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the stable, which *the . nessepshire •telTiterielis, . had ele scribed as' being so kindly etelitet lei 'bun. ' •11lie2:Loedihip instead of listening to as constitutional and eloquent a speech as ever was echoed in the Ileteec.pf Lords, when a Moe; import ant trial was then going o ft , this 'Noble Lord was engaged in writing a letter to the aee. aneAnerobure• complaining of the • conduct of his parish clerk.. Ile (Mr. Wetherell) should select this letter as one otthe'WeiliesOcts of.an understanding,: that a man could well be g uilty of ee On that important . occasion, this Nobleman, instead. of trying her. late Majesty, Was' ry. ing the poor parish-clerk ol Attort, In the church, thit• de vout unto, who was- sitid:eo lead the prayers with devotion, t and to sing the I psalms .with attention, was engaged one Sunday in writing a note' to this very clerk; and forgetting I his prayers—he meditates :upon punishing.. .Writh respect to the Ecclesiastical phalanx who. had appeared, no doubt they were men of the highest respectability, and gave - 4 .„. their evidence with truth ; :but then they - saw but little of '; the Noble Lord. In short: they proved nothing. The escula , pian assistant, Mr. Alder, when committing those adulterous acts in Wales and at Fairlawn, made no impression upon. the • Noble Lord, at least not like the fear of the whip. Did the na tural eye see him ? If it did .the moral eye was blinded. This ~. • Noble Lord who endured, this adultery, who was compelled to witness it—this same Nobleman who was seated on the red benches of the Peetage in 1820, on that important occasion when the Queen of England was tried, .had been :accessary to, and administering to his own pelutioe. Bid if the vision of the • eye saw it, did the mind's eye , see it ? .Or if it saw it, did it understand it; There was: here .a . dilemma, either that the Noble Lord was base and wicked enough to promote his own dishonour, like that Nobleman in the reign of Charles 11., or else on witnessing the fact he was not conscious of its being a crime. In either way he must be considered an insane man. , t It was ridiculous- to attribute to him the power of cliscritninae f tion between yice and virtue, ' between what was odious and i what was honourable. net toed apart froth those who bore Ii the human form. Was undeserving of puuishinetits for his defects, or of praise for, thoseiinetincts which. occasionally raised him to a comparison with those animals which became sub.l dued to the useful servitude e of man. .A slave he was in body, i and a slave he was in mind. It had been said that this Noble. man followed suit at Whist ; that he knew the queen of hearts and diamonds frour:the queen of clubs, and this die cernment constituted the genus °nine of the, rational acts of this Peer. Could any oneeeuppose that Mr. Newton lellowes, the brother of this unfortunate Nobletuan e would have pressed this exhibition of the evidence of . his insanity, were it not clear and convincing ? Bow long was he to. wait before he came forward for the purpose of setting aside this spurious issue? Was he to wait until six or twelve children were-born ? or how long was he to wait ? Was he to wait until they reaped all the honours of this ancient family, and enjoyed-the property of others? Mr. Coombe and 'Mr. Sk irrow were insinuated to have planted soirie seeds in this Noble Loed's mind, seeds of delusion which had sprung in a mighty tree, that spread abroad its branches wide and far. The delusions had exist. ed long before Mr. Skirrow saw him ; that had been 'clearly proved. But what sort of a mind is•that which can be so Mould. ed ? It is like lead in a: crucible, teking any shape that the fancy pleases to give. Cana mind capable of being framed to any shape so versatile., be it sound one? The fact. of the mar riage proved how clearly his mind was bereft of reason ; he went with his board unshorn, in a dress most unbefitting the occasion—not even a .clean shirt on, and was married. llia Learned Friend had disclaimed all conections with the Countess and her family,—they threw the carcase overboard when they found it was no longer subservient to their purpose. 'When the galley-slave was desired to be married, he married, —when • be was desired to administer to his own dishonour, lie did so.' —The Learned Counsel then commented on the evidence of several of the witnesses,. and concluded by telling the Jury they could not but believe . from the powerful evidence which, had been given, that the Noble Lord was Unsound in mind, and the question would be wlaelethat period could be lilted. Ile appre hended that either iii thelast day of 1808, or the first of 1809, would be a time therinight safely fix upon. The Learned • • tientlernan then celled :upon the Jury to execitee the. duty of f hristians and Gentlemen, and concluded a speech which was greatly applauded by a most crowded Court. , Mr. Commissioner ni OWE it charged the Jury. lie ohserVed upon the law of the case, that it had been stated that they trust find whether the Earl, the subjectof the inquisition, wait a Ittnetic or not. But this was a mistake; the Jury were net hound so to find their verdict, or to :find it (as had been represeftteo in the express words of the Corninission, or in any technical terms. - It was not necessary to go through all the cases to slieW that the returns must be in the precise. legal acceptation. There was, howeeer, no doubt, that a return stating that the subject of in. quiry was a man of weak mind, would not stand in law for no, man could be the judge of the degree of weakness of mind u p on which the Jury found their verdict. The legal term lunacy, or unsoudncas of mind, -comprehended every description of mad nems—the furious, the melancholy, the Moping, the hypochon driacal, whether it arose from a w ea k ness of Mind, accompanied • by aberrations or epileptic fits, or from continued drunkenness, or from old age, it was not material, so that the person was non I f vompos mentis, and incapable of managing . his own affairs. If a verdict were given upon this foundation, it certainly would not be quashed, milled been asserted. 'rho Learned Commissioner, 11, in support of the position, that the return of the Jury need not be confined to any particular terms, cited the case, ex-parte Cranmer, in 12th EaSt's Reports, in whi c h th e J ury bad made 1 a return that the subject of the inquiry was so far debilitated, i t i i s la n t o t t l t ie o t t e w ith r l e e g t u e ire do d such i a it n i t v l e s ufienhditnhgings. and It n ohtand reasoning finding; but certainly Lord Erskine had acted upon. that re. turd in the case of ex-parte Crammer. Persons were in general , • greatly misled by the term " Commission of Lunacy,'' and a great mass of affidavits had been presented in the case, de daring the opinion of the deponents that his Lordship was : ' unfit for a Commission of Lunacy. Many of the deponents certainly would mot• have ventured to give such an opinion, had they clearly understood the legal acceptation of the term. .• All the Jury had to consider was, whether or not Lord P. was in an unsound state of' Mind, so as to be incapable of managing his own affairs. THE VERDICT. The Jury retired,, and deliberated upwards of an hour. Upon their return, which was at a quarter psi seven, their names were called over, and Lord JOHN FITZROV% the Fore- sddressing his brethren, said— " Gentle Men, as many of you as aro o f op i n i on that Joii24 CIIARI.ES EARL, of PORTSMOUTH is of unsound mind and condition, and incapable of managing himself and Is affairs, signify the same by holding ,up your hands." The 'tutors then all held up their hands. The FOREMAN then said to them— "lientlemen, as many of you as are of opinion that JOHN CuattLES liarl of Po weastouTll has been of unsound mind and condition since the Ist of Janutiry, 1809, signify the same A. by holding up your hands." The Juror* then all held up their hands. Mr. Commissioner Tnowtat then mentioned to the Jury, that as they had heard no evidence as to the question who was next heir to the title and estates, it became necessary to add to their verdict words to that effect. The Jury agreed, and the verdict w as d rawn up i n a l egal form, signed by each of the Juror s , an d h an d e d to the Com missioners, to be delivered to the Lord Chancellor. , Lord JOHN Preznoy said h e h a d to repeat the observe: tions made at the commencement of this inquiry by such Gentle men of the Jury as were Memb ers of Parliament, upon the subject of th e i r being called upon to fill the situation of Jurors during the sitting of the Legislative Body. They hid thought proper to, do so, in order to prevent . such a measure from being made a precedent upon any future occasion. The Commissioners Said that dice notice should be taken of the communication. Mr. TnowEtt, the Chief Commissioner.—lndeed, Gentle men, if we had not ca ll e d upon you, I d o not know what we should have done. If. you had insisted upon your privilege, don't know Where we should have been these three weeks. The Commission was then dissolved. A meeting of several Members of Parlia ment, and other mostassembled respectable indi v id ua l s , assthe yesterday, at the C rown an d A nc h or? or purpose of ta ki ng such measures as are L most likely to promote the cause of the Greeks. k, It appears fron t the Paris Papers, that on the t l _ i _ l 6th ther e was a disturbance at Lyons, occasioned 1 by e the oppo s iti on offered by the authorities and 1 the military to th e p rogress o f a procession of masks, w hi ch, under the privilege of Carnival, I :!Presented th e Funeral of Trade. The next ''-', "ftY ) ht the aft lrnoon, an individual uttered aloud * *Wel times on the Place Bellecour, the forbidden 1. 7 of rive l'Emperear. Attempts were made by lttithirthes and' o ffi cers to arrest hi mt but lie was , i.,,d4en.li #urroul) d ed by a number of persons d , • ,40 struck them- and rescued him. he crow "MtelaWd n , • • ic • - lth o ne, It i t o . E .- atm(' menacing cries of into the Itht ' : fo l . c ."'L e ithoitel" were heard. A strong military f re stst " eti ling , at . last been assembled, order was • 01 40 t he offending-individual arrested. THE SUN. ToLkM QUIS DICEREFASUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, SATURDAY, 111.1RCEI 1, 189,3. Notwithstanding the palpable inconsistencies, and the numerous and 'glaring instances of dupli city, which we have detected in the declarations and professions of the French Government re specting the real nature and objects of their de signs against Spain, and notwithstanding the im plied breach of diplomatic confidence committed by M. de CIIATEAUBRIANIY, i►► endeavouring to strengthen his attempt at &justification, by making a partial disclosure of the sentiments or the Duke of WELLINGTON and of Mr. CANNING, we con fess that we were not prepared to expect that he had ventured so to garble the language of 'an English Ministerial communication, as to pick out a passage, which, when taken , separately, seemed to sanction the measures of precau tion adopted by France on het• Spanish fron tier, but which, when viewed in connection with its context, was entitled to an entirely different interpretation, and : was intended not to encourage, but to check France, U the pro secution of her prOjects. From the clear• and unreserved, explanation, however,' which was last night given on this important subject in the House of Commons, by Mr. CANNING, it appears that a French Minister has added, to the other proofs of the bad faith which seems to have distinguished the conduct of his Cabinet with regard to Spain, the unjustifiable outrage upon England of perverting and misrepresenting, the sentiments of her Minister ! The disavowal by Mr. CANNING was conveyed in the following terms:— " the context would present an entirely different . sense. The text quoted was only a part of a long 'argument ; and every one knew that it was the practice to make admissions in argument for the purpose .of introducing a contrast. That war the case in thirinstance. The admission had been quoted ; but the contrast was s .muted !" The Right Hon. Gentleman subsequently stated, that "After whatbad.pussediit would be disingenuOus on the part of tire Government not to say that the hopes they had hitherto entertained of composing the :differences between France and Spain had considerably diminished. Still they !were not entirely destroyed; and as long as any could be_ entertained, he felt that it would be inexpedient to produce the docu ments which bad given rise to• the discussion, When the time for discussion should arrive, he should be -most • willing to give Ate House and the country every information and satisfaction on the subject." That time cannot be far distant. Neither France nor Spain has manifested the slightest disposition to recede from the attitude which they have respectively assumed. The war, therefore, may be expected to commence almost immediately, and not only, to call from the English Government those ex planations respe,cting the policy which it has already pursued, and redounds so highly to its honour, but to require from Great Britain that she should , stretch forth her arm for the pre tection of the Spanish people against an ad. of aggression which' the leading Members of the British Cabinet have designated as unprovoked , and unjustifiable, and in the presmation of whose independence are involved the honour, the interest, and the security of the British Empire ! The great body of the English nation, includ ing all elasses,`. -will zealously, we may say en• thusiastically, support Ministers In every mea -1 sure which they may adopt for the maintenance of the honour and dignity of the country, and for asserting the rights and liberties of indepen dent States. It is impossible not to see that a fractional Party, whom we may denominate the English Ultras, have been assiduously labouring to misrepresent the just and enlightened views,: and to thwart the manly and liberal policy, of Lord LrvinveooL and Mr. CANNING. When the mo-1 ment for action arrives, however, the anti-British sappOrters of French injustice will be overborne by the irresistible force of public opinion, and will b e e lost amidst the tide of events .. . which they - are utterly unable to oppose.— I t is only during the period of suspense that. they have hod the p o wer to ‘vork evil, by centri buting to impress the French Government with doubts as to the real dispositions of the Go• . cerement and People of England. ' By the Parii Papers of Thursday, it appears. that the resumed debate, in the. Chamber of Deputies, on the subject of .the war with Spain, was exceedinglritonny. The discussion was opened by General PASTOXNEAUX, who spoke in support of the project. He maintained that a war, which had for its object to confirm on his throne a Prince of the 'faMily of the liings.of FAANCE, if necessary for stifling the cOntigion of revolution, was equally just and national.:—M. 111.artutr., to - *horn' M. ETIENNE had given up his turn, next addressed the Chamber, and contended that; in matters of governnient, there is an indisputable principle, which requires that public opinion should govern in all legislative measures ; consequently, in declarations of war, as well as in treaties of peace. Public opinion is opposed to every sort of pretext of war against Spain, and one of the, Ministers has frankly and completely neknowledged, that such is public opinion, by de claring that his resignation, if lie 'bad 'been disposed to object to the war, would have been accompOtiled with great Popu,. larity. It may then be asked, he said, how the Minister can .call upqn the Chamber to support a war which public opinion disapproves, since it. was precisely its duty to make manifest the state of public opinion.? .At least,. the Minister should have felt that it was more than ever important at present, to bring forward, in support of his proposition, more striking or more specious reasons which might be capable of struggling with some advantage against public opinion, pad inducing the Chamber to adopt the sentiments of the Ministry against those. of the-nation.. This task, he observed, has been intrusted by the Ministers to one of their number, by whom every thing that can be said in favour of the war, has been brought for. ward with as much. success as could be expected.—M. MA XIIEL then proceeded to examine the grotinds on which it is alleged that war ought. to be resorted tot and after speaking for Willa , time on this part of the subject, he made us of some expressions that excited a violent tumult, which could not be 'appeased by - all the efforts of the President, who; was length compelled to dismiss the Members to their sepa. rate bureaux. They assembled again in the course of an hour, when a motion was made for the - expulsien of M. faitxtrEt, from the Haute ; but the motion behigirregular, its discussion was put ofj icr the folloVing day, when the prOposition for M. A/Axel:Os exclusion will be Ituinally :brought forward.— The - Chamber adjourned without entering further into public business. , raptCll FUNtia.--Fix. 26. Five per Cents. Closed at Bl f.. 6 c. Neapolitan Five pet Cents. Exchange on . Lontion—One Month 25 f. 60 c• Throe Months 25 f. 40 c. From the Ilamburgh Papers, received this Morning, we extract the following : STocguoLu, - Fau. 7.—The King has acquaint ed the Diet that official news has been received of the exchange of the ratification of the marriage contract of the Crown Prince with the Princess of Leucktenherg. PETERSDUIiGif, Fuu. 4.—The Spanish Charge, d'Affaires at this Court has received his passports. On the night of the 25th January, the Palace of Prince Gohttia, G overno r-General of Mosc ow, eras destroyed by lire.. So severe, was the cold; that the fire-engines could% not be used, the water freezing instantly. A numerous assem blage of the highest rank was at a ball at the time, given in honour of the birth-day of the Empress Elizabeth. Happily none of the com pany,rerished. BEituN, Fge. - 18.—Yesterday , morning, at six , . o'clock, after two days illne.ss, 'General Field- Marshal Count KatsT VoN liom,EN'nonvv, in his fiQth year. His complaint was & malignant fever, and inflammation of the liver." [FROM A CORRESPONOENT4 STOCK ExcRANGE, Half-past Pweive °Thick.— Owing to the answer of Mr. CONNING to Mr. BROUGHAM'S question, last night in the House sof Commons, a great confusion and buitle took place this morning at the Stock Exchange.— Consols opened at '72+ #i 3, at which price they remain steady ; and it is now thought in the City that a war is certain with Spain and France.— The only fearls, that Spain will give way.— The •Expresses from Paris, this morning, have brought Thursday's Funds at 81 f.60c.; the only reason given for their being , so high, is that the French make sure of an . easy.,6onqtiest of Spain, thinking that tie Englisly,novetnment will be intimidated by other Continentai Powers from giving the Spaniards assistance., Another rumour states that the Duke of - ORLEANS is exerting all his power with his party to,avert the war. FOREIGN MARKET.--.The same depression has taken place in this Market this morning as in the English Funds. Spanish Bonds opened at 32+ We hare been assured by a respectable •Cor respondent, who professes to speak from " high authority," that . the Emperor of RUSSIA has ac tually.addressed a letter to M.Pozzt DI BORG°, signifying that in the late negociatiotts he had gone beyond the commission . entrusted to him. Mr. MAMMY'S resolutions for suspending the operations of the Sinking Fund during seven years ) and for effecting a reduction of the National Debt during that period, by a newiilan for the redemption of the Land Tax, were last night negatived by a large majority. • . . • QUEBEC ) JAN. 1 3.— , The proceedings .of, the Legislative Council and AsseMbly,baye gone no further than the appointment of Committees' to • prepare • addresses, in answer to his'Excellency the GoVeinor 'in Chief's Speech of Saturday last. The attention of both Houses will be early directed to the consideration of the measure foi an Union, 'which has already been made the sub. ject of , representation by the people. We look for Ward to a dispassianate discussion of its merits. The more closely we inquire into the state of affairs in 'this Province, the more we are convinced of the abtiolute necessity of some measures to relieve the Executive, which, is and has been for a consi. derable period of time, placed in a situation of extraonli. nary and unmerited hardship, and in which the public into. tests deMand that some one course be followed. We anxiously hops that the Mother Country will consider our circum. 4tances and provide a remedy to evils which tend to excite I and confirm political animosities, retard the progress of itn. provenient, and distress the public functionaries.—( Quebec 1 Gazette.) KlXG.—(BraghtoP) Feb. 27.)—His MA JESTY, we are rejoiced to state, continues to en. joy good health. The Duke of YORK. arrived at the Palace to.day, and had the honour and happiness of dining with his MAJESTY. Sir Wsr. KEPPLE and Lord ST. HELENS joined the Royal Suite, 4t the 'Pavilion, this - afternoon. Ymterday morning Prince EST,ERIIAZY, the Austrian Ambassador, had a long interview with Mr. Secretory CANNINO, at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, for ,ahaut an hour'; after which his Serene Highness left Downing-street in his travelling carriage and four, on a visit to the KING. The Earl of LIVERPOOL transacted business at the Foreign Office yesterday. Mr. Baron Ilum.ocit was to be sworn , in this day before the Lotto CHANCELLOR, in his pri. vate Room, at Lincoln's Inn Hall, as Baron of the Exchequer. Fire in Groat Carter-lano, Doctors' Commons.— Aboht two o'cloCk this morning, an alarming fire broke out in the house of Mr. WILLS, a proctor, in Bell-court, Carter lane, Doctors' Commons ; and before any assistance could be afforded, Ids house and property were reduced to ashes. The fire then communicated to the house of Messrs. ADDERLEY and 13ox, proctors ; and as no water for some time could be obtained, these premises shared the fate of the former house. Some part 'of the furniture and papers'from Messrs. Anima. trY and Bok's were preserved, and carried to the house of Mr. CLARKSON of Great Carter. lane. The fire, at half-past three, was got under, and all the adjoining houses are safe. - - FlRE.—Exiract of a Letter from Systori-park, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, the seat of SirJoux Myron!) TiIOIIOLD Bart. :-.-" lire have just had a most miraculous escape frau:being all reduced to ashes. On Monday last, fire had communicated from a hearth in 'our new win g to the timbers, which had been burning secretly from Saturday until Monday morning at 8 o'Clock, when it app eare d i n most ter rific form ; but luckily active help was at hand—good engines and plenty of water ; so that, in about two hours of hard work, it was subdued, and we only lost the floor and timbers of that room and the new ceiling of the anti-room to the library. Had the fire broken out at night, or indeed two hours sooner, under such a tempest of wind, no human aid could have saved the whole premises from destruction." WAIT (who was executed at the Old Bailey on .Wednesday morning) is well known to many old inhabitants of this town, having carried on the business of a grocer, for some time, at the corner of Moor-street. lie was of highly t‘!- - iipectable - connections in the neighbourhood of Bristol., Ha is alsa' said to have been' in posses don' at one time of more than tw en ty thou san d • ,pounds. He commenced various speculations. in the town of Bristol,", f l onilmi l arid Birminham, but was uniformly unfortunate in 411.-1' Diming ham Chronictej FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS: Lady Trollope, at 'her house in Great Cumberland-place ; Lady Lake, in Dorset -street, Portrnatt.stquarev Colonel Sand- worth, in Princes-street, Cavendish-square;` Dowager Countess of Harcourt, in Portinan-square ; Lord Henley and M his Eden, in Hertford-street, May-fair; Major Fraser, of thelth Hussars; in Bonti-street ; Major and Mrs. Boroughs, in Man chester4quare.—At the Blenheim Hotel; Bond -street, the lion. • James Stamp Suttnn Cooke, from Stafford Castle, the lately ac- Saired seat belonging to (his brother, Stafford Cooke) Lord . tafford, pursuant to the Act of the Ist of King Edward the Sixth, that Nobleman being the lawful hei r o f the re stored Baron, son of Edward Duke of Buckingham. DEPAUTUREB.--The Earl of Plymouth, to join the Hunt, - at Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire ; Captain Methuen, of the - Dragoon Guards, for Canterbury; Captain Daring, for Bath ; Sir William Jolliffe, of the 15th Hussars,. for the Bar.' racks, at Hounslow ; Major Deville, fOr Canterbury; Capt. Gilbert Jolliffe, for Hounslow ; Capt. Knox, for Bath ; Major Bolton, for Dover ; Captain Jervis Clerke, for Queen-square, Bath. BATH AnRIVALS.—Sir J. and Lady Williams, Admiral Sir T. Bertie, Sir W. Hart, Sir S. Avrorthing—Dr. and Mrs. Gordon—Col. and Mrs. NeWto, Col. M‘Bean, Col. Morgan, Capt. !Laces, Capt. Huntley—Rev. Mr. and Mrs. all, Rev. Mr, Bell, Rev. Dlr. Douglas, Rev. Mr. Harrison, Rev. Mr. N'enn, Rev. Mr. West. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Lord Morpeth had a dinner party yesterday at his hOuie in Park-street. * Henry Peters, Esq. had a grand dinner party yesterday at', his house in. Park-street. Dowager Lady Neave entertained a large party of fashion ables yesterday evening at her h ouse i n Albenutrle-street. „ , --) t„ '. T _4 , sk.4 Cr. —.6. ~ el"f t • .. 7,.. .... ~f ~.. ..., ...- .., ~,,,, ~ - .4, .s:„ 41.,014...14?, Id,' ~, r, 44 ,0 ;1,. .?:•Z,-,„,i; ~..,4 „, '„:‘,.. . ~,,' , ,:...,.,..:. #," to q:t , ' ti t t: '1 ~ OE Y - ' 7 • ( , 0 .-- --- - ; . - IL **•l' it , #'o; , I , t . PARLIAMEN'IIARX P.ROC,IIr,DINGS. liOUSE og COMMONS. ! t enet* 28° die Februarii 18 4 23. ROADS—Saltash, and Peter) oroiigli—Bilis read a .2.d time, ilnd committed. Whitechapel—Petition for Bill reported; . La parkshire7—Bill ;read a third time , and.passed." ' • - reported, to be ingrossed. Cana ROU S E --i Forffir. - '1 • RA "" WA-*.—Str)ekt°4 Bills read a first time.... CattraLS—Trent and igernY • • liannotrn—Mineltead DnaiNaGE—Peeping Fen (Act Amendment)—Re-committed Report on Petition for Bill read ; Leave granted to give. N otice, and Bill ordered. Committee to report on Notice. HIGHWAYS; (Scotland) )-:Select Committee appointed, "to take into Consideration , the Acts now in force regarding Turnpike Roads and High Ways in Scotland, for the purpose of coasoli. dating and amending the same; to report their observations thereupon, from time to time, to the House :"--Tlve to be the quorum. WATERWORKS, &c,—Halifax--Bill read a first time. Man. ,'• chester—Bill ordered. SCOTTISH CREDITOILS—BiII read a secor.d time, and Com muted for Monday.. • . BEER. AND ALE— B ill to regulate the Retad Trade in Beer and Ale ordered. , - ORDERS OF • THE DAY-FOR MONDAY. 1. .National Debt'Reclution Acts—Committee thereupon. 2. ,Militia Reduction (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. • 3. Marriage Bill—Second Reading. 4. Supply--Committee. • 11. Ways and Meads—Committep. 6. .Annual,Duties Bill—Third Reading. 7. -Exchequer Bills (20,000,00014 Bill—Third Reading. 0. Transfer of Aids Bill—Third Reading. • 9. Scottish Creditors Bill—Committee. 10. Assessed Taxes Acts (Ireland)—Report thereupon., 'NOTICES. OF MOTIONS FOR MONDAY. • 1. Mr. Fiter Moore—To amend Act against combination of svorkMen. • 2. Mr. Courtenay—Bill for the regulation , of Pris Ons. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. • IVedacitday, March L. Sir Thomas Lethbridge---Bill relative to:the Subdiyisions of . • Afonday, March . lo. • .: Mr. Robert Ward ..-Ordnance Estimates. (In Committee of Supply.) • PRIVATE BILLSL-Stcown READINGS for MONDAY. 1. Lincoln-Heath Roads 4. Darlington Improvement - 2. Bridgford Lane Road 5. Preston & Garstang Roads. 3: Bethnal Green Vestries PUBLIC COMMIT Small De' 'TEE. for MONDAY. Ote, at one. For FOREIGN' INTELLIGENCE, see . our Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK'. India Stock India Bonds 25g. 245. South Sea Stock ....... Ohl Annuities Ex. 9 11 pr. Ditto. Small •Brink for Act. r{ India for Con. Acct. Cons. fur Account 73i 73 72j .. . Rank Stack — 3 per Cent. Red. 74 3:per Cent. Cons. 730 igis i 3i per Cent. — Old " 1 per cent.' { Ne..., t•• q 4 4.,.. .5 ?gr. Cents. 1797 - Bank ! l ong Ann. 19A s.l6ths Inip. ::1 per Centi. PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS Is LOSIDON,IIAnciI 1, AT O:46I , ,O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 79. i. Six per Cents. 00. Russian • Five per Cents, (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 72-A. 1 Neapolitan { Five per Cent: Bonds, 67,!. _ Scrip, 74. - Austrian .. Fiie per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 38. Spanish /New Ditto, Mi. Scrip, 35 disc. prus , jan f Five per Cent. Bonds, '79. 'hio New, 76. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 78.. Chili 69. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 47i. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Bank Shares £2l ss. .f.,x per . C:nt. 91:--98. American Six - ) Five per Cent. 96-07. l.Three per Cent. 70. French HIGH WATERAT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 13 minutes after 5. [Evening, 33 inintitci after 5. SPORTINO. MINTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS or notrrins rx : rsrk ENSUING WEEK. IT. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Copthon); Wednesday, at Tangin ;. and on Saturday, at Ilrockhani. The Surrey Fox-hoUnds, on. Monday, at Itiddlesdown ; on Thursday, at. Loel:'s Bottom ; and on Saturday, at }Jamey, Green. The Sanderstead Harden!, on Monday, Wednesday, and Sa turday, at the Kennel; Mr. Chaworth's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Brampton Wood; Tuesday, at Kelmarsh, Thursday, at Honey Hill; and on Friday, at Great Ilarrowden. The Cheshire Fox-hounds, on Monday; at Beeston Hall; Wednesday, at Shavington ; Thursday, at Chulmondley de ; and on Saturday, at Barr Bridge. The Oraniden Hounds, on Tuesday, at Two-Pot-House and on 'Friday, at Oransden Wood. Sir. Jacob Astley's Hounds, on Monday, at Twyford ; nesday, at Theinelthorp ; and on Frid a y, at B a l e . Mr.• Dewing's Hounds, on Monday, at Stratton ; Wednes day; at Shelton ; and on Friday,. at Vtracton. The Ludlow . Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Aston ; and on Friday, at Mounslow C ommon . .• Sir R. Puleston's !founds; on Monday, at Overton Cross; Wednesday, at . Sarn Bridge ; and on Saturday, at Twernlows. Sir Edw. smy_the's Fox-hounds, on Monday at the. Fox, Alhrightont 'Wednesday, at Acton Reynald .Tull; and on. , Friday, at the Kennel. t • PE PESTR IA N tsar. Mr. Ralph Abernethy, the NarthCouniry pFdestrian, started; from Oxford-road yesterday, at Three o'cloc, k in the afternoon,' to travel on foot the ; same mat c h. as Mr. West failed in list. week 112 miles in 20 hours, This pedestrian has performed, greater distances in less time than any other, but time is backed at two to rone. He travels to , the 60th milestone on the Glou cester road. He performed 10 Miles in 'two hours when OW , information lett.. ~.: . UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FED. 28.—The •Rev. Thomas• Edward Bridges* B.D. acid President of Corpus Christi College, was this day ad mitted Doctor in Divinity. • ECCLESIATICAL PREFEtiItENTS. The Rev. R. O. Raker to the Rectory of Springfield, Essex ' , on the presentation of the Earl of Arran. The Rev. W. R. Gilby to the Rectory of St. Mary's, verley. The Rev. Oswald Leicester to the Living of Carrington, Cheshire. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. .•' l -," ~ V~ DEAL,' Frn. 28. Wind N.W..—Carne down from this River last night and sailed, the Usk, Power, for Barbadom Also today the Comet, 111Therson, Aladeira, &c., and Fanny, Hall, Dominica •, Rousseau, Hanson, St. Üb e ' s ; an d S p ik e, lll‘Pherson, Ceylon.: - • Prat win Tu, Fzu. - 27.-44ailed. , the Nelson, for JAlllaka ; Brilliant St. Lucia ; Arabi's*, Dennaltra ; Segar,• lierbice ; Herald, Tobago; Recovery,. Antigua; Union, Trinidad ;• and Sisters', Van Diem an ' s Land: Arrived his Maj est y' s ship Active, 25 days from Havannah ; conveyed 11 sad of Alerchan t- • • Men safe through the Gulf, and then made sail for Etilat4. She has brought about 00,000 d o ll ars f or B r i t i s h Merc hants. His Majesty's.ship Jupiter remains in the Sound. • • - PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 21—Wind N.N.W,Passed by the , Charles, Fisher, and' Elizabeth, Hydra, for th e D owns . sailed *, the Windsor, fur Bengal; Hythe, for ditto; Bridgewater v for India; and Pyramus, for Madras. • • • • Fstmotrr it, Fut. 27.—Arrived the Three Brothers, Griffin, 12 days from St. Michael's, with loss of an anc h or and cable. Sailed the Walsingham packet, for the Brazils; the Marchioness Salisbury packet, for America; Lord Sidnrouth, for thel4eeward Islands; and the Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon; also 12 of the outward-bound vessels, anti the remainder will sail in the course of the day. The Pilot's leak has been disco. : ': vered and stopped, and sine has begun to take in her cargoagain i SAanDOATE CREEIC,I FEL 213.--4rrived. the John and Isaac from Gibraltar r sailed the 10th inst.' On the 81st ult. ": the Prince Ernest packet was driven on shore there,with about 4 30 vessels of different nations ; .and tine , Isabella,for f,alcnto g lost an anchor, but did not go on s h ore : By the Belt, here this morning,:whieh se a l e d th e 'Same day, we are mforticid• of the above also. , '4 ILthwseii, Figs. 28.—Wind N.,--Arrived the. Lemettes ti o Hammond, and Lady Nepean, L a in g ; both w ith Mails frogs Cuxhaven. ' t". • 04AT01110.—The musical entertainment at Drury.lane Theatre lait night was, of fOi3e celfineons description. Miss PATON was ';pre. vented from performing by sudden indibpusitien, and a letter from her father to that effect printed, ,and posted round the Theatre, Her part therefore was supplied by bliss., Cloomm, and the j audience seemed to be wellsatistied-witit: the substitute. Ansa sTHenams sung her favorite 44 Auld Robin Gray," and 44 Let the bright Se raphim," and was encored in both, 43 well as in a duet with BamtAm. Moax gave a concerto on the violin ; anti NicnoLsot4 another on the floc., between'the acts. We have no room for parti. eulars. The house was crouded, and the au. dience were warm in approbation. ••,. • ~, ~ .., BRUTALITY CRASTI4ED.--As a Gentlemanly's* . walking with his wife yesterday af t ernoon in thi Strand, two fellows who were n ith a dust cart took a most indecent liberty' with the lady, which was evident to the husband by her jerk, against him. Exat , perated at the cenduct of thr brute, be put the iady into a shop and laid his cane over the fellow's back, The fellow reseute , l with his fist, and the gentleman. threw away hhi' stick and set-to in regular style. in three rounds • he gave t h e ro m an a severe thrashing, without a scratched face, to the great satisfaction of ail prv % • fleet, reel thee took his wife Wide r Ii ATM, and walked on with givo compolure.. • ~1 .. +4