The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-22 00:00:00

HAND-BOOK TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

Mitchell, London, 1844. _
It is enough to say of this work, that it is minute
and circumstantial in its local details, and may be re-
ferred to with advantage by those who may be de-
sirous of familiarising themselves with the attractive
scenery of the Isle of Wight, whose romantic range
of rocks at the back of the island forming, what is
called the Undercliff, is certainly unique in its way
among the landscape scenery of Great Britain.

The PRACTICE in the OFFICES of the MASTERS
on the PLEA SIDE of the SUPERIOR COMMON
LAW COURTS at WESTMINSTER, 6-c. 6-c.
By Thomas Dux, Esq., one of the Masters of the Court
of Exchequer. Owen Richards, 194, Fleet-street.
Very extensive powers are conferred by the statute
1 Viet., c. 30, and confided by the Courts of Common
Law to their Taxing Masters, yet the principles by
which these officers were guided, and the rules and
regulations they observed in the discharge of their
important duties were very imperfectly known even
to members of the legal profession. Such a work,
therefore, as the present, was wanted, and cannot fail
to prove of advantage alike to attorney and suitor. The
author is Senior Master of the Court of Exchequer,
and, as well from his great experience in office, as from
his former publications, he was well known to be emi-
nently qualified to supply the profession and the public
with a work of such authority on the subject-matter
of the treatise now before us, as should make it a
standard work of reference. The anticipations that
might thus have been reasonably entertained, we find
have been fully realised by the execution of his task.
The whole practice, in all its branches, is fully and
lucidly explained, and the volume has the rare ad-
vantage in a law-book of being written in language
so plain, and so perspicuous, and so little embarrassed
by technical terms, that it may be understood, and
read with profit by all classes of the community.

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JUSTICES JUSTICE.—On Sunday last a portion of
this town was thrown into rather a feverish state of ex-
citement, in consequence of three men being marched
through the streets, like so many felons, and taken to
gaol. " What is their offence," was the eager inquiry of
the spectators, " surely it is not another Sutton-Boning-
ton burglary?" " No;" replied a grave-looking person,
" not so had as that, but they say its a highway robbery."
These questions and answers induced us to make some
inquiries, and we were told the men had been caught
" committing the very serious offence of stepping off
the foot-path into a field," and oh, horrible! they had
actually thrown a stone at Mr. Edge's keeper. We
shall not trouble our readers with any observations
upon the profanation of the Sabbath, by sending men
through the town on that day in custody, and thus
creating a public excitement at a time which ought to
be held sacred, although it was done by the direction of
a magistrate who has for years been accustomed to hear
read, at the quarter sessions and assizes the proclama-
tion " for the suppression of vice, profaneness, and
immorality." We shall not stop to inquire into the
legality of committing these men to gaol from Sunday
until Wednesday, without any information having been
laid against them, but proceed to make a few observa-
tions upon the case, as reported in this day's Mercury.
Mr. T. W. Edge is a magistrate of the county,hani‘ and has
the shooting over the lordship of Bilboroug
hich
comprises Woodborough. Ills keepers apprehend these
men, as they say, for trespassing and throwing a stone
at them when by the side of a wood ; and by his direc-
tion they were sent to gaol. On Wednesday the case
was heard, and the gamekeeper was completely contra-
dicted by the witnesses for the defence, and the de-
fendants discharged. Thus three men were unjustly
imprisoned from Sunday until Wednesday, and dis-
charged, without any compensation, and labouring under
the stigma of having been in the gaol. Can it be sur-
prising that an opinion should be prevalent, that " there
is one law for the rich, and another for the poor ?"
Nottingham Mercury.
INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Sunday afternoon, about
four o'clock, the inhabitants of Stowmarket were alarmed
by the cry of " fire," when it was discovered that one
beau and two hay stacks, at Abbott's Hall, we re on fire.
There appears to be no doubt but they were
set on fire.
at the same time, from their appearance when first seen:
one hay and one bean stack were consumed. Fortu-
nately, three loads of hay were saved. But for the quick
arrival of the engines, and the great exertions of the in-
habitants, a large wheat stack must have been destroy-
ed ; this, Idowever, sustained little or no damage. It was
no doubt the work of an incendiary. Two persons are
in custody, who were seen near the spot a short time be-
fore the fire broke out. The property was insured.
MR. NORTON ON INDIGESTION.—SOIIIe excellent
remarks on diet, the causes and treatment of indigestion,
and sound practical rules for the preservation of health,
accompany each bottle of Norton's Camomile Pills, and
are well worth the perusal of all who suffer from this
complaint. In cases of indigestion, we should endeavour
to restore tone and strength to the stomach, and thereby
enable it to perform its important functions ; whereas it
is not uncommon to hear of persons taking what they
are pleased to call anti-bilious pills, which are, generally,
some violent drastic compound, having a direct tendency
to weaken, and, ultimately, to destroy the digestive organs

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GENERAL- ASSEMBLY.
SATURDAY, MAY 18.
CASE OF SIR DAVID BREWSTER.
The Assembly took up a petition and complaint from
Dr. Ferric against a decision of the Presbytery of St.
Andrews. The petition was to the effect that at a meet-
ing. of the Presbytery, held on Monday,last, it prOceeded
to the consideration of a libel against Sir David Brew-
ster, and found the same relevant. Against this decision
Dr. Ferric entered his dissent and complaint, and ap-
pealed to the- Assembly ; but as the meeting of the
Assembly was so near, there was no time to have the
papars prepared, and the appellant was compelled to
come belt se the court without baying a copy of the libel
or the other documents to lay on the table.
Dr. FERRIE stated that what he thought ought to be
dune was this : that the AssemLly should direct the
Presbytery Clerk to send - tip the libel, and the accom-
panying papers, by Thursday next. There was no time
for extracts, seeing thelibel itself occupied from forty to
fifty pages. .

Dr: iiALTiANE and Mr. MEnsErt, who appeared for the
Presbytery, stated that they had no objections whatever
to the papers being ordered ; but they contended that
copies, not the orginal papers, should be brought up, in
case of accident. It might become a serious matter, for
example, if the libel were lost.
This view was concurred in by the Court, and instruc-
tions were given that the Clerk of Presbytery should
send up copies of the libel and other papers by 'Thursday
next.

The Assembly next took up an overture from the
Presbytery of Abertarff, setting forth that, as the "num-
ber of parochial and other spiritual charges, now vacant,
in which religious instruction is necessarily communi-
cated through the medium of the Gaelic language, is
still very considerable ; and whereas the number of
licentiates at present in the Church, qualified by their
knowledge of that language to discharge the duties of
these cures, is not such as to meet the dmand made for
them, great injury to the cause of religion and the
Church must unavoidably ensue from such a state of mat-
ters. It is, therefore, humbly overtured by the Presbytery
of Abertarff to the venerable General Assembly, that •
they take measures to remedy this crying evil as
speedily as possible, by expediting the training and li-
censing of probationers speaking the Gaelic language ;
and that, for this purpose, if it seem meet to them, the
venerable Assembly will be pleased to direct that one or
more of the divinity halls and other schools of theology
shall be opened for a session, some time in course of the
summer or autumn of this year ; or to do otherwise in
the circumstances as to them may seem most proper."
Mr. CLARK, of Inverness, supported the overture.
He said the number of preachers was entirely insufficient
to supply the wants of the Highlands ; but it would be
well before the Assembly adopted any resolution on the
subject that it should be aware of the facts of the case.
It had been said that the cause of the want of
preachers now felt in the Highlands was the divi-
sion which took place last year in the Churcht but that
was not the fact. He had been observing, for the last
eight or nine years, that the number of Gaelic preachers
had been gradually decreasing, and that the number
of students who entered the Universities, with a view
to the ministry, were also on the decrease during that
period. This was the fact ; and the cause was, that
during the last eight or nine yea's, the expense of theo-
logical education had been annually augmented by the
new enactments which had been passed by the Assem-
bly. Had the expenses of a theological education been
as great 20 or 30 years ago as it was now, not one-half
of the ministers in the Highlands would have been able
to enter the ministry at all. He proposed that the over
ture be sent to a Committee to inquire into the whole
matter, and to report.
Dr. Hill concurred in the proposal of a Committee to
take into consideration the subject of Gaelic preachers.
He thought the Committee should also be directed to
take into consideration the state of the Church in gene-
ral on this subject. He was satisfied there was much
room for inquiry, and perhaps room also for their taking
certain steps in order to meet the difficulties in which
they would yet be placed. He had occasion, during the
last six weeks, to carry on a large correspondence with
friends throughout the Church ; and he had now to
express his gratitude to them for the kindness with
which they had met his inquiries. This correspondence
would enable him to lay before a Committee, which was
to be appointed, a mass of information respecting eighty
parishes in the Highlands and Lowlands.
After some further conversation, a Committee was
then adopted to take the, subject of the overture into
consideration, and to report.
The PROCURATOR gave in a report from the Law Com-
mittee. Since the !ast Assembly not fewer than 146
cases had been before the Committee. They had arisen
for the most part out of the disruption of the Church,
and were partly connected with the position of quoad
sacra churches--the principal difficuhy being in con-
nection with the deeds and constitution of those
chapels. One of those cases, considered by the Com-
mittee to be the most favourable, was selected for
trial, but their endeavours to bring it forward had
been foiled. The seceding party had brought forward
a case, which was one of the most favourable for them,
and in all probability this case would take the lead.
There were some cases in which interdicts had been ap-
plied for and obtained ; but there others where the par-
ties remained undisturbed, and the churches were still
retained by them. He referred to the importance of this
matter being considered at an early stage. The Com-
mittee had very properly been instructed to give ethics
in matters of law in all cases that might arise ; and
they had also been enjoined to give legal prow c •
tion in cases where it might be requisite. In this
latter injunction, however, the Assembly passed out of
its province, as the Committee had not a single farthing at
their disposal, and when legal measures were to be adopted
it was necessary for the parties to find the means for
themselves. He then impressed upon the Assembly the
propriety of funds being procured to xelieie those Pres-
byteries which had been heavily burdened with ex-
penses, for some Presbyteries had not been burdened at all,
whileothers were ledifitogreat expense. The Procurator
then moved that the Assembly should appoint a Com-
mittee to advise with the Procurator, when necessary,
on any question which might have arisen, or might
arise, with regard to the civic rights of Presbyteries in
parishes and chapels at ease within theirbounds.
The motion was unanimously agreed to.
The Assembly adjourned at half-past two.

THE " MORNING STAR."—ThiS is the title of a
forthcoming weekly journal, and tke words will probably
excite no agreeable feeling in the mind of a certain no-
bleman. The prospectus, which is in keeping with tho
title, begins thus:—" The Morning Star will urge upoa
these nations the immediate re-acknowledgment of
the judicial laws written down to divine dictation by
Moses, as being the purest and most comprehensive in
principle, and the most economical in practice, of all laws
that have ever existed, or can, by man, be invented : de-
manding of the people not merely obedience, on their
own part, to these laws for the future, but the full execu-
tion of retributive justice for the past, upon every class
and individual now trampling down or failing to obey
these divine statutes; with the consequent annihilation of
all systems, institutions, and interests not absolutely
consistent with the pure principle of equal justice upon
which these laws are founded." After reading this awful
announcement, we had not courage to look at another
word of the prospectus.
It is said that Captain Robert Blucher Wood, of
the 10th Royal Hussars' now private secretary to Sir Ilenry
Hardinge, accompanies that distinguished officer in the same
capacity to India. Captain A. W. F. Somerset (of the
Grenadier Guards (son of Lieut.-General Lord Fitzroy Somer-
set), military secretary to Lord Ellenborough, is to occupy
the same post on Sir llenry's personal staff as Governor-
General of India.—United Service Gazette.
STATE OF THE CROPS IN WEST KENT.—There has
not been experienced, at a corresponding season of the
year, such a continued and (it may be said) so serious e
drought. The land has often been in a drier state, but
this has been at a later period of the year, when the crops
had taken deeper root, and therefore enabled to keep
alive, if not to make growth ; but now many crops are
completely scorched down, " root and rind," to the
bottom. The wheats seldom suffer from want of mois-
ture in this district, but they are now hoisting the yellow
flag of distress, and the yield must be short, both in
grain and straw. The barleys are suffering severely.
Where sown late they have had no chance to vege-
tate. Oats the same ; and in many instances the
sowing has been posponed, from the stubborn state
of the land, and must be abandoned for this season alto-
gether. The clovers, which at the beginning of March
were unusually good, are in many instances com-
pletely scorched and destroyed ; even on the strong clay
soils the land is so cracked in all directions that the
crops cannot stand. The grass, both in the meadows
and pastures, is looking very unpromising, and the
crops of hay must be short. The hop bine is growing
fast and looking well. Fruit is also showing
a good blossom, especially cherries and apples; there is
here and there appearance of blight, but this is by no
means general or extensive. The lambing season has proved
the most prosperous ever remembered by the oldest shep-
herds; the fall in Romney-marsh, and, indeed, through-
out the whole district, has been numerous, and the wea-
ther continues so fine that they have thrived rapidly on
a comparatively small portion of food. The meat mar-
kets remain dull, and the prices are not satisfactory nor
remunerating to the graziers. The corn markets are
steady, with a slight inclination upwards. Labour is
scarce and many hands unemployed, for even the weeds
have ceased to grow.
FIRE AT TOLLESDURY.—On Thursday last, about
a quarter to seven o'clock r.m., the children of Mr. Jeffery
Gardiner, of Tollesbury, whilst at play near a bean stack
upon their father's premises, discovered that it was on fire, and
gave an immediate alarm. Mr. Gardiner hastened to the spot,
and vast numbers of persons were quiCkly in attendance, whin
every exertion was made by the labourers and others present
to prevent the ignition of the adjacent buildings and stacks
Much credit is due to the coast-guard stationed at Tolles-
bury, two of whom (lately transferred from the Howe) ex-
erted themselves most meritoriously, and at some personal
risk mounted a wheat-stack in dangerous proximity to the
flames, and hauled a wetted tarpaulin over it. The
_s_upply
of water was very limited, and consequently the. rdaldon
of little ser-
‘e.tilegei.ne, ich
The bea-sn'as
efolloziennic
quarters, was totally. consumed, but wim
and fifty quer stainck, attendance,consisting wasof between forty
insured in the I',
evening, a numerous Oh
the clergy,h
ssexmeEeteionngomeifc.
place at the Red Lion
Mr. Renshaw in the chair.
Tolleshunt D'Arcey, the Rev.
and occupiers of land, took lnn,
when resolutions were entered into for an application for aa
increased force, and offering a reward of 501. en conviction,
for each fire. A very prevalent opinion existed at the meet,.
ing that the fires were occasioned by persons going sbnus
the country employed for that purpose, and the stapivirs
distinctly state that they have not the slightest suspicion
of any of their own men.—Essex Herald.
INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Thursday morning, be-
tween seven and eight o'clock, a fire broke out in a rye-
stack, on the estate of IL C. Partridge, Esq., Snarehill, which
was entirely destroyed. The plantations anti brush covers
were cut down some yards round the stack, to prevent the
flames from reaching them. It was no doubt the work of an
incendiary. The stack is situated more than a mile Motu the
road.—lpswich Earras..

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. -
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OP YESTERDAY.
OXFORD, MAY 18.—The Professor of Botany (Dr. Daubeny)
Wiil begin his lectures on Tuesday, the 21st
tithenstant; at two STANDARD.—The Factory Bill was last night read
o'clk. - These lectures will be continued same hoar , a second tune in the House of Lords, and gave occasion
ev,ry Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday (except during 1 fora debate of considerable length. T-he arguments ad--
IV hitsun week), till the conclusion of Act Term. duced for and against the restriction to ten hours were
Ur. Daubeny's lecture (as Professor of Rural Economy)) in
the library of the Botanic-garden last Tuesda7, on agric-ultu- the same repeated five or six times in the House
of Commons, and it would be less excusable to
ral colleges, and the best means of promoting a scientific wea sour readers with reference-. to them, be-
knowledge of agriculture, was numerously attended. We
01,-erved among the audience Earl Bathurst, Sir H. Verney, Lord Wh rnciffe and—Lord Brougham
cause while a i
.•
..
an--rued
some distinguished foreigners. were, in the House of. Lords, resastang a restraint
The public examinations in mathematics will take us; oa to ten hours of the labour of factories'Mpon principles of
.Tuile 4. The Examiners are—Mr. Reynolds, of Jesus ; Mr. "political economy, Sir Robert Peel was, in the House of
A,llworth, of Brasenose ; and Mr. Waldegrave, of All Souls. Commons, vigorously and successfully.cutting away the.
Mr. Brunel has gated that the railway from Oxford to foundations of that pretended science... In the House of
Pi,kot will positively be opened, as originally intended, on Commons, Sir Robert-Peel moved his resolutions of the
Dloe,!ay, the 10th of Jane; thus bringing the University 6th inst.,. upon the subject of- the renewal of the Bank
within a drive of two hours and a half from the metropolis. charter, in a speech distinguished, eveniuneng the speeches
The Rev. J. B. Phillips, M.A., late of All Souls College, of the Right Honourable Baronet`, perspicuity,
has ,ieen presented by the Dean and Chapter of Manchester
fulness of information, and masterly- arrangement. After
to le incumbency of St. Andrew's, Manchester.
P.IETERMENTS.—Barrow, Bev. cl I' . Stammers, M.A., to the a conversation, scarcely to be called aosdebate, in which
r story of Thorpe-next -Haddscoe, Norfolk. several Members addressed the Housa,the resolutions were
Setts, Rev. W. Keeling, to the perpetual curacy of Christ unanimously adopted. How c.ould it be otherwise in the
Church, Norwich. case of propositions so good in themeelves— introduced
Boddy, Rev. J. A., to the new church of St. Thomas, Cheet- with such consummate ability ? Every measure of such
lism, Manchester. importance as the re-modelling of the Bank charter—
Cooper, Rev. C. 8., rector of Morley, to be a rural dean which is, in effect, fixing the currency- of the empire-
- Co
the deanery of Hingham. naturally engages the attention of -a vast number of
Darell, Rev. W. L , M.A., to the rectory of Freetheme, powerful and well-informed minds, and when these minds
Gloucestershire. concur, it is plain that we have in-their agreement as
Ellis, Rev. W., incumbent of Armin, near Goole, to the
near an approach to a perfectly wise judgment as we
vicarage of Luddington Lincolnshire. can ho
James, Rev. W. 8., of Jesus College, vicar of Harston, to pe from human nature. But every such perfectly
tit 3 rectory of Fen Ditton, near Cambridge, vacant by the wise judgment has two aspects—eone immediately
-preferment of the Rev. J. Turner, MA., to the vicarage of practical, the other exemplary; the one relating to what
Lnieaster. we may call the cause in court, the Other establishing
Leach, Rev. 0., to the rectory of Hubberston, Pembroke- sound principles and affording precedents. Of these
si ire. two aspects, the exemplary aspect—the assent to
Stuart, Hon. and Rev. A. G., 8.A., to the rectory of Cottes- principles—is the more important,- because it extends
were with Barrow, Rutlandshire. beyond the particular subject and the moment.
CAMBRIDGE, MAY IS.--CAIUS COLLEGE.—In the exami- We are far from underrating the immense value to the
nation in anatomy and physiology, held on Tuesday, the
14th, Edward Lathorne Ormerod obtained the first place, and commerce, and, through its commerce, to the permanent
ri II be appointed to the Caian Medical Scholarship. • . hapiness of the country, of the practical effect of Sir
JEWS COLLEGE.—Mr. Stockdale, son., has just been elected R. Peel's proposed arrangement. We believe that no man
a foundation scholar of this Society. can estimate, and that it is perfectly-impossible to over-
NORRISIAN PRIZE—For the best prose essay on a sacred rate the beneficial effect of imposing; asthis arrangement
?abject, has just been awarded to the Rev. Joseph Woolley, will impose, a sober and steady pace upon thecommercial
MA., of Emmanuel College. Subject—" By one offering , advances f this industrious, bold; and enterprising
Christ has perfected for ever them that are -sanctified."— nation - but this benefit, great as it is; falls incalculably
Ii ',rem x., v. 14.
. . short of' the value of the mortal blow struck by the
The Norrisian Professor of Divinity's lectures for Michael- arrangement at the false science—" political economy"—
riles Term next commence on Friday, October 18, 1844. All
that has landperniciouslydomineered in our
eedergraduates desirous of attending the lectures to leave so song so .
their names with the Professor before October 17. legislation, hardening the hearts of the rich, and torturing
THE CHURCH. —The following appointments have taken and corrupting the poor. What are the fundamental
place : doctrines of the political economists ? First, that all
The Rev. Thos. Maude, 8.A., of Jesus College, to the Rec- contracts shall be free to twit tr seconade dly
must be in-
, that every
ir..cry of Hasketon, Suffolk. interference of the Legislature
The Rev. D. R. Fearon, MA., of St. John's College, to the furious; and upon the authority of these dogmas
Vicarage of Assington, Suffolk. ' it is that we are told, in defiance of truth, justice,
The parishioners of St. Mary's-the-Less, Cambridge, have, and 'humanity, that infants and women, and help-
yvsented an elegant service of plate, value 1204 to their less men, are to be compelled to work any num-
tato incumbent, the Rev. George Ray, M.A., Fellow of St.
her ofr hours in the day that may suit an em-
l'Pter'S- College, on the occasion of his preferment to the Col-
I:•ge-liviug of Statherne, in Leicestershire. ployer s - profit -or cupidity, upon the fiction, forsooth,
that they are 'free parties to a contract. Infant
children and women free contracting parties—men
" who may do what they please, only they must " or
starve, free contracting parties ! ! How do the banking
resolutions respect these rigid maxims; never, to inter-
fere with contracts, never to interfere with trade? Why
they stride over them as if such maxims were never
seen or heard of. In the matter of contracts, the
highest and most important that pecuniary contracts
can be, in that department of trade which concerns
the largest amount of property, and which is most
'universally diffused, the - Legislature takes the whole
duty of arrangement and control into its own hands.
:And most wisely does the Legislature take into its own
bands.the management and control of these important
Contracts and of this extensive trade ; and with equal,
'wisdom would the Legislature take into its hands the -
nianagement of all contracts; and of all trade, if in
'others it could as well protect itself from the indulgence
of its own caprice, as we trust it will in this vital matter.
GLOBE.-Sir Robert Peel addressed himself,' in the
'latter division of his speech last night, to supply the
defieient links which had been remarked in his pre-
vious exposition. In this supplementary essay he was
zealouSly aided 'by- Mr. C. Wood, Sir W. Clay, and
'Mr. F. Baring. It is evident, therefore, that there
1 is no desire, , on the part 'of the Opposition,, to
of d
the
ia-
-1 :cuss this as a party question. In fact, most
intelligent supporters of . the plan are apparently to
be found on those benches. The Minister's hack
supporters hold their tongues to- conceal their igno-
rance; or disguise their tender leanings towards tam-
pering, in an opposite sense, with the Queen's coin.
It has always been by the TOry organs, in ' times past,
'that have been breathed the most ardent aspirations for
unlimited- showers of paper, as restoratives of pros-
perity. The only explicit expounders, however, of the
doctrines still dear to those, real and rooted Tories, who
retain their objection to all - payments, except either in
rags, or in moneys screwed from the public by.monopoly,
are the men of Birmingham. It is the religion of that place
to believe in the power of promises to pay to solve every
difficul. It appears to us, en the other hand, that Sir
It. Peel infirmity on this subject is his persuasion that
promises to pay become then dangerous, and then only,
it would seem, when. they are promises to pay on de-
mand—ethat the monster evil of our credit and banking
system is the freedom to issue convertible notes. Now
this is what we said Sir Robert had by no means proved
in his first exposition ; and what we now say his sup-
plementary speech has gone little farther in proving
than his previous one. Neither can we find anything
but echoes of the same irrelevancies in the speeches in
his support. It was well observed by Mr. C. Buller,
that
" The most complete confusion appeared to exist, in the
ideas of the majority of those who had spoken, between
banking and currency. The object a the Right Hon.
Baronet was to obviate the evils arising from the bad
system of credit ; but his 'machinery was directed to an
action on the circulating medium. In order to sup-
port his interference with the issues of- country
banks the Right Honourable Baronet had quoted cases
of failures .in those banks--forgetting, however, to
mention how many of- them had been banks of issue.
And it appeared the Right Hon. Baronet's argument tended
much more against the system of banking than the system of
issues. The great mischief of our banking arose, not from
the issue of notes by country banks, but from errors in the
banking system of another nature. Why, of eighty-one
private banks that had failed in a particular period, only
twenty-nine had been batiks of issue ; the other fitly-two had
nothing to do with issues.—(Hear, hear.) The failure of one
private bank in London had caused more mischief, too, than
the failure of many country banks of issue."
Take; for instance, one of the cases quoted last night
by Sir -Robert Peel to show the insecurity of private
banks under the present system :
No. 6. The banker succeeded to a considerable property ;
mortgaged his estate, overdrew his private accounts with
the bank, issued promissory notes to the amount of 14,0001.,
bearing interest to depositors of small sums among the
humbler classes of society ; 5,5901. of promissory notes pay-
able to bearer on demand."
It appears in this instance, that considerably more
than double the amount of paper issued in the form
so particularly obnoxious to Sir R. Peel was issued by
the parties in question in another form, which his mea-
sure will not touch. It appears in this, as in every
other instance which can be named, that the part 'of the
paper at present issued, which is most under check
already; is-' precisely that about which Sir Robert's
plan most exclusively busies itself ; and that part of it
which is only' limited in amount by the banker's credit,
and his disposition to use (or abuse) it, is the
part which his project leaves free. Sir Robert may
reply
-that he , cannot meddle with credit, but only
with currency. But, we contend, with Mr. Tooke,
that the one is as much (or. as little) cur-
rency as the other. The difference is not between credit
and currency, but between wholesale and retail. Sir
Robert Peel leaves untouched the wholesale operations
of credit currency. And yet it is evilient that the mass
of transactions in banking—and unchecked transactions
—are these wholesale ones. But Sir Robert pulls up the
retail credit-currency—which is strongly controlled al-
ready by immediate convertibility; and by that very
banking competition he deprecates. We should like to
know, in addition to the points questioned by Mr.
Charles Buller, what amount of loss the public has sus-
tained by the non-payment of joint-stock bank notes.
We believe it would be found quite insignificant.

THE FRENCH. RAILWAYS. •
The Bills now before. the French Chambers, and which are
exoected to be passed this session are these
1. :—
The line from Paris to the Belgian frontier at Lisle, with.
br. • !ches to Dimkirk, Calais, and Boiilogne.
. From Orleius to Vierzon.
From Paris to Dijon and Chalons, commonly called the
and Lyons line. -
1 From Orleans throtigh Tours to Bordeaux.
-From Montpellier to Nismes.
AI these have been considered in Committee, and the re-
parrs are about to be presented this week. Leases will, be
t:;iwited this session for all of them.
.i.)n Wednesday last the, Minister, of Public Works pre-
scat:3d the four following additional Bills, comprising about
L(,)(1 leagues of railway
An extension of the Orleans and Vierzon line to Chit-
L.:luroux and Lhnoges to the 'south-west, and to Bourges
a Aft Clermont on the south-east, the utmost limits to which
t;te lines .through the centre of France are proposed to be
cderied, because of the physical difficulties of the districts.
7. The extension of the West line from Tour to Nantes.
S. An extension of the Paris and Versailles line (left bank).
bs.Chartres, with it view to the ultimate extension to Lemans,
Rennes, and probably
.to Brest, thus completing a
1..; eat North-western line, which was not included in the
ge-
law of Jute, 1842.
9. The line from Paris to the German frontier at Homer-
t::l4, Commonly called the-Paris and Strasburgh line.
the four last-named lines the Minister merely asks a vote
,he construction of the works, deferring the authority to
• :it leases to any company to another year.
It was expected that the line from Bordeaux to Toulouse
:tad Marseilles (to twits the Atlantic with the .Mediterra-
r, !an), and the line from Lyons, southwards to Avignon,
would have been included in the presentation this session,
bait they have been definitively postponed till next year,
although a company was actually formed, and the capital
R•ibscribed for the latter, who asked the hind for the seat of
the railway, as the only assistance required from the State.
The Journal des Debats, the organ of the Government, ap-
pears to entertain no doubt that the principle of moderately
long leases, as proposed by the Minister, will now be adopted
b:i the Chambers, in opposition to the entire completion of
the railway by the State, and the granting of short leases to
orking companies afterwards. It affirms that even, the
girth line will not bear exception, although the Commissioner
n-rts resolved—but only by a majorftv, of one—to report in
fa7vour:of the short-lease system. 7

SOUTHAMPTON, MAT 20.—The Peninsula Com-
r...ny's steam-ship the Pacha, Captain Wilson, arrived here
I‘-a. night at half-past ten o'clock from Gibraltar, and landed
1.77,r mails, which were forwarded by the two o'clock A.m. mail
t 7 tin to Londoh. Her dates are—Gibraltar the 10th inst.,
t,adiz the 11th, Lisbon the 13th, Oporto the 14th, Vigo the
15th, She met with some very heavy gales on Saturday in
the Channel. The Pacha has 57 passengers, mostly from
Madeira, by way of the Royal Tar steamer from that place to
Gibra!tar. She has also a full fruit cargo. The Duchess of
7.fancliaster:and suite are now at Gibraltar, and will return
the next Peninsula packet to England. The Transit
• earner -arrived in the docks this morning from Guernsey with
:L cargo of bitapd,T. The emigrant ship St. George will sail
.om the docks oti'the 24th with a number of emigrants for
t 'atm* &c.; the passengers are brought dos.= to-day in a
,pecial train. The inward Royal mail steam-packet is hourly
expected from the West Indies.
THE HOUSES Or PAELIAMENT.—It appears by a
return made to the House of Commons, that in 'the
Lords of the -Treasury limited Mr. Barry's remuneration, as
ar'hitect of the Houses of Parliament, to 25,000/., to be paid
az intervals in proportion to the advance of the works.
THE METROPOLIS ROADS.—Mouday, at noon, a
meeting was held by the Commissioners of the Me-
t Turnpike Roads north of the Thames, at their office,
22, Whitehall-place, for the purpose of letting by auction
the hest bidder, ,in the manner directed by Act of Par-
,litment; for the term of one year, from She Ist of July next,
tie various tolls .comprised in the sixteen districts north of
the Thames. Tho Commissioners present were the Earl of
Lonsdale, chairman' who presided, and Messrs. Ashton,
Aastin, Carpenter, Cox, and Holmes, with,Sir J. M'Adam,
surve\ or. The room was crowded with lessees and
others interested in this deseription of property. The fol-
lering are the roads, with the tolls which were let, and the
trlees at which 'they were put up and disposed of:—The
Kensington, Brentford, and Isleworth roads, were put up
at 15,925/. ; Sold for 15,935/. The Tyburn and Uxbridge
roads, 8,020/. ; 'went for 8,0601. The Highgate and Hemp-
statid roads, 17,010/. ; knocked down for 17,020/. • The
o'd-hill, Green-lanes, and Seven Sisters roads, 11,0201.;
bought for 11,0301. The City-road, 3,020/. • taken for 3,030/.
Inc Hackney and Lee. bridge roads, 5,9901.'; bought for
6.)001. The above became the property of Messrs. Levi and
Bolton. The Harrow roads, which were put up at 1,4301.,
Went up for 1,460/., to Mr. Tame ' • and the Kilburn and
Edgeware roads were purchased by Mr. Hands for 4,116/,
the set-off price being 4,1161. The whole •of the districts
were let for 66,651/., being only 131/. more than the sum
"asked for by the Commissioners. Three minutes were allowed
between each bidding, the Noble Chairman determining the
period by a minute'tithe and sand-glass piece_
Pousu FumsnEas, MAY 10.--The lamentation of
the Jews in the kingdom of Poland is boundless at this
inoment,• because the Government is seriously engaged in
carrying into etfeet a measure which the Jews have hitherto
biped to avert, namely, to• oblige them to military service.
Orders.have just been received to levy the recruits in all the
governments in the course of this month, and no longer to
exempt the Jews.
TAUNTON.---TUE LATE MLTRDER9.—We , are in-
formed that those abandoned women, Mary and Faith
Sealy, -who left Wilton Gaol a few days .ago accom-
panied by the governor, to proceed to one of our sea-
ports, whence they have since embarked for Australia,
confessed to. him that they had committed the murders
with which they severally stood charged. Faith stated
that she, poisoned her father, and that her confession
made before the coroner (and in which she declared
chat she:fiad seen her sister mix the arsenic with the
find given him) was false, she' (Faith) having. herself
prepared the food for bim,.and, mixed the poison with it.
Mary Sealy, too; confessed to having murdered her aunt
under the -circumstances described at the trial. More
_horrible cases of depravity have, perhaps, seldom been
heard. [And twenty-four greater blockheads than the
,two juries who acquitted these women have seldom been.
sworn in a court of justice. The evidence in each case
•Ift uo reasonable ground of any doubt whatever as to
the guilt of the prisoners.]—Somerset County'Gazette.
Did you ever read of a terrible coach accident with-
out an addition that no blame attached to the driver ?
Did you ever know of the decease of an -.old woman of
:hupwards tv:hundred years of age, who did not retain
erfa,culties to the last, and read the smallest print
.vith out the aid of spectacles ?
.Did you ever hear of a
defeated
candidate at a contested election,"who did not
Assert that his party had achieved a-triumph ?—firinin-
• shirelndependent. .

• CHILD MonDna AND S
E.--An occurrence
has lately taken -plaCe at .Welab near Lincoln, wick
litts.eisited s great sensation in thYtAkocalitliiiSome per-
, sump who Wet* taking young t. Tongue's
rookery, found a bundle which contskiaineineduedeidead child,
:'sed. one of the men most 'unfeelingly
- ivy. The affair, however, caused a good deal
:votsation' ;• it was 'Mentioned' to Aitn Robinson,-byr-
,,rotive,l Nouokeeper, and she was obseried-
ice
•C•glifttsion, thOugh'at the Moment she passed the matnter
niere-egpression of surprise. In the course
',the :Wei-link the dead child disappeared from the ivy
:bush; apii could not then be found, and the same night
.14)binson destroyed herself by taking a large dose of
1; Ar:TAnutu. The clii:d.was her's ; but nothing transpired
tending to- show whether it-had been put to • death or
oicd in the: hittlt through neglect. Inquests were held on
botrbediev.! ' In the case of the woman a verdict of
~Fc,•to it *hp returned; in that of the child the jury re-
' 3:tlned'al:4et•dici of " Wilful murder" against the de-
ceased Anil
POLINICOURTS.—Two new police courts on
urrey, side, of the water will shortly be opened for public
; the first at Stone's-end, in- the Borough, and the
Keriningtoii-kane, 'Lambeth. This latter police
Ely art i& to be established instead of.the Lambeth-street court,
o•the4fagistratesaf that court will then for the future sit
.t. 4406. Lambeth-street is to
,be
rcect t' :the.. police, And the Lambeth-street
s e magistrates at the Kennington-lane
art will relieve tfit.t.%ll4ien-hall Afagistrates of a great num-
, rti rr
re of the L "arges' of as
itis in contemplation that the
the new court should' take their prisoners
instead, a bTlailtl4§"i" to be disposed of at that
up at Union-hall as hereto-
: . It is also, retrsd:l4llatthye police court at the Town,
'.all is re be fa-esta
44q,A, .

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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.

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TIMES.—Among the multitude of opinions and re-
commendations afloat on the subject of the currency,
there is one by Mr. Leckie which seems to be peculiarly
worthy of notice, and that is, to abolish the legal tender
clause as now attached to the Bank of England' paper,
the effect of which would be, instead of locking it up in
one place, to " saturate" the country with gold, thus
leaving to the. Bank, in the event of a continental war, a
supply to fall back upon.
A correspondent suggests, that as the new banking
measure of Sir R.. Peel provides for the registration of all
the names of persons interested in joint-stock banks, .a
similar enactment to include bankers generally,
whether of issue or deposit, would be felt as add-
ing greatly to the security of the public. Whit ()c-
-curred in the failure of Hammersley's is a case pre-
cisely in point, for if it had• been known to -the cus-
tomers of the Bank that only one individual was
respOnsible to them, they would either have with-
drawn their deposits, or, by insisting.upon additions to
the firm, have secured themselves against danger. Many
instances, if not of the same kind, nearly approaching
to it, may exist at the present time, and of the firm ac-
Wally placed in the 4ist, it occasionally happens that not
one name Of those actually in it appears, the old descrip-
tion being kept up long after the business has passed
into other hands. The suggestion appears 'to be a very
reasonable one.
A letter from Mogador of the 19th ult. says: -.
"The commerce of Mogador continues in the same crippled
state. Almost every production of this country is lower in
price in London than it is in Mogadoi, and yet the mer-
chants' Continua to carry on business! The only possible
way for.them to. do businessis never to pay their duties _wlieu
theyy
ume mu pea malts
o account: op .their
eo nmt noi involvedidntetlot
they ennlc.poert -produce. , But, indeed, this. is their system.
n
f
ih
i&thousandsthemselvescoun
toryfidollars,ri nevde erb.
nt withto
r"There are two or three joint-stock.coutpaniee 'advertised
in the English papers for •Iriiexploring the: mines and develop-
rinafiotnh,e
for
reatlhthe
Eofiilhpteorroor:e
these can never come into ope-
chants is quite against them: policyßut enslaving European. mer-
chants
parties, he will." . the Emperor can trick

reofadihn.aovnenin.B:
EXTRAORDINARY LONGEiTITY.-:--biedt ' Monday,
the .17th instant, at Crossmolina, near B
Grace,Devit, at the extraordinary age She
was born in the year 1722, and had an accurateyree:rosli
of all the public occurrences of note in her native district"
a full century preceding the last ten years. But of the events
of that latter period she knew nothing, and even matters that
regarded herself had no traces in her memory. Her mental
faculties seemed unimpaired when she conversed of thingslong
gone by, but she spoke like a child on the affairs' of later
years. She had several children, but one only survives; cs 1
although he has reached his 80th year, she never called him
anything but " my poor. boy Peter."--/dayo Constihdion•
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