The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ".EVENING; APRIL 15, `1 44.

MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.)
John Jones, an emaciated looking man with a child in his
arms, was charged with creating a disturbance.
Police-constable 19 E, said that yesterday afternoon about
three o'clock, he saw the prisoner in Wells-street, with the
child on his shoulder. He was dancing at a great rate.
Mr: RAwmisoN—What, dancing? Was it for the pur-
pose of getting money, or was he thank ? Police 'constable—
He was not drunk, Sir, for when the people said " Oh, here
comes the police," he said, " Then I'll give him a run ;" and
he did run well too. I saw him afterwards in-Poland-street,
doing the same thing, and took him into custody.
Mr. RAWLINSON, on the prisoner promising not to be found.
" tripping on the light fantastic toe " a second time, dis-
charged him.
Susannah Thompson, -4 young girl, was charged with
having set fire to . a bed 'and bed-clothes, supposed with a
felonious intent, to destroy the house, 89, Oxford-street. •
Mrs. Cubisson said she was a widow, and lived there.
The prisoner was a servant to one of her lodgers, and was,
on the Sunday evening, at seven o'clock, left in the house
with a serving boy-and a Miss Downes, a young lady from
Herne Bay, who was on a visit. Witness's own servant had
gone to church. The- house had been set on fire twice before
in a similar manner. • •

Miss Downes said that soon after seven she, while reading
in the parlour, dis Covered" smoke descending the stairs, and
called up the prisoner at-once, who threw the door open, and
shouted " Fire !" The boy ran for the engines, and a fire-
man came.

George Giles, the boy, said that the prisoner had borrowed
a match from him for the purpose of lighting her mistress's
fire. He also stated that the other girl had taken up a lighted
candle to the bed-room for the purpose of dressing herself.
Stephen Martin,S)s Fire Brigade, said that on his entering
the bedroom, he discovered the whole bed with its clothing on
fire. He got it extinguished. The prisoner was very active
in bringing up water; from the kitchen, and he did not at the
time see anything to criminate her.
The prisoner accounted very satisfactorily for the use of
the Lucifer match, and denied that she in any way bad been
guilty, as alleged against her.
Mr. RAWLINSON thought there was nothing in the case
to warrant her committal, and would therefore discharge
her. Should further evidence be forthcoming she might be
again taken into custody.
John Saunders, a gentleman's servant, living at 38, Baker-
street, was charged with an assault upon two boys, with in-
tent to commit a felony.

The prisoner's intentions were sufficiently obvious, but as
the assault was not distinctly proved, the worthy magistrate
contented himself with ordering the prisoner to enter into
recognisances to keep the peace in time coming.

LITERATURE.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW,
No. XXXII!. Taylor, London, 1844.
M. Louis Blanc's " History of Ten Years," which
has created a considerable stir in Paris, and which we
noticed some weeks since in The Sun, forms the sub-
ject of a criticism in the number before us, penned in
a very unceremonious spirit, and treating the author
as if he were no better than a political quack. The
truth is, the reviewer is a warm admirer of the juste
milieu system of Louis Philippe, and, as M. Blanc is
a staunch opponent of that system, which he boldly
tells his readers has compromised the honour and the
interests of France, and reduced her from a first-rate
to a second-rate European power, of course there can
be no very ardent sympathy between the historian
and his critic. M. Blanc's work, notwithstanding
the severe censures of his reviewer, is really a
very able production; and if it press somewhat
hardly on 'the King of the French, the author alleges
good grounds for his severity, and shows that Louis Phi-
lippe has, one by one,abandoned almost every principle
which he professed when called to the throne of the
barricades. Though a skilful, energetic sovereign,
and possessed of a sort of plain, practical John Bull-
like common sense, yet Louis Philippe is sadly de-
ficient in all the nobler and more generous elements
of greatness. He has not an atom of magnanimity,
or loftiness of intellect about him, and in his domestic
policy is far, too much swayed by considerations of
self; That he has kept France at peace with Europe
for so
many years is not a little to his credit ;
but it must not be forgotten how he equivo-
cated on the subject of the non-intervention
_system of . , policy, which he maintained and
violated just as suited his purposes for the time being,
nor 'with what cool indifference he abandoned un-
happy Poland to her fate, though he knew well
that it was to the timely insurrection in that country
that he was indebted for the safety of his monarchy,
which would otherwise have been placed in imminent
hazard by the avowed hostility of the Emperor of
Russia. Alluding to the stability of the French
Crown, the reviewer justly observes :—" The feel-
ings of unwavering allegiance and of ardent loyalty
are both extinct in France; the throne is supported
by the bare but general conviction of its necessity.
Louis Philippe has reigned with undoubted power
and signal success, but that success has failed to re-
store the prestige of monarchy to his house, or to con-
centrate upon himself or his descendants the affections
of the people." The " Bank Charter" is a sensible
matter-of-fact article, in which the Currency Ques-
tion is discussed in a just and temperate spirit. In
the notice of the late " Sir Charles Bell's Essays,"
justice is done to one of the soundest and most con-
vincing reasoners of his day. " Books for Children"
contains some serviceable suggestions respecting the -
manner in which works intended solely for the in-
struction and amusement of the young, should 'be
written. It may seem an easy task for an adult
author to adapt himself to the capacity of children ;
but, in truth, there is nothing more difficult—nothing
that requires so much nice taste and judgment. In
the article on " Atmospheric Railways," the reviewer
expresses himself decidedly in favour of this grand•
experiment, remarking that no machine, depending
on a moving principle, scarcely less costly than coals,
can pretend to vie with the beautiful simplicity of
the atmospheric pressure. From the notice of "Wil-
liam Taylor, of Norwich," we quote the following
sketch of thelate Walter Whiter :
" In Mr. Robberds' list of Taylor's associates we miss
the name of Walter Whiter, the friend of Porson,
the recluse etymologist of Hardingham, in Norfolk.
Whiter's 'early life was passed in the most polished and
intellectual circles of England and France; his last twenty
years were those of an eremite. Although far from a
water-drinker, he was an inveterate dipper, and his
midwinter ablutions in a stream that bathed his garden
would, fifteen centuries earlier, have procured him a
niche in the • Vitae Sanctorum.' His hermitage was not
unvisited ' • it was a frequent resort of the accomplished
John Hooltham Frere, and more than once attracted the
steps of Canning. Punctually each morning, as the
clock struck nine, Whiter's study-table groaned beneath
the burden of dictionaries and glossaries, and the sheets
of his Etymologicon Universale.' His three quarto
volumes—which now, alas l the book-stalls offer at the
price of waste paper—would, he used to aver, twenty
years after his death, be the text-book of European phi-
lologists. But of the predicted period nearly two-thirds •
have passed, without producing a single convert to the
-new plan of wholly rejecting vowels as elements of •
words, and of deriving man and all his labials and aspi-
rates from the earth.' Etymology, and a fancy that
death was frequently the crisis and not the term of dis-
ease—a theory which he argued in an octavo volume,
with most perverse ingenuity—were Whiter's crotchets.
But his specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare' is a
iber aureus, notwithstanding its hallucinations about the
genuineness of Rowley and the honesty of Chatterton.
Equal to Steevens in acuteness, in black-letter learning
to Malone, and immeasurably superior to them both in
his perception of the meaning and his sensibility to the
metre of Shakspeare, Whiter well merited the appellation
of Dorceus, or the sharp-sighted, given him •by the
author of the Pursuits of Literature.' As much un•
published matter as would double the thin octavo of the
Specimen' exists, we believe, among his manuscripts,
and the representatives of Walter Whiter should re-
publish the volume, with this additional commentary, as
the only adequate record of its author's talents. , In the
solitude of Hardingham, Whiter's mornings were divided
between cold-bathing, study, and lonely walks. A dress-
ing-gown, so often repaired as to admit an argument
whether it were the original dressing-gown or, not, a
waistcoat of untanned calf-skin, capacious slippers or
clouted shoon, were his morning attire. But in the
evening, whether it were to be solitary or social, he
dressed with anxious precision, as if the salons of Faris
or the clubs of London were still within his reach. In
London Whiter was a walking chronicle of every re-
markable site or scene eastward from Charing-cross, or
within the liberties of Westminster and Southwark.
Knight's Loudon' might have been written down
from his lips. Abroad, among other strange companions, ,
he had been intimate with Collot d'Herbois—but before
Collot had developed his talent for the highest tragedy,
—and Whiter always described him ' as the mildest' of
men.' As a story-teller Whiter had few equals,—no
superior : his anecdotes were inexhaustible, his dramatic
powers were great,
varied." and his knowledge of life unusually

rilE FUNDS-(Cl
Bank Stock
- BRITISH
. . . ...... 200
3 per Cent.
........ 59
3 per Cent. Cons. ......... 100
334 per Cent. Rei .. ...... 103
New 334 per Cent,...... 104
New 5 iper Cent........ ...
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860............ 12%
Oct. .
Atn. 1860 ....
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,OSING PRICES).
FUNDS.
Indian Stock 293%pm.
Ditto Bonds
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities 9991
Ex. Bills, 1,000/. I%d 76 pm..
Ditto 5001 0000000 ......•• 76 pm.
Ditto Small 76 pm.
Bank Stock for Acct 291
Consols for Acct. 100)4
India Stock for Acct —
Belian, I FUND&
Austrian. 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
gßrazilian Bonds .. ...
******* " FrUSSiall, 5 per Cent
Buenos Ayres, 6 pe.r"*Cei:t...., Russian, 5 per Cent......
5 Per Cent.. Ditto, New Ditto
Chllian, 6 per Cent .. . 103% Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per Cent ....
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15% Spanish, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1824,,.,,,,, - —.• Ditto, 1 per Cent 3267%M
............. Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent ll3 'Ditto, Deferred 153
Danish, 3 per Cent ...
Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent...., Exchange
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 36%'French, 3 per Cent. f4f. —e.
Ditto, 6 per Cent., l&W. .....
'Dutch, 2% per Cent 61%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent...
I Ditto, 5 per Cent ... lOO%
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 62
Birmingham and Gloucester
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid)...... •• 74
(100 paid) 94%
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registered (8/ 6s gd paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 66g
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares (50 paid)
London and Birmingham (Stock)
Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid)
London and Greenwich (lit. 15s. ild paid) _
Ditto, Preference or Privilege (131. 17s. 2d. pd) 18%
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Mrtnchester and Birmingham B%
Midland Counties (100 paid) 59
Newcastle and Darlington Junction (13 paid) , 41
Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 7%
Paris and ()abatis (20 paid)

THE WEATHER.—On Friday evening the fine, dry,
genial weather, which had prevailed.for upwards of a fort-
night, underwent a change. During the day the atmosphete
was chilly, with a fresh breeze from about S.S.E. Shortly
after six o'clock in the evening the sky became overcast, and
rain commenced falling, but not heavily, until about eight
o'clock, when it fell in torrents for about four hours, and
then it ceased. On Saturday the weather was variable, there
having been alternately rain, showers, and sunshine, with a
moderate breeze from W.S.W. At noon the thermometer at
the London Docks, which on the previous day stood at 49
degrees in the shade, had advanced to 52. Late in the even-
ing there was another heavy fall of rain. Yesterday morn-
ing the atmosphere was gloomy, indicating rain, and there
were several light showers during the day. There was oeca-
sional warm sunshine. The weather was milder, the ther-
mometer, lit noon, at the London Docks, having advanced to
56 degrees in the shade. There was a light breeze from
about W.N.W. The rains which have fallen since Friday
have greatly benefited vegetation of every kind. Last even-
Lieutenant Lord Aberdour, 11th Hussars, sold out
lithe service on Friday, the sth instant. There is a vacancy
on the staff of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
by this retirement.
ierain i skys
expected.
was gloomy, and, as the barometer is getting low,
nnigor the
FIRING PLANTATIONS.—During the past week the
extensive fir plantations belonging to the Crown in the vici-
nities of Bagshot-park and the Military College, at Sand-
hurst, have been twice fired by incendiaries, to the great
alarm and terror of the. respective neighbourhoods. Upwards
several hundreds of the young trees, which
a
consumed. A reward of 20 guineas has
ofd
are
emoa 14
only
damage
acres
e partially atroe completely destroyed, besides considerable
been offered by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for
the discovery and apprehension of the guilty parties.
THORWALDSEPL—According to an account from
Copenhagen, contained in the Ilague Journal, Thorwaldsen
was the son of an Icelandic sailor, who was also a carver of
those rude wooden figures which are placed at the heads of
vessels. He was born at sea, while his mother was passing
from Raisciavik in Iceland, to Copenhagen, in 1769. At an
early period he lost both his parents. Being admitted' pu-
pil in the class of design of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts
at Copenhagen, he carried off; in 1794, the great prize with
which a pension is given of 2,400 francs for four years, in
order to enable the successful candidate to complete his studies
in Rome.
A - Bill,
CHARITABLE PAWN SOCIETIES,--ti.to pro-
vide for the establishment and regulation of Charitable Pawn
Societies," has been drawn up and introduced into Legislature
by. Mr. Cowper and Mr. Hutt, the Members for Hertford
and Gateshead. It contains twenty clauses, and enacts that
societies may be formed for raising among the members
thereof a stock or fund for the purpose of advancing money
on property taken in pledge or pawn, the rate of interest not
to'exceed five per cent. per annum. The operation of the Bill
Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.
is extended to Great Britain, Berwick, and the isrands of

THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL

(From the Morning Herald-)
Late on Saturday evening Sir Frederick Pollock received
an official intimation of his appointment to the office of Lord
' Chief Baron of the Exchequer - Sir William Follett of his
appointment to be Attorney-General; and Mr. Thesiger of
his appointment to be Solicitor. General.
The first two of the above announcements have long been
anticipated as almost matters of course, but the last has oc-
casioned very anxious consideration to the Government.
While fully recognising the eminent qualifications of Mr.
Fitzroy Kelly for the important office of Solicitor-General,
it was found impossible to overlook the seniority, both at the
bar, and as one of her Majesty's counsel, of Mr. Thesiger,
who had, moreover, been already twice passed over in the
elevation of Sir William Follett to the post which he
has just quitted, and of Mr. Justice Cresswell to a seat
on the bench of the Common Pleas. Mr. Thesiger
was called to the bar in the year 1818, and Mr. Kelly
not till the year 1824, and Mr. Thesiger obtained a silk gown
so long before Mr. Kelly that no fewer than 17 gentlemen
obtained that distinction between Mr. Thesiger and Mr.
Kelly. Under these circumstances the Government were na-
turally anxious to avoid so signal a slight upon Mr. Thesiger
as would haVe been inflicted upon him by the appointment
of Mr. Kelly.. This, we believe, is the consideration which
determined the choice of the Government. It is not, more •
over, difficult to imagine that, knowing that Mr. Kelly had
been retained on behalf of Mr. O'Connell and his fellow tra-
versers to conduct the proceedings about to take place in the
House of Lords as their leading counsel, Ministers would feel
a great delicacy in depriving them of such invaluable assis-
tance as that of Mr. Kelly. This must inevitably have been
the case bad Mr. Kelly been promoted to. the Solicitor-Ge-
neralship.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)
The Solicitor-Generalship has been conferred upon Mr.
Thesiger. We cannot flatter him, or those who have ap-
pointed him, by saying that, in our opinion, he is likely to
make an efficient law officer. As a lawyer no one can com-
pare him with Mr. Kelly. It does Sir Robert Peel, there-
fore, more honour that he has refused to consent to the ap-
pointment of the latter. We have stated our unequivocal
objections to the appointment of Mr. Kelly; and we feel a
pleasure, therefore, in acknowledging the merit of overlook-
ing all inducements of expediency, in comparison with the
higher considerations that rendered that appointment inad-
missible. We understand that Sir Frederick Pollock will be
sworn in as, hief Baron to-day. The new writs for Hun-
tingdon, Exeter, and Woodstock will, we presume, be moved
to-night. _ _

(From the Times.)
The elevation of Sir Frederick Pollock to the Chief Barony
of the Exchequer may now be spoken of as a fait accompli,
and the consequent appointment of Sir William Follett and
Mr. Thesiger to the respective offices of Attorney and Soli-
citor-General as equally certain. In this distribution of
legal patronage—as far at least as regards the two first-
mentioned gentlemen—there is hardly anything to astonish,
certainly nothing whatever to offend, the public mind.
The long, laborious, and successful career of Sir F. Pollock
at the bar, his affable demeanour, his popularity with the
profession, and, above all, the judicial character of his mind,
have for some time past confirmed those claims to high pro-
motion which the usual routine of succession might justify
any Attorney-General in preferring. Nor do we suppose
that any man, of whatever party, will express other senti-
ments than those of satisfaction at seeing the office which
was filled by Sir Frederick Pollock bestowed on one
whose erudition and varied attainments were early re-
warded with a celebrity which has often been denied to the
incessant labours of a long life. If any emotion of a different
nature mingles itself with the feelings, not only of lawyers,
but of the public, it can only be one of regret, sincere and
general, for the ill-health which must for some little time
prevent the most distinguished advocate and most accom-
plished lawyer of his day from entering on the active per-
formance of his new duties, and perhaps render his prolonged
tenure of office uncertain. We cannot dismiss this subject
without expressing a wish, apparently more personal than
political in its bearings, but from which we are anxious to
separate every personal consideration. It has become, we
believe, of late years, pretty much a matter of course to offer
the dignity of the Peerage to the chiefs of the three Courts
at Westminiter. Nor have there been many instances of
such a dignity being refused. The present venerable Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas has exhibited a peculiar and
exceptional prudence in declining to accept the questionable
and unprofitable honour. We hope that his example, at once
so rare and so sensible, will be imitated by the new Chief
Baron. We are not making objections—nor do we think that
there exist solidreasons for objecting—to the tenure of seats
in the House of Lords by the superior Judges of the land.
On the contrary, we are ready to admit that, on some
occasions, the Upper House might derive considerable
benefit, both in its legislative and its judicial capacity, from
the assistance of the judges ; and that, so far, it is a salu-
tary and proper exercise of the prerogative to raise the chiefs
of the Queen's Bench, Exchequer, or Common Pleas to the
rank of Peers. But when it is borne in mind that the Peer-
ages thus conferred are not for life only, but hereditary; that
the Legislature in this way not only receives the benefit of a
learned judge's permanent assistance during his lifetime, but
is also illumined by a succession of sons and sons sons after
him ; the propriety of conferring such an honour, and the
prudence of accepting it, appear equally ambiguous. We
hold it to be a sound constitutional principle, that at least
the majority of the Peerage should consist of men secured
by the competency of their fortunes from the temptations of
Ministerial dependence—men with ample estates, unembar-
rassed means, and independent principles. When a Peerage
is poor, it must become servile; where servile, contemptible;
and from contempt there is but one step to annihilation.
For this reason we should feel disposed to restrict—except on
some very peculiar occasions—the dignity of the Upper House
to those whose fortunes would enable them to transmit it
without compromise or qualification to their posterity. Ex-
ceptions in favour of high desert and brilliant services will,
of course, occur; . but such exceptions are by their very na-
ture too rare to justify the present universal fashion of making
law Lords. Besides this, in the case of extraordinary diplo-
matic or military services, the Legislature always anticipates
the miseries of a poor peerage by conferring a pension for
two or three lives. Even this indeed is rather an acknow-
ledgment than a remedy of a great evil. It serves only to
stave off for a generation or two that most wretched of com-
plications—the union of rank and indigence, pride and po-
verty, pretension and starvation. It keeps two Peers on short
commons, and then starves the third outright. However, in-
sufficient as this system is towards supporting in decency these
whom it elevates to dignities, it is better, or at any rate less
objectionable prima facie, than the universal creation of law
Peers. The latter transmit no pensions with their titles.
All that they can leave their successors is what they have
saved themselves from their professional earnings, often
during the last years of their lives ; sufficient, for the most
part, to maintain the respectable station of a private gentle-
man, but wholly inadequate to meet the expenses of an In-
dependent and hereditary senator. We have already enough
of law Lords ; more than enough of law Lords' sons. If
judges go on accepting peerages at the rate they have done
for the last fourteen or fifteen years, we shall have a respect..
able proportion of " new peers" (as Lord Brougham, with
patrician superciliousness styles them) running about in a
vain attempt to establish a settlement in St. Clement's Danes,
by proving an ancestral connexion with Old-square or King's
Bench-walk. We therefore trust that Sir Frederick Pollock's
fatherly care for the welfare of the profession will induce him
to set the profitable example of declining a dignity which in
some cases has been ruinous, and in all is barren.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—With reference to the late accident at the
Joint Terminus of the Brighton, Dover, and Croy-
don Railways, in the Kent-road, we consider it ne-
cessary shortly to state, that although we are the
Contractors for the whole of the works at that station,
our Firm was not concerned in the erection of the
Iron Roofing to which the accident occurred, nor
were any of our workmen employed thereon.
We shall be obliged by the insertion of this expla-
nation."—We are, Sir, your obedient servants,
GRISSELL and PETO.
Lambeth, April 13.

THE THREE-AND-A-HALF PER CENTS.-Holders
to the amount of 8,000,000 L have concurred to take the
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. Annuities. This
stock only comprises a seventieth part of the National
Debt, or thereabout : i, e. 10,000,0001. As the price of
'the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818 is now 103, it
follows that the few remaining holders will lose that per
cent. less the half year's dividend to October next, by re-
maining passive. Although we have on a previous occa-
sion. warned the holders of the Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. to send in their adhesion, or they must take 1001.
cash for 1001. stock, it may be as well to state that their
position will be damaged to the extent mentioned, if they
do not assent before Saturday next. Holders residing
abroad have an extended period allowed to them. As
respects the other portions of the Three-and-a-Half per
Cent. Annuities, in the ~,ross amounting t 0240,000,0001.,
the dissents (for the holders of these were required to
say nay, ,if ill-pleased with the Chancellor's offer), as
mentioned under this head a fornight since, do not place
the Treasury in any difficulty, as under 100,0001. will be
required to settle their claims. A word or two more as
to the remaining 2,000,000/. of Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. of 1818. Those who have dissented, as well at
those holders who have assented, must regret the course
they have taken, seeing that the Three-and. a-Half per
Cents. obtain an average of about 34 per cent. above
par. The Directors of the Bank of England have taken
means to inform the holders of the 1818 Stock that they
must assent, or they will be paid off at par, by sending
round circulars, the numerous inquiries at the office of
their-chief cashier proving that there are still many who
do not understand their position.-Observer.
ROYAL PALACES, GARDENS, &c.-On Saturday a
Parliamentary return was issued, showing the sums re-
ceived by the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests.
on account of each of the Royal palaces, gardens, parks,
&c., for rents, pasturage, sale of unserviceable timber,
&c.., for the year 1842-3. It appears that 1,080/. 4s. 10d.
was received from Hyde, St. James's, and the Green
Parks, of which sum 662 L 10s. was as rent of grass land
and pasturage ; 701. was paid for pasturage in Kensing-
ton Gardens_; 551 L 15s. sd. for the like in Regent's Park;
379/. 18s. 6d. in Richmond Park ; 31L 14i. in Windsor
Park, ansi 1,060/. 6s. Bd. for the same in Phoenix Park,
Dublin. Greenwich Park only produced in the year 61. for
old timber, &c. It appears that 3141. 13s. was obtained for
keys of the pleasure grounds in the Three Parks, and 379/.
2s. from the same source in the Regent's Park. The return
shows the receipts since the year 1838. Prince Albert
purchased on behalf of the Crown, of the executors of
William the Fourth, certain stock on the farms called the
the Norfolk and Flemish, and the Home. Park Farm.
His Royal Highness paid in 1838, 2,402/ 15s. 6d.; in
1839, 2,7291. 12s. 2d.; in 1840, 2,6781. 9s. Bd.; in 1840-1
three sums of 3,320 E 165., 1,771/. 10s. Id., and
3,422/ 7s. 6d.; and in 1842-3, the sum of 2,000/. The
stock so purchasad was the private property of the late
King. The return was moved for by Mr. Williams.
UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE.-OD Monday after-
noon two little boys, tempted by the-fineness of the day,
went to play in a wood at a short distance from their re-
sidence, at Lamgum, in Pembrokeshire. They unfortu-
nately met with a quantity of the roots of the hemlock,
of which they both partook so freely, that en their
re-
turn home one of them fell down insensible; the other
lad went-to call assistance, which was procured, and the
poor little fellow, after being conveyed to a neighbouring
cottage, died in violent convulsions. During the time
the other lad had strayed off, and being missed,
as
found on the bank of a neighbouring river, quite wneighbouring.
A small quantity of the above root g fatal, if taken into
the stomach.-Bristol Mercury,
On the departure of Bishop •
Selwyn for his diocese
of cannibals, N. e w Zealand, the Rev. Sydney Smith is said
4o have taken leave of him in these affecting terms
" Good bye, Selwyn ; I ho e you will not disagree with
%ll* man that 'eats yo " A Ft
U.Advertiser.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday their Excellencies
Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister, and General
Stjernerona, on a special mission from his Majesty King
Oscar, arrived at the Castle on a visit to the Queen.
The Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, also arrived at the Castle in the
evening from town. _ _ _

The King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of
Kent, and the Prince of Leiningen, went' yesterday murn-
ing to Bushy Purk, to pay a visit to the Queen
Dowager. The Illustrious Party partook of a dejeune
with her Majesty, and afterwards proceeded to Clare-
mont.

The Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, and
the Prince of Leiningen, returned to the Castle in the
evening to dinner. The King of the Belgians remained
at Claremont.

The Queen, accompanied by her august visitors,
walked yesterday forenoon in the grounds adjoining
the Castle.

The Royal Family were taken their usual airings yes-
terday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back, in the middle of the day.
This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert, the
Ladies and Gentlenien of the Royal suite and the House-
hold, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the
Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiated.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians attended Di-
vine service, this morning, in the Roman Catholic chapel,
Clewer-green. The Rev. F. Wilkinson officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and her
Lady in Waiting, attended Divine service to-day in the
parish church. _ _

The Queen and Prince Albert, took their usual early
walk this forenoon. In the afternoon, Her Majesty and
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen,
rode out in a pony carriage, attended by Colonel Buck-
ley, Equerry in Waiting.
The Royal Family were taken for their customary air-
ing this morning.
The Court will, it is expected, leave the Castle on
Tuesday next for Buckingham Palace.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, arrived at her re-
sidence, Marlborough House, Pall-mall, in a carriage
and four, at half-past three o'clock on Saturday after-
noon from Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Ma-
jesty's Suite included the Dowager Lady Clinton, the
Honourable Caroline Boyle, and Earl Howe.
Yesterday morning, the Queen Dowager attended
Divine service in the'Chapel Royal, St. James's. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Dibdin, who touk
his text from Psalms et, verse 3. The prayers were
read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp ; the lessons by the Rev.
Dr. Wesley, and the Communion service by the Bishop
of London, The musical service was Nares in C. ; the
sanctus Arnold's in C. The anthem " Give the King"
(Boyce) was sung by Messrs. Hawkins and Horncaqle.
The Marquis of Huntley, Lords Cawdor, Cathcart,
Howe, Tyrconnel, Wilton, Wharncliffe, Ernest Bruce,
and De Manley ; and Ladies Wilton, Wharncliffe, and
Ernest Bruce, were among the nobility present.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at
Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, at-
tended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeck,
honoured Drury-lane Theatre with her presence on Sa-
turday evening.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended
by Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon,
the Right Hon. W. C. Gladstone, Sir henry Hardinge,
and Sir Edward Knatchbull.

Sir H. Hardinge and Sir E. Knatchbull arrived in
town in the forenoon from Kent, to attend the Council.
The Earl of Haddington also arrived in the afternoon.
The Council sat two hours and a half.

The Lord Chancellor arrived in town on Friday from
Turville Park.

Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, ar-
rived in town on Saturday evening from his seat, Wortley
Hall, Yorkshire.

Sir William Follett, Solicitor-General, arrived in town
on Saturday from Tunbridge Wells. Sir William trans-
acted business at the Treasury in the afternoon.
The Turkish Ambassador transacted business at the
Foreign-office on Saturday.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Go'od
Hope were received on Sunday at the Colonial•office.
Lord and Lady Villiers arrived at Farrance's Hotel,
Belgrave-street, for the season, on Friday evening, from
Upton House, Warwickshire.
' The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Saturday after-
noon, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
Hoc, RACES.—SATURDAY.

The Farmers' Plate (handicap) given by the Hunt.
Once round the New Course.
Mr. Nightingale's Alice, 3 yrs, 9st 51b ...(Owner) 1 1
Mr. Thorn's Pauline, 12st 0 2
Mr. Oldaker's Harpenden, list 71b i 0
Mr. Parrott's Miss Frances, list 71b
Mr. Smith's The Unknown, 10st 71b
Mr. Delme's Zara, list 71b
Mr. Hayward's First Turn Out, lOst 101 b
Won easy.
Match-50 sovs, T.Y.C. Radcliffe's ch g Sheldrake,
lOst 101 b (Owner), beat Mr. Brand's Sharp, list 31b
(Owner). A race all the way, and won only by half a
length.
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The Hitchin Priory Stakes of 15 sous. each, 5 ft.
(11 Subs.)
Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 121 b 1
Hon. G. Ongley's Humility, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 61b
Mr. Higgins' Europa, 5 yrs, 1 lst 61b 3
Any odds on Robert, who took the running out of his
opponents for the first quarter of a mile, and cantered
in by himsel£
The Hunters' Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, list 71b.
Once round. (3 Subs.)

Capt. Alexander's Symphony
(Owner) 1
Mr. D. Radcliffe's Sheidrake
Mr. Brand's Sweep
Symphony made strong running all the way, and won
easily by two lengths.
Match-50 sous. Hitchin Priory Course.—Captain
Alexander's Symphony, lOst lolb (Capt. Oliver) beat
Mr. Delme Radcliffe's the Lad, llst 71b (owner). Won
easy by a length.
The Fox Challenge Cup was walked over for by Mr.
Ongley's Warden.
The Scurry Stakes of 5 sous., &c., were won by Lord
Verulam's Camelino (lion. G. Ongley), beating Mr.
Nightingale's Ascot, Mr. Shelley's Nizza, and two others.

DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 11.—His Majesty has not ac-
cepted the resignation tendered by M. Deschamps,
Minister of Public Works.
We are assured that their Majesties the King and
Queen of the Belgians will return to Brussels on the
19th of this month. Their Majesties will afterwards
go to Paris, at the time of the fete (saint's-day) of
the King of,the French, which will be marked this
year by the solemn opening of the exhibition of the
national manufactures.
M. Bareel, chief clerk of the division of the Post-
office in the department of Public Works, embarked
at Ostend yesterday, for London.
If we are rightly informed, the mission of M.
Bareel is connected with a negotiation which will do
honour to the Government, namely, to establish a
daily communication by steamers, and likewise to re-
duce the postage of English letters, and to abolish
the obligation of paying the postage before-hand.
THE HAGUE, APRIL 11.-L-We learn with pleasure
that the Temperance Society formed here has already
correspondents in several towns in the kingdom, who
are labouring with great success to promote the
laudable objects of the society.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander
of Pruss'a arrived here yesterday evening, on a visit
to their Majesties, and alighted at the Royal Palace.
It is said that Lis Imperial Highness will make a very
short stay, and perhaps leave the Hague this day.
ST. PETERSBURGH, MARCII 21.—T0 cheek the
continental emigration of the Jews over the frontiers,
the followinc, resolution of the Council of the Empire,
sanctioned bye' his Majesty the Emperor, has been just
published as a law :
" Jews who, without legal licenses, or with licenses
which have expired, go over the frontiers, when they
have, before been recognised as actual Russian sub-
jects, and as such brought back into the empire, shall
be given up to the local Government authorities, who
shall deal with them according to the laws relating
to deserters and vagrants, even when their former
places of residence, and the parishes to which they
belong, are known. According to the laws they shall
be employed in the military service; in case they are
unfit for it be placed in what are called the penal
companies, without the right of being given up to
their parishes, if the latter shall desire it. If they are
not fit for hard work in public works they shall be
sent, with their wives, to settle in Sibeira."

DRIIRT-LANE THEATRE.—There is an unusual de-
gree of excitement created by the performances of this
evening, because they present the combined attraction of
a new danseuse arid a new ballet. Mademoiselle Lucile
Grahn has never before been in this country, but she
brings with her a high reputation both from France and
Italy ; while the ballet of Lady Henriette is at this mo-
ment all. the rage in Paris. When we add that, with
these attractions is united that of The Bohemian Girl, it
will be admitted that the bill of fare is most inviting.
STATE OF CRIME IN LEEDS.—The return of the
number of persons taken into custody in Leeds for
various offences during the first three months of the pre-
sent year, shows a great comparative diminution of
crime in the borough. The total number of persons
taken into custody on various charges was in January
last, 200 ; February, 161 ; and March, 110. Com-
paring this three months' return with the corresponding
period of last year, we find a decrease of persons taken
into custody of 164. In the month of March, 1843, the
number of prisoners was greater by 90 than in March
last, and even this year there were 90 prisoners less in
March than January, and 51 less than in February.
There is little doubt that the present favourable state of
the borough arises from the improved condition of the
inhabitants, consequent upon a revival of trade.—Leeds
Paper.

In order to expedite the completion of the two
experimental 12-gun brigs, building at Chatham-yard,
an order-has been received for the men employed on
them to work from• six o'clock in the morning until dark
at night.—Dover Chronicle.

IRELAND.
OPENING OF TERM-THE STATE TRIALS.

DUBLIN, Aran. 13.—1 t is currently rumoured that Chief
Justice Pennefather is ill of the gout, and that it is doubtful
whether he will be able to take his seat on the Queen's
Bench at the opening of term on Monday next. The absence
of the Chief Justice, if such should occur, would, not neces-
sarily interfere with' the judgment on the traversers in the
State prosecutions; but circumstances may arise to cause a
postponement if he were unable to attend during term.
The traversers are likely to =apply for a new trial, on
various grounds, including misdirection to the jury on the
part of the Chief Justice. If this course should be deter-
mined upon, the traversers would have to-apply at once for
a conditional order for a new trial. The Crown might
oppose such an application at once, or, allowing the con-
ditional rule, have a day. fixed for showing'cause against the
motion. If this point should be raised, judgment could not.
of course, be pronounced until it were decided.
INCREASE OF THE IRISH NAVAL: SQUADRON.
A letter from Cove states that two or three vessels of war,
with reinforcements of marines, were expected to join Ad-
miral Bowles on that station. It was supposed that this
sudden augmentation of the squadron was caused by the
expected judgment on the traversers on the State trials.
Another manifestion of ministerial sagacity !
IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE REPEAL ASSO-