The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-12 00:00:00

EVEN EIS Gr EDITION forward firmly and nobly in the c a u se o f liberty, tinguished guest, with his, characteristic manli both civil and religious. I will say that they ness, has designated, as history will desist have done much by their upright and noble conduct to nate him, a great man, I have been commissioned, produce those great effects which we are now Cole which I consider no ordinary distinction, to propose to brating. lam a firm friend to our mixed constitution, you a toast, which I think that will consider with me you and I fully believe that the safety of that mixed one as most apposite to this conspicuous gathering constitution mainly depends upon the character, power, of his fellow-citizen s round one, whom I may call the and influence of those who in the House of Lords Nestor of Reform.—(Cheers.) That toast is this, sustain Liberal principles.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) " Equal laws and equal justice through all parts of the I would be an apostate to the cause of truth— a British empire." For more than half a hundred traitor to the cause of civil and religious liberty, years George Byng has, of equal laws and equal if I (Ed not, mention the greatest statesman that justice throughout all parts of the British empire, been ever stood forward in the day —in th e the inflexible advocate.—(Loud cheers.) He devoted hou r of difficulty—when danger was threatened to civil himself to the accomplishment of that noble principle freedom, and religious freedom was about to be f or ev er which regarded the British Constitution as one vast thrown down.—( Loud cheers.) I know it comes home level, which denounced all sectarian and all provincial to th e breast of every human being who hears me, I distinctions, and which has all the advantages of which when I speak of such a man who came for- British citizenship is susceptible, and which regards the ward so strenuously for the liberty o f con - professor of every creed, horn in these our glorious science and of religion—of him who maintained th at islands, as equal and noble participators.—(Loud it was a desecration of the first law of God to punish a cheering.) You have been told that he united him man f or hi s reli g ious belief—(Loud cheering )__or self at a period, now, indeed, remote, with that band what was no t a lesser crime, but a baser one, of virtuous statesmen, of whom Charles Fox was the to se d uce a man by worldly advantage s to de- leader—of those men who contended with obstacles part fr o m his belief. So long as the pages of his- which none but themselves thought they could sur tory cont a i n a memorial of the occurrences of the last mount, but who never faltered in their devoted ad forty y ears , the people, the conscientious people of herence to that principle I have ventured to proclaim England, must owe the greatest, the deepest, the to you. As was well observed by himself, "in the ulti. most everlasting debt of gratitude.—(Loud cheers.) mate triumph of truth they had an unshaken faith."— Besides that Noble Lord, who m you all know without (Cheers.) They followed it through the desert as a my naming him—(Cheers)—the re are others of the pillar of light, and although they themselves did not highest rank, o f th e grea t es t po wer and influence in the reach the land of promise, from a point of great moral State, all equally anxious in the same cause.—(Cheers.) elevation they beheld it from afar with an assurance You have already been addressed by one of the first that it would be reached by those—(Loud cheers) — Dukes i n th e l an d,_( L ou d cheers.) H e has given that the land of promise would be reached by those you hi s own sentiment s —b u t thank God th e y (although they themselves were not destined te. attain are not his sentime n t s alone—they are the sentim en t s it) who had committed themselves to their guidance, of the house of Russell—(Cheers)—which have descend- and had them through the dreary tract to lead the way. ed to them from generation to generation, and ar e —(Loud cheers.) Fox and Grattan, and Whitbread shared by his Noble Kinsman who has just left you, Lord and Rontilly are gone—they did not live to see what R ussell—(Cheers)—thee Noble Lord the Secretary they anticipated with so just a confidence, and which of State, who is the prop and stay of Liberal principl es , they so ardently desired ; but they left them one who I speak not of the past. If I might dare to give ut- co-operated in their labours, and shared in their achieve terance to my own feelings, I might allude t o th e loss ments.—(Cheers.) To survive the friends of our which w e have experienced. I dare say you know youth, and the companions of our manhood—to walk all, th at death has deprived us of a Member of that through Westminster Abbey, and see so many House, whose merits were most transcendent—whose graves in which the dust of the great and good firmness was unequalled—and whose honour was associates of one's early life is gathered, is ac sayunspotted—(Great cheering)—of whom you will companied by feelings in which mournfulness can with me , t h at the noble stand which not but be intermingled ; but that melancholy re made f or t h e people i n,all cases of difficulty, raised sentiment i s more t h an counterva il ed by the console /or him a monument more listing than marble.—(Great tory consciousness that our illustrious guest has wit cheering.) One word more, and I have done.—( nerousNo, nessed that whi c h th e i r ge hoes anticipate— ", and c h eers. ) W e are met to celebrate the consis- (Loud cheers.) Y es , old and venerable man, it d was tency of Mr. Byng in the support of liberal principl es , worth while to live so long—it was worth while and to glorify the great results which have been derived to live to see the victory of freedom, to seo fro m these principles. In the House of Lords there is one the discomfiture of abuses—to see the triumph of sa whose exertions in carrying out those results are never cred right —to see, above all, the triumph of to be forgotten. I mean Lord Althorp—(Enthusiastic equal laws and equal justice, and that equal justice cheering) —rho is Truth and Honesty personified— conceded to those millions of my countrymen by whom, (Renewed cheering)—who never condescended to con- I venture to pledge myself; the services of the repre ceal, deny, or palter with the truth.--(Cheers.) He sentative of Middlesex are fully preciated.—(Vehe guided the Hou s e o f C ommons — not b y any extraor- ment cheering.) There are some a w p ho say, and pardon din a ry eloquence or singular ability, but by the irresis- me if I advert to the great measure of Catholic Eman tible impression of sincerity, which made every one see c;pation, with which I am myself by a slender link that truth was his object, and that his end was right, associated,—there are some who say that they have and his honour spotless, and that he would not betray been disappointed by the extension of equal laws the cause in which he had embarked. I have given you and equal justice to Ireland ; but why are they dis ample reason cheerfully and heartily to drink the toa s t appointed? They have been disappointed, and, thank whi c h I now propose—the health of the Duke of Nor- God ! they have been so because that emancipation folk and the Liberal Members of the House of Lords. has not be en a d ea d l etter —(L ou d c h eers)— b ecause (Enthusi as ti c c h eer i ng. ) that emancipation has not fallen hopeless and still- The E ar l of Eosenestev—l feel highly honoured born from the Legislature. They have been disap and gratified at having been elected, on this great and pointed because they thought that ascendancy should interesting occasion, to return thanks, sincere and continue under a modification because they con grateful, for the flattering compliment which you have sidered we should be sordid enough to submit been pleased to pay to that portion of the p eerage to that which you would not endure—(Cheers) Who have held and supported Liberal opinions. —and that when reform was extended to one I can state for myself, and I think that country, we should not insist to have it extended I may assert, on the part of all those to another.—( not cheeri ng .) The have been who are compr i sed in the toast which you have just disappointed, but I will tell y ou w h o have not been dis now done us the honour of proposing, that we think it appointed. Th e y h a d not b een disappointed who ex very great and uncommon honour to be associated pected to see, in the extension of justice to my coun and mixed up with the proceedings of this great and try, the illustration of the character of the people.— glorious day, and that we feel honoured to a great degree (Cheers.) They have not been disappointed, who ex in being made part of these proceedings in the entertain- pected to see a great moral and political revolution. anent given so justly to commemorate the valuable They have no t been disappointed,. who expected services and meritorious conduct of your representative, to see Ireland cleared of the evils of servitude, Mr. Byng, during the long period of his varied political and the gaol-distemper of the mind relieved h for life—which, remember, however varied by circurn- ever. They were not disappointed, of w Boriteixn stances and the changes of Governments and parties, pected . to see Catholic Ireland a picture .. Britain during the long period of fifty years, shows no change shouting for freedom - they have not been disappointed, of single sentiment which he once entertained and who expected to . see ) incrased . seci . irity for property, openly professed. Duringthat period he never for the sake augmented tranquilization, the diffusion of intelligence, of any personal advantage abandoned a single one of his the spread of educati on , th e ass i m il a ti on o f our h a bi ts prin c i p l es . I will only say, that if the B r i t i s h P eerage, an d f ee lings to yours ; they have not been disappointed, in the discharge of the important functions which the who anticipated a vast augmentation of the national Constitution called on them to discharge, would follow wealth in the industry and resources of one country th e course and imitate the bright example of Mr. Byng, and the fertility of the other.—( Hear.) Above all th e y would have equal claims upon the affections of they have not been disappointed, w h o expec t e d their countrymen,—(Loud an d cont i nue d c h eer i ng)— to f i nd i n Ireland, instead of a source of weak they would do that which I have no doubt they desired ness, a muniment of strength—(Cheers)—who ex to effect—they will uphold the security and vigour of pected that millions who, ten years ago, we had the Constitution—(Renewed cheering)--to which I be- cause to look upon with uneasiness and alarm, would lieve the portion of the House of Lords comprised in become as ardently, as enthusiastically loyal, as the toast is as much attached as those who oppose us, if' they had been born in your own glorious --(Hear.) But for the purpose of supporting that island—(Hear, hear)—as though from their r Constitution, we must en d eavour to reform its de- they had participated in the advantages of Englishm bi en. th lects—(Cheers)—to eradicate its abuses —to supply —(Tremendous cheering.) h, I nk a great, a its deficie nc i es — an d to cont i nuo in a safe, cautious, glorious thing, that for a feeling of thi deep it discontent, t deliberative, and well-considered course of action, which pervaded Ireland ten years ago, there has been the grand and general abject of the national im- substituted a sentiment of what you must admit provement of the whole body of our fellow -countrym en . to be burning, enthusiastic loyalty. (Hear, hear, Gentlemen, I will not detain you longer than again to and cheers.) Ten years ago—the safety of Ire express how greatly I feel the high honour you have land depended on the wind ! N, e k conferred upon me, in inviting me to return thanks for on which the raging billows dash ow th roc and beat in thi s toast, as I feel there are many present wh o are va i n , i s not more immovably rooted than the much better entitled to be select e d th an myself—(G rea t feeling of exalted loyalty in the hearts of Irishmen— cheering.) (Cheers)—and if again, as once it has been, the world T The Marquis of Heeneoter then ro s e am id s t muc h were to b e leagued against you, assisted by Ireland cheering, to propose the health of the Liberal Members you would he impregnable.—(Tremend ous and long- p of the House of*Commons. Although I feel myself continued cheering.) And this great change —for change i f totally incapable to do justice to this t oas t, I it i s you owe to equal justice — to equal laws— °' that that you have dot e me the greatest and to the Government which administered them— P' Possible honour in calling upon me to propose it, and I can ( Loud cheers)—aye, to the Sovereign, who, young assure you that I shall myself drink it from the hot- as she is, has wielded the sceptre with a firm, unfalter temll of my h ear t, b ecause I f ee l i t as a man. A s an i ng h an d — h as had the wisdom to think, and the virtue trishman, I feel bound to acknowledge that, had it not to feel—(Continued eheering)—that on equal been for the Liberal Members of the House of Corn- laws, and equal justice alone can the safety r "ns, justice would never h ave b een d one towar d s o f t h e T hrone an d the welfare of her people, be founded. Ireland. —(Great cheering.) To the Liberal Members —(Great cheering.) And lam sure that every heart of the House of Commons we owe that which we now will throb in concurrence with the aspiration. May enj oy in I re l an d—f ree d om an d j ust i ce— b ut, above God Almighty bless her !—(Trernendous cheers.) May a " , wo ow e t o t h e Lib era l M em b ers of the House her ' s be every happiness that can befal her as a Queen all Commons a R e f orm i n P ar li ament. I w i ll leave —(Renewed cheers)—and with that happiness be asso llt to others more talented than myself to do justice elated the more tender feelings by which a woman, and to this ev ent , b ut at t h e same t i me I must assure you a wife, can be blessed. (Continued cheers.) t hat non e will drink it more heartily than myself. Now, let me be perwited to add—before another year Viscount HO WICK then came forward amidst of her glorious reign be passed —may she be beheld, 3 ,( 1 and enthusiastic cheering to return thanks. bright and beaming with maternal extacy—(Renewed said G ent l emen, I t hi n k myself highly and reiterated cheers)—the Hope of England in her Titormoured in h av i ng b een as k e d b y the Corn- arms—(Deafening c h eers )— t h e h e i r to her v i rtues, as tee who have managed this great entertainment, well as her prerogative—(Renewed cheers) ; that the t could have w i s h e d t h at t hi s duty had been en t rus t e d P r i nce , t h e son o f one so revered, and so beloved, may ° abler h an d s t h an myself, nevertheless I have not be taught by her example that the glory and the secu hesitated; t o a tt empt t h e task wh i ch has been assigned rity of the Throne depend upon the principles—equal me, in the full confidence that I shall receive laws, equal justice, to every portion of her Majesty's ": f ."'" you that indulgence which in such subjects.—(Tremendous and protracted cheers.) „ e ictY as this is sure to bestowed upon one The toast was then drank, standing, with three times Whit, feels most unaffectedly that he steads in need three. t e In the words that I may address to you hope to Mr. S 'WHITBREAD then rose and said, lam about (1 " 0 justice to the subject, and the occasion whims has to propose a toast which needs few words to introduce Gentlemen, this great assembly together.—(Cheering.) it. We have met here to-day, animated by a `entlemen, the occasion upon which we have met single feeling, that of doing honour to Mr. Byng, gives, in my opinion, a peculiar value to the compliment and in accordance to this feeling it was originally Paid to th e Lib era l M em b ers of the House of intended not to propose as a toast the name of any other C ommons. It can be no ordinary interest to those individual. But I must claim the right to brehk this who have attended this meeting, but to those: who were rule, and for so doing I make no apology in behalf of attach e d to th e same party as Mr. Byng it was pecu- the Nobleman who has done us and himself the honour liarly interestin g . Every man must admire the con- of presiding on this occasion. —(Loud cheers.) It is sisten c y displayed by Mr. Byng for the last. fifty years, not for me to speak of the virtues of the individual, or bet t o those with whom he was engaged in the same of the family—the manner in which you have received scene of ection, and maintained the same cause to which the toast siows me that this is altogether unnecessary— his life had been devoted, his career holds out a but allow me to say, that no name has been more dis bright and encouraging example and lesson, which o ught tinguished during the last three centuries for their love not to be lost. The gentleman who preceded me, re- of liberty.—( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I give you the marked that Mr. Byne's career had been distinguished I health of our Noble Chairman, Lord Charles James Fox ;for its consistency. He has shown not only that he Russell. (The toast was drunk with three times _not influenced by the frowns or favours of Kings or three.) ,Al lnisters,but he has exhibited the rarer firmness of show- The NOBLE CHAIRMAN then rose and spoke as fol l."g that one who truly served the people would not risk lows :—Gentlemen, the indulgent manner in which you 'itoiThrezard their displeasure when he believed them wrong. hav e receiv e d the toast, which a too partial friend has Byng has this night told us what was the just proposed to you, convinces me that the motives Ztt.ition in w hi c h t h e sma ll b and of his friends which have induced me to take the chair on the pre of' h e whom he ac t e d were p l ace d i n the early years sent occ as i on w ill not be misinterpreted or misunder t6the Fr enc h revolution,— Cries o f H ear. " ) Ile stood. Had I refused, I know that my refusal might t is , him se lf un fli nc hi ng ly continued in the cause have been misunderstood and misinterpreted, as a want allow he then adopted.—(Cheers.) Mr. Byng has of a proper feeling of the great merits of Mr. Bang. 1 , 1. 11 th e same firmness of mann er during the My refusal might have been subject to such a e e of hi s long life •as he did at the misinterpretation, and I should have been exceedingly e narlenceme n t o f it. He has not been led away by sorry hadsuch been the case. I consider that Mr. ti,eitetnent to step one inch beyond the line that Byng hash right to one more peculiar observation, as la s s. own jud gmen t had pointed out, and he has to the being a link between the present generation in poll -1,44 beep fir m , rat i ona l, an d cons i s t en t. B e has advocated tics and the last, and as in his early life he supported CSh. al freed om without licentiousness, and he the opinions and the principles of the great man whose htinabeen the firm supporter of Reform institu- name I have the honour to bear, so I see him now aced,', maintaining, at the same time, the grand consistent:y maintaining the seine opinions under the marks of the Constitution. He has been the guidance of a dear and valued relative of mine— whillY supporter of t o le ra tion and religious liberty, (Cheers)— ae d this assures me that I am right in wi °at the same time h e ha s adh e red wit h unaffected yocating the same principles, and acting in consistency Piety to the faith in which he was educated, and to the with those high names which I have the honour to bear. e true interests of that Church which lie has always sup- Under these circumstances it has afforded me the port e d . I have already taken up more time than I greatest satisfaction and delight to have had the honour 4,l ght to have done, and 1 will now at once refrain from of presiding on such a public meetin g as this.— b e Yi_ng any more with respect to Mr. Byng.—( Hear ) (Loud cheers.) We have all heard of the trials LI could not refrain, in returning thanks for the and vicissitudes which await all public `non. Liberaluri;o Members of Parliament, upon the remarkable They are constantly, during the course of their public ( e 4t ,° of firmness and moderation which has always ! c areer, condemned to witness disagreement among sup youutguished the career of M r , B yng , By t h e toast porters , an d alienation among friends. Our revered have now drank you have called upon all the Libe- and. honoured Guest has, doubtless, durin g the course a ral Members to emulate Mr. Byn g ' s vi r t ues an d t o en - o f hi s long career, been exposed in commo n with others `"'avour to walk in his footsteps ; and I trust that that 'to the alienations. He cannot altogether have escaped, th ':'T o e will n o t h e lost on every Liberal Member of but, under all circumstances, lie has ever found a com eh_Lti u o f Comm ons present here this night. That panion at his side ready to extract the poison from the f eeling must . be hard indeed, and lost to all sense of wound, and to blunt the edge of the dart. I trust, n e% which has not been penetrated by the scene therefore, you will permit me to propose the health e ls e, f rayed in this place this evening. e el I ought not to detain gyyoouulomnyger, andAt t t l i ii in s re h i n o u re r o i\, f ii ' d . d ' i\ le l s r e s. , x. :llyng and the Ladies of the county of yell Conclude by returninl most hearty thanks The toast was drank with the utmost enthusiasm. (Greai° l ' th e t oast you h ave so ethusiastically drank.— Mrs. Byng, who was in one of the proscenium boxes, t cheering.) rose and curtsied gracefully in acknowledgment of the volvilciel;hSiewleae, rose and said, c in the absence —the un- compliment, and was received with immense cheering. bsnce, o. one whom your dis- Here's it braltit to :IL gout lass2s" THI4_: SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY. MARCH 12, 1440. The Chairman, attended by Mr. Byng and the prin cipal guests, retired at half-past ten. Mr. Byng and Lord Holland were greeted with most enthusiastic ap plause. The Ladies retired immediately afterwards, and within half an hour the theatre was cleared. Long will the great Reform Banquet of 1840 be re membered by all who were so fortunate as to be pre sent. It was one of those magnificent gatherings which do but seldom occur, to chequer the ordinary routine of a nation's domestic history, with some glorious and splendid manifestations of public feel ing, the bright out-bursting of a people's gratulations. There arc spectacles so splendid—there are displays so imposingly grand—that the mind positively trembles be neath the startling and the overpowering impression, and finds it utterly vain to attempt to depict them. We feel at a loss how to make the endeavour. We are wanting in analegies—in parallels—whereby to convey an idea of it—and we know how feeble are merely de scriptive efforts to supply the lack of such analogical aids to the imagination. The endeavour, however, we will make. A public banquet at Drury-lane ! Even to those who know what Drury-lane is—even to those wl.o have seen it on some glorious occasion, when the vast edifice has trembled at the thundering enthusiasm with which assembled thousands have awarded their charmed applause to genius—or done cheerful homage to Royalty —even to those it would be difficult to convey an adequate idea of this immense and imposing display. Let them conceive the whole of that vast pit covered over, and the large ex panse carried over the orchestra to the furthest ex tremity of the yet vaster stage, and presenting one im mense mass of tables and guests, some hundreds of feet in length, and at least upwards of a hundred in breadth ; the whole theatre brilliantly illuminated, the back of the stage one blaze of light—two prodigious stars dazzling in lustre ; the noble circle of boxes, crowded with die gantly apparelled ladies. But to those who have not seen Drury•lane. Ay, —" there's the rub." They must imagine a building' more spacious—more lofty—more vast, than any other they ever beheld. They must fancy an expanse of crowded festivity so large, that the eye is confounded and lost in the multitude—they must imagine all this imposing banquet encircled by as brilliant an amphi theatre of boxes—gorgeous in crimson, exquisite in embellishments, and sparkling and waving with all the charms of plumed and jewelled beauty, hung round with chandeliers, their glass lustres glittering in dazzling brilliancy. We went into the upper gallery, and the effect from that point was altogether magical. Those who never were there, will scarcely be able to realize the gorgeous picture. From an elevation so exalted, that the vast multitude of human figures seem diminished almost to the size of pigmies, we looked down upon a spectacle so novel, so start lingly imposing, that it appeared like a vision of fancy—or to have been summoned by the wand of enchantment,—our view terminated by a dazzling con centration of lustre. We know not which spectacle was most imposing, the noble circle of beauty rising all round —viewed from below, or the vast mass of congregated guests, viewed from above. And when the immense multitude arose, and sent forth their deafening shouts at the entrance of the distinguished guests ; while the strains of thrilling music sounded their cordial welcome, and the beautiful tenants of the boxes added their graceful greetings. The ear participated in the power of those impressions, which had been acknowledged by the eve, and the united effect was overpowering. Vain would it be to attempt to describe the tremendous effect of our sub lime National Anthem, when its simple yet solemn strains swelled with the accumulated power of that im mense audience—when the ardent bursting forth of loyal enthusiasm seemed to shake the very walls—and when each appeal to the feelings of the assembled thousands excited the hearty, the deafening response, which rung to the very echo. AS PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON AND COUNT LEON. The Capitole publishes a letter from London, written by Colonel Parquin to one of his friends in Paris, in which the following details aro given of the circumstances which preceded the duel between Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Leon. Colonel Parquin says:— "On the Ist instant Count Leon wrote a letter to Prince Napoleon, complaining of his refusal to receive him, but it was of so offensive a character taat he refused to sep'y to it. The Prince, however, sent me on the fol lowing dad to explain to Count Leon the motives of the Emperor's family for not having any intercourse with him. On arriving at Fenton's Hotel, I found the Count at break fast with another person, and having given my name, and requested a private interview with him, he re plied that he did not know me, and would have nothing to do with me. Although hurt at this unexpected reception, and not being able in a public room to make the intended communication, I told him that in consequence of his refusal to give me a private interview I would say in my awn name that his insolent letter to Prince Napoleon fully justified the conduct of the Imperial Family towards him. Some hours after this scene the Prince re ceived another letter from Count Leon in terms as offensive as those of the first, and in which he said, that if I should again present myself at his hotel, he would place himself under the protection of M. Guizot, the French Ambas sador. On the same day Colonel Radcliffe brought a challenge to the Prince from the Count. I was imme diately placed in communication with the Colonel, who avowed to me in the first interview that he had known Count Leon only a few days, having met with him at the hotel ; but knowing that he had been received at the French Ambassador's, and had dined there, he had not hesitated, when asked, to become his second in an affair of honour. As I was not acquainted with the Colonel, and was ignorant of the English laws, I requested that another person might be associated with me in the delicate mission with which I was charged, and post_ ported any decision till another interview. The Prince then sent for Count d'Orsay, who arrived immediately, and conferred with me on the subject, when he informed me that. Colonel Radcliffe was a distingusbed officer of the English army, and highly respected. Informed of this the Prince communicated to us his determination, and in the evening, in an interview with Col. Radcliffe, we informed him that the Prince, from personal consi derations, would have paid no attention to the insolent letters of Count Leon, but that the intervention of an English officer in the affair entirely changed its cha racter, and the Prince accepted the challenge. - • SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) We are inclined to agree with Sir Robert Peel that it would have been preferable to pr‘opose some definite object f inquiry to the Committee on Banking to be appointed on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's motion last night,— " such as this, for instance—when the Bank charter ex pired, what regulations should Parliament adopt with regard to the circulation." We have too much experience how little purpose is served by Committees on general subjects; though we hope that the determination of public opinion towards some practical settlement of our Banking system will rescue this from the fate of so many extended inquiries. It was doubtless a motive of delicacy towards the Direction of !he Bank of England (or rather the Peachum and Lockit feeling of particeps criminis which administrations have always had towards that establishment) that rendered the terms of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's motion less specific. For our own part, we do not in the least partake these delicacies. We arc convinced that the main scope of inquiry, if it is to serve any purpose, must be the ma nagement of that great monopoly which Mr. Grote will not hear called a " monopoly." (From the Standard.) Mr. Baines, Member for Leeds, and a Dissenter, has brought in a Bill for the reform of tips Established Church. It is no doubt a very good:natured proceed ing for a sectarian, such as Mr. Baines, to take the Established Church under his care; but as he scarcely seems to be a man of sufficient mark to carry through successfully the mighty task that he h as un d ertaken, we should scarc e ly t a k e notice of this Bill did we not find it paraphrased and commended with so much zeal in a Ministerial Journal, as to create a suspicion that the measure prepared may be at bottom a Ministerial measure. The ends proposed by Mr. Baines's Bill are ends worthy of all praise—they are the augmentation of poor livings and the extension of church accommodation. Nor is less praise due to Mr. Baines for his practical acknowledgment that these are proper subjects for the consideration of Par liament, and for demanding the contributions of the public. ( From the Courier.) The Whig Journal is pleased to be facetious this morn ing, and represents us as being " scandalised," because New Poor.law Guardians are found converting their official creation, as attendant upon poverty, into the means of a Joint-stock Association for spouting upon politics. Now, we neither affected nor expressed auy scandal or horror of the kind, because we felt none. The mere fact of a conclave of Bolton blockheads signing petitions despatched to them by circular, and the purport of whice was as much beyond their comprehension as the elaboration beyond their powers of intellect or skill in handicraft, was not calculated to excite our surprise. The trick of this sort of petitioning is far too stale to be viewed with other than indifference or contempt. We only begged these gentry, thus arrogating and exercisin g rights out of the spher e of their functions, to allow, not equal, but natural rights and privileg es to the paupers un der their controul. Give free license in the pour. house with supplies of writing materials, and we will be bound for it that petitions by the cart-load will be speedily seen at the doors of the House of Commons from every Union Poor Prison in the country, against the pinch-pauper-law and its iron-hearted administrators everywhere. lONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mrs. Temple West, from Braywick, Berks, in Monta gue-place, Montague -squ are ; L ord Forester, in Charles street, Berkeley-square ; the Rev, Sir Nigel GresleY, Bart., at the Burlington Hotel, from Netherscourt Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouche ; the Rev. Lord A. Fitzclarence, at ditto ; the Hon. Captain Foley, at ditto ; the Hon. C. R. West, 43d Regiment, at Lord Delawar's, Grosvenor-street, from Sandhurst ; Lady Dalberg Acton and Sir Richard Acton, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Italy ; the Hon. William Bagot, at ditto ; Colonel Ormond, at the Bur lington Hotel ; Sir William and Lady Chatterton, in Sea inure-place ; Lord Haddo, at Argyll Houle, from a tour; Mr. and Lady Louisa Fortescue and family, at Lord Har rowby's, in Grosvenor--square, from Castle Hill, Devon ; Lord Cantelupe, in Upper Grosvenor -street, from Lewes ; Henry Home Drummond, Esq., fig. P.. of Blair Drum mond, from Perth ; the Hon. and Rev. Augustus Phipps, at the Ea r l o f E uston ' s, i n Grosvenor-place ; the Duke of Roxburgh, at Thomas's Hotel, from Flours Castle ; the Dowager Lady O'Brien, from Ashbcurne, near Limerick : Lord Henniker, from Thornham Hall, Suffolk ; Captain Hamilton, at the Budintzton Hotel. DEPARTURES. Lord and Lady Avonmore, and the Hon. Misses Yel verton, for Dublin ; Colonel and Misses Davies, for Brighton ; the Hon. General St. John, for ditto ; Lieute nant-Colonel and Mrs. Farquharson, for Dublin ; Lieute nant-Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. White, for ditto ; Sir George Hodgson, Bart., for Wicklow ; Count Demidoff and suite, from Thomas's Hotel, for the Continent ; Vice- Admiral &r Thomas Baker, for Widmer, Kent ; Colonel Price, for Brighton ; Lieutenant Jenkinson, Rifle Bri gf.tde, for Windsor ; Mr. Blake, M.P., from the Cavendish Hotel; Sir Denham Norreys, Bart., M.P. A man named Robert Fergusson, was placed at the police bar on Saturday, and remanded for examination, on a charge of having, within the last six months, written various letters to England, with the intent of imposing upon the mer chants there, and diddling the m ou t o f t h e i r property. This individual addresses his communications from No. 43, Tron gate, and will order anything, from a needle to an anchor; and as his letters are got up in a very business looking style, and always contain a reference to a respectable house in Glasgow —perfectly unauthorized of course ---they are exceedingly apt to impose upon those who take the honesty of the man for granted. The prisoner is only one of a number who practise the same vocation in G:asgow, and as the subject has more than once been brought before the public by the police, we cannot too strongly caution merchants and traders at a distance from paying heed to the orders of those who are worse than men of straw.— Glasgow Herald. _ _ NON-INTRUSION HUMBUG. The Non-Intrusionists, according to their own account, are in the very circumstances of Shad rach, Meshcch, and Abednego I Can they really be in earnest ? Are they fools enough to believe that the people of Scotland are so stupid as not to perceive the wide differenc e between the two cases ? Had the Court of Session —as the Non-Intrusion ists sometimes have falsely asserted—issued a ge neral prohibition against preaching the Gospel. there would have been some similarity ; hut, as it is, the situation of the Non-Intrusionists bears no more resemblance to that of the three Hebrews, than the preaching of Simon Magus did to the preaching of the Apostles. The fact cannot be too often repeated, that there is not a sin gle man in Scotland, at this moment ; prohibited from preaching the Gospel. Mr Cunningham may preach the Gospel -- Mr. Guthrie may preach the Gospel—Mr. Lewis may preach the Gospel—all of them may preach the Gospel—and preach it in Strathbogie too, with the utmost impunity, provided they either abandon the State's pay, or do the State's work in the manner which the State directs. If Shadrach, Meshed), and Abednego, instead of being poor Dissenters, as they were, had been priests of the golden image, receiving pay from Nebuchadnezzar as established clergymen, and if they had declared to their master not only that they would not worship the image, bet that they would insist on keeping their stipends, while publicly devoting themselves to another form of worship, they would have been justly subjected to punishment. And they might have been martyrs indeed, but not such martyrs as they proved them selves to be —martyrs to a righteous cause. When Mr. Guthrie goes to prison, he will find, though he may be the first clergyman, that there are many martyts there before him-- , -,martyrs to the same glorious cause—disobedience to the laws of their country. This reasoning applies equally to the case of Daniel ; and the argument drawn by Mr. Guthrie, from the conduct of the Apostles may be met in the same way. If Paul and Silas had been in the receipt of stipends from the State for preaching Judaism, would they have called it persecution that they must either do their duty or abandon their stipends ? If the offer of full liberty to preach the Gos pel had been made to the apostles, on the simple condition that they should yield up their State pay, and depend upon their disciples for support, would they not have joyfully accepted it ? And yet our paltry, peddling amateur martyrs—who wish to serve God and Mammon at the same time—have the impudence to compare themselves to Paul and Silas! For shame I Let them either honestly do the State's work for the States's pay—in the man ner that the State, through its appointed officers, prescribes--or, if they cannot do so conscientiously, let them abandon at once their stipends, and throw themselves on the voluntary support of the people ! —Aberdeen Herald. THE COMMISSION OF ASSEMBLY.—The " Independence" party are carrying matters with a high hand. The Commission of the General As sembly met on 'Wednesday, and, after a lengthened discussion, resolved by a majority of 108 to 11, to cite the seven suspended ministers of the Presby tery of Strathbogie before the Assembly, at its meeting in May, to answer for their conduct in dis regarding the sentence of the Commission, and in applying to the Civil Court to suspend that sentence and to interdict its being carried into effect. The remainder of the Commission's proceedings, which will be found reported in another part of this sheet, were characterized by a similar display of resolute determination in asserting and enforcing the arro gant pretensions of the dominant party in the Kirk. It has been said, that " a wilful man must have his way," and these men are certainly wilful enough. Whether they will " have their way" or not, how ever, remains to be seen ; and we shall be greatly surprised if they do not yet come to find that it is much easier to make bold swaggering speeches, an( pass violent resolutions, than to enforce them it opposition to the law of the land and the au, thority of the Civil Power.—Edinburgh IVeekly Chronicle. At the last meeting of the Commission of the General Assembly, which took place on Wednes day, several important motions were carried, viz., that the suspended ministers of Strathbogie should be cited to the bar of the next General Assembly, . ; to answer for their cond uc t i n disobeying the orders of the Commission ; 2d. That the case of Mr. Edwards, the presentee to Marnoch, should be referred simpliciter to the General Assembly ; 3d. A majority of the parishioners of Kemback having petitioned and complained of the Presby tery of St. Andrew's for taking the presentee, Mr. George Cook, on his trials, although objected to by a majority of the male heads of families, it was moved and carried by a majority of 121 to 8, that the Presbstery be cited to appear at the bar of the Assembly, and in the meantime that they be pro hibited and discharged from taking Mr. Cook on trial, and that he also be interdicted from appearing before them. On the important question regaiding. Strathbogie,Mr. Candlish submitted resolutions ,hat the Civil Court had invaded the jurisdiction 01 ,he Church in matters spiritual, which was in vio- lation of the Constitution in Church and State; and moved an address to her Majesty, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament, to adopt measures to protect the Church from the interference of the the Court of Session with its discipl ne and rights The resolutions and address were carried by a ina. j9rity of 107 to 9.—Edinburgh Evening Courant IRELAND. Great numbers of the peasantry are preparing to emigrate to America. It is a remarkable fact that the county of Meath, which has been represented as the very focus of " Ribbonism," is contributing a large pro portion of its present increase to the current of emi gration, and principally horn that class which is sup posed to have constituted " the bone and sinew" (as my Lord Roden would say) of the confederacy. Hundreds of young unemployed labourers are " leaving their country for their country's" good. It is stated that Mr. O'Connell will arrive in this city on Tuesday next, and that he will leave on the same evening for Galway, where he has been retained as lead- log Counsel for the Rev. Mr. Kirwan, parish priest of Outerard, the defendant in an action brought by Mr. O'Flabertie, for possession of a portion of hind upon which a Roman Catholic chapel and other buildings have been erected. In this case the contest for title lies between Mr. O'Flahertie and Mr. Thomas Martin, one of the Members for the county of Galway. Mr. O'Connell is to return to Dublin, ou his way to London, immediately after the trial. Mr. Ho - wley, Chairman of the county of Tippe rary, is now engaged in an inquiry, instituted by the Government. into charges preferred against a number of Magistrates in the counties of Cavan and Monaghan. The Magistrates in the former county implicated on this occasion, are, it is stated, charged with illegal and op pressive proceedings against the people during the re joicings in honour of the nuptials of the Queen. Father Matthew is proceeding in the administration of the Temperance pledge. The Society is stated by its founder to consist of upwards of 700,000 persons of all kinds and creeds. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCE 11. There being only seventeen Members present, the House adjourned at Four o'Clock. DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST CHINA. Intelligence has just reached town that the Go. vernor-General of India has, in the name of the British Government, declared war against China. This important news is contained in despatches from Bombay, dated January 31, and was brought to Marseilles on the 7th inst., not by the Vulcan, as already mentioned, butby the Volcano, Capt.Volger. Our information further states that the most extensive preparations were making in the Indian harbours. His Lordship had advertised for 40,000 ;ons of shipping for the transport of the troops to ,'h;na, 14,000 of which were to be supplied by Cal utta, and the rest by Madras and Bombay. The ex. editionwas to rendezvous at, and sail from, Calcutta even regiments quartered in this last Presidency had been ordered to prepare for embarkation, and the vhole expedition was to consist of 16,000 men. is ; destination was not known, but it was deemed , robable that it would be directed against Canton r Some other point on the coast, of which forcible osession would be kept until the Chinese Govern should be brought to reason. The last accounts from Canton are dated De cember Bth. The Emperor had addressed to Go vernor Lin a decree prohibiting the importation of all ,British goods, and the trade with China was consequently at an end. The Americans continued to pursue their trade unmolested, and their ships were arriving and de parting as usual. The intelligence received in Bombay from our Indian possessions was of a satisfactory nature. Our army bad stopped in its triumphant march through Cabul, on hearing of the advance of the Russians a t zainst Chiva, and remained in quiet pos session of Ghuzni, Kelat, and our other conquests in Afghanistan. The new King of Lahore evinced the twist friendly disposition towards the British. Lord Keane, having been obliged by illness to re sign the command of our forces in Cabul, bad re turned to Bombay. On his passage through La hore he was too ill to pay his obeisance to the King, and his Majesty, on hearing of his situation, waited upon him, sat, a long time by his bed-side, con versing with him in the most friendly manner, and treated him during his stay in his capital with the utmost distinction. The advices from Alexandria, received by the Volcano, come down to the 24th ult. The Pacha was still actively engaged in making preparations of defence. The plague had nearly subsided. Colonel Campbell, formerly Consul-General of England in Egypt, arrived at Marseilles in the Vol cano on the 7th. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured this theatre with their presence on Tuesday, to witness the performance of The Legend of Flo rence and the new ballet of Les Champs Elysees. Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg was also of the Royal party. Her Majesty was attended by the Hon. Miss Murray, Lord Lilford, Colonel Armstrong, and Colonel Wemyss ; the Prince by Col. Wylde and Mr. Seymour ; and Prince Ernest, by Baron de Lowenfels. The Royal party arrived before the commence ment of the play, and retired on the conclusion of the ballet. The audience showed so much good manners and good sense as to refrain from interrupting the amusement of the Royal vial tors by any mark of recognition. SHOCKING CRUELTY.—On Friday an inquest was held at the Colchester Union-house, on the body of Wil liam Pryke, aged 11, who died, as supposed, in consequence of the ill-usage of hii mother-in-law. It was proved that the child slept on pieces of rough wood nailed together, in a lean to, and that it was found in a horrible state of filth. Sarah Jaggard, a neighbour, spoke to the ill-usage of the child, and said the other children were well taken care of. Ann King said site had seen Mrs. Pryke beat the deceased with a broom, and she thought his illness was increased by ill-usage and star_ ration. Deceased had a piece of dry bread given him while Mrs. Pryke was frying meat for herself and he r own c hil dren. Elizabeth Fox had seen Mrs. Pryke drag the deceased by the hair of the head, and beat. and kick him in a dreadful manner. Mr. C. B. Clarke, surgeon, proved that the child was in a dis eased state and that damp bedding and filth wou ld in crease the disease. He thought death was accel era t e d by the treatment the child had received from its parents. O t h er wit nesses were examined, and the Jury returned a verdict of "Wilful mu r d er aga i ns t William Pryke, the f at h er, and Han nah Pryke, the mother-in-law of the child." Th e mot h er was in custody, and i n the e vening the father wa s l o d ged in gaol. On Sunday they were removed to the convict gaol at Spring field. 2- Essex 1. erald. The Duke of Wellington has determin e d to re tire from active public life at the close of the present session. This fact, which is now pretty well known amongst his Grace' s friend s , has prod uce d th e d ee pest gloom amon gs t t h e Conserva tive leaders. You will he happy to learn that his Grace is daily improving in health, but his medice.l advisers have declared that he requires great and systematic relaxation.— Correspondent, Dublin Evening Post. We are glad to hear of the safe arrival at its destination of the Tory, the first of the New Zealand emigrant ships. Despatches have been received from Col. Wakefield, announcing this intelligence. A DUEL R EN, ENTED.—information having been received by Inspector Ashton, that Henry Williams, Esq., solicitor, of Lincoln, was about to become a principal in a hos tile meeting with Captain Kennedy, Ashton lost no time in conveying the report to the proper quarter : a warrant was issued for the apprehension of Mr. Williams, and on Thur s d ay last, that gentleman was bound in a bond of 500 /. to keep th e peace, and to find two sureties in 100/. each: the necessary sureties being found, Mr. H. was discharged. The chal lenge was occasioned by some dispute which took place in the Uphill News-room. —Boston Herald. THE GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY.—At the Leeds Borough Sessions last week, two men, of the names of John Brown and William Tracy were indicted and convided of stealing money from the person of John Raper, of Hunslet ; and having been previously convicted they were sentenced to be transported for seven years each. On the following day, Mr. Augustus Newton , who had unsuccessfull y d efended the prisoners on trial, moved the Cour t in arrest of judgme n t. H e stated that under the provisions of the Act 1 Vie. c. 87, s. 3 and 5. persons convicted of stealing from the person could not be sentenced for less than ten years, if transportation formed any part of the sentence ; and, therefore, as the Court had pronounced an illegal sentenc e, the p risone rs were entitled t o the benefit of the mistake and to be discharged. The Recorder reminded the Learned Counsel that the finding of the Jury was a valid finding, and sufficient to sustain the judgment; and that if the Court had committed a mistake it was competent for the Court to correct it during its session. Mr. Newton, however, insisted that this was not such a mistake as the Court had power to remedy. The Recorder, however, had the pri soners called to the bar, and sentenced each of them to be transported fifteen years ; and Mr. Newton said he w ou ld b r i ng the matter b e f or e a superior jurisdiction. It is not, perhaps, generally known that by the Act above referred to, if any per son being armed with an offensive weapon or instrument, rob or assault with intent to rob any person, or shall, together with one or more person or persons, rob or assault with intent to rob any person, or shall rob any person, and at the time of or im mediately before or immediately after such robbery shall be at, strike, or use any other personal violence to any man, is, on conviction, liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be trans ported for lif e , or any t erm n ot less than fifteen year s , or to be imprisoned f or any term no t e xceeding three years; and th a t whosoever shall rob any person. or shall steal any property from the person of another, is liable at the discretion of the Court to be transported for any term not exceeding fi'teen years, nor less than ten years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceed ing th ree years.—Leeds Intelligencer. FASHIONABLE PARTIES,--The Countess of Glengall had a soiree on Monday evening, at the family man sion i n G rosvenor-street. Th e com p an y w as very select slid not e xcee d 100 i n num b er . Ihe Earl an d Counte' and ss of Tankerville received a select party to dinner on Monday even ing, at their residence in Great George-street, Hano c r square. The E ar l an d C ountess o f Ki nnou ll h ad a party to on Monday evening at Hampden-house. Lord and Lady Cowley entertained a select circle at dinner on Monday evening in Grosvenor street. Lady Antrobus has a ball on Friday next, and intends to see company every Friday until Easter. EXTRAORDINARY CONVICTION OF A CATHOLIC C LEHGYMAN.-At the Enniskillen Assizes, the Rev. Owen M`Caul, P. M'Dermott, S. M'Guire, J. AP Guire : and Michael Doherty, were indicted for an assault upon 4lex ander and John Dunlop ; and in another count for a riot and affray. There were cross-indictments. and the Dunlops were charged with an assault upon the priest; but the Grand Jury ignored the bills against Alexander Dunlop, and the other only was prosecuted. The case had been originally brought to the quarter sessions, but the informations were returned to the as sizes, and the Crown prosecuted on both sides, allowing each party to give evidence for themselves. The priest and his party were first put upon trial. After the whole of the evidence had been gone through, and Baron Pennefather, the Judge who who tried the cause had summed up, the Jury, after being absent a stiert time, brought in a verdict of guilty against the priest and and his party, on the counts of riot and assault ; with the excep tion of James M'Guire against whom the Dunlops did not swear. His Lordship sentenced the Rev. Mr. M'Caul to three weeks' impri sonment , an d t o pay a fine of 50/., and to be further imprisoned till that fine be paid. John M'Guire, who struck with the spade, to three months' imprisonment and hard labour; Michael Doherty, to three months' imprisonment and hard labour; and 3Ppermott, at whose hou s e the sick people were, to three weeks' imprison ment and hard labour. A memorial has been got up to-da\ to his Excellency, for the total remission of the fine upon the Rev. M. APCaul. The Pilot says that no doubt, in acc,,rd slice with custom, there will be a shout of triumph through Orangeland, and, of course, garbled reports. CARLISLE RAILWAY.—We regret to state that an accident occurred on the Newcastle and Carlisle Rail way on Friday last, by which Thomas Dougall, one o f the mail. guards, lost his life. The ace dent happened about a quarter of a mile from Low Row station, as the train was proceeding to Carlisle. A farmer in Norfolk, where the benefits of tlit. New Police are in active operation, a few nights since thought he heard some one about the premises ; he listened awhile until he was convinced; when, going to his bed-room window, he called out lustily, " Who's there?" Th e reply, was " P i c New Police." Thus satisfied, the farmer retired to his bed and passed the remainder of the night in quiet composure and confidence; but on the following morning ,he found the New Police had relieved him of all his poultry. ASSIZE IN -HOME CIRCUIT.—MAInsroxE, IVEDNX3D4 T. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice LITMEDALE.) COINING.—James Jones, alias Wilson, and Susannah Poland, alias Plater, were indicted for coining, and, being found guilty, were sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment and hard labour. ARSON.—John Bignall, alias Ranger, who was brought up for trial from St. Augustine's Gaol, Canterbury, was indicted for feloniously and maliciously setting, fire to a certain barn and outhouses, whereby property to the amount of upwards of 8001. was destroyed. Mr. Sergeant Snag and Mr. DUNDAS were for the pro secution. Mr. James I3uddle deposed that he is a farmer at„ . Eastry, in this county. H e remem b ere d we ll t h e 7th of Septem ber last. On that day. and for a considerable time before, the pris oner h a d b een i n hi s serv i ce, an d he gave him per mission t oa l ce p i n one o f hi s b arns. The barn in question was a large b arn , an d at t h e t i me o f t h e file it contained a quantity of wheat, some of which was cleaned, and some was not. On the day of the fire the prisoner had been at work in this barn, and he was to have left his service on that evening, but he had permission to sleep there if he pleased. He parted with the prisoner about seven o'clock in the even ing, and at eight he was alarmed by a cry of " fire," and on going out he saw that the barn was in flames, and they had ob• tamed such power that all attempts to subdue them were unavailing, and the barn in which the fire broke out, another smaller one, a waggon-house, a piggery, End granary were completely destroyed. He had at one time paid the pri soner two shillings a day wag es, but he afterw a rd s re duced them to eighteenpenee, and the prisoner said he would not work for that sum. The prisoner did not come near, or render any assistance to put out the fire. John Bailey, -a labourer, in the employ of prosecutor, deposed that on the day of the fire the prisoner told him that he was going away, and he should not sleep in the house that night, for fear he should over-lic himself, as he wished to get away early in the morning, and witness con sented to allow him to sleep in the kitchen of his house. The prisoner then said that he had got some food and come clothes in the barn, and he should go and fetch them, and he mutt away, and returned in a short time with some bread and a bundle. The alarm of fire was given in less than five minutes after the prisoner returned from the barn. Kezubs Bailey, wife to the last witness, deposed that after the fire she had some conversation with the prisoner, and he said he was sure that he did not do it, and if he did he wished he might never enter the kingdom of heaven, which he was sure to do when he died. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE- - H --- 0;;ne he to say this? Witness—He said it quite voluntarily—l had not said anything to him about the fire. Examination continued—The prisoner had frequently complained to him of the prosecutor having reduced his wages. Sarah Cox, milkmaid to the prosecutor, deposed that on the night of the fire she went out to milk the cows just be fore it broke out, and she heard the yard gate go to, but did not see any one enter. In a short time she heard a noise inside the barn like rustling of straw, and she was frightened and went in doors, but before she had time to tell her master what had occurred, the alarm of fire was given. The fire appeared to break out about the spot where she heard the noise. About a week before the fire she remembered the prisoner coming into the workhouse, and she saw him making some tinder; and when she asked him what he was doing it for, he replied, " I know." She asked him, at the same time, whether he did not use lucifer-matches, and he said he did, but that he had not got any at that time. By the Court—Was examined before the Magistrate, but did not there say anything about the tinder and the matches. Henry Betsey, a farmer living in the same neighbour hood, said that four days before the fire he met the pri soner, and he told him that he was going to leave old Bundle, as the old - had offered him only a-shilling a day wages, and he said that he should go a " hopping." Witnesses were then called, who proved that they met the prisoner going in a direction to, and coming from the barn about the time the fire broke out. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, in his defence declared that he was as in nocent as the unborn child of the offence with which he was charged. Justice LITTLEDALR then went very carefully over the evieence, and left the case to the Jury, who, after twenty minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Lord ABINGER and a COMMON JURY.) ISAACS V. LUCAS. This waa an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a tradesman in an extonsive way of business at Chatham, against the defendant, who is also a tradesman in the same town, for defamation of character. Mr. THESIGER was for the plaintiff, and Mr. sergeant SHEA for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff was the brother of the in dividual whose case was made public a short time since, who, it will be remembered, after committing forgeries to a very great extent, destroyed himself by poison. The present action was brought by the plaintiff against the de fendant for having stated that he was concerned with his brother in committing the forgeries alluded to, and in having published that statement in the town of Chatham, where he carried on his business. The Jury found for the plaintiff —Damages, 25/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. CASE OF STABBING.—On Tuesday Joseph William Andrews and William John Hewetson, young men of respectable connections, residing in Camden -town, were brought up in custody, and placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged by Henry Ridley, 27, Adam's-mews, Manchester square, with the following atrocious outrage. Mr. Cresswell, the barrister, appeared for the prisoners Tfie prosecutor, whose shirt was saturated withi blood, and whose right temple was bound up with adhesveplastiv, deposed that on the previous night, about twelve o'clock, as he was passing up Marylebone- lane, he was pushed against by the prisoners, and on his asking what they did that for, Hewetson struck him a desperate blow, which knocked him down; they then ran away, and as soon as he could regain his legs he followed them, and at the corner of High -street he waa again assaulted by Hewetson ; the other prisoner, Andrews, at the same moment took from his waistcoat pocket a knife or some other sharp instrument, and without saying a word stuck it into him just above the eye. Mr. RAWLINSON— Describe more particularly how he did it. Prosecutor—He jammed it at me, your Wors ip,with all his force, and then ran up a mews, from which he brought out a large hoe, and, rushing towards me while the blood was streaming from my wound, exclaimed, " I mean to do for you to-night." I ran into a public-house to escape from him, but as the landlord was shutting up I was com pelled to come out, and directly afterwards I gave both the prisoners in charge. Mr. RAWLINSON fined each of the prisoners 51 ; in de fault of payment to be imprisoned two months. The fine was paid. Q UEEN-SQ UARE. AN INCONVENINET CONSTITUENCY I —Tuesday the Hon. Member for Cockermouth charged a Mr. Galloway with putting his hand in his (Mr. Horsman's) pocket. Mr. Horsman said that about half past six last Monday evening, as he was coming from the House of Commons, defendant walked up to him, and represented that he was the brother ofJohn Galloway, one of the Honourable Mem ber's constituents in Cockermouth, and solicited pecu niary aid from him, as he was desirous of getting down into Cumberland, but had not the means. While corn. plainant was engaged talking to him ho found de fendant had got his hand into his coat pocket and was trying to extract the contents. Complainant struck defendant with his cane, and the latter with the most perfect nonchalance said, " Oh, it's only a little trick we've got in Cumberland, and I hope you don't think that John Galloway's brother would attempt to rob you." At this modest remark complainant desired the fellow to keep pis distance, and looked out for a constable, but see ing none, and being determined that he should not go un punished, he desired I:im to call at his house on the fol lowing morning. Defendant then left him, exrressing his intention of going back to see how he could succeed with Mr. Aglionby, the other Member for Cockermouth. Im mediately afterwards complainant met a constable and gave the fellow into custody. Mr. BURItELL committed him for two months to hard labour. Prisoner, as ho left the dock,' said, " It's bard to be punished when one ain't guilty; but never mind, }mill hear of it at home when you go there, Mr. Horsman." The defendant was then convoyed to prison. KILRUSH PETTY SESSIONS. " Mislike me not for my complexion." THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.—The businessof the day bad just commenced, and the crier had wound up his ope n . mg formula, c oncluding with " God save the Queen," when, uncalled by any, and unwished for by one, Billy Donnelly, made his entree, and ascending the • I box, honoured the clerk with a rapid—...., Good w"ness his hat at his feet, h e I :7l i i i i l i : l 9 Sir," then depositing down t p w i t h all imaginable nonchalance , ali much as t o 5ay ....... , Here I am, and who'll t urn me o u That was all and vastly f unny —hut, Billy lyomonto r y Donnelly's nose ! very fine, —Painters c a ll the ques tion, a " leading feature ;" in and we the term to Billy's, for n u man ever winaiglkhetdthbeoyhianpdpiya might more protubera n t one . We • ght say of him, w ith .-----_ Sterne, that "he fared aswell.as if he h a d b een at t h e H er M a j es ty will have a dinner an d eren i nn In promontory of noses!" Billy's case, it was a tender feature too, for, when he essayed to keep it in order, party every Monday until Easter. The evening party is tote will be a dance, her Majest 's y qua either with linoer and thumb (for handkerchief he had drille band having received orders to attend. - in "frock dress," and there Lady Lyndhurst's party on Monday evening none), or through the titillating ordeal ofafitofsneez ing, he handled it gingerly,. and sneezed in a minor key. next is to be a ball. The invitations are very select, and are " Who took such liberties with your nose, Master confined to members of the haute noblesse. T H E EARL OF DURHANI.—The Nobl e E ar l, Donnelly " i nqu i re d h i s Worship. ' who has been confined to his chamber for the l Billy'—" I was dhrivor ov the Ballinacally car, sir four weeks a poor boy, Sir—sthrivin' to live, sir ; indeed, sir, an' at Cleveland House, is now convalescent. Hi a s st / b th e e l a a d q vice of his physicians, has left town for Itichm 4t on i d lsbip l; by make the two inds meet, sir, 'till the car broke down, taken i a . vi L lta for six weeks. The Countess of Durham c u o p n t s o egan n ce to o a f t t t h en e d im th p e ro cl ve u m e :rs , :t i s sir, ant the sOckilashin broke up, sir ; an' 'twos Mis!her anil ' L - ad :1 at in his Lo y rdsh al i y ' p s health, abint°n c ' am e Moriarty used me dis way, sir (pointing to his nose) . evening pa r ty at Buckingham Pal ace . a weddin', o n S un d ay n i g h t , Si r ." MAGISTRATE—YOU must have given some provoca - Lord Carew's splendid seat, Castleborow, we:l totally dest-o • Iby fire last Monday week. It appears tt.e Cron. chimneylvhsice quickly l fire. Abe a a n m d of the roof lodged in the Oh ! is it me, sir ?—the like was never found afther - kitchen 4 me, sir. I declare to you, I'm as quiet an' ordherly chimney, of the roof. The ignited,uppeyrroomquicklyeombineucn at a blessed bishop, sir (God bless the hearers!). , flames, and in a fewmilted prey the t r i ci let alone a born hours the noble mansi " on sv a -2 a y he o ap of I wouldn't provoke a wild login, Christian—oh, not I. A n ' see, sir, what little use that 1 ruins. His Lordship's library, with his books and payers, were saved. Lord and Lady Carew are on the Continent. was for me, sir; 'idout no provocation, or nothin', Davy ' and Tho Honourable General Stanhope was buried i Moriarty kern ac ross the room that night, sir, on Alonday at Elvaston Abbey, and was followed to th e g rave l * wid respects to you, sir, before _I could guard myself, sirs , brthe Earl of Harrington, Col. Leicester , Francis , and Henr y be hot me into tile very middle o' the nose w id the bone ! Stanhope. EVENING EDITION ov a leg o' mutton ; ay, indeed, an eight pound leg ov three-year old mutton—to be sure, I'll not bely him, the meat was purty well scraped off, sir ; but fakes, 'twas ni, joke for a man t o h ou ld th e hone i n hi s h and withen ' , give a poor boy, sir, that's sthriven' to make the two meet, a lange-lee in the nose ov id."—(Laughter.) Billy Donnelly now sat down, and Davy Moria• ,- rose up, and after a brief colloquy with a little firs looking woman, who grinned at the complainant -- though she could have bitten his nose off with -rnti, pleasure, Master Davy assured the bench that *hat had administered to Mister Donnelly was not "a tint ov what the impudent brat desarved for usin' a - deco; man as be did." Davy was, of course, required to explain. " Why, then, gintlemen," he said, " I was a stria:,: taste overcome at the weddin,' an' if I was, indeed 'twas a good man's case. I fell asleep for a spell, 'till this fellow woke me up ov a suddint. S!ir yourself, Davy, stir yourself,' says he, they're on far a l dance, an' d on ' t b e snorin' there, like a bul pig ;' sure, my dear life, I rubb e d t h e eyes an ' woke up, an' ma skitters' an' tittheri n ' as there was at me . Begor,' says one, he was changed in his sleep, and another crie s out, I own t o tbe Lord, DaVV you're gettin' so proud y ou 'll soon not know vourelf.' So , at long last I wint to a lookin' glass, an' be all the books in college, such curifixes as was painted on me face wil a burnt c or k, ' twould amaze you! There was a big hone in me pocket, so, i n me pasein I %vita over, whin I hear who done id, an' hot me joker a polthogue on the nose."—(Great laughter). " An' so you ought, Davy, so you ought," whined Billy Donnelly. " E then how of'n I stud t o you, whin we Ivor nibors, an' you'd be droppin' o' the car, goin' borne here ova night. I'd be in dhread, gmtlemen, not to bring some sort ov a token for the fare to the masther, an' I used to tie this man to the seat, the way ov he dhropped off atself, I could dhraw him afther the ; an' his c r y a l ways use d to b e, Don't mind the , brs, Billy, but fa s t en u p me h ea d , 'tis that that's rowlin (Roars of laughter.) Some witnesses were produced, who proved the as sault upon Billy's outwork. So Davy was fined 2s. Gd., and ordered to pay the costs. METROPOLiTA N AN TI.CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. CORRESPONDENCE WITH 'HE REV. DR. J. PYE SMITH, OF HACKNEY. The following correspondence has taken place be tween the amiable and respected Dr. Pye Smith and Mr. Chapman, the Secretary of the Metropolitan Anti- Corn-law Association. To every friend to the repeal of the Corn.-laws, the sanction and approval of a man so excellent, so univer sally respected and beloved as Dr. Smith, must be es satisfactory us to the Committee. Of all the questions which can excite the public at. tention, no one has so strong a claim upon the ministers of religion as the abolition of the bread tax. By pro ducing poverty, the Corn-laws are productive of im morality, irreligion, and crime, and we sincerely hope that Dr. Smith's example will be followed by clergymen of all persuasions in and round the metropolis : March 9, 1840. REVEREND SIR,—I am desired by the COlTlMittee of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-late Association to 1 - you to accept their thanks for your reply to this eircu:..! The perusal of your note has afForded every mem;:.., cf the Committee the most sincere satisfaction, they feel greatly encouraged, and strengthened in th , labours by your approval and sympathy. As they ti! . the publication of your note would be of great hen.: to the cause in which they are embarked, they have u rected me to ask your permission to make it public. With much respect, Your obedient servant, (Signed) H. S. CHAPMAN, Secretary. Hornerton, March 10, 1840. I DEAR Sin,—l cannot think my note worthy of any such honour ; yet, if the publication of it may at all conduce to serve the cause, which appears to me so clearly to be that of justice and beneficence, I shall be thankful. Every man owes a duty to this good cause. Your's, respectfully, Mr. Chapm an . J. PYE SMITH. The following is the letter alluded to above : Homertou, March 6th, 1840. SIR,—I feel myself greatly honoured by your circular letter, and shall m a k e a po i nt of paying my guinea contribution to the expenses of your righteous cause. But my unceasing proximate duties put it out of my power to bear any active part, and my deafness disqua lifies me from attending in the committee. It appears highly proper that petitions from Christian congregations to the Legislature should be sent up. If any general measure of that kind could be put. into progress, I would immediately propose it to my congre gation, and I have no doubt of its being adopted. I am Sir, your's truly, J. PYE SMITH. If a mere name could be at all useful, mine is at your service : but I feel strong repugnance to the be longing to a committee, and not attending to perform its duties. Such attendance is beyond my power. On 'Monday evening Mr. Poulton delivered a lecture to a very respectable and crowded audience, in the large Assembly Room, Mitre Tavern, Greenwich. The lecture occupied about two hours and a quarter, and was listened to with the most earnest attention, and re ' peatedly interrupted by bursts of epplause. There was a good number of ladies present, who winced their zeal and interest in the cause, by the fixed attention and evident sympathy with which they listened to the Lecturer. George Borrett, Esq. occupied the chair, and at the conclusion of the lecture, an unanimous vote of thanks to Mr. Paulton was carried b 3 general ac clamation. On the following evening Mr. Sidney Smith delivered another lecture in the same place, on the in fluence of the Corn-laws, upon the condition and wages of the working men. The lecture throughout was re ceived most enthusiastically. At the conclusion of the lecture, the audience, in accordance with the announce ment in the placards, resolved itself iota a public meet ing for the purpose of petitioning for the total repeal et the Corn-laws. Several excellent speeches were mac on the occasion by Mr. Smith, a county Magistrate Mr. Hargraves, another Magistrate of the county ; Mr. Grey, and the Editor of the Greenwich Gazette. T oe petition was carried amidst the most hearty cheers of the assembly ; and, after receiving about 300 signa tures, a vote of thanks was enthusiastically accarde - ! tc Mr Smith, and the meeting broke up shortly after t. c, o'clock. We understand that the ladies of Greenwich ha so warmly taken up the question, that they have solved to have a petition of their own, appealing to : Legislature on this question, not as a mere matter political economy, but on tke broad Christian basis justice and humanity. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Clarence Paget, at Uxbridge Hou:e, from Sheer ness ; Lord Charles Russell, in Belgrave-square, from Woburn ; the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, at Corpus Lodge, near Cambridge; Sir John H. Tborold, Bart., at Fenton's Hotel; N. R. Yorke, Esq., at ditto ; Mr. anti Mrs. Fleming, at ditto; Colonel P.itt, in Duke-street, St. James's; Lord Zetland, in Arlington-street; Captain Fitzroy, Sir Charles Dalbiac, Mr. Perceyal, at the Re gent's Park Barracks; Lieut.-General Thornton, Sir Sandford and Lady Graham, in Portland-place ; Earl Digby ; the Earl of Pembroke, at his new mansion iu Grosvenor-place; Mr. and Airs. Herbert Langham, Mr. Good, Mrs. Hudson, in Park -crescent; F. R. Grote, Esq., and Mrs. Grote. at English's Sc. James's Royal, Hotel, St. James's..street, from Liverpool; E. Littledale; at ditto, from the Home Circuit ; Messrs, . Harold Littledale, Thomas Bold, and William Armstrong, Esq , at ditto, from Li verpoo l ; M essrs. Thomson and Hay, at ditto, from Edinb urg h ; P . Roe, Esq., 11th Li g h t Dra goons, at ditto, from Dublin ; Thomas Page, Esq., at ditto, from Ely. DEPARTURES. c The Earl of Deron and Viscoun t ultenay, on a visit to Lord Ebrinrrtand Lady on lin Castle; Sir George Talbot, Bart., and Miss Talbot, for St. Leonard's ; Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart., M.P., for Hastings; Lady Lubbock, for ditto; Lord Adaso, M. P., for Dunraven Castle; the Duke of Leeds, for Melton M ow b ray ; Sir Thomas Clavering, for sth ; Viscount Marsham, for Braley House, Kent; the Right Hon. Sir E. Knatchbull, for Merstbam Hatch ; Mr. E. R. Rice, M.P., for Dane Court; Viscount Sydney, for Footscray; John Mercer, Esq., from the Burlington Hotel, for Kent ; J. Ennis Vivian, Esq., M. P., for Gla morgan; Sir Edmund and the Hon. Lady Dering, far Horsenden, Dering, Kent; A. Leroy, Esq., M.P., on a visit to Lord and Lady Lorton ; Count de Leon, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street; Mr. O'Connell. M.P., for Galway; the Bishop of Worcester and Miss Carr, from English's St. James's Royal Hotel, St. James's f street, for the Palace, Worcester; Captain Reynolds, 11th Light Dragoons, from ditto, for Canterbury; Messrs. W, Nield, Brook, and Potter, from ditto, for Manchestet.