The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COaLTIONS, Feb. 11. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) AtTSILOUTLI AND GOSPORT WATERWORKS BILL _ _ Me. GEACH moved the second reading of this Bill. Si- F. BARING opposed the motion, on the ground teat the Bill interfered with the local board of health, who had powers conferred upon them to supply the teems with water. He thought those powers ought not to be taken away, because they enabled the board to give a better supply of this great necessary to the poor as well as the rich, much more effectually than an in dependent private company. Lie bad charge of a peti tion, signed by all the influential inhabitants of Ports mouth, preying that the Bill should not be passed. On looking over the list of shareholders who promoted the Bill he found that not one of them wee connected whh that town. He was at a loss to imagine why a body of gentlemen, strangers to Portsmouth, should go down on a Quixotic expedition for the purpose of conferring a benefit upon the inhabitants. It had been rumoured that their object was to pass the Bill, and then to obtain compensatioa from the Board of Health, who were empowered to make the compulsory purchase of existing waterworks. Sir G. STAUNTON also opposed the Bill. Mr. RUME thought the House would do right to ;Aegean(' the motion for the second reading. Lord EBRINGTON hoped the Howe would not pass the Bill, especially after the statement of Sir F. Baring. The amendment was egreed to, and the Bill was con several? thrown out. WEXFORD HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT. This Bill was read a second time. EXCHEQUER-BILLS. /a The House then went into a Committee of Supply- Mr. C. LEWIS moved a vote of 17,742,800/. in Ex chequer-bills. Mr. HUME inquired whether it was not possible to reduce the interest upon Exchequer-bills. Mr. C. LEWIS said he was not able to answer the question, in the absence of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Mr. W. WILLIAMS considered that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to be in his place when such a proposition was made to the House. Mr. C. LEWIS said the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was owing to his attendance being re quired at a Cabinet Council. Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought the Howse ought to be informed of the rate of interest the bills would bear during the ensuing year. Mr. HUME said when the report was brought up he would repeat his question. In reply to Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, Mr. HUME stated that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer had intimated to him that he would not object to re-nominate the Committee appointed last year to consider the mode of levying the income-tax. Tho vote was then agreed to, and the House resumed. VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE. Mr. B. OSBORNE called attention to the evidence given by Dr. Reid at the bar relating to the ventilatian of the House. He observed that the subject was of vary great importance coeaaaering the wear 3 -"Z 1 , tear which the constitution of a con siderable per-centago of Members underwent during six months in the year. It was said by the Rev. Sid ney Smith with reference to locking up passengers in railway carriages, that no attention would be paid to the subject until some great dignitary was roasted on a rail road. Now he was very much of opinion that until some of the most robust Members of the Treasury benches were ventilated to another place, or some of the leading Members of the country party almost stifled, no effectual steps would he taken to improve the at moshere of the House. If the matter had been referred to the House of Assembly in Jamaica the chamber they occupied could not have been worse ventilated. The defective arrangements were entirely ()sing to one cause, v i z ., divided authority.—(Hear.) One of the most remarkable men of the day, the Duke of Welling ton, who always hit the right nail on the head, so long ego as 1846 told the House of Lords that the dispute between Mr. Barry and Dr. Reid would lead to great in convenience, and it was because his advice was not taken that Members found themselves in their present posi tion. The lighting and ventilation of the House could not be disunited, or eff-cted satisfactorily under two distinct managements.—(Hear.) The cramped appearance of the windows would induce a stranger to think that they had been erected to evade the window-tax.—(Laughter.) They were bad in heraldry and design, and gave scarcely any light. He was unable properly to describe the figures or daubs repesented upon them.— (Hear.) The light, too, was extremely bad for the eyes. It was impossible for Members to be always un der the influence of an atmosphere of railways.— (Loud laughter.) The temperature varied considerably in different parts of the House in consequence of the re fraction from the lamps. He found the thermometer the other night at 70 degrees, but on placing a hat over it and keeping off the light there was in a few minutes a difference of nearly t wo degrees.—(Hear.) Tne strangers' gallery was one of the most abominable places of punish ment that could be conceived.—(Hear.) It was impossible when in it to distinguish more than the Speaker and four Members who were near him.—(A laugh.) The reason was that the lights contracted th e p up il o f t h e eye, and therefore obstructed the vision. It was with the greatest difficulty that he could distinguish the well-known features of the Speaker.—(Loul laughter.) On the part of the public, therefore, he called for some alteration of the light and ventilation.—(Hear.) He would turn next to the gentlemen of the press, those valuable members—for so be would call them—who so ably reported the debates.—(Hear, hear.) The an noyance they were subject to, if not remedied, would certainly destroy their eyesight and their health. He would go a step higher —to the ladies—(Laughter)— who were condemned to a miserable place, which he would call something between a bird-cage and a tea caddy.—(Great laughter.) In their room a partition had been erected, which made the place so confined as to render it difficult for them to brea•he. Their convenience h been sacrificed to Mr. Barry's ideas of the Gothic, as if they were to be bricked up like ladies in a monastery.—(Laughter.) Dr. Reid told him that he bad no persoual quarrel with Mr. Barry, and that their only difference had reference to questions of sc'enec.. But ecience was no reason why Members should at one time be roasted, at another boiled, and another frozen. — (Laughter.) Therefore, on behalf of Members and the public, he called upon the House to entrust the ventila tien, warming, and lighting of the House, to one respoa sible person. The resolutions which he proposed were three in number; first, that Dr. Reid be authorised to complete such temporary arrangement as were impera tively necessary to maintain a better atmosphere during the sittings of the House ; secondly, that the warming, lighting, and ventilation of the House and libraries be placed in the hands of one responsible party; and, thirdly, that Dr. Reid be called upon to submit forth with a full report of the alterations he considers essential for the health and com f or t o f the Huse, with an estimate of the probable expense, stating especially what plan he proposed for lighting the in 4 t ice—(Loud cries of " Hear. ') [We may as well the reporters' gallery is very great, owing to its close cent • igutty t o the lamps, continually thrown a strong draft of cold air is behind OR down from some apertures Their positioa e heads and backs of the reporters. tion is extremeerer the pr esen t sys t em o f ventila experience is conCr unpleasant, and as far as our observations which felld we are inclined to fort e from the Hon. Member Mid dlesex on the subjset. The resolutions having b Sir J. PAKINGToNn ee M Pot, Lit r e would cordially second the motion of the Hon. Mern was very much hadebted to helatHe thought the House for the praiseworthy and able manner in whiclgir,a. hrad inquired into the matter. There was very treason for the entire peared t:o be system of ventilation being e e ahvd The Hon. Mem ".)wbsutehPe Could not conceive to. her had said the wind Couldnebeeiveunder evade the window-tax, char , ed what sort of window-tax windows with duty which gave no ligt.—(A auhter.) laugh.) The windows were the first he had ever seen which gave more light at night than in the day time.---(L Sir J. Pakington bore testimony to th e excellen t venti lation of the old House of Commons, and said he saw no reason why the new one should not be placed under the same management.— (Hear .) Lord SEYMOLTR at once admitted that both the ven_ tilation and the lighting of the House were exceedingly defective, but he had personally- had nothing to de with the arran gements since N ovem b e r last. It was impos sible, however, to place the whole of the building under the control of Dr. Reid, b ec ause the House of Lords was already in th e h ands of Mr. Barr;. This House. how ever, was under the charge of Dr. Reid, and for the pu-pose of c a r r yi ng out his plans two less than 57,8001. had been expend e d , besides an annual expenditure of 1,300/. for Dr. Reid's Previous stalf.—(Elear, hear.) to the meeting of the H ouse this sesaion, Dr. Reid in formed him that the machinery which had been erected under his superintendence were so defective that it would not act, while one portion of it produced such an immense heat that the officials had been more than once surprised with alarm of fire.—(Hear.) Dr. Reid's proposed system of ventilation was this—he collected the air at the summit of the clock tower, which was carried down to chambers nine feet below the level of the Thames, and he doubted much whe ther the air which passed through such a channel could be such as the House ought to breathe. The lighting of the corridors had been altered and the closing of the chambers had been carried out as Dr. mid suggest-A, but the matter of ventilation, as pro ter, by Dr. Reid, was of such a complicated charae. r, that he doubted h 12 it could be accomplished. --(Rear, hear.) et Cr to ear.) The question, however, for the House ' consider (Ha to . , hewas, what should be done for the future.-- an suse ar) If they placed the library as well as the under the control of Dr. Reid, it would in v't,lve the in cperation sacrifice of the machinery already expenditure of nrl4r Mr. Barry, and a very large tilecing this b P ial -le 2. . l %n°Y. — ( l lc'er, hear.) For ven gethar expended 204'0 er. Barry and Dr. Reid had to to decide whether the' °I-11; and it was now for the House extravagant course. Ya i l l e ° l - 11 d still proceed in the same tree House sanctioned tees la hear.) He hoped before ire pers e r esolutions they would call , some independent that 0 11 to det,qmine what ought to be done ; and with down.—(Hear.) recommendation he would sit , Mr. DRUMMOND contended l that all the ement chamber; under 4 manag This que s ti on was a n s t t a z h c e h e l l e o u u s g e h ittsoe alf.—icieeda rudr the same , not so difficult as Dr. Reid a nd w mass it, but he believed archi tects fivarryished nothing wha the t o - reheme4mended a v that ever of v en til a ti on , an d th ere f ore ve ntilation sh ou ld b e placed i n t h e he man who thoroughly understood tae by r ain scie n' Mr. BOOKER suggested that Sir Ile -"nY Do W ol h t a h t e B ritish Museum, should be cello • aßecht, ought to be done. La to decide "8 N, Sir DENHAM NOLifIEYS reminded the House that Sir Henry De Is Beebe was a geologist, and not a medical man, who h a d stud i ed ventilation, an d a l so recalled to their reco ll ect i on that D r . Reid promised to give them good ventilation in the old House, and he kept his word. Why not, then, call upon him to make a similar promise in respect to this building, and give him ample means and full authority to carry it out? Mr. FITZROY had already recommended the House to appoint a Committee to investigate this matter, and if his recommendation had been adopted they would have been nearer a remedy for the evils under which they suffered than they were at present.—(Hear, hear.) He was now, however, disposed to advise the House to leave the whole subject in the hands of the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests, and he moved an amendment to that effect accordingly.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. H. INGLIS seconded this proposal. He did not think the House was a fair or proper tribunal for settling this question, but nevertheless the sooner they got rid of the present windows the better. It was better to have a good artificial light in the middle of the day than a bad natural, or rather an unnatural light, and he trusted this part of the subject would not be lost sight of. The expenditure which had been disclosed to them to-day was monstrous, and he therefore thought the best course the House could pursue was to leave the whole matter in the hands of the Noble Lord opposite, who would be responsible to the House for what he did. Mr. E. B. HOCUE, so far from regretting that the House had taken this matter into its own hands, he for one rejoiced that the House had called Dr. Reid to the bar, for it had led to the disclosure of facts that would astound the public, he was sure, as much as it had surprised the House itself.—(Hear, hear.) The lightine ' and ventilating of th e H ouse ought to b e conducted by the same party, and so long as the two were kept separate, so long would the House suffer from the evils which it complained of.—(Hear, hear.) It almost appeared to him that the best course to pursue was to dismiss both Dr. Reid and Mr. Barry. They could not agree, and the consequence was, that while one was blowing hot, the other was puffing cold air upon the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GREENE felt it due to Dr. Reid and Mr. Barry to state that much of the expense referred to by the Noble Lord at the head of tee Woods and Forests had been in curred at the recommendation of the House itself in some of its Committees, but at the same time he also felt it necessary to warn the House against leaving the adjustment of this question to a person who could not be held responsible to the House. It was much better to leave it in the hands of the Noble Lord, as it had already been proposed, and then the House would have some guarantee that its convenience and comfort would be attended to ,—(Hear, hear.) Lord HARRY VANE expressed a hope that the amendment would be adopted, but with this under standing, that the Noble Lord should have full power to consult or call in to his assistatme whomsoever he pleased.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME thweeso, the object of the proposer of the original carienon had been obtained, for the Noble Lord ad/netted that the lighting and ventilating of the House were not only defective, but that they ought not to be under separate management, and the House, therefore, could have no difficasty in adopting that part of the original resolution, which affirmed the same thing. —(Hear, hear.) Having done that, he could see no ob jection to leaving the matter in the hands of the Noble Lord, who would in future be responsible to the House for the expenditure.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. PACKE thought it was clear that much of the public money bad been wasted through the disunion which existed between this House and the House of Lords upon this matter. They ought to have co-operated together, and then the work would have been well and economically done.—(Hear, hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP was at a loss to see what re sponsibility would attach to the Noble Lord if the House left the matter in his hands, for if he was not mistaken the Government would be shortly kicked out, and then where would be the responsibility of the Noble Lord?—(Hear and laughter.) Why, having spent the public money as he liked, the Noble Lord would snap his fingers at the House when out of effice, and refuse to give any explanation.—(A laugh.) He viewed all Com missioners and Treasury-bench responsibility gentlemen with suspicion.—(A laugh.) After a few words from Ar. COWAN, Mr. B. OSBORNE said that no one could have lis tened to the Noble Lord the First Commissioner with out seeing that his mind had been greatly influenced by Mr. Barry. He wished to guard the House against this, for what security had it against the dismissal of Dr. Reid by the Noble Lord, and the substitu tion of Mr. Barry's plan of non-ventilation. He had not framed those resolutions without considerable thought, and if a sufficient number of Members would support him, he would stand by them. The Noble Lord might very likely listen to other ventilators, and then all the expense which they had already incurred in pur chasing Dr. Reid's plans would be thrown away; and while he was doing so, the health of Hon. Members would be ruined. Indeed, he could almost fancy already that he saw some of his respectable friends growing older every day before his eyes.—(Laughter.) After a few words of explanation from Lord SEYMOUR, The House divided, when there appeared— For the first resolution ... 96 Against it... ... ••• ... 68 Majority ••• —2B The other resolutions were then agreed to without a division. IRISH WORKS. Colonel DUNNE moved for returns of all works the execution of which was undertaken by the Board of Works, on the authority of the Lords Commis sioners of the Treasury, under the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107. and of the certificates given, according to the Bth section of said Act, to the secretaries of grand juries in Ireland, of the execution of such works. Mr. E B. ROCHE, in seconding the motion, hoped that it would be remarked by those who said that Ireland wished to repudiate the sums which had been advanced to her that Irish Members bad not lost a moment in a....king for a Lill of particulars. No parties in Ireland had shown the slightest inclination to repudiate, but they said that the Government had debited to the account of Ireland about twice as much as she had received. Mr. F. FRENCH supported the motion. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN said it was a mistake to call these works at all, they were merely a clumsy contriv ance to distribute money among a starving people. The responsibility did not rest, therefore, with the landed gentry and persons of property in Ireland, but with the Government. After a few words from Mr. NAPIER, the return was agreed to. Colonel DUNNE then moved for returns of each work undertaken under the provisions of the Act 9 Vie., c. 1, and 9 and 10 Vic., c. 107; also, for works under taken under Mr. Labouchere's letter; and of the reasons for not giving any of t h e a b ove information when it is foundimpracticabl e to do so.—Agreed to. PRINTING. On the motio n of Mr. C. LEWIS, the following mo tion was agreed to:—'+ Select Committee to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to the printing ex ecuted by order of this House, and for the purpose of selecting and arranging for printing returns and papers presented in pursuance of motions made by Members of this House”—Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Posey, Mr. Strutt, Sir John Young, Viscount Mahon, Mr. John Greene, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Loch. Three to be a quorum. INCOME-TAX. Mr. lIUME moved for the re-appointment of a Com mittee to inquire into the present mode of assessing and collecting the income and property-tax, whether any other mode of levying the same, so as to render the tax more equitable, can be adopted, and to nominate the fol lowing Members:—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Henley, Mr. Vesey, M r . M ac k enz i e, Mr. James Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Roebuck, Col. Hominy, Lord Harry Vane, and Mr. Sotheron.—Agreed to. RETURNS. On the motion of Mr, lIUME a return was agreed to of the number of visitors to the Museum of the Edin burgh University during the last ten years. Mr. MT qE moved for a return or list of the princi- Pal manufactured articles imported into this country on andtfhe q uantity g grer which a duty of customs is imposed; stating the name of each article imported in the year ending the sth day of January, 1851; also, the rate of duty a ta r n t d i c t l e h s e charged, and the amount of duty paid on each article, and ate of duty collected an all imported manu. acture in the year. And a return of the principal oafgaggrreicguall:ral produce imported into this coun thrye (:antewhich any duty of Customs is imposed; stating produce, in of duty and the amount paid on each article, amount of duty on all agricultural lIAMILTONt . t he levied b e 2 ending the sth day of January, ton)u......aYtion of Parliamentary paper, No. 146, 1851 (in co t' of session 18 n 5 Mr. G. A. amount of money g ree d 'o d for accounts of the assessment,. for or under the name of poor-rates, couttyy, England and Wales, fo ce r s e s a , e,,llo7o,lulugi, o o r r m b o u r n o i u c g i h a l rates, ra t in , day, 1842, 1847, and 1851 resulectb,.e years ending Lady eaus r p in o. g .)r e - a ra c t h es o , f cqu h n e ty same y h ea P rs ;:v d e i l n Y: and in Ireland the P es ' h 29th day of of property assessed to or-rates in England and Wales, aln d • September; of .theannual value the po in Ireland during each of the same years.—Areed to. The House the❑ adjourned. OTHER SCIENTIFIC DISCO - VER 7p , not t ertain SUPERSEDE STEA3I . -- -' MAY In speculations like these, the probable, ou Progress of improvement and discovery ou ghtfhrt overlooked; and we may safely pronounce that, to l h e befor e such a period of time shall have rolledawong otherse_ and more powerful mechanical agents will se „T fin ger the use of coal. Philosophy already dir ects ' her no__ilato!ourcei of inexhaustible power in the plie actionfoismit:oitiooaudi decomposition .f.electricity and magnetism. The alternate by electric 1 of vaporisationcwie once to every mind recoinposition of water, c an analogy to the alternate pro cessesand condensation, not to occur at slid matter b y the ' the development of the gases from and their ~ü bs(qc Pflation of the chemi cal affinities, has already been .uent condensation into the liquid form , e, say ,, d word, the g,neral state of as a source of po A er, In a moment, the vigour, act scienca at the pre sentwhich researches in it are apettlitY' and sagacity, with ecuted in every civil , country, the increasing consideration men are held, and the personal in which scientific I upon them and rewards which begin to be conferred which expectation that we are on the ev :hem, all justify the I hav eyet appeared; will dwindle into insignificance in corn g'gantie powers, energies. of nature which are still to bpearrison with the Mkt the day will come when that machine Aeon and 'which is now LONDON) extending the blessings of civilization to the most re mote skirts of the globe, will cerso to have oxis{ence except in the page of history.—Lardner on the Stearn Engine. TILE REGAL OF SIR HARRY SMITH. The following copy of a dispatch from Earl Grey to Governor Sir H. G. Smith, Bart., G.C.8., is printed among the papers on the Kafir war recently presented to both Houses of Parliament : " Downing street, Jan. 14, 1852. " Sir,—l have received and laid before the Queen your dispatches of the sth and 19th of November, re porting the results of the operations of the war since the date of your dispatches b y the previous mail. "2. I learn from these dispatche s that another month of this distressing warfare has pass e d away , an d t h oug h the force at your disposal had been increased to a very considerable amount no advantage of any real import ance has been gained over the enemy, while the loss of her Majesty's troops has been exceedingly heavy, that very distinguished officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Fordyce, being included among those who have fallen. "3. I have said that no real advantage has been gained, because, while you state that positions of ex traordinary strength have been stormed, and it is clear that the most determined courage has bean shown by her Majesty's troopt, these successes (if they can be called so) have been entirely barren of useful results; and it appears from the reports of Major- General Somercet, and particulary from his dispatch dated the 9th of November, that the ground thus hardly won could not be retained, and that the position which was carried at the price of such heavy loss to the 74th Regiiasent on the 6:h of November, was only held until the Major-General withdrew the troops iu the after noon,' when it would seem that there was no obstacle to its being re-occupied by the enemy, and that in fact it was so. " For several months your dispatches have been of a similar character. You have described to me opera tions which I have constantly been assured had boon attended with success, and had inflicted heavy loss upon the enemy, while there could be no doubt that the troops had fought with their accustomed gal lantry; but at the same time I am quite unable to discover that any ground had really been gained, while it was obvious that the enemy, far from being dis couraged by their supposed defeats, were from month to month increasing in boldness and determination; and the list of casualties but too clearly proved that the loss they had inflicted was at least as certain, and bore no small proportion to that which they were believed to have sustained. "5. It was impossible that I should continue to re ceive intelligence of this description by many succes sive mails without being led to entertain very serious doubts whether the war had been conducted with the energy and the judgment which were necessary to bring it to an early and successful issue; but distress ing as was the anxiety which these doubts occasioned, I have not hitherto allowed them to induce me to deprive y o u of that support which I know it is of the utmost importance to the public service that those in high mili tary commands should be able to rely on not having lightly withdrawn from them by the advisers of the Crown, when, in situations of difficulty and danger, suc cess does not at once attend their exertions. " 6. But the information I have now received has con verted what was before only a very serious doubt into con viction; and it is my painful duty to inform you that, having consulted my colleagues on the subject, they have concurred with me in coming to the conclusion that, upon a careful review of the events of the war and those which preceded its breaking out, there is evidence, which it is impossible longer to resist, that you have failed in show ing that foresight, energy, and judgment which your very difficult position required, and that therefore we should not be justified in shrinking from tendering fo the Queen our humble advice that the Government of the Cape of Good Hope and the conduct of the war should be placed in other hands. It has accordingly been my duty to submit to her Majesty my advice that Major-General Cathcart should be appointed to relieve you, of which her Majesty has been pleased to approve, and that officer will very shortly proceed to the Cape for that purpose. 4 ' 7. I need hardly assure you that I cannot make this communication without groat pain and sincere reluer tenet., and that nothing but a sense of imperative duty would have led my colleagues and myself to take the course we have felt ourselves compelled to adopt. " We do full justice to the ardent zeal for her Ma jesty's service which you have uniformly displayed ; we have not forgotten how greatly you have distinguished yourself on former occasions, and what a high military reputation you have deservedly obtained; but we have been compelled to believe that, perhaps from the failure of your health, and your being no longer able to ex ercise as close a personal superintendence as formerly over the conduct of affairs, you have failed in giving, either to your military operations or to your political measures bearing upon the war, that character of vigour and judgment which are necessary to in spire confidence in the inhabitants and troops and to command success. I must remind you that the first error which was committed, and to which I believe the failure of a policy otherwise sound and the calamity of the war are mainly attributable, was the premature reduc tion of the British force under your command. I must take upon myself a share of the blame for this mistake, inas much as I had probably too often and too strongly pressed upon you the importance of reducing the number of troops as soon as this could be safely done. Still your discretion was unlettered, you were lett to decide for yourself when the troops should be sent home, since this was a point on which a judgment could only be formed on the spot; and the error, therefore, was your own of supposing that a large proportion of the force which you found in the colony could without danger so sown be dis pensed with. "8. I must also remind you that, up to the eve of the actual breaking out of hostilities, you continued to send roe the strongest as,urances that there existed no real danger, and that the apprehensions expressed by the frontier farmers were unfounded. Even when the war began you were so little aware of its true cha racter that you made no application to me fur additional force ; and neither in your public nor y our private letters did you give me the slightest intimation that such aid was required; and the rein forcements which were immediately dispatched, as well as those which have been subsequently sent, have all, with the exception of the last, anticipated your demands for them. It is not for me to express any opinion on the detail of your military operations; but it must strike even an unprofessional observer that, by the employment of means which you considered adequate for the purpose, no serious impres sion appears to have been made on the enemy. It fol lows that you have either been entirely mistaken in your judgment, and have consequently led her Majesty's Government into error as to the character of the war and the amount of force required, or else that you have failed in using with effect the force at your disposal. "9. With regard to the political measures bearing upon the results of the war, I must refer you to the dispatch which I have been compelled to address to you by the present mail on the neglect of the pre cautions obviously required in order to obstruct the supply of ammunication to the enemy. The fault in this respect must no doubt be in part attri buted to the Celonial Secretary, whom you had left in charge of the Government at Cape Town, but if you had intimated to me that Mr. Montagu could not alone adequately discharge the arduous duties which devolved upon him in your absence, I should not have failed immediately to have afforded you further assist ance, by the appointment of a civil Lieutenaat-Go vernor, to reside at Cape Town during the war—a step I propose adopting now the necessity for it has thus been disclosed to me. "10. I must also observe that you have, I believe, truly represented to me, that if you had had the Kafirs only to contend with, the war would long since have been brought to a close; and that what has made them such formidable enemies has been the assistance they have derived from the rebel Hottentots, too many of whom had been trained as soldiers in the ranks of the British army. But if this is, as I believe, a correct view of the subject, I must regard it as a most fatal error that the first instances of treason among this class of inhabitants of the Cape were not dealt with more promptly and more severely. I cannot resist the belief that, had this been done, the contagion of disaffection would have been stayed, as the prompt punishnieat of the real traitors would have calmed the fears naturally excited among the white inhabitants . by a eeing their i m p un i t y, and would thu s have prevented the colonists of European de-cent from being led to entertt du and display that in discriminate jealousy of their c oloured fellow-subjects, which has been, as there is too e such reason to fear, the means of driving into dissatisfaction many of the latter, who were not originally inclined to it. " 11. Lastly, I must regard it as a grievous error that you have allowed the administration of the Orange River territory to remtiintoolong to the task,inthehandso and of an t o ru c t e b r y in th y ira r nd other mistakes unequal mistakes in your management of the Dutch inhabitants of the frontier districts, you have failed to conciliate that important class, by whose cordial co-operation there can be no doubt that you would have been enabled to bring the war to a mulch more earlier termination than there is now a prospect of; while, on the contrary. by the distracted condition of the sovereignty, your difficulties in liafra ria have bee n very seriously Increased. The:manner in which, by j udicious management, Mr. Pine has suc ceeded in 1g atal in securing the confidence and attach ment of th e Dutch farmers, as described in your dis patch proves that, if p roper l y treate d, loyal and useful subje c t s o f the heyhat b s 7. I )(3 193, rendered clearly Crown. " 19 . It has been with much reluctance that I have entered into ) this review of the errors which you seem to me to have committed, but I have thought it due to 3 our positit )t t and to your high reputation to show that her Majesty's servants have not determined to advise the Queen u supersede you in the midst of the war without sufii .lient cause for doing so; and for this reason, aue. p a ar t n o f n u e ' as of it has been l to ha m v o e yourself censure, t h o eo w a rit o e om to pe y ll o e u d n your judge cut 'd. to point o ut been betra the errors into to be able • ) ;( ' add, that I have no doubt it has been o u n t o haveme cut only hich has been in fault, tu Inc bee It is however s oma wh sa ic ti h sfaci of your ability,yon have e to quit edit)" r tor do I doubt that in more regular warfare al Ninst a civilised enemy, and if your mili tary had been less complicated ' O by political endeavoured cult of Buttes of no ordinary diffi i, you would have achieved the same success ( t i a iiii ry co o l p ti e e r: by which sou had formerly been so much distinguished. I am, &c., (Signed) " GREY. Lietacv, ant-General Sir H. G. Smith, 'AVERT° , ')L7 I.VEDNE SDA.T.--The U n i ted States steam-ship Lt.lantic, Captain W est , sailed to-day for New A York with tb e nsuAl FIifitTIISDAY EVEVING, PRICES OF SHARES IN B.i.AKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. FrGm the Official List. tUBLISTIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10.. 2rOT3TT-STOZ.In 13A.INHCS, Dividend ' Amoutil Same of Comp,/13y. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 --- - - £ s. d. X s. d. Australasia •.•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - B Commercial of London 61. per cen t. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 1 Colonial 2/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - i Gloucestershire ••• • • • 151 Per cent. - - - -ri ts h . . North .. A m erica n ... ... .. 51. per cent. .50 0 0 50 0 0 - , lonian ••••••• • • • • • • • 6/. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 211 i ' Londn and Weitminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 293 4 r London Joint-Stock .•• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 18 , provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - P Katona] of Ireland .. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 6/. -. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • .. ~ per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Dank Corpora. 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - • South Australia •••• •• : 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - • Union ei Australia-.' 6 /. per cent, 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto •••••••• • • • • •• : 61. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of Madrid ..... ..... 40 0 0 40 0 0 -- , gnion of London.- .• 71, p er cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 , nistrualcon 002V1P.A.NIEB. Dividend Amount ' Nanaa of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----..--__ --_, , 4 8. . 1 Albion •••••••• • • • • •• 31 . 105. 500 0 50 0 0 86 • Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 1.19.6d.b5. 100 0 11 0 0 213¢ Ditto Marine....... 61, p.c. & bs. 100 0 25 0 0 41% Atlas .•••• • • .. ..... .. 135.6 d. 50 0 510 0 17% ' A T V' S r i ff° •• •• • • •• 41. per cent. 100 0 16 0 0 British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 50 0 6% Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 10 0 0 26)4 4/, 100 0 10 0 0 - 145. 50 0 8 0 0 15 Eagle -•• • • ....... ... ss. 50 0 50 0 7 1 4 Eciity and Law ...... 435 per cent. 100 0 50 0 4% , European Life ..... 10s. 20 0 All paid. 12 General ............ 5 0 5M .-... 00 Globe 133 90 5/. per cent 100 0 45 0 0 55% 61. per cent. Stock. 50 0 0 245 Imperial Life ........ ' 100 0 10 0 0 18 I f G n m u d ar p e e m d ri n a an i l t y f' . I2s. 121 per cent. 500 0 •••• 11..11.&19e. 100 0 20 0 0 49 Law Fire . .......... b.& 25. bs. 100 0 2 10 0 3% Law 1-ife..... "• •• .• - 100 0 10 0 0 46% Legal ancl General Life _ 50 0 30 0 5% London Fire ........ in s & b s. 25 0 12 10 0 21% London Ship ........ 10s. & bs. 25 0 12 10 0 21% Warine •••..•• •• •• . 155. per share 100 0 15 0 0 15 1 ,4 Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 1%1. per et. 50 0 20 0 2% Monarch ...... 5 0 1 0 0 19s. •• .• •• National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 210 0 2% Palladium Life•• ..... . 51. per cent. 30 0 2 0 0 - Phoenix •••••'• " • •• •• 31. p. sh.& bs. - - 161 Professional Life...... 51 per cent. 6 5 010 0 17s. 6d Provident Life........ 11 . . 55. & bs. 100 0 10 0 0 30 loci: Life-- ss. $(1 010 0 6% ....... Royal Exchange .....„ 61. p.ct. & bs. Stock. all 227 Sun Fire ............. 61. 108. - 209 Ditto Life ......... 11. 6.. - 90 48 Uni ted Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 40 0 4 Universal Life . ... - 10% ct.&bs. 100 00110 0 0 - Vietcria Life... 51 per cut. - 1412 6 5% SIZIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company , per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. I A 1 1. ' e a r .. . ... tn . . : e.'1•1.. ... -------- x„ 11. d. X. 8. d. Ilwagerford.... •• .. • • - - - - Southwrk .......... 100 0 0 - - - Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 5 0 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ............ 100 0 0 - 3 Dittn Old Ann. o f 81 . 21. 8 5, Od. - 60 0 0 2414 Ditto NW ditt o o f i 7l . 2 1 . 2 5. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vauxhall .... ... Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 18 1117.421META-.W0N,X21.. .-_. Dividend Amount Name of Company, ' per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. _____ £ s. d. £ e. d. East L0nd0n.......... 81. per ant. 100 0 0 - 149 Grand Junction -•• ... 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 67 . 4/. per cat. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth ...... •..... Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 27 New River Company.. 21. 10s. - - 60 Vauxhall'..... • -.• •• 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex .. . 61.05. pr cut. - - 106 DOCXI6. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Pri ce. Annum. Share. ----,- ~._ ____.- •---:-- ------ ---• £ I. d. £ e. d. Commercial .... -•• .. 41. pr cent. Stock. - 9034 East and West India... 6341. pr cent, Stock. - 14735 London .... .•••• •• I 51. pr cent. Stock. - 122 - East Country ........ 20s. per sk. 100 0 0 - _ Ditto Bonds •• -•• •• 41. per cent. - - St. Katharine ....- -13% per cent. Stock. - 82 Ditto Bonds.- - •• 4341. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• ...... - 50 0 0' 50 0 0 - rapanies.ll , per • 1 CELZTLIZS. Dividend Names of 7 Di v id en d I Names of , D, i Co 4 A.nnusa. c ' 1 c Annual. c 1 —.--- --___ 1 Price . c empan i e z. 4 per Pe e IX 1 4 Ashtn& Oldh 58 71. p. et. 140 Macclesfield • 100 k 21.105. 50 Barnsley •• • • 'l6O Neatli ••• • • • 100' 161. larknk&Abrg 'l5O Si. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 13'. 135 Birmingham 40 41. Peak Forest. 7g 31.185. 70 Coventry.. • • 1 100 25/. 260 Regent's —.. 33 ! 1/. 3s. 174 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale... • 85 2:. 42 Ellsrnre&Chsl 69 2% p. ct. 33% Stmrset Ceal 150 _ GrandJunctn , 100 31. pr. ct. 47 1 Do.L kFd St i 2 t I Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61, pr. ct,f 114 StErnt &Wore 140 281. 405 Grand Surrey I 100 21. Os. 32% Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbrldge., 1 45 20/. 290 Kennt & Ayu 139 4 s . 04. 5% s ever . an d 1 Lancaster . !100 Wye Itall. 6 26 Leeds& Livrp 160 201. 405 Warwick& 44 40 Leicester ..•• :100 Si. 66 It irming. j 100 Leicstr&Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& 3 100 31. 28 Lougn boregh , 142 701. 510 Napton.. Nionmouthsh' 100 Worcstr &} 78 31. 33 Mntgemrysh 100 ) Birming. MeltnMwbry 100 Wilts &Brks. Ils. 6d. 74 aag-saouT AND CORE COMPANIES. ---- __ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annurn. . Share. jZ. 1. 1. X. s. d. -. British ••••••• • • • •• '• IL 40 0 0 18 0 0 10 Ditto Provincial•• •• 11. 81. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18 Brithton ••••• • • • " " 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London .• •• •• 61. 130 0 0 150 e 0 130 Continental Consolidat. 508 . 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Equitable .••••• • • •• •• 50 e. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27i Cir eat Central .• ••• • • el. 10 0 0 10 0 0 124 Imperial .... •• ••• • • • 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Indepcndent ..• •••• " 61, 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London ••..-•• • • • • • • •••• 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 - Phcenix . .... •••• •• • • 41. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26 Ratcliff .... •..•• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General ••• • • • 11 . 50 0 0 50 0 0 164 Westminster Chartered 57. Per cent, 50 0 0 _ 464 Ditto, New •••• - • • • ii ' Per cent. i5O 0 0 10 0 0 - MIST OF SOOTTXSR COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend ----Amount Name of COMPaIIY• per of Paid. Price. Annum, Share. - -----••••-- ------ - --- - £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland ..... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1024 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1994 Caledonian Bank ••••• Pl. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 31.115. City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11 Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 6 35 Percent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 is Commercial Bank •• •• 71. percent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 176 Eastern Bank •• •• •• •• 67 . Percent, 25 0 0 10 0 0 9N EdinbigGlasgowlitank 31. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 31i Exehange Bnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 42 0 0 834 National Bank . .... •• 6% Percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 1 4 North of Scotland ...... 51. per cent. '2O 0 0 110 0 2A, Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 87 Western Bank .• •••• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67 Alliance Fire and Life 4 341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 214 British Guarantee .• •• 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 291 6J Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per lent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 City of Glasgow L 110.• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 181 Colonial Life .. • ... • • 5 1. per cont. 50 0 0 10 0 2% Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21 Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0 217 6 31 4 Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 158 National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 95+.6d North British Incur. •• 6 1. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 SO ccottishUnion Insruce. 7%1. pr cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 299 Od Standard Life .. •• •• • 51 . Per cant. 50 0 0 7 0 0 124 United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,20s Cd Taxsc uzzazeEous• Dividend Amount Name or carapaiv• Per of Paid. Price. Annum, Share. ..-------• -.-...... ____...- ---• X. a. d. X. 8. d.,,., Assam Tea ••••• • • • • • -... 20 0 0 20 0 0 1 )N ductien Mart •• ••• • • • 2 1. ss. 50 o 0 - 264 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 20 Australian Trust •••• , 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 2 0 34 angio-Mexican Mint.. IL los. 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 _,__ Ditto, Half Shares.. 2 10 0 - British American Land - - 38 10 0 - Canada ••••••• • • •• •• 61, cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 per cent Bonds - 108 Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 6/ 7 - - 105 • Per cent. - - 9314 City Navigation Bonds 3, I per cent. - Gen. Revers. k Invest. Equitable Reversienry 5/ ' t 100 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto liew ........ pr. COB . 50 0 0 710 0 .. Geß.Steam Navigatio 0 14 0 0 28 54 n 10 p.ct. 15 0 Hudson's Bay.. ...... 1 - 206 - Stock. s P.c.kbe 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Flungerford .. „ ...... . 100 0 0 47 a e v London en i 0 I n n a s r t y i t :i n t it°. See, 21. ss. _ 78 15 0 6% New Zealand C omp any - _ . 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New .... y _. '"25 0 0 12 10 0 - uscell Institution....... - - 26 5 0 - 1 Paninslr& Orie nt.Stm. 81. Tht bs 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 c .. . 4%l P ..p e r . cent . ':po o 0 100 0 0 lei Royal Mail Stearn„ •• 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 7 8 1 South Australian... •• 11 per share. 25 0 0 25 0 i 7 23% i Van Dieman's L and.. 1 • - leo 0 21 0 0 - , RAILVEr„ ___ BRISTOL, FEn• 11. AY SHARE MARKETS. STOCK EKC RANGE.—The market continues active, and FEB. 11. shares command advanced rates. Bristol and Exeter were done to-day at Re I . " j - 4 —Great Western, 89 LIVERPOOL, STOCK EXCH ANGZ.—The share market was rather better to-day, and though the business was not extensive, less dis position to press sales was manifested. Prices are all im proved. The transactions were as follow:—Caledonian, 15 7-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 64—Ditto, Fifths, 7 54 dis. —London and North-Western, 118—Ditto, New Quarters, 3 14 P.Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31—Mid land, 58i/4—South:Eastern and Dover, 2034—Sheffield, Rotherham, and G oole, N. Div., 20 S 0 MANCHESTER, FEB. 1 1 . ST°eit EXCaelciE.—The business to-day was very limited. The transactions were as follow:—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshi re Junction, 12 1 /, di3.—llitto, 20 /. Shares , 634 dis.—Easter n Counties, 7 1 ,4 Lancashire and Yorkshire , 6454 —Mancheste r , Sheffield, and — Lincolnshire, 1/. Preference, 1 2 I A —Midland Railway Cobsol, 57.'• STOCK EXCIIAX GE RMINGHAM, 11. BI F an. . The share market continues in a very inactive Etate, although last quotations are well main,to!ned._ The only sale reported to -day was NS °Aver hampton, and Stour Valley, Iv/. Is. 3d. QUEEN A ' D 31st of December, 1850, account relating t-° Queen Anne's Bounty, presented to Par liament, was issued. NZ I s ..,0111.ITT. The receipts for the year ending the —Yesterday the annual 15,1 241. 155. 7d. Were ‘. first ere fruits and tenths." The dis bursements were principallypaid to the clergy, paid for pur chase of clerical ro s perty, ac_d for the erection of re,idence houses. The sum of 3,181/.1 is. 3d. was laid out isla thelpu chado Of steel; for general purposes. BRUA_RY 12, 1882 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 11. Mr. Justice Yatteson and Mr. Justice Wightmam Eat this day to hear appeals from the County Court.. RAWCROFT v. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY living, procured for him a credit which warranted the defendant In lending money to him. The plaintiff knew, as e very body must know, that thert. was risk in lending money on personal security, and that was the reason that so high a sum as 51. per cent. was paid. The plaintiff ought not to complain because the risk for whioh that interest was contracted to be paid had actually occurred. The defendant and other witnesses was then called. Sir Gregory Lewin's clerk proved that his profes sional income iu 1842 amounted to 1,9001. What it was afterwards did not appear. Mr. Simpson, of the Shefli•eld and Redford Batik, said that Sir Gregory, after he became Queen's Counsel, had a credit with them for 500/. Mr. Sergeant SHEE, in reply, ;ridiculed the idea of a person being entitled to a larger credit, or being trusted without inquiry, because the degree of Queen's Counsel had been conferred upon him. That " honour" had become as common as knighthood, and appeared to be giv e n away as children gave blackberries. In most cases it occasioned a falling off in the income of the recipient, soreetieles for a time, too often for ever. Ile himself held the ancient degree of sergeant, which entitled him to lie called by his Lordship " brother,' and the Lord Chancellor had recently, without solicitation on his part, recommended him to the office of Queen's sergeant; but he was informed he had failed to receive the appoint ment in consequetce of the recommendation having bees dropped oat of a red box somewhere about the Palace, and so missed for some days, when it was found by a servant behind a cushion. He should now know better how to estimate his loss, since the writing " Q.C." at the end of his name enabled a man to borrow 5001. on the strength of it.—(Laughter.) The defendant had been guilty of the greatest negligence in lending plaintiff's money on security which turned out to be utterly worth less, and which defendant might have discovered en the slightest inquiry, and to a person who was in debt to himself, and from whom he had been unable to get any sufficient security. His LORDSHIP having summed up, left it to the jury to say what the terms of the defendant's employment were—whether he did the work on the terms of being paid nothing, or whether, being entitled to charge, he kindly remitted his claim on the plaintiff; and, secondly, to say whether the defendant had been guilty of negligence. The jury, after retiring for a short time, found a ver dict for the plaintiff for 3501. and interest; and that the defendant was entitled to charge for his services; but had given up his claim, COMPANY. This was an appeal from a decision given by the judge of the County Court of Yorkshire., in favour of the plain tiff. The plaintiff had taken a ticket to come to the Great Exhibition in August last. He was to come and return by the third-class train, and to bo allowed four teen days in London. On the 14th of August, and within the fourteen days, he presented himself at King's-cross at six o'clock in the morning. At 6h. 45m. there was a train going to Barnsley, but it was full, so that he could not go by that train. lie tried an excursion train at mid- day, but could not go, but went by a train which left at 9h. 15m. in the evening. That train arrived at Doncaster at six o'clock in the morning, but the Great Northern line stopped at that place, an arrangement being made with the South York Railway Company to carry passengers on to Barnsley. It hap pened, however, that the latter company did not run trains on the Sunday, so that the plaintiff was stopped. He, however, took a carriage to Barnsley, and brought an action to recover the expense to which he had been put. The judge 9f the County Court held that ho was entitled to maintain the action, but against his decision the company appealed. Mr. PHIPSON now appeared and argued the case for the appellants, the company; and Mr. HALL for the respondent. The COURT expressed a clear opinion that the plain tiff was entitled to maintain the action. The ticket said, " Great Exhibition; Barnsley to King's-cross and back, 3d. class." and on the back of the ticket were the words, —`•Excursion-ticket, to return by trains advertised for the purpose on any day not beyond 14 days from the date hereof." It appeared that the train by which the plaintiff left London was so advertised, and, as he could not go by the 6.45 train, he was entitled to go by ano ther, and to be conveyed on to his destination. The judgment of the Court must, therefore, be for the re spondent. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Lord CAMPBELL and a Special Jury.) DOSTOCK V. THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Watson, and another gentleman were counsel for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-Gene ral, Mr. Edwin Jamee, and Mr. Grove for the defend ante. The plaintiff was a lady who possessed property ad joining Brudyard-lake, in Staffordshire, and she had an interest in about 80 acres of the soil of the lake. The different proprietors of property adjoining this lake had the privilege of using the lake for pleasure-boats and for other purposes, except using the same for boats or vessels for conveying passengers. The defendants became the purchasers from the Trent and Mersey Navigation of their interests in the the lake. Advertisements appeared in the different pa pers stating that on Easter Monday there would be a fete and other sports on the lake, and that the railway company would run cheap trains to the like during that day, and the consequence was that between 10,000 and 20,000 persons assembled there; great noise was made, cannon were fired, and all sorts of amusements took place upon the lake and upon the adjoining property. On Whit- Monday there was another fete, attended with similar noises and annoyances, and great damage was done to the plaintiff's plantations; the people broke the trees and went all over the neighbourhood. The plaintiff went out and told them there was no public way; she was told to mind her own business. They used very coarse expressions, and conducted themselves in a very riotous and objectionable manner. The people in the boats shouted and made all kinds of noises, and alto gether interfered very much with the comforts of her house. In consequence of the advertisements a letter was written to Mr. Ricardo on the subject; it was not answered. One or two other letters were written, and then Mr. Ricaedo answered that he had only done that which he had a right to do. For the eompany it was contended that they had the right to have their boats on this lake, and to give these Mrs; and it was urged that it was rather a hard mea sure for this lady to attack this company because they bad once or twice a year devised a mode of giving hap piness and enjoyment to a class of persons who seldom had any intermission to their toil. Supposing they had a target erected on their own land, and had rifle-shoot ing, of which they had heard so much lately, was the proprietor of some land adjoining another part of the lake to prevent all this? There could not be a question that the company had a right to have boat-races and a steam-vessel on the lake. It had been said that the fishery was injured, that the fish did not bite so readily for a day or two, and did not enter the nets, and the jury were asked to believe that immediately the Vice- Chancellor had issued an injunction the fish rushed to the bait and filled the nets. Was anything so prepos terous? No doubt the rights of property were to be protected, but were persons to be so selfish and so chur lish as to bring actions because a few persons were thus enjoying themselves? Lord CAMPBELL, in summing up, said God forbid that the innocent amusements of the people should be restricted. He wished more and more that the Legis lature should encourage those amusements; but whe ther a railway company were to depart from their ori ginal object of conveying persons from one point to another, and, for the purpose of increasing their divi dends, resorting to such modes as those described, was another question. It could not bo endured in this country that railway companies were to create amuse ments which were to be a nuisance to the neighbourhood. It was for the jury to say whether or not this was a nuisance. SURREY SESSIONS, Feb. 11. CAUTION TO PRIZE-FIGHTERS.— William Hayes John Jones, George Crockett, Charles Mallett, James Welsh, and Samuel East were indicted for riotous conduct at a prize fight at Reigate. Mr. Corner prosecuted, and Mr. Locke and Mr. Ro binson defended the prisoners. Superintendent Codd, of the Reigato police, stated that on the 2d of December he received information of a prize•fight at Rtigate-common. It was two o'clock before he arrived at the spot. When ho arrived at Benstow-common be found two men fighting. A circu lar ring was formed by a rope. Hayes and Jones were nearest to him. Crockett was second to Jones, and Mallett was umpire, I suppose, or referee. Mr. Rosman—Tell us what he was. Witness—He appearad to be referee. Mr. Mills, of Bell's Life, acted in that position. Welsh and East were seconds to Jones. Mr. CORNER—What did you tell them? Witness—l told them I was superintendent of the Surrey police, and I requested them to desist. I was asked by Mallett to read the Riot Act. They all persisted in their riotous conduct. Mallett said he would desist if a magistrate was present. ‘ l Vitness told him he had power over all of them. The bystanders rushed into the ring and called out " turn them out." Mr. CORNER—Did the dsfendarits use those expres sions. Witness—They did not. They were determined to continue the fight, and I returned to witness the trans action. I was threatened by some of them. I saw a knife in the hands of one of the mob. Mr. CORNER—Was this kuiie used while you were re tiring from the ring? Witness—lt was held in a slant ing direction. Jones was then apparently blind, and a sponge was thrown up when the fight was off. Cross-examined by Mr. ROBINSON—The man with the knife went out of the ring. I stood still and watched them quietly. I have never seen a prize-fight before. Mr. ROBINSON—Was it a stand-up fair fight? Wit ness—Well, it might have been; but there seemed to be something wrong about it. Mr. Rosfersorr—Now, was it not fair fighting? Wit. ness—l cannot say. It is not military fighting. Mr. ROBINSON—How far were you from the parties fighting? Witness—l was there at two o'clock, but I stopped until it was dark. I saw the sponge thrown up. Mr. Locke—What do you mean by throwing up the sponge? Witness—l cannot say exactly. It m i g h t have been a glove. I did not read th e Ri ot Act. I went for Mr. Fraser, the magistrate, and he was out. Inspector Benham—l accompanied Superintendent Codd and witnessed the fight. It took place in Surrey. Jones and Hayes were fighting at the time. I have seen a prize-fight before. Crockett was second to Jones. Welsh and East were seconds to Hayes. The other prisoners were referees. After the fight was over , Jones was taken out quite blind. The men were all exhausted, and tome of them were suoking the blood from his eyes. By Mr. LOCKE—There were a number of respectable men present, but tha mob surrounded them and used threatening language towards them. Mr. Co;DrEn.—Wlat sort of charaoters •sero they? Witness—Loose characters. In fact they were roughs. I was afraid of them, as they all showed a resistance. This closed the case for the prosecution. The CHAIRMAN having summed up at great length, The jury tound them all Guilty. The COURT fined each 5/., or three montheimprison ment. The fines were paid and the prisoners were liberated. The jury at once returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The case was before tried at,Chester, and the jury would not give a verdict. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 11. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in L on d on, before Lord Ch i e f Justice JEnvis.) The Nisi Prius sittings in London commenced to-day. The cause list contains an entrance of 69 causes, 21 of which are remanets, and 24 are marked for special juries. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBON.E, Eliza Granel, lady's maid and housekeeper to Mrs. Anne Rose Wood, residing at 13, Uppt=r Wimpole street, Cavendish-square, was charged with having stolen a pair of diamond eardrops and other property, belong ing to her mistress. Mr. Charles Walter, pawnbroker, 28, Great Maryle bone-street, deposed, that on Monday evening last pri soner came to his shop, and pledged a silver milkpot for 18s., in the name of Eliza Granel. The foreman recog nized her as the person to whom he bad advanced three guineas a short time previously upon a pair of of dia mond drops, and in consequence witness directed him to watch her, which he did, into Mrs. Wood's residence. On the next morning she came and pawned a piece of satin for 10s., and after being again snatched into her mistress's house, information was given by witness to the police. Roberts, 107 D, said that from i n f ormat i on w hi c h h e had received he called upon Mrs. Wood, who accom panied him to Mr. Walter's, when she identified the articles alluded to. Witness subsequently took the pri- COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 11. soner into custody, and in a tea-caddy in her room he Sittings at Nisi Prins, b e f ore the LORD CHIEF BARON found, in the whole, nine dupli ca t es , t h ree o f them for and a Speci a l Jury.) the eardrops, the milkpot, and the sati n , an d t h e rest PELLICH ET V. LoADEN of them for plate and other property, some po r ti ons o f . jee r . Sergea n t Sh ee and Mr. Petersdorff appeared for which Mrs. Wood was of opinion wo u ld, the plaintiff; Mr. K now l es and Mr. Ogle represented inquiry, turn out to be hers. She (prisoner)upon further made an the defendant. attempt to get the duplicate for the drops from the officer, The action was b roug h t to recover the sum of 350/', and begged hard of Mrs. Wood said, her. ently as possibl e . wish was that th e p r i soner should her mistress not to prose cu t e h er , which was entrust e d to t h e defendant, an attorney, for investment, and w hi ch i t was alleged he had invested on be dealt with as leniently insufficient security. Th e p l a i ntif f i s the widow of a gentleman wh o was f ormerly an officer in the army, an d plied, " being asked what she had to s a y, pr i soner re- I own I have done excae diegly wrong." afterwards a p ro f essor of French at Sandhurst College. She was remanded until Wednesday next. The defendant is a solicitor in Bedford-place, and was WORSHIP-STREET. in the habit of acting, as his father had done before him Abraham Pall, a well-known bad character, was as the professional adviser of Mr. Pellichet; but b ot h charged w i t h breaking into th e count i ng -house of Mr. the plaintiff a n d hi s father being personal friends of Mr. John Davis, a wholesale fruit-salesman in Spitalfields. Pellichet, had never charged him anything for their The prosecutor stated that on Saturday evening, the services. In 1831 the defendant was applied to by Me, 31st of l as t m onth, between five and six, he went over his Pellichet to invest a sum of 3501. in some way th a t warehouse with some of his workmen to see that it was s should produce more than the ordinary rate of interest ; all properly secured, and then left it fastened up his and accordingly the defendant, with the censent of his P police, private residence in Prince's-etreet, but at an early hour client, employed the money in the purchase of a r e - the next Monday morning he was aroused by deemable annuity, upon personal security, yielding as whoa pprised him that the premises had bee t n he forcibly much as 8 per cent. This annuity continued to entered during the night, and a the be paid very irregularly until the death of Mr. Pellichet part of which had been recovered, carr vr i 'ci 0 warehouse with in 1845. Shortly after that, the grantor of the annuity thieves. He accordingly repaired to the . quantity , , of ff pr h o y perty, gave notice of his intention to pay off the sum lent. counting- The plaintiff was anxious to put out the money at as h h o is o b so ro t t ., h m e o r, d a t n h d at upon making his ha w d a the tiles of g h the roofs of profitable a rate as it had previously been lent at, and some adjoining premises t , il an thoy had made a hole suffi the burgla d rs requested the defendant to procure such an investment, his counting-house 's body, had burst through The defendant explained that there was risk in lend- largecientlx l. o g nd dropped on to the flooring. On looking ing money on personal security, and that it would be after the d el h i e u found e the place in great confusion; one of the better to invest it in the funds, although the interest e er of th h e is fl v o o or u , ch a e nd yielded would be much less. The plaintiff, however, was desks had been forced with soinhewluniseohslvirument, the iron Ts unwilling to give up so largo a portion of her income, and private documents, was wide open, all its drawers and expressed her willingness to incur a similar risk to safe, in which he kept th run. that which her husband and herself had t alreadydrawn out, and their cont e e . n m ts os s t tr l e . five per cent. every portable article within reach taken away, including The defendant upon this lent the money even a pair of boots and smock frock belonging to one to Sir Gregory Lewin, a Queen's Counsel, then believed to be in efflu e nt circumstances. The defendant had had of his carters. The key of the i ron saf e had been t a k en from the desk which had been prized open, where 'was him . it previous dealings with Sir Gregory, and .d had himself lent t The usually deposited, and he could po 1 1 • property now produced by the police as a portion of that st eve y identify the him money, for which be head no d val f i or s h ec ia ar h i reason which Sir Gregory a ege funds stolen by the thieves. o y r . rowing this money of the plaintiff was, that his own . the 11 d' • • on duty made was were invested in a very profitable manner, which Foreman, a constable of Ge ' orge s-i n mado it inconvevilent to remove them. The ' set . a o - e in ren D in o g ck f - o s i t l r o e w e i t n , , St. twenty shares in to the burglary, when ho caught sight of -the-East, on Sunday rity which he offered was valued at ill. each, the prisoner s kulltinaloe, g - heavy Sheffield and Redford Bank,. the Manchester and package, which g with a very large and •y n and twelve quarter shares in the a iece. Upon this findin fr h he suspected had been stolen, and, o ng- Sheffield Railway, valued at 1 hand the defendant h finding from t e nature of its contents that some count' security and Sir Gregory's note of . ho I, . malting no inquiry beyond should take him • assured him lent the plaintiff's money, in charge. The prisoner the bank shares. ascertaining the market value of . . ln he had been merely employed to carry the package . 1845, Sir Gregory Lewindied, not having paid to Mr. October, Davis's warehouse, and challenged him to interest on the 350/. His estate was found to be go there the constable took any and satisfy himself, but . insolvent. The bank shares proved to be already charged him at once to the station, and the prisoner , again inso • with a debt due by Sir Gregory to the bank, and the boldly repeated his statement, and told 'Sergeant railway ehares turned out to belong to a Captain Her. Jackson, on duty there, that he had better go to Mr. iii ringha, who disputed Sir Gregory' s r i g h t to dispose Davis's and make the inquiry at once before it got too of them. The defendant, after the death of Sir Gregory, late for him to get home' This ruse, however, did not procured payment of some portion of the debt due a dv antage . to , the prisoner, as the sergeant had lately bad himself cut of the estate of the deceased. Under these ; complaints lodged there of robberies of a similar de circumstances the plaintiff, acting on the advice of a bat- ' scription being committed in that loc ality, and therefore rister, a mutual friend of' herself nod th e d e f en d ent, re- j went to the prosecutor's private r, silence to apprise him quested the defendant to me l te good to her the loss of his suspiciene, the result of which bein g th e d i scovery wustained. A lengthened correspondence that a burglary had been actually perpetr a t e d on t h e passed between, them, in whi c h t h e p l a i nt i ff, whilst cx- very premises t he p risoner had eared him to go to, in pressing her gratitude for past kindnesses of the de- the exPvenation that ho would be thrown off his guard, tendane declared her inability to bear so great a less, he returned to the s . :alion, and, having charged the 'w and insisted on the restitution she t h ought herself lee all cured with ceramitting . that robbery, and mentioned his entitled to. The defendant, h ..owever, refused to do suspicions that he had likewise beet' concerned in others, more than to allow her an annuity of 8/. or 101, while he the prisoner' with . the utmost coolness, replied, " Yes, quite right; I have done this job, and other felt himself able to pay it, and without any binding en- you are . b. 4 t o o, in the same eel hbo rhood ,1 gagement on his part to continue it. This offer not . lO • g u • being acceptable to the plaintiff, the action was . The prisoner considered it would be useless to offer present brought. any defence, and Toweshend, 54 EL having been called that his to depoee to f a - . Jrtner conviction,and proved 1 , Mr. KNoWLES. for the defendant contended to.. ahee. t . that ha was services having been gratuitous, he was not bound to in a_, ;t ad r. r a . the Central Criminal Court in the May eaereiee more esre than he had in the investment of the of I" year, , 'hen he saw the accused arraigned for felony, convicted, and sentenced to a lengthened term of plaintiff's money. The position of Sir Gregory Lewin, imprisvnmenr, al aounant, r. Ilexkluz , at once ordered the depo• as one of her Majesty's counsel, his rank and wanner of j THOMAS V. CHANDRE. In this case Mr. Sergeant Byl es and Mr. Francis ap peared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Slade, Q C., and Mr. Hodges for the defendant. The plaintiff, it appeared, is an advertising agent, and the defendant is a gentleman residing at Fern-hill, near Windsor. The action was br oug h t to recover 451., ex pended in advertising the prospectus of a club called " The Park Club," of which the defendant was a mem ber. It was proved that the defend an t was present at a meeting at which Captain Clarke, an active member of the club, was; that various newspaper s mar k e d were lying about; that Captain Clarke as k e d the secretary how they were going on, and gave the secretary orders to have the advertisements respecting the club inserted. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the amount claimed. Another cause was tried in the course of the day, which possessed no public interest. sitions to be taken, and fully commi•ted the prisoner to Newgate for trial. THE COUNT .1 MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, FEB. 10.—The demand for wheat moderate, holders showed much firmness, and no change in last Tuesday's rates can be quoted. Fiour in retail request at rather under Tuesday's prices. Oats and oatmeal fully as dear. Barley scarce, and the turn dearer. Beans, peas, and malt unchanged in value. Indian corn rather cheaper. Arrivals—British wheat, 462 ; ditto barley, 4 9 ; ditto oats. 3,158; ditto malt, 723 ; ditto beans, 351 ; ditto pease, 33; ditto flour, 400 sacks and 70 barrels. No foreign arrivals were quoted to-day. LEEDS, FEB, 10.—The arrivals to-day were very small. The trade was slow for wheat, still there was great firmness, and on the little done Friday's prices were obtained. Barley fully as dear. Oats and shellings steady. Beans and other articles as before. Arrivals—Wheat, 1,353; oats, 48; barley, 714 ; beans, 226 ; malt, 517 ; shellings, 60 ; rapeseed, 271; linseed, '45. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, FEB. 10.—There Were in the meal market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs. imperial, which sold thus :-1 at 11 12s Od, and 5 at 1/ lla Od; average price of the whole 11 111 2cl 0-12ths. 1 sack pot-barley, which sold at 28s. EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, FEB. Oat straw, from 8s 6d to 10s Od per kemple of 16 stones troy ; wheat ditto, 6s Od to 93 Od ; barley ditto, 6s Od to 71 Od. Hay, from 9d to 11 d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, FEB. 9.—There were 67 bags of oatmeal, 28 of barleymeal, and 3 of pot barley, se this day's market; sales ready. Oatmeal up on the top Is per bag, second price Ed ; barleymeal up on the top 6d per bag ; pot-barley the same as last market. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third. imperial .. 315 Od 30s Od —s 03 Barleymeal, per ditto ... 22s Od 21s 6d —s Od Peasemeal ••• —s Od Od Od Od I od - --6 Od Pot barl©y :.. --- --- od 1 —; od I —8 od COAL MARK ET.—YESTERDAT. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market: ,A :,," Bates West Hartley.. 13s Od Lambton Primrose ... 154 Buddle's W. Hartley.. 13s Od B e ll Burnhope lls 3d Belmont ... 15s 3d Carr's Hartley ..... ... 13s Od H aswe ll l 6B 6d Chester Main 133 3d Keepier Grange Od Dean's Primrose Hasting's Hartley ... 135 Od Lu m l e y .. Howard's W. H. Neth. 13s Od N. Hetton Lyons lss 6dnA Longridge's W.Hartley 13s Od Ri c h mun d 155 vu . , Newcastle Hartley .... 13s Od R u s se ll' s H e tt on North Percy Hartley.. 13s Od Shotton ••• 158 ° d Ravensworth'sW.Hart 13s Od Stew ar t' s .. .......... 165 3 d Redheugh Main ; anfield Moor Canfield Moor Butes... Ils 90 Caradoc .. ......... 15s 2 4 Tyne Main Walker's Primrose ... lls Od Denison 145 6d West Wylam Vii all's End, &c. Heugh Hall ... o s Ot. Acorn Close ....... ..... 14s 3d Howden a Brown .... .... Byker Gosforth .. ~.,0 d Harton Harvey Wylam Hebburn d n r i Heaton 16. „ A Lawson l4s Od 'Cowper' Hartley ...... 1 3, ,",," Northumberland Riddell Walker l3s 9d Nixon's Merthyr and 0 Wharncliffe Eden Main . - Ships at market, 391 Sold, 141. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS , LONDON AND NORM-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return OI Traffic for the week ending Feb. 8 Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. ....£22,107 13 1 Merchandise ... ... 18,239 14 1 Cattle .. 954 16 6 ,302 3 Corresponding week last year ... 39 £41 ,82 5 11 8 Note.—The retur ns as pu b l i shed are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, Ne n f, Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Blanchester a n Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of tra ffi c deducted under agreement with the 14 "'" Staffordshire Company. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--Return of traffic for th• week ending Feb. 8 ... .£16,041 0 5 Corresponding week last year... 14,191 18 THE GREAT N O RT HERN R AILWAY . — (Miles in work, 2411) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Feb 1, 1852:- - Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,866 10 7 Merchandise and. minerals ... 5,809 3 1 Cattle ... ... 162 6 0 Total .. £10,837 19 8 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £4,129 11 5 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,731 4 6 Total ... £7.860 15 11 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlL W Ay e —Amount Of Traffic for the week ending Feb. 8 : Passengers Goods ... _ ••• .•• £6,399 12 9 ••• ... 2,33415 3 Total ... £8,734 8 0 Corresponding week last year... 8,427 0 3 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIR E R AILWAY . (260 open.)—Traffic for week ending F e b . 8 ....615,853 14 0 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) ... £13,330 8 1 1 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—(MiIes Open, 1 12 ' ) Return of traffic for the week ending Feb. I u n Railway and can a l X 4,655 Corresponding week l as t year ••• 4 7 2 " ailabbl Note. The abo ve i s exclusive of t h e re CelP" av Western . under the agreem en t w ith t h e L ondon an d North- Railway Railway Company. Tra ffic SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWA Y .—(Op e n 29 milesq -- -- for the week ending Feb. 8 : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £270 14 91 Goods and live stock .. 193 12 1 Total •• e• •• ..£464 6 101 Corresponding week last year ... 445 2 3 1 the CHESTER AND H OLYHEAD RAILWAY. .. frailie week ending Feb. 8: MAIN LLNE. Passengers ... ... ... £993 11 3 Parcels, IL C. and D. ... ... 75l 9 1 Goods, cattle, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 1-' 495 7 Daails , ... 575 0 Total ... £2,139 1 1 MOLD. Passengers ... ... ... £2Bl O 9 Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... ... 1 9 Goods, cattle, &c. ... ... 103 8 7 Total ... ... ... £133 9 1 STEAM-BOATS. Passengersarce H. Parcels, C. an..a.D D. 11.4 .. . ..• Flour ... £155 8 S 25 8 6 Total ... £lBOl 7 0 0 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—(IB9i m iles opene)d-• traffic for the week ending Feb. 1: Goods, &e. X43:75151 107_,....18 Passengers, & Total .„ „.. ... £7,766 17 9 , Corresponding week last year ... 7 .25 6 17 11 SEABORNE MAIL S. k [N gighlfles that the malls are sent from the General Post 4lllo by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.] made up is I From what when When due. PLACES. p p atched, ___...—.... 1 --.--- -- 1 office ort di ..lLiverpool F eb. li; N Feb. 24 .. .. Liverpool .. 'Feb. 1 9 America (by U.S. P b ili , Fe b. I 8 .• • • ilotithanyt. ;Feb. 14 America (by U.S. P- N'isth of the month ;Plynioath march 1 Africa (West coast):: 1 • Y 19th & 30th of mO. Dover •. Feb. 19 Alexandria * —•• • _ N Daily •• • • .. Dover _ DailY America (by Brit. pkt.)N Feb. 13 li n e r i az gir :: "; _ M 9th of the month Southampt. Feb. Southampt.;S°ath 16 .. .. Al M l , , 2d 9th k o l f 7 t t h h e af m m on an th tt Buenos AYres ch Feb. h it 14th of month I Plymouth.• March Cape of Goo Feb. 20 Constantinople* .... Nr7th 17th 27th of mo 'Dover • • Feb. _ Central America .. 1 M,2d & 17th of men. ISouthamPt• Feb''ol Calubrnia(v l hope ee) 1 , 7; Channel Isles .- .. NiMon., Wed., & Fri.'SoutkamPt• T e• ~,0 Chili • • • • .. . M:l7th of the month Southampt. ampt. ► Feb. 20i6 Feb, o i d. say France .. .. Bi & N.Twlce daily _ •• Dever • • 1. 11 1 2 0 Greece * •• •• •• Ni7th 17th 27th of mo ,Dover •• Feb.,, Thar Hanaburgh • • • • NiTtlesday & Friday 'London • • ` . 0 7, 'Thar Holland .. •• • • hi; Wednes. & Satnr.;Louden • • ,• .1° Honduras .. .. • N,l7th of the mouth ' SouthamP•• Feb. T w icditill Ireland ~ _xt a. -,•• 0- N Twice daily .. . Holyhead Feb,- 23 India (via Southamp.) Id 20th of the mont . hlSouthallPb• I" - 20 Marseilles) India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ef month Dover ** South —arr ' f ori) •• M 20th of the month dontharart° Fe b ' 23 biediterf,inean (via 1 Feb. 20 Mexico t Marc h • • .. .. M2d of the month.. ;SouthamP • Feb.l6 Madeira .• •• • . AI 9th of the month ,Southampt. r . • • .. N Bth & 24th ofmonth Dover • • s Malta* i 7th,17th,19th,27th 1 Dow Feb. 16 •• I ! & 30th of month 3 Feb. 12 Naples* •,_ .. N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover •• Feb.ll Papal States* .. .. Nsth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • "" • i n Tuscany* _ .. Peru _ •• .. ..Mil7th of the month Southitinin . • :L u. 12 4 Peninsular.. .. .. M 17th 27th of mo Southamit 1 ~ ,F e_t ib • 2 . ; .. N sth 15th 25th ofmoDover i.. b . 20 West Indies .. .. 34;17th of the month ;Southampt. ix* Tuscany. „. West Indies • • • • M ; West Indies (excet HHavana gc Nassau p ) M,2d of the menth ..,Sonthampt. Mar e ;, * The mails to those c ountries thus marked (*) are convey French packet vf al Marseilles. r Of° The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton durldn,,,,, month will be made up three times a week only, instead o f dam' C aL froania.—Malls to and from California , rut the United or" are now despatched and due by every American packet - - Captain James R. Booth, RN., had an interview 9' tqrday with Earl Grey. BIRTHS. R On the 9th i ns t. , at Wilsford, Lincolnshire, the w ife of the On Charles the 9th inst., rackon at the Pa p rsonage, Clandown, near Bath' the wife of the Rev. P. S. Dobree. OF • DAUGHTER. On the 7th i ns t., a t the Vicarage-house, Halstead, the wi fe of the Rev. C. Burney, of twin daughters. fir/' On the 10th inst., at Thurloe-square, Bromptonr Timothy Richardson. MARRIED. II tor On the 9th inst., at All Souls' Langbam-place f Maclean, eldest son of Sir J. D. 'Hamilton Hay, Alderston, to Anne Charlotte, widow of the late Lieutenant' Colonel Lewis Bird, 11.C.5. On the 10th inst., at St. Paul's, Islington, 'William 121:1; venden, eldest son of W. Thacker, Esq., of Endsleigh - g re il, Tavistock-square, to Louisa, sixth daughter of the 15t 0 hy M. Smith, Esq., of Bromley, ent. 'Bart., 0 DIED. T h o m On the 9th inst., at the Gro ve, Stratford, Essex, .—° John Culliford, Esq., of Lloyd's, aged 72. gr. On the th inst., a t Charlotte-street, Portland -place, George Payne, agd 80. On the 9th inst., at Colesh ill-street, Eaton- squ are, Ch ar i relict of the late Rev. W . R. Hawke y , a g ed 88. Maid - On the 10th inst , ag ed 80, Frederick Doggett, of RI stone-buildings, Southw ark. 'char d On the 10th inst. , Ri ch a rd B ow dler, eldest son of E. A. Townsend, Esq ,, of Norwood , Surrey a 04 - London : Printed and Published b y MUIWO Uof No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (dice, Strand, in the Preeinct of the Savoy. in the goo' Tbursirty, February 12, 1852.