The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-04 00:00:00

THE FUNDS,

The important intelligence r?.C;ivcd this morning by the New
York Papers of the Bth and 10th, of the suspension of the pay-
ments by the United States Bank, with several others in Phila-
delphia, which (=Fed a great decline in the Bank Shares, to
26, as well as a great confusion at the Exchange there, has also
had the effect to create a great sensation in the City, and more
particularly amongst the American merchants and Shareholders
of the United States Bank, who did not anticipate the blow so
soon, inconsequence of which they will be great sufferers The
British Market, left off yesterday at 89a 1 for the Account ;
Money, 88i 89 ; opened this morning at 891 for the Ac-
count ; Money, 88a a. with little doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills,
10 12 prem. ; Bank Stock shut; India Stock, 247 248.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active as it left off, 24* F, ;
Deferred, 12g- ; Passive, 51 E;h ; Portuguese a shade better,
311 32 ; Brazilian, 711- 72i; Colombian, 231 4, also a shade
better; Mexican, 281 29; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
514 4 ; Five per Cents. 991 100.
Shares.—Great Western, 24 25 prem. ; Ditto, New, 11 12
prem. ; London and Brighton, 7 6* dis. ; Blackwall, 6 51
dis. ; Birmingham, 79 81 prem. ; Southampton, 54 56i per
share ; Croydon, 113/4 12* per share ; Greenwich, 8* 4 per
share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 15 die,

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto New 50 62
Ditto Fifths
lull and Selby
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham
London and South Western 3Bi 55i... .. to
fork and North Midland...
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN. MARCH 2.
3 per Cent. Consols , i Bank Stock ...... .. ......... _
Three and Half Stock 96J iGrand Canal Stock ...... ...
Ditto Reduced ... ... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent.

.•••
Ditto New, 1830 97i Ditto 4 por cent..........
311 per Cent. Debs.
HALF-PAST ONE.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNE9DAY.—We have
had an animated demand for Cctton to-day, chiefly for home
consumption. The sales realise 5,000 bales, at Friday's
quotations.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 3.—The following
transactions comprise the business of the Stock Exchange this
day. Eastern Counties deb. 4i ; Glasgow and Paisley, and
Greenock, 20 ; Grand Junction, Half Shank:. 89 ; London and
Birmingham Quarter Shares 273/4 ; ditto New Shares, 57k;
321. Shares 21 ; London and South Western, New, 18.
According to the accounts from New York it appears that
the United States Bank closed its doors at two o'clock in the
afternoon of the 4th, on a demand of $lOO,OOO for specie ; the
first demand of any considerable amount was for $lO,OOO,
which was paid. It is added, that the suspension of specie
payment was caused by their continued disappointment in the
receipt of large amounts of specie. The run was brisk tl.e
whole of yesterday, and everything was promptly met until a
few minutes before three, when a broker appeared with a de-
mand for $lOO,OOO in specie.
Up to the present time we do not hear of any business doirg
in the United States Bank Shares in the British Market, the
holders being afraid to sell at present. A broker offered Si.
for one hundred shares. •

The British Funds, which left off yesterctty 891 I for the
Account, have receded to 89 ; for money 84 in consequence
of the intelligence from New York this morning, a 3 well as the
Grand Jury having found a true bill against M'Leod for mur-
der Exchequer Bills 11 10 prem. ; Bank Stock shut ; little
done. _ _ _

In the Foreign Market little has been doing. Spanish
Active, 24j 5 ; in Portuguese, nothing done ; Colombian,
2:35 ; Mexican, 285 ; Dutch Tw- and-a-Half per Cents. 505 ;
Five per Cents., 100 995.
In Shares also Lttle doing. Great Western, ex div., 89 ;
New, 62 ex. div. ; Fifths, 95 5;I London and Brighton,
43 5 ; London and Birmingham, 170; South Western, 35/ ;
York and North Midland, 80.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.--The ordinary
meeting was held on Tuesday afternoon ; Dr. Henderson
Vice-President, in the chair. A communication was read
from Dr. Horn, on a simple mode of destroying slugs by ga'-
vanie action, consisting merely of a plate a copper and zinc
in contact, and which was found very destructive to them
wLen they touched either. The show of flowers was very
good, amongst the most prominent being a collection of hya •
cintbs in pots, planted in charcoal and sand, which had
been watered by solutions of different salts of ammonia and
other salts. These bulbs which had been supplied with'
distilled water flourished well, whilst all the others wer:
stinted in the growth of their flowers or leaves, showing
that this bulb does not improve under artificial treatment.
A very fine ccllection of camellias was exhibited by Mr
Lumsden, gardener to Henry Bevar, Esq. The only frsi
exhibited consisted of some fine lemons from Mrs. Har-
vmod, and some cf the phytalis eiulis fr an Mr. George
Dow deswell.
COMMERCIAL CODE.—A public meeting of
the. inhabitants of Liverpool is called for Monday next, to
take into consideration the restrictions and prol,ib't,ons of
our Commercial Code, and to determit.e upon all proper
measures for obtaining such alterations therein as may ap
pear expedient." It has been convened, purauant to requ -
sitior, by the Mayor.
WINDSOR.—It is rumoured here that it is not
improbable her Majesty will either remain at Buckingham
Palace, or proceed for a few days to Claremont, to spend
the Easter holidays. It was expected that the Court
would have visited Windsor a few days before Easter
Sunday, and have remained for a month or six weeks.
Should the rumour prove correct, it will be a sad disappoipt-
m"gettonurnerous parties in the town. Notwithstanding
out" stay
the expenses which have been incurred by Prince Albe.-t
1n the hunting department f f his st gat Cumberland
Lodge,
it is not expected that his Royal Highness wi 1
hounds. more this season with her Majest)'s buck-

ROLLS COURT-(THIS DAY.)

MOUSLEY V. CARR.
This case came before the Court upon further directions.
'the bi'l was filed by the :representatives of Thomas Hard-
castle. There had been great litigation in the case, and the
questions now argued were—first, whether with respect to the
balance of 4 300/., which had been found due from the defen-
dant Mrs. Carr, who represented Mrs. Hardcastle, her estate
ought to be charged with interest at the. rate of 51. per cent.
The other question was with regard to the costs of the suit.
The MASTER of the ROLLS said there had been no wilful
misconduct on the part of the defendant. She had only acted
upon an erroneous cons!ruction of a will, and could therefore
only be charged with interest at the rate of 4 per cent. With
respect to the costs, his Lordship could not say that she ought
to be charged with costs, but did not think he could allow
her any.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.

(OLD COURT.)
(Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Justice
WILLIAMS. )
LOSS OF THE DRTAD.

The Judges took their seats on the Bench at ten o'clock this
morning, and immediately afterwards Patrick Maxwell
Stewart Wallace was placed at the Bar.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then called Rowland Max-
well—l was mate of the brig Dryad, on the voyage
from Liverpool to Santa Cruz. Captain Loose engaged
me at Liverpool on September, 1839, for the voyage
from Liverpool to Santa Cruz, from thence to St. Jago de
Cuba, and from thence to Swansea. I was brought up to the
sea, and have commanded a ship in the South American trade.
I have often crossed the Atlantic, and am acquainted with the
navigation of the West Indian Seas. I was in the ship's hold on
the 4th September. There were a few cases of hardware and
a few kegs of paint taken in that day ; they came with Zulieta's
bills, and I signed them as ma'e. No goods were received
from that time to the time the ship sailed. I am
quite confident of it. I locked the ship up myself
every night, and saw her again in the morning. Vi hen
these goods were taken on board, one-third of her re-
mained unfilled. There were no crates of earthenware loaded
on board after the 4th. There were no cases of any kind ex-
cept Zulietas goods taken on board, nor were there any tierces
of beef, nor barrels of pork, nor firkins of butter, except what
were for the ship's use, and they were on board previously.
I saw the hold every day, and I am sure there were no more
goods but on board except what came from Zulieta's. She was
ready for sea on the 4th. We had two tierces of beef and four
barrels of pork for the ship's use. It was scanty even for the
outward voyage. It is usual for ships going such a voyage to
be provisioned out and home both. lam sure the Dryad had
not provisi ins for the homeward voyage. We went out of
dock on the 6th and anchored in the river, and sailed on the
7,h. We had ten hands on board in all. We went round Ire-
land through the North Channel. We took Curlingford Light
from the Irish coast. It is not unusual to go by the North
Channel. Captain Loose directed me to get tackles rove and
coiled into the long-boat, so that if she were wanted she
might be got quicker into the water., We had not a
long line when we sailed. I endeavoured to replace
it by making one of spun yarn, but it was too heavy. We
had no proper log line during the voyage. I found the
larboard pump was choked, the first time I endeavoured to
sound. This was a short time after we were at sea. I tried
to clear it out, but could not. I told Captain Loose of it. He
said nothing particular. That pump was never made to suck.
I applied to the Captain to be allowed to make use of the chro-
nometer, but was not allowed. It would have assisted me in
ascertaining the ship's longitude. We pursued our course to
the West Idia Seas. I had never been at Santa Cruz. There
is generally a track laid down on charts as a guide. Captain
Loose deviated from it about longitude 59 west. He then
steered to the northward. We first made land at Virgin
Guards. I saw the land there. I told the Captain. He came
on deck, remained about five minutes, and went below again.
Shortly after I saw breakers ahead, denoting a reef and low
land beyond. We were about five miles from the breakers. I
went down and told the Captain. I found him in bed. It was
between six and seven in the morning. Benjamin Shultz was
at the helm. I told him I could see breakers ahead and low
land He got out of bed and went upon deck. I ordered the
man at the helm to put the helm down to let the ship come
round, and keep her off the breakers. The Captain ran to the
wheel and hove the helm up again. It put the ship direct
on for the breakers. Captain Loose was himself at the wheel
then, and remained a short time. Hunter and Simpson, two of
the crew, came into the waist, and complained to the Capt&n.
They said if he would not put her round, they would take
charge of her and put her round themselves—they were not
going to be lost. The Captain on that left the wheel.
shultz again took the wheel and put the helm down again, and
the ship came round. The ship just cleared the breakers, and
Dolling more. In a few minutes she would have been on
shore. When she came round, the Captain said he did not
think she was so near. He told me at first to mind my own
d --d business, and take the studding sails in. That was
when he first came on deck. When she came round, he said
he would have me tried for mutiny for taking charge of the
ship from him. This was on the 17th of October. On the
19th we were on the Silver Keys. This was on the north of
St. Domingo. The way I have generally gone is by the
south of St. Domingo, between Antigua and Guadeloupe.
It is the usual way. Supposing a ship going to the north,
she ought to have kept near the shore to have avoided the
Silver Keys. When there I saw a rock between
six and seven in the morning, on the larboard bow.
I mentioned it to the Captain, who was below. He
came on deck. I printed out to him the rock—it was
easily to be discerned. He said he could not see it.
He had his telescope in his hand. The water a, head
was discoloured, which indicates a shoal in those seas.
One of the crew from the fore-yard called out, " Rocks
'under the fore-foot." I Tan forward, and the Captain
likewise. I saw the rock. Captain Loose said, We are lost,
we are lost, we are all lost." Immediately after this the ship
struck. She remained fast for about twenty minutes. He
ordered the jolly boat to behove overboard, and we got tackles
to the long boat to save ourselves. After about twenty mi-
nutes she dragged off. She had suffered no perceptible in-
jury; she made no water. After going a short distance, she
struck another reef, and dragged last that. The Captain was
in the cabin during the time putting a life preserver on.
From the second rock we dragged off the rudder was disabled.
We then pinned the sails to keep her before the wind. I ap-
plied to the Captain for the main-boom or the spritsail-yard to
make a temporary rn 'der, which he refused. We had no
spare spars on board. He said we were in a nice pred,carnent,
a ship at sea without a rudder', and that it would have been
better to have gone on shore at Ann Guarda. The carpenter
made a temporary rudder of studding sail-booms and plank.
It assisted in steering her. On the 20th we made St. Do-
mingo, the harbour of Port au Plat; we proceeded close along
the land until the 22d. It would have been better to have had a
better officer, as we were sometimes so near as to be elmost
among the breakers. On the afternoon of the 22d Oct. we
were close in with a reef that lies off the harbour of Cape
Hayti. The jury rudder unshipped. The Captain gave ordsrs
to keep her out to sea again. He asked me what I thought
was best to be done. I told him there was no danger to run
into the harbour. The wind was fair for it. He told me to
go forward and call Davis, the second mate, and Shultz, the
carpenter, to know their opinion. They said the harbour
was before us, and they thought we might get in. The Cap-
tain said he would not—ho had no pilot on board, and if any-
thing happened to the vessel he would lose the insurance.
I told him the only plan then was to keep to sea that night, re-
place the jury rudder, and to stand in in the morning, and get a
pilot with the sea breeze in the morning. The Captain went to
bed at 8 o'clock. I saw a sail on the larboard quarter at nine
o'clock. I told the Captain, who came on deck. I said she
looked like a large ship, and was probably a man of war, who
could give us assistance if we were to run down to her. We
could have easily done it ; we could have gone down before the
wind. The Captain would not allow it; he said we wanted
nothing with her. He went to bed again, and told me to
call him at 12 o'clock. At day break we were to the south-
east of the entrance of the Port. We saw a ship a little to
the larboard of the entrance at day break. We were then
steering towards the reef. I could see the breakers a few
miles off. The Captain was on deck about 7 o'clock. The
Dryad was then steering the course he had ordered when he
left the deck previous. The ship we saw to the northward
fired a gun. She was the Bencoolen, Captain Fike. I un-
derstood the meaning of the firing the gun to be to warn us
that we were in darger. The Bencoolen had a signal flying
for a pilot. We had none. I proposed to hoist one, and
Captain Loose said that if they were toe lazy to come off
without a signal :et them step where they were. The Dryad
kept on the same course until a pilot came on board. It
was almost a calm. I told captain Loose the ship to the
north had fired a gan and hoisted a signal. He said that
was nothing to him. He was below at that time. It was
about eleven o'clock in the forenoon when the pilot came on
board. The captain called him aft, showed him the jury
rudder, and asked him if he would take charge of the vessel
He said he would if the crew would work the ship in. lhe
pilot came from the Bencoolen, and waived a flag all the way.
It was about three miles. The meaning of waiving a flag was
for us to bear down towards her. We did not do so. The cap-
tain was on deck, and saw the signal, but did not alter his
course. The pilot hailed, and asked where we were going
with the vessel. We were about half-a-mile from the breakers,
but we went very little through the water, it was so calm.
On the 23d of October we went into port. I left the Dryad
at Hayti, on the 2,1 of November. I assigned a reason to
Captain Loose. I went on board the Bericoolen. I was paid
my wages all except 2/. by Captain Loose, which 21. ought to
be paid in Liverpool. he course the Dryad took to port
Hayti was a deviation from what I consider the proper track.
The track she took was dangerous in many places, and by
keeping the proper track she might have avoided these dangers.
There was nothing in the wind or weather to force her so
near the shore. There was no occasion or necessity for it. I
was not afraid, but I had always my suspicions.
Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—I did not sleep any last
night. I passed the night in a room in a house. I did not
inquire if it was the station-house. I rather doubt that it was.
I think it was, but I did not inquire. I had no curiosity about
it. It was an unusual thing for me to find myself in a strange
room. There were men and women there. The men had
coats and trousers.—(A laugh.) Some of them had blue coats
with figures on them.
Mr. PHILLIPS—Were they policemen? I did not ask
them.—( A laugh.)
Mr. PHILLIPS—Do you know who the gentleman was who
came into that passage yesterday shouting as loud as could be ?
—I have been told

Mr. PHILLIPS—Do you know who it was ?—I am only very
sorry that I should have taken an extra glass of wine. I took
it in a public-house by myself. I paid for it myself. I got
nothing from any friends of the prisoner. I was nut taken up
on this charge myself.
➢lr. PIIILLIPS—Were you not taken into custody by the
prosecutors ?—No, Sir.
Not on the 2il of November ?—I was on bail.
Mr. PHILLIPS—Were you not in custody of an officer before
that ?—I was never in confinement. I do not know whether
I could have gone away. I never tried. Bail was cfrerod for
my appearance before it was asked.

'Mr. PHILLIPS—Did you come in a state of drunkenness to
the Mansion-House to give your testimony ?—I might have
been a little merry.
Mr. Pitiwrs —Merry before Sir Peter Laurie, cracking
jokes wi h the Magistra'es, hey! Were you nut confined all
night for your merriment ? I was taken fb the Compter.
Aly belief would Le that the Captain is alive. I hale heard
several times that he was dead. There are authorities at Cape
The Dryad remained there under repairs two or three
weeks.
PIIILLIPS—Did not the Captan when on the Silver
Keys c,ll out to clear away the boats ?—lfe did. The jolly
boat was then bottom upwards in the long boat. There was
no tackling in the long boat ; we had to get it in. I told the Cap-
tain we could easily get a jury rudder made that would take
us into port. We were then about 200 miles from Cape Hayti.
I gave my opinion to the Cantain that Cape Hayti was the best
port for its to go to. I asked the Captain what we should take
to make a jury rudder of, as there were no spare spars. The
Captain said that I should not take the boom, but that if the car-
penter could make anything of the studding-sail booms he
should have them • and the carpenter made a jury rudder ac-
cordingly. On the 22d the straps of the jury rudder gave way.
'We %%ere close to the reef then. We trimmed the sails so as
to keep her off and get her head to sea, by the Captain's or-
ders. We were then about four miles from the harbour. We
hart not a signal flying for a pilot when we made the harbour
in the morning. If I ever said so, it was not a fact. I do not
think I ever did say so. I saw Michael Wallace at Liverpool.
He was very seldom away from the Dryad. Loose was often

in hie company. I should not judge the Dryad to be capable
of carrying 300 tons dead weight ; she might of measurement
goods. . _

- Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—No chasge
was ever brought against me of being concerned in casting away
the Dryad. I was taken into confinement because having
' taken a glass of wine before Michael. Wallace was taken, I, in
a jocular way said, I thought 1 knew where he was. I was
tipsy yesterday. When at sea I never taste either wine or
spirits. I was never the worse for liquor from the time I left
Liverpool until I reached Port. Hayti. I have heard that Cap-
tain Loose sailed from Montego Bay, in Jamaica, to America.
When on the Silver Keys, if the Dryad had not got off, there
would have been no difficulty in getting off in the boats, and
going to Hayti.— We 'could have got the boats afloat in from
ten to fifteen minutes. The studding sail booms were not fit
naater:als for making a jury rudder, the main boom or the sprits-
sad yards would have been best. 'f hey could have been spared
for that distance. The Bencoolen was not in a position of
danger, and the Dryad might have been where the Bencoolen
was at daylight in the morning. We were two miles from the
breakers, and going towards them when the Captain refused to
allow the signal to be made for a pilot.
By the JUDGE—I was asked by the Captain to take brandy
with him in his cabin, but I did not.
Benjamin Shultz—l was carpenter on board the Dryad in
1839. I arrived about 17 days ago in England from the coat
of Africa. I was engaged by Captain Loos* for the Dryad.
She was poorly found in point of provisions. and in point of
spars and gear generally. The Captain tad me to keep the
long-boat always in good order, so as to be ready for sea at
once. I always kept two too's in the boat by the Captain's
orders. I was at the wheel when she hove in sight of Anne
Guarda. I saw breakers, and called Maxwell. He ordered
me to put the ship a',out, and then he went to the Captain. I
put her head round ; before that she was going right towards
them. The Captain came on deck, and cursed me, and asked
me who gave me orders to put the ship about He pushed me
away, hove the helm up again, and brought her head towards
the reef again. I told the Captain I took the orders myself,
and that I was not going to run the ship upon the reef in
broad daylight. The crew then came all aft upon the quarter-
deck, and inquired of the Captain what he had a mind to do.
He went to the cabin ; I went to the helm, and the crew braced
the yards that I might put the helm down again. She went
away, and cleared the rock very closely. If she was two
minutes longer she would have gone fast on the rocks. Two
days after we saw the Silver Keys. I told the mate, who
called the Captain. The Captain said he could not see the
breakers or rock; they were plain enough to be seen. The
man on the foreyard shouted oat. The Captain was on deck.
About five minutes after the man shouted the vessel stuck.
The Captain was very frightened at the time, and was shouting
out, " What shall we do lads? we are lost."
'I he trial was proceeding when we went to Press.

GOMPERTZ 77. ANSDELL.—The Vice-Chan-
cellor yesterday granted a rule to change the venue in his
suit from Exeter to London. in crler that the plaint ff may
have the testimony of the metropolitan physicians. When
the last trial (for there have already been three) took
place at Exeter, some of the London accoucheurs re-
fused altogether to go down, and others required enormous
compensation. Sir J. Clarke and Dr. Arnott declined at-
tending. Dr. Locock required 100 guineas a day, and his at-
tendance would be necessary for not less than seven days.
Dr. Davis, Dr. Merriman, and others, made simile, ee.
mauls. The suit involves property of a vast amount, and
tie point to be ascertained is the legicimacy or illegif-
mccy of Henry Gulling Isaac, born about the year 1783.
It is a fine subject for the lawyers, and they will to sim-
pletons it they allow it to be settled without at least Ore;
trials mire.
MACKAREL SEASON.—A mackarel boat came
into Brighton on Sunday evening with a cargo of up-
wards of 12,000 mackarel. They were immediatdy pur•
chased for the London market, by M. Griffin, a fishmon-
ger here. The lucky fisherman is John Andrews, who,
about a month since, drew upwards of 15,000 I The
present cargo fetched upuards of 150/. The ve.scl is a
new one, making her first voyage, and so quirk a sail r
that she male the passage from Plymouth in about 24
hour,. She brought very satisfactory news from the litt e
fleet, most of the beats having been pretty succes4al.
One, however, had been doing a little in the " free trade,"
and the adult portion of the etc', were committed to
prison. This circumstance has induced a very sharp
look-out here. It is stated that the mackarel fleet con-
sists of about 45 from Hastings, 26 from Brighton, the
same number from Worthing, and about 20 from the
Cornish coast. The litter, hoe ever, do not make the
best hauls.
LETTERS BY RAILROAD.—One of the most
interesting portions of this lung chain of vehicles is the
huge caravan-looking machine which follows in the rear of
all the' carriages, and which reminds one of the old days of
Cross and Exeter change. On peeping into it, an oblong
square, well lighted and fitted up with g ieon.holel on
every si le, she Ives and tables, presents itself, the di ect
purport of which is very soon made manifest, by the irttfo-
duction of unwieldy and foul leathern bags, crammed full
of letters, which are being dragged in by men in the post-
office liserirs ; while the oFeretion of sorti,g the sail
letters is going on within. Mating the progress of the
train, smaller letter-bags are krined out of the larger ones,
which, being afterwards hung outsile the caravan in some
opportune plat pro'ec ed by a net-work, are, upon
alival at certain ix' ts on the road, snatched off without
any detentim by a simple machine, whose alertness is ne.er
at fault ; and they are conveyed t the le:pectin offices in
the r.eighbourhood fur distribution.—Granville's Spas of
England.

FRUITS OF GOING TO LAW.—The Thack-
wray spring, or No. 5, has acquired a notoriety far supe-
rior to its c!lebiity, from the circumstance of its having
been the subject of legal contention between certain pro-
prietnrs of lintels at Harrogate, and the person who
claimed to be sole owner of it. That contention, for
which great preparations had been made in t:•;e way of
seentific evidence on both sides (never use i, and lightly
paid for), and a still mere. formidable array of legal talent
brought up (too much used a ‘cl too heav ly paid for), ter-
minated, as such cases generally tern iva e, in tie men at
law gaining everything, and the litigants noth.ng. The
plaintiffs, who gai.ied the cause, hid to disburse
1,325/. 7s. 3d. fir the it victory, towards which sum the
visitors, who, the lawyers contended, must feel the deepest
interest in the cause, contributed the magnificent quota of
14/. 2s. I And the defendant, who secured the nominal
ownership of the well, died (probably cf broken I.en-t) a
few months after the assizes I.—Grano/Iles Spas of
England.

LIBERALITY OF THE QUEEN.—There is in
the Phoenix Park a Military School for the education of
the children of deceased soldiers. This school had been
It:therto conducted upon ah it the Orangemen would call
" true Protestant principles." It appears, as the sequel
showed', that many of the boys were unhappy at the
esti angement fom that form which they wet e taught to
lisp, and worship even in infancy ; and that occasion was
taken by one of the most intel igent of them to communi-
ewe with a cle gpmer f the Catholic Church, who there..
upon applied to Lord Ehrir won, who promptly ordered an
inquiry into the consii,ot on and practice of the schod.
Tt.e Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan, brother to Ilittrly, refused to
admit the Catholic boys to ccmmunica'e with a Popish
of course, and insisted on the original charter.
Lord Ebrington wrote directly to the Queen, and hcr Ma-
jcsty--God bless her--r yoked the old charter, granted a
new ore ia aceordaece with the spirit of the Emat.c.pation
Bill, the consequence of which was that Mass was cele-
brated in the ary School yesterday, fir the first time
since its establishment.--Dublin Pilot.
FIRE AT TIIE VICTUALLING YARD, DEPT-
FORD.—Between the hours of twelve and o. e on Tue day
forenoon considerable sensation eat created amongst the
inhatitants residing at Deptford by the outbreak of an
alarming fire in her Majesty's Victualling Yard, which for
a time threatened serious consequences. It come e.tced in
a large kiln, a brick building about thirty feet in he'ght,
used in preparing oats for oatmeii. The instant the di.-
covery took I lace the abler) bell was rung, and the whole
of the military, police, and labourers engaged in the yard,
as well as in the Royal Dockyard adjornieg, were ordered
immediate), to the spot. The engines belonging to the
establishment, eight in number, were instantly brought to
p'ay on the flames. The Victualling Yard gates were
closed on the discovery taking place, and the greatest re r .cy
was manifested, but the hews of the fire soon spread all
over Deptford, and hundreds of persons hastened to the
spot immediately. On its bring known by the metropo-
litan police, a mounted express was despatched to London,
and in the course of an hour returned with the brigade
engines from Southwark-bridg, -road and Watling-street
and other stations b, loegiog to that force. In the interval,
however, the fire was got under, and its ravages confined
to the kiln. The fire was caused by the overheating of the
furnace under the kiln, and the building is not insured.
FIRE AT COLNBROOK.—AII alarming fire
broke out I), t ween two and three o'clock on the morning
of Monday last, at the Crown lan, at Colebrook. The
ft IaWS were first discovered by the police issuing from the
eindows of a bedroom on the first floor, in which, it
subsequently appeared, some sheets and other linen had
been left to air before a stove when the inmates retired t
rest. The landlady, Mrs. Pike, with the family and several
lodgers, had just time to effect their escape. In the alarm
which prevailed at the first outbreak of the fire, two men,
who had engaged a bed for thainight, jumped out from an
upper window, one of whom escaped with only some
sl,ght bruises; the other fell upon a horse water-trough
beneath the window, and broke two of his rib., he-
s:des sustaining other injuries. An express was imme•
diately sent to Windsor (a distance of nearly six miles)
for the town engine, and within less than half an hour the
engine was at Colnbrook, where it rendered the most essen-
tial service in storping the prog. ess of the flames. The fire
was fortunately confined to the centre of the inn, which was
completely gutted ; and the roof fell in about an hour after
the tire was discovered, leaving the two wings unconsumed.
The flames were got under about five o'clock, and shortly
after that time all danger was over. Some portion of the
furniture was saved, but a sum of money, consisting of
SOL in notes and 30 sovereigns, which was in a chest of
drawers, was steted to have been lost by the landlady. The
drawers were found after the fire, filled with a quanfty of
linen partly consumer', but no trace of the money could be
discovered. The whole of the stabling, fortunately escaped.
The stock of beer was likewise preserved, and also the
prncipal portion of the wines and spirit:. The property
is insured in the Sun Fire Office to the full amount of the
damage sustained.

HATTERS' TURN-OUT.--On Friday and Satur-
day last the finishers, roughers, and dyers in the hat menu-
facto. ies established at Oldham, AAston, Stcckport, and the
vs hole neighbourhood of Manchester generally, turned out,
as a consequence of their not agreeing to the terms proposed
by tl.e employers in their line of busineig. The reduction,
they assert, would be equivalent to 4d. per hat, or 2J. 61.
per week, or about 16 per cent, on their earnings. There
are about 300 hands out in Ashton alone. They repreieht
themselves as having a strong fund, to which upwards of
5,000 hands have been contributing 10d. per week each
during many years, there being about 7,000 in the trade
in this neighhbourhood. They bad best take care of their
fund, for if the Chartist spouters get to hear of it they
will flock towards it as surely as ravens crowd around
rian.—Manchester Chronicle.

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAG2R.---It
is the intention of her Majesty to give a seties of dinner
parties at Marlborough House, before her Majostj'a depar-
ture for Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, where that amiable
ornament to Royalty purposes to pass the Easter hclidayp.
Cards have been issued by Earl Howe, Chamberlain to her
Majesty, for grand dinners to-day and on Saturday se,k.
—Morning Pose.