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The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-19

This day is published,
R 0 SC OE'S SOUTH WALES, New Edi-
tion, with 50 Steel Engravings, and a Coloured Map.
This greatly improved Edition is published at 11. 55., cloth
extra, and I/. lbs. morocco extra. The morocco copies are
bound in the best manner, and form superior and elegant vo-
lumes for presents.
Tilt and Rogue ; Simpkin and Co. ; and Orr and Co., London.
London, England, 1842-02-19

NOTICE.
THE EXPRESS EDITION of THE SUN,
containing the DEBATES in both HOUSES
of PARLIAMENT up to HALF•PAST
EIGHT O'CLOCK, may be bad or delivered
in any part of London EVERY. EVENING.

NOTICE.
THE EXPRESS EDITION of THE SUN,
containing the DEBATES in both HOUSES
of PARLIAMENT up to HALF•PAST
EIGHT O'CLOCK, may be bad or delivered
in any part of London EVERY EVENING.
London, England, 1842-02-19

DISTRICTS.

West—Kensington, St George
( Hanover-square), Westmin-
ster, St. Martin in the Fields,
St. James
North— St. Mary-le•bone, St
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660
Central—Saint Giles and Saint
George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon-
don, West London, City of
London . 373,806
East—Shoreditch,Whiteehapel,
Bethnal Green, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,49;
South—St Saviour, Si. Olave,
St. George( Southwark ),Ber-
mond.ey, Newington. Lam-
beth, Camberwell, Bother-
hithe, Greenwich . —.438,060

Total 1,870;.727 912 1017 1042
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality
and the parishes of St. ,larylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmitl. Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary ( Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (13rom
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greeliwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840. and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by
208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
Feb. 5. Feb. 12.
49' 52'
3:3 :)2
41 41
17, 1812.

Highest

Lo—west

Daily Mean .... ...
General Itegister Office, Feb.

PROMISSORY NOTES.
(From Last Night's Gazette.)
An Account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promissory
Notes payable to Bearer on Demand which have been in
Circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those
circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and
by Joint Stock Backs, in England and Wales, by the Banks
in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Bank 7,
in Ireland. and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the
Bank of England, during the Four Weeks ending the
Bth day of February, 1842, pursuant to the Act of 4 and
5 Victoria, cap. 50.

ENGLAND.

Bank of England..
Private Banks .......
Joint .stock Banks ...
SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private, and Joint Stock
Banks

X 17,402,000
5,531,524
3,068,901

2,922,882

IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland 3,279,075
Private End Joint Stock Banks 2,534,039

Total..

£34,739,421

Bullion in the Bank of England .... £5,602,000
HENRY L. WICKHAM.
Stamps and Taxes, Feb. 18, 1842,

EXCHEQUER.—By a return made to the House
of Commons, it appears that the amount of salary paid to Sir
John Newport for a period of nearly five years, was 9,840/. 4s. 2d.
and to Lord Monteagle, for two years and four months,
4,6591. 15,. lod., for their services as Comptroller of the Ex-
cliegivr. A pension of 1,000/. a-year was granted to Sir John
Newport by her Majesty'swarrant, dated 20th November, 1639..
The planet _Mars may now be seen every evening
in the West, of a dusky red colour, if Clouds do not intervene,
from about half-past five to about half-past eight, and will so
03„atinue till about the middle of June.
London, England, 1842-02-19

THE ZEPHTEUS,

This was another case of salvage. The Zephyrus was in
distress off Yarmouth on the 18th of November. Some Yet-
mouth boatmen went out to render general assistance to the
vessel ; but with the especial hope and object of saving the
lives of the crew. They succeeded in doing this, but they
neither saved the vessel nor her cargo ; and the question was
whether the mere preservation of life ean, per se, constitute a
claim for salvage, and the Court can reward the men?
Dr. HAGGARD (for the alleged salvors)—Accordion to the
old law, there might he a d übt whether tie Court of Admi-
ralty had the power of rewarding salvors, where life alone had
been Filet ved, but according to the more recent statute 1 and 2
Geo. IV., cap. 75, it certainly had. One of its sections gave
especial jurisdiction to the Commissioners of the Cinque Ports,
and to Justices of the Peace in seapott towns to reward the sal-
vors of human life, and if the Magistrates had authority to do
so
uis
CroduitcttioofnAadismo.irality, to whom there was an
appeal, there was an ex-
press surely themust
press decfsion in tavour of the doctrine in the case of the Queen
Mab, decided by Sergeant Nichol].
Dr. LUSHINGTON—But has not the oeposite doctrine been
have i hj
distinctly laid down by Lord Stowell?
Dr. HAGGARD--the question, I believe, never came di-
rectly before hirn in the form of plea or act upon -the petition.
London, England, 1842-02-19

THE FIRST VOLUME OF

MADAME D'ARBL ArS DIARY
An) LETTERS,
LS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS',
Price 10s. 61 bound. with Portrait and Fac Similes.
Vol. 11. on the Ist of Mareh.

Henry Colburn, Publisber;-13,-6;;i3l;;;iborough-street.
London, England, 1842-02-19

MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE.

A Stockport paper states that notice has been given at
several of the neighbouring cotton-mills, for a reduction
of the wages of hand-loom weavers, 10 per cent.
The Port of Plymouth General Shipping Company
determined at their last meeting not to insure the vessels
of the Company in future.

AGILICULTITRAL.
The Essex Standard states that the majority of the
agriculturists regard the Government Corn-law plan as
the largest measure of protection they could expect at
the present time.
LAW AND POLICE.
At the Thames-office 11. Kates, a Lambeth dredger
man, who had been often convicted by the Magistrates
of that Court, during fourteen years, was committed for
stealing coals from Mr. Lucas, a quaker.
A young man named Kelly, was brought before the
Magistrate at Union-hall, charged with throwing stones
at the carriages on the Greenwich Railway, but as Mr.
Trail suspected he had been convicted before, he was
remanded for further inquiry.

The trial of Mr. Christopher's great will cause is again
put off until April.
Yesterday at Worship-street James Richards, Jewin-
crescent, cheesemonger, and William Walton, traveller
to a wholesale cheesemonger, were placed at the bar
before Mr. Bingham, charged with assaulting Mr.
Smith, surgeon, Whitecross-street. It appeared that
they had entered the complainant's shop in a state
bordering on intoxication. One insisted upon having
two pennyworth of arsenic, and the other sixpenny
worth of laudanum, and on being refused by the assis-
tant became violent, and finally the prisoner Richards
assaulted Mr. Smith, who is about 74 years of age. They
were fined 40s. each.

SPORTING.
A steeple-chase took place at Romford on Thursday
last, on which occasion the Eastern Counties Railway
was called into requisition in a somewhat novel manner.
A special train was provided to convey the elite of the
sporting world to witness the exhibition, which we un-
derstand was on a very splendid scale. When the horses
started from Romford, the train went off at the same mo-
ment, keeping parallel with them the whole distance
(two miles out and two miles in), thus affording an op-
portunity never before presented of witnessing a steeple-
chase throughout.

COITUT-PASHIONABLE.
The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, accompanied by
all the late Duke's relatives, has left Raby Castle, and isj
now in strict seclusion at the seat of Mark Milbank, Lsq
London, England, 1842-02-19

PUBLICATI ONS

This day is published,
ROSCOE'S SOUTH WALES, New Edi-
tion, with 50 Steel Engravings, and a Coloured Slap.
This greatly improved Edition is published at 11. 55., cloth
extra, and I/. 15s. morocco extra. The morocco copies are
bound in the best manner, and form superior and elegant vo-
lumes for presents.
Tilt and Bogue ; Sinipkin and Co. ; and Orr and Co., London.
London, England, 1842-02-19

_....,

BELGIUM.
•
BRUSSEI.S, FED. 16.—The Senate met yesterday. The
Secretary had a letter from the Archbishop of Ilalines, and
1110 Bishops of Liege, Bruges, 'l'ournay, Namur, and (ihtnt,
. .in which they declare that they withdraw their petition, the
object of which was to obtain a law by which the Roman ,ii,
Catholic University of London should be constituted personee ~ ,
ctvsle. 'r he permanent deputation of Brabant has lust ad*
.
dressed the following circular to the rilag,istrate of the Com-
i
munes, and to the charitable institutions of the province i-*
"The successive increase in the price of provision, and 4'
articles of every description, has rendered it necessary to Ili'
crease the cost of a day's subsistence in the hospital of Brut-
sels, of indigent persuris not belonging to the city, which ',l
has remained since 1818, at eighty centimes per day.
We, therefore, inform you that it has been agreed, by the "
...,e-
-direction of the haspita s of Brussels, by the Commercial ',O-c
Council of the city, and by us, that from the Ist of January,
1342, the cost of a day's subsistence of the 'indigent in the
hospitals of St. Peter and St. John shall be fixed at one franc,
twenty-five centimes. .
" It. is therefore at this rate that you all have to pay, hence-
birth, the cost of maintaining in the hospitals of Brussels, the
indigent b.:longing to your respective communes."

THE MARKETS—(YESTERDAY.) •
CORN EXCHANGE.
This week's supplies have been good of Earley, small of other
English grain, but fair of Irish oa,s. Wheat at the same piece
as Monday. Barley very dull, and rather lower. Beans and
Peas heavy, and rather cheaper. Oats sold with much difficulty
at last quotations. Flour very heavy.
SAIITEWIELD.
There was but a small supply of Cattle and Sheep—the de- '
mand by no means brisk. and prices were with difficulty sup'
ported. Ot Calves and Pigs the supply was moderate, and the
trade brisk. Beasts 399, Sheep 1,7 O, Pigs 329, Calves 124.
Beef 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton 4s. to 4s. 101 ; Veal 4s. ed.
to 6s. ; Poi k 4G. to bs. . .
COLONIAL MARKET.
The business done was limited; in prices little variation took
place. 'I he imports keep light.
TEA MARKET.
Prices firm and the demand good. Company's Congou
Is. I d. cash.
London, England, 1842-02-19

COURT CIRCULAR.

BatearroN, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
walked this morning in the garden of the Pavilion.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on
horseback towards Kemp-town, accompanied by their Serene
Highnesses the Prince Ferdinand, and the Princes Augustus
and Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and attended by Mr. George
Edward Anson, and Colonel Wylde, Equery in Waiting.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an airing
in the Royal garden, in the forenoon; and her Royal Highness
the Princess Royal was taken a carriage drive, in the afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Fanny Howard and Sir G. Couper, walked out this afternoon.
The Royal Dinner Party at the Pavilion this evening will
include hes. Royal 'Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene
Highnesses the Prince Ferdinand, and the Princes Augustus
and Leopold of ?axe Coburg, his Excellency M. Van deWeyer,
the Belgian Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, the Viscountess
Boyle, Lord and Lady George Seymour, Lord and Lady
Ruthven, Lady Portman, Lady Fanny Howard, lion. Miss
Stanley, Hen. Miss Devereux, Baroness Lehzen, Baron Stock
mar, Sir George Couper, Bart., Count de Degenfeld Schom-
berg, Capitaine de Zaitschk, Lord Rivers, Captain Meynell,
Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey, Colonel Wylde, and
Dr. Prwtorius.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchesses of Cam-
bridge, an the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, arrived in
town yesterday evening, from honouring the Duke of Rutland
with a visi-, at his seat, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire.
Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Kent has been pleased to appoint Doctor
W. E. Swaine to be Physician Extraordinary to her Royal
Highness.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Wardens of the Goldsmiths Company had an interview
with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade. 'The Deputation consisted of Mr. W. Smith, Prime
Warden ; Mr. R. W. Buttemer, Mr. J. Rayne, and Mr. T.
Wardens;
Dr. dens; and Mr. Lane, Clerk.
Arnold had an interview with Lord Stanley,
aHelps,
eTtl e,
Colonial-office, on Thursday.
London, England, 1842-02-19

Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

Just ready, in 3 vols. Bro., revised, with corrections, additions
-w,th Portraits of Columbus, Cardinal Xidlenes, Gon-
salvo de Corr(Ova, Fer inand and Isabella,
THE THIRD EDITION OF
THE HISTORY of the REIGN of FER-
DINAND and ISABELLA the CATHOLIC, of
SPAIN. _ _

By W. H. PRESCOTT, Esq.
Richard Bentley, New.Bnrliogton-street.
Pubhaler in Ordinary to her Majesty.

PRICE EIGHTEENPENCE, the First Number of
AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE,
containing the fir st two chapters of " THE MISER'S
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• .
THE WEATHER.—Noort, FEBRUARY 19.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Thermometer... 44 1 Highest 44 I Lowest 26
Barometer 30.01.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE "1-0
-MORROW,
Morning. l3 isiiinutes after S. 1 Evening 26 minutes after S.

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London, England, 1842-02-19

would try the merits of the petition. Whatever might be
the result on this consideration, it might be useful to put on
record that such a petition as this was not presented and
received without discussion. It was an important ques-
tion as to their privileges, and it ought not to be said that
it was received without any objection.
Mr. AGLIONBY said that this ought not to go forth
as a point of law. If ever it should become a matter in
issue before the House, he should hold that they. could
not prevent any person from petitioning. The only
point was, whether at the time of ptesenting the
petition it was signed by a person alleging
himself to have been a candidate at the election.
It was rather hard to cast a reflection upon the Gentle-
man who had presented the petition, when it was possible
that a doubt had existed in his mind upon the subject.
He ventured to submit that they were compelled both to
receive the petition and to take the usual steps relative
to it.

Mr. WATSON said the question had been raised with
respect to the counties of Middlesex, Huntingdon, and
Carmarthen, and several other cases, and had al-
ways been decided in favour of the petitioners.
The case of Middlesex was brought forward by
Mr. Fox ; and, although the objection then was
that the petitioner had been convicted of a seditious libel,
his right to petition was established. Motion withdrawn.
London, England, 1842-02-19

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Extensive novelty. Another New Drama and " Norma," in
conjunction with the grand Pantomime and " Elizabeth La-
zaraz," a combination of attraction defying competition.
THIS EVENING. FEB. 19 _

Will be settcfMt entirely New Drama, called RABY
RUINS; or, the MOTHER'S STATUE; with new Sce-
nery and the entire Company.
After which, MRS. NORAIA, with Rellini's Music —Nor.
ma, Signor Nevilli ; Agelgisa, Signor Waltoni ; Pollio, Sig-
nora Martini.

After which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK
FROST AND KING THAW —With gorgeous and charac-
teristic Seen( ry, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint
Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun-
ning, &c. Harlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan-
taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr.
Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe.
To conclude with Haines' new and successful Drama, enti-
tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded
on Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls.'
Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers,
Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu-
lar Pantomime.
London, England, 1842-02-19

HEADS OF SERVICE.

Wages to Seamen and Marines..)
Victuals fur ditto (exclusive of
6,50 e/. )
Admiralty Office
Office fur the Registry of Mer•

£. s. d.
141,848 16 3

1,590 5 01

chant Seamen
Scientific Branch...
Her Msjesty's Establishments at
Home
Abroad
Wages to Artificers, &c. in ditto,
Home
Abroad.
Naval Stores, &c. for the Buildift
and Repair of Ships, Docks, &c.
New Works and Improvements in
the Yard., &c (exclusive ofj
25,7411. 16s. sd.
Medicines and Medical Stores ..
Miscellaneous Services 1
Half-pay to Officers of the Navy'
and Marines
Military Pensions and Allowances' 18,645 10 3
Civil ditto
Army and Ordnance Departments'
( Conveyance of Troops, Sze. ),I
(exclusive of 17,0001.) .
Home Department (Convict Ser-'
Tice)

84 2 21

5,77112 1

812 10 01

2%151 11
London, England, 1842-02-19

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Feb. 15, 1842, is
375. aid. per Cwt., excl'isive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain ,

WOOLWICH-FRIDAY.
THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Garrison Order, Feb. 4, 1842.

It is the Commandant's very gratifying duty to announce to
the garrison the King of Prussia's satisfaction, not only Kith
its appearance, but with every branch of the establishment that
came under his notice.

The Commandant is anxious to convey his best thanks to the
officers and men employed in the several duties of the day.
THE ROYAL NAVY.
The Kite steam-vessel was commissioned on Saturday last,
and the following officers have been appointed to her :—Lieut.
T. J. Gooch, Mr. Robert Fowler, Second Plaster; and Mr.
G. A. Stewart, Clerk in Charge.
The Fearless and Comet steam-vessels were on Monday
towed by the African to Deptford, for the purpose of being
docked, as the caisson of the new dock here has not yet been
completed.
The Driver steam-vessel, Commander Samuel Harmer, is
fitting with Mr. Dagleish's smoke-consuming apparatus, and
when completed, which she is expected to be in the course of
next week, will leave for foreign service. Mr. Charles Brom.
ley and Mr. James Simpson have been appointed Mates to
serve in her ; and as Lieutenant Frederick A. Campbell pro-
ceeds in the Driver to join the Cornwallis. 74, at present serv-
ing in China, the destination of the former fine steam-vessel
may be surmised with some degree of certainty.
The African steam_vessel has been fitted with powerful
engines, and now forms a superior tug-boat. It is said she
when fully completed, be sent round to Portsmouth for
service on that station, the want of a vessel of her description
being much required to tow large ships when their services are
ordered at short notice.

The Racing Club of Angers has offered three prizes
for the present year—viz., 1,500 f. for horses of all ages, bred and
trained in France. A cup, worth 5001. for all ages and countries,
to be ridden by gentlemen. And a Consolation Plate, of 500 f., to
be run for by horses which have never gained a prize.
London, England, 1842-02-19

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LoNnoN, FEB. 18.—Wind this day at noon S. 'W.
RAMSGATE, FEB. 17.—S1d. Rowena, River Gambia.
DEAL, FEB. 17.—Wind light.—Arrd. Emma, Shields, for
Aden. Sld. the outward bound.

LivEarooL, FEB. 17. Wind variable.—Arrd. Calista,
Msnyers, Honduras, tkc. ; Elizabeth, Alexandria ; Talbot,
Roe, Gibraltar. Sid. Lady Grant and Fame, Bunenos Ayres;
Ellen Maria, Rio Janeiro; Elizabeth, Rio Grande ; Jessie
Logan, Calcutta; Ellen German, La Guayra ; Athens and
Eurotas, Havannah ; Jackson and Margaret, Trinidad ;
Governor, St. Thomas's ; Claiborne, New Orleans ; Eliza-
beth Bruce, Mobile; Louisa, Baltimore; Commerce and
Thomas Barnett, Charleston ; Aurelius, Savannah ; Alle-
gbany and Champlain, Philadelphia; Ann, Boston; Wsve,
Azores; Peru, Africa. Arrd. off port, ;Pennsylvania, Nt'w
Orleans ; Thomas Leech, South America ; Caledonia
steamer, bonsai to Halifax, is off port, putting back with
ma•n piece o f rudder sprung and twisted, having ofxrpen;
rieneed a succession of heavy gales, bore up, 11(
11
i"ft"rnouon
long. :29; Acadia steamer will 1. ave this on Saturdaya te,,,
~ell
for Halifax, with the CaledMiia's mail and passengers,
as all other lettera posted in time for her.
v Sid Westminster,
PORTsIIOUTII, FEL 17.—Wind 8...-•••-- • 1,,,,, of iron,
New York. Five chain cables,
have been landed from the Isadore, froni
about the middle of
An attempt will be made to weigh hnerbe got at these neaps.
next week. No more of the g
and
cargo can
Durham, Singapore
ab°l-atearielff to London.
OFF TORBAY, FEB. 14.
. lii‘liiTm, Calcutta. Four of the
Heinrich, for Bremen.
BldLondon to Rio de Janeiro, having
crew of the Newport,
from
is detained for hands.
got off the bar, and brought into the har.
refused to proceed, the vessel
FL —Trevannance, Heman, from
PORT 'I ALlior, ..-
-.Wind S. '
PnyaaouTir, Fza. 17. —£..—A.rrd. the Lavine.,
Sierra Leona; 800 Pere, diarnasted. Sid. Mary, Sierra Leone.
bSowuarnsstertli,nila-ei be"'

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning 5 minutes after 7 i Evening 33 minutes after 7,
London, England, 1842-02-19

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 19,

Will be repeated, arranged as a Drama, Handel's ACIS
AND GALATEA.—Polypheme, Mr. H. Philips; Acis, Miss
P. Horton ; Damon, Mr. Allen; Galatea, Miss Romer.
After which will be repeated the New Comedy,:entitled THE
PRISONER OF WAR.
After which, the Popular farce, entitled THE WIND-
MILL.—The Marquis de Roueville, Mr. Morris Barnett ;
Sampson Low, Mr. Keeley ; Marian, Mrs. Keeley.
Doors r be opened at Ha:f past Six, and the Per forman ce
to begin t Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2e. 6d.
Pit 35., Second Price 9.5. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second
Pr cc Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.

UN:)ZRtheMANAGEME&T of MADAME VESTRIS.

Tuis EVENING, FEB. 19,
Will be repeated the Opera of ELENA ÜBERTL—The
Character of Elena Überti by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Count
Übaldo, Mr. W. Harrison ; Sigifredo, Mr. Leffler; Count
Guido, Mr. Stream ; Boemondo, Mr. Clement White; Gual-
iero, Mr. Wigan ; Imberga, Miss Grant.
After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas
Pantomirre, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK; OR,
11ARLEQUIN AND TLIE DUN COW.

Doors to to opened at hall-past Six—the performances to
commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.;
First and Secono Circles, bs. ; Second Price, 9.5. 6d. ; Pit, 35.;
Second Price. 2,. ; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the
Boxes tone taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten
till F.ur, where Season Tickets may be bad upon application.
Private Boxes to be had so!ely of Mr. Andreae, bookseller,
I .i 7. New Bond-street.
London, England, 1842-02-19

THE NEW- MAGISTRATES.

Mr. nurr moved for a return of the names of the
Mugistratcs appointed in 'the different boroughs of the
United Kingdoni in 1841.

IRISH CRIMINAL LAW,

Mr. CHARLES BULLER wished to ask the
Noble Lord, the Irish Secretary, two questions,
which he feared the House would consider rather
ludicrous, but which were not so when taken in
connexion with the: administration of justice in
Ireland. He saw by the papers that at ono of the Its-
sizes in Ireland a man had been sentenced to death, not
for killing a human being, but for killing a goat
!
(Cries of Hear, hear.") He wished to know whether
there was really left on the statute-book a law that
assigned such a penalty for such an offence. He did not
think that the Government would venture to carry the
sentence into effect for such an offence, but he would,
ask what course was meant to be taken with this un-
happy man, and what punishment would be inflicted on
him ?

Lord ELIOT said, that a man had been indicted, as
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had stated, for killing
a goat ; and as it was found that, under an ancient
statute, the offence was a capital one, the sessions
(for it was at a sessions not an assize), bad no
option but to pass a sentence of death. He trusted
that it was hardly necessary for him to state,
that the man having undergone several weeks
imprisonment, it was considered a punishment
for the offence, and he was immediately set at
liberty. The House would permit him to add that he
regretted such a law should continue to disgrace the
statute-book, and farther that it was the intention of his
Hon. and Learned Friend, the Solicitor-General for Ire-
land, to bring in a Bill to assimilate the Criminal Law
of Ireland with that of England.
London, England, 1842-02-19

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total repeal of the Corn-laws. rile Hon. Member is
sEsbe.l\froePlliEanit'd what will
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RUSSELL in favour of tlsiteliliapltrinicilopulsees Trofeprerocteocnteieornn,ed
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that the
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be the result, is a waste of the tune of the House ;
but the public are to be considered—the public
require to learn at this crisis, who are the friends of
free trade, and who are its enemies ; they require to
know now, when such evil consequences have resulted
from the Corn-laws, what their advocates can say in
their support. Under this more general view the motion
makes a judicious and proper use of the House ; but what
is beneficial to the public, is seldom agreeable to it, and
its opposition made the task of addressing it one of
difficulty. The debate was accordingly languid, though
it produced, particularly in Mr. BROTHERTON'S speech,
and in the speech of the mover, a great number of use-
London, England, 1842-02-19

Totals £ 215,020 10 0

180,892 5 7

Expended less than v0ted....1 ...... .£2B,liA 4 5

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, SllO7. ing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Feb. LI, 1842." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Average
1836-9-40-1.
Total. r---A---,
Four Four
Winters)

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 161
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 161
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
s_)seases of the Hea-t and Blood-vessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and ether
Organs of Digestion ..
Diseases of the Kidmsys, &c
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 7
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ll3

O'd Age, or Natural Decay lO6
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern-
pei ance
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes -
Average Weekly Deaths
Population Average Deaths
enu.. Weekly in
=rated Deaths the
jail. 183--• —l'-1. AN eek.
Four Four
Ye r,.1 Wint rs.
135 151 177

..1042
London, England, 1842-08-17

WIGAN.

Accounts from• -this place are up to the time of
-thzt- trains leaving this morning. • At an early hour
•stevday the Wign and'_ Worsley troops of tlie
iluten's Own Yeomanry asseMbled 111 the, market-
- place under the command of-Lord .FraneiS Egerton,
in crder to proceed to Preston. His Lordship!ap-
peared in good health and- -The troops, how-
ever, did not appear to be' in good odour with thz.
people, and in consequence of their assembling, a large
mob, chiefly composed of Irish weavers, collected
together, and began hissing and hosting them most
ferociously. Every provoking epithet their voca-
bulary afforded 'Was —plentifully applied to 'the
yeomanry, apparently with a view- of inducing
the troops to retaliate, but without effect. After .the
Yeomanry had marched out of town towards Preston,
the mob, which amounted in number to about 500,
proceeded towards Hindley and Westhongliton- to
obtain additional strength. Wigan is the centre of the
Lancashire coal field, and in consequence of fuel being
cheap, a large number, of
factories, forges, and other
works are situate in this district. Wigan and the
surrounding villages are, therefore, densely populated
with factory hands, mechanics, colliers, &c. .The
mob having-been absent some hours, returned, having
increased to upwards of 5,000, they having stopped all
the works at Ilindley, Westhoughton, Leigh, Astley,
Aspul, &c. At Wigan ..they entered the provision
shops, and helped themselves to,food, using threaten-
ing language to the shopkeepers. They were armed
with bludgeons, iron crowbars,- hammers, and pick
handles, the • latter being almost as formidable a
weapon as the crowbar. It. is formed of hard wood,
about two feet long and an inch in diameter, cut oc-
tagonally. About 4 o'clock all.the shops were closed,
the toWn was in a state of the utmost alarm, and busi-
ness was entirely suspended. The mob shortly after 4
o'clock proceeded to the collieries and works of Lord
Balcarres, at Ilaigh, and compelled the hands to leave
extensive iron-wells, manufacturers_ of railway
work ; from thence they prengines, steam engines, . &C., which were formerly in
oceeded to Leyland Mill,
the hands of Lord BalcarreS, but are now carried on
by Messrs. Evans and Co. naving accomplished
their object, most of the mob left the town in the
evening.in a-state of great exultation, threatening to
return again to-day. About 30 of the 72d High-
Were sent to llindley to -put down any dis-
turbance which might take place in that town. ,
London, England, 1842-08-17

Per Quarter.
Abingdon
Andover
i3anbary
Basingstoke
Cirencester
Coventry
Oaventry
Derby
Bowden
flungerford
Malt .n

Mai::enhead
Nuttnigham
Warwick ....
Winchester
York .....

P,,r Bushel.
Birminghon,
London, England, 1842-08-17

COURT-FASHIONABLE.

The Duke and Duchess of Leeds have arrived at
Mar Lodge, a shooting-box in the Highlands.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have left
Holkar Hall for Dunrobin Castle.

The Duke and Duchess of Montrose left Belgraxe-
square on Saturday for Selby Hall, Northamptonshire.
_Thu_ vire of
Perthshire, for the season.

Lord Wharncliffe left town yesterday for Wortley
Hall, Yorkshire.
The Dowager Countess of Essex has arrived at
Dover, where she has taken a house for two months.
Lord and Lady John Russell leave Minto Castle
to-morrow for Endsleigh Cottage, Dev0n.,...--
Sir Robert Peel has arrived at Drayton Manor.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield are making
preparations for a Continental tour.
MISCELLANEOUS.

The thermometer yesterday was as high in the
shade as 86 deg. Fehr., and at twelve o'clock (meri-
dian) it had reached
.90 deg. The thermometer on
the hottest day of June at Bengal is 96 deg.
A new set of State liveries will be prepared early
in the ensuing year. Those at present worn by the
Queen's household were made as far back as 1819
and 1825.

On the Queen Dowager's route from Gopsall to
Burghley this week, while the Royal party iv ere
changing horses at Billesdon, a village about ten
miles from Leicester, several aged females ap-
peared before the cortege with a teapot in one hand,
ornamented with ribbons, and a nosegay of flowers in
the other, the foremost of whom presented a petition
to her Majesty, who afterwards deposited a sovereign
in each of the teapots, and perused the petition. The
contents of the latter document, however, have not
transpiied.- •
The Commons Votes, recording the proceedings of
the .past session, show that there have been pre-•
sented 236 private Bills, of which 178 received the
Royal assent, and 58 negatived. Of those that
passed, 26 concerned' railways, 14 piers, •&c. ; 13 in-
closures, 12 harbours, &c., and 9 divorces. The
notices.for next session enumerated, amount to only
54 in number.

About 2,000 male and femalo Chartists left Lon
don on Monday, and visited the town of Watford
with flags, music, &c. During the course of the day
they were addressed by various speakers, and urged
by, every means to obtain the Charter. It was appa-
reutly a mere rural excursion, and was altogether
orderly.

~~`
London, England, 1842-08-17

LANCASTER.

There were some apprehensions in this town yes-
terday that the rioters from the manuftieturing dis-
tricts were to pay it a visit and force the hand's in
'the different factories and works to turn out, but up
to post time last evening all was quiet, and the alarm
which existed in the early part of the day had sub-
sided in consequence of the accounts from Preston
London, England, 1842-08-17

BOLTON.

In this town all at present quiet. A large mob,
which left the town early yesterday morning for
Ilindley, Wigan, &c., returned last evening in a state
of great exultation, shouting, huzzaing, &c. They
said they had been at Wigan, where they got plenty
to eat and drink, and the military bail_ not interfered
with them. '"
London, England, 1842-08-17

MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.
STATIONS with their Distances from Manchester.
MA NCHESTER., Oldham Junction 5, Mills Hill 6, Blue Pits f,
Rr.chdale 11, Littleborough 14, Todmorden 20, Eas'Arood 21,
Hebden Bridge 24, Luddenden Foot 26, Sowerby Bridge 23,
Elland 31, Brighouse 31, Cooper Bridge 35, Dewsbury 41,
Hnrbury 44, Wakefield 48, Normanton 51, LEEDS 60.
London, England, 1842-08-17

BIRMINGHAM.

MONDAY.—At present all remains in quietness and
uncertainty ; but the repeated meetings of the colliers,.
not by hundreds alone but in thousands, coupled ILA
these are with the exaggerated accounts from Man-
chester, begin to excite more than usual alarm in the.
minds of the inhabitants.

The strike has now extended throughout the length
and breadth of the Staffordshire and Warwickshire
collieries. In the southern part of the county and
the districts bordering on Birmingham, Wolverhamp-
ton, Walsall, and Dudley, there is scarcely a pit at
work. It will hence be seen that the vast population
embraced in a circle of some twenty miles in diame-
ter, inhabiting the towns and villages from Stour-
bridge to Cannock, and mostly dependent for their
subsistence on occupations which require a large
supply of coal, must shortly be thrown cut of work
unless the colliers resume their avocations.

But there are certain obstacles existing to the ac-
complishment of this desirable object.
The colliers in South Staffordshire, under the guid-
ance of Chartist agitators, have resolved, almost una-
nimously, to abstain from work until every master in
the district agrees to their terms; there is a specific
clause in one of their . printed regulations, that even
though a part oFthe employers should consent to give
the wages demanded of them, these terms are not to,
be accepted by the colliers until every master in the
district shall have done the same. In other words,
it would appear that one master may be allowed to
coerce, not only all the men, but all-his fellow mas-
ters in the district.
The Chartist O'Neill proposed the resolution to
which I have adverted, and it was adopted unani-
mously at a meeting of 12,000 colliers. It has been
ratified by similar meetings, and may be considered
to have received the sanction of 40,000 persons in the.
I district. Such a resolution is tantamount to an eter-
nal holiday. These 40,000 persons have pledged
themselves to this, and having done so, they are called
upon to adopt another resolution, that they will not
work until the Charter becomes the basis of the Con-
stitution.
Unless some speedy steps are adopted, and those
steps are of a very energetic character, we can see
nothing but confusion and distress among a population
of some half million.
London, England, 1842-08-17

PRESTON.

(From the Second Edition -.of tke Preston Pilot of

Saturday.)
A meeting of operatives was held in Chadwick's
orchard last night, about nine o'clock ; and though
the numbers in attendance were considerable, the
crowd was not anything like what might have been
anticipated. A detachment of the 72d were lodged
in the assembly-room of the Bull. Inn, and were
under arms all night. It was scarcely anticipated
that any measures would have been taken by the
mob to prevent the factories being started this morn-
ing at the usual time. However, on one of the bells
being rung at a little before six o'clock, the mob, which
had assembled a short time previously in Chadwick's
orchard, marched towards the:North-road (the direc-
tion in which the bell bad fling), and the first factory
London, England, 1842-08-17

An immense bodof men, women, yowng girls and
lads, are teeming into the town from the direction 4.,f
frohnfirth, where it is stated, all is at a stand. Men
accustomed to calculate, estimate the nivaber%•Tat
thirty thousand. ''They. are linked ei r'ituit !fen
abreast, and they occasionally tiouris I.4Watr anil.l\
immense quantity of huge cudgels 'l thick 4
,'large thic '
sticks, which it is horrifying to look ttt. ~There itiir-ials'. '
~•,r.
pears to be no end to their numbers. 'Already we see '.7.j.. z
• 7 J.,
fresh swarms' of them arrive. \Ve are. as usual, ."1"
waited upon by small detachments from the main :3, /
body, for some relief, which we find it prudent in ."- -----
all cases to comply with. They are asseinbline in A 1/4'
one dense body in the market place, which, as • well
as the portions of the streets immediately conneoted
with it, are completely glutted. Connected with
the market-place is the George, the head inn, where
are assembled the Magistracy, protected by some
hundred or two of special conAables.
EIGHT o'Ctoch.—The Riot Act has been read,
and the soldiers have been Very busy in riding up and
down clearing the streets. Many of the populace
have been wounded, and it is said sonic have been
taken to the infirmary. The soldiers appeared to he
much enraged as tley were chasing the fugitives
through the streets, whether it was assumed or
brought on from the trouble they experienced in dis-
charging their duty, we know not ; but we are afraid
strong drink has had something to do in the matter.
They have taken some prisoners, who were, and are
secured, in the George. A soldier, it is said, has
broken his leg from a fall he had when turning the
corner of the Pack-horse public-house, the yard of
.which he was about leaving.
NINE o'CLock.—Things appear tolerably quiet.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
_ _

Huddersfield, Monday Evening, Aug. 15.
SlR,—These are eventful times. At least had you
spent the day here you would say so. All business
at a stand, the shops all closed, and the soldiers gal-
loping through the town with drawn swords, cutting
and slashing poor men, who only ask for bread.
But, Sir, though gloomy now a better prospect is
dawning. The middle classes are beginning to see
that their interests are bound up with those of the
working classes.
By your insertion of the above you will oblige,
Yours respectfully,
A HUDDERSFIELD SHOPKEEPER.
London, England, 1842-08-17

WEST BROM WICH.

MoNPIY.—The colliers in this immediate district
have evinced considerable restlessness ever since the
news from Lancashire has been communicated to
them. Joined to this, the resolution of the masters,
who assembled at Dudley, on Saturday, has given
them great dissatisfaction ; and while some are dis-
posed to view the strike as. useless, and are anxious to
return to work on any conditions, others are_ resolved
to brave it out, and to force their fellows to continued
acquiescence.
__

This morning (Monday) a meeting of the colliers,
nailors, and forgemen, WAS held at Holly-hall, near
Dudley. The number present was at least 10,000;
and they were addressed by the usual speakers in
harangues of a most inflammatory nature. Whether
their determination was assumed or hearty, they
appeared equally unanimous in their resolutions not
to yield in one particular to the employers.
During the last day or two there have been rumours
of projected violence, and some apprehension has
been entertained for the safety of the Staffordshire
Gas 'Works; but there. is reason to believe that so
long as O'Neill is at the head of the " turn. outs" no
violence need be anticipated.
London, England, 1842-08-17

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

The price of admission to this delightful summer
evening lounge is now reduced to one shilling. Monday
evening was the first of the season in which the
Gardens have been thrown open to what John
Wilson Croker cads " the shiny." public." " The
shilling public" testified its approbation of the new
arrangement 11 a very numerous attendance. The ,rar-
dens were brilliantly illuminated, and shortly after.eight
o'clock the concert commenced. This u-as succeeded by
the equestrian performances in the Rotunda, in the
course of which Mademoiselle Caroline elicited thunders
of applause by her series of elegant and graceful exer-
cises on two horses. Why are not these equestrian ex-
ercises exhibited in the open air ? There is ample
space in the gardens for an arena, and the Ro-
tunda is so small, that not half of those
who visit the gardens can find accommodation in it,
and of those who do, the greater portion repent them
of their good fortune before the performances are over,
and are even more desirous of getting out, on account
of the suffocating heat, than they had been of
getting in ; but such is the close pac.eing, that egress
is impossible. After the equestrian performances
came the wonderful slack-rope exercises of the "Flemish
Sprite of Antwerp," decidedly the first slack-rope per-
former that has appeared since the days of Antonio.
The most extraordinary.per:Ormatr c of the evening, was
the ascent on the inclined rope of Julie Due This young
lady who does nut appear more than sixteen years of age,
ascended a rope stretched from near the ground to the
top of one of the tallest trees in the Italian Walk, amidst
au explosion of fireworks. Her performances are
most wonderful. The conflagration of Hamburgh,
with a brilliant display of fireworks, concluded
the evening's entertainment. During the course of the
evening Herr Joel, the German Siffleur, gave his imita-
tions and there were bands playing in different parts
of the grounds. It would add much to the attractions of
this delightful place if a few more benches and seats
were provided in the open air. The gardens were crowded.
London, England, 1842-08-17

ECCLES.

excitementnis a state of great
residences of the
immense bodies of
to beg. The
men, 5,000, assembling each day,
respectable
a mg oe
un ne
andrtianllgyatlpoaertatmcbe,:cuutl
owing tillage
to i s in
processionontlomtuhneity
whole body are generally armed, and
proceeding
por
portion
n o the e
of course the
appearance of so formidable a gang has the effect of
extorting subscriptions which would otherwise be
withheld. It may not be amiss to notice a fact which
has caused some surprise in Manchester to day. An
extraordinary edition of one of the Manchester pa-
pers, in the confidence of the Chartists, gives a list of
names of respectable parties who, have
subscribed to
what it calls "a subscription set on foot
for the main-
tenance of the operatives during the turn-out," when,
in fact, the money has been given by the party from
fear of the consequences which might follow a refusal.
Application has been made by several of the influen-
tial inhabitants to head-quarters at, Manchester for a
force either of military or police, but the answer re-
turned was, that none. etaild be spared' to go to Ec-
cles, and in consequence as place and the neighbuur-
hood is almost entirely unprotected, there being
only. a few special, constables in the village.
This morning demands were made on the respect-
able inhabitants -by a body consisting of about
5,000 personso-
,,, The plan of operation is this
The mob in a 1)04 proceed to the gate of some gen-
tleman in the village, where they halt ' • two of them
present themselves at the door, one dressed
in black
the other in ii',liite i for what purpose this kind 'of
London, England, 1842-08-17

Ashbourne, only 12 miles distant. It is understood
that the Uttoxeter troops of Yeomanry have been
despatched to meet them between Leek and Ash-
ourne. The Magistrates here are taking every pre-
caution. One of them (I believe) has proceeded to
London, to request assistance from Government.
Should the turn-outs reach Derby, it is feared many
would join them, as there are already great numbers
ho cannot find employment or food ; and I have just
'been told that one class of men have already struck.
'l' he Derby and Chaddesden troops of Yeomanry have
received orders to be in readiness ; and should the
news brought by the next express not be more fa-
vourable, the inhabitants will be sworn in as special
cmistables, as well as the pensioners. We have al-
relldy from 12 to 15 soldiers here recruiting.

NOTTINGHAM.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
MONDAY NOON.—On Monday noon, the working
pe,)ple of Nottingham and neighbourhood met on the
open space fronting the Mansfield- road, known by the
na;ae of the " Burton Legs," to hear read the news
rei;tive to the strike in Manchester, and other places.
Nottingham is at the height of political excitement,
:t 0.1 seems impatient for the strike. The people are
siiiiiming the greatest privations, in consequence of
the badness of trade. I write in haste. There is• a
beginning in Nottingham—God only knows where
wilt be the end. Tne people are at this moment
parading the streets in thousands. There has yet
been no attack on property, and, I trust, there will
net. There seems to be a disposition on the part of
the mob to turn out the peaceable, but they have not
yet conunenced. •