The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-01 00:00:00

H MAIL ALEXANDRIA, DUTCH APRIL 6.—On the 21st . of last month a 4 eadful affair took place at Darnietta, which has no Parallel, except in the times of the most cruel persecu lions of the Christians. I add a detailed account which will certainly be read in Europe with horror and indigo n ation. Thi s me l ancholy event has excited indignation a mong the E uropeans living in Egypt, and anxiety and te rror anion.. the Levantines an d Christians. It is a fresh Proof of the progress of civilisation in this country. Let it not be imagined that the inhabitants of Dattlietta alo ne are animated by this fanatic hatred of the Chris- P!rat's ; the entire popula t ion of the country participates inhis feeling, and tadieshment. kept in check only by the fear of &op - ean Governments,. which have so many which havpo "racrifices for the abolition of slavery, selves t oncluded so many t . reati . es . . among them in tie as .ould think of the Christians living in the Edge, •O Turkish dorniniors, and secure them from the tZPPression and de spotism of the Mussulmen. How easy li s icl jt he if they acted in common to take all Chris- Including the Rajas, under their protection. The Chris- Rajas shotild past the ordinary taxes, but not be subject I :ertost cruel treatment by the barbarous and fanatic because the are Christi. I h e r e, English Con y sul-General, ans and French and A.us 4-rice-consuls had made representations to the vice- N Y and l th declared that they expected from his . justice -s e at he would severely punish the authorities of larnti:ta. His Highness, on the first intelligence of the I f s --°e4 ' e g affair, which h received from the French ealsulesent Achmet Pasha to Damietta te investigate ,41 a ffair, but with ou t wa iti ng f or hi s re p o rt, sentenced prig eY, the g overnor o f th a t t own t o five years' iin -s,oo°Annient in th e C as tl e o f Ab ou l rer , a n d to a fine of the p i astres (500 florins), to be paid immediately, fur u enefit of th e victims, and for the confiscation of his pro ft ak erty, from w immunity fir them is to he hich an . L e n the guilty shieks and ulemas are banished to ttail, which is in fact no punishment at all. It is ex eeted that Mehemet Ali will set out from Craico this Vt'for Lower Egypt, and then (nine to this city. Aainf XIET TA, Marren 21.—t take up my pen under the Rhicul impression made by the melancholy scenes ave passed before m) eyes, because I consider it t edety as a Cristian to paint to you in a few words prlisgraceful scenes I have witne‘sed. / tlussulman population of Damietta is the m .st tietinltt i tla and i n t o l eran t i n a ll E gypt . F our or fi ve . as numerous as all n of different tuition s together, they see with - the bitterest ill-will the oe E ur ope flying on their warn, and commerce,. pro -141;"1, and wealth concentrated in the houses of the their rho are appointed by Christian sovereigns to notl itu:2, e presentatires iee this town. The wretches do p o . l `y° venture die-ectly to attack the persons or the kiet literte c A (), Our agents, because they are under the pro• th e c e ° flaes, but they wreak their vengeance on vronic;"c'erbt defenceless Rajas for all the evil that they the Wi llingly but dare not do to us, and favoured by 4Yy t rle ate hatred o f th e hi g h es t au th o rityin the coun- 1 04 Q ° everythi ng t h at b ears the name of Christian, they 111 4 ; 0 '1° o pportunity to make them feel the power of the (14 ' we i tY Since I have resided in this city I have fce- L 4 NLY itnessed the of the Governor of lenietta towards all who do not profess the religion of zits '' s:, °le t. In Au gus t l as t y ear , a schismatic Greek, laild Zucharia, und e r th e pr o t ec tion of Eng died, Lie was a man highly respected eom _ well for his character as his extensive dista l connexion. On account of the great be et , e ,e of the burying-ground, and the oppressi, t o relations of the deceased thought it their duty W4t; the funeral procession accompanied by eight to -c arriers , ne ed • As soon as the Governor was in tanguap.: ;fiat he sent for these men, reproached them in Karin°l- "in most insulting towards the Christians, for %telt tarried wa t er at t h e f unera l o f an i n fid e l , an d to e c ee le k iled b d y orde r i ng th em t o b e b as ti na d oe d (100 bl ows th e " , an to their leader 200). As the Divan is in leo !; ! entre oe the Christian market, all those horrors 4„erne Perpetrated under the windows of the Consular Ver e ti tes, it were in defiance of the flag of England. Aaii;.:"'Y, two miserable men of bad character, an po rti ; l e,an and a captain, renounced their faith; these op the tn t i tica are eagerly laid hold of by the inhabitants of the' r rl and the Turkish authorities, to give vent to atred of the Christians. The latter completed his reeta e ., L kid in h ardly a fortnight ago. He was of Manjurah, gratiat order to excite attention had endeavoured to in e himself wi t h hi s new assoc i ates, an d f or wh o reasons to gain the favour of the Minister of War, ekeh n ," t s„then at Meinjurah, where he still is. But as his ek e „, t ra t cha aid n o t s h ow an y i nc li nat i on t o f av our Plai tt i;;,:' 'en came to Damietta, surrounded by an ap and , s -ei multitude ; he has solemnly abjured his faith, ,;14 4 - gr Mob paraded the whole day about the Christian k en w'rs• It is hardly necessary to observe that such the,elneVer. pass without a smaller or larger number of wa n:te als being insulted and beaten ; even our Con tkee„attgents, with their families, are obliged, on 1: 1 0 - e to remain quietly at home, if they would fac ts themselves to insult. I could meutton many similar th e out I hasten to relate the unhappy affair which s ponntnediate object of my writing. C onsul 'tbe time past the hatred of the Governor . to re t a h s e_ 4o!ular agents manifested itself by continually r ine w „ exertione. Every day he brough . t . fo s rw w a d gar groundless groundless demands and pretensions e a c h re t° the prGteyes, and even subjects the 'ere' c onsulates. I believe that several reports have k eell eh ree d,e on the subject. Our agents opposed in some ari e e 4 e —r e °Y the Vis inotice, but this only increased the of the Bey, and the ill will of the people and of the 41) 11 ; 1 ,7 niereatr in the ssme . manner. .Now came the eyes rsa rY el the Prophet', lar,ll day; this day in their co la required_ a victim, and according to custom they Lght fo r one, nut among those whom they most httted, 'fi,t anion.'' those who like th e ass i n t h e fable have no pr otection except their inno cence and helplessness. A oor Captain, above 60 years old, with a white beard, worked in an establishment for peeling rice; he quarrel with an ass driver employed in the same i n e t s o . ~tahlishment. Afte r a short altercation the latter went to twi(.3rovernor and acc use d t h e other of having ridiculed Caton and the prophet. Without further ceremony f- o ._ h7 w as immediately seized by R ewasser an d b roug h t be tthe Mehiseincle. This s o ca ll e d cour t o f j us ti ce , q ' te President of which is Ali Cofasia, the Shiek of Damietta, heard the evidence }ti ro . a sssdriver, and of another fellow who had joined first nt caused the unfortunate Captain to receive in the I,olt.nstanee 500 blows with date staves, which were with his own money—so it is said the law re chaioess' The poor fellow, so mangled, and loaded with girths, \v as conveyed to the duneon. Yesterday, the aft er e Y of the Prophet, all the shieks repaired soon ttewe el in - rise to the governor in the divan. The elis tepogis Were then carried on with closed doors, and a Aris on w as spread th a t t h e quest i on was put w h et h er t h e to o e r should not b e b urnt al i ve. But fear o f exc i t i ng • lase e b i e eh the a nger of the V i ceroy deterred t h e as fro thee e f o In carrying thi s p ro p osa l i n t o e ffe c t ; they, lee% res resolved th at t h e poor pr i soner s h ou ld rece i ve g a gged t housand thousand blows with the staves, should be / phased ' er ni with two dogs bound fast at the sides, be let tlipn ° 4 a buffalo, with his face to the tail, and so bo car etee Cugh the whole town. A frightful scene ensued. t ' 1 1, 4 f hough received 1,000 blows on his back and soles of " Ite k• ee- a, ll° Was placed as above stated on the animal's ereag, to -- , ,n . t this was not enough; they tied_ a wooden ,rsa "Is back, and on his breast a tablet, on which i likainX e rlbed the sentence, surrounded with threats *tiro " I ,_, t he Chri s ti ans. A f ter cover i ng hi s f ace an d his l'estri o % 7'Y with th e most di sgus ti ng filth, th e vil e pro . the c onaisting of several thousands of the refuse of th e rindation, Proceeded directly across the quarter of C hristi st reet ans, then by the Bazaars through the chief °f the town, amidst the incessant savage cries of e took th e will sot attempt to describe the torments e e Ss sia': ee • — aPny sufferer during the six hours that he ey d o 0 ,, -.tried about the town. I have not the courage `led 1:;__ I only observe that the furious multitude only ablionet..treating him in the most cruel and contemptuous Th e Iwo . t r e at ing him a shawl was bound round his neck, aid e -e nde4af which were held by a man, one on each hilt, ofa the buffalo, he fell off four or five times tePs sea body. At the harbour, about a hundred 1 . " 41 0 i —e ra the divan of the Governor, a man • ) 4e 'unl slala ri t s , e mPloye . d in caulking a boat. dipped his the boiling pitch, with which he daubed his enet u 'i a t he mob loudly applauding. The houses of the the p roe ets were attacked with showers of stenes as ek te es !ten passed by ; the windows of the Sardinian i 7 1 % P a — n et :can vice-consuls were broken ; the shop 0 . i e e red ar -- „ e s slrtti, an lonian under English protection, suf . 7 - ent e — „ e ‘ injury ; and, in the course of the day, above "nde e - rvrsons were more or less ill treated. But enough, sej, at. r e than enough of the melancholy picture, to show i sed Pitch the shamele4s fury of these wretches ,i is aree , • A pril r eksk h ow, oy the connivaNce of the authorities, t q. ue d the highest paroxysm. —Augsbui g GazcW, eluttiVlA.u., APRIL 27.—1 n the sitting of the Second law of the St a t es -G enera l y es t er d a y, the project of e itree e r l istiv e to the collection of the direct taxes was to t ° , after some discussion, by a majority of 41 n . "„t 4 ten A CtTE, APRIL 28.—The Second Chamber of the 011"'—eneral in its sitting to-day, agreed to the project respecting Tho the Mint, by a majority of 36 to 18. . at nee e6t es on the law on expropriation for the public It i was fixed for Wednesday next. _ said that th • tiche . ell. Royal Highnesses the Duke and • land, l e _ make a journey, during the summer, to ol ,Aits`usEna, and Austria. sl ight l'E d ltD AM APRIL 27.—We regret to learn that a tlein,in disposition of her Majesty the Queen has caused tfight‘'lLded visit of the Court to be deferred for a fort- Jests", • " c are happy, however, to add, that her Ma k.e Indi sposition is not so serious as to prevent his 'jest)? f rom coming here for a couple of days. • - MRS. SALMON. %/t r...... 0 THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. 1/pectin O bserving a paragraph in the Illionrny Post eminenceau " destilute situation of Mrs. Salmon, formerly . vocalist, I beg to state that, early in 1843, )11,1,1 Cramer, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Catkin, Mr. Rovendino, and h pl4lelr, undertook to get up a subscription for her, and laco nd P i r ess generally, both in town and country, kindly acri r .eq our views. While we continued to receive sub norv`l°na from benevolent individuals, we paid Mrs. Salmon \te a f e e re „igo weekly for several months, but when no money ken fort go We, after due consideration, thought it the in Prudent plan to invest the surplus in hand, viz., 1201., ann nrn uia nay for her, otherwise the whole amount received 43 xf ord sc cm be exhausted. Messrs. Duff and Hodgson, of tarid ' s treet, kindly undertook to pay Mrs. Salmon o s n t e e s re Per month (and not in weekly payments), 1 ,- " " soi- N tr i h Rulady received since December, 1842. The . sum 411.7(1 amounted to 175/., 13s. 6d., out of which Mrs. (14 °4 received 48/. 14s. 5d.,_ including a second donation .11rom the Duke of Cambridge. The Committee, find . - a ntti .- at n o vl more subscriptions were likely to be received, Lue accounts and closed their labours, having done t o 41 their power to raise a sum sufficiently large to ensure PI S almon a comfort a bl e ma i ntenance. f skr.,.roUble you with these remar k s i n h opes t h a t t h ey may or, the cause so laudably un d er t a k en b y M r. O xentor d, Balm r eFret to say, that the distressed situation of Mrs. Itr n :4 tmho is in her fifty-eighth year) has not bean too 'ltpainted by him. Your o b e di ent servant, E usaellitpet, April 30. JOHN PARRY. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1845. less were they of the rights of humanity to others, that they sold one another as slaves, He, however, disregarded sill the persuasions that were used to induce him to give lip hid, Undertaking, and resolutely determined to " put his trust in the nine of the Lord, who made both heaven and earth" (Psalm 127), and to persevere. To hie agreeable disappointment, his fears were groundless. The ray of Affghanistan had effected that good. He must state, although optideed VI that - tear; it had had the effect of causing the name of " Englishrilan, to he not only feared, but respected in every extremity of these territories , He could not help feeling amused when he heard the names of Major Pottinger and other gallant officers mentioned by the natiiita. They also made mention of Stoddart, as a most gallant officer, and there -tits:; another name repeated, which from the peculiarity of their pronunciation he could not for a long time make out; but which, after considerable difficulty, he at last found to be Shakespeare. Every house was glad to receive him, and having at last arrived at the house of the Governor, he was informed by him that he had heard that Colonel Conolly and Captain Stoddart were still alive. He then continued his journey, and arrived at a place where they desired him to sleep in the Mosque, and upon his expressing a disinclination to avail himself of their kindness, they told him that they looked upon him as an English Dervise, and, therefore, considered they were only acting in accordance with what was due to him in permitting him to do so. lie then continued his journey till he came to a place which was a resort for pilgrims from Ilindostan, Persia, and Bagdad, and here he heard the most discouraging statements respecting the individuals in quest of whom he had undertaken so much labour. One rumour was that Stoddart: was murdered, but that Conolly was still alive; and another that both were alive • and another that both were dead. He was determi ne d, however, to persevere till he ascertained the truth. To one distinguished person among them, who used his best exertions to dissuade him from proceeding, and who implored him for the sake of God not to go on to Bokhara, for that if ever he (Dr. Wolff ) came back lie would permit him to cut off his beard. He re plied, that whether he ran the risk of cutting off his beard or not, he would go on. The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to give an account of the conflicting statements re specting Colonel Conolly and Captain Stoddart, which he continued to hear as he proceeded on his journey. At the next stage of his journey, Dowlah, a curious looking man, came to him, the brother of the party in Bokhara who had instigated the King to put every European to death that came that way. He inquired if he (Dr. Wolff) was going to Bokhara ? to which a reply was given in the affirmative. He then asked if he had letters from her Majesty the Queen of England? to which he (Dr. Wolff) replied that he had not, but that he had letters 'from the Sultan of Constanti nople, and from his Prime Minister; also letters from the King of Persia, addressed to the Mullahs of Bokhara. To this it was rejoined that all would be of no avail—they would go for nothing—for that as soon as he (Dr. Wolff) arrived at the frontier of the kingdom, they would bind his eyes, chain his limbs, ard in that state take him to Bokhara, where, on the second das after his arrival, he would be mur dered, as had been Captain Stoddart and Colonel Conolly be fore. Ile (Dr. Wolff) asked him how he knew that? when he replied that Captain Stoddart and Colonel Conolly had arrived at Bokhara with letters from Sir John MtNeill, but that the King said the letters were good for nothing and threw them into prison. This person further informed him (Dr. Wolff) that Captain Stoddart had written to London for documents to show that he was an accredited agent of the Queen of England, but that no answer had come to hand—no letters had been received—except one from the Governor-General of India, intimating that Caubul was destroyed, and further stating that these two persons (Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly) were innocent travellers. The King got angry at this, and immediately after put them to death. Why, then (continued this person to him, Dr. Wolff ) be so foolish as to go to Bokhara ? His answer was, '• I shall go ;" and he desired the party in question to leave the room. On this person leaving another one came, a merchant in the town, who informed him that there was a person residing there who had been an agent of Colonel Stoddart, and who re ceived from that Gallant Officer sixteen Cashmere shawls, which he had pawned for a sum of money, and with the pro eceds taken gardens and land; and who, besides this, had kept back several letters sent by him (Dr. Wolff), as also letters sent by the Sultan of Constantinople two years ago, and letters from the Jews in London (one of which was from Sir Moses Montefiore), to the Jews of Bokhara. He sent for this person, and he immediately came. He was a cringing, ill-minded looking little fellow. He (Dr. Wolff) inquired if he had in his possession any letters from the Sultan to the King of Bok hara ? At first be answered No, but afterwards admitted that he had, and said he would bring them to-morrow. He (Dr. Wolff) insisted that he should bring them immediately. He made similar inquiries respecting the letters to the Jews of Bokhara. These also, after some difficulty, and after a threat that the Sultan would be informed if he refused, he consented to pro duce. He produced several letters, one of which was from Sir Moses Montefiore, enclosing one hundred toumans for Captain Stoddart. On being asked why he had not forwarded the let ters to their proper destination, his answer was that he appre hended danger. On being asked what he had done with the shawls, he said that he had forwarded them to Colonel Shiel. Having parted with this person, he (Dr. Wolff) called upon the Viceroy of the place, to whom he was introduced as a holy man—a dervish from England. The viceroy received him very kindly, and, after an interim, gave him a guard to Bok hara. The bead of the party assigned to this office was a most horrid character, one of the ferocious tribe of Mirvi, and a descendant of Gengis Khan. He paid this person in ad vance one hundred toumans, and he had hardly gone twenty miles before he demanded more money. The Rev. Doctor here described how this person, during the remainder of the journey, continued to annoy him in a similar way, for money, and how, on two 'occasions, he (Dr. Wolff) had been under the necessity of sending back messengers to the Viceroy of Dowlah, complaining of the extortions which this person was practising. Answers to both these messages were returned to the offending party, condemnatory of his conduct, without effecting any change for the better. After describing several other difficulties encountered on the journey, and also of his meeting another person who knew Stoddart and Conolly, and who stated that they had both been executed, the Rev. Doctor at last arrived at Bokhara. On his arrival within twenty miles of the city, the king's chamberlain came to him, and, after mutual salutations, conveyed him to a fine house, and placed before him a host of sweetmeats which had been sent to him from the King, accompanied by a mes sage, intimating his sincere respect for him (Dr. Wolff). On his arrival in the streets of Bokhara, there were at least 100,000 people assembled, who received him in the most cordial manner, shouting out " Welcome, Welcome," " Peace be upon you."—(Cheers.) He was then taken before the " King of Kings" as the King of Bokhara is styled ; but, before receiv ing audience, he was asked if he would get down from his horse and bow before the King three times, _stroke his beard, and exclaim " Peace to the King." He (Dr. W.) replied that he would not only do so three times, but twenty times, if required. He was then received by the King, and after bowing above twenty times, the King said, " Enough, enough," and ad dressed him in the following terms, " Thou man original — thou man with the star-like tail (a comet), you must go and lay your address before my Minister of Foreign Affairs." The Rev. Doctor then proceeded to describe his interview with the Mi nister to whom he was referred—in which he informed that official of the reasons that had induced him to visit Bokhara, the belief that Capt. Stoddart and Col. Conolly were not dead, but imprisoned. " I wish to know," said the Rev. Gentleman, "if they are alive, and if so, 1 desire that they may be given up to me ; if they are dead, I wish to know the reasons why their lives were sacrificed." The interview ended with out leading to any satisfactory result, and at the ter mination of it he was taken to the house where Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly had lived while in Bokhara, and a guard placed upon the door. Next morning he was waited upon by the king's chamberlain, accompanied with another officer, and a writer. The chamberlain, in a very pompous manner, said he had come from the King to ask two questions—first, if he could raise the dead? and second, whether he knew when the day of judgment would take place ? He (Dr. Wolff) replied, " God is great, and he alone can raise the dead—to me he has never given the power. With respect to the resurrection, the Scriptures say that Jesus will come to judge the world, but I cannot say what may be the day or the hour. Having received this answer, and after making some inquiries about the dress which he (Dr. Wolff) wore, the cham berlain and his companions retired. On their leaving, three soldiers were placed at the door, and he beard from without the remarks of the people, saying that he was doomed to be an other victim. He was next taken before the Nazedan of Bokhara, who received hi m i n th e most cordial m anner, and who had ' served up, on the European style. The information, respecting Captain Stoddart and Colonel . Conolly, received during this interview, was, that they had been considered as two spies, being without letters, and in consequence put to death. The Nazedan de scribed their first coming to Bokhara. according to the usual custom, Captain Stoddart came his account, a splendid breakfast in first, and on being introduced to the king, instead of bowing, sword. He was afterwards thrown into prison, where he re canted the Christian faith, and became Mahemetan, and again, after a short time, relapsed into his old belief. He represented be resisted and drew his himself as expecting letters from England, butfor 14 months none Conolly came were in course of reconciliation when Co l. y came and upset every thing. He was without letters.aub T heand arrived from any quarter but one from Lord Ellenborough. l two now began to send letters privately away to C Conran. These proceedings excited suspicion nßeafrore the y ffe w ri e n re put to death by having their throats cut..d F h' g , ear not ing, Persia, and also letters to excite war betvreen id K tb h e iv u a and they kissed each ether, when Col. Conolly Steddart, we go to Paradise, to Jesus. I ' Capt. Stoddart, looking at the executioner, said, " Tell t our tyrant, I die a Christian. lam no believer in Mehemet. After this inter view he (Dr. Wolff) still being dissatisfied with the informa tion received respecting the object of his mission, and refusing to take his departure, was watched in the strictest manner. Every word he spoke was taken to the King. Fortunately the Jews of the city were allowed to visit him, and he resorted to a stratagem, in order to deceive those who were appointed to watch him. He ma naged to arrange with these Jews that common conversation should be carried on with them in Persian, but that on any ex traordinary or particular matter, he and the party speaking with him should each take out a book, and pretend to read in Hebrew, in question and answer. The Reverend Doctor here gave a specimen of this mode of defeating the tyrant of Bokhara, which excited much laughter and applause in the meetino. Tired out with the delay, he at last, in an interview with Abdool Sall Khan, the King's Lieutenant, and the brother of the Persian whom he had seen at Dowlah, charged the latter with having caused the putting of Captain Stoddart and Colonel Conolly to death. He admitted having murdered them, and this admission made, ho surround,d him (Dr. Wolff) with his soldiers, and forced him to write out an acknowledgment that he owed hi m s o c f t P a e t rs l i iterty, and ( Abdool i b an e g fore the King, who Soli Khan), the sum of 6,000 thalers, for services rendered Cashmere shawl, arrived iwbbeeedro af t; t r hio o oon m na, op t up h hre e e: K rwa rich s ) gave him a hundred ducats, made him a present of a horse with placed iAntg la hs shortlyit round l a e( f t t Eit e e r rr: b h eihNi biro, as : s a e r lo o l silver mountings, and even wanted to send him an ambassador to bear him company on the way. He said to him (Dr. Wo'ff ), " You are a wise man, and a man of diseretien, and I will send you back with honours. The King further informed him that Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly might have been well.intentioned men, but that they had acted very im prudently while in Bokhara. They were stated to have been killed in 1843, and not in 1842, as kad been supposed. After describing very briefly his taking leave of Bokhara, the Rev. Gentleman concluded his address amidst great cheers, having ddressed the meeting for two hours and a half. The Rev. Mr. STODDART, brother of Colonel Stoddart, next addressed the meeting, and expressed his high admiration of Dr. Wolff's Christian conduct in undertaking so hazardous an expedition. • • He then proceeded to defend his brother, at some length, from the charge of being a mere soldier, and gave several instances in which he bad distinguished him self for literary acquirements and diplomany. lie con cluded by declaring that Captain Grover had made most false and cruel assertions respecting his brother, in the boek which he had published on the subject. This unexpected attack,whicb produced the greatest excitement in the meeting, called up Captain GROVER, who said that it was with great pain that he had originally entered into this matter. In 1841, when it was believed that Colonel Stoddart was dead, a belief which he did not anticipate in, and when his family mourned for him, The Rev. Mr. STODDART here shouted out, " We did not mourn for him. There have been many false statements, and that is one of them." — ( C Chair, chair," hisses, and great upse4r, which w cu suppressed by the chairman') - • Captain GROVER then proceeded, and at some length fur nished a very clear history . of his connexion with this affair, which gave great satisfaction to the meeting, and was received with great cheering. Yet, for all his exertions (he concluded) he had never received the tLanks of a single relative of the deceased. Captain RANDALL, another relation, spoke to the question, and thought the Rev. Mr. Stoddart had acted, in an impro per manner, and ought to apologise. The Rev. Gentleman, however, persisted in his opinion re specting the contents of the book ; and, after the Chairman, Mr. S. Buckingham and Dr. Wolff had spoken condemnatory of the terms which the rev. gentleman had used, the subject dropped. Resolutions were then passed, thanking Captain Grover and Dr. Wolff for their exertions, and agreeing to raise sums of money to indemnify Captain Grover for his advances towards the mission, and to present a testimonial to the Rev. Dr. Wolff for his courage, perseverance, and intrepidity. A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, when the meeting separated. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. The loud cries of " No Popery," the Maynooth Bill, and the backsliding of Sir Robert Peel have at last roused Blackwood from his slumbers, and com- pelled him again to return to politics. This excuse for such a long and dreary silence is not a little cha racteristic of the class to which he belongs. He wishes to go with the Tory leader. He can have no hope in Russell, or Palmerston, or Howick—they would be tenfold worse than Peel. lle therefore waited to see if an accident would occur, by which he might be able to catch something to make a good plea for adhering to his party. Unluckily, the course into which Sir Robert Peel has entered is so clear and defined that not a turn or a winding was left for the great Apollo of northern Toryism. He is obliged, therefore, to make the best of his pitiable case, and simply lament in tears the degeneracy of the man who was regarded as the only prop and stay of Con servatism, and the last hope ot'the Protestant Church. . . The reasons he gives for his long silence are curious : " Of late," says he, " this journal has a good deal re tired from the strife of politics. Our readers must not misunderstand this. It was not through any treachery to that duty of hope which we have been insisting on as sacred : it was through a change in the public rather than in ourselves." And he then goes on to say that there was nothing to write about bat O'Connell and the corn-laws. Domestic feuds had dwindled into the corn question. The audience fell away to nothing as the garrulity of the speahers increased; the public patience languished as its abusers multiplied. Indeed, nothing but corn-laws and O'Connell ! Why, Sir Robert Peel last session announced, in the most ex- plicit terms, that something must be done for Ireland. That a new system of education must be adopted which would include Catholics as well as Protestants, and to suppose that this new system would not cost so much as 26,0001., about which so much noise is made, and make this an excuse for silence, is abso lutely puerile. But besides these topics, there were others not less momentous to the party which looked up to Blackwood as their guide. During the whole session, which has now lasted three months, the Go vernment measures were so purely those of Cobden and Hume, and Russell, and the various sections classed under them as chiefs, that all the applause Sir Robert Peel received came from the camp of the enemy. Was it nothing to make a complete revolution in the tariff, to take the duty off glass, reduce the duty on sugar 11d. in the pound, and abolish the customs duty on 400 articles, while Bankes and Miles, and all the farmers' friends,C prayed in vain for the slightest favour ? Never since 1831 has there been such a stirring session as the present, and never did the old Tory party stand so aghast, yet Black wood says there was no strife of politics. That is a lame excuse for silence, and perhaps it would have been better for his character had he preserved it longer, for such a lame, halting, pithless attack on the Maynooth grant has not issued either from Co vent-garden or Exeter-hall. One of his reasons for opposing this popish measure is of a peculiar character, and only shows to what shifts a man is driven when under the plea of consistency he refuses to listen to the voice of reason. The dire hostility, so long maintained in this country between Protestants and Catholics— the bloody deeds that have disgraced British dominion in Ireland—the " half hanging and flame," he regards as the greatest of blessings, toleration in religion as the greatest curse, and attributes the inferiority of the Continental States entirely to the harmony in which Catholics and Protestants live with each other. We give the principal reason for persecuting the Catholics in his own language, as a genuine specimen of red hot Toryism in its golden age : " It is a record of the political imbecility, it is to the high disgrace, of the continental states, that with most of them Catholics and Protestants could meet in this in sipid harmony : it was a harmony resembling the reli gious toleration of people—tolerant, because careless of all religion. Had they, like ourselves, possessed a con stitution of slow growth, a representative system, a popular mind, all stimulating to noble political feuds, — in that case they would have had high principles like ourselves; they, like ourselves, would have faced the action and reaction of endless contest ; and their po litical progress, like ours, would have been written on every page of their history and legislation. It was because they slept and snered for ages with no instincts of fiery political life, that th©y were able, in modern times—Catholics and Protestants—to fraternise in effe minate ruptures of maudlin sentimentality." The other articles in the Number are of a more amiable character ; among others we may mention " The Cut of a Coat and the Good of a Gown," suited to both sexes ; the continuation of " North's Speci mens of the British Critics," including Dryden and Chaucer; and "A Glance of the Peninsula,' founded on that excellent work, entitled " Revelations of Spin." From the first of these articles we extract the following genealogical pedigree of the_modern frock coat : " Our modern coats, those chefs-dalivre of Stulz and I Co., are to be traced back by their pedigree to about the middle of the seventeenth century; while our paletots, wrappers, or whatever else you like to call them, ma) lay claim to a higher antiquity by three hundred years. In the brilliant courts of Louis XIII., Philip IV., and Charles 1., the costume had changed from the tight jacket or vest of the sixteenth century, to the open and somewhat neyliye, though picturesque jerkin, so familiar to the lovers of Rubens and Vandyke. Over the linen integuments of his body, a gentleman in those days wore only one upper permanent garment, the jerkin or vest in question: the sleeves were loose and rather short; the waist was not pinched in; the cut was rather straight; the length extended only to the loins, and abundance of fine linen and lace was displayed. Over this garment, which was very plain, was worn a small cloak, more or less ornamented, in the hall or the hunting field; but in the tented camp, the cuirass was buckled on, and the jerkin appeared below, covering the tops of the cuissards or thigh-pieces. There is mans - a charming Vandyke portraying our ancestors in this elegant dress; and even the furious fanaticism of the Cromwellian times allowed the fashion to remain in England, till the taste of the French Court underwent a change, and modified the habiliments of nearly all civilized Europe. To what cause we do not know, but probably to some degree of additional comfort required by Louis XIV. and his courtiers in their earlier campaigns--is to be ascribt d the lengthening of the skirts of the jerkin, and the corresponding increase in the dimensions of the cloak, which we find to have taken place soon after 1660. The portraits of Mignard, and the battle-pieces of Vander meulen, all show us the change that was then going on at the Court of Versailles : we find the form of the dress stiffening, the sleeves lengthening, pockets either yawn ing wide, or covered under deep lapels, the cuffs turned up half way to the elbow, and a glorious display of gold lace and ribbons, that must have made a fine gentleman of thoss palmy days glitter with the colours of the rain bow. To the easy and languid elegance of the Spanish costume had succeeded a certain degree of military stiff ness and precision among the French beaux : all Europe was at that time lost in admiration of the Grand Mo narque and his brilliant Court ; and their fashions were adopted as the universal rule of taste. It was the stiff coat of Louis XIV. that was the direct progenitor of two degenerate, yet widely differing, sons—the habit or coat, and the frock or sui tout of the present day. De generate descendants truly 1 Who that ever saw the rustling, heavy, and almost self-supporting coat of Charles 11., could have imagined that the plain, close fitting, and supple frock, or the be-clipped and almost evanescent habit pare of the nineteenth century, were to spring from them as types ?" BENTLEY S MISCELLANY, Bentley is, as usual, full of amusement; leaving political affairs, and all such serious matters, for the consideration of graver periodicals, the lively Miscel lany seeks to entertain, and in that it succeeds to the uttermost. Full of variety, and written in a light and pleasant style, it effectually serves to banish "dull care," and interests without fatigulng. The first tale, however, must be excepted from this list. " The Marchioness of Brinvilliers" is, alas! not only terrible, but true. We could wish the writers of romance would only lend their powers of fancy to embellish the records of virtue and heroism, and be content to leave such scenes of horror to the oblivion they deserve. In this Number we have an account of the first and most dreadful crime committed by the wretzhed Marchioness, when she delivered the cup of plison to her unconscious father, even while he blessed her. We gladly turn from this gloomy tale to those which follow. "1 he Lost Mantle" is an amusing account of the wild adventures of Gaston of Orleans, _the brother of Louis XIII. " The Writ of Error" describes the embarrassing mistakes arising from that frequent source of perplexity, a mis-directed letter. The " Lines on the Death of Latium Blanchard" are full of feeling, and well suited to the mournful occa sion. The ' Gaol Chaplain " is not so gloomy as usual ; it contains some reflexions on game -preserving, which all the arguments of the Hon. Mr. Grantley Berkeley would he unable to refute. There must exist a class of men in this country to whom, strange as it may appear, unpopularity is grate ful—men who revel in the execration of their fe ll ows, and glory in incurring a formidable share of public o dium. Upon this principle may be understood th e self-complacency of game preservers. A greater curse to a community cannot exist in an agricu ltural district ; and those most conversant with the poor—with their privations, itikh't feelings, and tempt*. ~~ _~ FESTIVAL •OF THE GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. The annual festival of the Genetal Annuity So ciety was held la , t. evening, at the London Tavern, Lord John Russell, M.P., in the chair. Shortly after six o'clock about 150 gentlemen at down to an excellent dinner; dotisiging of all the de licacies of the season, which was put on the table in admlSSble style. At the principal table, on the right and left of the Chairman, we observed Mr. Baron Platt, Hon. Robert Denman, and Sir John Pally, A. W. Robarts, Esq, President of the Society; W. Tooke, Esq., and Luke James Hansard, Esq. After the cloth had been withdrawn, Non Nobis was sung in admirable style by Messrs. G. Robinson, N. J. Sporle, and Ran:ford. After the toast of " The Queen" had been drunk, the National Anthem was sung by Miss Steele, who had kindly volunteered her services, sustaining one of the solo parts. The other loyal toasts having been drunk and re sponded to, The CHAIRMAN proposed "The Army and Navy," and in proposing this toast it was always his custom to give with it the name of an illustrious individual. — (Cheers.) It was true that Nelson and Moore, and many other heroes who had nobly fought in the cause of their country, had been taken from us, but there was one, the hero of a hundred fights, whom it had pleased the Almighty yet to spare us—(Cheers) —and whose name ought always to be joined with this toast.—(Cheers.) He therefore proposed " The Duke of Wellington and the Army and Navy." —(lmmense cheering.) The toast, which was drank with all the honours, was followed by a duett from Messrs. Ransford and Sporle. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the evening, Prosperity to the General Annuity Society. —(Loud cheers.) The Society bad been instituted in the year 1827, not for the purpose of contributing to the support of those who had fallen into low cir cumstances through their own carelessness or impro vidence, but to assuage the povery of those who, having occupied the station of merchants, bankers, clerks, and professional men, found themselves, in their latter days, unable to struggle against adverse fortune, or to relieve their widows and children, who had been left under a load of misfortune to struggle against the sorrows of the worll.—(Cheers.) When he considered the objects of the society, he could not but feel that it was entitled to the sup port of all those who were desirous of succouring the sfffictesl.—(Cheers.) At the first in stitution of the society a larger amount had been aNarded to the pensioners on its bounty than it had since been found possible to continue. At that time 1/. 12s. a month had been awarded to men, and 11.45. to wo:nen. But latterly the society had not been en abled to fulfil the expectations which it had excited — it had not been able to continue the amount of al lowance. Now, he besought them to come forward, so as to enable the Society to realize those promises. which it had held out—(Cheers)—to enable the re cipients of the bounty to receive that small sum in their declining years which the Society had origi nally awarded to them.—(Cheers.) On looking over the list of pensioners, he found that there was not one under 75 years of age, that there were several who were upwards of 80, and that there were two who were 87. He earnestly besought them to make the declining years of those persons, and they had but a few years left, more comfortable than they otherwise would be. —(Cheers.) No prudence or foresight could, under all circumstances, ward off misfortune.—(Hear, hear.) On ordinary occasions prudence might suffice, but when misfortune followed misfortune, ro prudence could guard against the consequences—(Cheers) — and was it not too hard to say that, under such cir cumstances, those who had been thus unfortunate should either:be suffered to remain unprovided for, or be reduced to the degradation -of accepting parochial relief. It was their duty as men and as Christians to come forward to the relief of persons thus situated. — (Cheers.) They had no right to impose on these un fortunate persons such hard conditions, and he asked the public to come forward to assist this institution. —(Cheers.) He saw the name og his friend, Mr. Abraham IV. Roharts, as president of the in stitution.—(Cheers.) That gentleman was a man of business, was well known in the City, and would not have his name to any institution which he was not convinced would prove beneficial to society.— (Cheers.) lie chimed their support for this charity, because he believed that it was truly worthy of it ; and he did not think he was asking too much when he asked them to enable the Society by their liberality to give the recipients of their bounty the 1/ 12s. and thOt V. 4s. a month, whirls had been originally promised them. The pensions were now larger than they had been two years since, but still they had not yet reitclTd the original amount.— (Cheers.) On these festive occasions he eosin not hut contrast the com forts a hich they were enabled easily to enjoy, with the distresses which were suffered by others who were struggling with poverty, and he besought them to show their gratitude for those comforts by contribut ing to alleviate the distresses of their less fortunate fellow-creatures.--(Cheers.) The Noble Lord con cluded by proposing the toast, which was drunk with three times three and one cheer more, and which was followed by an extempore, local, and comic song by Mr. Brawn. The Report was then read ; and amongst the long let of donations and subscriptions announced by Mr. Richardson, the secretary, were the following : Luke J. Hansard, Esq., 1001.; Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., 30/. ; A. W. Robarts, Esq., 101. 103., in addi tion to 1201.; Earl of Cardigan, 201.; H. Kemble, Esq., M.P., 101. 103.; Arthur E. Campbell, Esq., 15/. ; C. Pearse, Esq., 10/.103.; Chief Justice Tindal, 10/. 103.; Lord Ashburton, 10/. ; Samuel Gurney, Esq., 21/. ; IT. M. Hoare, Esq , 10/.los. ; Lord Vis count Lake, 10/. 10s.; Sir J. IV. Lubbock, 10 /. 10 s. ; Lord John Russell, M.P., 10/. Mr. Baron PLATT proposed the health of the Noble Chairman, which was drunk with enthusiasm, and briefly acknowledged by Lord John Russell. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of A. W. Roberts Esq., President of the Society , who re turned thanks. The health of IV. Tooke, Esq., Vice-President, was then drunk, and duly acknowledged. Several other toasts were drunk in the course of the evening, and the party broke up shortly after eleven o'clock, highly delighted with the evening's entertainment. The galleries were filled by ladies, who appeared to take great interest in the proceedings. During the dinner the band of the Scots Fusilier Guards performed several popular airs. THE MAYNOOTH ENDOWMENT A public meeting of the electors and inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury took place on Tuesday evening, at White Conduit gardens, Pentonville, to protest against the grant to Maynooth on the voluntary principle. The great saloon was crowded with a most respectable auditory. • There were present on the platform—Thomas Duncombe, Esq., M.P. ; Dr. Epps, J.H. Parry, Esq., Q.C., T. Hodgkin, Esq., R. Begley, Esq., R. Taylor, Esq., Dr. Price, and a great many other leading men of the borough. Mr. BESLEY having been unanimously called to the chair, briefly stated the object for which the meeting had been called. It was to avow their opposition to the principle in volved in the proposed grant to the Catholic College of May nooth. That principle was one of endowment. The present meeting were the friends of the voluntary principle, and therefore they were opposed to the grant. He did not sympa thise with those who had started the " No-Popery" cry upon this occasion. He was happy to believe that, bad as the present times might be in many respects, they were infinitely better in every respect than the time when it was penal to harbour a Roman Catholic priest.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. Errs moved the first resolution, to the effect—" That in the opinion of the meeting all endowments by the State for religious purposes were injurious to civil and religious freedom." He did not object to this grant on the ground of its pecuniary pressure on the country, but because he deemed it an impertinent assumption of power OR the part of any Government to dare to take on itself the right of taking money from one man to supply the religious wants of another man.—(Cheers.) It was interfering with that freedom of conscience which all men should enjoy. By State establish ments in Ireland the people had been reduced to the lowest degradation, and this was the real source of the power which Mr. O'Connell now possessed.—(Cheers.) Mr. BELLINGHAM seconded the resolution. Mr. R. TAYLOR was opposed to the resolution. In France they would find that Protestants and Jews were equally en dowed with the Roman Catholics. He had very great doubts about the voluntary system. as it was embraced by a fana tical and bigoted class of religionists.—(No, no.) Look at Exeter-hall.--(Cheers.) He feared that the electors of Finsbury were playing the game of the fanatics who were trying to resuscitate the cry of " No Popery " all over Eng land. Ireland had been so greatly injured by England, that he was willing to countenance any step which would lead to a reconciliation between the two countries.—(Cries of "No, no," and cheers.) Mr. Taylor, though an old and much re spected inhabitant of the borough, was heard with impatience —the meeting being all but unanimous against the grant. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Dr. PRICE moved the second resolution—" That this meet ing strongly sympathises with the Irish people in their struggle against Protestant ascendancy, and declares that in opposing the grant to Maynooth it is not actuated by the slightest feeling of hostility to the Roman Catholic faith, but solely by a desire to carry out in that country the great principle of religious liberty." The resolution haying been seconded by Mr. VINCENT, was unanimously adopted. Mr. PARRY moved the third resolution—" That this meeting declares its solemn opinion, that the Anglican Pro testant Establishment in. Ireland is a national nuisance.— (Immense cheering.) That beyond every other religious endowment in the world it is opposed to the plainest prin ciples of justice • that it always hai been and still is the principal cause of discontent and disunion among the Irish people, and that this meeting pledges itself to co-operate at all times with the Irish people, in every constitutional manner, to abolish it." It was not to oppose the grant to Maynooth, he said, merely that this - meeting was convened, but to enter a protest against all religious endowments by the State. By sending this resolution to Ireland, it would show to Mr. O'onnell and the Irish people that the people of Eng land were not ignorant of the great grievanCe under which they (the Irish people) suffered, and were not backward in seeking to relieve them from it.—(Cheers.) At all events, the passing of this resolution would separate the vast multitude he was then addressing from all sympathy with thp odious c ry of "No ropery."—(Cheers.) Under that cry age. of bsd tetZt , Perpetrated, NA um* Olt cry ri9tellt* - • ants had exhibited the vety Worst features of Popery which the Protestants themseWes alleged pg4inst the Catholics. Mt. seconded the resolutiOth The resolution was tihatiiiiiiitisly agreed It was then resolved that a petition; embodying the fore going relolutions; should be adopted; and presented to the eof torrittionfi by their Mbinbev Duneoinlie: Mr. lYtiN•coMlit came forward, and - was Very tinich tht erect He was proud to find that his vote in the House of Com mons on this subject was in such perfect accordance with the opinions of the great majority of the electors of Finsbury. If it had not been so, he should have, felt it his duty to have returned tilt tfdst into their hande r lb Order that their sqn timents might have been better represented.—(Cheers.) Ile should be most happy to present their petition to the House of Commons, but he should be deceiving them if he were to tell them that that petition would have the slightest weight. —(Laughter.) There had, within the last month, been pre • sented to the House between 7,000 and 8,000 petitions against the grant to Maynooth, signed by nearly a million of persons ; and what was the answer given to these peti tions ? Why, Sir R. Peel told them he did not care how great was the opposition to this grant ; the greater it was— the greater the excitement that existed in the public mind, so much the stronger was his determination to force through Parliament this grant.—(Hear, hear.) Under these circum stances, what was the use of petitioning?—(Cheers.) Of course, the grant would pass; but it_ would leave bitter feel ings behind it. The Prime Minister said he thought the fer ment in the public mind was fast subsiding. On the contrary, he (Mr. Duncombe) believed it was only just beginning. The great oljection to the grant was, that it introduced a new endowed ,State Church into a country which had one State Church too many already.—(Cheers and laughter.) As to the permanency of the grant, he thought the House of Com mons had assumed a power, in making a grant hitherto an• nual a permanent grant, such as had never been assumed by any Parliament since the one which passed the Septen nial Act.—(Hear, hear.) The assumption was founded on a most unconstitutional principle.—(Cheers.) It was a gross libel on the people of England to suppose that they wished to do injustice to the people of Ireland. What was their conduct last year when the State trials were going on ? Did they not meet in thousands to sympathise with Mr. O'Connell, believing that he had not had a fair trial? Was it the electors of Finsbury who approved of the packing of the jury, the exclusion of Roman Catholics, and the partiality of the judges? Was it they who sanctioned Mr. O'Connell's imprisonment for three months without any legal conviction? No; it was the very men upon whom Mr. O'Connell himself and the Roman Catholic priests were now fawning.—(Cheers.) The Queen would be welcomed as she ought to be. Peel and Graham might be received with acclamations by the people; but to suppose that a country so misruled as Ireland had been, was to be bribed by a paltry grant to Maynooth, was too mon strous to be entertained for a moment. No; both Peel and Graham would find themselves as much detested and de spised as ever, by the honest people of ]reland.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN stated that he bad received a letter from Mr. \Vat ley, saying that his duties elsewhere prevented his attendance at the meeting. but that he heartily concurred in the object for which it had been convened.—(Cheers.) Mr. lIELr then moved a memorial to be presented to the Queen, in the event of the grant to Maynooth passing the House of Commons, praying her Majesty to dissolve the pre ' sent Parliament.—(Cheers.) Mr. KNOX seconded the motion, which was carried unani mously.—The meeting then broke up. 1)R. WOLFF'S MISSION TO BOKHARA. MEETING AT EXETER-HALL. A meeting was held vesterdoy in the large room of Exeter-hall, of the friends of Dr. Wolff, for the purpose of hearing the statement of the Rev. Gentleman relative to his late mission to Bokhara, undertaken for the purpose of ascertaining the fate of Col. Stoddart and Capt. Conolly. The proceeding were advertised to commence at. two o'clock, but long before that hour the large Hall was completely filled by an assembly of highly respectable persons ; amongst whom were several well dressed ladies. On the platform we observed an Asiatic Mussulman dressed in a magnificent Eastern cos tume. Ile appeared to occasion much interest in the meeting. At two o'clock, Admiral Sir E. Codrington, G.C.8.,F.R.5., took the chair, amidst the loud cheering of the vast assem- blage. Capt. Grover, the indefatigable friend of Dr. Wolff, was seated by the side of the Chairman. Capt. Grover was not recognised by the meeting at first, but when he was recognised he was greeted with loud and long-con- tinued cheering._ The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN called upon the Secretary to read the re port of the Committee. - Previous to the reading of the report, however, Captain GnovEn, by permission of the Chairman, read a letter from General Sir Jeremiah Bryant to Dr. Wolff, ex pressing his regret that illness prevented him from being present at the meeting, and testifying to the feeling of admiration with which he looked upon the noble heroism which Dr. Wolff had exhibited during the course of his . . mission. The SECRETARY then read the report, which stated, that after:Dr. Wolff had written from Bokhara, by order of the King, stating that he had put the British Envoy to death in July, 1843, Dr. Wolff was more strictly guarded than ever—that thinking an advance of money might be necessary for his ransom the Committee had applied to Lord Aberdeen, who had authorised an advance to be made by the British Representative at Teheran, on the understanding that repay ment should be guaranteed by the Committee—that 4001 had been thus advanced,the whole of which had been immediately , repaid to the Government by Captain Grover, and the Com mittee recommended that a subscription should be entered into to reimburse Capt. Grover for the money thus advanced. Captain GROVER then advanced to the front of the plat form, and said he wished to say one word with respect to that paragraph of the report which related to him self.—(Cries of "It is Captain Grover," and loud cheering.) With respect to the recommendation of the Committee that an appeal should be made to the public to reimburse bins for the money he had advanced for the mission of Dr. Wolff. He begged. distinctly to state that he would not receive any sum from any public or private sub scription to reimburse him for the money he had advanced en account of Dr. Wolff.—(Cheers.) 'When the money was ad vanced in February, Sir Joseph Copley had sent to say that he would pay half.—(Cheers.) Their Gallant Chairman had also offered to pay half.—(Cheers.) Ile had received letters from Birmingham and from Dublin, offering to raise the sum by subscription in those places—(Cheers)—and two ladies had actually sent him subscriptions.—(Cheers.) These he had returned, and had gratefully declined all these offers. Ile felt delighted that his 4001. had been the means of restoring to her Majesty such a subject as Dr. Wolff.—(Cheers.) Before Dr. Wolff had set out on his mission some persons had objected to him as a visionary and an enthusiast, who would never be content to abide by the directions of the Committee. lie had, however, but one obser vation to make on that point, and that was that Dr. Wolff had carried out the instructions of the Com- mittee to the very letter. When urged to remain at Con stantinople, and to send on to Bokhara, Dr. Wolff had replied No ; I have my written instructions, those I will follow, and from them I will not swerve—(Cheers.) He would now beg to introduce Dr. Wolff to the meeting.—(Cheers.) The Gallant Captain having retired for a couple of minutes, reappeared leading in Dr. Wolff, who was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering. The Rev. Gentleman, who held a small Bible in his right hand, looked much better than he did on his first arrival in England, but he still looked far from well. He was accompanied by Mr. J. S. Buckingham. Dr. W OI.FF then commenced his address, and said that, before stating to them the motives of his journey to Bokhara, or entering into its details, he must there make a most de cisive declaration, in order to quiet the anxieties of the friends of the victims on whose account he had undertaken the jour ney. That brave and valiant officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Conolly, and the brave, excellent, and religious Captain Stod dart, have been put to death by the order of the King of Bokhara. Many others, among whom were six English officers and an Italian nobleman, have also met with the same melancholy fate. He then proceeded to say that his object in undertaking such a journey was, that he might put into practice the knowledge which he acquired from the religion of Jesus—that mere preaching the Gospel was not enough, but that he would be ready at any time to lay down his life for the brethren. He was not an Englishman by birth, but he was naturalised as such by his late Majesty George the Fourth. Having heard that these English officers were im prisoned in Bokhara, he was determined to go, and if pos sible to effect their liberation. It was in 1841 he first heard the report that Captain Stoddart was a prisoner there, and having been himself in Bokhara in 1832, and having while there received the kindest treatment from the present King and his prime minister, and the whole nation, he doubted not but he would succeed in the enterprise he had resolved upon. lie had heard after that an account in the news papers of their murder, but he did not believe it, and he wished to go there to ascertain the truth. Captain Grover promised him his assistance, and if necessary that he would go with him to Bokhara. A Committee was then formed, and it was decided that the Government should be applied to for every assistance they could render. He must there, also, take the opportunity of giving his most cordial thanks for the assistance which had been obtained. And his acknowlegments were especially due to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, Sir Stratford Canning—the Commander-in-Chief at Malta—the Prime Minister at Te heran, and Sir James Graham. No idea could be formed of the excitement which his journey caused at Malta, and in deed wherever be went. When he was at Malta, Sir Edward Owen most kindly gave him letters of introduction to his friends in Athens, where lie was also very warmly received by King Otho and his Queen, who wished every success to his undertaking. After some delay at Athens, he then set out for Constantinople, and on his arrival there every account he received of Colonel Conolly and Captain Stoddart was favourable—they were still alive. He was the more con. firmed in the belief that that this was the fact from having met with Captain La'ard, a traveller, who informed him that he had lately received an- account from Bukhara that Captain Stoddart was still alive. The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to state that Sir Stratford Canning obtained for him letters of introduction from the Sultan and his Prime Minister to the Pachas of Jerusalem, Trebizond, and the Governors of other Pachalics on his route, and that the most active interest was taken in his success by the Austrian Ambassador and other influential persons at Constantinople. He sat out from Constantinople on the 24th November, in an Austrian steamer, furnished with a telescope and a pair of compasses, kindly provided by Sir Stratford Canning, and he arrived at Trebizond on the 24th December following. The Rev. Gentleman here detailed the particulars of hls journey from Trebizond to Teheran, during which lie met with the most cordial reception wherever he went—post-horses and every other requisite for his journey being provided without a penny expense to him. The only danger he experienced at this stage was from being overtaken one day by a heavy shower of snow, by which ten people were killed. The Rev. Gentleman here detailed the particulars of an interview he had with the person who had imprisoned him twelve years ago, and who was now himself in a dungeon. His name was Mahomet Khan, and he was said to have made slaves of no less than 60,000 people, whom he had overpowered in that country. From the cruelty which he exhibited to them he was called the "Head-tearer." 'He (the Rev. Mr. Wolff) escaped from him at the time •h e had referred to without suffering any other loss than that of his money. He did not wish to reprove him in the state in which hethen saw him, and the unfortunate man appeared most anxious to Co all in his power to serve him. He told him (Mr. Wolff) not• to ga on without having letters of intro duction to the King of eersia, and it would be well for him to take a man from the Viceroy along with him to the King of Bokhara. When he arrived at Teheran he was received in the kindest manner by Colonel Shiel, who was then Charge d'Affaires at that city. He told him that his Majesty the Kiug of Persia wished to see him, and had all the letters for Bokhara ready for him, and would give him an audience next day. He (Mr. Wolff) was quite surprised to find that his Majesty recollected him, and all the particulars connected with his former visit to his dominions. The Rev. Gentleman having received lettersof introduction to the King of Persia and the Prime Minister to the different governors through whose dominions his route lay, proceeded on his journey, from Teheran, in the month of February. He had apprehended that the dangers which beset his journey in the territory adjoining rirSia would be even greater than any he was likely to meet with in Bokhara itself, for in the year tante against the ChristiWl and so comp l ete ly IS* the greatest fanaticism prevailed amongst.the inhabi regard, tions will be the first to exclaim, ' If you wish to ruin a village population ; if you desire rapidly to introduce among them demoralization and insubordination; if your aim be to brutalize them—t.‘ make them bad fathers and b husbands—insolent to their employers and disaffected to their superiors—worthless and desperate—rersuade some landed proprietor to come amongst them who is a stickler for the game-laws, and resolved at all risks to have his covers strictly preserved.' In point of fact, game preservers inflict infinite damage on a community. They are, in many points of view, obnoxious to its wel fare. Farmers incur heavy loss by the depredations of game. Labourers suffer injury by the want of employ. ment, since it is a will established and notorious fact that in any district where there is much game, it is an utter impossibility to have good farming. The commu nity, as a body, is injured ; first, by the destruction of food which game occasions ; and next by the facilities and temptations to crime which game affords. An agri cultural labourer earns Pa. a week. A single night's poaching will bring him 20s. Is is wonderful that gaols require new wings, and that the croweed state of our pri sons calls fur a winter assize ? The cause of this per petual increase of misery and crime—where is it to be found ? In the laws enacted and maintained for the amusement of the country gentry. The last are the parties who convert their fellow-creatures into crimi nals. The disappointed poacher is, by rapid and easy progress, converted into a robber. Precluded by vigi lance of keepers, or by an unexpected augmentation of watchers from taking game, the agricultural labourer will enter his master's fold, and take a sheep ; or he will stealthily climb into his master's bare, and take his oorn. A poacher's calling and habits have depraved him. He has lost all sense of right and wrong. But who has caused this sad and wondrous change in his character ? Let the game preserver supply the answer." " Mr. Yellowly's Doings," from the pen of Charles Whitehead, is a not very uncommon tale of the seasonable assistance of an Indian uncle. " Out pourings" consists of some lively recollections of the actors of by-gone days, and, among others, of many anecdotes of Charles Mathews. We have also an other account of George Brummell, that never ending source of amusement. It is strange, while so many worthy men die and are forgotten, the memoirs of this celebrated "Beau" are brought forward again and again, and never seem to weary. We subjoin an account of his melancholy downfal " At last, however, the hour in which a man is as no thing to any one else,—the hour of misfortune, arrived. His ruin was consummated ; he knew it : with dandy apathy he had calculated, watch in hand, the time that he ought to remain on the field of battle, the theatre of the most wonderful social success that a man of the world ever had, and he deterinined to show no humilia tion at the close of his career. On the 6th of May, 181 G, after dining on a fowl from Waiter's, and drinking a bottle of Bordeaux, Brummell wrote hastily and hope lessly the following note to his friend, Scrope Davies : My dear Scrope—Lend me 200/. The banks are shut, and all my money is in the Three per Cents. It shall be repaid to-morrow morning. —Yours, GEORGE BRUMMELL.' " The reply was Spartan in brevity and friendship : It is very unfortunate, but all my money is in the Three per Cents.—Yours, SCROPE DAVIES.' " Brumtnell was too much 01 a dandy to be hurt at this answer, and, as Captain Jesse sensiitly remarks, he was not a man to moralise upon it. There was a cruel dryness in Scrope's answer ; but it was not vulgar ; be tween dandy and dandy their honour was safe. Bruin mell perused the note, and dressed stoically for the opera. He was as a phmsix is on the pile—unlike in this, that he knew he should never rise from his ashes. To see him, who would have known him for a doomed man ? That night he sas at Dover, and the next in France." We must not omit an account of "the discovery of the Oregon territory," not written in any political view, but tending to prove, beyond a doubt, that the prior discovery of that disputed country is due to " our countrieman, Sir Francis Drake." AINSWORT.H'S MAGAZINE. " Revelations of London" continues as full of mystery as ever. Mr. Ainsworth must have a de cided taste for the horrible and marvellous ; he seems animated by the same feeling as Crebillon, when he exclaimed, "Corneille s'est empare du ciel, et Mo liere de la terre, rien ne m'etait laisse que les Enfers et je m'y suis jete." Whether imposed by necessity or choice, he fulfils his task with vigour, and has doubtless many admirers among the lovers of ro mance. "A Bit of Still Life" is an amusing adventure at an illicit still among the hills of Connemara. Mr. W. F. Ainsworth's "Travels in the East " are as interesting as ever; the present Number, entitled " The Habor, Re hoboth, and Saladin's Castle," is full of information. We subjoin a description of the last memorial of the mighty Soldan : •• It is remarkable that this chieftain, who became the bulwark of Muhammadanism, at a time when it was seriously threatened by the enthusiasm of the Christian nations, who was the greatest terror of the crusaders, and whose name, indeed, belongs as much to poetry and romance as to history, has l&t few monuments behind to commemorate his power and prosperity. It was a part of that character, which he assumed, when his talents and energy had established him as defender of the faith, and in which he was throughout as consistent as he was in that humanity and chivalrous moderation which has earned to him the applauie of history, that he never allowed himself to be dazzled by his great elevation and successes : his garments were of coarse woollen, his drink, water, and he uniformly discountenanced all pomp and vanity. Hence his works were consecrated to public use. Cairo was fortified with a wall and a citadel, and mosques, colleges, and hospitals, were endowed in every city of Arabia and Syria ; but for himself he never built either a palace or a castle. At the presnt day a hall, with noble monolith columns of red granite, some rude granaries, and a solitary well, still preserve his name in Misr al liabira ; a fort on the confines of the desert, ce lebrated in the annals of French occupation, a suburb of Damascus, and the ruins now first resuscitated from darkness and oblivion, are among the few existing remi niscences of the noble Saracen. " The ruins now before us formed, indeed, in their utter desolation the most fitting monument to that self ii.lt:,nying warrior, who commanded at his death that no soleninities should be observed, but that his 'shirt should be made fiv.4t to the point of a lance, and carried before his dead body, as en ensign, while the public crier an nounced to the people that Saladin, Conqueror of the East, of all the greatness and riches he had in his life, carrieth not with him after his death anything more than his shirt.' A sight,' says an old historian, worthie so great a king, which wanted nothing to his eternal' commendation more than the true knowledge of his salvation in Christ Jesus.'" The following account of the combustible pro perties of asphalte is worthy of attention, with regard to the facilities it may afford in the navigation of the great rivers : " We obtained at this place—the inhabitants of which were very friendly and well-disposea—large quantities of alphalte, or solid bitumen, and the Colonel determined upon remaining the next day, to experiment upon its qualities as a fuel. The experiments were made on beard the Tigris, and it was not found to answer well, alone, being so fusible as to cake and extinguish itself for want of air. The great quantity of combustible mat ter also caused so much smoke, or of carburetted pro duct, to be given off before complete combustion had taken place, as to choke the vents, and add to the impedi ments already existing to a free supply of air. These inconveniences were, to a certain extent, obviated, by mixing it with other substances ; but we had only earth and stones and dry dung. -to experiment with. It natu rally answered best with the last, which is the ordinary fuel of the Arabs. It would answer still better mixed with cinders, and a fuel has been lately patented in this country, which is made of the refuse cinders, used in brickfields, and earth, cemented with oil of tar, which is a fluid bitumen, or petroleum. " I have been the more explicit upon this subject, be cause so highly combustible a substance exists in con siderable quantities in various places on the Euphrates, Tigris, and Persian Gulf, and it may become of high im portance in any future steam navigation of the rivers ; also because the result of the experiments was made the subject of special reports to Government, not all of a fa vourable character ; while it is quite evident that it would require the exercise of but trifling ingenuity to overcome obstacles which positively take their origin from the excess of combustible matter presented to us." The " Forger" is a translation from Alexandre Dumas, written in that abrupt and vigorous style for which all his productions are remarkable. The fol lowing simple tribute to the lamented Laman Blan chard must be admired by all, for all must feel its truth : Vi j r n p m r o e b d t s e et vi t j m u , s t s u n s rs , j i a n c o e p t i n h a i c f n; . q t a vixit honest 6 ; Supra alios homines, scribendi doctus in arte u ; . Quo(' s cripsit, pulchruna est ; utile, et r n oc um inte is cTohmemaednvceendturiens this " isNnretaimbweoro, dp,rotinneisSesaxtoonb,e which r th es e ti i n fi gefi; ineffectual t i u s an raccount e o o f f t h tl e h e N s soornm of f n fj C a o d n y q u G e s o t d v n a d , T te h r e ri terrible a li g n lt t o e s t in ghost House another Harold the i ll s a o u n n e t o e f s * those ' which must not be believed, yet cannot be re alitsumreo;nt ith be f l c ig ourse with unabated f s u to te ri d e . s On the whole Ainsworth m ht us l t ite t r l n e welcomeirlyof variety, to andth e l overs pursues ifs TAITS MAGAZINE. tnrbanceL in The historical sketch of tht Switzer landQ contains a great deal of infoenh:tion and some sound reflections in a small compass. —L I — writer justly remarks that nothing can afford a more itn:Z ing example of the manifold evils attending a Federal Government than the presentposition of thatccuntry. Distrust, jealousy, nay, even feelings of the most ho-tile nature exist between the German, French, and Italian Cantons. Their political, commercial, and religious interests are in many instances op posed to each other, and the whole union is threatened with a civil war, because one canton chooses to adopt a certain system of education. But, besides, there is a radical defect in the original construction of the Union. There is no controlling power sufficiently strong to neutralize or curb the rebellious disposition of discontented States, and Switzerland exhibits it self among monarchical governments only as a beacon to warn them against democratic institutions. But Switzerland is not the only republic where this exhi bition has taken place. The United States led the way, and the two together have certainly lowered very much in general estimation the whole system of Republican Government. After giving a summary of late events at Lucerne and Zurich, the writer thus concludes:— " But whatever may be their professions, it is quite certain that Switzerland i.. no longer the seat of those disinterested sentiments, and noble feelings, which once illuminated its history. On the contrary, the chief cha racteristic of its rulers and of its society is littleness ! the littleness of small owns. Ambition is little, poli- ...._. tical views are narro w ,_ and intrigaes are for paltry ob jects. Great talents find no exercise worthy of their powers ; at.d it is not wonderful that IA here they do exist, their possessors desire to see a capital in their own country, and a means afforded by a central govern ment for the development of a larger system both of commerce and of politics. Though great advances have been made in education, much yet remains to be done as regards moral culture. The Protestant clergy are un fortunately rtgarded with little respect throughout the canton of Zurich, since many of them allowed themselves to be made the tools of party ; their churches are thinly attended, whilst drinking houses, dancing rooms. and the theatre, are crowded every Sunday to excess. There is no country in the world where there exists in propor tion such an enormous number of public homes, and those of the worst character, or where they are so con tinually frequented, alike by young students, the pea santry, and the townsmen. The universal laxity of morals is almost incredible. " Whilst, however, the views of the Liberals are more enlarged, and better calculated to enable their country to keep pace with the progress of the age, than those of their opponents, it is to be regretted that they have af forded them, in various ways, just grounds for reproach. Many of the leaders of the party mike no secret of their want of respect for the established religion ; and on se veral occasions they have shown a great want of political prudence in provoking the enmity of the clergy of their own persuasion, and by precipitating measures which, without effecting any good, have excited the malevolence of their opponents, and the distrust of their more pru dent friends." This Number contains the conclusion of " The Goldsmith's Daughter," by Mrs. Johnson ; a review of Thiers' Ilistory ; and an article on Poor laws for Scotland, in which the writer says, " Ile demurred not at what Mr. Wakley thought the perfection of a poor-law—the supply of a butcher-meat dinner and two pints of porter per day, but we wish to put an end to the cruel and selfish hallucination in this country, that a human being can be efficiently sup ported on a shilling a week." There is also a pithy disquisition on the Maynooth question, which tells some striking truths, from which several of the Libe ral party might profit. We give the following as a specimen : " That this measure is, in many grave respects, a highly disagreeable one to us, it must be needless to as sure our readers. State endowment of a particular form of religious belief, a new ecclesiastical impost, taxation of the public in favour of the creed of a sect, the salary ing of theologians out of the Consoldated Fund—no thing can possibly be worse, crept that state of things of which this scheme is a :light corrective. But we can not overlook the "circumstances" which turn this wrong into a sort of right. That gigantic iniquity, the Church of England in Ireland, is a circumstance which, in our apprehension, completely forbids, so long as it continues to exist, the application of the principle on which we would otherwise deal with the matter. We confess we have no heart to introduce the " voluntary principle" into this business. It is not a case for the voluntary principle. If voluntaryism is to be the rule of our eccle siastical legislation, make it the rule—lrish Catholics have no sort of objection. But voluntaryism is not the rule. Do what we will, we cannot yet get it made the rule. Not voluntary ism, but state endowment is the rule of the ecclesiastical polity of Great Britain ; and this being so, it is hard that the case of the poorest, and most oppressed and insulted body of religionists in the empire should be made an exception. Do-the-boys Hall is scarcely the fittest field for a first experiment in ecclesiastical economy and laissez- faire. We must begin somewhere else the war against state endowment of theological creeds. We should be indeed delighted, if we could stop this Maynooth grant, in the pure, unaided strength of the voluntary principle : for, were the prin ciple strong enough for that, it would be strong enough for some other things of considerably more practical moment. But we cannot. Voluntaryism has, really and practically, no voice in the matter. Th* protestations of voluntaryism are drowned and lost in the clamours of No Popery' and Protestant Ascendency.' The strength of the agitation is not in the voluntary princi ple, but in the no popery and ascendency passion. Vo luntaryism,is perfectly powerless in the matter, except as a subordinate ally of no-popery and ascendency. As it is powerleSs, we think it should be neutral. One thing at least is clear—if the advocates of the voluntary prin ciple feel themselves bound actively to oppose this Bill, they are most especially bound to oppose the opposition —the most iUiberal, bigoted, and fanatical opposition-- with which it is assailed by men whose principles are as contrary to theirs as darkness to light." THE ST. GILES'S MURDER, ADJOURNED INQUEST—VERDICT Mr. WAKLEY resumed the inquest on the body of Mary Brothers yesterday, at the Angel Inn, high-street, St. Before the reporters or the public were admitted, Connor's father was called into the room, and stated, in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Wakley, that his son had three witnesses who could prove an alibi. He named three persons, and Harvey, the summoning officer, was directed to go for them. In about ten minntes he returned with them, but they were not examined. Our readers will recollect that the inquiry was adjourned for three weeks, in order to give Mr. Wakley an opportunity of obtaining the opinion of counsel as to his power of having persons charged with murder before him, and of bringing the subject before the Queen's Bench. Mr. WAELEY said they would recollect that the inquest was adjourned at that point where Bridget Ronan stated that she knew the person of the individual who had threatened Mary Brothers perfectly well, but that she dill not know his name. She said she should know him in that room among a thousand, and that she could identify him twenty 3 ears hence. The inquiry was adjourned until this day that an application might be made to the proper quarter for a writ of habeas corpus to bring the suspected individual before them, with a view to his identification In the same week a true bill was found against Connor, the suspected indi vidual, on which he was arraigned, and to which he pleaded "Not guilty." His trial therefore for the crime of wilful murder was secured by a step taken after the last adjournment of the inquest. The opinion of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., Mr. Roebuck, Q.C., and Mr. Petersderft; was taken, and after everything that had taken place was clearly explained to them. they were of opinion that, under the new circumstances of the case, an application to the Queen's Bench for a writ of habeas corpus ought not to be made, be cause they were strongly of opinion that that Court would refuse_the application, and that because a refusal of it by the Court must lead to an inference, on the part of the public, that the Coroner had no right to have before him persons ac cused of murder or manslaughter. He had submitted to their opinion—that the finding of the bill by the grand jury would prevent him from having the accused party before him. But Mr. Kelly, the fist man at the bar, and, perhaps, the tirst lawyer in the country, entertained so strong an opie nion as to his right of having persons so accused before him, that, he said, if another case of a similar nature should arise, he would go before the judge at chambers, and move for the production of a person before that Court, if it was necessary for his identification to be proved before it. He was also of opinion that the course they had pursued was strictly cor rect, and that they had been improperly obstructed in the performance of their duties. He (Mr. Wakley) entertained the same opinion that he did—that the course of justice had been wantonly and willfully interfered with by persons whom he would not name. He would leave it to them to say whe• ther they would go on with the inquiry, or return a verdict at once against some person or persons unknown. fur ll i t e e r fo u r i e a m n a a n t t ( h A e l r last t oer They had advancedbecause they were anxious to have the matte r settled, and complained that Mr. Wakley had not applied to Lord Denman, instead of g me s etin sa g. id referringg . the matter to counsel. If he had applied to the opportunity of stating what the law was, and what took that Court*Of Queen's Bench, Lord Denman would have taken an case out of the particular course. After all, no decision had been come to, so that the public would have to remain in ignorance as to what the law was upon the subject. He believed they were all satisfied that wilful murder had been committed, and they had heard sufficient evidence to justify them in coming to such a conclusion. He submitted that they should give what they considered a faithful verdict, and that they should state why they did not pursue the subject further. Mr. WAKLEY said that it was rather curious that the ap plication which was made to the Central Criminal Court to put off the trial of Connor until the next session was on the ground that a witness, who could prove that he was not at the spot at the time of the murder , could not be found. Since he had held the office of Coroner he had never known a man charged with the crime of murder examined and committed to Newgate in one day. By the adoption of such a course no time was given to the man to obtain any evidence he might have in his favour. Now, these p ersons could not be bound over by the mag istrate, and mi g ht p ur p osel y absent themselves from the Old Bailey. Harvey, in answer to a question from Mr. WAKLEY, said he had no; evidence to prove who the person was that mur dered Mary Brothers. The room was then cleared. During our sojourn in an ante-room, Mr. Mites, the Deputy-Coroner, supplied the reporters with a written state ment to the effect, that Mr. WAELEY wished to make a few remarks with regard to an imputation attempted to be thrown upon him by the foreman, that he had broken a pledge which he had given to the jury, that he would bring the matter before th e C our t of Queen's Bench. Ile explained the circumstances which had occurred in his consultations with counsel and the position in which he stood now that a true bill had been found at the Old Bailey, and the prisoner was sure to be tried. These matters having occurred at chambers were altogether of a private nature and not to be explained in public. The result was that the jury, with the exception of the foreman, declared their unanimous opinion that the Coroner had done everything . that justice and sound reason required towards accomplish ing the object the jury had in view in adjourning. Mr. Rogers said he should adhere to the opinion he had expressed. On the admission of the public, after a consultation of hal an hour, during which Mr. Wakley was absent, The foreman said the jury had come to the following ver dict :—" We find that the deceased Mary Brothers was wile 'le murdered by some person to us unknown, and that we have b e -I prevented by the conduct of the police mitten rit ire from the investigation in a• more satisfactory winner." eh e \ve l ure,- sa id if ,r 0i ,21 not be long before the matter would be set at rest. Considering that they had been wan tonly interfered with in the perfermahee of their duties,. tile verdict was a vers . moderate one. A juryman said Mr. Wakley deserved the thanks of the jury for what he had done at his own expense.—(Hear.) Mr. WAKLEY thanked the jury, and said he shoul scat tinue in the course he had taken until the matter was,ea rest. No such system as that to w h i ch he was pppo.6 eren f terminated. adopted in any other county in Engla nd. The inquiry The Al usical Union was on Monday again honoured with the company of its Royal President the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Falmouth, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Viscount Teznpe. town. Lord Saltoun, and most of the noble lady amateurs of the institution. Nothing can be more enjoyable than the manner in I;o34:43b.t4ilidnotion,pnetzinfecn itsiordoudcioolthorineutiischrilirsernvtaiseil cha ste tt rirfifa