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~~~~ ~ ~. RV EINTI Nee PADITI ON, TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. TLADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FIE ELECTION o f SIX DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed for WEDNESDAY, the Bth of April neat, the favour of your Vote and Interest is requested for the following Gentlemen, viz.:— PATRICK VANS AGNEW, Esq., C. B. Maj or -G eneral Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, G.C.B. GEORGE LYALL, Esq. JOHN PETTY MUSPRATT, Esq. MARTIN TUCKER SMITH, Es . WILLIAM WIGRAM, Esq Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servants, HENRY ALEXANDER H. LI NDSAY `eV II LI A M ASTELL JOHN LOCH WM. B BAYLEY JOHN MASTERMAN ROBERT CAMPBELL. CHARLES MILLS M. STANLEY CLARKE J G. RAVENSHAW JOHN CO'll'ON HENRY.SHANK N EDMONONE JOHN SHEPHERD RUSSELL,ftLICE JOHN THORNHILL JOHN 1 , 01313 ES FRANCIS WARDEN J. W. HOGG H.' W I LLOCK RICIIA ItO JEINS WILLIAM YOUNG. East India House, March 2.5, 1840. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ITAVING the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Company as CANDIDATES for the DIRECTION, to be chosen this year, We take the liberty of requesting the favour of your Vote and Interest on the day of Election, WEDNESDAY, the Bth April next. We are. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and most humble Servants, P. VANS AGNEW J. 1.. LUSHINGTON GEOR,E LYALL JOHN PET'T'Y MUSPRATT M. T. SMITH WILLIAM WIGRAAL East Indi a H ouse, M arch 25, 1840. THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. T° FELLOW COUNTRYMEN, Lon ere ou receive this Address, the dolefl tidings will have reached you that FROST, WILLIAMS, u and JONES have been transported : that they have been transported con_ trary to the Law of England is manifest and undeniable ; but that the Law, backed by the voice of millions, will in the end triumph over tyr anny, persecution, and prejudice, no true Engl i shman can aa uht and we are fully persuaded, by evidences innumerable, that you hive already determined to adopt every constitutional Means to promote and accomplish this object. We fully estimate the immense value of Trial by Jury ; it is one of th e most i mportant of our birthrights ; but in proportion t its importance should tpe purity of its operation be main tained, and fear and prejudice be removed from the sacred box. It was not so in the ease of the Welsh Martyrs, nay, it would teaeln as though ever y engine had studiously been put in moti on was calculated t o produce a strong bias in the public m 4 nd against them. You are well acquainted with the early efforts of the public press to misrepresent their conduct, to calumniate their charac ters, and to excite fear and prejudice in the minds of that por tion of the community from which jurors are usually chosen. You are als o aware th a t un d er sanct i on o f t h e l oca l authori , "'s, and before the Trials had taken place, the shops of New- Port were closed, and thanksgivings were offered up in the • Churches that certain alleged designs had been frustrated, which were thus t a k en f or gran t e d, b u t w hi c h were never p rove d t o ave been entertained. This step, however well intended, or • u nobjectionable in other respects. was inevitably calculated to produce strong feelings in the locality, and to increase the ge 4ral prejudice against the prisoners. As if these things were not enough, a minister of God, who ought to have been the messenger of peace and charity, seems to have thought it consistent with his sacred duty to make his Pulpit the vehicle for alarming the fears of that class from which t he Jury was about to be selected, and far confirming the ex isting prejudice already so deeply rooted and injurious, and s hame r oh, shame to say ! the time chosen for this display was i mmediately before the Trial ; the spot was that where the Trial was about to take place, and the audience were those who were about to try the Prisoners. Had not a Special Commission been harshly appointed to in terfere with the usual course of law, and had the 'prisoners been PermiPermitted to remain until the r e g u l ar A ss i zes , th ere i s reason to tted that the alarm would have subsided—that reason would have assumed its power, and that much of the undue prejudice Would have passed away ; for already has a Petition been pre sented, signed by a large portion of the inhabitants of Newport, avowing the false impressions under which they at that time laboured, and praying for the pardon of the Prisoners. Add to these circumstances that the Lord Chief Justice, whose mind was above the local prejudice, delivered his charge (which was in strict conformity with the evidence) decidedly and indisputably in favour of an acquittal. Have we not then ample reason to question the justice of those verdicts which the Juries returned in the case of the Welsh Martyrs, notwith standing our devotedness to that palladium of our rights? But, Fellow -countrymen, we have other and even stronger ground of appeal against the transportation of these men. We are authorised, by the solemn decision of six of the Judges of England, including a majority of the Special Commission, Which, in this case, ought to be decisive—we have their irre sistible and positive authority, after mature deliberation, for , declaring that the trials were contrary to the law of the land— that the convictions were illegal, and that the whole of the oceedings were essentially null and void from the beginning. Three other Judges, who, with the six, form a majority of the Whole Bench, also decided that the Crown had not complied with the law ; but the three alleged that the prisoners had trot object e d at the right time. Now we respectfully ask, is it fa ir and just that the prisoners should suffer punishment Under a conviction essentially had, for not knowing the precise Moment at whi c h their objection should be urged, when the Judges themselves are at issue with each other, and even up to the present time have allowed the question to remain unsettled and In doubt ? If we turn to the records of 'Ale trial, we find that when the Counsel for the defence first attempted to urge the objec tion, he was stopped by the Attorney-General, on the ground not that he was toe late, but that he was too soon—that the proper time for urging it had not then arrived, which dictum of the Attorney-General was assented to and ruled by the pre siding Judges. These, Fellow-countrymen, we submit are reasons with im peratively call for the pardon of these men ; it is for you to determine whether, with persevering and effective energy, you will continue your exertions until the authority of the law be established, and the prisoners, as an act of justice, be restored to their families. We are well aware that you have done much —we know that petitions to the Queen, the Lords, and the Commons, signed by at least six hundred thousand persons, have already been presented, and we had hopes that during the joyful ceremony of the marriage of o u r Q ueen, she would have been advised to listen to the prayers of her people; she would doubtless have been pleased, had such advice been given, to have dried up the tears of the wives and children of the un happy prisoners—to have established the sovereignty of the laws of the realm, and to have made her wedding-day the day of liberty to those whom the law had not condemned. Alas, it has not been so; our hopes are blighted, the law has not been vindicated, the prayers of the people have not been re. sPected, and justice and mercy have not prevailed. What, then, Fellow-countrymen, can we suggest, or what tut you do? The cause of these Martyrs demands your atten tion, and we solemnly appeal to you on their tiehall. We are assured that Lord John Russell has declared, " they were sent away to get rid of the excitement in their favour.' Shall the : 4 excitement" cease whilst they are suffering in defiaoce of the ? Shall it cease before the law is vindicated ? We are sure that your ready and decided nisei er will be, No ! Justice lutist be established ; the law must be vindicated, and Frost, Williams, arid Jones must be recalled ! If, then, Fellow-countrymen, it be your determination to secure the s e obj ec t s , it is necessary that unanimity should pre vil, and that system and arrangement should mark every future proceeding. ndations for your We, therefore, calm a respectndfu del lly iberate coni suggest the : 11 °''''ing recommei eration, and if you a pp rove o f th e m, we feel assured that you w instantly and universally adopt them : I• Let Associations be formed in every village, town, and hamlet. 2 Appoint regular and periodical meetings of those Asso ciations. Mations. ' 3 • Establ is h W eek l y P enny Su b scr i pt i ons. 4. Convene public meetings to petition Parliament for the im 5. mediate recal of the Welsh Martyrs. Let tee people of every district send their petitions to their own Memb er f or presentat i on. 6 . Le t . each A ssoc i at i on keep up a regu l ar commun i cat i on w i th their representatives, and urge them to advocate with zeal 7. ...the prayers of the petitioners. 'et the Association make arrangements successfully to demand of every candidate at the next general election, Tat he will, if returned to Parliament, unceasingly en eavour to effect the liberation of the Welsh Martyrs. Let the people of every city, borough, and county, be uni versally informed that en the next nomination-day, a show of hands will be taken in reference to the Welsh martyrs; and, that no mistake may be made during the hurry of the Proceedings, take care to have large boards in readiness with the following words written in legible characters, Hold up your hands for the release and return of the Welsh martyrs." Thus the Government will understand a. the wi s h es o f t h e peop l e upon t hi s question. Conclude the business ofevery public meeting held for what ever purpose with a resolution in favour of the law and the Welsh Martyrs. And now, Fellow-countrymen, to your work. Let no man Y he is too insignificant for the labour of mercy and justice ; `Be cause will sanctify the instruments, and the object to be attained will speedily produce assistance. Let the tears of the forsaken wives, the sufferings of the defenceless children, be an additional stimulant, if an additional stimulant be Wanting. BE PEACEFUL, BE UNITED, BE ENERGETIC! And may the God of Justice crown your efforts with success ! G. ROGERS, Chairman. A. DYSON, Secretary. Arundel Coffee-house. Strand, March 17, 1840. Lao P.S.—The Committ ee w ill b e h appy to rece i ve communica - addressed to Mr. G. Rogers, 53, High-street, St. Giles's, or to Mr. A. Dyson, Arundel Coffee-house. THE CURE EFFECTED, OR THE MONEY CHARGED 14 VETCH NED. ESSRS. 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C...-- -• -----------", ' - ',..;: i . % - - ~,..."-),,,x,y_„,,,,, , „....22 .. k -.‘, , --f4tawitilor),, - T . : P. 7,..,, .... p .,,,,, 0"..-, ~,,N 4 1)11!,:, ~, . 4 7) 4,1 .. ..........,... , 14itit: , ........2 1 :,::: ... „ ... t . .... , 7),91. 1.1 if,,, ,,.. 11 ‘. \ "-? ; 4' -k L O7 T - , v. ' ‘k-'' - • , 0:..'" LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1840., ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DE CAYED FREEMASONS. A meeting of the Governors of this Institution was held last night, at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge -street. Mr. WILLIAM SHAW was moved to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting arose from the fact of their Treasurer, Dr. Crucifix, having re signed his situation. He believed that the circum stances connected with the resignation of that gentle man would come before the meeting, and it would be necessary for them to proceed to the appointment of his successor. Dr. Caucterx rose to explain the motives which had induced him to resign the office, which he had held for so many years. He had felt that circumstances ren dered it imperative on him to take such a step. The serious sentence to which he had been subjected—that of suspension for six months—was the cause of that resignation. That sentence was, if not unmerited, at least so severe, that he felt himself justified in finding fault with, and complaining of it. He had been charged with having allowed other parties to speak disrespectfully of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and that was the reason of his suspension. No one, however, was more ready, on every occasion, to pay all due respect to his Royal Highness than he was, and he protested against insinuations of his being able to say any thing in.violation of that feeling. He did not think that his case had met with fair consideration, but un der all the circumstances of the matter, he felt himself obliged to resign the situation with which he had been honoured. Mr. J. C. BELL was very sorry to find that Dr. Crucifix had thought it incumbent on himself to pur sue the course he had adopted. He did not, however, think that because untenable charges had been brought against him—charges which did not in any way lessen him in the estimation of his friends, he should have had recourse to so extreme a proceeding. The only charge against Dr. Crucifix was, that when acting as President on a public occasion he had not shown sufficient firm ness in repelling certain insinuations against his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. Such a charge was at best but a trivial one, and taking into consideration the zealous and efficient mannerin which Dr. Crucifix had, for years, discharged his duty 'as Treasurer to the Insti tution, be would move that that gentleman should be re-elected as Treasurer of the Institution. Mr. D. COLLINGTON seconded the motion. Mr. J. L. STE VENS explained the words which had been used towards his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. It having been said at a public meeting that his Royal Highness was the " King of the Craft," he (Mr. Stevens) had said that he wished his Royal Highness had shown less of " King-craft," and more of Masonic craft. He had used these expressions, because his Royal Highness had refused to receive a deputation, consisting of the Treasurer and two Trustees of the In stitution. It was merely for having allowed these words to pass uncensured—words which appeared to him perfectly harmless—that Dr. Crucifix had been suspended. The motion was then put, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. Z. WATKINS moved a vote of sympathy on the part of the meeting in the feelings of Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood and Mr. J. L. Stevens, under the cir cumstances they were placed in. Mr. Alderman THOMAS Woo. said that though he had been suspended from his privileges for three months, he did not, under the circumstances of the case, feel humbled by the sentence. He accepted with grati tude the kindness and sympathy of the meeting. Mr. J. L. STEVENS said a few words in explanation of the terms he had used, and protested against the course pursued towards him. Dr. CRUCIFIX accepted the situation to which lie hac been re-elected, and expressed his determination to pro. mote, to the best of his power, the objects of the meet. ing, thanking them for this proof of their confidence. Mr. N. SotomoNs moved a vote of thanks to Dr. Crucifix, for his:past conduct as Treasurer of the Insti tution. Mr. J. C. BELL seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously agreed to. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. /A' .EVENING ED 'LVOV. PRICE sd. THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE A lecture was deli ,, ered yesterday at the Freemason's Hall, in defence of the Voluntary Principle and against Church Establishments, by the Rev. Dr. Redford, of Worcester. There was a very full attendance, and among the Dissenting Ministers present were the Rev. I'. Binney, J. Burnet, J. Young, Dr. Cox, Dr. Styles, Dr. Vaughan, J. Leifchild, &c. The galleries were crowded with ladies. The Rev. CALEB MORRIS having offered up prayer, Dr. REDFORD said his subject was—" Compulsory Church Establishments Un-Christian and Anti-Scrip tural." He wished it to be understood, however, that he was not, nor were those with whom he acted, hos tile to the Protestant Episcopal community of these realms. Nothing was more common in these days of sweep rug calumny, than to charge every one who impugned the principles of religious establishments with being enemies to the Church. It was saying little for the latter, to say that it must necessarily follow the fate of the former —nor would its destruction be at all the necessary re sult of agreei ng to t h e V oluntary Principle. But against the headship of the civil magistrate in the Church, and its compulsory support, he did strenu ously protest.—(Cheers.) 'lle late eloquent advocate of the Church, Mr. M'Neile, had taken his stand, where it had long been wished to drive those whom he supported—on the Bible. The whole question was, whether compulsory Church support was Scriptural. It was not a question between a hierarchy and inde pendency, but simply between a voluntary and compul sory support of Christianity. Tire first point was, that compulsory support of the Church was inseparable from a Church Establishnzent.—( Heai., hear.) This was the point, veiled as much as possible by the elo quent advocates of the Church. It was desired to know where lay the Scriptural 'authority for a Church Establishment ; and Mr. M'Neile said that the word Church had four senses in Scripture.—(Laughter.) Mr. M'Neile was challenged to point out a Scriptural autho rity for legal assessments to support religion ; and he explained that the word absolve meant declare, in the visitation of the sick service.—(Laughter.) The Dis senters wished to know what authority the Bible gave for shutting them up in gaol, if they refused to pay for washing clergymen's surplices ? and Mr. M'Neile told them that their Church-government was " heterogeneous patchwork"—that Episcopal ordina tion was the only right ordination—and that written prayer was better than extemporaneous.-- (Laughter.) A man went to a Magistrate and com plained that he had been robbed. " Oh, but (said the Magistrate) you've a shabby coat, and an ugly face."— (Laughter.) It was no argument to say that the clergy themselves did not oppress the Dissenters— that they did not in person levy the compulsory support of their worship ; that it was by law, because the law was rendered necessary by the connection betwCen Church and State.—(Hcar, hear.) Lord John Russell had said not long ago that a Dissenter was not to be permitted to " choose what law he would obey —or which Court attend."—(Hear, bear.) That was it clear proof that the support of the Church was compulsory.—(Hear.) It would not do to say that the instances of hardship under that compulsion were few ; they were much more numerous than was ima gined.—(Hear, hear.) Many Dissenters suffered si lently rather than incur opprobrium, or injure their families.—(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Doctor, in pro ceeding to argue that the principle of compulsory Church support was anti-Scriptural, said his appeal should be wholly to the Bible—the Bible, and the Bible only, was the religion of Protestant Dissenters.—(Cheers.) And his first argument against that compulsory principle was derived from the nature of Christianity itself—from the character of its Author—from the whole tenor and spi rit of His dispensation. He defied the production of any one act or saying of the Author of Christianity which could induce the slighest idea that He would ever have sanctioned distraint and imprisonment for re fusal to support His religion.—(Cheers.) The spirit of the Gospel was one of love, forbearance, meekness, kindness—could it be imagined to sanction such pro ceedings ?—( Hear, hear.) If it were said that the cir cumstances of Christianity bad changed, he would re ply that no alteration in the circumstances of Christia nity could vary its principles.—(Hear, heat.) The Rev. Doctor went on more particularly to argue that the compulsory principle was opposed to the precepts of Christ and His Apostles. —he quoted passages in which our Saviour directed his disciples to " take no man's bread for aught," and referred to 1 Corinthians, 9th and 7 ; Galatians, Gth and 6 ; and 2 Corinthians, 11th and 7. These and similar Scriptures, he said, showed that the Christian ministry should be supported by the voluntary contributions of those who availed themselves of that ministry.—( Hear, hear.) Ho next contended that the Bible proved Vie voluntary principle to be the only one that could be ac ceptable to the Head of the Church. He quoted 2 Co rinthians,Bth and 11, and other passages, where it was stated that God loved " cheerful givers," from which he said the natural inference was that He loved no other. CHURCH EXTENSION'. To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, The humble Petition of " The Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious. Liberty," Sheweth,—That your Petitioners belong to the Corn, mittec of a Society long since founded, and including several hundred congregations of Protestant Dissenters it England and Wales, as well as members of the Este,- lished Church. That, while devoted to the maintenance of the rights of conscience, and of the civil equality of all classes of re!i gionists throughout the empire, they will not yield to any portion of their fellow-countrymen in sincere desires and cordial efforts for the promotion of knowledge and virtue, and the intellectual, moral, and Christian im provement of mankind. That they have, therefore, learnt, and witnessed AU delight, the great expenditure that within the last .t.).3 years, from motives most disinterested, has been st oltr. neously and cheerfully incurred by Dissenters and I'dethe dists in the erection and support of hundreds of new chapels and places for religious worship, where they havo bsen- re quired by an increasing population, as well as in the foam'. ing and upholding of Sunday, infant, and daily schools fez the education, on Scriptural and liberal principles, of the childrenof the poor. Nor have they observed el boat p'ea ure the voluntary beneficence in the metropolis, and is mars other situations, of members of the Established Church in rearing and endowing district churches and chapels of ease, where the existing parochial churches did not supply ade quate accommodation for the parishione rs and people. But that whilst your petitioners gre e t t h ese useful con tributions of true and enlightened charity with satisfaction and hope, they have learnt with alarm the existence of a design to procure from the Legislature, under the name of Church Extension, a grant of public money towards th.e erection of new churches connected with the establishment only, 1 throughout England and Wales, and which the', would deprecate as unnecessary, unreasonable, and unlyr —as an oppressive violation of the conscientious senti. ments of numerous loyal and pious dissenters from that establishment, and as tending disastrously and widely to excite social discord, political disquietude, and lasting and intense jealousies and discontent. And your petitioners, therefore, intreat that your Ho. nourable House will not sanction any grant of public money for the building of new churches in England and Wales, but will leave them to be built, where thought to be needful, out of the ample revenues of the Established Church, or by the free will contributions of the multitudi nous distinguished and affluent members of that Church. Andyour petitioners will ever pray. POLITICAL SUMMARY OF TAUS MORNING JOURNALS. In the third place he argued that voluntary contribu tions being enjoined by Divine authority, and no other, it followed that the compulsory system was virtually ex cluded by the New Testament. He appealed to 2 Co rinthians, 9th and 7. The Apostle Paul stated that no man should give " of his necessity ;" was not that deci sive on the point ?—(Hear, hear) —and was it not clear that that if God loved cheerful givers, he must hate rigorous exactors ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) Per haps some advocates of the Church might attempt to raise other texts—for instance, Romans xiii., where it was said the Apostle enjoined submission to the civil power ; but that did not prove that the Magistrate had the right coercively to support Christianity.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, the Apostle could never have meant to inculcate submission to the civil ruler in matters of religion, for he himself was a decided Non-conformist to the laws maintaining Heathenism.--(Hear, hear.) If it should be said that there were no directions in the Bible for the state of things which would arise when Princes embraced Christianity, that very silence, combined with the clear inculcations of the Voluntary Principle in the New Testament, was de cisive. —(Hear, hear.) But they, driven from the New Testament, endeavoured to weave an argu ment from the Old, patching it up with the shreds of Aaron's garments—(Laughter)—though they would ill combine and cohere together.—(Laughter.) Now, as to the National Church talked of among the Jews, there were these two general observations to be made—first, that none of the statutes on which it was foundcd had been left to human wisdom, but de livered directly from God—(Hear, hear)—and, next, that the whole dispensation was founded on miracles, and the establishment of religion was set up by God himself. When the supporters of the Church could show it rested on such a basis, they would indeed complete their case.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, let it be remembered that if God established Judaism in connec- • The Morning Herald of this day, after entering into an analysis of Lord Stanley's Irish Registration observes as follows :—" Such is the outline of Lord Stanley's measure—a measure corresponding in its ge neral character with several of the Bills introduced into Parliament by the present Ministers. It is almost im possible to describe the howl of fear and rage which Lord Stanley's propositions called forth last night from all the members of the Tail' who joined in the discus sion. Some of these reputable persons held that the Bill must be bad, because Lord Stanley is its author ; others, because its effect must' be to narrow the elec tive franchise in Ireland."—The Times remarks, with reference to the extraordinary spread of Tee-tatalism throughout Ireland :—" Let Mr. Daniel O'Connell and his accomplices vaunt as they may of the prodigious improvement in temperance, prudence, and gendsal morality, made by their Irish vassals within the last twelvemonth, and evidenced by their substitution of u,n_ varying sobriety for habitual drunkenness—the answer is, that the change may have arisen from motives the reverse of moral. The answer is, that above 10 years ago, and just on the eve of a bloody rebellion, and as a contrived and systematic feature of that rebellion, the same phenomenon of sobriety prevailed throughout the land."—The Morning Chronicle thus defines Lord Stan ley's-Irish Registration Bill :—" The Bill ought to be entitled A Bill for the vexation of voters and the eurtailtnent and ultimate extinction of the liberal interest in Ireland." It breathes the tyran nical and contumelious spirit of its author in every clause. It insolently assumes the existence of a deliberate intention oa the part of the people of Ireland to make use of every description of fraud and knavery for the attainment of the franchise ; and to counteract this assumed intention it proceeds to clog and burden the system of registration with such an in finity of checks, restrictions, difficulties, and expenses of all kinds, manners, and varieties, as would enormously increase the power and opportunities already possessed and enjoyed in too great plenty by the Orange oligarchy to worry the people out of their rights, and scare them from claiming and asserting them."--The Morni ng P as t in an articl on the subject of the Established Church, says :—" Our Church is not—does not prebend to be—' a dominant Church,' in respect of civil and secular matters. It is, and ever has been, the bulwark of civil liberty, for civil liberty has no such friend a, pure Christianity. But will any man have the effrontery to say, in express terms, that the Church of Rome has been the friend of civil liberty ? No ; that cannot be said in express terms. The falsehood were too glaring. Nevertheless, the Whig-Radicals, though they dare not say this, act as if they believed it, or else as if they too were enemies of civil liberty. To calumniate the Church of England, and to caress the Church of Rome, they seem to have equally at heart." MONEY MARKET and CAT Y NEWS. (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—Th e English funds have been flat throughout the day, and closed I f per cent. lower than yesterday, both for Money and the Account. There was a considerable demand in the house today for money, for which as much as 51 to 6 per cent was given, occasioned chiefly by the pressure of money stock in the market. The demand for money was confined to the Stock Exchange, and out of doors the rates remain the same. The circulation of the country is supposed, however, to have diminished lately, as the Bank of England have not been doing much business in dis counts, while large sums have been paid into them for bills which hare come to maturity ; but it is said that the India House intend raising the rate of exchange, in anticipation of which large payments have been made in that channel. TIMES.—A considerable scarcity of money has been felt to-day on the Stock-exchange ; several sales of Consols have taken place, and the prices of English securities, both funded and unfunded, have been affected. There seems now to be no doubt of the fact that Spanish stock has of late been buoyed up by the ex pectation that M. Thiers would take some step in fa vour of the bondholders. 'rho impression that the Tillers' Ministry will not be able to maintain its posi tion has greatly damped the ardour of those who have speculated for a rise. The opening price of the Active stock was 27/ to which is about f lower than the closing price of yesterday. They did not, however, maintain even this depressed price, but in the course of the day fell suddenly to 27. This lasted but a short time, and a subsequent rise brought them to 271- to t, at which price they closed. The other stock remain the same. SUN.—The Consol Market has been heavy throughout the day, and money in request. At the close of business this afternoon there were no symptoms of improvement in either respect. Stock for present transfer left off at 90k I, and for the April account at 90f ; Exchequer Bills were marked 16s. to 18s. prem. ; and the Now Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 99. _ _ _ tion with the Slate, he established also Christianity with no such connection.—(Hear, hear.) And through out the Old Testament there was no evidence of com pulsory levying of tithes or offerings.—( Hear.) The Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN offered up prayers at the close ; and The Rev. Dr. LEIFCHI LD said that Mr. Burnet would next week defend the Voluntary Principle, at the Hanover-square Rooms, in reply to Mr. M'Neile. I fThe ticklish position of the Thiers' Ministry, the pressing wants of the Madrid Treasury, and the tardy movements of the Duke de Vittoria, have at length au casioned a serious re-action in the value of Spanish Active Bonds, the fall in which amounted to-day to li per cent., or from 28i to 27. The Passive Stock re ceded from 74 to 7 ; Colombian declined from 249 to 24i ; and Mexican from 288 to 284- ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. closed heavily at 338 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were less buoyant at 5;4. The Railway Sh ares were at a b out previous rate.;the new G rea t W estern b e i ng quoted 1 ; the Bir mingham 66 ; and the new North Midland, 7i prem. ; the Brighton dropped to 11 discount. STATE Ow TRADE.—There was a decidedly better demand for yarn yesterday than on any market-day for several weeks past, and sales were readily effected by all who chose to accept of previous rates. Many of the spinners, how ever, stood out for an advance, and we believe, in some cases, an advance of a farthing per pound was obtained on 40s. mule yarn. For goods, too, there was a little more inquiry, but it did not produce any improvement in prices. The general feeling in the market, however, was much more cheerful than for some weeks past.—Manchester Guardian. INDIA COAL.—Dr. Hutchison, of the Madras artillery, has drawn up a report on the coal-fields recently dis covered in the vicinity of Mergui, by which it appears that this coal is easy of access, lying at no great depth beneath the surface, so that shafts may be sunk without difficulty. For its conveyance there seems to be every facility; the river being adjacent, and a land carriage of one mile only being required. It is nit stated whether the quality of the coal has been tested by experiment, but we presume it to be the same of which Dr. Heifer spoke so highly in his communications. Steamers will begin to ply between the different ports in the bay of Benga l ; and the immediate coal depots between the Presidencies Suez, will be more plentifully supplied, and at a cheaperraat n e d . The effect these circumstances will produce on the destinies of India can scarcely be estimated. —East India Magazine. FEMALE INTREPIDITY AND CAUTION TO SERVANTS.—On Thursday, the 18th instant, a young fellow, travelling the country, under the p retence of mendi ng umbrel las, entered the kitchen o f the manse of Anstruther Wester, which had only been vacated by the s ervant going int o th e gar den, opened a press, an d dama ed de ranged sev era l ar ti c l es , which astonished th e servant on ; T e d r ent , ance. Finding mat ters not as she had left them before, she proceeded into the dining-room, and found the yo ung man had opened h e r mas ter's portable d es k , an d was coo lly surveying the premises. She seized and examined him, and, on getting to the door, called out for assistance ; at this time the blackguard got off, and the servant after him, and as men were working at no grea t distance, and joined i n t h e pursu i t, the fellow, who had crossed the fields, attempted to hide himself by creeping into a hole at the Billow ness, where all of him was concealed except the feet and legs. lie was thus detected, soon extricated, and carried before Mr. Conolly, the Procurator-Fiscal for the district, who had him detained all night in jail, and next morning escorted to Cupar, under charge of a constable. We trust this and similar occur rences will operate as a caution to servants against leaving house property exposed without being locked when they aro not in the house.—Edinburgh Advertiser. Alderman Copeland and Mr. Frederick Salmon, the surgeon to the great i ns titution in Charterhouse - square for The Parisian voca l stars, G r i s i , R u bi n i , a n d the cure of fistulous diseases, wa i te d u p o n the Lord Mayor Labl ac h e, are expected to arrive in town at the close of 11* yesterday, to request that his Lordship would take the chair at ensuing week, preparatory to their appearance at her Ma the ensuing anniversary dinner. The Lord Mayor accepted jesty's Theatre. Their engagement at the Italian Opera, in the invitation w ith muc h gra tifi ca tion, and appointed Monday, Paris will terminate on Tuesday, the 31st inst., when the the 25th of May, for the celebration of the anniversary, house will close for the season. GREAT ANTI-CORN -LAW MEET. ING AT BATH. On Tuesday a meeting, pursuant to advertisement, was held at the Guildhall, in this city, for the purpose of hearing the Rev. T. Spencer deliver his sentiments on the Corn-laws. The room was immensely crowded by parties of all political opinions. Amongst the auditors was a strong muster of Tories, principally members of the Conservative Association, who, from what occurred, must have gone for the express purpose of producing a disturbance of the proceedings. There were also many of the Chartists present, but their con duct for propriety and order manifested a contrast lii to the uproarious doings of the Tories. Walter son, Esq., one of the City Magistrates, was called to tak e the chair, who, after briefly stating the object of th e treeting, introduced the Rev. Gentleman t o t h e audience, who came forward amid great cheering, an d commenced his address by justifying bis conduct as clergyman, in taking a part in the question, on Scriptural grounds. He was repeatedly interrupted, however, by the Corn-law men, and at the conclusion a scene of great confusion occurred. George Bartlett, one of the Chartists, attempted to obtain a hearing, upon which the Chairman declared the meeting to be dis solved. Another Chairman was appointed, and the following resolution was carried by a large show of hands, chiefly from th e wor ki ng c l asses : " That though the operation of the Cora-laws was injurious to all classes, as they could not obtain a repeal of them without first carrying the People's Charter, it was impolitic to agitate for any partial mea sure of justice until that Charter was conceded." Rev. E. T. Daniell. Henry R. Abraham, Esq. John Armstrong, Esq. Jacob Bell, Esq. W. M. Browne, Esq. Thomas Sydney Cooper, Esq. William Dyce, Esq. Mark Feetham, Esq. Angus Fletcher, Esq. S. Carter Hall, Esq. Philip Hardwick, Esq., A. R. A. John Kirkpatrick, Esq. E. Landells, Esq. The Dinner on Table at Six o'Clock precisely. Tickets, 1/. Is. each, had of the Stewards ; o f Charles Fow ler, Esq., Honorary Secretary, 1, Gordon-square; and of the Assistant Secretary, 14, Osnaburgh-street, Regent's Park. WILLIAM JOHN ROPER, Assistant Secretary. THE FREQUENT ROBBERIviS OF PLATE. CAUTION. It having been represented to RIPPON and BURTON that everal persons are vending a spurious metal as their NICKEL SILVER BRITISH PLATE, they assure the Public that the Genuine Article can only be had at their Warehouses, 12, Tells-street, Oxford-street. The Nickel Silver British Plate nanufactired by Rippon and Burton, is, by a chemical process, tendered superior to any other so called, in appearance and durability; it is equal to silver; all the articles being solid and of wrought material, they improve with use, and are war ranted to stand the test of that strong acid aquafortis. The ollowing prices are named as a criterion 8. d. Table Spoons and Forks, full size, with fiddle handles, per dozen Dessert do lO 0 Tea Spoons, per dozen . ..... Gravey Spoons, each 4 0 Fish Knives, each Butter Knives 2 0 Salt and Mustard Spoons Soup Ladles ................... 6 6 Sauce Ladles 6 Sugar 'rungs, each Table Candlesticks, per pair 14 0 Chamber ditto, complete each 9 6 Cruet Frames, Shell Mount- King's Pattern Table Spoons and Forks, full size, per dozen 30 Do. Dessert, do. do., per dozen 25 0 Do. Tea, do. do. do l2 0 Do. Gravy, do. do., each Do. Fish Knives, o. Do. Salt and Mustard Spoons, do 1 :3 Do. Soup Ladles, do l3 0 Do. Sauce Ladles, do 3 6 Do. Sugar Tongs, do 3 0 Decanter Stands, chased edges, per pair Snu Wars, d 0.... .......... ,ngs ~,d0.... .................... 4 6 29 , do ...... . . Bread Baskets, Tea and Coffee Snuffer Sets match, &c. ..... 5 6 Purchasers are recommended to apply, post paid, for a Cata (ogue, which can be forwarded fora single postage. WARRANTED TABLE CUTLERY. Table Knives, with Ivory Handles, per doz. 14s.—Dessert Knives, 12s.—Carvers, per pair, 4s. 6d.—The Long Set of 50 Pieces, 10s.—The same to Balance Table Knives, 16s.—Des serts, 14s.—Carvers, ss. 6d.—Large size Ivory-handled Table Knives, 18s.—Desserts, 16s. per doz.—Carvers, 6s.—The same to Balance Table, 21s.—Desserts, 15s.—Carvers, 7s. 6d.— White Bone Handled Table Knives and Forks, 9s. per doz.— Black Horn-handled Table Knives and Forks, 11s. per doz.— Desserts, Bs.—Carvers, 2s. 6d.—The Knives and Forks both warranted. FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, CORNICE POLES, DISH; COVERS, BATHS, &c. Fashionable Black Iron Fenders from 9s.—Bronzed ditto from 125.--Brass ditto from 10s.—Polished Steel Fire Irons from ss.—Block Tin Dish Covers the Set, 11s.—Improved shape ditto, 16s.—Patent ditto, the very best quality and newest shape that is made, 35s.—Japanned Bottle Jacks, warranted to carry 251b5., 7s. 6d.—Brass ditto, 9s. 6d.--Brass Stair Rods, 3s. Od. per doz.—Brass Cornice or Window Curtain Poles, Is. 3d. per foot.—Copper Tea Kettle to hold 1 Gallon, 75.-- Copper Coal Scoops, from 10s. 6d.--Tea Urns, from 275.-- Shower Baths, with Copper conducting Tubes and Pump, and with Curtains complete, 110 st Purchaser ;are recommended to visit the Warehouses, Wells street, Oxford-street; or to apply for a Catalogue of prices, which can be forwarded for a single postage. Country Orders w contain a remittance. All Postages to be paid. Established 1820. HOOPING-COUGH cured without Inward Medicine, By the Use of ROCHE'S HERBAL EMBROCATION. Many thousands of children are cured annuelly by this remedy; on the first attack, an immediate application of the EMBROCA TION will prevent the complaint taking any hold of the constitu tion, and a tew times may completely cure. In most cases, one bot. tle will produce the desired effect ; and no remedy can be so well cal culated for children as this, for it requires no medicine to betaken in wardly. . In no case can this medicine be genuine unless signed on the wrapper, J. ROCHE." Price 45. and 11.25. per Bottle. Said by Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; White, 24, Cornhill ; and by most Dealers in lifedledlcines. MR. COCKLE'S A FATRONIZ NTIBILIOUS PILLS. JED BY THE Bishop of Norwich Bishop of Salisbury Bishop of l'eterborough Bishop of Ely Bishop of Gloucester Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Hereford Bishop of St. Asauh Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Calcutta Right Hon. J. A. Murray, .t.,ord Advocate of Scotland Right How. P. Thomson,M, P. Hon. Sir Edward ('ust, K.C.H Hon. Fox Maule ,M.P. Hon. Colonel Anson ,M.P. Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H. Sir 1. rancis Burdett, Bart., M.P. Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., M.P. Sir Robert Grant, Bart. Sir Henry Blake, Bart. Sir Samue lFludyer, Bart. Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Sir Robert Buxton, Bart. Sir John Forbes, Bart. Sir Philip B. V. Broke, K.C.B. Sir John tie Beauvoir, Bart. Sir John Tyrell, Bart., M.P. Sir Henry Smyth, Bart., M.P. Sir Mathew Wood, Bart., M.P. Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. Sir John Macdonald, K.C.8., Adjutant-General Sir Thomas B Mash, K.B. James B. Wildman, Esq., Chß ham Castle Col. Delon, Stoke Park, Surrey Colonel Tynte, M. P. Colonel Sibthorp, M.P. Captain Pechell, M.P. S. Grove Price, Esq. Matthias Attwood, Esq., MP Alderman Thompson, M.P. Charles Walker, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Wilde, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Ludlow S. Grove Price, Esq., M.P. Rev. Archdeacon of Colchester Rev. Dr. French, Cambridge Reverend Dr. Benson Reverend Dr. Burney Reverend Dr Birch Reverend Dr. Miller Robert Renwick, Esq., M.D. C. Waddy, Esq.,:ate M.P., Dols Duke of Giafton Duke of Manchester Duke of Argyll Duke of Beaufort Duke of Rutland Duke of Buccleuch Duke o f Sutherland Duke of Devonshire Marquis of Lansdowne Marquis of lavisteck Marquir of A ilesbury Marquis of Blandford Marquis of Winchester Marquis of Abercorn Marquis of Normanby Earl of Eldon Earl of Harrowby Earl of Minto Earl of Carnarvou Earl of Errol Earl of Mountcashe. Earl of Darlington Earl of Kir.noul Earl of Guildford Earl of Scarborough Earl of Oxford Earl of Thanet Ear lof Athlone Earl of Roscommon Earl Cowper Earl Amherst Earl of Leicester Viscount Melbourne Viscount Palmerston Viscount How i ck Viscount Fordwich Viscount Tomngton Viscount Canning Viscount Alford Viscount Acheson Lord Arundel Lord Ernest Bruce Lord Bedesdale Lord Hill Lord Plunket Lord Murray Lord Bentinck Lord Fitzroy Lord Middleton Lord Barham Lord Frederick Gordon Lord Willoughby de Ereaby Lord Kmnaird Lord Seymour s.ord Hartland Lord Western Lord Archbishop ot Armagh Bishop of Durham Bishop of Chester the highest R es p ectability. nd Weakness of Sto ch—m Gout, Bishopin lo Andaosfes Batho Numerousf and ln di g Wel l setsat Families n a m Flatulency and Spasms—in Bilious or Si c k Headache —in Disordered I iver—in Nervous Irritabil ity and as a Family Ap erient, rcu the supe- V L n rior efficacy of these Pills is too well known to They are prepared by Mr. JAMES COCKLE, Sur ge on l re q ui re com ment. nary to Her Serene Highness the LANDGIt AVINE of and may Le had of all respechro. nlcdicine HOMBURG, s in Town and Country, in Boxes, at Is. I y4d., 2s. Pd., 4s. 6d., 1 8 ., and 225. r• These Pills may also be had SILVERED, which renders them tasteless, without at all interfering with thcirMcdiclnal effects. Tb d for those Persons wh o h ave an aversion ry are admirably Maled it Medicine. 9„Nnw ORMOND-STREET, BEDFORD. ROW, LONDON. GRAY'S INN WINE ESTABLISHMENT. FOREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS. The attention of Consumers is called to one of the Largest Stocks in this Country, and which cannot be excelled for quality, age, and flavour, at the under-mentioned Cash Prices : BR AND Y.—Genuine Cognac...24s., 265. 6d., 28s. per Gall. RUM.— , Best Jamaica . l2s., 14s. per Gallon. ENGLISH GlN.—Excellent quality and strength, Bs., 9s. 4d., 10s. Bd. per Gallon ; the strong and high-flavoured (in bot tles), 245. per Dozen. 23, High Holborn. HENEKEY and COMPANY. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price 3s. T HE PHILOSOPHY of JOINT-STOCK BANKING. By G. M. BELL. London : Longman and Co , Paternoster-row. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. MR. TOOKE ON THE PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN OUR BANKING SYSTEM. This day is published, price 125., AN ACCOUNT of PRICES, and of the STATE of the CIRCULATION in 1388 and 1839 ; with Remarks on the Corn-laws, and on some of the Alterations proposed in our Banking System. By THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., F.R.S. London : Longman,. Orme, and Co. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Menet' 21.—Two scholarships are now vacant at Oriel College ; candidates for which must not be more than twenty years of age, and of members of the Univer sity mutt not have been matriculated more than eight terms; the election will be on Saturday, June 13 ; on the stme day there will be an election of an exhibitioner, on the foundation of Mrs. Elizabeth Ludwell ; there will be first a preference to the kindred of the founder; next to natives of Charing, in Kent ; and then for natives of Kent, not having taken any degree in the University. Certi ficates and testimonials must be presented to the Provost of Oriel College, on or before June 9. The nomination of W. E. Jelf, student of Christ Church to be a public examiner in classics, has been unanimously approved of in convocation. Mr. Wm. Hedlev, has been elected a scholar on the Michel Foundation, at Queen's College, Yesterday, there was an election at Jesus College, when the Rev. Lewis Gilbertson, was chosen a Fellow of that Society. Mr. Bolland was yesterday elected a scholar on the Bennet Foundation, at University College, and Mr. Brad ley, from Rugby School, and Mr. Sl2sson, from Tiverton School, were elected to the two open scholarships, at the same College, J. Webster, Esq., has presented the Rev. Joseph Web ster, of Trinity College, to the Rectory of Ilinlip, Wor cestershire, to which he has been instituted. The Rev. J. E. Riddle, of St. Edmund Hall, has re ceived the appointment of Curate of the new church at Leekhampton, Gloucestershire. WALSALL ANTJ7I STAF FORDSHIRE BANK. Considerable excitement has for some weeks existed in consequence of the discovery of some irregularities in the accounts of Mr. T. F. Wood, the late manager of the Walsall and South Staffordshire Banking Com pany, who had been taken into custody and admitted to bail. The accused, it is understood, bad been twice privately examined, and a third examination of wit nesses for the prosecution took place at the bank on Friday last, before the Mayor of Walsall, and other Magistrates, when Mr. Meteyard, a barrister on the Oxford circuit, conducted the case for the Direc tors, and Mr. Colmore, solicitor, of Birmingham, assisted by Mr. G. B. Stubbs, of Walsall, attended on behalf of Mr. Wood. The charge was that of having embezzled two parcels of notes, amounting to between seven and eight thousand pounds, of which sum, however, including securities, about five thousand pounds had been returned to the Directors through the medium of Mr. Heeley, attorney of Wal sall, who is Mr. Wood's father-in-law, and recently one of the Directors of the Bank. The balance due from Mr. Wood, on this account, appeared to be 2,9151. ; and Mr. Josiah Potter, head clerk in the bank, Mr. Osborne, a partner in the house of Messrs. Rogers, o!ding, and Co. London bankers t o th e concern . and Mr. Ellis, the managing cleik of Mr. Vardy's es tablishment in London, were examined and cross-ex amiied at great length. Objections were taken by Mr. Colmore to the production of a book by Mr. Os. borne, on account of the absence of the clerk who made the entries therein, and admitted by the Bench ; and the connection of the evidence being also imper fect, from the unavoidable absence of Mr. Vardy, who ' is at present in Antwerp, it was decided that the pri soner should be remanded ten days, by which time it was expected that Mr. Vardy would be able to attend. Mr. Colmore said that Mr. Wood would much prefer ' being committed to the Sessions at once to such a lengthened suspension, and Mr. Meteyard acceding to the proposal, it was finally agreed that the latter course should be adopted ; Mr. Meteyard intimating, how ever, that he should move the Court, on its assembling, to postpone the trial on account of the unavoidable ab sence of a material witness. Mr. Wood was then ad mitted to bail in the some amount as before—n ame l y , himself in 1,0001., and two suretie s in 5001. each. A most rigid scrutiny is now being made into the affairs of the bank by the Directors, and we are happy to learn that nothing has yet been discovered to lead them to expect any very serious ultimate loss to the share holders.— IVolverhampton Ckronick. DEATH OF JAMES IV.LAURYI ESQ.--A vene rable and good man has sunk to rest. The aged James Maury, after a pure, simple, and blameless lif e, extende d to the 95th year, sleeps with his fathers. Mr. Maury was a Virginian, and, as is well known to most of our readers, was appointed by General Washington, the first American Consul at Liverpool. He held that office for nearly half a century, doing its duties faithfully, and without possible offence to any human being. General Jackson, and soon afterwards re - He was superseded by turned to his native country, to which he was warmly welcomed by thousands whom he had the opportunity of serving abroad, and by the commercial community at large, whose interests he had vigilantly guarded. A public dinner was given to him here, which was most numerously attended ; and in Virginia he was received as a patriarch, returning after long absence, among his people. Subsequently, he took up his residence in the city, with his sons and an only daughter; and his life wore peaceably away, exempt from suffering, until its tranquil c l ose. Mr. Maury w as a man o f education and intelligence, a gentle man of the old school, and, withal, a sincere and steady Chris tian— New York American of Feb. 24. PLANET MERCURY.--.lf the weather be fa vourable, this beautiful planet may be seen in the western part of the horizon, from the 19th till about the 30th of the present month. He will be visible a little after sunset, and may be seer till nearly eight o'clock, if the horizon be clear; will set a few minutes before Arictes (the brightest star in the constellation Aries), and may easily be distinguished from it by his brilliant white appearance. He is stationary on the 28th instant; his tight ascension in time on the 24th is 1 h. 15 min. 37 sec. and declination 11 deg. 9 min. 10 sec. N.—Corresponde n t of the Liverpool Mercury. A Nismes paper mentions that a few days ago Mr. Ca r t er gave a per f ormance w i t h his animal s i n t h e ancient amphitheatre of that city. The spectators, as in the times of the Romans, occupied the seats up to the top of the building, and the effect was exceedingly good. SUNDAY RECREATION. By the Metropolitan Police Act of last session, all places within the distance of sixteen miles from Charing-cross were included within the limits of the London police district, and latterly the policemen have given notice to the tavern-keepers within that boundary. to close their houses during the hours of evening service on Sunday. This naturally led not only to great as tonishment and loss to the tavern-keepers, who have been allowed by the Magistrates, so long as the houses were conducted properly and orderly, to serve refresh ment on Sunday afternoons, but also to that immense class of the community who, after the toil, and labour, and close confinement of The week, are in the habit of allowing themselves and their families the enjoyment of a short trip into the country on the Sunday ; and any person passing through the environs of the metro polis, must have witnessed the happiness that such re creations afforded the active mechanic and the clerk, after the laborious and plodding- occupation of the six preceding days. In consequence of the intended pro- hibition, a deputation waited upon Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P. for Marylebone, requesting him to communicate with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the subject, and on Monday last the Noble Mar quis granted them an interview. Sir Benjamin Hall stated to his Lordship the object of the deputation. and that they had no desire to open their houses during the hours of morning service, hut that it was usual for many thousands of the inhabitants of London to leave town after the morning service, and to come with their wives and families to the various ta verns and tea-gardens in the neighbourhood, about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and return to London about six or seven in the evening—that, so far from any excesses being committed, it frequently occurred that many persons brought their own provisions with them, and everything was conducted in the most orderly man ner—whilst in some houses tea was the p r i nc ip a l bever age that was consumed. Lord Normanby made several inquiries upon the subject, and promised to give it his best attention, and intimated that, whilst the Lord's-day should be duly and correctly observed, he had no desire to interfere more than was necessary with the enjoyments of chose classes of the community who had only one day in the week for any cessation from labour. We copy this from the Morning Advertiser,and sub join the following judicious remarks of the Editor on a sub ject which interests so many of the inhabitants of London : —Our readers will find elsewhere a statement of an interview of the Marquis of Normanby with Sir Benjamin Hall, the Member for Marylebone, and a Deputation, upon the subject of closing public-houses and taverns on Sundays at certain hours, to the exclu sion of those who have that day only on which to breathe the fresh air, and enjoy the society of their wives and children. Against this clause in the Metro politan Police Act we entered our protest upon its first proposal ; and we now renew that protest with greater courage, and greater confidence in the justice of our views, inasmuch as it would appear, in the first place, that they have been adopted by a most 'respectable body of men, and in the second, that Lord Normanby has taken the whole matter into his consideration. What his Lordship's decision may be can be no matter of doubt. He is the friend of the people in every sense of the word, and he will do everything for them that law and justice demand. Some of the proceedings at the Assizas in this and the adjacent County are calculated to excite strange re flections in the minds of those who feel interested in the prac tical operation of our laws. At Huntingdon, a young man is charged with abduction (a crime, in our opinion and in the judgment of the law, of a very serious character.) He is, how ever, acquitted of this charge, but found guilty of a common assault ; and for this common assault he is sentenced by Mr. Baron Parke (a most estimable and humane, as well as a most letaned Judge) to imprisonment for fifteen months. In Cam bridgeshire, another young man is convict e d o f s h oot i ng hi s friend a n d compan i on, undr circumstances which, to say the least, manifest a strange and most lamentable want of prudence and circumspection, and he is fined one hundred pounds. Another party, convicted at our Assizes of the crime of manslaughter, is sentenced to fourteen days' imprison ment. Now, making every allowance for the mitigating circumstances in the latter case, we cannot but think it " passing strange" that in one county, and by one Judge, so long an imprisonment as fifteen months should be considered necessary in a case of common assault, whilst in another county, and by another Judge, fourteen days should be considered a sufficient punishment for one who has taken away the life of a fellow -creature. The decisions of Juries appear not a whit more satisfactory than those of Judges. A Cambridgeshire Jury awards to an old woman, in full compensation for the agonies arising from want of skill, or rather perhaps the negli gence of her medical attendant, on the occasion of her thigh being fractured, 51. ; whilst thrice that sum is given to a farmer, whose favourite dog is shot under very suspicious cir cumstances. Cambridge Advertiser. SPORTING.—The Cantray, or Inverness har riers, have lately had two excellent runs after fallow deer, two of which were sent to Mr. Davidson, of Cantray, from Gordon Ca•tle, by the Duke of Richmond. On Tue:day last week, the party assembled at Fort George, and the (leer was enlarged (as the sporting phrase is) about half a mile from the Fort. It was allowed a start of twenty minutes; and after the hounds and sportmen came in view of the animal there was a splendid gal. lup for about half an hour. The (leer was saved from the hounds by the fleetest of the horsemen (Captain Rose, Kilravock) and conveyed back to Cantray in a covered waggon. On Saturday the second deer was let off at Longman, near Inverness. There were thirty-three horsemen, and a vast number of spectators present. After a fine run of about forty minutes, from the Longman to the east of Culloden House, the deer was captured, but was so much injured by the dogs before the horseman could reach the spce , that it was put to death. At this time Lord Lovat was the first to reach the deer, —Edinburgh Adver tiser. On ‘rednesday, April Ist, will be published, price Is. TILE LIFE AND TIMES OF DICK WHITTINGTON. By CIT. To be completed in Thirteen Monthly Parts, illustrated by the most eminent Artists of the day. London : Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar square ; and Si m pki n , Marshall, and Co., Stationers Hall court ; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; John Cumming, Dublin ; D. Campbell, Glasgow. e