The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-18 00:00:00

EVEN LNG EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. W INDSOR, Goon FRIDAY.—Her Maksal and Prince Albert, aceowpanied by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, and also by tho visitors and Royal Suite, attended avine Service this morn:ng in St George's Chapel, The Rev. Mr. C. Knyvett read the service— the qev• Dr. Keate, and the R,v. Mr. Rigby officiated at the altar ; the latter Rev. G,ntlemait being the Canon ' residence, preached the S mon . ; his text was St. John's Gospel, chaps 3, verse 19 - r Majesty , Prince Albert, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, and the Countess of Errol came in the first Royal carriage to the Chapel. Inc Gentlemen 01. the Royal party wore the Windsor uniform. The concourse of spectators was very great, bob at ,he Chapland in the town. At half -past two o'clock the whole of the Royal party rod e ' ll,O , some in phaeti,ns andsome on horseback into tne Green Parks. Her Majesty was driven by his Royal Highness . Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Sutherland ***driven by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg- Gotha, 1. Sir James Clark is expected to arrive this evening, at t..e Castle, and will stay to dinner. The Hon. Miss Pitt and the Hon. Miss Swing Rice ar rived yesterday at the Castle, and have succeeded the Hon. NV BB ° 4 Paget and Anson, as the Maids of Honour in aiting on her M a j es ty. I • 'be Royal Di nner P ar ty this evening at the Castle wig nclude ,, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Earl and Countess of ' 4l ° ll , and Lady Id a H a y, E ar l o f Uxbridge, Lord Robert Gr osvenor, Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Miss Paget, Baron de Gruben, Mr. George E. Anson, Countess of Cherie -1,1°44 Hon. Mi ss Pia, Hon. Misa Spring Rice, Baroness o eb zen, Lord Byron, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Sir R. p t waY, Hon. Colonel Grey, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. • raricis Seymour. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal High ,,e" tl'e P r i ncess A ugusta atten d e d Di v i ne S erv i ce yester -44Y morning, in the Chapel Royal. St. James's. The r i nlion was p reac h e d b y t h e D ean o f Chi c h ester , w h o tookp s text f rom St. John. chap 12, verse 32. The service Was read by the Rev. Mr Haden, and the Rev. Dr. Wes ley officiated at the altar. The solo, "He was despised rejected of men" ( Handel), was sung by Mr. Haw in,ns• Sir G eorge S mart presided ut the organ. The Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of St. Albans, and the ',',arquis o f N orman b y. were among the nob i iity present. CHer Nlaj , sty was attended by the Hon. Miss Hudsan and arl How e . Th e P r i nces! A ugusta was attende d b y L i d y ,Y Pelham.. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the WRS in wa'ting. I N Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar ce( mapanied her Majesty the Queen Dowager to the Cha- Poi Royal. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess A ugusts of Cambiid , ..!e, attended Divine Service yesterday Z or ning in G rosve n or Ch ape l, S out h A u dl e y-street. h/tdYhess. Augusta Sorncrset was in waiting on the Royal "110 I'ASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. tad DrAnger Lady Beauchamp Proctor, the Hon. Mr. 4 i":.. Arthur Arundell, Lady Anne Thshwood, Ad miral Sir Philip and Lady Durham, Mr. Dashwood N . t ;. e atetts, the Hon. Miss Emily St. John, at Lord r t hnen's; the Countess Dowager of Castle Stuart, the °o• Brownlow Charles Ber'ie, Lieut.-Colonel Green 71d, Admiral Sir Thumas G.C.8., Admiral the " iO rn ".' Captain Somerset, at the Cavendish Hotel ; 13 'el'. Mr. Peel, at Mirart's Hotel; Lord and Lady teretford, Major M'Arthur, Sir Wathen Wailer, Colonel e r d Lady Caroline Wood, Mr. Tomline, Mrs Dashwood Hon. nee, Richard Moore. Colonel Reid, in Cavendish. l intre; the Dowager Lady Charleville and Mrs. Marlay, Gal:dYlltoMnae.ry Coot:, Major Gage, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. DEPARTURES. Ho Richard Richard and L a dy B u lk e l e y Philipps, f o r T e mpl e mse, near M ar l ow , Bucks; t h e M arc hi oness L ans d owne lod Lady L ouisa Fitzmaurice, for Bowood ; the Earl of :;•ovelace, f or 0 ,k ham P ark; Lord and Lady Rivers, for Zi'lshmore Lodge, Dorset ; the Earl of Orkney, Admiral ,„. Bayntun, 'or Bath ; Captain arid Mrs. Elrington, for Ivorcestershire ; Lord Shelborne, for Cheltenham ; Lord I.:larenee Paget, for Leamington Spa • the Bishop of nxeter, from Warren's Hotel; Sir Trevor and Lady Wheeler, for Leamington Spa; the Dowager Lady Kin e'ch, for Warwickshire ; Sir de Courcy Laffan, Bart., for amington Sp a; t h e R cr . L or d an d L a d y Th omas H ay, ditto ; Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., for ditto ; Colonel a nd, Mrs. Philli ps, f or W arw i c k sh i re ; the Bi s h op o f Major. for B at h ; Si r H enry W e bb, f or Ch e l ten h am ; Major-General Sir Patrick Ross, for ditto ; Mr. de Win. !Po, for the Hay, Herefordshire; Mrs. Hanbury Single, for Pontypool Park. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Ascox HEATH Racts.—Great preparations have been e kumenced to render the course at Ascot, at the forthcoming ?Ices, one of the finest in England. A large quantity of new t t 4 f 'bas been laid down under the direction of Mr. Hibbard, t he clerk of the course; and many improvements have been : l ade in the interior of the grand stand, under tile superintend iia" of the clerk of the works, Mr. Skinner, which will very materially add to the comfort and convenience of the public. th e '.watanxs:T.—The following horses have arrived here in and fill of the week :—Mr. Batson's Barbakin, Plenary, to Afq Plenipo, out of Acacia, at the stable belonging r. h e sai -sogers, the bookseller. Mr. Oshaldeston't colt by udl er , dam by Granby, out of Matilda ; colt by The ,Zt ddl .er,out!of Pocket Hercules's dam ; and filly by R obinson's by Whalebone. These four are at John Robinson's stables, under the care of H. Stebbings. HUNTING. —Her Majesty' s s t ag h oun d s w i l l meet on Mon day, at Ascot Racecourse, at eleven. The Bedale hounds op Monday, at N utw i th Common ; Friday, at Catteri ek Bridge—at eleven. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND WRESTLING SO CIETY.—The annual contests amongst the natives of Cumb er .. ltd and Westmorland, for various prize s , i n th e i r nat i ve rt.of•wrestling, teak place yesterday at. Mr. Hinton's, High " Fry Barn Tavern, and vra4 well attended. There were three e Lassifications of weights : the light weights, under eleven amine ; the next at twelve stone ; and the heavy, or all weights, PlOngst which were many of the Horse Guards and Oxford jin es- Th.l sport commenced at an early hour in the day, in the ballroom attached to the tavern, which was very commo diously fitted up for the occasion. At the conclusion of some " very tole ra bl e play, which occupied until nine o'clock in the e ning, the prizes were thus awarded : 121.ight weights—J. Sandford, first prize, a silver watch, value E.l, 4i "ds; Clesamitson, second prize, a silver snuff-box ; i'ruwn, third p r i ze , ditt o ; Gill, fourth prize, ditto. s'rl"odd, or twelve stone weights—G. Abrim, first prize, a vrateh, value sliver twelve guineas ; Donnahue, second prize, a fou rth snuff-box ;H. Greigson, third prize, ditto ; Stanton, leutrith priz e , di tto . e a v Y, as or all weights—T. Heeglo, first prize, a silver watch, value twelve guineas; Brunskill, second prize, a silver muff. ditto b"; Fau:der, third prize, ditto ; Plaiscot, fourth prize, The military were not so successful on this as on many former ctt row n a 'i°T , s, and in two or three struggles in the all weights were . by much l ess men. Lord Chancellor Plutiket is expected At the St. "ea's Royal Hotel, the week after next, from Connaught. e The M arquis and Marchioness of Bute have La f . t, Campden Hill for Luton Park, B ation eds, for the recess. Her at is expected t o lay the found stone of a new church ...uton on Tuesday next. e a The Marquis of Convngham is residing at Slane's tle, county Al eath, with the Marchioness and their family. r , Baro n J. d e Rothschild has returned to town I n 2 ll _ a short tour by the railway in the manufacturing districts. "e Baron visited ° the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth, en 7° ute to tow, Th heap, ,arl of Coventry continues to improve in li u " 4 2 , and will pres id e at t h e annual d i nner of the 'Worcester L oe 4 _,s,,,nn th e 23d i nst. Vi scountess Deerhurst and the infant 'AiL u eerhust are still on a visit to her Ladyship's mother, the s rer Lady Cockerel!, at Sezincote Hall, Moreton-in-the . Lord and Lady Worsley leave Belgrave-street. a few days, on a continental tour. The Earl of Yarborough `. 1,, e up from Blocklesby Hall, Lincolnshire, to t a k e l eave o f t h e Noble Lord and his Lady. The Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch, on leav ing Belvoir Castle, go to Boughton House, near Ketterin g , wher e hi s G race and Duchess purpose making a short stay, and the n return to town. It is rumoured that Viscount Leveson, the Hon. Under-Seeretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the plan of the Hon. Fox Strangways, will he united at the close of the season to a young lady of great beauty and considerable fortune. Lord and Lady Poltimore will come to town for the seasor the week after next. On Wednesday last the Noble Lord and Lady were to have left Poltimore house, their seat 4 1 Devonshire, for Weymouth. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesea will return to town, from Leamington-spa, at the close of the en 34ing week. to mak e p re p ara ti ons f or a C ont i nenta l tour. T he _ i a rehioness% general health i s goo d, b ut h er L a d ys hi p i s d e- Pt rtnil of the use of her limbs. i ;:the Marquis de Bellune is daily expected at 7,;rt's Hotel from Paris. A l e he Master of the Horse and the Countess of s.bernarle will leave Quiddenham Hall, West Hailing, on "I.lt,lay next, for Newmarket. diar.. arl and C ountess C ow p er w ill see company H's the ensuing week, at Pansanger, Herts. to : 11 8 . Excellency Viscount Ehrington, according Private hater from Ireland, dues not intend leaving that 1 euentry for a few weeks ; but his Excellency had made ar tg.enients to le ave Dublin Castle fur Summerville, his beau ui ruitieat near B a ili maaan , at the close of the week. b; the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire 4Ye a select party visiting them at Hillsborough Castle, Down -.l:re, Ireland, where the Noble Marquis and amiable Mar c' I° l ness have arranged to stay until the first week in May. 1 ,6 .4 ,he Dowaer Marchioness of Conyngliam has ~eased the Marquisof Huntley's mansion in Charles-street, C v ' i' ele y - square,asaown residence for his Lordship, who has ai l IT Dudley House to the Marquis of Abercorn. i ' ier Majesty's Theatre, exclusive of Fanny Irllsler bas sustained another loss in INladlle. Bellon, one of the i qf danecrs, who set off to fulfil an engagement at the urdeaux theatre. Taglioni is expected next month. ._ t' ' The Queen, having seen the Countess of Wil 's elegant pony chaise during her Majesty's airings . in Hyde tie was attracted by the style in which it was built, and at It ie l:Press de%i re o f h er M a j esty the li tt l e ve hi c l e was sent ! to Jim ulastl gham P a l ace la week, for the in-pection of her I a ,iijl .and Prin ce Alb ert, both of whom were mnch pleased ''ai,its Nvearanee, and signified their intention to have a built exactly similar. i ou ,1 rhe lat.: Dr, Carpenter, wh ose d ea th i s announce d for s tii writ „ o uary column, was travelling with a friend on the con tk.._ . .1 r the recovery of his health. His friend states, that 1 7 1 7 .).eit Naples in a steamer on the sth inst. for Leghorn, that 4. 4 rlieLter had unlocked his travelling bag in his berth at i. i f_9es and had removed some things as if preparitig for re , vi r47; : te req, when it is supposed he became sea-sick, and 1.4„.,,:uP9 , a deck ; that the night was dark at(' rainy, and the sea ,4i4..:id that t h ere was rzc , doubt a sudd e n l urc h c f t h e vessel Zpreeipitated him into the deep. When last seen, which ibl!e!•Weeu 10 and 11 o'clock at night, he wa s s t an di ng on the u stairs," as it' for the benefit of fresh air. a.,._ - --4 - i.-..,..,_ : • EASTER INTELLECTUAL RECREATIONS. The available resources for scientific and intellectual recreation at this period of the year are hot generally known, and perhaps an enumeration will prove of interest to many in this season of leisure. Those collections in the following list which are not strictly public are yet, from the liberality of the Directors or Proprietors, readily made accessible to persons who take an interest in the sub jects to which they refer. At the head of general collections stands the British Museum, which, pursuant to recent regulations, will be open on Easter Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the vast stores of which afford rich and varied amusement. The East India Museum, in Leadenhall-street, rich in specimens of Oriental art and antiquity, and pos,essing many of the spoils of the Sultan Tippoo Seib, is open ou Saturday to the public without any restriction, and on Tuesday and Thursday by an order from a Director. The London Missionary Museum, principally devoted to the Heathen Gods, domestic implements, and natural his tory of the South Sea Islands, collected by the active agents of the London Missionary Society, is open daily by orders from a Director, which are easily attainable. The United Service Museum is also open daily to the public by an order from a Member, and contains a very rich collec tion of arms and armour, as well as of relics and novelties from all partsof the world, independent of which it is in its collection of natural history quite unique. The only museum of a public character especially de voted to antiquities is the collection now forming at Guild hall, consisting of relics and coins found principally in the excavations for sewerage and other public works in the City, and which may be inspected by an order from any member of the Common Council. At the head of private collections which are accessible to public inspection is that of Mr. C. R Smith, F. S. A., of Lothbury. The collec tions of Mr. Newman, the City Surveyor, of the Bridge House, and Mr. G wilt, of Southwark, contain numerous specimens of Roman and Angle-Saxon antiquities of in terest and value, found in the excavations for new Lon don Bridge and the sewers of the Cby and Southwark. The collections of coins and medals are more numerous. Amongst these is that of the Numismatic Society, in So merset House ; the cabinet of the Bank of England, ex tremely rich, which may be inspected any day, on appli cation to Mr. Smee, the chief accountant ; Mr. Haggard, of the Bullion Office, at the Bank, with several others, which are, by the understood compact between men of science, readily accessible. In geology, the extensive museum of Mr. Sault, in Al dersgaie-street, merits notice. The nucleus of this rich and extensive cabinet was the collection of the late M. Sowerby, to which the present proprietor has added some thousand specimens, arranged according to the probable order of the earth's structure. This collection is open to the public on Thursday morning, at eleven o'clock. The museum of the Geological Society, in Somerset House, is open to members and their friends daily, from eleven to five o'clock. At the head of private collections is that of Mr. Bowerbouk, of Critchell.place, New North-road, who exhibits his unique collection of shells and fossil fruits to the curious, by appointment, of an evening. The Museum of Economic Geology, in Craig's-court, Charing-cross, will shortly form a valuable addition to the list of public collections, as a national depository of geological and mi neralogical specimens. The museum of the Society of Arts, in the Adelphi, is by a recent regulation thrown open to the public every day but Wednesday, from three o'clock till four. It contains an extensive series of models in every department of inven tion and manufacturing industry, being the whole of those that, in the course of more than half a century in the suc cessful progress of the Society, have been rewarded with its premiums, Mr. Barry's fine paintings in the meeting room of the Society are also a great cbject of attraction. The lover or student of natural history, in addition to the collection at the British Museum, may have access to the Zoological Society's museum, in Leicester-square, the ad. mission to which is Is. A desire exists on the part of many members to throw it open gratuitously to the public, but the insecurity of the building, apprehended from the probable great increase of visitors, is a great obstacle to its being carried into execution. The museum of the Entomological Society, in Broad -street, is open every Tuesday from three o'clock till eight, and amongst other cabinets contains the magnificent collection of the Rev. Mr. Kirby, the father of British entomology. The Ornithological Society's collection of rare exotic birds, in the ornamental waters of St. James's Park, is well known to the public. In private collections, the very unique one of humming birds, be longing to Mr. Loddige, of Hackney, the first in the kingdom, well repays the inspection which is granted by the spirited proprietor. The collections of insects in London are very numerous, the most prominent being that of the Rev. Mr. Hope, at 37, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square, which may be inspected on Thursdays, by permission of the proprietor. There are museums and collections attached to most of the scientific institutions in the metropolis, permission to inspect which may be obtained from the respective secre tarics. The museum of the Linnean Society. in Soho square, containing the rich original herbaria of both the Linnes, and otherwise very valuable in mono grams of insects and birds, is open every Wednes day and Friday, on the introduction of fellows; and the Royal Asiatic Society's museum of oriental art and antiquity, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs day. The Phrenological Society is in possession of a good collection of casts of persons eminent for virtue or crime, at its present location, in the house of Dr. Elliot son, in Bond-street. The collections of models, diagrams, and drawings in connection with the subjects to which the Institutes of British Architects and Civil Engineers and the Architectural Society refer, are easily accessible to the profession as well as to respectable strangers. 'I he museum of the Royal Institution is an attractive portion of that establishment ; and most of the literary institutions arc possessed of small collections of rarities. The museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lin coln's Inn-fieles, formed from a nucleus made by the late celebrated John Hunter (which was purchased by Govern ment from the executors of that great man for 20,000/. ), is open every Monday, Wednesday, arid Friday, by orders from members, and will a mply repay a visit Of the curious. To the path o l og i st attract i ve collections offer at Guy ' s, St. Bartholomew's, and the other metropolitan hospitals. The National Gallery of Paintings, in Trafalgar-square, is open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from ten o'c ock till five. Dulwich Gallery is open each week-day, except F r id a y, b y t i c k ets, which may be ob tained from the principal printsellers ; and the Cartoons at Hampton Court Palace may be inspected on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The public gardens in the neighbourhood of London now present an attractive eppearance, at the head of which stand the Horticultural Gardens at Chiswick, which are open to parties by orders which are liberally distributed by members from nine o'clock till six. The Royal Bo tanic Gardens, at Kew, are open daily from one o'clock till six, and present many attractive features; and the Physic Garden, at Chelsea, belonging to the Apotheca ries' Company, is open daily to members, or by particular order. The Botanic Gardens in the Regent's Park, with the two Z:ological Gardens of the Regent's Park and Walworth, present their usual attractions to visitors. CORPORATE REFoRIVI—CITY OF LONDON. On Tuesday evening, the City of London Corporate Reform Assoctation, held their meeting at the Guildhall Coffee-house, King -street, J. Hannan, Esq., in the chair. Mr. HANNAN addressed the meeting, suggesting that a committee should be formed for the purpose of going at length into the several cases of hardship, and they should invite all those persons who were aggrieved by the mis conduct of the Corporation of Lvticlon to call on those members who would compose their committee, and state the particulars of their grievances, which would be taken up and exhibited to public view for the benefit of the peo ple at large.—(Hear.) Mr. ROCK also addressed the assembly, upon the griev ances which were caused by those peculiar laws which interfered with the commercial interests of that city, and concluded by moving a resolution for the appointment of a committee, as recommended by the chairman. Mr. ELLIOTT seconded the resolution. Mr. SAUL, Mr. ROSE, and other Gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting, when it was moved to be adjourned until the 23d day of April. CHURCH-RATES. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Easter Tuesday, that is next Tuesday, being the day on which the accounts of the Churchwardens for the past year are audited, and the assessment for the next year is usually made; all those who think that every denomination of p►ofessors of religion ought to support the fa brics of their own places of worship, and provide for the decent celebration of Divine Worship therein, (with. out putting their " hands in their neighbours' rockets,") which two things arc the only legal objects to which Church-rates can be applied, should attend the vestry meetings on Tuesday, and see that the expenditure has been strictly according to law. The estimate made last year for the expenditure should be produced, and the organist's salary, lighting of the church, and every other item not according to law struck out. it. an assessment is made, the estimate should be pro duced; no rate is legal that is not pm ceded by an esti mate, nor can a rate be founded on any estimate which contains items which are not according to law. If this system was pu-su. d in every parish, and the busi nes only done accor ing to law, Episcopalians would soon have to provide their own funds. THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—The annual spring muster of the yachts of this celebrated club took place on Thursday. At four o'clock Mr. Harrison, the Com modore, hoisted his flag on board the Fortuna, a very beautiful cutter of 22 tons burden. the property of Mr. Pegg, which was lying off Greenwich. At five, or rather before that hour, it being about one quarter ebb, the wind blowing gently from the north-west, the fleet of yachts at Greenwich got under weigh, and made down the river for Etith, being joined as they pro ceeded by the various vessels forming the grand armada of the Society. They were all well manned, having, besides a vast deal of company on board, their complete equipment of crews. The weather was. un:ortunately. not propitious for spectators to congregate in front of the hospital at Greenwich in so great numbers as on some former occa. , ions; nevertheless, there was a good show of amatPurs. The intention was to make the " meet" at Erith, and thence to proceed at once to the yore, along the Kentish coast, to Boulogne, &c., and after a few days' cruise, to return. In addition to the yacht bearing the flag of the Commodore, there were the Ada Jane, Captain Egan, the property of Mr. lteynell, one of the fastest craft on the river ; the Widgeon. the property of Mr. Snook ; the Venus, belonging to Air. Short; the Victorine, belonging to ' Mr. Stokes ; the St. George, Mr. Cot ington's boat; the Ada, Commodore Craven ; and several others, forming altogether, s it was said , a fleet of 16 beautiful vessels. I BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—The Commissioners of Woods and Forests sent in a number of workmen on Thurs day, to complete vario us im p rovements and embellishments pre violls to the return of the Court to town. The private apart ments of her Majesty and the Prince Consort have been fitted up with peculiar elegance. A brilliant series of dinners, con certs, balls, and even ing parties, in honour of the Royal nup_ tials, will be given at the Palace after the recess. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. tROM THE MORNING PAPERS Or THIS DAY. (From the limes.) We foretold that war would procreate war ; and is it not so ? The Neapolitan Government had contracted obliga tions to Great Britain—obligations of the most sacred cha racter. Pressed perhaps fur money, arid of consequence indeed it is possib!c, not quite aware of the palpable vio lation of public faith which it was committing, the Court of Naples entered into engagements with a foreign specu lator for establishing a monopoly in his favour, subversive of that perfect fre edom and equality of commerce which it had guaranteed to the subjects of the British Crown. Had Lord Palmerston watched with ordinary vigilance, and at once protested against this breach of compact with his country, the evil might have br.en mecied without delay or trouble. But, according to sus torn, the sentinel slept on his post, no earnest or peremptory demand of redress was made until after the suffering mer chants of England had complained with bitterness, arid appealed to public feeling. Then, indeed, the Melbourne Government did take the alarm. Then it did denounce, and threaten, and after a fashion, with crippled means, prepare. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) The accounts from Dublin for the last day or two will have prepared our readers for the announcement of the death of Mr. Drummond, Under Secretary for Ireland. We almost question whether, in the whole range of the public service, a loss could hive been sustained more deeply to be deplored, and less easily to be supplied. We have nut the materials before us to give any regular or detailed account of Mr. Drummond's career. Brought up to a profession (that of engineer) which is perhaps beyond any other daily supply ing eminent and efficient servants to the public, he early displayed very high and singular attainments; the dis covery of a species of light, which bears his name, will probably be familiar to many. His talents were first made available for direct political objects in the preparation of the calculations and arrangement of the boundaries which were adopted under the Reform Bill. He afterwards went through a most laborious period of public service as private secretary to Lord Althorp, whose warm regard and affection will have followed him to his premature tomb. Upon the formation of Lord Melbourne's second Administration, he succeeded Sir William Gusset as Under Secretary for Ireland, and it is upon the discharge of his duties in that arduous and responsible post during the past five years that his claims upon the admiration and gratitude of his colleagues and his country will mainly rest. We greatly wish that the devoted and almost chivalrous ardour with which he encountered, and courted, and mastered the most complicated and various details of business, may not have tasked too heavily a somewhat susceptible frame ; we write, however, in the absence of precise medical informa tion, and the actual illness under which he sunk would not seem to have had any necessary connection with previous exhaustion. (From the Morning Post.) When an honest man considers is hat is really the nature of Lord Stanley's Bill for amending the registration sys tem in Ireland, and regards at the same time the almost insat.e violence of the O'Connell party against the Bill, he should be the more determined to give Lord Stanley's measure his steady and strenuous support. The Bill is simply to introduce accuracy and truth into arrange men. s which have hitherto been notoexusly full of in accuracy and of falsehood. Now, if the O'Connellite faction offered no more than an ordinary opposition to the measure, it might be regarded merely as a party hostility which they would have equally showed to anything else brought forward in the same quarter. It might have been concluded that there was no especial —no vital—interest in the monstrous abuses which it is the object of Lord Stanley's Bill to remove. But so excessive is the agitation of the O'Connell faction on this subject— so convulsive the efforts to arouse popular hatred against the measure—so audaciously false the accounts given of it —so demoniacally fierce the denunciwions of the Bill and of its author, that it is perfectly clear there must be a pro digious O'Connellite interest in the errors, the frauds, and the perjuries which will be put an end to if happily the Bill should become law. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Mr. O'Connell has placed a notice of a motion for the emancipation of the Jews, on the order book of the House of Commons, on the first open day after Easter. Atter two majorities of the House of Commons have pronounced in favour of the measure for the relief of our Jewish fellow subjects, it must be regarded as a matter of mortification and regret, that year after year it is necessary to repeat the same arguments, and to begin, " ab ovo," the advo cacy of a mere act of public justice. It is positively mon strous that the members of the Jewish persuasion, who yield to no class in respectability, in probity, in intelli. gence, in mercantile wealth and industry, and in the wide embrace of their commercial transactions, should be ex cluded from their fair share in the representation of the country, which, according to every principle of the consti. tution, ought to be co-ordinate with the payment of taxes. The British Jews still remain, in this liberal and enlight ened country, a persecuted caste. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The transfer of the allegiance of the Tory party from Sir R. Peel to Lord Stanley seems :.Imost completed. The tone of moderation and decorum, the smooth and varnished plausibilitics, and well-acted respect for public opinion, which the cool and cautious Baronet laboured, not without success, to teach his party, have given place to the bitter spirit of furious, unrelenting hatred with which the Hotspur of the Opposition has never ceased to attack the friends and principles of his former days. Throughout the whole of the present session Sir Robert Peel has been thrown completely into the back ground ; and the practical effectual leadership of the Opposition assumed by the hero of " Obstruction," and his fidus Achates and fellow-deserter, the Cumberland Baronet. In the reiterated motions brought for ward openly and avowedly for factious purposes —the reckless and audacious attempts to. , stab the Ministry through the sides of the credit, ho nour, and interests of the country—Sir Robert Peel has, to do him justice, been dragged along, a reluctant slave, bound to the cha riot-wheels of ;faction. The depressed and subdued tone of his speech on the China debate bespolse too plainly for his own adherents the unwilling advocate, condemned to plead for a cause which he disapproved. On one great question be had the courage to take an independent course and brave the yells of disappointed faction which burst from his own ranks, and the torrent of abuse p3ured upon hint by the organs of his own party. On another still more important question—that of the Corn-laws—Lis speech was received with undis guised dissatisfaction by the men who, only a year ago, were ready to worship him as the Heaven-sent advocate of the landlord's tax. (From the Courier.) The value of Lord Stanley's reform in the election system of Ireland may be learned from the violence of the party, who feel interested in the duration of a sys tern, irreconcilable with common sense and common honesty. A meeting of the "Loyal Registration Asso ciation," was held in Dublin on Monday, whose proceed ings will justify the employment of the strongest cen iure. But before we proceed to notice the resolutions passed by this self-constituted body, let us apologise tor the mention of a person on whom the Press has indis creetly conferred a popularity to which he could never have attained by his acquirements or his genius. While we thus blame a conduct which we were the first to avoid, let us not withhold the excuse which respectable Englishmen are entitled to claim. It is a disgrace not precisely to the country, but to the men who should direct its affairs, that they are influenced by interests immediately proceeding from a foreign Priest, and submissively acquiescent to the dictates of that priest's avowed minion. Here is the man's importance —a corrupt, ignorant, and puny Administration de pends upon his breath for its pitiful existence. Of any moral quality, or political quality, independent of his absolute command over the Melbourne Administration, we tore ignorant ; and we feel a degradation in noticing the ribaldry, and sedition, and sometimes treason, which are reported in the Irish papers devoted to the cause of rebellion. (From the Standard.) The news brought by the British Queen is not sa tisfactory, but it is not altogether so alarming as it ma, seem to be at first sight. The language of the United States Government in its correspondence with Mr. Fox is menacing, and almost, if not altogether, insolent; but this is easy to he accounted for without giving it any credit for sincerity. The leaven of seditious spirit—of that spirit which always justifies actual crime by fabricated grievances, still works strongly in the Republicans. At the very time when they would willingly violate every one of their most solemn engagements, they make it a subject of complaint that the British Governor is so little com plaisant as to prepare the defensive means of resisting them—just as an ingenious artist in the pit of one of our theatres might fasten a quarrel upon a man for button ing his pockets and turning in his watch-chain, and bluster exceedingly. The answer in such a case would be—if you mean no harm to my pocket or my watch, I do you no injury, and offer you no affront. The same answer will serve the American Government. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday TTlOrti• ing, the 11th inst., as a boy about 13 years of age, of the name of Salt, was carelessly sweeping under the machines at the lace factory, Little Brampton, his apron was caught by a strap, and his body drawn into the machinery. One arm was broken, his head and other parts of his body dreadfully bruised. The pro prietors have adopted proper precautions to prevent the recur rence of similar accidents. —Derby Reporter. TEMPERANCE MEETING.—The annual tea meeting of the City and North of London Auxiliary, for the suppression of intemperance, was held on Friday at the White Conduit-house, when upwards of 1,000 lovers of the cup which cheers, but nut inebriates, indulged in libations to an extent which would have excluded the application of the term tem perance, had not the precaution bi en taken that even the tea itself should not be strong. The company consisted of persons of both sexes, the generality of whom were respectably at tired ; and the clean and tidy appearance of the rest, particularly several coal porteis and labourers of the lower grade, was pleasing. The chair was taken by Mr. Spence, of Liverpool, who said that upon receiving the invitation by letter he did not hesitate to come 200 miles to preside over them. The assem bly was addressed by several speakers, one of whom was inter rupted by a person at the lower end of the room exclaiming, " I should like to have a glass of brandy and water, Sir, if you have no objection." This excited some mirth ; but many of the tee-totallvrs seemed inclined to be imtemperately wroth, and loud cries of " Turn hira out" were raised. The person, however, assured the chair-wan, with the same it.ziticti4 that he meant no offence, and was allowed to remain. Some slit seriptions were announced, but the Auxiliary was 281. in debt. THE StTN, LONDON, SATURDAY , APRIL 18, !sot MIDDLESEX COURT Or REQUESTS. It is a grievous thing to go without one's dinner, but to be robbed of one's dinner, and that dinner a Sunday one, and a " beef-steak pie" into the bargain, is one of the most diabolical sumptuary thefts that can by possibility be perpetrated in this our" dining" coun try. " Robbing a child of its bread and butter" is as a flea to a kangaroo, compared with it. " give you 2s. 6d., Mrs. Noble, for what I eat," said a jolly red-faced fellow, who appeared to be exert ing his persuasive powers to induce Mrs. Noble not to bring her case before th e C ourt . " I'll make it 35.," said he, as the said Mrs. Noble proceeded towards the green baized table ; " and as your young 'uns he.:t some of mine, I think as I make you a we-ry good heifer." No, that I won't," said Mrs. Noble ; " it's disgrace ful, and a butcher, too, a s y ou are , M r . Barton." Three shillings,"repeated Mr. Barton. Mrs. Noble shook her head. Mr. Com Missioner DUBOIS—WiII you have the good ness (addressing the parties) to permit the Court to know what it is you are talking about. We cannot hear a word you say. Mrs. Noble (who appeared inclined to be out of tomper with every body)—Nobody likes to be robbed of a beef-steak pie on a Sunday. Mr. Commissioner DUBOIS—Nor any other day , I fancy, Mrs. Noble. " Will you take 3s. 6d. ?" whispered the butcher to the irascible Mrs. Noble. Mrs. Noble (in a low tone) —No ; I won't take 3s. 6d., nor 45., nor 4s. 6d. The pie had four pounds eleven ounces of beef in it,: at 7:td. a pound, and eight pen'orth of oysters, and there was half a pound of butter in the crust. Mr. Commissioner DUBOIS requested Mrs. Noble to state, as calmly as her feelings would permit her, the facts of the robbery. Mrs. Noble proceeded to do so with great volubility. It appeared that on Sunday, the 29th of March, she had her husband's father, her own mother, and two uncles, to dinner. As they were to come early, and spend the whole day with her, she made the pie over night, so that she m4lit be entirely at the service of her guests. The pie was duly sent to the bakehouse, and, as was thought, fetched home and placed upon the table, " but the very fust cut as I gave into the crust," said she, " I know'd as the pie warn't mini.' Mr. Barton—You couldn't have no cause to find fault with the crust. My missis made it herself. Mrs. Noble—lt waru't made no way fit for company. Aud Mrs. Noble wanted to argue this point with the butcher, and also whether the crust of a beef-steak pie ought to be made wish suet, butter, or lard. Mr. Commissioner Dusots—That is a matter of taste, I Fresume, Mrs. Noble. Proceed, if you please. Mrs. Noble (positively)—lt's not a matter of taste, it's— Mr. Commissioner Dußois—We'll not discuss the point at present. Have the goodness to tell us the re maining particulars about the robbery. Mrs. Noble proceeded to do so. She said that di rectly she withdrew the knife from the pie she made her husband run back to the baker's with it. Unfor tunately, the baker could not tell who it was that had got the dish with the " four pounds eleven ounces of beef-steak, at 71d. per lb., eight pen'orth of oysters, and half a pound of butter in the crust." What was Mr. Noble to do ? Like a prudent man, he took the pie home again, in order to see whether any thing was lost by the exchange. Mrs. Noble prepared herself to dish out the stranger pie, when to her consternation, she discovered that, instead of its containing any thing like the well compounded and savoury dish she had lost, it was full of nothing but breasts of mutton. " Breasts of mutton !" said she, turning up her nose, " these didn't cost more than 34d. a pound, and we was obliged to go without our dinner." "6 Well, Mr. Barton, what have you to say to the charge against you ?" inquired the Commissioner. Mr. Barton—Why, she heat some of my pie. Mrs. Noble declared that there was merely a corner gone, which one of her children got to the cupboard and pilfered while she was down stairs on the Monday mornir , buying-some fish. Mr:Barton explained, that he also had company on the Sunday in question, and that, while his wilet was down in the kitchen attending to the " wedgetable," he cut up the pie (as he averred) ; of cour,,e he was not aware of the excellent dinner the plaintiff, Mrs. Noble, had prepared for his company. Mr. Commissioner DUBOlS—Surely your wife told you of the mistake ? Mr. Barton (looking very knowing)—Not till arter dinner, and I don't see as it would have been of any use to tell our friends about it, as l'd served all the pie out. Mr. Commissioner Dußois—You must have had a pretty numerous family party. Mr. Barton—Yes, eleven on us. Mrs. Noble was questioned as to whether she had re turned the defendant's pie. She swore she had, and Mr. Barton was adjudged to pay .55., the sum which the pie had cost her. BOROUGH COURT OF REQUESTS. PIGS AMONG THE ROSES.—JUDY DONOVAN'S CHICKENS.—" Long life and good look to ycr banners, ivery mother's son of ye, .and may ye niver want for the praste's blessing, or a dhrop iv the crathur," exclaimed Judy Donovan, an Irish ".widdy," with a remarkably red nose, and the brogue in beautiful perfection, as soon as she entered the Court. " It's not meself wot's used to koorts iv law, or the likes iv that, but all I axes for is satisfaction, and, as Mishter O'Connell says, justice to Ireland!" COMMISSIONER—Who do you want satisfaction of? Judy—Mistlu ess Malony, vvot's standing by the side iv me (pointing to a strapping Irishwoman.) COMMISSIONER—WeII, what bas Mrs. Malony done to you ? Judy—Sure it warn't meself at all Not sbe did it to, but the chickens, poor innoce n t crathurs Judy hero put herself into an attitude marvellously resembling that of the Right Hon. little Member for Tipperary when he commences one of his harangues in the House of Commons, and she proceeded to detail her grievances ; from which it appeared that herself and Mrs. Malony occupied diminutive mansions next door to each other in a court at the back of Kent street. But though such near neighbours, the tastes of the two " ladies " were diametrically opposite, as will be shown. Mrs. Donovan delighted in pigs and chickens, and had provided in the small domain behind her residence accommodation for a couple of grunters, and some cocks and hens, while the more refined taste of Mistress Malony displayed itself in the delightful science of horticulture, for, instead of pigsties and hen roosts, her " back-yard " was laid out as a parterre, on a small scale certainly, but it was a flower-garden nevertheless. Mrs. Donovan's pigs and chickens, it seemed, possessed a violent penchant for poaching upon other people's manors, and, if ever the gate dividing the two tenements was by chance left open, the whole family never failed to pay Mistress Malony's flower garden a visit, greatly to her annoyance. It was not love, but pigs among the roses. " The pigs in Norah's garden strayed, And o'er her crocus beds they played, And grubbed up with their eager noses, The lilies, tulips, and the roses." That individual must, indeed, possess infinitely more philosophy than the generality of the human race, who can calmly witness his horticultural labours utterly thwarted by either swine or fowls. Mrs. Malony was not a philosopher of this grade, for one day observing the masculine member of Judy Donovan's feathered family in his garden, and hearing him' give a prelimi nary " crow," previous to the enjoyment of a vegetable bonne bouche in the shape of the bulbous root of a snowdrop, she sallied forth, " fury depicted in her countenance," and armed with a broomstick, with which she bestowed such an unmerciful thwack upon poor chanticleer, that he gave up the ghost without a struggle. This " decisive measure "on the part of Mrs. Malony led to a mighty " row" between herself and Judy Donovan, and induced the latter to sum mon her to this Court for 55., the alleged value of the defunct fowl. did the fowl s urv i ve COMMISSIONER—How lo n e after she struck it ? Judy—Yer banners, no time at all ; it was kilt di rectly. Judy here burst out into a plaintive howl, to show her grief at the loss of her favourite bird. The COMMISSIONER inquired of Mrs. Malony whether she objected to pay the money. Defendant—Yer hanner, ax her if her bastely pigs didn't root up all me wallflowers, and whether the bid dys (chickens) didn't pick up all me snowdrops. COMMISSIONEL-But there was no occasion to kill the fowl ; you could have driven it away. Judy—ln koorse she c ould, ycr banner ; it's the very same thing that I tould her meself, the murthering h a _ then. A good deal of recriminatory conversation here ensued between the plaintiff and defendant, who op the " steam up" for a fight, b u t peered to be getting the Commissioner interf ered, and said the opinion of the Court was that chanticleer had no right to intr was ude snot nto Mrs. Malony's flower garden, but that h e s- justified in using the brooms t l y t 2 i sn. tideh O m n a l ny g half beige h did. They should adjudge her to p the sum claimed. The plaintiff expressed some dissatisfaction at the verdict, and left the Court murmuring something about "justice to Ireland," and a repale of the union. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford has taken up an establishment at Campden .hill. Her Grace and the Ladies Georgiana and Rachel Russe ll visited Woburn obey en route from the Marquis of Abercorn's seat in Ireland. We are informed that the Spica' Sermon on Easter Thursday will be preached at Christ.church, Newgate street, by the Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. On the following Sunday, the 26th inst., the same celebrated Divine will preach in the morning at St. Ceorge's Church, Camberwell, us aid of the National Schools of that populous district ; and in the evening the vene ble Archdeacon Wilberforce will advocate the cause of thesame important charity. • THE MAINE BOUNDARY QUESTION. The following excellent article on the correspon dence between Mr. Fox, the British Minister, at Washington, and the United States Government, relative to the Maine Boundary line, which ap peared in The Sun of Friday, is copied from the New York Courier and Enquirer of the 30th of March. It is precisely in the spirit of the obser vations which accompanied the publication of the correspondence in our columns, though it had not then fallen under our notice. If public writers on both sides of the Atlantic were to follow the good example of the Editor of the Courier and En quirer in this instance, we feel assured that the Boundary Line would be soon settled without dis turbance on either side : " It is always with extreme reluctance we advert even to the possibility of serious differences arising between this country and Great Britain, for though " the last resort," the ultinta ratio regent, may never come, still the mere agitation of a question so vitally important to the most material interests, is calculated to do great ir'jury. It is calculated to diminish our public and pri vate credit, both at home and abroad, already, heaven knows, sufficiently assailed. It is calculated to depress the spirit of commercial enterprise, now at so low an ebb among us, that the price paid for the use of capi tal is less than it has been known to be for a long series of years. Some consolation is it, with these evils before us, to believe that their extent will be diminished, if the evils themselves are not avoided, by the firm belief all reflect ing men must entertain, in both countries, that a war can never grow out of the question of our disputed North Eastetn Boundary, and that, because the object in dispute sinks into utter insignificance, when com pared with the loss and ruin which would ensue to either party, for contending for it by force of arms. The first three months of a war would cost both Eng land and the United States more than the fee-simple of what the whole territory is worth ; and though we may be told that instances are not wanting in history, of fierce contests arising between nations on questions which were trifling in comparison with the dangers and sacri- [lees these contests involved, we answer, those times are passed ; that since the commencement of the present century a wiser system of public policy has prevailed. That system has taught that the balance of power deduced from extent of territory or the posses sion of certain prominent points, is as great an absurdity, as the balance of trade deduced from custom-house returns. Are we asked for instances ? 1,,,0k at the general peace of Europe, now preserved for thirty-seven years—a circumstance without a parallel in modern history—and than, in the face of events which before would have called into play the most sinister de 'signs on the part of neighbouring powers, and eventually have led to open warfare. Revolutions have taken place in three different kingdoms, thrze contests between the governing power and the people, and rival nations have sought under these circumstances, not to wound, but to heal. A new kingdom has sprung up on the very spot which was formerly the great hotbed of European di plomacy, the battle-ground of Europe, and not a shot has been fired for it, except between its former sove reign and its inhabitants—and here again foreign nations interposed and hushed the conflict. Family compacts, the navigation of the Scheldt, the possession of Ant werp, all are entirely out of date, and even the guns on the rock of Gibraltar, which formerly threatened des truction to every intruder into the Mediterranean, seem now to look with indifference on the acquisition of the opposite shore, by a people once called natural enemies. This manifest aversion of ail civilized nations in the present age, to engage in the doubtful chances of war, to encounter its certain lasses and sacrifices, for which modern philosophy teaches them they can, under the most successful results, obtain no equivalent, produces on our minds the firm conviction, that the differences between this country and England will be amicably settled, because the fair inference from it is, she will demand nothing of us that is wrong, nothing that we cannot with justice and honour accord. _ If we look at her diplomacy in connection with the questior, we shall find we can charge it with little else than dilatoriness--a dilatoriness growing out of the slight attention her statesmen thought it necessary to bestow on the subject in dispute, absorbed as they were in matters of nearer and deeper import to them. When forced to take it up, their course has been that of men who had not the knowledge on which to'found an action of their own, and they took the convenient method of referring it to the decision of a third power, which prov ing unsatisfactory, some time was again spent in making endeavouring to master the subject, till finding it could no longer be dallied with, an agent is despatched, to pass over the ground, with instructions evidently to make the greatest haste, and now we arc told by the British Minister, " that her Majesty's Government arc only waiting for the detailed Report of the British Commissioners recently employed to sur vey the disputed territory, which Report, it was be lieved, would be completed and delivered to her Ma jesty's Government by the end of the present month, in order to transmit to the Government of the United States a reply to their last proposal upon the subject of the boundary negotiation." In the general policy, then, of civilized nations at the present day, amongst which Great Britain is so con spicuous —in her particular policy as regards this ques tion; we can discover no ground for apprehension that she will force us into a war. We can even see in one of her late acts, an evident and praiseworthy desire to remove all cause of irritation between the two countries. We alltide to her payment of the value of the slaves wrecked on the Bahamas. Not that it was not just, but because if she had refused it, she would have been supported in her refusal by the united ignorance and fanaticism of all Europe. We are aware that by some apprehensions are enter tained that collisions will arise between the authorities of the State of Maine and the British Colonial autho rities. To us it seems these parties are playing at the game of brag—:ire trying to set off against one unjusti fiable pretence the assertion of another. The Governor of Maine finds two companies of British troops where there was but one before, he finds she has improved her means of communication between the Canadas and the sea—not unnaturally considering the large military force she now keeps up in the Canadian provinces—and straightway the Governor of Maine calls upon the Pre sident to fulfil his constitutional obligations, and protect the State of Maine against invasion r Then the Senate of Maine, with the positive assurance of the President that he will accede to no arrangement with Great. Bri tain which does not meet the assent of Maine, passes such resolutions as the following : Resolved, That unless the British Government during the present Session of Congress, shall make or accent a distinct and satisfactory proposition for the immediate adjustment of the Boundary Question, it will be the duty of the General Government to take military pos session of the disputed territory. Not to be behindhand, the Colonial authorities—for it is no doubt at their prompting Mr. Fox writes— start a new ground, and that is, not whether there are actual aggressions on the disputed territory, but what the extent and limits of the disputed territory really are. In all this we see no ground for serious alarm. • The course of Maine will be arrested, when the party ends it is intended to subserve are attained, or, it neccessary, a hint fiom Washington will have a tran quillising effect ; and, as to the Colonial officers, we believe that extreme indeed must be the case which would lead them to assume the dread responsibility of plunging the two countries into a war. We are the more impressed with this belief from the conduct of Sir John Harvey during the last winter. He had positive instructions to resist with all his forces any en croachment on the disputed territory. He deplored the only alternative which his duty as a soldier left him, and yet these positive instructions, and his duty, were made to yield to the prudent arrangement of Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Fox, and the able management of General Scott. But once, and but once, has a shrinking of the heart come over us when thinking of the probability of a war between the United States and England, and that was when hints reached us that the President, finding his popularity and power leaving him, mivit, to retain place, involve us in a war. But short reflection sufficed to dispel the idea—it would be too inconsistent, too monstrous. DROWNING IN THE SERPENTINE. —On Thurs , lay evening the investigation which had been adjourned from Monday last, on the body of Johanna Murray, aged fifty seven, the female who was found dead in the Serpentine, at most in a state of nudity, on the morning of Sunday last, was resumed. Cornelius Murray said the deceased was his wife. She had been much dejected for the last six weeks in conse quence of the severe illness of her daughter at Bristol. The parish surgeon of St. George's said he had made a post mot tern examination of the deceased's body, and there were no symptoms of poison in the stomach. nor any marks of violence. His im pression was that the deceased bad been addicted to drinking ardent spirits, and that she had died of suffocation consequent on drowning —Verdict, " Found drowned." DEATH OF LORD HEADLEY.—It is with great regret we have to record the death of this excellent land lord. He had been for some time in a declining state of health, and has at last paid the debt of nature, amidst the regrets of a wide circle of friends and a numerous tenantry. He was one of Nobility having peculiar exceptions to the g reat mass of the having prcperty in this country. He was not only a resident proprietor, sr/ending his Irish income in this country, but he also cxpendea the produce of his lar g e English estates in Ire land. His Lordship had the true characteristic of real nobility ; he was affable, accessible, benevolent and munificent; and he now carries with him to the grave the esteem and respect of all classes and partie s in t h e count y of Ketry. His Lordship His Lordship left a studiously avoided a ll interference with politics, and thou g h hi s opinions wen . Conservative , he preserved, by the mildn ess an d urbanity of his dem eanour , and by his excellent cond uc t as a lno andlord, the ard hi respect ssta t o 4 the a d te Liberal w e party. tlnd e r s tam devolve on his n phew.— Cork I?6porter. S TA BBING. —At the 'Essex Quarter Sessions fellow, named Neville, was sentenced to be transported for fif teen years. He challenged a man to fight, but instead of standing fairly up to his opponent he stabbed him with a knife. This, as the Judge remarked, was an offence formerly unknown in England, but recently there have been several instaneesof it. RIOT AT WIGAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The result of the trial of the two indi viduals, Plunkett and Cash, for one of the most extraordinary outrages ever committed i n a c i v ili se d State, and more particularly in one continually boasting of its even-handed justice, must strike foreigners as well as Englishmen, who are not blinded by national and educational prejudices, as one of the most extraordinary anomalies in this most anomalous of all Governments. Here are two military officers, having control and authority ov er an armed force, enormously paid by the public to protect them and support their laws and liberties, not only resisting the civil power, but—whocandoubt, for one moment, on reading the evidence—instigating and encouraging the soldiery to rescue, Ili et (mitts, the Sheriff's officer's prisoners from his safe custody. Notwithstanding the proof of this grave and serious offence, how does the Judge handle the matter when it becomes his duty to pass sentence on the con victs ? Because, I presume, Plunkett was a noble man's son and a military officer, Judge Coleridge could not believe (although the fact was sworn to) that he h a d comm i tte d an intentional assault on the female complainant ; and as for the other offence, it was of so trifling a nature when com mitted (one would infer from the whole tenor of the address) by an individual of that class to which Mr. Plunkett belongs, that the Judge publicly de Glared he would t a k e care to ma k e suc h a repre sentation in the proper quarter, as that no ulterior punishment should fall upon the prisoners—in other words, that they should not be dismissed from the Army, in which they had so unworthily conducted themselves. The sentence on Plunkett, however, was only twelve months' imprisonment, and on Cash three months. Now, let me ask every one who has paid attention to the frequent trials of the useful and industrious classes of society, and who have been convicted of offences not half, nay, not a hundredth part so dangerous to the commonwealth as these officers were found guilty of, if the prisoners had belonged to a humble station of life, whether it is not their opinion the sentence would have been tenfold as severe ? Should we not have found the Judge, instead of slurring over the crimes of these officers, harshly commenting on them, and threaten ing the vengeance of power if again repeated ? But then there would have been a wide difference be tween the parties, they would only have belonged to the powerless and defenceless mass of creation. What matters it whether their families are ruined and they themselves disgraced ? No, it matters only to the Plunketts and the Cash's and such like, that if convicted, as their Counsel observed, it would entail everlasting ruin on them ? What different language would have been made use of, if a poor starving and ill-treated mechanic had been found guilty of attacking these of ficers and their subordinates ? Not only would they have met with no commisseration, but they would have been subjected to the grossest indecencies and insults, such as Mr. Vincent and others had heaped upon them, even before they were convicted of any crime. I would ask, whether the convicts Plunkett and . Cash have undergone the same gaol regulations which the arbitrary power of the County Magistracy has inflicted upon men fully their equals in honour, virtue, and manly feeling ? I would ask, whether they have been made to strip naked before all the prisoners where they are con fined, and compelled to bathe in the same filthy water where others have washed before ? If not, what becomes of the cuckoo-cry of the impartiality of English laws and English justice ? Sir, the country has arrived at a most extraordi nary era, when we find that a common soldier, taken from the very dregs of society, but who is paid and fed fifty times as well as those who toil from morn ing to night in order to buy a little barley-bread for their own support and that of their families—l say that a common soldier is allowed and encouraged to set not only tire laws at defiance, but, as would appear from this trial to be the fact, audaciously to assert that the very Magistrates themselves were dependent on the military. Is it any wonder we hear these men in their drunken fits insulting the very persons who put bread into their mouths, and calling them "d—d civilians," &c. ? lam sadiv afraid the inconsiderate and reckless praises, which it has been too much the fashion of late years to lavish on the soldiery, have turned their heads, and that, by degrees, we shall be so accustomed to military and police despotism, that not a vestige will be left ere long of our boasted civil and local Govern ment. The subject of these few lines being or srch vital importance to all those who have neither titles nor privileges to bias public opinion, nor even the judgment of our rulers, let me entreat of you to take it up in that manly, powerful, and inde pendent spirit which always characterises your ex cellent Paper. I hasc the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient servant, A. F. H. THE SHAKSPEARIANS. AMATEUR PERFORMANCE AT THE PRINCE'S THEATRE. The Shaksperians" gave, on Thursday night, a performance at the Prince's Theatre, and never has it been our good fortune to witness an amateur performance which, either for effect, for knowledge of stage business, or for histrionic merit on the part of the different members of the company, could be compared to that of last evening. Knowing, as we do, the exceeding difficulty there is in getting the members of an amateur company to work well to nether--the almost impossibility of impressing on the mind of a non-professional actor the necessity there is for attending to certain minutia:, which in themselves appear the most insignificant trifles, but a strict attention to which is, however, absolutely requisite to keep up the illusion of the scene—we were equally surprised and delighted at the "getting up" of the piece. The manner in which they were put upon the stage reflects the highest credit upon all the parties concerned. A veteran company, under the direction of a stage-manager of twenty years' standing, could not have been mole efficient. The first part of King Henry IV. com menced the evening's amusement. The gentleman who acted the part of Hotspur is evidently a man of genius, who loves and understands Shakes peare. It was delightful to see how completely he threw himself into his part from the commence ment—there was an utter abandonment of self to the inspiration of the poet. It was Hotspur himself, and not a gentleman acting Hotspur—there was no slovening over one part, in order to make another part tell—no searching after points, no trick, no feebleness. From his first appearance at the Court of King Henry to his death on the field of Shrews bury, every part was equally efficient, equally vi gorous, equally natural. That gentleman, whoever he may be, need not shrink from a comparison with the best professional Hotspur on the boards. Equally good, though, of course, in a different way, was the Falstaff. His scene with his tagged regiment, and his description of the manner in which he had misused the King's Press, were ad mirable. The two carriers likewise were most humourous—their dialect was first rate. The other characters were all well supported—the costumes were most correct, and gorgeous in the extreme. We trust this is not the last pfrformance with which we are to be favoured by " The Shakspearians." The farce of Bombastes Furioso followed, and the King, the wise an d learned Fusbos, and the valiant Bombastes, all found most efficient representatives. The gentle. man who performed Bombastes is a first rate comi c actor ; he carries humour to its utmost verge, with out once passing the boundary line, which sepa rates it from vulgarity. Would that some of our professional humourous actors would take a few lessons in his school. Every pa r t o f t h e h ouse was crowded—the boxes were filled with the elite of the fashionable world. We hail this as another sign of a reviving taste for the drama among the magnates of the land. We sincerely thank " The Shakspearians" for.having devoted their time and their talents to the fostering this taste, and we heartily wish them success in the good work, which they have undertaken. Thursday an inquest was held before Mr. Carter, at the Larkhall, Larkhall-lane, Wandsworth-road, on the body of Elizabeth Allen, aged 32. Mr. Playford, of South Villas, said that deceased had been his servant, and that for the last three months she appeared desponding and wild in her manner. On Tuesday morning last, not finding her up at her wual hour, he went to seek for her, and found her in the back kitchen suspended by the neck by a handkerchief, from a staple in the ceiling. To get there she must have mounted on of a copper, g uilty purloin and then jumped off. Latterly she had been whic she partially ing some few articles, and then drank harder than h before. She had notice to quit unless sh e reformed, did, but still continued very mclarich,:ly. _ Vcr_dict--.. 46 T e ,,, 0.. rary insanity." EVENING EDIT! i:..... ~ , i :„..:, DESERTION OF SEAME On Friday, a meeting of the Shipowners:d i Greenock, called by the Directors of the ChainlieFif Commerce, was held in the Town-hall, to take into consideration the best measures to be adopted for the prevention of the desertion of seamen. John Gray, Esq , was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated the object of the meeting. He remarked that the desertion of seamen was a very serious evil, and of late it had been one of frequent occurrence. The subject had received the anxious con sideration of the Directors of the Chamber of Com merce, who had recommended that an Association be formed with the view of preventing the desertion of seamen. R. D. KER, Esq., would not detain the meeting long with what he had to say. Unfortunately, the subject was too well known—the practice which they were met to deprecate was far too common—to render it necessary for him to occupy much time in discussing it. It was a practice which they had all good reason to deplore, from the expense, the delay, and the risk which it occasioned. But its consequences operated most injuriously on the men who gave themselves up to the practice. It had the most direct tendency to destroy their morals—(Hear, hear.) To break a solemn engagement deliberately entered upon blasted the character of a sailor ; and, in most cases, crimps and other seducers benefiteo far more from his breach of engagement than the deserter himself, who was, nevertheless, by following this course, rendered reckless and unprincipled. Sea men, he WAS sorry to say, were not now what they once were. Formerly they were sober and religious, and the worship of God was kept up in theia ships. The long war, no doubt, did much to deteriorate their character, but he was forced to confess that the long peace had not improved it. It ntver could be mended so long as desertions continued, for nothing was more calculated to sap their morals than this practice. He had been furnished by the keepers of the Seamen's Registry , Office with a few of the cases of desertion which occur red last year, merely as a sample, for the list could be greatly augmented. The Helen Bryson lost by de serters, in St. John's, eight men ; the Jane, in New York, six men and apprentices, and the master had to hire labourers to discharge the ship, at the rate of 7s. 10d. each per day. He had also to ship men at New York at the rate of 31.105. per month for the remainder of the voyage, and on the arrival of the vessel at Que bec, all hands left, save two, and he had once more to engage hands to take the ship home, at 51. per month. The Mariner at Trinidad lost five men ; the Spring hill at Quebec six ; the Cruikston Castle at Quebec eight ; the Calypso at Savannah eight ; the Clyde at St. John's twelve ; the Jamaica at Quebec six ; the Science at Cork four ; the Lady of the Lake at Gou rock Bay ten ; and the Palmyra at Greenock four. In the last two cases the deserters were captured and sent to Bridewell. He had no hesitation in saying that the wages of seamen were too low, and until they were raised he did not expect that improvement in their conduct which they all wished to see. In Hull owners had for a long time been troubled by desertions, and they raised the wages to 31. 10s. a month, which put a I stop to the practice to a certain extent. In conclu sion, he would say that to effect any good they must act unitedly, for isolated efforts would be of no avail. THOMAS HAMLIN, Esq. remarked that the motion entrusted to him embraced a vote of thanks to the port of Tyne Association for their rules, and to the Cham ber of Commerce of Greenock for bringing this matter before them. He rejoiced at the proposal which had been made to raise the wages of the seamen. When he was last in Liverpool, he was on board an American ship, and in conversing with the captain he happened to mention Greenock, when the latter asked if he belonged to this port. On answering in the affirmative, he in formed him (Captain Hamlin) that a sailor wished to send 101. to his mother there. He asked what wages he paid, and was informed 41. per month, and he added that the crew remained constantly with the ship, which they regarded as their home, and took a deep interest in everything that concerned it. Such a state of things was far more desirable than the way in which matters were managed here. There seamen did not regard signed articles of agreement as a piece of waste paper like those here, who looked on them as bind ing against the owners, but of no weight with them selves. For his part, he thought 31. a month not too high wages ; and lie was convinced that by paying it, and getting better men, they would be cheaper. He quite agreed with what Mr. Anderson had said about the number of apprentices. They were far too few, for many rated as such were shams, and their inden tures were retained merely to enable ships to pass the custom-house. By so acting, however, ship-owners were breaking their own heads, and preventing the wth of a supply of able-bodied seamen. He con , cut red with what hail fallen from Mr. Tier as to the supetior character of the seamen of former times. When he (Mr. Hamlin) was an apprentice, the men made lot.g voyages in the same ship. Then they felt an interest in the vessel, and in the welfare of the owners, but now the: cared nothing about it, and would often try to thwart thei, - employers as much as possible, and desert when an oppertunity presented itself. He thought that whenever a great number of seamen were within their reach, they should call them together, and tell them their duty. When he was at Liverpool, a tea party was held, attent;ed by masters, mates, seamen, and apprentices, when a s id . resses were delivered, and the utmost harmony preva:led. He thought in their endeavours to improve the e.haracters of seamen, they ought to begin with the masters. Resolutions for establishing an association and col lecting funds were unanimously agreed to. MOTHER CHURCH AND MOTHER KIRK. (From the Morning Chronicle. There were two venerable dames, Old Mother Church and Mother Kirk ; They oft called one another names— " Heterodox 1" " Anti-Christian " " Turk 1 " The ladies had their separate shops; Their separate shops and separate patrons : Some liked one matron's lolly pops, And some preferr'd the other matron's. And so, in course of time, they made Their stores of gold as bees make honey ; Dame Church had got the largest trade, Dame Kirk the smaller—yct made money. They carried on their daily labours Most prosperously—yet once or twice They heard a whisper 'mongst their neighbours, " Th' old ladies are not over nice." These whispers startled the "old ladies," And each to each suggested whether " As ours the very self-same trade is, " Were it not well to club together?" Besides—a hint just then was heard (At which "tit' old ladies" nearly fainted) About anc,ther shcp—a third, Which, rumour said, was even rented So each to each took solemn oath To pat' onize the other's shop, And jointly to proclaim that both Vended the genuine lolly pop. Still, Mother Church's old concern Was most productive of the two; And shrewdly she emitriv'd earn Far more than Mother Kirk could do. Waxing more rich, sbe waxed less gracious, And smiled on Mother Kirk no longer; Becoming more and more capacious, E'en as her wealth and will grew stronger. One day news came across the seas Of large bequests of coins and coppers,• The Lollvpoppers' legatee,— A)e I all the genuine loilypoppers. Old Mother Church then changed her tone, Denounced the rival lollypop, Shore none was genuine but her own,t And t'other an impostor's shop. I know not how the thing will end ; But as I pa,sed the other day, Old Mother Church had kicked her friend ! And there I left them in the fray. B. 4 ` Clergy Reserves? t •' I cannot call the kirk a true church."—PutuporTs. TIIE MODERN AMAZON.—The Glaneur du 1 / a nt Rhin relates the following :—" There is at Colmar a woman who is with difficulty able to obtain the means of exist ence, but who'e extraordinary life should make her an object of interest. Sh?, was born at Colmar in 1783. Her father was a sergeant, and her mother one of the sutlers of his regi ment. Her father was killed during the campaign of Calabria, and and her mother's head was carried- away by a ?an nt°hne- the battle of Ileums. In 1602 our heroine married drum major of the 62d demi-brigade, named Girard .i . th S t ti e e b; iv ea is m ia e n , like her mother, a sutler, and entere d S p ain w oSlarGagezara,lthllenoninjaasdsieeiul. intS.hie,owrta,,%ptr,esent at the taking of Bar celona, at which time she had eight : n e w t u h A r , rel turned r t entered d the army. From Barcelona sheee;wa-lenstaonndisn, subSshee sw‘i a as s pwoundedrescnt at t y R oe lancettallaatgletsof battle fovri se nv:. ,roaf at d 'a was l months. She then antlwith her husband, who was ' o il ; Girona, at which she assiste4, n ) g ' returnedin decorated oi a , ttltihiseotcaci'asiuit'n, a musket, and fighting with the a ccompanied the expedition to Russia, and was reckoned among . the twenty-five who remained after the retreat, out of four battalions of 1,000 each. She troops.carry She next was present at Co , urbeywie on the re-organisation of her regi ment,and was engaged in the affairs of Chalons, Troves, Bar- She followed the Emperor with her il is r la i n n d ne of Elba, and was at the battle of Wa -15 her husband was made adjutant in the artii thetuirrsi-obi:‘ husband e con and f),l lery. In 1623 she accompanied him to Spain, and saw him killed between Barcelona and Gracia. On her return to France n 16.25, she married a sergeant-major named Varin, and accompanied him on the expedition to Africa, in which all her sons 'acre engaged. She lost her husband and two of her sons, one of whom was drum major, and the other master of a band, during this expedition, and was twice wounded hertelf. She retured to her native town last year, but has hitherto resisted every attempt to excite sympathy by maki ng h er hi s t ory k n own. A subscription has been opened for her at Colmar." Viscount Powerscourt, MY., intends, at the close of the Parliamentary session, to make a cruise ofs!ve r r t e months, accompanied by Viscountess Powerseeurt. L o ship has purchased Colonel .llarlihara's yacht, Antelope. His , CZ -- -- I r-71- ' )'fl<4.tii::-. 4 .! -4 '." f dS,V‘3I)J I 1 i I