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AN APPEAL FOR A POOR CURATE NEARLY
BLIND.

SOME friends of the Rev. J. W. Gowring, in considera-
tion of his very afflicted case having, without his know-
ledge, begun a private subscription in his behalf, it has been
determined to bring it before the Christian public, in the
hope that something will be done towards the support of a
very able minister of the Church of England, whose eyesight
has completely failed him for most of the duties of his office.
For, although he is just able to see his way in walking, he
cannot discern the largest print, nor indeed any object what-
ever distinctly ; and it is the opinion of his medical advisers,
that the case may even end in total blindness. _ _

As his mental'and bodily powers remain unimpaired, and
as his knowledge of Scripture is considered very extraordi-
nary by every one who hears him, it is possible that, by and
by, he may meet with some occupation in the Church—as a
lectureship, where the reading of the Church Service would
not be required of him ; and for this kind of duty he would
be admirably adapted by his gift of extempore preaching.
He was compelled to resign his Curacy, where he was fa-
voured by many privileges, and surrounded by almost every
comfort for four years. He has sought the most eminent
advice in the kingdom, and still his sight is becoming gradu-
ally worse, so that he felt it right no longer to remain in a
situation where an assistant curate has been maintained for
some time, for the sole purpose of affording him every possi-
ble means of recovery.

He is left without the least means of support, except £7
a-year, arising from sums invested in the Savings' Bank, and
except such as may be afforded him by friends. Relations,
he has none to rely upon, and the little property which he
was expecting through his wife will probably be lost to his
family by the conduct of an attorney. He closes a statement
of his case to the Bishop of Ripon in these words :
" I am in my thirty-first year, and have a wife and one
child three years old ; and unless the Lord in his good pro-
vidence should see fit to provide something for our support,
I know not what is to become of us, as we have not a single
relation who is at all able to assist us, and the stipend arising
from my present curacy will cease in about a fortnight.
" The prospect before me is but a melancholy one as to
temporal concerns, and yet I feel persuaded that my present
affliction is sent by the Lord for some wise but mysterious
purpose. In the midst of all my trials my mind is not par-
ticularly disturbed, as I firmly depend upon the word of
Jehovah, Trust in the Lord, and do good; so that thou
shalt dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.' " •
Harewood, 4th August, 1841.
The following sums have been received:—

His Grace the Archbishop of York
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Mr. W. Braithwaite, Leeds
The Rev. Thomas Owen, Manchester
The Rev. H. Raikes, Chancellor of the diocese
of Chester
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The Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey, Bury St, Ed-
munds
The Rev. Richard Greenhall, Incumbent of
Stretton, near Warrington
Mr. M. Hutchinson, London
Mr. Wm. Chippendale, London
The Rev. J. B. Jebb
The Society for the Relief of Poor Clergy
H. Goulburn, Esq., Jun., London
Henry Treacher, sq., Finsbury-square
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near Wakefield; the Rev. T. OWEN, St. Clement's, Man-
chester; the Rev. L. PIDGINS, St. Matthew's, Liverpool;
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SON, 187, Piccadilly, London; Mr. WILLIAM CHIPPIN-
DALE, 130, Bunhill-row ; and Mr. MATTHEW HUTCHIN-
soIi, 48, Mark-lane. •

SHOCKING AND MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF A
YOUNG LADY, AND WILFUL ATTEMPT TO
DESTROY A WHOLE FAMILY BY POISONING.

INQUEST ON THE BODY ol' THE MURDERED LADY.—On
Saturday, an inquest, which had been twice previously ad-
journed, was resumed at nine o'clock in the forenoon, before
Mr. Eagles, one of the coroners for the county of Bedford.
at Ridgmont House, the residence of Mr;Crouch, an opulent
farmer at Ridgmont, near Ampthill, Bedfordshire, to investi-
gate the circumstances connected with the death of Miss
Mary Anne Crouch, aged 19, his niece, and daughter of Mr.
William Crouch, of Chalfont.
The deceased, together with the whole family, had been
poisoned, and suspicion alighting on Ann Lee, the cook in the
service of Mr. Crouch, who was about to leave her situation,
and a male servant, named George Peppot, they were iin-
mediately, on the circumstances of the case becoming known,
apprehended, and underwent an examination before the
magistrates, and were remanded until the result of the
coroner's inquest.
The accused persons, Ann Lee and George Peppot, were
present in custody during the proceedings, and Mr. Greene,
solicitor, of Woburn, was in attendance on behalf of the
family of Mr. Crouch; and Mr. Richards, solicitor, of
Ampthill, on the part of the prisoner Ann Lee. Peppot
no adviser.

The whole of the evidence which could be procured was, at
its conclusion, read over by the coroner, and from which it
appears that the circumstances of the case were as follow :
On the morning of Saturday, the 25th ult', the cousin of
deceased, a young lady, named Dover, who was on a visit to
Mr. Crouch's family, at Ridgmont, prepared to make some
cakes, as the deceased and other friends were expected also
on a visit the following day. The batter being prepared,
Miss Dover recollected that she required some yeast; but
being unable to procure any, she desired the cook, Ann
Lee, to let her have a little soda, which would answer the
purpose. The accused, Lee, replied that there was none in
the house, but she would send for some. During the absence
of a messenger for that purpose, the prisoner Lee came
to Miss Dover, and said she had forgotten she had some
ready for use in the spice-box. She went and fetched it,
and handed it to Miss Dover, who proceeded to mit it with
the batter. The cakes were then placed in tins and baked,
and no further notice taken. On the same day the family
dined off rump-steaks, partridges, and sago pudding, which
were partaken of by the whole of them. During dinner
the steaks were noticed to have a peculiar taste, and to be
very highly peppered. They were at first too much done for
Miss Dover, and an order was giVen to the cook to send up
another steak more underdone : that, however, also had the
same peculiar taste. Shortly after dinner the whole of the
family was taken very ill, and vomited violently. Medical
aid, however, being promptly procured, emetics were admi-
nistered, and they towards evening got much better. On
the following day (Sunday) the deceased, accompanied by a
friend,. Miss Ann Gazlee, arrived on a visit from Chalfont.
They partook of wine, and ate a considerable quantity of the
cakes which Miss Dover had made. Miss Gazlee, however,
ate the most, and shortly after was seized with violent fits of
vomiting, and brought a great deal of her stomach. The
deceased, however, was unable to do so, and, notwithstand-
ing medical aid was called in, she died on the following day.
Apost mortem examination of the body was subsequently
made. and the contents of deceased's stomach subjected to
chemical analysation ; and it was discovered that they were
impregnated with a large quantity of arsenic. The remainder
of the steaks had been secured by Mr. Crouch, immediately
after the discovery of the illness of his family, on the Satur-
day, and the spice and pepper-box being seized, they were
each severally subjected also to the test of analysatiou, as
were also the soda and the cakes, the result of which was,
that the whole were discovered to be impregnated with the
same deadly poison, which the medical men declared to be
the cause of the deceased's death.

Betsy Galon, the housemaid, deposed to having eaten a
small quantity of the batter with which Miss Dover was
making the cakes, and being very ill for two or three days
afterwards, but was unable to account for the cause of it.
Mr. Roberts, a grocer, of Ampthill, proved that the pri-
soner Peppot, a few days before the occurrence, had purcha-
sed a quantity of arsenic of him at his shop, saying it was
for his master, Mr. Crouch, to destroy the rats with. He
had since, however, ascertained that he had purchased it
without the slightest knowledge of his master.
The CORONER asked the accused parties if they wished to
say anything is the matter? They both declared their inno-
cence, and Peppot stated that he dined on the remainder of
the partridges after they came from the dining-room on the
Saturday ; and Lee, the cook, said she ate some of the steaks,
and neither of them felt any ill effects from having done so.
They could not account for the soda and pepper being mixed
with arsenic. Peppot declared that he bought the arsenic of
Mr. Roberts to kill rats, and nothing else ; that he never
put it in the cupcoard where the spice or pepper was kept,
and that it was all used for the purpose he stated.
The CORONER summed up at considerable length, expres-
sive of regret that there was no distinct evidence to convict
any party of having committed the horrible and inhuman
crime which had led to the deceased's death.
The jury then retired, and, at a late hour, returned the fol-
lowing verdict—" That the deceased Miss Mary Ann Crouch,
on the 27th of September last, died from the effects of poison,
in eating a cake in which soda was used instead of yeast,
which soda contained arsenic wilfully and maliciously put
into the same, by some person or persons unknown, for the
purpose of destroying life."
The prisoners, it is understood, will be discharged from
custody.

A CLAIMANT FOR AN EARLDOM.—There is at present in
the town of Castlebar a police-constable named Patrick
Dillon, who claims the earldom of Roscommon.
THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND.—We hear with sincere regret
of the serious illness of his Grace the Duke of Cleveland.
"SAM SLICK" IN ABERDEEN.—Our city has lately been
visited by a Sam Slick, who has carried the business of selling
clocks to a degree of perfection not known in the trade here-
tofore. This distinguished artist some time ago got employ-
ment as a maker of gas meters in an extensive establishment
in Aberdeen, where he conducted himself with all propriety.
Labour, however, being a thing unsuited to his genius, he
contrived to get a German clock "on tick," and with this
slender stock he commenced a very thriving business. He
first went with it to the barber who was in the habit of shav-
ing him, and sold the clock for 14s. In the course of two
or three days he called again to see if the clock was giving
satisfaction,v
and .itclthat he could do nothing to remedy the
e
takingit home. The clock was accordingly
l without
it, and, on being
it was going too fast, he
inspected
taken down, and Sam went off told that
with
it directly to the office
of a limb of the law, and to whom he disposed of it for 235.
the course
efoaofuand fewthdaaty it was going too fast ; and on inquiring into
According to his system of business he called again upon the
tmhane cocolflakl'vs inbe
down comes the clock from the wall, and Sam once more
sets off to sell it again. He soon met with a shoemaker, to
whom for the third time he sold this famous article. The
clock clicked for a day or two in the shoemaker's house,
when Sans, like an honourable tradesman, called to see how
it was going. Of course be found the clock at the old trick
of going too fast, and accordingly he again gets it into his
possession, in order to cure !his order. In attempting,
however, to dispose of it this time he found some difficulties
in the way. His victims had begun to make diligent inquiry
after their clocks ; the hue and cry was raised against Sam,
but when his adversaries thought they had hold. of him, they
f
he had gone too fast. He is a
middle-sized me his clocks,an,blackcmplexioned, and speaks with a
foreign accent.—Aberdeen paper.

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It Wiritailiiiii.

Thp Hotise of Lords met this day afternoon 4ortly belo4
two o'clock, when Parliament was prorogued 4pouunissior;
until Tuesday, the 11th of November. •
The Lords Commissioners having taken their seats, the
Lord Chancellor read Her Majesty's most gracious speech
The following is a copy :

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH

" My Lords. and Gentlemen,

" We are commanded

Majesty to acquaint you that
Majesty to bring to a close the

it appears advisable to Her

present session of parliatnen

"In core

er parliament, anu
pursuance of the declared intentions of Her Majesty, Her
Majesty has taken the requisite measures for the formation
of a new administration, and the arrangements for that pur-
pose have been completed by Her Majesty.
" Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

" We have it in command from Her Majesty to thank you
for the supplies which you have granted to Her Majesty for
those branches of the public,service for which complete pro-
vision had not.been made by the late parliament.
" The measures which it will be expedient to adopt for the
purpose of equalising the public income and the annual
expenditure, and other important objects connected with the
trade and commerce of the country, will necessarily occupy
your attention at an early period after the recess.
" Her Majesty has commanded us to repeat the expression
of her deep concern at the distress which has prevailed for a
considerable period in some of the principal manufacturing
districts, and to assure you that you may rely upon the cor-
dial concurrence of Her Majesty in all such measures as shall
appear, after mature consideration, best calculated to prevent
the recurrence of that distress, and to promote the great ob-
ject of all Her Majesty's wishes—the happiness and content-
ment of all her people."

SECONDARIES' COURT,
BASINGHALL-STREET, LONDON, OCTOBER 5

(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER and a Common Jury.)
MITFORD V. MOLYNECX.—CRIM. CON.
The Solicitor-General and Mr. Butt appeared as counsel
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Chambers for the defendant. The
damages were laid at £5,000.
Mr. Butt opened the pleadings. The plaintiff was Mr.
Robert Henry Reveley Mitford, a gentleman of fortune, re-
siding in Hampshire, and the defendant was the Hon. Francis
George Molyneux, youngest son of the late Earl of Sefton.
The declaration stated that the defendant had seduced Lady
Georgiana Jemima MittOrd, who was the wife of the plaintiff,
and the daughter of the Earl and Countess Ashburnham.
Judgment having been suffered to go by default, it was the
province of the jury to access the damages.
• The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, from the short opening of
his learned friend the jury were put in Possession of the na-
ture of the inquiry they were about to enter into, and the
difficult duty they were called upon to discharge was that of
assessing the amount of pecuniary compensation which the
plaintiff was entitled to under the circumstances of the case.
They knew perfectly well that by the law and practice of the
country a party who had sustained the serious injury which
the plaintiff in this case had had inflicted on him had no other
course left open to him than to bring an action for damages.
It was impossible that he could obtain a divorce or guard
against a spurious offspring succeeding to his property or es-
tates without first laying the circumstances of the case, how-
ever melancholy, before a jury in an action for damages. In
the present case there would he no matters arising, and no
points on which the jury would, have to decide, except the
amount of pecuniary compensation which they might deem
the plaintiff entitled to. The' defendant had not denied
the fact of adultery ; he had put no pica on the record ;
he had admitted that he had committed adultery with the
plaintiff's wife, and it would, in fact, have been idle and
useless for him to deny the fact, inasmuch as the jury would
see, in the course of the inquiry, that he eloped with Lady
Georgiana from the residence of her husband, and that they
now lived together as man and wife. It would be for the
jury to say, from the circumstances of the case, the facts of
which he would state to them shortly, what amount of
damages they thought should be awarded to Mr. Milford.
The plaintiff, Mr. Mitford, was a gentleman of family and
fortune, and resided in Hampshire. His marriage with the
unfortunate lady whose conduct had led to the present in-
quiry took plate in 1828. She was the daughter of the Earl
and Countess of Ashburnham. The plaintiff was at this
period about 25 years of age, and Lady Georgiana was some-
where about the same age. The marriage took place with
the consent of all the friends of the parties, and under such
circumstances as led those friends to expect that it would
have been one of much happiness. For many years the ex-
pectation of those friends were not disappointed ; they
lived together in perfect happiness and harmony. There
were several children born, some of whom, however, unfor-
tunately died; but there were still living three sons. The
plaintiff and Lady Georgiana continued to live thus happily
together in England, sometimes in the country, sometimes
in London, until the year 1838. In that year Mr. Mitford
thought it fit, for reasons not necessary for him (the Soli-
citor-General) to trouble the jury with, but he believed
they were economical, that they should go and reside On
the continent. Mr. Mitford took a house at Frankfort,
and resided there for about two years. On their arrival
at Frankfort they found the defendant, the Hon. Mr. Moly-
neux, with whom they had been previously acquainted
in England, filling the office of Secretary of Legation and
Charge d'Affaires from the English Court. Mr. Molyneux
paid them very great attention, and a previous intimacy was
renewed between the defendant and Mr. Mitford and his
family, so much so, indeed, that the Hon. Mr. Molyneux
was in the constant habit of being at the plaintiff's house,
and at his parties. He, in fact, was on terms of the greatest
personal friendship with Mr. Mitford and Lady Georgiana.
They continued to reside in the greatest happiness at Frank-
fort, and nothing whatever arose to interfere with it until the
autumn of 18-10. At that time the plaintiff first discovered
an estrangement in the affections of his wife, Lady Georgi-
ana. She was not to him what she had been ; there was a.
decided difference in her ,conduct, and her husband was not
conscious of the cause. He, howev.cr, thought it right to re-
move from Frankfort, and in the early part of 1841 he gave
up his house at that place, and took a temporary residence at
Wiesbaden, intending to remove from there to Dresden.
Shortly after the arrival of Mr. Mitford and his family at
Wiesbaden, the plaintiff went off to Dresden for the purpose
of looking out for a suitable house there, and whilst absent
at the latter place, the defendant, Mr. Molyneux, who was
still residing at Frankfort, came over to Wisbaden. The
defendant repeated his visit to that place, and on the second
occasion, Mr. Mitford being still absent at Dresden, Lady
Georgiana said to her servant that her brother was arrived
from Canada and was at Frankfort. She added that she was
desirous of seeing him, and • then directed the servant to
pack up her (Lady Georgiana's) things. and she left Wies-
baden the same evening in company with the defendant, Mr.
Molyneux. It turned out that the statement made by Lady
Georgians, the plaintiff's wife, was an untruth, and that she
had eloped from her husband's roof with his supposed friend,
Mr. Mitford, the plaintiff, returned from Dresden the day,
or a day or two after, the elopement. Of course it was im-
possible for him (the Solicitor-General) to describe the
distress of a husband's feelings under such painful circum-
stances. He found his domestic happiness entirely blighted
and destroyed, himself abandoned by his wife, and his chil-
dren deprived of their natural protector. If that parent had
been removed by death, there would still have been left the
consolation of cherishing the memory and virtues of her who
had-departed, but in the present case the feeling was widely
different ; it was pure and unmixed misery that had fallen to
the lot of a kind and affectionate husband. He (the Soli-
citor-General) was not aware that he could say anything
more than to observe, that he had done his duty without in
any way exaggerating the facts of this truly unfortunate
case. He would, however, further remark, that during the
absence of the plaintiff, Mr. Mitford, at Dresden, the fact
of the intimate friendship which was known to exist between
the parties enabled Mr. Molyneux, the defendant, to have
continual access to Mr. Mitford's house, which circumstance
had most unfortunately led to what had taken place. He
was not in a position to offer any evidence as to the wealth
of the defendant. He was the younger son of a noble lord,
and was therefore not in possession of the estates of his an-
cestor, but still he moved in a very high rank in society.
His office at Frankfort, as the representative of England,
he had relinquished, in consequence, he (the Solicitor-Gene-
ral) believed, of this unfortunate affair. What he should
prove in evidence was exactly what he had stated. His
learned friend would no doubt make a very eloquent reply,
but he was certain he could not alter the facts of the case.
Nothing else would be laid before the jury, for whom it
would be to decide the amount of damages to which they
considered the plaintiff entitled. It was, as he stated at the
outset, a most painful duty for them to consider the amount
of pecuniary compensation the plaintiff was entited to under
all the distressing circumstances of the case.
Evidence was then adduced to prove the happy condition
of Mr. and Mrs. Mitford, (prior to the elopement of the
latter,) and all the other necessary circumstances of the case.
Mr. CII.AMBERS then rose and addressed the jury on the
part of the defendant in mitigation of damages. He said his
learned friend the Solicitor-General had described his task
as most painful and difficult ; but his situation could not be
so embarrassing as that of a counsel called upon to address
them on behalf of a defendant against whom such a charge
had been made. He knew that he had to address men of
sense, sound judgment, and morality, and knew if he went
too far in observations respecting the plaintiff he might
thereby ruin his client's case. He had to admit conduct in-
excusable both in morality and law, and, undoubtedly, a case
for damages, as the fact of the adultery could not be denied.
On their verdict might depend the issue whether the conduct
and anxious affections of the defendant towards this unfortu-
nate lady were ultimately to entitle him to be considered as
having made an atonement, were to enable him to restore her
to her position in society if possible, and enable her also to
atone for her fault by a long life of penitence. If heavy da-
mages were inflicted this might not be effected. He trusted
they would not allow themselves .to be carried away by strong
feelings of indignation, that they would not deal out heavy
punishment, but give to the plaintiff such a compensation as,
under all tha circumstances, the justice of the case required.
He took a different view from that which other banisters had
taken,for he did not consider that parties in a high station of
life, living in splendour, however the feelings might have been
hurt by such an occurrence, were entitled to those exemplary
damages which a person in humbler circumstances, and
whose pecuniary prospects as well as domestic comforts
might have been consequently impaired, might demand. It
was in comparative poverty, when a husband so bereft felt
almost dead to the world, and by which his energies became
paralyzed, so that his family might come to want, that large
damages should be given. ' But to a wealthy man compensa-
tion in money was of no importance: He was quite sure that
Mr. Mitford did not require large damages, indeed that he
would feel indignant if he were told so ; and certainly would
not wish to ruin Mr. Molyneux or the woman with whom
he (Mr. Mitford) had once been happy. The rank and wealth
of the parties would, he trusted, be thrown out of considera-
tion by the jury in estimating the amount of damages. He
hoped that cases of this description were not without their
moral advantages, and that by such examples many respecta-
ble families might be spared the misery which so frequently
resulted from a foreign residence and foreign society, by
remaining in England, where domestic comfort and happi-
ness were better known, and where levity of conduct and
laxity of manners were not tolerated as they were among fo-
reigners, particularly in foreign capitals ; and long
hen
such
manners be kept out of British society. Probably ght
be allowed to allude to the mariner in which Mr. Mitford had
so often left his wife. Having discovered that she was not so
kind and affectionate as previously, instead of removing her
to her native country, and paying her additional attention, he
had left her on several occasons exposed to the contami-
nating atmosphere which pervaded foreign society, while he
had been visiting England, Paris, and Brussels for his
amusement. She bad been also left on the last occasion of
Mr. Mitford's absence, when he went to Dresden, where he
might have taken his lady, instead of which sbe was left at
Wiesbaden, only about forty miles from Frankfort, which
was almost like an invitation to Mr. Molyneux to come and
protect his wife in his absence, and it was then that the
elopement took place. It was, lie contended, under all the
circumstances, not a case of such a nature as to call for very

. _
heavy damages.
The learned SECONDARY, having commented -on the evi-
dence, said, although it had been asserted that the defendant
was a poor man, it had not been proved ; and if it had, a
party had no right to commit such an offence, and then say
he was a poor man. It was the duty of the jury to give such
damages as would fairly meet the justice of the case,
The jury then retired, and after about half an hour's ab-
sence, returned a verdict for the plaintiff--Damages, Xl,OOO.

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The Great Western-arrived on her outward voyage on the
15th, and the -Amer►can journals state, that the news brought
out by her, together with Sir It. Peel's temperate remarks
in allusion to the United States, had entirely dissipated the
apprehensions of a war on the M`Leod question. His trial
was expected to come on in a few days, but the pi ecise day
was not fixed on. The counsel on both sides had been active
in endeavouring to procure evidence, but it was believed
there were preparations for a riot in case of his acquittal.
The seat of these preparations was said to be the " hunters'
lodges."
V, " the ' are ex' ,d

artous opinions as to the result of trial Ares,
by the American journals. The Morning Courier and En-
quirer entertains no doubt of his acquittal, while, on the
other hand, the Herald says, that as the day draws near for
the settlement of the M'Leod affair, " the public mind is
wrought up to a state of great anxiety, strong sides being
taken pro and con., many disputes and much bitter feeling
being engendered." The choice .of the jury from the most
respectable aad peace-loving portion of the community in
the neighbourhood has given great offence to the riotous and
disaffected, who have gone so far as to threaten to take
M`Leod out of gaol and hang him on the first tree they
find.

By extracts from M'Kenzie's Gazelle, a publication which
would have it appear that it is on good terms with, and aware
of the state secrets of, Governor Seaward, &c., we find that
he is using the greatest exertions to procure a conviction,
and, besides calling on all witnesses to come forward, he
states that a Dr. Foot and Judge M'Lean can prove that
they were at M'Nab's camp at Chippewa on the night the
Caroline Nias burnt, and saw Al'Leod go into the boats.
Another paper states, that seven respectable witnesses
would prove that they saw M`Leod go armed with the others
to the attack of the Caroline ; that they saw him land on the
return of the boats, being also then armed: and heard him
boast of• what he had done, and of having killed some
Yankees. The proof of his alibi is said to rest on the wife
and daughter of a British officer.

The new American Cabinet has not been finally organized,
the Senate having objected to confirm the names of some of
the proposed ministers. The members of the late Cabinet
were still occupied in publishing verbose-letters on the sub.
ject of their resignatio❑s, which do not, however, possess
much interest on this side of the Atlantic.

The Congress closed its extra session at a late hour on the
13th. The members of both bodies parted in good spirits,
and the personal rennontres and difficulties of the session ap-
pear to have been healed. The whig party had published an
address which the Nationallntelligencer describes as being
temperate and well prepared, the allusions to the President's
course being sufficiently severe, but at the same time appear-
ing to be written more in sorrow than in anger. On the
whole' the address is considered one of the most efficient
party missiles ever sent forth. Among other matters it
suggests a measure for the restriction of the executive in the
exercise of the veto.

A strong party against the re-election of President Tyler
was already organizing, and preparations for the next election
had been made thus early. Mr. Clay, it is said, would be set
up as a candidate by the bank party.
The arrival of the Prince de Joinville in the Belle Poole at
New York had excited a great deal of interest. He privately
visited the French Ambassador, the Consul-General, and the
Russian steam-kigate, and intended to proceed to Washing-
ton to pay a visit to the President. _ _

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A letter had been written by the governor of Texas to the
governor of Yucatan, fully recognising the independence of
the latter, from Mexico. _ _

From Canada we learn the death of Lord Sydenham, on
the 19th instant, from lock-jaw, brought on by the fracture
of his leg. His death took place on the day after the close
of the Canadian Parliament; the speech at the close of which,
although delivered by the Deputy-Governor, may be fairly
ascribed to his Lordship. His decease had caused a great
sensation, and the Montreal papers agree in stating that what-
ever were the faults of his government, he manifested the
utmost anxiety for, and assiduity in promoting, the welfare
of the province he was appointed to govern. The Provincial
Parliament had been adjourned to the 25th instant. .
The news from Europe by the late steamer had greatly
affected the cotton trade, which, it is said, has for some time
been carried on on false basis : the effects of the news would,
however, be, it was said, the remodelling of the trade, placing
it on a healthy basis, and removing it out of the hands of the
speculators, to the advantage of the planter in the southern
states.

The trade in flour had not been much affected by the sup-
posed scarcity in England, and, although it had risen, yet it
had been only a moderate rise, without any of those sudden
and ruinous speculative operations which had marked the pe-
riods of 1835-6, which was attributable to the frequent ar-
rival of the steamers. Business in New York was fair ; not
much speculation, although some disposition•to it was appa-
rent, a mercantile ripple having been swept in by the last
(Cunard) steamer.
There had been a calamitous fire in Canada at St. Tho-
mas's, which at once threatened ddtruction to the entire
place ; it was, however, fortunately checked, but not before
15 stores had been destroyed.
With regard to monetary affairs, the Courier and Enquirer
of the 25th says, " the most remarkable feature is the pre-
sent high rates of exchange, and consequent shipments of
specie to England and France. The scarcity of good bills
and the advance on the rates proceed probably from the ab-
sence of any material export at this moment of our chief
staple, and the cessation of remittances in stocks or public
securities. The export of specie this week to Europe will
probably reach a million dollars, and there has besides been
a considerable amount taken for Canton."
The Great Western has brought over £60,000 specie in
dollars.

LONDON MONEY MARKET AND TRADE REPORT,

SATURDAY EVENING.
TEA.—Little business done ; Company's congous ls. 10d.
per lb. money.
TALLOW.—The price on the spot (from the scale) 475. ;
this year 475.'; and spring, 475. 3d. buyers.
In the foreign stocks business was not brisk, but there was
a proportionable fall in value with those of our own funds.
In many cases at the close of the market the prices were
purely nominal. Mexican was called 231 to 24 ; Colombian,
191 to 20 ; Spanish Actives, 20k to 4.; Portuguese 5 per
Cents., 30 to ; Ditto, 3 per Cents., 18 to 1 ; Dutch al, per
Cents.? 511 to 8; and Brazilian, 58 to 60.
Birmingham shares left off at 68 to 70 premium ; Eastern
Counties, 151 to 15 discount ; Great Western, 10 to 11
premium ; South Western, 51 to 52 per share ; Gosport, 1 to
2 premium; North Midland, 36 to 34 discount; Ditto, new,
8 to 7 discount ; South Eastern, 25 to 24 discount ; Brighton,
9i to discount ; Blackwall, 9it to 94- per share ; and Black-
wall, new, to 14- premium.

THE REVENUE

(Front Yesterday's Morning Herald.)

The quarter's revenue ended on Saturday evening. The
tabular returns show a slight improvement in the public re-
ceipts, the increase on the three months being two hundred
and forty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty-one
pounds ; and that on the preceding twelve months being two
hundred and forty-eight thousand one hundred and forty-
eight pounds. Although the increase in the customs is but
small, it is satisfactory to remark that the augmentation in
the import duties has been from sugar; thus confirming the
predications of the conservative party during the debates on
the budget proposition.
The principal increase on the quarter has, however, been
in the excise, and on the cause of this increase we cannot
congratulate the public, as, in all probability, it has arisen
out of the profusion, the treating, and the immorality of the
general election. If we be correct in this supposition, this
very augmentation may be taken as affording some estimate
of the injury done to public morals by elections as at present
conducted, and is a strong practicid argument for the neces-
sity of repressive legislation on this important subject—to
which, indeed, Sir Robert Peel has pledged himself that his
government shall turn their attention during the recess.
The Post-office revenue continues to decrease, to the utter
discomfiture of the prophecies of Messrs. Warburton, Vil-
liers, Cobden, and Rowland Hill, and the other great politi-
cal economists of the age. The decrease on the year is two
hundred and sixty-eight thousand pounds, and on the quarter
seven thousand pounds. The annual decrease in this depart-
ment shows the compete financial error on which the ab-
surd postage scheme was based. The cacoethes scribendi,
or epistolary mania, caused by the cheap novelty being now
almost over, we may anticipate a gradual falling off in the
Post-office receipts, until their amount as a treasury contri-
bution is unworthy of notice, and the conveyance of the
mails becomes a source of expense and not of revenue to the
nation. Two facts are now almost universally admitted,
that the reduction in the rate of postage was made to a ri-
diculously low rate ; and that Mr. Rowland Hill is at pre-
sent an exceedingly well-paid servant of the public for hav-
ing seriously damaged' the revenue. And yet the late
ministry invited the legislature to entirely alter our commer-
cial code in the same hasty manner, and without reference
to existing necessities and future prospects, as they succeed-
ed in seducing it into this frail Post-office peccadillo. Such
is whiggery, ever regardless of experience, always enamoured
of theories. For our own parts we honestly confess a desire
that a return should be made, not to the old rates of postage,
but to such a rate as, while it would not check correspon-
dence, would improve the revenue ; it being evident that a
much higher rate than the present would not restrict written
intercourse, would he cheerfully borne by the public, and
would be most beneficial to the treasury. The penny post-
age is an incontestable example of the danger of adopting
the wise saws of political economy in all their ultimate sim-
plicity; yet, during the parliamentary discussions on this
subject, Mr. Rowland Hill constantly vociferated that his
great discovery (!) would jiscally fail unless his penny plas-
ters were adopted.