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London, England, 1844-03-14 00:00:00

THE WASTE LANDS INCLOSURE

BILL.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The further inclosure of waste lands at home, which
is the object of a Bill now before Parliament, has its
ostensible advantages as well as evils. If there is any
available quantity of good land in England uninclosed,
or if, by means of railway intercommunication, the way
were opened to re-colonise the many fertile, half-culti-
vated districts of Ireland, the inclosure of such territory
might tend to reduce competition among farmers, by
extending the field of employment, and to lessen the
evil effect of the " vested interest" of agriculture, by
increasing the proportion of the community interested
in such an " interest."' But it is more probable that,
with the present agricultnral practice, the mere effect
of such inclosure would be to increase the demand for
"protection," by increasing the quantity of poor land
to be protected, and to deprive the great bulk of the
farmers' true and only efficient friends, the English agri-
cultural labourers, of their at least nominal common
heritage in the domains of nature.
The British empire, however, embraces something
more than the mere extent of territory between the
Land's-end and John o 'Groat's; and steam has, more-
over, so annihilated distance, that it were surely wiser
to think of inclosing the vast and rich commons of our
distant possessions, than to run the risk at home of
swallowing up the common property in the already un-
wieldy estates of the English landlord. Our real duty
at home is to carry into practical operation improvements
in agricultural science; such an institution as that now
projected in Yorkshire, under the title of the Land Drain-
ing Asociation, in which the name of Smith of Deanston
is conspicuous, affords the true and only legitimate pro-
tection to agriculture, in the present state of matters in
England. This right cannot be denied to the landlord;
but to create new interests, to open the field for it now
race of yeomen, and fully to develope the resources of
yeoman capital and yeoman industry, we must go to
some distance from over-peopled and over-competitive
England. The truth—the partial truth—of Malthus,
that population is pressing on the means of subsistence
may be otherwise expressed—that enterprise is
over-pressing on the field of investment ; but,
not less true is it that, by means of colonization
—yea, even of re-colonization—the re-adjustment
within the British dominions of the elements of wealth,
the means of subsistence may be made to expand inde-
finitely with the expansion of enterprise and of popuh •
tion. Improve, drain, manure our already Occupied
lands in England ; at the same time occupy new lands
in all regions belonging to Britain, and, even if Malthu-
sian fears do possess a halfpenny's worth of reason, amid
an intolerable load of assumption, it will be as idle to
guard against a possible earthquake, as to stint our
exertions in this great field, because by and bye we may
find need of a " new world to conquer." At all events.
let us leave room and verge enough, at home, for one
" Victoria Park " for the door.

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"JADY GALMOY. •
This " interestine.peraonage, also known am Map A C Allii
Burke, attracted a large body of persons on Tliurs'day
last, at the Carlow Petty Sessions, upon the occasion of
.her preferring the following charge against Lord Galmoy
and Eliza Frizell:—

Her "Ladyship," who appeared in court in the custody
of the governor of the gaol, was allotted a seat beside°
her counsel, Mr. Thorp. She was rather showily
attired in a dress of crimson velvet, slightly faded.
She wore a large muff and a pink . bonnet,
surmounted by a feather of enormous dimensions, and
for a while her features were concealed by a
thick flowing veil. This being removed, she presented to
the anxious gaze of a densely crowded and mixed audi-
ence the appearance of a ruddy, plump, and rather well -
looking country girl, of the middle size, stout propor-
tions, and apparently about twenty-five years of age.
She was politely handed into the witness box by headl
constable Donovan, and having been sworn,
Mr. Thorp said—l believe, Madam, your name is Ellen
Butler ? Witness—Yes, Ellen Butler, Lady Galmoy.—
(Laughter.) I am wife of Lord Galmoy. We were,
twice married. The Lord separated from me, and took
proceedings for a divorce. I met him in a gig on Tues-
day last as I was going to his place, Garrendenny
Castle, to ask him for my support, and to know if
he would allow me to live with him as his wife.
I met him and Miss Frizell in a gig. I was in
a car too. I returned and kept up with him tilt
we came to Byrne's stores. He stopped there to get some
whisky, and I stopped also. I asked him would lie give
me support. He bid me apply to the Court for it. I then
took hold of the reins of his horse. He began to whistle.
The people told me to get up in the gig with him. Miss
Friuli kicked me before this. He struck me with a whip
before I put my foot on the gig. He struck me violently.
Only for the people he'd have kilt me. There was a
crowd. They used no violence towards him. It was
before I put my foot on the step he struck me. I was
pushed into the gig by the people, and Miss Frizell
kicked me and also my father. He was present. There was
a child with her in the gig. She handed it to Lord
Galmoy. She is not married to him to the best of my
opinion. He did not take the child from her, but was.
whistling all the time. A man that was afraid of his life
wouldn't be whistling. He refused to let go the gig. He
struck me often. He then gave a man 2s. 6d. to go
for the police. When they came up I had the reins in
my hand. The police took me. I thought to take his
arm going up Burrin-street.—(Laughter.) He carried
Frizell's child up the street in his arms—(Laughter)--
and he had her on his arm. We all went into the police-
barracks. He thought, while holding the reins, to drive
over me. I did not state to the police that I was his
wife, but I did to Mr. Tuckey. I was then committed.
I asked them if I was to get no satisfaction or revenge
out of Miss Frizell.---(Laughter.)
Cross-examined by Mr. T. C. BUTLER, who appeared
for Lord Galmoy—lt is about three years and a half
since I first met Lord Galmoy ; it was by chance in the
town of Carlow, where I was with my mother pawning
some gowns.— (Laughter.) I was married to his Lord-
ship- in three weeks afterwards at Cullen's Wood, in com-
pany with Peggy Nash, a servant, whom he sent to
America since. (The witness then described a second
marriage which was solemnised between her and Lord
Galmoy in her mother's presence.) After three months'
residence at Garrendenny Castle (his Lordship's man-
sion) witness was turned out by the Noble Lord, and
has since been obliged to live with her parents. Lord
Galmoy fired shots at her, and her father and mother
were also fired at. Proceedings were taken for a divorce,
and alimony was allowed witness pending the trial in the
Ecclesiastical Court.
George Hendrick proved the leading facts as stated
by the complainant.
Patrick Meaney sworn--I was present at Mr. Byrnes
stores on Tuesday. Lord Galmoy stopped there to get
some liquor. I saw Lady Galmoy take the reins of the
horse. Lord Galmoy bid her let them go. She said she
would not till he would make a settlement, or take her into
the gig. " Put out the policeman's daughter," says she,
" and take up your lawful wife.—(Laughter.) You might
as well have no woman at all as the one you have.'
(Great laughter.) Lord Galmoy then began to beat
the horse. He reached as far as he could with the
whip, and struck her on the right hand. He
struck her and the horse together. I was there
from the commencement. I saw her get her foot on the
step. The people were helping to get her up on the gig.,
She said she had a right to hold her own horse:—
(Laughter.) Lord Galmoy then chucked her by the
neck, and that young lady (pointing to the other de-
fendant) gave her a kick. It was a severe kick. The
child was in her arms. I saw nothing else happen.
James Kelly corroborated the testimony of the last
witness, and said the police took up Lady Galmoy by his
Lordship's order. Is not aware whether Lord Galrnoy
is a magistrate or not.
The case for the complainant closed here.
After some remonstrance by Mr. Butler, Lord Gal-
moy's counsel, who insisted upon his right to address
the Bench, the Magistrates ordered both the defendants
to give bail to abide their trial at the ensuing Quarter
Sessions, and that the complainant should be bound to
prosecute.

LORD GALMOY V. MARY AND EDMIYND MUM.
The magistrates were then occupied with hearing Lord
Galmoy's complaint against the father and mother of the
complainant in the foregoing case, out of which the charge
arose. After describing the affray which had taken place,
his Lordship, having been sworn, proceeded to say :—I
drove on, as I did not like to have so many devils following
me. I got some spirits at Mr. Byrne's. While waiting-
for it, this "young Burke" (Lady Galmoy) (Laughter) got
hold of my bridle. I remonstrated with her. She drew
a crowd around me. I cut the horse to get away from
them. The defendants caught at my bridle, the two
old Burkes at one side and " young Burke " at the
other.—(Laughter.) I saw could not get away, so I
gave myself up a complete prisoner. They took the horse
to a place where four streets met, that every one might.
see what was done, and that they might collect a large
crowd. The mob was furious, and cried out, " Down
with him, he's a Tory ; up with her, she's a Liberal!'
—(Roars of laughter.) They cried out, " Pull her oat
of the gig." I swear that "young Burke" came up in
the gig without any one assisting her. I did not get her
by the neck ; " young Burke" stamped on the girl's foot
who was in the gig with me.

Cross-examined- by Mr. THORP—I am acquainted
with this female intimately (alluding to Miss Frizell).
The child is a relative of mine, is also a relative of her's;
it's as closely related to me as to her. I have known,
the young lady five years. I had the honour of her
acquaintance before I knew " young Burke."
Mr. Thorp—Did not your affections change from, her
when you became acquainted with '• young Burke ?"
Lord Galmoy—No, they did not.
Mr. Thorp—Didn't she get inside of Miss Frinell ?
Lord Galmoy—No.
Mr. Thorp—What ! Didn't you marry " young
Burke" after you knew Miss Frizell ?
Lord Galmoy—l did, but that's nothing to the purpose.
Mr. Thorp—Now, wasn't it a love match between you
and " young Burke ?"
Lord Galmoy—No, indeed, it was not.
Mr. Thorp—Not a love match I Didn't you marry
her a second time, lest the first wouldn't do ?—(Laughter.)
Lord Galmoy—That's irrelevant.
Mr. Watters—Don't answer it.
Lord Galmoy—l could if I wished. The fact is I nude
the second marriage under the influence of a damnable
falsehood, that I was to get 30,000/. with her.—(Loud
laughter.)
Mr. Butler—She was Barking you.
Lord Gain-toy—Aye, they all Burked me.—(Loud
laughter.) Here name is not Burke at all. I did not
know what they were when I met them on the ear.
They might have been driving to Mullinahone for all I
knew to the contrary. After I got the spirits young
Burke" got hold of my reins.
Mr. Thorp—You call her " Ladyship" " youn4
Burke."
Lord Galmoy—Aye, and I will call it to her. If you
knew as much about her as I do, you'd call her " young
Burke" too. What she attacked me for was alinrony, or
maintenance. I bid her go to the Court. She might
have asked me to take her into the gig. When I began
to back the horse, the two old Burkes caught him.
deny that she is my wife. I might have cut at her with,
my whip. I did not hear old Burke bid his daughter "tQ
leave the horse.
Mr. Thorp—Do you swear that this tender creature
held your horse?
Lord Galmoy—Oh, how tender she is; she is as strong
as you are. She is stronger than any man in Court.—
(Loud laughter.)
Constable M'Govran stated that he went down •to
Byrne's stores and saw a crowd there. The people were
all laughing. Saw no stones thrown. The crowd said
Ellen Burke was his wife, and bade her stick to him.. There was no breach of the peace. Took her into cus-
tody, and brought her to Mr. Tuckey. She went of her
own accord.

The case closed here. , .
The Court then withdrew, and after deliberatingspoet
time, returned and ordered all the parties to enter iroto
their own recognizances to appear at the Quarter Sesskitis.

Colonel Gore Langton was prevented dividing in.
favour of Mr. Cobden's motion, on Tuesday night, in conse—
quence of an attack of influenza.
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ry
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the "genuine' Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is
wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son,
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no
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Establishment, 244, Strand, (where advice may be had,
gratis,) and by almost all venders of medicine throughout
the civilised world.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE.
THIS EVENING. MARCH 14,
Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE
BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arubeim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus,
W. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rs.intorth; Queen ot the Gipsies,
Miss Betts. Atter which,
Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY
OF Glivir. Marquis de San Lucas., M. Albert ; Benedict, M.
reiuet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury• Agnes, iddlle. Clara
nter ; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan ; Bans , Mdlle. O'Brysin.
Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.,
Second Price Si. ; Pit 3s , Second Price Si.; Middle Gallery Si.,
Second Price ; Upper Gallery IL, Second Price 6d.

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THEATRE ROYAL,HAYMARILET.
MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE.
THIS EVENING. MARCH 11,
• Will be repeated Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE 11100 PS TO
CONQUER. Hardcastle, Mr. Strickland ; Young Marlow, Mr. H.
Roll ; Hastings, Mr. Howe ; Tony Lounpkin,_Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs.
Mardcastle, Mv. Glover ; Miss Hardcastle, Nisbett
To be followed by a New Farce, called THE TRUMPETER'S
DAUGHTER. Phililpot, Mr. Webster; Michael Angelo Muller,
Mr. Strickland; ligaiteion, Madame Celeste.
To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's Comedy of MARRIED LIFE.
Mr. Samuel Coddle, Mr. Strickland; Mr. Henry Dove, Mr.
Buckston_ je • Mrs. Samuel Coddle, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. F. young_
husband, Mrs. Humby.
Orchestra Stalls, be. ; Boxes, Ss. ; Pit Ss. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper
Gallery. Is. Half-price—Boxes, Se. • Pit, 2s. •' Gallery, Is. • Upper
Gallery, Od. Doors opened at Half-Past Six, and the Performance
commence at Seven.
Tickets and Places to be bad et Ms I. T. Archer, at the Box-
Wee, frau Ten till Five.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. IL. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 14,
Will be performed the Comic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE.
Justice Woodcock, Mr. Granby ; Young Meadows, Mr. Allen ;
Hawthorn, Mr Wood ; Hodge, Mr. Keeley ; Rosetta, Mrs. Wood.
ro which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and
Mrs. Keely vrillperform.
To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the
May.day Bride. Patrisk, Mr. Chicheley; Phelim ; Mr. Gilbert;
Rhona, Miss Charleton ; )Lola, Miss Bailin.

• PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. ALLEN begs respectftilly to acquaint his Friends, his Pupils,
and the Public that his FIRST BENEFIr will take place on
THURSDAY EVENING, the 21st Inst.
Particulars ofthe Performances will be duly announced.
Private Boxes and Places may be had of Mr. Massinghani, at the
Theatre. Tickets may also be obtained at Mr. Allen's residence, 19,
Baker-street, Lloyd-square, Pentonville.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADRLPHI.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 14,
Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE
CHRISTMAS CAROL Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith,
Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews,
Miss Cliaphn, and Miss Lee.
To be fbllowed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED
AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar.
After which, ; or, The Prisoner of State. Principal
Characters—Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland,
and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, 1). Lee and Chaplin.
'fro conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid,
Hr. Wright; Fright, Mr. Forman; Mrs. Fright, Miss Emma
Stanley.
Boxes 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. I Second price at Nine. Doors
epee at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock.

DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 14.
Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL-
LING, supported by all the Company.
After which, FEMALE ASSURANCE. Captain okling, Mr.
J. T. Johnson ; Charles, Mr. Morrisoi,• So.ihia, Mrs. H. Hughes.
c nclude with THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST.
Count de Valmont, Mr. H. Hughes; Florian, Mr. J. T. Johnson ;
ertrand, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Eugenia, Mrs. H. Vining.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
office, from Eleven ,o Four.

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, Milieu 14.
TurxIIOXETER, Lowest, 34 ; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 41.
BAROMETER, 29.96.—W1ND, S.
Nam—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE Tia:s DAT.
lifornlngi;" 0 minutes after 10 I Evening •• 45 minutes atter 10.

a valid reason ;—is it-for these things that Englishmen
are to receive the Emperor of RUSSIA with cordiality ?
Are these the acts that are to recommend him to their
esteem, and secure him a hospitable reception ? But,
urges our: Contemporary, NicuoLiks is a Sovereign
of " unbounded sway ;" moreover, ho is remark-
able;for his " habitual magnificence, and patronage
of the arts and sciences ;" and therefore, forsooth,
he is to be received with open arms, and eheered by
enthusiastic crowds whenever he condescends to exhibit
his Royal person in public! We cannot admit the vali-
dity of this plea in behalf of the Russian despot; to our
plain thinking, it seems to be neither more nor less than
sheer cant; and cant, too, of the worst description, inas-
much as it keeps out of sight all considerations of
humanity. What! are we to be called on to give the CZAR
a friendly welcome, because he is a "Sovereign of unbound ed
sway;" to forget the oppressor of the Poles in the
"habitual magnificence" of the monarch; and the per-
secutor of the Jews in the "patron of the arts and
sciences?" Are we to be stone-blind to his evil quali-
ties, because he happens to possess some showy, super-
ficial ones? Really this is very lax morality, and we
are surprised that the Post, which is usually so
precise and even prudish in its notions, could
venture to urge it. If Nxcnof-ss does take
it into his Royal head to visit this coun-
try, we hope that the joy exhibited on the occasion
will be confined to those who are of the same way of
thinking as himself—to the LONDONDERRTS, NORTH-
IIMBERLANDS, and that class of people, who can see
nothing in an absolute Sovereign but an embodi-
ment of all human perfection—a sort of golden image
before whom it is their duty to bow down in abject,
unqualified veneration. Of course our Contemporary
will illuminate in honour of the CZAR'S arrival; he cannot
well do otherwise; and we would recommend, by way of
appropriate device, a full-length figure of a Polish
patriot, loaded with chains, clad in rags, and exhibiting
the squalid aspect of despair and destitution.

The few sentences uttered by the Bishop of PETEIt-
BOROUGH, on Monday, relative to the control which I
Bishops have over their clergy, afford a miserable picture
of the English Church. The advocates of the Episco-
pal system contend that a Church without a Bishop is
not entitled to the name ; that the Scotch Presbyterians
and the Swiss Calvinists, being out of the pale
of the apostolical succession, are little better than
heathens and infidels ; and that a dignitary with
lawn sleeves, and a mitre and a crosier for his crest, is
absolutely necessary to prevent dissensions in the
flock, and compel the shepherds to do their duty.
Bishops we have always regarded as the most useless
members of the Church visible, and as mere drones in
the ecclesiastical community, who live on the pub-
lic bounty, without rendering any service for their
vast incomes, and their still more vast patronage.
The present state of the Church, including
the commotions caused by the Puseyites, and the
gross dereliction of duty by the inferior clergy, which
are of such frequent occurrence, and ishi,;ll these
ecclesiastical superintendents cannot counteract, is the
best proof of the fact. Immoralities of the most offen-
sive description cannot be seen by the Bishop, if they
are of two years standing, or if they have been com-
mitted out of his diocese. And, even if they have
been committed within that time, and in that locality,
an enormous expense must be incurred, and many years
of litigation intervene, before the culprit can be visited
with anything like condign punishment. The whole
system is a mockery of religion. The priests, who at
one time were all powerful, with the concurrence of
the lay Lords, equally interested in such abuses, made
laws only to screen their own class. They had a fellow-
feeling for one another, and the curate, and the rector,
and the archdeacon, and bishop, laid their heads
together, to get the greatest amount of public
money, and the least amount of public punish-
ment for offences against the laws of GOD and
man. Yet this is the Church that claims the privilege
of being the censor and teacher of the people, that
would set itself above the State, and be governed only by
laws which it impiously says are of divine authority.
Let us look at this wealthy Church in another point
of view. It was formed ostensibly for the pur-
pose of teaching the people. • The Bishops call
themselves the successors of the Apostles, who
went about teaching and preaching, and work-
ing, too, for their daily bread. On what point
is there the slightest resemblance ? Instead of
teaching the people, the Episcopal Bench throw every
obstacle in the way of useful instruction ; and the
consequence is that our gaols are crowded with the
unfortunate victims of ignorance, and the calendars
of every assize exhibit long lists of men, women,
and children, under the benign influences of the
"Poor Man's Church," who cannot oven read. Many of
them have never heard of the most sacred names in the
Scriptures, except when pronounced in blasphemous
oaths ; they know no distinctions between right and
wrong ; they are brought up and die as the boasts that
perish ; while the men, that should instruct them in the
ways of righteousness, are rioting in wealth, and using
that wealth to obstruct the purposes for which they
were appointed. " Out of their own mouths they are
condemned."

Madrid journals of the 6th have been received, and
are chiefly filled with the royal progresses of the two
Queens. On that day Queen ISAMILLA, accompanied
by her sister, left Madrid for Aranjuez. NARNAEZ, at
the head of a division of troops, escorted her to the
Toledo gate, and then returned to take the command
of the cavalry regiment of Leon to meet the QUEEN..
MOTHER at Aranjuez. On their arrival at Madrid a
grand review was to take place.
At Barcelona the Queen CHRISTINA was received
with every demonstration of joy. The houses were
decorated with flags and tapestry, a Te Deum was per-
formed in the Cathedral, and a banquet was given in the
Town Hall. which was attended by the foreign Consuls
and the civil and military authorities.
On the 6th the Three per Cents. were done at 301 at
60 days, and the Fives at 221.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday and

Tuesday, and it is singular enough that the important
announcement of the Chancellor of the Barchequer
respecting the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per
Cent. Stock, is very briefly alluded to, or entirely passed
over, by the Opposition papers ; for this measure will
affect Frenchmen as well as Englishmen. The war
journals, however, dislike the news, because it shows
the credit of the country is good and money is abundant.
The Government journals advert to it in rather favonr-
able terms. " The success of the project," says the
Journal des Debats, " must undeniably be a new pledge
for the stability of the PEEL Cabinet. It could only be
carried into execution under favour of the re-establishment
of the financial equillibriurn, the abundance of capital,
the consolidation of general peace and public security.
This great work of restoration has been accomplished
in less than three years. The medal has, no doubt, its
reverse, and, as has been said, the House of Commons
medio de forte kporum, surgit amari aliquid. This equil-
librium is re-established, it is true, but at the price of
a new tax, producing nearly 150,000,000 f. per annum.
Money is abundant in the market, but this is only be-
cause no sufficient employment for it can be found,
from the check upon industry and enterprise. Another
cause also has contributed to this abundance of capital
in England—the scandalous insolvency of the States of
the American Union, into which large sums had for a
long time been carried. but which now present no gua-
rantees."

The Globe, another Government paper, in adverting
to the important measure, draws a distinction between
England and France, as regards the reduction of interest,
for which we can see no ground whatever. " People,"
it says, " are much more moved by this proposition of
reducing the interest on the English national debt in
Paris than in London. This comes from the fact that
the conversion of the renter in England is a financial
operation, the principles and forms of which have
conversion,
France, on long since been determined, and which consequently
tehxemtevseryno
principlesurp ris
of
e. In Fra
otat is nhtheeptno str
aar
the right to do so, is disputed, ;and the u ode
of operating the change is still more disputed than the
right. Add that there is a considerable difference be-
tween the organisation of the public credit in France
and in England, and that that which may have no effect
in London may be very injurious in Paris. It will from
this be seen, that what would be an event, and almost a
revolution in France, may be a regular, quiet, normal and
financial movement in England." After adverting.to the
apathy, or rather satisfaction, with which the proposi-
tion has been received by the English public, the writer
adds, " It is probable that this would not be the case in
France. French stockholders are not familiarised with
these operations. The means and the principle are not
determined, as in England. Political circumstances and
habits, the constitution of credit, and several other
causes, would make in France a real revolution of a
measure which in England is the foreseen and regular
consequence of the financial organization of the coun-
try."

The French Five per Cents. are very heavy, having
closed on Tuesday at 121 f. 85c. The Threes were
.. .
quoted at 82f. 80c.

The following are extracts from the papers :

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The report of M. St. Marc-Girardin on the Greek Loan,
was yesterday distributed to the Deputies. Last year, the
Chamber voted a credit of 527,244 f. towards the payment of
the first half-year's dividends for 1843 upon the loan guaran-
teed by France, England, and Russia. On the 14th Septem-

ber, 1843, Greece paid 1,000,000 f. on account of the second
half-year of 1843, and France had to advance 193,901 f. 69c.
towards the completion of this payment. This sum of
903,901 f. 69c. is comprised in the Bill for granting supple-
mentary credits for 1843. The Government requires a grant
of 527,244 f. to enable it to pay its portion of the first half-
year's interest of 1844. The Committee has acceded to the
demand of the Government, which, without ceasing to en-
gage Greece to adopt and follow the most rigid system of
economy, is unwilling to cause any embarrassment to the new
Government.
Lord Ranelagh has arrived in Paris, on his way to London,
from Bourges, where his Lordship has been in confidential
communication with Don Carlos.
Some of the Paris journals have mentioned a report that
his Royal Highness Highness the Duke de Nemours was se-
riously ill. We are happy to state that his Royal Highness,
who has been suffering from a severe cold, is now much better.
—Galignani.
"W e are assured," says the Commerce, " that the Govern-
ment intends to withdraw the Bill on secondary instruction,
on account of the Committee of the Chamber of Peers being
desirous of separating the Ministry of Public Instruction
from the attributes of the Grand Master of the University."
THE BOURSE—TuEsDAY, IlAucu 12.

First Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five perCents.excliv 121 50 •. 121 70 .. 121 40 .. 121 70
Four per Cents. •• 104 50 .. 105 .. 104 50 .. 104 75
Three per Cents.•.•. 82 75 .. 82 75 .. 82 70 .• 82 75
Bank of France ••••...3260 ..3260 —3260 —3260
Laffltte Bank, I,ooof Sharesllos .. 1105 .. 1105 ..1105
5,000 f 6haressoB7 50 ..5087 50 —5087 50 ..5087 50
Belgian Bank ...• ••• • • ....• 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660
Belgian Fives ...••••
1840 •••• 1061 .. 1081 .. 1081 .. 1081
1842 .
Threes
Dutch Two-and-a-Half ..... 571 .. 58 .. 571 .. 58
Spanish Active .... • • ...... 34 .. 34 .. 34 .. 34
Passive . 61 .. 61 .. 61 .. 61
Threes .... .... 36 .. 361 .. 36 .. 361
Portuguese,Five per Cents.. 47 .. 47 .. 47 .. 47
Neapolitan... ......... .... 102 50 .. 102 65 .. 102 50 .. 102 50
Roman . •
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain . ..•

.. 835

Versailles, R.B. • •
L.B.

.. 380
.. 175
.. 895

. • 380
.. 175
.. 690

835
380
175
695
687 50
891 25
246 25
775

.-......._____ .
Rouen to Havre . ..... .. 687 50 .• 687 50 .. 687 50 • •

Orleans ................... 890

.. 891 25 .. 887 50 ••

iiirasbtwilto Bale .......... 245 .. 247 50 .. 245 ••
Avignon topiareelllea.. •• . • 772 50 • • 775 . • 772 50 ..

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RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, R. 8............. 380 .. 380 .. 382 50 ..
L. 13.• ••• • • ...... 176 .. 175 .. 175 . •
Bonen .•..
Rotten to Havre• . 687 50 .. 687 50 •. 687 50 ••
Orleans ....... ......... ... 890 • • 893 75 • • 887 50 . •

687 50
822 50
248 75
771 25

Strasburg to Bale— ...... . 245 .. 248 75 .. 245 ..
Avignon to Marseilles...... 775 .. 780 771 25 ..

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The total number
of deaths during the week ending Saturday, 9th March,
was 1,030, showing a decrease, as compared with the
previous week, of 25, and being only 23 above the ave-
rage. There has been an increase in deaths from
diseases of the lungs, the number being 375, while, in
the week ending March 2, it was 366, average 330. In
epidemic and contagious diseases, including measles,
scarlatina, small-pox, and hooping cough, there is a de-
crease, as compared with the previous week, of 24
measles 84, average 19 ; scarlatina 40, average 25 ;
hooping-cough 43, average 42 ; small-pox 16, average
21. In nearly all the rest, with the exception of diseases
in the lungs, there is a decrease. The following is the
analysis of deaths under that head :—Bronchitis 37,
average 19 ; pneumonia 113, average 91 ; consump-
tion 150, average 146—total 375, average 330. Old
age 63, average 88 ; violent deaths 12, average
25. Of the 16 persons who died of small-
pox 11 had not been vaccinated. The analysis
of deaths by violence is 4, from contusion, burns,
and scalds 4, suicide 2, suffocation by meat 1, and 1
from a wound. The thermometer was lowest on the
6th, 24 3 degrees, and highest on the 9th, 55.6 degrees.
In the register kept at the Greenwich Observatory, the
mean height only of the barom"ter each day i. given, so
that we have no means from this table of ascertaining
the great and rapid fluctuations which it has undergone
during the last week. It was highest on the Bth, 30.1
degrees, and lowest on the 4th 29.2.

ILLNESS of the KING of SWEDEN
The following are the latest accounts published at Stock.
holin

FEB. 28, 1 P.M.—His Majesty had some hours rest last
night, but no change has taken place.
FEB. 29.—His Majesty had some hours refreshing sleep
last night, and he is not so faint as for some days past. The
foot and leg are not worse.
MAncit I.—His Majesty has had a restless night, and did
not get any sleep till towards the morning. He is, however.
in the same state as yesterday. The Hereditary Prince
Charles, being now convalescent, no bulletins have been issued
since the 28th of February.

AMERICAN NEWS

FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM THE UNITED
STATES.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.

The Royal Mail steamer Hibernia, Captain Jud-
kins, arrived in our river this afternoon, after one of
her usual quick trips across the Atlantic. She left
Boston on the Ist inst., and has therefore been only a
little over twelve days, including stoppage at Halifax.
She has brought papers from New York fourteen
days later than those last received by the England.
A most awful calamity occurred on board the
frigate Princeton, by the explosion of her long gun,
and during a pleasure excursion, when several hun-
dred guests were on board. The Secretary of State,
Secretary at War, and several other men of eminence,
were killed on the spot.
Mr. Nicholas Biddle, the once celebrated banker,
died at his house near Philadelphia.
We regret to announce the sudden death, on the
Bth instant, of John Everleigh, aged twenty-four, the
second mate of the Hibernia. The deceased was the
son of the late Captain Everleigh, R.N.
HORRIBLE CALAMITY.
EXPLOSION OF THE PRINCETON'S GREAT GUN !
DEATH OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, OF COMMODORE
KENYON, OF VIRGIL MAXEY, OF MR. GARD-
NER, OF NEW YORK, &c.
(From the _Boston Times of March 1.)
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.--WAsmNoToN WEDNES-
DAY EVENING, FEB. 28, TEN O'CLOCK P.M.—This city is in
mourning. Another melancholy event has befallen the coun-
try. Having been an eye-witness to the scene, I will, as
minutely as possible, give an account of it.
Captain Stockton, of the steamer Princeton, invited some
three or four hundred ladies and gentlemen, including the
President and his family, the members of his Cabinet and
foreign ministers, some senators and members of the house,
and a large circle of his especial friends, to take an excursion
with him down the Potomac this day, and witness the beauty
and movement of his noble vessel, land the discharge of his
immense gun. All the invitations were most eagerly ac-
cepted, and at about one o'clock the company were safely
put on board the Princeton from a small steamer which took
them from the wharf.

The day was clear and pleasant, and there were as many
ladies on board as gentlemen, and everything promised a
delightful excursion. After a salute of twenty-one guns from
the small pieces, the big gun was put in readiness for the
firing of a ball, weighing 2301b5. The ladies were all " piped
to deck," and obtained prominent places to see the discharge.
The word " fire" was given, and all eyes immediately beheld
the motion of the ball upon the water, giving some half-dozen
bounds, and going a distance of about two miles before it
finally sunk. The experiment was in every respect success-
ful, and all were delighted.
The party then adjourned to the cabin, and after the ladies
had feasted fully from the abundance so liberally provided
for them by the noble captain, the gentlemen took possession
of the table, Captain Stockton being at the head—the Pre-
sident upon his right—the members of the Cabinet (with the
single exception of Mr. Spencer, who was not on board), ar-
ranged according to their official station upon the left—Sena-
tors Benton and Woodbury, Mr. Catlin, and other members
of Congress, following on the right of the President. Toasts
and champagne sparkled together, and all were as merry and
happy as could be.
In the midst of this, and as the vessel was nearing home,
the captain concluded to have another fire with kis big gun,
and it was then that the fatal event occurred which I will
now detail.

The gunwas ranged—and the gentlemen whom the Cap-
tain most desired should see the operation were specially in-
vited up to witness it. The gun was fired—the breech ex-
ploded ! killing instantly Mr. A. P. Upshur, Secretary of
State; Mr. Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy; Virgil Maxey,
Esq., of Maryland; Com. Kennon, Chief of the Bureau of
Construction ; and Mr. Gardner, of New York—seriously in-
juring Captain Stockton; also one of the midshipmen, and
three or four of the hands of the ship, and more or less injur-
ing some six others of the ship's crew. Senator Benton was
standing on the right of Captain Stockton, as were also Mr.
Tyson, of Philadelphia, Colonel Strictland of the same city,
and others.
Mr. Benton, immediately after the affair, complained and
suffered much from the effects of the explosion, but I did not
see, when I left the boat, that he was seriously hurt.' Mr.
Tyson had one of the pieces of the gun pass directly through
his hat. The gentlemen killed were all standing upon the
leeward side of the gun, nearly in a row, when the :gun
burst, the pieces went in that direction and killed them in-
stantly—not a groan was heard to escape their lips.
The President, but a moment previous to the discharge,
fortunately left its vicinity. As the smoke cleared away,
Captain Stockton with his hair and face scorched, and his
dress covered with powder, jumped with one spring to
the top of his gun, arid exclaimed, " My God, would that I
were dead too."

IC would be quite impossible for me to describe to you
the distressing scenes that followed, for I am entirely inade-
quate to the task.
Judge Upshur has a wife and three or four children to de-
plore his sudden death. The Secretary of War, Mr. Wilkins,
had a narrow escape ; ho was standing near to Judge Upshur
just before the discharge, and remarked that, "if he was
Secretary at War, he did not like the noise, and would, there-
fore, move a little out of the way," and just as he moved the
gun exploded.
, One of Senator Woodbury's daughters (the eldest I think)
I was standing so near to the persons killed, that her dress was
Icompletely spattered over with blood. Her escape was truly
miraculous, as was also that of others in the immediate vicinity
of the gun.
When the accident happened I was in the cabin listening
to a patriotic song from one of the company, and as he was
singing the word Washington, the gun fired, and, said one
of the gentlemen " there goes the big gun in honour of the
name, let us also give three cheers to it," but the cheering
hardly commenced before the fatal event was made known,
and all were as silent as death. I have not more room
to mention the thousand incidents that occurred, and are
connected with the event—but must reserve them for another
opportunity.
IVhen the company left the Princeton, which was about
six o'clock, everything was being done to take care of the
wounded and dead. The President, Mr. Wickliffe, Mr.
Wilkins, and others, remained on board, and will probably
come up to the city late this evening.
P.S. He has since returned. R.
(From the New York Herald.)
THE OREGON NEGOTIATION.—We learn from Washington
that the new British Minister has opened the negotiation for
the settlement of the Oregon territory with Mr. Upshur, the
Secretary of State ; but that some difficulties have occurred
' in the preliminaries, which may cause some delay, although
net insuperable in their nature. It is also generally under-
stood, that the President and his secretary are very solicitous
of settling, on an honourable basis, this vexed question—
perhaps somewhat arising from the fact, that Mr. Webster
monopolised all the honour in the Ashburton treaty. We
apprehend no difficulty, however, on this question between
the Executive and the British Government. The principal
obstacle will be in the Senate. blr. Benton and the extreme
gauche of the "young democracie" are endeavouring to
create, in advance, a party opposition to any treaty that
compromise—and from the
question in the Western
believe that he may succeed
p:tastitlteeisso, o the
we
()f controversy r ove r
verilys' Presidential by
in rejecting such a treaty. Circumstances, however,
II may turn up, to give a new direction to events. The
war feeling, however, against England, is at its very lowest
ebb at present among the " democracie," and it will be diffi-
cultN o Northern
peace,h toeor
hn rfaaiisre
and
nidt Abolitionists,r fromena thenabdl " vasty deep." The Whigs,
e terms, and they, all together,.
Southern Nullifiers, are all for
outnumber in influence the Benton ultra section. The sin-
gular rise of a deep commercial excitement, caused by the
recent rapid advance in stocks, cotton, and other staples,
the increase of the foreign trade, will all contribute to re-
press political agitation of a character injurious to peace and
prosperity.
THEATRICAL AND MuslcAt.—The new Italian Opera, got
up by Palmo, with Borghese as prima donna, is carrying
everything before it here. The Park opens next month,
but no one knows with what. The various small theatres
are doing well.
Macready, at the last accounts, was at New Orleans,
heOlS eegßaiulnl troupew a were, at Mobile, on
their
temps,making much money and laurels. He will be here in April
toplay
at
Cinti Damareau, Artot, &c. in Mexico. Henry
Russell was travelling and singing all his way up the Mis-
tthoethPear north.
Mis-
sissippi, on his way to the north. Forrest has gone south.
THE DEATH OP NICHOLAS BIDDLE.—In another part
of this paper, we insert an article giving a biographical sketch
of Nicholas Biddle, late President ofthe United States Bank.
k.is
His death came upon us very unexpectedly. We were not
prepared for such a sudden demise. Mr. Biddle's career and
character have some features which require a good deal of
elucidation and discrimination, in order to be properly under-
stood. As a private member of society he was one of the
most accomplished—most honourable—most amiable—aid
most courteous of men. As a public man, in the Presidency
of the United States Bank, he conducted its affairs, during
the first years of its existence, with great skill, integrity,
and prudence. But as soon as the miserable, intriguing,
corrupt politicians of both parties, got hold of him, when he
wanted a re-charter, he went astray, farther and farther, until
the institution exploded, and strewed, as we have seen, the
whole laud with its ruins. The narrative of the deceptions
and duperies which have been practised by these politicians
on Mr. Biddle, during his career, would surpass anything ever
written in any language, in the annals of intrigue and cor-
ruption. We do not doubt at all that the high and honour-
able feelings of Mr. Biddle revolted against the schemes of
these wretches, and that the recollection of these deceptions,
practised on his unsuspecting nature, constantly pressing on
his wounded spirit, were the main cause of his sudden and
premature death. Mr. Biddle has left a very fine family.
We trust that some distinguished literary man of Philadel
phia, will give us a correct and full biography of Mr. Biddle,
including all the philosophy of his eventful life, which was
indeed full of lesson and moral.
(From the New Orleans Picayune, Feb. 3.)
By the John Barr, Captain Hollingshead, we received yes-
terday advices a fortnight later from Vera Cruz.
Intelligence had at last reached Vera Cruz of the arrange-
ment of the difficultieB between the English and Mexican
Governments. The news was thought almost too good to be
true, as the commercial interests were not a little disturbed
at the prospect of a British fleet entering the harbour of Vera
Cruz with hostile intent.
DESTRUCTIVE Finn,—On the 11th of February a most
alarming fire broke out in ' the Orleans Cotton Press, New
Orleans. The number of bales of cotton consumed is esti-
mated at 8,500; the loss of which, • estimated at 40 dollars per
bale, would be 340,000 dollars. The damage done to the
building could possibly be repaired for 25,000 dollars, and
the engine and two screws for 10,000 dollars ,
more making
the total loss, as far as could be estimated by a rough calcu-
lation, 375,000 dollars, which we understand is fully covered
by insurance ; the cotton in ' this city, and the building in the
offices in this city, in London and Paris. This building was
considered the largest In the world.

CANADA.
A dispatch from the British Colonial secretary was re-
ceived by the Governor-General, on the 23d ult., directing the
sessions of the Parliament to be held at Montreal.
TILE SMUGGLING CAsE —The first mate of the packet-ship
Oxford, Mr. Gates, has confessed that the smuggled cloths
seized from on board that ship, were concealedand attempted
to be smuggled with his consent ; that he had received 300
dollars at Liverpool from a person whose name he has com-
municated to the owners for doing so ; and that he was to
deliver the goods to the party who should apply in New
York.
Gates was committed to prison, in default of obtaining the
required bail of 10,000 dollars.
ItA likeis iyhaocnicurrence has taken place with the Montezuma, of
which also the mate was bribed in Liverpool.
necessar7 to add that the owners and the corn-

wanders of both ships are above any, the slightest suspicion
of conniving at such transactions.
Harris, the boatman, bas been admitted State's evidence.

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

FEB. 29.—The steam-ship Hibernia leaving Boston for
Liverpool to-morrow, we give our usual comparative tables
of quotations for stocks and exchange. Since the departure
of the last steamer, the movements of trade and our great
staple articles of export, have become more developed, and
are settling into a more regular and steady channel. Ex-
change has improved very much within a short period. At
one time rates reached so high a point that it was found
specie would have to go forward. Bill holders, however,
kept their demands just below a specie standard, which
buyers submitted to rather than risk shipments of the pre-
cious metals. Within a week or two cotton has gone for-
ward very rapidly, and the result has been a great decline in
foreign exchanges. Speculators in this production, on this
side, do not like the complexion of the Liverpool market.
They are fearful that the tenor of further advice," will be far
from favourable. The last accounts were of so peculiar a
nature, that the present race of speculators, who are mostly
novices in the business, do not know what to make of them.
In New Orleans and Charleston rates have declined, while
at Savannah and Mobile they have advanced. The latter
quotations at all the ports were those ruling after the demand
for the steamer had been satisfied, and can be considered a
little under the current rates of a few days previous. Below
we give the quotations for foreign exchange in this market
for the past three months, by which it will be seen that the
present prices are nearly as reduced as they have been at any
time within that period.
RATES OF FOREIGN BILLS IN NEW YORK, Fait. 29.
Dec. 15. Dec. 30. Jan. 30. Feb. 29.
London•. • . 81 a 8/ 109 a 1091 109 a 1091 81 a 9
France .... 5 32} a 5 33i. 5 271 a— 530 a 5 321 530 a 5 28;
Amsterdam 391 a 40 a 391 a 40 391 a4O
Hamburgh 35 a 351 351 a 351 a 351 351 a 351
Bremen.... 77/ a 771 781 a 79 781 a 78/ 781 a 781

If the present feeling continues as regards cetton, and
every bale is pressed forward as rapidly as possible, exchange,
as a natural consequence, will find a very low level. The
advices received per the Hibernia, will probably create the
same feeling as they circulate through the South, that is
experienced here, which will be followed by a similar anxiety
to get their stocks into the market. Should this become ge-
neral through the country, speculators will not cavil about
freights, but at once submit to the current rates, for imme-
diate departure. A heavy amount of cotton arriving in
Liverpool would immediately depress the market. It is only
by short supplies and unfavourable reports from this coun-
try, that the highly speculative feeling was created in Liver-
pool. Destroy that charm, and the foundation of specula-
tions is at once knocked away. During the whole course of
our long experience, we do not recollect a single instance
where the yield of a crop did not exceed the anticipations.
There is not much doubt but that the present crop is hun-
dreds of thousands of bales below that of last year ; but that it
is below the average, we should hesitate a long time before
believing. Speculators and consumers abroad interested in
this staple should make great allowances for the various in-
terests at work in this country to create impressions favour-
able to their views. The great object to arrive at in all
the movements of this article, is regularity of supply, price
and demand. The result of? speculation is invariably in-
jurious.
The improvement that has lately taken place in State
Stocks, in this market, cannot be traced wholly to the
movements in the different Legislatures. The advance in
a measure has been produced by the abundance of money
and the withdrawal of capital from investment in cotton,
and re-investing it in stocks. This is of course a specula-
tive movement. Very little capital is permanently invested
in the stocks that are used for speculation in Wall-street.
Among the many stocks that are day after day used by the
brokers for all their operations, a few are of a sound sterling
nature. Kentucky State Stocks, for instance, is as valuable
a security as can be produced, but its character is injured by
its being so much used for speculation.
The movements of the Legislative bodies in the different
States have not as yet resulted in any decided step in relation
to their debts. The Committee of Ways and Means in the
Legislatures of Pennsylvania and Maryland have reported
Bills providing for the payment of the interest on their debts.
There has yet been no action on them, but the impression
appears to be general that they will ultimately pass and
become laws. A few days since we published a synopsis of
each Bill. That introduced into the Legislature of Penn •
sylvania suggests the levying of a tax on property heretofore
untaxed, entirely for the purpose of paying the annual in-
terest on the total amount of their indebtedness. The revenue
arising from this Bill to be appropriated exclusively to that.
It also equalises taxation, and levels the barriers that have
heretofore prevented a full collection of the amount levied.
It leaves no cause for complaint, and the tax-gatherer will not
meet with the insurmountable difficulties that have before
beset his path.
The Bill introduced into the Legislature of Maryland is
of a different nature, but its enforcement would produce the
same result. It proposes the sale of the State's interest in
all corporated companies, such as stock in banks and turnpike
roads, the payment for which will be received in certificates
of interest, or any other evidence of State indebtedness. It
fixes the first day of April of the ensuing year, when the
State shall resume the payment in cash of the interest on
its bonds. It provides for the payment of the interest in
arrears, by the sale of bank stock held by the State, by appro-
priating the arrears of taxes for 1841 and 1842, and the inte-
rest due from the Tide Water Canal Company. The pas-
sage of this Bill through the House of Delegates will
be watched with a great deal of interest, as the
prospect of its becoming a law is at present very un-
favourable. The doings in the Legislatures of other States
are of no particular interest. Those of Mississippi and
Louisiana have as yet amounted to nothing. That of
Michigan is discussing the policy of selling all the works
of internal improvement in the State, but as they are so
rapidly increasing in productiveness, it is supposed they will
retain possession, as the anticipated receipts will more than
pay the annual interest on the total indebtedness of the State.

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