as it was . a subject to whi c h h o had directed a good deal of attention, and as he had laboured long, and anxiously waited for the period when effect was to be given to the principles he had all his life advocated, he was more than usually anxious to be present on that occasion, in order to give his opinion as to this tax, and the measures which ought to be taken t o o b ta i n its repeal. He could not help thinking that if the soap manufacturers had adopted the recommendation he gave them twenty years ago, they would have had this tax taken off long ago. One of the speakers who had gone before him had advo cated indirect taxation. N-.w he held quite a contrary opinion, for he could not see the justice of the principle which increased the price of a commodity the nearer it approached the consumer. He had lived to see some, and he still expected to see more, of the restrictions imposed on the industry of the country entirely removed. In 1821, being then a comparatively young Member, he brcught forward in the House of Commons a plan of finance, which he humbly submitted to the Go vernment as an improvement upon their fiscal regulations, which at the time pressed with great injustice upon the industry of the nation. Since then he had had the plea sure of seeing the tax on candles, the tax on salt, and the tax on leather, once three of the heaviest burdens on the people, taken off. The tax on soap in that day amounted to 932,0001., on leather to 588,000/, on candles to 380,0001., and on salt to 152,9901. Now he had seen all these taken off with the exception of the soap tax, which in 1833 was reduced from 28s. to 145., and this he thought was enough v. encourage the meeting to go on in the work they had commenced. Immediately after these reductions were made, the City of London met to ex press their thanks to him for the steps he had taken in 1821 ; but, he regretted to say, the soap manufacturers neglected to come forward, although the agitation in re spect of the other articles of manufacture he had men tioned b--came general. It had been said that if they took off one tax they must find another to replace it. He could not agree in this reasoning, and he was satisfied, if the Excise department were abolished altogether, and only two taxes allowed to remain, and those on ma l t an d spirits, the country wou ld sus t a i r: injury from the step. The Government were in a position, at the present mo ment, to take off all the taxes that pressed upon the manufacturer, and the course he was anxious should be taken was this, that the soap manufacturer should not fight against the glass, nor the glass against the soap, the paper against either, but that they should all unite to obtain a removal of the restrictions imposed on them, on the ground that they were indirect taxes. No workmen deserved so much encouragement as those of England. There was not a more persevering or pains-taking class of men on the face of the earth, and, from the highest to the lowest, the industry they evinced entitled th em t o success. What right, then, had the Government to plate restrictions on their labour ? Let them be epee and free to compete with any and every labour-market in the world, and not make them pay more for the common necessaries of life than the French, or any other nation. It was on these grounds he would en courage them to go on. Without agitation in this country nothing could be done, and therefore it was he called upon them to redouble their efforts. Let them not look upon the paper-makers as their enemies, but join with them in seeking a common object, and that object direct, instead of indirect taxation. They were now in a different situation to what they were in 1821, and if they went on there was every reason to believe they would free themselves from the persecutions imposed on them by the working of the Excise laws. Let them attain this grand object, and they would find their soap carrried even to America, who was their principal oppo nent in the foreign market. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. A petition to Parliament against the tax was then agreed to, on the motion of Mr. W. GLADSTONE, se conded by Mr. CATLEY, and the petition was directed to be entrusted for presentation to Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., and Lord John Russell, and the other City Mem bers requested to support it. Mr. J. PATTISON, M.P., in mov i ng a vote of thanks to the Chairman, promised to give the petition his support. The motion was seconded by Mr. HunuEnia, and carried by acclamation. and the meeting broke up, The CHAIRMAN briefly acknowledg e d th e compliment, STOPPAGE OF THE MILLS AT HEYWOOD. The hands at all the mills in Heywood left their work last night, the terms of arrangement offered by the masters having been rejected. The masters have posted large placards throughout the town and neighbourhood, of which the following is a copy:—" Many erroneous reports having been circulated relative to the earnings of the weavers late in the employ of Messrs. John Hilton Kay and Son, the Committee of the Mill-owners' Asso ciation think it necessary, in justice to those gentlemen, to lay before the public a statement of such earnings, as copied from the wage books for the fortnight ending the 22d of November last (being what may be called the last full fortnight previous to the turn-out.) The fol lowing are the averages :—for 58 two-loom weavers, per fortnight, 19s. id., per week, 9s. 6id.; for 56 three loom weavers, average per fortnight, 11. Bs. Bd. ; per week, 14s. 4d. ; for 23 four-loom weavers, 1/. ss. sid. ; per week, 12s. Bd. N.B. There are no abatements from the above, except for spoiled work, and the whole deductions on that day amounted to only 1L Bs. 9d. The earnings, as stated above, were obtained at the prices per cut paid previously to the weavers turning out ; and from the amount, the public will be able to judge whether such a step was justifiable or not. Since the turn-out, however, the Messrs. Kay, wishing to put an end to such a state of things, and also to prevent a more general stoppage of mills in the neighbourhood on their account, have made several attempts to come to terms with their weavers, but hitherto without success." Friday Evening.—The turn-outs have posted copies of a placard throughout the town this afternoon, intended as a reply to the statements of the masters. It gives the amount of wages paid by Messrs. Hilton, Kay, and Lion, for the fortnight ending the 17th Dee. as for 59 two-loom weavers, average Bs. Id. per week ; and 41 three-loom weavers, average 12s. Bid. per week. According to the masters, however, this was nGt a full fortnight, and hence the difference. About five o'clock last night a number of the county police from Bury arrived, and are to be stationed in the town during the strike. When our reporter left Heywood last evening, the magistrates were assembled at the Queen Anne Inn, and had just determined against swearing in special constables, which had been previously arranged. There is every prospect of things going on quietly, and there is some hope that things may be arranged before Monday. The notorious Pilling, of Ashton, is to address the turn-outs this (Sa turday) evening. Manchester Guardian. FATAL AND WICKED CARE- LESSNESS. On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Commercial Inn, Burnley, on the body of Patrick Markey, hatter, who came by his death under the following circum stances :—lt appears that during the preceding week he felt rather newel!, and not sufficiently recovering, had been recommended to try arrowroot and milk as a remedy. Accordingly on Saturday last, about two o'clock, he sent his wife to Mr. Heaton's, chemist and druggist, Goodham Hill, Burnley, fur a quantity of the powdered root. Mr. Heaton, jun., and the assistant, being both absent, and there not being any arrowroot in the drawer in which it was usually kept town stairs, Mr. Heaton, senior, took the scoop out of the drawer, and proceeded upstairs to a tub in which he supposed the arrowroot was, and brought some arsenic out of the tub down in the scoop, asking the shop-boy if he thought that was arrowroot. The boy, having tasted it, said he thought not, as it appeared to be too gritty for arrow root. Mr. Heaton, having also tasted it, replied that he thought it was arrowroot of an inferior description, kept by his son to sell at the small shops. Eventually the woman was served with two ounces of arsenic. About the same time two other persons, one named Parley, of Huncoat, were served with small quantities of the same poison. On the return of Mr. Hopwood, the assistant, the mistake was discovered and the utmost dispatch used to recover the deadly mixtures. They were successful in two of the cases, but unfortunately the deceased had swallowed nearly an ounce of the poison about five minutes before the messenger arrived at his residence. Medical assistance was immediately called in and the stomach pump and other remedies applied, but in vain, and he lingered in excruciating agony until about six in the evening, when he expired. A verdict of " Man slaughter" was returned against William Heaton, and John Curl, the shop -boy.—Blackburn Standard. CAPTURE OF TWO DASHING SWINDLERS. --- - A few days ago the inhabitants of Tonbridge, Kent, were visited by twe fashionably-dressed persons, under the assumed names of the Hon. Captain and Lady Stewart. They took up their abode at the Queen's Arms Hotel, and had not been long there before they called at different tradesmen's shops and gave extensive orders for valuable jewellery and clothes of the very best descrip tion. The dress and appearance of the strangers were well calculated tolull suspicion as to their real characters, and they succeeded in obtaining two gold watches, chains, rings, and pins, of various descriptions, which were paid for with checks on the London and County Bank (a check- book of which the " gentle man " carried in his pocket), and filled up in the presence of the unsuspecting tradesmen, from whom obtained the ined check . five o r Theyten pounds, enrrie d o t the e theirbalance de predations great success until Thursday morning the terminus at London until called for. The removal last, when several boxes were removed to the railway y of so many boxes caused some suspicion, and inquiries oh i gth o ee n n , ear a nia d io d l addressed d to Mr. Dittmar, London, to be left at were instantly sent to London respecting the checks, when it was ascertained that the party was known there f s r w o i m n d l r e a r r , s o e u v s e r partsa l applications o ohavingnty respec t ing arrived t t o li hn e ely m b . aansk o a n the return of the messenger from London it was discovered that the parties had absconded. An officer was dispatched by the railway after the fugitives, who had walked a short distance from Tonbridge, where they had a conveyance in waiting, and in which they were driven off to London. Yesterday Moy and Blad ford, of the M division, secured the prisoners at the rail way terminus, where they had arrived to carry away their luggage. The whole of the boxes were seized by the police, and found to contain jewellery and dresses worth between 2001. and 3001. On the male prisoner was found a gold watch and chain, a blank cheque-book of the London and County Bank, and thirty sovereigns. On the female was also found another gold watch and chain. They were taken into custody by an officer from Tonbridge, and conveyed back by railway to that place, where they will undergo an examination on Monday. DESTRUCTIVE INCENDIARY FIRE NEAR NOTTING HAM.—On Monday morning, a destru c ti v e fire, for which no cause of origin can be assigned, and which is considered to be the work of an incendiary, occurred at the villege of Lenton, about a mile from Nottingham. The building which has been destroyed was a lace fac tory, belonging to Mr. Peter Coxon, of New Lenton, having been erected about twelve months since at a large expense. It was fitted up with new machinery for the manufacture of lace. It was three stories high, with machinery on each floor, and completed with every re quisite for work. The fire was discovered about half past two o'clock, Am., and about four a large engine arrived, with post horses, from the Nottingham Fire brigadt•, but the roof had fallen in twenty minutes after the discovery of the fire, and nothing but the bare walls remained standing. The machinery contained in the building was valued alone at 1,5001., of which only 550/. was insured. The building was quite new, and its erection cost several hundred pounds, but its exact worth is not known.— Worcestershire Chronicle. WRECK OF A VESSEL AT PORT TALBOT.—On Saturday morning last, as the barque Margaret Hardy, of Aberdeen, Johnson, master, laden with copper, wine, beer, coals, &c., fer Calcutta, was being towed out of Port Talbet harbour, by the Don steam-tug, she struck on the "" side of the river, when the ropes parted, and the vessel being left to the mercy of the waves, drifted to the north side of the river, where she remained until Sunday morning. It appears that at the time the accident occurred, the Chieftain tug was also attached to the vessel by means of a rope from her quarters, and our informant attributes the oc currence to a sudden start of the Chieftain, which had the effect of driving the vessel ashore on the south side. On Sunday morning, by means of the breakwater capstan, she was hauled to the river, but most un fortunately a heavy sea beating at the time, she was carried on the breakwater, where, after knocking about for a considerable time, she ultimately sunk, the sea clearing her decks. A portion of the wine and beer had drifted away, while all the cop per, with the exception of one or two cases, were dis charged. About twenty tons of coals were thrown overboard, while the portion of the cargo that could be saved, consisting of wine and beer, has been dis charged. Her stores also were greatly damaged. The eveninz tide carried the stern of the vessel right across the river, a position by which she completely blockades the port, there being neither ingress nor egress for vessels. She is now embedded in eight feet of sand, and about three hundred tons of coal remain undischarged. Some seamen's chests drifted ashore on Wednesday. On, 0, we are informed, so. About four that day some divers arrived at the place to inspect the vessel, and it is reported that they had undertaken to raise her, but the prevailing opinion seems to be that she feet wiis i fully u o bl i f eycpartlyg and she continues making more water than her pumps can raise. There are about thirty sail of vessels in port ready to leave, h n m e s insured, srateedr total andhwa has theeck partedvess The el o; a r and about ten or twelve ready to enter tho port, but are obstructed by the wreck of the barque, which has the effect, for the time being, of stopping the entire trade of the port.—Cambrian. GREYFRIARS' CHURCHES. — The scene of the confla gration of Sunday week, which we have described, has been visited since then by thousands of individuals—all of whom.are much struck with the total ruin presented by the walls of the Old Church. From the gateway, at Candle maker-row, the scene is quite picturesque, and as one approaches nearer, or gets within the shell of the once strong edifice, the fire appears to have worked, in a few hours, upon the arches and abut ments, the slow effects o f one or two hun dred years upon some of our older ruins. Al though no permanent arrangement has been made, it is understood that on Sunday next the congregation of Old Greyfriars meet in St. John's (Rev. Mr. Fraser's), and that the Rev. Mr. Robertson, of New Greyfriars, is to officiate in Newington Church, which has at present no stated minister.—Scateman. THE INTEN DED . NEW Poon-Law....-As another session of Parliament hes commenced, the public will do well to be alive to the additional Poor-law Bill, as respects pauper settlements, which the Government is intending to introduce—to confine all settlements to the birth-place! It bas just been well observed by the able editors of a legal weekly publication, called the Justice of the Peace, that " the Bill seems to have been framed with one object—parsimony, the narrowest and meanest motive of action; that as to any consideration or feeling conditions for the immense pauper population of England and Wales, these seem not for a moment to have influenced the mind of the framers of the Bill. They are to be dealt with as burdens and incumbrances, to be shifted off and evaded, no matter at what expense of suffering to the objects themselves; that the first consequences, it the Bill were to pass, would be frightful, not only as re gards the well-being of the poor, but the enormous litigation to which it would give 'birth. Immediately would:be instituted a general and searching inquiry into the place of birth (with a few exceptions) of every pauper head of a family of children, and his or her removal with the family to that place, and so likewise of every single pauper without children, regardless of all old ties or as sociations, or considerations of health, or means of gain ing a livelihood. Concurrently with, and even after this earthquake among the pauper population has subsided, if it ever shall subside, commences the contest among parish functionaries and rate-payers to prevent, as far as possible, the birth (which would constitute the settle ment) of the poor amongst them. All those paupers who had gained settlements by any means—by mar. riage, by apprenticeship, by hiring and service, by pay. went of rates, by estate, by rental of a tenement, by relief—all these must be examined anew, and if found to be born elsewhere than in the parish in which they are settled, rooted up and sent to their birth-place, however distant, without respect to age, infirmity, kindred, predi. lections, associations, temporal or spiritual welfare or comfort. We question whether ignorance or wilful im policy, whichever it is, could be carried further." This Bill is another landlord's trick, and it must be watched with the utmost caution and care, in order to prevent its becoming a law.—From a Correspondent. MORAL EFFECTS OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. — The magistrates were occupied on Monday week several hours in investigating charges of drunkenness, theft, & c., at the Town-hall, by persons who came, as several . o f h persons made application for board and b some ten, I Union house, and avowed they came from the cou ntry, _ ___ of beholding the I others fourteen miles off, for the purpose with said, to see " the poor man hung." On eds Fr a i t da t y he ni u gh n t io 3 n o . execution. Twenty- four were accommodated supper 1 and bed. Six got their suppers only, as there was not , loiging room in the house (which is fuller than ever known, po fas a,crtl t ooco i k n k ;o t h ft e h containing 350 inmates, of whom 60 al.? able-bodied). The 1 t b b e u y t e breakfast morning, se were considered hard, they all, therefore, took theirdeparture. —lpswich &prem. could t thewen t n f to condi ti onsgu o r re out wquee t rs till l t l etdh af a after e h r ei fi twelvertbhreethey partook TWEED BANK DIVIDEND..-- - On Tuesday th e au di t of the affairs of the Tweed Bank bankruptcy was held in Newcastle. The business preliminary to the de claring of the further dividend was gone through, when the Commissioner resolved to hear no more proofs of debts until the said dividend had been declared. At this stage of the proceeding the business was stopped in con sequence of the Commissioner having to go to Lon don, when he adjourned the sitting until Monday the 10th of February, when the dividend will be declared, and the days for paying it fixed upon. The amount is expected to be 6d. per pound, making, with what has already been paid, 10s. We understand there is a pros pect of a still further dividend, the payment of which, however, is by present appearances at some distance. The amount will also be small, probably one penny or twopence in the pound—Berwick Siciveraser. LITERATURE. THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. I London. Jackson and Watford. The principles of this new publication, religious as well as political, are liberal ; and while evidently leaning to the side of Dissenters, are sufficiently im partial to merit the attention of other denominations. A work of the kind was wanted, for though there are plenty of Reviews opposed to Toryism and the de fects„ nay, grievances, of the Established Church, they only occasionally, and that rarely, advocate the interests of a very large and unprotected portion of the community. Those without the pale of the Church are probably as numerous as those within the fold, for we will not class under the Establishment, as is generally done, those who allow themselves to be called churchmen, while they neither attend public worship nor care anything for religion. Taking into account, therefore, all those who are Christians, the Dissenters are in the majority ; yet if we look to worldly power, and wealth, and interest, they may be regarded as comparatively helpless. They have no church lands nor tithes; they have no p re l a t es to advocate their cause i n Parliament, nor Peers who take an interest in their religious establishments for the 'sake of patronage or fat livings and bishoprics. But, nevertheless, without these they have gone on and prospered, and like the primitive Christians, their religious zeal has prevailed, `And they have become a great multitude. The Editor of the British Quarterly states very briefly the plan and spirit of the work. Like other similar publications it will occasionally take a view of the progress of literature, science, and art, and on po litical questions its sentiments will be thoroughly liberal. With regard to religion, the principles will he those associated with the names of Watts and Doddridge, but its pages will be enriched by contri butions from able men of different religious con nexions, with a view to render it an efficient organ of revealed truth and of enlightened public opinion. This Number contains several articles of fresh interest —among others one on the Life and Discoveries of Dr. Dalton, and another on the Factory System and Factory Legislation, which ma y b e use f u ll y stu di ed in reference to the motion on the subject of which Lord Ashley has given notice in Parliament. In a review of Lord John Russell's works, including his Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, some hints are given to his Lordship on the part not of Dissenters only, but of all the friends of liberty, which merit his attention. The subjoined extracts will show the spirit of the article, and we grieve to say they contain too much truth : " In the Church, which his Lordship so much de lighteth to honour, he has found his great antagonist. Whatever he most values as a statesman has been op posed, in the greatest degree, by the ministers of the church which he upholds in that capacity. In his Lord ship's view, no tree of its kind is so good as that tree. Did it never occur to him to inquire hew it has come to pass that a tree so good has borne fruit, to the experience of his Lordship, so much the reverse of good ? Whoever else may have failed to cross his path, the clergy of the Established Church have not so failed ; and the measures which his Lordship has prosecuted with the greatest solicitude, are those which have been always resisted with the greatest determination from that quarter. * . " It may be much to the credit of his Lordship's Christian forbearance thus to repay good for evil. We know not that we have any right to.indulge in censure, if it should be his pleasure to show so much affection in a quarter from which he must know it will be utterly vain to expect any grateful return. But such displays of generous feeling in one relation, naturally dispose men to look for indications of similar magnanimity in other relations. In so looking, however, many noncon formists have been disappointed, and have sometimes de claimed with much warmth on this unreasonable and inconsistent favouritism. Even Toryism in a church man, it is alleged, is manifestly more acceptable to his Lordship than Liberalism in a Dissenter. The clergy man, notwithstanding all his repugnance to large and generous political principles, is preferred to the noncon formist minister, notwithstanding his adhesion to such principles. Thus, even in the case of Lord John Russell, the ecclesiastical is placed before the civil, and the sympathies of his Lordship with an established priesthood, are manifestly stronger than his sympathies with general freedom. Civil liberty is good, but the civil establishment of religion is a greater good. Pro mote the former so far as you have the power, but, at all costs, preclude every kind of danger from the latter. " We regret that there should have been anything in the conduct or language of Lord John Russell, that may seem to warrant such imputations. But it is unques tionable that his Lordship has often acted inconsistently, that he might do favour to churchmen ; and that there have been occasions on which he has so acted, much to the injury, rather than to the advantage, of Protestant Dissenters. When men become inconsistent that they may conceal the faults of their enemies, we can place an honourable construction on their conduct ; but when they forego consistency, apparently that they may mag nify the real or supposed errors of their friends, the moral conclusion is of another complexion. Lord John Russell once volunteered: a defence of the principle of compulsory support for the ministers of religion, alleging, from his place in the House of Commons, that where no such provision is made, it must be true of re ligious teachers, as of all other servants of the public, that— , ' Those who live to please must please to live,' " His Lordship was not left in ignorance of the pain which this allusion had given to the mind of noncon formist ministers through the kingdom, but he never deigned, so far as we remember, to recal, or in any way to soften, his expressions." THE AFFAIRS of NEW ZEALAND. No. I. Corr OF A DISPATCH FROM LORD STANLEY TO • GOVERNOR FITZROY. th 1 u 3, 1t. 1 , 84 C l. Sir,—ln en closed you m Y the dispatch, preoprntNi Donning-street, og: and s2t7r proceedings of t h e om rn ittee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of New Zealand, and into the proceedings of the New Zealand Company. On reference to the pro ceedings, you w ill perceive that the Committee were far froze unanimous in their opinions, and that some of the l most importa n t o f t h e i r d ec i s i ons, i nc l u di ng one upon th selection b e t ween two sets of resolutions, tee the basis of their r e p or t, were susta i ned by very narrow lajDritie6+ Neverthel ess , I cannot b ut apprehend that this 7el3nrti carrying with it, as it must be admitted to do, the .q 1 1•• thority of a Committee of the House of Commons, may add to the difficulties of your position, less indeed by the practical measures which it recommends than by the principles which it lays down, and on which it proceeds; principles which I know to be opposed to your own views, and which, if you were to attempt to carry them into practice, would, I fear, lead to most unhappy con sequences. The report, you will observe, proceeds upon the as sumption that "the uncivilised inhabitants of any coun try have but a qualified dominion over it, or a tight of occupancy, and that until they establish amongst them selves a settled form of govermnent, and subjugate the - ground to their own uses by the cultivation of it, they cannot grant to any individuals, not of their own tribe,. any portion of it, for the simple reason that thoy have not thearelvas any individual property in it;" and the Committee add. " that if the view which they have thus. taken of the right of the Crown to the whole of the un occupied soil of New Zealand, and of the nullity of all private purchases of land from the natives, be a correct, one, and if this were also the view of the then Secretary of State at the time that the arrangement with the New Zealand Company was concluded, it follows, as a matter of course, that by that arrangement it must have been intended to give to the Company a claim, binding in good faith, upon the estate of the Crown to the number of acres awarded to them by Mr. Pennington, and that this claim could not in any way be affected by the cha racter of those supposed purchases from the natives, which it was the very object of the whole arrangement to set aside as altogether null and invalid," lam not sure that, were the question one of mere theory, I should be prepared to subscribe unhesitatingly, and without reserve, to the fundamental assumption of the Committee, and I em sure that it would require ' considerable qualification as applicable to the aborigines of New Zealand. There are many gradations of " un- , civilized inhabitants," and practically, according to their state of civilisation, must be the extent of rights which they can be allowed to claim, whenever the terri tory on which they reside is occupied by civilised com munities. And it cannot be denied that, among " unci vilised nations," the New Zealanders hold a very high place, certainly far above the inhabitants of the other Australian colonies. The aborigines of New Holland generally are broken nto feeble and perfectly savage migratory tribes, roaming over boundless extents of country, subsisting from day to day on the:precarious produce of the chase, wholly ignorant of or averse to -the cultivation of the soil, with no principles of civil government, or recog nition of private property, and little, if any know ledge of the simplest forms of religion, or even of the existence of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to admit on the part of a population thus situate, any rights in the soil which should be permitted to inter fere with the subjugation by Europeans of the vast wile derness over which they are scattered ; and all that can be required by justice, sanctioned by policy, or re commended by humanity, is to endeavour, as civilisa tion and cultivation extend, to embrace the aborigines within their pale, to diffuse religious knowledge among them, to induce them, if possible, to adopt more settled modes of providing for their subsistence, and to afford them the means of doing so, if so disposed, by an adequate reservation of lands within the limits of ' cultivation. But the position of the New Zealanders of the Northern Island, at the time of its occu pation by Great Britain, was the reverse of all this.. Comparatively speaking, their territory was not of vast extent, though unquestionably far more than sufficient, under any circumstances, for the actual population. Their main, though not their sole, subsistence, was derived from agriculture, rude indeed, but continuous; rights of pro perty, as between tribe and tribe, and of individuals of each tribe itt*r se, were recognised and well under stood •, they had been for many years in intercourse with English traders and with Christian missionaries ; many of them had adopted Christianity ; many were acquainted with the English language and with letters, and at this moment a Maori Gazette is published in New Zealand, and widely circulated among them. I cannot think that it would be either just or practica ble to apply the same rule with regard to the occupation of land, to classes of aborigines so widely differing from each other. But, whatever may be the right theory, it is indis putable that in practice a distinction has been drawn by the Acts of the British Government. Up to 1839 this country recognized the chiefs of ; New Zealand as the heads of an independent community; and when in that year the unauthorised settlement of the country had rendered necessary the interposition of some higher authority, the Marquis of Nortnanby, then Secretary of State, expressed his concurrence in the view taken by a Committee of the House of Commons in 1836, " that the increase of national wealth and power, promised by the acquisition of New Zealand, would be a most adequate compensation for the injury which must be inflicted on the kingdom itself, by em barking in a measure essentially unjust, and but too certainly fraught with calamity to a numerous and in offensive people, whose title to the soil, and to the so vereignty of New Zealand, was indisputable, and had solemnly been recognised by the British Govern ment." Ho repeated, on the part of the Govern ment, the acknowledgment of New Zealand, as a sovereign and independent state, so far, at least, as it was possible to make that acknowledgment in favour of a people composed of numerous dispersed and petty tribes, who possessed a few political relations to each other, and were incompetent to act, or even to de liberate, in concert ; but that the admission of their rights, thus qualified, was binding on the faith of the British Crown;" and he also "disclaimed, on the part of the Queen, for herself and for her subjects, every pre. tension to seize on the islands, or to govern them as a part of the dominion of Great Britain, unless the free and intelligent consent of the natives, expressed according to their established usages, should be first obtained;" and, acting on this view, the British Government, directed their agent to accept from the chiefs the grant of sove reignty on conditions which were subsequently embo died in an instrument bearing (late the 6th of February, 1840. By the second article of this instrument, which was officially promulgated and laid before Parliament, " Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and gua rantees to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and to the respective families and individuals thereof, the full, exclusive, and undisturbed possession of their lands and estates, forests, fisheries, and o th er p ropert i es which they may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their posses sion. But the chiefs of the united tribes, and the indi vidual chiefs, yield to her Majesty the exclusive right of pre-emption over such lands as the proprietors thereof may be disposed to alienate, at such prices as may be agreed upon between the respective proprietors and per sons appointed by her Majesty to treat with them on that behalf." Personally, neither you nor I are interested in now considering whether this policy were wise or unwise. Before the present Government assumed any responsi bility for the affairs of New Zealand, not only had these steps been taken, and obtained the sanction of Parlia ment, but an officer had been appointed to administer the Government ; laws had been passed by a local legisla ture for regulating titles to land ; Commissioners had been sent out for the settlement of those titles, subject to enactments previously passed, and guided by instruc tions issued by my predecessor. Nor does it seem to me that such an inquiry is useful for any practical pur pose, in reference to the f u t ure . Wh at you an d I h ave to do is to administer the affairs of the colony in re ference to a state of things which we find, but did not create, and to feelings and expectations founded, not upon what might have been a right theory of coloniza tiou, but upon declarations and concessions made in the name of the Sovereign of England. You will observe, indeed, that the Committee admit that " erroneous as they believe the policy hitherto pur sued to have been, they are sensible of the great diffi culty which may now be experienced in changing it; and bearing in mind the great distance of these islands, and the consequent impossibility of knowing what may be the state of affairs there when an y i ns tructions that may be sent out shall reach the Governor, they are not pre pared to recommend that he should be peremptorilyor dered to assert the rights of the Crown as e they believe h them to exist; all they advise is, that h should a _ have aay , and ons, should indde rt ob b ee e ss d tt a i e r ba ec liies t uh e i d attr to e clearly explained to him what those rights_ and the adopt such measures _ principles on which they as to meet the difficulties of the case, he may title of the Crown to all unoccupied land as soon ac this can be safely accomplished." The Committee state elsewhere, " We have observed that the terms of the treaty are ambi,uous, and, in the sense in which they have been understood, have been highly inconvenient ; in this we refer principally to the stipulations it contains with respeet to the right of pro perty in land: the information which has been laid be fore us shows that these stipulations, and the subsequent proceedings of the Governor, founded upon them,have • firmly established in the minds of the natives notions which they had then but very recently been taught to entertain of their having a proprietary title of great value to land not actually occupied." I cannot overlook the fact, that your measures must be framed in reference to the existence of such notions founded on interpre tations of law and treaty hitherto admitted by the au thorities at home and on the spot, and entertained by a high-spirited, warlike, and well-armed race of people, confident in British justice, and whom it is most im portant, by a conciliatory course, to bring into more close connexion with, and more complete subjection to British authority. The extent to which native rights to land might be admitted was, as you may remember, matter of frequent and anxious discussion between us previous to your de parture from England ; and you are aware that; feeling the information necessary for the purpose not to be with in my reach in this country, I constantly refused to the New Zealand Company to define authoritatively here so difficult and important a question. On the one band, to restrict those rights to lands actually oc cup ied b f w o i r tbtbe culti vation appeared to me wholly irreconF I properties which they other largo words of the treaty of Waitan es tates, forests, fisheries, and other possess," and of which, ga il,e . a am e ds and may collectively or individually undisturbed possession" is "the full, exclusive, guaranteed to them." The thereby "confirmed all " unoccupied" land, to tho es clauo• of the Crown to THE LONDON JOURNAL, cS.c. The present number contains a list of all the recent English, Scottish, and Irish patents, and reports of the judgments of the Courts of Law in all recent. cases of disputed patents. From the scientific notices we extract the following, on the preservation of statues and monuments by means of oxide of copper. The subject is one well worthy the attention of the public authorities : "There is on the Place Caroline, at Munich, an obelisk made of bronze, ex are canto, erected by the king to the memory of the 30,000 Bavarians who fell in the Rus sian campaign. This obelisk is surrounded by several steps of stone, which are washed by the rain running down the obelisk. Baron de Bourgouin has observed, that this water preserved the stone from the species of greyish rust which generally accumulates upon old monu ments, and which appears to be produced by moss or very minute insects lodging in the pores of the stone. The four angles of the pedestal, which do not receive any water from the obelisk, present a great contrast, by reason of their blackish colour, to those parts washed by the water which has passed over the bronze. May we not conclude from this observation, that water, impreg nated with the least portion of oxide of copper, will de stroy seeds of moss, &c., as well as the eggs of animal coke, which adhere to all unpolished stones. It is from this cause that the marble statues at Versailles, and those in London more particularly, are so much dis figured with black and grey mould. In order to preserve the beauty of statues, ornaments, and monu ments, it may be sufficient to wash them periodically with water, containing oxide of copper in solution. Re-cutting, or scraping is not only very expensive, but does not last : as witness the façades of the Louvre, which are now of the same colour as those which have not been touched. Advantage should be taken of the lesson afforded by the obelisk at Munich. The discovery of a process for preserving chef-d'oeuvres of architecture and sculpture, should be proposed amongst the prizes offered by the learned Societies, and even by Government." A CONSCIENTIOUS BOOKSELLER.— A bookseller who exposes books for sale in his open shop-window in the City, having recently observed that he lost a number of books, notwithstanding he always found the exact quantity, abating those that were sold on taking them in at night, and besides this, finding several books among his own, of which ho had not the slightest knowledge, was the other day induced to watch a demure-looking young man rather closely, whom he had constantly seen looking at his books, but scarcely ever making a purchase. In this employment his sur prise was very soon increased by observing his customer put a book in his pocket, and pull another from under his coat, which he placed amongst the rest on the board, and then deliberately walked away. Being, however, desired to walk back again, and account for his conduct, the trembling culprit at length acknow ledged that he had been in the constant habit of exchanging good carnal for what ho called indifferent spiritual books, which he consi dered advantageous to the bookseller ; and as a proof of his assertion pulled out of his pocket a volume of old puritanic divinity, for which he averred, and the fact proved it, he had deposited a well-bound volume of the works of Pope, by way of a conscientious exchange ! His youth and simplicity had such an effect upon the bookseller, that after making him sensible that even these exchanges would expose him to a prosecution for theft, he let him go, with advice in future always to con sult the owner of property before he attempted to trans fer or exchange it under any pretext whatever. EXTRAORDINARY PROGENY.—Widow Rutherford died at Aberfeldy on the 20th ult., aged 92 years. She was the mother of five children—three sons and two daughters. By her eldest daughter, she had 13 grand children and 57 great grandchildren. By her second daughter, she had 15 grandchildren, and 17 great-grand children. By her eldest son, she had eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Her second son had no t ree children. In a ll, c hildren, and the third son had randchildren, 7 she had five children , 39 9 great grandchildren —being and g Her 123 of a progeny ! eldest great-grandehild is rising 21 years of age, and several of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, were at her bedside when she breathed her last.—Edin. burgh papa. A LEVELLER.—A Correspondent informs us that a clergyman, not twenty miles from Truro, caused a new road to be made through the church-yard, which passed over the grave of a widow, whose remains had only been placed "in the narrow house" six weeks ; and also over several more graves belonging to her family. Not con tented with this, his reverence gave orders to the sexton to level all the graves on each side of the path, because of their unsightly appearance. This the sexton refused to do; but the lady of his reverence, indignant at the refusal of the subordinate functionary, and determined not to be foiled, directed her gardener to level the graves, and sat by in her carriage superintending this work of dese cration. It is needless to add that the feelings of the living are severely wounded by these proceedings.— West Briton. PV.OGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILL Of all the republics of South America which have shaken off the tyrannic yoke of Spain, that of Chili is the least known in Europe, in const quence of * its . dis tele rowel Horn. ritee nett ral taourees of Oi l tin c ale; ry lit he Smith P telfie are e tli•ely iinkeown try tee esetredity f Europ- ans, whose knowledge of' ..eete e-a de es nor t.xe.ee treyeed etexiee, fetlumbia, ezfis, and Biteees Ay:.eseehe of ilv•t pert et• the new wovid ; i 4 =S• ell Hats been till ;etely 'ree e•rl t'requeteeii, reel earieutatey eedee e e wee exee e tien, one tie ti e mite fei•tile and in.'s" productive parre of roat vast Continent. The ini - luntains, or (eolith -tee, abound with mines of gold, silver, platisa, iron. copper, tin, lee!, and other yell:able metals, which retptee k.he enter e rising lined , d Etirep ans to ex p.ere. t rinaer item- of tie , most profitable speculations in a commercial point of view. Its plains and verdant valleys pi , fetrn and every description of grain, and fruits in abuHda,ce; and in the southern districts are inexhaustible forests of most useful trees, for building, &c. The breeding of h.irned castle, horses, and sheep is at present the principal resource of its hard-working and industrious peasantry; but the introduction of European machinery is wanting to reap the golden harvest now hidden and lost. It is worthy of remark, that notwithstanding the in testine civil wars which have raged for years throughout the whole of South America, Mexico, and Buenos Ayres, the republic of Chili has been in a state of the most happy tranquillity for the last fifteen years, governed by prudent and unambitious patriots, supported by a peaceful and industrious population, and is, per haps, the only one of the republics that has kept its faith to the merchants of this country, by duly honouring the loans she has contracted, and which has kept up her credit in the money-market or stock exchange. We are happy to learn that the Government of that country have commissioned one of their first engineers, and Director-general or Public Works,Don a most scientific officer, to examine the different improve ments in public roads, machinery, hydraulics, mining, manufactures, &c., that have taken place of late years in Europe, so as to make a full report thereon, to enable his Governmeet to ad. lit those that will be meet advantageous and beneficial to tie , ' country. To carry this greed pro ject into effect, Senor Hilario Pulini has lately visited the different iron foundries and mwehirieries at Liver pool, Manchester, Birmingham, SeeffiAil, andi•he milling districts, with the object of introducing machinery, rail roads, and other British inventions applicable to the re sources offered by Cnili, and for the working of her rich mines. One principal project is to establish a railway from the port of Valparaiso, passing by the towns of Guitlota, San Felipe ,tie Aconcagua, to Santiago. the capital, a distance of 44 leagues, or 135 miles, which will be pereirmed in five hours instead of twenty four to thirty hours by the usual conveyance; thereby opening a quick communication between one of the must flourishing seaports in the South Pacific and the interior. To carry this grand project into effect the above-named engineer has, by special order, made every minute survey of a line for rails, of the different pints, he., and he has fiund that there will be no difficulty in accomplishing it, as one part of the line will be along the seacoast, and the other folio wing the river De Aconca gua, thereby avoiding two mountains that were consi tiered a fatal obstacle. The scientific knowledge and perseverance of this engineer have now insured the ac complishment of this important undertaking. which will be of the gr atest advantage to that. country. We are informed that several resiteotable pas ties i•t Leiden said Liver pool have made very advantage us Off:TS to form e cereeeny to esti.) this Unpin teia project ;ate •-ffect, under the euspieee of the Governmeet, te'deh will be happy to render every assistaece towards its e ,mpletion try granting ev, r. cencession. file Agricultural Society ef this Re public, sons- tune ego, forfued a •ebsertption to eeeshbeti asociety tu.•!, r the :isle or Soci,ty Ifitiustry and Colo nisafeire" for the sole her part ; but, thee vv,-re net aide to realise what they want' d fir this object ey the issuing of sheres; ,(hale 4;IA', however, s• v. rat ilidivideal- in this voawxy hav e efferee to advents, fends ar a moderate interest. file great dra ,, :track to tile pros,, , erity tith influen tial R. public is, that the interior of ii, and its tepogra p!tieui slid :statistical resources are nor. generally keown ter the want of a correct map of that part or the State, so as to bv awe to judge of the if its aria the advantage, offered; and this neut.— sity beteg thity more felt, it is t be hoped tit that enlighteeed Government will have a general surte) of the c :entry taken, on the return of this engi neer. As ne will neve to make various surveys for the xtension of the roads and can ids, a map of the whole country could be taken at a small expense, as the pro perties are not much divided, and it is t , . be desired that the railway company, when established, will appropriate a small sum annually for the completion of this im portant undertaking. In doing which, a geological sur vey of its mineral riches might be made, as it abounds in riches, which at present are in virgin ground that has never been explored, and the interior of which is un known. Its agriculture is one of the most prosperous, giving 40 to 60 per cent. Copper, flax, hides, gold, and silver, are the staple commodities for exportation. Senor Pulini has had no little trouble in compiling a series of reports on the public buildings, prisons, hospitals, and manufactories of this country, and particularising those that will be most adapted to Chili, which have been the result of the greatest labour. This Commission having been confided to him, there is no doubt of great improve ments being made by his intelligent Government on his return, and it is pleasing to fire: that they have such an experienced officer in that part of the southern hemis phere to advance the prosperity of his country and its inhabitants. He has communicated, since his stay in England, some very important problems on different subjects hitherto undisAolv,it in Europe, "no respecting observations made by the barotneter, witiuh must be four inches longer than in this conntry to he exact in America, and rendering the needle of the compass cor reit in South America, which is not expressed in any tables pub ished, as well as its inclination. In taking level, no proper .ii.stinction has been made between the true and the apparent, and the refraction of light, &c., which have hitherto been incomprehensible. These he has been able to expound by remedying all these phe nomena, and raising his plans with the greatest correct ness, and no doubt his operations will be duly appre ciated by his Government on his return to Chili, so that tie may give those informations for the welfare of his country. The progress of emigration in Chili has been most extraordinary since that Republic has been firmly estab lished and had an uninterrupted peace for the last fifteen years. Formerly the vessels only used to bring ten, twenty. or thirty passengers p, r annum, but last year there were no less than 500 emi , i-rants arrived from New South Wales in tour ships, NII experienced English arti sans or ineehanic,, who immedt,ttelv obtained employ. ment. The revenues ckt the Governru,nt since thnt rriod h :ye more than clothier!, and its credit has ad vanced wi'h a most ex raordi,ary rapidity in Europe. In Lon ion at pri,ent, tis bolds are at 105, which ..very • itie are Hinctually paid. The liborty and Se -18 eta IS discreet in the strictest manner, awlalth:la t .yi the relippov if the ~'tae` is Riiiirian Catholic. 1::•!• a ,iiifrent ei-e, , d are unmolested in their wor .. ship. Wl - I , :itt is at tour. in five shillings per cwt ; pota toes rw) abil rigs ; &e. ;tt , ce per lb.; poui t fi , ll. anal ev ry descripion of v• getnbles, ex tr. tn. •ty cheap. It is only n-c , .,snry to know the tn-un train--; o r • iiisocier its mineral riche*, which re , ;114,1 are at set unexplortd, aiid :.iny spi,iulutors c iuld easily obtain, at Vol o; 3,000/. to 4.0001., 41 correct surviT of thin ran "it f.zo!rl. silver, pla'ina, ti_iw nuried in the earth, as ever* wu r! i4iv ,, tt by Government to work vie I. l ;ie Paiiific Steam Navigati -n Company at Val vitals() his proved an excel , . nt speculation, and two more sto oners are iwiog ouilt in this country f'or that Atauott, %nd when the railway i, eitahlished from tkat port Santiago the advant:ig 's to English enterprise for mining will be immense. Mr. Lumley has returned from Paris, and has suc ceeded in enraging the thirty-six children who are now astonishing tit- Parisians at the Academie Royale by their ,xtra,rdinary dancing. Their graceful movements, finished style, and classical grouping, cast all similar efforts in tne shade. It is positively arranged that her Mjesty's Theatre will comma ce its season with a ballet written expressly for these Viennese wonders. Of the troupe dunsatete, Lucile Grahn, Louise Weiss, and M. Go.t.selin, the second ballet -master, have arrived. M. Perrot is expected to day.. The rehearsals of the chorus have commenced. New scenery is in a state of forward ties, and all gives token of busy preparation for the approaching season. The direction of the " Teatro della Cruce," at M•Ldrid, have offered large sums to induce Mr. Lumley to rescind Moriani's engagement, but which, we are glad to be able to add, have been at once refused. FOOT-BALL AT KINGSTON.—This old English sport, which has from time immemorial been carried on in the ancient town of Kingston. was this year exhibited on Shrove Tuesday, with, if possible, increased spirit, and not only need. , the whole of the labouring classes, but most of the principal tradesmen and several of the ,:entry o the n.-ighbourhood joined in the sport. The hour fixed for the commencement or the game wa, eleven o'clock, and shortly before that hour a baud of music, ac companied by a number of flags and banners, and fol lowed by the players, parade. the to n. :Ile ball, which was handsotnely gilt, was carried before the procession, which stopped in the merket-place, and, upon the report of a pistol, the bull was kicked off by T. Frecker, Esq., the oldest inhabitant, and the players having divided themselves into two bodies, Thames srreet and Town's end, the game commenced, amid loud huzzas. Both parties exerted themselves to the utmost, arid numerous kicks, bumps, thumps, and falls, were re- cetved by the players, some of whom also had the ad vantage of being ducked in the creek, in their struggle to get possession of the ball. The game continued until five o'clock, and the party in whose possession the ball remains when the clock strikes is considered the victor. On this occasion the honour was awarded to Thames street. The band then paraded the town again, after which those of the labouring classes who had joined in the game received refreshment tickets, which were pro vided by subscriptions of the gentry. The town of King ston, on these occasions, presents a very singular ap pearance, all the shops being closed, and the windows barricaded. In fact, it is a complete holiday, and "foot ball day" is quite an event in King-ten. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. -- Letters were received at the residence of Sir W. Follett, in Park- street, on Saturday morning, stating that the Learned Attorney-General, Lade Follett, and family, intended to sail from Naples on the 28th of last month, and that they might be expected to arrive in Eneland the beginning of next week. We are happy to hear that these accounts also state that this distinguished advocate has derived the greatest benefit from his tour, and lei now in the enjoyment of !,-:oA hoAlth. DANGEROUS TEICI;S ON flAiLlvA.-- were on Monday committed for trial for placing some bars across the railroad, near the Tiverton station, which were driven a by the eellineowSkrignif anina J slave IS 1 Ar e (t) fib' ilre °