The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-19 00:00:00

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COURTS OF LAW.

We have perused the first draught of a "Bill for
altering and improvitrg the Processlings in the Su-
perior Courts'of Common Law, as to certain actions
for the recovery of debts, or damages, not exceeding
20/., and as to other actions in certain cases, pre-
ferred and brought on by Mr. JEuvis and Mr.
WATSON, and ordered, by the Commons, to be
printed, on the 6th of February, 1844."
This appears to be, we are sorry to say, the sug-
gestion of an additional chapter in the code of pains
and penalties, which it has been: often attempted,
for half a century past, and with various success—to
incorporate into British legislation on that most inex-
plicable of social crimes among us—debt. The pre-
amble declares that it is expedient to render actions
for the recovery of debts, or damages, in certain
cases, of an amount not exceeding 201., more sum-
mary and less expensive, and to alter the
practice and proceedings in the Superior Courts of
Common Law in respect of such actions." Proceed-
ings for the recovery of such debts appear to be sum-
mary enough already, so far as the interests of the
bona fide creditor are concerned; and except where
the party proceeding is disposed vexatiously to en-
force them, it cannot fairly be said that the costs of
ordinary actions for debts under 201. are excessive.
The law and legal process are sufficiently stringent
already, unless it be proposed to leave no margin in
the shape of consideration or indulgence for the simply
unfortunate in increasing their pressure on the frau-
dulent and unprincipled. But we have another grave
objection to the Bill before us. It is one of those
plausible engines forincreasing the already overgrown
patronage of our high legal functionaries to which we
must say gentlemen of the long robe, of all parties,
are too apt to lend themselves, in the House of Com-
mons. They seem to imagine, from the easy and
deliberate way in which they givo their sanction to
the various Bills that in every session provide, in
some shape or other, professional gratuities. or .nely
salaried offices for barristers, that they themselves
hold some patent of exemption from that suspicion
of interested motives which the world attaches to all
other men under similar circumstances. Individuals
who are for ever devising some means of adding to
the appointments and advantages to be opened to the
profession to which they belong, are shrewdly sus-
pected of a lively hope of participating, in time to come,
in the harvest of the seed crop which they have been the
first to sow. Assuredly this remark does not point
to the respected and learned Members whose names
are endorsed upon the " Bill" before us ; but neither
will their names neutralise its general force and ap-
plication. For what is the case here ? Clauses Ito
25 provide that actions of this class and limit may
be brought by writ of summons—which writ may be
served personally, or by leaving a copy. if defendant
do not plead to writ of summons, " within the time
there specified," judgment may be signed; or, if ser-
vice not personal, judgment may be signed with
leave of the judge. No appearance to be entered by
or for the defendant; " and for the purpose of plead-
ing, the particulars underwritten shall he deemed to
be part of the writ, and may be pleaded to in whole or

in part, as may now be done, at the usual costs of a
declaration." Judge, in Chambers may make orders for
further particulars ; no plea in abatement to be
allowed; judges of the Superior Courts at West-
minster, or any eight of them, the three chiefs being
of the number, to have power to settle form of plead-
ings ; in case of departure from such forms, a judge
may set aside the pleading, with costs. Certain
pleas, however, may be pleaded together without

leave ; particulars to be delivered with plea of pay-
ment or set off; no demurrer allowable for want
of formall commencement, and no demurrer for
form deliverable without previous leave of a judge;
judge may permit the defect to be amended; sig-
natures of counsel not to be required to any
pleadings ; if plaintiff do not proceed for a
month, defendant may sign judgment of non
pros.; defendant may take out a summons to stay
proceedings, on payment of debt and costs claimed, or
of a sum to be named; and the judge may make
orders for payment, or give time for payment, not
exceeding one month. Judge's summons to be pe-
remptory in the.first instance, and one shilling only to
be paid for it ; in form as per schedule. Then comes
the " patronage" clause, as we shall term it (26),

touching " assessors to be appointed to the sheriffs
of England and Wales ;" followed by clauses 27 to
30, illustrative of the functions, &c., of these new
officers. Clause 26 enacts that the Lord Chan-
cellor shall appoint as " many persons as he shall
think fit, not exceeding tieelve persons in the whole,"
to be " assessors to the sheriff's of counties
and cities in England and Wales,"—such
persons to be barristers-at-law of not less

than seven years' standing, or attorneys of one
of the Superior Courts of not less than ten years'
standing, removable by the Lord Chancellor for
misconduct or incapacity, his Lordship having power
to increase or diminish the said number as he shall

•ee fit, until the end of the year 1845 ; after which

no more assessors to be appointed without consent
and approbation of the Lords of the Treasury ; as-
sessors may appoint duly qualified deputies (for pe-
riods not exceeding two months in any case) on suffi-
cient cause being satisfactorily shown. Salaries of
Assessors (amount in blank) to be payable out of the
Consolidated Fund ; such assessors to act as judges on
writs of trial and writs of inquiry.
There are several other clauses relating to the
duties of these provincial judges in embryo, all calling
for notice and consideration ; but we must pass to

clause 40, which really seems to drop all recollection

of the preamble, and to contemplate a serious irrup-
tion into the jurisdiction-demesne of the " Superior
Courts at Westminster," and elsewhere; for it enacts
that in any action which, if the amount claimed did

not exceed 201., would be triable by writ of trial,
it shall be lawful for a judge, on the application of
either plaintiff or defendant, if he shall so think

fit, to order that such action, though for
a debt or damages exceeding 201., shall be
tried by writ of trial, and to name place of trial;

and such writ of trial shall issue accordingly; and
thereupon further proceedings in the trial shall be such

as if the debt or damages claimed did not exceed 201.
Upon the whole, we think we have assigned tole-
rably strong grounds for the hope, with the expression
of which we conclude—namely, that Parliament will
vigilantly superintend the progress of a measure
which does not appear to us so well calculated to

carry out its professed remedial principles as to prove
a golden egg in the snug nest of Chancery patronage.

Sovrn DBVoN.—The weather since Friday last
has assumed a wintry aspect. In several parts the hedge
rows were decked with spring flowers, in full bloom, and
spring, with all its charms, seemed near at hand. A sharp,
frost has now set in, which will retard the progress of
vegetation, which was in a very forward state. r The
lambing season has been very favourable and grass
and turnips are very plentiful. During the last fortnight
the corn trade has undergone an improvement, and prices
have advanced. Cattle are rather dull at present In the
manufacturing towns, the woollen trade is going on briskly,
and yolk wool is in good demand at 9d. to 94d. per lb.—
Potatoes are selling from 3s. 6d. to 4s. per bag.• Wheat 7s. 3d.
per bushel ; Barley 3s. 10d. to 4s ; Oats 2s. Bd. to 2s. 10d.—
Plymouth Journal.

WILL FORGERIES.—About eight years ago, an at-
torney of the name of Hyte lived in the west of England,
Barnstaple we believe, who far exceeded the present forgers in
adroitness and wickedness. On one occasion lie was re-
quested by a married man to make a will in favour of his
brother, at which his wife complained to Hyte, who told her
he would make all right for her, and trust to her liberality.
He prepared two wills, one in favour of the brother, and
another bequeathing the property to his wife. The first
was read over to the dying man ; but before it was
signed by the testator and witnesses he rang the changes,
so that the widow became the sole object of his bounty.
The brother suspected foul play and fraud, but could not
prove it. Hyte afterwards obtained large sums from the
widow, whom he kept in constant dread of an exposé,
which, however, did not take place until she, on her.death-
bed, confessed the whole, declaring that she had never enjoyed
an hour's peace since the foul transaction. The last, among
many acts of forgery which this villain committed, was That
of the will of a person at Exeter. A gentleman, possessed of
large property, was likely to die, and Hyte inquired of the
wife whether he had made a will in her favour. She replied,
"She was fearful he had made no will:" He said he would
prepare one, and trust to her generosity. He' called
the next day, and was told it was too late, for the
man had just expired. He said he had brought y a
winces with him, and would manage it. They, Went
to the bed-side and read over the -will to the corpse, and
having done so, he caught a live fly, '
which he put into the
mouth of the dead man, and took his hand and guided it
to sign the document, and the witness declared that he had
heard the will read to the deceased, who signed it while
life was in him (alluding to the live fly). The validity of
potisliattivelengptrhoof,
pwarastlymbyanlfest
the will, which was so much at variance with the expressed
sentiments of the testator in the latter period of life, was dis-
puted,
threats, o'
tnildellefrelirpl7r:
titularly from the accusation of conscience, the widow and
traii sctbiuotn,nuno
subscribing or attesting witness made a fullconfessiOn, and
being admitted as witnesses for the Crown, the scoundrel
Hyte was convicted and executed in the year 170 7.-
berm •rourrwil. . .

MO 1%

:.-'t AIN !

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR.—Monopoly is hydra.headed—corn, cattle, sugar,
water, coals, a!1 alike. re,tricted, made dillicolt. and to
the millions denied I In this va,t metropo'is—the queen
or cities and of colonisation—the focus of a hundred cha-
rities and a thou and schools—monopoly reigns para-
mount. No where else is there such a monopoly in
fire---no where else is there such a monopoly in water.
You did your duty long and ably in attacking the abuses
of the coal. monopoly. Do I err in thinking that you
will aid the inhabitants of Lambeth, Southwark, and all
South London, in also attacking the water monopoly ?
It so happens, that all the three companies supplying
South London with water, have in their Acts of Parlia-
ment the same clause, making it " unlawful" to supply
such water in an impure state, which all join in treating
with contempt. Their customers cannot help themselves;
hence the enclosed petition, which is receiving signatures
in all directions.-1 your obedient servant,
__

[We have received a copy of the peAtitioSnU, RbuGtEa4? Npre.
sent we cannot promise to find room for it.]

ST. PAUL'S AND WESTMINSTER

ABBEY.

TO THE .EDIT(7I? OF THE SUN.
Srn,—Parliament being now assembled, I beg to sug-
gest, through the medium of your valuable paper, the
propriety of convening a public meeting, for the purpose
of considering the steps which it may be advisable to
take in reference to the present disgraceful condition of
the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, and the Abbey
Church of St. Peter, Westminster, in order to effect, if
possible, the following important objects :---
First—The abolition of fees.
Secondly—To obtain in these churches increased and.
better accommodation for the poor, belonging to the
cities of London and Westminster, and
Thirdly—To get the Pagan monuments, which dis-
figure and profane these holy temples, removed _to some
other more appropriate receptacle.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, _ .

AN ENGLISHMAN.
[We know of no Pagan monuments in those temples ;
but we know of monuments to Johnson and Howard, and
Watt, men who adorned and civilised Christian society.
Could there be better places, too, for the monuments of
gallent men who have died in the service of their
country ? In the other two propositions, however, we
entirely concur.]

THE CURRENCY. '
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Sir John Mandeville, who was in the military service
of the Great Khan of Cathay, about the middle of the 14th
century, thus describes the symbolic money in use among the
Tartars :

"Thus Emperour may despenden als moche as he will
withouten estymacioun ; for he despendeth not, ne maketh,
no money but of lather emprented or of papyre.• And of that
money is some of gretter prys, and some of lasse prys, aftre
the dyversitee of his statutes. And when that money.hathe
round so hinge that it begynnethe to waste, than men beren
it to the Emperour's tresourie ; and than thei taken newe
money for the olde. And that money gothe thorghe Out elle-
the countree, and thorghe out elle his provynces ; for there
and beyonde hem thei make no money nouther of gold nor of
sylver. And therefore be may despende yuou and out-
rageously."
The above passage shows that the Tartan had much better
notions of money than our modern statesmen ; that the
leather and paper tokens of receipt issued by the.Great4ilian
in return for the supplies levied by: him passed currentas a
Medium of exchange tlirouglrall the' country and provinces,
performing; at a small cost, all the offices that gold or silver
could have done. Our modern statesmen extort froin the
subject both the supplies and the gold to represent them !
and in this respect they show their inferiority to the Great
Khan in the article of common sense—as, however, they are
no way behind hand with the Tartar Potentate " in despen-
ding ynou and outrageously," the people of this country have
a fair claim on them for an abundant and cheap circulating
Medium. It will be found, Sir, ere long, that Sir R. Peel
caught a Tartar " when he brought forward his Currency
Bill of 1819 ; it would have been well for the country had he
deigned to take a lesson from him in the theory of money;
indeed, a few Tartar instructors in that science would•be of
great service at the present time ; I could recommend several
PPafor instance, Mr. Jones Loyd, Mr. Norman, Mr. Horsley
ahner, and that last light of the age, Mr. John Gellibrand
Hubbard.—l am, your most obedient servant,
London, Feb. 16, 1844. Q. T.

MR. FERRAND, M.P., AND MR.
COBDEN, M.P.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Strt,—l am a Conservative, aye, a Tory: and a
Conservative, or Tory, who will yield to no man in
an honest and heqrty desire to promote the happiness
and welfare of the poor, the farmers, and I may add,
too, the manufacturers, for I do not know that -this
class has not an equal right to justice as the other two.
As such I have viitnessei with sincere sorrow the
perpetual contests that have been going on between
the two Hon. Gentlemen whose names I have prefixed
to the head of this letter.

Sir, I fear that both Mr. Cobden and- Mr:-Ferrand
overlook one "great fact," and that that oversight is
the cause of both of them being at "daggers drawn,"
instead of being, as they ought to be, united in one
common assault upon the common wrong that has
been committed, and is sought to be perpetuated' and
even increased against the poor, the farmer, and the
I manufacturer.

Sir, the fact of maintaining for foreign gold the
fixed monopoly price of 3/ 17s. 100. per ounce, has,
isince the year 1819, nearly doubled the taxation alike
'of the poor, the farmer, and the manufacturer. Pre-
'viol's to that year the labour of the artisan was at ss.
per day, the corn of the farmer at 10s. 6d. per bushel,
and the calico of the manufacturer at 9d. per yard.
:They are now (under gold at a monopoly price) 3s.
per day, 6s. per bushel, and 4d. per yard; and, con-
sequently, the taxation of these classes has been nearly
(doubled. Apply this to the case of this country,
With
a fixed taxation of 50,000,000/. per year, and it Will
be obvious that almost another 50,000,000/. is now
being extorted from the tax-payers of this country
—a sum amounting to at least 800,000,0001., or
the entire national debt since the year 1819.
Sir, the two productive classes—land and factory—
are losing sight of the common enemy. Let them
look to the money laws, and Mr. Ferrand and Mr.
Cobden may shake hands, and rally under the same
banner. Lord Brougham,
with 5,000!. a-year pen-
sion, is getting, with corn at 6s. Bd. a bushel, 15,000
bushels of corn per year. previous to 1819 the pen-
sion was 4,0001. a year, and, with corn at 10s., it was
of the value of 8,000 bushels. The same appalling
increase applies to labour, calico, and almost every
other 'necessary of life. Sir, it extends also to the
other fact of the 50,000,000/. per year ; and it is no
wonder that the labourer is poor, that the farmer is
in difficulties, and that the manufacturer cannot, under
such burdens, compete with the foreigner. The pro-
ductive classes must be united—not divided.
One that'wishes to see
THE CAT OUT OF THE MG.
Brighton, Feb. 14, 1844.

The splendid abode of the Right Hon. the Earl of
Lichfield, in St. James's"-square, is in George Robins's list for
disposal. It is accounted•one of the most -complete mansions
throughout the metropolis.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEDIENT3.--011 Fridif the
large area of ground in Broad-street, St. Giles's, Whic has
been obtained by. the removal of the houses at the north end
of Monmouth-street, was opened to the publiC,•a itc
road-way having been completed and laid down. The demo-
lition of the houses and the formation of the new thorough,
fare have added greatly to the improvement of this locality,
as a very spacious thoroughfare has been made. At the end
of Belton-street, adjoining the same spot, some houses have
been cleared away, which has considerably widened that
part, and which, when paved with stone, will open the com-
munication from Waterloo-bridge to St. Giles's. In Belton-
street (for the line of this new street), yearly half the houses
between Broad-street and Long Acre are taken down, on the
west side. Among the number was the Guy Earl of Warwick
public-house, which was established a great many years age.-
Upon a site near to this house, a chapel of ease to the parish
church of St. Gilesin-the-Fields, will be built.
Within the last half century rents have trebled, the
price of wheat has doubled, and agricultural wages remain
about the same. The landlord is therefore the only.party
who has benefited by the corn-laws.-21foninouth Mer En.
STATE or TRADE.—Yarns have again advanced. in
price this week. Wools still remain firm. No further pur-
chases of either yarns or goods are now making ou specula-
tion, as the general impression seems to be that yarns have
reached their maximum,.and that nothing further is. to. be
gained or saved by any further purchases than what are ne-
cessary for carrying on from week to week. London houses
are now:acting upon this principle, and consequently bUying
sparingly, and only for present wants; the present business,
therefore, for useful goods is limited to the actual'consump-
tion at present going on. We trust there will be no further
speculation or advances upon material, as in that case, by in-
creasing the risks of accumulating stick, it wilt have a ten-
dency to throw workmen out of employments—Lek:ate,.
•
STATE OF THE LACE AND HOSIERY TRAtits.--
The cotton manufactures in this district, which 1:14‘,, betin,
for some time, in rather an healthy condition, are 04cepti in
a singular predicament from an unexpected cause ; namely,
a great rise in the price of both hosiery saint and .
thread, which has, since the latter end of Nov'ennice_
bar, advanced 30 per cent. on the list price, to the great
benefit of the Manchester and other spinners, but
demandu
to the loss and inconvenience of the trade of Nottitifim.
The cause is attributed to their being an extensiye
in Yorkshire, where the woollen manufacturers have nixed
cotton with worsted, principally for warp, while Others say,
that whole warps are composed of cotton, having a woollen
shoot, which are sold as being made wholly of worsted. A
considerable quantity. of . cotton' yarn has, for many years,
been exported to Russia and Ilindostan.—Derby Reporter,
DEATH OF LORD GLENTWORTH.—nis nobleman,
after a painful and protracted illness, expired on Friday
morning at his mansion, in Manchester-square. For some
time past the nature of his Lordship's malady was such as to
give not the slightest hopes for his eventual recovery, so,
that the immediate family convections were Prepared for the
melancholy result. The deceased Edmond Henry Lord
Glentworth, was eldest son of the late Lord, who die'd in
1837, and grandson and heir of the Earl of Limerick. He
was born 3d March, 1809, and married, Bth Costsbor
Miss Eve Maria Villebois, second daughter of mi..
boil, by whom, we believe, his Lordship leavesAt young fa-
mily. By his demise the families of the Earl and Counter;
of Limerick, Lord Monteagle, Lady Lucy Standish, Mr. P.
and Lady Louisa Pole, Sir Henry and Lady Frances Calder,
Count and Lady Cecil Delatield, Mr. George and Lady Ca-
roline Russell, &c., are placed in mourning.
„„
MrrsioroLlTAN ritovPIENTs,,--1 Ppre
is 4 Bill
before the (louse to 0t0b441. river from
Piaee-yard to
Qhathemr_place, to fssrts carriage road. This win be t
ansommodatioo to the pill*, as it will take Much of%
thoroughfare from the Strand: 4,r4Pqx:4tS 1,4 will Willt*
dined for the emb0y4410430 frolo vlolioato,bridgc to Matter,
sea-bridge. . When completed it will 1.4 040 of the mot
1k1311411 riktYs 9r 01040402'

THE DUItE 01? SUTHERLAND ON
THE CORN-LAWS.
(From the Shrewsbury Chronicl.)•
The following letter has been, addressed by his Grace
to his agent at Dwirobin, in the county of Sutherland:—
" London, Feb. 12, 1844.
" Dear Sir.—As 'I learn that in Sutherland some of
my friends and tenants are desirous of having a meeting
to consider the subject of the corn-laws, under appre-
hension of the effects which the present agitation of that
subject may have on our'agricultural interests, it may be
well for me to say shortly to you what I am disposed to
believe right and truein regard to it. It is very fair that
the sentiments of any who feel desirous of 'communicat-
ing them should be, expressed ; but it is also desirable
that none should commit themselves incautiously, and
under unnecessary apprehensions ; they may probably
find that in this, as on many other subjects, great ex-
aggerations prevail. I take it for granted that none would
think of considering societies for agricultural purposes
as proper instruments for use, as machinery for extend-
ing any determined 'opinions that any number of mem-
bers may entertain on this general question. This, I
think, should be carefully avoided. Of course, Ido not
urge objections to any persons meeting as a society, for
the sp?cial purpose of taking a part for or against a
general measure ; but the societies which have been
formed to promote improvements in all branches of farm-
ing should be kept elear of contention, and free from
disputes of this nature.
" My own feeling is in favour of the free current of
national industry—of unfettered commerce—of purchase
and sale generally—without excepting any trade on
which the sustenance of the people depends. lam un-
willing to close the best markets for our supplies,' and
cut off from the people the sources which Providence
offers, under the varying circumstances of seasons and
climates, for the produce of commodities necessary for
the enjoyment of life. Ido not think it is a solid good
principle to maintain that a bounty should be given to
the grower by a tax on the consumer—and I believe that
the protest drawn up by the late Lord Grenville on the
subject is substantially sound and just. I also, as I said.
think that in conforming to these principles we shall not
endanger ourselves; though no doubt in many parts, of
England particularly, great improvements will be re-
quired, and under any system they should be enforced.
" Important considerations arise from the artificial
and complicated system which has made our condition so
difficult to understand and manage: our national debt,
complicated taxation, necessities of revenue—all these
make great caution necessary ; and it is no doubt right
and proper that all who have insight into these subjects
shouldcommunicate—that agricyiturists should exprregg
their sentiments regarding their own prospects and fears
and expectations, as well as other members of society.
But I do not wish to enrol myself among those who re-
quire restrictions interfering with trade and commerce
in regard to the most important articles for man.
" I am, dear Sir, truly yours,
" G. Gunn, Esq." " SUTHERLAND."

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. '
ADVERTISER.--Sir Robert Peel succeeded in muzzling
Lord Lyndhurst while the debate on Ireland was proceeding
in the Upper House ; but he has not succeeded in sealing the
lips of another equally dangerous colleague in the House of
Commons. Lord Stanley, who last session submitted with-
out a murmur to the silence which his master imposed .on
him, has this session given indications that he will not con-
lent to play the mute any longer. He has;with becoming
,spirit broke through the restraints to which the Premier
sought to subject him. "Richard's himself again." On
Friday evening the Noble Lord proved to the House, and to
Sir Robert Peel too, that he has not by the unbroken silence
he submitted to maintain last year, lost any of that hastiness
of temper, or impetuosity of character which he was wont to
display whenever he took part in any of the discussions in
the House. We are glad of this, while condemning the
matter of his speech. We are gratified to see that he
has had the manliness to rebel against the wishes of his Mi-
nisterial master, and that he is determined not any longer to
compromise his own character by consenting to maintain, at
the bidding of Sir' Robert, a detrading silence. His speech of
Friday is, we trust, to be regarded as an earnest of the pro-
minent part he means to take in the discussions "of the session
On which we have just entered. His Lordship's speech on
Friday was a strikingly faithful transcript of themind of the
speaker. He was as fiery and vehement—as open and un-
guarded as ever. He compromised the Cabinet of which he
is a member by every fifth or sixth sentence he delivered.
His speech was the most damaging to Ministers which has
yet been delivered since the commencement of the debate,
It has done, and will do, the Government of Sir Robert Peel
more mischief than even the speech of Lord John
Russell. Some of his admissions were quite as in-
sulting and offensive as was the application of the
word " alien " to the blood, language, and religion
of the Irish, which Lord Lyndhurst was fiendish
or foolish enough to make, a few years ago. The Colonial
Secretary admitted, for example, that Ireland is ruled by
military law, and that a rebellion is prevented solely by an
exhibition of brute force. He virtually thanked God that
there were troops enough in Ireland to keep the people in
subjection. Is this, then, a matter for gratitude to Heaven ?
Ought it to be a subject of self-gratulation to any Govern-
ment, that an entire nation are so maddened by the measures
of that Government, that to prevent rebellion their country
must be converted into one vast garrison? We unconsciously
ask ourselves, when we hear such language, in what country
do we live ? In Russia or in Great Britain ? Are we under
a despotism, or do we possess a free constitution ? -The lawce
guage of Lord Stanley might suit the meridian of St. Peters-
burgh, but it is language which the greatest enemies of Mi-
nisters could never have expected to hear in London.
Does the Noble Lord imagine that this is the way
to conciliate the Irish ? Does he suppose that the
use of such language is calculated to tranquillise
Ireland? The people of Ireland know, because they have
felt it, that since the accession of the Tories to power, they
have been living under a military despotism ; but is it wise,
is it generous, is it safe to strike the iron still deeper into
their souls, by openly proclaiming and in effect glorying in
the fact? Is it not enough that Ireland is oppressed, de-
graded, insulted, by the men now in office, without having
superadded to all her indignities and wrongs, the crowning
insult of boasting in Parliament that, by means of an over-
whelming military force, the party in power can continue to
trample her people in the dust? The speech of Lord Stanley
will produce a feeling of indignation in Ireland,- which may
be attended with results which no one can contemplate 'with-
out fear and trembling. Nothing which the plausible and
cautious Premier may hereafter say, will neutralise the effects
of that most insulting speech. It will rankle in the bosom
of every Irishman who loves his country ; and it will
strengthen and extend the feeling which exists in favour of *
severance from Great Britain. Talk of Mr. O'Connell and
" monster meetings" endangering the peace of Ireland ! Why,
this single speech of the Hotspur of the Ministry will do
more to peril the peace of Ireland than all the repeal Meet-.
ings ever held, and all the repeal speeches ever made, in that
country.
HERALD.—We rejoice to find that the agricultural party
are at length proceeding to take vigorous measures to coun-
teract the Anti-Corn-law League. A meeting took place at
the Duke of Richmond's on Saturday, for the purpose of
forming a Metropolitan Society for the Protection of British,
Agriculture, when his Grace was appointed President, and
the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Vice-President of the
Society. There were present at this influential meeting
The Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Buckingham and
Chandos, the Duke. of Leeds, Lord Beaumont, Earl of
Yarborough, Viscount Ingestre, Lord Rendlesham, Earl of
March, Lord 'Worsley, Viscount Campden, Lord Newport,.
Lord Os.sulston, Sir C. Burrell, Sir C. Knightley,
.Sir J.
Trollope, Sir J. Chetwode, Hon. F. Scott, Messrs. T.
Duffield, Stafford O'Brien, E. S. Cayley, E. Wodebsuse,'
R. A. Christopher, E. W. Mundy, C. Turner, A. Lawson, H.'
Eaton, R. Gordon, C. N. Newdegate, W. Long, Colonel.
Sibthorp, W. Beresford, C. Wyndham, G. Darby, P. Pusey,.
C. R.. Colville, J. P. Plumptre, Q. Dick, H. S. Waddington,
R. Palmer, T. W. Brain Aston, R. B. Hale, E. Yorke, H..
Halford, C. Goring, W. B. Ferrand, A. E. Fuller, D. Watts
Russell, W. L. W. Chute, W. Miles, J. P. Allix, and other-
Members of Parliament. Resolutions were agreed to, for
the purpose of carrying into effect the great object in view--
namely, the protection of the agriculture of the kingdom,:
and a deputation was appointed to confer with those gentle-
men who have advertised a meeting for the same purpose at
,the Freemasons' Tavern. This is the right course to pursue.
Where unity is strength, it is absolutely necessary that some'
central association should be formed, with which
the various-
local bodies, whose meetings we have so frequently of late
adverted to, may communicate. .

LIEUTENANT MAHON.
The Naval and Military Gazette directs attention to a case
published therein on the 3d instant, respecting the examina-
tion of Mr. Mahon, an Irish gentleman, before the Insolvent
Debtors' Court, and the circumstances, which were peculiar.
It seems this gentleman had served in the Royal Alarinei
with the greatest credit. Having experieticed kindness from
particular parties, he was induced, in return, to back bills to
the amount of 6,000/.., which bills, however, were dishonoured.
To meet engagements in which he was thus unexpectedly in-
volved, be became deficient In his public accounts to the
amount of 250/, and being peremptorily called upon by the
Admiralty to make good the deficiency, he was advised to
resign. the Gazette then says—" Lieut. Mahon being thus
deprived of his commission, thrown enniless upon the world,
and quickly incarcerated, was com led to take the benefit of
the Insolvent Act. The Chief ' mmissioner (Reynolds),
who presided at the hearing of the case, said in his concluding.
address 'that during his many years' experience in that
Court, he had invariably remarked amongst the number of-
persons and various classes of society which came before. him
(and there were some of all classes), he always found the
officers of the navy were more tenacious of their honour:than
any other class of men, and he was happy to say that, in the
present. case, ha saw nothing mean, nothing shabby nor die.,
honourable, and therefore the Court considered the insolvent
entitled to the benefit of the Act, and ordered him to be dis-.
charged forthwith.' Although we consider Mr. Mahon, like
all other acceptors of accommodation bills, highly blameable,
still his we seems to be deserving the consideration of the
present liberal Board of Admiralty, and we hope to find him
reinstated in the service." [We cannot but echo this opinion,
especially as we have seen most honourable testimonials
possessed by Mr. Mahon from Colonel Laurence, C. 8., 'and
from Colonel Fergusson and Adjutant Heriot, and also his
passing certificate for an Adjutant signed by a Board of Field
Officers composed of Colonels Laurence and Wright.]-7
Morning Advertiser.

The nature of the intelligence from Peru, which is
generally known in the City, is of itself almost sufficient to
show that the price of Peruvian stock is kept up by specula-
tion rather than by any substantial ground. The arMy of
General Vivanco, under the command of General Gnarda, and
composed of 3,000 men, infantry and cavalry, has been de-
stroyed by the opposing army under. Generals Castillo and
Nieto, 300 men only escaping. The letters state that the
Vivanco Government cannot last ; there is every appearance
of anarchy, and yet the stock still maintains a high quota-
tion in our market. The accounts from Ecuador represent
that Republic as suffering great poverty under the military
despotism of General Flores; so that, whatever may be the
prospects with respect to New Granada, there seems but a
slight-chance of any arrangement being made to settle the
Ecuador portion of the old Colombian debt. Even as far as
the New Granada portion is concerned, the rumour alluded
to yesterday is without official authority, since the Spanish
American committee have heard. nothing of the projected
mission of an agent to this country, or of a consent by the
Government to,the terms of -the b44410,er5, 'Whether M.
Mosquera has fpyoing to i;pAninunicate remains to be,seen.—
.

In the course of the Irish State trial, Mr. Whiteside
quoted an extraordinary figure once used by an advpcetorr
"I swell a rat—l see it brewingin tlip atopir-and I will
cru. it 111'tir Wit"
sp are turonved that Mr. R. V. Richards, Queen's
Counsel, of the Oxford Circuit, is retiring fvern the liar, and
Nvgl not aliain op, t4e qmit,

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gtifSft
APPEA-.CX-SHEARING IN
' THE HOUSE OF LORDS, SESSION 1844,
--;- Slott v. Ker (Ist appeal) , Scotland
• Scott v. Ker (third appeal) Ditto
Vaughan v. (ironow, abated Chanc.,England
The King v. Traflbrd, writ L.-:_';..,: - ,_••,_:
of error, plaintiff's council ''',:.:t% *. '""e"
Angfana.
heard
1533 Blake v. Boyle, abated
Attwood v. Small, abated
Johnson v. Thomas, el-Parte}, Scotland.
abated
1836 ) Goold v. Richards
Fullyheardf Miller v. Knox Exch., Ireland
Small Y. Attwood Exch., Ireland
1837 Parnell v. APGauran, exparte, 1 Chanc.,lreland
abated
Aitken v. Finley and Another,
exparte, abated
Earl Belfast v. Marquis of
Donegal. abated
Crawford v. Edward, Pauper,
exparte
Andrews v. Walton (time
given to enrol)
Carrick v. Buchanan, exp
cause remitted with direc-
tions

1839..

Scotland

Chime., Ireland

ScotlAnd.

Chancery, Eng.
land

Scotland •
•••J
Farrell v. Gleason (Ist. ap.) tElelLreianCi'
amb
Ditto, ditto (2d appeal) Ditto - -
Fully heard Charter v. Sir J. Vrevelyan Chanc., England
1841 Galway v. Barron, abated ... Exch. Ireland
Adam v. Farquharson Scotland
Second Ses- Thompson v. her Majesty's
sion, 1841 Advocate-General, writ
I
Fully ,heard of error
•,_ . To be armed by one Counsel of.
Fully heard {The Skinners' Comp any v
y
the Irish Society
• Waters v. Groom -
Fully heard Earl of Roslyn v. Aytoun
1842 1 Drummond v. Munro (or'
Fully heard f Ross)
Duke of Beaufort v. Taylor;
ext .arte ..
Fully heard {Kilig
t v. Sir W. Boughton, i
exparte
.!
Sandford v. Morrice
Stockton .and Darlington'
Railway .Company v. Bar-
rett, writ of error
Bvron v. Cooper
Marquis of Waterford v
Knight
Mackenzie v. Williamson
Drummond v. Walrond and
others v.Woode, exparte
The Society- of Contributors'
to the Widows' Scheme
of the Solicitors of the
Supreme Court of Scot-
land, or Ellis v. Henderson,
exparte
The Ironmongers' Company j
v. the Attorney-General
Stirling v. Ewart, abated
Bogie v. Bogie
Murray Y. Murray
Lord Blantyre v. Earl of
.f • Wemyss and March
Fully beard
The Queen v. Mills, -writ of
is error
Ditto The Queen v. Carroll, writ of
I error .
Creed v. Creed
Lindsay v. Earl of Aboyne, et
econ
Hatfield v. Phillips, writ of
error .
Taylor v
• error .
Brown v. Boorman, writ of

Clemson, writ of

error
Hammersley v Baron de Biel.
Bourne v. Gatliffe, writ of
error
Earl of Bucham v. Erskine,
Dry burgh entail
Earl Buchanan v. Erskine'
Strathbrook entail
Campbell (pauper), or *La-
ren v. Fisher (pauper) ex-
parte
Forrest v. Harvey
Robertson (or kennie)
Ritchie
Cookson v. Cookson
Earl Stirling v. Officers of]
State, Scotland
Sir H. Brydg,es v. Fordyce
Ferguson v. M‘James, exprt
Mackintosh v. Gordon (or
Mackintosh) exparte
Provost, Magistrates, and
Town-Council of Aber-
brothwick v. Strachan
Purvis v. Lonsdell
The Irish Society, v. the
Bishop of Derry and Ra-
phoe, writ of error
Stoke v. Heron, exparte
Vis. Dungannon v. Smith
Stuart v. Spottiswoode
The Rev. Dr. Gordon v. the
Earl of Kinroul, abated
Allen (pauper) v. Glasgow,

-Exch., Scotland

a aide.
IChanc., England
Ditto
Scotland
I-Scotland

Chanc.,England

Ditto

Rolls Chan.,Eng
Common Pleas,
England
Excheq., Engl.
Ditto

Scotland

Ditto

Ditto

Chane. England
Scotland
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

exparte
Beckham v. Drake, writ of

error
Hamilton v. Watson
Duke of Northumberland v '
Viscountess Strathallan,
exparte
Fully heard... Ross v. Duke of Sutherland
Allen (pauper) v. M'Pherson
Jacks (lessee of the Right
Hon. George Robert Daw-
son) v. Pd‘lntyre, writ of
error
Sheeley v. Lord Muskerry
Ferrier Y. Hutchinson
Abercrombie (or
„Dingwell).
v. Dingwell
lion. R. B. Wilbraham v.
Scarisbrick, exparte
Ferrier v. Dr. W. P. Alison
M'James v. Wright, exparte
Mayor, &c., of Newcastle-`
upon-Tyne v. Attorney-
General
Corniack v. Erskine (or Hen-
derson)
Gordon v. Hawden
Cleland (pauper) v. Pater-
son, or Cleland, exparte
Hoare v. Byng, exparte
Harrison v. Stickney, writ of'
error
Broadley v. Stickney, writ of
error
Cruikshank v. Lady Cruik-
shank
Hon. 'H. Trevor v. Hon. G
Trevor
•
Colvill v. Colvill
844...-.... Campbell v. Sir Colin Camp-
bell

Queen's Bend],
Ireland

Ditto

Chanc., Ireland
Scotland

Exchequer,
Englund
Queen's Bench,
F.ughuid
Ex. Chamber,

England.
Chanc.,England
Corn. Pleas,
England
Scotland

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto
Ditto

Chanc.,England
Scotland
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto •

Ditto

Ditto

'ClaEnceltrerand

Chanc., Ireland
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

Ditto

Exchequer,
England
Scotland

Ditto

Ditto
Chanc., England

Exchery. Chain.
ber, Ireland

Chan c., Ireland
Scotland

Ditto

Duchy of. Lan,

caster
Scotland
Ditto

Charm., England

Scotland
Ditto
Ditto

Challe,England
Exchoq. Cham-
ber, England
Ditto

Scotland

Chanc.,England
Scotland
I Ditto

ESCAPE OF A MILITARY Panowna.—William Blake,
a gunner and driver of the Royal Artillery, who had been
found guilty of repeated theft and desertion, sucgeeded on
Thursday fast in making his escape from the Infirmary,
'Woolwich. He had been sentenced to fourteen years'
transportation. His escape was thus effected :—Upon
being found guilty he reported himself sick, and was
taken into.. the hospital, where he was admitted into
the guard-room ward, and during the period of his
confinement managed to loose the fastenings of the
lock of the outer door of his room leading into one
of the passages At ten o'clock on Thursday night
last he was shut into his room, and a sentry posted over him
as usual, but about half-past ten o'clock he managed to elude
the sentry, and made his way into the passage. The sentry
at the outer door seeing somebody pass from the guard-room
ward gave the alarm, but before any assistance could be ob-
tained the prisoner jumped upon the water-sink and out at
the passage-window into the back-yard, and escaped over
the outer wall, and has not been heard of since. A. Court of
inquiry was held in the Royal Ordnance Hospital on Friday
to investigate. and report on the circumstance of the escape
of the prisoner, and the sentry who was over him has been
placed under arrest, but nothing further is known at present,
. A shrewd observer once said, that in walking the
streets on a slippery morning, one might see where the good-
natured people lived by the ashes thrown on the ice before
the door.

BBWDLEY.—A days ago some workmen were em-
ployed in removing some gravel from a gravel-pit in Bewdley
Park, adjoining Tickenhill-house, when, about nine inches
below the surface, they discovered a pair of bronze stands
for candles. They appear to be'composed of a mixture of
copper with tin ; and a little greasy wool was found in one
of the sticks. Tic.kenhill-house was formerly the residence
of Prince Arthur, son of Henry the Seventh; and these in-
teresting specimens were probably manufactured about that
period. They have been kindly presented to the Worceater
Natural History Society's Museum, by Mr. Bryan, bookseller,
of this town.—Ten Touins Messenger.
There is a strong belief, and it is a growing one,
we hear, among well-informed circles in London, that Sir
Robert Peel's declaration in favour of the sliding scale, on
the opening night of Parliament, was only part and parcel of
the trickery and slippery character for which he is so
famous—neither to be relied upon by, the monopolists as a
surety for his faith, nor to be feared by the five
.traders
as t'he ultimatum of his • hostility. The idea, in
short, is, that—preparing for the worst in the event
of his Irish difficulties breaking up his Administration
—a-he was merely renewing his -promises and vows to
the sliding scale, in order to rally the agriculturists once
more round him, in case of a new election as a consequence
of the accession of a Liberal Ministry to power. lie'.knows
that the change iu the corn-laws, which immediately fol-
lowed the hustings pledges of the majority of the present
Parliament to the contrary, has caused him to be looked
upon with marvellous suspicion by his rural sup-
porters, and, therefore, he thinks it necessary to at-
tempt to recover his lost caste with them, by assuming
this .blustering tone in their behalf, until he again feels
himself upon hie legs without them. At all events,. such is
the interpretation put upon his meaning; for, such is the
general doubt of the man's sincerity, that every word he
utters is always tried and sifted, with a view to prove that
its signification is directly opposite to its outward seeming.
But let it be otherwise ; let Sir Robert Peel really have been
in earnest on this occasion •, what then ? The advocates of
Free Trade are not to be intimidated because he• again
declares hintseif its foe :—they never calculated upon him as
its friend. We are but where we were before.—Hull
Advertiser.

GRAND DUCHY OF POSEN,. FEB. 4.--Orders have
been•received here'for all Polish emigrants who took • part in
the revolution, and moot of whom have come to uirfroni
France, to quit Prussia within a fortnight. In this order it
is positively declared that no petitions for a mitigationof the
measure will be attendad to. Only those who find it abso-
lutely impossible to settk their affairs here will be allowed
to remain a fortnight longer. This measure will very se-
yerely- affect many emigrants who have resided for years
amonC us. -Many have been received into the families of
Prussian subjects; others have acquired landed property,
which they will now be obliged to sell at any price. `!`hough
notice was given to all of them, both on their arrival in
Prussia and when they made purchases of landed property,
that It 9( cailltl not by that means acquire any right of set-
tlement m Prussia, yet an order to quit so suddenly seems
veryliard. This makes it seem the more curtain that our
Government must have some mighty reason for this step.—
Ifamiburylt Papers, Feb. 13.
Lord Sandon had an Interview with the Chancellor of the
I;leebeitter op Saturdl.

• - -
COURT CIRCULAR,
Wyteon, SCYDAY...-Yesterday morning the Queen una
: Prince Albert took their acoustonte& early walk, In the
afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness rode out in a
pony phaeton, attended by Lord Charles Wellesley, Equerry
ni Waiting., on horseback.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alice were taken a carria,;e airing, and the Prineegle
Royal rode out on her pony.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her 313-
jest), and her Illustrious Consort, at the Castle.
This morning her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the
Household attended Divine service in the Private Chupei
within the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Cow-tansy
officiated.

Deputation, on the subject of New Zealand, had an ill.
terview with Lord Stanley, on -Saturday, at the Colonial,
office. The deputation included Mr. Scenes, Governor of tho
New Zealand Company; Mr. Aglionbv, M.P. ; Mr. Buller,
M.P.; Mr. Hastie, M.P.; Mr. Hutt, M.P.; 31r. Harrington,
Secretary to the New Zealand Company; Mr. J. Abel Smith,
M.P., and several of the Directors oftfie New Zealand Corn-
Pann
A Deputation, on the subject of inland bonding, had an in-
terview► with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Seturdar-,
at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputati;n
consisted of Mr. Philips, M.P.; t Mr. Tatton Egerton, M.P. ;
Mr. Brotherton, 31. P.; Mr. Buckley, M.P.; with Mr. W.
B. Watkins, the Toivn Clerk of Manchester, and Mr. Gibb,
a deputation from Manchester, on inland bonding. Mr.
Dean, Chairman of the Custom:, was present at the inter-
view.

A Deputation from the Committee of Deputies from the
Joint-Stock Banks of England; Wales, and Ireland, had an
interview on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the Right
Hon. Baronet, in Downing-street. The Deputies, twenty-
three in number, were headed by Mr. I'. M. Stewart, M.P.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet-
ing on Friday affernoon, at the office in Whitehall-place.
The Commissioners present were the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Right lion.
H. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. John Nichol, D.C.L., and the
Dean of Westminster.

Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, and Mr. Murphy,
Mexican Minister, transacted bushiees at the Foreign-office
on Saturday.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor of the Falkland Islands.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in tha
Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The Re',
J. V. Fovah officiated and preached. The Marquis of An*.
glesey, the Marquis of Normanby, Lords Ernest Bruce, Clive,
Alford, and Cantilupe, attended the daily service in the
Chapel Royal.- The prayers were read by the Rev. W. 3.
Hall ; the lessons by the Rev. J. H. Dakils, and the sermon
was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath.
Lord Stanley had a dinner party on Saturday, at his rest.
deuce in St. James's-square. Lady Stanley had afterwards
an everihig-party,

- _
ILLNESS of the KING of SWEDEN.
The latest accounts of the King's health are from
Stockholm, dated the 6th instant, and bring the follow-
ing bulletins:—
. •
"FEL 0, SEVEN, A.M.—His Majesty has passed a
•restless night; the redness of the skin, and a• slight
swelling. of the foot, which remained yesterday, have
rather abated than increased.
"5, P.M.—His Majesty is gradually gaining. strength,
though his night's rest has hitherto been indifioreut.
The state of his Majesty's health to-day increases the
hope of progressive improvement. The state of the
foot and leg is not changed. As there are at present no
symptoms indicative of apoplexy, as was feared at the
commencement of his Majesty's indisposition, only one
bulletin will in future be issued every day at one o'clock.
" FEB. 4, ONE PAL—His Majesty has had a rather
less restless night than the preceding; in other respoeta
nochange has taken place.

"FED. s.—His Majesty has had more sleep since the
last bulletin than during the preceding days and nights,
but his strength has not increased in proportion. At
the top of the foot, near the great toe, there is a slight
abrasion, the skin is discoloured, and without feeling;
the pain in the leg and foot is but slight, and the swelling
has nearly disappeared.
" FEn. 6.—His Majesty is on the whole, better thaw
yesterday, the foot remaining as before."
The Crown Prince held a Council this forenoon.

FILTHY AND DEAR WATER.
The inhabitants of the parish of Bermondsey have
adopted petitions to the Houses of Parliament, com-
plaining of the present supply of water—making many
remarkable statements in support of the proceeding,
among them, that a summons was obtained last year
against the Lambeth Waterworks Company, for not
supplying water " effectually purified by means of fil-
tration;" and a sample of the water supplied by the said
Company was exhibited before Mr. Cortmghfun, a justice
of the peace of the county of Surrey, sitting at Union-
hall, and several witnesses gave evidence of its general
filthy, unhealthy, and impure character ; and that the
said magistrate declared the case to be fully proved, but
the said Lambeth Water-works Company, by their coun-
sel, technically objected that there was no connection be-
tween the clause enforcing the penalty and the said 86th
clause, enacting that water "not effectually purified by
means of filtration should be unlawful," and the said
justice of the peace holding the same opinion, declared
that he was " reluctantly compelled" to refuse the en-
,!foreem6nt of the penalties as prayed. That the Lambeth
Joint-stock Waterworks Company, triumphin in the
trick by which they had induced your lion. house to
pass their said Bill, on the understanding that they had
voluntarily bound themselves, after four years, to effec-
tually purify the water they supplied by filtration, stilt
continue to supply " unfiltered water," at increased
rates, in contempt of Parliament, in defiance of repeated.
remonstrances and entreaties from their customers ; en-
dangering the health of upwards of 200,000 human
beings, who neither have nor can have any other means of
obtaining water, and in the teeth of their own Act, that it
is "not lawful" so to do. That by a recent invention, vast
bodies of water can be effectually filtered at one-tenth
the cost, in one-tenth of the time, and less than one-
thousandth part of the space that water could be filtered
when the said Lambeth Water-works Company obtained
their said Act of Parliament ; and yet, though the ex-
pense be so Much lower, and the facilities so much
greater, the said Lambeth Water-works Company re-
fuse or neglect to adopt such filtration, but prefer, in-
stead of incurring such diminished expense in making
their water purer, healthier, and better, to increase
their rates, and compel your petitioners to add inv..'
mentely to their profits while continuing to supply im-
pure, unhealthy, and, according to their own Act of Par-
liament; " unlawful water ;" and praying that Parlia-
ment will be pleased to inquire into the truth of these
allegations ; to take measures to compel the said Lam-
beth Water-works Company, in honesty and good faith,
to be subjected to the penalties of the said Act of the
26th March, 1834, if they do not supply, when called
upon; " lawful water," " effectually purified by means of
filtration," and to take such other measures to protect
your petitioners from being compelled to consume the
impure and unhealthy water with which they are at
present supplied, as to your Honourable House shall
seem just, wise, and expedient.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin;---As a constant supporter of your valuable paper, I
beg you would insert. that there is now iu my house, a man, by
the nave of Michael Gould, who was saved from the Royal
George, when she sank off Spithead, and he has nothing to
subsist upon but charity. His age is eighty-five; he is now
with me with two of his old companions, one ninety-three,
and the other, ninety-one. I remain,

G. COLE.

P. S:—l think that a few of the crumbs that fall fro.the
table of the Lords of the Admiralty, would do this old bervaut
of the Crown a good which he is justly entitled to.
Rising Sun, Fish,street, Poole.

Mr. Templeton has concluded his first series of
Scotch Entertainments, with unprecedented eclat, at Manches-
ter and Liverpool. Dr. Marshall, of Oxford, secured Mr. T'e.
services at a liberal remuneration to delight the Oxonians on
the 16th and 17th inst., and we perceive that Bristol, Bath,
Taunton, &c. &c., have thrown out bait to ensnare for next
week the treats this eminent vocalist is at present lavishing
in the provinces. We are happy to find, however, that he has
not entirely deserted the metropolis in the infancy of his
newly-adopted popular line, for which he has proved himself
so highly qualified. Mr. T. commences a series of enter-
tainments at the Music-hall, Store-street, on the evening of
the 28th inst., at eight o'clock.
LADY SHOPLIFTERS. —On Saturday afternoon,
about five o'clock, two elegantly-dressed women entered the
shop of Mrs. Rose, jeweller, &c., Farringdon-street, and after
looking at several articles, made a small purchase and de-
parted. Mrs. Rose, however, having had reason to suspect
them, sent her lad to watch them ; and after proceeding down
Farringdon-street, the younger person entered the shop of
Mr. Flemming, pawnbroker. As soon as she had lett the shop
the boy entered, when he found that she had pledged aband,
some gold locket for V. The lad now followed them, and
gave them into the custody of police-constable Adams, 214,
who rouveyeethem to the Fleet-street police-station, where
the younger woman was perceived to drop a knife from a
pocket made in her boa. The knife, which was a silver one,
was identified by Mrs. Rose as her property; and the locket
above alluded. to was subsequently identified as thp property
of a silversmith in Cheapside. The women, who were ele-
gantly attired, gave their address Mrs. Enshaw and Miss
Wells, No. 8, Park-street, Caniden-town; where City. Police
constable Wardle 325, accompanied by the above constable,
were sent, and on arriving at their apartments the constablea
found clothing of the most costly description, all of 'II bleb.
together with seven trunks and one carpet bag, were re-
moved in a•coach to the Fleet-street police-station, where
the boxes and carpet bag, on being opened, were found to be
literally crammed with silks and satins, &c., chiefly not
made .up. hi one of the trunks was found a quantity of
,jew-
ellery, consisting of gold watches, brooches, &c. One of the
watches is stated to be worth 301. This trunk contained also
25 sovereigns. The whole of the property found is estimated
at between 3001. and 4001.

FIRE 'lx TUB LoNport-noeD.—Last night, between
the hours of eight and nine, as police constable 156 L was
proceeding along his beat, his attention was directed to the
oil and colotir-warehouse belonging to Mr. Grayling, situate
at 37, London-road, by seeing a dense body of smoke homing
out of the fanlight over the shop-door. Perceiving that a
fire Was raging in the interior of the building, he gave the
necessary alarm, and dispatched a messenger with informa-
tion of the -same to the engine station. In a. short time the
engines arrived in rapid succession, and soon extinguished the
flames, but not before the greater portion of the stock in
trade was consumed, and the building extensively damaged.
TEIE MACKEREL FISIIERY.—It is said that the
Mount's Bay boats, amounting to upwards of 100, have been
very successful on the Plymouth station, the majority of them
having taken front 4,000 to 10,000 fine mackerel per night,
which realised from 10s. to 15s. per 120. West Briton.
The Hunterian oration was delivered on W s-
Mr. r3outii, a
day last, at the Royal College of Surgeons,
thbeyentire lecture
member of the council; but air° g
Hunter
haw COll-
- a medical journal)
or studiously omitted. .
CORNISU ENGINES.—The number of pumping en,
the name of Ihuntter was accidentally,
and lifted thirty millles, toss Of
aimed -,-- 1 ' -11 l'he average duty of the whole is
isthirtv-seveti. They
gives renpoo4toetdontsbisofincoonotli,
Miter ten fathoms lib h.
one foot high by the ee,4stup.
TILE EARL OF CARLISLE..--Tile last RCOURtII AM
ttlhonereofr a bushel of coal.—Leon's Expine Reporkr
Castle Howard give a more favourable report of tau mitt
of tire noble t *uvalld, ,'.-