The Express. — London, England, 1847-02-12 00:00:00

I r i s h landlords, would be to let them embark in this monstrous jobbery, and a.ssiime the reins of govern ment to carry it out. But as all parties have a suffi cient remnant of sense, which generally awakens at the hour of peril, we do hope that both Irish and E ng lish, squires and lawyers, stags and sportsmen, will employ this morning in recovering their wits, and drawing hack from the signal set of folly, which they bad well nigh committed. Is the house in Downing-street assigned to our foreign affairs there is a set of malty fusty rooms ap propriated to the slave trade. The passage leading to them is crammed with those ponderous masses of white books which are annually transmitted by parlia ment to hater shops, and by " the offiec"to ourconsuls " for preservation to the archives of their consulates." At the end of the passage is a dark room containing twoor three greyish-faced old clerks ; and beyond it is the aa nrtum wherein sits "the head of the depart- I ment," who, to stimulate his energies, has elegantly I and c haracteristically hung within his view slave irons and slave-whirs. Into this dingy apartment, of coarse, every foreign secretary hies for informa tion with which to receive anti-slavery deputa tions, and for arguments to meet Mr. Heart's econ omical notions about the expense of our African squadron. To it he looks to be told of opportunities of doing "something zealous that will please the Quakers." In short, in the hands of its chief is the conduct of England in the only matter in which, now-a-days, she stands forth to tee world as, to use the languare of the CtilisTositsx theology, " a state having . a conscience." With all proper re spect for the abilities, industry, and good feeling of the most respectable gentlemen who work this depart ment, it may be easily imagined that their observa tion of the actual state of public opinion here and abroad is not so clear as it would be', it they were not toiling twelve hours a dty among their old statistics and reproduciar their old ideas: for certainly docu ments do occasionally issue thence, which show them to be as leunentaaly he hind the rest of he world as was the good old lady in the fairy tale who sat spin ning in a garret of the palace for twenty years with out ever hearing of the edict for abolishing distaffs. Here, for example, is their last production : FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 11.—Sir,---I have to refer you is the circular issued under date of May 8, 1811, to H.M. reactionaries residing is countries where the condition of slavery exists, acquainting them with the opinion of WM. government, that it would be unfitting that any officer hold ing an appointment under the British crown should, either directly or indirectly, hold or be interested in slave property. In furtherance of the principle thus laid down, and in order to prevent 11. M. functionaries from being engaged, under any circumstances, in the purchase or sale of a slave, H.M. government has coins to the determination of pro hibiting all British functionaries residing in slave-holding countries from administlring to the estates of deceased per sona in caws in which slaves form part of the property of the deceased ; and you are lierchy prohibited accordingly. You will pubi ish this instruction for the benefit of all British stas es rfsident in Venezuela.—PstmEitsrox.—B. H. Wil on, The foreign secretary's name is, of course, appended to many papers he never reads ; and we are convinced Lord PatsteitsvoN never rend, or at leak seriously considered, this letter: for, if he had, so acute a states man would at once have seen how many nice and diffi cult, but moat important, questions must arise as to its meaning. For instance, there are in Brazil several mining companies which own and work with slaves, and which can carry on their speculation by no other labour; those companies are mainly composed of Eng lishmen, whose peculiar position as slaveholders in such cases has been recognised by the statute law of this country. Would the consul be precluded from admi nistering to the estate of a shareholder? Again, an English merchant resident in Brazilmay,—the chances are he must,—hold one domestic slave or household servant; and have at his death no relative or partner near. Is the whole of his property to be abandoned to the mercy of strangers ? Or, to put. as we are en titled to do, an extreme ease : an Englishman in Carolina directs by will the liberation of his slaves, and at his death there is no executor on the spot. Is the consul to be precluded from administering to the estate? If so, the state authorities who would be bound to interfere would, by state laws, be also bound to defeat the disposition in favour of the slaves. Compare this letter with the provisions of the 6 and 7 Vict, cap. 98. That statute contains one clause which contemplates the possibility of a British sub ject lawfully holding and selling a slave, and another, eepecially protecting English shareholders in the joint stock companies referred to, as well as persons who may sell slaves, of whom they "shall or may have become possessed of prior to such sale, by inhe ritance, devise, bequest, marriage, or otherwise, by operation of law." This act was especially enacted: to control British subjects residing abroad. And now the Foreign-office, of its own mere motion, steps in, and by a stroke of the pen, repeals :his statute, and seta beyond the protection of their country, men whom even the enthusiasm of Lord Ititounrisst protected by legislation. It is no imaginary evil of which we are now com plaining. For no English merchant resident in a slave state can conduct any business of importance without becoming interested in the property which (horrible as is the idea) constitutes the true capital of those countries. Ile cannot take security . upon the property of any native ; he cannot become interested in any agricultural, mining, or manufacturing buai new ; he cannot even manage the affairs of his own stores, without assuming some interest in slaves : and if the act as he must act, his country withdraws from his kindred her protection. No, not his country ; for she has expressly, by statute, bound herself not to visit upon them the unavoidable act of their relative; but the minister of their country—a functionary whose very title expresses that he is but the servant of the laws, and who has thus taken upon himself the power of exceeding those laws? Is this the act of any reasoning being ? Or is it but an accident of the despatch-writing machinery of the slave-trade department? FRANCE.—CORN RIOTS AND CORN PRICIA.-•- The grain-riots are not yet suppressed in the provinces. Ac counts from Orleans say that the labourers in the forest near that city have rises in arms, demanding money and bread, and have extorted considerable quantities of both from the principal inhabitants, who yield to their demands rather than expose their property to depredation. The fall which Wok place in the corn and flour markets within the last fort night was merely the result of the excessive and momentary supplies produced by the temptation of high prices. The farmers appear to have brought to the Paris market all that they could, without actually emptying their stores, and erica accordingly fell. 'T be reaction is now beginning. In all the markets round the capital, the rise is as considerable, and more sudden, than the fall. In a single day an increase has taken place equal to the fall of two weeks. At Chartres, foe example, a rise of from 21f. to Slf. per hectolitre has taken place. This rise will doubtless continue till the end of the month, when wheat will probably exceed 40f. per hectolitre, equivalent to 975. per quarter, and dour to 110 f. per sack. SWITZERLAND.—Advices continue to be re ceived from Switzerland unfavourable to the continuance of tranquillity. The struggle betyeen the cantons of the league and the federal government assumes every day a more threatening aspect. The agents of the absolute courts are every where sowing the seeds of civil Ole, and organizing resistance to the federal authorities. In the face of these events, the constitutional states and their representatives are pasive. In the canton of Lucerne experienced officers are employed in fortifying all the vulnerable points. At no previous period were military preparations carried on on • greater scale. As there are no viable financial resources to meet suchexpemes in the canton, it is assumed as certain that eubeidies are received from abroad. The cantons of the league expect measures from the diet and the vorort di rected against their separate associations, and more particn- Lrty the Jesuits. They do not conceal their inten um to oppose any such measures by force. , GERMANY.—A letter from Berlin, Feb. 4th, states that the Queen of Prussia, who was attacked with • violent cold on the 30th ult., is still seriously indisposed. The !mi litia of the tth says that her Majesty passed a bad night, and that the fever had increased. More than 1,000 persons of eery class of society thronged the palace gateway to immure after her Majesty. Cosolo.—The dual sanction has been recently ens to three important organic laws which were voted in the last diet, viz., one introducing an improved mode of doming the members of the diet; another, rendering the members of the government responsible for any violation on their part of the constitution; and a third one, imposing • tax on the royal demesnes, towards defraying the expenses et the State. Cracow.—The Austrian Observer of the Ist says: Cracow having been the central point to which were sent all article* and merchandise subjected by the frontier countries to heavy import duties, or restrictive conditions of entry, the annexation of the republic to the Austrian raosarehy caused t difficulty in commercial transactions, led thereby to the wants of the population. In con sequence, the commerce of Cracow addressed a petition to the Austrian government, setting forth that the cessation of the commercial privileges of Cracow was necessary as an maatial foundation for commercial relations with the Aus trite empire. Several persons, however, flattered them selves that for some time to come a free commerce in the aerehandise still in the entrepola would be permitted, and tocouraied from interested motives that belief among the public. They therefore demanded new concessions from the Austrian government, which the latter will accord, if not prejudicial to the general interests. Cracow has been allowed to supply it.elf for a whole year, free of all duty, with all the articles necessary to its consump tion." The Austrian Ooserrer &Ids that proof hes been obtained that Cracow and its territory formed a central depot for smuggling at the expense of the frontier countries ; and that commercially as well as politically, the republic was a centre of intrigues hoetile to the neighbouring g ov ernment.. It add., that though the Austrian government endeavours to benefit the population of Cracow, with respect to the con- aumption of foreign articles, and though it accords favours to the merchanlise in depots, it cannot permit smuggling, which is injurious to honest trade, and to the interests of neighbourbiF countries. TURK LI( .—CONSTANTINOPLE.—From Alexandria we learn that news had arrived in Cairo from Mecca, stating that a devastating prstilence bad broken out among the pilgrims, and that an nine days no lest than 15,0/0 victims had been swept away by it. • BELGIUM.—BRUSSELS, FEB. 10.—CrLTIVATION Or WAIiTZ Lams.—The Chamber of Representatives was engaged yesterday and this afternoon with the discussion of the project at law relating to the reclaiming of waste land', of which there are very extensive tracts in this country. The authorities of the province of Luxembourg, which contains much waste land, have expressed themselves in favour of increasing the number of tenant proprietors, by making over for ever to small agriculturists a quantity of waste land, upon the condition that it be reclaimed within a reasosiable time, and that all the land already in their pesisession be duly cultivated. The authori ties of the provinces of Antwerp ond•Limburg have also painted out the advantages of cultivating the waste portioes of the soil, and have forwarded petitions to government for their co-operation and existence. That co-operation and that aid the government appear very willing to give, for the Minister of the Interior, notwithstanding the singular oppo sition of certain communes, has brought forward many argu ments in support of a bill for the expropriation of waste lands upon equitable conditions, and for granting a fund for encouraging the cultivation of such tracts. It is supposed that the project of law will be pared. The weather has set in again with increased severity. AMERICA AND MEXICO. A WEEK LATER. By the Queen of the West, Captain Woodhouse, which arrived at Liverpool Yesterday ' we have re ceived New York papers up to the 23rd ult. The news is important. In the Washington Union of Monday, we find a translation of a speech delivered in the Mexican Con grew; on the 11th Dec., by Senor Gambos, which shows a great deficiency of arms in Mexico, as well as of the means of supplying them. This gentleman made a proposition that the government enter into a contract for 150,000 muskets, 50,000 pair of pistols, 30,000 swords, and 100 Paixhans guns of a proper calibre for field use—the cannon to be delivered within six months, and the other weapons within four, and the whole to be paid for in two years. Adviecs from the seat of war state that on the 16th ult. a general preparation for defence was made by the American troops along the line of occupation, in consequence of a reported advance of Santa Anna, who, it was alleged, had left his sta tion at San Luis de Potosi at the head of a body of 15,000 cavalry. His march was di rected on Saltillo. General Worth, who received the information,forth w Rh despatched expresses to Generals Taylor, Wool, and Butler. The commander-in-ehief was on his march from Monterey to Victoria, and immediately retired towards the former city. Having waited there three days without receiving any con firmatory intelligence, he again took up his tine of march for Victoria. Meanwhile, General Wool called in all his outposts around Parras, and at the head of his division, 3,000 strong, set out for Saltillo, which he expected to reach on the 23rd. Gen. Butler, with his division, had already arrived there. The other brigades were on the march. Several conflicting rumours were rife in the American camp. By some it was alleged that Santa Anna had left Potosi and was in full march ; others stated that his designs were different. Every preparation was, however, making for re sistance. - _ . . A letter from a naval officer, in the Washington Inti , lligenier, says : Santa Anna will not march on Saltillo, Lut will make a feint to create such an impression. Shou!d the army under Gen. Taylor be concentrated in that neighbourhood, Santa Anna, with his whole force, will rush on Tampico; and if he accomplishes the reduction of that place he will proceed along the coast to the Rio Grande, and, with an overwhelm ing force between Matamoros and Point babel, cut off the supplies to our army. General Scott left Brazos for Camargo on the 3rd of January. By . his plan of operations a battle will, it is thought, be inevitable. According to the Diario del Goldoni°, the actual monthly expenses of the Mexican army in San Luis is upwards of 377,000 dots. From the New Orleans papers we learn that a Mexican schooner, bearing a flag of truce, arrived from Campeachy on the 24th. She brought the news of a declaration of the independence of that province from the central government, and claiming for her ports the privileges of neutrals, which it is believed Commodore Conner refused, unless they hoisted the American flag. Merida, and the country adjacent, had refused to unite in the movement, and proNml to put it down by force of arms. The Campeachanos had marched upon Merida with a force of 2,500 men, the Meridans having 4,000. Mr. Mason, the secretary of the navy, had been elected senator for Virginia. Washington letters renew rumours previously cur rent with regard to the retirement of Mr. Walker from the treasury. The Washington Union remarks, with regard to a rumour to the effect : " That General Taylor has been recalled from the army of Mexico, and that the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa is not to be attacked, and also that Commander Perry will not return to the Gulf of Mexico; that ' government is in pose on of the ultimate conditions on which Mexico will consent to make a peace with the United States, and that it has deter mined to accede to them, if Congress will enable the execu tive to meet the views of Mexico.' We know not upon what authority these things have been reported, but certain it is we do not believe there is any adequate authority or foun dation for either of these statements.' The proceedings in Congress are not devoid of in terest. The Lieutenant-Generals Appointment Bill had failed. On the Treasury Note Bill, amendments were offered to repeal the tariff of 1846, to impose an additional duty on articles not taxed, and to levy a duty on tea and coffee, _bat they were either lost or declared to be out of order. The bill to raise and equip ten additional regiments was still under discussion:on the 22d, in debate. The Senate rejected —ayes 14, nays 48 a resolution offered by Mr. Houston to change the troops named in the bill from regulars to volunteers, and to make the officers elective. The committee on foreignaffairs had reported a bill, the object of which was to enable them to settle the Mexican war. A similar bill had been reported in the other house. The bill commenced with a preamble setting forth that u a state of war now exists between Amenca and Mexico, which it is desirable shall be speedily terminated, on terms just and honourable to both nations; and, as eminences have heretofore been given to the government of Mexico that it is the de sire of the President to settle all qaestions between the two countries on the most liberal and satisfactory terms, according to the rights of each and the national interests and security of the two countries; and, that the President may be able to conclude a treaty of peace with the republic, and in case money may be required to effect it, 30,000 dole. are voted for the initiatory, and 3,000,000 to be used in the event that a treaty, when signed by the authorised agents of the govern- went, shall call for it, orany part of the same; the Pre- sident to render fall and accurate accounts to The bill is the same substantially as that introduced by Mr. Ingersoll towards the close of last session, with the addition of one million to the two then en gaged. We have from Guatemala advice@ to the 14th of November inclusive, from which we learn that Male spin, who had been for some time secreted in Honda ! ras, re-appeared in arms in favour of the church and Bishop Viteri, in San Salvador, at the head of a body of malcontents. Maleupin and his men had been levying oontributions on the people going to the fairs of San Miguel ; a force collected in that department was sent out agatut him, when a battle ensued, in which he was killed and his followers totally routed. His death is looked upon as a public benefit, and such no doubt it will eventually prove." MONET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Nsw Um, .Im. 21.—Mary is sore abasdant than it has been; So stmeotita deY Orsloresssory, while sownewsard es the Ise inst. los mottos MI, swim to Ike neat that spolorrosat Ism roosouy patesturatue d Thom, ••••• whisk Whir he thee it isoirobk kr belloiso Is tea groinmsok haws loos falls b; Is tho Weak of oollmtki WO. 11,0 01 . 16. " L eliw irsilkat to lite Mae oak gook—es • set brow smug at lion Mos rid thortly bs hos{ sod os the peromsst las ousels of all thoso Oink, the teneinnEe d bee EGE.Tesolor7 see soleaser 0.1•1. Pasoloi sacitsospo arose L ooks. le • Mow. :—ltorlie flaw • Was WM:, sod nap at shot Sit a• sbashia All watt. ; In Iris, A4O • SAS wr eat.; iraa Etrhtersik, in •SO persist. ; a• lkothewf, hti • Oa sis.: itaNWS, I? a 771 Tar swot. t Otto: Ilh oohs( asks% It is sew NOW% will Lel aosmideratti THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1847. short of two million. of Wes. Mora have einnequentle edYuted. and are fully sustained. We note sales 2,00 d bake at fall prices. The advance this week is equal to 3 c. per lb.—Flour. There was little doing, and without change In prices. Operators stewed Map:ad to wait for later neva ; 230 to 200 bbla. Michigan sold nt data. 624 e., and a lot of boorgetawn at S dol. 30 c. ; Oeuvre was held at S &Is. eel c., while S dol. 561 c. was freely offered fur large lot. SUMP large headers were out of the market at present prices.—Whe at: The market was steady at former rates, hot not mush doing beyond the purchase of supplies In small lots of country grown, by ally milks.—Corn: the aurket,lntgmrdeacriptimu, as leas firm. We note sales 3,000 bushels, white, yesterday evening, ore pricate terms. Today See. wan offered (or 4,000 buchila Southern white, with roue conditions, and refused. 500 burryls Jersey yellow sold at Mx. ; 2,000 do. for export at 79c., and 3,000 do. %Inertia white, to arrive at 76c. Rye : Soo bushels, in the dip, soW at ale., and in mute was held at Sae, —Oats were steady, for Canal at 4.; to 41c.-Corn Meal was the. at 4 &Is. Whiskey wu dull at 23r. Prinixions : the mar ket was quiet, and without ultsi of i portatior. Mess was quoted at 12 doh. 121 c.. and prime at 9 &h. 75c. Beef win wetland change, and sales limited.— !ant : We note sales of 200 kegs actual tare at 53e.—Talkor Tree was a small ate of 4,ooolbs_ common at 71 cts.—Ashes: Tots were nominal at 3 dots.; 50 bbls. rearli were sold at 3,20 dole.--Cigar ; lOU bhds. New Orleans sold at r 4 to 7 eta.—Molasees: 100 Ithrls. and tierces New Orleans sold at 32 centa.—Coffee: 200 bags slightly damaged kilo sold, by auction, at 111 to Si c —Naval Rorer Demand limited fur kinds, except Spirits Turpentine, wanted for domestieconviimptioa. —Fish : Nothing new; market steady at previous prices.—Freights: Notwithstanding the great demand for vessels there has been for a long time past, they are Minore demand thanever. The new shipaueladenwith thegreatat despatch, and those that arrive, whether foreign or American, are taken up at once; such a thing as an idle crawl is nowhere to be ' found. To England freights are quicker than ever. And to the north of Europe, in soon as the navigation opens, there will be a great de mand. 4.. 9d. to 5s per bbl. is paid freely for dour; 17d. anal In d. for grain ; 3s. rid. tor cotton: 17d. for wheat in bags, and 55c. to 60e. fur bury gene. are paid, and engagements made for a month ahead. For Loodius and different puts of Ireland there is an increase! demana fur resole. To Harm the demand for yesuls is slack, and but little cotton shipping. They are odering 25 c. for grain to Antwerp, sod to Rio Janeiro, I, 25 dots. The Marquis of No AAAAA PTON stated that the opened had, no doubt, fallen into an error is not pre. cisely ascertaining the words of the grant of the royal medals, which had been altered ill some mea sure on the renewal of the grant by her present Majesty. Former councils had frequently awarded the rove medals to pirters previous to their being printed. Such an error would be avoided for t e future, as the council hid made arrangements fur pretenting the recurrence of any misunder standing. Mr. J. F.. ORAT moved the following amendment : That whereas the president of the sixietyliasidreadr expremed from the ebair an opinion on the irregularity which attend +Abe award of the 1 royal !nodal in ISIS, and whereas the conned is ued new regulations with regard to the royal medals an worn as they discovered that those enacted in 1138 were inoossisteat with the terms of the royal giant. It therefore dues not seem expedient to the present meeting that soy further proceedings should be taken in the matter. The amendment was seconded by the Rev. Mr. SHEEP PHANXIC The meeting was addressed by Professor Bell, Professor Grove, Mr. Steven, Mr. Babhage, Dr. Todd, Dr. Sh%rpey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Lee, Mr. Warren, Mr. Lswrance, and other gentlemen. On the amendment being put, a large number of bands were held up in its favour for the negative, 3. The PRESIDENT, in conclusion, observed that he had been much misrepresented in this matter. It bad been stated that he was opposed to inquiry, and opposed to any change in the society, and that he was about to resign his presidency. He could say. that h. was only anxious for the welfare of the society in all hl did, that he had always sanctioned changes when he deemed them neeereary. Ile was sorry any thing he had said should have been misrepresented so as to injure the society. Sir R. 11. Ixotts having proposed, ard Sir R. I. Mtn- CHISON seconded a vote of thanks to the noble president, the meting separated at half-past five o'clock. Every one who takes an interest in the Royal Soci .ty must feel glad that this matter has thus terminated. The meeting has given the council an opportunity of explaining the sources of the error into which th, y fell; and the discontented members must have evidently seen that in the award of the royal medal for 1845. not only was there no attempt on the part of the physiological committee and council to deal unfairly by any one, but that every anxiety was evinced, in the award of this particular medal, to secure for it a just destination. The council admit that they erred in interpreting the letter of the law, but no one accused them of having acted in opposition to the spirit in which these medals are granted, or in which the society ought to act. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The annual festival of this society-took place on 'fuesday evening at the Freemasons' Hail, when about 150 gentlemen sat down to dinner. At six o'clrek the Earl of Lincoln took the chair, supported by Mr. D. Hawes, M.P., and several influential members and patrons of the chanty. The noble chairman having given " The Queen," and the other routine toasts, proceeded to the charter toast of the evening, " Presperity to the Royal Humane Society." He con gratulated the society on the happy results which had at tended the seventy-third year of their existence. Their officers had successfully treated 174 cases of immersion in the water, and only in 2G had they been unsuccessful. 14 honorary silver, and 31 bronze medals had been awarded, and the thanks of the society inscribed on vellum were to be given to some individuals. Having entered into some further particulars, the noble chairman concluded, amid loud cheering, by exhorting all present to contribute, by their donations and subscriptions, to the maintenance of so useful an institution. The secretary then read the re pert, and the subscriptions, including 1001. from the Duke of Northumberland, being the 17th !hundred from his grace, and many handsome donations in the room, were announced to be 8101. A procession, consisting of several persons who had been saved from drowning, then parted through the room, exciting very considerable interev, especially an infant about two years old, who was carried by one of the stewards. After this ceremony, the chairman presented the medals, with an appropriate address, to each recipient. Among those whom he addressed was Mr. Mitchell, a gentleman connected with the Committee Clerks' Office in the House of Commons, and who had very gallantly saved the life of a boy at I'utney on the 13th August, last year. Mr. Mitchell received the silver medal and a testimonial, and briefly thanked the society for the honour conferred. The other toasts were then disposed of, and the company separetnl. EMPLOYMENT OF THE DESTITUTE POOL—Yester day, the society for affording employment to the destitute poor, by street cleansing, engaged a number of poor men to remove the snow from the water-courses, and the mud and slush consequent on the thaw, from the foot-paths, to whom they awarded from 2s. to 2s. 4d. each per day, the preG rence being given to married men with families. They were chiefly engaged in Piccadilly, Pall Mall, St. James's street, Queen-square, and the vicinity of Charing-cross. A soup kitchen has also been opened on the society's premises, in Leicester-square, where from 200 to 300 famishing crea tures are daily supplied with a meal of soup and bread. THE NEW BRIDGE FROM LAMBETH TO WEST MINNTEIL—Yemerday the commissioner appointed to in vestigate the preamble of a bill now before parliament, to erect a bridge across the Thames, from Church-street, Lam beth, to Market-street, Weetminstcr, gave notice that he would inspect the local surveys and approaches on the 25th inst., at the Bridge Hotel, Bridgeetreet, Westminster, in order to report thereon, as required by the 10th of Viet. SUPPOSED SPICIDE.—On Wednesday evening, about nine o'clock, a man, about 30 years of age, entered the Shakspeare coffee-house, in the Circus, Blackfriars-road. Having partaken of some refreshment, be told the mistress of the house that he was very tired, and did not wish to be disturbed until ten or eleven o'clock the following morning. He then retired to rest. At eleven o'clock yesterday fore noon a servant went tq his bedroom to call him, and hearing no answer to her repeated knocks at the doer, she entere d the room, when she found the guest insensible. The parish surgeon was called in, and pronounced the stranger to have been dead several hours. On the table they discovered a small phial, which, from its smell, appeared to have con tained gin, and a piece of paper, marked on the outside " oxalic acid—poison." A stranger slept in the same room, but left at an early hour in the morning. Up to a late hour last night no clue could be obtained as to the residence of deceased. An inquest will be held this day. INQUEST, YESTERDAY.—DEATU FROM COLD TN THE OILTSTUR-NTREITE PRlSON. —Before Mr. rayoe, in the Oiltspurstrect Prison, on the body of 'William Myeroft, aged 27, a prisoner. Mr. J. Whitham, governor, raid deceased was received into that prison on the 22nd of January, having been committed fur three months as a rogue and a vagabond . - Dr. Mac Murdo. surgeon, said deceased first came under his notice on the 31st of January, suffering from cold. He was received into the infirmary, and although everything was done fur him he died on the 10:11 instant from bronchitis, aggravated by the present severe weather. The brother of the deceased said the latter for the last five years had got his living by minding carts in the vicinity of Billingsgate, and was of rather weak intellect. He had never been in prison before. The inquiry was adjourned for the purpose of getting evidence as to the committal. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Fee. 11. The south is again resuming the worst appearances of destitution. Bantry gives fifteen inquests in one day, and further south the wretched peninsula of Dingle is described as reduced to a dreadful state. A correspondent of the Kerry Examiner very vaguely describes the average deaths from starvation per week at twenty. " Men, women, and children thrown into the grave without a coffin ; dead bodies found in all parts of the country, being several days before they were discovered, and no inquests to inquire how they came by their deaths." Sir H. W. Barron has stated in parliament that the londlords of Waterford and Kilkenny are doing their dilly. So far ea Kilkenny ie concerned, the statement is sustained by the conduct of Lord Ormonde and Me. Hervey de Montmorency. The former has ad dressed his tenantry upon the necessity—the urgent necessity—of immediately applying themselves to tillage, promising all necessary assistance to such as amply with his directions. Mr. De Montmorency is acting similarly with regard to his tenants. The Marquis of Ormonde is one of the moat active mem bers of the Kilkenny relief committee. The rumours of Judge Burton's resignation are re vived. The terms, I have heard, on whieh his lord. =tier hi s friends, on a previous occasion, offered his , were, that Mr. Barrington, married to the 17 a r , n id i tte ter w 'B and. n i ;torsh er ouTd P ob wit t h he ors.ll lt ~ sr 4oliettnrship for Munster, now held by kis father, worth, I believe, about 1,2001. a year. The anaagemsola were not concluded then—whether the same teems have been offered now, I have not heard. Judge Burton is over ninety years old, and must soon be incapax negotii. The weather continues excessively severe. The snow has been followed by frost, which has continued all last night, and throughout this day. The snow has fallen heavily in all pert/ of the country north and month, and every mail arriving in Dublin to-day was several hours late in consequence. The Cork mail, due this afternoon, had not arrived up to the time of my despatch. Lsst night's Gazette contains proclamations for holding presentment swim in twenty-one baronies. fEbt (Court. - The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, went out yesterday in a sledge. Prince Albert driving. In another s edge were Count Alexander .Mensdorif, and the Hon. Misses Stanley and Daimon. The Earl of Morton followed in a third sledge. The Equerries in Waiting Col. the Hon. Charles Grey and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, were in attend ance on horseback. The Marquis of Lansdowne had an audience of her Myjesty yesterday. H.R.H. Prince Abert, accompanied by Count Alexander Menadortr, and attended by Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, inspected the nese redact at Westminster yesterday. The Queen visited H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glouces ter House. Their R.R.H.H. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took an airing in the royal gardens yesterday. H.R.H. Prince Albert visited their R.R.H.H. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Wednesday, at Cambridge House. The myal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included H.R.H. tire Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Illensd“rff, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Lord George Lennox. and the Hon. and lies. C. Leslie Court. nay. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Keht visited the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. -.-„ A meeting of 160 members of the House of Com mons took place, yesterday. at the official residence of Lord John Ituraell, in Downing.atreet. Lord John Russell was accompanied by the following member. of the cabinet :—Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right lion. EL Labouchere, Sir John Hobhouse, and Viscount P almerston. The meeting was also attended by the Right lion. It. L. Shed, Sir Wm. S imerville, Mr. H. Tufnell, Mr. Gilmer' Craig, snd other members of the administration. The conference lasted an hour. - . A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Man chester, Mr. Alderman Neild, and the Town Clerk of Man chester, with Mr. M. Gihton, M. P., and Mr. M. Philip*. M.P., had an interview with Sir 0. Grey, yesterday, at the Horne office.—The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting, yesterday, at the Office of her Majesty's Woods and Foresta,in Wnitehall-place.—A deputation from the Rectifying Distillers had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street —A deputation from the Manchester and Southampton Railway Company had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt, yest , rdey, at the office of the Commis sioners of Railways, in Great George-str,et.—A deputation, consisting of Sir P. Egerton, Mr. T. Egerton, Mr. Trafford, and the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Chester, had an interview yesterday with Sir G. Grey at the Home-office. — The Mayor of Manchester and deputation, with the Town Clerk and Mr. M. Gibson, M.l'., bad an interview with Lord Morpeth yesterday at his office in Whitehall-place. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The appeal from New Grenada. " 'flie House of Assembly of Grenada tr. Chief Justice Sanderson," was concluded. An Appeal from Bengal, " Wise r. Kishen koomar Boos," was c9ramenced. The I)owager Countess of Shrewsbury has been seriously indisposed for some days past, at her residence in Montagu-square. MEETING OF IRISH MEMBERS AT LORD JOHN HUSSELL'S. A meeting of the Liberal members of the House of Commons who support the government took place at the official risidence of the First Lord of the Treasury yester day afternoon, to consider the course to be adopted with re spect to Lord G. Bentiock's proposal. Lord .1. Russell ex plained the view of government, expressing the liveliest sympathy with the Irish distress, but his doubt, of the effi ciency of railroads se a remedy. lie particularly urged that the persons employed upon railroads were almost universally those who were enabled even at present to obtain work else where, and that the neighbourhood consequently derived little benefit from their employment. Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Shell, Mr. Vernon Smith, and several other members aferwards addressed the meeting. The utmost good feeling preysiii d, although some of the Irish members thought that their duty to their constituents required them to support Lord George Bentincles plan. LORD GEORGE BENTINCK AND THE "IRISH PARTY." A meeting of the newly-formed Irish party was held yesterday at their rooms, Parliament-street, to take into consideration the course most desirable to be adopted with reference to the second reading of Lord George Ben tinek's bill. The attendance was considerably larger than at any of the preceding meetings. Lord Monteag .e in the chair. Several members expressed an anxiety that such an arrangement should be made as would secure the passing of Lord George Bentinch'e bill without impeding the progress of the measures brought forward by the government (or the relief of Ireland. It being . generally known that the minis ters have determined to resign in ease of an adverse vete by the House of Commons on their intended amendment to the motion fur the second reading of Lord George Bentinck's bill, a strong feeling was expressed that such an event, at this particular crisis, should be guarded against, while there was, at the same time, a great anxiety not to embarrass the noble lord the member for Lynn. After some discussion the following resolution was unanimously adopted: That Lor,l George Bentinck oe requested to postpone to such day as he shall appoint, the second reading of the Railway WI!, in order that the discussion on the bill may not interfere with the progress of measures now before the house, which are of urgent and immediate Importance to the famishing poor of Ireland, and also that time may be given for the exprowices of public opinion in Ireland - upon the merits of the proposal of Lad George Bentinek. Subsequently a renolatioa was passed, requesting Mr. W. S. O'Brien to wait on Lord George Bentinck, and communi cate to him the foregoing resolution, with a request that hie lordship would, if possible, comply with the wishes of the Irish party therein expressed. Mr. O'Brien assented, and proceeded to the residence of Lord George Sentinel. Oa returning to the meeting, he stated that the noble lord was most courteous; that having placed the re solution in his hands, and stated the feeling of those by whom he was deputed, the noble lord stated that he would not himself willingly assume the responsibility of postponing a measure of such importance for the future welt* ire of Ireland, as that to which the resolution of the Irish party referred. It was his anxiety to meet, if possible, the wishes of the Irish representatives, and, while he held himself free, previous to consultation with his friends, from any distinct promise of postponement, he would state that if a postponement were possible, it could only be at the in stance of the Irish members publicly expressed in the house. We understand that an arrangement was made among the members of the Irish party to assume all the responsibility of delay, and to unite in representing to the house the neces sity that existed for allowing the immediate measures of re lief to take precedence of all other business, and in urging upon the noble lord and his friends their anxious wish that he would postpone the second reading of his Railway Bill. ROYAL SOCIETY. Yesterday a spscial meeting of this society took place in the men% Somerset-house, at two o'clock; the Marquis of Nerthenaptoo, president of the society, in the chair. This meeting had been called by the president and council, in aMentmanne of the following requisition, which was preeente . alr. Wharton Joao: vin the Allen el tha Mosel Ornt4dea User° de MO% ht wilt the stauneN sta ia ll= a wig gnat et the society le esenumei, Ike the pram et id Mgr nnuind leplllger the ekemesanses mar Wadi the mad of the royalmaki=szke 1041 insellret rementended the ender sada It mei estaalle ar d e si t San= ens asexeL I. Wholes Seem 13chard Moen Olohni. dines E. Nat* land Lee, W. F. Chassidism Jobs iteleesq, Jere Clark Maraud' Hrl. Sublet E. Grant, Omen Galliver.—kmamy 7, 1647. The Pnahlisnin having opened the meeting, an attempt was made by skid gellirn a Fe ll ow of the socieq, to sat aside thimmies—ag o kr. at the ground of the society having delegated all es ealivie pewee to the council ; and, secondly, that the Milne eft segaiggen could not be complied with, the "arsine of ohomamessete" being en absurdity. This being sd. Mr. WEAWIEW JOKES moved the folloselution : That It h the *Man of seadal ot the Royal Smarty ci Laminates listera m"al Kaot the award of tie and el Is kir 1845 was made under circum. dm°. dulrollom by Ewer ty, and in violation of her Mejerty gems Mewls ropialises • Az., that the royal medals be riven tor seal Dopes ants es Yoe k een peso nted to the Royal So ciety aid tail le lisle trerraller ; ragtag, thereof; the end award eagle banmeidered as soil end wit. In support et We resolution Mr. Jeer contended that the meeting of the Physiological Commiteskwhichrecommended that Mr. Beck's paper on the nerves of uterus should ceive the award of the royal medal, was an t, iner' one; and secondly, that the awarding of the medal by e council to Mr. Beak was illegal, Inasmuch as the terms of the great of the royal medal required that the paper should be printed in the transactions of the society before the award of the medal—whereas, In this case, Mr. Beak's paper had not been printed till eight or nine months after award had been made. Dr. COPELAND wooded the resolution. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH INTEII;IIIANCI.—T't important matter is still occupying the attention of local authorities. Bailie Dowse reports the following statistics to the town council:—The total number of macaws in 1845 wu 4,404, of whom 2,392 were guilty of duskiness, ; is 1846, swag 4,668 prisoners, 2,400 were coavireed dreakards. The cost of the prisoners charged with drunkenness was, is 11185, 9051.; and in 1846, 1,1861. The community wore, cease euently, taxed to the extent of 2,0001., in two ea es count of drunkeener. At the Chari W pt was found that the already heavy parochial resement wewld, in the course of two er three years, be doubled Was some thing were dons to cheek drunkenness. • • • The governor of the prison had taken the voluntary history of each prisoner in the jail an the of January. The lumber wee 3611; cad the roseeles ei i T == RIMS to the CIBISEIG —.' What de yes se th e ileet cause of your alibi sate erne P--sesee " bat drink, • quarrel at berm heir, sad r showboth bed oompany," sad secs. Ti the oterdes—" What be the effect if the public-houses were reduced ?" it was answered " that it would be better for all of them"—" that there would be fewer in prison"—and " if there had been none I would not have been here," &e. To the question— " What is tour opinion of having provision ' , hops and public houses united ?" it was answered—" It is very bad," " I think it has been the ruin of many," " I have often gone in for provisions svPhout ant intention of drinking, and have gone away drunk," &c. Mr. flume, M.P. boa written to the council on the subject ; he does not consider mare reduction in the number of licenses as likely to do good, but suggests more facilities fur popular amusements and more education. The number of licenses is lee now than in 1829 by about one-half. THIS QUERN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. —An economist too severe even fur Mr. Hume, being indignant at the expenditure, by the ,Dundee harboue-trustces, of 5001. fur the conversion from wood to stone of the triumphal arch under which her Majesty passed onber last visit to Scotland, "rte.! to Mr. Hume fur the purpose of causing a parliamen tary inquiry to be made into such expenditure. Mr. Hume has informed the trustees that he doe', not intend to interfere in the matter. PROVINCIAL. AN ADVENTURE IN THE SNOW.—On Monday two gen tlemen, Mears. Wrigley and Sidebottom, left Manchester for the parpoac of surveying the boundary between the counties of Derbyshire and Yorkshire. They left the train at the Woodhead station ahout nine in the morning, and thence walked as far as Ilolme Moss and turned westward. Whilst on their way the snow storm came on ; the familiar landmarks were soon n%literated ; they lost their way, and remained wandering in the snow and resting in a hole in the rocks without food for 26 hours ! During the night they had great difficulty in keeping off the fatal drowsiness known to be irduced by extreme cold, and were in a most dreadful plight when morning came. With returning light they were fortunate enough to discover a farm-house, where food and warmth restored them. NORTIII.MB!MIAND. MOIIDER.—EarIy on Sunday last, a murder was committed at Newbrough, near the Fourstones station, a few miles west of Ilexhani. The particulars are given by the Nerneastle .Id rert iser The murdered man, whose name was Proud, and who was bind to Mr. Maughen, of Newbrough-lodge, had a child to be baptised on Sunday afternoon, and after leaving church Proud and his friends went to a publie.house in the village of Newbrough. While there, some misunderstand ing took place between Proud and a labourer named Welsh and on Proud and his party leaving the public-house, Welsh left also, and went in the same direction. Tbe quarrel was re newed, and a struggle took place. They then tit paroled, but they had not gone far up the lane, when Welsh suddenly re-appeared, and seizing Proud's head, pulled it hack, end cut his throat so severely that the unfortunate victim died almost immediately. After committing the deed, Welsh instantly run off, and called at the same public-house, where he got a glass of whisky, and having drank it, he stated to the mistress of the house that it was the lot time she would see him. Ile then left, and hastened to the Fourstones station. On reach ing it he seems to have been entirely overcome, partly by the liquor he h►d taken, and the exertions made to Hee from the locality of his crime. In the meantime intelligence of the murder spread over the village, and a constable mounted a horse and went to the Fourotones station, w here Welsh was taken. An inquest was held on Tuesday, and a verdict of " Wiltul Murder' returned. CAMBRIDGE:sin RE. CI:IMES ALLEGED OUTRAGE AT COTTENHAM.—The Cambridge Advertiser of Wednesday reports a case which it describes as one of the most extraordin iry that ever came under notice. The facts, as elicited by an examination before the inspectors of police, on Monday last, are these A married woman, residing in the village of Cottenham, was (according to her own statement) suddenly accosted in the public road at eight o'clock on the evening of the 31-t ult. by some ruffian unknown. llefore she had time to reply, a plast-r was applied to her mouth, she was groped by the wrists and legs, and transported on the shoulders of the mysterious stranger over hedges and ditches, to a lonely field. There she was set down, and coolly told that her head would be cut off if she made the slightest uproar, or attempted any resist ance. At the same time no indecency, approaching to felo nious violence, woo committed or even offered. The woman was plundered of her marriage ring, and some money. llcr clothes were then cut from her person, a portion of her hair was deliberately cut off', and she was set at liberty. Thus far the woman's own story ; and whatever suspicions may hang over it, there appears to be no doubt of the fact, that she did certainly arrive at the house of a relation, at • late hour in the evening above-mentioned, in a state of absolute nudity, with the exception of her shoes and stockings, and a piece of flannel attached to one of her legs. I3ut the mystery remains to be told. The woman had ao sooner blazoned her story in the village, than two men (one of them a police constable) traced carefully, with a lantern, the route which she said she had been carried. The impediments, in the shape of quickest hedges, and ditches 3 and even 5 feet wide, were such so seemed to render it morally and physically impossible that any man could have carried a woman on his shoulders along such a route, with out on any one occasion plaring down his burden. The clothes were found I) ing in the field which the woman hod indicated, actually cut up from top to bottom, but the marks of the footsteps leading to and from the field, which were carefully examined and measured by the light of the lantern, were those of only one person, and moreover they exactly corresponded to the woman's own shoes. OXFORDSHIRE. FIRE AT THE 131.1101' or Oxrinsn's PALACE.—A COT revondent, who dates his communication " Oxford, Thunsday afternoon," says Information has just reached this city that the Bishop of Oxford's Isidore, at Cuildeedeir, is on fire. An express has &nixed for the city fire-engine, which has just left; but, according to the rate of speed it was travelling through the streets of Oxford on its way, the pa/ace may be burned down before its arrival, unless other assistance is obtained." .„. MORE ALLEGED SECRET Dunmow, on Wednesday, Sarah Bright and David Grey were charged with poisoning their illegitimate child, David Grey Bright, aged seven weeks. The following facts were elicited from the several witnesses examined —lt appears that up to the 12th ult., the deceased was considered to he a healthy child, but on the afternoon of that day, wheat lying in the cradle, it was taken ill, as if in a fit, and turned black in the face. It rallied for a time, and was again mixed in a similar man ner, and expired in the course of the following morning. An inquest was held, and the coroner adiourned the proceedings in order that the contents of the stomach might be strictly analysed. Mr. Bell, a surgeon, of Felstead, detailed at some length the post mortem examination of the body, and he was dearly of opinion that the child had died from convulsions. Opium or any narcotic might pro duce them ; the symptoms might also have arisen from natu ral causes. A phial, which had been found in the female's room, he ascertained to contain 120 drops of a dark liquid, which proved to be soap liaament and tincture of opium. It was submitted to Professor Taylor, at Guy's Hospital, and, an being tested, the result was meconie acid and morphia. He should say the quantity would contain one grain of solid opium, nth grain of solid opium would cause the death of such a child as the deceased. From 20 to 30 drops of the mixture found would cause the death of a child. Mr. Anderson, the superintendent of police, visited the mo ther's house after the death of the deceased. He asked her if she had given it anything ? She replied that she bad given it three or four drops of some medicine she got from Mr. Miller, at the Chelmsford Dispensary. In answer to further inquiries she remarked that she did not know what it was, but it was some medicine she had made up for her self. She added, that she poured it out of the bottle into the palm of her hand, and gave it the child. She then told him the physic was up stain in the room where the child was lying, and he went up and took possession of it. After many boars' investigation, the jury found a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from convulsions, but how produced there was no evidence to show. A more serious verdict was anticipated ; and, on the court breaking up, the coroner admonished the mother of the de ceased : he told her tbat'shehad hash very narrow escape, and he hoped her conduct for the future would be more correct In a few days afterwards many additional suspicious ru. moan get afloat respecting the affair, and one or two of the jurymen who presided at the inquest communicatedwith the magistrates in the neighbourhood on the subject. Mr. Su penntendent Anderson was instructed in the mattes, and the result was the spprehension of the parents of the child. On Wednesday they were, malready stated, brought up, and the facts previously described were repeated. Professor Taylor was examined; as, also, Dr. Miller, of Chelmsford; the lat. ter spoke to having furnished the female with a different medicine to that found in the phial. Several persons de posed to some remarkable admissions made by the prisoaen in the course of conversation. The magistrate committed the prisoners for trial at the ensuing sums on a charge of " wilful murder." UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. throne, Pas. 11.-1 a a onivorotlon holds this owning the Re •. IL. MakWan, LA., PA. sad Tam. at Wen. Coil, was &moulted Pollee moor v Linwirlf wermianarsa. Is • otworoptlaa Widen hantolitisly alien, orb, the demos were rawbried, via :—Paratar of tee: O. O. OulleY kli rg . Z mIInIT.; R. J. 1. Ush.; llow. J. Itmisiph, Broom ; Rev. L. Wert, MI. It. John'a • Bev. J. IL Ithar t lfore. ; J. Drowthwaite. of Clim Tabard, eo ; t ier . J. Leek% ;C. B. Tortiok Ch. Bair et ANL—s. N. Ye Na. ; J. L. llionek ; B. Y. Casfr. Itatillatraar of Ow'. Mlle; N. Moto*, IL Jabot Puma homannonar.—Aat 01.611111 of wiwkw on the trandotion OMR lord Onwia 11l lab plare on Frtawa, the lath hula . tr assef Os oumerldrbei of Idol Oranwa. Wag poor, and =Mises otlho BPS =WM Is a goofweown Soonamoodr. —As aramaradZar g e the ot t/Y•Stroototo to IS tee Tamer in the will os Si.Oto So d Ina. t to sabolhaohllp la ors all adopolordro who ri bow alt tompleted two ram i.h Sot sold oilitikoo Ems Some qv Otatoos, annuals toswomild a law iamb et Mem, Naar 0:11d, dollwiting lai Lintrons► k i on dot pain ors Ito QM Ins* ben 110 1111061•11 stop, wig pw (Iowa; sod aft=l Wag to with. dent mill= Is 00214 goolulloms bate bon ISOM • *wok from that Sr Os Paoli Weston was ••••—•—• —-- - - Comemeth rm. M.—At the amthreplith With lhas moraloth the er=po i oxpemei Om amnia s—L Oa it memathalMlea date VOISIN %Wild tram Ms Weitherolla amir IMM., leith le We.lawilbe Willwete Iteigelet. le aeileWie le mob, a aelooMM le ertholele the et the urea I. Amnia Itr lbeists. et TAYO Opel %ma la Me Moro of Ma limplity.elm Mr. et lila Or Ith i zzome Me reomoy.—At the mar emereiplina the mereemihrred :—M.A. : T. A. Ateme. - Jew W. 61 0.1nemee; C. W. M oore, at. Jams. —X.A. ad mules : Bev. W. Walker, Trio. AIL, & Tan Moat ow Comma Wanda b hdd Ida trionnial visitation I:WrOm issue sem Mat Poem alsokninds imnd soldismilm Ilailsemoselt Ir is—ltto of Cblinonlesuottellinlata boss WNW Swish Nth ISsigt= sallsisoL lino. MIN ~llls Cbse V., Pah, Am . St. Snits ; value Itat. Sib rediono; patz. lip. St Davits; vacant by *Men. of R. Richard Venable% D.D. R. S. Johnson to West Itebeaor It., Sunacx, dio. Chicheater ; value tall.; Inge. lA. Chant. Rev. IL Lath= to Fitikmorth Sussex, the. Chich. • rem 371/. ; lute. Chwhest. Bev. F. T. Itibbans t o e mastership in the Northers Church of TATUM school. Iles-, R. W. Erma, V. of Revers/am, Westmoreland, to be Dean Reel of Ileveretam. VACA9l . ll.—LarrOtall R., Suffolk, din. Norwkh, 13x1., with mei deuce ; pair. N. L Acton, Eaq. • by the death of the Itcv. N. Colvile, D.D. Alaska V., Ste. ; patr. the D. and C. of Chichester and ' , luau.- V.' 13 0 1. • patr. lie Bp. of Chichester; Mth in the county of Name: end dtw ot McAlester, and Timm by the promotion of the Bev. 11. Latham NAVAL. DevoNenar, Ffll. In —Medea. a. v., Com. T. 11. Mawr, arrived yesterday from Falmouth, and bar been. taken into dock, having touched the ground on coming out of that harbour. Sir G. Hamilton Seymour and family were on board at the time of the 111i411.111. On their way to la,bon. Avenger, a. v., Com. J. M. rotbury, arrived thin morning from Cork with defective engine.; and the Conliance, 0. tug, tuo, been ordered to bring her Imo harbour. Comtance, 50, tkipt. Sir Baldwin W. Walker, arrivel at Valparliao on the lath of Oct., all writ, after experiencing a 'ever storm whiten rounding Cape Horn, m wh.ch this Teasel behaved admirably. l'arogonoNs..—Aintnuary, Fin. I Bond to be Minster of Hop. per dockyard tinge at Devosport ; Gunner 11. Outland advanced to let clam. Am...man:NT, —Cterk's-.V.Mtaal Bright to k . 1 ° ,10 . 41 ; Sicond-Engineer G. Brown to Fearless; W. Tooky to be foreman of emitha, at Deptford-yard. SPORTING. TAITERSAWS-Tuv Nrwataaner lIALLIIICV.-100 to 6 art Sir Martin ;t); 25 to 1 art Humdrum (t); 30 to 1 art Dulcet Al. Nuntoem very slack, and. judging from appearances, likely to Cont.. no. Mientorourate Hakinese.-16 to 1 art Lady Sarah (C. 10 to I art I•ink Bonnet. Two Titar.,,l, Grist. Sturm-4 to 1 art Conyligham (t frly); 150 to 100 iigst Kent's lot (I). CHM,. Cur.-25 to I swat Mendicant, 25 to 1 art the iamb (t), 30 to 1 agat the flitch, 30 to 1 apoq Camera Obecura, 31 to 1 apatite Antler, 33 to I art &Wain, 40 to 1 art the Duke of Rich mond (t), 40 to 1 art Princess Alice. 45 to I spat nickeY Free, 1,000 to 20 Ant Intrepid (t, afterward" offered), 1,000 to 20 art Bourton (eh 1,000 to 20 art Sir Tattoo Ssho, (1,000 to 15 laid once:, 1 . 000 to 15 art Illtitallen (t), 66 to 1 art the Premier, 3 m (t), 100 to 10 art tipom (Aegis and Bit Nibble (t). Very little doing, and no change elirept to Princom Alice, who was backed freely at 50 to 1„ and cloaca at 40 to I, layers; 5,000 to 200 art Mendicant in one bet, but no blow struck. Even noisy laid between 2/ and the field. T.. Dinay.-15 to 2 mist Van Tromp A 6 to 12 to 1 eget F.pirote (E, 14 $Ol got Planet, 20 to 1 art Glenna (t and eft ottip,2.l to 1 art Conynalkon,33 to 1 spat Bed tun 3), 4 4 to I art Morn of Chow (I). I 40 to 1 awn Lunedule, 50 to I art Dedham 50.0 1 art Project* (a 1,000 to 15), 50 to 1 omit Will o' the Wisp (t 1,006 to 15), 1,0100 to 15 art limestone (t and aft odd), 9,000 to 45 art Mack Dwarf, 90 to 150 Epirote and Planet (t), older* to take 5 to 1 about Kent'. lot. Epirotc was Main in force, 13 to 1 baring born taken to between 700 f. and and subsequently II tot; eopmermence ; nor were the backers of Glentalt so fond ea munL Apart from dine movement", the beitinf was Bat and unimportant. Dake.-11 to 1 ama The Farmer a Daughter (t. to 30014; 0 to 1 apt Ckmentina (t. 9 to I); 20 to 1 art Ellerdee (t. to 1000. The following horst., in addition to thaw already pub/lobed. have lately received names w-year olds: c. by inheritor, out of Ca. lypw, Enchanter; c. by Inbernor ; out of Inly - pao's dam, Ulpura; f. by Aacot, out of Languish, Letburgy ; r. by the Augtau, out of Mona, st. Runge; c. by llettnan Plata', out of Velketeen, Veronitz. Two-year old*: sister to Intrepid (half-bred), Reality; t. by I la% out of SP•ngie. Glitter; c. by Levan* or Commodore, out of bloblne. Lle..lau (bugle ; r. by Charica Xll., out of Moea4, Omar. Rah, Enttiltgente. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF TILE PRIVY COUNCIL. PreFent :—Lord Brougham, the Chancellor of the Ihwhy or Lan meter (lonl CaropLetl', the Master of the Rolla (Lord Langdale), the Chanothor of the Duchy of Cornwall (the llaght llon.r. • - _ bolos Leigh). THR HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF GRENADA V. THE CHIEF. JUSTIN& OF THE SUFHEME COFHT.—The arguments in this ease, which were commenced on Tuceday, were con cluded to-day. The case come before their lordships en a memorial and appeal presented to her Majesty in council by the Hose of Assembly of Grenada, complaining of the conduct, ever slues his first appoinfmcnt in the year 1832 of John Sand rson, Esq , chief justice of that island, end praying his dismissal from that high office. The conduct of the chief justice com plained of by the memorialists and appellants may be thus summed up, from the statements iu the case of the memo rialists,—Exhibiting habitually on the bench a harsh and offiefsive demeanour towards the bar, the magistracy, and the grand juries, and addreseirg them in intemperate and violent language, and expressions unbecoming his dignity as a judge; denying the co-ordinate and co eqeal jurisdiction of the puisno judges. as established by statute, and taking constant occasion to assume a superior and independent authority: refusing to carry the statute law into effect, for which he was suspended, and only restored upon his undertaking to enforce it. Disbar ring Clement Thomas Richardson, a barristar, without no tice given to him, or an opportunity afforded to him of jus tifying or defending himself. Ordering Fielding Browne, another barrister, to be committed for miring to have the previous order of disbarment rescinded, and that, notwith standing the other judge of the court, who has co-ordinate jurisdiction, objected to such order being made. Procuring from the Governor of the island the suspension of Mr. Jus tice Wells, for rescinding the above-mentioned order of disbarment; a suspension which was revoked by her Ma jesty, under the advice of the law officers of the crown in England. ?staling without knowledge or concurrence of the puisne judges two rules of court, by which the puisnejudges were forbidden to transact any hued nese at chambers ; rules which were rescinded by order of her Majesty, under the advice of the judicial committee of this most honourable council. Senten c ing summarily and without trial, one Andrew Lambie, a witness for the defence on the trial of an indictment, to a month's imprisonment, and a fine of 101. for prevarication • a fine which was di rec .te by order of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the ColAial Department to be repaid to him, and an imprison ment, which was only not remitted because it had been suf fered. Imprisoning John Rosa M'Comlie for three months, and imposing on him a fine of 1001. for animadverting in a I newspaper upon the committal of the said Andrew Lambie; an imprisonment which was likewise half suff, red before it could be remitted by the governor, though the fine was by his order never demanded. Ordering Daniel PdfLeen, a prisoner on hie trial, out of court during the examination of the witnesses for the defence; and fining, in opposition to the opinion of the pubes, judge sitting with him, Robert Gentle, Esq., and Jonas Browne, Esq., two justices of the peace, for the alleged irregularity of taking down in writing certain depositions of witnesses in the third person instead of in the first person, notwithstanding the custom had been to take such depositions in the third person, and no warning had been given to either of such justices that any alteration in such practices was desired—a fine which, by authority of bee Majesty's Colonial Secretary, and by the consent of the Chief Justice himself, was never de manded. By the memorial of the respondent, the Chief Justice of Grenada, he insisted that a judge was not legally liable for anything done in the exercise of his utfict, unless chargeable with corruption, and complained of the nu merous and inveterate controversies in which it had been mischievously contrived to involve him with vast trouble and ruinous expense in bygone matter since 1832, and which had from time to time been disposed of by competent authority, being opened and removed With respect to the complaint of the respondent, the memorialists asserted that the bygone matters which the respondent stated had been disposed of by competent authority, had not, in their effect upon his conduct and character as a judge ever been before considered by any authority or tribunal whatever. The evidence and docu ments in support of these charges, and in answer thereto, were very voluminous, but it is not necessary to go into them at any length, there being no attempt on the part of the Chief Justice to deny any of the material Lets; and the main ground taken by his counsel, in argument being, that all the really serious cases occurred so long ago, the last being in 1839, that they might airly be considered as having been adjudicated upon or condoned by the silence of the complainants ; and with respect to the only one which was not too stale to be made the ground for such a proceed ing. _via., fining two magiatrates for taking depositions in the third instead of the first person, the utmost that could be said slit was, that it was an error of judgment, the Chief Justice conceiving that, under a statute of Philip and Mary he had power to treat depositions so taken, as in effect not taken at ' all, and, accordingly, to fine the magistrates for that neg. lest. It was also said that supposing the other charges were to bear at all upon the question, the facts merely showed intemperance of manner no great berm was done in any of the cases : and it was admitted dry would never have been brought forward but fOr the last set, the attack upon the magistrates, who were members of the house of assembly. But the Chief Justice also attacked the motives of his assailants. He stated in hie caw, and this was urged with great force by his counsel, that he bad made himself unpopular with the planters of the Wand, from the active part he bad taken in carrying out the provisions of the slave emancipation acts ; and another topic relied upon for averting . a harsh decision was, that the learned gentleman had arrived at a very advanced age, being about 78, and that, in all probability, before any order directing his remo val could be sent out to the colony, a mightier power even than that of their lordships might have removed him te &nether sphere. On the other hand it was urged with great force, that al though the lateness at which the other canes were brought forward, might be a ground for not proceeding upon them, if upon those cases alone the remindsl of the Chief Justice was Liked for, it was no reason why they should not be looked at, now that, in 1844 , a new and substantive case of misconduct had arisen, for the purpose of enabling their lordships to come to a correct conclusion on the conduit 'of this judge, and his finals for the office. It was not attempted to be denied that he was a person of irritable temperament and violent conduct; and that be had been guilty of the venous acts alleged in the memorial, which were of the most arbitrary and illegal kind. Was it any answer to such charges to my that .scate of the members of the House of Assembly, who had at Length felt themselves bound te pre sent this memorial to the Queen, pra ying for his "- mists], were planters who era' een him for soma of his decisions with retard to the apprentices ? To my they were errors of judgment, was to admit the as cessity for removing a judge ei reek infirmity of mind. The age at which he had arrived, no doubt, strongly sppealetto the sympathies of all, end mod be expected to have Male effect on their lordships; but Ms wee not smatter of ham but of justice to the colony. The misorialises i ileommem with the whole inhabitants of 01111•411111.116 quite enough during the fourteen yeas filrlunhat ilm 4 UM **aloe of chief judge in hawing eke morn eel continually interrupted by his freaks; sal was it lar be ofd that beams he was a very old gentimwm and they is the coarse of nature, not be troubled with him hug, were to have no redrew? Towards the swariss of the argament— Lord Brougham, who, with the rest of thmirlorahipc, had at di ff erent times expreised the strongest disapprobetion at the conduct of the Chief Janice in .snout inalsame—par titularly those of Mr. Richardson, who was diebserod with. out a hearing ; Mr. Fielding Browne, another berristeri who moved that the order disbarring Mr. Riehnedniatl escinded, for which offence he was ordered to be Rossi seal 1 s