The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-06 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S, DEAL, MARCH 5.—W.5.W., moderate.—Arrived from the River and remain, the Resource, Smith ; and Craigierar, Rag, for New South Wales- PORTSMOUTH, Maacn 5.—W.N.W.--Arrived his Ma lesty's ship Qanges from the Mediterranean, and is on shore on the Warner, hut expected to be got off next tide ; Sir F. VNaughten, Parker, from London, for Swan River. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4.—S.S.W. to S.W., very heavy squalls.—Arrived the Farmer, Fox, from Fayal. FALMOUTH, MARCH 4.—5. W., strong gales and squally. MARGATE, Maacit s.—Arrived off port—the Margaret Hall, Davison, from Demerara; the Armistead, Berry, from Limerick. DOVER, MAILCII s.—Arrived off' port, the Cowper, Bartlett, from Newport, Rhode Island, with loss of mizen-mast. COWES, MARCH 5. Arrived the Levant, Simmons, from Charleston. TORBAY, MARCH 4.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pearl, from Portsmouth, for the West Indies ; the Elizabeth, Brech. ling, from St. Thomas's. PENZANCE, MARCII 4.—Arrived off port, the St. Michael, from Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, MAacti 4.—Arrived the Comelin, Beard, and General Williams, from Savannah ; the William Pitt, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; the Johanna, Kerr, from ditto ; the Margaret Rait, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; the Jeune Henri, from Charente. GREENOCK, MAacn 3.—Arrived the Agnes, Primrose Johnston, from Licata; the Maria, Shearer, from Charente. • CORK, MAacit 3. Arrived the Aurora, Palmer, from Alexandria. LIMERICK, Maacn a—Arrived the Amity, Roy, from Gibraltar ; the Lady Eleanor, Duncan, and the Dian; Ter. vett, from London. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.) A youth named -, very fashionably attired, was Irought before Mr. MINSHULL, charged with robbing his father of a gold watch, and money to a large amount. The parties are highly respectable, and reside in the neighbourhood of West minster. The accused has, for some time past, led a very dissolute life, and all attempts to reclaim him have hitherto proved fruitless. On missing the property search was made after him, when, on Friday evening last, his brother dis covered him at the Adelphi Theatre in company with a female. The brother called one of the police and gave him into custody. Most of the money stolen was found upon him. He was reman ded for further examination. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Frusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 4 Clover Hay 4 10 5 15 Oat Straw £1 12 to £1 14 I Wheat straw.— 116 118 Supply moderate, trade dull, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)...X6 o... Generally Oat Straw £1 1410£! 161 Wheat Straw 1 18 2 0 A short supply, and a dull trade; prices stationary. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The first division of the French expedition having made good its landing at Ancona on the night of the 2`2,1 ult., and took possession of the Citadel, this act will be construed by some of our contemporaries and City politicians as a forerunner to a com mencement of a war in Europe ; but we are decidedly of a diffe rent opinion, as the object of the French Government in send ing this expedition to the Papal States is only to counteract the Opinion which prevailed of the revolutionary spirit which the rench Government manifested towards the Italians, which, in a few days, will be confirmed, by uniting with the Austrian troops iiieuelling and putting down every act of revolutionary principles —indeed the letter from Vienna, by this day's French mail of the 99d February, state that Prince Metternich is anxious that the af fairs of Belgium and Holland should be brought to a conclusion, as the repose of Europe requires it. M. Casimir Perier appears to be in great esteem with the Cabinet of Vienna, which, it is stated, does not do anything without previously consulting that of France. It is also stated that Austria is ready to ratify the Treaty of Holland. We, for this month past, stated in our City article that this expedition was with the concurrence both of Englandand France, and of which we haven() doubt. Had it been otherwise France would not have sent a handful of men to com bat against 80,000 Austrians who are at present in Italy; there fore, we still retain our former opinion and superiority of in. telligence that peace will be preserved. The accounts from the frontiers of Poland state that fourteen Senators and nineteen Nonces are imprisoned in a convent at Warsaw, and the Nonce of Volhynia, Count Olytar, is also con fined. It is assured they will be brought before a Council of War. They are accused of being concerned in the attack on the chateau of Belvedere, where the Grand Duke Constantine narrowly escaped being killed. The French Papers by this day's mail, state that the expedi tion of Don Pedro, and the probable intervention of Ferdinand, occupies entirely the Parisian politicians, and various are the opi. Lions formed on the subject. By some it is expected, that if Spain interferes England will send an expedition to the Tagus to support Don Pedro. The accounts from the Hague via France mention that Count Orloffdined with the Prince of Orange, and a conference of some importance took place. Labensky, the Secretary of the Russian Ambassador at Paris, is supposed to have brought some important message ; others assert that his mission is to receive the instruc tions of the Emperor of Russia to be made to the French Cabinet. THE FUNDS. The express from Paris this morning brings the confirmation of the first division of the French expedition have landed at Ancona on the night of the 23d ult.—it is said it was effected by stratagem,—when they took possession of the citadel. Cardinal Albani has published an edict to punish all political crimes. Ferdinand is said to have yielded to England and France, and chang e d his army of invasion to a corps of observation on the Portuguese frontiers. All this information has not had the least effect on our Funds this morning, which at present continue steady at the same price they left off yesterday, 83 to iP for the Account, with little or nothing doing. The report of the Dutch Funds having receded 6 per cent. is not credited in the City—. they suppose it to be a forgery at Brussels. The Foreign Market is in the same state as that of the Brit ish—inactive. HALF-PAST ONE. In the early part of the morning Consols remained steady at the leaving otf price of yesterday, E 3 to for the Account, since which the market ha, become heavy, and Consols may be quoted at present 89. r. to 83 for the Account; and for Money 823 sellers. The cause of the lowering of the Funds may be attributed to the French empedition to Ancona ; but we are well persuaded that the ties of friendship between France and England are to that extent, that if England requests of France to withdraw her troops from the Roman States, it will be complied with imme diately by the French Cabinet. 1 0 the Foreign Market the chief business transacted was in Brazil Stock, which is rather heavy ; but we understand that a large quantity of diamonds have been remitted—whether to pay the dividends or not we cannot at present ascertain. THREE O'CLOCK Consols 83. Lord Fitzroy Somerset held a military levee this day at the Horse Guards, which was numerously attended. DIVISIONS IN THE CHURCH.--The Rev. David Dow, Assistant Minister of Irongray, has followed the example of his brother, the Minister of Tongueland, in giving In to his Presbytery a statement to the effect that he cannot any longer conscientiously subscribe to several of the articles in the Confession of Faith. He has been allowed time to reconsider the new light which has broken in upon and induced him to act thus ;and in th e mean ti me a p r e s byt er i a l committe e h as been appointed to wait on him occasionally and " deal with him.,,_Ediranrgh Observer. BISHOPS' WlGs.—The Bishop of Landaff has followed the example of the Bishop of London in discarding this part of the episcopal costume, except on official occasion:. A certain Tory punster, on hearing this, said that the Bishops did it to show their dislike to the Whigs (wigs). AN EXCISEMAN PUZZLED.—At the Billeri cay Sessions, last week, Mr. Wm. Rolph, of Billericay, ap peared to answer an information laid by the Board of Excise, for having an excess in his stock of four and a half gallons of rum. The supervisor (by some vulgarly called Dipstick) put his magic wand upon the unfortunate rum on the 28th of De_ :ember ; b u t, in attacking the rum, he app eare d t o h ave put his rod in at the wrong bung, for his information was evidently blow proof. " What was the stock previous to the 28th ?" asked the Bench.—" Couldn't recollect." " Where was the exciseman ?"—" Gone out." " Where were the books ?" Confusion like Joe Miller's fire—they were " gone out too." And sure enough the last flicker of Mr. Dipstick's information went out after them; for the Bench, after censuring him for bringing a charge against Mr. Rolph, by which both he and his men were dragged from their business, and then allowing the officer to absent himself, said they dis missed the case for want of evidence, and defendant was ac quitted.—Essex Herald. , FRIENDSHIP or BIRDS.—A pleasingin stance of the generous sympathy existing among the feathered tribes is now daily exhibited at the residence of Mr. Joseph Lyndon, of the 13ristol-road, near this town. Mr. Lyndon is in possession of a fine throstle, which, during the present spring_ like mornings, is usually hung out in Isis cage, in the garden. on Sunday morning week another male bird of the same spe cies was observed to alight on the cage, when the captive and his strange visitor commenced a sharp contest. This, how ever, soon subsided, anti in a short time, after a mutual ex change of song, the stranger was seen to alight on the ground, 5 1d again return to the cage with worms, with which he fed his captive acquaintance. Ile remained in the garden (luring the whole of the day, and has, every succeeding morning, paid a regular visit to his new imprisoned acquaintance, when both birds pour forth their inchanting melody, to the gratification and delight of the surrounding neighbourhood.—Birmingham Journal. LA FAYETTE.--The life of this celebrated person has been always pure ; his motives have been always disinterested. But his conduct has, in every great revolu tionary crisis, fallen short of his reputation. The generosity of his sentiments, and even his personal bravery, evaporated in mere words. He has not in his long career from 1789 to 1830 l e ft a single deeply graven trace of resolute, opportune, and decisive action. His ornamental patriotism has figured too little in the st rife, and to o muc h on the parade. He talked in this instance of liberty, when the question was national inde pendence, without which there can be no political liberty— scarcely any Political virtue and had the imbecility to suppose that he and a few other talkers would be allowed to choose a government of their fashion, when the Duke of Wellington was advancxvlll. ing to he n heart of F rance at the head of his army, with Louis his baggage train. —Dr. Lardner's Cabinet f b ca ry, Life alui Reign nfGeorge IV. Vol. 111. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) BROWN v. QUALLOWER The LORD CHANCELLOR stated he should postpone his judgment in this case, which stood in the paper to be disposed of this morning, in consequence of having just met with a Tire cedent which seemed to throw considerable light on the question, and until he had a further opportunity of looking into that pre cedent. IN RE HARGRAVE, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC TRUSTEE. Mr. BACON applied for a reference to the Master to inquire whether a gentleman of the name of Hargrave, the surviving trustee under a will, was of unsound mind, and if so, that some proper person might be directed to convey the trust property into the hands of some person competent to act.—Reference made. IN RE CHRISTIE, A BANKRUPT. Mr. MONTAGU stated that, the bankrupt had been the in ventor of a portable steam-engine ; that he had been in partner ship with two other persons named Saunders and Poole; that a commission of bankruptcy having been taken out against him, he had presented a petition to have the commission superseded ; and that upon its coming on in August last, in order to save the expense of trying an issue, the parties agreed to refer the ques tion of bankruptcy or no bankruptcy to Mr. Swanston, but that subsequently they had considered that bringing up the witnesses who would have to come to London, would be almost as expenslke as the trial of an issue in the country, and, consequently, they had consented to the Court's now di recting an issue. Mr. Montagu's clients were now, however, desirous, not only that there should be an issue to try the vali dity of the petitioning creditor's debt, but also an issue to try whether the commission had not been issued by the bankrupt's partners, for the purpose of coercing him into a dissolution of the partnership. Mr. JACOB, contra, opposed the direction of the latter issue. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not add an issue to the one originally proposed, without hearing the whole of the case gone into again ; and as it was not convenient to hear the details this morning, three o'clock in the afternoon was appointed for the matter to be brought on again. ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. WARD. This was a matter which his Lordship disposed of in judgment on Saturday; and on the application of the Solicitor-General this morning, all parties were directed to have their costs paid out of the estate. EX-PARTE RANDELSON IN THE MATTER OF HOBSON, Mr. KNIGHT stated that this was a bankruptcy, in which the petition had been presented previously to the pausing •f the new Bankrupt Act of Parliament, and which the parties were desirous of having heard before his Lordship, he having already decided that the jurisdiction of this Court had not been taken away by this Act. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed that it should be put into the list of petitions to come •n before him in the regular course. LAMBERT v. FISHER. The Court proceeded with the resumed arguments in this appeal tithe cause. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Petitions of no public importance occupied his Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR took causes to-day, but nothing of interest occurred previous to our Reporter's leaving. The case of Gibson v. Wellesley, which was a motion for a receiver, was put off till Thursday. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Nothing worth reporting took place in this Court today. The circumstance of Lord Howe's being in vited to the Royal table has excited as much enthusiasm among the Tories as his great predecessor's victory on the Ist of June did among the nation at large. A Northern Divine, dependent on the pa tronage of the house of Gordon, was one day startled by a question from the celebrated Duchess, whether there was any sin in reading novels and going to plays ?—" That, Madam," said the canny Scot, evading the snare, " I ought rather to in quire of your Grace."—Court Journal. At the Garrick Club some one asked James Smith who the lady was that George Robins, the Prince of auctioneers, had just married. " Why Lot's wife, to be sure," was the prompt reply.—Court Journal. Two boys, one of them blind of an eye, were discoursing on the merits of their respective masters. " How many hours do you get for sleep ?" said one. " Eight," replied the other. " Eight ! why I only gets four !" "Ah !" said the first, "but recollect you have only one eye to close, and I have two."—Scotsman. On Tuesday night a range of outbuildings of wood, on the premises of Mr. David Morrison, rope-manufac turer, at the Shore, Inverness, was completely burned to the ground. There is reason for suspecting that the fire was the act of an unfortunate maniac named Maxwell Morrison, who roams about the streets occasionally in a state of furious insa. nity.—lnverness Paper. A meeting of the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews was lately announced at Bath, in the usual way, viz., by large bills being stuck against the walls, A wag who had got the word Bishops printed upon slips of paper in two inch letters went round and pasted it over the word Jews.—Bath Paper. It appears by the last accounts from Brussels that great alarm exists there lest the cholera should make its appearance. All the streets have been cleaned, and several of the houses have been whitewashed. The Sanatory Commis sioners have recommended to the Government to send two physicians to London to ascertain the best mode of treatment. Similar alarm prevails at Ostend. DUEL.—A hostile meeting took place on Wednesday morning last, near Kilcronaghan, in this county, between Dominick M`Causland, Esq., and John Stokes, Esq., attached to the survey of Ireland, each attended by his friend. After exchanging three shots a reconciliation was effected by Mr. M`Causland firing his third shot into the air, and the par ties are now friends. The difference originated in an attempt of Mr. M`Causland to irritate a horse on which Mr. Stokes was mounted. —D (Try Sentinel. A subscription pack of fox hounds is about to be established in the central part of Somerset. Kennels are to be stationed at Somerton, Burton, and Orchard Portman, by which arrangement, founded on a liberal contribution, amounting to 1,000!. per annum, a wide and eligible field for the sport will be accessible to the subscribers. \Ve mentioned yesterday a threat, if it may be so called, of a certain Noble Duke, that in case an addition were made to the Peers in order to carry the Reform Bill, him self with about a score others would secede from the House. We caution these persons against such a step. It will not turn to their advantage personally, and it will likewise be mischie vous to Parliament and the country ; we shall not, through Pique, pretend to say the contrary. If they retire from the House, let them not fancy the nation will mourn over their absence—they will very soon be forgotten. They had better remain and make themselves heard, and be ready to take ad vantage, in the way of fair political warfare, of any turn in af fairs that may occur. The menaced measure, however, is not without precedent. Charles Fox and the whole of the Whig Opposition once retired from Parliament during the Pitt Ad ministration, indicating thereby that the two Houses were so enslaved to the Minister's will that there was no use in their presence. Parliament went on, still obeying Pitt, and the seceders hardly knew how to sneak into their places again. But sneak in they did, ex necessitate rei, or they would soon have lost their followers, and been forgotten. This is a precedent rather to deter than to invite imitation.—Timcs. LORD BYRON.—The Conversations of the Noble Poet with Captain Medwin, from the fourteenth volume of " The National Library," just published.—" How I became acquainted," says the author, " with so many particulars of his history, so many incidents of his life, so many of his opinions, is easily explained. They were communicated during a period of many months' familiar intercourse, without any in junctions to secresy, and committed to paper for the sake of reference only. They are, however, in many cases, the sub stance without the form. The brilliancy of his wit, the flow of his eloquence, the sallies of his imagination, who could do justice to? His voice, his manner, which gave a charm to the whole, who could forget ?" A fine bust of his Lordship, together with the fac-simile of a letter in his hand-writing, ac company this cheap and attractive little work. MR. MARTIN'S ACT.—The officers of the Society against Cruelty last week caused Joseph Cook to be fined 105. and costs, for cruelty to an ass, and William Smith in costs, for ill-treating a horse. They also charged the hack ney-coachman, 753, with a similar offence. He was dismissed by Alderman Winchester with a reprimand, and with thanks to the officers for the service they were performing to thepublic. The Cholera may be said to be now extinct in Haddington, Prestonpans, and Tranent, and fast verging to extinction in Musselburgh. In this city the cases are still very few, and in the West,though it is spreading over a larger surface, it is always very mild. In Glasgow there have been thirty-six cases and fifteen deaths in the three days since our last report. —Scotsman. A RAW RECRUIT.—On Tuesday evening, while two policemen were standing in Prince's-street, their at tention was attracted by a crowd of females, and some few boys, in boisterous glee following, as it seemed, two military officers. They immediately interfered, in order to prevent the gallant gentlemen from being annoyed. By a slight glance, however, at the frontispiece of the lesser gentleman, as the gas-light accidentally fell upon it, one of the policemen thought he re cognised " a softer vision" than is generally found under" the bonnet sae blue," but he instantly clenched t he state of affairs, when he saw the dark curling tresses streaming down h shoulders of the incognito, and heard the well-known voice. Reader—tell it not in the vicinity of the Castle !—this was a young Cyprian from Rose-street. The young aspirant for military honours with whom she was in company was taken along with her to the police-office, but both were dismissed with a reproof —Scotsman. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Gloucester continues in an improving state- Her Royal Highness received visits yesterday from the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and the Princess Sophia, at Gloucester-house. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at her residence at St. James's Palace. Monsieur Falck, the Ambassador from the Netherlands, Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassador, Monsieur Mo. reno, the Minister from Buenos Ayres, and Monsieur Bourke, the Danish Charge d'Affaires, transacted business with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign.office. A Deputation of the London Bridge Committee, including Alderman Venables, Alderman Wood, Mr. Jones, Mr. Tyrrell, the Deputy City Remembrancer, and Sir Robert Smirke, had a conference with Viscount Althorp yesterday at the Treasury. The Duke of Bedford's distribution of the proceeds of game killed in Bedfordshire preserves, amounting to 300/. and upwards, has supplied the poor in those parishes with fuel, blankets, and warm clothing during the winter.—County Chronicle. The Duke of 'Wellington, and a large party of Nobility opposed to the Reform Bill, have had a meeting, at which it was resolved to oppose the second reading of the Bill. The Noble Duke, however, has given his approval to a plan of Reform proposed by one of his party. A new Bill, drawn out by a young Barrister, at the request of some of the moderate Anti-Reformers, is in circulation, but it has not been adopted by the Anti-Reform Peers generally ; and it is not yet decided what specific measure shall be proposed to the House of Peers, by way of amendment on Lord Grey's measure.—Court Journal. - - A meeting of the Shareholders of Covent• garden Theatre took place yesterday in the saloon, when the proposals made by the proprietors for the protection of their interests were received with the most general approbation, and eventually carried. The Duke of Bedford made a most liberal proposal to forego a considerable amount of interest on a claim for money advanced some years ago to aid the property, which was received with acclamations. The utmost good feeling prevailed, and the shareholders showed the most cordial desire to aid the exertions made by the proprietors, not only with a kind feeling towards them, but with a view to protect the in terests of the performers and all others dependent on the thea tre, as well as to show their sense of the exertions made by Mr. Kemble and his family at all times to aid the success of the national drama. Mr. TRELAWNEY, whose novel called " Ad ♦entures of a Younger Son " is now before the public, is the gentleman upon whose life an attempt was made a few years ago in the cave of Mount Parnassus, and whose heroic conduct in Greece made such an impression at the time on the public mind. The character of Zela in the novel has been pro nounced equal to the Myrrha or the Haidee of the author's friend, Lord Byron. We hear, with feelings of pain and regret, that a Reverend Divine of the Establishment expired on Tuesday, in Horsham gaol, whither he had been conveyed for an incon siderable debt only a few days previous. The deceased, we understand, was a Doctor of Divinity; and was ♦isited a day or two before his death by his wife and children, at parting with whom he was greatly affected. He is said to have died of a broken heart.—Brighton Hcrald. _ _ We regret to have to announce the sudden death of Mr. Brownlow, uncle to the excellent Member for Armagh. Ile dined on Tuesday evening, apparently in good health, at the Kildare-street Club, and had scarcely finished dinner when he fell from his chair senseless. Medical aid was Immediately procured, and the patient bled, but to no purpose. He lingered, insensible, till yesterday morning, and expired about ten o'clock.—Dttblin Freeman's Journal. NAPOLEON AND THE ENGLISH.—Napo- Icon retired to Malmaison at the suggestion of Fouche, and made up his mind to seek an asylum in England. " Like The mistocles," said he, " I will throw myself on the hospitality of my great enemy—the British people." This idea took such possession of his imagination, and he repeated it to others and to himself so incoherently, that Sieyes exclaimed, after leaving his presence, " L'Empercur esi fou."—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Library. Life and Reign of George Ir. Vol. 111. SHEERNESS.—At a public meeting of the principal inhabitants a resolution to the following effect was adopted :—" Inasmuch as Sheerness is one of the greatest naval arsenals in this kingdom, and contains a population of 10,000 souls, and is the only place in the United Kingdom, of its magnitude and importance, which has not, or will not, have the privilege of sending Members to Parliament, agreeably to the present provisions of the Reform Bill—Resolved that a petition be presented to the Houses of Lords and Commons, praying that the Isle of Sheppy may be placed in schedule C or D of the Reform Bill now pending in their Honourable Houses." It was further resolved that the Duke of Sussex be oolicited to present the petition to the House of Lords, and Thomas Law Hodges, Esq. to the House of Commons. TITHE MEETING.—The work of good and effective agitation progresses as the best and almost sanguine patriot could desire. Two important meetings will be held on Sunday next; one at Athy, and the other of the parishes of Balloon and llathoe, in this county. At this important period each individual, from the highest to the lowest, has a duty to perform, and he who should be found sleeping on his post should be stigmatized as unworthy—he should be branded " Tithes," and denied any communion with his fellow country. men.—Carlow Post. If a certain number of the clerks in the Post office can find time to become newspaper venders, the public will naturally infer that there must be more cats than can be wanted for catching the Post-office mice; or, in other words, that the establishment should he reduced in the proportion that these unofficial labours bear to those which the public services require from them. The well-known Peter Wysozki has not been put to death ; but was long since conveyed to the fortress of Bobruisk, which explains his sudden disappearance from Warsaw. Nineteen of the messengers and four of the senators are conned in the Carmelite monastery in Warsaw. Vincent Niemejowski, and Count Olytar, the deputy of Volhynia, are also in confinement here. The report of the death of the former arose from his name being confounded with that of a young officer who died some time ago, and who was one of those who forced their way into the Belvedere palace on the day of the revolution. It is reported that all these persons will shortly be tried by a Court-martial, and that Wysozki will be brought from Bobruisk to Warsaw. None of the Polish Ge nerals conveyed to the interior of Russia have yet been sent into Siberia; they are, it appears, distributed among the many small places situated some hundred wersts behind Moscow, as Wologda, Jaroslaw, and others, where they have to maintain themselves, and are subject to no personal restrictions. During their stay in Moscow, many of them were hospitably received, even by Russian military officers. Count Lubienski was the only one whom the Emperor ordered to be brought be fore him : after severely reprimanding him, his Majesty gave him permission to return to Poland.—German Paper. GRAVESEND NEW PIER.—A Bill is now before Parliament for giving authority and means for erecting a pier at Gravesend, at which the public may land and embark without the inconvenience or expense of wherries, to convey passengers between steam-boats and the shore. As 120,000 persons annually go by these packets from London to Graves end, it is a question of considerable interest to certain large classes who reside in the metropolis, and petitions have been numerously signed in favour of the measure by the mechanics and artisans, to whom an easy, cheap, and transient relaxation from labour is of the greatest consequence. At present each person has to pay fourpence for being put from the packet on the landing-place, which is an unreasonably high charge, for the boats contain eight persons, and the fare demanded is, therefore, two shillings and eightpence for conveying them about fitly yards, subject to delay and the accidents incidental to the difficulties that persons find, who are not accustomed to moving in small boats. The watermen object to the pier, be cause it will interfere with their easy and overpaid labour, but provision is made for them to some extent, by the Bill, and this is treating them more justly than they can pretend they were treated by the superiors of their own fraternity - , when landing wharfs were provided at London, without any compen sation for their alleged losses. At the same time the mechanics and the humbler classes, in this great town, must be considered as having a paramount claim in a matter so affecting their in terests, inasmuch as the preservation of their health is the se curity for their labour, upon which the maintenance of tens of thousands depends. „ . SMUGGLING.—A proclamation,uated White hall, March 2, was inserted in the Police Gazette yesterday, stating that ” Whereas it has been represented to the King that divers large bodies of armed smugglers have lately been felo niously assembled on different parts of the coast in Kent and Sussex, to assist in the landing of uncustomed and prohibited goods, and violent attacks made upon the officers and men of his Majesty's Coast Guard service and Custom-house officers, in which attacks several have been killed and wounded And whereas it is necessary to put an end to such outrages, and bring the offenders to justice, his Majesty's pardon will be graciously extended to all persons so assembled (except those who have actually conunitted violence upon the said officers and men) who shall give information against their accomplices. The following rewards also are offered, viz. :—A reward of 1,0001. to any person who shall discover, or cause to be discovered, any person or persons by whose agreement spelt companies were so illegally assembled in the actual perpetration of any such murders. Of 5001. for the discovery of any person armed with fire-arms, or other offensive weapons, who assembled to the number of three or more, for the purpose of running such un customed and prohibited goods. Of 2001. to any one who shall discover, or cause to be discovered, any one or more of those concerned in running such goods. The rewards to be paid by the Collector and Comptroller of Customs at the port of Rye, upon conviction of the offenders." CANNON FOUNDERY.—During the 18th century iron.foundery became almost indentified with casting . of cannon. The consumption of cast iron as we ll as o f b rass , in the article of ordnance alone, during our wars in Belgium, with America, and arising out of the French revolution, was beyond all conception enormous. This branch of home trade, having Government for its especial patron, enriched many in dividuals, who, if a pun might be allowed, may be said to have become founders of families as well as of guns. Of this class may be mentioned the respectable house of Walker, at Masbrough, near Rotherham, where this business was for many years carried on with unprecodehted success.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cycloptrdia, Vol. XXI. Iron and Steel Manufacture, in 1 vol. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS, Lord Francis G. Osborne, M.P., in Norfolk-street, Park_ lane, from his seat, Gog Magog, Cambridge ; the Dowager Marchioness of Exeter in Whitehall Gardens, from her seat, Roehampton ; Sir Charles Saxton, Bart., at his seat in Berks, from Ireland ; Eyre Coote, Esq., M.P., at the Burlington Hotel, from West Park, Hants ; B. Beresford, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent; Henry Desborough, Esq., at ditto, from Huntingdon ; Alexander M`Gregor, Esq., at ditto, from Chel. tenham ; A. Deane, Esq., MP., at ditto, from his seat, near Cambridge; Captain Knox, in Brook-street, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Oswald, in Regent-street, from their seat in Notts. DEPARTURES. Lord James O'Bryen, from Symmons's Hotel, St. James's street, for Windsor ; the Rev. James Shurley, and Mrs. Shurley, from ditto, for Dorsetshire ; the Earl and Countess of Litchfield, from St. James's-square, for their seat, Fern Hill, near Windsor ; Colonel Long, from Grafton street, for Dork ing; Sir John Hanmer, Bart., from the Burlington Hotel, for Shropshire; Colonel and Mr. Baker, and family, from ditto, for the Continent; Hon. and Rev. Mr. Plunket, from ditto; Sir Henry and Mr. Jardine, from ditto; Captain Somerville, from ditto, for Brighton; Colonel Ready, from the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, for his seat, near Chichester; William Farel, Esq., from ditto, for Bath ; the Earl of Roden, from the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park place, for Brompton Park; Mr. and Mrs. George Dashwood, from ditto; Sir Robert Wigram, Bart., from Connaught-place, for St. Leonard's Park, Windsor. During the division respecting Gateshead, last night, and while strangers were excluded, there was a vast deal of laughter and cheering in the House. The cause of it was Lord Nugent. His Lordship, just previous to the divi sion, was busily engaged in conversation with some Member in the Opposition camp. Not noticing the progress of the divi. sion, his Lordship quietly kept his seat and continued his con versation ; nor was he aroused from his agreeable chat till he found himself being counted as one of the opponents of the question! His Lordship wanted to retreat—but it was too late. Too glad to have caught a Lord—and a Lord of the Treasury into the bargain---" voting against Ministers," he was compelled to remain, as the counting had commenced ; —and it was added that his Lordship was actually counted as one voting against " Gateshead" and the Ministers ! Though rather chagrined, his Lordship's good-nature, which is so well known, made him join heartily in the laugh. A fashionable Baronet, of gastronomic fame, being somewhat harrassed the other night at the Garrick by the incessant fire of puns and repartees kept up around him, sud denly exclaimed to the indefatigable wits, " Pray, my dear fel lows, be quiet tor half an hour. I vow to GOD I hardly know what I'm eating." According to Prince Puckler- Aluskau, Goethe is of opinion that he could have easily produced " such things "as the \Vaverley Novels. Why did he never try ? A MATTER OF COURSE.--Upon Mr. F. Lamb's arrival at Vienna, he will be invested immediately with the Order of the Golden Fleece. PRINTERS ' PENSION SOCIETY.—The An nual Meeting of this useful Institution was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate.street, which was numerously at tended. Mr. Alderman Winchester, the Treasurer, was sup ported by V. Figgins, Esq., and R. Taylor, Esq., Trustees. Two additional Pensioners (Dillon and Yarworth) were elected, making the entire number now benefited by this society 50. An interesting report was made by the Committee on the general state of the Society's affairs, and an urgent appeal made to the subscribers to endeavour to extend the sphere of the Society's use, as there were yet many aged and worthy individuals ex pecting relief from the funds. This Society has not escaped the effect of the general depression of the present times, yet it is gratifying to find that the interest felt in its prosperity is undi minished. We strongly recommend the Society to the consi deration of all patrons of literature, as well as to all literary men in the country, as well deserving their support. INHOSPITABLE HOSPITALITY.—The King of Naples, in a conversation with Sir Walter Scott on the won ders of the Herculaneum, very condescendingly told him that he would order " any excavation in the earth" which his visitor might desire to have made. When we remember that the poet was looking for health instead of a grave in Naples, we may imagine the effect of the King's hospitable offer. On Thursday evening a public dinner was given in Dublin, by upwards of 100 gentlemen, to Count Jo seph Napoleon Czapski, as a testimony of their disapproval of the recent prosecution instituted against him by the Irish Go vernment, and to manifest their respect for the heroism and pa triotism displayed by the nation to which the gallant stranger belonged, in their late unsuccessful struggle with Russia.— Dublin Paper. HUNTING STOPPED BY PEASANTS.—It ap• pear that in several parts of England the peasants have de termined to put a stop to hunting, at least to the trespass of hounds, for they are said to have surrounded the cover on hunt. ing days, and refused to let the fox out; the tenant thus as serting his right to prevent trespass from being committed on the land he occupies. A rat weighing 31b. soz. was caught in a gin on Sunday last, on the premises of Richard Gore, labourer, near this town. A young pig, full its own weight, was lying by it, which to all appearance had been killed but a short time. —North heron Journal. A CLINCHER.—An American Paper says this is the method of catching tigers in India :—A man carries a board, on which a human figure is painted; as soon as he arrives at the den he knocks behind the board with a hammer; the noise suddenly rouses the tiger, when he flies in a direct line at the board and grasps it; and the man behind it clinches his claws into the wood, and so secures him. A PoETICAL BARBER.—The following choice morsel was exhited, a few weeks ago, over the shop door of a worthy tonsor, at Todraorden : SHAVING DEPOTT. To all who has air or beards to crop I recommends my shavin shop Cheape hand luxyurious does trim The roughest beards of any chinn Cuts the hare on the newest plan And charges littler than any man. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF LIEUTENANT Hastnv, R.N.—On the morning of Thursday last, as a boy named Woolcock was gathering limpets in a small solitary creek about two miles east of Portreath, Cornwall, he espied the leg of a human body protruding from a large crevice in one of the rocks. Alarmed at the discovery, he was afraid to ap proach the spot, but gave information to some cottagers who lived near, and who, on hastening to the place, found it was the body of a man, but so firmly fixed in the crevice by an accu mulation of sand and stones, that they had considerable difficulty in disengaging it. On bringing the corpse to the top of the cliff, it appeared from its apparel to be that of some respectable in dividual, but it was extremely difficult to guess the cause of its being found in such a place. The head also being covered with blood, indicated that the deceased had approached the cliff from the land. The body was then taken to the inn at Portreath, but no one Gould be found to recognize it. Nothing but a few pence was found in the pockets, and the only clue to the iden tity of the body was the initials It. H. marked on its clothes. A Coroner's inquest was held on Saturday morning. Verdict— " Found dead." Nothing, however, appeared to clear up the mystery until intelligence was received that Lieut. Hambly, of the Coast Guard station at Mousehole, had been several days absent from his family, and was known to be in a state of mind which warranted the most alarming apprehensions for his safety. Some of the boatmen, who had been in search of him, came to Portreath, aad identified the body to be that of the unfortunate officer. It appears that several years ago he was wounded in his head while on service in the West Indies, from the effects of which he never completely recovered, and had returned from an asylum but eight weeks before the melancholy catastrophe oc; writ —Cornubian. CURIOUS WAGER.—On Sunday morning last a number of persons assembled near the Gun Tavern, Old Kent Road, to witness the result of the following wager :—A cobbler in the neighbourhood betted a trifling wager that he would walk one mile in ten minutes, with his lapstone about his neck. At the time appointed he appeared on the ground with the lapstone at his back, wrapped up in a pocket hand kerchief, which, being tied round the throat, offered no trifling impediment to his otherwise arduous undertaking. He set off at a winning pace, but, owing to the slipperiness of the road, did not finish the distance until one minute above the time specified. EXPLOSION AT BILSTON.—A Coroner's inquest was to have been held on Friday on the bodies of five of the sufferers from this dreadful explosion—of six or eight of those still surviving but little hope is entertained as to their recovery. The following is a list of the persons who have re ceived injuries :—Dead—Abraham Worrall and his daughter, Sarah Burton, Thomas Tennant (13 years of age), and Mary Flavell (11 years of age). Badly scalded and bruised—Char lotte Smith, Betsy Baker, Margaret Price and her two sisters, Sarah Coxon, Sarah Cunningham, Thom a s Wh a le (e ng i neer ) andidsElizabeth Payton, Mary Jones (dangerous), Phcebe Jones, Emma Williams, Harriet Jones, Mary Ann Juxon, Sophia W hitehouse, Maria Fletcher, Mary Gaunt, Sarah Rogers, Sarah Cooper, Maria Wallett, Edward Nichols, Dinah Gaunt, Isabella Gaunt, Elizabeth Gaunt, Elizabeth Salmon, Mary Homer, Mary Price and sister, Mary Roberts, Harriet Palmer, Charlotte Crowther, Phcebe Turner, Rebecca Onions, Harriet Robinson, Charlotte Burton, Sarah Owen, Mary New ton, Ann Wedge, Ellen Grey (broken leg), Matilda Eyre, Maria Taylor, Edward Doughty, Henry Bromwich (dangerous), and Harriet Roper. LIVERPOOL, Sunday evening, March 4. Arrived the Protector, from New Orleans; Margaret Raft, f ro m St. Andrew's ; William Pitt, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Angelina, from Schiedam; General Williams, and Cornelius, from Savannah ; and Johanna, from St. John's, New Brunswick, FALMOUTH;, S ALMOUTIT, SATURDAY.---His Hismajesty's packet, Camden , Tilly, commander, is just arrived from Mexico: she l e f t Tampico the 4th of January, Vera Cruz on the 13th, and the Havannah on the .9th. Passengers—from Vera Cr", Mr. H ancock and Mr. Trehilcock ; from the Ha vannah, Mr. Attey and Mr. Eustice. On freight ab o ut 6 00,000 dollars. C r uz for Tampic o t h e 10th of January. The Super b steamer, His Majesty' s p ac k e t S p h ynx sailed from Vera belonging to Don Pedro, arrived here yesterday, from London, for despatches, and the Portuguese emigrants residing in this aga inst Don Miguel.. — F a/motah Packet. take to Terceir a , t o join the expedition ne i g hbourhood, to THE CHOLERA. IN MARYLETIONE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your Paper of Saturday last is a paragraph relative to the cholera at Marylebone workhouse, containing the fol lowing expressions :—" But it appears that Thursday last was a holyday with the children, and each was given six pence to spend ; the little creatures expended the whole of the money in fruit, and having feasted themselves upon it the whole of the day, they were all seized with the symptoms above described." This is a very gross misstatement; and your candour is relied upon, to give insertion to the facts undermentioned, which will fully demonstrate the degree of credit due to your informant. On Monday, the 27th of February, the pauper girls in the workhouse school, in number 148, had given to them, in the pre sence of a Director and Guardian of the Poor, one penny each ; and no additional quantity of fruit or trash of any kind was al lowed or supplied than what that sum could furnish. The his_ tory of the cases of cholera, reported in our workhouse, will bast prove the reliance to be placed on vague and unauthorised statements. The first girl attacked happened to be seized at two o'clock on Wednesday morning. In the course of Wednesday, three others were seized, and, in progression, on Thursday four more; on Friday ten ; on Saturday two; and yesterday nine; making together twenty-nine—eight being under treatment at the time your well-informed correspondent declares they were gorging a holyday treat. Whatever, Sir, may be the differences or doubtful disputa tions of professional men, in their anxiety to determine the name of a disease, the Board of Health of this parish, in corn. mon with the Directors and Guardians of the Poor, cannot allow such misrepresentation and falsehood as the above to pass uncontradicted. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. H. POPE, Honorary and Medical Secretary to the Board of Health, and a Director and Guardian of the March 5. Poor, of the parish of St. Marylebone. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACES 7 Hambledon Hunt March 29 Bath Spring April 11 Hoylake l6 Newmarket 23 Leeds Sprin , r King's Meadows Catterick Bridge Caistor 3O Malton May 3 Newmarket 7 Chester Clifton and Bristol Liverpool (Maghull) ...... 16 Newmarket ........ ......... York 2B Epsom June 5 Manchester Newcastle lB Ascot l9 Newton 20 Beverley 27 Stockbridge 27 Buxton "0 COME. Liverpool (Aintree) July 3 Bath... 4 Newmarket Preston Ludlow ll Wells ll Cheltenham l7 Stamford is York Aug. 7 Oxford 7 Wolverhampton l3 Worchester Leeds Warwick Sept. 4 Lichfield ll Abingdon Leicester l2 Doncaster l7 Heaton Park 26 Lincoln Newmarket Oct. 1 Newmarket l5 Newmarket 29 TATTERSALL'S. A few trifling changes occurred yesterday. At one part of the day Beiram was backed at 8 to I, which odds were subsequently offered currently. Margrave was not in favour, and cannot now be quoted as a better favourite than Spencer. Non Compos was in force, but no engagements to any amount were made, :a , his backers would not take less than 14 to I, a point more than the average offers. A day or two back 1,00; a 55 was taken about Minster. Yesterday 20 to 1 went begging. This, perhaps, is owing to Mr. Shard's Blythe having been added to Turner', stable. Very little done in the Oaks; it will be observed, how ever, that the Advance filly stands very closely upon the heels of Emiliana. We subjoin the closing prices : RIDDLESWORTII. 6 to 4 agst the Pastilc colt DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Beiram 10 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Margrave 10 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Spencer 13 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Non Compos 15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Byzantium 17 to I agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt 20 to 1 agst Lord Mountcharles's Minster 20 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt 25 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Trustee 25 to 1 agst Mr. S. Day's Gratis 50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's The Hermit (taken) OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana (taken) 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Advance filly (taken) CHESTER RACES. SIR PHILIP GREY EGERTON, Bart. Stewards. FRANCIS RICHARD PRICE, Esq. MONDAY, MAY 7.—A Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. two miles. Those marked thus « allowed Sibs. *Lord Derby's b. f. by Whisker. .Sir W. Wynne's b. c. by Banker. .Lord Westminster's hr. f. Maid of Honour. ch. f. Saccarina, by Champion. —b. f. Hegira, by Champion. * Mr. R. Turner's b. c. by Figaro. Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Trident, by Whisker. b. c. David, by Catton. b. f. by Comus. Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. by Catton. Sir W. W. Wynn's ch. c. by Truffle. • Mr. Clifton's b. f by Brundorf. The Tradesmen's Cup of 100 gs. added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each. Closed. 10 sovs. ft. To start at the Castle Pole, and run twice round, and end at the Coming-in-Chair. Mr. Beardsworth's Birmingham, 5 yri. Mr. Chapman's Perseverance, 6 yrs, Mr. R. Turner's Navarino, 6 yrs. Mr. Clifton's Moss Rose, 5 yrs. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Pickpocket, 4 yrs. Mr. A. Bower's Sir John, 4 yrs. Mr. Yates's Hope (late La Fille Mal Gardee) 4 yrs. Mr. Beardsworth's Colwlck, 4 yrs. Sir Richard W. Bulkeley's Miss Maria, 4 yrs. Mr. Massey Stanley's Pedestrian, 5 yrs. Mr. Beardsworth's Warwick, 4 yrs. Mr. Rowland Errington's Caractaeus, 4 yrs. Mr. Ferguson's Tetotum, by Lottery, 4 yrs. Mr. J. Robinson's Blue Beard, 4 yrs. Mr. Mostyn's Her Highness, 4 yrs. Lord Derby's Filcher, 4 yrs. Mr. Giffard's Captain Bob, 4 yrs. Mr. Geo. Ogden's Sarah, by Tramp, 4 yrs. Mr. Wheeldon's br. c. Georgiovanni, 4 yrs. Mr. Cooke's b. f. Sally Mags, by Catton. Mr. Beardsworth's b. f. by Catton. Eiidiiecirninster's b. f. Laura, by Champion. WEDNESDAY.—The Dee Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for three-year olds; Derby weights; once round and a distance. If six subscribers, the owner of the second horse to receive back his stake ; if 12, 100 sovs. Lord Derby's br. f. Wagfree, by Whisker. Mr. Gifford's br. c. Hokee Pokee, by Muley. -- b. c. by Brutandorf. Mr. Clifton's b. f. by Brutandorf. Mr. F. R. Price's b. f. Zorilda, by Truffle. Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. Trident, by Whisker. Lord Westminster's b. f. Barcelona, sister to Ebury. Mr. Ormsby Gore's b. c. Agitator, by Waxy Pope. Mr. J. Morris's ch. c. Coronation, by Champion. Mr. A. Bower's b. f. Lady Stafford, by Comus. Mr. Beardsworth's br. c. Wolverhampton, by Abjer. Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. own brother to Joceline, by Catton. br. c. by Champion. Sir Richard Bulkeley's b. c. Birdcatcher. The Stand Cup, value 100 sovs., the gift of the Stand Committee, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each for all ages; twice round and a distance. Mr. Rowland Errington's br. c. Caractus, 4 yrs. Mr. Massey Stanley's b. g. Pedestrian, 5 yrs. Sir Thomas Stanley's b. g. Lawrie Todd, 5 yrs. Sir Richard W. Bulkeley's b. f. Miss Maria, 4 yrs. b. c. Pickpocket, 4 yrs. Lord Westminster's b. c. Metheglin, 4 yrs. Mr. Allies's b. It. The Cardinal, 5 yrs. Mr. Beardsworth's h. h. Ralston, aged. hr. h. Birmingham, 5 yrs. b. g. Independence, 6 yrs. Mr. A. Bower's br. c. Sir John, 4 yrs. Mr. Yates's b. f. Hope (late La Fille Mal Gardee), 4 yrs, Mr. Clifton's br. h. Fylde, aged. ch. in. Moss Rose, 5 yrs. THURSDAY.—A Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, for two-year old colts. Three Quarters of a Mile. Lord Westminster's br. f. Decoy, by Filho. Mr. Thomas Critchley's b. f. by Champion. Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. by Monarch. Mr. E. L. Charlton's b. c. by Manfred or Master Henry. Mr. Thomas Johnson's hr. c. Smedley, by Filho. Mr. Yates's br. f. Eclat, by Edmund. Mr. E. Peel's ch. f Fear, by Phantom or Dunsinane. FRIDAY.—The Palatine Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft To start at the Castle Pole, and go once round; and finish at the Coming-in-Chair. If six subscribers, the owner of the second horse to receive back his stake; if twelve, 100 soy,. Mr. Nanney's bl. 1. Kitty Fisher, by Bravo. Lord Derby's br. f. Wagfree, by Whisker. Mr. Houldsworth's b. c. David, by Catton. Lord Westminster's h. f. Barcelona, sister to Ebury, br. f. Maid of Honour, by Champion. Mr. Ormsby Gore's b. f. Swift, by Sir Oliver. Mr. Legh's ch. c. by Sir Oliver. Mr. Beardsworth's br. c. Ludlow, by Filho. Sir Thomas Stanley's bl. c. by Banker. b. c. by Master Henry, Sir R. Bulkeley's bl. or br. f. Jemima, by Count Forro, Mr. Gifl'ard's br. c. Hokee Poker, by Muley. b. c. by Brutandorf. Mr. Clifton's b. c. by Brutandorf. b. f. by Brutandorf. The Cheshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 soya. forfeit. Two Miles. Mr. Nanney's b. h. Penrhos, 5 yrs. Mr. Clifton's ch. m. Moss Rose, 5 yea. Mr. F. R. Price's b. h. Fag, 6 yrs. Sir Richard Bulkeley's b. f. Miss Maria, 4 yrs. Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Warwick, 4 yrs. br. c. Wolverhampton, 3 yrs. SINGULAR ACCIDENT AND NARROW EiCAPE.—On Saturday forenoon, while a gentleman was riding along Nicolson-street, his horse took fright and ran off at full speed. In Clark street the animal came in contact with a miller's cart loaded with sacks of flour, and was killed on the spot. The shock unseated the gentleman, who fortunately was thrown into the cart, upon the top of the flour sacks, and es caped quite uninjured.—Elgin Courier. CASTING PLATE• GLASS.—Blancourt, in his " Art de la Verrerie," relates as the mode in which the casting of plates of glass was discovered, that a person who was melting some of this material in a crucible accidentally spilt it, while fluid, upon the ground. The metal ran under one of the large flagstones wherewith the place was paved, which obliged the workman to take up the stone, in order to recover the glass, He found it in the form of a plate, such as could not be pro duced by the ordinary process of blowing. The man's attention being roused by this fact, he was unable to sleep ; and conceiv ing at once the superiority of this method for forming mirrors, he immediately commenced experimenting, and, before the day appeared, had proved the practicability of the improve ment which the purest chance had thus placed within the sphere of his observation. This occurrence is said to have arisen two hundred years before it was related by Blancourt, whose treatise is dated in ICOR—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cy eloprdia, l 01. XXVI, Treatise on Me Manufacture of Porce lain and Glass, TTIE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY. The Marquis of Londonderry, who has repeatedly distin. guished himself by catechising Ministers, resumed his favourite task last night. The subject chosen by his Lordship on this occasion was the very improbable rumour that Lord Ponsonby had, in his capacity as Ambassador, lent himself to an insui rectionary plot in Belgium, and afterwards deserted his co-cor, spirators on finding that a change of policy had taken place at home. Also that his Lordship had kept back petitions from the Congress, which were intrusted to his care on the faith of the diplomatic character with which his country had invested him. These were pretty strong charges. Lord Ponsonby, however, met them with the most direct contradiction ; and the Noble Marquis, to do him justice, was not only satisfied, but de lighted, at finding himself, as usual, in the wrong. We do not profess to decide whether, as Earl Grey intimated, the Marquis of Londonderry " ought to have been much easier satisfied" than by the explicit denial with which his question, were met ; but as his Lordship is really a frank and good. humoured man, making some little allowance for a warmth of temperament, not very favourable to the growth of discretion, we should be sorry to see him deprived of that sort of enjoy_ ment which it appears some people take in raising difficulties for the mere pleasure of seeing them ♦anish into air. His Lordship seems to have the same taste for a charge that a coal-heaver has for a pot of porter—the more froth on it the better. If it were not for some tendency of this sort—some natural leaning to the incredible, such as is often found to exist in imaginative minds—the high character of Lord Ponsonby would, no doubt, have found an advocate, not an accuser, in the sym pathetic feelings of the Noble Marquis. Earl Grey, moreover, intimated that the very absurdity of the accusation ought to have interfered with its currency, in that House at least. But the law of affinities is a very per. plexing one in human nature. " What's one man's meat is another man's poison," says the old adage, and the same ab. surdity which would lead some understandings to reject an opinion at the first blush may, by the same rule, lead others to receive it upon trust, until it was blown to atoms by the forte of unncessary but irresistible testimony. We cannot say that we rejoice to find this question set at rest, for we never telt much uneasiness on the subject; but the Noble Marquis, who felt otherwise, is entitled to praise for having put it to issue, regardless of any awkwardness which might recoil upon him, self, by proving that his apprehensions and his questions. amounted, after all, to nothing.—Morning Herald. ADELPHI THEATRE. A piece called The Forgery, written for the purpose of em bodying two more of Wilkie's pictures, was produced last night. The pictures chosen being The Tillage Politicians and The Reading of the Will, the play consists accordingly of two sets of incidents suited to their exhibition. Of these the first series comprises the forgery by two villians of a will in their owls favour, by which a hapless widow and her child are cheated out of their dues, but who are eventually righted ; and the other, of the reforming propensities of a set of ale-house com panions, who eventually make an attack upon a select vestry while at dinner, and are taken into custody in consequence. Of the writing of this piece, which is at once a fettered and a hurried production, we are sorry we cannot offer thebriefest sen tence of praise. The audience laughed occasionally, but only at the actors, or at the practical jokes with which the piece abounds with a profusion worthy of a pantomime. Of course the greatest " hits " were the two pictures, which were indeed admirably managed ; we have never seen better tableaux viva's:, but we object to the out.of-place demonio-melodramatic mode of lighting up the latter one with blue fire. The scene in which Reeve, as one of the select vestry, addresses the rioters from the window was perhaps the most humorous. ROYAL PAVILION THEATRE. Last night, the tragedy of Othello, with the French Spy, and the performances of Madame CRLESTE, drew one of the most crowded houses this season. FREER played Othello with feel ing and energy. FARRELL, as Roderigo, set off the satireupon coxcombry very adequately; and PALMER made as excellent a Cassio as we could desire, Mrs. WINGROYE'S Emilia was im pressive, and the performance of Miss M►CARTnv as Desde mona, deserves the highest applause, Madame CELESTE is an astonishing creature. SADLER'S WELLS THEATREI Last night this theatre had to boast of not only a numerous, but a highly respectable auditory. The drama founded upon Wilkie's pictures of "The Rent Day," &c., and called Dis training for Rent, continues its course of attraction uninter rupted. A new farcetta, called Two Eyes between Two, was produced : it is the most whimsical trine we have seen for some time. The ballet of Fete de Algae, by M. Edgar and Miss Griffiths, continues the general theme of attraction, and most deservedly so. The Wreck, evidently a copy of the Wreck Ashore, was played with much spirit. IRELAND.-DUBLIN, MARCH 3. (From the Times Correspondent) Mr. O'Connell has just arrived ; to-morrow he will meet the National Political Union, and put forth his promised address to the people of Ireland on the subject of tithes. On Tuesday it is expected he sets out for Kilkenny, 'where the assizes com mence on Wednesday, the 7th inst. On Wednesday last an atrocious outrage was perpetrated at Ballyburr, near Desart, about four miles from Kilkenny. An armed party, consisting of about 20 persons, broke into the house of Mrs. Margaret Duigan, a widow, whose only daughter was to have been married on the following day to a man named Brennan. The ruffians tore the daughter nut of bed, without permitting her to put en any of her clothes, threw her across a horse, which they had brought to the door, and gallopped off with her. In formations were lodged early on the following morning, be fore Mr. Greene, by her relations (who are respectable farmers in the neighbourhood), and a party or police was instantly despatched in the direction the villains had taken. The young woman was not, however, carried far. She showed such de. termined opposition to the unmanly ruffians who were carrying her off that they left her at the house of a friend on the road, who next morning restored her to her friends. She has since been married to Brennan, and every exertion is making, through the influence of the parish priest (the Rev. Mr. Kavenagh), to bring the authors of the outrage to justice. Just as I close my letter, a report has reached me of the arrival of the Thames steamer, from London, and of the death of three persons of cholera, during her passage. It is said that the passengers only have been allowed to laid, and that the goods will be kept on board till the vessel performs quarantine. There is great alarm on the quays. MURDER OF MR. BLOOD.—At the Ennis Assizes, on Tuesday morning, the grand jury having found true bills, George Casey and Michael Casey, brothers, John Bourke, and John Brody, were arraigned for the atrocious and premedi tated murder of William Blood, of Applevale, Esq. on the night of the '2lst January, 1831, to which indictment they pleaded each not guilty. Brody, it will be recollected, was sentenced to transportation at the Ennis commission for rob bing Pat. Keeffe, at Garrynacally, of P2O guineas, besides pro. missory notes and decrees. He was brought back from the hulks at Cove a fortnight ago. On Wednesday the prisoners, after a trial of nine hours' duration, from ten in the morning to seven in the afternoon, were found guilty, when the learned judge sentenced them all to be hanged on Thursday (yesterday), and their bodies to be given for dissection. For the defence of the prisoners an alibi was attempted by five witnesses, which proved a total failure. Judge Moore recapitulated all the evi donee to the jury in a very clear and impartial charge, after which they withdrew for ten minutes, and then returned to Court with a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners. George Casey, in being taken from the dock, audibly invoked the ven geance of Heaven upon his head if he had act or part in the murder.—Dublin Morning Register, _ _ _ Geo. Casey, Michael Casey, John Bourke, and John Brady, were executed at Corofin this day (Wednes day) for the murder of Mr. Blood, at Applevale, near that vil- lage, in January, 1831. They acknowledged the justice of their sentence.--Limerick Herald. • MYSTERIOUS MURDER.--On Tuettlay, the 2lst of February, W. Wright, the son of art agricultural la. bourer, living at the ♦illage of Bayford, four relies from Hert. ford, went with his master, Mr. Smith. of Brickendon, to binct or truss hay, in the King's Meads, tlertfbrd. The boy a k kd his master dined together at the Rod Cow public-house, at Utrtford, and left at about a quarter past six. The evening was foggy they walked together as far as Brickendon; them the boy parted from his master. At eight, his father, uneuy at his not arriv ing at home as usual, went out for the purpose of meeting him, but found him not, nor could he hear any tidings of him in the neighbourhood. On Thursday last, a labourer, out of work, named Timothy Soering, and a bird.eatcher, named Plumer, both residing at Enfield, were out together ; and going towards the village of Newgate-street, they turned out of the road into a field, across a ploughed field. On walking into the afore.. named field, the one said to the other " There's an old sack ; go and see what it is." They both went towards what they supposed to be a sack, and found that the object of their obser. vation was not a sack s but the corpse of NV. Wright, the boy who had so long been missing. His clothes were wet, and a cap was lying near the body, which was afterwards identified to have been his. Two medical gentlemen, upon examination of the body, found several marks under the chin, either occasioned by a cord or the pressure of hands. The gentlemen both agreed that the body had been immersed in water, and that suffocation, together with the injuries on the body, had been the cause of death. The Jury, after an investigation of five hours, found a ♦erdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." „,, , s MR. BROUGHAM AND QUEEN CAROLINE. —Mr. Brougham was accused of attempting a politic, if not a double game, to win over the Queen to a compromise of which he might make a merit with the King. The supposition was not merely improbable, but a b sur d . A man f u ll y consc i ous o f .., his great faculties, maintainin g a cer t a i n i n d epen d enc e, not merely of power but of party, o b v i ous l y an d s y s tematically building the fabric of his ambiti on an d ren own upon the public effect of his popular and i n d e l z ti ga bie genius ;—such a man could not, without mom en t a ry infatuation, court fortune with the arts of a Vice-Chamberlain or Lord of the Bedchamber. The mission to St. Omer's, however, is, tcra certain extent, i n . volved in mystery ; and an understanding of silence on the subject is said to exist still between Lords Hutchinson and Brougham.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Library, Life and Reign of George ll'. Vol. 111.