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DR. HOOK'S LENT LECTURES.

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IIHE LAST DAYS of OUR LORD'S
MINISTRY : a Course of Lectures on the Principal
Events of Passion Week. - -

By WALTER FARQUHAR HOOK, D.D.,
Vicar of Leeds, Prebendary of Lincoln, and Chaplain in Ordi•
nary to the Queen.
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NEW ZEALAND.-PUBLIC MEETING
at the MANSION-HOU SE.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR
OF LONDON.
London, 25th March, 1840.
We, the undersigned Merchants, Bankers, Shipowners, and
Inhabitants of the City of London, do hereby respectfully re-
quest that your Lordship will be pleased to CONVENE a
PUBLIC MEETING, for the purpose of humbly petitioning
her Majesty and both Houses of Parliament to adopt prompt
and efficient measures for preserving from invasion or
alsandonment the long-established Sovereignty of the Britlab
Crown in the Islands of NEW ZEALAND, at present en-
dangered by foreign pretensions and by acts of the Executive
Government ; also for stopping the course of lawless emigra-
tion and settlement, which has not only proved deeply injurious
to the native people of the country. but threatened their speedy
extermination ; and lastly, for establishing the most beneficial
system of colonization, and the protection and restraints of
British law, under a distinct colonial government, in place of
the state of anarchy which now prevails among both races, and
all classes of her Majesty's subjects, and others inhabiting or
resorting to New Zealand, as a distant dependency of the terri-
tory of New South Wales.

SIGNATURES '-

C. H. and G. Enderby,
Ellice, Kianoar, and Co.
Palmer s,Dent,Makillop,andCo.
Magniac, Smith, and Co.
Baring, Brothers, and Co.
Thompson and Ferman
Reid, Irving, and Co.
Green, Wigrams, and Greens
Huddart and Co.
Garry and Curtis
Hibbert and Co.
Davidson, Barkly, and Co.
Gledstanes, Kerr, and Co.
Joseph Somes
George Lyall
Buckles, Bagster, and Buckle
Frederick Huth and Co.
William Burnie and Co.
Pelly, Simpson, and Co.
Walkers, Parker, and Co.
Crawshay and Co.
Durant and Co.
Samuel Dobree and Sons
Curling, Young, and Co.
Young, BOw son, and Co.:
Briggs, Tharburn, Acraman
and Co.
John Pirie and Co.
Robertßenjaminßrown and Co
Robert Brooks
John Gore and Co.
Donaldson, Lambert, and Co.
Arthur Willis, Sons, and Co.
Robin.sen,Brooking,andGarlandl
Gregson and Co..
Cockerell and Co.
Evans, Foster, and Langton
John Chapman and Co.
Rickards, Little, and Co.
Manning and Anderdon
H. D. and James Blyth
G. F. Dickson and Co.
Cotesworth, Powell, and Pryor
Joseph R. Templeman
Pontes Brothers and Co.
Newman, Hunt, and Co.
Brandram' Brothers and Co.
Venables, Wilson, and Tyler
Wm. and George Borrodaile
McGregor Laird
R. and R. Thornton and West
Bowles and Gardiner
Phillips and Tiplady
Gardener, Urquhart, and Co.
D. B. Chapman
Duncan, Dunbar, and Sons
M'Ghie, Page, and Smith
William Holloway

'Haviside and Co.
Lyall Brothers and Co.
John Locke and Co.
Crnikshank, Melville, and Co.
John Boulcett and Co.
Cattley and Stephenson
Benjamin Woolmer
Richard and Robert Oliverson
Rawson, Norton, and Co.
Melhuish, Gray, and Co.
George Hathorn and Co.
Churchill and Sim
Edward H. Chapman
Francis Whiting
Forster and Smith
Gould, Dowie, and Co.
Henry and Calvert Toulmin
William P. Lett and Bushby
George Nicholas
T. Daplyn
Ross and Ash
John Loche and Co.
J. V. and G. Thomson
N. Griffith
M. Wilkin
George Armstrong
James Cook
A. Grant
Hankey and Co.
Barnett, Hoares, and Co.
Jones, Loyd, and Co.
Willis, Percival, and Co.
Ladhroke and Co.
Smith, Payne, and Smiths
Williams, Deacon, and Co.
Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co.
Robarts, Curtis, and Co.
Whitmore,Wells,and Whitmore
John Masterman
Price, Marryatt, and Ce.
Matthew Wood, Alderman
John Lainson, ditto
John Johnson, ditto
James Harmer, ditto
William Evans, Sheriff
Thomas Wood, Alderman
William Venables, ditto
Thomas Kelly, ditto
John Key, ditto
John Cowan, ditto
Matthew Prime Lucas, ditto
John Humphery, ditto
J. White, ditto
A. Brown, ditto
Thomas Johnson, ditto
William Magnay, ditto

31insion House, April 8, 1840.
Having received a requisition numerously signed by the mer-
chants, bankers, shipowners, and inhabitants of the City of
London, requesting me to convene a public meeting for peti-
tioning her Majesty and both Houses of Parliament, in re-
ference to the Islands of New Zealand, I do hereby appoint a
, at the Mion
Public Meeting to be holden accordingly
House, on Wednesday, the tsth of April instant, at ans
Two
o'Clock in the afternoon precisely.
(Signed) CHAPMAN MARSHALL, Lord Mayor.

PATENT OMNIBUSES.—The present omnibuses
have been long considered to require much improvement, and
it seems that a new form is about to be introduced, which may
be expected to obviate several existing inconveniences.
The
patent omnibuses will be divided into two different compart-
ments by a partition along the centre, and having a row of
gers to take their
seats on each side against the partition,
assenand facing the p
win-
dows, ample room being given for
seats, the sides to be entered by distinct doors, and rails to be
fixed, so that invalids may guide themselves to and from the
vacant places. As the windows will be in front of the passen-
gers when seated, ventilation may certainly then be obtained
without the fear of taking cold ; but whether robberies will be
checked or the reverse is doubtful. There is to be a bell on
each side, with strings within the reach of every passenger, to
indicate when they wish to get out, and on which side of the
way they desire to be put down ; also, which will be a great
advantage if obtained, such an extent of the steps behind that
passengers will not be compelled to tread on the carriage-road
at all.
EFFECT OF REDUCTION OF TAXES.—lmme-
diatoly after the reduction of the newspaper stamp duties, in
September, 1836, there was an increase of full 50 per cent. in
the stamps used in London, and the amount for each of the
three years since has been as nearly as possible the same;
while the increased consumption of stamps for provincial papers
was 75 per cent. for the first year ; and it has not stood still,
like the London demand, but in the third year had risen up to
125 per cent. increase. This is another example of the reduc-
tion of taxation causing a great increase of consumption, with
the prolsability that ultimately very little will be lost to the
revenue.

There is a set of very uncomfortable, discontented,
grumbling politicians, who are for ever snarling and
biting at every one around them, and at those who ap-
proach them nearest more than any body else. With
microscopic eyes in detecting evils, however minute,
they employ magnifying glasses of the highest power in
exposing them to the public, so that they are for ever
in a nervous state of irritability themselves, and delight
in scaring all who venture to look through their poli-
tical telescope. They are eternally crying " Breakers
a-head," frightening the passengers and distracting the
crew. If two or three little clouds show themselves
above the horizon, a mighty storm is about to burst.
They have always an inexhaustible stock of
dangers, and no sooner do you flatter yourself that
one is passed, than another and " more terrible"
is grimly announced to you. These gloomy politicians
belong to no party--they hate all alike, and love no-
thing more than to set them by the ears. If the
Whigs are in office they clap the Tories on tha back,
and incite them by every possible means to get back
" their own again." If the Whigs are out, they make
cause with them, and never rest one moment till suc-
cess, which the gloomy politician abhors in every shape,
comes to separate them. They advocate every mea-
sure till it is passed, and then abuse it. They detest
majorities. How, they ask, could so many agree if
there weren't roguery ? But the small minority—the
half-a-dozen who persist in dividing upon an impracti-
cability—these are their men—these be your patriots!
They are never in such good humour as when a Mi-
nistry is defeated, or when some real calamity has hap-
pened. Then they chuckle and crow and crack their
jokes. Their prophecies are coming true !
There are men of talent among these gloomy politi-
cians, or the public would not tolerate them or their
writings for a moment. But they are men full of
crotchets and strange fancies. They never think
like other people. They are always putting matters
in new positions and dicovering new lights. It
is quite sufficient for them to be discontented with a
thing, if all the world beside is pleased ; and what is
worse, they never rest till they have made the world as
discontented as themselves. They work with great
zeal and talent in attaining an object, and then exert
equal industry and ability to prove that it is of no value.
They write for men with empty stomachs or diseased
liver ; these only can stomach the food they prepare.
A man of sound constitution and good condition would
turn from it in disgust ; for he would never believe the
world is to be benefitted by such an intolerable deal of
grumbling, or that people will grow better under
constant flagellation.—Brighton Herald.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
for the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes Registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
4th of April, 1840." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:-..

CAUSES OF DEATII.

Weekly
Total. Average,

183.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 139 263
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 169 156
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Bloodvessels ...
OcDD
il ildss i
Diseaseseel
DiseasesdaAa
Organst
gee,
ssed
,00r: oofff.Dfrtft: i
:stNDenehe
Natural
Kidneys,gsste
u:ek. Stomach,
Uncertain
fo,nmi
Decay...,
s „haes cocce &c...haat:, t . t
.Le .
Uterus
uv es
,r ,s , andc other
44 57
2 5
11 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
0 1
.
145 102
78 79
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 48 26
Causes not specified
Deaths from all Causes
.... 976
Average Weekly Deaths

1,013

_
_
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, 1838.
West Districts
North Districts .... . ...............
Central Districts
East Districts 203 239
South Districts 246 238

Total ..

.. 976

1,013

Is is stated that under the term Metropolis are com-
prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the
City of London within and without the walls, the City and
Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the
bills of mortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ;
St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith
(Chapelry); St. Luke, Chelsea ; Paddington ; St.
Mary, Stoke Newington; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St.
Mary-le-bow ; Camberwell; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas
and St. Paul, Deptford ; and Woolwich. The population
as enumerated in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly
average for 1838 was obtained by dividing the deaths re-
tristered in that year by 52. In comparing it with the
weekly deaths in 1840, it must be borne in mind that the
metropolis increases nearly two per cent. annually ; and
that, if the population had been the same in 1838 as in 1840,
the deaths would have been one 27th part more numerous.
General Register-office, April 9, 1840.

IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM

NAVIGATION.

We have examined an invention of Messrs. Ruthven,
for propelling vessels without paddle-wheels, on the
principle of hydrostatics, which appears of very great
importance, and will certainly form a new era in steam
power. We believe patents have been obtained for
it. Although the arrangements are simple, it may
be difficult to describe them without having been seen ;
but it may be observed, that the vessel, being relieved
of the necessary great increase of breadth by the pad-
dle-boxes, must be much better adapted for sailing, for
entering harbours, docks, navigable canals, rivers, &c.
It is also rendered less hazardous in stormy weather—
the rolling and pitching of the vessel make the paddle-
wheels convey a reaction on the engine and machinery,
which is moat destructive to its parts, and requires all'
to be made with a great increase of strength to sustain
it as far as possible. The paddle-wheels, indeed,
may be considered as the principal cause of i
expense in steam-vessels, besides their im-
mense waste of the power given by the engine.
There are many other disadvantages; attending the
paddle-wheels, such as their irregular force producing a
vibration and shaking over all the vessel ; the power
being equally applied to both wheels, prevents the
vessel steering in certain cases ; in backing the ves-
sel, the engine requires to be brought nearly to a state
of rest before it can be reversed ; and the damage or
loss of a paddle-wheel may render the vessel unman-
ageable. By propelling on the principles and ar-
rangements for which the patents have been obtained,
the vessel is again restored to her form of bull and
sailing properties, and admitted into any dock or
harbour as any other vessel. In stormy weather
it is not only more safe, but possesses advantages
which may be stated a little in detail. There is no
machinery outside the vessel, and no reaction can be
conveyed to the engine inside ; the power of the en-
gine is rendered more effective, and calculated to ex-
ceed the speed of the paddle-wheel to a great extent ;
there is no vibration of the vessel, being propelled by
a uniform constant force ; it can be steered in any direc-
tion, retained in any position, turned or Lacked, with-
out any alteration of the engine—in fact., the vessel
may be going forward, backward, or round, without
those in attendance at the engine knowing it ; any
power, more or less, may be given to either side of the
vessel, without any connection with the engine—an
object that has probably never before been obtained.
The vessel is also to a certain extent independent of
the helm ; that is, although the rudder was unshipped,
she could be navigated without it. The sailing of sae
vessel is thus left to the entire control of the com-
mander and seamen, while the engine only' has to be
attended to by the engineer. We may add, that we
are informed all the steam-vessels at present constructed
can be altered without changing their engines, or in-
curring an objectionable expense.—Edinburgl; Cour-
rant.

WINDSOR.—The day for her Majesty leaving
Buckingham Palace for Windsor, for the Easter holidays, is not
definitively fixed ; but from the circumstance of the private
apartments at the Castle having been ordered to be in readiness
for the reception of her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort by
Wednesday next, the arrival of the Court at the Castle may be
expected either on that or the following day. The festivities
at the Castle are expected to be on a scale of great ,splendour.
Several evening parties, to conclude with quadrilles, are spoken
of ; and during the Easter week, a grand review of the two
regiments stationed at Windsor, to which will be added some
other troops stationed in Hounslow, and in the neighbourhood
of London, will take place in the Park. It is expected that
some of the artillery from Woolwich will likewise be present.
THE QUEEN 07 SPAIN AND THE ROYAL
MARINES.—At a divisional parade of the Royal Marines, at
their barracks at Woolwich, the commanding officer having
ordered Sergeant Gain and Sergeant Swadlin, and Private
Baker and Private Gough, to stand forward, said it was his ,
agreeable "duty to inform them that her Majesty the Queen
Regent of Spain
had been pleased to forward them the Spanish
order of knighthood of San Fernando as a reward for their
bravery and good conduct before St. Sebastian. The home
government had also granted permission for them to wear this
distinguished mark of royal favour, and he sincerely hoped that
it would not be lost upon the corps, but have the effect of
stimulating them to deeds of valour and of inducing them on
all occasions to conduct themselves as brave soldiers and good
men. The new made knights of San Fernando were then in-
vested with the insignia of this ancient military order, with
which they seemed highly delighted, and fell back into
the line
to receive the congratulations of their comrades.
POLICE IN THE DOCKS.—The metropolitan
police, on the application of the London Dock CodnipanTi, arc
dray,stbabotlhes daya ain.lighntigwatt'chir!
ob
cek stationed
instead uponof
the
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litni-Lenn(L' eof°l rdlhithertoLondon
Dock,
employed and paid by the Company under their
own immediate control.

The following evidence was adduced for the prosecution.
Mr. R. Berryman, senior clerk in the Prize-money Office,
Chelsea Hospital, stated that Geo. Langley, a sergeant in
the St. Helena artillery corps, was entitled to the sums of
160/., 43/., and 25/., for his share in the capture of Buenos-
Ayres in 1806 ; these sums remained unpaid until 1835.
It the claimants did not apply within six months the
money became forfeited ; but it was customary for the
Commissioners to give up the money to those entitled to
it, upon petition, showing grounds for the delay in the claim.
In 1833, a petition, dated Nantes, and signed "Geo. Lang-
ley, late of the St. Helena Artillery," praying for his
share of the prize-money, was presented, when after some
correspondence, another petition having been sent in, de-
tailing circumstances satisfactorily explaining the reason
of the length of time the money had remained unclaimed,
an order was transmitted to Langley, on the 24th of
August, which was filled up and presented for payment by
Mr. E. A. Phelear, to, whom 177/. was paid. The pri-
soner had been a prize agent before the date of this tran-
saction ; he was a lieutenant in the navy, and had been
examined on the trial of Queen Caroline before the House
of Lords; he was generally called Sir John Flynn.
Mr. H. Daller proved the receipt and payment of the
order, bearing the name of Langley, in August, 1835.
Mr. George R. Holgate was also a clerk in the Prize
Office in Chelsea College in 1835. The prisoner had
been introduced to him by Mr. Beresford Heaton, for-
merly a navy agent, between whom, the witness, and the
prisoner, an agreement was entered into that witness should
furnish the names of soldiers who were entitled to un-
claimed prize-money, for which he was to receive two
and a half per cent. on such sums as were recovered ;
amongst other names that of George Langley was given
to the prisoner, and if the money was paid he was to have
five per cent. The prisoner told him to look out for Ser-
geant Langley's application ; when the money was paid
the prisoner denied all knowlege of the circumstance.
Witness had been sixteen years in the office, and the first
offer of remuneration for information was from Mr. Hea-
ton ; he had received 500/. or 600/. as per centage ; it
was contrary to the rules of the office, and his fellow-
clerks were ignorant of what he had done. He did not
know that Langley was dead at the time he give the in-
formation ; be had acted in violation of duty and the Act
of Parliament. His house had been searched in May last,
and he afterwards gave information to the attorney for the
prosecution. He had no idea that forgeries had been con-
templated.
Mr. Beresford Heaton confirmed the evidence of the

last-named witness as to his transactions with him.
Mr. E. A. Theleur, a dancing-master, residing 'at St.
Germains, in France, stated that he became acquainted
with the prisoner in 1832, in France ; in 1835, be had
lodgings in Great Marlborough-street, and the prisoner re-
quested him to permit his letters to be directed to him there,
to which he acceded. On Aug. 20 in that year he received
a letter from Nantes, containing an order in witness's name
to receive money at Chelsea Hospital ; prisoner asked him
to receive the money, which he did, but refused to pay it
unless he received prisoner's receipt for the money. The
prisoner went away, and in two or three days returned
with a receipt, in the name of " George Langley," but
witness would not then pay the money to him unless he
put his name across the document, which he reluctantly
complied with. At the time of this transaction the pri-
soner lived at No. 14, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-
road, but was in the habit of going frequently to France,
and had a house at St. Melo. Witness had continued
fur four years at St. Germains, and came over on the re-
ceipt of the letter from the officers of Chelsea College ;
he knew no person named Langley.
John Loggis, an out pensioner of Chelsea College,
stated that he had been in the St. Helena Artillery, and
knew Sergeant Langley well ; he was at Buenos Ayres
with him in August, 1806, and was present at the death of
Langley, in the month of November following, and as-
sisted at his funeral ; it took place on board his Majesty's
ship, Woolwich, on the return to St. Helena.
Other witnesses proved the receipt of the money by
Theleur, and that the same notes were in a few days paid
into the Bank of England by the prisoner.
Sir Matthew Wood, Dr. Lushington, and Mr. Vizard,
Solicitor to the late Queen Caroline, bore testimony to
the prisoner's high character at the time of the trial and
for years afterwards.
Baron ALIARSON summed up, when the Jury consulted

together for about a quarter of an hour, and. then returned
a verdict of Guilty, accompanied by a strong recommen-
dation to mercy.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON proceeded to pass sentence upon
him. He said that he felt deep regret in seeing a man of
his station in life in such a situation. He had hitherto
borne a good reputation, but the crime of which he stood
convicted was one of deep guilt; it was one that might
have robbed the soldier of the hard-earned fruits of his
valour—of his long and meritorious sacrifices for the
safety of his country ; the crime for which ho stood con-
demned would, a few years since, have called for its expia-
tion by an ignominious death ; he certainly should not
stand in the way of the mercy of the Crown, and would
forward the recommendation of the Jury to the proper
quarter. The Learned Judge concluded by stating that
mercy must proceed from other quarters, and that tho
painful duty devolved upon him of condemning the pri-
soner to transportation to such place as her Majesty might
direct or appoint for the term of his natural life.