The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-16 00:00:00

W. MOULS
No
LS, HIGH-STREET, NEW,
INGTON-BUTTS

mNo. 10, LUDGATE-HILL—A NEW DISCOVERY.
ONS, JAMES M. MALLAN, Surgeon
Dentist, No. 10, Ludgate-hill, opposite the Bell Sausage
1411.. continue's to ItES'rOltE DECAYED TEETH, however large the
1,a2,b with his .eelebrated MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, without
"."4, HEAT, or PRESSURE—it hardens into enamel, allays the most
ee,X•rueiating pain, and lasts for many years, preventing the necessity of
"sraetion.
9OSF. TEL-rn FASTENED whether arising from AGE,NEGLECT,
' ,-;AS.P. of the GUMS, or the USE of CALOME
taNCORIIODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETII, frsmL. a SINGLE ONE
a COMPLETE SET, matching exactly in form or ealour the adjoin.
tit °hes. These teeth will not corrode or become discoloured ; they are
ed without WIRES or other LIGATURES, on a principle which at-
"' 'support to the adjoining teeth, however loose, and answer every
tinispose of MASTICATION and ARTICULATION•
t clergymen and public orators, labouring under defective t ronuncia-
Monsieur J. M. MALLAN'S method of replacing Teeth will be
fort' Monsieur peculiarly valuable, as it obviates all defects of articulation.
g. e use of Artificial Teeth, in some instances, has been found objec-
orahie by invalids taking medicines that have a tendency to discolour
„e, s or in the performance ot operations which comp) Itheir removal,
;‘,;"alla, in the presence of an attendant or domestic ; Messrs. M., how-teeth been successful in removing these objections, by constructing
the_ r those purposes of substances, and in such a manner as to render
isz"l„ea_lial le of withstanding effects of the most inimical nature-
''fttßAL TEETH PLACED on the above improved principle.
J___Charges as in Paris. From Ten till Five. No. 10. Ludgate-hill.
TO TItAVELLERS, MERCHANTS, CAPTAINS, SHIPPERS, AND
FAMILIES.
WR Ay' S CH.ALYBEATE GERMAN
SEIDLII Z POWDERS, prepared only at. 118, Hol-
born-hill, and sold in boxes, containing powders for 12 glasses, at 2s. each.
here also may be had, Ginger Beer Powder, anj Lemonade Powder,
in
ditto nutties, Containing sufficient for IS tumblers, is bd. each. Soda Water
tree
* :Al per dozen, three dozen, Is. Commit Seidlitz, Is. per dozen ;
dozen, s. .
e earefttl to have the "Chalybeate German Scidlitz Powders," prepared
sons at 118, Holborn-bill, as no others are genuine.
(I.v We have no hesitation in stating, in reference to Mr. M. 0. Wray's
:,ertisetweilt in another column, that we have tried his Scidlitz and
3.o„da Powacts., and found them to' b •
of excellent quality. His Seidlitz
Powders are indeed the best we have ever met with, and combine tonic
W aperient qualities in admirable perfection."—.Morning Advertiser,
July 34 1834
WONDERFUL EFFECTSof OLDRIDGE'S
BALM in restoring II AIR.
GENTLEMEN, Cambridge.
'laving folly experienced the salutary effects of your far-famed BALM
of (semi) at BIA, 1 hasten now to return you my most sincere thanks for
the great, benefit svhiclu I hare derived trom your Balm, and shall now
Proceed to state the particulars of the case, which, if you think proper,
Imi are perfectly at liberty to make public. About December last my
hhardly air fell ow my head very rapidly, and by the end of January, I had
me
any hair left ; when a friend happening to mention your Balm to
0... resolved to purchase a bottle, and try it, which I did, and found
and, by
it ar.6wered admirably, and that my hair began to grow very fast,
hy the time I had used two six.shiliing bottles, I had a tine head of
hate, which I still continue to have.
I am, Gentleman, yours, &e. JAMES MACPHERSON.
Mc'tmrs. C. and A. Oldridge, I, Wellington.street,
-01• DP r Strand, London.
the hi,. DGE'S It ALAI causes whiskers and eyebrows to grose, prevents
sir:a:air from turning grey, stud the list application makes it curl beau-
vegT,, frees it from scurf, and stops it from Winn: ott: Abundance of
cates from Gentlemen of the first vsaspectability are shown
Propisetors,
C and A. OLDRI 'SOE, 1, Wellin;ston.street,
"
An, I,ondon, where the Balm is solo, and by ail respectable Perfumers
}truces Venders. Price 3s, es*_.
and Its. per Bottle. No o her
NALAre genuine.
no Public are rep',lel •
to be on their guard against Catmterf. its
It
01.1)111 DGE' 6 BALM, I, Welington.,treet, Strand, London.
11314 OUT'G and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
,1"
extraordinary efficacy and complete safety of this Me-
at all r• 'top' so fully es ahlishet by such testimonials as the public can
the Fines nta e reference to, either direct or through the medium of
r,,,,Tneetable Agents, whose names and residences are great], that any
Zi
re,,jetted destription of its salutary effects is unneaessa7. is merely
;Ltl:its.,°s!" ebserae, that for GOUT, RHEUMATIC Gour, lump_
LUMBAGOsSCIATICA, PAINS IN THE HEAD AND
feels it &e:, it is a decidedly established remedy. But the Proprietor
01e,, duty, which lie owes to the afflicted, to place before them a series
recently communicated to him, one of which is the following t—
, NaasTo Mr. Trout, 2:79, Strand, London.
eerier, have long been subject to fits of the Gout, which generally attack
Parts of my body with such violence that I expect it will get to
otra,..9'dartt, and put an end to all suffering. About a Inman ,ince I was
g.l with a most an
pain and inflammation in the hands, knees,
ssieeLs, so as to be linable to move or to do the least thing. Ft.trtuna!el(,
piLliAl,c,lictl in, who had taken BLAIR'S Gour AND RH LU A
forron... with advantage ;he instantly procured a box, whtcs tat k ac-
'hg, the directions. After two days, I was (comparatively speak.
itatit„,, leaven) free from pain and inflammation. On the fifth day I was
sst to attend to business, and before I had tiniahe.ltaking the contents
I eeki', ht.): I was completely restored to health. It is with great pleasure
Liable ?ledge the very essential benefit I have received from your inva.
151 othWeed.iethe. I wish vou to make this statement public for the benefit
Ilribshnilarly situated; and am, Sir, your's respectfully, It. M.
fi!!:stli, Sept. I, 1811.
nrew, Medical Hall, East-street, Brighton, will satisfy any person
An respcting the author of this letter.
extract' f a letter from Mr. Sissons, Bookseller, Worksop, Agent for
the sale of this Medicine. nub
Dated July 2nd,18.16.
Ye ors,
ifatther has been subject to severe attacks of Gout
,for the last 40
ails i',„4l-.,thea he was induced to try BLAIR'S PILLS, lie has been
ire
_a_rably to prevent it; and saveral of our most respectable gentry
see hertiflant use of them.
young Pills are taken without the least care or attention, by eitherc
hfc or old, and have the ix:collar property of entirely remosiftoginho,
Ittra„,!_.),tthout debilitating the frame, which is universally Ale
is ~,4,11,,attd. better sate titan before the malady commenced. tidtth,erre.e
'er't3 GI; diseaseont etfart belonging to this tnedrytie—t iat
oseo , i flying to the brain, stomach, or other vital part,
ha I homaa Trout 2,1), Strand, London ; and,
pricer,respectable Medic'lne Venders throug by Ins appointment,
hout the United Kingdom.
4' 911. Pit box.

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NEW WORK by the AUTHOR of "THE PILOT," &c.
This day was published, in 3 vols. post Bve.,
ENG L AN D; with SKETCHES of
SOCIETY in the METROPOLIS.
By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq.,
Author of " The Pilot," " The Spy," " Excursions in Switzer-
land," &e.

" These volumes are unquestionably the most searching and
thoughtful of any which have been published by an American on
England. Mr. Cooper's time and opportunities were greater than
any previous 'writer's, whether we regard the length of his sojourn,
or the society in which he mixed, and the men of mark—as Ro-
gers, Scott, Sir James Mackintosh, Earl Grey, Lord Holland,
and others—with whom he associated."—Spectator.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to his Majesty.

MR. LOVER'S NEW ROMANCE.

This day was published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with fifteen charac-

Wheat.
Enna!) 3,330 In.
Iri=h
Ftsreign

teristic Illustrations I:iy the Author,
R Y 0 ' M 0 R E.
By SAMUEL LOVER, Esq.,
Author of " Legends and Stories of Ireland," &c.
" A truly Irish, national, and characteristic story."—Literary
Gazette.

" The style of the narrative of this new romance is as varied as
a lover of transition can wish : we have pathos, joke, grave inci-
dent, droll adventure, anecdotes, comical and cross-examinations_
Irishisms, in short, of all kinds—succeeding each other as fast as
we can turn the pages."—Court Journal.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
Just Published, by Special Desire, in order to Promote and
Strengthen the Attachment to the great Constitutional Principles
in Church and State, manifested throughout the Empire,
THE SPEECHES and LETTERS by, and
on behalf of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Bart., M.P.,
during the late severe Contest for the Representation of th's ancient
and independent City in Parliament.
To be had, price Is., of W. 11. .Clark, 59, Charing-cross ;
Cookes and 011ivier, 59, Pall-mall ; W. E. Painter, corner of
Catherine-street, Strand ; Roake and Varty, 31, Strand ; Vacher
and Sons, 29, Parliament-street ; and of William Lake, 50, Old
Bailey.

The Twenty-fourth Edition, with additional Cases and Remarks,
illustrating the Danger and Absurdity of relying on Internal Me-
dicines as a Sole Means of Cure.—Pries 3s.

Per Quarter.
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PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA and RECTUM, recommend-
ing an improved system for their treatment and cure ; illustrating
its efficacy by numerous remarkable and highly important cases, in
some of which Strictures of from ten to twenty years' duration have
been totally removed in a few weeks, and its superiority thereby
fully established over-every other method hitherto practised
By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D.,
42, Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street.
Printed for the Author : and sold by ,Onwhyn, 4, Catherine-
street, Strand ; Hays, 248, Regent-street ; W. Marsh, 145, Ox-
fortl-street; M‘Phun, Trongate, Glasgow; Messrs Sutherland,
Calton-street, Edinburgh; J. Chappell, 98, Royal Exchange; and
by all Booksellors in town and country.
.41Ve earnestly recommend the cases related by Dr. Courtenay
to the perusal of such of our readers as are afflicted with the com-
plaints which the author has made the subject of these observations.
Several instances are adduced of the recovery of perfc.--t health from
states NI hich were considered hopeless by practitioners of eminent
talents and very extensive experience. We entertain the highest
opinion of Dr. Courtenay's professional skill, and congratulate him
on his successful and judicious application to these severe and often
at al diseases."—European Magazine

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30, STRAND.
PARODY on " Old England for ever shall
weather the storm."
0 Warren thy Blacking has yielded, no never!
To the weather at homy, or in far dittant climes;
Its great fame will appear resp7endent for ever,
Triumphant it always so brilliantly shines ;
No wet for a moment can dim thy bright glory,
Retaibing thy virtues in cold or in warm,
And tho e who have it will tell the proud story,
That Warren's fam'd Blacking will weather the Storm.
The Water.,,roof Blacking has long been glorious,
Preterr'd to' all others throughout the trade,
Over all opposi ion it's ling been victorious,
The best composition that ever was made ;
Ycs, Yes, there's a virtue within thee pr claiming,
No climate whate'er can e'er do thee harm,
The fogs, wets, or dews, in each land disdaining,
0 Warren's fam'd Blacking shall weather the Storm !
This Easy shining and Brilliant Blacking prepared by ROBERT
WARREN, 30, Strand, London; and sold in every Town in the Unitcd
Kingdom.
Liquid, in Bottles, and Paste Blacking, in Pots, at I'd., 124., and I Pd. each.
Be particular to inquire for Warren's, 30, Strand; al others arc
Counterfeit.
MR. COCKLE'S A
rATRONIZI

NTIBILIOUS PILLS.

-11 HT THE
Duke of Grafton Bishop of Bath and Wells_
Duke of Manchester ' Bishop of Norwich
Duke of Beaufort Bishop of Pcterborough
Duke of Rutland Bishop of Ely
Duke of Rimetench Bishop of Gloucester
Duke of Sutherland Bishop of Chichester
Duke of Devonshire Bishop of Worcester •
Marquis of Lansdowne Bishop of Hereford
Marquis of Tavistock Bishop of St. Asaph
Marquis of Aileeliury Bishop of Bangor
Marquis of Blandford Bishop of Llandaff
Marquis of Winchester Bishop of Calcutta
Marquis of Abercorn Right Hon. J. A. Murray, Lord
Earl of Eldon ' Advocate of Scotland
Earl of Harrowby Eight Hon. R. C. Fergusson, M.P.
Earl of Mulgrave Right Hon. Poulelt Thomson, M P.
Earl of M into Hon. Sir Edward Cue, &CIL
Earl of Carnarvon Hon. Fox Maul M.P.
Earl of Errol Ilon. colonel Anson, M.P.
Earl of Mounteashel Sir Francis Purdutt, Bart. M.P.
Earl of Darlington Sir Geroto Noel, Bart., 111. P.
Earl of Kinnoul Sir Robert Grant, Bart.
Earl of Guildford Sir Henry Blake, Bart.
Eml of Scarborough Sir Samuel Fludyei, Bart.
Earl of Oxford Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., M.P.
Eal lof Thanet Sir Robert Buxton Bart
Earl of Athlone Sir John Forbes, Buxton,
Eai 1 ,•f Hos coml nou Sir Philip B. V. Broke, K.C.B.
Earl Cowper Sir John Tyrol!, Bart., M.P.
Earl Amherst Sir Henry Smyth, Bart M.P.
Viscount Melbourne Sir John Macdonald, K.C.8.,
Viscount Palmerston Adjutant-General
Viscount Howick ' Sir Thomas B. Mash, K.B.
Viscount Fordwich . Thomas W. Coke, Esq., Holkham
Vimount 'Torrington James 13. Wildman, Lsq , Chilhain
Viscount Canning Castle
Viscount Alford Col. Delap, Stoke Pal k, Surrey
Viscount Acheson
Lord Arundel
Lord Ernest Bruce / C(;
Captain
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Lord Itedesdale S. Grove Price, Esq., M.P.
Lord Hill, Commander-in-Chie Matthias Attwood, Lsq, M.P.
Lord Plunket Alderman Wood, M.P.
Lord Murray Alderman Thompson, M.P.
Lord Bentinck Charles Walker, Esq., M.P.
Lord Fitzroy
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Archdeacon rrij
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Lord Barham
Lord Vernon Reverend Dr. Benson
Lord Kinnaird Reverend Dr. Burney
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Lord MiddletonP.
ter
Lord Seymour Reverend Dr. Birch
Lord Hartland , Reverend Dr. Miller
Lord Western Robert Renwick, Esq., M.D.
Lord Archbishop of Armagh C. Waddy, Esq., late M.P.,Dulaio
Bishop of Durham John Hatchell, Esq., K.C., Dublin
Bishop of Chester
And Numerous Families o the highest Respectability.
In all cases of Indigestion and Weakness or Stomach, arising either frcm
a deficiency or a redundancy of Bile—in Bilious or Sick headache—in Af-
fections of the Liver—and as a Family Aperient, the sulsertor efficacy of
these Pills is too well known to require any comment. They are prepare i
by Mr. JAMES COCKLE, Surgeon Extraordinary to Her Serene High-
nee. the LANDGRAviNF, of HESSE HOMBURG, and may be had
of all respectable Medicine Venders in town and Country, in liotna, at
Is. Unjd., 2‘.9d., and 46. ed.
IS, New Orsnond.street, Bedford

row* London,

Oats I Flour.
260qrs, I 3,"41 sack,
1,610 I -

DENHA LL MARKETS,
by the Carcass.

s d to a (1.
3 6 310
40 4 4
46 4 8
38 4 4
:11 4 4 4 (3
4s. 4d. to ss. Bd.

3 2 Mutton, inferior
3 6 middling
3 8 prime
3 10 Perk, large
4 8

DEVIZES COLIN

Per Sack. A el. S. r!
First Wheat fit) 0 to 33 0
-7 0 29 0
hint
1560 Sacks of NVheat #oldi
i 29 3
at the average of

PeaBe,

t,

28
32 -3,

32 3-4

40

34 0
42 ii
40 0
59 ►►

IA RKE June 11
Per ()tauter. s. d. s. d.
Barley O4 0 to 32 0
Oats - 23 0 30 '0
BC:1113 (per ,ark) 19 0 25 0
Flom (per Z 9 0 41 0
Bread (per gall) I 2 0

SOUTHA LL CATTLE MA RK EL—June II

The supply of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, to th,s day's roar.
ket was moderately good. There was a moderate attendance of tort
and country buyers, and the trade WaS dull, at the foltots ing pricis
per smile of 61b.. to sink the oflais :
Bet f 3.• 4 1, to 4s. 1111 Veal
Altit ton lO 5 0 Pork 0 0 0 0

lamb

lleastg, 112; Sheep, 3 762 ; iCalves;lo3; Pigs, 0. A small portion of
the supply left. the market uh,okt

R.CI.IIFOIID MARKET —Jung IL
s. d. to s. it. I. t. to :..t.
Beef—. ..... . ....... .... 4 0 410 I Veal
NI iii ton 4 2 5 4 Pork
Lamb 5: 4.t. to 6s. o'.
Suckling Calves, la,. to 325.; Quarter oil Store Pigs. 12+. to ;Ss.
Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 121. Os. to .61. IN.
Supply moderate, and trade rather dull.

LE W FS MA R KET.—June 13
Beef Be.6J. to 4s. 10d. Veal
I
Mutton 4 0 5 0 Pork _ 4 0 4 6
Lamb 53. rd. to 6s Od.
A moderate supply; the trade with prime Duct' and Mutton rather
brisk, but otherwise dull.

MR. ROBINSON'S TRAVELS IN THE HOLY
LAND, JUST PUBLISIIED.—The various new and minute par-
ticulars of Jeruslaem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, &c., here rela-
ted, denote the spirit of enquiry and examination—we may
add, too, the religious fervour—which this traveller in the,
Holy Land evinced, and they render his work peculiarly at-
tractive. Some idea of its comprehensive nature may be formed
from the following brief sketch of his route. He embarked
from Smyrna in 1830, for Egypt. His excursion up the
Nile extended to the second cataract. Returning to the shores
of the Mediterranean he crossed from Damietta to Jaffa, tra-
versed the whole of Syria and Palestine (including the coun-
tries •lying east of the Jordan and the Anti- Libanus), wintered
in Aleppo, and.the next year wandered over Asia Minor, and
again repaired to Coust intinople. Ile returned to Western
Europe by Adrianople Salonica, Thcssaly, and Athens, and
the day on which he entered Ancona completed the third
year since he had embarked for Corfu.
Yesterday a dreadful accident occurred in Regent-
street to Miss Sherwood, a young lady sixteen years of age,
residing in Charlotte-street, Portland-place, who was dread-
fully bitten in the cheek by a cabriolet horse belonging to
Captain Winterton. It appears that the unfortunate young
lady, in company. with her mother, were walking along Re-
gent-street, Miss S. next the curb stones ; at the moment the
horse, a blood one, belonging to Captain W.'s cabriolet, was
standing with the groom in the cab, when the animal suddenly
dashed forward and seized a large piece of the flesh of the
check of Miss Sherwood, which he lacerated in a shocking
manner. The unfortunate sufferer was conveyed to a zngeon's
where every proper surgical attendance was rendered in her
distressing situation. The flesh having been sewed up, she
was removed home in, coach, enduring most excruciating suf-
fering.

I do not object to the validity of the rate, but to Church-
rates altogether. lam resolved not to pay them, but by
compulsion. It is most unjust, in my view, to compel Dis-
senters to contribute to the expenses incurred by the Estab-
lished Church, in its worship. Possessed of a revenue far
more ample than any other endowed Church in Christendom,
the Church of England is fully capable of repairing its own
edifices. It is well known that Dissenters annually raise a
very considerable sum for the maintenance of their various
religious institutions ; and I may mention, as an instance, that
the congregation of which I have the honour to be the Mi-
nister, has raised within the last twelve months 8001. for reli-
gious purposes, exclusive of the aid afforded to the public
charities of this town, to which many of our friends have been,
and are, stated and liberal contributors.
But I object at this time, further, that I am not liable to the
present demand—First, Because the Churchwardens of 1836,
to whom the rate in question was granted, arc no longer in
°nice ; and, secondly, because no legal demand has been
made on me until after the expiration of their year of service.
I respectfully submit to the Bench that the rate must be
recovered within the year for which it was made ; and that
the two Churchwardens to whom it was due should be still in
office at the time of issuing the summons.
I appeal to the summons itself to substantiate this ; only
premising that I conclude the printed part of it is the form
prescribed by law. Now, it is evident from the wording of
the summons, that the law contemplates the recovery of the
rate within the year for which it was made—as the word
" last" in the sentence—" made on the day of
last" implies. It is an expression that can apply only to the
current year, as the person that filled up my summons well
understood by erasing it, and putting 1836 in its stead. Does
not the word " last" limit the time of the demand; and is it
legal to erase it, and by erasing to extend the time, and thus
make the summons applicable to a case for which it was not
originally intended ?
It is also evident that the law contemplates the Church-
wardens to whom the rate was granted, as being still in office ;
for having mentioned the " complainant" as one of the present
Churchwardens, it declares the rate to be justly due to the
said Churchwardens. Now I affirm that there are no two
Churchwardens now in office to whom the rate is due—not
those of the present year, for Mr. Bcrrott, one of them, was
not then in office—not those of the year past, to whom it was
granted, for Mr. Burrows is no longer Churchwarden. 1
repeat, therefore, that the law supposes the rate demanded,
and proceedings had during the time of the Churchwardens
being in office ; and that, not having done so, the premises are
false, and they must endure their own wrong.

REV. JAMES SPRIGGS' REMARKS BEFORE THE
MAGISTRATES OF IPSWICH, WHEN SUM-
MONED FOR CHURCH RATES :
As a Dissenter, lie decidedly objected to all compulsory
payments for religious purposes. He considered the system
of Church-rates as directly irreligious in its tendency, essen-
tially unjust in its nature, and having inscribed upon its fore-
front intolerance and persecution. If he were to consider them
politically, be should wish their continuance, being convinced
that they tended to weaken the Establishment and to strengthen
dissent ; but he hoped that lie preferred justice to dissent, and
equity to party. It had been said that in this matter Dissenters
only sought to save their pockets—that, though he was not fur-
nished with an accurate statement of the amount which his con-
gregation raised last year, he knew he should speak within
compass when he asserted, that within the limits of that one
congregation, several hundred pounds were subscribed for di-
rectly religious purposes. He had been told that some men
asserted that Dissenters did net raise the sum of money which
it was stated they did raise : he could only say, if a man
would look through the country—sec the number of Chapels
that were built and paid for—remember that all the expenses of
carrying on worship in them was borne by Dissenters—think
of the number of Dissenting Ministers who were comfortably
maintained—contemplate our numerous Missionary Societies,
and then assert that Dissenters did not raise large sums for
religious purpose, he should simply say to such a man, "poor,
senseless idiot !" and pass him by. Still he was desirous for
peace ; and when he saw the measure introduced by his Ma-
jesty's Ministers calculated to insure peace and good-will
throughout the country, he said to some friend in private he
did not know whether he should refuse the Church-rate for
this once, or give any trouble about it. But, when in that
town he was met by a set of men who clamoured down all ar-
gument, and treated the chief Magistrate with entire con-
tempt, he felt that there must be no flinching on the subject,
or any attempt to compromise the matter ; and to that party
he considered the consequences of the present dispute, howe-
ver painful and disagreeable they might be, as justly chargea-
ble. Dissenters might have yet to maintain a difficult and
what was commonly called an up-hill fight ; but they would be
utterly unworthy to be considered the successors of men who
purchased our present liberties by fines and imprisonment and
death, could they shrink from any difficulty or danger attaching
to the question of Church-rates.

THE PUDSEY BRAWLING CAStI.

(From the Yurh Courant.)

The oppressive nature of the proceedings in this case, which
was tried in the Ecclesiastical Court in this city, and reported
by us at the time, has, we are glad to observe, been taken up
in the West- Riding- in a proper spirit, and a subscription en-
tered into to indemnify the sufferers. The Committee have
hostile earnestttarnrriunm coi3n.;eedatds
issued an address on the subject to the friends of civil and reli-
gious liberty, contaiiiirg a concise summary of the case, and an
they
yhelial in behalf of the objects of this spiritual tyranny.
We make the following extract therefrom :
" A few individuals of Ultra-Tory principles have for many
years exercised a' supreme dominion over all the business of this
the Tories,
therefore
ITi 1 1 eesorurgAeci refitleo3
ra,
acat
abssmet bodygaetoateent oi
cntfoa:frl al
attsiefiseiutrpiitgnahsyeettsrhlsilceowi
township.urel
drriegn haott
bitterests longer lengthanTdimis
condoes 0-ft
~ called for the purpose o
choosing Churchwardens, there was a great attendance of
voters in the Liberal interest, and the monopoly above ad-
vertit to was now likely to be destroyed. Some confu-
"ion , was occasioned. After some discussion, it was agreed
that each rate-payer should give his vote sep trately,
and in order to secure fairness, none were to vote who had
not
pail his rate, immediately tendered it to the overseer, to pre-
paid his poor-rate. Mr. Clarkson, who it appears had not
vent which Mr. Jenkins snatched the rate-book„ and Mr.
Clarkson immediately took it from him, and gave it back to
the overseer. It should be observed here, that Mr. Jerkins
has on all occasions assumed the Chair as a matter of right,
and has generally, whilst therein, acted with great unfairness.
So on the present occasion; for though the Rev. Gentleman
was the first aggressor, ho was so enraged at not being able to
retain the rate-book, that he immediately dissolved the meet-
ing. A number of the rate-payers collected in the Church,
and Messrs. Jonas Proctor and John Ferrer entered' into a
warm debate ; some other persons of both parties also talked
1 these things occurred, Mr. Clarkson was cited to the Spiritual
loudly, in different parts of the Church. In a few weeks after
n°, Court for smiting Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Proctor for smiting Mr.
aira Ferrer, and five others for brawling in the Church. At the
appointed time the cited parties made their appearance in
:gent- the Spiritual Court. Those IF.Ito had been cited for brawl-
of age, ing acknowledged, that, if talking loudly in the Church was
As dread- brawling, then they were
guilty, and so were dismissed with
,tinging to costs. Messrs. Clarkson and Praetor, whose consciences told
;late young them they were entirely free from the crime charged upon them,
g along Re- refused repeatedly to acknowledge, even at the solicitation of
ie moment the the Judge, who stated that the Court would be satisfied by
a cabriolet, was their merely admitting that what they had done might pos-
animal suddenly sibly be construed into smiting-. Finding these worthy men
. the flesh of the conscientiously ho:scst, and inflexible in their integrity, the
:ed in a shocking Court sentenced Mr. Clarkson to seven days, and Mr. Proc.-
:eyed to a aurgcon's tOr to one month's imprisonment. In the Spiritual Court
was rendered in her there are no witnesses examined—no Jury called to sift and
I
been sewed up, she weigh the evidene. All there is done by oath made before a
mot excruei3O,-- Magistrate, and thug the accused party can expect nothing
but condemnation.

" The evidence against Messrs. Clarkson and Proctor, we
believe, rested entirely with the prosecutors themselves except
one individual. The prosecbted parties do most solemnly de-
clare that they are perfectly guiltless of the charge which
they have been by the Judge of the Spiritual Court at York
convicted of. Besides, there are more than forty persons who
were present during the whole of the proceedings, which po-
sitively say no blow was given, and no violence offered. Both
the convicted parties (whom we sincerely believe to be inno-
cent of the crime of smiting) have been incarcerated in York
gaol. Mr. Clarkson has endured his penalty, and Mr. Proc-
tor is still suffering.
" Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty I we regard this
prosecution as an outrage, not merely against the victims
themselves, but against the enlightened public. The design,
we have no doubt, has been to intimidate Liberalism, and
to overawe the voters. The expenses in these suits, which
fall upon the defendants, amount to 3251. 15s. 9d. One of
the resolutions, passed at a meeting, held on the subject, was,
1 That this meeting pledges itself to most vigorous efforts
in promoting a general subscription to defray the defendant's
costs.' In the spirit of this high resolve, we say, whoever
wishes the annihilation of persecution and revenge—wheever
wishes the nation's freedom from religious intolerance—
whoever wishes the S piritual Courts to be numbered with the
rotten boroughs—whoever wishes the advance of liberal and
enlightened sentiments in politics and religion—whoever sym-
pathises with innocency injured, degraded, and suffering—
above all, whoever admires the constancy of virtue, in pre-
ferring a dungeon to the sacrifice of truth, let him aid with
his mite the present subscription for the relief of those op-
pressed individuals."
We observe in the Leeds Ztlercurj of Saturday, the office of
which paper is one of the places where subscriptions are re-
ceived for the above object, that an individual who subscribes
himself—" A stufirer by the British Inquisition," has sent the
sum of five pounds in aid of the fund. Rightly is this Court
named by the party, and as its oppressive character is thus
brought before the public in the case of these unfortunate
victims to its mode of dispensing ecclesiastical law, we should
hope that the people of the West Riding will not let the
matter rest, in the mere pecuniary aid of the sufferers, but
that it will be the means of their making a strong effort to
stir up the public to petition Parliament for a radical Re-
form in the constitution of this inquisitorial Court, the exa-
mination of whose witnesses is carried on in secret, and
whose unconstitutional powers can scarcely be conceived
until the weight of them is felt by unwary and unhappy in-
dividuals like those who are now enduring the penalty
of political spleen and spiritual power. In addition to the
above instance of the oppressive and dangerous powers of the
Court, our columns this day afford a further proof of the
highly offensive manner in which it interferes with the liberty
of the subject, in the incarceration of one lady in our County
prison, and the jeopardy in which two highly respectable citi-
zens are placed for what is technically termed contempt of
Court. It is surely high time that these matters should be
looked into, and the judicial power of this inquisition taken
away. Many of the abuses of the law have been investigated,
and in several instances considerable ameliorations and im-
provements have been made, whilst in this, the most glaring
anomaly of all, in a land boasting of the freedom of its institu-
tions, no reform whatever has hitherto been attempted. We
feel quite convinced, that the members of the Court itself
would be glad to see its practice brought upon a more po-
pular foundation, and whilst it was improved in such depart-
ments as are of real benefit to the public, it should be purged
from those relics of a dark age, which render both it and its
officers obnoxious in the estimation of the people.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

The Louisa Caampbell, from Ceylon, has arrived off Folk-
stone, sailed on the 25th of January.
The Cordelia, from China, has arrived At Liverpool, sailed
January 31; and from St. Helena on the 14th of April. -
The Africa, from China, has arrived at Liverpool, sailed
January 21 ; and from St. Helena on the 14th of April.
The Royal Admiral, from Bombay, has arrived off Dart-
mouth, sailed on the Ist of January; from Tellicherry on the
22d ; and from St. Helena on the 3d of April.
The Douglas, from New South Wales, has arrived at Li-
verpool, sailed on the 20th of February. -
The Jessie, from New South Wales, has arrived off Liver-
pool, sailed from Sydney.
The Fatima, from China, has arrived at Liverpool, sailed
January 31.
The Molson, from the Mauritius, has arrived off Ports-
mouth, sailed February 23 ; and from St. Helena April 7.
The Sussex, from the Mauritius, has arrived off Cork, sailed
February 23 ; from the Cape March 23 ; and from St. Helena
April 11.
The George, from the South Seas, has arrived in the
Downs, sailed from St. Helena April 25.
Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales.-The Brothers,
Clarkson, Draco, Denmark-hill, Highlander, Lady Blackwood,
Lady Rowena, Macclesfield, Martha, and Regia ; the Duke
of Roxburgh, from Hobart-town ; the Ellen, from the Mauri-
tius ; the Fortune, and the Perseverance, from London ; the
Mic Mac, from New Zealand ; the Statesman, from Liverpool
and Hobart-town ; the Stirlingsbire, from Calcutta ; the
Sarah, from' Hobart-town ; the Scotia, Wave, Fairlie, and
Eden, all from Hobart-town ; the St. Vincent, from Cork ;
the Sea Witch, the 29th of January, and the Columbia, the
31st, from Hobart-town; Henry Frccling, February 1, and
the Bolina, sth, from New Zealand ; Northumberland, 6th,
Donna Carmelita, 6th, and Mars, 7th, all from Hobart-town ;
Caroline 7th, from the Sperm Fishery ; John, 7th, from Fal-
mouth ; Kinncan, 7th, from London ; Mary, 9th, Louisa,
15th, and the Vigilant, 15th, from the Fishery ; Norfolk,
Portsmouth ; British Sovereign, from London ; Craigevar,
from Newcastle ; and the Alexandar Henry, from the Fishery.
Departures from Sydney.-His Majesty's ship Victor, Feb.
2, for Swan River ; Eden, 2d, for Batavia ; Red Rover, 3d,
for London; St. Vincent, 4th, for Batavia ; Dublin Packer,
4th, for New Zealand ; Marian, sth ; Hind, 9th, for New
Zealand; Pyramus, 9th, for New Zealand and London;
Wave, 13th, for Manilla; Brothers, 15th, for Penang ; Me-
diterranean Packet, 15th, for Liverpool; Ann Lockerby, 16th,
for Batavia ; the Highlander, 16th, for Hobart-town; Craig-
evar, William, and Anderson, 20th, for London ; Duke of
Roxburgh, 20th, for Madras and Calcutta ; Columbiac, 20th,
for Bombay. The Captain Cook, Duchess of Northumber-
land, Ellen, Fortune, William Bryan, Kinnear, and Perseve-
rance were loading for London ; the Gulnare and Spartan, for
Liverpool; the Sea Witch, for Hobart-town; and the Donna ,
Carmclita, for Calcutta.
Arrival at Hobart-town, Van Diemen's Land.-The Der-
went, from London.
Arrivals at China.-The Osage, January 28, from Liver-
pool and Manilla.
Arrival at Macao.-The Berenice, from Falmouth and Te-
neriff, and sailed the 2d of April for Fernando Po, &c.
Arrival at Colombo. -The Earl of Baleairas, January 25,
from China, and sailed for Bombay.
Ships Spoken With.-The Baboon, Brock, from London to
Calcutta, in lat. 8. S., long. 25. W., by the Douglas; the
Magnet, Hughes, horn London to,..Launeeston, April 7, in
lat. 15. 27., S., long. 27. W., by the Floraville ; the Maria,
Thompson, from London to Mauritius, April 15, iii lat. 3,,
long. 2L W., by the New York Packet ; the Psyche, Morris,
ten monthaffrom Sydney, with 11,000 barrels of oil ; the
Nereus, two months out, 200 barrels, by the Mary, arrked at
Sydney. ..
Arrivals.-June 15, the Tropic, King, from CalCutta, in the
' Downs, sailed Jan. 27, passed St. Helena April 21 ; the Ca-
pricorn, Sati,h, from Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed Feb. 6, and
from St. Helena April 20 ; the Red Rover, Canie, from New
South Wales, in the Downs, sailed from Sydney, Feb. 3 ;
the Duke of Welliegton, Smith, f.om tho South Seas, off
Dover; the Planter, Aldoll, from China, off Dungeness, for
Amsterdam ; the Britannia, Jervis, from Bombay, off Hastings,
sailed Jan. 14, from Tillicherry -, from the Cape March 28,
and from St. flelCna April 15 ; the St. Laurence, Bunker,
from Batavia, in the Downs, for Bremen.
Arrivals at Sydney ( New South Wales). -His Maj. sty's
1 sloop Victor, Dec. 26, from the South Seas and Fejees ; the
Earl Grey, Talbert, Dec. 31, from Cork ; the Solacia, Jan.
4, and Scotia, Jan. 5, from llobart Town ; the Draco, Jan.
10, from Boston ; the Gnide, Jan. 17, from the Sperm Fishery ;
the Frances Freeling, Jan. 18, from Hobart Town ; the Bro-
thers, Jan. 19, from Boston and the Cape ; the Currency,
Lass, Jan. 10, from New Zealand ; the Clackstones, Jan. 23,
from the Sperm Fishery ; the Martha, from NeW 7,raland ;
the Lady Blackwood, from the fishery ; the William, Jan. 14,
from Launceston ; the Stirlingshire, Jan. 16, for New Zea-
land ; the James Watt, F.b. 18, from London ; the Success,
Feb. 19, from Port Philip and Launceston; the William
Metcalfe. FL b. 23, from Habart Town. _ _

Departures from Sydney.—The Patriot, Jan. 4, for Lon-
don ; the Jane, Jan. 4, for the sperm fishery ; the Luna, Jan.
6, for Newcastle ; the Samuel Cunard, Jan. 6, for the whale
fishery ; the Sydney Packet, Jan. 6, for Port Stephen ; the
Minerva, Jan. 8, for the Bay of Islands ; the Tyber, 'Jan. 2,
for New Zealand and the United States ; the Abeona, Jan. 9,
for Spencer's Gulf and Swan River ; the Carnarvon, Jan. 16,
fur Newcastle; the Sir David Ogilby, Jan. 16, for New Zea-
land ; the Thomas Harrison, Feb. I, for Hobart Town and
London ; the Son. Witch, Feb. 17, for Hobart Town ; the
Sydney Packet, Feb. 20, for New Zealand ; his ►Majesty's
ship Rattlesnake, Feb. 21, for Port. Philip.
Arrival in the Bay of Islands (New Zettland).—The Vestal,
Taylor, from Sydney to stop a leak, and sailed Jan 3, for
London.

Arrivals at Hobart Town.—The Royal Georg(*, Rieharls,
Feb. 5, from London.

CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW WORK, " SNAR-
LEY Yow," is just published. The singular character of the
story, the events related, and the wird'and e;;,citing adventures
of the extraordinary characters introduced, will render the
work an itnineliate favourite. We have no occasion now to
laud the talent of this popular writer—it is seiciently known
and appreciated—and we have no doubt that the present book
will greatly increase his literary reputation.
_ _ _

_ .
Copious showers having fallen last week and this,
veget&tioa of every descriptioa is rapidly and abundantly ad-
vancing to maturity.— Taunton Courier.

IVs could hardly have believed that even the Times
,euld so far lay aside all delicacy of feeling towards
his Majesty, 1.14 all regard to propriety, as it did in
a leading article of yes:erday. The task Of a journal-
ist of any feeling, at a time lik, the present, is one of
peculiar difficulty. It is expected Lw his Majesty's
. .
affectionate subjects, who are keenly alive to his suf-
ferings, !bet we should communicate to than, as far as
we can, the exact state of his health ; while even the
moat guarded accounts, if seen by his Majesty, aray
have the effect of adding to the excitement of disease
and increasing his sufferings. But the Times is a
stranger to any hesitation dictated by concern for his
Maksty. With a brutal disregard of his Majesty's
condition, it
Phimplv determines that his Majesty can-
not recover ; and then, with the most cool indifference,
proceeds to discuss matters which, on every account,
ought not to be entered on at the present time.
" Greatly is it to be apprehended," says the Tiu:cs,
that whatever changes may have occurred in the
personal condition of his Majesty:, they cannot be
regarded as on the side of convalescence. To speak
frankly our own feelings, both of lively alarm and of
deep and (with all deference) affectionate concern, we
acknowledge ourselves to be hopeless of any but
one—and that the least cheering--result of the malady,
or complication of maladies, which has of late op-
pressed the frame of the kind and good King William.
Nor, so far as human judgment can determine, do we
understand that there exists the least rational ground
for conjecturing that the event will be long postponed."
The savage who mote this would seem impatient
of the postponement. For what a time to enter 'on
grave speculations respecting the prospects of the--
country, should his Majesty's illness have a fatal ter-
mination ! But so eager is the Times to pay its
court to the rising sun, that, under the ptetcxt of
intermediate matters being of " comparatively second-
rate importance," it seizes this very unsuitable occasion
to fawn upon the Princess Victoria. " The pre-
sumptive heiress to the crown," says the Times,
,‘ is a Princess, we believe, of no ordinary pro-
mise." This is not enough, however. " She is
said to be a young lady of much excellence of dis-
, position, of much natural discernment, and, what
is inestimable when accompanied by good sense,
much of that strength and firmness -of character which
eminently distinguished, in the brightest periods of
his life, one of her illustrious ancestors, who sat upon
the throne of England—we mean the paternal grand-
father of her Royal Highness—the upright and un-
bending George III." The Times must have a very
strange notion of good sense and strength, and
firmness of character, if it supposes that the
Princess Viktoria can fail to perceive the base attempt
of the writer of this article to sow dissensions between
her Royal Highness and her parent ; and a no less
strange notion of her memory, if it thinks she can
have so soon forgotten the vulgar libels against that
parent which so lately issued from Printing-house-
square. On the 23d of March last, the Times la-
boured hard to incense the King with the Duchess of
Kent, and to render her Royal Highness odious to the
nation. In an article full of malice and calumny it
insinuated " that her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent is so little cognizant of her own station in this
country and its incidents, as that she could entertain
the preposterous ambition to play a great part in po-
litics, and to become a species of imaginary Queen-
Mother or Regent after her daughter's maturity, and
before his present Majesty'S demise ;" and it charged
the Duchess with an attempt to sacrifice her daugh-
ter's happiness by forcing an improper marriage
on her. " There was," said the Times, " an at-
tempt made a few months back (and an impudent
attempt it was) to obtrude upon the people of
England, and on the young Princess herself,
some foolish notion that the choice of . a consort
for her Royal Highness was an affair in which neither
she herself nor the. King, her Sovereign and uncle,
who has stood towards her, both naturally and politi-
cally, ever since she came to the throne, in loco
had- the least particle of concern ; but that it must be
in the supreme dictation of a Prince and Princess of
the foreign house of Saxe Coburg- to settle, without
her free consent, or that of the Monarch of these realms,
to impose upon her the Heiress of the British Empire,
whatever husband it might suit their purposes of family
aggrandizement to provide. We exposed at the time
the mercenary audacity of this revolting pretension."
So late as the 14th of April last the Times violently
attacked the Duchess of Kent, for having allowed im-
proper and objectionable persons to surround the Prin-
cess Victoria. " It was impossible," said this auda-
cious print, " to acquit the advisers of the Duchess,
whoever they might be, of a course of audacious prac-
tices, for usurping the King's authority, by forcing
into the future household Of the Princess, by the
alleged choice, and at the ostensible nomination of
her mother, individuals respecting whom the wishes or
pleasure of his Majesty might not be consulted—in-
dividuals for the higher departments of the household,
no otherwise distinguished or recommended than by
the notorious violence of their political sentiments, and
prominence of their station as party men, while those
who were destined, or who destined themselves, to fill
the subordinate offices of the household, had already
proved to be in the strongest sense objectionable."
The Duchess is next accused of exercising an impro-
per restraint on tier daughter in preventing her inter-
course with the Sovereign and his Court, and thus
maintaining an appearance of alienation and estrange-
ment from the King and Queen of England. And the
indictment against the Duchess -concludes with the
following detestable invective :
" Even the death of a domestic servant, while the corpse
remains unburied, hallows the mansion of death in most ci-
vilized countries against the intrusion of gay and heartless
dissipation ; but here, while the King's child perishes under
the Royal root, others of his Majesty's relatives (inmates,
through his indulgence, of the same habitation) are advised
to hold in contempt the unspeakable sufferings of a wretched
widower and his orphans, and to offer to a bereaved father
the most inhuman insult. Can the Court Circular have
spoken truth, we again ask? If so, the Duchess of Kent's
advisers owe an unpayable reparation to the good name of
their Royal Mistress, inasmuch as whatever light such con-
duct may appear in to those who arc capable of the higher
and better class of feelings—the entire coarse-world—even
they -who have a soul for nothing beyond outsides—must
be shocked by the gross had taste and caliousness to all
common decorum which the counsellors of the Duchess of
Kent have betrayed on this remarkable occasion. Every
right-minded person must now anticipate us in the question,
is this fit training for her who will one day be at the head
of English manners ? Is this the mode in which the Du-
chess of Kent has been advised to manifest her respect and
deference for King- William ?"
Such were the libels with which the Tinreshas hitherto
assailed the Duchess of Kent—such the condemnation
of the system of guardianship of that Illustrious Lady.
And vet the reptile who uttered these foul slanders
dares to come forward, at an hour like this, to fawn
upon the daughter of her whom it so slandered, as if
her Royal Highness could receive adulation with gra-
tification from such a source, and at such an unseason-
able time ! But, then, " in 'daring to that course.
of bringing up which would be best adapted
to the
formation of a British Sovereign," the 'Times now
" begs to disclaim all design whatever of insinuating
as a matter of fact, that justice has not been rendered
to the Princess Victoria by those .to whom her Royal
Highness had the most undoubted right to demand it.
However, on the supposition that the Princess may be
persuaded that she is not sufficiently left to her own
disposal, and that her confidence in ber parent may
be shaken by insinuations to that effect, the Times
candidly informs her—'' above all this, she ooght not
after her approach, to Womanhood, to be made the
subject of jealous or vexatious restraint, or be con-
tinued in a state of narrow pupillage after she had
reached that position wherein she might be called
upon for the exercise of a responsible will, of a
disciplined judgment, and an enlarged intelligence.
And have the Tories, who have always professed such
regard for his Majesty, really instigated their tool, the
Times, to display this unfeeling disregard of what is
due to his present condition ? Are they so eager to
attain power, that the feelings of the present occupier
of the Throne are accounted as nothing ? Do they
ecrunL:nance the Times in this base
attempt to put
variance between mother and daughter,ers
by fettling
the one, and insinuating that the other seeks to main-
tain au improper influence?
ories are sunk so low as
ourselves-to believe that the T
We really cannot bring
to abet the. Times in its revolting proceedings. Aud

yet it is difficult to account for the systematic slander'
of the Duchess of Kent, and the studied preparation
of the article of yesterday, on any principle of Lpere
caprice on the part of the conductors of. the 'nut's.
If the Tories can only "succeed in their views by in-
stigating to a course of conduct which must revolt
every person of feeling or delicacy throughout the
country, they are hardly to be envied. Their organ
has yesterday proved, that within the lo..vest deep there
is still a lower deep, and that its powers of exciting
disgust, which have ere now been often tasked, are such
as almost to defy calculation.—Morning Chrouicle.

A subject of deep and affecting interest, was last
night brought under the consideration of the House of
Commons by Mr. Gaily Knight, who moved for a
Committee to inquire into the state and management of
the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum. The Hon. Member,
in prefacing his motion, made several statements in-
culpatory of the mode in which the Asylum is con-
ducted, and contrasted the small number of cures which
bad been effected in it with those in other similar in-
stitutions throughout the kingdom. According to the
Hon. Member's statements, out of 1,216 patients,
only 260 were reported as cured, and even of these
several were twice reported, being cases of relapse, pre-
viously returned as cured, some of which are even at
present in the Asylum, suffering under the malady.
Lord John Russell recommended the Hon. Member
to withdraw his motion, and move that a Committee
might be appointed to inquire into the state of all
the Lunatic Asylums of England, as it would be in-
vidious to select one for scrutiny, when others might
equally require an investigation into their management.
In the propriety of this suggestion we perfectly concur,
and would strongly recommend its adoption ; for,
though Mr. Knight made out a strong case against
the Hanwell Asylum, there may be others equally open
to censure, and a subject demanding general inquiry
should not be met by a proposition for a partial inves-
tigation. The motion was negatived without a divi-
sion ; and had it been otherwise, from the advanced
state of the Session, the multiplicity of business pend-
ing in a most unsatisfactory position, the collision of
parties, and the imminent probability of an event which
will limit the duration of the present House of Commons,
it could scarcely be expected that, for the present, any
practical object could be attained by pursuing the sub-
ject.—Morning Advertiser.
We may congratulate our readers on a result at
which we have long aimed. The route by steam to
India through Egypt, which we have so long advo-
cated, has at length received the sanction of Govern-
ment ; the Euphrates route is found to be impractica-
ble, as we always contended that it would ; and im-
mediate measures for carrying the Red Sea route into
practical operation are about to be adopted. Mr.
Mullins has this night a notice on the Order Book
—" for a Select Committee on the subject of steam-
communication by way of the Red Sea." We ap-
prehend that the notice will now be rendered unneces-
sary, as it is virtually superseded by the statement
made on Saturday to the House of Commons by Sir
John Cam Hobhouse, on the occasion of Lord Wil-
liam Bentinck moving for a Select Committee, to
inquire into the practicability of effecting a steam-
communication with India. The Right Hon. Pre-
sident of the India Board -assented to Lord William
Bentinck's motion, and the Committee was accord-
ingly appointed. Sir J. C. Hobhouso stated, that
there had been arrangements made by the Government
respecting a monthly steam communication by means
of the Red Sea ; but, he added, that if he agreed to
the appointment of a Committee it should be on the '
understanding that it should not interfere with the
East India Company's communication by the Red Sea
with China. The objection taken by Sir J. C. Hob-
house is reasonable, and does not detract in the
slightest degree from the gratification we feel at the ap-
proaching consummation of a great political and com-
mercial desideratum, and at the success of our own
humble exertions in promoting; it. Let us only reflect
for one moment on the immense importance of a rapid
communication with India at the present critical situa-
tion of the world, and with a view to the scarcely dis-
guised designs of Russia in that quarter. The dullest
politician must admit the beneficial importance of the
Government's decision in favour of a permanent monthly '
steam communication with India. Mr. Canning justly
called our East Indian empire an " awful depenciancy
and the responsibility attaching to its controul may be
pronounced to be indeed " awful," in proportion to the
distance that eight hundred millions of British subjects
—actuated by different manners, customs, feelings, and
religion—are removed from the central seat of Govern-
ment. But the distance has been more than tripled
by the absurd fatuity of persisting in the old beaten
track of-communication, after the genius of scientific
discovery—amidst the other miracles which it has been
working in this age of philosophical miracle—had ex-
hibited a process by which the distance could be di-
minished in a ratio of more than two-thirds. The pro-
cess proves that, for commercial, political, and social
purposes, the communication with India may be regu-
larly effected in five or .siv weeks, which has generally
occupied from five to six months. The average distance
to the two Presidencies, by the usual circuitous track, is
sixteen thousand miles ! Now, the real distance by
the Red Sea—employing" a water communication the
whole way, with an exception of one hundred and se-
venty miles of land—is no more than jive thousand
miles ! The most obtuse calculator can see the im-
mense advantage gained by the new communication
now officially adopted. It will save eleven thousand
miles, and will, to ad practical intents and purposes,
bring the Indian Peninsula nearer to London by that
extraordinary difference of space. The barren state-
ment of this fact is qu;te sufficient, without a word
more, to justify the congratulatory tone which we
have adopted on this occasion. Further arguments
on the subject are rendered unnecessary by the Go-
vernment decision ; and, indeed, as our readers know,
we have, during the last six months, exhausted argu-
ments on the subject. They would now be, according
to homely phraseohry, " mustard after dinner. '—
Morning Advertiser.

In answer to a question from an Hon. Member some
nights ago the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated
that, so long as it should be the pleasure of the House
of Commons to proceed with the legislative measures
now before it, it would be impos.s:ible for him to name
with any certainty a day for his financial statement.
The Budget, therefore, is for hereafter. The House
may be busy for the benefit of Dissenters in England,
and for the injury of Parsons in Ireland ; hut of the
pecuniary affairs of the country the House must be
content to know as little as need be. If we mistake
not, the Whigs, of whom the Right Hon. Spring Rice
is one, were, in time past, clamorous advocates for nn
early Budget. It seemai to them, before official
habits had weakened patriotic impulses, that it was
most desirable for the country to know, with the least
possible delay, what taxes were to be put on, and
what taxes to be taken off--what the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had reason to fear and what the Chancellor
of the Exchequer had reason to hope—in short, the real
state of the national pocket. Things are altered nosy,
Lord John Russell has introduced so many.lon.g 13111 s
that Mr. Spring Rice cannot find room. Tor a single
little Bndget—there is so much ref:;_am that there must
be no book-keeping. We ar.: somewhat surprised that
Mr. Spring Rice has be;ln allowed to hold his tongue
successfully for so long a time. He ought to have
been requested, entreated, exhorted, to explain to us
how the ledger stands. As for the Conservatives, we
have no hope, in this matter, of them. They are
civil, courteous, compassionate ; they always allow
their opponent` to select his own time for the
blunder he meditates, or the mischief he intends.
But how have the Radicals endured the reserve of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer ? They have re
presented him as utterly unworthy of public confi-
dence ; they have denounced him as ignorant of the
rudiments of the knowledge which befits his- office ;
yet they have left him to manage the purse, un-
questioned, from January to June. At Christmas
Sir William Molesworth, in his Review, wrote
thus of Mr. Spring Rice :—" The administration of
the financial concerns of the nation by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer is a question whiCh we leave to the
zcinfefantile Members of the House ; and if some of
Itern ,tl.p.i npt, on the earliest opportunity, exprecs in
-•";.i.'!'*•l)brliatrient..- their opinions on that subject, and their
Cr#--
tr!:',,,lttt.ong- condemnation of the conduct of Mr. Spring ... r , • •
r----) llicei they will disappoint their friends, and not per- i
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