The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

tIV ENING EDITION. ABORIGINES' PROTECTION SOCIETY. On Wednesday evening a meeting of the friendaef the above Society was held in the Rooms of the South wark Literary Society, in Bridge-road, far the purpose of forming an Auxiliary Society. By seven o'clock the room was well filledSeitilit‘: Hour B. H AWES, Esq., took the Chair, and lu an ins.• pressive speech detailed the objects of the S.itiety, in which be most cordially concurred. Mr. F. M. INNES, the Secretary to the Society, pro posed the first resolution, which was as follows: " That contemplating the vast extent of theeolonial dependencies of Great Britain, with the important amount of influence for good or for evil necesarily exercised by them over the aboriginal tribes, in or near those deloendencir s, this meeting rejoices in the exist ence of a Society, having for its special object the protection zad civilization of the aborigines." And in doing at, he said—l wish, Sir, for once in my life. I might command that ease and self-possession by which a speaker is enabled to excite the reluctant attention, and awaken the slumbering sympathy of a public meeting. This meeting is called by the Aborigi nes' Protection Society. Tile nature and objects of this Society are not readily apprehended froto its name— they are the protection and civilization of the native races of our colonies. It is the boast of Eegland, that the sun never sets upon her dontinions ; would that it shined on ons spot where British colooiz ition had not been identified with injustice, ferocity, er extermination in reterence to the native races. From a Report pub lished by the House of Commons a few years since, and published by this Society, I take a few ex tracts illustrative of the point in ques:ion. In New South Wales, a colony only fifty years old or so, whole tribes of the aborigines arc extinct ; in Van Diemen's Land, while i was in the colony, not one native was understood to remain ; I have travelled north to south in the island, but I never heard its wood re-echo to the wild shout of the once simple, honest natives. And what is the history of this extir mination, and the process through which the same event is threatened in New South Wales 9 England appropriated the colonies in question, making no re serves for the natives—no compensation. Not only this; she established on the territories a system of con vict management disgracing the science and the humanity oh the country—which dispersed the nativesin sni ill groups over the country without any control upon their license. Wiveless, they appropriated those of the natives ; and thus induced an indiscrimate warfare, which has dimi nished the natives of the first, and led to the transporte tion of the last to Yinder's Islam 3 , where, under an em pirical system of management, wish unwholesome waters:, and under continual irritation, arising out of their ha ni::ticd state, they have been d)ing off—dying off, until they are now only 70 or 80 from 2,000 in number. But it has been objected ia the meetings of this Society— .' Oh I these are inferior races ; it is an crlination of Provldence that they should give way to the superior." This ol.j!..ction is as shallow in its philosophy as it is bad in its moral principle. Even in reference to the lowest in the ,tale of humanit:s the evidence of a common origin was, obvious. 1.1, j.ir Mitchell, in his travels through New Sown Wales, remarks several analogies in the familiar customs of the comparatively intetiar races there to those of which we find records in reference to (Mental tribes in the Sacred Scriptures—their burning-fires of warning on the top of the mountains; the "bough of peace,' &o. &c. It is a fine metaphor of Miiton in his Areowi r itica 1 . Truth, indeed, cline once into the world with the Divine INlastxr, and was a perfect slmpe, most glorious to look on ; but when he ascended, and izis apostles after hire were laid asleep, then str,:i6lit c a wicked race cf deceiv2re who, as that story the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the God Osiris, took the. virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and teat tered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the gad friervls of Truth, such as durst appear, imitatiiN the careful search which Isis made for the inarr.Ced bodv of Osiris, went up and down eathering up 1.1' . ::u by limb, still as they could find them." To apply this metaphor to the case in point, who can doubt that if but the careful search which Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, if moral evidences like those referred to were gather° l up limb by limb, the one origin of the human family, on which all our faith in the redecinabi!ity of the lowest even in the scale of humanity must ultimately rest, would be established! But, Sir, this cause does not rest on the degree of civiliz,tion which belongs to its objects; it is a cause Of humanity. We have Seci?ties, and very properly, for tic prevention of cruelty to animals ; and shall we at the same time sanction the wholesale ill-treatment and este:ruination of that noblest animal, man ? I trust that enoisgh has been said to enforce the cause of the aborigines of our colonies upon your interest and spas- Nary ; and I beg to Move the first resolution. M. BELL seconded the motion, and the resolution was carried unanimously. Tne Rev. Mr. BURNETT, in a most eloquent speech, !therein he most beautifully contrasted the proceedings of,ll4iatelliolor. en the conquest of these islands, with those of the - English on taking possession of our lately acquired colonies, and showed, that so far as jus tice and humanity were concerned, the balance was greatly in favour of the Pagan over theChristiao,moved— " That this meeting contemplates the past effects of ,colonization, not only as having been derogatory to the national character, but greatly injurious to the success of Christian missions, and the progress of &vi:ization among aboriginal tr;bes." Mr. Wilma seconded the motion, which was also luaanimously adopted. Dr. HODGSKINS said the meeting having so harmo niously adopted and approved of the objects of the Parent Society, and having also determined to form an Auxiliary 'Society in Southwark, he hoped that three or four of the gentlemen present would form a Committee, and organ ize the Society in a proper manner ; and after passing a high and deserved culogium upon the conduct of the ilCkairmen, he mood " That this meeting resolves to give its active, watchful, and earnest support to the. cause of the Abo rigines' l'roeetion Society, and pledges itself to the formation of an Auxiliary Society." Mr. YOUNG seconded the motion, which was put and gassed with acclamation. Th , " Worthy CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the Meeting separated. ALLEGED INCENDIARISM• IN SEIEERNESS DOCKYARD. COURT-MARTIAL ON JOHN HENTY. THIRD DAY. Sheerness, Thursday, 00. 29. Tl_! Court resumed its sitting at nine o'clock on board ! Ale 0 ~ tn. Admiral Bouverie presided. Wii.i m D traici Limes, who was examined on Tues ilay, re railed, but his evidence was of no importance. f: ery 1 - I)is was celled in, and deposed—l am assist.- ant maver•shipwright in the dock-yard at Sheerness. I quested Ihnty to recount to me, officially, on the Friday evening the circumstances of the fire on board the Camperdown. He told me the reason why he did not go out with Inspector Duff was because he had to 1-,s umbrella from the Admiral's cabin, and he went on to state to me that he saw a fl ish of light as he c eme down with it, and that he then went into the cock pit. I understood him that he came down from the upper-deck to the middle-deck, but he did not say where he first saw the flish of light. Heat) , told me, in con tinuation, that while in the cockpit he heard something drawn along like a tarpaulin. I visited the cockpit with }aim, and he informed me, that in throwing the first bucket of water on the ire, which he stated was very fierce, he fell down, arid just at that moment he heard some one, appearing to have nailed shoes, run up the ladder of the fore hatchway. He then gave the alarm, and ran down again to put out the fire, which he found very fierce. Two pieces or two bits of fire struck him in the face, and he ivas obliged to hold his head back. 1 then asked him what threw him down. He said he could not tell, he believed it was the bucket rope got entangled. I looked for the bucket, but could not find it. 1 asked him where it was. He said in the heat of the bustle last night it misht have been taken on shore. I then went with him along the orlop to the fore-cockpit into the carpenter's storeroom. He pointed out the place where the combustible substances had been found the night before, showing me where a lu cifcr•match had lain, particularly in front of the reek. 1 examined the deck c l ose to t h e f ront o f t h e rac k , an d found some dust of resin. He said the fire had burnt the front of his hat. I looked at his hat, but I could no t perceive anything particular upon it. On cross-examination, he said, I knew very little of been a tt ent i ve , as f ar as 1 Ilea prior Co this. He bas have had an opportunity of j u d g i ng. Mr. James A tkins examined —•I am master-shipwright of Sheerness d ock y ard. After rec eiving intelligence of the fire at Devonport, I ordered that the whole of the ships in the dock, slip and basin, whether they had work- Tn.2n on board or not , s hould be examined by th e i nspec _ tar and carpenter superintending conjointly, and t o see that the lights were put out. They were to examine them noon end evening when the workmen were done, and to report to the foreman under whose charge the slips were p'accd the result of their examination. I am not aware that I gave any such order to the ships' car penter directly. My orders respecting the ships under my chafe are frequently promulgated through my assistant, the foremen, and subordinate officers, and in some instances by myself. I vas with the foremen, Messrs. Banes and Peake, on the evening of the fire when I heard the alarm, Mr. Peek:: might have left me a second or two. . l eri t on bo ar d th e C am p er do w n with Mr. Banes very shortly after that. Hearing an alarm of fire, I gave di rections that the people were not to go out of the yard until furth er or d ers. Witness here repeated the evi dence alread y examination givenalreadyi about the alarm of fire, and the the general characte r and on cross-examinatio n said the general characte and cond uc t o f th e p r i soner w hil e under my observ at i o r n very Nicholas Pearce ex w a as good. . division of Metrop o r l: i t n a e n ci— I am an Ins p e cto r of the ploy ed sixteen years in Poiic e . I h ave b een em the detection of u.richty, the 4th of Octobe r , I crime. Oa examined for the first time the ship '4; perdown, attended by the prisoner Henty. He e ,seined to me the particulars of the fire which happened in that ship on the 2d October. On the morning of - Sunday, the 4th, I went on board the Camperdown accompanied by John Henty, Mr. Miller, the storekeep'er, and others. I requested Henty to take me to din place from which he fetched his umbrella, rand he took me tole Admiral's cabin, on the starboard - side of which he *Misted out the 'place where the um brella had been put. 1 said,.., !4 N , —ow take me through the ship the same way as you sent on the evening you discovered the fire." I then went on to the main deck. Henty said, "It was here, near the .ladder, I heard the rustling of the tarpaulin." We ascended the ladder on to the middle deck, when Henty pointed out the place where he had put his umbrella. It was a shelf, or what appeared to be a shelf. He then took me to the lower deck by a ladder, which was a double one. At the top of the ladder leading down to the lower deck, he said, " Here I first saw the light through this grating, and I descended a step or two of the ladder, and saw a flash as if it was an explosion of gunpowder or something of that kind ; and when I got down to the orlop deck, I saw the fire in the midshipmen's berth. I ran to a water cask that I knew was here—(pointing it out at this moment to me)—" and took a bucket of water out and slipp•ad down. I took a second bucket and went to the midshipmen's cabin to the fire, which was in a blaze, and threw the water on it. I then ran on deck and called Fire,' and Police,' and came down the ladder again. I fourid the fire blazing then as bad as it was when I first saw it. I took five or six buckets of water and thre ev it on to put. it out. I asked him how high the fi true was ;he said it was up to the deck above. He said, that on the throwing the vessels of water on the fire, it flaw out and burnt his face, and that the smoke had such an effect on him that be was obliged to stoop on the deck ; and he called my attention to a small mark cn his lip. That was blistered, and he said, " This must have been by brimstone." No further conversa tion nor anything material took place between us at this time. Do you mean to say that the berth on that day did not exhibit an appearance consistent with the descrip tion of the fire given by Henty ?—lt did not, there was no mark on the paint of the bulkhead or partition, I don't know what you call it, above the locker. Can you state any other inconsistency ?—lf there had been such a fire as that described by Hem, would hive been perceivable, it would have taken effect on the paint. I should say the paint would have blistered, or have been discoloured, not only by the fire, but by the smoke against the deck Have you been accustomed to view the effects of fire on panned:jog and wood work in your duty as a police censtable P—l night have been celled upon to do so, but I do not recollect any particular instance. I have noticed the appearances after a fire has been extinguished. I made some experiments as to the effects of a fire in a locker in the presence of Lieutenant iVise. I took a locker, and with about a quarter part, or not so much of a broom, and placed Ca: same in one end of the locker, and set fire to it, and it was instantly in a blaze. The blaze as cended nearly too feet above and out of the top of the locker. It burned about two minutes and a half, or rether more. All the broom placed in the bin was on fire, and after burning the time mentioned I requested a little water to be thrown on it, and it was done. The smaller pens of the broom were burnt and charred, as was aLo the locker at the top and sides, but I s'neuld say not quite so much as the locker taken from the Camperdo.s'n. The ashes were not burnt there as the ashes in the bin of the Camperdown. I searched the prisoner's house on Sunday, the 4th of October. I found pia of a box of a lueifer matches, two pieces of resin, and also some common house matches tipped with brimstone. Oa finding the matches I asked .. What do you use generally F' to the prisoner's wife, in his presence. She said " Lucifers," and came to the place is here I stood. The matches were then on a shelf in the cupboard. I took them in my hand, and said, " Where did you buy them ?'' She answered," Just up here—l don't know the name—at the druggist's shop." I asked, " When did you buy them ?" Her answer was, "On Thursday last." The matches were in • two old bottoms of match boxes. I asked for the new box, or the top corresponding to either of the bottoms. She said, " I don't know ; sometimes we take out some of the matches, and put them in an old box. The two bottoms contained thirty-nine matches. I took away the matches and the resin, which Henty said he had had by him for some time. One piece of the resin was on a shelf in the cupboard, and the other in a box under the table. I have compared the resin and matches I found there with those alleged to hove been discovered in the Camperdown ; the resin appeared to have been of the same quality, and the matches were of the same quality and description. The resin found on board the Camper down shown to me was pounded up, it was fined, and broke off a bit of what I found at Henty's house, and compared them together; the colour appeared to be the same ; there was also a bit, which I was informed be longed to the dock-yard, which was of a different colour, or, I should say, there was a difference in the colour. The lucifer matches corresponded in length and by the dippings, the ends being 30 very blue. I have pro cured other matches to compare with those found in the ship, and they appeared to be of the same description, I corresponding in length and colour, the ends being blue, and very smooth. I purchased matches at one shop only. On the 4th instant, I inspected the birch and other articles found in the locker of the Camper down. The locker was shown to me at the Captain Superintendent's office. I saw a part of a broom in the locker, mixed up, apparently, as if it had been shaken up together. I took it, and was some time placing it together so as to bring it as nearly as possible to the state it was in when it formed a broom. I discovered that the small end of the broom only was scorched, and that slightly. The broom must have been in the same state when it caught fire, as there was no other part but the tips at the small end of the broom at all burnt. I took out the wood ashes at the bottom of the locker, and found that it was burnt through in the large end. I should say it must have burnt four minutes to be in that state. I have compared the lucifers found at Henty's house with others, besides those I bought and those found in the Camperdown, and find they all appear to be similar. I examined the hat and clothes worn by the prisoner. The hat appeared to be burnt or singed. I saw nothing particular about the clothes. The front part of the hat was slightly singed. Crosssexamined—You spoke of blisters produced on paint by the burning of houses, would not the heat be very great which caused that. 2—Yes ; but then it would depend a good deal on the distance of the fire from the paint. Heat without flame will blister paint. Could a blister be produced by a slight heat ?—lt depends on the distance. Ido not know what amount of heat will blister paint. 1 should say it would not take much heat. Have you ever tzied an experiment on this point?— No, not on paint. Would not the fire, in this case, be much confined by the thickness of the locker?—The top of the locker was off, so that a fire would rise towards the deck. Would not the cover in the back of the locker, which projects from the bulkhead, divert the flame in a consi derable degree from the bulkhead 2—Yes, as the fire was in the end of the locker. If there were a draft of air from the after-part of the ship between the two doors of the midshipmen's berth, would not that also tend to carry away the flame from the bulkhead ?—No.' It might have some effect, but I do not think it would carry it away. Will not resin on being burnt cast a flash like gun powder, more especially in a powdered state?—l never tried the experiment, but I should think it would pro duce a flash. Have you ever seen any other resin of the same quality as th tt found at Henty's house and in the Cam perdown ; what was produced at the Captain- Superintendent's office, on the 4th inst., was stated to have been resin from the yard. Have you inquired in Sheerness whether there are not other qualities of resin, or whether you could buy more of the same quality ?—No. Do you not know that matches such as those found arc of a very common description ?—I do nut think they are the common description of matches. Ido not recollect any person having said so, or having any per son's opinion upon them. Have you endeavoured to ascertain whether other similar matches were to be bought commonly ?—I have net. Why did you not make more extensive inquiry The whole of my time was devoted to the investigation into the case while I was here, and at that time I thought 1 had made every inquiry necessary. Did youkot think it your duty to make such in quiries before you swore that theywere peculiar matches ? —I saw the matches compared with others at the Cap tain-Superintendent's office on October 4, and they differed. I have also been in the habit of using matches, and I do not recollect ever using any of the kind. Do you think it was a part of your duty to cross question the wife of the prisoner on the subject of the matches you found in his house ?—She answered the question without its being intended for her. It was not Put to her, that is, the first question ; but the rest I thought consistent with my duty. , Have you not sworn that you asked her where she bought the matches, and what matches she used ?—I asked her " Where did you buy the matches?" That vva s _ , _ny question, I think, but that was not the first. of N ra V a b t a c t i : s a s d t o he yo fi u rst u q sc ue ? s „ ti a o s n ? rh l ad sa b i e d io : e ‘ N s V e l e la n t s k o ti COMmon dipp e d i nt that chea Do y ou not her evidence could not be re ceivedid angoatinHstaohteyr afford danydou assistance w ? every lres ' when searched his house?-1 persuaded him three o e r four you times to sit down ; he would not, but kept constantly following me at my side. He objected to nothing I did. Did he net point out matters which you had missed ? —I think not. ir J. Hill ?—Not that Henty pointed out . Did you not swear so at the examination of the pri' a so n n y e ti r lin b to my koowledgc. Arc you now prepared to swear that it was not down g efo to re m S e, the after-ladder that the prisoner said be Went from the TI-1E SUN, LONUON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 18,0 middle to the lower deck ?—it was the double ladder, I think ; but lam not positive. To the best of my be lief it was. Did not Henty show you the resin in the box ? Henty took off the top of the box. Whether I re moved anything in the box before I saw the resin I am not certain ; but it was at the top of the box. Henty also asked me if he should turn it out, and he did so. He turned the box topsytutvy, and threw its contents I on the floor. I Was not the resin at first concealed by a hank of brass wire ?—I recollect seeing some wire at the top of the box, but I am not positive whether the resin was concealed or not. The President inquired for the production of the lucifer matches. They were examined by the Court, and compared with some purchased in the town by Capt. Webb's steward. They appeared very similar. The President—Was the part of the locker the most burnt that nearest the bulkhead, or that farthest from it ?—I did not notice that one part was burnt more than the other. The bottom and the sides were burnt in nearly the sem: degree. By the Deputy Judge-Advocate—What was the character of the marks you did sec on the bulkhead eb.)ve the ladder ?—Ooe appeared as if it had been done by a candle being held up against it for a short time, and had smoked it. At least a candle would produce such a mark. The other was a black mark, dirty, and but trifling. Mr. Miller, the storekeeper recalled, and examined by the President—l accompanied the last witness and the prisoner to the Camperdown. We went to the Admiral's cabin, and proceeded down to the lower dark. (A plan of the Camperdown was submitted to him, and he said that they went down a single and not a double ladder, as described by the last witness. He was directed by the Court to visit the ship, and prepare himself to give proper evidence to-morrow, to which day the Court adjourned.) The prisoner's deportment was marked by his usual firmness, or rather, I ehould say, nonchalance. The Waterloo, 120 guns, was to-day towed down the Medway by the Salamander, into the basin, to be fitted or active service. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. Yesterday a more numerous meeting of the Magis tracy took place at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell peen, than has been held for some time past. The list of county business was extremely heavy, and occu pied the Court the entire day. Upon the reading of the report of the Committee fir Accounts and General Purposes, Mr. LAURIE said he wished to draw the attention of the Court to a great discrepancy between the Coroners' accounts. Mr. Wakley charged the sum of 741. Bs. 6d. for expenses, &c., upon 107 inquisitions, befog at the rate of about 13,. 11(1. each ; while Mr. Biker's ex penses amounted to 12!1. 14s. 6d. on 88 inquests—a discrepancy of nearly 100 per cent. After some discussion, the accounts were ordered to be paid. son, Clorkenwell, stated the numbers confined therein to be 133, viz.: males, 81 ; females, .52. At three o'clock a county rate of three farthings in the pound was made. BRAZIL. FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.—8 y the brig Racehorse, C Apt. Pun Chard, arrived riff this p9rt this morning from Rio Janeiro, we have received the following intelligence : " The Chamber of Doputies have come to an im portant decision to-day (29th of August), a vote hav ing passed authorising the Government to supply the Treasury deficit to the extent of 1,200,0001. sterling by loan, in the manner which the Government may deem most advantageous to the State. This measure will no doubt be effected by the sale of a small amount of stock in the Brazils, and the remainder offered for negotiations in London. To supply immediate wants, it is supposed the Treasury will issue bills bearing in terest as before. The Legislature seemed to deprecate the issue of more paper money. The exchange infirm at $3O to $3Ol. Some sales of stock were effected previotuily to the passing of the vote above mentioned at 721 and 724. " The diplomatic agents have had formal notice that the Emperor will be crowned on the Ist of May, next year. " A genral amnesty taving been pub!isbcd, it re mains to be seen whether it will not effect the imme diate paeirication of the province of Rio Grande." The Racehorse sailed on the 31st of August, and has since procf.Tded for Antwerp. TREATMENT OF LUNATICS. A report cf the Cammittee of the Visiting Justices of the Henwell County Lunatic Asylum, with the spe cial report of Dr. Canelly appended to it, was brought up and laid before the Court. Same conversation then took place about a suicide that had occurred in the institution, in the course of which the Rev. Mr. TRIMMER s.lid he was of cpinion that the present system at Hanwell was calculated to effect more mischief than it was likely to do good. It had been stated, when they proposed to abolish restraints that suicide would be more prevalent among the patients, and it has turned out to be the fact. It was not long since a man, who had been discharged cured, imme diately afterwards destroyed himself. Mr. Trianuer proceeded to censure various parts of the prevalent sys tem, and amongst other things adverted to the case of Fanny Ayton, who was discharged from the Asylum a short time ago, and in his opinion she was no more fit to be set at liberty than the worst maniac. He had seen her in the Asylum for many years, and he saw by the newspapers that she was placed out at service by means of the Adelaide Fund. And how did she show her cure ? Why, she heated a poker, and threatened to run it through the heart of a man—and, suiting the action to the word, she nearly committed serious mis chief. He did not wish to cast unnecessary pain upon the Visiting Justices, but he was desirous that the Lu natic Asylum should be restored to that excellent con dition that it was in when it was under the superintend ence of Sir %V. Ellis. . . . Mr. TULK said the present system pursued by their excellent medical superintendent, Dr. Conolly, was merely carrying out in an extended form the plans of Sir Wm. Ellis. With regard to the case of Fanny Ayton, the Rev. Magistrate must have read the news papers strangely indeed, when he says that she sud denly seized a poker. The fact was, that she got drunk, and they knew that in cases of drunkenness those things would happen without reference to a party hating been in an asylum or not. Mr. GIBBON said that ho sincerely regretted to be ohli g ed to Ob.. plaj.vs - 41r.va. - lives Megi.ermt es darkness of w hat took plum io. Coo County- Asylum. The patients, be had been informed, were locked up for months together in dark rooms, and this Court never heard anything about it ; indeed, he believed the resi dent physician was ignorant of it.—(Hear.) At the same time he did not relieve him from blame, but it arose perhaps from a want of energy, arising out of the miserable state of health he was in. lie (Mr. Gibbon) did complain that the Court was nut fairly treated. He should not be considered desirous of putting an end to the present system, as he believed the superintendent was a most humane and talented man ; but he felt that many facts were hidden from this Court—and, upon an investigation being entered into, circumstances would transpire that would startle the members of it. Mr. HEISSELTON wished to ask a question in justice to himself. He desired to know if it was true that the Visiting Justices intended to discharge one of the As sistant-Surgeons of the Institution, and if they had ad vertised for a successor ? Mr. Tut; said it was in contemplation to have a dis pensary, with a gentleman on a reduced salary ; but, owing to Dr. Conolly's continued illness, it had been thought advisable to defer the alteration for the present. The CHAIRMAN said, that Dr. Conolly had been violently attacked with rheumatic fever, and Sir James Clark, who attended him, did his utmost to prevail upon Dr. Gollob) , to have a second medical assistant at the Asylum, or his hea!th would break down. Find ing this to be Sir James Clark's opinion, he (the Chairman) certainly used his influence with Dr. Co nolly to endeavour to get him to consent to a second medical man being elected. Mr. SERGEANT ADAMS said the system Low esta blished was as superior to that of Sir William Ellis's as the sun is to derkness. Since be had been a Visiting Magistrate he had been on the Continent, and had had an opportunity of comparing the Hanwell Lunatic Asy lum with similar institutions, and he could fearlessly as sert that the system adopted in asylums in France, where restraints were abolished, was superior to that of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. He was bound to say that Dr. Conolly's system was far superior to that of Sir William Ellis's. The Learned Gentleman, after some further obssrvations, referred to several instances of pau pers eating their own excrescences in the night, and said that instead of Dr. Conolly coercing them, he humanely and philo.rophically suggested that a large piece of bread should be placed by the bedside, which was done, and snce then no case of the kind had occurred. He had conversed with several eminent surgeons, who had ob served that if the Magistrates failed at Harmed in carry (g out the new system, they would rivet chains upon the unfortunate pauper lunatics throughout the country for 20 years to come. He had seen a man with his elbows fastened to his side, and his hands brought up together in front of his breast ; and that was called a mild restraint. In another place he had seen three young women lying on boards with iron rings fastened to them, through which their arms and legs passed, and that he was told was a mild restraint.—(Hear.) He also saw a man whose legs were manacled, and who said he had been in that state for ten years.—(Cries of ' Shame.") They told him it was necessary, because he was raving mad, and h id bitten off the nose of some young man. In another asylum he saw a man who had ben chained four and a half years in the same room for striking his keeper, and his door was not left open. Sir C. Fonens B.ild it would be but fair to other asylums if the Learned Sergeant named those places. Mr. Sergeant Aneets continued—He had G o objec tion to do so. It was in the Isle of Wi g h t an d at Maidstone. The Learned Gentlemen then detailed a number of other cruelties which were practised under the name of " mild restraints," and said that in Sir William Ellis's time there were forty coerci on c h a i rs in the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, which he was happy to sa y h a d been broken up, and now f orme d part of the flooring of the carpenter's, shop.—(Hear, h ear .) Ila did not mean to say they were employed by Sir William Ellis, nor did he intend to bi ome t h at gentleman, for Dr. Conolly was now carrying out what Sir William Ellis began. Mr. Sergeant. Adams then referred to letters he had received f rom M ontrose, s Leicester, and Gloucester. In the two former Asy lums they had abandoned restraints, and in the latter there were but two cases. The change was represented by the medical officers to have been attended with the most beneficial results; and the Learned Gentleman said, that as Middlesex had taken the lead in prison disci pline, he also trusted that the Metropolitan Institution for County Lunatics would be looked up to as an ex ample to others.—(Hear.) He thought they should give Dr. Con* a fair trial, and not listen to the re marks and insinuations of subordinate officers. After Mr. Laurie, Mr. Roche, Mr. Wilks, and Sir James Williams, had severally spoken, it was arranged that the reports be received, forthwith printed, and cir culated among the Magistrates, previous to further con-1 sideration. The psesent number in the , House of Correction ape . .ee Vaitiee Je:er se e ei , 0,4 viz. : males, 68.5 ; ternale.is! and 18 children. The report of the Visiting Justices' of the New Pri. THE EASTERN QUESTION. BERLIN, OCT. 19.—Tire prospect of an amicable settlement of the Oriental question, opened by the re ciprocal disposition of France and England to meet each other half-way, has caused great joy here. Rus sia, however, seems to take a different view of the mat ter, and to think that it would be humiliating to the Allies, if the deposition of Mehemet Al, having been once declared, were to be retracted. At the same time the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has sent a circular to all the Russian Legations, to be communicated to the Courts to which they arc accredited, in which it is proved by incontrovertible facts, that in the negotia tions respecting the Oriental question Russia never had any arrierc pensce, with which it has been unjustly re proached in many quarters ; but that, on the contrary, it has always aimed at a permanent pacification of the East, and has always studied the most undeviating con sistency. FRONTILSS OF TURKEY.—The last mail from Con stantinople brings no news from the theatre of war in Syria, but merely confirms the accounts alread) reccived by express of the taking of Seide, and in general of the successes of the Allied forces, while the Egyptian array appears to be threatened with entire dissolution. Fresh troops have been sent from Constantinople to the Sy rian coast, and detachments arrive almost daily in the capital from the European provinces. It is not easy to understand how those provinces can be left almost entirely without troops, since a spirit of insurrection has revived, particularly in Albania and Bosnia. People arc, therefore, inclined to believe what has been asserted in more than one quarter, that. Aus tria has undertaken to preserve order in Bosnia, Al bania, Macedonia, &c., to which end some of the Im perial frontier regiments are said to be in readiness to suppress, at once, any disturbance that may take place. With respect to the deposition of Mehemet Ali the Porte seems sensible that it has been too precipitate, R7sellid Paella having declared to the Representatives of the Four Powers, to their astonishment, that this resolution of the Porte was by no means to be con sidered as final, since it would willingly revoke it as soon as the Viceroy should supplicate for an amnesty. Me hemet Ah, indeed, will hardly do any such thing, but it %ill not be difficult to find a middle course by which the honour of all parties will saved as far as possible. THE FRENCH Mt rsITRY. FROII THE PARIS JOURNALS OF WEDNESDAY. (From the Debuts, Court organ.) According to the information which we have been enabled to gather, but which we can no way guarantee as positive, the following is the proceeding which has been adopted up to the present day, during the Minis terial crisis which commenced on Friday last, and which apparently, is on the eve of being brought to a close : * Marshal Soult, who was called in at the commence ment of the crisis, (lid not hesitate to accept the burden which Royal confidence sought from his old experience. But, from the Marsh-d's first interview with his Majesty, the concurrence of the French Ambassador in Loudon, with the combinations which were about to be set on foot, was judged necessary. M. Guizot was invited by the King to proceed imme diately to Paris. in the interval Marshal Soult, having placed himself in communication with some of the members of the Ministries of the 15th of April and 12th of May, promptly ensured himself of their intentions, which he found to be in accordance with the exigency of the situation, and with the duties that would result therefrom. M. Guizot, who arrived on Monday afternoon, re paired to the King, after being preceded by the Presi dent of the Council. uv. A long conference took place between his Majesty and M. Guizot- It. is stated that the basis on which the system of the future Cabinet is to be established was clearly laid down, and candidly discussed—at home, the policy of resistance and Conservatism, which has preserved order without infringing on liberty ; abroad, a firm, measured, and prudent line of conduct, which is summed up in the me:norandum of the last Cabinet, and to which the French Ambassador in London had given his assent. Oa Tuesday M. Guizot had several interviews, either with his Majesty or with Marshal Soult, and his accept ance of office appeared positive. If the rumours which were spread lest night arc to be accredited, Marshal Soult is to have the portfolio of the War Department with the Presidency :of the Council, M. Guizot that of Foreign Affairs, M. Martin (du Nord) that of' Justice, M. Duchatel that of the Interior, M. Villernain that of Public Instruction, M. Passy that of Finance, and Admiral Ducerre that of the Marine. The adhesion of M. Dufaure to that combination had been solicited, and appeared in no way doubtful : how ever, M. Dufaure had not definitively accepted the port folio of tlie Public Works. Respecting the amalgama tion of the department of Justice between M. Martin (du Nord) and M. Tcste, who would have that of Pubic Worship, that measure is far from being settled. We do not know, in short, who is to have the depart ment of Commerce. There is every reason to believe that the arrangements that are on the tapis be completed in the course of this day. General Jacquetninot arrived yesterday evening from the south. (From the Pressc, Mole organ.) A conference took place on Tuesday between Mar shal Sault and M. Guizot, who, we are assured, arc perfectly of accord. There was, therefore, reason to hope that the composition of the new Cabinet might be in Wednesday's Moniteur ; but such will not be the case. M. Teste, on account of motives that have been elicited, not of political dissensions, but of personal consideration, has written to Marshal Soult that he was firmly resolved to remain aloof from the new Ministerial combination, whatever portion was offered to him, but that the sincerity of his support was not the les3 to be reckoned upon. M. Dufaure's hesitation is the only cause of delay which the Ministerial arrange ments experienced ; that which occupies his attention and keeps him in a state of indecision, is, that in those arrange , nents the Doctrinaires arc to have the two most important political departments, the Interior (M. Duchatel) and Foreign Affairs (M. Guizot). M. Du faure solicited till this day to reflect upon it. M. Guizot did not wait for the Cabinet to be lormed to give it a name. It will be called, said he, the Ministry of Re conciliation. (From the Constitutionnel, 'Fillers organ.) _ . M. Onizot's acceptance of office was no longer doubtful on Tuesday. At eleven in the morning the member:, of the future Cabinet assembled at Marshal Sault's, in order to sc,•ttle'defioitively the combination. It is thought that the ordonnances which nominate the new Ministers will appear in Wednesday's Moniteur. (From the Courrier Francais, Thiers organ.) A list of the new anistry was circulated at the Bourse, which caused much amusement and numerous jokes. According to that version Marshal Soult was to have the department of Foreign Affairs, and the Presidency of the Council allotted to M. Guizot, who did not decline that double burden. The Marshal him self was to be Minister of War. M. Dufaure had exacted the portfolio of the Interior. M. Martin (du Nord), the candidate of the Journal des Dcbats, was to be Keeper of the Seals. M. de Lamartine, the candidate of La Prcsse, was to have the Department of Public Instruction. The department of Public Worship was to be dis membered in favour of M. Tests, and to M. Passv was to be ascribed that of Commerce. M. Duperre only remained at Paris but to be Minister of Marine. With respect to M. Villemain, if M. de Lamartine does not consent to give up to him the department of Public Instruction, he will be compelled to undergo an ap prenticeship of the Public Works. As a denouement to that comedy it was even stated that the Presidency of the Chamber had been offered to M. Thiers, who refused it. It is M. d'Arnim, the Prussian Ambassador, who circulated all the reports, which will no doubt be echoed by the journals. Owing to the time that elapses the Foreign Ambassadors are the .first to be made acquainted with our affairs ; we only know them after them. All that we can say is, that the combination Soult-Guizot, a second edition of the Ministry concocted on the 6th of September, can not yet be in a course of being brought to a close, since, at six o'clock on Tuesday evening, M. Thiers, who has to countersign the nomination of his successors, was not informed thereof. (From the Commerce, ultra-Liberal.) M. Guizot's hesitation prolongs the Ministerial crisis. It was stated oa Tuesday morning that every thing was to be adjusted in a dejeuncr, which was to be :;:ac of is tucure colkegnee, but it is confidcntiy reported that on the issue of that assembly matters were less advanced than before. CATHOLIC PRISONERS. Mr. B. HALL begged to withdraw the following mo tion, of which he had given notice :—" That the Court recommend the Visiting Justices of the House of Correc tion to permit the Roman Catholic p r i es t a uthorised by law to attend when required by the Roman Catholic prisoners, to distribute from time to time, as he may judge moat conducive to their religious and moral in struction, and as most efficacious for their edification and reform, such copies of the Holy Scriptures, and other Catholic books of devotion, as are or may be sent for their use and benefit." He withdrew his motion until the prison regulations proposed by Government bad been fully before the Court. Mr. POWNALL said he had given noti, 3 e of the fol lowing amendment to the motion of Mr. Hall :—" That this Court approves of the resolution of the Visiting Jus tic‘ s as communicated to the R .s. A. M. Baldacconi in the above correspondence, and consid ers an y recom mendation to the Visiting Justices unnecessary." He now begged to state that he should m ove t h at amend ment whenever the subject to which it related was brought under the notice of the Court. Some routine business was then disposed of, and the Court adjourned at half-p ist six o'clock. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last night the new drama of Laffilrge was pro duced at this theatre with most t r i ump h ant success. ' Our readers arc. probably aware that on its being announced that a drama, founded upon the late ex traordinary trial of Madame Lamp was in prepa ration at the Adclphi, a Correspondent of one of the Morning Papers thonght fit to call for the interfer ence of the Lord Chamberlain to prevent what lie, false prophet as he has proved, took upon himself to foretell WC uld be a disgustmg, immoral, and degrading exhibition. Mr. Yates immediately forwarded to the Editor of the Paper in which the attack hail appeared, a letter, denying the charges brought against the ma nagement, and to the Play-bill of the evening the follow log explanation was prefixed : " The events upon which the following drams is foun ded, have for several months past created an absorb ing interest, not only in France but throughout all I Europe. Marie Cepa°, the orphan daughter of a French colonel of artillery, and afterwards the wife of M. LafFirge, was the individual destined to perform a prominent part in one of the most romantic and start ling dramas of real life, ever brought upon the stage. .Aecused of poisoning her husband, and of other crimes, public curiosity became excited, by the elevated rank in society, the personal charms, the wit and the aecem ' plishments of the accused, no less than by the pro found mystery in which the facts have been involved. It has been the care of the author to avoid in this piece everything that could effond the most fastidious taste ; but it is absurd to say that the stage, which should be the censor as well as the mirror of the times, should be denied the privilege which the public press enjoys, that of striking at vice as IN ell as • fidly as it files ; and while a subject is made notorious, and 'freely discussed in all the journals of the day, it is surely not overstep ping the duty of the dramatist, to ' point a moral' from events, which in point of fact have became matter of hil:tory." Tile drama is from the pen of Mr. Coyne, and the following is an outline of the plot :—M. Leffirge ( Mr. H. Hall), an extensive iron-merchant at Glandier, has come to Paris for the purpose of procuring a wife with money. He is introduced to Marie Capelle (Mrs. Yates), an accomplished, high-spirited, but self-willed girl, possessed of a good fortune, but who, believing her lover, Charles Cleve (Lyon), to have been faith less to her, determines, in a fit of desperation, to accept Laffarge, who has been introduced to her by her uncle and guardian. M. Garet (Cullenford). The day before her marriage she has an interview with Gave, and then discovers that he has been belied— that he is still true to her. Sire tells Laffarge she cannot accept him—that she loves anothee—beseeches him to relieve her from the contract she has signed, and not to force her to enter into an engagement which will be hateful to her, and assures him, that although he may force her to give him her hand, he can never have her heart. Laffarge refuses to release her from her contract, consents to accept her hand without her heart, because with her hand he will have, that for which alone he cares, her fortune. Marie and Ciave then determine to commit suicide, and shut themselves up in Marie's boudoir, intending to suffocate themselves with burning charcoal. They become sense less, the uncle and Laffarge burst into the apartment, and the scarcely living Marie is led away to become the bride of the man she detests, Laffarge. The second act opens at Laffarge's residence at Glandier, an old, dull, dilapidated house, to which he has brought his accom. plishcd young bride. The house is infested by rats, and she commissions Denis Barbier (Maynard) Laffarge's clerk, who isabout to proceed to Uzerches, to purchase some poison for the purpose of destroying these vermin, and directs hint to leave it in her cabinet on his return. In the meautima--- ticui—for wad-leer us— tn 16. batid to a fete of the Viscountess Leotande's ( Mrs. Fosbroke) arrives, which she determines to accept. They arrive in the midst of the fete, Marie is simply dressed, but the Viscountess, her old schoolfellow, insists upon adorning her hair with some ornaments, to procure which, she opens her jewel case, and Marie perceives and admires a superb tiara of diamonds. The Viscoun tess is called away, and Cleve, who had followed Marie to Glandier, and watched her every step, enters, and purposes an immediate elopement. He says he will give her five minutes to consider, and retires. She is miserable—she has nothing in prospect but a life of misery—but she has no funds, and Cleve also is poor. She turns and perceives the glittering diamonds, and stands fascinated by their splendour, like a fluttering bird fascinated by the eye of the basilisk. She hesi tates—she reasons with herself—but the temptation is too strong, and hurried on by her destiny, she takes the diamonds, and secretes thcm on her person. At that in stant Cleve enters ; she consents to fly with him ; but as they are hurrying off, they are met by Laffarge, who, without delay, or time for leave-taking, forces his wife into his carriage, and hastens back to Glandier. On their arrival there, Marie goes to her boudoir. Cleve, who has followed them, joins her there ; she gives him the diamonds, as the only rema i n i ng property she can call he, her own ; s uspecting something fr o m h er h urr i e d manner , questions her about them, an d at l engt h elicits from her the dreadful truth. He immediately leaves h er , taking the jewels with him, and telling her he sin cerely pities her, but will 'not rejoin her until ha has restored the diamonds to their rightful owner. Stung to the quick by his reproaches, she determines to de stroy herself, goes to the packet of poison which liar biere has procured for her, and mixes some in a glass of water. Before she has time to put it to her lips, Laffarge enters in a state of intoxication, and after heaping insult on insult on her, commands her to bring him a glass of water. For an instant she is tempted to give him the poisoned liquid, but she instantly overcomes the temptation, and says she will desire the servant to pro cure him a glass of water. He perceiving the glass of poisoned water on the table, insists on basing that and none but that, and notwithstanding her endeavours to prevent him, seizes and drinks it, and then leaves the room laughing in triumph. She instantly gives the alarm, summons the inmates of the chateau, and desires them instantly to procure assistance, as their master is poisoned. " And poisoned by your hands," says Denis Barbier, who had procured the poison for her in the morning. She then becomes fully aware of the horrible situation in which her self-will has placed her, falls s• use less into the arms of her attendants, and the curtain falls. At the conclusion of the piece, Yates came forward and addressed the audience as follows :—" Ladies and Gentle men,viac et yi l so t u r s o u ea t tt l m a i ht te s t w h t is se attempt t a ye t r n t o h t fe e nw exemplification make oh noi this v n theatre the scene of any immoral, disgusting, or de grading exhibition. With your kind permission, this piece will be repeated every evening." This announce ment was reec eve d w i th loud an d l ong - cont i nued ap plauses, and w i t h l aud cries for M rs . Y ates , who was led forward by h er h us b and, to rec eivetheplaurlit so of a th nrdelieate delineat't whom s h e h a d delighted by her chaste, beautiful, on of the very ditEcuk part of M ar i e . With the full recollection of her many former triumphs, we hesitate not to pronounce her Marie Capelle her chef dcruvre. It is almost too natural, too affecting, too heart-rending. Her pathos in the scene at the Viscountess Leotande's, and in the last scene, produced, in a crowded and somewhat noisy house, that dead silence, broken only by suppressed sobs, which is more eloquent than the most voc if ero us applause. Great o re ne he was particularly most disagreeable part. In the concludingsce which particularly effective. There is a comic underplot, credit is due to H. Hall for his Admirable acting in for mending specific l tie broken glass glass and china, and Paul Bedf b os( a . Yates, as a vendor of an infallible r burden. house, or rather a cabaret politician, mourous acting of Wright, as Madame li b after his own Nor must we forget to mention the ecxe_e3s.'i,vue,l,Tiel:ea limonadiere. In this character he d a nces It is peculiar fashion the Cracovienne. most laughable exhibitions we have ever ono of witnessed the ; it was rapturously applauded, and l encored. Wilkinson, as a gardener at Glandier, was excessively amusing. Great credit is due tot he a uthor for having avoided, or overcome the many ciiffiuties unanimously first-with ra which one the subject was beset. The piece is a C g run. of its class, and we doubt not will have The house was crowded to excess. e . a l loner wc Horace, speaking g sT o E f RLNucuLuuusxu(svßhYo hadlN D R ES s. introduced Asiatic refinements amiLiiglathe Romans), says pillage Asia. and first That, some persons waited on him to request the loan of a hundred suits out of his wardrobe, for the Roman stage, he exclaimed—" A hundred suits !how is it possible for me to furnish such a nurnber? However, I will look over and;7en!L t,ia Leal he h ou i wh t atl h v e.a3 ..tw have." i me he a io ri t i i whole or part of which they were welcome.--l'he Art of Needlework, by the Countess of Wilton. It appeared, however, that very conciliating inten• tions were put forward, if the reports that were circu lated at the Bourse by the Conservatives, and who took care not to allude to a rupture, can be ac cretittel. , Therefore Marshal Soult had consented, in case 01 need, to give up the Presidency of the Council to M. Guizot ; M. Duchatel was satisfied with the department of Commerce, united to that of Public Works, in order to make room for M. de Latnartine to assume that of the Interior ; and M. Teste, who understands the un easiness which his return to that of Justice would cause amongst those in office, was contented with that of Pub• iic Worship, which was created for him. In short, every one agreed that M. Thiers was to have the Presi dency of the Chambe Whilst affairs were being arranged for the best at the Bourse, Marshal Sou% was with the King, and he only left on Tuesday afternoon, at five o'clock, after a con fereace of four hours. He was there again last night„ at nine. No Ministry is expected for this day (Wed. nrsday) ; it is even said that matters are likely to dr g on in this state for some days. M. Guizot's conferences with the Duke de Broglie seem to have given reasons for conjectures. The rumours relative to the formation of a Cabinet are not the only ones that absorb the attention of the public mind. Every one understands thet to change the Ministers without altering the system, is but ad journing the difficulty, which will again be very soon re produced, whoever may be the executors of an un movable policy. Will that policy yield to the advice which it receives from all quarters Much was said yesterday about a diplomatic note from the Russian Embassies to the German Powers, delivered in the name of the Emperor Nicholas, in which the Czar protests against his being accused of ambitious views in his interference in the affairs of the East, and expresses his regret at France having separated herself from the other Powers in their settlement, concluding with a demand of the moral concurrence of the German Confederation in the measures which the Four Powers find themsch es cempelled to adopt in common to make the stipulations of the Treaty of July 15 available. It appears that the tone of this note is conciliating towards France. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 21.—Queen Isaella and her Rnyal sister are expected here in the space of two or three days. They were to leave VAiencia yesterday, and un less their journey has been countermanded by some un foreseen event they are probably on their way hither at this moment. Our Gazelle, of this day, contains-1. A circular from the Minister of Justice, in which lie announces that justice shall be strictly enforced ; that he is decided on doing his utmost to fulfil the sacred obligation he has taken on himself, but that the obligation falls more im mediately upon the Magistrates and Judges, who may depend on the sympathy and eulogy of the Govern ment, whenever they hall be found to unite firm ness and love of justice to zeal. 2. Another circular, revoking the royal order of the 19th July, 1838, which ordained that all documents proceeding from the ad ministration of justice should not be considered authen tic unless they bore on their margin the seal of the Ad ministration. And 3, an exposition of the Minister of Justice, accompanied by the following decree The previsional regency of the kingdom, in the name of Donna Isabella 11., has decreed, and decrees as follows m igist rates and judges, rightful owners of their charges, effectively performing their respective functions on the 12th of this month, and all who shall be appointed as such hereafter, shall not be deprived of their functions, neither provisionally nor perpetually, without an executory senten2e, nor shall they be sus pended without a judicial act, or in virtue of a royal act, placing them on their trial before a competent court, conformably to the 66th article of the constitution." The following farewell has been addressed to the army by the Suite of Vittoria : "THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL ARMIES AND GENERAL-IN-CHIEF'OF THE ARMIES UNITED, TO THE TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND. " Soldiers,—The grave events which have taken place in the nation, risen in a mass to preserve entire its poli tical rights contained in the constitution of 1837, have compelled me to leave you for the functions of Presi dent of the Council of Ministers, and the mission of organising the new Cabinet in order to constitute the Government destined to calm the public mind and the anxiety of the nation, by establishing those guarantees called for by the manifestation of the country. " The great sacrifices I have made for the safety of our beloved country, in spite of my good intentions, would have been insufficient, had not similar sacrifices been made by the worthy colleagues I have selected to aid me in the noble task. They have effectively contri buted to consolidate the great work which must ensure the happiness of Spaniards. Thanks to them ; lam convinced that the throne of our Queen will be respected, that the constitution will be maintained in all its purity, that our independence will be secured, and that the reign of justice will be strengthened, so that the nation win recover the advantageous rank due to the fertility of the soil and the character of its inhabitants. Within the short space that has elapsed since the Ministry has taken office, a progressive system bas been adopted and greater measures commenced ; but still greater things will be effected by those members on whom the provi sional regency in virtue of the spirit of the constitution has devolved until the Cortes shall appoint the person ages destined to occupy that high office. By thus aeting according to the impulse of our conscience, we pay a just tribute to our fellow-citizens who rightly relied on the loyalty of our promises. " Soldiers, the sacred duty of promoting this noble enterprise separates me from you once more ; but, though removed, I shall ever watch carefully over your welfare, and see that you obtain the just reward that the nation intends to bestow on my brave and virtuous comrades, the companions of my glory, of my privations, and of my perils. I shall not be removed from you long. I trust that I shall soon see the Spaniards satis fied with the frank and constitutional proceedings of the new Cabinet—see salutary reform in progress, and social order secured, so that the era now about to commence shall be as fortunate as the re-action which shall have given it birth has been noble. I will then hasten to place myself at your head, for nothing can ever be so grateful to my heart as to find myself at the head of that army which has given peace to our country, and secured its independence and liberty. My wishes being thus granted, so long as our services shall be considered necessary, I shall be delighted to find that you have remained worthy of my paternal affection, of public esteem, and that you daily become more worthy of the admiration of Europe. To effect this your discipline must exist in all its vigour. Discipline has rendered you invincible. Tnanks to your discipline, we overcame the enemies who wanted to occupy the throne of the youthful Isabella, and to re,istablish despotism. With discipline we shall keep in awe the perverse men who are always conspirieg against the constitution of the State. With discipline, in short, we shall be strong, and shall cause to he respected the nation which has made such heroic sacrifices to become free, and shall se— cure its happiness. 1 am certain, companions of glory and danger, that discipline, the soul of armies, will be preserved in all its splendour, and that all ranks will vie with each other in the accomplishment of their respec tive duties, so that no need shall exist for having recourse to the severity of disciplinary regulations for any breach of its salutary precepts. That this may be the case is the ardent wish of your General. " Valencia, Oct. 18, 1840. as ESPARTERO." Letters from Seville, of the 16th instant, state that troops and artillery are about to be sent to divers points of the frontiers, in consrquence of the levies that the Miguclist party have made in the province of Alemtijo. CHURCH-RATES-PARISH OF SAINT GEORGE, EAST. Yesterday an extraordinary scene was exhibited in the church of St. George East, where the parishioners had been summoned to make a Church-rate. It appeared that an attempt had been made in August last to carry a rate of this description, and that it was defeated, after three days' polling, by a majority of 10:2, and the question adjourned for six months. Not withstanding this, however, the Church party were de termined to make another trial, and for that purpose convened a meeting for yesterday, at the usual hour of ten in the morning, and as it is alleged they have funds in their hands sufficient to defray the expenses, in order to excite sympathy stopped the church clock, discharged the organist and bell-ringers, and the rest of the Church functionaries whose salaries are usually drawn from the Church-rates. A determined spirit to oppose the rate has, however, been manifested during the whole week by the parishioners, and placards were early attached to the walls in all parts of the parish, calling on the parish ioners to attend early, and defeat the proposed measure. At half-past nine the churchyard was crowded, and, the rain pouring down in torrents, no little impatience was manifested to get into the church, the doors of which were yet shut. As the hour of ten approached it was discovered that the Church party were already in the vestry, and the people began to be fearful that a ruse was to be played off ; but their indignation arose when the doors of the church were cautiously opened, and a stiff harrier presented itself, behind which a largo body of police of the K division was planted, who allowed no one to pass unless he had paid a ra te made only on the 14th instant, and confirmed on Wednes day. Few, of course, were qualifizd. At l e ngth , a strong attempt was made to force the barrier, thei although a fe w persons got in, not a few of the less for tunate were beaten back with the staves of the p olice; door of the c hu r ch was then shut, and many to the were forced to wait another quarter of an hour e x p osed inclement weather, during which time the A it i so could party exerted their lungs eo well thattnhO C h urch ebvuesginess could be proceeded with, and Mr. B allard lemnly prote s ted against proceedings to en make a rate with closed doors, the assent to op was reluc tantly given, The Rev, Dr. Farrington was found to l'e in posses- , , , •,,,,:_: a,a' tA7aL en them s‘kc ' °C. Ill ' : • , ''' --'. -- ' hieh having subsided, greeted with groans and hisses, by aread an . account of i Mr, RAYNER, tbe Churohlvar,..en, r EVENING EDITION• the contingencies to be provided for, the repairs and .ist, hell; rmaers, &c., winding t'p of the church clock, the salary of the orga chase of brooms, and other articles required for the use the washing of surplices, the pur ot the Church ; and concluded by estimating the use necessary to be raised at 4001., for which a peanY would be required, which he forthwith propoed. Mr. RIPINGHAU seoonded the motion, w hi:th being put to a show of hands, was, to the amazement 0.. f eve r r one, declared by the Rev. Chairman to be carried. It k ing evident that the Rev. Gentleman must :have been mistaken, the question was, after a noisy di! cul . rate sion, again put, when The Rev. Mr. QUICKETT , the curate, saids n ow eve' t hat the Chairman had be en a little mistaken; it wa dent that there was a majority ainst the rat e . -- (Lauehter and great cheering.) Mr. RictNnataat then demanded a poll. Another lengthene d and noisy discussion here to took:o -place, the Churchwardens having rom lim t e n tops t x as on the e to days, and the hours, instead o former occasion, to the time between the ho ur of ten int the morning to four o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. BALLARD said stwh conduct wa s infamou s ; a' fair poll of the parish was taken only two months abut" Lion. The shortening of the time and why was the parish again disturbed with this 9 00 ' poor rate-payers of an opportunity to come and recor their vote against the extortion. was only to dePr i l Mr. CLARKE (a solicitor) said that he believed an d: that insisted upon the right of every the time of polling was in the hands of the m eeting ' opportunity to record his vote. ise clerk tog Mr. BADDELEY—I appeal to our VeSrY us the law of the case.—( Hisses.) • ;,, lets Mr. HOWLETT, the vestry clerk, said that -,_ 0 , 0 inivii,,itant having all- opinion the time and place of polling rested ol t " '', o . Chairman, and read an extract from Lord gentl"' judgment in the case of the Queen v. the Parish of . 1\141.14: lebune, in which the Learned Chief Justice says that a Pe h i e if demanded, cannot be refused either by the v estry or t ... Chairman : that if convenient it ought to be talon ,Jr: mediately, and that the Chairman ought to time and place, so as to give convenient and reasone4l.: opportunity to every rate-payer to record his vete." (Cries of " Hear, hear.") The chief -justice, how,. ever, adds, that the Chairman is only answerable to tba ; Court for his conduct in ordering the time for poiliq•e, A desultory conversation, attended with great andnott:t.. tempts were made to induce the Chairman and clamour, was for some time carries on, the' appoint t.aa_ request . of the parishioners to keep open the pt re. s,x o'clock each evening , many Acts of Parliament we appealed to, and clauses read bearing linen t he g ra4 tiou, but the Rev. Doctor remained inflexible. and to. ',Algal rose amidst the uproar, and declared the r wi t.i . be opened, to close at four o'clock ; to cornea en en l g o ck.. this day at ten o'clock, and close finally at lour o 'clock" Mr. BaLLaau and seveval other geotlemen . 1 ° s e nc i protested against the whole roceedings as illegal ; rr ern,' Reform Associations bold their a large party then adjourned to the George 0 e,ii, n3ccti' t l :o gs tl ; le a:113 . 11.1 . r ! o i f to goal tiw Bick-road, where the committee of the St. Gin lr. Fraser, wharfinger, having been caned law A w t l f i o i colri o'clock h statethe morning.otthe poll was determined to seek legal advice ti declareel t° be—Fur the rate, 207 ; against it, 126 : tWale rl9 P: the h.cl3til't:4l. THE WINDOW DU'rY• $l l . MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS or PAUL, COVENT GARDEN. • Ai Last evening a numerous meeting of the inhabitcrii"( of the parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, conveec, the Churchwardens, in pursuance of a requisition, 51gTes. by several respectable parishioners, was held at th_ c ak ia try room, adjoining the church, for the purpose of t o wtn ,. into consideration the increased assessment of the s t dow duty in that parish, and to determine o n the __ c i ! tn f advisable course to be adopted, in order to obtaili for the rate-payers. t ok Mr. JAMES COOPER, one cf the Churchvtardens, the chair. briAn'gir.bAc.ifoors: theEv (ameCeltiiunrgehtwhaerdsuenkicesto7hi met to consider, and concluded a speech displ!tying:o,.., siderable information by proposing the following re ti l o u g tions :—That it was the opinion of the Me e or that the tax on windows was at all times prissive one ; that it was a bar to good vent tl il ll c t s i° :: which would prevent the generation of that the duties on glass and other matters used in 01 8 :n r : it fell more heavily on the productive than on the be u e P e surning classes ; that opinions to this effec t h d repeatedly expressed and generally admi;ted ie Pt ora aefhterthreols,ehostnes: ment, and particularly in the year 1833, wh en lit hroug f Aithorp the then Chancellor of the Exchaqu';*, forward his budget, and lamented the impossibiil=Y disease, L,..tot, yieb total repeal at the time, owing to the la r g e incoale W 0 „. it produced. That under these circumstances any oly tempt to increase the duty a t the p resent lime not %, showed a contradiction anl contempt of former e pressed opinions, but imposed a fresh burthcn v class of persons whose r elief a pp ears gencrallY; hA have been borne in mind , and which it should 'in" the desire of every Liberal Government to effec t • e very possible way. That the meeting dcPl.-:, catcd any intention to consider this matter r a political sense, and o nl y wished to view it' on one hand, in the light of income to the Go very ment, and, on the other, as to the proposed from which it should be derived. That it was soothell further opinion of the meeting that a deputat ion sl ot appointed to wait on the Chancellor o f the it chequer, to point out the reasons for the opinions had expressed, and the injustice which was about t o be done to the parishioners of this paris h and to the roe. pa)crs generally. Mr. WALKER seconded the motion, and the resc itv tions were unanimously adopted. A Committee mittee of St. Martin-in-the-Fields parish, and to fer u m or . was appointed to confer svith the C_o ni ; deputation to wait on the Chancellor of the Exeheq The thanks of the meeting having been voted to th e Chairman, the proceedings termioated. THE LUDLOW CAS '• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN" J sl 1 111 e„, SIR,—I have seen several letters in your v respecting the adoption, by a few comm ercial trarer ths of a subscription to compensate Mr. Mackretiff for suffer ing and inconvenience he has undergone in e. " qucnce of the Lae attempt upon his life. roe Pf l am sorry to observe that, notwithstanding.ol. they the writers profess indignation at the insult wh ic ,,,. e tlit are pleased to say is thus offered to Mr. lga c "; f oo h there seems in the expression of their sentiments, ,ther y these very sensitive writers, very little reg ard ° been to his feelings, or to the feelings of those who ha ve , es' instrumental in promoting this attempt to o btoin a pre_ssion of sympathy from his fellow-traveliers, r advised lwish these gentlemen to reflect that, bovr ill e va tir to the mode may be, the attempt doesibt°,3t;lank" the of the originators, and I think o.'" ha t bas r b t has shown his good feeling by accepting w. " - ‘lO. ee l n proposed in kindness and consideration for me little v would just remark that, having had so fit the perience in collecting subscriptions for the bol o ca n 6° distressed, I have ever found those gentlemen ' I itb easily flourish sovereigns out of their pockcts7-orcl stroke of the pen, among the last to collie ' or .ity• with the cash when called upon in cases of real one' s- I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 13. Doacaster, Oct. 28. DR. JOHNSON AND DR. "P. SIR,--In I T nO yourT HE EDITOR papero Of an extract no o ccurs , _, the last number of the Edinburgh' Review., of unfortabas, which is contained an account an F S T at i t E rd s a c y °, m y its • rencontre," said to have taken place in 9 135 ,g - a i hie 1773, betwixt Dr. Johnson and Adam Smith. anti, - 1 , 1 0 0. appears to be scarcely correct, if not entirely fai)Ll,-0.. TstAN. ~__lo By consulting Stewart's Life of Smith, it does 07773, pear whether or not he was at Glasgow i° he or even whether he saw Dr. Johnson durielf 0 time he was in Scotland. But as his name iS pot cill be found in Boswell's Journal (where it unciouhtc , ro soe would have appeared had they met), it maY t at ably he concluded that they did not meet, at leas the time referred to. Besides, Dr. Johnson's intfe roe gatory—•-•' Dr. Smith, hew came you to say that 11 : 00 was nearly the hest min you ever knew 'I app ears rather premature, as Smith's letter, in which this.,tep not writs racier of his illustrious friend is given, was drol l " till November 1776, a few month's after ii tlle' s The only " reneontre" which Boswell rcoords to ok _0 Robert:4)o plaec in London, thin same day in which Dr. was introduced to Johnson's acquaintance, whi ch k i o g doubtless long before his visit to Scotland. 13Y ta lett.. these particulars into c onsideration, i.t seems our ce, viewer has been somewhat mistaken, and that the e n . pe , dote in question, before it can be received as o° ll oo would require to be duly authenticated. I tr u A st ost apology is necessary for this communication, on' 1 ..... you wi 1 give it a plrce in your very valuable journa • I am, &c. A LOVE R OF Tlttrril. . _ BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET. There has bee" great dullness in all description; of British plantation sugar; and transactions have Leen very limited. The account g ioo ol9 received by the Hope packet from Jamaica arc very the canes being burnt up by an un recedented droug ht ' in some of the other islands the prospectP of the sugarcroPs is more favourable. An ord .r Ire ce ived at th ° has been ti e a t CuEtorn-house to admit all ' ' ' foreign sugars for home 5 d a duty 3. p, r cwt., and 5 per cent., whether elaYe. Hum s ar. or not, which will include white Elgvannah. more in request, and large sale h• b ale at the late • re dact:ea.—Bristol Ga'zett - s have been ni ' Gazelle. It was mentioned, a few clays since, that g r. Frederick Reynolds, the veteran dramatist, had had a p a t:ce accepted at Covent. garden Theatre. This is a rnis t_ke,and arose from the following circumstances :---Mr• Reynolds wrote a letter to the management of Ce" nt ; garden, which stated " that in his leasure hours he ha' c w_r e itten a piece which he ccesidercd (by reason of his ! P h ' 'sing years and infirmiticc) -Id be lis last a nd %ch . c he felt IY , utvi to yff r, , r,-, - s .' ° ' ( 1, l b, rrr.'- ,i; '-'''''' `,, ~ .., ' .: ".' r * 2 " . ' ' . said no '" has• 'cab lis. s answer been returned, although sone t i now elapsed.