The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-16 00:00:00

LETTER FROM ST. DOMINGO.

`We learn from Captain Norton, of the brig Wasson,
arrived at this port, this day, from Aux Cayes, 12th
March, that the news of the election of a new President
had reached that place about the 6th of March. The
name of the President is Raokere. He is a black, an
old General, and quite popular among the people. The
inhabitants of Aux Cayes were greatly excited, shops
all shut up, and no business done, on account of the
difficulty expected between the officers and soldiers—
the former not being favourable to the new President,
and the latter, nearly to a man, being in his favour.
But it was expected he would be well received: Presi-
dent Picrrott, when •satisfied that the people wished a
change, resigned, and also stating that it was his wish
to do so and retire, wishing -to live in private. The sol-
diers that had marched some time previous for the Cape
had returned, and heard no talk of the army that was
to march against the Dominicans. A French Govern-
ment steamer touched about the 91h, and sailed for Port
as Prince.

GLEANINGS from the AMERICAN
PAPERS.
(Froni he Albany Citizen of Saturday.) '
- 'HORRIBLE BUTCHERY !

Utica, Friday Morning, March 13, 1846.
We learn this morning, by Mr. Frink,' conductor,
from Auburn, that the house of Mr. Van Ness, a farmer
and supervisor of the town of Fleming; on Owasco Lake,
four miles from Auburn was entered last night, about
half past nine o'clock, by some one in the disguise of a
negro, and Mr. Van Ness, his wife, and child were
stabbed by the villain, and are dead. His mother-in-
law and hired man were also stabbed, but are still living.
No further particulars are known, and no cause assigned
for the act.

It is reported that Mrs. V. N, ran about sixty rods,
when her bowels gushed out, and she fell dead.,
it is said, attempted to go up stairs for his gun, and fell
dead; the child, about two years old, was torn open froth
its shoulder entirely across its abdomen. The hired
man-sticceeded in keeping him off with the broomstick,
and saved his own life and that of Mr. V.'s mother-in
law, but he. is badly wounded.
It is said the murderer took the road to Auburn, near
which place one of Mr. V. N's. horses was found, bearing
evident signs of having been hard ridden. .
The murderer of the' Van Ness family was taken at
Fulton,. Oswego county, and is in the, custody of the,
Sheriff. We understand that he acknowledges the- deed.
He was at. Syracuse Friday morning. He hitched his
horse on the north side of the canal, and was on the
steps of
,the Syracuse House when the cars came out
from Syractse. He went to Fulton, where he offered to
sell his horse to the tavern keeper, V. Low ; this caused
a suspicion that the horse was stolen, and soon after he
left he was pursued on this suspicion and taken. He
bears the marks of the blow received from Van Arsdale.

We learn that Mrs. Wykodand Van Arsdale;;;;Till
alive (Friday evening).
ATTEMPT TO KlLL.—Manuel Sainz dela Maza, a
bar-keeper at the Brilliant Coffee-house, on the corner
of Marais and Customhouse streets, was arrested yes-
terday afternoon for having stabbed with a knife one
Edward Ennis, with an attempt to kill him. This affray
occurred in the coffee-house above-named on the even-
ing of the 4th instant. The man was so badly cat that
his blood was traced the next morning from the house
to Canal-street, across which he has been taken to the
Charity Hospital, and where he has been ever since in a
critical state, but now'out of danger.—N. 0. Delta, Bth
instant.

MIIRDER.—We regret to learn that a murder was
committed in the neighbourhood of Dukedom, Weekly,
county Tenesse, on Monday last. An affray took place
between Dr. Wilson and a man named Roberts, in which
Roberts was stabbed with a dirk and killed instantly.
Wilson did not attempt to escape, but was under guard
awaiting the action of an examining court.—Louisville
Journal, Monday.
The Richmond Compiler mentions the death in Cum-
berland county (Va) of Syfax Brown, aged one hundred
and fifteen years, four months, and five days. He was
for many years the slave and personal servant of the
late John Randolph, Esq., of Mattaox, father of the late
John Randolph, of Ronoake. _ _

REMARKABLE ESCAPE AND PRESENCE OF MIND.—
As Mrs. Patterson, of this city, was crossing the rail-
road bridge, just south of Asylum-street, last Monday
morning, the train of cars from Springfield came down
and nearly overtook her before she noticed them, when,
in attempting to get off the track, at the south end of
the bridge, she stumbled and fell, and not having suffi-
cient time to get upon the outside of the track before the
cars overtook her, she had the remarkable presence of
mind to arrange herself between the rails, with her
face and person close to the ground, and also to untie
her bonnet string, when the whole train passed imme-
diately over her without causing her the least injury—
except a horrible fright.--Hartford Cour., Saturday.
AN ELOPEMENT.—IN consequence of fair promises of
marriage, a young lady of Cabotville, Mass., (a manu-
facturing town on the line of the Boston and Albany
Railroad), was induced to elope with a young man at
that place. They took " French leave," and went
straight on -to Buffalo as fast as the steam-horse could
whirl them there. On their arrival in that city they
took rooms at one of the first hotels, and the young man
told the all-unsuspecting girl that he had sent out for
minister, who would soon tie theirdestinies together in the
" hard knot," of matrimony. But then, poor creature,
came a bitter disappointment—a destruction of the
airy castle hope had built. Under this comforting assu-
rance, and taking advantage of her confidence in the
near approach of the consummation of all her fondest an-
ticipations and brightest dreams, the faithless villain
attempted to accomplish the ruin of the fair girl, whose
affections he had won, and who had given convincing
proof of her attachment to him, and reliance on his pro-
mises. But the fellow was baulked in his infamous de-
sign. The vigorous resistance of the poor girl and her
cries for help brought assistance ere her strength failed
her. The landlord burst into the room, and soon
received a frank and honest statement of all the
circumstances from the girl. His measures were
quickly taken. At his request the weeping girl
left the room. Then locking the door, he said to the
faithless, heartless fellow :—" Now, you contemptible
scoundrel, bring to me all your baggage, and open it."
The command was obeyed. " Now, he added, " strip
yourself of all your outer garments and hand them to
me." This order was also obeyed. He then searched
his trunk and pockets, and taking therefrom all the money
that he could find, amounting to about sixty dollars, he
returned to the fellow his clothes and baggage, and when
he had dressed, gave him a hint to leave the house, that
he was not slow to take. He then gave the eirl all the
money, and putting her in the safe charge of a Friend,
sent her home to Cabotville. He has since rcceivc-d a
letter from her, thanking heartily,
herself and her parents, or
villain. istimely aid in rescuing her
f
ng of
I
so effectually from an unmitigated
will receive the full punishment his vi any merits.—
The and-
ard. We trust the fa
.se-hearted seducer
Alo/rbdanhyasChiitsizreenw.
surmounted
attention
AN IMMENSE STICK OF
by the " stars and stripes," attracted general tine aomu,r dsrtareweitnsgonantwenty-horse
wasn oE tn timberwAn .d bly
It
William
Howell, and is to be sawed into boat timber. It mea-
Thimurmsdenayse.
sured 423 feet in the butt, and 22-3 feet at the top. It
was 63 feet in length, and contained 620 cubic feet. Its
total weight was no less than l9i tons—the heaviest_
drawn to the city. It
stick of timber probably ever
was drawn ten miles by l'ike and Ellis, and is chiefly
chester Democrat.
designed for the yard of Messrs. li., at Buffalo.—Ro-

A letter from St. Etienne of April 7 states that, in
some of the pit., and particularly that of Cote-Tholliere.
several of the colliers had returned to their work. At Fir-
miny also, the works had been resumed, so that the circle of
the strike is becoming gradually narrower. The authorities
had adopted measures to prevent the well disposed portion of
the workmen from being molested. A few more arrests were
effected on the night of the sth; but without noise or dis-
turbance.

HOW TO SICKEN JOSEPH ADY.—An individual at
Gatethead, who had been pestered by Joseph Ady's commu-
nications, has adopted the expedient of sending Joseph (who,
uy the way, never !pays postage)" a farthing enclosed in a
letter, informing him that the balance :of the fee demanded
(one pound) will be sent on receipt of the valu-
able information promised. The general adoption of this
plan would, no doubt, soon induce Joseph to adopt a more legi-
timate occupation.

LITERATURE.

MEMOIRSof JOSEPH GRIMALDI, edited by Buz,
with illu.stralions by George Cruihshank. A new
edition, with notes and add tions, revised by Charles.
Whitehead.

A new edition of this popular biography having been
called for, Mr. Bentley has acted wisely in entrusting it
to the superintendence of Mr. Charles Whitehead,
whose intimate knowledge of dramatic affairs has
enabled him to impart a vast deal of additional informa-
tion, anent persons and things connected with Grimaldi,
with which Mr. Dickens was unacquaiatkd. This addi-
tional information—and most amusing and interesting a
great portion of it is—is given in the form of foot-notes,
so that the text of the original is strictly preserved.

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF EVENING PARTIES
By Albert Smith.

Although this highly-eccentric and humourous little
book has been twice offered to the public, first in the
columns of our facetious contemporary Punch, and after-
wards in a pleasant Christmas book called the " Wassail
Bowl," it is right welcome. From the hilarious, joyous,
laughter-loving vein in which it is written we conjecture
the author must be on capital terms with himself, and
everybody else ; we would wager he could " forgive and
forget," as the saying goes, in the most spontaneous
manner ;and we have, moreover, some very shrewd sus-
picions that he knows how to shake hands with a friend

—not by tendering a frigid one finger, or an inert bundle
of lukewarm flesh and bones—but with a fine cordial
gripe that shows the muscles are in excellent condition.
Such is the opinion of Mr. Albert Smith which every
one must form, who dips into these seventy-one
pages of drollery. And, under the correction of certain
supposititious critics, we will abide by the notion that
our author's disposition may be discerned from his
writings, " The Physiology of Evening Parties !"—the
name alone is provocative of amusement : or " the Na-
tural History of the First Quadrille." Surely the man
must be a most veritable curmudgeon whose risibility
would not be excited by the perusal of such terpsichorean
parodies upon Buffon. The vraisemblance of each inci-
dent described is something extraordinary. There is a
touch of genuine Bozism in Mr. Albert Smith's nature,
but his delineations of character want the epigrammatic
comicality of Dickens. Besides which—but a com-
parison would be invidious ; it would be as impossible
as a comparison between Homer and Blackmore. Boz
is on the top of the great pyramid ; while Albert Smith
is on the top of one seven feet by five on the stage of the
Lyceum. We say this not in depreciation of the latter; but
as the mere illustration of a fact. If we could giie such
illustrations however as those of Leech in the book
before us, we would amplify the difference at yet greater
length. Sufficient to say that the present volume is an
excellent specimen of that rich fun by which Albert
Smith has rendered himself such a favourite with our-
selves, and a great multitude besides ; while the wood-
cuts, designed by Leech, are worthy illustration's to One
of the happiest of the first contributors to "Punch," and
are also worthy of himself—thp main-stay and best
bower anchor of that periodical.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND DURING
THE THIRTY YEARS' PEACE, 1815 to
1845. By Charles Knight.
,Pait .
The sixth chapter of this well-written and valuable
History contains a graphic account, (illustrated by a'
plan) of the taking of Algiers by Lord Exctionth, in'
1816, and of the events which led to and folloWed that
event. The seventh chapter sketches the progress of
social improvement in England troth the first efforts'ot
Sir S. Romilly to improve our criminal law, in 1808; up
to the commencement of the 'memorable -labours of
Brougham in behalf of popular education,lllBl6. The
questions of the reform of the criminal code, of the
establishment of an effectual preventive and detective'
police, and of the law of settlement and the pcier-laws,
and of popular education, are all calmly considered and
temperately discussed in this chapter ;'which concludes
with a history of the , first establishinent of savings'
.banks. In 1816 the first gas company applied to Par-
liament for a Bill, and the following 'accotint will be

- 1 •
read with interest at the present moment, inasmuch as
the same arguments that were used by the oil protec-
tionists of that day, against gas lighting, are used by
the corn protectionists of our own against free trade:—
" The brilliantly' lighted, carefully watched, safe, orderly,
and tranquil London of the present 'day, presents as great a
contrast to the London of 1816, as that again, contrasted with
the London of 1762—the year in which the Westminster
Paving and Lighting Act was passed. Street-robberies, be-
fore that period, were the ordinary events of the night : se-
curity was the exception to the course of atrocity, for which
the Government applied no remedy but to hang. For half
a century after this the metropolis had its comparative safety
of feeble oil-lamps and decrepid watchmen. The streets were
filled with tumultuous vagabonds ; and the drowsy guardiang
of the night suffered every abomination to go on in lawless
vigour, happy if their sleep were undisturbed by the mid
night row of the drunken rake.' In 1807 Pall-mall .was
lighted by gas. The persevering German who spent his own
ward.m oney andlhe thatorig ofna
original
his subscriberscom iaa to
whose his sxh eamm ep,•eh
wasad
to b
n o ree-
followed, not only by all England,, but the whole civilised
world, were first derided, and then treited in" Parliament as
'rapacious monopolists intent upon the ruin of established in-
dustry. The adventurers in gas-light did more for the pre-
vention of crime than the Government had done since the
days of Alfred. We turn to the Parliamentary debates, and
we see how they were encouraged in 1816—nine years after
it had been found that the invention was of unappreciable
public benefit :—' The company,' said the Earl of Lauderdale,
' aimed at a monopoly, which would, ultimately prove injuri-
ous to the public, and ruin that most important branch of '
trade, the whale fisheries.' Alderman Atkins contended that
the measure was calculated to ruin that hardy race of men,
the persons employed in the Southern and Greenland whale
fisheries, in each of which a million of money and above a
hundred ships were engaged. If the Bill were to pass, it
would throw out of employ ten thousand seamen, and above
ten thousand ropemakers, sailmakers, mastmakers, &c., con-
nected with that trade.' Who can forbear to admire the in-
exhaustible fund of benevolence that for ages has been at
work in the advocacy of the great principle of protection. At
every step of scientific discovery which promises to impart
new benefits to mankind, however certain and unquestionable
be the benefit, we are called upon to maintain the ancient
state of things, amidst the terrible denunciations of ruin to
some great interest or other. It it quite marvellous the ruin
that has been threatening us since the peace, when capital
has been free to apply itself in aid of skill and enterprise.
The rnin that gas-light was to produce is a pretty fair
example of the ruin that has gone on, and is still going on, for
no objects but those of thinning our population, diminishing
our manufactures, crippling our commerce, extinguishing our
agriculture, and pauperizing our landed proprietors. There
never was a nation 000 med to such perils by the restless
character of its people. They will not let well enough alone,
as the only wise men say. In 1816 they risked the exis-
tence of the British navy, which depended upon the whale
fisheries, for the trifling advantage of making London as light
by night as by day, and bestowing safety and peacefulness
upon its millions of inhabitants. And yet at the very mo-
ment that this ruin was predicted to oil, it was admitted that
we could not obtain a sufficiency ofioil. There are some les-
sons yet to be learnt on the sabject of protection, even from
this petty fight of oil and gas."
The eighth chapter, which is not completed in this
part, is devoted to the subject of Spanish America. In
as much of it as is contained in the present number, we
have a history of the various efforts made at emancipa-
tion by Spanish America, from 1785, when General
Miranda was negotiating with Mr. Pitt for the assistance
of England, in enabling the inhabitants of Venezuela to
throw off the yoke of Spain, to the defeat of Morelos, in
Mexico, by the Royalist forces, and his subsequent ex-
ecution, in 1815, which seemed for a time to have anni-
hilated the Insurrection which had been begun in that
country in 1810, by the famous Curate Hidalgo. This
part is illustrated by an excellent map of the South
Am-vrican Continent, and by two engraved portraits,
the one of Sir Samuel Romilly the other of Prince Tal-
leyrand.

THE PROTECTION PEERS.--We are informed, OR au-
thority which cannot be deubted, that "the die is cast."
The monopolist peers have had their meetings, one after
another, and the issue is, that the march of free trade is to
be resisted to the uttermost. Lord Stanley, never deficient in
animal courage, and always forward when mischief is to be
school
ehocool confess, is
done, has undertaken so to mutilate and mangle the Minis-
aislwrae;bneeednttoatrhdyemle.
terial measure in committee that it will be quite impossible
for the free trade party in the House of Commons to accept
sith
i pwhen
s havei t
greater than our surprise at this information. Their Lord-
. learners
sr
irnegrthete,
wis-
dom, and, therefore, we may not wonder at their pre serving
this characteristic of their order in the present instance.
And what are they to gain by playing this dangerous game
with an irritated and angry people ? Or,
rather, what may
they not lose by their appalling fully ? But, while such is
the present intention of the Lords, Sir R. Peel, we are as-
sured, is resolute and determined on the subject. He has
made up his mind that he will take no measure but his own.
It is ant Ccesar out nihil with bim. He will have all or none.
The monopolists must be prepared to form an Administration
or face a dissolution of Parliament in the very hour when
they give a mortal stab to his proposition. So stands the
case at present. We speak on the authority of one engaged
in playing the game himself—Liverpool Albion.
IMPORT OF GUNPOWDER.--VIGHANCE OF THE
POLICE.—The following circumstances have been reported
to us :—A gun-smith in this city caused to be shipped from
Dublin in one of the steamers a cask, purporting to con-
tain seeds, and directed to a house in that business here,
but which cask in reality contained gunpower. The gun-
smith showed the letter of advice of shipment to the seeds-
man, who at once got alarmed, and sent for a policeman, to
wham he read the letter. The " vigilant" policeman said
he would report it his officer, notwithstanding which
when the steamer arrived, there was no one on the part
the police to look after and seize so dangerous an importa-
tion, or give notice to the captain that he had such on
board.
The consequence was that the gun-smith got possession
the powder, and we believe no further notice has
been of
of the matter. We think the public are entitled toe taken
a strict inquiry into these facts; for, great as is the dangermend
shipping gunpowder openly, it must be much enhanced of
no precautions can be taken, from ignorance of its b
where
board.—Cork Reporter. sbeing on
SUICIDE OF TWO GIRLS.—A coroner's inquest
as
held on Thursday last, and another on the following saw.n
day, on Ihe bodies of two young females found drownetiin-
the canal, near to Leamington, one of whom had been miss-
ing for nearly three weeks, and the other from the day Only
preceding that on which her remains were discovered. The
latter, named Emma Lewis, daughter of a sawyer in Grove-
place, was in her sixteenth year, and from the evidence pro-
duced appeared to have committed the
despondency, from the harsh treatment she experienced in
service under a superior domestic, who was severely repri •
manded by the Coroner for her unfeeling behaviour. The
former unfortunate girl, named Davis!_was not quite fifteen
years of age, and had lived unhappily with her relatives,
who were in a respectable sphere of life, and whom she had
suddenly quitted, with an intimation, left in writing, that she
would be no more when the same came to their hands. The
strictest search having been ineffectually made, hopes were
for a long time entertained that her intention had not been
carried into effect, and advertisements, l with offers of reward
for her restoration, appeared in several of the newspapers.
Verdicts of " Temporary insanity" werea _returned in each
case- by the jury. This morning (11 udaY) the body of
another female, a native of Germany:, who
.h as been for some
days g miosin, •• ' was found drowned in the River Learn, and
is now awaiting an inquest. The above'. three deplorable
events, occurring successively within so ' short A period,
have occasioned a sensation in the town and neighbourhood
of Leamington which will be more easily conceived
than.de-.
scribed. .

CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF
CULLODEN.
One hundred years ago the hopes of the Stuarts for
restoration to the throne of their ancestors were finally
closed. After a short, but brilliant campaign, Prince
Charles .and his gallant followers were slain or scat-
tered on the 16th of April, 1746, never again to re-
assemble in arms for bringing " the auld Stuarts back
again," but if that could have been accomplished by the
most unbounded heroism and fearless enterprise, the
devoted army which so enthusiastically followed their
Prince had achieved the object. The destiny of this
unfortunate house was otherwise. When the High-
landers had advanced as, far as Derby, London was
thrown into the greatest consternation. Those of Jaco-
bitical principles, of course, were joyous, as far as pru=
dence would permit the acknowledgment; but a run was
made upon the Bank which was obliged to issue notes of
trifling value to assist the circulation of coin among
the military, as encouragement for whom, large sums
were subscribed and abundance of clothes provided.
The troops, notwithstanding, were much depressed
on learning the disasters which befel their com-
rades in the north, and believed there was
noshing but defeat . before them, hence the humerous
picture by Hogarth of the march to Finchley.
After defeating the army under Hawley, at Falkirk, on
retreat to the north, the Prince, after the failure of an
attempt to surprise the Duke of Cumberland by night,
drew up in battle array on the moor of Culloden, near
Inverness, where the royal army confronted him next
morning, The engagement speedily commenced, and
the Highlanders rushing forward sword in hand, broke
through the left wing of the front line and captured two
cannon, but they were immediately met with a fire from
the second line in front and flank, by which they were
so cut up that they were compelled to retire. The panic
went along their ranks and the whole began to retreat,
the greater part crossing Nairn, some of the clans in un-•
broken order, while those who went to Inverness were
grievously slaughtered by the way. The Prince fled,
and left his troops to shift for themselves. Lord Bury
was dispatched to London with accounts of the victory,
and the expedition with which he was able to move may
be seen by his arrival in London only on the 24th ! Illu-
minations and rejoicings were immediately given, and
congratulations, thanksgivings, &c., to an incredible
extent. Thus, after so many chivalrous attempts to
avert the fate, terminated a regal line, of an antiquity
equal to any else-in Europe.

MAP OF CULLODEN MOOR, AND PART OF
THE ADJACENT COUNTRY. By J. Gowie,
Esq. —Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill.
On the 16th of April, 1746, exactly a century since
this day, Was -fought the decisive battle of Culloden,
which sealed the fate of the Stuart dynasty. Culloden
Moor, which is situated near Inverness, has long been
an object of attraction to travellers, but no trustworthy
map has hitherto been published, showing the face of
the country as it' now is, and as it was then, demon-
strating the respective position of the two armies before,
during, and after the battle, so as to enable the tra-
veller, traversing the ground, to follow accurately the
manoeuvres of the two armies. This great want has
been recently admirably supplied by Mr. Gowie, who
has published a map of Culloden Moor, drawn on a
large scale, on which are laid down the different lines of
,routes leading to the field of battle, and the po-
sitions and lines of march of the respective
armies on the eventful 16th of April, 1746. The map
also exhibits the sites Of the ancient tumuli, Druidical
stone circles, vitrified forts, and other objects of interest
to be found on the moor ; and is, moreover, enriched
'153, an enlarged plan of the order of battle, accompanied
by, copious 'ex planatory notes. As a work of art‘ the
map is beautifully executed, and as a topographical
illustration of one of the most interesting portions of the
kiugdom, it is one of the most complete things that has
ever Wen offered to the public.

MR. KAY'S BOOK ON THE «EDU

CATION OF TE POOR."
The Master of "Trinity has addressed the following
letter to the Vice-Chancellor:-- -

" Trinity Ledge, April 4, 1846.
"9lr. Vice-Chancellor—l have just received a volume,
entitled On the Education of the Poor in England and
in: Europe,' by XoseOli Kay, of this college, whom-1,-on
his solicitation, recommended as Travelling Bachelor ;
preceded by an address to the Senate of the University
of Cambridge, in which Mr. Kay states that when I
recommended him to their notice as a candidate for that
office, I informed him that they would expect him to
pUtlish a report of the results of his inquiries on the
state of primary education in Europe.
;" I hasten to, say'to you that Mr. Kay has completely
astonished me by this statement. I never had any in-
tention of conveying to him such an impression as he
describes. I did not know that he had it in contempla•
tion to publish on this subject; though he informed me
that he inteaded to make Primary Education,' the
main subject of 'lris intention in his travels.
i" Nor do I recollect to have used, or think it possible
that I used language which could convey to Mr. Kay
this impression. I told him, indeed, that, as Travelling
Bachelor,--lie 'would have to send- a Latin letter every
year to the Senate ; giving some account of the results
or his travels. One such letter he has sent, as you, sir,
know. You have 'expressed your opinion respecting the
unsatisfactory mode in which Mr. Kay has discharged
that part of his duty; and this expression of your opinion
I have alreadrconveyed to him.
" I have not read more than a few sentencea of
,the
book ; but from what I have seen I am compelled to. say
that it appears to me to contain expressions of Mr. Kay's,
opinions altogether unsuited to his position and attain-
ments ; and connected by him most improperly with his
relation to the university. And this impropriety is not
less, but greater, in consequence of the great importance
of the questions on which Mr. Kay delivers his opinions.
If I could have imagined that such a use would be.mide
of the appointment, I should have carefully abstained
from forwarding Mr. Kay's desiges.
" If you, sir, think it proper, for the satisfaction of
the Senate, that this- explanation on my part should be
communicated to them, I shall be ready to direct myself
by your suggestions.
" Believe me, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, your very faithful
and obedient servant,

" W. WHEWELL."

• STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 14.—We are glad to stite that
the slight appearances of improvement which presented
themselves towards the conclusion of last week have
now become more distinct and decided. At this day's
market there has been a very good demand for yarn ;
and an advance of id. to id per lb. has been obtained on
some counts and _descriptions suitable for the German,
market. For goods, also, there has been a much better
inquiry than for some time past ; and an advance of
lid. per piece on good ahirtings has been generally de-
manded, and in some instances acceded to by purchasers.
The inferior qualities of shirtings and all descriptions
of printing cloth are in better demand, though without
improvement in price. On the whole, the feeling in the
market has been more cheerful and elastic than for
several weeks previously.
ROCHDALE, APRIL 13.—We have had rather more
doing in the flannel market to-day, merchants having
bought more freely ; but there is no improvement in
prices. Wool 'has rather a tendency upward ; and if
there should be an increased demand for goods, it is
expected that the raw material will advance in price.
LEEDS, APRIL 14.—We have little to say about our
to-day's markets, which were rather better attended
than last week, but, on the whole, flat and spiritless.
Nor can we expect any improvement of moment, until
the universally known obstacles which impede the de-
velopment of our trade are, at least to some extent, re-
moved.

HUDDERSFIELD, APRIL 14.—There has been a slight
improvement in our market to-day ; and, for the season,
business is upon the whole better. The return of de-
posits upon railway projects will be a great relief to this
district, great quantities of scrip being in the hands of
our manufacturers."—Manchester Guardian.

The Albany Knickerbocker expresses the opinion that
America is destined to be the bread-basket of the world."

MURDER IN GLASGOW.-It is our painful duty to-day
to record an atrocious case of murder, which
in the Bridgegate on Saturday night,wh was perpetrated
between eleven and
twelve o'clock. The victim was an elderly .man, named
David Love, a weaver, residing in Tureen-street, Calton, and
the circumstances under which he was murdered, were as
follow:—Shortly after eleven o'clock it appears Love and
another individual, whose name we have not learned, went
into an eating-house, Pigs' Feet Tavern, in the Goosedubbs,
kept by a person named Daly, and called for a small quan-
tity of victuals. Previous to their being consumed, how-
ever, the reckoning, amounting to 6d. was demanded, and it
turned out that neither Love nor his companion, owing to
some misunderstanding, had any money. This gave rise
to some altercation between them and the people of the
house ; but so far as we have ascertained, it consisted
principally of abusive language on the part of Mrs. Daly
and her servant, a girl named Cassidy, on account of
their having been put to the trouble of setting down
food to individuals who had nothing to pay far it. Ulti-
mately the watchman being sent for, or hearing the noise,
went into Daly's; but after this there was no disturbance, as
Love and his companion went away peaceably, seemingly
satisfied to escape from the disagreeable position in which
they were placed. They had only proceeded a short distance
along the Bridgegate, when Love was knocked down from
behind by a blow on the back of the head. This blow there
is no doubt was inflicted by Daly, he having been seen to do
it by several persons who were close by at the time ; and the
result was that Love literally died on the spot. The unfor-
tunate man was lifted and carried into the shop of Dr. Grib-
ben, but it was of no avail—the vital spark had fled. After
the occurrence Daly was accused of having killed the man
by some persons who had seen the deed committed, and
amongst others by a:man named Adams, a brass-founder, re-
siding in Gorbals, who followed him into his own shop.
when Mrs. Daly struck him on the mouth for making such
an accusation against her husband. Daly being thus warned
that the person he had struck was dead, by the time the
police heard of it he had effected his escape, having re•
treated, it is believed, by a back door. Immediately after-
. wards the corpse, along with Mrs. Daly and the other per-
sons in the house at the time, were taken to the police-office;
but up to a late hour last night, the alleged murderer had
not been apprehended. The girl Cassidy states that Love
and the man who was along with him were both very tipsy,
but the other accounts do not agree with this statement.
Love appeared to be a decent elderly man, and we under-
stand he has left a widow and three children to lament their
unhappy bereavement. A post mortem examination of the
body is to take place to-day. In the meantime it is supposed
that the deceased had been struck on the jugular vein,
an
that that was the cause of his untimely end.—Glasgow Argos
of Monday. -
The Journal des Chasseurs, a Freneli sporting maga-
zine, has published a curious statement of the results of the
royal huats in the Crown forests ;fromt _
5, the enormous
which it appears
that during the years 1840-1-2-3-4 a
quantitp of: .154,517 animals (birds% andlolves, quadrupeds) have
5,2415 foxes; 213
wild:dogs,
been destroyed, thus specified-88 i•
97 ,badgers, 3,659 polecats, . 30
7,784 cats.; 34,452 Hedgehogs,g,o9s, 4,4 weasels,l,nazards, 7,451 hawks, '
,
10,170 owls, 1,466 crows, 21,540 magpies, 19,479 japs, 6,030
squirrels, 10,822 rats and dormice.

MVIMERCE OF THE CAPE
WITIX MONTE VIDEO.
The following is from the. Cape Shipping and Mercan-
tile Gazelle, of the 30th' January:—
" It has often struck us that our commercial relations
might be profitably extended to other parts of South
America beside the Brazils, and it is therefore with
peculiar satisfaction that we refer to the following notice
which appeared in yesterday's Gavel ?intent Gazate in-
viting a direct trade with the Rio Plata:—
,

" Colonial-office, Jan. 28, 1846.
"' His Excellency, the Governor, having received a
letter, of which the following is a copy, from her Bri-
tannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary in the River
Plate, has desired it to be published for general in-
formation.

" `By his Excellency's command,
" JAMES MONTAGU, Secretary to Government.'
" Monte Video, 23rd Dec. 1845.
" Sra,—lt is highly desirable,. especially at this
moment, that commercial intercourse should be esta-
blished between this capital and the Cape of Good Hope.
In consequence of the siege, which has lasted three
years, and of the blockade by General Roses for nearly
as long a time, and the constant state of warfare in which
the Government of Buenos Ayres has kept these states,
all agricultural pursuits have been interrupted, and little
or no produce can be procured from the interior. We
are obliged to draw our supplies from Brazil, the United
States, and Europe. The demand for provisions would,
therefore, at present secure a profit for the ex•
portation from the Cape, of salt beef, pork, wheat,
potatoes, yam, &c., and, in short, whatever article of
food the colony produces, and that will bear the voyage.
" All sorts of dried fruits and grain, barley, oats, peas,
beans, hay, &c., would well repay the cost of conveyance
hither.
" A small quantity of the best wine might find a sale;
•
but salted or dried is always in great demand, as also
butter and lard.
"' If it meet your Excellency's views to encourage
this commerce, I venture to suggest that every facility
be afforded3to the master of the William Peile, Mr.
Joseph Sprott, and should his vessel require repair, that
assistance be afforded, if possible, at the Government
wharfs or docks. Probably, the arrival of this vessel
at the Cape might induce shipowners to send vessels
hither on speculation. They would, also, probably find
passengers from hence, on their return to the Cape of
Good Hope.

" At the _present moment, horses might find sale
here ; gunpowder, ammunition, and military accoutre:-
meats certainly would: 'Possibly- East India produce
would also be in request.
"' I take the liberty of recommending to your Ex-
cellency's protection and good offices this commence-
ment of a direct commercial intercourse between the
Rio Plata and the' Cape of Good Hope. It would be
highly beneficial to Monte Video at this moment, and I
cannot but think might beconie highly advantageous to
the colony.—l have the honour to be,
" Sir, your obedient servant,
" To Sir Peregrine Maitland,' &c. G. OUSELEY.
"We trust that our enterprising merchants will,
without loss of time, avail.. themselves of this oppor-
tunity to extend the colonial trade in the southern
hemisphere by the opening of this new market. We
hope, as one of the advantages resulting therefrom, to
see generally introduced and domesticated in Southern
Africa that valuable animal the alpaca. On these and
other benefits likely to result from the new field for
commercial intercourse we shall make it a point to en-
large hereafter.

The William Peile also brought to Port Elizabeth
93 emigrants, who, being principally inechanics, were
fast findingemploympnt.

" Since-the foregoing was in type an advertisement
has already been handed to us for insertion, announcing
the schooner Swiftshure as having been chartered for
Monte Video. Having.most of-her-cargo engaged, she
will be immediately despatched for the Rio Plata."

RUSSIAN OPINIONS OF SR R

PEEL'S FREE-TRADE POLICY.

We subjoin the following article,
.copied from the
St. Peterkiburgh Commercial Gazetie, on the subject of Sir
R. Peel's measures, and the consequences to be expected
therefrom. Coming from such a quarter, it is highly im-
portant, as an exponent nf the fiscal views entertained
by the large and influential body of merchants and traders
which the journal before us professes to represent
As the measures of finance which Sir Robert Peel
has announced in the English Parliament, and which,
from his great influence, will no doubt be adopted, even
if a few unessential modifications era introduced, must
lay the foundation of a new epoch in the trade of Poland,
and generally in the whole commercial world, it may not
appear inopportune if we devote, in the first instance, a
few preliminary remarks to this system of duties. The
assertion which we have already expressed in this journal
(some few years since), and which .was.. also transferred
from this to. others, that not, concessions...were to be
made to England in order to induce her to effect a. re-
ductionnf duties on corn and other. articles of provi-
sion as she would be sooner Or later compelled to do so
for ale sake ,of her own interest, now receives the fullest
confirmation.

" England feels that she has arrived at a point where,
if she. does not procure subsistence for her working
classes at a. far more reasonable rate, it will become still
more difficult for her to maintain a competition with other
countries, ,and thip conviction must necessarily result in
the adoption of the new measures of 'finance. 'lf these,
however, are in •the highest degree conformable with the
designs of England, they cannot, nevertheless, be so un-
conditionally and generally recommended, a.: the public
journals will have it, to other countries, which find them-
selves in wholly different circumstances. England, after
attaining a commercial eminence which towers far above
all other countries, casts away the ladder by which she
has climbed 'to it. Were other nations, which have not
yet attained this Alpine altitude, to throw away their
ladders also, they would certainly never reach the
same elevation. The most immediate great results of
the English -measures will be, in the first instance,
a favouring of the trade and agriculture of the other
countries of the world ; but; on the other hand, a
powerful depression of their manufacturing industry.
An almost total freedom from taxation of all
natural products must infinitely animate trade simultane-
ously with the culture of the soil from which they spring
forth, and secure for them a richer, and consequently a
core remunerating return, in the prices of their produce.
By means of the more reasonable prices of provisions,
the English manufactures of all sorts will become im-
mensely cheaper, and thence their productions, as well
as the population thereby employed will rapidly increase.
This, and the simultaneously increasing, and now already
unexampled prosperity of the country, must also extra-
ordinarily enlarge the consumption of all natural produce.
" W holly different, on the contrary, will be the effect
of these financial measures on the manufacturing indus-
try of foreign countries. If it has been already difficult
hitherto for the majority of their different branches to
maintain a competition with England, it is certain that
the difficulty will become far greater—ay, and for a time
impossible—especially in those states which have only
recently trodden the path of manufacturing industry in
a larger proportion.

"Their Manufacturing industry will thenceforth stand
in the utmost need of every favour which can in any
way be afforded it. As a means the following seems
here to offer themselves to us :—the utmost possible fa-
cilitation and extension of their circle of operations, their
especial promotion in the locality which presents the
most favourable prospect to each individual branch, or
has already by experience given proof of its advantages ;
more attention to intensive than to extensive encourage-
ment, and thence also an especial suppert of those
manufacturers who most advantageously distinguish
themselves in their craft, and whose factories may be
looked upon as effective model institutions ; great
attention to every foreign and really improving menu- '
facturing invention, its introduction and appropriation to
the utmost possible extent throughout the land, as also
the animation, promotion, and spread of the mechanical
and chemical sciences and arts of design, and their or-
naments, and refining application to the process of ma •
nufacture. We shall, perhaps, find an oppertunity of
entering into further details on this subject. It will now
be sufficient merely to point out these means, their ge-
neral features, and to excite the most serious reflection
on the part of all thoz.e who are employed in manufac-
tures, or who are connected in any way with them,
upon the precautions to be taken on their side, and the
things to be done under the present newly shaped
course of circumstances.
"It is certain that they must devote the greatest ac-
tivity and the most circumspect and refined artistical
industry if they do not intend to stand still, but to ad-
vance with the most rapid perfection possible in all
directions, in order to appropinquato to foreign ma-
nufactures in good quality and price, and at length
to equal them, in the &holiest space of time. If their
prices continue too high with regard to foreign
countries, and if their premiums on the use of fo-
reign wares become too tempting, their productions can-
not eventually be secured by any support, any favour,
or any protection whatsoever, against the disadvantage
of a greatly extended, and, under such circumstances,
not to be suppressed, smuggling trade. We may ad-
vise the agriculturists to take the utmost possible advan-
tage of the present favourable conjuncture, by the
amelioration, so necessary for our country, of the cul-
tivation of the soil, and its thereby increased produce ;
for the favourable moment cannot last for ever. The
temptation will also increase the cultivation of the soil
in other lands, and the competition for importation to
England thence arising will soon limit the profits that
will accrue in the first instance.
" This sure prospect also make; it advisable for them
to refuse, on their side, all foreign goods and other
manufacturing produce, and thus to support the do-
mestic manufactures to the utmost extent of their power.
The increase of the population and the well-being of
their native country may then insure them, in this very
thing, a good custom, and one not so exposed to the
disadvantageous conjunctures of the world ; but, above
all, it may become highly advantageous, by means of
I the inestimable profits of a near and flourishing market
for the domestic consumers, and the sale of a hot of
their smaller, safe, and yet, in a dense population, very
profitable productions. •
" This is a r.maark which we cannot toowartrabla, a:
warmly
press upon their hearts. May they remember,
t_
we believe we have already often shown, the
advancing
prices, which must be paid for some timet to
fi , an
like the
inland trade for its own peculiar
profit,
the initiation or I
apprentice fee which a family g
notoltieornleydaucbaetitotenr ofp otslittetiornis members,
eies attained whereby, reb
them ihnoflsnetuvre:::
dheuntsea.n2, advantage assured besides, fur exceeding the ex •

A few days rig° a gentleman in Lincoln entered the
matrimonial state a second time, after being a lorn widoWer
for eight weeks. Oh the happy day, grief for his departed
spouse was revived by receiving a Court of Requests sum=
mons for the cost of her eof4:

A HINDOO GENTLEMANE(POM
ENGLISH RAILWAYS.
You doubtless have heard and read of railways, though
perhaps you cannot form any conception of them. It
was on this occasion that I for the first time travelled by
one a distance of two hundred miles. But how shall I
describe it to you? If I had the words I have not the
knoviledge; I scarcely know what happened to myself,
much less could I take any observations of the mechanism
of this wonderful piece of machinery. As soon as I got
to the starting place I found myself amongst a crowd of
persons of all kinds, talking, hallooing, pushing, and all
seeming in the utmost state of confusion and excitement.
I thought some serious accident had happened, and
whilst I was vainly trying to gain information my lug-
gage was seized by some men whom I at first imagined
to be robbers, but afterwards found to be only porters,
and I was forced into a carriage, the door of which was
instantly fastened upon me. Before I could remonstrate
on this violence the train started off, and I therefore re-
signed myself quietly to my fate. Soon we were rush-
ing on like the wind in its fury. As I looked out upon
the road my head grew dizzy, my eyes dim, my senses
were utterly bewildered, and I hid my face in my hands
to recover myself. When I again looked up, we were
flying onwards at a still greater speed;—the birds in
their swiftest flight, the scud in the heavens, the comet
shooting amidst boundless space, seemed sluggish in
comparison with our furious, headlong travelling. The
sun was shining brightly upon a beautiful soft landscape
peculiar to this country, my nerves were beginning to
get reconciled to the unusual circumstances, and I even
felt a sort of pleasurable excitement, a species of mad-
ness, a
reckless desire for greater and still greater speed;
when suddenly, as if by magic, we were cast into utter
darkness, not a ray of light was perceptible; I felt, how-
ever, that we were still rushing through the air at the
same furious pace as before—whither I knew not, unless
into the very bowels of the earth; on, on we sped;
fminutes, hours, seemed to pass, and yet no change; I
thought I was doomed to be whisked through dark space
for ever and ever, when we were again suddenly thrown
into the bright light of the sun. In answer to my be-
wildered inquiries, I was told that we had merely passed through a tunnel or passage of three or four miles in
length, cut through a hill, which was too high for the
train to surmount; and that, instead of having been
hours in the transit, we had been but a few minutes.
What a wond(rful people are the English! Here was a
stupendous work, a combination of science and labour,
performed at immense cost—and for what purpose? I
asked a fellow-passenger who sat near me, whether
the road could not have been taken round the foot of
the hill, at much less labour and expense. " Certainly it
could," he replied, "and. for about one-half the money,
but then, we should have lost full, ten minutes on the
journey." All this science, this labour, this money, ex,
pended to save ten minutes in a journey of two hundred
miles! Truly, the English are a wonderful people;
they have a proverb that time is money, and, certainly,
although they are very fond of money, they seem to
think quite as much of time. It is a sort of phantom
that they are always pursuing; they talk of saving time
as if they could lock it up in a strong box, and keep it
there for use on some future occasion; want of time is
as general a complaint as want of money; and to cheat
a person of one is looked upon as great a crime as cheat-
ing him of the other, as may be seen by the constant
complaints in their newspapers against railways and
steam-vessels which have been a little longer an their
passage than the regulated time. We stopped at various
stations to put down and take up passengers; and at one
place everybody got out of the carriages in order to eat
and drink. There was here quite a _rush into a large
handsome room, where tables were covered with a profu-
sion of various kinds of food, which everybody scram-
bled at,-and. began to devour as if they were in a starving
condition., While I was gazing in wonder at this scene,
and just as I was endeavouring to find something that
I could myself eat, there was a loud announcement that
the train was again ready to start; and, accordingly, out
everybody rushed, carrying me along with them. I was
obliged to pay the same as the others, although I had
eaten nothing; but I could not remonstrate, or the car-
riages would have gone without me. I understood that
not long since fifteen minutes' time was permitted for
this mea, but upon many of the passengers complain-
ing of the loss of time, it was reduced to eight minutes.
We soon arrived at our destination, after having per-
formed ;the journey at the rate of 35 miles an hour,
which I heard a fellow-passenger complain of as being
very slow, saying that he had lost twenty minutes, and
threatening to write to the newspapers about it. As to
myself, I was thankful to arrive safe, as I was in con-
stant fear, from the excessive speed, that we should
be all dashed to pieces. My kind host having sent a
carriage to meet me at the end of the railroad, I was
soon comfortably at rest in his magnificent mansion.--
Union, liagozine.

BURNT.CLAN- AS. A MANURE' FOR

HEAVY CLAY LAND.-
Several accounts et the good effect of burnt clay as a
manure have appeared in this journal: having used it
with success, I am induced to add my own testimony in
its favour, chiefly on account of the very bad quality of
the laild on which it succeeded. It is a faini of about
500 acres,. Which I bought about seven yeari since, on
the Oxford clay, of the very stiffest description, never
ploughed with Ess than four, sometimes with five cr
even six. horses. The oil was like bird-lime uet
weatlier and in dry summers like stone, requiring a pick-
axe' to Creak it. Many of the fields might be described
as heing all subsoil, there being no real mould on the
surface. The aveiage yield of wheat did not exceed
sixteen bushelS an acre, and on some fields
the thistles were more numerous than the stalks of
wheat. It had the worst possible character, so that even
in 1839, when prices were good, many farmers who
looked at the farm declined to occupy it, and I had great
difficulty in finding a tenant at all. Having bought the
farm, however, chiefly because it is the most difficult
sort of land to manage (said, indeed, to defy improve-
ment), in order to try what could be made of it, as Lord
Ducie and Mr. Morton have done at Whitfield with so
much success, I underdrained the whole, in the first
instance at 10 feet apart, but now at 30 feet apart, and
34 inches In depth. In order to make the land work
more easily, I procured from Essex some labourers con-
versant with the mode of burning clay which is there prac-
tised. Into the details of that process I need not enter, as
excellent accounts of it have been given in this journal by
Mr. Pym. (vol. iii. p. 226, and by Mr. Randell, vol. v. p.
113). I burnt large quantities for the tenant, but until
last year no record of the effect had been kept, when,
seeing him apply it to a small field of eight acres, I
_begged him to omit the burnt clay on one corner of the
field, that we might know whether it was worth while to
burn any more clay. Mr. Cheer did so accordingly.
The crop was a very fine one : and after harvest he
threshed out about one-eighth of an acre separately.
He found the result as follows
One Acre Wheat
No manure .... 37 bushels.
80 yards burnt clay 45
80 yards ditto sheep-folded 47
It will be remarked that this is not a garden experi-
ment, but applies to a whole field of wheat, and that the
account was given in by the occupier of the land. Now,
I have lying before me the valuation at which I bought
this identical field, one of the worst on the farm. It is
103. an acre for rent, or 141. for the fee-simple.
Thorough draining with thorns, at 10 feet asunder, cost
about 31. 10s. It could now be done with pipes for 21.
Dressing with 80 bushels of burnt clay cost about 21. ss.
The crop must have been worth this year about 171., or
nearly the fee-simple of the land and the cost of the im-
provements. It will be observed that on a third
lot the land was dressed with sheep-folding,
.in
addition to the burnt clay, but that
uthre in-
crease of yield was trifling. Thev
thefact,w
wheat
wasmore
contsheganuenttliyie
laid
dop b y
trel d
wet
bear,n .
summer.manure, in
aPlntlsiTalsitiasniesea, caoentcedlusairscaprnloaonfutrhea?
and
de
nbeutrmntercel
mechani-
cally. Ido not mean that burnt clay will always act as
a manure indeed, I know that it sometimes fails to do.
soandthere is yet much to learn on the subject ; but
this case of success being beyond suspicion of accident,
I have thought right to detail the circumstances of the
trial, as an encouragement to the owners and tenants of
whereheiatviys land,not
I the b
ewl
ioervset
tand
emtoisi
et
ctxfexpensiveordclakyi,ndofcoveredwicll
with soil of a different quality. This farm at Long-
worth is that on which the trial of the ploughs reserved
from Shrewsbury took place last autumn, and Mr.
Parkes, in his report on the implements, bears witness to
its obstinate nature.—Journal of Royal Agriculeural
Society. Communication from Mr. Pusey, M.P.
L.

- • - - - •./
IMING POTATOES.—AS I know that my authority
has a protection against the consequences of potato disease,
and as I have heard from the Duke of Rutland that his ex-
periments have not been equally successful, I feel it a duty
to society to prevent people from being misled by the general
terms in which I have circulated the results of the experi-
ments conducted here. It is quite true that the lime used
here has been invariably successful, but it is the magnesian
lime which abounds in this neighbourhood. In its caustic
state, it is fatal to vegetation. Barren spots are to be seen
in many places on the forest, where lime heaps were placed
more than thirty years ago. It is, therefor, easy to account
for the effect of this lime in stopping the propagation of this
disease. The lime used by the Duke of Rutland I under-
stand to have been the crich-lime, which is very pure lime,
and has no such destructive qualities. It is, therefore, only
necessary to state the distinction to account for the difference.
Charcoal is quite as effectual as the magnesian lime.—Scott
Portland Welbeck, March 18.
INDIAN VOCABULARY.—To assist such of our reader
as may be occasionally at a loss in reading the news,lnedialnig
from ignorance of the language, we subjoin the meaning of
few words most commonly in use in the new pe
bungalow, a cottage made of bamboo and
about two miles
a 'Endo° title, answering to our esquireandb
pro-
jecting thatch roof—coolie, a porterztrai,
dak, the post
--
cummerbund, a sash—caw:ll, a in, princess-
-1 amat minister, and some-
timesduoit, a river pirate—de~~an, semi:l./to, with
an
west—firman, 3agerlatYradid°l;:tirhils:va"levrpeasi
between two rivers —dustooiri,end
icant
rsn_Of FIND: 011anr,taainD
offiorcaer
—feringee, a
council—fakir, a reliArious,that, European
i ent:tuei srl:
a prime
t:di oe_oea(albsa,:ba
aatrr,laactnhtdeoi
nfcgoc-place;
t„ulnatcreoyr.
minounthel
ouda 1, a seat on an elephant—
: estate assigned by govern-
in the
e--khelat, an honorary dress—maka-
great king—marabout, a holy man—mohout,
moil t—jungle, a thicket
ohur, a gold coin, worth sixteen rupees
jaaa;thurroe'ne—nuhali, a brook or small
in Bengal—musnud,
'fa.:l2l:iiiimirein'llY'ear—paarhunl'agincl°l—tikdesBgrs'iuNe-ineacgrw—irLml) . ni
" i
bran-eh of a river—nuzzur, an offering—paddy, rice in the
husk—pagoda, Indian temple— peishwa, a sovereign—peon,
messenger—punjaub, Ave rivers—rannee, a princess—ryut, a
peasant—sahib, lord—saees, a groom—npoys, native troops
in the. British serviee—serai, Mussulman place of rest for
travellers—serang,' a master of a vessel—singh, a lion—
sirear, a governor, also a head servant—sirdar, a headman or
minister—suddur adawlut and sudder dewanneo, courts of
justice—subandar, officer of highest rank in the army--
vakeel, an envoy—vedas, the Ilindoo Scriptures—wuzzeer
or vizzier, prime minister—zemindar, the holder of a zetuin-
dary,or province. A crore of rupees is a hundred lacs. A
hundred thousand rupees is one lac. A rupee is about
two shillings. A pice is the twelfth of an anna, or one hun-
dred and ninety-second part of a rupee.

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EASTER. PAROCHIAL MEETINGS.
ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE SCENE.—On Easter Tuesday,
in accordance with annual custom, a meeting of the
parishioners of the united parishes of St. Stephen, Wal-
brook, and St. Benet, Sherehog, took place in the vestry-
room of St. Stephen's Church, for the election of church-
wardens, &c., for the year ensuing.
In the course of last week, notices, convening two
vestry meetings for the election were posted on the
church doors—one by Mr. Rock and Mr. Flight, the
churchwardens appointed by the open vestry, and the
other by Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on the part of the select
one—and to meet at the same hour, namely, eleven
o'clock. Shortly before the time the Rev. Dr. Croly,
the rector, accompanied by Messrs. Rock and Flight, the
vestry-slerk, and a party of parishioners, took possession
of the room; and on eleven o'clock arriving, Mr. Alder-
man Gibbs, with three of his colleagues, entered, and
addressing those who had already assembled, wished
them to retire, as it was a select vestry that had to meet
there for the choice of parish officers. The request,
however, being politely declined, the Alderman, with his
three friends, retired to his residence in Walbrook,
where their parochial business was, no doubt, performed.
Dr. Croly then took the chair, acd
Mr. R. CUNLIFBE proposed the re-election of Messrs.
Rock and Flight as churchwardens. The parishioneara
were fully satisfied with the manner those gentlemen had
endeavoured to regain their privileges ; and he trusted
they would go on in the same spirit, and obtain that jus-
tice that was so justly due to the parish at large.
The proposition having been seconded, the re-election
of Messrs. Rock and Flight was declared to be carried
unanimously.
Mr. Roex, in returning thanks, said he felt
.obliged
for the renewed proof of confidence of the pariAlderman
shioners ;
he had hoped that the question, whether Mr.
Gibbs and his colleagues, or Mr. Flight and himself (Mr.
Rock), were the legal churchwardens, would have been
settled last term ; but the case unfortunately was not
reached as yet. It now stood No. 6on the list, and was
appointed for argument on the 22d inst., and on the re-
sult a general meeting of the parishioners would be called
in order to take the whole of the parish affairs into con-
sideration, with a view of securing a speedy and just dis-
tribution of the parish property. Ile had been asked,
what they had done during the three years of litigation ;
but he would say, that if they had not succeeded in ob-
taining those privileges that had been unjustly withheld
from them, they had prevented the enforcement of rates
to the amount of 1,5001. The parishioners might rely
on his continued exertions in the claim they were prose-
cuting, for a fair and prompt statement of their parochial
concerns.of
Mr. FLIGHT having acknowledged the approbation
of
his fellow-parishioners, in again selecting him as one
their churchwardens, and deelared his intention to pro-
ceed fearlessly in the task they had entered into,
The Rev. Dr. CROLY rose and addressed the vestry.
He said nothing but a strong sense of justice, and of his
duty to his parishioners, would have brought him there
that day, under the severe domestic affliction which had
befallen him. But the condition of the church of the
parish
and of those to whom the parish was indebted,
,
absolutely demanded immediate inquiry. Why Mr.
Alderman Gibbs persisted in forcing his services on
them was a question which, palpable as the object was,
he avoided mentioning, merely for the reasons stated by
the vestry-clerk, that the whole case was about to be
decided by the judges. But the facts, which none could
dispute, were these : that the church of the united
parishes remained in a state of squalid and scandalous
disrepair; that the parishioners knew nothing of the
distribution of their revenue, and thus the three indivi-
duals most necessary for the proper performance of
divine service had been unpaid for years. It was with
considerable pain that he had been informed by the
organist of the church, that the debt now due to her
amounted to 110 guineas. The sexton for nearly three
years had not been paid; and he (Dr. Croly), as the
afternoon lecturer, had now upwards of three years' sti-
pend due to him. As for the services of Mr. Alderman
Gibbs, as churchwarden, he knew of none, for he seemed
to have lost sight of the most important duties appertain-
ing to that office. It was the duty of the churchwarden
to see that the church was kept in repair. A glance
would show how that duty had been done.—(Hear.) It
was his duty to prevent the parish being involved in
debt. Mr. Alderman Gibbs brought it in debtor to the
amount of 1,8001., and that debt to himself.—(Hear,
hear.) And, lastly, it was the duty of the churchwarden
to attend the church during divine service; but he had
not seen Mr. Alderman Gibbs for some years, and, as
far as he was concerned, he had no particular desire to
see him there. For fourteen years no church-rate had
been raised; certainly, from no reluctance on the part of
the parishioners. He must do them that credit on all
occasions, but simply from their declaring that they
would pay no more money until they had an account of
what had been done with the past.—(Hear, hear.) A
more natural and necessary demand he could not con-
ceive. But no account was given, and in consequence no
rates were received. They could easily calculate the
average rate, and they would see that the loss amounted
to a very large sum, now whollyirrecoverable. He would
abstain from saying more, simply because the whole
matter would be speedily decided by.the legal authorities.
Still he felt all the sincere determination to see justice
done, which every man ought to feel in such an instance;
and he looked forward with strong hope to the decision,
which would extinguish the evil already so deeply in-
jurious to the peace of the parish, and to the credit of
the church of this Protestant country.—(Cheers.)
Other parochial business of minor importance having
b .ien proceeded with, the vestry broke up.

ST. LEONARD'S, SHOREDITCII.
On Tuesday the annual meeting of the parishioners of
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, took place in the parish
church, for the election of churchwardens, and Mr. Long,
late junior warden, was unanimously chosen as successor
to Mr. Bewley. Mr. Pearce then nominated Mr. Tho-
mas James Simpson to succeed Mr. Long as junior
warden, and in a speech of some length highly eulo-
gised his character and previous services in the parish.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Cottell, but was op-
posed by Mr. Solomon, who nominated Mr. Robert
Black ; and, upon a show of hands, the majority was
declared to be in favour of the latter. A poll, however,
was demanded by Mr. Pearce, on the part of Mr. Simp-
son, and the polling was directed to take place on Mon-
day and Tuesday next, when a fierce contest is expected
between the opposing parties.

ST. THOMAS, STEPNEY.
On Tuesday a vestry was held in the large district
church of St. Thomas, Arbour-square, to elect officers
for the year ensuing. Mr. George Ward, the son of
Thomas Ward, Esq., ship-owner, and Captain Richard
Male, were elected churchwardens for the ensuing year;
and a vote of thanks to Messrs. Wasen and Self, the past
churchwardens, was agreed to without a dissentient
voice. Several gentleman addressed the meeting on the
necessity of appointing a vestry-clerk, and Mr. Pelham,
the solicitor, was proposed and seconded by Mr. Heslop
and Mr. Kent. His election was carried nem. dis.