The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-31 00:00:00

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ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO Tl°

NIGER.
It appears, though the fact has not yet come pro--mi•
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nently into public notice, that another expedition to wr.
river Niger has been organised, and is by this tize
on the way to its destination. The subscriptions for Id
have been raised chiefly in London and in Liverpool's!,
at the head of the former list is the name of the bite DI:
T. F. Buxton fir 5001. The command of the expendable
is intrusted to Captain John Becroft, who was second °la
command tinder Colonel Nichull at Fernando Po, se,
this will be his fourth ascent of that river, so 00,7:
may be said to be perfectly seasoned to the climate. '4
is accompanied by Dr. King, and the same engineer ,"
went kith him in his former voyages, and, to guard for
ther against the fatality which visited the previous er
pedition, the rest of the crew is composed of Africseg'
Among the assis'ants to the engineer is an African yeetb,
nineteen years of age, who has had the advantage of I—
years' education here, the scientific part of which
obtained in the engineering department of Woolaie
dockyark, and who worked the Wrlberf'orce up thei
Niger in the last trip he made ; aiso down the'
river and to Fernando l'o, and back to England. Seve;
rag of the crew are expert seamen and boatmen ; other„
are good tradesmen, an I all able to read and write---05„
professing the Christian religion. The tradesmen
to be left with cert tin proportions of merchandise at tb
mot populous and convenient stations on the river Nike!
and its tributaries, to collect a cargo fur the Ethiop•
veEs 1 fitted out for the exploration of the river). "Anti
she arrived, according to accounts received, on the
of November last from Liverpool, and is to remain teul
the proper time for ascending the Niger in July neit,
f
or be employed meantime in surveying the entrances of
several rivers on the coast, from the Old Calabar te t"".
Congo. Connected with this subject, it may be weir
tinned that Captain Becroft has furnished letters of le'
troduction to parties in England interested in the es.
pedition to Mr. W. Daniel, a well-informed and eater
prising surgeon, who has devoted himself to tbe
cause of humanity, by visiting Africa fur the
ppr-
pose of finding out the best mode of counteracting
curing the African fever, which had been heretofore 54)
uniformly fatal. His proceedings in the Pr,'
suit of this object are both interesting and valusb's
to medical science. In his first voyage to Benin], be
lost six men out of his ship's company, the whole of them
being attacked by the fever, whom ho treated according
to the method adopted by other medical practitioners 0°
the coast. This less stimulated the more his exertioes
to discover a better remedy ; lie, therefore, next Pr°
creded to Old Calabar, one of the worst parts on that
coast. His crew was 40 in number, 37 of whom had i
fever during a protracted stay 70 miles up that river!,
but having now brought his own plan of treatment into
we, he succeeded in bringing the whole of the crew sail' Y.
Emelt 19 Liverpool. In a succeeding voyage he brought
the whole of the crew safely back, with the exception e;
one men, who died of an organic disease, which woo
b'
have been fatal under any circumstances. These facts
have all been laid before the Government as the found°.
tion of a claim, if they are well established, for an °E.
pointment for Dr. Daniel under the Colonial-offiee,
order that he may go on with his plans at the other see'
tions on the African coast. If these beginnings termer
nate nate in a safe exploration of that part of Africa, its ben
fits must soon be made manifest upon the profitable com-
merce of this country.— Times.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. no
CHESTER CUP.-30 to 1 agst St. Lawrence (t)-3
to 10 and 625 to 25 agst Celeste.
Nothing done on the Derby.
COURSING.
THE LYTHAM (FINISH) MEETING, MARCH 26 AgD
27. —The Great Clifton Cup, by 16 dogs, at 5/. 1014 each'
was won by Mr. Clark's Young Lill ; Mr. Arder° 4
Matchless ran up.—The Lytham Cup, by 16 pupplea,„fs,
3/. 104. each, was won by Mr. Rodgett's Gin
Brook's Bonnet ran up.—The Talbot Stakes of 3L 10";
each, 20 dogs, were won by Mr. Clark's Lune ;
Thomas's Topperran up.—The Trial Sapling Stakes Wet:
won by Mr. Clark's Shropshire.—The Hopeful Sapling
Stakes by Mr. Dickinson's Fvlde CuP+ le
dogs, was won by Mr. Ardern's Monsoon.--The Ri the
Puppy Cup, 8 dogs, by Mr. Robinson's Piicebe ; and `"
Westby Hall Stakes by Mr. King's Silk.
MORPETH (SALTWICK) MEETING, MARCH 07 IV
Ogle Stakes, 20 clogs, were won by Mr. Tinley s
Meurtrier ; Mr. Arthur's Sligo ran up.
The
OLD HOLLY (NEAR LANCASTER) MEETING. „
Sweepstakes of 1 guinea each, for 10 dogs, were won PI
Mr. H. Gardner's Patalina; and the Eight Dogs' Sweep-
stakes by Mr. Woodburne's Cossack.
J..--
CALEDONIAN (COURSING PICTURE) MEETING, Ait
C
25, 26, 27, 28, AND 29.—The Michael Angelo Stakesq6
dogs, were won by Mr. W. Ramsey's Rector ; Mf'.ej
Dundas's Ould Harry ran up.—The Leonardi da "1„"-
Stakes, 16 dots, were won by Mr. A. Graham's Curs'
tore ; Mr. %V. Sharpe's Mercury ran up.—The Hell;
brandt Stakes, 16 dogs, were won by Marquis Douglas
Drift ; Capt. Wivanhoe ran up.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mademoiselle Polio bag
more than fulfilled the utmost expectation of her nuaig.'
rous admirers, and has created a complete sensation
amongst the devotees to her enchanting art. Her style
of dancing is equally as exciting as it is novel, and re'
ceives, as it well deserves, the utmost approbati°,?;
She performs in the new ballet, after the successla'
revival of Robert the Devil, and their combined attrae-
tion has filled the theatre each evening; these pieces hsge
been played together.
We understand that the Lords of the Treasury
have appointed Charles Ross, Esq., (formerly Member for
Northampton), to be ae Special Commissioner for the
purposes of the income-tax, in the mum of Thoinea
Pargiter Dickenson, Esq., who has been appointed 5
Commissioner of Customs.
ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE MORNING AND
EVENING NEWSPAPER COMPOEITORS.-011 Saturdalf
evening last a numerous and respectable assemblage
the above-named body of the daily press had their
annual festivity at the Freemasons"favern, at wile),
k:
establishment they had often assembled previously „,l
dinner was, as usual, of the best description, and nothing
was wanting on the part of the stewards to promote the
necessary comforts of the evening(the only one in the wee:
that can be enjoyed by that portion of the business). Tl's
chair was ably filled by Mr. Irons, and, throughout the
evening, there was no want of harmony, for the best excl.'
tions were used by Messrs. Parker, Woodham, Marsden'
Brimmer, Scott, German, Thomson. Slythe, lel'Ardel,"
Alt'ord (profe:sional), &c , to contribute their utmost to
the comforts of those around them.
COLLISION WITH TUE BLACK EAGLE STEAM-FAO'''.
—We stated that the Black Eagle steam-yacht, Master'
Commander B. Cook, was ordered to Portsmouth, tc}
convey her Majesty and Prince Albert to the Isle 0
Wight. For this purpose she left Woolwich on Thurr
day, and by half-past eight o'clock Pen., was about 100
miles to the westward of the South Foreland, in a Pie
of wind, and the night very dark, when a merchant
ship, name unknown, with great force ran into ber port
side, striking her just abaft the paddle box. By this
concussion the Black Eagle was cut down ten or twelve
feet to below the water line ; the after-funnel was cut
down about half-way above the clock, and her masts andrigging were much damaged, and the furniture in the
saloon was smashed. The water immediately poured 10
very fast, end some apprehensions were eutertained
a time that she would sink ; but, happily, the eng'°
received no injury, and they were enabled to keep the
engine-pumps going. They immediately turned bar",
and, with great difficulty and some danger, reached the
Thames, and arrived at Woolwich yesterday afternoon'
It 14 ould
ii appear that the strange shi lost nothing but be' b
-boom. 'The Black Eagle had all her lights exhibited'
forming a perfect triangle, and on seeing the stranger
close upon her on the port-bow, she put her helm a-P°6"
If this judicious proceeding on her part had in the lea3t.
degree been followed by the other vessel, the concussion'
would have been avoided. Great carelessness and n3ll,_„°'
blame seem to be attributable to this ship, whoever so.
may be. The Black Eagle, unfortunately, had two 15'
her crew injured. One poor fellow has his leg broleem
and another is much hurt about the chest. They bare
both been sent to the Royal Marine Infirmary at Woolt
svich. She will be docked the moment a dock can be
gut ready to receive her, and her damages repaired. gee
pumps are at work to keep her free from water. In con'
sequence of the inability of the Black Eagle to attehd
on her Majesty at Portsmouth, the Lightning, steam:
tender, Master Commander Petley, was ordered by the
Lords of the Admiralty from Woolwich to Portsmouth
to supply her place. The Lightning took on hoard.°
Trinity pilot and proceeded to Portsmouth. Cape?
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence. of the Royal yacht,
command whatever vessel her Majesty may please to
embark on board.
THB NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for April, COI
tains many highly attractive papers. We may Perty
cularly al:ude to the story called "The Left-Hand Glove'
or Circumstantial Evidence." Miss Agnes Strickland
has furnished a narrative of equal interest, entitled
"Kate Wilson." The " Passages in the Lives of Cele-
brated Statesmen of Europe" affords us a clever bio-
graphy of that distinguished diplomatist, Baron Buluw ;
and much entertainment will be found in an attic!:
headed " What we're doing and what we're coming to.
The papers entitled " A Field Day with the rortU-
guete," and " An Excursion up the Orouooke," vary the,
contents very agreeably. To these we have to add
clever contributions from Mrs. Trc,llope, Mr. Maxwell,
the Author of " The Talle.yrand Papers," and the Author
of " Peter Priggins ;" an admirable artistic article,
called " Conversations in the National Gallery;" and an
able review of the great historical work of M. Thiers.
GROSS SUPERSTITION. —A fellow at Weymouthp
named James Stone, has been bound over to keep tll°
peace towards his mother-in-law, whom he brutally Ill-
used on her taxing him with defrauding his father. It
appeared that he not only struck and kicked the poor
woman, but that he sprung from behind
.a hedge and
rulke3 a prickly thorn across her eyes and face until
her face was almost covered with bloody scratches. IS
defence was that his mother-in-law had bewitched hieo,
and that the only way of breaking her spell over 121.81
was by drawing blood from her person !—Hampshire
Adze, tiser.
The rate of money in the discount-market is called
‘->a to 3 per cent. The payment of money on account of
4
the railways, and the collection of the revenue previous
to the time for the dividends, have occasioned the ad-

'anew,_ by_ withdrawing a large number of Bank-notes.

from circulation.
DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKELETONS.—OR Wad'
nesday, as some workmen were engaged in excavating
the ground on the north side of the Town-hall, St. Mar-
garet's-bill, High street, Borough, they discovered a
great quantity Of human bones at a depth of about eight
feet. Sonic of the thigh bones were of extraordinary
size and the teeth in some of the jaw bones were in ex-
cellent preservation. They were placed in a cart and
taken to St. Saviour's churchyard for interment. The
ground in which the bones were found was formerly the
burial-place attached to St. Margaret's Church, which
many years ago stood on the site of the Town-hall.

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Y MORNING, MARCH 31 . 1845.

LI TERAT URE.
THE PIaME MINISTER; an-II lea! Romaive.

life in which she is born, and when, after refusing a
match of interest attempted to be forced on her by
her father, the fatrily are recalled to England by news
of bankruptcy and embarrassment, she is saddened
with the thought that her equally gifted lover,
Clarence Mowbray, if they marry, will be com-
pelled, with all his fine taste and love of the
arts, tr:d partiality for foreign trawl, to
work—actually work—in a dingy city counting-
house ! The family have been brought into ernbar-
rwsments by not sufficiently "looking to the end,"
and the sounder pinciple now prevailing, Eva and
Clarence are as happy in the more humble sphere,
w here toil make s leisure doubly pleasant, and there is
competence Lot not atr ohee wealth.
The work seems written to check that morbid love
" position" and " respectability" to which in
qiish society so much real happiness is sacrificed.
Much of the interest of the work arises frcm the de-
scription of Rome and its environs, though we cannot
always agree ith the lady's views, theological or
artistic.

By IV. H. G. KINGSTON.
or all works of imagination, those are preferred
411,111ieh must resemble truth, while of all true histories
the most fanciful and romantic is ever the most
P" polar. Historical romance seeks to blend these
advantages. It unfolds the page of I,i-tory, reveals
the
past reflected to posterity," yet it loves to adorn
Lae stern records of truth w kyle ell the charms of ima-
f:nation the graces of fancy, combining instruc-
`l°ll with amusement, it forms one of the most inte-
resting branches of lighter literature. Such is the
work before us—the history of stirring times. The
(ierle is Portugal, in the middle of the last century,
I.lritiz the eventful reign of Joseph 1., or rather of
Va Prime Minister, the famous Carvalho, Marquis of 0.,;'
41),Tri, bal. The haughty pride of the Fidalgos, the
,°.'nes of Portugal, their unceasing struggle to main -
(aultheir supremacy—the machinati.ais of the Jesuits,
more powerful by their secresy—the character of
elrvalho himself ; above all, the great earthquake of
54,01.1 and its tragical effects—these are materials
Well adapted to the page of romance, and they are
described with considerable ability. The dreadful
scenes of the earthquake are depicted with vigour,
butj what description can do justice to reality ?
r 1 a few short hours t Nenty thousand living beings
Were
, hurled to d-struction ;no chance of safety was
'eft them ; those who fled were crushed by falling
edifices, while others remained to be buried by their
own
roofs. The wife of the Minister caught her
"I'ld in her arms and stood in safety beneath an
-reued doorway, while the bed she had just quitted
Wls buried in the ruins. The King had left Lisbon
thatleaner
morning, his palace shared the fate of
-',.,,eaner dwellings, the earthquake was no respecter
:Persons. Houseless fugitives wandered in all di-
rections, while bands of robbers, all unchecked, plun-
reu the deserted treasures. he genius of Carvalho
ti°Be with the danger—he hurried to the city, and by
18 exertions restored comparative tranquillity. His
tllluishments were severe, and his measures prompt.
his directions the beautiful streets were erected
WhiAC" now form the ornament of Lisbon. We subjoin
description of the earthquake on the sea :
,to_44 The wildest cries of agony and fear arose from below,
there row beyond row of, the thickly crowded streets
heyed backwards and forwards, like the agitated waves
t.he ocean, when the first blast of the hurricane is felt ;
fall
%Pe
the thick clouds of dust which ascended from the
ing masses seemed like the foam flying before the
st.
tialls strong wind now blew with terrific violence, and,
atieuere and there a view could he obtained of the city,
tiolseene of havoc and destruction presented itself : not
the2reh, or convent, scarce a house, was standing below
tie', except in the immediate neighbourhood, on the
I,t; (f the hill; and many of the houses even there were
greet to their base, the people hurrying through the
gteets, they knew not whither, seeking for safety, and
broil hurrying to destruction. Numbers had fled to a
4:,1 quay, newly built of solid marble, where they
ai,i'"ed themselves in perfect safety • when, as it by
tiZe. it suddenly sank, the water rushing into the vast
*h. re it had formed, drawing within its vortex, like a
witilliPool, numbers of boats and small vessels, crowded
tt,.. unfortunate wretches, who fancied that it was from
earth alone they had cause ti fsar. Directly after
11,,,s dreadful catastrophe had occurred, a vast wave was
yen rising on the river, hitherto so calm and shining,
eit rushing with impetuous force towards the devoted
jr; The vessels were torn from their moorings, ar.d
lAn'ed one against the other. On came the mountain-
% e4Y, breaking over the lower part of the city, and
iloaeePing off thousands who had fled to the remaining
1463:8 for safety, returning once more to throw back its
oitt "mangled corpses, amid broken planks and rafters
~,,,e ruined houses."
Ist4,l* remainder of the volumes is chiefly occupied
;;:tn the conspiracies of the nobles.. Many will turn
iiiphorror from the details of the execution, and heap
tr„4", erved reproaches on Carvalho's head. Ile was
!1, it is true ; but be it remembered he was a re-
so.; er in the widest sense of the word. He alone
ected the abuses of ages—such evils require stern
MMedic'. The Fidalgos or Exclusives had for cen-
pf " monopolised every office of state, all the avenues
thelleWer ; despising Carvalho as an inferior by birth,
Y 80011 learned to dread him as a master ; bitter
e4B their hatred for the great Plebeian, vain their
Itrs to shake his power. Po.,sessing the entire con-
ee of the King, who, satisfied with nominal
iosh
ority, passed his time in pleasure, Carvalho
llitgrled in Portugal. lie was one who could " bide
. time ." waited till the nobles were fairly con-
Vleted
I and then his vengeance was speedy and secure
sc;," Power of the Fidalguia was no more. This
eiliraey is minutely detailed, and the capture of
ol,"oque d'Aveiro is full of interest. Perhaps the
kis,' useful act of the Minister's career was the ba-
tHaMeet of the Jesuits from Portugal; the minds of
f,,, "Ware enslaved by their artifice, their plans were
tIW with secresy and cunning, but Carvalho was
~41' master. • The Padre Jacinto is an admirable
Cacitneu of that powerful order which long held such
iu the destiny of nations. 'With them the
eAd
ritatietified the means—to gain their object every
exze Was virtue. The following extract will show the
,7ht of their ambition :-
4 `ls not knowledge confessed by all philosophers to
lif wer? and for what ate all men striving through
blbat fiir power?' responded the Jesuit. ' For what pur-
rdo kings make war but to increase their power?. and
I their utraost aim is to rule over the sinews, the
ktiines, the bodies of men, to extend their sway over the
baseless earth which they call their own. But how far,
441; ?ewe
superior is the power at which we
1.4% r.---we would rule over the minds of men—we would
hit,Li their insane passions to our own will, and would
007 them, by those means, the tools to work out our
ak'letss projects. Hear me, then, and learn the sublime
toil% et' our founder, which, had he and his immediate
Iso„°,wers been succeeded by men equal to themselves,
it, "K 1 long ere this have been realised. His aim—how
11411:rior to the ambition and vaunted glory of any con-
t4t(lr Who has .spread desolation over the fair face of
toad globe I—was to join all the kingdoms of the earth
ka4r one sceptre, and that sceptre swayed by our
Jesby the humble friars of the order of the rays-
s.
Ivo i_ese are the principal historical subjects in the
/4)(1'; but fiction is beautifully blended with reality,
bo many will prefer the imaginary adventures of
p 11 Luis d'Almeida to the real history of Sebastian
014,1'val,eho. On the whole, more direct information
tj:' b gained fom these volumes than " Prime
kisters" in general are in the habit of affording.

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, wte
for.

ON TIIE EVIL EFFECTS OF
TILE REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE
ON RAILWAYS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—As an old subscriber, I have taken the
liberty of sending you the following reinaiks on the
pernicious effects of the continued advertisements in
the Gazette of the decisions of the Board of Trade
for and against the various new projected lines of
railways, hoping that, as the editor of one of the
largest and most popular journals in this country,
you will take such notice as to prevent the possibility
of the recurrence of so absurd a system in a fu-
ture year.
I had hoped the exposures of these reports in the
Houses of Parliament, and the declaration of Sir R.
Peel that they were by no means final, and more
especially the decision of the Committee that some of
the lines reported on favourably had not complied
with the standing orders, and, consequently, could
not go to Parliament this session, would have caused
the Board to have dispensed with their advertisements,
and have led them merely to have published their
detailed report for the assistance of the Committees
on the various Bills ; but they do not appear content
with this, they must still continue their advertisement
that they have decided on reporting favourably, &c.
It is not necessary fur me to say anything here as
to the constitution of the Board, and the time they
have had to decide on this important subject (scarcely
so long to decide on 224 lines as it takes a Committee
of the most able men in the House of Commons to
decide between two lines). Neither is it necessary for
me to advert to their would-he secresy. If sufficient
has not been said on the South-Eastern case, any one
who has noticed the prices of shares in the markets,
must be aware that the report of Tuesday was known
and was acted on for stock-jobbing purposes, by the
favoured few, before the publication of the Ga-
zette. But it is not of the stock-jobbing I would
take notice, if this were all the evil. Those who
seek it and lose deserve all they get. The evil I
fear is of a more permanent character. Many thou-
sands of persons, of but limited means, induced by
these reports, purchase at a great premium in one of
these favoured lines, solely because the line has been
reported on favourably; such report bearing an
official stamp, they think Their investment is sure. A
Committee of the House of Commons may not
think with the Hon. Board, or the plans may be defec-
tive. Should such be the case, the whole of the premium
is lost, together with a portion of the deposit-money ;
the censequence will be that many persons will be
ruined by it. I will take a case in point; in the
Staffordshire and Shropshire district, a line called the
Shrewsbury, (Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Birming-
ham line, was reported on favourably, and its rival,
the G rand Junction Shrewsbury branch, was reported
against, the consequence has been a great rise in the
price of the shares of the former company. I have it
in my own knowledge that many parties have pur-
chased in consequence of such report. The Committee
of Standing Orders have since thrown out the Bill for
non-compliance. That, in many respects, the report
was a fair one on the merits there is no doubt, but,
in consequence of the failure of compliance with the
standing orders of Parliament, this Bill is not before
the House; the report is therefore useless. The effect
will be that, should the opposing line be successful in
the standing orders (and they have now no opponents
in committee), they will get their Bill ; should they
not, it will be as bad, or worse. The Grand Junction
Company are too old Parliamentary tacticians to go
next session for a line that has been reported against
and thrown out this; they will deposit for a line with
as great or greater advantages than the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham Company, according to the report,
and if the Board of Trade and Government follow out
the Conservative speech of this year, they, as the
trunk line, will get it. What, therefore, is the action
of these ill-digested report's, or decisions on the
ex-parte evidence of the promoters of a Bill ? In this
case it is this—that eighty thousand pounds will be
entirely lost. This Company have 18,000 shares,
these shares were at 4/. premium, there can hardly be
a doubt that 10s. per share will be spent in Parlia-
mentary and other expenses; should they lose their
Bill, of which there is now little, if any, doubt, 41. 10s.
will be lost to the present holders, of whom, five-sixths
have purcl.ased at the present high rates ; but this is
only one out of many cases. I have no doubt that
millions will have changed hands this year, and many
deserving men ruined by these proceedings; they must
be altered. Hal the Board been constituted of the
Vice-President of the Board of Trade, assisted by two
or three of our most eminent engineers, had their
powers been merely drawing up the reports for the
assistance of the committees, as to the merits of the
various lines, it would have been different ; as it is,
without materially assisting any parties, they have
caused much mischief. I hope we have seen the last
of their decisions.
I intended making some remarks on the detailed
reports of the various districts, more especially the
Manchester and Leeds, but find I have trespassed
more than I intended. Should you express any
desire to hear from me again, I will forward you my
remarks.—l am, Sir, your most obedient,
ALPHA.

_3OO

WILL 9 the MARQUIS of SLIGO.

The origin.al will and codicil of the late Marquis of
Sligo has just been proved in Ireland. The personal
estate in that country is sworn under 60,0001. ; the per-
sonality in England is about a third of that amount.
The executors are the Marchioness of Sligo, the relict ;
the present Marquis, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Rob rt
Browne, Esq., of Killeskca, in Galway; John Browne,
Esq., of Mount Browne, in Mayo ; and Mr. George
Hildebrand, of Westport; who are also the guardians of
the minors. He charges his real and personal estate
with the payment of all debts. Bequeathes to his wife
his leasehold house and offices in Mansfield street,
Cavendish square, also the use for her life of all the
furniture, &c., except plate and other articles specified;
leaves to her all diamonds, jewellery, and trinkets, the
diamond star and badge of the order of St. Patrick ex-
cepted, which he gives to his son, George John, then
Earl of Altamont, as also the plate and furniture, after
the decease of the Marchioness. Leaves to John Browne
his large gold repeater audits appendages; and to Robert
Browne his small gold repeater and appendages, as me-
.morials of affection for them. To George Hildebrand,
his steward, he bequeaths 1001. Leaves to the Marchioness
all wines, liquors, and other stores, and the horses
and carriages at Mansfield-street, for elsewhere in Eng-
land. All the horses and carriages of every kind in
Ireland he bequeathes to his son, the present Marquis,
With regard to his younger children (excepting his
daughter Louisa, in whose favour he had already made
an appointment under her marriage settlement), he
charges his real estate with the payment of such sums
as shall, with the respective portions appointed to them
under a power reserved to the former Marquis over
30,0001., to make up to each of his children the following
amounts:—To his sons James and John Thomas,
10,0001. each; to his daughters, Elizabeth and Cathe-
rine, 7,000/. each; to his sons lilick and Richard, and
his daughters Harriet and Emily, 5,0001. each; and to
his daughters Hester Augusta and Mary Ann, and any
after born children, 4,0001. each. The residue of his
personal estate he leaves to his son, the present Marquis.
It is his wish and desire that his children's fortunes may
not be thrown into a Court of Chancery. The will is
dated 7th Sept., IS4O (signed), " Sligo." His Lordship
died on the 26th of January last, at Tunbridge Wells,
aged 56. He was Lord Lieutenant of the county of
Mayo, and formerly Governor of Jamaica.

Mar. 22
21

Arbroath and Forfar ••• •• •••• .

Birmingham and G10uce5ter..........
Bram:ling Junction .

Bristol and Gloucester

Cheater and Birkenhead . • • • • • • •

Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • • • • • • •
Dublin and Kingstown .

Dundee and Arbroath •• •• ••••

Durluun and Sunderland... • •••• • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow . • .....• • .
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .....
Glasgow and Greenock•..•.....
Grand Junction •.
Great North of England ............
Great Western . ..

Liverpool and Manchester ....
London and Birmingham ..... • • • . •
London and Blackwall
London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Londoa and Croydon ..• • • • • • • • • • • • •

London and Greenwich. •••• •• •• •• ••
London and South Western. •• •• ••
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • •
Manchester and Birmingham•• •• •• ••
Manchester, Leeds, and Hun Assoc•.
Midland Counties. •• •... ...

Newcastle and Darlington ..........
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........
North Union and Bolton and Preston
Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans.. • .......
Paris and Rouen ..... • • ....•.....
Preston and Wyre..................

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132
3,350

366
2,077
3,854
1,497

701
7,854
2,885
13,589
4,694
14,564

823
3,476

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2,021
4,733

911
3,43
6,5G6
9,272
1,043
1,486
361
1,351

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4,151
863

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1,988

519
1,982
3,331
1,229

631
6,652
1,253
12,030
3,793
14,190

629
2,552

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4,632

739
2,828

7,698

1,415

W THE AYRSHIRE WREATH.
€• expected something superior to the common
pe,,Of annuals from the native country of Scotia's
-11'est poet, and we have not been disappointed.
t at the spirit of " rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin,"
tijives in the Ayrshire lads, let the following spi-
--u lyric testify :
When Janur' winds were ravin' wil'
O'er a' the districts o' our isle,
There was a callant born in Kyle,
And he was christened Robin.
0! Robin was a dainty lad,
Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin;
It made the gossips unco glad
To hear the cheep o' Robin.
That ne'er-to-be-forgotten morn,
When Coila's darling son was born,
Auld Scotland, on her stock-an'-horn,
Play'd " Welcome hame" to Robi!t.
An' Robin was the blythest loon,
Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin,
That ever sang beneath the moon;
We'll a' be proud o' Robin!
Fame stepped ben beyent the hearth,
Cried, "I foresee your matchless worth,
And to the utmost ends o' earth
I'll be your herald, Robin!"
0! Robin was a lad o' skill,
Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin,
He ruled the passions at his will,
We'll a' be proud o' Robin!
The Muses round his cradle hung,
The Graces %at his infant tongue,
And Independence wi' a rung,
Cried, Redd the gate for Robin!"
For Robin's soul-arousing toi.es,
Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin,
Cart tyrants tremble on their thrones;
We'll a' be proud o' Robin!
Then let's devote this day to mirth,
And celebrate our Poet's worth;
While Freedom preaches i' the earth,
She'll tak' her text free Robin.
0! Robin's magic notes shall ring,
Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin;
While rivers roll, and flow'rets spring,
Tlt Hum! huzza! for Robin!
e
Ithdere,lll,. of the "Merry Cottagers," by Mr. Alex-
aa is in the true Burns' spirit, and
the prose tales are full of interest. The
aPieuotticna, too, although they do not form so eon-
ketropolitanfe
aantunruealosf, this as they d of some of our
are all ex.2elleno t.
too _

AIX., TO THE END; Or, THE BENNETS
`.'l?OA D. By AL s. Ellis, Authoress of the
"'en of England."
thi. the writings of this authoress are popular, and
work h" latest olc will not be the least so. Like
ithill her r tales, it has a mwal purpose, and the medium
th °llO
which it is enforced is drawn from
tre incidents, the motives, and the feelings, that
tal ° he found in the domestic circle. In the present
111:.a degree of novelty is imparted to the story, by
f
kiu,e.ing the family of a plain, but wealthy man o
thniFs--one, in fact, of that class of English fa nilies
woeriedminently " respectable"—in the midst of a
of objects and sensations. The Bennetts
to
taken from the city of fogs and business
The blue skies of Italy, and the city of the arts.
44 common-place and everyday characters of Mr.
op Mrs. Bennett are exhibited under the influence
another languag
English e and strange scenes, and the
sh evangelical horror of Papistry, is shown duly
keleed and terrified at the idolatrous doings of Rome.
ke slughter, Eva, is a more highly-gifted being,
alive to the beauties of art, and
r"aoh endowed with
Principles and feelings, Lut with rather an undue
ent to the material blessings of that state of

THE MANCHESTER OPERATIVE
CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.
MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—About. 200 mcmbers of
this Association dined together in the Corn Exchange of
this town yesterday evening. On the accession of Sir
Robert Peel to office the Manchester Operative Conser-
vative Association was broken up, but circumstances of a
political nature, it appears, have again called it into
existence, and this was a dinner held in celebration of its
re-formation. A number of influential public characters
were invited to attend, most of whom, however, sent
excuses. Amongst these were the Marquis of Salisbury,
the Right Hon. Sir George Murray, the Right Hon.
Stuart Wortley, M.P., Mr. John T. Blackburne, M.P.,
Mr. W. Patten, M.P., Mr. G. C. Legh, M.P., and Mr.
Peter Greenhall, M.P.
Lord J. Manners and Mr. W. B. Ferrand, M.P., were
also invited, but they declined accepting the invitation,
for the reasons expressed in. the following letters from
those gentlemen, directed to the Secretary of the Asso
elation : " London, March 11, 1843.

Sir,—ln answer to your flattering invitation for the
25th inst., I beg leave to inform you that my engage-
ments during Easter recess would prevent me having the
honour to accept it, did I fully and heartily concur in the
objects of your proposed meeting ; but I will frankly
own to you that I feel no affection or regard for that
abstract something or nothing called Conservatism,'
and could not, therefore, even were I otherwise able, to
take a part in the festival. In these days more distinc-
tive principles and more decided acts are, in my poor
opinion, required than Conservatism affords, or is likely
to afford. I would rather hear a body of right-principled
Englishmen, such as w ill be assembled on the 2.;th inst.,
assert, for instance, their deterthination to maintain the
integrity of the Welsh episcopate than the institutions
of the country,' which may mean institutions of any sort.
I kn...w the frank and honest character of the Manchester
men too well to fear that you or they will resent thi,
brief expression of my convictions on this suhket, how-
ever they may dissent from them.
" With a hearty wish that old Tory principles and
sympathies may once more strike a deep root into the
English soil, I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
" JOHN MANNERS.

To Mr. James English."
Harden G range, Feb. 14.
" Sir,—l cannot possibly say what my engagements
will be so long beforehand, therefore cannot possibly
pledge myself; but if, as the lime approaches, I find I
shall be able to attend your dinner, I will (10 so, on con-
dition that your dinner is intended to extend sound
principles, and not to support a faction—to applaud poli-
tical-honesty, and not to sanction political apostacy.
" The Operative Conservative Association were of
immense influence in placing the present Government in
power, and they fought under the banner of the Altar,
the Throne, and the Cottage.' Sir P. Peel intends, in
the present session, to throw down the altar of our
faith, on which the throne has been erected; and ever
since his accession to office he has supported, with all
his influence, the Poor-law Commissioners in their deso•
Wing warfare against the poor man's cottage.
" I am, Sir, faithfully yours,
......

"To Mr. James English. "W. B. PIfRRA-Nll."
The chair on the occasion was occupied by Mr. John
Ripley, the president of the society, who introduced the
following address, which, in a printed form, was circu-
lated throughout the Exchange:—

AN ADDRESS FROM THE MANCHESTER OPERATIVE
CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, TO THE CONSERVA-
TIVES OF MANCHESTER GENERALLY.

" We think it our duty, in endeavouring to re-orga-
nise the Manchester Operative Conservative Associa-
tion,' and place it on a more useful and solid basis than
it has hitherto been, to lay before the Conservative pub-
lic generally a statement of the principles which we
uphold, and a brief outline of our determinations regard-
ing our local proceedings.
" We declare our fixed determination to maintain the
tried and ancient priciples on which the Constitution of
our country is founded; and while we avow our readiness
to promote the reform of all proved abuses, we declare
it to be our object to uphold the necessary connexion
between the Established Church aryl the State, the just
prerogatives of the monarch, the privileges of the House
of Lords as an independent branch of the L.Tislature,
and the deliberative powers of the Commons Ilouse of
Parliament unfettered and uncontrolled ; convinced, as
we are, that on the united and energetic support of those
authorities depend the continuance of social order, the
security of property, the maintenance of religion, and the
real liberties of the people.
" And we hold ourselves pledged to use all our influ-
ence to return to Parliament, as the representatives of
this borough, such men only as will support the principles
abovementioned.

318
1,114
4,213
3,925

469
2,745
749
620

231
2,60 G

1,784

POST-OFFICE DELINQUENCIES.—We understand
that last week some of the law officials of the Post-office
arrived in lielmsdale, to institue inquiries, in conse-

quence of susppici•,n that the mail bags from the post-
offices of Wick, Thurso, and other places had been opened,
and that money and other valuable articles had been ab-
stracted. The result has been the apprehension of one
of the guards, who, we believe, has been taken south,
under the charge of criminal officers, and lodged in
Dornoch gaol.—John o' Groat Journal.
CUSTOMS' SEIZURES.—An order has been issued
by the Customs authorities with reference to the practice
which has prevailed of seizing overtime goods (being
goods which have been allowed by the owners to remain
in the baggage warehouses, &c., without being cleared
beyond the time allowed by law) when rummaged for
sale at the Queen's warehouse and the several docks, on
the 'ground of illegality of importation, or fur not
having been included in the report of the master of the
vessel at the time the goods were imported; that such
goOds, if not detained by the officers at the time of land-
ing, are not subsequently to be placed under seizure, but
sold for 'payment of the duties, and dock, or other
charges, and the overplus (if any) paid to the importer
or proprietor of the goods, in conformity with the pro-
visions of the 17th and 25th sections of the Act of 3d of
William IV., chap. 52, and the 14th section of the Act
of the 3d and 4th of William IV., chap. 57; and direc-
tions to that effect have been given to the several depart.

" We have also resolved upon the determination to
exercise our best energy in carrying out the following

objects, viz:—
" I. That a Central Committee be formed, composed
of representatives from each district.
" 2. That such Central Committee shall form Branch
Committees in each district, which shall meet fre-
quently, with a view to propagate our political opinions.
" 3. That canvassing books be placed in the posses-
sion of staunch Conservatives, containing the names of
the registered voters; that they attend to the purifying
of the list, and the result of their canvass be reported t•'
the Branch Committees.
" 4. That the Branch Committees report the result o
their labours to the Central Committee, and that such
be attended to in the Registration Court.
" In conclusion, we humbly exhort all classes of Con-
servatives to come forward and aid us in our undertak
ing, and unite with us in our exertions to enhance the
cause of Conservatism in this locality, and place us in a
more formidable position, however momentary may be
the notice, in the event of both municipal and Parlia-
mentary elections.
" We have the honour to remain, on behalf of the
Committee, yours faithfully,
" JOHN RIPLEY, Chairman,
" JAMES ENGLISH, Secretary."

meats accordingly.
SUICIDE OF A MAN THROUGII THE BAD TEMPER
OF HIS WlFE.—Yesterday Mr. Wm. Carter held an in-
quest at the Waterloo Arms, George-street, Cam-
berwell, on the body of James Edward Crowe,
aged 31, general dealer, of No. 4, Waterloo-street,
close by. Mr. John Godbold, baker, Manchester-
terrace, Liverpool-road, Islington, said that he
had been intimately acquainted with deceased for some
time past.. About a week since he called upon wit-
ness, when he complained, with tears in his eyes, of
his wife's ill-usage. The deceased had frequently
recited acts of cruelty on the part of his wife towards
him. On one occasion he observed that his hands
were blistered, and that his fice was marked,
which the deceased said had been done by his wife
during a fit of passion with a red hot poker. Such was
her violent temper, that during her confinement,
deceased informed witness that she had had,
within one month, no fewer than four separate
nurses. Witness did not think deceased was in em-
barrassed circumstances, but his opinion was that his
mind bad become impaired through the violence of his
wife. Joseph Leach, a lodger in the house of deceased,
said that on Wednesday morning last, about eight
o'clock, on passing through the back kitchen, he saw
deceased hanging by the neck, with a rope which was
fastened to a gas-pipe in the wall. Verdict—" That
the deceased destoyed himself during a fit of mental de-
rangement."
FINSBURY BANK FOR SAVINGS.—The managers of

The toasts of " The Queen," " The Queen Dowager,
Prince Albert, and the Royal Family," " The Army and
Navy," and the " Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese,"
having been given,
Mr. DE HOLLING WORTH, 01'11011in:worth, rose and pro-
posed "Our glorious Constitution in Church and State."
Having expressed his conviction that the very object and
essence of Conservative Associations was to uphold the
Protestant religion and the institutions of the country,
the speaker proceeded to say, that he had to enter upon
a subject of au alarming character, but which was appo-
site to the toast under contemplation, and to which he
felt bound in duty to allude. It was the concessions
about to be made to the Roman Catholics of Ireland by
the grant proposed to the College of Maynooth.—(Hear.)
A grant for what ? For the education of whom ? Not
for the tried supporters of Protestant ascendancy, whom
a Protestant Government was bound to support, but for
the unscriptural education of the most intolerant set of
priests of the most intolerant religion, and for the en-
dowment of a seminary for " Den's Theology"—(Cheers)
—a theology proclaiming it a s scred duty to exterminate
the rights of the Protestant religion, by confiscation of
property, exile, imprisonment, and death !—(Bear.) It
was impossible to repress indignation and surprise at this
uncalled-for proposal, when it was evident to all that Ca-
tholic emancipation itself, as a tranquillising measure, ut-
terly failed. Surely it would have much better become the
servants of the House of Hanover to have proposed the sup-
pression of such an institution than to have encouraged it;
and instead of making daily concessions to expediency,
to have proclaimed, like Pitt, their determination to put
down with the strong arm of the law all further attempts
at revolutionary change.—(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel
might, amid the hollow cheering of the Papist, the sec•
tartan, and the revolutionist, judge otherwise of the
nation, and deem it dead to all the high ennubl.ng feel-
ings and energies which distinguished it in the time of
Pitt, but he might live to repent his error •, he must not
think that having cast off the armour of Conservatism,
he is invulnerable in the flimsy robe of expediency.—
(Cheers.) He would tell the Right lion. Baronet that
he had shaken the very ground from under his feet, had
miscalculated his powers, changed confidence into mis-
trust, his firmest support into determined opposition,
and all by these measures of expediency.—(Cheers.)
fie must say, with regard to this Maynooth concession,
that as a matter of mere policy, the measure was mis-
chievous—not merely weakening, but naturally holding
out encouragement to all revolutionists to further their
views by clamour. Even the concessions to the Roman
Catholics, it appears, were not enough for the Minister,
but the disabilities of the Jews were to be removed. For
his (the speaker's) part, he did not see where the justice
of the exclusion of Mahomedans from the ermine and
the official robe lay, and why they should not take their
scats in the Lords and Commons, if the Jews were to be
admitted.—(hear, hear.) He was, indeed, afraid that

this Institution held their 28th annual meeting at their
board-room in Sekforde-street, on Friday last, Mr. Eli
Baylie, trustee, in the chair. The auditor's accounts
fur the past year were presented and approved,
and showed, on the 30th of November last, a capital
of 185,3561., and an increase in the year of 18,990/.
The number of deposits was 14,530—an increase
over previous years of 1,595 ; the number of new
accounts, 2,336 —an increase of 283 ; the number of
accounts open, 7,230—an increase of 907; the in-
terest received from Government, 6,629/.—an increase
of 7501. The amounts received and paid were both
larger than in any former year. The interest
now payable - to depositors is 31. per cent. per
annum, and notwithstanding this reduction of interest
from 3/. Bs. per cent., the capital has since
increased to upwards of 190,000/. The average number
of persons attending this savings-bank on receipt nights
during the past year was two hundred and ninety, of
which number forty-six attended to open new accounts.
The annuity department has in its second year
made considerable progress, the sums paid for
them having increased from 2,2751. in 1843, to 5,2231.
in 1344; total, 7,4981. The provisions of the new Act
(7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 83), extending the amount of
these annuities from 201. to 30/., and allowing a husband
and wife each to have one, will, no doubt, tend to its
further increase ; but the great advantages allowed
by Government to the purchasers of these peculiar
annuities (granted under Act 3 William IV., cap. 14)
is now restricted to parties not possessed of 1501.
per annum. Since the accommodations of the bank have
been extended the business has very much increased
in all its departments, and the average addition to the
savings-bank capital of the past two years has exceeded
by nearly 12,5001. per annum that of the twelve previous
years—a progress kept pace with by some other banks,
and in part accounted for by the knowledge the indus-
trious classes now have, that Government security, en-
tirely of capital, whenever required, and also entire
freedom from the income-tax, are the leading features
of this and all similar institutions.
SHIPWRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.—A meet-
ing of the Commissioners of Salvage of the port of Deal
took place on the 27th instant, at the office of Mr.
George Mercer, their registrar, to inquire into the
circumstances attending the saving of the lives of the
captain, crew, and passengers of the ship John Knox,
homeward-bound East Indiaman, wrecke.l on the
Goodwin Sands on the night of the 22d inst., in a
heavy gale of wind, by that veteran George Philpot, and
his hardy crew, in the lugger Industry, of Deal, at the
imminent risk of their lives, thus adding another act
of daring intrepidity to the many already performed by
that celebrated boatman. The captain of the John Knox,
who was present, bore his grateful testimony to the
exertions of the Deal men, and stated that in his opinion
no boatmen in the world would have come alongside the
ship at that moment except the D,al men, and that but
for their assistance the lives of all must have been sacri-
ficed. The Commissioners immediately forwarded a
statement of the facts to the Lords of the Treasury,
strongly recommending the men to their Lordships'
favourable consideration for some special remuneration.
DEATH OF SIR HERBERT OAKELEY.—We are
sorry to announce the death of Sir Herbert Oakeley,
Bart., Archdeacon of Colchester, Dean of Bocking, and
Prebendary of St. Paul's, which took place at Patteson's
Hotel, in Lower Brook-street, on Thursday morning, the
27th instant. Sir Herbert Oakeley had been long suffer-
ing from illness, but his death was comparatively sud-
den, as he had retired to rest on the previous evening not
perceptibly worse than usual. Sir Herbert was born in
1791, and in 1826 married Atholl Murray, daughter of
Lord Charles Aynsley, and niece of the late Duke of
Atholl. -He survived this amiable lady only fourteen
months. He is succeeded in the Baronetcy by his eldest
son Charles Williaw Atholl, who was born in 1828.

the nation had so completely bent the knee to psuedo
liberality, that if the imps :of darkness, emissaries from
hell itself, stepped from the caverns through the ground,
madmen would be found to propose their admission
within the pale of a Christian community.—(Cheers.)
After a few other observations, Mr. Hollingworth con-
cluded by proposing for their hearty reception what the
recklessness of the Whig, and the expediency of the
Conservative Governments, had yet left them—" Our
glorious Constitution in Church and State."
Mr. E. G. EGERTON (the eldest son of Lord F. Eger-
ton) then rose to propose " The healtb of the Duke of
Wellington and the Conservative Peers." It was, he
said, a toast which would go to the heart of every one
present. They were indebted more to " the Duke' than
to any one living. He had consecrated his life to the
service of his country, and by his unrivalled genius she
had achieved renown as great as was ever acquired by
any nation.--(Hear.) He did not believe that there
could be any assemblage of men calling themselves
Englishmen who would not receive such a toast with
enthusiasm, and they must not forget that as Conserva-
tives they owed him a farther, and more peculiar debt
of gratitude. He had not been content with serving his
country in the field, for he had energetically served it
and their views in the council.—(Cheers.) They must
not forget that at no period of his later years had he
sought that repose which his unexampled services had
so well deserved, but that the consummate ability which
overthrew their enemies in the field had also been em-
ployed in the front of battle for the welfare of the Con-
servative cause and the prosperity of the land. He called
upon them with all the honours to drink " The Health
of the Duke of Wellington (as their great leader) and
his coadjutors, the Conservative Members of the house
of Peers."
The toast was drunk amid the loudest plaudits.
The toasts that followed were, " Her Majesty's Minis-
ters (received very coldly) and the Conservative Mem-
bers of the House of Commons ;" "Lord Lyndhurst, and
the Conservative Bar;" " The Conservative Members of
the county;" "The Committee of the Manchester Opera-
tives ;" " The Conservative members of the Town Coun-
cils of Manchester and Salford ;" " The Chairman ;"
" The Conservative gentlemen who have honoured the
meeting with their presence ;" " The Stewards ;" and
" The Lancashire Witches."
The company separated about twelve o'clock.

The proceedings of the Manchester Operative Asso-

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elation will not be perused by either friend or foe with-
out a degree of respectful compassion. No story of
companion betrayed or maid forbakem ever supplied a
more tragic passage. As successful treachery is the
ineaneNt of triumphs, so abused confidence is the noblest
of calatuif es. The Conservative societies of this and

other classes reposed in the leaders of their party about
ai generous and blind a trust as man can possibly repose
in man. Their devotion only ran too far. Cautious ad-

viers suggested that there was no dependence on
princes, and that statesmen were born of women. Pious
men whi'percd that Conservatism was not sufficiently
exclusive in its materials, and exalted in its aims. But,
in spite of these warnings, country gentlemen and bo-
rough lawyers, and young enthusiasts and aged saints,
and rich men and poor men, they who had everything to
lose, and they also who had everything to gain, all sur-
rendered themselves to the generous delusion. Pro-
claiming the hero of Waterloo and the Member for
Tam worth as their tutelary heroes, they sacrificed them-
selves, body and soul, their interests and their prin-
ciples, to the advancement of these names. Operative s
quarrelled with their employers, employers dined with
their operatives, public functionaries procured for them-
selves the honours of official martyrdom, quiet men em-
broiled themselves with their neighbours, tenants -lost
their farms, tradesmen their custom, and Consei vatives
generally their peace of mind, all to restore Sir Robert
Peel to power. They at last succeeded, only to lament
that they have not devoted their energies to some better
master, and say with Welsey—
" 0, Cromwell, Cromwell,
had I but served my God with half the zeal
served my King, he would not in mine age
have left me naked to mine enemies."
True, nobody well could say what Conservatism
meant, and least of all (lid die leader of the party hazard
his credit in that difficult question. To do the idol jus-

tice, it wai very mute. ft moved along on a gorgeous
car, thousands vied fur one grasp of the sacred ropes,
and rent the air with their noisy worship. They shouted,
and thought it their wooden deity that had spoken; they
drag4ud on the ponderous chariot, and saw the image
nod ; they even perceived its broad sun-lit features beam
with responsive smiles. So, after all, Conservatism was
a very subjective sort of worship. It reasoned in the
vicious circle of all false religions, awl imagined the

statesman in whom it believed. So far that statas-

man is saved from the damning sin of positive and
deliberate inconsistency. Yet if he did not expressly
countenance their expectations, so neither did he very
plainly repress them. His silence spoke consent. And
he certainly was very complaisant and encouraging._
Confessedly he did smile on Conservatism in the
lump. Most publicly and repeateily did he assure
the misguided multitude, that the battle of the
Constitution must be fought in the registration
courts. This important announcement might have
some transcendental meaning ; it may mean anything
in the abstract ; but, interpreted with regard to the
actual state of things, it could only mean that
the Constitution was to be saved by " Conservative" So-
cieties, guided by Conservative principles, getting as
large as possible a proportion of Conservative voters on
the register ;—all these things, viz., Societies, principles,
and voters being assumed in their actual present force
and acceptation. Thus was the notorious creed of Con-
servatism sanctioned by its leader. But after a long.
season of hope deferred, at last the day of fruition ar-
rived. And now let us see how the devout simplicity of
Conservatism has been recompensed For a rather un-
common exhibition of gratefulness, we may be excused
in selecting a rather uncommon illustration. Ilerodotus
informs us of a certain king of Egypt, who in his earlier
days had been obliged to live on his wits, and appears
in fact to have been a profes'sional swindler. For want
of an efficient detective police, his victims went to the
numerous oracular shrines of the country, or the "wise
men," as our own rustics would call them, to discover
the thief. So well known were the merits of the indivi-
dual in question, that the inquiry seems to have been
generally made in the definite form, " whether it
was lie who had committed the depredation."
Some answered yes, and others no. When, in
the turn of affairs, he became king of the country,
he, of course, turned over a new leaf, and became
an honest man. Not the least proof of that
honesty was, that lie immediately suppressed all the
oracles which had pronounced in his favour, and largely
endowed those which had condemned him. After the
lapse of three thousand years an equal instance of self-
denying candour has appeared. Sir Robert, the conti-
nual theme of Conservative praise and Liberal abuse, at
length arrives at a position which renders praise and
blame matters of equal unimportance. He immediately
sets about to show that the Conservatives were mistaken
in their praise, and the Liberals up to that time justified
in their abuse. Under his candid Government the
shrines of Conservatism expire, and those of Liberalism
flourish with tenfold honour. It is but four or five years
since that the Manchester Operative Association was
one of the most favoured oracles. Cons( rvative gran-
dees, Lord Stanley among others, went down to licar its
favourable responses, and to extend its fame. Its repu-
tation was justified by the event. It was right ; the
Conservatives became the rulers of the land. When, 10,
a strange reverse ! Immediately every prophecy, every
eulogy, is belied. The Conservative chiefs boldly ac-
knowledge the error of their former ways, and pronounce
their supporters dupes. One after another the associa-
tions break up, or prolong a difficult and inglorious
existence. In vain they implore the attendance of
their former suitors with all the tenderness of ill-re-

quited love miki rest!, ibas, (Itt in en ipse veal.
Vaiq the petition; for, instead of men, they receive let-
ters; instead of presence, politeness. The penny post,
not the railway, now give wings to Conservative love.
" A number of influential public characters were invited
to attend, most of whom, however, sent excuses:" and
then follows a black list. But the oracle is not merely
shorn of its patronage—it is forced also to curtail its
principles. A few yard:, of canvass are all the present
stress of weather will allow. It fears to pronounce
what may by any possibility be denied, and enunciates
a creed which for ten years at least is infallible. It is
haunted by the vision of another Sir Robert Peel, and is
determined to be on the safe side. Starting with the
cautious proviso—saving your presence—that it is
" ready to promote the reform of all proved abuses," it
declares its wish to uphold the necessary connexion of
Church and State, the just prerogatives of the Monarch,
the privileges of the House of Lords, and the delibera-
tive powers of the House of Commons. Such are the
safe and unquestionable objects for which the registra-
tion courts arc again to be made the field of battle.- The
connexion of Church and State, as far as it is neces-
sary, and the prerogatives of the Crown, as far as they
are just ! Who will not join to advance these two ob•
jects? Sir Robert himself will swear to them. And as
for the " privileges" of the Lords, and the " delibera-
tive powers" of the Commons, we may safely let these
alone for taking care of themselves. Such is the shadow
to which our Ministers have reduced the bodies which
brought them into office.— 7 Imes.

STATE OF TRADE.
Fuluau:4 WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH 28.—Foreign
Wools continue to maintain great firmness in prices ;
but the business done during the past week in German
sorts has been rather limited, imputable to the little
choice left in the market. Oa the arrival of fresh stocks,
which may now be looked for daily, a brisk demand
may be confidently anticipated.
ENGLISD WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MARCH 28.—We
have not any alteration to report in this market during
the present week, either in sales or prices.
LEEDS.—There has been an improved demand at our
Cloth-halls this week, for Cloths of fine and middle-qua-
lities, a►so for fine Tweeds, calculated for the summer
trade, but low goods of all descriptions have not been so
free of sale as of late Prices are steady, and the stock
of goods generally arc lower than usual at this period of
the year. There has been a considerable number of the
larger buyers in the town during the week, and, in con-
sequence, a full average amount of business has been
done in the warehouses.
HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, THURSDAY,
MARCH 27.—There was a full attendance of buyers on
Monday, and more doing than there has been for the
last few market days. To•day's market only quiet.
LEICESTER.—The price of wools remains very steady,
and in yarns there has been little actual variation, except
the case of lots made up for sale during the recent slack
demand. There will now, however, be less cotton
worked up, as the spring shipping demand has closed,
and the goods now made will be for the autumn trade.
The prospects for the American fall trade are very dull
as compared with the last year ; but for the home de•
mend, we are happy to find they are considered much
more encouraging, in consequence of the long-ecntinuel
winter having cleared the retailers of their stocks, to
that they must come much earlier into the market. 14
therefore, we continue to have an ample supply of cheap
food, we may this year look to our home population to
be our best customers.—Leicester Clvonicle.
BRADFORD MARKET, MARCH 27.—The spinners still
continue to supply their immediate wants for wool on
the most limited scale, and the prices sought are such
as holds no inducement to more extended operations.
The change in the weather is looked favourably on by
the spinners, who are complaining of the ruinous price
that yarns command ; and if any change, for the better,
in the demand, higher prices must necessarily follow.
There are rather more lookers-on in the piece market,
and perhaps an increase in the business done, which may
now be fay expected from the home-trade merchants
for the spring ; also by the American houses, which for
some time past have done only a trifling business. Prices
arc very steady.
TRADE OF NiANCIIESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.—The
breaking up of the frost has not yet restored animation
in this market. The demand for yarn was yesterday more
limited than for some time past; and some of the buyers
for Russia and Germany were offering orders on lower
prices. We believe that, at a very trifing concession
from previous rates, a considerable amount of business
would have been done.—Leeds Mercury.

'it/D.-NECESSITY FOR CHANNEL HARBOURS.—
A casks: inaree, 75 tons burthen, laden with 70 casks
of tobacco leaf, and 570 iron rails for a railroad in
France, and a few casks of wine, from Bordeaux to Dan•
kirk, was driv.n on shore in the West Bay, during the
night of the 24th instant, in thick weather. Her name is
La l'etite Graeituie' of Sarzcdux. Captain Koletia,
with five men and a boy, were saved. lier cargo has
been tAen out, and the vessel lies high up on the beach.
It is probab'e she will be carried into Rye Harbour.—
Dover Chronicle.
LymINGToN,--The Free Trade Bazaar, to be held
at Covent Garden, in May, will receive many contribu-
tions from the ladies in this town. We have seen beau-
tiful specimens of needlework and other articles, which
display much taste, which are highly creditable to the
zeal of those who are favourable to support so good and
righteous a cause.—h ampyhire Independei t.
MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—The late Charles Bennet.
Esq , of Clapham, in the county of Surrey, has be-
queathed to that excellent charity, the Royal Free
Hospital, in Gray's Inn-road, the sum of 1,5001. for the
general purposes of the Institution.