The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-04 00:00:00

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T ILE NEXT DISTRIBUTION, managed and guaranteed , t4 e Austrian Government, contains 4 WENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to £954,888, Tine Dividends being `f 15,000 £6OO £7O 0 £37 IO 7,500 300 50 0 37 0 3,800 200 42 0 36 0 1,800 150 40 10 35 0 1,200 100 39 0 )4 THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. it MASON begs leave most respectfully to announce that v a , above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING ' 4 l the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. 141( le th, r, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor Mons. MUSARD nOGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, DEC. 4. 'PART FIRST. %ut......Faust—Lindpainter. t , -Liebes e Traume—Lanner. tirlare—La Dame Blanche—Boieldieu. /4 °11(1 New Quadrille from Auber's Zanetta—Musard. oncertante, for o Trombones and Ophicleide—Messss. LaBqo.,4fonet, Faivre, and Tw Prospere. Grand Fantasia from Lea Huguenots—Meyerbeer. koo t ;ornet a Pistons, horn Norma—Herr Koenig. celebrated Music in Macbeth. th PART SECOND. htt re - --GUillallMO Suisso--Nlusard. IC/kir with Variations, Concertina—Mr. G. Case. , 1 / 4 ,7 - -S i onnambula—Strauss. 4 1,e--Fra Diavolo—Auber. Qll, l) : ll adrille—Postillon Mam'ablou—Musard. Li p " La Belle Anglaise—Eli a s on . Lip tL ees of Admission :—To the Promenade, Is. ; Dress p 37, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d, ‘ .4l tors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and •t the Promenade. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications, tON,Zre to announce that the Lower Gallery will for the fn. b oo opened at the admission of Is. to each pe r son. ‘ltr° open at half-past Seven o'Clock, to commence at 1 1 Precisely. „,. I .lV v e Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Ro3 al ' No. 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the 141 414:* Prices, 10s. 6d., 1/. Is., and 11 . Ils. 6d. Boxes 16.,Fes in the and Upper Circles may be secured on IC, `lon to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-o ffi ce, daily, from Ten U ': o'Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be kept N...the whole of the evening, if required. hi s P IONCSS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. eplendid E Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, additioYntodetrhteh tormersrwl of e A r : _ a ready ap eat these Concerts, Mr. Willy has great pleasure in an ing that h e has made arrangements with M. Delabarre, ), of the A ca d emie Royale, Par i s; M. de Folly, (Pic 1. Land M. Baumann, (Bassoon). O.qiNS EVENING, DEC. 4.—PROGRAMME. ?Midsummer's Night Dream, Anacreo n . vilt z e --Prince Albert. 4(4 0 es•-- Victoria, Der Feen Welt. le ( lot : 54 from the Mountain Sylph, introducing the Brida L. 43 , Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fo r tune-telling 7 4 n e. i tri t h from Meyerbeer's Opera, Robert le Diable, arranged kip Solos for Bassoon, Harp, Corno-Inglese, and Clarinet. N tt , .. the Flageolet by Mr. Champion. 4 N 4 C net a Pistons, Messrs. Al‘Farlane and Keightley. Battle Symphony—Beethoren. gateNteenade Is —Diess Circle, 2s.—Upper Boxes , ls. 6 d. Ro;es; 1/. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the \Zee, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. %li te ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. eed ented ovelt—Change of Pieces every night—Last of Jim alo N ng Jo y sey—and engagement of Mr. Butler. THIS EVENING, DEC. 4, Will be acted, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock by Mr. Butler. he follo we d by JIM ALONG JOSEY, and Piccaninny Colman'4 Visit to the Masquerade. To conclude with THE GOLDEN FARMER. ~, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. k'ou.tinued attraction of the Wizard of the Wave. hi t THIS EVENING, DEC ' . 4, LIZARD OF TIIE WAVE • OR, THE SHIP OF THE AVENGER. After which, qtr BONIBASTES FURIOSO. -vt ell by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Attweod, Lennox, &c. -g„, To conclude with the Melodrame of RE BANDIT OF THE BLIND MINE. st, rs by Messrs. Harding, Dale, Cony, Blanchard, Att ' ~< tiss E. Montague, Mrs. France, &c. 1 1. AL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. je,,Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronage. - "ly popular and interesting resort is OPEN DAILY i k ,„ 4 h e - k , from Ten till Dusk. % 1. 4 11 -..enagerie, which is unequalled in the number, variety, 44 tY of the specimens it contains, occupies several spa -11141 elega n t buildings comfortably heated, and arranged e nearest possible assimilation to the natural habits of i'"th M4l3 . The most important additions recently received 4)114. ? am and beautiful black Leopard, le Mignon Elejhant, I t l f t t .,' scarce Curassovrs, called Cushew Birds, the Sacred Oiso w , e lull Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of `'tit) "es,.the Monster Boa (the largest ever seen in confine ‘lt ' AI : splendid collection of Caraivora are fed at Four o'Clock, °er e fi time the ferocious attributes and amazing muscular 4lf thes e for monarchs are displayed to the utmost ad Admission, One Shilling. !••••••• At) tilos TO TRESPASSERS ON RAILWAYS. A labouring man named Walker attended before Sir r4ard Frederick, and other Magistrates sitting in 61: t tY Sess.oll at Kingston, on Monday, to answer a ; 4t to of unlawfully being upon the line of the Lo n d on t litl ot cotliampton Railwa y, for which he had incurred t, t kalty of 40s. It appeared from the evidence of tl %. th e clerks at the Kingston station, that on Sun , t .‘"ening about ten o'clock, the defendant came to tit' c i l4 Aion and wished to book a place to go to \Wy k, i t t . but he was informed that all the trains were gone toiS night. He then said that as the trains were .I tlL . ' l c .should walk along the line to Weybridge. The tt qt ,' Vold' him this would not be permitted, and he was 411144"1 to leave the station, but he refused, and in .NlC,Alper, being allowed to go on the line, and he "14 ;,`Llor s om e distance upon it ; and although be was mtei i ;' ll t proceealings would be token against him, be a te d- that h e - w ould walk to Wcybridge along the t le tt4 % Y,Lacensds was ver . fo in , solent, and it was at length togy remove to h sen dm one of the railway consta i T * ) ,. defendant, it appeared, '4l ,,t4 l"t° lticated at the thug, and the circumstances 44 1 1 to the knowledge of the Board of Directors, t :t t i b °rder e d the present proccediga to be adopte d 1 .) 4 t him under the Act of Pa rliomenf , The Magis ',te f t o t h e d e f en d ant w h a t explanation be had to e4 . °P acting in such an improper m annet ? He re d g h at t Wh en h e f oun d the trains :core all gone, he nthink th ere was any harm in walking along the ' 4 11.1 k - 2 t was the nearest way. The Bench said that , 1 tr,.. 4 could b e mor e mischievous than for the public '4; 14 " upon the line of a railway, .as the most se tl:4teii,„—'llsequences might be the result, atEd it was very a tiVt,Y for the protection of all, that pers,2". so of- t a. 26 0u1d be punished ; and they then ao j 'ld,ged 4i ilf ilectdant to p ay a fi n e of 40s. and the costs. file Itt ili ;ltrit -s a id h e b a d no t g ot the money, and the Itfd. I tti t to, l d him that if the fine was not paid, a dis t' 107 0 " t rotit . .would be issued to levy the amoun t up on 43. +l7lll im-0r......m5t0-____ 4t h 4 It t ly, l a nd Lady CI •ncurry are among the Eng 41.altt t o lj now soim trnicne in Italy. llis Lordship will 1, 'um country b y t h e coeet►ng of Parliament. L I h IVA T y 1 114 - -•-• OF PRIZE C'A TTL E.—This morn- Qt ththe • , „ " tirrivai o f the trains, at , o'clock belonging v4B Western kt,!!lt London andißirminghamscvLn railroad, and . also the ones, a number of fli 'e cattle arrived from 014 . traziers, for the purpose of bein,c; ,exhibited, at the IZIly i . 4 /,'l'iZe Cattle Show, which conadences on __Ny n ed. itzt, ; It, the 9th inst., at the Horse Bazaar, lii I r - , to u' l t ,tnt,ao-square. The animals -"-re removes Pie of exhibit ion. ORDERS FOR cc THE CHINA SUN," INOW PUBLISHING, (AND WHICH WILL BE KEPT ON SALE FOR SOME TIME,) May be given to all News-agents, or sent direct to the Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, where prompt attention will be paid to each communi- cation in the order it is received, and the Paper duly forwarded. Parties sending Orders should write their Ad dresses distinctly, to prevent mistake. On former occasions several letters had been received with out either Name or Address. 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The t üblication of t e Evening Edition of THE SUN com menced at 10 minutes after Three. 4k, • . 4 • Rl/:- e + LONDON: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1840 The verdict in the case of the accident on the Bir mingham Railway, though an extraordinary one, and though the law was perhaps stretched to justify it, is calculated to assure the public that the utmost care will be taken of their lives by that as by every other conveyance. That verdict was, in the case of DAWSON, wilful murder against SiMPSON, the driver, and he only escaped a criminal prosecution by having been previously called to account before a higher tribunal. We should certainly have been more satisfied with it had there been any evidence of maliciously killing ; but whatever may be its vices, it was according to the law as laid doWn by the Coroner. In SIMPSON'S own case, the ver dict.wasfelo de se, the Jury branding his conduct with most signal reprobation. The deodand of 2,0001. was a severe fine for the Company. If there ware before any doubt on the subject, it is now plain that the public, as Jurors, may protect themselves, so far as any penal law can protect them, and if they neglect properly to use the power which is in their hands, they only will be to blame. It is plain, from the verdict, if it will stand good in law, that no new statutes, or no new powers are wanted to enable Jurors to severely stigmatize and severely punish any of the Railway Companies, or any of their servants, who, by neglecting their duties, cause the death of any of her MAJESTY'S subjects. The Jury did not separate without pointing out several species of negligence, or improper behavi our in the Company, which, we trust, will lead to corresponding improvements. The imperfect code of night signals, the want of a means of communi cation between the guards and the drivers, the ne cessity for a more vigorous and careful executive authority in the Directors, and the propriety of appointing some person of superior education as a captain of each train, were all very properly ad verted to, and the observations of the Jurors will not be without their effect on the Directors. Should they neglect these admonitions, and accidents here after occur by their neglect, they will be considered as persons who wilfully cause mischief, and will be liable according to the law, as laid down by Mr. WA K LEY, to have a Coroner's verdict of wilful murder recorded against them, and to be tried for their lives at the Old Bailey. For these useful ad monitions the public are, we apprehend, mainly indebted to Mr. ROTCII, the Foreman of the Jury, who, being both a ma n of scienceand a lawyer, knows equally what is due to the public, and what ca❑ be achieved by the Directors of railways. • Under another aspect, the verdict is worthy of notice. It enhances very much the responsibility of engine drivers. They will henceforth be con sidered liable to be tried for murder, if, by an ac cident arising from their carelessness, a passenger or a fellow-workman loses his life. Now these added responsibilities will impose on the Directors the corresponding duty of giving considerably higher wages to this class of useful men, and of selecting them with the greatest care. On the whole, how ever, the proceedings will not be disadvantageous to railway proprietors, for they will ensure a better management, and enable the Directors to bring a better case than otherwise before Parliament when it meets, and so keep it from unnecessarily interfer ing with their property. Though there is now reason to hope that the general peace will not be disturbed, we have not yet heard of any cessation of our naval preparations ; nor can we say that it would now be wise to sus pend them. The late conduct of M. TRIERS, and the late debates in the Chamber of Deputies, have brought two important facts into painful relief. The first is, the existence amongst a large portion of the French of a diseased desire for war ; and the second is, the existence, we regret to say, of a wide-spread hatred amongst French statesmen, if not amongst the French population, of England. M. DE CARNE, in a few brief sentenct s, stated both facts :—" France (he said) hopes in war, and I say so without distinction of party or opinion." " The English alliance (he added) is not a normal and natural condition for France. France has another interest in the world than that of preserving peace, although this may be the first of all. I can understand that the interest of the preservation of peace may be established as the • basis of the policy of a State like Austria, like England ; but, I own it, I can - never conceive it for France but as a temporary interest.—(Marks of strong adhesion in the Chamber.)" While such feelings prevail to any extent, and they have been much fostered by the press during M. TRIERS' .Administration, there is a pro. liability that he may be forced back into power, which would inevitably bring on war ; and as long as a probability, or even a possibility of that exists, England will be compelled to keep up and even to augment her navy. If we have not war, we shall THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DFC EMBER 4, 1810. have many of its expenses and its burdens. We must have a war navy. • Now, we take leave to say that this condition of France, and this burden on England, does no honour to the statesmanship of our age. All the nations around France are exposed to similar alarm and similar expense. Germany is putting her armies on a war footing. We apprehend it is a very useful philosophy, whether it be 'ue or not, to infer a national fault wherever there is national suffering. In this case the other nations, as well as France, suffer from the French passion for war, and they hare done what they ought not to do, to provoke the calamity. We can see, we think, at once in what they have done wr - ,ng. They have had a mutual jealousy of one another and of France, and they have shut out each other's trade, so that after a peace of twenty-five years' duration, cotnparatively few commercial re lations between the different countries have been formed, and the people have been prevented from becoming friendly one with another. One result of this miserable pettifogging jealousy, making the narrow maxims of chapmen and pedlars the laws for regulating the intercourse of nations, is that wide spread alarm and great public expenditure to which we, in common with all the neighbours of France, are now subjected. We are afraid that such a fact will not add much to the wisdom of statesmen, nor are they likely by the errors of the past to profit for the future. What we should recommend may not appear much like what passes for worldly wisdom, but being well aware that the French will not give their commodities to any other people, and will buy from others something equivalent to every gallon of wine or yard of silk they sell, we should say that, if statesmen wish to guard in future against similar apprehensions and similar expenses to those we now suffer, they should throw open their countries to French trade, regardless of what the French Go vernment may do for their trade respectively. They ought not to wait for commercial treaties, which, as Mr. J. D. HUME has proved, are of no import ance ; but at once, so far as that would not inflict a very serious injury on their own subjects, they ought to open their ports to French trade, and to invite the French to become a commercial and a peaceful people. Our duties on wine, brandy, and silk goods might, with a little management, be imme diately and most advantagously lowered, and an example thereby set which would do more for en suring the peace of Europe, to the enrichment also of all nations, than all the fleets and armies that ever were organized for the preservation of the balance of power. Because we are of opinion that the other nations of Europe might do much to make the French a commercial and a peaceful pe3ple, we would not have our readers suppose that the French Govern ment is not greatly to blame for the unsocial, and semi-savage passions of its subjects. We made some observations on the 11th and 12th ult., to show that the French Government had grossly neglected its duties. The recent inundations, an occurrence against which no provision ap pears to have been made, is a proof that the French Government has been much more intent on preserving power, than on encouraging use ful arts and useful labours. In another part of our Journal, we insert an able article from the Morning Chronicle, setting in a clear and prac tical light, the gross mismanagement of the all regulating ;imperial Government of France. To that we have nothing to add, but to express an opinion that the French would help themselves, in spite of a stupid Government and stupid Legislature, as the English have helped themselves—for our commerce, our useful arts, and our national wealth, owe nothing to either the Executive or the Legislative—were the countries by which France is surrounded to open their bosoms to her commerce. If the Govern ment remain blind and perverse, the people may be taught their true interests, and be incorporated in the friendly and great social family of nations by the statesmen of surrounding countries acting on the well-ascertained and well-established princi ples of political economy. If, in their minds, the truths of that noble science now remain fruitless and dead, posterity will regard them, whatever pre sent consideration they may enjoy, as al together unequal to the times in which their lot has been cast. The French journals of Wednesday bring the speeches of M. BERRYER and M. DE LAMAR TINE, in the Chamber of Deputies, on the Ad dress, the debate upon which was opened on Wed nesday by M. DE REMUSAT, late Minister of the Interior. The outline which we yesterday published of M. BERRYER'S speech so fully embodied the spirit of it that we shall add nothing to it but the following extract, which strikes us as being con ceived in the most shameless spirit of national in gratitude. France should blush to find the great est of her orators capable of thus responding to the noble sentiments which animated Great Britain in restoring the ashes of NAPOLEON : Gentlemen, I hear the cannon of St. Jean d'Acre. I hear the cannon—the English cannon, knockii:g down the walls of that town before which Napoleon was checked ; but I also hear the cannon which an nounces the arrival of the mortal remains which have so long been held captive by the English. Will you allow these remains to descend intii the tomb without making a protest which shall fill with joy the manes of that enemy of England ?—(Sensation.) But by far the best and ablest speech delivered since the commencement of the debate, was M. DE LAMAItTINE'S, the Royalist poet, who, sepa rating himself from the trammels of his party, boldly and most ably supported the policy of the SOULT-GUIZOT Cabinet. The elo quent and enthusiastic orator proved that the isolation of France was entirely owing to the pro crastination, and apparent treachery of the Cabinet of the Ist of March. So far was M. DE LAMAR TINE from discovering an intentional insult to France in the conduct of the Four Powers, that he was surprised at the concessions so frequently made by Lord PALMERSTON, and still more at the earnest assurances repeatedly made by his Lordship of the undiminished friendship of Eng land for France. The following sentences from the speech of M. DE LAMARTINE will convey at a glance the excelientspirit in which it is conceived: — There is indeed one thing which has given me pain, there is one fact which I should almost be inclined to construe into an insult. Whilst we were arming with vigour, and with a sort of fanaticism, whilst we were calling for the fortification of Paris, as if we supposed that they were destined to receive the assault of the Four Powers, and that the capital was to be exposed to invasion, those Powers did not levy a single man, or move a single cannon towards their frontiers.—(Agita tion.) And why not ? Because those Powers said to themselves, " We have no bad intentions towards France ; she is acting under the influence of a mo mentary effervescence, and when that shall have passed away, she will acknowledge her error." You see, then, that there neither has been hatred nor secret antipathy ' against France ; no , Gentlemen, France is not hated, she is loved, she is respected, her alliance is desired, and it will be her own fault if she remain isolated. Upon the speech of M. DE REMUSAT WC have but little to say. In character it is somewhat of a nondescript. While the ex President of the Council appeals to the sympathies of the Left, and invokes the aid of the Republican press, the ex- Minister of the Interior seeks an asylum among the Conservatives. The following correction of the report which ap peared in the. Journal des Debats of Tuesday, re lative to the news from Alexandria of the unquali fied submission of MEHEMET ALI to the Four Powers, is from the official columns of the Messager of Wednesday evening : , Several journals announce that Government has re ;.;,,ived from Alexandria the imell4.7;cace of the of Mehemet Ali, to the propositions of Admiral Step_ ford, who had been charged to offer him nachalic of Egypt. The intelligence tvll,y Govern ment has received contains nothing so positlve. The prpositions will which Admiral Stopford is charged had not yet reached Alexandria. We grow ashamed of recording the savage war howling of the French Republican prsss. The intense hatred of England which inflames the minds of some of the French Journalists, amounts to an absolute craze. England is to them but a syno nyme for all that is most detestable—another name for treachery, tyranny, rapacity, and whatever is most :deserving of the abhorrence of nations, and the execration of the human race. For the most part Atheists themselves, they accuse us of heresy ; and, while trampling under foot the most sacred precepts of the Gospel, they affect to shudder at the impiety of a nation that hopes to go to Heaven without kissing the POPE'S toe. For lack of bet ter arguments and stronger proofs of guiltiness on our part, they take us to task for the crimes com mitted during the reigns of the RICHARDS and the hd 1 .0 -I h E l y y e EN Y S, S s t , ar yesterday resigned their sceptre, and as if we were the same peoplq now that our ancestors were in the days of the Black Prince. These writers have painfully undeceived us. Previous to the last four months we did not believe that there was a man in France so well educated as to be capable of performing the humblest duties of a daily Journalist, who would have written thus of England. Still less did we think it possible that such sentiments would find an echo in the bosom of a people who boast themselves to be the most Livilised in Europe. In England, however, the savage and barbarian cry which has been raised against us in France has excited no other feelings than those of pity and regret—pity that the prin ciples of civilization should be so little understood in France, and regret that a nation in whose wel fare we took so deep an interest, should, in a fit of madness, force a separation from her only friend. But neither the furious tirades of the French anarchical organs, nor the war rhapsodies of the supporters of M. TRIERS in the Chambers, shall provoke us to retaliate upon France or Frenchmen a syllable of the foul abuse heaped upon this coun try. Our reputation for courage the most ex alted, for generosity the most unbounded, and fo r integrity the most durable, is happily not doubt ful ; and, by the time our present differences with France are adjusted, we shall need no additional proofs of our moderation. Indeed, at this mo ment, we are most anxious that our Governmen t shou;d adopt some measure to demonstrate to al Europe the amicable sentimemts which we enter tain, and have at all times since the Revolution of July. entertained towards France. It would de light US if Lord PALMERSTON could in some way assist in sustaining the wise, enlightened , Christian policy of M. GUIZOT and the KING, before the termination of the debate on the Ad dress in the Chamber of Deputies. This, indeed, would be a work of mercy, which would form the subject of a bright page in the future annal of British statesmanship. Perhaps the most effective form in which such an act could appear, would be in a note signed by the representatives of the Fou Powers, stating simply that no intention was en' tertained of insulting France by the secret adop tion of the Treaty of July. We have, ere this felt some surprise that such a step was not earlier taken. Much as we know Russia would dislike signing such a note, we do not believe that she would openly reject it, if agreed to by the other Three Powers. But even if she did, her secession from a policy so conciliatory would not retard the bene ficial influence of such a document upon the wounded susceptibilities of France. We wish to be fully understood. We do no think, whatever turn affairs may now take, that there is any danger of an immediate war with France. But the seeds of a war sooner or later are sown, unless honest and good men on all aides seriously set about to eradicate them. 'We. must read a practical leSson of wisdom and of benevo lence to France. We mutt teach her by our moderation, our forbearan ce , an d our perfect readi ness• to make all reasonable concessions to her wounded self-love, the high value which we set upon peace. We . want no fresh laurels steeped in the tears and blood of our European brethren. We impressments of our young want no war taxes ; no men to manure with their carcasses the fields of France, or to find a grave at the bottom of the Mediterranean; no shenic s of savage exultation over hostile fleets burned and armies annihilated ; no thing in short which would remind us of the triumph of hatred over love, of barbat ism over civilisation, of I violence, outrage, and destruction, over productive ness, order, and tranquillity. Of what France calls glory we have already enough and to spare. We have of finding our greatest learned to grow ashamed happiness in the amount of misery inflicted by us, or which we are capabl e of inflicting upon our fellow-creatures. The finest landscape is no longer that which has been watered by the blood of an enemy. We already prefer the vineyards to the battle-fields of France,' 'and in the progress of the plow, the shuttle, the steam-engine, and the pen, we recognise the best auxiliaries of human improve ment, and surest wordly promoters of universal hap piness. We entertain no jealousy, social, commer cial, literary, or otherwise of France. W e have no old grudges to forget, no recent insul ts t o pardon. There is, then, every thing to predisp ose us to pa- ific o uourselves—every ti a to inclin e us to soothe theirritation, fears, and c t re move the groundless suspicions of France. politician ay:;fiesrldsateynit'uoriiin,, at y none whose DEATH OF Mit. R. FERGUSON, 1%1 .r., LAIRD-L mu. TENANT OF FIFE.—II is with great regret we have to record the death of Mr R. Ferguson, .of Raith, well c k , fri the o as n ol d a Whig kind - hearted school, w man, l, o diedanl well knownas two o'clock, at his house in Portland-place. Thou.l he never spoke in the House of Commons, there were few men more constantly at their post, and vote was more generally given for the right and the good nose. NURSE IN ORDINARY.--Mira. PaCkCr , isa Miss native Atg u ofsAugusta Edinburgh, r , who, it is Said has been appointed wet•nurse to the Princess Royal,' a daughter of the late Nathaniel Gow of this city, and granddaughter of the celebrated Neil Gow (" Famous Ne ll) , Mrs. Packer studied music at the Royal . Academy, London, with the view of becoming a public singer, in which charac gshi,lewllisere she wa s ter she appeared here at several concerts. Mrs. P. has, or at least had, a splendid figu re ; and no d oubt possesses all the qualifications requisite for the proper performance of the duties of her important office.—Edinburgh Paper [Why should not Pat and the Welshman, too, put claims for the honour ? Reading came first, then Cowes, now Modern Athens ; and as " au ld Niel, " the famous fiddler, was born in the .Highlands, Lochaber or y c ane from Bally- Farintosh, perhaps has a share in the honour ; b ut hi s might have been shipped at a very remote. per!od ‘ to the Sister Islaud I from Kilgurrog, or Llandr.dlo in V a l". sh grandfathera nnon , an and beinghis areal -grandfather I as musical, how the nursery will ring Id --..aff5zef11................r... I bids fair to rival Homer in our respect, a!lcirsi'fP:heekeirs PRICE OF WHEAT. price of Wheat in England, and lowest on the Continent, since the passing of the Corn-laws : The highest price,.taking the average of the year, in England was i❑ 1817 945. The lowest price in Prussia Proper was in 18'2.5 16s. 9d. Return " Wheat," No. 177. March t 27, 1840. (Signed) G. R. PORTER. Statistical Department, Board of Trade. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) iCORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals have been good of Wheat, Barley. and Four, but of other grain inconsiderable. The trade for Wheat was extremely dull, at Monday's prices. There has been very little call for Barley since Monday. Beans, Pease, and Oats, as last reported. Flour as last stated. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The trade for Beef was good, the prices have ad vanced. particularly on the best quality. There was ra ther a decline in the trade for Mutton and Veal, the prices being hardly so good as on Monday last. The supply of Pigs was short, but the trade was anything but good. Beasts, 538; Sheep, 2,990; Pigs, 438; Calves, 121. Beef, 33. 81. to 53. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. lad. ; Veal, 4s. to 4s. 4d. ; Prime ditto, 53. to ss. 4d.; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 45.; Prime ditto, 4s. 4d. to 43. 83. Clover [lay, from 31. 15s. to 5/. 17s. ; Nlea , low, 31. 12s. to 41. 17.. ; Straw, 11. 103. to It 16s. COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were of little moment, and privately few transactions were made either for home use or export, but prices were steady. The arrivals were small from all quarters. TEA MARKET.. The biddings were languid at the public sales, but a small part only of that offered was sold, and former rates were barely supported. Company's Congou flat at 2s. 31d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. There was rather more demand for P. Y.C., both on the spot and to arrive. Prices were firm at 465. 9d. to 475., for the former purpose, and 47s 6d. for spring months. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Cape of Gcod Hope papers to the 20th September have been received. FISHERIES AT THE CAPE.—" We are informed that Mr. John Leson, at his property in Table Bay, has cured and sold the following quantities of fish between the Ist of January and the 31st of August, 1840:-160 tons of dried fish, 550 tons of pickled mackerel ; total value of fish dried and pickled, 4 3491. Os. 4d. Our bays swarm with fish, and many of the sorts are of excellent quality. The chief foreign market is the Mauritius. Thursday night was stormy in Cape Town and neighbourhood; loud thunder and vivid lightning continued almost without interval dur ing the night, with occasional gusts of wind. One vessel tering enthe bay ran aground. " PitovistoNs.—Beef and mutton have again descended to their old prices, or rather below them—are now sold at 2d. per lb. These prices signify abundance, and accord ing to our accounts the whole colony is at this moment, so far as the necessaries of life are affected, overflowing with riches." From the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date :- 6 4 BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, DEC. I.—The national funds have but little varied, and business has been calm. Ar doin's Spanish was much sought after, and the prices were better, 221 ; Coupons, 19 i." A letter, dated Alexandria, the 11th November, states that—" Soliman Pacha has joined Ibrahim. The fever is making great havoc in his army, and the 'lumber of sick is frightful." The last letters from Bcyrout are of the 6th November ; they state the force of Ibrahim's army at eighteen thousand to tt. Great discontezit prevails amongst the mountaineers, the English having promised them three piastres per day and their food; but they were only paid the first day, and the food given to them were only some old biscuits, found in the magazines of Ibrahim. The plague has appeared at Bevrout, and in several parts of the mountains ; it was the Turkish soldiers who brought it to the place. It is stated that the Pacha of Bagdad is advancing against Damascus. THE FUNDS. Consols are rather heavy at present, which is attributed to the forthcoming French loan; they left off at 89a- ex. div., and at present may be quoted 89k s ex. div. ; Re duced, 89 i f ; Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 158 159 ; India Stock, 241 242. _ _ In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is also lower, left off 23i 24h, at present may be quoted 23; 8 ; Deferred, 11i 14; Passive .51. ; Portuguese same as they left off, 343 ; Three per Cents 224 , ; Colombian, 9 64 I.; Mexican, 304 ; Dutch Two.and-a. Half per Cents. 51i 5 4 ,,+ ; Five per Cents. 9SI 991. Shares—Great Western, 21 22 premium ; London and Brighton Railway, 10 91 die. ; Blackwell, 4 31 dis. ; Birmingham, 77 79 premium; Southampton, 53 54 per share; Croydon, 11 121 per share ; Greenwich, 74 8i per shale ; Manchester and Birmingham, 13 11 discount. Yesterday, bills which had five months to run were dis counted in Lombard-street at the rate of 5} pttr cent per annum. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby Birmingham and Gloucester 40 Great Western London and Brighton Manchester and Leeds . . 70 Midland Counties ... lOO Ditto i Shares Nort h Midland Ditto New ... -40 ' :37 .HA .L.FL PAST ONE. The British Market has continued heavy during the Bourse of the morning, and receded about per cent. since the leaving off prices of yesterday. In the early put of the day, the Bank Broker sold a lot of Reduced, which de pressed the market, and Consols were done at 89, sellers for the Account. This depression in the market may be attributed to the speculators anticipating that some im portant event is on the eve of taking place at Paris. Consols have been fluctuating during the morning from 891 to 89, and at present may be quoted 89 to , ex.-niv. ; Reduced 891 8141 89 ; Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; India Bonds, 15 10 dis. ; Bank Stock, 159 157. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active have been 234, at present 23i ; Portuguese, 34t-, ex. half dividend ; Colom bian, 264-, rather lower, have been 2N-; Mexican, 304; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 514 1. In Shares some business doing, and they are rather better. Birmingham and Gloucester, 651 ; Bristol and Exeter, 36 35i-; Great Western, 87 ; London and Brigh ton 30; Manchester and Leeds, 79k; North Midland New, 37. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red BB5 ! Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent C0n5........ 90 Ditto Old Annuities B7i 'A per Cent Red........ 9711 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small spm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 l2 13-16 India Stock for Acct Jan. 1860 .. FOREIGN FUNDS. A dstrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. 65 Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto..... 34 ►3razilian BorOs ... .. ,„ Prussian, 5 per cent.... IluenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent.— Spanish,s per cent 23t Ditto, 1824 D wish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —l. —c. Greek, 1825, spercent. Exchange .. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 291 French,3 per cent —l.. —c. 1 ./itt.o, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2 per cent slg Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (90 p) 66 Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Ditto Debentures ( 2 paid) ....., 43. Great ‘VeAern Railway (65 paid) Sti Ditto Nest/ Shares (40 paid) ..... ... 49 London and Brighton' Railway (40 paid) ... 29:4 London and Blackwall Railway (224 pd) 184- London and Greenwich Railway (20 paid) Ditto New Shares (20 paid) Ditto Scrip. ( 2 paid) London and South Western Railway ....., 53 Manchester and Leeds Railway (70 paid) 79 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) ... 9 North Midland Railway (iOO paid) — Ditto New Shares (40 paid) . 37 South Eastern and Dover (93 paid)... .. Prince Esterhazy has returned to town from Mid dleton Park, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Jersey. LORD CARDIGAN IN THE NORTH.—The following anecdote of a Noble Lord, who at present fills, in the public eye, a situation more conspicuous than ho nourable, we have reason to believe correct. Towards the close of last shooting season, Lord Cardigan, and, wo be lieve, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, stopped, on their way south from shooting quarters, at Garve Inn. They had a considerable quantity of game in the carriage, and the birds were taken out, and (probably wtth a view to their repackment) arranged upon the green in front of the house, the Noble Lieutenant-Colonel of the 11th mount!ng guard over them. In a short time he observed one of the understrappers of the ion making divers movements indicative of intention to break the eighth commandment quoad the game, and accordingly warned him off. Lord Fitzclarence, who was amused with his companion's vigilance, slipped out, spoke to the lad, and engaged him to make off with as many birds as he could, maugre the redoubted sentry who was standing over them. The boy at once entered into the spirit of Since our recent thing, and coolly snatching up a fine brace, sett ff with , them, putsued at the top of his speed by Lord Car- RAILWAY--____-:-------- d' igan, with a knife in his hand I The chase is described conviction at the instance his Lordship, now upon the fugitive, who flourished the as having been most animated ; the odds were now upon. of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Company, for tres- prey in triumph over his head, while his pursuer, pass on that Rail way, we are glad to lean t that six diffe- maddened at his impudence, literally foamed with rent persons have been prom. time to time apprehended rage. Away they went all round the premises, through. for persevering in walking on the . line, , and notice o fthe prosecution'r R EsPA an S d sE ßC i o t t i s ni penalties have stables and byres, up hay lofts, and down again, to been enforced, under Lord Seymour 's Act, varying from the imminent risk of their necks. Lord Cardigan, one to two guineas, or imprisonment i for seven days. although sometimes very close, was always thrown The penalty has been imposed 1 three instances against ou t by his tormentor's superior knowledge of localities; the railway on . persons walking on Su n d ays, it 'ming while every time the latter passed and repassed the green.. been found that. although there is no Sunday traffic on another and another brace were snatched up, among the this railway, the machinery is oftener interfered with by most uproarious laughter of all who were in the secret. drunken or mischievous people_on that day than On any A t l eng th his Lordship, regularly done up with passion other, and the consequences. are felt by the e ar l y tra i ns on an d f at i gue , was f a in t o attempt the secur i ng of the re the Monday morn in g s. —Railway Ti„,s• rnainder of the birds, by throwing them into the carriage, NEW Poott-LAw.—At a fleeting of' the Town bu as fast as he flung them in, they were pulled out again Council of Birmingham, held on Wednesday, the 3d inst., Hum the other side by his indefatigable enemy ; and it it was resolved, by a considerable majority, to oppose by was not until he had secured every feather, that the fun every l a wful and constitutional means the introduction of was put an end to , and the discomfited nobleman reassured the New Poor-law into the parish of Birmingham. .by Lord Fi!zclarence's explanaion.—lnverness Courier. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) ORL) V. LYONS. This part. heard case occupied the Court the whole day. VICE-CHANUERY-(THIS DAY.) Unopposed petitions and short causes occupied his Honour the Vie--Chanclor the whole morning. COMMON PLEA S.-(THIS DAY.) FRANK V. FRANK. At the sitting of the Court, Mr. Jarvis called the Rev. Mr. Morrell, who was intimate with the alleged lunatic for many years before, and throughout the whole of the period in which he was found a lunatic by the Commission, also his gardener, and other servants and domestics, who all swore to their belief of Mr. Frank's perfect sanity, up to the year 1822, and especially the time when the impugned deeds and will in favour of his younger children were executed. These witnesses admitted certain acts of impropriety attributed to that gentleman, and that his hfe was not that which became a clergyman. In the latter part of the years referred to, he gave himself up to excessive drinking, which impaired his health and reason, and, notwith standing his care of his children's morals, in other re spects, he introduced them to improper company. Mr. Sergeant TALFOUICD, for the defendant in the issue, contended that. neither the documentary nor the oral evidence given by the other side was sufficient of itself to establish the sanity of Mr. Frank. He should prove that Mr. Frank was always a person of weak intellect, and that the will was made under very suspicious circumstances. Having adduced a number of instances ofalleged insanity, he proceeded to call witnesses. The case was proceeding when we went to Press. SIIERIFFS COU.RT.-(THIS DAY.) CRIMI. CON.-WAKEFIELD V. LOTHEA3. This was an action for trim. con. Mr. Phillips and Mr. Clarkson were for the pain tiff, and Mr. Thesiger for the defendant. The damages were laid at 2,0001. Judgment was allowed to go by default. Mr. PHILLIPS stated that the plaintiff was a banker and broker, residing in Old Broad-street, and married in May 1818, the lady who was the unfortunate subject of this trial, and who had been religiously and elegantly educated. They had several children, two of whom alone survived, daughters, to deplore the wretchedness of their lather, and the guilt of their mother. About twelve months ago there was a serious change in the conduct of Mrs. Wakefield. her temper became sour and gloomy, and she fell into habits of constant bickering when ren,oestratcd with by her husband. She was seen fre quently at the windows, but no suspicion was awakened. At last she determined to abandon her husband and chil dren, and then it was discovered that she had left them for the defendant, with whom she had entered into fla gitious intercourse. The defendant had, he believed, something to do with the Stock-market, but he was 'lot aware of the pecuniary circumstances in which he wls placed. The plaintiff, upon making the discovery, bad, as had been done upo❑ an occasion which made a deep impression upon the public mind, inflicted personal chastisement upon the violator of his honour and peace, whose crime was aggravated by the fact that he threat ened to injure Mr. Wakefield by the disclosure of corn mei vial matters in which the latter was engaged. Mr. Philips then read parts of a correspondence between the defendant and Mrs. Wakefield, which put the guilt of the doxcendant out of all question, and concluded one of the moei powerful speeches ever delivered by him by an appeal to the feelings of the Jury. The case ;vas proceeding when we went to Press. SUICIDE. A determined ace' of suicide was committed on TLIC.I. day by Mr. Self, collitotor to a distiller, who resided at South Lambeth. His throat was cut on either side, and a small piece of flesh in the front and back was all that had not been separat;td. There were five stabs near the jugular vein on the Yight, evidently done with a penknife, but the vein had not been touched. By his side were a razor, penknife, a .ytti a large bottle con taining laudanum. The floor of the' room was covered with blood ; a wash-hand basin was completely filled, and a sponge saturated with it was found lying on the dressing-table. This must, for some purpcpse, have been applied to the wounds. From all the circumstances it was evident the deceased had made no less than three separate attempts to destroy his life—the first probably with the penknife ; and, not succeeding, the laNtianuna was taken, and then the razor used, and with both hands. In one of the pockets of the deceased the fol lowing letter was found "Pain, pain —ever, for ever. " Day by day, and all day long, the same dull round goes on—the same endless, hopeless toil—no prospect of good—no respite—no sympathy—no reward. " Without a friend—tossed and swung about in the turbid region of my thoughts ; the light of hope, that once threw a trivial ray upon me, now diminished to the smallest point. " Once I had friends, kind friends, but they are dead or estranged—my children, too, as if in mockery, have by their conduct destroyed themselves, and then turned round in falsehood and villainy to charge upon me their misfortunes and their •ices. I can bear no more, life is to me a terror---4eath not at ail. " For here, in the last moment of my existence, be fore the Almighty God, my Maker and Creator in u hose presence I may soon stand, I solemnly declare that I never entertained, nor put in practice deliberately, any act to the injury of my fellow-man ; but, on the con trary, have been most anxious to do all possible good. I despair, however, for all my efforts seem to have but one ill termination. I again, before heaven, assert that I have done my best according to my nature—the results arc the decrees of destiny or circumstances, over which I had no control. " To William and Elika I owe the last weight upon an already broken heart. I could forget all, but at my last hour pronounce them wicked and diabolical liars, and to the justice of their Maker 1 leave them. God bless you, Henry—take care of poor Fanny, for she is indeed the child of my affection. I have been treated very unjustly ; but God bless them all ; let them forgive themselves. (Signed) " SAML. SELF." There was another letter to his son, in which he al ludes to his funeral, and desires, in case of any " acci dent," that application be made to Messrs. Tariquerays, Bloomsbury Distillery ; Vincent and Pugh, Rood-lane ; Gurney, Lambeth-walk ; Stannal, Lambeth ; and other houses in that trade. It scents that on the day in question the servant took his shaving-water up stairs at eleven o'clock, but he was in bed. She went again at two, and heard the (I.‘ceased trying to fasten the door, and, upon examining it, the lock was found to be covered with blood from his hands, so that there is little doubt it was at this time he had made the stabs with the penknife, and was applying the sponge to his throat. The deceased was 61 years of age. Information was immediately sent to Mi. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, and the inquest will be held to morrow (Saturday' ). EXTRAORDINARY SHIPWRECK ON TIIE SCILLY ISLANDS..---WC have had very heavy gales lately, and several damaged vessels have been brought in by our pilots; but one wreck here has been attended with such extraordinary circumstances, that had any person read it in the papers, one would be tempted to set it down as a Yankee story. On Wednesday afternoon last a vessel, bottom upwards, was seen about two miles off St. Agnes, when some of our pilot-boats put off to her, the sea being then very rough. I w.as looking at them until darts, and, after great difficulty, they sneceeded in attaching a hawser to the wreck, which stior.ly broke, and night coming on, they were obliged .to leave her. On the Thurs day morning, at day.light, she was discovered by a young man to have Ar:ftcd in the same position on a reef of rock at the entrance of the bay where the famous Sir Cloudesley I.Thovel was washed ashore. He got into the water, and in attempting to pull a sail on shore which was hanging to the wreck, he dis covered the body of one of the crew entangled therein, and to his utter aatonsshmcnt, heard voices within the wreck. He immediately called two or three men to his assistance, and on their pulling away a piece of plank suf ficiently for one of them to pass his arm into the vessel, his band was eagerly seized by a person within ; they then went to work, and after some little time managed to make a hole sufficiently large to drag a person down through the deck (the parties being then up to their middles in the sea), and in this manner, to their astonishment, brought on shore three men and a boy alive and well. Two of them proved to be the master and mate, from whose account it ap pears she was a French vessel from Dunkirk, bound 'to Marseilles, wieh a cargo of oil ; that on the Monday evening previous, about eight o'clock, two men were on deck, and the parties saved, with the one found along side, were in the cabin, when, in a heavy squall, the vessel in a moment turned completely over, not allowing time for the water to run into her, by which means the internal air kept the water Out ; the two men on deck were, of course washed away, but those in tbc cabin had ex. isted there without food from the Monday evening until Thursday morning, and the poor fellow, whose corpse was found alongside, had been killed that morning by s ome of the cargo getting loose on her striking the rocks, and drifted him out throug h a p art o f the deck which w as broken away in deep water. The men saved ate a earty breakfast on landing, and I saw them all this afte r noon looking as well as if t he y had not b een under water at MAYO ELECTION. — The writ went down on Wednesday night. Mr. M. Blake is the Repeal Can didate. CARLOW ELECTION. --The Pain g beg an on Tuesday ; at its close the numbers announced by the She riff were—Colonel Bruen 280, the non. Mr. Ponsonby 201. The majority, however, in favour of the Conserva tive ca y didate cannot be considered decisive of the ulti mate rL sult, for, as Mr. Ponsork remarked, the majority is actually less by one than that which occurred on the first day of t h e election, in which the Reform representa tive, the late lamented Mr. Vigors, was ultimately returned by a triumphant majority. The Pilot says Colonel Brucn owes his maj or i ty to intimidation, and " that there is an appearan ce o f t h e circumstances often allude d to o f late, as calculated to break down the spirit of Carlow, having been operative. EVEN ING EDITION. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l hope you wiU find ti c inc o-cd of sufficient iaterest to give it a place in your spirited Journal. The Lancet is devoted almost exclusively to the medical profession, and the subject to which my appeal refers being of general importance, it should col, in the opi nion of my ;rinds, be confined to one class of society. Dr. Birkbeek most kindly and fuily sanctioned me to publish his letter, and having his decided approval of the course I am pursuing in making my case known to the public, I feel encouraged to proceed, and have therefore taken the liberty of troubling you. By com plying with you will oblige, Sir, your's respectfully, SARAH NEWELL. Upper Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, Dec. 3, 1840. LETTER FROM DR. BIRKBECK TO MISS NENVELL. 38, Finsbury-square, Nov. 5, 1840. DEAR MADAM—I do not know to what purpose you intend to apply the manuscript, which, after a careful perus ►I, I now return ; that it may with propriety be published, I cannot doubt ; and, in so far as it may draw the attention of the humane portion of the public to the important subject to which it refers,its publication must do good. They who know you will not hesitate to brlieve your assertions ; and they who do not, may be induced to inquire as to the certainty of your havi►►g endured the sufferings and privations of which you com plain. It is at ad times most useful to direct the eyes of the humane and intelligent towards the management of establishments so liab!e to abuse as the asylums, whether public or private, for the reception of the un fortunate individuals having an insane state of r&nd. With bet regards, I remain, dear Madam, very truly your's, To Miss Newell. GEORGE BIRKBECK. At various times within the last twenty years I have endeavoured, by all the means in my power, to draw - the attention of the public to the injustice that I, as well as others, have been, and are now, labouring un- . der, from having the stigma of insanity attached to us, , because, having been inmates in a lunatic asylum, we dare to mention the woeful fact. Only those who are, or have been under this ban, can adequately comprehend the Effects that such a galling yoke has upon the mind. No allusion to the base tyranny we have been subjected to must be made, or a prejudicial suspicion immedi ately arisee. • A sense of the great loss of time with regard to my profession as an artist, and the injurious effects which have influenced the events of my life, through the blind ness and wilful ignorance which have existed, seed do still exist, in reference to insanity, induce me to pre sent my individual case to the kind attention of the in tellectual and the humane, but mare particularly to the Christian public, with a view that some effort may be made to divest the mind's aberration of that fatal mys tery in which it has been involved. By a steady per severance in the duties which have devolved upon me, both of a public, so far as my profession is concerned, and also of a private nature, those obstacles which at first appeared most formidable are completely overcome, and I now feel myself on ground sufficiently good to make an appeal to my friends for that sympathy which I may, with some propriety, expect from them. Is it consistent with the principles of any one professing moral feeling and sound reason to withhold their patronage from me, because I have been circumstaaced as I haves Yet such 1 am told is really the fact, because I persist in my determination to expose the abuses I am acquainted with. If the causes of my former sufferings were properly investigated, as I hesitate nit to say they ought to be, especially by physicians, and those who profess to understand the intricacies of mental operations, the errors of that sys tem which has been the means, in numberless instances, of uprooting the peace and order of social life would be clearly seen. At about the age of seventeen, I commenced painting miniature likenesses amongst my friends and acquaintances, having taken my own like ness without any instruction. My friends, believ ing that I had a taste for the art, allowed me to have some lessons in miniature painting, with a view to making that department of art my profes sion. I afterwards made great progress, and took much delight in toy pencil ; but the limited means of my dear Lther, who, nevertheless, was in a re spectable line of business, was a great hairier to my advancement. About this time I became acquainted with a family whose mental acquirements attracted my attention, and greatly excited my intellect. Having made some proficiency in music, I felt sure that I could, with a little exertion, support myself without the aid of my parents. I, therefore, showed a more independent spirit than I had ever before evinced ; and having a consciousness of possessing natural talents which had hitherto been unobserved, but called into exercise by the stimulus of my new acquaintances, I manifested an air of independence, which could not he com prehended by those who bad heretofore consi dered me a simple, common-place girl. My unobtrusiveness and timidity from childhood had been remarkable, therefore to speak and net as though I could do both without depending upon another appeared like insanity. My friends were ad vised to apply to a medical man for his advice, which they did, and, although he was a physician of some emi nence, the treatment he recommended ultimately dross • me raving mad : and for six weeks my beloved rela tives were plunged into the greatest distress on my ace count, their affection for me not allowing them to send me from home. In the course of two or three months I was allowed to resume my usual avocations, and to revisit my friends, but before a year expired my dear parents thought it requisite to apply once more to a medical man. Having experienced so much in convenience from my former excitement, they were advised to send me to St. Luke's Hos pital, bat, uatil the admission ticket could be obtained. I was taken to a private asylum, where I received treat. tnent the most barbarous, and was compelled to witness scenes truely heat trending and appalling, which left an indelible impression upon my mind. Between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five I was twice confined in a private lunatic asylum, and three:times in St. Luke's Hospital ; the:lllst time, between four and five months ; the second time about five months ; and the last time, the whole year, and then sent out, pronounced to be " an uncured lunatic." I can prove that I was taken in with my reason and moral feelings perfectly sound, and after being subjected to strait waistcoats, chains, leg-locks, &c., was discharged as ucfit to associate with rational persons. . At the latter end of 1818, whil s t an inmate in a private asylum for the insane, I formed the plan of keeping a copy of every letter I wrote, feeling confident that they would, at some future time, prove interesting documents ; and until within the last few months this practice has been continued by m e , as well as keeping a daily journal ; the latter has been the means of enabling me to correct those errors of judgment into which all persons arc liable to fall. S;neO the commencement of 1819, 1 have not been confined in a lunatic establishment, but retaining an acute sense of what I have endured, and a perfect recollection of the scenes i. have witnessed in such places, my mental suf. lerings, arising from a knowledge that others were suf. fering from the same course of treatment hem at times, been intense ; God a:one can tell what my mind endured after the summer of 18-24 for more than two yearn s ' owing to that sympathy which I needed, being, through. prejudice and ignorance, withheld from me ; I thou, as ni 'former oecaaions, fella victim to those sensitive and benevolent feelings which I am eonsciouL I possessed., and which, I am happy to say, i L - fluence my presuat conduct. Straitened circumstances, which I have been - corn pelted to submit to, have, no doubt, been advantageous to my welfare, inasmuch as they have induced me to' exercise those talents which the Ahnighty endoWed mo with ; comparative poverty has also shitilded me from the influence of those who otherwise might have placed me under the guardianship of the Lord Chancellor, and n thus have deprived me of the liberty 1 am now enjoy. ing, and am most anxious th a t o th ers who are oppr e os - Li . l e presume, xerei sjn g t i i i s e i i r n possessionreason and.. o a s r npd l e i e b te e ili t ie ! liberty, i kith should, o f as I have been should also enjay, power of omit no opportunity of bringing to light, through those the W po h faculties, and by the use of their this day, up the press, these disgraceful proceedings, mitted under the sanction of those in hold the cruel system pursued St. Luke's Hospital. However modified the treatment towards the patients in that institution may be since 1 was an inmate under • its roof, there cannot be that to 17, al w ( 1 1 1 i lst the improvement there ought I ,r to the one who wa the same hind physician d i c s h his are situa tionc I d ( o authorised ignorant tn eaxtetretndhaenrttsy,rasinnniyi who could neither read t over me, are selected a s i ment of twenty nor retained—an write, had t ignorant sole manageso ma or thirty of the patients, many of them possessing cultivated minds that only required direction. Such a fact need only to be known to meet with the re probation it deserves. The genial character of Christianity which this. country professes to maintain is liberty, but how many thousands are writhing under more than Egyptian bond age, owi ng t o th e trammels with which the mind is shackled. If one of that sex, whose true nature is to look to man for protcctioa, has felt as she has, the hu. miliating effects of oppression, what must man himself feel, under the same kind of despotism ? privileges, ay 1 rcspectfully solicit in behalf of those who h ave been and are compelled to submit to degradati on nod insults, without any apparent hope of redress, that con. they are entitled to, , that means Istoionnoffsei:vo is my earnest desire. havest, ide a r l ao t i p ° :::; i ll ‘ t, t l oi as s i r ' e members nsta to them . o ftshAienlittiullmosuaen NEWELL. theyi‘ivy,EtLoLe.i. • .t • that a system so unjust to man pit. • . to God, may be for ever eradicated, 1, Upper Grafton -street, Fitzroy -square, Nov. 4, 1840, The first divisicn of the 42d Highlanders etn ba+ked on Friday a: C , :ve, fur servica in the 'Mediterra nean. Iv THEATRE ROYAL, GAREN. '4R the MANAGEMENT COVENT of MADAME D VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, DEC. 4. Will be repeated, Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy of THE SPANISH CURATE. 1,. 1 2 4 4 Henrique, Mr. Cooper; Don Juan, Mr. Anderson: rudro, Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Lopez (the Curate), Mr. W 4 1 :en Bartoins, Mr. Bartley ; Diego, Mr. Keeley ; Ama "v, Madame Vestris ; Jacintha, Mrs. W. West. After which, THEWiII be presented Sheridan's Dramatic Piece of: 8 4 8 CRITIC; OR, A TRAGEDY REHEARSED. ir Fretful Plagiary, Mr. W. Farren ; Puff, Mr. Charles F o boes ; Sneer, Mr. Cooper • Don Ferolo Whiskerandos, ; Tilbuiina, Mrs. drger. °'•lnorrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with Th pt r. k,Z%rs Floo to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to ence at Seven o'Clock. k t Okets and places for the Boat s to be taken of Mr. Grogan 147 Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ie had upon application. Zate Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. And: :ors, bookseller h.' view Bond-street. t i ;'fts Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second 11: 44 . bs. ; Second Price, 9.5. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. •,L92_llery, Is.