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t ~~ Zlilanteb. A LADY of the Established Church, some years ac tomed to TUITION, who is leaving her present tua tion, is desirous of forming a similar engagern She :undertakes to teach the French Language (which s quired in Paris, and speaks fluently), Italian, Drawing, M usic, &c. Address, " M. C., Post-office, Bolton-le-Sands." AVANTED, at Midsummer, by a young, Lady, a situation as ENGLISH TEACHER in a School, onducted upon Evangelical principles; or as PRIVAT GOVER NESS, where the Pupils are under the age of elve years ; or as COMPANION to a Lady of decided ty, in which capacity she would not object to travel. The most respectable references (from the Lady with whom she now resides, and others) will be given and required. For further particulars, as to qualifications, &c., apply (post paid) to A. M., Post-office, Stratford-on-Avon. IMPROVED BRANDY FROM LONDON, AT 18s. TO OUR BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, AND LIVERPOOL FRIENDS. 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Earnestly solicitous of such portion of your esteemed pa tronage and recommendation as you shall find us to deserve, we remain, with due respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, your obliged, obedient servants, HENRY BRETT and CO. Old Furnival's-inn, Holborn, Ist Feb., 1840. We understand that Mr. Harland, M.P. for this city, will be included in a new batch of baronets.—Durham Chronicle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, as well as her Majesty's royal aunts, presented a cadeau de note to the royal bride on her wedding day. The illustrious parent pre sented her daughter with a bracelet in the form of a serpent, made entirely of turquoise, with the exception of a diamond collar, and the head, which was also ornamented with bril liants and rubies. The Queen's aunts decided also on a me mento of this nature, the joint gift of their royal highnesses, and this decision preceded almost immediately the demise of the late much-lamented Landgravine of Hesse Homburg. DEATH CAUSED BY FRIGHT.—A singular instance of the fatal effects of fright occurred at Park-end Colliery, in the Forest of Dean, afew days since. As the men were workin; in one of the coal pits a quantity of coals suddenly fell from the side, and, falling on a man named William Biddington, much injured him. _ The other men hastened to afford him relief, and one of them, named Charles Oiles, became so alarmed as to become speechless and insensible, andon being carried to his home was attended by a surgeon, who used his best endeavours to restore him, but without effect, and in a few days he died. He was a very steady quiet man, about 23 years of age. Biddington is. we are happy to hear, in a fair way of recovery. An inquest was held before Mr. W. J. Ellis, and a verdict returned agreeably to the facts of het , . case.—Gloucester paper. - Washington Irving has . bought the elegant country seat of the late Mrs. Phillips, at Tarrytown, on the Hudson, for his neice, Mrs. Romaifie, who will open a young ladies' semi- nary there on the Ist of May.—Baltimore Post. CAUTION TO DRUNKARDS. - It iS calculated that 50,000 drunkards die yearly in this country, and that one-half of the insanity, two-thirds of the pauperism, and three-fourths of the crimes of the land, are the consequences of drunken ness. The queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon Thomas Wilde, Esq. her majesty's Solicitor-general and one of her majesty's sergeants-at-law ' • and William Martins, Esq. gentleman usher of the sword of state and one of her majesty's gentlemen ushers in daily waiting. It is stated by a Berlin correspondent of the Avondbode of Amsterdam, that the H,ereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg, brother of Prince Albert, is about to espouse the Grand Duchess Olga, of Russia.—Galignani. Government has appointed Walter Bulling Deverell, Esq. secretary to the Statistical Society, of London, to the office of governor of the general prisons of Scotland. - - REMARKABLE CURE OF LOCK-JAW IN A MARE.. Owing to the adoption of a remedy suggested in the columns of the Hereford Journal a good while ago, a valuable mare, the property of Mr. Stanbury, supervisor, Ludlow, was re cently effectually saved from death by lock-jaw produced by mal-treatment for sand-crack. We give the detail of the cir cumstance in the words of the owner of the animal :—" In consequence of one of the tendons being injured by the smith, lock-jaw ensued; the best advice was procured, but it proved of no avail ; the mare gradually sunk day by day for upwards of a fortnight, and all attempts to support nature failing, my distress at seeing a creature which had been my companion for years suffer so much induced me at last to give directions that she should be shot. I left home at 9 o'clock in the morn ing, and mentioned the circumstance to a friend who is a subscriber to the Hereford Journal, and, to my surprise, he pointed out a case of cure of lock-jaw mentioned in an old number of the paper. Many minutes did not elapse before I was on my road home to countermand the order for the de struction of the animal, and the proposed remedy was imme diately put in operation. Between two and three hogsheads of water were thrown upon her spine, and repeatedly I thought she must sink under it, but persevering, I at last perceived her skin as it were to creep upon her; this over, she was well wrapped in blankets, and by kind treatment and diligent attention to her, with nourishing diet and gruel, she recovered, and has since been as well as ever she was, which circum stance is well known to nearly the whole of Ludlow." The owner of the animal is naturally anxious that the case should be made known for the benefit of the public, and because he thinks this a striking proof of the utility of the hints frequently given in the newspapers.—Hereford Journal. SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.— On Tuesday last, some interest and amusement were excited among a large number of the inhabitants of this town by a match coming off which nact seen mane uecwv. 2VI L. .1,, ..st• • .1 • _ town , and of whose feats of horsemanship but little had pre viously been heard. The country selected was between Barton and Haslingfield, and about three o'clock the riders mounted their very. valuable " tits." The distance was about one mile, and shortly after the start, on coming to a double fence, Mr. L.'s nag did not seem to like the new ap pearance and consequent strength of the rails, and making a sudden swerve his rider measured his length upon the ground. Nothing daunted, however, whilst Mr. P. was quietly coaxing his 'steed over or through the fence, Mr. L. remounted and speedily took the lead again. Several leaps were very boldly taken and cleared by each, the gentleman in scarlet being considerably a-head on reaching the last field but one. Here there were some hurdles to be passed, pre- vious to coming to the most interesting portion of the pro ceedings, at least to the spectators, that of taking the brook. Mr. L. appeared to think he might as well escape the said hurdles, and therefore took his horse to a gap which was close to the edge of the water, but the animal evidently en tertaining the notion that the sooner he got over his cold bath the better, instead of going at the gap, he again swerved and faced the water, in which he became completely floun dered, and with his rider, had a very narrow escape, great difficulty being experienced in rescuing him. Long before he was landed (and on the wrong side too) Mr. P. had gone over the hurdles, and very boldly rode to the brook, which, however, he failed in clearing, but after a good ducking, and considerable assistance from the spectators, he reached the opposite side, and arrived at the winning flag amidst loud applause. We understand another match has been made between the same horses, but to be ridden by different par ties.— Cambridge Chronicle. THE NAVY OF ENGLAND.—The Globe of Saturday affirms that the tory press has asserted that the navy of England has been diminished in strength and deteriorated in efficiency. This is another contribution to the system of " enormous lying," by which her Majesty's present government attempt to reply to the charges which are brought against them by their conservative opponents. The inquiry as to whether the navy of England is or is not in as efficient a state as it was in any previous year of the peace, is one that has never once been mooted. The simple question is, whether it is or is not adequate to the exigencies of the nation at the present moment. Having discussed this point so fully when the motion of Lord Colchester was brought forward in the House of Lords, on the 6th instant, it would be idle to go over the same ground again. Lord Melbourne has himself admitted that our navy is not adequate to the protection of our com merce in time of peace ; but pleads the poverty of our re sources for not making it more efficient. This, as has already been seen, is a penny wise and pound foolish system of eco nomy. If we continue to exhibit the weakness which we have hitherto displayed in South America, China, and else where, we shall be involved in hostilities which it will cost us ten times the sum now demanded to put an end to. We very much doubt, indeed, if the Chinese would ever have proceeded to extremities, had it not been for the absence of anything like a proper naval protection of our commerce in that quarter.—Standard. ARCHIMEDES'S MIRROR REALISED.—At the ordinary weekly meeting of the Royal Institution, on Friday evening last, Mr. Naismyth, of Manchester, delivered a lecture be fore a very crowded auditory, in the course of which he ex hibited an instrument, constructed by him after a good deal of attention and study, and which he called a Pneumatic Mirror. Capable of a wonderful variety of applications, yet supple in construction, it excited considerable interest, and from the explanations that were given, no doubt was enter tained that when it should come to be tried on a large scale, it would not only be found adapted to astronomical purposes (for whi c h it was at first especially contemplated), and for facilitating the operations of physical science in general, but, bove all, that it would afford an important aid to the art of s s,; ; ;al warfare—an agent of all-consuming power, when em ;,'wed against the fleet of foreign foe, or domestic invader. ,:d, it might be said to be Archimedes's mirror realised. Arnow could this potent instrument be formed? A piece of . late ass of the stout possible of circular f0 ,. 3 3, and as many feet i n est circumference as nee description d be, is fitted i n tr-, s. frame-work of sufficient strength and durability, and closely s,ldered down, an empty space being left between to serve as chamber for the reception of air, and a tube branch ing out f: t in that chamber, in order that a given quantity of the air r, ight be withdrawn, or, if necessary, a vacuum formed. 'r glass, thus fitted up, is to b e p l ace d upon l egs , in such a niMmer as shall admit of its being turned in any direction at soll. The operator then breathes from the tube until the g lass is - umes a concave surface — un til i t pa l pa bl y sinks in the centres taking care, however, not to go so far as to cause it to bre: , ::\ A focus being thus obtained of the re quired power (and • , \"n the glass is of proper dimensions, and the air is withdrawl.to the fullest possible extent, the focus will be of inconce•l'lle intensity), the gl ass , erected upon a fort or some othe. Anvenient spot, and exp ose d to the sun is to be directed u, n the enemy; and th e resu l t will be is ' Mr. Naisnir'es) that the sun's rays being concentrated to this extreme - delve on their shipping, will give rise to an universal conflagration ! Of course, time alone must perfect such an instrument as this. Meanwhile, by all means let it be kept a secret from the Chinese !— Morning Herald.—[Nonsease LUDICROUS MISTAKE OF MATHEWS.—During the height of the popularity of his celebrated entertainment " At Home," Mathews, walking down the Strand, observed, or thought lie observed, his old acquaintance, Lee, the actor, loo kin g into the windows of a print shop. Mathews came behind Lee, and putting one hand on each side of his head, blindfolded him, and concluded by rubbing his ears heartily. The per son so treated struggled, and turned very indignantly, when, to the inexpressible horr or o f M at h ews, h e saw i n a n instant that it was not Mr. Lee, but an utter stranger, with whom he had taken this familiar liberty. •` What do you mean, you scoundrel ?" said the old gentleman. Mathews attempt ed an apology and explanation ; but nothing would satisfy the affront. A crowd gathered round —most of the specta tors knew Mathews by sight, and were laughing at the unto- Ward event. On hearing the name of Mathews mentioned, the old gentleman became doubly incensed, and would not be convinced that he ha d not been grossly and wantonly in sulted. He commenced such a torrent of abuse, that Ma thews was at last oblig ed to walk off. An y one acquainted with the nervous tempe rament of Mathews, will ima g i ne t h e ludicrous distress of the scene.—Bentley's Miscellany— Portfolio of Peter Popkin. Imptrial pritairttnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The royal assent was given, by commission, to the Transfer of Aids Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY instituted further inquiry respecting the French occupation of the " islet" in Port Mahon. The Earl of CLARENDON repeated that his attention had been directed to the subject, and that he thought the occu pation, by lease, of the station perfectly innocent. Lord MELBOURNE was of opinion that there was no ground for jealousy as to " ulterior objects" on the part of the French. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved for returns of all decisions at the War-office respecting pensions and compen sations granted to wounded officers of the British legion, and also of the number of all outstanding claims of officers and men, not presented before the passing of the resolution of ex ' elusion by the commission. The Eail of CLARENDON vindicated the conduct of the Spanish Government towards the British legion. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after a desultory dis cussion, said that, as the papers were denied, he should not press his motion ; but he gave notice that after Easter he should move an address on the subject. Lord STnANGsosn gave notice that on Friday he should present a petition from merchants interested in the trade on the coast of Africa ; and that he should hereafter found a motion on the subject. The LORD CHANCELLOR (for Lord Denman) deferred the second reading •of the " Frivolous Suits Act Amendment" Bill, and " Rated Inhabitants Evidence" Bill, till Thursday nest ; after which their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MosnAy Lord SANDON presented a petition from the county of Gloucester, for church extension; also from the East India Association of Liverpool, for the equalisation of the duties on East and West India produce. On motion of Lord SANDON, the Liverpool East India Warehouse Company's Bill was read a second time. Mr. LAMBTON gave notice that in the committee on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, he would move an instruction that the revenues of the cathedral preferments be applied to the religious ministrations of the established church, in the first instance. _ _ _ Mr. GOULBURN gave notice that on the inland warehous ing bill, he should move for a committee to inquire into the expediency of extending to inland ports the privileges of warehousing, and the regulations advisable for the due security to the revenue, and the protection of the trading interests. Mr.' DENISON moved for a return of the number of ships, with their tonnage, which have cleared out with emigrants from the ports of London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, for Syd ney, Australia, and South Australia, during the years 1838, 1839, and 1840.—Ordered. Lord SANDON said that great anxiety had been expressed respcting a rumour that was in circulation, that Government intended to increase the duty on mahogany. He begged to be informed by the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, whether such intention existed on the part of Government? Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that the subject had been brought under the consideration of the Board of Trade ; but what the determination of that board would be he was not pre pared to state. Lord STANLEY moved for returns, to which there was no objection, setting forth a list of the incumbents entitled to arrears of tithe in Ireland, with the sums due, and the amount paid on account thereof to the several incumbents, as com position. Lord Jowl RUSSELL moved that the house resolve itself into a committee on the municipal corporations (Ireland) bill. Col. VERNER entered his protest against the bill, and maintained that the abolition of the corporations of Ireland would be infinitely more beneficial to that country than the establishment of corporations on the new principles. The house then resolved into committee. The bill was gone through, deferring the opposed clauses To be further considered on Tuesday. The remaining orders being disposed of, the house ad journed. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Lord ELLENBOROUGH moved that the petition of the East India Company, presented on the 14th inst. be referred to a select committee, which was agreed to. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after regretting the ab sence of the Duke of Wellington, moved an address to her Majesty " to direct that there be laid before this house co pies or extracts of all communications between the Foreign office, the Admiralty, and the British authorities employed on the coast of Spain, that have taken place between the 28th July last and the present period, relating to the convention of Bergara ; together with a copy of the said convention." The noble marquis entered into extensive and very inte resting details in support of his motion. After speeches from the Earl of CLARENDON and Lord AsHBURTON, who condemned the manner in which Maroto's conduct had been glossed over, the motion was agreed to, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS:7TuEsDAY. After the presentation of many petitions, Mr. LABOUCHERE said (in answer to Mr. Williams) that as the commercial treaty with France was still under nego tiation, it was quite impossible for him to state what was likely to be the arrangement regarding English manufactured silk goods ; at the same time he expressed the opinion that he thought there was a good deal of unnecessary alarm on this subject; adding, that it had never been the intention of her Majesty's government " to abandon the principle of an efficient protective duty." Sir R. JENKINS called attention to the petition of the East India Company, presented on the 11th instant, " for further alterations of duties on articles of East India pro duce ;" and he, in consequence of such petition, moved eight resolutions, declaratory of the expediency of reducing the duties on sugar, tea, &c., of East India growth, for the purpose of encouragement. Mr. LABOUCHERE called on the house to pause before it pledged itself to these resolutions. The discussion was of considerable interest ; but the mo tion as disposed of by acceding to the suggestion of Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE, to refer the Company's petition to " a select committee." Mr. liumE afterwards moved for, and they were eventu ally ordered to be produced, copies of any correspondence with the Foreign-office, or the British authorities in the Le vant, as to the continuance of monopolies agreed to be abo lished by the treaty of commerce with the Porte ; and of any representations made as to the increased duties levied by the in Egypt and Syria :—a comparative statement or return of duties levied in the Turkish empire on articles exported and imported by British and Russian subjects, under the new treaty and under the old one :—and a return of the rate of du ties levied on imports from and exports to Great Britain in Turkey Proper, and in the Turkish provinces of the Danube, and in Syria and Egypt, previous to and since the late treaty of commerce with the Porte. _ . Lord STANLEY then rose to bring forward his motion for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the registration of voters in Ireland. He began by expressing his opinion that the success of such a bill in this house must mainly depend on the exclusion of all party considerations, both from the measure itself, and from the statement by which it was introduced. He did not propose to make any alteration in the franchise, or in the manner of taking the polls, but only in the registration. He stated in detail the points of difference between the systems of registration in England and in Ireland, and the abuses and grievances which are generated by the Irish system, and which have been fully exposed in our strictures on the evidence taken be fore the committees for the examination of fictitious votes. He represented in particular that a voter once put upon the registry gets a certificate which lasts him eight years, and which cannot be recalled, however the qualification be after wards disproved, or even though the voter have lost his inte rest in the property. The certificate, after his death, may be handed to a stranger for the purpose of personating him. It is a document which cannot be questioned by an appeal to the judges, not yet by the returning officer; and, even on a petition against the return, the election committee may de termine not to open the registry ; or if they open it, the vo ters whom they strike off are not thereby removed from the register, but come again to the poll at the very next election. Government brought in several bills by their law officers for Ireland, to correct these evils, which had been fully ad mitted on both sides of the house • but the first of those bills, that of 1835, was not sent up to the House of Lords till the 29th of August, too late to be considered in that session, and the subsequent bills were not even forwarded through their stages in this house. No division, not even an objection, had ever occurred to check the proposed reform ; yet, to that hour, not one of the abuses had been remedied. He then stated the remedies he had to propose, which were princi pally these :—That the registration (instead of being quar terly, and lasting for eight years) should be annual ; that it should be held, as now, before the assistant-barrister ; that the appeal to the judge of assize should be permitted, not only as now, against the rejection, but also against the ad mission, of a vote; that the whole system of certificates should cease; that costs should be awarded upon frivolous appeals or defences ; that after an objection overruled, the burden of proof, if the same objection were repeated, should lie on the objector ; and the registry should not be revisable by an election committee. Lord MORPETTI, after excusing the neglect of the govern ment to carry forward the bills of its law officers, on the plea that there was reason to apprehend their rejection in the House of Lords, attempted a strain of rather awkward sar casm. Lord Stanley, he flippantly said, had, from an ob structor, become a constructor; and though • government would receive his suggestions with respect, yet to treat him with confidence was quite another matter. Ministers had opposed Mr. O'Connell's bill of last session for assimilating the franchise between the two countries ; but if they perse vered, on the one hand, in resisting the fundamental changes pressed upon th em b y th e I r i s h na ti on , w h o h onoure d th em with its confidence, so, on the other, they could not consent to any alterations which should contract, within too narrow limits, the now existing legitimate franchise of the Irish people. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON gave the history of the past delays in the legislation o n this subject, and rebuked the endeavours of Lord .fi _ 'r M . f o r N p e N t n h L T attacked b be severe.MrLord Stanley as the known ene my of the Irish people's franchise. However, it was manly, he said, in the conservatives to have made hill) the leader of thismeas T u h re e , p b ti e n c e a i u p s l e e tobfisthissbiVenly to set Ireland at de fiance.a:onvexationnse i , attorneys, and and Already in every county there were to be „ andpa i d nswearers expense n t o s r ,s v uwo a cba l his; obstruct ct ytemployedtte increased .; tntimidation practised was nothing he would bill. It re too no account of the ri a reud v ci e done better to attempt the cure of the greatestn s ii o t a e t n l l d i ekoye liked totv the wouldl evil--the obstruct t have on the tenants. Lord acknowledged defects of the English registration fr before he thus volunteered a new secretaryship Ireland. Surely the noble lord could not think there were so many judges, in whom the country placed confidence, as to make popular a bill with an appeal to their bench. Lord STANLEY said he would not be induced, by what had passed, to depart from the temperate tone which he had pre scribed to himself at the outset. He was not surprised at Mr. O'Connell's opposition, for he had read a resolution of the Loyal Registry Association of Ireland, passed when they had seen only his notice of motion, and could know nothing of the contents of his bill, instructing, the liberal members for Ireland to oppose it. Such were the guides who pretend ed to direct the Irish nation. Lord Stanley then showed, by an exact comparison, that the reform bill for Ireland did intimated, an . a u in no one instance contract the Irish franchise to a narrower limit than the English, as Mr. O'Connell had groundlessly Leave was the e n p on the reprimanded him for his indecent animadver sions) dges. returns, regarding the s,c Mr. HumE moved to bring in the bill. for returns, in continuation of former number of electors in counties, towns, the house di; &c., in England, o i t d land and Ireland. After much dis cussion,; majority,ed : ' the numbers were—for the mo tion 87, against it 7G Sir F. TRENCH moved this house, forthwith, an account t o there he laid upon the table of with the experiments of the t 11. iit tic (if all expenses connected from their com mencementinventor to the present day, including machi nery, wages, and labour, and remunerTtgio also, the expense of removing and againscim replacing the lustres Sir M. WOOD moved that the Corporation of and shades ; which motion, after e conversation, was agreed to. London having, on the 12th instant, resolved to address to her Majesty, her Royal Highness the presentuF e Duchess s an of Kent, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on mar riage of her Majesty, and by the ancient mom the .of the Cit y of London the sheriffs being permitted to wait on her M. jesty to receive her Majesty's commands with respect to the presentation of such address•—be it resolved, that Mr. Sheriff Evans be allowed to wait on her Majesty for the purpose of receiving such commands of her Majesty. Lord J. RUSSELL opposed this motion, and moved, as an amendment, " that the orders of the day be now read." The house divided, and the result was—for proceeding to the orders 81, noes 39 ; majority, 42. On the question that the house do adjourn, Mr. FRESH FIELD moved, as an amendment, that the sheriff be brought to the bar and discharged. Nobody seconding the amend ment, it could not be put ; and the original motion being therefore carried, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS—WEDNESDAY. The Lords did not assemble to-day. HOUSE OF COMMONS-WEDNESDAY. Lord aRANVILLi SOMERSET moved that the Croydon Railroad Company should have permission to proceed. with their bill for the London and Greenwich enlargement and station, notwithstanding the report of the standing orders committee. vv The motion, after considerable discussion, was agreed to by ayes 95, noes 22 ; majority 73. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would move, by way of amendment to the motion which was to be submitted on Thursday (yesterday) by Mr. Liddell, that the pension of £lOOO. granted to Sir J. Newport, from her Majesty's civil list, be withdrawn from that list, and that the services of half a century be submitted as a special case to the house. Lord MAHON adverted to the international copyright bill, securing copyright to authors in foreign countries ; to the information that negotiations had been entered into for the purpose of carrying the provisions of that bill into effect ; and asked whether the negotiations were completed, and if there were any probability of the result of those negotiations being laid before the house during the present session. Lord PALMERSTON answered that negotiations had been entered into with various foreign powers on the subject of copyright. As yet these negotiations had led to no satisfac tory result. Lord SANDON said that having seen in the newspapers a report that a commercial treaty between this country and Naples had been concluded, and that the question of the sulphur monopoly had by that treaty been settled, he wished to ask whether Lord Palmerston could give any in formation as to the truth of these statements ? Lord PALMEESTON answered that he was sorry he could not confirm the report. Negotiations were still proceeding with the court of Naples ; he hoped the result would be, and speedily, the conclusion of a commercial treaty. With re gard to the sulphur monopoly, he contended that it was a violation of existing treaties, and on that ground this country claimed that it should be abolished immediately, and not making it a matter of negotiation in the new treaty. From the accounts he had received from Naples, he hoped soon to have it in his power to state that the sulphur monopoly had ceased. Sir E. WILMOT moved the second reading of the Sum mary Jurisdiction Juvenile Offenders' Bill. Mr. MILES wished the bill to be referred to a select com mittee, moving, if that were not consented to, that it be read the second time that day six months. After some discussion the motion was divided upon, and carried by ayes 49, noes IG. After which it was ordered to be referred to a select committee. • — The report of the Vagrants' Removal Bill was presented, agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read the third time on Friday. Mr. SANFORD, for Mr. Pakington, presented the report of the committee on the Sale of Beer Acts : it was agreed to, and leave given to bring in a bill accordingly. The second reading of the Inland Warehousing Bill was deferred till Friday. The house then adjourned. WINDSOR-MONDAY EVENING (From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald) In consequence of a desire expressed by his Royal High ness Prince Albert to go out with the hounds on Monday next, accompanied by the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and his brother Prince Ernest, orders have been transmitted to the Castle for the private apartments to be got ready for the reception of her Majesty and the court, on which day (if not on the Saturday preceding) the court will arrive at Wind sor, for a few days during the ensuing week. It is expected that on Monday next the stag will be un carted at the Salt Hill, and that her Majesty will drive to " the meet" accompanied by her royal consort and her dis tinguished visitors, and attended by a numerous suite), to witness the turn out. Six or seven hunters have been purchased expressly for the use of the Princes Albert and Ernest. They arrived at Windsor on Tuesday last, and are now in the stables attached to Cumberland Lodge. I send you the following list of Prince Albert's household as it has reached me, but without vouching for its strict ac curacy. I believe it to be correct. It may be considered as an extraordinary circumstance that the name of Lord Alfred Paget does not appear on this list. The cutting down of £50,000 to £30,000 has made sad havoc with the original household arrangements of the Prince. It is expected that Lord Alfred Paget will shortly receive a lift in the household of her Majesty. The following is the list : Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. for Chester, who was Comp troller of the Household from 1830 to the end of 1834, to be Groom of the Stole, at a salary of £BOO per annum. Lord Boringdon and Lord George Lennox, Lords in Wait ing. Salary, £5OO per annum each. Colonel Bouverie, of the royal horse guards (blue), and Lieut.-Colonel Wylde, Equerries in Waiting. Salary £5OO per annum each. Sir George Anson and Mr. Seymour, Gentlemen of Ho nour, or Grooms of the Bedchamber. Salary £3OO per an num each. Mr. George Anson, private secretary. Salary £BOO per annum. _ . _ _ . From this statement it will be perceived that the salaries to his Royal Highness's household amount to only £4200 — just half the sum named before the legislature reduced his income two-fifths. COURT CIRCULAR.—TUEsDAY. The Marquis of Normanby and Viscount Melbourne had audiences of the Queen yesterday. Her Majesty had a dinner party, last evening, at Buck ingham Palace. The company consisted of their Serene Highnesses the Duke and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess and Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope, Earl of Erroll, Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Melbourne, the Hon. Berkeley and Miss Paget, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Murray, Miss Lister, Ba roness Lehzen, the Marquis of Headfort, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Baron Lowenfels, Baron de Gruben, Baron Ernest de Poellnitz, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Hon. General. Sir W. Lumley, Lord Alfred Paget, Col. Wylde, and Mr. Seymour. The band of the Coldstream regiment of foot guards at tended at the palace during the evening. Sir Benjamin Brodie was called on, yesterday, by desire of Dr. Chambers, to visit her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, who has suffered lately from an Attack of rheuma tism. Yesterday was the birthday of the Duke of Cambridge. His royal highness received visits of congratulation in the course of the day from his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and their Serene High nesses the Reigning Duke and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha. The foreign ministers and most of the no bility called and left their names for his royal highness, du ring the day, at Cambridge House. In the evening the gentlemen of the Duke's household dined with his Royal Highness. The Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Prince George of Cambridge, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Duke of Sussex, the Duke and Prince George of Cambridge, visited the Princess Augusta, yesterday, at Cla rence House, St. James's. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence entertained their Royal High nesses the Duke and Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Montrose, Lord Frederick Gordon, Sir Robert Gordon, Col. Wood, M.P., and Mr. George Wombwell, at dinner, on Sunday, at his residence, in St. James's Palace. WEDNESDAY The Lord Chamberlain having been informed of the an nouncement that increased prices of admission were required at Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres on the evenings of her Majesty's intended visit to those houses, expressed to the managers his desire that the increase alluded to should not take place, and, in consequence of this communication, the demand for the higher prices is withdrawn. The Queen held a court yesterday afternoon, at Bucking ham Palace, for the reception of addresses on the throne. At half-past one o'clock a deputation from the London clergy arrived at the palace, and were conducted to the green drawing room. There were present the Lord Bishop of London, the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, Dean of St. Paul's, the Rev. James Tate, Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's ; the Archdeacon of London, the Archdeacon of Middlesex, the Archdeacon of St. Alban's, the President of Sion College, the Rev. Henry N. Milman, Prebendary of Westminster ; the Rev. John Jennings, Prebendary of Westminster ; the Dean of Carlisle, the Rev. Archdeacon Hollingworth. Rector of St. Margaret's, Lothbury ; the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, Rec tor of St. Bartholomew ; the Rev. Dr. Vivian, Rector of St. Augustine ; the Rev. Dr. Arkland, Rector of St. Mildred ; the Rev. Dr. Russell, Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate ; and the Rev. Dr. Burnet, Rector of St. James. The depu tation were ushered to the presence of her Majesty in the throne room, when the Bishop of London read an address of congratulation to the Queen, on the auspicious occasion of her Majesty's marriage, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. All the above-named members of the deputation were then severally presented to the Queen, and had the honour to kiss hands. The deputation then retired. The procession of the university of Cambridge had in the meantime arrived at the palace, and were conducted by Sir William Martins, the gentleman usher in waiting, from the library, where they had assembled, up to the grand staircase, through the state rooms to the presence of the Queen on the throne. Among the deputation were the Vice-Chancellor, accompanied by the re istrar, the Rev. Mr. Romilly, the commissary, His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. No blemen, among whom were the Earl of Brecknock, the Bishop of Ely, and the Bishop of Lichfield. Privy Coun cillors, among whom were Sir John Beckett, Mr. Baron Parke. Heads of colleges, including the Master of Clare Hall, the Master of Jesus, the Master of Corpus Christi, the Master of Downing, the Master of Magdalene, the Mas ter of Caius, the Master of Christ's, the Master of Peter House, and the Master of Emmanuel ; the Members for the university, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn and the Hon. Charles Law ; Members of the Caput, Public Orator, Proc tors, Doctors in Divinity, including Doctors Butler, William son, Stoddart, and D'Oyly ; Doctors in civil law, among whom were Doctor Watson and Doctor Aldis ' and a very numerous body of upwards of 400 members of the univer sity, consisting of the Assessor to the Vice-Chancellor, Pro fessors, Scrutators, Taxors, Librarian, Bachelors of Divi nity, Masters of Arts, Non-Regents, Regents, Bachelors of Law, Bachelors of Medicine, and Bachelors of Arts, among whom were the H on . Mr. Clive, the Rev. William Whewell, the Rev. Dr. Birch, the Rev. Mr. Perry, the Rev. Dr. Turton, the Rev. William Parker, the Rev. J. Vane, the wore T His h e their v R o ic y er a e- l seh H e ac i nt g ic h v Rev. John F. Coils, the Rev. Ed mun d W a lk er , & c . Brecknock, and all the members of th e un i vers i ty present , e s s n te of r e c s congratulation from the university t o th e Q ueen on the respective l ea o s academical drteehamedi cDtahluekr robes. The Sussex, the Earl of of her marriage. Her Majesty returned a most gracious an swer, and the deputation then retired from the royal presence. The members of the Society of Friends also left yesterday at Buckingham Palace an address of congratulation to the Duchess of Kent, for presentation to her royal highness. The royal dinner party at the Palace last evening included. the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Earl and Coun tess of Clarendon, the Eatl and Countess of Albemarle, the Earl of Surrey, Baron Brunuow, and Viscount Melbourne. The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. Her Majesty had an evening party on Monday at Buck ingham Palace. Among the company were the Saxon mi nister, the Baron de Heeringe n, Chamberlain of th e reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Go tha, the Countess of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay, the Countess of Uxbridge, and the La dies Eleanora and Constance Paget, the Earl of March, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and Lady Frances Cowper, Viscount 'Boringdon, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord Ossulston, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Cantalupe , Sir George and the Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Colonel en d the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Mr. George E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. William Cowper, and the Hon. Charles Howard. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Princess Augusta, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's ; and the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Col. Cornwall, left town at twelve o'clock yesterday for Brighton. The Duke of Cambridge dined last evening with the Noble men's and Gentlemen's Catch Club, at the Thatched House. THURSDAY. Her Majesty and Prince Albert went in state last evening to honour Drury-lane Theatre with their presence. The royal suite occupied nine carriage, and included the Duchess of Bedford and the Marchioness of Normanby, Ladies in waiting ; the Hon. Misses Murray (in waiting), Lister (in waiting), Paget, Pitt, Cocks, Cavendish, and An son, Maids of Honour ; the Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Woman of the Bedchamber in waiting ; the Earl of Erroll, K. T., Lord Steward ; the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chap berlain ; the Earl of Dchester, CafAain of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Lord Hill, G. C. 8., Gold Stick in waiting; Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert ; the Marquis of Headfort, K. P., Lord in waiting; the Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household; the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Comptroller of the Household ; the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, the Clerk Marshal ; the Hon. General Sir William Lumley, Groom in waiting; Ld. Alfred Paget, Equerry in waiting; Viscount Boringdon, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert ; Lieut.-Col. Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert ; Lieutenant Francis Seymour, Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert ; Mr. Cowell and Master Wemyss, Pages of Honour to the Queen, in waiting; the Hon. Frederick Byng, Sir William Martins, and Captain Green, Gentlemen Ushers in waiting ; and Captain Bellairs, Exon of the 'Yeomen of the Guard, in waiting. The Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and the Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., Master of the Horse, rode in the same carriage with the Queen and Prince Albert. A party of the Household Troops escorted the royal procession to the theatre. The manager, Mr. Hammond, received her Majesty and Prince Albert at the royal entrance, and pre ceded the royal party with wax lights to the royal box. The Reigning Duke and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha were also present at Drury-lane Theatre last 'evening. Their Serene Highnesses were attended by Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Baron de Lowenfels de Poellnitz, and Baron de Gruben. Viscount Melbourne and the Judge Advocate General had audiences yesterday of the Queen. tier Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Lady Charles Somerset; paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Buckingham Palace. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO DRURY-LANE THEATRE. (From the Morning Herald of yesterday.) Last night her Majesty the ,Queen, with his Royal High ness Prince Albert, visited this theatre, in state. Her Ma jesty and the Prince arrived a few minutes after seven, and were greeted with the enthusiastic cheers of one of the most crowded audiences that we ever remember to have seen on any former royal visit. The pieces selected were Barnett's opera of the Mountain Sylph, and Kenney's farce of Raising the Wind. Previous to the opera, " God save the Queen" was sung by the company ; her Majesty graciously acknow ledging the applause bestowed on certain points of the an them. Two verses—more distinguished for their compli mentary spirit than their poetry—were added. They were as follow : " Welcome to Albion's Isle Prince, whom Victoria's smile Lit o'er the wave ; Writ in the school of fame, Albert, long shall thy name Kindred and country claim With England's brave. Oh Lord ! her consort bless, Grant him in happiness With her to reign ; In virtues great and strong, May Albert's name be long The the of Britain's song, GodTave the Queen." The Prince bowed frequently to the audience as they greeted several lines of the above with their cheers and applause, nor did her Majesty seem less gratified with the poetic tribute. After the anthem, the opera was immediately commenced, and apparently afforded the fullest satisfaction to the royal visiters. Phillips, in his execution of " Farewell to the Mountain," was honoured with especial approbation. After the opera, " Rule Britannia" was called for, and somewhat scurvily executed. Raising the Wind followed, and both her Majesty and the Prince seemed very highly to enjoy the borrowing propensities of Diddler (Vining), and the ludi crous self-important imbecility of Fainwould (Oxberry). Indeed, altogether, the farce was played with much comic spirit. The farce concluded, " God save the Queen" was again called for, and performed, when her Majesty and the Prince retired amidst the reiterated cheers of the audience. The Queen—who looked unusually pale—was in court mourning, and wore a profusion of .diamonds. Prince Al bert—who, at first, appeared a little embarrassed at the cor dial greeting of the audience, but who soon regained his self-composure—wore the uniform of a field-marshal. Her Majesty and the Prince were lighted to the royal box by Mr. Hammond, Lord Glengal, and several members of the committee. CAMBRIDGE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN, WITH HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER. "TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMARIDGE. " Most gracious Soverign,—We, your Majeity's most du tiful and loyal subjects, the Chancellor, Masters, and Scho lars of the University of Cambridge, beg leave to offer to your Majesty our sincere and cordial congratulations upon your marriage with his Royal Highness the Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. Amidst the universal joy diffused by an event so deeply interesting to your Majesty and your pe?ple, it would be unpardonable in us, distinguished as the University of Cambridge has ever been by the protection and support of the crown, and especially by the favor and muni ficence of your Majesty's royal house, to be wanting in a prompt and zealous expression• of our duty and attachment to your Majesty. We approach, then, your royal presence, humbly tendering the assurance that we hail with the liveliest satisfaction an alliance, which, founded no less on affection than a nrovident attention to the common weal, opens me rawest' prospect, uuuet- yr ILL creasing happiness to your Majesty, and of additional secu rity to the best and dearest interests of the empire. His Royal Highness, the Prince Albert, independently of the virtues and high qualities which have obtained for him the splendid distinction that he now enjoys, has other pecu liar and powerful claims upon the regard of the British nation. In this exalted personage we behold a descendant of that ancient Saxon race to whose wisdom and valour we justly ascribe the origin of our envied constitution and national greatness; in him, also, we recognise a Prince, who numbers amongst his ancestors those illustrious ornaments of the House of Saxony, through whose effectual aid and generous devotedness to the cause of pure religion, the great champion of the Reformation, was mainly enabled, under Divine Providence, to triumph over his adversaries, and to establish the protestant faith upon a firm, and, as we humbly trust, upon an immoveable foundation. Animated by a grateful sense of the many privileges and benefits which we have so long enjoyed under the parental sway of the house of Brunswick, we pray your Majesty to believe, that, as it is our bounden duty, so it will be our earnest and constant en deavour, to promote within the walls of our venerable university the cause of religion and learning, and to instil into the minds of the youth intrusted to our care sound principles of loyalty, a warm and steady attachment to the constitution in church and state, and sentiments of the most profound devotion to your Majesty's Royal person and and government. " May Almighty God vouchsafe to bless the auspicious union upon which we now offer our humble congratulations, and may your Majesty long continue in the possession of every earthly good, to reign over a dutiful, loyal, and united people." THE QUEEN'S ANSWER. " I am much gratified that you should upon this occasion renew your assurances of attachment to my person and go vernment. _ _ _ " I am duly sensible of the value of the historical recollec tions which connect the illustrious House of Saxony with the great cause of the Reformation. " I shall ever hold it to be my duty to remember the ser vices and promote the interests of the University of Cam bridge. And in accepting your congratulations upon this union, I assure you that you may rely upon my desire to en courage science, and upon my protection of institutions cal culated to diffuse among my people the benefits of enlight ened education, and the blessings of pure religion." THE DUKE. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. - His grace will leave Apsley House this morning for Strathfieldsaye, where he will remain until the close of the week. The statement in a morning contemporary that his grace was out on horseback on Sunday, paying visits, is incorrect. The duke has, we believe, not left Apsley House since his indisposition.— The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, came up express from Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, to see his noble relative, and has since left town on a visit to his daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Robert Liddell, at the Rectory, Barking, Essex. The inquiries yesterday at Apsley House were very numerous, and the answer was that his gr a ce was getting rapidly well.—Morning Herald of Tuesday. The Duke of Wellington, accompanied by the Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot, left Apsley House yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, for Strathfieldsay, where his grace will give a grand dinner to day to the judges going the western circuit, Sir Thomas Coltman and Sir Richard Rolfe. The noble duke was not looking well, but appeared in excellent spirits. His grace is expected to return to town to-morrow or Saturday to attend his parliamentary duties.- 7 Morning Herald of Wednesday. SUMMER CIRCUITS (1840) OF THE COMMIS SIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT • DEBTORS. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. H. R. Reynolds, Esq., Chief Commissioner. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. J. G. Harris, Esq., Commissioner. Yorkshire—At Sheffield, Friday, June 12; Wakefield, Monday, June 15; the town of Ki ng ston -upon-Hull, Mon day, June 22 ; York, Wednesday, Kingston-upon-Hull, 24 ; Richmond, Saturday, June 27. Durham—At Durham, Monday, June 29. Northumberland—At Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Town, Wednesday, July 1. Cumberland—At Carlisle, Saturday, July 4. Westmoreland—At Appleby, Monday, Jnly 6; Kendal, Tuesday, July 7. Lancashire—At Lancaster, Thursday, July 9 ; Preston, Friday, July 17 ; Liverpool, Monday, August 3. Flintshire—At Mold, Monday, July 20. Denbighshire—At Ruthin, Wednesday, July 22. Anglesey—At Beaumaris, Friday, July 24. Carnarvonshire—At Carnarvon, Monday, July 27. Merionethshire—At Dolgelly, Wednesday, July 29. Montgomeryshire—At Welsh Pool, Friday, July 31. Cheshire—At Chester and City, Thursday, Aug. 6. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. T. B. Bowen, Esq., Commissioner. Nottinghamshire—At Nottingham and Town, 'Wednesday, August 5. Derbyshire—At Derby, Friday, August 7. Staffordshire —City of Lichfield, Monday, August 10; Stafford, Tuesday, August 11. Shropshire—At Shrewsbury, Friday, August 11 ; Oldbury, Monday, August 17. Warwickshire—At Birmingham, Tuesday, August 18 ; City of Coventry, Thursday, August 20; Warwick, Friday, August 21. THE PENNY POSTAGE.—Amongst the novel remittances that passed through the post-office during the last week, was a half-pound of Dorset butter, in a letter ; a case of pens, a pair of ladies boots, some leaden shot, different samples of wheat, a silver watch to a manufacturer in Clerkenwell ; a child's toy, called a bomerang ; , and a knife, the last of which was discovered by the fracture of the paper whilst stamping it. MISCELLANEOUS. Sir Miley Wakeman, Bart., has contributed £lOO, and the site for a new chapel of ease, at Shrewsbury. Mr. W. Bennett has been elected secretary to the Diury lane Theatrical Fund, in the room of the late Mr. Hughes. It is in contemplation to make a railway for the passage of the mails to Dublin, passing through the county of Wor cester.—Hereford Journal. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT STEELE.—Colonel Sir Robert Steele, Knt., K.C.S., Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset, expired . in Paris on the 17th inst. PERTH COUNTY ELECTION.—Fox Maule is, we hear, to come forward for Perthshire. ...It is expected that Sir P. M. Thriepland will oppose him.—Standard. Mr. Francis Butt, who fell from his horse while out hunt- I ing last week, supposed to have been attacked by a fit of apoplexy, expired on Wednesday morning. Mr. Butt was mayor and a magistrate of Stamford.—Lincoln Chronicle. NATURAL HisTortr.—A fine specimen of the Bittern (Ardea stellaris, Linn.) was shot a few days ago by Mr. Frederick Campbell, near Ballaugh. The bird is an extremely rare visitant to the Isle• of Man, and is not by any means of frequent occurrence in England. It has been presented to the Douglas Museum. Manx Liberal. An entire German operatic company, under the command of Herr Schuman, comprising a corps of 20 principal vocal ists, a chorus of 48, and a band of 40 instrumentalists, are on their way to London, from Mentz, and will, as soon as the arrangements are perfected, commence a series of perform ances of the German opera, at the St. James's Theatre. SUNDAY TRADING ON CANALS.—The following circular has recently been issued :—" To the traders on the Worces ter and Birmingdam canal navigation. Many applications having been made to the committee of the company of pro prietors of the Worcester and Birmingham canal navigation to put a stop to trading on their canal on the Sabbath day, they respectfully request that you will give directions to your steerers to avoid such a practice as much as possible." We understand that Lord George Lennox is about to be appointed a Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and that Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde is to be equerry to his royal highness. We trust that ministers do not be stow this mark of courtesy on Lord George in the expecta tion that it will operate as a sop in preventing his lordship from baiting them any further on the subject of the Naval and Military Commission, and the Royal Marine Corps more especially. If they do, they will soon find out their mistake. —United Service Gazette. NEWLY-INVENTED HOWITZER.—The National del' attest gives the following account of a trial of a new light howitzer for field service :—" The piece is of 121 b. calibre, weighing only 100 kilogrames (2001b5.) so that it may be carried over mountains on the back of a mule. It throws a shell, which bursts on reaching the enemy, and contains 75 balls, scatter ing its splinters to an extent of GOO yards; and the balls are directed with great precision, penetrating boards of consider able thickness. It may be used with the greatest effect in the most mountainous parts of Algeria." A correspondent writes us that the President sent a mes sage to the Senate on Monday last, 27th, containing the cor respondence between our minister at London and the British authorities in relation to the slaves so unjustly liberated by the authorities of Bermuda, from an American brig that went there in distress. The British Government on this occasion has acted on a principle of justice which puts to shame the conduct of our own authorities towards the Spaniards in the case of the L'Armistad. The allowance averages somewhere about 500 dollars per head.—New York Gazette. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Col. Jones, on Mon day made a personal inspection of the entire establishment of the Welsh School, Gray's Inn-road, where he was received by the Earl of Powis, the president of the charity, and Col. Wood and Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, the treasurers. His royal highness was pleased to express his great gratification with the details and management of the institution. The visit was preparatory to his royal highness taking the chair at the great anniversary dinner of the Society of Ancient Britons, to be held at Freemasons'-hall on Monday next. — Morning Herald. THE QUEEN V. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.—We mentioned a fortnight ago that the Attorney-General had intimated the probability of his being down at the approaching Yorkshire Assizes to prosecute the parties charged with high treason from Sheffield and Bradford. It is very likely that he will also conduct the case for the prosecution in the ex officio in formation that be lately filed against Mr. Feargus O'Connor for publishing reports of meetings in the Northern Star, which will be tried at Nisi Prins before Justice Coleridge and a Special Jury. We suppose Mr. O'Connor will again de fend himself in person.—Sheffield Patriot. COACH ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning last, as the Union coach was proceeding to Edinburgh, it was unfortu nately overturned by one of the fore axles suddenly break ing, when about three miles from Newcastle, by which, we regret to say, Mr. Garnett, a commercial gentleman of Man chester, and Mr. John Weatherston, of this town, received some injury ; the former having his arm, and the latter the small bone of his leg broken. No blame whatever is attached to either the guard or the coachman ; but it is supposed the accident occurred by the sudden jerk in passing over the Fawdown Railway. We are glad to say, that both the gen tlemen are fast recovering.—Newcastle Chronicle. NEW AVENUE OF APPROACH TO THE QUEEN.—The Glasgow Chartists, amid all their vagaries, have occasionally had the merit of striking out novelties. They have resolved that, " as it is impossible for them to approach her Majesty with any petition, a letter should be written to Prince Albert, requesting him to use his influence with the Queen in ob taining a free pardon for Frost, Williams, and Jones !" It has been said that Prince Albert has, as the Queen's consort, no constitutional status in the country. The chartists of Glasgow, however, seem to think otherwise, and have re solved to address him as one of the official advisers of the Crown.—Scottish Guardian. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—An event occurred yesterday afternoon in this town, of so singular a character, that we doubt if such an event ever took place previously. It seems that a man had been examined at the New Bailey on a charge of poaching, who had been stopped in one of the roads in the vicinity of Manchester, having in his possession two live cocks and a live hen pheasant, a dead pheasant, and a num ber of snares. The prisoner was remanded till to-day, and the constable was on his return home with the evidence of the man's guilt in his possession, when while stepping into an omnibus in Deansgate, one of the pheasants escaped from the bag, and flew with so much violence against the Three Arrows public-house, that it fell dead upon the pavement. Sportsmen will learn with some astonishment that a phea sant was " killed in the very heart of the town of Manches. ter."—Manchester Chronicle of Saturday. STATE OF CRIME IN PARIS.—The police have just suc ceeded in arresting a band of robbers of a desperate des cription. Three men had attempted to commit a burglary last Tuesday night in the house of an innkeeper in the Faubourg St. Martin, and, by the presence of mind of the owner of the house, were arrested by the police before they could retire with the booty they had collected. One of them proved to be a man named Dumoutier, who some months ago had been arrested in Paris under the assumed name of Johnson, and had subsequently escaped from the prison of Cambrai, whither he had been sent for examination relative to some previous depredations. These men were all armed with pistols, and had a large supply of housebreaking tools. The police' soon discovered where Dumoutier had been lodging, and on proceeding thither the day before yesterday arrested two other individuals, notorious thieves, and who at the time were strongly . armed. An immense quantity of stolen goods was found at their lodgings.—French Paper. BOOTS a. STOCKINGS.—A commercial gentleman going recently into the travellers' room, at one of the inns in Barnsley, enquired for the boots. In a few minutes a shrimp of a lad, in rustic attire, presented himself. " Well," said the traveller, " are you the boots ?" The youth, supposing no doubt, that the gentleman was up to sport replied, " No ! I'me the stockings, sur." The traveller not exactly pleased with the answer, asked him, " what he meant by such a reply !" " Wha," repeated the boy in a sort of a simple laugh, " I'me the stockings, sur."—" Stockings ! What do you mean by stockings, you impertinent snapper, you ?" " 'Wha, sur," said the boy, with an unaltered countenance, " I'me under boits ; so ha must be stockings, sur." The gentleman turned round to the window in a twitter, and the rogue of a lad walked winkingly away, whistling the air, " Oh, a bagman's life is the life for me!"—Wakefield Journal. - . DR. WARREN.—Amongst the gentlemen who received episcopal ordination, at the cathedral, on Sunday last, by the Lord Bishop of the diocese, our readers will perceive the name of the Rev. Dr. Warren, who, for many years was a distinguished preacher in the Wesleyan Connection. We un derstand that the scene of the rev. gentleman's future la bours will be in Manchester, where a commodious church is now in course of erection for him, and the foundation stone of which was laid in October last, by Sir Oswald Mosly, Bart., who, in furtherance of the pious undertaking, has mu nificently given the land. This densely populated district has been hitherto in a state of destitution as to church ac commodation. The long experience and ability by which the rev. gentleman will be aided in the discharge of his ministe rial duties, cannot but contribute most materially to the moral and spiritual improvement of the population amongst whom he will now be called to reside.—Chester Courant. EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY OF A PONY.—About 18 years since a gentleman gave to Mr. Titchmarsh, of Knees worth, Cambridgeshire, an old grey pony, aged 23 years, which was supposed to be worn out, requesting him either to shoot it or give it gentle work to do. The latter request was acted upon, and singular to state, revived the strength of its younger days. Six years ago (at the age of 35 years,) the same pony went through a hard day's hunt, carrying its rider, who weighed 12 stone, to the death of the fox. Asto nishing to relate, till within the last three weeks, it could scarcely be kept in the close or stable on hearing the yelping of hounds, the sound of a horn, or the, report of a gun ; from that time it gradually drooped, and on Saturday last, the 22d, died a natural death, at the great age of 41 years.— Farmer's Journal. ADVICE TO THOSE DISSENTING TO THE APPLICATION OF THE RIVER WEAVER FUNDS.—The following remark taken from Mr. Collins's `'Statistics of Church Accommo dation," will prove interesting at the present time, the sub ject of church extensionlaving been brought prominently forward. " This is an age of economy, and if the state can secure the peace and order of society more cheaply by ex tending the means of religious instruction to the people, than by extending the police and other criminal establish ments of the country, would it not be a wise economy in the state to adopt the one in paeference to the other ? The truth is, the question will cost us much whethe r we w ill or not. If we do not build them churches we must build them gaols and bridewells." Have any accurate calculations been yet made to show that the amount of crime differs in towns or parishes of equal population, according to the greater or less amount of church accommodation provided for the in habitants? Within 30 years, from 1800 to 1831, about £4,000,000 were spent upon gaols and lunatic asylums. Again, in the last 10 years we are told that the sums collected as poor rates fell little short of £50,000,000 or £60,000,000 sterling. Who shall say how far this expenditure would have been diminished by an outlay of 1-20th part of these funds in support of the Church of Engiand parochial system of multiplying schools, churches, and clergy? THE " PRIVILEGE" PRISONERS.—The conduct of Mr. Pearse, whose only crime has been the faithful discharge of his duty to his employer, Mr. Howard, has excited the ad miration of many of the leading members of the House of Commons, who have not only visited him during his con finement, but kindly contributed to the necessities of his wife and family. Mr. Pearse is an exceedingly intelligent and well-informed man, and in early life held a commission in the army, and participated in many' f the glorious achieve ments of the Peninsular war. He had also two brothers in the army, both of whom fell in the service. Upon the pro clamation of peace, Mr. Pearse sold his commission, and, from adverse circumstances, was ultimately compelled to follow the unenviable avocation of an attorney's clerk. Im mediately after the order for his committal was made on Tuesday night, a member of the house asked permission of the sergeant-at-arms to speak with his prisoner previous to his being taken below, which being granted, he took Mr. Pearse aside, and, after paying him a very flattering compli ment for his firmness made him a very handsome present. On Thursd a y Sir Francis Burdett sent a communication, by one of his own servants, to Mr. Pearse, requesting in very kind terms his acceptance of an inclosed cheque. The rooms in which he and his fellow-prisoner, Mr. Howard, jun., are lodged are on the basement, under the lobby of the house, with the doors facing each other, and are very comfortably furnished. Young Howard, however, is in very bad health, and suffering from the effects of his confinement. A pro fessional gentleman named Russell, residing at Chelsea, is carrying on Mr. HowArd's business, as his agent—Morning Herald of The Moniteur of Saturday publishes the following return of the slaves freed in the French colonies since the latter end of 1830 : In Martinique Guadaloupe French Guiana . Bourbon . 19,290 10,373 1,608 3,316 In a 11... A few days azo the bell of the church at Fressonville. in Picardy, was heard to sound at an unusual hour, and in a very extraordinary manner. The people hastened to make inquiry, and found a man suspended to the clapper. He was immediately cut down, and, after some pains, restored to life. No account is given of the motives which led to such a fanci ful attempt at suicide. RAILWAY COLLISION. — Monday evening last, the train of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr. Railway Company, which had left Irvine at past 7 o'clock for Ayr, came in contact, at a mile from the Monkton station, with a horse and cart which had stopped upon the line. The cart was literally dashed to pieces, and the poor horse instantaneously killed. We are happy to learn, that not the slightest injury was sustained by any of the individuals on the the train.—Scottish Guar dian. ANOTHER WHIG JOB.-Mr. Knight, the leading joint in the Scholefield tail, is appointed to the office of superintend ent-registrar for the district of Birmingham, vacant by the compulsory " resignation" of Mr. Pare. This Mr. Knight holds two other public situations—viz., borough treasurer, at a salary of £3OO per annum, and receiver of police, at a salary of £250 a year ! Talk of local political influence and jobbery in tory times,—and who talked more about these things, in the days of reform, economy, and retrenchment, than pluralist Knight, and his patrons Joseph Parkes and Joshua Scholefield ? When—when, we ask, was there any thing so palpably unjust as the two last appointments given to Scholefield's man Friday ?—Ten Towns' Messenger. On Monday morning a person named James Liddell hav ing occasion to go to Ford for coals, a distance of 16 miles, he was not a little surprised, after reaching the pit, by the crowing of a cock beneath his cart ; on looking with a light below the body of the vehicle, he observed a cock and hen roosting on the.axle, apparently quite at home. Finding that they belonged to no one about the place, he put them into a sack and brought them to Kelso. On making inquiry after his return, he ascertained that the fowls were the property of a neighbour, and it appears that having gone to roost upon the axle the previous night, they had kept possession of their dormitory, unperceived by Liddell, and, what is still more singular, had remained undisturbed by the jolting of the cart during the journey until the following morning, when the natural instinct of the cock warned him of the approach of day.—Kelso Chronicle. - - - - The Commerce guarantees the authenticity of the following extraordinary story :—" A rich and noble lady of the Fau bourg St. Germain, lately received at her house in the coun try the visit of an officer of gendarmerie, who informed her that there was a person in her house of suspected character, and that he had been ordered to search it, but begged her not to be agitated, as he would wait the return of her hus band, who was absent, before he commenced his investiga tions. The husband was sent for. On his arrival, after the usual salutations, the husband inquired the object of the visit. The officer, drawing out a pistol and pointing it at him, said, ' You are a forcat, and have broken your ban. I arrest you in the name of the law.' The husband was in stantly removed to Paris, where he was identified by a female who had formerly lived with him, and by whom he had been denounced, after having for a long time purchasedher silence with large sums of money. To get rid of her repeated appli cations, he had withdrawn to the country, where he was ar rested. This unfortunate marriage was contracted about six months ago.":---[This is quite true. The lady belongs to one of the first families in France.—Correspondent of Morning Herald.] We mentioned in our last Gazette, that Rear Admiral the Hon. G. Elliot, C.B. would succeed Rear Admiral Sir F. L. Maitland, K.C.8., in the East India command ' • and we have since heard, that Rear Admiral Briggs. G.C.M.G., will suc ceed Admiral Elliot at the Cape of Good Hope. The suc cessor of Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., in the Mediterranean is, we believe, as yet un decided. Admiral Sir Charles 'Adam, K.C.8., is said to have long had his eye on that station, and, if this rumour be correct, there can be but little doubt who the selection of himself and his brother lords will fall upon. Few holders of office under the present Government would be fool-hardy enough to thwart the wishes of one of the " Family." It is, however, but fair to admit, that Admirals Elliot and Sir Charles Adam, are both efficient officers, although far from being the best that might have been selected for commands involving such great and serious responsibility. John Chinaman will be posed to find an Elliot, employed in re pairing the blunders of an Elliott, and will be sometime be fore he can reconcile himself to the apparent anomaly.— United Service Gazette. LAND SLIP, OR RATHER MOUNTAIN SLIP.—A singular occurrence is related to have taken place near Salins, in the district of the Jura, on the night of the 29th-30th of January. A mountain, called the Cernans, has come down in mass on the plain by which it was surrounded, and a por tion of the royal road from Dijon to Portalier has sunk with this great landslip to a depth of more than 50 metres. That portion known as the Rampe de Cernans (tile ladder or staircase of Cernans) is rendered impassable, and all com munication between Cernans and the border of tile Doubs is cut off. During the day of the 30th a fresh mass of earth and rock detached itself, and slid down with a motion suffi ciently rapid to be distinctly perceived at a great distance by the naked eye—displacing in its fall an additional portion of the road. It was apprehended that the mischief might spread much further, and the, conjectures were various as to the cause of the disaster. By some it was attributed to cuttings made at the foot of the mountain for tile formation of a new road ; others were of opinion that a fountain which ceased to play upwards of five and twenty years ago, must have taken a subterranean direction, and mined out a portion of the mountain. Happily no lives have been lost. COMMANDER SIR JAMES PEARL.—It is our painful duty to record the death of Commander Sir James Pearl, R.N., Knight, and Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Or der, in the 50th year of his age, which melancholy circum stance took place suddenly on Monday morning last, 13th of January, 1840,• at his residence, Mount Pearl, near St. John's, Newfoundland. He had been 39 years in the ser vice. He commanded the poop of the Neptune of 98 guns in the battle of Trafalgar, and was one of those brave men who volunteered to break the enemy's protecting boom in Aix-roads, which caused the destruction of the French fleet. Upon the latter occasion he steered the Mediator fire-ship, and was severely wounded in the head. During the expedi tion to Walcheren he commanded the boats of the advance squadron which destroyed the enemy's flotilla off Batz ; and finished his career in the East Indies, where he received the repeated thanks of the government of Bengal for his great services during the Burmese war. In this last service he commanded 30 sail of transport ships and 500 transport boats, and during the war he took an active part in the storming of Mungdoo Padao, Mahatte Bam'ree, and the ca pital of Arracan. It may also be mentioned, that at great personal risk of Sir James Pearl saved nearly 200 fellow creatures from among shoals and breakers after their vessel had gone to pieces, an exercise of humanity,which, besides the danger of life, involved a very great pecuniary sacrifice. To the above we will add, that Sir James Pearl was presented with a sword of 50 guineas value by the Patriotic Fund, for his gallant conduct at Basque roads. A gold medal of great value was given him by the King of the Netherlands, for his humanity in saving the persons alluded to above, in the China seas ; and lastly, the British merchants at Canton subscribed a handsome,sum to purchase him a piece of plate, from the circumstance, as stated by them, that he had, by his conduct, exalted the British character among the Chinese. —United Service Gazette. MOST MOMENTOUS.—The sovereignty of the seas may be lost to this country through the indolence of the Prime Mi nister.—We submit the following facts, for the accuracy of which we pledge ourselves in every particular, to the consi deration or rather indignation of the British people. For the last six years a gentleman has been devoting his time, talent, and energies to a discovery which will alter the mode of war fare all over the globe, and render opposition to the power which possesses his secret hopeless. He has expended above thirty thousand pounds in perfecting his plans. In Septem ber last an interview was obtained with the Prime Minister, who referred the matter to a gallant naval commander, since deceased, and a distinguished officer yet alive, who fought at Trafalgar, and shared in Egypt all the exploits of Sir Sydney Smith. The report of these competent judges was, that neither the British navy nor all the navies in the world could compete with this formidabie invention, or rather se ries of inventions. Will it be credited, even of Lord Mel bourne, that this benefit is not yet secured to this country; the inventor is left upon the rack of suspense, and, with exhausted means, left exposed to the tempting offers of Rus sia and France, which hitherto he has had the patriotic for titude to repel. EVERY WORD WE WRITE WE CAN PROVE. —Farmer's Journal. QUALITY OF LAST YEAR'S WHEAT.—Considerable difference of opinion appears to exist respecting the quality of the produce of the last year, which Is, of course, now being brought into general consumption. By some the wheat of last year is regarded as very much inferior in quality to that of former seasons, whilst others maintain that no dete rioration has taken place in this respect. Perhaps truth lies in the medium. The great test of the quality of food in ge neral use, and by consequence the staple article of consump tion, Wheat, is its effect upon the public health ; and of this perhaps no better indication can be afforded than the com parative mortality of large towns, particularly the metropolis. Now, looking to this test, what do we find according to the official registry ? Why, that the present is a season of remarkable, we might say of unexampled, healthiness, notwithstanding a state of weather which seems to promise anything but salubrity : take the last weekly return that has been published in London, that for the week ending Fe bruary 8. The deaths for that week are but 818, whereas the weekly average for 1838 was 1013, or according to the proper suggestion of the General Registrar, adding a 27th for the difference of population 371-10501. Here, then, we have a dimunition of considerably more than 20 per cent. upon the mortality of the metropolis in two years. If this be the effect of bad Irish wheat, in ten years more, if the same commodity be supplied in equal abundance as at present, there can be no mortality at all. It is remarkable, too, that the greatest decrease has been in mortality caused by the derangement of the digestive organs, or in typhus fever, the classes of disease supposed to be most immediately depend ent upon diet. Typhus fever, for example, which in 1838 averaged 78, cut off but 31 in the week referred to, and but 30 in the week preceding. The only disease from which there has been a serious increase of mortality is scarlatina, and that has been mainly confined to infants—in the week ending February 8, the deaths have been 33, in the preceding week 55 ; whereas in 1838, the average was 29. We think that we have cited enough to calm all fears for the public health—enough also to prove that the corn-laws do not in jure the people either by restricting them to insufficient or unwholesome food.—Newcastle Journal. CORN-LAW AGITATION.—Let us exhort our agrieultura readers to keep their attention on the Anti-Corn-law League in the north of England, to which more than £6OOO have been subscribed in Manchester to defray expenses. What can we expect from such an expenditure but a course of ruf fianly delusion, if not violence ? The engines chiefly set at work in these times to effect any great changes, political or ecclesiastical, are agitation and intimidation, and these hav ing been successfully applied to more than one great subject of popular excitement, the same are now put in motion to accelerate the downfall of our landed interest; simply be cause it is the conservative interest of the state, and serves to control and check the sordid aristocracy of trade and manu facture. As respects the Corn-laws, the confidence of those who apply themselves to procure a repeal of those laws dis plays itself in a tone of triumph and anticipated defiance, as if the deed were already achieved. We can hardly, therefore, he lulled into a dangerous security ; we see the peril actually before us, and have only to consider what may be the most available means of protection and defence. The spirit of really malignant warfare is rarely to be softened by overtures of compromise and concession ; these, for the most part, will be regarded as indications of weakness, timidity, and self-reproach, and will stimulate only to fresh aggression. Experience has too often proved this. No sooner has one sacrifice been made, than another has been called for—one security being yielded, the surrender of another and another has been demanded, in order that the victim of despoliation may become so much an easier prey to the despoiler. We throw out these observations, at present, to excite the landed interest, and the tenantry in general, to make the most vigi lant exertions ; there must be no compromise or concession of any kind made to the Anti-Com-law. League. It will be seen that Mr. Pryme's motion has terminated by becoming merged in Mr. Villiers' larger and more revolutionary mea sure—to abolish protective duties altogether.—Newcast/e Journal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TUESDAY. THEFT FROM THE ANGEL INN. A man, attired as a labourer, was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a great many pairs of knives and forks, the property of Mr. Towers, of the Angel Inn, Dale-street. Police-officer No. 37 stated, that, between seven and eight o'clock that morninghe_was on duty in Dafr-streeet. He was sent for to a public-house, where he found the prisoner with a large bundle of knives and forks in his possession. He was asked where he had got them, to which he replied, that they were his own. This answer being considered evasive, the question was repeated. He said he had purchased them from a Jew in Bold-street, for seven shillings, and they were his own property. The constable examined them, and found that they were all impressed with the mark of the Angel Inn. He took them to Mr. Towers, who claimed them, upon which he, the officer, lodged the prisoner in bridewell. One of the men from the Angel stated, that the knives were a lot that he had gathered up the night before, and laid upon a certain table. When he went that morning to look for them they were gone. A maid servant of the establishment stated, that the pri soner had called on the preceding day and asked if they could change a sovereign. They could not get rid of him, and though frequently told to quit the place, he lingered about a considerable time. A gentleman stepped into the witness-box and said, the prisoner entered his shop the preceding night, and asked for a quarter of a pound of coffee and a pound of sugar for Mr. Taylor, who was at the Mitre Hotel. Witness krew that Mr. Taylor did not reside at the Mitre Hotel, but he caused inquiry to be made whether any one had sent from the Mitre Hotel, and found that the prisoner was attempting to impose upon him. Mr. RUSHTON asked Mr. Parkinson if the prisoner was known. Mr. Parkinson said, the prisoner had been frequently in his custody, and it was generally conceived he was not in his right senses. The last time he was there was about a week since, when he had been given in charge for smashing about a dozen gas-lamps. Mr. Rushton ordered that the prisoner should be examined by a medical man, and a report of his case delivered in the next morning. The prisoner was remanded. A CURIOUS EXCUSE. Peter Foley, a middle-aged man, who belongs to that nu merous class of individuals who are " better known than :rusted," was placed at the bar on suspicion of having stolen _ a quantity of iron. Superintendent M`Donald, the prisoner's accuser, stated, that early that morning he met him in Pleeson's-row, with _ _ 561bs. of iron in his possession. As he could not give any satisfactory account of where he got the property, he took him into custody. Mr. Rushton.—Well, sir, how did you become possessed of this iron ? Prisoner (scratching his head.)—Why, sir, you see I didn't exactly get possessed of it all—only I was just walking along, and I met with it all alone by itself, and I just took it with me—that's all, sir. _ _ Mr. Rushton, conceiving this to be equal to a confession, committed the prisoner for seven days. HOW TO EXCITE COMPASSION. A young, rather well clad, but untidy-looking female, was charged with having broken three panes of glass in the window of her neighbour's house. An old gentleman, who gave his name Mackintosh, stated, that both the plaintiff and defendant were tenants of his. He was at the house of the plaintiff receiving his rent, when the prisoner at the bar came into the house and placing herself before the complainant, with her arms akimbo, " screamed, " now sir, what have you got to say against me, hey !" The plaintiff begged that she would go away to her own house and not disgrace him, but she persisted in shaking her head in his face and screaming, what have you got to say against me sir, hey ? At length the complainant, elevating his voice, by great exertion above her's, peremptorily ordered her to quit his premises. She complied very quietly, but had no sooner got out than she turned with the utmost fury to the window, raised her fist with the gesticulations of a maniac, struck out three times, and each time sacrificed a pane of glass to her revenge. The prisoner in reply said, may it please your worship— an' dhe honorable gintlemau o' dhe court, my husband died last Christmas but wan, and lift me wid four little helpless orphans dhat has nobady to purvide for dhim, and, in coorse, as I have nobady to shtand up far me, why I must shtand up for mysilf, and yer hannars is not dhim to see a loan woman put upon. Mr. Rushton : have you any witnesses. Prisoner : Is it people looken ? Yes, dhe whole yard is witnesses of what I did, and dhat I'm a loan female, and nobady but mesilf to look afther me and me babbies. Mr. Rushton : Call your witness. Prisoner : Ochone—as me man is dead, thin sure I have nobady to stand by me nor to stand up for me only God and dhe honourable gintlernen on dhe binch. Mr. Rushton : Don't talk nonsense woman, but call your witnesses if you have any. Prisoner : Och! if my poor man was alive— A woman behind here exclaimed, and a purty life you led him, misthress, when you had him. To this sally the prisoner did not deign to pay the slightest attention. The officer who had taken her into custody said, she was so drunk at that time that she could hardly stand. Mr. Mackintosh : Yes, she's always drunk. I don't know the day when she's been sober, and I cannot get my rent from her. According to all I hear of her she is the very worst woman in the world. Prisoner : He spakes falsitys ; I niver was dhrunk in my life ! Several persons who stood at hand, neighbours, we pre sume, of the prisoner, on hearing this assertion, let off a simultaneous exclamation expressive of disbelief. It was a prolonged 0-o-o-o-ch ! Prisoner.—May be ; when the officer got me I had a glass of ale or two, of coorse, but dhats all, and I've nobody in dhe wide world to stand up for me but God and your wor ships—nobody whatsomever bud dhe Almighty and dhe gintlemen and dhe binch. The broken panes were valued at 4s. Gd. The prisoner was ordered to pay that sum"and costs, or, in default of payment, to be committed seven days. STORMING THE BARRACKS. Betsy Smith, Sarah Powell, and Elizabeth Leyland, three pretty young nymphs, of dissolute habits, were placed at the bar, and two non-commissioned officers of her Majesty's 86th regiment of foot appeared as their accusers. It appears that the gallant individuals in question, with a section of their regiment, occupy the barracks near St. John's Church, in this town. We presume it is a matter of strict regulation that no individual shall be permitted to enter the barracks after a certain hour. At all events, the orders that no females but those belonging to the barracks are to remain there are most imperative. Notwithstanding this, however, the vigilance of those in command has been baffled, and th.t not by men but by women, who have found means to enter the encampments of the soldiery in spite of all that has been done to prevent them. It was in vain that the citadel was subjected to extra watch and ward, the genius of the besiegers overcame all difficulties. English soldiers are not easily beaten, and it is but justice to say, in this case, as in that of Troy and many other famous fortifications, that entrance never could have been effected hut by treachery within. One of the non-commissioned officers above alluded to stated, that they were continually finding females in the bar racks, though they had positive orders to prevent it. They got in through the connivance of the men at night, which was against orders, and they remained in after hours, which was also against orders.o We have the most positive orders against it, sir, said he, and yet they will do it. It appeared that the three heroines in custody had been found in the barracks that morning. Mr. Rushton.—What did they do in the barracks ? Witness.-011, I don't know ; they stay'd all night with the men, and it's against orders. Mr. Rushton.—Well, you must keep better watch, and keep them out. You are not to put women in Bridewell be cause they elude your vigilance. Discharge them. Prisoners.—Hurrah ! The prisoners were discharged. ANOTHER IMPOSTOR EXPOSED. A young man who gave his name as George Brown, was placed at the bar, charged with having practised frauds on the benevolent by means of forced certificates. The prisoner was handsomely draped in a snit of new do .hes. and it was evident that he was blind, or nearly so, from inflammation in his eyes. Mr. Dowling, the commissioner of police said, a system of fraud had recently been carried on to a great extent in this town by persons who called at the offices of merchants and others, and made false representations, and produced forged certificates of character, setting forth the misfortunes which they were alleged to have suffered. He (Mr. Dowling) had that morning been sent for to the office of Messrs. Vs ildes, Pickersgill, and Co., when he found the prisoner who had presented papers there, purporting to have been signed by Mr. John Cropper, jun., and others. The prisoner, on being questioned by him, r. Dowling) admitted that his name was not set forth in their documents, and that the latter was also false. They had, he said, been prepared for him by a person who had gone into Scotland. He (Mr. Dowling) should be prepared on the following day to prove that the signatures to several of the documents were false. The prisoner told him that he had been employed in making collections for about a fortnight, in the course of which, he had received what had enabled him to purchase the genteel clothing which he had on his back. The papers found on the prisoner were produced. They were all fastened together. The first was the order of the Committee of the Subscribers to the School for the Indigent Blind, in this town, setting forth the regulations under which individuals would be admitted, the money to be paid for maintenance, and the stock of clothing to be delivered with each persori admitted. The second paper ran as follows : " This is to certify, that the bearer, Mrs. Mary Grey, (supposed to mean the mother of the prisoner,) a widow, has a family of nine persons, in very distressed circumstances. Her eldest son, a young man, 20 years of age, had the mis fortune to be afflicted with loss of sight, arising from in flammation. He is desirous to get admitted into the Blind School, Liverpool, for the purpose of learning a trade, to provide for himself. "Knowing her to be a person of pious and exemplary cha racter, I beg to recommend her to the notice of the benevo lent of this neighbourhood, that, with their timely aid and assistance, she may be enabled to collect a sum sufficient to maintain him there fora period of five years ; also, to pur chase the necessary articles of clothing, as established by the rules of that institution, which will amount to about £35. " It is respectfully requested, that those who give dona tions will affix their signatures." The above was written in a very handsome, clerk-like hand. The first signature purported to be that of "John Marslam, saddler," and the document was dated " Liverpool, Feb. 9, 1840," in the same writing. Opposite the signature John Marslam appeared a subscription of one pound. The next signature purported to be that of " Augustus Campbell, £2." On the same page appeared the names of Edward Pilcher, John Cropper, Jun., Edward Cropper, T. F. Dyson, A. C. Dunlop, and Edward Hunt. Several of the above names ap peared to have been written by the same person, but with different inks. On the next page of the sheet were written in various hands, the names of J. Swift, A. Bigland, T. W. Wainwright, James Martineau, Moon Brothers, Miss Gas kell, S. S. Gair, Bart. Haigh, John Tipping, Wm. Ashley, Sooutt and Taylor, and Rowlandson and Co.. all of whom ap peared to have subscribed sums of 10s. and £l. There were also the initials J. D., 10s., G. 8., 55., and J. C., ss. The whole amount of subscriptions which appeared'on this paper was £l7. 10s. Accompanying the above document was a note, signed " Jno. Cropper, Jun.," stating that the writer (Mr. Crop per) knew the individual named in the annexed papers, and that the statements contained therein were correct. Mr. Dowling and Messrs. Ellis and Shuttleworth, knew the signatures of the Rev. Rector Campbell, and one or two others, to be forgeries. Mr. Rushton, however, wished to have some of the parties present, that they might prove that the writing was not theirs. The prisoner begged hard to he liberated, stating that a man had given him the papers, and directed him what to do with them. We have observed this to be the usual excuse attempted in such eases. The prisoner was remanded. SENTENCE OF BANISHMENT. Ann Hughes, a very old woman, a native of Ireland, ap peared against Mary M'Donald, a countrywoman of hers, to substantiate a charge of assault, under which she had caused her to be apprehended, the prisoner having refused to attend when summoned. The complainant stated that the prisoner, who was a large strong woman, had met her in the street on Tuesday last, and beaten her shamelessly. " She strick me all over wid her two double fisses, till I was black an' blue, widout my never Navin' power to riz my hand forninst her, by rason o' me wakeness." Mrs. M'Donald, in defence, said, " I lived in dhe house` of dhat Missis Hughes, if she calls herself-Hughes, and she banished me entirely, be razon o' me fallin' ill, an' I bin in the 'Firmary these six weeks, en' I 'conic out still in'a state 'f /~J_