The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-04 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. M R• CHILDERS ON CORN LAWS• i''"-: We made a few extracts and a few remarks on Saturday, on a well-timed pamphlet by Mr. Chil ders, on the Corn Laws ; and we shall now, as we consider every country gentleman and landowner w ho is for free trade in corn, as a most powerful advocate for our cause, quote a few additonal pas sages. Our present object will be to re-assure the landlords, trembling for their rent. Mr. Childers says, for their comfort— "lt i s a l so my opinion that corn can never be had V ery cheap in England. England is the richest Ve ry in the world ;and, as far as my experience goes, corn is dear in proportion to the wealth of a e°ll , nt rY• It is d earer i n G er many than in Poland .--1 ° Franc e than in Germany—in Holland than in France. " Again, England—from her enormous lionconsump of wheat in proportion to other countries—. bust always raise by far the greater proportion of 1 : corn she consumes . H er consu mption is from ° ,0 00,000 to 1 8,000,000 quarters of wheat per an num. " France does no t consume one -half the quantity that England d oes in proportion to her population. R Ye, ba r l ey, and maize, form a large part of the st aple f oo d of her people. , e ‘` In Ger many, an d to t h e east o f t h e Rhi ne , th e h r ass . ,of the pop u l at i on h ar dl y eve r taste wheaten a . Almost all th e whe a t grown is exported, irt:d, co nsequently, the quantity grown is but small es Proporti on to t h e populat i on. E ng l an d can , aeref ore „ , never imp or t more th an a very small pro- P01.. '" of her o wn consumption—say enough for °4e h _ , month's con sumpt i on . A n y f a lli ng off' in the pro duction of w h eat i n E ng l an d must be followed : high prices ; in other words, wheat never can v ery cheap in England." riere • f elt. 1 3 another passage to still the landowners' hl " as to b e i ng overwhe l me d w i t h a f ore i gn sup hl;l ; their, lands for,:;< l out of cultivation, as the h e l r °/d and P ost a l most d a il y state ; an d t h e i r thrown d ) fearl ess , i n d epen d ent, an d h onest l a b ourers into idleness and the workhouse : P: Undoub te dl y , w i th a free tra d e, t h e pr i ce at o ntz ie, and other foreign ports, will always ap. 12 ac h the price in L on d on , w i t hi n a bout 10s. or av e r a quarter—and this will be higher than the y an ra ge pric e at D antz i c o f l ate years . Th e ad to p r i ce w il l st i mu l ate cu l t i vat i on ; an d ] s ad ne ss the qua n ti t y o f corn i m p o rted into Eng hits(l°n an average o f twenty years , or s i nce 1815, un ) b een abo ut 500 , 000 qrs . a year , t h e quant i ty , li ke ( s e a fre e tra d e, w ill , I i mag i ne , b e somet hi ng e t(al l ' s °, o ooo qrs. to 2,000,000 qrs., or an in , eof from three to four times the present amount. ettt : I do not think it can be more than that—be det:e 1 do not believe in the possibility of a sud ler extension of raising wheat crops to any very ace g e a mount --because in no year, even after an houlonlation on the Continent of several years, a ll ; w e imported much above 2,000,000 qrs.- 180 becaus e the average importation from the year sh ° to 1815, all years of high prices, and of an pelence of Corn-laws, only amounts to 520,000 qrs. ha annum. Will this importation, amounting per ilsil) to a month's consumption, be injurious ? In an Y ti 4inion, decidedly not. It will benefit Poland e.., Germany, but the benefit will return in the st uo into our own hands. I defy any one who under ands th e nature of commerce to assert, that if we e Pur ehose from 6,000,0001. to 8,000,0001. of corn annually from the Poles, &c., we can pay for it in :4 t hing but our own manufactures. The fabri -1„-"011 and export of that amount of manufactures " 1 " infuse fresh energy, and diffuse fresh wealth i It tnigh the kingdom at large, and the consequent t n erease of consumption will benefit the agricul urilt, who, indeed, can only thrive when the e : enntry is thriving also. The attenti on o f thena tions of the Continent will thu s b e di ver t e d' f ro m „. ,'"I ° nufactures, and turned to agr i cu l ture . Th e i rt well-beim,- will be advanced, an d, if I am r i g h t , th ey will become our best customers. As they g r ow wealthy, corn will advance in price with them, Paothus, although the quantity they grow may, in ess of years, be enormously increased, the leroantity they will export will be far from being in e4nted in the same proportion. thi s i ! l N'iewing the suh,ect of a free trade in corn in analog i ght, I think I am somewhat supported by the d m Yof the trade in wool. In 1824, the was Y on foreign wool, which had been 6d. per lb., th e re doo.'4d to Id. The importation which, during , hiP l a duty, never exceeded 20,000,000 lbs., in t : 4 , e k,e4 to 42,837,861 lbs. in 1825, and it was 4 ) 3 65,121 lbs. in 1837. `Yet what is the fact at present? H as the im j°,lation of foreign wool reduced the price of Eng ti:l" wool to nothing ! On the contrary, we know , -at tbalish wool, though somewhat fallen in the t a.Bt t 4 two years, is still at a very remunerating price the grower." 'rhat passage i s f u ll o f ca lm and kindly wisdom, 4 " a few suc h l eg i s l ators as Mr. Childers would rede em the now almost lost character of the House of p `'oinmons. We will quote, in conclusion, what 0.4 Childers suggests as possible of attainment, 4 11 h- ' a practi ca l i mprovemen t, though it accords either with his principles nor ours : p r ll have one wor d to a dd, an d t h at one wor d w ill f" Q uably, in the opinion of my readers, ruin the et ourabie idea they may thus far have conceived I )4t nl e. It is this :—I have no fear of Free Trade, d read I have a fear of the fear of Free Trade—l a panic. de : The present generation have been nurtured un orethe noxious s h a d e o f th e C orn -l a ws,—l am no t h Wheth er t h ey are not too s i c kl y to b ear t h e tal 'thy atmosphere of non-protection. t o ( i ) What,th en ,i s t h e pract i ca l measure t h at oug h t g zt b e adopt e d ? O ug h t i t to b e a fi xe d d uty ? I he decidedly not. No,fixed duty could remain if at 7 „Pricc got ab o ve. 70 5 ., ; but a fixed duty ff to go n s eal " 3. is not a fi xe d d ut y, b ut an a l terat i on o f t h e th e e. Again, whe n th e aver a ge d ut y pa id d ur i ng h e i i ° Peratio n o f t h e present C o i n -l aws , h as not, I be sae, exceeded 5 3 . a quar t er ; cou ld B s . or 10 s. the c ti sfactor ) to th e fr ee tra d ers , on t h e ot h er h an d, fa rmers would consider it as ruin. 84 :‘ Wer e I t h ere f ore to propose a scheme, I should h a ' ) adopt w h at i s ca ll e d C ann i ng ' s sca l e, wh i ch h s the a d vantage o f having once received the rip yr°batiran of the House of Commons, which it gassed i n . 1827, b ut was re j ecte d i n th e L or d s , hl the motion of the Duke of Wellington. "The scale has the merit of simplicity ; at 60s. ' the duty is 205., and it decreases 2s. as the price !Ises Is., until 70s, when the duty falls to Is. It 15 a great mitigation of the present scale, as at 645. th e duty would be only 125., whereas now it would he 225. Bd." We cannot support Mr. Childers in the recom 41endation, though we appreciate his motive for Fakin g it, because we are sur e a ft er t h e quest i on Coo been agitated, that it will be impossible to b " } :ent the nation till th e t axes on i ts b rea d f or t h e ana t 'or of the landowners are totally swept away, lit till that be accomplished there can be no stabi -1,. ) io landed property. Moreover, such a plan "Id, in the long run, be dreadfully injurious to ur lefarmers. It would raise prices here above the f v(1 of surr oun di ng countr i es; an d, prevent i ng the 44oer from finding any vent for his produce abroad 14 very favourable years, would place him at the m erry of the monied classes. ..,,,T l 'e Earl of Lucan, it is understood, is likely to I [7o - ,i' e t ,"ed Irish r ph Peer in the room of the late llo,;; ' o nisk'llen. ' lii - s Lordship has remitted all the tolls on c coming into Castlehar. Pri t 41 / 1 10N TO MOTHERS AND NURSES.—On Sl c i ! , a 3' I'venirm an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the -4,ere Anna, Ski:iner-street, Bishopsgate, on the body of d e , e l)4 Hatton, aged five months. it appeared from the ev 4evee that the mother went out, on Tuesday evening, about l ~:1 _ o'clock, leaving the deceased asleep on the bed, and p.hirt y e snle rt'd by the bedclothes. During her absence her hus and We nt ho me, but took no notice of the deceased ;. he then th, . out a ,i he Ji ' ---, on the return of the mother, a short time after, eoeased was found in a different position to that in which called been left, and quite dead. A medical man who was l ert, " l In said the deceased had died of suffocation, having, when fqeatetdorned over on its face. Verdict—" Accidentally put . - b I ~,.. tv ) ,,, -,-ONTERY OF SKELETONS.—AS the work , 11 v-e i n Vloyed raising °Tavel for the line of the Gloucester and iv, ek, ° _'‘ l Canal, upon Priors Court Estate, were digging last i lt a _ t . hey came to a number of human skeletons, and on dear th. tw w_,rl the soil, they discovered a regular grave-yard ; ten i s en ve ot the graves being close together are now open. It whi2:Jectured to have been the burial-place of the Priory, from are whi c h the estate, " Prior's Court," derives its name. There ,aysnorrernains of the foundations of buildings near, but report boy "etc was a chapel at a small distance from the spot. bo 4 c uriosit:,- . a n d speculation have been . excited in the neigh 11i0%, s 1 by this discovery, in the vicinity of Ledbury and LITERATURE. MISS AYLMER ; or, THE MAID'S HUS BAND. 3 rots. Bentley, London, 1840. There are two fatal objections to be made to this tale—first, that it is too prosy and didactic—too full of mere reflection, too little charged with senti ment ; and, secondly, th a t it i s t h roug h ou t f a l se in doctrine. The author's object appears to be to im ' press on all young women—not the expediency of being careful and fastidious in the choke of a hus band—but of never marrying at all. Now we pro test most strenuously against this doctrine. Let all women marry, we say ; and the sooner the better ; for, by so doing, their chances of happiness in life are increased a hundred-fold. What have they to fear frpin matrimony ? It is not the fashion now a-days for a husband to thrash his wife : and even if he be a little irregular in his actions, it is always in the power of a discreet and affectionate woman to effect a thorough reform. Sonic men there certainly are whom no ties can bind ; but these are the ex ceptions ; by far the major portion of mankind are always to be won over by kindness. But our au thor—authoress rather, for we suspect we are noti cing a lady's publication—says no ; she is all for single blessedness, and of course advocates its usual accompaniments—asour, discontented temper,a pry ing nature, snuff; tea and scandal, and a drop ofcom fort in the corner cupboard. By way of enforcing this preposterous doctrine, the authoress places before us a young lady named Aylmer, who is represented as young, beautiful, accomplished, rich, and strongly smitten—as it is fit and natural she should be—with an earnest desire to get married. Un fortunately, however, she is difficult to please. She cannot find a husband to her mind. One is too flighty, and looks as if he had a bad temper ; another is wholly devoted to study, and will not take her hand, even though she plainly hints that it is much at his service ; and a third is too old, and, what is worse, is discovered to have .had a contraband baby in his youth. Thus disappointed, Miss Aylmer rushes off in a paroxysm to the Con tinent, where she remains twenty years, and then comes back to England, and enlists for life among the tabbies. We are not told what are her parti cular predilections at this mature period of her life ; but we can pretty well guess at them, and have little hesitation in expressing our opinion, that at the time when our authoress takes leave of her heroine, she has become decidedly partial to snuff; a snug, quiet dish of scandal ; a rubber of sixpenny points ; and just a tiny thimbleful of brandy in her tea, by way of keeping off the vapours. Possibly, she'may be a member of a Bible Society ; addicted to giving away cheap missionary tracts; and partial to some particular evangelical preacher who has a loud voice, broad shoulders, and stands six feet in his shoes. On these latter points, however, we are not quite posi tive ; but we will swear to Miss Aylmer's addiction to snuff, and the refreshment of " strong waters." Now we contend, in opposition to our authoress, that her heroine had far better have married in youth, even though the man she fancied was not altogether a miracle of immaculateness, than have lived to become a lean, dry old maid, with a waist like a wasp, and a temper so utterly soured, that one might almost be tempted to believe that she had been begotten of a crab-apple on a vinegar-cruet. When folks can marry, let them marry. This is our doctrine ; and herein we agree with Dr. Johnson, who has justly observed that though the married state may have its anxieties, yet a life of celibacy has few, if any, real enjoyments. FINE ARTS. BANDITS DISPUTING. Ackermann, London, 1840. An engraving by.Lupton from an original paint ing by:Catterrnole. The Bandits are represented as drinking and playing at cards, in a large, open building, whence the eye ranges over a tract of mountain scenery. One of them is busy disputing with another on some particular point of the game; and the most enraged of the disputants has just drawn his dagger from its sheath, as if that were the best and most acceptable way of settling all such squabbles. The grouping of the figures is skilfully contrived ; and there is much grace in the qniet attitude of the girl who has just entered the building with wine. Some of the shadows of the picture however are not sufficiently defined; they have, what is called, a sooty appearance. THE YOUNG CHIEF'S FIRST RIDE. Achermann, London, 1840. We have here a spirited portrait of a young Scot tish Chieftain who is mounted on a horse, infi nitely too tall for him, and taking his first ride, accompanied by an old Scotchman as his guide, who is leading the steed. A stag-hound—uncom monly well drawn—is by the boy's side ; and two mischievous looking terriers are a few yards in ad vance of him. The child's face and figure are fresh of archness and spirit. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—On Friday at noon an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Elephant and Castle, Old St. Pancras-road, on the body of a newly-born female child. It appeared from the evidence of a gentleman named Walsh, that on Thursday morning last, about eight o'clock, he was walking in the Regent's Park, ac companied by two dogs, when on getting near to the Zoolo gical Gardens they drew his attention to a bundle lying in a dry ditch. He took it up, and on opening it found it to con tain the body of a female infant. A man was standing near the place, but on seeing him take up the bundle walked away. He gave information to the park-keeper, who had it conveyed to St. Palmas workhouse. The body was wrapped in a piece of calico, and had for an outer covering an old black stuff apron. The body being in a state of great decomposition, no marks of violence could be discovered. Verdict—Found dead. SUDDEN DEATHS.—There have been a great number of sudden deaths throughout the country during the last few weeks:—Mr. Benjamin Bearcreft, of Leigh Sinton, Worcester, was seized with apoplexy while attending divine service at the parish church, and died shortly after. Wed nesday evening, Mr. Simon Hore, formerly brewer of Exeter, dropped down suddenly near his house at Shillingford, and died soon after. Sunday morning, Mr. W. I. Ferris, schoolmaster, of Ashburton, took a short walk, and on reaching the house of a relative he complained of being faint, and was provided "with .a chair to sit down ; he breathed his last soon after, just as a Medical gentleman was in attendance. Saturday a Miss Tier nan, a. respectable elderly lady, of Castlebar, Who had been walking with a child on the flags at the door of her residence, went up stairs, and immediately after the child was heard to fall and cry. Persons going to the apartment found Miss Tier nan on the floor dead. EXTRAORDINARY HOG.—There is now a Fraddam, in the parish of Gwinear, one of the largest hogs ever seen in the western part of England. It measured nine feet two inches in length, and three feet ten inches in depth. It is be killed on the 13th of May, and it is said it will weigh fifty score. PARIS, THURSDAY.-The weather in Paris continues to be excessively hot, and although the heat is by no means Fo great as what it is sometimes during the summer— rarely exceedirg 80 degrees of Farenheit, in the shade, it is fount particularly oppressive. The grippe, however, is disap pearing rapidly, and we do not hear of so many sudden attacks of diarrhma and dysentery. The soil in the vicinity of Paris appears to be parched ; but the cultivators say that the injury to the crops is not yet extensive, and that the ground at the depth of a few inches is still moist. Our vegetable market is pretty well supplied, considering the dryness of the season, for all the gardeners round Paris are well provided with wells, bat the prices are of course much higher than they are usually at this season of the year.—Letter from Paris. SINGULAR CHARGE.—At the Kensington Petty Sessions on Friday a servant girl, named Croft, com plained that her mistress, whom she described as the wife of a gentleman residing at Hammersmith, had turned her out of doors and detained her (complainant's) infant. She repre sented that her mistress had passed off upon her husband this infant as her own, he having been on the Continent at the period of the complainant's accouchernent. She further de scribed the lady as being a most inveterate gin -drinker. Her mister, she said, lived in the City (she could not tell where) during the week, passing Sunday only at Hammersmith. A warrant, which had been issued for the lady's appear.ince, was ordered to be enforced, as she had neglected to attend volun tarily according to her promise. . .. . MURDER IN FRANCE OF A MAN BY HIS WIFE.—At the last La Mayenne Assizes a woman named Grimault was found guilty of murdering her own husband. Perrine Besnard, sixteen years ago, married one Grimault. The latter, who was his wife's elder by twenty years, was sup posed to be possessed of some property, which circumstance, it is said, on the part of the former, led to the marriage. Their union, however, was unfortunate, a n d b u t a f ew months hail elapsedl when Grimault found himself compelled to leave his wite and his farm, and become a servant in a small country establishment. Grimault and his wife seldom saw each other and during the separation she gave birth to two children. INCENDIARY FIRE AT FULHAM. —Between twelve and one o'clock on Friday morning, a firs broke out at Fulham, on the premises of Mr. William Bagley, a market gar dener, situated on the side of the high road. The flames when first discovered were proceeding from a large stack of straw, situated close to Mr. Bagley's dwelling-house and stables, and so rapid was their progress, the wind driving the burning flakes towards those buildings, that within a few minutes after the alarm was given the stack was one body of fire from end to end. A strong party of the V division of police were promptly in attendance, who, with the neighbours, rendered essential assistance in pulling down some wood palings which communi cated from the stack with the stables, by which means the ad joining buildings were preserved. The 'draw stack was, how ever, totally consumed. From circumstances which have trans pired, a general opinion prevails that the tire was the act of some incendiary. THE ADVANCE OF VEGETATION. —The pro gress of vegetation upon a beech tree having been attentively observed by a person in town during the last four years, the following is the result, showing that the present season is con. siderably in advance of its three predecessors !—On the 15th of May, 1837, it she.' its first leaves \ ; on the 11th ditto, 1838, it shed its first leaves ; on the 6th ditto, 1339, it shed its first leaves ; and on the 24th of April, 1840, it shed its first leaves. Kiimarnor k Journal. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The opera on Saturday night was La Suniza»zbula, and the conductor had hardly taken his place, had scarcely thrice flourished his baton, and the leader of the orchestra had scarcely drawn his bow across his violin, when cries of " No, no," were heard from some dozen voices in the pit, from perhaps as many in the stalls, and three or four in the boxes, which at this time were by no means well filed. This indication of hostility was met by cries of " Go on, go on," and thus matters continued for some five or ten minutes, the orchestra making no effort to proceed until comparative silence had been obtained. They then struck up at once, but again the shouts of " No, no," and " Off, off," were renewed, as well as the exertions of those who were desirous that there should be no interruption. Each party seemed determined, but the latter by far the most numerous. In the midst of the noise and con fusion Laporte was seen to advance from behind the curtain with a smile upon his countenance, and he was greeted with many signs of disapprobation. It was at this moment that the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Augusta, and Prince George entered their box, and they were witnesses to the efforts of Laporte to obtain a hearing by sundry gestures and conciliatory smiles. At last he succeeded, and said " Ladies and gentlemen, according to my promise on Thursday, I have made an offer to Mr. Tamburini --" He was allowed to proceed no further, but was interrupted by exclamations of, " It is no offer !" " You cannot call it an offer !" " It is an insult !" &c., to all of which he said nothing, but waited patiently until his antagonists were tired ; he then added, continuing his sentence, " And from the tenor of his answer, I have every reason to believe that we shall come to a satisfactory arrangement." This de claration came completely by surprise upon the mal contents, who were evidently chagrined, and mast of those who had risen from their seats at once resumed them, that the opera might be commenced. In fact, nothing further could be said, and nothing further done ; and order having been restored, the usual bars were played by the orchestra, the curtain rose, and the singers came forward. Thus ended this menaced dis turbance, and all but a few of the disturbers were satisfied. Shortly afterwards the Queen Dowager and her party took their places, and Ernesta Grisi had not finished her first air when her Majesty and Prince Ernest, with the usual Royal cortege, arrived, but Prince Albert was not of the party. W hen F. Lablache, as the Count, had sung Vi Reviso, a single voice was heard to ex claim, " Tamburini !"—but it was suppressed at once, and the performance met with no further interruption. It was worth while to watch the omnibus box, how full it was when a commotion was looked for, and how empty it was when it was found that there was to be nothing but one of the most beautiful operas sung by the most exquisite singers, Persiani and Rubini. Madlle. Cerito afterwards made her first appearance (for Thursday must go for nothing), and we arc happy to be able to give her praise almost without any quali fication. She has a style of her 'Own, grand, flowing, and various, and, in point of grace, she is unequalled, we will venture to say, b 3 any rival but Taglioni. She made a most favourable impression, and is sure to be a prodigious favourite. EXTRAORDINARY TEMPERA- TURE FOR APRIL. (From the Conservative Journal.) send you a copy of my register for the last seven days, which exhibits the intense heat, particularly in the sun. On referring to my record of the past year, I find the greatest degree of heat in the sun was upon the 18th of June, when the mercury reached 111 de grees of Fahrenheit ; but on Saturday last my index reached 114, being 3 degrees higher than any one day last year. I am, Sir, your subscriber, Paragon, New Kent-road, April 29, 1840. H. P. Lowest at Highest in the Highest in the night. shade. sun. -- April 22 ... 48 65 86 23 ... 48 67 97 24 ... 49 74 105 25 ... 49 75 114 26 ... 49 72 99 27 ... 49 73 107 • 28 ... 47 75 113 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER—FRIDAY Emurro. We anticipated some important business to-day; but so fiat a market within three days of so important a race as the Chester Cup we never remember. It would be folly to dwell upon the limited transactions, and therefore we shall confine ourselves to the figures as near as obtainable. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 4. 1840 NEW ZEALAND. Despatches reached the New Zealand Company on Saturday from Colonel Wakefield, their princi pal agent, dated Cloudy Bay, October 10, 1839. These despatches bring the important intelligence of the purchase, by the Company's agent, of the valuable harbour of Port Nicholson, in Cook's Straits, with the surrounding territory, comprising a tract of land from 40 to 50 miles long, and 25 to 30 miles broad, which embraces a surface of nearly a million of acres. Port Nicholson is distant near 30 miles from Queen Charlotte's Sound, on the opposite coast. It is six miles long and nearly four wide ; has an excellent anchorage in all parts, and the inner harbour is perfectly sheltcreddfrom all winds. There is no bar whatever ; the depth of water at the entrance is not less than 8.1 fathoms, and the usual depth within the harbour is froit 9 to 15 fathoms. The hills east and west of the har bour are described as somewhat resembling Mount Edgecumbe, in Devonshire. The foliage of the trees is every where bright, and no obstacles ap peared in the way of cultivation. Near the an chorage of the " Tory," a fresh water river dis charged itself into the harbour, from seven to eight feet deep at the mouth, where it spreads like a lagoon. The valley of the river is described as 40 miles long, an d f rom t h ree to four m il es broad. On each side a r e s l op i ng hill s, a b out 200 f ee high, covered with timber, and extending as far as the snow-capped mountains. Colonel Wakefield as cended the river about seven miles, and reports the trees to be well adapted for ship and house building, besides fine pines suited for masts and spars. The river was obstructed high up by the trunks of trees which had fallen across it, and by a small wood, which, however, might easily be cleared, and the river thrown open to navigation for many miles up its main branch, which is forty yards wide. The land on both sides the river is a rich black loam. The whole valley is capable of cultwa tion, and only requires the confinement of the river, and the artificial union of its streams towards the mouth. Port Nicholson (which has thus been selected as the site of the Company's first settlement) is found to be a noble harbour, accessible at all times, with land equal to, if not exceeding in fertility, any that has been seen in New Zealand, and compared to an English garden. This harbour has been de scribed also as unrivalled in position, placed as it is in the highway between New Holland and the Western World. It is satisfactory to know that the reception of Colonel Wakefield and his party by the natives was most cordial, and the ceremony of putting him in possession was marked with rejoicings. We ex•• tract the following passage from his despatch : " The native oven which contained our dinner was then opened, and we were invited to attend. After doing justice to the joints of a pig, which had been killed for the occasion, and the whole of which we were bound in native politeness to take away with us, however little we might eat, we drank the healths of the chiefs and people of Port Nicholson in champagne, and, christening the flag-staff, took formal possession of the harbour and district in the name of the Company, amidst the hearty cheers of our party and the assembled natives." The whole scene passed in the greatest harmony, and with a display of good feeling towards us on the part of our new friends, hitherto, I Imagi ne , never elicited by European treatment. I have dwelt on the details with tiresomeness, I am afraid, lest the Company should fail to know the prospects of a good reception of emigrants on its possessions, and the families contemplating settling on them may at once relieve their minds of the impression that has been made by many late works on this country, that the disposition and habits of the Aborigines render a residence there unsafe. The probable future importance, also, of this place, can not be too much impressed on those emigrants dis posed to turn their attention to commercial or mari time pursuits. The land contained in the dis trict will amply supply provisions for the settlers and for importation, and will probably be found connected by valleys, with districts more suitable to British husbandry. The harbour is the only one into which a vessel of more than 100 tons can enter with safety, on a line of coast of 600 miles in ex tent, from Manukoa to the Thames, and must be come the depot of the interior of this line, to be supplied by a coasting trade, and of all the country on both sides of Cook's Straits for the purposes o f importation of foreign, and exportation to other countries of native, produce. It also presents the most desirable place in these islands for the fitting out of whale-ships, not less than 400 of which an nually procure cargoes of oil on the banks, to the eastward of the Southern Island ; and for ship building it offers timber in endless quantities. Having affixed the Company's landmarks on the newly acquired territory, and commenced the erec tion of buildings, Colonel Wakefield left agents in possession at Port Nicholson, and proceeded in the Tory to Cloudy Bay, the country round which is described as not very inviti ng . H e contemp l ate d afterwards visiting' the south-western coast of the Northern Island, near Mount Egmont, where, it is probable, he would acquire a district of rich flat land at Taranake and Moturoa. Some valuable and in teresting natural specimens have been forwarded to the Company, which are confirmatory of all previous accounts of the richness and beauty of this highly favoured southern land. ON THE filuH PRICES OF CATTLE IN ]B4O. The prices of cattle in Cumberland are n:ivi at a higher pitch than they have ever reached since the spring of 1825, and the rise has been gradual and pretty regular for the last four years. Many tem porary fluctuations have occurred in the markets ,during that period, but the general and ultimate tendency has been upwards. . . The cause' . thai seems to have had the most powerful effect on the Cumberland prices is . the steam communications . from the Highlands of Scotland to London, and from Scotland to Liver pool, Chester, Bristol, and other ports on the western coasts of England. A very few years ago the Irish cattle-dealer was glad to avoid the risks and dangers of the seas, as much as was in his power, by landing his stock at the nearest English port, for he dreaded the effect of a three or four days' voyage upon his cattle in a sailing vessel, and consequently,many thousands more than those are now annually landed at the Cumberland ports. Of these, the calvers were principally bought at and near the port of landing ; and several purchase's would also be found for small lots of grazing cattle ; and it was the professed object of all the numerous dealers, whose lots did not amount to mole than thirty or forty each, to retail all they could without incurring the expenses of driving forwards to the southern or midland grazing districts, which the small droves could not so well bear. From the north of Ireland the dealer was accustomed to take what he called the " short say" to Portpatrick, when he fea•ed bad weather, and so drive and retail his wares along the road by Dumfries and Carlisle to Yorkshire, &c., and thus crowds of Irish cattle were bought and kept in the north of England, which now make a sale and ready transit by steam to within a very few day's driving of any of the great grazing coun ties in the centre or south of the kingdom that the shrewd owner may think most advantageous for his sales ; his stock and himself fresh and hearty, having little or no injury from the casualties usually accompanying his saili n g -vessel vo y a g e by the " long say. Previous to about the year 1824 the Isle of Man was prohibited by Act of Parliament, or by injunc ton of th e House of Keys (the insular legislative body) from landing any cattle in England, except at the port of Chester. This restriction having been found detrimental to the interests of the island, the law was repealed or rendered obsolete ; and the late Mr. Robert Gill, on whose petition the law was an nulled, exported for a number of years to White haven, about 1,000 head per annum ; the whole of w which, or very nearly so, we re fed or milked on t h e Cumberland pastures. But since Mr. Gill's death scarcely a tithe of the number has reached out shores, the principal part being now taken by steam to Liverpool and Chester. The facility of steam conveyance from Leith, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness, and other northern ports, enables the Highland breeders and dealers to atte n d the southern markets in much less time now than when the only alternative was the weary drive of six, seven, or even more weeks, from the north Highlands ; and if the ex pense per head is now a trifle more by steam, than of old by land, the time consumed over each trip is so much reduced that the dealer's business may be almost trebled in extent—and time with him being personal property, it may be his own fault if it does not considerably augment his profits. Nine-tenths of the spare produce of the Highland mountains was, previous to the esta blishment of steam conveyance, driven through Cumberland on its way to the E ng li s h mar k ets , and a few thousands were annually purchased to be depastured on the Cumberland bills ; and now, since the principal part of the commons have been inclosed, and a speedier transit established, the number of Highland cattle grazed in this and the adjoining counties, is trifling indeed—as witness the great Rosley and Brough Hill fairs being so materially reduced in the extent of their respective shows of Highland stock of late years. I have accurate means of knowing that the numbers of Highland cattle bought at Carlisle, and other mar kets, for the West Cumberland pastures are consi derably fewer than formerly. Thus it is that Cum berland is now necessitated to depend much more on her own resources for a supply of cattle than in former years—and it remains to be shown how those resources are influenced by circumstances having effect on the numbers produced and reared. From the great improvements that have taken place of late years in the cultivation of land, it is not to be supposed that a smaller average produce is now realised from the arable lands of the county than formerly was ; on the contrary, there is no doubt but a great increase of produce is the re sult ? But how is this increase disposed of? The very fact of improving the land bespeaks the em ployment of a greater number of horses. Those horses are to feed, in the first instance, from the extra produce; and not a few of them are employed in raising turnips and other keep for the winter feeding of cattle (a branch of husbandry of com paratively recent introduction into Cumberland), and of which produce, on many large farms, the breeding-stock is only allowed to partake very sparingly—the fat stock being the great considera tion, and must be continued in a growing state, whatever may be the lot and condition of the youngsters. A much greater number of horses are now kept in the various towns, for the pleasure and business of the increased population ; and more horses are employed on the roads, for commercial purposes, in public works, and new buildings, in iron and coal mines, &c., &c., and all those arc to be fed from the same acres that were used by our forefathers, in a great measure, for the breeding of cattle. As another reason for the present scarcity of stock, it appears that since the year 1830, a smaller number of bullocks has been reared, I suppose by way of precaution against another surfeit of the markets ; for whatever might be their quality, bullocks could then be scarcely turned into money at any price. And had every female calf been reared since that period, heifers alone being only half the average number dropped, would not, and have not, been sufficient to supply the increased annual drain required by the increased population. But the butchers in all towns can testify that very far short of all the heifer calves are reared, and they know too, that the late prices of milk and butter have amounted to a strong temptation to commit a species of murder on the calves dropped in the town's dairies, before the proper condition of slaughter has been attained. A similar tempta tion is thrown in the way of the breeding farmer also, who finds that milk and butter command ready money, whilst the breeding system requires three years' credit on the value of calves, and on the value of their maintainance during that period, with considerable risk and uncertainty as to the final result. The succession of wet seasons that have visited the northern counties of England lately, has been a most urgent cause of the stocks of cattle being thinned, and may be a reason for their being kept thin for a few years to come. Many farmers have been obliged to sell young, or even any, cattle that would take a market, because so small a portion o f their crop was fit for either sale or feeding cattle, and money must be periodically and regularly raised out of one thing or another. The introduction and extensive adoption of the cheviot flocks in the Highlands of Scotland, has engrossed much more than half the pasturage in many parishes, and curtailed the numbers of cattle within a very trifling limit. And whilst sheep con tinue to pay the breeder, in an equal ratio per acre, with cattle, it may be reasonably calculated that they will continue to supersede cattle on still more and more hills and moors that may be found dry enough, and suited in other respects, to the breeding of sheep, until the reaction consequent upon all overdone experiments takes place. A smaller aniount of capital- is required to s t oc k a sheep walk, than is necessary for a farm of equal extent and quality to be stocked with cattle, for either rearing or grazing; and persons possessed of the requiiite skill, will make as good a figure upon a sheep farm, with a capital of a thousand pounds, as another of competent talent on a cattle farm with twelve hundred and fifty pounds, or even more, on an average of years. Thus, cattle are thinned by a variety of circum stances independent of the beef-eating propensity of the English nation, and if beef be scarce and dear now, when such numbers of operatives are said to be totally destitute of the means of pur chasing even the smallest weekly pittance of animal food, where is the national supply of beef to be derived for a rapidly increasing population, when the poor weavers, and other now stinted artizans, are permitted to receive reasonable wages for their industry, and which I trust will be at an early period ? In all probabilily a few years may pass before any great declension of prices oecurs, even if, owing to any political change, a much greater area of inferior soil is laid down to pasture ; but that a revulsion of prices will take place in consequence of the present alartn.of scarcity, and the endeavours practised to remedy it, is as certain, if not as periodically oor-. rect, as the ebbing and flowing, of the tide. The epidemic .disease now so prevalent ,among cattle in he vicinity of the metropolis, will have its natural effect in deterring the graziers of that locality froM buying freely, and from stocking their pastures fully —the jobbers, too, will' come in for a short breath ing -time, and those circumstances may assist in lowering prices for a few weeks, but the supply must be increased before any material reduction can take place in the prices of lean stock, in the absence of any panic.--Carlisle Patriot. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The first annual meeting of the supporters of this excellent institution took place on Friday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The room was crowded with company. Amongst the committee we noticed the Rev. Dr. Burnett, Si- George A. Westphal', Captain Smith, R.N., Major Oliphant, George Han key, Esq., Mr. Saunders, and several other influentiat persons. Admiral the Right Hots. Sir George Cock burn, G.C.8., took the chair, and in a very eloquent speech stated the objects of the meeting : he congratu lated its supporters on the cheering prospects of the Society, and concluded by calling on Mr. West, the Secretary, to read the report. It appeared from this, that since the formation of the Society in February, 1839, to 31st March, 1840, the receipts, in donations and subscriptions, amounted to 4,2951. 19s. Bd., the subscriptions being fixed as low as half-a-crown ; by which means numbers of poor fishermen and mariners were enabled to subscribe and partake of the advan tages of the Society. The expenditure in relief, and expenses of all kinds, amounted to the sum of 3,3181. Is. 7d., leaving a balance of 9971. 18s. Id. in the hands of the treasurer. During the course of the past year 72 widows, 163 children, and 30 aged parents, were relieved ; 49 shipwrecked persons were forwarded to their various homes, 8 families were relieved who had been left destitute, 57 auxiliary branches had been es tablished in various parts of the coubtry, and 89 hono rary agents had offered their services to the Society. A number of resolutions in accordance with the objects of the Society were passed. After the election of offi cers for the year ensuing, the meeting separated. AGITATION IN IRELAND.—Leinster has done its d u ty. Not satisfied with the Great Provincial Meeting of Tuesday, the counties are meeting, or about to meet, one after another. Meath, Louth, Longford, Queen's, are already up, and will be followed by others. In the No-th the spirit of re sistance has been diffused with the quickness of electricity. Thanks to the . Earls of Charlemont and Gosford—to Sharman Crawford, Ross, of R O StreVOl—thanks, in a word. to the reviv ing spirit of patriotis m and p olitical energy in Ulster. Why does Munster, as a province, remain as yet quiescent? There are some county meetings—but we wish for a general expres sion from the entire province—for it is against Munster espe cially that the Noble Lord has aimed his poisoned arrow. Con naught meets to-flay. Ulster meets to-day. Leinster has met. Munster, as a province, has as yet made no movement.—D u b. [in Evening Post of Thursday. - - It has been decided to erect the new Church at Romford on the right hand side of the entrance to the town, close to the turnpike. The plans for the edifice have been prepared, and the preliminary arrangements are in progress. THE DEE STAKES. 5 to 4 cn De Clifford ; 3 to 1, the Shah ; 7 to 2, Trustee. THE CRESTEK CUP. 5 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy—offered 7i to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Gilbert Gurney—taken freely 9 to 1 agst Lord Alitown's Cruiskeen---offered 10 to 1 agst Air. Robinson's Melbourne—offered 10 to 1 agst 11r. J. Henderon's Lanercost—offered 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Bellona—taken 11 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers 100 to 3 agst. Mr. Knox's George 100 to 4 agst Lord Aliltown's Wirrestrew—taken 100 to 4 agst Mr. Speed's Aimwell—taken 100 to 4 agst Mr. R. Price's Captain Pops 100 to 4 agst Mr. Collett's The Dean—offered 100 to 5 agst Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett—taken 100 to 6 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole—taken and off. Offers to back Lanercost for 2001. against either Melbourne or the Dey of Algiers ; 10 to 1 offered in ponies against either Melbourne or Lancrcost. THE DERBY. We have seen nothing done to-day worthy of comment ; 1,000 to 20 was laid v. Crazy Boy, and then offered to 30 ; 6 to 4 would be takan Assassin beats Theon ; bi to I offered on the field ; Black Bess is backed at 20 to 1. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. NEWMARKET, Sunday Morning.—Having already given the programme, it is only necessary for us to state that, not withstanding the impolitic fixture of the Chester Races for the same week, a full meeting is confidently expected, the 2,000 and 1,600 Guineas Stakes, independent of their intrinsic value and importance, having excited great interest amongst the the speculators on the Derby and Oaks. As yet there are few arrivals ; but as the weather continues fine, and a great many beds are bespoke, we hype to be enabled to furnish a goodly list on Monday evening. Lord Westminster's Launcelot and Maroon, and Lord Ches terfield's Gambia and Don John, were expected at Epsom on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Houldswurth's Confederate reached Newmarket on Sa turday for the 2,000 guineas Stakes : and Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix yesterday for the same race. Mr. Sadler's Protector is also en route for it. The Rioter and filly by the Colonel out of Scandal are ex pected at Epiom to-day. CHESTER RACES. CIIESTER, Friday Night.—The following is the list of the horses already here, or in the neighbourhood : Dunstan, Sir Ralph, Quid, Apothecary, Rodocantha e, Medea, the, Potentate, Secander, Daphne, Maid of Maelor, c, by Battle dore out of Bluebell, Bangor, Jenny joiies,. Lanercost, AlelboUrne, Abraham Newland,' St. Bennett, Cow Boy, King Cole, Malvolio, 13ellona, Tubalcain, The Dean, ' The Dey of: Algiers, Opera, Captain Pops, .Gilbert Gurney, Fair Louisa, Cruiskeen, ,Aimyvell, Stausty, Charley, Imogene, Zephyr, Wirrestrew ' Constantia, c, c by Giovanni, Spo lasco, sister to Sir Ralph, sister to Balloclimyle, Nightshade, Bedalian, Amulet, Marmaduke, Isaac, Miss Kitty Cockle, Goldhurst, Catharina, The Friar, Victoria, Miss 'Watt, Dr. Jenncr, f by Birdcateher, dby Caccia Piatti, Tory Boy, St. Botolph, c by Battledore or Peter Lily, c by the Mole, Charlatan, Tiry, Saul, Vertumnus, De Clifford, The Shah, Trustee, Lady Abbess, Shark, Rabbitcatcher, Miss Nick, Miss Fitz, Tuly, b c by Physician, f by Olympus, and Snoozer. Many others would have been sent but for the hard state of the ground. K ELSO SPRING MEETING.—Tuasm. The Bournont of 661. for all ages. Two-mile heats. Mr. R. Crawford's b c by Percy, 3 yrs, ist 2113 Sir W Scott's b g Greek, 3 vrs, fist 131 b ..... Won easy. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sots. each, h. ft., for horses that have been regularly hunted during the preceding season, 12st each ; gentlemen riders. Two-mile heats. (10 subs. ) Mr. W. Ramsay na Centurion, aged... Capt. Richardson 1 1 Mr. Robertson's ch g Birthday, aged 5 2 Mr. J. Laing's b g /1.7.01u5, aged Mr. Fletcher 's b m Sal, 6 yrs Marquis of Breadalbane na. b g Lottery, aged Mr. Watson's br g Donald Caird, aged 2 dr Two well-contested heats, the first won by a length, and the second by a head. The Farmers' Plate for all ages. Heats, once round and a - distance. Mr. Binnie's bf by Scarborough, 3 yrs, lOst 12 2 1 1 Mr. Dumbreck' b g Take-away, aged 12st 101 b...... 2 lame. First heat won cleverly ; the second and third walked over for. WEDNESDAY. The Duke of Roxburghe's Plate of Fifty Guineas, for all ages. Mile and a half heats. Hon. J. Sandiland's ch g Nubian, 5 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. R. Crawford's b m 'Cantata, 6 yrs, Bst 81b 2 2 Mr. Watson's br g Donald Caird, aged Bst Blb 3 3 Sir J. Boswell's ch m Lightning, 6 vrs, Bst 81b ...... 4dr Won easily. The Oats Stakes of 5 bolls each. guile and half heats. Ger tlemen riders. (5 subs.) Mr. R. Crawford's hc by Percy, 9st 41b ... 1 Mr. Robertson's b c Tickhill Castle, 4 yrs, lOst 41b .. 2dr First Heat—A beautiful race, and won by a head only ; the second was walked over for. _ The Duke of lluccleuch's Plate of 601., for horses, the property of farmers residing within the limits of his Graces's hunt, &c. Heats ,once round and a distance. Mr Usher's br g Habakkuk, aged, llst 11 lb Mr. Binnie's bf by Scarborough, 3 yrs, lOst 71b Mr. J. Laing's bl g Colinton, 6 yrs, 12st 111 b ...... 3 dis Mr Dove's ch g Newman Noggs, 6 yrs, list 111 b Won easily. A Free Handicap of 5 soy. each, and 20 added. Half a mile. (4 subs. ) Hon J. Sandiland's eh g Nubian, 5 yrs, Bst 1011) Sir James Boswell's ch m Lightning,6 yrs, Bst Sir James Roswell's br h Calewood. aged, 9st 21b ....... :3 Won cleverly. NATIONAL TRADES' POLITICAL UNION._ This body assembled on Tuesday evening, Mr. Thomas Dil lon presiding. O❑ the motion of Mr. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Thomas 'Reynolds, a resolution condemnatory of Lord Morpeth's Vagrancy Bill was unanimously adopted. —Dublin Post. Sir Charles Bell is ill London on his way to Rome. It is said that ha intends to vacate the Chair of Sur gery in the University of Edinburgh, as it does not afford him the position and advantages which were anticipated. He has, however, lon g been anxious to visit Italy, where his brother, John Bell, after his residence in Edinburgh, spent much time in study. His brother died at Rome about twenty t ears ago, and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, close to the Pyramid. STANLEY'S BILL. (FROM A CORK CORRESPONDENT.) The city of Cork, ever foremost in promoting measures for the general good, will be found to have done its duty on the all-absorbing question of Stanley's Registration Bill. Cork has suffered a 100 in the death of one of its first citizens, the ever-to-be-lamented William Crawford, and this, and this alone, has prevented a public manifestation of feelirg. Yet all seem anxious to do their duty, as will be seen by the petition about to be presented to Parliament from this city, by our Members, and which contains over twenty thousand signatures. At the moment I write, in the rallying point of Liberalism, the Chamber of Com merce of Cork, one of tho attendants of that institution is uniting the detached sheets of names in one continuous roll, which, containing four columns of signatures, extends twice the length of this fine room, which may be estimated at fifty feet., making io all ode hundred feet of paper. If respect for the memory of Mr. Crawford had not ?revented a public meeting, it would be fully fifty thou sand; for never were the inhabitants of the south of Ire land so indignant as they are at the attempt to impose new hurthens on them, which Stanley's vile Bill would surely effect. Men have frequently to travel from thirty to forty miles to register their votes, and are then met by paid Con servative agents, valuators, &c., all seeking to deprive them of their constitutional rights. Look at the Orange Secretary's (Mr. Nettle's) letter ; that production throws some light on the intentions of the party. Yet this is not a solitary instance of the relentless persecution our fine country staffers from as base a set of agents as ever disgraced any cause. To all this Lord Stanley would add further power to the landlords and their agents to cut up the registries, and worry the people out of all patience, so that Lord Charleville, Lord G. So merset, Messrs. Jackson and Lytton may exclaim, " See what the Fictitious Votes Committee have done for the country by preparing so excellent a Bill for Ireland's humbug friend, Lord Stanley I" Be assured if this Bill passes, Ireland's tranquillity will be endangered, which every good man should try to avert. We are doing our duty here, and it will be satisfactory to the Cork people to have an acknowledgment of their exertions in one of the first Liberal papers in the Sister Kingdom— The Sun. R. Cork, May 1. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS (From the Morning Advertiser.) A severe struggle is expected in the borough of Mary lebone at the present year's election of vestrymen and auditors of accounts, which takes place this day. The Tories, encouraged by their partial success in returning Lord Teignmouth, are making the greatest exert:ons to obtain an abs o l u t e con t ro l over th e p ar ochial elections; well aware that success in the parish would be an im portant step towards the complete establishment of their influence in the borough. The Tory newspapers for the last three months have endeavoured by every means, direct and indirect, to influence the result of the election, which must •znd will—although the Tories, when it suited their purposes, have always denied such an effect, and, indeed, the result generally of freely elected vestrymen on Par liamentary elections—produce an important effect over the next contest for Representatives for the borough. Under these circumstances, we make no apology for calling in the most urgent manner on all our Liberal friends, and po pular coadjutors in the borough of Marylcbone, to put forth their best energies in the popular cause this day. (From the Morning Herald.) The veteran impostor has unfurled the banner of " re peal," and summoned the Romish serfs to assist him in severing the legislative connection with " the Saxon," be cause the British House of Commons has sanctioned the principle of a Bill to extirpate the baneful systeß of fraud and perjury which entwines itself with the elective fran chise. The cry for a repeal of the union is like all Mr. O'Connell's political undertakings, false and fraudulent. He knows that without civil war he can never establish his little Iliberno-Romish Senate in College-green; and civil war has perils which the Papincau of Ireland has toe much prudence to encounter. We repeat it. The " repeal of the Union," as a watchword of the impostor's new agitation, is a political lie. He laughs in his sleeve when he tells his dupes that ho " will die a repealer." Ho would rather live a mendicant. (From the Times.) In the instructions from the Colonial-office to Captain Hobson, dated the 14th of August, 1839, and published in the Times of the 22d ult., the following passage ap pears Contemplating the future growth and extension of a British colony in New Zealand, it is an object of the first importance that the alienation of the unsettled lands within its limits should be conducted from its commencement upon that system of sale of which experience has proved the wisdom, and the disregard of which has been so fatal to other British in terests." The sly and unfounded insinuation measured out in official phrase as above, in reference to the sale of land in New Zealand, cannot be too much sifted. That the sale of land to her Majesty's subjects is better than the gift of so much land, surely required some proof. To bubble projectors we admit it is just the thing, a clever invention, doubtless, for procuring the wherewithal to commence at once and hare offices in London and salaries, even before the land has beet. seen at all ; but its merits, as compared with a fair apportionment of waste land to emigrants, may well be questioned. The very phraseology of grants by pur chase is liable to objection ; and no suit or service connected with tenures of early dates and feudal times was ever half so barbarous. (From the .Vorning Chronicle.) It is the common, stale trick of those wht, have the worst side of an argument, to complain that their oppo nents deal in mere assertions, and to characterise the rea sonings which they find unanswerable as mere vapouring and noisy declamations. This trumpery artifice is daily reit erated by the Times and Standard in their articles on Lord Stanley's Bill to disfranchise Ireland. We have, from time to time, discussed this daring measure through all its details, and in all its bearings. We have shown the malignant tendency of its chief provi 'sioes_-we have thoroughly investigated the working of its machinery, and shown that as it was purposely con trived, so it would most assuredly operate to the utter de ctruction of the elective franchise. We have demonstrated the hypocrisy of its authors; we have exposed the fallacies of its advocates; and, after all this, vie are told that we trade in nothing but bare assertions, and oppose nothing bnt idle clamour to sound argument. The truth is that we were under no logical necessity to argue the case as we have done. It was for the party proposing a measure like this to prove that it was consistent with popular rights and existing privileges, not subversive of them. The onus lay on the Tories to show that in advancing a project to correct the abuses of registration they were not covertly plotting the ruin of the franchise. Have they done so? Have they attempted to do so? On the contrary, have they not had the assurance to avow that such was their design? LORD ERSKINE. Sir Samuel Romilly, in his Memoirs, gives the follow ing account of a dinner party at the house of one of his most intimate friends, Lord Erskine :—" I dined to-day at Lord Erskine's. It was what might be called a great Opposition dinner. -- Among the light and trifling topics of conversation after dinner, it may be worth wile to mention one, as it strongly characterises Lord Erskine. He has always expressed and felt a great sympathy for animals. He has talked for years of a Bill he was to bring into Parliament to.prevent.cruelty na hYs' always had several favourite animals, to wh6m he has been much atiacheii,'Und of wheal all his acquaintance have a number of anecdotes to relate—a favourite dog, 'which 'he used to, bring when 'he tvils at the bar, - to all his consultations ; another favourite dog, whieh, at the time when he was Lord Chancellor, he himself rescued in the street, from some boys who were about to kill him, under pretence of its being mad ; a favourite goose, which followed him whenever he walked about his grounds ; a favourite mackaw, and other dumb fa vourites without number. He told us now that he had got two favourite leeches. He had been blooded by them last Autumn, when he had been taken danger ously ill at Portsmouth ; they had saved his life, and he had brought them with him to town ; had ever since kept them in a glass ; had himself every clay given them fresh water; and had formed a friendship with them. He said he was sure they both knew him, and were grateful to him. Ile had given them different names, Home and Cline (the names of two celebrated sur geons), their dispositions being quite different. After a good deal of conversation about them, be went himself, brought them out of his library, and placed them in their glass upon the table. It is impossible, however, with out the vivacity, the tones, the details, and the gestures of Lord Erskine, to give an adequate idea of this sin gular scene." POSTAGE LABELS.—The public, in the official directions printed on the postage covers, are requested to fasten these stamps on the right hand side of he letter above the ad dress, and the reason of this requrst, whieh is not very obvious, is, we believe, that the Post-office letter-sorter may 13e enabled to examine simultaneously both the address and the proper stamp. If the stamp were placed at the back of the letter and away from the address, the sorter would have to look first at one side and then at the other, and thus his labour would be near l y doubled. The public , as i t values the speedy dispatch of their letters, will no doubt readi:y fall into the mode suggested for fixing the stamps. LIVERPOOL., FRIDAY.—THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DUKE OF 'WELLINGTON'S I l la r rit - DAY.—The oc currence of this event, of which the majority of the inhabitants appear to have been unaware, was signalised by the ringing o f the bells from the steeples of the parish churches, a n d b y in the docks. A the hoisting of the flags of the shipping subscription, to which men of all parties contributed, was raised on the Exchange, for the purp ose of Prvi am munition required for twenty-on e sa l utes to be from the the rie cannon stationed at the workhouse. In the attempt the respect with which th e p eop l e re gard i to evidence hero of the age all political differences are m erge d and f orgotten. All n - en con spire to honour him as national r p opert y, the possession of which they are not slow to boast. FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD A BARGE. — On Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at Guy's Hospital, o n th e b o d y o f Michael • APCarthv, aged sixty, a corn-factor. Joseph White said, that on Sunday forenoon last he Was standing by the side of deceased an board a barge, laden with corn , an d l y i ng off St. George ' s-sta i rs , Horsely down. Deceased had been unloading the barge all the morn ing, and, feeling tired, he sat down on the edge of the hold, where he fell asleep. He had not been many m inutes in that position before he f , 41 into the hold, from the bottom of which he was taken up insensible, and forthwith carried to the above hospital. Mr. EdOitard Menzies, house-surgeon, said deceased was admitted with a fracture of the first vertebra: of the neck and the first of the back, and that be died on Wednesday morning of the effects of those injuries. Verdict—" Acci dental Death." STOCKPORT.—A general turn-out is daily ex pected, i n conseq uence of four or five extensive manufacturers of Stockport having given notice to reduce the already scanty wages of the power-loom weavers one penny, and some thr..e halfpence, v-r cut. EVENING EDITION. ROYAL ACADEMY. On Saturday last the members of the Royal Academy gave their anniversary dinner at their apartments irr Tref dgar-square, which was attended by a numarous assemblage of guests of the first rank and talent, rim: • r 1 whom were the Lord President of the Council, Lord of the Treasury, Lord Privy Seal, the Speaker, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, Vis count Duncannon, Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Master of the Rolls, Vice-Chancellor, Lard Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Chief Baron, Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, Lord Chamberlain, General Commanding in Chief, Lord Mayor, Governor of the Bank, President of the College of Physicians, i President o f t h e C oflegc of Surgeons, Master of Dul wieli College, Warden Of ditto, Master of the Horse, Chairman of the East India Company, Chairman of the Board of Customs, French, American, Pi-essiae, Netherlands, Belgian, Saxon, Bavarian, Portuguese, Sardinian, Neapolitan, Grecian, Swedish, Hano%erian, and Wirternberg Ministers ; Dukes of Richmond, Wel lington, Newcastle, Somerset, Buckingham, and Beau fort ; Marquises Bute and Northampton ; Earls Grey, Rosebery, De Gr e y, an d Ri pon : Bishops o f L on d on Llandaff, Durham, and N orw i c h ; L ords Sudeley. Merit: eagle, Norrnantown, Glenelg, Northwich, W. Russell, Colburne, Morpeth, and Seaton ; Right Hon. Sirs R. Peel and J. Graham ; Messrs. H. Labouchere, C. W. I Wynn, and J. W. Croker ; Hon. Sir E. Cust ; Sirs R. H. Inglis, Willoughby Gordon, J. Swinhurne, G. Staunton, G. Phillips, T. D. Acland, G. Warrender,j I'. Baring, H. Ellis, A. Carlisle, R. Vernon ; 11 0'7 Messrs. H. Al:Connell, W. Wells, J. Neeld, S. Rove s , R. Hart Davis, J. Morrison, Gally Knight, C. Babbage, S. Cartwright, A. Milne, H. A. Munro, W. Sequier, D. Salomons, B. Hawes, T. G. B. Estcourt, P. H. , Howard, G. Knott, J. H. Kippisley, Baring Wall J. Dawkins, J. H. Green, &c. &c. &c. CHURCH RATES. (To the Editor of the Carmarthen Journal.) Sir,—As the time is now /mi approaching when ti:; newly-elected Churchwardens are about to enter tipLs their various important duties, I feel a pleasure in info; them, that if any of them should find the least d '" culty as regards the making of Rates, for procuring various articles which they are, by law, bound to bbta.n. by application to me, I will direct them in the way u' proceeding safely in procuring such supplies : and if an, opposition should be offered by the friends of Infidel, and Popery ( falsely calling themselves Protestant .D,.. centers), to the obtaining such funds, I shall be gratifi, to put the Churchwardens in the way to adopt such mea sures as will save them harmless and will oblige the chiefest and stoutest recusants in any parish themselves to make a Rate, or be committed to prison until they ',urge tin - contumacy. I am far from taking any pleasure in these things. but think that it is high time for the friends of true religini: and of social order to make an attempt to open the cp., of those who are the dupes of artful and designing men, who so barefacedly make a trade and a tramc of poor men's consciences. lam your's truly, EBENEZER MORRIS, Vicar of Llanelly. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, APRIL 30.—The average price of wheat last week was 231. 53c., and that of Rye 1.5 f. 08c. Wheat, therefore, remains exempt from import dut:. Rye pays 21f. 50c. for 1,000 kilogrammes import dut, The exportation of both, as well as of potatoes and flour is prohibited. It is reported that M. Henri de Brouckere ?NM be appointed Governor of the Province of Antwerp. BRUSSELS, MAY I.—The intense heat continues, and a drought, which is very injurious at this season. The degree of temperature observed on the 28th and 29th, as indicated by the thermometer placed on the north side of the Observatory of Brussels, was as fol. lows :—At two, p.m., by the centigrade thermometer, 25 deg. ; maximum of the night of the 28th, 10.4 deg.; and, on the 29th, at two p.m.. it stood at 23.4 deg. The population of Brussels, on the Ist of January, 1840, according to the census which has just been com• pleted, was 106,144, without the suburbs. On the Ist of January, 1830, it was 98,279. This is an increase of 7,865, which would undoubtedly have been greater but for the mortality occasioned by the cholera. The Alliance, an English journal, says—lt is expected that negotiations are pending between England and Belgium, the result of which will be, that there will be a daily mail between London and Brussels, that a letter from London will reach Brussels in 15 or 16 hours, and that the packets will not go from Dover to Ostend, but from London direct. The two countries are rec;- procally interested in the realization of this plan. By means of the railway to Aix-la-Chapelle, the corre spondence between Germany and Great Britain would be found the shortest and most rapid passage through Belgium.—Journal du Commerce, May 1. VIENNA, APRIL 22.—Gainseradorff, the first station of the North railway, was destroyed on Saturday last by fire, except a few houses. Unhappily some lives were lost on this occasion. BERLIN, APRIL 23.—1 t is said that the Archbish-,-) of Posen has again applied to his Majesty for permistic ; to return to his diocese, repeating his assurances of un alterable fidelity. But it is to be feared that his lette. will have no better success than former applications of the same kind. It is evident that the King is incline; to exercise indulgence rather than rigour, as we c: from many circumstances, for instance, since his answer to the deputation of Roman Catholics of Posen, and th; -was thought the more reason to expect that the Archbishop would at length take a step which is neces sary for the good of his diocese. THE HAGUE, APRIL 29.—We learn from Flushin i r. t the native town of Ruyter, that the first stone of thy' .: pedestal on which the statue of that great naval hero is to be erected, will be laid to-day at noon with great i ceremony. . The central section of the Second Chamber met to day, and discussed, as we hear, the laws relative to the budget. THE HAGUE, MAY I.—His M.,jesty has grariti.• permission to the Dutch Iron Railway Company to prolong the railroad between Amsterdam and Haarlem to Rotterdam, making it pass near or through Leyden, the Hague, and Delft. A MSTER DAM, APRIL 30.—1 t is said that a perso• - . ; has been arrested at Ostend, who swindled a house at Brussels by means of forged letters of credit on the house of Glynn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., at London, and that his accomplices have saved themselves by' flight. We hear that the police in this town have been for some time searching for the authors of several acts ai swindling, by - means of false bills of exchange; in false letters of _Credit, with false or forged signatures. By , the great zeal of M. Waldeqk, Commissioner of Police, a number of the persons who received the money for those false bills of exchange have been ar rested. A mother and dogitter, the latter -28 years of age, arc said to be implicated. : .DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MAY 1 Money. Dills: Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Aural t Syndic, 4 % per cent 9l 91N I Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 'su 75 , 4 Commercial Company, 4'4 per cent 'Bl 16114 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 537, b per cent. ISO 101% Loan 1837, 5 per cent. . 9B I$ Exchan g e on London, One moot h ll 92% Two months —Dutch Papers, May 2. BELGIAN 1' 0HM...8M/DELI, MAY I. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 9 34 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent — -- 3 per Cent. 74 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ......... ......„.. Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent llO Batik of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ...... .... National Semety . — Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, May 1. HAMBURG BOINENIIALLE, MAY I. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Hank Shares IOS% lOS An. 10-llussian Loan 18:5 18.'" ) Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series lol l'':',lS. Russian 5 per Cent. Ho p , and Co. 3d and 4th 1(I 40 Se; ins Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe (' cut 1,8% 9.*, Ditto s 2 S per Cen` Polish Bo n d ; 9S _ Now I icket Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 16254 164% 75% 75 Norwegian Loan, IS3i, 4 per Ce n t.. ......... Spanish, New .1 ner Cents. '2l% EXCHANGES On LONDON'. HAMBURG, MAY !.—I3. *,, - - - - - TWo months, 13 3%. S rOctiIIOLM, A mut. 21.—Seventy.five days, 11 4'3. CI R ISTI A NIA, A pan. 12 —1 hrec months, 4 104. PETFItsBuRuo, APRIL 21. —Two months, 381 pence VIENNA, APRIL ?3.—Three months, 9. 511,. I.BIP!ic, APRIL 0.--Two mo ths, 6. 13)4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—NIENNA, APRIL 23 mg live per Cents. Metalliques Fohr per Cents. BeRLIN, .tik._o494LL 28 Money.lo2i t.t?!i Tnrce per Cents. Bank Shares ... —Allgemeine Zeifung. April '2 , ,.. 102 S St. Sch l u ' i l l d U . Sch., SSiA 4 N, :p t. : r ig c l c: . 7 1 1 : r x i. , k ;, s , rm i r a t i ,g l sesiat: English s ii: ti t/ t i n :l ,z , et l i r re ) e , 4 A, np i: r, e ,i, r i t ( l e ss i . ) . t 6 air ... „ 3,i - town. Earl and Countess of Sefton have arri\id inCURIOUS BIRDS.—One day last week a merlin flew in thrcugh the window of a cottage on the Topsham -road made an attempt to grasp a canary which was in a and nea r the window. The owner of the canary, Mrs. Ilartrur... happened to be present, and struck the merlin to the. groue,! with a parasol ; it however soon recovered, and again made an attack on the canary, but was ultimately killed by throwing books at it. The merlin is not a native of this country, but generally visits it in October. It is one of the smallest of t;;, hawks, not 'being much larger than a thrush, but it is very ecr rageous. It is easily tamed, and is used for hawking quail larks, and other birds.— Western Times. A pair of Genttl Falcons (Falco Gentilis) were shot a few days since, by Mr. Hooper, of Chagford, in Brush-. ford wood, near Chagf..rd. The male bird measured across the wings from tip to tip, four feet, two inches ; and from the b4.ile to the extrerelty of the tail, twenty-one inches. This bird • er.tremely powerful, and commits great depredations in the neighbourhood of the place where it builds ; it has sufficient strength to kill and carry away a pheasant. The d es truction i o n f such a pair of marauders was therefore considered an event_ the neighbourhood of Brushford. The nest of the birds, con twining three eggs, was also discovered and taken, but h were accidentally destroyed.