The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1R39.

KENT ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTA-

NICAL GARDENS COMPANY,

The First General Annual Meeting of the Share-
holders of the above Company took place on Saturday
last at two o'clock at the London Tavern. GEORGE
JONES, Esq., in the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN expressed the great pleasure the
Directors felt in meeting tho Shareholders for the first
time, and stated that the solicitor of the Company was
present with the deed of settlement engrossed, the con-
sideration of which was the first business before the
meeting.
A PROPRIETOR suggested that the deed should not
be read unless it had been prepared under the advice of
counsel.

FRENCH CHARACTERS.

CHARACTER OF bl. ARAGO.
(From
Timon's"Etades sur tes Oraleurs.)
Since you wish to give me a sitting, M. Arago,
just allow me, while I am cleaning my palette, to
ask you a question.
How is it that men of science and literature, the
greater part of whom are gloriously born in the
ranks of the people—men who are the most dazzling
ornaments of France, and who constitute the only
true aristocracy, as there is no other now-a-days
than that of talent—how is it that these lay ther
very souls at the feet of power, that they are the
complaisant apologists, that they do not pay the
slightest attention to the systematic oppression
of liberty, and that. they have even lost
the feeling of their political importance ? How is
it that the same phenoinenon is manifest in Austria,
Bavaria, Prussia, Russia, Holland, Italy, and all
the countries in Europe ? For, strange to say,
it is not among the rich, the powerful, the great
Lords, that despotism finds its most ardent, de-
voted, and obstinate followers, but among the
professors, academicians, literati, and savans.
They form the class who direct and edit the jour-
nals, manifestoes, secret notes, declarations, and
pamphlets, which the absolutiste party of Europe
hurls at our heads, and which are received by
our Ministers and Camarillaires with as much
respectful humility as the best of the Mussul-
mans would display in receiving a firman from the
Grand Turk. This inexplicable degradation, this
voluntary debasement of the noblest of our children,
of the beings of choice, of the privileged class of the
human race—does it proceed from the deep corrup-
tion of our nature, or are we to say with an eloquent
sophist, that the man who thinks is a depraved ani-
mal, or shall we believe that liberty was not made
for man, and that it should be kept under the lash
by the kings and the mighty of the earth ? Tell us,
Arago, how to resolve this afflicting problem. Tell
us, whether you do not think that the
almost universal political servility of savans
and literati is attributable to that bad social
organization which hands them over to the
mercy of every Government ? Is it not
by flattering ambition, vanity, and the love of
pleasure, that their intellectual culture reaches its
highest point. and is it not on this account that
power corrupts them ? Are not the physical op-
pression of the poor and the moral oppression of
the savant the fatal but inevitable consequences of
our vaunted constitutions? Artists, literati, ma-
thematicians, and naturalists, must sell themselves to
power, or die of starvation, for the savant is not
like the eldest sons of kings, born with 12,000,000
on the civil list, nor like the younger sons
with apanages of 500,000 francs, which
are as good as a million. If they have
not confessed aloud, before witnesses, three
times over, and with crossed hands, that they
love their King, there are for them no chairs at
Sorbonne, the normal schools, or the colleges, no
general inspections, no entrees to the Council of
State, no foreign missions, no red orders dangling
from the button-hole, no seats at the Academy, no
orders for works, memoires; statues or pictuies, no
pensions from the funds for public instruction.
Were you a Chenier, a Monge, a David, a Carnot, a
Condorcet, you would be found unworthy to'sit among
the most obscure jugesteurs of the Luxembourg.
Even the Grand Master of the University, who may
be a mere ass, will forbid you to be a public profes-
sor of your science, art, or literature. You will
slumber on your genius as on heaps of gold shut
up and sealed in a coffer with treble locks. If a
man of science, a man of literature, or an artist will
not be the valet of a King or Minister, he is no
more than a slave, a helot, or even less. Is not
this, Arago, the true, the only cause of the humble
prostration of the world of letters and Luis before
power ? Should we, with you, look out for the
cause among the stars ? It lies in the mud of cor-
ruption, which prevents our approach to the glo-
rious destinies of the future—in the vice (I fear,
alas ! irremediable) of our social and political or-
ganization.

For yourself, Arago, you have known how to
free yourself, by a rare and heroic effort, from the
servile dependence in which power holds so many
a great genius and noble character, and you have
preferred remaining with us to sitting at the feet of
a " principiculas" in the boudoirs of the Court,
and governing your country in concert with the
oppressors of liberty.
Were I to call M. Arago an European savant I
should not greatly flatter him. .But--such is human
weakness 1-1 shall please him if I say that he is
a superior writer, and I shall say true. Were he
not one of the Academie de Sciences he would be-
long to the Academie Francaise ; for he is a mas-
ter of the secrets of language as well assof the se-
crets of the heavens.
Who has not read his admirable letter on the de-
tached forts, those threatening bastiles which were
to be prepared against liberty, and which, at a
breath of inspiration from her—that revolutionary
breath which has the wings of tempest—the peo-
ple, in a day of wrath would have overthrown
and demolished, so as not to have left one stone
upon another ? M. Arago did an immense ser-
vice to Paris. Perhaps he even preserved her pa-
laces, houses, libraries, museums, magazines, and
shops from the mad incendiarism bf some modern
Omer.

Ours is a strange-organilation. A prince fit for
a bishop is made a commander of troops. A cox-
comb born a duke becomes a peer of France, A
blockhead with 10,000 livres rent is both an elector
and eligible. If M. Arago had nothing but his
genius, he would be a mere Paria, a member of
the plebs*. But he pays by chance 500 f. of contri-
butions, and he is a deputy member of the sovereign
state. Civilization and -government move in diffe-
rent directions ; the former progresses, the latter
retrogrades.
•
Our Parliaments, which do not acknowledge the
superiority of virtue or talent, but exclusively that
of property, are, call them by what liberal name you
will, in reality but feudal Parliaments. The Cen-
sitarian Deputies are now-a-days all more or less
aristocrats—aristocrats by fortune, if not by birth
—and they have, notwithstanding, the office of
making laws for the interests of the democracy.
Our elective Constitution is the most irrational in
the world; for when principles are illogical conse-
quences cannot be otherwise, and, finding
such to be the case, we need not be asto-
nished that there are so many proprietaires
fanciers and so few savans in the Chamber. Ido

aot mean to deny that of all sciences political
science stands the highest teaching men, as it does,:to
be free, moral, and happy ; being a science which
is as far above the rest as man is above brutes, and
mind above matter ; a science hated by all
the Governments of Europe without exception,
because it condemns too severely their deeds and
their maxims. On time contrary, these Govern-
ments pension, honour, adore, caress, and enrich
the naturalists who compare the anatomy of the
elephant with that of the worm, and who fathom
the depths of the ocean to describe the infinitely
small excrescences of • a polypus or a herbacea.
Most of this class of savans are illiberal, because
they take little interest in the study of man,
his intellectual phenomena, physical appetites, and
moral wants ; and I confess that I would rather see
them in the Academie than in the chamber behind
the Ministerial l3ench. But I do not say this of
other savans, such as chemists, pbysiciens, mecha-
nists, engineers, hydraulists, and architects, whose
theories explain, fertilise, and direct the usual ap-
plications of industry. Of such as these, not only
are there not too many in the chamber, but there
are not enough. We cannot now feel satisfied at
the miserable concentration of all national energies
in the furthering of materiel interests, and at the
absorption of so great a part of the budget by
canals, railroads, and public works.
When the savans are men of letters like Arago,
they initiate the Chamber into the mysteries of art ;
they compare the different products of manufac-
tures ; they compute accurately expenses and
receipts ; they sound the soil of experience ;
they thwart the artifices of speculation ; they
Dissipate the illusions of presumption and igno-
rance ; they say what is practicable, what is only
probable, and
what is impossible ; they put
financiers in the way of economy. In some mea-
sure they bring to the bureau the parts of the pro-
ceedings, decompose the matter, show the interior
of the body, teach the different play of the machines,
solve problems, and throw light on every side of a
thesis. Thus Arago's excellent report on railroads
has set in motion more ideas than all the schemes

Report is a masterpiece of elucidation and analysis.
When M. Arago rises, the whole Chamber is
in attitude of curiosity, attends, and is silent. The
spectators lean forward to see him. His stature is
tall, his hair curling, and his fine " meridional'
head sways the Assembly. There is in the mus-
cular contraction of his temples a power of will
and reflection which manifests a superior mind.
Utterly different from those orators who talk about
everything, and do not know three parts of what
they say, M. Arago speaks only on questions he
has prepared, combining the attraction of kn-aw-
ledge with the interest of the circum-
stance. Thus his discourses possess both
generality and actuality, and are addressed
at the same time to the reason and the pas-
sions of his audience. Scarcely does he enter upon
a subject but he concentrates on himself eycry look.
,He takes (if I may be allowed the expression)—
he takes science between his Linds, strips it of its
asperity and technical forms, and renders it so neat
and so perceptible that die most ignorant are de-
ighted to see and comprehend it. His animated
and expressive pantomime adds to the cffect of the
oratorical illusion. There is something
_luminous in
his demonstrations, and scimillations of light seem
to sparkle forth from his eyes, his lips, and the tips
of his fingers. He cuts his speeches by pointed in-
terruptions which defy all answer ; or by piquantes
anecdotes which are well connected with his sub-
ject, and adorn without encumbering it. When he
confines himself to the narration of facts, his elo-
quence has but the natural graces of simplicity ;
but when confronted with science he deeply ob-
serves her to visit her seciets, and to re-produce her
wonders, then his admiration begins to clothe itself
in splendid language, his voice becomes animated,
his words acquire a colouring, and his eloquence is
as great as his subject.

THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF

IRELAND.

(Abridged from the Dublin Evening Post of Thrsda:

The Lord-Lieutenant will arrive at Kingstown about
twelve o'clock on Wednesday next. From thence his
Excellency will proceed to Dublin Casty, to enter upon
the duties of his Government.

From our knowledge of tile state of public feeling,
th- ardent attachment to Lord Ebrington universally
prevailing amongst all ch,sses of Liberals in this
country—we can confidently anticipate that his entry
into the seat of his Government on Wednesday next,
will be one of the most important and gratifying
displays ever made by the friends of good government
in this country.
Just before going to press, we received a set of reso-
lutions, adopted at a preparatory meeting, over which
the Ely; of Charlemout presided ; and a meeting is to
be held at the Adelpbi Tueatre . on Tuesday
next—first, to address our beloved Queen—pray-
ing her support of " the principles of pure and
impartial justice administered in this country by her.
Majesty's present advisers; " and, secondly, to prepare
a suitable address to the Lord Lieutcaant, and to form
a deputation to meet his E*ellency, on his arrival at
Kingstown.

Thus the initiatory arrangements have been made,
and the public entry of the Lord Lieutenant will have
all the eclat which Irish gratitude and loyalty can render,
as a tribute to one of the purest public men, and onc- of
the heartiest friends of Ireland that has ever sat in the
British Legislature.

BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION.—The
Union is distracted because the council is distrusted.
The Council withdraw, in order that the distraction may
cease. Is there any other way to restore brawny to the
Union ? It is very painful for the Council to resign u
place of honour they have so long held. It is very painful
to lose the confidence of the men, if it must be lost,
whom they have laboured so earnestly and so long to serve.
But it would be still more painful to preserve that place of
honour, and that confidence in show and name, while the
reality was gone; to be considered as drag-chains upon a
movement which it was their duty to lead ; to be re-
garded as disturbers of councils, which they were inca-
pable of originating; as marrers of plans which they had
not energy to execute. It is their paramount duty to re-
sign, in order that the Union may obtain leaders, with
whom they can confidingly and consistently go on. There
is but one reasonable mode of resignation, and that they
arc about to take. —Birtninyham Journal.
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—The flue of the
church at Hanley has lately ignited the coal bed under-
neath, from whence a body of ashes has been re:noved, and
the burning stopped. This has also been the case at the
Wesleyan chapel in the town.—Statfordshire Gctzerte.
An old woman named Marwood, of St. Sldwells,
Exeter, dropped down and expired on Monday night. It
appears that she had been in the habit of going errands for
an elderly lady, who on Sunday night discovered that she
had been robbed of 501. The old woman was told of this
on Monday morning, which seemed to take great effect on
her. Nothing was, however, found after her death, and no
trace has yet been made of the robbery.—Plymouth
Journal.
DISCOVERY OF A SKELETON AT WANDS-
WOhTIL—A skeleton was discovered on the premises of
Mr. Creswick, paper-maker, in Garratt-lane, Wands-
worth, and information of the circumstance having been
forwarded to Mr. Carter, the coroner, an inquiry, which
lasted several hours, took place on Thursday at the Ser-
geant's Head. Several witnesses were examined at very
great length, from whose evidence it appeared that the
skeleton (that of a female supposed to be about twenty-
five years of age) was found under one of the wooden
trunks laid down from the river Wandle to the kitchen of
Mr. Creswick for the supply of watee. A gardener was
examined who had worked on the premises for upwards of
tasenty years, and who stated that the spot in the grass
plat under which the skeleton was found had sunk in seve-
ral times, and that he could never account for it. The
jury thought the inquiry ought not to be closed without first
examing the sons of Mr. Days( who formerly occupied the
premises) and other witnesses, and the case was adjourned
for that purpose.
Mr. BUCKINGHAM.—The following is extracted
from the Savannah Daily Telegraph of Feb. 18 :
" Mr. Buckingham—Sailor's Home, for Savannah.—On
Sunday evening last the largest Church in Savannah was
crowded with upwards of 2,000 auditors to hear an address
from Mr. Buckingham, of England, on behalf of the sea-
men of America; and after the introductory Mariner's
Hymn, by the Rev. Mr. Preston, ann a suitable and im-
pressive prayer by the Rev. Mr. Binney, the rest of the
evening was occupied by Mr. Buckingham, who spoke for
about two hours to a most attentive and deeply interested
audience, whose sympathies were powerfully enlisted in
the cause, and forcibly advocated by the speaker."
STATE OF TRADE.—The demand is fair for
Spring gloves, and a moderate amount of shipping orders
for the fall are in process of execution. The home busi-
ness in worsted and woollen hose is very dull,—no altera-
tion in the prices of yarns or labour.
DIABOLICAL ACT.—On Tuesday night last,
souse malicious-minded person threw two small bullets
through the sitting-room window of the Rev. J. Duncombc,
of Broad-street, in this city. Fortunately, the inside shut-
ters of the window were fastened, and the only damage
sustained was the breaking of two panes of glass and the
cracking of a third.—Hertford Times.
A BIT FROM BALTIMORE.—Good morning,
Mr. B—, how do you do, Sir ?—I am " right smart" I
thank you, Sir, how is your health ?—lt is very good, Sir,
how is Mrs. B. ?—She is "right smart," I thank you,
excepting a slight cold, which she took yesterday in the
country. But I hope she will soon "get shet" of that.--
Ah, you were in the country yesterday ? It was a bad
day for riding in the country.—Yes, I know it rained
" right smart" all day, and we were thoroughly drenched.
—But how did you find the travelling?-oh, the roads
are "right smart," and but fur the rain we should have
had a beautiful time.—Do you get any news in the coun-
try ?—Nothing of importance, Sir, only they say the pros-
rect is " right smart" for a good business the comirg
season.—l am glad to bear of that, for if the country
prospers, the city, will, of course prosper —ob,'yes, I have
no doubt but we shall have a " right smart" business sea-
son this year. If the farmers have good crops, they will
buy goods " right smart " when they come in the city.—
Mr. 8., you said you were in the country yesterday; how
far did you go?—Oh, I went " right smart" of a piece
out, and though, as I said, the roads were "right smart,"
yet TWICE'T I came near being overturned. —Good morn-
ing. Mr. B.—Good morning, Sir, I hope you will get
along " RIellIT SMART" in business to-day.
THE CORN-LAWS.—So much nonsense is
pcured out from all qnarters about the effect of the repeal
.of the Corn-laws, that, were tae to dedicate the whole Ma
gazine to the subject, we should not have space sufficient
for an answer. We shall therefore make only one state-
ment, which will surprise those who expect an inundation
of foreign corn. Taking the annual consumption of all
kinds of grain in the United Kingdom at 60,000,000 qrs. ;
and allowing each vessel to make two voyages a year, the
whole registered shipping of England, Scotland, and Ire-
land, could not import in three years one year's supply.
So that, though we could get grain abroad for nothing, we
must still grow it here, because it would be impossible to
import the large quantity consumed.— Tuit's Magetzine.
CITY CENTRAL AND NORTH OF LONDON
AUXILIARY TEMPERANCE AsSOCIATION —Saturday even•
ing the members of this Association held their annual tea
meeting at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The
,•plendid ball-room, spacious dining-room, and grand sa-
leon, with two other rooms, were laid out on the occasion.
The doors were opened at four, and at five o'clock upwards
of 700 ladies and gentlemen sat down to tea; The com-
pany at half-past six adjourned to the large room, when
J. Dunlop, Esq., of Hampstead, was called to the Chair,
and various gentlemen addressed the meeting in praise of
temperance.
R.OYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH.
—On Monday an examination took place before Lord
Bloomfield, G. C. 8., G. C. H., and the principal officers
of the Royal Artillery and Engineers, when about forty
gentlemen cadets passed for commission in the respective
corps.

LAUNCHING OF THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN.-
This noble vessel, pierced for 110 guns, will be launched
from•the dockyards at Portsmouth early in the ensuing
month. In consequence of its having been intimated by
her Majesty that she intends being present on that inte-
resting r).•!•asi'Li, cxtco,.4iv, prrp,ll-;ltioDs are being made for
the reception of the Royal Litteat.

POLICv; INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES,
—On Saturday Stowell and Birch, the informers, at-
tended before Messrs Conant and Dyer to support in-
formations of a novel character, affecting in some de-
gree a very large number of public companies and pri-
vate societies, who have issued prospectuses of their va-
rious institutions. The informations purported to he
en account of an alleged violation of the 39th Geo.
111., by the issue of prospectuses or bills of particulars,
without having the printer's name affixed to them. The
penalty is 201. ; but the amended Act gives power to
the Magistrates to mitigate the fine to 51.
'File first information was against Ed. Boyd, Esq.,
resident Director of the United Kingdom Life Assu-
rance Company, Waterloo.place.
Birch proved that he went to the Compsny's office,
and under pretence of making inquiry respecting a
South Australian assurance, he obtained from Mr.
Boyd five prospectuses, none of which bore the prin-
ter's name.

Mr. Boyd said an instance of the same kind came
some time ago under his notice as a Magistrate. The
Au cultural Association had issued prospectuses, one.
of which fell into the hands of an informer, who laid an
information in consequence against the Secretary. He
was on the Bench at the time, and he took the same
view of the question as the other lagistrates. He
considered that the Act of Parliament required the
name of the printer to printed papers for the more easy
detection of seditious or libellous writers ; but where
names and addresses appeared, such as were printed in
the Agricultural Society's papers, and in the prospectuses
of the United Kingdom Life Assurance Company, then
the printer's name was of no consequence.
Mr. CONANT replied, he could not dismiss the pre-
sent information on that ground, because the Act of
Parliament did not empower a Magistrate to do so.
Mr. DYER pointed out in the amended Act a clause
which exempted public bodies and public officers from
the operation of the Act.

Mr. CONANT asked Mr. Boyd if the United Kir'-r-
-dom Life Assurance Company was a public body.—Mr.
Boyd said they were not incorporated, but they had an
Act of Parliament which empowered them to sue and
be sued ; and this, in his opinion, made them a public
Company. The Act was then sent for and inspected
by the Bench.

Mr. DYER said his opinion was strongly in favour of
the right of the Company under their Act of Parlia-
ment, which was entitled a public Act, to be considered
a public body, and therefore to come within .the meaning
of the exceptions of the amended Act.
Mr. CONANT observed that he agreed with his col•
league in the position just laid down. The only ques-
tion was, whether the Company was to be considered a
public body or a private Society.
Mr. Riley, the Solicitor for the informers, said the
exemptions intended only to apply to the Batik of
England and similar Corporate Bodies. The Act
tained by the United Kingd9m Life Assurance Com-
pany was to effect a private object, and did not in
hie judgment confer upon them the character of a
public Company. The question was one of much im-
portance, and be hoped the Bench would take time
before a final decision was uronounced.

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The printer of the prospectuses said there was no
doubt in his mind, when the tenor of the amended
Act was considered, that no violation of the Act
whatever had taken place.
Mr. CONANT said he had no objection to give the
question, which was certainly very important, further
consideration ; he should, therefore,. fix Saturday next
for giving his final dechion.
Toe next case, by the same informer, was against the
Freemasons' and General Life Assurance, Loan, and
Reversionary Interest Company, in Waterloo-place.
Birch proved that he received several prospectuses
from the Secretary of the Company.
The Solicitor said he hoped, as the charge was laid
under a penal statute, that the Magistrate would require
informers to comply strictly with the provisions of the
Act. The information did not out the proper descrip-
tion of the Company ; it merely described them as the
Freemasons' and General Assurance Company.
Stowell produced one of the prospectuses, which was
endorsed at the back with the same form as he had set
forth in the information.
Mr. CONANT said the abbreviation had been made for
the sake of convenience. In the information he was of
opinion the title of the Company ought to be set out at
full length.

The-information was dismissed.—Stowell intimate(
that he had numerous other cases against the same Coin
pany to bring forward.

MURDER OF ELIZA. GRIM WOOD

On Friday a letter, of which the following is a copy,
was received at Union-hall Police office, on the subject
of the murder of the above-mentioned female, all the cir-
cumstances attending which excited such an extraordi-
nary degree of interest at the time of its perpetration.
The letter ran thus:—

" Thursday Evening, 28th March, 1839.
" Gesreemere—Before you receive this hurried note the
body of the murderer of Eliza G:imwood will be
in the Thames. Yes I, and I alone, am the
guilty villain who perpetrated the hellish deed,
and in a few hours will receive my deserts. Stricken
in conscience, and shunning all mankind, I add to
my character the name of a suicide, rather than meet with
an ignominious death on the scaffold. With my death will
all the particulars be in eternal oblivion, as no human eye
saw poignard pierce her. The assassin's name, to shield
a worthy family from irreproachable disgrace, will be for
ever a secret. Do not imagine the writer to be some brain
struck man. lam wretched. I can go on no further."
The above letter, which was addressed to the Ma-
gistrates, was written in good hand-writing, and on ex-
amining the post-mark it was found to have been for-
warded from the twopenny post-office, City-road.
Soon after the receipt of the above epistle, informa-
tion was given at the office that the body of a respect-
ably dressed man was found in the river, within a short
distance of Broken-wharf, Upper Thames-street, but
that no memorandum or document was found in his
possession by which to ascertain bis name or the resi-
dence of his friends. Yesterday Inspector Field, of the
L division, attended at Union Hall, on other business,
when Mr. Edwin, the Chief Clerk, handed him the above
letter. Inspector Field, having been made acquainted with
the finding of the body of a gentleman in the Thames
on Friday morning, proceeded to the station-house in
Watling•street, and from subsequent inquiries ascer-
tained that the name of the deceased was George Green,
that he had been formerly captain of a ship, but had
latterly led a very dissipated life. The inspector had
no opportunity, however, of seeing a specimen of the de-
ceased's hand-writing, to compare it with the letter. At
ail events, it is rather a remarkable coincidence, that the
body of a well-dressed man was found in the river on
the morning the letter was received by the Magistrates.
Last night an inquest was held on the body, when it
appeared that about seven o'clock on Friday morning
the deceased was found lying on his face in the mud,
about four feet from the shore, between some
barges, and that on searching him a silver hunting
watch, marked Marshall, 213, Oxford-street, with nine
shillings and a halfpenny. were found upon his person.
He had also a half-pint bottle of sherry in one of his
pockets. On stripping him, his shirt was discovered to
be quite dry. It had been subsequently ascertained
that the deceased had been Captain's steward on board
the Victory, East India trader, but that for the last
three years, being in bad health from a liver complaint,
he had been without an engagement, and had
been living on what money he had saved ;
that he had, nevertheless, led a dissipated life,
and had had his head-quarters at 151, High-street,
Wapping-. On examining his lodgings, a large quantity
of Indian copper money, as well as a singularly exten-
sive wardrobe of linen and general clothing, were found.
There were not, however, any papers which could lead
to further discoveries. The deceased quitted his lodg-
ings on Thursday morning, and had not since been
home. He frequently drank to excess ; but it was
stated by the waiter of the Bengal Arms, Birchin-lane,
where he had been in the habit of going for the last
twelve months,- that he left that house quite sober on
Thursday.—The inquiry was adjourned to Wednesdays

GREAT FIRE AT THE MAURITIUS.—The

journals of the Mauritius, up to December 15, have been
received through Bordeaux. They contain lamentable
details of a Sre which broke out at Port Louis during the
preceding night. It originated in the house of a widow

named Pigeot. The wind was high, and communicated the
flames to the surrounding buildings. The garrison,turned
out on the first signal of alarm. Major Wilson, with a de-
tachment of the 3ith Foot, assisted by Lieut. Story, made
every exertion to stop the progress of the mischief; and
Lieutenant Kerby with twenty men, and a number of
creoles, did great service in pulling down the outhouses of
the residence of Mr. Griffiths, which prevented the flames
from reaching the house of Mr. Chauvet. In a short time
seven houses were on fire. The torrent of flame at last
stopped in the street where the barracks are. Great appre-
hensions were at one time entertained for the warehouses of
Mr. Bestel, in which were 20,000 barrels of arrack. The
total loss had been estimated at 50,000 piastres, but it was
believed to be rather exaggerated. An infant was forgotten
and burnt in its bed, but this was the only life lost—
French Paper.
DOINGS AT MASS.—Sunday week a curious
and disgusting scene took place in a certain chapel in the
county Calk. The respectable ratepayers of the district, it
seems, had at a late election for the office of poor law guar-
r'ians elected two individuals in place of the nominees of
the parish priest; the persons so elected were likewise Ro-
manist. This opposition to his will aroused his reverence's
ire and on Sunday his coadjutor, acting upon orders, de-
nounced the individuals by name from the altar. He so far
outstepped the bounds of common decency in his calumnies
Of one of the persons, then present, that, advancing to the
front of the gallery, he exclaimed, " You lie!" This was
much for th meek son of mother Church, who, stmp-
ing on the altar, vociferated—" May the curse of God, of
the Virgin Mary, and of the congregation, lie on you,
you scoundrel 111" The utterance of this, and
much more similar language, so well adapted to the
time, place, and character of the speaker, had such an ef-
fect on the congregation, that they all hastily quitted the
; ,
tae vacant bericoi.s.— ii uterjoia4

I'VE

METROPOLITAN POLICE.

A pamphlet on this subject, entitled. " Cake of the
City Considered," by a Citizen of the 'Metropolis,
has just been published, which Nkrill require an
answer from those who contend tin tt by the New
Bill London is treated differently from.. any other Cor-
porate town, that the Lord 11,1ayor etnd Magistrates
of the City will be deprived of all authority over the
police, and be the most degraded M4strates in the
Kingdom, and that the City Police ae so excellent
that there were only two burglaries in the City last
year, not one since Christmas, and nof one during
the year 1837. The pamphlet is writts n with rather
an acrimonious spirit—it shows little reopeet for the
ancient privileges of the City of London,or for the Lord
Mayor, Courts of Aldermen and Common Council, but
at the same time it adduces facts which to a certain
extent justify the Govei-nment in the measure which
they have introduced into Parliament. The statement
put forth lately, that so Few robberies had been corn-
witted in the City for two yt!ars—not more than two, ex-
sited a good deal of surprise, and the answer to this by
the author of the pamphlet is no less surprising. Ac-
cording to returns made to the 'Metropolitan Police, not
less than twenty-seven burglaries committed during that
period in the City have come to the knowledge of Colonel
Rowan and Mr. Maine ; and how many more may have
been committed, of which the Metropulitan Police have
no knowledge it is not can, to say. With regard to
the charge that the City of London is treated differently
from any other Corporation, the answer is, that the City
of Dublin has been treated much more severe,ty ; that by
the Dublin Bill not only the police but also the
Magistrates are now appointed immediateJy by the
authority of the Crown, and that so far from being in-
terfered with, the judicial authority o.F the City Magis-
trates is expressly recognised, confirmed and extended
in the newßill,and the Stipendiary Magistrates appointed
for the rest of the districts are excluded tdtogether from
sitting with any judicial authority -in the City of London.
It cannot be denied, however, that the City authorities
are justified in stating that they have been treated dif-
ferently from the authorities in other corporate towns
by the Bill of 1834. By that Bill the corporate fran-
chises were extended to the whole of the community
included in what might be termed the same town.
Liverpool was extended in this manner from 165,000 to
206,000 persons ; Bristol, Bath, and other town,: in a simi-
lar manner ; but thequestion forlthe coosideration of the
City is whether, looking at the vast extent of surface, and
the numerous population, it would be expedient or
practicable to treat London astother corporate towns,and
unite two millions of inhabitants into one compact muni-
cipality, governed by a Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Common Council. Sir Robert Peel has prudently been
silent on this Bill ; and when he introduced the Metro-
politan Police Bill, showed equal prudence in not en-
dangering his scheme, by enlisting the City of London
among his opponents. But, nevertheless, he must
share, with the present Government, the odium which.
it has excited in the City. When he introduced his
Bill, he entreated the House to remember that it was
not a parochial but a general question ; avd he has been
a member of three Parliamentary Conanattees on the
subject, the last of which, in 1838, came to the follow-
ing resolution :
" That for the better prevention of crime, the detection
of offenders, and the preservation of the peace, and the
more effictually to promote these objects m conformity
with the principle of the 10th Gee. IV. c. 44, An Act
for improving the Police in and near the Metropolis,'
(Sir Robert Peel's Act,) it is expedient to consolidAtil
the several Constabulary Forces of the Metropolis,
in-
eluding those of the City of London and the river Thames,
'under one authority, responsible to the Secretary of State
for the Home Department."

THE MARhETS.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS

I Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Pease.
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. la.to s. s. to s. s.
Boston
Gainsborough 1 81 37 28 44 --
Granthsm 70 85 28 33 24 28 38 46
Grimsh Y S2 8 34 40 22 VO 38 414 38 8
Uorncastte '62 81 22 37 20 24 36 42 -
Lincoln 7O 77 3& 42 20 29 48 50
SO 35 24 49
Stamford
York

Spalding — SO .-:. 35 24 i 49
Stamford
York
WAKEFIELD con.N MARKET.—.IIIarch 28
I'neat, Red, Norfolk and SuffOlk ..... -.. —E. 64a. to 71s. fine 73
-- Lin. and Cam.
-- Yorkshire —a. 535. to 683. fine 70,
White
Foreign, tted —a. —a. to Els. fine GE
White —a. —s. to —s. nnei4s
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
Lincolnshire "S• to 40s. fine 434,
Yorkshire Wold
Foreign
Beans, Small .... —s. to 465. fine 49/..
-- Tick —3 to cls. fine 4.4.4
Oats, Potato —s. to 30s. fine 34'
--. Poland —s. —a. to 30s. fine r4s.
Friesland and Small —s. —s. to '...'65. fine .?s.
--=- hsz,ling
Sholling •... 365. to ni, Od. per I.oa,
Malt ....s 41s fine 435. per Load.
Rapeseed

kberdeen
Berwick
Coldstream
Cupar IFife)
Dunbar
Elgin
Inverness
Kelso ,

Wheat.

75 to 80
40 54
52 55
48 65
61 70
6S 70
65 C 8
45 54

ITCH MARKET

Barley.

34 to 36
24 29
24 26
'26 3
34 33
26 38
33 38
9 97

Oats.

21 to 27
Is 21
17 18
18 22
25 32
28 35
27 2A
16 23

Blanc.

-- to
2f6 30
27 29
21: 26
40 42
23 30
32 33
30 34

Oatmeal

4 t o 484
43 6

40 42

1 --
rtintry.

Kirkaldy 164 77 23 31 2O 23 45 48
Perth
The size of the measure varies throughout the
HADDINGFON CORN MARKET.—MarcIr 9'
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease..
74s Od 4"s Od 35s Od 46s Od
66s Od 418 Od 31a Od 404 Od
60s Od 31s Od 28s Od 36s Od
Average. 3/. Si.6l. 7.l2ths.
DALKEITH CORN MARKET..—March 28
Wheat. Bliley. Oats. Pease.
First 74s Od 42s Od 36s Od IMa Od
Second 67s Od 34s 6rl 28s 44 44s Od
Third . sss Od 33s 6d 22s lid 40a OJ
EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—March 2L
We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, ands the isle'
were rather dull.
Wheat. Barley.
78s. Od. 44a td.
70 0 '4O 0
CO 0 6
erage price of Wheat.
PRICES OP PR(
Lbeet, per lb. 6d. to Os. bd.,
Mutton 0 6 0 ki
07 1 0
05 0 7
Lamb, per qr. 7 0 12 0
fallow, cwt...-41 0 42 0
2uartern Loaf 0 10 0 10i
Potatoes, 141 b. 0 6 0 0

First
Second
Third

Be3llll.
.t 46 Oi
5,1L0,1
Vis Qd

Benny.
51s01
.04 Od
40: Od

First
Second
l'hird

Oats. Pease. I -SCAT] r.
:38s. Bdf 495. Oa. P 496 Od
31 0 45 0 I 45 0
27 0 40 0 .40 .0
31. 7c 4d.

)VISIONS, &C.
Fresh Butter, Bs. 1c 0,1. iC. li. 2d
Salt 0 0 0 /I
'Ditto, per co t.... 86 0 90 9
Eggs, per dos... 0 0 0 7
I OatStraw(kei.).. 8 fl 10 a
11Wheat Ditto... S 0 -10 0
Barley Ditto 7 0 0 6
Hay, her 5t......... 1 0 1

EDINrURGH MEAL MARKET.—March t. 36.
There was a middling supply of Oatmeal at this day's market,
th, sales were rather heavy.
Per Sack of 2dolb. Imp.
First Oatmeal £2 7 0
Se.cond ditto...
1 16 0
Peaseineal
Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt;
Po. I
GLASIIOW CORN
A moderate business doirn
Wheat, ver :1401h. s. d. s. d.
British, old 37 0 to 39 0
new
C4nada, free 34 0 30 0
Itish
Barley, par 3201 b
English 32 0 34 0
Scottish 29 0 32 0
Irish

Per Stone of 14W. Imp.
First Oatmeal x 0 2 ti
Second ditto 0 2
Batleysteal ...... 11 2 0
Peasemeal 0 2
128,72d,145.--3d, 16 --4tbilBs.

. -
I, 205
Fin RKET.—March 27.

in Grain • prices steady.
Oats, per `26.41n. s. a. s• „
....•• 20 nto24 v
British el 0 22 0

Beans, per If'6olb .
English .4 0 rill „
w
Scottish
Pease, Scottish .....,, 230 25
Oatmeal, per 1401 b l9 0 22 ~,'
Flour; per 2solb 43 0 35 '

CORNWALL MARKETS.
(Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.)

Wheat. Barley. ()22.:....._„
.—___„.,.....
a. d. to r. d. s d. to s d. s. ci. to s• dr:
fruro...— ... 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 10 ,v,
llelstone
St. Austell...
Bodmin 0 24 6 0 9 6 0 8 A"
Liskeard 0 22 0— 0 9 6 0 7
Launceston — 0 24 6 0 9 0— 0 0
Cametford 2l 0 24 0— 0 10 0 7 0 1
Penzance 24 0 26 0 0 11 0 —I a °
MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons . Cwt. QP
Quantity of Cc,ppet Ore sold 2,571 21 •
Quantity of fine Copper 268
_l5

➢IINING INT]
Quantity of Cc,ppet Ore sold
Quantity of tine Copper
Average Produce...
Amount of Sa!e, 1J,536

Average Standen