The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

Another Bonus will be declared in the present year,

DEFEIMED 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 polio-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d.,
or 3491. 11s, cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at
2fty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment—
twa-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re-
presentatives In cases of premature death.
-
• F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.
•

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
lJ COMPANY,
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. •
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
• DIVISION -OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, aftbrds the most
pertioct security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it shice its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 60,0001.
In 1941 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of
one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 11. per cent. per
annum, on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class
from the time they were effected.
The Bonus. added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31,
1840, is as follows :
Sam Time Sum added Sum Time Sum added
Assured._ Assured. - to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy.
£5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £lOO
5000 6-years ' 600 0* 0 " 5000 2 years 200
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur-
ance is for Life.
Every information will l?e afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

THE MARINERS awl GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Expressly established for Insurances on the Lives of Mariners,
(whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military
officers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will
cover voyages of every description and service in every part of the
giobe.
The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured.
High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of
Assurance, but as the scale now adopted will be found as low as is
consonant with the risk, it is believed that this fact, coupled with
other advantsaes, will Induce a great Increase of insurers.
Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted upon very moderate
Premiums.
The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad-
justed table of mortality.
Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in making a provi-
n for destitute and disabled Mariners.
M`NIELL, Manager.
Arthur-street, London-bridge.

GREAT
SOCIETY,
14, BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE . AS-
SURANCEI4, WARTERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
THE CHISHOLM, Chairman.
WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
'PECULIAR ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
Credit given for half the amount of the first five Annual Premiums,
by which moans Assurances may be effected with the least possible
present outlay, and after payment of the arrears, the Policy-holder
will become entitled to participate in the entire profit of this Institu-
tion, precisely in the same manner as if he had paid the whole amount
of his premiums in advance, in the usual way.
Thus, for example—a person in the twenty-fifth year of his age,
instead of paying 21. 6s. per annum for an Assurance of 1001., would
be required to pay I/. 3s. only during the first live years, when, on
payment of the arrears of Premium, amounting to 51. 155., his share
of the Profits would be such as to reduce his fixture Annual Pre-
miums to very little more than the half Premium of 11. 3s. originally
paid by him. The Great Britain is the only Mutual Assurance
Society in which this very great accommodation is given to the As-
sured.
Credit allowed for the whole of the first five Annual Premiums, on
satisfactory security being given for the rayment of the same at the
expiration of five years.
All the profits of the Institution divided annually among the Policy-
holders who shall have paid live Annual Premiums.
Full particulars are detailed in the Prospectus, which, with every
requisite information, may be obtained by application to
A. R. IRVINE, Managing Director.

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
39, THROG.SIORTON.STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARLIAMENT,
5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76.
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLI A5l LEAF, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. .
Richard E Arden, Esq. James CUL Esq.
William Banbury, Esq. Rup-rt Ineleby, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly Esq.. Ald.
Thomas. Camplin, Esq. - Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq.
John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, Lewis Pocock, Esq.
M.P.
CeNsumsd ACTUARY—Professor Hall. of King's College.
- PHYSICIAN-1)r. Jeaffl'eson, 2, Finsbury.square.
SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq , 2, Freaerick's-place, Old Jewry.
LOW RATES OF PREMIUM.
In addition the subscribed Capital of £303,000, the A ssurei
have the security of the Company', incoire of ne, rly £'0,0"9:1 per
annum? yearly in. rervii.gi, and an accumulating Assurance Fund in:
vested in Gi•vernment and other available securitie', of considerably
la ger amount than the estimated liabilities ft he Company.
The rates of premium are reduced to th lowest scale compatible
with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company,
thereby. in effect, iving to every Policy Holder an immediate and
ceram Bonus wi•hout risk. in lieu of the deferred and frequently
celusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits,
ANNUAL. PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. •

Age. For One Y.ar.• I For Seven Years. Whble Term.
- ---
20 £0 17 8 ' £0 19 1 XI 11 10
30 1 1 8 1 2 '7 . 2 0 7
40 • 1 5 0 1 6 9 2 14 10
50 1 14 1 1 19 10 4 011
60 • • 3 2 4 317 0 6 010

One-third-of Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at
5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for I.k, or
may be paid off at any time without notice.
In A,urances for Advances of Money, as security for debts or as
a provision for a family when the least present outlay iv desirable,
the varied and comprehensive table. of the Argus Office will be
found to be particularly favourable to the Assured.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock
EDW A HD RATES, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents

a UNS.—LONDON PROVED GUNS.
A, ir A SINGLE.BARRELLEO GUN, with twisted barrel
and patent breech
A ditto, ditto, London proved 3ss.
A. double-barrelled Gun, with twisted barrel, and patent breech 58s.
A ditto, ditto, London Droved
A single.barrelled Gun, 18s., usual'y charged Two Guineas.
,Single Guns, to £6 its. Double Guns, to £l5.
Hitherto there hes been no certain way of obta ning a good gun
without paying an extravagant price. Guns sold t low prices have
been made by those with whom quality has not been so much a eon.
sideration as the production of a showy cheap article, which hos
generally proved worthless, if not dangerous. This has led
RIPP~N and BURTON to engage persons of known ability and
great experience in the mliiufactitte of guns, and they now
solicit sporZsmen to inspect their extensive assortment. Mahogany
cases, fitted with cleaning tackle, shot.pouch, powder.flask, &c., in
great variety.
--------

THREE PAPIER MACHE TRAYS FOR THIRTY-FIVE

SHILLINGS.

A _FULL SET of threeTornamen- tedPA PIER MACRE TEA
TRAYS, Gothic shape, for 355. ; of three Gothic iron trays, 251.;
of three convex trays, 78.
From the unnrecedented &pressed state of the manufacturing
districts RIPPON and BURTON hive been induced to make large
ready.money purchases in best japzinned wares, which, together
vriih their previ-us stock (already the most varied and extensive in
ndonl, is now ready fir inspection, at very reduced prices, of
which the above are a criterion. A single
_tray at the same rate.
13, taxied cata'ogues, with engravings, sant (per post) free. '
IVORY TABLE KNIVES, ELEVEN SHILLINGS per DOZEN.
Octagon Ivory handled tablelnives with high shoulders, Its. per
dozen ; desserts, Os. ; carvers, 3a. 6d. per pair; white hone table.
knives Ss. per dozen ; desserts, 4s. ; carvers, 2.3. per pair; black horn
table-knives, 6s. per dozen desserts, 4s ; carvers. 26. fd. ; table.
steel-, Is. each. Tatli.knives with handles of the celebrated substi-
tute tor silver, made only by Rippon and Burton, (which cannot
be clistii guished from sterling silver except by the mark), 255, per
dozen ; desserts, ISs. ; carvers, per pair, Bi. Gd. Detailed catalogues,
with engravings, s sit (per post), free by
RIPPON AND BURTON, 12, WELLS-STREET, OXFORD.
STREET,
whose knives are all marked with their names, any of which they
will exchange if not approved of.
ESTABLISHED 192(.

Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square.
NEW WORKS JUST PUBLISHED, AND TO BE HAD OF ALL

BOOKSELLERS.
In 2 vols.,
UNCLE SAM'S PECULIARITIES.
By UNCLE SAM.
CoNTENTs :---Catalogue of Passengers crossing the Atlantic—First
Impressions of New York—An Aristocratic Dinner and Evening
Party in New York—A. New York Boarding-house—" Grocery
Orders " and " Taking the Benefit "—The Loquacious Kentuckian—
A Journey to Philadelphia—A driving Captain and a " loafing" Major
Jack—An Election In the " City of Brotherly Love"—Mr. Tom
Watson's " English Porter-house and Ten Pin Alley"—Au Indian-
Christian-Dutch-Jew-Yankee Actor—The Play behind the Scenes—

American Auctioneer " going it "—Composing an American Melo-
drama-7A Kentucky Horse-dealer and a Yankee Pedlar—American
Niggers—The Util. Unit. and the Wat Quaker—Final Reflections,
and Recrossing the Atlantic, &c., &c.
Abe
J. PtRECIRINK PTYLTUNEY ; or, Life in India.

2. GASTON DE FOIX

Also,

3. MEMOIRS of ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON, Comedian,
By GEORGE RAYMOND, Esq. Illustrated by George Crulkshank,
London : John Mortimer, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar•square.

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS.
" There are passions grateful,to the breast,
And yet no friend to life : perhaps.they please
Or to excess, and dissipate the soul,
•
Or while they please, torment." •
Elegant pocket edition (20 engravings) price Is., by post' Is. Gd.
111 HE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS,
1 their Purport and Control.' On Chastity, its abuses and diseases
arising therefrom—on Marriage; its duties and denials—on infeli-
citous and unproductive unions.—Law of Divorce, &c.
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., Member of the Royal College of
Surgeons, &e.
" But happy they, the happiest of their kind,
Whom gentler stars unite; and in one fate,
Their heatts, their fortunes, and their beings blend."
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street
Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21
Arundel-street, Strand.
At home, daily, till Two; evenings, Seven till Nine.

Just published, price Sc. 6d .
AR Enigma; attempted to be solved by observation on the
three leading phases
jomuporTfunhduzmcmaenAofeNxyHiosuotetonhe,DetzAin7so.
11 I "EVERSUS
luton of Manhood
L I F.E.
as
yv ar
ripen nOtrh Age—one seeds of Indigestion and
gt thesu
surely
l'h e
Mentalprrm tlrritation
h heralding
on the moral c,mmand of the Passions, and on the mortality ; also
probable result
when they shall have surrendered to the invasion of error and ladle_
cretion, viz. :—Diseases of the Urethra, &c., and on other Disquali.
fications to Marriage.
By ROBERT THOMAS CRUCEFIX, 51. D ,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Laneaster.place, Waterloo-bridge. London.
** Lotus et in cute, novi hominem."—Peasius.
FXTRACTS FROM THE PUBLIC PRESS.
SUX.—u The work before us gives in simple and perspicuoue terms
such directions for the preservation of health as are most likely to be
serviceable to the coin" unity."
BELL'S MEssefeciEn.--** This is a useful medical work; the best
portion appe irs to us to be that which treats of the obstruction to
natural functions in the later portion of life. We recommend the
work to our readers as at once scientific and pr:ctical."
SUNDAY TIMES.—"Dr ('rucefix has spoken in the 1- nguage of a
scholar, a gent,eman, and a friend. The following passage should
be remembered by all who wish for the general good of mankind:—
* Morality suffi•rs sadly by concealment of what, if known and un-
derstood, would operate as a guard against crime.'"
SATIRIST.—" The large amount of useful information. devoid of
the incumbrance of pedantic mystification, favourably, distinguishes
this work from most treatises of the same description."
Acre AND ARGUs.—" It is a work that must be read with interest
by both sexes, and particularly those who are suffering from indi-
gestion and mental irritation. We cats honestly recommend the
perusal of it to our readers."
ERA.—.. It is written in a plain and easy style. from which may
be obt-tined many valuable hints on the method of retaining the in.
estimable blessing—Health."
MARE LANE EXPRESS..—" Whoso readeth this excellent work
let him ponder it well." -
To be had of Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 23, Paternoster-row •
011ivier, 59, Pall-mall ; Onwhyn, 3, Catherine street, Strand,
London. Price 5s Eld.

REMOVED FROM BIRMINGH A 111 TO LONDON.
Just published, price 2s. Cd. Land free by post (in a sealed envelope)

Price As. 6d:,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneftil effects of exces.
sive indulgence and infection, illustrated by
.engravings, with ob-
servatkons on Marriage, and dirtions for the removal of certain
disqUalifi..ations. By IL and L. PERRY and CO
Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Demers.
street, Oxford.strect ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Purkis,
Compton-street, Soho ; Jackson and Co., 130, New Bond-street ;
Phillips, 2134, Oxford-street; J. Gordon, 1413, Leadenhall-street, Lon.
don ; Guest, 51, Bull-stied, Birmingham; and by all Booksellers
in Town and Country.

The CORDIAL BALM of SYRI .CUM is exclusively directed
for the cure of nervous an I muscular debility, impuissance, &e.
Price lls and ?as. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of
whom may be had the 1. Silent. Friend." The Five Pound Cases
may be had as usual.

PERRY 'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most efl'ectua
cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms inboth sexes, price 2s. 9d.
4s. Rd., and I is. per box.
Consultation fee, if by lct'er, 11. A minute detail of cases is ne-
cessary. M sacs Ferry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at
their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from
Eleven till Two and Five till Eight, and on Sued Sys from Ten till
Twelve One perimnal visit only is necessary to effect a permanent cure.

THE ROBBERY OF FIFTEEN
HUNDRED SOVEREIGNS.

OXFORD, AvaiL 15.—This morning Richard Elliott was
brought up for further examination at Oxford Castle, before
R. Marsham, Esq , D.C.L., and Captain Shephard. As on
fo ma occasions, Mr. Ballantine, a barrister, and Mr. Ro-
binson, an Old Bailey solicitor, appeared on behalf of the
prisoner.
The first witness examined was Thomas Lucas, the
City Marshal, who took , Elliot into custody. He found him
in bed at the Crown Inn, Benson, and searched his clothes
and the room. He had 19/. in gold. and 18s. 2id. in silver
and copper in his pockets. He told Lucas he was going to
Box, near Bath, and upon Lucas insisting upon his going
back with him to Oxford, he said it would be awkward for
him, as he had to meet persons at Eton and Windsor next
morning. Lucas brought him in custody to Oxford.
Mr. Burgess, of the ITt.ing's Arms Inn, Sandford, proved the
finding of a blue bag, with a box, with a, stone and sand in,
between Nuneham and Sandford soon after the Defiance coach
passed on the day of the robbery. Mr. Martin Mountjoy, groom
of the chambers to the Earl of Chesterfield, was a passenger
at the back of the coach with Elliott, who got up at Knights-
bridge, and saw him get down and go into the inn at Ben•
son; afterwards saw a passenger who had been sitting on the
box seat get on the side the coachman sits, while the, coach-
man was down, and take
,a blue bag out of the boot, and
reach across With it, but from the .position witness was in
couldnot tell whether he gave the bag to any one or dropped
it in the boot again. When the coach left. Benson a few
minutes afterwards, Elliott was standing hi a position be-
hind it. This was the whole of the remainder of the evi-
dence, and - the Magistrates, after hearing Mr. Ballantine
for the prisoner, committed him for' trial at the next assizes
or to find bail, himself in 5001., and two sureties in 250/. each.
Mr. Ballantine complained that the bail was`exorbitant, and
intimated that the prisoner would appeal to one of the judges.

Mr. T. Baring, the unsuccessful opponent of Mr.
Pattison in the recent City of London contest, is the Govern-
ment candidate for Huntingdonshire.

On board the Reine-Blanche, Nov. 15,1843.
Monitiqr le Ministre,—Being less hurried to-day, I shall
now have the honour of writing to you enclosing the details
of the affairs of Otaheite. I sent you an exact account of the
state in which I found them and I will now make you
acquainted with the events which have occurred since the
acceptance of the Protectorate. Unheard-of intrigues have
taken place, not only to induce Queen Pomare to contravene
the treaty, 'which' she entered into of her own proper accord,
to which she even solicited the consent of the great chiefs of
the Archipelago in September last [year, but even to obtain
the annulment of the treaty, or to prevent its execution, by-
creating such obstacles as to make it believed that violence,
and outrageous proceeding had been had recourse to by
us towards
_the Queen.' In order to explain the situation of
Otaheite, I am forced to recur to the past, even to a very
distant period—that of the ministry of Mr Canning. At
that time the whites had so increased in the Society
Islands, that the missionaries, who, as all the world
knows, are chosen from the very dregs of society
in London, and taken from among labourers, such as black-
smiths, carpenters, and others of the same class, not being
sufficiently enlightened to make good ;laws, capable of
serving as the base of Well organised society, acknow-
ledged their -incapacity, or the chiefs acknowledging it for
them, thought it necessary to address themselves to the Go-
vernment of Great Britain, which was at that time almost.
the only one of which they had heard, and prayed his Bri-
tannic Majesty to take them under his protection, and to
grant them the British flag. The Admiralty was then con-
sulted, and its opinion being that the accession of that- archi-
pelago to the Crown -of England would be more onerous
than profitable, Mr. Canning, the Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs, repliedby a refusal, but a polite one, as may
be conceived, for it was necessary to palliate so harsh a pro-
ceeding.

WhO would think that this proof of a disinclination to
serve this poor people, which begged it in order to escape
from their state of degradation, would one day become the
title upon which Britain would vindicate its title to the
dominion of these islands ? It is, nevertheless, that which
has happened; and that pretension, such as it was, was the
foundation of the conduct of the English officers, who thought
themselves entitled to interfere in matters which did not
concern them. It is true, however, that the English Govern-
ment, better informed, did not assert that ridiculous preten-
sion, which could not have the shadow of a right ; and, in
fact, it is more logical to infer, from the refusal of protection
by England, that she recognised the right of Otabeite to
claim protection where it liked. I acknowledged that it
was this consideration, so simple and so natural,, that decided
me in not refusing the Protectorate which was offered. I
was well convinced that our situation in the Marquesas would
draw British naval officers to endeavour to establish them-
selves in Otaheite, and it gannet be doubted that without the
flag of the Protectorate, the flag would have been hoisted
before the King could determine upon the subject. That
which, on the other hand, proves that our rights are real, is,
that they were at least partly respected ; without that, the
English would certainly have planted their standard on that
archipelago ; not being able to do so, they determined to use
other arms. But whatever they did, the truth is as clear as
light, by the tranquil exercise of our Protectorate for four
mouths. Every one at Otaheite was glad to see justice at
length established, where anarchy, assassination, theft, and
all the other abominable vices which drunkenness and de-
bauchery bring in their train.
The letter of the Queen to the Provisional Government,
dated the 16th December; 1842, and the letter of the same
date which she wrote to the Regent, to complain that he
did not sufficiently support the measures of the Provisional
Government, were these' letters drawn from the Queen by
fear ? Evidently not. We had only two officers there,
without troops or ships. Are these letters, on the contrary,
not a free acquiescence in all that had been done ? Let
them produce the instructions given by Sir George Gipps,
the Governor of New South Wales, to Commander Sullivan,
of the Favourite, find the report of that officer on his return
to New Holland, and it will .be seen that, having been
sent to Otaheite to gather complaints against us, he heard
nothing but eulogising on our administration. This I learnt
from Captain Lavand, to whom he said it. What more is
necessary to be convinced of this? To me it appears nothing,
because the light of day cannot be denied. We had neither
land nor sea forces to act ; two officers were sufficient, because
all was done with the consent of the Queen, the chiefs, and
the people.
The troubles at Otaheite recommenced at the arrival of
the Talbot, in January, 1843. The officer commanding that
ship not being able to erect the standard of England on these
islands, as he intended, created discord, and endeavoured, by
the aid of the missionaries, to make the Queen recal her most
fermal acts and sacred engagements. From that began the
iiitrigues, which did not end till my arrival. All means were
put in play, either to embarrass the Provisional Government,
or to obtain concessions for themselves, in order to create a
title, if not real, at least apparent.
A short time after the departure of the Talbot, Mr.
Pritchard disembarked from on board the 'Vindictive, And did
not ;wait till she arrived at her anchorage. He was put on
shore at the nearest point, and preached` immediately a cru-
sade against us and against the Provisional Government.
" It is necessary to eject it (said he), and to abolish the Pro-
Visional Governnient ;" and he called the natives to arms.
All this is proved by letters written by Englishmen, espe-
cially by Mr. Smith, in answer to the commander of the Vin-
dictive, who required information as to the facts. They are,
besides, confirmed" by Mr. Salmon, an Englishman, and bro-
ther. in-law of Queen Pomare, who saw and heard from that
time all the harm that the councils of Mr. Pritchard did to
his sister-in-law and her family. . .
The period of the arrival of the missionary Consul 'was sig-
nalised by a redoubling of the disorders. it was then that
the pavilion de fantaisie was-thought of, which they obliged
Queen Pomare-to adopt, notwithstanding her engagements
with France. It would be too long to show how the com-
mander of the Vindictive conducted himself with regard to
us. Every act of his showed his hostile feeling to France.'
One day he requested, or rather he informed us, under the
. form of request, . that he was going to put a man on shore to
guard some articles which he was about to embark for re-
pairs. He first put a soldier on duty without uniform, .then
one in unifor% without arms, then an armed soldier, then
two, afterward three, and at last eight or ten. Another
day he said he was going to send a sailor, to see if he could
discover a ship which he expected. Shortly after the sailor
was seen carrying a signal post. In short, there was soon
established a regular signal post, without regard to the con-
vention between Queen Pomare and France. He did the
same in everything. All he did was a succession of attempts
and encroachments on us. _ _

•After my correspondence with Captain Tucker, your Ex-
cellency will understand what was the real object of the
encroachments of the captain of the Vindictive. That
officer evidently tried to give them all their weight. But
it appears to me that the claims made by Captain
Tucker, of establishments unduly conceded to the captain
of the Vindictive, , raised an important question, which is,
what right the Queen had to make concessions of this nature
to a foreign Power; 'having, previously to those acts, com-
pletely and irrevocably transferred the internal sovereignty
of the•SOciety Islands to his Majesty the King of the French.
It appeared evident to -me that she had no such poWer, and
that from the day she signed the treaty she bad definitively
rtviejincaioto,uttscnocinends
consequently,
its
sul loerdniiirglernc,,t
everyrelationsout with foreign Governments, and
id.
It is easy to see that gapntaeciesnsTaoriulyp
at
Nicholas only thought how he could get his country to take
by all boef
nullth
theseank kind
le
C.l
part against ours. All respect for the independence of sove-
reigns and the tights of nations were set at nought by him.
Nevertheless, he would have undoubtedly thought it very bad •
and unjust that any Power should have interfered in China
after the treaty made with England. Yet that was his con-
duct to us. Still further, when he paid ridiculous honours to a
flag invented and established as a sign of the renunciation of
the treaty, did, he not interfere directly, in affairs to which he
ought to have remained a stranger, and is it not a potent de-
monstration of his hostility to France? What treaties will be
possible or binding if such interference be allowed ? This flag,
which was paid so much court to, only because, not being
able to hoist the English flag, he hoped it would one day
become au obstacle to the organisation of the Protectorate,
so that we should be necessitated to pull it down, because It
was established as a signal of revolt against the treaty,
would cause a kind of conflict, from which it would be in-
ferred that we had broken the treaty because wo had been
obliged to do more than it provided for, and that it would
also give the opportunity of drawing very logical conclusions
to cry out against the oppression of the poor Queen Pomare,
and to give to oil% acts a colour of odious persecution, and at
the same time of complaining loudly of our insatiable ambi-
tion. In short, the truth is that it was thought by
this means an opportunity would arise of raising all Eng-
land against France.
Mr. Pritchard endeavoured to frighten the Queen by say-
ing that I wished to carry her away to France. The object
was, that as in these isles exile is considered a worse punish-
ment than death, the Queen should be forced to seek an
asylum in his house from which he would not allow her to
come out even to receive me. He had the pretension to wish
that the affairs of Otaheite should be conducted in his con-
sulate ; and when the Queen, in spite of him, received me at
her house, I learned that she had determined to pull down
his flag, but that Mr. Pritchard, by besetting her, made her
recal that decision by promising her that if we pulled down.
our flag, he would pull down his, and that his would be again
hoisted if the flag of Queen Pomare would appear at the
same time. Mr. Pritchard, however, did not pull down the
flag of his consulate till nearly half an hour after the,fancy
flag of the Queen had been pulled down, and replaced by
that of France. But soon afterwards he thought of making
the Queen pay a visit to the Dublin frigate, in order to have
an opportunity of re-hoisting this mystic rag, and of having
it saluted with twenty-one guns by that frigate, whith be-
fore my arrival, had already saluted it. But very frortu•
nately I was informed in time of this new and insulting
provocation, and I succeeded iu preventing the execu-
tion of it by writing at once to Capt. Tucker on the subject.
Although this report is already very long, I do not think
I have yet told your Excellency all that it is. necessary you
should
.know ; and I think. I cannot do better than send.
Lieutenant Reine to France, in order to give information to
the Government. Ile is a lieutenant whose conduct as
Governor of Otaheite has been so honourable, that notwith-
standing the difficulties of his position, he has met with eulo-
giunas from all parties. He will explain what does not ap-
pear clear, and he will evidently aid the Government to
estimate at its just value the state of civilization of those
people, and to make known their real wants. They cannot
go on any longer by themselves; that is very evident to
those that know them ; but it is also evident that the English
only want to force us to abandon this archipelago, in order
that they may seize upon it themselves, and establish them-
selves in our place.
M. Reine is a distinguished officer, who -has given un-
doubted proofs of his honourable character; and he merits
not only the confidence of Government, but to be worthily
recompensed for the honour which his conduct has brought
upon our service.
As a resume of the facts, and in order that the time of their
succession may be known, I have to address one word.
Arrived alone at Otaheite on the Ist - of November, and
moored at Papeiti, where I found the French corvette L"Em-
buscade, which had been stationed in this port since June,
and the English frigate Dublin, which arrived on the Ist of
October. Admiral Thomas was not on board. lie had re
mained at the Sandwich Islands; 'The day I anchored I. nod-

fled to the Queen the acceptance of the protectorate by King
Louis Philippe 1., the full and entire ratification of the treaty
of the 9th of September, 1842, and I announced the future
arrival of the Commissioner named by the King to' reside
with her. I wrote the. same day to the foreign consuls to
communicate this news.
I passed the 2d in in_quiring into the state of affairs, and
I ascertained that the councillors of the Queen had deter-
mined to maintain .a flag which they had made her adopt
since the signature of the treaty of 9th of September, 1842,
and which they had raised, solemnly as,a sign of hostility to
that treaty, after the arrival of the Vindictive., I then de-
termined to make the Queen take a part more in conformity
with her honour and her engagements, to write to her to
direct her to take down that flag, which. I could only regard
as an insult to our national dignity ; and to bring her to a
determination more promptly,l announced to her on the
3d that the Protectorate flag not being sufficient to gua-
rantee our rights against strangers, I should be under the
necessity of replacing it on all the points of protection by our
national flag. Conformably with this intimation, our na-
tional flag was hoisted on the morning of the 4th, on the
island of Mouton-Outa. Laßeine-Blanche and L'Embuscade,
fully decorated, and also the fort of Monton-Outa, saluted
with twenty- one guns. The commander of the Dublin apolo-
gised for not taking a part in the salute (s'excusa de ne point
prendre part au salut), not having yet received orders from
his Government.
Towards mid-day the liranie and, the Dance arrived in
sight of the port, and anchored at four o'clock. They
saluted in the same way at sunset. At four in the morning,
perceiving that the Queen persisted in placing over her house
the pretended royal flag, which she hoisted and pulled down
at the same time with the Dublin frigate, by which it was
clearly indicated from what quarter the resistance came, I
directed the Consul Malet to advise again with her, but with-
out effect, and I then notified to her on the sth, that if she
did not write to apologise and to give up frankly her opposi-
tion to the Protectorate, I should find myself obliged, in
spite of myself, to go beyond it, to recognise it no. longer,
and, in short, to take definitive posseSsion of the
archipelago of the. Society Islands. This attempt not
being crowned with better success, I went the same even-
ing to' make a last effort. We were not received. She was
at Mr. Pritchard's house, and I could not even obtain a
promise of an interview on' the following day. She sent
me an answer that she would see, and that if she could not
see me she would write to me before next day. In the night.
Lreceived a letter from the Queen, who appointed a meeting
for the next morning at eight o'clock. I accordingly recalled
the orders I had given to disembark in the morning and to
take possession. At eight on the morning of the 6th, I went
to the audience which I had obtained. I then told the Queen
'the consequence of those events; I explained to her the dan-
gers to which she exposed herself by her obstinacy. Not
being able • to get an answer, either positive or negative, I
took leave, and announced at the same,time, that if, before
mid-day; her flag was not pulled down; I should land with
the King's Commissioner and establish the Protectorate; but
that if her flag was not pulled down I would carry into effect
the measures which I 'had' adopted, but which I bad sus-
pended till I should get her answer; and that then I should
take definitive possession of the archipelago of the islands and
its dependencies.. The flag not having been pulled down at
the appointed hour, we have taken, in the name of the King
and of France, definitive possession of the archipelago of the
Society Islands and their dependencies.—l am, &c.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
YROX Tail EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
STANDARD.—The House of Commons re-assembled
last night. Sir Robert Peel, in reply to a request of Mr.
Wyse, to delay the Irish Registration Bill, offered some
advice upon the subject of the progress of the public busi-
ness, which might indeed have occurred to gentlemen
upon reflecting that ten or eleven weeks of the session
have already passed without the perfecting of any of
the proposed measures most important to the general
welfare. Now is the season for economising
the time of Parliament —the economy of time
comes too • late when the time has been idly
spent. Parliament has a great deal of work before
it. There are the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, the Bank
Charter Bill, the Factories Bill, the Local Courts Bill,
the New Poor-law Amendment Bill, this Irish Registra-
tion Bill—all measures of vital interest—besides a
multitude of other measures of greater or less
importance. Now, considering the little that has
been done since the beginning of February, it
is plain that Parliament must mend its pace,
if it is to get through all these measures, or,
for that matter, half of them, before the beginning of
September. As to the demand for delay in the case
of the Irisk Registration Bill, it is difficult to conceive
upon what rational ground it can be supported. The
Parliament and the people, both in Ireland and Great
Britain, have had ample notice of the purpose to intro-
duce such a measure in the Royal speech at the open-
ing of the session. Nor can the people of Ireland
pretend ignorance of its spirit, after the intimations
they have had of the resolution of the statesmen by
whom it is introduced to insist upon a bona fide fran-
chise, and to support the interpretation of the law
given by ten of the twelve judges of Ireland. The Bill
can take no one by surprise. Why then waste the
time of Parliament by delaying it ? Mr. Wyse
says, that the Irish Members are not in
town. Why are they not in • town—why, at least,
cannot they be in town on Friday ? The assizes
are some time since over, and what is there to detain
the Irish Members from attending their Parliamentary
duties ? Mr. Smith O'Brien is, we see, qualifying
for the office of locum tenens to Mr. O'Connell during
any period for which the law may claim the latter
gentleman's person. Mr. Dillon Browne, too, seems to
be in like manner preparing to succeed Mr. Steele for a
time in the office of " head pacificator ;" but these are
not all the Irish Members, and if they were, we doubt
that Parliament ought to take their present occupation as
an excuse for the neglect of their duties as legislators.
There are, indeed, other Members of the House of Com-
mons who may be disagreeably pressed by urgent per-
sonal if not private affairs on Friday ; but. as it
is not unlikely that they will be non-effective for the whole
remnant of the session, their temporary absence cannot pro-
perly be taken into account. the fact is, that the purpose
of the Repealers is to defeat the Bill by all means, fair
' and foul, and this supplication for delay is merely the
beginning of the foul play. The parti pretre in Ireland
have reason to be contented with the fraudulent struc-
ture of the Irish ;constituency in a majority of the
counties, for though they have not upon the registry
as many unqualified persons as they could wish,
they • are successful to the extent of keeping
a multitude of qualified persons off from it,
which serves the double purpose of securing their power
and establishing
.a plausible show of grievance, in the
reduced and diminishing number of Irish electors. We
hope that no consideration of difficulty, however, will
prevent Ministers from passing this Bill, which
is as necessary to Ireland on the ground
of constitutional policy, as in social, and,
if we may say so, material policy, it will
prove beneficial. Nothing, indeed, but such a Bill
can save the Irish constituency from practical extinction
in many counties. The fraudulent system cannot. main-
tainitself finally, but it can last long enough to drive
all bona fide electors from the registry. The Times,
we see, intimates an opinion that this Bill
ought to be given up, lest it obstruct the
business of the session. This, however, were the
worst possible course. Something must be done
in the matter, and the more promptly and peremptorily
it is done, the less waste will there be of the public
time. ,A good part of each of several successive sessions
has been squandered upon it to no end, for this very
reason, that it was too easily given up. This good effect
(the only one) has followed so many discussions and
postponements, that the subject is now thoroughly
understood. The Ministers can carry it if they please,
and we sincerely hope that it will please them to do so.
GLOBE.—" The promotion of Mr. Kelly to the place
of Solicitor-General was," says the Post, "generally
expected by the Bar." In this expectation there was an
almost universal concurrence. The profession looked
to Mr. Kelly's superior qualifications _ as a lawyer—the
Tories to the extraordinary sacrifices which Mr. Kelly
had made for the Government. In both these gene-
rally-recognised qualifications for legal office, Mr.
Kelly's superiority over Mr. Thesiger was univer-
sally allowed. By selecting an inferior man, the Minis-
try has disappointed the lawyers ; who, irrespective of
party considerations, have a commendable satisfaetion
in seeing the honours of their profession conferred on
confessedly eminent legal superiority. The par-
tisans of a Government naturally expect that
great sacrifices in the support of the Administra-
tion should be recognised by the Minister, and
rewarded, in due course, in the distribution of the
patronage of , Government.. The passing over of Mr.
• Kelly in favour of Mr. Thesiger, although not altogether
unexpected, has therefore caused a general expression of
disapproval in Westminster Hall; while among the ex-
pectants of appointments to office, in return for zealous
exertions and ex tOsive sacrifices for. the Ministry, the
observation is hesiti-"-If Kelly has been thus treated,
what hope have' we
,:tha,ts." our,:elaiina will not be disre-
garded, and our hopes terminate in disappointment?"
The blundering -explanatiens and lame excuses of the
Government journals---while- they imply a knowledge
of the general dissatisfaetion which the selection of Mr.
Thesiger for the office has produced—instead of mend-
ing the position of the Government only increase its
difficulties, by strengthening the dissatisfactions al.rea tcl _ y
prevalent. To soften the asperities which prevall
herald yesterday offered two considerations—sufficientiye
extraordinary. The first relates to Mr._ hesiger's
call to the bar, which is stated to be ?f
an earlier
date than that of Mr. Kelly ; and on this
ground
would have been a slight to 11r.,,Mr. Kelly was
Thesiger had Mr.
Kelly been appointed over him.
known as one of the most rising men of the outer bar,
end as such was engaged in hery causes, the " tackling"
of which was confided to his caution and skill ; while
Mr. Thesiger's practice was principally confined to
the Palace Court and to the Quarter Sessions, beyond
which his name was but rarely heard. That Mr.
Thesiger has worked his way up to a very respectable
position in the superior courts, and that his popular ad-
dress has made him a. favourite at Nisi Prius, is not dis-
puted. In Banco, where the legal knowledge of the
advocate is most required, and glibness of tongue is
less in request, Mr. Thesiger does not possess an
estimation worthy of being compared with many'
menmuch his juniors in the profession. Besides, if
this argument be wQrth any thing, its throat was already

cut by the selection of Sir W. Follett in 1834.
The second suggestion of the Herald is, that Mr.
O'Connell—who in this, as in everything else, seems to
exist for no other purpose than to increase the " diffi-
culties" of Sir Robert Peel's Government—Mr. O'Con-
nell prevented Mr. Kelly from getting the Solicitor-
Generalship!—" Knowing;" says the Herald, " that
Mr. Kelly had - been retained on behalf of Mr.
O'Connell and his fellow traversers 'to conduct
the proceedings about to take place in the Hogs&
of Lords, as their leading counsel, Ministers
would feel a great delicacy in depriving them
of such invaluable assistance as that of Mr. Kelly. This
This must inevitably-have been the case, had Mr. Kelly
been promoted to the Solicitor-Generalship." Only
think of -the " great delicacy" of Ministers ! Rather
than deprive O'Connell and his fellow traversers of
the " invaluable assistance" of Mr. Kelly, in their
appeal to the House of Lords against 'the decision of
the Court. of Queen's Bench (Ireland), in 'a Govern-
ment prosecution, Ministers have actually deprived
th,rnselves, as a Government, of Mr. Kelly's "in
valuable assistance" as one of their principal law
officers ! The appeal, in which Mr. Kelly's " in-
valuable assistance" is to be afferded to O'Connell and
his fellow traversers, 'is known to be contingent on
other decisions, upon proceedings which must inter-
vene. If ever required, it must necessarily be at a
future and a considerably distant period ! Such an
explanation cannot fail to satisfy every one that the Go-
yernment must' be sorely pressed for excuses in defence
..6f their appointment, felt to be indefensible on tenable
grounds. The reason, we assigned some days since for
the probable preference of Mr. Thesiger to Mr. Kelly is
believed to be the true one. When, on being appointed
Solicitor-General, Sir ThOthas Wilde's seat for Newark
became vacant, it was deemed highly important to the
Tories, that the Government law-officer should be op-
posed, with every means and appliance, to prevent his
re-election. Mr. Thesiger was selected as the best man
for the purpose, with a distinct promise that he should
be Solicitor-General under a Peel Ministry, on the first
vacancy after Sir William Follett was otherwise
disposed of. A desperately hard fight was sustained,
and a heavy expense incurred. Mr. Tbesiger claimed
the fulfilment of the pledge ; and is Solicitor-General.
To patter about Peel's purity-of-election principles,
which would not allow him to confer office on Mr. Kelly
because of his connection with bribery at Ipswich, is
ridiculous. Was not Sr James Scarlett made Chief
Baron, with a peerage, after tho Norwich exposures ?

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 16, 1844.
Her Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, for appointing Henry Birchfield
Swabey, Esq., Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty in
England, to be Registrar in Ecclesiastical and Maritime
Causes.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Castlemartin Yeomanry Cavalry—J. M. P. Chid, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Leach, promoted.
Captain Leach's Troop of Castlemartin Yeomanry Cavalry-
0. Edwardes, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Evans, resigned.
WHITEHALL, MARCII 23.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Murphy, of
South-mall, in the city of Cork, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery in that part of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland.
BANKRUPTS.
THOMAS WATSON, victualler, Camomile-street,
Bishopsgate-street, to surrender April 23, at eleven, and
May 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Fry, Loxley, and Fry,
Cheapside.
RICHARD CROSS, saddler, Jermyn-street, Westminster,
April 26, at one, and May 28, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; Wells,
George-street, Mansion-house.
HENRY THORPE, linendraper, Kensington, April
30, at haW past two, and May 24, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Soles,
Aldermanbury.
JOHN NAL L, grocer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, April 29,
and May 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Stanway, official assignee, Manchester ; Gillett, Chesterfield ;
Wilson, Manchester; Vickery, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
JAMES QUINN, painter, Liverpool, April 24, and May
21, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, Finsbury-circus,
London ; Dodge, or Mime, Liverpool.
JAMES METCALF, grocer, Liverpool, May 6 and 29,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Toulmin, Liverpool ; Norris, Allen, and
Simpson, Bartlett's-imildings, Holborn, London.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
T. Nixon, plumber, Kettering, Northamptonshire.
W. K. Thurlow, licensed victualler, Chingford-green, Essex.
E. Newman, dealer in hay, Westbury, Wiltshire.
J. Jewers, Catherine-buildings, Pimlico, groom of her Ma-
jesty's plate department.
P. M;Nolty, currier, Chenies-atreet, Bedford-square.
J. R. Brooks, printer, Rochester.
G. Rhodes, cutler, Sheffield.
C. Challiner, blacksmith, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
J. Wall, juts., carpenter, Bristol.
H. C. Carter, carpenter, Hammersmith.
C. Chard, sen., miller, West Lydford, Somersetshire.
W. G. Sladden, farmer, Herne, Kent.
H. I. Sladden, farmer, Herne, Kent.
T. Johnston, travelling draper, Wellington, Shropshire.
E. Dolley, manufacturing perfumer,
Meards-street, Soho.
J. Mathews, tallow-chandler, Hammersmith.
W. Fletcher, farmer, Amcatts, Lincolnshire,
E. Wilkinson, innkeeper, Bawtry, Yorkshire.
T. Thompson, chemist, Harwich, Essex.
T. Shaw, bookseller, Tarporley, Cheshire.
R. Watson, farmer, Luddington, Lincolnshire.
E. Taylor, cooper, Bradford.
S. Ellis, joiner, Bradford.
S. Firth, innkeeper, Halifax.
E. Lloyd, baker, Liverpool.
T. W. Parkinson, stationer, Ilminster, Somersetshire.
W. Plant, hat-block turner, Stockport.
W. Hogg, saddler, Hulme, Lancashire.
E. Bentley, cordwainer, Whalley, Lancashire.
R. Davidson, journeyman bricklayer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Locke, surgeon, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place.
E. Randall, postilion, Bath.
W. Barber, engraver, Hermes-street, Pentonville.
W. H. Worley, copper-plate printer, Shaftesbury-st., Hoxton.
W. R. Rolfe, pastry-cook, lligh-street, Shoreditch.
E. Oxborrow, blacksmith, Ipswich. -
J. Perry, butcher, Birmingham.
A. C. Gulley, landing-waiter, Bernard-street, Russell-square.
J. Moore, milkman, Twerton, Somersetshire.
T. Wild, clerk, Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriars.
C. Leach, publican, Birmingham. -
H. Gompertz, Oak-cottage, Old Brompton.
W. Elson, licensed hawker, Northampton.
SECOND NOTICES.
J. Hillier, builder, Fulham, April 19, at half-past twelve, al
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, racial assignee.
J. F. Francis, tailor, Sebright-place East, Hackney-road,
April 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee.
R. Tennant, Ward-street, Lambeth-Walk, April 22, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee.
J. Davis, Wolvercot, Oxfordshire, Aprill 22, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
R. Wigg, painter, Harleston, Norfolk, April 22, at half-past
twelve. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee.
A. Ludlow, butcher, Seymour-place, Camden-town, April
27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee.
J. Mowbray, farmer, Kirton, Lincolnshire, April 23, at half-
past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee.
E. Gregory, plumber, Ashton-under-Lyne, April 22, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official as-
signee.
• DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Hardley, miller, Newport, Isle of Wight, May 7, at eleven
—E. Minister, tailor, Argyll-place, Regent-street, May
7, at half-past eleven—G. Mobbs, painter, Northampton,
May 9, at half-past two—J. Lee, .1. S. Martineau, and J.
Wilkinson, factors, Bread-street, May 9, at half-past twelve—
J. A. Stirton, grocer, Chandos-street, Covent-garden, May 7,
at one—H. Hughes and W. Hunter, builders, St. Leonards,
Sussex, May 7, at half-past two—H. F. Turner, painted baize
manufacturer, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell, they 9, at half-
past one—J. D. Loder, music-seller, Bath, May 9, at half-past
eleven—J. E. Bunker, watchmaker, Dempsey-street, Com-
mercial-road East, May 8, at one—Z. Parkes and R. Hender-
son, carpenters, Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, May 8, at
eleven—E. and F. Mountford, drapers, Bath, May 7, at one—
J. P. Davies, surgeon, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, MaY 7,
at half-past one—J. L. Heathorn, ship-owner, Abehureh-lane,
May 7, at two—F. K. Fowell and E. T. Cranford, wine
merchants, Piccadilly, May 9, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
T. Smith, money-scrivener, Gloucester, MAY JO,
, oollen at eleven,
eleven,
at the Bristol District Court—F. and S-
may 10
Preston,
thAef
ay Exeter9,at
facturers Crediton, Devonshire,
District ourt—J. A. Ewan, ltendraarr,_
Court--J. Coates, merchant,
twelve, at the Manchester District
, the Manchester District Court
Manchester, Y
Ma- 9,es atone, at
Cornwall, May 10, at half-
,Sal; te
—C. Scott,
scriven Exeter, District Court—W. Walker and J.
past twelve, at the
Leeds, May 21, at eleven, at the L eds
Gray, wool-staplers,
and Musgrave, dyers, Leeds,e
District Court—S.
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Knapton and W.
m,Kay, stuff manufacturers, Bradford, May 21, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court—R. Potter, John Potter, and James
Potter, cotton-spinners, Manchester, May 4, at eleven, at the
Manchester District Court--W. Hoare, apothecary,- Alatone-
field, Staffordshire, May 7, at one, at the Biruiin District
Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause wn to the
• -; re ".
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
F. J. Scott, apothecary, St. Albans, May 9—A. Leslie and
W. Smith, merchants, St. Dunstan's-hill, May B—S. Smith,
timber-merchant, Pump-row, Old-street-road, May 7—H.
Orbell, victualler Roreforcl, Essex, May 10—F. Tootell, hay-
dealer, Edgeware, May 10—.1. Sparham, miller, Froston, Suf-
folk, May 7-11. Wickham, linendraper, Bristol, May B—H.
Murch, sail-cloth manufacturer, Norton-under-Hamden, So-
mersetshire, May 9—R. Phillott, scrivener, Blagdon, Somer-
setshire, May 7—H. Tisoe, carpenter, Hertford, May 7—R.
Tebay, plumber, Winchester, May 7—T. Berridge, tobacco-
nist, Manchester, May 7—J. B. Williams, stationer, Regent-
street, May 7—J. Robinson, wharfinger, Nottingham, May 7
—J. Hardley, miller. Newport, Isle of Wight, May 7—D. La-
mont, wine dealer, West Smithfield, May 7—G. W. Hyde,
dyer, Nottingham, May 7—D. Davis, earthenware dealer,
Newington-causeway, May 7—l. Parsonage, paper-banger,
Birmingham, May 7—T. Balls, iron-merchant, Thames-street
May 7.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
M. Richardson, sen., and M. Richardson, jun., grocers,
Stanningley, Yorkshire—J. Gray, J. Clark, and W. Gray,
cloth dressers, Leeds (so far as regards J. Clark)—.l. Wade
and T. S. Baker, chemists; Todmorden, Lancashire—W. Hen-
derson and W. Atkin, drapers, Stockton-upon-Tees--W.

" Constitutional Corporation of Felanitx.—This afternoon;
at six o'clock, a dreadful catastrophe occurred in this town.
On account of the procession which takes place every
year on the evening of this day, an immense crowd of spec-
tators had assembled at the place called the Old Cemetery
(Cime.nterio Viejo), opposite the door of the church of Santa
Rosa, in order to hear one of the twelve sermons that aro
preached near the churchyard. Doting the preaching the
wall that separates the old cemetery from the Calle Mayor
fell down upon the assembly who were congregated in he
street, the whole (more than 300 According to calculation)
remained buried wider the wall and the adjacent earth. In
union with the most influential persons of this town, I am.
taking the necessary measures. The Akalde Don Francisco
Bennasser and six of the members of the corporation (who
were only installed to-day) have been buried.
" The Deputy Alcalde JUAN CALDENTE.
" Felanitx, March 31." •
Further particulars of this accident are contained in• this
following letter from the same place
" Felanitx; April 1.
" 3ly dear Friend,—This accident-has been more-horrible
than we • at first believed-414 persons killed, 72 woundee.,;
92 contused, and 27 with fractures; this is the result of thi3
dreadful catastrophe, over which the inhabitants of this town
are now shedding tears of blood. What we have witnessed
yesterday.afternoon and during the last night seems to us a
dream. - The Political Chief arrived at six o'clock. I can
.
give you no (urther particulars."