The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1844.

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On Monday the thirty-fifth anniversary of Louis
PhiliPee's marriage was to be celebrated at St. Cloud;
and, according to the Constitntionnel, the marriage of
the Duke d'Aumale was to have been solemnised at
Icaples on the same day.
A letter from Bordeaux of the 21st, published in
the Journal des Debate, announces the arrival in that
city of the. Infante Don Francisco de Paula and his
According to a Corsican paper, Louis Philippe is
about to create anJther Duke in the person of
Marshal Sebastiani, late Ambassador at the English
Court.
tblle „le Gazette de France ventures the statement that
Alinistry have come to the resolution of applying
t 0 the Chambers, at the commencement of the lin-
11"ing session, for the large sum of 80,000,000 f. for
the 'Purpose of providing the fortifications of Paris
with ordnance.
Official accounts had been received at Marseilles of
the arrival, on the 11th, in the bay of Naples, from
the roads of Tunis, of the squadron under the orders
oAdmiral Parseval Deschenes, composed of the
au, Alger, and the Marengo. This squadron is
destined to escort the future Duchess d'Aumale to
Marseilles.
A decree of his Sardinian Majesty has just been
Promulgated at Turin and Genoa, whereby the French
ecitnal system is to be applied to weights and mea-
sures throughout his dominions.
_,T Prague Correspondent of the Cologne Gazette
Pelthese under date of the 15th, that the Duke of Bor-
e had arrived there, and that it was highly pro-
,ahle that he would fix his residence in Bohemia, as
had purchased a large estate there. It appears that
has become extremely stout. Letters from Mora-
via state that Prince Wasa has sold his beautiful
estate of Eichhorn to Baron Sina for a large sum of
club is about being established at Berlin, on the
anle plan as the Societe Italiana in that city, for the
.2ultivation of English literature, and where only
~nglish is to be spoken. A large library, to consist
ti the most renowned English authors' works, is to be
',,ll_,l.chased for the use of the members. Dr. Spiker
"li, Dr• Forster are at the head of the undertaking.
inlecounts from Bayonne, of the 21st, state that the
thtelligence of Zurbano's revolt reached Saragossa on
aete /light of the 14th, and produced an extraordinary
tll4sati°ll. The inhabitants openly sympathised with
10; l'evolters, and on the 16th the public excitement
thee to such an extent that General Breton declared
trool/lace to be in a state of siege, and distributed his
Glses le commanding positions.
pro`,. Concha, Captain- General of the Basque
4eibuces, has established his head-quarters at Miranda
againstfrom whence he will direct future operations
Zurbano.
on „r
y,igadier Barranechea arrived at Irun from Tolosa
Corda
'lie .
19th and took the command of the frontier
„The entire frontier from Irun to Vera is strictly
,1,4419 ed by Spanish‘troops, for the double purpose of
i'penting any one from joining Zurbano from
4neo, and to cut off his retreat.
AND SPOLXCIS.
wexpAetrt lathed,New Court, Old Bailey, John Johnson, an
who made his third appearance at this bar,
of convicted of stealing, on the 13th inst., 464 yards
‘ii Orleans cloth, value 15/., the property of Mr. Co
v •
been
Doule. It was then proved that the lad had
before convicted of felony, and suffered three and
tz Months' imprisonment. The Learned Judge in-
ated that the prisoner was irreclaimable, and too
Pert to be allowed to remain in this country ; the
sentence, therefore, was, that he be transported be-
yond the seas for ten years.
George Webb, aged eighteen, was indicted for
stealing a silk handkerchief, value 45., from the per-
eon of Mr. T. Clarkson. The evidence was of a very
conclusive nature, and the prisoner was convicted ;
but as there was no previous charge, he was only sen-
tenced to six months' hard labour.
At Bow- street two men, well known to the police,
named George Carter and Joseph Edwards, were
brought before Mr. Hall, charged with having bur-
Klariously broken into the shop of Mr. Plowman, 9,
Agar-street, Strand, and stealing four pair of boots
and four pair of shoes, his property. The prisoners
had nothing to say in their defence, and were commit-
ted for trial.

A tall young man, who gave his name George
3
Cook, was brought up to the Mar lebone Court
handcuffed, and charged with having stolen' plate of
different descriptions, to a considerable amount, the
property of Mr. Thomas Sydenham Clarke, a bar-
17::llater, residing residing at No. 36, Gloucester-place, Portman-
eili re; he was also charged with stealing.hoahasdvantcoh.
tv,:°oging to the footman. The prisoner, w
""ing to say, was fully committed for trial..
Sir Robecrtlt Igtirentertained std ni -1l 0 f
e r onL Moons nd da al
ey,
ssev,ening the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl
a r
11-s Excellency Mr. Everett,
,hismesGraham, Mr. W.
Excellency Chevalier
elunsen Lord Stanley, Sir
sits
sal Gladstone, his Excellency M. Dedel, Sir Robert
and al Sir Henry Pottinger, the Hon.
.Sidney Herbert,
a distinguished circle, at the family residence in
'Whitehall- - d s
, gar. en..
„-'-be Marquis and Marchioness of Noarmviainithytohhaveer ie,Lll.lted to the Clarendon Hotel, from ... 411.lesty at Windsor Castle.
Cohe Dowager Countess Pembroke left town to-dhal3e?
Wilton House, near Salisbury, where the noble
The
The purposes sojourning for the winter.
l
,ef Countess of Erroll and the Ladies Hay, who
4 .
own at the close o
. of the preceding
t „
week for Bar-
Court, on a visit to Lord and Lady Campden,
,
-e erPected to return to Clarges-street to-day.
111. ady Charles Wellesley, and Lady Long, Lady
4/.37 Paulet, and the Hon. Lady Butler, are
a : 11-°rig the Ladies Patronesses of the Southampton
attended.
vQ-4tY balls for the season, the first of which
take
Place this evening, and is expected to be brilliantly
week, left
/laT,lle Countess of Westmorland,
rieY•street her return to join lathe Noble Earl
of
llnindullin'eisciebunt' 13onerghersh, at Berlin.
ndThce,onCnotuensstess
k . *bine days with the Earl
sociirehlb,,gton at Orleans House, Twickenham,a previous
1,,r uepa.rture for Ostend.
c 81" ts• ." Earl and Countess of Mornington takeG pos-
of their new residence (the Earl of
.allo-
Ws), in Grosvenor-square, early next months
Sand-
-4n wiThhe,NEarl of Pembroke, Dowager Countess of
e -I
-""vager Countess of Aldborough, the aEarl
Itrid
4Coountess of Kinnoul, Lady Malet, Lord Keane
Doff .b. Mr. lieane Lord and Lady Seymour, Lady
.4„erp, Lord William Butler, General Lambert,
bu', 'Villiarn Ponsonby, Major-GeneralL
Lord and
and
1,4 adelb, Alr• Tufnell, M.P., Mrs. Tufnell,.
triii:shanrnohhiainsity,
Yin Paris.
among the arrivals of the
eouti'n3e.bunt
abd Viscountess Loftus have gone on a
conut 'btal tour, and do not intend to return to this
rY untilL Easter.
The D
ttili?l-laull:exand Duchess of Montrose's circle at
41:1;
Alinest
trorthamptonshire, includes Lord and
til
liee, Lord Wm. Graham, Lord Can-
His pl.' a,nd Lady Emily Foley, &c. .
tister 4xeellebbY Sir George Shee, the British 'Mi.-
4teebinpaa.tntihe"d eurt of Stutgardt for some years past,
teinher uY Ladv Shee, has arrived from IV
• • Sir e , ----, diplomatic ap-
Pointrnent, in t7l3rge has resigned his.
Mhlet, hrpv- Nvllell he is succeeded by Sir Alexandert
Vir,erinat--Ibualy secretary to the British Embassy a
13*711:rrlertil Sir H. Sateß arrived at Farrance's Hotel,
6 live-square, ourday, from Ireland.
, The in ansoiliadszessosars.
'I the quest quest at Xottingham on one of the sufferers
t 11,4 t t heelaii.eesfaltal. accident, was resumed o. n Monday,
at the i u t is not yet known. It was expected
A __eu inquest would be again adjourned.
14-I'l.e"ie_, ants from St. Petersburgh speak of a corn-
twee al treaty for which negotiations are on foot be-
lti.d 'tioßt_ussia and England. These negotiations are
tlsis:_ nbe In a very advanced state, so that the con-
Are
e'oh, of the treaty may be shortly expected. There.
thou ,IS' some differences on a few points, which, it is
oip,gbt,lwill be soon adjusted.
rl. Monday evening last, the 18th inst., Mr. J.
sslas s,eb, of Cornamuckla, in the county of Leitrim,
the 114 red at from behind a hedge, and wounded in
lire 4.1r1c1• This is the fourth attempt made on the
T' this unfortunate gentleman.
C‘,.:`_‘ aPpears by the last report of the Irish Poor.law
.11„1uistioners that on the Ist of January, 1844, there
kl'iir in the ninetytwo workhouses then open 31,981
exjli2v,eaonfd the charge for their support was 221,0961.,
a million and a half expenditure in the
tou4sektion of workhouses. Yet beggars are as numer-
selief.',ever, so that those who pay the rate gain no
T, from the importunity of the miserable.
•,,vi„le Irish Prelates in the next session of Parliament
lqe"4th be, the Archbishop of Dublin, and the Bishops of
Icildare, and Cashel.

RA----- - ------
% V -431.t1GL1 —A few days since a lad, dressed as
84.7fPilerd's boy, called at the George Inn, in this town,
.11,`" Inquired for the landlord. On being presented to him,
hei!i,ll,ve Ilia rnaxter's respects (naming a farmer in the
4.,,,,00u
141.1, the town. and he Was to have his meals there; and
only nkster told him also to say, he was to be sure and have
talfrhUlf a pint of beer with each meal. Thinking hisl
?It'innable, the good-tempered host kept him. nearly
y
ill 17, wen, to his surprise, he left him without in orm-
kkt PI of his intended route. On the following mar-
whos aY, the affair was mentioned to the . gentleman,
tc, liee credit he had taken advantage of,,,whenioit proved
been isiNv the a fabrication of the bol s.
.I.
..21.4. c s
Seen in the neighbourh9od.---11m7°40 4' pr s .

. ,
WS e • THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE
F NE
LEAGUE.
TO THE- EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I have recently spent a few days in Man-

chester, having visited that town partly on business,
and partly that I might see anything that was worth
seeing in it. During this visit I have been greatly
interested with many things pointed out to me, and
particularly with the wonderful manufactories, and
with the skill and energy with which they are carried
on. But, however strange it may seem, I have ar-
rived at the conclusion, that the most remarkable
sight in Manchester is to be found in the offices of
the great free trade association, or as it is more com-
monly called, the Anti-Corn-law League.
The gentleman at whose house I was staying is a
member of that Association, and pretty regularly
attends the meetings of the Council, and knowing
that from a recent thorough examination of the ques-
tion of tree trade, I had become a convert to its doc-
trines, he introduced me to some of its prominent
members, and I spent some portion of almost every
day in their society, at the Council-room of the
League.
I need not describe the offices of the League fur-
ther than to say, that they are situate in Market-
street, within 100 yards of the Exchange, and consist
of extensive and commodious apartments, fitted up
in a manner suitable to the importance of the work
for which they are engaged. That which struck me
as most notable about the whole place, is the regu-
larity and frequency of the meetings of the Council,
and the efficient and business-like manner in which
its affairs are transacted.
The first time I went with my friend and host to
the League offices, was on a Monday morning ; it
was a little after ten o'clock. Mr. Wilson, the Chair-
man of the Council had already taken the chair. The
secretary of the League, Mr. Hickin, was upon his
left hand, and on each side of the long table sat seve-
ral gentlemen, who were members of the Council. I
was introduced to most of them. Mr. Cobden was
there ; Mr. Woolley and Mr. Lees, both of whom are
manufacturers; Mr. Rawson, a gentleman formerly
in the Nottingham trade, but now I believe retired
from business, and who is treasurer of the League;
Mr. Bickham, who is a calico-printer; Mr. Prentice,
the proprietor and editor of the Manchester Times, a
paper which has long laboured zealously in the cause;
and Mr. John Brooks, also an extensive calico-printer
and merchant, and one or two others whose names at
this moment I don't remember. On the desk be-
fore the chairman were a number of letters from
agents and friends of the League in various
parts of the kingdom, which were read aloud
to the Council, and the needful replies were
agreed upon and noted down by the secretary,
to be attended to during the day. Many of these
letters had reference to the progress of the registra-
tion in different boroughs, and some requested a
supply of free-trade tracts ; others applied for lecturers
to be sent into certain districts, or contained reports
of their progress from lecturers who were holding
meetings in distant parts of the country. Of the last-
mentioned, one I remember was from Wiltshire, and
informed the Council of the particulars of some
meetings recently held in that county. I need not
assure you that I felt deeply interested in these pro-
ceeedings, and that I gladly acccepted an invitation
to come again the following day. Tuesday is the
principal market-day in Manchester, and is also an
important day at the offices of the League. At ten
o'clock, Mr. Wilson was again in his place, and most
of the gentlemen I have before named were there.
I saw some who were not present on the Monday,
among whom were Mr. Bazley, of the firm of
Gardner and Bazley, through whose fine spinning
mill I was politely shown ; and Mr. J. B. Smith,
who, I was informed, contested the borough of
Walsall in the year 1841, and is represented to be a
gentleman of great experience in all matters of trade,
and in questions of political economy. The letters
of the day were again read, and the replies dictated to
the secretary. During the morning, many gentlemen
from the neighbouring towns called in and united in
the proceedings. Several were pointed out to me :—Mr.
Henry Ashworth, from Bolton ; Mr. Whitehead, from
Rawtenstall ; Mr. Bright, M.P., from Rochdale; Mr.
Robert Munn, from Bacup ; Mr. Whittaker, from
Ashton, and several others, came in and stayed for
some time. After the regular business was trans-
acted, there was a good deal of conversation
on various matters connected with the progress
of the free-trade cause, but turning chiefly
on the recent registration results, and the
proceedings for attending to it in future. It is easy
to perceive how important such meetings as this must
become. The gentlemen who called in were in some
degree representatives from the towns from which
they came, and reports of what was doing in the dif-
ferent localities would doubtless stimulate each other
to continued exertions.
I learned that, besides the daily morning meeting of
the Council, which began at ten and generally lasted
till half-past eleven or twelve o'clock, there was also
an evening meeting at five o'clock, which was often
for the discussion and arrangement of some points left
over for further consideration from the morning, and
which partook also of a social character. On this
Tuesday evening the meeting was to receive further
reports on the registration for the southern division
of the county of Lancaster. Tea was served in the
Council-room. The most active members of the
Council were present, and many whose engagements
prevented their regular attendance in the early part
of the day. The London morning papers were in,
and their contents formed the subject of conversation
during tea. The abuse of the Herald, or some fal-
lacy of the Post, afforded amusement, whilst satisfac-
tion was expressed that the independent press was
laying bare the sufferings of the agricultural labourers.
About six o'clock the chairman resumed his place,
and business commenced. The result of the late re-
gistration in South Lancashire, I had learned from
the public papers, had been greatly in favour of the
free-traders, and this meeting was to take steps for
securing the position they had gained. Tuesday and
Friday evenings were set apart for this purpose. Mr.
Wilson briefly stated what had been done at the pre-
vious meetings, and requested reports of their progress
since they last met. One gentleman stated that he
had the names of five persons to give in for qualifica-
tions for South Lancashire, three of whom would
also qualify for North Cheshire, and two for
the West Riding of Yorkshire. Another handed
in the names of five young men employed
in a large wholesale warehouse, who were
anxious to qualify for South Lancashire. An-
other gave in the names of himself, his brother,
and three of his sons, for South Lancashire. A large
number of names were thus handed in, and entered
by the secretary in a book kept for the purpose, with
the address and occupation of the parties. Mr.
Bright was present at this meeting, and reported what
was doing in Rochdale, from which it appeared that
such was the determination of the free-traders in
that district to qualify for the county, that they hal
hopes of making a large increase to their present large
majority on the register. One striking part of his
report was, that many of the best paid and most intel-
ligent of the working-men were making great exer-
tions to obtain a county qualification, and were pur-
chasing freehold cottages with such funds as they
had saved, and many were saving, with a view to
obtain qualifications. Mr. Cobden informed the
meeting that a deputation from the Council had
already been appointed to visit all the towns in the
county, and also in the West Riding, to have interviews
with the free-traders, to confer with them on the im-
portant duty of enlisting the suffrages of the merchants,
manufacturers, shopkeepers, and working men in the
contest which must now be resolutely carried on
against the infatuated monopolist proprietors of the
soil, whose policy, if not counteracted, would shortly
bring ruin upon themselves and the country. If it
were necessary to come to that, they must have an-
other and a final struggle between the towns and the
great proprietors, from whose legislation every truly
national interest had suffered so deeply.
At this meeting the Council-room was most un-
comfortably crowded, and a spirit and determination
were manifested such as I have rarely seen. And,
indeed, what has already been done in South Lanca-
shire is most important and decisive, and would seem
to have opened a wav by which the monopolists can
be fairly grappled with.
Before coming to Manchester I had, of course,
often heard of the League, and I had read some par-
ticulars of its managements and organisation in a
letter once published in the Morning Chronicle, from
the pen of a stranger who had visited its head-
quarters, but what I have seen has nevertheless very
much surprised me. The members of the Council,
whose names have been mentioned, attend, I
was told, almost invariably every day. Every
morning for six days in the week Mr. Wilson
is at his post, and several other members are his
constant companions in his labours, and no one is
more regular in his attendance than Mr. Cobden
during the Parliamentary recess, except when he is
engaged in holding meetings throughout the country ;
and Mr. Bright, who resides at Rochdale, ten or
twelve miles distant, is generally present three times
a week. Like other persons living at a distance from
Manchester, I had heard of few of the Manchester
Council, excepting Mr. Wilson, as Chairman, and
Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright, who had both spoken
at a meeting, at which I was present, in the town in
which I reside, but I found out whilst in Manchester
that there were others, and not a few, whose services,
if not so much before the public, are to the full as im-
portant to sustain the position of the League as the
well-known labours of those gentlemen. And it is
the one distinguishing feature of this movement, and
which elevates it in my view above almost every
other, that the eclat of public meetings and public
applause is not needed as a stimulus to those who
are engaged in it. The men vJlose names the
public never hear of; and who are strangers
even to the most assiduous readers of the
newspapers, are at least as untiring in their labours
and as devoted to the cause as those to whom its ser-

vice has given prominence and position in soJiety.
And I may also remark on the singular harmony
which has prevailed amongst them. My friend, who
has been more or less with them now for five or six
years, told me, that during the whole of that period
he had never known anything approaching to a
serious difference of opinion, and from his account,
and from what I saw, they appear to have one heart,
and a truly great heart it is, and to permit nothing
to interfere with the object before them.
I have been induced to ask for the insertion of this
letter in your columns, in the hope that it may meet
the eyes of the free-traders throughout the kingdom.
If in half the towns of Great Britain a committee
could be formed whose members could work zealously
in unison with the Council in Manchester, what great
things might be done! A few intelligent and active
men might meet and take tea together in an evening,
discuss their progress and prospects, organise a sys-
tem against which no wrong could long be maintained,
and gather round them an influence which would
speedily accomplish the deliverance of their country
from the evils which an ignorant and very selfish
policy is daily inflicting upon it. 'Why should not
Glasgow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Leeds, Sheffield,
Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Plymouth, and the
metropolitan boroughs adopt this plan, which has
proved so successful in Manchester ? Are there not
some good, some real men in each of these populous
places who aro ready for the work which the country
is looking for at their hand's ? Prom what I have
seen in lianchester lam satisfied the foolish system
of the monopolists has nearly run its course. The
best of causes is in the hands of men who seem never
to be weary, to whom a feeling of hopelessness is un-
known, and whose disinterested labours are destined,
I feel assured, to work a great and peaceful revolution
in this country.
I hope this letter may not be too long for your
space, and be on that account rejected ; it contains
only a very meagre sketch of the impressions left on
my mind by my visit to Manchester, but I shall take
it as a great favour if it be placed before the readers
of your widely-circulated journal.--I am, yours, &c.,
A TRAVELLER

November 18, 1844.

POSTAL TREATY BET WEEN BEL-
GIUM AND ENGLAND.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 24.—The Post-office treaty be-
tween England and Belgium was signed in London
on the 19th of October. The ratifications were ex-
changed in London on the 19th of November.
The Moniteur publishes this day the treaty at
length. The following are the chief clauses :
" Art. 4. The exchange of the international corre-
spondence will take place at Dover and Ostend. The
British Post-office will continue to convey in its
packets the dispatches, four times a week, according
to the terms of the treaty of October, 1834. The
departures from Ostend to Dover will take place on
Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays ;
the departures from Dover every Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Friday, and Saturday.
"Art. 5. However, the Belgian Government will
be at liberty to establish a service of packets to convey
letters, dispatches, and travellers between both the
ports above-mentioned twice a week, or daily; and
the Belgian Government reserves expressly to itself
to enter into an agreement with the British Govern-
ment, in order to be freed from the obligation of
paying to that Government the annual sum of 1,0001.
sterling, which was stipulated in the treaty of
October, 1834.
"Art. 7. The packets employed by both Govern-
ments to convey dispatches between Dover and Ostend
to be received and considered :in both ports as men-
of-war, and to be free from all tonnage, harbour, and
shipping duties.
" Art. 9. The above packets to be allowed to carry
passengers, with their luggage, horses, and carriages,
but they will not be permitted to take goods on
freight.
" Art. 15. Persons sending letters either from Bel-
gium to Great Britain and British possessions, or
from Great Britain and British possessions to Bel-
gium, to be at liberty to send the same without pay-
ing the postage, or to pay it in advance if they think'
proper, however the postage be paid for the whole
distance.
" Art. 16. Letters charged may be sent between
the two countries, and as far as possible in transit to
every country of which both offices are intermediaries.
"Art. 19. Letters paid or unpaid to be charged
with a postage duty of a shilling for every simple
letter, this postage to be increased according to the
weight of letters on the scale established in both
countries.
" Art. 29. Newspapers sent from Great Britain to
persons living in Belgium to be delivered free of
postage to the Belgian office, and to be charged in
Belgium with a postage of five centimes (id.).
" Belgian newspapers, directed to persons in Eng-
land, to be delivered free of postage to the British
Post-office, and to pay in England only five centimes.
" Art. 30. The postage for periodicals, published in
Belgium or in Great Britain, to bo paid in advance,
viz., in Belgium five centimes for every printed sheet
uner thirty square decimetres; and in England one
penny for every work under two ounces, sixpence for
every work above two ounces and not exceeding
three ; eightpence for every work above three ounces
and under four; and for every ounce above four and
under sixteen, twopence more.
" The present treaty to be put in execution on the
Ist of December, 1844."

The tribute, or protection douceur, or whatever
other name diplomacy may give to this unreasonable
exaction of Morocco from nations with which she has
little or no intercourse, has hitherto been regularly
paid by Sweden, amounting to 20,000 dollars annually,
but since the accession to the throne of King Oscar,
the Government have come to the decided resolution
that, excepting the amount due for the last year,
which they agree to pay, not one dollar more shall
go out of the public purse for this purpose. The
amount annually paid by Denmark bas been 25,000
dollars, of which two years are at present due, and,
on the same conditions as Sweden, the Government of
Denmark have Come to the determination that the
present payment must be considered in full of all
claims on this score for the future as well as for the
past. From the dilatory character of Barbary di-
plomacy, it must be impossible to predict when a final
adjustment may take place, but it is anticipated that
the intervention of England and France will ulti-
mately bring about the desired arrangement. Be that
as it may—whether success or failure attends the
endeavours of the mediating pary—one thing is cer-
tain, that Sweden, Norway, and Denmark are firmly
resolved to pay no more tribute, even should the con-
sequences force them to establish cruises off the coast
of Morocco, for the protection of their commerce.

COMPULSORY EMIGRATION.--A curious circum-
stance occurred a few days since to Dr. Blarney, of Uni-
versity College Hospital. Some domestic differences
induced him to make up his mind to go abroad, and
without consideration ho repaired to the docks, where he
made an arrangement with the captain of a ship about
to sail to Sydney, to accompany him in the capacity of
surgeon. Two days before the vessel left Dr. Blarney
repented his hastily formed determination, and having
made up his mind not to leave England, he paid a visit
to the captain for the purpose of acquainting him with
his determination. The captain seemed amazed at this
alteration in his plans, and feeling convinced that dur-
ing the short time that would elapse before his departure
he would be unable to provide himself with another sur-
geon, he induced Dr. Blarney to go on board. Having
secured him in the ship, the captain politely informed
him that he intended compelling him to visit Sydney, in
conformity with the agreement entered into between
them, and a day or two after the ship, with the repen-
tant Doctor en board, set sail for Australia.

Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery has, within the
last few days, undergone an important improvement,
by which its rare and costly treasures of art will be ren-
dered available to their noble owner at all hours. An
apparatus for lighting the apartment with gas haring
been erected, two large pendant lamps on the principle
of the bude light have just been introduced, one at either
end of the gallery. These afford an illuminating power
so ample as to exhibit th© pictures to considerable ad-
vantage, bringing out the brighter colours with much
force and brilliancy, and though of course not at all
comparable to the pure light of day, yet infinitely supe-
rior to any system of artificial illumination heretofore
employed. The effect would probably have been further
improved had it been practicable to have commanded the
same volume of light equally dispersed from one rather
than from two sources of illumination, as the cross lights
interfere occasionally with each other, and throw a con-
fused glare upon objects viewed across them, an effect
which, were all the rays to emanate from a common
centre, would possibly not occur.—Cheltenham Looker-on.
A STRANGR POST-OFFICE PARCEL.—A few weeks
ago, a person in a village a few miles west of Paisley
committed a serious assault upon a man in his own
house ; he was in consequence sent for by the Pro-
curator-Fiscal, in order to bo examined before a ma-
gistrate. This being done, it was thought expedient to
commit him for further examination, and, for his better
security, he was ordered to be sent to Paisley prison.
With this view, he was manacled, and put into a coach,
along with a sheriff-officer. Another officer was seated
on the box beside the driver, and off they went. By
and by they came to the village whence they set out,
and having stopped for some necessary purpose, in a few
minutes again started, and sped on their way. In about
half- an-hour they came to the Paisley toll-bar, where,
of course, they stopped, and where they were made
aware, for the first time, that the coach-door was open,
and the prisoner off. This information effectually roused
the officer in charge, who had fallen into a nap on the
way. He made all diligent search for his lost one, but
to no purpose. In the course of two days, however, he
received by post a packet of some size and weight, in-
forming him that his late prisoner was well and at
liberty, and moreover wished to prove himself an
honest man, by returning to the officer the property he
had entrusted to his keeping, namely, a massive pair of
iron handcuffs. This, it was stated, he might have by
paying the postage, which amounted to only 2s. Bd.
Glasgow National.
CIIINESB GRAMM—At a meeting of the Highway
Board, on Thursday, an offer was made to sell the Com-
missioners a quantity of Chinese granite, at Gs. per
square yard, being about half the price generally paid.
The granite is of very superior quality, and is of lighter
colour than is found in this country. The specimen sent
to the Commissioners has been nicely squared by the
Celestials, and it appears to have formed a portion of
some building.--Liverpool paper.

SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 16.—Again this week the painful
duty devolves on us to record another distressing
accident, which happened in the forenoon of Wed-
nesday last (the 13th), by the sinking of a boat in
the bay.
The troop-ship Apollo, which arrived here on Mon-
day last (the llth), as mentioned in our shipping list,
brought out detachments of men for all the regiments
in this garrison, and, besides others for Malta, had one
on board of Artillery destined for the companies of
Captains Stow and Gosling, at Corfu.
As the boats of the Apollo were not exclusively
used to effect the disembarkation of the troops, many
from the quay were also employed for this purpose,
when, early that forenoon, one of the latter, conveying
on shore ten men, the greater part of which belonged
to the Artillery, for the purpose of procuring a few
necessaries for the voyage, and with a female servant,
the boatman, and a boy, making in all a company of
thirteen in the boat, it was unfortunately run down
by a Danish galliet which had just arrived from
Malaga, and was proceeding to its anchorage-groiat,
and, melancholy to relate, six only.ourot the number
were rescued from a watery grave.
The owner of the boat, although an expert swim-
mer, has perished, and left a large family to deplore
his loss ; whilst the boy, who could not swim, was
providentially saved by the timely assistance of one
of the boats of her Majesty's sloop Scout.
The Apollo only left Cork on the 2d of this month,
and as friends and relations must naturally be anxious
to learn the fate of all on board, to allay the appre-
hensions of any relatives of the survivors we consider
it to be our duty to subjoin a list of those who have
perished.
List of the drowned :—Sergeant Gritton • Gun-
ners Leaver, Bossey, and Latter, of the Royal. Artil-
lery; Sergeant Kenevan, of the 97th Regiment;
Mary Ann Coyle, servant to Captain M'Quarrie, of
the 42d ; and the boatman, John Ferro.
Sergeant Gritton, who leaves a wife and five chil-
dren, had been at a former period stationed in this
garrison, where, besides having raised himself to the
rank he held by his exemplary conduct and zealous
performance of duty, he was universally respected and
beloved by all who knew him, and we may imagine
what must have been the feelings of his unhappy wife,
who, on the eve of accompanying him to Corfu, was
waiting his arrival on the quay, when the first in-
telligence which reached her was brought by the
boat which had conveyed on board of the Apollo the
inanimate body of her husband. What augments our
sympathy in this particular case is the circumstance
of her being near the period of her confinement. A
subscription has been opened here for the bereaved
family, and we sincerely hope that a generous public
at home will respond to an appeal in behalf of the
widow and fatherless children.
Although the master of the Danish galliot is to be
blamed for not having kept a better look out, the
accident is chiefly attributed to the patron of the
small boat, in having obstinately persisted to cross the
hawse of the larger vessel, which as well as his own
was close hauled on the wind. His own untimely
end has dearly paid the penalty of this act of rashness.
As independent of the body of Sergeant Gritton,
which was picked up shortly after the accident, yes-
terday two and to-day three of the bodies have
been found, that of the unfortunate woman, Mary
Ann Coyle, is now the only one missing, but from the
exertions that are still making it is hoped that it will
also be recovered.
A difference of opinion having arisen between the
Coroner and the military authorities, as to which is
the competent tribunal to investigate the circum-
stances of the accident, no verdict has yet been made
public.
This melancholy event, which every day since has
caused the repetition of the mournful duty of convey-
ing to their last resting-place the remains of the un-
fortunate sufferers, accompanied with all the affecting
and imposing ceremony of military burial, has tended
to throw a gloom over the place, and speaking loudly
a solemn warning to all, impressively reminds us of
the uncertainty of human life.
On the 12th the Swedish frigate Josephine, Capt.
C. H. Ulner, arrived here and came to an anchor,
having been 26 days on the voyage from Copenhagen.
On the day following the French brig of war Cygne,
Captain Heureux, weighed anchor, and sailed from
this to the westward. The following are the vessels
of war which are still here :
Her Majesty's sloop Scout, Captain the Hon. J. H.
Drummond; her Majesty's brig Savage, Captain
Bowker ; her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo, Captain
M‘Leaa ; the Danish brig of war Mercurius, Captain
Christmas; the Danish war-steamer Hekla, Captain
Mourier ; the Swedish frigate Josephine, Captain C.
H. Ulner; the Swedish corvette Carlskrona, Captain
Runth ; the Swedish schooner L'Aigle, Lieutenant
Begg, commander; the Norwegian corvette Nordst-
jernen, Captain Konow.
From the above it will be seen that Sweden, Nor-
way, and Denmark have at this moment six vessels of
war in our bay, and as their presence here is con-
sidered necessary, from the pending negotiations be-
tween Morocco and these countries, their stay may be
indefinitely prolonged if they wait till a final arrange
ment is concluded.

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DRAMATIC LIBRARY.
Sherwood and Bowyer, London, 1844.
We have here a republication of several of the best
comedies and tragedies in the language, which aro
brought out in weekly Parts, each Part containing
one entire play, and at the trifling cost of threepence !
Verily, if this be not cheap literature, we know not
what is. Seven Numbers of the series have already
made their appearance, including, among other
dramas, Shakspeare's King John, Sheridan s Rivals
and School for Scandal, and Massinger's New Way to
Pay Old Debts; and each of these plays is printed on
excellent paper, and in the neatest possible type. When
completed, the Dramatic Library will form a series of
very convenient pocket volumes.

THE BETROTHED. 2 Vols. Burns, London, 1844.
This is a translation, fuller and more faithful than
any that has yet appeared, of I Promessi Sposi, or the
Betrothed—an Italian work of fietion, by Alessandro
.M.anze.rdic writer tt ell known on the Continent, and
whose present novel, which is justly considered as his
master-piece, has long enjoyed an almost unrivalled
popularity among his countrymen. The high moral
maintained throughout the Betrothed does the
author great credit, and forms a striking contrast to
the majority of modern French novels, which are
written with an utter disregard to every sense of re-
ligion and morality, and seem penned for no other
purpose than to astonish the reader by their licentious
extravagances. The great charm of Manzoni is the
simplicity of his incidents, all of which possess the
rare merit of probability ; and there is not a single
character, male or female, in the Betrothed, of which
it can be said that it is in the slightest degree exag-
gerated in its lineaments.

CHURCH-RATES.-ANOTHER
VICTIM.

Devoutly indeed should all sound-hearted Church-
men pray, that the Church might be saved from its
friends. Our readers recollect the proceedings which
took place a few years ago at Leicester and other
places, in consequence of a conscientious objection
which several Non-Conformists held to church-rates.
Another recusant has been victimised to the bigotry
of a clique of devouts, who choose to re-establish some
of the worst practices of the Inquisition, and promote
the cause of Christ by penalties and dungeons.
We have not time to enter upon the whole parti-
culars this week. A few of the facts, however, we
will briefly state.

A milkseller, named Wragg, who for sixteen years
has been a consistent member of a Baptist church,
and who has a wife and four small children, objected,
with others, on conscientious grounds, to a church-
rate levied in St. Werbugh's parish. A " small and
secret junto" (to quote from the letter of Mr.
Gawthorn, inserted elsewhere) directed the Church-
wardens to cite Wragg into the Spiritual Court of
Doctor's Commons, where expenses have been run up
against him to the amount of 231.! Further steps
have yet to be taken, the result of which will be the
ruin of the poor man and his family, and, in all pro-
bability, the incarceration of his person in a dungeon,
since, we understand, he is determined not to pay.
We shall have more to say on this subject next
week—and probably for many a week to come—
meanwhile, we have to congratulate the clergyman
who is reported to have taken part in these proceed-
ings on the Christian spirit which the act displays.
How strikingly in accordance with the precepts of
Scripture is an iniquitous proceeding like this !
What an unction the godly man must lay to his soul
when appealing to the God of lore and mercy for an
approving testimony to the correctness of his princi-
ples !—Derby Reporter.

THE SIGNS or LONDON.—It is not a hundred years
since a great part of London was disfigured by signs
suspended from almost every house in which any busi-
ness was carried on. By degrees the metropolis was
cleared of these incumbrances, many of which projected
from the houses, and completely spoiled the appearance
of some of the best streets. To a very late period the
signs of inns and public-houses in country towns and
villages stretched across the public roads, but with the
progress of taste and improvement, nearly all these
remnants of vulgar display have vanished, It is, how-
ever, melancholy to observe that a kind of re-action has
for some time commenced in the metropolis. The smal-
lest trader must be distinguished by his name and occu-
pation being displayed in the largest letters. Not satis-
fied with enlarging the letters of the alphabet, all manner
of companies, dispensaries, infirmaries, and societies, aro
now occupied in covering the whole front of the tene-
ments they occupy with huge boards or plaster entabla-
tures, announcing to the public the peculiar merits of
their institution, or the wondrous cures they have
achieved, or hope to achieve, at the expense of the public.
Surely such institutions, if really meritorious, would at-
tract public:attention without so much outside show. It
savours very much of quackery, and should operate as a
caution to the public. It is like " the sellings off at 20
per cent. under prime cost," " the great sacrifice for
ready money," and the numerous attempts on public
credulity that have met with the fullest explanations in
the exposures that have recently taken place in the Bank-
ruptcy Court.
We have lately been infested by an extraordinary
number of vagrants, many of whom care not what out-
rage they commit, in order that they may be sent to the
House of Correction. The fact is too notorious to be
denied, from whatever cause it may spring. On Wed-
nesday the magistrates were occupied a considerable time
in adjudicating upon vagrancy cases, and private hear-
ings of a similar nature are occuring almost daily. In
some instances the offer of liberation, upon condition of
leaving the town, has been immediately rejected, and the
longest term of imprisonment allotted the accused con-
sidered as a boon. During the past week a man and his
wife, who had just escaped from " durance vile" (?),
were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with
hard labour, for begging about Leamington streets. The
man took a stone from his pocket, on being appre-
hended, and deliberately threw it at the window of Mr.
Newby, chemist, High-street, breaking a pane of glass
valued at W. The woman broke two panes in the win-
dow of Mr. Crammer, whitesmith. These offences arose,
in both instances, from a refusal of relief. On Tuesday
night no less than six vagrants tore up all their clothes
(excepting only their nearer garment, and in some in-
stances even this was partialiy mutilated) into pieces
about three inches square, and in this plight were ac-
tually arraigned before the magistrates the following
morning. They were all sentenced to one month's im-
prisonment, with hard labour. Money and refreshments,
we are informed, have on some occasions been offered to
induce the offenders to leave the town, but without
avail ; they seem determined to " winter " in the House
of Correction. It is probable the subject will be intro
duced at the ensuing sessions, with a view of remedying
the evil.— Warwick Advertiser.
COVENT-GARDEN TIDIATRA—The orchestral An-
tinous Jullien had an immense audience last night upon
the strength of the announcement that Sivori wouldve play
amusing variations on the " Carnaval de ruse."
Such a vast assemblage of
people, we believe, was never
before congregated within the walls of the theatre. The
" promenade' was so much crowded that movement was
impossible ; and the boxes and galleries were equally
well filled. Sivori wasireceived with great applause, and
his grotesque variations—never before played by him
more perfectly or humorously—were encored by a hurri-
cane of voices.
There will be a Cabinet Council on Thursday, at
which all the Ministers aro expected to be present.

STRIKE OF THE BARKING
FISHERMEN.
No fewer than sixty fishing smacks, belonging to
Barking, in Essex, are at this moment lying in the
River, a little below Woolwich, their crews having
brought them home from sea, and struck work. As
the Barking fishery has long been one of the prin-
cipal sources of supply to the Billingsgate market, a
few particulars respecting its present condition, awl
the alleged causes of the strike, may not be unaccept-
able to our readers. The total number of smacks
belonging to Barking, though nominally sailing from
the port of London, is about one hundred and sixty.
These are wet-bottomed vessels, generally of from
fifty to sixty tons, and carrying each three men be-
sides the captain, and about the same number of ap-
prentices. Their principal fishing grounds are off
the coast of Holland, and during the cod season
in the North Sea and about the Orkney Islands.
In the summer and autumn it is not unusual
for many of them to work out of Harwich,
Lowestoft', or Yarmouth, or the eastern coast.
The kind of fish they are employed in catching
varies with the season and locality ; it is mostly cod,
sole, haddock, or plaice. A smack's cargo commonly
contains more than one of these varieties. The dura
tion of the voyages is also subject to a corresponding
variation from the same circumstances. Where seve-
ral smacks are the property of a single owner, or of
two or three in the same family, they are generally
worked in fleets of from fifteen to thirty sail, each
smack in its turn bringing to market the fish caught
by the whole fleet. In this way a large fleet is en-
abled to keep up a regular and constant supply; thus
a fair average of the market is secured, and the time
of absence from home rendered less variable and un-
certain. Frequently, however, the smacks only come
up the river as far as Gravesend, and having dis-
charged their cargo of fish into the hatch-boats that
ply between that place and the London market, they
take in fresh provision and return to sea. This is
called making a " Gravesend voyage." It tends to
keep the men longer from their homes and families;
but effects a great saving of time to the owners.
Formerly these Gravesend voyages were not so com-
mon as they are at present ; and the men generally
found means to get home on the average once a
month. But to meet the increased competition that the
supply of fish by railway has introduced, the owners
have made them more frequent, till the usual time of
absence has increased to:six or eight weeks, and often
more. One extensive proprietor, the owner of about
fifty vessels, has also, for the last year, employed a
very fast-sailing, cutter to carry provisions to his
smacks, and those of the numerous small owners who
are his dependents, and to bring their fish back to
meet the boats at Gravesend. By this means, the
crews of more than half the smacks belonging to the
place have been kept out at sea for periods of from
three to six months. This lengthened absence from
home and its comforts the working fishermen have
long felt to be a great privation, their stays on shore
being always much shorter than those of other sea-
men. The middle class of owners, thinking probably
that a partial return to the old system would place
them on a more equal footing with the extensive
proprietor above referred to, lent a favourable ear to
their complaints, and, with their concurrence, the
crews of seventy vessels have struck, and re-
turned home. The other owners have, it is
said, promised to take an additional hand
in each vessel, to prevent any being thrown
out of berth should the men's demands
not be acceded to. The apprentices, of whom
more than two hundred are already on shore, will,
of course, be thrown upon their masters' hands. The
demands of the men are for increased wages and
shorter voyages. Their present rate of wages is—
men fourteen shillings a week, and mates sixteen.
They want this to be advanced two shillings in each
case, and the time of absence to be limited to one
month. The majority of the owners seem inclined
to grant them this, but others are averse to all con-
cession. The general opinion, however, is, that "the
owners must give in." The reasons assigned are,
that this is the most profitable part of the year, that
"all hands" are in the strike, and that the men of
other places are not suited to the particular kind of
fishery in which the inhabitants of Barking are en-
gaged. One thing is certain, that if the strike con-
tinues long the loss to large owners will be very
great. Those who continue at sea will obtain high
prices for such fish as they can bring to market,
though it is doubtful whether this advantage will be
more than overbalanced by their participation in the
general loss.

ECONOMY or Gis.—A lecture, by Dr. Jones, on
the advantages of napthalised gas, now forms one of the
subjects of instruction during the day exhibition of the
Adelaide Gallery. The naptha distilled from coal during
the manufacture of gas, when purified, is extremely
volatile and inflammable, and when properly burned it
yields a brilliant light, in consequence of the large
quantity of carbon it contains. It has been ascertained
that coal gas when passed through naptha absorbs a
portion, and its illuminating properties are thereby
greatly increased by the larger amount of carbon. To
effect this absorption the gas is passed through a box
containing shelves whereon sponges dipped in naptha
are placed. By adopting this plan, and by using a dry
gas-meter it is found that a saving of twenty-five per
cent. in the cost of the gas is attained, after adding the
expense of the naptha. About one-half the quantity of
napthalised gas gives an equal amount of light to double
the volume of gas not so prepared. Dr. Jones repre-
sents the alleged danger and inconvenience attending the
use of the naptha to be altogether unfounded, and to
have been suggested by parties whose interests are af-
fected by the improvement.
DRUGGING A. POLICEMAN.-011 Saturday morning,
about two o'clock, constable 183 L was discovered lying
insensible in Arlington-street, Waterloo-road. He Was
immediately conveyed to the station-house, Tower-
street. The divisional surgeon administered restora-
tives, and in three hours the constable was sufficiently
restored to his senses to state that while he was on his
beat in Arlington-street, shortly after one o'clock, a man
of colour he had some slight knowledge of treated him
to a glass of gin; he was requested to partake of another,
which he declined, saying he did not exactly like the
taste of the first. He then proceeded a short distance,
when he was overtaken by stupor, and fell down in-
' sensible. The doctor stated that he had drunk a deadly
mixture, which would have terminated his existence if
he had drunk half a glass more. The constable is a
steady sober man, and has been in the force about
eighteen months. The police are on the look-out for the
person who gave him the liquor.
INTERESTING FACTS.—The following is the sub-
stance of a communication from Southport, the favourite
watering-place, about twenty-three miles north of
Liverpool :—" On Monday, 11th inst., after a heavy
gale, which had forced out the tide far beyond its ordi-
nary limits, a poor boy picked up a pocket-book which
had drifted to the shore. lie hastened to display the
prize to his father, who, after examining the contents
and discovering that they consisted of upwards of 1201.,
immediately went to consult the Rev. Mr. D., who kindly
ascertained that the treasure belonged to a gentleman,
who, on crossing the Mersey, at Liverpool, on the 9th
inst., was nearly drowned, and on being rescued from his
accident, found that his pocket-book was still in the
water. The tide must have carried it down the Mersey
out to sea, and thus brought it into the hands of the
worthy labourer in question, who, on restoring the pro-
perty to its delighted owner, was presented with 151.,
and is now building himself a modest cottage with the re-
ward of his probity."—llampskire Telegraph.
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last, at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, an inquest was
held before Mr. Chapman, on the body of Gideon Has-
lam, plasterer and painter, of Burnden. near Bolton. It
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While in the infirmary he stated, that he and another
man went to Mr. Blair's premises about two o'clock in
the morning of the 10th instant, with the intention of
having two turkeys each for their dinners ; that he was
intoxicated at the time, and slipped from the loft, and that
he thought it was cowardly in his companion to leave him
in the state iu which he was found. The jury returned a
verdict to the effect that the death was occasioned by frac-
ture of the skull, received though accidentally falling
from the loft. The deceased has left a widow and two
children, and was 26 years of age.—Manchester Guardian.

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FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, whilst
Mr. G. Littlewood, lamp-contractor, Upper King-street,
Bloomsbury, was driving a horse in a chaise cart along
Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell, towards the Green, the
horse, a vicious animal, suddenly took fright and dashed
forward with fearful rapidity. On descending the hill
on the west-side of the Sessions-house the horse fell and
rolled over. The sudden jerk threw the driver out of the
cart, and his head came with great force against the
kerb-stone. Constable G 102 ran to his assistance, and
found that Mr. Littlewood's skull was entirely knocked
in. He was conveyed in a state of insensibility to a sur-
geon's near the spot, who seeing his hopeless state di-
rected his removal to St. Bartholomew's, whither he was
conveyed in a cab, and after receiving every attention
from the house surgeon, expired at half-past eleven.
Mr. Littlewood has left a wife and family. He was
about forty.
INQUEST ON MAJOR DE HAVILAND.—Last night
Mr. Higgs, the coroner for Westminster, held an inquest
at the Coach and Horses, Mount-street, Berkeley-square,
on the body of Major Charles De Haviland, a general
officer of the army. Mr. Stevenson, of 37, Upper Gros-
venor-street, surgeon, stated that the deceased came to
town on Saturday week from Guernsey, in order to place
himself under his care, who at the period was suffering
from a disordered stomach, occasioned by drinking too
freely of wine, and taking little or no nutriment. De-
ceased was also troubled with an affection of the heart,
and experienced also a severe attack of spasms. Major
De Haviland was not confined to his room, but was able
to walk to the residence of his medical adviser daily.
He was extremely cheerful, and his health was rather
improved since his arrival in town.—ThomasFiott de Ha-
viland, Esq., judge and magistrate of the island of Guern-
sey, described the state of the deceased, whom he said
was his brother. He stated that on his arrival in town
on Wednesday last, he found him considerably better.
Deceased had laboured for a length of time under a dis-
ease of the heart, and was also subject to spasms. 'Wit-
ness dined with his brother on Thursday last. On Friday
he was with him in the evening. The deceased had a
violent attack of spasms, which lasted the greatest part
of the evening, but towards half-past nine o'clock he
seemed relieved, and witness left, not apprehending the
slightest danger. Deceased had refused to have any me-
dical aid, Mr. Stevenson, his own medical attendant,
being out of town. The jury returned a verdict—" Died
by the visitation of God."