The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-11 00:00:00

_EVENING EDITION. constituted th e authorities of the. country, and to lay hands I r onthe property of others. • Mr. O'Connor had t alked 11 , the libp,rty of the press. God forbid that it should Trbe encroached upon, but he thought that some limits mould be tnade pith respect to such speeches es had been I re by al le O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor had also talked the charact e r of journalists. He agreed with him ta t ll they were held in estimation, but in the sp eeches of es r . O'Connor all order was discouraged. Mr. O'Connor radstated that he had published nothing but that which was it l indsble and justifiable. Now, in older to show bow far o f h w i as so, he would draw their Lordships' att ention to some Passages which Mr. O'Connor had considered so tCs. ewerthtn That gentleman had be en g oin g through country turtre in every direction for the purp ose of p romot p romoting th :it he conside re d to be a just cause. Mr . O ' Connor et .. tr i al had not said that there was anything inaccurate 4 . 111 e report, and Mr. Chilton , w ho re p orted it, did not shlt tnat it was so, but that it was not a verbatim account. Mr. O'Connor was not now prosecuted for delivering a °Otte la hut for publishing it hi the Northern Sta r . It „tras difficult to say what Mr. O'Connor me ant by physe -1:, force; he spoke of a strong pou rttait of moral force, R ich he (the Attorni t-Generl) was obliged to suppose leant nothing less that, physical force. In. thu news ril:Per of the 130'July they of O'Connor a at Rochdale, and it was for their Lord selTs 1 0 say whether or net it susta ined the infor.mation-- ""ether it was not published with a view to excite insur rection in the minds of the people ag ainst the Crown. In th at speech he said, " When physical force w a s brough t, gainst the pe o ple it would be their du t y to g ive it a warm s 'eeeptiore" Was not that direct inc itement to the peo ie to resist th e lawful authority—to take up arms to re . i ) j l li st th e l aw f u l constituted authorities of the country ? e continued—" we have very l ittle to fear from li r ope, the spy, or the traitor ; it can only our own folly that can b etra y us." Mr. O 'Connor had boasted that it was on accoent of his ele rtisns that the sacred month was not carried into eff et thr ou .. ehout the land. Even admitting that such was the -.li et what teas the motive? In the same speech he said tha t the sacred month would be a uselces waste of time, it Isuld e to not prod uce the result he wished, aiel he went on r ecommenda different course. eithich Would be more t e r gent--more conclusive, than the sacre d month. He had aught forward many eitidavits, ut art , rto s l u tthe • c h„ k uti many occasions express , d laudabl e sentiments-1w there w e r e lauelsble sentenents uttered but y *e re e re uttered in conjunetien eith ttooe of a v•l't o pposite character. They had a speeinisn of at in the speech meee by M r. O'Coenor, and re ported in his paper of the 13th July ; in that e e sa i d o Our only object is to obtain - a fair sa y's sc stages forra 44 day's stork ;" that was a laudabie tltiment glutwas immediately felioweet by;that which 14,, highly ti ph `!ghly censurable: he went on to say th.,:o' the land of light belonged to the people who, by their labeur, cultivated ri ght had a ight to the produce it yielded, and no m an had to more than his fair share of the soil, which,upon ir on y principle of justice, belonged to the whole inheb.t tha n} of the country. Such language, toe d to p eo p le t ceY of whom were in a state of starvation —telling them laudable the had a claim to the land —entirely destroyed the character of the preceding, sentence. Such was thattb Mr. O'Connor called asking only for a fair day's t cgcs for a fair day's work 1 In the same paper appeared he e rep ort o f a speec h ma d e by Mr. Taylor, in which cit recommended every man to have a finch of bacoe th one aide of the fire-place, and a musket on the other ; e Y s , thould have the musket to take ca re of the bacon— r.ai O'C onnor sa id he had never published any thin g im r d ing to lead the people into insurrection. Let their dships look to the manner in which the N orthern Star ti l l conducted. Mr. O'Connor makes a violently sedi -1:12 speecch,—that is given to the world by f or s newspaper, which is also made the vehicle en ewaveying the speeches of others that were also seciiti ep'' The system appeared to be to collect all the seditious iv _ e e r eses that were to be found, and publish them in the 4t ;' there Star, which, according to the boast of Mr. Connor } circulated to the number of 37 , 000 . I n the same : 1 71 3 „hr also was an extract, or a report of a me etin g held 'ewcastle, in which appeared a resolution to the effect th at in ease the Government should proceed in d is p ersin g th e N g meetings of the people by physical force, the men of tt i 4 ," 2 B tie, puffin , their trust in God, and resting upon cos ' rights and the' Constitution, had determined to meet tent force by constitutional resistance ; and it recommended on to give a speech of a Mr.. Ager, who r'Xtntnended all the people to arm them- T h e ... s with pikes, with firebrands, and with torches. s a i o . 'e Were the words put forth by Mr. O'Connor, vet he uss ' that he had never on any occasion couneelle - d the • of Physical force or other than moral means for in eobtain- Charter—these were speeches given to the public Tr• O'Connoi's publication —speeches which were in tendedtl.. to lead to' the universal destruction of property, e t . 'ci which if put in force would introduce misery through .7l, the land. In the speech made by Taylor and re riled in the same paper, that all society, all the institu slms of the country, were to fall—to be levelled at a brow, and that the people would be free if they should wade Ihrou g h streams of blood; yet M. O'Connor coasted that all be did was for the • preserva tion and support of the Throne. All those speeches had only one object in view—the worst possible object— the raising of a civil war, and a civil war of the very worst Ind • —it was setting class against class —setting the rich a gainst the poor—the workman against his employ er—it tended directly to the destruction of capital , without which lab our th was valueless. Those speeches having been "e,and having been given to the world in the ne ws IPaper of Mr. O'Connor, was it not the duty of Public prosecutor to bring the autlier of such publics. a :: before the Curt. This led directly to the subs r et,j„e! society and the best institutions which the country tOr o"?' The number of affidavits sent in by Mr. O'Colo ca p niy showed the necessity of hutting down such Fuld'. e el . pcs,. s womb had so poisoned and debauched the miad. -Mr. O'Connor had boasted . that his :linteo ,c -sot leMEefL-11,P.,„.M.1431. .tha . pro 'eedings in Monmouth, in Sheffield, or at . Bradford. 11, it certainly he bed not led the thsurrection at I•l,•wport. l ilt he was the person who had persuaded to the commis . on of that must criminal attempt, and he was actually tt i eOre guilty, morally !peeking , than th e part i es ' n esged it, that traitorous proceeding. The Jury llgd • without hesitation, found that the publica tions in question bore the character g iven of them i n the information. Mr. O'Connor complained of Vries. He did not' know whether in that he had shown ts respect f or the Constitution. In trial by ju r y be ( the did their had the utmost relianc e, and while they b then' duty as the jury who tried this c ase, M. O'Con, I* , and th ose lik e him, would find that the law wa s too wrong for them, that justice would be done, and that they would receive adequate punishment for their crimes. aft The Judges conferred together for a short time, the r which, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE pronounced th. 7 judgment of thd After recapitulating „c libels charged in the information, his Lordship said— tut: that information he had been found guilty, and h u a i (the Judges) were perfectly satisfied that the Jury tirt u_ come Le a right conciution, because it was impossible h _ e r what he (Mr. Justice Littledale) had read, that they th o a tild not have found him guilty of that intention cru r gei against him in the information, and upon all the it ; t its. If such a state of things had been brought about chi w_aa pointed out in the libel, the most enormous mis teers! inie„ht have ensued. He had been brough: up to Te the judgment of the Court, and in mitigation of Punishment he had himself made an an affidavit.—[The h_ Lear ned Judge then went through the affidavit.)— ni t! could n ot help thinking that in the very account given for Motal force in the. affidavit, it was next door to physical e ,e• There could be no doubt whatever that every sub• d es e ,', of the realm had a perfect right freely to discuss every Vviteical subject, and a right to discuss universal suffrage. . to person bad a right to have his own opinion, t _ discuss those opinions, and to send them forth u the public, or to address them to persons assembled in a constitutional manner, provided that in these speeches be did not promote a breach of the Publicth: peace, and use language that a tendency to subvert tr law and Constitution and the government of the coun -01. Besides his own affidavits, there were the affidavits th a great numbcr of persons, who all stated i " in the speeches they had heard him n 'lake, he had always advocated those princi r'es mentioned in his own affidavit; but whatever Might have been his opinions and speeches prior to the 13 Ai of July, set forth in the Northern Star, the Court was s orry to observe that, unfortunat el y , that p ath had been deviated from in the speech which he himself made as re- Ported on the 13th of July. There was no doubt that the speech reported in that paper was thedefendant's ownspcech, fur he had adopted it. He had also deviated from the path' which he had stated he had firmly confined himself to in having published the speech of Mr. O'Brien, and the statement made in the two libels on the 10th of July. The defendant had stated that he never meant to advise an equal distribution of property among the people or to resort to physical force, but whatever he meant it was difficult to say that the great mass of the People who heard him might not have come to a different eonelusion. It now, therefore, remains (said t he Learned Judge), to pronounce the judgment e , i the Curt, and the sentence of the Court 'Me ton is ; that for this offence you be impriseeed in her NI • • • Caste of York for the space of eigleeen calen dar as months, and that you faire stem - Ay for tour good uehaviour, toutself in 3001 , and two sutteics in 1501. each, for the space of two years. O'Cossoa eislsed tdasirve, AS their sentenced him to be confined it, the Caste,. of Ysrk, that 'Martin, after his cowrie-en, applied to Mr. Justice Er 81thle to be imprisoned at Yuck, but that upon application t o the jailor, the Castle was found to be so tuil that he C ould nut be confined there. Lord DENMAN—We will make an inquiry as to that. Mr. O'Connor thin said that he had been under the car e of his physician for some time past, anal had not yet re covered his health. He hoped, therefore, if the Attor ney -Gene ra l did nat object, that the ir Lordshi p s would allow him to remain in the custo d y of the Marshal of the Court , of Queen's Bench. Lord DENMAN We shall take some time to consider wh ether th e custody we hate mentioned is that which you shall be confined to, and in the moan time you will remain in the custo d y of the Marshal. Mr. O'Connor—l am obliged to your Lordship. On Friday evening an inquest was h eld at St. Geor ge ' s H osp i ta l on the body of Martha Last, aged 17. It I 'PPeared in evidence that the deceased, who was out of place, Was stayi ng at h er s i ster ' s, a h ousema id in the establishment of 411,1 1 named C o lli ns , res idi ng a t No. 26, Manchester -square. 0 the 29th ult. the deceased went after a situation, and on r return she had some words with an elder sister also living tq the same family as lady's maid. She got into a great pas *`"n, and went up stairs. Shortly after she called the house -4'11,41 hP stairs and aidhe had drank some of the contents of ' B 'ta ,e t bottle, poi n ti ng to one' which had contained " bug poison." became very sick, and was removed to the above hospital, „nf're she di e d on Wednesday. The Jury returned a verdict That the deceased (lied through having swallowed a quantity b"fr roison in a fit of passion, not being conscious of its t,eaeily. effects." TH E WEATHER.—The fine warm weather which we enjoyed fcr four or five weeks has been succeeded by cold east and north winds, accompanied with a little rain—Lan raster Guardian. THE U R (I'HIS DAY.) EXAMINATION of COURVOISIER AT BOW-STREET. At an early hour this morning, it having been ru. moured that Courvoisier, the valet of the late Lord William Russell, had been removed from his Lordship's house in Norfolk-street, to the station-house, in the custody of the officers, preparatory to his undergoing an examination before Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate, the entire of the street was blocked up by an immense crowd of people to catch a glimpse of the prisoner on his being brought from the station-house to the Court, which is across the way. The prisoner (as will be seen from a report in another part of the paper) was brought to the station-house in a hackney-coach between twelve and one this morning. After Mr. Jardine had disposed of the night charges Mr. Hall arrived, and had a short interview with Mr. Wray, the Receiver to the Metro politan Police Commissioners, who was on the Bench ; but as none of the witnesses had arrived, and no orderS had been received from Scotland-yard upon the subject, the prisoner was eat brought over from the station-house until the night charges, which on Monday - morning are unusually numerous, were disposed of. Mr. HALL, after holding a long consultation in the Magistrates' room, with Mr. Fox Maule, and Mr. Hobler, the solicitor for the prosecution, entered the Court at twenty minutes before one o'clock. Mr. FLOWER, the Solicitor for the prisoner was also in attendance ; but although he made repeated appli cations to be allowed to see the prisoner at the sta tion-house, he was informed that orders had been re ceived from the Police Commissioners, to prevent any person holding communication with him. Previous to the examination taking place, Sergeant Otway, A Division arrived, havng in }lli custody Jarvis and his wife who it was stated, from the information given by Gould, who was on Saturday remanded to Cold Bath Fields, for being concerned in the robbery of the House cf the late Mr. Templeman, st an d s charzA with the murder of the deceased. The pri soners ,vane lee keit up in separate cas, and up to the hour of going to press they were not brought up to nswcr ,ny complaint, nor (lid the nature of the charge tra%spire. At IL:if-post one o'clock the Hon. Captain Byng, the Compt,r4er of the Hotts4old, came on the Bench, logy' her with Lord Montford and other genticinee. At a quarter • before two o clock, Mr. Hobler hinded to the Bet,ch the Poliee•slvet, on which the charge agdinst the pr serer Courvoisier was drawn up, and Mr. Fiower has ing complained that he was this morning prevented from holding any communication with his c:ient, which on ail other occasions was invariably allowed, Mr. HALL said that unless such a privilege was allowed by a Magistrate,.particularly under the circum stances under which the prisoner was charged, it was always the ease not. to suffer any communication ; but as he did not wish to throw any obstruction in the way, he might return with the prisoner who was during the time the application was making placed at foe bar. Mr. Flower was then directed to accompany the pri soner into a private room, and, after about five or ten minutes delay, they again returned into Court. Th prisoner was then placed at the bar ; he was dressed in a brown frock coat, and did not appear to be in the least confused. Mr. HOBLER, in a few words, stated the nature of the charge, and proceeded to examine Inspector Pearce, A division. Nicholas Pearce, inspector of police, attended at the house of Lord William Russell on Wednesday morning last, I went up to his Lordship's bedroom, and saw his Lordship's body on the bed. He was dead. His Lordship's establishment, as I was informed, consisted of a man servant and two maids. The prisoner was pointed out as the man servant. I spoke to him, and he told me he was his Lordship's valet. His Lord ship was lying a little on his right side. I exa mined the body. I turned down the bed. clothes, and save a great quantity of blood. I did not see the Wound. There was a cloth over the neck. I saw blood on the side of his face, and a great quantity on the bed, also on the floor under the bed. It had soaked through the mattress. I attended an inquest that even ing. I was present when a verdict was given. It was wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. I have since then made search in the house, and have found property belonging to Lord William Russell. I made a search in the butler's pantry on Friday. I made a search through the house as well. The prisoner told me the room I searched was his pantry. I examined the floor, and at the side of the fire-place, by the corner of the seal . , where there was a skirting-board round, I saw a small bit of lime or plaster had been moved, and by tearing away a little I got my three fingers inside the skirting board, and by a sudden jerk a piece aboard about nine inches long and six broad came away as if it bad been previously removed from its position; it was perfectly sound; and at that moment I saw this purse (produced) inside a piece of skirting that led under the sink, further on. It was about two inches in. There were two con stables in the room who sew me. I took it up. It is in the same state as I found it. I examined it, and found it to contain five gold coins, one wrapped in parer, live gold rings, one a wedding ring. I then raw the Waterloo Ined4l produced, a little further on. I then pulled away the other piece of skirting, and took up the, medal and riband produced—the name is on it— further on I found a 101. note, of the Bank of England ; after that, in the same room, I foundlif - watch ring b,h'nd a 1 ad water-pipe, which was behind the plate-cupboard. It was about 7 feet from the ground, and fifteen tact from where I found the other property. I believo all these things to have been the property of Lord William Russell. I had heard the prisoner say before that his Lordship wore rings, and that they were missing. I communicated to the prisoner I bad found them. 1 went to the room he was in. I laid them on the table and s4id, " I have found this property concealed in your pantry," and he said, " I know nothing about them." I said this in the room in which the prisoner was in. I had not then found the ring, I told him I had found them concealed. He said " I kno nothing about them ; I am innocent, and conscience clear." He said, •• I never saw the medal before." Everything was exposed to his.view. I afterwards brought him down stairs into the pantry, and showed him where the things were found. His answer was, " 1 know nothing about them, I am innocent." I continued my search in that room, and the prisoner remained while I did so for some time, The prisoner was not in the room when the split ring was found, nor was it shown to him. Lord William Russell's late valet saw them, and recognised them as his late mas ter's property. Mr. Hobler—That is all the evidence I shall at present offer. Mr. Ham, asked was there any other property found by the witness? Mr. Hobler said that other property bad been found by other officers, but 'he would not go into the examination to-day. In answer to Mr. Flower, the witness said that other perso. s had had access to the pantry. It was not locked. The prisoner was a foreigner ; he could speak English fairly, and had always declared his innocence up to the present moment. Re.examincd by Mr. Hobler—l searched the prisoner and found a bunch of keys, about ten, on his person, and in his right trowsers pocket I found a gold locket for hair, and some silver, about 63. or 7s. in the same pocket. I was exa mining the locket and he said, " that is mine." He gave no account of it. I searched his box and found nothing, but in the pantry, in a small box, I bound a hammer and a chisel and screw driver. I saw the chisel on the bench on entering the room, and was examining the door, which had been forced open, and the chisel was handed to me. I then compared it with a mark on the drawer in the plate cupboard, and the mark and chisel corresponded. The screwdriver I found on the bench, and the hammer in the box. The prisoner was not present. I mentioned the circumstance to him. He said the screw driver belonged to the house, but the chisel was his. Witness then produced the chisel and the otner implcments mentioned. On fitting the screw driver to marks in the plate cupboard, it fitted them accurately. The marks of the chisel were on the drawer. At the back door, where there are marks of violence, the screwdriver corresponds with some of them. In answer to Mr. Flower, the witness said he searched the prisoner on Friday evening. He found the ring on the same day before he searched him. His boxes were searched on Thursday. I found nothing in them. The hammer was found in the tool chest. The property produced was then banded back by the Ma o istratcs to the officers. Mr. HOBLER 7,pplied to have the prisoner remanded until Thursday. Tne prisoner remaked perfectly composed. and occa &omilly gave instiuctions to Mr. Flower's clerk. Mr FLOWER said that he had no objection to the time uu by the solicitor for the prosecution, and the prisoner was remanded to two o'clock on Thursday. Mr. Flower then applied to the Court to be allowed to visit the prisoner, and Mr. tlall consented to give him an order for that purpose whenever it might be requisite. He was then remanded in custody, preparatory to being taken to Westminster Bridewell. CktIMNAL CuURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. The Loco MAYOR opened the Court et 11 o'clock. No case of any interest afterwards came before the Court. Sir William Brabazon, Bart., M.P., being much recovered from his late alarming illness, is expected in London early in the week, to be present on Lord Stanley's debate. W. Stanley, Esq., has been appointed one of the assistant secretaries to the Commissioners of Poor Laws for England and Wales.—Evening Paper. A few days ago a yellow trout was caught in the Tay, which measured from the point of the snout to the tip of the tail, fully 271, inches. It is seldom that a fish of this species is caught e-.:ceeding 20 inches in length. The curiosity excited from its extraordinary size induced the person who captured it to get it stuffed, and it is now in the possession of Mr. Plender leith, birdestuffer, at the barracks. The whole of the animal's teeth are more or less decayed, in consequence, it is supposed, of extreme old age.—Perth Courier. LIBERAITY.—We are infotrned that Sir Bouchier Wecy, Bart., of Tawstock House, near Barnstaple, has generously given an acre of ground each, to sixty poor peo ple for tillage for their own use; and by way of encouragement the person who cultivates the best will bo further rewarded with a prize.— Western Times. The river Teign was never known to be so low as at present. It.can be crossed near Christow, As of it t h on, elm. and m i a y'places, without wetting the sale e RATES ON STOCK IN TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sla,—Sir - Robert Peel having given notice that ho in tends to ask the Under-Secretary of State, or the Attor ney-General, whether it be intended to bring forward any measure for removing the present obnoxious law relative to rating stock in trade, it is to be hoped that he will not at the saute time forget to state that the country is indebted to the clergy for re-opening this almost obsolete mode of rating. The Rev. Mr. Joddrcll was the individual who claimed that his parishioners should be rated on the profits of their farming, and carried the question from Court to Court, until be succeeded in his attempt. When the Parochial Assessment Act was passed, it was considered that all property was to be rated at its net annual value to rent, and the clergy in a body were up in arms, with the Rev. Mr. Tithe-Commissioner Jones at their head, to re sist this mode as far as tithes were concerned. The care Rex v. Joddrell was their glor) ; but when the case Rex v. Lumsdaine decided that all stock in trade is liable to be rated, and that all persons occupying private residences, or property not producing a profit, are entitled to the same sanding and benefit as tithes, the clergy have been a little staggered, hoping to get the Legislature to make an exception as to the.mode of rating tithes without caring about the occupiers of private residences. Now, Sir, as the occupiers of ptivate residences have not thought proper to call fo'r that benefit which the law would seem to give them, and I am sure they arc ready and willing to consent to be rated at the net annual value which the property may be worth to rent, I think that the clergy might also be satisfied at being rated on the same terms and in the same manner to which expediency has given consent, viz., the annual value ; and Sir Robert Peel should rot forget that two Sessions since a short Act was introduced into the House to settle the question as to voting, and declaring that profits of trade, or stock in trade, should not be rated, but Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Robert Peel, and the high Church party, so strongly opposed it at that time that it was withdrawn—they, at that time, little thinking that all occupiers of private residences were equally interested in the decision, Rex v. Jodrell, as the owners of tithes. Let it not be forgotten that we are indebted to the Rev. Mr. Jodrell for resuscitating the rating stock in trade to the Poor-rate. JUSTICE. North Devon, May 9, 1840. A meeting of hussar officers, convened by Lieute nant-General the Marquis of Londonderry, G. CB., was held on Saturday, at the Clarendon hotel, to make preliminary ar rangements for giving a banquet, on a scale of extraordinary splendour, to his Royal Highness /Prince Albert, Colonel-in- Chief of the 11th Hussars, on the occasion of his appointment to the command of tha , regiment. General the Marquis of Anglesey, G. C. 8., took the chair, and there were also present the Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Londonderry, General Sir John Slade, Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison, G. C. 8., the Earl of Rosslyn, Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Wilson, the Earl of Uxbridge, Colonel Sir Maxwell Wallace, Colonel the Earl of Lucian, and ten other cavalry officers. It was ulti mately resolved that a communication should be made to his Royal Highness through the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Cham berlain, requesting to know his pleasure as to fixing a day for the entertainment. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—The following beau tiful combination of 1 ruth and modesty is the product of the Cambridge Chronicle : —.4 We are happy to be able to state that the recept on Sir A. Grant has hitherto met with from the electors he ha= had an opportunity of canvassing has been most satisfactory. The supporters of Mr. Manners Sutton at the last election have received him with great enthusiasm ; and they stand, to a man, without exception, firm to their prin ciples. And so much and such general disgust exists at the proceedings of the petitioners against Mr. Sutton's return, that many of the Liberal party have engaged to vote for the Conser vative Candidate on this occasion, while others have promised not to oppose him. If the Liberals should at last succeed in finding a champion, and should their chaMpion be rash enough to come to the poll, we can promise him a most exemplary drubbing—a more complete one even than that received by Mr. Gibson." In Friar-street, in this town, is a bill, in a Win dow, announcing a Nigt school, from seven to nine.— Stafford shire Examiner. VALUE OF VIRTUE /.—On Friday a fellow, named Philcox, against whom a verdict of 1501. damages had been returned for seducing the daughter of a respectable trades man, came up to the Insolvent Debtors* Court, in order to take the benefit of the Act, when the Chief Commissioner, in pro nouncing judgment, intimated that, in ordinary cases of seduc tion in humble life, 1501. was excessive. We are not precisely of this opinion, deeming that the virtue of a slaughter is as dear to the humble as the high—to the respectable tradesman as the titled Duke. DEw..---The phenomenon of dew is one of the most pleasing objects of contemplation in the whole kingdom of Nature. Its praises have been sung, and not unworthily, by poets in all ages, affording many a delightful simile. Its nightly restorative agency upon the parched vegetation of a summer's sun, is too prominent an object of observation to need remark even in temperate climes ; while upon those lands unvisited by the salutary rain, its blessings are as Mimi-. table as they are indispensable. In Egypt the quantity of dew produced is immense, literally watering the earth, and yielding by its decomposition a fine bleak powder—the pabulum of her bal life. On the other lisnd, dew exerts a most_ injurious in fluence upon the human frame, in degree proportionate in its amount, being moat deadly when contaminated with the miasma of marshy intertropical regions. The conducting power of a damp air to that of dry being as that of 330 to 80, it has an ef fect of reducing the temperature of the skin, and air cells of the lungs; producing more or less derangement of their func tions. The spherulous form of the dewdrop is attributable to the attractive force, whereby particles having freedom of mo tion among themselves are collected round a common centre. According to Farraday not even the lightning flash contains more electricity than the gemlike drop of dew. The nature, and artificial formation of dew differs in an important particular! for whereas in the first instance substances, very imperfect conductors of heat, arc the recipients of this deposit as vegetable and animal fibre, earth, good conductors such as metals,.. gLiss, and stone occasion these other. NEAPOLITAN NAVY.—TiIe whole naval force of the two Sicilies does not exceed a brace of ships of war of the first class, and a few frigates. In point of courage, the Neapolitan sailor is rased much above the soldier. They tell jot a pleasant story of an encounter between one of these men of war and an English frigate, in Murat's time. The frigate lay at anchor at some distance in the bay, and was fired upon by the Neapolitan, who kept up the attack with great vigour, the beach all the while covered with spectators, hallooing, quite cock sure of a victory, and Murat himself among the most vociferous. s , Inglese" bore all most passively, till just when they looked for his hauling down his colours, he opened his fire, and with one well directed broadside nearly sent his adver sary to the bottom; and not content with this he took him in tow, carrying him round the bay two or three several times, to the infinite mortification of the crest-fallen crowd, and after throwing a shell into old Castle Ovo, quietly resumed his station. —Letters to Lord Brougham by Sir Arthur Brooke Faulkner. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—The Candidates now in the field arc, Sir Alexander Grant for the Toriesi and Sir. Starkie, the Queen's Counsel, for the Reformers. The former was twenty years in Parliament before the Reform Bill, and sat for one or two distinguished boroughs in schedule A ; and the latter is the Downing Professor of the Laws of England at this University, a stanch and well tried Whig of the old school; lie is otherwise bound to Cambridge by honourable re collections, having taken a senior wrangler's degree. The Tories have had several days' start in the canvass in consequence of Mr. Gibson's decision as to coming forward or resigning not having been made known to the electors until Thursday last. • It was then understood that a Reform candidate would present himself in the person of Professor Starkie. On Friday night the Learned Gentleman made his appearance at a greatmeeting of the Liberal electors held at the Hoop Hotel. The great room, which is capallle of holding nearly a thousand persons, was quite full. Most of the leading Reformers of the town and University were present. At half-past seven o'clock Patrick Beales, Esq., was called to the Chair. Sir Robert Peel gave a sumptuous entertainment on Saturday evening, in Whitehall-garden, to Sir Martin Arthur Shee and a numerous party of gentlemen, members of the Royal Academy. Several noblemen, eminent for their love of the fine 'arts, were invited to meet the Academicians, the circle including his Excellency M. Guizot, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl de Grey, Lord Ashburton, Sir Charles Bagot, Bart., M. de Norman. Sir Martin Arthur Shee, President of the Royal Academy, Sir Richard Westntacott, Sir David Wilkie, Pro• fessor hitstone, Mr. Landseer, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Maclise, Mr. Stanfield, Sir. Pickersgill, &c. After dinner the party ad journed to the picture gallery, which contains a small but well chosen collection. Many of the modern paintings are me mentos of the lien. Baronet's munificent patronage to the fine arts. Sir Robert has more of Sir Thomas Lawrence's paint ings than any other private individual in this country. Mrs. Cox will give a grand ball on Monday next at the family mansion in Grosvenor-place. Their Royal ' Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ac cepted an invitation to honour the ball by their presence. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury gave his first public dinner on Saturday last, when the guesl; in cluded his Grace the Archbishop of York ; Dukes of New castle and Buccleuch ; Marquis of Cholmondeley; Earls of Galloway, Haddington, Shaftesbury, and Lincoln ; Viscount Dungannon, ; Lords Northwick, Braybrooke, John Thynne, Bexley, Ashley, and Norreys ; Bishops of Ely and Norwich ; Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay, Right Hon. 11. Pierrepoint, Hon. H. Corry, Hon. Wm. Bathurst, and lion. and Rev. Robert Wilson ; Sirs Charles Ogle, Stephen Glynn, M.P., Robert Fitzwygram, and George H. Beaumont; Mr. Shirley, SI.P., Mr. Handley, M.P., Mr. Fellowes, M.P., Mr. Packe, 11. P., Mr. Wm. Miles, M.P., Mr. Blackstone, M. P., Mr. G. Rushout, 51, P., Mr. B. Este( urt, M.P., Mr. John Ellis, M.P. , &c. Prayers took place at half-past six, • chaplains, the Rev. D. Mill and Rev. F. Wells. Dinner was '.atinounced shortly after seven, when covers were laid for - forty-five: PRINCE ALEXANDER LIEVEN.— We are happy to hear that Prince Lieven is recovering from his recent alai minglieeident, though it is but slowly. It is probable se veral weeks will elapse before I.e can be pronounced recovered. Lady Ward and the Hon. Miss Ward left Mi. vart's Hotel on Friday last, for Himley Hail, Staffordshire. The Earl of Burlington, with his family, and accompanied by Lady Caroline Lascelles, left town on Satur day last for Eastbourne, Sussex. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland intend passing several weeks in the autumn at Dunrobin Castle, their splendid baronial residence in the Highlands of Scotland, and will be accompanied by the Marquis of Stafford and the other youthful members of their family. The Duchess of Argyll gives a splendid ball to morrow night to a distinguished assembly of the haut ton. It is the first party given since the Duke came to the title, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Augusta of Cambridge intend to honour her Grace by their company. The Duke of Devonshire intends to rebuild Beeley Church, Derbyshire, solely at his own expense. DEATH OF LADY ANNA MARIA LUMLEY. —Tier Ladyship died at her seat, Arbustus Lodge, near Bath, on Thursday last. Lady Anna was the eldest surviving daughter of John, sixth Earl of Scarborough, and sister to the present Earl, Lady Louisa Cator, and Lady Harriet Ellertun. We are surprised to see what appears a blunder in the design of the new postage envelopes, as it regards the geographical position of the different nations of the globe pere presented round Britannia. The inhabitants of China, Bur . man, and Hindustan, are placed on the west of Britann ia ; and the North American Indian, withtlbleiebWeesptpelanrdsiatno, bear are makingland on the east. The Laplander in his sled g e is seen i n his correct position, as w e ll as the shipping, u its way through the alley of the north-west. Air. Fall, of Wath, near Bedale, has had a ewe sheep whi c h lambed a black lamb, and another which had four eyes and five ears.— Yorkshireman. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland intend passing several weeks in the autumn at Dunrobin Castle, their esidence in the highlands of Scotland, and will be - accompanied by the Marquis of Stafford anti the other youthful members of their family, TliE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 11, IR4O. COURT CIR CUO4 AR. The Queen and Prince Albert, an d th c Queen Dowager attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, the Sub-Dean, who took the text from Deuteronomy, chap. iv., verse 6. The Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Barham, the Lessons by the Rev. Mr. Haden, and the Communion Service, by the Rev. Messrs. Barham and Haden. The Sanctus and Chant were. the Earl of Wilton's. The Musical Ser vice was King's, in C. The Anthem " I was in the spirit of the Lord" (Blow), was sung by Messrs Horn castle, Wylde, Bradbury, and Chapman. Mr. Cooper, jun. presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, was in wait ing. The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Lord Byron, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Sir Frederick Stovin, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Wyldc, and Mr. Francis Seymour. The Queen Dowager was attended by Frances Lady Clnton, Hon. Miss Gore, and Earl Howe. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and suite, returned to Buckingham Palace, after the service, in four of the Royal carriages. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday. Viscount Melbourne had an - audience on Saturday of th e Queen. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord Burghersh, and Mr. George Edward Anson, honoored the rehearsal of the Concert of Ancient Music at the Hanover square Rooms, on Saturday, with his presence. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing on Satur day afternoon, in a pony phaeton. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. In at tendance on her Majesty and his Royal Highness were the Marchioness cf Norrnariby, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Spring Rice. Lord Myron, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Sir Frederick Stovie, lion. Colonel Cavendish, and Colonel Wylde. The Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday afternoon, in the Chapel Royal St. James's. Frances Lady Clinton was hi waiting on her Mojesty, and Lady Anne Maria Dawson was in wait. ing on the Duchess of Kent. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, attended by Baron de Lowenfeis, Col. Wylde, and Mr. Francis Sey mour, left Buckingham Palace at half past nine o'clock on Saturday morning for Falraoutli, to embark for Lisbon Colonel Wylde and Mr. Francis Seymour tock leave of his Serene Highness ai Basingstoke and returned to town. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine Service, yesterday morning, in, the Chapel of the Infant Orphan Asylum. Miss Kerr, Barow Knesebeck, and Colonel Jones were in waiting on their, Royal Highnesses. The Queen Dowager, the Duehas of Kent, Prince George of Cambridge, the Duchess Ida of Saxe \\ cimar, and Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal visited the Prin. cess Augusta, on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke of Cambridge, and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, visited her Royal Highness yesterday. The Duchess Ida, and the Princes and Princesses of Saxe Weimar attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Royal German Chapel. The sermon wes preached by the Rev. Dr. Kuper. Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippathel visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Saturday. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. The Council sat two hours. Sir John Scott Lillie and a deputation had an inter view with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home Office. Mr. Mark Philips and a deputation had an interview with Mr. Labouchere on Saturday at the Board of Trade. The Marquis of Linsdowne had a dinner party on Sa turday at Lansdowne House. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Henry Home Drummond, Esq., M.P., at Fenton's Hotel ; the Bishop of Salisbury and Mrs. Dawson, Sir Arthur Brooke, Bart., M.P., the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Fingal', at Crawley's Hotel ; the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord and Lady George Seymour, at Patterson's Hotel ; the Archbishop of Dublin and Mrs. Whateley, Lord Carew, at Fenton's Hotel ; Charlton Whitmore, Esq., M. P., at ditto • W. Hanham, Esq. at ditto ; Colonel Abercromby, at ditto ; W. Chatteris, Esq., at ditto; Martyn, Esq., at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, at the Carbon Hotel ; the Hon. Captain and Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, Mr. A. Spiers, M. P., and Mrs. Spiers, Lord and Lady Bolton, at Thomas's Hotel ; Mr. and Lady Jane Pym, at ditto; Mr. Villebois ; Lady Seymour ; Mr. and Mrs. Lennox. at Hathaway's Hotel ; Mr. and Mrs. Mordaunt Ricketts and family, at ditto ; Cyrie Lloyd, Esq., at ditto ; Lady .Sitwell and Miss Smith Wright, at the Carlton Hotel, Regent-street ; the Rev. Humphrey Sibthorpe and Mrs. Sibthorpe, at ditto ; M. Corbally, Esq., M. P., in Cockspur-street, from Corbalton Hall, county Meath. DEPARTURES. Sir Thomas B. Hepburn, for Shabden park; the Mar quis of Donegal, for Leamington Spa; Lady Hawley, for Weymouth ; Sir Henry Bruce, for Leamington Spa ; Lord Ileay, for Goldings, Herts; Captain and Mrs. Charles Talbot, for Leamington Spa : the Marquis of Waterford, from the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Eglintown Castle, N.B. ; Colonel and Mrs. Austin, for Warwick shire ; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Cathcart, for ditto ; Sir Orford Gordon and Sir Charles Maxwell, for Bath ; the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, for ditto ; the Hon. Captain Fores ter, 12th Lzneers, for Brighton ; General Sir Alexander Mackenzie, for the Continent; Colonel and Lady Cathe rine Bulkeley and family, for Swanage. Dorsetshire ; Col. Campbell, 9th Lancers, for Hounslow Barracks ; Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, for Portsmouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Nightingale and family, from the Carlton Hotel, Regent %tree% for Hants; H. Ker Legmer, Esq., from Hathaway's Hotels . Since 1827 the Severn has not been lower than at the present timc, and as many es 200 vessels are in conse quence detained below Upton. Lord North, on his brother being appointed Chancellor by Charles 11., having humbly represented, as his bounden though painful duty, that his brother, though per fectly welt intentioned, was not qualified by his talents for so high an office, the witty monarch thanked him with great com posure, and said, "he had always koown that there was one fool among the brothers ; and he was obliged to his Lordship for showing him which it was."—Diary Of a Lover of Litera ture, in the Gentienzan'.s Magazin e . _ _ Her Majesty the Oucen Dowager will leave town next week to take up her residence at Bushy for the sum mer season. It is the intention of her Majesty, subsequently, to accompany her sister, the Duchess Ida, on a visit to Ger many. OLYMPIC THEATRE:—An excellent actor, and most courteous stage manager, Charles Baker, takes a benefit here on Monday. Compton comes forward handsomely to support him in his original part of Jerry Chance, in Mark Le man's farce of Rettenborough. Mr. Nightingale also lends the attraction of his very fine imitations, to diversify the entertain ment, which, we perceive by the bills, will be unusually rich and various. The Staffordshire Gazette has the followine: strange words plefatory to a Government advertisement ::: " Inserted gratuitously !—shainefully withheld from this Jour nal In the Government, because it advocates Conservative prin ciples." Animals' Friend Society last week brought ten cases before the London Magistrates, when a number of persons were tined from ss. to 20s. for cruelty to horses. Captain Denham, R.N., F.R.S., Consulting M ar i n e Surveyor, had the honour of an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and President of the Board of Trade, on Saturday, in Downing-street, to present his work on Harbour Improvement. Friday afternoon, as Emery, a waterman, belong ing to Whitehall-stairs, was rowing up the river Thames in a boat, when off the Red-house he discovered the body of a mast floating on the surface of the water. With assistance it was conveyed to the shore, and, from an examination, its descrip tion of dress, &c., somewhat corresponded with that of the un fortunate man, George Tucker, who, with a party of sixteen other persons were run down by the Bridesmaid iron steam boat, on Saturday (the 2d inst. ) off Old Swan-stairs, Chelsea, all of whom escaped a watery grave but:Tucker. THE WEATHER.—The arid easterly winds and scorching sun have given way to refreshing rain. There is now some appearance of more such showers. The orchards everywhere exhibit indications of an abundant produce, and the buds having been retarded in their appearance beyond the usual period, are now, it is hoped, tolerably safe from the in jurious influence of frost. In some parts of Ireland much rain had fallen before we bad a drop. The same observation ap. plies also to Scotland. The Inverness Courier says-- , 4 After many weeks, or rather some months, of the finest weather ever experienced in this latitude at this season of the year, a very sudden and total change has come on. On the afternoon of Sunday last, the wind set in strong and cold from the east• ward. On Alonday the gale continued with rain, and yesterday morning the higher hills had a fresh coating of snow. It still continues very cold and rainy. At Dalwhinnie, on Sunday, a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning took place, with torrents of rain ; and two sheep were killed by lightning about a quarter of a mile from the inn. This is a rare occurrence in that district. , . i BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—Thursday the neighbourhood of Walmer-lane was thrown into confusion, in conse quence of the finding of the body of a young girl, named Harriet Wright, in the can al, near Walmer-lane Brid g e. The body had no sooner been found and recogniscd, than stispicton , became attached to a young man named Josiah Lilly, with whom she was known to have kept company. Information was sent to the station-house, in Stainforth-street, and Servant Bruff was despatched to the residence of Lilly's mother, m York-street, where he apprehended the youth in bed, at 6 o'clock in the morn ing. An inquest was held yesterday before Dr. Davies and a Jury, which lasted nine hours. The body, on being examined, exhi bited no marks of violence. From the account of some of the witnesses, the prisoner and the deceased had been on intimate terms, and much attached to each other. The prisoner is about eighteen years of age, bore rather an indifferent character, and is an apprentice to a plane manufacturer in Birmingham. A great number of witnesses were examined, and the J ury , at half-past eleven on Frid a y nighacter twenty minutes' consul talon, returned the following verdict :—" We are agreed that the deceased canoe by her death by drowning, and record a ver- i diet of wilful murder against the prisoner. Brixham is now become a complete mining dis. trict, as there are four iron ore mines in full work, shipping some hundreds of tons per chew • The ore is of good goody. ANGLESEY SIIEEP.—There was lately slaugh tered at Bodednyfed Farm, near Amlwch, Anglesey, a fi ne ram, of the old Welsh breed, the property of Mr. 'freweek from the skin of which the extraordinary weight of 101bs. of wool was taken • the carcas e wei g hed 821bs. The usual quan tity of wool yielded by sheep of the same breed aver ages f rom five to six pounds. HINT TO BATHERS. --Ally human being, w h o will have the presence of mind to clasp the hands behind the back, and turn the face towards the zenith, may float at ease, and in perfect safety, in tol erabl y still water— ay) and s l eep there, no matter how long. If, not knowing how to swim, you would escape drowning , when y ou find y o urself in deep water, you have only to consider yourself in an empty pitcher; let your mouth and nose, not the to p p art 0 your heavy head, be the highest part of you , a nd y ou are safe : but thrust up cone of your bony hands and down y ou go ; turning u p the handle tips over the pitcher. The Hon. Mrs. Norton has been on a visit dur ing last week to Mr. and Mrs. Brineley Sheridan ? at FrPrlptoll . ' Howe, Dor:Wallin:. ANGLO-HIBERNIAN RAILWAY PROJECTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Tbe public ought. to be obliged to you for so early directing attention to the reports of the Commis sioners on this subject. I Kish, however, to correct some important omissions and transpositions in the quotations you have given from the reports, calculated to misinform the public as to their ma terial contents. I doubt not they have occurred through inadvertence, so far as you are concerned ; nevertheless, the tendency is to establish the Portdynllaen line, whereas whatever alleged superiority in favour of that line appears in the report, is in favour of the coast line over the interior lines, radiating from that harbour terminus. The final de cision is in favour of Holyhead over all the competing lines. In your journal of the Bth inst., between the first and second quoted paragraphs (both being from page 22 of the Report), you omit an important table, showing " that even if the harbours of Portdynllaen and Holyhead had been equally favourable for a packet station, the saving in favour of the latter line would be as to time, halfGn hour, and as to length of Railway to make, three miles and a half. In your lengthy extract of the following day, the same table is generalised, although every material table relating to what is now called the Portdynllaen line is in serted at length. Again—ln the article of the Bth inst., after omitting the table just alluded to, the quotations go backfour pages, in order, as it appears, to give a table en the comparative merits of " the competing lines to Portdynllaen," a ques tion now " put out of Court" by the decision of the Com missioners. I think it was at least equally important you should have given the table showing the comparative merits of the Holyhead, and the best Portdynllaen lines, which the omitted table gas. Then follows the conclusion of the report,lnot totally severed from the decisive opinion in favour of Mr. Steven son's line, over Chester and Bangor to Holyhead, although in the report following in regular sequence. I should not have drawn your attention to these points, but for the tendency already alluded to, and also because a similar use bad been made of the report in the Carnar von and Denbigh Herald, by a person who signs himself " Henry Archer," dating " 5, Chester-street, Grosvoner place, Lendon." If it is the same Mr. Archer alluded to by the Commissioners as the projector of the Portdyn llaen line, the reason for his doing so is obvious enough. But I am certain nothing but the most impartial and disin• terested feeling actuates you on this and all other subjects. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ' GIRALDUS CAMBRIENSIS. [We readily insert the above, and beg to assure the writer that we have not been actuated by any feeling of partiality in favour of Portdynllaen; on the contrary, we entirely agree with the Report of the Commissioners as to the decided superiority of Holyhead, both as a Railway terminus and packet station, when the contemp!atcd en largement of the harbour is carried into effect. We this day publish the Naval Report, and we shall also publish Mr. Stephenson's Report in a day or two.—ED. Sun.] GENERAL POST OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,---I beg to hand you the accompanying extract, to show how willing the Post-office authorities are to attend to suggestions respecting the transmission of letters, and also to encourage other commercial travellers, who see room for improvement, to make known their views to the Secretary of General Post-office. Yours respectfully, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Birmingham, May 9, 1840. EXTRACT FROM LETTER. " The arrival of the Ride from Newark has been timed to the despatch from Nottingham, according to your last suggestion, by which a day will now be saved in the com munication from Worksop and Retford to Birmingham." General Post-office, May 4, 1840. A VOLUNTARY CLOCK, AND OP POSITION TO CHURCH-RATES. Ma TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In July last year, the Chapelwardens of Bil ston, Staffordshire, gave notice to the person who had the charge of winding up and regulating the church clock, that they would not be answerable for his salary. The reason of this was, because they could not obtain a rate in vestry for congregational and other expenses; and notice had been given to them that any items in their ac counts which the strict letter of the law did not allow would be objected to, and it was likely that those objections would be sustained. The Church clock, therefore, was stopped, and it conti nue d s t an di ng , v e ry grea tly to the inconvenience of the colli ers , m i ners , an d persons connected with the iron, w or k s , t h at const i tute the great bulk of the inhabitants of the town, until the month of October. By that time the inconve nience having been sufficiently felt, and it was thought the minds of the inhabitants having been sufficiently prepared for the purpose, a meeting of the ratepayers was called in vestry to grant to the Chapelwardens a rate of Is. in the pound, to defray the following charges, viz., repairs and winding up of the clock, and arrears due, five o'clock and curfew bell, and beadle," to which they added visitation expenses, law expenses, and summonses not recovered, collector and postage, and sacrament wine," besides other things. The object of all this was to steal a march on the Dissenters, and under cover of the convenience of th - town to obtain a rate for all the congregational expenses which the Church party had previously pledged themselves to find out of their own pockets. They were, however, com pletely defeated in their attempt. The notice calling the meeting was found to be informal, but that objec tion would have been over-ruled, and a motion for the rate moved by one of the Chapelwardens, and seconded by the' other, was about to be put in the meeting, when the Independent Minister came forward, to move an amendment. However, to prevent his speaking, the notice calling the meeting was admitted to be informal. The motion for the rate was with drawn, and the whole .proceedings fel Ito the ground. This was a glorious triumph for the Dissenters, and they might have retired from the oneetin,g content with what they had achieved, but. they felt the inconvenience arising from the standing of the church clock ; and al though they had refused a rate for the purpose of re pairing and winding it up, because it was connected with other things with winch they had nothing to do, they offered to find by subscription half the money ne cessary for all objects of public utility, if the Church people would find the other half. But the offer was indignantly refused ; and it was said by one person, a leading man amongst them; that if the Dissenters would find all the money for the clock, it should not go without a rate, as, to use his own words, " that would be to sacrifice the principle." The Dissenters, there fore, must either submit to be taxed for visitation ex penses, law expenses, summonses not recovered, Sacra ment wine, &c., or they must submit to be without the use of a clock which had been bought and put up with their money, in common with that of the whole town. They determined not to submit to the exaction, and yet they determined that the town should not suffer through them, for they resolved to have a clock of their own, and supported on the voluntary principle. That deter mination has at length been carried into effect. A handsome clock has been erected on the top of the In dependent Chapel, which is a conspicuous object in the main street of the town, with four dials, one of which is to be illuminated ; an excellent clock has been put into this tower ; and on Wed nesday • last, the 6th day of May, it com menced going, very greatly to the delight of many of the inhabitants. The spirit manifested in this un dertaking will appear to have been as generous as it was determined when it is known, that the parties who promoted it, although at the beginning of the year they had involved themselves in an expenditure of more than 5001. for the erection and opening of an infant school, and two British schools, did not hesitate, rather than sacrifice their principles, to incur an expenditure of 150/. more, for the raising of which they are quite willing to trust to the voluntary principle. In the accomplishment of their object they have had no small difficulties to encounter. Although the church clock continued standing for some months after the refusal to grant the rate in vestry, when it was ascertained that engagements had been actually entered into for the new clock, the church clock was repaired, and once more set to work, without either rate or voluntary subscriptions, at least from the Dis senters. This was intended to prevent the obtaining of subscriptions towards the voluntary clock, but even that attempt has not been successful, as nearly onc half the money has already been either obtained or promised, and the remainder, there is no doubt, will be forthcoming when asked for. Bilston, May 8, 1840. As an illustration of the great popularity of Tory principles and " the re-action" in favour of them in this county, we suppose the York Chronicle has been permitted to expire ! The late Chronicle was 68 ears of age, and was one of the oldest Tory papers, if not the oldest, in Yorkshire. It has been a staunch advocate of its party ;—not over nice as to what it said of Liberals ; and was the chosen vessel from which all the low malignity of the York Tories was discharged upon their opponents. Hence it was called the Slop-pail. However, Nil de mortuie nisi bonum : so we must take out our pocket-handkerchief and exclaim over Mr. Lowther's paper Requiescat in pace !—Alas, poor " Slop-pail !"—Yorkshire man. THE RAIN.—The suddenness with which the rain came on yesterday afternoon , about the time when the fasbionables were abroad to take the air, to admire and be ad mired, made sad havoc with drapery. Hundreds, and per haps thousands. of elegantly dressed people were caught in the Parks, in the Zoological and Kensington Gardens, and could not escape a wetting. However, such an accident will be good for business. The dresses which were spoiled must be replaced by new ones, and the catching weather, so propitious to vege tation, will be found, we believe, equally advantageous to the silk and millinery trades. Died at Rome, on the 9th ult., aged 88, the Right Reverend Charles Edward fifth Duke of Melfort, &e. &c., and a Roman Catholic prelate. This venerable nobleman was chief of the ancient and distinguished family of Drum ! mond. and heir to the forfeited Earldoms of Perth and Melfort, and other titles in Scotland, to which he would have been re stored at the time of the restoration of the titles of Earl of Mar Vi s count Strathalan, &c., in 1825, but, being a Ro man Catholic., and a prelate of that Church, his claim was not then pre ferred. He is succeeded b y his onl y ne p hew and heir , George Drummond, Esq., a captain i n the army , late of the 93d Highlanders; who, as these titles have never been dropped, now bears them, which was generally done by the linear de cendants of the nobles attainted for their adherence to the un fortunate House of Stuart, before they were restored, as ; iverny.”, Airlig, &c, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES.—TRURSOAY (CONCLUDED). One hundred Pounds in specie, the gift of the proprietors of the secondary stand, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each ; three yrs old, 6st 81b ; four, Bst 31h ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 211) ; mares and geldings allowed 31h ; winners of SU/., 31b; twice, ur more, 51h extra. The second saved his stake. Heats once round and a distance. Seven Subs. Lord Eglinton's b g the Potentate, aged (Lye) 1 1 Mr. Collett's br c 'The Dean, 4 yrs Lord Westminster ch h Sir Ralph, 4 yes Mr. Shackell's br c Malvolio, 4 yr , : Won easily. Sir Ralph and Malvolio started only to make a race. FRIDAY. The Palatine Stakes of 130 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b ; those out of untried mares and by untried horses, at the time of naming, allowed 31b; both, ill). From the Castle-pole, once round, and finish at the coming-in chair. Six Subs. Lord Westminster's br c The Shah (Holmes) 1 Sir R. Blitheley's b c Physician (31b) ... Mr. F. R. Price's ch c Tuly 3 Mr. .Meiklam's bl c Bushranger (51b) bolted Betting--25 to 10 on The Shah, 3 to 1 agst Bushranger, 4 to 1 ngst the bc, and 6to 1 agst Tuly. 'Won cleverly. The Cheshire Stakes of 9 5 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de clared, &c. ; with 50 added by the Town. The second saved his stake. Two miles. 16 subs, of whom 7 declared. Lord Eglinton's b m Bellona, 5 yrs, Bst Blb (Lye) I Mr. Buckley's eh c Charley, 6st 13Ib .... Sir T. Stanley's br c Apothecary, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 3 Mr. Fowler's gr c The Friar, 5 yrs, 7st 12 1b..... 0 Lord Miltosvn's b f Medea,4 yrs, Est tilb ..... ... 0 Won easy. The llogdee Stakes of 10 soya each, 11 ft, with 50 added by the Stand:Committee, for 3 yrs old, that have run during the week. From the Two-year-old Post, once round and in. (3 subs. ) Alostyn's ch c Bedellan, 3 yrs, Bst 51b.. ...... (Darling) I Lord Westminster's br c Secander, Bst 51b 0 Mr. Shackwell's br g Shark, ist I ‘ , lb 0 Even on Seeander, 7 to 4 agst Bedellan, and 3 to 1 agst Shark. A beautiful race, was won by a bare head. A dead for second. The Win-al Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added by the Gentlemen of Wirral; the second saved his stake. Three quazters of a mile. (7 subs.) Mr. 'l'. Critchlry's bl c Dunstan, 3 yrs, 9 st..( Whitehouse) I Sir I'. Stanley's ch c Habbitcatcher, 3 yrs, 9st The following were not placed :--Mr. W. Foster's b t by Olympus, out of Miniature, 3yrs Bst I llb ; Lord Stanley's r c De Clifford, 3yrs, 9st ; and Sir R. Bulkeley's ch f Jenny Jones, :3) - rs, Bst 111 b. Betting, 6to 5 agst Rabbitcatcher ; 6 to 4 against Dc Clifford, and 3to I agst Dunstan. \Von cle verly by half a length. The Ladies Purse of 55 soya, and 10 sous for the second, for the beaten hoese of the week, 3 yrs-old, 6st 121 b ; 4 yrs, Sat •.i.lb ; 5 yrs, Sat 81b ; 6yrs- and aged, 9st-; winners of one clear 501. 21b ; of two, 51b ; of three of more, •81b extra ; mares and gellings allowed 31b. The best of heats twice round. Mr. - Barrow's b m Cather:na, aged (Hopwood) 0 1 1 Colons' Anson's eh 6 Nightshade, 3yrs 1 0 2 Mr. Price's b f Lady Abbess, 4yrs 0 0 3 Sir T. Stanley's b g liarboni, syrs Lord Warwick's bc by Giovanni, 3yr5.......... Air. Shackell's br g Shark, 3yrs DUREItAI BALES.-THURSDA The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added, for 3 vrs old, Est 101 b ; 4 vrs, Bst 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a half. 4 subs. Mr. Hesletine's hr f The Shadow, 4 yrs Mr. Hutchinson's ch f Maria Monk 3 yrs Mr. Clarke's ch c Auckland, 4 yrs Mr. Gray's br g Uriah, 4 years Won cleverly. The Maiden Plate of 501-, given by the Members for the City. Heats 2 miles. Col. Cradocks b c Messmate, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Jaques) 0 1 1 Mr. Kirby's b f by Liverpool, out of Dirmid's d 3 yrs, 7st 21b Mr. Robertson's h c Little 80-peep, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 0 0 3 Mr. Allen's b f Moleskin, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 11r. Surtees' b h Manfred, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ... 0 bolted Several started for the first and second heats, but were not placed. Three well contested heats. PARIS RACES.-THURSDAY. The Cadran Prize, of 3,000 francs, given by the Jockey Club, for four yrs old and:upwards. Heats, once round and a quarter. Duke of Orleans' Nautilus, 5 yrs (Davis) 1 1 Lord H. Seymour's Fortunatus, 5 yrs Mr. Sautcrre's Nelly, 4 yrs Mr. Carter's Vendrede, 5 yrs M. Aumont's Insulaire, 5 yrs... 3 5 The. Jena Prize, of 1,2C0 francs, for three yrs old and upwards. Once round. The winner to be sold for 2,000 fiance. Duke of Orleans' Dude, 3 yrs (Pavis) 1 M. Sebatier's La Nonne Sanglante, 3 yrs .. 2 The Pavilion Prize, of 5,000 francs. Heats, twice round. Duke of Orleans' Francesca, 4 yrs ...( Pavis) 1 1 Lord 11. Seymour's Britannia, 4 yrs ' 2 0 The Trial Stakes, of 500 francs each, with 500 added, for three yrs old, the produce of a French bred horse or a French bred mare. One mile. ( Six subs.) M. Aumont's Tontine, by Teetotum . ...( Flatman) 1 Lord H. Seymour's Gericault SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS 07 . THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronrcle.) Some of Lord Stanley's advocates make an amusing but somewhat unlucky defence for the harassing provisions of his Bill. When the increased powers of annoyance given to the Irish landlord, and the multitudinous embarrassments of every kind with which the measure surrounds the claim ants of the franchise, are pointed out so clearly as to be utterly incontcstible by any degree of sophistry or inge nuity, they exclaim, " oh, there is no evidence of malign intention in all this ; it arises merely from unacquaintance with the peculiar circumstances of the country, and the de tails of the relation between landlord and tenant. Irish men arc of course better acquainted with Irish affairs than any English senator can be. Depend upon it the noble lord had the best possible intentions , he is only de ficient in the requisite minuteness of information. Do go into committee, and see whether between our benevolence of purpose and your superior knowledge, we cannot con coct a satisfactory and valuable measure." It is for Lord Stanley to choose the horn of the dilemma most to his taste. We have no desire whatsoever to protect him against the charge of ignorance. Ho displayed that qua lity when Secretary for Ireland in extraordinary perfec tion ; and we doubt if he has gained much additional wis dom in opposition; for his lordship is one of those natures who would not be instructed were you to bray them in a mortar. (From the Times.) A weekly journal, whose pretensions to neutrality arc expressed by systematic sneers at all parties in the state, while its own real feeling peeps cut on every occasion which admits of an underhand attack upon the monarchy, with equal coolness and unfairness designates Lord Stanley's Bill as a " disfranchising measure." This sort of misnomer ought to be met at once by a remonstrance at its utter dis regard of truth. Lord Stanley's Bill is no mcaiure of dis franchisement. It seeks to disfranchise no man in Ireland who has a legal right to vote. It attempts nothing but to guard against forgery and fabrication the rightful " fran chise" of every man in the community who is:possessed of the qualification which the law requircs as the ground of his claim to the franchise. There never was anything so false or wicked as the language of O'Connell and the Treasury runners respecting this most salutary and important Bill, which aims at no more than to exclude from future Parlia ments a tribe of factious adventurers, pushed into the house of Commons, not to represent the real constituency of Ireland, but delegates from a large mass of non-clee tors, the pauperism, fraud, and perjury, and desperation of that island, who hear down the bona f ide electors, and force upon them nominal Members of Parliament, inca pable of sympathizing with their wants, or of delivering their political sentiments. ( From the Morning Post.) A controversy has arisen upon the question whether the Coroner's jury which inquired into the circumstances that caused the death of Lord W. Russell were right in coming to a verdict as soon as they found that he had been mur dered. It seems to us that the jury did what was perfectly right. It is easy to spin out a sort of semi-legal pleading in ,favour of a more extended inquiry; but the common sense and better feeling of the public will, we are sure, con cur in the propriety of the course which the jury followed. Protracted inquiries before the Coroner generally resolve themselves into a mass of what is called in law " imperti nence," anal what may be called in common parlance " idle gossip." The Globe has fairly stated the truth and the com mon sense of this matter. The use of the coroner's'inquest is to find out whether the death was produced by crime or not, and, if it was, what was the nature of the crime. Then comes in the oflice of the police, which certainly is far more likely to ba successfully executed when it may be pursued in secrecy. Half the parade of inquests seems to be more for the sake of gratifying the pompous assump tion of the coronet or the prurient curiosity of the jury and the neighbourhood, than for furthering the ends of justice. The police arc the proper perions to hunt out the perpe tratorsof crime. It is to he regretted, however, that in several instances of late years the police have not sue ceedi d in finding out the perpetrators of shocking murders. (From the Morning Herald.) We think the mystery respecting the murder of Lord William Russell is not unlikely to be cleared up, hut we cannot thank Mr. Dawson and his fellow jurors for any elucidation of the mystery, it elucidated it should be. They abdicated their functions to the police at the very mo ment when they should have pressed their inquiries with most vigour and activity. Such conduct tends to bring an ancient constitutional tribunal into disrepute as being utterly useless, which is the very thing the Whig Government, who are anxious to place the whole country under the surveillance of a centralised gendarmerie, most de. voutiv desire. " Facts are stubborn things." The facts of undiscovered crime in the metropolis say little for the efficiency of a semi-military police, either as a force preventive or detective of crime. How many of the jewel robberies at the west-end of the town have they prevented or discovered ? Had the jewel-robberies and burglwies which, during some years past, have happened, and fre quently with perfect impunity, been committed within the jurisdiction of the City, what an outcry would the Govern ment Scribes have raised against the London corporation for allowing its " privileges" to stand in the way of the introduction of a Home-office police into that portion of the metropolis, where there is more valuable property crowded together in a small space than in any part of the world? Who discovered the perpetrators of the memorable gold dust robbery, and brought t h em to justice ? Not the New police, but two of the officers of the al , ' establishment. NORTH DEVON PARSON. PETTY SESSIONS, BARNSTAPLE, Arait,3o. The Rev. Richard Blackmore, surveyor of the high ways of the parish of Charles, applied for the allowance of a rate for that parish. This application was refused by the Bench, as it appeared he had neglected to verify his accounts for the last year in the manner prescribed by the Act of Parliament. Ile also produced a license (drawn by himself) to work his own team on the repair of the highways, in his parish, for the ensuing year. This license the Bench refused to sign, considering that these might be many rate-payers in that parish who would be glad to be employed by the surveyor, without his being ilecessi , tated to use his own team.•-1 1 'orth Devon Journal, EVENING EDITION. RAILWAYS. OPENING OF THE NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.--This important line of communication between the north of England and the central and southern parts of the island, will be partially opened on Monday next (this day). The distance then to be opened will be from Sheffield, or rather from Rotherham to Derby—the five miles between Rother ham and Sheffield being upon the Sheffield and Rother ham Railway. From Rotherham to, Derby it is about forty miles. We understand that there is to be no pub-. lip display or ceremony on this partial opening; but when the railway shall be completed to Leeds, which will take place in about two months, this great work will ke opened with the degree of eclat which it merits.... Leeds Mercury. OPENING OF THE SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of the town was held on Wednesday list, to consider the best means of cele brating the opening of the railway. A committee was appointed fo r t h at purpose, and they have since determined on inviting the Directors and their ladies to a dejeune a la fourchette, upon their arrival. Some other public de monstration will be made, but the committee have not yet decided on it. Woods, at the Archery Rooms, gives a grand gala on the occasion, for which he has engaged a celebrated Fire King, and other entertainments.—. Ham pshire Telegraph. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MAY 7.—Hoang-tong-Kao, a Chinese Commissioner, has just arrived at Amsterdam, on board a vessel belonging to the Handel-Maatsehappy. He is the bearer of a rescript of the Emperor of China, and which empowers bim to deliver letters of Marque against the English. He is going to the dif ferent seaports of Europe, where, after having exe cuted his commission, he will proceed to those of North A merica.—Courrier 8e4),.e. Mr. Conway, Secretary to the Civil List, set out yesterday for Ardenne ; the King will go direct from Paris to his country seat, and spend some days there. His Majesty will return to Luken next week. His Majesty was to leave Paris yesterday. During the last ten days of the month of April, 60,487 persons travelled by the new railway, the quan tity of goods conveyed w;;s '2,317 ,7 69 kilogrammes, and the total receipt 144,693 francs, of which the passen g:n; paid 116,59.2 francs. _ . An English bankrupt, who has fled from the isle of Jersey, eras going to open under a false:name, a mercer's shop, on the Montegne de la Cour. He has been ar rested, and conveyed. to the Petits Carnes. COBURG, APRIL 23.—According to the latest ac counts which have been received from England, our Hereditary Prince is preparing shortly to leave London, and to pay a visit to his relations at Lisbon. Nothing whatever is known here of a marriage of Prince Ernest and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, which has l a t e ly been mentioned in the German, and after them, in the English journals, and tha report appears to be at present entirely destitute of foundation. VIENNA, APRIL 28.—His Majesty will leave Vienna on the 3d or 4th of May, and go to Presburg to close the Hungarian Diet. BERLIN, APRIL 29.—The King has not wholly re- covered from his indisposition, though he rides out more , frequently, and sometimes visits the theatre. It is at all events not likely that he will be able to go to Silesia, where the Empress of Russia hoped to meet her father. Her Majesty has, therefore, resolved instead of going to Fischbach, to come direct to Berlin, by way of Staten, to which place she will come in a steam-boat, accom panied by the Emperor, whom we hope to see at Berlin by the end of May, at spring review. The King and Queen of Hanover, and other Princes related to our Court, arc likewise expected. FLUSHING, MAY 4.—ln spite of the remarkable long continuance of dry weather, the corn looks very well, only the rape seed is said to have suffered much in some parts. The mild spring weather has caused vegetation to be very forward, and promises, if we have rain, which is much wished for, a most delightful summer. THE HAGUE, MAY 7.—Yesterday the works for draining the Haarlem Mer were commenced with great activity. In the sitting of the :;econd Chamber yesterday, the Central Section presented its Report on the Budget ; the President proposed to fix Friday morning for the discussion. A discussion took place on the subject, but no day was fixed. MAESTRICHT, MAY s.—Last night the cloth manu factory (not quite finished) of M. Hankart was de stroyed by a dreadful fire. The building was six stories high, and thirty windows in breadth. The damage is estimated at between two and three hundred thousand florins. The manufactory was not insured. ALMELS, MAY 5.-- The neighbouring village of Vriesinsueen is at this moment in flames. Thirty-seven houses are already destroyed, and the flames rage with unabated fury. Everything is to be feared for the vil lage ; there is no possibility of stopping the conflagra tion, and the inhabitants are in consternation. DUTCH FUNDS.—ANSTERDA3r, MAY 8. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, .f.% per Cent 00000000000 5'.2 , ), 53 Ditto, ditto 3 per cent. /Mott Svndie,4 l , per cent 91% 92 Ditto, ditto, :1 4 per cent. 155 76 Commercial Company, 4!:, per cent...—. 191 1 { IS I% Ditto (153 and 183:3) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. lOO% 101;4 Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9B peg Exchange on London, One month ll 95 Two months —Dutch Papers, May BELGIAN k UNDS-118UssEui, MAY 8. Actual Debt, 2!. i i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per o . ... 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per ..... par Cent...—. 73% Lean of City, 1832,4 per Cent. Society Of Commerce, 45; per Cent Bank of Belgium, 5 per 138% National Society Exchange on London (short) X 11 97% —Brussels Papers, May S. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 30. Five per Cants. Metalliques •....... 108 i Four per Cents. Three par Cent;. .............................».».».».„.. 82% Bank Shares . ..... ............. 1831 ------ ---------.----„ .....Allgcmeme Zeitung, May 5 -- - HAMBURG BORSENIIALLE, 'lay 7. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank bhare , An?lo-Itussan Loan lO9 105 x Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, CGrtificate Inscription, Ist Series ION Russian 5 per Cent. Hopi and Co. 3d and 4th Series — DEtli Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, ti per Cent.... ......... • 52 51% Ditto O per Cent 9B -- Polish Bonds New ricket Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 7 6 34 76g *Norwegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Cent... Spanih, New 3 per Cents. 2l li, I..CIIANGES ON LONDON. IlAstpt , ac, May 9.-13. C—Two months, 13 414. STOCKHOLM, MAY l.—Seventy-tire flays, 12. 0. BREMEN, MAI s.—Two months, 609. CORN LAWS. (FROM A' CORRESPONDENT.) The so-called representatives of the people will shortly, no doubt, again refuse to attend to the voice of the country, which is loudly demanding the abolition of the Corn-laws, and probably many of them deny that much excitement exists on the subject. It will be well for those gentlemen to pay some attention to the Twenty-fifth Report of the Select Committee on Public Petitions, by which they will find that up to thch 14th of April there have been presented in the present Session— Signatures. For the repeal of the Corn-laws 1,177,313 For alteration 1,236,995 225,510 Against any alteration 1,011,485 This is a most. triumphant majority, and one which we may defy the landed aristocracy, with all their wealth and influence, to make any impression upon. It is a numerical expression of interest and. opinion which has, probably, never before been ap proached. But the expression of an universal rnd unparal: leled interest is still more strikingly demonstrated by the fact that the signatures in favour of the total abolition of the Corn-laws exceed the entire num. Ler of all the signatures to all the petitions for and against ever!' sulject upon wick petitions have been presented during the whole of the present Ses sion :--. Number of signatures to petitions on every other subject, for and against ..... Majority in favour of the repeal of the Corn law•s 893,411 283,902 In puhlic estimation, therefore, all other subjects appear insignificant. (Signatures; For Church Extension—the hobby-horse of the Bishops Against the grant to Maynooth Collegc—tho bigot prayer of the Orange party For the abolition of Church-rates —the desire 103,640 40,331 22,999 of the Dissenter For Irish Municipal Reform—the watchword of O'Connell and the Whigs For en alteration of Church patronage in Scotland—the enthusiasm of the Presbyte rians 240,80% For Universal Suffrage—the hope of the 12,584 Chartists And For the abolition of the Corn-laws—the cry of the s,ufreving people for cheep bread And that cry must plevad. An extensive trade is now carried on along the shoves of the Moray Frith in sending pigs to the London market. The North Star steamer, which lett here on Thurs day, carried no less than 340; and on her prerous trip there were above 400 on board. Each of these are valued at about 305., and each is pad for their conveyance to London, where they rind a ready market. On board the North Star there were also a number of sheep and fat cattle, and seventy chests of eggs, each containing one hundred and seventy dozen. The effect of this constant, drain to supply the London market may tend to raise prices at home, but it must be highly bene• ticial to the farmers and tenants, and conducics to the general prosperity and improvement of the country. Courier. from Lord Manners is slowly recovering Invernme a severe attack of influenza, The Noble Lord is in his Both year.