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giving it to a few. But it is not fair, surely to those
who, in other parts of the United Kingdom, readily
make every sacrifice to ensure prudent and patriotic
government by submitting to a high rate of qualification,
to allow that, upon the plea of mere numbers, whom they
hold in bondage, a few Irish priests should nominate
-50 or 100 of our legislators. This would be an
anomaly and a nuisance worse than schedule A.
We need care little what the number of electors
may be, but we are deeply concerned that they are
intelligent and independent men. It may be that
Ireland is deficient in such men. So much the worse
fur Ireland. But this does not alter the principles of
right and wrong. Be the number of intelligent and
independent men in the country 3,000, 30,000 or
300,000, the number of electors ought not to exceed it.

PERILS of the GOODWIN SANDS.
A few years ago, in the prime of summer, a party
of young men agreed to play a game of cricket on
the Goodwin Sands. This at first may appear impos-
sible; but it will be remembered, that during the
time the sands are uncovered by the falling tide, they
are hard enough to permit any kind of exercise upon
them. The only difficulty is to ascertain the day
when the tide will suit. Such a day soon came ; and
leaving the beach in a galley, away the party went,
wi h bats, wickets, balls, provisions, and other knack-
eries, to contest their skill upon the sands, the wide
grave of many " a good tall ship." The day com-
menced surpassingly beautiful; calm, mild and genial,
the bright sunshine was sleeping in a thousand places
on every side of the hushed and silent sea; and im-
pelled by the strong arms of six lusty rowers, the
channel dividing Deal from the Sands was soon
passed.
There is something bracing to the nerves when
treading these sands on a fine sunny day—a wild-
ness, a charm, owing, perhaps, to their solitude and
vastness ; the sea birds assembled there seem different
to those on shore—they appear less difficult to ap-•
proach, as though they had not been taught to dread
the appearance of man. All for a time went happily
with our party, and shouts of merriment and laughter
made the dull sands echo to their mirth; the day
wore away, without a thought bestowed on anything
but pleasure; the provision basket was attacked with
vigour, and a plentiful supply of liquor soon blinded
the merrymakers to the approach of danger. One
old Deal boatman alone was with them, and he had
already repeatedly urged the necessity of a return to
the main land; but the young men treated, his fears
with laughter, and turned his urgent remonstrances
into a joke ; in vain he told them that the appearance
of the weather to the southward was suspicious, and
that the galley, although safe enough in smooth
water, was quite unfit to contend with a troubled sea.
For some time his experienced eye had noted the
change in the appearance of the weather ; but finding
his advice treated with contempt, he had no alterna-
tive but to remain their pleasure and take his chance
with them.
At length the weather put on a more serious as-
pect, and the whiffling sound of a freshening breeze
told the most inexperienced of the party that the time
had arrived when it became necessary to return to a
place of security; and with an alacrity quickened by
an awakening sense of danger, all jumped into the
boat, and began pulling for the land. The warning
voice of the old man, which had been listened to
with scorn, now began to work on the revellers ; they
discovered, when too late, the alarming truth, that
the boat was laden too heavily to contend with the
sea. The change since the morning had been great
—the sea, so smooth before, was now broken into
waves, after shipping several of which, and being
nearly swamped, they gave up rowing in direc-
tion of the town, and, dreadful as the alternative
appeared, sought refuge on the sands they so re-
cently had left. Fear soon spread its influence
over the party. The old man alone seemed pos-
sessed of energy ; but his counsel of pulling along
the edge of the sand for the Floating Light was met
by the contradictory opinions of others ; and the pre-
cious moments so requisite for action were wasted in
a noisy squabble. Some proposed leaving half of the
party on the sand, and pulling for the town with the
other half ; but as no one would consent to remain
behind, this project was abandoned. Meanwhile the
wind rose rapidly, and with it came the tide; and a
fearful, lurid-looking mist, which had gathered to the
southward, came rushing down upon them with the
speed of the wind ; then a roaring rumbling sound was
heard moaning along the sea, whose surface was
covered with one sheet of white and spotless foam ; a
sudden gale of wind had arisen, and its full force fell
upon the men in that forlorn situation. Despair soon
seized upon all, on discovering the sand, lately so firm
and hard, on which they had played their cricket match,
was now alive, literally quivering beneath their feet,
and with the rising tide would soon be covered, and
float to and fro with the waves. The prospect of
certain death stared them in the face. Some cried,
some laughed, and one yelled aloud in a delirium, at
the impossibility, as it seemed to him, of being so
near destruction : the old man alone had nerve enough
to look boldly, at their desperate condition. The
return to land was acknowledged an impossibility,
and the sands were rapidly becoming so soft, that
standing on them became more and more difficult ;
and the wind blowing with great violence, the slum-
bering ocean had roused itself at its call, and was
tumbling about in mad gambols, threatening the ad
venturers with instant death. The old Deal boa

man noted these changes with an anxious eye,
plainly telling how critical he deemed their
situation ; and not being able to devise any plan
to relieve them, the whole party made another
mad attempt to man the galley, though it should
end in their speedy destruction. While in the act of
carrying this project into execution, one of the party
shouted out, " "What is that, there away to the west-
ward ?—there, now it lifts again." Every one directed
his attention to the spot pointed out, but nothing was
seen ; one, however, said he thought it was the wing
of a gull dipping amongst the waves. "Itis a boat,
a Deal boat too," said a dozen voices, and again it
rose, driving on the glittering crest of a wave ; and in
an agony of despair, fearing they should not be seen,
the men shouted. The roaring of the sea was. the
only answer to their call—no human sound could
reach so far, and the boat appeared to pass on its
course without heeding them. The following minutes
appeared like hours; and the strange boat rose, and
as often disappeared, as she struggled through the
troughs of the sea. The quick eye of the veteran boat-
man, when directed to the stranger, soon discovered,
from her motions, that she was in search of something
—she had no decided course, but yawed about hither
and thither. Suddenly she tacked, and stood directly
for the spot where the party had clustered together,
attracted there by an oar, held up to catch observa-
tion. They were seen ; and deeming their deliver.
ance certain, all bowed their heads in silent and secret

thanksgivings. The appearance of the Deal lugger is
readily explained. When the galley with the crick-
eters left the beach in the morning, the boatmen on
the shore remarked how much the vessel was over-

loaded, and knowing her destination to be the sands,
they became anxious, when the wind got up, to see
her return ; but anxiety soon gave place to apprehen-
sion ; and, launching one of their large boats, they
hastened to the sand just in time to save the young
men from destruction.—llluminated Magazine.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals—Herefordshire, Richardson, from Bernbay,
at Gravesend, sailed Jan. 7, Cape, Feb. 22, St. Helena,
March 4 ; Malabar, Pollock, from Bombay, at Gravesend,
sailed Jan. 15, St. Helena, March 4 ; kisses, BrewQr,
from Bengal, in the East India Docks, sailed Dec. 5,
Madras, Dec. 23, Cape, Feb. 15, St. Helena, Feb. 26 ;
Lady Emma, Wilkinson, from Mauritius, iu the Downs.
sailed Feb. 2 ; William Jardine, Jones, from China, off
Margate, sailed Dec. 21, St. Helena, March 1,
_ _

Arrivals at Mauritius—Louisa Baillie, Remington,
Dec. 31, from Bengal; Cassiopeia, Jan. 1 ; Trekboe, 18;
Mary, 18; Packet, 27, from the Cape. Recovery, Jan.
1; Buteshire, 18; Merton and Lady Kennaway, 20; John
Calvin, 26, all from Bombay. Defiance, Jan. —; City
of London, 12 ; Gilbert Henderson and Wigrams, 16 ;
Lord Goderich, 21; Niagara, 21; Carnatis and Bittern,
22 ; Swallow, 22; Orpheus and Protomelia, 22; Strath-
eden, 23; Greyhound, 2:5, all from Madras. Martin
Luther, Jan. 3 ; Earl of Lansdale, 7 ; Hong-Kong, 2 ;
Rajatthan, 12 ; Minstrel, 24 ; Sir Charles Napier, 28,
all from Bengal. Ocean Bride, 10 ; Olive Branch, 28 ;
Mereambie, 30, all from Bordeaux. Maria, 12; William
Wilson, 21, from Singapore. Ocean Queen, 16, from
Adelaide. China, 17, from Amsterdam. William Wool.
ley, 18, from Ceylon, and sailed, 25, to London. Colibri,
19; from Bourbon. Lady Emma, 21; Briton, 28; Morn-
ing Star, 30; Thomas Jones, 31, all from London,
Agnes, 22, from Greenock. Hindoatan, 25, from
Manilla. Orator, 30, from Ascension.

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Departures from Mauritius—Ulverstone, to London;
Fazzle, Cnrrim, Jan. 20, to Bombay; Reliance, 20th, to
Penang; Curraghmore, 21st, to Point de Galle; Baboo,
23d, to Madras and Bengal; Merlin, 23d, to Liverpool;
Deborah, to Pondicherry; Nankin, 24th; Mary Imrie
and John Brightman, 24th, to Calcutta; Dream, to the
Cape; Varuna, 25th, to London; Flowers of Ugie, to
Madras; China, to whaling; James Hall, 26th, to
Pondicherry; Windsor, to Calcutta; Greyhound and
Orpheus, 28th; City of London, 31st, to Madras; Re-
covery, 30th, to Bombay; Mereambie, 31st, to Bourbon.
Loading for London—Louisa Baillic, Cove, Tartar,
Martin Luther, Mary Taylor, Solway. For Liverpool
—Cassiopeia, Ann. For Greenock—Gazelle. For
Bristol—Charlotte.

Arrivals at St. Helena—Flora, Feb.2s, from Guernsey;
George Buckham, 26, from Singapore ; Antelope. and
Leland, from Batavia ; Thomas Fielden, from China ;
Humayoon, Duke of Cornwall, and Wilson, from Ben-
gal, and sailed for London ; Judith Allen, Hayes, from
China, and sailed, March 1, to London ; Pearl, Valpy,
from Ichoboe, and sailed, Feb. 28, to Cork ; Simon
Taylor, Brown, from China, and sailed, 28, to London ;
Neptune, Murray, from Africa, and sailed, 28, to Fal-
mouth ; Hindoo, from Bengal, and sailed, 28, to Liver-
pool ; Iris, from Ceylon, and sailed, 29, to London ;
'Water Witch, Morton, from Bengal, and sailed, 29, to
London ; Tomatin, from Bengal, and sailed, March 1,
to London ; Alexander, from Bengal, and sailed, March
1, to Liverpool; Mer town, from Bombay, and sailed, March
1, to Liverpool ; Lancaster, from Bombay, and sailed,,

March 1, to Liverpool ; Mary Louisa, March 1, from
Bengal, and sailed to Leith ; Steadfast, from Coast
of Africa; Ceylon, March 1, from China, and sailed to
London ; Favourite, from the Cape to Toulon ; Jean-
nette, Bertha, 2d, from Singapore, and sailed to Ham-
burgh ; Araminta, 3d, from Bombay ; Joseph Porter,
from Coast of Africa ; Ariadne, from China, and sailed
4th, to Londoli ; Hindley, from Coast of Africa to Bar-
badoes ; Sanspareil, from Adelaide ; Maria, from Ben-
gal ; Foam, 4th, from China, and sailed to London ;
Sara Lydia, from Batavia.
Arrivals i❑ Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Pheno-
mena, Feb. 18, from Batavia ; Nith, from Calcutta ;
Charles Kerr, 19th, from Madras ; Alexander Baring,
21st, from London.

Dopartures from Table Bay—Guiana, Feb. 16, to
Maaritius ; Hamilton Ross, lith, to Angra Pequina ;
John M'Lellan, 18th, to London.

Arrival in Simon's Bay—Her Majesty's steamer Rat-
tlesnake, Feb. 19th, from Hong-Kong to Singapore.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, April 15.
IN THE MATTER OF MR. DYCE SOMBRE, A SUPPOSED

LUNATIC.

After some short discussion the committee of the
estate of the lunatic was ordered to perfect his securities,
and when that has been done the matter is to be brought
regularly forward.

HALL V. TAYLOR.
The arguments in this case occupied the Court the
remainder of the day.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, April 15.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.)
His Honour did not take his seat in his Court to-day
till nearly half-past one o'clock, in consequence of its
being the first day of Easter Term, and his Honour
having to breakfast with the Lord Chancellor and the
other Judges.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY v. THE BIRMINGHAM AND
GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.
The Court was occupied the whole day with the
arguments in this part-heard case, which were not con-
cluded when the Court rose.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 15.
THE NEW CHIEF BARON.
At the sitting of the Court to-day, Sir F. Pollock was
admitted one of her Majesty's Sergeants-at-Law, previ-
ous to his taking his seat upon the Bench.

IN THE MATTER OF ELIZABETH DUNN.
Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL applied to the Court in this
case, on behalf of Elizabeth Dunn, that she might be
allowed to sign a transfer •f her property, without the
concurrence of her husband. The defendant's father
was a person of the name of Ho'croft, who left some
property amongst his children, of whom there were
several. They were anxious to dispose of the property,
for which purpose the consent of all who were interested
was necessary. The husband of the party for whom
the application was made had left the country in 1840,
and has not been heard of since. It, therefore, became
necessary to make the present application.—Motion
granted.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,

OLD COURT.

Ann Carroll, 44, was indicted for the manslaughter of
Elizabeth Hobbs. Mr. Doane conducted the prosecution.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and
her husband, and the deceased, had been drinking toge-
ther, and eventually a quarrel took place and a fight,
during which the deceased received some injuries on her
head, which eventually caused her death. There was
no distinct proof in what manner the injuries, were re-
ceived. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Henry Reynolds, labourer, 44, was indicted for the
manslaughter of ohn West.

The particulars of this case have appeared very re-
cently. The prisoner was driving a cart on the Edge-
ware-road, being at the time somewhat intoxicated, and,
in order to avoid some vehicle, he struck his hone with
the whip, and made him jump suddenly on one side, and
M doing so he knocked down the deceased, and the
wheel of his cart went over him and killed him. The
prisoner was not driving at any speed, and the accident
appeared to have arisen chiefly from the incapacity of
the prisoner to take proper charge of the vehicle by
reason of his condition from drink.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended
him to mercy.
Mr. Justice MkuLE sentenced him to one month's im-
prisonment and hard labour.
Just before the Learned Judges left the Court Mr.
Sergeant SHEE, who is to defend William Read, who
stands accused of being concerned in the act of wilfully
casting away a 'vessel, called the Colina, applied to their
Lordships to fix a day to take the trial.
Mr. BODKIN, who conducts the prosecution, concurred
in the application.
The COURT said that, at present, it was impossible to
fix any day for the trial.
Mr. Sergeant SHHE suggested that the better course
to adopt would be to postpone the case until the next
session, and urged that the prisoner should be admitted
to bail.

Mr. BODKIN said he should offer no objection to the
postponement of the trial ; but he could not consent
that the prisoner should be admitted to bail.
The Corral' declined to make any order for the
present.

The Common Sergeant sat in this Court in the
evening.
George Bassett, 21, John Grant, 25, and James Baker,
were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of
James Lindsay, at L!wisham, and stealing 551. in bank
notes, and other moneys, his property. The prisoner
Baker pleaded guilty.
Mr. Doane conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Payne
defended Bassett. The other prisoner had no counsel.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the
Common Sergeant sentenced them to he severally trans-
ported beyond the seas for the term of ten years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKEN WELL.
John Jones was brought up on an immediate warrant,
charged with having attempted to stab Sarah his wife,
and other persons.
It appeared from the evidence of the complainant, and
the statement of the solicitor for the prosecution, that
the prisoner's treatment of his wife has for several
months back been cruel and unfeeling. They live at the
corner of Tollington Park, where the complainant de-
rives a livelihood by nursing children. On Friday last
she was getting her room whitewashed, when the pri-
soner rushed in, and taking up a pitchfork, attempted
to stick it in one of the labourers, who was instantly
obliged to run from the premises. His wife interfered,
and struck her down three times successively. On
Saturday he took up a boat-hook and made a desperate
thrust with it at her—she stepped aside, and the iron
spike of the weapon stuck fast in the door which she
had just left. He then took up a poker and threatened
to murder her, but she fortunately escaped into a neigh-
bour's house. •

The prisoner was sentenced to find two solvent bail in
201. each for the sessions. Bail not being forthcoming
he was committed.

111ary Anne Neal, a girl of the town, was charged with
using obscene language, and with other misconduct.
Sergeant Clarke, 13 G, deposed that about twelve
o'clock on Saturday night, on going his rounds, he saw
the prisoner in company with police constable Wilson, of
the G division, who was then on duty in Green-terrace.
• Witness told her to go away, but on his return in an
hour after he still saw her in the company of the consta-
ble. She used bad language, when he remonstrated with
her a second time. He arrested her.
Mr. COMBE —Why did not the officer on duty arrest
her, or prevent her following him ?—The sergeant
replied, that so far from doing so, the officer had followed
him, and rescued the girl out of his custody, exclaiming,
" I will see you d—d before you take this girl to the
station-house." Witness took Wilson also into custody.
Mr.,COMBE asked if the constable's conduct had been
made known to the Commissioners of Police ?—The
Sergeant replied in the affirmative, and that it would be
the subject of investigation.

Wiljon, the officer complained of, then came forward,
dressed in the police uniform, and tendered himself as a
witness for the prisoner, but the case was remanded till
Wednesday.

CAPTURE OF THE LADY SWINDLER.—A good deal
of interest was excited at the Police-office, Coventry, on
Wednesday, which was crowded to excess, on the
bringing up of Mary Ann Montague, the lady, who, a
month or two ago, perpetrated the flagrant take-in upon
Mr. and Mrs. Hales of the Dog and Gun public-
house, by obtaining property, consisting of money
and clothes to a large amount, under false pretences,
and absconding with the same, and which affair was
described in a paragraph in our paper at the time of the
occurrence. Some of the police here have since that time
been scenting her movements, and on Tuesday she was
apprehended by Mr. Prosser, at Basingstoke, Hants, and
now brought before the magistrates on several charges.
The examinations gone into were very brief ; the first
charge being for stealing two towels or chamber nap-
kins, the property of Mr. Hales, from whose house they
were missed in January last, shortly after the prisoner
left; she having had the use of them as a lodger. At
the time the examinations were taken, however, the
articles had not been found. Prisoner, on being called
on, said she knew nothing about the towels. It was
determined to commit upon the above charge. Another
charge was then exhibited by Mary, the wife of John
Glenn, of Southam, who stated that prisoner came to
reside at their house at the latter end of August last,
and stayed about two months, under the name of Miss
Watts. After she left, several articles of small value
were missed, and amongst them a book entitled
0 Youthful Piety," which had been left in pri-
soner's bed-room. Here the book in question
was handed to witness, and identified as the one
stolen. Sarah, the wife of William Wall, of the
Black Swan public-house, in this city, stated that the
prisoner lodged at their house three days in October last.
The book now produced was given at that time by pri-
soner to her (witness's) little boy. On being called on,
prisoner said that the book was lent to her while at Mr.
Glenn's, at Southam ; that she often used to look at it,
and brought it away in her frock pocket, without the
intention of keeping it. She, however, refused to sign
her statement. On this charge, also, she was committed
for trial. Another charge is pending against her for
obtaining money under false pretences. The prisoner
was rather respectably attired, and is a good-looking
woman somewhere about forty years of age. In her ad-
dress and deportment, however, there was nothing indi-
cating superiority of education ; on the other hand, her
manner was a little vulgar.—Banbury Guardian.
Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, who appeared for the defendant
in a special jury case this week, received for his trouble 340
guineas. The trial lasted about six hours.—Liverpool Mer-
cury.