The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-06 00:00:00

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LON DON, MONDAY, APR I L 6, 1840. - --.______ --- - i - Y R co URT cittictJtAtt, THE REVENUE I'Olt, TI-It EA AND QUARTER ENDING APRIL 5, 1840. ) LITERATuRE. } his white, smooth oon . . ~,t i l ita A v , , v.,„, ,, ,A ! - u ,.. , ,,,,, 1- i i i - ; fl 1 i 1 strippedf .Anit t n -. 1. 54 i''.4•1i.v.,4e,' ,, ,;4.- 1 -- ~f hi,„. cn i., Q ,„,,, en t ~.....------- . . ------....---... ~,","- . fs- t' , --;„_„: -"- `''`'" ", ~- -, - --1. i .t,!' . m,, i la •• ' Pr' c Albert QUARTER/ 1 7 RA ST IE TV -No • 130 . 1 r ..tack et tleimt.,a 4 . t 'cif nis nenvery, anu nnai Mart-late . f -, -; •-•-•.-..1-t.y Ann in e, tho . , uee.n.. ?ts , - ~ , ge p i,-,,.. 1,. _:•_ A T , • Atac o the e in i ; ce 9 1 0 b-' r 1 N .- '•- \''i kti , • - i , 1 ;4 I ti , c i i ,. r f i i - , 6 Re ic • n 'i t of b - reat Britt:lll,in thc Years iiii,. 4 qt *l tia . rierie . lide'd ' tli d April; 1 1 839, • r,‘ al - 14A el April, 1810; shewing the Increase - Or Decrease on each head therew. 3144 fr , v.r . 1 , Xonoron, 1840. l with S. it Fltin Stiowd To p, a lackadaiSleai . F.ert . 6f a k O'•'•.nt;' , tc•kided Dqvine Service 19 . .-; •-•-- - ..„----.--... _..-__,.-,..-..-- In ace d .--.......-:,..-- . , . i , )ria Year ended Aprils. Quarter ended April 5. or due. , „,•q t t ., i kliiv whom Jack had known add loved", d'aring the pc- terday morny4, i n .tho C , hapel. Ruval, St. JaineVli. no , el'aie "."-- Decrease. '---------'---.-'-' lncrease. Decrease. 11144 given t .. do taste of the - h i:. .1, '. , 1 iinci the Princess Augusta, at Q UARTERS Marl, i ed." ' ".-, arc i rind of his huinble career iii '•;.... "eommon sailor. c----- " -- " --------- July 5, i 1 5 I Aprils, 1 ch t 4 ‘ le . . i r gestion t h, . ' pc rusa, of works treattlig lon inn:- i • net , ~ • . . k 4• 4 - '''''xt from Hebrews, chap. x. verse 24. The Th esQ •,Sr!,4 mOll wa4 , ,, prilehe.. by the Bishop of Durham, who h ''',, ? f ift impro babl el th 1 1 tG ( ' ---' '` • , i [tents, wine- 'a- . 1 e enoug iinc r 1 , s cad b .. 1 ts:io i :,":„ . , 1 ,,. il l ;‘,......„. ~,,,,,,.' ~..,....,,,......_...„- o.lArcrEtts________Eivngt. 183 J I 18.39 UIL9 r iisi.....__ .- . :-. 1 ,-__-....--- y the Rev. Itist 1) IC .th 1638 I ' _____ .----- - SoK, , ,_ , pres.•ent Quarterly Rericze takes, as t0e,,,,, ~ iiessont. tivtre r Cy a infl , . ,c _ 1833 - c. 1.1 ..3. • , ..... t, .... --.,-4...... .... - I ,_ .1 C L 0 ! V s first "sited vol., ;entitle, Dr. , 1 ' c' recently . puh- 1 „ sett ..., way, are re 'eiumsily contrived, and so inartifis44,-,, • out , Prayers by the Rev. Dr, Vivian ; and ,the Corninuiiien -• • , -,, -, . , .;„,' `, i. . - 1 ----- 7 --- ' ----- 9<7 , 2•3 - I 3,'?2. - ,,871 4,484,752 3,90,711, ..-,;-, . ''' I Oct. 10, I Ja i i 33 .,l - 5, , April 5, April a, 1' July a, ClSte4o. i Jan, 5, A (1., 11,50 37a . . ,L , .' • ler, that the reader-notwitP.tali . iiing Byron • -;- • - : (-•,i-ttans.-cohs , NiKtea f.o.ities:., ii ..;.; ~, 2051 .4-;k2 I 3,9,,, . - - ...,1- • lame on " Diet an d Dy s p e p s y" ; o f w hich tt A . „ . , ~, ~ ,' , 1 '' Scrvice b Y the, Bis,h,?p , 9f Lrdon', 11,-2 lie'v. ft Dak!ng t - , - „,i, Duty app to Con s U i ,da r,--,, , 1 I 045 4^2 ,!9Attil, ---.- 1 ~ , - - . - - 1 .411 '.n inost tau rum that truth is stranger .aao fiction-lee 8 strongly an d the Rev. dr. !iiviati. "1 he Chalon was ae Earl of . 1 31V118 I , '' - Fund , . . 6 49. i '•"”! - •', 1:293,254 973,586 731,1 a.) . . re _ I titn Q tom terms ; and at the faizie \ , . k • I , Ti • *,.. V .l . ' ' ' ' •:. i 1,479,221 1,161,3 L- -•- - 1 . ,_ : ,,•„_:•:„_ : , ..-_,.,•-,.. 7 .. .. . .... _________________ . ___-.l t cie _ _, 161,054 avails itself of tempten to reject ti , rt. atto c l-etlicr as irnpossi ic. ten Morturigten - . be re Dcum and Jubili•te in C. Boyce ; sug, DUt • i 4 3:i•atile to SupplieS ..r 3 • 1 ~ .”..... 1 3 / 4 , ,,,5 44 , ~„, . tkie opportun t. iv of bestowino• a , the author's= .....•,Waner of telling. a story is against him. the. Sanctus and Responses, Arnold. 'fhe Anthem, - 1:------ , ...._ , : P ABniti2 , s I isio , I. increase. Or •4 F,72 6:.:1 20,601,26. 4. ~, f lii! 4 854 388 4 411,569 I 1:1,50•,,..8 i 4,t111,t38%1 .5 0 /78,0f6 4,779,3 ~ , ~ , , ~ ~„ 737 or 6 , 8 , ,4F5 4' 1" m ent i on on tLe late eccentric Abernethy, ' the i 'korai CustdraS ' " - 4;769,400 5,469,271 1 , c27 , 11 ., 1 : 841,5i 1 , ;1,9,9,772 2,570,311 4;1 1;1.59 3.427,271 ) 5 9.,11,.1'.11, I - ,y ), .. ) , _ 1 . 3,7,41 17,933 " father o f iHe is fe•ttd of amplifyingthe merest trifles,and frequently •• Awake, put on thy strength " ( Wise), etas sung by Ek.C.E•e • ..... •- " - - 2037,1' 2 4,(193,! ,: 5 • j' s 9 l 'ics 1 0,0 253 1 6,an4,956 1,617023 1,11-10,i724 f,587,041 I'a'fl:"'s 6 ' 14 . 'r2 K•i.33 ...... 2,6 i, d YriPqilic medicine " tvihose professional linicrits are thus defined - ) •-.•-• :•.. :: ..................... ::: • •.• 1•699•194 1'751,' , 1'• '-' - ' -'•' 40 ;0.662 1,619,372 311,283 1A81,699 179,6,9 3;7 , ..,,,„, f',o 1,000 '272,000 effetts a smart and facetious style of writing which sits Messrs. W. Knyvett, Hobbs., and j. B. Sale. Sit Ueofgc q',l , &'- e i:s" ... • • • .......... • ' • "''' • ' , 015 1 '-'1 86 ," ) l' 6, ' 3 " _ o The . :.....- 1 1 ' oo j qfs , r,_ ~,,„.,,,}„ ~,2 , ,,,,, ~5,,,0, ,, , , 3. , „!„ , ,,,c, 4, - ,7,00) 35; ,4)bo J'...:p ,001 I I ,‘,l - , , ,, , ;; i7 . .::,;• 0 , 3 ..... si principl es which Abernclity brought into vogue as awkwardly upcm him, and has just as absurd an Smart presided at the fOrgire. , Post Ottice 3 ,31 0 00 4 . (imo --4p , ,,i:,,,, 40. ,,,,, 1.1.5,c00 , 40,000 40,000 4 0,, ,, 0 :-1:,4:1212, '',,,,,;„,, ~, ~, 2,163 1,6?.5 - Wer e so The Bishop of Norwich and tte Rev. J. Vane, the Crown Lands 65 ,, 00 4 , - . 6 340 ;-,, , ,; : , , ,,f 5 . ".,1,C1,4_9_,1, _14,611 I 7,t151 18,F00 .s!,nu . "127 ---- the y we turtle, that few could fail in comprehending them ; effect, as if tin elephant should undertake to dance a Clerk and Deputy letit 0! the Closet, were in Waiting. llliscellaneous . - --LII-.- z -,;---•_, j .„- 10,8 ,,-, ,544 1 . 2 ,7 t:, 1 4 2 2 7 4 ------ -- 7 : 7 271,727 '.772,000 r. 66 13 4 31.5,.5a C on , f ro . universal, Bo universal, as to be shut out, in their applica- 1 bolero. One or two of his characters, however- . we Her Majesty and t 4 l.nce Albert were accompanied by the -- _ Total Ordinary Revenue 64,179 1 60 Altar .rt no disease, wlyether mental nr corporeal, here- I allude chiefly to the coarser ones-are not unskilfully i. 1 roc 0 , 5 I 301,r.f.., 4445;6 41 ,cip 2 , s i,pff3 1 416,`3''6 ~,.,,,,,,,,, 15,030 Y or aecide • stu u _,. 144 And lastly, they were enforced by a pourtrayed, and among the most successful we may . . - . Hereditary k s :trace of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha. The Royal Suite included the Marchioness of Noimanby, Hon. Miss 1 ,000,730 8,537,318 41 0 .3,475 4 tre5....,uW5 1'4166,8'26 11,788,136 , 8,.53-,015 • i 43,844,057 ', .. ~ ...... -- 22 ° ,758 4j • 193,716 12!),7P6 ()Ile' . - ' --, - "P - '''' ' •''' ' ' ' ------ -------- 097 030 ts of _kdvances ........... ...... 127,660 194 0 24 _________l ------ 71 787 - ~ t k, s , ,°I personal qualities which carried away all who had mention the Portsmouth burn-boil woman, Mrs. Snotv. . '''''-----'---- .7 . i - • •-• •.ts 6 , 1 -101,8.- 4 • " 51 " 31 S 5 % ' '.'n 90 , 464 4'''' 1145 ' *7 'l9O ' 110 -- f 724 151 til, , Jt'l Anson, lion. 'Miss Paget, Earl of Listowell, Mr. Rich, Hon. l ' ------ !44 74' c's"" II 11 656 137 12 61: 297 12,6,1,014 , El / 619, I 14_ 1 44,98a,16t, 1, ~ -, 19 349 9C2 8 M.l 957 , ,- ' , ,• , - , , , Deduct I f s. : a li sPP . itiess of hearing this most originalof lecturers. drop-" Pretty Pon of the Point"-who is a remark- hm e. p p r a e;L T a e r on , d t o ai t:r eon m , o e n eys 11,3 t7 ,9G2 I 12,349,075 --,- •,- , , ,_______ i _ ,_____,,, _ e.....____ Cclonel Cavendish, Colonel Bouveric, and Mr. Francis . •_--....-....-.-----. Deduct increase. , wakened attention by the flow and breadth of the ably good h an d at fisty-euffs ; and the choleric Captain richest D o Seymour. The Royal Party returned to Buckingham The Amount applied to the C0ma_271,787 wor t h of his , and he fixed it not more by the intrinsic Firebrass. As for the evangelical Admiral, Lord Qdrn. Paiace after the Service, in four of the Queen's carriages. dated Fund - 219 5' 781 703 -- , . ,,,, , , ...-.-1, t i c _ , nj. statement 'than by his very uncommon drama- Advances, and to pav off Ex. 50,(t0 4'.1677 675,827 172 t 1 9 3 0 , 76 i 98,692 ~ , , i ...... 6,730.9 ,,- 2 p,641 , 13 4 9,596,403 6,009,031 I 31,997,520 f,r.02,824 9,',91,5€4 8,772,340 : 7,483,139 Z2,251,167 , Decrease. broon, hc is a pure caricature. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager was attended by the Di c t c t i o i , e q a tier Bills, i , sued as Advances-. 79,150 12 1 ,c°° Deer are or. vial imetie powers. Hii illustrations were never tri ' often The anecdotes _. prof„ u pa, serlewsmavuesmesnormeerammor.firmrtzgasnr- ~.......,.. . Countess of Sheffield, Hon. Miss Wheatley, and the Hon. Ditto, asyart of the Ways and Means i th , ... Voartcr yet without ostentation or mysticism. ---- -- --- --- - --- - Mr. Ashley. The Princess Augusta was attendcd by 4,5,8,960 0,591,941 2.„ the Year. I 15 245 Ills v U °t('-'s v.ith which his lecture; abound (he almost aYs cd GRAND DiNN • ER 7/ . 0 ITER MA- , , pl h ~,, -----' n i 1 1 656 127 112 642 ',:97 12,00',018 , 8,679714 i 41,985,166 2 1:1,9o9 1 1------i 12 149 •2(3 I 8 691,9.57 , 14,741,257 , , „ ______ • , , , 264,249 12,017,910 4,18'10,913 3,016,9/2 5,136,c. 86 1 916,8'25 i 11,950,626 1a cease on - - • • I A - - . of the IT Total _ , ~, ..., A _ _,l 1 C,lfi .......3 A-. cal. A...:1 tCt Afl 1 1,M7,i)62 1 12,349,075 _ 7,7,83° COURT CiRCULAti3 I'Te44sly and Prince Albert, the Oueen.b9"-gC r ! 7 enci the Princess Augusta, attekided Divine Service terday mortri:;; g , indite Chapel. Revel, St. 'ia . ineVlr. 7.110 preeeheil. ty the Bishop of Durham, who . teok :`eat from Hebrews, chap. x. verse 24 . The iiessons were read by the Rev. 1-1 -L, s i ey lla ki ns ; th e Prayers by the Rev. Dr, Vivian ; and ,the CorniaruiiiOn Service by the Bishop of bendote ?he Re'v. ii. Eakins, and the Rev. Dr. 'ivlati. `he Chaunt was the Earl of Morninfseet's 'te Dcum and Jubil , te in C., Boyce; tli - A! Sanctus and Responses, Arnold. The Anthem, " Awake, put on thy strength " ( Wise), was sung by Messrs. W. Kny vett, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale. Sit Geofge Smart presided at the Orgirr. The Bishop of Norwich and t e Rev. J. Vane, the Clerk and Deputy Clerk Ot.' the Closet, were in Waiting. Her Majesty Anil Pr'.nce Albert were accompanied by the ilereditaty 1 ° . . - Ince of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha. The Royal Suite included the Marchioness of Nor manby, Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Miss Paget, Earl of Listowell, Mr. Rich, Hon. Celonel Cavendish, Colonel Bouveric, and Mr. Francis Seymour. The Royal Party returned to Buckingham Palace after the Service, in four of the Queen's carriages. Herr Majesty the Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Hon. Miss Wheatley, and the Hon. Mr. Ashley. The Princess Augusta was attended by Lady Mary Pelham. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Earl and Countesfl of Wilton, the Earl of Sheffield, and Lord Stuart de Rotbsay, were among the Nobility in the Chspel Royal. The Queen had a Privy Council at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the three principal Secretaries of States, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the India Board, the First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Lord Ste•aard, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. Mr. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Marquis of Lint downe, Viscount Melbourne, and Lord Hill. The Court was attended by the Marchioness of Norrnaaby, Lady in Waitiag ; the Earl of Listowell, Lord in Wait ing ; Lard Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish (Clerk Marshal) Equerry in Waiting. Tne Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince cf Saxe-Cobourg Gotha, took an air ing yeiterday afternoon, in an open barouche and four. The Hon. Colonel Cavendish and Colonel Bouverie at tended her Mrijesty and Prince Albert, on horseback. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Italian Opera House with their presence on Saturday evening. In the Royal suite were the Marchioness of Nintinanby. Hon. Miss Paget, Earl Listowell, Mr. Rich, Hon. Colo nel Cavendish, Colonel Bouvcrie, and Mr. Francis Sey mour. QUARTERLY Rh: ST /E IV —No. 130. 11 1u.rr,er 1 , London, 1840. In aecordane e 'lrAte the taste of the l eu er e , xe l k e rr e much given to tkee perusal of works treating on Indi g i n, the • subj, , cr ov., •p.reeent . Quarterly R : eric ‘ w takes, as the liab d - 1 s first article, Dr. Hohand s recently pub e vol'am e on " Diet and Dvspepsy" ; of which it ; B t r in .'a ki t -a most compli trieneary terms ; an d at the regime pa :, avails itself of tl'e opportunity of bestowing a 'no mentio n on the late eccentric Abernethy, the " father of dyripeptic medicine," whose professional merits are thus defined : The pri nc i p l es which Abernethy brought into vogue wer e ne so simple, that few could fail in comprehending them ; t hey !ere Bo tio universal, as to be shut out, in their appeca ditn' iro..n no disease, wkvthcr mental or corporeal, here sturarY or accidental. And lastly, they were enforced by a the personal qualities which carried away all who had l ie p aPPiness of hearing this most original - of lecturers. awakened attent i on by the flow and breadth o f t h e rich est Do r i c , and he fixed it not more by the intrinsic Wor th ti of hi s statement ' than by his very uncommon drama 'fand mimeti c p owers. His illustrations were never tri- Tah'_; often profound, yet without ostentation or mysticism. 41 ,2 anecdotes with whi c h hi s lecture.; abound (he almost not cd u.ced. his pri nc ipl es f rom exam pl es ), we re usually for I i VY 'very appropriate but exceedingly picturesque, pai nt ; ,was a gre a t m as t er o f th e art of ' word cunt v 1 u i, 4l P•' They teem e d w i t h k now l e dge of the heart ; so giro . sides the point of scientific interest which was pro hitrct'atly set forth, there was a large margin for thought in act: " clu nients on hum an c h arac t er an d opinions. as seen ie,, us on or recorded in books; to three or four of which , and 10 3 ,8 e of th e hi ghest order, he confined his rea di ng. 'I go pi:,te.rne' ho u se d to say, ' for the feelings of hlineen nature, Wfics.ling for i ts vices, Johnson for a knomeedge of the rr c l ' i r o t ugs of its powers, and , Shakspeare for everything.' s o i bl u e g B h 4 keen o b server on t h e h uenoeous s id e o f our l e , ‘alich, h owever, be set down with noug h t o f ma l ice , Of tPhossessed, like most men of a similar cast of mind, much of rous er as as well as the irritable humour of that species I e r, of which Jaques is the ideel." 4 n thq ter at , Hellam's Li eloquent and learned notice of " . ph. reef Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Sc. s ta l l ','", 41 Centuries," the Reviewer, after quoting the lin, " 8 comments on Spenser, alludes incidentally to fe, t'Y affectati on o f arc h a i sms. " Thi s str i cture is per ii,i just. Th roughout h i s " Fa i ry Q uee n—and i ll re jullicularly in his first book—Spenser writes, rent ceiatl Lino lan guage of h i s day, but in that of nearly a stil• u rY befo re hi m ; j ust as Sheridan noeeles, with l e to e , as pardonable affectation, goes back f a r his diction 11, -tile dramatists of the Elizabethan age, Now this, as not Dogberry phrases it, " is mast tolerable, and ti e n t to be endured." Let every age have its own dis et e t ive Peculiarities, and no;, Servilely imitate the manner .‘ its predecessor. In Spenser eve are content to oyez- Cen this conceit, in coo - e•equence of the surpassing af of . : e 9 f • his genius ;but inferior spirits should beware or g N!‘ . r * n g way to it, We do not find Scott, or Byron, th e i r erdsworth. 'writing, in other than the language of e • e wn daya ; and if Wilson's magnificent prose tn r- e n j o in d d , '-fs at times of t . he . glowing and majestic m; 3 '•if Jeremy Taylor, it is not so much that he i-it at c , ".'s him in point of style, as that he possesses a :3-r aernal imagination with that high-thoughted and l i t i n is , l)°B sioned old Divine. We are aware it may be eer ' e ageing us that Charles Lamb imitated with signal ;"",et the quaint manner of our elder writers ; but our ePI Y is, that we admire him, not in consequence of this i' i e l eoli e, r itY. but in spite of it. It is his sentiment, rather di: 4 nis style—th e di amon d, not t h e sett i ng o f th e E klund —th at we admire. " The Red Man," which is Q criticis m on some recent publications respecting the t l- lp_eric an I ndians "aif , speaks of this oppressed, and now extinet race, ln warm terms of admiration and ' alm in P4 . l 4. We, too, f e lt the same sentiments towards a m e n ' but Capt a i n M urra y' s J ourna l o f his residence o ur "g the Paw nee tr ib es h as i n a grea t measure opened ~ a nd e r iog to th e rea l c h aracter o f th ese savages, , , I et etroyed many of our prejudices in their favour. ar r.rnalism i n F rance " i s a h i gh l y i nterest i ng article, C, 4 _gives a brief biographical sketch of the late Art: me d th e I , 1 ) e, l ) one of the most popular periodical wr• : ,„ s t h at tapern in - :rich ever possessed. The prevaili- eg tee of this is just and liberal in a high d , ern i ...creee *; but surely Iv . s some inconsistency in t',„ o 14 ;:w coming forward to prai., /V iers , quarterly Review , 41 ; 411 ago, he was the obj when, not four ,'esecl and ridiculed e... 1 ti? its unleavened hostility— 'equally as a statesman and an hostility— hi 1 . In an article, which we well remember iiawein,eg;' entitledi `" Robespierre," and which appeared, Ti a je - 7 s `talto not, somewhere about the year 1836, .M. se r 4 well-known history of the French Revolution ay , tk fe m n eqUlliteally pronounced a failure ; now, in lie. year 1840, the Reviewer talks of " its th e g' moving, dioramic pages." Unfortunately, le work i n quest i on h as ne i t h er lif e nor motion---at fast not i n any mar k e d d egree . I t stands stock-still r 'chapters together, while the historian is discussing ; r u e Purely immaterial question about " assignats ;"and -..re spects life, it has no more of the salient principle than -all 40 supplied by a smart showy style, set off by an "eeasional earnestness of manner, which would tell bet greatere it not so evidently put on for effect. The merit of the history is neither its picturesqueness for its viv ac it y; b ut t h e vast amount o f i ts f acts, an d he uncommon skill and temper shown in comparing, 71n1oining, and commenting on them. As a delineator of e4 aracter, M. Thiers wants decision. He never seems to be able to make up his mind in pourtraying his lead , ing - personage s . W e glean no definite idea from him of the hero of his work, Denton, further than that he was bold, inventiee, and unscrupulous, all which we knew before ; and are at a lose to know what is his real opinion of 'Robespierre, when we find him uniformly praising him in his prosperity, and consigning him un reservedi,y to the Devil, the instant the tide of fortune sets in eegainst him. Still, despite these blemishes, Thiers' history is the best we have-11lignet's being purely phi losop/eical—and the one that may be the most safely tell© d on. " Sueiallsni" pays far too much attention to 4 reatter which had much better be left to the good v .:use of the community, who a ill most assuredly let it drop i nto o bli v i on. B ut persecu ti o n will only, by giving i t undue importance. increase its influence. We ques tion whether even Mr. Owen himself has made so many Socialist s as th e B is h o p of Exeter, by his constant ana themas aaainst them in Parliament. " Primitimi,et 4 eliquim' i s a rev i ew o f the Latin poems of the. I\ ..„._ l ei s of Wellesley, whose compositions in this a e r e prai se d no more t h an t h e y deserv. -tow erect 18 the L at i n i ty o f t h ese two stanzas , I .,,nguage - '..nieh occur in an Ode to " Shame," and are penne".l l ''',a the Alcaic form, to t t l r ule s es th i e most varied and 1 r.iclodious of all the Latin _.01•••• GRAND DiNNER 7eo VIM MA JESTY'S MINISTERS AT Tin MANSION. HOUSE, aural I I 1,347,tni2 11"• 6,,,,,, ------__:-.---_ - No. 11.--Jficome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1839, and the sth April, 1840. ___---- ------ -- Quarters ended Aprils. 1 i Quarters ended .tlyit:;, /„......--..---...----....". INCOME. CHARGE. I ,--- ....--. 1 --. " . '" .... 'N leal 1810 i 1 1839 1610 --------, i--..-. Customs.-Consolidated Duties 3,4i r , ~,, 30 ,9 , 3•29 , P , erma,nent Deb , . . • . .• •• 3,Z.3•1 1 ,Pe8 I 3,511,6: , 11 Sugar appllcable to the lenninable Annuities 1 !f,5..7,140 1,395,!,3.2 Consolidated Fund 493,323 310,135 1 Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund i it , ; 37i 22,v6i) ---.-- Sinking Fund 1 Total Customs 3,991,146 3,339,464 The Civil List 94i10 i 96,601 Other charges on the Consolidated Fund Excise Stamps 1,649,253 1,658. 1 ' 8 ...----H-... Taxes . 176,410 17 9 , 0 „,, 5 ' 3 Total Charge , 5,787,645 ! 5,6C6,955 Post Ottice Crown Lands 40,00) 40,,1001—.--.1-..--- Miscellaneous 355;5 , 8,59,472 8,11P;771 linprest and other Monies 31 , ,53 31,1113 Repayment of Advances 125,786 1 10 , 756 ...-------_ The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter eitiled Jan. 5, 16:0 [ , , 8,5,472 7,966, 771 and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended April 5, 18 , 19 The Amount issued in the Quarter ended April 5, 1810, in part of the sinns granted by Parliament out of the COristAi • To Cash brought to this Account dated Fund tbr Supply Services to be applied to pay oft' Deficiency The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Aprils, 1810 ' ! ‘2., ;?.g . ,.•116 1,60'2,991 8i115.... 30,,e00 00,0:0 - 1.--......4.1.--. ------- The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Ouarter ended i 8,595,472 8 , 196,771 A p ril 5, 1810 4,BV!C; ..------........-..-. _ _ , __, , , _ , ........--........- ._ ____ The annual entertainrrenT her Majesty's Ministers was given on Saturday last by tLe Lord Mayor with the ( - Atoms) , splendour, although, in tOnsequence of the Queen Dowager's banquet on the same day, there was not so numerous an attendance , of members of tho Cabinet as has been ustlal upon „:tell occasions. The Ministers pre sent were Lori . Ikielbourne, Lord Morpeth, and Mr. La boucherc. The banquet was likewise graced with the presence of the Vs' e-Chaneellor and several distinguised individuals, besides sixteen of the Aldermen, the Recor der, and the principal City Officers. Mrs. Huth, in the absence of her mother from indisposition, presided as Lady Mayoress, supported by the ladies of the Sheriffs, and members of her own family, and we must say that we have never seen the honours of tho Mansion-house sus tained With more dignity, tempered with more urbanity, or graced with more bca‘tty, than was displayed upon this occasion. The healths of " Her Majesty the Queen," " Prince Al bert," " the Queen Dowager," and the several remaining members of the Royal Family," were proposed, and re ceived with hearty good wishes ; after which The LORD MAYOR proposed " Lord Melbourne and her Majesty's Ministers." His Lcrdship said, that it had been an ancient custom of the City to expect at this season of the year the honour of a visit from the Ministers for the time being, without reference to the political party then ht power, or to the political prepossessions of the individual who might fill the chair he bad then the honour to occupy. —( Hear.) lie felt great pleasure in proposing the toast he had just given, as, independent of the respect he bore the Noble Premier and his colleagues in their official sta tion, his Lordship bad secured the esteem and confidence of the Corporation of London on the last occasion, at a time when the right of self-government in the manage ment of the police was in danger, by giving an assurance that the charter of the City should not be invaded,— ( Cheers.) Lord MELBOURNE heartily returned thanks for the honour conferred upon himself and colleagues, tle could assure the company that they were most anxious to con tinue to enjoy the good opinion of the citizens, and to maintain in their pristine vigour and integrity all their most valuable institutions; he could not go quite so far as the Lord Mayor had suggested, but as, in reference to the particular measure then alluded to, there was now no ques tion agitated in Parliament or elsewhere, perhaps the best thing he could do was to be silent upon the subject— ( Applause.) The LORD Mayoa proposed " The health of Lord Normanby," with whom, as the Secretary Home Department, it becam e th e •L of State for the Duty the Chief Ma gistrate of the City of Lon , ' _ upon so many occasions to communicate ; he bear testimony to the anxious at tention of his urdi e • Op to the important duties of his high station. - end to the ready support he gave to those upon .am the duty devolved of maintaining the peace of the metropolis.—( Hear.) The RECORDER, in a speech of great length, expressed his hearty concurrence in the observations made by the Lord Mayor. It was his fortune to differ upon political subjects from the noble individual whose health they were about to drink, and in another place it was not his prac tice to restrain the expression of his opinion upon those subjectik; but he felt it the more incumbent upon him on that account to Say, that upon no previous occasion had be experienced a more ready attention to his representa tios's upon the numerous important matters which, as Res corder of London, he had occasion to bring under the con sideration of the Secretary of State for the Home De partment than was uniformly shown by the Noble Lord who now filled that exalted station.—(Cheers.) " Lord Morpeth and Ould Ireland' " was the next toast given, to which his Lordship briefly responded. The LORD MAYOR proposed the health of the Sheriffs of London. He seas glad to see them again present amongst their fellow•citizens. A deep sympathy had been manifested towards them for the sufferings they had been called upon to undergo for their obedience to the law in the execution of its process. His Lordship trusted that their firmness and r constancy would not alone be rewarded by the public expect with which they were everywhere received, but by the conviction that the course of conduct they felt it their duty to pursue had led to a better definition of the law and to the placing the rights and liberties of the people upon a more solid and secure foundation,—( Hear.) The SHERIFFS severally returned thanks. The Vice-Chancellor's health was next proposed. His LORDSHIP returned thanks, and expressed his ear. nest hope that the time would never arrive when Judges would he deterred from pronouncing, or its ministers from executing, the decrees of the law, by the interposition of any other authority. Lord MELBOORNE proposed the health of the Lord Mayor, who shortly replied. preLluod M dre tooonnreeTvvishiscahidh, he should ul t d he ha l v a e st th to e as h t on w o a u s r a to fi g tt i tg The hospitality of the Mansion-house had been distri buted by a lady who, uniting all that was fair in form with all that was elevated in position, had thrown a grace and charm over the entertainment which had greatly added to the delight of her guests. He proposed the health of the Lady Mayoress, which was received with great ap plause. The LORD MAYOR next proposed the healths of Sir Thomas Phillips, the Aldermen, the Recorder, &c., which forth several appropriate speeches, and at eleven ".icloelt the company separated. GENERAL iIEPORT OF COMMIS MISSIONERS FOR INQUIRY INTO NAVAL AND MILITARY PROMOTIONS AND RE TIREMENT. damp rather than improve those energies upon which the efficiency of all entirely depend. In the alterations, therefore, which we shall venture to suggest for you► Majesty's consideration, we have been governed more particularly by a reference to the especial claim of each particular branch of the service, to its duties, to its hopes of distinction, and to its constitution as a se parate and distinct force. ----- - ventured to suggest to your Majesty's consideration, will ff c!tually remove. With regard to the propostior, of tutalterns to a com pany, which is shown to have been four during the whole war, and as far back as 1779, we consider the reduction to two subalterns a company. which was effected in 1125, as calculated materially to improve the prospect of promotion now open to the junior officers, and we are induced to hope that it will prove not only amply sufficient for all the duties of the service, but also to afford a due encouragement of promo. ion. The third ground of complaint upon which the crlittcrs of Marines praying for inquiry into their condition, wag, thet there was an unequal distribution of brevet rank, and of other distinctions and rewards for service, and an unjust 9partienment of prize-money, in reference t, correspond ing ranks in other services. With regard to the first of those grievances—viz., the withholding of brevet rank for distinguished and gallant conduct, it would appear that the officers of Royal Ma rines labour under some misapprehension, which it will be TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MA.. JESTY. We, your Majesty's Commissioners, appointed by your Majesty's Commission, bearing date the Third day of May, in the First year of your Majesty's reign, whose hands and seals arc hereunto set, do humbly certify to your Majesty—That We have entered upon the inquiry which your Majesty was graciously pleased to entrust to our charge, with a full sense of the responsible nature of our duties, viewing them either in relation to the individual interests, present and prospective, which might be affected by the result of our examination, or in relation to that important national con sideration, the maintenance of efficiency in the officers of your Majesty's Army and Navy, whose comparative situa tion and prospects of promotion and retirement we were instructed to investigate. To assist in our inquiry, your Majesty bad desired that we should summon before us those who might possess any information on the subjects into which we were to examine, and, acting upon that authority, we have received evidence from officers of every branch of the Military and Naval service. We have availed ourselves also of the resources of every department connected with the Army and the Navy to supply such details as would exhibit the exact condition of the officers with reference to their age, and consequent efficiency for service, the duties they had to discharge, their present remuneration, and the prospects open to them of promotion or retirement. In the course of our proceedings, as your Majesty will not fail to observe, various proposals, some of them com prising great and important alterations, and emanating from officers of high character and distinction, have been submitted to us. To all of these we have given our best consideration, but recollecting that the results of a war un exampled in its duration, as in the extent of the services your Majesty's sea and land forces had to perform, afford ample testimony in favour of the general efficiency of the existing systems in both Navy and Army, we have rather endeavoured to amend where we thought amendment was required, than ventured to propose the adoption of mate rial changes (however plausible the arguments by which they were supported), the effects of which we were appre hensive might not realise the hopes and expectations of the projectors • and this we have done, under the full im pression that the existing constitution of each branch of the service, with the alterations we have suggested, should they meet your Majesty's approval, is auch as will enable it readily and effectively to meet any demands that may hereafter be made on it either in peace or in war. The present state of efficiency of the officers of your Majesty's Forces is best shown by the returns for which we called immediately on our assembling; although it will be seen, that in the higher ranks there are many of an advanced age, we are still happy in having it in our power to report that they arc for the most part competent to the duties of their several stations, and moreover that there exists, both in your Majesty's Navy and Army, ample means of extending and organizing either Force to any amount that may be necessary. Upon one great principle we immediately concurred, that it is for the interest of the individuals whose claims we have had under consideration, as it is undoubtedly for the interest of the country, that the expense should be as much as possible kept down, and that the pay should be regulated on a moderate scale. The reason we have to submit for this opinion is briefly this. It is the natural interest and should be the object of every officer in either the Military or Naval service, that the force to which he belongs should be as effective as possible, that it should be of sufficient strength and energy to discharge the duties intrusted to it, and to discharge them in a satisfactory manner. But from the moment that this service sh suld become burthensome to the country, or that a prejudice should be created against it on account of the high scale of its pay, its efficiency would be reduced, its strength curtailed, its capacity to render service to the country annihilated, the opportunities of acquiring reputa tion and honour reduced in number, or no longer afforded, and it would languish from wanting that popular support which is essential not only to its vigour and efficiency, but to its very',,existence. Reduction would follow upon re duction, and the non-effective establishment would be in creased, while the duty to be discharged, not being cor respondingly diminished, would become incessant and irk some to the smaller establishment maintained to dis charge '1 he great object to be kept constantly in view is, that the service should be performed not only well but cheer fully; this, however, cannot be accomplished if the seve rity of the duty should harass or overtask the energies of those employed in the performance of it, or if they should be led to consider the continuance of that employment of a temporary aid uncertain character. In a small establishment, which would be the necessary consequence of a highly paid service, the hope of promo tion, which should be the first incentive to good conduct, might be materially diminished; and there can be no con dition of affairs more to be deplored than that which would place a number of efficient officers, with strong attach ment to the services in which they may have been brought up, in a position where they would be without hope of em ployment, and consequently without hope of promotion. In a fluctuating and uncertain establishment, the con tinued fear of reduction would equally operate to check the energies of those holding employment therein, as their anxieties might be more directed to their individual posi tion than to a satisfactory discharge of their duties. Steady and certain employment for the efficient, with a due encouragement of promotion, and sufficient reward for those who may be worn out in the service, form the best foundation upon which the Military and Naval Establish.. merits of this country should be framed ; but neither of these could be secured if, by an undue liberality, the re muneration for service were fixed at too high a scale. While, however we endeavour to press upon your Ma jesty's consideration the propriety of limiting the pay for service to such a moderate amount as may not render the maintenance of any particular branch of it a burthensome charge upon the public revenues, it is equally our duty to submit to your Majesty the expediency of fixing the scale of service-pay in all classes at such rates as to make em ployment beneficial for the officer, when compared with his position on half-pay. Our inquiry has shown that, under the existing of syst av em, this is not the case in regard t n o sonic classes nal sitively occur that ail officer, officers ; bat that it may po when summoned to serve under the commission he holds, lower rate than the daily al. may receive full pay at a so trifling as lowance of his half-pay, or that the advantage to be gained by service may be comparatively to afford him no remuneration for the necessary expense of his outfit. In that division of our Report which has reference to the Navy, we venture to submit certain propositions tend the which we beg your Ma- lug to remove this anomta. jesty's gracious consideratiho: discussion of the several ser- Before we enter upone.xarnintion of their claims in detail, we vices, and the ermission to record our opinion request your Majc, y upon one particular Po s in P t in the instructions with which we were honoured. bran ch of as we NavalwNi e a j understande a s ntd sAri certain the comparative situa e We were directed to as tion of the officers of each vice, the object of that inquiry it, to compare the relative ranksboeifngth. their pay and the prospects tary Aervices with reference to open to them full investigated and considered this of promotion or retirement. But, after having A.' . when employed on part of the subject, we feel it our duty expressly to state that, from various causes, rsPecial a i n advantages of each impossible to attempt to s • a sl active service, it would be milate generally the relative pay service. 'red for c acti arm of the service is The education required alle ur as different as the se rvice it irn. ris e on is to p ert exacted a degree From the enginee r or the artlled by r.o means essential to the of mathematical k nowledge l or an infantry qualification of a mar ine, or a ca n va ry,offi. l establish h cer, while the sea lie utenant Tactica .oniy e d is claim of p education to uhich to that rank by a co urse niust all the energies of his mind and body for years be directed. But it is not only in education or qualification that the services essentially differ. In . iffer. their duties, and in their opportunities of obtaining distinction, the varia tion between them is no less remark able. The ono may be involved in an extent of in responsibility which can never be impose d upon the other, who, in his turn, renders service valuab le in its degree, but not le a ding to that subsequent distinction which he of more responsibility may acquire. standard of a for all scr- To establish one unv ar y in g PY have a manifest tendency to vices, would, in our opinion, tier Majesty the Quiten Dowager and the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday afternoon in the Chapel Royal St. James's. Lady Anna Maria Dawson was in Waiting on the Royal Duchess, The Princess Augusta Visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal tlisir,heetS on Saturday at Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty the Queen Dowager rude on horseback on Saturday attended by the Countess of Sheffield. Hon. Miss Hudson, Earl of Denbigh, and Captain Curzon. The Duchess and • the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel ; Miss Kerr emi its Whiting on the Royal Duchess. Bareness Moine, the lady of the Danish Minister, had an audience of the Duchess of Kent. The Duke of Sussex arid the Duchess of Inverness visited the Princess Augusta at Clarence House, St. James'j. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and Suite honoured the establishment of Messrs. Hodgson and Graves, her Majesty's printsellers, with a visit on Saturday to see Mr. Hayter's large historical picture of the Coronation, of which his Royal Highness expressed the highest admira tion. His Royal Highness was also pleased to inspect many of the works of art in progress of engraving. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit for the picture of the Royal mar riage on Saturday. Sir William Newton was honoured with the Queen's commands on Saturday to take the Coronation picture, which he is painting upon ivory, to Buckingham Palace, for her Majesty's inspection. Sir William at the same time submitted a whole length portrait, in miniature, of Lady Seymour, painted in the evening costume, as the Queen of Beauty, of which her Majesty was graciously pleased to express her approbation. The names of the Marquis of Anglesey and other mem bers of his family were erroneously included in the list of those present at Lansdowne House on Thursday evening, they beitig prevented attending in consequence of the death of the Earl of Enniskillen. After the Privy Council at Buckingham Palace, the Mi nisters attended a Cabinet Council at the Foreign-office. The Council sat until past five o'clock. The Comm issioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had their Quarterly Meeting on Saturday, at the Treasury. There were present, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master of the Rolls, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England. Mr. Higham, the Secretary, attended the meeting. The Queen's Advocate had an interview with Viscount Palmerston on Friday, at the Foreign Office. Dr. Montgomery and Mr. Hall, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday, at the Home Office. Captain Pelly, Deputy Master of the Trinity House, transacted business un Saturday, at the Board of Trade. REPORT OF MARINES. The service to which our attention was first directed was the corps of Royal Marines, as your Majesty's Commis sion had been instituted in consequence of representations from the officers of that force, that they were denied those advantages in pay and promotion which were granted to corresponding ranks in other branches of your Majesty's service, and upon that representation your Majesty thought it expedient to direct an inquiry to be made into the con dition of the officers of every arm of the service, military or naval. To assist us in our inquiries, your Majesty was pleased to appoint Col. Sir Richard Williams to be a member of the Commission. His long and meritorious services in the corps enabled him to afford us the most valuable assistance in the prose cution of our inquiry, and although we were deprived of his zealous aid, end your Majesty lost the benefit of the further services of this gallant and distinguished officer, in consequence of his death occurring before our labours were completed, we have had the satisfaction of placing his suggestions upon the records of our proceedings, and have given full consideration to them in the conclusions at which we have arrived. The complaints which the officers of your Majesty's Royal Marine forces preferred were, let. Taat the number of Field-Officers allowed to the corps was insufficient : 231 y. That the promotion was unually slow : 331 y: That there was an unequal distribution of brevet rank, and also an unequal apport►onment prize-money, as compared with corresponding ranks in other military our duty to remove. From the nature of marine scrvic', which is generally rendered in small detachments under captains ar,el sub alterns, and the recognised absence of Field-Officers from gea duty or foreign service during the war, it frequently happened that the senior officer of Marines in a great natal engagement held no higher rank than that of captain, and he is eligible for no higher reward than a step of brevet rank for the particular engagement. As a❑ instance of the sparing manner in which this re ward was bestowed, it was stated by Captain Willes that, for Trafalgar, where 3.000 marinea served in the fleet, one brevet only of major was given. The fact is, that this was an anticipation of the practice, which was not adopted in the army till 1811, of giving a step of brevet rank for service in action ; and we have no doubt whatever that similar distinctiorn will be fully earned and abtained by the officers of Royal Marines, if similar occasions should again require their services. Tha same observation will a'so apply to the distinction of the Order of the Bath, which was not placed on its present enlarged establishment till 1815. We are fully 'disposed to recognize the justice of that complaint which was preferred by the Marine Officers, and more especially by Sir Richard Williams, that in the apportionment ofprizc-money the due gradation of rank should be preserved, and we humbly recommend to your Majesty that so much of the Royal Proclamation of 3d February 1836, as places Field-Officers of Marines on a par with sea Lieutenants and Captains of their own corps should be rescinded, and that they should be entitled to share prize-money with Officers of corresponding rank in corps : and 4:hly. That the captains of Marines were paid at a lower rate than the captains of the Army or the Ordnance. NNith regard to the first of these complaints, the insuf ficient number of Field-Officers, we thought it our duty to institute the strictest inquiries, with a view to as • certain whether, on grounds connected with the efficiency of this valuable corps, it would be expedient to recommend to your Majesty to make any addition to the establishment authorized by the Order in Council of June 1837 ; and with this view the question was repeatedly pressed upon the several witnesses who advocated the necessity of increasing the number of Field-Officers, how they pro posed to employ these additional officers; and they were required also to state whether they knew any instances of the employment of Field-Officers on foreign service. The general recommendation as to the employment of the additional Field-Officers was that they should be placed at the several foreign stations, to inspect and keep in order the different detachments of Marines under the Admiral commanding on the station, or in the different gar risons—Gibraltar, for instance; and to the second ques tion, whether they knew any instances of the employment of Field-Officers abroad, the answers were, that the em ployment of such officers on foreign service had been ex tremely rare. Col. Tremenheere, an officer of 59 years' service, stated that there have not been many Field-Officers sent abroad, but for several years past (alluding, probably, to recent employments in Spain and the Mediterranean) there hale been some. Col. Owen stated that "our Field-Officers did not often go on service during the war." Col. Wright believed that Sir Richard Williams was the only Field-Officer of Marines that ever commanded a bat talion abroad during the last war. Capt. Burton stated that Field-Officers were supposed to he exempt from sea-duty or foreign service, and could only recollect one instance of a Held-Officer having been so detached on service, which was to Holland towards the close of the war. In fact, It appeared that a Field-Officer had only been detached on foreign service occasionally, and then with re ference to some contemplated employment , af the Marines as a battalion on shore. The station of Field-Officer on board ship was also ad mitted to be a matter of difficulty. In the case where Lieut.-Col. Wright actually embarked as a Field-Officer of Marines for the Lisbon station, he stated that he was three times removed from ship to ship, as the Admiral's ship had not accommodation for the Field. Officer of Marines. Captain Burton admitted that a flag-ship only would I be able to afford accommodation for a Field-Officer, and that, in a two-decker, additional cabins must be built for them; and Captain Willes . thought that the presence of a Field-Officer on board ship might produce some inconvenience. Even with reference to the stations were Field. Officers might be employed in the duties of inspection with ad vantage, there was a difference of opinion materially affect in, the question. 'Lieut.-Colonel Owen specified only the Mediterranaen, the East Indies, and the West Indies. Lieut. - C9lonel Wright limited their employment to stations where the Marines amount to more than 400 ; and did not consider it necessary to place them at all on stations where the squadron is much detached. He con sidered the East India station to be one where it would not be necessary to have a Field-Officer. He applied the same remark to the Cape, the West Indies, and the Pacific. In fact, where a squadron is much dispersed, he considered that a Field-Officer would be in the way. Captain Willes did not think a Field-Officer necessary with the squadrons at the Cape, in India, at the Brazils, or in the Pacific. The result of this evidence was to confirm us in the opinion that Field-Officers were not essentially required for ordinary sea-service, and that the existing establishment of the corps furnished sufficient numbers for home duties, or for those extraordinary occasions where it might be neces sary to employ any body of Marines ashore. But we arc nevertheless prepared to admit the force of Colonel Owen's argument, that the Marines had a title to an additional number of officers of the higher ranks to give them "a fair proportion of promotion with the other branches of the service," and as it was shown to us that this additional number was not needed on the effective list, we are disposed to recommend to your Majesty an addition of two Lieutenant-Colonels to the retired full-pay esta blishment, making the numbers of that rank to whom retired full-pay may be granted six instead of four. We are also disposed to recommend that retirement on full-pay in those corps, in which promotion is acquired by seniority only, shall be no bar to an officer's receiving further brevet promotion in cases where the retirement shall have been caused by ill health, and when, before retiring, he shall have obtained the regimental rank kaf Field-Officer ; but the only increased charge we content plate in this respect, as regards the Marines, is that the retired full-pay officer who has held the commission of a regimental Field-Officer, should have his retired pay in creased to 4001. a-year upon becoming a Major-General. In furtherance of the object we had in view, of increas ing the number of promotions to the rank of Field-Officer, we would suggest that two Lieutenant-Colonels of the Royal Marines should be allowed to retire upon half-pay annually, as a permanent provision. We are of opinion that these arrangements will tend to facilitate the promotion of the officers of the corps to an extent equal to that which would_result from the ap pointment of additional Field-Officers on the effective establishment. With regard to the second ground of complaint, that the promotion in the corps had been unusually slow as com pared with other seniority services, we find that in the Order in Council of 21st June, 1837, which fixed the new establishment of the Alarines, this was fully admitted; but we are of opinion that the pr omotions which he followed upon that order, have eff ected a very material improve ment in this respect. we find that all the e xistin g Colonels-Commandant, dant By Returns which we have obtainedif:rocmotnhime Aanddmanirta,ltayll, the Colonels- Second - Comm= , all the Lieutenant- th the C a v e e p t obtained naendd theirone- present rank since that date. half nearly of the First Lieutenants, Colonels, one-third nearly f al l ortion of the corps, were important steps so large a prop It must he admitted that an y . arrangements:which promo tedtowards removing the disadvantages under which they had previously laboured. ge s are attributable to various causes, Th e se disadvanta but the most material perhaps were an insufficient retired establishment, and an unusually large proportion of sub alterns to a company. The first of these disadvantages, we consider that the establishment of retired full-pay, authorized by the Order in Council of 21st June, 1837, with the additions we have other services. We feel justified in the recommendation we make in this respect, from the circumstance that during the whole war when Field-Officers of 51arines did share prize-money, it The Earl and Countess of Wilton entertained the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Earl of Chesterfield, Count D'Orsay, Lady Augusta Somerset, Count Esterhazy, Hon. Captain Macdonald, Sir Robert Gordon, Hon. Col. Dawson Darner, and a select party to dinner, on Thursday evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-square. NELSON'S .MONUMENT.—The sub-committee, consisting of the Marquis of Northampton, Lord Colborne, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir John Barrow, and Sir Peter Laurie, (Sir George Cockburn being in the chair), met on Friday at the Royal Academy, and contracted with Messrs. Gri sell arid Peto for the erection of the Nelson Pillar in Trafalgar-square. Their tender was the lowest. The erection is to be of granite, and is to he finished in two years. The Committee have post poned deciding on the statue to be placed on the top of the pillar, for six weeks, expecting in the meantime a very con siderable addition to the funds, which is required to finish this deserved memorial to the most admired of our naval heroes. The pillar is to be fifty feet higher than the Duke of York's Column, and the figure of Nelson will be without a cloak. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests intend to complete the square in a stylebecoming the site of this splendid monument. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS ' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—This Society has received an appli cation to relieve the surviving relatives of the sufferers by a storm which occurred on the Yorkshire coast on the 20th ult. The morning was extremely fine, and a great number of fish ing-boats from Staithes, Redcar, Hartlepool, and the neighbour ing stations, put to sea. About noon the wind increased to a strong gale, and the sea became most boisterous, so that it was with difficulty any of the boats reached the shore. Eight cobles, with their crews, belonging to Redcar ; a lugger and a coble, with their crews, belonging to Staithes ; and a coble and its crew belonging to Hartlepool, were all lost. Thus by this me lancholy occurrence eight and thirty persons have met an un timely death. Several of the fishermen who have perished have left numerous relatives who depended on them for support ; one of them had eleven children, and other families of five and six Sceretus torde Nocentium, Curas et atres exacuis motus, Soolusque furtivum scquaci Exi.gitas face certus ultor. At Innocenti gratior assides Menti magister ; gaudet enim tune e ease Pares tutelm, vigetque Voce tua stabilita Virtus." Th twril wort , hy o f , anil flexibility, and grace of the above lines Vincent Bourne, the most accomplished o t , e r 0 E Latin verse that modern times have known. t d,."_T r c.se Affairs' is penned in a bolder and more libe vic, ql , t . t than we were prepared to expect. The Re , w er Justifies the intertetence of the British Govern tnt ; and even proposes to go the whole hog w i th the 1. r nperor of Chi na, i n case he refuse to concede to our eilsru,ble demands. The " Privilege Question" is Prl nciPally devoted to chaunting the praises of the Con servative party, and is somewhat prolix and sophistical. 7 each The bodies of Elizabeth Tomkins, aged 101, and Richard Mathews, aged 85, were buried at the same time, on Saturday evening last, at Whittington ' in this county. The above is the old lady who w alked from her home in No vember last to Oswestry, on the celebration of the coming of age of the Viscount Clive, and after witnessing the festivities returned in the evening. Mr. Mathews, butcher, was a perse vering man, and well known in that neighbourhood.— Chester Chronicle. FLOGGING.-I. l e Irish Papers are teeming at present, much to their credit, with remonstrances against the odious and revived custom of flogging in the army, and the Tories are, as usual, labouring in their vineyard of advocated abuse by deprecating the testimony of Mr. W. Dudley, who has just furnished some painful details on the subject. We regret to learn that the Earl of Coventry is labouring under severe indisposition, at his seat, Severn Bank. if orcester Journal. SIR DAVID WILKIE'S PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY.—On Saturday a private view of the portrait of her Majesty, just finished, by Sir David Wilkie. R. A.. was afforded to the members of the Royal Family, and a select party of Nobility, &e., at the residence of the talented artist, Vicarage place, Church-street, Kensington. The portrait, which is a full-length one, is we understand an exact counterpart of that which was presented by the Queen to her Illustrious Consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Gotha, on his return from his travels, previous to the announcement of their intended nuptials. Among the members of the Royal Family who honoured the view with their presence, were his Royal Highne ss Prince Al bert. her Majesty the Queen Dowaer, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Augusta. tine following is the house list of the Governors and Directors of the Bank of England, for the year ensuing FOR GOVERNORS. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., Governor. John Henry Pelly, Esq., Deputy Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. James Pattison, Esq. Chi istopher Pearse, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Charles Pole, Esq.. Thos. Charles Smith, Esq. William Thompson, Esq. and Alderman. T. Matthias Weguelin, Esq. NE BRITISH FARMER'S MAGAZINE, (NEW SERIES. Ridgway and Sons. The - arst article on " Manures," though not the most del icate. topic fo r di scuss i o n, must command the atten tion of the farmer from the importance of the subject, 4114 tbt knowledge which the writer evidently possesses t , r, tire practice in . foreign countries. Sir Humphrey 4 -Iravy strongly recommended the use of the particular Manure of which the article treats, and at the same time showed how its noxious effects might he neutralized. Were some general plan like that recommended carried Into effect, the best results might be expected, not only °Y turning to advantage what in many districts is a great 7 asaneo, b u t b y remov i ng matter w hi c h p o ll u t es run ning streams and the very air which the inhabitants are i 4 liged to b reat h e . A not h er art i c l e h ea d e d " Smith ' t i r &0., strangely contrasts with the preceding, and if it ° writer i s not actua ll y a ffli cte d w i t h ma d ness h e f e i gns °f the H e vents hi s rage c hi e fl y aga i nst a man ' the name of Smith, who, we imagined at first, had t s ee n an accomplice with Frost in the Monmouth rebel ,,;-"n: from the se words, " and six and twenty of these .. '"ed Chartists and Smithites, it is said, fell 14 this ho:-rid theoretic cause." Ile then indites a t nle stron g language about the drivel nonsene of 'ls fellow—this modern Jack Cade-whom he s sets ( 04 n as the ringleader in the Newport rebellion, in 4eking Birmingham, and setting fire to corn and hay t f , n i : r k ii s Lt • ed Feeling surprised that such a villain should have , ll e'lped w e were induced to go through .. the story, when "' found that the object of his dire hatred was the ye- Ada m Smith, the immortal author of the Judgment of Moral SAitiments." So touch for the calm of'" Simon Gray, of Mornington Crescent." Robert Barclay, Esq. John Bowden, Esq. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. Wm. Cotton, Esq. Timothy Abr. Curtis, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq.. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. J. Oliver Hansen. Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Kirkman 1). Hodgson, Esq. H. St. John Mildmay, Esq., J. Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. The election fur Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 7th of April, and for Di rectors on Wednesday, the Bth of April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.-SUMMER EXCU RSION.-On Saturday, Deputy Corney moved that the resolution of a former Court, to the effect of interdicting the sum of 7501. from being expended in summer excursions by the Corporation, should be rescinded. Mr. Wells had brought forward the subject when the Court was very thinly attended, and carried by a majority of one. He considered that the reso lution was a very bad compliment to the ladies of the Corpora tion, who looked upon the summer excursion as a sort of recom pence for the loss of the society of their husbands when en gaged in the toilsome duties of the Corporation. He observed that another motion stood upon the paper for breaking up the " Maria Wood" barge, but he was convinced that the Court would dispose of that motion as it deserved to be disposed of. Mr. Bedford seconded the motion. Mr. Morris opposed it, upon the ground that the Court were not justified in spending the City ea.ll in such a manner. Mr. Wells said that the citizens all felt gratification at finding that he had carried his resolution, and he trusted that the Court would not be guilty of the absurdity otil rendering it useless. Mr. Lawrence said the motion to do away with the summer excursion was a mere clap trap affair, and those who did the business of the Corporation deserved the recreation. The motion was carried by a majority of 39, the numbers being—Affirmative, 68 ; Negative, 29. Mr. Wells's motion to break up the Maria Wood was negatived 1 by a large majority. was on expeditions in which they were joined with officers Vf the land forces ; and on these occasions, the proportion allotted to them was at the same rate as that granted to an Officer of corresponding rank in the army. There appear to be other distinctions in the position oh the superior officers of Marines, which we are also dis posed to recommend to your Majesty should be abolished, one having reference to the grant of pensions for good set.• vices, and another to the retired pay of the officer removed from the Marines, on promotion to the rank of General Officer. By the Order in Council of 3d July, 1837, regulating the grant of pensions for good services, the general officers of Marines were placed on a footing with the flag officers of your Majesty's fleet, whereas the pensions which have been granted to Generals of Marines have been fixed at the scale which that Order in Council would give to Captains of the Navy. We would suggest that the scale of pension should be that of the Flag-Officer as sanctioned by the Order in Council. • 10 With reference to the position of the officer removed from the Marines on promotion to be a Major-General, it appears that under the existing regulations, that officer would be allowed unattached pay at the rate of 1/. ss. a-day only; whereas if he had retired as a Colonel-Com mandant, he would have received 1/. 181. 6d. a-day. In this respect, therefore, the officer who has remained longest on duty may obtain a lower rate of pension than one of much shorter service, and possibly of inferior claims. The regulations of the Army allow every General Officer, re moved from the effective service by his promotion, the full pay of his last regimental commission. For these reasons we would suggest for your Majesty's consideration, that all officers, who may retain efficiently their commission in the Marines until they shall be removed by promotion to the rank of General should be allowed, on that removal, the full pay of their last regimental appointment. We are persuaded that any regulations in this respect, which shall be so arranged as to prevent the possibility of the divisions of Marines falling into inefficient hands, will have a happy effect in satisfying those officers, who have passed a long and meritorious service in the corps, that their pensions for good service, and their pay as General Officers, are granted upon principles perfectly analogous to those which regulate other services. There is but one more alleged grievance in the case of the Royal Marines, on which we shall feel it necessary to offer any suggestion for your Majesty's consideration. It is that the Captains of Marines arc receiving a lower daily pay than the Captains of the Line. The origin of this distinction between the pay of the two services we have ascertained to be this :—A part of the emoluments of an Infantry Captain consisted of an annual allowance of 201., which was issued to him under the title of " Non-effective Allowance," it being the ad mitted profit which the Captains of the Army foi manly derived from the maintenance of a certain number of non effective or non-existent men on the establishment of a regiment whose pay formed a fund to elver the expenses of recruiting. In 1825 this annual allowance was, for official convenience, converted into an addition of Is. Id. to the daily pay of the Infantry Captain. While it had been issued as an annual allowance, the claim of the Marine Captain to the same advantage was less apparent, inasmuch as the Act of 1783, which recognised the claim of the Infantry Captains to this portion of the non-eifec. live allowance as a personal profit, did not extend to the Marines; but when the change into an addition to the daily pay took place, the Marines, resting their claims upon the uniformity of their pay with that of the Infantry in all other ranks, preferred an application for the same increase to the pay of then: Captains; and it formed one of the representations which they addressed to your Corn missioners. Upon general grounds, as we have already ventured to submit to your Majesty, we arc by no means prepared to advocate the propriety of regulating the pay of one service by the standard of another ; but we are not disposed to deny the justice of the complaint which the Captains of Maiines prefer, that when doing precisely similar duty to the line, and when actually on service with Line Regi ments, they are paid, in one rank only, at a rate lower than that which their comrades on the same service are re ceiving. This distinction we see no sufficient grounds f or maintaining; and we submit that it would be expedient that the pay of the Captains of Marines, when servin g ashore, should be issued at the same daily rate as that of Captains of Infantry. We limit our recommendation to service asho re , b ecause we have ascertained that at sea the Marine officer teeeives free rations, which may be considered as a compensation for the difference of pay. There now only remains for us to submit to your Ma jesty the conclusions which , in our judgment, result from the evidence we have received respecting the Marines. I. That it is expedient that officers should not be con tinued in command of divisions when n o l onger equal to the active duties of the service. 2. That every officer of Marines removed from the corps, on becoming a General Officer, should receive the full pay of his last regi menta l comm i ssion, or 4001. a-year when the pay of his last regimental commission is not of that amount. 3 That, upon full consideration whether, in consequence of the proposed alteration with respect to the pay of the officers of Mari nes remove d from the corps as Major- Generals, it would be proper to diminish the number of Colonels-Commandant allowed to retire upon full pay, it has appeared to your Majesty's Commissioners that it would be inexpedient to offer any such recommendation, because the number of retirements allowed to Colonels- Commandant need not be filled up by the Board of Ad miralty unless it should be thought necessary, while it might be inconvenient to diminish the means now afforded, by the retirement on full pay of Colotielt-Commandant, of removing from the corps officers who, from ill-healtb or from other causes, have become inefficient. 4 The Commission deem it right to recommend to your Majesty that the present number o f Lieutenant- Colonels of Royal Marines allowed t o retire on full-pay should be increased from four to six, on the same ground, JOHN THOROGOOI). [The following is an extract of a letter written by a gentleman who visited the Church-rate victim.] 23th March, 1840. Slll,--I this morning visited our friend, John Thoro good, and was much struck with his altered appearance ; his health is evidently giving way. I made some sugges tions as to vesting the money subscribed ; he repeatedly said that he regretted very much that any money had been raised at all. He is depressed, yet he is still John Thoro good, and as great a roundhead as ever. I saw a gentleman, who is an excellent friend of his, and he assured me that, if a house were bought with the money subscribed, and stocked with goods, so bitter is the spirit of the High Church Tory party at Chelmsford agains , him, that no person dare go into it and buy ; if they did, the certain consequence would be, that these people would be marked, and the gifts at Easter and other times would be withdrawn, and the custom or employment afforded them they would certainly lose. Dr. Pritchard, whose attention to him ever since he was confined, has been above all praise, says his health is suf fering. He has had an attack of gaol scurvy ; his teeth are loose ; he has pains in his limbs ; and, a month or two ago, he really thought he should have lost him. (From the Scottish Pilot.) The following letter has been received by Mr. Russell, from Mr. Thorogood, in acknowledgment of the sum of 321. 16s. 3d., forwarded by him, being the amount contri buted by the friends of the prisoner, as the result of the subscription which was undertaken for his behoof in this city. It is painful to observe, that the health of Mr. Tho rogood is yielding under the effects of his long-continued imprisonment. It behoves the friends of religious liberty to ponder well this announcement, and to redouble their efforts, in order to secure the liberation of this victim of Clerical rapacity : " Chelmsford Gaol, March 24, 1840. " Dear Sir,— I return you my sincere thanks for the very kind letter you have done me the favour to write ; and to the kind friends whose contributions you have sent, I beg you will offer my sincere acknowledgments. " The sympathy of Christians, next to the convictions of my own conscience, as in the sight of God, is that which sustains my spirit ; for I assure you, Sir, although I feel it an honour to be selected by my Divine Master to bear my unworthy testimony to what I am fully convinced is the truth, yet there are times when, under the pressure of sickness, occasioned by the long continued confinement in this damp prison, the heart sinks, and I find I require all the aids, both of the promises of the gospel, and of the sympathy of Christian friends, to bear me up. " I have been afflicted with dreadful pains in my head for the last five weeks, but have received most kind atten tion from Dr. Pritchard, a physician of this town, who has been always ready to render me his valuable services. With many thanks for your great kindness, I am Sir, your obedient servant, “JOHN THOROGOOD, THE EXECUTION EXPECTE!) ON SATURDAY LAST ,T STAFFORD.—Extract of a letter from Stafford, April 1 !—" The people here are absolutely making as ------- much preparation in laying in provisions for the execution day JACK ASHORE. 3 Vols. as if it was some great national rejoicing. It is absolutely Colbol n London, 1840. sickening."—[On a former occasion of this kind some hundreds of the mob arrived in the railway pig-carriages—the ordinary WthileWleillaetlilleale.(:rlLerlactinagn.oth:er of those naval novels with libraries have been inundated for vehicles (intended for human beings) being insufficient to carry them all. In that instance, which happened in the Spring of sv o -It six or eight I,curs. It is neither better nor 1838, a respite delayed the ' execution;and the disappointment mar:e than the generality of these fictions, and is or the of the wretches assembled at the feast of blood was vented in t e'mpounded of the same motlcy and incongruous the most awful imprecations. At the expiration of the respite materials.on The. story refers to the strange fortunes of . the convict,_ a h young woman whose d pregnancy had delayed the sentence— e un uh e h r c w . h e n o u t s i e t s; were and, in th sight thronged e dofwit with I , e e _ • J °bn Truepenny, a common staler—whence it execu se tiou ,b o nv es its title of " Jack Ashore"—who, just as he is Fo r r u p es, s t ill f suspended, r s - t or rather fiends, whose p behaviour showed the "benefit" G l : t to be flogged on board the ninety g,un•ship, the I ' to he derived from those examples.] 1,... :Y. for getting unreasonably drunk, is discovered to A gentleman named Duzier, of Lucerne (as a of luck t E nglish Baronet of ancient descent and enormous Swiss correspondent of the Quoti d in,s ie ,a n sa n se comingse t n a d t ei ascending 1 o t s N wo h m : en h o a t s omf b a e th e n n e fortune,toucile oftand is of course allowed to quit the ship, un he cat-o'-nine-tails. This surprising change hi ;hest i n s i h o e u d nt f a o ' r mountains of S in w t :i r t e z P e ' r ( l i a it n Y d the Uctliberg, when, wishing to reach they and , 4 kes place about the middle of the first volume, days since from the 1 of Ili _ . remainder . of the tale is taken up with details duly s capricious and extravagant freaks ashore, when ; vi,tu r '''' l l9);z,d :14 S'r Jol+n 'Few / N(4, m , Thrt.; of thp one of sibl , . he attempted to slide down p lanes ~ those inclined planes used for sending down timber; companions , not finding him on their arrival at the bottom, bottom as speedily as Ifir,s,,ciominpap,itch.,nf him. btit found only his corpse. with his d .,.. s,"tia to enLi..p i , ut , "" " kn "'""6° "" d i'''') (3.'s sk:ull traeturcd. A favourite little dog was lying on his mai ' "Pter• who had become vehemently enamoured of 1 er's body. EVENING EDITION. in the same manner, as has been recommended for ....- ... ... , the retirement of the Colonels Commandant. 'I R p rh , :he regimental Field-Officers so retiring, and 1 AI rity ~ ,: _ve heretofore retired upon full-pay as 1 all thoSe - succession, by brevet, to the such, should be ft'etobtea ~.: 0 0 iliat the retired full-pay of rank of General Officef;; such of the Field-Officers at *my' Attain the rank of Gene- ral Officer, should be made up to 4001. g- year, if the retired pay they received should be below that affHX,lOl. ' ' 6. That the Board of Ad miralt y should be a Ctborised , a e. two i to admit of the permanen t retirement annually Lieutenant-Colonels of the Royal Marines to half-pay, at their own request; but these officers should not be c - Bible for any further promotion by brevet or otherwise. 7. That it is expedient that so much of the Royal Pro clamation of 3d Februry, 1836, as relates to the allowance '' of prize-money to the Field-Officers of Marines, under which they are classed with sea lieutenants and captains of their own corps, should be rescinded ; and that they should in respect to prize-money, be placed on a footing with 1 Field-Officers of correspondinr , rank iu the line. 8. That it would be expedient, iu regulating such 1 grants of pensions for good services as may be made to Ge- i neral Officers of Marines, to adhere to the principle of the Order in Council of 3d July. 1837, under which General Officers of Marines wcro classed with Flag-Officers of the Fleet, with whom they rank. 9. That it is expedient that the pay of the Captain' of Marines, when serving ashore, should be fixed at the same rates as that of the Captains of Infantry of the line. r i (To BE CONTINUED ) 1 pito.coßN-LAW PETITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN . Lyme Regis, April 3, 1840. Sts,— The following anecdote may serve to illustrate the manner in which the Corn-law petitions are got up in the country places, and may be depended upon for its ac curacy, as 1 have just been told it by the father of one of the children, a very decent resneetabk fellow : At Pcntney, n village near Lynn, the corn monopolists applied to Mr. Mundy, the schoolmaster there, for 14'ave fur the child; en to sign the petition, which was granted. On of the children, upon his return home in the evening, irfoycne2 his tether what bad been done at the school— that tlitv 110 all signed the petition, and were promised by the g e - m.l4..nan that they ware to have a journey to " Lunnun," 1 . 3 7 }vay of a frolic. " Why, you dog !" the father exclaimed. 0 . you have been signing for a dear loaf. and then what must become of your poor mothler, cri andd little brothers and sister ?" '` Oh, dear I oh, dear " know the child, " what have d on e indeed dear o h I had n ned what it vas about, I am sure I vi'ruld p o t. have sig it f r all the gentlemen in Pentney." This happened about H. ten days since. ON STEAM VESSELS: (Ey A NAVAL OFFICER.) The propositions of " Patriot" (wh i c h a pp eared in y 0 .r 1 columns a few days since) upon the subject of preparing n.erchara steam-vessels for the purposes of war, may arrest the attention of Government, as it is a source of wonder ment to many that so important a matter as the concern rlated change in naval warfare has not before this been fully brat:nig:ate. The flg4ting eapabiliOtes of steam and sailing vessels have net, by comparison, been experimentally determined ; and it is haroly necessary to observe there are various and casflieting opinions upon the subject of their respective war qualification. But as professional men of acknowledged ability and enterprise are inclined to a belief that vessels propelled by steam or other power independent of winds, will, in a great degree, if not wholly, supersede sailing vessels of war; and though they are not united in opinion as to the best mode of construction, form, and dimen'sons to r ender such craft effective, suppose, for the admissic,a of the followirg remarks, the superiority of steam-vessels to be established. 'l,f in the conside ration of methods to provide the most 1 e ffi c i e d visas of steam-vessels, it were simply a question of speed and capacity, large vessels of suitable scantling would be preicrred to small. But it is a subject which should be considered in connection with the mode of arm ing and employing the projectiles that have been lately in troducel en shipboard. If the shell practice sliuded to b-a brought to perfection, and there appears Ire reason to suppose it unattainable, vessels of the most solid fabric cannot then possibly insure its effect ; a few shells, simply charged with powder, of tert or eight inches diameter, would make sad havoc between .: elect's of a large ship, and if thrown in so as to bunt near her water-lii t 4. might produce terrific consequences; spring- 1 ing, as it were, so many mines would shake and open her frame to an extent that it would, in all probability, pre , elude the possibility of repairing the mischief in time to prevent the ship from sinking. Hulls of huge dimensions and strength of scantling, if the preceding view of the matter be correct, afford no against lice shells; on the contrary, there is a etter , se chance of a shell proving mischievous by bursting - b after being deeply In god in the side of a large ship, than pass -1 ing through a smaller vessel of lighter build. A lefty steam-snip, armed upon her broadside, must, 1 to bring her batr,:ry to best* expos e the whole length of her hull, and mutt also, to use her comparatively light guns with effect, take a distance within the scope of ini minent danger to her crew and machinery. But a vessel of smaller size, capable of carrying only two heavy long ranging pieces, one at each extremity, would, when using li r bow or stern gun, expose merely a small portion of a comparatively small hull ; and if site be pursuOd 'l.:,v afarge steam vessel, she would fight upon advantageous test 8. as the bow and stern of each vessel would probably be tn.;‘i larly timed, but the smaller vessel mould have a large.' object to fire at with a consequent better chance of hitting, and if she lodged a shell in the bow of her pursuer, it would. in all likelihood, prove a stopper. The ird,rence is, that a large steam-ship may not prove so formidable an opponent ether to sailing vessels or small steamers, as apprehended ; but a steam vessel of suitable dimensions to admit of being formidably armed for distant practice, and constructed with a view to expose, as little as possible, having due regard to the effectif 9 movements of paddles and machinery, would for the busines; Pt fight be, n sporting phraseology, an ugly customer. CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—At the Flint- I shire Assizes on Tuesday the trial of Edward Jones, charged 1 ‘‘ith the murder of David Evans, the gamekeeper, commenced before Mr. Justice Williams, and terminated on Wednesday in the conviction of the prisoner, who had sentence of death passed upon him. It will be remembered that on the 3d of February last Evans was found at Vrow weltering in his blood, having been evidently murdered. He had been seen alive a very short time before, and about the same time the prisoner, with a gun in his han d, had been met b y a lad, with whom he entered into conversation respecting the deceased, asking what time he generally came, and saying that he was drunk. At the conclusion of his remarks he told the lad not to tell any one what he had said. Suspicion fell on the pri soner (who was a poacher) immediately on the discovery of the murder, and, although there was no direct proof of his having committed the murder, the crime was brought home to him be a chain of circumstantial evidence, which satisfied the Jury of his guilt. The Judge was four hours in summing up, and the Jury were an hour and a quarter in deliberating upon their verdict. The prisoner was carried out of the Court in a state of invensibility after receiving sentence of death. He was in a very weak state, having suffered since his imprisonment severely from erysipelas. ItAILWA.Y THROUGH KENDAL.—We have this week again to report active and successful proceedings in con nection with this important work. The Directors of the Lan caster and Preston Railway Company have given their unequi vocal testimony in favour of this undertaking, by subscribing 501. to the Kendal Committee towards the expenses of this survey. We understand that Mr. Ainswick, Secretary to the Government Commissioners, accompanied by a civil engineer, is now at the Kin 's Arms Inn in this town, for the express purpose of surveying the tunnel hills on the Kendal and Lune lines. This looks well for the Kendal project, as it shows that the Commissioners are resolved to be satisfied on their own evi dence, of the nature and extent of these works, and not to rely on such statements as have been put forth by Mr. Larmer, and exposed in this paper.— Kendal Mercury. POSTAGE STA MPS.—The public has been loDk ing forward to the issue of Postage Stamps with natural anxiety. We have, therefore great pleasure in announcing, i that the engravings and die are now complete, and that, early in the next week the printers will be actively engaged in striking off impressions. Three different forms will be used, • according to pleasure. By the first, paper sent in to be stamped will be impressed with a beautiful medallion portrait of her Majesty ; the second, consisting of stamps to be affixed to letters, is also decorated by a highly.. wrought portrait of her Majesty, engraved by lleath. These are about the siz e . of a shilling ; each sheet will contain 240 stamps, which the retail dealer can sub-divide, so as to suit the convenience of purchasers. The third form is the cover, to be stamped on a half-sheet of paper. The design, which is imaginative and beautiful, as well as complicated, containing upwards of fifty figures, is by Mulready, and has been engraved in relief on brass, with the utmost care and delicacy, by Thompson, who, we are informed, devoted the labour of twelve entire weeks to its execution. The lower part of the tablet is left blank to admit the direction. Above, in the centre, is Britannia, with her emblems, spreading wide her arms, to dismiss angel m"- centers to all nations of the earth ; a group of Indians and colonists is on the right ; on the left are the fi gures of Oriental men and animals. These groups are suppo r ted onon either side The by domestic figures, reading letters. ole effect is poetical, as well as artistic. The covers Will be 'l printed from casts either polyt.yped or stereotyped, and Mr Dickinson's paper, on which our journal was p r i n t e d in April 1838 (No. 544), is to be used. By causing part of the lines to be nearest to one surface, and part to th e o th er, he has superadded a great protection against forgery.—Athenosum. CORN-LAWS.—STAFFORD.—A petition for the repeal of these tyrannous laws has been making the round of the borough, and on Wednesday week, when it was for warded for presentation, it contained the sigateures of 1,411 individuals—a greater number, probably, Man ever before signed a petition on any subject whatever in this town. The poor burgesses for once have been unanimous ; nearly all. if not quite all, whether attached to the Whig candidate's tail, or the Tory candidate's tail, have eagerly signed the petition for cheaper bread. Even those who, on e lectioneering occasions, sell themselves body and soul to aid the return of men to repre sent. the : , orough in Parliament, whose interest it is to keep things as they are, have attached their names to the document; and thus recorded a damning proof of their miserable venality. Staffordshire Examiner. WINDSOR, APRIL 3.—There is now but little doubt that the Rev. Dr. Keate will be the new Provost of Eton, in the room of the lamented and venerable Dr. Goodall. Dr. Keate is one of the Canons of Windsor, but, in the event of his appointment, the Rev. G . G entleman must (as I am inf0m5,,...4) vacate the Canonry upon his acceptance of the Provostship. It is reported here that the then vacant Canonry will be offered to Lord Augustus Fitzelarence, the youngest brother of the Earl who holds the of Mapledurham, in Ox of Munster , Rector y ' fordshire. Some silly concocter of paragraphs for a Tot y morning paper has strung together disloyal twaddle about the sudden postponement of the Levee on Wednesday last. The fact, we believe, was, her Majesty felt slightly indisposed, and naturally avoided the fatigues attendant on a Levee, whidh might, perhaps, have retarded her restoration to health. AFFAIR of HONOUR.—An affair of this na ture has taken place between two Magistrates of this county, in consequence of some difference of opinion between them on the Bench, at the Petty Sessions in Cashel, a few days back. The parties were bound over by Captain Nangle, R.M., in consequence of which they directly proceeded to the county i( shots, i k th e e n y n left li the ground rlin without o w u t h er an e y , after e s i tl t t i s o x n c . hanE s o h t' Paper. t...........---....---...--....—,..................--. di the xi e 9 4