The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-29 00:00:00

T 1114::.„ SUN", LONDON, -SA.TuitnAV, JANTJARN 29, 1842.

DEATH OF THE
DUKE OF CLEVELAND.

His Grace, after long anti Severe suffering, ex-
pired at seven o'clock this morning, at his resi-
dence in St. James's-square. William Harry
Vane, K.G., first Duke, and son of the second
Earl, by the sister of the first Earl of Lonsdale,
was born in 1766, and married, first, in 1787, the
second daughter of the sixth and last Duke of
Bolton ; secondly, in 1813, the daughter of Ro-
bert Russell,.Esq., of Newton House, Yorkshire ;
succeeded his father in the Earldom, 1792; Lord
Lieutenant and Vice Admiral of the county of
Durham; Colonel of the Durham Militia; is
patron of 14 livings. This family is descended
from Sir Henry Vane, knighted at Poictiers,
1353; and numbers amongst its ancestry Sir H
Vane, Principal Secretary of State, temp. Charles
1., and Sir Harry Vane, Treasurer of the Navy,
distinguished in the Civil Wars, and subsequently
beheaded on Tower Hill, whose son became the
first Lord Barnard. Seats—Baby Castle, Dur-
ham ; Bridges Cottons, Darlington ; Newton
House, Yorkshire.

CftEAtlON.—Duke, 1833; Marquis of Cleve-
land, 1827; Earl of Darlington and Viscount
Barnard, 1754; Baron Barnard, 1699; Baron
Ruby, 1833. -

lie is succeeded by his son Henry, Earl of
Darlington, M.P. for the Southern Division of
Shropshire, who was born in 1788, and conse-
quently is now 54 years of age.

MEMOIR OF THE LATE DUKE.

" Nee temere, nec timide."
Neither rashly nor timidly.
Motto of the Vanes of Westmoreland.

The late Duke and Marquis'of Cleveland came
into possession of the Alarquisate by letters
patent, dated Sept. 17, 1827, and to the Barony
of Raby with the Dukedom of Cleveland in
January, 1833, having beforehand succeeded to
the Earldom, at the decease of his father in 1792.
Among his ancestry, the late Duke numbered
many forerunners of note and consequence.
Claiming a common origin -with the Westmore-
land family, the head of whom we noticed but a
few brief days ago at his decease, and who par-
took of many of the hearty qualities, and much
of the exuberant benhontinie of the regretted
nobleman whom we now obituarize, the de-
ceased William-Harry-Vane, dated the first hero
of his pedigree to be the Sir Henry Vane who
.was knighted for his valiant achievements at the
celebrated battle of Poietierti. Young Henry
Vane, who, with more stirring blood in his veins
than prudence in his head, joined in Thomas
Wyati's insurrection, and escaped only the doom
of his comrades through the Royal pity ex-
tended towards his youth, was one of his pre-
decessors, whom he looked back upon with
especial pleasures An acute and subtle poli-
tician) his ancestor, Sir Henry, in the reign
of James the First, was - appointed cotterer
of the Prince of Wales). and tinder the suc-
ceeding Monarch Was- Mated Secretary of
State ihr life. This nobleman, however, did not
sustain his proper nobility of character in regard
to his conduck,toWards the unfortunate of
Strafford, but exhibited a jealousy unworthy of
his birth. Influenced by private pique, it is
historically stated, that liceatise the Earl bad,
upon his elvation to the Peerageytaken the title of
Baron laby of Raby eastiv, tirharn, he took an
active part in the prosecution of Strafford, Which,
however, led to his subsequent disniissal by the of-
fended King: The neat fit Henry, Clarendon cha-
racteries as a person of " great natural parts, a
quick conception, and of very ready, sharp, and
weighty expression,"-,-so much so, we know, that
iron-sided Cromwell wished the Lord to deliver
him from this self-,same gentleman. In later
times, the worthy conduct of the third Baron
Henry, Met with its due appreciation at Court,
and the Earldom of Darlington was then grafted
on the family,
The late Dttkt', Whom death has just overtaken,
must be remembered by all in his younger days
as the dashing Lord Darlington, whose sporting
qualities tensed him to be considered the most
promising fieldsman of the day, and by a name
so well:known we ritall proceed to speak of him.
Lord Darlington's rank and fortune having
placed him early in life at the summit) we may
say) of human life, he spared no expense in the
splendour of his sporting establishment, in his
Winds and stables, and he undoubtedly stood
first on the roll of masters of foxhounds, keeping
them upon their own resources; perhaps only
that of the worn country exceeded his expendi7
ture,

Everything in Lord Darlington's stud was
tnanttgtd with order and method : his coverts
and his fences were constantly watched, and
some estimate may be made of the expense
be was at in Preserving foxes, by the single fact
of his paying 3801. a year to his own tenants, in
the Ruby country, for rent of coverts north of the
river Tees.

Lord Darlington's hounds were usually divided
into two packs—one called the young, and the
other the old pack, although of course there were
some old hounds in the former. His Grace was
fbnd of large hounds, and he succeeded in
breeding them up to the top of the standard—
bigger, indeed, on his own admission, than any
his country requires. The speed of these, how-
ever, with a scent, was quite proportionate to
their size; their speed was undisputed, nay, were
allowed by all to be the speediest in England.
Sir Bellingham Graham used to say that he
never hunted with a finer pack; brighter-skinned
hounds-perhaps were never beheld.
Lord Darlington used to relate a singular anec-
dote of the instinct of a fox-hound. In his fa-
ther's lifetime a hound called Gleaner was sent
from Yorkshire to the then. Duke of Bolton, near
Basingstoke, in Hampshire, and in the almost
incredible space of 00 hours he was back at his
kennel in Yorkshire.
Lord Cleveland abounded in a rich fund of
anecdote, and like most of the Westniorlands,
had about him none of that hauteur which make
the aristocracy 6d hateful.
Itaby, Lady Cleveland's horse, was a beautiful
animal, fifteen hands three inches high, bright
bay with black legs; and if he had been bespoken
for the purpose he could not have been more
complete. Her Ladyship rode him many a
season without his ever having given her
a fall, and she customarily rewarded
him for his care of her, by visiting
him almost every day in the winter, and giving
him some plum bread. The Marchioness of Cleve-
land has been always esteemed a most graceful
horsewoman, and handled her reins with dexte-
rity and figure. Lady Augusta and Lady Ara-
bella Vane .are excellent.sportswomen, and their
best description is afforded in their father's own
book, where he represents " the two sisters vying
I with each other over a deep and strong country',
in one of his best runs."

The stables at Itaby were calculated to hold
about thirty hunters, besides coach horses. Such
a thing as a back was never to be seen at Raby.
Everything there went a hunting or in harness.
His Lordship's courteousness to ladies was ex-
hibited in this instance: A hunter was going off
to be put to the hammer at London "I am sell-
ing that horse," observed the Duke) " solely to
oblige the ladies; a better hunter (continued his
Lordship), no man need ride, but he put his foot
into a grip one day with my boy, and came down,
which the ladies attributed to his having only one
eye. But he must go now,"
" Pray my Lord," said a fellow sportsman,
walking out with him through his'grounds, "is
not you kennel here very near the house? Does
not the savour of the boiler sometimes find its
way into the drawing-room ?" "It may," re-
joined his Lordship, "but we are too well-bred
for fox-hunting to Wind thao

Dick, his Lordship's whipper-hi wasill. "have
you heard how Dick i 52.4 said a friend. " I have
been to his bedside,' said Lord D., he has had
a restless night; nevertheless; I hope he will do
well, but he made Inc ttille 'Mitt' 110 gait!, he
had ;w doubt but he should be able to go out
with the hotinds on 'Wednesday ! He also in-
quired after LicylilAngss eyet, eini Mitt 3 _MIAs and
Mortimer had fed !"
The Duke, ever since he began to keep fox-
hounds, namely, when plain Dar] Of Darlington,
was daily in the habit of sitting dciWnj after every
art4e4tetinOie prodeedings of the
This his Lordship did in a style
peculiar to himself; and in good language. At
the, eltif the sYtt?..dti -thiA *olume was printed,
and sot for tbe.bqiefit of a-faitheul servant,
Seven years httveifi;low elapsed since his Lord-
ship was actively ehgaged., in the field. Owing
to the advanced life of his Grace, he gave up
his sporting pursuits in 1835, at which time the
celebrated pack of hounds, called after his name,
were divided between himselfand his son-in-law,
Mark Milbank, Esq., and the country was sub-
divided between them at the same time for sport.
Lord Cleveland was a sportsman, in the real
acceptation of that comprehensive term—not one
of your battue gentlemen, crawling out when
+l, day is far spent, with umbrellas and goloshes,
but a doWnright practical sportsman of the old
school, ready for all winds and weathers. For

thirty-eight seasons uninterruptedly, and with
high reputation to himself and the sportsmen
who hunted with him, he went through an un-
Otampled course of fine-spirited fields and chases.
His Lordship, in addition, was not an illiterate
man, or one of the mere Squire Westerns of the
day, but a man of cultivated acquirement. 14c
spent his summers on the Continent, and had a
turn for the polite arts.

The fine Old stronghold of Raby Castle was
his Grace's chief and favourite seat. This air"
cient fortress and mansion was in the first in-
stance in the tenantcy of the Nevilles of West-
moreland, but was forfeited by them in the tune
of Elizabeth, for the. rebellious part taken by
Earl Charles. The Vanes then came into pos-
session, either by purchase or grant from the
Crown.

Those who have visited the Duke at Itaby can
welt attest the magnificent aspect of the castle
and its domains, which combine in themselves
architecture of the Anglo-Saxon times, and the
richest improvements of the present day. The
Duke took a pride in adorning these ancestral
halls, and many alterations, perhaps absolutely-
necessarily to conform- it to the modernized tastes
of the day, were undertaken under his supervi-
sion and command. His father made the en-
trance leading to the hail. This hall is uncom-
monly grand; the roof is groined and sup-
ported by columns • at one end is
flight of steps leading to the presence
chamber, music-room, billiard-room, &c.:
over this is that spacious apartment in which
the ancient festivals were held, and 700
knights, who held of the Nevilles, are re-
corded to have been entertained at one time
The very kitchen is a curiosity, having narrow
passes cut out in the massive walls, through
which provisions were conveyed to the banquet.
The present Countess of Darlington has taken
especial delight in ornamenting hilly Castle ;
and the object of her peculiar care has bz:ez to
enrich the very curious museum of natural luis
tory, which has been collected with great skill
and attention, and to which the late Duke's
sporting propensities added in many cases ma-
terially.

The Duke's riding and hunting stables, erected
by him a few years back on a most extensive
scale, though they will now stand only as sad
mementos to those who remain behind him,
deserve particular notice from guests, as they
were his Grace's greatest pride. The park and
pleasure grounds in which they are situated,
together with the new plantations formed by the
noble owner, correspond in their beauty and ex
tent to the dignity of the castle. On the
estate also is an extensive farm, to which
his Grace devoted much of his atten
tion, and which always afforded a fine specimen
of his agricultural and sporting tastes.
His Grace of Cleveland married twice, viz., in
1787, the second daughter of the sixth and last
Duke of Bolton; and subsequently after her de-
cease, the daughter of Robert Russell, Esq., of
Newton-house, Yorkshire. His son and heir,
Henry, Earl of Darlington, who is a Lieutenant-
Colonel in the army, and has been in Parlia-
ment for various boroughs for twenty years, and
is one of the present Tory Members for South
Shropshire, succeeds to his father's title and
estates. The late Duke was a Liberal in politics.

LECTURES ON AMERICA AND
THE AMERICANS. •
.(From the Exeter Flying Post.)
Mr, Buckingham's courses of lectures in this city,
descriptive of a voyage along the shores of the Medi-
terranean Sea, on Palestine, and America, are now
concluded, and that gentleman has taken his leave of
us, but we hope only for the present, since no one, we
think, who has attended the Athenmum during the de-
livery of these can fail to be impressed with a convic-
tion of the superiority of talent he possesses, and that
he is eminently. calculated to smooth down the asperi-
ties of our nature—to root out prejudice—and to do good.
With Mr, Buckingham the religious sentiment is con-
nected with the most valuable truths. He intertwines
our best affections with the noblest acquisitions and
highest aspirations of the human mind, and hence
his lectures confer an amount of benefit on his fellow-
eNatures, such as it is not easy fully to estimate. Indeed
the course he is purstling--and we trust for the sake of
all will yet many years be permitted to pursue—will do
more to promote the social and individual well-being of
Man than is likely to be done in any other way. In all
that he says—be the subject what it may—he never fails
to show us that thougfh religion has been perverted and
abused—turned from its hest purpose, and sometimes di-
rected to its worst end—yet that religion itself, in its truth
and essence, is one of the necessities of our oilt::Fe•
Of the
two first courses we spoke at the time, as far as our _
space would admit, and last week briefly introduced to
our readers the first lecture of the course on America.

This was continued on successive evenings before the
most respectable audiences, and brought to a close,
amidst- the plaudits of his instructed and delighted
hearers, on Saturday. To follow this singularly gifted
man in detail through these—though most pleasant in
itself—would -be travelling beyond the province of a
newspaper, but we must be allowed to say of a country
in which no Englishman can fail to take great interest.
that Mr. Buckingham gave proofs of prosperity and future
greatness in the revenue and population of the United
States, such as few indeed of the older countries can pro-
duce. That the Americans are proud of these can excite
no wonder, since in them is not only the promise of happi-
ness and power, but also of that full degree of freedom
with which they Will be accompanied. In that country,'in-
deed, has been solved that great political problem—
namely, the possibility of liberty to so great an extent
being compatible with union andorder. Mr. Buckingham,
with the greatest candour, sought not to conceal defects,
but he reminded his hearers that America is as yet but
young. He admitted that at present there is a counter-
balance to the sum of liberty, but he also showed
that this is neither likely to lead to disunion nor dis-
organization ; indeed, so far otherwise, that there is
even in these the promise of future exultation. In speak-
ing on this head, he remarked that it had been charged
on the Federation that it is fraught with the prin-
ciple of disunion ; and far was he from affecting to
deny it. But he contended that this is no reproach
to a republic, the greatest bond of union probably in
which consists in the very looseness of it, and in the li-
berty enjoyed locally bi each State. He also remarked
that it had been allege that in America religion is not
permitted to occupy its proper place. It had been
charged upon that country that it has no established
church ; that no state provision is there made for eccle-
siastics. And this was very true, since in America there
is a perfect liberty of opinion, leaving flock and pastor
to choose each other mutually, and to take the path upon
which both may agree. This, hoWever,. was only an-
other phenomenon, and the evidence of his own
eyes and senses had taught him that so far from
there being any danger that religion will perish
there, and general immorality ensue, there is no
country on earth in which religion is more thought of
and carefully cared for, or in which the religious feeling
more strongly abounds. On the great question of the
holding of slaves, which exists in the Southern States,
Mr. Buckingham admitted that it is the cause of party
as well as territorial division, but he is not among
those who believe the integrity of the Union to be
menaced by it. It is undoubtedly the greatest blemish,
as also the most menacing source of future evil to a free
country, but the question having now put on this com-
plexion even with the slave-holders themselves, that
while fancied ideas about self-preservation are placed in
one scale, justice is allowed to seat itself in the other,
he thinks that by and by it will be settled on con-
ditions alike philanthropic and honourable. On the sub-
je.;t of the treatment of these our unfortunate fellow
beings, his observations must-have gone far to disabuse
the minds of his hearers. In tine, with an accurate and
discerning mind, and in a •spirit of candour honourable
to humanity, he showed, that though not destitute of im-
perfections and blemishes, yet that .in a vast territory
bounded by the Mississippi on the one, hand, and the St.
Lawrence on the other, all the purposes or mim4,i r.SO -
ciatitm have, up to this time, been effectually accomplished,
and at a cost that contrasts strongly with the expendi-
ture of the older European Powers.

sn £. • d.
RAILIVA.Y RETURNS.
opeed.
We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums
received on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day ef the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
cliandize :
Week Total.
ended
14: No returns
i 1,043 17 4
and Gloucester
Janet 3B
1,341 13 5
Jan.
2151
BEiirrrlintiinngglannm
2.5 579 16 0
22 Chaster and Birkenhead .„
Name of Railway.
er Mislses
1,101 14 2.-
93 Eastern Counties
22 Wasps/ and Ayr ..
lb Btandling JundioGni "est
731 4 4
& Oreeneek 22i 622 18 17
15 Granad Junet , Chester &Crewe 103 i 6,477 8 1
437 10 8
544 3 0
22 Hull and Selby ••• . 3l 663 11
4:1 Urinal:ter & Preston Junction 20a
21 Liverpool and Alanchester
le:* 1,222 7 4
22.252'2 Dundee
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ri 05eY...... England
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2212 London
London
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25 London and Croydor!
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27 Landon and Greenwich.......~
14 256 8 4
22 London and South Western
20 Manchester, Bolton,
ligth3troannni; ... .. ...
and Bury 93 3,901 110
2242
Manchester
61530 i
312 8 8
22 Midland Counties 4,029 7 11
57 2,239 12 7
Nso6sretlu9rns64
27 3 836 2 11
300 8 6
72/ 3,597 17 2-?,
21 North Union ••• ............ ,
222.03.2 NewcastleNNNooertinhhaea;tiniindailianattiiiiddr Carlislenstret hrn....
Shields.. .... ......
25 ,994 8 0
22 Preston and Wyre ..... ... 19i 197 19 7
.. Sheffield and Manchester,,,,„ 7 No returns
23 Ulster .... ~. ..................... 20 '272 2 11
22 York and North Midland ...... 23 1,257 611

The rumour that the King of Prussia does not
intend to visit St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday, is without
foundation. A meeting was held at the Cathedral yes•
terday afternoon, at which Mr. D. W. Harvey attended
and arrangements were made for the reception of hi
Majesty.

THE LATE ANDREW DUCRO W.

" I will not change my horse with any that treads
upon four pasterns. die bounds from the earth as if his
entrails were hairs. Whm I bestride him I sear ! I
am a hawk He trots the air : the earth sings when
he touches it. lie is a subject for a Sovereign to reason
oc, and for a Sovereign's Sovereign to ride on !"
Ditcrozv's favourite passage.

With the exception of Philip and John, the
two Astleys, equestrian annals cannot, we be-
lieve, furnish a finer instance of a more consum-
mate horseman than the late Mr. Ducrow.
Those who are familiar with the feats of this
description, which are recorded in ancient pages.
as having been performed by the Centaurs of
Thessaly—the horsemen in the Campus Martins
at Rome—the equestrian heroes of Olympic
days—and, at a later period, the Arabs of
the desert—have, witnessing his performance,
unequivocally acknowledged that the former
however marvellous, found themselves altoo-e-
-ther surpassed in the perfect and masterly
powers of skill and display exhibited by Mr.
• Ducrow in handling the reins, taming his steeds,
and managing them with a control as absolute
as it was extraordinary.
The father of the deceased was a Dutchman,
who, at the beginning of the present century,
came over to this country exhibiting as a gymnas-
tic performer, and expert in feats oAtrength. It
is related, as an instance of his muscular powers,
that he could lift by his mouth a round table on
which a child stood, and so remain for several
minutes. He performed for some time under old -
Philip Astley. Andrew Ducrow, his son, was
remarkable in his younger years rather for cle-
verness than industry. His first essays in the
equestrian line were at Astley's and the Surrey.
Circus ; he then performed at Franconi's in Pa-
ris, and having realise d sonic money there, re-
turned to Astley's, wh ere, it is said his feats
were not at first much esteemed, the novelty of
;is new style of riding not being understood snf-
ticiera:!s' well to be appreciated. At Paris lie
subseqaenaj'r purchased a stud, and visited in
succession with fit. Rome, Italy, and the Alps.
On his return to ''• hand lie was engaged at.
Drury-lane Theatre to a prominent part in
the " Cataract of the Cr.:!'Zes," a piece
which then attracted the public ,z_reatly, and
was brought out in opposition to Th,-;,wr the
Tartar," then produced by Elliston at Cov".!'nt
Garden. Davis, who was then lessor or Astley's,
saw, and was struck by his talent, fearing him
as a rival, engaged him for a season. At the
expiration of this time, Davis being unwilling
to renew the lease on the tern-A proposed, gave
up the theatre, when Ducrow. joined in cospart-
nership with Mr. West, a wealthy gentleman
-from America, and under their united conduct
the Amphitheatre opened afresh. At this period I
the celebrated pieces of the " Battle of Water-.
loo," the " Burning of Moscow," and " Ma-
zeppa," first appeared before the public ; the
two former were got up for representation by Mr.
Amherst, who is said to have been a natural son
of Lord Amherst, the Ambassador to China.
After a run of successful seasons, Mr. West
having realised, in common with Mr. Ducrow, a
very considerable fortune, retired to Devonshire,
leaving his son thereafter to co•operate with Mr.
Ducrow at the theatre. In justice to Mr. Ducrow
it should be stated that everything new and
novel in the ring was solely the production of
his own active miad, which was always fertile in
its peculiar line. The date at which Mr. Ducrow
entered into copartnership with Mr. West, was
shortly after the winter of 1822-23, when he took
Astley's for the exhibition of his stud, Mr.
Charles Dibdin then retiring from the concern,
having suffered a loss of about 1,400/. during
fourteen weeks' management. Mr. Ducrow took
it at a rental of 1,400/. per annum. During the
last. year the rental was 2,200/.
Mr.•Ducrow's most celebrated and best acts
of horsemanship were the " Moor defending- his
Standard," a " Tar's Vicissitudes," the -" Courier
of St. Petersburgh," the " Wild Indian," the
"Peruvian," the " Tyrolien Shepherd, and Swiss.
Milkmaid," which last character was performed
on all occasions by Miss Woolford, who, indeed,
before she became Mrs. Ducrow, was for a long
time the chief attraction of his theatre, and drew
crowds by the accustomed gracefulness of her
action and the skilful management of her steed.
The deceased has two children by her.
Miss Woolford was very early a debutaate at
Astley's, and many theatrical people of about
thirty years' standing will remember her at the
Amphitheatre under Astley's management as a
little girl with a long crop, and of intelligeiu.
iad pretty manner. She had two brothers also
at tht3 same time with her on the stage, who have
since disci America; she bears an amiable
and good:charac::'r ; her age is about 27, and she
had been married to Ducrow about tbur years.
Ducrow, when he first to this country.
designated himself by the foreies title of "Mon-
signor," but this he dropped in late years ; his
voice, however, which was always characterized
by a peculiar tone, bore testimony to his fore;:u
extraction to the last.
Of Ducrow's favourite horses, one in particular
attended him throughout the hole of his career,
Ind was called by the unpoetical name of John
Lump. This faithful animal, now superannu-
ated, has gone down to die in peace at a farm at
Harrow; it was originally purchased at Bath,
and was always prized by Ducrow for its mus-
cular power and steadiness of action.
Mr. Ducrow's first wife, Margaret, was, we
believe, born at Liverpool, and at the time of her
death was about 38 years of age; a monument
was erected to her by Mr. Ducrow, at Kensal-
green, where she is buried, and where one will
also be built over himself. Ducrow's brother,
long known at the Amphitheatre as one of the
best clowns in the metropolis, lies interred along
with the deceased equestrian's father in Lam-
beth Churchyard.
Ducrow was in person about five feet eight,
and of a well-developed form, but slight : his
countenance was expressive on the stage,—there
was decision about the mouth, and the nose was
prominent. A friend of the deceased actor's at
Lambeth, who possesses a wax model of him, con-
iders him to have borne a very strong likeness, as
far as mere appearances were concerned, to Kean.
It is well known that a long intimacy existed
between them ; they interchanged constant visits,
and Ducrow attended the funeral of his friend
at Richmond.
Danson, who was long scene-painter at the
Amphitheatre, and who coloured the scenery of
the last Covent-garden pantomime, has produced
a painting of him, whict: is, we believe, in the
possession of Mrs. DucroW, and from which
woodcuts have already appeared.
One of the most spirited lithographs, and we
believe the only one of any of Mr. 1rucr0".".:,5
equestrian performances, is in the possession of,
and now on sale at, Mr. Miller's, adjoining the
theatre which was the scene of his extraordinary
performances for nearly twenty years. It repre-
sents Ducrow as Charles the Second, on his fa-
mous horse Bucephalus, in one of its most ani-
mated positions.

STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND
LACE TRADES.

There is, as yet, no improvement in the de-
mand in any of the numerous branches of the
hosiery or the lace trades; in fact, if we are to
believe the workmen, the demand is decreasing,
instead of increasing. This state of things ex-
tends equally to silk, cotton, or worsted hosiery,
in the latter of which there is nothing, in any
part of the world, in the shape of competition ;
yet the distress at Leicester is such, that the po-
pulation are begging in mobs of 200 or 300.
We are pained to state, that the silk warp
blond hands, who have been advanced in their
wages by one house for some months, have been
again reduced the eighth of .their wages. At
the same time, blond nets have been lowered in
the market considerably, as the rest of the ma-
nufacturers absolutely refused to advance the
wages.
The excitement in the villages still continues
respecting the abatement of the price formaking
cotton hose., The damage done to the frame at
Westhorpe, 'it appears, was not very serious,
aqua-fortis having been poured upon the needles
and sinkers during the night. The needles, in
most cases, are rendered unfit for work ; but the
sinkers will, most of them, be made to work
again, after the roughness is taken off. A meet-
ing of deputies, from about twelve of the
was held on Monday, who came to the determi
nation of resisting the reduction. A list of prices
given by the other houses in the trade, has been
presented to the house in question, which they
object to, on the ground that the document only
states, those that are giving a high price, and not
those that are giving low prices, and conse-
quently it is not satisfactory. In the meanwhile,
some of the villages, such as Arnold, in which
about 800 frames are employed, are in a state of
()Teat excitement, and some acts of violence and
7,
Insubordination have occurred.—.Arnttinghant Re-
view.

MURDER OF MICHAEL MUNSTER.—We
understand that Mr. Robert Fair, who has actively
exerted himself to discover the perpetrators of this bar-
barous murder, has received information positively fixing
the guilt upon the wife of the murdered man, and on
Flannery, to whom she was about to be married when
her husband returned from America. Flannery is in
prison undergoing punishment for an assault, and his ac-
complice is alto in custody, though she has not yet been
tronSraitted to the empty gßol,--11fayo Constitution,

ThE LEVANT MAIL.

We have received Malta letters and papers to the 15th
Inc, and advices from Constantinople to the Bth, Smyrna
10th, and Alexandria 2d. 'The news they contain is not

of striking interest.
The. Malta Chronicle of the 11th inst. gives the sub-
joined account of a storm experienced in that port :
" Yesterday morning at eight o'clock, Valletta was
Vigited by a tornado which lastpd half an hour. For
about ten minutes the weather was truly awful ; the
wind blew in terrific blasts, the rain poured down in
torrents, the size of the hail-stones rendered them de-
structive missiles, and the peals of thunder were quite
deafening. No damage of consequence was, however,
sustained by the ships in port, though the Ganges, by
a sudden shift of wind from N.E. •to W.S.W., was
nearly thrown on .her beam ends. She heeled over
5 deg., her larboard lower deck guns run themselves out,
and heavy seas rolled themselves in at her weather ports.
A number of hammocks were blown overboard by the
violence of the wind, and some few were riddled by the
hail. The ensign and jack-staff were carried away, and
Picked up at some distance from the vessel. The anchor
was turned over, and the sea completely discoloured by
the disturbed mud. The Howe also felt the gale, and
the Impregnable heeled over greatly. The Ceylon, from
having everything snug before, rode it out most admir-
ably. On shore several disasters are reported. One of
the windmills on the bastions overlooking the Quaran-
tine Harbour was blown down, and the Mandaraggio, a
lowly situated part of the town, chiefly inhabited by the
most indigent classes, was nearly under water, but as it
happened by daylight, we have heard of no loss of life."
We Lind the following in the Malta Chronicle :---" The
Cyclops took her departure from Trieste on thelith
with Sir Stratford Canning, who remained there two
-days. Between that clay and the 29th we have no intel-
ligence of her, but on the latter day Sir Stratford Can-
ning landed at Corinth, and proceeded to Nauplia and
Athens, to one of which places the Cyclops would go
round, and take him on board. If not detained long
at Constantinople, she may be expected here about
the end of the present, or beginning of the ensuing
week. We have been favoured with the following
authentic particulars of a sad occurrence on the day
preceding her departure from Trieste, which threw a
gloom over every one during the few remaining hours of
her stay:—` On the night of the 16th, Mr. G. P. Stewart,
chief engineer of the Cyclops, while waiting of the dark fur
a boat, fell into the sea_ front the Mole, and was drowned,
though submerged little more titan live minutes. It is
generally believed that he was tripped up by some of the
chain-cables which are most improperly allowed to cross
the several stairs on the Mole. Mr. Stewart had been
dining with some friends on shore, and was encumbered
with a thick great-coat, which probably prevented his
swimming. When found, his hands were still in the
c,;41,-pockets, and there was a very great contusion on his
shoutu..7rs from the rocks. Most probably the back of his
head also struck at the same time. He was a uni-

versal favourite, on account of the mild and amiable man-
ners and respectable; conduct for which he was distin-
guished; and there could :!ot have been a more zealous
and skilful officer of his class; so that his loss is something
more than a private one, though he has left a wife and
s„ in addition to many survivinc, As the
ship wag to
leave Trieste at night, Se funeral was or-
dered for two o'clock on the 17th, and to mark the-well-
earned respect for the leceased, he was buried on shore,
with all the honours of a coi7nalissioned officer; the offi-
cers of the Cyclops, the British 17-jce-Consul, Mr. Fon-
blanque. British Consul-General in Syria (who took
ills
passage in the Cyclops from Malta), and selreral British
and American merchants, followed the body. Captain
Austin, C. 8., was the chief mourner, and the Rev. Air.
Yelvcrton, the resident chaplain at Trieste, read the ftt=
neral service in a most impressive manner. Until this
sad centre-coup took place, the Cyclops had been the
scene of constant festivity, and several thousands of per-
. sons of every rank visited her, and were delighted with
the ship, and with the attentions extended to them all by
the Captain_ and the officers. The British merchant;
(who are-of a highly respectable class) were all grati-
fied at the Triestini having such a sample of our Queen's
pennant."
A correspondent of the Malta Times writes from
Alexandria, on the 2d instant :—" We hear that Mo-
hammed Ali purposes procuring negroes to fill up the
' want of Arab sailors in his navy. This does not coin-
cide with the promises made by him to Dr. Dowring and
Colonel Campbell of his purposing to put a stop to the
slave-trade in these parts. The excuse, of course, is
that the time has not yet come—that the Egyptians are
not civilised sufficiently to permit such an act being car-
ried into force—and that he must first ask the divine
pleasure of his master, the Sultan. Government has
abolished the circulation of certain Constantinople coins;
still to some of its employes it has paid their stipends in
such money. The Paella appears to be about paying
part of his tribute to the Sultan. This must be the
cause of the late changes in the monetary system in this
country."
The Malta Times says, under head of the Levant—
" The bruises and the Maronites, by the latest advises
from from Beyrout, had suspended hostilities. The .ot-
' tonma Envoy, on a special mission, was well received,
and it was expected that order would he permanently
established."

A letter from Beyrout, 29th ult., in the Smyrna Jour-
nal, says ;—" Our town has been in an extraordinary
state of excitement since the arrival of the Seraskier,
Mustapha Paella ; but the means he intends to employ
for tranquillizing the people of the Lebanon have not
transpired. A week before the coining of the Seraskier,
Selim Pacha assembled at Beyrout the Sheiks of the
Druses and Marmites, with the intent of forming a
divan, at which the two parties might be reconciled. Tho
Druses showed distrust, and would not comply with the
summons until they were assured by the Consuls ofFrance,
England,and Russia, that their persons should be respected.-
One Sheik alone, the famous Aboa Neked, one of the
fir;!. leaders of the conspiracy of Dair el Kamer, fled to
the mointains. At this divan, as at the beginning of
the contest, Mien the troops sent to restore order might,
have arrived in time to prevent the
with less liesita,`.`QP,
the authorities have not known
events which ensue:;
how to combine sufficient: ;'nergy and prudence for bring-
ing about a reconciliation, ti;:d the task is reserved for
Seraskier."
The Malta Times in its naval news ,:s.q.3's We.learn
from Constantinople, 27th ult., that the English brig
Georgiana, Capt. Reid, bound to England wit
a cargo of
wheat, is totally lost in the false entrance to the b:
isoo-
rus—the captain, his wife, and crew saved; and the 1,25-
lish brig Edenbank, Capt. Lama, bound to the Black Sea
in ballast—crew saved. On Friday last the staffofficers and
detachments'of the Royal artillery and Royal engineers,
lately returned from the Levant, received pratique. The
former proceeded to England—the latter moved into bar-
racks at forts St. Elmo and St. Angelo. Before leaving
Syria the officers had the melancholy satisfaction of wit-
nessing the completion of a tablet, which they erected
in the Protestant burial ground at Beyrout, over the
grave of a late much esteemed and lamented friend, and
commanding officer, Colonel Bridgeman, thus perform-
ing the last tribute of 'respect to that gallant officer and
excellent man. The. tablet was prepared at Malta, and
bears the following inscription :
" E. 11. BllIl)GEMAN,
COLONEL COMMANDING lira MAJESTY'S TROOPS IN
SYRIA, DIED AT DEYROUT, 23D APRIL, 1841.. .
In testimony of their respect and regard, the officers,
who had served under his orders, erected this tablet to
his memory."
Extract of a letter from Constantinople, Bth inst. of
the Malta Times :—" You can have no idea how popular
our new Vizier is becoming. Disdaining the trammels
of a pseudo civilisation, which has in point of fact hitherto
consisted chiefly of d 1 inking wine and learning to waltz,
he has taken to distributing justice in the old Turkish
fashion. lie goes about in disguise, and whenever he
catches a butcher, baker, or other tradesman poisoning
the public by the sale of bad provisions, or cheating
theii: by exacting undue prices, woe betide the
wretch : The Vizier leaves his mark upon him to a cer-
tainty. The ‘?tlier day lie fell in with a baker who was
really crusty, being dwidedly a bad bred fellow ; he said
more than lie needed—he had his reward. One of his
own loaves was hammered into his mouth, to the no
small damage of teeth and cheeks. Other tripping
tradesmen have also met with punishment deemed equally
appropriate. The Constantinople world, offenders ex-
cepted, applaud the justice of their new chief. He hasfurther recommended the `ridjais ' to cut down their
enormous expenses, to ride on one horse instead of step-
small kaiek- with three boatmen, instead of a large one
ping into a carriage drawn by two or four ; to use a
with nine, and so forth. This is very prudent, for how
could the gentlemen possibly be honest if compelled by
the usage of their rank to spend twice as much as they
receive from the Government ? He even offered to cut
down his own salary to one-halt's so did Tahir Pacha
and the Shiek ul Islam, but their Oh‘fqs were rejected as
uncalled-for."
In the Constantinople correspondence o! the Bth inst.,
of the Smyrna Journal, we find the following -7" During
the current week there have been frequent CoCucas at
the Porte, the principal objects of which were the i2.;Lrer-
ent questions of internal policy known to have oceupil'd
the Government for some time past. In an extraordi-
nary Council held on the sth inst., under the presidency
of the Grand Vizier, and which was attended, not only
by the Ministers, but all the higher functionaries,
the matters which were weighed with the most an-
xious solicitude were the state of Syria, and the military
organization of the Empire. After this, the Council
took into consideration a note presented to the Porte
by the French Minister, relative to certain essential
points which that Power is desirous of having cleared up.
NVe entertain no doubt that the relations between Turkey
and France, which, in consequence of the late events,
have been under some restraint, will resume the charac-
ter of friendship and harmony which had from time im-
memorial subsisted between the two countries. The
Russian war-steamer Polar Star, which has been for a
long time at anchor off the Palace of Topkapou, took her
departure this morning for Odessa with dispatches from
the Russian mission. By order of Tahir Pacha, the
Grand Admiral, the balls, which have been annually
given at the places of public entertainment at Pere, are
forbidden. This measure has been received with great
satisfaction, particularly by fathers of families, in conse-
quence of the opportunity afforded by these meetings for
excessive gambling, by which many youths have been
ruined."

Under the head of Tunis the Malta Times says :
" Advices from Sfax inform us that the duty on tobacco
is reduced from three to one piastre per rotolo (pound).
This is considered a great benefit for the population.
During the last summer the whole tribe of Nael, con-
sisting of 10,000 persons, emigrated from Tripoli to
Tunis, being driven by famine into the Tunisian terri-
tory. They commit some depredations, and are nut suffi-
ciently checked by the Government. An address to Sir
Thomas Reade, British Consul-General at Tunis, has
been presented to him from the principal merchants of
that place, thanking him for his exertions in defence of
the oppressed, and especially for putting down the slave-
trade in that district.

A letter from Tripoli, 30th ult., in the Malta 2'imes,
says that there was at fiat moment a Turkish schooner
in the port, destined for Smyrna, with a large cargo of
slaves.

A Corfu letter. in the Malta Times confirms, by a very
brief statement, the account of the recent disturbances
there, but gives no new particulars. It says that the
name of the American missionary was Rue'.