The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

Emprrial Varliamint. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. In reply to a question from the Earl of MALmFf3III:IIY, The Earl of RIPON said that a sufficitnt force had hen sent to New Zealand to answer the purposes of pr,t c tion ; and Captain Fitzroy was entrusted with powers sufficient to determine questions between the settlers and the notices. In reply to a question from Lord BEAUMONT, The Earl of ABERDEEN said there could be no doubt but that British commerce was placed under disadvantages in the Levant, owing to the treaty between liuss'a and the Sublime Porte; but, on the other hand, the other European powers would not accept on the same terms the advantages conceded to Russia. Her Majesty's Go vernment was anxious, however, to place the commerce of England in the Levant upon the same footing as that of the most favoured nations. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was, after some discus sion, read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY, Lord ELIOT moved for leave to bring in a bill regixk.. ting the parliamentary and municipal franchises in Ire land. His lordship expressed his belief that the system of registration now established in England was a satisfac tory one, and he proposed to es.abli , h a like system in Ireland, with only these material differences : that the polling-places should be appointed by the Lord-Lieute nant ; that the annual revision should be by the assistant barristers ; and that the appeal from them should be to the Court of Exchequer Chamber, seven judges being made for this purpose a quorum. He proposed that the names on the present register should be transferred to the new one, there to remain undisturbed for the rest of the term for which they were then enrolled, unless when the tenant should have parted with some portion of his qualification. For the purpose of defining the qualifica tion itself with respect to counties, the bill would contain a clause giving effect to the construction which the majo rity of the judges had put upon the phrase " beneficial interest." He admitted that this definition, which was the adoption of the solvent tenant test, would displace a great proportion, perhaps nearly two-thirds, or about 25,000 of the 40,000 voters now registered for this kind of franchise ; and in order to restore a sufficient consti tuency, he proposed to give the right of voting to every occupier rated to the poor on an amount of £3O or up wards. When all deductions should have been made, this would give about 55,000 electors instead of the 25,000 struck off, making so far, on the balance, an addition of about 30,000 constituents. To these it was proposed to add, yet further, those who possessed a freehold of inhe ritance or a leasehold, renewable for ever, of the value of £5 a-year. These interests were intended to confer the franchise without actual occupation by the proprietor. With respect to the Parliamentary franchise of cities and boroughs, the proposal of Guvernment was, that it should belong to every man paying poor-rate, borough-rate, and police -tax. He trusted that this plan would he regarded as a full redemption of the pledge contained in the Queen's speech, and that the new electors would consider the trust thus conferred upon them as given, not for the benefit of their own peculiar districts alone, but of the whole king dom. The noble lord then proceeded to explain the ob ject of the other bill, relating to the Municipal Corpora tions. That object was to extend to the Irish corpora tions the principle of the English Municipal Bill, by giving a vote to every inhabitant who bad paid certain town rates for a residence of three years. Mr. M. O ' FERRALL expressed his apprehension that the £3O rating clause would throw the county constitu encies into the hands of the landlords. Sir R. PEEL advocated the provisions of the bill, and hoped that honourable members would dispassionately consider its provisions before they hastily attempted to prejudge them. - Mr. HUME was convinced the people of Ireland would not be satisfied with this bill, which was far from placing them, as regarded the franchise, on an equality with England. Mr. M. J. O'CoNNEi.t, said he should not oppose the bill, but he protested against the assumption that the addition of 30,000 voters to the county constituency "as at all adequate to the just expectations of the people of Ireland. Lord ELIOT replied, and leave was given to bring in both bills. On the motion for the house resolving itself into a committee of supply, Lord J. RUSSELL asked if it wis true that government bad three times offered the appointment of Judge of the Privy Council to a distinguished individual (Lord Brougham) in the event of a certain bill passing, and if it was correct that government, after the refusal of the individual in question, had made up its mind not to pro ceed with the bill ? Sir R. PEEL said if the bill, which was now referred to a committee in the Honse of Lords, should come down to that house, he would be as free and unfettered to con sider its provisions as the noble lord or any other hon. member. It was proposed to the noble lord to undertake the office, under the impression that the power rested with the Crown, and that unless it were necessary to give a salary there was no necessity to apply for the authority of parliament. At that time Lord Brougham declined the appointment, from the belief that it was not neces sary, and there the matter rested. The noble and learned lord had himself now brought in a bill for the appointment of a permanent judge of the Privy Council, and it was re ferred to a very competent committee. Mr. R. YORKE said the bill was a gross job, and he would use every form of the house to defeat it should it ever come down to that house. The house then went into committee, and proceeded with the civil contingencies and miscellaneous estimates, which occupied the remainder of the evening. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. On the motion of Sir Robert Peel the house agreed to adjourn at its rising until Monday the 15th April. Loan JOHN RUSSELL adverted to what he understood was the intention of government with respect to our naval force in the Mediterranean, which he apprehended was about to be left at too low an amount. Sir R. PEEL submitted that the constitutional course was to leave the distribution of these forces to the discre tion of the Executive power.. It was not always expedi ent to communicate to parliament the reasons for that distribution, though it had been surmised that the noble member for London, with a just confidence in his own powers, was actually "ready to take upon himself the command of the channel fleet." (Great laughter.) Loan PALMERSTON would entertain no distrust of his noble friend in any command requiring spirit and resolu tion. H e urged the expediency of keeping a considerable force in the Mediterranean between which station and most others there were special circumstances of distinc tion. As to the constitutional point, he could not help thinking that if the house bad the privilege of criticising naval mischances after they had happened, they could not be wrong in interposing to prevent any such mischance beforehand. Sir R. PEEL, in laying on the table a copy of Sir H. Pdttinger's.treAty with China, bore testimony to his great ability and fidelity. and expressed the regret of the Go vernment that he had now, after half a century of public service, determined to retire into private life. Lord PALMERSTON joined in this eulogium ; and said that Sir H. Pottinger had owed his protnoticn to no po litical cause, but solely to the opinion entertained of his merit by the late Government, who knew not even to which party in the state he inclined to. Mr. GLADSTONE moved for a committee of the whole house to consider the law relating to partnerships; his objects being to provide for registering and regulating joint stock companies, for investing them with certain corporate privileges upon certain conditions, for improv ing the remedies at law and in equity, by, against, and between, their members, and for enabling private part nerships to register the names of their partners, and to sue and be sued in the names of their firms. The house having resolved itself into committee, Mr. GLADSTONE moved resolutions authorising the Initiation of bills for effecting those objects. These re solutions were carried and reported forthwith. Mr. WYSE moved for some papers connected with the Irish Jury lists. Mr. ELIOT opposed this motion. Mr. SHAW objected on principle to the production of his own judicial notes. Lord JOHN. RUSSELL contended that the House had a right to inquire into the conduct of any judge. Mr. SuAw - admitted this, but denied that the House could sit as a Court of Review upon his judicial proceed ings. _ _ Sir R. PEEL would not attempt to draw a precise line for the jurisdiction of the House; but he apprehended tbat in point of discretion they would scarce call for the notes of a judge. Mr. WYSE modified his motion by omitting some of its requisitions, and it was then carried. Mr. WYSE moved also for some returns relating to the income of the University of Dublin, and some lists of the members of that University, distinguishing their re ligious persuasions. Sir R. PEEL objected to any interference of the House for either of these purposes. Mr. WYSE withdrew his motion. CLERICAL NEWS. The Very Rev. the Chancellor of the Diocese of Clog_ her, Dr. Storey, died on Sunday se'nnight, at Corvick, in his 80th year. The Bishop elect of Newfoundland (the Rev., E. Field) will leave London for his distant diocese early in the next month. LIBERAL BENEFACTIONS.—Mrs. Anne Orred has most liberally intimated to the committee appointed to receive subscriptions for the building of a new parish church, in Runcorn, her intention of giving the munifi cent sum of £BOO towards the fund required for its erec. tion ; this donation, with the sum of £3OO each from Lord Francis Egerton and Sir Richard Brooke, Bart. consti tutes one-fourth of the amount specified in Mr. Salvin's estimate. COPPER ORE.—Copper mining in Cornwall is of com paratively recent origin. The mines in that country were, at nn remote period, wo r k e d o n ly for tin, the coppe r ore being considered as us e l ess , an d con s eq uently th rown aside. A singular confirmation of this has just occurred, in widening the road in the neighbourhood of Chacewater. The contractor, in removing the old h e d ges , (b oun d ary walls, we suppose,) perceived, among the stones of which they wer e composed, a considerable num b er that contained copper, and has actually selected from them several tons of copper ore. These ~.tones had, no doubt, be en ra i se d by miners in search of tin, at a period whe n t h e i r value was not known, and used as materials for constructing the hedges in which they were found.— West Briton. FOREIGN AAD COLONIAL. THE UNITED STATES. By the packet-ship Montezuma, Captain Lowber. we have received I\ ew York papers from the 12th to the IS. h ult. inclusive. The Montezuma arrived off Holyhead on Friday afternoon, but owing to the contrary winds did not reach tie rive until the afternoon of Saturday. Tne intelligence ie inter, sting. On the Bth ult. a new tariff bill was laid before the House of Representatives from the Committee of Ways and Means. By this mea sure it is proposed that the maximum duty on imports shall be 30 per cent. until the Ist of September, 1845, and afterwards 25 per cent., and that the valuation shall be the cost and charge at the ',lace of exportation. The du ties-not fixed by the new bill are to be the same as 1842. The debate on the Oregon territory is still continued. It presents no remarkable feature. The Hon. John C. Calhoun had been nominated by the President Secretary of State, and his nomination had been unanimously confirmed by the Senate. It was confidently expected he would accept the appointment. Mr. J. Y. Mason had been confirmed Secretary of the Navy in the Senate. The democratic convention at Harrisburgh, Pennsylva nia, had declared their choice for the Presidency to have fallen on Van Buren, and for the Vice-presidency on Co lonel Johnson, while the Whig Members of the New Jer sey legislature had nominated the Hon. T. Freelinghaysen for the latter office. Much disappointment had been experienced at several state legislatures having adjourned without having accom plished anything to restore their credit or to provide the means of paying the interest on their debts. It is stated that the young man condemned to death for aiding the escape of a female slave has had his sentence commuted to a,public whipping. State stocks had declined. United States Sixes are quoted at 115*, being a decline on former quotations. There had been a fair amount of business transacted in sterling bills, at 107* to 108, closing at the latter rate. The following review of the New York cotton market is for the week ending the 16th ultimo :—" The sales of cotton this week ending last evening embrace about 10,750 bales, of which 5,600 were Upland and Florida at 7* to 81 for ordinary to middling, 81 to 9 for middling fair to fair, and 9/ to 9* cents for good fair ; and 5,150 bales Mobile and New Orleans at 7* to 81 for ordinary to middling, 8i to 91 for middling fair to fair, and 9i to 11. cents for good fair to fine. The arrivals during the same period were 22,677 bales. Prices, as compared with those of this day week, are full* cent lower, and we alter our quotations in accordance. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICACION. Uplands. N. O. and Mobile. Inferior. Ordinary Middling Middling fair .. Fair Good fair 9+ to 9/ 9 to 10 Fine 9l to 11 to 111 We quote Id. to Id. as the present rate of freight to Li verpool." A fair amount of business had been transacted at New Orleans on the 9th ultimo, but, generally, at a decline, arising from the accumulation of stock. Sales of the week, 27,300 bales, of which by far the greater portion were taken for this country. Receipts since the sth ult., 16,073 bales, exports 12,890, stock, including all on shipboard not cleared, 265,610 bales. Freights to Liverpool were chiefly confined to British vessels, at 9-16 d. ; American Id. per lb. At Mobile, on the Bth ultimo, sales of the week about 19,000 bales, receipts, 16,180, exports, 11,127 bales, stork, uncleared, 129,853 bales, total receipts of the season, 317,986 bales. The market for Upland, at Charles ton, on the 13th ult., was depressed. Sales of the three preceding days, 3,571 bales, at prices ranging from 71d. to 9+d. per lb. Sales at Savannah for the week ending Bth ultimo, 3,652 bales, at 7 to 9 cents. being + cent lower than previous week. Arrivals, 10,185, exports, 3,708 bales. Freights dull. Several vessels for Liverpool, at 7-16 d. for square and round bales. At Apalachicola, 4th ultimo, receipts for the week, 2,923, exports, 5,133, stock, 25,302 bales. Sales were 1,615 bales, at 7to 91 cents. Freight to Liverpool, Id. per lb. Pot Ashes at New York dull. In Coals, we notice two sales of 500 tons Newcastle, for export, at 5 dollars, short price, equal to 4 months ; 40 ditto, ditto, 6.75 ; 60 Liver pool 6.871. cash, and 60 ditto, at 7, 4 months. There had been more enquiry for Western Flour, and a slight im provement had been realized. Not much demand for Southern, prices for some descriptions barely supported Wheat is in fair demand and moderate supply. THE UNITED STATES TARIFF. ARTICLES. PROPOSED TARIFF. PRESENT TARIFF. On all coarse manufactured wool MOWN", A AIVVNA.O.* On all other —....--,—.. On milled or fulled cloth On all carpeting of cotton, wool, hemp, or Other carpeting Woollen blankets Hearth Woollen yarns Worsted Woollen and worsted gloves, stockings, shirts, &c Flannels of all materials Manufactures of cotton, and of which cotton shall be a component part Manufactures of silk Silk bolting cloths Silk twist and like material Floss and similar silks All other silk manufactured articles Manufactured hemp Cordilla, tow and flax Cables, cordage, gunny 15 per cent 14 cprsqyd 30 do 30 per cent 20 do 20 do 30 do 20 do 30 do 25 do 20 do 20 do 30 do 25 do 20 do 15 do 20 do 15 do 30 to 65 cts pr yd 30 per cent 25 do 40 do 30 do 30 do 30 do 14 cts sq yd 30 per cent dol 2 50 per lb 20 per cent 30 do 25 do 25 do dol 250 per lb 30 do 20 do 25 do 20 do 30 do 30 do cloth, &c. Oil cloth—, Bar and bolt iron, not ma nufactured in whole or in part by doll 5 per ton Bar and bolt iron, made wholly or in part by roll ing dol 20 do Old scrap iron dol 6 do Manufactured iron-- 30 per cent Screws of iron --. 30 do Japanned wares of all kinds 25 do Cutlery of all kinds 25 do Steel in bars, except cast, sheer, and German—dol 1 50 per cwt Steel pens 30 per cent 5 cts pr sq yd orlb 35 cts pr sq yd dol 17 per ton d 0125 do dol 10 do - 90 per cent 30 do 30 do 30 do dol 1 50 per cwt 30 per cent Coke of coal 3O do Railroad iron dol 10 per ton Iron in pigs dol 9 do Tacks and brads---,—,, 30 per cent On dol 1 per ton Lead in pigs or 20 per cent Silver plated 20 do On paving tiles and bricks 20 do Tanned sole leather 25 do Metal buttons 25 do Cylinder or broad window dol 2 to 6 pr sq ft Glass bottles of all kinds 30 do dol 175t02 50 pr gross Polished plate glass 30 do stol2pr sq ft Silvered glass Other kinds 30 d) 25 do China ware to do 30 do Lamb skins, tanned and . - 5 c pr bush March 3d '43, free dol 7 per ton 5 c pr 1,000 dol 1 75 per ton 3 cts per lb 30 per cent 25 do 6 cts per lb 30 per cent dressed .ft.s*.ww•nw, Leather gloves, all kinds Patent leather Fur hats, caps, &c--, Feathers for beds Hats and bonnets for men and women White or red lead, whether 25 do 75 c pr doz 30 do ZO to 150 do 30 do 35 per cent 30 do 35 do 20 do 25 do 20 do 35 do ground or n0t,.,,. Iron or steel wire, including iron rods, wrought spaces and nails, cut nails, and all hammered iron —l4 to 30 do Paper of all kinds • 30 do Blank books— 2O c per lb Raw sugar 2 c do Refined sugars--- 4 o do Sugar for clarifying, boiling, 20 do COCOa Ginger Cinnamon - Chocolate Figs and raisins, in boxes 4 cts per lb sto 9 c do 15 c do 20 c do c do 6 c do 3 c do 4 c do 15 outsent 1 c do 20 W 2 c do 15 do 25 c do 15 do 4 c do or jars .... Lard Flutter --- Cheese Olive and other oils 30 do Spirits to 75 c per gal Wines-- Provisio^ 30 do 30 do 30 do 30 do 30 per cent 2 c do 3 a do 30 do 5 c do 9 c do 30 per cent 60 to 100 c per gal to 60 c - do ito 3o per lb Most of the duties fixed in the new bill are ad valorem. The duty will be specific only on iron, sugar, and books. The present tariff places a specific duty on a great niativ articles. This alteration is a very great improvement. The reduction throughout is very general. It is more favourable to the manufacturing interest than the present tariff. It reduces the rates on all manufactures of cotton and wool, but it places the duty on the cost and charges. It does not stipulate that manufactures under a certain cost shall be valued as high as those costing 50 per cent. more. The per cent. ad valorem is proposed on the actual cost at the places of exportation. The new tariff is not of so protective a nature, but it will undoubtedly operate more to the interest of the manufacturers of this country than the present one. It is very liberal in its restrictions, and will, therefore, be more popular with all classes. This will insure its permanency, and that will meet the wi,hes of the manufacturing interest. The reduction of the average duty to 25 per cent. by the Ist Sept., 1845, will give all plenty of time to reg ulat e their operations according! ,gly. OVERLAND MAIL. The express from Marseilles reached town at an early hour on Thursday morning. It brings dates from Delhi of the 19th, Calcutta of the 20th, Agra the 21st, and Madras the 23rd of February ; and from Bombay of the Ist of March. From China we have no advices lat e r than the 12th of January, and they com prise no news of im oor _ tance. The Gwalior contingent had been organised, and an augmentation of ten thousand men was about to be made to the army of India for service in Scinde. Some discon tent had been manifested by some of the Bengal and Ma dras regiments, on their being ordered to proceed to Scinde. The Governor-General was expected to return to Calcutta on the 26th of February, the second anniver sary of his arrival in India. The Commander -in-Chief is on a tour of inspection : the army of Gwalior, having completed the duty prescribed for it, has dispersed to its accustomed stations within the British territories. The sovereignty of Scinde has in effect passed into our bends ; the whole of its artillery is in British custody, and its troops are commanded by British officers. Sir Charles Napier has decided that the army of occupation shall not he reduced below 15,000; for albeit Scinde is at present quiet enough, the tranquility is evidently constrained, and might not be durable in the absence of a sufficient check. The acc , unt: from Gwalior are of only a few days' later date than those which reached us la't month. Colonel S.ubbs had been appointed Go% ernor of the fortre's, and the Mahratta troops, 20,000 in number, had laid don , n their arms. Tbe details brought by this mail, therefore, are confined to those peaceful movements which almost invariably succeed a great ,ictory ; relating chiefly to the retirement and discersion of the invading army, the en thronement of the Maharajah, and the re-construction of his Government. The ceremony of installation took place on the 20th of January ; the Governor-General. Com mander-in-Chief, and the principal military and political officers assisting at it. The chiefs and inhabitants appear to have taken little interest in the matter, looking on in sullen silence. Nineteen lacs of rupees k £190.000.) had already been paid down towards the expenses of the war. The army was reviewed on the 22nd, in the presence of the Maharajah and his chiefs, and on the ensuing day the Governor-General took his departure, accompanied by General Grey and the left wing of the army. A strong division, under General Littler, remains behind. On February 17, everything continued quiet. A letter from Kurrachee announces that Sir Robert Sale, whose health had hitherto been proof against the privations and toils which attached to his services at Cabool and Jellalabad, had become indisposed, and would be compelled to leave his regiment for the purpose of recruiting his shattered strength. Little or nothing is known of the condition of Aftghanistan. DEATH OF THORWALDSEN.—The celebrated sculptor, Thorwaldsen, died suddenly on the 25th of March. He was taken ill in the theatre, Copenhagen, carried out, and died immediately. He was 74 years old. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—By accounts recently re ceived from Sydney, it appears that Thomas Sullivan, one of the Custom-house robbers, who, in 1836, were tran sported for the offence with three others, had effected his escape from that colony. ALARMING RUMOUR.—We in our last gave Cape news to the Ist of December, but have since received some papers of earlier date, in one of which we regret to observe mention of a report current in the settle ment, that her Majesty's brig-of-war Rapid, of ten guns, Lieutenant-Commanding E. C. Earle, belonging to the Cape station, had been sunk near Benguela, after a smart fight with a Spanish slaver, and that every soul on board had perished. Her Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt had been despatched to ascertain the precise circumstances. The following officers were on board the Rapid :—Lieut.- Commanding, E. C. Earle ; second master, W. Studwell; assistant-surgeon, W. Maitland ; clerk in charge, H. Niblett.—Calcutta Gazelle. MURDER FROM JEALOUSY.—A man named J Ozenne, a house painter, was tried last week at Rouen, on a charge of having assassinated the widow Decouville, who lived in the Rue au Lard, at Havre, during the year 1840. The great suspicion against the prisoner was that, although a .Harried man (his wife being about 20 years older than himself) he professed a moat passionate regard for the wi dow; and, as he lived in an adjoining house, was known to spend many of his hours in her company, and to have the admission into her apartment by a private key to a door, which was closed to all except himself. His passion was under no control, and he had been heard to threaten that, should she extend her favoured smiles to any one else he would kill her. The body of this unhappy woman was found one af':ernoon in the year 1840 in a wretched state of mutilation in her own kitchen; the head was placed against a wall, and the feet on the hearth stone—between the legs was found a candle which had been burnt out — the clothes of the deceased were destroyed by fire, and the legs and thighs had been charred to a great extent. Ap pearances led to the supposition that the deceased had been strangled and the body afterwards set on fire ; but as no robbery had been committed, for even near the body were found silver spoons and other things of vclue, an in ference was drawn that the murder was caused by jealou sy. Now it was notoriously known that Ozenne was jea lous of the deceased almost to madness, and was appre hended and examined : but proofs sufficient to warrant his committal for trial were wanting, until an individual who was in prison for debt wrote a letter to an official party implicating him in the murder ; and the facts therein stat ed having been enquired into, Ozenne was put upon his trial. There were several witnesses called, who deposed to circumstances which left no doubt of the guilt of the pri soner, and on Saturday, after two days hearing, he was convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRE LAND. On Sunday week a steamer sailed from Kingstown, Dublin, for Bombay, to take out a number of Romanist priests and "Sisters of Mercy " to an establishment re cently formed at the latter place. On the day before there was a concourse of people to see 116 convicts embark at the same port for South Australia ; the mob on this latter occasion were alarmingly riotous on losing their friends. THE MURDER OF DR. QUARRY, AT CORK. - At the Cork assizes last week Thomas Carroll Denis Carroll and George Foster Delany were indicted for the murder of Dr. Quarry. The circumstances will probably be remembered as they appeared in our columns. The deceased had pos session of a saw mill in Cork, and the prisoners in endea vouring forcibly to eject him killed him. The jury found the two Carrolls guilty of aggravated manslaughter, and they were sentenced to transportation for seven years. Delany was found gnilty of manslaughter but recommended to mercy, and in consequence was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Tuesday night last a house painter and paper stainer named West, lodging at 45, Essex-street, Dublin, had an altercation with his wife, and in a fit of ungovernable passion, he stabbed her mortally with a sword-cane in the abdomen— her death was almost instantaneous. The wretched mur derer then turning the weapon on himself, attempted to terminate his own existence, and had inflicted a wound on his person, when he was prevented from perpetrating self destruction by his mother, who, with a child of his and the deceased, was in the room at the time. He was taken into custody by the police, and conveyed to Mercer's Hospital. RELIGIOUS 'ENTHUSIASM.—The following paragraph appeared in the Freeman's Journallast week : Catholic Church.—An extraordinary feeling of joy and exultation was evinced on Sunday night in St. John's Chapel, at a discourse pronounced by the Right Rev. Dr. O'Connor, when in the course .of his lordship's exhortations he ad verted in glowing terms to the intended ceremony of :ag ing the first stone of St. Jarnis's new church, on Thursday next, by the illustrious Irish Liberator. So great was the enthusiasm manifested at the conclusion of the right reverend preacher, that his lordship was obliged to remind the immense congregation of the sacredness of the place which they then occupied ! ! THE ROMISES PRIESTS.—One of the Irish Roman Catholic priests is at present writing a series of letters in the Dublin Evening Mail, in which be proves that the repudiation by the Romish Bishops of a state provison was made without any consultation with the inferior clergy, and that a very large proportion of the latter are favour able to the grant. The letters certainly show the widely dissentient opinions that exist on the subject, amongst the papal clergy. The following extract from one of these letters, shows, (on the confession of one of these deluded priest; themselves) to what a friehtful extent that church tampers with the peace and eternal destinies of her un happy laity. " I ask Dr. Mac Hale. are not the teachers of all the national schools in Ireland, in whose ranks, I think is included a clergyman, receiving the state provi sion for years, and where is the injury to faith and morals? I ask Dr. Mac Hale, are not the Catholic clergy in the British colonies paid at present by the state; and do they teach heresy on that account, or are they bad and scan dalous men ? I ask Dr. Mac Hale, If we had a ' state provision' would infants be left for years without baptism and exposed to the loss of heaven, for not having the 2s. 6d. to pay the simoniacal priest? I ask Dr. Mac Hale, if we had a state provision would the faithful be for years without frequenting the tribunal of penance, because they had no money to pay to the priests? I ask Dr. Mac Hale, if we had a state provision, would women be left for years unchurched ? I ask Dr. Mac Hale, if we hai a state pro vision, would parties be suffered to cohabit like married persons whom the priest would not marry because they wanted money? I ask Dr. Mac Hale, if we had a state provision, would the holy sacrifice of the mass be reduced to the mere character of every worldly traffic by sinful wretches, compounding and bargaining about the retribu tions for mass? I ask him would those horrid indignities be offered to the Majesty of the Son of God under the state provision ? I ask him, in fine, if we had a state pro vision, would the clergy be exposed to the insults and contumely to which they must now submit in order to procure a livelihood ? The pure administration of the sacraments, and respect due to the clerical character, re quire the adoption of the state provision, and loudly and imperatively demand the total annihilation and extinction of the present odious and scandalous system." A reference to this abstract is so far satisfactory, as showing an increase both on the corresponding quarter and on the year; on the former, of £325,034; on the lat ter of £4,318,167. This increase is the more gratifying, as it arises from sources which show an augmentation of comfort among the productive classes of the community. The Customs exhibit an increase on the £ year of.. On the quarter of The Excise, on the year of On the quarter of 85,316 The Post-office, on the year of ... On the quarter of 30,000 Altogether the qnarter's revenue is a matter of congra tulation, and may be taken as an indication, though a faint one, of slowly reviving trade, and prosperity through out the country. THE COURT. THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WINDSOR.—On Wednesday afternoon, her majesty, accompanied by their majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians and the royal family, and attended by the royal suite, left town for Windsor Castle. His Majesty the King of the Belgians and suite, arrived at Woolwich in the Princess Alice steam-packet, from Ostend, at a quarter before eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, and re-+ched Buckingham Palace at ten minutes past nine o'clock, where he was received by the Queen and the Queen of the Belgians, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. GENERAL ToM THuma.—On Monday night, pursuant tot h e commands of her Majesty, " General Tom Thumb," the American dwarf, had the honour of appearing, for the second time, before the Court at Buckingham Palace. In addition to her Majesty, the Queen of the Belgians, the Prince of Wales. the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and their respective suites, and a distinguished party, wit nessed the performances of this extraordinary little gentle man. His personation of the Emperor Napoleon elicited great mirth, and this was followed by his representation of the Grecian statues, after which he danced a nautical hornpipe, and sung several songs. Her Majesty, at the conclusion of the entertainment, was pleased to present to the General, with her own hind, a superb souvenir, of the most exquisite handicraft, manufactured of mother-of- Pearl, and mounted with :old and precious stones. Her Majesty subsequently presented the General with a beau tiful gold pencil case, expressing her high gratification at the versatile talents of the General, and complimenting Mr. Barnum, his guardian, on the aptness of his pupil. The dw ar f h ad scarcely made his appearance at the EgYP tiait Hall, w h en his Grace the Duke of 'W e lli ng ton hon oured hi m w i th a visit. At the moment the Duke entere d the roo m , h e was giving an imitation of Napoleon musing at St. Helena; and on the hero of Waterloo inquiring chat the General whs meditating up n, Mr. Barnum hap pily rep! e, • u . " 11 the loss of the battle of Waterloo." His Grace took the , i.art into his arms, and asked him seise , al questions, with the s n p t e e a d r e t d b e m G u ce General e p r a l pleased h. answers to which the Duke a a O h a n n h d i s s o departure t t . h e Duke pre- THE REVENUE. An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended !he sth of April, 1843 and 1814, showing the Increase or Decrease thereof. YEARS ENDED APRIL 5. 1843. 1844. Incr. Decr. Customs £ £ £ £ 18,799,794 19,458,129 658,335 .... Exci5e.... Stamps Taxes ... . . 4,265,537 4,192,473 .... 73,064 Property Tax.. 2,456,288 5,356,887 2,900,599 .... Post Office.. .. 607,000 622,000 15,000 Crown Lans.. 117,500 147.500 30,000 .... Miscellaneous . 797,774 1,134,477 336,703 .... Total Ordinary Revenue.... 44,934,148 49,263,629 4,415,244 85,763 Imprest &other Moneys.... 502,604 205,865 .... 296,739 Repayments f Advances .. 642,058 972,483 215,425 .... Total Income.. 46,078,810 50,396,977 4,700.669 382,502 Total Income.. Ded' 146,078,810 uct Decrea; 4,700.669, 382,502 Incri ase on the Year.. 6,318,167 QUARTERS ENDED APRIL 5. 1843. 1844. Incr. Decr. £ Customs 4,219,537 4,604,447 384,910 .... Excise .. Stamps Taxes .. . .. Property Tax 1,885,232 1.992,859 107,627 •• • • Post Office Crown Lands Miscellaneous 541,556 41,292 .... 500,264 Total Ordinary Revenue 10,328,522 10,513,983 685,725 500,264 Imprest&other ' Moneys . Repayments of Advances Total Income 10,469,477 10,794,511 1825,2981 500,264 Deduct Decrease. 110,469,477 let Decreas Inca .ease on the Quarter . 825,298 500,264 324,034 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. It is intended to open the railway from Darlington to Newcastle on luesday, the 18th of June, after which there will be an uninterrupted railway intercourse between New castle-upon-Tyne and London. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The bill for forming the Chester and Holyhead Railway is a volu minous document, consisting, independently of the sche dules, of 363 clauses; the estimated cost of the under taking is £2,100,000, of which the London and Birming ham Railway Company subscribe £1,000,000, and take power to appoint nine out of eighteen directors, by whom the line is to be managed ; the other nine to be nominated by the shareholders. The railway is to be completed in seven years from the passing of the act. It is to commence by a junction with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway— to pass under and over Chester by means of tunnels, and curves, and arches, forcing its way through the walls, along the Tower field in front of the Infirmary —to inter sect the Roodee close by the House of Industry, over arching the river Dee near the ship-yard; thence taking the sea-coast line by Ryhl, Abergele, and Conway, to Bangor ; crossing by the present Menai bridge into An glesea, and thence to the terminus at Holyhead. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. FRIDAY EVENING. Considering that this is a most memorable and parti cular day, we write the attendance pretty . good, and pro ceed to give— THE RIDDLESTVORTH. Strange to say, we have not heard this once-celebrated sporting race even named. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. On Tuesday, one gentleman laid 2 - to1:Toil:50, against The Buck ; 5 to 2 was subsequently taken. To -day, a little at 5 to 4 was done ; then he was backed at evens, for 100, and several other Rms. THE CHESTER CUP. Roscius was backed at 30 to 1 in fifties; Tacita, in po nies (twice), at five points less. 11 to 1 agst Pagan, by Muley Moloch, 6yrs old, Bst 51b. 11 to 1 - Pharaoh, by the Mummy, 4 yrs old, 6st 12. 14 to 1 - Cattonite, by Muley Moloch, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b. 18 to 1 - Red Deer, by Venison, 3 yrs old, 4st. 18 to 1 - Bramble, by Bay Middleton, 4 yrs, 7st 91b. 18 to 1 - Alice Hawthorn, by Muley Moloch, 6 yrs, 9st 81b. 20 to 1 - Merry Andrew, by Sheet Anchor, 4 yrs, 7st 51b. (t). 20 to 1 - Freedom, by Hart, 4 yrs old, 7st. 31b. 25 to 1 - Haitoe, by Sir Hercules. 5 yra old, 7st. 51d. 25 to 1 - Vakeel, by Plenipotentiary, 5 yrs, 6st. 131 b. 25 to 1 - Jamie Forest, by Satan, aged, 7st. 101 b. 25 to 1 - Sir Robert, by Sheet Anchor, 5 yrs, 6st. 131 b. 25 to 1 - Tacita, by Tomboy, 5 yrs old, 6st. 121 b. 25 to 1 - Roscius, by Turcoman, aged. 7st. 21b. 27 to 1 - Scalteen, by Philip the First, 5 yrs old, Bst. 21b 30 to 1 - Everton, by Liverpool, 4 yrs old, Est 81b. (t.) 30 to 1 - The Prior, by Muley Moloch, 5 yrs old, 6st. 131 b. 33 to 1 - General Pollock, by Velocipede, 4 yrs old, 7st. 81b. 33 to 1 - Young Lochinvar, by Tipple Cider, 4 yrs old, 7st. 41b. 40 to 1 - What, by Jereed, 4 yrs. 7st. 21b. 40 to 1 - Nutwith, by Tomboy, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b. (t.) 40 to 1 - Portrait, by Stump, 6 yrs, 7st. 91b. 45 to I - Broken-down, by Battledore, aged, 7st. 41b. 55 to 1 - Xanthus, by Voltai:e, 4 yrs, 6st. 41b. 50 to I - Emma, by Picaroon, 3 yrs old, 4st. 81b. (t. freely.) 6 to 1 agst Kent's lot ; 50 to 1 agst either Vin Ordi naire, Celeste, Best Bower, or Ermengardis-the last named backed at 60 to 1 last night. THE DERBY. During the week, and up to to-day, our " gleanings " run-100 even Rattan v. Buck ; 6 to 1 agst Rattan (t. in fifties yesterday) ; 15 to 1 agst Orlando (t. to £150) ; 35 and 33 to 1 a st Voltri; 1000 to 35 agst Cockamaroo (t.); 500 to 10 and 400 to 10 v. Akbar ; 400 to 12 v. Leander ; 7 to 1 agst The Buck (in ponies. yesterday); 550 to 100 agst Rattan (t. yesterday) • 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's lot (t.); 33 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot (t.) To-day, Ugly Buck was all the " go" ; 560 to 100 and 500 to 100 (twice); 6 to 1, an accommodation bet, to a pony, laid v. Rattan— his price does not exceed 54. 15 to 1 agst Orlando; 16 to 1 agst Leander ; 25 to 1 we should say would be laid v. anything of Scott's-6 to 1 offered v. the lot ;30to 1 offered v. King of the Gip,ies. A STRANGE STORY.—A couple, who had been tra velling the country with a monster, partly in human shape, a short time since took a house in Knott's-lane, in this city (Canterbury), and left after a brief residence, having secured the being (if we may so call it) in a closet. The neighbours, alarmed by incessant scratching and hideous screeching, entered the house, and on opening the closet the thing darted out with all the wildness of an infuriated being, incre , sed 13! hunger, and flew at the persons pre sent. It was afterwards secured and conveyed to the workhouse, and subsequently forwarded to Chatham---a person of this city, named Sayer, having the charge of it. Looking round on one occasion, he was so much alarmed at its hideous grimaces as to be thrown into a fit of illness, under which he lingered till last week, when he expired.— Kentish Observer. THE GREAT BRITAIN AND THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHlPS.—Although we believe it to be a judicious step in the present state of the affairs of the Great Wes tern Steam-ship Company to sell the celebrated vessel from which they take their name, it is not without regret that we have to state that the first of ocean steamers has passed into other hands, having been sold to the Oriental Steam Navigation Company for £32,000, including ber late complete repairs. As she will be employed as a pac ket ship, she underwent on Thursday and yesterday a thorough inspection on the part of the government. Her timbers were opened in various places, and, with one trivial exception, they were found to be in sound and ad mirable condition. This strict scrutiny concluded, there can be no doubt as to the reputed excellence of the Great Western as a sea-boat, notwithstanding the tear and wear and buffeting she has undergone since she first sailed from Bristol to New York. As to her colossal successor, the Great Britain, we hope the solicited mediation of the Board of Trade will be available for her liberation. On further consideration of the plan of floating that huge vessel of 3,600 tons out of the too narrow dock, on iron tanks, it appears to be so fraught with danger that we understand it must be abandoned. So then the Great Britain is in the predicament of the fatted weasel, that, while feeding and fattening in the farmer's granary, grew too big for the hole by which he gained admission. The mutual difficul ties of th e St eam - s hip C om p an y an d th e B r i s t o l D oc k Directors have, however, been fairly brought under the consideration o f th e B oar d o f T ra d e . Th e case i s one in which the nation at large is concerned, and the interests of commerce and navigation are not a little involved, and though it is anomalous and without precedent, it cannot surely be without remedy. The great prisoner at the bar cannot be incarcerated for ever, but will doubtless soon be transported beyond seas.—Bristol Mirror. GENERAL M ISCELLANY. The Duke of 'Wellington, wl o continues in the erjoy m, nr of ecelterit health, will complete his 75th year on the 1 , 4 ( f ate ensuing month. Sir Robert and Lady Peel intend to receive a select rirty of friends at Drayton Manor during the parliamen tary recess. On Friday last, the ceremony of "drumming a man out" of the Sixth Regiment took place at Chester, amidst a large concourse of spectators. In the Court of Bankruptcy, on Thursday, Mr. Chas. James Mathews, the comeJian, obtained his final dis charge. Mr. Jos. Skinner, whilst on his passage from Greenock to Liverpool the other day, burst a blood-vessel, during a fit of sea-sickness, and died almost immediately. Since the commencement of the present year, the coro ners for the county of Middlesex, including those for Lon don and Westminster, have held no less than 22 inquests on the bodies of children who have been murdered. MURDER AT TIVERTON.—TWO men are in custody, charged with having murdered a man by kicking him on the head, at Tiverton, on Sunday night last. A no th er man concerned in this brutality has absconded.—Bath Herald. General Tom Thumb is said to be netting £4OO a-week in the metropolis of England, a sum which must soon literally make him `• worth his own weight (15 imperial lb. only) in gold." Diminutive as the general is, he is said to enjoy good health. SUICIDE.—The inhabitants of Southport were greatly alarmed on Wednesday morning, in consequence of Mr. Labrey having hung himself in a room, which he tem porarily occupied over his livery stables in London-street. There is no cause assigned for the rash act, except a little embarrassment of no great importance. THE TEA TRADE, APRIL I.—The deliveries last week were 352,6761 b., being again a falling off. Until the budget is presented, the market is likely to continue dull, as there is suspense respecting the duty, however ill it may be founded. To-morrow a small lot of Assam growth will be offered to public competition. NOVEL Nu TCRACICERS.—A writer in the Bristol Times, in his reminiscences of the churches of that city, relates that one of those sacred edifices, having been built on a bad foundation, had declined so much from the perpen dicular that it oscillated very dangerously, and that, while the bells were being rung, it was not unusual for boys to insert nuts in the opening crevices of the walls to be cracked! Very cool this ! NOVEL IMPORTATION.—Amongst the importations by the Little Liverpool, at Southampton, on Thursday, were four sets of ribs of beef from Lisbon, weighing 17 stone. It was in prime condition, and quite equal to our home-fed English beef; indeed it was superior to most sold at this season of the year. The duty on beef is Ss. per cwt., and the freight of this lot was 7s. 6d. from Lisbon. The Little Liverpool also brought over a quantity of green peas. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident hap pened at the Nantyglo works last week. It appears that four colliers were descending the pit in a bucket, when the chain broke, and they were in a moment launched into another world. No blame is attached to any person. Two of the unfortunate sufferers have left wives and large families to lament their loss. Several others were so dreadfully injured that little hopes are at present enter tained of their recovery.—Monmouth Merlin. EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION. —The following appears in the Bristol Gazette, and if true, is one of the most extraordinary facts of a similar nature on record : The person, a cattle dealer, who was a minute too late to get on board the Despatch boat, by the upsetting of which in a squall, at the New Passage, all who embarked lately perished—is the man who, on the Ist of September, 1839, was a few seconds behind time to get into the Old Passage boat, which then foundered, with an awful loss of human life. Mr. John Manning, Controller of Customs in the port of London, is about to retire. This gentleman was for many years one of the surveyors-general in that depart ment of the public service. He will be succeeded in this very lucrative office by Mr. Willimot. Mr: M`Vicar, landing surveyor in the port of London, has retired. The name of this officer has recently been before the public as a witness against persons charged with Custom house frauds. He is said to have been a very efficient officer.—Observer. REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.—A very remarkable occurrence took place at Dent Town, on Sunday week. It appears that a party of men were drinking in a public house. One of the party, named Oversby, a tailor, had been to visit his sweetheart the evening previous, and the company were jeering him about it, when he swore with an oath that he never had seen her on that occasion. The moment he had uttered the oath he was struck dumb, and was unable to speak again that day. He is now recover. ing his speech again. —Blackburn Standard. EAGLESHAM ESTATE.—This estate, which is one of the largest and finest in the west of Scotland, has been pur chased by Allan Gilmore, EQq., Hazleden, Mearns, late merchant in Glasgow. It has been long the property of the Eglington family, and was sold, we understand, by private bargain, at the upset price of X 217,000. The es tate extends to about 15,000 acres, and the present rental ranges from £9,000 to £lO,OOO. The cultivated land is very fertile and susceptible of great improvement, whilst the remainder, for the most part, might be brought profita bly under the plough. MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.—OIIe of the Ojibbeway Indians, lately exhibited by Mr. Catlan, at the Egyptian ball, Piccadilly, is about to enter into the matrimonial state with a very pretty interestin g youn g lady of En g lish birth, about 18 years of age. and of respectable connexions, resi dent in the neighbourhood of the New-road, Somers-town. Crowds have been attracted to the spot during the past week, to catch a glimpse of the expectant bride and bride. groom. The Ojibbeway to be honoured with the fair hand of the youthful maiden is named Nottenakm (the strong wind), and is the one who acted as the interpreter of the other Indians : he is tolerably well acquainted with both the English and French languages. APRIL FooLs.—About the middle of March, summonses were served upon about forty of the inhabitants of Putney. to attend the Kingston assizes, on Monday 25th of March, in order to serve as petty jurors ; but at the foot of each summons there was a notification to the effect that they would not be wanted until Monday, Ist April. The do cuments had all the appearance of being genuine, and the persons summoned having made their business arrange ments, packed off to Kingston, where, on their arrival, they discovered to their surprise and annoyance that the assizes were over, and judges, bar, and jury, all cleared off, and there stood the forty Putneyites as a laughing stock to the town of Kingston, and the largest batch of April fools on record. EXECUTION.—On Wednesday last, at Edinburgh, the last sentence of the law was carried into execution on James Bryce, for the murder of John Geddes. The cul prit was very penitent for some time before his death, and ascended the scaffold with a firm step, and evinced a total insensibility to all earthly things. After engaging in prayer for a few moments, he gave the signal, and the bolt was withdrawn, when his death took place almost instan taneously. On Tuesday he made a full confession of his guilt to the chaplain of the gaol, and acknowledged the Justice of his sentence. tie attributed the commission of the fatal deed to his depraved state of mind engendered and confirmed by bis habits of intemperance, bad com panions, and Sabbath breaking. ALARMING 'ILLNESS OF LORD ABINGER.—On Mon day evening, Lord Abinger, who was trying the criminal cases at the Suffolk assizes, left the court at seven o'clock in the evening, having at that hour passed sentence of transportation upon three men, who had been convicted of stealing a large sum of money from a dwelling house. About nine o'clock on the same evening, the learned lord became suddenly and dangerously . ill ; and, up to the latest accounts, he is described as having remained in the same alarming condition. On Wednesday, it is said, he reco vered his consciousness, and exchanged a smile with his afflicted lady 'but he soon relapsed into his former pro found and motionless state of insensibility. The London papers of yesterday . (Monday) represent his lordship as still in a very dangerous state. DEATH OF THE STAG AND FOUR HORSES WITH THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—The run on Wednesday last, which lasted for three hours and ten minutes, was one of the severest during the present season. Upwards of 400 were present at the meet at Salt-hill. The deer (Sweep) was taken, dead beaten, at West Wycombe, a distance of upwards of 25 miles from the kennel at Ascot, and was obliged to be killed a short time afterwards. .A fine horse, belonging to. Mr. Dyson, of Windsor, rode by Mr. Jenner, and another belonging to Mr. Sharpe, of Slough, dropt dead. A third horse died at the Crown Inn, Marlow ; and another, making the fourth, at Bea consfield. The pace was tremendous throughout. Not more than fourteen, out of the large field, were up at the finish.—London paper. We are enabled to state on competent authority, that Lord Stuart de Rothesay, her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, sent in the resignation of his post to the Earl of Aberdeen several weeks since, which being laid before her Majesty, she was graciously pleased to accept. The Hon. Mr. Bloomfield, in consequence of Lord Stuart's retirement, is nominated Minister Plenipoten tiary at the Court of St. Petersburgh, where he has so long resided in the capacity of Charge d'Affaires, and First Secretary of Embassy, the functions of which office, as latterly of the embassy, he has fulfilled with distin guished ability. It is not intended to replace Lord Stuart by any diplomatist of the rank of ambassador, as the ac complished representative of Russia at this court, Baron Brunnow, holds only the same diplomatic rank as the Hon. Mr. Bloomfield is now invested with. MR. COBDEN AT FAULT.—At his recent exhibition in Gloucester, Mr. Cobden made use of the following observa tions :—" If there is anything humiliates me more than another, as the son of a farmer myself —one whose fore fathers were yeomen of the soil—if there is anything that humiliates me more than anything else, it is the political degradation in which the farmers of this country exist. (Cheers.) Why they are actually put up to auction. (Cheers.) I have seen more than one advertisement by that celebrated auctioneer, Mr. George Robins, in which, after describing all the beauties of the lands and woods, and streams, he adds, besides all this, there is the political influence over 520 independent electors. (Laughter and cheers.) Political influence over 520 electors!" (Renewed cheers.) Nowconsidering that the advertisement to which Mr. Cobden referred (though of course he was not aware of the fact) was for the sale of Lord Ducie's estate at Wood chester, and remembering that the speaker was addressing that noble leaguer hire elf, who was the chairman of this meeting, this reference to the" sale of honest yeomen" is about as good a thing as we have lately met with. Only to think that M r. Cobden, who intended his remark to apply to some overbearing tory landlord, should be all the while speaking daggers to the liberal and league petronising earl before him APPALLING OCCURRENCE.—OnFriday evel;ri, week, —. during the performances a t the Adelphi Theatre , in Glen ' gow, a false alarm of fire was raised, dreadful panic. Several persons were seriously rf man,They were taken to the Infirmary. One young: William Wood, who, it is supposed, leaped from the a. gal lery, died shortly afterwards, of concussion of the br a. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A THIMBLE-RIGIO On Thursday, John Jones, on his return from NantY_g,',. where he had been selling stockings, fell in with a Pa."Z of thimble riggers, near Brynich-bridge, and being 4 duced to try his luck, speedily lost half-a-crown• deterred by this, he took out of his pocket two soverel.fe.a and twenty shillings, intending to adventure again, vit.. the man who held the board, and whose name is unkfic;i; struck the money out of his hand, and picking it uP ,133 _,,h off with his companions ; Jones followed, and at lenr: got his cash returned ; but the man who had robbed 1, 3 4 soon afterwards fell down and expired on the road. t P u t, companions tried to recover him by giving water, afterwards left him, saying that they knew nothing of Wu' Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE WILL FORGERIES.—After the final extuninOro of the prisoners on Saturday, Mrs. Dorey was taken, 1 0 ., the presence of her sister, and Sanders was subseVe ll l' s introduced to them in one of the waiting-rooms of r te Mansion-house. The meeting of the sisters was stated be very affecting. The son of Sanders and Lydia Sana* which ereatuedlia. a lad about 19 years of age, was present at the n30 1 ' 14 .' 4 1 , interview and the father took the opportunity of ad i s 0 him to endeavour to conduct himself in such a manne r not to run the hazard of suspicion in a world which / 01 ,1 ready to attribute the base s t mo ti ves t o men. Sall;„ce has declared th a t h e h as b een comparat i ve l y haPPY 91-• his apprehension, as he and his wife led a life of indescrir: bable horror in endeavouring to escape detection. . 13 41, ber speaks with greater confidence than ever of acquit[, Mrs. Sanders has expressed her sense of the 1161331 7 treatment she experienced at the hands of John F011e 54. 1 BATTLE EXTRAORDINARY.—AS Mr. Comptonr..(4 Southfield, near Lea, Wilts, was walking through aY * in the parish with his gun, his attention was engaged hawk hovering over what he imagined to be a mouse' After due deliberation, he suddenly made a dart at 1- 6 intended victim, and which proved to be a weasel. a" old adage " catch a weasel asleep " held good in this stance ; the weasel saw his danger, and instantly sei: d the hawk by the head. A severe struggle here ensu e but at last the hawk.succeeded in disengaging himself, al e got away. Nothing daunted, however, he returned tot' conflict as game as at the first, the struggle then ITO!: meuced, and very soon after the -weasel was seen drag the dead hawk towa r d s th e h e d ge, when Mr. Crom er shot the weasel, and found the hawk as before describet quite dead, and found his head bitten entirely througbl w several places.—Hampshire Advertiser. THE IRON TRADE.—The iron trade seems to be Br nerally improving. We learn from the Glasgow Citil that great activity pre va il s i n t h e i ron market, 011. prices continue to advance. Th e pr i ce o f W e l s h b a r-ill: is now .E 5 per ton free on board in the Bristol channels and the makers having sold p re tt y l arge l y at this 01'1 are not disposed to contract heavily without obtaining even a higher price. Scotch pig-iron has again vanced five shillings per ton-55s per ton for No* being now the general quotation ; and upon Scotch tar nufactured iron we believe an advance of 10s. per ton Mg taken place. The Staffordshire and Shropshire ironl o ters were to hold their usual meeting preliminary to 41 ter-day, on the 28th ult., w h en we understand they woo declare an advance upon manufactured iron of at least 'PP' per ton. From the immense consumption of iron at pr; sent, and the very large quantity of iron rails which soon be required for the various railways going on in tbr country and on the continent, there i s every rea son i t v expect that the improvement in p r i ce w ill b e ma i nta ined' Mining Journal. SAGACITY OF A HORSE . — The volunt ar y performances „ of Mr. Lee' s J ac k a t th e Bl ac kb urn S teeple Chase , Thursday, deserve to be chronicled as strikingly tive of the sagacity which is universally accorded to that noble animal, the horse. In starting, he took a WW I : nent position among the first horses in the race, which h` maintained for nearly h a lf th e di stance roun d th e course . At this point, be unfortunately parted with his rider, bu t ' immediately recoverin g hi mse lf, b e ga ll ant l y determ ine" to have the race out on his own account. He according' ly resumed the running and soon came to the front : position which he occupied d ur i ng th e greater par t O f the race. In fact, he neve r yi e ld e d hi s p l ace excep t w h e n i. 6 felt dubious of the course, in approaching the fencel; when he allowed Fair Penitent to show him the waYl,,, For the last two or three fields, however, he appeared .1: see his way to the starting post, and he rushed on in liant style, showing how the successive leaps "might o , 8 " done, ' and came in fir s t t o t h e w i nn i ng post, amid the loud acclamations of the assembled thousands, such l; horse, in our opinion, i s cer t a i n l y " worth a Jew's Ole' ed BREACH OF PROMISE.-At the Sh er iff' s C ou rt, - R Lion-Square, London, on Thursday, before Mr g e i nedy, some interest was created from its being known ti? j , the case of Lacy against Fenwick, for a breach of Prowl er of marriage, would be tried. The Court was crowded h_ an excess. The plaintiff Mi ss Ch ar l o tt e L ac y, is (Dug ter of Colonel Lacy, R.A. at Wo o l w i c h, an d the defe ,. dant, William John Fenwick, is a gentleman residing at _ Hayling Park, Croydon. The pl ea di ngs s t a t e d that . 2 . 1 , the 31st of January, 1838, he promised t o mar ry the plain' tiff, and failed to perform his p rom i se u p t o the 21 5 1 :. ‘ ,1 December, 1843, when he was reqnested to fulfil it, 11 1 0 - refused to do so. The damages were laid at X5,0 0 ° ,1 the defendant having suffered judgment to go by -e The the jury were empannelled to assess the damages of of venue was originally laid in Surrey, but in conseq7 , gr. the high standing of the defendant in that o cc'Odiese,x• Justice Williams made an order removing i 1 ' A A, s sing .toe After the Jury were sworn. Mr. Thesur' au —e S ur Judge of the Court, said, he was happf -- to relieve the 3 from further attendance, as his friend Mr. Sergeant Shy and himself had agreed to take a verdict for the Plain u for £l,OOO. f a ult, the MATRIMONIAL STRATAGEM.—SOMe little ma tte r for , the recreation of the gossiping fraternity was occasio n ed ' at Mansfield during the past few days, through the follo w 6 ing circumstance :—A person of that town; of the of Crooks, anxious to secure a swain who would proMmy to be a partner for life. by the means of fictitious letteral representing herself as having a sum of money bequeathal! by her uncle, a part of which was to be paid on the dal ° of her marriage, so far s u c cee d e d i n h er enterpr i s e as L induce a you g man, named Leeson, to join her at the hymeneal alter, which event took place about a week ag,e • Prior to the day of he r we ddi ng she borrowed, ant;',,l strength of her epi s t o l ar y f a b r i cat i on , upwar d s of £l:a Mr. Penfold, miller, of that town, which sum she confide to the care of the b r id egroom, f or t h e purpose o f ena bling him to purchase a new su i t o f c l ot h es, an d d e f ray i ng other expenses, preparat ,ry to the event of,the interesting Or e ; mony. The con gra t u l a ti ons o f h er f r i en d s on t h e oc casi° of her marriag e h a d scarce l y di e d away b e f ore t h e unfb. l, ' tunate bride was apprehended and taken before the mag ls ; trates, and on M on d ay l as t s h e was comm i tte d t o tar , her trial at the ensuing sessions.—Nottingham Review' CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY.—At the Chester assi_.% e : last week, Joseph Co o k was i n di cte d f or marryinqS49 Mary Bradburn, his former wife being then alive. „ 1 6 prisoner was proved to have been marr i e d th e fi r st 1 ; 6 according to the rites of 'he Roman Catholic church. I t i s prisoner, in a very ingenious defence, re p u diated e D ni former marriage, repres e nti ng that they neither ef considered the marriage contract binding.— Coun sel to o , the crown observed, that all marriages in the p resence witnesses were legal, whether performed by a local priest (which was one of the objections raised by the prisoner or one only specially officiating.—Mr. Justice Maule sai in the act of George IV., chap. 76, there was no mention at all of Roman Catholics rites. Quakers and Jews well; specially exempted. He should like to know what law made a marriage of this kind valid ?—Mr. Temple was 01 opinion that a marriage by a Roman Catholic priest? i° the presence of witnesses, was binding. —Mr. Justic e Maine thought, that as proper notice had not been gives to the registrar, and the usual formularies required by t .4 " ; , - new registration act had not been complied with, the P" Boner was entitled to an acquittal. The 'tn. therefore. under his lordship's direction, returned aof 13(4 verdict guilty. st_ ENORMOUS LEGACIES.—The late Mr. John Malta l the celeb rate d merchant of Smyrna, has by his will, dat e October 22, 18 4 1 , ( wh i ch is now the subject of ci,sPute, 7 the Eccl es i ast i ca l Court, Doctor's-commons,) bequeat l : ed the following immeuce legacies :—to his wife, L. F. Maltass, 600,000 Turkish piasters, and also .Z 26,000 his son , John Maltass, 100,000 Turkish piasters, and (the son's) wife the same amount; to his three daughtegh H. M. Abbott, C. Maltass and E. M. Wood, 300,7,1 Turkish piasters each ; to hi s son -i n -l aw , R. B. WOo 150,000 Turkish piasters; to his son-in. law, C. W 0 094 70,000 piasters; to his brother, Benjamin Maltass, 125, i 0 piasters ; to two sisters 100,000 piasters each ; to se gitindchildren 10,000 piasters each ; to the British Cbag g , at Bugia, 10,000 piasters ; to the Pests Hospital at Rock, 10,000 piasters. He directs 10,000 piasters tol'i divided among the servants of the house, according to 7 0 length of their services ; and th e i nterest of 50,000 plash to be distributed amon gs t t h e aged and infirm at Srersof Various other legaci es were g i ven, but the above are to principal ones The residue of the property is g iven f his wife. The t ota l o f p i asters bequeathed in the vvi" o , j 0 2,550,000. The value of an Arabic Turkish piaster ss. 6d..—Britannia. ra id FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN LONDON.-011 Thth - 311 night, sh ort l y b e f ore twelve o ' clock, a fire, attended 020 great destruction of property and loss of life, broke otli, the premises belonging to Mr. Williams, situate at fa* Oxford -street, a•,d k nown as t h e C rown and Cpshion ^if vaults. The premises were f our fl oors hi g h , and 000 considerable depth a n d f ron t age. T he fi re broke Ode the counting-house, adjoining the bar. in which wa s o ble posited a vast quantity o f spirits. The police-coiiss, sl3° on duty seeing it w ou ld b e use l ess to try to extinguis' l ug fire without the,,help of engines, immediately sprung A t rattle, which brought other assistance to !the spot' that time, three children were sleeping in the uPPe r b bree of the building. There were also two female and o ' i od male servant s i n th e p l ace , as we ll as M rs . her sister. Such was the fury of the flames, that 1 " 00 1• 0' than three minutes they had exte n d e d t o th e bar au' the spirits, which, o nc e o n fi re , s p rea d w ith the mos t 00: prisin g r a pidity t o th e upper apartments. Th e excit e 00 0 ' ! which followed was most painful. At the secon d ' front, a young female, named Fritchby, made her s t !p• e: ante; and with such fury did the flames travel, 1%. , 51 3 _: fore sufficient time had elapsed to pr ocur e a ladde r ' was compelled to throw herself to the ground suffocation. Fortunately the only injury she receiv e Ae fl a few burns about the knees. Several fire eng , "efOr; speedily on the spot ; but it wa s a cons id e r a ble tiolcfrirlfu the fire was subdued. About three o'clock o_? . . tb , or e morning, the fireman discovered the body of a ru o g t 9 t _ parently ab , iut twelve or fourteen year,. of age, af d ; ruins. Three other bodies were afterwards (0' 1 ! pct, from the mutilated state of the remains, it was ha s r: l o ; A IN/ sible to identify them. It is said that six pel gether have perished in the flames. Apail 9, IS-14.