The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-30 00:00:00

' EVEN IN E DITI 0/N4 . .-. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE• EVENINGiijiN Victoria Tavern, where he produced the dog. and de- I mended thirty shillings for giving it up. The corn plainant paid the money, and then gave him in charge The following statements as to the popui'ation, com to the police. I merce, and currency of the British Colo; ries in the In his defence, the prisoner sal d that he bought the year 1836, are gathered from Mr. Porter's tables, just dog of a man be did not know. published, and may be very acceptable to. our readers The Magistrate sentenced the man to pay a fine of I generally : Si., or two months' imprisonment. In Lo wer Canada the p o p ulation was .57 2,227, the The prisoner at first reused 16 pay the fine ; but imports 1,941,05 3 /., the exports 1,03 1,5141., the after being locked up for a short time he paid the money, paper currency in circulation 343,9721:. ; however, and was discharged. I the population is really supposed to exco...ed 600,000. In Upper Canada the population was 367,841, the outstanding Government debentures (at. the end of 1836) 159,165/. in Upper Canada, and 941,600/. in England ; the number of cultivated acres, 1,282,134. In New Brunswick, the populatio n wa s 1119,457, the number of emigrants 5,886, the impora;s 863,7881., the exports 547,7201. In Nova Scotia the imports were 733,5401., the exports 446,0971,- At Cape Breton, the imports were 8,8091., the ex,aorts 34,4601. At Prince Edward's Island the imports w...re 1,3941, the exports 11,610/., the paper money was 14,78 W. At Newfoundland the population was 74,705, the im ports were 579,799/., the exports 787,0991., the amount of coin (supposed) 80,0001. to 100,0001., the numbers of am es cultivated 11,062. At Antigua the imports were 191,81 71., the exports 175,8681.' At Barbadoes the imports treTe 615,5031., the exports 636,853/. At Dominica the imports were 68,077/., the exports 78,2821. At Grrynada the im ports were 147,315/., the exports 201,0801. At Ja maica the imports were 2,108,606/., the exports 3,315,670/. ; the paper currency was 289,5186. 16s. (checks not bearing interest.) At Montserrat the population was 7,119, the imports 9,2191., the ex ports 19,069/., the amount of coin about 2,0001. At Nevis the population was 9,250, the im ports 32,5111, and the exports 34,885/. At St. Christopher's the imports were 98,3441., the exports 145,7031., the amount of coin in circulation. (supposed not to be above) 12,000/. .At St. Lucia. the population was about 15,330, the imports were 60,3441., the exports 69,0401., the number of acres; in crop 9,459. At St. Vincent's the imports were 155,5221., the exports 349,480/. At Tobago the int port4 were 73,9371., the exports 196,974/. At Tor tda the imports were 15,225/., the exports 23,1291., the amount of coin about 1,000/. At Trinidad the imports were 469,208/., the exports 487,731/. At the Bahamas the population was 19,365, the imports were 143,2111., the exports 88,6941: At the Ber mudas the imports were 116,0671., the exports 21,967/., the population was 8,862. At Demerara the imports were 770,8391., the exports 1,595,137/., the amount of coin 4,607/. 12s. 10 id. At Berbice the imports were 140,7381., the exports 499,042/. At Hon duras the population was 2,543. At Mauritius the po pulation was 84,202, the paper currency was 40,000 1 . At New South Wales the population was 77,096, the imports were 991,943/., the exports 599,893/., the amount of coin in circulation was 425,2591. 17s. 2d., and of paper currency 99,48 71. At Van Diemen 's Land the population was 43,895, the imports were 332,548/., the exports 258,6091. At Gibraltar the population was 10,212. At Malta the population was 16,534, the imports were 685,5311., the exports 367,9421. The population of the lonian Islands wag 204,262, the coin currency 11,000/. At the Cape of Good Hope the population was 150,110, the metallic currency was about-150,0001., the paper 201,648/. At St. Helena the population was 4,977, the imports were 40,352/. (no account of exports is kept). At Sierra. Leone the population was 35,678, the imports were 95 - ,8001:, the exports 66,903. At Gambia the popula tion was 3,902, the imports were 114,772/., the e xports 147,732/., the amount of coin in circulation about 20,000/ , without any paper currency. COLONIAL STA.TISTICS. KELRUSII PETTY SESSIONS. " Drink, Paddies, drink, for the pride of Ould Erin." Jack Langan's Song. A CHILD OF SONG.—Honour to Paddy's land ! r " Hip, hip, hurrah !" for Clare county—there be choice spirits amongst us yet ! Do you doubt it ? Come here, Thady O'Hara. And T. O'Hara did come up, and his garments were torn, and great was his indignation, and the plain " Why and because" was, that, as he recoehetted to wards-home on St. Patrick's night, a kettle by the head, he had just given a brace of hurroos for the tutelar saint, which hurroos drew upon him a volley of cabbage-stalks from some of the " young blood of Ireland," for larking congregated. Magistrate—You were singing rather uproariously, we've been given to understand. " Well, an' so atself," whimpered poor Thaddeus, Was I to be used this a'way, and not for lilting up a (lawny blast of a song ? Look, gintlemen, God love ye ! an' look ;" and here he flung aside his ample coat-skirt, and disclosed an unseemly breach in the " worser part" of him. " God be wid ould times ; oh, blud alive, sick a peltin' for jest singing— " Arra, shade o' St. Patrick, how can ye lie azy , An' the boys ridiculin ' ye'r own fav'rite day ? 'Tis enough just to make you rowl owdher the daisy, To see such a change in the jim o' the say. E' thea grate was -' " Magistrate—" Oh, come, come, that's quite enough _r :• Ul it. Well, well, surely, Sir," laughed Thady O'Hara, "but, indeed, I'd be over beholden to ye, if ye'd just hear out the thing ;" and the great Q' hiccoughed most suspiciously, cowling his dexter eye a-la-Kean. Well, wake it up— " E' then grate was the fightin', of cock, an' ov man, ( Steel spurs, an' shillelaghs in mighty demand ;) Afore Mathew sprung up like a canonised Dan, An' banished divarsion claue out o' the land. Allileu ! 'twas the sport on the road to be rewlin', All plasther'd wid gutteer, an' painted wid blood : To be wheelin', an' weltin', an' peltin', an' howlin', An' croostin' a boy 'fore he knew where he stood : But, och hone, 'tis all over I Some cruel bewildrin' Is come 'pon the people an' leads 'em asthrav— The ghost o' St. Patrick may blush for bis Whin 'tis coffee they swigs on his giddy birth-day.' " " There, 'tis all now, the whole bignin' an indin , sum an' substance," continued Thady, " an' whin I just give little Briney Curtint here a box in the air for hoppin' cabbage-stump off o' me pole, I'll engage up wid Cos gre, the tailor, an' gave me an hand an' fut that put me on me sate in three shakes : Aye, indeed, I declare to you, I thought the brains were spatthered out o' me on the paymint."—(Great laughter.) Oh, easy, Thady," exclaimed the accused, " how on airth could a come-down on that part o' you, hurt your head or your brains, supposin' you had any ? Spake to that, my daisy-cutter." O'Hara—" Why not now, wise as you look? What would you say, if the bad look was for ever follein' a ma n that. for ever follein' me. Ay e s indeed, be it known to you, Mick Cosgre, that ov I got a kick in the behind, 'twould blacken me eye."—(Roars of laughter.) This " proceeding to extremities" cut the matter short : The Bench intimating to the melodious mourner over Paddy's degeneracy, that he must in future "sing small," or take the consequences (from the polis) of his anti-Mathew vagaries. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. 1 re' se " Per Quarter. s. to s. 1. to s. s. to 5. s. to s. s. Abingdon...—. 64 80 32 48 28 38 40 5s 44 °- And0ver......... 68 74 86 46 28 :32 -'- 3anbury 37 44 2 , A 34 B a singstoke— 56 78 3 2 37 24 29 42 46 40 '- '2,irencester 56 78 58 40 40 42 18 42 25 28 46 40 oaventry— 68 72 38 44 28 34 39 44 --- Derby 60 80 32 44 32 85 52 • 5 4 IF Viten 72 —24 —4O 42 40 Hungerford— 56 84 32 42 25 30 36 43 37 Malton tis 76 :35 38 22 3 4 3 :Maidenhead.,, 61 8.4 35 40 25 32 37 42 Nottinham 56 79 2 9 43 25 36 39 52 40 Wanta g e t.B SO 30 40 22 28 36 46 Warwick 36 46 :32 37 40 Wor;ester 72 36 29 43 York ........ 40 8) 32 46 22 30 5 d. Per Bushel. s.d. s. d. s. d. s d. s.d. s. d. s,d, s,d, 0 Birmingham 90 10 0 4 6 60 40 56 50 701 6 • WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. 'Eoeat, Red, Noriolk and Suffolk67s. to 71s. fine 15b ------ Lin. and Cam. Yorkshire . 6 4 4 8 1. t t o o 6 5 r 5 .. B a n n : 7 6 3 . ,... ) :: White ----- Foreign, tied SOs White Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk —a ; 1 61 t t t to 695. fin e r.inrolnshir, - s 7 ' . rine :?' 0 PPOsITION 'FO CHURCH EXTENSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The High Church party having been busily engaged for some time back in getting up petitions to Parliament in favour of Church Extension, the Dissenters of this town determined to call a public meeting in opposition to the purposed scheme. This meeting was held last night at the Commissioners' Rooms, Rochdale, notwithstanding that a lecture was being delivered at the same time in the theatre ; the place was crowded almost to suffocation. Tee meeting - was addressed in energetic language by Messrs. M‘Kay, Birchell, and several of the Dissenting Ministers of the.town and neighbourhood. Mr. John Brigh (a member of the Society of Friends) delivered a most excellent speech ; pointing out the evils which have always resulted from Church establishments, and detailing the persecutions which dominant sects have in every age levied against those who dissented from them. He concluded amidst great applause. Resolutions declaring the purposed Church Extension to be unjust, imprudent, and unnecessary, and pledging the 1 meeting to oppose it to the utmost of their power, were carried unanimously, amidst loud and continued cheers. It was also resolved to petition Parliament against it, from each congregation of Dissenters, zs well as from the town itself. Before the assembly separated, a proposal was male to form an Association in Rochdale, to be called the " R( - ligiousi Freedom Society," to act as an auxiliary to the or e established in London, Several gentlemen expressed their opinion as to the de sirability of such an association, and pledged themselves to support it. The meeting separated about half-past ten. We may congratulate the Vicar and High Church party on the nest of hornets they have been the means of raising. Ism, Sir, your obedient, humble servant, A FRIEND TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. Rochdale, March 26, 1840. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d. s, d, s, d, 90 10 0 4 6 60 1 5 0 70 WAKEFIELD CI RKET. ~ Norfolk and Sul - Palk. -- Lin. and Cam. , 'Yorkshire . - White -- Foreign, /Use' ' 66 7 4 6 74 8 0 1.1 76 ,3 ' 91 1:5 3 ..... finefi fi fice_ e , i 5L ;',::: ..---..----. White -e. to 745. 1r e ~. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk , -a. to 38s. fine r o. - T.incolnshirs• • tine 3 ' . Yorkshire Wold . 3.s. to ---s. 1 3 4 . _-- Foreign e 40.• Beans, New ' --- f_nd . 46 s. to ,u3s. line Osts, Potato - 5. to 3:, fine 31," - -- Poland - s. - s. to 32).' , fine fg. -- vriezland and Small £ -s. to `.238, fine 30s. - funling - Stone. ShGlling ' 34s. to 355. od. per Load. Malt Rapeseed NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red, White: Wheat, Northumberland 49s. '73s 7ls. 754 - 1 -- Norfolk and Suffolk... ......... ... h7s. 72, 'l3'. 775. - Berwick and Scotch 6ls. 655....... -s. 695. - Foreign 6ss. 715.-... 695. 761. (Lye, Norfolk and Suffolk - Foreign 12s 335....... -s. --5. 5 Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Su ffolk... ais. 44s ..... -5. --,. , ::: - Grinding and Feeding ll2s. 345. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk..... ........... .. 63s 79s -5. - .4 * ' 5 Ws, 40s -5. -- s ' Beans, Small --s. -- - Tick 42s. 44;.,..... -5 . Pease, White 42s. 435.. ... -5.- 6 . '1 --- Gray Oats, Northumberland, I'otatoe 2os. Sls ....... _s... ' . ---.----- Feed 2 B; 29s ....... -s. . , - Foreign Flour (per sack) sls. 535. ...... - ---'' LEEDS CORN M ARKET.March 24 Wheat, Norfolk and Stillblk, 601 b. and Lincoln. 601 h. Barley, Norfolk and Sutlbllt -- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Beans 6310. Oats, Potatoe ---Mealing, 1. or. -d. to-d. Eng. 13.1. ..... . 14 (5:3426 1: iti P 0 : . 7825:°67955 1 .:: : 1 0 1 Shelling 34,. to 36'. V" ' • GUILDFORD MARKET, oj/ ss• 6 Wheat, Old (Per Load) 19/. to 20/. Vs.-New, 161. to • • t o , 1 4 Barley (Per Qr.) 4es. to 465. I Beans (Per Qr.) ....... 40 5 . -Al Oats 24 :',4 I Rye 40 Grey Pease, 425, to 445. ___ THE CHARTISTS FOR TRIAL AT LIVER root..—The following twenty-three individuals, against whom bills were found at the last (August) assizes, and who then traversed to the present assizes, are recorded in the calendar as having been indicted respectively as follows : Wm. \Tickers Jackson (sometimes called the Rev. Mr. Jack son), aged 26, and George Henry Smith, 35, for seditious conspiracies, unlawful assemblies, and seditious speeches, at Manchester. Christopher Doyle, 29 ; John Kay, 2 1 ; Joseph Linney, 30 ; John Quin, 23, and Samuel Scott, 29, fur a sedi tious conspiracy, unlawful assembly, and seditious speeches at Manchester. Timothy Booth, 60, and James Lcecli, 34, for a seditious conspiracy and unlawful possession of arms, at Manchester. William Barker, 21, and Frede rick Davidson, 21, for a seditious conspiracy and riot, at Manchester. Daniel Ball, 21, for a seditious conspiracy and unlawful possession of arms, and a riot and assault, at Man chester. Robei t Ball, 22, for a seditious conspiracy and unlawful possession of arms at Manchester. William Aitkin, 27 ; John Wild, 23; and George Johnson, 38, for a seditious conspiracy and riot at Ashton-under - Lyn e. William Wil lonebby, 36; John Warden, 24; and George Lloyd, 30, for a riot and seditious conspiracy at Great Bolton. Charles Mor ris, 27, for a riot at Little Bolton. John Deegan, 25, for an unlawful assembly and seditious speeches at Castledown (Roehdale). Besides these there are four other individuals, committed by Bench warrant, for trial at the present as sizes, as stated in the calendar ; viz. Joshua Stowell, 30, and Richard Hankin, 35, for a seditious conspiracy, unlawful and riotous assembly, and seditious speeches at Manchester ; Wil liam Bullough, 26, for a seditious conspiracy and riot at Aspull ; and Joseph Gatley, for a seditious conspiracy and riot at Hind ley. As elsewhere stated, the name of Feargus O'Connor does not appear in the calendar, but he will be tried, we understand, at the present assizes, for a seditious conspiracy and seditious speeches at Manchester. Of the twenty-seven misdemeanants (omitting the last named), two are stated to be able to read andwrite in a superior manner, viz. Jackson and Aitkin ; thir teen can read and write well ; seven can read and write but im perfectly ; four can read only, and that imperfectly : and oiie (Bullough)can neither read nor write.— Manchester Guardian. SIR H. VIVIAN AND MR. DAWSON.—A correspondence between these two gentlemen has taken place on the subject of some remarks made by the latter reflecting on the Ordnance Board, in reference to the late Devonport election, and the dismissal of Foot, Colman, and Underwood. Mr. Dawson, in his last letter, in answer to Sir Hussey's call for explanation, declares—" I neither doubted your assertions, nor intended any personal disrespect to you." Sir H. Vivian re plies—" After your letter, this instant received, I cannot think of pressing the difference which has arisen between us any fur ther. lam quite satisfied you meant no personal offence, and have great pleasure in being enabled to say so." The corres pondence of course closed here. FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—Last week, as a man of the name of James Trexise was preparing a hole for blasting, in one of the mines in the parish of St. Just in Penwith, the hole exploded, and, as miners term it, " heaved his burn,' without doing him the least injury. LEAP EXTRAORDINARY.—Wednesday Col. Messier was riding a hi gh-spirited horse along the carriage-drive an the south side of Hyde Park; when near the bridge, by the ale brewery, the horse became suddenly restive ; Col. Thessier applied his spurs, when the horse sprang forward furiously on to the bridge, and plunged violently, endeavouring to throw his rider, but without effect. At length the animal made a sudden spring, and actually leaped over the parapet of the bridge on to the greensward beneath, a height of 20 feet. The gallant Colonel, however, retained his seat, and the horse alighted on his feet, neither the Colonel nor his horse receiving the slightest injury. A similar circumstance occurred to a private of the Life Guards, a few months since, proceeding from the Knights.. bridge Barracks to the Horse Guards, but he also fortunately escaped in a similar manner. MURDER IN STIRLING.—There is good Tea reason for believing that a man of the name of Harrower, a miner in New Sauchie, had, on the af ernoon of Sabbath last, under the influence of passion, in consequence of some family disagreement, murdered his own sister, by giving her several blows on the head with a poker, and otherwise maltreating her. The unfortunate woman is said to have lived only a short time after the injuries had been received. The offender has been apprehended, and the civil authorities are at present engaged in investigating the case. A stranger, who for some time past has been working on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and had come to Stirling last Saturday night, having been attacked by some ruffians, in the outskirts of the town, was so severely abused that he died on Monday morning. Several persons are in custody on suspicion.— Stirling Paper. TWO NEWSMEN PUT IN THE STOCKS.—Two individuals were a few days age placed in the 'stocks for selling newspapers on the Sunday, informations having been laid against them for the offence, and they having refused to pay the fine. In this, as in most other instances within our ob servation, the objects selected for punishment have been of the poorer classes, no informer daring to assail offenders of the wealthier condition. It is this abominable administration of the laws whiten first makes Chartists, and then confirms them in their anti-social opinions. The punishments have been attended with no beneficial results, in the form of examples, for the sufferers have been carried in triumph through the streets, and subscriptions have been raised on the . spot tons l d i e t tull enrifeyasthon to doubtemfortlie b their lossut that b oftimuethantdbeluitusifnuer4mersTahneed etbie Magistrates themselves are in the habit of reading the Sunday newspapers which these very parties sell.—Bath Herald. ...._ - - . DEVIZBS CORN MARKET. d s. ( Per Sack. F. d. s. d. Per Quarte r . S. ' 3- t. i first Wheat 39 o to 4 . 2 0 Oats ,20 t ) to o _ S e cond 34 0 26 6 Beans (per sack)... 20 ° ET 0 Third - 9 ..- B a rley 23 0 49 6 Bread (per ga11.)... 1 ----- ---- --- -- i............-- —,—,,,.; SCOTCH MARKETS. ciat t o , :r v b Wheat. Barley. Oat,. 1 Beans _,..... . •..-,, Aberdeen ... 76 to 80 28 to 31 20 to 25 —to \ -- 40 43 B e rwick 3O 48 20 23 141 ' l9 22 28 Coldstream 2 Cupar (Fife) 48 65 1 23 31 18 22 22 6 40 ~.. ''''' 4i D un b a r 43 68 23 49 23 27 40 ~,) Elgin '"'" 40 Inverness Kelso ...,.,, 30 5 0 23 26 13 21 32 34 1 Perth kirkaldi - 4 30 40 25 35 41 4 y• fic• Tho size of the measur e varies throu g hout the sou '''', i r l EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.--111arch 25 , 0 ,01, 1 . Wheat. ' Barley. O ats. relibu , los "" Fi rs t R2s.Od. 45s 6d. 40s Od. 505.01. 4 5 0 S econ d iero 0 441 0 3 ' 0 45 0 43 ° Third I6OOI 36 0' 27 0 40 0 Average price of Wheat 3i. as.6d• F PRVISIONS 8.. ' 4 54 B'ef, per 1b......... Os. PRICES 6d. to O 04.8d. 0 Freshßutter T , lb. 15.0.-. to 0 1 1 , qutt0n...........,.... 0 5 0 7 Salt Ditto .. 010 00 1 „ Veal ...—................ 0 9 1 0 Ditto, per car t ... 94 0' 0 , I , P0ret....—................ 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per d 05.... 06 0 tT . pi La 3, per qr. ........ 6 8 10 0 OatStraw(kpl.)..l o 13 Callow, cwt........... 44 0 46 0 Wheat Ditto... 8 6 4 2uartern Loaf.... U9l 010 Barley Ditto ..... 7 " 1 1 Potatoes, 141 b..... 0 si 0 0 Hay, tier5t........... 1 Per E Sa D cl i t il o,2 U SO ß i ti b. Per Stone ot 14IIN i .. ; 51 First Oatmeal l i ii nh i pEAL MARKET,—March 14 ; , v. _ 4 £2 4 0 First Oatmeal ............. .. 0 _ ,5 Second ditt 0.,, ~... .... 0 8ar1eymca 1........... Peascuseal Pot Barley from 325. to 555, per sack.. HWAllratlTlßraOriNeyoßNOasul.AlEFTes..e., I 4513e,.,r?),:ji First BO6 Od 441 s Cid 33s Od Os (Id I 4 ,,„. 4 " 0•1 Second 62s 01 40s Od 288 fd 42s 0/1 V' Third s3s Od 26s Od 28s Od 38s 0 Average , .................... 3/. 18.111, 4 Nos. 0. 1 Wheat. Barley . Oats.MAR KETI;eI 1104 First ,R, 6,, 44s 0/ 32s Od 49, vi Od oIY ° Second 703 01 42, tki (is 4d - ~,i Third Vs 341 28s 8d 21s Od 3 0 ' v -- ,,. ~ 4 , GLASGOW CORN lilta7KET.—Marcb 2 ' 4 . d. „94 6 Wheat, fer 2401 b. s. d. s. ii. - - Pats, per 26 41D ' /0 ot "g4 ° British, old 3C oto4o 0 Irish ........... ... 51° ‘ ,. - 0 ---- new Cunada, free —o 0 Beans, Pc. 2- ~ 2' , A Irish 20 0 24 0 English ........... ..• • .. ) Barley, per 3201 b. ..... , 0 ~•24 Scottish . • ...... ~- • . 0 English 3O 0 34 0 Pease, ScoVish •••••• ,59 6 h. Scottish 24 0 310 Oatmeal,perl4ollo.••• . b i 0 ' Irish ETS bushel Lted at 24 gal lons to the • r. t" s 3 0 0 0 - 0 a 0 :3 - A 3 ; 0 3 0 3 0 9 - .3 Wheat. BarleY• s. d. to c d. s. d. to s d. 0 0 4 0 10 0 4 4 S 6 0 5 13 , 6 ) 0 3 9 41, -n 8 7 • 0 5 C 7 4 S 0 0 5. Oruro Helstone St. Austell Bothntn Liskeaul 8 Launceston CAimcl ford Pen ran .--.......,53;,.....................„—. . _ a 0 1 ":, SPOONS and FORKS, stron,glY P late b s' ea ' Silver on a white metal, and consequently not liable )i' ifii to show any other colour. Table Spoons or Forky, Joel::: per dozen. Dessert Spoons or Forks, Two Gainea,.:.r6u:l cacl ' Spoons, 255. per dozen. Gravy SVOOng, Soup Ladles, 16s. each. T. COX SAVORY , Gra ce' Silversmith Ste., .47, Cnrnhill (Seven doors in S i church-street), London silver te, Plated Wares, Watches Clocks, &c. , and F P e a r n h i s p , h T le e t a , c a o n n d ta c i n e i ff n e g e asleirsvt services, s t , h pricesaand in an ticks will be forward ‘ ' paid e( (gratis and post fre.e.)...,..„,,,, a post application. _._.----- .., 1 , with °dirhaei,rvin;ls"ni,t,lif :tart° On Thursday, the 26th instant, the Rev. NST;otlii;ge' Faulkner, Mr. W. Curson of Condon, toy .A 014, -a ' a. `r• daughter of the late Mr. Deacon,. St. John-treet:47,ton 11.ior G St e ar rg b e utin fine o , f .E So sq u . t , h , w )f ar l k v - a s t i , tt i a e r ti e: s t q o ua L r o e, uisa, On the 26th inst., at . St. Alai), Abbots, e"tughtel th ird . Niensingto ° London : Printedl rutted and Published bv 1111TRPO . ( 1, io No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1:2. F. trap county. of Aliddlesex.—Monday, March SO, 1 F. - FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL• -- (From the Hampshire Indepenrient.) Ca in P ORTSMOUT H, MARCH 28.—The Andromache, pta Baynes, is still at Spithead, daily expecting to receive or ders to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope. The Partridge brig , Lie utenant Morris, arrived at Bahia on the 23d December, from Rio de Janeir2o, an d the Ca meleon brig, Lieutena nt Hunter, on the 5t January, from Pernambuco. la in Frankland, is hourly ex- The Pearl corvette , C a p ',meted at Spithead from Chatham, having e left that port shew on :M o nday last. After completing her s, tem, ill -proceed to China. The Pearl is a fine vessel of i5B tons, and built' by Mr. Sainte. Her present armament is eighteen long 32-pounders, two 42-pounders, long shorts, and two small taffrail guns, with a complement of 160 men. The Curlew brig, arrived in Table Bay on the sth Ja nuary, and the Brisk brig, on the 6th January, from Sy mote's Bay. The Apollo transport arrived at Jamaica on the 31s1 Tanuary, with detachments from Gibraltar. The Winchester frigate, and Sapphire transport, arrived at Barbadoes on the 25th January ; the former from Ber muda, and the latter, with troops, from Gibraltar. The Columbian, sailed from St. Helen's on the 25th January, for the coast of Africa. Her Majesty's discovery ships Erebus and Terror, ar rived at St. Helena en the 3 1 st January, from England to the South Pole. Two steam-frigates, to be of the same dimensions as the Get at Western, are about to be laid down at New York, wider the directions of a celebrated American ship-builder, fbr the Russian Government. Orders are expected daily for commissioning the Made gather frigate at this port. Rumour gives the command of her to the Hon. Captain Frederick Grey, son of Earl Grey. It is reported that the Hon. Captain Berkeley is to succeed Rear-Admiral Elliot as Commodore oa the Cape Station. The Prometheus steam vessel, Lieut. Spark, arrived at Gibraltar from Plymouth on the 4th March, after an ex traordinarily rapid passage of five days. The Barham, one of the finest frigates in the Navy, is ordered to be broken up, and has been ordered from Sheer -4 ness to Deptford, for that purpose. A survey was held upon her, who reported her defects so great as to require au expense of between 30,0001. and 40,0001. to repair - the price of a new ship. A new 16-gun brig, building upon Captain Symonds's principle, to be called the Bittern, will be launched from this Dock-yard early in the ensuing month. A sister • vessel, to be named the Albatross, is now standing in frame for seasoning, and will be commenced upon imme diately after the Bittern is launched. Both brigs are 105 feet long, 33 feet 6 inches broad, and nearly 500 tons burthen. The Rapid brig, of 10 guns, built upon the lines of the Pantaloon, is also in a very forward state, and will be launched in the spring. These three small vessels are ' th,e only men of war at present building in this great naval arsenal. i A erolNTMENT3.—Lieutenant—Wm. Hall, to Thunderer. Second Masters—Thos. C. Patten, to Brisk; James Drysdale, to Inconstant. Gunner—Wm. Poulson, to In constant. Carpenter— Wm. Natcher, to Cyclops. Mr. Charles Chatfield, master-rigger, Woolwich Dock yard, is appointed boatswain of Plymouth Dockyard, vice Burke superannuated. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant John Thompson, R.N., to be Lieutenant of tho Port of Gibraltar. (Prom the Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday.) PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—We have received letters and papers from Jamaica, to the 9th February. The fol lowing is an extracts: —Arrived on the 4th Jan. her Ma jesty's brig Pilot from Barbadoes ; she sailed again for Texas on the Bth Jan. The Portuguese schooner Louisa, with 2SO slaves on hoard, prize to her Majesty's ship Cleo pier s, was brought in here on the 6th January, and placed a quarantine, having eight cases of small pox on board. The snake returned from cruizing on the 7th January, and sailed again on the following day in company with her Majesty's ship Satellite. The Satellite re turned to port on the 27th ultimo, and the Snake on the Bth instance. The Pickle schooner sailed to cruize on the 11th. The Hornet arrived from Chagres on the 16th, with 74,000 dollars, and sailed again for Chagres on the 28th The Charybdis arrived on the 19th from Nassau,New Proeideriee, where she had been to convey a detachment of the Royal Artillery, and an officer from Jamai ca, to re lieve those stationed there under the command of Lieut. S. B. Hornby. The Charybdis sailed to cruize on the 6;11 inst. The Rover arrived on the 23d from Bermuda, in eleven days, and the Racer from Carthagena with 120,000 dollars freight. The Crocodile sailed to cruize on the 23d, and returned into harbour on the sth inst., in company with the Pickle schooner. The Comus sailed on she 27th for Santa Martha. The Skipjack was at Mon tego Bay on the 28th. On the 30th arrived H.M.S. Apollo, Mr. Kerley master, from Gibraltar, with the 82d Regt. on board, under the command of Colonel Marshall. The Cleepatra returned from a cruize on the Ist. The Rinedove brought in from, Havannah a slaver, her prize, on the 7th inst. The Wincheitcr, 52, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral air John Harvey, 14 days from Bermuda, in company with two American men-a-war from the Havannah, ar rived at Barbadoes on the 25th January. Salutes were exchanged with these vessels, but owing to the small-pox being in the island there was no communication with the ships. The Sapphire transport arrived at Barlsadoes on the same day from Gibraltar, having on board Captains Dixon and Jeffrey, Lieutenants Hall, Bowyer, and Powell ; Ensign Thompson, Quarter-Master Patterson, 1 Assistant Surgeon Schooles, and :266 men of the 81st Regiment; 289 men of the same corps had also arrived a few days previous in the Atholl troop ship. The Lord ) Bishop of Barbadoes, accompanied by his Secretary, the Rev. Mr. Chamberlain, and the Rev. Archdeacon - Parry, . took passage in the Athol' for Tobago and Trinidad. Her Majesty's brig Griffon left Barbadoes on a cruisr, Jan. 27 ; the Dec steamer, Commander Sherer, was at Port Royal, Jan. 10 ; the Spitfire steamer, Lieut. Allen, was at the s toe port, January 25 ; and the tlecla steamer, Lieut. Crams, on the Ist February. Bermuda papers to the 15th January, inform us of the arrival of her Majesty's ship Vestal at Hamilton. in twentt - six days from 13atbadoes, having been kept off that coast by stormy weather and adverse winds seventeen days. The Vestal was to proceed in about a fortnight to Hal fax, where she weuld winter. The Melville, 72, and Brisk, 3, arrived at St. Helena, on the 24th January, from the Cape of Good Hope, for the coast of Africa. The Erebus and Terror, surveying yes sale, for the South Pole, arrived at Ascension, teem Eng . Irma, on the 31st May. The Rattlesnake, troop-ship, with troops on board, ar rived at the Cape 31st January.. The Gleaner, ketch, Lieut. Seaves, !'or Barbadoes, will sail to-morrow, calling at Plymouth. The Cyclops, steam-frigate, Capt. Austen, sails to morrow for Malta, calling at Plymouth. Sailed to-day, th , . Nemesis, private armed steamer, Hall master, destination unknown. It is said this vessel is Fravided with an Admiralty letter of license, or letter of marque ; if so, it can only be against the Chinese ; and for the purpose of sinuagiing upturn she is admirably adapted. Others conjecture she it going to Cireassia for sale, as she is also well su ited to defend a port, or fur of fensive operations in shallow water. The ..Etna storeship, Lieut. Wilson, loacling bread at Spithead for the garrison at Passages. She will bring hone surplus ordnance sto r e s . Sailed yesterday. The Flower of Yarrow yacht arrived at Plymouth on Sunday last, front the Mediterranean. The Merlin yacht curs at Trinidad on the s:it of January. PROJIOTIONS ANC APPOINTIIENTb.—NItte—R. L. Cox (1830), W. P. Jamison (1833), Pantaloon, C. R. Mar cuard (1838), Cyclops, and M. Falcon (1831), to the rank of Lieutenants. Lieutenants—H. L. Cox to the Stag, C. R. Mercuard to the President. Mate—J. Morris, from the Excellent to the Pique. Second Master—J. F. imnev, late of the Beacon to the /Etna, vice Bowler to ree Jupiter. Midshipmen—C. Felluwes and 0. 0. Willes, from the Vanguard to the Magicienne ; R. Sar geare, from the Vanguard to the Pearl ; Hon. F. Curvet, from the Vanguard to the Actaeon. Assistant- Sure,eons— R. H. Cullen to the :Etna, vice Rowe, sick; 0. T. Miller ( Addl. Actg.) to the Britannia. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN wrrn.--The Elizabeth, from Liverpool to Boston, on the 13th inst., lat. 39, lon. 18, by the Hope, Guth rie, arrived at Falmouth ; Adeline, Newcastle to Algiers, 4th inst., off Cape St. Vincent; Porcupine, Liverpool to Alexan dria, sth, off Lisbon ; Australia, from Liverpool, 14th, lat. 46, lon. 11 ; Nymph, of and from Sunderland, 15th, lat. 46, lon. 9, by the l‘lary, arrived off Falmouth ; Catherine, Marseilles to Bristol, 20th inst., lat. 51, lon. 10, by the Skipton, Scott, ar. rived at Cork; Elizabeth of London, 4th inst., lat. 49, lon. 22, Salem, 9th, lat. 46, lou. 22, and the Majestic of Newport, for Liverpool, 21st, l a t. 51, l on . 12 , b y the Eliza Johnstone, ' arrived off Cork ; Clio, S avanna h to Li verpool, 7th instlat. 46, lon. 24, by the Alexa n d er G rant, arr i ved at Limer'p ' ool • Sunbeam, Newcastle to Smyrna, 9th inst., lat. 41 N., lon. 12 ' and Georgn Robinson, London to Newfoundl an d, 2 0th, lat 49, lon. 12, by the Lemnos, arrived at Kinsale ; Valliant 'Basque, from Bordeaux , 29 th Jan., I st. 3 N., lon. 24 IV., by the Salazes, arrived at Nantes; Albion of Dublin, for T r i n id ad, 2 9th Feb., lat. 38 , lon. 23, by thePrima Donna, Striegnell, arrived at St. Michael's ; Lady Newman, N ew f oundland to Oporto, lat. 47, lon. 19. NEW STEAM-VESSEL.—Experiments are in the course of being tried with the model of an entirely new form of steam-vessel, and, as far as they have yet gone, with every prospect of a successful result. At present we can only state of this remarkable invention, that there are no paddle wheels, nor external works of any kind. The whole machinery is in the hold of the vessel, where a horizontal wheel is moved by the power of steam, and acting upon a current of water, ad mitted by the bow and thrown off at the stern, propels the mass at a rapid rate. By very simple contrivance of stop-cocks, &c., on the apparatus, the steamer can be turned on either coarse, retarded, stopped, or have her motion reversed. This will be literally a revolution in the art of steam-navigation. The fall of the cliffs and upheaving of the bed \ of i o the sea now reaches from Whitlands Bay to Axmouth, a distance of many miles. This extraordinary phenomenon of nature forms the leading attraction of Lyme Regis, which is crowded daily with v i s i tors, who floc k f rom a ll p arts to see this wonderful effect o f one of nature ' s convu l s i o ns.—Bath G r . The Devon and Somerset St g Hounds will on Wednesday, commence Spring Hind Hunting April. The little to hood. town of Dulverton will be very gay during the Bth of a pack of fo - x — h that week, as a 0 will hunt in its neighbour- --- Mr. Edward Foley was — of influenza, from which he has b ee w e e ks, from voting on Thursday night in fat>: I,,,e ad ing of Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Bill. On Thursday prevented f by an attack evening the a nn i ver sary the friends and supporters of the Jews' Free SchOol sarov tl f lelast three the second t ell -lane, n e-teet, dinner of Spitalfields, was held at the London Tavern, Bisho s t: 6::' A. A. Goldsmid. Esq., in the chair. The subscriptio ns the evening amounted to near 800/. Upwards of one Lnucirnel gentlemen sat down to dinner. SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURE. On Wednesday the 18th, the thermometer was as high as 52 deg .; and on Wednesday the 25th as low as 21 deg. ; ma ki ng a difference of 31 deg. in the short space of one week. POLISH FRONTIER, MARCH 16.—Extraordinary prepa rations are making at Warsaw for the reception of the Grand Duke Alexander, who is expected next week, and it is hoped will stop five or six days there. The route of his Imperial Highness seems not to be positively fixed, and it is possible that on his journey to Darmstadt he may either not pass through Warsaw or make no stay there. Nothing has transpired respecting the journey of the Em peror. The accounts from Southern Russia movements of troops, and of the persuasion generally e ntertained in the army of an approaching campaign. A report spread here on the frontier (heaven knows o n what autho rity), that we may shortly ex p ect a relaxation. THE HAGUE, MARCH 25.—1 n the Second Chamber of the States-General the Order of the Day was the debate on the project of law for again imposing a tax on oxen, horses, and sheep, in favour of the agricultural. fund. After a short debate the la w was p assed by a majority of 36 to 12. (From the Handelsblad.—By Express.) THE HAGUE, MARCH 25.-1 hasten to communicate to you the highly important news that his Majesty the King yesterday made know n his resolution to desist from his marriage with the Countess d'Oultremont. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 25.—The King has vanquished himself ! Let us rejoice at a triumph to which so few of the heroes, whose names once filled the world, can pre tend ; a triumph not gained at the expense of blood and tears, but will be recorded in history among the glorious deeds of the house of Orange. The Prince who governs us has conquered his own heart, which is a greater act of self-denial than sacrificing his life for his country. The Prince who manifests such virtue excites admiration, but when he does it to avoid grieving his faithful subjects, to turn their mourning into joy, he deserves our earnest and most affectionate gratitude.—Handelsblad. THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—From information which we have from good authority, the (above) news given by the Handelsblad is correct, and that it caused a lively and deep sensation in this town.—Journal de la Hague, March 27. THE HAGUE, Marten 25.—" I am happy to send you to-day the joyful news that our revered Sovereign, moved by the manifest wishes of his faithful subjects, has re nounced his intended marriage with the Countess d'Oul tremont. His Majesty yesterday evening announced this happy news to his assembled family." 'Though another Correspondent yesterday sent us this news by express, we thought it right to give our readers this second letter. THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—The sections of the Second Chamber of the States-General have completed their examinations of the Budget, and of the project of law respecting the Syndicate. We hear that it was in gene ral agreed in this section that the Budget, in its present shape, is inadmissible. According to accounts from Constantinople of the 4th of March, the arrival of Prince Frederick Henry was shortly expected. The firman granting permission to his Majesty's frigate the Rhyn to pass the Dardanelles, had already been ;ent from Constantinople. BELGIAN kUNDS—BRUS2ELs, Maica 25. Actual Delia, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent l' 2U Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 3 per Cent. 74 Loan of City, 1q32, 4 per Cent 9 43s Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent lO9 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent....... ...... 8"/ It National Societe Exchange on London (shott) —Brussels Papers, March 25. DUTCH FUNDS.--ATISTERUAM, MARCO 27. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto ditto 5 per cent. A mort Syndic, 4;4 per cent 91% %214 Ditto, ditto, 3y 2 per cent '75% 7014 Commercial Company, 4% per cent lBO% 181% Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent........., lOO 10P Ditto i 837. 5r cent. lOO 1001 i Loan 1837, 5 tier cent. :97% tt”, Exchange on London, One month ll 95 Two mouths —Dutch Papers, March 28. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Maitcn 21. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank shares l t 2'2o ?., A n,lo-Russian Loan IC9I, 109 1 4 Itussizn 5 per Cent. Ist scro . ,, Csrtiticate Inscription, Ist Scris , Russian 5 per Cent. Hop, and to. 3d and 4th Se; ks 93% :93% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 24z pe. Cent 51% 52 Ditt o Polish Bond; New i ickct Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 7l'4 75 Noriver; an Loan, Is 3 I, 4 per Cent... S i , anish, New 3 per Cents. EXCHANGES Olsl LONDON. HANICUIta, MAKCJI '24.-13. 7% —Two months, 13 54.. Svociinowt, Marten I?.—Seventy-five days, 12. 0. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, MARV! 19. rive per Cents. Mctalliques Font per Cents IOIN Three p,:r Cents. Ban!: Shares '836 —Allgenzeine Zeitung, March 24 PRUSSIAN FUN DS.— BgtuAN, MARCH 24. Bills. Money, St. Schuld. Sch., 4b., per cent. - 11',1,; 1(w. Prussian English Loan, 13.30, 4 per cent. 103 1 , ,, 1e12% lixeliange on London, three months... 6 10% —Prussian Slate Gazette. March 24, TREATMENT OF CHILDREN " Severity towards 'children is cruel, unjust, and most injudicir , us. Vvlicn physical correction is necet sAry, it ,liould always be irflicted with regret and gen tleness, and never with a til,pla) of anger. I havc never used it, or allowed it to be used, with my own children ; nor has it been necessary, according to hu man physiology, or the history of nature. It is very erroneous to suppose that a child. either boy or girl, at home or at school, can think like its parents, masters, and governesses, for they want sufficient observation and experience. It is now considered a great improve ment that there is no corporal punishment in modern infant schools ; but moral influence alone is exerted to correct infantile faults and deviatins from adult ad vice, which is often very objectionable and erroneous." " A fe , rling of jealousy ought never to be allowed to exist bet..veen chi=ldren ; there should be no marked preference. All children arc equally dear to moral parents." " Literary education ought not to be commenced until the age of six or seven years ; but the nature and uses of external chjrcts should be always correctly ex plained to them." " Much knowledge may be communicated by the re presentations of pictures, or figures of birds, beasts, fishes, insects, herbs, trees, fruits, and mechanical in ventions, by means of toys, prints, books?' &c. " It has been long observed by physicians that chil,- dren who are prodigies in learning, music, and other pursuits, are generally destroyed by premature disease of the brain, as water in the head, and many other com plaints ''—Dr. Ryan on MidieTery. HORRIBLE.—It is now unhappily but too evi dent that the Church is in danger, and that the Pope is coming post-haste to ring Protestantism out of the kingdom. " The banks of the Tyne (quoth the Herald) have been made to re sould with the chiming of the bells of a Popish chapel. In Reading a Popish chapel has just been erected, attached to which is a belfry, in which the bells have been already placed. Centuries have passed away since Popery has dared or been permitted thus to lift up her voice in the streets, and to sum mon the inhabitants of this land to her idolatrous rites in this public manner. The instances before us are fresh proofs of the audacity of Popery !" FOUR LIVES LOST.—On Mor - lay last a prize fight took place in the marshes, near Grays, in Essex, between Bill Smith, the East-end Sailor Boy, and Jack Adams, another of the fancy. The bruisers knocked each other about for thirty five minutes to the infinite delight of the blackguards who sur rounded them, when the Sailor Boy, who is a middle-aged man. gave in, and Adams was declared the victor. After thu battle the fancy returned to town, some in the steamers, others on foot, and a few in open boats. In one of those boats were four of the fancy who had taken an active part in the fight, and in crossing over a wide part of the river with the intention of visiting the Kentish shore, they began larking and splashing each other with their oars, and while they were thus engaged the boat capsized, and they were thrown into the stream. None of them could swim, and no assistance being near they all perished. The bodies had not been found on Thursday night. Another boat containing three persons returning from the fight was upset near Woolwich, but they shared a better fate than the others for they werepicked up by a collier's boat , anti taken ashore. It appears that when a prize fight is to come off, the fancy go down the river in a steamer, and some in boats, and make the ring in some of the marshes on the Essex side below the jurisdiction of the Thames police, and by these means elude the -vigilance of the Magistrates, as no one but the fancy and their friends are aware that a fight is to take place until it actually commences. INGENIOUS SMUGGLING. —Among other ex pedients for avoiding the payment of the octroi duties at the harriers of Paris the following has just been discovered :—The officers at the Barriere St. Denishave long remarked a tall good looking girl, whose high white cap clearly indicated her Nor man origin, frequently passing and repas.slioneg eery o through their gateway; but notwithstanding h the g lent f t eo re gentlturne them evmen of e the green uni for n a sidelong glas, s e nce, always walking on with a stiff gait m had never deigned t and head pertinaciously erect. This unaccountable apathy wa• expl a ined the day before y esterda y , when a vehicle coming be hind the fair damsel rath er more suddenly than she expected, forced her to jump aside, in doing which she tripped against a stone and fell. Her admirers immediately hastened to profit by the happy opportunity of picking her up, when they were not a little surprised at finding her head streaming with spirits of wine. Her elevated Cauchois cap proved to have been erected over a tin case holding full a litre of a liquid, and the fall had at once cracked her pitcher and disclosed her secret. Seeiet to the Mendacity Majesty dicit has presented a donation of 501. trusion • NON-INTRUSION.—LA onotm.—A non-in and Begg figured, hea r cn meeting held in Langholm N on the 26th uL, which those zealous w s u t the Moderator of the lasntg o p e erformers, Messrs. Cunningham Secession Minister, e by no less a person than Dr. Duncan, named Dr. Duncan Assembly. Mr. Dobie, Duncan and asked what were the views of the non-i n t rus i on ' l of patronage; when the Doctor , s ts regarding the total abolition "From the high-handed way among other things, said : acted towards the Church, thin7l which the civil co urts have to th stand dChoapolmoerths,el Caineolim a conversation 1 had believe pared to go the whole ho g ;' and, may ROW say, lam pre e.that he is now al mthoestothperrepdaaryedw i high around." Mr. Dobie says the account of the meeting the 'fitness is " very incorrect," and concluvdehsift ch appeared in own version SecedersLan g holm andis represented Reliefe o o v e s vying l in o a withcom plete o t matter tio thus o ' a — nd " ofthe fe m rm a each other in promoting the good cause. stands the fact? Though the petition has been carried from w d door, in the end of the week there were 210 signatures—whil e door the petition against the Church Extension Scheme, in a shorter period, without being carried about, obtained between four and five hundred signatures; and so has the Anti-Corn Law petition been lately signed by upwards of five hundred indi viduals. These are facts which will speak for themselves. The meeting in the forenoon was very badly attended, I do not one hundred people in the church • and suppose that there were_, in the evening the re mi g ht be between four and five hundrea. Yet the meeting is represented as consisting of about eight hun dred !"—Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. A correspondent informs us that he this week sent a f r iend in London a pair of white silk stockings, the needles with which they were knitted, and two letters, all in one envelope, for two-pence. No thanks to the Tories for this.— Cornwall Advertiser. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY , MARCH 30, 1840. LOSS OF TH E LUNDA. CHINAMAN. (FURTIIER PARTICULARS.) 'lhe wreck of this fine vessel, with her very valuable cargo, has excited a sensation in Manchester which few events of the kind are calculated to produce. The melan choly fate of Mr. N e wbery struck a chord which has vi. hrated through the extensive circle of his acquaintance with truly distressing effect. This fine young man—in the prime of life—endear ed to his family by a character and disposition more than usually amiable, and entering on his career of business with prospects of the most flattering de scription—has been cut off in . a manner equally unexpected and melancholy. The particulars will be found in c the captain's letter, which we subjoin. To add to the severity of the blow, we may mention that the first intimation the bereaved parents received of the calamity was by seeing it announced in the public papers. The cargo of the Lunda was valued at 280,0001., and the loss is expected to prove total. " On the 11th," says the Captain in his letter, "it con tinued moderate, and at 3 p.m. we saw the Loya Islands to leeward, where we bore up and set the foresail, run down, and brought up under the northernmost island of the group, in 12 fathoms water, at 8p m. At this time the weather was moderate, but a heavy swell came from the north-east. At 9 it began to blow strong from the north-east, and continued increasing t ill midnight. Then the vessel drove with 90 fathoms of chain; we immediately gave her the whole length of the chain, being 120 fathoms ; she then held on till a bout two, when the chain parted; we then loosened the foresail .and . the fore topmast staysail and main trysail. At this time it blew a heavy gale, with a tremendous sea. At four the vessel touched the ground, when in the hollow of the sea ; when we set the square mainsail. We now deepened our water till five, a.m., when the fore topmast staysail and mainsail were blown away. The land . was now distinctly visible, close to leeward of us. At six, a.m., the vessel struck the ground. We then en deavoured to get the boats out, when they were both washe d away in the attempt. In about half an hour after she struck the stern dead lights were washed in, and the cabin filled with water. We now re moved the passengers to the fore part of the poop, and took shelter in the half-deck. About an hour after the companion of the half-deck was washed away, when we were all washed out. We all succeeded in gaining the poop, excepting poor Mrs. M‘Pherson and her female servant, who were washed forward. Mr. A/Pherson, in attempting to reach Mrs. M‘Pherson, was washed away. They all three remained in the body of the vessel for a short time, when a very heavy sea washed them over board. The other passengers and myself, with part of the crew, succeeded in gaining the mizen rigging. At this time the decks were broken up, and the cargo floated out. At three a.m., the sea fell considerably, when we all succeeded in gaining the fore part of the ves sel, and got upon the fore-rigging. At this time the vessel began to work very much, and became a total wreck. We continued on the wreck until even ing, when I had no hopes of her holding together during the night, and thought the only chance of saving our lives was by attempting to get on shore before dark, which the most of us succeeded in doing on pieces of the wreck. Poor Mr. Ilberry and Mr. Marrillier, I am sorry to say, with one of the crew, were drowned before reaching the shore; Mr. Newbery being the only one of our passengers who reached the shore in safety. The gale still continued to rage during the night, tbcugh with less fury ; in the morning we found that the vessel still hung together, the main and mizen-masts, however, being both carried away. The sea still continued so high, that all communication between the shore and the wreck was impossible, and remained so during the day. On the 14th the gale had entirely subsided, when we found that the nstives had got on board, and were breaking up the cargo, and swim ming with it on shore ; the beach was crowded with thou sands of natives, who were busy plundering what cargo came on shore. I saw it was impossible to save any cargo which came on the beach, the natives being too numerous, and apparently under no control. I then determined upon taking possession of the wreck, until some of the authori ties might appear. I had the greatest difficulty in getting a boat, but at last succeeded in taking one which landed on the beach with part of the cargo, and got on board the wreck with three of my crew, when we drove the crowds of natives from on board, and took possession of the wreck, and kept it all night, although it was attempted to be boarded on several occasions by beats from several junks anchored close by ; in the morning the doctor swam ashore, with orders to get the remaining part of the crew ready to come on board on the boat being sent for them. At noon I sent the boat on shore, when Mr. Newbery and seven of the crew got into her, and got on board the wreck, the others not being able to get into the boat, which was almost swamped by the heavy surf ; the boat was sent a second time for those left on shore, with a line fast to it to haul it off by ; immediately on reaching the surf the natives swam out and out the rope, and took possession of the boat. I was then left on board with Mr. Newbery and four of the crew, without any means of communi cating with the shore. At six o'clock it began to blow strong ; at ten it had increased to a heavy gale, with a tre mendous sea passing clear over the wreck. At midnight she broke in two, and very soon after went to pieces. I remained by the wreck until nothing was loft but the stern and fore part of the bows, when I was washed overboard, and succeeded, I scarcely know how, in gaining the shore; being so much cut and bruised by the floating wreck, that I was unable to cis. from bed for three weeks after. When I was :vatted overboard I left Mr. Newbery on that part of the wreck frunt which I was washed ; but it appears from the report of one of the crew, who also got on shore, that, on my being washed away, he left that place, and went to the mainmast, which was still fast to the lee side, where himself anal two others were clinging ; and further, that a piece of the wreck passed over his head, when, on looking round, he found Mr. Newbery and the other two had disappeared, and he made no doubt that they were curried away by the portion of the wreck which p.s7s.ed over them, which in my opinion trust have been the case, in consequence of the bodies, found on the beach, exhibiting marks of having been severely bruised. From the report of my officers, scarcely any part of the wreck was to . be seen in the morning. Part of the stern was lying high and dry on the beach, and a small por tion of the how was to be seal floating . w a small dist•ec from the shore. I remained six dais - at the place where we we re wrecked, thinking it possible that part of the treas ure might he recovered; but I could not prevail on the authorities to lend me any assistance, as the treasure must have been landed soon after the vessel broke up. We left the part of the coast on the 21st, to proceed on our journey to Canton, where, after various delays and a most circuitous route, we arrived in the afternoon of the 17th of December. I cannot close this without stating that we have received the greatest possible at tention and kindness from the American gentlemen re sident here." SPIRIT of the PUBat.FJ-OURNALS FROM THE DAILY I":%PERS OF SATURDAY. ( From the Globe.) The absence of filly-tvee Liberal Members, withou , pairs, from their 'Parliamentary duties on Thursday evening, will account at once for Lord Stanley's Iri-h Registration Bill being read a second time. The, ma• jority for the second reading was sixteen. The Tory Journals arc, of course, chuckling over what they are pleased to regard—or rather, to please their party, they arc compelled to proclaim—a temporary triumph. Their exultings are, pioperly, so many uphr=tidings of the Liberals for their supiuess. It would seem that the absent Liberals are satisfied with their victory over the Tories at the commencement of the Session, and have retired from the field to repose in their laurels, while the enemy is still in sight, watching for a convenient opportunity to recover from the effects e. with hha l te ' s o pen n r rat i corh e ees s epi twreh a ciee r itll y e ln oaapptfrlreeaoeinvalvteal even temporary ty a deas l mnod f ip. o t r h e t i h r e sentinelsir v g i a n s e e of their repulse, and to regain any ground they have lost. ed T psol h apiiy e el. Their ti wtl u y h p t i ready ol for rr ae rl Ireland gc r ancaat gratification. F ac e t ns t The absence of English members from their posts on the occasion we allude to is deserving of rebuke ; but what terms will express censure sufficiently poignant to convey to the absent Irish Members the sense entertained of their breach of duty and of faith toward their consti tuents? The absence of five Irish county Members — we must name them—Mr. Villiers Stewart, Main. M‘Namara, Mr. Luke White, Sir W. Brabazon, and Colonel Fitzgibbon—while it will not be received as an excuse for the absence of English Liberals, may well be pleaded as a palliation. (From the Standard.) It is quite impossible to infer anything from the sham debate upon Mr. Hume's second motion. As we have intimated, the farce was got up expressly to exclude the light. Sir R. Peel, however, used the opportunity to make a pleasant exposure of Lord Palmerston's non sense about the Lord Lieutenancy of Egypt. The nonsense, indeed, is characteristic and instructive. It shows that the range of vision in the Whig Ministers really does not extend beyond the little official system in which they move. Lord Palmerston can imagine nothing of a vassal Gov ernor o r a great country, but that he must be a Lord Lieutenant, with a Lord Morpeth and a Mr. Drummond —a Mr. O'Connell to direct him, and a corps of beef - ea ters to g uard his person to Church, if he is like Lord Ebrington—or to other places, if he is like Lord Ebrington's predecessor. (From the Courier.) We ar e n ot now to discuss the particular provisions of Lord Stanley's Bill ; but suppose that, like almost all other measures for effecting important and exten sive improvements in a corrupt system, some may not perhaps be perfectly adapted to procure the object their r e wi u l te venture fo r t lie t o a authors desire. The Comm ittee of the House will, no a d t o t u ai b n t m , make eofsutchhisaletnedra,tibou that n a reject th e Bill, a fter the expo sure in the debates o whole f the grossness of the corruptio n which pervdese system of Irish registra tion, is _ utterly incredible. ts maybe a y t b b e e y q IMPOSITION OF A " CHAPEL-RATE" AT STarrroan,—A number of respectable inhabitants of the township of Stretford, w ithin the parish of Manchester, have, within th e l as t week or tw o, been in no small degree astonished at what i s t o them —as it would be to that venerable personage to be f oun d i n every town , whose memory. is so constantly re ferred to—" the oldes t inhabitant"—a. per unprecedented and novel demand. Th e y have received printed rate notes, demandin g the payment of a " chapel-rate." It would appe that a littl e knot of persons got together on All Fooks' Day, as it is called, the Ist April, 1839; and taking care that there should b e a ma jority present in their little clique, some six, eight, t en , or a dozen perso ns, out of a population of about two thousand five hundred inhabitants (the number in 1831), re solved to lay a chapel-rate of three-halfpence in the pound, upon the annual value of all rateable property in the township. ' W . e understand, that between fifty and sixty respectable inha bitants have declined to pay this chapel-rate ; and twenty-eight persons were summoned to appear at a petit sessions, held at Stretford on M o nday last, when the cases was ordered to stand over till the 6th of April. We understand that twenty or or thirty more of the leypayers who refuse payment of this chapel-late, may yet be sum moned.-- Manchester (;t;arrlicti, ASSIZE IN TELLIGEN CE HOME CIRGUIT.—KINGSTON, MARCH 28. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Lord ABINGEB and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. FALL AND OTHERS, OFFICERS OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY'S, LAMBETH. Mr. Theisger, Mr. Sergeant Channel, and another ' Learned Gentleman, were Counsel for the Crown. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Platt, and Mr. Chambers were for the defendants. The pleadings having been opened, Mr. THESIGER stated the details of the case, which have been repeatedly before the public, and which are interesting chiefly to the parties concerned. The question arose out of a dispute between the Rector and the Churchwardens on Easter Tuesday last relative to the election of parish officers. Evidence was called to prove the allegations, when Mr. PLATT addressed the Jury, and Lord ABINGER summed up. He said the address of Mr. Platt was addressed to him rather than to them ; it was a ques tion of law ; and it was one upon which he was bound to state his opinion. His Lordship expressed his .asto nishment that the advocates of popular elections should have pursued the course they had in the present in stance. He was of opinion that the Rector had acted legally in every respect, and that being so, the Jury must find a verdict for the Crown. The Jury accordingly returned a verdict against the defendants. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOIV-HO USE. THE CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER AND THE GUARDIANS OF THE POOR.—On Saturday last a sub ject of considerable importance as regards the disposal of persons found destitute in the streets at night came on before the Lord Mayor, and was by his Lordship referred for decision, as to the general principle, to the Police Committee at Guildhall. It will be recollected that Mr. Harvey, upon being installed in, his office, directed his force to take any persons whom they might find destitute at night to the relieving officer ; and an instance having occurred in which the relieving officer refused to give assistance to an individual who had been sent to him at a late hour, the Guardians were called upon to consider the subject. Subsequently the case of Saturday week stated to his Lordship, and as no mention of it was made in the Committee on that day or Saturday, we think it necessary, for the sake of the public, to detail the particulars. Policeman No. 321 stated, that Mr. Thwaites, the Relieving Overseer of the City of London Union, gave the defendant, Charles Roth, into custody for knocking violently at his door at four o'clock in the morning. Inspector M'Clean stated, that the defendant was brought in a destitute condition to the station-house at a quarter past two in the morning ; witness sent him to Mr. Thwaites, according to the order of Mr. Harvey, the Commissioner, but the Overseer refused to give him shelter ; witness again sent him to Mr. Thwaites, and told him to continue to knock at the door until he should receive an answer and assistance. The consequence was, that the man was charged for awaking the Re lieving Officer. Th LORD MAYOR said that be had received a letter from the Union, stating that the Board had taken his suggestion into consideration, as to the propriety of having destitute persons received by night as wei as by day, and they had determined that it was the duty of the Relieving Officer to attend to real objects by night as well as by day, but that they had nothing to do with vagabonds. Mr. Harvey requested the Lord Mayor's particular attention to the case. The principle was a most im portant one. He then called the policeman who found the defendant in the street, and desired him to state the facts. Stewart, policeman, No. 276, said. that two gentlemen in Cheapside told him that the defendant was begging, and requested that he would take the man in charge. Witness asked the defendant why he begged? to which he replied, " I certainly did beg, but I have no place to put my head in, and I wished for a night's lodgin t' e . ." Witness then took him to the station-house , where he stated the same fact to the Inspector, who ordered that he should be taken to Mr. Thwaites, the relieving officer. Mr. Tnwaites, after a delay of half-an-hour, came down stairs, said he could not provide for all the vagabonds of the streets, who were sent to him at all hours of the night, and betrayed great impatience. It was stated that Mr. Thwaites afterwards insisted that the defendant should be taken to the station-house. and gave him in charge for disturbing him at an unsea sonable hour. Mr. Harvey said tbat the relief which the defendant needed was a night's lodging. The relieving officer was bound to give that relief, and it was no excuse to say that there was no accommodation nearer than Peck ham, a distance of three miles, and a toilsome journey to a poor object already weak and fatigued. The defendant, who had only three halfpence in his pocket, continued to knock at the door, and the result was that he was charged at the station-house. Now, it was important to know whether a man in such a condition was to be obliged to walk to Peckham for a bed. The police officers could, in all cases where they found pal pable evidence of poverty, send the objects to knock at the door of the relieving officer, for he never wculd allow mere indigence to be treated as a crime. Mr. Rowsell (clerk to the Union) said that the re marks made by Mr. Thwaites were beside the ques tion, which was, whether a person found in the streets at night ought or ought not to be brought before the relieving officer. The LORD MAYOR stated that it was more than any one man could do, to do business all day and all night too. The case ought, he was convinced, to be brought before the Police Committee. Mr. Rowsell said that the Board of Guardians were most anxious that every case of destitution should be relieved, but the defendant was not a person to be con sidered of that class. He might have applied early in the morning if he was really destitute. Ho had been about the streets all day, and there was about him prima facie evidence of vagrancy. As for the duties of the relieving officer, his Lordship saw by the communica tion that they expected him to atten d day and night. In the country the union houses were at much more re mote distances than Peckham was from the metropolis ; sometimes destitute persons had to go eight or nine miles before they could obtain assistance. Mr. Thwaites said that he might well be excused for having used hasty language, after having been reused out of his bed at the conclusion of a hard day's work. He bad found it necessary to charge the defendant, and he claimed a right to protection. The defendant was decidedly an idle vagrant. Mr. Harvey repeated that his officers would not relax in the performance of their duty, and had orders to direct every destitute person, found either by night or by day, in the streets of the City, to go to the reliev ing officer, who was bound to afford relief, and to knock until admission should be obtained. He consi dered it monstrous inhumanity to treat a man as a cri minal because he was in distress, and he never would sanction any atrocity of the kind. The LORD MAYOR—I discharge the defendant, and I shall send the matter to the Police Committee. It is evident that some arrangement must be made on is subject of this kind. It comes home to our feelings, and I certainly am of opinion that great caution ought to be taken not to confound the punishment of offenders against the law with the treatment of real distress. We trust that immediate measures will be adopted to remedy the evil. The relieving overseers of the City have very heavy duties to perform, and are, we understand, very shabbily remunerated. MARYLEB ONE. We gave last week the examination of a young wo man named Bagnall, who charged a man with having assisted ber in bringing into the world an illegitimate child, in the St. Pancras New-road, with which he ran away, threatening to murder her if she disclosed the fact. On Saturday, Mr.M'Grahey,:the vestry-clerk, ap peared before the Magistrate, and stated that from cir cumstances related by the medical attendant there was reason to believe that the young woman never had a child, and there was no foundation for her statement. After some conversation, the girl was discharged for the present, the Magistrate thinking she was labouring under some delusion; THAMES POLICE. Samuel Woodward, the steward of thatlalcolm, East Indiaman, was :charged by the Commissioners of Cus toms with being in possession of 9001bs. of cigars, in boxes of less size than allowed by the Act of Par liament, by which the vessel became forfeited, and the defendant liable to a penalty of 1001. The Custom-house officers who went on board the vessel at Tilbury fort asked the defendant if there were any goods liable to duty on board, to which he replied, "Yes, I have brought home a quantity of cigars, which I bought for the use of the passengers, but so many of them were ill that I have made a very bad bargain, and wish to bond them ; I've directed them to the bonding wareh o use." The cigars were in 41b. packages, and the law only allows them to be landed in 4001 b. packets. The Magistrate said t hat there was evidently no in tion to defraud the revenue, and asked the Solicitor of the Customs if be were prepared to show that the quantity was beyond what cou ld have been thought ne cessary for the passenger s The Solicitor declined to enter into the question, as he was entitled to call f or a conviction without any in tion of fraud being shown. The Magistrate was obliged to sentence the defendant to pay a fine of 1001., but he . e xpressed a hope that the Commissioners would remit it, as there was neither fraud or concealment on the part of thF steward, against whim it was a case of extreme hardship. UNION HALL. Francis Robinso n, a bird-fancier, in the Waterloo road, was charged by Mr. Henry Massey with having a setter dog, which had been stolen from him in his pos session, knowing it to have been stolen. On losinc , the dog Mr. Massey a dvertised it, when the defendant called, and made an appointment to meet at the VACCINATION v. INOCULATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Silt—l have read a letter in your Journal of Mon day last, from a medical gentleman named Brown, stating that for the iaA thirty years he has opposed the principle of vaccination, and that he does not think there is a single medical man of respec tabilit y , who will assert that that operation is calculated to in sure immunity from the small-pox. He states, moreover, that many years ago he ex plained his objections in a letter to Dr. Jenner, and he would seem to be of opinion that because his objec tions were unanswered, they were unanswerable. Lest he should draw the same inference with respect to his present letter, I beg leave to subjoin the petition of twelve hundred medical gentlemen, founded on the Vac cination Report read before the Provincial Medical, and Surgical Association at Liverpool, in July last. As you inform your readers you do not yourself parti cipate in Mr. Brown's opposition, but, on the contrary, deem the discovery of vaccination to be one of the greatest blessings conferred upon mankind, you will, I doubt not, feel it proper to publish this petition, and thus neutralize the virus of Mr. Brown's letter, and prevent the mischief it might otherwise produce among the ignorant and the poor, so many of whom are too much inclined to take the same view as Mr. Brown.. I am, Sir, &c. T. " The Petition of the President, Council, and Members o the Provincial Medical and Surgi-al Association, held at Liverpool, the 25th day of July 1839, •' Humbly showcth,—That this Association consists of nearly 1,200 members, including a great proportion of the physicians and surgeons of eminence practising in the various cities and towns of England, most of whom, during the whole of their professional lives, have bestowed much of their attention in studying the qualities of human small pox and cow small-pox : That at their last anniversary meeting, held in July, 1838, at Bath, a section was ap pointed to inquire specifically into the present state of vac cination : That the section so appointed had recently pre sented its report to the meeting held at Liverpool, con taining inforrnation of an highly important character, and well deserving the attention of your Honourable House : That your petitionershave peculiar satisfaction in stating that the result of their inquiries has thrown much light on the nature of variole vaccine, and that Dr. Jenner's opinion, that it was an affection of a true variolous character, has been de monstrated, by historical evidence, as well as by direct ex periment; human small-pox having been recently commu nicated to the cow by inoculations, and the result having been the production of a variolo-vaccine lymph, possessing all the properties of the original vaccine disease : That this direct confirmation of a great doctrine adds infinite value to the original discovery, by explaining alike the nature and the degree of protection that may be derived from the per fect vaccination, which is, in short, to use the language of the discoverer himself, to impregnate the constitution of man with small-pox in its mildest, instead of its pestilential and fatal form : That the diffusion of this truth may be made subservient to the best purposes, and with the aid and counte nance of your Honourable House be rendered highly instru mental to the preservation of human life: That your peti tioners have learned, by the concurrent testimony of a very large portion of their members, that cow small-pox, if duly and carefully administered, has an enduring influence in pro tecting the constitution ; that while they admit that this protection is not in all cases complete, they have unques tionable proof of its being capable, if generally and pro perly employed, of mitigating, controlling, and, they might almost say, of extinguishing small-pox in any district. " That they have further learned, that while vaccination has been imperfectly and insufficiently employed in many places, s►mal-pox has been, and continues to be, diffused i❑ a manner highly detria.ental to the health and safety of the community. " That before suggesting any measure for the more ei fective diffusion of vaccination, they would specially iO. plore your Honourable House to take measures for regu lating the practice of small-pox inoculation ; and they arc induced to urge this prayer of the petition with greater earnestness, because they have ascertained that such prac tice has been abandoned by almost every respectable me dical man in the kingdom, from a disinterested conviction that it is uncalled for and dangerous, and ought to be uni versally superseded by vaccine inoculation. " That the abandondrnent of small-pox inoculation by medical g entlemen, has led ignorant and illiterate persons to take up the practice, whereby the disease has been widely disseminated throughout the country, and that many deaths have been the consequence. " That your petitioners humbly beg leave to repre sent to your Honourable House the extreme necessity of restraining such proceedings ; they do not ask for a positive enactment to forbid small-pox inocu lation entirely, though they think there are sufficient grounds for so doing ; but they pray that it may be enacted, that a practice always dangerous, and very fre quently fatal, to the subject of it, as well as to the com munity at large, shall not be permitted to be followed by any one who has not been duly qualified to exercise the profession of medicine or surgery ; that such restriction, in their opinion, would he wise and salutary at all times, but is more especially demanded, now that a mild and effi cient substitute may he brought within the reach of every member of the community. To accomplish this later object, your intiticxxers humbly submit that cer ta:.n regulations ought to be adopted. They have ascertained, that during recent epidemics, a very large proportion of the lower classes, both in towns and among the rural population, have been found totally unprotected ; that in one city. in the South of England, five hundred persons perished from this cause in the course of last year ; and that in anothe- place, on the breaking out of small-pox, the whole of the children under nine or ten )c,rs of age were exposed to its ravages, which were only checked by prompt and extensive vaccination. " Tnat these and many similar facts have convinced them, that at this time there is no sufficient provision for the vaccination of the poor in this kingdom ; that the prac tice, as offered to the poor at our public institutions in , owns, as well as by private individuals, is by no rucaus adequate to the wants of our greatly increasing population " That it appears to your petitioners to he the duty of the State to remedy this great evil, by appointing regularly educated vaccinators, with suitable salaries, iii districts sufficiently numerous to embrace the whole of the poor population of the country, and who shall offer gratuitous vaccination, at stated periods, to all within their bounds, keeping accurate registers of their proceedings, and com municating regularly with the National Vaccine . Estab- lishrnc,nt. " That under such a system, duly organized and vig - '- lantly ext.euted, your petitioners have the strongest rca,on for believing that small-pox would be effectually restrained, and soon become almost unknown. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." FIRE IN A FRENCH COAL MINE. The coal mines in the Commanierie in the Allier,' says a letter of the 17th instant, from Montlucon, " con tinue to burn with undiminished intensity, and if we could but forget that the flames have been for three successive days devouring immense riches. and tl at three hundred families ma:' thereby be deprived for a long time of their means of subsistence, we should experience the utmost admiration at the magnificent spectacle we behold. Imagine a deep ravine, in the form of an inverted coae, the circumference of which is constantly enlarging. On approaching the scene, we find torrents of flames issuing with violence from 14 vast openings, formed at about 20 feet above the bottom of the ravine, forming entrances into the galleries which were at work. Frequently a dull cracking sound is heard. This is caused by an enormous block of coal, which detaches itself from the top or sides of a gallery, and falls in a burning state to the bottom of the ravine. A thick column of black dust then bursts forth, and reaching the opening of the galleries, the flames lay hold of it, and a body of serpentine fire is produced. Sixty feet higher up, on each side of the galleries, two shafts, which reach to the subterranean passages, send up dazzling columns of flame. Sometimes one goes out suddenly, and the other increases in violence. It would appear as if, arrested in its fury, the fire hesi tated for an instant. A great roaring is now heard, and suddenly the flame breaks forth again with such force as to create an idea that it is about to burst the whole of this burning mass, and cover the spectator with its ruins. Now cast your eyes around ; it is midnight. Two thousand spectators are present ; some grouped on the ridge opposite the ravine, others standing carefully aloof. Listen—no other noise is heard than the ter rible voice of the fire, which roars in the entrails of the earth, or if some human voice is heard, it reaches the car broken and interrupted, like that of a man who is being suffocated. There is something grand and sad, which elevates and oppresses at the same time. The magnificence of such scenes gives a sort of eleva tion to the mind,but it is also harrowed in the presence of such convulsions." A letter of the 20th instant re presents that on the preceding day, the pillars left to support the galleries having been consumed, they had fallen in, and nothing remained but one immense gulf of glowing fire. The engineers give hope that they will now be able to extinguish the burning mass by turning into it the waters of a stream which runs at about two miles off. To accomplish this, innumerable workmen are employed night and day, but this will re quire a length of time, and in the meanwhile the damage, already incalc ulable, must be greatly increased. it., at COACH ACCIDENT. ---.Au accident, attended with unfortunate consequences, happened to the Rapid coach, at Newport Pagnel. on its way from London to Sheffield, late on Wednesday night. The coachman quitted the box at New port Pagnel, in order to take some refreshment, and entrusted the horses to the care of two horsekeepers. The spirited ani mals, however, took fright, and breaking loose, galloped away with the coach at full ( peed. An outside passenger and the guard were thrown off (the latter in attempting to climb over the roof and reach the reins), but sustained no serious injury. Mr. Shortland, of Coalpit-lane, Sheffield, was travelling in side, and, becoming alarmed, jumped out of the coach whilst the horses were at their utmost speed, and fractured both the bones of his leg. When the Express came up shortly after was travelling by thcr'Ex wards, ha was lying helplessly on the road side. A surgeon (Mr. Harmar Smith, of this place) vress, and he immediately applied a temporary splint, which he had with him, to the broken limb, so that Mr. Shortland that ROYAL Was enabled to proceed to Northampton, where he was imme diately taken to the hospital. We are happy to learn that he is doing well. The horses, having galloped about six miles, be. came exhausted, and the leaders having broken loose from the harness, the speed of the shaft horses was so much slackened ingoin u N p a A hill, the only remaining passenger, wi , o had kept his seat outside, was able to get down and stop them. We has votedVl Aool.l. as S C . i d l o o n O at L i understand no blame whatever can be attached to the coach man.—Sheffield Iris. Company donation to Corporation of the T thish e Goldsmithsinstitution. Th: City of London, the , East-India Company, i the Vintners', Grocers', Drapers', Waterrnen's, and Skinners' Companies, have already contributed mostlibei ally to the school. A :! ~;,~ • r I I :i i r~: