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PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE AssußANcz ASSOClATlON.—Estsblished 1840. THUSTEIS. Thomas Baring, Esq., 31. P. j Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson gankey, Esq., 31. P. I Baron L.N. de Rothschild,ll.P. The Seventeenth Annual General Meeting of the above Association was held at the London Tavern, on the 3d Instant, when the follow ing statement of the business for the year 1857 was exhibited : New Policies issued-688 for .. .. .. £116,665 New Annual Income .. .. .. 3 , 150 Total Ditto .. .. .. • • .. 2a,900 Amount added to Capital .. 15,200 .. .. .. Total accumulation after providing for all claims, and after two divisions of profits • • .. 98,000 The Report and Accounts (which may be had at tbe Office, 1 5 , If oorgate-street), were unanimously adopted, and thankswere voted to the Board of Directors. WII. THOS. LIN. FORD, Secretary. A third division of profits, to the 31st of December last, will take P l F's 58 soon as the calculations, which are no in the hands of the ACtaary, are completed. .1Y HER MAJESTY'S EXTRA. PERFORMANCE. Tomorrow Evening, Saturday, Feb. 13. THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. . _ _ TO-MORROW EVENING, will be repeated, for the 4th time in England, LA ZINGA . RI, being the Italian version of litalfe's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madlles. Piccolomini and &tallier ; Signori Bellotti, Violetta, and Ginglini. To conclude with the successful Divertissement, by M. licassot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Clavella, Mor lacchi, and Pasquale. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 11. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, lOs ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s, T REA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new comic drama, A LUCKY HIT. After which, TWO HEADS BETTER TITAN ONE. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK KORNER. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee---Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to THE commence at Seven o'clock, with RIVALS. After which, a new cemic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orcheitrs Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). es. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 3 O'Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr, Chas. Kean; Gertrude, Mrs. C Sean. After which, a new grand r!omie Christmas Pantomime" entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor maek ; Clown, Mr, Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama, THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. With the Farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WES.VER. Followed by t original Apropos Sketch, entit:ed THE DRAPERY,,QUESTION ; or, Who's for India! Messrs. Wright, P. Redford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—goIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— THIS EVENING, will be performed Leigh Hunt's new Play, LOVERS' AMAZENIENTS. Supported by Messrs. Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Iffesdanras Charle3 Dillon and Wooltar. After which (10th time), a domestic tale, by Westland Marston, entitled A HARD STRUGGLE, supported by Messrs. C. Dillon, POlrrett, J. G. Shore, Mesdames Charles Dillon and' Conquest. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, L ALLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza. Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolg,ar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites. Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Sos•ofce open from 11 to 5 daily. STRAND THE AT RE. —lmmense Success.— THIS EVENING, will be performed a comic drama, entitled FALSE CONCLUSIONS. After which, JOHN STREET, ADELPHI. Followed by the Latest Edition of THE LXDY OF LYONS ; or, Twopenny Pride and PeJny-tence. To conclude with a new and screaming Farce, entitled A WOMAN IN MY DUST HOLE. Boxes, 23.; Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery 6d. Ha'f price at Nine. Commence at Seven, OYAL SURREY THEATRE. 14 Lossu.;d, 4.11 t THIS EVENING, will be performed al original English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Jolliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— NJ OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow incompa.ny of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S , lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, <Sze., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Bru cell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. ifenshaw, Russell Grover, S. donee," J. Barker. W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber nard; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield and E. Mack 'ley. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Diiector, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Saven o'clock precisely. Suppers, cte., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAN AM will appear every Evening, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 9 min. aft. I—Even., 32 min. aft. 1 ToZionßow —Morn., 53 min. aft. I—Even., 10 min aft. 2 RIE WEATHER—SUN O;FrcE, FEBRUARY N. INZRARYIETER, IN THE &UDE. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 45 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 3,0.3. WIND, North-Eaiterly; light, with dull hazy weather. Some rain in the night. G,l c'-43,1114 e LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 1858. We cannot feel surprised at the resistance offered by the East India Company to the contemplated measure for the improved Government of the im portant districts over which they have hitherto exercised partial control, and the vast patronage whereof was mainly in their hands? No body of men will willingly assent to a measure which vir tually involves their own political annihilation, and reduces them to mere cyphers, where they were accustomed to exercise immense influence. That they should strain every nerve to retain the position they have so long occupied is but natural, and that they should receive the support of those who have accepted favours at their hands, and who may have a lively sense of no incon siderable benefits yet to come follows as a corollary. Even NEILO had his admirers and mourners, and it would be strange, indeed, if a respectable---although not very efficient b o dy-- should not find pe rsons willing to take their part, and advocate their interests in the discu ss i ons ab iut to take place. In the elaborate defence of the existing Anglo- Indian Government, which was brought forward by Earl GREY last night in the Upper Hous e , vati. ous pleas were put forward. The dilatory one-- which protested against immediate legislation, and desired that no change should be introduced, or even discussed, until British supremacy had been completely re-established and peace restored throughout the entire empire —was entirely thrown overboard by their noble advocate, who could not agree in the prayer for further inquiry, and leaving the public mind in India disturbed by possible changes looming largely in the future. As theDalce of ARGYLL truly declared, in his temperate and able speech, " such an inquiry would be pro. ductive of most injurious effects on the Govern ment of that empire. It would lead to an organised agitation that would completely unsettle the public mind, and be productive of very untoward results." We are already in possession of ample information; and have all the elements necessary for immediate legislation. Under such circumstances a FABIAN policy would be the very worst that could possi bly be adopted both for England and for India. _ . I t would go far to prevent a speedy and satisfac tc , ry arrangement of the great questions at issue, ai rd would keep up an excitement very injurious to the restoration of that quietude so essential to tl le peace .ud tranquillity of our Indian dominions. The East India Company can now put forward n .o -valid claim for the continuance of the functions tl have so long exercised. They have no p. iary interests at stake—no commercial speculations that can be compromised by the surrender of exclusive privileges. All these mat - ter, were disposed of nearly a quarter of a century sin* le. They ceased to bs a trading corporation in 1&'33, and in place of being dependent for their div idends on the profits to be realised by bus iness transactions, received fixed returns apt the rate of 10/. 10s. per cent. guaranteed b y the English nation for forty years and then on ly , redeemable on payment of 2001. for every 1:001. originally invested. This was by no means a b a d arrangement for the proprietors, who were cer t a in of receiving their money whether the In di-an revenue was productive or not. No matter whatever the deficiency, they must be paid their fall demand, which will be liquidated without deduction or drawback, even during the present ye ar, when a loan of 10,000,0001., to be raised in igland for the use of India, is imperatively re. cu fired. Surely, then, it is time that the wardship should octse—that the British Government should cease to be in statu pupillare. The Company are but tstees for the Crown, and it is time that It should r ovulate its own affairs in the manner most advan tias;eous for its subjects at home and abroad. lEredeed, the interests of England and India tire one and indivisible, and the sooner they are united in name as well as in s abstance the better for all parties concerned. Hitherto there has been a divided allegiance and a total absence of responsibility. Questions of - vital importance were bandied about between Cxnnonsrow and Leadenhall-street, and the anomalous double Government was made the exe use for shelving for an indefinite time matters the t required immediate and attentive considera the! a. The Governor-General was the servant of tvet) masters. He should strive to please the Loi lia Board and the Court of Directors, as he might be recalled in a very summary manner by either. Lord ELLENBOROUGH can speak feelingly on this point, and the history of the Hero of Meeanee and Hyderabad proved that the interests of the Anglo-Indian Empire could not always prevail over personal feedings, where the selection of a Commander-in- Chief was to be decided on. Practically, the Dir ectors have only acted as a council to the Bri tish. Government, and surely the necessary advice may be received in a better form from parties selected by the Government. If there is to be responsibility, there should likewise be the most perfect freedom of action. We should not force a body of Councillors on any department, and then hold it liable for any mistakes that may happen. The change, too, will produce proper attention to the affairs of India in Parliament. We shall no longer witness the apathy and indifference which produced a beggarly account of empty benches. Whenever an Indian budget was to be opened, or an Indian discussion inevitable, we sball not find the House counted out, and the whippers-in changing their characters, and asking Right Honourable and Honourable Gentlemen to go and amuse themselves for the evening. A reasonable amount of knowledge respecting the affairs of India will be required by every candidate for a seat in Parliament, and the subject can no longer be ignored, or treated with contemptuous disdain, by those who aspire to be the chosen representatives of the people. The Duke of ARGYLL was, of course, unable to forestall his leader by explaining the nature of the proposed alteratiwas. But, despite that serious disadvantage, he was enabled to overthrow the arguments of Earl GREY, although the latter nobleman is a skilful and practised debater, and spared no efforts to sustai% the cause which he had deliberately undertaken. We have just had placed on our table a " Memorandum of the Improvements in the Ad ministration of India during the last Thirty Years." It is signed by no one ; published by no one ; it purports to have some into existence in London, in the Year of Grace 1858, but not any printer even witnesses to the legitimacy of its birth. It is, however, a healthy looking in fant, large octavo, contains 101 printed patios, is of the proper blue complexion, and a glance at a few pages renders the paternity unquestionable. The Honourable the Directors of the Est India Company here tell us what a blessing they have been to the Indian Empire. We purpose, then, very briefly to give the pur port of this memorandum. The virtuous accused is now upon his trial. To-night JOHN COMPANY stands before the representatives of JOHN BOLL, and " to be or not to be, that is the question." In a few hours the whole case is to be opened by the Prime Minister of England, and the rule whici. , began with the battle of Plas3ey, and has sub sisted and rapidly extended for one hundred years, is now to vanish in name and form, as it long has to a great extent in substance. Let us then hear the statements of "Injured Innocence"—let us do it frankly, and without the interposition of a single qualification, of an if or a but, of our own, let us listen to the pleading of the memorandum itself. It thus recites the most worthy deeds of thirty years' administration. First, then, it says, had not the time been so short, we would have confined ourselves to what we have done since our last transformation in 1853 ; but, looking over the lifetime of one generation, observe what has been accomplished both for the revenue, and for the natives in relation to it. We could not alter the CORNWALLIS per, petual settlement in Bengal, which, badly as it has worked, and still works, was arranged with the best intentions ; yet even there we are laying hold of every opportunity for bettering or super!, ceding the zemindary system. We have at length, however, ascertained the system most natural to the inhabitants, and under which they l cu tivate most extensively, and pay a fair revenue without difficulty. The village (Put teedaree) inst itution of ' system is the mos t anc i en t an d roo t e d v o social and mun i c i pa l managemen t in India. We e rexperien ce ; we adopted that sy s t em mos t lib era ll y in the north-west provinces carried a s soon itout with all. the advantage as the Punjaub fell into our hands we are endea vouring to m o dif y b y it the 3 which disa dvantages o f the Ryot wa r sys t em (that by each culti vator pays dir ec tl y to the Government) ef the latter system it se lf we have softened the worst asperities, and, in a wor d, the native cultivators everywhere, except where Lord CoaN , WALLIS has fettered our action, are paying land -tag - ax more easily and regularly than they ever did before. As the rule, the tenant can renounce his holding whenever he likes, but the Company cannot turn him out; while he enjoys the full benefit of all improvements which he makes—" an assurance which no private tenant in any country, not even in Europe, has obtained." Such is the drift and scope of the land revenue system. As to opium.), the tax is now paid by foreigners ; and as to the morality of the affair, wore we to throw the trade open we should only extend th e practice of opium eating and smoking, by making it cheaper ; indeed, we might endanger the spread of indulgence in the use of the drug throughout India itself. The salt tax we should be glad to abolish, but the revenue from it cannot now be dispensed with ; the duty is practically very light, and it is the only tax paid by the community at large. The Customs we have reformei, a-A con formed them, as far as possible, to the principles of free trade; and the . most obnoxious of them, the transit duties—we have abolished in our own territories, and are doing all we can to induce native princes to abolish them too. Sometimes we have even paid them to do it. Only five per cent. ad valorem is levied on British goods im ported into India, and three per cent. as export duties. These are, indeed, admitted defects, and will be dispensed with as soon as possible. In the Post-office department we have even out done England itself, a letter can be conveyed from Cape Comorin to Peshawur for three farthings, and the pecuniary results have been satisfactory too ! the loss to the revenue being only about 32,0001. The general prosperity of the country also' has, after all that has been said, been satis factory. The exports have risen from about 8,000,0001. in the year 1835, to rather more than 23,000,0001. in 1856 ; being 188 per cent. in twenty-one years. In the former year the ex ports of cotton amounted to 98,320,0001b5., and in the latter year to 237,180,0001b5., an increase of 141 per cent. The export of rice has so largely increased that labour can hardly be found to transport it to the coast ; and during the same twenty-one years, the imports into India have risen 4,261,0001. to 113,447,000/. or upwards of 227 per cent., the great excess of exports above imports being regularly liquidated in silver. In regard to judicature and legislation, the emisting system in the " Regulation provinces," was begun when law reform had not commenced in lingland itself, nevertheless, since the time of Lord WILLIA3I BENTtNOK there have been constant and acknowledged improvements. In the non-" Regulation Provinces," on the testi mony of Sir JOHN LAWRENCE ; "no effort has been spared to render justice cheap, quick, sure, simple, and substantial ; every other consideration has been rendered subordinate to these cardinal ,points." (Elappy Punjaub ! we must be permitted to exclaim, on behalf of suitora'in Chancery, in our Ecclesiastical Courts, and some other Courts too 0 Prison discipline has been wonderfully im proved ; the profit in the 55 gaols of Lower Ben .ol amounted in 1856 to 11,0001. The police much cannot be said for, but its defects are recog eised and are in process of amendment ; and, bad as it is, we have put down Thuggee, almoskput an nd to Dacoitee (banditti robbery), piracy has been suppressed in the Arabian Seas ; infanticide, Suttee, and Meriah (human) sacrifices have also 'seen suppressed ; slavery and Vet Begaree (Forced Labour) have been abolished, and the civil rights if religious converts recognised. The re-marriage ~ f widows has been made legal, and the connec• Lion of the Company with the religiou f s ceremonies )f the natives put an end to. We have been accused of neglecting irrigation knd other public works ; but the delapidated tanks and canals were in that condition when the territories came into our hands ; while we are fast amptying the vast Ganges Canal, nearly 900 miles in length, which will ultimately irrigate land of the value of i',000,000/. In the Punjaub and Scinde irrigation works are in progress ; and those iu the Madras Presidency have already yielded a s plendid per oentage. both to Government and the datives. Roads were unknown under the Mahome lan Government. We have constructed the Grand frunk Road to Delhi, and are carrying it on to Peshawur : the Great Deccann Road, and the Agra and Bombay Road, are in progress, and so are many others. Of railways 4,158 miles have been sanctioned, and interest guaranteed on 23,000,0001. of capital. Three thousand miles of electric telegraph lines have also been constructed, and have proved both remunerative and of invalu able service. For education, for the improvement of (he native states, for the relief and civilization of the smaller oppressed races, much also has been clone. In a word, such at least is the testimony if the memorandum of the East India Company respecting itself ; the Administration of the Company has been one of constant and now rapidly advancing improvement, and if the said Company be only left alone, say for a quarter of a century, India, beneath its Government, will become the ORIENTAL PARADISE. The Judges of the Land are properly accorded the greatest latitude before their judicial conduct , becomes the subject of censure by the public press ; the almost unfettered liberty of which, and, when necessary, its unflinching use of that liberty, tend much to restrain and curb, to the benefit of Judges themselves, their public beha viour. Sometimes, however, though vary rarely, it happens that a Judge forgets himself, and the ►verlooking eye of the public press, and allows iris bettor reason to be absorbed in first impres sions, which in litigated matters are often erroneous, because the advocate who has to open a bad or a weak ease constantly does his best to win the mind of the judge, by enlarging, by his rhetoric, to a most extreme extent the hard ship on his client, even although that client may be the person in fault ; a weak judge is thus often captivated, and unable to throw off the trammels of the net in which he has allowed his better rea son to get entangled. The foregoing observations are induced by a case which yesterday occurred before Vice• Cha ncellor KINDEBSLEY, than whom a more amiable, kind-hearted man, or a judge more desirous of doing what is right, does not exist, but which virtues make him more easily the prey of a wily and unscrupulous advocate. I The case to which we allude was one raising the simple question, of whether or not a purchaser of property is entitled, either by himself, his solicitor, or agent, to sea the conveyance of the property executed by the vendor, and to require the vendor to attend personally at the completion of the purchase, and personally receive the pur chase money, which rights the Vice-Chancellor held that a purchaser has, though admitting that such was contrary to the almost universal practice, and also to the convenience of mankind. The terms of his judgment ware, however, such—and so far departed from the matters necessary for the deci sion of the case—that but for his known and acknowledged virtues, a necessary inference would have arisen that he felt great doubt as to the appaeregozro told l soundness of hi s d ec i s i on , an d th oug h i n wor d s saying that it m i g h t b e appea l e i from, endeavoured c to oer c e to th th e e v d en ee d ii o s r on a , n a d nd h iswsolicitor the into sol i sub mittingcitor ci lien d s ap tf ture of th e necessary for the l strongly the to judgep feel ed f that he acce pt e d th e e, in re m. open Thecou d rt e that par_ the derisi on would be judge from hea acts decision of th e case was doubtless caused by the the kindn ess o f hi s .ad vantage t a k en of QTR SUN, LONDON, FRIDA t Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1858. nature by an unscrupulous advocate—a weak- ness which it is the duty of every de to guard against, or virtue may be turned into vice. One point in the case shows plainly how the judcte had lost all jildicial capacity. The application was to restrain an action for breach of an agreement to purchase property, to which action the purchaser had, among other things, pleaded a denial of the agreement, which rendered it necessary for the vendor to prove the agreement at the trial, but whiph being unstamped, could not be given in evidence without payment of the duty and a penalty of 101. The vendor's coun sel, therefore, objected to the reception of the agreement in evidence before the Vice-Chancellor, unless the purchaser would withdraw his plea in the action denying the agreement, so that the vendor as well as the purchaser might be relieved from the payment of the stamp duty and the penalty. The purchaser's counsel evidently so strongly felt that he had got such improper hold of the judge's mind that he declined this proposal, say ing the agreement was stated in an affidavit made by the vendor, whose counsel, however, strenu ously denied such being the case, and challenged his opponent to read any such statement from the affidavit, but which challenge was not ac cepted, leading to the unquestionable in ference that there was no such statement, and that it was the invention of the advo cate of the purchaser. Our readers will doubt less think that by this the mind of a judge, if not wholly lost to all consideration of the real facts of a case, would have been, to some extent at least, brought back to its natural state ; but it had no such effect in this instance ; the judgment was given without allusion to this point, and the Judge, when his attention was afterwards called to it by the advocate of the vendor, said—" It is stated to me that the agreement is admitted by the affidavit of the purchaser, which is quite sufficient." The public press has well been called the fourth estate of the realm ; it is also a safeguard to the nation for the propriety of judicial conduct. When the press was not so free as it is now, the judgment-seat was not so pure. Vice-Chancellor KINDERSLEY was formerly a Master only of the Court of Chancery, sitting in a private room, free from the control of the public press ; but he should not forget that he is now acting in public, and open to its praise or censure. The case is one of very great importance to every solicitor in the kingdom, and will, we hope, receive their attention. If the decision should not be reversed, they will hereafter be subject to have imposed on them and their clients ranch trouble and annoyance, and on the latter much unnecessary expense also. The case appears to have occurred in consequence solely of the advice to mortgagees in Lord Sr. LEOTARDS' recent work, "A Handy Book on Property Law," to pay money to the mortgages, and not to a person bringing the deed, although executed and the re ceipt signed, unless by the written authority of the borrower. In the same author's work on " Ven dors and Purchasers," he, however, after stating that purchasers frequently run considerable risk in loving the purchase money to the agent or solicitor of the seller upon the delivery of the conveyance, adds that, of course, if the agent is duly authorised to receive it, there will be no risk. The weight to be attached to the passage quoted from the former work will be easily ap preciated by seeing the error there committed of advising the money to be paid to the mortgagee instead of the mortgagor. LATEST NE WS. MARSEILLES, FEB. 10. Intelligence from Constantinople of the 3d an nounces that Mehemet Bey, having been besieged in the fort of Jesera by the insurgents of the Herzegowina, was obliged to capitulate, obtaining only the favour of his men carrying their arms. The Turks were making common cause with th e Christians aca s. A proclamation of th e i nsurgents de clares that all they want is the fair executio n o f p h the laws. The commissioner of the Porte had sent in an ultimatum to Prince Danilo. Further disasters had taken place in the Black Sea and Sea o f Marmora. Tempests, accompanied by heavy .falls o f snow, had lasted nearly a month. The Turkish population was suffering dreadfully. England is arming the fortifications of Corfu and of Zante." MADRID, FEB. 10. The Senate has voted the address in reply to the speech from the throne, by a majority of 91 to 16." According to letters from Odessa the number of sailors in the Black Sea is not to be diminished. As the vessels of war are not to exceed a certain number, the Grand Duke Constantine has given orders that all the sailors who were in the service of Government shall be sent on board merchantmen, d b e übj have eo t d to the the me p a y an d di s ti nc ti on s same discipline as before. They thoy had while on board men-of- war , an d, i n o rder that t a and are s to e s a may not forg e t any part of the i r han diwork, " the mercantile v esse l s are to carry guns ." When Russia has complet e d h er fl ee t o f mercan til e steamers in the Black Sea, its neutrality will exist but in name 1 The Paris correspondent of the Times (second says :—" The Moniteur contained . the and simult aneous ly w ith its being laid oedhi on t t te h iro e n t ) day, able:of the House of Commons, the despatch of M. Walewski, suggesting something should be done in the way of modifying our laws so as to reach conspirators. I have not seen the same alert ness displayed about the despatch which ex presses the Emperor's regret for the language made use of in th e a dd resses . Tue Moniteur does not give it either in its partie officielle or non officielie. This is hardly fair. If it be not given the army and the people will remain under the impression that we have lost no time to comply with the demand to reform our law, and perhaps that we did so in consequence of the addresses, but they will not see that regret h as been ex pressed by th e i r own G ove rnment. lam quite of the opinion of Sir Lucius O'Trigger, that "an affront handso me l y ac k n owledged becomes an ob ligation ;" but I also think the p ublication o f M. Walevvski's apologizing despatch would be a graceful termination to the affair." FRANCE. • PARIS, TIIIIRSDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday received a letter of con gratulation on his late' escape from Prince Alexan der Ghika, Caimacan of Wallachia. Prince Christian of Denmark, accompanied by his aide-de-camp and by Colonel Lepic, yesterday visited the Hotel de Ville, Acre his Royal High ness was received by Baron Raussmann, Prefer,. of the Seine, who showed him over the building. The Prince afterwards - went to the Sainte Chapelle, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, the Cluny Museum, the 6-obelies, and the Mint. Count de Rayneval, appointed some time back French Ambassador to the Court of Rusaia, but who was unable to proceed tohis post, died in Paris yesterday after a painful illness. BOURSE, FEB. 11.—A telegram announcing that the directors of the Bank of England had lowered the rate of discount to 3 per cent. gave a little sti nyllus t 9 the mark-it towards the when t!.e following - were the last quotatkt,ns :- 4i per Cents 95 Do. end month — - - 3 per Cent. ..... 69 40 Do. end month 69 65 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 975 50 Do. Account 960 RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto 817: Lyon and illediterau. 8.434 New Ditto 835 Geneva Credit Foncior Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) Roman Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 37i MAYS. Midi Western 690 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian The following is the monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yester day (Thursday) ; DR. lii•. c. Capital - Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capital 1,433,505 74 Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Ditto, New Reserve irnmobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account-current of Treasury Creditor 78,635.287 27 Various accounts-current Do, branch banks 28,389,515 Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities, 4,428,846 92 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills* Sundries 3,222,270 97 1,029,759,068 89 Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks 199,075,277 Bills due yesterday to be paid to•day 3,476,446 61 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 23,472,300 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 48,805,555 90 Do. in the branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Scrip 225,600 Do. on Branch Banks Scrip June 30, 1848 Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,189,482 3 Now Shares, not settled Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks.... 5,663,617 Expenses of administration 466,394 51 Premiums on the purchase of matieres 4,438,549 86 Sundr:es 1,0429,759,065 89 33REACEI OF PROMISE. The action for breach of promise of marriage, brought by a gentleman against a lady, aed in which the damages were stated to have been laid at 30,0001., was withdrawn. A 13rge number of persons attended the Court, attracted by the curious nature of the defence, and they appeared much disappointed at finding it had gon e eff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. Two FEMALE PICKPOCKETS.—Mary Wood, aged 24, and Mary Ann Rose, 26, were charged with attempting to pick the pockets of several ladies, and Mary Bicknell, aged 21, with being in their company at the time. John Lareoy, of 103, Norton.street, on being sworn, said lie was in Regent -street 'esterday evening, where lie saw the three prisoners together. They went up to a lady who was looking into a shop window—Wood on her right side, the others taking up a position behind her. He saw Wood presently put her band to the lady's pocket, and the lady drew away. 1 Upon this all three prisoners went away towards o.dord-street, and along the latter until they came to Mitchell's artificial flower shop, where they went up to a lady who was looking in at the window. Wood, as before, went to the ledy 'a pocket, the others being close bebi , d ; the prisoner, in a minute or so, put her hand into the pocket, and the lady directly after put her own hand in and prevented anything being drawn out. The prisoners walked off, and witness followed and gave them in charge. Policeman 305 C, said the prisoners ran off when last witness spoke to him, he pursued and took them into custody. Bicknell at the station gave her address, and he found it to be a correct one, and ascertained she was the wife of a respectable working man ; the others had given false addresses. Police-constable Roberts, 50 F, said the prisoner Rose had lived many years with a man known as "Opera Jack," one of the most notorious and expert thieves in London. She had, about five years ago, been tried and convicted for felony, and was sentenced to a period of— he could not recollect how long—penal servitude. About six months back he saw her, in the Strand, take a gentleman, who was drunk, under a gateway, and on going up to her and recognising her, the gentleman having said he had not been robbed, though she had tried it on, he let her go with a caution. She was also identified by Walsh, the gaoler of this court, as having been convicted in the name of Mary Ann NVallis, for felony, in September, 1853. Bicknell pleaded that she knew nothing of the others, and had met them by chance. Mr. Bingham said it had been found by the officer that Bicknell was the wife of a respectable man, and had given a correct address. He hoped it would be a warning to her ; he should discharge her, and sentence each of the others to three months each, with hard labour. MARKET NEW 8, --aims Day CORN EXCHANGE. Daring the present week, as well as fresh up to-day, the arrivals of English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, have been on a very moderate scale. For good and fine samples we had a fair demand at Monday's currency, but low and damp parcels moved off slowly at barely late rates. The imports of foreign wheat are 4,620 quarters. There was onlya limited inquiry for all kinds; nevertheless prices were mostly supported. Fine malting barley was in fair request at full quota tions. Grinding and distilling sorts met a dull inquiry. There was only a Bruited sale for malt as barely Mon day's quotations. No change took place in the value of oats. Beans, peas, and flour were dull, but not cheaper. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 2,140 1,670 3,210 Foreign..... I 4,620 7,210 English Irish, Oats. Flour. 3,220 1,320 3, 1,280 eke 26 1 3 7 0 0 brls METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The show of beasts in to-day's market was very mode rate ' • nevertheless the demand for all breeds ruled very inactive, at Monday's currency. Sheep were in limited snpp!y, and sluggish request, at unaltered quotations. There was only limited demand for calves, at a decline of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. The top price was Ss per 81bs. Pigs and mulch cows moved off heavily, at late rates. Per Sibs to sink the oriels a. d. a. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4, Prime Soots, are. 4 6 4 8 1 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 81 Second quality ...3 10 4 0 1 Prime erse.-wlled.4 2 4 81 a. 4. s. 0. PrimeSouthdowe 410 5 2 I;L:Arge erse. calves 310 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 5 0 i Large hogs ISmall porkers ~ 4 2 4 6 Smorling ealves 19 0 26 0 (Quarter old pigs 19 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves 250 Pigs l9O FOREIGN ELIPPLY. Beasts 4O Sheep and lambs 6O Calves lBO Pigs — NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The trade generally ruled inactive, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. H. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do. prime large-3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 4 0 4 4 Pork, large 3 2 3 10 s. d. B. o Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 3 6 4 6 Pork, small 4 0 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. The demand for good and fine new hops is tolerably firm, and prices are well supported. All other kinds, how ever, move off slowly, at barely late rates. Some parcels of foreign hops are pressed for sale, at low currencies. New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 120 s ; Weald of Kent do., 56s to 70s; New Sussex do., 52s to 623; Year lings, 21s to 50s. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market still continues very quiet, but prices have a steady appearance. Common congou is quoted at 13d per lb. SUGAR.—There is very little business doing in any de scription of sugar, and the dullness previously noticed has continued. Foreign qualities are at rather lower rates. In the Refined Market scarcely any business has been re ported ; prices, however, remain steady. COFFE .—A moderate business has been done in Planta tion Ceylon, at about former quotations. Rio and native Ceylon were dealt in to a limited extent, and rather lower rates were current. COCOA.—There is a steady demand for the better de scriptions, and, as the Government contract is now out, full rates are quoted. RICE.—No business of importance has been reported, and prices are unaltered. ltuAr.—The market is very quiet, and no variation can be reported in prices. S ALTPETRE.—HoIders show a disposition to give way, but there is scarcely any business doing, previous rates being barely supported. INDIGO.--There is no alteration to notice in the prices realised, ordinary and low qualities continue to be ne glected, but good useful sorts of Bengal were in moderate demand at full rates. TALL Iw.—The market is firmer. P.Y.C. on th e spot, and up to March, 52s Pd 535; April to J une , 5 2s 9d last three months, fos Pd to 51s per cwt. ;and BEVERLEY BOROUGH EnEcTioN.—At the first meeting of this committee, Sir T. Baring i n th e chair, it was resolved to choose the select committee to try the merits of this petition on 25th February. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Yesttrday information was received a; the different police stations in Loudon that a boy, about 14 years of age, had absconded from the Bath Hotel, Piccadilly, stea:ing over GO sovereigns, a gold Albert chain, and a gold ltey in the shape of an eagle, with a cornelia,n stone engraved "M, E. P. Pachio," LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of .;ski t':e Cerepany'e efr rn-iter leo-bridge Station—Mr. W. J. Cnaplaiu, cuairineAC o f the buierd, iu toe ehair. Tire report has been already published in Tike The accounts show that " the net revenue for the half' year, after deducting interest on loans, and all other preferential charges, amounts to 194,7541. 15s. 10d. ; add surplus at June, 1857, 8751. Gs. 7d. ; balance avail , ' able for dividend, 195,6301. 2s. 53. From this sum the directors propose that a dividend shall be declared for the half-year, payable on the 20th Feb., at the rate of 5f per cent, per annum, which, on 7,176,9591. 16s. dd• of paid-up capital, aincunts to 188,3951 ; balance carried forward to the current halt-year, 7,2341. 13s. 4 a. There has been a decrease in the gross revenue for the half-year of 42,2961. in comparison with the correspond ing period in 1856. There has been a diminution of 2,317/. in the working expenses." The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting, the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the reception Boa adoption of the report, said that in the absence of all novelty in the course of the past half year, he should only have to occupy their attention for a 'short time. The report fully informed the meeting what had been done, and gave a correct account of the present position and future prosperity of the line. It was satisfactory to know that the traffic of 1857 had exceeded that of 185 5 s arising from the opening of the line from Basingstoke to Andover and Salisbury, though, unfortunately, at as extra expense. As he anticipated on a former occasio° , they had had the lion's share of the troops from the Crimea pass over the line. The hon. gentleman ass entered into the proposed schemes in completion to cereals parts of the line mentioned in the report, and expressed lie regret that they had been unable to make terms wit h the Brighton Company for the rec e pti on o f th e W e st-nod traffic on the waste spet of land near the Waterloo' station. That company had thought it better to tail° the traffic to Battersea-hridge, and on up the Grcr vernor-canal. He was happy to state that the araienib' e relations continued between this company, and th e Brighton Company, and the Great Western Complua' Such, however, was not the case with the South' Eastern Company, who interfered with them at Guild' ford and other places, and he was afraid there was *li e chance of their being able to compete with them al to lareF. He had nothing further to remark on in reference to the line, hut he begged to withdraw an expreesi° that dropped from him in the heat of debate on a ferrite occasion. (Hear, hear.) He moved the reception, Svc" of the report. Mr. ASHRURY seconded the motion. In reply to Mr HELPS, The CHAIRMAN said that the directors had the !VW et of converting their borrowed capital into 4 per coo" stock or shares, but .s yet it had only been done to the extent of 3,8001. The company were borrowing neom e i now at 4e per cent., and h e was i n h opes s h ort l y mo re the old borrowed money would be so converted. Mr. HELPS suggested that the cash balance in th e hands of the hankers should be published in the accost-Oh The CHAIRMAN said it was not desirable. Mr. HEREPATH said that if the balance was the other side it would be injurious to the company to publiath it. He asked for the particulars of 8,0001. charged for th e main line. He h a d h ope d t h e expen di ture ha d oeseeeta on the main line. The CHAIRMAN said it arose in reference to ststic °l cottages, &c., for labour. Mr. HEREPATH said he saw 80,000/. entered in th e accounts relative to the ext ens i on li ne to E xeter .and ° i 'he contracts that were taken be tender. The CHAIRMAN said it was , an d t h at t h e contrac- er Was Mr. Taylor. H e t en d ere d w i t h ot h ers, an d' it 7;ls accep ed as being advantageous to the company. t act Mr. ERRINGTON ( eng i neer ) acid M r. T ay l or ' s Eo n was selected out of 17. It was upwards of 81,°" below the others. In reply to a question from Mr; HEREPATH, The CHAIRMAN said the com p an y k new nothing o f Ori amalgamation of the Wimbleton arid Leatherhea.d ether small lines in that neighbourhood. He wael o °. aware of an application to P ar li ament f or such * • I/OS?. Mr. HEREPATH said he was glad to find they were (1 3 friendly terms with the Brigh ton Company, became° - was stated otherwise out of doors. The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Herepath was often bet ter informed on points than directors, (Laughter.) awe Mr. HEREPATH said he was informed that the Brig— ee Company believed that thi s company was at t h e *lotto.: or friendly to Mr. Locke's line from Horsham to Sb ere I ham. e a do The CHAIRMAN said thi s company bad nothing-- with that line, ge Mr. llEREP AT d L e l ly ea o n r. t in a d c i c r e e p c t tly thar st e a a te r' m h e e n a tZ i ) t was glad to hear they were friendly with the tt e r ., -- g Western Railway ; a short time ago they were eateSt°' - ' but friendly. _ te , gag The CHAIRMAN sa id what he meant by frien,..e vro .that where th e y came to the same towns the traffic • carried on honourably on equal terms. (Hear.) Mr. HUDS ON as k e d f or an explanation of 9,0 00/. f o r r " Marshallin g t ra i ns " a t V aux h a l l. He always thelee mere so. (Lau g ht er .) the "City Marshal" extensive thing, hut this w The CFAIFILIN eeep'ia,:ned that the arranging of trains at Vauxh a ll was d one by engines instead of ho ffe and the en g i neer considered he had a right to °b erg th o e the wear, &c., of the engine. After some further discussion the report was received ff and adopted. a the 1 A discussion sprang np relative t o sm oking 0 sg e line, and it was sugge s t e d th a t a smo ki n g 00° 10 0 should be attached to th e t ra i ns . C omp l a i n t %reel o f made of the state of the s e c on d- c l ass carr i ag es, AT the the want of third-class carriages in connection with suburban traffic. der The CHAIRMAN said th a t th e di rec t ors ha d -13 t he consideration a sc h eme f or t h e b etter arrangemen t of suburban traffic. The dividend was then declared, and the retiring directors and auditors having been re-elected the wee tivg terminated. - - LA W INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 11- VICE - CHANCELLORS' COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kinderaley.) This was a suit fo V r iN s E p r eci V fi e c' C p H e A r P fo L r i m il a . nee of a c °l2l l for the p urc h ase b y the plaintiff from the deftendso,%o owe houses, an d f or an i n j unct i on to restrain sue a f3 ":, - ( 1 at law for recovery cf the purchase money, Op te ; e o for trial on 13th. inst. The only question b o t ! ag a the parties was whether a vendor is bound to •at"'",• personally at the completion of the purchase arid vibe sonally receive the purchase money • and to raise , vin i ' ib t question the purchaser had pleaded ' to the aeti.os 10 the vendor was not ready and willing to perforst : to contract. Much extraneous matter was introduco ( Veff the case both by th e counse l f or the filsll3 and by the judge himself, which we purposely °lilt; 00 The Vice-Chancellor, in giving judgment, not satisfied .that th e ques ti on can b e tr i e d at 1,aw,,0. court of equity, a n d no t o f l aw , i s t h e proper t°',o- The purchaser has a ri g ht t o.say —l w i ll have the " - t bs veyance attei-ted by my own so li c i tor, thou s gu jolt practice is the other way. He also has -15 r- rip to pay his m oney to the vender Ps ll " ll as* it is the simple and natural right and requires °oo or authority to support it, but authority is requil vd r to other way ; even i n a p a y men t un d er a power,of at b et Bey or written au th or it y , an d more espec i a lly a "tort one, there is risk ; if the vendor die and his enecti p c find no account of the money, they ms7 1 , v ihea their action for it, and the purchaser 111 ' 1 jf 11 , have to prove the authority to pay to the attorney power of attorney compelled a debtor to pa y _t o a er e tor, then the attorney wou ld h ave ar i g ht o f action ". self in his own name. A. debtor has a right to 00 0 0 will pay to my creditor, and to no one else ; I %le authority to show me th a t th a t w hi c h i s the oorsol° 11 ;0. of nature is not the case . Th e l a w is glair, bat jeot to what may exist i n s p ec i a l oase s. A credi tor no right to insist that the money shall be paiti tc ° ,_ e a, attorney or any one else. The action must be reetraw THE EAST. A.dvices from Constantinople, received through Vienna, state that the instructions given to Ethem Pacha are to make such inquiries into the state of affairs in the Herzgovina and Bosnia as will lead to a radical reform of the abuses complained of by the populations. Cabouli Effendi is to accompany him, and their investigation is to be of a most searching character. The delay of these two com missioners at Constantinople is not to be consi dered, the accounts state, as an indication of want of sincerity on the part of the Turkish government. in the matter, as they have been prevented from undertaking their journey solely by the accumu lation of snow, which renders travelling almost impossible. Their mission is, besides, to et tr.nd -to Servia, with the government of which the Porte has a difference to regulate. It may be remembered that after the attempt to assassinate the ruling Prince of Belgrade, the Ottoman Cabinet denied the right of the Servian authorities to execute the judgment pronounced on the criminals by the tribunals of the country with out the consent of the Sultan, whose sovereignty, if declared, ought to be exercised in an affair of an exclusively political character. The Prince of Servia ended the difference by amnestying the parties concerned ; but the Porte denies his right to come to such a decision, and to grant an amnesty of his sole authority, without applying to the Sultan for authorisation. Ethem Pacha and his colleague are ordered to collect all the inrormadou which may prove serviceable to the Turkish Government in determining in a precise manner the position of the Prince of Scalia with the Sultan. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the Gth have arrived. The Espana says that the Government has not yet filled up the post of ambassador at St. Petersburg, but that it is not improbable that the Duke de Osuna will be appointed. The same journal de clares to be unfounded a report spread by one of its contemporaries that Marshal Narvaez is to be re appointed to the embassy-at Paris. ROME. A letter from Rome of the 6th says :—" Cardinal Fieschi, who belonged to a junior branch of one of the oldest families of Italy, died last night. His death makes the number of vacant hats in the Sacred College eleven. It is considered certain that Mgr. Mertel, Minister of the Interior, and Mgr. Melisi, Minister of Public Works, will be made cardinals ; and it is believed that Mgr. Matteucci, governor of Rome, will attain the same honour. The inspector of police of Ravenna has, it is said, been murdered by two stabs from a poignard." COPENHAGEN. The Leipsic Gazette of the Bth says :—" From the late note presented as an answer to the Prus sian government, it appears that the cabinet of Copenhagen persists in its opinion that the States c,f the duchy of Lauenbourg have no good ground for complaint as regards the domains, and main tains that the surplus revenue of the domains be longs to the chief of the State. It nevertheless states that it will attend to any equitable applica tions which may be made on the subject. As to the demand of the duchies, that they may obtain in the general monarchy a position conformably to what they conceive to be their rights and to trea• ties, it appears from the wording of the Danish answer that the cabinet of Copenhagen has little intention of acceding to the demand." STRAND THEATRE. "A Woman in my Duet Hole," is the singular title of a new faree by Mr. Leicester Buckingham, which has now been successfully produced in this theatre. We shall not attempt to analyse the plot, which consists of a rapid succession of amusing situations, but we must accord high praise to the actors, whose exertions fully merited the applause they received. Mrs. Craven, as Sally Suds, has made another step in the right direc tion, and is evidently advancing rapidly towards the high professional position which her talents abundantly qualify her to fill; Mr. Buckingham played Snipe with much ability ; and Mr. H. J. Turner, as Peter, supplied the broad comic element, and was rewarded with well merited applause. The piece deserves, and will doubtless enjoy, a long run. CONFERENCE OF CHARTIST DELEGATES. Yesterday morning the conference met at S. Martin's Hall for the fourth time ; Mr. Alderman Livsey was called to the chair. About 100 of the "middle classes" were present, including Mr. Roupell, M.P., Mr. Townsend, M.P., Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Charles Neate (of Oxford), and Mr. Peter Carstairs, as a deputation from the Parlia mentary Reform Association. The reply of the association to a deputation on the subject of man hood suffrage was read. It stated, that whatever opinion may be entertained on the abstract pro priety of universal manhood suffrage, the com mittee are satisfied that no genuine Reform Bill can be obtained, without an earnest utterance in its favour on the part of the working and middle classes ; that, at the present time, a very small portion only of the lat _er is prepared to unite on the basis of manhood suffrage, while the numerous adhesions of both classes to the programme of this committee, deter them front incurring th e ser i ous responsibility of any change in it. Mr. HOLYOAKE moved that the conference ad vised Chartists not to disturb the proceedings of meetings advocating reforms loss extt nsive than the charter, which was ultimately agreed to. EAST INDIA (TRANSPORT OF TROOPS).—Yesterday this committee met for the first time, and after choosing General Sir 1)e Lacy Evans chairman, proceeded, with clued doors, to consider their course c.f proceeoing. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers prez , eut—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Wenaleplale, and other peerA.) BAW,UW • ASD ANOTHLR, IA_PAUTE AS TO CifiliTAlN MISPONDENT3. This was a competition between two purchasers of the estates of Pirchden and Hammel, county of Sussex, under a judicial sale by tender of the Court of Chancery. The appellant alleges that he purchased the estate for 35,0001. As the appellant, however, had not complied with the orders of Chancery the estates were afterwards re-sold to Mr. Walter Predieux at an advance of eight thousand five hundred pounds, thereby increasing the price of the estates to 41,0001, The arguments of the learned o,Junsel in the cause having been resumed and concluded this morning, their lordships delivered judgment. Their lordships affirmed the orders of the Lords Justices and Vice-Chancellor, Sir John Steuart, and dismissed the appeal without costs, except the respondent's costs, to be paid out of the fund in Chancery. VERNON V. WRIGHT.—EXPARTE AS TO CERTAIN RESPONDENTS. This was an appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley. The point in contention is the right con struction to be put upon several bequests in the will of the late Miss Langton in favour of her relations. The Attorney-General opened the case for the appe lant. It . will probably occupy the whole of this day. QUEEN'S BENCH. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Lord Campbell, ou the assembling of the Court, announced that as to-morrow (Saturday) was the first day of the London after-terms sittings at Guildhall, he should preside over the trial of the Royal British Bank directors, and that Mr. Justice Erie would preside over a second court, in order that suitors might not be in. convenienced by the probably protracted trial of the above parties. The learned counsel engaged in the case have for some days past been working up their respective cases from the briefs that have been handld to them. It is stated that Sir F. Thesiger, the leader on the part of the prose• cation, and Sir F. Kelly, the leader for the defence, have for some days past been devoting their sole atten tion to their cases, refusing to attend to general business till the finish of the trial. It is anticipated that Sir F. Thesiger's opening statement will occupy the whole of the first day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This D Rp•) lit • LONDON, Feb. 12..--Wind this day at noon, LS b ' breeze, dill and hazy. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind Soma, for Callao. OFF BONCHURCH, Feb. 11.—Wi n d rriv eci' Palmerston, from Sydney, N.S.W. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind Calypso TEIGN , from Sheerness. „ w ig ) MOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind —Sa/1 6 4. — """ for Genoa. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM) .-,.. n . iIIP SOUTHAMPTON, Friday .aasor Wind N.B. ; rain. r e 0 11. Arrived—Oudine (a.), f rom L on d on; Aron (s•. ) ' ton Sa iled— Annaona Brazils. OP ° (a.), and Al arm , f or N e wport ; :a.), Alexandria; Ondiße (a.), Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Friday gorlling. Wind W.S.W. et 1/111 Sailed—Bijou, for St, Michael's ; Adelaide, A. 1. 101 Galatz. 1 1. if HOLYREAD, ! 0 0 The Montague s cr e w s t eamer wa s t o wed into t h e oo; harbour to day, in a disabled state, by the Blazer, ate" tug, the rope with which she was towing the s team' having got entangled with her own fan. --- BY SUBJIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGBA?H . Aforr P" GRAVESEND, Friday Wind E. ; tide three hours' flood ; raining. t oot, Arrived—John and Mary, from Dunkirk ; ; steamer, Boulogne ; John Ball, steamer, 'la in "' Twantie, Emden. D"L, Friday gory° 4' Wind S.E. by E., light. - 3(o o° ' Passed—Jano May, from London, for Galati ;440 01 Loudon, Gibraltar; Adgir, London, Peruambtlo° London, Liverpool. Lad MONUMENT TO GEN. HAVELOCK.—GOVOrtIrae 060, agreed to grant a site for a monument to the lat a Os Sir IL Havelock. The monument will be erec 464 Sir the opposite Hide cf the Nelson Column to tbatt C. Napier's statue. The monumeet, whic h Will Lill 1, of a full-length statue of the late Gen. Havelock, joe supported by a handsome base, o n which wil l be t o t 14 full notice of those regiments which took se g' 10 00 0 part along with the deceased general in the 1 3, 0 f th e relief of Cawnp ore a nd Lucknow. The nac 3 e° b tbe officers who accompanied Gen. Havelock thr 4173: base memorable struggle will also be recorded on !' of tilt) monument.