The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

THE THEATRES
STRAND.

A new operetta, entitled The Hunter's Bride; or, the
Rose of Altenheim, was produced at this theatre last
evening with the most complete success. The plot
is very simple. A rich old German innkeeper has
agreed, for a consideration—to wit, a calf—to contract
his daughter to the son of the burgomaster. The
young lady herself prefers Heinrich the Hunter, and
Master Maximilian Blokk, gloriously acted by Ham-
mond, the young block, the chip of the old Blokk,
devises a notable scheme for frightening the young
lady into acquiescence by personating the Black
Huntsman, and threatening her with all sorts of
misfortunes if she does not consent to be-
come Blokk, as per contract. His scheme,
however, is overheard, and the tables are completely
turned upon him, for Heinrich meets him as
a brother spirit, cajoles him into the belief that he
can actually become what he seems by renouncing
his earthly loves and relations, and, having blindfolded
Max, and bade him fly through the air to the
Brocken, assembles the villagers, and, in their
presence, makes him renounce all his earthly con-
tracts, more particularly that with the Rose of
Altenheim, who thereupon becomes the Hunter's
Bride, poor Max being doomed to remain a single
Blokk, amidst the laughter of the villagers. Ham-
mond appears but in two scenes, but in those he was
glorious. In the first he makes love in the most
laughably stolid way imaginable, not to the lady her-
self, but to her father, because she, being an infant,
can only answer legally through him ; and in the
last scene as the Black Huntsman, with his
black beard and huge wings, now singing to get rid
of the terrific silence, now frightened at what he
imagines to be the echoes of his own voice—then
meeting with a brother spirit, and then flapping his
wings, as in imagination he is sailing in a magic car
to the Brocken, he kept the audience in a constant
roar. In the hands of any actor less experienced or
less talented than Hammond, such a scene would not
have been unattended with danger ; but he made
every point tell, and brought out the whole in the
richest lights and shades of unctuous and grotesque
humour. This scene alone is sufficient to stamp him
as a most aeccomplished artist. The music,
which is by Mr. Clement White, who acted
the part of Heinrich the Hunter, is exceedingly
tasteful and characteristic. Mr. White's voice is
sweet and melodious, and is heard to great advantage
in this house. He was encored, and deservedly so, in
his song, "I have thought of thee," the melody of
which is exceedingly teautiful. He also sung the
song, "My Mountain Land," with great spirit. The
cornet-it-piston accompaniment to his latter song was
exquisitely given. We congratulate Mr. White on
his success both as a composer and a singer, and hope
soon to meet him swain. After the opera the Ame-
rican Palmer, the Kentucky Banjo Player, made his
first appearance. Of all the negro melodists who have
hitherto appeared Palmer is decidedly the best—
his voice is clear and musical, his melodies
very sweet, and his action graceful, yet most gro-
tesque. He was applauded to the echo, and encored
doubly and trebly, until at length he was obliged to
quit the stage from exhaustion. The opera was pre-
ceded by AMe, in which the admirable acting of
George Bennett as the roué brother, told with most
thrilling effect ; we have seldom seen a finer piece of
acting than his dying scene. Hammond and Mrs.
Montgomery, as Doudou and Zoe were excellent,
and the school scene was as richly humourous
as
ever, and elicited roars of laughter. The evening's
entertainments concluded with Love Laughs at Lock-
smiths. The house was crowded in every part.

VICTORIA.
Last evening a new piece entitled Poverty, in three
acts, of that class which is termed the domestic drama,
was produced at this theatre to a very crowded audi-
ence. The plot and incidents are common-place
enough, but are rather well-worked out in the details.
Leonard (Mr. Freer), the son of Squire Graham,
having married against the father's will, a humble
girl, subsequently finds himself and family, consisting
of his wife, Mary (Miss Vincent), and the only son, in
great poverty in London, where he is lured into a
course of crime by the yeoman, George Gartland (Mr.
Nantz), whose proffered love Mary had rejected for
that of Leonard. In the course of vice and crime
which he has thus entered upon, his wife Mary is
abandoned by him, and, goaded on by Gartland, who
thirsts for revenge for his rejected suit, he attempts, at a
country inn near his father's residence, to bring his
evil deeds to a climax, by robbinc, two young naval
officers who stop there for the night, and who prove
to be the unfortunate burglar's son and his brother,
just returned from India. Mary Graham, the mother,
who had overheard her husband and his instigator
planning the robbery, gives the alarm, and Leonard,
already broken down by misery and remorse, sinks
confounded by the presence of his brother, child, and
wife, and dies. There is a sort of underplot, in which
Mr. Gardener, as Mr. Philip Augustus Figgins, and
Miss Arden, as his wife, were Successful in drawing
forth much boisterous mirth. Miss Vincent and Mr.
Freer both elicited frequent applause through-
out the piece. The scenery was appropriate ; and
though similar pieces have been brought out
in more showy style, and with. broader effect, and
therefore more attractive to many or the playgoers
who frequent the Victoria, yet the misc en scene in
the present instance was more consonant to just taste.
The piece was entirely successful. A trifle in two
acts, called the Broken Promise ; or, a Sister's Honour
and a Brother's Duty, followed ; and the entertain-
ments of the evening concluded with the pantomime
of Harlequin Lincoln Lucky, which the good folk
beyond the Thames seem by no means to he tired of
yet. At various times in the course of the evening
the amusements were diversified by the fistic en-
counters of some effervescent spirits-in the more ex-
alted regions of , the house, who, quite regardless of
the proceedings on the stage below, buffetted each
other most manfully, amid the cheers, shouts, and
laughter of their respective abettor,4:,.:

COPENHAGEN, DEC. 30.—TheA3lidget, for 1841,
has been published in the journals of 'Oft city by his Majesty's
order. The revenue is estimated at 15,767,167 rix:dollars, and
the expenditure at 15,620,767, consequently leaving a surplus
of 146,400 rix dollars.

HAMBURGII, JAN. 3.—An official statement of the
maritime commerce of Hamburgh gives the number of mer-
chantment that arrived there this last four years, as follows :-
1840 1841 1843 1843
With cargoes ...... 2,640 2,690 3,001 3,409
In ballist 295 304 '229 129
Under English colours 852 973 894 907
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE OF FIFTY•TIIREE FISHER-
ME K.—On the morning of the Ist instant, at five o'clock, nine
fishing boats and fifty-three men left Aberdeen for the fishing-
ground, with light winds from the south-west. Soon after
sunrise, the wind suddenly increased to a heavy
gale, right off the land, and by ten o'clock blew
a hurricane, rendering their position almost hope-
less. Every exertion was made to pull in for the
land, but their efforts were in vain, and they became quite
exhausted. By a merciful interposition of Providence, her
Majesty's revenue cruiser Greyhound, Lieutenant Dooley, RN.,
commander, was running to the southward at the time, and fell
in with the scattered boats, eight miles off the land. with their
crews so exhausted that to reach the shere was impossible, and
nothing but a watery grave before them. This humane
officer and his gallant crew lost not a moment in affording
them every relief, and before noon had succeeded in getting
every man on board, some of whom were upwards of seventy
years of age, so weak from exertion that they required to he
" parbuncled" up the side of the cruiser. The boats were all
taken in tow, and every effort made to preserve them and the
property; but the gale continuing, and the sea increasing, some
of them already sinking or sunk, the last two were cut away
about three in the afternoon. It has since been ascertained
that all the boats had reached the shore in safety, ex-
cept two; and even these, it is to be hoped, have been
picked up by some vessel, or made same harbour to the
northward. The poor fellows were all landed in safety at
Leith on Tuesday, the 2d instant, and taken charge of
by the managers of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mari-
ners' Benevolent Society. They embarked fur their homes on
Thursday, on board the Bonny Dundee steamer, at Granton.—
Edinburgh Paper.
LIEUTENANT MuNßo.—An accredited agent on the
part of Lieutenant Munro has been three or four times at the
Horse Guards, to know the feeling of the Commander-in-
Chief towards his principal, and the answer which he has inva-
riably received is that when his present leave of absence ex-
pires his Grace will consider him as " absent without leave,"
and remove him from the service altogether ; au application
for an extended leave of absence was met with a blunt refusal.
In this dilemma stands the accused duellist—he will either lose
the price of his commission, the regulation value being 1,6001.,
or have to take his chance of a trial. I have also heard, from
another source, that since the verdict of the coroner's jury, he
resided in lodgings in one of the streets off the Strand (Ce-
cil, I think ), under the assumed name of Captain Johnson, for
several weeks, and that it was the accidental use of his name
by his own wife, when visiting him there, that betrayed his ha-
cognito, and forced hips to leave the place, and in two days
after he had done so, Inspector Aggs, of the police, got scent
of his " whereabouts." So much for the vigilance of this over
puffed body.—London Correspondent of the Hampshire Inde-
pendent.

A. RULE MISAPPLIED.—On the entrance to the
chief constable's office in our watch-house are painted, in bald
italic characters, the words, " Magistrates only admitted by
this door ;" the door in question being that by which all
thieves, drunkards, and other offenders are ushered in. We
believe the solution of the absurd puzzle to be, the removal of
the door from the Justices' consulting-room to its present situa-
tion.---Banner of Ulster.
DEArsp.ss.—A highly interesting paper on the
efficacy of Arnica Montana in the cure of Nervous Deafness
was read on Saturday afternoon, by Dr. Cronin, of Craven-
street. In the introductory part the lecturer observed, that
there was a wide distinction between Nervous Deafness and
structural changes. After noticing the difference between
deafness arising from mere torpor or increased nervous ac-
tion, and that which arises from structural alteration of the
organs, he 'marked that deafness was much more prevalent
than generally imagined, and attributed the frequent failure of
aurists to the total inattention to those distinctions. He next
entered into a general outline of the natural history, chemical
constitution, and medicinal virtues of the Arnica, showing
that it possessed stimulating properties, which were rapidly
succeeded by tranquillising or sedative effects. That from the
relief afforded in several distressing nervous affections, he was
induced to try it in Nervous Deafness ; that it was attended
with complete success. The Doctor then brought forward
several well.marked cases, which, having resisted the ordinary
treatment, were rapidly relieved by Arnica ; and eoncluded a
l
most important and interesting lecture, which was listened to
will marked attention by the professional and other gentle-
men who were present, by stating that the College of Fhysicians
had expunged this valuable medicine from their present Phar-
reacopceia, but hoped in their next it would bi restored to its
old place.

GRAND COURT OF WARDMOTE,
GUILDHALL,

Y9sterdly a Grand Court of \Vardmote was held by the
Lord Mayor and Aldermen, for the purpose of receiving the
presentments of the several wardmote inquests.
COMPLAINTS AGAINST NON-FREEMEN.

The Lord Mayor having taken the chair,
Sir PETER LAURIE called the attention of the grand ward-
mote to the presentment which was about to be handed in by
the officers from the ward of Aldersgate. A course of rather
an unusual kind had been adopted with respect to the indi-
viduals who were believed to be non-freemen. The proper
officers had received directions to return the name, address,
profession, trade, or occupation, of every one in the ward who
was supposed not to be free, in order that measures might be
taken to ascertain whether al!, without distinction, were not
compellable to prove that privilege. The question had become,
by recent proceedings, one of extreme interest and importance,
and ne hoped that it would not sink into a mere matter of form,
as had hitherto been the case, but that the City Solicitor should
be directed to proceed against the large dealers, who had
hitherto evaded the obligations for which the poor man, to whom
the payment of even the small sum at present required was a
serious object, was prosecuted for the omission.—( Hear, hear. )
The return would include all ranks, and all trades and profes-
sions, and be should, at the next Court of Aldermen, propose
that a Committee be appointed to exanitne and report upon the
presentment.
The presentment, which contained the long list alluded to
by Sir Peter Laurie, was then handed in by the Ward-clerk
and received.

The presentment from Bassishaw ward contained the follow •
ing observations, which particularly attracted the notice of
some of the members t—
" And as touching more persons occupying or dwelling
within this ward, we beg to draw attention, as we have fre-
quently done before, to the presentments made by the inquests
of this ward in the years 1828 and 1829, and to complain that
although more than fifteen years have since elapsed, and al-
though throughout the whole of that period several of the per-
sons included In these presentments have continued to carry on
trade within this ward without taking up their freedom, the
right claimed by those persons (and by others in similar cir-
cumstances in various parts of the City) to carry on trade
within this City without being admitted to the freedom
thereof, has never yet been brought before any legal tri-
bunal. And we present that in obedience to the articles
given us in charge, we have caused to be summoned up-
wards of eighty persons now carrying on trade within this ward,
and who were suspected not to be free of this City, and required
them to appear before us to produce and show the copy of their
freedom under the seal of the officer of the. Chamber of this
City, but that such summonses have (with two or three excep-
tions) been entirely disregarded by the persons to whom they
were addressed, in consequence, as we believe, of the known in-
attention that has been shown to our former presentments. We,
therefore, present our request that the decision of some com-
petent tribunal may be obtained, first, whether wholesale
dealers are compellable to take up their freedom, in order to
their carrying on trade within the City, and, if not, then se-
condly, what constitutes a dealing by wholesale. And, we pre-
sent our further request that until those questions are decided
the articles given in charge to the inquest may be so altered as
that the members of the inquest may be relieved from the ie-
vidious inquiries which, under the solemnity of an oath or af-
firmation, are now so unavailingly cast upon them."
Some remark having been made by one of the law officers as
to a certain inaccuracy in the language of the presentment,
Alderman FARNCOMBE rose and moved that the present-
ment should be at once received.
Alderman Fautartartmt said he merely wished to have the
opinion of the Town-clerk as to the admissibility of the present-
ment, containing, as it did, a charge against those to whom it
was addressed. His object was merely to maintain the order
and dignity of the Court.
Sir PETER. LAURIE considered that the inquest had a right
to send any presentment they considered it to be their duty to
sign to the Court of Grand Wardmote, and that the subject was
one of too serious a nature to be subjected to injury or inter-
ruption by verbal forms.
Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said he felt, for reasons which
were perfectly well understood, the deepest interest in the sub-
ject matter to which the presentment claimed the attention of
the Court—the question whether the wholesale dealers could,
or could not, be compelled to take up their freedom. He
pledged himself to pay the most scrupulous attention to it when
before the Court of Aldermen.

The TOWN-CLERK intimated to Alderman Farncombe (the
Alderman of Bassishaw-ward) that the reception of the pre-
sentment was not matter of motion y but upon the face of it
there was an inaccuracy. It stated that the inquest had
before called the attention of the Court to these presentments.
Now such was nut at all the fact. The present inquest had
never done anything of the kind. What had been alluded to
was the act of an inquest of a former period.
Alderman AlusauovE said it appeared to him that the
Court would not compromise its dignity by receiving e
presentment charging it with inattention to former present-
ments.

Alderman FARNCOMBE declared that the gentlemen who
had made the presentment never contemplated an offence or
slight to the Court. Their object was to press the attention
of the Court to a matter which had, hitherto, whatever might
be said to the contrary, been very much neglected.—(Hear.)
Sir PETER LAURIE said the inquest was perfectly justified in
the language they had used. They had constantly presented the
wholesale dealers of the ward who were not tree, and these
presentments had been as constantly disregarded. He did not
see how such a matter-of-fact statement should be withheld, or
how it could be contradicted.—( Hear. )
The Foreman of the inquest begged to be allowed to state
to the Court that he and his fellow-jurymen could not act
otherwise than they had acted, in making the presentment,
with satisfaction to their own consciences. For seventeen
years they had been in the habit of returning from 70 to 80
individuals for not having taken up their freedom. Their
summonses were now almost wholly disregarded, no more than
two out of the number having condescended to take any notice
of the proceedings of the inquest on the recent occasion.
The Inquest of Billingsgate Ward presented that certain in-
dividuals carried on trades in that ward without being free, and
complained that the state of the market was such, that dan-
gerous diseases were to be apprehended if remedy were not
applied promptly.
The Foreman stated that 60 persons had been summoned to
show that they had taken out their freedom, and of that number
one only attended.
The Inquest of I3ridge Within Ward presented the coach-
stand near the Adelaide Tavern as a nuisance. They also
stated in their presentment that the streets were in a deplor-
able state of filth, and that respectable persons, particularly
females, were subjected to great annoyance by the conduct of
idle vagabonds in the neighbourhood of the wharfs at which
the steam vessels received and landed passengers. They like-
wise prayed the attention of the Court to the notorious in-
stances of neglect as regarded the treatment of non-freemen.
the
Jury fart
to that
present
se then t
The Inquest of Cordwainers' Ward handed in a presentment,
but it passed sxb silentio,
and no mention was made of the
ward
thoroughfare
e d ttie
i s
dangerous state of Watling-street in the document, notwith-
standingA
thatlde choked-uprman of the
nuisance ; and Me. Lott has, in the Court of Common Council,
upon every occasion which presented itself, within the last five
or six years, spoken of it truly as one of the worst street • evils
in the whole City.
The Inquest of Candlewick Ward presented that King
William. street was dangerous, in consequence of the want of
proper crossings, and that on account of the inattention of the
scavenger contractor, the whole neighbourhood was in a state
of filthy puddle.
The Inquest of Castle Baynard Ward presented Puddle
Dock as a filthy and disgusting nuisance, in which masses of
as imal and vegetable matter were accumulated to the preju-
dice of the health of the inhabitants of the vicinity. The pre-
sentment called upon the Court to interpose its authority to cure
or abate so dreadful a source of disease, to compel the
person who superintended it to do his duty, and to prevent the
additional evil arising from the conveyance of all sorts of abomi-
nation to that place fromvarious parts not at all within the limits
of the City.
Coleman-street Inquest presented that the laxity in the per-
formance of the duties of the law officers of the City had caused
a great increase in the number of non-freeman in that ward,
an evil, in the opinion of the jury, calculated to operate most
prejudicially to those who were free, in the competition so
warmly going forward amongst tradesmen.
The Loan Ntavon—lnquiry shall be made, and if it bt.
found that the law-officers have been remiss, steps shall be
taken to make them apply themselves immediately to active
exert ion.

The Dowgate Inquest presented that the streets in the ward
were so much neglected by the contractor for scavenging the
City as to be almost impassable. They also presented that
Dowgate Dock was becoming a most intolerable nuisance and
offence, and calculated to occasion disease as well as disgust.
Several of the precincts of Farringdon Without Ward handed
in presentments, with memorials attached to them, complaining,
in strong terms, of the indulgence granted by the inspectors to
the rich, in not compelling them to become free, and the hard-
ship inflicte:t upon the poor in subjecting them to penal inflic-
tion uron their refusal, from inability, to incur the expense.
Th 3 Foreman of one of these inquests presented a memorial
of rather a singular description. It stated that one of the
parties whu had been summoned to attend as an inquest-man and
who was a wholesale dealer, had refused to perform the duty.
The gentleman who had thus refused was a non-freeman, and
still Sir James Duke, the alderman of the ward, was of opinion
that he was eligible as an inquest man. Now, the freemen
and the rest of the inquest did not consider that such a person
could legally serve as an inquest-man, inasmuch as amongst
other acts which he would have to perform he might be called
upon to present to the Court inhabitants of the City of London
who, like himself, were non-freemen, and the rest of the jury
being freemen, would, by admitting a non-freeman to act with
them, be chargeable with illegal acts, while performing what
under other circumstances would be the duties they were sworn
to execute. The jury presented the individual alluded to, and
his partner, as non-freemen.
The TOWN-CLERK here observed that the Inquest had inten-
tionally not presented any other persons in the ward as non-
freemen, although they were sworn to present all the non-
freemen they could find in the ward.
Alderman T. Woon said it was the bounden duty of the In-
quest to return all the non-freemen they could prove to be
wanting in the privilege, instead of impugning the decision of
Sir James Duke, who was perfectly correct in stating that
,an
inhabitant of the ward, whether freeman or non-freeman, etas
eligible as an inquest-man.
Alderman HUGHES Huonessaid the Inquest Jury ought,
instead of selecting one instance, to have done all they could,
by presenting all the non-freemen
-in the district, to show the
extent of the evil.—( Hear, hear.) They would by such fsj
course show the strongest title to a remedy.
The LORD MAYOR said one difficulty described as regardeti:
the omission of the names of other non-freemen was easily
conquered. The jury could go back, and attend with another
memorial at another time.

The Foreman said; the jury had not had time since the
21st of December, to present all the non-freemen of the dis-
trict. He and his brother jurymen objected to the proposition
to have amongst them a non-freeman, from the palpable incon-
sistency of the th;ng. About twenty-six years ago he took up
his freedom, and it cost him all the money he possessed to ac-
complish that object. Ever since that period he had seen mul-
titudes of persons flourishing in trade around him who would
not become free, and upon whom no compulsion was exercised.

The LORD MAYOR said that the petition .should be sretbmitted
to the next Court of Aldermen, and undergo due consideration,
and that notice should be sent round to all parties.
Mr. WELLS said he believed that he was a corporator, and
that he was entitled to look at certain documents in the Town
Clerk's office, which he considered to be necessary to the sup.
pa of his case.
Alderman FA REBROTHER said that Court mold give no per-
mission of the kind. It was a Court of Grand Wardmote, ap-
pointed for a specific purpose.
Mr. WELLS. said it was quite impossible for him to proceed
with his petition without the documents he was desirous of
perusing.
Alderman FAREBROTHER-Mr. Wells knows very well that
he must apply to the Court of Common Council on that subject.
Mr. WELLS-I am rather shy.
Alderman FARERROTHER—That is a very new failing with
you, Mr. Well 4.—( Laughter. )
The LORD MAYOR stated that all the presentments should
obtain the most mature consideration.--Adjourned.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.

A very good attendance of members, and betting for the
season untivally animated. Scott's lot and the twe favourites
were backed for at least 2001. each at the odds reported, and
Loadstone for a pony at 18 to 1, a point above the average
laying price at the close. Takers of 22 to 1 about cockamaroo,
of 25 to 1 about Orlando, and of 30 to 1 about lonian. Leander,
Running Rein, and Campunero, were at a discount. Saddle
13ow was backed in one quarter at 35 to 1, and in another alc
40 to 1. Voltri was in frequent demand, and, although laid
against at :38 to 1 to 401., cannot, as a market price, be quoted
at more than 35 to 1. 1,000 to 20 was taken freely about
Bebington and Mount Charles (the Maltasell Otz colt), and
the seine odds to 501. about Apprentice. Three fillies were
backed for the Oaks for a pony each, and a lot of three for
fifty pounds. On this stake and the Derby we subjoiu the
final quotations:—..

DERBY.
11 to 2 apt Scott's lot—taken
7 to I agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken
15 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—ditto
17 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loadatone
20 to 1 agat Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo
25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Orlando—taken to 701.
25 to 1 agat Colonel Peel's lonian-30 to 1 taken to 501.
33 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Running Rein
1000 to 30 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's 'l"Auld Squire—t and aft. off.
35 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Voltri
40 to 1 agat Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin na. Foig-a-ballagh—taken to 251.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice
50 to 1 agst Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Bebington
50 to I agst Mr. On;ley's King of the Gipsies
50 to 1 asst Lord Exeter's Antenor (Marinello colt)
50 to I agat Marquis of Westminster's Lancet
50 to 1 agst Mr. Booth's Mount Charles (Mamsel Otzc. )-t.
1000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Day's Juvenal
1000 to 10 agst Mr. William's Red 'lover
2000 to 1000 on Cockamaroo agst Vat colt—taken.

OAKS.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Luneta—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Robinia—taken
25 to 1 apt Lord Steadbroke's Marpessa filly—taken
25 to 50 agst Princess, the Bee, and Barricade—taken.

SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT Aleisrs. TATTERSALLS'.

YESTERDAY.

Sir Hercules by Whalebone, out of Peel, 900 gs.; Bay mare
by Velocipede (covered by Sir !lercules), 24 gs.; Bay year-
ling colt by Sir Hercules, out of the bay mare, 30 gs. ; Ch fby
Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 2 yrs, 38 gs., the i.roperty of Mr.
Weatherley.
Livermand, a bay 2 yrs old colt, by Liverpool, out of Jeffy's
dam, the property of the late Lord Lynedoch, fetched 180 gs.
Lord Macdonald's Hunters :—Fairstar, 115 gs.; Judy
M'Can, 100 gs. ; Black Prince, 88 go. ; Will-o'-the-Wisp,
280 gs. ; Ptarmigan, 200 gs. ; Hector, 200 gs. ; Jew's Eye,
255 gs. ; and Curiosity, 120 gs.
Of Colonel Thompson's Hunters, Prisoner fetched 180 gs.,
and Discount 155 gs.
All the above lots were sold.--Sir Hercules was bought by
the Hon. S. Herbert.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
DONCASTER, 1844. MONDAY.
Nominations for the Champagne Stakes for two-years

Colonel Anson's Gossamer—Mr. R. Bennett's Hope—
Mr. Bell's Sowerby—Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude,
Miss Elis, and Pug—Lord Chesterfield's Twig—Mr.
Coatesworth's br c by Camel, out of Roostan'sdam—
Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot—Mr. Crockford's c by
Caesar, dam by Tiresias—Lord Eglinton's Vaudeville and
Lycurgus—_Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the- Way—Mr. G. L.
Fox's c by Stockport, dam by Viator—Lord Glasgow's
Sister to I)eerslayer—Mr. Heseltine s The Helmsman—
Mr. E. L. Irwin's The Connaught Ranger—Mr. Jaques's
Playmate—Mr. Johnstone's c by Touchstone, out of
Alice Hawthorn's dam—Mr. Lintoft's c by Sheet Anchor,
out of Lillah—Sir C. Monk's f by Physician, out cf
Castaway—Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—Mr. G. Neville's f
by Amaline—Mr. R. Ne wman's Bloodstone—Mr. Osbal-
destone's c by Jerry, dam by Dr. Syntax—Mr. J. Os-
borne's Firemaster—Mr. Pedley's Poll of Wapping—Sir
R. Pigott's The Lass of G owry—Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Mid-
lotlzian—Mr. J. Shepherd's Alaric—Mr. Smith's Alice
Gray —Mr. Stephenson's Wynyard—Lord Westminster's
Somers and Anne Page—fir. Wilson's St. Pancras—Mr.
Winteringham's c by Touchstone, out of Rebecca—Mr.
Worthington's Lancashire Witch—Mr. Wreford's c by
Camel, out of Mouche.

Alderman HUGHES 1-luctrEs said that he never would be
convinced, until he should see it ruled by the Courts above,
that a freeman was compellable to act upon a ward inquest.
The Loan Mairotc then directed the foreman to send in an
additional presentment, including all the other non-freemen of
the district.

Alderman Glass informed the several inquest jurors who
complained of the filthy condition of the streets, that if the
inhabitants would attend the Commissioners of Sewers next
day, and prove breaches of contract before them upon the
part of that individual, penalties should most unquestionably be
inflicted.

THURSDAY.

The Two yr 3 old Stakes of 20 sovs. each ; colts, Bst 71b;

fillies, Bst 411).

T.Y. C.

Colonel AnSon's Jezail—Mr. Bell's Sowerby—Mr. R.
Bennett's Violet and Hope—Lord G. Bentinck's Pug,
Longitude, and Miss Elis—Mr. Brook's Titania—Sir
R. W. Bulkeley's Sister to Coal-black Rose—Lord Ches-
terfield's Twig—Mr. D. Cook's Yellow Boy—Mr. W.
Cookson's Puniaub—Mr. Crockford's c by Caesar, dam
by Tiresias—Lord Eg,linton's Bretwalda—Lord Glas-
gow's f by Bay Middleton, out of Impertinence—Mr.
Heseltine's The Helmsman and Fitzallan—Sir C. Ibbot-
son's Botanist—Mr. A. Johnstone's cby St. Martin, out
of Marchioness—Mr. Lintott's c by Sheet Anchor, out
of Lillan—Mr. Micklam's Freeman—Sir C. Monck s
by Physician, out of Castaway—Mr. G. Nevill's
Amaline, Mr. It. Newman's Bloodstone—Mr. Osbaldes-
tune's c by Jerry. darn by Doctor Syntax, and b c Se-
cutor—Mr. J. Osborne's Firemaster—Mr. W. R. Ram-
say's Mid Lothian—Mr. Stebbing's Mainstay—Lord
Westminster's Somers and f Ann Page—Mr. Wormald's
Sister to Pedometer.

PRIDA.Y.
The Scarborough Stakes.
Mr. Johnstone's t by Recover, out of Alice Hawthorn's
dam—Mr. Meiklani's Go :frey—Mr. Salvin's The Cure
—Mr. Smallwood's Prince Royal—Mr. Standile's Susan.

DONCASTER, 1845-ToEsnaY.
The St. Leger Stakes.
Colonel Anion's b c hedger, b c Jezail, ch f Gossa-
mer, and ch f by Jereed, out of Malibran-Mr. Bateman's
Belvidere-Mr. Bell's b e Sowerby-Sir R. W. Bulkeley's
b c. Chertsey, by Touchstone, out of Cobham's darn, and
b c Bobstay, bro to Cable-Mr. T. B. Charlton's br c by
E
Jerry out of Dublin-Lord Chesterfield's br c Neves-
monger, b c Twig, b c Contract, by Bay Dliddleton, out
Of Grey Momus's dam, brother to 0,
Pompey-Mr. Coat . .tl ' • by Camel, out of Roostan's
se ()I ! s e
dam-Mr. W. Cookson's br c Puniaub, by Muley
Moloch, out of Deuce-Mr. D. C )ok's b c Yellow Boy-
Mr. Criteldey's bee Coeur de Lion, by'Dick, out of Brunette
by. Blacklock -Mr. Crockford's c. by (,swat, d by
bourne, and Old Ragland (late and brother to
Tiresias- Mr. Dawson's br or bk c by Montgomerie, bro
Bastion), by
to Lord Salton!), and b c Crim Con :Mr. J. Day's Nut-
Mulatto-
Mr Death's eh e Merryman, by Tomboy, out of Lunaria
-Mr. Dixon's The Iron Mask' and bk c by Sheet An-
chor. out of Mrs. IF ry -Mr .Edinondstone's b f Heiress,
by Vestment, out of the Lord Mayor's dam-Lord Eg-
linton's Lycurgus, Britannia, Plaudit, and Bretwalda- ;
Lord Exeter's c Golden Fleece, by Velocipede, out of
Green Mantle, e Woodpigeon, by Velocipede, out of
Amino, c Adrianople, by 'Veloci ede out of Galata, and
c Yellow Hammer, by Velocipede, out of the Buck's dam
-Mr. Ferguso;)':, ell c Clear the-way-Mr. G.T. Fisher's
,
p
b e Lightning by Bay Middleton, out of Guile-Mr. L.
Fox's ch c by Stockport, dam by Victor, out of Lady
Fractious-Lord Glasgow's b c by Bay Middleton, out
of Miss Whip-b f sister to Deerslayer-Mr. 4'rat-
wick's b c by Slane, out of the Margravine-Mr.
Gully's br c Weatherbit, bro to Wee Pet-. Mr. J.
Harker's gr c Robin Burns, by the Bard-Mr. Hesel-
tine's be c The Helmsman and b c Fitz-Allea-Mr. C.
Hook's m c Bastion, bro to Barrier-Mr. Horasey's br c
Stittenham, by Stockport, out of Curiosity-Sir C. Ibbot-
son's b c Botanist-Mr. E. I. Irwin's ch c The Connaught
Ranger, and bk c The Hermit-Mr. Jaq4es's Moulton
-M7. A. Johnstone's ch c by St.. Martin, out of
Marchioness, and ch c by Touchstone, out of Alice
Hawthorn's dam-Mr. King's bk ..spy Newton, out of
Miss Skim, and bk c by Aereeebbk*t of Ceradori-
Mr. Lintott's b c by Sheet Anchor;
.. Oit-of)Lillah-Mr.
G. Mangles's b c The Comical Bos',' by Tomboy, out of 1
a nx
it ar .
sa
G.
and bk f.
Nevill's
ch f Amaline -Mr. R. Newman's Bloodstone-Mr.
F. Marshall's ch c The Iron Master--
Mr. Meiltlam's b c Freeman-Mr. J. Merry's b c Collier
-Lord Miltown's Flahowlagh, and Due an Durras-Sir
S. Monek's b o: br I by Physician, out of Castaway-
Mr. J. Moore's eh c Anti-Repealer, by Gladiator, dam by
' Lanoar-Mr. G. H. Moore's ch f Solace, by Freney, out
ob fy Ssoboete-t
AnchorNl
r .I\l (),s toyut
te Blacksa i j
,1
i
iir3or li ir del-l)
Osbahlatton's bk c by Jerry, dam by Dr. Syntax, and
b c•-,sCentor-Mr. J. Osborne s b c Firemaster-Mr.
Painter's b c Swinnerton, by Jerced, out of Bird of Pas-
..,--M St. Paul's bk c by Sheet Anchor, out of
.4..eg,.. ,r. ,
1,,50 s dam-Mr. Payno s c by Jerry, out of Espe-
:PWW4Colopel Peel's Seaman, and c by Slane, out of
C'obeicbi.-.,Sir_ll. Pipes ch I The Lass of Gowrie-Mr.
F. -I4- PriceraY b c Gothic-Mr. W. R. Ramsay's b g
Mid -LOthiani...and b c The Dumb Boy, by Tom.
boy, out of Lapwing-Mr. 11. Robinson's br f Minerva,
by Muley Moloch,- out of Melbourne's dam--
Mr. Salvin's bk or gr Foremast-Mr. M. Spink's ch
c The Brewer-Mr. H. Stebbing's b or bk f Mainstay-
Mr. J. S. Storey, jun.'s, ch c by Buis, out of Corregie
Bagh-Lord Stradbroke's c Ides, by Liverpool, out of
Marpessa-Mr. Thornhill's brother to Persev-Mr.
Walter's Columbus--Mr. T. Walters's Arthur-Mr.
Watt's Pickpocket and The Baron-Lord Westminster's
Grotesque and br c by Touchstone,out of Morea-Mr.
Wilson sb c St. Pancras-Mr. T. Winteringham's br c
by Touchstone, out of Rebecca-Mr. H. T. Worley's
John Davis-Mr. Worthington's eh I Lancashire Witch
-Mr. Wreford, jun.'s h c by Camel, out of Monireia and
br c by Camel, out of Mouche-b c by Economist, out of
Wadastra-Major Yarburgh's b e Little John, by
Phoenix or Gladiator, out of Belinda, b f Miss Sarah, by
Gladiator, out of Easter, eh c Red Robin, by Gladiator,
out of Brandy Snap.
euthAv. _

PETITION AGAINST FOUR OF THE CANDIDATES
FOR FARRINGDON WITHOUT WARD.

Mr. WELLS, one .of the Candidates at the late election in
the Ward of Farringdon Without, presented a petition against
the return of Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr. Obbard, Mr. Gresham,
and Mr. Hodgson.

Colonel AnsonT'she chPG;rk o-ss-aiiiiiiieli•S—tallllls.
.11. Bennett's ch
Hope—Lord G. Bentinck'A Pug, and ch Miss Elis—Mr.
Bowe's As You Like It, and Heather Bell—Sir R. W.
Bulkeley's b by Touchstone, out of Brocade, and bk sis.
to Coal Black Rose—Lord Chesterfield's b Marylebone,
sis to Napier—Mr. b Mrs. Waylett, by Jereed,
out of Nat'z dam--Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, and
Vande ;inc.—Mr. L. Fox's b by Martian_ Miss Flareaway
Lord Glaigow's b by tihrrt Anchor, out of Canada, and
br by Bay Middleton, Out of Impertinence —Mr. Jacque's
Vaudeville—Sir C. Monck's b or br by Physician, out of
Castaway—Mr. Mostyn's bk by Shoot Anchor, out of

The petition stated that the four gentlemen above named
were not inhabitant householders, abiding, dwelling, or residing
within the ward, as was required by the laws and customs of the
City of London, and that, therefore, their election, at all events
as regarded them, was null awl void, and it prayed that his Lord-
ship would issue his precept for a new election, or amend the
return by substituting for Mr. Taylor, 111 r. (-Mud, Mr. Gre-
sham, and Mr. Hodgson, the names of himself (the petitioner),
Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Sidney, and Mr. Walker.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1844.

L'Hirondelle—Mr. G. Nevill's ch Amaline—f r.Osbaldes-
ton's by The Saddler, out of Miss Etty—Mr. Pedley's b
Poll of Wapping—Mr. Rush's bby Economist, out of
Bangtail—Lord Westminster's by Touchstone, out of
Laura, by Touchstone, out of Languish, and by Camel,
out of Sarcasm,—Mr. Wormald's br sister to redometer,
by The Bard—Mr. Worthington's ch Lancashire Witch
—Major Yar'ourgh's b Miss Sarah—Lord Zetland's b
sis to Co-hr.;iress.
JJONCASTER, 1846.— WEDNESDAY.
The Foal., Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs vld
colts„ Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; the winner of the St.
Ler.‘er 51b extra. One mile and a half.
Sr' R. W. Bulkeley's b c by Picaroon, out of Resolu-
tir,n's dam—Mr. W. R. Ramsay's ch c Malcolm, by The
Tioctor, out of Myrrha—Lord Chesterfield's b c Tom
Tulloch, by Hetman Platoff, out of Cyprian—Mr.Meik-
larn's b c The Don, by Hetman Platoff, out of Kedge's
dam—Mr. Bowes's b c Hoorah, by Hetman Platotf—
Colonel Anson's b f Ardennes, by Touchstone, out of
Hornsea's dam—Mr. Jaques's Spur, by The Saddler, out
of lied Tape, by Rowton.

CHESTER, 1845.
The Chester St. Leger Stakes of 25 soy. each, with 200
added, for three-year olds, Derby weights. Grosvenor
Course.

Sir R. Pigot's The Lass of Gowrie--Lerd Eglinton's
Vaudeville and Bretwalda—Sir W. W. Wynne's f by
Muley Moloch, out of Dryad—Mr. Price's Gothic—Mr.
R. Bennett's Hope and Violet—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's
Bobstay, and f by Touchstone out of Brocade—Lord
Westminster's Grotesque—Mr. A. Hill's The Libel—
Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney. c by Voltaire out of sister
to Simla. and f by Sheet Anchor out of L'Hirondelle—
Mr. It. J. Mostyn's Miracle—Mr. C. M. St. Paul's c by
Sheet Anchor, out of Calypso's dam—Mr. Davies's Prin-
cess Royal—Mr. Skelmerdine's c by Muley Moloch, out
of Tillar—Mr. Cookson's Formula—Mr. Meiklam's
Freeman—Mr. Cook's Yellow Boy—Mr. Dawson's Crim.
Con.—Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch—Mr. Bris-
tow's Carissima—Mr. Bradshaw's Manasseh—Mr. R.
Newman's Bloodstone—Mr. Critchley's Cceur de Lion
Mr. Denham's f by Jereed, out of Compensation's darn—
Lord Miltown's Flahowlah—Mr. Payne's c by Jerry,
out of Esperance—Mr. T. Walter's Arthur—Lord G.
Bentinck's Pug and Miss Elis—Mr. Osbaldeston's c by
Jerry, dam by Dr. Syntax—Mr. J. Scott's Twig—Mr.
Heseltine's Helmsman.

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEFTING, 1844.
TUESDAY.

The Oatlands of 50 sovs. each, h ft, and only 10 ft if
declared by the 22d inst.
Phlegon, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Revocation, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—
Wee Pet, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—I-am-not-Aware, aged, 7st 71b
Give-him-a-Name, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—f by Gladiator, out of
Elegance, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Maria Dias, 6 yrs_t_6st 81b.
FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1844.— WEDNESDAY.
The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each. D.I.
Lord Exeter's Antenor, Plush, and Sylvius ; Mr.
Bristow's Freystrop, Mr. Crockford's Rattan, Mr.
Dixon's Oliver Cromwell, Duke of Richmond's Pastoral.

ASCOT HEATH, 1844.— TUESDAY.
Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, for four-year-olds.
Swinley Course.
Semiseria, Extempore, Poison.
NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING-1844.
WEDNESDAY.

Sweepstakes of 200 sous each, for 3 yr olds, 9st 31b, and 2 yrs,
7st 31b ; fillies allowed 3lbs. T. Y. C. Once to the post.
Panther, 3 yrs—Brush, 3 yrs—Crosby, 3 yrs—Jet, 2 yrs—
Homceopathist, 2 yrs—Scarmentado, 2 yrs—Zadig, 2 yrs—
The Devil to pay. 3 yrs—All-round-my-Hat, 3 yrs.
HOUGHTON MEETING, 1844— MONDAY.

The Criterion Stakes of 30 sous each, &c.
Mr. Wreford's br c by Camel, out of Monck, and c by Camel,
out of Monimia—Lord Exeter's Tunick, Timbria, Jet, and
Pilgrimage—Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton, out of
Miss Whip—Mr. R. Newman 's Bloodstone—Mr. Bris-
tow's Carrissima—Mr. Thornhili's Attorney and A. Os
Lord Lowther' s c by Jerry out of Turquoise, and Loadstone
by Camel—General Yates's Seaman, and cby Slane out of
Cobweb—Mr. Watt's b c by Gladiator out of Myrrha—Duke
of Bedford's Prologue—Lord Albemarle's Zadig, and Scarmen •
tado—Mr. Booth's New Year's Day—Mr. Bateman's Belvi-
dere—Mr. Death's Merryman—Mr. Isaac Day's f by Liver-
pool out of Busk—Mr. Waller's Columbus—Mr. E. J. Irwin's
The Connaught Ranger—Mr. Gratwicke's c by Slane out of the
Margravine—Mr. Hook's Bastion—Mr. Payne's c by Jerry out
of Esperance—Mr. Lintott's b c by Sheet Anchor out of Lillah—
Mr. Jacques's Moulton—Mr. G. Neville's Amalina—Mr. . John
Day's Old England (late Baston)—Alr.'Ford's Fuabos—Duke of
Richmond's f by Glaucus, out of Estelle—Lord G. lilentinck's
Pug, sister to Gaper, Miss Elis, and Longitude—Lord Sand-
wich's f by Jerry, out of Legend—Mr. W. Edwards' Pru-
denee—Mr. Barnes' cby Slane, out of Warbler—Mr. King's
•C" by, Newton, out of Miss Skim, &c., by Agreeable, out of
CartiOtt•

RAVEN MEETING, 1845.— FRIDAY.
Thel Pint Stakes of 100 sows. each, h. ft. T. M. M.
Lord Exeter's Plush and Economy—Duke of Bedford's Pan-
ther—Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—Mr. Crocktord's Rat-
tan—Lord Maidstone, Mr. Ford, Lord G. Bentinck, nomina-
tions sealed up.

TUESDAY.
The Coffee-room Stakes of 50 sous. each, for 3 yr olds.
Lord Exeter's Lyons—Duke of Bedford's Prologue—Duke
of Richmond's Refraction.

FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1845. —TuxsnAy.
The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 soya. each, 'h ft.
Lord Exeter's Golden Fleece, Adrianople. and Wood Pigeon
—Lord Lowther's c by Jerry, out of Turquoise—Colonel
Anson's Kedger—Colonel Peel's Seaman and c by Slane, out
of Cobweb—Mr. Watts's c by Gladiator, out of Myrrha_
Duke of Bedford's Leopard—Lord Stradbroke's Idas—Lord
Albemarle's Zadig and Scarmentado—Mr. Paynes's c by
Jerry, out of Esperance—Mr. Crockford'a c by Cesar, dam by
Tiresias—Mr. John Day's Nutbourne—Mr. Wreford's c by
Camel, out of Mouch4—Lord G. Bentinck'a Pug, and Pulc
—Mr. Newton's sister to Ma Mie.
ASCOT HEATH, 1844.—TIITIRSIDAY.

The New Stakes of 10 sons. each, with 100 added, for 2 yr olds.
T. Y. C.

Mr. J. Chapman's Alice Lowe—Mr. H. T. Worley's Sophy
Dawes—Mr. Griffiths' Wild Rose—Mr. R. Newman's Blood-
stone—Mr. Bristow's Carissima—Lord Lowther's c by Jerry,
out of Turquoise, and Loadstone, by Camel—Mr. G. H.
Moore's Solace—Colonel Anson's f by Jereed, out of Malibran
—Mr. G. Ongley's Mystery—Lord Exeter's Timbria—Lord
Albemarle's Scarmentado and Alecto—Mr. Booth's .New
Year's Day—Mr. J. S. Story's ch c by Elis, out
of Corrigie Bagh—Mr. T. Steeven's f by Wintonian,
out of Lucy Banks' dam—Mr. Heseltine's Fitaallen
(late Fielding)—Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney and Pan-
tasa—Captain Vyse's Trapola—Mr. J. B. Minow's Birds-
wing—Mr. Bradshaw's Manasseh—Mr. Gratwicke's c by
Slane, out 'of the Margravine—Mr. S. Scott's f by Sir Her-
cules, d by Comus, out of Laurel Leaf—Mr. Payne's Ri-
golette, &c., by Jerry, out of Espoir's dam.—Mr. C. Lilev's
Stamp—Mr. J. May's bl c Corinthian Tom—Mr. T.
Walters' My Mary—Lord Rosslyn's f by Marcian, d by
Blacklock—Mr. John Day's Old England—Mr. Dixon's c by
Sheet-anchor, out of Mrs. Fry—Lord George Bentinck's
Pule&

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each for three yrs. old, and that
never won, &c.
Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero—Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory
Diddle—Mr. Coombe's Keeley, brother to Rosalind.

CLEANING THE PAVEMENTS, and
EMPLOYING THE PO'C,R.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR►—Why has not the desirable plan for the above object,
made public by the Lord Mayor a week ago, been taken up by
any one? Our streets are in a miserable state as regards con-
venience and the credit of our metropolis, and thousands of our
distressed poor would be thankful for employment, which, as
there stated, could be obtained during the winter by a sub-
scription of a few shillings per house. Surely this is a double
state of things which ought not to go on a week longer ! Every
body I have met approves of the hints there offered to the judg-
ment of readers. Surely some public-spirited and benevolent
persons should set them a going.—Your's respeetfullb
Jan. 6, 1844.

NEW MUSIC.
NEW SONGS BY BEULER.
Here are two songs, written and set to music
by Mr. Beuler, the author of the very popular
one of " The man that could'nt get warm," which
made such a stir at the Brill dinner in reference
•to Sir Robert Peel. The first, entitled " .John's
party, unknown to his wife," a domestic drama,
contains much truth. The next, " The English
• Jacks," is a song on the various applications of
the word "Jack," similar to the old story of the
word " Box," but they are more numerous, and
the author has evinced considerable tact in their
introduction and in telling the story. The follow-
ing, -we give as a specimen :
Some rogues you to Port Jackson send,
And some you give Jack Ketch's end ;
On Jacks you saw your vood, I think,
And Jacks-of-all-trades " Jacky " drink.
You play at bowls and get the knack
Of bowling nearest to the Jack :
If boot e'er pinch you like a rack,
To take it off you get a Jack.
Then there are animals you call,
Jackdaw, Jackass, and the Jackal—
Jack-all, I say, I tell no crac,
In Angland ev'ry thing is Jack !
Oni, Oui, Oui, Oui, &c.
Mr. Beuler has composed a sprightly melody to
his words, and has shown himself' no mean artist
as a caricaturist, in the illustrations on the title-
page.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The Liverpool Times has an article on
the subject of the poachers who, the other day,
were convicted of killing Lord Derby's game-
keeper, and argues forcibly and praiseworthily
to save the lives of all except the actual killer.
Now, seeing that there are at this time persons
under sentence of death in several gaols in this
kingdom, and many persons are anxious on the
subject of their fate, I may venture to say that,
in future, no pyrsons will suffer death for any
offence. That Most horrible custom has ceased.
Such is the case, as all must admit who remem-
ber the escape from death of Stolzer, who was
ordered for execution at the Old Bailey in No-
vember last, fin. as cold-blooded a murder as
ever was perpetrated, but who, I am glad to
know, was reprieved from death and transported
for life, instead of being publicly strangled in
the open street. This, of course, puts an end to
the punishment of death, as it is morally impos-
sible that any one should, after the escape of
this German, suffer this barbarous punishment.
Your obedient servant,
Jan. 5, 1844. B. T.

ON LEADING QUESTIONS IN
POLITICS.

If we examine the different periods of our history,
we shall find that every one has been distinguished
by some measure of engrossing interest which has
stood, for the time, in the foreground of general
politics, and cast all other questions into the shade.
For example, during the first fifteen years of the
present century, the all-absorbing question was
the conduct of the war with Revolutionary France ;
and, until it should be brought to a satisfactory
termination, it was clear that no other question
would attract the serious attention of the public ;
and hence many political questions, of great im-
portance in themselves, such as the claims of the
Catholics and the state of the Parliamentary repre-
sentation—could not obtain that degree of considera-
tion to which they were justly entitled, under other
circumstances. When, in 1815, the war was brought
to a close, the Catholic question then rose to the
first place in British politics ; and, for the next
fourteen years, all other public questions—such as
Parliamentary reform and free trade—were viewed
as of minor importance, until this great question
should be finally settled. After the settlement of
the Catholic question, in 1829, the reform of our
Parliamentary representation became the leading
question of the day ; and, in 1832, it was brought
to a settlement, which, although not founded upon
any broad principles, would appear to have been
viewed, by the leaders of the movement, at the time,
as a final adjustment of the question. Free trade
then became the pri►ne question of the age ; and
although, for some time it made but slow progress,
it has advanced of late with such rapidity, that
every person of discernment must be satisfied that
the term of its adjustment cannot be far distant, and
all must be sensible that there cannot now be any
respite to the political agitation which it has en-
gendered, except by a complete triumph of its prin-
ciples ; and further, it must be abundantly manifest
that no other matter of national interest can be pur-
sued, with any rational prospect of success, while the
question of free trade holds its present position in
the politics of the day. This, indeed, is so much the
case, that we have heard even Tories admit that, al-
though still convinced of the expediency of corn-laws,
they were so sensible that public opinion had set in
against them so decidedly, that no hopes of resisting
their abolition could now be reasonably entertained ;
and, as the agitation created by the contending
parties was most prejudicial to the interests of
the country, they would be happy to see the prin-
ciples of free trade conceded at once by the pre-
sent Cabinet. For our own part, we are so im-
pressed with the conviction that all other plans of
national improvement are at present brought to a
stand-still by the attention of the public being so
much turned to the question of free trade, that we
deem it our duty to urge it upon all those who feel
an interest in such schemes, not to delay coining
forward and helping to effect a speedy settlement of
the question which, at present, obstructs the progress
of all others. We would beg to assure the friends
of Complete Suffrage, that we are as much convinced
as they can possibly be of the necessity for a new
reform in our Parliamentary representation, and are
heartily willing to join them in their efforts to
accomplish this object ; and to those who have set
their hearts on establishing some general scheme of
national education, we have to say that'we sincerely
respect their devotedness to so noble a cause, and are
eager to co-operate with them therein when the proper
time for it shall arrive ; and the advocates of Church
reform may be well assured that we are as great
sticklers for freedom in religion as in trade. But we
do beg to submit it to the consideration of all who
contend for these great measures, that, from the posi-
tion which the free trade question has acquired, there
is not the slightest chance of any one of these ques-
tions being taken up effectually until the other has
been finally adjusted.

To disetwiss the merits of this question, we hold to
be now utterly superfluous ; for we lean scarcely
bring ourselves to think 'a person in earnest who
would maintain that the corn-laws are for the benefit
of the country at large, and fancy that few Con-
servatives even will venture to controvert the opinion
of Sir James Graham, that " the principles of free
trade are those of common sense." Indeed, if ever
there was a great question upon which all persons
of reflection and intelligence were agreed, it is this—
that the present system of corn-laws is a very bad
one, and cannot, by any means, be kept up much
longer. Now, this being the case, and it being ap•
parent to all that the doom of the present Corn-laws
is written, why, we repeat, does not every friend to
national improvement, whether Whig or Tory, come
forward now to accelerate a change which he knows
to be inevitable ? We are in hopes that the next
meeting of Parliament will bring about the settle-
ment of this important measure, provided the
advocates for it now act with sufficient zeal and
determination; and, as it must be admitted that
Aberdeen has not yet distinguished itself so promi-
nently upon this national question as it did upon
that of Reform, we trust it will now come forward,
and show, by its demonstration on the 15th inst.,
that the principles of free trade are as well understood
and appreciated here as in Manchester, Birming-
ham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, or any other of the great
towns. It strikes us that the only difference which
can possibly now exist among Liberals, on this
question is whether we ought to have total abolition
(which, for many reasons, we decidedly support),
or a moderate fixed duty, for the sake of revenue ;
and this difference is certainly not of sufficient im-
portance for the two parties to keep aloof from one
another. One consideration we would beg leave to
' press upon the attention of both these parties—
namely, to beware that they do not fall into the mis-
take which was committed at the settlement of the
Reform question, when, by agreeing to a partial
measure, the advocates of it effected but a temporary
adjustment of it, and have left to us the necessity of
again undergoing the turmoil and exertion necessary
to accomplish a final settlement. We do hope (and
we feel confident that every intelligent person who
desires earnestly to promote the moral improvement
and material interests of the country, will join us in
the wish) that the next change which takes place in
our system of corn-laws will be a final settlement of
the great question of free trade.—Aberdeen Herald.

Sir Robert Peel gives a grand Parliamentary
dinner on the eve previous to the assembling of the House of
Commons. The entertainment will be to a party of about
forty. The Right Hon. Baronet does not return to Drayton
11Ianor, as his presence will be required in town from the press
of public business.
11013110 USE AND Co.'s BANKRUPTCY.-111 the Bris-
tol District Court of Bankruptcy, on Thursday last, dividends
were declared on the separate estates of Hobhouse, Phillott,
and Lowder. Mr. llobhouse and Mr. Phillott's private estates
paid 20s. in the pound. On that of Mr. Lowder a dividend of
3s. in the pound, in addition to Os. in the pound already paid,
was declared. At the meeting on the joint estate, which is
fixed for to-morrow (Tuesday), it is probable that a dividend
of Is. lOd. or 2s. in the pound will be declared ; and it is
expected that a further and final dividend still be paid, making,
in the gross, Os. 6d. in the pound.
A Jot.t.y- NOSE."—The following., copied from
a provincial paper, has been going the round of the Paris
journals :—" At the Hure, in the department of the Upper
Saone, may be seen a man who was formerly an under cook,
who has had his nose cut off by Camot, a surgeon of
Hure, and replaced by the ramp of a living fowl. This en-
grafting has perfectly succeeded, and M. Camot has only the
trouble of, from time to time, plucking the feathers from the
restored ROW."