The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-05 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday Frederick Land, a youth of sixteen years of age,
in the employ of Mr. Godson, a watch-maker and. jeweller in
the Old Kent-road, and John Brooks, the driver of a go-
cart, were charged on suspicion with entering' the premises
of the former prisoner's employer, and stealing upwards of
forty gold and silver watches, together with various articles of
jewellery.
There was some contradiction in the statements given by
the accused parties, both of whom were remanded, as it is
strongly suspected that they are both implicated in the rub-
bery, and that tho account given by Land respecting his hav-
ing been held down and threatened with violence while the
men were plundering his master's shop, is a fabrication from
beginning to end.

The remains of the late Dr. Vance were interred
in St. James's Churchyard yesterday morning. The funeral
by desire of the deceased and his family, was at an early hour,
and strictly private. The deceased's carriage alone followed.

MEMOIRS OF A PEERESS.—ThiS work purports
to be only indebted to Lady Charlotte Bury for the duties of
editing. How the case may be we cannot tell. The begin-
ing relates to the fashionable world half a century ago, and
possesses considerable liveliness ; and the latter pages bring
us to the death and burial of Charles James Fox. Many of
the characters are introduced by their own names, while others
are mystified, but yet not so much as not to be readily recog-
nised. The same may be said of the incidents. The early
career of the Prince of Wales and his associates, and the fetes
of Carlton House, Devonshire House, Itanelagh, and other
rendezvous of the gaiety of a preceding generation, are the
staple of the performance.—Literary Gazette.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1837.

In the !house of Commons, yesterday afternoon, Mr,
COLLINS, the new Member for Warwick, took the oaths a:t

his qeat,

The Lo'o ADVOCATE presented a petition against the Trinity
Harbour Bill, and a petition from Leith in favour of the Edin-
Liir,Th and Glasgow Railway Bill.
On the presentation of some petitions, complaining of the
ilsertion of fictitious si7naturesr in the lists of Railway Com-
panies, the SPEIt:ER ••iig.gested the necessity of adopting some
remedial nien:ure, and recommended that all such petitions
shno1:1 be referred to one Committee.

Mr. Ilt:mg gave notice that, on the 13th inst , he should
move for a Commission to inquire into the alienation of Church
property which had taken place, and into the authority be which
th,y :Core effected.

The CHANCELLOR of th,, EXCHEQUER gave notice that he
would n,nke hi: finan&al statement on the Ath of May.
Mr. G. KNIGHT gave not:cc, that on Tuesday next he would
move for the appointment of a S,leet Com,Littee, to inquire
into the management and administration of the Board of
First Fruits.

Mr. P. TnomexoN stated, in answer to Mr. ROBINS.,N,
that he would not object to till introduction of a measure per-
mitting the manufacture of bonded corn into flour for exporta-
fon. if gulrded by rcgulitions similar to those imposed on the
refining of sugar.
Lord Jotix IZussFt,t, stated his intention to bring on his re-
solnt:ons relative to the affairs of Canada, on Friday se'night.
The CoMmittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Bill was
fixed for Thursday. _

Mr. EWART moved for leave to bring In a Bill for Abolish-
ing; the law of Promigeniture. The Hon. Gentleman pointed
cut the pernicious consequences of the present state of this
branch of the law, and insisted on the justice as well as the
advantage of having one and the same law for passing landcd
end personal rroperty. The ATTORNEY GENERAL opposed
the motion, %hid] vies negatived by a majority of 54 to 21
A majority declared in favour of referring to a Select
Cozemittee a prtitiran for compensation from certain Captains
in the East India Company's late maritime service.

Mr. 13,taaoN obtained a Select Committee to inquire into
the state of the Prerogative and Ecclesiastical Courts in
Ire nil.

h*. EWART brought forward hi% motion for the reduction
Gr the duty on Tobacco. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCI:E
Qt'Eft orriyied the motion, which was negatived without a

There is but too much truth in th statement o'
1,,,rd fit) r.t.AND, adverted to by Mr. Winks at tln
Finshnry Meeting last evening. " The misrepresenta-
tions," he said, '' by which the plan for the abolition
of Church-rates had been calumniacd, were more
shameful than any he recollected to have been resorted to
on any farmer occasion, not excepting even the repel:
of the Te,t and Corporation Acts." Though it is la-
mentable that statements so utterly at variance with truth
should be mad..., and made too by men who profess to
preach peace and truth to all mankind, yet this is only ano-
ther proof of a fact which all history co!,firms, that truth
and decency are utterly disregarded in arguing questions
in which worldly profit and religion are mixed up toge-
ther. This is not confined to any particular church or
sect, but is applicable to Catholics, Protestants, and
unfortunately also to Dissenters. They have been
blended together, not only in the question of Church-
rates, but also in the discussions which have taken place
in different parts of the country against the new poor law.
When reasoning has failed, religion has been called in aid.
Accounts from one part of the country state that a
Dissenting clergyman, with the Bible in his hand, has
made, under the authority of that sacred book, de-
nunciations more horrible than ever were made by
Catholics in the worst times of religious persecution.
These denunciations can be compared only to the rav-
ings of a madman ; but unfortunately they appear to
have been listened to with avidity by a numerous au-
dience—and why ? because the opposition to the law is
founded on self-interest. Every one who profited by
the enormous abuses which have long prevailed in the
management of the Poor-rater—the shop-keepers, the
tradesmen, the publicans, and the parish officers who
lived on the rates which were intended for the poor—
have raised the outcry, and the clergyman has taken
advantage of it to ingratiate himself with a certain
portion of his hearers. This is even still more
observable in the discussions on Church-rates, not
only because the repeal of that tax is opposed
by all the Tories, but because a greater number
of persons are interested in the plunder. The
Bishops, the Deans and Chapters, and indeed all
the Clergy, are either remotely or immediately inte-
rested. So are most of the lessees of Church-lands ;
but besides these, there is also a vast number of per-
sons who derived a great portion of their income by
jobbings arising out of Church-rates. The whole
amount required to keep the Churches in repair
does not exceed 250,0001. a year ; yet from returns
published it appears that the sum annually levied has
amounted to 597,0001., leaving a surplus of 347,0001.
to be divided among the plunderers of the rate-payers.
Lord HOLLAND need not, therefore, be surprised at
the calumnies heaped on the measure when so many
persons have something to lose, and when the sacred
name of religion can be used to justify the robbery.

Let the rate-payers bear these facts in mind, and sup-
port the Government in carrying a measure, which is
alike calculated to promote their own advantage, the
peace of the community, and the stability of the Pro-
testant Church.

Mr. GILLON last night brought forward his motion
for the abolition of the duty on Soap. The Hon.
Member, in an excellent speech, pointed out the great
evils attending the present system, and the advantages
that would arise from the proposed change. In these
views the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER con-
curred, but objected to the discussion of the question,
or at least to the House committing itself to any specific
measure, until the state of the revenue and the demands
upon it were first ascertained, which would be on the
Bth of May, when the Right Hon. Gentleman means
to bringforward the Budget. This was perhaps the course
dictated by prudence, and Mr. GILLON withdrew his mo-
tion kir the present. The anticipation of the Tea and
other Duties last year, and the diminished amount of the
Malt Duty, owing to the failure in the harvest, toge-
ther with the falling-off to be expected in those
branches of the Revenue dependent on commercial en-
terprise, which has been so severely checked for some
time, must, in the nature of things, produce a finan-
cial result much less favourable to the remission of
taxation than was at one time expected. At the same
time, the discussion of this subject has done great
good, inasmuch as it has proved the necessity of abro-
gating this particular Tax the first of any. It may,
indeed, be said that the interest of the revenue itself
requires, if not the entire abolition, at least a
very considerable reduction, of the Soap-tax ; for
the revenue arising from this article is daily de-
creasing. The cause of this is unquestionably the
high duty. This increases the price to the consumer,
and holds out a sufficient temptation to the smuggler
to supply the public with an untaxed article. And
here again there are circumstances which give the
fraudulent dealer peculiar facilities. The maker of
candles is not subject to the Excise laws as formerly ;
and the materials used in both manufactures being
nearly the same, the candlemaker can make soap,
which is an exceedingly simple process, almost without
fear of detection, now that, by the improvements in
chemical science, both kelp and barilla may be dis-
pensed with. We say nothing of the collusion which
the complicated and absurd system of Excise regulations
relative to the manufacture of soap is calculated to pro-
duce, and does produce, between the soap-maker and
the Excise-officer, to the great detriment of the revenue.
Mr. GILLON states, that there are no less than fifty
different penalties applicable to the various cases of
infringement of the law, and that the amount of these
penalties is 5,000/.
The pi ejudicial effect of the high soap duty on commerce
is another strong reason against its continuance. It ap-
pears that although the materials are cheaper here than
in many other countries, we arc now undersold in the
foreign markets, and must be eventually excluded from
them, unless this duty be repealed. Our export trade
in Soap has of late very materially declined, while no
improvement in the manufacture can take place under
the existing regulations, to give us a chance of re-
vivin.q it.

Then again, there is this material objection to the
duty which Mr. GILLON, with his usual zeal for the
interests of the working classes, presses strongly upon
the attention of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER—nameIy, that the poor man's Soap is charged
45 per Cent. duty, while that of the rich man
pays only 15 or 16 per Cent. This is won
strous. Nor ought it to be overlooked that in
enabling the poor to supply themselves with this ne-
cessary of life at a cheap rate, we are really improving
their moral. habits ; for between these and external,
cleanliness there is a much closer connection than is
generally imagined.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
They still continue to be engrossed by the state of the
Ministry, and various contradictory reports, connected
with the formation of a new Cabinet, are circulated.
It is broadly and positively asserted that G urzoT's
Administration must rapidly be broken up, and that
M. MOLE has been charged with the formation of a
new Ministry. The Moniteur is silent on the subject.
Admiral ItousslN, Ambassador to the Porte, has
obtained a further leave of -absence from his post for
the space of three months.
The letter of NAPOLEON, when First Consul, ad-
dressed to the Count DE PROVENCE, engaging him
to renounce his birthright to the Crown of France
has been purchased by the Government for 1001., and
placed in the National Library among the archives of
the kingdom.

It was generally bclieved in Paris on Monday that
the report on M.EuNr ER'S attempt would he read on
tic follotvin4 day to the High Court of Peers.
The folloxing tclegraphi.• despatches were received
in Paris on Sunday afternoon :

" BAYONNE, APRIL I.—The I.ifante Don Sebastian ar.
rived to-dav at Irun with six battalions. Two French batta.
lions have marched to the Croix Levee, to observe the Car.
lists, and to keep our territory respected in case of an attack,
Espartere is at Bil►boa, Evans at St. Sebastian, and Saars.
field at Pampetuna."

BAYONNE, APRIL 2.—The Infante Don Sebastian has re.
turned to Tolosa after inspecting the works of Irun and Fun.
tarabia ; he has phced 5,000 men cn echelon between Irur
and Ovarzuo."

Thee correspondent of a Contemporary, who persists
in asserting that Don SEBASTIAN was the moving
cau3e of ESPARTERO'S retreat, writes from Bayonne
under date March 30 :

" The army of General Espartero has abandoned Durango,
where some of the wounded have been left behind ; and it en-
tered Bilboa on the 22d, at ten o'clock in the evening. This
retreat is attributed to the want of provisions, and tha bad
weather that prevailed at the time. It might, however, be as
well to remark, that General Espartero had a considerable in-
terest in a contract for 30,000 daily rations for three months,
and that the Government, when it became acquainted with the
affair, highly disapproved of the contract, and ordered a fresh
one to be entered into, a proceeding that has rendered the
General singularly discontented.
•' Three thousand foot soldiers from Bilboa are expected on
the 30th or 31st at St. Sebastian, to reinforce the corps of
General Evans.

" Gens. Gurrea and Iriarte embarked on the 28th on board
the steam-packet Isabella 11., at St. Sebastian—the former
intending to proceed to the head-quarters at Gilboa, and the
latter to Santander.
" General Evans has ordered the Commander and five
officers of the Ist English Regiment of the Legion to be ar-
rested, and brought before a Court-martial, under the accu-
sation of running away at Hernani, or, as it is expected, of
behaving in a somewhat indiscreet and disorderly manner.
" Don Carlos was at Estella on the 28th. On the 25th he
visited the hospital of Irache with some of his Ministers, his
staff, and the junta of Navarre.
" On the 27th inst., the four reserve battalions, commanded
by Quilez, marched to Tolosa.
" On the 23d, two Carlists arrived on horseback before the
house of Los Quatro Vientos, within a musket shot of Pam-
peluna, and carried off one hundred and twenty sheep at five
o'clock in the afternoon, and within sight of the sentinels of
the place."

PARIS, APRIL 3.—We have the following letter from Tou-
lon, of March 30 :

" Admiral Hugon's division has arrived, and he imme-
diately took the command of the whole squadron.
t, A vessel is preparing to convey to Corsica 500 men of
the 13th Regiment of the Line, who have arrived here, and
will leave in a few days.
" I have received the following rather important news from
Algiers :
" ORAN, MARCH 24.—Montebello has just landed 1,000 men
of the 3d Battalion of Africa, coming from Corsica. The
number of troops is increasing in such a manner, that it will
be necessary to encamp part of them out of the town, and to
let 4,000 or 5,000 men bivouac at the Fig Tree, Miserghen,
and the Little Lake. We have here a battalion of the 41st
of the Line, two battalions of Light Infantry of Africa, the
23d, 24th, 47th, and Ist of the Line, two battalions of the
11th, the Regiment of Chasseurs of Africa—and we are in
daily expectation of the 45th of the Line. There is a camp
of beds; the soldiers lie on the ground, with only a little straw
full of vermin.

" It is believed here that the expedition to Constantine will
be deferred. However that may be, a are preparing to set out
for Tr.:Trei.cn, where our comrades are closely blockaded. We
shall set out in a fortnight. It seems that the Mechouar of
Tremezen will be rased, as well as the camp at Tafna, and that

we -shall bring back the garrison from• those two fortified
points. In this case we shall have incurred great expenses,
which will be thrown away.
" Oran, with which I am not yet well acquainted, seems to
me to be preferable to Algiers, both in respect to climate, and
the fertility of the territory.
" We are promised three Governors in the Regency of
Algiers instead of one. Shall we be better governed ? It is
doubtful. Meantime, troops are accumulated here, without
making any previous arrangements Co supply them with that
most necessary article ; and these acts of negligence are of
daily occurrence."
ALGIERS, MARCH 25.—Trade is now in a satisfactory state ;
the protection afforded to atriculture by a good distribution
of the troops will make that branch also flourish. The 63d
Regiment of the line and the Ist of Chasseurs of Africa,
were in barracks at Mustapha, where they watch over part of
the plains ; the Regiment of Light Infantry, and the Spahis,
are stationed at certain distances in camps from La Matidja
to Bouffarick. The garrison of the city is composed of two bat-
talions of the line of the 2d of Light Infantry. A great num-
ber of workmen are employed repairing the houses and build-
ing new ones. The city presents a scene of great activity.
—Journal du Commerce of April 3.

FRENCH FUNDS -PARI9, APPTL 3.
Five per Cents., 106 f. 65c. 70c. 75c.
Four per Cent., 99f.
three per Cents., 78f. 65c. 75c. 85c. 9%.
Bank Actions, 2,415 f. 4,416 E 9.5 c.
Rente de Naples, 08f. 70c. 75c. 83c.
Roman Five per Cents., 112 102,A.
Spanish Actives, 25 24%.
Spanish Passives, 6% .2%.
13,,Igian Loan, Five per Cents., 103.
Belgian Society, 1,5521.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 30%%X.
EXCHANGE nil LONDON.
One month, paper, 25c. 47y c. ; money, 25f. 45a
TAree months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 25f. 25c
-fours Au/hen/jaw..
LAST PRICES
Five per Cents., 107 f. 10c.
Three per Cents. 79E 10e.
Bank Actions, 2,416 f 25c.
Rente de Naples, 99f. 10c.
Roman kive per Cents., 10214.
Belgian Loan, 1013.
Brussels Bank, 1,337 f. sec.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 31.
Spanish Actives, 217 .
Spanish Passives. 6%.
Spanish Differes,'B.
Belgian Society, 1,5521. Sec.

BUN GAY ST. MARY.

On Monday, April 3, the poll of the rate-payers in this
parish was taken on certain items of the churchwarden's
accounts.

It may be remembered that at the vestry on Easter Monday
exceptions were taken to the legality of seven items, and on
the motion that the accounts he passed amendments were
moved that the items be disallowed. The Chairman, the Rev.
R. Cobb, Archdeacon Glover's Curate, first appointed Mon-
day, April 3, for the pulls to take place, when he declared the
original question carried, " that the accounts be passed," and
subsequently fixed upon the Church door a notice of the polls,
and appointed a person, in his own absence, to take them.
The Churchwardens now wish to take advantage of the Chair-
man's irregularity ; they declare that as their accounts have
been allowed they cannot be called to account again ; that the
poll is a nullity, and accordingly advised the friends of the
Church to abstain from voting, which advice, with few excep-
tions, was yesterday adopted. At the appointed hour a poll-
clerk was in attendance, duly authorized by the Rev. Curate,
and Mr. Robert White, a churchman, and Church-rate recu:
sant, was placed in the chair. Several of the leading trades-
men in the place immediately voted for all the amendments;
but as the churchmen did not come up, it was not deemed no-
ecs_ary to call upon more than a few of the smaller rate-
payers to follow their example. A majority of about twenty
was kept all day, and at the close the Chairman declared all
the amendments carried, and the respective items disallowed.
At the commencement of the meeting the Chairman sent to
the Churchwardens a formal demand of the vestry-hook to
enter the proceeding=, in pursuance of the Statute. This was
refused, and they will doubtless attempt to keep the whole
affair off the parish records. How far they may be successful
in stultifying their own clergyman, invalidating proceeding,
taken in their own church, and nullifying tho legal decision of
their parishioners, will depend on the result of such steps
as may be, and will he, taken to bring them to reason.

LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, APRIL 4. —Wind N. N. E —Arrived the Planet
S:rangham, from Cadiz ; Ocean, Pill, from Cork ; Liddell
Brown, from Bordeaux ; and Expert, Rolls, Port Madec.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Arrived the Eliza, Sierra Leone.

FALMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind W. N. W., strong breezes.`
Arrived the Hope Packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 26th ult. ;
Nonpareil, Allan, from P.itrai, sailed the 6th ult. ; and Chal-
lenger, from Trizste, sailed the 15th February.
BRISTOL, APRIL 4.—Arrived the Flora, Richards, Charente.
HOLYHEAD. APRIL 3.—Arrived the Ide, fromAlexAndria.

DUBLIN, April, 2.—Arrived the Two Sisters, Dyer, Lundon.

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RYE, APRIL 4.—The Albion, from Shoreham, foundered
off this port yesterday during a heavy gale from the W. S.W. ;
crew saved. A schooner also foundered.

SUNDERLAND, APRIL 3.—lt blew a strong gale from S.E.
last night, which brought a large fleet down ; about 70 sail
got into the harbour, a great number of which sustained da-
mage. The Domus, of this port, lost her mainmast in the
harl.our. The Jarrow, of London, the Speculation, of South-
ampton, and a small sloop, are behind the pier. The wind is
now N. E., and several have gone to the southward.

The New Manly, from Lynn to Sligo, struck a sunken rock
off the Manacles the 3d instant, and sunk ; crew saved.
The New Concord, Hopewell, Lavinia, of Sunderland.
Amethyst, of London, Pleasant Hill, of Arundel, and about
20 other vessels, were driven on shore between Hartlepool
and Sunderland during a gale the 3d instant.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLO(,K.

Our anticipation, expressed yesterday in the city article,
that the croakers would be disappointed in respect of the great
failures which were to take place, has been realised to the full
extent. Commercial affairs have not been endangered; and
we believe we can state with confidence that the number and
amount of mercantile bills drawn or renewed were smaller by
far than was calculated, and most of them have been honoured.
We only heard of one fail 'during the whole of yesterday
in the Portuguese trade. Attnough five American packets still
remain due, no doubt caused by the continuance of north-
easterly winds, and w hich has deprived the American merchants
of tirge remittances, it is to be presumed that the most critical
state of mercantile affairs is on the point of termination. There
may still remain some houses of minor descriptions who have
gone beyond their capitals in speculations, and who cannot get
rid of their stock without a very great sacrifice, in order to
meet their engagements.
. _

The Foreig-rsExchange in the course of yesterday after-
noon appeared to be very firm.
By the Express this morning from Paris, it appears the
French Government have at length published two telegraphic
dispatches dated Bayonne Ist and 2d of April, by which it
appeared that both the Carlists and Queen's troops have taken
up their former positions, and nothing of importance had oc-
curred up to the above dates.
Arrivals this morning : French and Hamburgh mails,—no
ship letters.
Lloyd's Books exhibit a great number of ships on shore on
the north coast.

ACCOUNT OF AN EXPEDITION INTO THE'
INTERIOR OF NEW HOLLAND.
Bentley, London, 1837.
From the quiet manner in which this work was
brought before the world, we were not at all prepared
for the extraordinary nature of its contents. It seems
that a Mr. Hopkins Sibthorpe—the soubriquet, it will
be remembered, of the hero of Foote's farce, the Liar—
a gentleman of New Holland, accompanied by another
settler, Mr. William Jones, Messrs. J. and R. Smith,
of the Navy, and a servant named Wilkins—a rela-
tion, no doubt, of the celebrated Peter Wilkins—
anxious to explore the interior of Australia, set out
in the early part of August, 1835, from the set-
tlement of Bathurst. After travelling for some
time, " their progress at first being tediously slow,"
they came to the borders of a large lake, or rather
marsh, on which they embarked, having previously
prepared a sort of canoe for the purpose of facilitating
navigation. This lake terminated in a broad, tranquil
stream, which again led into another vast expanse of
water, " so extensive that the travellers were, for the
greater part of one day, out of sight of land." Hav-
ing passed this inland sea, " they found the river
again expanding itself at intervals into a chain of
lakes, smaller but deeper than those they had
passed, and surrounded by a much more agree-
able country, which continued to improve as they
advanced." They held on their course for some days
longer, when they were at length surprised and gra-
tified " on entering a lake somewhat more extensive
than the last, to see several fishing-boats, the men
in which they ascertained by their glasses to be de-
cently clothed, and white men. They ventured to
approach and hail them ; and to their unspeakable
astonishment, they received an answer in English ;
the language was indeed not precisely similar to their
own, but not differing so much from it as many of
our provincial dialects ; and in a short time the par-
ties became mutually intelligible to each other." On
becoming further acquainted with the inhabitants of
this, till now, unexplored territory, our traveller, says
Lady Mary Fox, the editor of Mr. Sibthorpe's ex-
traordinary journal—
" Found themselves in a nation of European, and chiefly,
though not entirely, of English extraction, who had had no in-
tercourse with Europe, or with any other portion of the civi-
lized world for nearly three centuries. Their numbers were
estimated at between three and four millions, and they were
divided into eleven distinct communities, existing in a sort of
loosely federal union, or rather in a friendly relation, sanc-
tioned and maintained by custom more than by any formal com-
pact. And they found these several states, though in some
respects differing in their governments and other institutions,
agreeing in the manifestation of a high degree of civilization,
considering the disadvantages they laboured under in their se-
clusion from the rest of the world."
The origin of this European colony in the heart of
an island, whose very existence was unknown to the
world till late in the 18th century, is not the least sur-
prising part of this journal of surprises. It appears
that it was originally founded by two Germans named
Muller, who, during the early periods of the Refor-
mation, when all Europe was in a state of ferment,
anxious to escape from the scene of discord, adopted
the " pantisocratic" principles of Dr. Southey, and
set out in quest of a tranquil home in the New World.
They had originally intended to emigrate to the A me-
ricas, but they finally decided on a pleasant excursion
to the Pacific Ocean, in order to seek for the long-
famed Southern Continent. The result, says the Edi-
tor, was—

" Their being ultimately driven by a storm on the coast of
New Holland, somewhere, it is supposed, between lat. 10,
and 20, south, and long. 130, and 140, cast, where one out of
the four ships was wrecked on a coral reef, and two of the
others driven ashore, with considerable damage. They saved,
however, not only their lives, but all their property,"
and after some squabbles with the native tribes,
they managed, to the number of about four hundred,
to make their way to that territory where our tra-
vellers found them located. Here they continued to
increase and multiply ; intermarried with the savages,
whom they did their best to reclaim, by means of edu-
cation : built towns, cities, and villages ; established
such manufactures as were in use at the time they
quitted their mother country ; adopted an excellent
legislative code ; and, at the period when they were
discovered by Sibthorpe, Wilkins, and Co., formed a
thriving population larger than that of Scotland.
Such is a hasty sketch of the contents of this extra-
ordinary Journal. And now comes the question, "Is
it, or is it not, authentic ?" A Protestant English
Bishop once devoutly declared his belief in the travels
of Captain Lemuel Gulliver; we cannot say that we
are as ready to give credence to those of Hopkins
Sibthorpe, Esq. Nevertheless, his narrative is one of
the most interesting we ever perused ; and is evidently
drawn up with a view to serve a valuable moral
purpose—that is, to show the vicea of many
parts of our own legislative system. A dull
didactic essay on this subject would never have been
read ; the Editor, therefore, has wisely inculcated be-
neficial truths through the medium of romance. And
so artless in his style, so unassuming his mode of
commencement, which is exactly after the DEFOE
manner, that we will honestly cordess that his intro-
ductory chapters staggered us ; and it was not until we
came to the elaborate discussions on " criminal juris-
prudence," the " voluntary principle," &c., that we
were aware that the whole was a delusion.

TILE EDGEWARE ROAD MURDER

COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS.

The final examination of the two persons in custody on
suspicion of being implicated in this atrocious murder, was
fixed for this day, and long before the usual hour for com-
mencing business, all the avenues leading to the Maryle-
bone office were crowded with persons anxious to ob-
tain a sight of the prisoners. The crowd continued
to increase till the night charges had been disposed
of, when a report began to be very generally circu-
lated, and which eventually turned out to be correct,
that the examination of the prisoners would take place at
the New Prison, Clerkenwell. The woman Gale, with her
child, were conveyed in a hackney-coach from the House of
Correction, under the charge of Hoare and Howe, two of
the gaolers of that establishment, and arrived at the New
Prison a few minutes before twelve. At half-past twelve
we were admitted to the Justices' room, which was crowded
with the witnesses who had been previously examined, the
officers of the prison, and others anxious to witness the
proceedings. On the bench were Lord Montfort, Mr.
Ran'linson, and several county Magistrates. Mr. Payne
and Mr. Price, the barristers who attended the former ex-
aminations on behalf of the prisoner Greenacre, were in at-
tendance. The prisoners were seated at a table imme-
diately in front of the Magistrates ; and Franklin, one of the
officers of the Marylebone station was placed between them
to prevent their holding any communication. The prisoner
Greenacre preserved his usual firmness and composure, pay-
ing all through the greatest attention to the proceedings ;
the woman Gale, on the contrary, was more nervous and
agitated than on the previous occasions.
The reporters were accommodated with a table immedi-
ately behind the prisoners.
On our admission to the Magistrates' room, we found
Mr. Fell, the chief clerk, reading over the depositions of
the witnesses who had been previously examined. At the
conclusion of Inspector Feltham's evidence, Greenacre said
in a loud and firm voice, " Am I at liberty to make an
observation ?"
Lord MONTFORT--No, not now.
The confession of Greenacre having been read over, the
clerk asked the prisoner " Is that what you have said ?"
Greenacre—Yes.

Clerk—Have you any objection to sign it ? Greenacre
—None whatever.

The prisoner then went to the table, and signed the de-
positions.
Mr. RAvarNsoN observed to Mr. Price, on his arrival,
that in consequence of the attack that had been made by
the mob upon the prisoners when they had been examined
at the Marylebone Police-office, he had thought it more
prudent to have the examination conducted at the prison.
After the statement made by the woman Gale had been
read over, she was asked if she had anything to add, or
any objection to sign it. The prisoner expressed her will-
ingness to do so ; but when the depositions were placed
before her she trembled very much, and appeared unable
to hold the pen.
Greenacre (to the female prisoner)—Don't be alarmed.

They have frightened. the poor thing, by telling her she is
sure to be hanged, and all that sort of stuff.
The evidence of the witnesses examined on Saturday last
was then read over, and one of the female witnesses, we
believe Edmonds, mane some addition to her testimony, to
the effect that when she had asked Gale'where Mr. Green-
acre was, she said, " I believe he is gone to America—
perhaps I shall never see him again !" and that she subse-
quently saw Greenacre going towards his own house, with a
blue bag and a yellowish handkerchief.

At the conclusion of the reading of the evidence,

The Clerk enquired of the prisoner Grcenacre whether
he had stated, after the evidence had been finished, that it
was as melancholy an accident as ever befel Man ?
Greenacre repliod that he had.
Mr. RnwLlNso:r•—Have you any objection to sign that,
Greenacre ? Greenacre—No, Sir.

The prisoner then signed the declaration with a firm
hand.

Mr. RAWLINSON, addressing Mr. Price, the Counsel for
Greenacre, said, you have complained of the excite-
ment created against the prisoner ; do you wish that his trial
should be postponed till that excitement has subsided.
Since I have been here, an application has been made to
me, stating that there would be no objection on the part
of the prosecutor to postponing the trial till the next ses-
sion. If you consent to that, Mr. Price, I shall have no
objection.
Mr. PRICE—The feeling of both the prisoners is against
its being postponed.
Mr. PAYNE said that he had evidence which he consi-
dered very important, and if the prisoners were remanded
their Counsel would have an opportunity of knowing what
it was.

Mr. PRICE inquired if the witnesses were numerous.
Mr. PAYNE said they were not. He believed there were
three at most.
Mr. RAWLINSON said the Learned Counsel must be
aware that if he then committed the prisoners, the trial
might be postponed upon an application to the Court for
that purpose. He thought the Learned Counsel might
wish the trial posponed from the observations he had made
with respect to the excitement.

Mr. Price—Unless the prisoners are better advised
between now and the time at which the trial will take place,
I should wish it to go before the Grand Jury.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Then, I shall fully commit both the
prisoners now. The female prisoner is not to be taken back
to Cold Bath-fields. She must remain in this prison till
she is removed to Newgate. The female prisoner, who
appeared very much dejected, was then removed from the
room, together with her child.

Rebecca Smith then came forward and identified a
paper trunk which had been taken from the lodging
of the prisoner in Carpenter's-buildings, as the one
which her deceased sister had brought several Imes
with her when upon a visit in Norfolk. The wit-
ness also stated that her sister and herself had lived to-
gether for upwards of 30 years. That the deceased was
younger than her by a year and a half, and that she was 50.
The witness (who appeared greatly affected) was proceed.
ing to narrate to the Magistrates a conversation that took
place between herself and her deceased sister, as to her
intended marriage with the prisoner Greenacre, but was
stopped by
Mr. RAWLINSON, who said, that although he highly re-
spected her feelings towards her sister, yet that which she
was stating did not throw any light upon the mode in which
her sister met her death.

Upon Mr. RAWLINSON ordering Greenacre to be re-
moved, he in a firm manner asked if he was not to be allowed
to have his watch, penknife, pencil-case, spectacles, and
purse, which had been taken from him on his apprehension,
returned.
Mr. RAWLINSON—I cannot allow the watch to be
delivered up, because that was endeavoured to be con-
cealed at the time the prisoner was taken into custody.
A policeman=-There were two watches.
Greenacre-7My watch had a gold chain to it.
Both watches were then produced, and the sister of the
deceased Hannah Brown immediately upon seeing one of
them, exclaimed in a most frantic tone—" That's it—that's
it—that's it !" This exclamation appeared to thrill the
hearts of all present. _ _

Gm:macre—Then I suppose I am committed ?
Mr. RAWLlNSON—Certainly. You will be allowed to
have your spectacles and your clothes, but nothing else.
The prisoner, as he was leaving the room with the
police-officer, pointing to a table, said in the most cool
and collected manner :—" Then I am to understand
that those things are to be left on that table." It would be
impossible to convey to our readers an idea of the state
of mind in which Mrs. Smith, one of the sisters of the
unfortunate Hannah Brown, appeared to be on leaving
the room at the termination of the proceedings ; she several
times exclaimed in the most manaical and incoherent strain,
Oh, that fellow, that fellow !" "Oh that I could only
revenge upon him the death of my poor sister !"
We understand that the prisoners are to be removed
early to-morrow morning to Newgate.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

The presiding. Judges f.or the present Session are Lord
Chief Justice TYNDAL and Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.

Frederick Ware, a young man of 18 years of age, was in-
dicted for uttering a bill of exchange for 491. 155., well-
knowing the same to have been forged.
Mr. PAYNE having stated the case to the Jury, called
Samuel Hart, who deposed, that he carried on the business
of a currier in Union-street, Spitalfields. He knew Mr.
Hill, a coach-builder, and knew the prisoner as clerk with
that gentleman. On the sth of January, the prisoner called
upon him as from Mr. Hill, requesting him to discount a bill of
exchange for 491. 15s. As the bill was not made payable in
London, witness declined to discou-t it. The prisoner said
he would get it altered, and took it away. The bill then
purported to be accepted by J. Rich, High-street, Croydon.
He returned on the following day, when the bill was so altered
as to be made payable at 21, Little Moorfields. Witness then
gave him a cheque for 401. upon his bankers, Messrs. Lad-
broke and Co.

The bill and cheque were put in and read.
The witness said the cheque was subsequently returned to
him. On the 3d of Marcti, he received a letter by the second
post, requesting the balance of the account.
Mr. Hill was called, and deposed that the letter of the 3d
of March was not in his hand-writing but in that of the pri-
soner, so far as his knowledge went. He had been in his em-
ployment b.sout three months. The bill he believed to be in
the hand-writing of the prisoner, and lie (witness) had never
given him any authority to draw bills. On inquiry it was
found that no such person as Mr. Rich resided in High-street,
Croydon.
Mr. Hart recalled—Said on receipt of the letter on the
3d of March, in place of sendirr, the balance to Wenlock-
street, St. Luke's, as directed,° went immediately to Mr
Hill's residence, and then found out that the bill was a forgery.
The prisoner made no defence, and was immediately found
Guilty.
BURGLARY.—Thomas Jackson and George Smithers were
indicted for a burglary in the house of John B. Heath and
others, and stealing therefrom stamps to the value of 50/ ,
their property, and coin to the amount of 71., the property of
Hcery Beren.
Mr. ADOLPHUS stated the case to the Jury.

Mr. Nagle depcsed that he was a clerk in the employ of
Messrs. Heath, 31, Old Jewry. Witness and his family re-
sided in the house, none of the partners residing in town. On
the morning of the 2d March, witness was awoke by the nurse
who was attending his wife ; she was alarmed by some noise.
Ile procured a light, and went down stairs, at half-past two
o'clock. He looked into several rooms, but found nothing
amiss, till he went into a back room on the second floor, where
he found the window up ; it was closed on the previous night.
It could not he reached from the outside, except by scrambling
over the roofs of some warehouses in the back. On finding
the window up, he suspected that thieves were in the house.
Shortly after, he heard footsteps on the stair ; he followed and
overtook the prisoner Jackson in the passage. He threatened
him, and the prisoner begged to be allowed to go. Witness
said no ; when the prisoner said there was another man up
stairs. By this time the porter, Bradstock, had been awoke,
and came down stairs, and witness gave Jackson into his cus-
tody, and then proceeded to open the door, to procure the as-
sistance of the police. Bradstock called out that the prisoner
was getting away ; upon which they forced him into a back
room, and locked him in. The witness, accompanied by Brad-
stock and an officer, then went up stairs to the counting-house,
and found the prisoner Smithers under the desk. On examin-
ing the premises he found that five desks had been broken
open, and the papers were strewed about. Under the desk
where Smithers was, witness found a crow bar and a dark
lantern.

Mr. CLARKSON cross-examined the witness for the prisoners
but did not vary the evidence.
Mr. HEATH deposed that the house in the Old Jewry was
his own property, and that his partners paid him rent for
their occupation of it. The last witness was in possession of
the house as the servant of him and his partners.

W o
.
Wm. Hourghan deposed that he was n duty as a watchman
on the night in question. His attention was attracted to the
prosecutor's premises by seeing a man coming out of a window
on the first floor. He sprung his rattle, and the man re-
treated into the house. He afterwards took Jackson to the
station-house.

Mr. Thomas, the night-constable, received the two pri-
soners into his custody. On searching them, he found on
Jackson 1/. 10s. 11d., and close by where he stood he picked
up a quantity of stamps, which he produced.
George Churney, the Superintendent of the Watch, took
Smithers into custody. He found upon him a life-preserver,
a destroyer, a chisel, a screw-driver, seven skeleton keys,
and various other housebreaking implements ; also some fo-
reign coins, two sovereigns, and eight half-crowns.
A Clerk in the prosecutor's house deposed that the coin
produced, as well as the stamps, were safe in his desk on the
night of the Ist March.
Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Jury for the defence. He
contended that there was no evidence of a burglary having
been committed, as there was no evidence of the window
having been opened by the prisoners.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up, and the Jury found
the prisoners Guilty of stealing in a dwelling-house above 5/.
—Not Guilty of the burglary.