The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-28 00:00:00

E EN ENG EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. _ The Qu een an d P r i nce Albert visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Iler M a j esty and - Pi ince Albert honoured the rehearsal of the Concert of Ancient Music at the Hanover-square Rooms, with their presence yesterday. The Royal suite Consisted of th e C ountess of Charlemont, Lord Byron, Sir Robert Otvray, Hon Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Pciuverie and Mr. Francis Seymour. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha accompanied her Majesty. Viscount Melbourne and Sir Hussey Vivian had audien c.c.s, yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Aleert rode out yesterday afternoon in a pony phaeton. i The R o y a l Dinner party at the Palace last evening n cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended b y Lady Anne Maria Dawson), Lord Lilford, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Baron de Gruben, Right Hon. George Stevens Bvng, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday morning. prince Albert, attended by Baron do Gr uben and Mr. Francis Seymour, rode out on horseback yesterday morning His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, visited the Duchess of Rent on Su n day at Ingestrie House, Belgrave-square. Prince George of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness yesterday. The Queen Dowager, attended by her Suite, lode on horseback in the Parks yesterday morning. The Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar and the Prince and Princess of Saxe Weimar took an airing yesterday in an °Pen carriage. The Marquis of Ailsa and Mr. Lloyd, Ilgh Sheriff of M erionethshire, had interviews with the Marquis of Nor rilanbY yesterday at the Home-office. Despatches from Colonel Reid, Governor of Bermuda, were received yesterday at the Colonial.office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Wilton, in Grosvenor.square ; t he Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa, in Whitehall gardens ; Lady Fitzroy Somerset and the Hon. Miss So merset, in Stanhope-street ; the Earl of Jersey and Vis count Villiers, in Berkeley. square ; Lord Teignmouth, in Portland-place ; his Excellency Baron Brunow and Count Nesselrode ; Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham, in G rosvenor-place ; Lord and Lady Bridport and the Hon. Misses Wood, in Wimpole-street ; the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Hon. Colonel Conolly, M. P.. and Conolly, in Upper Grosvenor-street; the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, in St. James's-square ; the Ladies Anne and Harriet Scott, in Upper Grosvenor-street ; the countegs of Jersey and Lady Sarah Villiers, in Berkeley square ; Lady Georgians Pratt, in Belgrave-square ; his Excellency Baron Nieumann ; Sir C. and Lady Bigot and t he Hon. Misses Bagot, in Eaton-square; the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, in Belgrave-square ; Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, in Curzon-atreet ; the Earl of Aberdeen and L ordHaddo, at Argyll House; Sir C. Morgan, Bart , in P all-mall ; Sir Trayton and Lady Elliott Drake, in Upper Brook -street; Sir Alexander and Lady Crich ton, at Long's Hotel ; the Hon. Mrs. and the Misses Collin wood ; the Ladies Anne and Harriet Scott, in G rosvenor-street ; Lord and Lady Norreys ; Sir Charles , 1 `, 1 _ 41 the Hon. Lady Coekerell ; the Bishop of Chichester ; ``:e Dowager Lady Anstruther ; Lord Wilton ; Count oathyany, from Melton ; Sir James and Lady Mary li ntolyn Williams, in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Ed tinsford, Carmarthenshire ; Mrs. Hindle, at the Hanover note', Hanover-square, from Tunbridge ; Mr. and Mrs. Gwyn Jeffrys, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish tioare, from Llangennech Parks, Swansea ; Mr. and ra- Roberta and family, at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Hall nad family, at ditto. DEPARTURES. The Prince and Princess of Capua, from Mivart's Hotel, for Brighton; Lord Macdonald, from ditto, on a Vit to Lord and Lady Southampton ; Mr. and Mrs. from ditto, for their scat, Stonewall Park, Kent ; ?".. 1 r Philip an d L a dy D ur h am , on a tour in Sussex; Lady Charlot te an d Mi ss B ury, f or T un b r id ge W e ll s ; L a dy D e D unstanville, for Sussex; Lady Williams and Miss Trot- IT', for Brighton ; Mrs. Ogilby, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Mrs. Curwen, from ditto; Major Hurst, from ditto; W. Long, Esq., and Lady Mary Long and family, from ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Frede rick Webb, from Langham-place, on a tour to the Conti ira; te Rev. Dr. and Mrs. ss Causton, from th Conti- Hanover Hotel, Hanover -square, and for Brighton ; the Rev.e Mr. and Mrs. Wakeman and family, from ditto, for Chel tenham ; Mr. and Mrs. Leeds, from ditto, for Liverpool ; Mr, and Mrs. Campbell, from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Sir A. Ferguson, for Brighton ; Col. Balfour, for Leamington- Pa ; Sir Thomas Wilson, Bart., for ditto ; the Hon. ?ugh Cholmondeley, M.P., for Vale Royal, Cheshire; A. Howard, Esq:, and Miss Howard, for Kernptown ; Mr. de Winton, M. P., and family, for Maeslough Castle, Rad norshire ; Sir Charles Ibbetson, Bart., on a continental tour; the Hon. Justice Ball, from the Burlington Hotel, fur Dublin; Mr. Roscoe, from ditto, for Liverpool ; the Hon. Captain Needham, from ditto ; Lady and Miss Raffles, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea ; Rev. H. Young, from Long's Hotel, for Essex ; Lieutenant Wild, from ditto, for Speenbamland ; T. Y. Hall, Esq., from ditto, for Newcastle; Lord Neville, for Bridge Castle, Kent; Ad miral Sir Philip and Lady Durham, for Kent; Mr. Morris, M P., for Hastings; the Marquis of Londonderry, for ynyard Park ; Lady Kitinaird, for Tunbridge-wells ; dy El zabeth Reynell, for Sussex ; Colonel and Lady Al‘ura Meyriek, for the Auberies, Suffolk. 1 4, '" n ‘lier Majesty and Prince Albert will give a grand ,941 et to-morrow, a t Buckingham Palace, to the Duke of we llington, the Duke of Cambridge, and the other noble and l uOstri ous Directors of the Ancient Concerts. The dinner ' ll l be served at the hour of half-past six, to enable her Ma- Jesty and the Prince to arrive in time for the commencement oft h e concert. :•.:Xlse Duke and Duchess of Sutherland's grand .vger.tainment to the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, which was to have taken place on the 12th of next month, is given up for this season. The appointment of first Lady of the Bedcham her r tO the Queen has become vacant by the death of the Coun tess of Burlington. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House, last evening, from Strathfieldsaye, Hants. His Grace • is enjoyi ng most excellent health. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort arrived at Beaufort House, yesterday afternoon, from a visit to Lord and '.Lady Southampton at Whittlebury Abbey, Northamptonshire. . The Duke of Argyll returned to Belgrave-street, Yesterday, from a visit to Admiral Sir Edward Codrington , at Portsmouth. Th e Marquis of Salisbury and the Ladies Cecil, e trae to town y es t er d a y a fternoon, from Strathfieldsaye, where the Marquis has been visiting the Duke of Wellington. The Marquis of Douglas will leave Paris for te‘tn. next week. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury leave Totte n h am P ar k thi s morning, for town. The Noble M arquis and Marchioness re- commence their parties next week. The Marquis of Londonderry returns to Hol ternesse House to-morrow, from Wynyard Park, Stockton-on- Vos• The Marchioness has remained in town during his dship's absence. Countess Cadogan and the Ladies Augusta and H Otimia Cadogan returned to town yesterday afternoon, from v i`rts to Sir Charles Lamb and Lady Montgomerie at Beaufort Sussex, and Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, at rrognall Lodg e , Kent. The M arqu i s an d M arc hi oness o f Downshire, I : 4 Lady Charlotte Hill are expected in Hanover-square, this from Hillsborough Castle, Dovrnshire, Ireland, for the o' 3 u. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness gave a grand t he at the Castle on Tuesday last, when a numerous party of surrounding gentry attended. The Duke of Devonshire intends leaving Paris len:few days on hi s re t urn t o thi s coun t r y. His Grace's fete to ,_ Maje s ty an d P r i nce Alb ert w ill b e p os tp one d i n noose luebee of the demise of the Countess of Burlingto.r. fat ,The D uc h ess o f H am il ton i s on a visit to her 'fr, W. Beckford, Esq., at Lansdowne-crescent, Bath. Co wes and Lady Seymour have been residing at this week. wes, Isle of White, during the recess, but come to town Mi. — and Mrs. Howard, of Corby, and Mt. Ph. • dip Howard, M.P., have been passing the Easter week at nnole, the seat of Earl and Countess Amherst. BRIGHTON, APRIL 26.—Lord Lyndhurst, though still weak, is much stronger since his short sojourn in Brighton. Mr. Crawford, M.P., continues at the Albion Hotel in a state of ill health. The Prince and Princess of Cap-a have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel ; they purpose re maining here some days, and afterwards proceeding to the Coni inept. _ _ MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesdly 1 ,st the Hon. Alfred Wodehouse, youngest son of Lord Wode house, to Mi>s Emma Hamilton Macdonald, daughter of Mr. Reginald Macdonald, and granddaughter of the late Earl a Mount Edgecumbe. The marriage of the Lady Rosa Nu;eat and Mr. Fulke Greville is to be solemnized to-day. A marriage will shortly take place between John Power, Esq., M.P., and his cousin Miss Power, the wealthy heiress of Kilfane, county Waterford. The marriage of Lady Charlotte Turnour, 7tlghter of the late and sister of the present Earl or Winter °O. to Mr. Hurd, will, we understand, take place early in the rtleuth of June. The Earl of Munster has been suffering severely from an attack of gout, and is still too indisposed to take his de- Parture from Paris, as he intended, this month, for this country. Lord Ca n terbury arrived at the Hon. Mrs. Ev elyn; a Sutton's, in Berkeley-square, on Sunday evening, from 4 "" rts, to attend his parliamentary duties. Lady Canterbury Ind the Misses Home Purves will not visit England during the P l i , ent season. The Marchioness of Westminster is expected at .?irosvenor House on Friday next, from Eaton Hall. The ; I k ar quis will stay , at the Hall until after the Chester races, 4 "ell open house will be kept at the above splendid mansion. .':he Marquis and Ma rchioness of Sli g o, and Liles Browne, are expected to arrive at Westport, Ireland, early in the ensuing week, from Naples, where the Noble ' 1. arquis and Marchi ,, ness have been r esiding several months. The Earl of Altamont is with his regiment in Edinburgh. The Dowager Countess of Pembroke, and Lady G rafton -street , H er b er t, are daily expected at their residence in from Paris, where they have already arrived fr om Nic e . CAPTAIN HEAvIsIDE.—As a proof of the e stimation in which Capt. Heaviside is held by the inhabitants • Brighton, an address, of which the following is a copy, was, • Tuesday last, drawn up, and in a few hours received the mgnatares of nearly three hundred of the most re spectable and influential inhabitants of the town, corn trising individu a l s o f ever y s ect and party :—" Sir,— ,We, th e undersign is inhabitants of the borough of '' n ghton, having (with deep regret) heard a rumour t hat it s 70tir intention not to continue to reside here, beg to assure vou r t l i c:w greatly we s h ou ld d ep l ore suc h an even t, an d s i n cerely hope d you will remain to discharge those public and private ~_!'"es, which we consider have been of great benefit to the "u.wri. generally, as well as to individuals. Trusting that this • ritaneous expression of our feelings will induce you to listen Vnir request, we have the honour to remain," ecc. We haop CalA. Heaviside will still continue to reside among us nd thatin the re so urces of friendship, in the active duties attached !-0 his station, and above all, in the universal esteem and respect In which he is held; he may find balm and consolation.— rightoa Herald. , g WHAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE ?"—Vide Morning Post of yesterday. And can'st thou really ask, Oh sage And courtly Morning Post, What is that " Spirit of the Age" Which haunts you like a ghost ? 'Tis that experience born of grief, And reared 'mid myriad woes, That bids the People seek relief From friends instead of foes. That thwarts each partizan intent Of ultra-Tory Peers, And takes exactest measurement Of Colonel Sibthorp's cars. That laughs at Stanley's factious ire, From Philpotts keeps aloof, For, 10, beneath his Priest's attire There lurks the cloven hoof ! That reads in Graham's frantic talk, And Peel's more crafty vein Of eloquence, a wish to walk In Downing Halls again. That tears the mask from Lyndhurst's face, Proves Ashburton a quack, And lays the lash—Oh, piteous case ! On Londonderry's back. In short, 'tis that resistless will, Which none can thwart or doubt, That kerps the Whigs in office still, And keeps the Tories out ! SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. A full room, and a good deal of betting. THE DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Launcelot—taken 8 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Theon 9 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate 10 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Assassin 20 to 1 agst Luce' ta—taken 20 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Melody colt—offered 20 to I agst Angelica—offered 23 to 1 agst Captain Gardnor's Monops—offered 28 to 1 agst Pathfinder—taken 33 to 1 agst Black Bess—taken 33 to 1 agst Gambia--offered 35 to 1 agst Filly out of Rowton's dam 50 to 1 agst Cormorant 50 to 1 agst Torres Vedras—taken 50 to 1 agst Wardan 1000 to 15 agst Maroon—taken 10000 to 100 agst Duke of Rutland's Crazy Boy—taken THE OAKS. 3 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix—taken 4 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Black Bess—taken 12 to 1 agst Lalla Rookh 10 to I agst Mr. Wigram's Teleta—taken 16 to 1 agst Welfare—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Crucifix—taken 2 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate—taken BIGGLESWADE RACES—FittnAr. The Town Stakes of 10 sous. each. Mile and half heats. Mr. W. Hope's b g Gamester, 1 Ist 71b Mr. Cater's b g Buck, 9st 1 2 2 Mr. Ayre's br m Nell, lOst 71b 3 3 dr The first heat was won by a neck, after a fine race, the second cleverly, and the third easily. The Produce Stakes for colts and fillies, 7st lllb each, three quarters of a mile, were won by Mr. Burton's f Mount Pleasant (F. Bell), beating Mr. Cater's br c Smike (dis.) and Mr. Nash's f Juliet (dis. ) The Hurdle Stakes of 10 sous. each, 12st each. Mile and half heats, over four hurdles. 5 Subs. Mr. T. Master's br m Medora Owner 1 1 Mr. Carrington's ch m Gulnare dis• Mr. Purser's b g Leamington Leamington came in first (by a length), and Gulnare second, but, having taken the wrong side of a post, the race was given to Medora. The Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 2 sous. each, &c., for horses not thorough-bred, &c. ; the same weights and distance as above; were won in two well-contested heats, by Mr. Maule's Brampton Junior (owner), beating .111 r. Bainbridge's Bletsoe and Mr. George's Unique. The Galloway Stakes, 9A each ; mile and a half ; were won in two heats by Mr. Cater's Buck, beating two others cleverly. A Sweepstakes, 12st each ; was won in two heats by Gul nare (owner), beating Leamington and two others; and a Handicap was won, cleverly, by Unique (Wortheim), beating Mount Pleasant and Victoria. ABERGAVENNY RACES.--THURSDAY (CONCLUDED). A Handicap of 3 sous. each, with a purse added by the Ladies; mile and a half; was won in three well contested heats by Mr. Whitty's Clytha Lass, beating Cantator and four others. The Abergavenny Steeple Chase Stakes of 5 sovs. each and 25 added, for all horses. 'Three miles. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Marshall's b g Physician, aged (Mr. Powell) 1 Mr. Baker's Cheroot, aged . 2 Mr. Oliver's The Greyling, aged Mr. Newcombe's Cannon-ball, aged A very fine race between Physician and Cheroot. Won by half a neck. The Monmouthshire Hunt Steeple Chase Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with a cup of 25/. added; for horses that have been regularly hunted with that pack, &c. Mr. Williams's br g Ploughboy, 6 yrs Mr. Bellamy's br g Vingt-une, aged Two others started. Won by a length, after a good race. The Scurry Steeple Chase was won by Mr. Hewer's Forty two, beating Mr. Stretton's Kilkenny, Mr. New man's Salo pian, and two others, after a tine race, by half a neck TICHBORNE DOWN ANNUAL RACES. The Hampshire Hunt Cup of 301., for farmers' horses, &c., was won by 111 r. Bridger's b m, beating Mr. Barker's ch m, and two others, in two well-contested heats. Mr. Barker's re ceived 101. from C. R. Barrett, Esq. LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Last evening, Mr. Gurney made an experiment of a new adaptation of, his " Bude Light" to the lighting of the House of Commons. It was impossible, in the im perfect state of the preparations, to form any judgment as to the comparative merits of the new arrangement and the former plan, which was unaccountably made to give way to what has been facetiously called the " gentleman's light." There certainly seems to be an ample provision in Mr. Gurney's present apparatus for a clear, well distributed, and inoffensive light ; but we must wait to see it in full operation for some nights before we can undertake to decide upon its merits. THE LATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM BURNETT, R.N. The following is the copy of a letter which Admiral Sir Edward Codrington addressed to the different officers commanding the Engineers, Artil lery, and officers of the 58th Regiment, after the funeral of the above gallant and lamented officer : " Admiralty House, Dockyard, Portsmouth, " April 23, 1840. " Sir,—My mind is strongly impressed with the very gratifying manner in which you, and those under your professional authority, responded to the call which I confidently made on you, to assist with your presence, in conjunction with those of his own corps, in doing honour to my late highly• esteemed brother officer, Captain William Burnett. I therefore take the liberty of offering you my most sincere thanks for your kindness ; begging you will have the goodness to express the same feeling on my part towards your companions. " I am sure you will agree with mc, that atten tions like these tend strongly to produce the har mony so essential in smoothening the difficulties to which we are exposed in our joint services, and thereby greatly to promote the welfare of our com mon country. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, (Signed) " EDWD. CODRINGTON, Admiral." IRELAND. This TRADES' UNION.—On Friday evening there was a numerous meeting of this body, at the Adelphi Theatre, preparatory to the aggregate meeting of the province of Leinstcr. In allusion to this meeting, the Register says, Mr. O'Connell never was seen in a happier mood, and the un bounded enthusiasm with which every mention of " Re peal" was received by the vast assemblage proved beyond a d ,übt that the heart of the people is in the cause. MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LATE MR. DRUM MOND —On Friday there was a most respectable meeting at Merrison'A Hotel, for the purpose of recording, by a public monument, the public sense of Ireland with regard to the moral worth of the late Mr. Drummond, and to ex press the deep sorrow which is felt for his loss. COLONEL CREIGHTON.—We learn from Fermanagh that the rumoured selection of Colonel Creighton for the Lord Lieutenancy is very unpopular in that county. He is one of the farm clearing gentry, and it is said that the people would prefer one of the most confirmed Tories in the entire province. The Under- Secretaryship is yet undisposed of. The rumour generally is, that it is to be conferred on Mr. Alexander Mac Donnell—a man, certainly, of high cha racter, talents and experience ; and, what is by no moans unimportant, an Irishman. —Register. DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS MACDONNELL —We regret to announce the death of Sir Francis Macdonnell, which took place last Friday night. He was an excellent and kind-hearted gentleman, anxious for the welfare of Ire land. —D üblin Evening Post. ORANGE ANTI-EDUCATION SoeteTY.—Yes—Orange Anti-Education Society ; this is the designation which best describes the society recently excluded from the Exa mination Hall of the University by the Provost of Trinity College. The speeches prove that the society is bottomed upon principles the most intolerant—that resistance to the National Board of Education is the leading motive of its establishment —and that whilst the education of Roman Catholics is put forward as a primary object, the most in sulting abuse of their religion afforded the most popular topic for the lay and clerical orators who figured at the Ro , tunda•—lbid. • a.l.......W.Ma.fu•zlmd•PNO.•lmm• The Earl of Kinnoull is much better. The answer to inquiries, on Sunday, at Hampden House was that his Lordship was out of danger. MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX. In the possession of the opinion of one of such emi nence as Dr. Lushington, and taking likewise into ac count the convincing arguments and the clear demon stration in favour of my rights, which occur in the writings of my talented friend and acute advocate, Sir John Dillon, I felt secure that. it was not the Royal Marriage Act which could invalidate the union of my parents at Rome, nor was it the sentence of the Court of Arches which could bar my inheritance from a father who was not a party to the suit. If I had cause to feel (as I most assuredly did feel) that my status was no longer questionable as to Great Britain, my prospect as to Ireland was not less cheering. When the high reputation which Mr. O'Connell has earned for himself by his knowledge of the laws of his own country is considered, and when the clear, ner vous, and unequivocal terms in which his opinion is set forth, is borne in mind, I think that it must be admitted by all persons of candour, and by those whose judgment is not clogged with prejudice, that I am authorized to consider myself, as I most decidedly do, an undoubted Prince of Ireland. Having proceeded thus far in my investigation into my status, and having satisfied my own mind as to my position in Great Britain and in Ireland, there remained yet for me to ascertain what my rights were in regard to Hanover. this end, before I left England in June, 1833, I drew up myself the following case, for the purpose of submitting it for the consideration and for the opinions of the most celebrated and eminent jurisconsults of Germany : CASE FOR HANOVER. Duke Augustus Frederick,* of Hanover, the sixth son of the Elector George, was born on the 27th of January, 1773 ; he was educated at Gottingen, and was brought up in the doctrines of the English Church. Being upon his travels, towards the close of the year 1792, Duke Augustus, at Rome, became acquainted with the Right Honourable Lady Augusta Murray. 1 shall here give a statement of the family of my honoured mother. The Lady Augusta was the second daughter of John Earl of Dunmore, of the ducal house of Athol!, whase grandfather was (in male descent) the grandson of the reigning Sovereign of the island of Man ; consequently, according to the customs of Germany, where the younger branch continues to enjoy the same titles as the elder line, Lady Augusta cannot be viewed otherwise than as in a station equivalent with that of a Princess of the Empire. The Lady Augusta derived her descent three times from the very same common ancestors with Duke Aar gustus, namely, from two crowned heads, and from a family now become kingly. The common ancestors to both were James the, Se cond, King of Scotland, Henry the Seventh, King of England, and Prince William of Orange, the ancestor of the present King of Holland. See Genealogical Table. It is here to be observed that in Scotland and in England Earls are Princes, and are styled by the King Cousins, in Latin Consanguinei. Gwillim, in his Display of Heraldry, says (page 460), " The title of Earl is very ancient, the dignity very honourable, their ca:ling being, in sign of their greatness, adorned with the lustre of a coronet, and themselves ennobled with the style of Princes." If it were asked why Earls are styled cousins of the Scottish and English Kings (and surely there must have been some weighty reasons for it) my reply would be, taking into consideration the marriages of the for mer Kings, that it must have been given to them to signify that it was contemplated that Royal Consorts should be taken from amongst their daughters : cousins are assuredly the most equal in birth who by the Divine laws are permitted to intermarry. I now proceed to narrate the consequence of the acquaintance between Duke Augustus and the Lady Augusta, in the words of the Prince himself. The extract is from Document E, being part of a letter from his Electoral Highness to the celebrated lawyer, the Hon. Thomas Erskine, afterwards Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. " A detail of the circumstances which relate to me and my wife will put you in a better way of judging the affair : " In the month of December, being on my travels, I got acquainted at Rome with Lady Dunmore and her two daughters. * * * * The well-known accom plishments of my wife (then Lady Augusta Murray) caught my peculiar attention. After four months' intimacy, by which I got more particularly acquainted with all her endearing qualities, I offered her my hand—unknown to her family—being certain beforehand of the objections Lady Dunmore would have made to me, had she been in formed of my intentions. The candour and generosity my wife showed on this occasion, by refusing the pro posal, and showing me the personal disadvantages I should draw on myself, instead of checking my endea vours, served only to add new fuel to a passion which already no earthly power could evermore have extin guished. " At length, after having convinced Augusta of the impossibility of my living without her, I found an English clergyman, and we were privately married at Rome, in the month of April, 1793, according to the rites of the English Church. After having lived with Augusta some months, though privately, I was recalled to England, when, for fear of any difficulty being made as to the legality of my child's birth, I caused myself to be a married a second time." By the foregoing it is seen that Duke Augustus and the Lady Augusta were married twice, first at Rome, and secondly in England. It will be well to give here the copy of Document A, it is the espousals of the parents of Augustus of Este. THE StiN, LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1840. The separation of the parents of Augustus of Este, during which Document E was written, continued until the year 1799, when they again came together at 3erlin, and lived together as man and wife ; the honoured mother of Augustus of Es received from visitors, and from all the members of the household, the title which was consequent upon tier being the acknowledged legal and equal wife of the Electoral Duke. Shortly after their meeting at Berlin, they removed to London, where they continued to live together as man and wife until the end of 1800, when, in con sequence of asthma, the Duke was obliged to go to Lisbon for milder air. Whilst at Berlin his Electoral Highness executed Document F, a holograph will and testament, which he revoked by Document G, also a holograph will. They are both nearly word for word the same, and both con tain the following passage : " Whatever unforeseen events may yet follow; and in discharge of that duty which I feel incumbent on me, I think it requisite and just for me to declare, in this my last will, that I was solemnly and duly married to Lady Augusta Murray, second daughter of the Earl of Dun more, on the 4th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, at the city of Rome, and in the Inn commonly known by the name of Sarniento, where nay aforesaid wife then re sided with her mother and her sister Lady Virginia Murray. And also that. for greater security, and not from any apprehension of the first being insufficient, I again performed the ceremony of marriage with my said wife, at the Parish Church of St. George, Han over-square, in the county of Middlesex, by virtue of banns published in the said Church, on the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." We also find in the same Documents F and G the following words : " I consider, and ever shall acknowledge, our son Augustus Frederick, who was born after both these marriages, as my true, legitimate, and lawful son," &c. &c. In January 1801 his Electoral Highness addressed Document H to his son, a letter, from its piety and paternal solicitude, highly to the honour of tha illustri ous writer. The letter is thus addressed :-- " To My dearly beloved Son, Prince Augustus Frederick, No. 40, Lower Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, London." Before concluding the present case, Augustus of Este begs to inform the Learned Counsellor that not only was his late honoured mother, until the year 1801, always called by the titles which were hers as the ac knowledged legal wife of his Royal father, but that he has also a great many letters horn the Duke Augustus to his honoured mother superscribed both in English and French— A son Altesse Royale La Princesse Augustus Frederick ;" and in English also— " To H. R. H. The Princess Augustus Frederick." The opinion of the Learned Counsellor is requested upon the following questions :- Ist. Taking into consideration that the mother of Augustus of Este (who was the daughter of a Scottish Earl, which Dignitaries are Princes, and when formally addressed by their Sovereign are called Cousins), was thrice descended from the same common ancestors as was her Royal husband, two of which were Kings. 2dly. Bearing in mind that she descended in the male line from the actually reigning Sovereign of the Island of Man, a State completely indepen7lent at the time when the Dunmore branch left its elder line ; taking these circumstances into consideration, was not the birth of the mother of Augustus of Rite such as fully to en sure to the union between her and the Duke Augustus Frederick of Hanover, its being held an equal (stan desmassig) marriage 2d. In case that the Royal father of Augustus of Este should die, would the written contract of mar riage (Document A). in conjunction with the other documents, and more especially together with the parochial certificate of the marriage solem nized in London, be considered by the law-courts of Hanover a sufficient proof of marriage to secure to the children of this marriage the right of succession? 3rd. In case that the two preceding questions should be answered in the affirmative, is there any law whatever of force in the kingdom of Hanover, which could rob Augustus of Este of those rights, which are consequent upon his being the son of an equal mar riage—(standesmassiger Ehe ?) The following paper may be considered as a post script to the preceding case ; it was written by me some months later. INVITATION TO USE THE CERTIFICATE OF ST. GEORGE ' S CHURCH, LONDON. Should the Learned Counsellor of State consider it desirable to have yet further proofs of marriage beyond the sponsalia, and the reiterated accounts of the Rc man marriage, given by my Royal Father (reiterated at different times within the space of seven years), I venture to suggest that the certificate of the marriage solemnized at St. George's Church, London, may fur nish the additional proof required, for the following rea sons :—When the British Empire offered their different crowns to the Elector of Hanover, they were accepted by him, he retaining all the privileges and immunities of a German Sovereign. These privileges and immuni ties are possessed fully by his descendants. George the Third was King of England :—but he did not for feit thereby his right to be considered, in London, also as a foreign visiting Sovereign sojourning in that ca pital. It is clearly laid down in the law of nations, that the privileges and immunities of Ambassadors arc fully participated in by their wives and children. By so much the more must the wives and children of those Sovere'rans, who send these Ambassadors, be entitled, when abroad, to equal advantages as are enjoyed by the wives and children of Ambassadors. Further—Suppose a son of the King of Denmark (being a sojourner in London) to have been enamoured of, and to have married by banns (proclaimed on three different Sundays) the daughter of a British Earl— would such marriage not have been good in England ? There can be no doubt upon the subject. To those acquainted with the laws of Continental Europe, it is well known that the same personage may possess differen characters or personalities in law, and that acts which may be unlawful to the said personage in one character, may be perfectly lawful to him in his other character ;—thus, supposing for one moment, that it was unla‘aful to my Royal Father, in his cha racter of a Prince of England, to contract matri mony in London, without observing certain legal forms, yet in his character of a Hanoverian Prince so journing in the British capital, it was perfectly lawful for him to marry without observing such legal forms. Mr. O'Connell is of opinion that, as an Irish Prince, my Royal Father could, legally, contract marriage in Rome. As an Electoral Prince of Hanover could he not legally contract marriage in London? From the arguments which have been adduced, with deference, 1 venture to submit that the parochial cer tificate of the marriage solemnized in London would be held a sufficient proof of marriage by the law courts of Hanover for all the purposes of ensuring the right of succession to my sister and to myself, should it be consi dered desirable that proof beyond the espousals (Do cument A) should be furnished. OPINION OF JOHAN LUDWIG KLUBER, OF FRANKFORT. FINAL RESULTS. Translation. From the preceding disquisition concerning rights in regard to the German Empire, and in regard to Hano ver, it results :- Ist. That the marriage of his Royal Highness Duke Augustus Frederick of Sussex, at the time of the said marriage an Electoral Prince of Brunswick, therefore a Member of one of the Sovereign Houses of the Empire (sonach aus einem Reichstandischen Hause entsprossen Herrn), with the Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of an Earl and Peer of Scotland, is a valid marriage, and NOT a mis-alliance ; consequently that it is FULLY ope rative in law. Nay mo re, that _ it is AN EQUAL mar riage, and one (wofur ohnehin die Rechtsvertuuthung streitet) which affects both the contracting. parties them selves and their childre n with the legal consequences resulting from marriage. end. That the child ren of this marriage, namely, the son Augustus Frederick, and the daughter A ugusta, are not only the leaitimate children of the Duke (or children born in wedlock), but that THEY ARE EQUAL TO THEIR FATHER IN BIRTH AND THE SAME IN STATION (ehen burtig oder standesgleich), and therefore that they are to all intents and purposes MEMBERS of the Sovereign House qf Brunswick. That the said children, as Mem bers of one of those reigning Houses, which are part and parcel of the empire, belong in the empire to the high nobility, and to the class of the imperial immediates (der ' Reichsunmittelbaren Erlaucten). Further, that the said children (in consequence of their equality to their father in birth, and of their being actual Members of the United Families of Brunswick), arc entitled in the United Families of Brunswick, CFpecially in the kingdom of Hanover, to the full enjoyment of all rights belonging to their class of non-reigning Members of the House, to wit, to the use of the family name, titles, armorial bear ings, and all other rights. Further, that they are enti tled to succeed (successions fahig) their father in his political,fanzily, and private rights, whensoever the line of succession opens to them. OPINION OF DR. K. S. ZACHARIA, OF HEIDELBERG. FINAL RESULTS. (Translation.) I now proceed to condense the result of the prece ding treatise into the following sentences, which con tain my opinion, an opinion which has been weighed with great care, upon the five great questions submit ted to me for answers. No. 1. The case now under consideration is not to be decided according to the laws of Great Britain, es- DOCUMENT A. As this paper is to contain the mutual promise of marriage between Augustus Frederick and Augusta Murray, our mutual names must be put here by us both, and kept in my possession. It is a promise neither of us can break, and is made before God our Creator and all-merciful Father. " On my knees before God our Creator, I, Augustus Frederick, promise thee, Augusta Murray, and swear upon the Bible, as I hope for salvation in the world to come, that I will take thee, Augusta Murray, for my wife, for better, for worse—for richer, for poorer— in sickness and in health—to love and to cherish till death us do part—to love but thee only, and none other—and may God forget me, if ever I forget thee. " The Lord's name be praised. So bless me! so bless us, 0 God, and with my hand-writing do I, Augustus Frederick, this sign, March 25, 1793, at Rome, and put my seal to it and my nano AUGUSTUS FREDERICK." (COMPLETED AT ROME, .Aratr. 4, 1793.) OBSERVE—The above is in different coloured ink, and written with a different pen from what precedes or what follows ; it is an evident insertion after the solemni zatio n of the marriage. Then follows Lady Augusta's promise to take the Duke Augustus for her husband in exactly the same words as those used by the Duke himself. ' The attention of the learned Jurisconsult is requested to the following circumstances :- Ist. That the idea of the written promise originated with the Duke. 2d. That the words " Completed at Rome, April 4, 1'193," appear, from having been written with a different pen and with different ink, to have been inserted by the Duke after that solemnity had taken place, which had been vowed upon the Bible. By the different Documents it is evident that the first marriage was intended to be a clandestine marriage. By a reference to Document D we find reasons for such a wish, and they speak much in favour of both the judg ment and prudence of the illustrious writer. EXTRACT. " The secret of our marriage (that is to say, of your daughter Augusta Murray with me) I could have wished myself to conceal till when the minds of my Royal parents (as well as the public) could have been prepared for it, for which I was employing my utmost endeavours." The cause of the second marriage by bans in the great Church of St. George's, London, must now be given : it is assigned in four different Documents with an in terval of seven years between their dates. " The motive of my wishing to have it (the marriage) performed again proceeded from a fear lest the legality of our child's birth should be disputed, and which for my part I shall never hesitate a moment owning." By a reference to Document E we find— " I was recalled to England, when, for fear of any difficulty being made as to the legality of my child's birth, I caused myself to be married a second time." In Documents F and G, two wills, one executed in Berlin, Sept. 15, 1799, the other in London, in De cember, 1800, we find the following words : " That for greater security, and not from an appre hension of the first being insufficient I again performed the ceremony of marriage with my said wife," &c. I will now request your attention to the following reason, which is given by the Duke himself, for writing the letter (Document E) to the Learned Advocate the Hon. Thomas Erskine : remark, the two marriages of the Duke were in 1793, and this Document is stated to have been despatched Jan. 30, 1798, three days after the birth-day; on which his then Electoral Highness had completed his 25th year. " The time being now come when, by the laws of my own country, I am allowed to stand forward and claim my wife, I apply to your kindness in order to see that justice done me in the sight of the world," & c . Thus, we perceive that the Duke entertained the dis position of mind, through a vigorous prosecution of such claims, to repeat his assertions of his marriage both by word and act. a As the object of this case is only to remove all uncer tainly as to my status in Hanover, when speaki ng o f my illustri ou s f a ther, I give him that title, which was his in 1794, as the son of the Elector of Hanover, accordinm to R ethmeyer's Bransischiveigisc he and Luneburgische . tom 2, page 1,337, and also according to Pfeffinger. pecially not according to the Royal Marriage Act, but must be judged according to the laws in force in that German princely house, which is now thcreigning one of the kingdom of Hanover. It is to be judged by the special law of this house, and by the general law in force in the Sovereign houses in Germany (dem gemei nen Deutschen Privet Fursten Recht.) For Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex, at the period of his, marriage with the Lady Augusta Murray, and still is to be considered in law in two distinct qualities or capacities—in that of a Prince of the Royal House of Great Britain, and in that of a Prince of the formerly Electoral, now Royal, House of Hanover. But in the present case he is considered exclusively in the latter quality, that is as a Prince of Hanover, and his mar riage must be decided upon solely and alone by the laws in force in the reigning house of that kingdom. Were it otherwise the kingdom of Hanover (a State COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT of Great Britain) would be thrown eider the supremacy of British laws. Fur the same reason the sentence concerning this marriage, pronounced by the Ecclesiastical Court in London,in consequence of tha Royal Marriage Act, cannot hare the force of law in Hanover, nor can it be applied to that house, now the reigning one of that kingdom. No. 2. Prince Augustus Frederick has contracted with the Lady Augusta Murray a marriage, which in regard to its outward forms, can be proved to be valid ; for the outward formalities attending any legal Act arc to be decided upon according to the laws of that place where the said Act has been completed, in accordance with the rule " Locus regit actum." So in the first place the stability in law (Rechtbestandigkeit) of the marriage, which took place in London on the 4th of December, 1793, is unquestionable, because it was at tended by all the formalities required by the laws of England ; and for the fact of marriage, sufficient evi dence can be produced through the parochial certifi cate, proof sufficient, according to both German and English law. But in consequence of the peculiar quality of one of th e p ar ti es , th e marr i ag e in question is like wise to be held valid in regard to its outward forms, from the written promise of marriage given by Prince Augustus Fredcric (bearing date the 21st of March, 1793) and followed by the cohabitation of the parties ; also the said marriage is to be held valid in regard to its outward forms from the holy rites which were solemnized at Rome, on the 4th of April, 1793, because a Prince of any of the German Protestant princely houses, accord ing to the German laws in force in the year 1793, was entitled to marry, by a contract alone," Solo Consenszt," and ihis abroad as at home—evidence sufficient at least, according to the German rule of Courts (Process rcehte) can be produced of each and of both these facts. Na. 3. That Augustus of Este was begotten in wed lock can only be questionable in regard to the solemni zation of the marriage in London, on the 4th of Decem ber, 1793, but the German law, in consonance with that of England, declares that every child, which is born after the solemnities of matrimony, is the legitimate child of i parents. . . No. 4. According to the laws which must be plied to this case, the validity of the marriage depends neither upon the consent of the parents of the Prince, nor upon his being of age. The Royal Marriage Act cannot be viewed in the character of a law of the house or family statute, and in such quality be brought for ward to oppose the validity of the marriage now under consideration ; for the said Act, by the formalities which it enjoins, and by the tenor of its words, can only be applied to the re:gning family of Britain ; it has never been published by t he King of Great Britain in his character of head of the reip,ning family of Hanover, nor has it through any particular declaration been made qf force in regard to this House. Besides, ac cording to the German Privat Fursten Recht, Prince Augustus Frederick cannot be considered as a minor at at the time of his marriage. And according to the same law, the parents of the Prince were those ALONE who were competent in any way to impugn a marriage which lead been contracted without their consent. No. 5. According to the general law in force in the Sovereign houses of the German empire, such marriage is only a mis-alliance (missheirath) as has been con tracted between:a German Prince (Furst) the reigning Lord, or a member of his family, and a consort who is not of the nobility (mit einer Burgerlichen). But on the other hand according to the said law, and according to the most modern practice, such marriage is an equal marriage (eine ebenburtige Elie), which has been con tracted between a German Prince and a lady who des ends from old nobility, (Nobilitatis Avitee), UNLESS an EXPRESS STIPULATION TO THE CONTRARY APPEARS in THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT. Not only is there NO DEPARTURE from the law by the especial ones FOR THE HOUSE OF HANOVER, but it is actually CORROBORATED by the marriage of Duke George William of Bruns wick Zelle, the father of the consort of George 1., of Great Britain ; beyond all this the mother of Augustus of Este, was of one of the most illustrious houses of the high Scottish nobility, indeed, in relation to the Island of Man, she was of a Sovereign house. The lineage of the Lady Augusta can in every respect be compar,:d to those mediatized families amongst the German Princes, to which the Federal Act explicitly secures the right of equal birth, Ebenburtigkeit. From what has preceded, it directly follows that, not only the status of a legitimate son of his parents, namely, of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, and of the Lady Augusta Murray, belongs to Augustus of Este, but also that he is entitled to claim the titles, the dignities, aad the rights which belong to a son be gotten in an equal marriage al a Prince of that house which reigns in the kingdom of Hanover. • IN THE MATTER OF GOULD alias NICHOLSON. Ever since the acquittal of the above person at the:late Central Criminal Court Session, upon the charge of the murder of Mr. Templeman, inquiries are made c ontinually as to the probable destination of the paety. We have • been incessant in our endeavours to ascer tain facts connected with Gould, but his case is in volved in considerable mystery, and some particulars have been stated which at present we arc not at liberty to divulge. Gould has been an inmate in the Giltspur• street Compter ever since the verdict was returned in his favour ; but he is not a prisoner, and might depart at any moment he demaniled his liberty, as no detainer of any kind is lodged against bins. After his trial, it was considered, that as the public mind was ex cited against him, his person might be in danger if he was turned destitute on the world, hence the Sheriffs humanely offered him his present asylum, which he gladiy accepted. It is not generally known that Gould was an inmate of the Compter for six months in the year 1838, upon the conviction at the Old Bailey of stealing a sheep, or rather " a carcass of mutton." Gould intimates that there are two persons connected with the s inguinary deed, and he appears to have a predilection in favour of one of them in pre ference to the other, because be has said that if he was certain A. would split against 8., he (Gould) would testify against the former, if he was sure that it would not affect the latter. It is hoped, and some are sanguine enough to believe, that eventually he will make a dis closure to satisfy the ends of justice, inasmuch as Lis future destiny in a great degree depends on it.—Moni ing Herald. In our paper of _last week was a paragraph stating that Richard Gould, who was tried for the murder of Mr. Templeman, was still detained in Newgate, on a charge of having stolen a watch belonging to one of the officers of the regiment to, which he belonged, and that Government had offered not to press the charge provided he would consent to transport himself from this country to New South Wales. The fact is, that Gould on leaving Newgate the day after his trial took place, not having any home to go to, was, at his own request, conveyed to Giltspur-street Compter, where he has since found an asylum, and where he still re mains, with a view to a ship being procured for his transit to another country. It is stated that this pro ceeding has taken place at Gould's own request, and that Mr. Alderman Pirie has offered him a passage in one of his ships. Numerous reports have been pro mulgated that Gould made certain communications respecting the mysterious murder ; such, we can posi tively state, is not the case.—John Bull. GREEN WICH ELECT lON. The Tories of Greenwich have for some time past been doing their endeavour to disturb th e feel ings of kindliness and good n e i g hb our h oo d w hi c h it is so desirable to encourage among the inhabi tants of the same parish, by mixing up party poli ties with matters purely parochial. They have been lately taught a lesson which will do them good, by inculcating, experimentally, the propriety and prudence of " letting well alone." Nothing would serve them but a public trial of political strength with the Liberals, at the late election of a churchwarden. The result has been a most humi liating defeat. They hare been soundly thrashed with their own weapon, and instead of displaying their strength, as they meant to do, they have made a truly mortifying exhibition of their weakness. From the address of Mr. Wheatley, the successful candidate, we copy the following passage, which must, we think, be little more palatable to them than an infusion of wormwood and senna " It requires little penetration to perceive that the real object of the late struggle, on the part of those who have so wilfully thrown the puish into turmoil, has been to test their strength as an electoral patty. The experiment has been fairly and fully tried at their bid ding ; and although the result of it may not be to their entire satisfaction, they will at least bear in mind that it is their indiscretion alone that has occasio ne d th e es cape of a secret which they might otherwise have held in peaceful possession until the next election. It is their own finger that has placed THE NUMBERS on the wall.'" His Excellency Prince Castelcicala, Ambassa dor E x t rao rdinary from the Court o f N ap l es to t h e 13ritish Court, arrived on Saturday last from Paris. CORN LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. April 24, 1640. SlR—lcannot help thinking that the following despatch from Lord Liverpool to Viscount Wellington in 1811, might be circulated with some effect at the present moment. Lord Liverpool was a sensible man, and a Tory, from which party alone, in the opinion of some people, " all good works do proceed." Be that as it may, he had a wiser head on his shoulders than any Secretary of State can boast of at the present day, and we are smarting in 1840 under the very evils he predicted in 1811. The inform ation contained in the despatch seems to have made but a transitory impression upon the individual to whom it was addressed. He profited by it at the moment; but the experience acquired in the barren fields of Portugal was forgotten under the .hadow of the broad oaks of Strath fieldsaye ; and the strawberry leaves of the ducal coronet have fostered the growth of our present " admirably ar ranged" sliding scale. I remain your most obedient servant, G. G. O. Wellington Desptches, vol. 8, p. 446. Extract of a letter from the Earl of Liverpool to Lord Wellington : " London, Nov. 21, 1811. 1 " I am sorry to be under the necessity of informing you that °wing to a.blight in the month of June, the crops of wheat and of barley (especially that of wheat) are now ascertained to be very far below an average crop. " You are probably aware that in an abundant year, we cannot do more than feed ourselves ; but upon the occasion of fermer scarcities we have bad the resource of importa tion from other countries, particularly from those border ing on the B a lti c . In the actual situation of Europe it is doubtful how far this resource will be available at all, probably not to any great extent; and, even if available, the corn will be to be purchased by some exportation of specie, which in other views of the subject, will be greatly inconvenient to us under the present circumstances. " 1 am aware of the inconvenience that must arise from the exportation of specie to meet these demands; but the only remedy which occurs as applicable to this evil, is an eadeavour to make the purchases by British manufactures instead of by coin, and if this could b 3 accomplished, a double advantage might be gained. Notwithstanding the prohibition of the Americans, there arc some articles of this country which must have become really matters of necessity to them, and whieh they must be desirous there fore of procuring at some risk." &c, &c. &c. FIRES. A fire, which at one time threatened serious conse quences, broke out on Friday last, at the copper-plate printing establishment of Mr. Hawkins, in Whittle bury-street, Euston-square. The men had been en gaged in taking impressions from the large engraving of the " Sacking of Ba:ing House," which is on.the eve of putilication, seventy of which bad been hung up to dry, at the hour they left the premises for dinner. In ten minutes afterwards the room was discovered to be in flames. With great difficulty the plate in question was preserved uninjured, but the whole of the impres sions were totally consumed, together with other valu able property of a similar kind: No further damage was done. the cause of the fire has not yet been discovered. The premises of. Mr. Higgins, lamp-black manufac turer, Baldwin -court, Old-street-road, were nearly de stroyed by five, on Saturday morning. In the course of Saturday, the difierek Fire Insur ance Companies received, information of the following fires .—At Birmingham, on Wednesday night last, the establishment of Mr. Capella, looking-glass, aquafortis, and oil of vitriol manufacturer, caught fire, and was partially destroyed—cot insured. At Eye, in Suffolk, on the same night, a dreadful fire occurred in the home stead of Mr. Case, which raged several hours ; two large barns full of corn, two stables, four stacks of hay and clover, and all the outhouses were consumed—the pro perty is not insured. And on Thursday last, at Cur garrel, in Cornwall, the mansion of Peters, Esq., was burned to the ground, the loss upward of 4,0001. —not insured. On Saturday night, shortly after nine o'clock, a fire broke out in the lower part of the premises of Mr. Antoine Poncou, the French restaurant, No. 43, in the Haymarket, one door from Jermyn-street. The fire was occasioned from the overheating of a hot stove in the front kitchen, which set fire to the bond-timbers and the flooring of the coffee-room above. Two engines belonging to the County Fire•oifice, the St. James's parochial engine, and the brigade from the King-street station, as well as the West of England, were fortunately in attendance in an incredibly short time ; when after the firemen had, by ripping up the flooring and cutting away the brickwork, got access to the burning timber, they, by great exertions, were able to extinguish the flames. The premises arc insured in the Royal Exchange Fire•offlee, as are also the premises of Mr. Watson, wine and spirit vaults, adjoining. HAMBURUH MAIL,. RUSSIAN FRONTIER, APRIL 13.—Accounts from St. Petersburg, say that General Perowsky, commander in-chief of the intended expedition to Khiva, is expec ted there. His arrival is looked for vial much impa tience, as people expect to be able to judge from the nature of his reception of the truth of the assertion (which has been generally disputed) that Perowsky him 'self advised the expedition, and represented it:, success as beyond all doubt. On the other hand it is affirmed that Perowsky was ordered by an express command of the Emperor, and that both he and the majority of the Council of War, which was consulted on the occasion, 'represented the possibility of a failure. The reception that the General meets with at St. Petersburgh, according as it may be good or bad, is expected to indicate which of these opinions is correct. But even supposing that the first assertion were well founded, it is scarcely conceivable that the generous Emperor would blame the General for the inclemency of the elements. General Perowsky had very justly cal culated on being joined by the Khirgese tribes, and especially relied on this aid ; the sequel has proved that he was not mistaken, but . there were no means of contending with the extraordinary se verity of the winter. The beasts of burden, which were indispensable to the success of the expedi tion, perished from fatigue. Every loss of this descrip tion was severely felt ; but the extent of it at length made it impossible to advance. It is calculated that half of the camels have perished. The loss of men was said not to have been considerable. HANOVER, APRIL 16.—The following is . a sum mary of the present state of the Second Chamber of the Assembly of the Estates of the kingdom : Send Deputies. Present. 1. Calenberg 4 2 2. Hoya Diepboly 6 4 3. Hildesbeim 4. Gottingen 6 4 5. Grubeinbagen 6. Luneburg 7. Bremen, Werden, and Hadeln.. 10 ..... ... 8. Osnaburg . 5 o 9. Meppin 2 2 10. Bcnthcm 11. East Friedland 9 . 6 12, The Hartz 1... With the addition of eight deputies for the Abbeys and Consistory, there should be in all 71, and the num ber actually present in the Chamber was43.—Hamburgh Papers, April 24. SHERWOOD RANGERS.—On Sir ThomasWol 'laston White, Bart. (the Commander of the Sherwood Rangers) applying to G. H. Vernon, Esq., M.P., Grove, near Retford, for the loan of a pair of standards (formerly belonging to the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry) for the use of the Sherwood Rangers at their approaching meeting at Worksop, for eight days' permanent duty, on the 2d of Nay next, that gentleman very politely and generously presented them for their special use. SHOW OF RABBITS.—The show of rabbits took place on Easter Monday. The largest rabbit was found to be the enormous weight of 171 b. 120 z., being the largest ever produced by any provincial society in the kingdom. There was also a rabbit produced by Mr. Daft, weighing 161 b., which was not entered for the show ; and there were twelve others which will contend for the prize at the next exhibition, the whole weighing 1431b5. —Nottingham Review. Viscount Newport, eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, attains his majority this day (Friday), and the highly respectable tenantry on the estate_have subscribed a large sum, and made extensive arrangements for celebrating , the day with becoming festivity. Around Newport, Shiffnal, Ivetsey Bank, and other places, public dinners will be held ; for one of which the splendid portable house of the late Mr. Pelham is erected, and artists from Liverpool and Shrewsbury are in the neigh bourhood preparing fireworks to carry abroad the joyous doings of an attached tenantry.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE PEOPLE CANNOT PAY PUBLIC TAXES AND PRIVATE TAXES TOO.-If ,we had very few Cr very light public taxes, then indeed we might give way to whims of generosity, and agree to pay taxes for the sake of supporting private individuals in losing trades. But when we hear it often questioned, whether it will be possible to keep the revenue up sufficiently to satisfy the public creditor, it is most outrageous to plead such a difficulty as a reason for paying over immense sums, raised upon the people, to parties who are no creditors at all, and who have not a shadow of claim upon the general funds and resources of the country. It is said that these sums are spent in the country—so also, I say, are pensions and s!ne. cures ; but a tradesman has only small thanks to the man who lays out in his shop the money he had first taken out of his pocket. The public may rely upon it that the cause of all our fiscal difficulties lies in the protective system. The people can not pay public taxes and private taxes too. But the evil does not stop here ; because a protected trade is, of course, a losing trade, or it would not want protection ; so that the means of paying taxes is crippled into the bargain. Those means must be in profitable and not i n losing trades.—A Voice from the Board of Trade. A very destructive fire broke out in Oxford, on Thursday night, in the shop of Mr. Blyton, hosier and tailor in the Corn-market; the damage is estimated at 2,000/. The whole of Mr. Blyton's house, with the back prem ises, are completely gutted, scarcely a beam lift standing, the furniture destroyed, and the greater portion of the stock? ledgers, books and papers — scarce ly a s i ng l e ar ticle saved. The house was insured in the Protector, the stock only partially. • The whole of Mr. Wickens's effects, trunk-maker, the same house, are destroyed, leaving him barely the clothes he had on. Mrs. Horn's premises, near, were insured in the County Fire-office, with her stock and furniture, a great quantity of which was destroyed either b y fire or water. Mr. Laney has also suffered beyond the amount of his insurance, viz. 3001. The cuckoo was heard on Thursda3i, in W ent . worth Park, the seat of Earl Fitz EVENING EDITION. THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. At a meeting' of this Institute held last evening, Monday, the Marquis of Northampton in the chair, a variety of letters were communicated from Signor Bolsato, M. Carl Tottie, and the Due di Serradifalco. Mr. George Alexander read an essay on the classifica tion of Egyptian architecture, which may be deemed very valuable, as a first attempt. Mr. W. Hamilton, author of the Egyptiaca, Sir Gar diner Watkinson, and others who were present, afforded some interesting information on the subject. Mr. Godwin, jun. read a paper or. the origin of the vertical line in the architecture of Ancient Rome, and the return to the horizontal lino apparent in the palaces of Modern Italy. Thanks were voted to Mr. Alexander and Mr. Godwin, and the meeting then adjourned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. of o E m GCE t o h m e g mueosntsi o Morning nh,ayaia n d dg e r s/tHad.r s t ruck acknowledged their flag b y FROM THE MORNI NG f AMS CF THIS DAT. up o T n h et the H e o p u ß s l e ( v: their Bill of " summary protection'' that it is not a re solution-of one House, but the concurrence of the three powers of the legislature which constitutes LAW, it may seem idle and superfluous to make the late arrogant and unconstitutional pretensions of the House of Com mons the subject of further argument. But the fact IS, ARBITRARY PRIVILEGE, though beaten, is not si lenced. It still claims in theory what it cannot enforce in practice. While cowering beneath a statute of Par liament, in order to screen itself from the pub* indig. nation, it talks lustily of being independent of that law to which it has fled for " summary protection." (From the Morning Post.) The motion of Mr. G Palmer, which is fixed for Thursday next, will enable her Majesty's Ministers to state clearly and fully to the House of Commons, and, through the reported proceedings of that assembly, to the whole civilised world, upon what circumstances they rest their " justification for going to war" with China. That motion, we are told, merely negatives the sufficiency of one of the circumstances.; by which it may be sought to vindicate hostilities, viz.—" the refusal of the Chinese Government to pay for the opium delivered up to them by British subjects." And as this, whatever it may he worth, is literally true, it follows that, if other circumstances can be alleged by Ministers apart from this, and sufficient with. out it to vindicate their warlike policy, and bring it within the established law and recognized custom of civilized nations, the motion may be carried, and yet the war be not finally and - conclusively condemned. But even in this case, which is evidently put by the partisans of Ministers to depreciate the motion, and which, if it were real, would, we admit, reduce the mo tion to its minimum of value, the importance and prac tical usefulness of such a resolution by the House of Commons -as that which Mr. G. Palmer is about to propose would still be great and undeniable. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Standard complains that we will not " under stand the distinction between a wrong and an insult," and maintains that there is no inconsistency in the doctrines held by the Tories on the subject of our rela tions with foreign states. We have asserted, and we repeat, that upon every question of foreign policy the conduct of the Tories, in their Newspapers, in their in. flammatory speeches through the country, and in their motions to " obstruct" the business of Parliament ; has been governed by this rule and this rule alone—to adopt. that course which gave the fairest promise of embarrass ing the Queen's Ministers. If even a Newspaper rumour reached the country of a difference with the authorities or the subjects of a foreign state, it was followed by a Tory shout for war. Ministers were assailed because " the grievance" was not immediately redressed " by war." The moment, however, that these valiant gentlemen think they can descry a speck upon the horizon— that there is a remote prospect of war—true to the base instincts of their party, they turn short round, and in the teeth - of. their own exhortations to war, denounce the Government for even risking an appeal to hostilities. Their conduct is not " inconsistent" indeed ! Take this very Neapolitan question, singled out by the Standard as an illustration of his consistency as ad organ of the Tories. To this case the Standard now condemns an ap peal to arms. We are told that the Government ought to permit the British merchants " to be cheated." It says that commercial wrongs ought not to be re dressed by war, and recommends submission to " a mere wrong," because in this submission we " lose nothing but the pectiliunz." These are the doctrines of tLe Standard, at present—printed in that journal on Saturday and yesterday—when, mark you, there could be no doubt that the firmness of Ministers avould obtain redress for " the wrong." New, contrast this with the doctrine of the same journal when the intelligence of this Neapolitan dispute was more recent, and when the result of Lord Palmerston's policy was not so ma nifest. No longer ago than the 21st instant, we find the Standard declaring that "any mediation that does not secure all that is demanded on the part of Great Britain, affords merely an excuse for fresh delay and new invasions. The contract must be cancelled, and full indemnity to British mei chants paid." And there is " no inconsistency" in this !- (From the Times.) From the evidence upon Fictitious Votes in Ireland, which we have now followed to its close, it will proba bly be found that, flagrant as are the evils of the exist ing system, they are capable of redress by the few simple enactments contained in Lord Stanley's pend ing Bill. The most important of the remedies re quired is undoubtedly the extension of the right of ap peal from the decisions of the registering barrister. At present, as we have before had occasion to observe, the appeal is one-sided-L-that is, the claimant whom the barrister rejects has, by the Irish Reform Act, 2 and 3 William IV., c. 88, an appeal to the Judges 1 of Assize, who are directed, if the rejection be for insufficiency of value, to determine the question with the aid of a Jury ; and if for any other defect, to adjudicate on their own authority ; but as ag ainst the claimant whom the barrister has improperl y ad mitted, there is no appeal either to judge or to jury ; and the consequence is, that a barrister who is either daring or timid enough to let the registry be swamped by the admission of fictitious votes, has the means of accomplishing his object, irresponsibly and irreversibly. We say irreversibly, because, although on petition a Committee of the House of Commons may invalidate any votes given at the particular election submitted to its cognizance, and even order the names of the dis allowed voters to be struck off the registry, yet the assistant-barristers of the O'Connellite faction have gone the length of re-registering those very voters at the text Quarter Session, upon the very same qualifica tion which the Committee had declared to be illegal. (From the Morning Advertiser.) If the hostile attitude assumed by this country to wards China could, with even a shadow of justice, be re garded es an attempt to force the importation and sale of opium, we should condemn the proceedings of her Majesty's Ministers as heartily as any of our horrified Contemporaries : but, knowing as ire do, that their horror is just as real and sincere as that which the 'actor who plays Hamlet assumes at the sight of his friei:d who personates the Ghost in a suit of pasteboard armour, we quietly keep our seats, and smile at the innocence of those who (as Mr. Dickens says) are "so jolly green" as to be deceived by the cunning rogues on the stage. The Morning Post of yesterday very gravely assures us that " the motion of which Mr. Palmer has given notice in reference to the opium war, will unite in its favour every Member of the House of Commons who has the least regard to national justice or morality." Now, with groat deference to Mr. Palmer and his aristocratic barker of "the Fashionable World," we beg leave most respect fully to observe that the noodles who can be deceived by such palpable humbug as this are not to he found among " Members of the House of Commons." Colonel Davies, 1V1.P., is lying in a very dan gerous state of illness at Brighton. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, with the Lords and Ladies Lennox, come to town early in the present week, from Goodwood, for the season. The Earl of Maieh has returned to town from Newmarket. The Dowager Duchess of Richmond comes to town this week. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The attraction at this theatre, on Saturday night, consisted in the re-appearance _of Miss Helen Faucit, for the first time, after her late severe indisposition. The reception which she met with must have satisfied her of the estimation in which her talents are held, and of the sympathy which the public have felt for her illness. Though btill retaining some slight traces of debility, her acting was characterised by all the feeling and energy which she has invariably imparted to the proud and scornful, :yet loving, " Lady of Lyons." Miss Faucit is, in our estimation, so tho roughly identified with the part of Pauline that the appearance of any other actress in the character seems an usurpation of her right. It was, therefore, with extreme g ratific ation t h at we found the public voice coincident with ours. M acready's h Claude slelnotte exhibited all the varied excellence wit h whic h he has invested the character, and the revival of the play gave unqualified satisfaction to a full house. The accounts from all parts of the United King dom of the state of the country are vernytsamtiosfnatchtodsahnedeenheer ing. The weather during_the t . very favourabbleutfoarfetl,ivesiltaolawoeurrss of f f g t e li l e t husbandman, s r i ese rsin to andinsure nao. fruitful g is tf wanted spring. du Saturday last a respectable inhabitant of Haddington, having obtained permission to ascend the eolumn built in commem oration of the late Earl of Hopetoun , threw himself from a ballustrade near the top, about ninety feet from the ground. When pieced up he was found quite dead, with his eyes bandaged by a' pocket-hankderchief. He had been in low spirits for some time previously. THE BRITISH LEGlON.—General Sir De Lacy Evans has passed through Paris on his way to Madrid, for the purpose of effecting some arrangement for the payment of the arrears due by the Spanish Government to the British Auxi liary Legion. On previous occasions, when he was requested to urge the payment of these claims, he refused to take any nirw,ures which might endanger or greatly embarrass the Go vei pment of her Catholic Majesty, because a civil war then raged throughout the country, and threatened the very exist ence of that cause which the Legion, under the sanction of the British Government, had been formed to support. But the pacification of the Basque provinces—the rocent success of - s partero's operations— and the retirement of Don Carlos and b . principal o ffi cers from Spain, may be said to have virtually p ut an end to the civil war.