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No. 15,433. LONTYJN NIONDAY E t. BM G
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FEBRUARY 2t, 1842

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London, February 1, 1842.
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„PLUGGING” AND Till NEW
GOLD COMAGE.
The present system of " plugging," as it is technically term-
ed by Minters, which, by the illegal insertion of pieces of en •
itatutable metal into the gold coin of the realm, afterwartls
lexterously covered over with thin " leaf-gold, renders
the coin light and falsified, has been of late carried
to such extent, mere especially in some of our manufacturing,
•owns, that Government have considered it incumbent upon
them, before long, to call in all the gold in circulation, for the
eui pose of a general recoinage, Upon the character of this
offence, as regarded by the statute' of the land, and the coin-
ages which have occurred at tette& peelods of our history, we
therefore advance the fellOtting comments, arising out of re-
search:—
PeueelNti : ITS MEANING.-_The word by which this prac-
tice is designated, takes its rise item the Ordinary signification
of the common word " plug," a derivative from the Dutch
plugghe, or Danish /eke, Which meant steppage tip ofd hole or
orifice. Thisritithotit further etplanitinn, Will be perceived to
determine precisely the natant Of the Offence in question, as'exe
plained above..
OFFENCES eitakerseo TO THE is not our inter:
lion, categorically, to sum up under this head all the deb-Intents.'
processes which have illegitimately been practised on the gold
coin of the land, whether the offence has been felonial or tre-
sonable, but succinctly tti notice such Act as refers to the pre-
vent system #f tt ph i:ging "in practice—a system which,
though epeoifled under no especial word of that character,
nevertheless, from the width of the terms, is easily found to be
comprehended in the following-el iliteen Elizabeth with the due
punishment attached td its petpetratien, and passed in the 18th
year of her Majesty's reign.
The Act, referring to false moneyers for a variety of mone-
tary misdemeanors, 18 Elizabeth, e. 1, includes the offence of
plugging" under the generic, term of " impair;ng, dimiv ish-
ing, falsifying, and lightletiinst," end the party offending is en-
acted to be attached of the crime of high treason.
The bad peattiees of the moneyers ad accumulated to such
a elegtest in Our history, so early as the twenty .sixth year of
Henry IL, that it was then found necessary to place a per-
manent superintending authority in the Mint to check the
growing evil, and the fabrication of money was then fixed at a
standard purity, And an assay-master appointed fur its protec-
tion and preservation.
REWARDs Fort ArFREHENSION OF OFFENDERS.— fts the
perpetrators of the present system of " plugging" aro doubt-
less many, and the bringing such to light and punishment
a desirable service, it may be as tell to make public to those
who will give due notice of any such offeriders, that the re-
ward for apprehendilig and dereeieting any person so offending
against the etatutet relating to gold and silver is 401., in order
to obtain *bieh, the Judge shall give a certificate of the con-
viction, and the Sheriff, on its being tendered, thall pay the
same without fee, within one month after tender and demand,
Oct pain of forfeiting to the party; &Whit the sum with treble
costs, and the Sheitiffshall be repaid out of the Treasury.
FIRST Mtn COINAGE.—The first gold coins of which we
have any notice, were struck in the year 1257, by order of
Henry M. They were of pure gold, weighing two-pence,
or sterlings, of silver, and were to pass for twenty pence. This
"gold pennie,"as It wits called, *at nearly the weight of a seven-
shilling piece, and it is said that " the King tried this expe-
dient of dititiitig gold through necessity," and also that " the
City of London made a representation against the measure."
RECOINAGE OF KING WILLIAM'S R eto re—This re-coin-
age, which amounted to the sum of 7,000,000/. sterling, was
executed at the Mint of the. Tower of London, as also at several
eimatry Mints, by way of co-operation, in the 7th year of
William 111. An Act was then made for calling in all the
old coin of the kingdom, and to melt it down and to re -coin it;
the deficiencies whereof were to be made good at the public
charge; and in every pound coined forty pound was to be
shillings, and ten pound sixpences, under certain peaalties.
Persons bringing plate to the Mint to be coined were to have
the same weight of money delivered out, as an encouragement ;
and receivers-general of taxes, &c.. were to receive money at
a large rate per ounce. Our guineas have been raised and
fallen as money has been scarce and plenty, several times by
statute; and ann. 3 Geo. I. guineas were valued at twenty-
one shillings,at which they have ever since continued to pass.
Tire COINAGE DUTY.--On this last occasion also, a duty of
ten shilings per ton was imposed on wine, beer, and brandy im-
ported. called the coinage duty, granted for the expense of
the King's coinage, but not to exceed 3,000/. per annum,
18 Car. 11. cap. S. This duty for coinage has heed continued
and advanced from time to time by divers statutes, and by
e 7 Geo. 11. c. 11 (explained by 27 Geo. 111. c. 13), the
Treasure was ordered to apply 15.000/. a-year to the expenses
of the Mint in England and Scotland.
SILVER-FOTS OF THE COINAGIL—It is worthy of remark,
that it is on record in the books of the Mint, that in the re-
coinage of King William 111. the pots of silver weighed 400
pounds Troy and upwards ; but every trace as to how this
(pi ;rarity of silver was melted is completely lost, and it is only
conjectured that it was done in pots made of wrought iron.
But not a vestige V a melting furnace, fitted fur such a pur-
pose, is to be found in the Tower, nor a single record of the
method practised.
Re COINAGE OF Goer) IN 1774.—1 n the year 1774 and
subsegnent years, We had a general re-coinage of our geld cure
rency, which forms a prominent feature in Mint history. The
avowed object of this re-coinage was a reformation of the im-
mense quantity of light and defective coins then in circulation;
and the motive for doing as was to prevent the new and heavy
coins from being selected from the circulation, and melted for
the high price which the gold - brought in the state
of bullion. In fact, 41. of the gold coin then in circulation
would not weigh more than an ounce ; and by reference to
the prices paid by the Bank for gold, we find that this was the
market price. 'The holders of Bank notes demanding sew and
heavy coins for them, required the bank to have a large coinage
of gold annually to supply this demand. These coins were
melted, and sold in the state of bullion to the hank for the
high price of 4/. per ounce. To remedy this inconvenience,
the recoinsge was compleled, and it had the effect desired ; for
the mice of gold, during more than twenty years, never ex-
ceeded, but was rather under the Mint price.
The sovereign, or twenty-shilling piece, contains
1113.001 grains fine gold, and 12.3'274 grains standard gold.
The pound Troy of standard gold is coined into 46 sovereigns
and 89-129th of a sovereign, or into 461. 14,. 6d. The Mint or
standard price of gold is, therefore, said to be 461. 14s. 6d.
per lb. Troy, or 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce.
With regard to the denomination or value to be fixed on the
coin which is to pass current. this, says Spelman, is lodged in
the breast of the King•; and if any unusual pieces are coined,
their value must be ascertained by proclamation ; but even
the King's prerogative seems not to extend to the debasing or
iiihancing the value of the coin, below or above the sterling
value. '2d Inst. 577 :—Though Sir Matthew Hale, 1 Hal.
P. C., 194, appears tiba of another opinion. The King, how-
ever, has the power, at any time, to cry down any coin of the
kingdom, and make it no longer current. 1 Hal., P.C. 197.
spoken of. The last Committee to take into consideration the
state of the coins of the kingdom, and to propose what improve-
ments should be thought fitting and necessary, was, in the year
1798, when Lord Liverpool sat at the head of the Committee,
and who, in 1835, published his celebrated " Treatise on the
CAns of the Realm, in a Letter to the King," considered the
most learned and interesting disquisition on monetary regula-
tions which we possess. Among the new principles endeavoured
to be established by it were :-1. That the coins, which are
the principal measure of property, should be composed of one
metal only—that this metal should he gold—and that the ex-
penses of fabrication (i. e., the Mint expenses) should be
taken out of the silver and copper coins.
The forgery, detraction, or debasement of coin, is an offence
that is practised more or less at all periods. But to use the
words of Mr. .11‘Culloch, the most effectual means of prevent-
ing these nefarious practices is to improve the fabric of the
genuine coins, to cut the dyes with greater delicacy, and occa-
sionally to vary the form of the coins." That authority fur-
thee adds, in corroboratiou of this remark, that " during the
lengthened period of from 1770 to 1816, the genuine silver
coins in circulation were so much worn and defaced, that it was
difficult to distinguish between them and counterfeits ; which,
in despite of the severest penalties, were thrown:into circulation
in immense quantities. But since the issue of the new coins
in 1816, forgery and debasement have been comparatively rare,
and the improvement of the coins has done more to prevent
the issue of counterfeits, than could have bean done by a dozen
Acts of Parliament."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hamshire Telegraph.)
PORTSNIOUTH. FEB. 18.--The Erebus and Terror, survey-
ing ships, Capt. Ross, left Sydney about the 12th of 'Sept., to
continue his search in the Southern high latitudes; the ships
will call at New Zealand and Chatham Island.
SYDNEY, SETT. 12.—The United Kingdom, a vessel of up-
,
_wards of 1.200 tons had! arrived from England, having left the
241 th of May, bringing
482 emigrants. The China had also
arrived the same day with 270 emigrants. A cargo of Chilian
wheat was shipped at the low price of 2s, per bushel. Cattle
were extremely low, 505. per head. An 'excellent much cow
and her calf had been sold for 4/. Land near; town was still
selling at unprecedented rates; some lately disposed of by
auction at Paramotta, sold at the rate of 10,000/. per acre.
Arrived this morning from the Downs, the Formidable, 84
guns, Captain Sir Charles Suhivan, Bart., and the Alfred, 50
Commodore, J. B. Pu -vis.
Tne Malabar, 72, went from Gibraltar to Cadiz on the 2d
instant., The Vernon, 50, returned to Gibraltar on the 30th
ultimo.
The Rapid, 10, put into F dmouth on Saturilay last, on ac-
count of strong westerly gales, and sailed again on Monday for
the coast of Africa.
The Wolverine, 10, Commander Johnson, will sail on Tues-
day next for the East Indies and China, taking out despatches
for the Csinmander-in-Chi4, and some supernumerariei for
the squadron.
The Curysfort, 28, Captsin.Logd Georget.POet, was taken
on of the basin on Tuesday last.
The Kite steamer, has been comraissioned.at Woolwich, by
Lieut. T. L. Gooch.
The Ganges, 84, and Benbow, 72, arc ordered from the
Mediterranean to England, to be paid off.
The Warspite, 52, Captain Lord Johd Hay, passed through
burton on board), on her way to New York. Whilit lying in
Spithead on Tuesday, from Yarmouth Road, ( with Lord Ash-
burtonYarmouth Roads she lost an anchor and chain cable, and was
supplied with others on the following day by the Avon steamer
which preceeded to Yarmouth for that purpose.
The Volcano steam-vessel, at Woolwich, will be ready for
sea on Monday.
The Emerald returned on Monday from Plymouth; the
Cracker sailed the same day for Jersey ; the former sailed again
to-day with supernumeraries, for Sheerness.
The Echo, steamer, has been employed this week in bring-
ing the wreck of the Vindictive's mizen-mast from Selma.
She brought the rigging and the light spars on Thursday, and
the mast, top, and top-mast, this morning. Part of the main
and false keels have been brought to the dock-yard this week,
by a fishing vessel, which had dragged them up.
and Lightning, steamer, arrived to-day
fromThPe the latter afterwards proceeded to
ISypmeoeudtyh,, ewutittehr, men
the eastward.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.

THE ESTATES OF PRINCE
ESTERHAZ Y.
Esterhazy is the principal seat of the Prince. The
whole establishment is truly regal, and the Palace
colossal in its proportions ; while Forchenstein is the
very beau ideal of a feudal fortress, the very embodi-
ment of romantic dreams. In this Castle the ar-
moury would suffice to equip three or four regi-
ments without any additional outlay, while the men-
at-arms could as easily be found as the weapons.
Prince Esterhazy is the only individual in the nation
who has the pis gladii, the power of life and death,
though the present possessor of that title has never
exercised that privilege.
THE SCIIATz-KAIKNER, OR TREAgURE HOUSE.
—The great lion of Forchenstein is the Schatz-Kam-
ner. This vaulted gallery contains the immense family
treasures' of which the costly diamonds worn inEngland
by the Princes, form apart. The long gallery is lined on
either hand by glass-cases, and within these are heaped
gold and silver plates, jewelled vessels of every form
and material ; rich stuffs, embroidered with pearls and
gems, masses of opals, amethysts, and topaz; weapons,
armour, and horse-gear, literally blazing with precious
stones, and, in short, every variety of treasure which
the imagination of man could collect. The collection
of jewelled weapons, shields, and war-trappings, is
also amazing.' There is to be handled the ruby-hilted
sword wielded by the unfortunate Louis at `lllohais,
the pocket-knife of the Emperor Sigismund, the cele-
brated pearl bridal vest of the Palatine Paul
Esterhazy, upop whose ground of rose-coloured
damask is wrought a pattern of seed pearls,
the centre of every flower being formed by long links
of the precious beads, which hang loose,- and are
strung so closely as almost to conceal the material of
the garment; the richly studded saddle-cloth of the
Vizier Mustapha, made .captive by an Esterhazy on
a hard-fought field ; the coral rosary of Stephen Ba-
thon ; the gold brocaded vest of ,Mathias Corvinus,
and that of. John Sobiesky ; also ' a rich brocade, a
beautiful specimen of the needlework of the seven-
teenth century.
THE CONSERVATORIES AT EISENSTADT.---The
lordly domains of Esterhazy and Eisenstadt, and the
fortress also of Forchenstein, are all situated near the
frontier, and are the most magnificent of the
Prince's possessions. At Eisenstadt the conservato-
ries are truly splendid. You may walk from one serre
to another, amid an acre of flowers of every clime
and colour ; the varieties of camelias are to be counted
by scores, and roses and geraniums by hundreds.
Oranges and lemons, with their bud, blossom, and
fruit, form a mimic forest. Above these the palms
tower in Oriental pride, and the violet and Cape
jessamine carpet many a spot besMe the marble foun-
tains. The heaths and ferns are one mass of varie-
gated beauty. These conservatories are under the
care of Mr. Fetish. The pleasure-grounds amount
to about 100 English acres, kept in the most exqui-
site order. •
PRINCE ESTERHAZY'S REVENUE.—Much curi-
osity exists in England with regard to the actual
amount of revenue of the Prince Esterhazy. The
Prince possesses, in addition to his three palaces at
Vienna, and his domain in Bohemia, one-thirteenth part
of the whole kingdom of Hungary. He has thirty-six
estates, each containing from ten to twenty-four vil-
lages, which, together with an hundred square miles
of forests, make collectively near 1,200 square miles,
and Hungary, covering a surface of 17,000, proves
the pbsition. Nor is this gigantic and overwhelming
landed property his only source of revenue. The
number of his peasants or subjects, amounting to
360,000, with all their habitationsl a con-
stant capital of 220,000 sheep, producing nearly
4,000 cwt. of wool, of superior quality, remaining to
be superadded ; and. yet, nevertheless, this colossal
heritage, exceeding in extent the Grand Duchy of
Modena, as well as several of the petty German
States, does not carry his revenue higher than
150,0001., thus making the annual proceeds of the
land, average Only sixpence an acre.
DEBT OF THE ESTERIIAZY FAMILY.--The debt
of the Esterhazies is calculated to amount to two
millions sterling. Supposing this to stand at
only three per cent. interest, that would be
sixty thousand pounds a year to deduct, so that
this enormous territorial mountain produces ultimately.
no more of annual worth to its owner than 90,0001. a
year, far inferior to the income of many of our nobil-
ity and commonalty. The present Prince, if not pay-
ing off, is said not to be adding to this enormous
debt, and is generally believed to live on his allowance
as ambassador. There are, in truth, in Hungary,
twenty magnates who are not in fact bankrupts. Ba-
ron Sina, the great Greek banker, is the King of Com-
mercial Hungary, every magnate being his debtor. It
is reported that the possessions of the Esterhazy fa-
mily had increasedto so gigantic an amount, that they
excited the jealousy of the reigning dynasty, and it is
affirmed that the Austrian Government were by no
means displeased when the father of the present Prince,
by expending yearly millions in foreign countries, ex-
hausted in no mean degree both his funds and his'
power.

On Saturday afternoon, about a quarter
.past four
o'clock, a serious accident took place in the extensive
iron-foundry carried on by:Messrs. Rennie and Co., in
Holland-street, Blackfriars-bridge. It appears that se-
veral workmen were engaged during the afternoon in
the arduous task of casting an immense diving bell, the
mould for which had been completed some hours pre-
vious. The cauldron. which is of very large size, and
suspended over the furnace by means of a powerful
crane, contained on this occasion more than six tons of
metal, and while in the act of being slung to 'the re-
quired spot, through some ilerangement of the ma-
chinery, the ponderous vessel overbalanced, and dis-
charged the burning liquid in every direction
among the labourers employed, setting fire at the
same time to the massive beams and rafters of the build-
ing. The utmost alarm was occasioned by the accident;
and every assistance was rendered to the unfortunate
sufferers—six in number—who were conveyed in coaches
to Guy's Hospital in a state of great suffering. The
floating engine from Southwark bridge was towed to the
spot, and several of the brigade establishment soon fol-
lowed ; but the workmen on the premises so -successfully
exerted themselves with the fire-engine attached to the
foundry, that their services were scarcely required,
and before five o'clock all danger of the fire extending
was at an end.—

'ENING of The EDINBURGH and GLAS-
GOW RAILWAY.—The Public are respectfully in-
fornied that this RAILWAY will b 3 OPENED for passen-
ger trallie on MONDAY, the gist of February current.
The Trains Rill depart at the following hours :
FdOM EDINBURGH TO GLASGOW.
Seven o'clock a m.—calling at the Corstorphine, Ratho,
Winchburgh, Linlithgow, Polmont, Falkirk, Castlecarry, Croy,
Kirkintilloch, and Bisbopbridge Stations.
Eleven o'clock a.m.—calling at Linlithgow, }alkirk, and
Castlecarry Stations.
Three o'clock p.m.—calling at all the Stations, same as seven
o'c'ock train.

Five o'clock p.m.—calling at Corstorphine, Ratho, Winch-
burgh, Linlithgow, Polmont, Falkirk, anrl Castlecarry.
FROM GLASGOW TO EDINBURGH.
Seven o'clock a.m.—calling at all the Stations, same as 7
o'clock train from Edinburgh.
Eleven o'clock a.m.—calling at Castlecsrry, Falkirk, and
Linl•thgow Stations.
'fhree o'clock, p.m.--calling at all the Stations, same as
7 o'clock train.

The names of the unfortunate -men scalded by the
metal are—Burton, Hardy, Perry, Dolphin, George, and
Barry, the latter of whom is frightfully burnt in every
part of his body, the injuries sustained by the former
being chiefly confined to their legs and feet.. The damage
sustained by the building is comparatively trifling.

Five o'clock p.m.—calling at Dishopbridge, Kirkintilloch,
Croy, Castlecarry, Falkiek, and Linlithgow.
All the trains will narry first and second class passengers,
and the 7 o'clock end 3 o'clock trains from each end will carry
third class passengers in adaion.

Pares for the whole distance.
Passengers. With Passengers' Trains.

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EXPLOSION OF APO WDER-MILL.
We regret to state that one of the extensive powder-mills
belonging to Messrs. C. B. Curtis and Harvey, gunpowder
manufacturers, situated on Hounslow Heath, exploded on
Saturday forenoon, and occasioned the loss of two lives and
the infliction of serious injuries on three other persons. The
explosion took place a few minutes after ten o'clock, and the
tremendous report caused thereby was heard for many miles
round the neighbourhood, and occasioned the greatest con-
sternation and alarm, particularly at Hounslow, Twickenham,
and tke adjacent villages, the inhabitants of which rdshed from
their houses, fearing it was an earthquake. Immediately on
the cum of the report being ascertained, hundreds of persons
hastened to the spot, anxious to learn the extent of damage,
when it was found that one only of the mills had exploded, and
that the remaining portion of the extensive premises had
escaped uninjured. The mill in question, which was called a
corning mill, was situated en the banks of the rirer Colne,
and, as are all the erections forming the works, was a detached
building. Two men were employed in it, of the name, of
Henry Finch and William Woolman, whose custom it; was
to commence at seven o'clock in the morning, having first
had their breakfast, and work until eleven o'clock, when
they broke off for dinner. Saturday morning they went to
their work at their usual time, at which period the mill con-
tained about a dozen bsrrels of dry powder, each barrel consist-
ing of 1001bs., making a total of about 1,2001b5. weight. Of
the cause of the accident nothing positive can ever be known,
neither of the unfo' tunate men surviving to tell the tale, and
the building itself is levelled with the ground. Three other
men, named Alfred Malthouse, William Calvin, and Peter
Thomas, employed on other parts of the works, who were acci-
dentally in the close vicinage of the mill, hare sustained most
serious injuries from the effects of the explosion. Mr. Frogley,
surgeon, of Hounslow, was most prompt in attendance, with
Mr. Sannemann, his assistant, and immediately attended to the
unfortunate sufferers, two of whom (Thomas and Calvin) were
subsequently conveyed to their own residences, where they are
lying in a most precarious state. Malthoute, however, was
more seriously injured, so that it was found impossible to remove
him from the premises, and when our reporter left very little
hopes of his living through the night were entertained. The
bodies of Finch add Woolman were found at a short d:stanee
from the mill in a frightfully disfigured and mutilated condi-
tion, and were removed to one of the sheds to await the coro-
ner's inquest, which, it is understood, will be held on Tuesday
next. Both men have left widows and families. The explosion
wiil not, we understand, occasion any stoppage to the works.

lat I 2d I 3d
Class. Class. Class. Carriages, Ms Horses, 15s.
8s 6s. 4i. I each. each.
• The intermediate fares will be nearly in proportion to the
distance.

The II o'clo2k and 5 o'clock trains are exrected to perform
the journey in two hours and a quarter, and the 7 oclock a.m.
and 3 o'clock trains in two hours ar,l a half, until further
notice.

Parties going iv. their own carriages to be charged second
class fares.

Children between 10 and 14 to be charged hall fares; chil,
dren under ten years of age, if accompanied by a person paying
full fare, to pass free.

Carriages and horses must be at the siatioft a quarter of au
hour before the departure of the tta.ins ; previous notice to be
sent to the station.

The Caledonia, Halifax and Boston steam packet, returned
yesterday to Liverpool damaged; she had made 1,00 miles of
her passage, but it was deemed advisable to run back before
the wind. The Acadia sails to-day with her mail, and an ad-
ditional mail in charge of Lieut. Ambrose.
The Driver steam frigate is to proceed to China ; she is at
Woolwich fitting an apparatus for consuming smoke, which
will occupy a few days, and will then touch at this port. In
other respects she is ready to start.
The African steamer has been newly fitted with a powerful
machinery, and is to be sent to this port as a tug. boat.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain J. T. Nicholas, is fast fitting
in the Basin. She has got her guns and water on board, and
the topmast, rigging is now being set up. She will soon be
ready to proceed to sea. Her crew has been again increased in
number to. day.

The Company will uut be responsible for lu ;gage unless it it
booked and paid for according to its value, and passengers are
particularly requested to have their aldreSs marked thereon,
apd is satisfy themselves that the luggage is deposited on the
carriages.

The time on thes railway will be reckoned by the railway
clocks.
Parcels will be conveyed by all the trains, and delivered by
the railway company.
For intermediate tares and ditto at road stations sae

By order of the ttirecters, H. G. WRIGHT) S:e.
Glasgow, Feb. 15, 1842.
Note.—it is intended, as the season advances, the add:tional
trains will run from each end at the }tours of 9 o'clock a.m. and
7 o'clock p,m.
Arrangements Are is the course of being made with coaches
to run in Cl:lnflexion with the railway at diffeteut poi:-.ts, of
whiolt further notice will be given,
Goods' trains will commence rllnning shortly.

Th,!lot,-18, with 700,000 dollars, arrived at Jamaica for
Vera Cruz, January 4. The Comus, 16, sailed the same day
for Carthagena. The Illustrious, 72, and Spartan, 26, had
reached Bermuda for England.
It is understood that two additional 50 gun frigates are imme-
diately to he put in commission.
The Hon. Captain Byng is appointed Comm&lore on the
Jamaica station, with his pennant in the Magnificent.
Upwards of 250 stout young seamen and boys have been
raised at Glasgow and Greenock, for the general service of the
Navy, during. the last five months.—This rendezvous is now
discontinued. _

HOTEL EY THE SEA, HANTS.
TID BE LET, with early possession, a highly re-
-A. spectable FAMILY HOTEL, iri complete order, the
health of the present tenant not admitting of a continuance of
the exertion necessary ; within four hours' journey of London
by Railroad,
Apply by letter to X. Y. Z., at Mr. Spencer's Library, 314,
Holborn.

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, FEB. 17.—The Delight packet, 6,
Liet. W. Lory, was paid off last Saturday. The Implacable,
74, Captain H. W. Bruce, was taken into dock on Sa-
turday, and is :found to be in a defective state, and as it
will take a much longer time to get her ready for the ser-
vices she was intended for, it is reported the Agincourt, 72,
will be commissioned to supply her place.—The Lightning
steamer; Lieut. Pearce, arrived from Woolwich, on Monday,
with a detachment of Marines, which have been transferred to

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the Minden, for service in Chins; the Avon, Steamer, Lieut.
C. Jenkins, arrived with volunteers from Liverpool; and
the Speedy, cutter, Lieutenant G. Beaufoy, from Ports-
mouth, with supernumeraries. The General Palmer, transport,
Lieut. Sanderson, arrived from the River, with stores to be
shipped on board the Minden, for China. It is expected the
Resistance, 42, (troop-ship,) will shortly be commissioned ; she
has been masted, and the artificers are working extra hours to
get her ready.
In 'Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef, Implacable, Minden, Fly,
Scylla, Bramble, Speedy, Avon, Lightning, and General
Palmer transport.
ArroiNTMKNTS. —Lieutenants—F. P. Egerton, to the Im-
pla .able ; Arthur Mellersh, to the Minden ; A. J. Grteme, to
the Queen, vice Boyle, promoted ; David Elliott (in Queen), to
the Ringdove ; T. L. Gooch, to command the Kite; F. A.
Campbell, to Cornwallis, and to take passage in the Driver.
Master—Richard Hodges (1812) to the Vindictiie.
Second Master—Robert Puller, to the Kite.
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tphlaecable.
Surgeon—J. W. Reid, to the Implacable.
Implacable ; Rev.
John Edwards, to the Vernon.

A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held
on 'Thursday, to consider the Ministerial proposition, which
was very numerously attended. Holland Hook, Esq., Vice-
President, was called to the chair.

'I he following resolutions were adopted unanimously
1. That, in the opinion of this meetini, the propositions for
modifying the Corn-law which have just been submitted to the
House of Communs by her Majesty's Ministers are totally in-
adequate for every beneficial purpose ; that they are based upon
unjust principles, and have been framed for the esteusive ad-
vantage of a particular class, without reference to the wants
and interests of the great body of the people, and ostentatiously
regardless of present distress, and of the ruin which impends
over the manufacturing and commercial community.
2. That in expressing their opinions this meeting reiterates
the declaration the Chamber has frequently put forth, namely,
that it denounces partial or class legislation of every kind, and
repudiating all protection, whether of manufactures or agri-
culture, claims, as an indefeasible right, the power of fr, ely
exchanging the products of our industry for the food of other
countries.

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Lord Mayer of Dublin.
"Oh well may we call her, like thee, The Forsaken ;'
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" And the harps of her bards when gayest they waken,
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Bond-street ; and may be procured, by order, of all Booksellers

3. That these resolutions be set forth in a petition to the
House of Commons, and be forwarded this day for presenta-
tion, with a prayer that the measures proposed by her Ma-
jesty's Ministers may be rejected by the House and that no
proposition may be entertained which has not for its basis an
entire repeal of all duties on the importation of food.—Man-
chester Times.

Assistant Surgeons—Robert Anderson, and R. M. Isabell,
to the Implacable ; C. G. Campbell, to the Scylla; J. W.
Mustard, to the Minden; J. Brown, to the St. Vincent ; G.
Sizey, to the Ringdove.
Mates—Chas. Bromley and James Simpson, to the Driver.
Midshipman—Edward Nicholls, to Lightning, vice Collier,
promoted.
Secretary—W. Dyer, Esq, to be Secretary to Rear-Admiral
the lion. .1. Percy.

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bra simple in construction, low in price, and quite seelre ; the keys
of the latches are particularly neat and portab'e. Chieths patent fire-
proof safes and boxes form a complete preservation fJr deeds, plate,
books, &c., from fire and thieves. Cash boxes and japan boxes of alt
sizes fitted with the new patent locks. A large assortment of
the above on side; by C. Chubb and Son, 57, St. Paul's Church yard,
London,jby special appointment manufacturers to H R. H. Prince
Albert.
CatrrioN.—None can be depended upon as bei g genuine unless
purchased at 57, St. Paul's Churchyard.

Clerks in Charge—G. A. Stewart, to the Kite; Charles
Saunders, to the Fearless, vice Robertson.
Clerk—Mr. .F. H. Spry (late Powerful), to be additional
Clerk in Implacable.
Volunteers Ist Clacs—Henry Hawkes, to the Ringdove.
COAST Gun an.-Commander Thomas Holloway Holman
(1841), to be Inspecting Commander; Lieutenant John
Brown (1829), to be Chief Officer; Lieut. A. Carroll, from
Greenore to Millisle, vice. C. J. Postle, resigned, and ap-
pointed afloat.
Commanders Hay and Bingham, recently promoted in the
China apiadron, are arrived in England, overland from India;
Captains Eyres and Anson are now returning by the same route.
The Modeste was left in charge of Commander Watson ; Co-
lumbine, Commander Tindal ; and Pylades, Commander
Moor,head.

WEST CORNWALL ELECTION.
k From the Devonport Independent.)
A very numerous body of freeholders assembled at the
Town-hall, Truro, on Wednesday last, among whom we not iced
the worthy candidate, Sir Charles Lemon. Bart. ; T. A. Ro-
berts, Esq. ; Humphrey Willyams, Esq. ; Charles Sawle, Esq.;
G. C. Fox, Esq: • Michael and William Williams, Esqrs. ;
Cohn Scobell, the Rev. Mr. Hocken, J. A. Home, Esq. ;
Richard Taylor, Esq. ; Stephen Davy, Esq., &e. &c. The
Chair was taken at. ten o'clock by the High Sheriff (J. 11.
Gaut, Esq., of Beckham), who addressed the electors as follows:
Gentlemen—One of the last duties of my Shrievalty has been
to convene you this day for the purpose of your exercising one
of the most valuable privileges of Englishmen—namely, to
elect " one fit and discreet Knight" to represent the
Western Division of this County, in the place of Loral
Boscawen Rose, now become Earl of Falmouth and a Peer
of the Realm by the death of his Noble father, to whose
memory, at a recent aggregate meeting of the County, I was
glad to have the opportunity of offering the tribute of my
respect for the many great and excellent qualities he ex,r-
cited in your service, during his comparatively brief career.
The Shrievalty is but of a year's duration ; yet, throughout that
period, I am proud to say, I have not only not seen any rea •
son to change the opinion formed by me when I first came into
contact with the constituency of this county—but, that a more
intimate knowledge of your many valuable qualities has abun-
dantly confirmed it—(Cheers)--and that I have the most entire
reliance in your discrimination and intelligence, leading you
this day to elect and send to the Commonillouse, a represen-
tative who, by his superior attainments, high character, and
perfect knowledge of your interests, will reflect honour on your
choice.—( Loud cheers. )
The Under-Sheriff (P. M. Little, EST ),
having gone
through the preliminaries, T. A. Robarts, Esq., in a luminous
address, proposed Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., as a candidate to
represent the Western Division of Cornwall in _Parliament,
which was ably seconded by Humphrey Willyains, Esq.
No other candidate being proposed, the High Sheriff declared
Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., to be duly elected, which announce-
ment was received with enthusiastic cheers.
A vote of thanks was then voted to the High Sheriff, by
G. C. Fox, Esq., seconded by Chas. Sawle, Esq., and carried
by acclamation.
The High Sheriff acknowledged the compliment as follows :
—Gentlemen—But one principle has actuated me through-
out my Shrievalty, that of " doing justly." It is therefore that
I am proud to receive this gratifying teatimony of your appro-
bation.—( Cheers.) If any one thing has afforded me more
heartfelt pleasure than another during the period of my having
been in office, with the exception of the birth of our Royal
Duke, it is, that whereas I found both divisions of the county
in a state of great excitement at the last general election, in
the single elections which have recently taken place in each
division, they have respectively terminated without. a centest—
a noble homage, equally to the high character and truly esti-
mable qualities of the Noble Lord who has the honour to re-
present the Eastern Division, as of the worthy Baronet, whom,
by your suffrages, you have this day chosen to become your
representative.—(Cheers.) It now becomes my pleasing duty
to return my sincere thanks for the courtesy and gcod feeling
with which you have invariably received your Sheriff, and to
offer you my best wishes for the happiness and prosperity of
every individual in this loyal and faithful county.
Three cheers being given for the Queen, Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, and the High Sheriff,
the meeting dispersed.

Lieut. John Cheere has been directed to take charge of the
regulating establishment at Bristol for raising Seamen for the
Navy.

DISTRESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
On Friday last, Sir Benjamin Hall presented a petition to
the House of Commons praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws
from the Auditors of the Accounts of the parish of St. Mary-
lebone, in which the petitioners state, " That, in 1831, the Ga.
retie average price of wheat was 665. 4d. In that year the aver-
age number of paupers depending on the parish was 7,913, with
a population of 122 206, thereby showing, that more than one
in fifteen was depending upon the parochial rates for support.
In 1835, the price of wheat fell to 395. 4d., and the number of
paupers was reduced ty 3,4458, the population being at that
time 129,102, being less than one in thirty-seven receiving pa •
rochial relief. In 1841, the price of wheat again rose to 645. 4d.,
and the number of paupers advar ced with it to 5,679, being at
that time one in twenty-four, the population being 139,454."
'l•he average number of persons returned weekly, from the Ist
January, 1842, to the 17th February, 1842, has been—
In the workhouse .... 1,939
Outdoor poor

CORONER'S INQUEST.
An inquest was held at the sign of the Swan, Kingsland-
road, before Mr. Baker, the coroner, on view of the body of
Mr. John Henry Watson, ti remarkably fine young man, a sur-
gt on, who committed suicide under the following extraordinary
circumstances.

Total
Thereby showing, that, at the present time, one in sixteen of
the population of the wealthiest parish in the metropolis of
Great Britain is dependent on the parochial rates for the com-
mon necessaries of life.

The first witness called was Mr. George Henry Gould, a
surgeon, residing at No. 19, Kingsland-crescent, who stated
that between the hours of one and two o'clock on Thursday
morning last he was called on to attend the deceased, whom he
found in the kitchen of the house No. 21, Kingsland-road.
The deceased, on his making his appearance, said he had taken
three ounces of laudanum, but did not state what was the cause
of his doing so. He, witness, from his appearance, having
much doubt whether his statement was correct, ordered him to
go home, and he accordingly walked home. The smell from
his breath did not indicate that he had taken laudanum, and
this was in a great measure the cause of witness's suspecting
that he had not taken opium.
CORONER—If he had taken prussic acid would not the
smell have been somewhat the same as laudanum ? Witness :
It might, but it would have a much more powerful effect, as
the deceassd did not even appear drowsy, though he had
pointed to the bottle from which he had taken the poison. On
his way home from the house of Mr. Webster to that of his
brother, a short- distance off, the deceased appeared perfectly
rational, and on reaching his brother's he (witness) used the
stomach pump, but could not perceive anything of a delete-
rious kind, though it might have partook of some spirituous
liquor. On Friday morning he (witness) called agreeable to
the wish of the coroner. He called to make a post mortem ex-
amination of the body, but he then ascertained that the:bro-
ther of the deceased had called in another surgeon to assist
him in the post mortem examination, which was done without
him.
The Coroner and jury expressed their surprise that the post
No. 21, Kingsland-crercent, and
mortem examination should not have been performed by the
witness, but by a second party.
Police Constable Walton, 8 N. deposed that, on Thursday
day morning last, he saw a crowd of persons about the area of
cdeecoeaf
.aedb,raonthder constable, and on
thoefrel‘lhre. Webster,
dtetrhe deceased inside the railing, and in
on
ne
goinghou e
the area, a depth of nine feet. His (witness's) first impression
was that he was a thief, and he asked him what he was doing
there / The deceased replied, " I'm after a 4-41 girl in this
lei
emi
teendt
from
m the
him. constable,
He,
e
thatver,
elicited
yeti right.
house." He app,earwehdelno bebe inrelpieqautoerdaltiethvreatsimafete,ranaddhed( (wit-
ness)
: and .Gould, the last witness,
asked him what he
deceased, who said he had been mmeely
Mr. -- girl,
awitil
nei
asdsss)sacomingidoing
d calledhet foruhhpea
dile
tot.ahkkeennea
officer declared it was perfectly true.
rththee last twelve months, was next examined,
who
Mr. was
G pornehsie
deniedn t , replied,
twhsiest, arss'et
a' S
assistant T heb Tothheirrn of
of
but nothing particular ss
by swallowing
admitted that the deceased had latterly, from several causes,
been in a very excited state of mind, and had frequently
have taken laudanum,
Mr. Hatton, a surgeon, examined the body after
iex-
pressedau,ianu
laudanum. s determination
ttwtehohteohdemehssaytigrdsohteytmhimasself
there was no dea.h, gave it as his opinion that the deceased had died of
accelerated by laudanum, but of
wcohlliaephsem,
jagniittl
baedmabi!oterdbedth
jar,
indi-
cation of its presence in the stomach.
oeeenvidence appeared before the jury. "
The Coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict,
~ That the deceased had died of collapse, caused by excitement,
theand fwachtieohf his
The deceased had, it appeared, paid his addregses for some
mightdoi
doing
have o
nb
time to Miss Webster, a young lady of property, but who, as
well as her friends, had latterly discarded him on account of
his irregular habits. _

FLANDERS, DUTCH, AND HAM-
BURGH MAILS.

THE NEW SCALE.
A Parliamentary friend well acquainted with foreign trade

BRUSSELS, FEB. 17.—The average price of wheat last
week was 211. 59c., and that of Bye 121'. 52c.
VIENNA, FEB. 9.—The winter is becoming more severe
every day : the mercury in Reaumier's thermometer is at
12 deg., or 13 deg. below zero (freezing), morning and even.
ing. The accounts from Hungary, Transylvania, Wallachia,
and Servia, complain of the interso cold, and the vast masses
of snow, by which the roads are rendered nearly impassable.
In Wallachia, Transylvania, and some parts of Hungary, droves
of wolves add to the horror of the season. The last mail but
one from Bucharest was attacked on the road by these beasts,
compelled by famine to leave their retreats. We learn by the
last mail that the post-carriage was found on the road, without
driver or horses, but with the letters and goods untouched : of
two men and the horses, little more was found than the bones
scattered about the carriage.

The best part of Peel's plan is that which governs the im-
port of Oats, Barley, and the inferior sorts of grain. They
will undoubtedly come in upon much better terms than at pre-
sent. I think very ill of the plan relating to Wheat, whien,
with the new averages, will always be liable to as oppressive
a duty as it could possildy pay. It is almost a monopoly to
the landlords, and will quite cut off American supplies.
" The Irish Tories (the greatest jobbers we have) are
alarmed about the duty on Oats being so low, but they must
submit. Last year they threw out a Bill brought in by Mr.
Labouchere to admit foreign flour into Ireland, but this yeas
they submit without a murmur because Peel is the propiser.
" The accounts are very bad from Americs. You will have
a :wry bad trade with that country ; but, take their corn and
flour, and you will have a very good one."—Leeds Mercury.

The fete given the day before yesterday by Sir Robert Gor-
don, the British Ambassador, was extremely brilliant. Most
of the Archdukes honoured it with their presence.
Baron Von Kinneritz, the Prussian Ambassador, has had an
audience of the Emperor, to present his credentials, and has
since been presented to the other members of the Imperial
_ _

INC Milakovitsch has arrived here on a special mission as
Secretary to the Vladika of Montenegro.
HAMBU RCM, FEB. ls.—After an interruption of the navi-
gation by the ice, since the 2d of January, the last ships left
this port, soon after which the Elbe was frozen over. The
first three ships arrived here yesterday afternoon, viz., Sir
Edward Banks steamer, from London ; the Zamillie, from
Messina; and the Pomona, Captain Buiricksen, from St. Mi-
chael's ; the first direct from the Leewards, the two last from
Cu xhavvn.

The Gazette du Midi announces the arrival in
France of a Senator of the Venezuelan Republic, who has come
fro:n Bordeaux to Marseilles, with a commission to eng ige in France
and Spain thirty missionaries, preferring SpanisliCai.uchin friars.
if they can be obtained, for re-establishing the ancient missions of
the Caronis, Rio Negro, aad other districts, and also 100 priests,
for performing service in the parishes of the three divisions of Ca-
racas, Guyana, and Merida. His commission further extends to
the engagement of thirty journeymen carpenters, smiths, masons,
potters, lime-burners, and weavers for the missions. The gentle-
man in question is said to be furnished by his Government with
sufficient funds to defray the expenses of all whom h• may engage
to the places of their destination.

CHItISTIANSAND, FEB. 3.—A large black buoy, with
pretty long iron chain to it, has been taken up at Nyer Helle-
sand. it is said to belong to the port of Lynn, in England.
COPENHAGEN, FEB. 12.—We do not see here any reason to
believe the statement of some German journals, that our Crown
Prince and Princess intend shortly to go to Berlin.—Ham -
burgh Papers, Feb. 15.
'1 ma HAGUE, FEB. 16.—We hear that the Prince de
Chemay will shortly retnrn to the Hague, to assist in the regu-
lation of some matters still pending between the Netherlands
and Belgium.
THE HAGUE, FEB. 18.—The Second Chamber of the
States-General received yesterday a Royal Message, with an
important project of law on the Notarial-office.

Some interesting details, relative to the excavations
which are going on in the kingdom of Naples, with a view to the dis-
covery of antiquities, have just been communicated to the Academie
des Beaux-Arts, by M. Raoul Rochette, the perpetual secretary.
The year 1841 has been remarkable for the discovery, in various
parts of the kingdom, of medals, the greater part Greek. Amongst
them is an entire collection ofgold medals of the Thai ; they are of
a small form, and hitherto only a single medal of this kind had
been found. As to the excavations which are still going on at
Pompeii, they have not been very productive of interesting results
for the last two years; probably because the locality is unfavourable;
but important discoveries are expected from the clearing out
of ruins of the Amphitheatre of Puzzoli, which has been
ordered by the King. The work on this point is going with the
greatest activity, under the orders of the Minister St. Angelo.
From the portion of the ruins already cleared, it is to be presuired
that the remains of one of the most important monuments of
architecture in Italy will come to light, and'that the Royal Mu-
seum of Naples will he enriched by some fine fragments of antiquity.
FASCINATION.--Such is the irresistible title of Mrs.
. Gore's newly-edited work. " Fascination !"—a book appertaining
to the most fascinating species of existing literature—and the sub-
ject is as full of fascination as the name. It is the history of a
sort of D'Orsay of a hundred years ago—a modern Alcibiades—
beautiful. generous, eloquent, and honourable--but unhappily not
able to fascinate Dame Fortnne as he does all other dames and
their dependents, from the shrewish wife of the little taltos of the
Rue St. Honors, upwards. The tale is told with infinite liveli.
ness, spirit, and truth of painting, and will no doubt attract unusual
attention among the class of readers to which this species of com-
position chid)! appeals.

ROMAN REMAINS AT ETRETAT (SEINE
ItereatEuax.)-L.The ;labbe Cochet made some researches
seven 'ears ago among some Roman ruins discovered at
Etretat, :near Havre, but was at length forced to suspend
them. Having, however, received a • small grant of money
from Government, he has lately resumed his labours, and
succeeded in clearing a wall, evidently part of an ancient
villa. It is about thirty yards in length, formed of small-
squared stone, faced with flint. At the end towards the
sea, is a small cell below the building, the floor and
walls of which are composed of stone, carefully ce-
mented. In the wall are the traces of stone pipes,
intended to bring down water into the cell from the upper
parts of the building. Immediately above, and in advance
of this basin, which appears to have been used for washing,
was a spacious apartment, paved in compartments. The di-
mensions of the ruins are about 24 feet at their greatest
breadth, and the walls rise from 3to 6 feet. The lower
part was demolished in the earliest ages of Christianity, and
the materials used for building the old chapel of St. Valery,
one wall of which is still standing. The only remains of art,
e
hitherto discovered are a small child's sarcophagus, in good
otihegrUepy stone, Upper
ne, and numerous Empire, ve much de-
fa':es at,
v aboven' w
pin, coinso
a n u r
frag-
ments of coloured coatings of walls, some tiles, and irrdesecnt
'lass. At a short distance were found several skeletons, with
the heads laid indifferently as to the points of the compass,
rtno f
showing that the bodies were interred in the times of Paganism.
Another steam-boat blew up, near. Nantes, a few
(lays since. It ran between Nantes and Pellerin. Fortunately
nobody was injured, and the passengers, being landed, finished
their route on foot.

It appears," say'sthe Courrier Francais,
PiuntieZ will appoint to exa.
der to begin imme
-- "
that
Government has decided on coming to an understanding with the
iCnoinihemtihsseionprowih,,i,cthotfhela, on Chamber mb
diately part of the direct line to Strasburg, and to introduce
into the great lines that from Strasburg to Marseilles, via Mul-
hansen, Dijon, and Lyons. A "edit will also be demanded this
year for commencing in MO the works upon this new great line.
It is also stated that the Minister of Public Works will shOrtly
present a project of law for conceding to companies (with a subsidy
from the State) three important branch lines, Viz., from Creil to
ber
railroads, of
Deputies
Compeigne, from Orleans to Vietson, and from Bordeaux to
Bayonne."

MYSTERIOUS ALLIANCE.—The Independant of Brus-
sels states that great surprise has been excited at Liege by the re-
cent marriage in that town of a young flower.girl, well known by
the visitors of Spa, to a young gentleman of distinction, believed to
be from Germany, but educated in France, whose name has been
kept profourdly secret. The match, it says, seems to have been
formed by a gentleman older than himself, who was with him as a
kind of tutor or companion during the last season at Pau. The
young man is quite indifferent to his wife ; and the rumour goes,
says the Independent, that he is the illegitimate son of sone great
personage, who wishes to fix him at a distance from his family. A
person, apparently the guardian of the young gentleman, with his
companion before mentioned, were present, says this journal, at the
marriage, and after it was solemnised they took their leave, saying
to him, " Our task is now accomplished, and we are going back to
Germany. Do what you like, and endeavour to spend in a suit-
able manner the pension which you shall receive punctually," The
young man, it adds, has set out for France with his wife.

TvAatlarloesnscfhomr
waonr,dsl,Yhthoat Viii:
• -
always carried a " Johnson's Dictionary" about with him. One
day, having spent a pleasant evening with a very merry old gentle-
man, he asked him who he was. "lam a stock.jobber," said his
companion. This last word puzzled the foreigner, who consulted
hie Jahns" and replied, " Vat, care, you are den a low wretch
J
who gets money by buytng and selling in the funds ;" which is the
sitedjOEinigNtSaOndN,'S was psiocaTfria°ldN'o‘fit 1b..;
explanation given by the great colussus of literature. It is need.
less to add that the Frenchman descended the stairs quicker than he
came up.

A singular custom exists to this day in Wales
=ow the lower ordors, If John Thomas has a son named
David, he is called David John, and not David Thomas—after the
Christian name of his father.

orshippfrig
as their tef. Here is a true service of
dod ; there !Canto incompatibility bet • een de-
votional sentiments and ordinary pursuits on other
days, how can there be any inherfmt real incompati-
bility between them on the first day. Christianity,
Sir, triumphed over Paganism without A Sabbath.
Worship before and between the hours of business
kept alive the flame which ultimately annihilak'd the
idols of Europe. But no sooner did the church be-
gin to judaize in its priests, its titles, its Sabbaths, its
ceremonies, than the living spirit vanished, and for-
mality tyrannised for centuries. The spirit of Ju-
daism was a negative, a prohibitory spirit. " Thou
shalt not," is its characteristic preceptive formula.
Christianity is all positive, all life. Love, the most
active of all principles, is its one command ; corre.
spondently with this—" Do notl2ing—abstain
for from
the
your ordinary employments," is the epmmand
Sabbath. Not a single command, to meditate even,
or warship, is to be found in all the Old fgst.ament
through. An additional sacrifice in the Tempe was
all. Good men, no doubt, used its hours for deyotito,
and many would i'4l.st with their friends-:---in which
our Lord joined ; but the only command was, " do
Ito work. How different in the New Testament,
not one word of ceasing from 111,02.. k• No, a highe.r,
him wo
a more animating injunction is given bY
was the Life of men—" Meet for worsh-c), 1- say
If so
not when—l say not where—but "meet
persecuted that only two or three can asseklble;
" meet." I will be where but two or three are "
thered " unto me. Neglect not the "assembling
of yourselves together. Thus legislates the dispen-,
sation of love, the truly social system of redemption..
0, that Christians understood the genius of their own
religion ! That they would seek to inspire men with
the love of worship, instead of coercing them to a
legal bondage!
I am ashamed to have occupied so much of your
space, and to ask for more another week, to illustrate
the injury done both to the godly and ungodly, and •
the benefits which might result to both, by rejecting
custom for truth, and Judaism for Christianity.
I am, Sir, yours, sincerely obliged by both your
Anti-Sabbatarian and Anti-Church-rate articles,
Bradford, Feb. 8. EVANGELICUS.

COPYRIGHT OF DESIGNS.
It will be seen tbat Mr. Emerson Tennent has carried
his motion for the re-appointment of the " Copyright
Designs' Committee," whose interesting and useful in-
vestigation of the Petition of the Odic° Printers, for the
extension of Copyright, was last year frustrated by. the
dissolution of Parliament and its abridged proceedings.
The facts of the grievance of the calico printers may be
substantially divided into two heads, viz.: the
patterns of the calico-printers are plundered, rafter a
great outlay of capital, just at the time they ought to re-
neinerate the proprietor ; and, secondly, that they at:o
got up by the pirates in a cheaper and deteriorated form,
to the injury of national taste and the detriment of the
public purchaser.
A free trade opposition has been united against this
claim, on the same principle as against the better pro-
tected and more extended copyright of books, just pro-
posed by Mr. Godson, and is liable to the same ob-
jections. Among the cogent arguments, adduced by
numerous respectable witnesses, in favour of extended
protection to calico printers, it was stated, that we are
greatly inferior to French artists in design, in con-
sequence of our comparative deficiency, and that our
foreign trade is proportionately restricted. Mr. Ten-
nent's measure contemplates, we believe, nine months'
protection, in conformity with the view expressed by
;Sir Robert Peel last year in Committee.
. The opponents of protection examined before the Com-
mittee, among whom were several who had largely
profited, on their own admission, by this kiwi of in-
vasion of property, and justified, on the plea of being
within the law, and, therefore, as not a breach of the
law, rested their chief repugnance to the extension of
protection to copyright on the very ground of monopoly,
This it natural to all plunderers, including plunderers of
author's copyrights, to protest against monopoly, in
other words, against all exclusive property. France
fernishea a sufficient answer to the charge that pro-
tection creates monopoly. We have the proof that it
breeds emulation; and promotes competition, by which
eventually cost is decreased, and consumption encouraged.
In no other country is the same protection afforded, and
nowhere else do those arts flourish, or are they culti-
vated to an equal extent. Nowhere else are their pro-
fesSors equally respected and respectable, and, therefore,
nowhere else is ambition stimulated to excellence as a
means of elevation in the social scale. ,There is an
absurd prejudice that the artistical designers Os" France
have more taste than the English. This is a fitja?y•
Give pattern copyright protection, as in France; g,, re
the English artist pattern-drawers similar encourase+
men t, and they need not be afraid of French competition.
—British Queen.

The
_lmperial Academy of St. Petersburgh has just
been joiner, by order of the Emperor, to the Academy
of Sciences of mitt capital, tts a special section of Rus-
sian language and literature.
The Brussels Observateur says that reports are cur-
rent in the Belgium capital of its ,being the intention of
the Government to make before long come changes in
the diplomatic body, and to place at the head of " one
of the most important legations" the DuILP d'Ursel, or,
according to some, the Prince de Ligne, pr else the
Prince de Chimay.—The Gazette de France sa;rs that
the legation is that of Paris.
A few days .ago, some robbers got into the Cho f ea,,12
of Mme. de 13agneris, at Vidou, near Tarbes, which was under
the chrrge at the time of a servant.girl. The thieves seized,
blinded, and bound her on a bed, covering her with the clothes,
but doing her no injury. They left her thus, and went to •earch
the house for valuables. While they were thus engaged, the girl
contrived to loosen her bonds, and make her escape to the Mayor,
who hastened to the chateau with a sufficient force. The invaders,
however, had decamped is Oh no small booty. The police, two or
three slays afterwards, arrested a Spaniard at Tarbes, on whom
they found a pistol, a powder-flask, and some other articles belong.
ing to the Chateau de Vidou, and it is supposed that this will lead
to the arrest of the other parties.

AND HE DIED.-11 is reported of one, that,
hearing the fifth chapter of Genesis read, ro long lives, and yet the
burden still, they died—Seth lived nine hundred and twelve years,
and he died ; Enos lived nine hundred and five years, and
he died; Methuselah, nine hundred and sixty.nine years, and
he died—he took so deeply the thought of death and eternity,
that it changed his whole frame, and turned him from a TEAK)•
tuous, to a most strict and pious course of life. How small a word
will do much, when God sets it into the heart! But surely this
one thing would make the soul calm and sober in the pursuit of
present things if it were truly computed and considered. How
soon shall youth and health, tied carnal delights, be at an end!
The Commission appointed by the Municipal Conn-.
cil of Paris for examining the questions as to the regulation of the
butcher trade, having heard the representations of the feeders,
butchers, and different agents of the administration, has proposed.
an ordonnance to the following effect:—" No butcher shall have
more than one shop or stall. There shall be one butcher for every
2,200 inhabitants. All shops and stalls exceeding this number shall
be re-purchased by the syMicate. A shop or stall may be sold by a
butcher to one of his relations In case of death, the widow or
children may succeed. Every butcher must make a deposit of cau.
tion-money. The members of the syndic/fie are to be elected by a
majority of the votes of the butchers. Every shop or stall which
shall remain three days without a supply of meat, shall be closed
for six months. No sales or purchases shall be made, except in
markets duly licensed fur this species of provisions. The trade
called a lacheville (carcase-butchers), in which rich butchers kill
cattle and Sell the meat to others of the trade, is suppressed after the
tolerance of (Our years. Country dealers, as well as he butchers of
Paris, are authorised to iell meat in the markets."
The amount of the sales in the Poultry-mallet of
the Quai des AUgnstins, during the last year, exceeded thoae of
1840 by nearly 2,000,000 f.
HOPKINS AND IMEWITT'S BANKRUPTCY.---d
A ituNDEt. BANK.—At a meeting held under this fiat, at the Nor-
folk Arms, c, Monday, the 14th intent, the solicitor to the assignees
laid before the Commissioners, for their decision, several cases in
which two or more persons, jointly indebted to the estate, claimed to
set off notes and cash balances (their separate pioperty)
against the
joint debts, and vice versa, the consideration of which occupied the
meeting till a late period; but the Commissioners postponed their final
decision. We are glad to find that, upon a mature examination of the
accounts, they confirm the first statement, and promise a larger pro-
bable surplus than was then shown. The separate estates will, after
discharging the respective claims in full, leave a considerable stir-
plus to pass to the joint account. A dividend of at least 10s. in the
pound, will be declared so soon as the law will permit; and we
hear that notwithstanding the heavy expenses attendant on bank-
ruptcy, from 1 Ss. to 20s. in the pound will be ultimately paid to
the creditors, with the probability of a surplus.—Brighton Gazette.
The Clermont papers state that mtwh had will
exists on the part of the lower classes in that town towards the
soldiers of the garrison, and especially of the 16th regiment of the
line. Acts of violence have been committed against them; but the
writes a
:on
ar,:r
dofel:
authorities have taken measures to preserve order.
THE FORCE OF lIABIT.—OId Charles, as Ire is
familiarly called, had driven a coach from Teignmonth to Exeter
for seventeen years, and never had a holiday. He began to fancy
that he wanted something of the kind, and the request was so
reasonable that he had only to ask and have it instantly granted,
another driver, on a particular day, but a few weeks since, being
directed to perform'thejoutney for him. In the morning, however,
Charles arose as usual, and nothing would do but he must go and
have a look at the coach and horses These underwent the accut-
tomed examination, and when the coachman pro tent. mounted the
box, Charles, apparently unconscious what he was about, mounted
also, and deliberately took his seat by the side of his deputy.— West
of England Coneervattve Joternal.
" Since the departure of the King of Prussia for
England,"• says a Berlin correspondent of the inietzburg Gazette,
"the Cabinet of St, Feteraburgh seems to be drawing nearer than
before to the Court of France, While it becomes snore and more
cold towards that of Prussia. Some surprise has' been felt at seeing
the Prussian papers publish articles against Russia, and in favour of
Poland; manifestations which have not been hill:Wed ttr,tiMpoliees
—The Ksrnigsberg Gazette has gone so far as to s, that it is ne.
cessary to maintain a spirit of nationality in the Polish provinces,
instead of annihilating it, as the Russian Government is dot: g•"
'The amount paid by the Cirque Olympique, for
the year 1841, to the hospices, was 92,127 f. being a tenth part
of its gross receipts, as fixed by law for places of public amusement.
ENGLISH CARDINAL.—Five new Cardinals
were proclaimed at Rome on the 24th ult. One of the now
appointments of his Holiness is an Englishman, Carding'
Acton. Cardinal Acton is a younger son of the late Ambas-
sador at Naples, and is related to one of the oldest families in
Shropshire. His Eminence was educated at Magdalen Col-
lege, Cambridge, where, though he much distinguished him-
self by close application to study, his religious tenets
him from proceeding to his degree. He is the youngest mem-
ber of the Sacred College, and has long lived at Rome, with
his mother, Lady Acton.
A farmer lately ploughing in his field, near Frank-
prevented
mrd, King's County, happened to dip the plough deeper than usual
ohen his there turned up a box of silver pieces, some of them Spa-
nish, of the reign of Philip TV.; the remainder English, of the
inst., " that M.
Commonwealth, of the reign of the decapitated Charles, and of
few of his predecessors.—Lieserick Chronicle.
spondeAntror the .Cologne icsoelogttrnreeanazeu,t in loifantho:9rt,h"
Schele, the King'sh Pyriemreesibfghiednis;tetrh,aatncdaßbairrieont
CdoeutheUlllotrz,dlNelFinaiisetkcer
of the Finances, a
ti, named successor of 3f. de Schele, and Director oftheF
De Vos, of 31 de Schultz. Although this news it improbable
as it relates to M. de Schele, many persons give credit to it, and it
considering the im
II
would not be astonishing, Pertast differences of
opinion which hare been manifested In high
PO tical regions."