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Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, March 19, 1845, TUESDAY, MARCH 4. Resolved—That a Cornmitte of five Members be ap- Pointed, to b? called " The Classification Committee of Rsilway Bills," and that three be a quorum of such Commute. TUESDAY, MARCH 11. Committee appointed :—Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr, Fox M au l e , Viscount Mahon, Sir Wm. Somerville, Mr Wilson Patten. Ordered,—That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records. TUESDAY, MARCH 18. Ordered,—That the Committee have power to report their opinion from time to time to the House. REPORT. The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of Railway Bills, according to the resolutions adopted by the House, and who are empowered to report from inure to time, report as follows : lour Committee having considered the several mat • tern referred to them, are of opinion that it is expedient that there be referred to one and the same Committee the following Bills and projects.— 1 . Central Kent. 2 . London, Chatham, and North Kent. 3 . London, Chatham, and Chilham. 4 . (South -Eastern) North Kent. 5 . London and Ashford. • 6 . (South-Eastern) Hungerford•bridge to Tonbridge. 7 . (South-Eastern) Tonbridge to Hastings. 8 . Rye and Tenterden. 4. (South E as tern) Ashford to Hastings. 10. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Keymer Branch). 11 . Bri g ht on , L e wes, and Hastings (Ashford Branch). , (South-Eastern) Maidstone to Rochester. 13 . (South-Eastern) Minster to Deal, and Walmer and , Margate Deviation and Extension. 4 . Kentish Coast. Gravesend and Rochester (Thames and Medway). 16 . London, Chatham, and Gravesend. London and Croydon (Orpington Branch). : 8 . London and Croydon (Enlargement and Branches). 4 9 . London and Maidstone. °. (South-Eastern) Headcorn and Rye. 22. Londo n an d Greenwich Widening. 42 . (South-Eastern) London and Greenwich Railway 2 ,. Extension. Londo n and Greenwich. Your Committee further recommend that the follow 'ob Bills and projects be referred to another Committee:— B. Leeds and West Riding Junction. • West Yorkshire. " A . Hudd ers fi e ld a nd Manchester (Railway and Canal). .'„• Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch). • Manchester and Leeds (Heywood Branch Extension). •,* Manchester, Bury, and Rosendale. • Leeds and Thirk. 8• Harrogate and Ripon Junction. b .,' York an d North Midland (Harrogate Branch). ',Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester. 1 1 .. 1 our Committee further recommend that the following 143 and projects be referred to another Committee:— 1 * Barnsl e y J u nction. 2 ' lluddersfield and Sheffield Junction. i n lour Committee further recommend that the follow. "ills and projects be referred to another Committee:— D. 1, Leeds and Bradford Extension (Shipley to Colne). ~..Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Coble. .Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton. i n our Committee further recommend that the follow. B ilis and projects be referred to another Committee : E. 2. Northumberland. Newcastle and Berwick. 4 ' l ,,,awcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction). "Aewcastle-upon-Tyre and North Shields (Tyne. .„„ mouth Extension). our Committee further recommend that the follow. ki t ,_ -'-ua and projects be referred to another Committee:— 1 F. . 2. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. O xford,, and Rugby. 4. O xford and Didcot. London and Worcester and Rugby and Oxford Rail . way (Dudley to Wolverhampton). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester 6. tt„ir , Branch and Deviation). alingham and Gloucester (Wolverhampton Ex tension). B ristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Glou k °ester. London and Worcester and Rugby and Oxford Railway (Dudley and Sedgelcy) . L ondonr, Worcester, and South Staffordshire. 1 6 ; b onr Committee further recommend that the follow ° 'llls and projects be referred to another C omm itt ee: — 1, t G. rustol a n d E x eter Branches. 2. London a n d South-Western Railway (Yeovil Ex- L ondon an ) d South-Western Railway (Hook Pit 4. ''' ')lid Br on anch an ) d South- Western Railway (Basingstoke, 5, v,,Didcot, and Swindon Junction). 6 o r alts, Somerset, and Weymouth. 'c °nth ampton and Dorchester. in k at, s anmd Comittee further recommend th that the follow "I projects be referred to another Committee: 1, 5. i ,arwich. 3, farwich (Hosking's line). t i 4. 4arwick Railway and Pier (Eastern Union). e ar winh and Eastern Counties Junction. t n °lehest er P o rt and Junction. ktit-m_Pr Com m itt e e further recommend that the follow '4 and projects be referred to another Committee:— 1, 2. r t, and Ely. r Y and Bedford. I nt I T Committee further recommend that the follow 'l43 Mid projects be referred to another Committee:- 1, b K. 2, as tern Union and Norwich. k 4 183 and Colchester (with Branches). o rwich and Brandon Deviation and Diss and Dere k r h am Branches. 5. .404 and Dereham. t, Mien and Norwich. 48t ern Counties (Colchester and Bury St. Edmun d 's R: itendOn). 8 . l). 13 t IS S. Beecles and Yarmouth. le lt a ! tl 'rn Union and Bury St. Edmund's. 1, 1 . : 1 Dercham and Norwich. , aStern Counties (Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's tension). 4 . y yellsand Thetford. 4,7 4 iouth and Norwich. -rw ieli and Brandon (Norwich Extension); now 1.i:41e:1110d Yarmouth and Norwich. Committee furher recond that the follow- I, 1. and projects be t referred toeother Committee: — L. 2 "ond • °n and Portsmouth. eildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth. 4 ri ghton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension). 1.,", 8( 2,rn and Dorking. - ,u,on and Brighton (Redhill and Dorking Branch). 1/ 11 ,.,‘0 Eastern (Reigate to Dorking). ° qnshain Railway. l'o a ; l 'cl ford Junction, ttee further recommend that the follow 1, 4 3 and projects be referred to another Committee:— 31. girth Devon. ‘). ke 4 15 4 , t er and Crethton. bill'onlmittee further recommend that the follow ' a nd projects be referred to another Committee N. 1.4 Devon, Tavistock, and other Branches. ". i meesto n and South Devon. or ii e„ Wall and Devon Central. ‘J' lllll llll. t e j . Cornwall. ip 0 11 r 4 ;,,C 8 Junction. 4) ain `'€' ll. l mit tee further recommend that the follow -3 and projects be referred to another Committee:— 5 i rr O. ' ln ,. 'alley. Valley, 6 t a. , Junction (Potteries Branch). • lita`.Worth and Rugby. • t ne _ h . he and Birmingham (Macclesfield Branch Atension). • "narnitteo further recommend that the follow 1, °d proje c t s b e referred to another Committee 4 4 . t h .r o nt a ),, t o vales Railway. 4 0 , 4 2 . 0uth and Hereford. 4. Q,loll..4_outhshire Railway. 6, ,l‘ieatoes,t;er and Dean Forest. 4fi L, and Pontypool. Ot,, tr , ale Railway. m 4 re Railway. aisith °Minittee further recommend that the follow- I, a " Projects be referred to another Committee o "hre wsb 1. heal,. 10 7, Oswestry, and Chester Junction. 1 4 o ur elre and Shropshire Junction. o pluittee further recommend that the follow-, 1 , 'au projects be referred to another Committee:- 1) I) uhl in a d B. Drogheda. 1 - ) uad „and Belfa s t J unc tion (Branch to 'Cells). q roat tt and Enni s kill en . 6, I:lB4_,ortk West ern . I. Extension. 2i 'nem °wr(Armagh and Dublin). iti °tir , a nd Enni s kill en . hill s 241Enittee further recommend that the follow projects be referred to another Committee B elfast 2. and S. Ballymena. Lon donderry try and Enniskillen. and Coleraine. A s thr. Z l ust' „ th( '. gliips for the trial cruise, of the Surveyor's ea r c et iou, are fast progressing in their equipment, 111 4rhbestiv t l - que r op, ships that there ui i? ..11be recisely f the same , 4 4 e p 1 ship s of the old constructi n—o . . ..... o the same "ttt "' aud of acknowledged superior qualities to , atk, / ,„ „ compete with the Albion, Superb, and •4 41. 't and should the Queen likewise ac titTaY this ‘• ht. q .qua ron, wt.. d , trust that the • Trafalgar as we l i v e i e °rg'e, will be matched against her ; and . , .. h 4 ,,0 often repeated, that fair and positive trials will 44 o s' , riot of sailing alone, but on all points of service, *ill t : c,va.rY point off exercise in blowing weather, that c ittitli t ; B ‘ beyond the power of refutation the several ititsi n e ll of each ship • , for this is a national, not a party "I ''Ncivai and Military Gazette. 361 i RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. THURSDAY, MARCH 20. The following Bills were presented and read a first time Dundee and Perth Railway. Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway. Midland Railway Branches. Aberdeen Railway. The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Direct Northern Railway (No. 2) (London to York). St. Ives Junction Railway. Wells and Dereham Railway. Diss and Colchester .Junction Railway. Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway. ' London and Birmingham Railway. South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings). South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension of the London and Greenwich Railway.) South Eastern Railway (Hurgerford Bridge to Chilham, with Branches). South Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal and Extension of the South Eastern, - Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway). South Eastern Railway (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells). South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Tunbridge and Pad dock Wood). South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester). London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Ex tension from Dudley to Wolverhampton). Exeter and Crediton Railway. Lynn and Dereham Railway. Fuson and Wyre Railway Branches. North Wales Railway. Chester and Holyhead Railway (No. 2) (Mould Branch and Purchase of Chester and Biikenhead Railway). London and Croydon Railway (Chatham to Chilham). London and Croydon Railway Enlargement. London and Croydon Railway (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tonbridge). London ann Croydon Railway (Chatham and Gravesend). London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendment. Midland Railways-Company (Birmingham and Gloucester and Bristol and Gloucester Railways Purchase). Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone). Gravesend and Rochester Railway. Bristol and Gloucester Railway. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway,—Petition for Bill re ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Ward. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE, Scottish Midland Junction Railway,-Committee on peti tion, Friday, April 4. Eastern Union and Norwich Railway (No. 2),-Commit tee on petition, Friday, April 4. Newry and Enniskillen Railway,-Committte on petition, Friday, April 4. Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway),-Com mittee on petition, Friday, April 4. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway (Tyne mouth Extension, &c.)-Second reading, Tuesday, April 1. Direct Northern Railway (No. 1),-Committee on peti tion, postponed from Friday, April 4, till Monday, April 7. Direct Northern Railway, (No. 2), (Lincoln to York),- Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilaton Direct Railway,-Com mittee on petition, Friday, April 4. South Eastern Railway (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells), -Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. South. Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings),-Com mittee on petition, Friday, April 4. South Eastern Railway (Extension of Canterbury, Rams gate, and Margate Railway, and Branch to Deal),-Com mittee on petition, Friday, April 4. South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester),-Com mittee on petition, Friday, April 4. South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension Green wich Railway),-Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. South Eastern Railway (Hunge:ford Bridge to Chilham), -Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Tunbridge and Pad dock Wood),-Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 2),- Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Eastern Union Railway (Bury St. Edmund's),-Commit tee on petition, postponed sine die. London and Birmingham Railway,-Committee on peti tion, Friday, April 4. Wells and Dereham Railway,-Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Chester and Holyhead Railway (No. 2), (Mold Branch) and Purchase of Chester and Birkenhead Railway,-Com mittee on petition, Friday, April 4. Diss and Colchester Junction Railway,-Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. South Wales Railway,-Second reading, Monday, March 31. Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough),-Second reading, Monday, March 31. Midland Railways (Swinton to Lincoln),-Second read ing, Monday, March 31. Midland Railways (Ely to Lincoln)-Second reading, Monday, March 31. Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln),-Second reading, Monday, March 31. Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway, -Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway,-Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. Great North of England Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway,-Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. London and South Western Railway (No. 2),-Second reading, Monday, March 31. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway,- Second reading, Monday, May 31. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Keymer Branch), -Second reading, Monday, March 31. London and Croydon Railway (Chatham and Gravesend), -Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. London and Croydon Railway (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tunbridge),-Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. London and Croydon Railway Enlargement,-Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch),- Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. London and Croydon Railway , (Chatham and Chilham), Comffiittee on petition, Friday, April 4. North Wales Railway,- Committee on petition, Friday, April 4. FORGERY AT ROCIIESTER. Roc KIESTER, MARCH 19. —Frederick George Janes, a Custom-house clerk, was further examined on the charge of having forged a receipt for 121. 13s. Bd. Mr. Thomas Patten appeared for the prisoner. Mr. George -Simmons said—l am a mast and block maker at East-street, Milton, next Gravesend. On the 10th of March I made application by letter to the Collector of Customs at Rochester, ask ing if there was any money there for me, for some work and goods I had supplied for the service of the coast-guard vessels. The letter produced by the collector is in my hand-writing. That letter I addressed to the collector, Mr. Sawyers. Of the amounts stated in that letter, the 121. 15s. 4d. is for the Fly tender, and the 71. ls. 7d. is for the Tiger. Those sums are due to me. In consequence of my sending that letter, the collector called at my residence on the morning of the 11th, the day after I had written it, and produced a receipt. The receipt now produced, to the best of my belief, is the same that was shown to me. The Collector asked if the receipt was my hand-writing. His allusion, I considered, went to the signature, and I replied it was not. The Col lector then asked if the handwriting was that of any one that I had given authority to receive the money. I said_no but after looking more particularly t o th e twist of the capital S of Simmons, I said it mi g ht b e my son's. My son was gone to forthfleet-hope to a ship, to measure fur two masts. My son George often gives receipts for money he receives. He has the same power as myself in paying and receiving. On the following morning, the 12th instant, I went to the collector's office, and the collector produced the same receipt again, and after questioning me, the collector called the prisoner into his office, and in the presence of Mr. Tritton, the collector said to the prisoner, " Here is Mr. Simmons come over from Gravesend respecting this receipt," at the same time showing it to the prisoner. The collector then said," Mr. Sim mons denies the signature to be his, or that of any person authorised by him," and added, "Now, Sir, who did sign it? " The prisoner said, "I did." The collector then remonstrated with the prisoner for com mitting such an act. Cross examined by Mr. Patten—l recollect calling at the Custom-house for the payment of these ac- Counts last Friday month, when I saw the prisoner and Tier. Tritton in the office, and I asked them if any cashier was present, and if there was any money for me. The prisoner asked my name, and I told him. The prisoner referred to a book, and told me there was no money for me yet, but he expected it in a few days. The prisoner said there was an error in casting the account, and that the bill had been sent to London. The prisoner did not offer to send me the money when it came down, but I think he said if I would send him the receipt he would transmit the money. I did say to the prisoner that Mr. J. Kiddell came to Rochester every week, and he can bring it for me, and I am positive that I never said the prisoner might sign the receipt for me. I did ask Mr. Kiddell to call, but he did not. By the Mayor—lf Mr. Kiddell had called for the account he would first have called on me for the receipt. Mr. George Simmons, jun., son of the last wit ness, deposed that the receipt produced was not in his handwriting. This being the whole of the evidence, the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the county. COURSE OF EXCHM Amsterdam CF. 12 74 Ditto, at sight l2 51 Rotterdam 2U. 12 74 Antwerp 26 15 Hamburgh M.B. 13 5i Altona _ _ IGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. , Leghorn 30 90 Genoa 26 15 Milan Venice ...,... ..... Naples ........ ....... 40 Palermo, per 0z...... 1198 Lisbon s3i Oporto Rio Janclio Bahia .. . Buenos, A.yi .38 Newyork .::.7dyssight Philad?lphla • PRICES ...1P BULLION, PER 07. Foreign t; al, bars. £3 17 9 Portuga: Gold Coin 17 5 New PoublDons-... 0 0 0 New DcA.lars 0 4 9i Silver it! Bars— 0 0 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 87i Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles 26 15 Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine l22i Petersburgh, 3 Us.— Berlin Vienna, effee. Li. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona — Seville On Sunday, being Palm Sunday, the ancient custom of cracking the whip in the porch of Caistor church was as usual proceeded with. Many strangers came to witness the ceremony. This is a new vicar, and the first time a whip has been held over his head in Caistor church,—Doncaster Gazette. T!!E SITI , T,_LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 22 1815. JERSEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—As our ishw d has lately made some stir in the world, and, notwithstanding the bigh end varied talent employed in the public press, Lut little is known`in England respecting it, you will perhaps be glad if I new begin to fulfil my long neglected promise of giving you some account of its anomalous laws. You must, however, perfectly un derstand I distinctly pledge you my word, that in all I write I state nothing but naked facts; for so start ling are many .of them, that without such a pledge I should almost fear your implicit reliance in my vera city, and scarcely prevent a flashing thought that I was hoaxing you. I know not whether you are aware that our jurats are chosen for life by the people, without any reference to their rank, property, or education, fitting them for the office. Thus, a potato-merchant, who can scarcely write his name, becomes, by the votes of men as ig norant as himself, instantly capable of sitting in judg ment on, and deciding in all civil and criminal cases (high treason excepted). This is the Jersey " royal" road to learning. how think you these so learned personages are bound by their oath of office to ad minister justice? Think you it is according to law and the evidence before them ? No such thing— but only " according to the uprightness of their ,conscience." A person who does not own any land, houses, or mortgages thereon, can be arrested here, even for a few shillings; no oath being made as to the validity of the claim affords full scope for false arrests. But, whether the claim be valid or other wise, if not immediately satisfied, the person is com mitted to prison, unless he can obtain the bail of a known proprietor of land in the island, and this a stranger can seldom do. We have a just and humane law here, whereby debtors are released from imprison ment, and freed from liability, upon obtaining per mission of the Court to make a general cession of all their real and personal estates, for the benefit of their creditors. This law is often subservient to the perpetration of the grossest fraud and in justice ; but, for the present, I will confine myself to showing you how, by the practice of our Court, it is rendered almost of none effect to the debtor. Let us assume that I have arrested a person, and he is, after weeks of confinement, before the Court upon his petition to avail himself of this law, after having gone through all the requisite for malities—that, moreover, he is really entitled to the benefit of it, and I have 2 vindictive feeling towards him—the practice of our Court of Justice is such, that were I the devil upon earth it would afford me ample means of gratifying my malignity. I instruct my ad vocate to plead fraud, but am not obliged to specify the nature of that fraud, nor the time when, or place where it occurred—as this plea is denied by my victim's advocate, the case is sent to proof, and he is re manded to prison, where he may lie for weeks before the case is again before the Court. When it is, my advocate can obtain, as a matter of course, some months delay, for the production of a witness whom he states is in Australia or Newfoundland (any where will do,) and as no affidavit is made that his evidence is material, nor whether there is any likeli hood of his return, he may be a fictitious witness for what is known to the contrary. The prisoner is consequently once more remanded. I am not obliged to prove my allegation of fraud at the expiration of the time, and if proved, the Court has no power to punish it by any definite sentence. When next he ap pears, after lying all these months in prison, my victim may be again sent back to it, because my advocate is no Etienne then devoted himself exclusively to literature, and published in the Minerve Francaise, under the title of "Lettres sur Paris," an animated account of all the political movements from 1818 to 1820. He was also, at a later period, one of the principal writers in the Coratitutionnel. In 1820 he was elected Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the department of the Meuse, and in Novem ber, 1839, was made a Peer of France. The num ber of successful dramatic productions of M. Etienne, up to the period of his being made a Deputy, was far more than usually falls to the lot of any one man, and he was also the author of a popular history of the French theatre. His politics were liberal, even under the Imperial regime; and his address as Presi dent of the Institute to Napoleon, on his return from Elba, was remarkable for its independence, and the view that it took of the necessity of liberal institu tions for France. M. Etienne was a widower, Mme. Etienne having died about ten months ago. He was in the 68th year of his age.—Galignani. ON CLOSING UP PUBLIC-HOUSES ON SUNDAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Believing you to be really disposed to promote the happiness and enjoyment of the poorer &asses of the community, I have been induced to ask your permission to say a few words on the subject of your remarks, in your paper of March 18, on the endeavours now making to prevail on the Legislature to enforce the closing of gin-shops and beer-shops on Sundays. If I thought this would really diminish the rational and healthy en joyments cf the poor, I should oppose it as warmly as yourself; but believing that it would be greatly for their benefit, in every point of view, I hope you will allow rue to state the reasons for this opinion. I am one of those who have always thought the la bourers of this country—agricultural, manufacturing, and every other class—over-worked, under-paid, under fed, under-clad, under-educated, and most unjustly de prived of many enjoyments to which their claims, as human beings, as fairly entitle them as those of the highest in the land:—that the green fields, bright flowers, and pure air of heaven, were as much designed for their gratification as for that of the noblest or the wealthiest; and that any restrictions which impede their enjoyment of these blessings ought, if possible, to be re moved. I agree with you, therefore, entirely, in the feeling which induced you to say in the article alluded to, "If a labouring man is not allowed to take refresh ment on a Sunday—if ho is not to visit his friends, to spend the only day he has to himself in rational enjoy ent and amusement, what is he to do?" Now the closing up the public houses on Sunday will not deprive any man of the pleasures you here enume rate. His truest and best refreshments are in the whole some and abundant meals which his own dwelling affords him; and his highest enjoyment of these will be when he is surrounds t by his wife and children, or his rela tives and friends. These, indeed, will help to recruit his strength, to increase and purify his blood, to give energy to his body and cheerfulness to his mind. But will gin, and beer, and tobacco, or any other of the intoxicating drinks and substances furnished by the public-houses, and for which alone he can desire to frequent them, give him health, strength, or true pleasure? Five millions of people in Ireland, and three millions in England and Scotland are ready to answer, after years of practical ex perience, that these destroy health, diminish strength, and, instead of enduring pleasure, produce only a tem porary excitement, which almost invariably ends in nausea, head-ache, fever, loss of appetite, irritability of temper, and every variety of disgust and pain. Besides which, the money spent by the poorest person who fre quents the gin-shop and the beer-shop on the Sunday, when their possession of their week's wages, and com mand of leisure, induce them to sit for hours at a time over the gill, the tankard, and the pipe, would maintain their families in comfort for several days in succession; and thus the wives and children are deprived of their proper share of the comfort and enjoyment which they have a right to ask at their husband's and father's hands. If persons are travelling, and reluire food and re freshment on the road, or if persons are living at inns and hotels, as inmates of the house, no one desires that any restrictions should be placed on their supplies; but the gin-shops, beer-shops, and taverns, into which so many thousands who have homes of their own, congre gate on the Sundays, are not necessary for such ref r y sh ment, and may therefore fairly be put on the same foot ing as all other shops where provisions, goods, or wares are sold. And then, as to the " innocent amusements and only recreations of the poor," as you call them in one sen • tence, and the "rational employment and amusement,' as you call them in another part of the same article, can anything be less deserving these terms than the scenes which the gin-shops and beer-shops continually display? That they are not so " innocent" as ycu ap pear to believe, the annals of crime too fearfully prove; since there is hardly a day in which some cases are not brought before the police-courts, which show that drink ing is the origin of more than half the offences and crimes committed in England: and this is no new opinion. Lord Bacon and Sir Matthew Hale, no mean authorities as judges, gave it as their deliberate opinion that drunkenness was the principal source of all the crimes known to them in their day, now two centuries ago ; and the judges of the present period of 1845 have all borne testimony to the same melancholy truth, in their several charges from the judicial bench ; while the keepers of gaols, the superintendents of hulks, the surgeons of lunatic asylums, the coroners of counties and cities, and the guardians of the poor, nearly all concur in tracing the various forms of crime, disease, and misery, with which they hare to deal, to the habits of intoxica tion which the gin-shops and beer-shops so fearfully generate ; and especially on Sundays, as the annals of the police-courts in every town of the kingdom show more than treble the cases of drunkenness on Sun days brought up for examination on Monday mornings than. occur on any other day in the week. They are, therefore, not places of " innocent amuse ments," as you suppose ; neither are they places of " ra tional enjoyment or recreation." That only is rational which cultivates, strengthens, and delights the reasoning faculties of men—gin, beer, and tobacco weaken, con fuse, and at last obscure those faculties entirely, in va rious degrees, from being unreasonably and obsti nately " fuddled" to becoming " dead drunk. " And as to re-creation, or the making a man anew by reviving his dormant energies into new life, it makes the strongest men helpless as infants, the cleverest men drivelling fools, and the more prudent men ungovernably mad. Iq truth, of all the single evils that afflict this country, there is not one that is half so prolific of misery . as this habit of using intoxicating drinks. Upwards of fifty millions of money are annually wasted in their con sumption—as much wasted as if thrown into the sea. In addition to which, more property is destroyed by sea and lands, in wrecks and fires—more sudden deaths occasioned by brawls and accidents—more disease en gendered, from dropsy to delirium tremens—more luna cies occasioned by over-excitement of the animal passions —more poverty occasioned by loss of time, unsteady work, and waste of wages— through the excessive drink ing which gin-shops, beer-shops, and taverns engender, than by all other causes put together. Lastly, what shall be said of this monstrous incon sistency? If a baker, a butcher, a cheesemonger, or a grocer keep , his shop open on Sunday, he not only offends the law, but he shocks public opinion. If a hatter, or bootmaker, or a tailor, were seen with all his men in full employment, in an open and large shop on a Sunday, it would be thought a scandal Now, these might be excused on the ground of their trades being "innocent," and their supplies being really " necessaries of life." But these are all closed by law and custom, while the most pernicious trade that was ever carried on—the traffic by which millions are impoverished, diseased, and otherwise injured, claims for itself especial exemption from all restraints of days or laws, and demands to be free to vend its poisons and make its drunkards especially on the day set apart by all other trades to rest, recreation, and devotion. If you contend that the Legislature should not inter fere in such matters at all—the plea comes too late—it might have been good a thousand years ago, when our ancestors were little better than the Red Indians of America ; and if we wish to see the effects of unli censed and unrestrained sale of spirituous drinks among a people, Mr. Catlin will tell us of the ravages which the " fire-water" has made among that gradually s inking people. But we live in a civilised community, under a dominion of law, and with a gener a l acquiesence in the principle that "prevention is better than remedy." Hence we have a preventive police—hence lights in our streets and highways —hence bolts and bars on our doors. For this reason gunpowder may not be manufactured in a city lest it should explode—hence carriages and omnibuses are restricted to a certain number of passengers, steam boats to certain rates of speed in crowded rivers, and hence, indeed, the many other r u l es an d regu l at i ons which prevent every man from " doing what he will" even " with his own." Upon this principle all public houses are already licensed, on certain condi tions, and without such licence none can be lawfully opened at all. Nay, more, they are already obliged to be closed during the hours of public worship every where ; and have lately been compelled, in London, to remain closed on Sundays from daybreak till one o'clock, from which recent curtailment of their hours the greatest good has already arisen. Let the remaining half of the Sunday be as much respected by the law as the first half, and gin-shops and beer-shops be closed to all on that day, while hotels and taverns, which furnish bed and board as well as drink, are open only to tra vellers and inmates. If this were done, the poor themselves would be the - first to feel its benefit, and the muddled dreams of intoxicating drinks, and the suffocating fumes of tobacco must be exchanged for wholesome food and raiment, green-fields, and fresh air, in which husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, f p o a r r e a n m t s u a c nd children h less sum could t han it generallyall participate s the together,toper and r a n d the sot for his only single and selfish gratification. I hope I have said enough to show you that there are at least some grounds for the proceedings you condemn ; and I have sufficient confidence in your genuine E ngl i sh spirit to bo assured you will not deny me a he . aring, be cause our opinions may differ on a subject which all men are not likely to view through the same medium.—l am, your obedient servant, J. S. BUCKINGHAM. March 19, 1845. present to oppose him, having occasion to leave the Island, perhaps the very morning of hearing; at another time he may be remanded because his own advocate has also found occasion to take a trip for a few days. Were Ito detail all the various methods of causing the delay of justice, I could fill a quir e , but these, however, wilt suffice; let us, then, now as sume the time is at last arrived , (it may be after years delay), when, through my advocate, I have ex hausted all the means which legal ingenuity or inventive malice can furnish, and therefore cannot longer prevent my poor victim's freedom. Think you the law will furnish me with further means of torturing him ? Yes, indeed, for the very morning of final hearing I can release him, and thus, when his advo- cate once more asks permission for his client to avail himself of the privileges of this law, he is told by the Court that he cannot make cession, as there is no de taining creditor • now, mark well, I have by means of the law not only left him in prison for years upon the miserable pittance of 2:id. per diem, without any sentence of the Court, but have by legal trickery pre vented him from obtaining the benefit of it, and, as my victim has not satisfied my claim, I can arrest him again for it, and add thereto the expenses of his former caption and prison-keep can go through the same farms as before, again and again ! !—Think you not that such practice is more fitted for a court of demons than of men ?—Between debtor and credi tor, no fraud is too gross to receive the sanction of our royal court according to law; by it, a creditor can fleece all other creditors, himself obtaining 40s. or 60s. in the pound (I know not that there is any limit to the amount he may obtain) —by it, both creditor and debtor may be victimised—by it, a landlord can arrest for rent not due, nay more, he can not only arrest for the rent of the whole term of years a tenant may have taken a house for, but, if not paid, can seize the tenant's furniture, lock it up in a room, and leave him with nothing but bare walls, and the tenant can be imprisoned for theft, if he abstracts anything from the room wherein it is locked This is not the worst evil a tenant is subject to : he may take a house for a term of years, pay the rent in advance for the whole term, and receive a receipt for the same, but nevertheless he can be turned out of possession for a year and a day by another party, and although he compounds with him by paying the rent for that year again, he can still be bona fide turned out of possession by other parties for ever. Remember I am not telling you what can be, but is not done, but what can be and is done. The laws whereby such:startling in;ustice is in flicted, I must leave fur another letter. March 3, 1845. B. L. CLERICAL BIGOTRY EXTRA ORDINARY ! A circumstance has just occurred at Warminster, which has occasioned considerable excitement amongst all classes in that town. An aged and respectable woman, whose parents formerly belonged to the Established Church, and who was herself baptised in it, was many years since married to a member of the Presbyterian (Uni tarian) church of that place, and with her husband has since attended its services. After many years of ill-health, she had a seizure on the 6th instant, which carried her off on the following day. She had brought up a family of fifteen children, many of whom are respectably settled in life. Four of them lie buried in the parish church-yard, including a daughter, who died under distressing circumstances, within the past year. At the daath of the mother, the aged and bereaved companion of fifty-seven years, applied to the parish sexton to re-open the grave scarcely closed on the daughter, on which the following letter was brought him from the vicar : .‘ Haynes,—l understand your wife has died as awfully suddenly as others of your family. She has died in an awful and damnable heresy, which renders it impossible for her to be buried in the churchyard. I refuse her burial there. If you choose to have her buried without any service, you may do so, or, lest I should ap pear to deal harshly with you, I will pay the charge for her burial in the unconsecrated ground at Townsend ; but in the churchyard, with the burial service, she shall not be buried. I trust Almighty God may open your eyes to repentance, if such a thing may be, but I fear you have sold your Saviour for thirty pieces of silver. " March 8, 1845." " ARTHUR FANE." The old man, trembling with sorrow and the weight of years, knew not how to receive such accu sations—so harsh and unfounded. But still anxious, and it being the wish of his family, that their mother should lie with her children who had gone before her, and understanding that a written certificate of bap tism would render it undeniable, he procured it from the parish register; hoping therewith to set the mat ter at rest.—But not so; for still finding all their efforts vain, they were compelled (having first ob tained permission from the trustees) to commit the body to the unconsecrated ground, apart from her children and family. The facts have been reported to the Bishop, and a demand made on him to see justice done to this poor, aged, and calumniated sufferer.—The Bishop has en gaged to make inquiry into the circumstances of the case, and on his determination will depend what fur ther measures may be adopted.— Wiltshire Indepen dent. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—TIIO soiree that was held on Wednesday at this Institute was at tended by the Duke and Duchess of Victoria, Donna Espartero, and Colonel Gurrea, whose presence ex cited no little interest. Thanks to the polite and effi cient management of Mr. Buckingham, the evening passed most agreeably ; there was an abundance of costly books and prints scattered about the tables ; and there was also a concert, in which Mr. Benedict, Mr. F. Chatterton, Mr. Muhlenfeldt, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Kreutzer, Miss Steele, and Mrs. Chtultield, assisted. Mr. Benedict undertook to exhibit the powers of the " lEolian attachment," and he did so in his usually masterly manner. Owing to some better ar rangement of the mechanism, the effect of this new pianoforte application was much increased, and it was heard to more advantage than has hitherto been the case. The rooms were extremely well filled. Among the company present were the Earl of Devon (the pre sident of the Institute), Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., Col. Leicester Stanhope, Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P., &c. In the course of the evening Mr. Buckingham deli vered a short address, in reference principally to Mr. Monekton Milnes' recently published poems, which he eulogised highly for their literary merits, as well as for the accuracy of their details concerning Turkish man- Dean Pakenham, hother-in-law of " the Duke," has applied to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for a grant of money to decorate the Cathedral of St. Patrick, and put the grand reception-room in a state of thorough repair, in anticipation of her Majesty honouring that ancient Cathedral at Divine service next summer.— Irish Paper. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. By the arrival of the India Mail we have news from Calcutta to the Bth of February, Madras, the 15th, and Delhi the Ist. There are no accounts from Bombay. The only important feature in the intelli gence is the gathering of tro vs towards the frontier of the Punjaub. The movement of troops to the north from the different stations is made without display. The troops at Cawnpore are moving up to Meerut and Loodianah ; those at Berhampore to replace the regiments moving to the frontier ; and those in the neighbourhood of the Presidency are on tl e move for Benares, Cawnpore, &c. Full particulars respecting the state of Lahore and the change of military stations are given in the subjoined extracts from the Indian papers. It may be necessary to remark that the comments, and also intelligence, in some of these papers, :and especially the Calcutta Star, must not be received with implicit confidence. There is such a strong feeling of rivalry and jealousy be tween the different Presidencies, that truth is often perverted, and plans which are good for the general interest are denounced as mischievous and fraught with ruin. Such are the remarks on the occupation and state of Sinde in that journal. Sir Henry Hardinge still remained at Calcutta. Sir Robert Sale had left that place to join the army. We have no later intelligence from China. (From the Cal.utti __ The news since our last is not striking. The Punjaub, as far as we are advised, is as it was. The Government is accumulating a large force on the N. W. frontier, and we believe the crisis of our interference is rapidly ap proaching. The probabilities at present seem that we shall meddle to mediate and settle rather than to appro • priate. There is no doubt that communications have passed between this and the Court of Lahore ; and we incline to the opinion that should Goolab Singh and his party make any decisive movement in hostility to the young Maharajah, we shall step in ; the same should the Affghans attempt any irruption across the Attock. We deem it certain that the great preparations that have been gradually, though unostentatiously, going on, are far more than a mere precautionary measure. Rumours have been rife, though not so muc h so i n C a l cutta, that the Governor-General was about to proceed to the north west. We have no sufficient ground for expecting that he will leave Calcutta before the close of the next rains. We have been passive, and perhaps prudently so, for a long time. Come what may, we regard action as a certainty before another cold season shall have passed away. From Sinde the latest news is the organisation of a force of about 5,000 men, of which Sir Charles Napier is to take the command. They assemble at Pcolajee, and the object is to destroy all the hill-forts and strong. holds they come across, and, if possible, give an account of Bejar Khan, who has given us an infinity of trouble. The account of the general health of the troops in our new "province" is less distressing than it has been, but in the course of the very few months the 78th High landers have been in Sinde, they have lost, in men, wo men, and children, about 500. The Friend of India of yesterday says— " Of the actual state of Sinde since it became British, of its resources and revenue, of the condition of the people, and of the prospects of improvement which our advent has created, we know absolutely nothing. While the Government of Bengal gives the widest publicity to every statistical detail which can exemplify the condition of the people, all in formation is hermetically sealed up by the Government of Sinde, which seems, indeed, to exhibit quite as much jealousy lest the public should become acquainted with the province, as the Emperor ofChina manifests to keep barbarian eyes from peering into his empire. It is occasionally reported that the pi esent revenues of Sinde exceed by one-fourth the sum which the Ameers were able to obtain from it, and that the country is no burden on the resources of India. For these flattering representations, however, we are indebted to news papers published in England, to which it is supposed the friends of Sir Charles Napier are in the habit of contributing. But the studied secrecy which is maintained regarding Sinde, and the certainty that any disclosure of information would lead to the dismissal of the officer through whom it might be made public, throw s an a i r of suspicion over all the " far fetched' intelligence which we derive from the London jour nals. All that we know for certain is, that the country has been the scene of mutiny, disease, and death, ever since it came into our possession, and that no province has ever proved so fatal to the discipline, comfort, or health of our arms." The news from Bombay of the southern Mahratta country is unsatisfactory,—difficult mountain warfare leading to no result but loss of life, and a general cry for more troops. It is reported that Colonel Outram is to succeed Colonel Ovans as Resident of Sattara, the latter proceeding to England on the sick list. Locally, the most interesting news is the draught of a new Act which declares the lex loci everywhere within the Company's territories (except as applied to Hindoos and Mahommedans) to be the substantive law of Eng land. Much inconvenience has neccessarily been expe rienced in administering the law to aliens, because it has hitherto been the law of their respective countries. Now it is to be our law, and this assimilates Mofussil system with that observed within the local jurisdiction ofthe Su preme Court. In many respects the proposed Act invites discussion, but as it has to be reconsidered, and will be "brought up" at the first meeting of Council after the 18th of April, it will be better to " let it pass" for the present. Sir Robert and Lady Sale have just left us. A week ago, and after his dak was laid, it occurred to somebody that we ought to give him an entertainment. It may, perhaps, be urged as some slight palliation of the neglect, that every one might well imagine the old soldier tole rably tired of public dinners and speechifications. It was agreed to invite him to dinner, and to give a ball the same evening to Lady Sale, but when intimation was made, it turned out that there was only one vacant evening, and that last Saturday. The ball was aban doned, but the dinner came off in the Town-hall ; and though there really was not two days' clear notice, about 90 gentlemen sat down ; Sir Lawrence Peel, our Chief Justice in the chair. Barrackpore entertained Sir Robert and Lady on Monday evening last. A very much larger Triaging was the gathering of the llindoo College stadents and the friends of education, on Tuesday last, in the Town-hall, on the occasion of receiving the annual reports, and distributing the scholar ships, and other prizes, The Governor-General pre sided. (From the Bengal Hurkaru.) The brief period which has elapsed since we last " summed up" the news of this country for the benefit of our friends " at home," has produced no event likely to affect the interests of India, or her relations with England. On this side of the Peninsula the " march of intellect" has not yet been turned aside to the battle field, but still tends towards the internal improvement of the land. Madras has, apparently, nothing to employ it beyond the merest " parish" business. Bombay, how ever, with its hush-fighting to the north and to the south, in the Coucan and in Sawunt Warree, with Eagojee Bangria and Phond Savant, has work enough, but work which, though necessary, will do little for the prosperity of the country, or for the glory of the British name. The Punjaub!—The drop-scene is down betwixt the acts of its exciting drama. But the play is not yet played out, and what will be the catastrophe the future must show. There is a lull in the storm that is devas tating that devoted country, but it is probably only a prelude to a more destructive outburst. The boy-king Dbuleep is still alive, and on the throne of Lahore, and the forms of government are gone through in his name by his mother, and her brother, Jowahir Singh. But in ireality there is no government. The Khalsa troops are supreme in the country, dictating to the puppet court, appointing and deposing their own officers, and, in short, doing or leaving undone whatever they please. This state of affairs, which has become trite to compare to that which prevailed in the Roman empire on the eve of its fall, cannot last long. And whut will the end he? Princo Pasbora Singh has retired to his own domain at Sealkote, evidently waiting to see the turn which affairs may take. Lena Singh, like a prudent man, prefers re maining on our side of the Sutlej, to trusting his life and fortunes on the stormy sea of Lahore politics. Ile may hope, indeed, ere lung to enter, the Punjaub with a British army for his escort ! Raja Goolab Singh still holds his ground in the hill country of Jumbo°, whither bodies of the Khalsa troops have proceeded to attack him, or not, as may suit their convenience. It is said, that, moved by fear or policy, more probably the latter, he has displayed a desire to come to terms with the Khalsa. Meanwhile our Government is a calm, but not a care less, observer of what is going on across the Sutlej. It is evidently preparing for whatever may turn up. A quiet concentration of troops in the north- west is in pro gress, but whethez for immediate interference, or simpky as a precautionary measure of defence, remains yet to be seen. There can certainly be no question as to the good policy of such a proceeding, however much opinions may differ as to our right to take the initiative, and to prevent the Sikhs from invading our territories, bp giving them work at home. In Nepaul, notwithstanding the recent revolution, things must be going on very quietly; otherwise Prince Waldemar of Prussia would hardly venture himself in the country, as he is now doing on a gracious invitation from Khalmandoo, and under escort of some Nepaulese chiefs. According to " reports" received Lid Lahore, mr ghanistan„ which has recently suffered so much from the plague, is now visited by famine. Dost Mahomed hid been set upon, whun out riding, by a band of con spirators, who wounded him severely, but did not suc ceed in their attempt on his life. Ukbar Khan is said to be busily occupied in repairing the fortifications of Jellalabad, and still keeps the Sikhs in fear for Peshawur. _flieoOvernor-General still divides his time between Calcutta and Barrackpore; but, it is surmised, will have to extend his travels ere long. A short time ago he personally received a petition from the palanquin bearers of Calcutta, against certain impositions of a native police functionary, and gave them redress. A few days ago he distributed prizes to the students of the libido° College, and expressed himself strongly, as he has done on other occasions, in favour of the spread of education_ Sir Robert Sale, who has just left Calcutta for the Upper Provinces, was, previous to his departure, enter tained by the people of Calcutta at the town-hall, and by the military of the Presidency at Barrackpore. It was intended to give a ball to Lady Sale, but our worthy ditchers more so dilatory in their movements, that when they had made up their minds on the subject, it was found that the gallant lady could not afford time to re ceive the compliment. The Supreme Government has lately published the THE LATE M. ETIENNE. M. Etienne was a native of the department of the Haute Marne, but came to Paris in 1796, and was connected in the first part of his metropolitan career with some of the journals, but he soon abandoned this occupation to devote himself exclusively to dramatic literature. After producing several successful pieces at the minor theatres, he brought out the comedy of Brueys et Palaprat with great success at the Theatre Fram;ais. Soon after this he was patronised by the Duke de Bassano, and in 1810 was appointed censor of the Journal de l'Empire. He was next charged as chef de la division litteraire with the ge neral police of the journals. In 1811 he produced at the Theatre Francais the comedy of Les Deux Gen dres, which was very successful, and led to his being made a member of the Institute, at the death of Laujon. At the first restoration of the Bourbons, M. Etienne was deprived of his appointments; but on the return of Napoleon 'from Elba they were re stored to him, and he was made a member of the Legionof Honour. At this time be was Pr es id en t o f the Institute, but, on the second Restoration, he was struck off the list of its members, and was desig nated in. the Moniteur as one of the men who had co-operated towards the return of the Emperor. THE SALT-HILL MURDER. It may be remembered that a man named Wilder was tried and convicted at the Aylesbury assizes, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation for a robbery committed at the residence of the Rev. Mr. Luxmore, with whom the prisoner lived as butler, at Eton College. During the incarceration of John Tawell at Aylesbury gaol, Wilder and he were cc nfined in the same ward, and a sort of fellow feeling sprung up between them Tawell, it appealing, being equally certain that Wilder also would be acquitted. Tawell, who had taken a fancy to Wilder, absolutely engaged him as his servant, at a certain rate of wages, to live with him at Berkhampstead, and it was arranged that at the conclusion of the trials they should return to his residence in that town together. Wilder was first tried, and when his conviction was announced to Tawell he remarked, with evident feelings of alarm and dismay, which he attempted to conceal, " Well, it's very extraordinary; I hardly know what to think of a Buckinghamshire jury after this!" When Wilder returned to Tawell, at the prison, the latter very coolly obt-ervtd to him, " Well, be of good heart; ytu will find Sydney a very plesant place, and I have no doubt, after a little.time you will manage very well, as I did." We have heard that at almost the last moment it could be legally done, the miserable' man, as some atonement for his horrid crime, settled an annuity of 201. a year upon each of the two children, the issue of his connexion with the murdered woman, secured, in the names of trustees on his property in Australia. It has been stated that the expenses of the defence of the prisoner amounted to 7001. This amount only em braced one portion of the expenses incurred on his behalf. We have heard from one of the parties retained by Tawell that they will fall, on the whole, very little short of 2,0001. Independently of his counsel, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. O'Malley, and Mr. Gunning (whose fees were exceedingly liberal), he had three solicitors—viz., Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry ; Mr. King, selected for his extensive chemical knowledge ; and Mr. C. S. Voules, of Windsor, who was retained on account of the local knowledge he possessed of the neighbourhood in which the foul crime was perpetrated. Not less than eight of the most celebrated medical practitioners and operative chemists were subpcenL ,, ed on behalf of the prisoner to attend the trial, none of whom, however, were examined. We learn that these gentlemen were summoned to be present to be examined in the event of the medical gentlemen, who attendod for the Crown, failing in those direct proofs with refer ence to the presence of hydrocyanic acid in the contents of the stomach of the deceased, so necessary to establish the guilt of the accused. The proofs in this respect being deemed to be too conclusive to rebut with the least chance of success, they were not examined. The names of those gentlemen are—Dr. Letheby, lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital, who rendered great assistance to Mr. Fitzroy Kelly (sitting by his side) during his cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution ; Dr. Addison, physician to Guy's Hos pital ; Mr. Bransby Cooper, surgeon to Guy's Hospital ; Mr. Ilerapath, of Bristol : Dr. Stour, Dr. Barnes, and Mr. Bell, of London ; and Dr. Graham, professor of chemistry. The execution is fully expected to take place on Fri day next. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORE LAND WRESTLING. The ancient " back-hold wrestle," by the natives of Cumberland and Westmoreland, -took place, according to annual custom, yesterday, in the very extensive room erected on the grounds of Mr. Hinton, Highbury Barn Tavern. The attendance at " the Barn" far exceeded last year or many years past, there being above 3,000 persons present, who were all well accommodated, in consequence of the immense galleries fitted up for the occasion. For the prizes there were a great number of com petitors, the prizes being of a greater amount than usual, and two belts, with appropriate inscriptions, for the champions of the day. The entries for the " light weight" prizes were 38, and 64 entered their names to contend for the sums given to be wrestled for by men of " all weights." Among those who entered the arena many Life Guardsmen were conspicuous —among them Miller, who won the chief prize and belt last year. The "light weights" commenced the afternoon's proceedings, and the bouts came off as follows : MEN NOT EXCEEDING ELEVEN STONE. FIRST TIME OVER.—Nineteen men threw their op- ponents, and were consequently " standards ;" the only play worthy of notice being Jeremiah Pearson's, who cross-hipped his competitor, John Clark. SECOND TIME OVER.—J. Irving threw W. Powley, R. Dobinson threw Graham, W. Harrison capsized T. Westmoreland, J. Pearson hipped J. Loys, D. Bulman upset W. Webb, J. Pape threw J. Brunskill, G. Jones tripped J. Mark, R. Nelson upset Capstick, and J. Cowen upset J. Pattison, after an excellent bout. THIRD TIME OVER.—J. Earl threw J. Irving, J. Cowen threw G. Jones, J. Pape (after a hard struggle) hipped D. Bulman, W. Harrison threw Nelson after a tussle, J. Pearson hipped R. Dobinson. FOURTH TIME OVER.—W. Harrison upset-J. Cowen, J. Pearson (after a very hard tussle) hipped J. Pape. FIFTH TIME OYES.—J. Pearson backheeled T. Earl. SIXTH AND LAST TIME OVER; and Harri son now came together to contest the best two out of three falls for the first prize. Great interest was ex excited, and betting was 7 to 4on Pearson. Pearson being rather quick in catching hold, Harrison threw him; and in the next bout Harrison fell. The men then shook hands, and Pearson quickly heeled his opponent. Pearson's weight is eleven stone, and this was the first time he wrestled in London. His style of wrestling was much admired, and OR his receiving the belt from the Stewards ho was l ou dl y cheere d , an hailed as the champion of the light weights. MEN OF ALL WEIGHTS. FIRST TIME OVER. --Sixty-four entered, and thirty two were made standards. SECOND TIME OVER.—J. Irving threw J. Graham, A. Nelson threw J. Ni xon, E. Ken d a l s li p p e d W. Har rison, T. Miller thr ew G . Dixon, J. Leys upset J. Pear son, M. Morley up se t J . P attison, M . M or l e y heeled J. Thomas, G. Bru ns kill t h rew J. Carrut h ers , D. Bulm an slipped T. Darlin g , W . M ark threw R. Banshed, G. Jones upset T. Earl, J. Wells threw J. Cowen, A. La monby heeled W. Birtall, E. Gregon threw 7. Scott, J. Swain° upset R. Robinson. THIRD TIME OVER. —W. Mark heeled J. Swaine, T. Mills hipped E. Lamonby, D. Bulman threw J. Loys, G. Brunskill threw J. Irving, M. Morley back-heeled G. Jones, E. Gregson upset Simpson, Wills. A, Nelson threw J. FOURTH TIME OVER.—G. Brunskill upset W. Mark, M. Morley, in a good bout, heeled A. Nelson, E. Gregson threw E. Kendall, T. Miller upset D. Delman. FIFTH TIME OVER.—T. Miller upset Mark Morley, G. Brunskill heeled E. Gregson after a severe tussle. SIXTH TIME OVER, AND DECIDING FALL.-Brun skill and Miller entered for the grand prize, and a very severe bout it was, Miller throwing his opponent a " dog fall." Both men again tried their best, but Brunskill, after a very severe tussle, gained the first prize for the heavy weights and the belt, amidst thunders of ap plause. A match took place afterwards between two light weights, Irving and Loys, which Loys won in admirable style. The wrestling throughout the afternoon was acknow ledged to be of the best description, and it will be seen that Miller, who won the first prize last year, has won the second prize. • After the wrestling, the stewards, viz.—Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Margetson, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Illbeck, and a good company, sat down to dinner, whea the prizes were presented as under: — LIGHT WEIGHTS. 1. J. Pearson, of Lorton, Cumberland, 10/. and the Belt. 2. W. Harrison, Sill side, Westmoreland, 54 3. T. Earl, Westmoreland, 41. 4. G. Pape, Abbey Holme, Cumberland, 2/. ALL WEIGHTS. 1. G. Brunskill, Patterdale, CuiTherland, 124 and the Belt 2. T. Miller, Cumberland, 5/. 3. E. Gregson, Cumberland, 41. 4. M. Morley, Cumberland, 24 COURT CIRCULiII, WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk to-day. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in a carriage and four early this forenoon. the Ladies and Gentlemen Hr Majesty an eofthecdouPrtrc Court, and tAlbert,he pomestic Household, attended Divine Service to-day (being Good-Friday). in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. residenceugh te r , thein Marchioness o f Her Royal Highness the Grand Duche ss St ep h an i e o f Baden attended Divine service yesterday m orn i ng i n t h e Chapel in George-street, Portman-squ are . Her Royal Connaught-place. The Earl of Devon, Lord and Lady E rnest B ruce , Lady Wharncliffe, Lords Polworth and P ar k er , at ghri Douglas,es Highness yesterday, visited her a t her daughter, at tended Divine service, yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Pack, the Lessons by the Rev. Mr. Per* and the Communion Service by the Sub-Dean. The Sermon was preached by the Sub-Dean. The Anthem, " lle was despised," was sung by Mr. Francis. TIIE EASTER FAlRS.—During the Easter holidays (to commence on Monday) there will be three fairs for the amusement of the Londoners—the usual one at Greenwich, another in the Tunnel, and the third at Stepney, in the vicinity of the Police -court. This last will be conducted on an extensive scale. Two large fields have been laid out for shows, booths, &c. Green wich fair is to be confined to the space between the Creek Bridge and the High-street, 1/, 14 :.,'..- ,' , i.-..i71:0 17 ":‘ 7, 1-i i1.itA.,..,, ,1,,,,,,) ~ i ii J. libag draught of an act of considerable importance. tended to do away with those clumsy attempts , minister to men of various countries and onigin3. laws of their own several lands or tribes, to whici Company's judges have hitherto resorted. Lex loci, as it is called, ordains, that for all persons, except Hindoos and Mussulmans, and i❑ all places of the Company's territories, except within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Courts, the law of England shall be the law of the land. By the same Act it is proposed to give a power of appeal Crum any of the Company's Courts to the Supreme Courts of judicature of the several Presidencies. The proposed law gives general satisfaction, as far as it goes, but is considered open to criticism in many points. THE PUNJAUB. (From the Delhi Gazette, Jan. 29.) Our Lahore letter confirms our previous advices re garding the negotiations with Goole) Singh, and also the advance of the army to the camp ground of Khan hutch, "on hostile thoughts intent." That the sol diery are thinking very seriously of a collision with the British authorities may be inferred from the very signi ficant fact that the Fuqueer Azet z-ood-deen, who has fur months withdrawn himself from any interference in. the politics of Lahore, presented himself at a late durbar to remonstrate against the folly of any hostile demon stration against the trans-Such j government, and we have good authority for a current saying amongst the Sikhs that they will eat " both Goolab Singh and the British, but they think they will begin with Goolab.'• We have elsewhere considered the more general. question of the present position of parties in the Punjaub, and as the movements of Sirdar Lena Singh have attracted considerable attention, we have looked into the pages of our native con temporary the Benares [Mbar, of the 18th instant, and there find it stated that Luchman Singh, who was repre sented to us as the bearer of a message from the Khalzar. of Lahore to the Sirdar, had returned to Benares on the 17th instant, he having been in reality deputed by Lena Singh to Lahore with a message of his own. It is, how ever, stated in the same paper, that Sirdar tTmmur Singh, Majeeteea, uncle to Lena Singh, had arrived from Lahore, as the bearer of overtures tending to the return of his uncle to his native country. But nothing is said of any preparation being made by the Sirdar to quit his present place of residence, and we apprehend he has no intention of stirring, for the present at least. Our readers may find it satisfactory if we embrace the opportunity afforded by the present political lull in the Punjaub briefly to sketch the condition of parties in that distracted country at the commencement of a year destined, we think, to be fraught with much of serious and lasting consequences to the fortunes of the Sikhs as a nation. We shall, therefore, make no apology for doing so, although we shall doubtless have to mention much with which many of our readers are as well acquainted as ourselves. Our object in this is to avoid hereafter, on the occurrence of any momentous events, having to explain who the parties are in, and where the theatre of, such events. First, then, for the court or durbar. At the head of affairs is the Ranee Chunda, the mother of the Mah arajah Dhuleep Singh, a lady of some accomplishment/ for a Sikhnee, and mistress of her pen, which weapon it was that enabled her to communicate with and excite the troops to their late revolt against Raja Hecra Singh. Finding how efficacious a weapon it therein proved, the Ranee now retains possession of it and signs all docu ments and orders with her own fair hand. She presides in the durbar, sitting within a purdah, on the outer side of which are seated Sirdar Juwahir Singh, her brother and nominal Minister ; Bhaee Ram Singh, and the boy Maharajah Dhuleep. The Ranee Cand Koonr, the mo ther of Now Nihal Singh, used, during her short reign, to conduct business in a similar manner. The Sikhs in stance her, and foretel a speedy end to the present Ranee's power, from the circumstance that her prede cessor, who was well known to be endowed with greater talents and courage than the Ranee Chunda, was unable to conduct the details of Government to their satisfac tion. How much less then, argue they, can a weaker woman, now that the Government requires so much firmer a hand ? There is justice too in the remark. Ranee Chunda is not a daughter of any of the high houses in the Punjaub, but of a respectable zemindar. Hence she has no actual party of her own among the Sikhs. Next to her comes her brother, Sirdar Juwahir Singh. (We do not mention the Maharajah, as he is an infant under control.) This chief is unfitted by nature, educa tion, and habits, to re-establish a tottering throne. A man of no talent, and degraded by dissipation of the lowest kind, ho may be a brave and a bold politician oc casionally, but success will never adhere to the man who divides his favours between the blind goddess and the dancing girls of Lahore. Fortune brooks no divided reign. Next comes Sirdar Sham Singh, of Attaree, one of the ablest of the Sikhs of the old regime now left in Lahore. We need not enter into particulars regarding Sham Singh's family. To all who have read " Bellasis" and the Cabidt s Review (who have not ?) it would be use less. Suffice it then here to mention that Sham Singh is supposed not to be quite so attached to the present state of things as he might be. His hot and ungovern able spirit showed how he spurned a woman's and a de bauchee's control, when a few days after the late revo lution he murdered his own relation close to the durbar, in spite of the repeated solicitations of the Ranee that ho would not molest him on his coming to Court. Bhaee Barn Singh, one of the trusted followers of Run jeet Singh, and a bitter enemy of the Dogras, is the guardian of the young monarch, the lamb rearing to the certain slaughter which constitutes the natural death of a Sikh ruler. Isn't it their natural death? Save the old lion himself, whose addiction to strong drink brought on his end, which of his descendants or successors has died peaceably? Of his sons, Kurruek Singh was suspected of being poisoned by his own son, Now Nihal Singh. The latter was killed by an upper wall of a gateway, thrown down on him purposely. Chand Koonr was strangled by her slave girls, by command of Shere Singh. Shere Singh died by the sword of Ajeet Singh Sindnanwala, one of the royal blood. Shere Singh's son, Purtab Singh, shared his father's fate. Ajeet Singh was killed by young Heera Singh. Uttur Singh was also killed by Heera Singh's party. Who, then, can venture to predict a death in his bed to the poor victim of his family's ambition, the infant puppet Dhuleep Singh? Energy, vigour, and the influence consequent on them are the attributes of Bhahee Ram Singh. lie will make himself or sacrifics his whole party. Dewan Dena Nath, the secretary of all the Govern ments, the Talleyrand of the five rivers, with the Fakeer Noor-ood-deen close the roll of the known characters constituting the present Ministry. After them come a host of inferior partisans—Sirdar Ileera Singh, the Ranee's young brother ; the traitor Raja Lall Singh, and many others. The above are the heads of one party, the nominal,. but not virtual rulers of the State. The real rulers, " the Khalsa," as it styles itself, are the army—the Sikh portion of it. Never remarkable for high discipline or blind obedience, the army at present spurns all- oontrol. Bolding all virtual power in its own hands, it assumes the right to turn out its own officers or those of the State ; settles its differences with a Minister by a revolt; its account with plectsuddies by murder. It vowed alle giance to Peshora Singh (a son of Runjeet, older by birth and equal in legitimacy to Dhuleep Singh), on his quitting Lahore for his jagheer at Secalkote, and pro mised to declare in his favour, as he was the true heir to the throne and country. But it objected to declare itself because it was in arrears of pay, and had not ,received the promised rewards for marching towards Jumboci, As soon, said its representatives, as we have got these our dues, you shall have the country which is your " virusut." This is the distinguishing feature of the army at present. It is rioting in plunder and re wards, which have sapped both its discipline and its courage, and it will not fight now, if ever again ; every individual in it has too much now to lose in money, plunder, and golden necklaces, to fight against any attacking power. Time and leave of absence may bring the troops hungry and empty handed back to their colours; but, at present, each man is quarrelling and exciting disturbance to secure for himself the largest possible share of the plunder of a throne nodding to its fall. The troops know the Govern ment cannot last, and doubt if any succeeding one can be formed, and therefore will riot on till the end, and then disband themselves. We know but little of Ittur Singh, Sirdar, who has of late been frequently mentioned in our native friend's letters, and with him must close our sketch of the Court and army parties. We next come to consider those opposed to the Court party. Of these, by far the most formidable are the Dogras, now reduced to Raja Goolab Singh, Meean Juwahir Singh, a son of Raja Dbyan Singh's, and some younger members of these families. Raja Soochet Sing's widow professes herself now satisfied with the end the Khalsa have meted out to her husband's murderers; besides, she is heirless. Raja Heera Singh's wives and slaves died Witi him, on the - pyro. Raja Goolab Singh, though his force is very small numerically, compared to the Sikh army, is formidable from his strong hill country, the known valour of the hilimen, the immense wealth the family have accumu lated in the hills, and from his own determined cha racter. Sikhs at any time approach the Raja with fear and trembling, and they will be a bold band of Sikhs who first come to actual blows with the Bear of Jumboo. In discipline and materiel the Raja's force is superior to the Sikh army as now disorganised. A struggle be tween them on the plains might be in favour of the latter from their numerous caveiry ; but Goolab Singh is an able general, and needs not to read " Bellasis" to learn that a couple of hundred hilimen in a strong pass can keep in check a far superior force of men from the plains, even though drilled to a nicety. The Khalsa at present recommend the Durbar to at tack Jumboo, but have no thoughts of marching there, only wishing the pretext for more demands of pay and perquisites. The Raja, Itu contra ire, professes entire obedience to to the Durbar, and is humouring it in hopes of another storm. At the the same time the whole country, from Rajawur allot% the hills to Attock and thence to Mit. ton Kot, is in a state of ferment and rebellion at the Ra ja's instigation. lle will find the Khalsa work without marching on Jumboo. At Scealkote, a short distance below Jumboo, is Koonr Peshora. Singh, abovementioned, who is there waiting the turn of events, and doubtless intriguing with his neighbour of Jumbo°. We would be but little surprised to see Peshora Singh, ere long, on the throne, and the Raja Goolab Singh his Minister. This would, we think, hold out a fairer promise of a Government ca pable of maintaining itself , and restraining its unruly sub jects, than any other that can be formed. The main obstacle to this would be the Raja's disinclination to quit his hill countries, where, it is whispered, fear rather than love retains his neighbours in the yoke of fidelity. At present, as we have before observed, the Raja is temporising. In Kashmere, is Shaikh Gholam Mulice-ood-dcen bold, energetic, and crafty, and wise enough withal, to serve his friend the Raja by a disturbance, without for-