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!1 EVEN LNG EDITION. ( IHURCH of ENGLAND LIFE and ../ FIRE ASSURANCE and TRUST and ANNUITY INSTITUTION. OtSces, No. 6, King William-street, London ; and No. 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, Westminster. To be empowered by Act of Parliament. Capital One Million, in 20,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit, per Share. (Further calls to the extent of Si. per Share in the whole may be made within three years, after three months' notice of each call.) TRUSTEES. With a seat at the Board. Sir Walter Rockliff Farquhar, Bart. Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman. COMMITTEE. (From among whom the Directors, being qualified Shareholders, will be appointed. ) William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street. John Andersen, Esq., Derneplin. The Rev. J. Bluek, Rector of Bowles Gifford, &c., Essex. Colonel Brown, Belgrave House, Brighton. G. C. Child, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square. J. P. Clarke, E3q., Vincent-square. and Cromer, Norfolk. The Rev. A. G. Cornwall, Ashcroft House, Kingscote, Stroud. William Camp Crane, Esq., Russell-square. The Rev. John James Dimock, Rector of Upp:ngham, Rutland. The Rev. J. Dudley, Bromyard. Edward Duffin, Esq., Langham-place. The Rev. John Dolphin, Bath, Rector of Petmarsh, &c. A. Hamilton Earle, Esq., Saint Catherine's Court, Somer setshire. The Hon. awl Rev. Thomas Erskine, Beighton Vicarage, Sheffield. The Rev. W. R. Evans, Kingsland Rectory, Leominster. The Rev. Evan Evans, Llanermore, Ituthin. Charles M. Elderton, Esq. Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. Richard Fothergill, Esq. Lowbridge House, Kendal. Thomas Gould, Esq. Junior United Service Club. Rev W. Gray, Brafferton, Boroughbridge. Joseph Halford, Esq. Charlemont Hall, Staffordshire. John Hallewell, Esq. Long Court, Stroud. The Rev. Robert Harrison, Temple, Sowerby. Dr. Hoskins, Guernsey. Benjamin Jackson, Esq. Fen-court, Fenchurch-street. The Rev. H. J. Knapp, Priest in Ordinary to the Queen, and Sub-Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. Captain Macdougall, late Deputy Commissary-General of Bengal, Fir-grove, Brixton. John Maclure, Esq., t 3; Broad-street Buildings. The Rev. W. Mayd, Withersfield, Cambridgeshire. Joseph Neeld, Esq. M. P. The Rev. 1-I. Nevi% Cottesmore, Rutland. The Rev. W. Palmer, D.D., Vicar of Yarcombc, Devon. George Pye, Esq., Winchester House, Old Broad-street. I;.!exander Pringle, Esq., M.P. no Rev. W. Pulling, Rector of Dymchurch, Kent. The Rev. James Shirley, Frettenham Rectory, Norwich. William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street. ' ; eorge Sloane, Esq., Temple. Phe Rev. H. T. Tucker, Upottery Vicarage, Devonshire. Rev. Thomas Tyrwhit, Whitchurch. , !e Rev. W. Walton, F. R. S., &c.,Aumshead, Northumberland. illiam White, Gordon-street, Gordon-square. W. Preston White, Esq., Patrick's Hill, Cork. Winck worth, Esq., Cleveland-row. . (With power to add to their number. ) BANKERS. o=rs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co.. 16, St. James's-street. Union Bank, aloorgate-street. STANDING COUNCIL. _ . -ries Purton Cooper, Esq., Q. C. , L. L D. , and F. R. S., &e. ales M. Elderton, Esq., Lincoln's Inn. er Laurie, Esq , Temple. STANDING GiaENSEL FOR IRELAND. ',fr. Sergeant Jackson, 3.17 P. SOLICITOR. • ward M. Elderton, Esq., 40, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. SECIIETAKIES. Rev. R. C. Packman, Priest in Ordinary to her Majesty, Rector of Langdon Hills, Essex, and Minor Canon of St. Paul's. t Lomas Stephen, Esq., Librarian, King's College, Somerset llouse, Editor of the Episcopal Magazine. he great objects of this Institution are twofold : First—Tie Establishment by the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England, of a mode of executing Trusts, and effect ing In,uranees with new features, embracing sickness and old age ; not upon any pretended reductions of price from the old and sound offices, but upon the basis of certainty and respec tability, giving confidence to the public and adding strength to the Company. - Secondly—To provide a fund (by appropriating one-tenth of the profits) to relieve the families of deceased Clergymen re commended by the Diocesans, and to enable Congregations to insure the lives of their Clergy at very favourable rates. Clergymen's lives will be insured with as little profit to the Office as will be consistent with its obligations to the Share holders ; and by being themselves also holders of Shares, they may in addition secure the profits arising from their own, as well as other insurances. The Dissenters have their Insurance Company—the Roman Catholics have their Trust Association—it will soon he seen that the Church of England can have both, to an extent vastly beyond either the one or the other. 'fables by an eminent Mathematician are prepared, and will speedily be published with the list of Patrons, when it is com pleted. In the meantime shares. agencies, and information may be appiicd for by addressing E. M. EleL-rton, Esq., No. 40, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. Or by applying at the head office, No.. 6, King William street, the City of London Loan and Annuity Company, which has f orme d a junction with and added its large paid-up Capital and valuable Business to the Church of England Institution. THE NEW NOVEL, In 3 vols. post Bvo. , TFIE MAID'S HUSBAND, IS NOW REDY AT ALL TILE LIBRRIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just reilly, in 3 vols. post Svo., ERNESTINE ; or, the CHILD of MYS TERY. A LADY of FASHION. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had at all the L;braries. MRS. MABERLY'S NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with Portrait of Emily, EMIL Y. A NOVEI , By Mrs. MABERLY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had at all the Libraries. IfITIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of ILA AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA i,:.INTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) ffer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at 1-IAIIIBURGH, -Ira NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBI3- 'I'i..ONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE VIOUS to kving any order ,the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND, TWO THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED, SIX HUNDRED, FIVE HUN DRED. THREE HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ON - r. HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. &0., amounting t. £134,990 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. ON EASTER iN lONDAY, APRIL 20. Will be performed Mr. Sergeant 't a 1 urd's Tragedy of JON. Adrastus, Mr. Moore ; Ctesiphon, Mr. G. Vandenhoff lon, Miss Ellen Tree; Clemanthe, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which will be pi winced, an entirely New GRAND ROMANTIC FAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr. J. Bland, Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. C. Jones, ezy. &c. Dress Boles, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and pia( 93 for the Boxes to be taken at the Bea-of ee, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had selely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Constant Reader and A Tory," is informed that we had the Communication in question from a re spectable medical man, and had every reason to believe it correct. What proof has he offered to the contrary ? The id e a that such an event would afford gratification to us, could have originated only in an ungenerous mind, incapable of " true old E .gl sh feeling." WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 24 minutes after 2 t Evening 43 minutes after 2. l's '4 , '4 Ixe /Itlll,* LONDON: THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1840. ARRIVAL of the BRITISH QUEEN W e have received by express New York Papers of the I s t i nstant , b roug h t b y the Brit • ish Queen, , 'hick arrived at Portsmouth at six o'clock this :iorriing. The British Queen sailed from New • Yo r k on the evening of the Ist instant—thus making the homeward passage in fif:ecn days. Oil the 26th ult. the PRESIDENT of the United States .ommunieated to the Senate copies of three addi tional notes on the Boundary Question, which ) passed between Mr. Fox, the Briti s h Mi n i ster At 'Washington, and Mr. FonsyTH, the United States' Secretary of State, which, though net Our Second Edition. I On the 30th ult., the Treasury Note Bill was I carried in the Senate by a large majority —not more than nine members voting against it. A war with Great Britain begins to be regarded as probable by our transatlantic neighbours. The coolness with which the pros. and cons. of the affair are argued, may be judged by the following extract from the New York Morning Herald of he Ist inst.:--. " The commerce of the country has been, during the past year, very much curtailed, and the business of the United States has been drawn more within itself ; and if we consider the position of the whole country, a war with Great Britain would be far more detrimental to her than to the United States. The trade of the United States with England has become very important to her welfare, and she is more dependent upon this country for a supply of cotton and as a customer for her merchandize, than is the United States upon tier. The United States embrace every variety of clime, and produce, like China, every thing within itself which is necessary for the sustenance or luxury of its inhabitants. The first effects of a war would be to bring back upon us for collection, sale, or claim, nearly all the American securities floating in Europe. This would no doubt cause some embarrassment. In the next place, the planters at the South would feel severely for the change in their market; but we must consider that one half of a large crop has already gone forward, the value of which would be much en hanced by a war. The growth of the following year would be regulated by the demand from our own manu facturers, which would be much enhanced by the cessation of foreign imports. The article of cotton forms two. thirds of our exports, and will average about $60,000,000 yearly. This export is the main spring of our commerce, and it would undoubtedly suffer to some extent in case of a war, but it is of small importance when we consider the vast interests of the north and cast, and all the manufactur ing States, which would be much advanced by it. The above is from the City article of the Herald. The following extract on the same subject, is from the leading- columns of that Journal : 01 the issue of such a war there can be no doubt in this country. The 20,000 regular troops now in Canada might have the advantage in the first brush—but like the army of Pyrrhus against the republican troops of Fabricius, they would teach us to return the tide of conquest, and to drive the one from this continent as the other did from Italy. We arc of the same blood as the British arc—of the same race —the same people, animated and inspired by a spirit of ambition and freedom that never can be conquered. The result of such a contest would be the entire subjugation of the Canadas, and the final subversion o. British power in North America. Of this we have no doubt. Two-thirdsiof the British colonies now envy our institutions, our laws, our trade, and our glorious prosrcts. They are sick of living in the midst of a camp. In other respects a war with Eng land would establish our domestic manufactures and domes tic trade on an immoveable foundation, while it would be the ruin of the manufactures of England, with a certain pros pect of a revolution by the number of operatives thrown out of employment. The loss of the British, or all foreign trade to us is a bagatelle. It would only affect the foreign and shipping merchants—the rascally stock- jobbers here and their agents from Europe—while it would create new sources of industry, and reanimate all those now in a state of languishment. We ale not, therefore, afraid of war, nor of its coming as soon as it may—and if th e B r i t ish Government has any wish to tempt the chan ces o f a co ntest about that territory, she will find in existence at this time five cr six times the amount of the same glorious Fp; r t of indepen dence which compelled her to submit to the original terms of the treaty in 1783. The same free, determined, reso lute pcopie—equal in mind and muscle to herself—can compel her to accept a codicil to the will of 1776, either in 1340 or 41 or 42, we are not certain which. The state of the New York Money Market, at the sailing of the British Queen, will be found below. We subjoin a few extracts from the New York Journals : Loss OF THE BRIG ESCAMBIA AND FOURTEEN LIVES. —The Escambia, Captain Dunham, whilst on her passage from Charleston to New York, foundered at sea on Wed nesday last, and the Captain, second mate, three pas angers, one of whom was Mr. NI ilbur, of Newport, R. N., and six sailors, were lost. Mr. Bu:kley, the first mate, was :the only person saved. The Escambia was a new brig, owned by Messrs. E D. Hurlbut and Co., and insured in this city for $16,000. _ _ . She sailed from Charleston on Tuesday morning, the 24th inst., at eleven o'clock. On the 25th, at four in the afternoon, when between Flying Pan Shoals and Cape Look Out, heading E.N. E., the wind commenced blow ing from the N.E., and increased until seven o'clock. The brig was then knocked down on her beam ends whilst under bare poles. She remained in this situation till nine, and then began to sink, and finally went down bead first. The mate, William Bulkley, was saved on a part of the poop deck, which was detached from the vessel by the violence of the sea. From this he was rescued by Capt. Whelden, of the schr. Marietta Ryan, cn Saturday afternoon last, at three o'clock, having been thereon two days. He arrived here yesterday. We have obtained the names of the officers and crew, which are as fullow:—Rufus Dunham, Captain ; Win. littlkley, Ist mate ; .1. E. Waite, 2nd do ; J. Cumber lain, cook; Isaac Smaddle, Harry Johnson John Williams, Jehn Peters, James Lucas, and Adam Jackson, seamen. The Escambia had a valuable cargo of cotton and rice on boartl. FROM, CANADA. —WARt.txx.—The following extract. from a letter, received in Buffalo, looks warlike:— " Chippewa, March, 1840. " The people on this side want to fight. The General Surveyors have surveyed Lundy's Lane and Chippewa, and are now engaged in surveying Fort Erie, with a view to a fortification. Orders have been just received to re cruit 3,000 men for five years-40 dollars bounty. This certainly looks like fighting." MONEY MARKET, MAndn 31. The tendency of the Stock Market is still downwards. North American Trust and Banking Company closed at a decline of 3-l t per cent. from the sales at the morning board yesterday; United States Bank 1-1 per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson improved 4- per cent. ; Harlem I. There were sales of bills on Philadelphia at per cent. ; on Baltimore 4+ per cent. discount. There have been no sales of Manhattan Stock for some days ; the quotation is 86. There have been sales at auction of 100 shares of the Lafayette City Bank, at 71 ; they have been hypothecated. In sterling bills there has been an active business done for the packet to-morrow. The supply has been fully equal to the demand, and the prevailing rate has been a 8 per cent., or $4,77 a $4,80 the pound sterling. Some bills have brought as high as Si per cent., or $4,82 the pound sterling. On France, and the Continent, the rates have undergone no material va. nation from those current at the departure of the last packet. The Money Market continues in about the same condition. Money can be readily commanded at 6 a 7 per cent., on strictly business paper, but with difficulty and ma high rates on any other description of paper. The amount of business paper in the market is small, consequently those who are indebted abroad find difficulty in making purchases of exchange to the extent which would be the case were money more plentiful. To this fact may be ascribed the low rate of bills. The packet has on board one thousand barrels flour, mostly George town. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. .1,500$ Corporation Bonds lOO ' 20 shs Phcenix Bank 7B-1 50 do. Dry Dock 150 do. Delaware and Hudson 50 do. United States Bank 560a5....• 721 10 do. Vicksburg Bank l4 50 do. N. A. Trust 20 do. Syracuse c 106 1 4 47 do. Canton Company 40 do. Stonington RR 300 do. Hallem RR 5 do. Utica RR SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD. 100 N A Trust 43 50 N A Trust 4li COTTON TRADE. The 123 t advices from England have, as they progressed South, checked the animation in the differentmlrkets, and gtnerally causcd a depression in prices. There is now but little doubt that the crop will go over 1,800,000 bales. There has not for many years been to great a scarcity of vessels as is now apparent in the southern ports. This fact has had a great influence in retarding shipments—nearly one-half of all the exports made since the first of October have been made since the Ist February ; and the receipt of 153 large an amount will no doubt operate unfavourably upon the market in Liverpool, and cause a further decline in prices. THE CORN TRADE. This market is rather quiet—but Philadelphia and Bal timore are active. It is estimated that over two hundred thousand barrels have been purchased in those markets during the last month, for coastwise and foreign shipment. Prices here for Genessee are a little firmer, in conse quence of the small stock. Saks for home use have been made today as high as $3,87:3- a barrel. There is a fair Supply of south ern descriptions, which sell at $ 1 5,12-1 up to 8 5,50. Within the past month the operations in flour in this cotry, in th e aggregate, h ave been very great, and at reduced price s . H eavy sh i pments are ma ki ng throughout the west to th e A tlantic sea coast, and the ma j or i ty o f t h e producers are using every exertion to push ferward their supplie s . I t is estimated Cincinnati and that the receipts this year at Other places on the Ohio will double what they were last, TEA TRAE. Since the 'new s of the troubles s i n China there has been some excitement among the tea merchants. Within the past month loner qualities, such as Canton made teas, have declined from three to four cents, a pound. Sales arc now made of that description, at thirty-eight cents. This is owing, probably, to the great quantity of all kinds in market—there being no lees than ten cargoes unsold, namely, the Navigator's, Trenton, Morea, Sabina, Albion, Splendid, in port ; Girard, ditto, Canada, ditto, Florida, and Oneidas, worth in the aggregate two million dollars, and, perbars, two and a bait. Large quantities have recently been shipped to En g . land, and the Oxford, which sailed this inorniug' several hundred chests. More will go forwa r d by the next xt packet. This morning, an invoice per the Robert Fulton, was offered ; terms six months. The sale was a fair one, and passed off as follows :- 38 half-chests Y. Hyson, at 37k cents; 50 131 b. boxes do. at 64c. ; 80 do. at 72c.; 49 do. at 61c. ; 23 do. at Sic. ; 20 do at 49e. ; 13 hf. chests do. extra fine at 77c. 10 do. at 52c. 4 131 b boxes Imperial at 63c. per lb. 15 half chests Gunpowder at 614 c. per lb. 20 chests Souchong Mohca from 38c. to 39c. per lb. ; 30 1316. boxes at 30c. per lb. :9 bait chest!: Orange Pecco, at 371 b. si9abcihenits next Week. Pouchong Ankoi 35c. ; 55 do. at 34c. Per 81 do. extra fi ne at 38c. The ; ,eargo of th e M c is to be offered this week, the Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in moving last night the ad journment for the holidays, stated the future course of proceedings which he should propose. It is so sum marily stated in the Report that we refer to it. In reply to Lord MAHON, Lord Jonx RUSSELL said that the British Ambassador at Naples had been instructed that in case the Neapolitan Government should not give a satisfactory answer within a certain time, he was to give directions to the Admiral com manding in the Mediterranean to detain all vessels sailing under the Neapolitan flag. The purpose of detaining these vessels was to insure reparation, and when satisfaction was given the vessels would be re, stored. No Order in Council for reprisals on Naples has been issued. Sir R. INGLIs called the attention of Lord J. Rus- SELL to the distress in the Highlands, to relieve which the Noble Lord is looking to emigration. Sir ROBERT ought properly to have addressed his question to the bread-taxing landlords, who will not allow the starving Highlanders to have cheap food, and the remedy ought to be to abolish the Corn-laws. On the 30th of April Lord J. RUSSELL is to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Reform Act ; on the sth of May Sir WM. MOLESWORTH is to bring the subject of emigration before the House ; and on May 7th Sir R. INGLIS is to do the same for Church Extension. Mr. VILLIERS fixed his motion on the Corn-laws for the 12th of May. Sir T. FREMANTLE having been, in the course of twenty-four hours, better informed concerning the Tot nes election, did not, as he threatened, bring forward any motion on that mare's nest. _ The third reading of Lord SEATON'S Annuity Bill was resisted by Mr. HUME and Mr. W Ann, but carried by 77 to 17. We regret to see the Ministers moving in Tory harness, and dragging Tory jobs to their completion, while they are guided by Tory principles. The Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill was read a third time, after a show of opposition. The Report on the Prisons Bill was received, after Lord G. SOMERSET had pointd out that the gaolers were the servants of the Sheriffs, while prison regula tions were made by the Magistrates, and after Mr. WAYLEY had declared that no men were so incom petent as the Magistrates to make prison regulations. On the motion Of Sir ROBERT H. INGLIS, seconded by Lord JohN RUSSELL, the order for the attendance of the Sheriff was dis charged, and Messrs. HOWARD, jun., and PEARCE were discharged from custody. The Hon. Baronet moved that the elder HOWARD be also discharged. Lord JOHN RUSSELL resisted the motion, which was lost by 42 to 22. The Hon. Baronet also moved that. STOCKDALE be discharged, but this motion was negatived without a di- vls on. At Seven o'Clock the House adjourned till the 29th of April. If the eighteenth century was appropriately styled the age of cant, the nineteenth may be fairly entitled the age of humbug. In Parliament hum bug is the order of the day with the Tories. There are the humbug Church-law, and Corn-law, and Anti-Irish Corporation factions, who make a Babel of the House of Commons ; but the crown ing absurdity of the Session is the China humbug. Members of Patliament who all their lives have appeared magnanimously indifferent to the spread of drunkenness in moral England—who by bad laws first reduced the working classes to a state of des titution so hopeless as to drive them to the, gin shop, to seek in a poisonous and demoralising stimulant a momentary forgetfulness of their wretchedness—have all at once taken alarm at the idea of exposing the people of China to the com paratively venial offence of inhaling the tranquilizing fumes of opium. The squalid misery to be found in almost every fifth street and alley in London, in consequence of an insatiable craving for gig, brought on in nine cases 'Out - of teri'liy and the highly artificial state of society among us is not to be met with in the most depraved city in China, not even in Canton ; and yet when do we hear the Tories express so much as a wish for the eradication of so crying, so obvious, and heart rending a spectacle ? The Tories are for a free trade in nothing but morality, and so much of it is exported that none is kept for home consump tion. The anxiety about the opium smokers in China is so great that not a thought can be spared about the amelioration of the *retched 'condition of the gin victims of Drury-lane, St. Giles's, Seven Dials, and Tothill Fields in the very vicinity of the House of Commons. Nay, not a few of the rigidly righteous of this class of politicians dine sumptuously, and after priming, themselves with a bottle or so of wine, and a beaker or two of brandy if smuggled, so much the better chance for its being genuine—hurry " down to the House " to denounce all intoxicating stimulants, such as opium, as ruinous to a nation's morals, and all traffickers in such a drug as poisoners for gain. The humbug of the denunciation is expected to " tell" out of doors among the zealots who are too dull-brained to be able to distinguish between the tricks of fac tion and the disinterested conscientious duties dictated by a high sense of moral obligation. As a rich specimen of the humbug on the China question, it is only necessary to point attention to a notice of a motion given by Mr. G. PALMER in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, which is fixed for the 30th inst. The Hon. Gentleman is then to move that the refusal of the Emperor of CHINA to pay - for the opium illegally seized by the High Commissioner LIN, is not to be considered a justification for declaring war against China. Who, except Mr. PALMER ever supposed that it would ? We are not going to war with China about a refusal to pay for any num ber of chests of opium, or for opium at all ; but for insults of the most wanton and atrocious description offered to the person of the representative of our Most Gracious SOVEREIGN, and to a whole com munity of British merchants at Canton. The price of the opium illegally seized will certainly be de manded, but the mere payment for it will not con tent us. The opium debt is but as a feather in the scale with a millstone. But if the motion is thus in itself as empty as it is contemptible, the object of the Gentleman who has given notice that he will bring it forward, at a time when it can only serve to convince our ene mies in Central Asia that they have sympathisers in the House of Commons, is not the less deserv ing of the severest censure. The British squadron sent against China is expected to appear off that coast early in May, and on the 30th of April, Mr. G. PALMER proposes that the House of Com mons should resolve what the officer in command should regard as a peaceful indication on the part of the Chinese Government, - namely, a peremptory refusal to pay for the illegally seized opium. Were the House to stultify itself by the adoption of such a ridiculous resolution, it might be dispatched over land in time enough to meet the triumphant expe dition at Bengal on its return from Canton ; and thus give our victorious troops a foretaste of Par liamentary gratitude under Tory auspices. A copy of it, too, might be sent at the same time to THARAWADDEE to encourage him in his zealous efforts for the expulsion of all British subjects from Burmah, and for leaguing with the ether discon tented Princes of India for the total eradication of the British Power in Asia. THARAWADDEE literature, and i 3 not unacquainted with our language and i to send him a copy of Mr. G..PALMEn's proposed resolution, w i t h a e t anti w n o g ul c d be omment o a i r l y ly up r o e n qu it is b it y e the Morning Herald, the Post, and the Times, to encourage him to, throw our next Envoy to his THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1840. Court under the feet of his elephants, instead of half-drowning him in a morass, and half-starving him with hunger, as he did Colonel BENSON. The war with China is somewhat like a bladder in the hands of the Tories. They distend and compress it at pleasure, as suits the interests of faction. They inflated it to the utmost when it was expected that their faction would return to office ; but, being defeated, they again denounce it as the shrivelled object of national scorn and at first soug h t to represent . it. obloquy which they In a leading article in the Morning Herald, our venerable Contemporary, reputed of the gentler sex, asserts positively that " the opium-war [with China] is still more cowardly, immoral, and in famous, than the buccaneering war in Spain ;" and, in the next sentence, that it "is a war of buccaneers, who assert, by force of arms, the pri vilege of poisoning the subjects of the Chinese EMPEROR, because a contraband traffic in poison is more lucrative than any pursuit of legitimate commerce This is not saying much in favour of the boasted moral influence of the Church and State connection. That such pious Prelates as the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, and the Bishops of LONDON and EXETER, should sit silently in the House of Lords, countenancing by their silence the poisoning of the Chinese, while the bare mention of withholding a single tithe-pig from the ecclesiastical larder calls forth the nightly flow of their ghostly elo quence, is a circumstance ill-calculated to uphold the State pretensions of the Establi , hed priesthood. But the Herald, like Mr. PALMER, wilfully mistakes the cause of quarrel altogether; and we most, therefore, counteract, by a repetition of the fact, such an indirect attack upon the mora lity of the Spiritual Peers. As to the Spanish illustration, ii is worthy of the logical acumen of Oid Granny. The Tories denounced the Auxi liary Legion as buccaneers because England did not declare herself either a principal or auxiliary in the war against Don CA R LOS ; and the Herald discovers that we are likewise buccaneers and cowards, because England openly enters the field, single-handed, against the powerful Empire of China—because a nation, with a population of about thirty millions of inhabitants, makes war upon one fifteen thousand miles distant, having a population of 360 millions of subjects ! why, Sir ROBERT PEEL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM professed themselves terrified at the bare idea of so gigantic a contest as a war with China. So far from deeming the commencement of hostilities as an indication of cowardice, they seemed is fancy that so desperate an undertaking could only have been resolved upon after an extra dose of the smuggled opium, or some still more dare-devil in spiring stimulant. But we have before shown that the humbug of the Tories upon this question is beneath consideration, save so far as may be ne cessary to prevent the people from being made their dupes, under the plausible pretexts of morality and When the Tories banish wine, and brandy, and liquors front their tables—when they attempt to abolish the disgusting nuisance of cigar smoking—when they put down wine-bibbing and gambling in clubs and west-end hells, we will credit their professed abhorrence of opium smok ing—but not till then. How the House of Commons is disposed towards the bulk of the people, is the great fact which they are closely watching, and the proceedings on Tues day will make a deeper impression on them than all the lengthened debates on the No-Confidence motion, on the Corn-laws, and on the ,war with China. The case of NATHANIEL CAVE, a labourer, unjustly committed to prison, and denied all redress ; and the case of Messrs. LOVETT and COLLINS were discussed by the House, and have since, as our extracts show, been worked into the hearts and minds of the people by the discussions of our Contemporaries. The case of CAVE has been before-mentioned, and is extremely plain. On a mere and unfounded report •that he had cut down some trees, the Magis trate, without the least examination, sent him to prison, where he remained eight days on bread and water. The instant his case was inquired into he was released ; but for being so unjustly deprived of his liberty, and so barbarously treated, that, had he been a black, all the kingdom would have rung with the inhumanity of the Magistrate, he could obtain no redress. It was expressly stated, by Mr. MAULE, that the fault was in the law not in the Magistrate. By law then the Magistrates may, without evidence, commit the poor to gaol, and keep them on felons' allowance, and what remedy for this vast grievance did the Representa tives of the people propose ? None whatever. Nobody even proposed to amend the barbarous law. Even the motion for a Committee to inquire into the grievance was objected to, and withdrawn on the promise of Mr. MAULE to ask the Magis trate something about the subject, which as Under Secretary of State he ought to have done without any motion having been made in the House. Keenly alive, as the people now are, from New port to Glasgow, from Lancaster to Brighton, to the proceedings both of the Executive and the Le gislature, they will observe that the Secretary of State was prompt to call on Mr. FROST, while yet an unsuspected man, to explain some expressions he had used, and they will ask why Mr. MOUNTAIN was not called on to explain his per haps 'legal, but very barbarous, conduct to NA. TUANIEL CAVE ? They will remember the promptness of the House to attend to the exagge rated and factious complaints of the Orange land lords about a few Irishmen, who would not be led by them, voting for Representatives ; and the eager ness with which one party rushed to bring forward a new law, and the other party sanctioned it, till it was discovered that it might have a most sinister political effect ; and remembering the eagerness of the House to strike down by legislation the slight est evil encountered by the gentry, the people will naturally ask why no-effort was made, no notice given of a Bill to amend the law which allows them to he imprisoned at the discretion of their superiors and sometimes their enemies ? The bulk of the people closely watch the proceedings of legislature, and the contrast they will observe between its promptness when they are to be put down, and its tardiness or insensibility when they seek redress, will drive into them a conviction that they have nothing to lose but everything to hope from the destruction of the Legislature and the Govern ment. If this were an isolated case we might think less - of it, but unfortunately the provincial papers teem with cases which the people call Magisterial op pression, while they are without a hope of obtain ing redress. Recentiv, at Devizes, for example, a " very good, steady lad," so described by his mas ter, who had the misfortune to suppose that a bargain for weekly wages implied, as many lawyers have I held and as reason holds, a weekly hiring, and who left his master's service after giving him more than a week's notice, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction for so leaving. Three weeks of the felon punishment were begged off by his master, the other three he will live with felons, and on felon fare, for having i n his struggle to better himself misinterpreted a contract. At the same place also, four labourers were sentenced to be imprisoned one fortnight each in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour, because they had threshed some wheat in a slovenly manner. It was proved that the wheat was damp and shrivelled, and extremely difficult to thrash clean ; nevertheless as these agri cultural labourers, belonging to a class now repre sented by the bread taxers as in a most flourishing condition, could not raise amongst them as much as would satisfy whatever damage they had done, they were punished like felons. What is this but the slave process of compelling labour by the tread ' wheel, which we have paid millions to abolish in Ja maica ? if the master had withheld part of the men's wages in the latter case, or if in the former he had dismissed his carter, would he have been subjected to felon's imprisonment or felon's fare ? No. He might be made to pay the wages and the costs, and perhaps compensate the man for loss of time ; but to send a master to the tread-mill for a breach of a civil contract would speedily bring the old house of the law about the ears of the Justices, Judges, and law-makers. Such cases—and they are numerous —affording contrasts which the peo ple observe, have made, we are informed, a pro found impression on the working classes, and arc preparing for our once great and free Englind a fearful state of revolution and anarchy. The case of LOVETT and COLLINS made the same partiality as glaringly, if nut so painfully ap parent. It was distinctly proved, that the punish ment to which they have been subjected is quite unexampled. Being poor and comparatively friend•• less, they have been treated like miscreants ; while gentlemen, convicted of the same offence, have passed their imprisonment in the midst of books, music, and love. This contrast, we are well as sured, has already been felt and commented on, and can only tend to make the bulk of the people more and more disgusted with the laws, and more and more at variance with the Legislature. The kindly feelings expressed by Mr. WARBUR TON, Sergeant TALFOURD, Sir E. WILMOT, and others, may tend in a small degree to lessen the irritation of the working classes, and diminish the alienation which now exists between them and the upper classes. The reverse effect, we are afraid, will be the consequence of the observations of Lord G. F. SOMERSET and Mr. F: MAuLE, who, as the servant and creature of a bad system, was obliged in its defence to expound incorrect principles. We regret such effects, and we see with alarm the widening chasm which now sepa rates the different classes. The Tory journals complain of the alienation of the people from their rulers, and the Whig journals admit it. Even the Tory Bishop of LONDON has acknowledged that the tithe-fed parsons have less influence over the people than water doctors and other quacksalvers. Of this alienation and its great extent, the recent trials afford a striking example. The Globe of last night exultingly informs the pub lic that no less than 232 persons have been con victcd of treason and sedition out of 290 committed. About sixteen or eighteen leaders of the labouring classes have bee❑ sentenced at the late as sizes to periods of hard imprisonment, similar to that suffered by COLLINS and LOVETT, varying from eighteen to three months ; and these very numerous convictions and very severe punish ments for political offences, have been passed over by the whole of the London Daily Press, without a single comment. The imprisonment of gentle men like Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE or Sir F. BUR DETT would have set in motion all the pens of all the Editors of Britain, but here is a mass of con victions and punishment which has called forth no remarks, save in the journals which belong exclu sively to the people. That journals which are engaged in writing our daily history, and eager to no . tice remarkable events, should have thought those numerous convictions and severe punishments on account of sedition and treason, unworthy of com ment, is only to be accounted for by . the journals being the organs exclusively of the upper and middle classes, and, therefore, regardless of every thing which concerns and interests the great bulk of the people. We mention it not as a reproach, but as a proof of that complete and dangerous schism which has grown up between the ruling classes and the bulk of the community, and which the proceedings of the House of Commons on Tuesday were more calculated to extend than dimi nish. They show the source of the evil, but they are not likely to correct it. Manifesting gross parti ality and gross injustice will only embitter the dis positions of the people without inducing the Legis lature to reform itself ; so every day and every act of the Legislature will increase mutual estrange. ment till a fearful revolution once more jostles all together. We observe that Mr. CRESWELL put a ques tion to the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER last night relative to the unsettled class of Danish claims. As we understand that the claims, on a rigid investigation, have been considerably reduced, we hope the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will make some arrangement in his Budget for the payment of these just claims. The Moniteur of Tuesday, which we have received with the other Paris Journals of the same date, com municates some interesting intelligence from Spain and Africa. The news from Spain is (mbodied in the fol lowing telegraphic despatch from the French Am bassador at Madrid to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and is respectively dated Madrid, April 9, and Bayonne, April 13 : " The Queen has accepted the resignation of the Minis ters of Marine, of the Intetior, and of War. The first has been replaced by M. Sotela, Sub-Secretary of that department ; the second, by M. Armendarix, a Deputy ; and the last, provisionally, by M. Serzagary, Sub-secre tary. The Ministry of Finance has been entrusted to M. Santillan, a Deputy. These selections partake the opinions of the majority." No cause is assigned for the resignation of Ministers so attached to place as the gentlemen whose retirement from office is thus announced. It was understood, in deed, that ESPARTERO was not on the best terms with the Cabinet, on account of the little notice taken of his military exploits in the speech f-om the Throne, bui it was supposed at the same time that he was not in a condition to resent the slight cast upon him, and which was intended as a rebuke for hav ing taken upon himself the responsibility of the cele brated letter of his military secretary on the constitu tional right of freedom of election, in which the con duct of the Cabinet was indirectly severely censured. This despatch is just three days in advance of the ordinary mail from Madrid, which it therefore deprives of all interest. The news from Africa is very favourable. The fol lowing are the telegraphic despatches : " THE SOUS. PREFECT CF TOULON TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " Toulon, April 12. " A letter worthy of credit, from Philipville, of the ad, brought by a merchant ship, announces ' that a Lieutenant of Abd-el-Kader, who was marching on Setif to attack us, fell into an ambuscade laid by a Sheik, our ally, and lost two standards and 500 men." " THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. " A Captain of a merchant vessel writes as follows, from Philipville, on the 3d : A Lieutenant of Abd-el.Kader marching near Setif, with the intention of attacking us, fell into the bands of the She'lt-el-Arab, with a battalion of infantry, some cavalry, and tw pieces of cannon, The Sheik, our ally, allowed him to exhaust his powder, and when he saw that his ammunition was expended, he drove the Emir's people back to the mountains, killing 500 men, whose ears he has sent to Admiral Gallois, and taking two colours, two drums, and all the baggage. The Lieutenant and his cavalry alone escaped.' " The Journal des Debals says that the name of the Arab Sheik, to whom France owes this triumph, is FARHAT, surnamed " the Serpent of the Desert," and sue of the few Arabs of distinction who had promised to assist the French in taking Constantine. But before he appeared with his forces the town had been taken, and his loyalty being suspected, very littla notice was afterwards taken of him. But ABD-EL-KADER'S sus. picions were roused. The Sheik was made prisoner, and kept a whole year in confinement. His freedom was only purchased by his making the most abject sub missions ; but no sooner was he free, than he burned to revenge himself upon his oppressor. Hence his seasonable attack upon ABD - EL-KADER'S Lieutenant. The Debats concludes this account by recommending France to subdue Africa not by her own arms, but by making use of the er.mities that exist among the diffe rent Arab tribes. The Secret Service Bill was discussed with conside rable animation in the Chamber of Peers, on Tuesday. The speakers were MM. MORGUE, VILLIER DE RE• NAGE, BOIGNY IYANGLOS, BRIGODE, THIERS, and the Duke de NOAILLES, the latter of whom denounced, in no measured terms, the English alliance, and the conduct of the French Government upon the Eastern question. The debate was not concluded when the mails left for London. Letters from Bayonne of the 9th mention rumours of the entry of the Carlist chief, BALMACEDA, into Navarre, according to some, and Arragon, according to others. Such reports are deserving of no credit. The news of the death of Llangostera is not confirmed. The nephew of the Carlist Chief Borgue has been made prisoner, near Calends. —La Commerce. Desertion is increasing in the ranks of the Carlists ; in one day sixty-one deserters, almost all of them belonging to the Catalonian battalions presented themselves at Ayerbe. TOULON, APRIL 12 —The Ocean, with a flag of Ad miral Rosamel, the Hercules, the Marengo, and the Triton, Ships of the Line, and the Bergere corvette, which sailed from Toulon yesterday, the lltb, are gone to Port Vendres.— L e Commerce. BRUSSELS, APRIL 13.—His Majesty is expected to-day from Ardennes. General Wilmar is preparing to set out for Berlin. It is said that the person designed fur his successor is a General well known for his firmness, and the choice of whom would be a guarantee for the security of the citi zens, and for the maintenance of order and discipline in the Army. On the resignation of the Ministers all the professors and pupils of the military school waited on GenerAl Will mar, to thank him for what he has done for that esta blishment. BRUSSELS, APRIL 14.—The King arrived yesterday cvening:_. The King and Queen, and the young Princes, will leave the Palac,.: to-morrow, and remove to Lacken. WAR WITH NAPLES. The Commerce gives the following letter ft-6m Naples, sth instant :—" A panic has taken possession of the inha bitants of this city, who not only dread a bombardment, but also calculate the injury which they will sustain if the wealthy English visitors should leave the country, as they already appear disposed to do. Measures have been taken to increase the Neapolitan fleet to 47 sail—viz., 12 ships of the line, 15 frigates, and 20 corvettes and brigs. These forces will, it is thought, be sufficient to resist a first attack, if Mr. Temple should push things so far; but what makes us doubt whether the menaces of ►Mr. Temple can be car ried into execution is, the intervention of the corps diplo matique fll masse, particularly of Count Lebzeltern, the Austrian, and Count Gourieff, the Russian Ambassador, who have declared, in the name of the Governments, that, being compelled to protect the commerce of their nations, they will not suffer England to blockade the Neapolitan ports for so futile a cause. The Duke de Serra- Capriola is, it is said, the bearer of very advantageous propo sitions for the trade of France in the event of her sup porting the Court of Naples. King Ferdinand would relinquish hid pretensions on the subject of French war steamers, and give the trade of France the same advan tagcs as that of England." • The Senate met today, and after agreeing to projects of law sent up by the other Chamber attourned till the 23d of this month. BERLIN, APRIL s.—The Grand Duke Alexander ap pea, ed to-day (Sunday) on the parade, and it was gene rally thought that he looked more robust, if not better, than the last time he was here. Our King has completely recovered from his indisposition, and no bulletins have been issued since the day before yesterday. Yesterday his Majesty received the very unexpected news that the Empress of Russia will visit Berlin this summer. Her Majesty thinks to be in May at the Fischbach in Silesia, the beautiful country seat of her friend, there to spend a few weeks in the pure air of the mountains, and then to go to Berlin, and afterwards to Ems. The persons about the Grand Duke also believe that the troops employed in the expedition to Khiva have returned to Orenberg. It is thought that it was undertaken by the advice 01 General Pcrowsky, who had no doubt that all the Kirghese tribes would jein him ; of course he could not expect that he should be impeded by such unusual weather. Happily, his corps of troops was very small. The grcator part consisted of Khirgis, who joined him in the Steppe. VIE HAGUE, APRIL 13.—The observations of the Sec tions of the Second Chamber of the States General on the project of law respecting the abolition of the Syndi cate, have been communicated to the Government, whose answers are shortly expected. FRANKFORT, Aram 11. —The Russian Grand Duke yesterday honoured with his presence a supper at M. d'Oubril's, the Russian Ambassador, and other Members of the diplomatic body ; the Burgomaster of our city, and many persons of distinction were invited. This forenoon his Imperial Highness has received the visits of the Ambas sador and Burgomaster. To-morrow he will go to Darmstadt to pay his compliments to the Grand Duke and his family ; and on Monday he will go to Bibcrich to visit the Du..thoss-Dowager of Masson. On Monday M. D'Oubril is to go to Darmstadt, to make the formal application to the Grand Duke for the hand of his (laughter, the Princess Mary, for his Imperial Highness. In a day or two his Imperial Highness will return to Darmstadt, on which occasion there will be very splendid entertainments. HANovEn, Aram 9 —ln yesterday's sitt!og, Professor Rciche, the newly elected Deputy for the university of Gottingen, was introduced and took the oaths. In the discussion of the Constitution, it was decided that the city of Hanover shall have two Deputies instead of one, as proposed.—liamburyh Borsen Rolle, April 11. THE PAUL PRY NUISANCE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Newport, Isle of Wight, April 15. At the Qiarter Sessions for the Isle of Wight, which were held at Newport on the 14th instant, three bills of in dictment were preferred against Richard Meagre, a bar ber and vender of unstamped publications, at West Cowes, for a series of scandalous, false, and malicious libels on several highly respectable families residing in that place, contained in the penny " Paul Pry;" in each case the Grand Jury returned a true bill, and the defen dant was tried on the first indictment this day. The purchase was fully proved, as was the identity of the parties, by twe witnesses ; six more were in attend ance, but the defendant's counsel, Mr. Saunders, intimated to the Court that they admitted tho libel, and that there was not one word of truth in it. The defence he relied on was that the defendant might have sold these papers with out having read them, and be innocent of their infamous contents. Mr. Williams summed up, describing the libel as one of the most horrible accusations he had ever read, explaining to the Jury that every person who sold, lent, or even read to a friend, so as to circulate the libel, was a publisher, and liable to punishment. The Jury bound the prisoner guilty. His counsel prayed the Court that their judgment should not be a fine, as the prisoner, in that case, might be imprisoned for life. He was then sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the common gaol of Winchester; at the expiration of that time to give bond (501.) to keep the peace, and be of good behaviour for two years. A quantity of fine Isle of Wight lambs are proceeding through this town for Cowes, thence by steam to Southton and London for Smithfield-market. CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—Our readers will perceive, by an advertisement ts hich appears this day in our columns, that a company under this title is now forming, th e obj ec t s o f which, as there detailed, appear so desirable as to recommend it to the favourable attention of all members of our Established Church, and we have no doubt that both the Clergy and Laity will strenuously unite in the support of an undertaking having such important and truly Christian ends in view. The import ancc of Life Assurance, and the duty of providing for surviving relatives, are now so well known and appreciated, that no ar guments are requisite- in the present day to prove its utility. Phis Company embraces Fire as well as Life Insurance, and the management of Fruits, as detailed in the prospectus, and appears brought out under the highest patronage. The names of the Committee will be considered a sufficient pledge that the objects which the promoters of the Company have in view will he fully and faithfully carried out. An institution of this kind has long been wanted, and we cordially wish it that success which it undoubtedly merits.—Lirerpool Standard. YARMOUTH.—On Tuesday, in the Town-hall, at Yarmouth, Mr. Acland delivered a lecture, on the injustice and impolicy of the present Corn-law. Mr. A. sp ke for three hours, during which he made an eloquent appeal to his nu merous audience against legislation for the benefit of particular classes ; and concluded by stating he would resume his lecture on the following Thursday evening, which announcement was received by long-continued cheering. pUFGAN NON BOROUGH.—We understand, from good authority, that a gentleman of independent princi ples and fortune, will offer himself as a candidate to the electors of this close borough (now so many years in the Knox family), the first vacancy that may occur, and that he has already had communication with some of the leading electors, wh ) have promised him their interest, in consequence of the late pro ceedings, relative to the ejectments being served on them for their Town Parks. LEARNED DOGBERRIES.--At the Petty Ses sions for the hundred of Stoke, held at the Christopher Inn, Eton, before C. Clowes, Esq., and the Rev. T. Carter, the surveyors of Horton attended for the purpose of stating to the bench, that they had discovered that the two constables whO had been recently appointed for that parish could neither read nor write, and inquiring whether the appointment could not be rescinded upon those grounds. The bench informed the appli cants that as the objection was not made at the time the parties were nominated, and as the appointment had been returned to the Quarter Sessions for the county, the parishioners must en deavour to be satisfied with the appointment as it stood, and try to " make the licit of a bad bargain." It was not a great while since that an overseer went to pass his accounts before the same bench of magistrates, who was equally learned in the mysteries of A. B. C. THE REPORTED MURDER OF MR. WIL LIAMS AND MR. HARRIS, THE MISSIONARIES TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS.—On Sunday last funeral sermons upon the Rev. John Williams and the Rev. Mr. Harris, who are reported to have been murdered by the savages in an island to which they went for the purpose of civilising the inhabitants, were preached in many places of divine worship. HORSE STEALING.—The gang of thieves who have so long infested Essex and the adjoining county Kent, arc in the way of being broken up. We understand that George Napier, Esq., Ad vocate-Depute, is to be appointed Sheriff of Peebleehire, in room of Mr. Wood, resigned.—Edinburgh Courant. JVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Al bert, and the Royal Suite, arrived at the Castle at ten minutes past six o'clock this afternoon, from town, escorted by a party of the 2d Life Guards, commanded by Lieu tenant Naylor. The Roval Party occupied four carriages and four. His Serene 'Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha accompanied the Queen and Prince Albert. The Earl and Countess of Errol, and Lady Ida HO, and the Baroness Lela en, had arrived at the Castle be fore her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, left town at ten minutes past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four, with outriders in scarlet liveries, for Windsor Castle. A chariot and four followed, con taining the Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel Bouverie, the Equerries to her Majesty and Prince Albert. Two open carriages and four also folldwed the first, containing the Countess of Charlemont, Lady in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Paget, and the Hon. Miss Anson, Maids of Honour in Waiting, and Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting; and the last containing Baron de Gruben, Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Groom in Waiting, and Mr. Francis Seymour , Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert. The Queen was handed to her carriage by the Hon. Colonel Caven dish, the Clerk Marshal, and left Buckingham Palace escorted by a party of Light Dragoons. The Royal Stan dard was lowered from the marble arch immediately on her Majesty's departure. The Hon. Colonel Grey will attend the Queen for the Hon. Colonel Cavendish (Clerk Marshal) as the Equerry in Waiting during her Majesty's stay at Windsor. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yesterday morning at Buckingham Palace. The Royal dinner party at Windsor Castle last evening was expected to include the Earl and Countess of Errol and Lady Ida Hay, the Earl of Uxbridge, Baron de Gra ben, and Lord Rotart Grosvenor. The Duchess of Kent left Buckingham Palace yester day afternoon for her new residence in Bclgrave-squar e • Her Royal Highness left the Palace attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, in an open carriage and four, and was conducted by his Royal Highness Prince Albert to her carriage, into which she was handed by the Hoa Co lonel Cavendish. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha took a drive yesterday morning in a pony phaeton. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Ser vice, yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. In the afternoon her Majesty, attended by her suite, r ode on horseback in the vicinity of Fulham, her Serene High ness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar and family occolg ing a pony phaeton and Eur. The Duchess of Gloucester took an airing yesterday I n a carriage. The Princess A ugus t a an d th e Duchess Id a of Saxe Weimar, visited her Royal High n ess yesterday a t Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at th e Foreign Office. The Ministers sa t an h ou r and a half. His Excellency Andrew Stevenson, the American Mini ster, transacted business at the F ore i g n Off ic e, on Tuesday i A Deputation from the Metrop o lita n Anti-bridge To ll Association for throwing open the Metropolitan Bridges, consisting of Mr. John Pattison, M.P., Colonel Thomas Wood, M, P., Messrs. A. Kendall, J. W. Spears, H. Pheasant, Thomas Pocock, Thomas Bish, and A. Gallo way, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne, in Downing-street. Mr. Baring Wall had an interview with Mr. Labouchere yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Baron de Rothschild and Lord Ingestrie had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. A DRUNKEN BISHOP !-Safe is he whose enemy tipples ; yet truth leaks out, not more in wine than in any other kind of inebriety. The acutest reformer is less use ful, to his party than such an involuntary coadjutor as Dr. P hil ' potts, habitually intoxicated with pride and bigotry. He can not contrive to keep sober on the most momentous occasions ; not all the prudence and solicitude of his friends can induce hial to pay a common regard to appearances. Thus, on moving his string of questions to the judges, respecting the Clergy Re s e' yes Bill, on Tuesday, he was so far transported as to imagine be could treat the entire Scottish Church with as much arrogant contempt as he once treated Mr. Head.—Glasgow Argus. SINGULAR CIRCUNISTANCE.--Some time ago a hen belonging to dr. Isaac Gunson, of Calder Hall, coo menced sitting upon duck's eggs, among w hich was a h en's egg. As a matter of course the hen's egg was hatched awe before the ducklings were brought forth. The chicken was taken into the house by Mrs. Gunson, for the purpose of rear ing it, when a cat voluntarily took upon itself the duties of a, foster parent. The cat takes the chicken in her mouth , and carries it to all parts of the house, where they rest tog ether, and the little charge is watched and nursed by it anxious 1 1 ". t tector with the utmost care. As soon as the chicken is fed runs to the cat, and nestles in its bosom, and whenever the cat . goes to any part of the house it takes chick along with i t in mouth, and will not suffer any one to touch its downy charge' Carlisle Patriot. Sir William Fremantle, at Englefield - gr een; Lord Ashbrook, at Beaumont Lodge; Lord Kinnaird, at Ferfl ill ; Sir William Clayton, at Harleyford House; and mt. , . Veers Williams, at Temple House, ne a r Marlow, will ent erta large parties during the approaching holidays. A LNrACK's.—The circulars for these aristocratic re-unions have been issued, and are dated the 29th post., and the first ball will be on the second Wednesday after Easter. Lord Fleadly died at his estate in Kerry la s t week,__. he is succeeded in hi s titl e an d es t a t e b y hi s nep t t erf, Mr. Winn. Before I quit Geoige 1., I will relate a story verf expressive of his good. humoured presence of mind. On one of i his journeys to Hanov er , hi s coac h b ro k e. A t a distance n view was a chateau of a considerable German nobleman. Th e King sent to borrow assistance ; accordingly the possessor cameo conveyed the King to his house, and begged the honour of his Majesty's accepting a di nner w hil e his carriage was repairing; and, while the dinner was preparing, begged leave to amus e s his Majesty with a coll ec ti on o f p i ctures, w hi c h h e h a d forme . in several tours to Italy. But what did the King see ia one of the rooms, but an unknown portrait of a person in the ro bes and with the regalia of the sovereign of Great Britain. Geo r g e asked whom it represented. The noble man replied, with nine_ diffidence but decent respect, that in various journeys to Ronle he had been acquainted with the Chevalier de St. George, wh n ° had done him the honour of sending him that picture. " V11 ) 03 to t s _ my word," said the King, instantly, " it is very like family." It was impossible to remove the embarassment oft ile proprietor with more good breeding. IValpole's Lrs (Bentley's Edition). EQUINE TIMEKEEPER.—There is at the pr e : sent time, in the possession of Messrs. Pearson and Horsefaho the contractors for the reservoir at Holm-Styes, near 11 01 % . firth, a horse at work the re d ra wi n g th e waggon laden with soil, &a., along the trains, which for the last two months, has, without the slightest irregularity, daily given notice to th e workmen of their dinner-hou r a t noon , an d closing-time in t f f evenings, by neighing loudly ! Th e men i n variably leave O r work on hearing this novel sig n al, th e i r t rus ty regulator ne e having misled them.—Leeds Intelligencer. ALLEGED MURDER AT THE CHELTE/sqlArd STEEPLE CHASE.—On Friday week, Robert Smith, a aged 28, attended the Cheltenham Steeple Chase, and e He brought home with a severe concuss i on on th e brain. "„ stated to his wife that it was cause d b y the kick of a ite ; r f ' s j, He was afterwards re move d t o th e Cheltenham fiesP where, notwithstanding ev er y a tt en ti on was pa id to him, -hh expired at about three o'clock on W e d nes d ay morn i n g, the Bt . of April. On the same day an inquest was held at the host tal on the body, and the Jury found that he had died from in flammation in the membrane of the brain, occasioned by t" .° wounds. From some information which reached the Corone r ; he suspected that the unfortunate man had come by his deat t by unfair means. He accordingly held another inquest at abo ut six o'clock on Thursday, and at half -past ten o'clock ~ ad journed. On Friday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, the J ur ' again sat, and adjourned at five o'clock for one hour to din L e i f They then resumed and s a t till a quarter to two o 'clock " I ' morning, when Thomas Cooke was committed to Gloucester gaol on the Coroner's warrant, on a charge of wilful murder; All the examinations have b een ta k en w i t h c l ose d doors. murder; gates of the hospital have been thronged from mor ning fr i night, and the greatest excitement prevails.—Free Press. SUPERSTITION.—A F AIRY . —A man of tne name of James Mahony, who lives on the demesne of lieY wee f' the property of Mr. Ch ar l es Ri a ll , h a d a son o f t h e age ttc. ;f t or seven, a most delicate child. It appears the boy hat! " - c i confined to bed for two y ears w i t h an affection of the spines gild; being a very intellectual child, and accustomed to make most shrewd remarks about every thing he saw and heard Paahso ing around him ' his parents and the neighbours were led to conclusion that he was not the son of his father, but that he t a fairy !!! Under this impr ess i on , a consu l ta ti o n took placesfear Was the house of Mahony, • and th e resu lt was t h a t the intrust from the " good people" should b e f r i g ht ene d away ; C hild an d ' W a ss cordingly, on Tuesday night last, th e p oor dying if threatened with a red hot shovel and a ducking under a P un ': . 0 n he did not disclose where the r ea l J o h n M a h o ny was ; a ea successful were the actors in th e i r sc h eme d ev i s ed for the __r pulsion of the fairy, that the feeble child, after being held nen, the het shosel, and also having been taken a part of the wl to the pump, told them he was a fairy, and that he would send that night's lodging. This occurred on Tuesday back the real John Mahony the next evening if they gee and the child was dead the next morning.— Tipperary Paper- THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF J 5 RidleY ELLERY AT LORD COLCHESTER'S. 00 Tuesday Henry e and James Lermard th who ss r d , e .wo chimney sweepers manded on the charge of having plundered the mansion of LO f Colchester, 8, Great Cumberland-place, of a large quantitYlo,. jewellery, &c., were brought up from the New Prison, Cl e i r . n enwell, and placed at the Marylebone bar, before Mr. Ra rra- son, for further examination. The particulars of what Pre viously transpired have already appeared in The Soo. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.--A s mall ferry d boat was seen to capsize and go down between D 011°°" f on d night last, an Kilmun, on Saturday last, and all on board, supposed to be can men, perished. Boats were sent out, but as far as 'Y e or learn, not a vestige has been recovered of either the craft her. unfortunate crew. It is supp w ho had that the sufferers were,_he _ , ferryman named Adam Weir, and his brother-in-law, sm. had left Kilmun in the morning with several passengers%ad the opposite sid e o f th e B ay , an d so f ar as known, these, u l u un been safely landed, and the boat was on her return to Kl with other passengers when the accident occurred. Gictsg° Chronicle. LORD STANLEY'S BILL.—In all parts 0 f the , country—north, south, east, and west, to petition against the monstrous Bill of Lord Stanley. Tories is everywhere regarded as a desperate attempt of the T o i l l' ene i annihilate the electoral rights of the Irish people' Gore has, as it was expected, refused to convene his bailiwick ionists to consider the provisions of this Bill ; but the requis_ cee h. have determined to call a meeting during the presen t s tures si gna The Ctrk petition against the Bill had received 7,00 0 meetings are in progr ess to up to Saturday. STABBING.—On Monday a butch er °all/in t Richardson was charged with assaulting P. C. Crane "e . e u d e execution of his duty, and stabbing him with his steel. Th ruffian, in company with a woman called Mary Barnes, wa s creating a riot on the Sunday night previous, in New -st l e e is and, on the interference of the police, he became ex tremely violent, and attacked the officers with great ferocity. Cr the the constable, was overpowered; and, when on the ground, out prisoner struck at him several times w ith his steel, crying that he would murder him. Aft er h av i ng i n fli c ted a wound, he was ultimately carried to the station-house. He was conimittta: for trial at the Sessions. Th e woman B arnes w as impriso n en for one month, she having attempt ed t o rescue Richardson.-- Cambridge Advertis er . itic' HoPs.---On Saturday sc'nnight, at a me— et 0 of hop growers held at Burwash a meniorial to the Tr easury for postponing th e payment of the duty from May till Aug' s "; was adopted, a n d a petition to Parliament signed praying ° the repeal of the new, or, as it is called, the war duty on bops. Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW EDITION OF MR. BURKE'S EXTINCT PEERAGE ; comprising, for the First Time, these of SCOTLAND and IRELAND. IS NOW READY, in One large Volume Bvo., of 800 pages, with an Emblazoned Title-page, Portrait, &c., price 28s. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers.