The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-25 00:00:00

EVEN ENG EDITION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT- " We are informed that there was a loyal show of mourning. It is recorded that his followers wept his loss ; that every countenance was expressive of woo ; and that the metropolitan's funeral oration proclaimed ' that the sus of .Russia had set.' GARDEN. Her Majesty honoured this theatre with her presence last evening, for the purpose of witnessing the perform arsce of Don Felix in The Wonder, by Mr. Charles Kr ,mble, who, by her Majesty's special command, re appeared on this occasion on the stage. Shortly after the commencement of the comedy, her Majesty, accom panied by Prince Albert, entered her private box, and ;vas received with shouts of enthusiasm, which were re ne wed when her Majesty and the Prince came forward to the front of the box for the purpose of acknow ledging the hearty and loyal welcome of one of the most densely crowded houses it has ever been our lot to witness. The National Anthem was loudly for, when Mr. Bartley came forward, and said, that as her Majesty's visit was strictly private, he was not prepared at that time to comply with the call of the audience, but that, at the conclusion of the comedy, the Nationa Anthem should be sung. This we imagine to have been the purport of what fell from Mr. Bartley, but the noise was so great, that it was impossible to hear him accurately ; it however produced the desired effect, for the audience immediately became quiet, and her Ma jesty and the Prince were permitted to enjoy the comedy without interruption. Her Majesty retired be hind the curtain, but the Prince sat in the front of the box, and seemed highly delighted. He watched the business of the stage most earnestly, and ever and anon referred to the play itself, which he had constantly befor e him, frequently turning to her Majesty as though to request an explanation of what was going on. He Majesty, who, we are happy to state, looked exceedingly also seemed to enter fully into the spirit of the piece. I'he applause from the Royal box was as frequent and as Judiciously bestowed as from any other part of the theatre. Charles Kemble seems to have lost none of his eloquence and grace duriog his retirement. It was indeed, a rich treat to witness his performance of Don Felix. His voice partially failed him towards the con clusion, but even with that drawback there is nothing to compare with it on the stage, and we fear that many a Weary year must elapse before we see even a distant approach to him. Loud and long-continued was the shout of welcome with which he was greeted. It was, indeed, the hearty meeting of old friends who had long been parted. At the conclusion of the play he was called for, and again came forward. The whole audience rose to cheer him, and bid him farewell, which we rejoice to say is not to be an eternal one, as at a later period .0f the evening Mr. Bartley announced that Mr. Charles Kemble would appear on Thursday evening as Mercutio " Inexplicable enigma! He who had severed every human tie; had sown dissension; had anted the destroyer of his kin ; whose myrmidons violated the confidence re posed in them by his subjects, to entrap the unwary, and thus avail themselves of a pretext for plut:der ; who stifled the voice of complaint by death, and bade the sons of those he had sacrificed pledge him in wine at the foot of the scaffold. Yes, the slaves bewailed his loss ! The widow— the orphaw—the condemned, implored Heaven's mercy for Ivan " A more enlightened people would have dragged to the scaffold the impure body of a despot, who, whilst he lived, was the scourge of his race, and when he died, left his country a prey to the vengeance of the neighbouring nations he had outraged. " Some writers have advanced that he sought to refine the manners of the age ; the hireling pen has been found to proclaim him learned and pious, magnanimous and brave, concluding, that the tears of his people were his best eulogium I . . . They were the tears of slaves " Both metaphysically and morally, the character of Ivan is inexplicable. 'He was a hero of virtue in his youth,' say some. He gave indications of his sanguinary disposition in his earliest years,' say others ; whilst we are taught to infer that his virtuous, his exemplary first wife alone restrained him from crime. " The only way in which we can explain this seeming contradiction of character, is from the besotted ignorance and superstition of his subjects, who attributed to their sovereigns a right hardly second to that of their God. " He has been compared to Caligula, to Nero, to the throned author of St. Bartholomew's massacre; but even they, fearful meteors of bygone ages, have been surpassed ; Ivan stands alone—unparalleled. " It is stated that he emulated the fame of Alexander the Great—' he who could command an army of three hun dred thousand men,' yet trembled before the Frenchman, De la Gardie, at the head of a tithe of that force. • That he loved justice' I 11—yet established the Opritchnina. That he forbade excesses in his subjects'—yet presided over the drunken orgies of the slobode. ' That he de tested adulation'—yet destroyed an elephant whose legs are, for necessity, not flexure,' and would not bend before him. That he loved the arts and sciences'—yet deprived an architect of sight. That he was pious' —yet, 'neath his death pillow, was found the scroll for the morrow's executions. " Ivan was a legislator, and framed new laws, which be was the first to break. He was accounted brave, but his renown was borrowed from the courage of his blindly devoted Voyvodes, too often sacrificed to his own cowardice. " Shall we censure or praise the blind submission of a vast nation to the yoke of a relentless despot? The answer to this query is perhaps difficult for men not born to slavery—for men who invest not mortals with the attributes of a Supreme Being. " Tyrants such as Ivan, thanks to a merciful Providence, appear but seldom. They come like blazing beacons, to warn man of those rocks and quicksands on which, when abandoned to his own guidance, he is ever wrecked and lost. " The reader will doubtless deduce his own moral from these pages; but we will not close them without some comment—That though the life of a tyant be calamitous to his generation, it offers a useful lesson in after ages to nations and to kings; and mankind, in their horror of evils experienced, learn to love and reverence virtue. " It may, however, be conceded, with much appearance of reason, that Ivan was made for Russia in that day, and Russia for him. His subjects, proud of a Sovereign of their own race, soon forgot his enormities, and remembered only that he was the conqueror of Kazan, Astrachan, and Siberia. They ceased to weep over the memory of their slaughtered friends and families, whilst they gloried in the greatness of their Czar, and exulted in the humiliation of nations to which they were once tributary." After Mr. Kemble had retired, God save the Queen was sung, the solo parts being performed by Miss Rainforth, Mr. Harrison, and Madame Vestris, who Was in excellent voice, and sang with exquisite taste. Her Majesty and Prince Albert came forward at the conclusion of the National Anthem, and having acknow ledged the shouts of loyal enthusiasm with which they were greeted, by repeatedly bowing to the audience, re tired. The approaches to the Theatre were crowded from an early hour in the afternoon. Every place in the boxes had been taken several days since. A fortu nate wight was he who, during the course of the performance, could, over his neighbour's shoulder, obtain a peep at the Royal box, or at the stage. and more than fortunate were those who could obtain standing places in the slips. Mrs. Nesbitt was the Donna Vioiante, and a better Violante it cannot be pos sible for any stage to produce. The Donna Violante of Mrs. Nesbitt is quite equal to the Don Felix of Charles Kemble—further praise cannot go. The Gibby of Mr. *lan was a most admirable piece of acting; how is it that we do not see more of this gentleman ? The Lissardo of Harley, the Flora of Mrs. Orger, and the Inis of Mrs. Humby were most humourous, and elicited repeated bursts of laughter. Everything that could be done for the piece in the way of scenery, costume, and getting up, was done. It is scarcely necessary to men tion this, seeing the piece was produced under the management of Madame Vestris. THE HOPE OF THE WORLD. Bentley, London, 1840. In his Preface to this elegant volume of poems the author observes that, " he has ventured to return to the ancient simplicity, with the little consoling hope, that when quite palled with high feeding, and the un substantial fritter of mere words, the public may, at some near or at some remote period, look with a slight degree of favour upon a humble follower in that simple, natural, and enduring school of poetry which has pro duced such writers as Pope, Goldsmith, Rogers, and Campbell." The period to which the author here looks forward for being appreciated as he de serves, is nearer at band than he supposes. The public are already tired of " the unsub stantial fritter of mere words" in poetry ; it requires thought and feeling instead of mere felicitous expression; and this is precisely the volume that is calculated to gra tify its improved taste. Nothing can well be chaster than Mr. Mackay's language, or healthier and more ele vated than his general tone of feeling. His manner indi cates a calm self-possession that is far more closely allied to real, unaffected sensibility than those hysterical out bursts with which modern poetry has been so long de formed. His songs are particularly happy—spirited, graceful, and so remarkable for the melody of their rhythm. that we are surprised the majority of them have not yet been set to music. We shall be glad to see the author again in print, for, if we mistake not, he pos sesses the poetic faculty in no ordinary degree. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Her Majesty on leaving the Theatre, desired to see Mr. Kemble, who waited upon her immediately after the play, when her Majesty most graciously expressed her approbation of his performance, and directed that he should act Mercutio, in Ronzea and Juliet, to-morrow (Thursday). CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Grant, Cambridge, 1840. A new cheap periodical, which, it seems, is to make its appearance once a term. The present Number con tains some clever papers, and not a few indifferent ones ; among those which we have read with the greatest pleasure, is a spirited and graphic sketch, entitled " The Grand Debate on the Ministry," which, as its title im ports, gives some interesting details respecting the discussion on Sir John Yarde Buller's motion in the House of Commons, at the commencement of the present Session. The author of this amusing article is through out impartial in his comments on the different speakers, and is evidently well acquainted with the theme which he has undertaken to discuss. The brief biographical sketch of " John Keates" is lively and pointed at the commencement, but flags drearily towards the close. For the small poems which are scattered throughout the Number, we cannot say much. They are at best of a mediocre character. LITERATURE. THE CZAR. We were among the earliest to call attention to this powerfully written novel, which the Times in its cri ticism on it a few days ago designated as " a romance of the most startling character." Though it contains much of the terrible, still it is the historical delineation of a Sovereign whose reign is as conspicuous in the an nals o f Russia for his own cruelties as it is for the re sults that flowed from his Government. Upon the conquests that were made during his iron sway, the power of Peter the Great was established, the Mus covite Empire assumed its form and importance, and its rulers and subservient Ministers imbued their policy with that sinuous finesse, which, from the days of Catherine to the domination of Nicholas, has imposed upon surrounding nations the necessity of constant vigi lance. Who is the foe that, like a coiled serpent, spreads darkly, blocking up the path to the onward progress of civilization ? is it not Russia—the same that has trampled into dust the rights of Poland, and who is battling now to trample the free-borne warriors of the Caucasus beneath its feet, with a determination as cruel as Ivan ever displayed towards his subjects ? Th e author of the " Czar" has chosen a period un haeknied by the pen of the novelist ; a period which Will serve well for a starting-point of reflection and corn- Parison to the Engli h of what Russia was in its cradle, What were the modes of its political advancement, and finally what is the most fitting method to curb its arro• gant aspiratio , 5 alter universal sway, and (to use a Phrase of Napoleon, " de lrouver les inoyens de refouler la llussic." The following extracts will give an idea of the author's powers, &c. : " The envenomed drug, that circulated in the veins of the Cz Irina, like the treacherous hand that administered it, was not apparent to the world. Its insidious course bad steered clear of the tell-tale surface, and her transpa rent skin still were a healthy, though pallid hug. But her flesh had frightfully wasted away, and the small hand, extended for the homage of Grace, was greatly attenuated. " Every thing around her spoke of death ; the Jew looked on with lets never-ceasing smile, like the fixed grin of a mask, admitting, through its empty sockets, the fires of an inward hell. The high-born matron, chief of the household of the Empiess, restless, yet stationary, her eye cognisant of every movement, watching the dying, yet fol. lowing the living, stood there, ever ready, shorn of her figure's roundness—a moving spectre " All was death-like but the heaven-born maiden, now on the verge of the tomb. A smile of love and pleasure, as Grace kissed that extended hand, played or. her faded cheek, like that of a blooming infant on its parent's grave, unconscious of its bereavement. " There was a partnership of soul between the English maiden and the Russian bride, which, in their pure thoughts, disarmed the sepulchre of its terrors, for each felt that the other was made for Heaven, and they hoped to meet again. " ' My sweet friend,' gently spoke the Czarina, as Grace bowed her head to catch the faintly spoken words of the expiring girl, 'thou ark, beautiful, and oh! how gentle— they tell me I was so ; he eye of greatness rested on me, and I withered from that hour—yet did my sovereign love Inc. Had Ileaven, in its mercy, spared me for my coun try's repose—could I have lived a short space, to dry the tears of the oppressed, to stem the torrent of blood, to de servo the love of my subjects, to instil into the breast of the Czar the love of justice and mercy ;—oh I then had I no-, been elevated to the throne in vain, and future genera tions would bless my name. My children I—does not all Russia acknowledge me their mother ?—should have felt a mother's care. But Vain the new-born feelings of my heart !—it may not be—God hath given and he bath taken "ay, blessed be the name of the Lord.' " Exhausted with the effort of speaking, she paused. " • Friend of my heart,' replied Grace, ' be thou con tent—Heaven in its wisdom hath so ordained it, and though to mortal eyes Russia shall 100 in thee her brightest ornament, the star whose gentle light and benign influence should conduct her to happiness, yet will the savour of thy virtues remain around thy Czar, and impel him to deeds worthy a great sovereign; and shall not the emanation of thy universal love raise a worthy successor to thy greatness? A hero—' "' A hero has arisen, my beloved Grace. Bring hither thine ear,' and her cheek almost touched the lips of her dyin g friend. 'He comes for Russia's regeneration. I have seen him, the wise, the prompt, the bold ! In one hand the diadem of the barbarian foreigner ; in the other, the sword of victory. My heart would fain aid him in the glorious work. In vain my wishes. Oh, God ! thy will, not mine, be done.' " They parted for life, in sadness, but not in despair, like those travellers whose goal is the same, yet whose bur then impedes some, while others push on with the elastic step of youth, an d are h ut the avant couriers of their core panions. Marfa looked with angelic ; benignity on her riend ; she bade her farewell for a season, and Grace, in tears, slowly left the palace." 1 • GLANCES AT THE TIMES AND REFORM GOVERNMENT. A, pamphlet with this title, published by Effingham Wilson, and written by Mr. Wade, author of " The Chronological History of Great Britain," has just made its appearance. It is a faint reflection of an able pamphlet on the same subject published some five years ago, under the title of " 'rho Reform Ministry and the Reformed Parlidment," and completes the details of measures passed by the Melbourne Ministry since that period. The manner in which the pamphlet is written, however, is liable to strong objection. It praises the Reform Governmmt right or wrong—" no domestic grievance has been left untouched, no foreign interest worth note or comment has been compromised or neg lected"—and when by accident it finds fault with them they happen to be as innocent of the charge as the High Commissioner Lin or the child unborn. The ignorance, too, of public characters, of their habits, acquirements, and politics, as exhibited in a pamphlet by a writer who pretends to give biographical notices of eminent men, is quite incredir)le. If the book which he has published be of the same stamp, for we either have not seen it or have forgotten it, no great value can be attached to it for cor rectness. What better proof can be given than the fol lowing account of two of the most eminent lawyers and legislators of the present day ? What absurdity to compare Brougham and Lyndhurst to broken-down lawyers ? Mr. Wade thus blames both Tories and W higs : " And what can the Tories be when two broken-down lawyers, little better than Old Bailey attornies, arc their guides—the contrivers of all their obstructive machina tions ! surely in the existing state of the Courts of Equity, the Whigs might find better employment for Lords Lynd hurst and Brougham for their pensions of 5,0001. a year each—than obstructing the public business of the nation. If anything especially could lower the dignity of the Peer age, abate still further public confidence in it; fitness to exercise a legislative check on the proceedings of the Com mons, or particularly lessen the opinion entertained by many of the independent, straightforward patriotism of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, and some other Peers—it would be the tameness with which the Upper House has lent itself to the wiles—has suffered itself to be hoodwinked and dragged through the mire by the above named disinterested specimens of consistency, senatorial wisdom, and statcmanship of the highest grade ; and whose ostentatious personal friendship, for cordiality and single ness of purpose, rivals the renowned union of Lockit and Peachum in the Beggar's Opera." This extract, to those who know the abilities of Brougham and Lyndhurst, the difficulty, or rather im possibility, of prescribing to them any particular line of conduct, because they receive 5,0001. a-year, the friend ship which has long existed between them in all their political differences, and the beautiful straightforward conduct of Wharncliffe, who supported the invidious Roden inquiry, can require no comment. Some of the other parts of the pamphlet are, however, of a different character. The account of law reform, and particu larly of the diminution of capital punishment, of the good effects resulting from it, of the remission of taxes, and of some other measures carried into effect by the present Government, is true and well stated. The fol lowing is an account of the mitigation of capital punishments : " Not many years since hundreds used to be annually hung or transported for life for forging and uttering 13atik of England notes. The stealing of a sheep, or theft to the value of five shillings in a shop or dwelling-house, or even the appearing with a blackened face at certain hours in certain places, were offences that could only be expiated by strangulation at the gallows. The Statute Book was crowded with these and similar bloody enactments, which were the more unbearable to the humane and reflective when it was known that the framers of them, who evinced such relentless severity towards criminals endangering the security of their possessions, took little heed either to ob viate the wants or create the intelligence by which the necessities and temptations to the darker delinquencies might be circumscribed." Th e Reformed Parliament did away with these cruel ties, and the first year of her Majesty's reign was sig nalised by her giving assent in person to the remission of many capital pu&s'iments." • • " The Colossus was overthrown; but even the wreck inspired awe. Yet the opinions of men were mute before the judgment of Goi. Superstition added to the'r terrora, for it was said that the bl , lv of tllo d cam, s a hpd suddenly The Marquis of Waterford has returned t o t own disappeared, at,ri c7P,S 17.,crr 1,- ;;Arcl of', from Leanthigtou wassam aw spa. S!' N. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25. 1540. GREAT AN TI-CORN-LA W MEETING. (Abridged from the Dublin Evening Post.) On Thursday evening, pursuant to advertisement, an aggregate meeting of the tradesmen and working classes of Dublin was held in the Adelphi Theatre, Great Brunswick-street, to take into consideration the ne cessity of petitioning Parliament for the total and imme diate abolition of the ruinous Corn-laws. Tito meeting was most numerously attended, every part of the Theatre being completely filled. At half-past seven o'clock Mr. J. O'Brien was called to the chair. Mr. Jas. Martin was appointed secretary. The CHAIRMAN thanked the meeting for the honour they had done him by calling him to preside over so respectable and numerous a meeting. The question before them on this night was one of great importance. Every man would allow that the manufactures of Eng land were considerably on the decrease ; and if the system of Corn-laws at present in existence were per severed in, it would ultimately destroy all trade, manu facture, and commerce. (Here Mr. O'Connell came on the stage, and was received with the most tremendous and long-continued cheering-, waving of hats, handkerchiefs, &c.) The SECRETARY proposed the first resolution, as fol lows :—" That the prosperity and greatness of the British empire being mainly attributable to manufacturing and commercial enterprise, we cannot but view with deep concern the rapid decrease in our exports to the Conti nent of Europe, &c., when, instead of using our manu factures as hitherto, they not only supply themselves, but now successfully compete with us, both in our own and foreign markets ; and as this melancholy change has been caused by the prohibitory laws on the im portation of foreign corn, thereby totally abutting out our manufactures from their best markets—foreign ers justly refusing to take our manufactures, as we ab surdly refuse to admit their corn—we thus deem it to be our bounden duty to at once seek for a total and immediate repeal of so impolitic and injurious an act." Mr. BRENNAN seconded the resolution, which was then put and carried amid loud cheers. Mr. War. FITZPATRICK (carpenter) proposed the second resolution, and said it was the duty of the meeting to point out to the agricultural labourer and farmer the state to which they were reduced by the Corn-law Bill. He remembered when a labourer got 2s. 6d. a day and his diet for one half of the year, and Is. 3d. for the remainder, but now they only got 4d. ; so this proved the Corn-laws did not work well. —( Hear.) He concluded by moving a resolution, which was seconded by Mr. P. Kean (paper-stainer), and passed unanimously. Mr. REYNOLDS also moved a resolution, which was seconded by Mr. O'Toole, and passed. Mr. ACLAND (one of the lecturers of the Manchester Anti-Corn-law League, deputed to represent the Council on this occasion), then addressed the meeting at con siderable length, and was followed by Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, when Mr. O'CoNNELL rose and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering,which continued for several minutes. After some introductory remarks, he thus proceeded— This question of Corn-laws is not, perhaps, as suffi ciently well understood as it should in this country by all. The operatives here understand it but too well, as they in a peculiar degree are made to feel the want of that bread which they so laboricusly earn. The agricultu rists and middlemen know comparatively but little of it. The landlords understand it well enough, but not in the way they ought. In the discussion of the Corn-laws the very worst species of discussion was adopted by the landlord—by the supporters of Orange lodges—by tho grand jurors, and such as would live in luxury at the expense of the operatives' privations ; in fact, the very worst men in every county were those by whom the Corn laws were supported in Ireland. On the other hand you have the friends of the people opposed to the Corn-laws. There is Mr. Crawford, for instance, he comes forward at the head of the category, and I sub mit myself also, if you give me leave, as another on the list—l, too, being a friend of the people.—(Cheers.) I have thus given you one sympton as to the discussion of the measure, as far as regards the classes interested in per. petuating the evil. What is the otl.er ? Do they call public meetings in order to discuss the question publicly? They do no such thing—they hold their meetings in grand jury rooms, and in other such hole and corner ways. These men are for making the bread dear, and for what purpose ? Why, simply to put money into their own pockets. It is nothing more nor less. It is not the man by whose labour the corn is raised that calls for the Corn-laws. There arc, to be sure, some advo cates of the measure who come out and would seek to persuade you that if the landlords get a high price for their corn, the higher wages would the labourer be sure to obtain for his work. But such was not the fact. It was argued, that if he got the bread at a lesser price, the less wages would the operative have to lay out on it. It was worse than absurd—it was a lie—the landlords did not give more wages in propor tion to the high price of corn. And what Mr. Crawford tells you of there being, at this present moment, upwards of two millions of paupers in Ireland, sufficiently proves how the Corn-laws have been working as regards the population in this coun try. In 1828, the Corn-laws began, and now that the measnre has been going on for a period of twelve years, where, can I be told, has the system had the effect of increasing the wages of the operative ? No where. On the contrary, during these twelve years one million at least of the population of Ireland have been driven out of the country to seek employment amongst the manufacturers of England. Yes, the land lords sent them adrift from their homes, and they go to the English manufacturers, from whom if they should not succeed in obtaining employment, they would be exposed to perish. Can I contrast any two things more strongly than this state of things as between the landlords and the people ? The la houring:clas'os are daily driven out of the country by the low rate of wages, or the want of employment altogether, and the high price of bread. This may do good for the landlords, but most certainly none whatever for the people. When I speak thus lam not to be under stood as the advocate of any particular class of the people of any country or sect. I am the servant of the universal people.—(Loud cheers.) 0, right glad am I that this crisis has arisen ; for while the question was not distinctly understood by all, it was contended by those interested that Ireland was benefited by the Corn-laws. The nobility and the people of Ireland, it should be remembered, had generously come forward in support of the English ma nufactures, so that no one party should suffer by the other. If I entertain any prejudice in favour of any one portion of the empire over the other—that any one portion of it should be more prosperous than another, why then I would say, Old Ireland for ever.—(Cheers.) —But there should be no invidious distinctions allowed to exist. Every man should desire that the whole of the British empire should be in a state of equal prosperity. The manufactures of England had the benefit of our artizans here, whilst this country had the prospect before it of the baneful drain of her resources directed elsewhere. The manu- factories of the Continent, and of England and Scot land, are now on the decline ; but if the Corn-laws were repealed, the benefit arising from the free importation of foreign agricultural produce would expand itself so amongst the manufacturing interests, that it would be sure to reach Ireland, when, instead of four pence a day precarious wages to the labourer, as at present, there would be uninterrupted employment given to the Irish manufacturers the whole year round, and on terms upon which the operative could support himself in some degree of comfort. This would be the sane course to pursue. And when I call out to England for justice to Ireland, my voice would at the same time be heard equally loud in my call for justice to England. I am equally for justice to all. I go not upon any party or sectarian principle. I put this forward, upon the principle of being equally useful to all. On this subject Igo upon the same prin ciple as that all should have the right of exercising their own conscientious opinions in matters of religious belief (Hear, hear). Upon that principle we have already achieved a glorious, stainless, bloodless triumph ; and upon the same principle I now, from this place, call upon the people of England to aid me in putting an end to a frightful monopoly, and thereby prevent the robbery of the poorer by the richer classes of the community.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. Aeland has placei the subject before you with great force, clearness, and ability. I un derstand that that gent!cman intends, on the evenings of to-morrow and Saturday, to deliver lectures gratui tously to the public, on which occasion it is his inten tion to go fully into the details of the subject. H e will give you the pounds, shillings, and pence matters appertaining to the question. The present is a great struggle for our rights. The iron landlords of feudal days are followed by the silk and taffety lords of the present day. The former were not so well fed to be sure, but they were stouter. The latter, however, are over-fed and are puny—(Laughter.) The real strength of the nation lies in the operative or working classes —for instance, the pound of cotton which is brought from abroad is valued at three far things—the hand of Industry is applied to it, and it becomes five hundred times of more worth than its original value. The operative it is that. gives the value to it. That labour is the highest property of man, and that he has direct from his God—(Hear, hear.) It is the gift of the Creator to him. T a h n e d in it telligen e must, to and knowledge of the operative classes are be. c geivnenriyngwteoll.dadisvpaonsceed rampeidmlybearndof firmly, society, prove most gratifying to behold the opportunity afforded to the humbler classes of attaining this know ledge through the medium of cheap publications—th e Art Unions, the Mcchanats' Institute, and other such excellent institutions. Why should there be a dis tinction, then, between the wealthier and lower or ders of the people ? Did they not all come into this world in the sam sat of inraney ? 'Would they not all go to the tomb in the same state of inanity ? ( Hear, hear.) There was no distinction b e t ween the births and their deathe of the higher and lower classes of the community. None whatever. lam for the inherent rights of mankind ; and I uphold them as .equalling in the scale. Those may be, perhaps, looked upon as their superiors in rank, but who never again shall be their masters. Chartism in England had endeavoured to effect its objects by mere physical force ; but I hope now that this delusion is over, and that it has passed away for ever in England. But did that principle of brute force ever reach Ireland ?—(Hear.) If it did why, it was only to be kicked out of it.— (Cheers.) 0, I admire the tact and shrewdness of my countrymen—all they ever wanted, in my opinion, was good advice to enable them to distinguish the right from the wrong, and to act upon it accordingly ; but, was I near them to offer one wor d o n the subject to their understanding—and 0, I never felt more delighted in my life than when they scouted with indignation from their city the advocates of brute force—of vio lence and disorder—my countrymen, of whom I so i justly feel proud, still ma i n t a i n i ng their right of nsist ing that that eq ua l j us ti ce s h ou ld b e done them which they so well deserved. I hail, with the most unalloyed feelings of delight, this disposition of my countrymen, and the tranquillity that at present prevails over the land. But, above all, I hail with a feeling of joy and gratification, to which I con f ess I a m utterly unable to give expression, the mighty miracle of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors that has been wrought.— (Tremendous cheering from all parts of the House.) 0, blessed be my God that has given me to see the day that Ireland, universal Ireland, has set an example such as has never been equalled by any other nation of the earth, whether savage or civilized. A few, a very few years ago, indeed, the feast of our great patron saint, St. Patrick, was ce l e b ra t e d i n a man ner the most ini quitous and degrading. Tben even female lips were polluted by the poisoned draft, and hundreds of thou sands sacrificed to the filthy Moloch of intoxication . Who, I would ask, that saw last Patrick's day and this was not struck with the mighty change that c a me over the habits and morals of the people. To see immense masses coming forward to say that they were purified from the grossness that had so recently overwhelmed them—who did not feel the full force of that moral energy that had for ever dashed the poisoned draught of intoxication from their lips.—(Great applause, and " One cheer more for the Teetotallers.") I may, perhaps, be asked why it is that I do not myself prac tise what I preach ? I have been always sober. I do confess that I did entertain a very strong notion, indeed, to take the pledge, but then I considered that my doing so might be construed by some that it was for political or party purpwes. —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) However, my mind is fully made up on that point. A cry may be raised against me, but what I preach to others I am able to practise in myself. Let every man who hears rue inquire of his own heart whet power it was that urged forward this imposing exhibition of moral control over the worst of passions ? A gentleman informed me that he had been recently through four of the largest towns in the south of Ireland, and that not in a single instance had he seen a human being go into a public-house in any of thcm.--( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Other countries of the earth had been converted to Christianity as ages rolled on ; but in Ireland the conversions were simul taneous, so that preachers of the word could not be had in numbers sufficient to give baptism to the converts, and in the course of three or four years all the land was a land of converts, and that miracle of Heaven has again been enacted here. A great moral change, general and universal, has come over us, and I laugh to scorn all our calumniators when Ireland will thus be a land of morality. I have been led away by this topic, but it is a topic so intimately connected with that act of justice which we seek to obtain, that I could not re frain from thus adverting to the subject. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Acland, the Manchester Corn-law Delegate, which was passed with acclamation. A petition to Parliament, founded on the several re solutions, was unanimously agreed to, after which the meeting adjourned. MONEY MARKET and CIT Y . NEWS. (TUESDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—Money was in some demand to-day at the Stock Exchange, and it came on rather suddenly, so as to require the assistance of the Bank to meet it. The rate paid t for it was fr om 5 to .51- per cent., and about 2(10,000/. was borrowed from the Bank on the security of Exchequer bills. These changes, however, arc not unexpected to those acquainted with the real state of the Money Market. This was the situation of things in a yery striking degree previous to the settlement of the last Consol Account, and any large call for money is sure to renew it. Cautious operators, therefore, avoid all speculation for a rise in funded property, but it does not thence follow that they are disposed to act for a fall, as the quantity of stock afloat is but limited, and if suddenly wanted for delivery ;bight be found as scarce as money sometimes is to take up the speculative stock purchased. By the advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 430 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 71, and the exchange at Ham burgh on London at short being 13. 71, it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 7 per mills, which, at the English Mint price of St 17s. 10 0 . the ounce fur standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 324, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 24. 30, it follows that gold is 0.10 per cent. dearer at Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1081 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.07 per cent. against England. A return to the House of4Commons of several ac counts relative to bops, malt, &c., gives as the num ber of acres under cultivation of hops in 1839 52,305 7-16. Tile collections which return the most are Can terbury, which is stated at 11,1481 acres ; Hants, 1,621 i ; Hereford, 9,7331 ; Rochester, 13,8861 ; Salisbury, 1,204 ; Sussex, 10,808 ; and Worcester, 1.721 i. The total amount of duty on hops collected in the same year was 357,4891. 7s. 2d. The quantity of hops exported from the sth of January, 1839, to the sth of January, 1840, was 1,744,6121b5. of growths from 1818 to 1839 inclusive. Of any one growth, the greatest export was that of 1829, being 171,577ib5., the least that of 1825, being 4241b5. The total num ber of the quarters of malt made from the 10th of October, 1838, to the 10th of October, 1839, was 4,082,367. By the usual official return published by the Cus toms, the exportation of the precious metals from the port of London to foreign and colonial ports for the week ending the 19th of March is as under : Ounces. Silver coin, Rotterdam ll2 Silver coin, Calais 62.000 Silver bars, Calais 40,000 SUN.—The Tea market was not brisk this afternoon. Company's Congou was quoted 2s. 4kd. per lb. cash. In the Foreign Exchanges there was no alteration of the least importance. Bills on Paris were negotiated at 25f. 55c. to 57if., on Hamburg, at 13 94 10, and on Amsterdam at 12 14. Stocks were firm up to the close of business, Consols being last quoted 904 for Money, and 91 for time. The Foreign Securities attracted very little attention. Spanish Consols rallied from 281 to 28} ; and Colom bian Bonds from 24i to 248, these being the only al terations. The Railway Shares were rather heavier. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MARCII 21. At a Congregation on Wednesday last, the following de grees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rev. George Williams, King's College ; Rev. Thomas Daniel Holt Wilson, Trinity College. BACHELORS CP ARTS.—James Hutchinson, St. John's College. At - a, same Congregation tho following grace passed he Senate:— " To re-appoint the Syndicate appointed by a grace of the Senate, May 16, 1838, in order that they may take into consideration the expediency of giving to the Examiners of the candidates for mathematical honours more explicit in structions with regard to the elementary portion of the exa mination, than was done in t heir Report, dated May, 28,and confirmed by a grace of the Senate, June 2, 1838, espe clally as to the nature and number of the questions to be selected from the simpler parts of Natural Philosophy; end that they may report thereon to the Senate before the sixteenth day of May next." On Tuesday last, the Rev. Henry Brookland Mason, B. A., Fellow of Christ's College, in this University, on the foundation of Sir John Finch and Sir Thomas Baines, was elected a Foundation Fellow of that Society. The Rev, William Dobson, M. A., Fellow of Trinity college, in this University, has been presented by the Master, Fellows, and Scholars, to the Vicarage cf Tux ford, Nottinghamshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. E. B. Elliott. The undermentioned gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in the cathedral at Lincoln, on Sunday last, the 15th instant : DEACON s.—John Byron, B. A., Brasennose College, Oxford ; William AUphus Carter, B. A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ; William Higgins Coleman, NI, A., St. lobn's College, Cambridge; John Samuel Green, B. A , Christ's College, Cambridge; William Holland, B. A., Lincoln College, Oxford; .William Ste phen Tomson, B. A., Queen's College, Cambridge ; Alfred Turner, B. A., St. John's College, Oxford , Arthur Wilkin, 8. A., Christ's College, Cambridge ; William Hooper, B. A.. Trinity College, Dublin, and William Launcelot Rolleston, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge, with Letters Dim. from Archbishop of York ; Henry Ward, B. A., Exeter College, Oxford, and James Hay Waugh, B. A., Magdalene Hall, Oxford, with Let ters Dim. from Bishop of Salisbury; Charles Care, B. A., Oriel College, Oxford, with Letter Dim. from Bishop of Oxford ; Stephen Hastings Atkins, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin, and John Compton, B. A., Trinity College, Dublin, with Letters Dim. from Bishop of Ripon. PRIESTS.—WiIIiam Dobson, M A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Mark Garfit, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge ; Charles Besley Gribble, B. A , Christ's College, Cambridge; Edward Cole Shedden, 8.A., St. Mary's Hall, Oxford; John Murray Wilkins, B. A., Trinity College, Cambridge. The Bishop of Lincoln's next ordination will be held in Lincoln Cathedral, on Trinity Sunday, the 14th of June. Candidates must send their papers to his Lordship, at Willingham House, Market Rasen, before the 3d of May. ECCLESIASTICAL NOTICE.—The Bishop of London has requested the attention of his Clergy to i.he following : First, That, for the future, six months' notice, at least, will be required of every person who wishes to be admitted as a candidate for ordination in the diocese of London. Secondly, That no letters or testimonials will be received or countersigned by the Bishop of London, unless it be stated therein that the parties signing them have had opportuni ties of observing the conduct of the parties, in whose favour the testimonials are given, for the period, specified in such testimonials. A communication has just been received from the Lord Chamberlain by the Master of Dedham grammar-school, intimating her Majesty's pleasure, that an additional week he granted to the gentlemen of that school at the ensuing Midsummer vacation, in consequence of the royal marriage. THE TYRIAN.—It was expected that every thing would be got out of the wreck by noon yesterday. The whole of the insurance effected on the ship and cargo was rather more than 40,0001., but whether the loss will fall on the under writers or not will entirely depend on what ulterior proceed ings are adopted. The expense of raising the ship, bringing her up to London, and discharging her cargo, will exceed 3,0001. Every thing brought out of the vessel yesterday was in a sad plight and covered with soft mud, while the men in the hold were working up to their knees in it. At three o'clock on Monday the wreck was only two feet lighter than she was when first brought into dock, but the part where she was stove in has been so well patched over with planking, that there is no fear of her going down again. No vessel was ever seen in a more dilapidated state than the Tyrian ; when she left the pool a finer barque never sailed out of the port. Inde.- pendent of the severe loss of life caused by the collision with the steamer, and the grief of the surviving relatives, the sea men belonging to the Tyrian have been thrown into a state of great distress by the accident, and their consequent detention ashore for the purposes of a legal inquiry. The inquest will be resumed before Mr. Lewis, the Essex Coroner, at Grays, on Thursday next, when the witnesses to be brought forward by Mr. Dixon, the solicitor, and Mr. Thomson, the agent of the Manchester Steam-ship Company, will be examined ; and as only one side has been yet heard, we shall not attempt to give any opinion as to the cause of the accident. TREATMENT OF THE JUDGES.—The City authorities of Cork, it appears, have treated the Judges with but little attention. " The strange neglect (says the Southern Reporter), almost amounting to disrespeet, evinced towards these Judicial personages at the Assizes just concluded, in all those external manifestations which were accustomed to be ob served, has been matter of notoriety, and was generally com mented upon, for the last fortnight, and even the paucity of the attendants within the Courts, for the due and proper dis charge of the duties to be performed, did not escape the notice of Mr. Justice Perrin. LAMENTABLE SUICIDE BY A JEWISH LADY. —On Sunday last a frightful act of self-destruCtion was com mitted by Miss Julia Aaron, a maiden lady of the Jewish per suasion, aged about thirty-eight, at the house of her mother, No. 6, Crescent, Minories. About six weeks ago the son, owing, it was said, to some losses, committed suicide by shoot ing himself through the head. Since then the deceased, who resided with her mother and two sisters, had frequently exhi bited symptoms of unsoundness of mind. On Sunday week she was observed by the servant of a gentleman in America-square to lean out of the window of an apartment on the second floor back, but on perceiving her she drew back again. On Sunday last, between the hours before named, she proceeded to the s fa a t m al e a r e o t r a ( n t d h e t b o r n e e w in h e r w s e h l i f c o h he n tof r t b h r e o ther had window. a d she committed the fellfrom rom a height of about forty feet on the pavement in the yard, and , on the servants proceeding to the spot it was found that life was quite extinct. A WOMAN SHOT.—On Friday last, an inquest was held by C. C. Lewis, Esq., at the Three Tuns, at New port, Essex, on the body of Sarah Monk, aged 20, servant at that house, who had been shot on the previous day, by the son of the landlord. The son said, I saw John Spencer's gun standing behind the table in this room ; I took it up to look at it, and saw there was no cap on the lock, and so I thought it wa s not loaded. I heard my brother say hi. had got a cap, and I went and got one of him and pat it on the gut) ; the deceased at this time stood in the tap-room, and I was going out of the g d ,r o ub o ne r j t v o ue rn s yt n a o, p : th e pd c r ap off, shot rf (.(. lt, a es n ad d a satisfied ,efie s I ae sde went fdr.oinl d through ti hr eeeyr,ruamn to the nn n o ot r h e fh t tet„ ces cas e, that the gnu out or as it was here , tated, and ttierefolt, they teturfled a Nerd'et of 3reidcn4o.ll Death." OSCOTT COLLEGE. The following is a copy of the Charter granted by her Majesty to this Catholic College. The privileges granted by it are confined to the University of London. " VICTORIA REGlNA.—Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., to her trusty and well beloved the President, Vice President, and Professors of St. Cuthbert's at Ushaw, in our county of Durham—Greeting.—Whereas, we did, by our letters patent, under the Great Seal of our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing slate at Westminster, the sth and 26th days of De cember, in the first year of our reign, will, grant, de clare, and constitute the persons therein named, to be our body corporate and politic, by the name of our University of London. And whereas, we did therein, amongst other things, will and ordain, that all persons should be admitted as candidates for the respective De grees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, or Doctor of Laws, to be conferred by the said University, on presenting to the Chancellor, Vice- Chancellor, and Fellows thereof, a certificate of their I having completed the requisite course of instruction, from the College called University College, or from the Col:ego. called King's College, or from such other institution, corporate or incorporate, as now or hereafter shall be established for the purposes of education, within the Metropolis or elsewhere, or within our said United Kingdom, as we, our heirs or successors, under our or their sign manual, shall hereafter authorise to issue such certificates. Now know ye, that we, reposing great confidence in your learning, ability, and discretion, do hereby authorise you to issue to such persons as !may be desirous of be coming candidates for the respective degrees of Bache ! /or of Arts, Master of Arts , Bachelor of Laws , or Doctor of Laws, to be c o n f erre d b y t h e sa id Univer sity of London, certificates, to the effect that such can didates have completed the course of instruction which the Chancellor, Vice - Chancellor, and Fellows of the said University of London. " Given at our Court at St. James's, the eighteenth day of February, 1840, in the third year of our reign. " By her Majesty's commands, " NORM ANBY. " Warrant to Saint Cuthbert's College, at Ushaw, in the county of Durham, to issue certificates to the condiddtes for degrees in the University of London." CHURCH ESTABLISHMENTS. The Rev. H. M'Neile dehTered his last lecture on this subject yesterday, at the Hanover-square Rooms. His Roy al Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as on previous occasions, was present, with many Members of Parliament, among whom we saw Sir R Inglis, Sir G. Sinclair, Mr. Plumptre, and others. The Rev. Lecturer devoted the first portion of his discourse to an enumeration of those defects in the working of the Church which obstructed its efficiency. He mentioned the careless manner in which the ordinance of Baptism was administered ; and the re medy for this and other evils he said was a subdivision of parishes. He also mentioned the existence of several pas sages in the Church service which were calculated to give a handle to the objections of opponents. and offended the consciences of sincere Churchmen ; and he reccmmended that, without incurring the danger of violating the inte grity of the Liturgy, those passages should be put between brackets, to be read or not at the discretion of the clergy man. He next adverted to the want of an adequate training for the Ministry ; hn said the Collegiate course of instruction was sufficient for the acqui sition of knowledge ; but that there was not enough care taken to bring out the powers for conveying instruction, in the varied situations in which a Clergyman was placed. He then referred to the neglect of a suffi ciently high standard of personal character and deportment in Clergymen : be remarked with great force, that the strongest objections against the Church among the lower and middling classes, ,arose from the improper conduct of card-playing, ball-attending, race. course-frequenting Cler gymen—( Hear, hear)—and ho hinted at the expediency of some Epise tpal regulations against them.—( Hear, hear.) He further commented on the exceedingly indi gent provision made for many of the Clergy, both Inenm bents and Curates. Of 10.718 benefices, 297 were under 501. a year; 620 under 1001.; and 490 under 3001. ( Hear, hear.) There were 5,250 Curates ; and these added to the Incumbents amounted to 15,948 Clergymen. Now the whole income of the benefices amounted to 3,055,4571 ; so that divided equally between all, it would not give 2001. a year to each.—(Hear, hear.) The re medy was to be found only in large additional State en dowmeas.—( Hear, hear.) In the next place he stated i that the mode of electing the Bishops was very objection able, as it was a perfect farce to call the Dean and Chapter together under a conge d'elire, when they were compelled, under the penalties of a praniunire, to elect the nominee of tne Crown—better far leave it wholly to the Crown. It might, ho was aware, be said, " What I leave the choice of Bishops to the Prime Mi nister, who may be an enemy to the Church?"—(Tre mendous cheering.) To that be would reply, that dangers were comparative, and he feared much more the insidious advances of a high Church independence, of which he saw significant warnings had already been given, which would be fatal to civil liberty, and he marvelled that the Dissen ters should be so anxious to sweep away the Church, which was their only shield against ecclesiastical tyranny. Besides, t h ere yet remained the Coronation Oath— the Sovereign must (with the Chancellor) be members of the Church ; and this, though it must be reprobated by Dissenters honest enough to be consistent, as an infrac. tion of what he cal led liberty—he )hailTedheaßev Ggeenr as a lingering homage to forsaken truth.—(Cheers. man proceeded to argue that the Church was the only safeguard against infidelity or insubordination, and that it was the bulwark of our national prosperity. H e finished amidst great cheering. [We shall give a full Report of _the Le c t ure to h e deli. vered this day at the Freemasons Hall, on behalf of the Voluntary Principle, by Dr. Redford, of Worcester, in reply to these Lectures of Dr. M'Neile. We shall give our Sketch of Mr. M'Neile on Thursday.] It has been stated that three prisoners, convicted of a rape at the recent assizes at Winchester, were reprieved, and that Isaac Barter, a fourth prisoner in the same case, is left for execution. We are infoi med that sentence of death was passed upon the four prisoners, that three were reprieved by the Judge, and that Barter, who was left for execution, was ( ten (lays ago ; so that there reprieved by Lord Normanby shell will be no execution, but all the four prisoners will be tralis ported for life. ST. GILES'S CLOCK AND BELLS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—At a time when almost universal dissatisfaction prwails throughout the land against the payment of Church-rates, surely churchwardens ought to show, at all events, what they do with the money arising from the rate payers, to give them a little satisfaction. You will scarcely believe that out of the enormous sum paid by the inha bitants of this pariah (St. Giles), that they put forth a plea of poverty—that they have not money enough to put the clock in a little repair; for, Mr. Editor, it ought to be known that the church clock has not struck the hours nor quarters for the last two years and a half ; neither has it been illuminated, as it was formerly, for the same space of time l The bells, for we have a peal of eight, have not been rung on any occasion of rejoicing. for four years, for a very good reason, viz., they are actually falling out of their hangings, the wheels are rotten, and the iron work ate out with rust, so that it is dangerous to chime them for Sunday prayers, not one of them being in a fit state to be rung up. lf, Mr. Editor, you could rouse the wardens om their slumber, and urge them to do something to dis tinguish their year of office (for the sum required to repair the clock and bells would not exceed 701.), you would confer a great favour, not only on me, but nearly the whole of the inhabitant rate-payers of this parish. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant. JOHN IRVINE. High-street, St. Giles, March 23. His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the rehearsal of the Ancient Concert yesterday morning, for the first time since he has become a Director. There were also pre sent Earl Howe, Lord Burghersh, and the Archbishop of York in the Directors' box. The selection made by his Grace is a most excellent on', and we never recollect to have heard a re hearsal go off so smoothly. The principal singers are Madame Ciradori, Miss Birch, Mrs. Knvvett, Hawkins, Vaughan, Har rison, Machin, and Phillips. The performance will open to morrow evening with Haydn's national anthem, " Guide thy Church, and guard our Queen." Her Majesty and Prince Al bert, also the Queen Dowager, will be present. Mr. Bishop will be the conductor. Her Majesty's soirees dansante will be continued every Monday evening until Passion• week. The Court will pass the Easter recess at Windsor Castle, where an illustrious party have been invited to participate in the Royal hospitalities. The Countess of Minto gives her second ball this season to-night, at the Admiralty. Her Ladyship's last ball was a brilliant reunion, and, as we understand the addi- • _ _ tional invitations for the dance of this evening are very nu merous, there remains not the shadow of a doubt but that there R ill be a crowded assemblage. Mr. W. Buck, boatswain of Plymouth Dock yard. who was the person who nailed the British flag to the masthead of the Royal Sovereign at Lord Howe's great engage ment in 1794, has been superannuated with a pension of 160/. year.—Plynwuth Journal. ' ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITU- TioN.—The anniversary dinner of this excellent Institution Will take place in Freemasons' Hall on Friday next, when the Marquis of Northampton will preside. We anticipate a full attendance of patrons of art and artists, for it is greatly to be hoped on this occasion the subscriptions will enable the Society to realize that amount of annual interest when a much larger portion of its funds will according to its laws be available to the felief of applicants. We understand that great exertions are being made to accomplish this desirable object. 1 The Council of King's College have instituted a professorship of the " Theory of the Fine Arts," to which Air. Dyce, the Director of the Government School of Design, has been appointed. THE PENNY POSTAGE.—A somewhat curious packet was received last week by Mr. G. Palmer, of Kings wood-hill, near Bristol, through the post; it was sent to him by Mr. Joseph Lang, of Ilminster, and contained " fifteen gooseberry trees," the postage of which was 4d. Betweln twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning, as Charles Wigginer, aged 64, watchman, on duty at Pickle Herring Wharf, Tooley-street, was conducting a Captain across a plank to go on board a vessel, his foot slipped, by which he fell a considerable height, his head coming in fcontact with a coal barge, which fractured his skull so dread fully that he expired on his way to the Hospital. VOLUNTARY CHURCH PETITION.—This pe titi on, which has been lying in seveeal parts of this city for little more than a day, has already received between 3,000 and 4,000 signatures. The individuals who have signed it, so far as it is known, have been wholly adults, and not one name has been obtained by hawking. The strictest orders have been given to the persons employed to superintend the signing of the petition neither to practice nor allow any improper names to increase the amount of signatures.—Scottish Pilot. ROYAL INSTITUTION.— At the ordinary weekly meeting of this institution on Friday evening last, Mr. :-:cliomburgk, the recent traveller in British Guiana, delivered a lecture on the present condition and prospects of the aborigi nal inhabitants of that colony. In the course of his lecture, the three Indians (of the `Narrow, Maeorsie, and Parahan tribes), whom he brought with him to this country, were in troduced for the purpose of going through some of their evo lutions, which they did to the infinite mirth of the audience. Among other performances, they played several tunes on their favourite musical instrument, a rude species of flute ; and having but two, or at the most three notes, the effect was sin gelarly characteristic. At the conclusion of the lecture they were made by Dr. Faraday the subject of some experiments, which, although at first they appeared not to relish, were subsequently as much a source of amusement as of astonishment to them : they were operated upon by an electric and a galvanic battery. The Doctor having caused them to stand in a row, with their arms extended and their hands in juxtaposition, passed an electric current through their bodies, when the sparks of fire which issued from their knuckles immediately induced them to separate, amid demonstrations both of fear and surprise. They imagined that the Pei-man, or great devil, had taken possession of them! Nor were they less affrighted on receiving a shock from the galvanic battery, the peculiar sensation produced by which they evidenced in a number of contortions and grimaces. But what more particu larly struck them was the pleasing, yet simple, experiment of firin ,, ether by means of the electric fluid flowing from their knuckles. The vivid flame which thus suddenly burst forth, without any palpable source of ignition except what emanated from themselves, was unaccountable to them ; and they again gave vent to exclamations of the utmost bewilderment. When these unsophisticated natives shall have returned to their own country, here will be matter for them to talk about! INCENDIARY FIRES.—The following is a copy of a hand-bill Many of the Magistrates who attend th Petty Sessions in the tom' of Tetbury having recently received anonymous letters, threatening the destruction of their lives and property, and many corn ricks and other property belonging to Colonel Kingseote, and his tenant, Mr. Morse , in the p arish of Kingseote. &c., having i been maliciously set fire to and de stroyed some time last night or this morning—notice is hereby given, that a meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Tetbury will be held on Monday, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the pur pose of 'adopting proper measures for endeavouring to detect the perpetrators of the above offences, and for rendering their assistance generally to the Magistrates, in any manner required of them. (Signed) JOHN RALF, Bailiff. Tetburv, March 21, 1840."—There were about 300 sheep in the barn, when about 90 fine ewes were destroyed, and the rest escaped. A reward of 150/. has been offered for the apprehension of the offenders. A body of about 30 of the Rural Police marched from Cheltenham on Saturday for Rodborough.—Cheltenham Journal. _ _ _ r...__. On the other side of the Rhine there are 200 leagues of railroads either already brought into use or on the point of being so. Further undertakings, some of which have obtained a guarantee of the minimum of interest, will afford conveyance by this means to the extent of 400 leagues more within a few years. Of the lines finished, or near being so, those in Holland run 30 leagues, Prussia, 51, Austria 50, Bohemia 18, Bavaria 18, Saxony 30, Frankfurt-Nassau and Darmstadt 11, Brunswick 2i, Duchy of Baden 4 leagues. lltst of these roads have only one line of rails. FEMALE NON-INTRUSION PETITION.—ThiS petition is called the " Edinburgh Petition," and is said to have 22,379 signatures. We need not again allude to the discreditable means taken to muster a host of signatures, but we demur to the name of the petition. It is not a petition from Edinburgh alone. It is well known that almost every village in the county has been ransacked for signatures—some of them sending 400 and 500. Were all these signatures deducted from it, the petition would not be so formidable an affair after all. Very likely the country ladies exceed their town sisters in numbers and gullibility.— S'cottish:Pilot. The Fife and Kinross Voluntary Church Asso ciation have recommended that Dissenters should withhold their suffrages frem non-intrusion candidates. The Fife Voluntaries arc ever on the qui rice It would not surprise us though the recommendation were acted on to no small ex tent. if so, the Government, should it persist in its cajolery of the Kirk, may get Perthshire elections to its heart's content. It may lose the Dissenters, but there is no possibility of its gaining the Establishment, except as a tyrant to make it experience the rigours of a Popish ascendency.—Scottish Pilot] A poor woman named Lake, of Weston, near this town, after being married seven years without children, was a few days ago safely delivered of three fine girls, who, with their mother, are all "as well as can be expected."— Sussex. Express. THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.--For several years past, Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P., has let out an extensive field in the neighbourhood of Chippenbam, for the benefit of the deserving portion of the working classes, at a mere nominal rent.— Salisbury Herald. APPENDAGE TO A DUEL.—It will probably be recollected that a few weeks since a duel took place near Tallahassee, between Gen. L. Read and a M:. Allston, in which the latter was killed. We learn from the Bruns wick (Geo.) Advocate of the 14th inst., that on the sth inst. the General and Mr. William Alston, brother of the deceased, met in the dining room of the principal hotel of Tallahassee, and that an affray took place betwe en them, in which Mr. A. discharged two pistols at General R., the a ball of one of whi c h passed through his sid e, and General R. dand cut him se verely with a bowie knife. . was alive at the l as t ac counts, and expecte d to survive. How delightful this " chi valric" state of society, where you kill one day and are killed the next.—Baltimore Patriot. AN OLD OFFENCE.—The Churchwardens of Eckington have just been issuing hand-bills, offering a reward to any one who will give information respecting an attempt t o force open an ir on safe in the vestr y , 360 yoars ago, (A. D 14 - 8 ). —Derby Chronicle. 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION. _ A greater proof of the value of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons' Invisible Operative Voice-Conduct or , and newly-in.°' is v ented Spectacle Lenses, cannot b e adduced, than the circumstance of the many thousands of individuals who have obtained the great es t b ene fi t an d i nstant relief, and the constant immense demand there is for them, and the patronage they have,and daily continue to receive. The Messrs. S. and B. Solomons disclaim all connection with per sons of the same name, and the sale of amber spectacles ; the pernicious use of amber spectacles being now well known to the public, and the vendor being aware of it, he has therefore altered their name, by leaving out the word " Amber," .and calling them "Patent Spec tacles." Andrew Ure, Esq., M.D. F. R. S.. &C.. states amber is most powerfully electrical by friction, very hot, to such an extent as to explode into fragments. The workmen, too, are subject to a nervous tremor in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they encounter great danger by hand ling such dreadfully-excited electrics. Amber is of such a soft and sticky nature, that it is apt to take fire ; and when exposed to warmth, it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with flame. This statement is further confirmed by Sir D. Brewster and Pliny, as also by Parks and Horns oa Chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such a material for spectacl es to i m perfect vision may ba in ascertained at any respecta ble optician's London. The Oxford and Cambridge University rowinc -watch, from Westminster -bridge to Putney-l)rid i n!, for Wednesday, the 15th of April. EVENING EDITION.' VANDALISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - --- Sir,—Visiting, a short time past, lay old school, in the city of Lincoln, which is a venerable edifice, former ly the Grey Friars, and which in my younger days possessed a most curious library of ancient works, I was exceedingly shocked to discover,that so careless had been the conservators of this interesting store, that many valuable, and almost unique books, had heen sold to the eating-house keepers as waste paper ! I rist.ted the same place about ten years ago, when it was plea sant to perceive the care bestowed on the old library. There was then a mil-arranged catalogue, and the books were io good repair. Now, alas,'in the time of our new reformed town councils, the work of destruction has been allowed to go on so ruthlessly, that above a hun dred volumes of ancient books are wanting, and many rare sets of folios are imperfect, in consequence of sepa rate volumes having been sold ! Of these 100 v01nn...5 thus destroyed, there is scarcely one which would uoi have produced from 1/. to 5/., as a valuable black-letter curiosity ; many of t hem being bound in the old style, with brass hinges and ornamented clasps. I make this public in your journal, that similar destruction may be checked elsewhere, by the neglect of those that ought to be watchful of their trusts.—Yours, WYNKIN DE WORDE, London, March 23, 1840. [As there is a school,lno doubt there is also a master, though possibly few or no scholars, but on that ac count he has more time to take care of the bOoks. Ira many respects the Municipal Reform Act is extremely defective, owing to the havoc made in the most important clauses by Lord Lyndhurst. One clause was intro- duced at the instance of the Tories, which enacts that all stipends and salaries shall be retained by the pre sent possessors, and may not the destruction of the library be traced to this? Probably the control of the Town Council is very limited—at all events, it is their duty to make representation in the proper quarter, in order to put an end to this Vandalism]. POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. The Morning Chronicle of this day thus speaks of the Government plan for adjusting the differences in the Canadas—" It may be summed up in a few words; as ea attempt to establish a permanent and durable system of constitutional Government, on the only basis which recent occurrences have rendered possible, namely, that of ho nourable compromise between conflicting opinions, con flicting principles, and conflicting parties. From the tone and temper in which the announcement of this most impor tant measure was received in the House, and from the short conversation which took place upon the subject in the Lords, we feel encouraged to hope that the question will be approached in the same spirit in which it was intro duced by the Governor-General, and agreed to by the Le gislature of Upper Canada, and in which it is now brought forward for the consideration cf Parliament by her Ma.. jesty's Ministers—a spirit, namely, of conciliation, and an earnest desire to work out such a practical result as shall be most conducive to the honour of the British nation, the integrity of the British empire, and the true interestii of those noble colonies which are justly regarded as one of the brightest jewels in the British Crown. A moment's con sideration must suffice to convince us that it is only by acting in this way that we can hope to arrive at any satisfactory settlement of a question entangled by so many difficulties." —The Times, speaking of the Government scheme:respect ing Canada, says :—" We ask whether Lord Joha Russell thinks that he has provided for the safe and harmonious march of civil government throughout British America by assigning an equal number of representatives to each Ca nadian Province? Of the 39 members for the Lower Province, does his Lordship suppose that even one-fourth will be found on the side of loyalty to the British Crown ? Was there a fourth of the whole representation in opposition to M. Papineau, and in allegiance to Queen Victoria? Well, then, we will put down the Papineau faction at thirty members for Lower Canada, or thereabouts, as a standing array against the Queen of England under the " French swamp" system. And what of Upper Canada? We shall be too happy to find ourselves mistaken in the apprehension, that at least one-third of the representatives of Upper Canada will be proved to teem with Radical doctrines and passions, and on every " movement" or anti-British question will range themselves by the side of the still disaffected French."-- The Murning Herald remarks, with reference to the Penny Postage plan :—" New taxes are to be imposed; and theio taxes will, of course, fall heavily on the poor—the poor, for whose special benefit it was pretended that the whole system of postage was altered The new postage scheme was, in truth, devised for the benefit of great merchants and prosperous attorneys. By the new taxes, on the other hand, the labouring classes will be called on to bear their full =bare. —The Morning Post remarks as follows on the subject of the Privilege Bill, now just introduced into the Hoes° of Lords —" We therefore think it is highly important that the Bill now in progress for protecting the official Parlia mentary printers should not be allowed tosass, except on condition that all other printers who printed and published exactly the same thing should be equally protected. THI: LATE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BONA PARTE. -- Extract of a Florence letter in the Courrier Francais :—" On the 7th inst. the remains of the Princess Charlotte Napoleon Bonaparte WCDO transferred from the church of San Spirito in this city, where they had been tem porarily deposited, and were laid by the side of those of her husband, in a chapel prepared for their reception in the church of Santa Croce. This imposing ceremony was performed at eight o'clock in the evening, by torch-light, the funeral car being surrounded by the household of Queen Julia, and fol lowed by the clergy. All the friends of the late Prinren Charlotte were assembled at Santa Croce to receive the coffin, and again showed their affliction for her loss. This church is devoted to the reception of the remains of the illustrious families of Tuscany. The chapel in which those of the Princess Char lotte arc now reposing is called the Bonaparte Chapel. It is in the simplest style of Gothic architecture. Under the altar is inscribed—' This altar is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the great consoler of the afflicted, by Julia Clary Bonaparte, in me= mory of her beloved daughter, who reposes in this chapel -1839." The tomb of the Princess Charlotte is surmounted by her bust, from the chisel of the celebrated Bartolini. The only inscription is—' Here reposes Charlotte Napoleon Bonaparte. She was worthy of her name.' " • - LADY CECILIA UNDERWOOD.—The name of this lady was Gore, she being the daughter of Arthur, second Earl of Arran, by his third wife, Miss Underwood, and sister of the half-blood to the late Earl, and aunt to the present Earl. In 1815 Lady Cecilia became the second wife of Sir George Buggin, Knight, who was formerly one of the partners in the professional house of Venables, Buggin, and I3leasdale (afterwards Bleasdale and Alexander), of Hatton court, Threadneedle-street, attorneys and solicitors, being the predecessors of the present highly respectable firm of Holsle, Loftus, and Young, of New Inn. Sir George Isuggin. after ho had quitted the profession, resided principally, if not wholly, at Tunbridge Wells, where the Duke of Sussex was a frequent vi sitor at his house. Shortly after the death of Sir George Lady Cecilia Buggin assumed her mother's more enphoutiode name of Underwood, and is now said te be married to hie Royal Highness. Her Ladyship's yoengest brother was lately private secretary to Lord John Russell, and is now one of the Ceinnis sioners of the Land Revenue, Whitehall. in the room of the late Sir Benjamin Stephenson.—Evening Paper. KNOWSLEY PARK, LANCASHIRE, MONDAY • NIGHT.—We are concerned to state that the Earl of Derby has suffered a relapse, and is now confined to his bed from the effects of another paralytic stroke. His Lordship was return ing from his afternoon's drive, on Wednesday last. at the hoar of three p.m., and the servants were lifting him from the car riage, when he fell into their arms insensible, in which state he was conveyed to his chamber. An express w as des p atched to Liverpool for professional assistance, and his Lorsls.hip ex perienced some relict after:being bled. Lord Stanley arrived a few minutes after his Noble Father was seized with sudden illness, from Latham House, the seat of Lord Skehnersdale, whither the Noble Lord and Lady Stanley had been summoned from town on account of the alarming indisposition of her mother, Lady Skelmersdale. Lord Derby's disorder has taken a favourable turn, and there is no immediate danger ; but Lord 1 Stanley, who was to leave for town by the railway, has post poned his departure for a few dug. His Lordship 'e eon and daughter, the Hon. Edward Stanley and the Hon. Miss Sten - ley, are expected to arrive to-morrow evening from town. VIENNA, MARCH 14. The King and 1 Queen of Saxony left Vienna this morning to return to Drat den ; they have therefore spent only eleven days at Vienna. As the Grand Duke Alexander, who as to leave Petersbargh on the 18th of March, will stop some days at Warsaw, he will hardly reach Berlin before the 31st .f March, and Darmstadt, till the end o !April. FIRE AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY.—Yester day information was received at the different fire-offices of an alarming fire which happened on Friday morning last at Dur ham Castle (now the University), situated in the city of Dur ceinttyi,realnydgtohteujnuddeicrioinusadbioruetetanienismoufrtahfetefirrtehmeeonu, t t b h r e ea tl k a Dur ham. By the exertions of the students and inhabitants of the itousnsa could tely be n f o o t r b e e an a s y e e r x t a t n n e s d i v . e I damage hecastl w e as is not i e. nsured. T:nh and s exf wereo re; TOM SMITH IN LEICESTERSHIRE T. Smith, Esq., after nearly twenty years absence, • has visited Leicester with his spendid pack of hounds. On Wednesday last the pack, with Mr. Dick Burton and seven horses, arrived at the White Horse Inn, Oadby, where entertainment both for man, horse, and dog, was provided in profuse abundance The hounds reached Mr. Drake's kennels, near Aylesbury, the first night, and were conveyed to this county in a van. To ohms , respect and honour to the veteran sportsman, not one park within fifty miles of this town made an appointment far Friday', and we have no hesitation in sayii g that such another day will not be surpassed in Leicester, as the " meet" did yesterday at Rollestone. On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Smith arrived at Mr. Green's, and throughout the day was a sucrestion of arrivals, including the following fashionables :—The Ear! of Wilton, Hon. Henry Wilson, Sir A. Hazlerigg, Sir J. Mut. grave, Mrs. Henry and Miss Palmer, Mrs. J. Humfrey. Miss Farrar, Rev. A. Farrar, 'Messrs. Moore, Mahar, Hodgson, J. Humfrey, Fellowes , Gran tham, Groves, &c. Yester day at ten o'clock a public breakfast was given, when forty sat dcram. Afterwards the Hall was thrown open: Soon after ten o'clock Prince Ernest arrived from Deene Park, and waS introduced to the worthy host and his guests by Earl Cardigan. At this time there were upwards of twelve hundred horsemen at the Hall, whence soon after the cavalcade moved towards a small cover in the immediate vicinity, but they did not find.— Leicester Herald of Saturday. An accident of a most hotrific nature or. curred at the Blenkinsop lime kilns on Tuesday last. A quantity of lime had been drawn from one of th,e kilos, and some additional limestone placed upon the top. The fresh supply had met with some obstruction, and did not go entzrely down, so that a vaeuum etas formed between the burning material and that which had been recently put on. A young man of the name of Tweddle soon afterwards went to empty another cart-load of stones upon the top ; but as the stones did not fall freely from the cart lie stele. Fed upon the kiln to get them out ' • when, horrible to relate, the top part gave way, and h e su nk into the burning furnace below , . 'The workmen erg teed at an adjoining pit heard the rush of stones and saw the flames boast upwards, mid ran to wards the place, but the dreadful doom of the sufferer was sealed, and his skull, which was got out some time afterwards, was the vile vestige obtained of the unfortunate youth.— ' Carlisle Journal. ' The Ty Tyne Pilot says that i t i s I reposed with. e , 4!ry provo, sv,cess, to have an annual sale of rste in tioinstic 'taring the race week. - WS lad ird lar ;oh igb for use, i the thu ,ady .on nest to 1 is Y al a of e of at are ,a( 1 1 ?e kt i to 1