The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-13 00:00:00

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JIL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS,
MUSIC-HAIL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE.
THIS EVENING, MAT 13, at Eight o'clock,
M.R. WILSON will give (Second time) his Entertainment, entitled
JACOBITE RELICS,
In which he will sing some of the most popular Songs
of the 'l5 and the '45.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.—Clavers and his Ilighlandmen—Whare hae yo been sae
braw, lad?—When the King comes o'er the Water—Mother, Mother,
hear News—The Chevalier's muster-roll—The Blackbird—
Donald M`Gillivray-0 cam ye here the tight to shun—The Piper se'
Dundee.
PART ll.—Kenmurei on and awa, Willie—Lord Derwentwater's
Good Night—Awa, Whigs, awa—The sun rises bright in France—
Wha will ride wi' gallant Murray—Oh send Lewie Gordon hame—
He's coming again. _ _ • -.—

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
i, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London.

ROYAL COMMISSION of FINE ARTS.
The EXIIIBITION'of DECORATIVE WORKS, at 20, King-
street, St. James's, is OPEN to tho PUBLIC GRATIS, from Nine
o'clock till Seven, except on Saturdays, when it is open ftom Eleven
tit even, to Visitors paying On:, Shilling. Catalogue 6d.
The Exhibition will be closed on Levee days.
C. L. EASTLAKE, Secretary.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

" We propose," observed Sir Robert Peel, " that the secu-
rity of the Bank shall be fourteen millions; and that the
existing loan to the Government shall continue on the pre--
sent terms. We might pay off this loan • but we deem it
better to leave the eleven millions due to the Bank as an as-
sessment in security for,the amount of issue, leaving the other
three millions within the entire control of the Bank itself, to
limit or extend its issues as circumstances might arise."
What is the "general principle," which in Sir Robert Peel's
opinion, justifies the exaction of security from the Bank for
any portion of its issues ? We do not, be it observed, dis-
pute the soundness of the " principle" in question. We only
desire, if there be such a " principle," to see it fairly "carried
out." If it be desirable that the Bank should give security
for its issues—and that the security provided should be in the
form of debt due by the Government' to the Bank—then, it
would seem to follow, -in the first place, that no banking
establiShment ought to be allowed to issue paper money
without giving similar security—and it would seem to follow,
in the &toad place, that every creditor of the Government
is entitled to exercise that privilege of issuing paper-
money, which Sir Robert Peel's devotion to "general prin-
ciples" induces him to concede to the Bank of England. If,
in short, Sir Robert Peel's "general principles," be sound, the
body which ought, above all others, to exercise the privilege
of issuing paper money, is the body of national creditors.
The owners of the funded debt ought, in conformity with Sir
Robert's assumptions, to be allowed to supply us with paper•
money. "We owe the Bank of England eleven millions of
money; therefore," so argues Sir Robert Peel, " the Bank
ought to be allowed to issue promissory notes to that amount."
This reasoning may be perfectly irrefragable ; but if it be,
then, it M.ould seem to follow, that as the country owes to a
certain class of persons eight hundred millions of money, that
class ought to be allowed to issue eight hundred millions of pro-
missory notes. It is quite clear, besides, that Sir Robert Peel
treats this question of "security" in the most appropriate
fashion ? Ought " security" to determine simply the amount
of paper money—or ought it also to determine its character?
If paper money be 'secured," ought it not also to be incon-
vertible. save in the general market? If the country owes
eleven millions to the Bank,- why should the Bank be com-
pelled to find gold at. a fixed rate of value for the amount of a
debt due to itself? Many deep thinkers have weighed well
this question of " security" for paper money issues ; and,
generally speaking, their conclusion has been that Govern-
ment ought to issue paper money to the extent of the inte-
rest on the national debt, and to declare at the same time,
these issues to be inconvertible into the precious metals,
except at the risk of the holders. Such a paper currency.
would, obviously, be perfectly " secure ;" nay, it would
possess precisely the same kind of " security" which Sir
Robert Peel requires in the case of eleven millions of Bank of
England paper; and as the Government paper would, at all
times, be in demand ,to meet the claims of the tax-gatherer,
it could never suffer depreciation. In the " Proposals for a
secure and adequate Currency," published some years ago,
by Earl Stan hope, this question of Government paper is treated
with the Noble Earl's characteristic ability, and in that spirit
of profound familiarity with the subject, which all his Lord-
ship's speculations on economical subjects exhibit. These
are Earl Stanhope's propositions :
" With respect to Government paper.
" 1. Govarmilent paper, when limited by Parliament in
the amount of its issue, and in due proportion to the sums
required fol. the public service, could not be subject to any
considerable or continued depreciation, inasmuch as any dis-
count, however small or transient, which it might bear, would
create an instant demand for it in the payment of taxes, in
which it would be a legal tender.
" 2. Government paper being not convertible into specie,
the amount of it in circulation could not be reduced by a de-
mand for coin which might be exported.
"3. Government paper would very much facilitate the
execution of public works, which might produce great benefit
to the country, and increase the revenue, and it would extend
the circulation to such an amount as the exigencies of the
public might require, in the same manner as has on many
occasions been done by the issue of Exchequer-bills.
" It is therefore proposed that Government paper of 1/.
and upwards shall be a legal tender iq the payment of taxes,
and that it shall be issued to such an amount, and for such
public purposes (including the payment of Exchequer-bills)
as Parliament shall direct."

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The FOURTH CONCERT will take place on Mouray EVEN-
ING NEXT, when will be performed Mozart's Sym. in E fiat, Men-
dclssohn Bartholday's in —, Beethoven's Overture, Leonora Fidelio
(first time in these Concerts), and Spohr's Faust.
Solo Performers—Piano Forte, Mr. W. S. Bennett : Violin, M.
Auguste Putt. Vocalists--Mademoiselle Castellon and Herr Staudigl.
Single Tickets, One Guinea each, and Double Tickets 11. 10s. To
be had of Messrs. Cramer and Co., 201, Regent-street.

Pianoforte, Mr. LAND.
Front Seats, 2s. Gd. ; Back Seats, 2s. ; Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, 11. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music-,
skops, and at the Music-hall.
In the Press, the MUSIC in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Mr. Wilson's Morning Entertainments at Two o'clock, in the Ha-
nover-square Rooms, on Wednesdays.

MUSIC OF ITALY.
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
A SERIES of LECTURES on the 3IUSIC of EIGHT different
NATIONS. The MUSIC of ITALY commences on the 13th
instant, and will be continued during the week, on Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; end on Tuesday; Thurs-
day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock; with VOCAL and INSTRU-
MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. Alt the othCr LECTURES and
EXHIBITIONS akusual. LONOIIOI7OIII'S PHYSIOSCOPE and
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM-
STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC' MACHINE, &c., .&e. •
Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price.
•• •

lIISHOPSGATE-STREET WITHIN.
ELIGIBLE PREMISES, adjoining the Wes
-
J Centenary House, being No. 16, Bishopsgate-street, to
be LET on LEASE, by the Worshipful Company of Cordwalners.
For particulars, apply at the Clerk's Office, at the CordWainers' Hall.

CALEDONIAN -ASYLUM.
The FOUNDATION STONE of the BUILDING for the Ex-
tension of the benefits of _this Charity to Female Children will be
LAID by the Right lion. the EARL OF ZETLAND, M.P.G.,
Master of the F. and A. Masons of England, attended by the Grand
and other Lodges of Freemasons, the Highland Society of London,
and other Friends of the Charity, on FRIDAY NEXT, the 17th instant,
at Half,past Three o'clock P.M.
Tickets to view the,Ceremony may be had on application to the
Directors and Stewards.. • _ . .

-On the Evening of the same day the Twenty-Seventh Anniversary
Festival will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern.
Ills Grace the DUKE of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY, K.G.,
K.T., the President, in the Chair.
STEWARDS.
His Grace the Duke of Montrose, P.C.
His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, K.T.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Huntly, K.T.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Dunmore,
The Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland.
The Right. Hon. Lord'Haddo.
The Hon. 11. B. Johnstone.
Sir George Clerk, Dart., M.P., F.R.S.
Major-General Sir James Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H.
Sir John Kirkland.
Major-General Aitchison.
Major Anderson.
Arthur Anderson, Esq.
Benjamin Bond Cabbcll, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Edward Calder, Esq.
David Dickman, M.D.
Thomas L. Donaldson, Esq., of Williamshaw.
WilliankEwart, Esq., M.P.
Robert Ferguson, M.D.
(Merge Forbes, Esq.
• William Forbes, Esq., of Callender, M.P.
Alexander Gillespie, jun., Esq.
Alexander Grant,'Esq., of Aberdour.
William llamilton, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq.
Robert Low, Esq.
A.•H. Macdougall, Esq.
W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., of Mackinnon, M.P.
Neil Malcolm, Esq., of Poltalloch.
James Matheson, Esq., of Achany, M.P.
Eneas M'lntosh, Esq.
Charles 3PLichlan, Esq.
George Gordon 31Therson, Esq.
James Nisbet, Esq.
William Rutherford, Esq., F.R.A.S.
Crawford Simpson, Esq.
• Lieut.-Colonel W. 11. Sykes, F.R.S., F.G.S.
Dinner on the Table at Six o'Clock.

Tickets 20s. each, to be had of the Stewards ; of the Directors ; at
the Ear of the Tavern ; and of the Secretary, at the Institution, Co-
penhagen-fields, Islington.
ALEXANDER APKENZIE, Acting Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR.
AWE SOCIETY,

26, COENHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.

The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of .premiums without ex-
pense or forfeitnre—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as beet to
suit the interest or necessity of the poLicy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the ;Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested ; an 4 this bonus according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
premiums

We pass now to the consideration of Sir Robert Peel's
remarkable avowal on the subject of free-trade principles in
relation to the issues of money. 'Whenever the Right Hon.
Gentleman approaches the question of currency, he ceases
(of course he does !) to be a free-trader :
" I admit that competition is calculateed to give you the
article you require at the cheapest rate ; but I say that a
paper currency is governed naturally by different principles
from those which regulate any other article. Ido not want
the greatest quantity of currency at the cheapest rate. What
I want is this, that I shall have an ample supply of that paper
currency, whose value shall be exactly conformable to gold,
and that such supply shall be given to me by parties in
whose honour, integrity, and solvency I can place the greatest
confidence. I don't want, therefore, the cheapest article. I want
the best article, and the quantity I want is governed by quite
another principle than that which regulates the competition
of other articles."

Another Bonus will be declared In the present year.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.

The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered—
every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty-
five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 47/. 16s. 6d.,
or 3491. I Is. cash, or policy at death of 466/. Similar advantages at
city, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased amnia' payment—
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re-
presentatives ix cases of premature death.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY, Arthur-street, West, London-bridge.
(Established in 1837.)
DIRECTORS.
CIikIRMAN—RObCrt Currey, r q.
Edward Baker, Esq. Thomas Bax, Esq.
Jasper Capper, Esq. Joseph Cooper, Esq.
Thomas Dakeyne, Esq. Russell Jeffrey, Esq.
Giles Redmayne, Esq. William R. Spicer, Esq.
James Spicer, Esq. Joseph Sterry, Jun., Esq.
I.lenry Sterry, Esq. Robert Wilcoxoi,

tumults.
Messrs. Prescott, Groto, and Co.
ADVANTAGES.
A BONUS of Two-thirds of the Profits allotted to the Assured.
LOWER RATES of PREMIUM charged for Assurances without
Prate.
PREMIUMS Payable Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly.
ASSURANCES of EVERY DESCRIPTION may be effected.
Among others, the important one, originated by this Society, of se-
curial; a sum to the Assured himself on his attaining any give' age,
or to his family in the event of his earlier death.
A. POCKET DIARY, containing detailed particulars, may be had
on application at the Office, or of the Society's Agents.
JENKIN JONES, Actuary and Secretary.

4-I;I,ILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
k_.7 and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup-
planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA
PLATE.

C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOL-
GATE, aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals,
has succeeded in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article
ever yet offered ; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance
—with all its durability and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in
use—undergoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is
nauseous in mixed metals is entirely extracted—resisting all acids—
may be cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every article for
the Table and Sideboard.

Fiddle. Threaded. King's.
Table Spoons and Forks, per d-oz• • 16s. 6d. .. 30s. Od. • • 355. Od.
Dessert ditto, per doz. 12s. 6d. • • 255. Od. .. 28s. Od.
Tea Spoons, per doz. .•••••• • • • • • ss. 6d. •• 12s. 6d. • • 13s. 6d.
Sugar Tongs, each ••••••• • .• • • t• Is. 3d. • • 3s. Od. • • 3s. 6d.
Salt and Mustard Spoons, each •• •• 6s. Od. • • 13s. 6d. • . 13s. 6d.
Communion Services, &c.

C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this metal is pecu-
liarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold, than
his metal is from all others ; on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it
to be tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he receives, he
is convinced that nothing can prevcat its becoming an article of uni-
versal wear.

C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current
Is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance,
should possess themselves of this useful book, which may be had
gratis, and post free, from the above address.
Ivory Table-knives, I Is. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3s. 6d.
per pair.

TABLE. DESSERT. CARVERS,
doz. doz. pair.
*ln. handsome balance handle •••• 18s. Od. 14s. Od. 6s. 6d.
4-in. balance handle, largest and best
made.... •• • • ....... ... • • 20s. Od. 16s. Od. 7s. 6d.
Ditto with Watson's Albata Plate
handles, equal to silver • • 225. 6d. 18s. Od. Bs. Gd.
Forks half the above price.

Paper Tea-trays, 355. the Set of Three ; very richly ornaments
50s. the Set of Three.
A Five Quart London made Bronze Tea-urn 355. up to 5/.
A Set of Six London made Dish Covers 18s. Gd. ; Imperial Raised
Patent, 355. Gd. the Set of Six.
WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATE.
These houses have for Fifty Years ranked pre-eminent for their
Cutlery, which is always exchanged, if not approved.
Send for his Catalogue.

lIE BUDGET.
TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.
Well done, Mr. Chancellor Goulburn well done!.
You deserve the warm thinks of E. MOSE and SON,
Your " Budget" (which all will regard as good news),
Plainly tells that you highly approve of our views.
Most happy arc we, that the fam'd " LONDON'S PRIDE "
Has her Majesty's Government now on its sick,
It appears that the joy of the public is full,
On account of your taking the duty off "wool. "
No doubt, in reducing the article, thus,
You have prudently taken a lesson from " US."
No doubt, Mr. Goulburn, you've nam'd to the QuceM
The wonders we've wrought in the Tower's busy scene.
No doubt you have laid a particular stress
On the very low prices we charge for our dress
And, hence we account, Sir, for what you have done
In adopting the views of E. MOSES and SON,
Again we commend you for taking this ground,
Which proves that your office is rot a merejound.
We'll follow you up in your noble endeavour,
By selling our articles cheaper than ever.
Yes! the public shill fect, what a service you've done
In adopting the views of E. MOSES and SON.
READY MADE.

Tweed Tagl ion fa
Ditto, superior quality, with silk cellars, cuffs, and facings 00 168 60
Cashmerette coats in a variety of shapes, handsomely trimmed I 0 0
An immense stock of Holland and jean blouses from (1 3 6
Splendid summer vests from 0 2 6
An endless variety of cashmere and Persian vests, splendid
Ss. to 8
Washing satin 6satin vests, warranted
Cloth trowsers from 0 0 0
Single milled does from 0 11 6
A great variety of summer trousers from 0 7 0
Dres s Coats edged from 1 0 0
Frock ditto 1 4 0
MADE TO MEASURE.
Tweed coats, trimmed with silk, made in any shape, water_
proofed from 0 18 0
Cashmere, fine Saxony, and other light summer materials,
made is the first style of fashion from 1 5 0
Figured quilting vests, 7s. each, or three for
Cashmere vests, in recherche patterns from 0 9 6
Summer Trousers, in great variety of materials
Single milled Victoria, and plain doe trousers 0 17 6
Best quality West of England 1 2 0
Drees Coats from 1 12 a
Best manufactured 2 15 0
Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
following prices :
Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 6
Boys' ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers , from 0 18 0
IMPORT ANT.— Any article purchased or ordered, If not approved
of ,exchanged, or the money returned.
Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail
Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 154, 1,111..
Dories, and 86, Aldgate,City, opposite the Church.
CAL-rim—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public
against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons,
They have no connexion whatever with any ether establishment,
and those wlso desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to ',levant
disappointment, &c.) call or send to, IA Minories, or 86, Aldgate,
opposite the Church.
N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on
Friday till sunset on Saturday, when traeiness is resumed till twelve
o'clock.

In the matter of currency, Sir Robert Peel "wants the
best article—not the cheapest." The best in relation to the
purposes of what sections of society? Of annuitants and
money-jobbers, on the one hand—or of all orders of producers,
on the other? Sir R. Peel, of course, assumes that system
of currency to be " the best" which bests suits—not the in-
dustrious classes—but the classes which prey on industry.
Sir Robert Peel has told his agricultural supporters
that the true rule of national policy is to "buy
cheap and to sell dear." As soon, however, as
there arises an occasion on which this, his pet
maxim, might be turned to account by agricultural produ-
cers, Sir Robert unhesitatingly repudiates it. Hit be good to
" buy cheap and to sell dear," the agriculturist is, surely, en-
titled to demand the privilege of selling his produce " dear,"
and of buying the money in which the value of that pro-
duce is measured, " cheap." " No," interposes the con-
sistent Sir Robert, " I like corn cheap, but I like money
good; and, in proportion to its goodness, must be the dear-
ness of money. If, in fact, money were not dear,' corn
would not long continue cheap; therefore let us have none
but the best kind of money—that kind of money which
shall best' and most effectually extend the power of
capitalists, annuitants, and mortgagees, over all classes of
producers." Sir Robert Peel is, in fact, the true " farmer's
friend." He is never idle in their cause. He is always busied,
either in cheapening, directly, agricultural produce--er in
adding, directly, to the agriculturist's debts and burdens.
—Post.

SIR WALTER SCOTT'S MONUMENT.—The London
Committee for completing this truly national work have, we
regret to state, been compelled to appeal to the public for as-
sistance to finish it. The monument consists of a handsome
Gothic shrine from a design by the late Mr. Kemp, inclosing
a marble statue by Mr. Steele, to the memory of Sir Walter
Scott, The Committee wore guided in their adoption of the
plan by the weight of public opinion in favour of that ulti-
mately selected, and from which the monument is now in
course of erection in Edinburgh, the city of Sir Walter's
birth. The greater part of the building is already erected,
but the funds originally subscribed are found inadequate for
its completion, and although great exertions have been made
to raise the whole amount in Edinburgh, about 1,0001. is still
wanting. We cannot conceive a greater humiliation to any
nation than the fact that a monument to such a man should
remain unfinished. This claim to respect and distinction
should not be confined either to the city or the land of his
birth. The only limit we would propose would be that the
sum required should be raised by subscription from those only
who have derived pleasure and instruction from his works.
We are satisfied that a collection on such terms would soon
enable Messrs. Coutts, the bankers to the Committee, to an-
nounce the receipt of a balance sufficient for the object.
SUPPOSED CHILD-MURDER AT HAMPTON COURT.—
(From a Correspondent.)—Mr. Frederick J. Manning,
the Coroner of the Queen's Household, by command of
the Lord Steward, attended on Wednesday, the Bth
instant, at Hampton Court Palace, for the purpose of
holding an inquest on the remains of the body of an in-
fant child found in the sewer under the Palace. In con-
sequence of the specific orders given by Mr. Wakley,
the Coroner for Middlesex, to the police-sergeant on
duty, the Coroner of the Queen's Household and his
jury were not permitted to view the portions of the body,
which had been sealed up by the Coroner of the county
in a stone jar. The inquest was accordingly adjourned
until Monday next, and in the meantime the Coroner of
the Queen's Household directed the officers of the
Palace to take possession of the jar, and of some other
important evidence in the case. A subsequent commu-
nication with the Commissioners of Police has led to an
order to the police to deliver up the remains of the in-
fant to the Coroner for the Queen's Household, who, in
exercise of his exclusive jurisdiction in Hampton Court
Palace as well as in all other Royal Palaces "(indepen-
dent of his concurrent jurisdiction, with the other
Coroners in the verge) will remove the seals placed on
the jar by the Coroner of the county, and will hold an
inquest on Monday next, at twelve o clock, at Hampton
Court Palace, when some important evidence will, it is
expected, be forthcoming.
THE CHILD MURDER AT HAMPTON CounT.—A
curious question arises respecting the right of the Coroner of
her Majesty's palaces to hold art inquest on those portions
of the body of the child found in one of the drains of the
palace at Hampton Court. By the s. 33, Henry VIII., c. 12,
—" If a murder be committed within the precincts of the
King's palace, the inquisition shall be taken by the coroner
of the household, by twelve or more of the yeomen, officers of
his Majesty's household." Now, in the case in question, the
body was found in or near the mouth of a drain which runs
from the palace, and under a public road, and the towing-
path of the river Thames, and certainly out of the precincts
of the palace. Nor can it be assumed that the murder must
necessarily have been committed in the palace, as, although
the drain at the mouth of which the limbs of a child were
found, runs under a portion of the palace, it communicates
With other places far removed from it, and, besides, _ the_
limbs might possibly have been thrown into the mouth
the drain from the river Thames. Under these
iascircum-
stances, the Coroner for the county of Middlesexl
very properly held his inquisition, mid it now remains to b e
seen whether the Coroner of her Majesty's palaces will held
another, summoning for that purpose twelve or more of the
yeomen, officers of her Majesty's household, asdnirected by
the Act already quoted.
ACCIDENT TO TIIE CITY OF ABERDEEN STEAMER.—
'An accident happened to this splendid vessel whilst on her
last journey from Aberdeen to London, which might have
been attended with fatal consequences had it not been for the
indefatigable exertions of the crew. It appears from the
statement of the captain, that on Monday last the vessel
struck when nearly off Flamborough-head, and with such
violence as to cause her to spring a leak. As may be sup-
posed, the greatest confusion was created amongst all on
board, but the whole of the pumps were set to work, thereby
preventing the water from gaining much a-head. The
pumps were kept continually working until the time the
vessel arrived in the river, when it was found that the leak
wasincreasing very rapidly, and three additional pumps
were procured from the shore. With assistance the cargo
was got out of the foreheld ; and during the early part of
Wednesday evening the vessel was towed by one-of the-tugs
into dry dock to undergo a thorough repair.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

MISSIONS OF THE CHURCH OF

SCOTLAND.
The annual meeting of the members and friends of the
Church of Scotland was held on Friday in the large room at
Exeter-hall, for the purpose of advocating the educational
and missionary schemes of that Church. The chair was taken
at eleven o'clock by the Marquis of Bute, her Majesty's Lord
High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church
of Scotland. The platform was crowded, and the body of the
hall was nearly filled by a highly respectable assemblage.
The Marquis of BUTE, on opening the proceedings of the
day, adverted to the great superiority of the people of Scot-
land to those of England in point of education, both religious
and secular, and he eulogised the efforts which the Church of
Scotland had made to enlighten the poorer classes of society
in that part of the kingdom by the educational and mis-
sionary institutions it had established.
The Rev. A. M‘GLAsiIAN read the report for the last year,
in which frequent mention was made of the recent secession
from the Church of Scotland, and the difficulties encoun-
tered from that cause ; but whilst lamenting the loss of
so many valued labourers, the Church of Scotland, it was
stated, " is as strenuously resolved, as at any former
period, to spend and be spent in the cause of Christ and
_in the extension of his kingdom." The parishes vacated
in 1843 have been filled up, and nearly 1,200 clergy-
men are now united in their desires to promote the
objects of the missions of the Church of Scotland. Among
the most munificent of the contributors to its funds were
mentioned the Marquis of Bute, 1001. per annum ; James
Matheson, Esq., donation of 2001., and 251. per annum ; John
Swinton, Esq.' donation of 50/., and 10/. per annum ; and
Miss Campbell. donation of 1001., and 251.-per annum. It
was stated that the lay association has raised upwards of
5,0004 during the short period since its formation. The ob-
jects of the missionary plans were stated briefly as follows :
For increasing the means of education in Scotland, particu-
larly in the Highlands and Islands and:large towns; for the
propagation of the gospel in India and foreign parts ; for
promoting the religions interests of Scottish families in the
British colonies; for aiding congregations already established
in Scotland ; employing probationers, and encouraging young
mon to the office of the ministry. For carrying out the plans
of education, the income for the last year amounted to 4,0001.,
the number of schools was 146, which had afforded the means
of education to upwards of 13,000 pupils. A normal school
has been established at Edinburgh, and a new building is now
erecting at an estimated expense of 8,0001., of which the-Go-
vernment granted one half. The reading of the report was
loudly cheered, and the usual resolution for its adoption was
carried unanimously.

The Rev. Dr. ISPLEop, Dean of the Chapel Royal, Scot-
land, moved the first resolution, and, in a very- animated
speech, after tracing the rise and progress of the Church of
Scotland Missionary Society, which, from the smallest be-
ginnings, has risen to such importance that it has at present
9,0001. invested in Government securities, and has its teachers
and missionaries in most parts of the world, he proceeded
to allude to the state of the Church of Scotland itself, and
to the recent secession from its body. The excitement that
hail been produced by the eloquent appeals to the passions
and the feelings of the people had, he said, nearly subsided,
and he felt assured that the Church of Scotland now rested on
as firm a basis as ever. It was rooted in the hearts and the
institutions of the people, and it would not be destroyed.
Scotland would not allow it to be overthrown, for the Church
was too deeply rooted in their affections to be pulled down
by every wind of doctrine. England would not allow it to
be put down, for it was one of the time -honoured institu-
tions of the land, and not one stone of the venerable insti-
tution would be permitted to be removed; the Church of
England itself would not allow it to be put down, for the
Church of Scotland was the Church recognised by the laws;
nay more, it would never be put down, for God would not
allow that Church which had borne testimony to the word
under all difficulties and In all countries, to be destroyed.—
(Cheers.) He concluded by moving the resolution, to the
effect, "That the'extension of a sound Scriptural education
in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, under the direction
of the Church of Scotland, is not only urgently required, but
eminently worthy of the support and countenance of patriots,
Christians, and Churchmen."
It was announced by Dr. M'LEoD that the Duke of Suther-
land had sent a donation of 1501.
The LORD PROVOST of GLASGOW seconded the resolution.

The Rev. Dr. Him moved the next resolution, to the
effect, " That the home, foreign, and colonial missions of the
Church of Scotland having been eminently owned and blessed
of God, it is the duty of that Church not only to maintain but
to enlarge them to the utmost of her means ; and this meet-
ing hereby records its thankfulness to the great Head of the
Church that a missionary spirit animates the hearts of the
Scottish clergy as intense as at any former period of her his-
tory." In supporting this resolution Dr. Hill alluded to the
secessions from the Church of Scotland, the amount of which
he said had been greatly exaggerated ; and, as an indication
of the real extent to which the secession had been carried, he
instanced two districts with which he was mere particularly
connected in which the seceders amounted but to ene-
tenth and to one-seventh of the whole population. It was,
indeed, the fact that most of the foreign missionaries had se-
ceded, and that it became, therefore, necessary to appoint
others in their room and to. furnish • funds for their appoint-
ments.

The Rev. Dr. BARR, in seconding the resolution, further
alluded to the recent secession, which he said had now passed
away as a cloud, and left the Church of Scotland more firmly
established than ever. In the course of his speech the Rev.
Gentleman made an accidental blunder that excited general
laughter. He was enforcing very urgently the necessity of
employing catechists in great numbers to act as sub-mis-
sionaries, but he miscalled them in one instance Catholics,
therefore the meeting was somewhat startled to hear the
Rev. Presbyterian Clergyman call on them to "send an
army of Catholics among the people," as the best means of
promoting the missionary labours of the Church of Scotland.
The Rev. J. CUMMING moved the next resolution
That a national Protestant Church establishment, with
fixed creed and ecclesiastical authority, and protected alike
from the dictation of the patron, and the domination• of the
people—is not only the greatest safety of the State and secu-
rity for civil freedom, but also, when blessed by the Spirit of
God, is eminently calculated to deepen the influence of re-
ligion in men's hearts at home, and to carry it to the Jew
first, and also to the Gentile abroad." This resolution opened
directly the question in dispute with the non-intrusionists.
Mr. Cumming read a paper which had been distributed very
extensively in the hall by the Seceders, stating that a meet-
ing of their Missionary Society would be held in June, adding
that all the missionaries of the Church of Scotland had
seceded. He said in reference to the former part of the
announcement, that he heartily wished the Seceders all suc-
cess in spreading the Gospel in heathen lands, and as to the
latter portion of the announcement, he would only say that,
with the exception of Dr. Jupp, there were none of the se-
ceding missionaries whose places could not be readily sup-
plied. He then proceeded with great animation to defend
the principles of the Church of Scotland, and to contend that
it enjoyed all possible freedom in spiritual matters, and that
the objections of the non-intrusionists were without any real
foundation. •
During part of Mr. Cumming's address, and occasionally
during the preceding speeches, some members of the Secession
Church exhibited their disapprobation by hissing, which,
however, was quickly suppressed by redoubled applause.
The Rev. Huon ISPNEm, of Liverpool, seconded the reso-
lution ; and, in doing so, entered into a careful analysis of the
great question of spiritual independence which has occupied
so much of public attention in Scotland for some time past,
and carefully impressed upon his audience the necessity of
distinguishing between things that were distinct from things
which differed, which he seemed to think had been the fault
of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, in his luminous speech on
this subject, delivered at the great meeting of the Free
Church of Scotland, held in Exeter Hall a short time ago.
He argued that the Established Church and the Secession
held the same principles as to the essential importance and
propriety of spiritual independence in Christian communi-
ties, but that they differed as to the legitimate application
of those principles, under particular circumstances. The
real question was, whether there was an absolute necessity
for resorting to those extreme measures which had charac-
terised that remarkable movement to which he alluded.

The resolution was carried with much applause.
The Rev. Dr. STEPHENS, of Bombay, then moved a vote
of thanks to the Noble Chairman, which was carried by ac-
clamation.

The Marquis of BlrrE returned thanks, and dissolved the
assembly.

NEW OBLITERATING STAMP AT THE POST-OFFICE.
—By command of the Noble Earl (Lonsdale), the Post-
master-General, a newly-invented obliterating stamp is now
in use. The stamp is of the circular form, and bears in its
centre the number of the post-town whence the letter is dis-
patched. To the public this stamp furnishes peculiar advan-
tages, and the benefit of its use in the office is also equally
apparent. The post-towns from Abingdon to Yeovil are
alphabetically arranged and consecutively numbered: thus
Leicester bears the impress 449 in the centre of the oblite-
rating mark, it being the 449th town en the list. The use
of spoiled stamps struck with an uniform obliterating stampoithe
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metallic and irritant poison. 'Witness administered proper
remedies, but deceased died at two o'clock the same afternoon.
Upon a post mortem examination, the stomach and other in-
ternal organs were found to be highly inflamed. There was
no doubt that deceased's death had been caused by swallow-
ing a quantity of white lead, of which article the putty was
composed. It was not at all unusual for persons to live as
long as three or four days after swallowing such poison. The
oil mixed up with the white lead would retard its influence.
After some deliberation, the jury returned a verdict that de-
ceased "Died from the effect of poison accidentally ad-
ministered."
COLLIERS' IVAGEs.—We suppose wages differ in
different districts, and that in the same spot one clever
steady man will earn more than another ; but we have
before us a statement of the earnings of four men in a
colliery in this county, with names, dates, and-other par-
ticulars, from which it appears that during the last few
weeks their gross wages have averaged 21. 2s. Bd. each,
from which deduct 10s. for a drawer, and 3s. 2d. for
candles, and there will be left IL 9s. 6d., or 4s. I Is. per
day. —L iverpool Mercury.