The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-07 00:00:00

JUDI TO MILBURN.

Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style from .Z 1 6 0
?tilled cloth Coat . .
Tweet Trousers . ••..•• • • .. 0 9 6
Tweed Wrappers •••• • • • • ..... ••••• • " " •
0 18 0
New Pateat Trousers, in all the appreTed styles • •
Doeskin Tr0n5er5.........................•
nest, er Dress 1 6 0
Dress Coats ....... ....... •••••••••••••••••• • • 1 12 0
Best quality .. • • .....• .. • •
Frock Co.
nest quality 3 3 0
Ceesimere Vest •••• •••• •• •• • ..... •• •• •••• •• •• •• 0 8 6
tatin, Plain or Fancy 0 12 0
Hussar and Tunic Suits .. •• •• • 1 8 0
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.

Suit of com
A new work entitled " TheClothesTreasurylete offor 'Paste," containing a
.de-
tailed list of prices for each department, with full directions for self
measurement, may be hail on application, or forwarded post-free. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
against Imposition ; but have learned that the untradesman-like
falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern,"
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
T ey have ao connexion with any other house in or out of London,
ercept their Branch Establishments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19,
Thorne Bradford, Yorkshire ; ant those who de;ire
genuine and claim? clothin. hould call at, or send to either of
t heir Branches, or to the Miseries and Aldgate, City, London.
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
Molders, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfittes, for
Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minorier, an
dn au,
84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City. London ; and their Branch Establish-
iltents, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad-
•Ord, Yorkshire.
Take trotiee.—This Establishment is closed from sunset FridaY.
1l sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock.
Several iirstrate Cutters wante,l for London and Country ; apply
on Tuesday Ilorning2,
X.B. T at Ten o'clock.
. his Establishment will be closed on Saturday Evening,
414,111 7. and resume busljaas al anal on 31011 day Iticutizir, Aprll_9,
' 11/Yl4 o'clotki
, .

UNITED STATES and CANADIAN EMI-
GRATION SOCIETY.
OFFICE, 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS, CORNIIILL.
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS.
T.
T LAMIE MURRAY. , Esq Chairman.
_ _

Maurice O'Connell Esq., M.P.
M. Charles Maher, Esq.
Edmond S. Symes, Esq.
Colonel C.C. Kemeys Tynte,M.P,
Clement Tuber, Esq.

Wallop Ilrabazon, Esq.
Charles Intdeney, Esq.
Charle' George Fairfield, Esq.
Anthony O'llaherty, Esq., M.P.
T. Colley Grattan, Esq.
N. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P.
MEDICAL lloAan —E. S. Syrnes, Esq. ; 11. F. Power, Esq

BANKERS— Union Bank of London; National Bank of Ireland.
SOLICITORS—WiIIiam Tatham, Esq., London ; Messrs. D. Mahony,
and Co., Dublin.
SHIPPING iGENT—James Irvine, Liverpool.
SECRETARY—DudIey Byrne, Esq.
PLAN OF SETTLEMENT.

The United States and Canadian Emigration Society, under a
Deed of Trust with the eviller, has acquired 153,400 acres of Land
in Hopkins county, Eastern Texas, latitude 33 deg. north, longitude
95 deg. 90 min., of which district the county-town is named Tarrant.:
It is proposed, in conformity to the plan of the Association, and
after reserving not exceeding one-fourth, to divide this Tract into
1,91 ' lots, of SO acres each, and to locate thereon 1,910 fatuities.
With a view to an equitable distribution of the soil, each allotment
to consist of about two-thirds Prprie or lightly-timbered Park-like
pasture-land, not requiring to be cleared for immediate cultivation,
and one•thlrd of contiguously situated timbered land, on the streams
and head-waters of the Sabine and Sulphur fork of Red Rivers,
which flow through this Tract.

Each purchaser of one lot to to also entitled to a Town-lot of one
fourth of an acre in extent, the site of which is marked on the survey
deposited in the Office of the Association.

The allotments are so arranged as to be as nearly as possible of
equal value, so that priority of choice will become unnecessary.
The purchaser will have his location assigned to him in the follow-
ing manner, viz.:

The Tract is divided into mile-square sections, designated by
numbers.

The Society reserves not to exceed one-fourth. Each section is
divided into lots, numbered from one to eight, subdivided for assort-
ment in such a manner that as each purchaser will know, on his
arrival on the spot, the exact location that he has purchased, no mis-
understanding can arise ; the Surveyor of the Association will have
the absolute power to decide on all questions of boundary. On a day
hereafter to be named, and of whirls due notice will be given before
the sailing of the Emigrant, a drawing of allotments will take place.
The names of purchasers will be put into one box, and the numbers
of the lots in another : these numbers will correspond with two
numbers on the survey, representing two-thirds, and one•third as
before mentioned, and these numbers when so drawn will constitute
his purchase.

[lt is the intention of the Society to deviate from the proposed
mode of allotment in favour of the first 200 Emigrant families, to
whom will be given a priority of choice in those surrounding the
town site.]
A Certificate of Title in accordance with the numbers drawn will
be delivered to the Emigrant, by which the Association binds itself
to give him possession of the lot drawn on his arrival in Texas.
The sum paid by the purchaser of each lot will include,
First —A free passage from the port of embarkation to the place of
settlement, with rations during the water passage and land jour..
ney, from New Orleans to the town of Tarrant.
Secondly.—Six months' provisions from the time of his arrival there.
Thirdly.—Two bullocks, one cow, and calf, and two pigs. •
Fourthly.—Implements of husbandry and seeds, viz.: a plough and
gears, a log chain and ox-yoke, a set of harrow-teeth, ten lbs.
nails, a hammer, an axe, a spade, a hoe, a grubbing-hoe, a saw,
two augurs, tvro chisels, a Ja7.kplane, a scythe, a rake, and a
pitchfork, with seeds for the first year's planting.
Fifthly.—A log-hence, eighteen feet square by ten feet in height, in
the erection of which the Emigtant will have to assist.
_ _ _ _

A detailed Statement and Schedule of the articles and necessaries
provided by the Society, for the use of the Emigrant, will be deli-
vered to him with the Certificate of Title, on the payment et the
sum specified, in fulfilment of his contract with the Society.
Thus the "payment of such sum as, according to the following.
estimate, will suit the circumstances of each, will entitle the indi-
vidual or fatally, as the case may be, to the itecesssary articles of
subsistence, stock, and materials, for effecting their settlement on the
eighty acres of land, of which they have acquired the Fee-simple
and obtained possession. Emigrants may secure a larger allotment
at the cost of flys shillings per acre.
1. 1 man without a family • •
2. A man and his wife

••£6l 8 9
•• 73 8 9

A man, his wife, and one child under twelYe years • • 79 $ 9
A man, his wife, and one grown son •• •• 86 IR 9
_ _

S. A man, his wife, and one grown daughter • • • . 85 8 9
6. A roan, his wife, one son, and one daughter • • • • 98 18 9
7. A man, his wife, one son, one daughter, and one child 104 18 9
To suit the convenience of a family composed of a greater or less
number of children or adults, there can be added to the above scale
of prices for
Each adult male additional • . £l3 10 0
Each adult female, ditto • • • . 12 0 0
And each child under twelve years, ditto 6 0 0

Each male adult, in additicn to the head of a family, will be fur-
nished with the following implements, viz.:—An axe, a spade, a
hoe, a grubbing hoe, a scythe, a rake, and a pitchfork.
N.B. The emigrant will fled his own outfit of bed, bedding, cloth-
ing, utensils, and stores for the passage; the ship ending three
quarts of water, and one pound of bread-stuffs, per day, with ten
pounds of pork, for the voyage to each passenger; or in case the
Emigrant may desire it, the Company will furnish what additional
stores may be required for the passage on moderate terms.
Cabin an 1 intermediate passage can be secured for a limited num-
ber in each vessel, at an additional cost of from 21. for intermedtate ;
121. for cabin pass nger.

Ships will be ready to sail from Liverpool and Cork in the ensuing
month with the first Emigrants, to secure a passage in which an
early application must be made.
Ap- ilcations to join the first two hundred families will be entered
according to the date of their receipt, and such applicants will re-
ceive immediate notice of being included in the list. These may be
addressed to the Office in London ; to D. Ilationy and Co., solicitors,
2, Kildare-street, Dublin; or James Irvine, Esq., 6, Cook-street,
Liverpool; or any of the Agents of the Society.

THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON
FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established in 1836.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
Offices-8, Water-street, Liverpool ; 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-
house, and 28, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London; 29, North-
umberland-street, Edinburgh ; and Commercial-buildings, Dublin.

THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF COLONIZATION,
EMIGRATION, AND PENAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Just published (with a Map by Wyll, Charing cress),

. - •
LETTER from Major Robert -Carmichael-
-14. Smyth to his Friend, the Anchor of " The Clockmakcr," con-
taming Thoughts on the Subject of a British Colonial Railway Com-
munication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, at the same
time assisting Emigration and Penal Arrangements; conclud ng with
a few Remarks on the Grand Canal and Railway Project of Lieut.
Henry Millington ~ynge, of the Royal Engineers.
Published by W. P. Metchim, 20, Parliament-street. Sold also by
Simpkin and Marshall ; Ridgway, Piscadilly ; Wilson, Royal Ex-
change ; Saunders, Charing-cross ; and It. Folthorp, Royal Library,
Brighton.
Concluding paragraphs from the article in the HISTORIC TIMES
of the 23d of February, on the Missing Arctic Expedition.
"This brief sketch of Arctic discovery may serve to remind our
readers of its progress to the present time, and prepare them for
further discoveries, while it sufficiently illustrates our estimate of
the national character that in about fifteen years the ice-bound
cuasts of a continent extending 110 degrees of longitude, i.e., as
wide as Asia, and twice as wide as Europe, has been traced by land
and sea, and its interior traversed in every direction. It cannot,
however, be doubted that the same amount of energy and capital thus
employed might hare joined the Atlantic and Pacific by a path available
for commercial purposes, united the west with the east, poured the
wealth of the latter into the cffers of our merchants, and spread reli-
gion and civilization to the most remote corners of the globe."
Extracts from THE SUN, 16th February.
"According to the scheme disclosed in this remarkable pamphlet,
merchandize, and passengers might be perpetually conveyed
to and fro between England and her colonial territories in the two
hemispheres without having to traverse the roads of Continental
Europe (which roads might be rendered impassable at any moment
by the outbreak of a general war), and without the necessity of
having to double either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn,
where the seas are as tempestuous as the voyages are circuitous;
and the intercourse between Great Britain and her most distant
and scattered possessions would not only be by this means less liable
to interrupti n, but it would be infinitely more rapid, and, in every
respect, more convenient. The proposed line of railway would link
together the two oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic; it would
sttetch in a direct line across our colonies in North America ; it
would commence at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and would terminate
at Frazer's River, pouring into the Gulf of Georgia ; it would com-
municate by steam-vessels with the ports of the United Kingdom in
one direction, and in the other would promote a continual inter-
change of commodities nod intelligence with Pekin, with Canton,
with Australia, with New Zealand, with the Spice Islands, with
Ceylon, with Madras, and with Calcutta.
" The North American Railway from the Gulf of Georgia to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, running from Nova Scotia by St. John's
through New Brunswick, across the St. Lawrence and Otawa, tra-
versing Upper Canada along the shores of Lake Huron and Lake Su-
perior, through the dominions of the Hudson's Bay Company to the
south of Lake Winnipeg, over the chain of the Rocky Mountains to
the coast of the Pacific confronting tke Island pf Vancouver—this
enormous line of railway would then be the first substantial em-
ployment of that felicitous fact which has been intimated in the ex-
pression that the shores of the Pacific constitute 'the end of the West
and the beginning of the East.'
" It would form ' the great link required to unite in one powerful
chain the whole English race.' It would penetrate the enormous bar-
rier of the Rocky Mountains. It would, ht a particular manner,
bind together the interests of England, of the Hudson's Bay Com-
MAY, and the Canadas. It would present a magnificent field for the
employment of gangs of convict labourers—criminals who by clear-
ing and enclosing lands, by constructing roads, and building bridges,
would be withdrawn from the diabolical contaminations of the
penal settlements, and would, unconsciously be instrumental in for-
warding the grand labours of civilization.
" It would pass through regions 'rich in mines of silver and copper,'
such as the vicinity of Lake Superior. It would draw into use the
abundant timber of the Oregon, the plentiful coal of Vancouver's Is-
land, the iron, lead, and tin, the granite, slate, and sandstone, the
oolites, the cattle, wool, hides, and tallow, the salted meat, the beef,
the pork, the wheat, the barley, the Indian corn, the apples, and
the rest of the nutritious vegetation which now flourishes uncon-
sumed in the length and breadth of the North American Continent.
" Such is the noble project of a Colonial railway suggested by
this patriotic pamphleteer."

EASTER HOLIDIYS.
THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Last Week of Mr. Shaw's Lectures on the Art of Magic: The
Illusion of the Inexhaustible It Atte, the astonishing Magic Coins,
the celebrated Feather Trick, the Gold Fi,h and Ink, the Magic Dis-
tribution of Gifts, the grand Mysterious Flight, and numerous other
new experiments will be explained.—Lectures on Chemistry, with
brilliant Experiments, daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock, by Dr.
114chhoffnor.—Lecture on the Steam Jet, at One o'clock daily.—
Among the New l)issolving Views arc Four Ytews of Hobart Town
and the Neighbourhood, by S. l'rour, Esq., from Original Drawings
taken in Van Diemen's Land by him ; also, scenes in Mexico, Swit-
zerland, the Gold District of California; and a Plan of the Battle-
field of Chillianwalta.—New Chroinatrope.—Diver and
The Machinery and Models explained.—The Music is under the di-
rection of Dr. Wallis.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
-,aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue. ls.

FURTHER OPENING OF RAIL-

WAYS IN LINCOLNSHIRE.

(From the Eastern Counties Herald.)
On Monday last sixteen miles of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway—viz , from
Brigg to Gainsborough, were opened to the public,
completing the eighty miles of railway which this
company was empowered to constructn Lincoln-
shire. They extend east and west from Grimsby to
Gainsborough, and north and south from New Hol-
i
land opposite Hull to Lincoln, with a branch from
New Holland to Barton-upon-Humber. The com-
pany, we believe, have yet the power to make a short
branch from the Meortown station to Caistor. The
distance from Hull to Gainsborough by water is fifty
miles, and the time occupied in the voyage by the
improvements in steam navigation has, been reduced
to three hours, once a day, with occasional opportuni-
ties, according to the state of the tide, of completing
two voyages per day. The distance is, by the Hull
ferry steamer and the railway, now reduced to thirty-
six miles, and the time requisite to complete it to six
minutes less than two hours, including the stoppages
at ten intervening stations. The time between New
Holland (the Hull ferry station) and Gainsborough,
is less than an hour and a half, and there are four up
and four down trains every day.

At ten o'clock a train siarted from New Holland,
filled with a goodly company, many of them bent
on sight seeing, while others availed themselves of
the cheapness of the trip to transact business at
various parts on the line. A large proportion of
these travellers had arrived from Lincoln, Grimsby,
and other towns in the district. A band of instru-
mentalists had been provided, and played lively music
at every station.
At the Brocklesby station, 7f miles from New Hol-
land, we saw some labourers trimming the branch or
junction with new ballast, preparatory to the expected
visit, a few days hence, of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert.
At Brigg, 16 miles from New Holland, besides a
convenient station, we observed a new road or street
made through the fields to the town, thereby escaping
we presume, the toll-bar, which is placed in most pro-
voking proximity to the occupied dwellings of the
townspeople.
As we approach Kirton-in-Lindsey, which is six
miles from Brigg, a change in the ballasting of the
line from chalk and gravel to small beaten fragments
of blue limestone, gives indication of nearness to that
stubborn hill whose tunnelling constituted the most
difficult and laborious contract upon-the Lincolnshire
division of this company's lines. We were from three
to four minutes in passing through it at a moderate
speed. The castellated front of this tunnel towards
Kirton bas a very beautiful appearance.
Throughout the greater half of the remaining ten
miles deep cuttings obstruct much of the view, but
immediately on passing Blyton, the last station before
reaching Gainsborough, the beautiful milk-white
square tower of a new church (that of Stockwith,
on the Trent, we believe) stands out in fine relief,
and the scenery as you approach the port increases in
interest; the pretty church of Morton, with the eccle-
siastical buildings of Gainsborough, come into sight,
and the station being on the side and not far from
the summit of Dingle Bill, overlooks the towp
and commands an extensive prospect of the hills aid
valleys stretching far away into Nottinghamshire, on
the opposite side of the Trent. The railway-bridge
across the Trent at Gainsborough, for the joint use
of the Great Northern and the Manchester, Sheffidid,
and Lincolnshire Companies, is in course of coastzar.
tion. The opening of the remainder of the latter
company's line throughout from Gainsborough, which
will bring into connexion the western Bed eastern
portions, and reduce the whole more thoroughly to
one unbroken management, is expected to be accom-
plished this year.
The station at Gainsborough, which is a neat ereo-
eacdAtimvloeirnergdeq.
tion in the Italian style, spacious and convenient, was
also appropriate, both in extent' and appearance, to
agthteenßierrriragelgis3p.'
At Brigg there
at the station, and
were hundred's of spectators as-
sembledon, at Kirton many more than
line the` occasion of opening
appeared to be one of general interest and much re-
joicing._ tuhiTeretLtthse.r'stitions, on the line are

111-IE ROYAL CIIINESE JUNK
will Re. open on EASTER MONDAY next, in the East India
Docks, adjoining the Steamboat Pier and Railway Terminus Black-
wall, surrounded by an ample enclosure and promenade.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THR
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN
LIFE.

Seventeenth Edition,
Just Published, in a Scaled Envelope, 2s. 6d., or free
by post, 3s. 6d.
CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular
Inquiry into the Coacealed:Canse of the premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Ccmpleto Restoration ; the physiology, use,
and abuse of the passions ; and advice to these suffering from_indul-
gence in a secret vice, or from infection.
By CHARLES LUCAS and Co., Surgeons,
60, Newmaa•street, Oxford-street, London,
Of whom the work may be had, and sold by Brittain, 54, Paternos-
ter-row ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Nord )a, 146, Leadenhall-street ;
Ward, 67, Strand ; Hannay and Co., 63, and ganger, 150, Oxford-
street ; and all Booksellers.

The authors continue to be consulted daily on all diseases of the
generative system, comprising syphilis, gonorrhoea, secondary symp-
toms, and those deplorable disorders resulting from early indulgence
and exces'. Their successful treatment being based upon upwards
of th rty years' practical experieace, is a guarantee for their promp-
titude and skill to those who are suffering from any of these cern-
pia nts, and in most cases one personal interview only is required to
affect a sound and permanent cure.
At borne from ten till two, and from five till eight. Immediate
replies sent to all letters, if containing the fee of U. for advice, &c.
GO, NEWMAN-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON.

Extract from THE SUN, 13th March.
"On the 16th of February we directed public attention to a
pamphlet, in the form of a letter, addressed to Judge Halliburton,
the immortal " Clockmakcr"—a pamphlet in which a magnificent
scheme is proposed for the connexion of the Pacific and the Atlantic
by a railroad running through our North American possessions,
through the Canadas, and through the territories of the
Hudson's Bay Company, beginning at the harbour of Ha-
lifax, near Newfoundland. and terminating on Frazer's River,
opposite Vancouver's Island. Since then, it will have been
observed by our readers that the author of that remarkable
pamphlet, Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, has addressed a
letter to ourselves, is which he disclaims any of that dogmatic
egotism which is generally supposed to actuate the projectors of such
colossal enterprises. The pamphlet of Major Smyth, previously
printed for private circulation, and written without any signature
upon the title page, has, subsequently to the appearance of our re-
marks on the 16th ult., bean published in a complete and well-
digested firm, accompanied by an Illustrative map from the hand of
Mr. Wyld, the geographer. Now, that the plan may be regarded as
fairly before the public, we cannot but take this, the earliest oppor-
tunity. of reiterating our previous argument, that the noble scheme
suggested by Major Carmichael Smyth is one intimately associated
with the present condition and the future destinies, with the glory,
the greatness, and the prosperity of the British empire."
Extract from the BRITISH and ARMY DISPATCH, 16th February,
before the Pamphlet was Published for General Circulation.
" This pamphlet is from the pen of an officer of rank, whose long
residence on service in North America has enabled him to offer to
the public some valuable suggestions on the subject of the extension
of railway communication on that vast continent, in the further ex-
tremity of which new ground has lately been broken in the progress
of civilization. The pamphlet purports to point out means for the
employment of the people and capital of Great Britain in her own
colonies, by undertaking a great national work, and thus opening
the shortest road to the most extensive regions of wealth ever
before at the command of any nation in the world (not regions of
gold, but for commerce and industry), and opening to Great Britain
a new outlet for the superabundant population of her soil, and new
markets for her labour. With great minuteness and considerable
local knowledge the author traces the means by which the far apart
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans shall be made easily communicable, and
urges that on that part of the line where the district labour and ca-
pital is sufficient, it shall be under:aken by the residents, and where
population is too thin, the remedy can be supplied by English capital
and convict labour.
" The pamphlet is altogether well worthy of perusal by all who
are interested in the progress of the great tide which is naw so
strongly setting ' westward.'"

Extract from the ERIGIITON GAZETTE, Bth March.
" One consequen'e of the recent discoveries in California has been
the renewed and zealous discussion of various plan:, heretofore sug-
gested for opening a direct communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans, instead of the present circuitous and hazardous route
by Cape Horn. A general feeling seems to have hitherto prevailed
in preference of a water line by the river and Lake of San Juan de
Nicaragua ; and certainly, as compared with the Isthmus of Darien
or that of Tchuantep c, there can be little doubt of its superior eli-
gibility. But we think that the views developed in the able pamphlet of
Afaior Carmichael Smyth will go far towards effecting a revolution in
public opinion. For the United States the 'route above mentioned
may be a sufficiently desirable ono ; but the author of this pamphlet
contends—and therein he will have at least every Englishman on his
side—that such a communication ought, if possible, to be made
within the limits of our own territory.
" In a question like this the advocates of Colonization must feel a
strong interest ; for 'let England her Northern• ♦merican, colonies,
and the lludron's Bay Company, join heart and hand, and with the
great power of steam which it has pleased the Almighty to place at
the command of man, there will soon arise a work that will be the
wonder and admiration of the age—and such a mercantile and ce-
lonising road will be open to Great Britain, that at no future period
Eat least within the imagination of man), will she ever again have to
complain of too great a reputation on her soil, and too small a market
for her labour." This Letter is addressed to the Clockmaker,' and
who will not echo the exclamation of that distinguished writer—
' Oh, squire, ifJohn Bull only knew the value of these colonies, he
would be a great man, I tell you—but he don't.'"
Extract from the RAILWAY TIMES, March 10.
" There is work to be done—wealth to be opened up—men's bodies
and souls to be saved —the press teems with suggestions, plain,
practical, and operative—yet not a ray of intelligence, of apprehen-
sion, not a sign, not a.i expression indicative of activity, escapes
from the chief of the Colonial-office, or his fussy, yet do-nothing,
subordinates.

" We shall revert to this topic in our next, and lay before oar
readers the able, invigorating arguments of Major Robert Carmichael
Smyth, in reference to the subject of a British colonial railway com-
munication between the Atlantic and Pacific.

IVELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphl Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.

Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee-room,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the
most comfortable and rea.onable in the
,matropolis.—E,ish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight and Suppers until Tert
o'clock. Private Ming-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits; fine Ales; and Barclay and 'Perkins's 'Stout.
• X.171..An Entrance also froui Maiden lane.

ROBERT WHITE, Green Dragon Commercial
House. Leesning-street, Mansfield.
Good Commercial-room, excellent Bed-rooms and Beds, good
Stabling, Wines, Spirits, kc., of first-rate quality, with moderate
charges.

The above house has been conducted by the late Mrs. White and
the present proprietor 24 years. Robert White begs to return his
most grateful thanks to hls Commercial and other friends, and trusts
to receive a continuance of their patronage.

Published this day, price Sixpence,
QTATISTICS of COPPER, TIN, and. LEAD.
A full and detailed account of the Public Sales of Copper, Tin,
and Lead, for the quarter ending the 31st of March, will appear In
the MINING JOURNAL of Saturday next, the 7th of Ap:11. The
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Hull, Grimsby, Lincoln, Caistor, &c.
A banquet at the White Hart was also given by the
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hood to the directors and principal
officers of the railway
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special train, and were met at the station by a deputa-
tion, consisting of Mr. Ilutu,n, of Gate Burton, Sir
Charles Anderson, Sir Thomas Bnkett, and others, as
previously determined upon by the town's meeting which
had invited them. The inhabitants assembled in great
numbers to give a welcome fto their friend and former
representative Lord Yarborough, the chairman of the
company, who, however, was
business in the Isle of Wight.
About 50 gentlemen sat down to the luncheon, which
combined almost every viand that could be included in
such a refreshment, with wines of excellent quality.
William Hutton, r of prevented from coming by
Gate Burton (in the absence of
his relative, Mr. Hickman, the Lord of the Manor of
Gainsborough). presided, whilst Henry Smith, Esq , oc-
cupied the vice chair. Near to the chair were Sir
of the- directors of the railway coMpany—via
Charles Andersonand Sir Thomas llckett, also four
Williams, Esq-, of Brocklosby ; GeOrge' Feischi M.
'llene-
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of Heneage.
In introducing the name of Prince Albert, the Chair-
man made passing allusion to the intended visit of his
Royal Highness, in the course of a few days, to the
county of Lincoln, for the purpose of performing an
important office in connexion with another part of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com-
pany's work. The friendship which subsisted between
that illustrious individual and their friend the chair-
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of the coal owners of Dronfleld.Whittington,
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Railway at Whieldon
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mences at Dronfield, passes by the collieries at Coal
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aston and Frith Wood, the collieries and iron-works
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thence it runs through Brierley Wood, and passes
the collieries of Messrs. Marr, at Whittington, and
shortly after forms a junction with the Chesterfield
and Gainsborough Canal and Midland Railway, at
Whieldon Mill. It is also proposed to construct tram-
ways, branching off from the main line, communicating
with the neighbouring collieries of Mr. Lancaster, at
Newbold, and also the iron-works of Messrs. Scholo-
Held and Co. A single line is proposed to be constructed,
ivhich, from the favourable nature of the gradients which
fall towards the Midland Railway, the whole length of
the line, it is calculated can, be constructed at a cost of
50,0001., which it is proposed to raise by 1,000 shares
of 501. each. Various addresses,'siarrnly advocating
the ,proposed line, were delivered, and a series of reso.
!talons for petitioning Parliament for a Bill for the for-
mation of a company to carry out this object were unani-
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COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.—TWO MEN MISSING.
—Yesterday morning, about half•pan two o'clock, the
Albert steam-tug, with the Mars in tow, from Ramsey,
Isle of Mau, was run into by the barque Ann Grant,
from Apalachicola, off the N.W. Lightship. So violent
was the collision that the decks of the steamer were
swept of masts, funnel, boat, So. The Ann Grant left
her figurehead and cutwater on board the steamer.
The pilot, who belonged to No. 12 boat, and one of the
crew of the steamer, (the helmsman) are missing. A
man (a stow-away from an out going emigrant ship) was
seriously injured, and when brought ashore was taken
to the Northern Hospital. When the steam and smoke
cleared away, the persons on board the steamer observed
the two vessels in contact with each other.—Liverpool
IMercury of Friday.

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LONDON, SATURDAY =t x
% 7
X
APRIL 7, 1849.

SIGNORA. PARODI.

Our readers may be interested by the following
sketch of the history of the young artist, the pupil
and adopted daughter of Pasta, who will make her
debut at her Majesty's theatre next week :
She was born at Genoa, in 1827. her father is a
retired and pensioned employe of the Sardinian Go-
vernment. So early did she display natural musical
gifts, that at twelve years of age she was placed by
her parents in the Musical Institute of Genoa, under
Maestro Celli, from which she was removed to the
tuition of a professor of celebrity in the same city,
Maestro Degola. In 1844 she had exhausted the lore
of these masters, and was taken by her mother to
Milan, to study under Felice Ronconi. She had not
been many days in the capital of Lombardy, when
she happened to be heard at a private concert by the
husband of Pasta, who was so struck by the resem-
blance of her vocal gifts to those of his re-
nowned consort, that the following morning
he hurried back to his villa at Como to tell
Pasta that he had heard a young singer in whom
her voice and dramatic spirit were revived. Pasta
repaired to Milan to gratify the curiosity her
husband had excited. Such an impression did the
young musical pupil produce upon her, that she em-
ployed every means to persuade Madame Parodi to
leave her daughter under her care, and return to her
family at Genoa. Madame Parodi consented. Pasta
took her daughter with her to her villa at Como, and
from that time she became her pupil and adopted
daughter. Felice Ronconi, it is true, having com-
plained of being deprived of a pupil from whose suc-
cess he expected to derive an addition to his fame,
Pasta could not resist his entreaties; but she returned
with Parodi to Milan, and gave her lessons at the
same time as the professor, and soon withdrew her
once more to Como, where she remained for a whole
year without returning to Milan.. The young Parodi,
who has four brothers and three sisters, anxious to
contribute as soon as possible to the support of her
father and mother with their numerous family, deter-
mined to appear on the stage on the first opportunity.
The " Fiera di Bergamo," one of those united festivals
of commerce and of music so peculiar to Italy, pre-
sented her the first opportunity of debut, and Pasta find-
ing she could not prevent the departure of her adopted
daughter, conferred upon her all the ornaments she
had worn when enacting the queens of lyrical
tragedy : the tiara, zone, and girdle of Medea—the
crown, the mantle, and golden sickle of Norma.
Thus armed and encouraged, and heralded by the old
friends of Pasta, Parodi's success at Bergamo was
one of those scenes of fanatismo only beheld in Italy.
From all quarters of the fatherland of song she re•
ceived offers of engagement, and she appeared succes-
sively at La Spezia, the Teatro Nuova, at Florence,
and the Argentina, at Rome. From thence she was
engaged to appear at the Great Theatre at Palermo.
Once there, so much did the Palernsitans delight
in her talent, that they made every concession to
prevent her leaving ; and there she still lingered
until the insurrection broke out. She was obliged
then to take refuge with the French consul, and
other official personages, for twenty-two days, on
board a Sardinian ship in the roads, and was witness
to the continuous scene of conflict, carnage, and
destruction that ensued. It is a singular fact,
characteristic of the all-overruling passion for music
amongst these enthusiastic people of the south, that
the same evening that the citadel and the last
bastion were taken by the insurgents, amidst a scene
of destruction of property, and still more of human
life, which even the official papers in Parliament have
so strongly recorded, the Palermitans sent a boat and
a deputation to fetch their favourite singer from on
board the Sardinian man-of-war ; and that very night,
when the streets were scarcely passable from ruins,
an immense crowd assembled to. bear Parodi sing
Norma. The spirit of the dream of liberty at Palermo
soon changed • the advance of the royal army drove
away all the illusions of peace and pursuits
of pleasure. Parodi returned to IPasta, at Como,
on her way to visit her family. She received many
offers of engagements—some from London, others
from Spain, from the Grand Opera of St. Carlo,
Naples, &c. But these offers were all refused;
Mdlle. Parodi having, in the mean time, been be-
trothed to the Duke de S—, a marriage long
resisted by his relatives, whose consent reached her
at Palermo. However, after a few months occurred
the reverses of Charles Albert—the devastation of all
Italy by intestine war. In consequence of this war,
the contemplated marriage was again put off. Parodi
determined to return once more to the stage, and
accepted an engagement -from her Majesty's Theatre.
Mdlle. Parodi is twenty-two years of age, of stature
rather above the middle size. Her form and features
are admirably adaPted to the stage. She is an ener-
getic actress and impassioned singer ; and the resem-
blance of her voice to that of the never to-be-forgotten
Pi.sta is singularly striking. The interest the latter
took in her pupil has induced her to write several
letters, containing admirable precepts, which prove
how deeply this noble prima donna had investigated
the resources of her art, and how admirably she
reasoned on its philosophy.

MURDER AND SUICIDE.—LEICESTER, FRIDAY
MORNING.—A shocking tragedy has been enacted at
Leicester, which has thrown the whole town into a state
of consternation. It appears that yesterday morning a
report was raised that a house in Simpson-street, near
St. Margaret's Church, had been broken into, and Mrs.
Groce, a married female and her child, about three
months of age, brutally murdered. Sergeant Smith, of
the Leicester police, immediately repaired to the house,
when the following particulars were obtained:—The hus-
band of the unfortunate woman, who is a frame-work
knitter, left his home that morning at six o'clock, and
went to work. He returned at his usual hour to break-
fast, when, upon going to his room, he was astonished at
finding the door locked, and the key in the inside of the
lock. He called several times without receiving an
answer, and upon looking under the door he could see
that the floor was covered with blood. Having
giving. an alarm the door was forced open,
when a most appalling scene presented itself.
Upon a box was lying the infant child, with its head
nearly severed from its body; and close by was the
Inotkr,,,wiikher throat cut from ear to„ear,4nd
_blood
flowing In'cepions streams from the wound. 'rho woman
• was instantly laid on the bed, and Mr. Buck, a surgec!n,
was sent for. The child he pronounced to- bo quite
dead, but the mother was still alive. Mr. Buck at once
did all that was possible to save the live of thopor
woman; but, in spite of his exertions, she expired during
the day. There is every reason to conclude
d that Mrs.
Groce destroyed the life of her child, by cutting its
throat with a razor, and that she afterwards cut her own
throat with the same weapon. A razor, covered with
blood, was lying at the right side of the unfortunate
woman. For some time past she had been in a very low
and desponding state, and had frequently expressed her
fears to the neighbours that she, and her family would
come to want. There is, therefore, no doubt entertained,
but that during a fit of frenzy the poor creature com-
mitted the dreadful deed. The bodies have been taken
charge of by the police until they are viewed by the
coroner, who will, it is expected, hold an inquest on them
this day (Saturday).

- -
CAISTOR.—TIIE FAlrt....On Friday last, a large
quantity of sheep filled the Market-hill and roads adjoin.
ing very early in the morning. The prices were nearly
as high as at the last fair at this imam; and if the sales
were rather slower the number sold was quite as large.
It was said upwards of 50,000 sheep were on the hill.
Hog sheep sold from 28s. to 385.; a few as high as 4th.
and 425. Of horses many had ready purchasers, parti-
cularly of the cart kind. The sort of horses rather better
than is usual at this fair, being more famous for sheep
and horned cattle. On aturday, the Market-hill was
crowded with horned cattle of very fine sorts, much ap-
proved of by many distant dealers and opulent graziers.
The prices were a little lower than the last fair, but a
very large quantity were sold before noon. The town
fair on Saturday, was not large, nor did any shows ap-
pear to amuse the young people. All seemed engaged
in the pursuits of farming, purchases and sales. The
silver cup annually given by Messrs Smith, Ellison, and
Co., to the exhibitor of the best pen of fifty hogs, was
awarded to Mr. William Richardson, of Great Limber.
The hogs shown by Mr. Bernard, Owmby, and Mr. Wtn.
Davey, of Thoresway, were greatly admired and highly
commended. The judges were William Loft, Esq.,
Trusthorpe House; Mr. William Uppleby, Bomby; and
Mr. W 133. Hobson, Kettleby-Thorpe.—Hull Advertiser.
ATLESDURT, GOOD FRIDAY.—The Easter Quarter
Sessions for this county were held here on Tuesday last,
before Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., Chairman, and a full
bench of Justices. The assisea having so recently taken
place, the calendar contained the names of only 10 prison-
err. At these sessions it was unanimously agreed that a
memorial should be presented to the Privy Council,
stating the expediency of holding the Summer Assis:s
at Aylesbury instead of Buckingham; the Bucks
Assize Bill having passed the Legislature. Several
plans for the Judges' lodgings were produced, and Mr.
Lent appointed architect to carry into effect the build-
ing, which will be commenced immediately, on the site
of the old gaol. There .was a very full attendance of
magistrates on Thursday amounting to 40. Amongst
whom wore Lord Carrington, Lord-Lieutenant ; the
Marquis of Chandos, Lord Nugent, the Chairman of the
Quarter Sessions; the three Members of the county, Dr.
Leeds, &c.
EXTRAORDINARY LAMB Carter, butcher,
sold at his stand, in the market •hous!, Coc
amkebrsinoruetinh, on
Monday last, ono of the finest Cheviot
m-
beret] to have been seen at so early a period of the sea•
son, being 101 b. per quarter,...endb House, nearonly ten weeks old,
orough
bred and fed: y Mr. Sewell, of way
Mary port. •
Puomric COTI.—Mr. R.. Pattinson, of Hay Close,
has a cow which has bad four calves, and is net yet tour
years old.—Carlisle d —Carlisle Journal.

[PRICE SD.

THE REPRESENTATION OF
Sri EFFIELD.
A meeting of electors was held on Thursday at the
sessions-room in the Town-hall. The place was
crowded. Upon the platform appeared Mr. Alderman
Dunn, Mr. Alderman Vickers, Mr Alderman G.
Turton, Mr. Alderman Hall, Messrs. W. Smith, W.
Fisher, R. Solly, T. Badger, T. Birks, the Rev. S.
1). Waddy, Messrs. R. J. Gainsford, W. A. Mat-
thews, W. Smith, jun., W. Lockwood, T. W. Rod-
gers, &c.

Mr. DUNN took the chair, after some opposition,
amid the cheers of the meeting, and read the follow-
ing letter from Mr. Roebuck :

My dear Sir,—Your letter, announcing the resolu-
tion passed at a meeting of the Liberal Election Com-
mittee of the Sheffield electors, reached me only this
morning, and I now hasten to express to yourself; and
the friends in whose name you write, my warmest ac-
knowledgments, in return for the high honour which
their confidence in my political character has conferred
on me. That they should have thought it worth their
trouble to watch my political career is of itself a com-
pliment—a high one; but that they should, from that
supervision, have decided to select me as their proposed
representavive, both of their interests and wishes in the
House of Commons, is as flattering and gratifying an
event as could occur in the life of a politician. As such I
regard it. That my countrymen thus look upon my
past conduct is more than a sufficient reward for what
I have hitherto done, and is a great stimulus to induce
me to go on in the career that has won this signal
mark of their favour and esteem.'
"To my past life I must refer you for my political
creed. I have seen no reason to change or swerve from
it. What I have been I hope to continue to be; and I
hope also not a less efficient supporter of Liberal opi-
nions because now I have in public for twenty years sup-
ported them.

It was
also_proposed and seco ed, that the Chair-
rn,M, Xe requested—to ate the result of the
meeting to Mr. Roebuck forthwith. The Chairman

" You tell me that there is to be a public meeting of
the electors to-morrow (Thursday), which will deter-
mine on the course to be pursued. If my name is pro-
posed, I must beg of you, in my name, to say that I
shall be most proud to accept the nomination, and that I
shall bold myself in readiness to gire to the whole eon-
stitaency, to the whole of the inhabitants of Sheffield,
the fullest explanation of my views which they may de-
sire. Whatever course they may think most advisable
will suit me. The vacancy will not actually take place
till after the Easter holydays; but I shall consider my-
self at the command of the Liberal party as soon as they
decide to present me to the notice of the electors. What
is most convenient to them will be that which I shall be
most pleased to follow.
" Thanking you, my dear Sir, and the gentlemen for
whom you so kindly wrote, belive me, most sincerely
yours, " J. A ROEBUCK.
" T. Dunn, Esq."
The following letter from Mr. Roebuck was also
read by Mr. R. Leader, jun., and elicited frequent
applause :

Chen announced that the business of the meeting was
at an end, and he had had great pleasure in witnessing
the unamity which, on the whole, had prevailed.
On the motion of Mr. T. BADGER, seconded by Mr.
R. LEADER, jun., a vote of thanks was passed to the
Chairman.
TR

lAL of the BATH GOLDSMITHS
FOR TRANSPOSING THE HALL MARK.
TAUNTON, FarDer..--Horatio Jennings Warren,
47, and Samuel Henry Fuller, 31, were placed at the
bar before Lord Chief Justice Denman, and arraigned
on an indictment charging them with having in their
possession, without lawful excuse, a silver spoon•
bearing the mark of the die of the Goldsmiths'
Company, which die had been transposed from a ware
.of silver—td wit, a skewer, by one Hubert Sawyer
Cousins. Another count charged the transposition,
to have been made by a person to the jurors'
unknown. They were also charged with being in
possession of a silver soup-ladle with the die of the:
Company transposed.
The prisoners were accommodated with chairs in
the dock.

Mr. COCKBURN opened the case to the jury. He
said the prosecution was instituted by the Goldsmiths'
Company, to whom were entrusted by law the
purity of the precious metals when manufactured.
By law it was necessary that articles, whether
gold or silver, should have upon them the mark of
the Goldsmiths' Company, before being offered for
sale, for a two-fold purpose, that of raising a tax and
securing the purity of the metals. The last Act upon
the subject, 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 22, provided that
every person who should have in his possession, with-
out lawful excuse, any ware of gold or silver, bear-
ing the mark of the Goldsmith's Company transposed,
and knowing it to be transposed, shall be guilty of a
punishable offence. The facts of the case were these.
In the month of December last the Goldsmiths' Com-
pany received information, which induced them to .
send down one of their most efficient officers to Bath..
That officer (How) purchased eleven silver articles at
the shop of the defendants, those silver articles he re-
turned to the Company, by whom be was again sent
down on the 6th of January, when be purchased 34
other articles, and among the goods offered he saw a
silver spoon and a silver soup-ladle. He communi-
cated to the company certain suspicions which he
entertained towards these articles, and on the 9th:of -
January a warrant was obtained, and the spoon was
seized. The die of the spoon was of as ancient a date
as 1774. The company altered their dies every year,
and kept a register, showing them what particular marks
were made in any particular year. The spoon had been
gilt, and at first it was not easy to discern the manu-
facture of the spoon ; but on taking it to London, re-
moving the gilt, and applying the blow-pipe, it was
discovered that the shank of the spoon was new, and
that the mark had been soldered on to it. It appeared
that the bowl was 4 dwts. below the standard, the
shank 3 dwts. below the standard, whilst the handle
was 1 dwt. above the standard. He should show that
some time ago, a man named Mitchell was employed
to make the bowl of the spoon, and take it to a person
named Cousins, and that it was afterwards returned
to him by the accused to gild. The conduct of the.
defendants at the time of the discovery was important.
Some communication took place between them and
Mitchell, the result of which was that the pattern
from which the spoon was made was buried. After
that the defendant Warren again saw him, and told him
that the spoon was the only thing they were afraid of,
as it had the transposed mark of the hall upon it.
He advised him to give up his books, which he did,
but afterwards, on his application, they were returned
by Mr. Fuller. Whatever the motives of the accused
might have been, the Act clearly and distinctly for-
bade the offence which they had committed; and of
which he thought the jury could not have the
slightest doubt when they heard the evidence.
Mr. Hough examined—l am an officer in the
assay-offiee of the Goldsmiths' Company. In conse-
quence of directions from the wardens, I went on the
30th of December last to the shop of Messrs. Warren
and Fuller. I saw them both on that occasion, and,
purchased ten articles of silver. My attention was
directed to those articles, and on communicating with,
the wardens, I was again sent to Bath on the 6th of
January. I purchased thirty-four articles on that
Occasion. My attention was drawn to a serving'
spoon, and also a soup ladle, both of which were shown
to me for sale by the prisoners. They asked, I believe,
nine guineas for the pair. They were silver gilt. I
observed that the spoon bore a very old hall-mark,
whilst it was of new manufacture. I did not pur-
chase it, but reported what had occurred, and on the
9th of January I went to the shop again, armed with
a warrant. I told them I had a very unpleasant
duty to perform. That I had a warrant for the
seizure of certain articles, some with transposed
marks—the other without marks. Mr. \Verret) said
the articles were foreign. I seized the spoon and
ladle, and about 100 articles. I observed a fac-
simile of the spoon, and noticed the hall- mark
on that. I did not seize it, having been instructed to•
use extra caution and seize nothing but what I was
certain about. I took the spoon to town—cleared off
the surface gilding, then applied the blow- pipe, and
I discovered that the mark was brought on to the stem
in a very ingenious manner. I should say the spoon
had first been made, and the piece inserted. I could
observe the soldering the hole way—the inserted
piece is considerably thinner. I made an assay of they
spoon, and found the bowl considerably below the
standard. The standard is lloz. of pure silver to
183wts. of alloy in the 11b. Troy. One portion of
the spoon was ldwt. above the standard. I afterwards
made a second search carefully, but could not find the
fellow spoon. On the first occasion I examined 40
or 50 articles in the presence of the prisoners. On the
second search I could find none of those articles—
there had been an entire revision of the stock. I have
been a long time in the service of the company, and am
acquainted with the manufacture of these articles. I
was formerly a silversmith. The stem of the bowl of
such a spoon would be made in one piece. This
method of making it would require five times the or-
dinary time in manufacture.
Cross-examined—l was a silversmith at the age of
14. I worked at the trade about a year after my
apprenticeship. I have been in the assay-office
for 15 years. I am a weigher
,in the office. There
are three assay era in the office. My duty is to
weigh, and in case of illness or emergency to assay.
I was first a drawer in the office. I assayed this my-
Mr. Fuller (one of the assayers) assisted me.
The dwt. is Bd., therefore this spoon would be deteri-
orated about ls. '24. The value of such an article,
supposing it to be good, would be about 51. I did
pet seize the many other suspected articles, because I
was instructed to use extraordinary caution, and to
give them the benefit of any doubt. I suspected the
fellow spoon, but had no means of ascertaining re-
prcting it. 1. took this spoon upon a risk. I have
never seen so large a spoon before. When I went
to the shiip, I represented that I was exceedingly
anxious to make a present to a friend. When I had
the search warrant, I went over the pawnbroker s
shop on the other side of the street. There were
about 8,000 oz. of silver. I can venture to swear
there wer.i not from 15,000 to 20,000 oz. of silver.
'I might have said there were only 4,000 oz. I can't
'say; you are pressing me very close. I suspected
she fellow article of transposition. I did not seize
'any more articles as transposed articles. I have seen
:additions and changes of form in articles, but they
must be sent to the assay-office, or there is a penalty
of 101. This is not a case of addition. I have not
advised that Couzins should not be examined as a
witness for the prosecution. I went to Mitchell and
Couzins. The latter was examined before the ma-
gistrates. The difference between addition and trans-
po3ition depends upon circumstances ; the one is
punishable with a 101. penalty, the other as a felony..
"The transposed liece might have been a skewer or a
spoon, I cannot tell which.
After the examination of several other witnesses,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and
The Jury, after a quarter of an hours considera-
tion, tion, returned the following verdict—" the
addition, addition, not guilty of the transposing;
Guilty.' A burst verdict,
°verdict,
of applause
andun thed rhundreds of
accusedper were escorted to their inn by several
h

" 1, Terrace, Spring•gardens, April 4, 1849.
"My dear Sir,—l wrote in such haste last night that
my letter, I fear, was hardly intelligible; and I cer-
tainly had not time to express to you, and those whom
you represented, how sincerely and warmly I felt grate-
ful, in consequence of the spontaneous offer of support
which you, in their name communicated. The only
thing which rather for the moment excited surprise
than pain in my mind was the sort of doubt contaimd
iu your list of provisos of the steadfastness (,f my poli-
tical faith. However, upon reflection, it appeared to me
that I had too readily taken for granted that my con-
duct was known to all whom that letter represented,
and that a little precaution was a thing of which no one
had a right to complain upon a matter so important as
that which gave occasion to your communication. And
your friends, will, I hope, find that what abilities I
may possess will only be the more strenuously em-
ployed in support of those great principles which we
bold in common.

" The time is probably not very distant when I shall
have an opportunity of explaining carefully and at due
length my views of the great foundations of political
science, and my applications of those principles to the
exigencies of the present time. The present I
cannot help thinking a very critical period,
and that much will depend on the guidance of our po-
litical affairs of the coining few months for the future
well-being of our industrious people. If a really free
trade be established—if an honest reform in our expen-
diture be adopted—if our financial system be put upon a
rational basis—then I think we may be sanguine of suc-
cess. If all these things be delayed or deferred, very
serious evils will inevitably follow.
" The two questions you put respecting constitutional
reforms are at this time beginning a:lain to excite an in-
terest. There are some earnest and cautious men here
in London who are seriously labouring to bring about a
desire in the public mind fur a reform of the Reform
Act. Such a reform will come. The anomalies left in
our system of representation must be cured—which they
may be easily, it caution direct z?,al in the endeavour.
We have so much of good to retain that no man without
great care and attention ought hastily to lay his hand to
the work of change. The most serious quesiion which
at this time can present it elf to the mind of a practical
statesman, is that of the suffrage—and on this subject I
earnestly desire an opportunity of stating in full my
opinions. Words on that subject are in daily usf-, which
I do not understand, and to which I have never assented.
The wildest dreamer that ever puzzled himself with
thinking of, or by endeavouring to frame a con-
stitution, never really proposed to himself what the
words ' universal suffrage' really signify. Men, women,
and children, rogues, thieves, vagabonds, and honest
men, have never all been herded together in the
mind of any man and endowed with the franchise ; but
if not, there is exclusion ; but if there be exclusion, it
must be on some principle, some ground. Some object
is sought to be obtained by the exclusion which could
not be obtained if that exclusion be not adopted. To
discover the right principle of exclusion is the great
difficulty; and my opinion is that most political men,
and most political writers, have exaggerated the dangers
of confiding the power oichoosing representatives to a
large number of persons. I have myself great confidence
in the good sense and good feeling of my fellow coun-
trymen, and believe that they be safely, if generously
trusted. I, therefore, though with every other man
opposed to universal suffrage, believe the safe tendency,
the really wise tendency, is to extension ; and that due
precaution being taken by registration, and by requiring
a known and established domicile, added to precautions
for excluding all criminals and vagabonds—this last is a
well-known legal term—you would go far in establishing
the restrictions required for safety, and you would avosl
nearly all the dangers resulting from having discontented
a largo seciion of the population. The peculiar modes
of attaining these ends, the real extent of the restriction,
which would indeed be large, one cannot settle ina letter
-like this. But I believe we should in this -way obtan all
the well-instructed and rational working ni-n, and put
away at once, and completely, all who ought to be excluded.
Such is my view of what in the end we shall see, and to
which we ought to proceed with great caution. In this
view you will see merely a matter of degree, and no wild
principle of the Communist theory, to which no man is
more strongly opposed than myself. But I fear I must
by this time have tired your patience, and I must leave
a complete exposition of my views to a personal meeting,
which cannot be very distant.
" The whole question of ecclesiastical endowments is
one of the coming questions in politics which statesmen
must meet. They tecclesiastical endowments) cannot be
extended. They will be restricted. Nothing is so cer-
tain in the whole political future as that some mode of
avoiding the unfairness of the present ecclesiastical ar-
rangements must soon be attempted.
" The actual alteration must be a work of time. The
prevention of further mischief must be at once adopted,
and on this subject I expect that my views and your
ewn, and that of your friends, would entirely coincide.
"In all instances, political 'parties, when they come
to adopt. any line of action, must mutually concede. I
cannot have opinions pleasing in every case to every-
body. When constituents the mselves cannot agree, no
one in his own person, unless he have two races
under one hood,' can agree with them all, or wi.h
any two who are opponents; but what I seek to do is to
represent the general Liberal feeling of the constitu-
ency in a way and to an extent that will give me power
for good ends in the House of Commons. If I attain
this, I shall have done what I desire; if I should be
unable to do so, I should be almost useless.—l remain,
dear sir, yours very truly and much obliged,
..‘7. Fisher, Esq."

Mr. FISHER then moved—

"J. A. ROEBUCK.

"That the meeting having been informed that a va-
cancy will soon occur in the representation of this bo-
rough,`, in consequence of her Majesty being about to
confer the appointment of Lord High Commissioner of
the lonian Islands on Henry George Ward, Esq.—
Resolved—That John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., is a fit and
proper person to represent this borough in Parliament,
on the vacation of Mr. Ward, and that he be invited to
become a candidate accordingly." l
Mr. R. J. GAINSFORD had the greatest p easure
in seconding the proposal of Mr. Roebuck.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. S. D. WADDY addressed the meeting at
considerable length, and in the course of his speech
g4oriatahniilsc otn
ds tui
et uaet
aactepiasethd
illnlrt.hße oceabsueckofofshirav
J.
J.
Bill, Bill, and with having obtained a silk gown within a
month after.
Mr. Ironside, Mr. Beal, the Chairman, Mr. Robert
Leader, and Mr. Fisher vindicated Mr. Roebuck from
the charge, and the motion was carried by a large
majority.
The next resolution was to appoint a committee to
promote Mr. Roebuck's election, with power to add
se nominated were Messrs.
Dunn, Fisher,
to their numbeEr..
Smith,a
1,8°11,1. y
Turner,Leader,
adG nss fc(1)
rd,
Ironside, E. Vickers,
Scho-
field.

Mr. AIATTIIEWS moved that a subscription be en-
tered into to defray the expenses of Mr. lieebuvk. a
return.

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bold of the mail tender, and then
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across—that he then gut the ' drew himself bodily
open, and pitched himself i window of the tender
returned the same wa n head foremost! He
y. Poole has been heard
to say that it was impassible to cross by the buffers,
man could live a second thereon
when the train was proceeding at its usual rapid rate—
the vibration
being s.e great. The crape which was
fou 7l it . ithe carriage, and was supposed to have been
intended for disguise, was 'employed to protect .their
eyes from the shower of ashes belched forth by the loco-
motive, and which would have blinded them at the
middle passage, but for this precaution. A more dex-
terous and daring robbery was never effected, but the fif-,
te. n years' tr.an,poriatien which eats up the prima .of
life o" these two young men, shows that it was a very
foolish investment of pluck, perseverance, and patience,
and that the profits of suece:a were not worth the risk,
first. of life, and [text of liberty.— Wotan Times.
WEST HIGHLAND FISUING.—A considerable num-
ber of bca:s have passel cur coasts this week, on their
vo4 yto th West Highlands. 111 consequence of the fog
several of them hail to c me into Pulteneytown Harbour,
aft, r having been presiously more than a to' tni,kbt on,
their vv.!). zo Fraserburgh. A con,iderahle number went
by the CaLitooian Canal.—Jasn u'Gro,,t's Jou, nal.
ULVERsTONE FAIR.—The cattle and hiring fair at
Ulveratone on Tuesday last was thinly taut:noun, masters
end sa.vants bLing careless about future engagements.
Thu show of cattle of all descriptions was thin, and &b
only cam insesttestlY9ro lOU Clittle.

Mr. IRONSIDE seconded the motion, on the prin-
viple that no man in the service of the publiz ought
to be put to one farthing expense.
Carried unanimously.